[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. g3 $5 (6. Bc4
c6) 6... Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O (7... Nb4 8. Nf3 (8. Na3 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1
N8c6 $13 {/\ Bg4+})) 8. O-O c6 (8... Nb4 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Na3 {/\ c3+/=}) 9. Re1
Bf5 10. c3 (10. c4 $6 Nb4 11. Na3 (11. Re2 Nxa2) 11... a5 $1) 10... Nd7 11. Nf3
Re8 12. Nbd2 N7f6 $6 (12... e5 $1 13. Nc4 Qc7 $1 (13... exd4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.
Nd6 (15. Nxd4 Bxd4 (15... Be6 16. Nd6) 16. Qxd4 (16. cxd4 Qe6) 16... Qe1+ 17.
Bf1 N7f6) 15... Qe6 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Nxd4 $14) (13... Bg4 {Ftacnik} 14. dxe5 (
14. Nd6 Re6 15. Nxb7 Qb6 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 exd4 18. Rxe6 fxe6 $13) 14...
Nxe5 15. Ncxe5 Rxe5 16. Rxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb3 $1 (17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qb6 $10)
17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nb6 19. Be3 $10) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 (14... Bg4 15. Bf4 Bxf3 16.
Bxf3 $14) 15. Ncxe5 Bxe5 16. c4 (16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxe5 {>< Bc1}) 16...
Nb4 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Nd3 $14 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd4 $14) 13. Nc4 $14 Qc7
14. Nce5 (14. Qb3 $1 Rad8 15. Nce5) 14... Ng4 $1 (14... Nd7 15. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7
16. g4 e6 17. gxf5 exf5 $16) (14... b5 {Ftacnik} 15. a4 $14) 15. Nh4 Nxe5 16.
Nxf5 gxf5 (16... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 $16) 17. dxe5 e6 (17...
Bxe5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Bg7 20. Qxf5 $16) 18. Qe2 {^^} Ne7 19. f4
(19. c4 c5 {/\ Nc6}) (19. Bg5 Ng6 20. f4 $140 h6) 19... Nd5 20. c4 Ne7 21. Be3
Rad8 22. b4 Rd7 23. Qf2 Nc8 $1 (23... b6 24. a4 $1 {/\ a5}) 24. a4 (24. Bxa7 $2
{Ftacnik} b6) (24. Red1 {Ftacnik} Red8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. a4 $16) 24... Red8 25.
a5 f6 $1 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Rab1 (27. Rac1 Rd3 {/\ Bc3}) 27... Bc3 28. Rf1 (28.
Rec1 Bd2 $1) 28... Rd3 29. Kh1 (29. Bxa7 $4 {Ftacnik} Nxa7 30. Qxa7 Bd4+ $19)
29... Bd4 30. Bxd4 R3xd4 $6 (30... R8xd4 $1 $14 {/\ Qd7 <-> `d'} 31. c5 {
Ftacnik} (31. Rfc1 Nd6) 31... a6 32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Rfe1 Ne7 34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35.
Rxe6 Rd1+ 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxb4 $10) 31. Rfe1 $2 (31. Bd5 $1 R4xd5 32.
cxd5 exd5 $16 {/\ Nd6-e4}) 31... Qf7 $2 (31... Rxc4 $1 32. Rxe6 (32. Qe2 {
Ftacnik} Rcd4 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. a6 bxa6 36. Bxc6 $16) 32... Qd7
$14) 32. Bd5 $1 Qg7 $2 (32... R4xd5 33. cxd5 exd5 (33... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 34. Qe3
$16) 34. Re5 $16) 33. Re5 $1 $18 (33. Bxe6+ {Ftacnik} Kh8 34. Bxf5 $18) 33...
R4xd5 34. cxd5 cxd5 (34... exd5 35. g4 $5 $40 (35. Rxf5 $18)) 35. g4 $1 Ne7 (
35... fxg4 {Ftacnik} 36. Rg5 $18) 36. Rxe6 (36. gxf5 exf5 37. Rg1 Ng6 38. Rxf5
$18) 36... fxg4 37. Qh4 Rd7 38. Rbe1 Kf8 (38... Nf5 39. Qh5 Qf7 40. Qg5+ $18) (
38... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 39. Qxg4 $18) 39. f5 (39. f5 {Ftacnik} Nxf5 40. Rf6+ Rf7
41. Rxf5 Rxf5 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Re7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. c4 N5f6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nf8 14. Bg5 Ng6 15.
g3 b6 16. h4 Bb7 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Qe4 (20. Bxh7+ {
was a very tempting continuation:} Kxh7 21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Qxd7 {, with a clear
advantage.}) 20... Nf8 21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Bf6 Ng6 23. h5 gxf6 24. hxg6 f5 25.
gxf7+ $1 (25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Qh5 {was less convincing.}) 25... Kxf7 26. Bxf5 $1
exf5 27. e6+ Kf6 28. Qh5 Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh8 {[%tqu "En","White is piece down,
but his pieces are very active. How can White finish the game victoriously?",
"Exploit the power of your passed pawn and the tension on the d-file.","Use
your d1-rook for the decisive blow!","d1d7","This neat move decides the game.",
4]} 30. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6,Re7,Re8,Gf7] After this powerful blow Black's
position falls apart.} Qc8 (30... Rxd7 {loses to} 31. Qxe8+ Kg7 32. exd7) 31.
Rxe7 (31. Kg2 Rxd7 $140 32. Rh1 c5+ 33. Nd5 Bh4 34. exd7 {was another winning
continuation.}) 31... Rxe7 32. Qxe7 c5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Nd5 (34. Qf7+ Kh8 35.
e7 Re8 36. Re6 {/\Rh6 was an appealing alternative.}) 34... Bxd5 35. Qf7+ Kh8
36. cxd5 Rf8 37. Qxf8+ Qxf8 38. e7 Qe8 39. d6 {, and Black resigned, as the
threat 40.d7 cannot be parried.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 $2 {This is a serious mistake, as White
does not have any real compensation for the weakness of the >>; 11 Qxf3 should
have been preferred.} d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. O-O Nc6 15. Ne2 e5 16. d5
Nb4 17. Nc3 Qh4 18. Kg2 f5 19. d6 Nd3 20. Nd5 e4 $1 $19 21. f4 g5 22. Qd2 Kh8
23. Rxc4 Qh5 24. Qd1 g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Rh1 Qxd5 27. b3 Qf5 28. Rh4 Nxf4+ 29.
Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Qe2 Bd4 31. Rxg4 Rg8 32. Kh3 Qh6+ 33. Rh4 Qe6+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35.
Kh3 Qf5+ 36. Kh2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7b6 8.
Bb3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. c3 O-O 13. Ne4 Bg6 14. Qe2 Nd7
15. Re1 a5 16. a4 Re8 17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nexg5 h6 20. Ne4 Rad8 21.
Rad1 N5b6 22. Bb3 e5 23. Ng3 (23. dxe5 $142) 23... e4 24. Nh4 Bh7 25. Qh5 $6
Nf6 $1 26. Qxa5 Ra8 27. Qc5 Nxa4 28. Bxa4 Rxa4 29. Nhf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Re6 $1 {
Black has prevented Qc5-d6 and now threatens 31...b6, 31...Nd7 or 31...Ra5.}
31. b4 b6 32. Qc4 b5 33. Qb3 (33. Qc5 $4 Nd7 $19) 33... Nd5 $17 {Now Black has
an advantage, as his pawn structure is better: the c3-pawn is weak, while the
e-pawn might be used as a battering-ram in the attack.} 34. Ne3 Qd7 35. Ra1 Rg6
36. Kh1 $2 (36. Rxa4 $142 bxa4 37. Qc2 (37. Qxa4 Nxc3 $17 (37... Qxh3 38. Qxc6
Qxg2+ 39. Nxg2 Rxc6 $15))) (36. Ng4 $142 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Nf4 $36) 36... Nf4 37.
Kh2 (37. Rxa4 bxa4 38. Qxa4 Nxg2 $1 $19) (37. Ng4 Rxg4 38. hxg4 Qxg4 $19) {
[%tqu "En","How can Black conclude the attack?","You have enough forces - just
use them effectively!","","g6g2","",2]} 37... Rxg2+ $1 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[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. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 (6... c6 7. O-O
Nd7 $5 (7... Bg7 8. Nd2 (8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 a5 $1 10. a4 Be6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Nd3
Nd7 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Ne4 h6 15. Qf3 Bf5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Bc2 Rad8 $10 {Godena,
M-Kveinys,A/Debrecen EU-tch/1992/}) 8... O-O 9. Ndf3 Nd7 10. Nd3 a5 11. a4 N7b6
12. Bb3 Bg4 13. c3 Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 $14 {^^ Adams,M-Horvath,J/Debrecen
EU-tch/1992/}) 8. Nf3 (8. Nd3 $5) 8... Bg7 9. Bb3 a5 10. c4 Nc7 11. Nc3 O-O 12.
Re1 Nb6 13. Bg5 Be6 14. c5 Nbd5 $10 {Ulybin-Bagirov/Moskva op/1992/}) 7. Bb3 (
7. Nc3 $5 Bg7 (7... Nxc3 $2 8. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 9. bxc3 Bg7 10. Qe2 Qd5 11. Nf3 $1
$16) 8. Qf3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Nc7 $10) 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10.
Nbd2 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 $14) 10... a5 (10... Bxd4 $2 11. h3 Bxf3 $8 12.
Nxf3 c5 13. Bh6 $1 Re8 14. c3 $18) 11. a3 c6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e6 14. Bg5
Ne7 15. Qd2 $14 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. h4 Nf6 18. c3 Qb6 19. Ba2 Nf5 20. h5 c5 (
20... gxh5 21. Ne5 $40) (20... Nxh5 $2 21. g4 h6 $8 22. gxf5 hxg5 23. fxe6 $18)
21. h6 Bh8 22. Qf4 cxd4 $6 (22... Nh5 $142 23. Qh2 Qxb2 24. g4 Qxc3 $132) 23.
g4 Nxg4 $8 24. Qxg4 dxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rab1 $16 {B>3P} Qc5 27. Re2 b5 28.
Qf4 Ra6 (28... e5 $5) 29. a4 b4 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. Kg2
Nb7 34. Be3 Rc8 35. Ng5 Nc5 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Ne4 Rc7 38. Nxc3 Rxc3 $2 (38...
bxc3 39. Rc2 Kf8 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Ke3 Kf6 $16) 39. Re5 Kf8 (39... Ra3 40. Rxa5
$18) 40. Rxa5 b3 41. Bb1 Rc1 42. Be4 f5 (42... b2 $5 43. Rb5 Rc4 44. Kf3 Rxa4
45. Rxb2 f5 46. Bb1 Rh4 47. Rb8+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kf6 49. Rxh7 g5 $1 50. Ba2 {
+/-/+-}) 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Rxh7 $1 fxe4 46. Rb7 e3 (46... Rc4 47.
h7 Rc8 48. a5 $1 (48. Rxb3 Kg7 $1 (48... Ra8 $2 49. Rh3 Kg7 50. h8=Q+ $18) 49.
Rb7+ Kh8 50. Kg3 Ra8 $14) 48... Ra8 49. a6 $18) 47. fxe3 Rc4 48. a5 Rg4+ 49.
Kf3 Rh4 50. a6 Rxh6 51. a7 Rh8 52. Rb8 b2 53. Rxb2 (53. a8=Q b1=Q 54. Rxh8 Qf1+
55. Kg3 Qg1+ (55... Qe1+ 56. Kh2 $18) 56. Qg2 $18) 53... Ra8 54. Ra2 Kg5 55.
Ra4 $1 $18 Kf6 56. Ra5 Ke7 57. Kf4 Kd6 58. Kg5 Kc6 59. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 d5 8. a5 Nc4
9. Qe2 $5 (9. Nbd2) 9... b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 e6 15. Na4 N8d7 16. Qc3 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 c5 18. Be3 c4 (18... Nxe5 $142
$1 {Popovic,P}) 19. b3 (19. b4 $16) 19... Rc8 20. Qb4 $2 (20. Qd2 $142 $16)
20... Rc7 21. Ra2 cxb3 22. cxb3 Qb8 23. Bd2 Rfc8 24. Qa5 Bf8 25. Rfa1 Rb7 26.
g3 Rcc7 27. Be3 Nb6 28. Bb5 Nc8 29. Ba4 Ne7 30. g4 Nc6 31. Qd2 Nb4 32. Rb2 Rc8
33. Qe2 Rbc7 34. Rd1 Nc2 35. Rd2 Nxe3 36. Qxe3 Ba3 37. Rb1 Bc1 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. a4 a5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Nbd2 Qe6+ $6 (9... e6) (9... g6) 10. Be2 Nd5 $6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nc4 Nd7
13. O-O Qg6 14. c3 Bc2 (14... Bxh3 15. Ng5 $1 (15. Nh4 Qf6) 15... Be6 16. Re1 {
/\Bh5} Qf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 (17... Qxe6 18. Bg4 Qf6 19. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 20. Nd6+ Kd8
21. Nxf7+ $18) 18. Bg4 Nc7 19. Qb3 Ra7 20. Nb6 $16 (20. Bxe6 $5 $16 Nxe6 21.
Nd6+ $16)) 15. Qd2 Be4 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. g4 h6 18. gxf5 Qxg5+ 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20.
Bxg5 f6 21. Bd2 Rxh3 22. Kg2 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 N7b6 25. Nxb6 Nxb6 26.
b3 Nd5 27. Bh5+ Kd7 28. Bf7 Nc7 29. Re1 Ra6 30. c4 Ra8 31. Kf3 b6 32. Kg4 Rd8
33. Kh5 c5 34. d5 g5 35. fxg6 Bg7 36. Bf4 Rh8+ 37. Kg4 Ne8 38. Bxe8+ Kxe8 39.
Re6 Bh6 40. d6 Bf8 41. dxe7 Bxe7 42. Bd6 Kd7 43. Rxe7+ Kxd6 44. Rh7 Rg8 45. Kf5
1-0

[Event "Benasque"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin Psakhis} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 (5. dxe5 {
קe5 =}) 5... Nd7 (5... e6 6. Qf3 Qf6 7. Qg3 h6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4
Nd7 11. Ne4 $36) (5... g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Ne4 Bxe5 (8... O-O 9. Ng5
$14) 9. dxe5 Nc6 $132 {קe5}) 6. Nf3 (6. Nxf7 $5 $40) 6... e6 7. g3 {Baburin:
This is an usual idea in this line, I think that Black should meet it with
c7-c6, limiting the g2-Bishop.} (7. c4 N5f6 (7... N5b6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10.
Be2 c5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Rd1 $14 {Domont,A-Liardet,F/
Genf op (05) ;TD 92\04 1992}) 8. Nc3 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12.
Bh4 O-O 13. Be2 Ne5 14. O-O Ng6 15. Bg3 a6 16. a4 b6 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Bc4 Qc7
19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Qc2 Re8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 $14 {
Benjamin,J-Bagirov,V/Manila olm ;TD 92\02 1992}) 7... b6 (7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O b5 10. Re1 (10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Rd1 (12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8
14. Qxb5 N5b6 15. Qb3 (15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qe4 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 Bf6 $10)
15... Bd5 16. Qe3 c5 $132) 12... b4 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. c4 N5f6 16. d5
exd5 17. Nh4 Bd6 18. cxd5 Re8 19. Qc2 Be5 20. Bb2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 $14 {Gdanski,
J-Bus,M/Cappelle op (06) ;TD 93\04 1993}) 10... Bb7 11. Qe2 a6 12. a4 c5 13.
axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxb5 N5f6 16. d5 Bxd5 17. Qe2 $14 {Jansa,V-Martin,
A/Gausdal Arnold-Cup (01) ;TD 90\05 1990}) 8. c4 {[+]} N5f6 (8... Nb4 9. a3 {
/\פc6}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 (10... Bd6 11. Re1 (11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13.
Re1 c5 14. Nc3 a6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rad1 $14 {Nelson,J-Knox,D/BCF-ch (10) ;TD
94\03 1994}) 11... O-O 12. Nc3 {+/=/=}) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 $14 {/\Nb5,קc7}
Bd6 (12... c5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nh5 15. Be3 $14 Re8 $140 $2 16. Nd2 $1 Nhf6
17. d6 $18) 13. Ne5 {/\><c6 White starts to fight for the c6-square.} (13. Bxd6
cxd6 $10) 13... Bxg2 (13... Qc8 14. Nc6 Kh8 (14... Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Be3 (
16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qf3 a6 18. Rfe1 $14) 16... a6 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Qc2 $14) 15.
Qc2 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Re8 17. Rfe1 $14) 14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. Qf3 Re8 (15... Bxe5 16.
dxe5 $16 {()}) 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Qc6 Ng6 (17... Rb8 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. f3 Bxe5 20.
Qxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 $14) 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Be5 Ng4 (19... Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21.
Bxd6 cxd6 22. Nb5 $16) 20. Re1 (20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Qf3 (21. Qxd6 $2 Qxc4 $15)
21... Nf6 22. b3 Qd7 $14) 20... Rb8 $6 {/\Qb7} (20... Rd8 $1 {Psakhis}) 21. Nb5
a6 (21... Bb4 22. Bxc7 Rb7 (22... Bxe1 23. Nd6 $18) 23. d5 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Nf6
25. d6 $16) (21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bb4 23. Red1 a6 24. Na7 Qb7 25. Qxb7 Rxb7 26.
Nc6 $16) 22. Na7 $1 {Baburin: This is an unusual place for a Knight, but soon
it will take its position on c6.} Qb7 (22... Qd8 $142 23. Qf3 Qg5 24. Nc6 Rbc8
25. h3 $14) 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Nc6 $16 b5 (24... Kf8 25. b4 $1 (25. h3 Nh6 {
/\f6;Nf5-e7})) 25. c5 $1 Nxe5 (25... Bf8 26. b4 $16) 26. dxe5 (26. Nxe5 Bxe5
27. dxe5 (27. Rxe5 c6 $15) 27... Rd8 28. Rad1 Rbb8 $10) 26... Bxc5 {Baburin:
Although the c6-square strictly is not an outpost, as it isn't under control
of any white pawn, the Knight being placed there takes a dominating position:
it locks in the Rook on b7 and prevents the other Rook from getting into the
d-file. White is winning here, even being a pawn down.} 27. Rac1 Bf8 (27... Bb6
28. Red1 $16) 28. b4 f6 (28... g5 {/\g6}) 29. f4 g5 (29... fxe5 30. fxe5 {
+/-<->d,f}) 30. fxg5 fxe5 (30... fxg5 31. Red1 $16) 31. g6 $1 {><f7} Bd6 32.
Rf1 Rb6 (32... Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (33... Bxf8 34. Kf3 $16) 34. Kf3 Ke8 35. Ke4
Kd7 36. h4 $1 Rb6 37. h5 $18) 33. Rf7 {/\Kf3-e4} e4 (33... Rf8 $142 34. Ne7+
Bxe7 35. Rxe7 Rf6 36. Re8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rxc7 $16 Rd6 39. h4 Rd2+ $140
40. Kh3 Rxa2 41. h5 Ra1 42. Kg4 $1 Rh1 $8 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. Rg8 Kf6 45. Rf8+ Ke7
46. Rf7+ Kd6 47. Rxg7 e4 48. Ra7 (48. Rd7+) 48... e3 49. g7 e2 50. Rxa6+ Kd5
51. Rxe6 $1 $18) 34. h4 $1 e3 35. Kf3 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. h5 e2 38. Kxe2
Bxg3 (38... Ke8 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. g4 Ke8 41. Ke4 Kd7 42. h6 $18) 39. Rf1+ Ke8 (
39... Kg8 40. Ne7+ Kh8 41. Rf8#) 40. h6 $18 Rxc6 41. hxg7 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 (10... Na5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Nbc4 14.
Bc1 d5 15. Ne2 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. c3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd6 19. Ne5 $14 {
Anand-Guevara,Dubai ol 1986}) 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 d5 14. Ne2 Na5 15.
c3 Nbc4 (15... Bd7 16. Bc2 Bc6 17. Nf4 {->>>}) 16. Bc1 Qb6 $6 {קd5,e7} (16...
e6 17. Ng3 $16) (16... Re8 $5 17. Ng3 {+/=/+/-}) 17. Nf4 Be4 18. Nd2 $1 Nxb3 (
18... Nxd2 19. Bxd5 $1 Qd6 (19... Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qb5 21. Nxe7+ Kh7 22. Nxc8 Ndc4
23. Ne7 {/\b3,Ba3+-}) 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 e5 $1 22. Qa4 $1 f5 23. dxe5 $5 (
23. Re1 {/\dxe5 +- _|_}) 23... Bxe5 24. Rxe5 $5 (24. Re1 $18 {_|_}) 24... Qxe5
25. Nxg6 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Rf6 (26... Rfd8 27. Qxa5 Rd1 28. Qxf5) 27. Bg5 $1 Qxa1
28. Bxf6 {/\Ne7+;Qxa5;Qd7 +-}) 19. Nxc4 $1 Qa6 (19... Rxc4 20. axb3 {/\f3 +-})
(19... dxc4 20. axb3 Bc6 (20... Bf5 21. Nd5 $18) 21. bxc4 $18) 20. Qxb3 dxc4 (
20... Rxc4 21. f3 $18) 21. Qd1 Bc6 22. Rxe7 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 $18 {
_|_,Pd} Qb5 25. d5 Bd7 26. Qd2 Bf8 27. Bd4 $1 Bf5 28. g4 Be4 29. Re1 {/\Qe3,f3
ץe4,Re8} Qa4 30. b3 $1 cxb3 31. axb3 Qb5 $8 32. Qe3 Bd6 (32... f5 33. gxf5
gxf5 34. Qg3+ $18) 33. Nh5 $1 (33. f3 $6 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Bxd5 35. Rxe8+ $4 (35.
Rf1 {/\Qf6;Qxh6 +- ><g7,f6}) 35... Qxe8 36. Qf6 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+
39. Bf2 Qe6 $10 {עg8,עg3 ^-}) (33. Nh5 gxh5 34. Qxh6 Be5 $8 35. Qg5+ {
/\36.Bxe5+-}) 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bulletin} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 (4... g6 {-->
Nijboer-Knoppert NLD ch 1992}) 5. Nxe5 Nd7 (5... g6 {--> Ernst-Kengis, Haninge
1992}) 6. Nxf7 (6. Bc4 Nxe5 7. dxe5 {+/= Adams-Motwani, Blackpool zt 1990}) (6.
Nf3 $10 {--> Bologan-Hauchard, Oakham 1992 CBM30}) (6. Qf3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 e6 $10
{Ligterink-Rivas, Amsterdam 1978}) (6. Nxd7 Bxd7 (6... Qxd7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O {
Rostalski-Behrhorst, Hamburg 1983}) 7. Be2 (7. c4 Nf6 {Hertzog-Gerstenberger,
FRG}) 7... e6 8. c4 Nb6 {Sutterer-Siegel, Eberbach 1980}) 6... Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6
8. c4 (8. g3 $5 b5 9. a4 c6 10. axb5 g6 11. Qe2+ Kf7 12. bxc6 N7b6 13. Bg2 {
Ernst-Komarov, Dortmund 1992} Bg7 14. c4 Nb4 15. d5 Bf5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4
N4xd5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 $10) 8... N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 (10. Bf4+ $2 e5 11. c5+
Ke7 12. Bg5 Qe8 $19 {Andreev-Kharlamov, USSR 1981}) 10... Ne5 (10... Nb8 11.
c5+ Kd7 12. Bb5+ c6 13. dxc6+ bxc6 14. O-O Kc7 15. Bf4+ Kb7 16. Qb3 $40) 11.
Bf4 c5 12. Nc3 (12. Nd2 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. O-O-O Rg8 15. Re1 Rg5 {
Kallai-Horvath, Budapest Noviki 1990}) 12... a6 13. O-O-O $2 (13. b4 Qb6 14.
bxc5+ Qxc5 15. Rd1 g5 16. Bxe5+ Kxe5 17. Be2 {/\0-0,Rfe1 ->}) 13... g6 $1 {
/\Bh6! ףf7} 14. Bxe5+ Kxe5 15. d6 Bh6+ 16. Kc2 (16. Kb1 Qf8 17. Rd5+ Nxd5 18.
Qxd5+ Kf6 19. Ne4+ Kg7 20. Qe5+ Kf7 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd6+ Qxd6 23. Qxd6 Bf5+ {
/\Rd8}) 16... Qe8 17. Rd5+ Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kf6 19. Ne4+ (19. Bd3 exd6 20. Qxd6+
Kf7 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Qe5 Rd8 {0:1 Rozentalis-Sokolov,A, Bern op 1992}) 19... Kg7
20. Qe5+ Kf7 (20... Kg8 21. Nf6+ $18) 21. Bd3 (21. dxe7 Bf5 $1 22. Bd3 Qxe7 23.
Nd6+ Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Rad8 25. Qc7+ Rd7 $19) 21... Bg7 (21... Bf5 22. g4 Bxe4 23.
Bxe4 e6 24. Re1 Qa4+ 25. Kd3 Rhe8 26. h4 {0:1 De Firmian-Rohde, USA ch 1989})
22. Qf4+ Kg8 23. Re1 Qf8 24. Qg5 exd6 25. Qd5+ Qf7 26. Nxd6 Qxd5 27. Re8+ Bf8
28. cxd5 c4 29. Bxc4 b5 30. Bb3 Kg7 (30... Bf5+ $4 31. Nxf5 Rxe8 32. d6+) 31.
Nxc8 Bc5 32. Re7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Anand} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 (4... Bg4) (4... g6) 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 $5 {קf7} 6. Nxf7 $5 (6. Bc4 $1 {Ernst} Nxe5 7. dxe5 Be6 8. O-O g6 9.
Nd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe2 c6 12. h3 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Qb6 15. Rd1 Rad8 16.
Bd2 b4 17. Qe4 Nc7 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Nd2 Rd5 21. Nc4 Rfd8 22. Rd3
$1 Rxd3 23. cxd3 Rd5 24. f4 $16 {Adams - Motwani, Blackpool (zt) 1990.}) 6...
Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 $8 (7... Kg8 $4 8. Qxd5+ e6 9. Qxe6#) (7... g6 8. Qxd5+ $18)
8. c4 N5f6 {/^e8-h5, Kf7} 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 (10. Bf4+ $2 e5 11. c5+ (11. dxe6+
Kxe6 {/\Kf7,Nc5-e6 -+}) 11... Ke7 12. Bg5 Qe8 $19 {Andreev-Kharlamov,USSR 1981}
) (10. Qe2 $5 e5 11. dxe6 Nc5 12. Nc3 Nxe6 13. Bg5 $1 Nd4 14. O-O-O c5 15.
Rxd4+ $1 cxd4 16. c5+ Kd7 17. Qb5+ Ke7 {Neulinger-Achs, Austria 1987} 18. Bc4
$1 $18) 10... Ne5 $5 (10... Nb8 11. c5+ (11. Bf4+ $2 e5 $1 12. c5+ Kxc5 13. b4+
Kd6 14. Be3 b6 $19 15. Bc5+ bxc5 16. bxc5+ Kxc5 17. d6 Qe8 18. Qxc7+ Qc6 19.
Qd8 Qe4+ 20. Be2 Nc6 {0:1 Kuepper-Popov,Enschede 1963}) 11... Kd7 $8 12. Bb5+
c6 13. dxc6+ bxc6 (13... Nxc6 $2 14. O-O $18) 14. O-O Kc7 (14... Qe8 $2 15.
Rd1+ Kc7 16. Bf4+ Kb7 17. Ba6+ $1 {1:0 Ochsner-Soerensen,Arhus 1985} Kxa6 18.
Qc4+ Kb7 19. Qb4+ Ka6 20. Rd3 {/\Ra3#}) 15. Bf4+ Kb7 16. Qb3 $1 Nfd7 $8 17.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 18. Qf3+ Kxc5 19. Rc1+ Kb6 20. Qb3+ Ka6 21. Qc4+ Kb7 22. Qd5+ Ka6
23. Bc7 $18) 11. Bf4 $8 {/\c5} c5 12. Nc3 (12. dxc6 $2 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Kxc6 $19) (
12. Nd2 $5 {Anand} g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. O-O-O Rg8 15. Re1 Rg5) 12... a6 13. O-O-O
$2 (13. b4 Qb6 $5 (13... b6 14. Rb1 $1 g6 15. bxc5+ bxc5 16. Rb7 $3 {/\17.
Qxf6+,18.Ne4#} Qa5 $8 17. Bxe5+ Kxe5 18. Rxe7+ $1 Bxe7 19. Qxe7+ Kf5 20. Bd3+
Kg5 21. Qe3+ $1 Kh5 22. Be2+ Bg4 $8 (22... Ng4 23. h3 $18) 23. Qh3+ $1 Kg5 24.
f4+ $1 Kf5 25. Qd3+ Kxf4 26. O-O+ Kg5 (26... Ke5 27. Qg3+ Kd4 28. Rf4+) 27.
Qe3+ Kh5 (27... Kh4 28. Qh6+ {/\g3+,Rf4 +-}) 28. Bxg4+ Nxg4 29. Qh3+ Kg5 30.
Ne4#) (13... cxb4 14. c5+ Kxc5 15. Na4+ Kd6 16. Nb2 $16 {/\Nc4+;Nd3}) (13...
Qc7 14. O-O-O Nfg4 15. Be2 $1 Kd7 $8 16. Bxg4+ Kd8 17. d6 $1 {Votava-Sarkozy,
Czechoslovakia 1988} Nxf7 (17... exd6 18. Bg5+ Be7 19. Qxg7 Bxg5+ $8 20. Qxg5+
Qe7 $8 21. Rxd6+ Bd7 (21... Ke8 22. Bh5+ $18) 22. Rxd7+ $1 Nxd7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7
24. Re1+ Kd8 25. Rd1 $18) 18. dxc7+ (18. dxe7+ $5 Ke8 $1 (18... Kxe7 19. Nd5+
$1 $18) 19. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 (19... Rxf8 $2 20. Bxc7 Bxg4 21. Rhe1+ $18) 20. Bxc7
Bxg4 21. f3 $16) 18... Ke8 19. Bf3 $1 {/\Na4-b6;Nd5-b6 +-}) 14. bxc5+ Qxc5 15.
Rd1 g5 $1 (15... Qa3 16. Rd3 $1 {/\Re3;Ne4+}) 16. Bxe5+ (16. Bg3 $6 Qa3 17. Rd3
Qc1+ 18. Nd1 Ne4 19. Bxe5+ Kxe5 {/\Bf5,e6,Bb4+ -/+/-+}) 16... Kxe5 17. Be2 {
/\0-0,Rfe1~/=}) 13... g6 $1 {/\Bh6 -+ ףf7} 14. Bxe5+ (14. Re1 Bh6 $3 $19)
14... Kxe5 15. d6 Bh6+ 16. Kc2 (16. Kb1 Qf8 $1 17. Rd5+ Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kf6 19.
Ne4+ Kg7 20. Qe5+ Kf7 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd6+ Qxd6 $3 $8 23. Qxd6 Bf5+ {
/\Rad8!-+}) 16... Qe8 17. Rd5+ Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kf6 19. Bd3 (19. Ne4+ Kg7 20.
Qe5+ Kf7 (20... Kg8 $4 21. Nf6+ $1 $18) 21. dxe7 Bf5 $1 $8 22. Bd3 Qxe7 $1 $8
23. Nd6+ Qxd6 $3 24. Qxd6 Rad8 25. Qc7+ Rd7 {/\Rxd3-+}) 19... exd6 $19 20.
Qxd6+ Kf7 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Qe5 Rd8 {/\Bf5,Rxd3} 0-1

[Event "Skei"]
[Site "Skei"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 (5... Nb6) 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6
(7. Re1 dxe5 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nef3 Nc7 12. c3 c5 13. Bc2
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd5 15. Nf1 e5 16. Nf3 Kh8 17. Ne3 $14) 7... Qxd6 (7... exd6 $6
8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 $40) 8. Re1 Bg4 (8... Be6 9. Ng5 Bf5 10. Nd2 $5 Bxd4 11.
Nde4 Qb4 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. c3 Qb6 $8 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. cxd4 exd6
17. Bf4 Nc6 $1 (17... Kg7 18. Re7 $40) 18. Bxd6+ Kg7 $10) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3
e6 (10... Bxd4 $5 11. Rd1 (11. Nc3 $5) (11. c3 Bg7 12. b3 $5 {/\Ba3~/=}) 11...
Qf6 $1 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Qxf6 (13. Qxd5 $2 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Nc6 $17) 13... Bxf6
14. Rxd5 Nc6 15. c3 $10) (10... O-O 11. c3 {/\Nd2-e4+/= [+]}) 11. c3 Nd7 12.
Nd2 b5 (12... N7f6 $142) 13. Bb3 O-O (13... N7f6 14. a4 {|^<<}) 14. Ne4 Qc7 15.
Bg5 $14 a5 (15... h6 16. Bh4 {/\Bg3-d6}) 16. a3 a4 17. Ba2 {/^a2-g8,/^b1-h7} f5
18. Nd2 Rae8 (18... h6 19. Rxe6 hxg5 20. Rxc6 $1 $18) 19. Re2 h6 20. Bh4 f4 (
20... Qd6 $5 {/\e5}) 21. Rae1 $1 {<->e,קe6} g5 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 N7f6 (
23... gxh4 24. Rxc6 $18) 24. Ne4 Kf7 (24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 (25... gxh4 $2
26. Rxc6 $18) (25... Kh8 26. Bb1 Nf6 27. Qg6 Kg8 (27... gxh4 28. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6
29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Ba2+ Rf7 31. Qxf6 $18) 28. Ba2 Kh8 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 $40
) 26. Qg6 $1 (26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Bf8 (27... Kh7 28. Bb1#) 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29.
Bxd5 cxd5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qxd5 Be7 32. Qxb5 {+/-/+- _|_}) 26... Qf7 27. Qxf7+
Kxf7 28. Rxc6 gxh4 29. Rc5 $1 Ke6 30. Rxb5 {/\Kf1-e2-d3-e4+-}) 25. Re5 (25.
Nxf6 $2 Kxe6 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Qxd5+ Ke7 28. Bxg5+ hxg5 29. Qxg5+ Bf6) 25...
Nxe4 (25... gxh4 26. Qxf4 $1 Re8 27. Qf5 $40) 26. Rxe4 Bf6 (26... gxh4 $142 27.
Qh5+ $1 Kg8 28. Bxd5+ cxd5 29. Qxd5+ Qf7 30. Qxb5 f3 {+/=/+/- _|_} 31. gxf3)
27. Bxg5 (27. Qh5+ Kg7) 27... hxg5 28. h4 $1 Rh8 29. hxg5 Bxg5 30. Re5 Kf6 $2
$138 (30... Bf6 $8 31. Bxd5+ cxd5 32. Qxd5+ $16) 31. Qg4 $18 {><f5,e6,g5} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nf3 (6. Nxf7 {--> CBM30
}) 6... e6 7. c4 (7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 (8. c4 N5f6 9. Bg2 $14) 8... b5 $1 $10 {
Jansa-Martin, Gausdal 1990}) 7... N5f6 8. Be2 c5 (8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3
b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Re1 {+/=/=}) 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 (
12... b6 13. d5 Re8 $14) 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 b6 15. d5 Re8 16. Re1 a6 17. Bf1
$14 Bb7 18. dxe6 fxe6 (18... Rxe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Qd6 Kf7 21. Rd1 $16) 19.
Qd6 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rac8 (20... Qxd6 $2 21. Rxd6 Kf7 22. Ne5+ Ke7 23. Nxd7 $1 Nxd7
24. Rdxe6+ $18) 21. Ne5 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 (23. Rxb6 $2 Bc6 $1 24.
Rxe5 Nd7 $19) 23... Rc6 24. Rd2 (24. Rd1 $5 Kf7 25. Be2 Ke7 26. Bf3 Rc7 $8 27.
Rde1 Kf7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. f4 $14) 24... Kf7 25. Be2 Ke7 26. Nd5+ (26. Bf3 Rd6
$1 $10) 26... Nxd5 27. cxd5 Rd6 28. Rxe6+ (28. Bf3 Kf6 29. Rde2 Re7 $15) 28...
Rxe6 29. dxe6 Bc8 $1 $14 (29... Kxe6 $2 30. Bg4+ Kf6 $8 31. Rd6+ Ke5 32. Rxb6
$18) 30. a4 Rf8 31. Bc4 b5 $5 (31... Rf6 32. f3 a5 $6 33. Kf2 Bxe6 34. Re2 Kd6
35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6+ Kxe6 37. Ke3 {+/-/+- P_|_}) 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bxb5 Bxe6
34. Be2 Rd8 $1 35. Rc2 Kd6 36. f3 Bf5 37. Rd2+ Ke7 38. Rxd8 Kxd8 39. Kf2 Ke7
40. Ke3 Kd6 41. Bd3 Be6 42. f4 Bd7 $10 43. Be4 Bc8 44. Ba8 Be6 45. Kf3 Bc8 46.
Ke4 Bd7 47. Bb7 Be6 48. Ba8 (48. f5 $6 Ba2 49. f6 Bb1+ 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. Be4 Ba2
52. Bf3 $10) 48... Bd7 49. Bd5 Bb5 50. Bb3 Bd7 51. Bc4 Bc8 52. Bd5 Bd7 53. Bc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Lewis"]
[Site "Isle of Lewis"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. Bb3 (7. Nd2
Be6 8. Ne4 Nc7 9. Be2 Bd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Nd7 13. f4 Bxe4 14.
Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 e6 16. Qe2 Ncd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Be1 Rac8 19. Bh4 c5 20. c4 Nb4
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd7 Qd8 23. Nxf8 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Nd7 Bd4
27. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Egger,J-Petrov,J/WchJM-U20 Buenos Aires ;EXP 32 1992}) (7. h4
Nd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. h5 Bg7 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Ne4 e5 13. h6 Bf8 14.
Bg5 Re8 15. O-O Be7 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nf6 Qc6 18. dxe5 Rd8 19. Ne4 Rhe8 20.
Nd6+ Kb8 21. Nxf7 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Rxe5 23. Nf7 Rh5 24. Nxd8 Qc7 25. f4 Qxd8 26.
Qe1 Qf8 {Reeh,O-Maus,So/BL 9293 (1993) ;BL 1993/1-0 (64)}) 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. Re1 a5 10. c3 Bf5 11. h3 Nd7 12. Nf3 N7b6 13. a3 Qc7 14. Nbd2 a4 15. Ba2 (
15. Bc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 c5 $10 (16... Rfd8 {More complicated} 17. Ne4 {[%csl Yb3,
Yc4,Yd5]} Nc4 18. Bg5 b5 {Black dominates the white squares on the Q-side.}))
15... c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Rfd8 19. Qc2 e6 20. Bg5 Rdc8 21.
Rae1 Qa5 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Bd2 Qc5 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Ng4 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Bb1
Ra5 $1 28. h4 Qc6 29. g3 Be7 30. Bf4 Nd7 31. Bc2 Bc5 32. Bg5 Kg7 33. Qd2 f6 34.
Bh6+ (34. Rd1 Nb6 (34... Re7 35. Bh6+ Kf7 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 {[%cal Ye3h6]}
f5 38. Red4 $36 {[%csl Yd6]}) 35. Bh6+ Kf7 36. c4 Raa8 $10) 34... Kf7 35. h5 $6
f5 36. Rh4 Nf6 37. hxg6+ hxg6 38. Be3 Bxe3 39. Qxe3 Raa8 40. Bd1 $2 (40. Qe5
$142) 40... e5 41. Bf3 e4 42. Be2 Rad8 43. Rh6 Rh8 44. Rxh8 Rxh8 45. Rd1 Kg7
46. Qf4 Re8 47. Qd6 e3 48. f3 $2 (48. Qxc6 $142 bxc6 49. Bf3) 48... Qxd6 49.
Rxd6 Nh5 50. Rd7+ Kh6 51. Kg2 f4 52. gxf4 Nxf4+ 53. Kf1 Kg5 54. Rxb7 Rh8 (54...
Rh8 55. Rb5+ Kf6 56. Rb6+ Ke5 57. Rb5+ Kd6 58. Rg5 Rh2 59. Rg4 Rf2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. g3 (6. Bc4 c6 7.
O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nef3 Nc7 {Yudasin,L-Agdestein,S/
Moscow PCA-op 25' (05) ;EXP 40 1994/1/2-1/2 (39)}) (6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 c5 9. dxc5 Bxe5 10. Bf3 Nb4 11. Rxe5 N8c6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Na3 Qxd1 14. Bxd1
Rfd8 {Schulz Knappe,F-Dausch,R/PF-ch Bellheim ;GER 09 1994/0-1 (38)}) 6... Nd7
(6... Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Nbd2 $14 {
Anand-Adams/Linares/1994/}) 7. Bg2 (7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 cxd4
11. Nxd4 N7f6 12. Re1 Re8 13. c4 Nb6 14. b3 Bg4 {Finkel-Loeffler/Tel Aviv/1995/
}) 7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 c6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qe2 Be6 (10... h5 11. c4 Nb6 12. Na3 Bg4
13. f3 Be6 14. f4 Qc8 15. b3 h4 {Glek,I-Loeffler,S/BL 9394 (1994) ;BL 1994/1-0
(44)}) 11. b3 Qc8 (11... Qc7 12. Bb2 {/\Re1,Pe5}) 12. Bb2 Bh3 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 O-O 15. c4 Nc7 (15... Nb4 16. a3 Na6 (16... Nc2 17. Rac1 Qf5 18. g4 $18)
17. Rfd1 $14) 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. f4 Ne6 (17... Rad8 18. g4) 18. Qf3 (18. g4 Nxf4+
19. Kf2 Nxe2+ 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Kxe2 fxe4 $19) 18... h5 19. h3 Bh6 20. Rae1 (
20. Rad1 h4) 20... Rad8 (20... h4 21. Bc1) 21. Rf2 h4 22. g4 (22. Ref1 Nd4 23.
Bxd4 Rxd4) 22... Nxf4+ 23. Kh2 Qe6 (23... Qc8 24. g5 Nd3 $19) 24. Nc5 Qc8 25.
Bc1 b6 (25... g5 $5) 26. Ne4 (26. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 27. Qxf4 bxc5 28. Qg5 $13) 26...
Rd3 27. Re3 (27. Be3 Ne6 $17) 27... Nxh3 28. Kxh3 (28. Qxh3 Bxe3 29. Bxe3 Qe6 {
קe5}) 28... Bxe3 29. Bxe3 Qe6 30. Qf4 f5 (30... f6 31. Qh6 Qf7 32. Rxf6 exf6
33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. exf6 Rxf6 35. Kxh4 $18) 31. Kxh4 (31. Ng5 fxg4+ 32. Kxh4
Rxf4 33. Nxe6 Rf3 $17) 31... Rxe3 32. Qxe3 fxe4 (32... Qxe5 33. gxf5 $16) 33.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qxe4 {Hecht: D-D: Raum, aktiver wK, schwarze Bauernschwächen}
Kg7 35. Kg5 c5 $2 (35... b5 $142) 36. a3 a6 37. a4 Kf7 38. Qe3 Kg7 (38... a5)
39. a5 Qc6 40. axb6 Qxb6 41. Qh3 Kg8 42. Qd3 Kf7 43. Qd5+ Kf8 44. e6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Veterans"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 {Larsen} 5. Nxe5 g6 (5... e6 6. Qf3 {
/\Qg3}) (5... Nd7 $5 6. Nxf7 $1 {--> CBM24}) 6. Bc4 c6 (6... Be6 7. Nc3 $1 Bg7
8. Ne4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. Nc5 Ne3 $1 $10) 7. O-O Bg7 $1 8. Qe2 (8. Re1 O-O 9.
c3 (9. Bb3 Be6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nc7 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Qb3 $14 {
Tseshkovsky-Kengis, Riga 1981}) 9... Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nef3 $1 Nc7 12. Bf1 $1
c5 13. Nb3 $14 {Ivanov,A-Schmidt, Riga 1982}) 8... O-O 9. Bb3 a5 10. a3 a4 (
10... Qb6 11. Rd1 Nd7 $10) 11. Ba2 Be6 12. c4 Nc7 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qb8 17. Nc3 Ra5 18. h3 Ne8 19. f4 Ng7 20. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Lewis"]
[Site "Isle of Lewis"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. c4 (6. Qf3 Be6 7. c4 Nb4
8. Qxb7 Qxd4 9. Qxa8 (9. Qxb4 Qxe5+ 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3
Rab8 14. Qa3 Nb6 15. Qa6 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Bc8 17. Qa3 Bb7 18. b3 Bc6 19. Rfe1 e6
20. Bf1 Bf8 {Ziska,B-Flindtholt,B/Festuge op ;EXT 91op 1991/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 9...
Nc2+ 10. Ke2 Qxe5+ 11. Kd1 Qd4+ $1 12. Nd2 (12. Kxc2 Bf5+ 13. Kb3 Qb6+ 14. Kc3
Bg7+ 15. Kd2 Bxb2 16. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 17. Ke1 O-O $15) 12... Nxa1 13. Qxb8+ Kd7 14.
Qb5+ Kd8 15. Qb8+ Bc8 16. f4 Qxf4 17. Qxa7 Bg7 18. Be2 Qd6 $15) 6... Nb6 7. Nc3
Bg7 8. Be3 O-O (8... c5 9. dxc5 (9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe8 11. Be2 Na6 12. h4
Na4 13. Nd5 Be6 14. h5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nb4 17. Kb1 Qc8 18. g4 Qc2+
19. Ka1 Rac8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qh3 h6 22. Bb5 Rf4 23. g5 Rxd4 24. Qe6+ Kh7 25.
Rxh6+ Bxh6 26. Qxe7+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kh7
31. Qf7+ {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,U-Maus,So/Gausdal PG (09) ;TD 90\05 1990}) 9... Qxd1+
10. Rxd1 Bxe5 11. cxb6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 axb6 13. Rd2 Nd7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. O-O Bf5
16. Bf3 Be4 17. Bxc5 Bxf3 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Re1 fxe5 21. Rxe5+ Kf7 22.
gxf3 Rhc8 23. Rd7+ {Ernst,T-Bagirov,V/Helsinki op (09) ;CBM 32 1992/1-0 (57)})
(8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 a5 11. Be2 a4 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bh6 e5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. c5 Nd7 16. O-O Nf6 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. f4 Rb8
21. f5 f6 22. fxg6 fxe5 23. Rxf8 Qxf8 24. Nxd5 Rd8 25. gxh7 Rxd5 26. Qg5+ Kxh7
27. Rf1 Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 Rd7 29. Qf5+ {1-0 Ivanov,AV-Men,B/USA-ch (07) ;TD 92\10
1992}) (8... Be6 9. f4 c6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Be2 N8d7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14.
d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Nfxd7 17. d6 Qd8 18. Bf3 exd6 19. Rxd6 Qe7 20.
Ne4 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. R6xd4 {Bode,W-Kengis,E/BL2-W 9192 
(1992) ;BL2 1992/1/2-1/2 (33)}) 9. Qf3 (9. f4 c6 (9... N6d7 10. Qf3 c5 11.
O-O-O Qa5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17.
Qd5 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 b6 19. Rhe1 Be6 20. Bf1 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b3 Rbd8 23. Kb2
g5 24. Kc3 {Gdanski,J-Tomaszewski,R/Naleczow (03) ;EXT 88 1988/1-0 (39)}) 10.
Qf3 f6 11. Ng4 Be6 12. b3 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 f5 14. Qg3 e6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Be2 N8d7
17. O-O a5 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Bf2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Qf7 21. Na4 Nxa4 22. bxa4 Nf6 23.
Qb3 Ne4 {Pokojowczyk,J-Tomaszewski,R/POL-ch (02) ;MCL 04 1980/1-0 (44)}) (9.
Rc1 Bf5 10. Be2 {Short,N-Alburt,L/Hastings/1983/}) 9... f6 10. Nd3 (10. Nxg6
hxg6 11. c5 N6d7 $1 12. Bc4+ Rf7 $1 $15 (12... Kh7 $2 13. Qh3+ Bh6 14. Qxh6#))
10... e5 $1 {The better developed player opens the center.} 11. dxe5 fxe5 12.
Qd1 Nc6 13. Nc5 Qe8 14. Nd5 Qf7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Nxb6 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1
axb6 19. c5 {Tricky} h6 (19... Rxa2 $2 20. Bc4+) 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. h4 $1 b5 22.
Nf7+ {With a perpetual.} Kh7 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. c4
O-O 9. h3 e5 $146 (9... Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 (10... e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5
13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qd2 Be6 $13 {Zatulovskaya,T-Koglin,A/BLW 9394 (1994) ;BIG 1994}
) 11. b3 (11. d5 Na5 12. Nd4 Naxc4 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Bd3 e6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Sznapik,A-Chekhov,V/POL-chT (Lubniewice) ;TD 93\08 1993}) 11... d5 12. c5 Nd7
13. Bg5 $6 (13. Bb2 Be4 14. Na4 e6 15. Qd2 Nf6 $2 (15... Rc8 $142 16. Rfe1 e5
17. dxe5 Re8 $132) (15... Re8 16. b4 $36) 16. Ne5 $1 g5 $8 17. f3 $6 (17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. Qxg5 Rb8 19. Rfe1 $16) (17. Qxg5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 $16) 17... Bg6 18. Nxg6
hxg6 19. Qxg5 Nh5 $14 {Kacirek,P-Zvolanek,Li/CZE-ch (07) ;TD 93\10 1993}) 13...
Nxc5 $1 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nh4 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd7 $17 {Neckar,L-Nemec,
P/CZE-chT ;TD 93\08 1993}) 10. Nc3 Nc6 (10... exd4 $142 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Re1 $14) (10... f5 $6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Nb5 $14) 11. Be3 (11. d5 Ne7 (
11... Nd4 $5 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 Re8 14. Re1 a6 $1 15. Na3 (15. Nxd4 Nxc4 $1
16. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Bxd4 $15) 15... Bf5 16. Nc2 $140 $2 (16. g4 Bd7 17. Nc2
Qh4 18. Kg2 Rac8 $36) 16... Rxe2 $1 $19) 12. b3 Bf5 13. Re1 $14) (11. Bg5 $5 f6
12. Be3 $14 exd4 $140 13. Nxd4 d5 $2 14. cxd5 Nxd4 (14... Nxd5 15. Bc4 $18) (
14... Ne5 15. Qb3 $16) 15. Qxd4 f5 16. Qd3 $16) 11... Bf5 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4
d5 13. cxd5 Ne7 $5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf3 $14) 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Ndb5
$14) (11... d5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. f4 $14) 12. d5 Ne7
(12... Nb4 13. Rc1 Re8 14. a3 Na6 15. b4 $14) 13. a4 $1 a5 $6 (13... Nd7 $4 14.
g4 $18) (13... Rc8 14. Qb3 $16) (13... Nbc8 $142 $5 14. a5 Bd7 $1 15. b4 $140 (
15. c5 $36) 15... f5 $132) 14. Qb3 Nec8 15. c5 $16 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Re8 17. Rfd1
h5 18. Nb5 $1 {/\d6,Nc7} (18. d6 Be6 19. Qc2 (19. Qb5 Bd7 20. Qd3 Bc6 $14)
19... Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nd7 $14) 18... Nd7 (18... Bd7 $5) 19. Be3 e4 $2
(19... Bf8 $2 20. Rac1 $18) (19... Rb8 $142 20. Rac1 $16) 20. Nfd4 Nc5 (20...
Re5 $2 21. Bf4 Nc5 22. Qa3 Rxd5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Nc7 $18) (20...
Nf6 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Bg5 Qb6 23. d6 $18) 21. Qc4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 b6 23. Nxf5 $18
gxf5 24. Bxh5 Nd6 25. Qc3 Nd3 $2 (25... Kh7 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Rb8 28. Qc3
$18 {_|_}) (25... Nd7 26. Bh6 Qf6 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Bg5 Qg7 29. Qxd6 Qxg5 30.
Bxf7 $18) 26. Bh6 Ne5 (26... Re5 27. Rxd3 $18) 27. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Maus, Soenke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 (4... g6 {--> Bologan-Oniscuk CBM24})
5. Nxe5 g6 (5... Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 $1
Nb8 (10... Nb6 11. c5+ Kxc5 12. Be3+ Kd6 13. Nc3 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5+
Kxd5 16. O-O-O+ Kc6 17. Rxd8 b6 18. Be2 Kb7 19. Bf3+ c6 20. Rhd1 {/\Re8,Rdd8 +-
}) (10... Ne5 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nc3 a6 13. b4 $1 cxb4 (13... b6 14. Rb1 g6 15.
bxc5+ bxc5 16. Rb7 $1 $18) (13... Qc7 14. O-O-O Nfg4 15. Be2 Kd7 16. Bxg4+ Kd8
17. d6 $18 {Votava-Sarkoezy, CSSR 1988}) (13... Qb6 14. bxc5+ Qxc5 15. Rd1 g5
$1 16. Bg3 (16. Bxe5+ Kxe5 17. Be2 Bh6 18. d6 $8 Be6 19. Qxe7 Rhf8 20. Qxb7 (
20. O-O Rf7 21. Rfe1 Rxe7 22. dxe7 $44 {Horvath}) 20... Rab8 21. Qf3 g4 22.
Qg3+ Bf4 23. Qh4 Bxc4 24. g3 $1 Be3 $1 25. O-O $1 $13 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 Rb2 27.
Rde1 Kxd6 28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Qe4+ $10) 16... Qa3 17. Rd3 (17. Nb1 Qxg3 $1 {
/\Nxf7}) 17... Qc1+ 18. Nd1 Nfg4 $13) 14. c5+ Kxc5 15. Na4+ Kd6 16. Nb2 $16)
11. c5+ Kd7 (11... Kxc5 12. Be3+ Kd6 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc4+ Kd7 15. d6 $16) 12.
Bb5+ c6 13. dxc6+ bxc6 14. O-O Kc7 15. Bf4+ Kb7 16. Qb3 Nfd7 17. Bxc6+ Kxc6 18.
Qf3+ Kxc5 19. Rc1+ Kb6 20. Qb3+ Ka6 21. Qc4+ Kb7 22. Qd5+ Ka6 23. Bc7 $40) 6.
Bc4 (6. Qf3 Be6 7. c4 Nb4 8. Qxb7 Nc2+ 9. Kd1 Nxa1 10. Qxa8 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12.
Nd3 Qxd4 13. Nc3 $13) (6. c4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 $14 {Dolmatov})
6... c6 (6... Be6 7. O-O (7. Nc3 $1 Bg7 8. Ne4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. b3 $1 Nxe5
(10... O-O 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Nc5) 11. Bb2 f6 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. Nc5 (13. Ng5 Bg8
14. Qe2 Qd6 $13) 13... Bf7 14. Nxb7 Qd7 15. O-O Qc6 16. Na5 Qc5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5
18. b4 Qd6 19. c4 Be4 20. Qe2 Bf5 21. c5 $18 {Vlasak-Petanek, CSFR corr 1990})
7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nef3 $1 {[+]} N7f6 11. Bf1 {/\c4,b3 +/=
Unzicker-Williams, Buenos Aires (ol) 1978}) 7. O-O (7. Qf3 Be6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Rd1 $14) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 (8. Qe2 {
--> Arakhamia-Efimov CBM24}) 8... O-O 9. Bb3 Be6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 (11. Nd3
Bf5 12. Bg5 Re8 $10) 11... Bg4 (11... Nc7 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc4 c5
15. d5 Nc7 16. Rxe7 Qd6 17. Re1 Qxd5 18. Na3 $14 {Tseshkowsky-Kengis, USSR 1979
}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Nd2 b5 15. Ne4 a5 16. a4 Qb6 17. Nd6 b4 $2 (
17... Qc7 $6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 {/\ axb5 +/-/+-}) (17... N7f6 $142 18. axb5
(18. Bg5 Qc7 $5 $13) 18... cxb5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 $14 {^^}) 18. c4 N5f6 19.
c5 $1 Qc7 (19... Qa6 20. Bc4 $18) 20. Bf4 Nd5 $8 21. Bxd5 cxd5 (21... exd5 22.
Nf5 Qb7 $8 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Re7 Rae8 25. Rae1 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Qc8 27. Qe3 $1 Kg8
28. Bh6 Rd8 29. Qf4 $18) 22. Nf5 Qd8 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rac1 Kg8 25. c6 Nb6 26.
b3 $16 Nc8 27. Qg3 Ne7 28. Be5 Nf5 29. Qd3 Rc8 30. Rc5 Qh4 31. g4 Ne7 32. c7 f5
33. Qg3 $1 Qxg3+ 34. Bxg3 f4 (34... Kf7 35. Rxa5 $18) 35. Bh4 Kf7 36. Bg5 $18
h6 37. Bxf4 g5 38. Bd6 Rfe8 39. Rec1 Ng8 40. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 $6 (5. Bc4) 5... Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6
{<->c,/^d4-g7} 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Bg4 {/^d1-h5,קc4} 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 {
קc4,Pd4} O-O 11. Rc1 e5 $1 {><d4} 12. d5 (12. dxe5 dxe5 $36) 12... Ne7 13. h3
(13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 f5 $15 {[+]}) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 h6 (14... f5 $6 15.
Ng5 {><e6}) 15. Qb3 Nf5 (15... f5 16. c5 Nbxd5 17. Bc4 dxc5 18. Bxc5 $40) 16.
Rfd1 (16. Bxb6 axb6 $15 {<->a,><c5}) 16... Nd7 17. Qc2 {/\b4 -><<} (17. Qxb7
Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Bd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 (20. fxe3 Nc5 $36) 20... Rxa2 $15)
17... a5 18. Kh1 (18. b3 $142 {/\a3,b4}) 18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 f5 {->>>} 20. e4
h5 (20... Nc5 $5 {קe4}) 21. Rf1 Bh6 22. Rcd1 Qf6 (22... Nc5) 23. Nh2 Bf4 $17
24. exf5 (24. Rf3 {/\Nf1}) 24... gxf5 25. Bd3 (25. Rf3 {<->4,Nf1}) 25... h4 26.
Qe2 Qg5 27. Rxf4 (27. Nf3 Qg3 28. Qf2 e4 $19) 27... Qxf4 28. Qh5 Kg7 29. Rf1
Qh6 $19 30. Rxf5 Qxh5 31. Rxh5 Nc5 32. Bb1 (32. Rh7+ Kf6 33. Ng4+ Kg5 {
/\Kf4-g3 -+_|_}) 32... Rf4 33. Kg1 (33. b3 Rd4 34. Bc2 Rd2 35. Bf5 Rd1+ $19)
33... Rxc4 34. Bf5 Rb4 35. Rg5+ Kf6 36. Nf3 e4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Bohm, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bb3 h6 $6 (11... Rfe8) 12. Nh4 $1 Bxd4 13. Ne4
$1 Bxe4 14. Qxd4 (14. Rxe4 $2 Bg7) 14... N5f6 15. Rxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 $1 17.
Qe2 Nxb3 18. axb3 h5 19. Bg5 e5 $2 (19... Rad8 $5 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Bxd6 Rxe2
22. Bb4 Rxc2 23. Bc3) 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. f4 $1 f6 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. f5 gxf5 24. Qxh5
Rh7 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Bg5 $1 Rf8 27. Nxf5 Qf7 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Rxf6 30.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. a4 a5 (5... c6 {Blatny,P}
6. a5 Nd5 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 $14 {
Sigurjonsson-Larsen, Portoroz 1977}) (5... Bg4 {Blatny,P} 6. a5 N6d7 7. exd6
cxd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 e6 10. c3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 a6 13. d5 $5 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 e5 $8 15. Nd2 $14 {Matanovic-Ljubojevic, Yugoslavia 1975}) 6. Bb5+ (6. Nc3
g6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. h4 $14 {Cseshkovsky,V-Cosma,I Moscow 1991}) 6...
c6 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 {Blatny,P} dxe5 8. Nxe5 N8d7 9. Nf3 g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. O-O
O-O 12. c3 Nf6 $10 {Jell-Grzesik, BL 86/87}) 7... dxe5 (7... Bg4 8. h3 (8. exd6
exd6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 N8d7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 $14) 8... Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 dxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. Qg3 N8d7 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. f4 O-O-O $10) (7... g6 {
Blatny,P} 8. exd6 (8. O-O Bg7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Bh6 $40 {Diel-Grant,
cr 1987}) 8... Qxd6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O (10... Bxd4 $6 11. Ne4 Qd8 12. Nxd4
Qxd4 13. Be3 Qd8 $8 14. Bh6 $40) 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. c3 N8d7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Re1
$14 {Almasi-Kahn, Budapest Spring op 1992}) 8. Nxe5 g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Qe2 Be6 (
10... O-O 11. Nd2 $14 {/\Ndf3}) 11. O-O N8d7 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Bg5 Bxf3 (13...
Nd5 $5 {Blatny,P}) 14. Qxf3 Nf6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Re2 (17. Nc4 Nxc4
18. Bxc4 $14) 17... Qd7 (17... Qd5 18. Qg3 $2 (18. Qxd5 Nbxd5 $14) 18... Nh5
19. Qg4 e5 20. Rae1 h6 21. Be3 $15) (17... Qd5 $142 {Blatny,P}) 18. Bc2 Qd5 19.
Qf4 Nh5 20. Qg4 Bf6 $6 (20... e5 $1 21. Bb3 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Rae1 $10) 21.
Be3 Qd8 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Bb3 Bg7 24. Qf3 Nhf6 25. Nc5 b6 (25... Qc8 $5 {Blatny,P
} 26. Rae1 $140 b6 27. Nd3 Qg4 $14 {_|_}) 26. Nd3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 $1 c5 {[#]} 28.
Ne5 e6 (28... Rf8 {Blatny,P} 29. Rf1 {/\Ref2,g4-g5 ->><f7}) 29. Rf1 Rf8 30.
Ref2 Qe8 (30... Qc7 31. Qh3 Qe7 32. Qh4 $16) 31. Qh3 Ne4 (31... Qe7 32. Qh4 $16
(32. Qh4 {Blatny,P} Nd5 33. Qxe7 Nxe7 34. Nxf7 $18)) 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Nxf7 (
33. Nxf7 Nd2 34. Bxe6 Nxf1 35. Nd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nd2
(8. Re1) 8... O-O 9. Ndf3 Nd7 10. Nd3 (10. h3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bf5)
10... a5 11. a4 (11. a3) 11... N7b6 (11... N7f6) 12. Bb3 Bg4 (12... Bf5 13. Re1
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 e6 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Qe4 Nc8 17. c4 Nd6 18. Qe2 Nb4 19. Rad1 Rfe8
20. Qd2 Nf5 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bf4 Qd8 $10 {Arnason,J-Kengis,E}) 13. c3 Nd7 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Rad1 (19. Re2 $5 {
/\ Rae1}) 19... Qd6 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bc1 Bg7 22. Qe4 Qf8 23. Qh4 Rac8 (23... Bf6
24. Qg3 Bg7 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qc7) 24. Bb3 Bf6 25. Qg3 Bg7 26. h4 Bh6 (26... h5
$14) 27. Bg5 Bxg5 28. hxg5 h6 (28... Ne7 29. Rxe6 $1) 29. gxh6 Qxh6 30. Re4 Qg7
31. Rde1 N5f6 32. Rh4 c5 33. Ne5 cxd4 34. Rxd4 Nc5 (34... Nxe5 $142 35. Qxe5 b6
36. Qd6 Rb8 37. Bc4 $14) 35. Bc4 Red8 (35... Nxa4 36. Bb5 $16) (35... Rcd8 36.
Bb5 Rf8 37. Nc4 $16) 36. b3 Rxd4 37. cxd4 Nce4 (37... Ncd7 38. Nxd7 Nxd7 39.
Qd6 Nf6 (39... Nf8 40. Qb6) 40. Bxe6 Rc6 $2 41. Qb8+ Qf8 42. Bxf7+ $18) 38. Qd3
Nd6 (38... Ng5 39. f4 Ngh7 40. Nxg6 Rxc4 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Qxc4 Kxe7 43. Qc5+
Ke8 44. Rc1 $40) 39. Nxg6 Qxg6 40. Qxg6+ fxg6 41. Bxe6+ Kf8 (41... Kg7 42. Bxc8
Nxc8 43. Rc1 Nd6 44. Rc5 b6 45. Rc6 $18) 42. Bxc8 Nxc8 43. Re5 b6 44. Re6 Nd5
45. Rxg6 Ke7 46. g3 Nd6 47. Rg5 Nb4 48. Re5+ Kd7 (48... Kf6 49. g4 Nc2 50. f4
Nxd4 51. Rd5 Ne2+ 52. Kf2 Ne4+ 53. Ke3) 49. g4 Nc6 50. Re3 Nxd4 51. Kg2 Nc2 52.
Rc3 Nd4 53. f4 Ne2 54. Rf3 Kc6 55. Kf2 Nd4 56. Rc3+ Kd5 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. f5 Nc5
59. Kf4 Nde4 60. Rf3 Nd2 61. Re3 Ndxb3 62. g5 Nd4 63. g6 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Begovac, Franja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Nc3 d5 11. Bf4 Nbc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. b3 Na5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15.
Bh6 Bf5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nh4 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. Re3 f6 20. exf6+ Rxf6 21.
Nf3 Rdf8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 c6 24. Rfe1 R8f7 25. R1e2 Qd6 26. Qe3 Kf8 27.
Nb1 Bd7 28. Nd2 Rf5 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Nf3 Qf6 31. Ne5 Bc8 32. c3 Rf4 33. f3 Rh4
34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Qxf4+ Rxf4 36. Kg3 g5 37. Nd3 Rf6 38. Re5 h6 39. h4 gxh4+ 40.
Kxh4 Bf5 41. Nf2 Kf7 42. Re2 Bd7 43. Nd3 Kf8 44. Ne5 Be8 45. g4 a5 46. a4 b6
47. b4 axb4 48. cxb4 c5 49. bxc5 bxc5 50. dxc5 Ra6 51. Ra2 Kg7 52. a5 d4 53.
Kg3 Kf6 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Ke4 d3 56. Rh2 $6 (56. Nxd3 $142) 56... h5 57. gxh5
Rxa5 58. Nxd3 Ra4+ 59. Ke3 Ra3 60. Kd4 Ra4+ 61. Kc3 Ra3+ 62. Kc4 Kf6 63. h6
Bf7+ 64. Kb4 Ra8 65. c6 Bg6 66. Nf4 Bh7 67. Nd5+ Ke5 68. Nb6 Ra6 69. Nc4+ Kf6
70. Kb5 Ra8 71. c7 Bf5 72. h7 Rh8 73. Nb6 Kg7 74. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Black "Bohm, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Ng5 $6 c6 6. h4 $5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Qc7
8. Qe2 h6 9. Nh3 Bg7 10. f4 Be6 11. Na3 (11. Bd2) 11... Nd7 12. Bd2 (12. h5 $5)
12... O-O-O 13. O-O-O N5b6 14. g3 Rhe8 15. Bg2 f6 16. Rhe1 (16. h5) 16... h5
17. exf6 $5 exf6 18. f5 Bf7 19. Qf2 gxf5 20. Rxe8 (20. Qxf5 Qxg3) 20... Rxe8
21. Nf4 Bf8 22. Bc3 Bc5 23. Bd4 Bxa3 24. bxa3 Nc4 25. Bc3 (25. Bxa7 Qa5) 25...
Re3 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. cxd3 Nxa3 28. Bh3 Nb5 29. Bb2 Kb8 30. Bxf5 Ne5 31. Qc5 Qd6
32. Ba3 Kc7 33. Qxd6+ Nxd6 34. Be6 Nxd3+ 35. Kd2 Nxf4 36. Bxd6+ Kxd6 37. Bxf7
Ke7 $1 38. Bb3 Ne6 39. Bd1 Ng7 40. Ke3 f5 41. Bf3 Ke6 42. a4 a5 43. Kd4 Kd6 44.
Kc4 Ke5 45. Kc5 b5 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Oliwa, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. f4 f6
9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Bc2
Bh6 16. O-O Rdf8 17. Qe2 fxe5 18. fxe5 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Nd8 20. Ng5 e6 21. b3 h6
22. Nf3 g5 23. Nh2 Qg7 24. Qh5 Nd7 25. Ng4 c5 26. Bd3 Kb8 27. Bb5 cxd4 28. cxd4
Rf5 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Ne3 f4 31. Nxd5 Ne6 32. Qg4 Nxd4 33. Qxd7 Ne2+ 34. Kf1
Ng3+ (34... Qxd7 35. Bxd7 Nxc1 36. e6 $18) 35. Kf2 Qxe5 36. Qc7+ Qxc7 37. Rxc7
Rd8 38. Rd7 Rc8 39. Bd3 Rc1 40. Rd8+ Ka7 41. Kf3 Rd1 42. Nc3 Re1 43. Kf2 Re3
44. Ne2 Nxe2 45. Bxe2 Rxb3 46. Rd5 b6 47. Rd7+ Kb8 48. Rd6 Kc7 49. Rxh6 Rb4 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 20th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2013.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2013.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {"Die Aljechin-Verteidigung ist eigentlich eher eine Krankheit als
eine Eröffnung, von der man nicht mehr recht loskommt, wenn man einmal
infiziert ist". (Baburin)} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 ({Ein Klassiker der
Aljechin-Verteidigung ist} 4... g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. a4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qe2 Qe8 13. Ne4 Nbxa4 14. Bxa4 Nxa4 15.
Re1 Nb6 16. Bd2 a4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Bf5 19. g4 Be6 20. Nd4 Bc4 21. Qd2 Qd7
22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. f4 Bd5 24. Nc5 Qc8 25. Qc3 e6 26. Kh2 Nd7 27. Nd3 c5 28. Nb5
Qc6 29. Nd6 Qxd6 30. exd6 Bxc3 31. bxc3 f6 32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5 f5 34. Bg3 Kf7
35. Ne5+ Nxe5 36. Bxe5 b5 37. Rf1 Rh8 38. Bf6 a3 39. Rf4 a2 40. c4 Bxc4 41. d7
Bd5 42. Kg3 Ra3+ 43. c3 Rha8 44. Rh4 e5 45. Rh7+ Ke6 46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Rxe5
Rxc3+ 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Ke1 Kxd7 50. Rexd5+ Kc6 51. Rd6+ Kb7 52. Rd7+ Ka6 53.
R7d2 Rxd2 54. Kxd2 b4 55. h4 Kb5 56. h5 c4 57. Ra1 gxh5 58. g6 h4 59. g7 h3 60.
Be7 Rg8 61. Bf8 h2 62. Kc2 Kc6 63. Rd1 b3+ 64. Kc3 h1=Q 65. Rxh1 Kd5 66. Kb2 f4
67. Rd1+ Ke4 68. Rc1 Kd3 69. Rd1+ Ke2 70. Rc1 f3 71. Bc5 Rxg7 72. Rxc4 Rd7 73.
Re4+ Kf1 74. Bd4 f2 {0-1 (74) Spassky,B (2660)-Fischer,R (2785) Reykjavik 1972
MainBase [ChessBase]}) 5. Nxe5 {Die Idee des Tausches auf e5 besteht darin,
dass der Springer sich dort nicht halten kann.} c6 ({Eine Verbesserung
gegenüber} 5... Nd7 6. Nxf7) 6. Bd3 (6. c4 Nc7 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Be3
Bf5 10. g4 Bc8 11. Be2 e6 12. Qc2 b5 13. Bf3 bxc4 14. Bxc6+ Bd7 15. Qa4 Rc8 16.
Qxc4 Nd5 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qd3 Bb4 19. Bd2 O-O 20. O-O Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa4 22.
f4 f5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Rf3 Qc4 25. a4 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc4 27. a5 Rb8 28. Re1 Nf6
29. d5 Ne4 30. Be3 Rb7 31. a6 Rd7 32. Rb1 Nd6 33. Rb4 Rc8 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Rd1
Ke8 36. Re1+ Kd8 37. Re6 Ne8 38. c4 Nd6 39. Bxa7 Nxc4 40. Rxc4 Rxa7 41. Rxc8+
Kxc8 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Ke3 Ra8 44. Kd4 Rb8 45. Kc5 Rb2 46. a7 Ra2 47. Kb6 {
1-0 (47) Short,N (2676)-Miles,A (2562) Ohrid 2001}) 6... g6 ({2007 und 2008
gehörte die Aljechin-Verteidigung zum Repertoire von magnus Carlsen.} 6... Nd7
7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O g6 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. c3 c5 13. Be4
cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Rd1
Bg7 20. Kf1 Rfd8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Rd2 h6 23. Be3 d4 24. Rd3 Rc8 25. Bd2 Rc2 26.
Rb1 Re7 27. a4 f5 28. b3 Rec7 29. Be1 Kf7 30. Rd2 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Ke2 Rb1
33. Rd3 Ke6 34. h4 Kd5 35. Bd2 Ke4 36. Rg3 f4 37. Rd3 Be5 38. f3+ Kd5 39. Be1
Bd6 40. Bd2 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Be1 g4 43. fxg4 Ke4 44. g5 Ke5 {0-1 (44)
Topalov,V (2780)-Carlsen,M (2733) Morelia/Linares 2008 CBM 123 [Rogozenco]}) 7.
O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. a3 (9. c3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 e5 13.
dxe5 Nf4 14. Bf1 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (15) Lupulescu,C (2562)-Baburin,A 
(2545) Kemer 2007}) 9... Nd7 10. Nf3 (10. Nxd7 Bxd7 $11) 10... b5 {Schwarz
zementiert seine schönen Zentralspringer.} 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4
N7b6 14. Ba2 c5 (14... Rd8 $5) (14... Rb8 $5) 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qc6 17. Bg5
$1 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 (18... Bxa3 $2 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Rxb6 Nxb6 (20... Qxb6 21.
Bxd5 $18) 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Qd8+ Kg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh8 {
mit der Idee} Bf5 26. Qxh7+ Ke6 27. Nc5+ $18) 19. Rc1 Qd7 (19... Qb7 20. Nc5
$18) 20. Nc5 Qd8 21. Bxe7 (21. Ne5 $5) 21... Nxe7 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxe7 Rf8 ({
In Betracht kam} 23... Nd5 $5 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Ree1 Nc7 {mit nur geringem
weißen Vorteil.}) 24. Ng5 Bf6 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 (25... Bxg5 26. Rf5+ Kg7 27. Rxg5
$16) 26. Nxf7 (26. Nce4 $5 Kf8 27. Nxf7 Be7 28. Rc7 $16) 26... Bb2 27. Ng5+ Kg7
28. Nce6+ Bxe6 29. Nxe6+ Kh8 ({Etwas besser war} 29... Kf6 30. Rc6 Rc8) 30. Rc7
Rc8 (30... Bxa3 $2 {führt ins Matt:} 31. Ng5) 31. Rxc8+ Nxc8 32. a4 {Mit
einem Mehrbauern im Leichtfigurenendspiel beginnt nun die technische Phase,
wobei die Remisbreite groß ist.} a5 33. Kf1 Nd6 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. Bb3 {Hat die
Gabel auf c3 gesehen.} Ba3 36. Bc2 Nc5 37. Nd4 Bb2 38. Nc6 Bc3 39. f4 Kg7 40.
Ne7 Kf7 41. Nd5 Bd4 42. Ne3 Bc3 ({Nach} 42... Bxe3 43. Kxe3 Ke6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45.
Kc4 Kc6 46. g4 $18 {ist der Läufer die bessere Figur.}) 43. g4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Bd2
45. Nc4 Bc3 46. g5 h6 47. gxh6+ Kxh6 48. Ne5 {Die Idee, Bauer g6 gegen Bauer
a4 zu tauschen reicht objektiv offenbar nicht zum Gewinn.} Kg7 (48... Bxe5 49.
fxe5 Kg7 50. Ke3 Ne6 (50... Kf7 51. Kd4 Ne6+ 52. Kc4 $18) 51. h4 Nd8 (51... Kf7
$2 52. Bb3 $18) 52. Bb3 Nc6 53. Ke4 $18) 49. h4 Kf6 50. Nxg6 Nxa4 51. h5 Nc5
52. h6 a4 53. h7 Kf7 54. f5 a3 55. Bb1 Bg7 56. Kg4 Na4 $6 (56... Kf6 {hält
remis:} 57. Nf4 Bh8 58. Nh5+ Ke5 (58... Kf7 59. Ba2+ Ke8 60. f6 Nd7 61. f7+ Kf8
62. Kf5 Ne5 63. Nf6 Nxf7 64. Kg6 Ne5+ $11)) 57. Ba2+ Kf6 58. Nf4 Bh8 59. Nh5+
Ke7 $2 {Das verliert:} (59... Ke5 60. f6 Nc5 61. f7 Nd7 62. Kg5 Nf8 63. Kh6 Kd6
64. Nf4 Ke7 65. Ng6+ Nxg6 66. Kxg6 Kf8 {reicht auch noch zum Remis, Thema:
ungleiche Läufer.}) 60. f6+ Kf8 61. Kf5 Nc3 (61... Nc5 62. Nf4 Nd7 63. Ng6+
$18) 62. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Riga zt"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 (5. c4 $5 Nc7 6. h3 dxe5 7. Nxe5
Nd7 8. Nf3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qc1 $14 {
Anand,V-Suba,M/Palma de Mallorca/1989/1:0/49/}) 5... dxe5 (5... g6 6. c4 Nc7 7.
exd6 $1 Qxd6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nba6 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Rad8 13.
Qc1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Petrosian,A/URS/1981/}) 6. Nxe5 (6. dxe5 Bf5 (6... Bg4 $5)
7. O-O e6 8. c4 Ne7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nd4 Nd7 12. f4 g5 $1 $132 {
Zapata,A-Miles,A/Matamoros/0,5/48/}) 6... g6 (6... Nd7 7. c4 Nc7 8. Nf3 g6 9.
O-O Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. d5 b5 $1 $10 {De Firmian,N-Miles,A/Chicago/
0:1/28/}) 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nd2 (8. c4 Nc7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3) 8... O-O 9. Ndf3 Bf5
$6 (9... Nd7 $1) 10. c4 Nb6 11. Qb3 N8d7 12. Bf4 (12. c5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14.
Qxb7 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxc6 Rc8 $13) 12... c5 13. Qe3 $1 (13. Nxd7 Nxd7
14. Qxb7 cxd4) 13... Qc8 (13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Bd7
17. Rad1 $14) 14. Rad1 a5 $6 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5
f6 18. Qe3 e5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. c5) 15. Rd2 f6 $6 (15... Re8 $5) 16. Nxd7 Nxd7
17. Nh4 $1 (17. Qxe7 Re8 18. Qd6 g5 19. Bg3 Bh6 {/\g4/}) 17... cxd4 (17... e5
18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bh6 $16) 18. Qxe7 Nc5 (18... Re8 19. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 20. Qd6 $18
) 19. Bc7 Ne6 (19... Ne4 20. Nxf5 gxf5 (20... Qxf5 21. Bd3 (21. g4 $1 Qc8 22.
Rxd4 Re8 23. Qd7 $16) 21... Rae8 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Bb6 f5)) 20.
Nxf5 gxf5 21. Bb6 Bh6 $6 (21... Re8 $5) 22. Rd3 Rf7 (22... Nf4 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24.
Bxd4) 23. Qd6 Nf4 (23... Qd7 $5) 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Re1
Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Rc8 29. b3 Kg8 (29... Rd6 $5 30. Bxa5 (30. Bxd4 Kg8 31. c5 Rd5)
30... Ra6) 30. Rxd4 $18 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Kf7 32. Kf1 a4 33. Be3 (33. Ke2 $5 $18 {
T/}) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1984.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 (7... d5
$5) 8. f4 (8. Qf3 Qd7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Nf6+ Bxf6 11. Qxf6 Rg8 12. Bg5 (12. dxe5
Qd4 13. Qf4 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 g5 $1 $132 {Konchevsky-Pushkin/URS/1989/1/2-1/2/38/})
12... exd4 13. Nd2 Nc6 $13) 8... dxe5 9. fxe5 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 f6 14. exf6 (14. Nc3 $5 fxe5 15. Bg5 $13) 14... Qxf6 15. Be3
Nd5 16. Bf2 Nf4 (16... Kh8 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 e5 $1 19. d5 e4 $13) 17. Kh1 (
17. Nbd2 Qf5 18. Be3 (18. Bc2 Qb5) 18... Qd3 $15 {Shamkovich,L-Alburt,L/
Reykjavik/1984/}) (17. Nc3 Na5 $6 (17... Nh3+ 18. gxh3 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20.
d5 Na5 21. Nb5 $1 Nxb3 22. axb3 exd5 23. Nc7 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Rb8 25. Rd1 $14 {
Kuzanov-Pushkin/corr/1987/1/2-1/2/67/}) 18. Ne5 (18. Bc2 $2 Nh3+ $17) (18. Ne4
$2 Nh3+ $17) 18... Nxb3 19. Qxb3 b6 20. Bg3 g5 21. Bxf4 gxf4 $13 {
Pavlov-Pushkin/RUS/1992/1/2-1/2/39/}) 17... b6 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Re1
Na5 21. Bc2 Qb4 (21... Rac8 $5) (21... Rad8 $4 22. Bh4) 22. Rb1 Rad8 (22...
Rac8 $5) 23. Bh4 $1 Rc8 (23... Rd5 24. a3 Qb5 25. Nc3) (23... Rd7 24. a3 Qb5
25. Ba4) 24. a3 Qb5 (24... Qc4 25. Rc1) 25. Be7 (25. Nd6 $6 Nxg2 $1 26. Nxb5 (
26. Kxg2 Rxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Bxf3+ $19) 26... Nxe1 27. Qxe1 Bxf3+ 28. Kg1 Rxc2 29.
Qxe6+ Kh8 $36) 25... Rf7 26. Bd6 (26. Nd6 Nxg2 $1 27. Nxb5 Nxe1 $36) 26... Nxg2
$6 (26... Qh5 $5) 27. Kxg2 Qf5 28. Bd3 $1 Qg4+ 29. Bg3 Rcf8 30. Nh4 $6 (30. Ne5
$5 Rf2+ 31. Kg1 Qh3 32. Bxf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36.
Nf2 $18) 30... Qg5 $1 31. Kh1 (31. Bc2 $5 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rd2 34.
Qc1 Rff2 35. Kh1 $1) 31... Bxd4 32. Ng2 Qd5 33. Qe2 Bf2 (33... Nb3 34. Bc4 Qxe4
35. Qxe4 (35. Bxb3 $4 Qxe2 36. Rxe2 Rf1+) 35... Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Nd2 37. Rxd4 Nxc4
(37... Nxb1 38. Bxe6 $18) 38. h3 $18) 34. Rf1 Bxg3 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. hxg3 Nb3
37. Rf1 (37. Rd1 Nd4 38. Qg4 Rf2 (38... Kg7 $5) 39. Kg1 Rxb2 $2 40. Nf6+) 37...
Nd4 38. Qd1 Nf5 39. Kh2 Qe5 40. Qg4 $6 (40. Qe2 $2 Nd4 {/\Rf1,Be4/}) (40. Qe1
$5 Qxb2 41. Bc4) 40... Rd7 $6 (40... Qxb2 $1 {/\Ne3/} 41. Rf2 Qxa3 42. Bc4 Bd5)
41. Bb1 Bxe4 (41... Qxb2 42. Rf2 Qe5 (42... Qxb1 43. Nf6+) 43. Qf4) 42. Bxe4
Rd2 43. Qf3 Rxb2 (43... Qxb2 $5 44. Bxf5 exf5 45. Qa8+ Kg7 46. Qxa7+ Kh6) 44.
Bxf5 exf5 45. Qa8+ Kg7 46. Qxa7+ Kh6 47. Qa8 Qc5 48. Qf3 Kg7 (48... Ra2 49.
Qf4+ $2 (49. Rd1 $1 Rxa3 50. Qf4+ Kg7 51. Rd7+ Kf6 52. Qh4+ Ke6 53. Qxh7) 49...
Kg7 50. a4 Qc6) 49. Rd1 Kf6 50. Rd5 Qc1 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rd1 (52. Qd5 Qh6+ 53.
Kg1 Qc1+) 52... Qc2 (52... Qh6+ 53. Kg1 {/\Qb7/}) 53. Qb7+ Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kg5 55.
Qe7+ Kg4 (55... Kh6 56. Qh4+ $18) 56. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1984.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 dxe5 $6 6. dxe5 $1 (6. Nxe5 Bg7
7. Qf3 Be6 8. Nc3 c6) 6... c6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bg7 (8... Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8
10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. bxc3 $18) 9. f4 Nd7 $6 (9... O-O $5) 10. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 (10...
Bxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 $18) 11. Be3 (11. Nxd5 Nxe5) 11... Nb6 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. Bd4 $16 Nc4 14. b3 Na3 15. O-O (15. h4 $5) 15... Rc8 16. Rf2 Qa5 17.
Qd3 b5 18. Rc1 (18. h4 $5) 18... b4 19. Ne2 Nb5 20. c3 $1 bxc3 21. a4 $5 (21.
Nxc3 O-O 22. Rfc2 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qb6) 21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Kd7 23. h4 $1 Rc5 24.
Rfc2 Rhc8 25. Kf2 (25. h5 $5 gxh5 26. Qxh7 Bh8 (26... Qb4 $5 27. Rd1) 27. Qxh5
Qb4 28. Qd1) 25... Qb4 26. Ke3 Bxe5 $5 27. fxe5 Qb8 28. Kf2 (28. Nf3 Qxb3)
28... Qxe5 29. Re1 (29. Rxc3 $5 Qf6+ 30. Ke1 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 e5 33.
Nf3 $18) 29... Rf8+ 30. Nf3 Qh2 31. Qd4 Rc7 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxh4+ 34.
Kg1 $18 Rxf3 35. gxf3 d4 36. Qd2 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qxf3+ 38. Qf2 Qh3+ 39. Ke2 e5 40.
Qf3 Qh2+ 41. Kd3 Qb2 42. Qd5+ Ke8 43. Qa8+ Kf7 44. Rf1+ (44. Rf1+ Ke6 (44...
Kg7 45. Qf8#) 45. Qc6#) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. a4 a5 6. Nc3 $1 g6 7. exd6 cxd6 {
>< b6, b5} (7... exd6 8. Bg5 Be7 (8... f6 9. Qe2+) 9. Bh6 Bf8 10. Qd2) 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. h4 $1 Bxb5 (9... h5 $2 10. Ng5 {/\ 11.Qf3} (10. Bg5)) 10. Nxb5 Bg7 11.
h5 Nc6 12. c3 Qd7 13. d5 $5 (13. Qb3 {/\ 14.N:d6}) 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 (
14... Bxe5 15. f4 Bg7 16. Be3 $16 Nc4 17. Bd4) 15. d6 O-O (15... exd6 16. hxg6
hxg6 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 (18... Rc8 19. Bh6) 19. Nxd6+ Ke7 20. Nxb7)
16. hxg6 (16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. hxg6 fxg6) 16... hxg6 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg4 Rfd8
19. Qh3 (19. Bg5 f6 (19... Bf6 $2 20. Qh4) 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Qxg6 Nxe3 22. fxe3
Qc5 23. Rh3 Rd7) 19... Qf6 (19... Qd7 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qh8+ Ke7
23. Qxe5+ Qe6 24. Qxe6+ Kxe6 25. Rxh6) (19... f5 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Bh6 Qf6 22.
Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nc7) 20. b3 Nd5 21. Ba3 Ne7 22. Nc7 Rab8 (22...
Rac8 23. Nd5 $1 Rxd5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxc8+) 23. c4 $1 e4 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. O-O
Qg5 26. Rae1 $1 (26. Nd5 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Bxa1 28. d6) 26... Rd7 27. Nd5 Rxd5 28.
cxd5 f5 29. Rc1 {/\Rc1-c7} 1-0

[Event "Elenite op"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8.
Ndf3 Nd7 9. Ng5 Nxe5 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. c3 Qd6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14.
Qe2 Bf4 15. O-O-O Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Rhf8 17. f3 Qc6 (17... Qf4 $142) 18. Bb3 Nf4
$2 (18... Rd6) 19. Qe3 Rd6 20. Qxa7 Qa6 21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. Rxd6 exd6 23. g3 Nd3+
24. Kd2 Nc5 25. Bd1 e5 26. Ke3 Kd7 27. h4 d5 28. Bc2 e4 29. f4 Nb7 30. c4 c6
31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Bb3 Nd6 33. Bxd5 Nf5+ 34. Kf2 e3+ 35. Kf3 Re8 36. Rd1 e2 37.
Re1 Re3+ 38. Kf2 Rxg3 39. Rxe2 Rg4 40. Be6+ Kd6 41. Bxf5 Rxf4+ 42. Kg3 Rxf5 43.
Re3 a5 44. Rb3 Kc5 45. Rb7 Rh5 46. Kg4 Kc4 47. Rb3 Rd5 48. Rc3+ Kb5 49. Kg3 h5
50. Rc8 Rd4 51. Rc7 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Rg1 53. Rb7+ Ka4 54. Rb3 Ra1 55. Ra3+ Kb4 56.
Rb3+ Kc4 57. Ra3 Kb5 58. Rb3+ Ka6 59. Ra3 Rb1 60. Rb3 Ra1 61. Ra3 Rh1+ 62. Kg3
Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santiago m"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "1997.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. a4 Nd5 14. Qf3 Nc7 15.
Ne4 Be6 16. Bd1 $2 (16. Bc2 $142 Bf5 17. Bg5) 16... Bd5 17. Qe2 Re8 18. f4 $15
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3
Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bf6 Bxf6 13. Qxf6 O-O 14. Qxe5 Nc6
$5 (14... Qxe5 15. dxe5) 15. Qxc7 $1 Nxd4 16. O-O Nxb3 17. axb3 Qxa1 18. Nf6+
Kg7 $2 (18... Kh8 19. Qe5 (19. Qf4 $2 Nd5 20. Qh6 Nxf6 21. Qxf8+ Ng8 22. Nd2
Qa6 $8 23. Ne4 b6 24. Nf6 Qxf1+ $1 25. Kxf1 Ba6+ $19) 19... Qxb2 20. g4 $5 (20.
Rd1 Bd7 $8 21. Nxd7+ f6 22. Nxf6 Rf7 $13) 20... Qxb3 (20... Qc2 21. c4 Qxb3 22.
Nd2 Qa2 23. Nde4 Nxc4 24. Qg5 $18) 21. Nd2 Qa3 (21... Nc4 $2 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23.
Rd1 h6 24. Rd8 $1) 22. Nde4 Qe7 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Qg5 Rg8 25. Qh6 Rg7 26. Ng5 Ne5
(26... Qxf6 27. Nxh7 $19) 27. Ngxh7 Nxg4 28. Qh4 $18) 19. Qe5 Rd8 20. Nd2 Qxb2
21. Nde4 Qe2 22. Nd7+ (22. Ne8+ $1 Kf8 23. Qc5+ Kg8 24. N4f6+ Kh8 25. Qf8#)
22... Kh6 (22... Kg8 23. Ndf6+ Kf8 24. Nxh7+) 23. Qg5+ Kg7 24. Qf6+ Kh6 25. Ne5
Rf8 26. f3 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Nd7 28. Ng4+ Kh5 29. Ng3# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1988.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 d5 $6 {
Normal 7...a5} 8. a5 Nc4 9. Nbd2 b5 $6 (9... Nxd2 $6 10. Bxd2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Bb4 $16 {Zapata,A-Alburt,L/New York/1988/}) 10.
axb6 Nxb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 e6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Kh7 15. Ng4 Rh8 {gegen Qd2
gerichtet} 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Qd2 Qf8 18. Ra3 Ne7 {18...a5 /\ ...a4} 19. Nf6+ Bxf6
20. exf6 Nf5 21. Bf4 Nd6 22. Qc1 Nd7 23. Be5 Ne4 24. Bxc7 Nexf6 25. Ba4 (25.
Qf4 Ne8 26. Rea1 a6 27. c4 dxc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc7 29. Qxc7 $16) 25... a6 26. Bxd7
Nxd7 27. Ne5 f6 (27... Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Rg8 29. Rf3 $16) 28. Rf3 (28. Nc6 Qe8 29.
Nb4 Bb7 30. Rae3 Nf8 31. Bd6 $16) 28... Qe7 29. Ng4 $2 (29. Nc6 $1 $18) 29...
g5 30. Ne3 Qg7 31. c4 dxc4 32. Qxc4 Bb7 33. d5 Rac8 34. Rh3 Ne5 35. Qc2+ Qg6
36. Qxg6+ Kxg6 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. dxe6 h5 39. g4 $2 (39. Nf1 $1 $14 Kf6 40. Rb3)
39... h4 40. Nf5 $2 (40. Ng2 Rc4 41. Rb3) 40... Rc4 41. f3 Kf6 42. Nd6 Rb4 43.
Nf7 Re8 44. Rxe5 Rxb2 45. Rf5+ Ke7 46. Rc5 Kf6 47. Rf5+ Ke7 48. Rc5 a5 $1 49.
Rxa5 (49. Nxg5 Rd8 50. Rc1 a4 51. Rxh4 a3 52. Rh7+ Kf6 $1 $19) 49... Rc8 50.
Ra1 Rcc2 51. Nxg5 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 $2 (52. Kf1 $1 Bc6 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ne4+ Kxe6
55. Ra6 $13) 52... Rxg4 53. Rg1 Rf4 54. Re1 Rb5 55. Ne4 Re5 56. Kg2 Rxe6 57.
Re2 Kf8 58. Nc3 Rg6+ 59. Kf2 Rgf6 60. Ke3 Rc4 61. Kd3 (61. Ne4 $2 Bxe4 62. fxe4
Rc3+ $19) 61... Rb4 62. Ne4 Ba6+ 63. Ke3 (63. Kc3 Bxe2 64. Nxf6 Rc4+ 65. Kb3
Bf1 66. f4 Rxf4 67. Nd5 Bc4+ $19) 63... Bxe2 64. Kxe2 (64. Nxf6 Bf1 65. Nh7+
Kg7 66. Ng5 Kg6 67. f4 Rb3+ $19) 64... Rf4 65. Nf2 Rb3 66. Nd3 Ra4 67. f4 Ra2+
68. Kd1 Rb1+ 69. Nc1 Rf2 70. Rc3 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Elenite op"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zakhariev, Z."]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nd2 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Ne4 Ne3 12. Bxe3 Bxc4 13. Qg4 Nxe5 14. Qh4
f6 15. Bf4 Nf7 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Be3 Nd6 18. Bc5 Bf7 19. Bb4 Nf5 20. Qf4 Rd8 21.
g4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd6 23. Re1 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 c5 25. Bc3 Qd7 (25... g5 $17) 26. g5
Bd5 27. gxf6 exf6 (27... Bxe4 28. f7+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kxf7 30. Qg7+ Ke6 31. Qe5+
$10) 28. Qxf6 Bxe4 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Immerhin eine Überraschung.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 {Das
erweist sich als schlechte Wahl.} 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9.
h4 $1 O-O $6 $146 ({RR} 9... e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. h5 Bf5 13. hxg6 hxg6
14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Ng5 Qc8 16. Be2 c6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qd3 Kd8 19. c5 e4 20.
Ncxe4 Nxd5 21. cxd6 {CBM 56-6.e6 fe6 7.Nc3 g6 8.h4/Opening 1996/CBM 56/
[Ftacnik] (21)}) ({RR} 9... d5 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. O-O-O
b5 14. Qxb5 Rb8 15. Qxc4 Nb4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ba6 18. Rxd7 Bxc4 19. Rhd1
Rc8 20. Bg5 Nc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bh6 Nxe5 23. R7d4 Nf7 24. Be3 {Nunn,J-Vaganian,
R/London 1986/MCL/1-0 (36)}) 10. h5 $1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 {Das nimmt die Schärfe
aus der Stellung, aber bei anderen Zügen stände Schwarz vielleicht noch
schlechter.} 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 $16 g5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h6+ Kg8 16. Qd2 e5
17. Rh5 g4 (17... Rf4 18. g3 Nxc4 19. Qc1 $18) 18. Qg5+ Qxg5 19. Rxg5+ Kh8 20.
Rg7 Rf6 21. Rxc7 Rxh6 22. b4 {Unter normalen Umständen würde Weiß natürlich
mit guten Chancen auf Gewinn weiterspielen. Doch das Remis genügt zur
Eroberung des WM-Titels, und dieses Ziel stand natürlich im Vordergrund.} (22.
b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rb1 Rc5 25. Re7 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch03 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor Parfenovich"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Bohatyrchuk"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1924.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Di Felice,S.84 2)Soloviev:Bogoljubow.Chess Stars.2004. S.80 Tabelle 
(18Spieler). 1.Bogoljubow 15,0/17 2.Romanovsky 12,5/17 3.-4.Bohatyrchuk;
Levenfish 11,5/17. 3)Voronkov,Sergei: Shederyi i dramyi chempionatov SSSR
1920-1937. p.85. 4)Voronkov,Sergei: Fedor Bogatyirchuk. Tom 1 1892-1935.
p130-149 (tournament) p.132-135(game).} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5.
exd6 cxd6 6. Be3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Qd2 d5 (10... e5) (
10... Re8 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be2) 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O
$14 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Nb4 (14... Bd3 15. b3 $14) (14... Re8 15. b3 $14) 15. Bh6 b6 (
15... Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qd2 $14) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
a3 $16 {[#]} Nd3 (17... Nd5 $2 18. Ne5 $18) (17... Nc6 18. d5 Na5 19. c6 $16)
18. c6 $1 Qd6 19. d5 Qf6 {[#]} 20. Qe3 $16 (20. b3 $1 cxb3 21. g4 Bxg4 22. hxg4
Qxf3 23. Qxd3 Qxg4+ 24. Kf1 $18) 20... Nxb2 $2 (20... h5 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Nd4
e6 23. Nxf5+ exf5 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Rxd3 $16) 21. Rd4 $18 b5 22.
g4 Bd3 23. Nxb5 g5 24. Ne5 Rfd8 25. f4 h6 26. Nd7 Rxd7 27. cxd7 Rd8 28. fxg5
hxg5 29. d6 Rxd7 30. Nc7 Kf8 31. Re1 e6 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rf4 Qg6 34. Qe5 Qh6 35.
g5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Nxe5 8.
dxe5 g6 $146 {Previously Black has played} (8... Nb4 {and done rather badly, a
typical example being} 9. Be4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 f5 11. a3 Na6 12. Bf3 g6 13. Nd2
Be6 14. Be2 Nc7 (14... O-O-O $5) 15. Nf3 Bd5 16. Nd4 Bg7 17. c4 Bf7 18. f4 $16
{was Sutovsky-Carlsen, Rethymnon 2003. The text is slightly unusual in that
Black doesn't normally want to fianchetto when White has an unchallenged pawn
on e5 like this, but is logical inasmuch as White has arranged his forces so
as to stop Black's usual plan after 5...c6 of developing the light-squared
bishop and then playing ...e6 and ...Be7(or d6).}) 9. c3 {A bit tame-looking,
but} (9. c4 Nb4 10. Be4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 f5 {is nowhere near as good as in
Sutovsky-Carlsen, in fact probably equal already.}) (9. a3 Bg7 10. Re1 Be6 11.
Qe2 Qc7 (11... Qd7 {is possible too: ...Bf5 might be useful.}) 12. c4 Nb6 {
is nothing much for White either.}) 9... Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Na3 Be6 12. Nc2 c5
(12... Qd7 13. Nd4 Rad8 {seems eminently possible too to me; I don't see that
Nxe6 is anything to be frightened of. I think Black is equal either way.}) 13.
Be4 Qd7 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. f4 f6 19.
exf6 exf6 20. Be3 {I find it very hard to imagine White should really have any
significant advantage here, and I suspect only the absurd FIDE time control
caused Black to lose from this position.} b6 21. a4 f5 22. Red1 Rfd8 23. Rxd5
Rxd5 24. a5 Bf6 25. Kf2 Rd7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra6 Bd8 28. b4 cxb4 29. cxb4 Rd6
$14 {White has succeeded in obtaining some annoying pressure with his active
rook, but it still looks to me as though Black ought to hold comfortably with
the king-side pawns fixed on the dark squares.} 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Ra7+ Kg8 32.
Ra6 Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kg8 34. Rb7 h5 35. Bd2 Bf6 36. Be3 Bd8 37. Bd2 Bf6 38. b5 Bd4
39. Bb4 Rd5 40. Kd3 Bg1+ 41. Kc3 Rd1 (41... Rxb5 42. Kc4 Rxb4+ 43. Kxb4 Bxh2 {
was an immediate draw as far as I can see, but it seems so unlikely that a
2650 player could have missed this that I suspect either the score is wrong or
that by now the players (or Black at least) were being obliged to blitz -
unless of course Black had taken it into his head to play for a win.}) 42. h3
Be3 43. Be7 Rd5 44. Bg5 Bg1 (44... Rxb5 {again looks as though it obliges
White to take an immediate draw. There must be some story behind this game
that isn't revealed by the bare score.}) 45. Kc4 Rd2 {A dreadful move if it
was really played: obviously 45...Rd4+ repeats.} 46. Bf6 Kf8 47. Be5 h4 48. Rh7
Bf2 49. Bc3 Rd1 50. Rh8+ Kf7 51. Rh7+ Kf8 52. Be5 Rd2 53. Rc7 Bg1 54. Rc6 Ke7
55. Rxg6 Bc5 56. Rg7+ Ke6 57. Rg6+ Ke7 58. Bc3 Rc2 59. Rg7+ Ke6 60. Rg6+ Ke7
61. Rh6 Rxg2 62. Kd5 Kf7 63. Rh7+ Kg8 64. Rh8+ Kf7 65. Rh7+ Kg8 66. Rxh4 Rg6
67. Be5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Medvegy, Zoltan"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 (5... dxe5 6. Nxe5 c6 {
is the more normal move order to reach the Kengis system (or indeed 4...dxe5 5
Nxe5 g6 6 Bc4 c6). The trouble with the text is that White can prevent himself
from losing time with Nxe5-f3 the way he usually does in the Kengis.}) 6. exd6
Qxd6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 {White has scored very well from this position. It seems
as though Black really needs to exchange the bishop on g4 (as he usually does
in the Kengis) to ease his space worries.} O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. c4 (10. Re1 {
In P.Svidler-V.Akopian, Chalkidiki, 2002, Peter Svidler chose a more
restrained plan.} b5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Bg5 e6 14. c4 bxc4 15. Bxc4)
10... N5f6 11. Nc3 b6 $146 (11... e6 12. Bg5 b6 13. Bh4 Ba6 14. Re1 Rfd8 $14 {
F.de la Paz-O.Almeida, Capablanca memorial B 2002.}) 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bg5 e6 14.
Qd2 Rfe8 15. Rad1 a6 {A typical move in such positions, preparing either ...b5
or ...c5, although the immediate} (15... c5 {doesn't fail so much to} 16. Bf4 {
since} Qf8 17. Nb5 Ne4 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nc7 e5 {gives reasonable compensation,
as to 16 Ba4, which is very nasty to meet.}) 16. Ne5 Qf8 {As usual in this
line Black is rather cramped, and also as usual it's not easy to make
something of White's space advantage: in particular it is difficult to find a
good role for his b3 bishop.} 17. Nxd7 {This looks rather feeble. White had a
few ideas which seem more pressing, among them} (17. Na4 b5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19.
Nc5 Qe7 20. Qf4 {and the immediate}) (17. Qf4) 17... Nxd7 18. Ne4 {This was
White's idea, to threaten to come in on d6 and so force Black's next,
weakening, move. But it doesn't have as much effect as he must have hoped, and
again} (18. Qf4 {was perhaps a better way to implement this idea.}) 18... f5
19. Nc3 Kh8 20. c5 {White goes into action; again probably this was his idea
with 18 Ne4.} (20. Na4 {was an alternative and I'm not entirely sure how Black
defends:} h6 (20... Rac8 21. c5 $16) (20... b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23.
dxc5 $16) 21. Bf4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 e5 25. Qd7 exf4 26.
Qxb7 Qxc5 27. Qf7 {lookss quite nasty for him.}) 20... bxc5 21. Bxe6 cxd4 22.
Bxd7 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 c5 25. Be7 Qf7 26. Bxc5 {A logical more or
less forced sequence leaves White a pawn up, but Black has developed all his
pieces and has a couple of weaklings to aim at, and he also has a resource...}
Bd5 27. Bd4 $6 {this doesn't look like the best try to me. I don't see why
White didn't just rescue the a-pawn with} (27. a3 {, when} Qxd7 28. c4 Qc7 29.
Rxd5 {seems to consolidate the extra pawn.}) 27... Bxa2 28. Bc6 Rf8 29. Bc5 $6
{Losing the thread a bit. White still had chances to exert some pressure after}
(29. Qd2 {, for example} Bxd4 30. Qxd4+ Qf6 31. Qc5 Rc8 {. His pieces are
still a little more active.}) 29... Rb8 $11 30. Bb4 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Bxe6 32. Rd6
Bc4 33. Bd5 a5 34. Bxc4 axb4 35. cxb4 Bf8 36. Rd2 {Black managed to hang on
here, but this game wasn't a great advert for this method of approaching the
Kengis system.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque champions 25 ann"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {'A limited opening' - (Suba)!} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 {
A quaint retreat which Deviatkin has also been playing recently. Black can
claim that he is preventing Bc4 and meanwhile preparing ...Nc6 without
allowing the dangerous 4...Nc6 5 c4 Nb6 6 e6!?. And of course whenever you
don't develop your pieces you can claim that you are enabling yourself to
reply flexibly to the opponent's plans, but still it's hard for even the most
diehard Alekhine fan to believe that moving the knight unprovoked for a third
time really isn't too much of a good thing.} 5. Bb5+ {A move designed to
prevent ...Nc6.} c6 6. Bd3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Be6 8. c3 N8d7 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O e6
11. a4 Be7 12. Nbd2 Bh5 ({Trading a pair of knights instead of the bishops with
} 12... Ne5 {was an alternative, for example} 13. Be4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Nd7 15. h3
Bh5 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Bd3 O-O {with a similar slight advantage to White}) 13. Re1
Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 $14 15. a5 Nd5 16. Ne4 b5 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. g3 $1 {A classy
move.} (18. b3 {at once is well met with} Rb8 {when} 19. g3 {is too late in
view of} N7f6 {, when Black is in time to remove the e4 knight and so meet Bf4
with ....Bd6.}) 18... O-O {Maybe it was a good idea to play either 18...N7f6
or 18...Rb8 now so as to meet 19 b3 in the way described in the last note.} 19.
b3 Rfe8 20. c4 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 bxc4 23. bxc4 N5f6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25.
a6 Rab8 26. Reb1 Rxb1+ (26... c5 {was the alternative, but White retains
excellent winning chances with the splendid} 27. Qf4 $1 {(reminiscent of a
Smyslov's famous Qh4 move against Reshevsky at The Hague match tournament,
1948, accepting doubled isolated pawns to trade Black's only active unit); the
a-pawn will surely do the business for White after something like} Qxf4 28.
gxf4 Rxb1+ 29. Rxb1 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Rc8 31. Rb7 Rxc4 32. Nb5 Nd5 33. Rxa7 Nxf4
34. h4) 27. Rxb1 Rb8 28. Rb4 Nd7 29. Qb2 Rxb4 30. Qxb4 {The simplification has
favoured White since Black was not able to contest the b-file and has had to
accept this ending in which the dominant position of White's queen gives him
an advantage.} Nb8 (30... Qb6 31. Qe7 Nf8 32. Ng5 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qf5 34. h4 {
is decisive since a7 cannot be defended.}) 31. Qb7 $1 {A bold and correct
decision. It looks as though Black ought to be able to collect the advanced
b-pawn with a king march, but White is able to ensure that this doesn't happen.
} Qxb7 32. axb7 a5 {This rush with the a-pawn to tie White's knight down fails
by a tempo, but otherwise Black's kingside pawn weaknesses come back to haunt
him and the active knight can prevent the Black king approaching the b-pawn,
for example} (32... Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Ne5 f6 36. Nxg6 Kc7 37. Nf4
e5 38. dxe5 fxe5 39. Ne6+ Kxb7 40. Nxg7 $18) 33. Kf1 a4 34. Ke2 a3 35. Nd2 a2
36. Nb3 Kf8 37. Kd2 Ke7 38. Kc3 Kd6 39. Kb2 Kc7 40. Nc5 $18 {Just in time!} Kb6
41. f4 Ka5 42. Nd3 f6 (42... Kb6 43. Ne5 $18 {, but the text creates new
weaknesses too.}) 43. Kxa2 Kb6 44. Ka3 g5 45. fxg5 fxg5 46. g4 c5 (46... Kxb7
47. Nc5+ {, of course, but the text is hopeless too.}) 47. Nxc5 e5 48. Na4+
Kxb7 49. dxe5 Nc6 50. Nc5+ Kc7 51. Nd3 Nd4 52. Kb4 Nf3 53. h3 Kc6 54. c5 Nd4
55. Kc4 Ne6 56. Nb4+ Kc7 57. c6 g6 58. Kb5 Nd4+ 59. Kc5 Ne6+ 60. Kc4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ong, Kezli"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden III"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 (9... Be6 {is the main move and was played many times by Edvins
Kengis, the great hero of this variation for Black, for example} 10. Nd2 Nd7
11. Nef3 Nc7 12. c3 c5 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. d5 Nc7 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. c4 Nxe4 17.
Rxe4 e6 $11 {Christiansen-Kengis, Manila 1992.}) 10. Nf3 b6 $146 {A move
typical of Jon Speelman's creative and non-committal style. Many other moves
have been played here, the commonest being} (10... N7f6 {, after which} 11. c4
Nc7 12. h3 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. Qh4 Qa5
18. c5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. b4 a6 21. Bf4 Qc6 22. Rxe7 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24.
Qg4 Rae8 25. Qd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Bxb2 27. Rad1 Re4 28. Bd6 Rc8 29. Rxb7 Bc3 30.
Rb1 Rc4 31. Rc1 Rxb4 32. c6 Rd4 33. c7 {1-0, was an awesome display by the
world champion in Kasparov-Adams, Linares 1997.}) 11. Bg5 (11. Qe2 {was an
alternative with the idea to block the typical ...Nc7-e6 manoeuvre, but ...
Ne7-f5 will do too, for example} e6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Rd1 Bb7 {
, when White retains the slightly greater freedom of movement, and Black the
solid position, which are typical in this line.}) 11... N7f6 12. Qd2 {White
wants to control f4 by preventing ...h6, and also prepare to meet the usual ...
Nc7-e6 by having Bh6 ready. Instead} (12. h3 {is a typical move to stop ...Bg4,
as in the Kasparov game, but} h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. c4 Nf4 {is annoying.}) (12.
Ne5 Bb7 13. Qf3 {is another thematic way to deploy White's forces.}) 12... Bb7
13. c4 Nc7 14. Nc3 b5 $5 (14... Ne6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4
18. Rxe7 {, exchanging Black's best pawn for White's worst one, was an
alternative but leaves White with a clear slight initiative (although the b3
bishop is not playing).}) 15. c5 {The first crucial decision.} (15. Bxf6 exf6
16. Ne4 Bc8 {is not as good for White as it looks.}) (15. Qe3 Re8 16. Rad1 {and
}) (15. Ne5 {are other logical alternatives.}) 15... a5 16. a4 b4 17. Ne4 Nfd5
18. Nd6 {White must have been relying on this move, but after Black's reply
White needs to come up with a convincing continuation.} Bc8 19. Nc4 ({The
computer is screaming for} 19. Ne5 {to be played, but after} Bxe5 20. dxe5 Be6
{Black continues with ...Qd7 and ...Bf5, then a rook to d8 and his other
knight to e6, and it's not so clear at all that White has more than a slight
edge if that.}) 19... Be6 20. Bh6 f6 {A characteristic manoeuvre in such
positions; see for example van der Wiel-Bagirov, Erevan 1996.} 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. h3 Bf7 23. Re2 Ra7 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nancy"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O {It is interesting that Bauer is not afraid of the Voronezh (9 b3), which
has such a big reputation and has driven so many Alekhine players back to 5...
exd6.} 9. h3 {But Nezar has a different idea.} Nc6 10. Nf3 d5 ({The
alternative, usually considered better, is} 10... e5 {when the critical
continuation may be} 11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be2 Be6 14. b3
d5 15. cxd5 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Nxd5 17. Rd3 Nxe3 {seemed to equalise easily in
Serper-Yermolinsky, Tilburg 1994}) 12. c5 Nd7 13. Bc4 Qa5 {(This position can
also arise in the Voronezh with b3 in instead of h3, the difference is that
Black is not threatening ...e4 as the c3 knight is not hanging, so White has
time for)} 14. a3 e4 15. Nd2 Nxc5 16. b4 Qxa3 17. Bxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19.
b5 {with compensation as in Zagrebelny-Remizov, St Petersburg 1994}) 11. c5 Nc4
12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O Bf5 {This position has been known for a long time, both
with the rook on c1 and with it on a1 (White's Rc1 instead of Be2 was
specifically designed to gain this tempo).} 14. Qa4 (14. b3 Bd3 15. Re1 Nxd4
16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. bxc4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Bxc4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rxe7 {
(Gipslis-Ciocaltea, Bucharest 1968) is sometimes said to be good for White,
but in his 2001 book on the opening English GM Nigel Davies gave 20...} b5 {
as equal.}) 14... Bd3 {An interesting choice: this is supposed to be bad.} ({
Instead} 14... e5 15. Rfd1 exd4 16. Nxd4 (16. Qxc4 $6 Be6 $1 17. Qa4 Bd7 $1 $17
{is Black's key trick; this has been known for a while but actually occurred
in Cernousek-Sergeev, Prague 2000.}) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxc4 Bxf2+
19. Kxf2 Qg5 {with roughly equal chances is usually recommended.}) 15. Rfd1 e5
16. dxe5 (16. d5 Nd4 17. Ne1 {is the theoretical 'refutation' of Black's play,
from here the only game in the database is Kveinys-Computer, Katowice blitz
1993, in which wetware prevailed after} b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qb4 Qh4 20. Nxd3
cxd3 21. Bxd4 (21. Kh1 {is better}) 21... Qxd4 {although Black has equalised
here.}) 16... Nxe5 17. Ne1 Re8 (17... Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Nb5 Re7 {turned
out well for White after both} 20. Rd2 {(Zagrebelny-Tu Hoang Thong, 1994), and
20 b3 (Saltaev-Ivanov, Ashkabad 1996)}) 18. b3 Qb8 {A strange move at first
sight, but Black needs to unpin the d3 bishop to meet bxc4 with ...Bxc4} 19.
Nxd3 $2 {A feeble move; instead} (19. Bf4 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qxf4 21. Nd5 Qb8 {
is reasonable for Black, but I'm not so sure about}) (19. Nb5 {. 19...} a6 20.
Nd6 b5 21. Qa5 {is possible but doesn't seem to solve Black's problems, and
otherwise I can't think what 19th move Black was intending to play.}) 19...
Nxd3 20. Rb1 Rxe3 $1 {Decisive.} 21. fxe3 Qe5 22. Rxd3 {Otherwise White is
mated on the dark squares around the king, but the text is no better.} cxd3 23.
Ne4 Re8 24. Nd6 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kh2 d2 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubarskij, Jurij"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. O-O (7. Nf3
N7b6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. c3 O-O 13. Ne4 Bg6 14.
Qe2 Nd7 15. Re1 a5 16. a4 Re8 {(van der Weide-Miles, St Vincent 2000) is fine
for Black and indeed illustrates the point of his system rather well, with the
gain of time by forcing Nf3-e5-f3 and the consequent ability to develop the
light-squared bishop comfortably.}) (7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O Bf5 {equalised in
several games by the late Tony Miles, although White never seemed to play 9
Bg5 against him, which keeps the fight for an edge alive.}) 7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 {
This position can also be reached after 5...Nd7 6 Bc4 Nxe5 7 dxe5 c6 8 00,
although usually it isn't since 8 Qf3 is reckoned White's only critical try in
this line.} Bf5 {Natural and thematic, although} (8... Be6 {is possible, when}
9. Nd2 Nc7 10. Bd3 g6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Qf3 Ne6 15. Qg3
Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Be6 17. Rad1 {was a little better for White in Cuartas-Soppe,
Calvia 2004.}) 9. Nd2 e6 10. Nf3 $6 {White had to prevent Nb4.} (10. a3 {
led to a spectacular draw in Yermolinsky-Shabalov, New York 1991, after} Be7
11. Ba2 O-O 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Bb1 Qb6 15. Qf3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17.
Qe2 Bh4 18. Bd2 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Bd3 20. Ba5 Qe3 21. Bd2 Qb6 {White's play in
this game was extraordinary, which is not to say it was bad at all, just that
I find it difficult to understand.}) 10... Nb4 $15 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. c3 Bd3
13. Bxd3 Nxd3 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 {Black's advantage is modest if it
exists at all, but they do say that endgames with rooks and knights favour the
stronger player more than any other kind, and the grandmaster grinds it out
convincingly.} 16. Rfe1 Ke7 17. Re2 Rd5 18. g3 Nd3 19. c4 Rd7 20. Ne1 g5 {
A classy move, isolating the e5 weakness.} 21. b3 Nc5 22. f3 Rhd8 23. Kf2 a5
24. h3 h5 25. Rc1 Rd4 26. Rcc2 Rd1 27. Ke3 Ra1 28. Rc3 Rdd1 29. Kf2 Rab1 30. f4
g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rce3 Kf8 33. Rc3 Kg7 34. Ree3 $2 {White cannot bear the
sight of Black gradually improving his position and blunders instead of
continuing to grovel, but by now there wasn't much doubt about the result.}
Rd2+ 35. Kf1 Rxa2 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 Nxb3 38. Nc2 a4 39. Kd3 Rd1+ 40. Ke3
Rc1 41. Kd3 Rg1 42. Ke4 Nd2+ 43. Kd3 {A humorous final touch; it would be nice
to think that White deliberately allowed his rook to be checkmated.} Nb1 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 {The most fashionable way
to handle the Classical Alekhine: first popularised by Miles and now much
played in Germany, with a slightly different idea to Miles.} 6. c4 Nf6 {
A remarkable turn of events. White's sixth is supposed to be a mistake and to
be easily met by} (6... Nb4 {now, as for example in Adams-Burkart, ECC 1996,
which went} 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Na3 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be2 g6 11. d5 Bg7 12. Bd4
Nc2+ 13. Nxc2 Bxc2 14. Qd2 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. O-O cxd5 17. cxd5 {with
equality: this has been thought very hard to improve upon for White, but one
imagines Yemelin, usually very well-prepared, must have had something in mind,
unless Black's opening caught him completely by surprise.}) 7. Nc3 Nbd7 (7...
Bf5 {would normally be what Black wants to do before playing ...Nbd7, but in
this exact position} 8. Qb3 {is a bit annoying.}) 8. Nf3 (8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Be3
Bf5 10. g4 Bc8 11. Be2 e6 12. Qc2 b5 $13 {was Short-Miles, Ohrid 2001. The
text follows the conventional wisdom in this line of avoiding the exchange of
a pair of knights in the hope of exploiting Black's slight cramp.}) 8... Nb6 (
8... g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 {was Apicella-Miles, Linares 1995, in
which White was a shade better. The text aims at ...Bf5, which is the modern
way to play this variation.}) 9. h3 (9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Be3 e6 {is another
reasonable try: as usual in this line Black benefits from not having to give
up the g4 bishop for the f3 knight unless he is ready (unlike the lines with ..
..g6).}) 9... Bf5 10. Be3 e6 {White ought to have a way to maintain a little
edge here, since in comparison with normal lines he has both got in c4 without
needing to worry about ...Nb4, and also made Black play the move ...Nb6 in
order to develop his queen's bishop, neither of which he can manage after, for
example, 6 Be2 Bf5.} 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. g4 (12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {was a less
aggressive way to take the bishop pair, but Black is very solid after that.})
12... Bg6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 {Black must lose further time challenging the knight;
for example} (13... O-O-O 14. Bf4 {is very strong in view of} Qe7 (14... Rxd4
15. Nxg6 Rxf4 16. Nxh8) (14... Be4 15. Rg1) 15. c5 Nbd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ba6+
Kd7 18. Bd6) 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bg2 Bd6 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 O-O (17... Bc5 18.
dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc4 Qe7+ 21. Kf1 Rc8 22. Re1 Ne6 23. Nd5 $16) 18.
O-O Bf4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qa4 (21. Bxc6 Rab8 22. Qa4 {was well
worth considering, for example} Rb4 23. Qxa7 Ne5 24. Bg2 Rxb2 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26.
fxe3 $16) 21... Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Rac8 23. Rac1 Nd5 24. Rfe1 {I don't really
understand the end of this game.} (24. Rfd1 N7b6 (24... N7f6 25. g5 Nh5 26.
Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxd5 Nf4 29. Ra5 {seems to be worth a try for
White too.}) 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxd5 {looks like a
winning rook ending to me, and I'm not sure what other move Black is going to
play at move 24.}) 24... N7b6 25. Nxb6 axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. g3 {A quiet method of
tackling Black's fashionable method of handling the Alekhine.} Nd7 {The usual
tempo gain on which Black's whole ...dxe5 idea is based: White, with his space
advantage, normally wants to retain the knights, but to do that he has to give
Black this development tempo for free.} ({Usually though Black wants to get in
...Bf5 first if possible, so} 6... Bf5 {is the typical alternative, which was
played in Rozentalis-Pajeken, Hamburg 2004} 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. f4 Nxe5 9. fxe5 e6
10. O-O Be7 11. a3 b5 12. Nc3 O-O ({Black doesn't have to sacrifice the pawn
like this; there wasn't anything wrong with} 12... Qd7) 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nxb5
Qb6 15. Nc3 Bg6 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Be3 Qc6 18. h4 h5 19. Bd2 Rab8 {Black was
playing up by 300 rating points or so here, but in the game he managed to
demonstrate that his powerful light-squared bishop and queenside pressure was
worth the pawn.}) 7. Nf3 N7f6 {A clumsy-looking way of playing to my mind - it
looks to me as though Black ought either to have played 6...Bf5 or should now
revert to the older method with} (7... g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {
In van Mil-van der Werf, Leeuwarden 2002, Black now played 10...} a5 {and
found himself in trouble after} ({I suspect} 10... c5 {is best as in
Piza-Miroshnichenko, Komercni Banka 1996, which went on} 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nbd2
Nb4 13. a3 Nc6 {with equality for Black at least}) 11. c4 Nc7 12. Nc3 Nb6 13.
Qb3 Na6 14. Be3 $16 {when the loose b6 knight was a problem. Having said that,
Black does OK with the text move in the game.}) 8. Bg2 Bf5 9. O-O e6 10. a3 Be7
11. c4 Nb6 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. a4 Nbd7 {Black has lost two tempi in a way by
playing ...Nd7 before ...Bf5, since to release the bishop later he had to play
the d7 knight to f6 and then the d5 knight round via b6 to d7 again, whereas
in the normal lines after ...Bf5 and then...Nd7 he can retreat the d5 knight
to f6 when necessary and achieve the same set-up two tempi up. Nonetheless
Black doesn't stand too badly here.} 14. a5 Bd6 {I don't really understand
this move. 14...00 is an obvious alternative.} 15. a6 bxa6 16. Nc3 O-O 17. c5 {
A committal move: something like Re1 was also conceivable.} Bc7 18. Qc4 Nd5 19.
Nh4 Bg4 20. Rxa6 Qb7 21. Re1 Nb8 {Round about here Black doesn't seem to
manage to find a good way to organise his pieces: with the text move he wants
to push the a-pawn and fight for space on the queen's side, but it doesn't
work out. One idea is to reposition the king's bishop somewhere more sensible.
Does Black stand so badly after} (21... Bd8 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5
Bf5 25. Ra3 {(...Nxc5 was threatened)} Rfb8 {?}) 22. Ra3 a5 23. Rb3 {I think
Black must have underestimated the influence of this rook along the b-file.}
Qa7 24. h3 Bh5 25. Bd2 Na6 26. Nxd5 {Before the a6 knight can support its
colleague from b4.} exd5 27. Qa4 Rab8 28. Rxb8 Nxb8 29. Nf5 (29. Re7 Rc8 30.
Bf4 f6 31. b4 {was also crushing, although there's nothing wrong with the text.
}) 29... Qb7 30. Bxa5 Bg6 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxg6+ fxg6 33. Re7 $18 Na6 34. Bb6
h5 35. Bf1 Qb8 36. Qxc6 ({It wasn't too late to have an accident with} 36. Qxa6
Bxg3 37. fxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Bg2 Rf2 {, but the text is easy enough.}) 36... Bxg3
37. Qxg6 Bxf2+ 38. Kg2 Bxd4 39. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Rudolph, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Kirchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 {White
normally spends this tempo to prevent ...Bg4 in this line these days -
assuming he isn't intending the massively popular Voronezh variation, of
course (7 Be3 Bg7 8 Rc1 00 9 b3).} Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 (9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O
Bf5 11. Bg5 {is the main line which seems to be a little out of fashion for
some reason. The text introduces a quite cunning idea which Saltaev has played
before and is clearly something of an expert in.}) 9... Nc6 10. Rc1 {And this
is it; White anticipates the sequence ...d5; c5 Nc4; Bxc4 and doesn't want to
waste a tempo with the f1 bishop before this happens. The rook move also -
rather like the Voronezh - prepares to meet 10...Bf5 with 11 d5, since 11...
Na5 now has no effect with c3 covered, as it can coolly be met with 12 b3.} e5
({The point of White's system is well demonstrated after} 10... d5 11. c5 Nc4
12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O Bf5 {, reaching a position which has also been played
with the rook on a1. British GM Nigel Davies in his 2001 book suggested that
it didn't make much difference, but after} 14. Qa4 e5 (14... Bd3 15. Rfd1 e5
16. d5 Nd4 17. Ne1 {is supposed to be good for White}) 15. Rfd1 exd4 16. Nxd4
Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qg5 {(this sequence is the main
line with the rook on a1) it seems to me that White must be a little bit
better. The text move is the main alternative and really is more logical.
Black changes course and tries to make both h3 and Rc1 look like slightly less
than optimal moves.}) 11. dxe5 (11. d5 {is a rarer alternative but by no means
a mistake, and indeed in view of the next note probably the most critical.
Black would like to be able to play} Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bh6 {with the
idea of 14 Ra1 Re8+ 15 Be2 Nxc4, but the exchange sacrifice} 14. Be2 Bxc1 15.
Qxc1 {is at least very dangerous and possibly rather good for White. Instead
therefore Black probably has to play 11...Ne7 when 12 Be2 is widely agreed to
be a little better for White, who won very quickly in Serper-Yermolinsky,
blitz, Tilburg 1994, after 12...Nf5 13 Bg5 Bf6 (13...Qc7!?) 14 Bxf6 Qxf6 15
Ne4 Qd8 16 00 Nd7 17 g4 Nh4 18 Nxd6.}) 11... dxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13.
Be2 Be6 14. b3 d5 {, as in Serper-Yermolinsky, Tilburg rapid 1994, is the
easiest way to equalise - no wonder Serper tried 11 d5 a few hours later.}) 12.
c5 (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. c5 {as in the Voronezh is far from stupid: 13...Nd7 14
Bc4 is the main line of the Voronezh with h3 instead of b3, which probably
doesn't make a lot of difference, while} Nd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Bc4 {followed
by Nd2 also looks a bit advantageous for White.}) 12... Nd7 13. Bb5 $1 $146 {
A new move and a clever one: to see the idea one needs to look at the
previously played} (13. Bc4 {, when} Qa5 14. a3 (14. O-O Nxc5 15. b4 (15. Nd5
Ne6 {defends}) 15... Nxb4 16. Nd5 {is a position from the Voronezh (there
without h3) where Black has a number of good solutions the cleanest of which is
} Nxd5 17. Qxd5 b6 18. Qxa8 Bb7) 14... e4 15. Nd2 Nxc5 16. b4 Qxa3 17. Bxc5
Bxc3 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. b5 {, as in Zagrebelny-Remizov, St Petersburg 1994, and
now Chekhov's} Ne5 20. O-O Bb2 {doesn't seem to be getting White very far at
all.}) 13... Nd4 $6 ({The position is analogous to the Voronezh position in
Rodriguez-Soppe, South America zonal tournament 1998 (so with b3 instead of h3)
.There} 13... e4 {was played but here that can perhaps be met with} 14. Ng5 {
(in Rodriguez-Soppe that would have lost to 14...Bxc3+ 15 Rxc3 Qa5).} ({
Meanwhile} 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxe4 Ba6 {gives Black some compensation, probably
indeed rather better in the h3 version than the b3 version.})) ({After} 13...
a6 {I think the idea is} 14. Bc4 {Black's 'extra tempo' hurts him after} (14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Rb8 {doesn't look terribly wonderful}) 14... Qa5 15. O-O Nxc5
{since} 16. Nd5 {can no longer be met with} Ne6 {in view of} 17. Bb6 {I think
White stands better after 16 Nd5. Having said that though the text leads to a
very miserable position.}) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 (15... Re8+ 16. Kf1 {
leaves Black pretty much a pawn down for nothing.}) 16. Qxd4 Qg5 {In this way
Black recovers the pawn but White has a strong initiative.} 17. O-O Nxc5 18. f4
Ne6 19. Qe4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qd4 21. Qf3 a6 {Trying to develop with ...b5 and ...
Bb7, but White is too quick.} (21... Qb6 {was possibly a better try, aiming
for ...Nd4 and even contemplating a grab of the b-pawn as compensation for
Black's troubles.} 22. Bc4 Qxb2 23. f5 Nd4 24. Qf4) 22. Ba4 Rb8 23. Rcd1 Qg7
24. f5 gxf5 25. Qxf5 b5 26. Bb3 Bb7 27. Bd5 Kh8 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Ne4 Rc7 30.
Rd3 Rc4 $4 {Losing at once: White was better of course, but after} (30... Qg6 {
the fight went on.}) 31. Rg3 Nd4 ({Did Black miss} 31... Qxb2 32. Qxe6 {
, I wonder - curious if so since 32 Nc3 is also immediately decisive.}) 32. Qh5
{A troublesome game for ....cxd6 fans. 11...Nxe5 seems to be fine, though. 11
d5 might be the real problem.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 {and}) (6.
Bc4 {have been more popular (and not}) (6. c4 $6 Nb4 $11 {. The text received
a boost from the game Sutovsky-Carlsen, Rethmynon 2003, quoted below.}) 6...
Nd7 7. O-O g6 $146 (7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nb4 9. Be4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 f5 11. a3 Na6
12. Bf3 g6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Be2 Nc7 15. Nf3 Bd5 16. Nd4 Bg7 17. c4 Bf7 18. f4 {
was Sutovsky-Carlsen, in which Black subsequently, to coin a phrase, lost like
a child. The text is a novelty, although opening my great work 'Starting Out:
Alekhine's Defence' I see that I proposed it there. Essentially Black reverts
to the way Miles used to play this variation, with ...g6...Bg7 and ...Nc7
followed by ...c5. The more modern approach favoured by German players such as
Luther and Loeffler is to play with...Bf5, ...e6 and ...Be7/d6. However once
the bishop is on d3 the black-square approach gains a good deal more force.})
8. Nf3 {I'm a wee bit surprised to see Korneev play this move, since it leads
to a version of the Miles set-up in which the bishop surely had to be better
at e2. However this position is known from the Scandinavian: 1 e4 d5 2 exd5
Nf6 3 Bb5+ Nd7 4 d4 Nxd5 5 Nf3 c6 6 Bd3 g6 7 00, although I don't know what
evaluation if any theory gives it in that opening.} (8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Re1 Bg7
10. c3 O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. Nc4 Bf5 14. Be2 {was H.Stefansson-E.
Gausel, Aarhus 2003, in which I see that in the same monograph I proposed} b5
15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 e5 {and said that it was equal, which was perhaps a bit
optimistic, although I still think Black ought to be able to cope.}) 8... Bg7
9. Re1 O-O 10. c4 Nc7 $146 {Black's second novelty of the game, since when
this position has arisen from the Scandinavian} (10... N5f6 {has been
preferred (which can't be the right move).}) 11. Nc3 Nb6 $1 {An excellent and
unobvious way to obtain counterplay.} 12. h3 (12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
e5 {equalises at once}) 12... Ne6 13. c5 (13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4
Qxd4 16. Rxe7 {doesn't achieve very much, as long as Black avoids} Nxc4 $4 17.
Re4 $18 {But the text brings White no advantage either. On this evidence 8 Nf3
isn't very pressing for Black.}) 13... Nd5 14. Bc4 Nxc3 ({Why Black didn't go
for} 14... b6 {at once I'm not sure. I don't see that} 15. Ne4 {or exchanges
on d5 were anything to worry about and in that case why not preserve the
tension?}) 15. bxc3 b6 16. Qb3 ({It seems to me that} 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Ne5 Qd6
18. Qf3 {deserved attention. In view of} Bb7 $4 19. Nxf7 $18 {it's not easy to
defend c6 and I'm not entirely sure what Black can have intended to play. 19...
Ra5 defends the pawn tactically for the moment but after 20 Rb1 it looks as
though Black will be forced into 20...Bxe5. Sometimes in this structure that
isn't too bad a thing, as in a famous game Jiminez-Larsen, but I find it a
little hard to believe it was what Black wanted here.}) 16... bxc5 $11 17. Ba3
Qb6 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxc5 Bxb3 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. axb3 e6 22. b4 c5 23. bxc5
bxc5 24. dxc5 Rac8 25. Ne5 Rc7 26. Ra6 Rfc8 27. c6 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 (6. Be2 Bg7 7. c4
Nb6 8. f4 c5 $132) 6... c6 (6... Be6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Ne4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. Nc5
Ne3 $10) 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bb3 Nd7 9. Nf3 (9. f4 O-O 10. c4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 $132)
9... O-O 10. Re1 N7f6 11. h3 e6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 $14 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qe2
Ba6 16. Rad1 $2 (16. Be5 Ned5 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3) (16. Qe3 b5 $132) (16. Qc2
$5 $14) 16... Ned5 17. Be5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qe7 $132 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. c5 Nd5 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 (21... Rxd5 22. Bxg7 (22. Bd6 Rxd6 $5 23. cxd6 Qxd6 $44) 22... Kxg7
23. Ne5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd7 $40) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne5
Rac8 24. cxb6 axb6 $10 25. Rb1 Rd6 26. a4 f6 27. Ng4 Rdc6 $6 (27... g5 28. f4
$40) (27... Kg8 $5 28. Qf4 (28. Qh6 $6 Bd3 $1) 28... Rf8 $132 {/\h5}) 28. Qh6+
Kg8 29. Re3 Rf8 30. Rbe1 $14 Bc8 31. Rf3 e5 $2 (31... Qg7 $2 32. Qf4 e5 33.
dxe5 fxe5 34. Qd2 $5 $40 (34. Qxf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rxe5 Bxg4 37. hxg4
Rxc3 38. Rxd5 Rc4 $10)) (31... Rc4 $5 32. Qf4 Kg7 $10) 32. dxe5 Bxg4 33. hxg4
Re6 (33... fxe5 $2 34. Rxe5 $16) 34. Qd2 Rxe5 $16 35. Qxd5+ Rxd5 36. Rxe7 Rd6 (
36... Rf7 37. Re6 $18) 37. Rh3 $1 Ra8 38. Rhxh7 $18 g5 39. Reg7+ Kf8 40. Rf7+
Kg8 41. Rhg7+ Kh8 42. Rg6 Rxa4 43. Rgxf6 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Rxg4 45. Rxb6 Rh4+ 46.
Kg3 Rd3+ 47. f3 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kasparov} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1
dxe5 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Bb3 (9. Bf1 Bf5 10. c4 Nb4 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Ng4 Bxg4 13.
Qxg4 e5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bd2 a5 16. Bc3 h5 17. Qd1 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nb6 19. Bxf6
Qxf6 20. c5 Qxb2 21. cxb6 Qxa3 22. Re3 Qb2 23. Re7 Rad8 {Handoko,E-Kupreichik,
V/Moscow olm (13) INA-BLR ;CBM 45 1994/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 9... a5 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3
b5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rac8
17. c3 f5 18. Ned2 Rfe8 19. Bh4 h6 20. h3 g5 21. Bg3 Qc6 22. Nb3 Ba8 23. Re2 f4
24. Bh2 {Kosten,A-Pytel,K/Aix les Bains (04) ;TD 91\02 1991/1-0 (40)}) 10. c3 (
10. a4 Be6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Ne4 h6 15. Qf3 Bf5 16. Bd2
Qb6 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Re2 N7f6 $10 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. b3 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Bxd3 22.
Qxd3 f5 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Qf3 Qe7 {Godena,M-Kveinys,A/EU-chT Debrecen (09)
LIT-ITA ;EU-chT 1992/0-1 (35)}) 10... Nd7 (10... Bf5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Ndf3 N7f6
13. a4 Qc7 14. Nc4 Rad8 15. Nce5 Nd7 16. Nd3 N7f6 17. h3 Rfe8 18. Bg5 Qb6 19.
c4 Nc7 20. Nc5 Na6 21. Nxa6 Qxa6 22. Bf4 c5 23. d5 Qb6 24. Be5 Bc8 25. Qc2 Nd7
26. Bg3 Nf6 27. Be5 Nd7 28. Bf4 Nb8 {1/2-1/2 Arnason,J-Knezevic,M/Grindavik 
(08) ;MCL 03 1984}) 11. Nf3 N7b6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Nbd2 c5 15. h3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 e6 17. c4 $2 {Kasparov war entsetzt:"Begräbt den Bb3 und macht den
Bg7 zum Riesen!"} Nb4 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. Bd6 Nd3 22.
Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Re2 Rb8 24. Rb1 N7xc5 25. Bc2 Nxb2 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 c5 28.
Bc6 Bd4 29. Rc2 (29. Bb5 $2 Nxc4 $19) 29... Ke7 (29... Rb3 $142 {/\ e5,f5,g5|^}
) 30. Bb5 Nd3 31. Rd1 Nb4 32. Re2 f5 33. g4 Kd6 34. Kg2 e5 35. Kg3 Rf8 36. f3
Ke6 37. Kg2 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. h4 Rd8 40. Kh3 e4 41. fxe4 f4 42. Rg2 Ke5 43.
Rg5+ Kxe4 44. Rxc5 (44. Rxh5 Nd3 45. Rf1 Ke3 $13) 44... Nd3 45. Rxd3 Kxd3 46.
Rxh5 Ke4 47. Bc6+ Ke3 48. Rb5 Rg8 49. Rb3+ Kd2 50. Bd5 Rg7 51. Rf3 Be3 52. h5
Ke2 53. Kh4 Bf2+ 54. Kh3 (54. Rxf2+ $6 Kxf2 55. h6 Re7 $1 (55... Rg1 $4 56. h7
f3 57. Be6 $18) 56. Kg4 (56. Bg8 Re1 57. h7 Rh1+ 58. Kg4 Ke3 $19) 56... Ke3 $36
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice KB Czech op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Kurenkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 (4... Bg4 {is much more popular
theoretical line.}) 5. Nxe5 Nd7 $5 {Very risky continuation, which allows
white to get a very dangerous attack after 6.Nxf7.} 6. Nf3 $5 {White could
sacrifise the knight on f7 and to get the position with black monarch in the
center. But I chose "positional" way to struggle for an advantage.} (6. Nxf7 $5
{See annotated game  0-1 Yemelin,V-Popov,V/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 65/[Finkel,A]
(33)}) 6... e6 7. c4 N5f6 8. Be2 b6 $146 {The only way to solve the problem of
developing light-squared bishop is its fianchetto on b7. But usually black
makes it after completing the development on the kingside. For instance:} (8...
c5 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Shirov,A/Biel 1992/CBM 31/[Blatny,P] (53)}) (8... Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Re1 {+/=/=}) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nb5
$5 {One of the ways to fight for an edge is to get the pair of bishops,
eliminating the opponent's dark-squared one. Another possible attempt is} (11.
Bg5 $14) 11... O-O 12. Qb3 {threatening the breakthrough c4-c5.} ({The
alternative to the move in the game could be, of course,} 12. Nxd6 cxd6 $14 {
/=. The chances of the opponents are approximately equal, while I would prefer
to play for a white side, due to a pair of bishops.}) 12... Be7 13. Bf4 c6 (
13... Ne8 {is too passive.} 14. Rfd1 $14) 14. Nc3 (14. Nd6 {doesn't promise
anything special:} Qc7 $1 15. c5 Ne4 $1 $132 ({But not} 15... Nh5 {in view of}
16. Be5 $14)) 14... Nh5 $1 {Typical idea to drive away the white's
dark-sqaured bishop from the diagonal h2-b8, thus occupying it with the queen.}
15. Be3 Qc7 {[%cal Gh5f4]} 16. g3 {covering the f4 square.} g6 17. Rfd1 $14 {
White's chances are slightly higher, thanks to a space advantage.} (17. Rfe1 {
comes to consideration.}) 17... Rad8 18. Rd2 {White is going to put his rooks
on the "d" line, threatening, sometimes, to provide the breakthrough d4-d5.}
Ndf6 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 19. Bg5 (19. Ne5 {is parried by} c5 $1 $11) 19... Kg7 {
preparing the exile of the white's dark-squared bishop with following h7-h6.}
20. Ne1 h6 {Another two following possibilities don't promise black an
equality:} (20... e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nf3 $14) (20... c5 21. Nb5 $1 (21. d5
exd5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Bh6+ Kxh6 27.
Qxf7 $13) 21... Qb8 22. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 23. Bf4 Qa8 24. Nc7 $1 Qc8 25. d5 $1 $14)
21. Be3 Kh7 {preparing the transfer of the h5 knight to f5 via g7.} 22. Rad1
Ng7 23. Ng2 ({Deserved attention.} 23. Bf4) 23... Rd7 {consolidating the rooks
on the "d" line.} 24. g4 $6 {limiting the possibilities of the g7 knight. On
the other hand, white weakens the dark squares in his camp.} ({Probably better
was} 24. Bf4 Qc8 (24... Bd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. c5 $14 {[%cal Yg2e3] and black
has some problems with his light-squared bishop.}) 25. Be5 Rfd8 26. Ne3 $14 {
[%cal Gg3g4]}) 24... Rfd8 $11 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Bf3 $2 {missing
black's next move.} ({Of course, better was immediate} 27. f4 {with following
Bf3.}) 27... e5 $1 $15 28. d5 (28. Nd5 {doesn't change the evaluation of
position:} cxd5 29. dxe5 Re6 30. exf6 dxc4 31. Qc3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Bxf3 33. fxg7
Bxg4 $17) ({Of course not} 28. Ne2 e4 $19) {[%tqu "En","Please find the best
move for black.","","","g7e6","",10]} 28... Ne6 $1 {[%cal Ye6d4]} 29. Ne3 $8 {
The only way to neutralize black's counterplay is to sacrifise the exchange.}
Nd4 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Rxd4 R6d7 32. Qd1 Qe5 33. Bg2 Kg7 34. h4 a6 {preparing
to attack white's center with b6-b5.} 35. a4 Rd6 36. b4 c5 $6 {remaining white
strong advanced pawn d5.} ({Better was} 36... R6d7) 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Rd3 Bc8 {
[%cal Yd6b6] getting into the game light-squared bishop.} 39. a5 $1 {[%cal
Yc3a4,Ya4b6]} h5 $6 ({I would recommend} 39... Bd7 $15 {with following Rb8.})
40. g5 Ng4 41. Nxg4 ({Interesting alternative was} 41. Ne4 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Ne5 $1
(42... Qxh4 43. Nxg4 Bxg4 44. Qa1+ $16) 43. Nxd6 Rxd6 44. Qa1 {[%cal Ya1g7,
Ya1a3,Ga3c5]} Bh3 $13) 41... Bxg4 42. Qd2 Bf5 43. f4 $1 (43. Re3 Qd4 44. Ne4
$11) 43... Qe7 44. Re3 Qc7 45. Na4 {Now it is clear, that the initiative is in
the white's hands. He has strongholds b6 and e5, strong advanced pawn d5 and
control over the "e" line. At the same time black has some problems with dark
squares and weakness of c5 pawn.} R6d7 46. Re5 $1 $36 {White could achieve an
equality after} (46. Nb6 Re7 47. d6 Rxd6 48. Nd5 $11 {, but, white wanted more.
..}) 46... Re7 $2 ({More stubborn is} 46... Rb8 47. Nb6 $140 Rxb6 $1 48. axb6
Qxb6) 47. Qb2 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yb2g7,Gb2b6]} (47. Qe3 $16 {was strong enough
as well.}) 47... Kg8 48. Qb6 $1 Bc2 $2 {Decisive mistake. Black saved some
chance after} (48... Rd6 49. Qxc7 Rxc7 50. Re8+ Kg7 51. Nb6 $16) 49. Nxc5 $18 {
Now white has a positional advantage, as well as a material one.} Rd6 50. Qb4
Qa7 51. Kh2 {[%cal Re5e7,Yc5b7] Good profilactic move.} Rd8 (51... Rc7 52. Re8+
Kh7 53. Qc3 $18) 52. Qb6 $1 Rc8 53. d6 $1 {Now white's pawns are unstoppable.}
Rd7 54. Qxa7 Rxa7 55. d7 {[%cal Ge5e8]} 1-0

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. O-O dxe5 (9... O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Re1 Qc8 12. Nc3 $14 {Fedorowicz -
Alburt, USA (ch) 1989.}) 10. dxe5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. e6 $1 (12. Re1 Bg4 $1
$10) 12... Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 {Dieselbe Stellung, aber ohne a4 a5, wurde in
der Begegnung Geller - Alburt, URS (ch) 1975 erreicht, ebenfalls mit weissem
Vorteil.} 14. Qxe6 Qc4 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. Ra2 Rf8 17. b3 Nd6 18. Ba3 $14 Rf5 19.
c4 Bf6 20. Re2 Re5 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Rd1 Nf5 25. Rxd8+
Kxd8 26. g4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Kf1 e5 $6 29. f3 Kd7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd3 b6
32. Ke4 Bg1 33. h3 Bf2 34. Bb2 Bg3 35. c5 $1 $16 Bh2 36. Bc3 Bg3 37. Ba1 Bh2
38. Bb2 Bg3 39. Bc3 Bh2 40. Be1 Bg1 41. cxb6 cxb6 42. Bg3 Bd4 43. Bh2 g5 (43...
Bc3 44. Bg1 $18) 44. Bg3 h6 45. Be1 Bc5 46. h4 Be7 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Bc3 Bf6
49. b4 axb4 50. Bxb4 Bd8 51. Be1 Be7 52. Bf2 Bc5 (52... Bd8 53. Be3 $18) 53.
Bxc5 bxc5 54. a5 Kd6 55. Kd3 Kd5 56. Kc3 Kd6 57. Kc4 Kc6 58. a6 Kb6 59. a7 Kxa7
60. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 7. Qh5+
Ke6 8. g3 $1 b5 (8... N7f6 9. Bh3+ Kd6 10. Qe5+ Kc6 11. Bg2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. c4
bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Nd2 e6 16. c4 Bd6 17. Qxe6 $1 $18 {Utkin - Grants,
Fernpartie 1971.}) 9. a4 c6 10. axb5 g6 $1 {Larsen.} 11. Qe2+ Kf7 12. bxc6 N7b6
13. Bg2 Nf6 (13... Bg7 $1 14. c4 Nb4 15. d5 Bf5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 N4xd5 $1
18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qf4+ Bf6 $10) 14. c3 Bg7 (14... Be6 15. Nd2 Bd5 16. Nf3 Ke8
17. O-O Bc4 18. Qe5 Bxf1 19. Bxf1 $44) 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Nf3 (16. O-O a5 $1 $13)
16... Kg8 17. O-O Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 e6 (19... e5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4
$1 $16) 20. Bg5 Qd5 21. Qf4 Qf5 (21... Qb3 22. Bxf6 Rf8 23. c7 Rae8 24. Bc6
Rxf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxe8 $16) 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. c7 $1 {Das Läuferpaar soll
behalten werden, deshalb nicht 23.L:f6 L:f6 24.c7.} Nfd5 24. Bd8 a5 25. Rfe1
Rc8 (25... Kf7 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxa5 Rc8 28. Rc5 Bf6 $2 29. Rxd5 $1 exd5 30.
Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Bxf6 $16) (25... Kf7 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Re1+ $16)
26. Rxa5 Nxc7 27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxf5 $1 $18 exf5 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Nc8 31.
Kf1 Nd6 32. Bd5+ Ke7 33. Ke2 Ra7 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Bxa8 Nc4 36. b3 Nb6 37. Bb7
Kd6 38. Kd3 Kc7 39. Bf3 Nd7 40. b4 Nf8 41. Bd5 Ng6 42. Bg8 h6 43. Bf7 Ne7 44.
b5 Nc8 45. c4 Nd6 46. Bd5 f4 47. g4 Bf6 48. b6+ Kxb6 49. c5+ Kc7 50. cxd6+ Kxd6
51. Ke4 Bd8 52. Bb3 Bb6 53. f3 Ke7 54. d5 Kf6 55. d6 Kg5 56. h4+ Kxh4 57. Kxf4
Bd8 58. d7 h5 59. Kf5 hxg4 60. fxg4 Be7 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 c6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. c4
Nc7 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 {On my opinion white's set up is definitly
not the best to meet Alekhin,and the move in the game doesn't change the
eveluation of the position:black gets an equality without particular efforts.}
(11. Be3 c5 12. d5 e6 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. Rc1 f5 15. Qd6 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 $11 {
Joanovits,M-Dubois,M/FRA-chW 1995}) (11. Bg5 Ne6 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Nf6 13. h3
Qc7 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Nh5 16. Bf1 b6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Qc1 Rac8 $132 {
Zarnicki,P-Miles,A/Oviedo rapid 1993}) 13. Qc1 (13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. d5
Ng4 16. Rfe1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nf4 $13 {Ekstroem,R-Zelcic,R/Mitropa Cup 1995})
13... Nf6 14. h3 Rd8 15. Rd1 b6 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Qd1 Rac8 18. Bf1 Qb8 $132 {
Milos,G-Nicoara Etchegaray,M/Elgoibar 1993}) (11. h3 c5 12. d5 b5 13. cxb5 Nb6
14. Ne4 a6 15. bxa6 Nxa6 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Re1 Qxd5 $13 {Kuzmin,G-Miles,A/Agios
Nikolaos op 1995}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 (12. d5 e5 $1 13. Rb1 (13. Ne4 Ne8 14. a3
f5 15. Bg5 Qb6 $132) 13... Ne8 14. b4 Nd6 $132) 12... Nxc5 13. Bg5 (13. Be3 b6
14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 N7e6 $132) 13... Qxd1 14.
Nxd1 {White prefered to take with the knight because he probably wasn't sure
of the consequances of 14...Bxc3,but also after the continution in the game
black gets very good counterchanses.} (14. Raxd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6 16. Be3 b6
17. Nd4 Bb7 $13) 14... Re8 15. Rc1 Bg4 $1 $11 16. Be3 (16. Nc3 Rad8 17. Be3 b6
18. b4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. bxc5 $6 Bxc3 $1 (19... Bxe2 20. Nxe2 bxc5 21. Bxc5
Rd2 $11) 20. Rxc3 Bxe2 21. cxb6 Ne6 22. b7 Rd7 23. c5 Bb5 $15) 19... Nd3 20.
Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. cxb5 Red8 $15) 16... N7e6 17. b4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Na6
19. a3 Nd4 20. Nc3 (20. c5 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Nc7 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Nd5 24. Bc5
$13) 20... Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Nc7 22. Nb5 $6 {So far both sides made the most
logical moves,but now white for some reason deviates from natural} (22. a4 $1
a6 23. Bb6 Rac8 {[%cal Gc7a8]} 24. a5 (24. Rd2 $2 Na8 $1 25. Bc5 b6 $19 {
[%csl Rc4]}) 24... e6 (24... Bxc3 $6 25. Rxc3 Nd5 26. cxd5 Rxc3 27. d6 Rc1+ 28.
Kg2 Rd1 29. Rxe7 $1 $14) 25. Na4 Nd5 26. Bc5 Nf6 $13 {,however with unclear,
but full of life position.Now the game very quickly ends up a draw.}) 22...
Nxb5 23. cxb5 Be5 24. Bxa7 (24. f4 Bd6 25. Rec2 a6 26. b6 Rad8 27. Kg2 h5 28.
Kf3 $11) 24... Bxh2+ $5 (24... Rxa7 25. Rxe5 Rxa3 26. Rc7 b6 27. Rexe7 Rxe7 28.
Rxe7 Rxf3 29. Rb7 Rf4 30. Rxb6 Rxb4 $11) 25. Kxh2 Rxa7 26. Rc7 Rxa3 27. Kg2 Rb3
28. Re4 (28. Rexe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Rxb4 30. Rxb7 $11) 28... b6 29. Rb7 Kg7 30.
Rxb6 Rd8 31. Rb7 ({The last chanse for the game to be decided was} 31. Rxe7 Rd5
$1 32. Re4 Rb2 (32... Rf5 33. f4) 33. Rb8 Rdd2 34. Kg3 Kf6 $13) 31... e5 32.
Rxe5 Rxb4 33. Re4 Rdd4 $1 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 $11 35. Kg3 Rb4 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kg3 g5
38. Rb6 f6 39. Rb8 Kg6 40. b6 h4+ 41. Kg2 Kf5 42. b7 Rb2 43. Kh3 Rb4 44. Kh2
Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO (Women)"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Xu, Yuhua"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O (7. Nd2
Be6 8. Ne4 Nc7 9. Be2 Bd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Nd7 13. f4 Bxe4 14.
Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 e6 $13 {Egger,J-Petrov,J/WchJM-U20 Buenos Aires ;EXP 32 1992})
(7. h4 Nd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. h5 Bg7 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Ne4 e5 13. h6
Bf8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. O-O $14 {Reeh,O-Maus,So/BL 9293 (1993) ;BL 1993}) 7... Bg7
8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 (9. Bf1 Bf5 10. c4 Nb4 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Ng4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 e5
14. Bg5 Bf6 $13 {Handoko,E-Kupreichik,V/Moscow olm (13) INA-BLR ;CBM 45 1994})
9... a5 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Nc3 $14 {
Kosten,A-Pytel,K/Aix les Bains (04) ;TD 91\02 1991}) (9... Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11.
Nef3 Nc7 12. c3 Bd5 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Bh4 Nb6 16. Qc2 $14 {Yudasin,
L-Agdestein,S/Moscow PCA-op rapid 1994}) 10. a4 (10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 N8d7 12.
Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bf4 Re8 14. d5 Nc5 15. Bc2 e5 16. Be3 $14 {Kovalevskaya,
E-Zhukova,N/ch-Europe Women 2000}) (10. c3 Bf5 (10... Nd7 11. Nf3 N7b6 12. a4
Qc7 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Nbd2 c5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Vaganian,R/
Horgen 1995}) 11. h3 (11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Ndf3 N7f6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Nc4 Rad8 15.
Nce5 Nd7 16. Nd3 N7f6 17. h3 $14 {Arnason,J-Knezevic,M/Grindavik (08) ;MCL 03
1984}) 11... Nd7 12. Nf3 N7b6 13. a3 Qc7 14. Nbd2 a4 15. Ba2 (15. Bc2 Bxc2 16.
Qxc2 c5 $10) 15... c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 $14 {Short,
N-Agdestein,S/Isle of Lewis 1995}) 10... Be6 (10... Nd7 11. Nf3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7
13. Qd2 Re8 14. Na3 b6 15. Rad1 Ba6 16. Nc4 $14 {Rosito,J-Llanos,G/ARG-ch sf
1998}) 11. c3 {This variation leads to slow manouvering where white's chanses
are preferable due to advantage in space and more convinient position of the
pieces.} Nd7 (11... Qc7 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Ne4 h6 15. Qf3 Bf5 16. Bd2
Qb6 17. Bc2 Rad8 $132 {Godena,M-Kveinys,A/EU-chT Debrecen (09) LIT-ITA ;EU-chT
1992}) 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Bg5 N5f6 (14... N7f6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7
Qxd7 17. Nc4 $14) 15. Bh4 h6 16. h3 e6 17. Bc2 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19.
Raxd1 Ne4 20. g4 Nc5 21. Bc4 Be4 $13) 17... Nb6 18. Nc5 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ra7 (
19... Qc7 20. Bg3 Qe7 21. Qb3 Nfd5 22. Nc2 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20. Qb3 $1 {
[%cal Gb3b7] It becomes more and more difficult for black to find usefull
moves.} g5 (20... Nbd7 $5) 21. Bg3 Nfd5 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Nc2 Nc8 (23... Nd7 $2
24. Nxb7) 24. Ne3 (24. c4 Nf6 25. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5]} b6 26. Nd3 (26. Nf5 $6
exf5 (26... Qf8 27. Nxg7 Qxg7 28. Nd3 $16) 27. Rxe7 Raxe7 28. Nd3 f4 29. Bh2
Nd7 $44 {[%cal Gc8d6,Gd6f5]}) 26... Qd8 27. Ne5 $14) 24... Nxe3 25. Rxe3 b6 26.
Nd3 {[%csl Rb6]} Rb7 27. Rde1 Nd6 28. Ne5 {Even after changing the knigts
black still faces serious difficulties because of vulnareble pawn structure on
the quuenside.} Rc8 (28... Nf5 29. Nxc6 Qd7 30. Ne5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Rf3
$16) 29. R3e2 Qd8 30. Nf3 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 $6 {Dubious decision,becuase now
the pawn on a5 becomes serious weakness.} (31... cxb5) 32. Qa2 Nf5 33. Be5 Bf8
34. Nd2 Be7 (34... c5 35. c4 Rb7 36. d5 Rd7 37. Ne4 $16) 35. Ne4 Ra8 36. Qa4 $5
Rb6 (36... Qb6 37. Nf6+ Bxf6 38. Bxf6 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Qxb2 40. Qxc6 $16) 37. Ra1
Rba6 38. Ree1 Qb6 39. Ra2 Qb5 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Qc2 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gc2h7]
Suddenly black king is in danger.} Bxf6 (41... c5 42. g4 Nh4 43. Qh7 Bd8 44. c4
{[%csl Ge8]} Nf3+ 45. Kh1 Qc6 46. d5 $18) 42. Bxf6 Kg8 43. Re5 Qb7 (43... Qc4
44. b3 {[%csl Rc4]}) 44. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Kh7 45. Qh5 Rg8 $6 (45... Ng7
46. Qe2 $5 (46. Bxg7 Kxg7 47. h4 Qb3 (47... gxh4) 48. Ra1 (48. hxg5 Qxa2 49.
Qxh6+ Kg8 50. g6 Qb1+ 51. Kh2 fxg6 52. Rg5 Kf7) 48... Qxb2 49. Rae1 gxh4 50.
R1e4 $40)) 46. Rexa5 Rxa5 47. Rxa5 Rg6 48. Be5 f6 (48... Qxb2 49. Ra7 {[%csl
Rf7]} Qxc3 50. Rxf7+ Ng7 51. Bxg7 Rxg7 52. Rf6 $18) 49. Bg3 Nxg3 50. fxg3 Qc7
51. Rc5 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Qxg3 52. Qf3 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 f5 (53... g4 54. hxg4 Qh4+
55. Qh3 $18) 54. Rxc6 Rg7 (54... g4 55. Rc7+ Kh8 56. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Gg3e5]})
55. Qg3 Qe4 56. Rc7 f4 57. Rxg7+ Kxg7 58. Qf3 Qf5 59. b4 Kg6 60. Qg4 Qd5 61. h4
Qc4 62. Qf3 $1 Kf5 (62... Qb5 63. Qe4+ Kf6 64. Qh7 $18) 63. Qh5 $1 Qxc3 64.
Qf7+ Kg4 65. Qxe6+ Kh5 (65... Kxh4 66. Qxh6+ Kg4 67. Qe6+ Kh4 68. Qh3+ Qxh3+
69. gxh3 $18) 66. hxg5 Kxg5 67. Qg8+ Kh4 (67... Kf6 68. b5 Qe1 69. Qf8+ Kg5 70.
Qg7+ Kf5 71. Qe5+ $18) 68. Qd8+ Kg4 69. Qd7+ Kg5 70. Qg7+ Kf5 71. b5 Qe1 72.
Qe5+ Qxe5 73. dxe5 Kxe5 74. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 16th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.12.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 {This move is a pet line
of the German grandmaster. It's quite a solid variation promising black good
chances to equalize.} 6. Bc4 Nd7 (6... Be6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Ndf3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 g6
10. Bb3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 $14 {Dominguez,L-Loeffler,S/Lisbon 1999}) 7.
Nf3 (7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O Bf5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Bb3 e6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13.
Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qe2 $14 {Werner,M-Burkart,P/Germany 1993/GER-chT}) 7... e6 (7...
N7b6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. c3 O-O 13. Ne4 Bg6 14.
Qe2 Nd7 $13 {Van der Weide,K-Miles,A/Saint Vincent 2000}) (7... N7f6 8. h3 Bf5
9. O-O h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. c4 Nb6 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rad1
$14 {Godena,M-Burkart,P/Eupen 1994}) 8. O-O Be7 (8... b5 9. Bd3 (9. Bb3 Bb7 10.
Nbd2 c5 11. c3 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Re1 a6 14. Bc2 N5f6 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. Nxd4
Nc5 $132 {Hernandez Guerrero,G-Luther,T/Dos Hermanas 2003}) 9... Bb7 10. Re1 (
10. a4 a6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. c4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Bg5 c5 16. Rc1
O-O 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nce5 $16 {Iordachescu,V-Wohl,A/Vins du Medoc 2002}) 10...
Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne4 a6 13. Bg5 (13. c3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16.
Qe2 Qc7 $13 {Murdzia,P-Luther,T/Cappelle la Grande 2003}) 13... Bxg5 14. Nfxg5
h6 15. Nf3 c5 $11 {Lutz,C-Luther,T/Essen 2002}) 9. Nbd2 {It's obvious that the
white bishop should be on d3 and not on b3 as was tried in the following game:}
(9. Bb3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. c4 bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Re1 a5 14. Ba3 Ba6 15. Qc2
Bxa3 16. Nxa3 Qc7 $13 {Bologan,V-Conquest,S/Santo Domingo 2002}) 9... O-O 10.
Ne4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. c3 a6 13. a4 bxa4 {Sooner or later this move is to be
played so it seems.} 14. Rxa4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 (15... f5 $6 16. Nd4 $1 (16. Nd6
Bc6 17. Rd4 Nxc5 18. Nxf5 Bf6 19. Bc4 Bxd4 20. N5xd4 $14) 16... fxe4 17. c6
exd3 18. cxb7 Rb8 19. Nxe6 Qb6 20. Nxf8 Nxf8 21. Qxd3 $16) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17.
Rh4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rg8] A great move! The white rook is a very important
attacker.} h6 (17... Nf6) 18. Rh3 f5 $6 {[%csl Rg6] Weakening the square g6
proves to be a serious mistake, however white's initiative is quite unpleasent
anyway.} (18... a5 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. Rg3 $40) (18... Qc7 19. Qa4
Rfd8 20. Bc2 $36) 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Rg3 {Heading for g6.} Bd6 (21...
Ne7 22. b4 Bd6 23. f4 $16) (21... g5 $5) 22. f4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qh4 24. Rg6 $5 (
24. Qe1 {[%cal Gg3g7]} g5 25. Qe2 $18 {[%cal Gg3h3]}) 24... Kf7 25. Rg4 $1 Qe7
26. Rg3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Ke8 27. Kh1 a5 $6 28. Bb5+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30.
Bxh6 Rf7 31. Bg5 Qc5 32. Rh3 Rff8 33. Be2 Nxc3 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Bh5# 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-B 08th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 (6. Qf3 Be6 7. c4
Nb4 8. Qxb7 Nc2+ 9. Kd1 Nxa1 10. Qxa8 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Nd3 Qxd4 13. Nc3 $13)
(6. c4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 $14) 6... c6 (6... Be6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nef3 $1 {[+]} N7f6 11. Bf1 {/\c4,b3 +/=
Unzicker-Williams, Buenos Aires (ol) 1978}) 7. O-O (7. Qf3 Be6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Rd1 $14) 7... Bg7 8. Bb3 (8. Qe2 $5) 8...
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. h3 (10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 (11. Nd3 Bf5 12. Bg5 Re8 $10) 11...
Bg4 (11... Nc7 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc4 c5 15. d5 Nc7 16. Rxe7 Qd6 17.
Re1 Qxd5 18. Na3 $14 {Tseshkowsky-Kengis, USSR 1979}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6
14. Nd2 b5 15. Ne4 a5 16. a4 Qb6 17. Nd6 $14 {Wahls,M-Maus,S/Hamburg SKA 1991})
10... Nd7 11. Nf3 Nc7 12. Nc3 $6 {With this move white hardly can hope to get
an opening advantage;black gets rid of his lightsquared bishop,which is his
main problem in this type of structure,and has very comfortable position.
Better is} (12. c4 $5 b5 $6 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bf5 15. Nd4 $16 {Markovic,
I-Pajkovic,V/JUG-chT 1997}) (12. c3 Bd5 (12... a5 13. a4 Nb6 14. Nbd2 Bd5 15.
Nf1 Ne6 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Re8 18. Ne3 $14 {Gabrielsen,S-Kovacs,G/EU-chJM
U20 1996}) 13. Nbd2 (13. Bg5 Ne6 14. Be3 b5 $5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Nc7 17.
Bf4 e6 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxb5 Rab8 20. Qe2 Qb6 $44 {Polgar,S-Kengis,E/Vienna
op 1991}) 13... c5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 N5b6 16. d5 Nf6 17. c4 $14 {Vratonjic,
S-Milenkovic,J/JUG-chT 1993}) 12... Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne6 $11 14. Ne4 ({Nothing
promises also} 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. c3 a6 $11) 14... Nb6
15. c3 Nd5 16. c4 $6 {[%csl Rd4] This move is serious positional mistake,which
eventually costs white a game:now white pawn on d4 becomes serious weakness.} (
16. Qe2 $11) 16... Ndc7 17. Be3 (17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Ne6 19. b4 Qxd1 20. Rxd1
Rfd8 $15 {[%cal Ga7a6,Gg8f8,Ge6d4]}) 17... f5 18. Neg5 f4 19. Bd2 $6 ({Better
was} 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bd2 Nxd4 21. Bc3 c5 22. Re4 Qd6 $15 {and white has more
defensive resourses than in the game.}) 19... Nxg5 20. Nxg5 e5 {[%cal Gd8g5,
Ge5d4]} 21. Nf3 exd4 $17 22. Re4 Qd6 23. b4 a6 24. Qc1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc4c5]}
Ne6 25. Qe1 (25. Qf1 $5 d3 (25... Rae8 26. Rae1 d3 27. b3 Qd7 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29.
Rxe5 f3 $1 30. g3 $1 $132 (30. R5e3 Nf4 31. Rxe8 fxg2 $19)) 26. Rae1 Rae8 27.
Ng5 Nc7 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Rxe8+ Rf8 $17) 25... Rae8 26. Rd1 Nc7
27. Bc1 $6 {Once again white choses not the most persistant continuation.} (27.
Bxf4 $2 Qxf4 $1 28. Rxf4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxf4 $19) (27. Bc3 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Re8 (
28... Qe6 29. Rxd4 $1 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 29. Qd3 Ne6 $17) 27...
Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxb4 29. Bxf4 Re8 30. Qc2 Ne6 31. Re1 Qf8 $1 32. Bd2 (32. Be5 Ng5
$5 33. Nxg5 Bxe5 34. Nf3 Bg7 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Qd3 c5 $17) 32... Nc5 33. b4 (
33. Bb4 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Qe8 35. Nd3 Nxd3 36. Qxd3 Qe5 $17) 33... Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1
Ne6 35. Nd3 Qf5 36. Qb3 h5 37. b5 Kh7 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. Nb4 $2 {The final
mistake.} (39. Kf1 $17 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gf1e2]}) 39... Nc5 $19 40. Qa3 (40. Qa2 Nd3
$1 41. Nxd3 Qxd3 $19) 40... Ne4 41. Be1 Nc3 $1 42. Qb3 (42. Nxc6 Qe4 43. Bxc3
dxc3 44. Nb4 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Be5+ $19) 42... c5 $1 (42... c5 43. Nxa6 Qe6 44. Bxc3
dxc3 45. Nxc5 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Be5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 10th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 (6... Nd7 7.
Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O Bf5 9. c3 e6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Nd2 O-O {1/2-1/2 Kobalija,
M-Miles,A/Varadero 2000/CBM 77 (11)}) (6... Be6 7. Nd2 (7. Bb3 Nd7 8. Nf3 Bg4
9. O-O e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Bd6 $11 {Coimbra,M-Loeffler,S/Lisbon 1999}) 7...
Nd7 8. Ndf3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 g6 10. Bb3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 $14 {Dominguez,
L-Loeffler,S/Lisbon 1999}) 7. Nd2 (7. O-O Nd7 8. Nd3 e6 9. Nd2 N7b6 10. Qf3 Bd6
11. Re1 Qh4 12. h3 O-O-O $15 {Gabrielsen,S-Storland,K/Stavanger 1997}) 7... Nd7
8. Ndf3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 e6 10. O-O {White can hardly hope for opening advantage
if he doesn't play g4:} (10. g4 $5 Bg6 11. h4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Be4 13. Rh2 (13. f3
Ne3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc2]}) 13... f6 14. Qe2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 fxe5 16. Qxe4 $14 {
with very comlicated struggle in which white's chances are preferrable.}) 10...
Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. a3 $6 {Useless move.} (14. g4 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Bg6 16. Bg5 (16. h4 Nb6 $1 $132) 16... Rd7 17. Rad1 b5 18. Bb3 h6 19.
Bh4 a5 $13) 14... Rfe8 15. a4 c5 16. Nf3 Be7 {An attempt to win the pawn on h2
would lead to hard consequances for black} (16... Bg4 $6 17. Bxd5 $1 Bxh2+ 18.
Kh1 Rxd5 19. Qb5 $1 {[%csl Re8,Rh2]} Rc8 20. Nxh2 cxd4 21. Qf1 Rh5 22. Qg1 $14)
17. Bd2 Bf6 18. Ne5 a6 {[%cal Gd5e7]} 19. a5 h6 (19... Ne7 $5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21.
g4 cxd4 22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxe6+ Kf8 $13) 20. Bb3 Ne7 21. g4 (21. Nxf7 $6 Kxf7
22. g4 c4 $1 23. Ba4 (23. Bxc4 $2 Bxg4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc4]}) 23... Bg6 24. Qxe6+
Kf8 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 $15 26. Bxh6 $140 $2 Ng8 $1 $19) 21... Bg6 (21... Bh7 $2 22.
Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 22. Ba4 Rf8 23. Bf4 Nd5 $1 24. Bg3 (24. Nxg6 $2 Nxf4
25. Nxf4 Qxf4 $17) 24... Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxa5 $1 26. Bc2 (26. Bh4 Ra8 27. Bd7 Qb6
28. c4 Nb4 29. dxc5 Qa7 $15 {[%cal Gb4c2,Gb4d3]}) 26... Qb5 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28.
dxc5 Qxc5 29. Qxe6+ Kh7 30. Qe4 Rd7 $5 {[%cal Gd5f6] Preparing to bring the
knight to f6.} (30... Nf6 $6 31. Qxb7 Nxg4 32. Re7 Rg8 33. Re2 $14) 31. Rad1
Rfd8 32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Qe4 b5 $2 {Blundering the pawn after Qe6} (33... Rfd8 $5
$11) 34. Rf1 $2 (34. Qe6 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 34... a5 35. Rd4 Nf6 36. Qe5 Qc6
37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Qd6 Qc8 (38... Qxd6 39. Bxd6 Rd8 40. Be7 Rd2 41. Bxf6 gxf6
42. Ra1 a4 43. c4 $1 $11) 39. Re1 $2 (39. f3 $13) 39... Qa8 $2 (39... Nxg4 40.
Qb6 Qf5 $17) 40. Qc5 Rd8 41. Be5 Nd7 $11 {After mutual mistakes in the
time-trouble the game finaly transforms into equal endgame.} (41... Nxg4 42.
Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Qe7+ Kh8 44. h3 Qc8 45. Re4 $13 {[%csl Rg4]}) 42. Qxb5 Nxe5 43.
Qxe5 Rd2 44. Qe4 Qxe4 45. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nc3
dxe5 $5 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. exd6 $5 (10. Bf4 d5 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 $5 Nd7
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qa5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Rad1 $2 (17.
c3 Nd5 18. Bd2 e6 19. Rad1 $14) 17... Rxd4 $1 18. Rxd4 Qxe1+ $17 {Vavrak
Peter-Kasrashvili Alexandre/Ch World cadets unde 1993 (33)}) 11... Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Nd7 13. Qd2 e6 14. Bh6 c5 15. c4 $5 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13 {
Dabrowska K-Wielecki Z/It open, 1992 (51)}) 10... Qxd6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Ba3 Bf6
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $14 {Wong Zi Jing-Kasrashvili Alexandre/Ch World cadets
unde 1993 (101)}) (8... Nb6 $6 9. Bb3 d5 10. Ne2 Na6 11. a4 $6 (11. h3 $5 $14)
(11. c3 $5 $14) 11... Bg4 12. Nf4 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c5 15. c3 cxd4 16.
cxd4 Rc8 $132 {Wagner,D-Reissmann,W/Hessenliga 1995 (36)}) 9. Nxe5 Be6 {
Deserved attention} (9... Nxc3 $5 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Ng4 (11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5
Bxe5 13. Rxe5 Qc7 14. Qf3 b6 $11) 11... Nb6 12. Bb3 Nd5 13. Nh6+ Kh8 14. Qf3
Be6 {with unclear position.}) 10. Ne4 Nc7 11. Bb3 (11. Bf1 $5) 11... Bxb3 12.
axb3 Ne6 13. c3 Nd7 $11 {White still has some advantage in space,but the
possibility to break the center with c5 or queenside with a5(if white plays b4)
makes black's chances not worse.} 14. Nxd7 (14. Nd3 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bh6
Re8 17. Qf3 Qb6 $11) 14... Qxd7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Qf3 Qc7 {Intending to play a5
after which the position will become compleatly equal.} 17. Ra5 b6 18. Ra6 Qb7
19. Ra1 Rd5 $1 {Now white can do nothing to prevent a5.} 20. h4 a5 21. bxa5
Rdxa5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. b4 Rf5 24. Qd3 Rd5 25. Qf3 Rf5 26. Qe2 h5 27. Qa2 c5
28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nagykanizsa 1st"]
[Site "Nagykanizsa"]
[Date "2003.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 {The Hungarian grandmaster is one of
few players who use the Alekhine defence on a permanent basis!} 5. c4 Nc7 6. h3
dxe5 7. Nxe5 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nf3 $6 {More dangerous for black was} (9. Be3 O-O
10. Qf3 Ne6 (10... Nd7 11. O-O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qe8 13. Qg3 Bf5 14. Bd3 Qc8 15.
f4 $14 {David,A-Golubovic,B/Bled 1996}) 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qg3 Nd7 13. f4 Nxe5
14. fxe5 Bd7 15. h4 $36 {David,A-Lukasiewicz,G/Cannes 1996}) 9... c5 (9... O-O
10. Be3 (10. Be2 Nd7 11. Bf4 c5 12. d5 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Ne8 15. d6 Rf7 16.
Ne4 b6 17. Qd5 Rb8 $132 {Vlad,D-Grunberg,M/Calarasi 1995}) 10... b5 (10... Nd7
11. Qd2 e5 12. O-O-O exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Be2 Qf6 16. Bg4 N7e6
$11 {Iordachescu,V-Grunberg,M/Herculane 1996}) 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Bh6 bxc4 13.
Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne5 c5 $132 {Lehner,O-Kengis,E/Vienna 1994}) 10. d5 O-O 11. Bg5
f6 12. Be3 Nba6 13. Qd2 {Once again white deviates from the most critical
continuation.} (13. h4 $5 e6 (13... Bg4 14. Qb3) 14. h5 g5 15. h6 Bh8 16. Qb3
g4 17. Ng1 e5 18. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) 13... e5 14. O-O-O Ne8 15. Bh6 Nd6
$132 {After this move it becomes clear that black managed to solve his opening
problems.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 e4 (17... Kg8 18. Qe3 (18. g5 $6 e4) 18... Re8
19. Nd2 f5 20. Rg1 $14) 18. Ne1 f5 19. f3 Qe7 20. fxe4 (20. gxf5 e3 21. Qe2
Bxf5 22. h4 Rae8 $13 {[%csl Ge3]}) 20... fxe4 21. Nc2 ({Nothing changes} 21.
Qe3 Bd7 22. Be2 Qh4 23. Ng2 Qf2 24. Rhg1 Qxe3+ 25. Nxe3 Kf6 26. g5+ Ke5 27. Bg4
Bf5 $13 {and black is doing fine.}) 21... Bd7 22. Ne3 Qe5 23. a3 Nc7 24. Be2 (
24. h4 a6 25. h5 g5 $132 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 24... Rf2 (24... a6 25. Rhf1 b5 26.
Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 $11) 25. Rdf1 Raf8 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Ncd1 Rf7
28. Qc3 Qxc3+ 29. Nxc3 Kf6 {Bringing the king to e5} 30. b4 b6 31. bxc5 bxc5
32. Kd2 Ke5 33. Rb1 Rf2 {[%csl Rh3]} 34. Rb8 Rh2 35. Rd8 Bc8 36. Na4 (36. Rxd6
Kxd6 37. Nxe4+ Ke5 38. Nxc5 Na6 39. Nd3+ Kd4 $15) 36... Na6 {Black doesn't
want to take any risks after} (36... Ba6 37. Nb2 (37. Nxc5 $2 Nxc4+ $19) 37...
Nxd5 (37... Rxh3 38. Rd7 Nce8 39. Rxa7 Bc8) 38. Nxd5 Bxc4 39. Nxc4+ Nxc4+ 40.
Ke1 Nxa3 41. Nc3 e3 $13) 37. Nc3 Nc7 38. Na4 Na6 39. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch places"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2002.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Bf3 (8. c4 Nb6 9. Bf4 N8d7 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 c6 13. f4
Be6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Na4 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Donchev,D/Zinnowitz 1982}) 8... c6 (
8... c5 9. dxc5 Nb4 10. Nd3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Na6 12. Nc3 Nxc5 13. Be3 Nxd3 $15 {
Nguyen Anh Dung-Wohl,A/Genting 1995}) 9. Re1 (9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Ndc4 N7b6 11. c3
Be6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Re1 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Rad8 $13 {
Bohn,U-Jung,K/Germany 1995}) (9. Qe2 Be6 (9... Bf5 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. a3 Nxe5 12.
dxe5 Qc7 13. c4 Nb6 14. Bf4 $14 {Goloshchapov,A-Nataf,I/Rimavska Sobota 1992})
10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Na3 Rad8 14. Be3 f5 15. Bf4 Bf7 16. b3
Rfe8 17. Nc2 $14 {Meshkov,Y-Bagirov,V/Podolsk 1990}) 9... Bf5 10. c3 Nd7 11.
Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na3 (12. Nd2 b5 13. Nb3 Qd6 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Bh4 $14) 12... b5
13. Nc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 {Arising position is quite typical for this variation,
since black always tries to trade his "bad" lightsquaered bishop for white
knight.} e6 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. Rad1 a5 (16... a6) 17. h4 h6 (17... h5) 18. Bc1 c5
19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qe2 Qc7 $6 {Losing a pawn, but getting good drawing chances
instead. More ambitious was} (20... Rfc8 $5 21. h5 g5 22. Be3 Rc4 23. Rd3 b4
$132) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Be3 Rc4 23. Rxd5 b4 (23... Rxh4 24. g3 Re4 25. Rxb5 $16
) 24. Bd4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Qe3 ({Deserved attention cunning} 26. Qe7 $5
Bxd4 27. cxd4 Rc1 28. Qe3 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qf4 30. g3 Rc1 31. gxf4 Rxe1+ 32. Kg2
a4 33. Ra5 $16 {with good winning chances.}) 26... h5 27. Qg5 (27. Re5 $6 Bxe5
28. Bxe5 Qe7 29. Qh6 f6 30. Qxg6+ Qg7 31. Qxf6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Kf7 33. Bd4 Re8
$132 {[%csl Ra2]}) (27. g3 $5) 27... Bxd4 28. cxd4 Rc1 29. Rde5 (29. Rxc1 Qxc1+
30. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc2 32. Rxa5 Rxf2 $16) 29... Qc3 30. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 31. Qxc1
Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 a4 33. Rc5 Ra1 34. Rc2 Kf8 $6 {Permitting white to get serious
winning chances.} (34... Rd1 $1 35. Rc4 a3 36. Ra4 Rd2 37. Rxa3 Rxd4 38. g3 Kg7
39. Kg2 f6 $11) 35. Kg3 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. Ke3 Rb1 (37... Kd5) 38. Rc4 a3 39.
Rc3 Re1+ 40. Kf3 (40. Kd2 $5 Re4 41. Rxa3 Rxh4 42. Ke3) 40... Rd1 41. Rxa3 $6 {
Returning the wrong pawn! It was necessary to play} (41. Ke3 Re1+ 42. Kd2 Re4
43. Rxa3) 41... Rxd4 {Now it's a theoretical draw.} 42. g3 Rd2 {Hecht: '[#]
Der Freibauer ist von vorn gedeckt bei 3-3 Bauern am Königsflügel'} 43. Ke3 Rb2
44. Ra7 Ke6 45. a4 f6 {Hecht: 'Leitet das typische Gegenspiel ein, um weiße
Bauernschwächen zu erzeugen, ermöglicht aber die Seitendeckung des
Randfreibauern.'} (45... Ra2 {(Hecht) war der sonst zu erwartende Standardzug.}
) 46. Rc7 Rb3+ 47. Kd2 Rf3 48. Ke2 Ra3 49. Rc4 g5 50. Kf1 ({Das scharfe Spiel
unter Aufgabe des Königsflügels scheint ebenfalls friedlich zu enden.} 50. Kd2
{Hecht} Rf3 51. a5 Rxf2+ 52. Kc3 Rf3+ 53. Kb4 Rxg3 54. a6 Rg1 55. Kb5 Rb1+ 56.
Rb4 Ra1 57. Ra4 Rb1+ 58. Ka5 Rb8 59. a7 Ra8 60. Kb6 gxh4 61. Kb7 Rg8 62. a8=Q
Rxa8 63. Rxa8 h3 $11) 50... Kf5 51. Kg2 Ra2 52. Rc5+ Kg4 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. a5
h4 55. Rc4+ Kf5 56. g4+ Ke5 57. Rc5+ Kf4 58. Rc4+ Ke5 59. Rc5+ Kf4 60. Rc4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {In this tournament Vaganian was experiencing some problems in his
favorite french defense so he decided to surprise his young opponent with a
rare variation of Alekhine defense, but Karjakin seemed perfectly ready.} 2. e5
Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 (4... Bg4) (4... dxe5) 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O dxe5 7. dxe5 Bg7
8. Re1 {White isn't particularly concerned with Bg4 since he's planning to
make a good use of bishops' pair.} (8. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 Ke8
11. Bf4 h6 12. Nd4 e6 13. Rfe1 Ke7 14. a4 c5 15. Nb3 b6 $11 {Adorjan,A-Popov,L/
Sofia 1970}) (8. h3 O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nc3 (10. Re1 a5 11. Qe4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bf5
13. Qh4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 f6 15. Bh6 Na6 $13 {Godena,M-Jovanic,O/Montecatini Terme
2000}) 10... Be6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. Bf4 h6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. c3 Na5
16. Nd4 $14 {Antonio,R-Tu Hoang Thong/Penang 1991}) 8... Bg4 (8... O-O 9. Bxd5
cxd5 10. Nc3 e6 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Qd2 $14 {Zahn,
N-Barthel,B/Germany 1992}) 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 12. Bf1 $1 {
This move appears to be a novelty. In the previous game played in this line
white put the bishop on b3, even though it's obvious that the bishop is much
better placed on f1 from where it may support an advance of the pawns on the
queenside and could be transferred to the diagonal a8-h1 if needed.} (12. Bb3
Qc7 13. c4 Ne7 14. Qe2 c5 15. Bg5 Nc6 16. Ba4 h6 17. Bh4 Nb6 18. Bc2 g5 19. Bg3
O-O-O $132 {Hatanbaatar,B-Freisler,P/Mlada Boleslav 1995}) 12... Qc7 13. Qe2 h6
{With his last move black reveals his intention to castle queenside.
Retrospectively we may conclude that it was much safer to go for a short
castle, but black wasn't very happy about the position arising after} (13...
O-O 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Rad1 b5 16. Qe4 $14 {and white has good prospects on the
kingside.}) 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Rad1 $6 {Useless move.It was better to put a
rook on b1 right away.} g5 16. c4 Ne7 17. b4 Nf8 (17... Ng6 18. Bc3 h5 19. Nxg5
Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Ndxe5 21. Qe3 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 18. Rb1 $1 {Very good decision.
White admits that he was wrong putting the rook on d1 and returns to the right
plan.} Nfg6 19. Bc3 Kb8 20. g3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gf4,Rg6,Rg7][%cal Gf1g2] Black
knights have no squares to be an active part of the game and the bishop is
stuck on g7, as a result white's attack on the queenside goes as smoothly as
possible.} Rd7 21. Qe4 Nf5 (21... Rhd8 22. a4 Nf5 23. a5 $16 {[%csl Rb8][%cal
Ga5a6,Gb4b5,Gf1g2]}) 22. a4 Rc8 23. a5 Qd8 24. Bg2 a6 25. Rb3 $5 {[%csl Gc3]
[%cal Gb4b5] Preparing an advance of the b-pawn.} (25. Rec1 $5) 25... Rd1 26.
b5 axb5 ({An attempt to take advantage of the "hanging" bishop on c3 wouldn't
save black:} 26... cxb5 {[%cal Gc8c3]} 27. cxb5 (27. Nd2 $5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rc5
29. cxb5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 axb5 31. Qe2 Qc7 32. Qxb5 Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34. a6 $16)
27... Qd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. bxa6 $1 {[%csl Ga6] This sacrifice decides the
game in white's favor.} Rcxc3 30. Rxb7+ Kc8 (30... Ka8 31. Reb1 Rxf3 32. Bxf3
Rxf3 33. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 31. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 32. a7 $18) 27. cxb5 Qd3 28.
Qa4 $1 $18 {There was no reason to make black's defensive task easier by
trading the queens.} Nge7 29. a6 b6 30. a7+ Ka8 31. bxc6 Nd5 32. c7 $1 {
[%cal Gg2a8]} Nfe7 (32... Nxc3 33. Qc6+ Kxa7 34. Ra3+ $18) 33. Bb4 Rxe1+ 34.
Nxe1 Qc4 35. Rc3 Qe2 (35... Qd4 36. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Ga4d7]}) 36. Rc2 Qxe5 37.
Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Montreal 2nd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2001.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 {The most popular
reply} (6. Be2 Bg7 7. c4 Nb6 8. f4 c5 $132) 6... c6 (6... Be6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Ne4
Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. Nc5 Ne3 $10) 7. Bb3 (7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 a5 10.
c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 N7b6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Nbd2 c5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 $14
{Kortschnoj,V-Vaganian,R/Horgen 1995}) 7... Bg7 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nf3 (9. f4 O-O
10. c4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 $132) 9... O-O 10. Re1 {Black has tried different plan
in this position, but none of them promises black an easy life:} h6 (10... N7f6
11. c4 (11. h3 b5 (11... Be6 $6 12. c4 Nb6 $6 (12... Nc7 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 13.
Bf4 b5 $5 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. cxb5 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 cxb5 17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Qe2 Nd5
$14) 13. Qe2 a5 14. a4 $1 $14 {Hansen,S-Larsen,B/DEN-ch 1999}) (11... e6 12. c4
Ne7 13. Nc3 $14 {Short,N-Vaganian,R/Tal mem 1995}) 12. c3 (12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Ne5
Qc7 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. c3 Rad8 16. Qf3 N7b6 17. Nc5 $14 {Kovalevskaya,E-Zhukova,N/
EU-ch (Women) 2000}) (12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nbd2 Nc7 14. c3 Bd5 15. Ne5 Ne6 16. Bh4
c5 $132 {Lau,R-Bjerring,K/Munich op9293 1993}) 12... Qc7 13. a4 a6 14. Bg5 Bb7
15. Bh4 c5 16. Bg3 $14 {Bellin,R-Janssens,W/Huy op 1993}) 11... Nb6 (11... Nc7
12. h3 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 $14 {Kasparov,
G-Adams,M/Linares14th 1997}) 12. h3 Nbd7 (12... Bf5 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Be6 15.
Qe2 Rfe8 16. Be3 $14 {Gallagher,J-Lukasiewicz,G/Bern op 1990}) 13. Nc3 e6 14.
Bf4 b6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qc1 $14 {Matulovic,M-Todorovic,G/JUG-chT
1995}) (10... Re8 11. Bg5 N7f6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nh5
16. Ne5 $16 {Yudasin,L-Rasmussen/Calgary op 1996}) (10... b5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12.
Nc3 a6 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rac8 $44 {Kosten,A-Pytel,K/
Aix les Bains 1991}) 11. h3 b6 12. c4 N5f6 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Bf4 a6 (14... e6 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 $14 {[%cal Gc3b5]}) 15. Qd2 Kh7 16.
Rad1 {White has much more space for his pieces, which makes his advantage
quiet significient.} e6 (16... b5 17. c5 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5
$14) 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Qf4 (18. Ne5 Kg8 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Qf4 $16) 19.
Bc2 c5 20. Qf4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qe7 23. Red1 $14) 18... Bf8 19. Bc7
$5 {Not so bad was also simple} (19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ne5 Kg7 21. Bc2 $16 {
[%cal Gf4g3] with very big advantage for white.}) 19... Qe7 (19... Qc8 20. Bxb6
$16 {[%csl Rf6]}) 20. d5 Bg7 (20... Nh5 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bh2 Nc5
24. Bc2 $16) 21. Bd6 (21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Bd6 Qf7 23. Bc2 $16) 21... e5 22. Nxe5
(22. dxc6 exf4 23. Rxe7 Bxc6 (23... Rxe7 24. cxb7 Rae8 25. Ba4 $18) 24. Rxe8
Rxe8 25. Nd4 Bb7 26. Bxf4 $16) 22... Qxd6 23. dxc6 Rxe5 $8 24. cxb7 $6 {
Inaccuracy permitting black to hold on for a while, better was} (24. Rxd6 Rxe1+
25. Kh2 Ng4+ (25... Ne8 26. cxb7 Rb8 27. Qd2 $18) 26. Qxg4 Ne5 (26... Be5+ 27.
g3 Bxd6 28. Qxd7 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6]}) 27. Qg3 Nxc6 28. Rd7 $18 {and black may
resign.}) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 $1 26. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28. hxg4 Be5+
29. Qxe5 Rxe5 $16 30. Bd1 $5 {The ending is winning for white due to the
strong pawn on b7.} (30. f4 $1 Re1 (30... Rc5 $6 31. Ne4 Rc7 32. Nf6+ $1 $18 {
[%cal Gb7b8]}) 31. Nd5 Nb8 32. Ba4 $1 $18 (32. Nxb6 Re7 33. c5 Rxb7 $16)) 30...
Nb8 (30... Rc5 31. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6]}) 31. Bf3 Rc5 32. Bd5 Rc7 33. b4 $5
Kg7 34. Na4 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Nc5 {[%csl Rb8]} Kf6 37. Be4 $1 {[%csl Rb5]}
Ke5 38. Bd3 Kd6 39. Bxb5 Re7 40. a4 Kc7 41. a5 Re1 42. Ba4 Rb1 43. b5 {[%cal
Gb5b6,Ga5a8]} (43. b5 Rb4 44. b6+ Kd6 45. a6 Kxc5 46. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 0102"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2001.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Be2 {It's not so easy for
white to fight for the advantage also after 6.Bd3:} (6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 dxe5
8. dxe5 e6 9. O-O Nd7 (9... Be7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng3 h5
$13 {Vescovi,G-Toth,C/Rio de Janeiro 2000/CBM 74 ext}) 10. Qe4 h6 11. Nbd2 Qc7
12. Re1 O-O-O 13. a3 c5 14. b3 Kb8 15. Bb2 Be7 16. c4 N5b6 17. Qg4 $14 {
Landa,K-Agdestein,S/Cappelle la Grande 1999}) (6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. O-O dxe5
9. dxe5 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Ba2 Qc7 12. Re1 Rfd8 $11 {Floegel,U-Jugelt,T/
Germany 1999/GER-chT}) 6... e6 $5 (6... dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. O-O e6
10. c4 Nb4 11. Na3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 a5 14. c5 Nd5 $13 {Hamdouchi,H-Wohl,
A/Malaga 1998/CBM 63}) 7. a3 (7. c4 Nb4 8. Na3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7
11. O-O Bd6 {promises white nothing either}) 7... dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nd7 9. c4 N5f6 (
{Also after} 9... Nxe5 10. cxd5 Nd7 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Bd6 {black has very
comfortable position.}) 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O h6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Re1
Rfd8 15. b4 $5 {It's probably the only reasonable plan for white, but white
has to give up his control over square d5 and black gets serious counterplay.}
a5 (15... e5 $6 16. Qb3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bg6 18. Rad1 $14) 16. c5 Bc7 17. Qb3 Ne4
$5 {Exchanging white knight while the second black knight goes to d5} 18. b5
Nxc3 19. Qxc3 cxb5 20. d5 $6 (20. Bxb5 Nf6 (20... Be4 $6 21. Bg5 $1 hxg5 22.
Rxe4 $14) 21. Qb3 Be4 22. Nd2 Bd5 $13) 20... exd5 21. Bxb5 Be6 $15 22. Bd4 Nf6
23. Bd3 Ne4 $6 {Giving back the pawn, but getting rid of lightsquared bishop.}
(23... Rac8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b6]}) 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Qf8 26. Rae1 Ra6 27. Ne5
(27. Qb2 $5 Bd5 28. Re7 (28. Rg4 $6 Rg6 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Qxg7+
Kxg7 32. Re7+ Kf6 33. Rxc7 Bc6 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd8d3]}) 28... Bf4 29.
Qc3 a4 $13) 27... Rd5 28. Qb2 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Ra8 (29... Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Rc6 31.
Bd6 Qc8 32. Re3 $14 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3g3]}) 30. R1e3 Rxe5 $2 (30... Rad8 31.
Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Rg3 g5 $132) 31. Bxe5 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rg7]} f6 $2 (31... Qxc5 $8
32. Bxg7 Rc8 $1 33. Kh2 (33. Bxh6 Qc1+ 34. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 $14) 33...
Kh7 34. Qxb7 Kxg7 35. Rxe6 Qxf2 36. Re4 $14) 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6 34.
Rxe6 $18 {The ending is easily winning for white.} Rc8 (34... Kf7 35. Rb6 Ra7
36. a4 $18) 35. Rxf6 Rxc5 36. Rxh6 b5 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. g4 Ke7 39. h4 Kd7 40. h5
Kc7 41. Ra6 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Kg2 b3 44. Ra1 Kd6 45. Rb1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 (6. Nd2 Nd7 7. Nd3 g6
8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O N7f6 11. c3 b5 12. Nfe5 {Zulfugaryi,M-Guseinov,S/
Baku 1998/EXT 2000}) (6. Qf3 Be6 7. Bc4 Nd7 8. Nd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c3 O-O 11.
Nd2 Nc7 $11 {Rabiega,R-Loeffler,S/Austria 1999/EXT 2000}) 6... Nc7 (6... Nb4 7.
Be3 Bf5 8. Na3 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be2 g6 11. d5 Bg7 12. Bd4 Nc2+ 13. Nxc2
Bxc2 $11 {Adams,M-Burkart,P/London 1996/CBM 55}) 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nxd7 (8. Nf3 g6
9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 (11. Bf4 c5 12. d5 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Rf7 15.
a3 Bf8 $132 {Degraeve,J-Miles,A/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79}) 11... a6 12. a4 e5 13.
d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Ne8 15. d6 h6 16. Rc1 $14 {Apicella,M-Miles,A/Linares 1995/
CBM 51}) 8... Bxd7 9. Be3 $5 Bf5 (9... g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Rd1 $14 {
[%cal Gd4d5]}) 10. g4 $5 {Very strong reply after which white gets quiet
significient advantage.} Bc8 $6 (10... Bg6 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. O-O-O e6 13. h4 h5
14. Be2 $36) 11. Be2 e6 12. Qc2 b5 $6 13. Bf3 (13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Bb4+ 15.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 $14) 13... bxc4 (13... Bd7 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16.
O-O-O $16) 14. Bxc6+ Bd7 15. Qa4 $6 {Short is just being too cautious! Better
was} (15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. O-O-O $16 {with big advantage.}) 15... Rc8 16. Qxc4 Nd5
$132 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qd3 Bb4 $6 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qc6 20. Kd2 $5 (20. O-O
Qf3 (20... Qxc3 21. Qa6 Qc6 22. Qxc6+ Rxc6 23. Rab1 $14) 21. Qb5+ Kd8 22. Qg5+
f6 23. Qh4 Rxc3 $13) 20... Bd6 21. Rab1 O-O 22. h3 $14) 19. Bd2 O-O 20. O-O
Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa4 22. f4 f5 (22... Rc6 23. f5 Rfc8 24. fxe6 Rxe6 25. Qf3 Qd7
26. Rab1 $16) 23. gxf5 exf5 $6 (23... Rxf5) 24. Rf3 Qc4 $5 25. a4 Qxd3 (25...
a5 $5) 26. Rxd3 Rc4 27. a5 Rb8 $5 (27... Kf7 28. Rb1 Re8 29. Rb5 Ke6 30. Kf2
$16) 28. Re1 Nf6 $2 {After this careless move white gets decisive advantage,
while after} (28... Rb5 {the result of the game was far from being clear.}) 29.
d5 $1 Ne4 (29... Rc5 30. d6 Rxa5 31. c4 Rc5 32. Re7 Rxc4 (32... Kf8 33. Rxa7
Rxc4 34. d7 $16) 33. d7 Rd8 34. Ba5 Rxd7 35. Rdxd7 Nxd7 36. Rxd7 Rxf4 $14) 30.
Be3 Rb7 (30... a6 31. Bb6 $1 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Nxc3 33. d6 Rb7 34. Bc7 $1 $18) 31.
a6 Rd7 32. Rb1 $16 Nd6 (32... Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Nxc3 34. Rb7 Rxd5 35. Rxa7 $18) 33.
Rb4 Rc8 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Rd1 Ke8 36. Re1+ Kd8 37. Re6 $18 {The position changed
significiently during last 6-7 moves!} Ne8 (37... Ne4 38. c4 Nd2 39. Bf2 $1
Rxc4 40. Rb8+ Kc7 (40... Rc8 41. Bh4+ Kc7 42. Rb7#) 41. Rb7+ Kc8 42. Re8+ Rd8
43. Rxd8+ Kxd8 44. Rxa7 $18) 38. c4 Nd6 39. Bxa7 Nxc4 40. Rxc4 $1 Rxa7 (40...
Rxc4 41. Bb6+ Kc8 42. Re8+ Rd8 43. Rxd8#) 41. Rxc8+ Kxc8 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Ke3
Ra8 44. Kd4 Rb8 45. Kc5 Rb2 46. a7 Ra2 47. Kb6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch56"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2001.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Nd2 (6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3
g6 8. c4 Nc7 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 (11. Be3 a6 12. a4 e5 13. d5 cxd5
14. cxd5 Ne8 15. d6 h6 16. Rc1 $14 {Apicella,M-Miles,A/Linares 1995/CBM 51})
11... c5 12. d5 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Rf7 15. a3 Bf8 $132 {Degraeve,J-Miles,A/
Mondariz 2000/CBM 79}) 6... Nd7 7. Ndf3 (7. Nd3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10.
O-O N7f6 11. c3 b5 12. Nfe5 {Zulfugaryi,M-Guseinov,S/Baku 1998/EXT 2000}) 7...
Nxe5 8. Nxe5 g6 (8... Bf5 9. Bc4 (9. Qf3 $5 e6 10. Bd3 (10. c3 Bd6 11. g4 Bg6
12. h4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 $132) 10... Qf6 11. Bxf5 Qxf5 12. Qxf5 exf5 13. Bd2
Bd6 14. O-O-O f6 15. Nd3 $14) 9... e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. c3 Qc7 $11)
9. Qf3 Be6 10. c3 Bg7 11. Be2 a5 $6 (11... Qc7 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1
Rfe8 $11) 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd3 a4 14. a3 Bf5 $5 15. Re1 Bxd3 16. Bxd3 $14 {
Tiviakov likes this kind of position and plays it very strong.} e6 17. g3 Qb6 (
17... b5 18. h4 Qb6 19. h5 c5 (19... Rae8 20. Kg2 e5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5
Bxe5 23. Bh6 $14) 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe2 Rab8 22. Bd2 $14) 18. h4 h5 19. Kg2
Rfe8 20. Re2 Ne7 $6 (20... c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Bg5 $14) 21. Bg5 Nf5 22. Rae1
Ra5 23. g4 $1 {The only possibility to break through} hxg4 24. Qxg4 Qc7 (24...
Qb3 $5 25. Bc2 Qd5+ 26. Be4 Qd7) 25. Rg1 Qd7 26. Bc2 Rea8 $6 27. Kf1 $1 $40 {
[%cal Gg1g8,Gh4h5]} c5 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qf3 {White has in mind to
put his bishop to e1 so he doesn't want to waste a time for the queen move to
make it possible} (30. Qxh5 $5) 30... Kf8 31. Bd2 $1 Rd5 $6 (31... Rd8 $5) 32.
Be1 {[%cal Gc3c4,Ge1b4]} Rc8 (32... b5 33. Qg2 f6) 33. Qg2 $1 Bf6 $2 (33... f6
$5 34. Qe4 (34. Rxe6 $4 Qxe6 35. Bxf5 Qa6+ $1 $19) 34... b5 35. Qxe6 Qxe6 36.
Rxe6 Nd4 37. Be4 Nxe6 38. Bxd5 Nf4 39. Bf3 Nd3 $13) 34. Bxa4 $1 $14 b5 (34...
Qxa4 35. Qg8+ Ke7 36. Qxc8 $18) 35. Bc2 Rc4 36. Qf3 {[%cal Gb2b3,Gc3c4]} Rg4 $2
(36... h4) 37. Rxg4 hxg4 38. Qxg4 $16 Qc7 39. Be4 Rc5 (39... Qc4 40. b3 Qxb3
41. Bxd5 Qxd5 42. Qe4 $16) 40. Bd2 Qh2 41. Bf4 Qh8 42. Rd2 $18 Ke7 43. Bxf5
Rxf5 (43... Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Rxf5 45. Bd6+ Kd7 46. Be5+ Kc6 47. Rd6+ Kb7 48. Rd7+
Ka6 49. Bxf6 Rxf6 50. Rxf7 $18) 44. Bd6+ Ke8 45. Qg2 {[%cal Gg2a8]} Rd5 46.
Rxd5 exd5 47. Qxd5 Qh3+ 48. Ke1 Qe6+ 49. Qxe6+ fxe6 50. Ke2 Kd7 51. Bf8 Kc6 52.
Kd3 1-0

[Event "North Urals Cup (Women) 2nd"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
$6 {Dubious continuation after which black easily solves all opening problems.}
(8. h3 $142) 8... Bg4 9. Bf4 (9. c3 Nc6 10. e6 $6 (10. exd6 exd6 11. Bc2 Qf6
12. Nbd2 Rfe8 13. Qd1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Re1 a5 $11 {Liss,E-Yin Hao/Beijing
1996}) 10... d5 $1 11. exf7+ Rxf7 12. Nbd2 e5 $17 {Ghaem Maghami,E-Vaganian,R/
Tripoli 2004}) (9. e6 d5 10. exf7+ Rxf7 11. Nbd2 Bxd4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Bf6
$15) 9... Nc6 10. c3 Bxf3 (10... Qd7 11. Nbd2 Qf5 12. Bg3 Bh6 13. e6 Bxd2 14.
exf7+ Kg7 15. Qxd2 $14 {Klovans,J-Alburt,L/Yerevan 1975/URS-ch}) 11. Qxf3 dxe5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 (12... e6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Qg3 h6 15. h4 Ne7 16. Bc2 c6 17. Na3 b5
18. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Cander,M/Slovenia 1991/EXT 98 (18)}) 13. Bxe5 $6
{There was no need to give up the bishop. It was better to take on b7 right
away.} (13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qe4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 $13 {Ernst,T-Westerinen,H/
Copenhagen 1985}) 13... Bxe5 14. Qxb7 e6 15. Qf3 a5 16. a4 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3]} (
16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Na3 a4 18. Bc2 Rab8 $15) 16... Rb8 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd2 Nd7 19.
Rab1 Bd6 20. Qh3 Ne5 21. Ba2 $6 ({Very serious attention deserved} 21. Bc4 $5 {
intending to transfer the bishop to the better position on f1.} Rb6 22. Bf1
Rfb8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nc4 $14) 21... f5 22. Re1 Kg7 23. Kf1 $6 {All major pieces
are still on the board, so bringing the king to the center is hardly justified.
} (23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Bxb4 25. Rxe5 Bxd2 26. Rxb8 (26. Rd1 Rb2 27. Rxe6 Qc5
$36) 26... Rxb8 27. Qd3 Qd6 28. Qxd6 cxd6 29. Rxe6 Rb2 30. Bc4 d5 31. Bd3 $11)
23... Rf6 24. Nf3 (24. Nb3 Qd7 25. Nd4 Qxa4 26. Nxe6+ Kh8 27. Ng5 h5 $15) 24...
Nxf3 25. Qxf3 e5 $15 26. Qd5 e4 27. Qxa5 Bxh2 {[%csl Rf1]} 28. Qd5 (28. g3 $2
f4 29. Kg2 fxg3 30. fxg3 Bxg3 31. Kxg3 Rf3+ 32. Kg2 Rf5 $19) 28... Rd6 29. Qc4
(29. Qc5) 29... Rd2 $17 30. Re2 Rbd8 31. Rbe1 (31. g3 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 f4 33. Rd1
(33. gxf4 Rf8 $36) 33... f3 (33... Rxd1+ $6 34. Qxd1 fxg3 35. Qd4+ Kh6 36. Qe3+
$11) 34. Qc2 e3 35. Rxd8 Bxg3 $3 $19) 31... Qh4 $19 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Re2 Rd8
$1 34. Re3 Bf4 35. Bb3 Bxe3 36. Qxc7+ Kh6 37. fxe3 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qxg2+ 39. Ke1
Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. dxe5 h6 {Very ambitious
continuation, however not such a bad one.} (6... g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 Nc7 9.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Ke8 11. f4 $14 {Karnik,P-Varga,P/SVK 1999/EXT 2000}) (6...
Bf5 7. Nd4 (7. O-O e6 8. c4 Ne7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nd4 Nd7 12. f4
g5 13. fxg5 Nxe5 $132 {Zapata,A-Miles,A/Capablanca mem-A 1994/CBM 43}) 7... e6
8. Nxf5 exf5 9. O-O (9. c4 Nc7 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. f4 h5 13. Nd2 Ne6
14. Nb3 Kc7 $11 {Schoenthier,F-Buecker,S/Bad Neuenahr 1987/CBM 04}) 9... Be7 (
9... Nd7 10. Bc4 N7b6 11. Bb3 Bc5 12. Qf3 g6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rd1 $16 {Smirin,
I-Zelcic,R/Struga 1995/CBM 49 ext}) 10. c4 Nc7 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Qh3 Qe6 13. Bd3
g6 14. Re1 Nba6 $13 {Namyslo,H-Bagirov,V/Deizisau 1999/EXT 2000}) (6... Bg4 7.
c4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 $6 Nc7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. f4 Ne6 12. Nc3 Nd4 $11 {
Heitsch,B-Weise,M/Hessen 1999/EXT 2000}) 7. O-O g5 $6 8. h4 $1 {Immideatly
attacking black pawns on the kingside.} g4 (8... gxh4 9. Nxh4 (9. c4 Nc7 10.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxh4 Bg7 12. f4 $14) 9... Bg7 10. f4 Qb6+ 11. Rf2 Ne3 12. Qd3
Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Nc3 $14) 9. Nd4 h5 $6 (9... e6 10. Bxg4 Qxh4 11. g3 Qd8
12. Qe2 $14) 10. e6 $1 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3g6] This typical sacrifice is very
strong in the following position.} Bxe6 $6 {Another inaccuracy after which
black is in serious troubles.} (10... fxe6 11. Qd3 (11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Bg6+ Kf8
13. c3 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Na6 $13) 11... Qd6 12. Na3 e5 13. Nc4 Qf6 14.
Bg5 Qg7 15. Nf5 $36) 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bd3 Qd6 $2 {Every move of black is
mistake! Itt was necessary to play} (12... Bh6 13. Bg6+ Kf8 14. c4 Bxc1 15.
Qxc1 Nf6 16. Qe3 $36 {however also in this case black's chanses to survive are
not very high!}) 13. c4 Nc7 $2 {Blundering a piece in extremly difficult
position.} (13... Nf6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Bg6+ Kd8 16. Nc3 $16) 14. Bf4 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rc7,Re8][%cal Gd3g6]} Qxf4 {Black decides to make a couple of more moves
which can't change anything.} (14... e5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg6#) 15. Bg6+ Qf7
16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. f3 g3 18. Qd4 Kg8 19. Qe5 Nba6 20. Qxg3+ Bg7 21. Nc3 Kf7 22.
Qf4+ Ke8 23. Rad1 Rc8 24. Qg5 Kf7 25. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3
Qd7 {Very dangerous variation for black. A complex of the dark squares on the
kingisde is a sourse of black problems.} (8... O-O) 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. dxe5 (10.
Nf6+ Bxf6 11. Qxf6 Rg8 12. dxe5 Qd4 13. f4 (13. Qf4 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 g5 15. Bg3
Bd7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. f3 N8d7 18. Rd1 $14 {Zimmermann,F-Polzin,R/Waldbronn 1992})
13... N8d7 14. Qg5 Nc5 15. Nc3 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Ba2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Kd1
Bd7 $132 {Ljubojevic,L-Alburt,L/USA 1990}) (10. Bh6 f5 11. Nc5 Qe7 12. Bxg7
Qxg7 13. Bxe6 Nc6 14. Bxc8 Nxd4 15. Qxb7 Rxc8 16. Na3 Qe7 17. Nb3 O-O $15 {
Solozhenkin,E-Dubois,J/Cappelle la Grande 1994}) 10... Qd4 {Other moves aren't
any better.} (10... Bxe5 11. Nf6+ Bxf6 12. Qxf6 {'[#]'} Rg8 13. Qh4 f5 14. Nc3
Nc6 (14... Qg7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxh6 g5 17. Bxg7 gxh4 18. Bf6 $16 {Haba,P-Polzin,
R/Pardubice 1993}) 15. Bg5 Qd4 16. Qxh7 Qe5+ 17. Kf1 Qg7 18. Qxg7 Rxg7 19. Re1
Bd7 20. Nb5 $16 {Van der Wiel,J-Hoeksema,H/Netherlands 1991}) 11. Nbc3 Nc6 12.
O-O Qxe5 (12... Nxe5 $142 13. Qg3 Nbd7 14. Be3 Qb4 15. a3 Qa5 16. Rad1 $44) 13.
Bf4 Qf5 14. Ng3 Qa5 (14... Nd4 15. Qe3 Qc5 16. Nce4 Qe7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6
f5 19. Ng5 $36) (14... Qc5 15. Nce4 Qe7 16. Bg5 Nd4 17. Qf4 $16) 15. Bxc7 Nd4
$6 (15... O-O) 16. Qf4 O-O 17. Rfe1 $16 Nb5 $6 18. Qg5 $6 {Missing a chance to
get the decisive advantage with spectacular 18.Re5, taking advantage o the
fact that black queen is misplaced on a5.} (18. Re5 $1 Bd7 (18... Bxe5 19. Qxe5
Bd7 20. a4 f6 21. Qc5 Nxa4 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Bxa5 $18) 19. a4 Qxc3 20. bxc3
Nxc7 21. Ne4 $18) 18... f5 19. Nxb5 (19. Re5 $1 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Qc5
22. Ne4 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6]}) 19... Qxb5 20. Rad1 Qc6 (20... Bxb2 21. Nh5 Qb4 22.
Nf4 Bf6 23. Qg3 $16) 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Kh8 $2 (22... Nc4 23. Nxf5 $1 exf5
24. Qe7 $18 {[%cal Ge5c5,Gd1d8]}) 23. Rd8 Bd7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Egin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Nd2 (6. c4 $5) 6... Nd7
7. Nd3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 c5 $5 {Nogueiras is an expert in this rare line of
the Alekhine defense.} (9... O-O 10. O-O N7f6 (10... b6 11. Bg5 (11. Re1 c5 12.
c4 Nc7 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nc6 Qe8 $13 {Palac,M-Khaetsky,R/Dresden
2003}) 11... h6 12. Bd2 e6 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. c4 Ne7 15. Bb4 Bb7 16. Rd1 $14 {
Delgado,N-Nogueiras,J/Santa Clara 2004}) (10... a5 11. Re1 b5 12. c3 Ba6 13.
Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qc7 15. a4 e6 16. Bd3 $14 {Zapata,A-Nogueiras,J/Merida 2002}
) 11. Re1 Bf5 12. c3 Re8 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Nfe5 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 e6 16. Bf3 Qc7 17.
c4 $14 {Ragger,M-Schweda,R/Hartberg 2003}) 10. c4 N5f6 $1 {An improvement
comparing to 10...N5b6, which was tried in one of Nogueiras' games.} (10...
N5b6 $6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc6 13. d5 Qa4 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. a4 $16 {Vazquez,
R-Nogueiras,J/Santa Clara 2000}) 11. d5 {Black is probably doing fine no
matter what white plays:} (11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Be3 a6 {[%cal Ge7e5]}
14. f4 (14. Qb3 e5 15. Nc2 e4 16. Nf4 Qc7 $13) 14... Qc7 15. Qc2 Nc5 $11) 11...
b5 $1 $132 {Using some Benko motives in the Alekhine defense!} 12. Nde5 ({
Nothing promised} 12. cxb5 Nxd5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qa4 O-O 15. Qh4 e5 16. Bg5 Qb6
$13 {with unclear position.}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 bxc4 14. Bf3 (14. Bxc4 O-O
15. Nc6 Qd6 16. Qf3 e5 17. O-O Bd7 18. Bg5 h6 $13) 14... O-O $1 {It's hard to
call this move a sacrifice since black gets a bishop and 2 pawns for the
exchange, but it's definitly a very good strategical decision since black gets
a fantastic position.} 15. d6 exd6 16. Bxa8 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bg5 $2 {
This move is the decisive mistake. The only chance was to put the bishop on c3
with unclear position.} (18. Bc6 Bf5 19. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2c3]} Bd3 20. Bc3 Nd5
21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. f3 $11) 18... Bf5 $17 19. Bf3 Bd3 $1 20. O-O-O $6 {Making
black's task of winning the game too easy! It was still possible to put up
some resistance after} (20. Be2 e4 21. Rc1 Rb8 22. Bxd3 cxd3 (22... exd3 23.
Rxc4 Rxb2 24. O-O (24. Rxc5 $6 Ne4 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Rb1+ 27. Rc1 Bb4+ 28.
Kf1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 d2 30. Ke2 dxc1=Q 31. Rxc1 a5 $17) 24... Nd7 25. Rd1 Bd4 26.
Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Kg7 $17) 23. Rxc5 Ng4 24. O-O h6 25. Bc1 Rd8 $17) 20... h6
21. Be3 (21. Bh4 Rd4 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 22. g4 e4 23. Bg2 Nxg4 $19) 21... e4 22.
Be2 Nd5 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Rhe1 f5 $19 {Now it's all over. The rest is just an
agony.} 25. f3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Bf6 27. g3 c4 (27... Bd4 28. Ree1 Bf2 29. Rf1 e3
30. Rxf2 exf2 31. Rf1 d2+ 32. Kd1 Rb8 33. b3 c4 34. Kxd2 cxb3 35. axb3 Rxb3 $19
) 28. Kb1 Bd4 29. Ree1 e3 30. b3 e2 31. Rd2 Re8 32. bxc4 Rb8+ 33. Kc1 Be3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 (5... Nd7) (5... g6) 6. c3
Nd7 (6... g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Qc8 12. O-O
Bh3 13. Re1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e6 $11 {Shur,M-Bagirov,R/Baku 1996}) (6... Bf5 7. Bd3
Bxd3 8. Qxd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Re1 Rad8 14.
Bg5 Rfe8 $11 {Ochigava,S-Sivuk,V/Dniepropetrovsk 2003}) 7. Nf3 $5 {Retreating
with the knight is a typical reaction since the trade on d7 wouldn't promise
white anything} (7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. h3 c5 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. c4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $11 {Meijers,V-Grunberg,M/
Sautron 2002}) 7... g6 ({Another possible plan is} 7... e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Re1 c5 $13) 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O b5 (9... N7b6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12.
Nbd2 Qc7 13. Ne4 $14) 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Re1 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Na3 $14 {White
intends to play c4 later on so he prefers his knight on a3, even though 13.
Nbd2 was also possible.} Ba6 {With idea to push c5 later on, however this move
seems to be too artificial.} (13... Bb7 14. Rc1 a6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 c5 17.
Nce5 $14 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bh4 c5 16. Nxb5 $1 {Very strong move
securing white's advantage. Accepting the sacrifice would give black
sufficient counterplay.} (16. Bxd5 $5 exd5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Be7 Rfe8 19. Qxd5
Ne6 20. Bd6 Qb6 21. Bg3 Rad8 $132) 16... Bxb5 17. c4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 g5 $6 {
[%csl Rg5] Unnesessarily weakening the king and giving white a target to play
against by the means of h4.} (18... N7b6 19. Qd2 (19. b3 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Qa5 21.
dxc5 Qxa2 22. Bg3 Rfd8 $132) 19... Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Qf4 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. dxc5 Nd3
23. Rb1 Nxb2 24. Rc2 Nd3 25. c6 $14) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bg3 Qc6 21. dxc5 Bxb2
22. Rc2 Bg7 23. h4 Qg6 $6 (23... Rfe8 {The queen is most definitly not the
best blocking piece, but under the circumstances it was better to keep it this
way, since the pawn on c7 is just too strong too handle.} 24. hxg5 hxg5 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxg5 Nxc5 27. Qh5 Re7 28. Kh2 $36) 24. c6 Nf6 25. Be5 $16 Rac8
26. c7 Rfe8 27. Rc1 $6 ({More accurate and convincing was} 27. hxg5 $142 hxg5
28. Rc6 $1 $18 g4 $140 29. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Bxf6 31. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 32. Qxg4+
$18) 27... g4 28. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qxf6 (29... Bxf6 30. Qxd5 Bxh4 31. Qd7
Qe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Nd3 g3 34. f4 Bf6 35. Kf1 $16) 30. Qxg4 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6
32. Nd3 Kf7 33. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Gd3c5]} Ke7 34. Nc5 $18 {An endgame is easily
winning for white since the pawn on c7 deflects black pieces from the kingside
where white is about to create another passer.} e5 35. h5 e4 36. Kf1 Bd4 37. g4
Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Kd6 39. Rc1 Ke5 (39... d4 40. g5 hxg5 41. h6 d3 42. Ke1 Kd5 43.
h7 $18) 40. g5 hxg5 41. Rc6 $1 d4 42. h6 Kd5 43. Rc1 Kd6 44. h7 Kd7 45. Rc4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Targoviste"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Black "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 $5 {Quiet rare variation,nevertheless
not such a bad one.} 5. Be2 dxe5 6. dxe5 (6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. c4 Nc7 9.
Nc3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 Nce8 13. Qb3 $14 {Nunn,J-Ghinda,M/
Hamburg 1984/MCD}) 6... Bg4 (6... Bf5 7. O-O (7. Nd4 $5 e6 8. Nxf5 exf5 9. O-O
Nd7 10. Bc4 N7b6 11. Bb3 Bc5 12. Qf3 g6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Nxd5 cxd5
16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 $16 {Smirin,I-Zelcic,R/Struga 1995/CBM 49 ext}) 7... e6
8. c4 Ne7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nd4 Nd7 12. f4 g5 13. fxg5 Nxe5 14.
Nc3 Bg6 15. Ndb5 $1 $14 {Zapata,A-Miles,A/Capablanca mem-A 1994/CBM 43}) 7. O-O
(7. c4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nc7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bd2 (10. f4 g6 11. Nc3 Ne6 12. Bd3
Nd7 13. Be3 Bh6 14. Ne2 Kc7 15. Bc2 Ng7 $11 {Grigorov,J-Grunberg,S/Bucharest
1980/MCL}) 10... Nd7 11. f4 Ne6 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. O-O-O e6 14. Bg4 Kc7 15. Be3
Nf5 $11 {Heitsch,B-Weise,M/Hessen 1999/EXT 2000}) 7... Qc7 (7... Nd7 8. Re1 e6
9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. c4 N5b6 13. Rd1 Qc7 $11 {Schweiger,
G-Ager,J/Bayern 1997/EXT 99}) 8. c4 {The most logical move.} (8. Qd4 Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 e6 10. a3 $2 Nd7 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Qe4 Qb6 13. Re2 Bd4 $17 {[%csl Re5]
Molina Morena,A-Gonzalez Vericat,S/Barcelona 1995}) 8... Nb6 9. Ng5 $5 Bxe2 (
9... Bf5 10. e6 Bxe6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Nc3 N8d7 13. Qc2 $44) 10. Qxe2 h6 (10...
e6 11. Nc3 N8d7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ne4 $14) 11. Nf3 e6 12. Nc3 N8d7
13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rd6] White knight is heading for
d6 and black can't prevent it.} Kb8 (15... g4 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 gxf3 18.
dxc7 fxe2 19. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 20. Rfe1 $16) 16. Rad1 Be7 $6 {Too passive.} (16...
Bg7 $5) 17. Nd6 Rh7 18. Nd4 Nf8 (18... Nxe5 $2 19. c5 $1 $18) 19. b4 h5 20. h3
Ng6 21. Qe4 $1 {Black may hardly move.} Rg8 22. Rd3 h4 23. Bh2 f5 $5 {
Desperate attempt to break free which only makes things worse for black,
however it was not easy to wait passively for white to create decisive threats.
} 24. exf6 $1 {The simplest and the strongest way to victory.} Bxd6 25. Nxc6+ {
[%csl Rd6]} Ka8 $8 (25... Qxc6 26. Rxd6 $3 Qc7 (26... Qxe4 27. Rd8#) 27. Rd8+
Rxd8 28. Bxc7+ Rxc7 29. Qxg6 $18) 26. Rxd6 bxc6 27. Rxc6 Qb7 28. Rd1 $18 {
[%cal Gb4b5,Gc4c5]} Nf4 29. b5 Rf7 $6 (29... Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Bxf4 gxf4
32. Qxe6 $18) 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. c5 Nd7 32. Rc8+ $1 {Finishing the game with
the style!} Rxc8 33. c6 1-0

[Event "Pulvermuehle 2nd"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 {This move is a pet line
of the german grandmaster Thomas Luther. It's a quite solid variation
promising black good chances to equalize.} 6. Bc4 Nd7 (6... Be6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8.
Ndf3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 g6 10. Bb3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 $14 {Dominguez,L-Loeffler,
S/Lisbon 1999}) 7. Nf3 (7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O Bf5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Bb3 e6 11. Nd2
Be7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qe2 $14 {Werner,M-Burkart,P/Germany 1993/
GER-chT}) 7... e6 (7... N7b6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12.
c3 O-O 13. Ne4 Bg6 14. Qe2 Nd7 $13 {Van der Weide,K-Miles,A/Saint Vincent 2000}
) (7... N7f6 8. h3 Bf5 9. O-O h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. c4 Nb6 13. Bf4
Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rad1 $14 {Godena,M-Burkart,P/Eupen 1994}) 8. O-O Be7 (8...
b5 9. Bd3 (9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. c3 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Re1 a6 14. Bc2
N5f6 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 $132 {Hernandez Guerrero,G-Luther,T/Dos
Hermanas 2003}) 9... Bb7 10. Re1 (10. a4 a6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. c4
bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Bg5 c5 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nce5 $16 {
Iordachescu,V-Wohl,A/Vins du Medoc 2002}) 10... Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne4 a6 13.
Bg5 (13. c3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Qc7 $13 {Murdzia,P-Luther,T/
Cappelle la Grande 2003}) 13... Bxg5 14. Nfxg5 h6 15. Nf3 c5 $11 {Lutz,
C-Luther,T/Essen 2002}) 9. Bb3 {In my opinion the white bishop has nothing to
do on b3, so white can hardly get an advantage after this one.} (9. Nbd2 $5 O-O
10. Ne4 b5 11. Bd3 $1 Bb7 12. c3 a6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rh4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rg8] Quezada,Y-Luther,T/Merida 2003}) 9... b5
10. Re1 {This move appears to be a novelty, but it changes nothing about the
position.} (10. a4 b4 11. c4 bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Re1 a5 14. Ba3 Ba6 15. Qc2
Bxa3 16. Nxa3 Qc7 $13 {Bologan,V-Conquest,S/Santo Domingo 2002}) 10... O-O 11.
a4 N7f6 $6 {Inaccuracy which was't exploited by white.} (11... b4) 12. Qe2 $6 (
12. Ne5 $5 Bb7 13. axb5 cxb5 14. c3 a5 15. Qd3 b4 16. Bg5 $14 {[%cal Gb3c2,
Gb1d2]}) 12... b4 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. a5 a6 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6]} (14... Rc8) 15. Nd2 c5
16. Ndf3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Ndf3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Bc4 Qc8 21. Bd3 Ne7
22. Bg5 (22. Bf4 Nfd5 23. Bg3 f6 24. Nc4 e5 $15) 22... Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24.
Be3 Be7 $5 {Black decides to keep the bishops on the board.} (24... Rd5) 25.
Bb6 {[%csl Rb6]} (25. Red1 Rd5 26. c3 $6 bxc3 27. bxc3 Qxc3 28. Bxa6 Rxd1+ 29.
Rxd1 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Qxa5 $15) 25... Rd5 $1 26. Rac1 Qa8 27. c4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rh5
29. c4 $2 Rc8 $6 {There was nothing wrong in taking the pawn on a5.} (29... Bb4
{[%csl Ra5]} 30. Red1 Bxa5 31. Bxa5 Bxf3 32. Qxf3 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Rxa5 34. Ra1
Rg5+ 35. Kf1 a5 $17) 30. Rb1 Bd6 31. Red1 Bc5 $6 (31... Ne4 $1 $17 {[%cal
Ge4c3,Ge4g5]} 32. Rdc1 $140 Ng5 $19) (31... Bxf3 $6 32. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 33. Kf1 Qxf3
34. gxf3 Bf4 35. c5 $44) 32. Rb2 Bc6 33. Re1 Nd7 34. Reb1 Re8 (34... Nxb6 35.
axb6 Qb7 $15 {[%cal Ga6a3]}) 35. Bc2 Nf6 36. Bc7 Nd7 37. Bb6 Ba3 38. Ra2 Bd6
39. Rd1 Bc5 40. Rb1 Rc8 41. Rab2 Ba3 $6 (41... Nxb6 $15) 42. Ra2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Re1 Nd7 (9... a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Nbd2 Qd8 12. Ne4 Re8 13. c3 Nac7 14.
Bg5 Rb8 15. Bb3 Nb6 16. Bf4 $14 {Agnos,D-Dive,R/London4 1994}) 10. Bb3 (10. Bf1
b5 11. a4 b4 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Ba3 Qb8 15. c4 Nb4 16. Nc3 a5 17. Rb1
Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Breyther,R-Konopka,M/BL2-N9697 1997}) 10... b5 $6 {On my opinion
this move trying to secure the position of the knight on d5 looks premature
and white manages with his next move to reveal all drawbacks of blacks set-up.}
(10... N5f6 11. Qe2 e6 12. Nc3 b6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Bg5
Bf6 17. h4 Rac8 18. Rad1 $14 {Komissarov,I-Labunskiy,D/RUS-chT 1993}) 11. a4 $1
(11. Nbd2 e6 (11... Ba6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. c3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Qd2 a5 16. a3
Rad8 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Ng3 $14 {Donatti,A-Soppe,G/Montevideo 1994}) 12. Ne4 Qc7
13. c3 Bb7 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Ng3 Rfe8 $13 {Veroci,Z-Hornung,K/Sydney op 1992})
11... Bb7 $6 {Black's position wasn't that bad that he had to give up a pawn!}
(11... N7f6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Nc3 $5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Re8 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Ne5 e6
17. Qd3 $14) (11... b4 $6 12. Bg5 e6 13. Nbd2 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gd2e4]}) 12.
Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Qd6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 $16 Qb6 (15... Qb4 16. Nc3 e6 (
16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Ra4 Qc5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Qd1 $1 $16) 17. Ne4 $16 {
[%cal Gc2c3]}) 16. Nc3 e6 17. Ne5 (17. Ne4 $5) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc6 19. Qg4
$1 Rfd8 20. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Gc1g5]} h5 21. Qg3 Rd7 22. Bg5 a6 23. b3 $1 {With
couple of accurate moves white has managed to supress black offensive attempts.
} Qb6 24. Rc4 Bd5 (24... Bc6 25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rc8 $16) 25.
Nxd5 exd5 $6 {Making white's task easier} (25... Rxd5) 26. Ra4 Re8 27. Qd3 Bxe5
(27... Re6 28. Bf4 Qb5 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Rb8 Rc6 32. Re2 Rc5 $16)
28. Rxa6 Qb8 29. Rf1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f5] Planning to push an f-pawn farward.} (29.
Rd1) 29... Bg7 30. Bf6 Bxf6 31. Rxf6 Qe5 (31... Rc8 32. Re1 Qb4 33. Re2 Qc3 34.
Qxc3 Rxc3 35. Ra6 Rdc7 36. Ra2 $16) 32. Rc6 Ra8 33. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5] Now
black has to exchange queens.} Qe4 34. Qxe4 dxe4 35. Re1 $18 Re8 36. Kf2 Rd2+
37. Re2 Rd1 38. Rc5 e3+ $2 (38... f5 39. g4 (39. Rc7 $5) 39... hxg4 40. hxg4
fxg4 41. Re5 Rxe5 42. fxe5 Kf7 43. Rxe4 Ke6 44. Re2 $18) 39. Rxe3 Rd2+ 40. Ke1
Red8 41. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 {Very solid variation
promising black good chances to equaize.} 6. Bc4 Nd7 (6... Be6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8.
Ndf3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 g6 10. Bb3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 $14 {Dominguez,L-Loeffler,
S/Lisbon 1999}) 7. Nf3 (7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O Bf5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Bb3 e6 11. Nd2
Be7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qe2 $14 {Werner,M-Burkart,P/Germany 1993/
GER-chT}) 7... e6 (7... N7b6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12.
c3 O-O 13. Ne4 Bg6 14. Qe2 Nd7 $13 {Van der Weide,K-Miles,A/Saint Vincent 2000}
) (7... N7f6 8. h3 Bf5 9. O-O h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. c4 Nb6 13. Bf4
Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rad1 $14 {Godena,M-Burkart,P/Eupen 1994}) 8. O-O b5 9. Bd3
Bb7 {Black's plan is to transfer c5 and it seems that white can't do anything
to prevent it.} 10. Re1 (10. a4 b4 11. c4 bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 $11) 10... Be7 11.
Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne4 a6 13. Bg5 (13. c3 c5 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 $11) 13...
Bxg5 14. Nfxg5 h6 15. Nf3 c5 (15... Qc7 16. c4 Nf4 17. c5 $1 $14) 16. c4 {
Admitting that black solved opening problems, however also after} (16. dxc5 $5
Qe7 $1 (16... Qc7 $2 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc5 19. Rc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c7]})
17. a4 b4 18. Qe2 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qe4 Nf6 $1 $11 {black is doing ok.}
21. Qxb7 $140 $2 Ra7 {[%csl Rb7]} 22. Re5 Nd5 $17) 16... bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qe7 $11
18. Rc1 cxd4 19. Qxd4 (19. Nxd4 Rfd8 $11) 19... Rfd8 20. Bf1 a5 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. Qxe5 Ba6 $1 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Red1 Raa8 (24... Ra7) 25. g3 Qb4 26. Qd4 Rab8
(26... Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rdc8 28. Rdc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Kf8 $11) 27. b3 $6 {After
this careless move white has to play accurately to keep the balance.} Qa3 $5
28. Qd2 Nb4 (28... Rdc8 $5 $15) 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 Qxa2 (
31... Nxa2 $6 32. Nc5 Nc1 33. Rdd7 $1 (33. Rb8 Qa1 34. Kg2 Qe5 35. Rbb7 Qd5+
$40) 33... Nxb3 34. Nxb3 Qxb3 35. Rxf7 Qb2 36. Rf4 $13) 32. Nc5 Qb1+ 33. Kg2
Nc2 (33... Qc2 $1 34. Rcc8 Nd5 $15) 34. Nd3 $1 Qd1 (34... Qxb3 35. Rxf7 Qc3 $1
36. Rdd7 a4 37. Rc7 $1 Qxd3 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rgd7 Ne1+ 40. Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kg2
$11) 35. Rcc8 g6 $6 {Black could pose more problems with} (35... g5 $5 36. Rc7
(36. h3) 36... Ne1+ 37. Nxe1 Qxd8 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rf3 Qd5 40. Kg1 h5 $15 {
with winning chances.}) 36. Rc7 $1 Ne1+ (36... Kg7 37. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 38. Ne5+
$18 {[%csl Rd1]}) 37. Nxe1 Qxd8 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rf3 Qd5 40. Kg1 h5 $6 (40...
g5 $15) 41. h4 $11 {Now white is out of danger.} g5 42. hxg5 Qxg5 43. Re3 Qd5
44. Nf3 Kg7 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Kh2 Qf5 47. Kg2 Qd5 48. Kh2 Qf5 49. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bb3 Be6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nc7 (11... N7f6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. c4 Nc7 14.
Nc3 h6 15. Nf3 Re8 16. Bf4 g5 17. Be5 $14 {Jovanovic,S-Nikolic,M/ch-YUG (women)
qualifier 2000}) 12. c4 $1 {The only way to fight for opening advantage is to
keep the light-squared bishops on the board.} (12. Nc3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne6 14.
Ne4 Nb6 15. c3 Nd5 $11 {Del Rio Angelis,S-Soppe,G/Guillermo Garcia Premier II
2000}) (12. c3 Bd5 13. Bg5 Ne6 14. Be3 b5 $6 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Nc7 17. Bf4
$16 {Polgar,S-Kengis,E/Vienna op 1991}) 12... Nb6 (12... b5 $2 13. d5 $1 cxd5
14. cxd5 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 $16 {Markovic,I-Pajkovic,V/JUG-chT 1997}) (
12... c5 13. d5 Bf5 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bg5
$14 {Sutovsky,E-Summerscale,A/7th Monarch Assurance 1998}) 13. Qe2 a5 14. a4
Ne8 15. Rd1 (15. Be3 Nd6 $5 16. d5 cxd5 17. c5 d4 18. Bxe6 dxe3 19. Bb3 Nf5 20.
cxb6 Qxb6 $44 {Berthelot,Y-Karr,J/1st Master 1999}) 15... Nc8 16. Ba2 Ned6 ({
May be slightly better was} 16... Ncd6 $5 17. Nc3 Nf5 18. Ne4 b6 19. Neg5 Nc7
20. Bf4 Bc8 21. Ne5 $14 {,but in any case black doesn't manage to solve all
his problems.}) 17. Nc3 Nf5 18. Ne4 b6 (18... Nxd4 $2 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Be3 $18
{[%cal Gd2d8]}) 19. Neg5 Bd7 20. g4 $1 Nh6 (20... Nfd6 21. c5 Nb7 22. Be3 $16 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc8]}) 21. Ne5 Be8 22. Bf4 $16 {Now black pieces may hardly move.}
Kh8 23. Qf3 Na7 24. c5 $5 e6 (24... bxc5 25. dxc5 Qc8 26. Nc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4b6]
}) 25. Qe3 {[%csl Ra7,Re8,Rh6][%cal Gg5e6]} Ng8 26. Nc4 Nc8 27. cxb6 $5 Nxb6
28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29. Bd6 {[%csl Rf8] Converting positional advantage into the
material one.} Nf6 30. Bxf8 Bxf8 31. Bc4 $1 $18 Bg7 (31... Qxb2 $2 32. Rdb1 Qc2
33. Bb3 {[%csl Rc2]}) 32. b3 Rd8 33. Rac1 Kg8 34. Nf3 Nd5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 (35...
cxd5 36. Rc3 Bf8 37. Rdc1 Bb4 38. Rc8 $18) 36. Rd3 Bf8 37. Rdc3 Ba3 38. R1c2
Bb4 39. Rc4 Bd6 40. Ne5 {[%csl Rc6]} Bb4 41. Nxc6 Bxc6 42. Rxc6 Qxd4 43. Qxd4
Rxd4 44. Kg2 g5 ({More persistant was} 44... Rd3 $5 45. Rb2 (45. Rc7 Rxb3 46.
Rb7 Rc3 47. Rxc3 Bxc3 $16) 45... g5 46. Rc4 h6 47. Re4 {[%cal Ge4e3,Gb2c2,
Gc2c7]} Ba3 48. Rb1 Bc5 49. Rc1 $18 {,but it wouldn't change the outcome of
the game.}) 45. Ra6 Rd7 (45... Rd3 46. Ra7 Rxb3 47. Rcc7 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 46.
Re2 h6 47. Re5 Rd3 48. Ra7 $1 Kg7 (48... Rxb3 49. Rb5 Ra3 50. Rbb7 Rxa4 51.
Rxf7 Bf8 52. Rf6 $18) 49. Re3 Rd8 50. Rf3 $1 Rf8 51. Rd3 Kg6 52. Rdd7 Bc3 53.
Rac7 Bb4 54. Rb7 Bc3 55. Rdc7 Bd2 56. Kf1 f5 57. Rg7+ Kf6 58. gxf5 exf5 59.
Rgd7 Bc3 60. Rd6+ Ke5 61. Rxh6 (61. Rc6 $1 Bd4 62. Rb5+ Ke4 63. Ke2 $18 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6c4,Gf2f3]}) 61... Rd8 62. Rb5+ Kf4 63. Rc6 Rd1+ 64. Kg2 Bd4
65. Rc2 Ke4 66. Rxa5 f4 67. Re2+ Kd3 68. Kf3 Rh1 69. Ra2 Rxh3+ 70. Kg4 Rh2 71.
Rxg5 Kc3 72. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nc3
$5 (8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Re1 (9. Bb3 O-O 10. Re1 N7f6 11. c4 Nb6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Nc3
e6 14. Bf4 b6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Rad1 $14 {Matulovic,M-Todorovic,G/JUG-chT 1995})
9... O-O 10. Bg5 (10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. c3 e6 15.
Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 b5 17. Qf3 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Bb7 19. Qh3 $14 {Wittmann,
W-Petschar,K/AUT-ch 1993}) 10... N7f6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bf1 b5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14.
Nb3 Rad8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nc7 17. Nc5 $14 {Hendriks,W-Gather,J/HZ Open 2000
}) (8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Re1 (9. Nd2 Bg7 10. c3 Be6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bb3 Nc7 13. Nf3
Qc8 14. Bf4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Nd5 $11 {Slobodjan,R-Grosar,A/zt 1.2 2000}) 9... Bg7
10. Bg5 Be6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. h3 a5 15. g4 Be6 16. Ne4 Qc7
$13 {Turov,M-Bratchenko,A/RUS-chT 1996}) 8... N7f6 9. Bg5 $5 (9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10.
c3 Bg7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Qe2 a5 13. a3 Be6 14. Bc2 Qc8 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5
$11 {Sanduleac,V-Miroshnichenko,E/Bucharest Primavara 1998}) 9... Bg7 10. Nxd5
Nxd5 {After this natural move black gets very passive position without real
chanses for counterplay that's why deserved attention} (10... cxd5 $5 11. Bb5+
Kf8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bf4 Qb6 $132) 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Re1 Be6 13. c3 $1 {Important
move preventing black from playing Nc7.} Bf6 (13... Nc7 $6 14. Qb3 $1 Rb8 15.
Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Nxf7 $1 $18) 14. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 (14... Bxd5 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Nd3
Qd6 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. b3 $14) 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Nd3 {Following game is the
classic example of ''good'' knight versus ''bad'' bishop!} Bf5 17. Nf4 Qd6 18.
Ne2 Be6 {Bishop can't find a good square.} (18... c5 $6 19. Ng3 $1 Qd5 20. dxc5
Qxc5 21. Qf3 $16) 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. h3 c5 21. Ng3 $1 f5 (21... cxd4 22. Ne4 Qe7
23. Qxd4 Kg7 24. Nd6 Red8 25. Rad1 b6 26. c4 Rd7 27. b4 Rad8 28. c5 $16) 22.
Qg5 $5 $40 {[%cal Gg3h5] Trying to launch an attack against black king.} cxd4
23. Nh5 Red8 24. Rad1 Qf8 $2 {After this move white's task is quiet easy.It
was necessary to play} (24... h6 $1 25. Qxh6 (25. Qf6 $2 gxh5 26. Rxd4 Qf8 27.
Re3 Rxd4 28. cxd4 f4 29. Qxf4 Re8 $17) (25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Qh4 $2 (26. Nh5+ $11)
26... Bxa2 $19) 25... gxh5 26. Qg5+ $6 (26. Rxd4 Qe7 27. Re3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Ge3g3]} Rxd4 28. cxd4 f4 {[%csl Gg3]} 29. Qxf4 (29. Re5 f6 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31.
Rxh5 Qg7 32. Qe4 Re8 33. Rh7 Bf7 $1 $17) 29... Rd8 30. Qh6 h4 31. Re4 $40 {
[%cal Ge4h4]}) 26... Kf8 27. Rxd4 Qb6 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ $11) 25. cxd4 h6
26. Qg3 Qd6 27. Re5 $1 $16 (27. Nf6+ Kf8 (27... Kg7 $4 28. Ne8+ $1 $18) 28. Qh4
Kg7) 27... Kf8 28. Nf4 Bxa2 29. h4 $1 Rd7 30. Rde1 Qxd4 {Accepting an
inevitable...} (30... Rad8 31. d5 Kg8 (31... Bc4) 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qc3 $1 f6 (
33... Rxe8 34. Rxe8 f6 35. Qc8 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge8h8]} Bxd5 36. Nxd5 $18) 34.
R8e6 $1 Qxf4 35. Qxf6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 31. Nxg6+ $1 $18 fxg6 32. Qxg6 {
[%cal Ge5e8]} Bf7 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Rxf5 Ba2 37. Qg6+
(37. Qg6+ Rg7 38. Re8+ Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. Rh5#) 1-0

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2004.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 (7. exd6
Qxd6 8. Nbd2 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Nc3 e6 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. c4
Ne7 14. Bf4 $14 {Watson,W-Wohl,A/Kuala Lumpur 1992}) 8... Bg7 9. c3 Nd7 10. Bb3
O-O 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 $11 {Krueger,A-Haenisch,U/Porz 1989})
7... dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 e6 11. Re1 Bg7 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. c4 (
13. Qd4 c5 14. Qe4 a6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. c4 Ne7 18. Bc3 $14 {
Gonzales,D-Greanias,S/Philadelphia 1993}) 13... Ne7 14. Bf4 $5 {White's
advantage is unquestionable, but it was better to put the bishop on c3 in
order to support white's play on the queenside.} (14. Qe2 $5 h6 15. Bd2 g5 16.
Bc3 O-O-O 17. b4 Ng6 18. Qe3 $36) 14... h6 15. Bd3 g5 16. Bg3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 Nf8
18. b4 Nfg6 19. b5 (19. a4 Nf5 20. Bh2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. b5
Rhd8 24. a5 $14) 19... c5 (19... Nf5 20. Bh2 Nd4 $6 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. bxc6 Qxc6
23. Be4 Qc7 24. Rab1 b6 25. c5 $18) 20. Qc2 Rd7 21. a4 Rhd8 22. Be4 Qa5 23.
Rab1 Kb8 24. Bh2 (24. Qb3) 24... Kc8 25. g4 Kb8 26. Bg3 Kc8 27. Qb3 Kb8 28. Qa3
Bf8 29. Kg2 Nc8 30. Qb3 Nb6 31. Rec1 Ne7 $6 {Too passive. More chances for
active counterplay would promise} (31... Qxa4 $5 32. Qc3 Nf4+ 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34.
Ra1 Qb4 35. Qc2 Rd2 (35... Bg7 $2 36. Qa2 Nc8 37. Rab1 $18) 36. Nxd2 Rxd2 37.
Qc3 Qxc3 38. Rxc3 Bg7 $13) 32. h4 Nec8 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ra1 (34. Nxg5 $6 Bh6
35. Bh4 Rg8 36. f4 Bxg5 37. Bxg5 Rd4 38. Bf3 Qd2+ 39. Kg3 Rxg5 40. fxg5 Qf4+
41. Kg2 Nxc4 $17) 34... Be7 35. Qc3 (35. Qe3 Qb4 36. Nxg5 Bxg5 37. Qxg5 Nxc4
$132) 35... Qxc3 36. Rxc3 $16 Rd1 37. Ra2 Rh8 38. a5 Nd7 39. Bc2 (39. Rd2 Rxd2
40. Nxd2 Kc7 41. Rf3 Rf8 42. Ra3 $16 {[%cal Ga5a6]}) 39... Rc1 40. Ng1 {
White's positional advantage is just huge, but it's not easy to break through.}
Kc7 41. Rf3 Rf8 42. Re3 Rh8 43. Rf3 Rf8 44. Ne2 Re1 45. Re3 Rh8 46. Be4 Rd1 47.
Rf3 Rf8 48. Nc3 Rd4 49. b6+ axb6 50. a6 (50. Nb5+ Kb8 51. Nxd4 cxd4 52. Rd3 Bc5
53. a6 bxa6 54. Rxa6 Kc7 55. Ra1 $16) 50... bxa6 51. Rxa6 Nb8 52. Nb5+ $6 (52.
Ra8 Rxe4 53. Nxe4 Nc6 54. Ra1 Nd4 55. Rd3 Rh8 56. f3 $16) 52... Kd7 53. Nxd4
Nxa6 54. Nb5 Nb4 55. Ra3 f5 56. exf6 Bxf6 57. Ra8 Nc6 58. Nc7 (58. Bxc6+ Kxc6
59. Nd6 Kd7 60. Rb8 Be7 $1 61. Rb7+ (61. Nxc8 Rxc8 62. Rxb6 Ra8 $11) 61... Kc6
62. Nxc8 Kxb7 63. Nxe7 b5 64. cxb5 Kb6 $11) 58... Nd4 59. Rb8 Be7 60. Nb5 Nxb5
61. Rb7+ Kd8 62. cxb5 Bd6 $11 63. Bc6 Bxg3 64. Kxg3 c4 65. Rd7+ Ke8 66. Rd4+
Ke7 67. Rxc4 Na7 68. Bf3 Nxb5 69. Rb4 Nd6 70. Rxb6 Rc8 71. Ra6 Rc3 72. Kg2 Nf7
73. Be4 Ne5 74. f3 Nd3 75. Bxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. h3 g6 (5... Bf5 6. Bc4 (6. Be2 dxe5
7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. O-O e6 10. c4 Nb4 11. Na3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qb3
$14 {Hamdouchi,H-Wohl,A/Malaga 1998/CBM 63 ext}) 6... e6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. O-O dxe5
9. dxe5 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Ba2 Qc7 12. Re1 Rfd8 $132 {Floegel,U-Jugelt,T/
Germany 1999/GER-chT}) (5... dxe5 6. dxe5 (6. Nxe5 g6 (6... Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. c4
Nc7 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. d5 b5 $132 {Jansa,V-Konopka,M/Lazne
Bohdanec 1997/CBM 57}) 7. Nd2 $6 Bg7 8. Ndf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4
Nb4 $11 {Drazic,S-Zelcic,R/Montecatini Terme 1995/EXT 97}) 6... g6 (6... Bf5 7.
Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 (9... Nd7 10. Qe4 h6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Re1 O-O-O
13. a3 c5 14. b3 Kb8 15. Bb2 $14 {Landa,K-Agdestein,S/Cappelle la Grande 1999/
EXT 2000}) 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng3 h5 14. Re1 h4 15. Nf1
Rh5 $13 {Vescovi,G-Toth,C/Rio de Janeiro 2000/CBM 74 ext}) 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. c4 Nc7 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nc3 $14 {Matulovic,
M-Knezevic,M/Majdanpek 1976/MCD}) 6. c4 Nc7 7. Bf4 $5 {In this game white
shpws an interesting approuch to the position!} (7. exd6 exd6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bg5
Qd7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2 f6 12. Bh6 d5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O $14 {Spraggett,
K-Suba,M/Szirak 1986/MCL}) 7... Bg7 8. Nc3 Ne6 9. Bg3 dxe5 10. dxe5 $5 {
White is ready to exchange queens and to play slightly better position.} O-O (
10... Qxd1+ $5 11. Rxd1 O-O 12. Be2 Na6 13. O-O Nec5 14. Rd2 $14) 11. Be2 Nd7
12. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc1e3] Queen goes to e3 in order to defend e5.} a5
13. O-O Qc7 14. Qe3 Qb6 $6 (14... Ndc5 15. Rad1 b6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. f4 $36) 15.
Qxb6 Nxb6 {[%csl Rb6]} 16. Rad1 Bh6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 (17... Nf4 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. Nd4
$16) 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Ne4 $1 c5 20. Bh4 Bc6 $6 {Underestimating white's reply.
It was necessary to defend on e7.} (20... Kf8) 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxc5 $1 Nxc5
23. Bxe7 Ne6 24. Bxd8 Nxd8 25. Nd4 $16 {White rook is much stronger than
black's two pieces.} Bd2 $6 (25... Bf4 $5 26. Bg4 h5 27. e6 $1 fxe6 (27... hxg4
28. e7 $18 {[%cal Gd4c6,Ge7e8]}) 28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. c5 Na8 (29... Nd5 30. Nxc6
bxc6 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Rd1 $18) 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Bd7 $16) 26. Rd1 {[%cal
Gd1d8]} Bf4 27. Nxc6 Nxc6 28. c5 Na8 29. Rd7 $18 {Penitrating to the seventh
rank, which proves to be decisive factor.} Bxe5 30. Bc4 $1 Nc7 31. Rxf7 Kh8 32.
f4 {[%csl Rb7,Rc7]} Bd4+ 33. Kf1 Na6 34. Bxa6 bxa6 35. Rc7 Nb4 36. c6 Bb6 37.
Rd7 {[%cal Gc6c7]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
$6 {Dubious continuation after which black easily solves an opeing problems.} (
8. h3 $142) 8... Bg4 9. c3 (9. e6 d5 10. exf7+ Rxf7 11. Nbd2 Bxd4 12. h3 Bxf3
13. Nxf3 Bf6 $15) 9... Nc6 10. e6 $6 {Playing with a fire. It wasn't too late
to take on d6 with balanced position.} (10. Bf4 Qd7 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxe5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qe4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 $13 {Ernst,T-Westerinen,H/
Copenhagen 1985}) 11. Nbd2 Qf5 12. Bg3 Bh6 13. e6 Bxd2 14. exf7+ Kg7 15. Qxd2
$14 {Klovans,J-Alburt,L/Yerevan 1975/URS-ch}) (10. exd6 exd6 11. Bc2 Qf6 12.
Nbd2 Rfe8 13. Qd1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Re1 a5 $11 {Liss,E-Yin Hao/Beijing 1996
}) 10... d5 $1 {After this logical move black siezes the initiative.} 11. exf7+
Rxf7 12. Nbd2 (12. Bg5 Qf8 $6 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd7 $17) 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Qe3
Re8 15. Rae1 Re6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 $36 {
Lukin,A-Barkovsky,E/Leningrad 1981}) 12... e5 $17 13. h3 {Hoping to get some
compensation for a pawn.} (13. Qe3 exd4 14. cxd4 Qe7 15. h3 Bf5 $17) 13... Bxf3
14. Nxf3 exd4 15. Bg5 Qd7 ({Even more convincing looks} 15... Qe8 $5 16. Qd2
dxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qe5 $19 {Kakuk,
S-Demeter,V/Hungary 1996}) 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd2 dxc3
20. bxc3 Qe6 $5 {Moving the queen away from the d-file in order to deprive
white a chnce to push c4.} 21. Be3 Nc4 $6 {Giving up a part of the advantage.
Black should try to trnasfer the knight to e4 or f5 via d6.} (21... c6 {
[%cal Gb6c8,Gc8d6,Gd6f5]}) 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge3d4]} Re7 $6 {
Permitting white to win back a pawn.} (23... Bf6 $5 24. Bd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qd7
26. Rd1 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 b5 29. Rd5 c6 30. Rd8+ Rf8 31. Rd7 a5 32.
Rc7 b4 $17) 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. Qb8 b6 26. Qxa7 {By restoring the material
balance white managed to erase major part of black's advantage.} Qc6 27. Qa3
Bh6 28. Qc1 Qe6 29. Qc2 Rd7 $4 (29... Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Qf2+ Kg7 32. Rf1 (
32. Rxe3 Qxe3 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Rd7+ Kh6 35. Rxc7 Rxc3 36. Rb7 Ra3 37. Rxb6
Rxa2 $17) 32... Rf7 33. Qh4 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 b5 $17) 30. Rxd7+ Qxd7 31. Rd1 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 5th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2001.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. exd6 cxd6 (7...
exd6 $5) 8. d5 Na5 $6 {After this move white stands clearly better that's why
black should prefer 8...Ne5, allthough even in this case white keeps better
chanses.} (8... Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c4 (10. Be3 Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Nc3 Bf5
13. Bh6 Rc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe2 f6 16. g4 Bd7 17. h4 $36 {1-0 Kavalek,
L-Ernst,T/Subotica 1987/CBM 03 (37)}) (10. O-O Nd7 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13.
Qf3 Nf6 14. h3 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Wilder,M-Boulard,E/FRA-chT
1989/TD (27)}) 10... Nd7 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Be3 b6 13. Ba4 O-O 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. O-O
Nf6 16. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Maki,V-Westerinen,H/Gjovik 1985/MCD (16)}) 9. Qd4 f6 (
9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Rg8 $6 11. c4 Bg7 12. Qf4 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Nc3 a6 15. Re1
Kf8 16. Be3 $16 {1-0 Penrose,J-Cafferty,B/Brighton 1977/EXT 99 (32)}) 10. Bd2
Nxb3 11. axb3 Bg7 12. Ba5 $1 Bd7 (12... Bf5 13. c4 O-O 14. O-O Qc8 15. Re1 Re8
16. Nbd2 Nd7 17. Bc3 a6 18. Nh4 $16 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Pesotsky,V/Kiev 1997/EXT
2000 (44)}) 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxb6 Qa6 ({White keeps much better
chanses after} 15... Qa1 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} O-O 18. Qxb7 Bg4
19. Nbd2 Qxc2 20. Qxe7 $16) ({and} 15... f5 $5 16. c3 (16. O-O Bxb2 17. Re1 Qa6
18. Qe3 Bf6 $132) 16... Qa1 17. O-O Qxb2 18. Qxb7 h6 (18... Bxc3 19. Qb8+ Kf7
20. Qc7 $18 {[%cal Gc7d7,Gc7c3]}) 19. Qb8+ Kf7 20. Qc7 $16 {,but in both cases
black keeps the pressure and white's task isn't that simple as in the game.})
16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Nc3 Kf7 18. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Ra6] Black bishops are restricted
with their own pawns and they are not such a powerful fforc as they could be
under different sircumstances.} Re8 (18... f5 19. Ra1 Bc8 20. Kd3 $16) 19. Nd4
$1 f5 20. Kd3 Rb8 21. Ra1 Bc8 $6 (21... Rb6 22. Ra5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc3a4]}) 22.
Nc6 {[%csl Rb8]} Rb6 (22... Ra8 23. b4 e5 24. Nb5 e4+ 25. Ke2 $18 {[%cal Gb5c7,
Gb5d6]}) 23. Na4 $1 {Winning an exchange.} Rb5 24. c4 $1 $18 Rxb3+ 25. Kc2 Rb7
26. Nd8+ Ke8 27. Nxb7 Bxb7 28. Rd1 (28. Nc3 Bd4 29. f3 Kd7 30. Kd3 $18) 28...
e6 29. Re1 $1 e5 30. Rd1 Bf8 31. c5 dxc5 32. d6 $18 {[%cal Ga4c5,Gd6d7]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Beletsky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Bc4 {This move
promises white a small, but long lasting edge.} (6. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 {
with a wildly complicated position.}) 6... Nxe5 (6... e6 7. Qg4 h5 8. Qe2 Nxe5
9. dxe5 Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 13. bxc3 g6 $15 {Tal,
M-Larsen,B/Bled 1965}) (6... c6 7. O-O g6 8. Nc3 N7f6 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. c3 Bg7
11. Bb3 O-O 12. Qe2 a5 13. a3 Be6 14. Bc2 Qc8 15. Re1 Bf5 $11 {Sanduleac,
V-Miroshnichenko,E/Bucharest 1998}) 7. dxe5 e6 {There is no problem in
"closing" the bishop since it will be developed to c6.} (7... Be6 8. O-O (8.
Qe2 Qd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 e6 $11 {Jonkman,
H-Smeets,J/Dieren 2003}) 8... g6 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O (10... c6 11. Qd4 Qc7
12. Re1 Rd8 13. Bb3 Qb6 14. Qh4 h6 15. Nd4 $14 {Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/
Philadelphia 1992}) 11. Qe2 c6 12. h3 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Qb6 15. Rd1 Rad8 16.
Bd2 $14 {Adams,M-Motwani,P/Blackpool 1990}) (7... c6 8. Qf3 Be6 9. O-O Qc7 10.
Re1 g6 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e6 $1 $16 {Van der Wiel,J-Pliester,L/
Hilversum 1990}) 8. O-O Nb6 (8... a6 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nd2
Nc6 13. c3 Be7 14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Ne7 16. Ne4 $16 {Sulashvili,M-Bakhtadze,L/
Tbilisi 2002}) (8... Be7 $2 9. Qg4 $1 g6 10. Bh6 c6 $2 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Bd7
13. Qf3 Nb4 14. Bb3 c5 15. Ne4 $1 $40 {Arakhamia Grant,K-Liardet,F/Geneve 1990}
) 9. Bd3 {White should keep the queen on the board since the endgame, arising
after 9.Q:d8 is nearly equal.} (9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Nc3
Bc6 13. Nb5 $14) 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Qe2 Nd5 (11... Qh4 $5 12. Bb5 Bxb5
13. Nxb5 O-O-O 14. Nxa7+ Kb8 15. Nb5 Qc4 16. Qxc4 Nxc4 17. f4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Nd2
$44) 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. Bc4 Qd4 $6 {The queen has nothing to do on d4. Much
better was} (13... Qh4 14. Bb5 Be7 15. a3 O-O 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. f4 Rad8 $11)
14. Ng5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rf7]} Bd5 $2 {If the previous move of black was
inaccuracy, this one is serious mistake, after which nothing can save black.}
15. Bxd5 Qxd5 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. Qf3 $18) 16. Rd1 Qc6 17. c3 $16 h6 (17... Na6
18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh4 Bg7 20. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rf6]}) 18. cxb4 (18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19.
cxb4 Bxb4 20. Be3 Rhd8 21. Qh5+ Kf8 22. Bxh6 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 18... hxg5 19.
Bxg5 Bxb4 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Qd3 O-O 22. Bf6 $1 Bc5 (22... gxf6 23. Qg3+ Kh7 24.
Rc4 $18) 23. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Kiev Trudova Ukraina"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2001.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eschenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bf4 {
With this move white can hardly hope for any openin advantage.} (8. a4 dxe5 (
8... a5 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Bf5 12. c3 d5 13. Re1 h6 14. Bf4 Rc8
15. Bf1 g5 16. Bh2 $14 {1-0 Kapengut,A-Konopka,M/Brno 1991/CBM 24 ext (62)}) 9.
Nxe5 a5 10. c3 N8d7 11. Nf3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bf4 Re8 $11 {
0-1 Iordachescu,V-Cosma,I/Bucharest 1993/CBM 35 ext (29)}) (8. c4 Nc6 9. exd6
cxd6 10. d5 Na5 11. Na3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Naxc4 $2 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Rc1 $18 {
1-0 Wahls,M-Jelling,E/Soro 1982/EXT 2000 (34)}) 8... Nc6 9. c3 ({Nothing
promises} 9. exd6 exd6 (9... cxd6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Rc1 N4d5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. c4 $14) 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Be6 12. Nbd2 h6 $11) 9... dxe5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Bf5 (12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. Nd2 Rfd8
$11) 13. Nd2 Qd5 $6 {After this move white gets slightly better chanses.} 14.
Nf3 (14. Bf3 Qxe5 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Bxb7 Rad8 17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Nb3 $14) 14... Be4
15. Qc1 Rfd8 16. Qf4 $14 Bxf3 (16... Bd3 $6 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. e6 $1 fxe6 19.
Qxc7 Rd7 20. Qe5 $14) 17. Bxf3 Qd2 18. Qb4 $1 e6 (18... c6 19. Qxe7 Qxb2 20. e6
$1 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 (21... Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Bg4 $18 {[%cal Gg4e6]}) 22.
Qe7+ $16) 19. Rad1 Qc2 20. Rxd8+ $6 (20. Rc1 Qa4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bf3 Qxa2 23.
Ra1 Qc4 24. Rxa7 Qxb4 25. cxb4 Nd5 $14) 20... Rxd8 21. Bxb7 Rd2 22. Qe7 Nc4 $6
({Better was} 22... Qxb2 23. Qxc7 Qxa2 24. Bf3 Kg7 25. Qe7 Qa5 26. Qf6+ Kg8 $15
{and black stands better}) 23. Qxc7 Nxb2 24. Bf3 Kg7 (24... Nd3 25. Qd8+ Kg7
26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Be4 $11) 25. Bg4 Nd3 26. Qxa7 (26. Bxe6 $6 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxf2+
28. Kh1 Qf1+ $11) 26... Qxa2 27. Qe3 $6 {Too optimistic.Better was to exchange
the queens with the draw.} (27. Qxa2 Rxa2 28. f4 Rc2 $11) 27... Qc2 (27... Qb2
28. Qd4 h5 29. Bf3 Ne1 $11) 28. c4 Qb2 29. c5 Nxe5 30. Rd1 Rc2 (30... Nxg4 $4
31. Qxd2 $18) 31. Re1 Nxg4 $2 {Etremly strange decision:after this move black
wins a pawn,but doesn't have any winning chanses,while after correct} (31...
Nd7 $1 $17 {white still has to work very hard to save a game.}) 32. hxg4 Qc3
33. Qxc3+ Rxc3 34. Re5 h6 35. f3 g5 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Re4 Rxc5 38. Ra4 Rc2+ 39.
Kg3 Rb2 40. Ra8 Kg7 41. Ra7 Kg6 42. Ra6 Re2 43. Rb6 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Rb7
Kg6 46. Ra7 f6 47. Ra5 f5 48. Ra8 Kf6 49. Ra5 f4+ 50. Kh3 Re1 51. g3 Rg1 (51...
Rf1 52. Kg2 Rb1 53. gxf4 $11) 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. Ra3 e5 54. Kh2 Rg3 55. Ra6+ Kg5
56. Ra5 $1 Kf5 57. Ra3 Ke6 58. Rd3 Rg8 59. Kh1 Rg5 60. Kh2 e4 61. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group3"]
[Site "Slough"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Schakselkap"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 (6. Be2 Bg7 7. c4
Nb6 8. f4 c5 $132) 6... c6 (6... Be6 $5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Ne4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10.
Nc5 Ne3 $10) 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 (8. Bb3 Nd7 9. f4 O-O 10. c4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5
$132) 8... O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 (9... Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nef3 Nc7 12. Ne4 Bxb3 13.
axb3 Ne6 14. c3 Re8 15. h4 Nf6 16. Neg5 Nxg5 17. hxg5 $14 {Adams,M-Tu Hoang
Thong/Yerevan olm 1996 (60)}) 10. Nf3 N7f6 (10... Re8 11. Bg5 N7f6 12. Nbd2 h6
13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 $14 {Yudasin,L-Rasmussen/Calgary op 1996 (35)}
) 11. Bg5 $6 {Giving to black a possibility to get rid of "bad" lightsquared
bishop and to equalize the position.Better try is 11.h3 or 11.c4!?.For example:
} (11. h3 $5 b5 $5 (11... e6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qe2 Ba6 16.
Rad1 $2 (16. Be5 Ned5 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3) (16. Qe3 b5 $132) (16. Qc2 $5 $14)
16... Ned5 17. Be5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qe7 $132 {Short,N-Vaganian,R/Riga Tal 1995 
(46)}) 12. Bg5 (12. c3 Qc7 13. a4 a6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Bh4 $14 {Bellin,
R-Janssens,W/Huy op 1993 (27)}) 12... Be6 13. Nbd2 Nc7 14. c3 Bd5 15. Ne5 Ne6
16. Bh4 c5 $10 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Bjerring,K/Munich op9293 1993 (36)}) (11. c4 Nb6
$5 (11... Nc7 12. h3 $5 (12. Nc3 Bg4) 12... c5 (12... b5 $5) 13. Nc3 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Ne6 (14... Qd6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Ndb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 $16) 15. Be3 Nxd4 16.
Qxd4 $1 Be6 17. Qh4 Qa5 18. c5 $1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Ciudad de Linares
XIV 1997 (32)}) 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Nc3 e6 14. Bf4 b6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Rad1 $14 {
Matulovic Milan-Todorovic Goran N/Ch Yugoslavia (team), Tivat (Yugoslavia 1995
(23)}) 11... a5 12. c3 Bg4 $1 {Typical move in this kind of positions.Changing
the bishop black gets comfortable play.} 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6 ({Deserved
attention} 14. Bh4 $5 b5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 a4 17. Bc2 {keeping symbolical
advantage.}) 14... Bxf6 15. a4 e6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bg7 $10 18. Ne4 (18. Nc4
$6 Qc7 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Rad1 c5 21. Qg3 Qb6 $15) 18... Qc7 19. g3 Rad8 20. h4
Qb6 21. Bc4 h5 {Both sides have very solid positions with no real chance to
fight for the advantage so the draw is not far away.} (21... e5 $6 22. dxe5
Bxe5 23. h5 Bg7 $5 (23... f5 $6 24. Ng5 $1 Rfe8 25. Nh3 Qxb2 26. hxg6 $36) 24.
Rab1 f5 25. Nd2 gxh5 26. Qxh5 $14) 22. Re2 Rd7 23. Rae1 Qd8 24. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 $5 (7. exd6
exd6 8. Be2 (8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 (9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13.
g5 a6 14. d5 $14 {Liss,E-Zilberman,Y/1st Israeli Supertournament 1999}) 9...
Bg6 10. Qb3 b6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15. Ng5 $36 {
McShane,L-Baburin,A/Iona Tech Masters 1998}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11.
Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. b4 $2 Nb6 14. g4 Bg6 15. a4 d5 16. c5 Nc4 $15 {Nunez
Vallina,J-Miles,A/Oviedo rapid 1993}) 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 d5 9. Be3 e6 10. Be2 (
10. Qg3 dxc4 (10... g6 11. h4 $5 $36) 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne4 $14)
10... Be7 11. Qg4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bd3 (15. f4 $2
Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d4,Gb6b2]} 16. f5 Nxe5 $17) 15... a6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Rac1 $14 {
White has a pair of bishops and significient advantage in space so his chanses
in forthcoming struggle are much higher.} (17. f4 $5 f5 18. Qf3 (18. exf6 Nxf6
19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Qf3 $14) 18... Kh8 19. g4 g6 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Rg1
$14 {[%cal Gg1g2,Ga1g1,Gg4f5,Gc3e2,Ge2g3,Gg3h5]}) 17... f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19.
Qe2 {[%csl Re6]} Bd6 20. Na4 Qe8 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5f4] Trying to create the
counterplay on the kingside.} (20... b5 $6 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Nb7 Rfc8 23. Nxd6
Qxd6 24. Bd2 $16) 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bd2 Nh5 24. g3 $1 $16 {Covering
square f4 and leaving the knight out of the game.} Rf6 25. Bb1 Qf7 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Gd6g3]} 26. Kg2 $1 (26. Be3 Bxg3 27. Qd3 $1 (27. fxg3 Nxg3 28. Qd3 Rxf1+
29. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 $13) 27... Bd6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Qg8
30. Qxg8+ Kxg8 31. Nd7 Re8 32. Nxf6+ $14) 26... Nb5 27. Be3 g5 28. a4 Nf4+ $2 {
Desparation,but also after normal} (28... Nc7 29. Qg4 $5 (29. Nd3 Nf4+ 30. gxf4
gxf4 31. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 (31... Qg7+ 32. Kh1 fxe3 33. Rg1 $18) 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33.
dxe5 Rg8 34. exf6 Rxg4+ 35. hxg4 fxe3 36. fxe3 $16) 29... Kh8 30. Nd3 Rg8 31.
Ne5 Qe8 32. Kh1 $16 {black faces very serious problems.}) 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30.
Qg4+ Kh8 31. axb5 $18 Rg8 32. Qh4 Rg5 (32... fxg3 $2 33. f4 $1) 33. Nd3 (33. g4
$5 {[%cal Gf2f3]} f3+ 34. Kh1 Qg7 35. Nd3 $18) 33... f3+ 34. Kh2 Rh5 35. Qg4
Rg5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Qh4 Rh5 38. Qg4+ Rg5 39. Ne5 $1 {The last touch!} Bxe5 40.
dxe5 Rxg4 41. exf6+ Qxf6 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. hxg4 Qxb2 44. bxa6 bxa6 45. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Nordic-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.09.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nxd7 {
This line is considered to be as quite harmless or black, but after a couple
of inccuracies in the midlegame black wa swept off the board in very nice
fashion.} (7. Nf3 e6 (7... N7f6 8. a3 (8. h3 Nb4 9. Bc4 Bf5 10. Ne5 e6 11. Na3
Bd6 12. O-O h6 13. c3 Nbd5 $132 {Del Rio Angelis,S-Conquest,S/Istanbul 2003})
8... Bg4 9. O-O e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. c4 Nb6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Bd6 14. Qc2 O-O
$11 {Moreno Carnero,J-Lezcano Jaen,P/Lanzarote 2003}) (7... b5 $6 8. O-O e6 9.
Re1 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qc2 N7f6 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bg5 a5 14. Nbd2 a4 15. Bh4 h6
16. Bg3 Qb7 17. Rad1 $14 {Timoshenko,G-Szieberth,A/Budapest 2003}) 8. O-O Be7
9. Re1 O-O 10. c4 N5f6 11. Nc3 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1 $14 {
Kovalev,A-Konopka,M/Czechia 2002}) 7... Bxd7 8. O-O g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. c3 O-O
11. Bg5 Re8 (11... Qb6 12. Qc1 (12. Qd2) 12... c5 13. Be4 Be6 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxe7 Rfe8 16. dxc5 Qc6 17. f3 b6 $44 {Upleger,M-Loeffler,S/Germany 2002}) 12.
Nd2 Qc8 13. Nc4 (13. Ne4 $6 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Bc4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 e6 17. a4 a6
18. a5 c5 $13 {Macieja,B-Kuczynski,R/Warsaw 2001}) 13... Bf5 (13... Be6) 14.
Be2 Qc7 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qb3 Be6 $6 {I don't think that after a typical
exchange sacrifice on e6 black's matters are that bad, but it'd much easier
for white to play on, so in practice his chances are much higher.} (16... c5
17. Qb5 Be6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. dxc5 h6 (19... Nxc3 $2 20. Rxe6 $1 $18) 20. Bh4
Nf4 21. Na5 Rd2 $14) 17. Rxe6 $1 $44 fxe6 18. Re1 b5 $2 {After this mistake
black's position deteriorates very fast.} (18... Bf6 $1 19. Bc1 c5 20. dxc5
Qxc5 21. Rxe6 Kg7 22. Ne5 Nc7 $5 (22... b6) 23. Rxf6 Qxe5 (23... Kxf6 24. Qf7+
Kxe5 25. Bf4#) 24. Rf7+ Kh8 25. Be3 Qe6 $13) 19. Ne5 Rf8 (19... Bxe5 20. Rxe5
Qd6 21. Bg4 Nc7 22. Bf4 $16) 20. Bg4 $16 Rd6 (20... Qd6 21. Nd3 $36 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Gd3c5]}) 21. Nd3 h6 22. Bh4 Kh7 23. Bg3 $18 e5 24. dxe5 Rdd8 25. Nc5 Qb6
26. Ne6 h5 27. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 28. Qc2+ Kh6 (28... Kg8 29. Qg6 Rf7 30. Ng5 $18 {
[%csl Rf7,Rg8]}) 29. Bh4 Bf6 30. exf6 exf6 31. Qf5 Rg8 32. Re5 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 $6 {Dubious
continuation permitting white to reach an opening advantage without any
problems.} (6... e6 7. g3 (7. c4 N5f6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Qc2 b6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11.
Qxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qc2 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Ivanchuk,V/Amber
Blindfold 1998}) 7... Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Ba6 11. Re1 Qc8 12. Bg5
$14 {McDonald,N-Nataf,I/Paris-London 1994}) 7. c4 N5f6 8. d5 Ne4 $6 {Another
inaccuracy after which black find himself in serious troubles.It was nessasary
to play} (8... e5 $5 9. dxe6 (9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nf8
13. Bg5 $14) 9... Qe7 10. Qe2 Qxe6 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Bd3 b6 14.
Ne4 $14) 9. Bd3 Nd6 10. O-O g6 11. Re1 Bg7 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Nc3 h6 $6 {After
this careless move black doesn't manage to castle and it makes thing even more
difficult for him.} (13... O-O 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Qf3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Re8 17. Re2
$14 {[%csl Re7]}) 14. Be3 Nd7 (14... b6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Re2 $16 {[%cal Ga1e1,
Ge3f4]} (16. Bf4 $5)) 15. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Ge3h6]} g5 16. h4 g4 17. Nh2 h5 (17...
Ne5 18. Bxc5 Ndxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qf4 $18 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e7,Gf4c4]})
18. Bf4 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e2,Ga1e1]} Kf8 19. Re2 {White is increasing the
advantage with very simple and natural moves.} Bf6 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Rae1 Nf8 (
21... Nb6 22. Re5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge5g5]} Rxh6 23. Qxh6 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 f5
25. Qxh5 Nbxc4 26. Re2 $18 {[%cal Gh2g4]}) 22. Bg5 $1 {Black darksquared
bishop is the main "defender" so white decides to get rid of it.} e6 (22... b6
23. Rxe7 $1 Bxe7 24. Bxe7 Qc7 25. Qg5+ $18) 23. Re5 $1 $18 {Now the material
losses are inevitable for black.} Nd7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxc5 Kf8
27. Qf4 b6 28. Rce5 Rc8 29. Rxe6 $1 {The quickest way to win the game.} (29. b3
$18 {[%cal Gh2f1,Gf1g3]}) 29... fxe6 30. Rxe6 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ge6d6,Ge6f6]}
Nde8 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. Qe5 Rh6 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Qe6 Nd6 35. Nxf6 Rc7 (35... Qxe7
36. Qg8#) 36. Rxc7 Rxf6 37. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nf3
g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 (11. h3 c5 12. d5 b5 $5 13. cxb5 Nb6 14. Ne4
a6 15. bxa6 Nxa6 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Re1 Qxd5 $132 {Kuzmin,G-Miles,A/Agios
Nikolaos op 1995}) (11. Be3 c5 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Bf4
$14 {Van Riemsdijk,H-Nicolosi,T/Wichern op 1997}) 11... c5 (11... Ne6 12. Be3
Qc7 (12... Nf6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qc1 (14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Nh5 16. Bf1 b6 17. Rad1
Bb7 18. Qc1 Rac8 $13 {Zarnicki,P-Miles,A/Oviedo rapid 1993}) 14... Rd8 15. Rd1
b6 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nf8 18. Nd4 $36 {Gruenfeld,Y-Zilberman,Y/Israel Nat.
League(7.6) 1999}) 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. d5 Ng4 16. Rfe1 Nxe3 $13 {
Ekstroem,R-Zelcic,R/Mitropa Cup 1995}) 12. dxc5 (12. d5 e5 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14.
Be3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qf6 $132) 12... Ne6 13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ndxc5 15. Nd4 Bd7 (
15... Qa5 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. f4 f5 18. Bf3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 $13 {
Reeh,O-Pajeken,W/City Championships 1999}) 16. Bf3 Rc8 $5 (16... Qc7 17. Rb1
Rfd8 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Bd5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qxe7 $16
{Manik,M-Sergeev,V/SVK-chT 9798}) 17. Nxe6 {Making black's task easier,desrved
attention} (17. Re1 {keeping the pressure.} Re8 (17... b6 $5 18. Nb5 $5 (18.
Qd2) 18... Bxb5 (18... a6 19. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Rb6]}) 19. cxb5 Nd3 20. Re2 Rxc3
21. Rd2 Qd6 $13) 18. Bd5 Nc7 19. Qf3 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Nd3 21. Red1 $14) 17... Bxe6
18. Qd4 {[%cal Ge3h6]} Re8 19. Bd5 ({More ambitious is} 19. Rad1 $5 b6 (19...
Qa5 $6 20. Bh6 f6 21. Rfe1 Bf7 22. Rxe7 $1 $16) 20. Rfe1 Na4 21. Qh4 Qc7 22.
Bd4 Qxc4 23. Qh6 f6 24. Re4 $40 {[%cal Ge4h4] with dangerous initiative.})
19... b6 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. c4 $6 {[%csl Rc4]} (22. Bh6 f6 23. Rfe1
b5 (23... Nb7 24. Bf4 $1 Nd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qa4 $1 $14) 24. Bc1 $1 a6 25.
Ba3 Na4 26. Re3 $14 {[%csl Re7]}) 22... Nb7 23. Rc1 (23. Bh6 $5) 23... Nd6 24.
c5 $11 {White undestands that his advantage disappeared and simplifies the
position.} bxc5 (24... Nf5 $6 25. c6 $1) 25. Rxc5 Nf5 26. Qc4 Nxe3 27. fxe3
Rxc5 28. Qxc5 Rc8 29. Qd4 Rc2 30. Rf2 ({Another option was} 30. Rb1 Qc7 31. a4
Rxg2+ $6 32. Kxg2 Qc2+ 33. Kg3 Qxb1 34. Qxa7 $14 h5) 30... Rc1+ 31. Rf1 Rxf1+
32. Kxf1 Qf5+ {Queens endgame is balanced and the draw is not far away.} 33.
Ke2 Qc2+ 34. Qd2 Qe4 35. Kf2 h5 36. Qa5 Qf5+ 37. Ke2 Qd7 38. h3 Kg7 39. e4 Qb7
40. Kf3 a6 41. Qc3+ f6 42. Qc6 Qb4 43. Qe6 Qc3+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 $5 {
Entering extremly complicated variation with mutual chanses.} dxe5 8. a5 N6d7 {
Accepting the chalange.After cautious} (8... Nd5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. O-O c6 (10...
c5 $6 11. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 12. Qf3+ Kg8 13. Qxd5+ Qxd5 14. Bxd5+ e6 15. Be4 cxd4
16. Bg5 $14 {Nunn,J-Schroll,G/Vienna 1991}) (10... e6 11. Nf3 c5 12. c4 Nb4 13.
Bg5 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nc3 cxd4 16. Ne4 Qg7 17. c5 N8c6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,
Z-Varga,Z/Odorheiu Secuiesc zt 1995}) 11. Nd2 Na6 12. Ndf3 f6 13. Nd3 Be6 14.
Re1 Bf7 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nf4 $14 {white gets very comfortable position in all
variations; Mokry,K-Schroll,G/Vienna 1991}) 9. Bxf7+ $5 (9. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 10.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ng5 Ke8 12. Nc3 h6 13. Nge4 Na6 $17 {Nicholson,J-Khmelnitsky,I/
Spring op 1990}) 9... Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Ne6 Qe8 12. Nxc7 {This line was
formerly discredited because of a game in which black played 12...Qf7, but did
not get enough for the exchange. Alburt's move is a significant improvement.}
Qd8 $1 (12... Qf7 $6 13. Nxa8 exd4 14. O-O Na6 15. c3 h6 16. cxd4 Kh7 17. Na3
$14 {Lau,R-Posch,W/Jacques Lemans op16 1996}) 13. Nxa8 (13. Ne6 Qe8 14. Nc7 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Khalifman,A/EUCup Gr5 1995}) 13... exd4 14. O-O (14. c3 $2
Nc5 15. cxd4 (15. b4 Ne4 16. Qb3+ e6 17. cxd4 Nc6 $1 {~/= Dlugy.}) 15... Bxd4
16. O-O e5 17. Be3 Nba6 (17... Nc6 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. a6 Qd5 21. Nd2
Kg7 $36 {Cooper,L-Smith,G/Walsall 1992}) 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. Bxd4 Qxd4
21. b4 Nd3 22. Ne2 Qd7 $17 {Christiansen,L-Alburt,L/USA-ch m 1990}) 14... Nc6
15. c3 Nc5 16. b4 dxc3 $5 (16... Ne6 $2 17. Qb3 dxc3 18. Nxc3 $16 {Gubanov,
A-Romanovich,L/Chigorin mem 1995}) 17. Qxd8+ Nxd8 18. bxc5 $6 {Critical
position of the game.After white's last move black easily solves opening
problems,so better was} (18. Ra3 $5 Ne4 19. Re1 c2 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6
22. Nc7 $14 {with advantage.}) 18... c2 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Ra3 Bf6 21. Nc7 Nc6
22. Nd5 Kf7 $132 ({Another promising possibility was} 22... Bd4 $5 23. Be3 e5
24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Rc1 Bf5 26. g4 d3 $1 $13 {with unclear position.}) 23. Nxf6
exf6 24. f3 h5 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 25. h3 h4 $1 $15 {Ensuaring the square f5 for
the bishop.} 26. Rf2 Bf5 27. a6 bxa6 (27... Rb8 $1) 28. Rxa6 Rc8 29. Kh2 Rc7 ({
Deserved attention} 29... Bd3 30. Ra3 Bf5 31. Rd2 (31. Ra6) 31... a5 32. Rd6
Rc7 $15 {[%cal Gc6e5,Ge5d3] with better chanses.}) 30. Rd2 Ne5 31. Rdd6 Nd3 32.
Rxf6+ Kg7 33. Bg5 Nxc5 $6 {After this move black finds himself on defensive,
whie after} (33... c1=Q 34. Bxc1 Nxc1 35. Rfc6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Nb3 37. Rc7+ Kf6
$11 {black even has symbolical advantage.}) 34. Rac6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Nb3 36. Rc3
Nd4 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Rxa7 (38. Kg1 $5) 38... Ne2 {[%csl Rh2] Now white king
can't get out of the corner.} 39. Rc7 $14 Kg8 40. Rc4 Kf7 41. Rxh4 {The only
way to play for a win,but black easily holds this endgame.} c1=Q 42. Bxc1 Nxc1
43. g4 (43. Rc4 Ne2 $1 44. f4 Ke6 45. g4 Bd3 46. Rb4 Kd5 $11) 43... Be6 44.
Rh7+ Kf6 45. h4 Ne2 46. Kg2 (46. h5 $6 g5 $11) 46... Ke5 47. Ra7 Nf4+ 48. Kg3
Ne2+ 49. Kf2 Nf4 50. Ra3 Kf6 51. Ra4 Nd5 52. Re4 Nc3 53. Re1 Nd5 54. Kg3 Kf7
55. Ra1 Kf6 56. Ra7 Ne3 57. Ra6 (57. Kf4 Ng2+ 58. Kg3 Ne3) 57... Nd5 58. Ra3
Kf7 59. Ra7+ Kf6 60. Ra5 Kf7 61. Ra6 Kf6 62. f4 Ne3 63. Kf3 Nxg4 $1 64. Rxe6+
Kxe6 65. Kxg4 Kf6 (65... Kf6 66. Kf3 Kf7 67. Ke4 Ke6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1999.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 (9... a5 10. c3 (10. a4 Be6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Rfe8
14. Ne4 h6 15. Qf3 $14 {Godena,M-Kveinys,A/EU-chT 1992}) 10... Nd7 11. Nf3 N7b6
12. a4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Nbd2 c5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 $14 {Kortschnoj,
V-Vaganian,R/Horgen 1995}) 10. Nf3 N7f6 (10... N7b6 11. c4 Nf6 12. h3 Bf5 13.
Nc3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Be3 $14 {Gallagher,J-Lukasiewicz,G/Bern
op 1990}) (10... b5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Ne4
Qc7 16. Bg5 Rac8 $44 {Kosten,A-Pytel,K/Aix les Bains 1991}) 11. h3 (11. c4 Nc7
12. h3 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 $14 {Kasparov,
G-Adams,M/Linares14th 1997}) 11... Be6 $6 (11... b5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nbd2 Nc7
14. c3 Bd5 15. Ne5 Ne6 16. Bh4 c5 $132 {Lau,R-Bjerring,K/Munich op9293 1993})
12. c4 Nb6 $6 {After this move black findes himself under extremly unpleasent
pressure and the worst thing is he is incapable to create counterplay.} (12...
Nc7 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 13. Bf4 (13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5
b5 $11) 13... b5 $5 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. cxb5 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 cxb5 17. Qxb5 Rab8 18.
Qe2 Nd5 $14) 13. Qe2 a5 14. a4 $1 $14 Nc8 15. Nc3 Nd6 16. Ba2 Nf5 17. Rd1 {
Move by move white improves position of the pieces,while black hardly finds
the squares for his minor pieces.} Bd7 (17... Qc7 18. g4 $5 (18. d5 cxd5 19.
cxd5 Bd7 20. g4 Nd6 21. Bf4 Rfe8 22. Rac1 $14) 18... Nd6 19. Bf4 {[%cal Gd1d2,
Ga1e1,Gb2b3,Ga2b1]}) 18. Bf4 b6 19. Rd2 Re8 20. Rad1 Ra7 21. Ne5 $5 ({Serious
attention deserved} 21. g4 $5 Nd6 22. Ne5 Rf8 23. c5 $1 $16 {,but white
doesn't want to force the matters.}) 21... e6 22. g4 Ne7 (22... Nd6 23. Qf3 $16
) 23. Qf3 $16 {[%cal Gf4g5]} h6 24. Bg3 ({It was possible to take a pawn.} 24.
Bxh6 $5 Bxh6 25. Qxf6 Rf8 26. Re2 Bg7 27. Qh4 $16) 24... Rf8 25. Bb1 Nh7 26.
Qe3 Bc8 27. Bf4 (27. d5 $5 exd5 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Qe7 31.
Qxb6 Rb7 32. Qd4 $16) 27... g5 28. Bh2 f5 29. Re1 Qe8 $6 (29... Nf6 30. f4 Nh7
31. Rg2 $16) 30. d5 $5 {Finally!} exd5 {[%csl Rb6]} (30... cxd5 $5) 31. Qxb6
Rb7 32. Qc5 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Ng6 $6 ({More persistant was} 32... Nf6 $5 33. gxf5
Nxf5 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Nxc6 Nh4 36. Re3 dxc4 37. Ba2 $16 {but even in this
case white's advantage seems to be decisive.}) 33. Rde2 Bxe5 34. Bxe5 $18 {
[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge1e8,Gb1h7,Ge5h8] Despite of material balance black is lost.
The difference in strength of the pieces is huge.} Nh4 (34... Nxe5 35. Rxe5 Qg6
36. cxd5 Rxb2 37. dxc6 $18) 35. Bd6 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ge2e8] Not being afraid
of checks!} Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Qf7 (36... Nxe1 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Qxc6 $18 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gc6e8,Gc6d5]}) 37. Bxf8 Nxe1 38. Bxh6 Nf3 39. Qxc6 Rc7 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Nd2 Bg7 7. Ndf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 c6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 a5 (11... Be6 12. Bb3 (12. Bf1 Qc8 (
12... a5 13. c4 Nb6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Bb2 Nc5 $132 {Socko,
B-Kupreichik,V/Groningen op 1995}) 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. c3 a5 15. Qf3 a4 16. Qg3 $14
{Conquest,S-Maus,S/Copenhagen op 1990}) 12... Nc7 (12... a5 13. c3 Qc8 (13...
Qc7 14. Bg5 (14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Nd3 Re8 17. Qd2 Qc8 18. h3 b6 $11 {
Borocz,I-Horvath,J/Budapest FS04 GM 1995}) 14... Rfd8 15. Bh4 c5 16. Bg3 Qc8
17. Rc1 Bh6 18. Rc2 b5 $132 {Stefansson,H-Kengis,E/Arnold Cup 1991}) (13... Nc7
14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. a4 Nc7 17. Bg5 Nd5 18. c4 $14 {Kuporosov,
V-Panchenko,A/Schneider mem op 1991}) 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Rc1 c5 16. Qf3 a4 17. Bc4
Qc7 18. Ng4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd7 $11 {Smirin,I-Kengis,E/URS-sf 1989}
) 13. c3 Qc8 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Qg4 c5 16. d5 Nc7 17. Qe4 Qf5 18. c4 $14 {
Fuksik,J-Markovic,I/CZE-chT2 9596}) (11... Bf5 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. Bb3
Qc8 15. Bd2 f6 16. Nc4 Kh8 17. Ne3 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Bratchenko,A/RUS-chT 1995})
12. a4 Be6 13. Qf3 Qd6 14. c3 (14. b3 Nb4 15. Bxe6 Qxe6) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5
16. Bb5 $6 {Missing very promising possibility to fight for the advantage.} (
16. b3 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Re7][%cal Gc1a3]} Rad8 17. Ba3 Qc7 (17... Qb6 18. Rad1 (
18. Qg3 Bf6) 18... Nc7 19. Bxe7 $1 (19. Rxd8 $6 Rxd8 20. Bxe7 $6 Re8 21. Nd7 $8
Qc6 $1 (21... Bxd7 $2 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxe8 Nxe8 24. Qf7 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh8]
[%cal Ge7f8]}) 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 (23. Bxf6 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bxc4 25. Rxe8+
Nxe8 26. bxc4 Nxf6 $19) 23... Qd7 $1 24. Bxe6 Rxe7 $1 $17 {[%csl Re1]}) 19...
Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Re8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Bd6 $1 (22. Nc4 Qd5 23. Qa1 (23. Bd6 Rxe1+
24. Qxe1 Bxc3 $1 $11) 23... b5 $1 $44) 22... Rd8 23. Nc4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25.
Kf1 $14 {[%csl Ra5]}) 18. Qg3 b6 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. h3 $14 {and white gets an
upper hand.}) 16... Rad8 $11 {Now the position is balanced and we can say that
black has successfully solved opening problems.} 17. Nd3 Qc8 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19.
Bxf4 Rd5 ({After careless} 19... Bd5 $6 20. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Rd8,Re7][%cal Gf4c7]
white gets second chanse!}) 20. Qe3 $5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge3b6]} Bd7 (20... Rfd8
$6 21. Qb6 Bd7 22. Qxa5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qf5 24. Be3 $16) 21. Qb6 $2 {Painfull
blunder after which white has to work very hard to make a draw.After natural} (
21. Qxe7 Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Re2 Rd5 $1 $11 {or}) (21. Bxd7 $5 Rxd7 22. Qb6
Qc4 $1 (22... Qd8 $6 23. Qb5 e6 24. Be3 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra5]}) 23. Be3 Ra8 $11 {
the position remains balanced and draw seems to be the most likely result.})
21... Bxb5 22. axb5 Qf5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb5,Rf4] Simple double blow probably
missed by white.} 23. Qxb7 (23. c4 $6 Rd7 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4]} 24. Qe3 Bxb2 25.
Rxa5 $6 Rd3 26. Qe2 Bc3 $19 {[%cal Gc3a5,Gc3e1]}) 23... Rxb5 24. Qf3 (24. Qe4
Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxb2 26. Rxe7 Bxc3 $17) 24... Rxb2 25. Be5 $5 {The best chanse.}
Qxf3 26. gxf3 Bxe5 $6 ({More chanses to win the game would leave} 26... Ra8 $5
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxe7 a4 29. Ra3 Rb3 30. Rxb3 axb3 31. Rb7 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Rb1
33. c4 Kf6 34. c5 Ke6 $17) 27. Rxe5 Rd8 28. Rexa5 Rd3 {[%cal Gd3c3,Gd3f3]
Winning a pawn,but white easily holds this position.} 29. Kg2 Rxc3 30. R5a3
Rcc2 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Rd3 e6 33. Re3 Rb5 34. Rd3 Rc4 35. h3 Rg5+ 36. Kh2 Rh4 37.
Rh1 e5 38. Ra3 Rf4 (38... Rd4 39. Rg1) 39. Re1 $1 ({Of course not} 39. Rg1 $2
Rgf5 40. Rg3 e4 $1 41. fxe4 Rxf2+ $17 {with good winning chanses.}) 39... Rgf5
40. Kg3 h5 41. Re4 h4+ (41... Rg5+ 42. Kh2 Rxe4 43. fxe4 f5 44. Ra4 $15 {
[%csl Rg5]}) 42. Kg2 Rxe4 43. fxe4 Rf4 44. Ra4 Kh6 45. Ra7 Kg5 46. f3 f5 ({
Doesn't work an attempt to decide the game with scrifice of g-pawn:} 46... Rf6
47. Kf2 Kf4 48. Rb7 g5 49. Ra7 g4 50. hxg4 h3 51. Re7 $11) 47. Ra5 Kf6 48. Ra6+
Kg7 49. Ra7+ Kh6 50. exf5 gxf5 51. Ra5 e4 52. fxe4 fxe4 53. Re5 Kg6 54. Re6+
Kf7 55. Re5 Kf6 56. Re8 Kf5 57. Re7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. exd6
(8. Re1 Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. h3 $5 (10. c3 e5 $5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13.
Nbd2 h6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nd5 $11 {Jukic,B-Hauchard,A/Oostende op 1991/0-1 
(57)}) 10... Bf5 (10... Na5 $5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Nbc4 14. Bc1 d5 $6
15. Ne2 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. c3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd6 19. Ne5 $14 {Anand-Guevara,
Dubai ol 1986}) 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 d5 14. Ne2 Na5 15. c3 Nbc4 (
15... Bd7 16. Bc2 Bc6 17. Nf4 {->>>}) 16. Bc1 Qb6 $6 {קd5,e7} (16... e6 17.
Ng3 $16) (16... Re8 $5 17. Ng3 {+/=/+/-}) 17. Nf4 Be4 18. Nd2 $1 $16 {Anand,
V-Timman,J/Linares 1992 (32)}) 8... cxd6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. c3 Nc6 11. h3 ({
Also deserves attention} 11. Nbd2 $5 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nf1 $1 exd4 14. cxd4 d5
15. Ng3 Be6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Ne5 $14 {Zhelnin Vladimir V-Oliwa Marek/It (open),
Katowice (Poland) 1995 (34)}) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 d5 13. Bf4 $5 $14 {Another
promising option was} (13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Qd7 15. Nd2 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Qg3
Kh8 18. Rad1 $36 {with play against black pawns in the center.}) 13... f6 $5 {
If black chooses passive set up by playing Rc8,e6,Nd7 white has very simple
plan to strengthen his position:Qg3,Nd2-f3-e5,h2-h4-h5 with initiative.} 14.
Bg3 $1 {Planing to take on e5} e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Qg4 $1 Kh8 (16... Qc8 $5
17. Nd2 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nf1 $14) 17. Na3 Nd7 $6 {
Transfering the knight to f6 which is not the most suitable place.Deserved
attention} (17... Qf6 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Rd3 e4 20. Rd2 Na5 {with complicated
position}) 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Qe2 $16 d4 (19... e4 20. Nb5 $1 $18 Rc8 (20... Qa5
21. Nc7) 21. Nd6 Rc7 22. Bxd5 $18) 20. Nc4 $18 {[%csl Re5] It's quiet
interesting how during the couple of moves without visible mistakes the
position of black which seemed to be o'kay turned into ruines.} Re8 21. Ba4 Nd7
(21... Nh5 22. Bh2 Nf4 23. Qe4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Nd6 $18) 22. Nd6 {[%csl
Rb7,Rf7]} Rf8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h4
$6 {Kuzmin is famous for his original style,but this move seems to be "too
original" for me.After move in the game black easily equalizes,while after
theoretical 8.Qf3 he has to work hard to reach an equality:} (8. Qf3 $5 Be6 9.
O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Nc7 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. c3 Nd7 13. Nd3 Qa5 14. Re1 $14 {Hartston,
W-McKay,R/BCF-ch 1973 (34)}) (8. Nxd5 $6 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nxd7
Qxd7 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O Rac8 $11 {Xie Jun-Hort,V/London Women-Veterans 1996 
(21)}) (8. O-O O-O 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. c3 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 N7b6
14. Bb3 $14 {Markovic,M-Djuravcevic,N/JUG-chT Cetinje 1990}) 8... Nd7 $1 9.
Bxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 ({Deserved attention} 11... f6 $5 12. Bg3
Bf5 13. Qe2 O-O $132 {with complicated struggle.}) 12. dxe5 d4 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14.
Qd2 Qxe5 15. O-O-O d3 $1 $11 {Forcing the exchange of queens.} (15... O-O $6) (
15... Bd7 $5 16. Nxd4 O-O-O $6 17. Rhe1 Qf6 18. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ge3d3,Gd4f3]}
Qxh4 $6 19. Rd3 {[%cal Gd1d8]} e6 20. Nf3 $1 Qe7 21. Qa5 $36) 16. Qxd3 Bf5 17.
Qd4 Rc8 $1 18. Rd2 (18. Qxe5 $2 Rxc2+ 19. Kb1 Rxe2+ 20. Qxf5 gxf5 $17) 18...
Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 {The position is absolutely equal and a draw seems to be not
far away,but the main events are still to come.} (19... Be4 $6 20. f3 Bd5 21.
b3 $14) 20. Re1 Rc7 ({Of course not} 20... f6 $2 21. Rde2 e5 22. f4 Rc4 23. c3
$16 {losing a pawn.}) 21. b3 a6 $5 ({Deserved attention} 21... f6 $5 22. Rde2
Bc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Re4 Kf7 25. Ra4 Rd8 26. Ree4 $132 {with mutual chanses.})
22. Kb2 e6 $6 (22... f6 23. Rde2 Bc8 24. a4 Kf7 25. f4 Rd8 26. c3 Bg4 27. Re3
h5 28. a5 Rd6 $11) 23. c4 b5 $2 {This move is obvious strategical mistake and
it's very hard for me to understand how the player of Miles' level could make
such a move.} (23... Ke7 $5 24. g4 h6 $5 (24... h5 $6 25. g5 Rd8 26. a4 (26. f4
$5) 26... Bc6 27. a5 $14) 25. f4 Rc5) 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Re5 $1 Rb7 26. b4 $14 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rd7][%cal Gd4b3,Gb3c5]} Ke7 27. Nb3 Rb6 (27... Ra7) (27... Rhb8
$5) 28. Nc5 Rd8 29. g4 Bc6 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ge3a3,Ga3a7]
Transferring the rook to a7 from where it may cause black serious
inconvinience.} Ke7 32. Ra3 Rb8 33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Rc7 $1 Be8 35. Ne4 $1 $16 {
Move by move white transfers his pieces to more active positions.Now the
knight is aiming for f6.} h6 36. g5 h5 37. Nf6 Rd8 38. a3 Rd2+ 39. Kc1 Rd8 (
39... Rd6 40. Kc2 (40. Ra7 Bc6) 40... Rc6+ (40... Bc6 41. f4 $16) 41. Rxc6 Bxc6
42. f4 (42. Kd3 e5) 42... Ke7 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Kd4 Bg2 $5 45. Ne4+ Kc6 (45...
Bxe4 46. Kxe4 Kc6 47. Kd4 (47. Ke5 Kd7 48. Kf6 Ke8) 47... Kd6 48. Kc3 Kd5 49.
Kb3 Ke4 50. a4 bxa4+ 51. Kxa4 Kxf4 52. b5 Ke5 53. b6 Kd6 54. Ka5 Kd7 55. Ka6
Kc8 56. Ka7 $18) 46. Nc3 Bf1 47. Ke5 Kd7 48. Kf6 Ke8 49. Ne4 $18) 40. Kc2 $18
Kg7 41. Rc5 Kf8 (41... Rb8 42. Nxe8+ Rxe8 43. Rxb5 $18) 42. Kc3 $22 {Black
faces unpleasent choise:whether to give up the pawn on b5,whether to let the
white king to penitrate to d6!} Rb8 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. Ke5 Ra8 45. Rc7+ Kd8 46.
Rb7 Kc8 47. Re7 Bc6 48. Kd6 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levacic, Patrick"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Oratovsky,M,Finkel,A} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6.
Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 e5 (10... d5 $5) (10... d5 $5
11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Rfd1 $14 {Pytel,K-Gipslis,
A/POL/1970/} Nxd4 $2 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd3 $1 $16) 11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxe5
$5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be2 Be6 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Nxd5 17. Rd3
Nxe3 $1 $11 {Serper,G-Yermolinsky,A/Tilburg 1994 (56)}) 12. c5 (12. Qxd8 $6
Rxd8 13. Be2 Nd4 $15) 12... Nd7 (12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. Bc4 $16) 13. Bc4
Qa5 (13... h6 $5 14. O-O Kh7 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 Nd4 17. Nb3 Nb8 18. Nb5 $1 Nxb5
$6 (18... Nbc6 19. N3xd4 Nxd4 20. Nd6 b6 21. b4 a5 22. a3 $13 {Pergel,L-Nataf,
I/WchJM-U16 Szeged 1994 (55)}) 19. Bxb5 Nc6 20. Qd6 Qe8 21. Na5 Rf6 22. Qd2 $14
{Zagrebelny,S-Varga,Z/Budapest ExpFS AprGM 1993 (46)}) (13... Nd4 $5 14. Ne4 b6
15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Be7 Bb7 $1 $13 {Grzesik,T-Hartmann,G/BL 1985 (28)}) 14. a3 e4
15. Nd2 (15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxc5) 15... Nde5 $5 (15... Nxc5 $6
16. b4 Qxa3 17. Bxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. b5 $16 {Zagrebelny,S-Remizov,J/
Sankt_Peterburg 1994}) 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qb3 $6 {Missing the opportunity to
fight for the advantage.} (17. Ncxe4 $1 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Bxb2 19. Bg5 $1 Rf8 (
19... Rd5 20. Qb3 Bg7 21. Ra4 $18 {[%csl Rd5]}) (19... Re8 20. Bf6 $5 (20. Qb3
Bg7 21. Nd6 Rf8 22. Nxb7 Qc7 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4][%cal Gc6a5,Gc8e6]}) 20... Ne5 21.
Rc2 $16) 20. Bf6 $1 Be5 (20... Qxa3 21. Ra4 $18) 21. Nf3 $16 Bxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kg7
23. Qa1 $40 {[%cal Ga1g7]}) 17... Nd4 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. axb4 Nd3 $1 $15 {
Seizing the initiative.} 20. Rb1 (20. Bxd3 $6 exd3 {[%cal Gd4c2,Gd4e2]} 21.
Bxd4 Rxd4 22. b5 Rb4 $17) 20... Nxb4 21. Ndxe4 Be6 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Nb5 $6 (
23. Nd6 b6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rb6c5]}) 23... Nd5 {[%cal Gd5e3]} 24. Bg5 $2 {
After this move white's position becomes hopeless.More persistant was} (24. b4
$5 a5 25. bxa5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 f5 27. Ned6 Nxc5 28. Rfc1 (28. Rbc1 Bh6 $1 {
[%csl Re3]} (28... Nb3 29. Nxb7 Rdb8 30. Rc7 Nxa5 31. N7d6 $15) 29. Rf3 Nb3 30.
Rc7 Nxa5 31. Nxb7 Nxb7 32. Rxb7 Ra2 $17 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 28... Bh6 29. Nc4 Rd3
$17) 24... f6 $1 25. Bc1 (25. Bh4 g5 26. Bg3 f5 27. Ned6 f4 28. Bh2 Nxc5 $19 {
[%csl Rh2]}) 25... f5 26. Ng5 Nxc5 $17 {Black is a pawn up and all his pieces
take dominating positions.} 27. b4 Ne4 28. Ne6 Rd7 29. Rd1 (29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30.
f3 $17) 29... a6 30. Nxg7 axb5 31. Bb2 Kf7 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg7] The rest is easy.
} 32. g4 fxg4 33. hxg4 Rad8 34. Rd4 Ndc3 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. Re1 Rd1 37. Rxd1
Nxd1 38. Bd4 Ndxf2 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Krivonogov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Oratovsky M.} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7.
exd6 Qxd6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd7 (9... Bf5 10. Re1 (10. Bb3 b5 $6 (10... Na6 $5
11. Re1 Rad8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nce5 b5 $6 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. a4 $1 b4 16. a5 Qb7 17.
Qc4 $16 {Stocek,J-Freisler,P/CZE-ch 1993 (55)}) 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13.
Rxe4 Nd5 14. a4 e6 15. Bg5 $14 {Kaula,R-Wielecki,Z/POL-ch Bielsko-Biala 1991/
1-0 (51)}) 10... Nd7 11. Bb3 h6 $6 (11... Rfe8) 12. Nh4 $1 Bxd4 13. Ne4 $1 Bxe4
14. Qxd4 (14. Rxe4 $2 Bg7) 14... N5f6 15. Rxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 $1 17. Qe2 $16
{Kavalek,L-Bohm,H/Wijk 1977 (29)}) 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Re1 e5 $5 (11... N7f6 12.
Nc4 a5 (12... b5 13. Nce5 a5 14. a3 e6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Bg5 $14 {Berndt,
S-Schrems,H/RLNS 1991 (37)}) 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 b5 15. Nce5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17.
Qd4 Qd6 18. Qh4 $14 {Kavalek,L-Ljubojevic,L/Las Palmas 1973 (55)}) 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. c3 Be6 16. Bg5 {Inspite of seeming
simplicity the position is quiet tricky and black has to play accurately to
equalize.} (16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bxd5 (17. Qf3 Rae8 18. Bg5 Re5 $11) 17... cxd5 18.
Qf3 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qc4 $11) 16... Rfe8 $6 {Missing very interesting possibility
to reach an equality.} (16... h6 $1 17. Bh4 Nf4 $6 (17... Rfe8 18. Nd4 (18. Bg3
Qb6 19. Be5 Nf6 $11) 18... Bd7 19. Qf3 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Be6 21. Re5 Qd7 22. Rae1
$14 Nc7 23. Qf6 Bxb3 24. Re7 Qd5 25. axb3 Rac8 (25... Qxb3 $2 26. R1e3 $18) 26.
Bg3 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Ne8 28. Qe5 $16) (17... Qb6 $1 {[%cal Gd5c7]} 18. Nd4 Bxd4
19. cxd4 Rae8 20. Qd2 Kg7 $13 {[%cal Gf7f6,Gg6g5]} 21. Re2 f6 22. Rae1 Bf7 $11)
18. Bg3 $16) 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Qd2 $14 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 (19... Qa5 20. Bh6 Re8
(20... Bh8 21. Qd3 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Nf5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb3d5,Gd3d5]}) 21.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Qe5+ f6 25. Qd6 Qc7 {[%tqu "En","","",
"","d6a3","",5]} 26. Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ga3a7,Gb3d5,Ga3e7]} Qe5 (26... Qf4 27. Bxd5
cxd5 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. g3 $18) 27. Qxa7 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 $4 29. Ne6+ $18) 20.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Nf3 Qd7 22. Bxd5 cxd5 (22... Qxd5 23. Qe3 $1 Bd7 24. Qxa7 $16)
23. Bh6 Bh8 24. Be3 $1 b6 25. Bd4 $14 {Forcing black to make very unpleasent
choise between 25...B:d4 and 25...f6 in both cases with passive defensive
position.} f6 26. Qf4 {[%cal Gf4b8]} Qe7 27. Qb8 h5 28. Qa8 $1 {Suprisingly
the best square for a queen!} Qd7 29. Ne1 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5][%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,
Gc2b4]} Kh7 30. Nc2 Bf7 31. Nb4 Bg7 (31... a5 32. Nc6 Qc7 (32... Be8 33. Nd8
Qf5 (33... Qc7 34. Qxd5) 34. Qa7+ Bg7 35. Qxb6 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qxa2 37. Bxf6 $18)
33. Nd8 Bg8 (33... Be8 34. Qxd5 $16) 34. Qb7 $18) 32. Nc6 Be8 33. Nxa7 f5 34.
Nc8 (34. Bxb6 $18) 34... Bxd4 35. cxd4 Qc7 36. Qa7 Qxa7 37. Nxa7 Bd7 38. f4 $1
$18 {The endgame is easily wining because black can't trap the knight.} h4 39.
Kf2 g5 40. a4 $1 Kh6 (40... gxf4 41. Kf3 Bxa4 42. Nc8 b5 43. Kxf4 Bc2 44. Nd6
Be4 45. Nxf5 Bxg2 46. Kg4 $18) 41. b4 Bxa4 42. Nc8 b5 43. Ne7 Bb3 44. Ke3 Bc4
45. Nxf5+ Kg6 46. Ne7+ Kf6 47. Nc6 Bf1 48. Kf2 Bc4 49. g4 $1 {Final zest in
very nice game.} gxf4 50. Ne5 Bb3 51. Nf3 Bc2 52. Nxh4 Be4 53. Nf3 Kg6 54. h4
Kf6 55. Ne1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge1g2]} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 (7. exd6 exd6
8. Be2 (8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 (9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. g5 a6
14. d5 $1 $36 {Liss,E-Zilberman,Y/1st Israeli Supertournament 1999}) 9... Bg6
10. Qb3 b6 (10... Qc8 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O-O Nd7 15.
Bg2 Rb8 16. Kb1 Kh8 17. f4 Nf6 18. Rhe1 Qd7 19. Bf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Wall,T-Crouch,
C/It GMB 1998}) 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15. Ng5 Re8 16.
Ne2 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 d5 18. Rag1 $40 {McShane,L-Baburin,A/Iona Tech Masters 1998})
8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. b4 $6 Nb6 14. g4 Bg6
15. a4 d5 16. c5 Nc4 $15 {Nunez Vallina,J-Miles,A/Oviedo rapid 1993}) 7... Bh5
8. g4 Bg6 9. Bf4 e6 $6 (9... Nd7) 10. h4 d5 $2 {Serious mistake with
distructive consequances.} (10... h5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 $36) (
10... h6 $5) 11. h5 Be4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Bb4+ ({Nothing changes} 13... f5
14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be3 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 $16) 14. Ke2 f5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Be3 O-O ({
Even worse is} 16... e5 17. Nxe4 Qe6 18. dxe5 Qxc4+ (18... Qxe5 19. Qd4 $16)
19. Kf3 Qe6 (19... O-O+ 20. Nf6+ $1 $18 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Qxd6
$18 {with decisive advantage.}) 17. Bg2 (17. Nxe4 $4 Qf3+ $19 {[%cal Gf3h1]})
17... e5 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxe4 Qe6 {[%cal Ge6g4,Ge6c4]} 19. dxe5 Qxc4+ 20. Qd3
Qxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Nd5 $16) 18... exd4 19. Qxd4 $6 {Inaccuracy.Not so convincing is
} (19. Nxh7 Qe7 20. Nxf8 (20. Qxd4 $2 Rd8 $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 20... dxe3 21. Bh7+
Kxf8 22. fxe3 $16 {,but siimple}) (19. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 20. Qxd4 c5 (20... Qxd4 21.
Bxd4 Be7 22. h6 $18) 21. Qd1 $18 {would be lethal.}) 19... h6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21.
Nf3 $16 Nba6 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. Bf5 {White is not only a pawn up,but his pieces
are perfectly placed.} (23. a3 Bc5 24. b4 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Re8 26. Bf5 $18) 23...
Bc5 24. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d7]} Bxe3 25. fxe3 Ng5 26. Rd4 Nc5 27. Rhd1 Re8 (27... a5
28. Nd7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 Rb8 30. c5 $18) 28. Nd7 $5 {Depriving the queenside of
black its only defender.} Nxd7 29. Rxd7 Ne4 30. Bg6 (30. Rd8 $5) 30... Ng3+ 31.
Kd3 Ref8 32. Rd2 b5 33. Rxa7 $18 Nf1 34. Re2 Ng3 35. Rd2 Nf1 36. Re2 Ng3 37.
Rc2 b4 38. c5 Rd8+ 39. Kc4 Nf1 40. Re2 Rf3 1-0

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. h3 (7. O-O Bg7
8. h3 O-O 9. Re1 (9. a4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Ba2 a6 12. b4 Nc6 13. a5 $14 {
Jens,J-Rakazovic,Z/Hilton Open 1999}) 9... a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Nbd2 c5 12. c3
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 $14 {Hatanbaatar,B-Hurelbaatar,C/Mongolia-ch 1994})
7... Bg7 8. a4 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 (10. Nc3 Na6 11. Bf4 h6 12. Re1 Bf5 13.
Qd2 g5 14. Bg3 $14 {Heinatz,T-Varga,Z/EUCup f 1996}) 10... c6 (10... Na6 11.
Bd2 Nb8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qe2 Na6 14. Be3 Nc7 15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Bh6
$14 {Smagin,S-Marinkovic,I/Cacak 1991}) (10... Nc6 11. c3 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13.
Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. Ng3 Ne7 $11 {
Dimitrijevic,V-Levitina,I/USA-chW 1994}) 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne2 Nc7 13. c3 Ne6 (
13... Nc4 14. Bc2 b5 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nf4 bxa4 17. bxa4 Nc4 18. Rb1 f6 19. e6 $1
$36 {Adams,M-Dunnington,A/Haringey 1989}) 14. Bc2 f5 15. exf6 {More ambitious
is} (15. Nf4 $5 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 h6 17. h4 Be6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. b3 $14 {with
advantage in space.}) 15... exf6 16. Nf4 {White tries to simplify the position
and move by move loses his adventage.} (16. b3 Re8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Ba3 Qf7 19.
Ng3 Bd7 20. Re2 $14) 16... Qd6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Ba3 ({Deserved
attention} 19. Qd2 $5 {,but anyway black doesn't seem to face any problems.})
19... Qf4 20. Bd3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Bf7 $11 24. f3 (24.
f4) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rc1 ({Of course not} 26. Rb1 $2 Re3 $17 {
[%cal Ge3c3] and blacck wins a pawn.}) 26... Ke7 (26... Nd7) 27. Kf2 Kd6 28. h4
h6 29. f4 Nc8 30. c4 Ne7 ({Slightly more accurate was} 30... dxc4 $5 31. bxc4
Kc7 $5 {in both cases with sufficient counterchanses.} (31... b6 32. Ne4+ (32.
c5+ Kc7 33. Be4 $6 b5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. d5 $2 Bxd5 36. Bxd5 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2]}
37. Nc4 Rxd5 38. Nxa5 Rd2+ 39. Kf1 Ne7 $15) 32... Ke7 33. Re1 Rd8 34. Ng5+ Kf8
35. Nxf7 Kxf7 $132)) 31. Nf1 dxc4 32. bxc4 Kc7 33. Re1 Nc8 34. Rxe8 Bxe8 35. c5
b5 $6 {Too optimistic.} (35... Ne7 36. Ne3 Bf7 37. Bc2 h5 38. g4 $14) 36. axb5
cxb5 37. d5 $36 {[%csl Rc8,Re8][%cal Gf2d4]} a4 (37... b4 38. Ke3 a4 39. Nd2 (
39. Kd4 a3 40. Nd2) 39... Na7 40. Kd4 a3 41. Bb1 Nb5+ 42. Kc4 Nc3) 38. Ke3 a3
39. Bb1 b4 40. Nd2 Bf7 $2 {Better was} (40... Na7) 41. Ba2 Kd8 42. Ne4 Ne7 $2 {
After this mistake white easily gets decisive advantage.} (42... f5 {[%csl Re5]
} 43. Nd2 $1 (43. Nf6 $2 Na7 $1 {[%cal Ga7b5,Gb5c3]} (43... Ke7 $2 44. d6+ $1
Kxf6 45. d7 $18) 44. Kd4 Nb5+ 45. Ke5 Nc3 $19) 43... Na7 (43... Ne7 44. Kd4 Bg8
45. Ke5 Nc6+ 46. Kd6 Nd4 47. Bc4 $1 $18) 44. Nf3 $1 (44. Bc4 Nb5 $1 45. Kd3 $1
Nc3 46. Kd4 Kd7 $15) 44... Nb5 (44... Nc6 45. Ne5 Nxe5 46. fxe5 g5 47. e6 $18 {
[%cal Ge3d4,Gd4f6]}) 45. Ne5 Ke8 46. Bb3 $5 $16 (46. c6 Bg8 $1 47. Bb3 Kd8 48.
Nd3 Bf7 $1 (48... Kc7 $2 49. d6+ $18) 49. Nxb4 Kc7 $132)) 43. Nxf6 Nf5+ 44. Ke4
Nxh4 45. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Gg4e5]} Nxg2 46. Ne5 Be8 47. d6 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rg2]
[%cal Ga2e6,Gc5c7] Nothing can stop white pawns.} h5 48. Be6 Bd7 49. Nxd7 a2
50. c6 a1=Q 51. c7+ Kc8 52. Nc5# 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 {Pein.} Nf6 {Pein: 'A particularly aggressive choice that
sidesteps any preparation'} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Nd2
Nd7 (6... Bg7 7. Ndf3 O-O 8. Bc4 c6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Nd3 a5 11. a4 N7f6 12. O-O
Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $14 {Hebden,M-Marinkovic,I/Vrnjacka Banja 1989}) (6...
c6 $5 7. Ndf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 Nd7 9. Nd3 O-O 10. Bb3 h6 11. O-O b5 12. a4 Bb7 13.
Bxd5 cxd5 14. axb5 $14 {Tiviakov,S-Tu Hoang Thong/World Cities 1997}) 7. Nxd7 (
7. Ndf3 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Be2 c5 $6 12. dxc5 Nd7 13.
Nxd7 Bxd7 14. O-O $14 {Czebe,A-Horvath,C/Honved-B 1997}) 7... Qxd7 ({Black
doesn't face any problems also after} 7... Bxd7 8. c3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. g3 $6
Nb6 11. Bg2 Bb5 $15 {Mojzis,J-Golubovic,B/Hradec Kralove op 1992}) 8. Nf3 Bg7
9. Be2 Qd6 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. dxc5 ({Nothing promises} 12. c3 cxd4 (
12... a6 $5) 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Bf3 Qf6 15. Qb3 e6 $11 {with balanced position.})
12... Qxc5 13. c4 Nb4 {Pein: 'Black gets kicked around after this but he's OK'}
(13... Nf6 14. Be3 (14. Qd4 {Pein} b6 15. Qxc5 bxc5 {was an interesting
alternative} 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bxc5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bf6 19. Nd2 $1 {intending Bf3
would be a problem}) 14... Qc7 15. Qb3 Bf5 16. Rad1 Be4 17. Nd4 $14) 14. a3 Nc6
15. b4 Qb6 (15... Qf5 {(Pein) was a little more active and if Bd3 Qh5}) 16. Be3
$14 {White managed to get a minimal advantage after the opening.} Qc7 17. Rc1 {
Pein: 'White's queenside majority looks good but Black is still fine'} Bb2 (
17... Rd8 {(Pein) develops harmoniously eg} 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. c5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
Nd4 {with no problems}) 18. Rb1 Bc3 ({After} 18... Bxa3 $6 19. Qa4 Bxb4 20.
Rxb4 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 $14 {white keeps an upper hand.}) 19. Rf1 Be6 {'?!' Pein.
Pein: 'Black begins to lose the plot'} (19... Bf5 {Pein} 20. Qb3 Bg7 (20...
Bxb1 21. Qxc3 Bf5 22. Bh6 f6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 $14) 21. Rbd1 Rfd8 $11) 20. Qc1 {
'!' Pein.} Bf6 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. Bg5 {'!' Pein.} ({Deserved attention} 22. Qe3 $5
{increasing the pressure.}) 22... Re8 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Qc3 (24. Qf4 Kg7 25.
Rfe1 a5 26. c5 axb4 27. axb4 Bf5 28. Rb2 Re4 $11) 24... Ne5 25. Rbc1 a5 26.
Rfe1 ({Nothing changes} 26. Rfd1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra2 28. Rd2 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxd2
30. Qxd2 Bxc4 $11 {with eqaulity}) 26... axb4 {Pein: 'draw offer'} 27. axb4
Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 (28. Qxf3 {(Pein) was not as good because of} Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Qxc4
$1 30. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 31. Bf1 Raa1) 28... Qxc4 $5 {Pein: 'Now Black has to suffer'}
29. Qxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxb7 Re2 $5 {Pein: 'Its essential to get the
rook behind the pawn '} 32. h3 ({More chanses would leave} 32. f3 $5 Be6 (32...
Bb5 $6 33. Rc5 Bd3 34. Bd5 $1 Rb2 35. Rc3 Bf5 36. Rb3 $16 {[%cal Gb4b8]}) 33.
Rb1 Bf5 34. Rd1 Rb2 35. Rd4 h5 36. Bc6 $14 {and black still has to be carefull.
}) (32. Rb1 Bb5 $1 33. Bf3 Rc2 $11) 32... Be6 33. Rb1 (33. b5 Rb2 34. Bc6 Kf8
$11 {[%cal Gf8d6]}) 33... Ba2 34. Bf3 Rc2 {Pein: 'Exchanging rooks would make
the b pawn unstoppable'} 35. Rd1 Kf8 36. b5 Rb2 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Rb8 f5 $1 $11
{[%cal Ga2b1,Gb1e4] Important manouvre permitting black to save the game.} 39.
b6 Bb1 {Pein: 'If Black can get the bishops of he might draw'} 40. b7 {'??'
Pein.} (40. g4 Be4 41. Kg2 Kd6 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. Kg3 Ke5 $11) (
40. Bd5 $1 {Pein} Be4 41. Rb7+ Kd6 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Rxf7 Rxb6 44. Rxh7 (44.
Rf6+ $2 {The king and pawn endgame is Ok for Black} Kc5 45. Rxb6 Kxb6 46. Kh2
Kc5 47. Kg3 Kd4 48. Kf4 Kd3) 44... Ke6 {and the white king emerges on g3 with
good winning chances}) 40... Be4 41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. Kf1 h5 43. g4 {Pein:
'Speelman pointed out that White could just wait because ...Kf6 can be met by
Re8 anytime'} hxg4 44. hxg4 Kf6 (44... e3 $5 {Pein} 45. fxe3 Kf6 46. Re8 (46.
Kg1 $2 Kg5) 46... Rxb7 47. Kg2 $11) 45. Re8 Rxb7 46. Rxe4 Kg5 47. Kg2 Kh4 48.
Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 7360]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 $5 6. Nxf7
$5 {Yemelin is very ambitious player and he bravely 'picks up a glove'!} Kxf7
7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. g3 b5 9. a4 (9. Nc3 $5 N7f6 10. Bh3+ Kd6 11. Qe5+ Kc6 12. Bg2 e6
13. Qe2 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5+ axb5 16. O-O $44 {Blazkova,P-Bombek,P/
SVK-chT9596 1996 (29)}) (9. b3 b4 10. c4 N5f6 $2 11. Bh3+ Kd6 12. c5+ Kc6 13.
Bg2+ Kb5 14. Qe2+ {1-0 Nehlert,P-Menge,M/VLS Baden 1992}) 9... c6 10. Bh3+ (10.
axb5 cxb5 (10... g6 $6 11. Qe2+ Kf7 12. bxc6 N7b6 13. Bg2 Nf6 14. c3 Bg7 15.
Nd2 $14 {Ernst,T-Komarov,D/Dortmund op-A 1992/1-0 (60)}) 11. Nc3 N7f6 12. Bh3+
Kd6 13. Qe5+ Kc6 14. Bg2 e6 15. O-O Bd6 16. Qe2 Qb6 $15 {Odendahl,R-Essing,A/
NRW-II 1996 (36)}) 10... Kd6 11. Nc3 (11. axb5 $5 cxb5 12. Nc3 N7f6 13. Qe5+
Kc6 14. Bf1) 11... b4 12. Nxd5 $6 {Missing very strong continuation} (12. Bf4+
$1 Nxf4 (12... e5 13. dxe5+ (13. Bxe5+ Ke7 $8 14. Nxd5+ cxd5 15. Bg2 $44 {
[%cal Ge1g1]}) 13... Kc5 $8 14. Ne4+ (14. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 15. O-O-O $40 {[%cal
Gf4e3,Gh3g2,Re5e6]} (15. O-O $5)) 14... Kb6 15. a5+ $40) 13. Ne4+ Kc7 14. Qa5+
$1 Nb6 15. Qe5+ Qd6 (15... Kb7 $4 16. Nc5#) 16. Nxd6 exd6 17. Qxf4 Bxh3 18.
Qf7+ Bd7 19. O-O $14 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8][%cal Gf1e1,Ga4a5,Gc2c4]}) 12... cxd5 13.
c4 $5 Nf6 (13... bxc3 $6 14. bxc3 $44 {[%cal Gc1a3,Gc3c4]}) 14. Qe5+ Kc6 15.
Bg2 Qd6 {[%cal Gc6d7,Gc8b7]} 16. Bf4 $5 Kd7 17. cxd5 Ke8 18. Rc1 $6 $15 {
[%cal Gc1c6] White definitly has some compensation for the material losses,but
black's chanses should be prefered.Interesting option was} (18. Qe3 $5 Qa6 19.
d6 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. O-O {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c7]} Nd5 22. Qe4 $13 {with
extremly complicated position.}) 18... Bb7 19. Rc6 Qxe5+ $1 {Black defends
extremly strong and white's initiative gradually decreases.} (19... Bxc6 $143
20. dxc6 Rc8 21. Qb5 Qxd4 22. c7+ Kf7 (22... Nd7 23. Qb7 Nb6 24. Bh3 $36) 23.
Qb8 $16) 20. dxe5 Nh5 21. Rc7 $6 {More chanses of successfull resistance would
leave} (21. Bd2 $5 Bxc6 22. dxc6 g6 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} 23. Bh3 Kd8 24. Bxb4 a5 25.
Bd2 Kc7 26. O-O e6 $1 $17) 21... Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rb8 23. O-O (23. f5 g6 24. f6
Kd8 25. Rc4 exf6 26. exf6 Bd6 $19) 23... Kd8 24. Rfc1 Rc8 $17 {Black has
managed to change almost all the pieces and his advantage becomes more and
more visible.} 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. f5 (26. Rc4 b3 27. Rc3 g6 28. Rxb3 Bh6 29.
Rb8 Bxf4 $19) 26... g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rc4 Bg7 29. f4 Rh4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf4]
[%cal Gh4c4,Gg7h6]} 30. Bf1 Bh6 31. Rxb4 Rxf4 32. Rb8 Kc7 33. Rb5 Rxf1+ $1 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 (5... Bf5 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. O-O
d5 8. a4 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. a5 Nc8 11. Ne2 a6 12. b3 $14 {Van der Wiel,
J-Alburt,L/Wijk 1980}) 6. h3 Bf5 (6... Bh5 7. g4 (7. Bf4 e6 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3
d5 10. O-O c5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. c3 Be7 13. b3 $14 {Huebner,R-Conquest,S/BL9596
1996}) 7... Bg6 8. h4 $5 (8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12.
Be3 (12. Nxh7 Nxd4 13. Bd2 Qc6 14. O-O-O Qc4 15. Qg6+ Kd7 16. Be3 c5 $13 {
Krakops,M-Hetey,L/Groningen op 1995}) 12... Nb4 13. Qe4 Qc6 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15.
O-O-O Kd7 16. Nce4 h6 $15 {Mashian,Y-Vertkin,S/Tel Aviv ASA 1993}) 8... h5 9.
e6 Qc8 10. exf7+ Bxf7 11. Ng5 Qxg4 12. Be2 Qf5 13. Rh3 $36 {Haag,E-Csom,I/
HUN-ch 1964}) (6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 d5 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb5 Qd7 11. Na4 a6
$11 {Duemmke,J-Kohtz,A/Wichern op 1997}) 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 (8... dxe5 9.
Nxe5 N8d7 10. Bf4 e6 (10... g6) 11. O-O Be7 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 $14) 9. exd6
Bxd6 10. Ne4 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 ({Another possibility promising white small
advantage was} 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. c4 d5 14. c5 N6d7 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. b4 $5 Nxb4
17. Qb5 Nc6 18. Qxb7 $14) 12... Be7 {Deciding to keep thr bishop.} 13. b3 N8d7
14. Bb2 a5 15. Rad1 c6 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. d5 $1 {[%csl Rb6] White pieces take
very comfortable positions,while black ones lack coordination so this
breakthrough in the center should be in white's favour.} (17. Nc5) 17... Nxe4
$8 ({Of course not} 17... exd5 $2 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Qxf6 20.
Qxb6 $18) 20. Qxh6 $18 {[%cal Gd1d4,Gd4g4] and white has winning position.})
18. dxe6 Nd6 19. Ne5 ({Deserved attention} 19. Be5 $5 {,but also in this case
black manages to hold:} c5 $6 (19... f6 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Rfe1 Re8 (21... Qe7
22. Qxb6 Bc5 23. Rd7 Qxd7 24. Qxc5 Qc7 25. Qf5 $36) 22. e7 Rxe7 23. Rxd6 Rxe3
24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxe3 $11) 20. Qxc5 Nbc8 21. Qd5 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Qe8 22. Rfe1
$1 $36 {[%cal Ge1e8]}) 19... Qc7 20. c5 Nd5 21. Rxd5 ({Nothing changes} 21.
cxd6 Bxd6 (21... Nxe3 22. dxc7 Nxd1 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Rxd1 Rff8 25. Nd7 $16)
22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 $11) 21... cxd5 22. cxd6 Bxd6 23.
exf7+ Rxf7 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Rd1 $11 ({After} 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Bd4 Rc2 27. a4
$13 {black has sufficient counterchanses.}) 25... Re8 26. Qd3 Bc5 27. Bd4 (27.
Qxd5 Bxf2+ 28. Kh2 (28. Kf1 $2 Re1+ $1 29. Rxe1 Qxd5 30. Kxf2 Qf5+ $17) 28...
Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Re2 $11) 27... Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Re4 29. Qd3 ({Doesn't change the
outcome of the game} 29. Qxd5 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qxf2 32. Qd5+ Kh7 33.
Qxa5 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qf4+ $11) 29... a4 30. g3 axb3 31. axb3 Re5 32.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Li, Wenliang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8.
Ndf3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 (10. Qe2 Nd7 11. c3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qc8 13. Re1 Nc7
14. Bf4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qb8 $11 {Fehling,M-Donchenko,A/
Duesseldorf 1994}) (10. Re1 Nd7 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Nb6
15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Nd3 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nd7 $11 {Manca,F-Iannacone,E/
Italy 1996}) 10... Nd7 11. Nd3 (11. h3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 {1/2-1/2 Meudt,M-Jung,K/
Germany 1994/EXT 2000 (12)}) 11... a5 12. a4 (12. c3 Nc7 13. Bc2 Bd5 14. Nf4 e5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 12... Nc7 13. c3 Bd5 14. Bf4 e6
15. Re1 (15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Nd5 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Rfe1 $14)
15... b5 16. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4]} (16. Bxc7 Qxc7 (16... Bxf3 $2 17. Bxd8 (17.
Qxf3 Qxc7 18. axb5 cxb5 19. d5 e5 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Qd5 Ra6 $132)
17... Bxd1 18. Bxd1 Rfxd8 19. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3a8]} b4 20. cxb4 $16 {[%csl Rc6]})
17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. axb5 Qc4 $1 $13) 16... h5 17. h3 Qc8 18. Ne4 (18. Bc2 $5)
18... Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd5 20. Bg3 (20. Bh2 Qb7 21. Ne5 b4 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qf3
bxc3 24. bxc3 c5 $13) 20... Qb7 21. Qf3 Rfc8 22. Ree1 b4 23. c4 $6 {[%csl Rd4]}
(23. Rab1 $5 {[%cal Gb1b7]} bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxc3 $140 $2 25. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26.
Bxe6+ $18) 23... Ne7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rd8 26. Rad1 (26. Bc2 Bxe5 27. dxe5
Rd2 28. Rad1 $1 Rad8 (28... Rxc2 29. Qb3 $16) 29. Qe3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.
Bxd1 Nf5 32. Qc5 Qd7 $13) 26... Nf5 27. Qe4 (27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qe4) 27... Bxe5
28. dxe5 $6 (28. Qxe5 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 28... Qb6 29. c5 $2 (29. Bc2 $13) 29...
Qxc5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rd4 $1 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. Bd1 Rd8 $19 34. Kg2 Qd5 35.
Bf3 Qxe4 36. Bxe4 c5 37. Rc1 Nb3 38. Rc2 Rd2 39. Rxd2 Nxd2 40. Bc2 Nc4 41. b3
Nxe5 42. g5 c4 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 {Slightly passive,but nevertheless
playable variation.} 5. c4 Nc7 6. Nc3 (6. Be2 Bg4 7. exd6 exd6 8. d5 $5 c5 9.
Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. h3 $14 {Ye Jiangchuan-Miles,A/
Beijing op 1993}) 6... Bg4 7. exd6 (7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4
Ne6 $132 {Bardel,S-Yewdokimov,O/Aix les Bains 1991}) 7... exd6 8. h3 {More
ambitious approuch than 8.Be2:} (8. Be2 $6 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 (10. Be3 Nd7
11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. a4 a5 14. Rad1 $14 {Kluegel,J-Yewdokimov,O/Bern
op 1992}) 10... Bh5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. b4 $6 Nb6 $15 {Nunez Vallina,
J-Miles,A/Oviedo rapid 1993}) (8. d5 $5) 8... Bh5 9. Be3 ({Another option is} 
9. g4 $5 Bg6 10. Qb3 b6 (10... Qc8 11. Be3) 11. Be3 Nd7 12. h4 h5 13. gxh5 Bxh5
14. Be2 Be7 15. Ng5 $5 $14 {with dangerous initiative.}) 9... Be7 10. Be2 Nd7
11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. g5 a6 $6 {After this hasitant move black finds
himself in troubles.Better was} (13... b5 $5 14. cxb5 (14. b3) 14... cxb5 15.
Bxb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 O-O $44 {with strong counterlay.}) 14. d5 $1 $14 c5 (14...
O-O $2 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 $1 Ne5 17. f4 c5 $8 18. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Rh5]}) (
14... Rb8 $5 15. dxc6 (15. Qd2 cxd5 (15... O-O 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. f4
c5 19. Nb3 $16) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc5 18. b4 $14) 15... bxc6 16. Qd2 Ne5
17. O-O-O Ne6 18. Nd4 $14) 15. Nh2 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gh2f1,Gf1g3] Black is
deprived of counterplay and white move by move increases the pressure.} b5 16.
b3 Rb8 17. f4 $16 (17. Nf1 $5 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb2 19. Ng3 Ne5 20. f4 $16) 17...
bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb4 19. Nf1 Nb6 $5 {Desperately trying to create something,but
white's cool reaction is lethal.} 20. a3 Rb2 (20... Rxc4 $2 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22.
Qa4+ $18) 21. Bc1 Rc2 22. Bd2 {The rook is trapped and in addition to
positional advantage very soon white will also have the material one.} Qd7 (
22... Rb2 23. Ne3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf4f5,Gd2c1]}) 23. Ne3 Rb2 24. Qc1
$18 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 $1 O-O 26. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5] Forcing the exchange of
queens.} Bf5 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Qb1 {[%cal Gb1f5,Gb1b6]} Qxb1 29. Raxb1 Nca8 30.
a4 {Full dominaion of white!} a5 31. Rb5 Bd8 32. Kd3 Bc7 33. Bxh5 Re8 34. Bg4
1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 $5 e6 8.
Qf3 Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bf6 Bxf6 (12... O-O $5 13. Bxg7
Kxg7 14. Qf6+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 Nc6 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Qf4 $5 Kg7 18. Ng4 f5 $13 {
Kruppa,Y-Khmelnitsky,I/URS-sf Ukraine-ch 1989 (46)}) 13. Qxf6 O-O (13... Rf8 $6
14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. dxe5 Ke7 16. Nbd2 a5 17. a4 Bd7 18. O-O $14 {Drozdov,
I-Anokhin,V/Moscow6 1991/1/2-1/2 (68)}) 14. Qxe5 Nc6 $5 (14... Qxe5 15. dxe5
Bd7 (15... Nc6 $5 16. f4 Na5 17. Nbd2 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. g3 $14 {Bielczyk,
J-Hudecek,J/Hlohovec op 1993 (31)}) 16. Nbd2 Nc6 (16... Bc6 17. f4 N6d7 18. Bc2
a5 19. O-O-O Kg7 20. Rhe1 $14 {Khalifman,A-Fedorowicz,J/Wijk 1991 (48)}) 17. f4
Ne7 18. h4 Ned5 19. g3 $14 {Trabert,B-Brebric,R/Badenweiler op 1995 (24)}) 15.
Qxa5 $6 {As shows the following game with this move white hardly can hope to
get an opening advantage so deserves attention} (15. Qxc7 $5 Nxd4 16. O-O $1
Nxb3 17. axb3 Qxa1 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Qe5 $40 {with extremly dangerous
initiative;Ljubojevic,L-Alburt,L/New York op 1985 (28)}) 15... Nxa5 16. Nbd2 $6
{Giving up a bishop is not the best solution.After correct} (16. Bc2 $5 Nbc4
17. b3 Nd6 18. Nbd2 b6 19. O-O-O Bb7 20. Rhe1 $14 {white keeps the symbolical
advantage.}) 16... Nxb3 17. axb3 Nd5 $11 {The position is equal,but black is
the one who has the potential to fight for the advantage.} 18. O-O b6 19. b4
Bb7 20. Rfe1 a6 21. g3 Kg7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. f4 {White has managed to prevent
e5 and c5,but the problem is that white himself is totally deprived of active
counterplay and black has plenty of time to prepare g5.} Nxb4 $5 {Changing the
character of the game.Another promising possibility was} (23... h6 $5 24. Kf2
f6 25. Ned2 Kf7 26. h4 Rg8 27. Re2 Rde8 $15) 24. cxb4 Rxd4 25. Ncd2 Rfd8 (25...
f5 $6 {[%csl Re6]} 26. Ng5 Rxd2 27. Nxe6+ Kf7 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rac1 $14) 26.
Re2 Rxb4 27. Rb1 a5 $5 $15 {Black has three pawns for a piece and his bishop
is extremly strong,but white's defensive resourses are quiet significient.} 28.
Nc3 Ba6 29. Rf2 Rd3 (29... Bd3 $5 30. Na2 $8 (30. Rd1 Rxb2 31. Nc4 Rb3 $1 $17)
30... Bxb1 31. Nxb4 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 axb4 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke7 $15) 30. Na2
Rbd4 31. Nf1 c5 32. Nc3 h5 (32... b5 $5 $36) 33. Re1 $1 a4 34. Re3 Kf8 35. Rxd3
Bxd3 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Re1 (9. Nbd2 Bf5 (9... Nd7 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Re1 e5 $5 (11... N7f6 12. Nc4
a5 (12... b5 13. Nce5 a5 14. a3 e6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Bg5 $14 {Berndt,S-Schrems,H/
RLNS 1991 (37)}) 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 b5 15. Nce5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4 Qd6 18.
Qh4 $14 {Kavalek,L-Ljubojevic,L/Las Palmas 1973 (55)}) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. c3 Be6 16. Bg5 $14 {Korneev,O-Krivonogov,A/Moscow 1998})
10. Re1 (10. Bb3 b5 $6 (10... Na6 $5 11. Re1 Rad8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nce5 b5 $6
14. Qe2 Qb6 15. a4 $1 b4 16. a5 Qb7 17. Qc4 $16 {Stocek,J-Freisler,P/CZE-ch
1993 (55)}) 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 Nd5 14. a4 e6 15. Bg5 $14 {
Kaula,R-Wielecki,Z/POL-ch Bielsko-Biala 1991/1-0 (51)}) 10... Nd7 11. Bb3 h6 $6
12. Nh4 $1 Bxd4 13. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 14. Qxd4 (14. Rxe4 $2 Bg7) 14... N5f6 15. Rxe4
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 $1 17. Qe2 Nxb3 18. axb3 $14 {Kavalek,L-Bohm,H/Wijk aan Zee
1977}) 9... Nd7 10. Bb3 (10. Bf1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Ba3
Qb8 15. c4 Nb4 16. Nc3 a5 17. Rb1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Breyther,R-Konopka,M/Germany
1997/GER-chT2 (17)}) 10... b5 {Less commiting is 10...b6, but then black would
be exposed to c4 forcing black knight to leave very comfortable position on d5.
} (10... N5f6 11. Qe2 e6 12. Nc3 b6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 $14 {Komissarov,
I-Labunskiy,D/Podolsk 1993}) 11. Nbd2 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. c3 Bb7 14.
Bg5 Rfe8 15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 Rad8 17. Rac1 $14 {Donatti,A-Soppe,G/Montevideo 1994
}) 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Bg5 e6 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 14. c4 {Black was ready to push c5 so
white didn't have much choice, but to play c4.} (14. Qd2 $6 c5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5
16. Bh6 f6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 14... bxc4 15. Bxc4 N5f6 {A bit passive. Very
serious attention deserved} (15... c5 $5 16. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Rac8 17. dxc5 (
17. Nxc5 $6 Nxc5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxc5 Qb7 $44) 17... Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bg7 19. Qd2
(19. Nd6 Nc3 20. Qd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxc5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 $132) 19... Bc6 20. Bh4
$5 $14 {[%cal Gh4g3,Gg3d6]}) 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rc1 h6 18. Bh4 Rad8 (18... Rac8
$5) 19. Bb3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Rde8 21. Bg3 $16 {Black is deprived of active
counterplay while his weak pawn on c6 is a target for white pieces.} Qb4 22. a3
Qe7 23. Ne5 (23. Be5 $5) 23... Nd5 24. Nxc6 Qg5 {[%cal Gd5f4]} 25. h4 Qg4 26.
Qd1 $6 {Giving up a part of advantage. More convincing was} (26. Bxd5 $1 exd5
27. Ne5 $1 Qxd4 (27... Bxe5 28. dxe5 d4 29. Qd2 $18) 28. Red1 Qe4 29. Qxe4 dxe4
30. Nd7 e3 31. Nxf8 e2 32. Re1 $18) 26... Qxd1 27. Rexd1 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Ne7 29.
Rc4 $6 {Another inaccuracy after which black has very good chances to survive.}
(29. Ra6 $5 Nf5 30. Be5 Re7 31. g4 Nxh4 32. Bd6 Rb7 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Ba4 $16)
29... Nf5 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. d5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Bxb2 33. Ra5 Nd4 34. Ba2 Rfe8 $5 (
34... Ne2+ $5 35. Kf1 Nc1 36. Bb1 Nb3 {[%cal Gb3d2]} 37. Rd5 Bxa3 (37... Bc1 $6
38. Ba2 $1 Nd2+ 39. Rxd2 Bxd2 40. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Rd2]}) 38. Bc2 Nc5 39. Rcxc5
Bxc5 40. Rxc5 Rfe8 $14) 35. g3 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 Nc1 37. Bb1 Nb3 38. Rxa7 Nd2 39.
Rc2 Bd4 {Forcing multiple exchanges leading to a drawish endgame.} 40. Rb7 Nxb1
41. Rxb1 Be5 42. Rbc1 Bxc7 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Re2 $14 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. Ra7
h5 47. a4 Kg7 48. a5 Kf6 49. a6 Ke5 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Ra7 Ke5 52. Ke3 Ra3+ $2 (
52... f6 53. Re7+ Kd6 (53... Kf5 54. a7 g5 55. Rg7 $18 {[%cal Ge3b6]}) 54. Rg7
Rxa6 55. Rxg6 Ke6 56. Rh6 Ra5 57. Rh7 Rb5 $11) 53. Kd2 Ra2+ (53... Ke6 54. Kc2
f6 55. Kb2 Rf3 56. Rb7 Rxf2+ 57. Ka3 Rf1 58. Rb2 $18) 54. Kc3 Rxf2 (54... Kd5
55. Kb4 Rxf2 56. Rc7 Ra2 57. a7 $18) 55. Rb7 Ra2 56. a7 Kf6 57. Kc4 Ra1 58. Kb5
Rb1+ 59. Kc6 Rc1+ 60. Kb6 Rb1+ 61. Kc7 Ra1 62. Kb8 Kf5 63. Rb4 $1 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Heviz"]
[Date "2003.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. c3 {It's
interesting that Varga is playing this dubious variation quite often, however
it seems that white keeps better chances in any case.} (7. O-O Bg4 (7... a5 8.
a4 (8. c3 Bg7 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Na3
$14 {Acs,P-Varga,Z/Budapest 1996}) 8... Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 c5
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bh6 Nc6 14. c3 $36 {Palkovi,J-Varga,Z/Budapest 1996}) (7...
Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Ba2 a6 12. b4 Nc6 13. a5 $14 {Jens,
J-Rakazovic,Z/Hilton Open 1999}) 8. Nbd2 a5 9. c3 a4 10. Bc2 e6 11. Re1 c5 12.
Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. h3 Bf5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Istratescu,A-Varga,Z/Herculane
1996/CBM 56 ext (14)}) (7. Bf4 Bg4 8. a4 $5 e6 9. a5 N6d7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Nxf3 c4 13. Ba4 Qxa5+ 14. c3 b5 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. h4 $44 {Pedersen,
D-Varga,Z/Budapest 1996}) (7. h3 a5 8. a4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Re1 c6 (
10... Na6 11. Nbd2 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 $14 {Hatanbaatar,
B-Hurelbaatar,C/Mongolia-ch 1994}) (10... Nc6 11. c3 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Nbd2
Re8 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. Ng3 Ne7 $11 {
Dimitrijevic,V-Levitina,I/USA-chW 1994}) 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne2 Nc7 13. c3 Ne6 (
13... Nc4 14. Bc2 b5 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nf4 bxa4 17. bxa4 Nc4 18. Rb1 f6 19. e6 $1
$36 {Adams,M-Dunnington,A/Haringey 1989}) 14. Bc2 f5 15. exf6 $11 {Borgo,
G-Varga,Z/Budapest 1999}) 10... Na6 11. Bf4 h6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Qd2 g5 14. Bg3
c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxd5 $16 {Heinatz,T-Varga,Z/Budapest 1996}) 7... Bg7 8.
Nbd2 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Na6 ({An attempt to solve opening problems by
trading the lightsquared bishop was doomed to failure:} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Nxf3 e6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Qd2 $16 {and white has good attacking chances on
the kingside.}) 11. Bc2 c5 12. a3 {[%csl Gb4]} cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc7 14. h3 Ne6 ({
Of course not} 14... Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nf1 $16 {[%cal Gf1g3,Gg3h5] and
white knight comes to h5 with very dangerous threats.}) 15. Nf1 a4 16. h4 Bd7
17. h5 Rc8 18. g3 f5 $5 {[%csl Rg6]} (18... Bb5 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Bd2 Rc6 21. Kg2
Rfc8 22. Rh1 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Bc3 $36) 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bd2 Nc4 21. Bc3
b5 $6 ({Deserved attention} 21... Qe8 $5 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 g5 $132 {
[%cal Ge8h5] bringing the queen to h5.}) 22. Ne3 Bh6 (22... Nxe3 23. Rxe3 (23.
fxe3 Qe8 24. Kg2 g5 25. Rh1 g4 $13) 23... g5 24. Re1 Qe8 25. Kg2 g4 26. Nh4 Ng5
27. Bd2 Ne4 28. Bf4 $14) 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Kg2 {[%cal Ge1h1,Gh1h4] Preparing
to double the rooks over an h-file.} Kf7 (24... Kg7 {[%csl Rh6]}) 25. Rh1 Rh8
26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Qe2 Qb6 28. Rh4 Bg7 (28... Kg7 29. Rah1 $16) 29. Rah1 Rxh4 30.
Rxh4 Rh8 {Black pieces are extremly passive, so even after exchange of the
rooks white's initiative is pretty strong.} (30... Kg8) 31. Rxh8 Bxh8 32. Qe3
Bg7 33. Nh4 Bf8 $6 ({Missing a chance to complicate the matters.} 33... b4 $1
34. axb4 Bb5 35. Bc2 Qc6 36. g4 g5 37. Nxf5 Nf4+ 38. Kh2 Qc8 $132 {[%cal Gc8h8]
}) 34. g4 $18 Ng7 (34... g5 35. Nxf5 Nf4+ 36. Kg1 $16) 35. Qg5 Qe6 36. Bb4 Bc8
37. Kh2 {Full domination. Black is just helpless.} (37. Bxb5 fxg4 38. Bxa4 Nf5
39. Nxg6 $18) 37... Bd7 38. Bc5 $22 Qc6 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Nxf5 Qe6 41. Ne3 Qh3+
42. Kg1 Be6 43. Qg6+ Kg8 44. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. a4 a5 (4... d5 5. a5 $5 N6d7 6. Nf3 e6 7. c4
$5 Be7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O $14 {Neulinger,M-Petschar,K/
AUT-chT96/97 1997 (33)}) 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 {/\} d5 6. Ne2) 5... d5 6. exd6 $5 (6.
Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Qg3 c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 11. Nc3 Nc6 (11... Nxc5
$5 12. Nb5 $6 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Kf8 15. h4 $5 Nc6 16. h5 h6 17. Rh4
$13 {Stefansson,H-Westerinen,H/VISA ch-Nordic, Reykjavic ISL 1997/0-1 (58)})
12. Bf4 (12. Nb5 $5 Ndxe5 13. Bf4 f6 14. O-O-O $36 Qd7 {/\ Bc5, 0-0} 15. Be3
Rc8 16. Be2 {/\ f4} Qf7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rhe1 Be7 (18... f5 $5 {/\ Nf6-e4}) 19.
Bg1 (19. f5 e5 20. Qh4 {/\ Bh5} Kf8 $1 $13) 19... f5 20. Bf3 Kf8 $132 {
Benjamin,J-Alburt,L/New York (open) 1990 (35)} (20... O-O $5 21. Rxe6 Nb4 $132)
) 12... Nxc5 13. Bb5 g6 14. O-O-O Bg7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. f4 Rc8 $132 {Keskisarja,
T-Westerinen,H/ch-FIN Helsinki 1996 (29)}) 6... cxd6 (6... exd6 $5 7. Bd3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Be6 10. Re1 $14) 7. d5 $5 Na6 (7... e5 $6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Bb5+
Nc6 10. Ng5 $5 Qf6 11. O-O d5 12. Be3 $1 Nd7 13. Nc3 $16 {Zhidkov,V-Mikadze,Z/
Moskva 1972 (23)}) 8. Be3 Bd7 $5 9. c3 Nc5 10. b3 e6 ({Serious attention
deserved} 10... g6 $5 11. Bd4 f6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 e6 15. dxe6
Nxe6 16. Bb2 $14 {with complicated position where white's chances are slightly
better.}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Na3 $5 (12. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 13. Na3 Be7 14. Bd3 Bc6
15. Qe2 $36) 12... Be7 13. Nb5 $1 $14 d5 $5 (13... Bc6 $5 14. Ng5 $5 O-O (14...
Bd5 $2 15. c4 $1 Bxg5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qxg5 $18) 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nxe6 Qxd1+
17. Rxd1 Rf6 18. Nec7 $14) 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Ne4 17. Be5 O-O (
17... Nxc3 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Bxg7 Rf7 20. Be5 Ne4 21. Bd3 Bc6 22. O-O $16 {
[%cal Gd4h8]}) 18. Rc1 {The arising position is quiet strange,despite of huge
advantage in development black faces serious difficulties:his knight on b6 is
completly out of play and the bishop on d7 is also not a very good piece} Be8 {
Trying to bring the bishop into play.} 19. Qd4 $1 Bh5 $6 {There was no reason
to give up a pawn.Much better was} (19... Nc5 $1 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Be2 Nbd7 22.
Bg3 e5 23. Qe3 Bg6 24. O-O $14 {with complicated position.}) 20. Bxg7 Rf7 21.
Bh6 $16 Nd7 22. Be2 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Be3 Ndc5 25. Bxc5 $1 {Giving up a
bishop is a best solution in this position.} Rxc5 $6 {Now the position of
black is starting to deteriorate.After correct} (25... Nxc5 $5 26. Nd2 Bxe2 27.
Kxe2 e5 28. Rhd1 e4 29. Rc2 $14 {black had serious counterchances.}) (25...
Bxf3 $6 26. gxf3 Nxc5 27. Rb1 Rg6 28. Kd2 $16) 26. c4 d4 $6 {The final
inaccuracy after which black's chances to save the game become slim.} (26... b6
$5) 27. Nxd4 Bxe2 28. Kxe2 Nxf2 29. Rhf1 Re5+ 30. Kd2 Ne4+ 31. Kc2 Rg6 32. g3
$18 Rh5 33. Nf3 Nd6 34. Rcd1 Nf5 $2 {Resigning,but nothing can change the
logical result.} 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Re1 Rf6 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. g4 Rh3 39. g5+ Kg6
40. gxf6 Rxf3 41. f7 1-0

[Event "Subotica TS03 GM"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pap, Misa"]
[Black "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 dxe5 8.
dxe5 O-O {May be more accurate is to play 8...Nc6 since after a move in the
game white gets clear edge by pushing e6.} (8... Nc6 9. a4 (9. O-O Bg4 $2 10.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Ng5+ Ke8 12. Qxg4 Bxe5 13. Nd2 $16 {Krueger,H-Ribeiro,R/WCCF
corr 2000}) 9... a5 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3
Qd7 15. Rd1 Qc8 $13 {Markowski,T-Oliwa,M/Czestochowa 1992}) 9. e6 $1 {Another
theoretical recommendation is 9.h3 which promises white minimal positional
advantage. However white is striving for more.} (9. h3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 (10...
Na5) 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Re1 $14) 9... fxe6 10. Ng5 {White had another tempting
opportunity, but a move in the game seems better than 10.B:e6} (10. Bxe6+ $5
Bxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Ng5 Qd5 13. Qh3 h5 14. O-O $14 {[%cal Gg5e6]}) 10... Nc6
11. Bxe6+ (11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. c3 Qd3 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. f4 Qxe2+ 16.
Kxe2 Nec4 $132) 11... Kh8 12. c3 {[%csl Gd4] It's very important to keep
square d4 under control, so this move is an essential part of white's plan.} (
12. Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 13. Bxf7 e6 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} 14. h4 Qe7 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. h5 g5
17. h6 Bf6 18. Nc3 Nd4 $17) 12... Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 13. O-O Qd6 14. Rd1 Qc6
15. Bf4 $6 {Going in the wrong direction. There was no need to complicate the
matters with 15.Bf4 since after simple 15.B:c8 white keeps steady plus.} (15.
Bxc8 $5 Raxc8 16. f4 Nec4 17. Ne6 Rf5 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. b3 $14 {[%cal Gc1b2]
And white bishop over the diagonal a1-h8 worth at least a rook.}) 15... Nbc4 ({
Deserved attention} 15... Rxf4 $5 16. Rd8+ Rf8 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Qxe5+ Bg7 19.
Nf7+ Kg8 20. Nd6+ Kh8 $11 {forcing a draw, but black wants to fight for more.})
16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Bg3 (17. Bxe5 $5 Nxe5 18. Nd2) 17... Rf5 18. Nh3 $6 {
[%csl Rh3] The knight is out of play on h3.} (18. Ne4 $2 {[%csl Re4]} Nxb2 $17)
(18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne4 Nc4 20. Ng3 Re5 21. Qc2 $11) 18... Rcf8 19. Rd4 g5 $1
$15 {Emphasizing a poor position of the knight.} 20. Nd2 $6 (20. b3 Nb6 21. Re4
Nbd7 $15 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gg7a1]}) 20... Nxb2 21. Ne4 g4 22. Nf4 Nbc4 (22...
Rxf4 $2 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxb2 Rxe4 25. Rd8+ $16) 23. Nd3 {More chances for
counterplay would leave Nd5} (23. Nd5 $1 R8f7 (23... Qe6 24. Rad1 c6 25. Bxe5
Bxe5 26. Qxc4 cxd5 27. Rxd5 $13) 24. Rad1 b5 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 $15) 23...
Qg6 24. Nd2 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 (25. Rxc4 $2 Nxf2 26. Rf1 b5 $1 27. Rb4 (27. Rxc7
$140 Qb6 $19 {[%cal Gb6g1]}) 27... Nd3 $1 $19) 25... Nd6 $5 (25... Nxd2 $17)
26. Re3 (26. Qxe7 R5f7 27. Qe2 Nf5 $1 28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5+ Ng7 $15 {[%csl
Rd3,Rf2]}) 26... R5f7 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 $6 {For some reason black decides to give
back the pawn.} (27... Bxc3 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rc1 Bg7 $17) 28. Qxe7 Nf5 29.
Qxc7 Nxg3 30. Qxg3 Qc2 31. Nb3 Bxc3 32. Rc1 $132 Re8 $1 33. Rf1 (33. h3 $2
Qxc1+ 34. Nxc1 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Be5 $19) (33. f4 $2 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 Bf2 $19) (33. f3
$1 Qxa2 (33... Bd4+ 34. Kh1 Bf2 35. Qf4 $132) 34. Rxc3 Qb1+ 35. Nc1 Qb4 36. Ne2
$1 Rxe2 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. h3 Qe1+ 39. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kf2 Re7 41. hxg4 $15) 33...
Bg7 34. Qxg4 Qxa2 35. Nc5 $2 (35. Qd7 $1 $13) 35... Qd5 $17 {[%csl Rc5]} 36.
Nd7 (36. Qa4 $8 b5 37. Qa3 a5 38. Nd3 b4 39. Qa4 Re4 $17) 36... Re4 37. Qg3 (
37. Qf3 Rd4 $19) (37. f4 $8) 37... Qxd7 $19 38. Qb8+ Re8 39. Qxa7 Qd5 40. Qa4
b5 41. Qg4 Bc3 42. h4 b4 43. Qg3 Qe5 44. Qd3 b3 45. g3 b2 46. h5 Qd4 (46... Be1
$5) 47. Qb5 Rg8 48. Kh2 Qe5 49. Qc4 Qxh5+ 50. Kg2 Qe5 51. Rh1 Qd4 52. Qb3 Qe4+
53. Kh2 Qf3 54. Rf1 Qf6 55. Kg2 Bd2 56. Qd3 Bc1 57. Rh1 Qc6+ 58. f3 Qb7 59.
Qd4+ Qg7 60. Rxh7+ Kxh7 61. Qh4+ Bh6 62. Qe4+ Qg6 63. Qb7+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "Kiev Spring"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2000.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Kosikov, Alexey I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 $5 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. d5 $5 {
Very interesting complications arise after this move,but it seems that black's
defensive resourses are sufficient to hold the position.} (7. h4 $5 e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7g4]} 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe6 Qxe6 13.
Rh3 c5 $13 {Marinkovic,I-Bagirov,V/Leningrad 1989}) (7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9.
Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Be2 Qf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Nb5 (14. b3
d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd2+ $11 {1-0 Kudrin,S-Segal,V/Reno op
1994 (23)}) 14... O-O-O 15. c5 dxc5 16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. Nb5 Re8 18. O-O Nd5 $132
{Narciso Dublan,M-Torrecillas Martinez,A/Barcelona op 1996}) (7. Bd3 e5 8. d5
Nb4 9. Be4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bf7 12. Ng5 Bg8 13. Bf5 $44 {Anka,E-Haakert,J/
BL2-W 1993}) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 Nb4 (8... Nb8 $5) 9. Nc3 e6 $1 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11.
Bb5+ $5 {The only chanse to keep the game alive.} c6 12. O-O $8 Be7 {Too
dangerous is} (12... cxb5 13. Re1 Kd7 14. Nd4 Bc4 (14... Bf7 $2 15. Qg4+ Kc7
16. Ndxb5+ Kb8 17. Qxb4 $16) 15. b3 (15. Qg4+ $2 Kc7 16. Ndxb5+ Kb8 17. b3 Bxb5
18. Nxb5 Nc6 $19) 15... Nd3 16. Re3 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Bg8 18. Ncxb5 $40 {[%csl Rd7]
[%cal Gd1g4]}) 13. Re1 Bf7 (13... Qd7 14. Nd4 $5 Bg4 15. Qb3 cxb5 (15... N4d5
16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. Bg5 $1 $18) 16. Qxb4 O-O 17. Ndxb5 $14) 14. Bg5
(14. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4b4,Gd4g7]} O-O (14... Nc2 15. Qxg7 Nxe1 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17.
Qxh8+ Kd7 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nxe1 $14) 15. Qxb4 cxb5 16. Qxb5 $13) 14... N4d5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 O-O $1 17. Bxe7 $6 {It was better to opt for} (17. Bxd5
Bxg5 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qxd6 $11 {with equal position,because
now black siezes the initiative.}) 17... Nxe7 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Ng5 (19. Qb3
$2 Nd5 $17) 19... Rf5 20. Qg4 Qb6 $1 $36 {[%csl Rf2]} 21. h3 (21. Rxe7 $4 Qxf2+
22. Kh1 Qf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 21... Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 h6 23. Ne4 Qf4 (23... Qxb2 24.
Rab1 $5 {[%csl Re7,Rf5][%cal Gb1b7]} (24. Nxd6 Rg5 25. Qe6+ Kh7 26. Qe4+ Ng6
$17) 24... Qd4 $5 (24... Qa3 25. Rxb7 Re5 (25... d5 $2 26. Nf6+ $1 (26. Rxe7 $2
Qxe7 27. Qxf5 dxe4 28. Rxe4 Qd6 $15) 26... Rxf6 27. Rexe7 Rf1+ 28. Kh2 Qd6+ 29.
g3 g5 30. Qd4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Nh5 Rg8 29.
Qe6 $44)) 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Nxd6 Nf5 $6 {The only chanse to fight for the
advantage was} (25... Nd5 $5 26. Nxb7 Rb4 $1 (26... Rb8 27. Nc5 Rc4 (27... Rxb2
28. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3f4,Gd3b2]}) 28. Nd3 $11) 27. Na5 Rxb2 28. Nxc6 Nf4 29. Re7 a6
$15) 26. Nxb7 Rb8 (26... Rb4 27. Na5 Rxb2 28. Nxc6 Rc8 29. Rac1 Rxa2 30. Re5 g6
31. Rxf5 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 gxf5 33. Rxh6 $11) 27. Nc5 Rb5 28. Re5 (28. Rac1 $5 $11)
28... Rf2 29. b4 $5 Rf4 30. Rae1 Nd4 31. Re7 Rf7 32. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nay, Oo Kyaw Tun"]
[Black "Yin, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Be3 $6 {Strangely enough this continuation
occures quiet oftenly in the tournament practice,but black with ease gets
comfortable position and the best thing white can hope for is eqauity!} d5 12.
c5 Nc4 13. Bc1 b6 14. cxb6 (14. g4 $5 Bc8 15. cxb6 Nxb6 16. Bf4 e6 17. Rc1 Bb7
18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Nd6 Nc4 $132 {Apicella,M-Santo Roman,M/FRA-ch plof 1994}) (14.
b3 N4a5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Bh6 19. Bg3 Bf4 20. Bxf4
Qxf4 $15 {Fernandez,A-Nogueiras,J/Carlos Torre mem op 1997}) 14... axb6 (14...
Nxb6 15. Bf4 Be4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bh2 Bf5 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Re1 $14 {
Kundin,A-Krays,A/Rishon le Zion YM-IM 1995}) 15. b3 Nd6 16. Bb2 {Definitly not
the best place for a bishop,so deserved attention} (16. Bf4 $5 Ne4 $5 17. Nb5
Na7 {[%csl Rc3]} 18. Qe1 $13) 16... Ne4 17. Nb5 Na7 18. a4 (18. Qe1 $5 {
[%cal Ge1b4]}) 18... Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Rc8 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Ba6 (21. Qe2 Bh6 (21...
Qb4 22. Qe3) 22. Ba6 $5 (22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Re1 Kf8 24. g4 Bd7 25. Bd3 $13)
22... Ra8 (22... Bxc1 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qb4 26. Qe3 $14)
23. Rce1 Qb4 24. Qb5 $13) 21... Ra8 22. Qe2 Bh6 23. Ra1 (23. Rce1 $5) 23... Qc7
24. Bd3 Rfc8 25. Ba6 $2 {This move causes white serious troubles,which he
doesn't manage to overcome.After simple} (25. Rfe1 {the position would remain
unclear}) 25... Qc2 $1 26. Ra2 $2 {As it oftenly heppens one mistake drags the
other.After correct} (26. Ba3 $5 Qxe2 27. Bxe2 Rc2 (27... Rc7) 28. Rfe1 Nc3 29.
Bf1 Be4 30. Bxe7 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Bg7 $15 {[%csl Rd4] black has only minimal
advantage.}) 26... Rxa6 $1 27. Qxa6 Qxb3 28. Rfa1 Nxf2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Ra2,
Ra6,Rg1] Now suddeny white is helpless against numerous threats.} 29. Qb5 (29.
Kxf2 Qe3+ 30. Kg3 (30. Kf1 Rc2 $19) 30... Bf4+ 31. Kh4 Qf2+ 32. g3 Qxg3#) (29.
Nh4 Nxh3+ $19) 29... Nxh3+ 30. Kh1 Qe3 31. Ra3 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Nd3+ 33. Kh1 Bf4
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Atakisi, Umut"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul Teknik Uni"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 {Thomas Luther
is playing this variation on permanent basis and so far white didn't manage to
show a clear way to an opening advantage.} (6... Be6 7. Bb3 $6 (7. Nd2 Nd7 8.
Ndf3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 g6 10. Bb3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qa5 13. Bg5 $14 {
Dominguez,L-Loeffler,S/Lisbon 1999}) 7... Nd7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O e6 10. h3 Bh5
11. Re1 Bd6 $11 {Coimbra,M-Loeffler,S/Lisbon 1999}) 7. Nxd7 (7. Nf3 N7b6 (7...
N7f6 8. h3 Bf5 9. O-O h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. c4 Nb6 13. Bf4 Be7 14.
Nc3 $14 {Godena,M-Burkart,P/Eupen 1994}) 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11.
h3 Bh5 12. c3 O-O 13. Ne4 Bg6 14. Qe2 $14 {Van der Weide,K-Miles,A/Saint
Vincent 2000}) 7... Bxd7 8. Qf3 $5 (8. O-O Bf5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Bb3 e6 11. Nd2
Be7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qe2 O-O $11 {Werner,M-Burkart,P/Germany 1993/
GER-chT}) 8... e6 9. O-O Bd6 {Black's plan is just to complete development of
the pieces and push c5.} 10. Bxd5 (10. Nd2 $2 Qh4 {[%csl Rd4,Rh2]}) (10. c3 O-O
11. Nd2 Qc7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bb3 c5 $11) 10... cxd5 (10... exd5 11. Re1+ Be6 12.
Bf4 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Re2 Qd7 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Bf5 17. c3 $14) 11. Bf4
Be7 $5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. c4 $6 {Playing into black's hands. Black bishops become
very strong in open position, so white should refrain from playing c4.} (13.
Qg3 Rc8 14. c3 Re8 15. Nf3 Bb5 16. Rfd1 (16. Rfe1 Bd3) 16... Be2 17. Rd2 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 b5 $13 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4]}) 13... dxc4 14. Qxb7 Qc8 15. Qxc8 (15. Qf3
) 15... Raxc8 16. Ne4 Rfd8 $15 17. Be3 (17. Bd6 $6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Rc6 19. Ne4
Rb6 20. b3 Bc6 21. Nc5 Rxd4 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kf8 24. bxc4 Rb2 $17) 17...
Bc6 18. Nc5 (18. f3 $5 Rb8 19. Rf2 Rb4 20. Rc1 Rdb8 21. Rcc2 $15) 18... Bf6 19.
Rad1 e5 $1 {White has a weak pawn on b2 that's why black is trying to put an
additional pressure.} 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. b4 cxb3 22. Nxb3 (22. axb3 f5 23. f3
Kf7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. g3 g5 $15 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 22... a6 23. Rc1 Bb5 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. Rc1 (25. Rd1 f6 26. f3 Kf7 27. Kf2 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Ke6 $15
) 25... Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Kf8 27. f4 $6 Bc7 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Nd4 Bc4 30. a3 g6 31.
g3 (31. g4 Kd6 32. g5 Kd5 33. Nf3 (33. Ke3 Bb6 34. Bb2 Bc5 $22) 33... Ke4 34.
Ne5 Be6 35. Kg3 a5 $17) 31... Kd6 32. f5 Kd5 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. Be3 Bd6 35. Nc2
Ke4 36. Nb4 a5 37. Nc6 Bd5 $1 38. Nxa5 Kd3 $19 {[%csl Ra5]} 39. Bb6 (39. a4 Bc7
) 39... Bxa3 40. g4 Bd6 41. h4 Ke4 42. Be3 Be7 43. h5 (43. g5 Kf5 44. Kg3 Bd6+
45. Kh3 Ke4 46. Bd2 Kf3 {[%cal Gd5e6]} 47. h5 Be6+ 48. Kh4 Bg3#) 43... g5 44.
h6 Bd8 45. Bd2 Kd3 46. Bb4 Bb6+ 47. Ke1 (47. Kg3 Ke2 48. Bc3 Bc7+ 49. Kh3 Kf1
$19) 47... Ke3 48. Kd1 Kf3 49. Kc2 Kxg4 50. Nb3 Bxb3+ 51. Kxb3 Kf3 52. Kc4 g4
53. Kd5 g3 54. Bd6 g2 55. Bh2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. g3 $5 Bg7 (6... Nd7 $5
7. Bg2 $5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 c6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qe2 h5 (10... Be6 11. b3 Qc8 12. Bb2
Bh3 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 $14 {Wolff,P-De Firmian,N/New York CITS 1996 (43)})
11. c4 Nb6 12. Na3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. f4 Qc8 15. b3 h4 16. Nc2 hxg3 17. hxg3
$14 {Glek,I-Loeffler,S/BL9394 1994/1-0 (44)}) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 (8... c5 $5
9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nb4 11. c3 N8c6 12. a3 $1 e5 $1 13. axb4 exd4 14. b5 $14 {
Emunds,H-Homann,S/NRW-I 1995/1-0 (48)}) 9. Qe2 (9. Re1 $5 Be6 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3
(10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Na3 Be6 12. c3 a5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Nc2 $14 {Zivkovic,
V-Podobnik,M/CRO-chT 1996/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 10... b5 11. Nc3 e6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. c3
Bb7 14. Qb3 $14 {Lhagvasuren,C-Tu Hoang Thong/Asia-chT 1995/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (
9... Bf5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Nbd2 N7f6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nce5 Ng4 15. Nh4
$1 $14 {Anand,V-Adams,M/PCA-WchQual1 1994 (38)}) 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nd3 Bf5 12. Na3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 e6 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. a4 $14 {Fercec,N-Visintin,R/Nova Gorica op
1997/1-0 (50)}) 9... Be6 (9... Nd7 10. Rd1 $5 Qc7 $6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. c4 Nc7
13. Be3 Qg4 14. Bf3 Qf5 15. Nc3 $16 {Jaracz,P-Wichmann,D/Koop Tjuchem op 1996 
(29)}) 10. Nd2 Qc8 (10... Nb4 $6 11. Ndf3 Nxa2 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Ng5 $1 (13. c3
Qxb2 14. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Ra2,Rb2]}) 13... Qxd4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nf3 $18) 11. c4
Nb6 $6 (11... Nf6 $5) 12. Re1 N8d7 13. Nef3 $1 {Black despirately needs space
for his pieces so white deviates from changing.} Nf6 14. Qf1 $5 {Taking under
control square h3.} Re8 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Nbd7 17. h3 $16 {[%cal Gc1b2,Ge1e3,
Ga1e1,Gf3e5] The opening is over and we can make some conclusions:black pieces
take awkward positions,he doesn't have a plan to improve the position,even
more he is actually running out of usefull moves,while white has managed to
put his pieces in a way that they perfectly coordinate their actions,he has a
lot of space fo manouvering.The conclusion is obvious:white's advantage is
very serious.} h6 18. Bb2 Nf8 19. Re3 Qc7 20. Rae1 Rad8 21. Qe2 Qc8 22. Kh2 Qc7
23. Bc3 Kh7 24. Ne5 N6d7 $6 25. d5 $1 {A perfect timing for decisive blow!}
cxd5 (25... Nxe5 $2 26. dxe6 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 26. cxd5 Bf5 (26... Bxd5 27.
Bxd5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 $18) 27. Nxf7 $1 $18 {Sacrificing a piece,but just for one
move!} Bxc3 28. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Rb8 29. Rcxc3 Qb6 30. g4 (30. d6 $5 $18)
30... Qf6 31. gxf5 Qxf7 32. Be4 $5 gxf5 33. Qf3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. d4 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 N7f6 7.
Ne5 (7. O-O Bg4 8. Nbd2 e6 9. a3 Nf4 10. Bc4 Bd6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Bf5 13.
Bb3 c5 $132 {Koller,H-Schmaranzer,A/Hollabrunn 1998}) (7. h3 Qc7 8. O-O e6 9.
c4 Nf4 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Be3 $14 {Yudasin,L-Schneider,D/
New York 2001}) 7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. h3 c5 12. Na3 a6
$13 {Candeias,T-Carvalho,A/POR 1997}) 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6
6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8. h3 Nb4 $5 {This logical move appears to be a novelty.
} 9. Bc4 {After the move in the game white can't fight for opening advantage.
As strange as it sounds, but the best way to fight for advantage is to give up
the bishop.} (9. Nc3 $5 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 g6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Qe3 Qa5 13. O-O-O Be6
14. Rhe1 $14 {and white keeps some pressure.}) 9... Bf5 10. Ne5 $6 {[%csl Re5]
White can't afford himself to make 4 moves out of 10 with the knight. Not to
mention that knight is very vulnerable at e5 so it was preferable to complete
development.} (10. Bb3 $142 a5 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. a3 Nbd5 $11) 10... e6
11. Na3 Bd6 12. O-O h6 $5 {I wouldn't say that this move was called for, but
there is nothing rong with it since black keeps all the option open.} 13. c3 (
13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Nac4 Bc7 15. Re1 O-O 16. c3) 13... Nbd5 14. Nc2 Qc7 15. Bd3 $6
{White doesn't get any compensation for a pawn so there was no need in such a
drastic measures.} (15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Qe2 g5 17. a4 Rhg8 $36) 15... Bxe5 16.
dxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qc7 19. c4 Ne7 20. b3 {At the first hand look
white bishop is quite menacing on b2, but after a couple of accurate moves
from Conquest white's initiative runs into the wall.} O-O 21. Qf3 (21. Bb2 Nd7)
21... Nd7 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gf7f6] With clear intentions to neutralize white
bishop.} 22. Bb2 Ng6 23. g3 Rad8 24. Qc3 e5 25. h4 f6 $17 {At this point iof
the game it's pretty obvious that white's sacrifice didn't pay off.} 26. Qe3 (
26. Ne3 e4 27. Nf5 Nde5 28. Rxe4 Qd7 29. Nd4 c5 30. Nf3 Qh3 $17) 26... a6 27.
Ba3 Rfe8 28. Qe4 Ndf8 29. Bc5 Ne6 30. Be3 Ngf8 31. Qg4 Kh8 32. Qh5 Kg8 33. Qg4
Qf7 {Black is ready to start counterattack.} 34. Bb6 (34. Bxh6 f5 $19) (34. h5
f5 35. Qh4 Nd7 $19) 34... Rd2 35. Ne3 h5 36. Qe4 Nd7 37. Ba5 Ndc5 38. Qf3 (38.
Qg2) 38... Rd3 {One of quite a few promising opitons.} 39. Qg2 Qg6 40. b4 Ne4
41. b5 axb5 42. cxb5 Nd4 $19 43. bxc6 Nxc6 {The rest is just a matter of
technique.} 44. Bb6 Nd2 45. Kh1 e4 46. Qh3 Nf3 47. Red1 Nce5 48. Qf5 Qxf5 49.
Nxf5 Nc4 50. Bc5 (50. Bc7 Nb2 51. Rdb1 Rd2 $19) 50... Re5 51. Ne7+ Kf7 52. Bb4
Rxe7 53. Bxe7 Kxe7 54. Rdc1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Konopka, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rodriguez,Amador} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4
c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Ndf3 Nd7 10. Nd3 a5 (10... b5 $6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4
b4 (12... N7b6 13. Nfe5 Qc7 14. Bd2 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Ba6 16. Qe1 $16 {[%csl Ra5]
Palkovi,J-Horvath,J/Elekes mem 1996 (26)}) 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Re8 15. Re1 e6
16. Bg3 Ba6 17. h3 Qb6 18. Qd2 $14 {Tolnai,T-Farago,S/Budapest FS08 GM 1993/
1-0 (49)}) 11. a4 (11. a3 $5 b6 (11... N7b6 12. Bb3 (12. Ba2 Bg4 13. c3 e6 14.
h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc8 16. Re1 Nd6 17. Bd2 $14 {Tzermiadianos,A-Kengis,E/
Komotini op 1992 (37)} (17. Bd2 {Rodriguez,Amador} Nf5 18. Rad1 $14 {
Tzermiadianos,A-Kengis,E/Komotini 1992})) 12... a4 (12... Bf5 13. Re1 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Qc7 15. g3 Rfe8 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Rad1 $14 {Ernst,T-Agdestein,S/
Reykjavik zt 1995 (40)}) 13. Ba2 Bg4 14. c3 e6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Re1
Re8 18. Bd2 Qf6 19. Qe4 $14 {Thesing,M-Steinbacher,M/Berliner Sommer 1993 (46)}
) 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Ba2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 e6 15. c4 (15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rad1
b5 18. Qd2 $14 {Riemersma,L-Van der Werf,M/NLD-ch sf 1993}) 15... Ne7 16. Bf4
Re8 17. Rad1 $14 {Nijboer,F-Van der Werf,M/NLD-chT 1993 (36)}) 11... N7b6 12.
Bb3 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5 13. Bg5 Bxd3 (13... Nd7 $6 14. Re1 Re8 15. h3 N7f6 16.
Bh4 h6 17. Nfe5 Nd7 18. Qf3 $14 {Moberg,K-Bus,M/Goteborg 1993/1-0 (52)}) 14.
Qxd3 Qc7 15. Rfe1 e6 16. Qe4 c5 (16... Nc8 $5 17. c4 Nd6 18. Qe2 Nb4 19. Rad1
Rfe8 20. Qd2 Nf5 $13 {Arnason,J-Kengis,E/Jurmala 1987 (29)}) 17. Bxd5 $5 Nxd5
18. c4 Nb4 19. d5 $36 {Nunn,J-Lalic,B/Hastings9697 1996 (36)}) 13. c3 e6 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 $14 {Arising position is typical for this variation of Alekhin
defence and so are the plans of both sides: black gets rid of a 'bad'
lightsquared bishop and tries to create a play on the queenside, while white
using the advantage in space tries to break through in the center.} Nd7 (15...
Nc8 16. Bd2 Nd6 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Ne5 $14 {[%cal Ge1e2,Ga1e1]}) 16. Re1 Re8 (
16... Qc7 17. Bg5 b6 18. Re2 Rac8 19. Rae1 $14) 17. Bd2 Qb6 $5 18. Ba2 (18. Bc4
{Rodriguez,Amador} Qc7 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bc1 Bg7 22. Qe4 Qf8 23. Qh4
Rac8 24. Bb3 Bf6 25. Qg3 Bg7 26. h4 $36 {Adams,M-Horvath,J/Debrecen 1992})
18... Qc7 19. Re2 {Rodriguez: The novelty 18.Ba2 did not change the nature of
the position as compared to the Adams game, this move 19.Re2 really does so,
since it involves a completely different plan, to double rooks on the e-file,
something that Black inmediately fails to neutralize.} N7f6 20. Rae1 {White
seems to be putting a strong pressure on his opponent who now just blunders.
Maybe it is more convenient to play 12...Bf5 as Lalic did.} b5 $4 {This
'little' move costs black a game!The idea is correct,but the timing is
definitly wrong.} 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bxd5 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8] Rodriguez: The point,
Black surely forgot that he cannot take back with his knight.} exd5 (22... Nxd5
23. Qxd5 $1 exd5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 $18) 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qxd5 $18 Bf8 (25... Qc4 26. Qd8 Kf8 27. Bf4 $1 Qc6 28. Qxa5 $18)
26. Qxb5 Nd6 27. Qd5 a4 28. Qa8 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6176]} 1. e4 {King.} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3
Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bf5 {In this
position black has tried many other moves,but white managed to get small
opening advantage:the move in the game is probably the best reaction.} (11...
h6 12. Rd1 c6 13. Ne4 f5 $6 14. Nc3 f4 $6 15. d5 $5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5
$16 {Toth,A-Khechumyan,G/FSIM March 1999}) (11... Be6 12. Re1 h6 13. Ne4 Nd7
14. Ng3 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qe4 Qc7 $13 {Cernin,R-Sysala,S/CZE-chJM U16 1994})
(11... c6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 (13... Be6 $6 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16.
exd6 exd6 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxd6 Bxd4 20. Re1 $14 {Grosar,
A-Schroll,G/Graz zt 1993}) 14. Qe3 a6 15. Ng5 f6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Re2 Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Olafsson,D-Werner,B/Reykjavik op 1994}) 12. Rd1 c6 13. Bg5 (13.
Bf4 a6 14. Rd2 Rc8 15. Re1 d5 $6 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Bh6 Qc7 18. Ne2 $14 {
Landenbergue,C-Ruefenacht,M/SWZ-chT 1995}) 13... Qd7 (13... f6 14. Bh4 Qd7 15.
Re1 fxe5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qe6 $13) 14. Ne4 f6 15. Bf4 $2 fxe5 (15... Bxe4
16. Qxe4 d5 (16... fxe5 17. dxe5 d5 18. Qe3 Qf5 $6 19. Bh6 Qxc2 $2 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Nd4 $18) 17. Qd3 a6 18. Re1 $14) 16. dxe5 Bg4 {I didn't manage to
understand why not} (16... Bxh3 $1 17. Bg3 Bg4 18. exd6 exd6 19. Bxd6 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Rfe8 $15 {with better chanses.}) 17. hxg4 Rxf4 18. exd6 exd6 19. Nxd6 Nd5
(19... Qxg4 $6 20. Nxb7 Raf8 (20... Re4 21. Qd3 Nd5 22. Nh2 Qf4 23. g3) 21. Rd3
Nd5 22. Nc5 $16) 20. c4 (20. Nc4 Qxg4 $15) 20... Qxd6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Ra5 d4
$5 (22... Rxg4 $2 23. Raxd5 Qf6 (23... Qb6 24. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge2e7]}) 24.
Rd7 (24. Nd4 Qh4 25. Ne6 Re4 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qxe4 Qd1+ 29. Kh2
Qh5+ $11) 24... Rf8 25. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Ge2g4,Gd4e6]} Rf4 26. Ne6 Rxf2 27. Rxg7+
Qxg7 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Nxg7 Rxb2 30. Rd7 Rxb3 31. Ne8 $16) 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Rd5
Qe7 (24... Qf8 25. Rd7 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qxf3 27. R1xd4 $18) 25. Qb5 Rxg4 (25... a6
26. Rd7 axb5 27. Rxe7 Rxg4 28. Rxb7 $14) 26. Rd7 Qe4 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 $14
Kg8 ({Missing typical sacrifice of the pawn} 28... a5 $1 29. Ne1 d3 $1 30. Nxd3
Rd4 31. Kf1 Rad8 32. Ke2 Re4+ $11 {with equality.}) 29. Ne1 a5 (29... d3 $5 30.
Nxd3 a5) 30. Nd3 $14 {Now black bishop on g7 is just a shadow of what he might
have been!} Bf8 31. g3 Re4 32. Rc1 Re7 33. Rb5 $5 Bg7 (33... Re2 34. Rd1 $1 {
[%cal Gg1f1]}) 34. Kf1 a4 (34... Bf6 $5) 35. Ra1 Rea7 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Rxa4
Rxa4 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kg8 {King: 'The blockading knight on d3 gives White
a big advantage: Black's passed d-pawn has been stopped; the scope of Black's
bishop, normally better than a knight in open positions, has been restricted;
and the knight itself, beautifully centralised, controls a number of important
squares.'} (39... Kf6) 40. b4 $16 {[%cal Gb4b8,Gf1e2,Ge2f3,Gf3d5] Black is
helpless against the advance of the b-pawn with the little help of rook and
knight.} Ra2 ({Black could have tried to dislodge the knight immediately,
though White's king is well-placed to support it:} 40... Ra3 $5 {King} 41. Ke2
Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Nf4 (43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kd5 Rd2 45. Nc5 d3 $132) (43. Nc5 d3
44. b5 Bd4 $132) 43... g5 (43... d3 $2 44. Ke3) 44. Nh5 Be5 45. Re7 Bd6 46. Rd7
Bxb4 47. Nf6+ Kf8 48. Nxh7+ Ke8 (48... Kg8 49. Nxg5 $16) 49. Nf6+ Kf8 50. Ne4
$16) 41. Ke1 $1 {[%csl Rd2]} Bh6 (41... Ra3 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. Nc5 (
44. Ke4 Re2+ 45. Kd5 Rd2 46. Nc5 d3 $132) 44... h5 45. b5 Bh6 46. b6 $18) 42.
b5 Rd2 43. Ne5 d3 44. f4 $1 Re2+ 45. Kd1 Rg2 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Nxd3 Rxg3 48. Rd8
$18 g5 49. b6 Rg1+ 50. Kc2 Rg2+ 51. Kb3 {King: 'Black's bishop does not even
have a legal move...'} 1-0

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. O-O dxe5 {This varation is a 'speciality' of the french grandmaster and
he achieves with it quiet good results.The only disadvantage in this variation
is that black can hardly hope for more than a draw.} (9... O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11.
Re1 Qc8 12. Nc3 $14 {Fedorowicz - Alburt, USA (ch) 1989.}) 10. dxe5 Nd4 11.
Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Re1 ({White managed to get small,but very comfortable advantage
after} 12. e6 $1 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6 Qc4 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. Ra2 Rf8 17.
b3 Nd6 18. Ba3 $14 {,which is probably the best way to meet black's set up;
Van der Wiel,J-Santo Roman,M/Cannes team60 1992}) 12... Bg4 13. Be3 ({Nothing
promises white} 13. Qf1 Nd7 (13... Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Marciano,D-Santo Roman,M/
FRA-ch 1993}) 14. Nc3 Nxe5 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Bf4 c6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 cxb5
$11 {,with equal chanses, Benjamin,J-Santo Roman,M/Cannes team60 1992}) (13.
Qe3 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 Nd7 15. f4 g5 16. Nc3 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Nc5 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Bg3
$14 {Bologan,V-Santo Roman,M/Belfort 1995}) 13... Bxe2 14. Bxd4 Bc4 {This
attempt to get an opening advantage fails,which is quiet logical due to almost
symetricl pawn structure and weakness of white pawn on e5.} 15. Bxb6 $6 (15.
Nd2 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 Nd5 17. e6 f6 18. Rad1 O-O-O 19. c4 Nb4 20. Bc3 b6 21. g3 $14
{Kindermann,S-Neckar,L/Bohemians 1988}) 15... Bxb3 16. cxb3 cxb6 17. Na3 (17.
Nc3 $6 O-O-O) 17... O-O-O 18. Nc4 Rd3 $1 19. Rac1 ({Better chanse to fight for
the advantage was} 19. Nxb6+ $5 Kb8 (19... Kc7 $6 20. Nc4 b6 (20... Rxb3 21.
Rac1 Kb8 22. Nxa5 Rxb2 23. Rb1 $16 {[%csl Rb7]}) 21. Rac1 Kb7 22. Red1 $1 Rxd1+
(22... Rhd8 23. Nd6+ $1 $18) 23. Rxd1 Kc7 24. f4 $14) 20. Nc4 Rhd8 21. Nxa5
R8d5 22. Nc4 Rxb3 $44 {,but also in this case back black holds an equality.})
19... Kb8 20. Rc3 (20. Nxb6 Rxb3 21. Nc4 Rc8 $15) 20... Rhd8 21. f4 e6 22. Nxb6
(22. Nd6 $2 R8xd6 {[%cal Gg7c3]} 23. exd6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Kc8 $17) 22... Bf8 $5
23. Kf1 (23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Rc1 Bb4 25. Rc8+ Ka7 26. Nc4 Rxb3 27. Rc7 Ka6 28.
Rxf7 b5 29. axb5+ Kxb5 $17 {[%csl Rb2]}) 23... Bb4 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Rc1 Rxb3
$13 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Luhacovice"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Konopka, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 $5 N7b6
8. Bb3 Bg4 (8... a5 9. a4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 e6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Bb4+ 13. c3 Be7
14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Ne5 $14 {Petschar,K-Kaspret,G/Austria 2002}) 9. h3 (9. Nbd2 e6
10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. c3 O-O 13. Ne4 Bg6 14. Qe2 Nd7 (14... Qc7 15. Ne5
Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Nbd5 18. Re1 c5 $13 {Schumi,M-Posch,W/Austria 2002})
15. Re1 a5 16. a4 Re8 17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nexg5 h6 20. Ne4 Rad8 $11 {
Van der Weide,K-Miles,A/Saint Vincent 2000}) (9. O-O e6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Be3 Be7
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 c5 $13 {Ramesh,R-Conquest,S/Bled
2002}) 9... Bh5 (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Be3 O-O 14.
Nc3 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. a3 $14 {Mueller,K-Conquest,S/
Germany 2002}) 10. c4 $5 {The most crucial continuation for the evaluation of
this variation. White bishop is left out of play for a short while, but later
on it joins the party just when it's needed the most!} (10. O-O e6 11. Re1 (11.
c4 Nf6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Kg2 Qh4 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Re1
c5 18. d5 Bd6 $132 {Manik,M-Forster,R/Leipzig 2002}) 11... Be7 12. c3 O-O 13.
Nbd2 Qc7 14. Ne4 Rad8 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Ne5 c5 $11 {Mannion,S-Shaw,J/Clarkston
2002}) 10... Nf6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nc3 e6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 ({May be more cautious was
} 13... Be7 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. O-O-O Qc7
$13 {followed by castle quuenside.}) 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qf3 Bb4 17.
O-O $1 {The pawn is not an issue when it's initiative we are talking about!}
O-O (17... g5 18. Bd2 (18. c5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rac1 Qd3 21. Bc2 Qa6)
18... O-O-O 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qb6 21. Bc2 Rh4 22. Kg2 Rdh8 23. Rh1 $14) 18.
g5 $5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nh7 20. c5 {Defending the pawn on g5 and bringing the
lightsquared bishop back to life. black knight can't come to d5 anyway, so the
pawn is no longer needed on c4.} Qxc3 21. Qg3 Qd3 22. h4 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Nhf8 24.
Rad1 Qf5 (24... Qb5) 25. f4 b6 26. Qg2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb3c2,Gc2e4]
Very strong move with idea to bring the bishop to e4 via c2.} bxc5 27. Bc2 Qd5
28. Be4 Qc4 (28... Qd6 29. dxc5 Qc7 30. Bxc6 Rac8 31. Rd6 $16) 29. dxc5 e5 30.
f5 $1 (30. Bxc6 $6 exf4 $1 31. Rc1 Qb4 32. Bxa8 fxe3 33. Bd5 Nxc5 34. Qf3 Re7
$132) 30... gxf5 31. Bxc6 Rad8 32. Bd5 {White's initiative is very dangerous
even with the queens off the board.} Qg4 (32... Qa6 33. h5 Ne6 34. g6 Nf6 35.
gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qg6+ Kg8 37. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Re8]} Nxd5 38. Bxd8 Rxd8 39. Rxe5 $18
) 33. Qxg4 fxg4 34. Rf1 Ne6 35. c6 Ndf8 (35... Nb6 36. Bxb6 axb6 37. g6 $1 $18)
36. Bxa7 Nf4 37. Bb3 N8e6 38. g6 $1 Nxg6 (38... fxg6 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Rxf4
exf4 41. Bxe6+ Kf8 42. c7 $18) 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. c7 $5 Rd5 $2 (40... Rc8 41.
Bb6 Nf4 42. Rd7 Ra8 (42... Nd5 $6 43. Rff7 $1 Kh7 (43... Nxb6 44. Rxg7+ Kh8 45.
Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rdg7+ Kf8 47. h5) 44. Rxg7+ Kh6 45. Bc5 $16) 43. Rd8 Nd5 44. Rxe8+
Rxe8 45. Ba5 $16) 41. Rxd5 exd5 42. Bc5 Nf4 (42... d4 43. Rb1 Kf7 44. Rb8 $18)
43. Bd6 Ne6 44. Bxe5 $18 d4 45. a4 d3 46. Rd1 Nc5 47. a5 Kf7 48. Bd4 Ne6 49.
Bb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. f4 {
Another theoretical recomendation is} (8. Qf3 $5 Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+
11. c3 Qa5 12. Bf6 Bxf6 13. Qxf6 O-O 14. Qxe5 $14 {with better chanses for
white in the arising ending.}) 8... dxe5 9. fxe5 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bf2 Nf4 17. Nbd2 (17. Kh1 $5
b6 (17... Kh8 18. Nc3 Qf5 19. Bg3 g5 20. Bc2 Qg4 21. Qd2 $14 {Zila,L-Maurer,C/
Balatonbereny op 1995 (36)}) 18. Nc3 (18. Be3 Ba6 19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Nc3 Kh8 21.
Ne4 Qe7 22. Qc1 Nd3 $5 $13 {Kudrin,S-Alburt,L/New York op 1985 (32)}) 18... Bb7
19. d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Marinkovic,I/Belgrade-A 1991} (19. Ne4 $5 Qe7 20.
Re1 Na5 21. Bc2 Qb4 22. Rb1 Rad8 23. Bh4 $14 {Arnason,J-Alburt,L/Reykjavik 1984
})) 17... Qf5 18. Nc4 (18. Be3 $6 Qd3 19. Re1 Nxd4 20. Bc4 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qf5
22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qxf4 Rxf4 $17 {Shamkovich,L-Alburt,L/Reykjavik 1984 (46)}) (
18. Bc2 $5 Qg4 19. Bg3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 e5 23. Bb3+
Kg7 24. Nc4 $44 {Havranek,M-Hudecek,J/Pardubice op 1993 (41)}) 18... Nh3+ 19.
gxh3 Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Rad1 Rxh3 $6 {Only now black makes first 'own'
move and quiet dangerous one!In the previous game black chose} (21... Rf5 22.
Nd6 Rg5+ 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Be3 Rh5 $13 {with unclear position;Jonker,M-Al
Modiahki,M/WchJ-U16 1990 (31)}) 22. Nd6 Na5 $8 {An only,but quiet sufficient
defensive move.} 23. Ba4 Rh5 $5 24. Nxc8 (24. Be8 $5 Nc6 (24... Rd5 25. Bf7+
Kf8 26. Bg3 $1 Ke7 $6 (26... Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Nxc8 $16) 27. Nxc8+ Rxc8
28. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 29. Rde1+ Kd7 30. Rf7+ $16) 25. Bf7+ Kh8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27.
Bxe6 $14) 24... b5 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Nxg6 ({More dangerous for black was} 26.
Bh4+ $1 Ke8 27. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Ga4b5,Gf5g7]} Rxf5 $1 (27... exf5 $6 28. Bxb5+
Kf7 29. Be1 $16) 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Bxb5+ Kf7 30. d5 $5 $36) 26... bxa4 (26...
hxg6 27. Bg3+ Kg8 28. Bc2 Kh7 29. Rf7 $14) 27. Ne5+ Kg8 28. Rc1 $5 (28. Bg3 $5
Nb7 (28... Rd8 29. Rc1 Rf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Rc5 Nb7 32. Rc7 $16) 29. Rc1 Nd6
30. Rc6 Rd8 31. Rfc1 $14) 28... Nb7 29. Rc6 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc6e6]} (29. Rc7
$5 Nd6 30. Re7 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Bg3 Nf5 $1 33. Bxe5 Nxe7 34. Rf6 $14)
29... Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Re1 $6 (31. Rc7 $5 Rb5 32. Bd4 Rg5+ 33. Kh1 Nd6
34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 $14 {[%cal Gc7a7,Gc7g7]}) 31... Rg5+ 32. Kh1 e5 33. Bh4
Rg4 34. Bg3 Nd8 35. Ra6 (35. Rcc1 $5 Nf7 36. Bxe5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Rb8 38. Re7 $14
) 35... Nf7 36. Bf2 $6 {After this inaccuracy white becomes the defensive side.
} Ng5 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Bxa7 Nf3 $15 39. Re2 Rc4 40. Kg2 Nh4+ 41. Kh3 Ng6 42.
Kg3 Kf7 43. Kf3 $6 (43. b3 $1 axb3 44. axb3 Rb4 45. Re3 Rb5 46. Rc3 Nf4 $11)
43... Ke6 44. Kf2 Nf4 45. Rd2 Nd5 46. Ke2 Nb4 47. b3 axb3 48. axb3 Rc3 49. Rb2
Rh3 50. Kf1 h5 51. Bb6 Rf3+ 52. Kg2 e4 53. Re2 Kf5 54. Rd2 Nd3 55. Kg1 (55. Bc7
Ne1+ 56. Kg1 Rxb3 $17) 55... Nf4 56. Bc7 (56. b4 e3 57. Rd1 e2 58. Re1 Ke4 59.
b5 Rb3 $19) 56... e3 $2 (56... Rxb3 57. Rd7 (57. Rf2 Rb1+ 58. Rf1 Rxf1+ 59.
Kxf1 e3 60. Bxf4 Kxf4 61. Ke2 h4 62. h3 Ke4 63. Ke1 Kf3 $19) 57... Nh3+ 58. Kg2
Ng5 59. Rd5+ Kg4 $17) 57. Bxf4 $1 $11 Kxf4 $6 ({Black could still try to find
some chanses after} 57... exd2 58. Bxd2 Rxb3 59. Ba5 Rb2 60. Bc7 Kg4 61. Kf1
Kf3 {although the position is drawn.}) 58. Rc2 h4 59. Kg2 Ke5 60. Rc5+ Kd6 61.
Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2007.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7b6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. O-O e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne5 {Jakovenko had to admit, that the
opponent has solved the problem of the lightsquared bishop. After his exchange
he will get a chance to concentrate forces for the control of the center.} (11.
Nbd2 $6 Nf4) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Be7 (12... Nf6 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. c4 Nbd7 15. Bf4
$14) 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nc3 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Re8 (16... Qa5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7
18. d5 $16) 17. Rd3 Qa5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. a3 {White's advantage is not great,
but Black still has to fight for a draw.} (19. Rg3 Nf8 20. a3 Ng6 $14) 19...
Qa6 20. Qf3 (20. g4 $5 Nb6 21. Rf3 Rf8 (21... Nfd7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Bc7+ Nf6
24. Bxd8 Bxd8 25. g5 $16) 22. Bg5 $14) 20... Nb6 21. c5 (21. b3 Qxa3 22. b4 $5
Qxb4 23. Rb1 Qa5 (23... Qa3 24. c5 Nbd7 25. Rd2) 24. Rd2 Na4 25. Nxa4 Qxa4 26.
Rxb7 $14) 21... Nbd5 (21... Nc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Be5 $14) 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Ng4
$6 {After the game White was unhappy about this solution, as Black could have
fully equalized with a witty jump of the knight to h2.} (23. h4 $1) 23... Rfe8
(23... Nxg4 24. Bxe7 Nh2 $1 25. Kxh2 Nxe7 $11) 24. Ne5 Rf8 25. h4 $1 Nxc3 $6 {
Bu Xiangzhi being in defense without concrete counterplay started to feel
uncomfortable. As a consequence he drifted and with a series of second rate
moves he invited a speedy catastrophe.} (25... h6 26. Bc1 Ne8 $1 (26... Kh8 27.
g4 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. g5 $14) (26... Nd7 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Qh5
$16) 27. Qg3 Kh8 $11) 26. bxc3 h6 (26... Qxa3 $2 27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. Bxe7 $16) 27.
Bc1 Nd7 $2 (27... Ne8 $5 28. Qg3 Kh7) 28. Ng4 f5 (28... Bxh4 29. Nxh6+ gxh6 30.
Bxh6 $18) 29. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 $6 {The weak phase of the game was crowned by the
toothless acceptance of the piece, Black is completely lost. Very interesting
were the complications after the more fighting retreat of the king to h7.} (
29... Kh7 $5 30. Re3 Qc4 (30... Rf6 31. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 32. Qxf5+ Rg6 33. h5 $18)
(30... e5 31. Nxf5 g6 32. Qg4 Rxf5 (32... gxf5 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Rg3+ $18) 33.
h5 Rxh5 (33... Rf6 34. dxe5 $18) 34. Qe6 Bg5 35. Ree1 Nf8 36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. g4
Bxc1 38. gxh5 $18) 31. Rde1 e5 32. Nxf5 g6 33. Rxe5 Nxe5 34. Rxe5 Bf6 35. Nd6
Bxe5 36. Qxf8 Rxf8 37. Nxc4 Bc7 38. g3 $16) (29... Kh8 30. Qh5 Nf6 31. Qg6 gxh6
32. Bg5 $5 (32. Bxh6 Rg8 33. Qf7 Ng4 34. Bg5 Rg7 35. Qxe6 $16) 32... Rd7 33.
Qxh6+ Nh7 34. Qxe6 $18) 30. Qh5 Nf6 (30... Rf6 31. Rg3+ Kh7 32. Bxh6 $18) 31.
Rg3+ Ng4 32. f3 Qe2 33. Rf1 Rf7 (33... Qd3 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rxg4 $18) (33...
Rd5 34. Qg6+ (34. fxg4 $4 Qxf1+ $19) 34... Kh8 35. fxg4 $18) 34. fxg4 f4 {
This move is an expression of desperation from the misplayed middlegame. After
other defenses the opening of the g files leads to the immediate solution.} (
34... Rg7 35. Bxh6 $18) 35. Bxf4 (35. Rxf4 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Rh7 37. Be3 $18) 35...
e5 (35... Qc2 36. g5 Qf5 37. Rff3 $18) 36. Qg6+ Rg7 37. Qe6+ Rf7 (37... Kh7 38.
Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Bxe5 $18) 38. Re3 {Jakovenko could have had simplified his task
with the advance of the g pawn with the immediate decision.} (38. g5 $1 hxg5
39. hxg5 $18) 38... Qxf1+ 39. Kxf1 exf4 40. Re5 Bxh4 (40... Bf8 41. g5 $18) 41.
Qxh6 (41. Qg6+ Rg7 42. Qxh6 Be7 43. Rh5 $18) 41... Bf6 42. Rf5 (42. Rg5+ Bg7
43. Qe6 $18) 42... Rdf8 43. g5 (43. g5 Rh7 44. Rxf6 Rxh6 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46.
gxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 $2 (4... Bg4) 5. Ng5 f6 (5... dxe5 $2 6.
dxe5 {/\7.c4}) (5... Be6 $2 6. c4) (5... h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Nf6 8. exf6
exf6 9. Bc4+ Kg7 10. Nc3 (10. O-O c6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bf4
Nf8 15. Qg3 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 f5 17. Rfe1 Rg8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Rh8 20. Re8 Qg5
21. Qe3 h5 22. Qe5+ {1-0 Wagner-Rellstab,L/Swinemünde 1930}) 10... c6 11. Be3
d5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. g4 Nd7 14. h4 Nf8 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Rdg1 Rc7 18.
Ng3 Bxg3 19. Qxg3 c5 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rf7 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. dxc5 f5 24.
Qe5+ {1-0 Mihaljcisin,M-Fox,N/Bognor Regis 1967}) 6. c4 Nb6 (6... fxg5 $142 7.
cxd5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Bg7 9. Bxg5 Bxe5) 7. e6 (7. exf6 exf6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7
10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. Be3 Nde5 16.
Nd5 Rf7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f3 Be6 19. Nf4 Bc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Bd4 {1/2-1/2
Krogius,N-Kortschnoj,V/Sochi 1958}) 7... fxg5 8. d5 {/\9.Df3} Bg7 9. a4 a5 10.
h4 gxh4 11. Rxh4 {/\12.Dg4, 13.Th7} Bxe6 12. dxe6 Nc6 13. Qg4 Qc8 (13... Ne5
14. Qh3) 14. Ra3 (14. Rxh7 Rxh7 15. Qxg6+ Kd8 16. Qxh7 Qxe6+) 14... Nd4 15. Re3
{/\16.Th7, 16.Ld3} Nc2+ 16. Kd1 Nxe3+ 17. Bxe3 {/\18.Th7} Kd8 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19.
Qxd4 Re8 20. c5 Qxe6 21. cxb6 Qb3+ (21... h5 22. bxc7+ {/\23.Sc3}) 22. Kc1 Rc8
23. Nc3 Qxb6 24. Qxb6 cxb6 25. Rxh7 Rc5 26. Rg7 Rg5 27. Ne4 Re5 28. Bd3 Rf8 29.
f3 d5 30. Nf2 g5 31. Nh3 Re1+ 32. Kd2 Ra1 33. Nxg5 Rf6 34. Bb5 Rg1 35. Nh3 Rh1
36. Nf2 Rh2 37. Ke3 Rd6 38. Kd4 Rh4+ 39. g4 Rh2 40. Nd3 Rf6 41. f4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
(8. Nd2) 8... O-O 9. Bb3 Be6 (9... Nd7 $5 10. Nf3 a5) 10. Nd2 (10. h3 Nd7 11.
Nf3 Nc7 12. c4 $5 Nb6 13. Qe2 a5 14. a4 Re8 15. Nc3 Nc8 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Rad1
$14 {Titiv,G-Panchenko,AG USSR-ch 1991}) 10... Nd7 11. Ndf3 Bg4 (11... Nxe5 12.
dxe5 (12. Nxe5 $145) 12... a5 $10) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e6 (13... a5 14. Bg5
Re8 15. c4 N5b6 $13) 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. c4 N5f6 16. Qd2 a5 17. a4 (17. Bf4 $1 Qb6
18. Bd6 Rfd8 19. c5) 17... Rfe8 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Ba2 c5 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Rad1 e5
22. dxe5 (22. d5 Ne4 23. Qc2 Nd6) (22. dxc5 Nxc5 $15) 22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5
24. Bb1 Rce8 25. Bd3 R5e6 26. Re2 Bf8 (26... Ne4 $5 27. Bxe4 (27. Qc2 f5) 27...
Rxe4 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Bd4 $15) 27. Qc2 Bd6 28. Bg5 Be5 29. b3 Bd4 30. Rde1
Kg7 31. Bd2 Rxe2 (31... Qc7 $1 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 fxe6 $10) 32. Rxe2 Rxe2
33. Bxe2 Qc7 34. Bf3 b6 35. Qd3 Qe5 36. Bb7 h5 37. g3 Nd7 38. Kg2 Qf6 39. Qf3
Qe7 40. Bd5 Ne5 41. Qe2 Qf6 42. h4 Qf5 43. Bg5 Ng4 44. Qf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 f6
46. Bf4 Ne5+ 47. Ke2 Kf8 48. f3 Ke7 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 Nxg4 51. Bc7 Bc3 52.
Bxb6 Bb4 53. Kf3 f5 54. Bc7 Be1 55. Ke2 Kd7 56. Bb6 Bb4 57. Kf3 Kd6 58. Bd8
Ne5+ 59. Ke3 Bc3 60. Bg5 Kd7 61. Ke2 Ng4 62. Bf7 Ne5 63. Bf6 Bd4 64. Bxe5 Bxe5
65. Bxg6 Ke6 66. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 132]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7.
Nc3 g6 {[%mdl 32768]} (7... e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. Be2 Qf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. b3 O-O-O 15. O-O $14 {Panchenko,A-Stratil,P/
Bratislava 1992/ 1-0 (41)}) (7... Nd7 8. Ng5 Nf6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. f4
Nf7 12. Ne6 Qd7 13. Nb5 $1 $16 {Minasian,A-Sobolewski,P/ Leningrad 1990/ 1-0 
(19)}) 8. h4 (8. Bf4 Bg7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 exd4 13.
Qg7 Rf8 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Be2 Qh4 17. O-O Nxc4 18. Qd3 Nb6 $17 {
Kiefer,G-Haakert,J/ BL 8081 GER-chT 1981/ 0-1 (43)}) (8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Ne5
10. Nd4 c5 11. Bb5+ Kf7 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6+ Kxe6 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16.
f5 Bg7 17. fxg6+ hxg6 18. O-O+ Bf6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Bg5 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qd7 $19 {
Weerakoon,I-Bryson,D/ Thessaloniki olm 1984/ 0-1 (26)}) 8... Bg7 9. Be3 (9. h5
$5 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. hxg6 (11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Qe2 O-O-O
15. Ng5 Rdf8 16. b3 Bf6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qc6 19. a4 a5 20. Bd2 Qc5 {
Ostberg,P-Jansson,B/ SWE-ch 1977/ 1/2-1/2 (30)}) 11... hxg6 (11... Bf5 12. Nxd4
exd4 13. gxh7 Kd7 14. Bd3 Qf8 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Nf4 e5 17. Ng6 Bxg6 18. Qg4+ Kd8
19. Bxg6 Re7 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Rh3 $16 {Campora,D-Pacorro,F/ Ceuta 1992/ 1-0 (39)
}) (11... Bg4 12. gxh7 Qd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Be3 Rdf8 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne4
Bxf3 17. gxf3 e6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Qe2 d5 20. c5 dxe4 21. cxb6 Qxb6 22. Bxe4 d3
(22... Bh6 23. Kf1 $16 {Campora,D-Bischoff,K/ Bad Aibling 1982}) 23. Qxd3 Rd8
24. Qc4 Qxb2 25. O-O Qf6 26. Rfc1 c6 $16 {Kindermann,S-Fleck,J/ BL 8283
GER-chT 1983/ 1/2-1/2 (47)}) 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd3 $1 c6 15. Na4
Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Qxf5+ Kc7 19. Nc5 $1 $16 Qg8 20. Ne6+ Kb8
21. Bg5 cxd5 22. Bxe7 $18 {Pikula,D-Todorovic,GN/ YUG-chT 1993/ 1-0 (41)}) 9...
e5 {Black has to do something about his unsupported kingside. Schwarz muß
etwas an seinem ungeschützten Königsflügel unternehmen.} (9... Nd7 10. h5 Nf8
11. Qd2 {/\ 0-0-0+/=}) (9... d5 10. c5 Nc4 (10... Nd7 11. h5 e5 12. h6 Bf6 13.
Nxd5 exd4 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Nxd4 Nde5 $13) 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. O-O-O
$16 b5 (13... e5 14. dxe5 Qe6 15. Ng5 Qxe5 16. Rd8+ $1 $18) 14. Qxb5 Rb8 15.
Qxc4 Nb4 {/\ Ba6} 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ba6 18. Rxd7 Bxc4 19. Rhd1 Rc8 20. Bg5
$18 {Nunn,J-Vaganian,R/ London 1986/ 1-0 (36)}) (9... O-O 10. h5 e5 11. d5 Nd4
(11... Rxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 {/\ Bd3+/-}) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14.
Qxd4 e5 15. dxe6 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Rxf6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ne4 Rf4 $1 $13 {1/2-1/2
Lau,R-Fleck,J/ BL 8384 GER-chT 1984 (18)}) 10. d5 Nb4 (10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qd2 (14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. h5
gxh5 18. Qxh5 Bg6 19. Qh4 $16 {Kudrin,S-Behrhorst,F/ Lugano op 1983/ 1-0 (33)})
14... Bg4 15. f3 Bf5 16. g4 Bd7 17. Ne4 h6 18. Be2 O-O-O 19. a4 Kb8 20. a5 Nc8
21. Qb4 Qf7 22. Ra3 $14 {Schandorff,L-Rej,D/ DEN-ch qual Gladsaxe 1993/ 1-0 
(30)}) 11. a3 Na6 12. h5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12. Ng5 e6 13. dxe6 O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 c6 16. Bc4 b5 17. Ba2 c5 18. h5 Rf5 19. Qg4 Nc7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Ne4
$18 {Coenen,N-Rodriguez,I/ San Sebastian op 1995/ 1-0 (26)}) 12... Bf5 (12...
gxh5 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 15. Bd3 $36) 13. hxg6 hxg6 (13... Bxg6 14. Ng5 $14
(14. Ng5 {Chekhov} Qd7 15. Ne6 Bf6 16. Bd3 $16)) 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Ng5 {
Black knights are rather misplaced, but the weakness of Pg6 is even more
unpleasant. Die schwarzen Springer sind ziemlich deplaziert, aber die Schwäche
von Pg6 ist noch unangenehmer.} Qc8 (15... c6 16. g4 Bd7 17. Qd3 $18) (15...
Qd7 {Chekhov} 16. Be2 $22 O-O-O 17. g4 $18) 16. Be2 c6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qd3 Kd8 (
18... cxd5 19. Qxg6+ Kd8 20. Bxb6+ axb6 21. Nxd5 Be8 22. Nf7+ Bxf7 23. Qxf7 Qd7
24. Nxb6 $18) 19. c5 $1 {The lack of black's coordination enables white to
embark on a decisive opening of the position. Die schlechte schwarze
Figurenkoordination ermöglicht Weiß die entscheidende Öffnung der Stellung.} (
19. Qxg6 Kc7 20. Rd1 $16) 19... e4 (19... Nxc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nf7+ (21. d6
$5 {Chekhov}) 21... Kc7 22. d6+ Kb8 23. dxe7 Qg8 24. Qd6+ Kc8 25. Nxe5 $16) (
19... dxc5 20. Nf7+ Kc7 21. d6+ Kb8 22. dxe7 $16) (19... Nxd5 20. Nf7+ Kc7 21.
Nxd5+ cxd5 22. cxd6+ exd6 23. Qxd5 $18) 20. Ncxe4 (20. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Nxd5
$14) 20... Nxd5 21. cxd6 $16 Be6 (21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bg7 23. Nf7+ Ke8 24. dxe7
$40) 22. O-O-O Qd7 (22... Be5 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qb3 $16) 23. Rh1 Be5 24. f4 $1
Nxf4 (24... Bg7 25. Rh7 $18) (24... Bxf4 $2 25. Rh8+ (25. Bxf4 {Chekhov} Nxf4
26. Rh8+ $18)) 25. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 26. Kb1 exd6 (26... Bxd6 27. Rh8+ Kc7 28. Nxe6+
Qxe6 29. Rxa8 $18) (26... Be5 {Chekhov} 27. Rh7 $18) 27. Rh7 (27. Rh8+ Kc7 28.
Nxe6+ (28. Rh7 $18) (28. Rxa8 $18 {Chekhov}) 28... Qxe6 29. Rxa8 $18) 27... Qe8
28. Nxd6 Bxd6 (28... Qg8 29. Nxe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxb7+ Ke8 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Rxa8 $18
) 29. Qxd6+ Bd7 (29... Kc8 30. Nxe6 $18) 30. Rxd7+ Qxd7 31. Ne6+ (31. Ne6+ Kc8
(31... Ke8 {Chekhov} 32. Qf8#) 32. Qf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Bc4 (6. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 7.
Qh5+ Ke6 $13) 6... c6 7. O-O Nxe5 8. dxe5 Bf5 9. Nd2 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Ba2 O-O
12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Bb1 Qb6 15. Qf3 f6 $1 16. exf6 Bxf6 (16... Rxf6
17. Bg5 Rf7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qc3 $14) 17. Qe2 Bh4 $1 18. Bd2 Bxf2+ (18... Bg4
19. Qxg4 (19. Qe1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rd1 $19) 19... Rxf2 20. Qxh4 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rf8+
22. Ke2 Qg1 23. Ba2 Qxg2+ 24. Kd3 Qf3+ 25. Kd4 $13) 19. Qxf2 $3 (19. Rxf2 Nf4
20. Bxf4 (20. Qe1 Bg4 21. Kh1 Nh3 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Ba2 $13) 20... Bg4 21.
Qxg4 Rxf4 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 $19) 19... Bd3 20. Ba5 $1 Qe3 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Ba5 Qa6
23. cxd3 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Rf8 (24... Rf8 25. Rd2 $14 (25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bc2 Ne3
27. Bb4+ Ke8 28. Nc5 Qb6 {/\ a5})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Handschuhsheim"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 $5 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {White goes for a positional line,
trying to get a slight advantage without risk...} dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 {The
immideate Nd7 falls for Nxf7!} 6. c4 $6 {Logical but bad, due to} Nb4 $1 {
Now Black is slightly better, since White is practically forced to move his
knight to the edge (a3).} 7. Be3 (7. a3 $2 Qxd4 $1 {is the point.}) 7... Bf5 8.
Na3 (8. Nd3 {Would be okay for White if not for} e5 $1 {with advantage for
Black, since the pawn is untouchable in any way.}) 8... Nd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10.
Be2 {#} e5 $5 {A new move, and an ambitious, but also a somewhat risky try.} ({
I remembered that after} 10... e6 {Black is slightly better, but I was a bit
afraid that White may equalise with} 11. O-O Be7 12. c5 $1 {bringing his
knight to c4. I must add, however, that after} b5 $1 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Nc4 Qc7
{Black remains slightly better.}) 11. O-O (11. dxe5 $5 {Was at least an
alternative, but somehow we both were not really considering it.} Nd3+ (11...
O-O-O $5) 12. Bxd3 Bxd3 {Seems to be very good for Black, but White has} (12...
Qxd3 {is also possible. Black has compensation, but White is a pawn up.}) 13.
Qb3 $1 {, which I missed, with idea to castle long.}) 11... exd4 ({I didn't
like} 11... O-O-O {because of} 12. d5 $1) 12. Qxd4 $2 {From now on White has
to suffer in a horrible endgame with the dead knight on a3.} (12. Bxd4 {
was much better. Black has a choice, but in any case the position remains
ballanced.} O-O-O {was the most logical follow-up, but here} ({The slow} 12...
b6 $5 {is a good option, followed by long castle.}) 13. Bxa7 Qe6 14. Qe1 $1 (
14. Qa4 Qxe2 15. Bb6 Na6 16. Bxd8 Bxa3 $1 {was what I has calculated.}) 14...
Nd3 {does not win any material since after} 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 {Black has the
intermezzo} 16. Qxe6+ {and the rook will move to c1. However, Black will have
some compensation, due to his bishop pair and again, that knight on a3.}) 12...
Qxd4 13. Bxd4 {#} O-O-O $6 {This is in fact a mistake, but it was hard not to
make such a move.} (13... b6 $5) (13... f6 $1 {was my original intention and
was a good move, but I had failed to see that after} 14. Bh5+ $5 {I can simply
move my king to c7 via d7 or d8.} Kd7 15. Rfd1 Kc7 {with advantage.}) 14. Rfd1
$2 (14. Bxa7 $1 {has to be tried, no matter what. I had planned} Rd2 15. Rfe1
Rxb2 16. c5 $1 Be6 $1 {winning the a2 pawn. However White has} 17. Nc4 Rxa2 18.
Nb6+ Kd8 19. Nc4 $1 {and black probably has to repeat, since White is ready to
start some kind of attack on the black king.}) 14... b6 $1 15. Bf3 f6 $1 {
#With the last two moves Black has killed all White's ideas, and now is ready
to pick up the a2 pawn, which is doomed.} 16. Be3 Bc5 $1 17. Bxc5 bxc5 {
It is clear that doubled pawns are not a weakness here, but a strength, since
they control the important squares.} 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 {giving the a2
pawn, which would be lost anyway.} Rd4 $1 ({The simple} 19... Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1
Nxa2 {is also possible, but I wanted to leave White no chances.}) 20. Kf1 Kd7
21. Ke2 Kd6 22. Ke3 Ke5 23. g3 {#} Nxa2 {Now that White can't get his knight
into the game I pick up the pawn.} 24. Be2 g5 $1 25. f3 Nb4 26. Rf1 Bd3 $1 27.
Rf2 a5 28. h3 f5 29. f4+ gxf4+ 30. gxf4+ Kf6 31. Bf3 Bxc4 {#Taking the second
pawn. The rest is clear.} 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. Rd8 Nd5+ 35. Kf2 Rxf4
36. Rh8 Nf6 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rf8 Ke7 39. Rc8 Nd7 40. Kg3 Rb4 41. Bxc6 Ne5 42.
Bd5 h5 $1 {The last touch.} 43. Rxc5 h4+ 44. Kg2 Rxb2+ 45. Kf1 a4 46. Ra5 Rb4
47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Bg8 Re4+ 49. Kf2 Kg5 50. Bh7 Kf4 51. Ra6 Nd3+ 52. Kg2 Re2+ 53.
Kg1 {#} Re7 {Now the point is that after Rxa4 I play Kg3 threatening both,
mate and the bishop.} (53... Kg3 {would mate, but I saw the win already some
six moves ago, so I played without thinking.}) 0-1

[Event "GER-ARM"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.07.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{SURVEY OPENING} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6
7. Nc3 {[%cal Yg4g5]} g6 (7... e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. dxe6
Bxe6 12. Be2 Qf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. b3 O-O-O 15. O-O) (7... Nd7 8. Ng5 Nf6 9. d5
exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. f4 Nf7 12. Ne6 Qd7 13. Nb5) 8. h4 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yg4g5]} (
8. Bf4 Bg7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 exd4 13. Qg7 Rf8 14.
Qxd4 e5 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Be2 $36 {Cifuentes Parada,R-Oms Pallise,J/ Andorra op
1995/ 1/2-1/2 (39)} Qh4 17. O-O Nxc4 18. Qd3 Nb6) (8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Ne5 10.
Nd4 c5 11. Bb5+ Kf7 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6+ Kxe6 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. f5
Bg7 17. fxg6+ hxg6 18. O-O+ Bf6 19. Ne4 $15 {Korneev,O-Gomez Jurado,L/ Barbera
del Valles op 1995/ 0-1 (53)} Kg7 20. Bg5 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qd7) 8... Bg7 {[%mdl
32768]} 9. Be3 (9. h5 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. hxg6 (11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 $14 {
Wojtkiewicz,A-Lundstrom,B/ Las Vegas op 1993/ 1-0 (62)} Bf5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Qe2
O-O-O 15. Ng5 Rdf8 16. b3 Bf6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qc6 19. a4 a5 20. Bd2 Qc5)
11... hxg6 (11... Bf5 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. gxh7 $1 Kd7 14. Bd3 Qf8 15. Ne2 Re8 16.
Nf4 e5 17. Ng6 Bxg6 18. Qg4+ Kd8 $1 19. Bxg6 $14 {Dreev,A-Bareev,E/ Biel izt
1993/ 1/2-1/2 (51)} Re7 $1 {Bareev} 20. Bg5 Bf6 $36 21. Rh3) (11... Bg4 12.
gxh7 Qd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Be3 Rdf8 $44 15. Bxd4 $5 exd4 16. Ne4 Bxf3 17. gxf3
e6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Qe2 d5 20. c5 dxe4 21. cxb6 Qxb6 22. Bxe4 d3 (22... Bh6
23. Kf1) 23. Qxd3 Rd8 24. Qc4 Qxb2 25. O-O Qf6 26. Rfc1 c6) 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13.
Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd3 c6 15. Na4 Bf5 $14 {Rodriguez,Jor-Kanefsck,G/ San Luis
Clarin-GP 1995/ 1-0 (39)} 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qh5+ Kd7 $16 18. Qxf5+ Kc7 19. Nc5
Qg8 {Dreev} 20. Ne6+ Kb8 $16 21. Bg5 cxd5 22. Bxe7) 9... e5 (9... Nd7 10. h5
Nf8 11. Qd2) (9... d5 10. c5 Nc4 (10... Nd7 11. h5 e5 12. h6 Bf6 13. Nxd5 exd4
14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Nxd4 Nde5) 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. O-O-O b5 (13... e5
14. dxe5 Qe6 15. Ng5 Qxe5 16. Rd8+) 14. Qxb5 Rb8 15. Qxc4 $16 {Nikitin,
Al-Konson,K/ St Ingbert op 1995/ 1-0 (68)} Nb4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ba6 18.
Rxd7 Bxc4 19. Rhd1 Rc8 20. Bg5 $15) (9... O-O 10. h5 e5 11. d5 Nd4 $17 {
Cifuentes Parada,R-Antunes,A/ Platja d'Aro Barcino 1994/ 0-1 (40)} (11... Rxf3
12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. dxe6 Qf6 16.
Qxf6 Rxf6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ne4 Rf4) 10. d5 Nb4 {[%cal Rb5c4]} (10... Nd4 11.
Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qd2 $16 (14. Ne4 $132 Bf5 15. Bd3 O-O 16.
Rc1 Nd7 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 Bg6 19. Qh4) 14... Bg4 15. f3 Bf5 16. g4 $16 Bd7
17. Ne4 h6 18. Be2 O-O-O $142 19. a4 $5 {Tsesarsky} Kb8 {Tsesarsky} 20. a5 Nc8
21. Qb4 Qf7 22. Ra3) 11. a3 $14 Na6 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 12. h5 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6][%cal
Rc2c6]} (12. Ng5 e6 13. dxe6 O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 $5 15. cxd5 c6 16. Bc4 $16 b5 17.
Ba2 c5 18. h5 $5 Rf5 19. Qg4 Nc7 20. hxg6 $16 hxg6 21. Ne4) 12... Bf5 (12...
gxh5 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 $16 15. Bd3 {Lutz}) 13. hxg6 {[%cal Re4e5]} hxg6 (
13... Bxg6 14. Ng5 $132 (14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Ne6 Bf6 $14 16. Bd3)) 14. Rxh8+ {
[%cal Rg5f6]} Bxh8 15. Ng5 Qc8 {[%csl Rf4]} (15... c6 16. g4 Bd7 17. Qd3) (
15... Qd7 16. Be2 O-O-O 17. g4) 16. Be2 c6 17. g4 {[%cal Rd4f5]} Bd7 18. Qd3
$16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6,Rh5][%cal Yf2f4]} Kd8 {[%cal Yb7e4]} (18... cxd5 19. Qxg6+
Kd8 20. Bxb6+ axb6 21. Nxd5 Be8 22. Nf7+ Bxf7 23. Qxf7 $44 Qd7 {Tsesarsky} 24.
Nxb6) 19. c5 {[%cal Rb5d6,Ra4c5]} (19. Qxg6 {Tsesarsky} Kc7 20. Rd1) 19... e4 (
19... Nxc5 {[%cal Rg1h1,Rh1h8]} 20. Bxc5 $8 dxc5 21. Nf7+ $14 (21. d6 {
Tsesarsky}) 21... Kc7 22. d6+ {[%csl Re8]} Kb8 {Tsesarsky} 23. dxe7 Qg8 24.
Qd6+ $16 Kc8 25. Nxe5) (19... dxc5 20. Nf7+ Kc7 21. d6+ Kb8 22. dxe7) (19...
Nxd5 $16 20. Nf7+ {Tsesarsky} Kc7 21. Nxd5+ cxd5 22. cxd6+ exd6 23. Qxd5 $16)
20. Ncxe4 $18 (20. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Nxd5 $18 {[%cal Gg1h1]}) 20... Nxd5 21.
cxd6 Be6 (21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bg7 23. Nf7+ Ke8 $1 $8 24. dxe7 $16) 22. O-O-O Qd7
(22... Be5 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 $16 24. Qb3 $8 {Tsesarsky}) 23. Rh1 Be5 {[%cal Rh2g1]
} 24. f4 {[%csl Ge4]} Nxf4 (24... Bg7 25. Rh7) (24... Bxf4 25. Rh8+ (25. Bxf4
Nxf4 26. Rh8+)) 25. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 26. Kb1 exd6 (26... Bxd6 27. Rh8+ Kc7 28. Nxe6+
Qxe6 {Tsesarsky} 29. Rxa8 $18 {[%cal Yf3f4,Yf4f5,Ye5f6]}) (26... Be5 $5 {
Tsesarsky} 27. Rh7) 27. Rh7 (27. Rh8+ Kc7 28. Nxe6+ (28. Rh7) (28. Rxa8) 28...
Qxe6 29. Rxa8) 27... Qe8 28. Nxd6 Bxd6 (28... Qg8 29. Nxe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxb7+ Ke8
31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Rxa8) 29. Qxd6+ {[%cal Rd6b4]} Bd7 (29... Kc8 30. Nxe6) 30.
Rxd7+ Qxd7 31. Ne6+ (31. Ne6+ Kc8 (31... Ke8 32. Qf8#) 32. Qf8+) 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. O-O a5 8. c3 Bg7
9. Bc2 O-O 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Na3 c5 15. Be3
cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Bd3 Na4 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rfc8 21. Nb5 Qd7
22. b3 Nb6 23. a4 Rc6 24. Qd2 h5 25. Bh6 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Nc8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Qf4 Qe7 29. Rc1 Nc6 30. Rc3 N8a7 31. Nd6 Rf8 32. g4 f6 33. gxh5 fxe5 34. Qg3 g5
35. dxe5 Kh6 36. h4 Kxh5 37. hxg5 Qxg5 38. Nxb7 Nxe5 39. Qxg5+ Kxg5 40. Nxa5
Kf4 41. Kf1 Rh8 42. Ke2 Rc8 43. Rxc8 Nxc8 {[#] starke verbundene weiße
Freibauern. Hauptdefizit bei Schwarz ist der abgedrängte König. Gutes
Zusammenspiel von Läufer + Springer.} 44. Bh7 d4 45. Nb7 Nc6 46. a5 Ke5 47. a6
Kd5 48. Bd3 e5 (48... N6a7 49. Bc4+) 49. Bc4+ Ke4 50. Nc5+ Kf4 51. Be6 Nb6 52.
Nd7 d3+ 53. Kd2 Nb4 54. Nxb6 Nxa6 55. Bc4 Nb8 56. Kxd3 Kf3 57. Bb5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Be2 Nxe5
7. dxe5 Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. Bf3 c6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. c4 Nb4 13. Nc3 O-O
14. Bf4 Rad8 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20.
axb4 Na6 21. Qe4 g6 22. c5 Rd5 23. Bb3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc8 25. h4 Nc7 26. h5 Nd5
27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Bh6 Rf5 29. g4 Rf7 30. f4 Bf8 31. Bg5 Bg7 32. Rf1 Qe8 33. Bc2
Nc3 34. Qc4 Nd5 35. Qe4 Qc8 36. Bb3 Kh8 37. Bf6 Nxf6 38. exf6 Rxf6 39. g5 Rf8
40. Bxe6 Qd8 41. Kg2 Re8 42. Rh1 h5 43. Qe2 Qe7 44. Rxh5+ gxh5 45. Qxh5+ Bh6
46. Qxh6+ Qh7 47. Qxh7+ Kxh7 48. f5 Rd8 49. Kf3 Rd4 50. Bf7 Kg7 51. Bh5 Rxb4
52. f6+ Kf8 53. g6 b5 54. Bg4 Rxg4 (54... Rb3+ 55. Kf4 Rb4+ 56. Kg5 Re4 57. Bh5
b4 (57... Re5+ 58. Kh6 Re6 59. Kh7 $18) (57... Re6 58. g7+ Kg8 59. Kg6 b4 60.
Bg4 $18) 58. Kh6 Rf4 59. g7+ Kg8 60. f7+ Rxf7 61. Bxf7+ Kxf7 62. Kh7 $18) 55.
Kxg4 b4 56. Kf5 b3 57. Ke6 (57. Ke6 b2 58. g7+ Kg8 59. Ke7 b1=Q 60. f7+ Kxg7
61. f8=Q+ Kg6 (61... Kh7 62. Qf7+ Kh8 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64. Qxc6) 62. Qf6+ Kh5 63.
Qxc6 $18 {Antwort CD-ENDGAME: Weiß gewinnt in 28 Zügen (auch mit sKg7)}) 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Bf5 16. h4 g4 17. Nh2 h5 18. Nf1 Bg6 19. Qd2 a6 20. d5 Rc8 21. Bf4 Qc7 22.
Be3 Nd7 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxc2 25. Qf4 Bg6 26. Ng3 Nf6 27. Nf5 Qd7 28.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Qxf6 Rce8 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Kh2 {RN<->RB Motive:
wB-Schwächen, starker sL mit Freibauer} Re5 33. b4 Bc2 34. Ra5 Bd3 35. Ra1 Kg7
36. Rd1 Bg6 37. b5 a5 38. b6 Re8 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. b4 Rc8 41. Nb5 axb4 42. Nxd6
Rd8 43. Nxb7 Rb8 44. Na5 Rxb6 45. Rd1 Kf8 46. Nc4 Rb5 47. d6 Ke8 48. d7+ Kd8
49. Nd6 Rb8 50. Nc4 f6 51. Rd6 Bf5 52. Rxf6 Bxd7 53. Rh6 Rb5 54. Kg3 b3 55. Nb2
Kc7 56. f3 Rd5 57. Ra6 Rd2 58. Ra7+ Kb8 59. Nc4 Rd4 60. Ra3 Rxc4 61. Rxb3+ Kc7
62. Ra3 Kd6 63. Ra5 Be8 64. Rg5 gxf3 65. gxf3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I have chosen to comment on this game since it is quite instructive. Eric
Hansen shows us how to use the bishop pair in an advantageous structure.} 1. e4
Nf6 (1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 {This move is the start of an
awkward but effective manoeuvre, which solves the problem of the "bad" bishop.}
5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. c3 g6 {is similar
to the game, but here White will have to spend quite a few tempi to get the
knight to f3, where it belongs. If White allows the exchange of a pair of
knights on e4, then White is slightly better due to the bishop pair, but where
Black has no weaknesses and can look to the future with confidence.}) (1... d5
2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bg4 {Black must play this
or the bishop becomes a problem later.} 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 {and White is a
bit better again, due to the bishop pair, but the knight is really not that
great on c3. Jeffery Xiong has played both these systems in recent years, but
didn't hurry to exchange the light squared bishop in either of those games.
This time he goes for the exchange.}) 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 (4... dxe5
5. Nxe5 Nd7 {is a line that was favoured by Bent Larsen in the good old days.
Now} 6. Nxf7 (6. Nf3 $1 N7f6 7. c4 $1 Nb6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11.
Be3 $16) 6... Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 {is very unclear, but White can play 6.Nf3!
instead, when the Nd7 is misplaced.}) 5. Bc4 c6 ({If you were looking for
sharp stuff, then} 5... Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 {used to be the line of choice. However,
after} 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3 Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bf6 {
Black ends up in a position that is risky and holds too little potential to
play for a win.}) (5... dxe5 6. Nxe5 c6 {leads to the Kengis Variation. The
move in the game keeps more options for Black.}) 6. O-O Bg7 (6... Bg4 7. Nbd2
dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 e6 11. Re1 Bg7 12. Bf1 $1 Qc7 13. c4 Ne7
14. Bf4 {Nevednichy,V (2548)-Varga,Z (2564) Miskolc 2004; Here this was
somewhat better for White. In this structure Black would rather have exchanged
one more set of minor pieces. The knights have no outposts and at least one of
them will be in the way of the other pieces.} (14. Qe2 $1 $14 {would have left
Black even more passive.})) 7. exd6 Qxd6 {We have arrived at a position with a
pawn structure so common that there ought to be a name for it. On move one I
gave some examples of the same pawn structure, where Black is somewhat better
off. Here Black's bishop is well placed on g7, but I believe it is more
important that White gets to keep a knight on f3. I will explain why shortly...
} 8. Re1 O-O ({If Black can get away with} 8... Bg4 {, it seems the most
logical, in order to avoid the option of 9.h3.}) 9. c3 ({From a positional
point of view I would prefer to keep Black from exchanging his bishop with ...
Bg4 with} 9. h3 {I would not like to be Black in such a position. After} Bf5 {
(where else to put the bishop?)} 10. Bb3 a5 11. c4 a4 12. Bxa4 Nb4 13. Nc3 Nd3
14. Re2 {seems quite good for White. Still, there is nothing wrong with Eric's
move. Although Black can count the exchange of Bc8 for Nf3 as a small gain,
White gets his minor pieces to all the right squares and keeps a small but
clear advantage.}) 9... Bg4 (9... Nd7 $6 10. Bb3 N7f6 11. h3 {and the best
thing I can say about Black's position is that it is, perhaps, not as bad as
it looks. The bishop on c8 is difficult to handle: if it is placed on f5, then
it is in danger of being caught with g4, later, and on e6 it is just an
obstruction. Playing b6, followed by ...Bb7 is probably the best option.}) 10.
Nbd2 Nd7 11. h3 {White doesn't mind this exchange as it leaves him with only
good minor pieces and excellent coordination. The bishop pair is the cherry on
the top.} Bxf3 12. Nxf3 {Compared to similar lines in the French and the
Scandinavian (see move 1), White's pieces are slighty more to the point here
since the knight is in the "right" position on f3: it keeps an eye on e5, can
easily get to e4 via g5/d2 and is not obstructing anyone else.} e6 13. a4 $1 a5
14. Bg5 N7b6 15. Bf1 c5 {This move comes from the Sad Necessity department. If
Black just stays passive, White can do just about anything until Black is no
longer able to play either e5 or c5.} ({After} 15... h6 16. Bh4 $1 Nf4 17. Bg3
g5 18. h4 {Black will soon succumb to White's attack, as it is much harder for
him to move his forces to the kingside (without touching the f-pawn and thus
weakening the king).}) 16. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 {This position is no fun for Black.
The queenside is weak and launching the e- and f-pawns forward equals self
destruction. Black must stick to a waiting strategy.} 17. Qb3 Rfc8 ({If Black
is too single minded about counterplay, then he will end up in trouble:} 17...
Rfe8 18. Rad1 e5 19. Bb5 Re6 20. Nd2 {and there is no good answer to Ne4 on
the next move.}) 18. Rad1 h6 (18... Nc4 19. Bc1 $1 Ndb6 20. Nd4 $1 ({The
engine prefers} 20. Nd2 {, but the exchange of one pair of knights would
improve Black's chances of survival:} Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Nd5 22. g3 Rab8 23. h4 {
White will eventually have to exchange a pair of knights, but it should be
done at the right moment, when Black's pieces are in disarray.}) 20... Rd8 21.
Nb5 $16 {Black's knights are locked in positions from where there is no going
forward.} Qc6 22. g3 {and White's pieces are moving into pole position.}) 19.
Bc1 $5 {19.Bh4 is more active, but I like Eric's choice here. The bishop is
tucked away on c1, where it protects b2 and cannot be reached with a knight.
Now White can slowly improve the rest of his forces without worrying about the
bishop being hit by a rogue knight (on c4). This handling of the bishops is
quite instructive. Black's two knights must look for dynamic options, but it
is hard to play dynamically when there is nothing to attack.} (19. Bh4 Nc4 20.
Bg3 {is just as good, but less instructive. Here White must use his powers of
calculation to check that Black's knights are unable to do any damage:} b5 $1 (
20... Nd6 21. Ne5) 21. axb5 Ndb6 22. Nd4 a4 23. Qc2 e5 24. Nc6 Re8 {is
somewhat better for White, but more of a mess.}) 19... Rd8 20. Nd4 Rd6 21. Nb5
Rd7 22. g3 $1 {The bishop is not going to g2 just yet, but to be able to go
there, at some point, is in White's interest.} (22. c4 {is a move that turns a
perfectly healthy structure into a miserable one, so unless it gains something
significant, nothing less than a pawn, it should never be played. I would not
even consider such a move, but the engine likes it.} Nb4 23. Be3 Qc6 24. Be2
Rad8 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Rd1 {and now} Qc8 27. Rd2 {keeps some pressure. Still,
now Black's pieces have hope, so I haven't changed my mind. It should not be
played.}) 22... Rad8 23. h4 $5 {I'm ambivalent towards this move. On the one
hand it sets the scene for h4-h5, but the downside is that g3 is weakened and
Black can set up some tricks with ...Nf5 and ...Qc7, aiming at ...Nxg3. It
shouldn't work if White stays focused, but the weakness is there and it gives
one of Black's knights a better purpose in life.} (23. Na3) 23... Nc8 $1 {
Headed for f5.} 24. Na3 Nd6 25. Nc4 {White is dominating. Black cannot move a
pawn without digging a deeper hole for himself. So, White should not hurry and
avoid falling for a trick...} Nf5 26. Qb5 $6 (26. Rd3 $1 Qc7 27. Bg2 Qc5 28.
Qb5 (28. Ne5 Re7 (28... Bxe5 29. Rxe5 {is terrible for Black.}) 29. Bd2 Qc7 {
achieves nothing.}) 28... Qc7 29. Kf1 $1 Bf8 30. Be4 Nd6 31. Nxd6 Rxd6 32. Red1
{and Black must defend a rather awful position.}) (26. Bg2 $2 Nxg3 $1) 26...
Qc7 27. Rd3 $6 Rc8 $2 {Black misses his chance to turn the game around:} (27...
Nxc3 $1 28. Rxd7 Nxb5 29. Rxc7 Nxc7 30. Nxa5 Ra8 31. Nxb7 Rxa4 {is all forced.
Now Black's position is great. The knight are drawn to the central squares and
White's bishops are not participating. It's White who has to tune in to a
defensive mood.}) 28. Rf3 b6 29. Qb3 Nfe7 30. Rd1 Nf5 31. Na3 {White seems to
move aimlessly around. Perhaps the rook is soon to return to d3?!} Bf8 32. Nb5
Qb8 $6 {This allows Eric to change gear and run Black over.} (32... Qe5 33.
Rfd3 {and White continues with Qb3-c2-e2, followed by Bg2. Black's position is
worse, but within drawing limit.}) 33. h5 $1 {There turns out to be a tactical
problem with the knights on f5 and d5, so Black is unable to move the g-pawn;
his pawn structure becomes an archipelago with too many islands.} Bc5 34. hxg6
fxg6 35. Bf4 Qb7 36. Bg2 $6 ({Black gets a second chance. Instead} 36. Be5 $1 {
, followed by Bg2 and Nd4, should win.}) 36... Rf8 $6 ({It is not easy to spot,
but after} 36... Nxf4 37. Rxf4 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Qe7 {, Black's miserable
structure is of less importance than the dynamic factors. The only way to keep
some advantage for White is} 39. b4 axb4 40. cxb4 Bxb4 41. Qg4 Bc5 42. Qxg6+
Kh8 43. Kh2 $1 $14) 37. Rfd3 $1 g5 $2 {This is where a commentator like me
will usually write "probably time trouble". But, I'd be perfectly capable of
playing such a move myself, because I didn't like the prospect of watching my
position slowly fall apart. I'd think "...g5 looks active" (followed by some
white noise).} 38. Rxd5 $1 exd5 39. Rxd5 Rdf7 40. Rxc5 Qe7 41. Rxf5 gxf4 42.
Rxf4 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Matsuura, Everaldo"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3
Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bf6 Bxf6 (12... O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. Qf6+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 Nc6 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Qf4 Kg7 18. Ng4 Qf5 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20.
f3 {Kruppa,Y-Khmelnitsky,I/Kiev 1989/Inf 48 (20)}) 13. Qxf6 O-O 14. Qxe5 Nc6 (
14... Qxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Nbd2 Bc6 17. O-O-O a5 18. f4 {Mokry,K-Brunner,L/
Gausdal 1988/Inf 46 (18)}) 15. Qxa5 $146 (15. Qxc7 Nxd4 16. O-O Nxb3 17. axb3
Qxa1 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Qe5 Rd8 20. Nd2 Qxb2 21. Nde4 Qe2 22. Nd7+ Kh6 23. Qg5+
Kg7 24. Qf6+ Kh6 25. Ne5 Rf8 26. f3 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Nd7 28. Ng4+ Kh5 29. Ng3# {
1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Alburt,L/New York 1985/Inf 39 (29)}) 15... Nxa5 16. Bc2 Nac4
17. b3 Nd6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. c4 d5 20. c5 Nd7 21. Nc3 Nb8 22. a3 Nc6 23. O-O-O
b6 24. cxb6 $2 ({com o natural} 24. b4 $16 {as Brancas teriam uma posição
muito confortável.}) 24... axb6 $13 25. Kb2 Bd7 26. Rd2 Ra7 27. Nb5 Ra5 28. Bd3
Rfa8 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Nb5 Ne7 31. a4 Kf8 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Kxc1 Nc6 34. Kb2 Ke7
35. Be2 Ra8 36. Nc3 Na7 37. Rc2 Kd6 38. Bb5 g5 39. Bxd7 Kxd7 40. Ne2 Nc6 41.
Ka3 g4 42. b4 Rg8 43. b5 Na5 44. Nc1 h5 45. Nb3 Nc4+ 46. Kb4 Rb8 47. Rc3 Ra8
48. h3 f5 49. h4 f4 50. Nc1 Nb2 51. Rc6 Rxa4+ (51... Nxa4 52. Nd3 $16 {>< Ph5,
Pe6, Pb6}) 52. Kb3 Ra5 53. Rxb6 Nc4 54. Rb7+ Kc8 55. Rh7 Rxb5+ 56. Kc3 g3 57.
fxg3 fxg3 58. Rxh5 $6 (58. Ne2 $5) 58... Rb2 59. Nd3 Rxg2 60. Nf4 (60. Rg5 $5)
60... Rf2 $19 61. Nxe6 Rf3+ $1 62. Kb4 g2 63. Rg5 Ne3 64. Kc5 Rf1 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Ndf3 Nd7 10. Nd3 N7b6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. c3 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 {
White does not come up with a very effective plan; 15.a4 would at least
preempt black's queenside play(+/=).} 15. Re1 b5 16. g3 a5 17. a3 Re8 18. h4 h5
19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bd2 a4 21. Ba2 Qe7 22. Re2 Qf8 23. Rae1 Bg7 24. Kg2 Rac8 25.
Bg5 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Qg7 29. Ne5 Red8 30. Rc2 Nxe5 31.
dxe5 Ne7 32. Re4 Ra8 33. Qc3 Nd5 34. Qe1 Ne7 35. Ba2 Ra6 36. Rcc4 Rda8 37. Bb1
Ra5 38. Qe2 Rb5 39. Bd3 Rab8 40. Rc2 R5b7 41. Qe1 Ra7 42. Qc1 Ra5 43. Rce2 Rba8
44. Qe1 Qf8 45. Bc2 Qb8 46. Qc1 Kg7 47. Bd1 R8a7 48. Rb4 Qa8 49. Kh2 Rb5 50.
Rc4 Rd5 51. Ree4 Rda5 52. Qg5 Kf8 53. Red4 Qb8 54. Rd6 Rd5 55. Rb4 Rb7 56. Rxb7
Qxb7 57. Bf3 Rxd6 58. exd6 Nf5 59. Qd8+ Kg7 60. d7 Qxb2 61. Kg2 Qd2 62. Bxc6
Ne3+ 63. Kf3 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {Lev Alburt had to face 4.Nf3 on four
occasions in the U.S.Chs. To judge from these games, he still has not found a
satisfactory method of equalising.} g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 {This is a model game from De Firmian: he controls
the play superbly throughout 10...d5 changes the character of the position,
though not the assesment (+/=).} 11. Re1 Qd7 {Alburt 'improved' his play
against Fedorowicz later in the tournament with 11...Qc8, and grovelled his
way to a draw. I doubt if he'll be repeating it though.} 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Ne4
Qc8 14. Ng3 Be6 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. d5 Bd7 18. Qd2 f6 19. exf6 exf6 20.
Be3 f5 21. Bd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rf7 24. Ne6 Bxa4 25. Bxa4 Nxa4 26.
Ng5 Rd7 27. Ra1 b5 28. b3 Nc5 29. Rxa5 Nba6 30. Rxb5 Re7 31. b4 Nd7 32. Ra5 Ne5
33. Qc3 Qb7 34. b5 Nc5 35. Kh2 h6 36. Nf3 f4 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Nf1 Qc8 39. Nd2
Qf8 40. Qd4 Re2 41. Ra7 Qb8 42. b6 Nb7 43. bxc7 Qxc7 44. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nf3
Bg4 {>= 8...Nc6,O-O etc.} 9. Rc1 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Be2
O-O 13. h4 Qb6 14. Rd2 Qa5 15. h5 Qf5 16. Qxf5 gxf5 {+/-; Eckmann-Ziese.}) 9...
Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O $15 13. b3 Ned7 14. h4 Nf6 15. Ne4
Nbd7 16. Qd2 b6 17. Bh6 Nc5 18. Ng3 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Kh8 20. h5 Rg8 21. hxg6 fxg6
22. b4 Ncd7 23. Ne4 Qf8 24. Qh4 Nh5 25. Ng5 Qf5 26. Ne6 Ndf6 27. Qd4 Ng7 28.
Nf4 e5 29. dxe6 Nxe6 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Rh4 Rg7 32. Rc3 Qf5 33. Rf4 Qb1+ 34. Qd1
Qxb4 35. Qd2 Nh5 36. Rd4 Qb1+ 37. Rc1 Qf5 38. Rxd6 Re8 39. Rd8 Rge7 40. Rxe8+
Rxe8 41. Kd1 Nf4 42. Bf1 h5 43. Rc3 h4 44. Kc1 Qf6 45. Kc2 Rd8 46. Qe3 Qf5+ 47.
Kc1 h3 48. Qe7 Rd7 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Re3 Qf7 51. Qe5+ Qf6 52. Qe8 Qa1+ 53. Kc2
Qxa2+ 54. Kc3 Qd2+ 55. Kb3 Qd1+ 56. Kc3 Qd6 57. c5 bxc5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bd3 {A novelty, but
that is about the best one can say about the move.} Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 c5 9.
c4 Nb4 10. d5 Nd7 11. Re1 e6 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 exd5 14. Qxd5 Nxe5 15. fxe5
Qh4 16. Re4 Qe7 17. Qd6 Re8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Bf4 Bf5 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Nc3 Bxe5
22. Nd5 Re6 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bd6 b6 27. b4 Re2 28.
Rf1 cxb4 29. axb4 Be4 30. Be5+ Kf8 31. Ra1 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rc2 33. c5 bxc5 34.
bxc5 a6 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Rd4 Bf3 37. Bd6+ Ke6 38. h4 Bd5 39. Rb4 Bc6 40. Rb6 Kd5
41. Ke1 a5 42. Ra6 a4 43. Ra7 h5 44. Kd1 Rf2 45. Kc1 f6 0-1

[Event "NED-ch45"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1990.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Blees, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1990.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3
Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Nf6+ Kf8 13. d5 e4 14. Qg3 Na6 15.
dxe6 h6 {This is an exceptionally difficult position for black to defend, but
this is a clear blunder. 15...Qf5 has been tried before, and after 16.e7 Ke7
white can choose between 17.Ng8 Ke8 18.Nh6 or 17.Nd5 Kf8 18.Ne3 in both cases
with att.} 16. e7+ Kxe7 17. Nd5+ Ke8 18. Nxc7+ Nxc7 19. Qxc7 Qxg5 20. Qxf7+ Kd8
21. Qxg7 Re8 22. Nd2 Bg4 23. Qd4+ Kc7 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. fxe3 Rad8 26. h3 Be6
27. Ke2 Bd7 28. Rhf1 h5 29. Rf7 Kb8 30. Rg1 Re5 31. Rf6 Bb5+ 32. c4 Red5 33.
Nxe4 Nxc4 34. a4 Rd3 35. Rd1 Nxb2 36. Rxd3 Bxd3+ 37. Kf3 a5 38. Nc5 Bc4 39. Bc2
g5 40. Rb6 Bd5+ 41. e4 Nc4 42. Rh6 Bf7 43. Rh7 Ne5+ 44. Ke3 Nc4+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+
46. Kg1 Ne3 47. Bb3 Bxb3 48. Rxb7+ Kc8 49. Rxb3 Rxg2+ 50. Kh1 Re2 51. Ne6 g4
52. Nf4 Re1+ 53. Kh2 Nf1+ 54. Kg2 Nd2 55. Rc3+ Kb7 56. Rd3 gxh3+ 57. Rxh3 Rxe4
58. Nd3 Rg4+ 59. Kf2 h4 60. Ke2 Nc4 61. Kf3 Rd4 62. Nf4 Nd2+ 63. Kg4 Rxa4 64.
Rxh4 Kb6 65. Kg3 Kb5 66. Kf2 Ne4+ 67. Ke3 Nc5 68. Ng6 Ra2 69. Ne5 Rc2 70. Rh8
Na6 71. Nd3 Rc6 72. Rh5+ Kb6 73. Ne5 Rc8 74. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m6"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Ne1 $5 (13. b4) (13. h3)
13... Bxe2 14. Nxe2 b6 15. Rc1 e6 16. Qd2 bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qb6 18. Qc3 Nb4 19. Nd3
Na6 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Qc2 Ne7 22. Rc3 Rfc8 $10 23. Rc1 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Rc8 25. Qd2
Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qc6 27. Qd2 Nf5 28. g4 Nh4 29. Ne1 Bf8 30. Bg5 Bb4 31. Qe3 Bxe1
32. Bxh4 Bb4 33. Nf4 Bf8 34. Nh5 gxh5 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 d5 8. a5 Nc4
9. Nbd2 c5 $2 {9...c5? N. Black gives up a pawn for no compensation.} 10. Bxc4
dxc4 11. Nxc4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qh4 Qc7 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. e6 fxe6
17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Bh6 $16 Bf6 19. Qg3 Rf7 20. Qc7 e5 21. Ncxe5 Bf5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7
23. c3 Rc8 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qa6 Rxb2 26. Rfe1 Qc8 27. Qc4+ Be6 28. Qf4 Kg8 29.
Nd4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Rb5 31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. Bxe3 Rxa5 34. Ra1 Rb5 35.
Rxa7 Kf7 36. h3 h5 37. Rc7 Rd5 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. Rc5 Bd5 40. Rd2 g5 41. Rb2 Kg6
42. Rbb5 e6 43. Rc7 Ra8 44. Rbc5 Ra1+ 45. Rc1 Ra4 46. Rc8 Bxd4 47. Rg8+ Kf6 48.
Bxg5+ Kf7 49. Rgc8 Ra2 50. R1c2 Ra1+ 51. Rc1 Ra2 52. R1c7+ Kg6 53. Bh4 Ra1+ 54.
Rc1 Ra3 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Rg5 Kh6 57. Rg3 Ra4 58. Bg5+ Kh7 59. Be3 Bf6 60. Rc7+
Kh8 61. Rg6 Be5 62. Rc8+ Kh7 63. Rh6+ Kg7 64. Rxh5 Bb2 65. Rc7+ Kf6 66. Rd7 Be4
67. Rh6+ Bg6 68. g4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 d5 8. a5 Nc4
9. Nc3 {9.Nc3 N. Certainly not a bad move, and indeed white got the upper hand
in the game. Of course there is nothing wrong with the familiar 9.Nbd2 (see
Kudrin- Alburt in the same openings key).} c6 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Ng5
Bd5 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe6 Na6 16. O-O Nb4 17. Qe2 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qh4
19. Ne4 Qh5 20. g4 Qe5 21. f4 Qb8 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Nxc4 h5 24. Ra4 Nd5 25. Ne5
Bxe5 26. fxe5 Kg7 27. c4 b5 28. axb6 Nxb6 29. Ra3 hxg4 30. Rg3 Rh3 31. Rxg4 Qh8
32. e6 Qh5 33. Rdd4 Rf8 34. Bf4 c5 35. Re4 Kg8 36. Qg2 Kh7 37. Be5 Rd3 38. h3
Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rdf1 40. Bg3 Kg7 41. Rh4 Qf5 42. Be5+ Rf6 43. Re2 Rc1 44. Qb7 Qxe6
45. Bxf6+ Qxf6 46. Qxe7+ Qxe7 47. Rxe7+ Kf6 48. Rhh7 Nxc4 49. Rhf7+ Kg5 50. Kg3
Rg1+ 51. Kf2 Rc1 52. Re6 Nxb2 53. Re5+ Kh6 54. Ree7 Kg5 55. Re5+ Kh6 56. Ree7
Kg5 57. Ke2 Rc2+ 58. Kf3 Rc3+ 59. Kg2 Rc2+ 60. Kg3 Rc3+ 61. Rf3 Rxf3+ 62. Kxf3
Nd3 63. Rxa7 c4 64. Rc7 Kf5 65. Ke3 g5 66. Rc6 Nf4 67. Rh6 c3 68. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Black "Kindl, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Qe2 (7. e6 fxe6
8. Ng5 Bg7 9. Bxe6 Rf8 10. d5 Nd4 $13) (7. exd6 cxd6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10.
Be3 Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bh6 Rc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe2 f6 16. g4 Bd7
17. h4 Qc7 18. O-O-O $36 {Kavalek-Ernst, 1987.}) 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Na5
10. Nc3 (10. e6 Nxb3 11. exf7+ Rxf7 12. axb3 h6 $132 {De Firmian-Alburt, 1986.}
) 10... c6 (10... Nxb3 11. axb3 Bf5 12. Rd1 c6 13. Bf4 f6 14. exd6 exd6 15. d5
c5 16. Re1 g5 17. Bg3 Rf7 18. h4 $14 {Kapengut-Barkovsky, 1984.}) 11. Ne4 d5
12. Nc5 Nbc4 13. c3 b6 14. Nd3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Na5 16. Ra3 $14 Bf5 17. Bf4 Nb7
18. b4 a5 19. Rfa1 Qd7 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. bxa5 Nxa5 22. b4 Nc4 23. Ra7 Qe6 24.
Bg5 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 f6 26. exf6 exf6 27. Bf4 Rfe8 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Qf3 g5 30.
Bc7 b5 31. R1a6 Qd5 32. Rxc6 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Rc1 35. d5 Rxc3 36. Be5
1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Re1 Qc8 {11...Qc8 N; 11...Qd7 De Firmian-Alburt
US Chs.round 1.} 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. e6 $14 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16.
Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Nb5 Nd5 19. c3 Qf5 20. Qe4 Rad8 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Ng5
Rc8 23. Ne6 Kg8 24. f4 Rf6 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Ne6 Kf7 28. Nxg7 Kxg7
29. Re4 Rf7 30. c4 Nf6 31. Re2 Nh5 32. Rf2 Ng3 33. Re1 h5 34. Rf3 h4 35. Kh2
Kf8 36. Rd3 Ke8 37. Rd5 Nf5 38. Bc3 Nb4 39. Rdd1 Nc2 40. Re6 Nfe3 41. Rd3 Nf1+
42. Kg1 Ng3 43. Be5 Ne2+ 44. Kh2 Nxf4 45. Bxf4 Rxf4 46. Rd2 Rxc4 47. Rde2 Nd4
48. Rxe7+ Kf8 49. Nxd4 Rxd4 50. Rh7 Kg8 51. Ree7 Rxa4 52. Reg7+ Kf8 53. Rf7+
Kg8 54. Rhg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3
Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bf6 Bxf6 13. Qxf6 O-O 14. Qxe5 Qxe5
15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Nbd2 Bc6 17. f4 (17. O-O N8d7 18. f4 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Bc2
Nd3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Nb3 Na4 23. Nf2 Rdd8 24. Rab1 Bd5 25. Red1 Nb6 $15 {
Dörflinger-Birk, 1988.}) (17. O-O-O N8d7 18. f4 a5 19. Rhe1 a4 20. Bc2 Rfd8 21.
g3 Kf8 22. Nf3 Bd5 23. Kb1 {+/= , Watson-Alburt, 1987.}) 17... N6d7 18. Bc2 a5
19. O-O-O Kg7 20. Rhe1 a4 21. b4 $1 $14 axb3 22. axb3 Na6 23. b4 Nb6 24. Kb2
Rad8 25. g3 Bb5 26. Bb3 Ba4 27. Bxa4 Nxa4+ 28. Kb3 b5 29. Nf3 c5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8
31. Nd6 Nc7 32. Ng5 c4+ 33. Kc2 Ra8 34. Ra1 f6 35. Nge4 fxe5 36. fxe5 Nb6 37.
Rxa8 Nbxa8 38. Nf6 Nb6 39. Kd2 h5 40. Nfe8+ Nxe8 41. Nxe8+ Kf8 42. Nc7 Ke7 43.
Ke3 Kd7 44. Nxb5 Kc6 45. Nd4+ Kd5 46. Kf4 Nd7 47. Nc2 Nxe5 48. Ne3+ Kd6 49. h4
{(2.20/1.44)} 1-0

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Black "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Re1
Bg4 9. c3 (9. h3 $1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. Nc3 $14) 9... Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
O-O 12. Nd2 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3
Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bf6 Bxf6 13. Qxf6 O-O 14. Qxe5 Qxe5
15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Nbd2 Bc6 17. O-O-O a5 18. f4 Kg7 19. h4 $14 {Probably a
prearranged draw: See Khalifman-Fedorowicz in CBM 22 where white managed to
win this ending.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch45"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1990.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Blees, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Ng5 e6
9. f4 dxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 f6 15. Nc3
fxe5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 {
This is a familiar position with the pawns on a2 and a7, when the position is
roughly equal. Here white has a tremendous shot to keep the initiative.} 21.
Bd8 $1 $36 Qc5 22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Ng5 Nd5 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Rf1 Ne3 26. Rg1 Ng4 27.
Qf4 h5 28. h3 Nh6 29. Bf6 Qc5 30. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubicic, Filip"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8.
O-O Bf5 9. a3 Qc7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Be3 h5 13. h3 Bd6 14. f4 O-O-O 15.
Qa4 g5 {This is a most unexpected move. As we have already seen, time is of
the essence when attacks are initiated on opposite wings. Instead of defending
the Pa7, Black begins his own attack in explosive fashion.} 16. d5 (16. fxg5
Ng4 17. hxg4 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 hxg4 $19) 16... Bxf4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19.
Bf3 Rd2 20. Rad1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bc2 22. Rxd2 Bxa4 23. Nxa4 Qa5 24. Nc3 Rd8 25.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Rd6 Qxb2 28. Rxc6+ Kd8 29. Nb5 Nd7 30. Nxa7 Ne5 31.
Rd6+ Ke7 32. Nc8+ Kf6 33. Bxh5 f3 34. Bxf3 Nxf3 35. gxf3 Ke5 36. Rd7 Kf4 37.
Nd6 f5 38. Nf7 Kg3 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Visser, Yge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Be2 {6.Qf3 , 6.Bc4 , or
6.c4 are more usual, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with this; indeed,
there may well be some advantages.} Bg7 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3 c6 9. c4 $1 {9.c4 is
strong here because black's pieces are cluttered.} N5f6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Nb6
12. a4 Bf5 13. Bf4 Nc8 14. Qb3 $16 Nd6 15. a5 Qc8 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. g4 Be6 18.
Nxd7 Bxd7 19. c5 Nb5 20. Nxb5 cxb5 21. Rfd1 a6 22. Bf3 e6 23. Bd6 Re8 24. d5
exd5 25. Bxd5 Be6 26. Rd2 Qd7 27. Rad1 Rac8 28. Qf3 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. b4
Qe2 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 32. Bg3 Bc3 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kg7 35. Bd6 Kf6 36. Rd7
Bxb4 37. c6 bxc6 38. Bxb4 Rc2 39. Ra7 c5 40. Rc7 c4 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. Rxa6 Rc1+
43. Kg2 Rb1 44. Bc3+ Kd5 45. Rb6 Kc5 46. Rb8 Rb3 47. Bg7 Kc6 48. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 {An underrated line. White's
development is uncomplicated.} O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 c6 9. O-O Na6
10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Qc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Nxe7+ Kh8
16. Bg5 c3 17. bxc3 Nc5 18. Rd4 Nd7 19. Re1 h6 20. Rh4 Rfe8 21. a3 Bf8 22. Bf6+
Nxf6 23. exf6 Bxe7 24. Rxh6+ Kg8 25. fxe7 Rxe7 26. Rh4 Rc7 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Re7
Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Re4 Kf8 31. c4 Bd7 32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. cxb5 Rxc2 34. a4 Rb2
35. f3 a6 36. bxa6 bxa6 37. Re5 Kg7 38. Ra5 Rb6 39. Kf2 f6 40. h4 Kh6 41. g4
Rc6 42. Kg3 Rb6 43. Rc5 Rb4 44. a5 Ra4 45. Rc6 Rxa5 46. Rxf6 Kg7 47. Rc6 Ra4
48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Ra7 a5 50. g5 Kh8 51. f4 Ra1 52. f5 a4 53. fxg6 a3 54. Kg4 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palkovi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. O-O a5 8. a4 Bg4
9. Nbd2 e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bh6 Nc6 14. c3 Bf8 15. Bf4
(15. Qd2 {appears better, keeping control over the black squares on the
kingside.}) 15... h6 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bg3 Bg7 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Qe3
Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Ncxe5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Qxf4 f6 24. Kh1 Nd3 25. Qf5 Nxe1 26. Nxe6
Nd3 27. Bxd5 N3e5 28. Re1 Ke7 29. Nf4 Rae8 30. Rd1 Kd8 31. Be6 Rxe6 32. Nxe6+
Kc8 33. b4 Rg8 34. Nc5 Qc6 35. Rd2 Rg5 36. Qh7 f5 37. Qe7 Rg8 38. Rd6 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1990.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 dxe5 8. a5
N6d7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Ne6 Qe8 12. Nxc7 {This line was formerly
discredited because of a game in which black played 12...Qf7, but did not get
enough for the exchange. Alburt's move is a significant improvement.} Qd8 $1
$44 13. Nxa8 exd4 14. c3 Nc5 15. cxd4 (15. b4 Ne4 16. Qb3+ e6 17. cxd4 Nc6 $1 {
~/= Dlugy.}) 15... Bxd4 16. O-O e5 17. Be3 Nba6 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Rc1 Kg7 20.
Bxd4 Qxd4 21. b4 Nd3 22. Ne2 Qd7 23. Rc3 Rxa8 24. g4 Nb2 25. Qc1 Bd3 26. Qxb2
Qxg4+ 27. Ng3 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Qd4 29. Qc1 Rf8 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Nxb4 32. Rb3
Rf4 33. Rc3 Na6 34. Re3 Nc5 35. Rc3 b6 36. axb6 axb6 37. Ke1 h5 38. h3 Rb4 39.
Ke2 Kf6 40. Rc2 Kg5 41. Rd2 Ne6 42. Ke3 Nf4 43. Ne4+ Kf5 44. Nd6+ Ke6 45. Nc8
Rb3+ 46. Ke4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Pan American University-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2009.01.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.12.27"]
[EventType "team-game"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 ({Die andere Variante ist} 4. c4 Nb6 5.
exd6 {wonach Schwarz jedoch mittels 5...exd6 eine spielbare Stellung bekommen
kann:} exd6 $1 (5... cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 $14) 6. Nc3 Be7
7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Be2 Bf6 10. O-O Nc6 11. b3 Bf5 12. Be3 h6 13. Qd2 d5
14. c5 Nc8 15. a3 N8e7 16. b4 a6 $132 {Boskovic - Ramirez (Richardson, 2008)})
4... dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. h3 $5 {Sicherlich ist es kein Hauptzug, aber für die
eine Partie könnte es genug sein. Die beste Alternative und der richtige Weg,
den Vorteil zu erspielen, ist 6.Be2.} (6. Be2 $1 Bf5 (6... Nd7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
O-O e6 9. c4 Nf4 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Bg5 $14 {Anand -
Mamedyarov (Nice, 2008)}) 7. g4 Be6 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 f6 10. Nd3 Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qd8
12. Nc3 $44 {Kasparov - Short (Moscow, 2002)}) 6... Nd7 (6... Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 f6 10. Nf3 $14 {Der weißfeldrige Läufer kommt später auf die
große Diagonale über g2.}) 7. Nf3 g6 (7... e6 {Solid aber passiv. Der Bc8 wird
lange brauchen, um das Leben zu genießen.} 8. c4 N5f6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O
11. O-O $14 {Bauer - Luther (Bled, 2002)}) 8. c4 $5 $146 {Eine interessante,
aber zweischneidige Idee. Es ist doch besser, den traditionellen Plan mit der
kurzen Rochade durchzuführen.} (8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {Die weiße
Aufgabe besteht darin, in erster Linie die Befreiungsvorstöße e5 und c5 zu
unterbinden.} e6 11. c3 c5 (11... N5b6 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15.
cxd4 $14 {Offensichtlich hat Weiß eine gute Isolanistellung bekommen - alle
seine Figuren sind entwickelt, der schwarze Läufer c8 wird noch eine Weile
brauchen, um rauszukommen, auch die schwarze Dame steht auf c7 alles andere
als gut.}) 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Nbd2 Re8 16. Bd4 f6 17.
Qb3 Kh8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Rxb2 21. c4 Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rbxb8 23.
Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxc4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. a4 Be2 27. Re1 Re4 28. Bc3 Kg8 29.
Nd2 Re6 30. Nb3 Bc4 31. Rxe6 Bxe6 32. Nc5 Bd5 33. a5 Kf7 34. a6 Ke7 35. Na4 Kd6
36. Nb6 Bc6 37. a7 Kc7 38. Bd4 f5 39. a8=N+ {1-0 Macieja,B (2622)-Rozentalis,E
(2591)/Warsaw POL 2006/The Week in Chess 634}) 8... Nc7 $5 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bf4 {
Ich will um jeden Preis den Vorstoß ...e5 verhindern.} (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O e5
12. d5 c5 (12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Ne8 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. Nde4 $36) 13. Nd2 Ne8 14.
Nde4 h6 (14... f5 15. Ng5 $14) 15. f4 f5 16. Nf2 (16. fxe5 $5 fxe4 17. e6 Ndf6
18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rf2 b6 21. b3 Bb7 22. Raf1) 16... e4 17. Be3 Nd6
18. Qd2 b6 $132) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 (11. Be2 $5 b5 $1 (11... Re8 12. O-O {
Und Schwarz kann den Vorstoß ...e5 nicht mehr durchführen.} e5 $2 13. dxe5 Nxe5
(13... Ne6 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf6+ $18) 14. Qxd8 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Rxd8 16. Bxc7 $18) 12. cxb5 Nxb5 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14. O-O a6 15. Rc1 Nf6
16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bb7 18. Bf3 e6 $132 {Die schwarze Stellung ist in Ordnung.}
) 11... Re8 (11... c5 {Während der Partie hatte ich Angst, dass Schwarz die
Stellung öffnen und die Lage des weißen Königs im Zentrum ausnutzen kann. Doch
es scheint nicht der Fall zu sein.} 12. d5 (12. dxc5 Ne6 13. Bh6 Ndxc5 14. Bxg7
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Kxg7 16. b4 Nd7 $11) 12... e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Ne8 (14... f5
15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. d6 Ne8 (17... Ne6 18. Nd5 Qg7 19. O-O-O e4 20.
Ng5 Nd4 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Nce6 $16) 18. O-O-O e4 19. Ng5 h6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. h4
$1 $16) 15. g4 $1 $14) 12. O-O-O {Wer A sagt muss auch B sagen. Ich schließe
nicht aus, dass aus praktischer Sicht das ruhige 12.Be2 doch besser wäre - in
der Partie ging Weiß ein großes Risiko ein.} (12. Be2 $5 b5 13. O-O (13. cxb5
cxb5 14. Nxb5 $2 Nxb5 15. Bxb5 Qb6 16. Ba4 Qa6 17. Qc2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19.
Bxe8 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 Nxf4 $44) 13... bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Bc4
$132) 12... b5 $1 {Schwarz wählt die richtige Strategie - er will Linien am
Damenflügel öffnen, um dem weißen König Sorgen zu machen.} 13. Ne5 $2 (13. h4
$1 {wäre stärker gewesen.} Nf6 (13... bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 (15... h5
16. Ne5 Ncd5 17. Nxc6 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Bh6 $16) 16. Ne5 Be6 (16... Bxd1 17.
Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Bh6 $18) (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxd1 18. Qh6 $18) 17. h5 Bxb3 18.
axb3 Ncd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bh6 Bf6 (20... Bh8 21. Bf8 $3)) 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f3
$1 {Bereitet das Feld e4 für den Springer c3, falls Schwarz ...b4 spielt.} bxc4
(15... b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Ne6 18. c5 $1 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 f6 20. Bc4+ e6 21.
Nf3 $16) 16. Bxc4 Ncd5 17. Bh6 $40 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass Weiß mit
seinem Angriff schneller vorankommt.}) 13... Bb7 (13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd2+ (16... Be6 17. Qh6 Qc8 18. Ne4 $18) 17. Rxd2 Be6 18.
Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Rhd1 Red8 20. Rd7 $14) 14. Be2 Nb6 $2 (14... Ne6 $1 {Hier hätte
Schwarz die Ungenauigkeit von Weiß im 13. Zug ausnutzen können.} 15. cxb5 (15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be5 Red8 $15 {xd4}) 15... Nxf4 $1 (15... cxb5 16. Bxb5 (16. Nxd7
b4 $1 $17) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rf8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 (18... Kxg7 19. d5 Nc7 20. Bc6
$18) 19. d5 Qc7 20. Rhe1 Rfd8 21. Kb1 $16 {Die weißen Figuren sind zu aktiv,
Schwarz hat nichts für den Bauern.}) 16. Qxf4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Bc4 Bxe5 $1
(18... e6 19. Rhe1 (19. Rd6 cxb5 20. Bxb5 Red8 21. Rhd1 Bd5 $3 {\//\Bxe5} 22.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 $17) 19... Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. g3 $13) 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. bxc6
Bxc6 $44) 15. c5 $1 {Die Stellungsbewertung ändert sich mit jedem Zug.} Nbd5 (
15... b4 $2 16. Ne4 Nbd5 17. Bh6 $16 {Mit vier Springern auf dem Brett hat
Schwarz es sogar schwerer.}) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 $2 {Ein unglaublicher
Fehler. Der Zug 17.Bh6 bietet sich an... Wie man ihn nicht spielen kann, ist
mir immer noch ein Rätsel.} (17. Bh6 Bxe5 (17... Bh8 18. h4 Qc7 19. f4 $16) 18.
dxe5 Qc7 19. e6 f6 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Kb1 $16 {Schwarz hat sehr schlechte
Aussichten mit seinem Läufer auf b7.}) 17... f6 (17... Nxf4 $2 18. Qxf4 f6 19.
Nxc6 Qc8 20. Na5 $18) 18. Ng4 Qd7 $2 {Zum zweiten Mal nutzt Alejandro meinen
Fehler nicht aus. 18....h5 würde die Partie zu verrückten Komplikationen
führen, die wohl mit einem Unentschieden enden würden.} (18... h5 {Wenn Weiß
jetzt keine Taktik hat und 19.Nh2 spielen muss, dann steht Schwarz einfach
besser.} 19. Bh6 $1 (19. Nh6+ Kh7 20. Nf7 Qd7 21. Bh6 (21. g4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 e5
$19) 21... Rf8 22. Bg4 (22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kxf7 24. Qh7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6+ Kd8
26. Qxh5 Qe8 $17) 22... Qc7 23. Bxg7 $8 (23. Be6 Rxf7 24. Bxf7 (24. Bxg7 Rxg7
$19) 24... Bxh6 $19) 23... Kxg7 24. Qh6+ Kxf7 25. Qh7+ Ke8 26. Qxg6+ Kd8 27.
Bxh5 Qf4+ $19) (19. Nh2 e5 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. exf6 Qxc5+ 23. Kb1
Bxf6 24. Nf3 d4 $17) 19... hxg4 20. hxg4 Qc7 $1 {Der einzige Zug!} (20... Kf7
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. Be4 Rg8 (23... Ke6 24. Bxg6 Kd7 25. Bxe8+ Qxe8
26. g5 $16) 24. Qh7+ Kf8 (24... Ke6 25. Bxg6 Kd7 26. Bf5+ Kc7 27. Qh2+ e5 28.
dxe5 Rh8 29. Qg3 $18) 25. Bxg6 Rg7 26. Qh8+ Rg8 27. Qh6+ Rg7 28. g5 $14 {
Weiß hat ein sicheres Remis und kann versuchen, mehr aus der Stellung
herauszuholen.}) (20... Rf8 21. Be4 $1 Rf7 (21... f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Qg5 $18) 22. Bxg6 $16) 21. Be4 $1 Bxh6 $1 {Ich denke,
Schwarz muss das Remis forcieren, ansonsten riskiert er viel. Das Läufer auf
b7 spielt nicht mit, deswegen ist die Figur, die Schwarz mehr hat, momentan
nicht zu spüren. Der schwarze König dagegen ist in Gefahr.} (21... e6 22. Bxg6
Red8 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bc2 $44) (21... e5 22. Bxg6 Re7 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qh6 Kf8
25. Rh5 Ne7 26. Bh7 $18) 22. Rxh6 Kg7 $3 (22... Kf7 23. Bxg6+ Ke6 (23... Kg7
24. Rh7+ Kg8 25. Rh8+ Kxh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qf7#) 24. Bf5+ Kf7 25.
Rh7+ Kg8 26. Rdh1 $18) 23. Rxg6+ (23. Rh7+ {Sichert das sofortige Remis.} Kxh7
24. Rh1+ Kg8 25. Rh8+ (25. Kb1 g5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. Qd3 e5 $19) (25. Bxg6 Qf4
$19) 25... Kxh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ $11) (23. Bxg6 Qf4 24. Rdh1
Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Rh8 $19) 23... Kf7 24. Rh6 Rh8 25. g3 $1 (25. Rdh1 Rxh6 26. Rxh6
Rg8 $17) 25... Rxh6 26. Qxh6 Rg8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Rg7 (28... Ke8 29. Bg6+
Kd7 30. Bf5+ Kd8 31. Be6 Re8 32. Bf7 $14) 29. Qh8+ Rg8 $11) 19. Bh6 $1 {
Man lässt die Chance nicht zweimal aus.} Bh8 $6 {Der weiße Angriff wird nur
noch gefährlicher, wenn die Läufer auf dem Brett bleiben.} (19... Bxh6 20. Qxh6
Qf5 $1 (20... Rf8 21. h4 e6 22. h5 Qg7 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qf4 $16)
21. Qd2 (21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. Kb1 Qe4+ 23. Ka1 Rad8 $132) 21... Kg7 22. h4 $14)
20. h4 {Der Sturm beginnt!} e5 $5 {Schwarz will nicht einfach abwarten, bis er
geschlachtet wird.} (20... Rad8 21. h5 g5 22. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kf8 24.
Rh3 $1 (24. Qh6+ Kg8 (24... Bg7 25. Qxh7 Qe6 26. h6 Bf6 27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Bh5
$18) 25. Qg5+ $11 {garantiert ein Remis.}) 24... Qe6 (24... Nf6 25. Ne5 Qe6 26.
Qf4 $3 Qxa2 27. Rg3 Bg7 28. Qg5 Qg8 29. Re1 $1 Rxd4 30. h6 Bh8 31. Qe3 Qa2 32.
Qxd4 $18) 25. Rg3 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Bxf6 (26... exf6 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qxh7+ Qf7 29.
Re1+ $18) 27. Qh6+ Kf7 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Be4 $18) (
20... e6 {Das ist schon eine Art strategischer Aufgabe. Weiß kann einfach mit
21.Rhe1 fortsetzen, aber es gibt auch noch eine taktische Lösung.} 21. Rh3 (21.
Rhe1 $16) 21... Rad8 (21... Re7 22. Rg3 $16) 22. h5 g5 23. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 24.
Nh6+ Kf8 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Rf3+ Kg7 27. Nf5+ $1 exf5 28. Qxg5+ Kf7 29. Rxf5+
Qxf5 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Rd3 $18) 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. h5
e4 23. hxg6 $1 exf3 (23... hxg6 24. Bg5 $3 exf3 (24... Bg7 25. Be2 Qf5 26. Bh6
$1 Bh8 27. Be3 Bg7 28. Bd4 $18) 25. Rxh8+ Kxh8 26. Nf6 Qf7 27. Rh1+ Kg7 28.
Rh7+ Kf8 29. Bh6+ Ke7 30. Nxd5+ cxd5 31. Bg5+ $18) 24. Qg5 $3 {Nur so! Nichts
bringt 24.gxh7+. Jetzt hat Weiß die Doppeldrohung: 25.gxh7+ und 25.g7.} (24.
gxh7+ $2 Qxh7 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kf7 $11) 24...
Re4 {Schwarz ist hilflos. In allen Varianten hat Weiß einen sicheren Weg zum
Sieg.} (24... Re2 25. g7 $1 fxg2 (25... Bxg7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 28.
Rxh7+ Qxh7 29. Nxh7 fxg2 30. Nf6 $18) 26. Rhg1 Qe7 27. Rxd5 Bxg7 28. Bxg7 Qxg5+
29. Rxg5 $18) (24... Re6 25. gxh7+ Kf7 26. Rh3 $18) (24... Qe6 25. gxh7+ Kf7
26. Rh3 $18) (24... fxg2 25. gxh7+ Kf7 26. Rh3 $18) 25. gxf3 Rc4+ (25... Re6
26. gxh7+ Kf7 27. Qf5+ Ke7 (27... Bf6 28. Nxf6 $18) 28. Bg5+ Ke8 29. Rhe1 $18)
(25... Rxg4 26. gxh7+ Kf7 27. fxg4 Qe6 28. Rhe1 Qf6 29. Qh5+ Qg6 30. Rxd5 cxd5
31. Re7+ $18) (25... Bxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Re2+ 27. Ka1 $18) (25... Re2 26. g7 Bxg7
27. Rxd5 $18) 26. Kb1 Rxc5 27. gxh7+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ (28. Qf4+ {Gewinnt auch
ziemlich leicht.} Nxf4 29. Rxd7+ Ke6 30. Rxb7 $18) 28... Ke7 (28... Ke6 29.
Rhe1+ Kd6 30. Bf4+ $18) 29. Bg5+ Kf8 (29... Kd6 30. Bf4+ Ke7 31. Rhe1+ Kd8 32.
Qg5+ Kc8 33. Qg8+ Qd8 34. Re8 $18) 30. Qh6+ Kf7 (30... Qg7 31. Qd6+ Ne7 (31...
Kf7 32. Nh6+ Ke8 33. Rhe1+) 32. Bh6 $18) 31. Ne5+ $1 {Die Abschlusskombination.
Das Feld h8 muss befreit werden.} Bxe5 32. Qh5+ Kg7 (32... Ke6 33. Qg6+ Bf6 34.
Rhe1+ Kd6 35. Bf4#) (32... Kf8 33. h8=Q+ Bxh8 34. Qxh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 (35...
Ke8 36. Qg8#) (35... Ke6 36. Rhe1+ Kd6 37. Bf4#) 36. Qxd7 $18) 33. h8=Q+ Rxh8
34. Qxh8+ Kf7 35. Qxe5 {Nach 35....Nc3+ folgt einfach 36.Qxc3 Qf5+ 37.Qd3
Qxd3+ 38.Rxd3 Rxg5 39.Rd7 und 40.Rxb7+-.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3
a5 9. a4 Nc6 10. O-O dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Re1 Bd7 (13... Bf5 $5
14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Qb5 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 $14) 14. Nc3 $1 (14.
c3 Qh4 15. Nd2 Bc6 16. Nf3 (16. Ne4 Bxe5 17. Bg5 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4
Nd7 20. Rd1 Bd6 21. Bxe7 Nc5 $1 $10 {Stefansson-Egger Moszkva(ol) 1994}) 16...
Qh5 17. Nd4 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bd5 $10) 14... Bc6 $5 {N} (14... e6 15. Bg5 h6 (15...
Qb4 16. Ne4 $1) (15... Qc5 16. Qg4 Bc6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 $14) 16. Be7 Rfe8
17. Rad1 Qf4 18. Bc5 $14) 15. Nb5 $1 (15. e6 f5 16. Bg5 Qb4 $132) 15... Bxb5
16. Qxb5 c6 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. c3 Qb6 (18... Qh4 $2 19. Qf3 e6 $8 (19... Rad8 20.
Re4 $16) 20. Bd2 $16) 19. Bc4 $1 (19. Bc2 f5 $1 $10) 19... Rad8 20. Bg5 $2 (20.
h4 $1 h5 (20... Qc5 21. h5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxc4 23. Bh6 f6 24. Qg3 $16) 21. Bg5
$16) 20... h6 $1 21. Bc1 (21. Bh4 Qc5 $10 {XBh4}) 21... e6 22. h4 Rd7 $1 $132 (
22... h5 23. Bg5 $16) 23. g3 (23. h5 $6 g5 24. Qe4 f5 $1 25. exf6 Rxf6 $13)
23... Rfd8 24. Kg2 Qc5 25. Bb3 Qb6 26. Bc4 Qc5 27. Bb3 Qb6 28. Qc4 $5 (28. Bc4
$10) 28... Ne7 $1 29. Be3 Qc7 30. Qe2 $5 (30. Qe4 Nf5 31. Bf4 Qb6) 30... Nf5 (
30... Qxe5 $5 31. Bb6 $1 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Rf8 $1 (32... Ra8 33. Rxe6 $1 $14) 33.
Bxa5 (33. Rxe6 $2 Nc8 $1) 33... Nd5 34. Bxd5 (34. c4 $6 Ne7 $1 {Xd4}) 34...
Rxd5 $1 (34... cxd5 35. Bb6 Ra8 36. a5 Rd6 37. Ra3 Rc6 38. Rb3 $14) 35. Bb6 Ra8
36. a5 Bf6 $10) 31. Bf4 Qb6 32. Bc4 Qc5 33. Rab1 Bf8 34. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6
8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd3 g6 14. b4 Qc7
15. bxc5+ $6 (15. O-O Kd7 16. Qe6+ $16) 15... Kxc5 $6 (15... Qxc5 16. O-O Qd4
$11) 16. Na4+ $16 Kd4 17. O-O-O Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3+ Kxd3 20. Rd1+ Ke2
21. d6 Qd7 22. Nc3+ Kxf2 23. Ne4+ $2 (23. c5 Qg4 24. Ne4+ $1 $18) 23... Kxg2
$14 24. Rd2+ Kf3 $2 (24... Kh3 25. dxe7 Qf5 $16) 25. Rf2+ Kxe4 26. Rxf6 e6 27.
Rf4+ Kd3 28. Rf3+ Kd4 29. Be3+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.10.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In der Eröffnung und im Mittelspiel besteht die Hauptaufgabe des Königs
gewöhnlich darin, sich selbst in Deckung zu bringen, um dann erst im Endspiel
wieder ins Geschehen einzugreifen. In der vorliegenden Partie ist es jedoch
anders: Bei vollem Brett wird der weiße König zum Hauptakteur im Angriff auf
den Gegner. Ich stütze mich bei meiner Analyse auf die folgenden Kommentatoren:
1) Nigel Short im Informator 53/115; 2) Pavel Blatny und Viswanathan Anand im
ChessBaseMagazin 26; 3) John Emms in "The World's Greatest Chess Games".} 1. e4
{Rogers,I} Nf6 {Jan Timman hat ein sehr universelles Eröffnungsrepertoire.
Auch die eher selten angewandte Aljechin-Verteidigung gehört zu seinen
Favoriten.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 {Weiß
stützt den Pe5, den Stolz seiner Stellung. Die wesentlichen Alternativen sind
7.Ng5 und 7.a4.} (7. Nbd2 $6 O-O 8. h3 a5 $1 9. a4 $2 dxe5 10. dxe5 Na6 $1 11.
O-O Nc5 {erwies sich in der 13.WM-Partie B.Spassky-R.Fischer (Reykjavik 1972)
dagegen als gut für Schwarz.}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O O-O {Natürlich muss Schwarz das
weiße Zentrum attackieren, allerdings ist 8...Bg4? noch nicht möglich:} (8...
Bg4 $2 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ng5+ $18) 9. h3 {Rogers,I: 'By preventing ...Bg4
White ensures that Black will be unable to lay siege to the e5 pawn, keeping
Black's bishop on g7 permanently out of play.' Nun ist dies unvermeidlich.} a5
10. a4 {Weiß erlaubt dem Schwarzen keinen Raumgewinn am Damenflügel. Die
geringfügige Schwächung des Feldes b4 ist nur ein kleiner Preis, den Weiß
zahlen muss.} (10. c3 $6 a4 {nebst ...Be6 ließe Schwarz zur Entwicklung kommen.
}) (10. a3 $6 a4 11. Ba2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Re1 Ra5 {(Anand)
gibt Schwarz ebenfalls gutes Gegenspiel.}) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4
Qxd4 13. Re1 {Nach wie vor dreht sich alles um den Pe5.} e6 $6 {Dieser Zug
schwächt das Feld f6 und schließt den Bc8 ein - beide Umstände werden im
weiteren Verlauf zum Tragen kommen.} ({Weder} 13... Be6 $6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Nd2) ({noch} 13... Nd7 $6 14. e6 $1 {sind echte Alternativen.}) ({Jedoch ist
Timmans Neuerung fünf Jahre später eine Verbesserung:} 13... Bd7 $5 14. Nc3 Bc6
15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 c6 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. c3 Qb6 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. Bg5 $6 (20. h4
$5 {wird von Leko empfohlen}) 20... h6 21. Bc1 e6 22. h4 Rd7 23. g3 Rfd8 {
(jetzt hat Schwarz sich ideal aufgebaut)} 24. Kg2 Qc5 25. Bb3 Qb6 26. Bc4 Qc5
27. Bb3 Qb6 28. Qc4 Ne7 29. Be3 Qc7 30. Qe2 Nf5 31. Bf4 Qb6 32. Bc4 Qc5 33.
Rab1 Bf8 34. Bb3 {mit Friedensschluss in P.Leko-J.Timman (Wijk aan Zee 1996)})
14. Nd2 Nd5 $5 {Anscheinend hatte Timman diese Stellung bewusst angestrebt,
denn Short hatte bereits vier Jahre zuvor so gespielt. Der Textzug ist eine
Neuerung, aber keine Verbesserung gegenüber 14...Bd7:} (14... Bd7 15. c3 Qc5
16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Bg5 Qc5 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. f4 Qc4 22.
Qxc4 Nxc4 23. b3 Nb6 24. c4 Rfc8 25. Rad1 Bf8 26. Nb5 Bc5+ 27. Kf1 c6 28. Nd6
$16 {mit großem Vorteil in N.Short-M.Hennigan (Britische Meisterschaft 1987).
Schwarz hat keine Entschädigung für seinen Raumnachteil und die Schwächen auf
den schwarzen Felder.}) 15. Nf3 Qc5 16. Qe4 {Short ist für seinen unmaskierten
Angriffsstil bekannt. Es droht einfach Qh4 nebst Bh6 und Ng5.} Qb4 {Rogers,I:
'Black is trying to prevent the transfer of White's queen to h4 but Short is
prepared to ruin his pawn structure and give up the bishop pair just to gain
h4 for his queen.' Timman sucht die Verteidigung im Damentausch.} (16... Bd7 $6
17. Qh4 Qb4 18. Re4 {(Blatny) wäre bereits zu spät.}) 17. Bc4 $1 {Weiß weicht
dem Damentausch aus und verschmäht auch den Bauern.} (17. Bxd5 $6 exd5 18. Qxd5
Be6 {wäre natürlich zu kleinlich. Als Ersatz für den Bauern hat Schwarz die
Kontrolle über die weißen Felder und seine Figuren kommen ins Spiel.}) 17...
Nb6 18. b3 $1 {Konsequent. Weiß zersplittert seine Bauern, aber nun ist nur
noch die schwarze Dame in einer aktiven Position, alle anderen schwarzen
Figuren fristen ihr Dasein auf der Grundlinie. Weiß hat großen Vorteil.} Nxc4
19. bxc4 Re8 {Schwarz musste seinen Turm gegen die Drohung Ba3 verwahren. Auf
19...Rd8 kann Weiß mit 20.Bg5 oder 20.Qh4 seinen Angriff fortführen.} 20. Rd1
Qc5 21. Qh4 b6 (21... Bxe5 $2 22. Ba3 $18) 22. Be3 Qc6 {Rogers,I: '?!' Rogers,
I: 'Now White is free to pursue his kingside attack without hindrance.' Die
schwarze Dame hat nicht viele Felder:} (22... Qe7 $2 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Rd8+ Bf8
25. Bh6 Bb7 26. Bxf8 $18) (22... Qf8 {Rogers,I: 'was necessary.' erlaubt eine
Variante, die von Blatny stammt:} 23. Ng5 h6 (23... h5 $1) 24. Ne4 g5 25. Bxg5
$1 hxg5 26. Qxg5 Kh7 (26... Qe7 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Rd4 {nebst Rh4-h7(h8+)}) 27.
Qh5+ $1 Bh6 (27... Kg8 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. exf6 $18 {und der Rd1 setzt auf der
g-Linie matt.}) 28. Nf6+ Kg7 (28... Kh8 29. Rd4 {nebst Rg4-g8+}) 29. Rd4 Qh8
30. Rg4+ Kf8 31. Qxh6+ $1 Qxh6 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. Rxe8#) 23. Bh6 Bh8 {Ein
Abtausch des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers ließe Weiß in Verbindung mit Rd4-h4(f4)
zu unwiderstehlichem Angriff kommen.} 24. Rd8 $1 Bb7 (24... Bd7 $5 {wird von
Short angegeben. Nach} 25. Nd4 Raxd8 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Qf4 Rd7 28. Bg5 {
hat Weiß klaren Vorteil, aber die Partie ist noch nicht gewonnen.}) 25. Rad1
Bg7 $5 {Jetzt bietet Schwarz den Läufertausch an, da er dann auch gleichzeitig
die Türme tauschen könnte. Es gab zwei wichtige Alternativen:} (25... Bxe5 26.
Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Rd8 Bd6 (27... Bg7 28. Qe7 Bxh6 29. Qxe8+ $18) (27... f6 28.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qf6 $18) 28. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 29. Qf6 $18 {mit Gewinn,
wie von Blatny angegeben.}) (25... Qxa4 $5 {wird von Short angegeben. Die Idee
ist nicht die Eroberung des irrelevanten Pa4, sondern die Möglichkeit ...
Bb7xf3. Dennoch hat Weiß einen Gewinnweg:} 26. Qe7 Bxf3 27. gxf3 $1 {Die
Empfehlung von Emms, der die folgende Variante bis zum Matt analysiert.} (27.
Rxa8 Bxa8 28. Rd8 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Bxe5+ 30. f4 Bxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kg7
33. Qxa8 {(Short) ist weniger überzeugend, obwohl Weiß im Vorteil bleibt.})
27... Qc6 28. Bg5 $1 {Droht 29.R1d7.} ({Sofortiges} 28. R1d7 $2 Qxd7 29. Qxd7
Rexd8 {war noch nicht möglich.}) 28... Kg7 (28... Bxe5 29. R1d7) 29. Bf6+ Kh6
30. R1d4 g5 31. Qxf7 Raxd8 32. Bxg5+ Kxg5 33. Rg4+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ Kh5 35. Qg5#)
26. R8d7 $1 (26. Bxg7 $2 {ist der Zug, auf den Timman gehofft haben wird. Nach}
Raxd8 ({nicht} 26... Rexd8 $2 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qf6 $1 {, und Schwarz ist
machtlos gegen die Drohung Bh6 (Emms)}) 27. Rxd8 (27. Qf6 Rxd1+ 28. Kh2 Qc5 29.
Bh6 Qf8 $132) 27... Kxg7 {ist Schwarz entschlüpft (Emms).}) ({Against other
moves} 26. Qe7 {(Rogers,I) (now answered by} Bxh6 {) would have been very
strong.}) 26... Rf8 {Schwarz muss den Pf7 decken.} (26... Qe4 {wird elegant
widerlegt durch} 27. Rxf7 $1 {Rogers,I: 'Timman saw this move too late (Anand).
' (Short), mit der Pointe} Qxh4 (27... Kxf7 28. Ng5+) 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Nxh4
$18) (26... Bxe5 27. Rxf7 $1 {(Short) ist ebenfalls vernichtend.}) ({After} 
26... Bxh6 {Rogers,I} 27. Qxh6 {White threatens 28.Rxf7!.}) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
R1d4 Rae8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 {Weiß hat seine Schwerfiguren in idealen Positionen.
Aber wie geht es weiter ? Wegen des Matts auf g2 ist der Nf3 unbeweglich, und
außerdem muß sich Weiß mit ...Bc8 auseinandersetzen.} 30. h4 $1 {Der h-Bauer
greift ins Geschehen ein. Es droht 31.h5, 32.h6, 33.Qg7#.} h5 {Die einzige
Verteidigung, aber nun ist der Königsflügel noch mehr geschwächt.} 31. Kh2 $1 {
Mit diesem Zug ist ein überraschender Plan verbunden ...} Rc8 $6 {...den
Timman nicht erkennt.} ({Rogers,I: 'Black must remain passive since' Zäher,
aber letztlich nicht besser ist} 31... Bc8 {Rogers,I: 'allows'} 32. g4 $1 {
, und Weiß gewinnt in allen Varianten:} hxg4 (32... Bxd7 33. gxh5 {(droht 34.
h6)} gxh5 ({oder} 33... Kh7 34. Ng5+) 34. Qg5+ {und 35.Qxh5+, 36.Rg4#}) (32...
Bb7 33. Rd3 hxg4 34. h5 $18 {(Anand)}) 33. Ng5 $1 g3+ (33... Bb7 34. f3) (33...
Bxd7 34. h5 {Rogers,I: 'with a winning attack. Now White has a fine attacking
position but the immobility of his knight on f3 prevents an immediate knockout.
However Short finds a phenomenal idea -to use his king as part of the mating
attack.'} gxh5 35. Qh6 $18) {, und nun gewinnt 34.fxg3, aber Speelmans
Vorschlag} 34. Kxg3 Bxd7 35. Kh2 $1 {ist spektakulärer. Trotz Mehrturm hat
Schwarz keine Verteidigung gegen 36.h5 gxh5 37.Rh4, z.B.} Qxa4 (35... Bc8 36.
h5 Bb7 37. f3) 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rh4 Qxc2 38. Rxh5 {nebst Matt.}) 32. Kg3 $1 {
Das ist es. Der König will nach h6!} Rce8 33. Kf4 $1 Bc8 34. Kg5 $1 {Nach 34...
Bxd7 35.Kh6 oder 34...Kh7 35.Rxf7+ Rxf7 36.Qxf7+ Kh8 37.Kh6 setzt die weiße
Dame matt. Schwarz gab sich daher geschlagen.} 1-0

[Event "Cupa Dinamo"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zlatic, Mihailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bg7 8. h5
Bxh5 9. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 10. e6 $1 h6 (10... fxe6 11. Ng5 Kd7 (11... Qc8 12. Bxh5+
Kd8 13. Bg4)) 11. d5 fxe6 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Kd7 (13... e5 14. Bxh5+ Kf8 15.
Qg4 $18) 14. Bxh5 c6 15. dxe6+ Kc8 16. Bf7 c5 17. Qe4 Nc6 18. Bf4 a6 19. O-O-O
Kb8 20. g4 Qf8 21. a4 Qg7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Ka7 24. Bd2 Nd4 25. Bc3 Qh7 26.
Rxd4 cxd4 27. Bxd4+ b6 (27... Kb8 28. Qxh7 Rxh7 29. Bg6 (29. Bg8 $2 Rh8 30.
Bxh8 Kc7)) 28. Qc6 Rab8 29. a5 Rb7 30. Bh5 $6 (30. axb6+ Kb8 31. Be8 Rg8 32.
Qd7 $3 Rxd7 33. exd7) 30... d5 31. axb6+ Ka8 32. Be8 Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Rb8 34. b7+
(34. Qc6+ Rb7 35. Qc8+ Rb8 36. Qxa6#) (34. b7+ Kxb7 35. Qd7+ Ka8 36. Qa7#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. c4 Nb6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Be3 d5 {I examined this tabyia extensively in
my article for CBM 134. However, I did not consider the next move, which has
never come into the limelight before.} 12. b3 $5 {White is not afraid of
taking on the hanging pawns.} ({The main line goes} 12. c5 Nc4) 12... dxc4 (
12... e5 $5 {is a worthy alternative.} 13. c5 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxd5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rc1 Qe6 18. Bc4 Qe5 19. Qd5 b6 {White's advantage
is rather symbolical}) 13... Nd7 (13... e4 14. cxb6 exf3 15. Bxf3 axb6 16. Nxd5
Ra5 $11) 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {Sandner,W (2220)-Detter,P 
(2170)/Austria 2002/EXT 2004 (1/2, 26)}) 13. bxc4 Na5 14. c5 Nbc4 15. Bf4 {
White hopes to prove that the enemy knights are hanging to a higher extent
than the white pawns!} (15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qb4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bh6 {Offers Black
excellent play. The bishop is quite strong, making the white centre a bit
vulnerable.} 18. e4 b6 19. cxb6 Nc6 20. Qc4 axb6 21. a4 $6 {Pointlessly losing
time.} (21. d5 Na5 22. Qd4 Qc7 23. e5 Rac8 24. Ne4 Bf5 $132) 21... Rc8 22. Ra3
$2 (22. Kh1 e5 $15) 22... Be3+ 23. Kh1 Nxd4 $19 {Mikheev,S (2346)-Shibaev,A/
Tula 2002/EXT 2003 (0-1, 29)}) 15... b6 (15... Qd7 $5 {looks like a nice
developing move.}) 16. Bxc4 (16. Rc1 Rc8 (16... Nb2 $6 {allows White win time
for his development:} 17. Qd2 Nac4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Nb5 Nc6 21.
Rfd1 $14) 17. Nb5 Qd7 $11 {and Black seems to keep the dynamic balance even.})
16... Nxc4 17. Qe2 bxc5 $5 $146 {A very ambitious novelty, in the dynamic
spirit of the Alekhine Defence.} ({In the few games in which} 17... Na5 {
was played, Black did not experience big opening problems either:} 18. cxb6
axb6 19. Rac1 (19. Nb5 Qd7 {Ludewig,W-Altrock,R/Steinheim 1975/EXT 1998 (1-0,
64)}) 19... Bc8 20. Rfd1 Ba6 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Ne5 Qd5 $11 {Wilson,A
(2066)-Carleton,J (2322)/Liverpool 2007/CBM 120 ext (1/2, 33)}) 18. Qxc4 cxd4
19. Ne2 Rc8 20. Qa6 {Black has the bishop pair and a mobile pawn centre. It
seems that his compensation is entirely adequate.} d3 {Maybe he should not
hurry to retrieve part of the material.} ({The centralising} 20... Qd5 $5 {
offers long term compensation:} 21. Rac1 (21. Rad1 e5 22. Bg3 Bxh3 $15) 21...
e5 22. Bd2 Bd7 (22... Bxh3 $2 {does not work in view of the tension along the
c-file:} 23. Bb4 Rfe8 24. gxh3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxf3 26. Rc8 $1 $18) 23. Bb4 Rfe8
24. Rfd1 Qb5 25. Qxb5 Bxb5 26. Ng3 f5 $44 {Black's pawns are not easy to stop.
White may have to give up a knight for two pawns, but then the bishop pair
will remain as strong as ever.}) 21. Ng3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 $6 ({White's best
chance for an initiative was} 22. Nxf5 Bf6 (22... gxf5 23. Rxa1 $14 {leaves
the king's position weakened.}) 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Rd1 $14 {The d3-pawn is in
danger and White has annoying kingside pressure.}) 22... Qb6 23. Qa4 Be6 24.
Be3 Qb2 {Black is at least equal from a material point of view and his d3-pawn
may become dangerous. The position remains complicated, though, because the
king can come under attack at the slightest inaccuracy.} 25. Re1 (25. Bd4 Qc2 (
25... Rc1+ 26. Kh2 $1 Qc2 27. Qxa7 Rxa1 28. Qxe7 Rc8 29. Qf6 Kf8 30. Bxa1 d2
31. Nxd2 Qxd2 32. Ne4 $44 {White can play for a win, having the perpetual
check in his pocket.}) 26. Qa5 f6 $15) 25... Qxa2 {Now, the material balance
clearly favours Black. However, his passed pawns are not easy to advance,
while the kingside worries, even though partly illusory, are permanent.} 26.
Qb4 Rfe8 27. Qh4 f6 28. Qh6 Bd7 29. Rd1 Ba4 30. Re1 a5 31. Bd4 Qf7 32. Qd2 Bc6
33. Re3 e5 34. Bc3 e4 35. Nd4 Bd5 {Black has made some progress, having gained
space and brought two of his pawns closer to the first rank. White correctly
felt that he should start an attack at once, even if it would prove to be more
of a bluff.} 36. Ngf5 $5 Qc7 ({The position after} 36... gxf5 37. Nxf5 Qf8 38.
Rg3+ Kh8 {looks unpleasant for Black, but it is not easy to prove a
constructive way to increase White's pressure. If the attack is repelled,
Black's material advantage would become decisive.}) 37. Bb2 Re5 (37... Qb6 38.
Rg3 Rc7 {would be an alternate way of organising the defence.}) 38. Nh6+ Kg7
39. Ng4 {Black has not avoided problems by refraining from taking the knight.
From a practical point of view, White can be satisfied.} Rb8 (39... Qb6 40. Rg3
Rh5 {may have been a better way to defend, although it does not look too
natural.} 41. Nb3 Rc2 42. Bxf6+ Kg8 43. Qf4 Qc7 44. Be5 Rxe5 $1 $19) 40. Rg3
$44 {Finally, White's attack must be taken very seriously.} e3 $6 {Panicking,
possibly in time trouble.} 41. Nxe3 Be6 42. Bc3 $16 Rd8 43. Bxa5 Qd7 44. Nxe6+
Rxe6 45. Bxd8 Qxd8 46. Nf5+ Kf7 47. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 {Over recent years, there seems to
have been a revival of this old favourite of Bent Larsen.} ({The classical
main lines are} 4... g6) ({and} 4... Bg4) 5. Nxe5 c6 {The modern
interpretation of the line, preparing ...Nb8-d7 without allowing nasty
tactical blows. Kamsky's attention might have been drawn to this line after
having faced it with White twice (the games are quoted below).} ({Larsen used
to be braver:} 5... Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 ({There is some
historic interest regarding} 8. Qg4+ {Fischer,R-Larsen,B/Santa Monica (free
game) 1966/Fischer (1-0, 17)}) 8... N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 c5 12.
Nc3 a6 {Boruchovsky,A (2333)-Savchenko,B (2580)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148/[Let's
Check] (1-0, 29)}) 6. Be2 (6. c4 {allows Black to develop with gain of time:}
Nb4 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Na3 Nd7 9. Nf3 e5 $1 ({There is nothing wrong with the
neutral} 9... e6 {, of course.}) 10. Be2 (10. dxe5 Qa5 $19) (10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
dxe5 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Qc3 Rd3 $1 14. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 15. Ke2 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Bxa3
$17) 10... e4 11. Nd2 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 exd3 $132 {Kamsky,G (2697)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2722)/playchess.com INT 2006/CBM 115 ext (1/2, 40)}) 6... Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nf3 ({Kamsky had been successful against:} 8. Bg4 {Grischuk,A (2763)-Kamsky,G 
(2746)/Istanbul 2012/CBM 151/[Stohl,I] (0-1, 64)}) ({Previously, he had used
the g4-square for the other available minor piece:} 8. Ng4 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10.
Ne3 Bg6 11. f4 Qc7 {White has not sufficient development to sustain his pawn
attack yet.} 12. Nc3 (12. f5 {is premature:} exf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 Bd6
15. h3 Ne4 $36) 12... Bd6 13. g3 Rd8 14. Qe1 O-O {White's somewhat unusual
development is compensated for by his advantage in space. Time has come for
resolute action.} 15. c5 Be7 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Rfe8 19. Qf2
Nf8 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Be5 Ng6 22. Rf1 b6 $13 {Kamsky,G (2744)-Benjamin,J (2559)/
Rockville 2012/CBM 149 Extra (1-0, 87). Since Black cannot take over the
control of the d5-square, the position is dynamically balanced.}) 8... e6 9. c4
(9. a3 {is sometimes played, but as we will see in the next comment it is not
really necessary.}) 9... N5f6 {The best squuare for the knight, defending the
kingside and controlling d5.} (9... Nb4 $6 {starts a risky adventure:} 10. a3
$1 Nc2 $6 ({The safer} 10... Na6 {simply loses time, taking the knight away
from the favourable squares.} 11. Nc3 $14) 11. Ra2 Nxd4 (11... c5 12. dxc5 $1
$146 {[%cal Gb2b4] leaves the knight in trouble.}) 12. Qxd4 c5 (12... Bxb1 13.
Bg5 f6 14. Rxb1 fxg5 15. Rd1 $16 {Gharamian,T (2557)-Barthel,A (2235)/
Boeblingen 2007/CBM 122 Extra (1-0, 25)}) 13. Qc3 Bxb1 14. Bg5 f6 15. Rxb1 fxg5
16. Qe3 $16 {Carlsen,M (2552)-Madsen,D (2287)/Trondheim 2004/CBM 100 ext (1-0,
33)}) 10. Bf4 $5 ({I am not entirely sure why this move is sometimes preferred
over the more natural and more frequent:} 10. Nc3 {Here are some possible
reasons: the knight gets exposed to either ...Bb4 or ...Ne4, the h2-b8
diagonal is left to Black's mercy. In practice, not all these aspects have
been relevant so far, though.} Bd6 (10... Bb4 $6 {The plan of giving away the
bishops pair is at least dubious.} 11. Bf4 Bxc3 $6 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc8 14.
Nh4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. g5 $16 {Shashikant,
K (2340)-Short,N (2655)/Nagpur 2008/CBM 126 Extra (1/2, 44)}) (10... Ne4 {
this makes slightly more sense, but I would be afraid to lose so much time
with the king two tempi away from castling.} 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Bg6 13. d5
e5 14. Bd3 {1/2 Zinchenko,Y (2493)-Sergeev,V (2472)/Alushta 2005/CBM 108 ext})
(10... Qc7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Bf3 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. c5 {This looks
premature, Black will have little trouble maintaining his stability after the
weakening of the d5-square.} Be7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. b4 a6 18. Re1 Re8 19. a4 Nd5
20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Ra2 Nf8 22. Bg4 f5 23. Rae2 Qd7 24. Bh3 Bf6 $11 {Balogh,C 
(2624)-Sergeev,V (2508)/Eforie Nord 2008/CBM 126 Extra (1/2, 45)}) 11. Nh4 Bg6
12. g3 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf3 a6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. a3
Rad8 19. Qc2 Qb8 {Maybe a bit passive.} (19... c5 $5) (19... e5 $5) 20. Bg5 Rc8
21. b4 $14 {Karjakin,S (2775)-Kamsky,G (2762)/Beijing (blitz) 2012 (1-0, 50)})
10... Qb6 ({Even if it does not lead to the knight exchange,} 10... Ne4 {
makes some sense, here, too. It is the start of an original regrouping:} 11.
Bd3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Nd6 13. Bg3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf5 15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. Rd1 Nxg3 17.
hxg3 {Bacrot,E (2720)-Degraeve,J (2569)/Belfort 2010/CBM 138 (1-0, 38)} g5 $5
$36) 11. Qc1 $146 {The most consistent way of defending b2.} (11. b3 {
unnecessarily weakens the position:} h6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Na4 Qd8 14. a3 Be7 (
14... Ba5 $5 {[%cal Ga5c7] with the idea of neutralising the f4-bishop, is
interesting.}) 15. Re1 O-O 16. h3 a5 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. Qb2 b5 $132 {
Furlan,M (2331)-Bogdanovski,V (2398)/Ljubljana 2010/CBM 138 Extra (0-1, 74)})
11... Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 {Preparing the queenside expansion.} Ne4 {A
familiar pattern: Black aims to get some relief by trading pieces.} 14. b4 ({
White coult prevent ...Bg4 with} 14. h3 {, but then the position would be ripe
for} c5 $1) 14... Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nf6 $6 ({In view of the next comment, it would
have made sense to prepare the second exchange with} 15... Bg4 $1 {at once.})
16. Qb2 $6 (16. Ne5 $1 {would have prevented ...Bg4 and caused Black some
troubles. The immediate threat is g2-g4-g5 followed by the fork Nd7} h6 (16...
Rfd8 17. Nxf7 $1 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rd7 20. Ne5 $14) 17. Rfe1 a5 {
This is the only way to strive for counterplay, but it weakens the queenside.}
18. c5 $36 {[%csl Ga5,Gb6][%cal Ge5c4]}) 16... Bg4 $1 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 {
Black has reached an entirely viable Caro-Kann type of position.} a6 19. Be3
Qc7 20. a4 Ne8 $5 {The knight is heading for d6. One typical pattern is that
d4-d5 can be met by ...cxd5, cxd5 e5! with an excellent blockade on the dark
squares.} 21. Rac1 (21. d5 {is premature and does not bother Black at all:}
cxd5 22. cxd5 Bf6 23. Bd4 exd5 $11 (23... Bxd4 24. Qxd4 e5 25. d6 $1) 24. Rad1
(24. Bxd5 $6 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Rd8 $36) 24... Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nf6 26. Bxd5 $11) 21...
Nd6 22. g4 $6 {Aiming to restrict the knight, but allowing Black to regroup
properly.} ({This was the only moment in this game when the central break
would have posed some problems:} 22. d5 Nf5 23. Bc5) 22... Bf6 23. Bg2 g6 24.
f4 Rad8 25. Rfd1 (25. c5 Nc8 26. b5 Ne7 {is completely harmless.}) 25... Rfe8
26. Qf2 Qe7 {White's space advantage looks impressive, but there is no obvious
way to break through. Besides, the d4-pawn may become vulnerable.} 27. Qf3 Rd7
28. Bf2 Bh4 (28... Red8 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 e5 $132) 29. Be3 Bf6 30. Bf2 Qd8 {
Black is so confident that he even does not force the repetition of moves.} 31.
Rd2 (31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 e5 $132) 31... Nc8 32. Rcd1 Ne7 33. Qb3 Qc7 34. Bg3
Qb6 35. Bf2 Qc7 36. Bg3 Qb6 37. Bf2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {The Alekhine Defence - first seen in a game between Napoleon
Bonaparte and Madame de Remuset, in 1802! The defence is solid, but doesn't
have the best reputation, since White has freedom to play in many different
ways and achieve a confortable position without much effort.} 2. e5 (2. d3 {
not the most ambitious response} Nc6 {Napoleon used to like his horses!} 3. f4
e5 $1 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. Nc3 Nfg4 $2 {a greedy idea by the Emperor - his opponent
takes advantage of it!} 6. d4 $1 {[%csl Rg4]} Qh4+ 7. g3 Qf6 8. Nh3 $2 {
returning the favour - now the horses begin to do some damage:} (8. Bf4 $1 $18
{would win a piece by force}) 8... Nf3+ 9. Ke2 Nxd4+ 10. Kd3 Ne5+ $1 11. Kxd4
Bc5+ $1 12. Kxc5 Qb6+ 13. Kd5 Qd6# {0-1 (13) Madame de Remusat-Napoleon I
Paris 1802, not so bad!}) 2... Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 (6.
Bd3 $5 {I played this move once, with the idea of stopping ...Bf5:} Nd7 7. Nf3
N7f6 8. h3 Nb4 9. Bc4 Bf5 {Black manages to develop the bishop, but now I can
win some tempi on his knight:} 10. Bb3 e6 11. a3 Nbd5 12. c4 Nb6 13. Nc3 Ne4
14. Ne2 $5 Be7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nf4 $36 {1-0 (28) Mekhitarian,K (2563)-Aranha
Filho,A (2324) Pocos de Caldas 2016}) 6... Nd7 (6... Bf5 {would be the natural
response. This move has been played by Robert Markus, a strong grandmaster who
has scored some wins lately with the Alekhine} 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. c4 N5f6
10. Nc3 $1 (10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Be7 12. Rd1 h6 {stopping Nh4 is advisable:} 13.
Nc3 O-O 14. c5 Qd8 15. b4 a6 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nb3 Re8 19. a4 Nf8
20. Qb2 Ne6 21. Bg3 Bf6 $15 {0-1 (50) Palac,M (2573)-Markus,R (2673) Mali
Losinj 2017, and Black is doing fine with the constant pressure on d4.}) 10...
Ne4 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. g3 b6 15. a4 Bd6 16. a5 O-O 17.
Nxg6 hxg6 18. Be3 $14 {0-1 (36) Wang,H (2680)-Markus,R (2652) Novi Sad 2016,
despite the result, White is very comfortable with the bishop pair in this
open position.}) 7. c4 (7. Nf3 {is another way to play it} N7f6 8. O-O Bg4 9.
Ne5 $5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e6 11. c4 Ne7 12. Rd1 Ng6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. g3 $36 {1-0 (52)
Sasikiran,K (2684)-Rozentalis,E (2599) Warsaw 2008; followed by h4, White
achieves a good initiative.}) 7... Nc7 (7... Nxe5 $6 {achieves one of Black's
objectives - exchange a minor piece in a position where he has less space, but
allows the creation of a weakness on c6, and leaves Black behind in
development:} 8. cxd5 Ng6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. O-O $16 {should be
unpleasant: 1/2-1/2 (25) Robson,R (2522)-Ramirez,A (2594) Richardson 2011.}) 8.
Nf3 $1 {With a space advantage, it is advisable to keep as many pieces as
possible.} g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Nf6 $6 (11... c5 $1 {trying to
undermine White's centre} 12. d5 e5 $5 {It is always a risky decision to allow
the strong d5-passed pawn, but Black is in time to establish a blockade on d6
and expand the kingside:} 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Rf7 (14... f5 $1 {and Black is
ready to play ...Ne6 against d6.} 15. d6 $2 {this is one of the rare cases
that advancing your passed d-pawn in the middlegame is not good} Ne6 $1 $17 {
with ...Nd4 next}) 15. a3 Bf8 16. Rb1 Ne8 17. b4 b6 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Nde4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Degraeve,J (2540)-Miles,A (2584) Mondariz 2000}) 12. h3 {Now
White gradually improves his position, and Black doesn't have a clear break (..
.e5 or ...c5 would be suggestions, but it's hard to make it happen now).} Bf5
13. Be5 Ne4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re1 Nf6 $6 {I don't get this move - exchanges
should favour Black and ...Nxc3 even creates weaknesses in the white structure
(of course it also strengthens the centre, but that's not a big issue).
Moreover, White doesn't have Rab1 (because of the black bishop).} (15... Nxc3 {
should be good} 16. bxc3 f6 {followed by ...Qd7 and bringing the rook to the
centre} 17. Qd2 $16) (15... Qd6 $5) 16. Qd2 $16 Qd6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qe3 Rfe8
19. Ne5 {Black is about to watch White advance all his pawns with g4, f4 and
slowly suffocate him.} Qb4 20. a3 $5 (20. Rd2 $1 {would be fine as well, with
an excellent position, but Eljanov doesn't want to waste time and goes for the
most ambitious. Honestly, it doesn't look necessary to sacrifice a pawn and go
for complications when you have a huge advantage.}) 20... Qxb2 21. Na4 $6 (21.
g4 $1 {would justify the pawn sacrifice} Bc8 22. Na4 Qc2 23. Nc5 $18 {[%csl
Rc2] the black queen is in trouble.}) 21... Qc2 22. Nc5 Qb2 $2 (22... b6 $1 {
was the last chance for Black:} 23. Ncd3 $1 (23. Rd2 $6 Ncd5 $1 24. cxd5 Nxd5 {
and White can't move the queen which is defending the d2-rook} 25. Qh6+ $1 (25.
Qg5 $2 Qc3 $1 $17) 25... Kxh6 26. Rxc2 Bxc2 27. Nxf7+ Kg7 28. Nxd8 bxc5 29.
Ne6+ Kf7 30. Nxc5 Rb8 $132 {with counterchances}) 23... Bxd3 24. Rxd3 {
threatening Bd1} Qa4 25. Bd1 Qa6 26. Nxc6 Rd6 27. Ne5 Nd7 $16 {and Black tries
to resist, but the central pawns look scary.}) 23. Rd2 Qb6 24. Qc3 {Rb2 is a
real threat.} Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. d5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc3g7]} (26. c5 $4 Nd5 $1
$17 {suddenly Black solves all his problems, and keeps an extra pawn with ...
Qc7 next.}) 26... f6 27. c5 $1 {Now it's over.} Nb5 (27... Nxd5 28. Rxd5 $18 {
wins a piece.}) 28. Bxb5 Qxb5 29. a4 Qa6 30. d6 Bf5 (30... exd6 $2 31. Ng4 $1 {
is the key, there is no good way to defend f6:} Re6 32. Rxe4 $18) (30... Bd5 {
was still losing, but perhaps the best practical chance too:} 31. Ng4 e5 32.
Rde2 $1 {threatening Rxe5} Qc4 33. Qb2 Qxc5 34. Nxf6 $1 $18) 31. g4 $1 exd6 32.
Rxd6 Rxd6 33. cxd6 Rxe5 (33... Rxe5 {it would be pointless to keep on playing:}
34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kg8 36. gxf5 $18 {the d-pawn decides the game in a
couple of moves.}) (33... c5 {it was the best chance, getting the pawn on d6,
but probably wouldn't change the outcome of the game} 34. gxf5 Qxd6 35. Nf3 $18
{Black may obtain three pawns for the piece, but his king remains vulnerable.})
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {The always creative Nigel Short goes for the old and good Alekhine
Defence, provoking White into gaining space, in exchange for the potential
weakening of those pawns.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 $5 (5. Bc4 {
is the critical move. I played this position as White in the beginning of 2017:
} Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O (7. Ng5 $5 {is one of the challenging moves here. A
sample line:} e6 8. Qf3 (8. f4 $5 {a positional approach}) 8... Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5
10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 $13 {with a complex position!}) 7... O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9.
Qe2 Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. axb3 a5 $11 {½-½ (46) Mekhitarian,K (2561)-Fier,A 
(2581) Rio de Janeiro 2017. White has the better space, but Black is doing
just fine with the bishop pair, and a consistent position.}) 5... Bg7 6. c4 Nb6
7. exd6 cxd6 (7... exd6 $6 8. Bg5 $1 $16 {would be very annoying, since Black
doesn't want to play any of the available moves here (...f6, ...Bf6 or ...Qd7).
}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 (9. h3 $5 Nc6 (9... e5 $5) 10. Nc3 Bf5 {is a known line,
when White has been doing fine with 11.Bf4!, played three times by the French
GM Igor Nataf:} 11. Bf4 $1 {preparing simple moves like Qd2 and Rc1 I guess} (
11. Bg5 {transposes to the game}) 11... h6 (11... e5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. d5 Nb8 15. a4 $1 $16 {1-0 (40) Nataf,I (2526)-Schroll,G (2418) Austria
2001. Bothering the b6-knight is a typical motif in the Alekhine Defence. Now
if Black plays ...a5, then Qb3 may be an issue.}) (11... d5 {this move is not
so effective now, since Black doesn't win a tempo when playing ...Nc4:} 12. c5
Nc4 13. b3 Na3 14. Rc1 $16) 12. d5 Na5 13. Nd4 $1 Naxc4 14. b3 $5 (14. Bxc4 $1
Nxc4 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Qh5 $1 $16) 14... Ne5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Qd2 $44 {
1-0 (34) Nataf,I (2560)-Hudecek,J (2293) Pardubice 2002}) 9... Nc6 10. h3 Bf5
11. Nc3 h6 12. Be3 d5 $1 {[%csl Rd4] This is one of the key Alekhine ideas,
Black starts to create some pressure on d4.} 13. c5 Nc4 {Black is very happy
with the opening adventure - the d4-pawn is weak, and all his pieces are well
developed.} 14. Bc1 (14. Bxc4 {leads nowhere} dxc4 15. Qa4 e5 $1 $36 (15... Bd3
16. Rfd1 Qe8 $1 $36 {preparing ...Rd8 for example} (16... g5 $5 17. Ne1 $6 Nxd4
18. Nxd3 cxd3 19. Qc4 Nc6 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Rfd8 $15 {0-1 (42) Perlitz,S 
(2206)-Konopka,M (2441) Griesheim 2002}))) 14... b6 $5 (14... e5 $5 $146 {
was also interesting, sacrificing a pawn:} 15. dxe5 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 (16. Qxd5
Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Be4 $1 $44 {in all these positions, Black has enough
compensation, mostly because of the weak b2-pawn, and also White's bad
development on the queenside}) 16... Bxe5 17. Bxh6 Re8 $44) 15. b3 bxc5 $1 16.
bxc4 cxd4 17. Nxd5 {Amazingly, this is all theory and had been played in 14
games before this one.} e6 (17... d3 $6 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxa1 20. Bxh6
Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ f6 23. Ng5 Qd6 24. Nc7 $1 Kg8 25. Nge6 Rfc8 26. c5
Qd7 27. Qg3 g5 28. h4 $2 (28. f4 $1 {with a devastating attack} Rxc7 29. fxg5
$18) 28... Rxc7 29. Nxc7 Nd4 $132 {0-1 (53) Bitensky,I (2366)-Dobrev,N (2439)
Sautron 2006}) 18. Ba3 exd5 $2 (18... Re8 $1 {had to be played} 19. Nf4 (19. g4
Be4 20. Nf4 d3 $5 (20... e5 21. Nd5 d3 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 e4 $13 {and
Black is doing just fine}) 21. Bxd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxa1 23. Qe4 Nd4 24. Ne5 Qf6
$2 (24... f5 $1 $13 {Black keeps the advantage in a crazy position}) 25. Nfd3
Nc2 26. Bd6 Qg5 $2 27. f4 Qd8 28. Nxf7 $1 Qh4 29. Rxa1 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 $18 {
1-0 (37) Sergeev,V (2451)-Sikula,V (2419) Kiev 2003. It is curious that the
player with the white pieces in this game is one of the biggest specialists in
the Alekhine - he has 319 official games played with this defence as Black!})
19... e5 20. Nd5 d3 21. Bxd3 e4 22. Be2 exf3 23. Bxf3 Rc8 {with complex play.})
19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Bd3 $16 {And White remains a solid exchange up
for a pawn, without enough counterplay for Black.} Nb4 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Rb1 {
By playing consistently, Gunina gradually increases her advantage in the next
few moves.} Nd3 24. Rb7 Kg8 25. Qb1 $1 {White is showing great harmony and
Black will soon collapse.} Qd5 26. Rb5 Qc4 27. Rd1 Nf4 $4 {The position was
already very bad, but this loses instantly.} (27... a6 $1 {was the last try,
but the position is hopeless anyway:} 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qb3 $1 {
converting into a won endgame} Qxb3 31. axb3 Nc5 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Nxb3
34. Ra4 Nc5 35. Ra5 Ne6 36. Rxa6 $18 {with a technical win.}) 28. Rb8+ {
And Black resigned in view of the loss of the f4-knight.} (28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29.
Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 {A most welcome opening choice by my
opponent, since I already prepared this line for our game in Wijk this year.}
5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3 O-O (8... Qe7 {is the main move in this
position and after} 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bf6 Bxf6 13. Qxf6
O-O 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. dxe5 {White keeps a slight edge in this ending.}) (8...
Qd7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Nf6+ Bxf6 11. Qxf6 Rg8 12. dxe5 {should be better for
White, although Black won this position in the game Reyniers-Marin, Andorra
2009.}) 9. Qh3 h6 10. Nf3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. Bxh6 Nxe5 13. Ng5 $1 (13. Bxg7
Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Kxg7 {was about equal in the game Muzychuk,A-Reinderman Wijk
aan Zee 2010, but back then I discovered Ng5!}) 13... Nd3+ $6 {The favorite
choice by all (!) engines, never looked very convincing to me and indeed,
White is winning by force now.} 14. cxd3 Bxb2 15. Nd2 Bxa1 16. O-O Bd4 (16...
Bb2) 17. Nde4 $1 ({The computer's choice is much weaker:} 17. Ndf3 Re8 18. Nxf7
Kxf7 19. Bg5 Rh8 20. Bxd8 Rxh3 21. gxh3 {with only a slight advantage to White.
Good news for humans: Engines are not perfect (yet).}) 17... Re8 {The only
move, as 18.Bg7 was a strong threat.} 18. Nxf7 $2 {I spent a large amount of
time here, but I could not find a forced win and therefore I decided to ensure
a draw first and the look for more. Alas, precisely this move gives away the
win.} ({I was unable to calculate} 18. Nh7 $1 {to the end, but I blame myself
for not finishing the analysis at home, with the help of the computer. The
winning line goes:} Nd5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Qh6 fxg5 (20... Kf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Nexf6 c6 (22... Nxf6 23. Ng5+ Ke7 24. Qg7+ Kd6 25. Nf7+ $18) 23. Bxd5 exd5 24.
Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Ng5+ Kf6 26. Nf3 $1 Bf5 27. Re1 Qh8 28. Qf4 $18) 21. Bxd5 Re7 {
I reached at this position during my calculations and I considered it unclear.}
22. Qxg6+ Rg7 (22... Kh8 23. Nhf6 Bxf6 24. Nxf6 Qf8 25. Re1 $1 $18) 23. Nef6+
$1 (23. Nhf6+ Kf8) 23... Bxf6 (23... Kh8 24. Qh6) 24. Nxf6+ Kf8 25. Qh6 Qe7 26.
Bf3 $1 $18) 18... Qd7 $2 ({It seems that after} 18... Kxf7 {White can continue
to fight for a win in a complicated position with} 19. Qf3+ Bf6 (19... Kg8 20.
Qg4 Kf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Nxd4 {with good compensation for the
exchange.}) 20. Re1 $5 (20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Qh3 Bxg5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ {
is a draw.}) 20... Nd5 (20... Qd4 21. g4 {is very complicated, but seems to
favour White after some amazing moves found by the computer:} a5 22. g5 a4 23.
Bg7 $3 Nd7 24. gxf6 Ra5 25. Bd1 $16 {with the idea 26.Qh3}) 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22.
Qe4 Nf4 23. Qxf4 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Qxd3 25. Qxc7 {again with good compensation for
the exchange.}) {The next sequence I calculated accurately and Black does not
get another chance from this point on.} 19. Be3 $1 Kxf7 20. Qh7+ Bg7 21. Ng5+
Kf6 22. Ne4+ {Just to avoid time trouble.} Kf7 23. Ng5+ Kf6 24. Nf3 $1 Qd6 25.
Bg5+ Kf7 26. Bh6 Qf8 27. Ne5+ Kf6 {At this point I was sure, that some
spectacular move like 28.f4 is winning on the spot, but I decided to save my
energy and just follow the line that I had previously calculated and which was
winning 100%.} 28. Qxg6+ Ke7 29. Bxg7 Qf5 30. Qh6 {There is no defence against
29.g4 trapping the queen.} Nd5 31. g4 1-0

[Event "Bjeljina Renome"]
[Site "Bijeljina Dvorovi"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Petronic,J"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. c4 Nc7 7. exd6 exd6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. h3 Nf6 11. O-O d5 12. Re1 dxc4 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. Bxc4 Bf5
15. g4 (15. Ne5 $1) 15... Bg6 16. Ne5 Rad8 $1 17. h4 Bc5 18. dxc5 Rxd1 19.
Raxd1 Re8 20. f4 Kf8 21. g5 Bh5 22. Rd6 Qa5 23. Rxf6 Qxc5+ (23... gxf6 $4 24.
Nd7+ Kg7 25. gxf6+ Kh6 26. Rxe8 $18) 24. Kg2 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qb4 26. Ne4 Qxb2+
27. Kg3 Qc1 28. Kg2 (28. Rd6 $4 Qg1+ 29. Kh3 Bg4#) 28... Qc2+ 29. Kg3 Qd1 30.
Kh2 Qc2+ 31. Kg3 Qc1 (31... Qd1 32. Kh2 gxf6 33. Nxf6 Kg7 34. Ne8+ $1 Kf8 (
34... Kg6 $4 35. f5#) 35. Nf6 $11) 32. Rxf7+ $4 Bxf7 33. Bxf7 Qa3+ $4 (33...
Kxf7 34. Nd6+ Kg6 $19 (34... Kf8 $4 35. Re8#)) 34. Bb3 $18 a5 35. g6 hxg6 36.
Ng5 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Nowdays is fashionable line against Kasparov.Ivanchuk tried
Alekhine also versus Gary in Las Palmas and. unfortunately, with same result.}
2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 {What about 5... Nd7!?} 6. Bc4 c6 (
6... Be6 $5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Ne4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. Nc5 Ne3 $10) 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 (8. Bb3 Nd7 9. f4 O-O 10. c4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 $132) 8... O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 (
9... Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nef3 Nc7 12. Ne4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne6 14. c3 Re8 15. h4
Nf6 16. Neg5 Nxg5 17. hxg5 {1-0 Adams,M-Tu Hoang Thong/Yerevan olm 1996 (60)})
10. Nf3 N7f6 (10... Re8 11. Bg5 N7f6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 $14 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Rasmussen/Calgary op 1996 (35)}) 11. c4 {N/ Improvment
compare to} (11. h3 e6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qe2 $14 {1-0
Short,N-Vaganian,R/Riga Tal 1995 (47)}) 11... Nc7 (11... Nb6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]})
12. h3 $5 {Kasparov as usual very accurate in opening and he does't allow to
his opponent to exchange bad bishop.} (12. Nc3 Bg4) 12... c5 (12... b5 $5) 13.
Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne6 (14... Qd6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Ndb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 $16) 15.
Be3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 $1 Be6 (16... Qxd4 17. Bxd4 {and White's pawn majority on
the queen side will be importand in  ending.} Be6 $140 18. Nb5 $36) 17. Qh4 $14
Qa5 18. c5 $1 Bxb3 $6 {Too optimistic. Modest} (18... Bd7 $5 19. Bd4 Rfe8 {
was stronger.}) 19. axb3 Qc7 20. b4 a6 $6 (20... Rfe8 $5 21. Nb5 (21. Bf4 Qc6)
21... Qb8 (21... Qc6 22. Nxa7 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Ra2 Red8 25. b5 $16) 22.
Bf4 e5 23. Bg5 Re6 24. Rad1 $16) 21. Bf4 $1 Qc6 (21... Qd7 22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Bd6
$18) 22. Rxe7 Nd5 (22... Nd7 23. Ne4 Rae8 (23... Bxb2 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Bh6 Bf6
(25... Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rd6 Qa4 28. Ng5 h5 29. Ne6+ $18) (25... Nf6 26.
Rd6 $1 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 Nd5 28. Rxf7 $1 $18)) 24. Rd1 Rxe7 25. Qxe7 Nf6 26. Nc3
$16) 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4d7,Ra1d1]} Rae8 (24... Rad8 $5) 25. Qd7
$1 $18 {The best.Black can't defend important pawn on b7 after queen's
exchange.} Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Bxb2 {What else?} (26... Re4 27. Bd6 Rxb4 28. c6 $1
$18 {lose immediately.}) 27. Rad1 $1 Re4 28. Bd6 Rc8 (28... Rxb4 29. c6 $1) 29.
Rxb7 Bc3 30. Rb1 Rc4 $6 (30... h5 $5) 31. Rc1 $1 Rxb4 32. c6 Rd4 (32... Bd2 33.
Rxb4 Bxc1 34. c7) 33. c7 (33. c7 Rxd6 34. Rb8 Rc6 35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. Kf1 Kf6 37.
Ke2 Ke7 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Ra8) 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {le MI israelien avait crée la surprise en prenant la tête du classement
général а l'issue de la 7ème ronde et DOBREV devait gagner pour avoir une
chance de remporter le tournoi.} Nf6 {Le bulgare reste fidèle а sa défense
habituelle.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 {
une protection indirecte du P c4 en évitant Bg4f3} (7. Be3) 7... Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O
9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bg5 (11. Be3 {plus courant} d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4
dxc4 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3]} Bf5 18. d5
Rfd8 19. f3 Rac8 20. g4 Bd3) 11... h6 12. Be3 d5 13. c5 Nc4 14. Bc1 b6 15. b3
bxc5 $5 {[%cal Gg7c3]} 16. bxc4 {le sacrifice de qualité donne des bons
résultats aux blancs dans la pratique} cxd4 17. Nxd5 d3 {[%cal Gd3e2,Gg7a1]} (
17... e6) 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxa1 20. Bxh6 {[%cal Gf1a1]} Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qc3+ f6 23. Ng5 $1 $146 {L'amélioration préparée par l'israélien} ({RR} 23.
Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e6,Re6g7,Re6d8]} Qd6 24. Ng5 Nd8 25. Nd3 e5 26. Ne4 Qd4 27. Qxd4
exd4 28. Rb1 Nc6 29. f4 Rab8 30. Rb5 Rfe8 31. Nec5 Re2 32. a4 Rbe8 33. f5 gxf5
34. Nf4 R2e5 35. Nd5 Kg6 36. Nd3 Re4 37. Rb7 Rf8 {Mietner,W (2139)-Barthel,A 
(2198)/Essen 2002/CBM 087 ext/0-1 (44)}) 23... Qd6 24. Nc7 Kg8 25. Nge6 Rfc8 {
[%cal Gc8c7]} 26. c5 Qd7 27. Qg3 (27. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2g6,Gf1d1] Un coup
multifonction permettant d'attaquer la faiblesse "c2" tout en gardant l'option
Rd1 gagnant un temps de dévelloppement sur la Q} Ne5 (27... Kf7 28. Rd1) 28. f4
) 27... g5 28. h4 $2 (28. f4 $142 $1 $40 {fait jouer la R} Rxc7 29. fxg5 $1 {
[%cal Ge6c7,Gg5f6]} f5 30. Nxc7 Rb8 (30... Rc8 $2 31. Qb3+ Kh8 32. Ne6 {
[%cal Gf1f4,Gf4h4,Gf1f5]})) 28... Rxc7 29. Nxc7 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4e2]} 30. Qd3 {
[%cal Gd3g6]} Rc8 (30... Rd8) 31. Rd1 e5 32. hxg5 $2 (32. Nb5 $1 Qxb5 33. Qg6+)
32... Rxc7 33. gxf6 Qg4 34. Re1 Rxc5 35. Re3 Kf8 $2 $138 (35... Kf7) 36. Qa3 {
[%csl Rc5]} Ne6 37. Qxa7 (37. Rxe5 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6 39. f4) 37... Rc7 38. Qb8+
Kf7 39. Rg3 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+ 41. Rh3 Qf4+ 42. Rg3 Kxf6 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qh7+
Kd6 45. Qd3+ Nd4 46. Qa6+ Rc6 47. Qa3+ Kd7 48. Qa7+ Rc7 49. Qa4+ Kd6 50. Qa6+
Rc6 (50... Kc5) 51. Qa3+ Ke6 52. Qa8 Qh4+ 53. Rh3 Nf3+ {[%mdl 520] DOBREV
prend la tête du tournoi après ce gain.} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Draoui, Najib"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 (5. c4 Nb6 {Gouliev,N (2509)
-Dobrev,N (2416) Rohde op 4th 2004 (5) 1/2}) 5... Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 $5 {
une ligne secondaire} (7. Ng5) (7. exd6 {Bergez,L (2395)-Dobrev,N (2429) Rohde
op 6th 2006 (5.1) 0-1}) 7... Nc6 8. a4 $5 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qe3
dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qd7 13. Re1 Qc6 14. c3 Nd7 15. Qg3 Be6 16. Nf3 Bxb3
17. axb3 Nc5 18. Nd4 Qd5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Nxb3 Qxb3 21. e6 Qc4 22. Qf3 c6 {
Arnason,J (2540)-Santo Roman,M (2435)/Novi Sad 1990/TD/0-1 (58)}) (8. O-O) 8...
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd4 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. a5 Nd5 11. h3 Ndb4 12. O-O Nd4 13.
Nxd4 Qxd4 14. c3 Qd3 15. Qd1 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nc6 17. f4 g5 18. Re1 Bf5 19. Nd2
gxf4 20. Nf3 a6 21. Bxf4 e6 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bh4 Kh7 24. Bc4 {Brenjo,S (2320)
-Onischuk,A (2340)/Leningrad 1991/CBM 023 ext/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11.
e6 $5 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O (13. Qxe6 Qd6) 13... Qc4 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. a5
Nd5 16. a6 $1 Rhf8 17. axb7+ Kb8 $1 18. Qa3 Bd4 {[%csl Ra7]} 19. Nd2 Qxc2 20.
Nf3 Bc5 (20... Bb6 21. Bh6) 21. b4 Bb6 (21... Nxb4) 22. Bh6 Rf5 23. Bg7 Nf4 $1
{[%csl Gf4,Rg2]} 24. b5 Bc5 25. Qa5 $4 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rxf3 $1 27. gxf3 (27. Be5)
27... Qf5 $19 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kg3 Qg5# {[%mdl 512]} 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th 1st league"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zenit"]
[BlackTeam "Kalev"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. f4
O-O 9. O-O f6 10. Nf3 Nc6 ({RR} 10... Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Rf2 Kh8
14. c3 g5 15. exf6 exf6 16. Nf1 h6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. b3 Nc8 20. Ba3
Nd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Re2 Qf7 23. Qb1 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Rfe8 25. Rae1 {Karpov,A 
(2540)-Grigorian,K (2430)/Leningrad 1971/URS-ch/1-0 (39)}) 11. c3 fxe5 12. fxe5
Bf5 $146 (12... Na5 {Baumgartner,H-Carlier,B Schilde op U18 9th 1973 (6) 0-1})
13. Nh4 Be6 (13... Qd7 14. Nxf5 Rxf5 15. Rxf5 Qxf5 16. Bc2 Qe6 17. Nd2 $14) (
13... e6 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 14. Nxf5 Rxf5 15. Rxf5 exf5 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gd8e6]} 16.
Nd2 Qd7 17. Nf3 Nd8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Ne6) 14. Nd2 Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 Qd7 16. Ndf3
Rf8 17. Bc2 Bg4 $6 (17... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 18. Qe1 e6 19. Qg3 (19. h3) 19...
Bf5 (19... Bxf3) 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. h4 $16 Nc8 (21... Ne7 {[%cal Ge7g6]}) 22. h5
$36 gxh5 23. Qh3 {[%csl Rf5,Rh5]} Qf7 24. Ng5 $36 Qg6 25. Bd1 Nd8 26. Bxh5 Qh6
27. Nf7 $1 Qe6 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Bg5 {[%csl Gg5,Gh5] La paire de B est trés
forte} Rf8 30. Rf1 c5 31. Rf2 (31. Qg3 $142 {[%cal Gg5f6]}) 31... cxd4 32. cxd4
Nd6 33. Bf3 Kh8 34. Re2 Ne4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Rf2 Qg6 37. Bf4 Qb6 38. Qc3 h6 $6
39. d5 Rd8 40. Qc4 Re8 $2 41. d6 Kh7 42. d7 Rg8 43. e6 Bf6 44. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bergez, Luc"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {DOBREV a joué trois fois la défense ALEKHINE contre 3 MI et il a
gagné les trois parties! g} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 (4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 {
Bitansky,I (2366)-Dobrev,N (2439) Rohde op 6th 2006 (8.1) 0-1}) 4... g6 (4...
Bg4 {la grande ligne}) 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. exd6 (7. Qe2 {Draoui,N (2416)
-Dobrev,N (2429) Rohde op 6th 2006 (3.2) 0-1}) (7. Ng5) 7... cxd6 8. O-O O-O 9.
Nbd2 $146 {Une nouveauté un peu douteuse car le Nd2 occupe une position assez
passive} ({RR} 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. c3 d5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 f5 14. Be5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 f4 17. Nf3 e6 18. Nd4 Qe7 19. a4 Bd7 20. a5 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qf3 Rab8 23. Rfd1 Qg7 {Tischbierek,R (2526)-Schroll,G (2414)/
Austria 2000/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (9. Re1 {[%csl Re7]} Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 (10...
Na5 {[%cal Ga5b3,Ga5c4]})) (9. h3 Nc6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. c3 Na5 12. Bc2 Bxc2 13.
Qxc2 Qc7) 9... Nc6 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 10. c3 Qc7 11. Ne4 d5 12. Ng3 $11 {[%csl
Rg3] Le français n'a rien obtenu de l'ouverture. L'idée de ramener un N а
l'aile-roi serait nettement plus efficace en ayant retardé le roque pour jouer
h2h4 avec un N soutenant la percée h5} Nc4 13. h3 (13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Rad8) 13... b5 $1 {l'attaque de minorité donne l'initiative au bulgare}
14. Re1 b4 $36 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Qe4 (17. Ng5 Bd5 $15) 17... Rad8
18. Qh4 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf3g5]} Bd5 19. Ne4 f6 $1 20. Nc5 e5 $1 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Qxc5 23. Ng4 a5 24. Be3 (24. Bh6) 24... Qc6 25. Qg3 Be4 {[%cal Ge4d3]}
26. Bd4 Rde8 (26... Rfe8 27. Qh4) 27. cxb4 axb4 28. a3 f5 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Ne5
$4 f4 $40 31. Qg5 Qd5 {[%csl Re5]} 32. Rad1 Qxe5 33. Qxe5+ Rxe5 34. f3 $4 c3 $2
$138 (34... bxa3 $3 35. fxe4 axb2 36. Re2 c3 $19) 35. fxe4 cxb2 36. axb4 Rb8
37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Rd4 Reb5 39. Rb1 Rxb4 40. Rd2 Kg7 41. e5 Kf7 42. Re2 Ke6 43.
Kf2 Rb3 44. Kg1 g5 45. Kf2 h5 46. Kf1 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Re4 Rc3 49. Ree1 Rc2
50. Rbd1 Rh8 51. Kg1 f3 0-1

[Event "World-ch27 Fischer-Spassky +7-3=11"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.08.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1972.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Die 13. Partie im "Wettkampf des Jahrhunderts" 1972 im isländischen Reykjavik
zwischen Boris Spassky und Bobby Fischer ist mit ihren 74 Zügen sowohl die
längste als auch die dramatischste. Der Amerikaner führte im Match zu diesem
Zeitpunkt mit sieben zu fünf, doch der Weltmeister hatte durch den
überzeugenden Sieg in der 11. Begegnung psychologisch gerade etwas Aufwind
bekommen.  Nach unglücklicher Improvisation in der Eröffnung gerät Spassky
schnell in Nachteil. und verliert einen Bauern. Der Herausforderer setzt
jedoch ungenau fort, so daß sein Gegner Gegenchancen erhält. Schließlich
forciert Fischer den Übergang in ein kompliziertes Endspiel, das letztlich in
die interessante Konstellation Turm, Läufer und Bauern gegen Turm und fünf
Bauern mündet.} 1. e4 Nf6 {Die Aljechin-Verteidigung war sicherlich eine
Überraschung für den Weltmeister, allerdings hatte Fischer zwei Partien zuvor
mit seiner geliebten Bauernraubvariante im Najdorf eine böse Niederlage
erlitten.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 {Keine
sehr glückliche Idee. Normalerweise spielt der Anziehende an dieser Stelle 7.
a4, De2 oder 0-0.} O-O 8. h3 a5 9. a4 {Dieser Bauer wird sehr schwach werden.
Besser ist das zurückhaltende 9.c3.} dxe5 10. dxe5 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qe2 Qe8
{[%csl Rc5,Re8][%cal Re8a4,Rc5a4,Rb6a4] Siehe Anmerkung zum 9. weißen Zug.} 13.
Ne4 Nbxa4 14. Bxa4 Nxa4 15. Re1 {Weiß könnte den Bauern zwar mit 15. Dc4
zurückgewinnen, hätte aber nach beispielsweise 15...Ld7 16.Dxc7 Lc6 deutlich
weniger vom Spiel.} Nb6 16. Bd2 a4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Bf5 {Genauer scheint 18..
.Ld7 mit der Drohung 19...Lb5 nebst 20... Sc4.} 19. g4 Be6 {Nach 19...Lxe4 20.
Dxe4 c6 gewinnt 21.Db4 den Bauern zurück, aber 19...Ld7 war immer noch
vorzuziehen.} 20. Nd4 $1 Bc4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Rad1 {Nun hat Weiß aufgrund
seiner guten Zentralisation und des Raumvorteils am Königsflügel einige
Gegenchancen.} Rfe8 23. f4 Bd5 24. Nc5 Qc8 25. Qc3 {Interessant war 25.e6!?,
um die folgende Konsolidierung zu verhindern.} e6 26. Kh2 Nd7 27. Nd3 {Spassky
möchte natürlich seinen Gegner nicht durch Springertausch entlasten; Beachtung
verdiente aber 27.Sb5, um gegen c7 zu drücken. Mit den folgenden drei Zügen
forciert Schwarz den Übergang in ein Endspiel mit Mehrbauern, das allerdings
alles andere als einfach zu gewinnen ist. Die Alternative bestand in dem
ruhigen 27...c6 nebst 28...b5.} c5 28. Nb5 Qc6 29. Nd6 Qxd6 30. exd6 Bxc3 31.
bxc3 {Damit hat der schwarze a-Bauer freie Fahrt.} f6 32. g5 $1 {Weiß muß
unbedingt die dunklen Felder im schwarzen Lager schwächen.} hxg5 33. fxg5 f5
34. Bg3 Kf7 35. Ne5+ Nxe5 36. Bxe5 {[%cal Rd6d8] Nun besitzt auch Weiß einen
gefährlichen Freibauern.} b5 37. Rf1 Rh8 {Gegen das Manöver Tf1-f4-h4 gerichet.
} 38. Bf6 a3 39. Rf4 a2 40. c4 {[%cal Rf6a1]} Bxc4 41. d7 Bd5 42. Kg3 $1 {
Droht 43. Th4.} Ra3+ 43. c3 ({Umgeht eine hübsche Falle:} 43. Kf2 Raxh3 44.
d8=Q Rxd8 45. Bxd8 e5 {, und der Turm ist inmitten des Brettes gefangen.})
43... Rha8 {Fischer spielt bedingungslos auf Gewinn. Schwarz läßt den Zug 44.
Th4 zu, wonach er, um ewiges Schach zu verhindern, mit e6-e5 seinen Läufer
hergeben muß. Bis zum 54. Zug verläuft das Geschehen nun praktisch forciert.}
44. Rh4 e5 45. Rh7+ Ke6 46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Rxe5 Rxc3+ 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Ke1 Kxd7
50. Rexd5+ Kc6 51. Rd6+ Kb7 52. Rd7+ Ka6 53. R7d2 Rxd2 54. Kxd2 b4 {Damit
endet die mit dem 43. schwarzen Zug eingeleitete Abwicklung. Trotz seiner
Mehrfigur steht der Anziehende mit dem Rücken an der Wand. Verhält er sich
jetzt passiv, wird er von den drei verbundenen Bauern am Damenflügel langsam
aber sicher erdrückt. Spassky sucht daher seine einzige Gegenchance und
verschafft sich seinerseits einen Freibauern.} 55. h4 $1 Kb5 56. h5 c4 {
[%cal Rc4c3] Droht 37...c3+.} 57. Ra1 gxh5 {[%cal Rg5g8]} 58. g6 h4 59. g7 {
Auf 59. Lxh4 folgt Tg8 nebst 60...Txg6.} h3 60. Be7 {[%cal Re7f8]} Rg8 61. Bf8
{[%cal Rf8a3] Damit hat Weiß den gegnerischen Turm vollständig vom Geschehen
ausgeschlossen, doch müssen sich sein König und Turm einer Lawine von
mittlerweile fünf (!) schwarzen Freibauern erwehren. Normalerweise eine
hoffnungslose Aufgabe, hier aber beherrscht der Läufer die wichtige Diagonale
a3-f8, und dieser Umstand sollte einen schwarzen Sieg unmöglich machen.} h2 62.
Kc2 Kc6 {Der schwarze König muß seine Getreuen am Königsflügel unterstützen;
die drei Verbundenen am Damenflügel sind sowieso unantastbar.} 63. Rd1 b3+ 64.
Kc3 {Besser war 64.Kb2, um dem Turm das Verlassen der ersten Reihe zu
ermöglichen.} h1=Q $1 {Ohne dieses Opfer kann der schwarze König die d-Linie
nicht überschreiten.} 65. Rxh1 Kd5 66. Kb2 f4 67. Rd1+ Ke4 68. Rc1 Kd3 69. Rd1+
$2 ({In Zeitnot begeht Spassky den entscheidenden Fehler. Remis halten ließ
sich mit} 69. Rc3+ Kd4 70. Rf3 c3+ 71. Ka1 c2 72. Rxf4+ Kc3 73. Rf3+ Kd2 74.
Ba3 $1) 69... Ke2 70. Rc1 f3 71. Bc5 {Nun kommt das Eingreifen dieses Läufers
zu spät.} Rxg7 72. Rxc4 Rd7 73. Re4+ Kf1 74. Bd4 f2 {und Spassky gab auf. Es
droht einfach 74... Txd4 75. Txd4 Ke2. Weiß muß seinen Turm gegen den f-Bauern
geben, und wie Schwarz anschließend mit den Bauern a2+b3 gewinnt, dürfte ja
bekannt sein, nicht wahr?!  Diese bittere Niederlage nach heroischer
Verteidigung brach den Widerstand des Titelverteidigers endgültig. Bobby
Fischer führte nun mit drei Punkten Vorsprung, ließ in den Folgebegegnungen
nichts mehr anbrennen und wurde nach dem Sieg in der 21. Partie mit einem 12,5
: 8,5 Erfolg über Boris Spassky elfter Weltmeister der Schachgeschichte.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 {Most likely Carlsen's
opening choice came as a surprise to Topalov, although Magnus has already used
this system before.} 6. Bd3 ({The natural looking} 6. c4 {is inaccurate. After}
Nb4 {Black suddenly develops an initiative, threatening to take on d4 followed
by the check on c2. Therefore White must place the knight on a3, after which
Black easily achieves comfortable play:} 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Na3 (8. Nd3 e5 $1 $36)
8... Nd7 $11) ({Besides 6.Bd3, other attempts to fight for the advantage are} 
6. Be2) ({and} 6. Bc4) 6... Nd7 {This is the main idea of Black's setup: to
exchange the exposed knight and achieve a very solid position.} 7. Nxd7 {
In my opinion this is harmless for Black.} ({When he was 13-years old, Carlsen
lost against} 7. O-O {which is actually the strongest continuation:} Nxe5 (7...
g6 {is the alternative}) 8. dxe5 Nb4 (8... g6 $142 $14 {/=}) 9. Be4 Qxd1 10.
Rxd1 f5 11. a3 Na6 12. Bf3 g6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Be2 Nc7 15. Nf3 Bd5 16. Nd4 Bg7
17. c4 Bf7 18. f4 $14 {Sutovsky,E (2639)-Carlsen,M (2385)/Rethymnon 2003.}) (7.
Nf3 N7f6 8. h3 Nb4 $1 9. Bc4 Bf5 10. Bb3 a5 $1 $11) 7... Bxd7 8. O-O g6 9. Nd2
({Somewhat better is} 9. Re1 Bg7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bg5 {although Black hardly has
any opening problems.}) 9... Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Re1 ({More cautious is} 11. h3
$11) 11... Bg4 $1 12. c3 c5 $1 {Carlsen's fight for the initiative is
justified: Black leads in development and uses his bishops to create pressure
on White's centre.} 13. Be4 ({Although after} 13. dxc5 {Black has} Nxc3 $1 14.
bxc3 Bxc3 {White is only slightly worse:} 15. Bh6 Bxe1 (15... Re8 $2 16. Re3
$18) (15... Bxa1 $2 16. Qxa1 $18) 16. Qxe1 Qxd3 17. Ne5 (17. Qe5 $2 f6 18. Qxe7
Rf7) 17... Qd4 18. c6 (18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nxg4 Qxg4 $17) 18... bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qf6
20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Nd5 Qd4 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Rd1 $15 {/=}) 13...
cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 {A dream position for Black, who has perfectly placed pieces
against the isolated pawn.} 15. Qb3 $6 ({After} 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qb6 17.
Bxd5 exd5 18. Be3 {White has better chances to achieve a draw. For instance:}
Qxb2 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. Rb5 Rfd8 22. Qb3 {regaining the pawn.}) 15...
Bxf3 $1 {Very concrete. Black wins the central pawn.} 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd5
Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Rd1 Bg7 $17 20. Kf1 (20. Rxd5 {does not restore
material equality:} Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Be3 (22. Kf1 Rd1+ 23. Ke2 Rh1 {
is just bad for White}) 22... b6 23. Rb1 Bxb2 {with a healthy pawn up.}) 20...
Rfd8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Rd2 h6 23. Be3 d4 24. Rd3 Rc8 25. Bd2 Rc2 {Black is a
pawn up and has more active pieces. Carlsen converts it convincingly into a
full point.} 26. Rb1 Re7 27. a4 f5 28. b3 Rec7 (28... Kf7 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30.
Bxc1 Ke6 $17 {/-+}) 29. Be1 Kf7 30. Rd2 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Ke2 Rb1 $1 33.
Rd3 Ke6 34. h4 Kd5 $19 35. Bd2 Ke4 36. Rg3 f4 37. Rd3 Be5 38. f3+ Kd5 39. Be1
Bd6 40. Bd2 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Be1 g4 43. fxg4 Ke4 44. g5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Warsaw Najdorf Memorial"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Sasikiran,K"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 {My preparations
for the game were mainly based on the games of the World Blitz Championship
played last year at Moscow.} Nd7 (6... Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. a3 Be7 10.
c4 N5f6 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. d5 $1 $14 {1-0 Rublevsky,S (2676)-Carlsen,M
(2714)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (50)}) 7. Nf3 N7f6 8. O-O Bg4 (8... Bf5 9. Nh4 Bg6
10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 e6 12. g3 Be7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qb3 $14 {
1-0 Anand,V (2799)-Carlsen,M (2733)/Nice FRA 2008/The Week in Chess 698 (47)})
9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e6 11. c4 Ne7 12. Rd1 Ng6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. g3 $5 {
Preparing to disturb the knight on with h4-h5 in case Black castles kingside.
After the exchange of light coloured bishops, White need not be afraid of
creating weaknesses around his own king.} (14. Bg5 Bd6 15. f4 O-O (15... O-O-O
16. c5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. exf6 Rhg8 20. g3 Nh4 21. Rd3 Nf5 22.
Rad1 $14) 16. g3 {leaves the bishop in front of the pawn chain( prone to
getting trapped). Nevertheless White may claim a small edge due to the space
available for manoeuvring.} Ne8 $5 $14) 14... Be7 $6 ({It was stronger to
attack e5 immediately.} 14... Bd6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. d5 O-O $1 (16... O-O-O 17.
Be3 $1 $14) 17. Be3 $5 (17. dxe6 Rae8 18. exf7+ Qxf7 19. Be3 (19. Qf1 Bb4 20.
f3 Nd7 $132) 19... Bc5 20. Re1 (20. Kg2 Re5 21. Rf1 Rfe8 22. Nd1 Qe6 $44) 20...
g5 $5 {preparing Nd7-e5 with excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 17... exd5
18. cxd5 Rfe8 (18... Rae8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qf3 Re6 21. Rac1 $14) 19. dxc6 Qxc6
20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Be5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 (22... Re7 23. Nc4 Ng4 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25.
Bd4 Re2 26. h3 Nf6 27. Rac1 $14) 23. Rxd6 Ng4 24. Bd4 $14) 15. h4 (15. Bg5 $5)
15... O-O (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Ne4 $1 Rfd8 (18... Nxe5 $2
19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxe5 $18) 19. Nd6 $14 h6 20. Qg4 Kf8 21. Rd3 Bxd6 22. Rxd6)
16. Bg5 $1 Rae8 (16... Rfd8 $142 17. h5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne8 19. Bf4 h6 20. Ne4 c5
$14) 17. Rd2 ({The attempt to drive the knight to the corner after} 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Ng4 Bd8 19. h5 {does not work} Nh8 20. h6 (20. Ne5 f5) {because of}
20... f5 $1 $132) (17. h5 $5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Bxe7 (19. Bf4 h6) 19... Rxe7
20. Rd6 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Rad1 $14 (22. Rxe6 Rxe6 (22... Rfe8 23. Rxe7 Rxe7
24. Qf3 h6 25. Kg2 Qb6 26. b3 Qa5 27. Rh1 Re5 28. Rd1 $14) 23. Qxe6+ Qf7 24.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rd1 Re8 26. h6 gxh6 27. f3 $14)) 17... a6 (17... c5 18. Nb5 $1
Qa5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd7 cxd4 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Nxd4 $16) 18. Rad1 $6 {
Routine development. White overlooks an important detail: Black can now play
c5 without fearing h5 because of a tactical trick.} (18. h5 $1 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Nd7 20. Rad1 $1 (20. Bf4 $5) 20... Bxg5 (20... Nxe5 21. Bf4 f6 22. Rd7 $1 Qc8 (
22... Qb6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Ne4 Rf7 25. h6 $1 $18) 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. h6 Rf5 25.
Ne4 $16) 21. Rxd7 Qb8 22. f4 Be7 (22... Bh6 23. Qd2 $16) 23. h6 $1 g6 (23... f5
24. exf6 Rxf6 25. hxg7) 24. Ne4 $16) 18... c5 $1 19. Nxg6 (19. h5 $2 Nxh5 $1
20. Qxh5 (20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 $15) 20... cxd4 $15) 19... hxg6 20. Bf4
Bd6 $6 {Black wants to exchange pieces to relieve the cramped position.
However precisely at this moment, White has a favourable transition to the
endgame.} (20... Qc8 {was necessary.} 21. dxc5 (21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Bd6 23.
Qf3 (23. Bxd6 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Re8 25. Be7 {The queen sacrifice which I was
considering over the board is too optimistic.} {Black has the very strong} Qh3
{threatening Ng4} 26. Bxf6 Rxe2 27. Nxe2 gxf6 28. Nc3 (28. d6 Qd7 29. Nc3 f5
30. b3 b5 $1) 28... f5 29. d6 f4 30. gxf4 Qd7 31. Kh2 f5 32. b3 b5 $17 {
covering all the entry points of the knight. Black now brings over his king in
front of the d-pawn and wins with the mobility of the queen.}) 23... Qd7 $11)
21... Qxc5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 b5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 25. b3 $14 {White retains a
minimal edge because of the queenside majority. However in comparison, Black's
position has improved a lot over the last few moves.}) (20... Qc6 $6 21. d5
exd5 22. cxd5 Qc8 23. Qf1 $3 Qd7 24. d6 Bd8 25. Qc4 Bb6 26. Na4 $16) 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Qe5 $5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Ng4 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. f3 $5 ({
Perhaps the prophylactic} 26. Kg2 $5 {was stronger. White defends the
f3-square and prepares to invade Black's queenside with Na4. Although Black's
plan of bringing the king to e7 and breaking with f6 should give enough
counterplay. For example} Kf8 27. f3 Nh6 28. g4 Ke7 29. Na4 Rc8 30. Kg3 f6 $14)
26... Nh6 27. g4 Rd4 28. Re4 Rd2 (28... Kf8 29. Rxd4 (29. Kf2 $5) 29... cxd4
30. Ne2 d3 31. Nc3 f6 (31... f5 32. g5 Ng8 33. f4 Ne7 34. Kf2 Nc6 35. Ke3 $18)
32. exf6 gxf6 33. Kf2 Nf7 34. b3 Ne5 35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5 d2 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. f4
Nf7 39. Kxd2 e5 40. Ke3 $16) 29. Na4 b5 (29... b6 $6 30. b3 Rxa2 31. Nxb6 Ra5 {
Otherwise Na4 picks up the c5-pawn.} 32. Re3 (32. Na4 Kf8 33. Re3 Ke7 34. Kf2
f6 $1 $14) 32... Kf8 33. Kf2 $1 {Improving the position of the king before
moving to the d-file.} Ke8 (33... Ke7 34. Rd3 f6 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. exf6 gxf6 37.
Rc7 $18) 34. Rd3 Ng8 35. Na4 $5 $18 {finally trapping the rook and intending
Rd6-c6 (or b6) winning material.}) 30. cxb5 (30. Nxc5 Rxb2 31. Nxa6 bxc4 32.
Rxc4 Rxa2 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Nc5 Rc2 35. Rc7 Ra2 (35... Ng8 36. Nxe6 Rxc7 37.
Nxc7 Ne7 38. Kf2 $18) 36. Ne4 Ra8 {and it is not clear whether White has any
advantage, considering that pawns are on one side of the board and Black has
only one weakness(f7) to protect}) 30... axb5 31. Nxc5 Rxb2 32. Rd4 $1 Rxa2 $2
{The decisive mistake.} (32... Kf8 $142 $1 {was much stronger and king is not
boxed in at h7.} 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. Ra7 Re2 $5 36. Kf1 Rd2 {It is
not clear how White can profit from his active knight.} 37. Ra5 Ke7 38. a3 Ra2
39. Ne4 (39. Rxb5 Rxa3 40. Kf2 Ra7) 39... Kd7 40. Rxb5 (40. Nd6 Kc6 $1) 40...
Rxa3 41. Kg2 $14) 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Ne4 f6 (34... g5 35. Nxg5+ (35. h5 $2 g6 $11
) 35... Kg6 36. Ne4 f5 37. exf6 gxf6 38. h5+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ $18) 35. exf6 gxf6
36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Nxf6+ Kf8 38. Nh7+ $1 {Gaining time to reach the time control
on move 40.} Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Rb7 $1 Re2 (40... Nf7 41. Rxb5 Kg7 42. Ne4
$16) 41. Rxb5 $6 {A technical error.} (41. Nh7+ Ke8 (41... Kg8 42. h5 gxh5 43.
g5 Nf5 44. g6 $18) 42. Ng5 $18 {controls the knight on h6 and White can pick
up the pawns at leisure.}) (41. h5 gxh5 42. g5 Nf5 43. g6 Ne7 44. Rxe7 Kxe7 45.
g7 Kxf6 46. g8=Q $18 {was another winning line and a much easier one than the
game!}) 41... Ke7 (41... Nf7 42. Ne4 Nd8 $16 {would have offered more
resistance, though White should win in the end, considering Black's broken
pawn structure and restricted knight.}) 42. Rb7+ $1 Kxf6 43. g5+ Ke5 44. gxh6
Rd2 45. h7 Rd8 46. Rf7 $1 {Standard technical measure in rook & pawn endgames.
Cutting off the king.} Rh8 47. Kf2 Kd6 48. Kg3 e5 49. h5 $5 (49. Rg7 Ke6 50.
Rxg6+ Kf7 51. Rh6 Kg7 52. Rh5 Kg6 53. Kg4 Kf6 54. Rh6+ Kg7 55. Kg5 Kf7 56. Rf6+
Kg7 57. Rg6+ Kf7 58. Kh6 $18) 49... gxh5 (49... g5 50. Rg7 Ke6 51. Kg4 Kf6 52.
h6 Ke6 53. Kxg5 $18) 50. Kh4 Ke6 51. Ra7 Rf8 (51... Kf6 52. Kxh5 Rb8 53. Kh6
Rd8 54. Rg7 Rd1 55. Rg6+ (55. Rg1 $5 Rxg1 56. h8=Q+ $18) 55... Kf7 56. Rf6+ Ke7
57. Kg7 $18) 52. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 {#}
8. Bg4 $1 {This is the move to remember from this game. The exchange of the
light square bishops leads to a position where Black lacks any counterplay.} (
8. Nf3 {was White's automatic choice before this game.}) 8... Bxg4 9. Qxg4 {
White improves on the visibly unnatural move by the author of "Chess
Kamasutra". Mike was always a man of tradition.} (9. Nxg4 e6 10. c4 N5f6 11.
Nc3 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Be7 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Qg3 Rd8 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Bc7
Rd7 18. Bb8 O-O 19. Bxa7 b5 20. Bb6 bxc4 21. a4 Bd6 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nd5
24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rb7 26. Rd2 Ra8 27. a5 Rba7 28. Ra4 Rxa5 29. Rxc4 Ra1+
30. Kg2 Ne7 31. Rcd4 Nd5 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. Rb4 Rc1 34. Rb6 Rxc5 35. b4 Rc4 36.
b5 cxb5 37. Rxd5 g6 38. Rdxb5 Kg7 39. Rb7 Ra6 40. Rb4 Rc5 41. R4b5 Rcc6 42. Rb4
Rf6 43. Kg3 Rac6 44. Rf4 Rxf4 45. Kxf4 Rc1 46. h4 Rg1 47. Rb4 Rg2 48. Ke3 Rh2
49. Rf4 Rh1 50. Ra4 Kh6 51. Rb4 f5 52. Ra4 Kh5 53. Ra7 h6 54. Kf4 Kxh4 55. Rg7
Rg1 56. Ke5 Kh3 57. f4 h5 58. Kf6 h4 59. Rh7 Rg4 60. f3 Rg3 61. Rh6 Rxf3 62.
Kxg6 Kg4 63. Rh5 Rxf4 64. Rg5+ Kf3 65. Rh5 Kg3 66. Kg5 Rb4 67. Kf6 h3 68. Rg5+
Rg4 69. Rxf5 Rf4 {0-1 Pogonina,N (2429)-Zhao Xue (2500)/ Krasnoturinsk 0-1
Pogonina,N (2429)-Zhao Xue (2500)/ Krasnoturinsk}) 9... e6 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5
Qd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O $5 {was the only chance to radically change the situation on
the board}) 10. Rd1 N5f6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Nc3 Re8 {Eventually Black
just suffocates.} 14. Rd3 Nf8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b3 Qa6 18. h4 N6d7
19. h5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bf4 Qa5 22. Ne4 Rd7 23. Rg3 f5 {Now Black loses on
the dark squares, but the 24. Qg4 threat was too strong} 24. Be5 Bh4 25. Nf6+
Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rf7 27. Be5 Nd7 28. Bf4 e5 {Black doesn't want to die a slow
death, but if you have to give a pawn like this to Mike you may resign just as
well} 29. dxe5 Nc5 30. Re3 Ne6 31. g3 Qc7 32. Red3 h6 33. Rd6 Kh7 34. Qf3 Qe7
35. Kg2 Qc7 36. b4 Qc8 37. a4 Rfe7 38. Qd3 Rf8 39. Be3 Kg8 40. f4 a6 41. Bc5
Nxc5 42. bxc5 Qe8 43. Qe2 Qf7 44. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 Nf6 {One of those
countless opening variations which discusses a question of how big of the
advantage white is going to get. And Alexey already demonstrated us that he is
not going to go crazy in order to punish his opponents for their opening
choices.} 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4
13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Rfe1 g5 {An Interesting alternative to this action move} (14...
Bh6 {might have seemed too exotic for Leon}) 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Ne4 {It is hard
not to play this move, but objectively} (16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bh4 Bg4 18. Qc2 {
was stronger because of the weak f6 square.}) 16... Re8 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bc3 Bf5
19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qh5 e6 21. g4 Bxe4 22. Qxe5 $6 {Either Alexey changed his
mind during this tactical exchange or just continues with his += strategy, but}
(22. Bxe4 Bd4 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Re2 Rad8 (24... Ke7 25. Bg6 Rf8 26. Rae1) 25.
Kg2 {reminds a lot of his game against Jakovenko from Foros tournament last
year. I mean he knows how to win such a position.}) 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rad8
24. Rad1 c5 25. b3 Kf8 26. Kg3 Rd4 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Rd1 $6 {This complicates
matters a little.Rook lift would decide immediately} (28. Re4 Rd8 29. Rf4 $18)
28... Rd8 29. Rd3 Qd6 30. f4 Qa3 31. f5 {#} Qd6 $2 {Returning the favor.} (
31... exf5 32. gxf5 Qd6 33. Qxd6+ Rxd6 34. Kf4 Ke7 35. Ke5 Rh6 36. h3 Ra6 37.
a4 Ra5+ 38. Ke4 Kf6 {might be problematic to win.}) 32. Kf4 {Now White is back
in control.} exf5 33. Qxd6+ Rxd6 34. Kxf5 Re6 35. Rxd4 Re2 36. Rd7 Rxh2 37. a4
Rf2+ 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kf5 Rf2+ 40. Ke4 Re2+ 41. Kf3 Re7 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. b4 a5
44. bxa5 Kd6 45. Ke4 Kc5 46. Kd3 Kb4 47. a6 bxa6 48. Kd4 Kxa4 49. c5 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Shamkovich,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} Nf6 {Alekhine Defense - rarely met in Ivanchuk's practice} 2.
e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 (7. exd6 $5 {Dolmatov}
Qxd6 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nd7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Re1 e6 13. Bg5 b5 14.
a4 b4 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Bh6 $14 {Christiansen,L-Vaganian,R/New York/
1990/}) 7... O-O 8. exd6 {Probably the best continuation because e5-pawn can
become a weakness. Now White has a small, but constant advantage.} (8. Bg5 dxe5
9. dxe5 Be6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Qe2 Bxb3 15.
axb3 N7e6 16. Qe3 Nxf4 {1/2-1/2 Einarsson,E-Werner,B/op Reykjavik ICE 1996}) (
8. c3 Nb6 9. Bb3 dxe5 10. dxe5 N8d7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bc2 e5 14. Ng5
Bf5 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Bxb6 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nxg5 19. Be3 Nxh3+ 20. gxh3
Qxh3 21. Qe4 Rf4 22. Bxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 Roevekamp,F-Ziegler,P/BL
1984}) (8. Re1 a5 $6 9. a4 Na6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Ndc7 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. c3 {
White is better, Matthey,P-Dive,R/London Lloyds 1994}) 8... exd6 (8... Qxd6 $14
) 9. Re1 Nc7 (9... Nd7 $5 {Dolmatov} 10. Bg5 N7f6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Bb3 b5 $10)
10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (12... Qxe8 $5 {Dolmatov} 13. Bf4 Qd8
14. Bb3 d5 15. c4 Be6 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 $14) 13. Bb3 $5 (13.
Nc3 d5 14. Bd3 Nd6 (14... Ng7 15. Ne2 $5 (15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Re1 Nxh6 (16... Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 19. Bb5 $18) 17. Qxh6 Bg7 $13) 15... Nf5 (15...
Bf5 $2 16. Bxg7 $16) 16. Bf4 $13) 15. Bf4 Nf5 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18.
Nexd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 (19. Qe2 Be6 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Be5 Qb6 $13) 19... Qxd4 20.
Qf3 $44) 13... d5 14. c4 dxc4 (14... Be6 $5 {Dolmatov} 15. cxd5 cxd5 (15...
Bxd5 $6 16. Nc3 Bxb3 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd4 18. Rd1 $18) 17. Qxb3 $36) 16.
Nc3 (16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Nc3 Nf5 18. Bf4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2 Qb6 $132) 16...
Nc6 $10) 15. Bxc4 Nd6 16. Bb3 Nf5 17. Qd2 $5 Nd7 ({In case of} 17... Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe1 $1 (19. Qxd4 {Dolmatov} Bxd4 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Re4
c5 23. Be3 $44) 19... Bd7 (19... Qe5 20. Nc3 Bf5 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. g4 Be6 23.
Rd1 Na6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Ne4 $36) 20. Nc3 Qh4 21. Ne4 $1 {White has a
dangerous initiative}) (17... Bxd4 $6 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Nc3 Bg7 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21.
Rd1 Bf8 22. Bf4 $36) 18. Nc3 Nxh6 19. Qxh6 Nf8 (19... Nb6 {Dolmatov} 20. Ne5 (
20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Qf4 Nd5 $10) 20... Nd5) 20. Rd1 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Rc8 (
22... Bxb2 $5 {Dolmatov} 23. Qd2 (23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 $15)
(23. Qf4 Qb8 $6 (23... Qa5 24. Ne5 $44) (23... Bxd5 $5 24. Rxd5 $44) 24. Nc7
Bxb3 25. axb3 Ne6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qe4 Qe8 (27... Qc8 28. Ng5) 28. Qxb7 Rd8
29. Re1 $5 $36 (29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. g3 $16 (30. Qxa7 $6 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxb3 32. Ng5
$2 Be5+ 33. g3 Bxg3+ $1))) 23... Bf6 (23... Bg7 24. Qb4 $44) 24. Qf4 Bxd5 25.
Bxd5 Ne6 $13) 23. Qe3 b6 24. Ne5 Rc5 25. Ng4 Bxg4 ({After} 25... Bxb2 $5 26.
Ndf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Ne5 {the play is unclear} (28. Qd4 {Dolmatov} Rc1+
29. Kh2 Bc7+ 30. g3 Bxg4 31. hxg4 $16)) 26. hxg4 Kg7 27. f4 h6 (27... Bxb2 28.
g5 {is quite unpleasant for Black} (28. g5 {Dolmatov} Qc8 (28... Ne6 29. Qe2
Ba1 30. Rxa1 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Rd1 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 $16) 29. Qe2 Bc3 30. Nxc3
Rxc3 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qf6 $16) (28. Nc3 $6 Qc8 (28... Qc7 29. Na4 Ba3) 29. Na4
Ba3 $13)) 28. f5 g5 (28... Bxb2 {Dolmatov} 29. Qf2 (29. f6+ $1 Bxf6 30. Nxf6
Qxf6 31. Rf1 Re5 32. Qd2 $18) 29... Be5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Nxb6 $16) 29. Qe2 (
29. Kh1 Bxb2 30. Qe2 Bf6 31. Nf4 Qxd1+ (31... Qe7 $2 32. Nh5+ Kg8 33. Qxe7 Bxe7
34. f6 $18) 32. Qxd1 gxf4 $13) 29... Nh7 $2 ({It was necessary to control
d7-square, so} 29... Rc8 {is better. Now White is gaining some material}) (
29... a5 30. a4 $5 {x b6}) (29... Qd6 30. Qe8 Qd8 (30... Bxb2 31. f6+ $18) 31.
Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Rd8 $18) (29... Rc8 $142 30. Qa6 (30. Kh1 Qd6) 30... Bxb2 31.
Qxa7 Rc1 (31... Nd7 32. Nf4 $5) 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. Nf4 $5 Be3+ (33... Qe8 34.
f6+ $1 $16 {/\ Qe7}) (33... Qd7 34. Nh5+ Kh8 35. Qxb6 $18) (33... Qd4+ 34. Kh1
Nd7 35. Nh5+ Kf8 36. Qc7 $16) 34. Kh1 Qd7 35. Nh5+ Kh8 36. Qb8 Qe7 37. Bxf7 Bd4
(37... Qxf7 38. Qe5+) 38. Be6 $14) 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Rd7 Re5 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33.
Qxe5+ Qf6 34. Qc7+ Kh8 35. Kh1 $1 (35. Qb8+ Qf8 36. Qxa7 Qc5+ 37. Kh2 Nf6 {
with counterplay}) 35... a5 36. Be6 $138 (36. Be6 Nf8 37. Qxb6 Nxe6 38. Qxe6 $1
Qxe6 39. fxe6 Kg7 40. Kh2 Kf6 41. Kg3 Kxe6 42. Kf3 Ke5 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. b3 Ke5
45. a3 Kd5 46. b4 a4 47. Kd3 Ke5 48. Kc4 {wins}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Bb3
$5 (8. Bb5) 8... O-O 9. h3 Na5 (9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. f4)
10. O-O h6 $5 11. Ne4 Nxb3 12. axb3 f6 (12... f5) 13. c4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 $5 (
14... Qe8) (14... g5 $5) 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 b6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Bxh6 Bxe4 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. g4 Nxe5 $1 21. gxf5 (21. f4 Nf7 22. gxf5 Nxg5 $13) 21...
Rxf5 22. f4 Rxg5+ 23. fxg5 Qd7) 15... b6 $6 (15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh6
{xg5}) (15... Rxf3 $5 16. Qxf3 Nxe5) 16. e6 $1 (16. Bc3) 16... Nf6 17. Nxf6+
Rxf6 18. Nd4 Bb7 (18... c5 19. Qe4 $1 Rb8 20. Nc6 Bb7 21. Rxa7 $1 Bxc6 $6 (
21... Qc7 22. Nxb8) (21... Qe8 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Nb4 $16) 22. Qxc6 Rxe6 $2 23.
Qd5 $1) 19. Bc3 $1 a6 20. f4 $5 (20. Nc2) 20... Qf8 21. Nc2 c5 $1 (21... Rxf4
22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf1) 22. Bxf6 $5 (22. b4 cxb4 23. Nxb4 Rxf4 {
and it's less clear here eg:} 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Rf1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Qe5 27. Qg4
Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rf8 29. Qxg6+ Qg7) 22... Qxf6 23. Rab1 (23. b4) 23... Rf8 (23...
a5 24. Na3 $1 {intending Nb5-c3-d5}) 24. b4 Qf5 25. Kh2 (25. bxc5 Be4 26. g4 $2
Qxc5+) 25... Qe4 $1 (25... Be4 $2 26. g4 $1 Qxe6 27. Rbe1 $18) 26. Rbe1 Rxf4
27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. bxc5 (28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Ne3 cxb4 30. Rf7 (30. b3 a5 (30... h5
) 31. Rf7 Bf8 (31... Bf8 $5 32. Nd5 $2 (32. h4) 32... Bxd5 33. cxd5 b5 34. Rf2
(34. h4 g5 $1 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rf5 a4 37. Rxg5+ Bg7 $19) 34... Bg7 35. Ra2 a4
36. bxa4 b3 $19)) 30... Bxb2 31. Rxe7 Be5+ 32. g3 b3 {Black is first.}) 28...
Rxc4 29. Ne3 (29. cxd6 Rxc2 30. Rg1 exd6 31. e7 Bc6 32. e8=Q+ Bxe8 33. Rxe8+
Kf7 34. Ra8 Be5+ 35. Kh1 a5 $17) 29... Rxc5 30. b4 $1 (30. Rf7 Rc7 31. Ref1 h5
$1 (31... d5 $2 32. Ng4 d4 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Nf6+) 32. h4 (32. g4
Be5+ 33. Kg1 Bd4 34. Kf2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bd5) 32... d5 $1) 30... Re5 (30... Rc7
$2 31. Rc1 $1) 31. Nc4 Rg5 32. Re2 {time trouble} (32. g3) (32. g4 $2 Bd5 33.
Nxd6 Be5+) 32... Bd5 33. Rf4 $5 (33. Nxb6 Be5+ (33... Re5 $1 34. Rc2 Bxe6) 34.
Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Rf7 $10) 33... b5 34. Nb6 (34. h4 $5 Bxc4 $5 (34...
Rh5 35. Nb6 Bb3 36. Nc8 Re5 $1) 35. Rxc4 bxc4 36. hxg5 d5 (36... c3 $2 37. Kg3
d5 38. Kf3 d4 39. Ke4 $18) 37. gxh6 $5 (37. Kg3) 37... Bf6 $13 {This is very
messy.} (37... Bxh6 $5 38. Rc2 Kg7 39. Kg3 Kf6) 38. Kg3 $1 (38. Kg1 c3 39. Kf1
d4) (38. Rf2 Be5+ 39. g3 c3 40. h7+ Kxh7 41. Rf7+ Kh6 42. Rxe7 c2) 38... d4 39.
Kf3 (39. Rf2 $2 c3 40. Rxf6 c2) 39... d3 40. Re1 $1 (40. Rd2 Bg5 41. Rd1 c3 $19
) 40... Bc3 $1 (40... c3 41. Ke3 d2 42. Rf1 (42. Rh1) 42... Kh7 (42... d1=Q 43.
Rxd1 c2 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Kd2 Bc3+ 46. Kxc2 Bxb4) 43. Kd3 Kxh6 44. Kc2 Be5) 41.
Rb1 Kh7) 34... Bb3 35. Nd7 $2 {time trouble} (35. Nc8 $1 Re5 (35... Be5 36.
Nxe7+ Kg7 37. Rxe5 dxe5 (37... Rxe5 38. Rf7+ Kh8 39. Nxg6+) 38. Rf7+ Kh8 {
White has perpetual but no more I think.}) 36. Nxe7+ Kh7 37. Rfe4 Bxe6) 35...
Rf5 $1 36. Rxf5 gxf5 37. Kg3 Bc4 38. Re3 Bd4 39. Ra3 Bxe6 40. Nb8 Be5+ $5 {
to reach the time control.} 41. Kf2 Kf7 $17 42. Nc6 Bb2 43. Rxa6 Bd5 44. Na7 $5
Bc3 45. Nxb5 Bxb4 46. Ra1 f4 $1 47. Rc1 (47. Kg1) 47... Bc5+ 48. Kf1 e5 $5 (
48... Bc6 49. Nc3 (49. Nd4 $5 Bxg2+ (49... Bb7 50. Nf3) 50. Kxg2 Bxd4) 49...
Kf6) (48... Kf6) 49. Nc3 Bc6 50. Ra1 $2 (50. Rb1) 50... Ke6 51. Rb1 Ba7 (51...
d5 $1 52. Rb8 d4) 52. Ra1 Bd4 53. Ra3 e4 54. Ne2 Bc5 55. Rb3 (55. Nxf4+ $2 Kf5
56. Ne2 Bxa3 57. Nd4+ Kf4 58. Nxc6 Ke3 $19) 55... Ke5 (55... f3 $5 56. gxf3
exf3 57. Ng3 (57. Ng1 f2 $1) 57... Bd5 $1) 56. Rb8 f3 57. gxf3 exf3 58. Ng3 Bd7
59. h4 $2 (59. Nh1 $3 $8 Bxh3+ 60. Ke1 $17 {Although Black still has excellent
winning chances, the blockade also gives White hope to survive.} h5 (60... Bg2
61. Nf2 Kd4 62. Rh8 Bb4+ 63. Kd1 Bf1 64. Rxh6 Be2+ 65. Kc1 Be1 $1 (65... Ke3
66. Nd1+ $1) 66. Rh4+ (66. Rxd6+ Ke5 67. Nd3+ Kxd6 68. Nxe1 f2) 66... Ke5 {
looks winning}) 61. Nf2 Bg4 62. Rf8 Bxf2+ $6 63. Kxf2 d5 64. Ra8 d4 65. Ra3 Ke4
66. Rb3 h4 67. Rb8 h3 68. Re8+ Kf4 69. Rd8 Ke4 70. Re8+ Kd3 71. Rg8 Bf5 72.
Kxf3 Be4+ 73. Kg3 Bg2 74. Kf2) 59... Bh3+ 60. Ke1 f2+ 61. Ke2 Kf4 62. Rg8 (62.
Rb3 Be6 63. Rc3 Bd4 64. Rf3+ Kg4 $19) (62. Nf1 Bg4+ 63. Kd3 Kf3 64. Nd2+ Kg2
65. h5 $1 (65. Rf8 h5 $19) 65... f1=Q+ 66. Nxf1 Kxf1 67. Rh8 Bxh5 68. Rxh6 Bf3
69. Kc4 {and Black should win but White can still fight.}) 62... Bg4+ 63. Rxg4+
Kxg4 64. Ne4 Kh3 65. Kf1 h5 {mutual zugzwang - Blcak to move can only draw I
think.} 66. Nf6 (66. Nxd6 Bxd6 67. Kxf2 Bc5+ $19) 66... Kxh4 67. Ne4 (67. Kg2
Kg5 68. Ne4+ Kf4 69. Nxd6 h4 $19) 67... Kh3 68. Nf6 h4 69. Ne4 Kh2 (69... Kg4
70. Nxd6 h3 71. Ne4 h2 72. Nxf2+ Kg3 73. Nh1+ Kh3 $19) 70. Nf6 Kg3 71. Ne4+ Kf4
72. Nxd6 h3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {According to the Megabase a first for Riazantsev, who usually plays
either the Caro-Kann, or the French Defence. One can only speculate about his
reasons - perhaps a combination of his bad start (0,5/4) and loss in the
Advance Caro-Kann against Svidler (Round 3), plus a will to experiment.} 2. e5
Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {Grischuk has always played this solid continuation, only
once in a rapid game he went for the wild line} (4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5
Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. e6
fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bxh1 18. gxh4 Qf6 19. Bb5
c6 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. e7 Rfe8 22. Rxh1 $2 (22. Nf5 $13) 22... cxb5 23. Nf3 Nd3+ (
23... Qc5 $1 $17) 24. Kc2 $6 (24. Kb1 $142) 24... Qd6 25. Rd1 Nf2 26. Rxd6 Nxg4
27. Rd4 Nf6 $19 {Grischuk,A (2748)-Svidler,P (2726)/Odessa rpd/2009/}) 4...
dxe5 {Black strives for a position with a Caro-Kann pawn structure after all.}
({The other main moves are the most popular} 4... Bg4) ({and Alburt's pet line
} 4... g6) 5. Nxe5 ({As} 5. dxe5 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 {allows Black to develop
freely and with ease, White invariably opts for the text move, which gives him
more () in the [+].}) 5... g6 ({More in the Caro-Kann spirit is the solid, but
slightly passive} 5... c6) ({When Larsen introduced this line of the Alekhine
to high-level practice in the 1960s, he tried the provocative} 5... Nd7 {After}
6. Nxf7 (6. Nf3 $5 {is a less committal way to fight for an edge.}) 6... Kxf7
7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 $13 {White has a dangerous attack,
but the issue is still not fully clear.}) 6. Bc4 {The main line.} (6. c4 Nb6 7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 (9. Qf3 f6 10. Nd3 e5 $5 $132 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Qd1
Nc6 13. Nc5 Qe8 14. Nd5 Qf7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Nxb6 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1
axb6 19. c5 h6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. h4 b5 22. Nf7+ Kh7 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kh7
25. Ng5+ {1/2,Polgar,J (2630)-Agdestein,S (2600)/Isle of Lewis/1995/}) 9... c5
10. Be2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bh6 (11... Be6 $5 12. b3 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qc8 $13) 12. Ra1 f6
13. Ng4 Bxg4 14. Bxg4 Nc6 15. Bc5 {Grischuk,A (2606)-Baburin,A (2590)/Torshavn/
2000/} f5 16. Bf3 Ne5 $13 {Grischuk}) (6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Re1
Bf5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Nbd2 N7f6 $6 ({Now Black will come under
pressure, the principled move is} 12... e5 $1 $132) 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nce5 Ng4
15. Nh4 Nxe5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. dxe5 e6 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. f4 Nd5 20. c4 Ne7 21.
Be3 Rad8 22. b4 $36 {Anand,V (2720)-Adams,M (2640)/Linares cm/1994/}) 6... Be6
({Black often plays} 6... c6 7. O-O Bg7 {, but we will see the less usual text
move can lead to similar positions.} 8. Nd2 (8. Bb3 O-O 9. Re1 Be6 (9... Nd7
10. Nf3 N7f6 11. c4 Nc7 12. h3 $1 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16.
Qxd4 Be6 17. Qh4 Qa5 18. c5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. b4 a6 21. Bf4 $16 {Kasparov,
G (2795)-Adams,M (2660)/Linares/1997/}) 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 e6 13.
h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 a5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bh4 N7f6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Ne5
Nh5 20. Bh2 Bh6 21. Qf3 Qf6 $14 {/=, Topalov,V (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2717)/Monte
Carlo rpd/2002/ A typical situation - White has the ^^ and (), but Black's
setup is solid and resilient. Such situations can arise also frm the Caro-Kann,
or Rubinstein French with 3...dxe4; all in all White is slightly better.}) 8...
O-O 9. Ndf3 Nd7 10. Nd3 $1 (10. h3 $6 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Bb3 Nc7 13. Re1
Bxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Be3 Nb5 $36 {Movsesian,S (2747)-Svidler,P (2726)/Odessa
rpd/2009/}) 10... N7b6 11. Bb3 Bg4 (11... a5 12. a4 Bf5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bg5
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 e6 16. c3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. g3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qa6 20. h4 h6 21.
Bd2 Rad8 22. Qc1 h5 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. Ne5 Nf8 25. Nd3 $14 {Bologan,V (2688)
-Miroshnichenko,E (2690)/SRB-chT/2009/}) 12. c3 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15.
Qg3 a5 16. a4 Re8 17. Re1 Qb6 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Bf4 Rec8 21. Rad1
b5 22. Bb3 Bf8 $14 {Nijboer,F (2578)-Vaganian,R (2641)/NED-chT/2001/}) 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Re1 (8. Nd2 O-O 9. Ne4 (9. Re1 {transposes to the game}) 9... c6 10. Re1
Nc7 11. Bb3 Bxb3 (11... Nd7 $142 $1) 12. axb3 Ne6 13. c3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
b4 a6 16. Qf3 Rae8 {Stein-Honfi,K/Budapest/1968/} 17. h4 $14) 8... O-O 9. Nd2
Nd7 ({Weak is} 9... Nf4 $2 10. Qf3 Bxc4 11. Ndxc4 Nd5 12. Na5 $1 e6 13. Nxb7
Qc8 14. Nc5 c6 15. c4 Nb4 16. Re2 f6 17. Ned3 $19 {Korneev,O (2540)-Jung,K 
(2210)/Metz/1995/}) ({Riazantsev again avoids Caro-Kann structures, but here
more solid is} 9... c6 $142 {The resulting type of positions has already been
mentioned in the note to Black's 6th move:} 10. c3 (10. h3 Nd7 (10... Nc7 11.
c3 Bxc4 12. Ndxc4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nb5 15. Bg5 Nd6 16. Ng4 Re8 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2596)-Alayola Montanez,J (2199)/Merida/2001/} 17. Re2 $36 {
Dominguez}) 11. Nef3 b5 12. Bb3 c5 $1 13. c3 c4 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bg5
a5 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nh4 e6 $5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Ng3 Rae8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1
Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Nf8 $11 {Gomez Celdran,F (2263)-Duran Vallverde,J (1800)/corr/
2006/}) 10... Nd7 11. Nef3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e6 14. Bg5 (14. a4 Qc7 15.
Bg5 Rfe8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Re2 Qd6 18. Rae1 Qf8 19. Bb3 N7b6 20. Qc1 Rac8 21. h4
c5 {Ivanov,A (2415)-Kengis,E (2475)/Pavlodar/1987/} 22. dxc5 {/\h5+/=}) 14...
Qc7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rad1 a5 17. a4 b6 18. Re2 Qb7 19. Bh6 b5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Bb3 Rad8 22. Qc2 N7b6 23. Ne5 $14 {Unzicker,W (2435)-Moor,R (2330)/Zuerich/
1998/}) ({Interesting, but risky is} 9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 (10. Rxe5 $5 Nc6 11.
Rxe6 fxe6 12. Nf3 $44) 10... Nc6 11. Ne4 Ne3 (11... Ndb4 $5) 12. Bxe3 Bxc4 13.
Qg4 $6 Nxe5 14. Qh4 f6 15. Bf4 Nf7 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Be3 Nd6 18. Bc5 Bf7 19. Bb4
Nf5 20. Qf4 Rd8 21. g4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd6 23. Re1 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 c5 25. Bc3 {
Zakhariev,Z (2310)-Donev,I (2350)/Elenite/1986/} g5 $17) 10. Nef3 $1 {We have
already seen this typical motif - having a space advantage, White avoids
exchanges. He prepares not only Ng5, but also his following move...} N7f6 $6 {
Too provocative.} (10... N7b6 $142 11. Bf1 Nf6 ({Black has a lot of trouble
with effectively placing this B and he should probably just swap it with} 11...
Bg4 $5 $14 {, although here the situation is perhaps more promising for White
than in the examples after 6...c6 and 9...c6.}) 12. c4 (12. h3 $5) 12... c6 13.
b3 a5 14. a4 Re8 15. Bb2 Nc8 16. g3 Nd6 17. Bg2 (17. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Qe2 $16)
17... Nf5 $2 ({This was the last chance to play} 17... Bg4 $14) 18. Qc2 Qc7 19.
h3 Red8 20. g4 Nd6 21. Rxe6 $1 {A taste of things to come...} fxe6 22. Ng5 Rdc8
23. Nxe6 Qd7 24. Re1 Nf7 25. g5 Nh5 26. Bf3 Be5 27. dxe5 {1-0,Paavilainen,J 
(2280)-Nokka,R (2250)/FIN-chT/1989/}) 11. Rxe6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 520];Tal,
M-Kolarov,A EU-chT (Men) 04th 1970 (3.6) 1-0 White doesn't hesitate. While in
this concrete position the exchange sacrifice is (perhaps surprisingly) new,
Grischuk could draw upon similar examples from the past. We have already
mentioned one above; notable is also the game} ({Plausible, but less incisive
is} 11. Bf1 c6 12. c4 Nc7 13. b3 Bf5 (13... b5 $2 14. Ba3 a5 15. Ne5 b4 16. Bb2
Bd7 17. g3 Ne6 18. Bg2 Rc8 19. Ndf3 Rc7 20. a3 Qb8 21. axb4 axb4 22. Nd3 Rd8
23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Ra4 $18 {Unzicker,W (2525)-Williams,A (2390)/Buenos Aires olm/
1978/}) (13... Bg4 $5 $14 {again deserves attention.}) 14. Ba3 (14. Bb2 $5 {()}
) 14... Re8 15. h3 Nd7 $6 (15... Ne6 $5 {/\} 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 $44) 16.
g4 Be6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nxe6 (19. Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yf1g2,
Yd3e5] /\Bg2,Nde5+/-}) 19... Nxe6 20. Bg2 Nd7 21. Qd2 $14 {Kosmol,H (2270)
-Robidoux,M (2090)/corr/1997/}) 11... fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd6 13. Qe1 b5 $6 {׫} (
13... Ng4 $2 14. Qxe6+ Qxe6 15. Nxe6 $16) ({Black had better tries, than the
text move, but White in any case has excellent compensation:} 13... Nf4 14.
Ndf3 (14. Nb3 $5 $14) (14. g3 h6 15. Nxe6 (15. Ngf3 $5 N4d5 16. Bd3 {\/->׻})
15... Nxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. c3 $44) 14... N6d5 15. Bxf4 $1 Nxf4 16. Qe4 $36 {
/\Re1,g3}) (13... c6 $5 14. Ndf3 $5 (14. Nxe6 $2 Ng4 $36) (14. Qxe6+ Qxe6 15.
Nxe6 $44) 14... Bh6 15. Nxe6 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxh6 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nef6 18. Qe2
Kf7 $13) 15... Bxc1 16. Rxc1 $36) 14. Bb3 (14. Bxb5 $5 {/\} Nb4 15. Ba4 $16)
14... a5 15. a4 $5 $16 {White is in no hurry take the poor Pe6 and creates
other >< first.} (15. Qxe6+ Kh8 $142 $1 (15... Qxe6 $6 16. Nxe6 Rfc8 (16... Rf7
17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 $36) 17. a4 $1 c6 18. Nf3 $44 {/+/-}) 16. Nde4 (16. Nf7+
$4 Rxf7 17. Qxf7 Rf8 $19) 16... Qxe6 (16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 c6 $14) 17. Nxe6 Nb4
$1 18. Nxf8 Nxe4 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. a3 c5 $13) (15. Nxe6 Ng4 (15... a4 16. Bxd5
$8 Nxd5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Nf3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxd4 20. Qe4 Be5 21. f4 $16) 16.
Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Nf3 Bxd4 18. Qe4 Bxf2+ 19. Kf1 $16 {is also promising, but White
quite rightly feels he doesn't need to allow any complications at all.}) 15...
bxa4 (15... c6 16. Ndf3 $1 {/\Ne6+/-}) 16. Nc4 (16. Rxa4 Nb6 17. Nc4 $1 $16)
16... Qc6 17. Rxa4 Ra6 $8 {Black must stop Ne6.} (17... Ng4 18. Nxa5 Qd6 19.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Rxf2 21. h3 $5 $18) 18. Rxa5 (18. Nxa5 $5 Qd7 (18... Qb6
19. Nc4 $18) 19. c4 Nb6 20. Ra3 Rfa8 21. c5 Nbd5 22. Bc4 R6a7 23. Bb5 Qc8 24.
Bd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5e6,Yb2b4,Yb5c6] /+-,/\Ne6,b4,Bc6 and Black is almost
paralysed.} (24. Bc6 $143 Rb8 25. Nxe6 Nb4)) 18... Rfa8 (18... Ng4 19. Rxa6
Qxa6 20. Nxe6 Rxf2 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. h3 $18) (18... Rxa5 19. Nxa5 {/\Ne6->})
19. Bd2 (19. Rc5 $1 Qd7 20. Ne5 Qd8 21. Bc4 Rb6 (21... Rd6 22. Nef7) 22. Nxg6
$5 {/\} hxg6 23. Nxe6 $18) 19... Bh6 20. h4 Bxg5 $2 {Exchanging the B is a
positional mistake, which seriously weakens the dark squares.} (20... Qb7 $142
21. g3 $5 $16) 21. hxg5 Nd7 (21... Nh5 22. Ne5 $40) 22. Rxa6 $6 ({Here White
had a pretty immediate win} 22. Ba4 $1 Qxc4 23. Bxd7 Rxa5 (23... Kf7 24. Bb5 $1
Rxa5 25. Bxc4 Ra1 26. Bc1 Rb1 27. Kh2 Raa1 28. Qe4 Rxc1 29. Bb5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Re4f3,Rb5e8] /\Qf3,Be8}) 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 (24... Kh8 25. Qe5+ Nf6 26. Bxa5
Rxa5 27. Bxc4 Rxe5 28. dxe5 $18) 25. Qe5 $3 {with a mating ->.}) 22... Qxa6 (
22... Rxa6 23. Na5 Qd6 (23... Qb6 24. c4 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Qxb3 26. Qxe6+ $18) 24.
Ba4 $5 (24. c4 Nf4 25. c5 Qxd4 26. Bxf4 Nxc5 (26... Qxf4 27. Bxe6+ $18) 27. Be5
$16 (27. Be3 $16)) 24... Nf8 25. Bb5 Ra8 26. Nc6 $40) 23. Na5 $1 {/\c4,Ba4
Stops any <=> on the <->a and enhances his own threats.} c5 $6 {Desperation.} (
{More resilient was} 23... Nf8 $142 24. c4 Qb6 (24... Nb6 25. Bc3 $40) 25. Bd1
$1 (25. cxd5 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 Qxb3 27. Bxc7 Qxb2 $14) 25... Nf4 26. Nb3 Nh5 27.
Bc3 $16 {->}) (23... Qd6 24. c4 Nf4 25. g3 $18) (23... Qb6 24. Qe4 $40) 24. Ba4
Ra7 (24... Nf8 25. dxc5 $18) (24... Qd6 25. Nb7 $18) 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. dxc5 $18
{[%csl Gb2,Gc2,Gc5][%cal Ra1h8] With o^ on the >> in connection with the -> on
the /^a1-h8 Black's position is beyond hope.} Nc7 (26... Kf7 27. c4 Nc7 28. b4
$18 (28. Bc3 $18)) 27. c4 Qa8 (27... e5 28. c6 Rd3 (28... Rd6 29. Bc3 $18) 29.
b4 (29. Qxe5 $5 Rxd2 30. Qxc7 Qa8 31. Qxe7 {/\b4} Qxa5 32. c7 Qf5 33. Qd8+ $1
$18) 29... Qc8 30. b5 $18) 28. c6 {Here White already has a wide and pleasant
choice.} (28. Bc3 $18) 28... Rd3 29. Bc3 Qf8 (29... Kf7 30. Qe5 Ne8 31. Qh8 $18
) 30. Qe5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 (31. Kh2 Na6 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qxh7+ Ke8 34. Qxg6+ Qf7 (
34... Kd8 35. Be5 $18) 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. b4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {Nowadays almost no one from the elite
plays the Alekhine regularly, the exception being Carlsen and that mostly in
rapid and blitz games. As Kamsky hadn't used it previously, Grischuk must have
been surprised and was hardly prepared for a sharp tussle in the 4 Pawns
Attack with} (4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 {
White, essayed this only once:} Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. e6
fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 O-O $6 (16... Bxh1 $142 $1 17. O-O-O Qf6
18. gxh4 O-O {is the more usual move order}) 17. O-O-O $6 (17. Nxc6 $1 Nc2+ 18.
Ke2 {/\} bxc6 19. Qxh4 Qxh4 20. gxh4 Nxa1 21. Bh3 Nc2 22. e7 Rfe8 23. Bc5 $16)
17... Bxh1 18. gxh4 Qf6 19. Bb5 c6 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. e7 Rfe8 22. Rxh1 $2 (22. Nf5
$142 $1 Nxa2+ $5 (22... Kh8 23. Nxg7 $1 Qxg7 24. Qxb4 $40 {[%cal Yd1d6,Yb4f4]})
23. Nxa2 h5 24. Qe2 $5 (24. Qf4 Qxf4+ 25. Bxf4 cxb5 26. Rxh1 Rac8+ $11 {
[%cal Rc8c5]}) 24... Qxf5 25. Bd3 Bf3 26. Qf2 Qh3 27. Rf1 Bd5 28. Nb4 $36)
22... cxb5 23. Nf3 Nd3+ $6 (23... Qd6 $1 24. Rd1 N6d5 $19) 24. Kc2 $6 (24. Kb1
$132) 24... Qd6 25. Rd1 Nf2 $1 26. Rxd6 Nxg4 $17 {Grischuk,A (2748)-Svidler,P 
(2726)/Odessa rpd/2009/}) 4... dxe5 {This move has recently replaced the
classical} (4... Bg4 {or Alburt's pet line since the 1980s with}) (4... g6 {
Black doesn't strive for too complex play and his aims are rather modest - to
achieve a structure, known also from the Caro-Kann, Rubinstein French, or
Scandinavian. Although White has a space advantage, breaking down this solid
setup is no mean task.}) 5. Nxe5 c6 {A restrained choice.} ({Grischuk has had
some previous experience with the equally popular} 5... g6 {and now:} 6. Bc4 (
6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 (9. Be2 Be6 10. b3 c5 11. Qd2 Qc7 (11...
cxd4 12. Bxd4 N6d7 $11) 12. Nb5 (12. Nf3 $5 $14) 12... Qc8 13. Bh6 a6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Nc3 f6 16. Nf3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bf7 18. Qe3 e5 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. g4 $2 Nc6
21. Rd1 Rad8 22. h4 Be6 23. g5 f5 $36 {Leenaerts,R (2115)-Tomczak,J (2443)/
Kemer/2007/}) (9. f4 $5 {()}) 9... c5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bh6 12. Ra1 f6 13.
Ng4 Bxg4 14. Bxg4 Nc6 15. Bc5 {Grischuk,A (2606)-Baburin,A (2590)/Torshavn/
2000/} f5 16. Bf3 Ne5 $132) 6... Be6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nd2 Nd7 ({
More circumspect was} 9... c6 {attempting to transpose to the 5...c6 lines.})
10. Nef3 N7f6 $6 ({This is too provocative.} 10... N7b6 $142 11. Bf1 Bg4 12. h3
$14 {/+/-}) 11. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd6 13. Qe1 b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. a4 bxa4 16.
Nc4 Qc6 17. Rxa4 Ra6 18. Rxa5 Rfa8 19. Bd2 Bh6 20. h4 $16 {->,Grischuk,A (2736)
-Riazantsev,A (2661)/RUS-ch Moscow/2009/ For more details see the notes to
this game in CBM 134.}) (5... Nd7 $6 {requires good nerves and concrete
knowledge as well. Perhaps} 6. Nxf7 $5 (6. Nf3 $14) 6... Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4
$44 ({or} 8. g3 $5 $44 {doesn't win by force, but both continuations are
certainly fraught with danger for Black.})) 6. Be2 {The most usual
continuation, but White has developed his bishop in every possible way:} (6.
Bd3 Nd7 {and now:} {Possibly the most promising is} 7. O-O (7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O
g6 9. c4 (9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Re1 $6 (11. h3 $142 Qc7 {[%cal Yc6c5] /
\c5 should equalise for Black.}) 11... Bg4 12. c3 c5 $1 13. Be4 (13. Be2 $5)
13... cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 $15 15. Qb3 $2 (15. h3 $5 {is stronger:} Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Qb6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Be3) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5
19. Rd1 Bg7 20. Kf1 Rfd8 21. Bg5 Rd7 $17 {/-+,Topalov,V (2780)-Carlsen,M (2733)
/Morelia/Linares/2008/ For more details about this game and how Black
converted his extra pawn see the notes by Rogozenco in CBM 123.}) 9... Nc7 10.
Nc3 Bg7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qe2 O-O (12... Bxd4 $6 13. Rad1 c5 14. Be4 O-O 15. Na4
$36 {Muzychuk,A (2533)-Howell,D (2624)/Antwerp/2009/}) 13. Rad1 Qd7 $132) (7.
Nf3 N7f6 8. h3 Nb4 9. Be2 (9. Bc4 Bf5 10. Na3 e6 11. c3 Nbd5 12. Nc2 Be7 13.
Ne3 Bg6 (13... Nxe3 $5 14. Bxe3 O-O $11) 14. Ne5 O-O 15. O-O Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Nd5
17. Bd2 c5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Bb3 $14 {
Adams,M (2729)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Moscow blitz/2007/}) 9... Bf5 10. Na3 e6 11.
O-O Be7 12. c3 Nbd5 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nce5 h6 15. c4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Rd1 Rd8
18. Bf4 c5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 cxd4 21. Rad1 Qc5 $14 {/=,Navara,D (2719)
-Rozentalis,E (2605)/GRE-chT Ermioni/2006/}) 7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nb4 9. Be4 Qxd1
10. Rxd1 f5 $6 (10... Be6 $142) (10... g6 $5) 11. a3 Na6 12. Bf3 g6 13. Nd2 Be6
14. Be2 Nc7 15. Nf3 Bd5 16. Nd4 Bg7 17. c4 Bf7 18. f4 Ne6 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. Be3
O-O 21. b4 a6 22. g3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Nd4 Be8 26. Nb3 $16
{Sutovsky,E (2639)-Carlsen,M (2385)/ECC Rethymnon/2003/ Let's not forget
Carlsen was only 13 at that time...}) (6. Bc4 g6 (6... Nd7 7. Nf3 N7b6 8. Be2
$5 Bg4 9. O-O e6 10. h3 Bh5 {resolves the development of the light-squared
bishop, but after} 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Be7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nc3 a5
16. Bf4 a4 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Rad1 Nbd7 19. Qf3 Qa5 20. g4 h6 21. h4 $36 {Caruana,
F (2680)-Salgado Lopez,I (2592)/EU-ch Rijeka/2010/ White still controls more
space, which gives him attacking chances.}) 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nd2 (8. Bb3 O-O 9.
Re1 Be6 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 N7f6 11. c4 Nc7 12. h3 $1 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Ne6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. Qh4 Qa5 18. c5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. b4 $16 {
Kasparov,G (2795)-Adams,M (2665)/Linares 1997/}) 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12.
Nbd2 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 a5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bh4 N7f6 18. Bg3
Qe7 19. Ne5 Nh5 20. Bh2 Bh6 21. Qf3 Qf6 $14 {/=, Topalov,V (2739)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2717)/Monte Carlo rpd/2002/}) (8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 (11.
Nef3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g5] keeps more tension in the position}) 11... Qxd7 12. Ne4
Bf5 13. Nc5 Qc7 14. Bd3 b6 15. Nb3 Be6 16. Be4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Qc8 19.
Bxc6 Bg4 20. Bb7 Bxf3 21. Bxc8 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rxc8 23. Bg5 e6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25.
a4 Rfd8 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2705)-Fier,A (2563)/Villandry rpd/2012/}) 8...
O-O 9. Ndf3 Nd7 10. Nd3 $1 N7b6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Bf5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 e6 16. c3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. g3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qa6 20. h4 h6 21. Bd2
Rad8 22. Qc1 h5 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. Ne5 Nf8 25. Nd3 $14 {Bologan,V (2688)
-Miroshnichenko,E (2690)/SRB-chT Kragujevac/2009/}) (6. g3 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 c5 (11... e5 $142 $5) 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3
Na4 14. c3 Nab6 15. a4 a5 16. Nbd4 Bd7 17. Ne5 e6 18. Qb3 Rc8 {Tkachiev,V 
(2664)-Grischuk,A (2719)/WCh blitz Almaty/2008/} 19. Nb5 $14) 6... Bf5 {
Uses the chance to actively develop the problematic bishop.} ({Black is
limited to patient defence after} 6... Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8. O-O Bg4 (8... Bf5 9.
Nh4 Bg6 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 e6 12. g3 Be7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qb3 Rd8
16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Rac1 $14 e5 $6 18. d5 Nbd7 19. Bf3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qa3
b6 22. b4 e4 23. Be2 Nb7 {nice breakthrough} 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. d6 Rxa7 26. dxc7
Rc8 27. c5 $1 bxc5 28. b5 $1 $18 {Anand,V (2799)-Carlsen,M (2733)/Nice rpd
blind/2008/}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. c4 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd2
a5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. g3 Rad8 18. Bg2 Nbd7 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Nf8 21.
Ne5 Ng6 22. Nd3 $14 {Karjakin,S (2732)-Carlsen,M (2733)/Nice rpd/2008/}) 7. O-O
Nd7 8. Bg4 {White usually doesn't initiate exchanges himself, but retreats the
Ne5 to avoid them in an attempt to make the most of his space advantage:} ({
Kamsky was most probably inspired by a recent experience with White, which went
} 8. Ng4 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Ne3 Bg6 11. f4 $5 (11. Nc3 Bd6 12. b3 Qc7 13. h3 O-O
14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Bf4 17. Qe1 e5 18. d5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nc5 20.
Rac1 Qb6 21. Bf1 h6 22. Kh2 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Ne4 25. Bc4 Nd6 $11 {
Grischuk,A (2715)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Moscow blitz/2007/}) 11... Qc7 12. Nc3 Bd6
13. g3 Rd8 14. Qe1 O-O 15. c5 Be7 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Rfe8 19.
Qf2 Nf8 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Be5 Ng6 22. Rf1 {While White has some pressure, Black
certainly isn't devoid of counterplay.} b6 $14 {/<=>,Kamsky,G (2744)-Benjamin,
J (2559)/Rockville/2012/}) ({The most usual move is} 8. Nf3 {, but} e6 9. c4
N5f6 (9... Nb4 $143 10. a3 $36) 10. Nc3 (10. Bf4 $5 Ne4 11. Bd3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Nd6
13. Bg3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf5 15. Qb3 O-O-O $13 {Bacrot,E (2720)-Degraeve,J (2569)/
FRA-ch Belfort/2010/ is possibly more interesting, but still far from clear.})
{led to comfortable equality after} 10... Ne4 $142 $5 (10... Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg6
12. g3 $5 (12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxg6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 hxg6 $13 15. c5 $2 Nxc5 $1 16. Rb1
Rb8 17. Be3 Nd7 $15 {Sutovsky,E (2676)-Miroshnichenko,E (2690)/SRB-chT
Kragujevac/2009/}) 12... O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Be3 $14 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3] This is
similar to the two Carlsen games, quoted in the previous note.}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4
12. Bf4 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. h3 Qb6 15. b3 c5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rfd8 $11 {
Papp,G (2526)-Schroll,G (2449)/AUT-chT/2011/}) 8... Bxg4 ({Original, but risky
is} 8... g6 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. c4 (10. Nd3 $5 $14) 10... N5b6 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12.
dxe5 Na4 $2 (12... Qd4 $1 13. Nd2 Rg8 {[%csl Gd4]}) 13. Nd2 $2 (13. e6 $1 $40)
13... e6 14. a3 Nb6 15. a4 a5 {Wang Hao (2736)-Ivanchuk,V (2775)/Beijing blitz/
2011/} 16. Nf3 $14) 9. Qxg4 (9. Nxg4 e6 10. c4 N5f6 11. Nc3 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Nf6
13. Qh4 Be7 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Qg3 Rd8 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Bc7 Rd7 18. Bb8 O-O $11 {
Pogonina,N (2429)-Zhao Xue (2500)/Krasnoturinsk/2007/ With only 2 pairs of
minor pieces White's pressure gradually dissipates.}) 9... g6 $5 ({The
fianchetto is more active than} 9... e6 10. Rd1 N5f6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13.
Nc3 {This is similar to the aforementioned game Caruana - Salgado Lopez, White
had threatening kingside pressure after} Re8 14. Rd3 Nf8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rad1
Rad8 17. b3 Qa6 18. h4 N6d7 19. h5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bf4 Qa5 22. Ne4 Rd7 23.
Rg3 $36 {Adams,M (2699)-Zhao Xue (2544)/Edmonton/2009/}) 10. c4 $146 {[%mdl 8]
An ambitious, but committal novelty} (10. Re1 Bg7 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Qd1 O-O 13.
Ndf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 {Bedouin,X (2229)-Monroy,C (2341)/Aix les Bains/2003/} {Now}
Nd5 {should gradually equalise.}) (10. Qe2 {is more aggressive:} Bg7 11. c4
N5b6 (11... Nxe5 $5 12. dxe5 (12. cxd5 Nd7 13. dxc6 bxc6 $11) 12... Nc7 13. Rd1
Qc8 $132) 12. Nf3 $5 O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Bf4 c5 15. d5 Re8 16. Ng5 Nc8 $6 ({
Black should have gone for} 16... h6 $5 17. Ne4 (17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19.
Qxg6 e6 $1 $13 {[%cal Yd8f6]}) 17... e6 18. Nd6 exd5 19. Nxe8 Qxe8 $44) 17. Nc3
Nd6 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. h3 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Nh5 21. Bh2 b6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Nf3 $16 {
[%cal Rf3e5] Zhigalko,A (2566)-Gorovets,A (2408)/BLR-ch Minsk/2011/}) ({
The most recent try is} 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Qh3 N7f6 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Nbd2 h6 15. Qg3 Rc8 16. Nb3 a5 17. a4 b6 18. c3 e6 19. Ne5 Ne7 20. Nc4 Qd5 21.
Nbd2 Nf5 22. Qe5 Rb8 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 $11 {/+/=,Alekseev,E (2683)-Vitiugov,N 
(2691)/St Petersburg rpd/2012/}) 10... Nc7 11. Rd1 Bg7 12. Nc3 Qc8 13. f4 $6 {
A wild, but dubious attempt to retain the initiative which is slipping away
from him.} (13. Qxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11 {is sterile equality, but if this
was not to White's liking, he still had other moves like}) (13. Qe2 $11) (13.
Qe4 $11) (13. Nf3 $5) 13... c5 $1 14. Ne2 (14. Nxd7 $6 Bxd4+ 15. Kf1 Qxd7 16.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Ne2 Rhc8 $1 $15 {and winning the pawn back is not
so simple.}) 14... f5 (14... Ne6 $5 {deserved consideration:} 15. Nxd7 (15. Be3
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 18. Qxc8+ Rxc8 19. b3 Nxc4 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21.
Bd4 Nb6 $15) (15. d5 Nxf4 $15) 15... Qxd7 16. d5 Nd4 $15 {with a pleasant
endgame.}) 15. Qg3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne6 18. Nxe6 {After this
natural move Black gets an edge.} ({Engines prefer the more complex} 18. Qb3 $5
Qc5 (18... Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc5 20. Be3 Qxe5 21. Rad1 $44 (21. c5 $5 {[%csl Re8]})
) 19. Be3 Qxe5 20. Bf2 $132) 18... Qxe6 19. Rd5 b5 $1 20. Rxb5 (20. b3 bxc4 21.
bxc4 O-O $15 (21... Rd8 $5 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $15 {[%csl Re5]})) 20... Qxc4 21. Qb3
Qxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. Rba5 Rd8 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Bg5 (25. Bf4 $5 $15 {is more
resilient}) 25... Rhe8 26. Re1 Rb8 27. Ra3 Rb5 28. e6+ Kg8 29. g3 Rb6 $5 ({
Kamsky is in no hurry to force simplification with} 29... Bxb2 30. Rxa6 Rxb3
$15) 30. Re2 h6 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3,Re6][%mdl 4112] The endgame favours Black due
to his better pawn structure.} 31. Be3 (31. Bf4 Rc8 $1 $36 {makes it difficult
to hold the material balance, so White gives up a pawn straight away.}) 31...
Rxe6 32. Bc5 Rc6 $6 (32... Rxe2+ $142 33. Kxe2 Rc8 $1 {/\} 34. b4 Rc6 35. Bxe7
Re6+ 36. Re3 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Bxb2 $17 {/-+ and Black should be able to win this
B_|_.}) 33. Bxe7 Kf7 34. Bb4 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Bxb2 36. Ra2 Be5 37. Bd2 g5 38. b4
Ke6 39. Kd3 Bf6 40. Be3 Be7 41. Rb2 h5 (41... Bf6 $5) 42. b5 $15 {Liquidating
the queenside increases White's drawing chances.} axb5 43. Rxb5 g4 44. Bf4 $6 {
Misguided activity, White should have retreated to defend his weak Ph2 with} (
44. Rb2 $142 {[%csl Rh2]}) 44... Bf6 45. Rb7 Ra6 46. Rh7 $6 (46. Rb3 $5) 46...
Ra3+ 47. Ke2 {Grischuk tries to slip back to the kingside} (47. Kc4 h4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Rh2][%cal Yh4h3,Ya3a2]}) 47... Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Kd5 $2 {Black plays for the
attack instead of taking material and squanders a win - almost!} (48... Rxh2 {
should be sufficient:} 49. Kg1 (49. Rh6 Kf7 50. Rh7+ Kg6 51. Rc7 Rh1+ 52. Kf2
Bd4+ 53. Ke2 h4 54. Rc6+ Kf7 $19) 49... Rh3 50. Rh6 Kf7 51. Rh7+ Kg6 52. Rb7 h4
53. Rb6 Rxg3+ $1 $19) 49. Rxh5 Ke4 50. h3 gxh3 (50... Kf3 51. Rxf5 (51. Ke1 {
should also hold.}) 51... Ra1+ 52. Bc1+ $11) 51. Rxh3 Bd4 52. Rh5 Rf2+ 53. Ke1
Rg2 54. Kf1 (54. Bd6 $11) 54... Kf3 55. Be3 {Forcing a theoretical draw, but
the piece sacrifice was hardly necessary.} (55. Ke1 Bf2+ 56. Kd1 Ke4 57. Rh3
Bc5 58. Rh7 Kd3 59. Rd7+ Bd4 60. Re7 $11) 55... Bxe3 56. Rxf5+ Kxg3 57. Re5
Rf2+ 58. Ke1 Kf4 59. Re8 Ra2 60. Kd1 Kf3 61. Re7 $2 $138 {The fatal mistake.} (
61. Rd8 $1 $11) (61. Rh8 Rd2+ 62. Ke1 Rc2 63. Rf8+ (63. Rh3+ Ke4 64. Kf1 $11)
63... Bf4 64. Rd8 $11) (61. Rf8+ Bf4 62. Rd8 $8 $11) 61... Rd2+ $1 62. Ke1 Rd8
63. Rf7+ Bf4 64. Rf6 (64. Rf5 Re8+ 65. Kd1 (65. Kf1 Ra8) 65... Rc8 $19) 64...
Rc8 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT 1112"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2012.03.02"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.12.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Preparing for this game, I had to come up with some idea against Finkel's pet
line in the Alekhine. And actually it resulted in a novelty on move five!} 1.
e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. c4 $1 {Well, strictly speaking there
have been some games with this move, but as they were played by untitled
players, and the further play didn't indicate any serious idea behind the
single move, I'd dare to call it my novelty. The point is as follows: after
the usual 5.Nxe5 Black plays 5...c6, and I can't kick his knight from d5, as 6.
c4 is met by 6...Nb4 with comfortable play. Hence, the move in the text is to
be preferred if I want to play c2-c4 at all.} e4 {The principled reply!} (5...
Nb4 6. Qa4+ N8c6 7. d5 {is not good for Black, whereas after}) (5... Nf6 6.
Nxe5 e6 7. Nc3 c5 8. Be3 {White has some pull.}) (5... Nb6 6. Nxe5 g6 7. Nc3
Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qb3 {also favours White.}) 6. cxd5 exf3 7. Qxf3 c6 {Once
again, the most ambitious.} ({The alternative} 7... g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 {
leads to White's advantage.}) 8. Bc4 {The only way to fight for an advantage.}
cxd5 9. Bxd5 e6 10. Bxb7 {While preparing for the game, I noticed that the
computer reaches this position and opts for} Qc7 (10... Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Nd7 {
which gives Black certain compensation for the pawn, but it is clearly
insufficient. As for 10...Qc7... Well I saw this possibility, but didn't check
it with my silicon friend back at home. As it sometimes happens, this very
position occured on the board, and I had to make my choice...}) 11. Bxc8 $2 {
Wrong one. Of course, it looks most natural, but 11.Bxa8 led to a big
advantage. Well, of course, I calculated it during the game, but failed to
notice a subtle move at the end of the following line:} (11. Bxa8 Qxc1+ 12. Qd1
Qxb2 (12... Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Bxc3+ (13... Qxb2 14. O-O {with two echo-lines} Bxc3 (
14... Qxc3 15. Rc1) 15. Rb1 {and White is winning.}) 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Kf1
Ba6+ 16. Kg1 O-O 17. h4 {and White is just an exchange up}) 13. O-O Qxa1 14.
Qb3 $1 (14. Qd2 $5 {is not so clear} a5 15. Nc3 Qxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Bb4 {and Black
shall be able to hold}) 14... Bd6 (14... Qxd4 15. Qxb8 Qd7 16. Rc1 Kd8 17. Qe5
{with a very strong threats}) 15. Rd1 $3 {White wins the queen, and this
should be convertible to the full point.}) 11... Qxc1+ 12. Ke2 Qc4+ {Not a bad
move, but a simpler one was} (12... Qxh1 13. Qxa8 Bd6 14. Qxa7 O-O 15. Bb7 Nd7
{and Black gets very powerful compensation. Although he can't create immediate
threats to the white king, his position is to be preferred.}) 13. Kd1 Nc6 $2 {
But this one is wrong.} ({The computer quickly indicates} 13... Qxd4+ 14. Kc1 (
14. Nd2 Bb4) 14... Qc5+ 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Bb7 Nd4 {Black parries all the threats
and gets the better play due to the insecure position of White's king.
Curiously, I'd also considered 13...Nc6 to be the main move, and prepared
something, which was basically the reason behind choosing 11.Bxc8}) 14. Nd2 Qb5
15. a4 $1 {It is very important to include this move before the combination
starts. Or you can put it as the start of the combination.} Qb6 16. Bxe6 $3 {
An unexpected blow, which I had to foresee a few moves ago. It looks like
White has nothing to attack with, but the pin along the a8-h1 diagonal proves
to be the decisive factor.} fxe6 17. Re1 Kd7 (17... O-O-O {was a bit more
stubborn, but after} 18. Rc1 Rd6 19. d5 $1 exd5 20. Re8+ Kb7 {White can choose
between romantic and prosaic ways to a win} 21. Nb3 $1 {it's easier to choose
the romantic one, especially while it is objectively strongest!} (21. Rxf8 Ne5
22. Qf5 Rxf8 23. Qxf8 {should be sufficient as well, although after 23...Nc4
Black is still kicking}) 21... Rf6 (21... Rd8 22. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 23. a5 $1 Qc7
24. Nd4+ Kb7 25. a6+ $1 Kc8 (25... Kxa6 26. Qe2+ Kb7 27. Qb5+ Qb6 28. Qxb6+
Kxb6 29. Rxd8 $18) 26. Qh3+ Qd7 27. Qc3+ Bc5 28. Qxc5+ Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30.
Ne6+ {and White wins}) 22. Qh3 Qc7 {and here White comes with a very beautiful
shot} 23. Rc5 $3 a6 24. Na5+ Kb6 25. Qb3+ $1 Kxc5 26. Nb7+ Qxb7 (26... Kd4 27.
Qc3#) 27. Qxb7 {is absolutely hopeless for Black.}) 18. d5 exd5 19. Qf5+ $1 {
Decisive intermezzo.} Kc7 20. Qf7+ Be7 21. Rxe7+ Nxe7 22. Qxe7+ Kb8 23. Ra3 $1
{Black resigned, as 23...Qc6 loses to 24.Rb3+ Kc8 25.Rc3.  That was a pretty
smooth attack, however I have to admit, that the mistake on move eleven
seriously damages the wholeness of the game.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 {Rare, and arguably black's most
provocative move in this position.} 5. Bb5 $6 {A fairly common sub-variation
but there are more threatening options than offering to give up the bishop
pair to inflict minor structural damage on black.} (5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 {Why
settle for less? 6.exd6!? can lead to lines where black has committed his
knight to c6 rather early, but there is no doubt that this pawn sacrifice is
the critical line. Of course it does lead to very messy positions ...} fxe6 7.
Ng5 $5 {is the most direct way to start the attack.} (7. h4 {As usual in such
positions where white has invested a pawn to create congestion, the advance of
the h-pawn is menacing. Black usually needs to play ...g6 to complete
development, when the the advance h4-h5 will crack open the kingside. It seems
a little bit odd to send the h-pawn up before ...g6 has been played, but it is
not so simple for black to exploit this.} e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 (
10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Qg4 13. Be2 Qe4 14. O-O Bf5 15. Na3 Qxh4 $6 {
Tal,M-Larsen,B (08)/Eersel cm-3pl ;CAND 1969/0-1 (50)} 16. Nb5 d3 17. Nxc7+ Kd8
18. Nxa8 dxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxa8 20. c5 $1 $40) 10... e5 11. Qd1 Qd7 12. Be2 Be7 13.
Nc3 O-O 14. Be3 Qf5 15. a4 a5 16. Ra3 Qg6 17. g4 {with a very active position
for white, Jahr,U-Bischoff,K/BL 8182 (1981) /0-1 (45)}) (7. Be3 $5) 7... e5 8.
d5 (8. Bd3 $5 Nxd4 9. Bxh7 Rxh7 10. Nxh7 Bf5 11. Na3 {+/-/+/=}) 8... Nd4 9. Bd3
g6 $5 {continues in provocative style. "Do your worst" is black's attitude.
His position can take a surprising amount of punishment. The secret behind
this resilience is black's strong central presence. These are the stakes of
such sharp Alekhine lines, undermining action in the center at the cost of
development.} (9... Bf5 {is the relatively solid reply. Black avoids kingside
violence, but must tolerate some inconvenience on the e6 square. However, the
weak e4 square should give white ample compensation.} 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Ne6 (
11. Be3 g6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Qd3 Ng7 14. a4 (14. Nxh7 $6 Qf5 (14... Qg4 $5) 15.
Qxf5 Nxf5 $132 (15... gxf5 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 $13)) 14... Qf5 15. Nge4 a6 16. O-O
Nh5 17. b4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Paglilla,C/ARG-ch (02) ;
TD 94\03 1994 (42)}) 11... Qd7 12. Be3 (12. Nc3 Nd4 $6 (12... Nxc4 $4 13. Qd3)
(12... g6 $5) 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qe4 Be7 16. Be3 O-O 17. O-O Qf5 18.
b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Micalizzi,G-Corvi,M/Roma op (07) ;TD 90\03 1990 (24)}) 12... g6
13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nc3 Ng7 15. Qg4 Nxe6 16. dxe6 Qc6 17. h4 Bg7 18. Nd5 $2 b5 $1
$36 {[#] 0-1 Sorsak,J-Stratil,P/Bratislava op (07) ;EXT 92op 1992 (33)}) 10. h4
$5 {looks much more dangerous for black.} (10. Nxh7 Bf5 (10... Rxh7 $4 11.
Bxg6+ Rf7 12. Qh5) 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Qh5+ (12. Nxf8 Rxf8 13. Be3 c5 14. dxc6
Nxc6 15. c5 Nc4 $132 {0-1 Stocek,J-Vouldis,A/EU-chJM U16 Rimavska Sobota ;EXT
92ch 1992 (27)}) 12... Kd7 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Nxf8+ (14. Qxe8+ Rxe8 15. Nxf8+
Rexf8 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Na3 c6 18. O-O-O cxd5 19. cxd5 Rc8+ 20. Kb1 Rc5 21.
Rxd4 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 {and the center pawns proved more dangerous inRausch,
W-Schlemermeyer,W/BL 8182 1982 (0-1, 44)}) 14... Qxf8 15. Qd1 Qg8 $1 16. g3
Nxc4 17. Nc3 Nxe3 18. Qa4+ b5 19. Nxb5 Ndc2+ {0-1 Pisa Ferrer,J-Gil Gonzales,J/
Catalunia-chT ;EXT 95ch 1995}) (10. Be3 e6 11. Nxh7 Nf5 $2 (11... Rxh7 12.
Bxg6+ Rf7 $13) 12. Qg4 Rg8 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 14. Bg5 $16 {Forster,R-Liardet,F/
University tt Leon ESP (6) 1996/1-0 (46)}) 10... Bf5 11. h5 Bg7 12. hxg6 Bxg6 (
12... hxg6 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 (14... gxf5 15. Ne6 $1 Qc8 16. Qh5+ Kd7
17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxf5+ Kd8 $14) 15. Qd3 $14) 13. Nc3 $5 (13. Nxh7 $1 Bxh7 (
13... e4 14. Qg4 $1) 14. Bxh7 $40) 13... c6 14. Be3 e6 15. Bxg6+ hxg6 16. Rxh8+
Bxh8 17. dxe6 Qe7 18. Qd3 $36 {1-0 Drozdov,I-Nosenko,A/UKR-ch Kharkov (02) ;
EXT 88ch 1988 (36). All in all, a very risky way for black to make a living.})
5... a6 6. Ba4 (6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 Nb6 8. b3 Bf5 (8... Bg4 $5 9. Qd3 Qd7 10.
O-O Qf5 11. Qxf5 Bxf5 12. Nc3 e6 13. Be3 Nd7 $10 {1/2-1/2 Ekstroem,R-Siegel,G/
SWZ-chT ;TD 93\08 1993 (21)}) 9. O-O e6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nbd2 a5 13.
a4 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Rac1 Qb8 $132 {0-1 Slobodjan,R-Varga,Zo/Budapest
Honved (06) ;EXP 45 1994 (37)}) 6... Nb6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Qe2 Qd7
10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc3 (11. b3 {looks better, since the bishop has more future on
b2 or a3.}) 11... e6 12. Bg5 d5 $1 {Black has full control over c5 and plans
two pawn breaks there.} 13. Rad1 (13. Be3 c5 14. dxc5 Nc4 $36) 13... c5 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. g4 $6 {This weakening will only give white headaches
later.} (16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ng3 Bg6 {should favor black slightly - his bishop
his strong and he has counterplay on the queenside.}) 16... Bg6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Ng3 O-O 19. Nd4 c5 20. Ndf5 {This is a way of justifying his brash 16th
move, but it creates just as many weaknesses in his own camp.} exf5 21. gxf5
Qg5 $6 (21... Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Qe6 $1 23. Qg4 g6 (23... Qxe5 $5 24. Rfe1 Qf6 25.
Ne7+ Kh8) 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Ng4 Rf4 $15 (26... Na4 $5 $15 {
>< b2, e4, f4, f3.})) 22. fxg6 (22. Qg4 $5 Qxg4 23. hxg4 f6 $5 24. fxg6 fxe5
$13) 22... fxg6 $5 (22... Qxg6) 23. c4 $5 d4 {Black tries to minimize white's
counterplay by at least closing the d-line. But after} (23... dxc4 24. Rd6 Rab8
$5 $15 {black should also be better due to his pawn weaknesses on both flanks.}
) 24. b4 Rae8 25. Rfe1 $6 (25. bxc5 {immediately undermining the d4 pawn,
gives white much better chances of equalizing.} Rxe5 26. Qc2 (26. Qg4 Qxg4 27.
hxg4 Rxc5 28. Rxd4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Nxc4 $17) 26... Rxc5 27. Rxd4 Rfc8 28. Qe2 {
and white is kicking and fighting. Black must keep a watchful eye on his
a6-pawn, simplifications and a slightly exposed king, all of which complicate
the task of realizing his advantage.}) 25... Na4 $5 (25... Rf4 $5 $17) 26. Qg4
{White has no way to shake off the pressure against his flock of weak pawns.
Black's active forces have just too many targets to choose from:} (26. bxc5 Nc3
27. Qd2 Qe7 28. Qxd4 (28. Rc1 Qxc5 29. Ne4 Qxe5 30. Nxc3 dxc3 31. Qd5+ Qxd5 32.
cxd5 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rf3 $1 $17) 28... Nxd1 29. Qxd1 Rd8 $1 $17) (26. Qd2 $5
Qxd2 (26... Rf4 $2 27. Re4) 27. Rxd2 Rf4 28. Ne2 Rxe5 29. bxc5 Rfe4 (29... Nxc5
30. Red1 Rh4 31. Nxd4 Rxh3 $17) 30. Kf1 Rxc5 $17 (30... Nc3 31. c6 d3 32. c7 $1
)) 26... Qxg4 27. hxg4 Nb2 $1 28. bxc5 (28. Rb1 Nxc4 {/\...Nd2}) 28... Nxd1 29.
Rxd1 Rf4 30. Re1 d3 {Black just mops up the white pawns.} 0-1

[Event "Oslo m"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 {Adams was nearly as surprised by this move the second
time around, having asse ssed it as a one-off ambush.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4.
Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 (6... Be6 {Ftacnik} 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2
a5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nxd5 $6 cxd5 12. a4 $6 Nc6 13. c3 Qb6 14. Ba2 Bxe5 $3 15.
dxe5 d4 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rfe1 Rd5 $17 {Jimenez-Larsen,B/1967/})
7. O-O Bg7 8. Nd2 (8. Re1 {Ftacnik} O-O 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Nd2 Nc7) 8... Nd7 (8...
O-O {Ftacnik} 9. Ndf3 Nd7 10. Nd3 $1) 9. Ndf3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Re1 Be6 {
Black already has a very comfortable game. Compare this with the reputedly
harmless treatment of the Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 de4 4.Ne4 Nd7 5.Nf3
Ngf6 6.Nf6 Nf6 7.Ne5 Be6).} 12. Bb3 {The L seems poorly placed here. White
should consider transferring it to the long white diagonal. The flexible} (12.
c3 {allows} Bxe5 $1 13. dxe5 (13. Rxe5 Nxc3) 13... Nxc3 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Bxe6
Ne2+ 16. Kf1 Nxc1 {which is obviously pleasant for black.}) 12... a5 13. c3 Qc7
(13... Nc7 {Ftacnik} 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. a4 $14) (13... Qc8 $5 {
Ftacnik}) 14. Nd3 Bf5 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Qd2 a4 (16... Bxd3 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxd3 a4
18. Bc4 a3 $13 {Kholmov,R-Bagirov,V/Brno/1991/}) 17. Bxd5 $6 {A very peculiar
move, but white already must beware of having his queenside pa wn chain
undermined on the long black diagonal, e.g.} (17. Bd1 a3 18. b3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
e5 20. c4 Nb4 21. Qd2 (21. Qc3 Qd6) 21... Qd6) (17. Bc2 {looks best, when} a3
18. b3 Rad8 {gives black very active play.}) (17. Bc4 $2 {Ftacnik} Nb6) (17.
Bc2 $1 {Ftacnik}) 17... cxd5 18. Nb4 Rad8 (18... e6 {leaves the Bf5 short of
squares.}) 19. Bf4 (19. Re3 $2 {Ftacnik} f6 20. Bh4 Bh6) 19... Qc4 $1 {
Creating pressure on the 4th rank to complement his plan of storming the cente
r with ...f6,...e5.} 20. Re3 (20. Re2 {Ftacnik}) 20... f6 21. Rae1 Kf7 {
All black pieces participate in the great expansion.} (21... e5 {Ftacnik} 22.
b3 axb3 23. axb3 Qxb3 24. dxe5 $14) 22. b3 {This just doesn't work, but ...e5
is very hard to meet. White could try to evi ct the Qc4, and hope to sabotage
the black center if it expands too quickly, b ut black's position seems too
powerful for this to solve all his problems.} (22. Qd1 e5 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3
Qc7 $2 (24... Qb5 $1 25. dxe5 d4 $1 {shatters white's position.}) 25. dxe5 fxe5
26. Bg5 {makes black's expansion look hasty, but}) (22. Qe2 $1 {Ftacnik} Qxe2
23. R3xe2 $15) (22. a3 {Ftacnik} e5 23. dxe5 Qxf4 $1 (23... d4 $5 24. Qe2 d3
25. Qf3 $13) 24. exf6 Bh6 (24... Rxe3 25. fxe3) (24... Bxf6 $5 25. Re7+ Bxe7
26. Qxf4 Bg5 27. Qc7+ Rd7 $19) 25. Nxd5 (25. Re7+ Rxe7 (25... Kxf6 26. Qxf4
Bxf4 27. Rxe8 $18)) 25... Rxe3 $19) 22... axb3 23. axb3 Qxb3 {There is no
reason to fear this.} 24. c4 Qxc4 25. Rc1 Qb5 26. Rc5 Qa4 27. h3 (27. Nxd5 {
Ftacnik} b6 $1) (27. Rxd5 {Ftacnik} Rxd5 28. Nxd5 Rd8 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. Nc3
Qxd4 $19) 27... Bf8 {Protecting his only weakness and taking aim at white's
queenside pieces.} 28. Nxd5 (28. Rxd5 {Ftacnik} e5 $19) 28... b6 $1 {Forcing
favorable simplifications.} 29. Nxb6 (29. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Qxd4) 29... Qxd4 30.
Qa2+ $2 {White had to trade on d4 and suffer.} e6 31. Rc7+ Kg8 32. Rc4 Qxb6 33.
Rb3 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd8 (34... Ra1 $19 {Ftacnik}) 35. Rb8 Qe7 {Since 36.Rc7 is
met by ...Rd7 white surrendered.} (35... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 36. Rc7 Rd7) 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game from the 7th round of the tournament was very important for my
overall success, the 2nd place in such a strong event. It was my last game
with White and it tumed out to be the last game I won in Moscow.} 1. e4 Nf6 (
1... e6 {is the other main move of Rafael Vaganian against 1.e4. During my
preparation I spent lot of time looking at all lines of the French Defence
ever played by my opponent before - I was very well prepared!}) 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4
d6 4. Nf3 g6 {The most frequently played line by R. Vaganian in the Alekhine
Defence. Previously, in 1991 and 1993 this move has already been seen on the
board in our encounters.} 5. Bc4 c6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. O-O Bg7 ({The structure
and the type of the positions in the Alekhine Defence very often are quite
similar to the ones arising from the Scandinavian Defence, which I have been
playing constantly since 2005. Usually Black suffers a lot if he fails to
exchange his c8-bishop which has no clear prospects at all. So, I believe, the
best option is to get rid off the bishop on c8 by} 7... Bg4 $5 {immediately,
although even then Black has to play carefully in order not to find himself in
a difficult position.}) 8. h3 $1 ({The strongest move in the position,
preventing the exchange of the c8-bishop. Other moves are} 8. Re1) ({and} 8.
Nbd2) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 ({White can choose a different order of moves to finish
his development. I prefer the way I play...} 9. Re1) (9. Bb3 {are the
alternatives.}) 9... Nd7 (9... Bf5) 10. Bb3 {Two months before the same
position was on the board in my game against N. de Firmian, which was also won
by me very convincingly.} b6 $146 ({This move is new (although it is doubtful
whether the square a6 is the best one for the bishop)} 10... Qc7) (10... b5) (
10... e6 {have been tried here before}) (10... N7f6 {took place in the above
mentioned game Tiviakov - de Firmian, Gjovik 2008/09.}) 11. Ne4 ({or} 11. Re1)
11... Qc7 12. Bg5 N7f6 13. Re1 ({After} 13. Qe2 $6 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf5 $11 {
Black wins time for the development.}) 13... Ba6 $6 ({I would have preferred} 
13... Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 {although still after} 15. Re1 $14 {White is better.})
14. Qd2 ({It was also possible to exchange on f6 by} 14. Nxf6+ $5 Nxf6 (14...
Bxf6 15. Bxd5 (15. Qd2 $14) (15. c4 $5) 15... cxd5 16. Bxf6 $14) 15. Qd2 $14 {
with advantage. But I wanted to keep the pressure in the centre with more
pieces on board.}) 14... Rad8 ({After} 14... Nxe4 15. Rxe4 e6 (15... Nf6 16.
Ree1 $14 (16. Rh4 $5 {/\Bh6->>>})) 16. Bh6 $36 {White gets the possibility to
create attack on the kingside. The rook can be transferred to h4!}) 15. Nxf6+
$1 ({A very strong and simple move. After} 15. Ng3 c5 16. c4 Nb4 $14 {the game
is far from clear. Black has reasonable counterplay.}) 15... exf6 ({After} 
15... Nxf6 16. Qe3 $16 {Black has problems defending the pawn on e7. The best
move here can be} Rde8 (16... Rfe8 $4 {for example, loses after} 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7
18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. Ne5 $18) (16... e6 17. Qe5 Qe7 18. Qf4 $16 {is also bad for
Black.}) (16... Rd7 17. Ne5 (17. Bf4))) (15... Bxf6 16. c4 (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17.
Qh6 c5 $14 18. Ng5 $140 c4 19. Re6 Rd5 20. Rxf6 Rxg5 $19) (16. Bh6 $5) 16...
Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. Re5 $16) 16. Bh4 $16 {Now White has a pawn majority in
the centre and on the queenside while the black doubled pawns on the kingside
can never be strong. White has a long lasting advantage.} Ne7 17. Bg3 Qb7 18.
c3 Nf5 ({Black is trying to create a counter-play against the d4-pawn.} 18...
c5 $5 {immediately deserved serious attention since after the text Black loses
a lot of time playing with the knight which is being attacked by the white
pieces.}) 19. Bf4 c5 20. Bc2 Nd6 (20... cxd4 21. Bxf5 dxc3 22. Qxc3 gxf5 23.
Nd4 $16 {cannot be preferred.}) ({or} 20... Ne7 21. Rad1 $16 {with a huge
advantage for White.}) 21. dxc5 Nc4 22. Qc1 bxc5 23. b3 Nd6 24. c4 {The pawn
on c5 is fixed. Now the technical stage of the game comes... White must try to
exchange as many pieces as possible, not allowing Black to occupy the square
d4.} Qb6 (24... f5 {can be answered by} 25. Bh6 $16 {quite similar to the game.
} (25. Be5 $5)) 25. Re7 {Active play is important to limit Black's
possibilities! White is ready to play Qc1-e3.} f5 (25... Bb7 26. Qe3) (25...
Rfe8 26. Qe3 {/\Bd6}) 26. Bh6 $5 Bf6 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Re1 (28. Re2 Bxa1 29.
Qxa1 $16 {was also possible. The rook on e2 can be better placed than on e1.})
28... Bxa1 29. Qxa1 Bb7 30. Ne5 Qc7 $6 ({The last chance for the defence was
in the exchange of the active white knight by} 30... f6 31. Nd3 (31. Nd7 $4 Qc6
$19 {loses a piece}) 31... Be4 32. Qc3 Bxd3 $16 {although even then White's
huge advantage remains unquestionable.}) 31. f3 $1 {[Immediately taking the
square e4 under control!]} Rd8 32. Nd3 {Now the c5-pawn comes under attack.} a5
({Tactical measures are not sufficient. Black loses after} 32... Bxf3 33. gxf3
Ne4 (33... Nxc4 34. bxc4 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Qxf3+ (35... Qxh3+ 36. Ke2 $18) 36. Nf2
$18) 34. Qe5 $18) ({But} 32... Qa5 $142 $16 {keeping the eye on the square d2
could have prolonged resistance.}) 33. Qf6 $18 ({Now the game is over. Black
loses the pawn on c5.} 33. Re5 {immediately was also possible.}) 33... Re8 ({or
} 33... a4 34. Re7 $18 {winning}) 34. Re5 Qb8 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8 36. Qe7 Ng7 37.
Ne5 Qe8 38. Qxe8+ Nxe8 39. Nd3 {The pawn on c5 falls and with 2 passed pawns
on the queenside Black has not the slightest chance of surviving, so he
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Gjovik op"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. h3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Bb3 N7f6 (10... b6 {- Tiviakov - Vaganian, Moscow (open)
2009}) 11. Nc4 Qc7 $146 (11... Qd8 12. Nce5 a5 13. c3 Bf5 14. Re1 $16 Rc8 15.
c4 Nb4 16. Qe2 h6 17. Be3 Be6 18. a3 Na6 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. Qd2 b5 21. Bxh6 a4
22. Ba2 Rd8 23. Nxg6 {1-0 Piccoli,F-Luk,L/ICCF email 2003/Corr 2006 (23)}) 12.
Nce5 Bf5 (12... b5 $5) 13. c4 Nb6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Qe2 (15. Re1 $5) 15... Nfd7
16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 $1 (17. dxe5 Qc8 $14) 17... a5 $5 (17... Nd7 18. Nf3 $16
(18. g4 $5 Nxe5 (18... Be6 19. d5 Nxe5 20. dxe6 Qa5 21. Rfe1 $16) 19. dxe5 Bd7
20. e6 fxe6 21. c5 Rxf4 22. Rxd7 $16)) 18. g4 $1 (18. a3 Nd7 $1 19. g4 $140
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qb6 $14) 18... Bc8 (18... a4 19. gxf5 axb3 20. axb3 gxf5 21. Kh2
$16 {->>>}) (18... Be6 19. a4 $16) 19. Rfe1 (19. a3 $5) (19. a4) 19... a4 20.
Bc2 {()} e6 (20... Be6 $5 {><c4}) 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. h4 Qb6 (22... Nxe5 23. dxe5
$16 {ץc8}) 23. Bb1 Nf6 (23... Nxe5 24. dxe5 $16) 24. h5 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26.
Qf3 {->>>} Ra6 (26... Ra5 27. Bh4 Ne8 28. Nd7 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 $16) 27. Bh4 Ne8
28. Nd7 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Qxc4 (29... g5 30. Bg3 Bxb2 31. Rxb7 $16 (31. Qd3 Nf6 32.
Rxb7 $16)) 30. Be7 Qc6 (30... Nf6 31. Rxb7 Qxg4+ 32. Qxg4 Nxg4 33. Bxf8 $18 {
_|_}) 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. g5 $1 {(><f6, צf8, Ne8)} Bxb2 33. Re3 Ng7 (33... Ra5
$142 34. Rf3 (34. Be4 $5 Bc1 35. Rg3 Ng7 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 $16) 34... f6 (34... Rd5
35. Rb7 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rxb1 37. Bxf8 $18) 35. hxg6 Rxg5+ 36. Rg3 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3
hxg6 38. Bxg6 Ng7 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rc7 Kf8 42. Rxc6 f5 43. Rc7
$18) 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. h6 $18 Nf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Red3 Ra8 (37... e5 38. R3d6
$18) 38. Rb7 Bc1 39. Rdd7 Bxg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Black "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon,A} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. e6
fxe6 8. Ng5 (8. h4 e5 9. dxe5 Bg4 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Bf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13.
Qxg4 Nxe5 $17 {Polgar,J-Hunsen,Cu/Aabenraa '25/1989/0:1}) 8... Bg7 9. c3 $5
$146 (9. Bxe6 Rf8 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bxc8 Qxc8 12. O-O Qf5 13. Nc3 h6 (13... Nxc2
$2 14. Ne6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 $16 {[%csl Gc2]}) 14. Be3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd4
Bxd4 17. Nf3 Rxf3 $1 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bd4 $15 {Raaste,
E-Rantanen,Y/Helsinki/1981/0:1}) 9... d5 10. f4 {White has got a very solid
position for the pawn.Instead of taking the e6 pawn which opens the lines and
gives black a comfortable play, in the game white consolidates first the
position and then starts in action} Bh6 $6 (10... O-O $142 11. O-O e5 12. fxe5
(12. dxe5 h6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Be3 Nc4 $13) 12... Bf5 13. g4 Bxb1 (13... Bc8 14.
e6 Qd6 15. Rxf8+ Bxf8 16. Qf3 Bxe6 $8 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Bxc7 $14) 14. Rxb1 Qd7
15. Rf7 Nd8 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Qf3 $14) 11. h4 Bxg5 12. hxg5 e5 13. dxe5 (13.
fxe5 O-O $15) 13... Bf5 14. Be3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Na3 Rd3
18. Kf2 Be6 19. Nc2 O-O 20. Ne1 Rd5 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 22. Kg3 Nxb2
23. Rab1 Na4 24. Rxb7 Nxc3 25. Rxa7 $16) 21. Nf3 Rb5 22. Bc1 Rd8 23. Ke2 Bg4
24. a4 Rb6 {[%csl Gb6] Black locks up his rook.} (24... Rbd5 $142 25. Be3 Bf5
$15) 25. Ra2 Rd3 26. Be3 Rb3 27. Bc5 a5 28. Rd1 b6 29. Ba3 Nb4 30. Bxb4 Rxd1
31. Kxd1 axb4 32. Kd2 Bxf3 33. gxf3 c5 $4 (33... bxc3+ 34. bxc3 Rb1 $10) 34.
Kc2 $1 {[%csl Gb3]} Kf7 35. f5 gxf5 36. f4 bxc3 37. bxc3 Ke6 38. Ra1 Kd5 39.
Rh1 {[%csl Gb3,Gb6,Ge7,Gf5,Gh7] White's first!} Ra3 40. Rxh7 Rxa4 41. Rxe7 $18
Ra2+ 42. Kb1 Rg2 43. Rd7+ Ke4 (43... Ke6 $142 44. Rb7 (44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Rf6 b5
$132) 44... Rf2 45. Rxb6+ Ke7 $16) 44. e6 Kxf4 45. e7 Re2 46. g6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch50 Semifinal"]
[Site "Ivano Frankivsk"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. f4 f6
(8... O-O 9. O-O f6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. c3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Bg4 13. Rf2 e6 14. Nbd2)
9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c3 (10. Be3 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]}) 10... Bf5 11. Nh4 Bxb1 (11...
Be4 $2 12. Nd2 Bd3 13. Qf3 Ba6 14. f5 $40) 12. Rxb1 f5 13. Bc2 e6 14. Nf3 Qd7 (
14... O-O 15. g4 $1 fxg4 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxe6 (17. Qxg4 $5 {:Laios} hxg5 18.
Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bxg6) 17... Qh4+ 18. Ke2 {[%cal Gd1e1]}) 15. O-O (15. Bd3 a5 16.
Bb5 $1 {[%cal Gc3c4]}) 15... Bf8 $1 (15... O-O 16. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Yd3c5]})
16. b3 (16. Ne1 Nc4 17. Nd3 b6 18. b3 Na3) 16... Nd8 (16... Rc8 17. Be3 {
[%cal Ga2a4]} (17. Bd3 {[%cal Ga2a4]})) 17. Be3 (17. a4 c5 18. a5 Nc8 19. dxc5
Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 a6 $1) 17... Rc8 18. a4 c5 19. a5 Na8 20. dxc5 $1 (20. Bd3 Be7
21. c4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Ga8c7]}) 20... Bxc5 21. Bxc5 (21. Nd4 Bxd4 $1
22. Bxd4 Nc6) 21... Rxc5 22. b4 $1 Rxc3 23. Ba4 Nc6 24. Nd4 (24. b5 Nxa5 25. b6
(25. Qd2 d4 $1) 25... Nc6 26. bxa7 O-O) (24. Qd2 Ra3) 24... O-O (24... a6 $2
25. b5 axb5 (25... Nxd4 26. bxa6 $1) 26. Nxb5 Rc4 27. Nd6+ Ke7 $6 28. Qe1 {
[%cal Ge1h4]}) 25. Nb5 Rc4 (25... Re3 26. Qd2 Re4 27. Nd6) 26. Nd6 Rc3 27. a6
$1 {[%csl Rc6]} bxa6 (27... Nb6 28. axb7 Nxa4 29. Qxa4 Nxe5 30. Qa1) 28. Rc1 d4
29. Rxc3 dxc3 30. Qb3 (30. Qf3 $6 Nxe5 31. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 (32. Rxf3 c2 33.
Rc3 Rd8 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 $11) 32... Rd8 33. Bxe6+ Kg7 {[%csl Rb4,Rf4]}) 30... Nc7
(30... Nb6 $2 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 (32... Kg7 33. Nxf5+) 33. Nf7+) (
30... Kh8 31. Qxc3 Nd4 32. Bxd7 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nxc3 34. Bxe6) (30... Kg7 31. Qxc3
Nd4 32. Qxd4 $1) (30... Nd4 31. Bxd7 Nxb3 32. Bxe6+) 31. Rd1 $1 {/\ 32.Nxf5}
Rd8 (31... Nb5 32. Nxb5) (31... Nd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxc3 $1 Nd4 34. Bxd7 Ne2+
35. Kf1 Nxc3 36. e6 $1) (31... Rb8 32. Qxc3 Nd4 33. Qa1 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Qe7 35.
Kxe2 Qh4) 32. Qxc3 Nd4 33. Qa1 $1 Ne2+ (33... Nc6 34. Kf1 {[%cal Ga1c3]}) 34.
Kf2 Qe7 35. Kxe2 Qh4 36. Qc1 Nd5 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. Qc7 Rf8 39. e6 Qg4+ 40. Kd3
Qxf4 41. e7 Qf1+ 42. Kc2 Qe2+ 43. Kb1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Orel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zhelnin, Vladimir V"]
[Black "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Zhelnin,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 (4... dxe5) 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 $146 (6.
e6) 6... Bg4 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Be3 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. d5 $1 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12.
Bb5+ Nbd7 13. Nxe5 $3 Bxd1 14. Bxd7+ Ke7 15. Nc6+ $1 bxc6 16. dxc6 {/\ Nd5#}
Qa5 (16... Qxd7 17. cxd7 Bh5 18. Nd5+ Kxd7 19. Rc1 $16) 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. b4 $1
Qxb4 19. O-O Qxc3 20. Bd4 Qc4 21. Rfe1+ Qe6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rb1 $18 Kf7 24.
Rb7+ Be7 25. Bxg7 Rhg8 26. Bd4 Rc8 27. Rc1 a6 28. f4 Rg3 $138 29. Bf2 Rg7 30.
Ra7 1-0

