[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 $5 {Leonid
Stein's favorite.} 7. Be2 $5 Qa5 $5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 {This was a nasty
surprise to me.} ({I have spent more time on} 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. a4 (
11. Nd5 Qc5 12. Qd3 Qxc2 13. Qe3 Bh6 $1 14. Qxh6 Qxe2 $13) 11... Qc5 12. Qd2 a6
$13 {which has a more forcing nature.}) 9... Qg5 10. g3 f5 11. f4 Qh6 {I have
preferred this} ({to} 11... Qg6 {because} 12. Bh5 {frees white's pieces.}) 12.
exf5 $1 ({I vaguely remember} 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. O-O-O fxe4 14. Nxe4 a5 $5 (14...
O-O-O $5)) 12... Bxf5 13. Nb5 Rc8 $6 {This natural move may be the source of
my later headaches during this game.} (13... O-O-O 14. Bf3 (14. N3d4 Be4 15.
Bf3 d5 $13) 14... Bg7 $13) 14. N3d4 Be4 $6 {Keeping the bishop in is better.} (
14... Bd7 15. Bg4 e6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxa7 Bxh1 18. Nxc8 Qxh2 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6
20. Qxd6 Qxg3+ 21. Kd2 Qxg4 22. Qb8+ (22. Rxh1 Qg2+ 23. Ke3 Qxh1 24. Qb8+ Kd7
25. Qxh8 Qc1+ $17) 22... Ke7 23. Qc7+ (23. Qxh8 Qxf4+ 24. Kc3 Qe3+ 25. Kb4)
23... Kf8 24. Rxh1 Qg2+ 25. Kc3 $11) 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg7 17. O-O-O Qg6
18. c3 $14 {Once white stabilises the position like this obviously he is
better.} a6 (18... O-O 19. g4 $1 (19. Nxc6 $6 Rxc6 20. Nxa7 Rb6 21. Qe3 Ra6 22.
Nb5 Rxa2 23. Qxe7 d5 $44)) 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 {I have offered a draw to Johnny Boy
and he accepted it.These days not much is left from the great player of 80s.} (
19... Rxc6 20. Nd4 Rc7 (20... Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Kd7 22. Rb4 Kc7 23. Re1 e6 $14) 21.
g4 O-O 22. Nf5 Rfc8 23. Rd3 b5 24. a3 a5 25. Re1 Bf8 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 Kb8 14. Kb1
Be7 15. Rf3 h4 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. Qe1 Bc8 18. a3 Rh5 19. Be2 Rg8 20. Re3 Rhh8 21.
Bf3 Rd8 22. Nd5 exd5 23. exd5 Ne5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Rc3 Qb6 26. Na5 $1 {
Signal to attack!} Rde8 ({The knight is, of course, invulnerable:} 26... Qxa5
$4 27. Rxc8+) (26... f5 $2 {falls short of} 27. Rb3 Qc7 28. Nc6+) 27. Rb3 Qc5
$2 ({After this move White's attack becomes very dangerous. Correct was} 27...
Qc7) 28. Rdd3 $1 Ka7 (28... Ka8 {is strongly met by} 29. Rdc3 Qa7 30. Rxc8+
Rxc8 31. Rxb7) {[%tqu "En","Can you find the brilliant winning move for
White?","Try to expose the black king and watch out for geometrical motifs!",
"Sacrifice your knight!","a5b7","This beautiful knight sacrifice decides the
game for White.",7]} 29. Nxb7 $3 {[%csl Ra7,Gb3,Gb7,Rc5,Gd3][%cal Gd3c3] After
this terrific blow Black is doomed.} Bxb7 (29... Qc7 {Or} 30. Qe3+ Ka8 31. Rdc3
{, winning.}) 30. Rdc3 $1 Qa5 (30... Qd4 {loses to} 31. Rb4) 31. Rxb7+ $1 {
The pointe of White's attack. After this sacrifice White wins the queen and
the game.} Kxb7 32. Rb3+ Qb6 33. Rxb6+ Kxb6 34. Be2 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6,Ge1,Ge2]
[%cal Ge1b4,Ge2a6] The last subtlety. Black cannot parry White's manifold
threats.} Ra8 (34... Rb8 {is strongly met by} 35. Qf2+ {/\Qf7}) 35. Qb4+ Kc7
36. Qc4+ Kd8 37. Qc6 Rc8 38. Qxa6 f5 39. Bb5 Rg8 40. Qb6+ Rc7 41. Ba6 $1 (41.
Ba6 {, and Black resigned in view of} Kd7 42. Qb5+ Kd8 43. Qb8+) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 "Northern CA of DEI"]
[BlackTeam "Saba Hapoel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 {necessity,
otherwise white will play Bh5.} 13. Rhf1 (13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Rf3 (15.
h4 $5 {[%csl Rh5]} Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. f5 Qe5 18. Bf3 Rc8 {[%cal Ge7d8,Gd8a5]
} 19. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2d4]} Bf8 {[%cal Gf8h6]} 20. Nd4 Qc5 (20... Bh6 $5) 21. Qe2
{[%cal Gf3h5]} Qb4 $1 22. Rfe1 (22. Bxh5 $140 e5 23. Nb3 Bb5 $17) 22... e5 23.
Nb3 Bb5 24. Qf2 $13 {0-1 Hossain,E-Gershon,A/Hamburg 2001/EXT 2002 (32)}) 15...
h4 16. Bf1 (16. Rh3 $5) 16... Rh5 $5 17. Rh3 Rdh8 18. Qe1 Na5 19. Be2 R5h6 20.
Na4 (20. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2f3]}) 20... Bxa4 21. Qxa5 Qxa5 22. Nxa5 Rc8 23. Nb3
Bc6 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stripunsky,A-Jakobsen,O/Copenhagen
1994/EXT 99 (80)}) 13... h4 ({I would prefer here} 13... Be7 {for black}) 14.
Kb1 Rg8 $2 $146 {Trying to prevent white idea Rf3-h3,but probably missing the
next move} (14... Kb8 15. Qe1 Be7 16. Rf3 Rdg8 17. Bf1 Rg4 {[%csl Gf4]} 18. Nd2
{[%cal Gd2c4]} Na5 {[%csl Gc4]} (18... Qc5 $142) 19. f5 Qc5 {[%cal Gc5e5]} 20.
Rh3 Nc6 21. g3 Ne5 22. Be2 Rgg8 23. gxh4 $14 {0-1 Simeonidis,I-Nikolaidis,I/
Athens GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 422 (64)}) 15. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Be8 16. f5
(16. Rf3 $5 {[%cal Gf3h3]} Na5 (16... Rh8 17. Bg4 Kb8 (17... Bh6 18. Nd5) (
17... Rg8 18. Nd5 $16 {[%cal Gd5f6]}) 18. Rh3 $16 {[%cal Gd2e1]}) 17. Rh3 {
[%csl Rh4]} Nxb3 18. axb3 {[%csl Rh4] and h4-pawn is falling}) 16... Rg5 17.
Qe2 Ne5 18. fxe6 $6 (18. Nd4 {[%csl Ge6]} Nc6 $8 (18... Bd7 19. Bxf7 $1) 19.
Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rf4 $16 (20. fxe6 $143 fxe6 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rxf6 Bg7 23. Rf3
Be5 $44)) (18. Rf4 $5) 18... fxe6 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxf6 Bg7 21. Rf4 Rh8 $44 {
White won a pawn,but in this time black managed to activate his piecies and
now has some kind of compensation.} 22. Qd2 $6 {First step in wrong direction}
(22. Nd4 Rh6 23. Qf1 Nd7 $44 (23... Kb8 24. Rf8+ Ka7 25. Ncb5+ $18)) (22. Rdf1
$142 Kb8 23. Nd1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gb3d4]}) 22... Nc4 $1 23. Rf8+ $2 {
This move is already clear mistake,which allows to black to create dangerous
initiative.} (23. Qd3 $142 $1 Qc7 (23... Qc6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 e5 26. Qa7
$1 $16 {[%cal Ga7a8]}) 24. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 e5 26. Qd5 $8 {[%cal Gd5g5]}
Ne3 27. Qe6+ Qd7 28. Qf6 Qg7 29. Qe6+ Qd7 $11) 23... Rxf8 24. Qxg5 Qc7 25. Qg4
(25. Rd3 $142 Rf1+ (25... Na3+ $140 26. bxa3 Bxc3 27. Rf3 $1 $13) (25... Bxc3
26. Rxc3 Na3+ 27. Ka1 $1 (27. Kc1 $5 Rf1+ 28. Kd2 Nb1+ 29. Ke2 Nxc3+ 30. Kxf1
Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Nxe4 32. Qg8+ Kc7 33. Qf7+ Kb6 $140 (33... Kd8 $142) 34. Qxb7+ $1
Kxb7 35. Na5+ $16) 27... Nxc2+ 28. Kb1 Na3+ $11) 26. Rd1 Rf2 $1 $17 (26... Na3+
27. Kc1 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Nc4 $13)) 25... Kb8 26. Qxe6 Rf2 $1 27. Qh3 (27. Nd4
Nd2+ 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 $19) (27. Nd5 Na3+ $1 28. bxa3 Qxc2#) 27... Na3+ $1 28. bxa3
Bxc3 {[%csl Rb1] Despite the fact,that white is pawn up,black position is
winning.White king is permanently weak and there is a big difference in
strength between black bishop and white knight.} 29. Rc1 {[%csl Gc2]} (29. g4
Be5 {[%cal Gc7c2]} 30. Rd2 Qb6 $1 31. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gf2h2]}) (
29. Qd3 Rxg2 30. h3 Be5 31. Rf1 Rg3 $1 32. Rf3 $140 Rg1+ 33. Rf1 Qc3 {winning})
29... Be5 30. a4 Rxg2 31. c3 Rxh2 $19 {Now black has desicive advantage h-pawn
+very bad white king and very bad piecies-white is hopeless.} 32. Qd3 h3 33. a5
Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6a4] activating the queen} 34. Qf3 Qa4 35. Qf8+ Ka7 36. Rc2
Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 (8... a6 9. Be2 (9. Rd1 Be7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. f4
Rd8 14. f5 O-O $10 {0-1 Szigetvari,J-Shtirberg,S/Kecskemet op (02) 1991 (39)})
9... Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Kh1 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh6 Kh8 14. Rd3 {
[%cal Gd3h3]} Rg8 $132) 12... Rad8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Bxf6 $6 14. Qxd6 Be5
15. Na4 $1 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Nac5 $16) 14. Qh6 Kh8 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gg8g7]} 15.
Bd3 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Ge4e5]} Ne5 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5 Ne5 $13 {0-1 Kholmov,
R-Vasiukov,E/Moscow op (04) ;EXP 46 1995 (40)}) 9. Bxf6 $5 (9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3
Rd8 11. Kb1 a6 (11... Qc7 12. h4 a6 13. h5 {[%cal Gh5h6]} h6 14. Bh4 b5 15. g4
Ne5 16. Qf2 b4 17. Na4 Rb8 $132 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Gc8d7] 0-1 Kornev,A-Belikov,V/
Moscow op2 (06) ;EXP 50 1995 (40)}) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5 15. h4
Nce5 16. g5 Rb8 17. h5 b4 18. Ne2 Nc4 $132 {0-1 Arakhamia,K-Levin,F/Bad
Woerishofen op (07) ;EXP 47 1995 (37)}) 9... gxf6 (9... Bxf6 $5 10. Qxd6 Be5
11. Qd2 (11. Qc5) 11... O-O $44) 10. Be2 Bd7 $146 (10... a6 11. O-O (11. Qh6 $5
) 11... h5 12. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} (12. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5]}) 12... Na5
13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Nc6 {with normal position for black in Pavlovic,
M-Todorovic,J/Ulcinj 1998}) 11. O-O (11. Qh6 $6 O-O-O) 11... Ne5 $2 (11... h5
$2 12. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} (12. Nb5 Ne5 13. a4 $36 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 12... Na5 13.
Nxa5 Qxa5 14. b4 (14. Bb5 $5) 14... Qxb4 15. Rfb1 Qa5 16. Rxb7 $16) (11... a6
$142 $5 12. Kh1 h5 13. a4 $140 (13. f4 $14) 13... Na5) 12. a4 $1 {Now black
has no choice and cannot make a long castle, so black king will be in real
danger on the kingside.} (12. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Rc8 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Rxc4 15. f5 $36) 12... O-O 13. a5 Qc7 14. f4 Nc4 (14... Ng6 15. h4 $1 {Sutovsky
} Nxh4 16. f5 {[%csl Gh4]} exf5 $8 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qh6 Ng6 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Nd2
$1 {[%cal Ga1a3,Ga3h3,Gd2e4]} (20. Ra3 Kh8) 20... Kh8 $8 21. Ne4 Rg8 22. Ndxf6
Bxf6 (22... Rg7 23. Nh5 Rg8 24. Nef6 Bxf6 25. Nxf6 {leads to the same position}
) 23. Nxf6 Rg7 24. Ra3 Bc6 25. Rg3 $1 Qf8 26. Rf4 {[%cal Gf4h4] and white wins}
) 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. f5 Kh8 17. e5 $2 {A very responsible desicion and not the
right one. For Sutovsky it was looking, like a winning continuation, but in
fact black has an easy defence and black's bishops start to play very good.} ({
After} 17. Rf4 $142 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gf4h4] black's position is unpleasant for
example:} Qc8 (17... Qc7 18. Rh4 Rg8 19. Qh6 Rg7 20. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3]}
Rag8 (20... exf5 21. exf5 Bc6 22. Rf2 $16) 21. Rf2 $1 (21. Kh1 $6 exf5 22. exf5
(22. Rf2 $2 fxe4 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Rxe4 Be6 $15) 22... Qc6 (22... Bc6 23. Rf2)
23. Rf2 Bxf5 24. Nd4 $140 Rxg2) 21... b5 $140 22. Kh1 b4 23. Rf3 $1 bxc3 24.
Rfh3 $18) 18. Rh4 Rg8 19. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3]} Rg5 20. Rf3 Qg8 21. Rfh3 $16
{[%cal Gh4h7]}) 17... Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Incredible mistake, I simply forgot
about the Rf2-defense in the variation 18.exd6 Bxd6 19.Rad1 Rg8 20.Rf2} (17...
d5 $142 $8 18. Rae1 (18. Rf4 Qc7 19. Rh4 fxe5 20. Rh5 {[%cal Gd2h6]} f6 21.
fxe6 (21. Qh6 $2 Rf7 $17) 21... Bxe6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxc2 24. Qxb7 Rg8
$17) (18. exf6 Bxf6 {-18.Rae1} 19. Qh6 Qh4 $1) (18. Qh6 $140 fxe5 19. f6 Bc5+
$1 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Qh5 Bc6 $1 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gd5d4]} 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxe5
Rxg2 $1 $19) 18... fxe5 19. Rxe5 Bf6 20. Ree1 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Rac8 (20... Rae8
$5 21. Ne4 $140 dxe4 22. Qxd7 Qxc2 23. fxe6 Rxe6 $17) (20... Rad8 $5) 21. Ne4
dxe4 22. Qxd7 Qd5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. c3 $11) (17... fxe5 $2 18. f6
Bd8 19. Qxd6 $18 {[%csl Gd7,Gf8]}) 18. exd6 Bxd6 $2 {Loses at once.} (18... Bd8
$142 19. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ga4h4]} (19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 f5 (20... e5) 21. Rfe1
Bf6 22. Nd4 Qxd6 23. Nxe6 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 $14) (19. Na4 b6 $1) 19... exf5 20. Rh4
Rg8 21. Rf2 (21. Kh1 $5 $16 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gd2f4,Gb3d4]}) 21... b6 (21... Rg5 22.
Qf4 Rc8 23. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Gb3d4,Gf3h3]} b6 24. Nd4 Qa8 25. Rg3 Rc5 26. Rh6 $1
$18 {[%cal Gf4h4]}) (21... Rg7 22. Qf4 Rc8 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Nxf5 $16) 22. Qf4
bxa5 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Nxf5 $16) 19. Rad1 $18 Bc5+ (19... Rg8 20. Rf2 $18) 20.
Kh1 Be8 (20... Rad8 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qh6 (22. Ne4 $2 Qe5 23. Qh6 Bc6 24. Nxf6
Qxf5 $3 $11) 22... Qe7 23. Ne4 $18) 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne4 Qe5 (22... Qe7 23.
Qh6 Rg8 24. Nxf6 Rg7 25. Rf3 Bc6 26. Rg3 Qf8 27. Rd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4h4]}) 23.
Qh6 Rg8 24. Nxf6 Rg7 25. Nxh7 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qd2 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 h4 (13...
Be7 14. Rf3 $5 Rdg8 15. Bf1 Kb8 16. Kb1 h4 17. Qe1 Rg4 18. a3 Qc7 19. Ne2 Rh5
20. h3 Rg8 21. f5 Rhh8 22. Nf4 Bf8 23. Qf2 Rg5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rc3 $16 {
1-0 Kamsky,G-Ponomariov,R/Khanty Mansiysk 2007}) 14. Rf3 (14. Bg4 Kb8 15. Kb1
Bc8 16. Bh3 Ne7 17. Qe1 Bg7 18. f5 e5 19. Rf3 Qc7 20. Rfd3 $14 {1-0 Bindrich,
F-Naumann,A/Germany 2007}) 14... Kb8 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qe1 $6 Nb4 $1 {Now Black
has enough counterplay to equalize.} 17. Nd4 (17. a3 Nxc2 18. Kxc2 Ba4 $17)
17... Bg7 $5 (17... f5 18. exf5 Bg7 (18... e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nb3 Bc6 21. a3
$5 Nxc2 22. Kxc2 Ba4 23. Bb5 Bxb3+ 24. Kxb3 f6 25. Qe4 axb5 26. Nd5 $14) 19.
fxe6 fxe6 20. Qf2 $14) (17... d5 18. exd5 e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nb3 Qg6 21. Bd3
Nxd3 22. Rdxd3 Bg7 $13) 18. f5 Bf8 $5 (18... Nc6 19. Nxc6+ Rxc6 $11) 19. Qf1 $5
{Connected with an interesting idea.} (19. fxe6 fxe6 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nxc6+ Rxc6
22. Rxf6 Bg7 23. Rf3 Rhc8 24. Ka2 Be5 $13) 19... Qc5 (19... Nc6 $5 20. Nxc6+
Rxc6 21. Bc4 Be7 22. Bb3 Qc5 $11) 20. Nb3 (20. a3 Nc6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Nxc6+
Rxc6 23. Rxf6 Bg7 24. Rf3 Rhc8 $15) 20... Qb6 21. Qf2 $5 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 Be7 23.
Bg4 Nc6 $5 (23... Rcg8 24. Bh3 Rh5 $5 (24... Nc6 $2 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nc5 $1
$16) 25. Nd4 (25. Nc5 Bc8) 25... e5 26. Nf3 $14) (23... Kc7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25.
Nd4 $16) 24. fxe6 fxe6 (24... Bxe6 $5 25. Bf5 $14) 25. Nc5 $2 (25. Nd5 $1 Ne5 (
25... Rcg8 26. Nxe7 Rxg4 27. Rxd6 $16) 26. Bxe6 Bxe6 27. Nxe7 $16) 25... dxc5
26. Rxd7 Ne5 27. Rxe7 Nxg4 28. Rd2 Rcd8 29. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hamed, Ahmed"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Nb3 e6 8. f4
a6 9. Qd3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Qd2 Nge5 13. Be2 b5 $5 (13... Be7) 14.
O-O-O (14. a4 $5) 14... Be7 15. Kb1 hxg5 16. Bg3 (16. Bf2 $142 $14) 16... Qb6 (
16... Rb8 $142 {/\ b4}) 17. Rdf1 $14 Rb8 18. Bf2 Qb7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 b4
21. Nd1 Bc6 22. Bg3 $1 Bxe4 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 O-O $8 25. Bf3 (25. Ne3 $5
Bxg2 26. Nxg2 Qxg2 27. h4 $16) 25... Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qb5 $1 27. Qe4 Rb6 28. g4 $5
Rd6 29. Rh3 f5 30. gxf5 Qxf5 (30... Rxf5 $142 31. b3 (31. Ne3 Qe2 32. Qb7 Rf1+
$19) 31... Qd5 $15) 31. Qg2 Rfd8 32. Ne3 Qe5 {/\ Qe3!} (32... Qf4 $5) 33. Rc1
R6d7 $6 (33... Bf6 $1 34. Nc4 Qd4 35. Qe2 Rc8 $1 36. Qh5 Rxc4 $1 37. Qe8+ Kg7
38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Kg6 40. Rh6+ Kf5 41. Rf1+ Kg4 $19) 34. Ng4 Qf4 {/\ Qc1-+}
35. Nf2 $2 (35. Qe2 $1 Rd6 36. Rf3 $1 Qd4 37. Re3 Qd5 38. Re5 Qc6 39. b3 {
/\ h4+-}) 35... Rd2 $19 36. Rf3 Qe5 37. Qg4 (37. Ng4 Qe1 $1 38. Nh6+ Kh7 39.
Rf7+ Kg6 40. Qf3 Rd1) 37... Bf6 38. Qxb4 Rb8 39. Qxb8+ Qxb8 40. Rxf6 Kg7 41.
Rf3 Qb7 42. Ne4 $2 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Bc4 Qb6 9. Nde2 $1 Bg7 (9... Qxb2 $2 10. Nd5) 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 f5 12. Ng3
fxe4 13. Ncxe4 $16 Na5 14. Re1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bxb2 (15... Bd7 16. Ng5 $1) 16.
Ra4 Bg7 (16... Be5 17. Qh5) 17. Nh5 Be5 18. Qd3 $1 f5 (18... Bf5 19. Nef6+ $1)
19. Ng5 Qc6 (19... e6 20. Rg4 $1) 20. Rc4 (20. Rg4 Qc3 $1) 20... Qe8 21. Rh4
Qg6 22. f4 Bd7 23. Rh3 $1 Kh8 24. fxe5 Qxg5 25. e6 Bc6 26. Qd4+ Rf6 27. Nf4 Rg8
28. Rh5 (28. Ree3 $6 Be4) 28... Qg4 (28... Qg7 29. Re3 Qf8 30. Reh3 Rg7 31.
Ng6+ $1) 29. Re3 $1 Be4 (29... Bxg2 30. Rg3) 30. Reh3 Rg7 31. R3h4 $1 Qf3 32.
Rxh7+ Rxh7 33. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 e5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Bxf6 $5 (10. Qb3) 10... Qxf6 $6 (10... gxf6 $142) 11.
Bb5 $1 Qd8 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17.
Rd3 Re8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Rc3 Rc6 20. Rdd3 $16 Ba5 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. h3 g6 23.
Rf3 Kg7 24. Qa3 Bd8 25. Rc3 Qd7 26. Qb4 Re8 27. a4 Rf8 28. Rb3 Qc6 29. Ne3 Bg5
30. Rc3 Qd7 31. Nc4 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Qxd6 Qb7 34. Rb3 Rd8 35. Qxe5+ f6 36.
Rxb5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qa7 38. Qc5 Qd7 39. g3 Rc1 40. Nd6 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch ko"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Mascaro March, Pedro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.11.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f3 Qa5 8.
Be3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 g6 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Nb5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bxb5 {cediendo la
pareja de alfiles, la alternativa era} (12... O-O 13. Nxa7 d5 14. e5 Nh5 15. g4
(15. f4 d4 16. Bxd4 Nxf4) 15... d4 16. Bxd4 Nf4 {seguido de Ce6 y Axe5 con
cotrajuego}) 13. Bxb5+ Nd7 14. Rab1 a6 15. Be2 Rc8 16. c4 O-O 17. b4 Rfd8 18.
Rhc1 e6 19. Kc2 d5 20. Kb3 {el blanco sigue apostando por simplificaciones que
mantengan su pareja de alfiles y abran vías de penetración a su Rey más activo}
dxe4 21. Rd1 (21. fxe4 Nf6 $14) 21... Ne5 ({la alternativa era} 21... exf3 22.
Bxf3 Rb8 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bf4 e5 25. Be3 Kf7 26. Rd5 {con presión}) 22. fxe4 Nc6
23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Nd4+ 25. Ka4 {Diagrama #} Kf8 $6 ({sin decidirse a jugar
} 25... b5+ 26. Ka5 $8 bxc4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Kxa6 c3 29. Kb5 f5 30. exf5 gxf5
31. a4 Kf7 32. a5 e5 33. Ka4 Ke6 34. b5 Kd5 {con probables tablas}) 26. c5 Ke7
27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 {lo que sigue es forzado} 29. Ka5 Kd7 30. Kb6 Kc8
31. e5 $1 Bxe5 32. Bf3 Kb8 33. Bxb7 a5 34. b5 {Diagrama #} Bxh2 ({los peones
blancos también son peligrosos si} 34... a4 35. h3 Bd4 36. Ba6 a3 37. Kc6 Ka7
38. Bc8 Kb8 39. Bd7 e5 40. b6 e4 41. Kb5 f5 42. c6 Be5 43. Be6 h6 44. Kc5 Bg3
45. Bf7 g5 46. Be6 e3 47. Bc4) 35. a4 Bg1 36. Bf3 f5 37. Kc6 e5 38. b6 e4 39.
Be2 h5 40. Kb5 h4 41. c6 Bh2 42. Kxa5 g5 43. Kb5 g4 44. a5 h3 45. gxh3 {
Diagrama #} 1-0

[Event "Biel U20"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Trepp, Markus"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Nb3 (7. Bxf6
gxf6 8. Nf5 Qa5 $13) (7. Be2 Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 Qg5 $13) 7... a6 (7... e6
8. Nb5 Qb8 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O a6 12. N5d4 O-O $13) 8. f4 (8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qh5 Rc8 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. O-O Rg8 $10) 8... e6 $5 (8... b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6
10. Qh5 Rg8 $1 $13) 9. Qd3 (9. Qd2 $6 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 $1) 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5
11. fxg5 Nh5 $5 (11... Ng4) 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Bf2 hxg5 14. Na4 Ne5 (14... b5 15.
Nb6 Ng3 $2 16. Qc3 $18) 15. Nb6 Ng3 16. Bxg3 Qxb6 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Kb1 b5 $6 (
18... O-O-O $142) 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Bd3 $14 Qb7 21. Rhf1 (21. Bxe5 $5 dxe5 22.
Nf3 f6 23. h4 g4 24. Nh2 f5 25. Qe2 $36) 21... Rc7 22. Qf2 Rh7 $2 (22... f6
$142) 23. Bxe5 $1 $16 dxe5 24. Nf3 f6 25. h4 gxh4 (25... g4 26. Nh2 Rg7 27. Qe2
$18) 26. Nxh4 Rg7 27. Qf3 Rg5 28. Qh3 $1 {/\Nf3} Rh5 29. Qg4 Rg5 30. Qh3 Rh5
31. Be2 Rh8 32. Qg4 Qc6 33. Bd3 Qc5 34. Ng6 Rg8 (34... Rh6 35. Rh1 Rxh1 36.
Rxh1 Kd8 37. Nxe7 Qxe7 38. Rh6 $16 {><f6}) 35. Qh5 Kd8 36. Qh7 Re8 37. Qh6 Kc8
38. Nxe7+ Qxe7 39. Rxf6 $18 Kb8 (39... Rg8 40. Rg6) 40. g4 Qc5 41. Qd2 Bc8 42.
g5 Rg8 43. g6 Rcg7 44. Qh6 a5 45. Be2 a4 46. a3 b4 47. axb4 Qxb4 48. Qg5 $1 Qa5
(48... Qxe4 49. Bd3 {/\Re1 +-}) 49. Qg3 Rb7 50. Qa3 Rb4 51. Bg4 Rg7 52. c3 $2 (
52. Bxe6 Rgb7 53. Bxc8 Rxb2+ 54. Ka1 $18) 52... Rb3 53. Qd6+ Rc7 54. Rf7 Rxb2+
55. Ka1 (55. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 56. Ka2 Qb3+ $10) 55... Rbb7 $8 (55... Rg2 56. Rb1+ Bb7
57. Qd8+ $18) 56. Rxc7 Rxc7 57. Qb4+ $2 (57. Rb1+ $142 {/\Rb4 +-}) 57... Qxb4
58. cxb4 Rg7 59. Bh5 Bd7 $2 (59... Kc7 60. Rf1 Kd6 61. Rf7 Rxf7 62. gxf7 Ke7
63. b5 Bd7 64. b6 Bc6 65. Bg6 Kf8 $10) 60. Rf1 $16 Kc7 61. Rf7 Rg8 62. g7 Kd6
63. Bg6 Be8 64. Rf8 Rxg7 65. Bxe8 Rg4 66. Rf7 Rg8 67. Bb5 Rg1+ 68. Ka2 Rg2+ 69.
Kb1 1-0

[Event "El Vendrell"]
[Site "El Vendrell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O (9. f4 $5 f5 (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. O-O-O Qc5 12. Qd3 e6
13. Kb1 h5 14. e5 $1 f5 15. exd6 Rc6 16. Qg3 h4 17. Qg5 Rxd6 18. Bf3 $14 {
Kudrin-Franco, Salamanca 1989}) (9... e6 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Qd3 h5 12. O-O-O O-O-O
13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Qh3 h4 16. Bg4 $5 $14 {Arnason-Oll, Tallinn 1983})
10. Nb3 (10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qxf5 $10) 10... Qd8 11. Qd3 Nb4 $1 12. Qd2 Bg7
13. a3 Nc6 $13 {Thipsay-Gufeld, Delhi 1984}) (9. Nb3 Qg5 10. Nd5 (10. g3 f5 11.
f4 Qg6 12. Bh5 Qe6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rg8 15. O-O-O Bg7 $13 {I.
Gurevich-Smirin, Philadelphia 1990}) 10... O-O-O (10... Rc8 11. O-O Rg8 12. g3
f5 13. f4 Qh6 14. Bd3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bh3 16. Re1 Bg7 17. c3 Kf8 18. Qd3 $14 {
Chandler-Csom, Dortmund 1983}) 11. O-O (11. g3 $5 f5 12. f4 Qg7 13. exf5 Bxf5
14. c3 e6 15. Ne3 Be4 16. Bf3 d5 17. Qe2 f5 18. O-O-O $13 {Arencibia-Estevez,
Santa Clara 1991}) 11... Rg8 $1 12. g3 (12. Ne3 Qf4 $1) (12. Bf3 Ne5 $15) 12...
f5 13. f4 Qg7 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bf3 Bg4 $13 (15... Qxb2 $6 16. c4 $44)) 9...
Rg8 (9... Nxd4 $5 10. Qxd4 Rc8 (10... Qc5 $6 11. Qxc5 dxc5 12. Nb5 $1 O-O-O 13.
Nxa7+ Kb8 14. Nb5 Bg7 $5 15. Bd3 $5 (15. f4 $6 f5 16. e5 f6 $14 {Short-Anand,
Amsterdam 1992}) 15... Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Rd4 $1 17. c3 Rd2 18. Rab1 $16 {Anand})
11. a4 $5 (11. Nd5 Qc5 $1 (11... Rxc2 $2 12. b4 Qa3 13. Bd1 Rc8 (13... Rxa2 14.
Rxa2 Qxa2 15. Bh5 $40) 14. Bb3 Bg7 15. Rad1 $44 {Salov}) 12. Qxc5 (12. Qd2 Bg7
13. c4 e6 14. b4 Qc6 15. Qe3 Kf8 16. Nf4 Qb6 17. Qf3 Qxb4 18. Rab1 Qc5 19. Rxb7
Bc6 20. Rbb1 Qe5 $15 {Van Riemsdijk,-Weindl, Biel 1994}) 12... Rxc5 13. Bd3 Bg7
14. Rad1 e6 15. Ne3 Ke7 16. c3 b5 17. f4 Rb8 18. a3 a5 $15 {Timman,J-Salov,V/
Amsterdam 51/192 1991/0-1 (50)}) (11. f4 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 13. f5 h5 $10) 11...
Qc5 12. Qd2 Rg8 13. Bb5 $1 e6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Ra3 $14 {Mainka-Cifuentes,
Ostend 1991}) 10. Nd5 Bh3 11. Bf3 Ne5 12. Nf4 (12. b4 $2 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxg2 $1
14. Qg3 Rxg3 15. bxa5 Rg8 $1 $19 {Servat,R-Cifuentes,R /Mar del Plata 1990})
12... Bd7 13. Nd5 Bh3 14. Ne3 $1 Bd7 $2 (14... Bh6 $1 15. Ndf5 Bxe3 16. Nxe3
Qd2 17. Kh1 (17. Bh5 Qb4) 17... Qxd1 18. Bxd1 Bd7 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bxg4 (20. Nd5
Rc8 21. h3 Nh6 22. f5 $13) 20... Bxg4 21. f5 Be2 22. Rf2 Bb5 $14) 15. Bh5 e6
16. f4 Nc6 17. f5 Ke7 $8 (17... Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qe5 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. fxe6 Bxe6
21. Nd5 $18) 18. c3 $1 Ne5 $2 (18... Bh6 $8 19. Ng4 Bg7 $16) 19. Bxf7 $1 $18
Bh6 20. Bxg8 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Rxg8 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. Qb3+ d5 25.
exd5+ $6 (25. Rad1 $1 $18) 25... Kf7 26. d6+ Kg7 27. Qxb7+ Kh8 28. Qe7 $2 (28.
Rf5 $1) 28... Ng4 (28... Qd5 $1 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. Rf3 $8 Nxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32.
gxf3 Bf4 33. Rd1 Rd7 34. Rd4 Bxd6 35. c4 Rd8 36. c5 Bc7 $10) 29. h3 Qg5 $1 $138
30. Qe4 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Bxf2 32. Rd1 Bb6 $4 (32... Bg3 $1 33. d7 Bc7 $13) 33. b4
$1 $18 Qh5 34. Rf1 Rg3 35. Qe6 Qg6 36. c4 Rxg2 37. Qc8+ Qg8 38. Qxg8+ Rxg8 39.
c5 Rf8 (39... Bd8 40. c6 Rg3 41. Rc1 $1 $18) 40. Rc1 Kg7 41. cxb6 axb6 42. Rc7+
Kg6 43. a4 Re8 44. d7 Re1+ 45. Kg2 Rd1 46. a5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 93rd"]
[Site "Nimes"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 $5 {
A line I had used two months before against Kosteniuk - with more success!} 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 10. Qxd6 Be5 11. Qa3 $1 {Almost a novelty, and the
move I didn't know.} (11. Qc5 {was the well-known move, which wasn't supposed
to give him any avantage:} Qxc5 12. Nxc5 Ke7 13. O-O-O (13. Bb5 Nd4 14. O-O-O
Rd8 {looks correct as well, and after} 15. Nb3 {(as played by Khalifman) Black
can probably get full compensation with} a6 $5 $146 16. Bd3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 b5
$44) 13... b6 14. Bb5 (14. Nd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 {can't be problematic}) 14...
Na5 $6 (14... Nb8 $1 $146 15. Nb3 Bb7 {should be fine}) 15. Nd3 $6 (15. Na6 $1
{might be problematic}) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bb7 17. Ne5 Rhd8 18. f3 f6 $44 {
1-0 (76) Volokitin,A (2695)-Likavsky,T (2486) Austria 2012.}) 11... Qb4 $6 {
Just getting a very bad version of the endgame analysed above.} (11... Bd7 $1 {
was seen in the only game that was played so far, and is probably the right
move.} 12. Qc5 $1 $146 {Definitely the move that was bothering me. But it's
nothing dramatic.} (12. Bd3 $6 Nb4 13. Qa5 Qd6 14. Qc5 Qxc5 15. Nxc5 Rc8 $5 16.
Nxd7 Kxd7 $44 {½-½ (17) Solleveld,M (2453)-Brodsky,M (2547) Hoogeveen 2002})
(12. Nb5 Nb8 $1 {seems just fine for Black}) (12. O-O-O Qxf2 $13) (12. Nd2 Na5
$1 $13) 12... Qxc5 (12... Nd4 $5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. O-O-O Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Ra1+
16. Kd2 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Ke7 {isn't simple either}) 13. Nxc5 O-O-O 14. Nd3 Bd6
15. O-O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {and after} 17. Bb5 Bxc3 18. Bxd7+ Rxd7 19. bxc3
Rhd8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 {we get the exact kind of a game that should be a
relatively easy draw, including pawn endings!}) (11... a6 $5 {might be
playable as well.}) 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. O-O-O Ke7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bb5 Nb8 $2 ({
It was time (and the last moment) to go for the obvious} 15... Bxc3 {after
which White is slightly better, but no more:} 16. bxc3 ({if} 16. Bxc6 {Black
has at least} Be5 $5 {with an improved version of the game}) 16... Ne5 17. Rd4
$1 {followed by Rhd1, and clearly Black will have to suffer to make a draw.} (
17. f4 Ng4 {isn't so clear})) 16. Ne2 {Now White has a very healthy extra pawn,
and his position is objectively winning.} g5 $6 {A natural move, but as a
result Black will be worse on both sides of the board!} (16... Bc7 17. f4 a6
18. Bd3 f6 $1 {not letting White expand too much, might have been best.}) 17.
g3 b6 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bc7 20. Rhg1 Bb7 21. e5 a6 22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Nc3 $1 {
Of course! White wants Be4.} Rag8 ({The position is so bad that the engine
thinks the best move is} 23... Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 {when White has an extra
piece for free!}) 24. Be4 Bc8 {Black can't afford such an exchange, even if ...
Bc8 is hardly a success either...} 25. Nd4 Nb8 26. Rg3 (26. Nf5+ $1 {was
winning:} exf5 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Nd5+ Kf8 29. Nxc7 fxe4 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Ne8+
$1 $18) 26... b5 $6 (26... f6 {was the lesser evil, but after} 27. exf6+ Kxf6
28. Rf3 {White is just winning.}) 27. Nf5+ $1 {Once but not twice.} exf5 (27...
Kf8 28. Nd6 {is hopeless.}) 28. Nd5+ Kf8 (28... Kd8 29. Nf6+ Ke7 30. Nxg8+ Kf8
31. Rc3 $18) 29. Nxc7 Rxg3 30. hxg3 Kg7 (30... fxe4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Ne8+ $1
$18) 31. Bf3 Nd7 32. Nxa6 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Bxa6 34. Rd6 Bc8 35. Bc6 h5 $2 ({
Although White is winning, it was definitely important to take a last chance
and play} 35... f4 36. gxf4 h5 {in order to confuse matters in the time
scramble.}) 36. Rd4 $1 Rh6 37. Bxb5 Rg6 38. Be2 Rxg3 39. Bxh5 Re3 40. Kd2 Rxe5
41. Bf3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Bxf6 {worsening black's pawn structure. The background of this continuation is
that Black is getting a pair of bishops, and he'll be able to develop his
dark-squared one to h6. Other possibilities are:} (8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10.
f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8 12. Bf4 $146 {A dubious novelty by Moro, however even after
the most popular 12.Be3 white doesn't have any advantage.} d5 $1 {That's the
main drawback of 12.Bf4- it doesn't prevent d6-d5 unlike 12.Be3;} 13. e5 Nd7
14. Be3 Qc7 15. f4 b5 {Black is just faster on the queenside, than White- on
the kingside.} 16. Qf2 $6 Rb8 {The rook is very useful on the b-file in Rauzer
setups.} 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 $17 {[%cal Gb5b4] 0-1 Morozevich,
A-Ponomariov,R/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105/[Tyomkin,D] (48)}) (8. O-O-O Qxd4 9.
Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 a6 11. f3 Bd7 12. Na4 {A new move played by Kasparov
against Mcheideshvilli in 2002, before that Bc4 and Rd2 were tried.} Bc6 13.
Nb6 Rd8 14. Nc4 $1 Be7 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Be2 {Smeets deviates from 16.Rb4 that
was played by Kasparov in the above mentioned game.} (16. Rb4 $1 d5 $2 17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. Rb7 Nd7 19. Bd2 $1 Ra8 20. Rc7 Ne5 21. Bc3 Bd6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxc6
{1-0 Kasparov,G-Mchedlishvili,M/Bled (ol) 86/198 2002/Inf 86/[Kasparov,G] (37)}
) 16... h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 (18. Rhd1 {with the idea to play Nc4 is met by}
Rg8 19. g3 Kd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8c7] A strong move, now Nc4 can be met by Bb5.} (
19... Rg5 $2 20. Nc4 Rc5 (20... Bb5 21. Nxd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxb5+ Rxb5 23. Rxd6 {
and White is simply a pawn up.}) 21. b4 {is bad}) 20. Nc4 Bb5 {and Black is
fine.}) 18... Rc7 19. Rc4 Kd7 {Black easily holds his queenside, it seems that
White didn't achieve much from the opening.} 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Kxc6 22.
Bh5 Rh7 {White still has a slight edge due to the black's rook position but
this is temporary as when Black gets his king to e7 the rook would enter the
game.} 23. Rd1 Rg7 24. g3 Bd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smeets,J-Stangl,M/Germany 2004/CBM
101/[Gofshtein,L] (42)}) 8... gxf6 9. Nb3 Bd7 {preparing a long castle.} (9...
a6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 Be7 14. Rf3 Rdg8 15. Bf1 Kb8
16. Rd3 {White decides to attack the black centre, another plan is to attack
Black's h-pawn by 16.Rh3} Qc7 {Black defends against white's immideate threat
- 17.Rxd6} 17. Qf2 {White immideatly takes control over the g1-a7 diagonal,
planning to transfer his knight to b6.} Rc8 18. Kb1 {A profphylactic move,
White stabilizes his position on the queenside.} Be8 {It's not easy to find
any counterplay for Black.} (18... Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. f5 {and White keeps
some pressure}) 19. Na4 Nb4 20. Rc3 Qd8 21. Nac5 $1 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Brodsky,
M/Tallinn 2005/CBM 105/[Gofshtein,L] (65)}) 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. f4 {covering
the e5 square. White's plan is connected with the pressure on Black's e6 pawn
by the light pieces together with the f4-f5 advance.} Na5 {Black suffers from
a lack of space, therefore, he changes one of his light pieces, that liberates
more space for the light-squared bishop.} (11... a6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Be2 h5 14.
Bf3 h4 15. Bg4 Kb8 16. Rhf1 Na5 17. Qd3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 d5 $1 19. f5 (19. exd5
Bb5 20. Nxb5 Rxd5 $11) 19... Bc6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qe2 Bb4 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23.
Bxe6 Bxc3 24. Bxf7 Be5 25. h3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timofeev,
A-Lupulescu,C/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 554 (57)}) (11... Kb8 12. Be2
h5 13. Rhf1 Bc8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Rf3 Rdg8 16. Bf1 h4 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. Qe1 d5 19.
exd5 exd5 20. N5d4 Bd6 21. Nxc6+ Qxc6 (21... bxc6 22. Nd4 Ka8 23. Rb3 Qc7 24.
Rc3 $14) 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Bd3 Qg4 24. Qf2 Bc7 25. h3 Qh5 26. Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Zhang Zhong-Ramesh,R/Dubai UAE 2005/The Week in Chess 544 (83)}) (11... Ne7 {
Mueller,Karsten} 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3d3,Gf3h3]} Be8 $6 14. Rf3
Bg7 15. Rh3 h4 16. Bg4 Kc7 $2 (16... Bc6 $142 17. Rd3 Ng6 $132) 17. Kb1 Bc6 18.
Rd3 Be8 $6 (18... Kc8 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Rd7 21. Rd4 $16) 19. a4 Bh6 (19...
Rg8 $2 20. a5 Qa6 21. Be2 Kb8 22. Rd4 Qc6 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Bxe8 Rdxe8 25. Nb5
$18) 20. a5 Qc6 21. Qf2 (21. Nd4 $5 Qa6 22. Bxe6 Kb8 (22... fxe6 $2 23. Nxe6+
Kc8 24. Nxd8 $18) 23. Bh3 Qxa5 24. Nde2 Qc7 25. Rxd6 $16) 21... Ng6 $2 (21...
Kb8 22. f5 e5 23. Qxh4 $16) 22. Qxa7 Qa6 23. Nd5+ {1-0 Galkin,A-Georgiev,K/
Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Mueller,Karsten] (23)}) 12. Be2 $146 {adding the option
to transfer the light-squared bishop to h5.} ({In the preceding game White
continued} 12. Kb1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Kb8 14. Be2 Qc5 15. Rhf1 h5 16. f5 Qe5 17. h3
Bc6 18. Bf3 Bh6 19. Qd3 $13 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Nijboer,F/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week
in Chess 556 (49)}) 12... h5 $1 {preparing the h6 square for the dark-squared
bishop.} 13. Kb1 {A prophylactic move- White is moving his king away from the
h6-c1 diagonal.} (13. f5 $4 {is met by} Bh6 $19) 13... Kb8 {liberating the c8
square for the queenside rook.} 14. Rhf1 {[%cal Yf1f3,Gf3d3,Gf3h3] White's
kingside rook can join the game through the third rank.} Nxb3 15. axb3 Bc6 16.
Bc4 {White is planning to press Black's pawn construction in the centre with
the f4-f5 advance.} Qc5 $6 {allowing to attack his pawns construction in the
centre.} ({Black should have prevented White's f4-f5 advance by} 16... Bh6 $1
17. Qe2 Qc5 $13 18. f5 $141 $2 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bb5 d4 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22.
Na2 Be3 $17) 17. f5 b5 {Black has to weaken his monarch's position, in order
to drive away White's light-squared bishop from the a2-g8 diagonal.} (17... Qe5
18. Qd4 Rg8 19. g3 Re8 20. b4 $14) 18. Bd3 Be7 $6 (18... e5 {is refuted by} 19.
Nxb5 d5 (19... Bxb5 20. Qa5 $18) 20. Qa5 $16) ({The least of the evils was} 
18... Bh6 19. Qe2 b4 20. Na4 $14) 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 a6 ({Black doesn't
equalize after} 20... b4 {as well:} 21. Nd5 exd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qxe7 Qe5 24.
Rde1 $1 Qxh2 25. Qxf6 Qxg2 26. Re7 $16) 21. Nd5 $1 {opening up the game, that
will cause more vulnerability in Black's camp.} exd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qxe7 Qe5
$2 {worsens Black's position even more.} ({Better was} 23... Qxg2 24. h4 (24.
Rg1 $2 Qxh2 25. Rg7 $2 Rd7 26. Qxf6 Qe5 $17) (24. Qe3 Qxh2 25. Qb6+ Bb7 26.
Rxf6 Qe5 27. Rf7 Qd5 28. Rc7 Rc8 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Qf3 31. Be2 Qe4+ 32. Bd3
Qf3 $11 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Qxd6+ Ka8 $11) 24... Qg4 25. Qxf6 Rhf8 26. Qc3 (26.
Qe7 Rfe8 27. Qg5 Qxg5 28. hxg5 $11) 26... Kb7 27. Rg1 $36) 24. Rde1 $1 Qxh2 ({
The trade of the queens doesn't make Black's life easier:} 24... Qxe7 25. Rxe7
Bxg2 26. Rxf6 $16) 25. Qe3 $1 Qxg2 $2 {loses immediately.} ({More resistant was
} 25... Bb7 26. g3 $1 (26. Qb6 Qxg2 27. Be4 Qg7 28. Rxf6 d5 29. Bf5) 26... Rhe8
(26... h4 27. Qb6 hxg3 28. Re7 Qg2 29. Be4 $18) 27. Qf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rg8 29.
Qxd6+ Ka8 (29... Ka7 30. Re7 $16) 30. Re7 $16) 26. Rg1 $1 Qd5 (26... Qh2 {
loses as well:} 27. Qb6+ Bb7 28. Rg7 $18) 27. Be4 $1 {winning a bishop.} (27.
Be4 Qxe4 (27... Qc5 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Bxc6 $18) 28. Qb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Bb5 {It is impossible to refute the variation where Black accepts the
weakening of his pawn structure in return for White's dark-squared bishop.
Svidler is trying to make development more problematic for Black.} (8. Bc4 Bg7
9. Ndb5 O-O 10. Qxd6 (10. O-O $5 f5 11. exf5 Ne5 12. Bb3 Bxf5 13. Nxd6 Bg4 14.
f3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. fxg4 Rxd6 $44) 10... f5 (10... a6 {leads to a
position a pawn down without any real compensation for it. führt zur Stellung
mit einem Minusbauern und ohne wesentliche Kompensation.} 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nc7
Ra7 (12... Rb8 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd7 17. Rd6 $16
) 13. N7d5 b5 14. Bd3 $14) 11. O-O-O Qa5 (11... Qg5+ 12. f4 Qxg2 13. e5 Bh6 14.
Rhf1 Qxh2 15. Kb1 $16 {Black simply has no more good moves. Schwarz hat
einfach keine guten Züge mehr.}) (11... Qxd6 12. Nxd6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 $16 {There is no good square for the c8-bishop. Es gibt kein gutes Feld
für den Läufer c8.}) 12. Qc7 $1 fxe4 (12... Bxc3 {This might be the best try
to refute the move 12.Qc7, but even it fails: Das wäre wohl der beste Versuch,
den Zug 12.Qc7 zu widerlegen, aber auch er scheitert:} 13. bxc3 Qa4 (13... fxe4
14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bd5 Bg4 16. Rd4 Be6 17. Bxe4 Bxa2 18. Ra4 $18) (13... a6 14.
Rd8 Qxc7 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Nxc7 Ra7 17. Bd3 b5 18. Nd5 Be6 19. Kb2 Ne5 20. Nf4
Bc4 21. exf5 g5 22. Re1 Re7 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe5 $18 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2675)
-Gurevich,D (2507)/Rishon Le Ziyyon 2006 (36)}) 14. Nd6 Be6 (14... Qa3+ 15. Kb1
Be6 16. Bb3 $16 {The white knight on d6 decisively disrupts the coordination
of the black pieces. der weiße Springer d6 stört entscheidend das
Zusammenspiel der schwarzen Figuren.}) 15. Bb3 (15. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 16. exf5 exf5
17. Kb1 Rad8 18. h4 $1 $36) 15... Bxb3 16. axb3 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qa3 18. b4 $3 Qa2
(18... Rad8 19. Ra1 $18) 19. Qxb7 Ne5 20. Qd5 $1 Qxd5+ 21. exd5 Rfd8 22. Nb7
Rxd5+ 23. Ke2 $18) 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bd5 Bg4 15. Rde1 Rad8 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Ra4
b6 18. Rd1 a6 19. Nd4 {1-0 Volokitin,A (2662)-Carlsen,M (2675)/Biel 2006/ (39)}
) 8... Bd7 9. Bc4 (9. Nde2 Be6 10. Nf4 (10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. Rd1 Ke7 13.
O-O Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Ba4 Rc5 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19.
exd5+ Be5 $11 {0-1 Matanovic,A (2490)-Chernikov,O (2464)/Elista 2002 (40)})
10... Bg7 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd6 Qb6 $1
16. O-O Qxb2 17. Na4 Qxa2 18. Nc5 fxe4 19. Nxe6 Rf6 20. Qxc6 $14 {0-1 Nataf,I 
(2565)-Nisipeanu,L (2687)/Germany 2004 (54)}) (9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3
Qb6 12. b3 Rd8 13. Rad1 Bg7 14. Kh1 O-O 15. f4 Rfe8 16. f5 a5 17. Na4 Qb8 18.
c4 Qc7 $11 {1-0 Murariu,A (2498)-Savchenko,B (2583)/Dresden 2007 (45)}) 9...
Bg7 10. Nxc6 {What White gains here is that Black has to recapture on c6 with
his bishop.} (10. Ndb5 O-O 11. Nxd6 Ne5 $44) 10... Bxc6 11. Qd3 (11. O-O O-O
12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qb6 $11) 11... f5 (11... O-O $5 12. O-O-O Qb6 $11) 12.
exf5 Qg5 {Both Black's last moves are somewhat problematic. Once he had
decided to escalate the crisis to get play for his bishops, it made sense to
calculate very accurately in order to unearth the most promising continuation.}
(12... Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 (13... Qe7+ $6 14. Kd1 Bc6 15. Re1 Be5 16. f4 O-O-O 17.
Qf1 (17. Qh3 Qd7 $1 18. fxe5 dxe5+ 19. Bd3 Rhe8 $11) 17... gxf5 18. fxe5 dxe5+
19. Kc1 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 f4 21. Bb5 $14) 14. O-O-O (14. fxg6 $6 Qe7+ 15. Kd1 hxg6
16. Re1 Be5 17. f4 O-O-O $1 $13) 14... Qf6 15. Rge1+ Kf8 16. Kb1 $14) (12...
Qe7+ $5 13. Kf1 (13. Ne2 $2 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Be4 $1 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.
Qb3+ Kf6 18. Qxb2+ Qe5 $15) 13... O-O-O $5 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. fxg6
hxg6 16. Qd4 $14) 14. Bd5 $14) 13. Nd5 (13. Qxd6 $2 Rd8 14. Qg3 Bxc3+ $5 (14...
Qd2+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6 $14) 15. bxc3 Qxf5 16. O-O O-O $11)
13... Bxb2 (13... O-O 14. O-O $14) 14. Rb1 Qxg2 $6 {Young players have no
special problems with accepting large doses of risk. Caution grows with age.
Vitiugov will step to the edge of abyss, since he has managed to have all
White's pieces operating to their maximum.} (14... O-O $6 15. O-O Bxd5 16. Qxd5
Qf6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qxb7 $16) (14... Be5 $5 15. O-O Qxf5 16. Qxf5 gxf5 17.
Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Rbd1 Rc8 20. f4 $14) 15. Rf1 Bg7 (15... Qg5 16. h4
$1 Qh6 17. Kd1 $1 Qg7 18. Qe3+ (18. c3 Ba3 (18... Bxd5 $2 19. Re1+ $1 Kf8 20.
Qxd5 $18) 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Bd5 $16) 18... Kf8 19. Qe7+ Kg8 20. f6
Qh6 21. Rxb2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qh5+ 23. Kc1 Qxd5 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Rxb7
$18) 16. f6 $1 (16. Qe3+ $2 Be5 $11) 16... Bf8 {The retreat of the dark
squared bishop to the house of its birth gives little reason for joy. Its
prospects in the wider world were intended to be on a larger scale...} 17. Nc7+
(17. Qe2+ $6 Kd8 $1 (17... Kd7 $2 18. Rxb7+ $3 Kd8 (18... Bxb7 19. Bb5+ Bc6 20.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Qc4+ Kd7 22. Qc7+ Ke6 23. Nf4+ $18) 19. Rxf7 $1 Bxd5 20. Rxf8+
$1 $16) 18. Ne7 Qg5 $11) 17... Kd7 18. Bd5 $2 (18. Nxa8 $1 d5 (18... Bh6 19.
Bb5 Rxa8 20. Bxc6+ Qxc6 21. Kd1 Rc8 (21... Re8 $2 22. Qh3+ Kc7 23. Qxh6 Qg2 24.
Kd2 Qd5+ 25. Kc1 $18) 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Re4 $16) 19. Rb5 $5 (19. Bb5 Bc5 20.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Qb5+ Kd6 22. Qa4 $16) 19... Qg4 20. Bxd5 (20. Rxd5+ Bxd5 21.
Qxd5+ Kc8 22. Qb5 $14) 20... Bb4+ 21. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 22. c3 Qd6 23. Qh3+ $1 (23.
Bxc6+ $2 Kxc6 $11) 23... Kd8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 (24... Qxc6 $2 25. Kd2 $1 Qd7+ 26.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Re1 Rxa8 28. Re7+ Kd6 29. Rxf7 $18) 25. f3 $1 Re8+ (25... Qd7 $2
26. Qg3 Kc8 27. Kf2 Kb7 28. Nc7 $1 Qxc7 29. Rb1+ Kc8 30. Qg4+ Kd8 31. Rd1+ Ke8
32. Qe4+ Kf8 33. Qd4 $1 Qxh2+ 34. Ke3 $1 Qh6+ 35. Ke4 $1 Qh4+ 36. f4 $18) 26.
Kf2 Re5 27. Kg1 Rg5+ 28. Kh1 Rh5 29. Qg2 Qxf6 30. Re1 $16) 18... Bxd5 $2 {
[%mdl 64] Life and some chess positions are a comedy full of errors. Both
players have managed to ignore the big chance for Black to obtain equal
prospects with the help of 18...Re8+!} (18... Re8+ $1 19. Kd2 (19. Nxe8 Bxd5
$36) (19. Kd1 Re4 20. Rxb7 Rd4 21. Bxg2 Rxd3+ 22. cxd3 Bxg2 $17) 19... Bh6+ 20.
Kc3 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Rc8+ 22. Kb2 Rc5 23. Rbd1 Rxd5 $5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Re8
$11) 19. Nxd5 Re8+ (19... Rb8 $5 20. Qb5+ Kd8 21. Rb3 $1 Bh6 22. Qa5+ b6 23.
Qxa7 Re8+ 24. Re3 $1 Rxe3+ 25. fxe3 Qxd5 26. Qxb8+ Kd7 27. Qxb6 $18) 20. Kd1 b6
(20... Rb8 21. Re1 Kd8 (21... Qg4+ 22. f3 Qa4 23. Re4 Qc6 24. Rc4 $18) 22. Rb4
$1 Qg5 23. Qc4 Qh5+ 24. Re2 Rc8 25. Qb5 Rc6 26. Qa5+ b6 27. Qb5 $18) (20... Qe4
21. Rxb7+ Kc8 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. fxe7 Qxd3+ 24. cxd3 Bg7 25. Rxa7 $18) 21. Rxb6
$1 {Black's punishment allowing the domination by the white knight is very
suitable. Black's position has simply fallen apart like a house of cards...}
Re4 (21... axb6 22. Qb5+ Kd8 23. Qxb6+ Kd7 24. Qc7+ Ke6 25. Nf4+) 22. Rb7+ Ke6
23. f3 Rd4 24. Qxd4 (24. Nf4+ Rxf4 25. Qe3+ Kd5 (25... Kf5 26. Rb5+ Kxf6 27.
Qc3+) 26. Qb3+ $1 Ke5 27. Rb5+ Kxf6 28. Qc3+ $1 Ke6 29. Re1+ $18) 24... Qxf1+
25. Kd2 Qg2+ 26. Kc1 Bh6+ 27. Nf4+ (27. f4 Re8 28. Re7+ Rxe7 29. fxe7 Qf1+ 30.
Kb2 Qb5+ 31. Kc3 $18) 27... Bxf4+ 28. Qxf4 {The black king in the middle of
the board becomes an involuntary hero. Unfortunately, his immediate destiny is
very obvious.} Qg1+ 29. Kb2 Kd5 30. c4+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 Be7 14. Rf3
Rdg8 15. Bf1 Kb8 16. Kb1 h4 17. Qe1 Rg4 {The positional treatment of the sharp
Najdorf variation with 6.Bg5 has lent it the features typical of a Richter
Rauser. Ponomariov has to play carefully in search for compensation for his
damaged central pawn structure.} 18. a3 Qc7 19. Ne2 (19. Qf2 Na5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5
$11) 19... Rh5 20. h3 Rg8 21. f5 $1 {In order to make any progress Kamsky had
to play f5 at a suitable moment.} Rhh8 (21... exf5 22. Nf4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Re5
24. Qh7 Rgg5 25. Qxh4 Be6 26. Rc3 $14) (21... Qd8 22. Nf4 Rhh8 23. Rc3 Rg5 24.
Qf2 $14) 22. Nf4 Bf8 $6 {This academic retreat is not addressing the most
pressing needs of the position, the bishop will not land on h6 anyway.} (22...
Rg5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rc3 Qd8 25. Nd2 $14) 23. Qf2 (23. Rc3 $1 Qd8 24. fxe6
fxe6 25. Qf2 Ne5 (25... Rg5 26. Bc4 Qe8 27. Nd2 $16) 26. Be2 Rg5 27. Nd4 $16)
23... Rg5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rc3 Rh6 (25... Qd8 26. Nd2 Ne5 27. Nc4 $16) 26. Nd4
{[%mdl 32] Gradually White has managed to concentrate his forces against the
weak spots c6 and e6; the position is critical.} Re5 (26... Qc8 27. Bxa6 $1
bxa6 28. Nfxe6 Rg3 29. Nxc6+ Bxc6 30. Qb6+ Qb7 31. Rxc6 $18) 27. Nd3 $1 Rxe4 (
27... Ra5 28. Nb4 Ka8 29. Qe1 Rc5 30. Nbxc6 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 bxc6 32. Bxa6 $16)
28. Nb4 Rxd4 {To complete the symmetry Black was aching on a6 is well. The
exchange sacrifice reduces the pressure, but does not solve the problem.} (
28... Ka8 29. Bxa6 $1 Rxd4 (29... bxa6 30. Ndxc6 $18) 30. Rxd4 bxa6 31. Nxc6
Bxc6 32. Rdc4 $18) 29. Rxd4 Qa5 (29... Qb6 30. Nxa6+ $1 Kc8 31. Nb4 $18) 30.
Rxh4 f5 $6 {Ponomariov was left with only the task of trying to prolong the
resistance. The game move shortens the pain as it allows the amusing winning
combination.} (30... Rxh4 31. Qxh4 Be7 32. Qh7 Qd8 33. Rg3 $1 Ne5 34. Rg8 Be8
35. Be2 $18) 31. Rxh6 (31. Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 (31... Rxh4 32. Nxa6+ bxa6 33. Rxa6 $18
) (31... bxc6 32. Nxa6+ Kc8 33. Ra4 Qxa4 34. Qb6 $18) 32. Qd2 Kc7 33. Rxh6 Bxh6
34. Qxh6 $18) 31... Bxh6 32. Rb3 Nxb4 (32... Kc7 33. Qh4 Bg7 34. Nxc6 bxc6 35.
Qb4 $18) 33. Rxb4 Bc6 34. g4 {Kamsky was not paying attention to the hidden
tactical possibilities. He prefers to grind down his opponent with a
convincing technical performance.} (34. Qe1 Qe5 35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. Rh4 $18)
34... fxg4 (34... Qc5 35. Qxc5 dxc5 36. Rb3 Kc7 37. Be2 $16) 35. Rxg4 Qe5 36.
Rg8+ Kc7 37. Bd3 (37. Qh4 Bd5 38. Bxa6 bxa6 39. Qe7+ Kb6 40. Rb8+ $18) 37...
Be3 38. Qg3 Qc5 39. b4 $1 Qd4 (39... Qb6 40. Qh4 Bd7 41. Qd8+ Kc6 42. Be4+ d5
43. Bxd5+ exd5 44. Rg6+ $18) 40. Qg7+ {Effectively finishing the game, as
Black will have no way of stopping the running h-pawn.} Qxg7 41. Rxg7+ Kd8 42.
h4 e5 43. h5 e4 44. Be2 Bf4 45. Rg6 (45. Rg6 Be8 46. Re6 d5 47. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 09th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Bg7 $6 $14 (9... e6 $2 10. Ndb5 Rd8 (10... O-O-O 11. Nxd6+
Bxd6 12. Qxd6 $16 {1-0 De Jong,P-Van Vucht,S/Moira intern 1985 (22)}) (10...
Qb6 11. Nxd6+ (11. Rb1 Ne5) 11... Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qxb2 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Qc5 $18)
11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Bc8 13. Qf4 Ke7 14. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Raaste,E-Pirttimaki,T/
Espoo SM 1985 (42)}) (9... Qe5 10. Nf3 (10. Nb3 Bh6 11. Nd5 Kf8 12. Bd3 Qg5 13.
f4 Qg7 14. Kh1 Rg8 15. Rf2 Rd8 16. Bf1 f5 $132 {0-1 Kunz,W-Kaiser,D/OLWuert
1991 (51)}) 10... Qc5 (10... Qa5 11. Nd5 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 $132) 11. Nd5 Rc8 12.
c3 a6 13. Nd4 Bg7 14. b4 Qa7 15. Bh5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 e6 17. Qg4 Kf8 18. Qf4 e5 (
18... exd5 19. Qxd6+ Ke8 20. exd5 $16) 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Stoica,
V-Kotronias,V/Istanbul 1988/Inf 46/ (25)}) (9... Qg5 $5 10. Nd5 Bh3 11. Bf3 Rg8
12. Ne3 $132) (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 $132 (10... Qc5 11. Qxc5 dxc5 12. Bc4 $14
)) (9... h5 10. Nd5 h4 11. Nf5 Qd8 12. Nde3 Ne5 13. Qd4 Bc6 14. Rad1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Teuton,F-Barbeau,S/Quebec ,EXT 1991 (61)}) (9... Rc8 10. Nb3 Qg5 11. f4
Qh4 12. g3 Rg8 13. Qe1 Qh3 14. Qf2 h5 15. Kh1 f5 16. Bf3 Bg7 17. Rae1 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Zude,A-Majer,D/Hessen-ch Doernigheim ,GER 1994 (28)}) (9... Rg8 $142
10. Nf5 $2 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qxf5 12. Nd5 O-O-O 13. b4 e6 14. Ne3 Qf4 $17 {0-1
Nijboer,F-Cifuentes Parada,R/Rotterdam NED 1999 (50)}) 10. Nd5 Nxd4 (10... Rg8
$5 11. b4 Qd8 (11... Nxb4 12. Nb3 $16) 12. c3 e6 13. Ne3 Nxd4 14. cxd4 (14.
Qxd4 Bc6 $11) 14... Rc8 15. Qd2 $14) 11. Qxd4 Kf8 (11... Rg8 12. b4 Qd8 13.
Rad1 f5 14. Qe3 fxe4 15. Qxe4 $14) 12. Qd3 Bc6 (12... f5 13. exf5 Bxb2 14. Rab1
$14) 13. b4 Qd8 (13... Qa4 14. c3 $14) 14. Rad1 {White have space advantage
and better pawn structure, Black have disconnected rooks and par of bishops.}
h5 15. h4 $5 Rc8 16. c4 {White play on all board!} b6 17. Rfe1 f5 $5 {attempt
to be released} (17... Bb7 18. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Rh5]}) 18. exf5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Bc3
20. Rf1 Bxb4 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc5 {[%csl Rf8,Yg1] The position of Black
remains worse because of big difference between KK} 23. Rc3 (23. Qc3 Rh6 24. g3
$14) (23. Qe4 Qd7 24. g3 $14) 23... Qc8 24. Kf1 (24. Qf3 $14) 24... Rh6 25. Qf3
Qd7 26. Qe4 Rf6 27. Rf3 b5 $6 $16 (27... Qc8 28. g3 $1 $14 {[%csl Rh5][%cal
Gf3f4,Ge2h5]} (28. Rf4 Ba3 29. g3 Bc1 30. Rf3 Bh6 31. Kg2 $11)) 28. Rf4 Bb6 29.
Qc2 $5 (29. Bxh5 $16) 29... e5 $2 $18 (29... Qb7 30. Bxh5 e5 31. dxe6 fxe6 32.
Bf3 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Bxc7 34. g4 d5 (34... exf5 35. g5 $16) 35. Rb4 a6 36. Kg2 Bd6
37. Rd4 Be5 38. Rd1 $16) 30. fxe6 Qd8 {Black missed this move:} 31. Qh7 $5 ({
and this move} 31. Qe4 $1 fxe6 32. dxe6 Kg7 33. e7 Qe8 34. g3 $1 $18 {[%csl
Re8][%cal Ge2h5,Ge7e8]}) (31. Rxf6 $2 Qxf6 32. Bxb5 fxe6 $14) 31... Rxf4 32.
Qh6+ Ke7 33. Qxf4 fxe6 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Bxh5 Qc7 (
37... Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. f4 Kf5 40. g3 Ke4 41. Ke2 Kxd5 42. Bf7+ Kd4 43. h5
$18) 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kh8 43. Bg4
Qg7 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 45. Bd7 b4 46. f4 Kf6 47. Ke2 a5 (47... a5 48. g4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minasian, Ara"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 (9. Bd2 e5 10. Qd3 $5 (10. Qe3 Be6 11. Be2 Be7 12. g4 h6 13. Rg1
g5 14. a3 Rc8 15. O-O-O Qc5 $11) 10... Qc5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2
$14) 9... e5 10. Qd2 Be7 11. f5 (11. Bc4 $5) 11... b5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd5
$146 (13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bg5+ 15. Kc3 Rb8 16. a4 Bb7 17. axb5 Bxd5 18. exd5
axb5 19. Kb4 Bd2+ 20. c3 e4 21. f6 gxf6 22. Ra6 f5 23. Rxd6 Ke7 24. Rc6 $13 {
Kruppa-Zaharov,Russia 91}) 13... Ra7 14. Qc6+ (14. Qxd6 Rd7 15. Qc5 Bb7 16. Bd3
Rc7 17. Qe3 Be7 $44) 14... Ke7 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Qd5 (16. Nd5+ $6 Kf8 17. Nxf6
gxf6 18. Rxd6 $2 Qe1+) 16... Rc7 17. Qb3 Bb7 18. Bd3 (18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. Qxd5
Qa4 20. Bd3 Rdc8 $15) 18... b4 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc5 21. Rhe1 (21. Be4
Rdc8 22. Kb1 Rc4 $11) 21... Rxd5 (21... Qb6) 22. Bc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 e4 (23...
d5 $5) 24. Bd5 (24. Bxf7 Qxf5 $17) 24... Kf8 25. Qe3 Qc5 26. Qxe4 Re8 27. Qc4
Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qe5 29. Qxb4 a5 $11 30. Qb7 Re7 31. Qb8+ Re8 32. Qb7 Re7 33. Qb8+
Re8 34. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Krakops, Maris"]
[Black "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 e6 9. Bxf6 (9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. Bxf6 (11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb8 16. f5 e5 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Rc1 Bf8 $13) 11...
gxf6 12. Be2 h5 13. h4 b5 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Rh7 17. Bxh5 Rdh8
18. g4 Nb8 {Kozirev-Sherbakov,Omsk1996}) (9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Qc7 11. a4 b6 12.
Rae1 (12. h3 Bb7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Bd2 d5 18.
e5 Nfe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Be3 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Prasad,
D-Chiburdanidze,M/Delhi 1984/MCL (21)}) 12... Bb7 13. f4 h6 14. Bxf6 (14. Bh4
$5 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bxh4 16. f5 Bg5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qc3 e5 19. f6 $36) 14... Bxf6
15. Nd1 Nb8 $132 {1-0 Shinkevich,V-Sherbakov,R/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT 2000 (38)}) (
9. Be2 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f4 Bh6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rf3 Rd8 15. Rh3
Bg7 16. f5 O-O 17. Qf4 Ne5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qf2 Qc7 {0-1 Kasparov,
G-Anikaev,Y/Minsk 1979/URS-ch (68)}) 9... gxf6 10. Be2 {Interesting decision!
White planning short castle instead of usual 0-0-0 plan:} (10. O-O-O Bd7 (10...
Qc7 {-see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Iskusnyh,S/Seversk 1997/EXT
2000 (12)}) 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Kb1 Kb8 13. Be2 h5 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Bf3 h4 16. Qe1
Na7 17. e5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. f5 $14
{Sulskis-Gallaher,EU-TM1997}) 10... Qc7 11. a4 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. O-O h5 (
13... Bd7 14. b4 $5 Qc7 $132) 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. f4 Rc8 (15... Bc6 $6 16. Qd4 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf6]} Qc5 (16... Be7 17. b4 Qc7 18. b5 $16) 17. Qxf6 Rh6 18. Qh4 Qb4
19. f5 $16) 16. Qd4 Be7 $6 ({Interesting but risky is} 16... Rg8 17. Qxf6 Bg7
18. Qh4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Bd3 Bc6 21. f5 Qe5 $132) 17. b4 $1 Qc7 18. Ra3
a5 19. Rb3 (19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Rb3 $14) 19... axb4 20. Qxb4 h4 (20... d5 21. Qd4
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Rg8 $132) 21. h3 $6 (21. Qd4 Rg8 22. Rf3 $14 (22. Bb5 $14)) 21...
Rg8 22. f5 $4 {[%mdl 16384] This terrible move leads to hopeless position.} (
22. Qd4 Qc5 $11) 22... d5 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gc7h2] White has forgotten about
this threat...} 23. Qd4 Qg3 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ge7c5,Ge7d6,Gd6h2]} 24. Bf3 Bc5
25. Qd3 (25. Qd2 Bd6 $19) 25... Bd6 {[%csl Rh1,Rh2][%cal Gd6h2] White has
absolutely lost position. Only miracle can help to White...} 26. Kg1 Qxh3 27.
Kf2 ({Hopeless also} 27. Rfb1 Qh2+ 28. Kf2 d4 29. Ne2 Bg3+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Ng1
h3 32. gxh3 {[%cal Gf3h1]} Qh2 33. Qe2 Rxc2 $19) 27... Qg3+ 28. Ke2 Qe5 29.
fxe6 fxe6 30. Kd2 (30. Nb5 Bf8 $19 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gf8h6]}) 30... Rc4 (30...
d4 31. Nb5 Bc5 $19) 31. Kc1 Rd4 (31... Bb4 32. Rxb4 Rxb4 33. exd5 Rd4 $19) 32.
Qe2 Qg5+ (32... Rc4 $19) (32... Rb4 $19) 33. Kb1 Rd2 34. Qe1 d4 $2 $17 {
[%mdl 8192]} ({Winning position Black keep after} 34... Bg3 35. Qc1 d4 36. Nb5
Bf4 37. Nxd4 (37. Qe1 Bc6 $19) 37... Rxd4 38. Qxf4 Qxf4 39. Bh5+ Kd8 (39... Ke7
40. Rxf4 Rxg2 41. Rxb7 h3 42. Rh4 Kd6 (42... h2 43. Bf3 {[%cal Gh4h7]}) 43.
Rxh3 Bxa4 44. Rc3 Rxe4 $19) 40. Rxf4 Rxg2 41. Rxb7 Bc6 $17) 35. e5 $1 {This
move probably was missed by Black.} dxc3 $8 36. exd6 Rxd6 (36... e5 37. Rh1
Bxa4 38. Rxc3 Rxd6 39. Rxh4 Rb6+ 40. Ka1 Bc6 41. Ra3 $17) 37. Qxc3 (37. Rxb7
Bxa4 (37... Rd2 38. Qe4 $44) 38. Qxc3 Bd7 $17) 37... b6 $2 $15 {Passive move.}
({Why not} 37... Bc6 $17) 38. Qb4 Ke7 $6 $132 (38... Qc5 39. Qxh4 e5 $15) 39.
Rd1 Qc5 $8 40. Rxd6 Qxd6 41. Qxh4 (41. Qxd6+ Kxd6 42. Rxb6+ Kc5 43. a5 $132)
41... Rg7 42. Qh6 (42. Rd3 Qc5 43. Qe4 $132) 42... Rf7 $4 $18 {Passive, bad
move} ({Right was} 42... Rg5 $132) 43. Qe3 f5 (43... Qc5 44. Qxc5+ bxc5 45. a5
{[%mdl 4096]} Bc8 46. Rb8 Rf8 47. Ra8 $18 {[%cal Ga5a6]}) (43... Rh7 44. Rxb6
Qc7 45. a5 $18) (43... Bxa4 $2 44. Rxb6 Qe5 45. Qa3+ $18) 44. Rxb6 f4 45. Qf2
$1 (45. Rxd6 $6 fxe3 46. Rd3 $16) 45... Qa3 (45... Qe5 46. Qh4+ Kf8 47. Qd8+
Kg7 48. Rb8 Kg6 49. Rb7 Qd4 50. Be2 $18) 46. Rb3 Qd6 47. Qh4+ {To the P lack
is added vulnerable Ke7...} Kf8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qg5+ (49. Rb8 $18) 49... Kh8
50. Rb7 $2 $16 (50. Qd8+ $18) 50... Be8 51. Rb2 $2 $132 (51. Qh6+ Kg8 52. Qg6+
Kf8 53. Rxf7+ Bxf7 54. Qe4 $16) 51... Rh7 (51... Bxa4 $132) 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53.
Be4 Rh1+ $4 {The final mistake in the long chain of mistakes comedy.} (53...
Ra7 54. Qg5+ Kf8 55. a5 e5 $132) 54. Ka2 Re1 $6 (54... Qa6 $142 55. Rb4 Bxa4
56. Qg5+ Kh8 57. Bb7 (57. Rb8+ $4 Be8+ $19) (57. Qf6+ Kg8) 57... Bb3+ 58. Kxb3
Rb1+ 59. Kc3 Qa3+ 60. Rb3 Qa1+ 61. Kb4 Qd4+ 62. Kb5 $18) 55. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-B"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 (7. Qd2
{-mainline}) 7... Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 16]} 9. O-O O-O-O $2 {this move is
mistake! Now Black Q is vulnerable} ({Not bad continuation is} 9... Nxd4 10.
Qxd4 Rc8 {-mainline}) ({In many games was played} 9... Rg8 $5 10. Nd5 (10. Kh1
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 f5 12. b4 (12. exf5 Bc6 $36 {0-1 Rutherford,S-Feldman,I/Sydney
1992/EXT 97 (45)}) 12... Qd8 13. exf5 Bg7 14. Qd3 Qc8 15. Nd5 Bxa1 16. Rxa1
Bxf5 17. Qe3 Be6 $17 {0-1 Jansa,V-Minev,N/Luhacovice 1973/MCD (61)}) (10. Nb3
Qg5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Puhm,A-Santos,L/Nice 1974/EXT 2000 (29)}) 10... Bh3 $5 {
1-0 Von Buelow,G-Neumann,J/Germany 1993/EXT 97-B (25)} (10... Nxd4 $6 11. Qxd4
Bg7 12. Rad1 f5 13. Qd3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 e6 15. Bh5 Rf8 16. b4 $36 {1-0 Kozomara,
V-Milic,B/Belgrade 1961/EXT 99 (20)})) (9... Rc8 10. Nd5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc5 12.
Qd3 Qxc2 13. Qe3 Qc5 14. Qb3 b5 15. a4 $44 {1-0 Kapnisis,S-Giniyatullin,R/
Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext (23)}) (9... Bg7 10. Nd5 e6 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Ne3
Qc7 13. c3 Rd8 14. f4 Ne7 15. Nd4 a6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Radulov,I/Siegen
1970/MCD (16)}) (9... Qg5 $5 10. Kh1 Rg8 11. g3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e6 {1/2-1/2
Mednis,E-Dueball,J/Mannheim 1975/MCD (12)}) (9... h5 10. Nd5 h4 11. h3 Rc8 12.
Nf5 Qd8 13. Nde3 Ne5 $132 {1-0 Roser,K-Perrin,G/FRA 1999/EXT 2000 (37)}) 10.
Nd5 $5 (10. Nxc6 {leads to unclear position} bxc6 (10... Bxc6 11. Bh5 f5 12.
Bxf7 fxe4 13. Nd5 $36) 11. Bc4 e6 12. Qd4 Be7 $132) 10... e6 $2 ({The last
possibility of resistance was} 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc5 $5 (11... e6 12. Qxf6
Rg8 13. Ne3 $16) 12. Qd3 $16) 11. Nb3 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb3a5]} Qa4 12. Nc3 Qb4
13. Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Obstructing Q retreat way.} d5 $8 {Black had to
sacrifice P in order Q solving.} 14. a3 Qd6 15. exd5 $16 Ne5 (15... exd5 16.
Qxd5 $16) 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. dxe6 $6 {now Black has certain chances to survive.
} ({After} 17. Qd4 $1 {position of Black is hopeless.} Kb8 (17... exd5 18. Qxa7
Rg8 19. Qa8+ Kc7 20. Qa5+ Kc8 21. Rfd1 Qh3 22. Qa8+ Kd7 (22... Kc7 23. Nb5+ Kc6
24. N3d4+ Kd7 25. Qxb7+ $18) 23. Rxd5+ Bd6 24. Rxd6+ Kxd6 25. Qxd8+ $18) 18. f4
Ng6 19. Qxf6 Be7 20. Qd4 $18) 17... Qxe6 $6 {Black doesn't use opportunity to
repair his PP structure.} ({Right was} 17... Qc6 $5 18. Qe2 fxe6 19. Rad1 $16)
18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Rad1 {Development is completed.} Bd6 ({In case of} 19... Rxd1
20. Rxd1 Rg5 21. Qe2 Qh3 22. g3 Rh5 23. f4 $18 {White has winning position.})
20. Nb5 Rg5 21. Nxd6+ Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Rxh5 (22... Qxd6 23. Qxh7 $18) 23. Rxe6
fxe6 24. Re1 {P lack and weaknesses makes position of Black hopeless.} Nc4 (
24... Rh4 25. c3 $1 $18 {[%cal Yb3d4]}) 25. Rxe6 Rf5 (25... Re5 26. Rxe5 fxe5
27. f3 Nxb2 28. Kf2 $16) (25... Nxb2 26. Rxf6 $18) 26. Nd4 Rd5 (26... Re5 27.
Rxe5 fxe5 28. Nf3 $18) 27. c3 Nxb2 28. Rxf6 Na4 29. Rf3 Kc7 30. h4 $18 Kd6 31.
g4 Kc5 32. Ne2 (32. Ne6+ $5) 32... Rd7 33. g5 Nb6 34. Rf4 Re7 35. Ng3 a5 (35...
Nd5 36. Re4 Rf7 37. Ne2 $18) 36. h5 Nd5 37. Re4 Rg7 38. Re5 Kc4 (38... Kd6 39.
Rf5 b5 40. Ne4+ $18) 39. Ne2 a4 40. f4 Rd7 (40... Nxc3 41. Nxc3 Kxc3 42. Rb5
Kd3 43. Kf2 $18) 41. g6 Nf6 (41... hxg6 42. hxg6 Kb3 43. Rg5 Kxa3 44. g7 $18)
42. Rf5 Nxh5 (42... Ne4 43. Rf7 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 hxg6 45. hxg6 Rd2 46. Kf3 $18) 43.
Rxh5 hxg6 44. Rg5 Rd6 45. Nd4 Rf6 46. Ra5 Ra6 (46... Rxf4 47. Rxa4+ Kd3 48. Rb4
$18) 47. Rxa6 bxa6 48. Ne2 Kb3 49. Kf2 Kxa3 50. Ke3 Kb3 51. Kd3 a3 52. Nc1+ Ka4
(52... Kb2 53. Kd2 a2 (53... a5 54. c4) 54. Nxa2 Kxa2 55. c4 $18) 53. c4 Kb4
54. Kd4 a5 55. c5 Kb5 56. Kd5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Be3 $5 {
White challenges the opponent to take the pawn.} (7. Nb3) 7... a6 {Excepting
the challenge with 7...Qb2 is dangerous. White gets a serious initiative in
this case.} (7... Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $16 {1-0
Balashov,Y-Hartmann,W/Hannover 1983/MCL (39)}) (7... Qxb2 8. Ndb5 Qb4 9. Bd2
$44 Nxe4 $2 10. a3 $18) (7... Ng4 8. Nd5 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Qa5+ 10. b4 $36) 8. Qd2 (
8. Nb3 Qd8 9. a4 e6 10. a5 Bd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Nb4 14. Bf3 e5
15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Rfc1 Re8 17. Na4 Bb5 18. Qd2 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nc6
21. Nd4 Ne5 22. c4 Ng6 23. Bg3 Bf8 24. Re1 Ne5 25. b3 g6 26. Raa1 Bg7 27. Rad1
Nfd7 28. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,M-Fedorowicz,J/Havana 1985/EXT 99 (28)})
8... Nxd4 $6 {An interesting solution. Black gets counterplay in spite of the
loss of tempis. Black could get a fine counterplay after 8...Qc7 as well as
was played in the game given below.} (8... Qc7 $5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11.
O-O-O Bd7 12. h3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 $132 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Benjamin,J/Hastings
1984/MCD (40)}) (8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 $44 Qa3) 9. Bxd4 Qc6 10. Bd3 e5 $5 {A
typical move for this type of position. Black throws back the white active
bishop.} 11. Be3 Be6 (11... Be7 $5) 12. f4 $5 {White prevents the releasing
blow d6-d5 and is trying to seize the initiative.} exf4 (12... g6 13. f5 gxf5
14. exf5 Bd7 15. Bg5 $16) (12... d5 $2 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. f5) 13. Bd4 $5 Be7 {
The transfer of the knight to e5 via d7 deserved attention. Black sacrifices a
pawn and gets a good compensation because of the bishops pair.} (13... Nd7 $5
14. Qxf4 Ne5) 14. Qxf4 O-O 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Rhf1 {White also activizes his
pieces.} Nd7 {[%cal Re7f6] Black wishes to exchange the dark squared bishops,
reducing the pressure of white's pieces.} (16... Rfe8 $5 17. Kb1 b5) 17. Nd5 $5
{[%mdl 512] White sacrifices a pawn in order to fight for the initiative.} Bd8
(17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Bf5 $44) 18. c3 Ne5 {Black offers a pawn by
himself, getting a pair of bishops. The simple 18...b5 also deserved attention.
} (18... b5 $5) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Re8 21. Kb1 {White's centralized knight
is his main advantage. Black can't get any real compensation for the pawn.}
Bxd5 $2 {Black goes to a complex ending where white has a clear edge. 21...b5
was necessary waiting to see what white will do.} (21... b5) 22. exd5 Rxe5 (
22... Qd7 23. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 Rb8 25. d6 $36) 23. dxc6 bxc6 (23... Rxc6
24. Bxa6 $18) 24. Bxa6 {After the exchanges the game reached an endgame where
he has both a material and a positional advantage.} Rb8 25. Rd6 {[%csl Rc6]
Immideatly attacking the weak black pawn. 25.Bc4 was also interesting.} (25.
Bc4 Bf6 26. Rd7 Rf8 27. Kc2 $16) 25... Rd5 (25... Rc5 26. Kc2 Bf6 27. Bd3 $16)
26. Rd1 $5 {26.Rc6 was also possible but white's move is sounder.} (26. Rxc6
Rd2 27. b4 Rxg2 28. h3 Rg3 29. Bc8 g6 30. a4 $18) 26... Bf6 (26... Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Bf6 28. Kc2 Kf8 29. Bc4 Ke7 30. b4 $18) 27. Kc2 (27. R1xd5 $5 {27.R1d5
was a stronger move from my point of view, preparing the advance of the
queenside pawns.} cxd5 28. Kc2 d4 (28... Ra8 29. Bb7 Rxa2 30. Bxd5 Ra7 31. b4
$18) 29. cxd4 Kf8 30. Bc4 Ke7 31. Rd5 $18) 27... Rc5 {Preventing the immideate
advance of the white pawns on the queenside.} 28. Rd7 g6 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. a3 h5
31. Rf4 $5 {Transfering the rook to a 4th rank, white prepares Bc4 and then
the advance of pawns on the queenside.} Rf8 32. Bc4 g5 33. Re4 g4 34. a4 {
After preparations white carries out his main plan.} Rf5 (34... Ra5 35. b3) 35.
Re2 {35.b4 was simpler.} (35. b4 $5 Rf2+ 36. Re2 $18) 35... Rf4 36. Bb3 Rf5 37.
Rb7 Kg6 38. Bc4 Kg5 {38...Rc5 was more stubborn, although white wins in this
case too, of course.} (38... Rc5 39. Bd3+ Kg7 40. Ra7) 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Bxf7
Bxc3 41. Kxc3 Rxf7 42. b4 h4 43. a5 $18 {The passed pawns on the queenside and
a more active position of the white king lead to a quick win for white.} g3 44.
hxg3 hxg3 45. a6 1-0

[Event "Hyderabad WIPRO"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2000.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxd6 Be5 11. Qc5 (11. Qd2 $6 $132 {see comments to
the game 1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Avrukh,B/Biel 1999/CBM 72 (45) [Tsesarsky]}) 11...
Qxc5 12. Nxc5 Ke7 13. Bb5 Nd4 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. Nb3 (15. Bf1 {see commented
game 1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Avrukh,B/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75 (104) [Gofshtein,L]})
15... Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Bd7 17. N5d4 Rac8 18. g3 Be8 $14 {In my opinion, Black has
only particular compensation for sacrificed P. This novelty doesn't change
nothing. Nevertheless, it is very difficult for White to increase his small
advantage.} (18... Rc4 19. c3 $14 {see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Avrukh,B/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 72 (67) [Tsesarsky]}) 19. Rd3 Bc7 20. Rhd1
Bb6 21. c3 g6 22. e5 (22. f4 $14) 22... g5 $1 23. f4 (23. Kd2 f6 24. exf6+ Kxf6
25. Re1 Bf7 26. Rf3+ Ke7 27. Re4 $14) 23... h6 24. Na1 $6 {[%csl Gc5] useless
monouevre.} (24. Kd2 $142 gxf4 25. gxf4 f6 26. Rg1 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bf7 28. Rg7
Rg8 29. Rdg3 Rxg7 30. Rxg7 Rg8 31. Rxg8 Bxg8 32. Ke3 $14 {and white K can
defend Pe5.}) 24... gxf4 25. gxf4 f6 $1 {[%csl Re5] Black opens positions for
his pair of BB.} 26. Nac2 $6 $11 ({It was correct for white to accept the
mistake of 24-th move and to move back the knight:} 26. Nab3 $142 $1 {White
lost 2 tempi, but despite of this fact keeps good position:} fxe5 27. fxe5 Bh5
28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Rdg3 Rxg3 30. Rxg3 Rf8 31. Rg7+ Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nd2 $14)
26... fxe5 27. fxe5 Rc5 {If N remains on b3, this move has been impossible.}
28. Rh3 (28. Re1 Bc7 {[%csl Re5]} 29. Rde3 a5 $44) 28... h5 29. Nf3 Rxd1+ 30.
Kxd1 Bc7 31. Kd2 {White can't keep material advantage...} (31. Ncd4 Bxe5 32.
Nxe5 Rxe5 $11) 31... Bxe5 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 33. Re3 Rd5+ 34. Rd3 Rf5 35. Ke3 Rf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 {Similar
position occur also after 6...e6 7.Qd2 Qb6} 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 {Black has
a pair of bishops as a compensation for the corrupted pawn structure} 9. Qd2 a6
10. O-O-O h5 {[%cal Rf8h6] A typical move in these positions, black defends
against Bf1-e2-h5 and sometimes is threatening Bf8-h6} 11. f4 Bd7 12. Be2 (12.
g3 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Be2 h4 $132 {0-1 Korneev,O-Vasiukov,E/Elista 1995/CBM
50 (48)}) 12... Rc8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black tries to get counterplay on the
queenside. 12...0-0-0 was met before, trying to bring the king to safety at
the first place} (12... O-O-O $5 13. Bf3 (13. Rhf1 $5 {with idea Rf1-f3-h3}) (
13. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf2f3,Rf3h3,Rf3d3]} Kb8 (13... Na5 14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Kb8
16. f5 Be7 17. Qd3 Qc5 18. Qh3 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Ivanov,A/Ashkhabad 1978/MCL 
(43)}) 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Rf3 $5 $36 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Paschall,W/New York 2003/CBM
95/[Gofshtein,L] (28)} (15. Bf3 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Ne2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 $132 {
1-0 Nevednichy,V-Atalik,S/Bucharest 1995/CBM 48 (80)})) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 Kb8
15. Kb1 Nc6 16. Rhf1 {[%cal Yf1f3,Yf3h3,Yh3h5]} h4 $132 {1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Conquest,S/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78/[Gofshtein,L] (51)}) 13. Kb1 Na5 14. e5
$5 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bc6 $5 {Activizing the bishop. 15...fe 16.fe d5 also deserved
attention, recieving a good play} (15... fxe5 $5 16. fxe5 d5 {[%cal Rb6d8,
Rd8e7]} 17. Qf4 (17. Rhf1 Qd8) 17... Qb4 $132) 16. f5 $6 {White wants to have
the initiative by any cost. In this game this tactic worked perfectly for him.
16.exf6 deserved attention} (16. exf6 $5 Bxg2 17. Rhg1 Bh3 18. Bf3 $13) (16.
exd6 $6 Rd8) 16... dxe5 {16...fxe5 was dangerous, white got a serious
initiative in this case} (16... fxe5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg5 Be7 19. Bxh5+ Kd7
20. Qxe5 $36) 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qd3 {[%cal Rd3g6,Rd3h3] Activizing the queen
and tries to put problems to black} Kf7 $5 {Black has another defence as well
- 18...Qc7 bringing the queen closer to the king. It seems that black has
enough resources for the defence} (18... Qc7 $5 19. Rhf1 Qf7 (19... f5 20. Rxf5
exf5 21. Qxf5 Rh6 22. Bxh5+ Rxh5 23. Qxh5+ Qf7 24. Qxe5+ Be7 25. Qh8+ Qf8 26.
Qh5+ Qf7 $11) 20. Ne4 (20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 f5 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Qd3 Rh7 24.
Nd6+ Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Qf6) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 $13) 19. Qh3 Qf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
Black commites a severe mistake and loses the game at once} (19... h4 $5 20.
Bg4 Re8) (19... f5 $5) 20. Rhf1 {[%cal Re2h5] Black probably missed that 20...
Qg2 would be answered by 21.Rd7} (20. Rhf1 Qxg2 (20... Bxg2 21. Qxh5+ Rxh5 22.
Bxh5+ Ke7 23. Rxf2 $18) (20... Qc5 21. Bxh5+ Ke7 22. Rxf6 Kxf6 23. Qh4+ $18)
21. Rd7+ Be7 22. Bxh5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qb6 {
Black throws the white knight from the centre and continues developing after it
} 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qd2 {Other moves have been tried as well, usually it led to a
good counterplay for black} (8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe2 a6 12.
f4 b5 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Qf3 Nb4 15. Qh3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rac8 17. Nd4 Ne8 18. Bxe7
Qxe7 $14 {Yudasin,L-Smirin,I/Moscow PCA-op 25' (07) 1994/1/2-1/2 (62)}) (8. Be2
Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bh5 Bd7 11. Qd2 Na5 12. O-O Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc5 14. Qe2 a6
15. Kh1 Rg8 16. f4 Rg7 17. f5 O-O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,W-Alvarez,J/CUB-ch
(05) ;EXP 46 1995 (40)}) (8. Bxf6) (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4
h5 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Be2 h4 $132 {0-1 Korneev,O-Vasiukov,E/Elista
1995/CBM 50 (48)}) 8... Be7 {Black can also continue developing the queenside
not fearing the doubling of the pawns, for example:} (8... a6 9. Be2 (9. Rd1
Be7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. f4 Rd8 14. f5 O-O $10 {0-1
Szigetvari,J-Shtirberg,S/Kecskemet op (02) 1991 (39)}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11.
Rad1 O-O 12. Kh1 Rad8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 Kh8 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5
Ne5 18. Be2 Rg8 $10 {0-1 Kholmov,R-Vasiukov,E/Moscow op (04) ;EXP 46 1995 (40)}
) 9. f3 $5 {White prepares the advance of the pawns on the kingside, other
moves usually lead just to a diffierent move order} (9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8
11. Kb1 a6 (11... Qc7 12. h4 a6 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 b5 15. g4 Ne5 16. Qf2 b4 17.
Na4 Rb8 $132 {0-1 Kornev,A-Belikov,V/Moscow op2 (06) ;EXP 50 1995 (40)}) 12.
Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5 15. h4 Nce5 16. g5 Rb8 17. h5 b4 18. Ne2 Nc4 $132
{0-1 Arakhamia,K-Levin,F/Bad Woerishofen op (07) ;EXP 47 1995 (37)}) 9... O-O (
9... a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bf4 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Ginzburg,M-Marcussi,B/Buenos Aires
1991/EXT 2004 (35)}) 10. Be3 {10.g4 is just another move order, for example:} (
10. g4 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. g5 Nd7 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 $132 {0-1 Xie Jun-Polgar,
Z/Jaen 1996/CBM 52/[Boensch,U] (33)}) 10... Qc7 11. Qf2 {White loses a tempi
in order to stop 11...a6 which would be met by 12.Bb6. After 11.g4 the game
would have transposed to the usual lines, for example:} (11. g4 a6 12. g5 Nd7
13. h4 b5 $132 {1-0 McDonald,N-Gufeld,E/Hastings 1988/EXT 97 (37)}) 11... d5 $5
{[%mdl 512] Black tries to open the game and to take advantage of his better
development} 12. exd5 Nb4 $5 {An interesting idea. Black isn't satisfied with
the quiet 12...Nd5 and is trying to seize the initiative} (12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 $14) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd4 {[%cal Rd4e6] White
tries to exchange black's dangerous bishop} (14. O-O-O Nxa2+ 15. Nxa2 Bxb3 $132
) (14. a3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nbd5 $44) 14... Rad8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d4] Black simply
brings pieces to play and is undermining white's development} 15. a3 {It's not
easy for white to finish his development, for example:} (15. Bb5 a6 16. Ba4 Bc4
17. a3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $36) (15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Nfd5 $36) 15... Nbd5 16.
Nxe6 (16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bc5 $44) 16... fxe6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd3 (18.
O-O-O Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 $1 20. Qe1 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Bf6 $36) 18... Qe5 $5 {Black
continues to put up pressure} 19. Be4 $8 Nf6 20. Qh4 {After 20.Qg3 white is
also losing material} (20. Qg3 Qxb2 21. O-O Nxe4 22. fxe4 Qxc2 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8
24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 $17) 20... Bxa3 $3 {[%mdl 64] A surprising strike,
reminding Bronshtein's famous sacrifice against Mikenas} 21. O-O {More
stubborn than 21.Ra3} (21. Rxa3 Qxb2 22. Rxa7 Qb1+ 23. Kf2 Qxh1 $17) 21... Bxb2
22. Rad1 (22. Ra4 b5 23. Rb4 (23. Rxa7 Bd4 24. Ra3 (24. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Qf2
Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rd1+ 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nxe4 $19) 24... Qc5 $19) 23... Bc3
24. Rb3 b4 $36) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 a5 {Black is not only having an extra and
a passed pawn but his pieces also dominate the position} 24. Bc1 {White tries
to exchange black's active bishop} Bd4+ $19 25. Kh1 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 (26. fxe4 b5)
26... Qxe4 27. fxe4 b5 28. g3 e5 {The dominating position of the black pieces
is also felt in the endgame} 29. Bd2 b4 30. Be1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 {[%mdl 52]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Bxf6 {another possibilities are:} (9. Be2 Qc7 (9... Be7
10. Bxf6 (10. g4 Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. g5 $40 {1-0 Lechtynsky,J-Minev,
N/Luhacovice 1973/MCD (42)}) 10... gxf6 11. Bh5 $5 Ne5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Qe2
Rc8 14. Rd4 Qc7 15. f4 Nc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Jensen,F-Jakobsen,O/Copenhagen 1968/
EXT 98 (25)}) (9... Bd7 10. O-O (10. O-O-O Rc8 11. f4 Qc7 12. Rhe1 Be7 13. Bf3
O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxd7 exf4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rd4
$16 {1-0 Ilinca,A-Itkis,B/Baile Tusnad 1999/EXT 2000 (55)}) 10... Be7 11. Rad1
O-O 12. Kh1 Rad8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 Kh8 $13 {0-1 Kholmov,R-Vasiukov,E/
Moscow 1995/EXT 2000 (40)}) 10. O-O b5 11. a4 b4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd1 Bg7 14.
Ne3 O-O 15. a5 Rb8 16. f4 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bebchuk,E-Vasiukov,E/St Ingbert
1994/GER (44)}) (9. Rd1 Be7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. f4 Rd8 $132 {
0-1 Szigetvari,J-Shtirberg,S/Kecskemet 1991/TD (39)}) (9. Bd3 h6 (9... Be7 10.
O-O-O Qc7 11. f4 O-O 12. h4 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. h6 g6 16. Nbd4 $13 {
1-0 Vezzosi,P-Caposciutti,M/Montecatini Terme 1998/EXT 99 (49)}) 10. Be3 Qc7
11. h3 b5 12. O-O Ne5 13. Rad1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd4 Bb7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Goldenberg,D-Schleifer,M/Quebec 1997/CBM 58 ext (49)}) (9. f3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7
11. Kb1 Bd7 12. g4 Ne5 13. Nd4 b5 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Qe1 O-O 16. h4 Rfc8 $132 {
1-0 Klovans,J-Bielczyk,J/Polanica Zdroj 1975/MCL (42)}) 9... gxf6 10. O-O-O Bd7
11. f4 h5 12. Be2 {[%cal Ye2h5]} O-O-O 13. Bf3 (13. Rhf1 $5 {with idea
Rf1-f3-h3}) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 Kb8 15. Kb1 Nc6 16. Rhf1 {[%cal Yf1f3,Yf3h3,
Yh3h5]} h4 17. Qe1 {[%csl Yh4][%cal Re1h4]} Rc8 18. Rf3 {[%cal Yf3h3,Yh3h4]}
Qa7 19. Rh3 Be7 20. Rxh4 Rxh4 21. Qxh4 $16 b5 22. a3 f5 23. Qg3 fxe4 24. Nxe4
Qc7 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. g3 Bc8 27. Qc3 Bb7 (27... d5 28. Nec5 d4 29. Qd2 e5 30.
fxe5 Nxe5 31. Ne4 Nc6 32. Ng5 $16 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Yb3d4,Yg5f3,Yf3d4]}) 28. Ng5
Bxg5 (28... Bf8 29. Qf6 $18) (28... Rf8 29. Qg7 $18) 29. fxg5 Ne5 (29... d5 30.
Qf6 $16) 30. Qd4 (30. Qxc7+ $5 Kxc7 31. h4 $16) 30... Bd5 31. Nc1 Rc8 (31...
Nf3 32. Bxf3 (32. Qe3 Nxh2 33. Nd3 Rc8 $132) 32... Bxf3 33. Re1 Rc8 34. Qd2 d5
35. Re3 $16) 32. c3 Qb7 33. Nd3 Nc4 34. Ka1 Bf3 (34... e5 35. Nxe5 $18) 35. Qf2
Be4 (35... Bxe2 36. Qxe2 e5 37. Nb4 $18) 36. Rf1 Nd2 (36... Nxa3 37. bxa3 Rxc3
38. Qd4 $18) 37. Rd1 Nb3+ 38. Ka2 Bd5 39. Nb4 Nd2+ 40. Ka1 Nb3+ 41. Ka2 Nd2+
42. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 43. c4 $18 bxc4 44. Qb6+ Ka8 45. Qxa6+ Kb8 46. Qb6+ Ka8 47. Bf3
Qxf3 48. Qa6+ Kb8 49. Qxd6+ Rc7 50. Qb6+ Kc8 51. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 576]} 1. e4 {McShane} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Bg5 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Be2 h5 $6 $14 {Strange novelty. In another variations
Black stay well:} (8... Qb6 9. Nb3 (9. Nf5 $2 Qxb2 (9... e6 $2 10. Nxd6+ Bxd6
11. Qxd6 Qxb2 12. Kd2 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Pytel/Hastings 1973 (30)}) 10.
Nd5 Rb8 $17) 9... f5 (9... e6 10. O-O (10. Bh5 $5 Rg8 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 Rg7
13. f4 Kf8 14. f5 $14) 10... Bd7 (10... Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 Kh8 13. Bh5 Bd7
14. Qd2 Be8 15. f5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gazis,E-Spasov,V/GRE 1985 (60)}) 11. Bh5 (11.
Kh1 O-O-O 12. f4 Kb8 13. Bh5 Be8 14. a4 Rg8 15. a5 Qc7 16. f5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Prasad,D-Bitoon,R/Shenyang CHN 1999 (46)}) 11... Ne5 12. Kh1 Nc4 13. Rb1 Rc8
14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Qg3 O-O 16. Be2 Kh8 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rbd1 Rc6 19. f4 $14 {
1-0 Nunn,J-Quinteros,M/London 1977 (35)}) 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. O-O (
12. Bg4 Bg6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. h4 e6 16. h5 exd5 17. hxg6 Qg5+ 18.
Kb1 hxg6 19. Bf3 d4 $11 {0-1 Karklins,A-Weinstein,N/Chicago 1973 (41)}) 12...
Bg7 13. c3 (13. Bd3 Bg6 14. f4 e6 15. Ne3 Qb6 16. Qf3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Nd4 $17 {
0-1 Nunn-Commons/Haifa olm 1976 (39)}) 13... e6 (13... O-O 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. f4
$14 {0-1 Vitolinsh,A-Ivanov,I/URS 1977/Inf 24/ (33)}) 14. Ne3 Bg6 15. f4 Qb6
16. Qd2 d5 17. Kh1 O-O-O 18. f5 Bh6 19. Nxd5 Qxb3 20. Qxh6 Qxd5 21. fxg6 hxg6
22. Qg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Simagin,V/Sverdlovsk 1957 (56)}) (8... Rg8 9. g3
Bd7 (9... Qb6 10. Nb3 (10. Nf5 e6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qxb2 13. Kd2 Qb6 $11
{0-1 Yoos,J-Wolski,T/San Francisco USA 1999 (40)}) 10... e6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. f4
O-O-O 13. O-O-O Kb8 14. Kb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Sigurjonsson,G/Esbjerg 1983
(20)}) (9... Bh3 10. Nb3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. O-O e6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Bf3 Qb6
15. a4 O-O-O 16. a5 Qc7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. Qe2 Kb7 20. Ra3 $132 {
0-1 Sherzer,A-Lutz,C/WchJ-U20 Santiago ,EXT 1990 (71)}) (9... Bg7 10. Nf5 Qa5
11. Nxg7+ Rxg7 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rc8 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. c3 Nxe2
17. Kxe2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krakops,M-Bates,R/WchJM-U14 Duisburg 1992 (21)}) 10. Qd2
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 f5 $11 {0-1 Oparaugo,T-Colm,D/WchJ Baguio Philippines 1987 (19)})
(8... e6 9. Nb3 (9. O-O Qb6 10. Nb3 Bd7 (10... Ne5 11. a4 Bd7 12. a5 Qc7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Morawietz,D-Hermesmann,H/BL2W 1990 (56)}) 11. Bh5 (11. Kh1 Rg8 12. f4
O-O-O 13. Rf3 Kb8 14. Nd2 $132 {0-1 Fercec,N-Gallagher,J/Cannes A B09 1996 (24)
}) 11... Ne5 12. Kh1 Nc4 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Qg3 (15. Qh3) 15... O-O
16. f4 $14 {0-1 Lobron,E-Ostojic,P/Wiesbaden 1987/Inf 44 (34)}) 9... b5 10. O-O
Bb7 11. f4 Bg7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. a3 Ne7 14. f5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Velimirovic,
D-Cseshkovsky,V/Banjaluka 1981/Inf 31 (42)}) 9. f4 (9. Nxc6 $2 bxc6 10. Bxh5
Rb8 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bg4 Rxb2 13. Rxb2 Qxc3+ 14. Kf1 Qxb2 15. Bxc8 Qxa2 $17)
9... h4 10. Bf3 e6 (10... Bh6 11. Nde2 Bd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Bh5 h3 14. Rg1 (14.
g3 Bg5 $1 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Be6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 $17) 14... hxg2 15. Rxg2 Bh3
(15... Bg5 16. fxg5 Rxh5 17. gxf6 $16 {[%cal Gg2g8]}) 16. Rg3 $14 {[%csl Yf3]})
11. Qd3 (11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O $14) 11... Qb6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13.
O-O-O O-O-O 14. Nd2 (14. Kb1 $5 $14) 14... Qd4 {Do you want to change queens?}
15. Qe2 {Not now...} (15. Nc4 $6 Qxd3 (15... Qc5 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 $16)
16. Rxd3 Kc7 17. Rhd1 Nb4 18. R3d2 Bc8 19. a3 Nc6 20. a4 {[%csl Rb5][%cal
Gb7b5]} b6 $11) 15... Na5 {[%cal Gd2c4]} (15... Kb8 16. Nc4 (16. Bh5 Rh7 $14)
16... Qc5 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Nab6 f5 19. Qe3 {[%csl Rd6]} fxe4 20. Be2 {[%csl Rb5]
} Nb4 (20... Be8 21. Nxd6 Qa5 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Bc4 f5 $14) 21. Kb1 $14) 16.
Bh5 (16. Nb3 {McShane} Qb6 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 {The knight exchange probably helps
White more than Black.}) 16... Rh7 17. Kb1 (17. g4 Bh6 18. Rhf1 $14) 17... Be7
(17... Bh6 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qxh4 (19. exf5 Qxf4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Nde4 d5 22. Nc5
Rg7 $5 $132) 19... Qh8 {[%cal Gh7h4]} 20. Qg3 $14) 18. Bxf7 $6 $11 {Whith this
combination White drop a little advantage '!?' McShane.} (18. Bg4 $14) 18...
Rxf7 19. Qh5 {McShane: 'An unexpected fork.'} Rg7 20. Qxa5 Rxg2 21. Nb3 Qf2 {
McShane: 'It looks like White's tactic has completely backfired. Black has
both bishops, has removed the doubled pawn and is creating mating threats. But
Hector has some tricks up his sleeve...'} (21... Qe3 {[%csl Rf4,Rh2]} 22. f5
Rdg8 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Nd4 R8g5 25. Qb6 Bg4 26. Rhe1 (26. Nd5 Rxd5 $19) 26...
Qf2 27. Rf1 Qe3 28. Rfe1 Qf2 $11) 22. Rd2 Qf3 (22... Rg1+ $142 $5 23. Rxg1
Qxg1+ 24. Rd1 (24. Nd1 {McShane} Rg8 {is probably safer.}) 24... Qf2 (24...
Qxh2 25. Qb6 {[%cal Gb3a5]} Be8 26. Na5 Rd7 27. Qa7 Rc7 28. Qa8+ Kd7 29. Nxb7
Bh5 30. Rxd6+ $1 Bxd6 31. Qd8+ Kc6 32. Na5+ Kc5 33. b4+ Kxb4 34. Qxd6+ Kxc3 35.
Qxc7+ Kd2 36. Nb3+ Ke3 37. Qc5+ Kxe4 38. Qxh5 Qxf4 $14) 25. f5 Rg8 26. fxe6
Bxe6 27. Nd4 (27. Nd5 Bd8 28. Qc3+ Kb8 29. h3 Rg2 30. Nd4 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rg1 32.
Qd3 Qg3 $17) 27... Rg2 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxh2 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Qg8+ Kc7 32.
Qc4+ Kb8 $15) 23. Rd3 Qxf4 24. Nd5 $1 {Forced sacrifice '!!' McShane. McShane:
'A disturbing surprise for Black. '} (24. Qb6 Qf2 $17) 24... exd5 25. Rc3+ Kb8
$2 $16 ({It was not easy to find right move} 25... Bc6 $1 26. exd5 Rdg8 27.
Rxc6+ (27. Qb6 Bd8 28. Qa7 Rxh2 29. Rxh2 Qxh2 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. dxc6 Rg1+ 32.
Nc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Qf4+ 34. Kd1 Qf1+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kd3 Qf3+ 37. Kc4 Qe2+ 38.
Kb3 Qb5+ 39. Ka3 Qa5+ $11) 27... Kb8 (27... bxc6 28. Qxa6+ Kd8 (28... Kd7 {
McShane} 29. Qxc6+ Kd8 30. Qa8+ {with a draw.}) 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qxc6+ Kd8 31.
Qa8+ $11) 28. Qc7+ Ka8 29. Rxa6+ bxa6 30. Qc6+ Kb8 31. Qb6+ Kc8 32. Qc6+ $11)
26. Qc7+ Ka8 (26... Ka7 {McShane} 27. Na5 Rb8 28. Rb3 Bb5 (28... Bc8 29. Nc6+)
29. Rxb5 axb5 30. Nc6+ {is terminal.}) 27. Nc5 $1 Bc6 (27... Rb8 28. Nxd7 Rbg8
29. a3 $1 {McShane: '(simply preventing Black's only counterplay, Rg1+)'} (29.
Nb6+ Ka7 30. Nc8+ Rxc8 31. Qxc8 Rxh2 32. Rh3 (32. Rd1 Rd2 (32... Qxe4 33. Rc7
d4 34. a3 Rh1 35. Rxb7+ Qxb7 36. Qxb7+ Kxb7 37. Rxh1 f5 38. Rf1 $16) 33. Rc1
Qxe4 34. Rc7 d4 $17) 32... Rxh1+ 33. Rxh1 Qxe4 34. Qh3 f5 35. Rf1 f4 36. Qg4 h3
37. Qxh3 Bf6 38. Qf3 Be5 $11) 29... Qxe4 (29... d4 {McShane} 30. Rc6 $1 bxc6
31. Nb6#) 30. Rb3 d4 31. Rf1 Qc6 (31... f5 32. Rb6 {[%cal Gb6a6]} Qxc2+ 33.
Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Kxc2 Rd8 35. Rxf5 Rxd7 36. Kd3 $16) 32. Nb6+ Ka7 33. Qxe7 Qxc2+
34. Ka2 $16) (27... Bc8 {McShane} 28. Nxa6 bxa6 29. Rb3) 28. Ra3 $8 dxc5 $8 {
McShane: 'Threatening 29.Rxa6, so Black is forced to give up the queen, after
which it is mere technique.'} 29. Qxf4 Rdg8 30. Rc1 c4 $2 $18 (30... dxe4 31.
Qc7 R8g7 32. Rxa6+ bxa6 33. Qxc6+ Ka7 34. Rd1 Rg1 35. Kc1 $16) 31. exd5 Bxd5 (
31... Bxa3 32. dxc6 Bb4 33. Qxc4 $18) 32. Ra5 R2g5 33. Qxh4 c3 34. Qd4 cxb2 35.
Rd1 (35. Re1 $18) 35... Bc6 36. Rxg5 Rxg5 37. Rg1 (37. Qf4 $18) 37... Bg2 38.
h4 Rd5 39. Qc4 (39. Qg4 $18) 39... Bf3 40. Rf1 Bg2 41. Rg1 Bf3 42. Re1 (42. Qb3
$18) 42... Bd8 43. h5 {'!' McShane. McShane: '43...Rxh5 44.Qc8+'} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4352]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7
7. Be2 e6 8. Ndb5 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O a6 10. Nb3 b5 $132 {0-1 Ree,H-Timman,J/
Amsterdam 1973/EXT 2000 (41)}) 8... Qb8 9. a4 $5 (9. O-O a6 10. Nd4 b5 $132 {
0-1 Hounie Fleurquin,C-Vinuesa,J/Mar del Plata 1936/HCL (54)}) 9... a6 10. Na3
Qc7 11. Be3 $5 $146 (11. O-O Be7 (11... Rc8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Be3 Na5 {[%csl Yc4]
[%cal Ya5c4,Yc7c4]} 14. f3 Be7 15. Rfd1 O-O $132 {1-0 Pichler,J-Lendwai,R/
Gelsenkirchen 1991/CBM 25 (50)}) 12. Nc4 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Rc4b6,Yc4d6]} Rd8
13. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3b6,Rc4b6]} Qb8 14. Bb6 $36 Rc8 15. f4 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,
T-Berkvens,J/Budapest 2000/CBM 75 ext (35)}) (11. Qd2 Be7 12. Rd1 h6 (12... Rd8
13. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4d6,Rc4b6]} Bc8 14. Be3 Qb8 15. Nb6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,
B-Hort,V/Moscow 1971/MCL (31)}) 13. Be3 Na7 14. Nc4 Nc8 15. a5 $36 {1-0
Prandstetter,E-Rogers,I/Prague 1990/CBM 17 (37)}) 11... Rb8 $5 {Black defence
against threat Nc4 with the capture b6} 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc4 {[%csl Yb6][%cal
Rc4b6,Ye3b6]} b6 14. Bf4 (14. Qd2 b5 $5 15. axb5 axb5 $132) 14... Ne5 15. Qd4
Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 {this series of forced moves
leads to approximately equal ending.} 19. Bd3 b4 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. f3 e5 22. Be3
d5 $6 {Probably it is too hasty decision, maybe better is quiet move 22...0-0}
23. Ng3 (23. exd5 Nxd5 $11) 23... dxe4 (23... d4 24. Bf2 g6 25. Ra6) 24. fxe4
$5 (24. Nxe4 Nd5 25. Bc5 Bxc5+ 26. Nxc5 $14) 24... Ng4 25. Ba7 $8 Rb7 (25...
Ra8 26. Kh1) 26. Kh1 g6 {[%csl Rf5] This defending move doesn't solve all
problems. White has some initiative} 27. h3 Nf6 28. Ra6 Nd7 $5 (28... Kd7 29.
Be3 $36 {[%cal Yf1f7,Ye3g5]}) 29. Rxc6 Rxa7 30. Rc8+ Bd8 31. Bc4 f6 32. Rd1 $36
Ke7 (32... h5 33. Nf1 {[%cal Yf1e3,Ye3d5]}) 33. Rc6 Rc7 (33... Nf8 34. Rdd6)
34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Rc6+ Ke7 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Bb3 Kf8 38. Red6 {It is
ununderstandable,r why white didn't try to use slight advantage after Ba4} (38.
Ba4 $5 Kf7 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. Rxf6+ Bxf6 41. Rxd7+ Ke6 42. Rc7 Be7 $44) 38...
Ke7 39. Re6+ Kf8 40. Red6 Ke7 41. Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2000.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Bxf6 (9. h4 a6 10. h5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13.
Rh3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rd3 Rhg8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Qe1 $14 {1-0 Garcia,
S-Smyslov,V/Sochi 1974/Inf 18 (33)}) (9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 O-O 11. g4 a6 12. g5
Nd7 13. h4 b5 14. a3 Nde5 15. Be2 Rb8 $132 {1-0 Mc Donald N R-Gufeld E Y/it
shv. 1987 (36)}) 9... Bxf6 (9... gxf6 $6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. a4 O-O 13.
a5 $16 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Avrukh,B/Tel Aviv ISR 1999 (25)}) 10. Qxd6 Be5 11. Qc5
$14 {B. Avrukh plays again and again this wrong variation.} (11. Qd2 $6 O-O 12.
Bd3 a5 13. a4 Rd8 14. f4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2
Bc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Avrukh,B/Biel SUI 1999 (45) (22)}) 11... Qxc5 12.
Nxc5 Ke7 13. Bb5 $1 (13. O-O-O $6 b6 14. Nd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. f3 Rac8 17.
Kb2 Rc7 18. Nc1 (18. Nb4 Ne5 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Nxa6 Nc4+ 21. Kb3 Na5+ 22. Kb2
Nc4+ $11) 18... Ne5 19. Bd3 Rhc8 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Avrukh,B/Batumi GEO 1999 
(19)} 20. Ne2 $44) 13... Nd4 (13... Nb4 14. O-O-O $16) 14. O-O-O (14. Ba4 $5 {
Tsesarsky} a6 (14... b6 15. Nd3 Bc7 16. O-O-O $14) 15. Nd3 Bc7 16. O-O-O (16.
O-O $14) 16... b5 17. Bb3 Rd8 18. Kb1 a5 19. a4 Nxb3 (19... Rb8 20. Nxb5 Nxb5
21. axb5 Rxb5 $14) 20. Nxb5 $1 $14) 14... Rd8 15. Bf1 {This move save up B
from change but it is not so important.} ({Quite good was also} 15. Nb3 $1
Nxb3+ (15... Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Bd7 17. N5d4 Rac8 18. g3 (18. c3 Ba4 19. Nf3 Bf4+
20. Kc2 Bc6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Re1 $14) 18... Rc4 19. c3 Bc7 20. Rhe1 b5 21. Nc2
(21. Rd3 $1 $16 {Tsesarsky}) 21... Bb6 22. f3 Rdc8 23. Kb1 a5 24. a3 h5 25. Rd3
$16 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Avrukh,B/St. Petersburg 1999/CBM 72/ (67)} (25. Rd2
$16 {Tsesarsky})) 16. axb3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 a6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. g3 Bc6 20. f3 $14
{[%csl Yc6,Ye5]}) (15. Bc4 $6 a6 16. Nd3 Bc7 17. a3 b5 18. Ba2 a5 19. Nc5 b4
20. Nd5+ exd5 21. Rxd4 bxa3 22. bxa3 Bd6 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Nxe6 Bxa3+ 25. Kd2
fxe6 $44) 15... b6 16. Nd3 Bd6 (16... Bc7 17. g3 Bb7 18. Bg2 $14) 17. Ne2 (17.
e5 Bc7 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ (18... Nc6 19. f4 Bb7 {[%cal Gb7h1]} 20. Rg1 $14 {[%cal
Gg2g3]}) 19. Bxe2 $14) 17... Nc6 $2 $16 (17... Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Bb7 $14) (17...
Bc7 $5 $14) 18. g3 Ba6 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. e5 $1 (20. f4 $14) 20... Bb8 21. f4 Nd4
22. Bg2 $2 $44 {Drop all advatage} (22. Nb4 Bxf1 (22... Bb7 23. Ba6 $16) 23.
Rhxf1 Rc4 24. Na6 $16) 22... Bxd3 $1 {Boris transfer the game in endgame
without a pawn with the "opposite" bishops In order to prevent worse situation.
..} 23. Rxd3 Ne2+ 24. Kd2 Nxc3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8+ 26. Kxc3 $44 {White have P but
how to realize it?} g5 $1 27. Be4 (27. Re1 gxf4 28. gxf4 f6 $14) (27. fxg5
Bxe5+ 28. Kb3 Rg8 (28... Rd2 29. Be4) 29. Rd1 (29. Be4 Rxg5 30. Bxh7 f5 $17 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 29... Rxg5 30. Bc6 Bd6 $11) 27... gxf4 28. gxf4 f6 29. exf6+ Kxf6
30. Bxh7 Rh8 $1 (30... Bxf4 $2 31. h4 Be5+ 32. Kb3 a5 33. a4 Rd4 34. c3 $16)
31. Bd3 Rh3 32. Rf1 Rxh2 33. f5 Be5+ 34. Kb3 Rh4 35. fxe6+ Kxe6 {Almost did
not remain of a material} 36. Ba6 Rh7 37. a4 Kd6 38. c3 Kc7 39. Rf8 {
Nevertheless game was continued for a long time and was not interesting...} Re7
40. Kc4 Kd6 41. Ra8 Bg7 42. Kd3 Rf7 43. Bb5 Bf6 44. Ke4 Bg5 45. Rg8 Bc1 46. Rg2
Re7+ 47. Kd3 Bf4 48. Rg8 Rh7 49. Rc8 Rc7 50. Rd8+ Ke7 51. Rd4 Be5 52. Rg4 Bf6
53. Ke4 Rc5 54. Rg8 Re5+ 55. Kd3 Rd5+ 56. Kc2 Rd8 57. Rg2 Be5 58. Kb3 Rc8 59.
Re2 Rc5 60. Ka2 Ke6 61. Ba6 Rc7 62. Kb3 Rh7 63. Rd2 Rc7 64. Rd1 Rg7 65. Bc4+
Ke7 66. Bd5 Kd6 67. Be4+ Kc7 68. Rf1 Re7 69. Ba8 Bg7 70. Kc4 Kb8 71. Bd5 Rc7+
72. Kb4 Rd7 73. Rf5 Re7 74. Rf2 Rd7 75. Bc6 Re7 76. Rg2 Kc7 77. Bd5 Kd6 78. Bf3
Kc7 79. Kc4 Rf7 80. Bd5 Rf4+ 81. Kd3 Bf6 82. Be4 Kd6 83. Rg8 Rf2 84. Rf8 Ke6
85. b4 Rh2 86. Rc8 Rh3+ 87. Kc2 Rh2+ 88. Kb3 Rh3 89. Rc7 Be5 90. Rc6+ Kd7 91.
Rc4 Re3 92. Bb7 Kd6 93. b5 Kd7 94. Bc8+ Ke7 95. Rc6 Kd8 96. Bf5 Rf3 97. Bg6 Ke7
98. Be4 Re3 99. Rc4 Bxc3 100. Rxc3 Rxe4 101. Rc7+ Kd6 102. Rxa7 Re3+ 103. Kc4
Re4+ 104. Kd3 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 9152] Cifuentes,R} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Nb3 (7. Qd2) 7... e6 8. Be2 (8. Qd2 h6 9. Bh4 $6 Nxe4 10. Nxe4
Qxh4 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qe4+ $17 {0-1 Hiemann,M-Ruiz Gonzalez,G/Budapest
1999/CBM 71 ext (42)}) (8. Bd3 $5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 a6 11. f4 h6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Qi Jingxuan-Deng Kong Liang/PRC-ch 1987/EXT 97 (41)}) (8. f4 {
Cifuentes,R} a6 9. Qd3 (9. Qd2 $6 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 $1) (9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O
11. Qf3 b5 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 e5 14. f5 a5 15. Qh3 a4 16. Nd2 a3 17. b3 Nd4
$11 {Hindle,O-West,G/ Edinburgh 1985}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Qd2
Nge5 13. Be2 b5 $5 (13... Be7 14. Bf2 hxg5 15. Na4 $1 b5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxd7
Qxd7 18. a4 Kf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. O-O $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Speelman,J/Brussels
1985}) 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Kb1 hxg5 16. Bg3 Rb8 $1 $13 {/\ b4}) 8... a6 (8... h6
9. Bh4 a6 10. O-O Qb6 (10... b5 {Cifuentes,R} 11. a3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. f4 gxf4
14. Bxf4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Be7 $13) 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bh5 Rh7 14. Qd3
O-O-O 15. f4 Rg7 16. Rad1 Na5 17. f5 $14 {1-0 Dementiev,O-Averbakh,Y/Riga 1970/
URS-ch (45)}) 9. O-O (9. a4 Na5 10. Nxa5 (10. Nd2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Bd3 O-O
13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nc4 Nd4 {'=' Cifuentes,R.} (14... Ne5 $11) 15. Qd2 b5 16. axb5
axb5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd6 Rb8 19. Qf4 e5 20. Qg3 Bc6 21. Nf5 b4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Zhelnin,V-Shilov,Y/Voroshilovgrad 1989/EXT 97 (58)}) 10... Qxa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Qd4 Rg8 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rad1 Be7 15. f4 Qc5 $132 {1-0 Larsen,B-Strauss,D/
Lone Pine 1979/MCL (34) '=' Cifuentes,R.} (15... Qc5 $11 {Cifuentes,R} 16. Kh1
b5 $1 (16... Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bc6 18. f5 Kf8 19. Rf3 Kg7 20. Rd2 Rgd8 $13 {
Larsen,B-Strauss,D/Lone Pine 1979}) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Rd4 Bc6 20.
Ra1 (20. Bf3 e5) 20... f5 $1 21. Ra6 Kf8 22. Bf3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 d5
$15)) (9. f4 Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O b5 $13 {1-0 Korneev,O-Abramov,S/Karvina
1992/EXT 97 (40)}) 9... b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Qd2 $5 $146 {White avoids his bishop
exchange and tries to use the B for eventual attack.} (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bh5
Rg8 13. f4 Rg7 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Qe1 Kf8 16. Rd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutikov,A-Cobo
Arteaga,E/Polanica Zdroj 1972/MCL (30) '~~' Cifuentes,R.}) 11... Qc7 12. Rad1 {
[%cal Yd2d6] white increases pressure on the center ,in addition he brings
rook to the d-file,and prepares in the future transfer R to the kingside} Ne5
13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd4 h6 {'!?' Cifuentes,R.} (15... O-O $5 {
Cifuentes,R} 16. Qe1 (16. Kh1 h6 $1 17. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 Bxh4 19. Nf3
Be7 20. Nxd6 Bc6 $19) (16. Rfe1 h6) 16... Rfe8 (16... Qb6 $2 17. e5 dxe5 18.
fxe5 Bc5 19. exf6 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Bc6 21. Qh4 e5 22. fxg7 Rfe8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24.
Qxe4 $18) 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Rfe1
Rab8 22. b4 cxb3 23. cxb3 $11) 19... exd5 20. Qf2 Bxg5 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. e6
Rad8 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. exd7 Qxd7 25. b4 $11) 16. Bh4 {White begins incorrect
complications,but also after 16.Bf6 black would have sufficient counterplay.} (
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 $132) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh4 18. f5 {'!' Cifuentes,R.} (18. Nf3
{Cifuentes,R} d5 $1 19. Nxh4 dxe4 $17) 18... d5 {'!' Cifuentes,R.} (18... O-O
$6 {Cifuentes,R} 19. f6 d5 20. Rf4 Bg5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Rf5 $1) 19. fxe6 fxe6
$2 {Better was 19...Be6 and white (how shown above) doesn't has real
compensation.} (19... Bxe6 $5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qe3 Be7 22. Nf2 (22. Qh3 Qb6+
23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Qh5+ Kd7 $19 25. Rxd5+ exd5 26. Qxd5+ Kc7) 22... Qc6 $5 $17 (
22... Qd6 $6 23. Ne4 (23. Rde1 O-O 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Bc5 $17) 23... Qe5
24. Qb6 $1 Rb8 25. Qc6+ Kd8 26. Rfe1 $44)) 20. Nf5 $1 exf5 21. Qxd5 Qa7+ {
'?' Cifuentes,R.} (21... Qb6+ $1 {Cifuentes,R} 22. Kh1 O-O-O 23. Nd6+ (23. Nc5
Bb5 24. Qxf5+ Kb8 25. Qf4+ Ka8 $17) 23... Kb8 24. Nf7 Bc6 25. Qe5+ Qc7 26.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 27. Nxh8 Rxh8 28. Rxf5 Bf6 $17) 22. Kh1 Be7 $1 {only this move
gives for black the possibility to defence} (22... fxe4 $2 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24.
Qxh4+ g5 25. Qxe4 $36) (22... O-O-O {Cifuentes,R} 23. Nd6+ Kb8 24. Qxc4 Bf6 25.
Qb3+ Ka8 26. Nf7 $16) 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Qxd6 O-O-O {'[]' Cifuentes,R.} 25. Rd5
{Cifuentes,R: '/\Rc5-Rc7'} Kb7 $2 {'[]' Cifuentes,R. wrong move,better was as
25...Rde8,as 25...Rdf8} (25... Rde8 26. Rfd1 Re2 27. Qxd7+ (27. Qb4 {Cifuentes,
R} Rhe8 28. Rc5+ Kd8 29. Qa5+ Ke7 30. Rc7 $18) 27... Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Rhe8 $132) (
25... Rdf8 26. Rfd1 Rf7 27. Rc5+ Kd8 28. Rxc4 $13) 26. Rfd1 $2 {This is a
blunder, after simply 26.Qd7 white has a small advantage} (26. Qxd7+ $1 Rxd7
27. Rxd7+ Kb6 28. Rxa7 Kxa7 29. Rxf5 Rb8 30. Rf7+ Ka8 31. Rxg7 (31. b4 {
Cifuentes,R} cxb3 32. cxb3 Rxb3 33. Kg1 $11) 31... Rxb2) 26... Qe3 $1 $19 27.
Re5 (27. Rc5 Bc8 28. Rc7+ Ka8 29. Qc6+ Kb8 $19) 27... Qb6 28. Qe7 (28. Re7 Qxd6
29. Rxd6 Kc7 30. Rxa6 Rhe8 $19) 28... Qc7 29. Qb4+ Bb5 30. Rde1 (30. Rxb5+ axb5
31. Qxb5+ Qb6 $19) 30... Qd6 31. Rxb5+ axb5 32. Qxb5+ Kc8 33. h3 (33. Qxc4+ Qc7
34. Qa6+ Qb7 35. Qc4+ Kb8 36. Qf4+ Qc7 $19) 33... Rd7 34. Qxc4+ Rc7 35. Qa4 Qc6
36. Qa5 g6 37. Re3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-B"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Black "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qb6 9. Nb3 Bd7 ({Worth of attention} 9... Qc7 10. Kb1 (10. f4 b5 11. Kb1
b4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Qe3 Rb8 {[%csl Ra4]} 15. Nd2 Na5 $132 {
0-1 Williams,L-Spraggett,K/Quebec 1986/EXT 97 (48)}) 10... Be7 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Qh6 Bd7 13. Qg7 O-O-O 14. Qxf7 h5 $1 $11 15. Nd4 Rdf8 16. Qg7 Rfg8 17. Qf7
Rf8 18. Qg7 Rfg8 19. Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Mithrakanth,P-Vasiukov,E/Coimbatore 1987/EXT
97 (19)}) 10. Bxf6 {creating doubled PP in the Black camp.} ({Another plan is
Attack preparation by} 10. f3 Ne5 (10... Qc7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Be3 Na5 13. Nxa5
Qxa5 14. g4 Rc8 15. h4 h6 16. Bh3 $36 {1-0 De la Villa Garcia,J-Alderete,R/
Alicante 1997/EXT 2000 (21)}) 11. h4 O-O-O $6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 $36 {[%csl
Rb6][%cal Re3b6] 1-0 O'Donnell,T-Majeed,A/Manila 1992/TD (47)}) (10. Kb1 Qc7
11. f4 (11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bh5 Rh7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Qf2
Na5 17. f5 $36 {0-1 Pinter,G-Madl,I/Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (51)}) 11... b5
12. Bd3 Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. Rhe1 h6 15. h4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,B-Dely,P/
Zalaegerszeg 1977/EXT 98 (35)}) (10. Be2 Qc7 (10... Be7 11. f4 Rd8 12. g4 Qc7
13. h4 Bc8 14. h5 h6 15. Bh4 b5 $132 {0-1 Metzger,R-Gross,S/Lenk 1989/EXT 97 
(34)}) 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bh5 {1/2-1/2 Panchenko,A-Csom,I/Las Palmas
1978/EXT 99 (13)}) ({It is possible to prepare Attack also by} 10. f4 O-O-O 11.
Be2 Be7 12. Rhe1 Be8 13. f5 Ne5 $132 {[%csl Re5]} 14. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Kots,
Y/Baku 1961/URS-ch (77)} Bd7) 10... gxf6 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Be2 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Ye2h5,Yh5f7] threatening Bh5} h5 {preventing noted threat.} (12... Na5 13. Nd4
Rg8 14. g3 Nc6 $14) 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Bf3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gh2h4,Gd2e2,Ge2h5]
With the idea h2-h4 and Qe2 attacking Ph5.} ({Worth of attention plan} 14. Rhf1
{[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3]}) 14... Na5 $5 {Attempt of counterplay on the queenside
after eventual Rc8.} 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Ne2 {Strange move. Regular QQ exchange
is to Black favour in this type of position. In other hand, it is difficult
for White to find effective plan after NN exchange.} (16. Qd4 Be7) 16... Qc5
17. h4 $5 {[%csl Rh5] Now Ph5 is fixed.} Be7 18. Ng3 {[%cal Yg3h5,Yf3h5]} Bc6
19. Qe2 Rdg8 20. Nf1 (20. Nxh5 $2 f5 21. e5 Rxh5 $1 22. Bxh5 Rxg2 $17) 20... f5
21. exf5 (21. Nd2 $5 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 d5 24. Qe2 $14) 21... Bxf3 22.
Qxf3 Qxf5 23. Ne3 Qc5 24. Rd3 Qc6 $15 {[%csl Rg2,Gh5] Black has certain
advantage in view of "bad" White PP chain on the kingside.} (24... d5 $15) 25.
Qh3 d5 26. Qf3 Bf6 27. g3 Rc8 28. c3 Rhg8 29. Nc2 Rg4 30. Ne3 Rg7 31. Nc2 {
Black can't improve his pieces locations.} Qc4 32. Rhd1 $11 Qe4 $2 $16 {
Based on wrong position evaluation.} 33. Qxh5 Rcg8 34. Re3 $1 {maybe this
strong move was overlooked by Black.} Qg2 35. f5 $1 {destroing Black PP chain.}
e5 36. Qh6 d4 37. Red3 $2 ({After right} 37. cxd4 {White wins:} exd4 38. Nxd4
Bxd4 39. Qd6+ Ka8 40. Qxd4 $18) 37... Qc6 38. cxd4 Rxg3 (38... Qd6 39. dxe5
Qxe5 40. Qf4 Qxf4 41. gxf4 Bxh4 42. Ne3 $16) 39. Rxg3 Rxg3 40. dxe5 Rg2 (40...
Bxe5 41. Qxc6 bxc6 42. Nb4 $18) 41. Rc1 (41. Qf8+ Ka7 42. Nb4 Qe4+ 43. Nd3 Qc4
$132 44. Ne1 Rxb2+ $1 45. Kxb2 Bxe5+ 46. Kb1 Qb5+ 47. Kc2 Qc4+ $11) 41... Bxe5
42. Qxc6 bxc6 43. Re1 (43. Rh1 Rf2 44. h5 Rxf5 45. h6 Bh8 46. Kc1 Rf2 $132 {
Despite of promoted free P, Black has sufficient compensation.}) 43... Bf6 44.
a3 (44. Rh1 Bxh4 45. Ne3 Re2 46. Rxh4 Rxe3 47. Rh7 Re7 $11) 44... Bxh4 $11 45.
Re8+ Kc7 46. Rf8 Rg7 47. Ne3 Be7 48. Re8 Bc5 49. Nc4 Rg4 50. b3 Rg2 $132 51.
Re5 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Generation"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Qb6 {Black permits his opponent to destroy his pawn structure, in exchange,
giving up two bishops.} 8. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 16]} 9. Nb3 a6 10. Be2 {[%cal
Re2h5] Typical move in this position. White strives to place his bishop on h5,
where he will directly threaten black's King.} h5 {Common defense against Bh5.
A drawback of this move is the weakness of pawn h5, which white will try to
exploit.} 11. f4 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf2f3,Rf3h3,Rf3d3] White
transfers his rook to the third vertical-either d3 or h3 depending on the
circumstance.} Kb8 {Black waits for white's move and in case of 13...Na5,
white has an opening advantage, as shown in the game Beliavsky-Ivanov.} (13...
Na5 14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Kb8 16. f5 Be7 17. Qd3 Qc5 18. Qh3 {1-0 Beliavsky,
A-Ivanov,A/Ashkhabad 1978/MCL (43)}) 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Rf3 $5 {White realizes
his plan, transferring his Rook along the 3 column.} Rdg8 {[%cal Yg8g2]
Defending against the threat of 16. Rh3} 16. Bf1 Rc8 {The Rook has returned to
the Queen's side since it is now innactive on the King's.} 17. Rd3 $16 {
[%cal Rd3d6] White demonstrates his activity on the d-file, while he really
intends to attack pawn h5 by way of Qe2 followed by Rh3. It is very difficult
for black to defend against this plan.} Rc7 {Black is idling... It's not so
easy to find counterplay.} (17... Nb4 18. Rh3 h4 19. Qe1) 18. Rh3 Rcc8 19. Qe2
{[%cal Re2h5,Rh3h5]} h4 20. Qe1 Nb4 {Black fails to save the pawn-hence he
tries to activate his game on the Queenside.} 21. Rxh4 Rxh4 (21... f5 22. Rxh8
Rxh8 23. exf5 $16) 22. Qxh4 a5 23. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5a5,Rh5f7] Very strong move.
White simultaneously attacks pawns f7 and a5.} a4 24. Qa5 $1 {White offers to
exchange Queens. In case of an exchange, as demonstrated in the game, extra
pawn as well as weaknesses on a4 and d6 give white a decisive advantage.} Qxa5
$6 {Black's last chance to avoid a Queens exchange by way of 24...Qe3} (24...
Qe3 $5 25. Qxb4 axb3 26. Qxb3 Qxf4 27. g3 $16) 25. Nxa5 Rc5 (25... Rh8 26. h3
Rh4 27. a3 Nc6 28. g3 Rh5 29. Nc4 $18) 26. Nc4 Kc7 27. a3 Na6 28. g4 $18 {
White has a passing pawn and a positional advantage. Black has minimal chances
for his defense and so he resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Mexico"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MEX"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 {This way white wins a tempi compared to 8.Be3 Qc7.} Ne5 9. Be3
Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. g4 a6 {Deserves attention an immideate strike at the centre
with 11...d5, as the game given below shows black has enough counterplay.} (
11... d5 $5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. g5 a6 15. N5d4 Qc7 16. Qf3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
Bb4+ 18. Kf2 Be7 19. h4 Nc5 20. Kg1 Bd7 $132 {0-1 Topalov,V-Smirin,I/Elenite
1994/CBM 44 (45)}) 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bd3 {An immideate offense on the kingside
also deserves attention as was in the game Malachi-Shmuter given below.} (13.
h4 $5 b5 14. h5 Nb6 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. g6 hxg6 17. hxg6 Rxh1 18. gxf7+ Qxf7 19.
Qxh1 Nb4 20. O-O-O Na4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Na5 $36 {0-1 Malachi,A-Shmuter,L/
Israel 1996/CBM 52 ext (44)}) (13. Qd2 b5 14. O-O-O Be7 15. h4 Nc5 16. Bg2 b4
17. Ne2 Nxb3+ $132 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Gufeld,E/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD (67)})
(13. Bg2 Be7 14. h4 b5 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. Rd1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb6 $132 {0-1 Yurtaev,
L-Gufeld,E/Helsinki 1992/CBM 32 (66)}) 13... b5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. O-O-O Be7 16.
Kb1 Rc8 {Black tries to get counterplay on the queenside to compensate for the
white activity on the kingside.} 17. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gg5g6] White carries out
a typical plan of attack - h4-h5 and g5-g6.} Nc5 {[%cal Rc5d3] Bringing the
knight in order to trade white's dangerous light squared bishop.} 18. h5 Nxd3
19. cxd3 O-O {Black calmly castles not fearing white's attack.} (19... f5 $5
20. exf5 (20. gxf6 Bxf6 $15) 20... b4 21. Ne2 exf5 22. Rc1) 20. f5 exf5 (20...
b4 21. Na4 exf5 22. Nb6 $36) 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. exf5 (22. g6 $5 {Deserved serious
attention to sacrifice the second pawn by 22.g6 opening lines on the black
king.} fxg6 (22... h6 $2 23. Bxh6 $40) 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qh2 {[%cal Rh2h7]} Ne5
25. Nd4 $44 {[%cal Gd4e6,Rd1g1,Gg1g6]}) 22... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rb7d5][%mdl 256] A
typical defensive move for this position. Black is immideatly attacking
white's strong knight.} 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. f6 $5 {White tries to get to the
opponent's king. In case of 24.Rhf1 Nf3 black seizes the initiative.} (24. Rhf1
Nf3 25. Qf2 Rfe8 $132) 24... Qe6 25. Nd4 (25. fxg7 Rfe8 26. Rhe1 (26. Nd4 Nf3
$132) 26... Nxd3 $36) 25... Nf3 26. Nxe6 (26. Qf2 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxh1 28. fxg7
Rfe8 29. Rxh1 Qe2 $132) 26... Nxd2+ 27. Bxd2 fxe6 28. Rhf1 {After a serie of
exchanges the game came to a calm, equal endgame.} Bg2 {[%cal Yg2h3,Gh3g4]
Black activizes his bishop.} 29. Rf2 Bh3 $11 {[%cal Rh3f5][%mdl 4096] Black
plans to transfer his bishop to the f5 square.} 30. Bc3 Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4d1,
Yg4h5] Black defends accurately. In case of 30...gxf6 31.gxf6 white has the
initiative as the next lines show.} (30... gxf6 $6 31. gxf6 Kf7 32. Rg1 Rg8 33.
Rg7+ Rxg7 34. fxg7+ Bf5 35. h6 $36) 31. Re1 (31. Rh1 Rc5 $5 32. h6 gxf6 33.
gxf6 Kf7 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Bb4 Rcg5 36. Bxd6 Bf5 $132) 31... e5 $5 (31... Bf5 $5
{31...Bf5 was also possible and as the lines show black is out of danger.} 32.
Rf3 gxf6 33. gxf6 Kf7 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Rg7+ Rxg7 36. fxg7 b4 37. Bd4 h6 $11) 32.
Bb4 {[%csl Gd6]} Rc6 33. Rc1 (33. h6 gxh6 34. gxh6 Bh5 35. Rc1 Rfc8 $11) 33...
Rxc1+ 34. Kxc1 gxf6 35. gxf6 Bxh5 36. Bxd6 Rd8 37. Bxe5 Rxd3 38. Rd2 {After
the exchange of rooks the draw is inevitable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Bxf6 {White exchanges the bishop but is breaking black's pawn
structure. Another possible move in this position is 8.Qd2} (8. Qd2 $5) 8...
gxf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5] By developing
the bishop, white takes control over the h5 square} h5 13. Kb1 {A profilactic
move. White takes his king away from a dangerous area. An immideate 13.Rhf1
was also played} (13. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf2f3,Rf3h3,Rf3d3] White transfers his rook
to the third vertical-either d3 or h3 depending on the circumstance.} Na5 14.
Kb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Kb8 16. f5 Be7 17. Qd3 Qc5 18. Qh3 {[%cal Re2h5] 1-0
Beliavsky,A-Ivanov,A/Ashkhabad 1978/MCL (43)}) 13... Kb8 14. Rhf1 Be7 (14...
Bc8 15. Rf3 h4 16. a3 Be7 17. Na4 Qc7 18. c4 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Damljanovic,
B/Budva 2004/CBM 102 ext (18)}) 15. Rf3 {White realizes his plan, transferring
his Rook along the 3 column.Vctrechalis i drygie prodolzenija napr:} (15. Bf3
Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Ne2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Bb5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Videki,S-Gross,S/
Budapest 1997/CBM 058 ext (33)}) 15... Rdg8 {[%cal Rg8g2] Defending against
the threat of 16. Rh3} 16. Bf1 Rc8 {The Rook has returned to the Queen's side
since it is now innactive on the King's.} 17. Rh3 {Another plan involving 17.
Rd3 is also possible. White creates a strong pressure on the centre this way,
for example:} (17. Rd3 $5 $16 {[%cal Rd3d6]} Rc7 (17... Nb4 18. Rh3 h4 19. Qe1)
18. Rh3 Rcc8 19. Qe2 {[%cal Re2h5,Rh3h5]} h4 20. Qe1 $36 {1-0 Yudasin,
L-Paschall,W/New York 2003/CBM 095/[Gofshtein,L] (28)}) 17... Na5 18. Be2 h4 (
18... Nxb3 $5 19. axb3 Qa5 20. f5 h4 21. Qe1 Qe5 22. Rxh4 Bc6 23. Bf3 Rcg8 24.
Qf2 Bd8 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. h3 Ba5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Van der Weide,K-Miroshnichenko,E/
Bad Wiessee 2004/EXT 2005 (27)}) 19. Qe1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc5 21. Rxh4 f5 $44 {
Black lost a pawn but has compensation in view of the two bishops} 22. Rxh8
Rxh8 {[%cal Rh8h2]} 23. h3 fxe4 (23... Bc6 $5 24. Bd3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rc8) 24.
Nxe4 Qc7 25. Ng5 {It is very difficult for white to make use of his extra pawn.
Two bishops and a mobile pawn centre compensate for the absence of the pawn} (
25. Qc3 Rh4 26. g4 d5 27. Qxc7+ Kxc7 28. Nf2 Bd6 $44) 25... f6 26. Nf3 d5 {
[%cal Rc7f4] Activizing the queen and attacking white's weaknesses} 27. Qd2 Bd6
{[%cal Rd6f4]} 28. f5 $5 {This way white tries to break the black pawn centre}
Bf4 29. Qb4 a5 (29... e5 30. Rxd5 Bxf5 31. Rc5 Qd8 32. Bxa6 Qd1+ 33. Ka2 Rh7
34. Nd4 $16) 30. Qc3 {[%mdl 4096] White plays carefully and goes for a better
ending. It was also interesting to check 30.Qe7} (30. Qe7 $5 Re8 31. Qf7 exf5
32. Bc4 $16) 30... Qxc3 31. bxc3 e5 $5 {Black exchanges his d pawn for the
f-pawn and tries not to corrupt his pawn structure} (31... Kc7 32. fxe6 Bxe6
33. Nd4 $16) 32. Rxd5 Bxf5 33. Bd3 Bc8 34. Rxa5 Re8 35. Bf1 {35.Bc4 deserved
attention not letting the black rook to attack the pawn on g2} (35. Bc4 $5 f5 (
35... b6 36. Ra1 f5 37. Kb2) 36. Kb2 b6 37. Ra1) 35... f5 36. Rd5 {White
transfers his rook, trying to consolidate his position} Bg3 37. Bb5 Re7 38. Kc1
{Bringing the king to block the advance of the e-pawn} Kc7 39. Rc5+ Kb8 40. Kd1
f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black blunders a pawn and is forced to resign. The correct
40...e4 allowed him in spite of the absence of the material chances for a draw}
(40... e4 $5 41. Nd4 f4 42. Rg5 Bf2 43. Ke2 Bg3) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Be3
$5 Qxb2 (7... a6 $13) 8. Ndb5 Qb4 9. Bd2 (9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Bd2 Rb8) 9... Qc5 (
9... Nxe4 $2 10. a3 $1 $18) 10. Be2 (10. Be3 $11) (10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Ng4
12. Qb1 (12. Qe2 $2 Nd4 13. Qd3 Ne5 $19) 12... Qxf2+ 13. Kd1 g6 $44) 10... Qb6
11. Rb1 Ne5 $2 (11... Qd8 $5 $13) 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Rb3 g6 14. Ra3 Qd8 15. Bxa7
Ned7 16. f4 $16 {Balashov-Petrienko,1987 Russia}) (7. Ndb5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9.
Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 (10. b4 $2 Nxb4 11. Nbc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Nxd5+ 13. Qd2 Nc3 $17
{Anikaev}) 10... f5 11. Qh5 Bg7 12. O-O-O fxe4 13. Bc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15.
Rhe1 Qa3+ 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Rxe4 $14 {Tseskovsky-Anikaev,1974 Sochi}) 7... e6
8. Be2 $6 (8. Qd2 $5 a6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f4 Bh6 13. O-O
Bb7 14. Rf3 Rd8 15. Rh3 $14 {Kasparov-Anikaev,1979 SSSR/ch/}) (8. g4 $5 Qc7 9.
Be3 h6 10. f3 a6 11. h4 b5 {Van der Wiel-Popovich,Novi-Sad 1982}) (8. Bd3 $5
Be7 9. O-O a6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f4 Qc7 12. Qe2 b5 13. Rae1 b4 14. Nd5 exd5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qe4 $14 {Wang Zili-Gostica,Beograd 1988})
(8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. g4 a6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bg2 Be7 14. h4 b5
$11 {Yurtaev-Gufeld,Helsinki1992 -}) (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5 Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11.
O-O Nd4 12. Bd3 a6 13. Kh1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc5 $1 15. Qe2 h5 $13 {
Bezgodov-Tseitlin,Budapest 1996}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kh1 Kh8
12. f4 (12. Bh5 Ne5 $132) 12... Rg8 $132 13. Bd3 (13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Rf3 Rg7 15.
Rh3 Rag8 16. Bf3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qb4 19. b3 {- Ivanchuk,V-Smirin,I/
Paris PCA\Intel-GP 1994/EXP 43}) (13. Bg4 a6 14. Bh3 Rg7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qe3
17. Qc1 Nc4 $132 {Van der Sterren-Baljon Chr.1978,Leeuwarden}) 13... Bd7 14.
Qh5 Rg7 $17 {White dont have any plan,also in the endgame black has good game
here} 15. Rae1 Nb4 16. Qa5 Bd8 $1 $17 17. Qxb6 (17. Qh5 a5 $36) 17... Bxb6 18.
Re2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rc8 20. a4 $2 (20. Rc1 $142) 20... Rgg8 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. axb5
Rgd8 23. g4 d5 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Kg7 26. Kg2 Rd7 27. Kf3 Rdc7 28. Rfe1 Rc2
29. h4 h6 30. Kg3 a5 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Kf3 a5 33. Na1 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Rc1 $19 35.
Nc2 Rd1 36. Ne1 a4 37. Kg2 Ba5 38. Nf3 Rxd3 39. Rc2 Rb3 40. Kf2 Bb6+ 41. Kg2
Be3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 e6 9. Bxf6 (9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. Bxf6 (11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb8 16. f5 e5 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Rc1 Bf8 $13) 11...
gxf6 12. Be2 h5 13. h4 b5 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Rh7 17. Bxh5 Rdh8
18. g4 Nb8 {Kozirev-Sherbakov,Omsk1996}) 9... gxf6 10. O-O-O Qc7 (10... Bd7 11.
f4 O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 Kb8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Bf3 h4 16. Qe1 Na7 17. e5 Bc6
18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. f5 $14 {
Sulskis-Gallaher,EU-TM1997}) 11. Be2 (11. f4 b5 12. Kb1 h5 13. Bd3 $6 (13. g3
$1 Bd7 14. Bh3 b4 $1 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 $13) 13... Bd7 14.
Rhe1 Rg8 15. Bf1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 $11 {Lugovoi-Sakaev,Rus-shTM1997}) 11... h5 12.
Kb1 h4 13. Qf4 $6 (13. f4 $142) 13... Be7 14. g3 Ne5 15. Qc1 b5 16. f4 Nc4 17.
Nd4 Nb6 18. Bf3 Bb7 $17 19. f5 $6 (19. a3 $142) 19... e5 20. Nb3 b4 21. Nd5 (
21. Ne2 a5 $17) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 a5 23. Qe3 a4 24. Nd2 (24. Nc1 Nc4 25. Qd3
a3 26. b3 Nb2 $19) 24... Rc8 25. Qd3 (25. Be4 a3 26. b3 Nxd5 $19) 25... a3 $2
26. b3 (26. Qb5+ $142 Kf8 27. Qxb4 axb2 (27... Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 hxg3 29. Qxb6 Rxh2
30. Be4 $1 $13) 28. c4 $17) 26... Qc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Be2 $2 (28. g4 $142 Kd7
29. Rhf1 Rhc8 30. Be4 Bf8 $17) 28... hxg3 29. Ne4 (29. hxg3 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Nxd5
$19) 29... g2 $1 30. Rhg1 Re3 31. Bb5+ Kd8 32. Nf2 Rg8 $19 33. Bc6 Rf3 34. Nd3
Rxf5 35. Nxb4 Rh5 36. Bb5 Bf8 37. Bd3 f5 38. c4 e4 39. Bc2 Rxh2 40. Nc6+ Kc7
41. Nd4 Rh5 42. Nb5+ Kd7 43. Nxa3 Bh6 44. Nb5 Be3 45. Nc3 Bxg1 46. Rxg1 Rh1 47.
Ne2 Rxg1+ 48. Nxg1 Rh8 49. Kb2 Rh1 50. Ne2 g1=N 51. Nxg1 Rxg1 52. a4 Kc7 53. a5
Nd7 54. b4 e3 0-1

[Event "SCG-ch 1st"]
[Site "Kopaonik"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Nadj Hedjesi, Balind"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 {A very rare line.
Strangely enough the statistics are in Black's favour.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Ndb5 {
White tries to exploit Black's 5th move and is not satisified with a simple 7.
Qd2.} Bc6 (7... Bxb5 {is possible, although White is a little better after} 8.
Bxb5+ Nc6 9. Qd2 (9. Qf3 $5) 9... Be7 10. O-O-O) 8. Bxf6 {The main move, white
doubles up the black pawns which is typical for the Rauzer variation.} (8. Bf4
$6 e5 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {and black gets a fine version of the Sveshnikov.
}) 8... gxf6 9. Qh5 (9. Bc4 {seems weaker, Black takes advantage of the
position of the white bishop in order to gain a tempi on the queen maneovre
Qd8-c8-c5.} a6 10. Nd4 Bd7 (10... b5 $2 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qe7 13. Nd5 $1
$44) 11. Qh5 {threatening to take on e6.} Qc8 $1 12. Bb3 Qc5 {with mutual
chances}) 9... a6 (9... Na6 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Bc4 Qd7 12. Rhe1 a6 13. Nd4 O-O-O
14. f4 Kb8 15. f5 $16 {Kotronias,V-Efimov,I/Peer Gynt (3)/1991/1-0 (28)}) 10.
Nd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nb3 {A typical Rauzer position has arised, White is
a little better.} (12. Bc4 $2 {allows Black} Qa5 $1 {and White can't avoid the
endgame since after} 13. Qe2 $2 (13. Qxa5 Nxa5 {and Black has a very pleasent
ending.}) {Black can just grab the pawn with} 13... Qg5+ 14. Kb1 (14. Qd2 $4
Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Bh6 $19) 14... Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qxg2 {0-1 Luther,T-Kupreichik,V/
Minsk 1994/CBM 42/[Boensch,U] (45)}) (12. Nxc6 {is another possible move.} bxc6
(12... Bxc6 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. Rhe1 {/\ f4-f5+/=}) 13. Bc4 (13. h4 {white won a
very nice game with this move, but black's play could be improved} Qb6 14. Rh3
c5 (14... Rb8 $5) 15. Rf3 Be7 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Qxf7 Ra7 19. Bc4
Kd8 20. Bxe6 c4 21. Bxc4 Rd7 22. Nd5 Qa5 23. b4 Qa4 24. Nb6 Qxb4 25. Nxd7 Kxd7
26. Rb3 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Zugic,I/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 521 (26)})
13... Qb6 (13... d5 $2 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 $18) 14. Rhf1 Rb8 {with a double
edged position.}) 12... Qb6 (12... b5 13. f4 Qc8 $6 14. f5 $16 {1-0 Stripunsky,
A-Balashov,A/Minsk 1996/EXT 2000 (23). 1-0 Ivanovic,B-Kupreichik,V/Becici 1994/
EXT 2000 (77)}) 13. Rd2 O-O-O $6 (13... Rc8 {trying to start a counterplay on
the queenside was better.}) 14. Kb1 {Now the f7 pawn is really hanging.} (14.
Qxf7 $2 Bh6) 14... Ne5 15. f4 {White is clearly better.} Ng6 16. g3 {White
carries out his usual plan in this position: The bishop attacks the e6-pawn
from h3, the rooks are doubled on the d-file and the knight attacks the e6
pawn from d4.} Be7 {Probably black should have looked for complication with 16.
..Bc6 which is messy but White still keeps an advantage.} (16... Bc6 17. Bh3 f5
18. Nd5 $1 (18. Re1 fxe4 19. f5 {is also possible, White keeps the initiative.}
) 18... Qa7 (18... exd5 19. exf5 Kb8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Qd1 $1 {attacking the
d5 pawn, with big advantage.}) 19. exf5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nxf4 21. gxf4 exd5 22.
Qxf7 {White has very good compensation for the exchange.}) 17. Bh3 Kb8 18. Rhd1
Bc8 (18... Rc8 $2 {allows a nice blow} 19. Nd5 $1) 19. a3 Qc7 {Black is
deprived from any counterplay and has just to wait and see what White decides
to do.} 20. Rd3 {White is in no hurry and simply improves the position of his
pieces.} b6 $6 {weakening Black's position even more.} 21. Nd4 Ka8 22. f5 $1 {
The final breakthrough, Black is collapsing.} Ne5 (22... e5 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Ne2
Rdg8 25. Rc3 {is totally winning for white} (25. Rb3 $5)) 23. fxe6 {White
sacrifices an exchange but gains control over all the white squares in the
position.} fxe6 24. Bxe6 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 h6 (25... Rde8 26. Bf7 Ref8 27. Bd5+ Bb7
28. Ne6 {winning}) (25... Bb7 26. Nd5 $18) 26. Bd5+ Bb7 27. Ne6 Qd7 28. Nxd8
Bxd8 29. Bxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 (7. Qd2)
7... a6 (7... Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. Nd5 Qc5 12. Qd3 $1
Qxc2 13. Qe3 Qc5 14. Qb3 $1 Bg7 15. Qxb7 e6 16. Bb5 Qxb5 17. Qxc8+ $18 {
Kotronias-Delchev,Periesteri1996}) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O (9. Nf5 $142 $1 Rc8 10.
O-O Bxf5 11. exf5 Bh6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. Qh3 Bg7 15. Rad1 Rg8 16. Bh5
Qf8 17. Rfe1 Bh6 18. f4 Rg7 19. c3 $16 {Vitolinsh-Tseskovsky,Riga81}) 9... e6 (
9... Qb6 $143 10. Nf5 $1 O-O-O (10... e6 $5 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qxb2 13.
Rfd1 Rd8 14. Qg3 $1 Qa3 15. Bh5 $14) 11. a4 $1 Nb4 12. a5 Qc7 13. Na4 e6 (13...
Qxa5 14. c3 $1 Nc6 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qb3) 14. Nd4 Bxa4 15. Rxa4 d5 16. c3 Nc6 17.
exd5 $16 {Kupreichik-Kuzmin,1982 Minsk}) 10. Bh5 $6 {not good new} (10. Nb3 Be7
11. f4 O-O 12. Bd3 Kh8 13. Qh5 Rg8 14. e5 f5 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Rad1 Rg6 $132 {
Slipak-Franko,Palma de Majorca,1991}) (10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rg8 13.
Qe1 O-O-O 14. a4 Nb4 15. a5 Qc7 16. Qf2 Kb8 $132 {Armas-Menchik,Havana 1980})
10... Be7 11. Kh1 $6 (11. Nb3 $5) 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qa5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. f4
Qc5 15. Qd2 (15. Qd3 $5) 15... Bc6 $15 16. f5 $6 (16. Rab1 $142) 16... h5 17.
Rf4 (17. Bf3 $142) 17... Qe5 18. Raf1 (18. Rh4 Kd7 19. Bxh5 Rcg8 $17) 18... Kd7
$1 $17 19. Bf3 $6 (19. Rh4 $142 Rcg8 20. Qd3 Rg5 21. Qh3) 19... Bd8 20. Nd1 Bb6
21. c3 (21. Rh4 $142 Rcd8 22. c4) 21... Rcd8 22. Rh4 Kc8 23. c4 (23. Ne3 exf5 (
23... Qc5 24. Re1) (23... Bxe3 24. Qxe3 exf5 25. Qf4 Qb5 $17) 24. Nxf5 d5 $17)
(23. Nf2 d5 $17) 23... exf5 24. Nc3 (24. exf5 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rde8 26. Rf1 Qe2
$17) 24... Ba5 (24... Rde8 $143 25. Nd5 $132) 25. exf5 (25. Re1 Rde8) 25...
Bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Qxc3 $142 Qxc3 (26... Qxf5 $2 27. Bg4) 27. bxc3 Bxf3 28.
Rxf3 Rde8 $17) 26... Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rde8 28. Rf1 (28. h3 Qe2 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 $17
30. Kh2 Rxa2) 28... Qe2 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30. g4 (30. a4 Ra2 31. Rd4 Kc7 32. Rfd1
Re8 33. h3 Rxa4 34. Rxd6 Re7 35. c5 Rc4 $17) 30... Rxa2 31. Rxh5 (31. gxh5 Rh6
$17) 31... Rg8 32. Rg1 (32. h3 Rc2) 32... Ra4 33. h4 (33. g5 fxg5 (33... Rxc4
34. g6) 34. Rhxg5 Rxg5 35. Rxg5 Rxc4 36. Rg7 a5 37. Rxf7 Rxc3 $19) 33... Rxc4
34. g5 Rxc3 35. Kh2 (35. g6 fxg6 36. fxg6 Rh3+ 37. Kg2 Rxg6+ 38. Kxh3 Rxg1 $19)
35... fxg5 36. hxg5 Rc5 $19 37. f6 Kd7 38. Kh3 Rf5 39. Rg4 Rf1 40. Re4 Rh1+ 41.
Kg4 Rg1+ 42. Kf5 Rf1+ 43. Rf4 Re1 44. Re4 Rxe4 45. Kxe4 Ke6 46. Kf4 Rc8 47. Rh7
Rc4+ 48. Kf3 b5 0-1

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Qd2 $5 {Ein alter Zug, mit einer neuen Idee.} (9. Nde2 Be6 10. Nf4
Bg7 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd6 Qb6 16. O-O
Qxb2 {Nataf-Nisipeanu, BL 2004}) 9... a6 (9... Bg7 10. O-O-O $5 (10. O-O O-O
11. Nb3 Be6 12. Rad1 f5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. exf5 Bc4 16. Rfe1 Qxb2 {
Novopashin-Chernikov, Dnepropetrovsk 1964})) 10. Ba4 Bg7 11. O-O-O $5 f5 $2 ({
Notwendig war} 11... O-O 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. Qxc6 $5 (
15. f4 Rab8 16. g3 (16. Rd3 Rfd8 17. Qxc6 Rxd3 18. cxd3 f5 19. a3 Qd8 20. Kc2
Qd4) 16... Qb6 17. Qa3 f5 18. e5 a5 19. Rd7 Qb4) 15... Rfc8 (15... f5 16. Rd5
Qb4 17. a3 Qb8 18. Rc5 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Qxf2 20. exf5) 16. Rd5 Qb4 17. Qd6) 12.
Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 fxe4 17. Re1 f5
18. f3 {Mit einem trostlosen Endspiel für Schwarz.} Ke7 19. Rxc6 Rhc8 20. Rb6
$1 (20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. fxe4 f4 22. Rf1 g5 23. h4 h6 24. hxg5 hxg5) 20... Rxc3
21. fxe4 f4 22. Re2 Ra3 23. Kb2 Ra5 24. c4 Rc5 25. Kb3 Rac8 26. Rc2 a5 27. Rb7+
Ke6 28. Rxh7 Ke5 29. Rd7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {Kersten bevorzugt
meistens andere Fortsetzungen. Er hat sich auf Basis meiner Partien in der
Datenbank vorbereitet, aber ob das reicht eine so komplizierte Variante zu
spielen?} e6 7. f4 Qb6 {Ich spiele fast alle Varianten im Najdorf, nur gegen
diesen Zug, hatte ich - nach einer Niederlage vor ungefähr 30 Jahren - eine
gewisse Abneigung. Damit aber war die Überraschung perfekt.} 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bxf6
({John Nunn gibt} 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 {mit der
Schlussfolgerung "in den späten 50er Jahren hat man festgestellt, dass Schwarz
in diesem Endspiel unter Druck steht. Ich glaube, Schwarz kann sich halten;
auf jeden Fall sind die enstehenden Stellungen für einen Angrifspieler nicht
unbedingt von Vorteil.} Bd7 $5 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8
15. Nxd7 Rxd7 {mit Ausgleich,Kengis-Jermolinsky,Jurmala 1983}) 12. Bc4 h6 13.
Bxf6 (13. Bh4 Be7 14. e5 $6 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc5 16. Rd3 Ng4 17. Re1 Rc8 {ergab
durch Zugumstellung besseres Spiel für Schwarz, Rytschagov-Gavrikov,Tallin 1998
}) 13... gxf6 14. Rhd1 Rc8 {könnte mich zufriedenstellen können.}) 9... gxf6
10. Nb3 {Laut Nunn steht die schwarze Dame nun schlecht auf b6 und muss wieder
nach c7, weil das schwarze Gegenspiel verbunden ist mit b7-b5; der Zeitverlust
gibt Weiß die besseren Aussichten. Da stimmt aber alles nicht: b7-b5 ist der
falsche Plan; mit dem König im Zentrum hat Schwarz keine rosigen Perspektiven.}
Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 $1 (12... Rg8 $6 {ist bei Nunn zu finden,} 13.
Bh5 Rg7 14. Kb1 Be7 15. g3 Kb8 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rd3 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Qd1 {
mit besserem Spiel für Weiß, Brodsky -Jansen, Porz 1993.}) 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhf1
Be7 15. Rf3 Rc8 $6 (15... Rdg8 $1 {ist genauer, um} 16. Bf1 {mit 16. ...} Rc8 {
zu beantworten.}) 16. Rh3 Na5 $5 (16... h4 {bringt nichts wegen} 17. Qe1) 17.
Bxh5 (17. Rxh5 $5 {ist vorsichtiger, 17. ...} Nc4 18. Qd3 (18. Qd4 Qxd4 19.
Rxd4 Ne3 20. g3 Rxh5 21. Bxh5 Rh8 22. Bxf7 Rxh2 {ergibt Ausgleich}) 18... Rxh5
19. Bxh5 Ne3 20. Rh1 $5 Be8 21. g3 a5 22. Re1 Nc4 23. Qd4 Qb4 {und Schwarz hat
ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 17... Nc4 18. Qe1 $6 ({Das ist
schon zu optimistisch,} 18. Qd4 Qc7 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen.}) 18... d5 $1
19. exd5 Bb4 20. g4 e5 21. fxe5 $2 (21. f5 a5 22. Qg1 (22. a4 Bxc3 23. Rxc3
Bxa4 {mit schwarzer Initiative}) 22... Bc5 (22... Qxg1 23. Rxg1 a4 24. Nc1 a3
25. bxa3 Nxa3+ 26. Kb2) 23. Qf1 Ne3 (23... Bd4 24. Rxd4 $1 exd4 25. Qf4+ Ka7
26. Qxd4 {überzeugt weniger}) 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxe3 Qxe3 26. d6 Rc6 {und
Schwarz steht mindestens nicht schlechter.}) 21... Rxh5 22. Rxh5 Bxg4 23. Rh6 (
23. Qh4 Bxh5 24. Qxh5 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Bxc3+ {führte zu schwarzem Vorteil.}) 23...
Bxd1 24. Rxf6 (24. Qxd1 $2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rg8 26. Rxf6 Rg1) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3
Qe3 26. Qxe3 (26. Qxd1 $2 Qxc3 {und Weiß ist hilflos.}) 26... Nxe3 27. d6 Bxc2+
28. Kc1 Bxb3 29. axb3 Ng4 30. Rxf7 Nxe5 31. Re7 Rxc3+ 32. Kd2 (32. Kb2 Rc5)
32... Rd3+ 33. Kc2 Rd5 34. Re8+ Ka7 35. h4 Nc6 36. Re6 $2 Nd4+ {und Weiß gab
auf.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. f4 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qf2 Na5 15.
Bd3 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Nc5 17. Kb1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 d5 19. Rhe1 dxe4 20. dxe4 O-O 21.
f5 exf5 22. exf5 Bb4 23. Bd4 Rad8 24. Qh4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qc8 26. f6 Rfe8 27.
fxg7 b4 28. Kb2 bxc3+ 29. Bxc3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re2+ 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 32. Bxd2 Qe6 {
[#] Weiß läßt mehrmals klare bzw. schnellere Gewinnmöglichkeiten aus. Schwarz
steht mit schlechten Verteidigungszügen um nicht viel nach.} 33. Qb4 {[%cal
Rb4f8,Rb4b7]} Qe5+ 34. Ka2 ({Schneller gewann} 34. Bc3 $1 Qxh2+ 35. Ka3 Qb8 36.
g6 $1 $18) 34... Qb8 35. Bf4 Qa8 36. Be5 Bd5 37. Qe7 Be6 38. g6 $6 (38. Bd6
$142 $1 {[%cal Re7f8]} Kxg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Be5 Bxb3+ 41. Ka3 Qf8+ 42. Kxb3
$18 ({oder} 42. Kb2 $18)) 38... Qc8 $2 (38... h6 $142 {was die Stellung
geschlossen hält}) 39. gxh7+ $6 (39. Qf8+ $142 $1 Qxf8 40. gxh7+) 39... Kxh7
40. Kb2 Qa8 $4 {Die Dame muss gedeckt bleiben.} (40... Kg8 $8 41. Qh4 f5) 41.
Qh4+ (41. Qf8 $142 $1) (41. Qh4+ Kg6 42. Qh8 Qg2+ 43. Ka3 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Qd2 Qb6 9. Nb3 e6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 Kb8 14. Kb1
Be7 15. Bf3 h4 16. Qe1 Na7 17. e5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6
21. Ne4 Be7 22. f5 exf5 23. Rxf5 Rg8 24. Qf1 Qc7 25. h3 Qh2 26. Rf2 Qe5 27.
Ned2 Qg3 28. a3 Ne5 29. Ka2 Qg6 30. Nc4 Nc6 31. Ne3 Qe4 32. Nf5 Bd8 33. Re2 Qd5
34. Rd2 Qe4 35. Nc5 Qe8 36. Qf3 Ka8 37. Rd7 Qe5 38. Rd5 Qc7 39. Rd7 Qe5 40. Rd5
Qc7 41. Nxh4 Be7 42. Rd7 Qe5 43. Nd3 Qe6+ 44. Qd5 f5 45. Nxf5 Qxd5+ 46. Rxd5
Rxg2 47. Rd7 Bd8 48. Nd4 Bb6 49. Nxc6 bxc6 {auf 8.Reihe abgeschnittener
schwarzer König bei einem weißen Mehrbauern.} 50. c4 Be3 51. Rxf7 Bd4 52. Kb3
Rg3 53. Kc2 Rxh3 54. Nb4 Rh6 55. b3 a5 56. Na6 Rh3 57. Nc7+ Kb8 58. Ne6 Rc3+
59. Kd2 c5 60. Nxc5 Rh3 61. Ne6 Bb2 62. c5 Bxa3 63. c6 Bb4+ 64. Ke2 Bd6 65. Rd7
Bh2 66. Rb7+ Kc8 67. Nd4 Rh6 68. Re7 Bg1 69. Ne6 Rh8 70. Kd3 Bh2 71. Kc4 Bd6
72. Rd7 Bb4 73. Kb5 Re8 74. Nf4 Kb8 75. Nd5 Re1 76. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Rudolf, Henrik"]
[Black "Joachim, Sven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 Be7 14. Kb1
Kb8 15. Qe1 Rdg8 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Qf2 Qxf2 19. Rxf2 Nc4 20. Rd3 b5
21. a3 Kc7 22. Nd2 Na5 23. Ne2 Nc6 24. Nb3 Rb8 25. Ned4 Rb6 26. Rfd2 Bf8 27.
Nxc6 Bxc6 28. f5 Bh6 29. Rd1 Bf4 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. h4 Be5 32. Rh1 Kd8 33. g4 hxg4
34. Bxg4 Ke7 35. h5 Rbb8 36. Nf3 Rbg8 37. Nxe5 fxe5 38. f6+ Kxf6 39. Rxd6 Rxg4
40. Rxd7 Rxe4 41. Ra7 Rf4 42. Rxa6 e4 43. Ra5 e3 44. Re1 Rxh5 45. Rxe3 Ra4 46.
b4 Rxa5 47. bxa5 Ke7 48. a6 Rh4 49. Rb3 Ra4 50. Rxb5 Rxa6 {Freibauern auf
beiden Seiten} 51. Kb2 f5 52. c4 Kd6 53. Kc3 Rxa3+ 54. Kd4 Ra1 55. c5+ Ke7 56.
Rb7+ Kf6 57. c6 Rc1 58. Rc7 $2 (58. c7 $1 {verhindert die Rückkehr des
schwarzen Königs} f4 (58... Kg5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 59. Ke5 Rc6 60. Ra7 Kg4 (60...
f4 61. Ra8 Rxc7 62. Rg8+ $11) 61. Ra4+ Kf3 62. Ra3+ Ke2 63. Ra2+ Kd3 64. Ra3+
Kc4 65. Rf3 $11) 59. Ke4 Rc4+ 60. Kd3 Rc5 61. Kd4 Rc6 62. Ke4 e5 $2 63. Rb6 $1
{Fesselungsmotiv}) 58... e5+ 59. Kd5 Rd1+ 60. Kc5 Ke6 (60... e4 $142) 61. Rc8
Rc1+ 62. Kb6 e4 63. c7 e3 64. Re8+ Kd6 65. Rxe3 $4 (65. c8=Q Rxc8 66. Rxc8 f4
67. Re8 Kd5 68. Kb5 Kd4 69. Kb4 Kd3 70. Rd8+ $1 (70. Kb3 $2 {verschleudert ein
wichtiges Tempo.} f3 71. Rd8+ Ke2 72. Kc3 f2 73. Rf8 f1=Q $19) 70... Ke2 71.
Kc3 f3 72. Rf8 f2 73. Kd4 $11 {das entscheidende Tempo für Remis}) 65... Rc6+
66. Kb5 Rxc7 {TABLEBASE: #30 Grund: der vertikal abgeschnittene weiße König
und der weit genug vorgerückte schwarze Freibauer, was eine Turmverteidigung
von vorn unmöglich macht.} 67. Re1 Kd5 68. Rd1+ Ke4 69. Re1+ Kd3 70. Rf1 Rf7
71. Kc5 f4 72. Kd5 Ke2 73. Ra1 f3 74. Ke4 f2 75. Ra2+ Kd1 76. Ra1+ Kd2 77. Ra2+
Kc3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhaletz, Lubomir"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Be3 g6 11. b4 Qd8 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Qb2 O-O 14. Bd4 Bc6 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Qd4 Ba4 19. Bd3 Rc6 20. Kb2 Qc7 21.
Rc1 Rc8 22. c3 Bb5 23. Rhd1 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxf6 Rc6 26. Rd5 a5 27. b5
Rc5 28. Rxd6 Rxb5+ 29. Ka1 Re8 30. Rcd1 Rbe5 31. R1d3 b5 32. Rd7 Qc4 33. Rd8
R5e6 34. Qd4 Qc7 35. Qd7 Qe5 36. Kb1 Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Re8 38. Qd6 Qg5 39. g3 Rc8
40. h4 Qh6 41. Qe7 Qf8 42. Qxf8+ Kxf8 43. Kb2 Ke7 44. a3 h5 {[#] Weißer
Mehrbauer. Plan: 1. der schwarze Turm wird passiv gestellt; 2.
Freibauernbildung am äußersten Königsflügel, was auch den schwarzen König
passiv stellt; 3. Bauernhebel am Damenflügel, was zur entscheidenden
Freibauernbildung führt (c-Bauer).} 45. Rd5 $1 Rb8 46. Kb3 $1 {macht a4
unwirksam} Ke6 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kf6 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Kg7 51. Rc5 {
vorsorgliches Decken des c-Bauern} Rb7 52. a4 bxa4+ 53. Kxa4 Kh6 54. Kxa5 Re7
55. Rf5 $1 Kg7 (55... Rxe4 56. Kb5 {ändert nichts}) 56. c4 Rxe4 57. c5 Kf8 58.
c6 Ke7 59. Kb6 Kd8 60. h6 ({oder} 60. Rxf7 Rb4+ 61. Kc5 Rh4 62. h6 $18) 60...
Rb4+ 61. Rb5 Rh4 62. Kb7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "Huschenbeth,N"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sollentuna"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. a4 Qc5 12. Qd2 a6 13. Nd5 $6 (13. Rac1
$14 {[%cal Yc3d5]}) 13... Qxc2 14. Qe3 Bh6 $1 15. Qxh6 (15. f4 Qc5 $17) 15...
Qxe2 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Nb6 (17. Rac1 $6 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bc6 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Qxf8
Qxe4 21. Qg7 Kxc7 22. a5 Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 $17) (17. b4 Qg4 18. Qxh7 Qg6 19.
Qh4 Rg8 20. g3 Rc4 $13) 17... Rd8 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 $1 (18... Rxd7 $2 {wird in
Experts vs. Sicilian empfohlen. Das verwundert allerdings nicht, da das Buch
für Weiß geschrieben wurde und Weiß nach Kxd7 kaum Vorteil hat.} 19. Rac1 Rd8
20. Qxh7 $16) 19. Qxh7 Kc7 $146 {Auf b8 wird der König eine sichere Zuflucht
finden.} 20. b4 Kb8 {Soweit war alles vorbereitet.} 21. Rfe1 Qd2 (21... Qg4 $5
22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. exf5 Rfe8 24. h4 e5 25. fxe6 fxe6 {ist auch okay.}) 22. b5 a5
23. b6 Rc8 (23... Rh8 $2 24. Qxf7 Qh6 (24... Rdg8 25. Re3 $1 $16 (25. Qxe7 $2
Rxh2 $1 26. Kxh2 Qxf2 $19)) 25. h3 Rdg8 26. Re3 $18) 24. Qf5 {[%cal Yf5d7]}
Rfd8 (24... Rc2 25. Rf1 Rg8 26. Qd7 Qf4 27. Qxe7 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qg4+ 29. Kh1
Qf3+ $11) 25. Qh7 $6 {Mein Gegner war hier schon in arger Zeitnot (ca. 8min)
und hoffte vielleicht auf eine Zugwiederholung nach Rf8.} (25. Red1 Qb4 (25...
Qc3 26. h3 $1 Rc5 27. Rac1 Qxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxf5 29. exf5 $16) 26. Rab1 Qc5 27.
Qxc5 Rxc5 $13) 25... Qd4 $1 (25... Rc2 $5 26. Rf1 Qd4 27. Rab1 Qxa4 28. Qh5 {
[%cal Yb1a1]} Rdc8 29. h3 R2c5 30. Qxf7 Qxe4 31. Rfe1 Qf4 32. Qxe7 $13) 26.
Red1 (26. Qxf7 $2 Rc2 {das war die Idee hinter 25...Qd4} 27. Rf1 Rxf2 $1 $17)
26... Qc4 (26... Qxb6 27. Qxf7 Rc2 28. Rf1 Qc7 29. Rab1 $14) 27. h3 $1 {
[%cal Ya1c1]} Rc5 $5 (27... Rh8 $1 28. Qf5 Rc5 29. Qd7 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31.
Rac1 Rc6 $1 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Rb1 Kb7 $15) 28. Rdc1 (28. Rac1 Qb3 (28... Qxa4
29. Qxf7 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxe4 31. Qa2 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Kxc8 33. Qxa5 Kd7 34. Qb5+
Kd8 35. h4 Qxh4 36. Qd5 $11) 29. Rb1 (29. Rxc5 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 dxc5) 29... Qa2
30. Ra1 Qe6 31. Rac1 Rdc8 32. Rxc5 dxc5 $15) 28... Qe6 (28... Qxc1+ 29. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 $18) 29. Rab1 Rdc8 (29... Re5 $5 30. Rb5 (30. f3 f5 31. Rb5 (31.
exf5 Qf6 32. Rc4 Rxf5) 31... fxe4 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. fxe4 Qxb6+ $17) 30... Rxe4
31. Kh2 d5 32. Rxa5 f5 33. Rac5 Qe5+ 34. g3 Re2 $15) 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. Qf5 Qa2
32. e5 Qd5 $1 {Nun ist die Stellung schon sehr schwierig für Weiß.} 33. Qc2 $5
{Praktisch gesehen vielleicht seine beste Chance, in das Endspiel mit Bauern
weniger zu gehen. Das hatte er hier aber noch nicht gesehen denke ich. Er zog
Qc2 mit einer Sekunde auf der Uhr...} (33. Re1 c4 34. Qf4 fxe5 35. Rxe5 Qd6 36.
Qe4 c3 37. Rxe7 Qxb6 $17) 33... Qxe5 34. Rb5 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 c4 36. Qf5 Qe6 ({
nicht} 36... Rc6 37. Qf4+ e5 38. Qh6 {und hier muss Schwarz sogar schon sehr
genau spielen.} Qd1 39. Qh8+ Rc8 40. Qxf6 Qd4 41. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 42. Rxe5 $14) 37.
Qxe6 fxe6 38. g4 c3 39. Rb1 Rc4 (39... Rc6 {ist nur ein kleiner Trick.} 40. Rc1
(40. h4 $2 Rxb6 $1 41. Rxb6 c2 $19)) (39... e5 $5 40. Rc1 Rc4 41. Kg3 (41. h4
Rxg4 42. Rxc3 Rxh4+ 43. Kg2 Rxa4 44. Rc7 Rb4 45. Rd7 Rxb6) 41... Kc8 42. h4 Kd7
43. h5 Ke6 44. Rc2 e4 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. g5 Kg7 47. g6 e6 48. Rc1 Kh6 $15) 40. Rc1
Kc8 41. Kg3 Kd7 42. f4 $1 (42. h4 Ke8 (42... Kc6 43. h5 Kc5 44. h6 Kb4) 43. h5
Kf7 44. f3 e5 45. Kf2 Kg7 46. Ke3 Kh6 47. Kd3 Rxa4 48. Rxc3 Rb4 49. Rc5 a4 50.
Ra5 e6 51. Ra7 Rxb6 52. Rxa4 f5 $17) 42... Kd6 $5 (42... Ke8 43. Kf3 Kf7 44.
Ke3 Kg6 45. Rc2 Kh6 (45... Rxa4 46. Rxc3 Rb4 47. Rc5 Rxb6 48. Rxa5) 46. Rc1 f5
47. Rc2 Kg6 48. Kf3 Rxa4 49. Rxc3 Rb4 50. Rc5 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 a4 52. Ra5 a3 $15 {
wäre auf jedenfall die sichere Variante gewesen.}) 43. Rd1+ (43. g5 $5 e5 (
43... fxg5 $2 44. Rd1+ (44. fxg5 Ke5) 44... Kc5 45. fxg5 c2 46. Rc1 Kb4 47. g6
Kc3 48. h4 Kb2 49. Rxc2+ Kxc2 50. g7 Rc8 51. h5 $18) 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45. g6 Rc8
46. Kf2 Ke6 47. Re1+ Kf5 48. g7 c2 49. Rc1 Kg6 50. g8=Q+ Rxg8 51. Rxc2 e5 $15)
43... Kc5 44. g5 {und ab hier wird Karsten Müller dieses sehr komplizierte
Endspiel in seiner Rubrik weiter analysieren. Deshalb werde ich nur noch kurze
Anmerkungen machen.} e5 $6 (44... c2 45. Rc1 Kb4 46. g6 Kb3 $19) 45. g6 {(=)}
exf4+ 46. Kf3 Kb4 $2 (46... c2 $1 47. Rc1 e5 48. h4 (48. Ke2 Rc3 49. h4 Kd4 50.
g7 Rg3 51. Rxc2 Rxg7 52. Rc7 Rg2+ 53. Kf3 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 e4 $19) (48. g7 Rc3+ 49.
Ke4 Rg3 50. Rxc2+ Kxb6 $19) 48... Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Kd4 $19) 47. h4 Rc8 (47... c2
48. Rc1 Kb3 49. h5 Rc3+ 50. Kxf4 Rc4+ (50... e5+ $2 51. Kf5 Rf3+ 52. Ke6 Rg3
53. Kxf6 $18) 51. Kf3 Rc3+ 52. Kf2 Kb2 53. Rxc2+ Rxc2+ 54. Kf3 Rc3+ 55. Kf2 $11
) 48. h5 Rg8 (48... c2 $2 49. Rc1 Rc3+ 50. Kxf4 Rc4+ 51. Ke3 Rg4 52. Rxc2 $18)
49. Kxf4 e6 $1 {Nötig, damit der König seine Bauern nicht unterstützen kann.}
50. Ke4 $2 (50. Rd7 $1 c2 51. Rc7 Kb3 52. Ke3 Kb2 53. Kd2 Rd8+ 54. Ke3 Rg8 $11)
50... c2 51. Rh1 Rh8 $3 {Der einzige Gewinnzug!} 52. g7 $2 (52. Rc1 Rxh5 53.
Rxc2 Rg5 54. Rc7 Rg4+ 55. Kf3 Rxg6 56. Rxb7 f5 $17) 52... Rxh5 53. g8=Q $4 (53.
Rxh5 c1=Q 54. g8=Q Qe1+ 55. Kf3 (55. Kf4 Qf2+ 56. Ke4 (56. Kg4 Qg2+) 56... Qe2+
) 55... Qd1+ 56. Kf2 Qxh5 57. Qxe6 Qc5+ 58. Kg2 f5 $19) (53. Rc1 Rg5 54. Rxc2
Rxg7 55. Rc7 Rg4+ 56. Kf3 Rd4 57. Rxb7 Rd6 $19) 53... Rxh1 54. Qf8+ Kb3 55.
Qxf6 c1=Q 56. Qf3+ Qc3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 e6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. Kb1 {In the previous game
Black kept a brake on his kingside play, thus retaining the option of castling,
which he eventually used. Here Sakaev goes in for a spot of boat burning ...}
h5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rhe1 Rg8 15. Bf1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 {... but remembers just in
time that he can still offer a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 $5 {A rare but
interesting move! Black avoids the Rauser and transposes to a hybrid of the
Dragon. Of course the only problem is the capture on f6. Ein seltener, aber
interessanter Zug! Schwarz vermeidet Rauser und geht in einen Hybrid mit der
Drachen-Variante über. Das einzige Problem ist natürlich das Nehmen auf f6.} 7.
Bxf6 $1 {Der einzige Zug, der es erlaubt, um Eröffnungsvorteil zu kämpfen.} (7.
Be2 $6 {lets Black achieve complete counterplay. erlaubt Schwarz ein
vollkommenes Gegenspiel zu bekommen:} Bg7 8. Nb3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 $132)
(7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxf6 exf6 {leads to lines which can also occur after 7.Bxf6.
führt zu Varianten, die auch nach 7.Bxf6 entstehen können.}) 7... exf6 8. Bc4
$1 {This move has the incredible statistic of 100%! It also looks very logical
- White takes control of the d5-square. Other moves to consider are: Dieser
Zug hat eine unglaubliche Statistik von 100%! Er sieht auch sehr logisch aus -
Weiß übernimmt die Kontrolle über das Feld d5. Andere Züge, die in Betracht
kommen, sind:} (8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nde2 Be6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rad1 f5 $132
{The black-squared bishop is good compensation for the weka pawn on d6. Der
schwarzfeldrige Läufer ist eine gute Kompensation für den schwachen Bauern d6.}
) (8. Qd2 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Ndb5 f5 $1 $132 {The same is true here: the
g7-bishop compensates for the loss of the d6-pawn. Das Gleiche gilt auch hier
- der Läufer g7 kompensiert den Verlust des d6-Bauern.}) 8... Bg7 9. Ndb5 O-O
10. Qxd6 (10. O-O $5 f5 {Black's plan remains the same - the f6-pawn advances
and the g7-bishop enters the the fray forcibly. Der schwarze Plan ist immer
wieder derselbe - der f6 Bauer rückt nach vorne und der Läufer g7 kommt mit
aller Kraft ins Spiel.} 11. exf5 Ne5 12. Bb3 Bxf5 13. Nxd6 (13. Qxd6 a6 14.
Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Nc7 Nc6 $44) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. fxg4 Rxd6
$44) 10... f5 {The most principled continuation. Die prinzipiellste
Fortsetzung.} (10... a6 {leads to a position with a pawn down and no real
compensation. führt zur Stellung mit einem Minusbauern und ohne wesentliche
Kompensation.} 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nc7 Ra7 (12... Rb8 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O-O Bxc3
15. bxc3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd7 17. Rd6 $16) 13. N7d5 b5 14. Bd3 $14) 11. O-O-O Qa5
(11... Qg5+ 12. f4 Qxg2 (12... Qh6 13. Qd2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bg4 15. Rde1 Rad8 16.
Nbd6 $16) 13. e5 Bh6 14. Rhf1 Qxh2 15. Kb1 $16 {Black simply has no more good
moves. Schwarz hat einfach keine guten Züge mehr.}) (11... Qxd6 12. Nxd6 Bxc3
13. bxc3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 $16 {Es gibt kein gutes Feld für den Läufer c8.}) 12.
Qc7 $1 {A very strong move which apparently brings this line to an end. White
must of course exchange queens to save his king - if this happens without any
material losses, then Black does not have enough for the sacrificed pawn. Sehr
starker Zug, der anscheinend diese Variante schließt. Weiß muss natürlich die
Damen tauschen, um seinen König abzusichern - wenn dies ohne materiellen
Verluste gelingt, dann hat Schwarz nicht genug für den geopferten Bauern.} fxe4
(12... Bxc3 {This would be the best attempt to refutre the move 12.Qc7, but it
too fails: Das wäre wohl der beste Versuch, den Zug 12.Qc7 zu widerlegen, aber
auch er scheitert:} 13. bxc3 Qa4 (13... fxe4 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bd5 Bg4 (15...
Bf5 16. Nd6 $16) 16. Rd4 Be6 17. Bxe4 Bxa2 18. Ra4 $18) 14. Nd6 Be6 (14... Qa3+
15. Kb1 Be6 16. Bb3 $16 {The white knight on d6 is decisively disrupting the
cooperation of the black pieces. der weiße Springer d6 stört entscheidend das
Zusammenspiel der schwarzen Figuren.}) 15. Bb3 (15. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 16. exf5 exf5
17. Kb1 Rad8 18. h4 $1 $36) 15... Bxb3 16. axb3 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qa3 18. b4 $3 Qa2
(18... Rad8 19. Ra1 $18) 19. Qxb7 Ne5 20. Qd5 $1 Qxd5+ 21. exd5 Rfd8 22. Nb7
Rxd5+ 23. Ke2 $18) 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bd5 Bg4 15. Rde1 $14 {Now the position
has been simplified. White wins back the e4-pawn and with no queens on the
board Black may still have compensation in the shape of the bishop pair, but
no more than enough for a draw. In my opinion White's position is preferable.
Nun hat sich die Stellung vereinfacht. Den Bauern e4 gewinnt Weiß zurück und
ohne Damen hat Schwarz zwar immer noch Kompensation aufgrund des Läuferpaars,
die kann aber höchstens zum Ausgleich reichen. Aus meiner Sicht ist die weiße
Stellung vorzuziehen.} Rad8 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Ra4 b6 18. Rd1 a6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20.
Rb4 b5 21. Nf3 Nc6 22. Re4 b4 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxb4 Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Rxd1+ 26.
Nxd1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rd8 28. Nc3 Rd2 29. a4 Rxf2 30. Rb6 a5 31. Nd5 Rxh2 32. Rb5
Bd2 33. c4 h5 34. c5 Rh1+ 35. Kc2 Bh6 36. f4 Bf8 37. Rb8 Rh2+ 38. Kd3 Rh3+ 39.
Kc4 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6
7. Nb3 (7. Be3 {Gofshtein,L} a6 $5 (7... Nxd4 $6 8. Bxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O $16 {Balashov-Hartmann,Hannover 1983})) (7. Ndb5 {Gofshtein,
L} a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... axb5 $2 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. b4 Qd8 11. Bg5 $16) 9. Nd5
Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 (10. b4 Nxb4 11. Nbc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Nxd5+ 13. Qd2 Nc3 $17 {
Anikaev}) 10... f5 11. Qh5 Bg7 12. O-O-O (12. Bc4 Be6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 $13
) 12... fxe4 13. Bc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Rhe1 Qa3+ 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Rxe4 $14 {
Tseskovskij-Anikaev,Sochi 1974}) 7... e6 8. Be2 (8. g4 {Gofshtein,L} Qc7 9. Be3
h6 $5 (9... a6 10. g5 Nd7 11. f4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. O-O-O Nc4 $13 {
Vasjukov-Gulko 1974 USSR}) 10. Rg1 a6 11. h4 h5 $1 $13 {Bojkovich-Ermenkov,
Novi Sad 1976}) (8. Bxf6 {Gofshtein,L} gxf6 9. Qh5 (9. Be2 a6 10. Bh5 Bd7 11.
O-O Rg8 12. Kh1 Rg7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. a4 {Savon-Podgaec USSR 1976}) 9... Bd7 10.
Be2 Be7 (10... Rg8) 11. O-O Nd4 12. Bd3 a6 13. Kh1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc5 $1 15. Qe2
h5 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Rc8 18. Nc3 $13 {Bezgodov-Tsejtlin 1996,Budapest}) (8.
Qd2 {Gofshtein,L} Be7 9. h4 a6 10. h5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rh3
O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rd3 $36 {Garsia Martinez-Smuslov,Sochi1974}) 8... Be7 (
8... a6 {Gofshtein,L} 9. O-O Bd7 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f4 Rg8 13. Bh5
Rg7 14. Qe1 O-O-O 15. Rf3 Kb8 16. Rg3 Bc8 17. Rd1 $14 {Holmov-Gulko Minsk 1985}
) 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 (10. Bxf6 {Gofshtein,L} gxf6 11. Kh1 Kh8 12. f4 Rg8 13. Qe1
Bd7 14. Rf3 Rg7 15. Rh3 Rag8 $132 {Ivanchuk-Smirin,Paris 1994}) (10. Kh1 {
Gofshtein,L} Qc7 11. f4 a6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. Nxd6 $13 {
Saulin-Belikov,1996 Moskow}) 10... Rd8 {with idea d6-d5} (10... Bd7 {Gofshtein,
L} 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. f4 a6 13. a5 Rfd8 14. Qe1 Be8 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 $13
{Kiselev-Petrienko 1989,Podolsk}) 11. Be3 (11. a5 {Gofshtein,L} Qc7 12. f4 d5
13. e5 Ne4 $132) 11... Qc7 12. f4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 (13... Nd7 {Gofshtein,L} 14.
Bd3 $36) 14. Bd3 (14. Nxe4 $6 {Gofshtein,L} dxe4 $132) 14... Nxc3 (14... Nb4 {
Gofshtein,L} 15. Nb5 $14) 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Kh1 Rac8 (16... Na5 $5 $132 {
Gofshtein,L}) 17. a5 b6 (17... Be8 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Qg4 $16) (17... f6 {
Gofshtein,L} 18. Qh5 $16) 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra6 (19. Nd4 $5 $14 {Gofshtein,L})
19... Rb8 20. Qf3 (20. Nd4 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 20... Rb7 (20... Na5 $5 $132 {
Gofshtein,L} 21. Bxb6 $2 Rxb6 22. Rxa5 Rxb3 $19) 21. Qf2 Rdb8 22. Nd4 Nd8 (
22... Na5 $6 {Gofshtein,L} 23. f5 $40) (22... Nxd4 {Gofshtein,L} 23. cxd4 $14)
23. f5 $5 $40 {With only five minutes left to reach the control, Nisipeanu
decides to open the play. His intuition will prove to be right.} exf5 24. Bxf5
(24. Nxf5) (24. Nxf5 $5 $40 {Gofshtein,L}) 24... Qxc3 25. Bxd7 (25. Bd3 $142 {
Gofshtein,L}) 25... Rxd7 26. Nf5 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 (27... bxc5 {(><g3)} 28. Rd6
$5 (28. Qf4 Qc4) 28... Rxd6 (28... Ra7 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Rxd8+) (
28... Rbb7 29. e6 $1 (29. Qf4 {Gofshtein,L} Qc4 $1) 29... Rxd6 (29... Nxe6 30.
Rxe6 fxe6 31. Nh6+ $18)) 29. exd6 $44) 28. Qg3 $138 Ne6 {[#]} (28... Qf8 29. e6
$1 Nxe6 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Nxf7+ Rxf7 32. Rxf7 $18) 29. Ra3 {With almost no time
left, white misses a winning combination, but his position is strong enough
anyway to avoid the danger of losing.} (29. Nxg7 $3 Nxg7 (29... Kh8 {Gofshtein,
L} 30. Nf5 $40) 30. e6 Rdb7 (30... Rdd8 31. Rxf7 Qd4 32. h3 Ra8 (32... Kh8 33.
c3 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Rg8 35. Raa7) (32... Rf8 33. c3 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 $18) 33. c3 $18) (
30... Rd6 31. Rxf7 Qd4 32. h3 Rxe6 33. Raa7 $18) (30... Rc7 31. Rxf7 Qd4 32. h3
$18) 31. Rxf7 Qd4 32. h3 h5 (32... Rf8 33. Rxf8+ (33. Rxb7 $4 Rf1+) 33... Kxf8
34. Qd6+ Re7 35. Ra8+ Ne8 36. Rxe8+ $18) (32... Kh8 33. Ra7 $18) 33. Ra7 $18)
29... Rf8 30. Raf3 Qxc2 31. Qg4 (31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nxf7+ Rdxf7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 $19
) 31... Qc6 (31... Qe4 {Gofshtein,L} 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Qxe6 $18) 32. h3 (32.
Nxg7 $2 {Gofshtein,L} Nxg7 33. Rg3 f5 34. exf6 Rxf6 $19) (32. Nh6+ $2 {
Gofshtein,L} Kh8 33. Nxf7+ Rdxf7 34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Qc1+ $19) 32... Kh8 33.
Nd6 Nd8 (33... Kg8 $4 {Gofshtein,L} 34. Qxe6 $18) 34. Rg3 g6 (34... Rg8 {
Gofshtein,L} 35. Qf5 $40) 35. Qh4 $44 f5 $4 {With plenty of time left Kiselev
becomes nervous realizing, that his extra-pawns are not so important for the
moment.} (35... Ne6 $2 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Nf5 $18) (35... Kg8 36. Qf6 d4 (36...
b5 37. Rc3 $5 Qxc3 38. Nf5 gxf5 39. Qg5+ $11) 37. Rd3 Ne6 38. Nf5) (35... Rxd6
36. Qe7 Re8 37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. exd6 Re6 $11) 36. Rxg6 Qc3 37. Qh6 Rg8 38. Rxg8+
Kxg8 39. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 {90} Qb6
{91} 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Bd3 (9. O-O-O {La grande ligne} O-O 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8 12.
h4 {Jobava,B (2658)-Magalashvili,D (2462) Baku President's Cup 3rd 2008 (5) 1-0
}) 9... a6 10. O-O {89} O-O 11. Rae1 $1 {[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3h3,Ge3g3] Un plan
agressif d'attaque à l'aile-roi} Qc7 12. Re3 b5 13. Rg3 b4 $146 (13... Ne5 14.
f4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nh5 16. Rh3 Nf6 17. Qe2 e5 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Rxf6
Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh5 Rg8 24. Qxf7 Qf8 25. Rxg8+ Qxg8 26.
Qxf6+ Qg7 27. Qd8+ Qg8 28. Qe7 Bg4 29. Nf6 Qg6 30. Qxe5 Bd1 31. Nh5+ {1-0 (31)
Hou,Y (2617)-Yu,Y (2675) Xinghua 2013}) 14. Nd1 {81} d5 {Après une longue
réflexion de 30 mns, le français décide de réagir au centre} (14... a5 {
[%cal Ga5a4]}) 15. Bh6 g6 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44 17. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 18. Qg5 Bg7 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} (19. Ne3 Be6 (19... a5 20.
Nf5) 20. Nf5 $36) 19... a5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 20. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} h6 $1 {
26  Force l'échange des Q qui va simplifier la défense des Noirs} 21. Qf4
Qxf4 22. Rxf4 g5 23. Rxf6 $5 Bxf6 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Ne3 $44 {[%cal Ge3d5,Ge3f5]}
(25. Nc5 $5 Bb7 26. Re1 {[%csl Rb7]}) 25... Ne7 (25... Ne5 26. Nf5+) 26. Nf5+
Nxf5 27. Bxf5 Bb7 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Nxa5 Bxb2 30. Bd7 Kf6 31. Kf1 Bd4 32. Ke2
Bb6 33. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich op 26th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 $1 {Gegen die Variante 6...Qb6 erweist sich dieser Zug als sehr gefährlich.
} Ne5 9. Qe2 $6 ({Aber dies ist unnütz, da der Ne5 kaum nach c4 gehen wird.
Die schwarze Stellung ist nach} 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 (10... Nc4 11. Nb5 Qc6
12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd3 {sieht nicht sehr gut aus}) 11. g4 a6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Qd2
({oder} 13. Qf3 {nicht besonders vertrauenserweckend.})) 9... a6 10. Be3 Qc7
11. f4 Nc6 12. g4 b5 13. Bg2 $6 ({Danach steht Schwarz wieder befriedigend.
Weiss sollte direkter mittels} 13. g5 {vorgehen, auch wenn die Lage infolge von
} Nd7 (13... b4 $6 14. Nd5 $1) 14. h4 g6 15. h5 Rg8 (15... Bg7 16. Qd2 $1) 16.
hxg6 (16. h6 b4 {/\ Bb7, e5}) 16... hxg6 17. O-O-O Bb7 {mir nicht ganz klar
erscheint, z.B:} 18. Rh7 Be7 {gefolgt von Nf8 und 0-0-0.}) 13... Bb7 14. g5 Nd7
15. h4 g6 $1 ({Ein guter Verteidigungszug. Schwarz darf nämlich nicht einfach
zuschauen, wie sein Gegner den typischen Vorstoss g5-g6 vorbereitet. Die
Alternative} 15... Nb6 {sieht auch logisch aus, aber es gestattet} 16. a4 $1 b4
17. a5 Nxa5 18. Nxa5 bxc3 19. Nxb7 cxb2 (19... Qxb7 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. Rxa6 Rxa6
22. Qxa6 Qxc3+ 23. Bd2 Qb2 24. Ke2 $16) 20. Rb1 {, was für Weiss günstig
aussieht.}) 16. Nd4 $6 ({Florian Jenni bereitet das typische sizilianische
Opfer Nd5. Obwohl es interessant ist, sieht es gleichzeitig etwas optimistisch
aus.} 16. O-O-O O-O-O $13 {und}) (16. h5 Bg7 (16... Rg8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. O-O-O
O-O-O $13) 17. Qd2 (17. h6 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nb6 {/\ e5}) 17... Nb6 18. h6 Bf8 $13
{stellen plausiblere Fortsetzungen dar.}) 16... b4 ({Auch möglich war} 16...
Bg7 17. O-O-O Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. h5 O-O {, aber ich glaubte an
das Opfer nicht.}) 17. Nd5 (17. Nd1 Bg7 {war nicht im Sinne von Weiss, obwohl
die Lage bei weitem nicht geklärt ist.}) 17... exd5 18. exd5 $6 ({Zugegeben,
ich hörte die Rechenarbeit nach} 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bd4 Bb5 {auf, weil ich sah,
dass ich Materialvorteil behalte. Aber nur so konnte Weiss eigentlich
ernsthaft auf Angriff spielen. Nach} 20. Qe3 Rg8 21. exd5+ {soll Schwarz} Be7 {
spielen} ({, da} 21... Kd8 {das starke} 22. a4 $1 {[%csl Ga1]} bxa3 23. Rxa3 {
erlaubt. Nach} Qxc2 24. Rc3 Qxg2 {führt} 25. Bb6+ {bereits zum Dauerschach:}
Nxb6 26. Qxb6+ Ke8 27. Re3+ Be7 28. Qb7 Qxh1+ 29. Kd2 {usw.}) {Nach} 22. O-O-O
(22. a4 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Qxc2 $17) 22... Rc8 23. Rd2 Kd8 {sollte sich Schwarz
erfolgreich abwehren können, aber ich stelle mir vor, dass die Verteidigung
noch nicht trivial ist.}) 18... Ne7 19. Nc6 Nb6 20. O-O-O ({Relativ besser war
} 20. Bd4 Rg8 21. Nxb4 {, obwohl dann Schwarz über die taktische Ressource}
Nbxd5 $1 {verfügt, z.B:} 22. Bxd5 (22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qa5+) 22... Qa5 {
[%cal Ga5b4,Gb4b7]} 23. O-O-O Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Kb1 Qb5 $1 26. Rd3 Kd7 $17
) 20... Nbxd5 21. Bxd5 (21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bd4 Rg8 {ändert kaum
was.}) 21... Bxc6 22. Bxc6+ Qxc6 23. Bd4 Rg8 24. Bf6 Kd7 $1 $19 {Dank dieser
Verteidigung gewinnt Schwarz nun leicht.} 25. Qd3 Rc8 26. Rh2 Nf5 27. Qb3 Qc4
28. Qa4+ Rc6 29. Rhd2 Bg7 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Re8 0-1

[Event "Salento op 5th"]
[Site "Gallipoli"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Wieczorek, Oskar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Pijpers,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 $6 {This is an
inaccurate move order.} ({A better way to reach the position Oskar had in mind
is} 6... e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Bxf6 (8. O-O-O $5 {is an alternative known from the
game Kasparov-Mchedlishvili}) 8... gxf6 9. Nb3 {.}) 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 $1 Ne5 9.
Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 {In this position, and not counting the usual Qb6-c7 to
kick the knight back to b3, both sides have lost two tempi: Bc1-g5-f4-e3 and
Nc6-e5-c6. But from a normal move order White will never be able to get this
position, because 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3
e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. f4 is met not by 8...d6 (leading to this exact position) but
by 8...Bb4!.} ({The knight is forced to go back because} 10... Nc4 $2 {fails to
} 11. Nb5 Qc6 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd3 {with a big advantage for white.}) 11. g4 {
The kingside assault starts. I think White is clearly better, but of course in
these Sicilians anything can still happen.} a6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Qf3 b5 14. O-O-O
(14. a3 {was a possible alternative to stop ...b4.}) 14... b4 {Now I have to
make a difficult choice. The simple Ne2 is perfectly fine of course, but I
decided to play the more ambitious Na4. The knight is more useful there, but
it is also almost trapped.} 15. Na4 $5 Bb7 16. Kb1 $6 {A lazy move.} ({
Stronger was} 16. Qf2 $1 {, immediately attacking the b6-square.}) 16... Ne7 {
Making way for the bishop to go to c6 and trap my knight.} 17. Nd4 ({Another
very interesting option that we both saw during the game was} 17. Rd4 $5 {
, e.g.} d5 18. Rxb4 dxe4 19. Qf2 Bd5 {with a very unclear position.}) 17... Qa5
$6 {A very logical way to play, and it is hard to blame Oskar for missing my
idea.} ({Best was probably} 17... Nf5 {.}) ({After the immediate} 17... Nc5 $2
{I had planned a nice trick:} 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bb5+ $1) 18. b3 Nc5 19. Nxc5
dxc5 {Now if I have to retreat to e2 the position should be alright for Black.
But that was definitely not my intention!} 20. Nxe6 $3 {When your opponent
neglects his development you should always be looking for opportunities to
blast open the centre!} fxe6 21. Bc4 Qb6 {Almost forced, because otherwise I
will pick up e6 with two pawns and an ongoing attack for the piece. Now I must
decide between Qg4 and Qh3. It turns out both moves are good.} 22. Qh3 ({
I rejected} 22. Qg4 {because of} Bc8 {, but even here I can get a big
advantage with the really neat} ({if Black continues as in the game the queen
will be better placed on g4 than h3:} 22... Bxe4 23. Bxe6 Bxh1 24. Bd7+ Kf7 25.
Bxc5 Qg6 26. f5 {and White wins immediately because g5 is protected}) 23. f5
exf5 24. Qg3 $1) 22... Bxe4 $5 {A very brave decision. But the alternatives
were clearly bad for Black and Oskar couldn't see a refutation of this pawn
grab, so he went for it. Of course the computer engines will easily find a win
for White, but in the game I did not manage to do so.} ({The idea behind Qh3
was to meet} 22... Bc8 {with} 23. g6 $1 Nxg6 24. Qh5 {, winning.}) 23. Bxe6
Bxh1 24. Bd7+ ({The main alternative was} 24. Bxc5 {, but after} Qxc5 25. Bd7+
Kd8 26. Bc6+ Kc7 27. Qd7+ Kb6 {there is no mate, e.g.} 28. Qb7+ Ka5 29. Qc7+
Qb6 30. Qe5+ Nd5 31. Bxd5 Bd6) 24... Kf7 ({Now the king has to move the other
way, because} 24... Kd8 {loses to} 25. Bc6+ Kc7 26. Qd7+ Kb8 27. f5 {.}) 25.
Bxc5 $6 ({Very strong would have been} 25. Rxh1 $1 {and there is no reasonable
way to stop Bxc5.}) 25... Qg6 26. f5 Qxg5 27. Be6+ Ke8 28. Bd7+ Kf7 29. Be6+ (
29. Rxh1 $5 {is still a better try for an advantage, but it is already far
less clear than four moves ago.}) 29... Ke8 30. Qd3 {Threatening mate. Black
has three ways to prevent it, and only one of them saves the game.} Bc6 $2 ({
The correct way to defend was} 30... Nd5 $1 {. During the game I saw that I
had at least a perpetual after} 31. Bxd5 Bxc5 32. Bxa8 Bxa8 33. Qd7+ Kf8 34.
Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qe6+ Kf8 {and it turns out I have no more than that.}) (30... Bd5
$2 31. Bxd5 Rd8 {leaves White with several ways to win, for example} 32. Qe2 {.
}) 31. Bb6 $1 {Now the position is completely winning for White. But the
insane complications throughout the whole game cost both of us a lot of
thinking time and here we were almost down to increment, which caused many
mistakes in the final part of the game.} Nxf5 32. Bd7+ $6 (32. Qc4 $1 {would
have been immediately decisive.}) 32... Kf7 33. Bxc6 $6 ({Here I realised that
} 33. Qc4+ $1 {no longer leads to mate on e6 because the f5-pawn is gone, but
it shouldn't have been too difficult to see} Kg6 34. Qxc6+ {, just picking up
material and winning.}) 33... Rb8 $6 34. Qd5+ Kf6 35. Ba7 $6 (35. Re1 $1) 35...
Bd6 $6 (35... Qf4 $1) 36. Bxb8 $4 {With just seconds left I panic and decide
to take material.} ({The position was still winning, for example with} 36. Bd4+
Ke7 37. Re1+ Kd8 38. Qf7 Be7 39. Qe6) 36... Bxb8 {And with the bishop pair
gone I no longer have enough pieces for a successful attack.} 37. Re1 g6 38.
Qd7 Qf4 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Be8 Rf8 {The time control has been made and I'm just
a piece down, so I resigned. A crazy game!} 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 Qg5 10. Nd5 O-O-O 11. O-O Rg8 12. g3 f5 13. f4 Qg7 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. Bf3 Bg4 16. c4 {TN} (16. Bxg4+ Qxg4 17. Qd2 h5 18. Na5 h4 19. Nxc6
bxc6 20. Qc3 Kd7 21. Ne3 Qg7 $15 {Timmerman-Cifuentes Parada,Dieren 1988})
16... h5 17. Bxg4+ Qxg4 18. Ne3 $5 (18. Qxg4+ hxg4 $15) 18... Qxd1 (18... Qh3
19. Rf3 Bg7 20. g4 Qh4 21. g5 $13) 19. Raxd1 Bg7 $15 {Black got slight edge
due to the superiority of his excellent bishop over the clumsy Nb3.} 20. Rd2 e6
21. Kf2 Kc7 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Kf3 Bh8 $2 (23... a5 $1 24. Nc1 Nb4 $1 {with the
further itinerary b4-a6-c5-e4; white will have no time to exchange this knight}
) 24. Nc1 $1 a5 25. Ne2 Nb4 26. b3 Rg6 (26... Na6 27. Nc2 Nc5 28. Ncd4 $132)
27. Nc2 $1 Nxc2 (27... Nxa2 $2 28. Na3 $1) 28. Rxc2 $10 Bf6 29. h3 Kc6 30. Rd3
b6 31. Rcd2 Kc5 32. Re3 Bh8 33. Nc1 Rdg8 34. Ne2 Rd8 35. Red3 (35. Nc1 Bd4 $5
36. Red3 $1 e5 37. Kg2 h4 38. Ne2 Rdg8 $13) 35... Rd7 36. h4 Kc6 37. Kf2 Rg8
38. Ng1 Bf6 39. Nf3 Re8 40. Ng5 Bh8 41. Rd1 $6 Bb2 $15 42. Nf3 Kc7 43. a4 Ba3
44. Kg2 Bc5 45. Re1 Rde7 (45... Rg7 $5 46. Nd4 Bxd4 47. Rxd4 e5 $15) 46. Nd4 $1
Bxd4 47. Rxd4 Kc6 48. Kf3 Rg8 49. Rd3 Rg6 50. Ree3 Rd7 51. Ke2 Rc7 52. Kd2 Kd7
53. Rd4 Rc6 54. Red3 Ke7 55. Ke2 Rg8 56. Kf2 Rd8 57. Ke2 Rc5 58. Kd2 d5 59. Ke2
dxc4 60. Rxd8 cxd3+ 61. Rxd3 $10 b5 62. axb5 Rxb5 63. Ke3 Rb4 64. Kd2 e5 65.
fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O (9. Nb3 $142) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. Nd5 {TN} (11. Kh1 Qc5
12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Bd3 f5 14. Nd5 Kf8 15. b4 $13 {Chandler-Zaitshik, Palma de
Mallorca(GMA)1989}) 11... Qc5 (11... Rxc2 $2 12. b4 Qa3 $8 13. Bd1 Rc8 (13...
Rxa2 14. Rxa2 Qxa2 15. Bh5 $40) 14. Bb3 Bg7 15. Rad1 $44) 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 $15 {
Black has the upper hand here due to his pair of bishops.} 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. Rad1
e6 (14... f5 $2 15. b4 $1 fxe4 16. bxc5 exd3 17. Rxd3 dxc5 18. Rfd1 $18) 15.
Ne3 Ke7 16. c3 b5 17. f4 Rb8 18. a3 a5 19. Nc2 Rb6 (19... d5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21.
Ne3 Rd6 22. Rfe1 $132) 20. Rde1 h5 21. Rf3 (21. Re3 d5 22. e5 fxe5 23. fxe5 Be8
$15) 21... Bh6 22. Ref1 e5 23. f5 (23. fxe5 dxe5 $17) 23... h4 24. Be2 Bc8 (
24... Rc4 $5 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Ne3 Bxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Rxb2 28. Rf2 Rb3 29. a4 $13)
25. Rd3 Bb7 $6 (25... Rc4 $142 26. Bf3 d5 27. Rxd5 Bb7 $15) 26. Bf3 Rc4 27. Re1
Bf4 28. b3 $1 Rc7 29. Ne3 Bxe3+ $6 (29... Ra6 $10) 30. Rexe3 b4 31. axb4 axb4
32. c4 Ra6 33. Rd2 Ra3 34. Kf2 Bc6 35. Bd1 $6 (35. g3 $142 $14) 35... Ra1 36.
Kf3 $6 Rca7 37. Red3 R7a6 38. Ke3 Be8 39. Kf2 R1a2 $15 40. Kf3 Rxd2 41. Rxd2
Bc6 42. Bc2 Ra2 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. Re2 Kd7 45. Rd2 Kc7 46. g3 $2 (46. Re2 $142)
46... hxg3 47. h4 $2 (47. hxg3 $142 $17) 47... Ba4 $3 $19 {a nasty surprise!}
48. Re2 (48. bxa4 b3 $19) (48. h5 Bxb3 49. h6 Bxc2 50. h7 Rb3+ 51. Ke2 g2 $19)
48... Bxb3 49. Bd3 Rxe2+ 50. Kxe2 Bd1+ $1 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 ({After} 6. Bg5 {
Dreev also doesn't play the usual lines and prefers the rare} Bd7 (6... e6 {
is far more popular.}) {However, in his recent games he didn't fare too well
with this sideline:} 7. Qd2 ({Too tame is} 7. Be2 Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 Qg5
10. g3 f5 11. f4 Qh6 12. Qd2 Bg7 {, here the hazardous} 13. O-O-O $6 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 a5 $1 15. Qe3 O-O 16. a3 Qe6 17. Qd3 h6 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nc1 Nd4 20. Nc3
Rfc8 21. N1a2 Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Qf6 $17 {->, Morozevich,A (2758)-Dreev,A (2698)/
RUS-ch Moscow/2004/ gave Black a powerful attack. The connection with our game
will become clear soon enough.}) 7... h6 ({A provocative move; probably better
is the more usual} 7... Rc8 {, which Dreev used to play in the past.}) 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. f4 ({Promising is also the quiet} 11. Bc4
Rc8 12. Bb3 Qc5 13. Qd2 b5 14. Kb1 Bg7 15. Nd5 e6 16. Nf4 Bf8 17. Nd3 Qb6 18.
f4 a5 19. a3 Rc7 20. f5 e5 21. g4 Rg8 22. h3 Bc6 23. Rhe1 Bb7 24. Re2 h5 25. g5
$5 Rxg5 26. Nxe5 $1 $36 {Balogh,C (2561)-Dreev,A (2607)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2007/})
11... Rc8 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qg3 $1 Qb4 16. Rd5 Be4 $2 (
16... Rc5 $142 17. Bd3 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb1,Re8] is still more pleasant for White,
as his K is less vulnerable, than its black counterpart.}) 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qg6+
Kd8 19. a3 Qb3 20. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qg8 22. Qxf5 Qxg2 23. Rhd1 $40 Rg8 $2
24. Rg3 {1-0, Motylev,A (2642)-Dreev,A (2633)/ESP-chT Lugo/2007/}) ({Dreev did
well after} 6. f4 {, when} g6 $5 (6... e5 7. Nf3 Be7 $132 {is playable as well.
}) {allows Black to transpose into a Dragon Sicilian, avoiding the dangerous
main lines (B75-9). After} 7. Nb3 ({The consistent} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 $1
9. exd6 exd6 $13 {gives Black good <=>, but if White wanted to avoid this line,
better was}) (7. Be3 $142) 7... Bg7 8. Be2 Qb6 $1 9. a4 a5 10. g4 h5 $1 11.
gxh5 Nxh5 (11... Bh3 $5 $36 {[%cal Rh3g2] /\Bg2}) 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Be3 e6 14.
Bb6 Qh4+ 15. Bf2 Qd8 {White should have repeated moves with} 16. Bb6 $11 (16.
Nb6 $143 Ng3 $1 17. Bxg3 Qxb6 18. c3 e5 19. Bf2 Qc7 $15 {[%csl Re1,Ge8]
Timofeev,A (2664)-Dreev,A (2633)/Moscow Aeroflot op/2008/ Here White's K is
more vulnerable, than Black's})) 6... Bd7 $5 ({Nepomniachtchi said this came
as a surprise to him, previously Dreev had opted for the more usual
alternatives} 6... Qb6 {or}) (6... e6) (6... g6 $6 {is premature due to} 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 $36 {, the text-move serves to prepare the fianchetto.}) 7. Bg5
{This move aims to prevent Black's fianchetto, but White has other options and
the most popular ones ignore Black's plan.} (7. Bb3 {is a flexible choice, the
B goes to a less exposed square and White leaves both castling options open.
After} g6 8. f3 Nxd4 (8... Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h4 ({or} 10. Qd2 {leads to the
Classical Dragon - B76-9.})) 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 O-O {[%cal Rf6g4] /
\Ng4 forces White to invest another tempo, after} 11. Qd2 b5 $13 {Black has
reasonable <=>.}) 10... O-O {White should already decide, where to place his
king:} {Sharper and more ambitious is} 11. O-O-O (11. Qe3 b5 12. a4 (12. O-O-O
$6 a5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a4 15. Bd5 b4 $1 16. Bxa8 bxc3 17. Bd5 Qc7 $40 18.
Qe3 cxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Rc8 20. c3 e6 21. Qd4 Ne8 $17 {Kostro,J-Stein,L/Krakow/1969/
}) (12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Rb8 15. h5 Nxh5 16. g4 Nf6 17. Bh6 Bxa4 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxa4 Rb5 20. Qh6+ Kh8 21. Rd4 e6 22. f4 Qe7 23. e5 dxe5 24. g5
Nh5 25. Rd7 {1/2,Ciocaltea,V-Stein,L/Caracas/1970/} Qb4+ 26. Kd1 Kg8 $1 27.
Rxh5 gxh5 28. g6 hxg6 29. Bxe6 Qxf4 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 $19) 12... bxa4 ({Splitting
up the Ps seems unnecessary,} 12... b4 $142 $5 $13) 13. Nxa4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. O-O Qc7 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Rad1 Rab8 18. c4 Kf7 19. f4 (19. Rd3 $5 Nd7 20.
Qf4+ $14) 19... Qb7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rd3 Kg8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Bg7 24. Qh3
Qe4 $1 $132 25. Nc3 Qxe5 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Nb5 Qc5 29. Qxe7 Rxb5
30. cxb5 {1/2,Areshchenko,A (2660)-Ponomariov,R (2738)/Foros/2006/} Bd4 31. Kh1
$5 Bxe3 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qf7+ $11) 11... h6 (11... b5 $143 12. e5 $1 $36 {/\}
Nh5 13. Qh4) 12. Bh4 Bc6 13. Qe3 Nd7 (13... Qa5 {is less risky, but also less
enterprising and gives White a slight edge after} 14. Kb1 $14) 14. Rxd6 $5 g5
15. Rg6 e6 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Bf2 $44 {White undoubtedly has compensation, but
it's difficult to say if he can claim an advantage, after} Qf6 (17... a5 18. a4
Qf6 19. Kb1 b6 20. h4 Nc5 21. Rh3 Rg8 22. g4 Rad8 23. Bg3 Rd7 24. Ka2 Kf8 25.
Bf2 Qe5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rh5 Ke8 28. Qe2 Kd8 29. Be3 Kc8 30. f4 $44 {Tal,
M-Stein,L/URS-ch Moscow/1969/}) 18. Kb1 (18. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ye2g3,Yf2e1,Ye1c3] /
\Ng3, Be1-c3|^}) 18... Ne5 19. Ne2 Ng6 20. Ng3 Nf4 21. h4 Qe5 (21... Rfd8 $5
$13) 22. a4 Rfd8 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Be1 Rd1+ 25. Ka2 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Rh8 27. Rxh8
Kxh8 {Azarov,S (2571)-Andreev,E (2433)/Kazan/2007/} 28. Qd2 $14) ({
Nepomniachtchi has already played the simple} 7. O-O {in the past, so Dreev
was presumably prepared. Now, the consistent move is} g6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 (8...
bxc6 {is the positionally desirable recapture, which reinforces Black's [+].
However, here White's lead in development is a more important factor:} 9. f4
$32 Bg4 10. Qd3 Bg7 11. h3 Bc8 12. e5 Nd7 $5 13. exd6 Nb6 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Bb3
O-O 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Qc5 Ba6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Be3 Rfe8 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2433)
-Abramov,V (2267)/Dagomys/2004/} 20. Kh1 $5 $14) 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Re1
O-O 11. c3 (11. Bg5 e6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. c3 Rad8 15. Bb3 Qg5 16.
Qd4 Qe5 17. Rad1 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rd7 19. Red1 $11 {1/2, Degraeve,J (2551)-Baklan,
V (2622)/Bundesliga 0607/2007/}) 11... Nd7 $5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. b4
Ne6 15. Bh4 Rc8 16. Rac1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qc7 18. c4 Nd4 19. c5 e6 20. Bb3 dxc5
21. bxc5 Nxb3 22. axb3 Be5 $11 {Morozevich,A (2731)-Ponomariov,R (2721)/Tomsk
rpd/2006/}) 10... Bxd5 (10... e6 $2 {[%csl Re8] with the K still on e8 fails to
} 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd6 $16 {/\} Qxb2 14. Rab1 Qf6 15. Rxb7 $1
$18) 11. exd5 O-O 12. Re1 {Theory considers this position better for White,
but proving it in practice is far from easy, for example} h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. a4
Re8 15. c3 Nd7 16. Bb3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 $5 18. Qd4 Re5 19. f4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
b5 21. Bd1 Qb6 $132 {Mortensen,E (2470)-Larsen,B (2560)/DEN-ch Odense/1994/})
7... Qa5 (7... Nxe4 $2 {fails tactically to} 8. Nxe4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Qe5 10. Bd3 $1
{/\} f5 11. f4 $18 {and Black doesn't regain the sacrificed piece.}) ({The
text-move is a principled choice, Black forces White to swap his important Bg5.
However, this comes at the price of a disrupted P-structure. Another option is
the typical Richter-Rauzer move} 7... e6 {, as the wild attempt} 8. Ndb5 ({
Nepomniachtchi wanted to play the normal} 8. Qd2 $13) 8... Qb8 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10.
Qh5 $6 (10. O-O a6 11. Nd4 Qa7 $11) 10... a6 11. Nd5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Ne5 $17 {
doesn't give White anything concrete.}) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 {Logical, White
wins a tempo and keeps tension in the position.} (9. O-O $6 Qc5 $15 {[%csl Gd7,
Gf8] ^^}) (9. Bb3 Rg8 $1 {/\} 10. g3 Nxd4 (10... Qc5 $5 $15) 11. Qxd4 f5 {
[%cal Rf8g7] /\Bg7|^ already forces White to fight play with care.}) (9. Bd5 {
is recommended by Bronstein to prevent the Q from going to the >>, but after}
e6 $11 {Black wins a tempo and is doing fine.}) (9. Nde2 f5 $5 $132) 9... Qg5 {
Consistent with Black's 7th move.} 10. g3 {White doesn't commit his K yet, and
rightly so:} (10. O-O $143 Rg8 11. g3 h5 12. Nd5 Rc8 (12... O-O-O $5 $13 {
Bronstein}) 13. f4 Qg7 14. Qd2 h4 15. Rf3 Qh6 16. Bf1 hxg3 17. Rxg3 Rg6 18. Re1
f5 $1 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. c3 Be6 21. Bg2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 e6 23. Nd4 Be7 $15 {
Geller,E-Averbakh,Y/Zuerich Candidates/1953/ Black has better chances to whip
up an effective >>->.}) 10... f5 {Although it's very natural, this move
perhaps isn't the best.} ({An alternative, deserving attention, is} 10... h5 $5
11. f4 (11. h4 Qg4 $11) 11... Qg4 $1 ({With this intermediate move Black lures
White's B to a more passive square.} 11... Qg6 12. Qd3 f5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
Bd5 fxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 17. Rhe1 $32 {[%cal Rb3a5,Rb3d4,Ge1e7,
Gd1d6] /\Nd4, Na5, |^[+] and Black's ^^ doesn't play a major role.} e5 18. Rxe5
Bg7 19. Ra5 Kb8 20. Rxf5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 $16 {Kruppa,Y (2460)-Khalifman,A (2485)/
Lvov/1985/}) 12. Be2 Qg6 {[%cal Gf6f5] /\f5~~} 13. Qd2 f5 14. Bf3 fxe4 15. Bxe4
Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Na5 Rd7 20. Nc4 e6 $15 {
Brodsky,M (2500)-Nevednichy,V (2480)/Bucharest/1994/} {/\} 21. Ndb6+ $6 axb6
22. Nxb6+ Kc7 23. Nxd7 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rd7] פd7} 24. c3 Kxd7 25. cxd4 $2 Rc8 $19
) ({Too passive is} 10... e6 $143 $6 11. Qe2 h5 12. f4 Qh6 13. Rf1 a6 14. a4
Be7 15. Qf2 Rg8 16. Be2 Rc8 17. O-O-O Qg6 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. f5 Qg5 20. Qb6 d5 21.
exd5 exd5 22. Qxb7 Bxf5 23. Nxd5 Nc6 24. Nd4 {1-0, Grigoriants,S (2441)
-Golovchenko,G (2243)/St Petersburg/2001/}) (10... Qg6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. Nd5 O-O
13. O-O-O f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bb5 e6 16. Bxc6 exd5 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bxd5 Rfe8
19. Qd2 Rec8 20. c3 Bb1 $44 {Losev,D (2320)-Kiselev,M (2400)/St Petersburg/
1994/}) 11. e5 $1 {In the aforementioned Morozevich - Dreev game White's B was
on e2 and he didn't have this important [+] thrust.} (11. O-O Bg7 ({
Interesting is} 11... fxe4 $5 12. Nxe4 Qg6 $13) 12. Nd5 (12. f4 Qg6 $1 $132) (
12. e5 $5 O-O-O 13. exd6 Be8 $13) 12... O-O 13. exf5 {vedie jednoduche} Bxf5 $5
$11 (13... Bxb2 $143 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Nd2 $1 Bxf5 16. Rxb7 e6 17. Nf3 Qh5 {
Kosteniuk,A (2398)-Sutovsky,E (2609)/Port Erin op/2000/} 18. Nf4 $14)) (11. f4
Qg6 $11 {leads White nowhere.}) 11... Be6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (11... Nxe5 $2 12.
f4 Qg4 13. Be2 $18) (11... dxe5 $6 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qxd7 $36) (11... O-O-O
12. exd6 e6 (12... Be8 $142 $132) (12... f4 $5) 13. f4 Qf6 14. Qd2 Kb8 15.
O-O-O Bc8 16. Qe3 Bxd6 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Na5 Bc5 19. Nxc6+ bxc6 20. Qe5+ Kb7 21.
Nc3 Bb6 22. Na4 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Gc1] Kruppa,Y (2480)-Sorokin,M (2500)/Kherson/
1991/ White has a slight, but nagging pull, as his K is safer.}) 12. Bxe6 $8 (
12. Nd5 $6 O-O-O {[%cal Gd8d1] |^<->d}) 12... fxe6 13. Nd4 {[%mdl 32] White
has a simple strategic plan - to keep Black's K in the [+]. To achieve this he
doesn't mind even considerable simplification.} (13. exd6 exd6 (13... O-O-O $6
14. Qe2 $16 {costs Black a P.}) 14. O-O $14 Qf6 15. Re1 O-O-O $14 {/~~<=>})
13... Nxd4 ({Logical enough, but interesting was also} 13... Kf7 {, as the K
will end here anyway.} 14. exd6 (14. f4 Qg4 15. Qxg4 fxg4 $11) 14... exd6 15.
Ncb5 $5 ({After the natural} 15. O-O Qg4 $132 {Black either swaps Q, or chases
the Nd4 away from the [+].}) 15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qg4 17. f4 $5 (17. Qxh8 $2
Qe4+ $19) 17... Qf3 18. Rf1 Qe4+ 19. Qxe4 fxe4 20. f5 $14) 14. Qxd4 Bg7 15.
Qa4+ (15. f4 $143 $6 Qg4 (15... Qh5 {is similar.}) 16. Qa4+ (16. Qe3 dxe5 17.
fxe5 h5 $15 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yg7h6,Yh5h4] ><e5, /\Bh6, h4}) 16... Kf7 17. exd6
Qf3 $36) 15... Kf7 16. exd6 Bxc3+ {Black simplifies the position and creates
potential targets on the <->c.} (16... exd6 17. O-O $14 {/~~ is very similar
and can transpose back into the game.}) 17. bxc3 exd6 18. O-O $14 {/= In the
major piece _|_ White has some initiative due to the open [+]<-> and better
protected K. Objectively this probably isn't much and with careful defence
Black should gradually achieve full equality. However, at this moment
Nepomniachtchi declined a draw and this probably negatively influenced Dreev's
play.} Rhe8 ({More accurate is} 18... Rhc8 {[%cal Gc8c2] , or}) (18... Rhd8 $5
{, which doesn't change the evaluation of the position.}) 19. Rad1 d5 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Black must solve concrete problems and this is a serious
positional error. After} (19... Qe7 {White has more than one way to increase
his pressure:} 20. Rd3 (20. Qf4) (20. Rfe1 $5 $14 {, but in any case he still
must work to achive a more tangible advantage.})) 20. c4 $16 {White opens the 
[+], gets rid of his only weakness and creates direct threats against Black's
K. All this gives him a distinct advantage.} dxc4 21. Rd7+ Re7 22. Rfd1 Rae8 (
22... Kg6 23. Qxc4 $16 {[%cal Rc4c7] /\Qc7}) 23. Qxa7 Qg4 $8 24. Qe3 $1 {
[%cal Rd1d4] /\R1d4 The Q returns to the [+] to increase the pressure.} (24.
Qxb7 $4 Qxd1+ $19) 24... Rxd7 (24... b5 25. R7d4 Qg7 26. Rb1 $16 {[%csl Rb5,
Rc4] ><b5,c4}) 25. Rxd7+ Re7 26. Rd4 Qg7 27. a4 $1 {/\Rc4} (27. Rxc4 $6 Qa1+
$14) 27... Rc7 28. Qf4 Kg6 29. c3 (29. Rxc4 $16 {is possible as well, but
Black was running out of time and Nepomniachtchi sees no immedite need to
simplify the position.}) 29... Qe7 {[%cal Re6e5] /\e5} 30. Rxc4 (30. Rd6 $5 $16
{|^}) 30... e5 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2d8,Rd2d5] <->d, /\Qd5} (32.
Qb4 b6 $14 {/+/-}) 32... Qc6 33. a5 Qc5 (33... Qb5 {, or}) (33... Qe4 $5 34. h4
$16 {causes White somewhat more technical problems.}) 34. c4 $1 e4 (34... Qxc4
35. Qd6+ Kf7 (35... Kg7 36. Qxe5+ $18) 36. Qd7+ Kg6 37. Qxb7 e4 38. a6 $18) 35.
Qd8 Qe5 $6 $138 {The last mistake, but the position was almost surely beyond
saving anyway.} (35... Qxc4 36. Qb6+ $18 {[%csl Ga5] o^a5}) (35... Kg7 36. Kg2
$5 $16 {/+-}) 36. Qb6+ $18 Kh5 37. Qxb7 Kg6 38. a6 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qa3 40. Qb6+
Kf7 41. h4 (41. a7 $4 Qf3+ 42. Kh3 Qh5+ 43. Kg2 Qf3+ 44. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) (41. h4
Qf3+ 42. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Bxf6 (9. Be2 O-O (9... a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. a5 Bd7 12. f3 h6
13. Be3 Ne5 14. Na4 Bxa4 (14... Bb5 15. Nb6 Rd8 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Nd4 $16 {
0-1 Van Herck,M-Kristiansen,J/Graz 1972 (34)}) 15. Rxa4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Bf2 (17. O-O O-O $11 (17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O $11)) 17... Bg5 18. Qd1 O-O 19.
c3 $11) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Rd8 (11... a6 12. O-O (12. a4 b6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Bf3
Rb8 15. Qe2 Na5 $11 {1-0 Stisis,Y-Shmuter,L/Tel Aviv ISR 1999 (42)}) 12... b5
13. Bf3 Bb7 14. a3 Nd7 15. Qf2 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Kh1 {
1/2-1/2 Jimenez Zerguera,E-Perez,F/Havana 1965 (18)}) 12. O-O $11 (12. O-O-O a6
13. g4 b5 14. g5 (14. Bf3 Nd7 15. Qf2 (15. g5 Nb6 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. h4 b4 18. Nb1
a5 $15 {0-1 Prasad,D-Greenfeld,A/Biel SUI 1999 (27)}) 15... Bb7 $132) 14... b4
15. gxf6 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxf6 17. Nd4 Bd7 $132)) (9. h4 a6 10. h5 h6 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rh3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rd3 Rhg8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Qe1
$14 {1-0 Garcia,S-Smyslov,V/Sochi 1974/Inf 18 (33)}) (9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 O-O 11.
g4 a6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b5 14. a3 Nde5 15. Be2 Rb8 $132 {1-0 Mc Donald N
R-Gufeld E Y/it shv. 1987 (36)}) 9... Bxf6 $146 (9... gxf6 $6 10. Be2 Bd7 11.
O-O Ne5 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 $16 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Avrukh,B/Tel Aviv ISR 1999 (25)})
10. Qxd6 Be5 11. Qc5 $14 (11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bd3 a5 13. a4 Rd8 14. f4 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 e5 16. Rf1 $44 (16. f5 $6 Bxf5 $1 17. Qf2 (17. exf5 e4 18. Nc1 Ne5 $17)
17... Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bc8 (18... Bg6 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Na6 Rb7 22.
Nc5 Rbb8 23. Na6 $11) 19. Rhb1 Rd7 20. Nd2 Rc7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Avrukh,B/
Biel SUI 1999 (45)})) (11. Qa3 $6 {In the game Sutovsky-Avrukh this move was
recommended by Tsesarsky. This recomendation is wrong - Tsesarsky.} Nb4 $1 (
11... Nd4 $2 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O $16) (11...
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 e5 13. Qc5 Qxc5 14. Nxc5 Ke7 15. Bb5 Kd6 $44) 12. O-O-O a5 13.
Qa4+ Ke7 14. a3 Nc6 15. f3 Qe3+ 16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Rxd8
Nxd8 20. Rd1 e5 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 $11) 11... Qxc5 12. Nxc5 Ke7 (12... O-O
$5 13. Bb5 (13. O-O-O b6 14. Bb5 (14. Nd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 (15... e5 16. Nb4
Bb7 17. Ba6 $16) 16. Be2 Rac8 $44) 14... bxc5 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Na4 Ba6 17. Nxc5
Be2 18. Nd7 Bxb2+ 19. Kd2 Bxd1 20. Nxb8 Rxb8 21. Rxd1 (21. Kxd1 Rb6 22. Ba4 Rb4
$11) 21... Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Kf8 $11) 13... Nb4 14. O-O-O b6 15. Nd3
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba6 17. cxb4 Bxb5 18. Kb2 $14) 13. Bb5 Nd4 (13... Nb4 14. O-O-O
$16) 14. O-O-O (14. Ba4 b6 (14... a6 15. Nd3 Bc7 16. O-O-O b5 17. Bb3 Rd8 18.
Kb1 (18. g3 a5 19. Nf4 Be5 20. Bd5 Rb8 21. Nd3 Bc7 $17) 18... a5 19. a4 (19.
Rd2 a4 20. Bd5 exd5 21. Nxd5+ Kd6 22. N3b4 Ne6 23. Nb6+ Kc5 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25.
Nxa8 Kxb4 $17) (19. Ne1 Ne2 20. Rxd8 Nxc3+ 21. bxc3 Kxd8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4
$15) 19... Nxb3 (19... Rb8 20. Nxb5 Nxb5 21. axb5 Rxb5 $14) 20. Nxb5 $1 Bb7 21.
Nxc7 Rac8 22. f3 (22. cxb3 Bxe4 23. Ka2 Bxd3 24. Rc1 $14) 22... Nd4 23. Nb5
Nxc2 $14) 15. Nd3 Bc7 16. O-O-O $16) 14... Rd8 15. Nb3 (15. Bc4 a6 16. Nd3 Bc7
17. a3 b5 18. Ba2 (18. Nb4 Be5 19. Nd3 Bc7) 18... a5 19. Nc5 b4 20. Nd5+ exd5
21. Rxd4 bxa3 22. bxa3 Bd6 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Nxe6 Bxa3+ 25. Kd2 fxe6 $44) 15...
Nxb5 (15... Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 a6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. g3 Bc6 20. f3 $14)
16. Nxb5 Bd7 17. N5d4 Rac8 18. g3 (18. c3 Ba4 19. Nf3 Bf4+ 20. Kc2 Bc6 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Re1 $14) 18... Rc4 19. c3 Bc7 20. Rhe1 b5 21. Nc2 (21. Rd3 $1 b4 (
21... e5 22. Nc2 (22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. exf5 b4 (24... Ke7 25. f4 Kf6
26. fxe5+ Bxe5 (26... Kxf5 27. Nd4+ $18) 27. Nd2 Rc6 28. Rf1 b4 29. Ne4+ Ke7
30. Kc2 bxc3 31. bxc3 $16) 25. Kc2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Ra4 27. Rd1+ Kc8 (27... Ke7
28. Nc5 $1 $16) 28. Kb2 $16) 22... Bb6 23. f3 {like in this game}) 22. Nd2 Rc5
23. c4 Bb5 $5 24. b3 Be5 25. N2f3 Bc7 (25... Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rxc4+ 27. Nc2 Rdc8
28. Re2 $16) 26. Red1 Bd7 27. h4 a6 28. Nc2 $16) 21... Bb6 22. f3 Rdc8 23. Kb1
(23. Rd3 b4 24. Red1 Bb5 25. Ncd4 Ba6 26. Kc2 R4c7 27. Re3 e5 28. Nf5+ Kf8 $17)
23... a5 24. a3 h5 25. Rd3 $16 (25. Rd2 $16) 25... h4 26. Red1 (26. gxh4 $6 Rh8
27. Red1 Rc7 28. R1d2 Rxh4 29. Nbd4 Rh3 $14) 26... R4c7 27. g4 (27. Nbd4 $1
hxg3 28. hxg3 g5 (28... Rh8 29. Ne3 Rh3 (29... Kf6 30. f4 $16) 30. Ndf5+ Kd8
31. Nd6 Ke7 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Rxd7+ Rxd7 34. Rxd7+ Ke8 35. Rd3 Rxg3 36. Nc2 e5
37. b4 (37. Rd5 Bc7 38. Rxb5 Rxf3 $44) 37... g5 38. Rd5 Bc7 39. bxa5 Bxa5 (
39... Rxf3 40. a6 $18) 40. Rxe5+ Kd7 41. Rd5+ Ke8 42. c4 $16) 29. Ne3 Rh8 (
29... Bc5 30. Ndf5+ exf5 31. Nd5+ Ke8 32. Nf6+ Ke7 33. Nxd7 fxe4 34. Rd5 f6 (
34... exf3 35. Re5+ Kd8 36. Nxc5+ $18) 35. fxe4 $16) (29... Kf6 30. Ndf5 $16)
30. Ndf5+ $1 $18) 27... h3 28. Nbd4 g5 29. Ne3 Kf6 30. Ndc2 (30. Nf1 $1 Be8 (
30... Ke5 31. f4+ $3 gxf4 (31... Kxe4 32. Ng3+ Kd5 (32... Kxf4 33. Re1 Bc6 34.
Nxc6 $18) 33. Nxb5+ $18) 32. Nf3+ Kxe4 (32... Kf6 33. Rxd7 $18) 33. Kc2 $18 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Gf1d2]}) 31. Ng3 Ke5 32. Ndf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5d6]} exf5 33. Rd5+
Ke6 34. Rd6+ Ke7 (34... Ke5 35. R1d5+ Kf4 36. Rxf5+ Ke3 37. Rxb6 $18) 35. Nxf5+
$18) (30. Ndf5 $5 Bc6 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. e5+ Kg6 33. Nf1 Rcd7 34. Ng3 f6 35. exf6
Bg1 36. Rxg1 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Kc2 Kf7 (38... Bxf3 39. Rf1 $18) (38...
Kxf6 39. Nh5+ Ke7 40. f4 $16) 39. Rf1 Kxf6 40. Re1 $16) 30... Bc6 31. Nd4 Be8
32. Ndf5 Bc6 33. Nd4 (33. Nd6 $16) 33... Be8 34. Nec2 Ke5 35. Re1 $6 {The game
without the certain plan does not lead up to goods.} (35. R1d2 $16) 35... Rc4
36. Ne3 R4c7 37. Nec2 Rc4 38. Re2 $2 $11 (38. Red1 $16) 38... b4 $1 {Avrukh
immediately uses the kindly given opportunity.} 39. axb4 axb4 40. Ne3 (40. Nxb4
Rxb4 41. f4+ Kxf4 (41... gxf4 42. Nf3+ Kf6 43. e5+ Ke7 44. cxb4 Bb5 45. Red2
Bxd3+ 46. Rxd3 Rc4 $11) 42. cxb4 Rd8 43. Rf3+ (43. Nxe6+ fxe6 44. Rxd8 Bxd8 45.
Rf2+ Kxg4 46. Rf8 Bc7 47. Rxe8 Bxh2 48. Rxe6 Bg3 49. Rf6 Bf4 50. Rh6 h2 51. Kc2
Bg3 52. Rxh2 Bxh2 $19) 43... Kxg4 44. Rg3+ Kf4 45. Nb3 $132) 40... R4c7 41. Nd1
Ba4 42. Nf2 (42. Red2 Bxd1 43. Rxd1 bxc3 44. bxc3 Rxc3 45. Nb5 Rxd3 46. Rxd3
Bg1 $19) 42... bxc3 43. f4+ Kf6 (43... gxf4 44. g5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd4f3]} c2+
45. Kc1 Kd6 46. Nb5+ Ke7 47. Nxc7 Rxc7 48. Rxh3 e5 49. Rf3 Bd4 50. Nd3 Bb3 51.
h4 Ra7 52. Kd2 Rd7 53. Kc1 Ra7 54. Kd2 Rd7 $11) 44. fxg5+ Kg6 (44... Kxg5 45.
Nxh3+ Kf6 (45... Kxg4 46. Rg2+ Kh4 47. Nf4 $18 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gd3h3]}) 46.
e5+ Ke7 47. Ng5 c2+ 48. Kc1 Rd7 $44) 45. Nxh3 c2+ 46. Kc1 Ra7 (46... Rh8 47.
Nf4+ Kxg5 48. Ndxe6+ fxe6 49. Nxe6+ Kh4 50. Nxc7 Bxc7 $44) 47. Rc3 (47. Rf2
Bxd4 48. Rxd4 Bb3 49. Nf4+ Kxg5 50. Ne2 Ra1+ 51. Kd2 Rd1+ 52. Ke3 Re1 $19)
47... Rxc3 48. bxc3 Bxd4 49. cxd4 Rb7 50. Rxc2 Bxc2 51. Kxc2 $44 Rb8 52. Kc3
Rh8 53. Nf4+ Kxg5 54. Nd3 Kf6 (54... Rxh2 55. d5 exd5 56. exd5 f6 57. d6 Kxg4
58. d7 Rh8 59. Nc5 Rd8 60. Kd4 f5 61. Ke5 f4 62. Ne6 Rxd7 63. Nxf4 $11) 55. d5
exd5 56. exd5 Rxh2 57. Kd4 Rg2 (57... Rd2 58. Ke4 Rd1 59. Kd4 Ke7 60. Ke4 Kd6
61. Kd4 f6 (61... Rg1 62. Nf2 Rg2 63. Ne4+ Kd7 64. g5 $44) 62. Ke4 Rg1 63. Kf5
$11) 58. d6 (58. Ne5 Rg1 $19) 58... Ra2 59. Nc5 Rd2+ 60. Kc3 Rd1 61. Kc4 Ke5
62. d7 Rd4+ 63. Kb5 Rd6 64. Kc4 Kf4 (64... f6 65. Kb4 $11) 65. Kb5 Ke5 66. Kc4
Rd4+ 67. Kb5 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Bxf6 (9. Be2 O-O (9... a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. a5 Bd7 12. f3 h6
13. Be3 Ne5 14. Na4 Bxa4 (14... Bb5 15. Nb6 Rd8 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Nd4 $16 {
0-1 Van Herck,M-Kristiansen,J/Graz 1972 (34)}) 15. Rxa4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Bf2 (17. O-O O-O $11 (17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O $11)) 17... Bg5 18. Qd1 O-O 19.
c3 $11) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Rd8 (11... a6 12. O-O (12. a4 b6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Bf3
Rb8 15. Qe2 Na5 $11 {1-0 Stisis,Y-Shmuter,L/Tel Aviv ISR 1999 (42)}) 12... b5
13. Bf3 Bb7 14. a3 Nd7 15. Qf2 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Kh1 {
1/2-1/2 Jimenez Zerguera,E-Perez,F/Havana 1965 (18)}) 12. O-O $11 (12. O-O-O a6
13. g4 b5 14. g5 (14. Bf3 Nd7 15. Qf2 (15. g5 Nb6 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. h4 b4 18. Nb1
a5 $15 {0-1 Prasad,D-Greenfeld,A/Biel SUI 1999 (27)}) 15... Bb7 $132) 14... b4
15. gxf6 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxf6 17. Nd4 Bd7 $132)) (9. h4 a6 10. h5 h6 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rh3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rd3 Rhg8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Qe1
$14 {1-0 Garcia,S-Smyslov,V/Sochi 1974/Inf 18 (33)}) (9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 O-O 11.
g4 a6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b5 14. a3 Nde5 15. Be2 Rb8 $132 {1-0 Mc Donald N
R-Gufeld E Y/it shv. 1987 (36)}) 9... Bxf6 (9... gxf6 $6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O
Ne5 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 $16 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Avrukh,B/Tel Aviv ISR 1999 (25)}) 10.
Qxd6 Be5 11. Qd2 $6 $132 (11. Qc5 $14 Qxc5 12. Nxc5 Ke7 (12... O-O $5 $14) 13.
Bb5 Nd4 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. Nb3 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Bd7 17. N5d4 Rac8 18. g3 Rc4 19. c3
Bc7 20. Rhe1 b5 21. Nc2 (21. Rd3 $1) 21... Bb6 22. f3 Rdc8 23. Kb1 a5 24. a3 h5
25. Rd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Avrukh,B/St. Petersburg 1999/CBM 72_02/
[Tsesarsky] (67)}) 11... O-O 12. Bd3 a5 13. a4 Rd8 14. f4 (14. O-O Nb4 15. Nc1
(15. Nb5 Bxb2 $15) 15... Nxd3 16. Nxd3 Qxb2 17. Nb5 Qxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxa1 $15)
14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 Qe3+ $17) 15... e5 16. f5 (16. Rb1 f5 $1 17. exf5
Bxf5 (17... e4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qe2 Bxf5 20. g4 Bc8 21. Nd2 Qc7 22. Nxe4 (22.
O-O Bxg4 $1 $17) 22... Qxf4 23. Rf1 Qxg4 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. Rxb7 Rd1+ 26. Kf2
Rf8+ 27. Kg3 Rdxf1 28. Bxf1 Rxf1 29. Kxg4 Kg8 $14) 18. Rf1 e4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20.
Qe2 e3 $132) (16. Rf1 Be6 17. Rb1 Bc4 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Rxd3
21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 exf4 23. Nc5 Nd8 24. Rb5 Ra7 25. Nb3 Kf8 26. Rxa5 Rxa5
27. Nxa5 Ke7 $11) 16... Bxf5 $1 17. Qf2 (17. exf5 e4 18. Nc1 Ne5 $17) 17...
Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bc8 (18... Bg6 19. Rab1 Rab8 (19... b6 20. Nd2 Rab8 21. Nc4 f6
22. Nxb6 $14) 20. Nc5 b6 21. Na6 Rb7 22. Nc5 Rbb8 23. Na6 $11) 19. Rhb1 (19.
Rab1 Rb8 20. Bb5 Be6 21. Bxc6 Bxb3 (21... bxc6 22. Nxa5 Ra8 23. Nxc6 Re8 24.
Nxe5 Rxa4 25. Rb4 $16) 22. cxb3 bxc6 23. Ke3 $11) 19... Rd7 20. Nd2 (20. Rb2
$132) 20... Rc7 (20... f6 21. Rb6 $132) 21. Rb5 (21. Rb6 Be6 22. Rab1 Nd8 23.
c4 Bd7 24. Ra1 Ne6 25. Nb3 Bc6 26. Ke3 Nf8 $1 27. Nc5 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. c5
Kf8 (29... Rd4 30. c3 Rd7 (30... Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. Rxb7 Bc6 33. Rc7 Be8
34. Bc4 $11)) 30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Ra3 f6 32. Rd3 Rdc7 33. c4 Be8 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35.
Rd5 Rxc5 36. Rxb7 Rxd5 37. cxd5 Rc3+ 38. Kd2 Rc4 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. d6 Rc3+ 41.
Ke2 (41. Kd2 Rc4 42. Ke3) 41... Rc2+ 42. Ke3 $11 (42. Kd3 Rc6 43. d7 Ke7 44.
d8=Q+ Kxd8 45. Rxg7 Rb6 (45... Rd6+ 46. Kc4 Rd4+ 47. Kb5 Rxe4 48. Rxh7 Rg4 49.
g3 e4 50. Rf7 e3 51. Rxf6 Re4 52. Rf1 e2 53. Re1 Re5+ 54. Kc4 $16) 46. Rxh7
Rb3+ 47. Kc4 Rb4+ 48. Kd5 Rxa4 49. h4 Rd4+ 50. Ke6 Rxe4 51. Kxf6 a4 52. h5 a3
53. h6 Ra4 54. Rg7 a2 55. h7 Rh4 56. Ra7 Rxh7 57. Rxa2 Rh6+ 58. Kxe5 Ke7 59.
Ra7+ Kf8 $11)) 21... Be6 22. Rab1 Nd8 (22... Ra7 {Probably this move put
before white more problems.} 23. Ke3 (23. Nc4 f6 24. Nd6 Nd8 25. Rb6 Rc6 26.
Rxc6 bxc6 27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Nb7 29. Rb6 Nc5 30. Nd6 Ra8 31. Rxc6 Nxa4 32.
Rc7 Nb2 33. Nf5 a4 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rg3 a3 36. Nh6 Rf8 37. c4 Nxc4 38. Rd3 a2
39. Rd1 Rb8 40. Ra1 Rb2 $19) (23. Nb3 f6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Bc4+ Kf8 26. Be6 Nd8
27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Nxb7 (28. Rd1 Ke8 29. Rd6 b6 30. Rdxb6 Rac7 31. Nd3 Rxc3 32.
Ke3 Rxc2 33. Rxa5 Rxg2 34. Ra7 Rcc2 35. Nb4 Rc3+ 36. Nd3 Rxh2 $19) 28... Nxb7
29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Rxc3 31. Rb5 Rxc2+ 32. Kf3 Rc3+ 33. Kf2 Rc4 34. Rxa5
Rxe4 35. Ra7 h5 36. a5 Ra4 37. a6 Kg8 38. h3 Kh7 39. Kf3 Kg6 $17) 23... f6 24.
Nb3 Kf8 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Bc4 Ke7 27. Bd5 Nd8 28. c4 b6 29. Nd3 Bd7 30. Rxb6 Bxa4
31. Kd2 $15) 23. Rxe5 $11 Rxc3 24. Nb3 Bd7 (24... b6 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6
27. Reb5 Bd7 28. Ke3 Kf8 29. Rd5 (29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 Bxa4 $132) 29... Be6
30. Rh5 h6 31. Rhb5 Bd7 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Bxa4 $11) 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. Nxc5
Bc6 27. Ke3 (27. e5 Kf8 28. Bf5 (28. Bxh7 $2 g6 29. e6 Kg7 30. e7 Ne6 31. Nxb7
Kxh7 (31... Bxb7 32. Rxb7 Kxh7 33. Ra7 Re8 34. Rxa5 Rxe7 $17) 32. Nd6 Kg7 $19)
28... Ke7 29. c4 g6 30. Bh3 $11) 27... Rc8 28. Kd4 Kf8 29. Bc4 Ke7 30. Bd5 f6 (
30... Kd6 31. e5+ Kc7 32. c4 (32. Rf1 b6 33. Ne4 Bxa4 34. c4 Rb8 $15) 32... b6
33. Ne4 Bxa4 34. Nd6 Rb8 35. Nxf7 Nxf7 36. Bxf7 Rf8 37. Bd5 Bc6 $11 (37... Rf4+
38. Ke3 Rf8 39. c5 b5 (39... bxc5 40. Rb7+ Kd8 41. Rxg7 (41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. Rb7+
$11) 41... Rf5 42. Rg8+ (42. Ke4 $2 Bc2+) 42... Ke7 43. Rg7+ $11) 40. Kd4 Rf4+
41. Ke3 Rf8 $11)) 31. c4 Kd6 32. Nd3 Bxa4 33. Ra1 (33. c5+ Kc7 34. Ra1 Nc6+ 35.
Ke3 Bb5 36. Nf4 g6 $15) 33... Nc6+ (33... b5 34. cxb5 Bxb5 35. Rxa5 $11) 34.
Kc3 (34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. Rxa5 Re8 36. c5+ Kc7 37. Nf2 Rd8+ 38. Ke3 $11) 34... b5
35. Nb2 (35. c5+ Kc7 36. Nb2 b4+ 37. Kc4 Bc2 38. Bxc6 Kxc6 39. Rxa5 Bxe4 40.
Ra6+ Kd7 41. g3 Rb8 42. Ra7+ $11) 35... Ne7 (35... Nb4 $5 36. Bf7 $8 (36. Nxa4
Nxd5+ 37. exd5 Rxc4+ 38. Kd3 Rxa4 $19) 36... Rc5 (36... Rc7 37. Nxa4 bxa4 38.
Bd5 $11) 37. Nxa4 bxa4 38. Rxa4 Ke5 39. Ra1 (39. Bd5 f5 40. Rxb4 $8 (40. Ra1
fxe4 $19) 40... axb4+ 41. Kxb4 Rc8 42. exf5 Kxf5 43. c5 Ke5 44. Kc4 g5 45. Bf3
Rb8 46. h3 Rb1 47. c6 Kd6 48. Kd4 h6 49. Kc4 (49. Ke4 Kxc6 50. Kf5+ Kc5 51. Kg6
Rb6+ 52. Kh5 Kd4 $19) 49... Rc1+ 50. Kd4 Ra1 51. Kc4 Ra4+ 52. Kd3 $11 (52. Kb3
Rf4 53. Kc3 $11)) 39... Kxe4 40. Re1+ Kf5 41. Bg8 Kg6 42. Re4 h5 43. Re7 Re5
$17) 36. Kd4 {With Nb4 this move was impossible!} Nc6+ 37. Bxc6 Kxc6 38. Nxa4
bxa4 (38... Rd8+ 39. Kc3 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Kb6 41. Ra2 Rd1 (41... Ra8 42. Ra4) 42.
h3 Rc1+ 43. Kd4 $11) 39. Rxa4 Rd8+ 40. Kc3 Ra8 41. Ra3 (41. Kd4 $11) 41... Kc5
42. Ra4 h5 43. g3 g5 44. Kd3 Ra7 45. Ra2 $6 (45. Ra2 a4 (45... Kb4 46. Rb2+ Ka3
47. Rb6 Rf7 48. c5 a4 49. Kc4 $16) 46. Kc3 $2 (46. Rf2 $1 a3 (46... Ra6 47.
Rf5+ Kb4 48. Rb5+ Ka3 49. h4 $16) 47. Rf5+ Kd6 $5 (47... Kb4 48. Rb5+ Ka4 49.
Kc3 a2 50. Rb4+ Ka5 (50... Ka3 51. Rb3+) 51. Rb5+ Ka6 52. Kb2 Rc7 53. Rf5 Rxc4
54. Rxf6+ Kb5 55. Kxa2 Rxe4 56. Rf5+ Kc4 57. Rxg5 Re2+ $11) 48. Rxf6+ Ke5 49.
Rf5+ Ke6 50. Rf1 a2 51. Ra1 Ke5 52. c5 Ra3+ 53. Kc2 Kxe4 54. Kb2 Ra5 55. c6 Rc5
56. Rxa2 Rxc6 57. Ra5 $11) 46... a3 47. Kb3 Kd4 48. Ra1 a2 (48... Kxe4 $2 49.
Rxa3 Rxa3+ 50. Kxa3 f5 51. Kb4 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. c5 f3 (53... Kd5 54. c6 (
54. Kb5 f3 55. c6 f2 56. c7 f1=Q+ $19) 54... Kxc6 55. Kc4 $11) 54. c6 f2 55. c7
f1=Q 56. c8=Q $11) 49. Rxa2 Rxa2 50. Kxa2 Kxc4 $19) (45. Kc3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 a6 8.
O-O e6 9. Qd3 Be7 (9... h6 10. Be3 (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. f4 Be7 13.
Rad1 O-O 14. Kh1 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Meszaros,G-Szily,J/Budapest ch-HUN 1953 (41)}) (
10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bf4 b5 12. a3 Be7 13. Rad1 e5 14. Bc1 O-O 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16.
exd5 Nd7 17. Qf5 Bg5 18. Kh1 g6 19. Qh3 Kg7 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4
Qe7 23. Rdf1 Rae8 24. a4 Nc5 25. Bd3 bxa4 26. Qg3 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Qe5 28. Rxa4
Qxb2 29. Rxa6 Qe5 30. Rc6 Re7 31. c4 Ra8 32. c5 dxc5 33. h3 Ra1 34. Rxc5 Rxf1+
35. Qxf1 Ra7 36. Qd1 Ra1 37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Qxc1 Qxd5 39. Qc3+ Kh7 40. Qc7 g5 41.
Qb8 Qd4 42. Qc8 Kg7 43. Kh2 h5 44. Kh1 Qe3 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 g4 47. hxg4
hxg4 48. Qc3+ Kg6 49. Qd3+ Kh6 50. Qd8 g3 51. Qb6+ f6 52. Qe3 Qg5 53. Qc5 Qh5+
54. Qxh5+ Kxh5 55. Kg1 Kg4 56. Kf1 Kf4 57. Ke2 Ke4 58. Kd2 f5 59. Ke2 f4 60.
Ke1 Ke3 61. Kf1 Kd2 {0-1 Delaney,J-Speelman Jonathan S/Bath ENG 1987 (61)})
10... b5 11. f4 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. Nf2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f5 e5
(16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 e5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. f6 g6 (19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc5+ 21.
Kh1 O-O 22. Bc4 {[%cal Ge4g6]} Kh8 23. fxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bxf7 $1 $18) 20. Kh1 Bd7
21. Rd2 $16) 17. Rad1 (17. f6 Nxf6 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rxf6 Bb5
21. Bxb5+ axb5 22. Raf1 Rh7 23. R1f5 $16) 17... Be7 18. Qc4 Bb7 19. Bf3 Qc8 (
19... Nxe3 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qc7 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Bf6 24. Qc6+ Ke7
25. Qxa6 $16) 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd5 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 $14 {0-1 Bannik
Anatoly-Kirilov,V/ch URS (1/2 final) Vilnius (Lithuania) 1949/Inf 01 (61)}) (
9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. Rad1 Be7 12. Rd3 Qa5 13. Rg3 h6 14. Bd2 Qe5 15. Qxe5
dxe5 16. Rxg7 Bxe4 17. f4 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Polugaevsky,L/Belgrade 1969 (17)})
10. Rad1 O-O (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 (11... Bc6 12. Rd3 Qa5 13. Rg3 Qe5 14.
Qd2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rd1 (17. Qg5+ Kd7 18. Bd3 Qd4 19. c3
Qf6 20. Qxg7 Qxg7 21. Rxg7 Rag8 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. g3 $11) 17... Rad8 18. Qg5+
Kd7 19. Bf3 Qxc2 20. Qxg7 Bxf3 21. Qxf7+ Kc8 22. Qxf3 Rhf8 23. Qc3+ Qxc3 24.
Rxc3+ Kd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Furman,S/URS-37ch Moscow 1969 (42)}) 12. Be3
O-O 13. f4 Bc6 14. Bf3 b5 15. a3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Milic-Averbah/Belgrad 1956 (15)}
) (10... h6 11. Bc1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Rd3 Qa5 14. Rg3 g5 15. Qd3 O-O-O 16.
a3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 $11 {0-1 Bisguier A
B-Olafsson F/Bled 1961 (80)}) 11. Qg3 Qc7 (11... Qb6 12. Nb3 (12. Bh6 Ne8 13.
Nb3 Bf6 $132) 12... Ne5 (12... Qc7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 $16) 13. Rd4 Rfd8 14.
Rfd1 Bc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd6 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Ng6 {[%cal Gf6e5]} 18. Rd3 Bxc3
19. Rxc3 Bxe4 $11) 12. Kh1 (12. Nb3 Ne8 13. Bf4 Ne5 $11) 12... Kh8 13. f4 Ng8 (
13... h6 14. Bh4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc6 (15... Qb6 16. Rfd1 Qxb2 17. e5 Ng8 18. Bxe7
Nxe7 19. Bg4 (19. Rxd6 Nf5 $17) 19... Rfc8 (19... d5 20. Rb1 Qxc2 21. Rxb7 Rfc8
$17)) 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 (19. Qa3 Qc7 20. exd6 Qxc2
$15) 19... dxe5 20. fxe5 Bc6 21. Bd3 Rad8 22. Rd6 $14) 14. Bxe7 Ncxe7 (14...
Ngxe7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 (15... Bxc6 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Rad8 (17... f6 18. Rxd6
$16 (18. Qxd6 $16)) 18. f6 Ng6 19. fxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bf3 $16) 16. e5 (16. f5 exf5
17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Be6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rab8 22. b3 $14)
16... d5 17. Bd3 Rab8 18. b3 Bc8 (18... a5 19. Bxh7 $1 $16) 19. Ne2 c5 20. c3
Bb7 21. Qh4 (21. Qh3 h6 22. Qh5 c4 $11) 21... Ng6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. b4 $132)
15. Nb3 Bc6 (15... Nf6 16. Bf3 e5 (16... Rac8 17. e5 Nf5 18. Qh3 Ne8 19. Be4
$16) 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Ng6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 f5 22. d6
Qb6 23. c4 e4 24. c5 Qc6 $132) 16. Bd3 b5 17. Qh3 (17. a3 Rac8 $132) 17... h6
18. Nd4 Bb7 (18... b4 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Ne2 Nf6 $11) 19. a3 Rad8 20. Qg3 Nf6 (
20... e5 $1 $132 {Arising move taking into account absence BB.}) 21. Nf3 d5 22.
exd5 (22. e5 $2 Ne4 $1 23. Bxe4 (23. Qe1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. Rb1 Qxc3 26. a4
Qxe1 27. Nxe1 Bc6 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Rb8 30. Rf3 Rxb5 $17) 23... dxe4 24.
Nd2 (24. Nd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Nf5 $19) 24... Nf5 25. Qh3 e3 26. Nb3 e2 27. Nxe2
Qxc2 $17) 22... Nexd5 (22... Nh5 $1 23. Qh4 Nxf4 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Bxb5 Qc7 26.
Bd3 e5 $15) 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Nd2 (24. Qh4 Rh5 25. Qg3 Rd5 26. Qh4 $11) 24...
Rfd8 25. Rde1 (25. Nb3 R5d7 26. Qe3 Bd5 27. Nc5 Ng4 28. Qg1 (28. Qg3 Nxh2 29.
Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Kxh2 Bc4 31. Rf3 Rd4 32. Re1 Bxd3 33. cxd3 $15 {[%csl Rd3]})
28... Rd6 29. b4 Nf6 30. Qe3 Nd7 31. Nxd7 R6xd7 32. f5 Qc6 33. Rd2 $132) 25...
Rd4 26. f5 (26. Qh4 Bd5 $1 27. Rf2 e5 28. Bf5 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxd2 30. fxe5 Qc6+
31. Kg1 R8d4 32. Qg3 Nh5 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Rxf3 g6 35. Bc8 a5 36. Rxf7 Rxc2 37.
Rf8+ Kh7 (37... Kg7 38. Ref1 Kh7) 38. e6 Rg4+ 39. Kf1 Rxh2 40. Rf7+ (40. e7
Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rxe1 42. Bxg4 (42. Kxe1 Re4+ $19) 42... Rxe7 43. Bxh5 gxh5 44. Rf5
Rb7 45. Rxh5 $44) 40... Kg8 41. Rf8+ $1 Kh7 42. Rf7+ $11) 26... Qxg3 27. hxg3
exf5 (27... Bc8 28. Nf3 R4d6 29. fxe6 Bxe6 30. Rf2 $15) 28. Rxf5 Bc8 29. Rc5
Be6 (29... Ng4 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Nf3 R4d6 32. Rc7 Kg8 $15) 30. Nf3 R4d5 31. Rxd5
Rxd5 32. Re5 Rd6 $15 {[%csl Rg2,Rg3]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. a4 Qc5 (11... Rg8 12. Bb5 Bh6 13. Ra3
Qb6 14. Qxb6 (14. Qd3 Qd8 15. f4 Kf8 16. Kh1 $14 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Miralles,G/
Geneva-A 1990 (42)}) 14... axb6 15. Rb3 (15. Rd1 Bxb5 16. axb5 f5 17. exf5 Bg7
18. Nd5 $16 (18. Rd3 $16)) 15... Bxb5 16. Rxb5 Rc6 17. Nd5 Rxc2 18. Rxb6 Rg4
19. Rxb7 Rxe4 20. b4 $16) (11... a6 12. Kh1 Qc5 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Bd3 h5 15. Nd5
e6 16. b4 Qa7 17. Ne3 f5 $5 $132 (17... Qd4 18. Ra3 Ke7 19. c3 Qb6 20. a5 Qc7
21. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Loeffler,S-Videki,S/Lenk ,EXT 1995 (43)})) 12. Qd2 (12. Rfd1
Bg7 13. Bb5 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 f5 15. Rb4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 fxe4 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.
Rxb7+ Ke6 19. Re1 f5 20. f3 Rxc3 21. fxe4 f4 22. Re2 Rg8 $15 {0-1 Salaun,
Y-Murey,J/Montpellier-Auxerre 1993 (50)}) 12... Rg8 (12... a6 13. Kh1 (13. Nd5
$2 Qxc2 14. Qe3 Bh6 15. Qxh6 Qxe2 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bc6 19.
Nc7+ Kd7 20. Qxf8 Qxe4 21. Qg8 Kxc7 22. b3 Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 $17 {0-1 Magem
Badals,J-Ubilava,E/San Sebastian 1992 (37)}) 13... Bg7 14. Bd3 e6 $5 (14... O-O
15. Nd5 Rfe8 16. b4 $14) (14... f5 15. Nd5 fxe4 (15... h6 16. b4 Qd4 17. c3 Qe5
18. f4 Qe6 19. Rae1 $16) 16. Qg5 Bf8 17. Bxe4 h6 18. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Re8]}) 15.
f4 $14) (12... f5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nd5 fxe4 16. b4 Qa7 17. Qf4 Ke8
18. Qxe4 e6 19. a5 Be7 20. Rfe1 Bd8 21. Ra3 $16 {1-0 Ochoa de Echaguen,
F-Garcia,R/Lisboa zt 1993 (40)}) (12... e6 13. Bb5 Be7 (13... a6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7
15. Rfd1 $14 (15. a5 Rc6 16. Na4 Qe5 (16... Qxc2 17. Qe3 (17. Nb6+ Kc7 18. Qxc2
(18. Qd4 Be7 $15) 18... Rxc2 19. Rfc1 Rc6 $17) 17... f5 18. f3 (18. Qa7 Kc7 19.
exf5 Qxf5 20. Rfc1 Qb5 (20... Qxa5 21. Rxc6+ Kxc6 22. Rc1+ $18) 21. Nb6 $11)
18... Ke8 19. Rfc1 f4 20. Qxf4 Qb3 21. Qd2 Be7 22. Rc3 Qb5 23. Nb6 Rg8 $132)
17. Rfe1 Rg8 18. c4 Kc7 19. Nb6 f5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. b4 Bg7 22. Ra3 $16 {
1-0 Magem Badals,J-Colas,R/Ibercaja 1994 (34)})) (13... Bc6 14. Ra3 a6 15.
Bxc6+ Rxc6 16. Rb3 Rb6 17. Ne2 Bg7 (17... Rxb3 18. cxb3 Qc6 19. Rc1 Qd7 (19...
Qxe4 20. Rc8+ Kd7 21. Qc1 $18) 20. Qa5 Qd8 21. Rc7 d5 22. Qb6 (22. Qc3 Bb4 23.
Qc2 O-O 24. Rxb7 a5 25. Ng3 dxe4 26. Nxe4 f5 27. Rd7 $1 Qh4 28. Nd2 $16) 22...
dxe4 23. Nc3 Bg7 24. Rxb7 $16) 18. Rg3 Bf8 19. Rc3 Qb4 20. Qe3 Qa5 (20... Qxb2
21. a5 Rc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Qa7 $16) 21. b3 Kd7 22. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Lutz,
C-Weindl,A/Hamburg Wichern- ,EXT 1995 (32)}) 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Ra3 Rc6 16. Rb3
Kc8 17. Rb5 Qc4 18. Qh6 a6 19. Rb3 $14 {1-0 Ochoa De Echaguen,F-Silva,F/Lisbon
zt 1993 (62)}) 13. Bb5 Rg6 (13... e6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rfd1 (15. Ra3 a6 16. a5
(16. Rb3 Rc7 17. Kh1 Kc8 18. f4 f5 $132) 16... Rc7 17. Na4 Qxc2 18. Qd4 Be7 19.
g3 Ke8 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Nxc3 Qb3 $15 {1-0 Mainka R.-Cifuentes R./Oostende 1991
(45)}) 15... f5 16. Qf4 $14) 14. Ra3 (14. Rfd1 $14) 14... e6 15. Bxd7+ (15. b4
Qxb4 16. Rb3 Qc5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rxb7+ Ke8 19. Rb3 (19. Rfb1 Qxc3 (19... f5
$2 20. Rb8 Kd8 21. R1b5 Qc6 (21... Qc7 22. Rxc8+ Kxc8 23. exf5 $16) 22. Qd4 $16
) 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Rb8+ Kd7 22. Rxf8 Ke7 23. Ra8 Rc7 $11) 19... Bh6 20. Qd3
Bf4 21. Rfb1 Be5 22. Nb5 Qxc2 $15) 15... Kxd7 {Not everyone will like to play
with the king, who has got stuck at the centre} 16. Rb3 b6 (16... Bh6 17. Qd3
Qc6 (17... Rcg8 18. g3 Kc8 19. Nb5 $18) 18. g3 Rd8 19. Rd1 $14) 17. Rb5 Qc4 18.
a5 (18. Rh5 Be7 19. g3 $14 (19. Rxh7 $2 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rg8+ 21. Kf3 Qxf1 $17))
18... Rc5 19. axb6 $4 $19 {Not necessary sacrifise.} (19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. axb6
axb6 21. Ra1 $14) 19... Rxb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. bxa7 Qa6 $4 $15 (21... Qa4 $1
22. Qe3 Bh6 $19) 22. Qd4 Be7 $8 23. b3 $2 $17 {Why to not advance P farther?} (
23. b4 $1 Rg8 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. c4 Ra8 (25... Qxb4 26. Qd1 $1 Qxc4 27. a8=Q Rxa8
28. Rxa8 Qxe4 29. Qa1 e5 $11) 26. b5 Ke8 (26... Bd8 27. Ra6) 27. g3 Bd8 28. Ra6
Bc7 29. h4 (29. Qxf6 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxh7 Qd4 $17) 29...
Ke7 30. h5 $44) 23... Rg8 24. Ra1 Qc6 25. c4 Ra8 {It was necessary all the
same to play} 26. b4 Kc7 27. h3 Kb7 28. Ra5 e5 29. Qa1 Bd8 (29... Qxc4 $17) 30.
Rb5+ Bb6 31. Qf1 Kc7 32. c5 $2 $19 (32. Rd5 Rxa7 33. Qe2 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Bd4 $17)
32... dxc5 33. bxc5 (33. Qc4 {[%cal Gc4f7]} Qe6 34. Qc2 Kc6 35. Qa4 Rxa7 36.
Ra5+ Kb7 37. Rxa7+ Bxa7 $19) 33... Bxc5 34. Kh1 Rxa7 35. Qc4 Kd6 36. Rb8 Bb6
37. Qb4+ Bc5 38. Qd2+ Bd4 39. Qh6 Kc5 40. Qf8+ Kc4 41. Rc8 Rc7 42. Rb8 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. a4 (9. Bxf6 $1 {(Gofshtein,L)} gxf6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4 h5 12. Be2 {
[%cal Ye2h5]} O-O-O 13. Bf3 (13. Rhf1 $5 {Gofshtein,L with idea Rf1-f3-h3})
13... Ne5 14. Be2 Kb8 15. Kb1 Nc6 16. Rhf1 {[%cal Yf1f3,Yf3h3,Yh3h5]} h4 17.
Qe1 {[%csl Yh4][%cal Re1h4]} Rc8 18. Rf3 {[%cal Yf3h3,Yh3h4]} Qa7 19. Rh3 Be7
20. Rxh4 Rxh4 21. Qxh4 $16 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Conquest,S/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM
78/[Gofshtein,L] (51)}) 9... Qc7 10. a5 Bd7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Qe2 (12. O-O Nc4
13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 12... Be7 13. Be3 {[%cal
Gf2f4] There is nothing to do for this bishop on g5 anymore- white places it
to better diagonal a7-g1 and intends f2-f4;} Rc8 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. f4 Nxd3+ 16.
cxd3 e5 $6 {This move looks very logical, but unfortunately black doesn't
fully equalize this way;} (16... O-O 17. e5 $14) (16... Bc6 $142) 17. O-O {
17.f5 would face typical Sicilian break over the centre;:} (17. f5 d5 $1) 17...
Be6 18. Nd2 exf4 19. Rxf4 Nd7 (19... d5 20. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 21. exd5 $18) 20. Be3
(20. Nd5 Bg5 $1 {[%cal Gg5d2,Ye8g8,Ge6d5]}) 20... Bg5 (20... Ne5 21. d4 Ng6 22.
Rff1 O-O $14) 21. Rf2 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 $14 O-O 23. h3 $6 {White could build up
strong pawn centre by d3-d4- white needs this move anyhow;} (23. d4 $14) 23...
Rfe8 24. Qg3 Qa7 {even not thinking about counterplay over the queenside;} (
24... b6 $142 $1) 25. Nf3 $1 {No reason to accept the sacrifice and to release
black pieces by 25.Qxd6;} (25. Qxd6 Red8 (25... Nc5 26. Qd4 $16 {[%cal Gc3d5]})
26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 {[%csl Rf7]} Nf6 28. Qb3 Qe3 $132 {Suddenly all black
pieces are very active;}) 25... Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Qxe5 Bxh3 28. Qf4 Be6 29.
Ra4 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Red8 $2 {Underestimating white's threat;} (29... b5 30. axb6
Qxb6 31. d4 f6 $1 $11) 30. d4 $1 {Anyhow!} Rxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Black is in
troubles anyhow, but Rxd4 loses the game at once;} (30... f6 31. d5 Bf7 32. e5
$16) 31. Qe3 Rxc3 {Last trap;} (31... Rcd8 32. Rd2 $18 {[%cal Ye3a7]}) 32. Rxd4
$1 {It was necessary to see this blow while playing 30.d4;} (32. bxc3 $4 Rd1+
$19) 32... Rc1+ 33. Qxc1 $2 {For some reason white had declined simple 33.Rf1-
white wins the game at once there thanx to the weakness of black's back rank;}
(33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Qb8 35. Qd2 $18) 33... Qxd4 34. Qd2 (34.
Qd2 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 f5 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rb8 fxe4 38. Rxb7+ $18 {[%cal Gb7b6,
Yb2b4,Yb4b5] and the way for a win is very simple-Rb6 Bc4, then b2-b4-b5
creating passed pawn a;}) 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 {
One of sub-lines; The main is:} (7. Qd2) 7... e6 {Many other moves were tried
in this position:} (7... a6) (7... Qa5) (7... Rc8) 8. Bxf6 (8. O-O a6 9. a4 Be7
10. Nb3 Qc7 11. a5 O-O 12. Qd2 Rac8 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Na4 $14 {
1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Berkvens,J/Leeuwarden NED 2001/The Week in Chess 371 (35)})
(8. Ndb5 {Gofshtein,L} Qb8 9. a4 $5 a6 10. Na3 Qc7 11. Be3 $5 $146 Rb8 $5 {
Black defence against threat Nc4 with the capture b6} 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc4 {
[%csl Yb6][%cal Rc4b6,Ye3b6]} b6 14. Bf4 (14. Qd2 {Gofshtein,L} b5 $5 15. axb5
axb5 $132) 14... Ne5 15. Qd4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 {
this series of forced moves leads to approximately equal ending.} 19. Bd3 b4
20. Ne2 Bc6 21. f3 e5 22. Be3 d5 $6 {1/2-1/2 Fedorowicz,J-Gurevich,D/Seattle
2000/CBM 80/[Gofshtein,L] (41) Probably it is too hasty decision, maybe better
is quiet move 22...0-0}) 8... gxf6 (8... Qxf6 $5 9. Ndb5 O-O-O 10. O-O (10.
Nxd6+ Kb8 {[%cal Rd7c8]} 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. O-O Ne5 $1 $44) 10... Kb8 11. a4 Bc8
12. Qd3 g5 13. Rfd1 Bg7 14. a5 a6 $132 {0-1 Mastrovasilis,D-Berkvens,J/Patras
GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (50)}) 9. O-O (9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. Bh5 Rg8 11. O-O
a6 12. Nd4 b5 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qf3 Qc5 16. Rae1 Rg5 17. Nd5 Be7
18. b4 Qa7 19. Nf4 Kf8 20. h4 Rg7 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Nh5 Rg6 24. Qe3
Be8 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Nh5 Rg6 27. Nf4 Rg8 28. Nh5 Rg6 {1/2-1/2 Hommeles,
T-Berkvens,J/Hoogeveen NED 2000/The Week in Chess 311 (28)}) 9... a6 10. Kh1
Qb6 $146 {Black has other interesting plans in this position:} (10... Bg7 11.
f4 O-O 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. a3 (14. f5 $5) 14... f5 15. exf5 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 Qxc3 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M-Popovic,P/Herceg Novi
2001/CBM 82 ext (18)}) ({Typical for this structure advance of h-pawn was
tried in the following game:} 10... h5 11. f4 (11. Nxc6 $140 Bxc6 12. Bxh5 $2
f5 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Gd8h4]}) 11... h4 12. f5 Qa5 13. Bg4 Qe5 14. Nf3 Qc5 15.
Ne1 Ne5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nd3 Qd4 $11 {0-1 Belotti,B-Milov,V/Bratto ITA 2001/
The Week in Chess 362 (35)}) 11. Nb3 O-O-O 12. a4 (12. Bh5 $5) 12... Be7 13.
Qd2 {with the idea a4 and Na5- pawn a5 would be protected there;} Kb8 14. a5
Qc7 15. Na4 $2 {It was correct to prevent Nc6-e5 idea of black;} (15. f4 h5 16.
Na4 h4 17. Nb6 $14 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ge2f3] keeping control over the central
squares, mostly over d5;} (17. c4 f5 $1 $132)) 15... Ne5 16. Nd4 $2 {
Understimating following central break of black;} (16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd4 d5 (17...
Nxa5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Nb6 Qc5 20. Nxd7+ Rxd7 21. Qa4 $44 {[%cal Yc2c4,Yb2b5,
Yb2b4]}) 18. exd5 {now you can see the difference of this position with the
position of the game- black doesn't have Bxa4 following by Rxd5 idea- Nc4 is
hanging.....} exd5 19. Bd3 $14 {[%cal Ga4c5,Ga4b6] Black doesn't have clear
way to develop initiative here, but black has got weak pawns and points all
around;}) 16... d5 $1 {Exactly in time!} 17. f4 $2 {There was no way for white
to hold position balanced, but more resistant was:} (17. exd5 Bxa4 18. Rxa4
Rxd5 $15 {still clearly better for black;}) 17... dxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 64] Black
earns at least one pawn out of all tactical operations;} 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Nb6
(19. Nb3 Bxa4 20. Qe3 Be8 {[%csl Yf7]} 21. Qxe4 f5 $19) (19. c3 exd4 20. cxd4
Bc6 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5,Yf7f5]} 21. Rxf7 $140 e5 {[%cal Ge5d4]}) 19... exd4 20.
Qxd4 Bc6 21. Qg7 (21. Qe3 f5 {[%cal Gh8f8,Yf5f4] There is no good way to block
those central black pawns- f5-f4-f3 would break white's position for pieces;})
21... f5 {[%csl Yg2,Yh2][%cal Gf5f4,Gf4f3] In addition to extra pawn, black
has got direct attack on white king-g2 and h2 spots are vulnerable, f5-f4-f3
will crush the castle of white king;} 22. Qh6 (22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 {black is up a pawn and winning;}) 22... Rhf8 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4]
Black doesn't care about e6 and bases on attack- probably that's the quickest
way to win here;} 23. Qxe6 Rf6 24. Qb3 Rh6 25. h3 f4 {White has nothing to do
here- black has too many forces in this attack;} 26. Rfd1 (26. Bg4 f3 $19 {
[%cal Gc7g3]}) 26... f3 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bf1 Qg3 29. Qc3 (29. Qf7 e3 $19)
29... e3 {Just look on the pair of heroic pawns e3 and f3-they are killers!}
0-1

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. f3 (9. Bxf6 {(Gofshtein,L)} gxf6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4 h5 12. Be2 {
[%cal Ye2h5]} O-O-O 13. Bf3 (13. Rhf1 $5 {Gofshtein,L with idea Rf1-f3-h3})
13... Ne5 14. Be2 Kb8 15. Kb1 Nc6 16. Rhf1 {[%cal Yf1f3,Yf3h3,Yh3h5]} h4 17.
Qe1 {[%csl Yh4][%cal Re1h4]} Rc8 18. Rf3 {[%cal Yf3h3,Yh3h4]} Qa7 19. Rh3 Be7
20. Rxh4 Rxh4 21. Qxh4 $16 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Conquest,S/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM
78/[Gofshtein,L] (51)}) 9... Qc7 $146 (9... Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 b5 (11...
Bd7 12. g4 Ne5 13. Nd4 b5 14. Bd3 Nc4 $132 {1-0 Klovans,J-Bielczyk,J/Polanica
Zdroj 1975/MCL (42). (41)}) 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb8 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6
Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Na5 $2 (16... Ne5 $142) 17. Rhd1 O-O 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. Be3 $16 {
[%csl Ya2,Yb2,Yc2,Rf6] 1-0 Reinaldo Castineira,R-Andrade,L/Lisbon 2001/EXT
2002 (30). (29)}) 10. O-O-O Rb8 $6 {I don't see a point of this move- black
can play b7-b5 at once not scaring of Bxb5:} (10... Be7 {-was normal way to
continue;}) (10... b5 11. Bxb5 $140 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qb6 $17 {[%csl Ra2]}) 11. Bd3
Be7 12. f4 b5 13. Rhe1 b4 14. Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 64] Sacrificing a piece to
respected GM with no fear!;} (14. Ne2 O-O {black is definitely ok;}) 14... exd5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Be4 Bxg5 (16... Nf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Re3 $44
{[%cal Gd1e1]}) 17. Bxd5+ (17. fxg5 $6 Nde7 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20.
Rxd6 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ga8a7,Gc8e6]}) 17... Be7 18. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4c4,Gd1e1] Two
threats-R1-e1 and also Rc4;} Ne5 $2 {The right way was to take care of Rc4
threat by over-protecting Nc6;} (18... Be6 19. Rc4 Rb6 20. Na5 Bd7 21. Qe3 {
[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge3f3]}) (18... Rb6 $142 $1 19. Bxc6+ (19. Rde1 O-O 20. Bxc6
Bh4 $1 21. g3 $140 Rxc6 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8f5]}) 19... Rxc6 20. Rde1 Be6 21.
f5 Rxc2+ $1 22. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Bxf5 24. Kd2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Kd7 26. Rxb4 Rc8
{and black is up a pawn in this ending;}) 19. fxe5 dxe5 $2 {Still black has a
way to fight on by:} (19... O-O 20. Rc4 (20. exd6 $2 Bxd6 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22.
Qxd6 Bf5 {[%csl Rc2]}) 20... Qd8 (20... Qd7 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Bf3 {[%cal Rd2d7]
}) 21. Qe1 $1 Kh8 $1 {[%cal Gd6e5]} 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 $14 {
white still has some pressure;}) 20. Rc4 Qb6 21. Rc6 Qa7 {It looks like black
is ok here- 0-0 is coming, but....} (21... Qd8 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qf2+ Bf6 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nc5 Bg4 26. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Gf2a7]}) {[%tqu "En","Find a killer!",
"","","d5f7","",10]} 22. Bxf7+ $1 {Unpleasant surprise!} Kxf7 (22... Kf8 23.
Rf1 $18) 23. Qd5+ Ke8 24. Qxe5 {No way to prevent Rc7;} Bd7 25. Rc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 {Dreev added Sicilian to his opening repertoire in 2004 and
lost only one game so far (to Svidler in the last round of this Russian
championship).} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 {
Averbakh variation.} 7. Be2 {Moro chooses a side line.} (7. Qd2 {is the main
continuation here.}) 7... Qa5 8. Bxf6 {Forced.} gxf6 9. Nb3 Qg5 10. g3 (10. Nd5
O-O-O 11. O-O Rg8 12. g3 f5 13. f4 Qg7 {with very sharp and mutual play, but
black is doing well here.}) 10... f5 (10... h5 11. f4 Qg6 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13.
O-O-O f5 {[%cal Gf8g7] has occured in one of Averbakh's games.}) 11. f4 Qh6 (
11... Qg6 12. Bh5 Qe6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rg8 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O-O {with a
big mess.}) 12. Qd2 Bg7 $1 $146 {In case of 12...fxe4 13.Nxe4 Bg7 14.c3 white
neutralizes black's pressure over the big diagonal.} (12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bg7
14. c3 {[%cal Yg7c3]} Qg6 15. Ng5 Bf6 16. h4 h6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. h5 hxg5 19.
hxg6 Rxh1+ 20. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Stein,L/Odessa 1972/EXT 2001 (42)}
) 13. O-O-O (13. exf5 Bxf5 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Nd5 O-O $15 {[%cal Ge7e6]}) 13...
fxe4 (13... O-O 14. e5 $1) (13... O-O-O $5) 14. Nxe4 a5 $1 {Black keeps his
king in the centre for a while, starting immediate action on the queenside.}
15. Qe3 {[%cal Re4d6]} (15. Nbc5 Bh3 16. Nxb7 {poison pawn!} O-O $17 {and
black got b-file for the attack.}) (15. a4 {black will use b4 outpost for the
attack on white king.} O-O $15 {[%cal Gf8c8,Rc6b4]}) 15... O-O 16. a3 {
Otherwise black advances his pawn to a3 openning the big diagonal for Bg7.} Qe6
{[%cal Rf7f5]} (16... a4 17. Nbd2 (17. Nbc5 $2 Bh3 $19 {and white loses
material, or helps black to attack if Nxb7.}) 17... d5 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. c3 d4
20. Qd3 {only move, black is better but white can survive for a while.}) 17.
Qd3 h6 {In case of immediate a5-a4 white manages to trade queens escaping from
black's attack.} (17... a4 18. Ng5 (18. Nbc5 $145 $1 dxc5 19. Ng5 $13 {(Dreev)}
) 18... Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nd2 Nd4 21. Bd3 $15) 18. Kb1 (18. Bf3 a4 19. Nbc5
dxc5 20. Qxd7 Qa2 21. c3 Nb4 $3 {Crushing the barricades!} 22. axb4 a3 23. Rd2
Rad8 (23... cxb4 $40) 24. Qxd8 axb2+ 25. Rxb2 Qa1+ {and black saves his queen,
winning white's one.}) 18... a4 19. Nc1 Nd4 {[%cal Rd7b5] Black's pieces
dominate! Black has won the opening battle, and white is stuck in defense not
having any counterplay.} 20. Nc3 (20. c3 Bb5 21. c4 Bc6 $19) 20... Rfc8 21.
N1a2 $2 {21.Rhe1 would lead to better ending for black, while now black has a
direct attack on the white king in the middlegame...} (21. Rhe1 Qf5 {is the
only way for an advantage.} (21... Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc8 (22... Nxe2 23. Qb4 $1
Nc3+ 24. bxc3 Qf6 {not sure black has enuf compensation here.}) 23. Bf1 Qd5 24.
Rxd4 $1 Bxd4 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. Bd3 {and white must be happy here.}) 22. Qxf5 Bxf5
23. Bd3 Bg4 $15) 21... Nxe2 22. Qxe2 {White could've tried Nxe2 setting a nice
trap; it seems like both players overlooked that tactical idea during the game
(at least Dreev didn't mention it on the press conference after the game).} (
22. Nxe2 Bc6 (22... Ra5 $15) (22... Qf6 23. Nac3 Ra5 $15) 23. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 24.
Rhe1 {and white escapes.}) 22... Qf6 23. Qe3 $2 {this move just wastes an
important tempo, in addition the white queen takes an ugly place - see note to
25th move of white.} ({more resistant is:} 23. Nb4 Ra5 (23... Rxc3 $140 24. Nd5
) (23... Be6 24. Qf3 Rc4 (24... Ra5 $15) 25. Rd3 Rac8 $15 26. Qxb7 $140 $2 Rxc3
{with decisive attack.}) 24. Rd3 $15 {and black doesn't have anything concrete
here.}) 23... Be6 24. Nb4 Rc4 {[%cal Rc4b4] Intending Rxb4 and a4-a3 then.} 25.
Nbd5 {Here the defensive idea of Rd3 fails to the following tactics and proves
the badness of 23.Qe3:} (25. Rd3 Rxb4 26. axb4 Bc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4a3]}) 25...
Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rac8 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 27. Rd3 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Morozevich
is missing the last chance to show real resistance with the clever move 27.
Ra5! The attack against the a4 pawn would give him some counterplay and
tactics would miraculously have worked to his benefit.'} (27. Ra5 $1 {Ftacnik}
R4c6 (27... Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Ra8+ Bf8 30. Qc1 $14) (27... e6 $145 $1 {
[%cal Rf6d8] (Fritz) /\ 28...d5, 28...Qd8} 28. Rxa4 (28. Rd1 d5) (28. Rc1 Qd8)
28... Rxa4 29. Nxa4 Qf5 30. Qb3 (30. Nc3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qb5+ 32. Kc1 Qa4 $17)
30... b5 31. Nc3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 $17) 28. Rc1 (28. Rxa4 $6 d5 (28... Qg6 29. Qxe7
b5 30. f5 Qxf5 31. Rf4 Qg6 32. Rhf1 $11) 29. Rd1 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 28...
Rxc3 (28... e6 29. Nxa4 d5 $13) 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. Qb6 Rxa3 32. Qb2
Rc3 33. Rxa4 Bg7 $13) 27... b5 $19 {[%cal Gb5b4] Now black's attack is
unstoppable.} 28. Qc1 e6 {No rash, while Rxc3 would also lead to a winning
position.} (28... Rxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Ka2 d5 $19 {white is
tied up in a defense.}) 29. Re1 d5 {Dreev increases the pressure on white's
position, without sacrificing any material.} 30. Re2 b4 {Ftacnik: 'Even an eye
of a laymen would recognize, that White has fallen under the wheels of the
unstoppable machinery.'} 31. Nxa4 (31. axb4 a3 $1 $19) (31. Nd1 Rb8 32. axb4
Rcxb4 33. c3 Rb3 $19 {[%cal Ra4a3]}) 31... bxa3 32. Rxa3 Ra8 {The task is
completed - white loses at least a knight.} 33. Nb6 (33. b3 Rcxa4 34. bxa4 Rb8+
$19) 33... Rxa3 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. Re4 Ra4 {Dreev doesn't give up even a single
pawn!} 36. c3 Qf5 {A very painful defeat of the world No. 4. In round 3 Moro
failed to recover and lost one more game (to Tseshkovsky) losing all chances
to win the championship...} (36... Qf5 37. Qc2 Qa5 {and so on.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Druska, Juraj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 {Die Hauptwaffe meines
Gegners.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Ndb5 $1 {Prinzipiell.} Bc6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5 $1 {
Das ist der Nachteil der schwarzen Variante. Die weiße Dame dominiert auf h5.}
a6 10. Nd4 Bd7 (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O Qc5 12. Qf3 $14 {Volokitin-Sedlak, 2007})
11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nb3 Qb6 ({Der andere Plan ist} 12... b5 13. f4 Qb6 (13... b4
14. Ne2 $14) 14. Kb1 $14) 13. Rd2 O-O-O 14. g3 Be8 15. f4 Kb8 16. Kb1 $16 {
Also können wir folgende Schlussfolgerung nach der Eröffnung ziehen: Weiß
steht klar besser, hat mehr Raum und dominiert überrall. Schwarz steht sehr
passiv ohne Gegenspiel und kann nur abwarten.} Qc7 ({Nach} 16... Ne7 {folgt}
17. Bh3 $1 {gegen ...f5.}) 17. Bh3 Na7 18. Rhd1 {Etwas schablonenhaft gespielt.
} ({Stärker war} 18. Nd1 $1 Nc8 19. Ne3 {Der Springer steht auf e3 ideal, er
beugt den Vorstößen ...f5 und ...d5 vor.} Nb6 20. Rhd1 $16 {und dann f5}) 18...
Nc8 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Rd4 Rc8 21. a3 $2 {Ein Fehler.} ({Es war an der Zeit f5 zu
spielen:} 21. f5 $1 Be7 $5 22. a3 $5 Nd7 23. Rc4 $36) 21... Nd7 $2 {Kein
konkreter Zug. Schwarz hätte selbst ...f5 spielen sollen.} (21... f5 $1 22.
exf5 {Schwarz aktiviert seinen passiven Läufer} Bg7 $1 {Ich dachte hier} 23.
Qe2 $1 ({Nicht gut ist} 23. fxe6 $2 fxe6 24. Qe2 Bg6 $1 $36) 23... Bxd4 24.
Rxd4 exf5 25. Rb4 {und die Stellung ist dynamisch ausgeglichen. Zum Beispiel}
Bc6 26. Qf2 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxa6 Rhe8 29. Qd2 Be4 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Qxd3
Re1+ 32. Ka2 Qxc2 33. Qxd6+ $11) 22. Bh3 $2 {Ein sinnloser Zug. Ich musste die
Initiative mit Rb4 oder Rc4 unterstützen.} (22. Rc4 $5 Nc5 23. Be2 $16) (22.
Rb4 $5 d5 23. Rbd4 dxe4 24. Rc4 $1 Qd8 25. Nxe4 $36) 22... Nb6 $1 {Und jetzt
haben wir die Züge wiederholt.} 23. Bf1 Nd7 (23... f5 $1) 24. Qh3 $5 {Der Zug
ist möglich, mit der Idee f5. Meiner Meinung nach ist Rc4 oder Rb4 stärker.}
Nb6 25. f5 e5 26. R4d2 h5 27. Qg2 h4 28. g4 Rd8 {Mit der Idee ...Bh6. Die
Struktur ist fixiert. Weiß steht etwas besser. Er hat das Feld d5 und die
strategische Idee ist, die weißfeldrigem Läufer zu tauschen.} 29. h3 $6 {
Tempoverlust.} ({Stärker war} 29. Rd3 Bh6 30. Na2 $5 $16 (30. Nc1 $5 $16 {
mit der Idee Na2-b4-d5})) 29... Bh6 30. Nd5 {Ein strategischer Fehler. Weiß
tauscht seinen besseren Springer ab.} ({Besser war} 30. Rd3 $14) 30... Nxd5 31.
Rxd5 Ba4 $1 {Der Läufer steht auf a4 sehr gut.} 32. R5d3 {Gegen ...Be3.} ({
Besser war} 32. Na5 $1 Be3 33. R5d3 Ba7 34. Nb3 Rd7 35. Qd2 Rc8 36. Rc3 Qb6 37.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 38. Bc4 $14 {Weiß steht etwas besser.}) 32... Qb6 33. Qf3 {Zu
langsam.} ({Aber} 33. Nc1 Rc8 $1 34. Rxd6 Qe3 $1 35. Bd3 Rc7 {mit Kompensation.
}) 33... Rd7 34. Rc3 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Kxc8 36. Bc4 Qe3 $2 {Schwarz tauscht die
Damen im falschen Moment. Schwarz kann seine Stellung noch verbessern:} (36...
Rc7 $11) (36... Kb8 $11) 37. Qg2 $2 ({Natürlich musste ich die Damen tauschen:
} 37. Qxe3 $1 Bxe3 38. Rd3 Bf2 39. Nd2 Kd8 40. b3 Bc6 41. Bd5 $14) 37... Rc7
38. Bd5 {Zu optimistisch.} ({Ich musste schon Remis machen, zum Beispiel} 38.
Qe2 Qxh3 39. Rd3 Qh1+ 40. Rd1 Qh3 41. Rd3 $11) 38... Bf4 39. Ka2 Qg3 40. Rg1 {
Der letzte Zug vor der Kontrolle ist zu passiv.} ({Weiß musste eilig
Gegenspiel suchen:} 40. Qe2 $1 Kb8 (40... Qxh3 41. Qf2 $1 Be3 42. Qe2 Bb6 43.
Rd3 Qh1 44. Rd1 $11) 41. Rd3 Qg1 42. Rd1 $11) 40... Bb5 41. c3 $1 {Der Bauer
auf c2 hängt die ganze Zeit.} Be2 {Falsche Idee.} ({Schwarz musste seine
Stellung noch verbessern:} 41... Kb8 $1 42. Qh1 Qf2 {Schwarz steht etwas
aktiver, aber die Partie sollte Remis enden.}) 42. Na5 ({Jetzt konnte ich
sofort Remis machen:} 42. Qxe2 $1 Qxg1 43. Na5 $1 Qe3 (43... b5 $6 {ist nur
für Schwarz riskant.} 44. g5 $3 $36) 44. Bxb7+ $1 Rxb7 45. Qxa6 Qb6 46. Qxb7+
Qxb7 47. Nxb7 Kxb7 48. c4 Be3 49. b4 $11 {Das Endspiel ist völlig ausgeglichen.
}) 42... Kb8 (42... Bd3 {war etwas besser.}) 43. Qxe2 $1 {Jetzt endet die
Partie mit Remis durch Dauerschach.} Qxg1 44. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 45. Qxa6 Rb6 (45...
Rd7 46. Qa8+ Kc7 47. Bc6 Qb6 48. Bxd7 Kxd7 49. Qf8 $11) ({Ein grober Fehler
wäre} 45... Qb6 $4 46. Bxb7 Qxb7 47. Qxd6+ Ka8 48. Qd8+ Ka7 49. Qd3 $18 {
und Weiß muss allmählich gewinnen.}) 46. Qa8+ Kc7 47. Qa7+ Kc8 48. Bb7+ Kd7 49.
Bd5+ Kc8 50. Qa8+ Kc7 51. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

