[Event "Budapest Invitation Masters"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1921.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1921.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S. 182-183;} Nf6
2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ ({Besser} 3... d5) ({oder} 3... b6) 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ {Dieser
Abtausch erleichtert die Entwicklung von Weiß.} ({Vorzuziehen war} 4... Qe7 {
und im 6. Zug d6.}) 5. Qxd2 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c6 9. O-O {
Gestattet Schwarz durch ein geistreiches Manöver seine Stellung zu
erleichtern.} ({Konsequenter war} 9. Rd1) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 {Nutzt die
ungedeckte Stellung der weißen Dame aus.} 11. Bb3 $1 {Mit diesem Zuge, welche
dem durch Sb6 möglichen Tempogewinn vorbeugt, verhindert ....} ({Falls} 11.
dxe5 {so} Nxe5 $1 {und Schwarz gleicht das Spiel aus.}) ({Das Opfer} 11. Bxf7+
{Führte zum Gewinn von Schwarz. ZB.} Rxf7 (11... Kxf7 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Rad1
Qe7 14. e6+ Kxe6 15. Qd4 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 {und Weiß hat einen
starken Angriff.}) 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. e6 Rxf3 14. exd7 Bxd7 15. gxf3 Nxh2 16. Kg2
Qg5+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Qd5+ cxd5 19. Rfc1 Nxf3+ 20. Kg2 Qh3#) 11... Qe7 {Nunmehr
tritt der Vorteil des Weißen schnell in Erscheinung.} ({.... Weiß} 11... e4 {
, da er dann in diesem Falle nach} 12. Ng5 {In Verbindung mit Lc2 einen Bauern
bei bessere Stellung gewonnen hätte.}) 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 (13... Nxe4 {
ist wegen} 14. Qe3 {mit Figurengewinn weder jetzt noch im nächsten Zug
möglich.}) 14. Bc2 Rd8 15. Rad1 {droht 16. Sxc6} Bg4 16. f3 Ne6 17. Qf2 Nxd4
18. Rxd4 Be6 19. Rfd1 {Schwarz war gezwungen, die einzige offene Linie
aufzugeben, um seinen Damenläufer zu entwickeln und hat gegen das folgende
Vorrücken der Mittelbauern keine befriedigende Verteidigung mehr. Die
berüchtigte Majorität der Bauern auf dem Damenflügel spielt hier gar keine
Rolle, da ihr Vorgehen im Mittelspiel einfach neue Schwächen schafft. Diese
Stellung ist gerade wegen ihres Schematismus lehrreich.} b6 {Deckt dem Bauer
a7 gegen den Angriff der weißen Dame.} 20. h3 {Bereitet das Vorgehen des
f-Bauern vor.} c5 {Dieser Zug ändert nichts, da er den Gegner nicht zwingt,
die offene Linie aufzugeben.  Besser wäre (sofort oder beim22. Zuge)
Maßnahmen gegen das Vorrücken der e- und f-Bauern zu treffen, durch Se8 und
mit nachfolgendem g6 usw.} 21. R4d2 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 c4 23. f4 g6 ({Falls} 23...
Qc5+ {so einfach} 24. Qd4 {Und nach dem Damenabtausch ist die schwarze
Stellung trotz des Übergewichts auf dem Damenflügel, hoffnungslos.}) 24. Qd4
{Droht 25. f5 mit Bauerngewinn.} Rc8 25. g4 $1 {Entscheidender Sturmangriff.
Schwarz hat gegen die Drohung 26. f5 oder 26. e5 mit nachfolgendem f5 usw.
keine Verteidigung mehr.} Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 27. Kg2 h5 28. Nd5 Qh4 29. Rh1 Qd8
30. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Kfar Sava"]
[Site "Kfar Sava"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. Be2 $1 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. b4 $14 Re8 $1 14.
Qa4 $6 (14. Qb3 $1 $14 Qc7 15. Rac1) 14... Qc7 15. Bg3 cxd4 $1 16. exd4 e5 $10
17. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 18. Rfe1 Re6 19. Bf1 Rce8 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. Qb3 Nh5 22. Bxe5
Rxe5 (22... dxe5 $6 23. c5 b5 24. Ne4 $16) 23. Rxe5 dxe5 $5 (23... Rxe5 24. Nf3
Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nf6 $10) 24. c5 b5 25. Re1 Nf6 26. Qc3 (26. Qg3 $1 a6 $13) 26...
a6 27. Nb3 Nd5 28. Qb2 e4 $132 29. Na5 Bd7 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. h3 (31. Rd1 $1 Ng4 (
31... Bg4 $1 32. Qd6 Qc8 33. Rd4 Qf5 34. Nc6 Kh8 35. Ne7 Qg5 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37.
Rxd5 f5 $40) 32. Qd6 $16) 31... Re5 32. c6 Be6 33. a4 Rd5 34. Qc3 $2 (34. Qe3
$8) 34... Rg5 $17 35. axb5 axb5 36. Kh1 Nd5 37. Qd4 e3 $3 38. Re2 (38. fxe3 Qg3
39. Qd2 Bxh3 $19) (38. Rxe3 Nxe3 39. Qxe3 Qd6 $19) 38... Rf5 $1 39. Kg1 Rf4 40.
Qc5 Rxb4 41. Nb7 Rc4 $19 42. Qd6 Rxc6 43. Qd8+ Qxd8 44. Nxd8 Rc3 45. Re1 b4 46.
Nxe6 fxe6 47. Rb1 Rc2 48. fxe3 Nxe3 49. Bb5 Nd5 50. Bd7 Kf7 51. Re1 Nc7 52. Ba4
Rb2 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. O-O $1 f6 (12... Nc2 $2 13.
Ne1 Nxa1 14. Bxe4 $18) 13. Rc1 c6 14. Nc3 Nd6 15. e4 {Black's position looks
terrible but without queens it is quite resilient} Ke7 16. a3 Na6 17. e5 (17.
Re1 $1) 17... Nf7 18. exf6+ gxf6 19. Re1 Nc7 20. Nh4 (20. Nd2 Rd8 $132) 20...
Kf8 21. Ne2 Nd6 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Bh3 Kf7 24. Rac1 {/\ d5} Rhe8 25. Bg4 (25. d5
Nxd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Rc7 Rad8) 25... Re7 26. Bh5+ Kf8 27. Bg4 Kf7 28. Re2 Rd8
29. Rce1 Rg8 30. h3 (30. Nf5 Nxf5 31. Bxf5 Rg7) (30. Bf5 $5) 30... Rg5 31. Nf3
Rb5 32. d5 {Diagrama 1} cxd5 33. Nd4 e5 34. Nxb5 (34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. Nxb5 Ndxb5
36. Ng2 Nd4 $17) 34... Ndxb5 35. Bh5+ Kf8 36. Nd3 Nd4 37. Rd2 Bxh3 $44 38. f4
Nb3 39. Rc2 e4 {White lost on time: 2:00-1:59} 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Khalifman Dautov} Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. Bg5 (
6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Re8
13. Rfe1 {Kasparov-Tal Niksic 1983. After an intructive battle the game
finished in a draw.}) (6. e3 {Dautov}) (6. g3 {Dautov} Ba6 $1 7. b3 d5 $10)
6... Bb7 7. e3 {Black has gained the move a7-a5 in a well-known opening. It's
not clear who benefits from this} d6 (7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 (8... Bxc3+ {Khalifman}
9. bxc3 d6 10. Nd2 $14) 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 (10. Nd2 {Dautov} Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxg3
12. hxg3 d6 13. Rh2 Nd7 14. g4 Qe7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Bf3 $14 {
Vladimirov-Kiselev/Barnaul/1988}) 10... d6 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f5 13. d5 Nc5
14. h4 g4 15. Nd4 {The pawn on a5 seems to have no discernible effect on the
position.}) 8. Bd3 (8. Nd2 {Khalifman} e5 $13) 8... Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... h6
10. Bh4 e5 (10... Qe7 {Dautov} 11. e4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 $132) 11.
Bf5 $1 $14) 10. e4 (10. O-O-O $5 {Khalifman}) 10... c5 (10... e5 11. O-O Bxc3 (
11... exd4 12. Nd5 $1 $16) 12. bxc3 $14) (10... Bxc3+ {Dautov >=} 11. bxc3 h6
12. Be3 $6 (12. Bh4) 12... e5 $10) 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 (12... h6 13. Bh4
g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 (14... Bxc3 $2 15. Qxc3 $1 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe6 $1) 15.
Ndb5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 $14) 13. Ndb5 $1 h6 (13... Ne5 {Dautov} 14. Na4 $1 Qd8 $6 (
14... Nxd3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd3 $16) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. a3 Bc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5
18. f4 $16) 14. Bf4 $1 (14. Bh4 {Dautov} Ne5 15. Na4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3
Nxe4 18. Nxb6 Rd8 19. a3 Bc5 20. Na4 $13) 14... e5 (14... Ne5 15. a3 (15. Bxe5
dxe5 16. a3 Bc5 17. Na4 O-O 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 $132) 15... Bxc3 (15... Bc5 16. Rab1)
16. Qxc3 (16. Nxc3 O-O) 16... Nfd7 (16... Bxe4 {Dautov} 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Bxe4
Nxe4 19. Qxe5 $16)) (14... O-O {Khalifman} 15. a3 Nh5 $13) 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. a3
Bxc3 17. Nxc3 O-O 18. f3 $1 Nh5 $6 (18... Ba6 $5 19. Be2 (19. b3 a4 $1 20. Nxa4
Nxa4 21. bxa4 Nd7 $44) 19... Ne6 20. b3 Nd4 21. Qd1 $14) (18... Nxd3 {Dautov}
19. Qxd3 Ba6 20. b3 $16) 19. Rf2 $1 $16 Nf4 20. Bf1 (20. Bxf4 $2 {Dautov} exf4
21. Rd1 Qe5 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Rfd2 Rcd8 $14) 20... Nfe6 21. Be3 {Black's knight
maneouvre has has little effect. Now White can start applying pressure on
Black's queenside.} Nd4 {Seems to lose by force but Black was suffering anyway}
(21... Rfd8 {Dautov} 22. Rd1 $16 {/\Rfd2,b4,><d6,b6}) 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nb5 Qe5
24. Rd1 Ne6 25. Qd2 Ba6 26. f4 $1 (26. Nxd4 {Khalifman} Bxc4 $13) 26... Qc5 (
26... Qxe4 {Dautov} 27. Nxd6 $18) 27. b4 $1 $18 axb4 28. axb4 Qc6 29. Na7 $1
Qxe4 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. f5 Ng5 32. Rf4 (32. Qxd4 {Dautov} Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34.
Qxb6 $2 Qg4 $13) 32... Qe7 (32... Qe3+ {Dautov} 33. Qxe3 dxe3 34. Rxd6 $18) 33.
Re1 Qd8 34. Rxd4 Bb7 35. Rxd6 Qc7 36. Rd7 Qb8 37. Qd6 {Efficient to the end}
Qa8 38. Qxb6 Rb8 39. Qa5 $1 Ba6 40. b5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow SHSM Legacy"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {
The day before this game Dubov won a good game in this opening.} (7... c6 8.
Bf4 dxc4 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Rc1
Nd5 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Be8 18. Bh3 Bf8 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Rg1 f6 21.
Nf3 Bf7 22. Qc2 Kh8 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. a3 a5 25. Ng3 Qe8 26. f5 exf5 27. Bxf5 Rc7
28. Bb1 g6 29. Qd2 c5 30. e4 Ne7 31. Qf4 Rc6 32. d5 Rb6 33. Rxc5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5
Bxd5 35. exd5 Rxd5 36. Ba2 Rd8 37. Re1 Qc6 38. Re6 Qxe6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Qc7
Rd1+ 41. Kg2 {1-0 (41) Dubov,D (2648)-Oparin,G (2621) Novi Sad 2016}) 8. a4 $5
{A fresh idea.} ({Instead, after} 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Qc2 Nd5 10. Qxc4 b5 $1 {
(an important move)} 11. Qc2 Bb7 $11 {Black is fine.}) 8... a5 {This typical
move stabilises the structure on the queenside.} 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bf4 {Other
possible options:} (10. Rc1 $5 Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. e3 Ra7 $5 14.
Qd1 g5 $5 $132) (10. Nc3 b6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Ba6 14. Bf4
Bb4 $11) 10... Nh5 {The normal decision.} ({But I could play more rigidly} 
10... b6 $5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 (11... cxd5 $6 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Qb3 Rc4
15. Rfc1 Rb4 16. Qc2 $36) 12. Qxc6 Ba6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Nc3 (14. Qd1 Nxf4 15.
gxf4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Qh4 $1 17. Nxd7 Bxf4 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Nxb6 Rb8 20. e3 Bd6 21.
Na8 Rxb2 $1 $15) 14... N7f6 15. Rfc1 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxe2 17. Ne5 $11) 11. Bc1 f5
12. Ne5 $5 {I like this move.} ({A trivial option would be} 12. b3 Nb8 $5 13.
Ba3 Na6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Qc3 Nf6 17. Nd2 b6 18. Rfc1 Ba6 $11)
12... Bd6 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 g5 $5 $11 {Recommended by my computer, but too
cool for me.}) 13. Nd3 {Of course, on d3 the white knight performs many
functions.} Qe7 14. b3 Nhf6 {Probably it made sense to start with the move
b7-b6.} (14... b6 $5 15. Ba3 Ba6 16. Rc1 Rac8 $11 {Black has time for keeping
the balance on the c-file.}) 15. Ba3 Ne4 16. Bxd6 $6 {A hasty decision.} ({
After the simple} 16. Rc1 $5 {Black must play very accurately:} b6 {If Black
does not make this move, his situation will be too passive.} 17. cxd5 cxd5 18.
f3 Nef6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Na3 Ba6 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 e5 $5 {An important
move to create counterplay.} 23. Qc6 Qe7 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxb6 Nxd3 26. exd3
Rfb8 27. Qc5 Qd7 28. b6 Qe6 29. f4 Qxb6 {I think this is easier than} (29...
Rxb6 30. Re1 Rc6 31. Qd4 Qd7 32. Re5 Rac8 33. h3 Rc5 $11 {The computer sees
equality, but it looks unpleasant to humans.}) 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Rc5 g6 $5 32.
Raxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Rxb3 34. Bxd5+ Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Kh3 h6
$11) 16... Qxd6 17. Nd2 $5 {Interesting idea.} ({After the slow} 17. e3 b6 18.
Nd2 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Nf3 c5 $11 {Black is ok.}) 17... Nxd2 18. Qxd2 (18.
c5 Qe7 19. Qxd2 e5 $11 {a comfortable position for Black.}) 18... dxc4 {
The sacrifice is accepted. It is better to play with an extra pawn, than in a
passive position.} 19. Nb2 {White has a lot of options, but I think the black
position is slightly better everywhere.} (19. bxc4 Qxd4 20. e3 Qf6 21. c5 e5
22. e4 f4 23. Rfe1 g5 24. Qc3 $11) (19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22.
bxc4 Nxc4 $15) (19. Nc1 e5 20. bxc4 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Nb3 Ne5 23. Nxd4
Nxc4 24. Rfc1 $11) 19... cxb3 20. Qe3 (20. Nc4 Qb4 21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Rfb1 e5
23. Rxb3 exd4 24. Rxb4 $11) 20... Nb6 ({There is also the interesting} 20...
Nf6 $5 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Nc4 (22. Qxb3 Ba6 23. Qxb6 Nd5 24. Qb3 Bxe2 $15) 22...
Qb4 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Bxd5 b2 $5 25. Rab1 exd5 26. Nxc6 Qxa4 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28.
Nxd5 Qc6 29. Nf4 b5 $15 {A difficult position, but the black a- and b-pawns
look very dangerous for White.}) 21. Rfd1 Qb4 22. Nd3 {An ambitious move.
White could easily win the b3-pawn and then simplify the position.} (22. Rd3
Nc4 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxb3 (24. Rc3 $2 b2 $1 $17) 24... Rd8 25. Rd3 Qb4 $11 {
The position looks very safe for both sides.}) 22... Nc4 23. Qf4 Qb6 24. Qc1 $2
{This move changes the logical course of the game.} ({After the correct} 24.
Rab1 Na3 25. Rb2 Nc4 26. Rbb1 $11 {we get a natural draw.}) 24... Qxd4 ({After
} 24... b2 $6 25. Nxb2 Nxb2 26. Rb1 Qb4 27. Rxb2 Qxa4 28. Rd3 $1 {the black
queen is trapped!}) 25. Rb1 Ne5 26. Nc5 Qc4 27. Qa3 $2 {Provocation to repeat
moves :)} ({After} 27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. Rxb3 Ra7 29. e4 $15 {White has a good
chance to make a draw. The white pieces are very active and this compensates
for the lack of material. Possible continuation:} b6 30. Bf1 bxc5 31. Bxc4 fxe4
32. Rb6 $15 {and the black pawns are very weak.}) 27... Qb4 $2 {Unfortunately
I had little time and counted only on queen moves:} (27... Qxe2 28. Qxb3 Ng4
29. Nd3 Nf6 30. Nf4 Qe5 31. Re1 Ne4 32. Qc4 $15) (27... Qc2 28. f4 Ng4 29. Bf3
e5 30. Rdc1 Qa2 31. Qxb3+ Qxb3 32. Rxb3 $15 {I was not too impressed by these
options; besides, our team had the better position and a draw on my board gave
us an excellent chance for overall victory in the tournament.}) ({Maybe that's
why I did not see} 27... f4 $1 {The black rook on f8 comes into play and this
is more important than the e4-square. My analysis shows that Black has a big
advantage in all variations:} 28. Rxb3 (28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 e5 30. Qxb3 Qxb3
31. Rbxb3 Bf5 32. Rdc3 $17) (28. Rb2 Ra7 $1 29. Nxb3 b6 30. Rc1 fxg3 $5 31.
hxg3 Qg4 $17) (28. Ne4 Qxe2 29. Qxb3 Qh5 30. Nd6 fxg3 31. Qxg3 Ng6 $17) 28...
fxg3 29. Rxg3 (29. fxg3 Qxe2 30. Qc1 Ra7 $5 31. Re1 Qc4 $19) 29... Qxe2 30. Rf1
Ng6 31. Nd3 e5 $19) 28. Qc1 Qc4 29. Qa3 Qb4 ({The last chance for} 29... f4 $1
$17) 30. Qc1 $11 {A few hours later our team celebrated the first place.
"All's well that ends well".} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the previous round against Karjakin I played, as we say in my country,
"like a tropical ram" and had to accept defeat, whereas Giri with the help of
some of his trademark magic was drawing against Carlsen.  In der vorherigen
Runde spielte ich gegen Karjakin, wie man es bei uns sagt, "wie ein tropischer
Widder" und musste eine Niederlage einstecken, während Giri seinerseits mit
Hilfe seiner Zauberfähigkeiten gegen Carlsen remisierte.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {It has been a long time since I used the Catalan in a
tournament game and I thought it was a good idea to start the new year with
the old song. Katalanisch habe ich in Turnierpartien bereits seit langem nicht
mehr angewendet, und dachte mir nun, dass es eine gute Idee sei, das neue Jahr
mit dem alten Lied anzufangen.} Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 {In chess one quite often
discovers beauty in everyday things. I can well imagine the satisfaction of
the first person to understand that the bishop which has been developed to d2
was worse placed there than on its original square.  Im Schach kann man
Schönheit ziemlich oft auch in gewöhnlichen Sachen entdecken. Ich kann mir
gut vorstellen, welche Genugtuung derjenige verspürte, der als Erster begriff,
dass der nach d2 entwickelte Läufer dort schlechter steht als auf seinem
Geburtsfeld.} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 ({In the second round against me Wei Yi
decided to play In der zweiten Runde entschied sich Wei Yi gegen mich für} 
7... Nbd7 {and after und nach} 8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rc1 {and the position
which arose was not typical of the Catalan Opening. There, as we shall soon
see, just as in the present encounter I tried to prevent Bc8-b7, so that Black
plays f7-f5 and the game takes on characteristics of the Stonewall. entstand
eine für die Katalanische Eröffnung untypische Position. Dort, genauso (wie
wir es bald sehen werden) wie in der aktuellen Begegnung, versuchte ich Bc8-b7
zu verhindern, damit Schwarz f7-f5 spielt und die Partie "Stonewallumrisse"
bekommt.}) 8. Na3 {Last summer I showed this idea to my good friend Boris
Gelfand when he was visiting me in San Sebastian. As I remember, the master of
opening revelations was not particularly enthusiastic about my "oddball" idea.
In fact the knight is developed to a square on which its only prospects are to
return and go to a point where it will be more or less involved in the play 
(that means - to d2 or c3). On the other hand, with this transformation of his
steed into a donkey, White completes certain global tasks: thanks to the
subsequent rapid development of the rook to c1 the c4-pawn is protected; in
the event of Bc8-b7 play becomes concrete, which happens more rarely in the 8.
Qc2 or 8.Bf4 lines. Be that as it may: despite its success on its first outing
it is only future games which will show the true worth of the move 8.Na3. Im
letzten Sommer zeigte ich diese Idee meinem guten Freund Boris Gelfand, als er
bei mir in San Sebastian zu Besuch war. Wie ich mich erinnere, war der Meister
der Eröffnungsoffenbarungen von meiner etwas "krummen" Idee nicht sonderlich
begeistert. In der Tat, der Springer wird auf ein Feld entwickelt, auf dem er
keine anderen Perspektiven hat, als zurückzukehren und dorthin zu gehen, wo
er am Spiel mehr oder weniger beteiligt sein wird (das heißt - nach d2 oder
c3). Andererseits erfüllt Weiß mit dieser Verwandlung seines Rosses in einen
Esel einige globale Aufgaben: Dank der nachfolgenden schnellen Entwicklung des
Turmes nach c1 wird der Bauer c4 gedeckt; im Falle von Bc8-b7 wird das Spiel
konkret, was in den Varianten 8.Qc2 oder 8.Bf4 seltener vorkommt. Wie dem auch
sei: Trotz der gelungenen Premiere können nur die zukünftigen Partien den
wahren Wert des Zuges 8.Na3 zeigen.} Nbd7 {This is a typical, but not the
critical, continuation. Das ist eine typische, aber nicht die kritische
Fortsetzung.} ({I was mainly paying attention to the position after Mein
Hauptaugenmerk richtete ich auf die Stellung nach} 8... b6 {, which, as I said,
would give rise to really concrete play. , was, wie gesagt, zu einem recht
konkreten Spiel führen würde.}) ({And Nicht schlecht ist} 8... Na6 {is not
bad, intending after mit der Idee, nach} 9. Rc1 Ne4 {to prepare the sortie
Nc6-b4. den Ausfall Nc6-b4 vorzubereiten.}) 9. Rc1 Ne4 (9... b6 {was still
possible, but now looked somewhat less logical than on the previous move. war
immer noch möglich, sah aber jetzt etwas weniger logisch aus, als im
vorherigen Zug.}) 10. Be3 {Black's setup suggests that he will follow up with
f7-f5. For that reason it would not be particularly clever to develop this
bishop to f4, because then the typical thrust g7-g5 would be played with gain
of tempo. Giving up the dark-squared bishops for the opposing knights is
anti-positional for positions of this sort; on the other hand, the bishop
would be too passively placed on e1. Then it will have to got to e3 and wait
to see what fate has in store for it. Der Aufbau des Schwarzen spricht dafür,
dass er f7-f5 folgen lässt. Aus diesem Grund wäre es nicht besonders klug,
diesen Läufer nach f4 zu entwickeln, weil dann der typischer Vorstoß g7-g5
mit Tempogewinn verbunden wäre. Die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer für die
gegnerischen Springer zu geben, ist für diese Stellungsart anti-positionell,
andererseits stünde der Läufer auf e1 zu passiv. Na gut, dann soll er halt
auf e3 stehen und auf den Ruf seines Schicksals warten.} Bxa3 {An unfortunate
decision. Black exchanges his good bishop for a passive piece and is left with
a bad bishop on c8 - this plan is too original and (as often happens) is
refuted in a natural manner. Eine unglückliche Entscheidung. Schwarz tauscht
seinen guten Läufer gegen eine passive Figur und verbleibt mit einem
schlechten Läufer auf c8 - diese Vorgehensweise ist zu originell und (wie es
auch oft geschieht) wird auf eine natürliche Art und Weise widerlegt.} ({
The natural Das natürliche} 10... f5 {led to a slow moving game in which both
sides would find themselves manoeuvring. führte zu einem zähfließenden
Spiel, bei dem für beide Seiten Lavieren angesagt wäre.}) 11. bxa3 Nd6 12. c5
({The idea of freeing the Bc8 with Den Bc8 mit eigenen Händen durch} 12. cxd5
exd5 {off my own bat. zu befreien}) ({or after oder mit} 12. Nd2 {of allowing
my opponent to swap off the Be3 by dem Gegner zu erlauben, den Be3 mittels} Nf5
{was not really my cup of tea. abzutauschen, gehört nicht zu meinen
Prinzipien.}) 12... Nc4 {There is nothing left for Black to do other than
continue the plan he started with 10...Bxa3. Dem Schwarzen bleibt nichts
anderes übrig, als den mit 10...Bxa3 angefangenen Plan fortzusetzen.} ({
In the event of Im Falle von} 12... Nf5 13. Bf4 {White has a big advantage
because the second player cannot develop his queenside forces and above all
the Bc8, without it costing him material. hat Weiß großen Vorteil, weil der
Nachziehende die Kräfte seines Damenflügels, und in erster Linie den Bc8,
nicht entwickeln kann, ohne dabei Material zu verlieren.}) 13. Rxc4 {The
simplest continuation. I had taken note that after a future 14.Qc2 Black gets
development problems and then did not bother to take a closer look at the
remarkable alternative 13.Bf4. Die einfachste Fortsetzung. Ich hatte
registriert, dass nach dem weiteren 14.Qc2 Schwarz Entwicklungsprobleme
bekommt, und habe dann darauf verzichtet, mir die bemerkenswerte Alternative
13.Bf4 näher anzuschauen.} dxc4 14. Qc2 {With this move Whte gains a tempo -
the opponent cannot allow the move Nf3-g5, which would lead to disharmony in
the black position (g7-g6 would then weaken the king, whilst after Nd7-f6 the
advance e6-e5 would no longer be possible). Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß ein
Tempo - den Zug Nf3-g5, der zur Disharmonie in der schwarzen Stellung führen
würde (g7-g6 würde dann den König schwächen, während nach Nd7-f6 der
Vorstoß e6-e5 nicht mehr möglich wäre) darf der Gegner nicht erlauben.} h6
15. Qxc4 ({By means of Mittels} 15. Nd2 {I could have brought my knight to d6,
but I decided in such a splendid position to play simply and quickly. hätte
ich meinen Springer nach d6 bringen können, aber ich beschloss, in so einer
herrlichen Stellung schlicht und schnell zu spielen.}) 15... b6 {The decisive
mistake - there is no way Black should allow the transfer of the Be3 to d6.
Der entscheidende Fehler - die Überführung des Be3 nach d6 durfte Schwarz
keinesfalls erlauben.} ({The only possible way of staying in the game was Die
einzige Möglichkeit, im Spiel zu bleiben bestand in} 15... e5 {, although
then too after , obwohl Weiß auch dann nach} 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Qc3 Re8 18. Rd1
{White has the better chances. über die besseren Chancen verfügt.}) 16. Bf4 {
The bishop on d6 will be worth at least a rook and a pawn. Der Läufer auf d6
wird mindestens einen Turm und einen Bauern wert sein.} Re8 17. Bd6 Bb7 18. Ne5
{After the exchange of knights Black can abandon all hopes of any activity; in
addition, he also then gets problems with the defence of his king. Nach dem
Springertausch kann Schwarz alle Hoffnungen auf Aktivität aufgeben, außerdem
bekommt er danach Probleme mit der Verteidigung seines Königs.} bxc5 ({
After Nach} 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 {it is difficult for Black to come up with
anything against the plan of Be4, f4-f5. ist es für Schwarz schwierig, dem
Plan Be4, f4-f5 etwas entgegenzusetzen.}) 19. dxc5 ({The variation Die Variante
} 19. Nxd7 cxd4 20. Nc5 Qxd6 21. Nxb7 {winning material did not attract me
because Black would then gain hopes of becoming active. mit materiellen
Eroberungen hat mich nicht angezogen, weil Schwarz dann Hoffnungen bekäme,
aktiv zu werden.}) 19... Nxe5 20. Bxe5 {After the opening of the files Black
has even more worries than previously. On account of the potential
vulnerability of his king and the weakness of the c6-pawn he has no time to
activate the Bb7. Nach dem Öffnen der Linien hat Schwarz noch mehr Sorgen,
als zuvor. Wegen der potentiellen Anfälligkeit seines Königs und der
Schwäche des Bauern c6 hat er keine Zeit, den Bb7 zu aktivieren.} a5 21. Rb1
Ra7 ({After Nach} 21... Ba6 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. a4 {it becomes quite clear that
the freedom of the black bishop is in reality illusory. wird ganz klar, dass
die Freiheit des schwarzen Läufers in Wirklichkeit illusorisch ist.}) 22. Qc3
{The simplest. On account of the weakened position of his king it is difficult
for Black to coordinate his pieces. Das einfachste. Wegen der geschwächten
Position seines Königs ist es für Schwarz schwierig, die Figuren zu
koordinieren.} f6 23. Bd6 Ba8 24. Be4 {As one of the classics once wrote,
"with inevitable further progress". Wie jemand von den Klassikern schrieb,
"mit unvermeidlichem weiteren Progress".} f5 25. Bc2 {White prepares e2-e4 in
order to open the diagonal for the Bc2. Weiß bereitet e2-e4 vor, um die
Diagonalen für den Bc2 zu öffnen.} Rb7 ({After Auf} 25... Rd7 {the plan was
war} 26. Rb8 Qxb8 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Qe5 Re8 29. Bxf5 Rd5 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Qc7
{. geplant.}) 26. Rd1 {This rook will be of good use for the attack. Diesen
Turm wird man beim Angriff noch gut gebrauchen.} Rd7 27. e4 Qf6 28. Qc4 {
I decided to maintain the tension rather than hurry to gain material. Ich habe
mich entschieden, die Spannung aufrechtzuerhalten, statt mich mit
Materialgewinn zu beeilen.} Kh8 29. Re1 Qf7 30. Qd3 f4 {Anish did not feel
like being torutred any longer and now tries to fish in troubled waters. Anish
hatte keine Lust mehr, seine Qualen weiter zu leiden, und versucht nun, im
Trüben zu fischen.} ({I suspect that the specialists in fortress construction
would instead with imperturbable calm play Ich vermute, die Spezialisten im
Festungsbau würden stattdessen mit unerschütterlicher Seelenruhe} 30... Rdd8
{and wait to see what further action White would take. ziehen und auf weitere
Handlungen von Weiß warten.}) 31. gxf4 e5 32. Qh3 {One of the safest ways to
win. Because his rook on d7 is hanging, Black loses material. Einer der
sichersten Gewinnwege. Aufgrund der "hängenden" Lage der Turmes d7 verliert
Schwarz Material.} Rxd6 (32... exf4 33. e5 {looked just as dismal for Black.
sah für Schwarz genauso traurig aus.}) 33. cxd6 Qg6+ ({It would have been a
little more resilient to play Ein klein wenig hartnäckiger wäre} 33... Qxf4)
34. Qg3 Qxd6 35. Rd1 {The e5-pawn cannot be held. Der Bauer e5 lässt sich
nicht halten.} Qc5 {This hastens the end. Beschleunigt das Ende.} ({But the
ending after Aber auch das Endspiel nach} 35... exf4 {would also be hopeless
for Black. wäre für Schwarz hoffnungslos.}) 36. Rd7 Rg8 37. Bb3 exf4 38. Qg6
f3 39. h4 Qc3 40. Bxg8 {It is always pleasant to let your king take a walk
among friends. Es ist immer angenehm, dem eigenen König einen Spaziergang im
Freundeskreis zu gönnen.} Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Kazan clock sim"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.03.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Makhmutov, Rail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.03.27"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 (3... c5 $145 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7.
Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 {The variation g3 Benoni results very well for
Black these days.}) 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 (5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 $1)
5... Be7 (5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 $1) 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 (8. Bf4 $5 dxc4 9.
Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nf3 Nd5 15. e3
Bd7 $13) 8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 (9... b5 10. c5) 10. b3 $5 (10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5
Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 $11 {
Caruana-Adams,Zuerich 2013.}) 10... Bb7 {People do not prefer this in general.}
(10... Ba6 $142 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 $5 dxc4 13. e4 Qe8 (13... h6 14. Ne2 cxb3
15. axb3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 a5 17. Nd2 b5 18. Nf1 $44) (13... Re8 14. Nd2 b5 15.
bxc4 bxc4 16. Bf1 $44) (13... b5 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 exd5 17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 $44) (13... Bb4 14. Nd2 Qe7 (14... c5 15. d5) 15. Nxc4 Bxc4
16. bxc4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Ne2 $13) 14. Nb1 (14. Ne2 cxb3 15. axb3 Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 a5 17. Nd2 $44) 14... b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. Na4 $44) 11. Nc3 c5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 (12... exd5 $13 13. Be3 $5) 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 $146 {A logical
capture strangely never seen so far!} (13... exd5 $13 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qb2 Bf6
16. Rac1 Re8 17. Bh3 a5 $132) 14. dxc5 $6 (14. e4 $1 Bb7 15. Bf4 (15. d5 exd5
16. exd5 Bxd5 (16... Bf6 17. Rac1 Bxd5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxd5 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Rc8
21. Be4 g6 22. Rcd1 Rc7 23. Bf5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Qf6 25. Qg4+ Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7
27. Rxd7 Rfc8) 17. Bc3 $44) (15. Be3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Qe2 Qe8 $132) 15...
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 (16... e5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 $16) 17. Qe2 Qe8 $13 (17...
e5 $2 18. Nf5 exf4 19. Qg4 $18) 18. Nb5 Ba6 19. a4 Nc5 20. Qg4 Nxb3 21. Rab1
Bxb5 22. axb5 Na5 23. e5 $44) 14... Nxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. Ng5) 15. Bf4 Rc8 16.
Qb2 Qe8 $6 ({Black could have equalised immediately with} 16... Bf6 $142 17.
Be5 (17. Ne5 $2 Qe7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Rfe8 $19) 17... Nd7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6
19. Qxf6 Nxf6 $11) 17. Rac1 Bf6 (17... f6 $5) 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 Qb5 $1 21. Nc4 Rfd8 22. f3 Qc6 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 h6 (24... Qd7 $5 25.
Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. e4 $14) 25. Ne5 Qe8 26. Rd1 (26. b4 Na4 27. Rc4 $36)
26... a5 $2 {This weakens b6.} (26... Rc7 $5) 27. Nc4 $1 {and I have
immediately made use of it.} Qb5 28. Rd2 $1 (28. Qd6 a4 29. Qxb6 Qxb6 30. Nxb6
Rc6 31. Nxa4 Nxa4 32. bxa4 Rc2 33. Kf2 Rxa2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Ra8 g5 $132) 28...
Rf8 29. e4 Qb4 30. Ne5 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 $16 b5 32. Kf2 f6 (32... Rc8 33. Rd6 Kf8
34. Ke3 f6 (34... Ke8 35. Rc6 Rxc6 36. Nxc6) 35. Rc6 Rxc6 36. Nxc6 a4 37. bxa4
$1 bxa4 (37... Nxa4 38. Na7 Nc3 39. a3 Ke7 40. Kd3 $18) 38. Kd4 $18 {should
also be lost!}) 33. Nc6 Ra8 $2 {The final mistake.} (33... b4 $142 34. Rc4 Nb7
35. Nd4 e5 36. Nf5 Rf7 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Ne3 $16 {is very bad for Black with
all the weaknesses.}) 34. Ke3 Ra6 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Nd4 b4 37. Rc8 Nb7 38. Rc6
$1 {His resignation may seem early but his Queenside falls.} (38. Rc6 $1 Rxc6
39. Nxc6 e5 40. Kd3 g5 41. g4 $5 (41. Kc4 Nd6+ 42. Kd5 Nb5 43. Nxa5 Nc3+ 44.
Kc4 Nxa2 45. Nc6 g4 46. fxg4 Nc3 47. Kd3 Na2 48. Ne7) 41... h5 42. h3 Nc5+ 43.
Kc4 Ne6 44. gxh5 Kh6 45. Nxa5 Kxh5 46. Nc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 (5. Nc3 $5 b6 6. Bg5 $5) 5... d5
6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Bg2 (7. a3 Be7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Qd3 Qe4 $13) 7... dxc4
8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 O-O (9... Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxb4 $1 Nxb4 12. Na3 $14)
10. Nc3 Qh5 11. h3 $5 (11. Nh4 $5 {Speelman} e5 12. d5 e4 (12... Rd8 13. e4 Nd4
$13) 13. Bxe4 (13. Nxe4 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Bxd5 Bxd2+ 17.
Kxd2 Rd8 $17) 13... Rd8 $1 14. Rd1 (14. O-O Bg4 $5 (14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxe4
16. Qxe4 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Rfd1 Be6) 15. f3 Be6 $40) (14. O-O-O Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Nb4 16. Bxb4 axb4 $40) (14. Bf3 Ne5 15. Bxh5 Nxd3+ 16. exd3 Nxh5 17. Nb5
c6 $1 $36) 14... Ne5 (14... Nxe4 $6 15. Qxe4 Ne7 16. Nb5 Rxd5 (16... Qxd5 17.
Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Nxc7 $18) 17. Nxc7 Rxd2 18. Rxd2) 15. Qc2 Bh3 16.
a3 Bc5 $8 $44) 11... Rd8 12. g4 Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. e3 (14. a3 Bd6 (14... Bf8
$6 15. Nb5 Ne8 16. Bf4 Rd5 17. Nxc7 Nxc7 18. Bxc7 Rb5 19. Ra2 $1 {Speelman} e5
20. a4 (20. dxe5 Be6 21. Ra1 Rc8 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Rxb2))) 14... a4 15. a3
(15. Nb5 Ra5 16. Na3 Ne4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Ne5 Nd6 $11) 15... Bf8 16. Rd1 $5 (
16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 Na5) 16... Na5 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Nb3 19. Ne4 b6 20. Bc3 (20.
h5 gxh5 21. Rxh5 g6 22. Rh4 Bg7 23. Bc3 Bb7) 20... Bb7 21. Nfd2 (21. Nh2 $6 c5
22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Bxb7 Ra7 24. Bc6 cxd4 25. exd4 f5 $36) 21... Nxd2 22. Rxd2
Bd5 (22... Rab8 $142 23. O-O $11) 23. f4 Rab8 24. Ng3 $1 (24. Bf3 c5 25. h5
cxd4 26. Bxd4 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 $11) 24... Bxg2 25. Rxg2 b5 26. h5 b4 $132 27.
axb4 Bxb4 28. Bxb4 $2 (28. Ne4 a3 29. bxa3 Bxc3+ 30. Nxc3 Rb3 31. Rc2 c5 $1 (
31... gxh5 32. a4 g6 33. Ke2 Ra3 34. Ne4 $16) 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. dxc5 Nxc5 34.
Ke2 e5 $1 35. fxe5 Rd3 36. Nd1 Rd5 $11) 28... Rxb4 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rgh2 $1 (
30. Rc2 Rdb8 (30... Nb6 $6 31. Ke2 Nc4 (31... Nd5 32. Ra1 Rdb8 33. Kf3) 32.
Rhc1) 31. Rhh2 Nb6 32. Ne4 Nc4 $40) 30... Rdb8 $1 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Rxb8 Rxb8
33. Rh2 Rb3 (33... Nb6 34. Rc2 Nd5 35. e4 $1 Nxf4 36. Rf2 e5 37. dxe5 Rxb2 38.
Rxf4+ Ke6 39. Rf3 Rb3 $1 40. Rxb3 axb3 41. Kd2 c5 42. Kc3 c4 43. Nf1 Kxe5 44.
Nd2 b2 $1 $11) (33... c5 34. Rc2 cxd4 35. exd4 Nb6 36. Ne2 Nd5 37. Kd2 Rb3 38.
Nc1 Rh3 39. Nd3 Rh2+ $11) 34. Rc2 $1 $11 Rxe3+ 35. Ne2 Nb6 36. Rxc7+ Kf8 37.
Rc3 Rxc3 {Draw offer.} 38. Nxc3 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. Kf3 Kc6 41. Ke4 Kd6 42.
Nb5+ (42. Nd1 Kd7 (42... Nc4 43. Kd3 a3 44. bxa3 Nxa3 45. Nc3 Kc6 46. Nd1 Nb5
47. Ne3 Kd6 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. Ng4 Nd6+ 50. Kd3 Nf5 51. Ke4 Kd6 $11) 43. Ne3 Kd6
$11) 42... Kc6 43. Nc3 Kd6 44. Nb5+ Kc6 45. Na3 Kc7 (45... Kd7 46. Ke5 Ke7 47.
Ke4 Kd7 $11) 46. Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ {He tries to get similar positions
to those from my game with Stojanovic last year in Bosnia.} 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2
O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 ({I was curious about} 8... dxc4 $6 9. Ne5 b5 10. a4
$1 ({does not take advantage of Black's greedy line.} 10. b3 $6 cxb3 11. Nxc6 (
11. axb3 Bb7) 11... Nxc6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. axb3 Qb6 $11) 10... Nd5 11. axb5 cxb5
12. Nc3 f6 13. Ng4 $16) 9. Rc1 b6 $5 10. b4 $1 {I am happy about this move but
not the continuation.} (10. Ne5 Bb7 {was played by me in the above mentioned
game.}) (10. Qe3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 {does not look like delivering anything special.}
) 10... Bb7 11. Qb2 a5 12. cxd5 $6 (12. a3 $6 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 dxc4
15. Rxc4 Nd5 $40) 12... cxd5 13. b5 (13. bxa5 Rxa5 $11) 13... Qe7 14. Rc7 Rab8
15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Ne8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11 {
Now, sitting behind this boring position, all of a sudden I remembered V.
Kovacevic-Velikov Luzern (ol) 1982, where the great Croat won a strange bishop
versus knight endgame with an isolated pawn.} 20. Nd2 $5 (20. Nb1 Nd6 21. Nc3
$11) 20... Bb7 {He eliminates the possibility of e4 with this one.} (20... Nd6
21. e4 $1 {impressed by that game I would have given myself an isolated pawn.}
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 (22... Nf5 $2 23. g4) 23. Bxe4 Nf6 24. Bc6 Bd7 25. Nc4 Bxc6
26. bxc6 Nd5 27. Ne3 Nc7 28. Nc4 Nd5 $11 {still ends up as a draw.}) 21. f4 (
21. e4 $2 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd6 24. Bc6 Nf6 $17) (21. Nab1 Nd6 22.
Nc3 Kf8 $11) 21... Nd6 22. Ndb1 Kf8 (22... Nf5 23. Nc2) 23. Nc3 Ke7 24. Kf2 Nf6
25. h3 ({No need to exchange a central pawn with} 25. Na4 $2 Ng4+ 26. Kg1 Ne3
27. Nxb6 Ndf5 28. Na4 Kd6 29. Nc5 Kc7 $17) 25... Nfe8 26. e3 Nc7 27. g4 Bc8 28.
Bf1 Bd7 29. Bd3 f5 $5 {Going for the deadlock.} (29... h6 $11) 30. gxf5 exf5
31. h4 g6 (31... Ne4+ 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Ke2 $11 (33. Nc4 $2 Nxb5 34. Nxb5 Bxb5
35. Nxb6 Kd6 $19 {puts the knight in trouble.})) 32. Kg2 {Since I could not
find a clear continuation} ({after} 32. h5 $6 gxh5 $17 {I decided to maintain
the status quo.}) 32... Ke6 33. Kf1 Be8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Ke1 Ke6 36. Ke2 Ke7 37.
Ke1 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kavala op 20th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Margvelashvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ {The Bogo!} 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ (4... c5 $5 5. Bxb4 cxb4
6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Nc6 (8... Re8 9. a3 Nc6 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Bd7
12. Qb3 a5 13. e4 e5 14. Rad1 b6 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. h3 $36) 9. a3 bxa3 10. Nxa3
e5 11. Nb5 $36) (4... Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 $36) (4... a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6
{is the newly popular system.} 7. O-O Bxd2 (7... Nbd7 $2 8. Bg5) 8. Qxd2 Nbd7
9. Nc3 e5 10. h3 Re8 11. e4 $14) 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O O-O {
I have had this with Shanava some years ago and Dalibor Sojanovic, alas I
could not make any headway.} 9. Rc1 (9. Qb4 a5) 9... b6 10. Qb4 $5 $146 {
There is always room for improvement over the board play.} (10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Na3 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Nc2) 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 $14 {gives White
a miniscule edge after all.}) 10... Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Qa3 $1 {
the most consequent square.} (12. Qb3 c5 13. Nc3 (13. dxc5 Rc8) 13... Qe7 $11)
(12. Qe1 c5 13. Nc3 Qe7 $11) 12... c5 13. Nc3 $14) 12. Nc3 a5 13. Qd6 (13. Qa3
Ba6) 13... Qb8 14. Qxb8 Raxb8 $14 {This should be slightly better for White
due to the weakness of b5 square.} 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Kf8 (17...
Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. e4 $5 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 $11 {
I have thought thatshould have led to a similar endgame from Luzern 82,Vlado
Kovacevic-Velikov but there were some certain different issues there.}) 18. e3
Bxb5 $6 (18... Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Bf1 $14) 19. axb5 Rxc1+
20. Rxc1 Ke7 21. Rc6 $6 {An absolutly emtpty move!} (21. f3 Kd8 22. Nb1 (22. e4
$2 dxe4 23. fxe4 e5 $15 {is an instructive mistake.}) 22... Ne8 23. Bf1 Nd6 24.
Kf2 $14) 21... Kd8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf6 25. f3 $1 {From this
moment on White had to be careful as well.} (25. Bf3 Nd7 26. Rd6 Ke7 27. Rc6 e5
$1 $36) (25. Bg2 Ng8 $40) 25... g6 ({There were some insane looking
possibilities:} 25... Ng8 26. d5 Ne7 27. d6 Nc8 (27... Nxc6 28. bxc6 Rc8 29.
c7+ Kd7 30. Bb7 Rh8 31. Kf2 $11) 28. Bxh7 g6 29. Bg8 Rb7 30. h4 Rd7 31. g4 $13)
26. Kf2 (26. d5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Kf2 Kd7 29. Ke3 Re8+ 30. Kd4 (30. Kd3
Re6) 30... Re2 31. Rxb6 Rxb2 32. Kxd5 $11 {I doubt if any side could have won
this.}) (26. g4 $5 Rc8 27. Rxb6 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rc4 29. Rb7 Rxd4 30. Rxf7 Rxe4
31. Rxh7 Rxg4+ 32. Kf1 Rb4 33. Rg7 Rxb2 34. Rxg6 Ke7 35. Rg7+ Kd6 36. h4 Rxb5
37. Kg2 Kc6 38. Re7 $11) 26... Ne8 27. Ke2 {I have had many other interesting
options but the result would not be impressive in any case.} (27. Ke3 Nc7 28.
Kf4 Nxb5 29. Ke5 Ke7 30. d5 f6+ 31. Kf4 $44) (27. g4 Nc7 28. f4 Nxb5 29. d5
exd5 30. Bxd5 Kd7 31. f5 $1 $44) (27. d5 f5 28. Bd3 exd5 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kd4
Nf6 31. Bc2 $5 $44 (31. Rc7+ Ke6 32. Rc6+ $11)) (27. b4 axb4 28. Rc4 b3 29. Rb4
Nd6 30. Rxb3 $13) 27... Nc7 28. Bd3 (28. d5 exd5 (28... Nxb5 29. Ke3 $44) 29.
Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rd6+ Ke7 31. Rxd5 Rc8 32. Kd3 $13) 28... Nd5 29. Be4 Ne7 $5 ({
I was expecting more} 29... Nb4 30. Rc3 Rc8 31. f4 Kd7 (31... Rxc3 $6 32. bxc3
Nd5 33. Kd3 a4 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Kc2 Ke7 36. Kb2 Ke6 37. Ka3 Kf5 38. Kxa4 Ke4
39. Kb4 Kd3 40. c4 dxc4 (40... Kxd4 $4 41. c5 bxc5+ 42. Ka3 $1 $18 {like
Botvinnik pointed out Reuben Fine's mistake in a similar endgame!}) 41. d5 c3
42. d6 c2 43. d7 c1=Q 44. d8=Q+ $16) 32. Kd2 Rc7 33. g4 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35.
Bf3 $11) (29... Nc7 30. Bd3 $1 $132) 30. Rc3 (30. Rc4 Rc8 31. b3 Nd5 $11) 30...
Kd7 {A draw has become the normal outcome of this endgame when the bishop
controls the knight.} (30... Kd7 31. f4 $11) (30... Rc8 31. f4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Podlehnik"]
[Site "Podlehnik"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 {The first
unusual move.} (6... Nc6 7. Nc3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4) 7. O-O Rd8 {Actually around
here I have thought that my opponent came up with something completely new.
However he had couple of games like this before.} 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bc3 $5 $146 {
People tried couple of sensible things around here.However I am satisfied with
this move too.} dxc4 (9... Ne4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 $14) 10. Nbd2
Na5 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. e3 $44 {is my idea.However my opponent has
decided to play in a different way.}) 11. Ne5 Rb8 {This is a very critical
position.First I have seen that I can not win a piece with 12.Qa4,then all the
possible variations have started to look leading for equality.} 12. Rac1 $5 (
12. Qa4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Ndxc4 Bd7 $8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Nxa5
bxa5 $11) (12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nb3 $8 14. Nxb3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Bd7 16. Rac1 Be8
17. Qc3 $14) (12. Ndxc4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 (14. bxc3 c5) 14... c5 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 $11) 12... Nd5 13. e4 $6 {It was too early to seek complications.} (
13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Qa4 $1 b6 (14... Nac6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxc4 a6
18. Rfd1 $14) 15. a3 Na6 16. Ndxc4 Rxd4 17. e3 Rxc4 (17... Nc5 $5 18. Qxa5 $3 (
18. Qb4 $2 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Ba6 (19... Nxc4 $2 20. Nc6) 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf4 Qe7
$5 $17 (21... Bxf1 $6 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nd7 Qf5 $1 (23... Qc1 $2 24. Bxf1 Rd8
25. Ne5 $1 $36 {is very dangerous for black.}) 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Nxb8 Bxg2 26.
Kxg2 Nc4 27. Na6 Nxb2 28. Nxc7 Nc4 $11)) 18... bxa5 19. exd4 Na6 20. Nc6 Qd7
21. Nxb8 $14) 18. Rxc4 (18. Nxc4 $2 Nc5 19. Qb4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Ba6 $17) 18...
Nxc4 19. Qxc4 $44 {The weakness of c6 square combined with the awkward
position of black's piecesgives white a decent position.}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3
Nb6 15. Rfe1 f6 16. Nef3 c5 (16... e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nf1 $44) 17. e5 $2 {
Another mistake.It was completely unnecessary to give d5 square for black N.} (
17. Qb2 Na4 (17... cxd4 $6 18. cxd4 Bd7 19. Qc3) 18. Qa3 (18. Qb5 Qd7) 18... b5
$15) 17... f5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. g4 Nc6 $1 (19... fxg4 20. Ng5 g6 21. Nf1 $44)
20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nf1 Nd5 22. Qd2 Nde7 23. Qe2 (23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 b5) 23...
Ng6 24. Rcd1 Re8 $4 {This natural move spolis everything.} (24... Be6 25. Ng5
Qe7 $17) 25. Ng5 $1 {This absolutely turns the tables,now it is black who has
to be extremely careful not to lose the game immediately.} Nce7 (25... Nf4 26.
Qf3 Nd3 (26... Nxg2 $2 27. Qh5 $1 {This a very important motif which brings
danger into blacks situation.} Be6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Bg8 30. e6 $18) 27.
Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qh5 Be6 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Re3 $40) 26. Qh5 (26. Bd5+ $4 Nxd5 27.
Qh5 Ndf4) 26... h6 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Bf7 $6 {White should settle for a draw
since things are not that simple as black has some tactical defenses in this
position.} (28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Ng5+ $11) 28... Nf4 29. Qh4 $1 {Pin should not be
broken.} (29. Qf3 $2 hxg5 30. Bxe8 Be6 $17) 29... Neg6 30. Bxg6 Nxg6 31. Qh5
Qc6 $2 (31... Qe7 $1 32. Qxg6 (32. Rd6 $2 Nf4 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nxh6+ gxh6 $19)
32... Qxg5+ 33. Qxg5 hxg5 34. Rd6 Be6 35. Nd2 $44) 32. Rd4 $1 {The only way to
put some flame into the attack is just to cut the possibility of Q sacrifice
out.} (32. Rd6 $2 Qg2+ $1 (32... Nf4 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Rxc6 Nxh5 35. Rc7 $44)) (
32. Nf7+ $2 Kg8 33. Nd8 Qg2+ $1) 32... Kg8 33. Rxc4 $1 Qxc4 34. Qxg6 Be6 $1 {
After the needless check blay may get into unsurmountable difficulties.} (34...
Qg4+ $2 35. Ng3) 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Ne3 Qxc3 37. Nxe6+ Rxe6 38. Rd1 $2 {Brave
but stupid.} (38. Qxf5+ Rf6 39. exf6 Qxe1+ 40. Kg2 Re8 $1 (40... Qc3 $2 41. Qh7
$18) (40... Qb4 $2 41. fxg7+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Ng4 $40) 41. Qg6 gxf6 42.
Qxf6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Qxh6+ Ke7 45. Nd5+ Kf7 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Qf5+ $11 {
Black should not lose this.}) 38... Qxe5 $2 $138 {Short of time black starts
giving the signs of a setback.} (38... Qc7 39. Qxf5+ Qf7 40. Qe4 $44) (38...
Rbe8 $1 39. Nxf5 Qxe5 40. Rd7 R8e7 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Qg8+ Kg6 $17) 39. Rd5 $11 {
White has to settle for a draw.} ({Unfortunately} 39. Rd7 $2 {loses to} Re7 40.
Rd5 g6 $3 $19) 39... Qc7 $4 (39... Qa1+ 40. Rd1 Qe5 41. Rd5 {would have led to
a share of points by repetition.}) 40. Rxf5+ $18 Ke8 41. Qg8+ Kd7 (41... Ke7
42. Qxg7+ $18 (42. Qf7+ $18)) 42. Qxg7+ {All the roads lead to Rome!} (42. Qf7+
Re7 43. Rd5+ Kc6 44. Qg6+ $18) (42. Rd5+ $2 Rd6 43. Qf7+ Kc8 44. Qf8+ (44. Qe8+
$2 Qd8 45. Rc5+ Rc6 {is self destructive for white.}) 44... Kd7 45. Qf5+ $11)
42... Re7 43. Rd5+ (43. Rd5+ Kc6 44. Qc3+ (44. Qxh6+ $18) 44... Kb6 45. Qa5+
Kc6 46. Qb5#) 1-0

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 9th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nestorovic, Lazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 (4... Bxd2+ 5. Nfxd2 $5 {should be
called extravaganza!} (5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8. Qc2 $5 {provides a
long and positional fight.} (8. Rc1 Rd8 9. Qc2)) 5... d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 $13)
5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Nfxd2 $5 {Inspiration over the board.} (6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. b3 (7.
Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O $13) (7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Kf1 d5
10. e3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2+ 12. Nxd2 $14) 7... d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rd8 10. Qb2
$14) 6... Nc6 {d6 and d5 are more critical lines.} (6... d6 7. Nc3 e5 8. Nd5 $5
(8. d5 e4 9. e3 O-O 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Be2 a5 12. Kf1 Nc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3
Bd7 15. Qd4 $13) 8... Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O $14) (
6... d5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3 $13) (6... c5 $6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 (7... Na6 $6 8. Nc3 Nxc5
9. b4) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O $16) 7. e3 b6 $5 (7... e5 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nc3
$14) 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Bg2 (9. Rg1 $5 {Too much of an extravaganza.}) 9... O-O-O $1
10. a3 Kb8 11. O-O $5 (11. b4 h5 12. h4 (12. h3 h4 13. g4) 12... Ng4 13. c5 $13
) 11... h5 12. h3 d5 (12... h4 13. g4 Nh7 14. Qa4) 13. Qa4 Rh6 (13... h4 14. g4
) (13... g5 14. b4) 14. h4 $1 {A good switch of plans.} Rg8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 (
15... exd5 16. Nf3) 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nf3 Rd6 18. Rac1 f6 19. Rc3 Nd8 20. Rfc1
Ne6 21. b4 (21. Bh3 c6 22. b4) 21... g5 22. Qc2 $16 {The problem with Black's
position is that he does not have any real chance for a counter-attack.} Ba6 $2
23. a4 Bc4 24. hxg5 $1 (24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Qe4 (25. Qxc4 Rc8) 25... f5 26. Qxf5
gxh4 27. Nxh4 Ng5 28. Rxc4 $16) 24... Nxg5 (24... fxg5 25. Ne5) 25. Nd2 $1 (25.
Nxg5 fxg5 26. e4 $1 (26. Rxc4 $6 dxc4 27. Qxc4 $13)) (25. Rxc4 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3
dxc4 27. Qxc4 Rg5 $14) 25... h4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Rg7 28. g4 h3 29. Bh1
Qd7 (29... h2+ 30. Kf1) 30. Kf1 (30. Kh2 $5 {is also possible but I like the
text.}) 30... h2 31. b5 (31. a5 $18) 31... Qxg4 $2 {The last mistake in a
difficult position.} 32. Rxc7 $18 Qh3+ (32... Qg1+ 33. Ke2 Qg4+ 34. f3 $1 $18 (
34. Kd2 $4 Rxd4+ 35. exd4 Qxd4+ (35... Qf4+) 36. Ke2 Qe5+)) 33. Ke2 Qh5+ 34. f3
(34. Kd2 Rxd4+ 35. exd4 {also wins now but the text is principled.}) 34... Ne6
35. Rb7+ $1 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Leventic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.08.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 c5 4. Bxb4 cxb4 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 (7. Nh3
$5) 7... d6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Nbd2 (9. Qd3 {is better as I have understood after
this game.}) 9... Nc6 10. e4 Bd7 (10... e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. a3) 11. Re1 e5 12.
Nb3 Rfe8 13. Rc1 b6 $1 14. c5 $6 (14. Qd2 $142) 14... bxc5 (14... dxc5 $1 15.
dxc5 $8 (15. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 (16... Qxe5 17. f4 Qxb2 18. Re2 $1 Qa3
19. e5 $18) 17. f4 Re7 18. e5 Rae8 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. h3 (20. Qxb4 Qxe5 21. Rxe5
cxb4 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Rc7 (23. h3 Ne3) 23... Re1+ 24. Bf1 Rd1 25. Rxa7 h5 $19)
20... Nh6 21. g4 $17)) 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nxc5 Bg4 17. Qa4 Qb6 $1 (17... Bxf3 $2
18. Na6) 18. Qa6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. Kg2 Red8 $1 21. Re3 (21. Rc4 $2 $19 Rac8
) 21... Rdc8 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Nd3 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Nd7 25. Bd1 $8 Nc5 26. f3 (26.
Bb3 $2 Ndxb3 27. axb3 Rd8 $17) 26... Kf8 27. Kf2 f6 $6 (27... Ke7 28. Ke1 Kd6
29. Kd2 f5 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Re1 Nd4 $17) 28. Ke1 Ke7 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Ke1 Ra8
31. Kd2 Rd8 32. Ke1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Berescu, Alin Mile"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 Nc6 $6 {A very strange move.} 5. a3
Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 $1 a5 {Another weird move.} 7. b3 (7. d5 Ne7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. b3
$14 {Looked playable for black to me.}) 7... Qe7 $2 {He does not want to push
d6 that day.} (7... d6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Be2 $14) 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Ne5
10. Bb2 d6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qg5 $1 {Simple geometry.} O-O 13. Bxe5 Ra6 14. e3
(14. e4 h6 15. Qg3 Rb6 (15... Nh5 16. Qc3) 16. Be2 $18) 14... h6 15. Qf4 $4 {
A losing move instead of the simple winning one.} (15. d6 $1 {wins right away!}
Qe6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qd4 cxd6 18. Bxa6 dxe5 19. Qd1 Qxa6 20. Qxh5 $18 {was not
that difficult to calculate out.}) 15... Nxd5 16. Qd4 Re6 $19 {Now white is
lost.What a turn of events.} 17. Bg3 (17. Bxg7 Nxe3 (17... Rd8 18. O-O-O (18.
Rd1 Rdd6) 18... Qxa3+ 19. Qb2 Qc5+ 20. Bc4 b5 $19) 18. fxe3 Rd8 19. Qb2 Rxe3+
20. Kf2 Qc5 $1 $19) 17... Nxe3 $1 18. fxe3 Rd8 19. Qa7 (19. Qf4 g5 $1 (19...
Rf6 $2 20. Qe5 Re6 21. Qxc7 Qf6 22. Qc1 Rde8 23. Bf2 Rc6 24. Bc4 b5 25. O-O
bxc4 26. bxc4 $15) 20. Qf2 Rf6 21. Qe2 Bg4 $19) 19... Rxe3+ 20. Kf2 Rxg3 $1 $19
{This practically finishes the game.} 21. hxg3 (21. Kxg3 Qe5+ $19) (21. Re1
Rxg2+ $1 $19 (21... Rd2+ $19)) 21... Qf6+ 22. Kg1 Qxa1 23. Rh4 Qxa3 24. Rf4
Qxb3 25. Bc4 Qxg3 26. Rxf7 Kh7 27. Qxa5 {3 pawns are too much,I had to resign
here.} Qe3+ 28. Kh2 Rd4 29. Rf3 Rh4+ 30. Kg3 Qg5+ 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Bd3+ Kg8
33. Bg6 Rh6 34. Bf7+ Kh7 35. Re3 Bf5 36. Re7 Rc6 37. Re1 g6 38. Re7 Kh6 39. Bd5
Rc3+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 c6 42. Bg8 g4+ 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Kg3 Rb2 45. Kh4 g5+
46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Rc7 Rb4 48. Re7 Kf6 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Rg7 Kd6 51. Rxg5 {I won a
pawn!} Bd7 52. Rg6+ Kc5 53. Rg5+ Kb6 54. Rg7 Rd4 55. Kf2 c5 56. Ke3 Ka5 57. Rg5
Kb4 58. Bd5 b5 59. Rh5 Kc3 60. Be4 c4 61. Rh1 Rd6 62. Rc1+ Kb4 63. g3 Kc5 64.
Ra1 b4 65. Ra7 b3 66. Rc7+ Bc6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 Bxd2+ (4... Nf6 $142 5. Nf3 ({or} 5. Bg2
Nc6 6. e3 $5) 5... Nc6 6. Nc3) 5. Qxd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 $6 {
A dubious line.} 9. dxc5 $1 dxc5 10. Ne5 $1 $16 {White is clearly better.} (10.
O-O-O b6 $1 {is black's idea.}) 10... Nfd7 $146 ({White is better in both
cases.} 10... Rd8 11. Qe3 $16) (10... Qc7 11. Qf4 $1 $16) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O
Nf6 13. Rfd1 {White has the only open file in the game, and the difference
between Bg2 and Bc8 is significant.} e5 $6 {Very anti-positional.} (13... Rb8
14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd6 $16) 14. Qe3 $1 {The threat is to win a pawn by 15.Nd5.} Ng4
15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Qa3 $1 a5 17. h3 Nh6 18. g4 $2 {I have decided that there is
no danger after the text due to accurate calculation I have made, though it is
absolutely unnecessary to commit a weakness in the kingside.} (18. Nf4 Qa6 19.
Nd3 $18) 18... Kh8 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Nf4 Qe7 22. Nd3 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5
24. Nxc5 Rac8 25. Nxb7 Qxa3 26. bxa3 Rxc4 {Now black is in bad shape but it is
not that easy to convert the advantage for white.} 27. Rac1 $1 (27. Nd6 Ra4 28.
Rd5 $16) 27... Rh4 28. Rc3 $5 $16 ({White can not win by straightforward means.
} 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Nxd8 g6 (29... Bxh3 $2 30. Bxh3 Rxh3 31. Nf7+ $1 Kg8 32. Ng5
$18) 30. Rc5 Bxh3 31. Bxh3 Rxh3 32. Rxa5 $16) 28... a4 29. Rd2 Nf7 30. Nc5 Ng5
31. Kh2 Rc8 $4 {This is a horrible mistake.} (31... Rf4 32. Kg3 h5 33. f3 (33.
e3 $2 h4+ 34. Kh2 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Rxf3 36. Nxa4 Rxh3+ 37. Kg2 Rf6 $17) 33... Rd4
34. Rb2 h4+ 35. Kh2 Kg8 36. Rb4 Rd2 37. Re3 Bxh3 38. Rxh4 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Rf4 40.
Kg3 Rxh4 41. Kxh4 Nf7 42. Kg4 Nh6+ 43. Kg5 $18) 32. Nxa4 $4 {Low on time as
well I was satisfied to win a pawn instead of a piece. Predrag who was
watching the game was horrified at this very moment.} (32. Ne6 $18) (32. Ne4
Nf7 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Ng5 Kg8 35. Bd5 $18) 32... Re8 33. Nc5 $18 {The a pawn
is very strong.} Rd4 34. Rb2 h6 35. a4 Rc8 36. a5 e4 37. a6 Ra8 38. Ra3 Rc4 39.
Ra5 {No holds are barred for the mighty a pawn.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 $5 {This idea is always recalled with
the late Latvian IM Vitolinsh.} 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9.
Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 a5 ({There is nothing wrong with} 10... e5 11. e3 (11. d5 $6
Nb8 12. c5 dxc5 13. Qxc5 Na6 $15) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 $14) 11.
Rfd1 Bd7 12. Rac1 h6 13. e3 Rc8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Ne7 16. Qd3 Ba4 $1 {
Black is rightfully trying to provocate weaknesse in his opponents camp.} 17.
Re1 (17. b3 Bc6 18. e4 Ng6 $13) 17... Qb6 $6 {A timid approach to the
situation.} (17... b5 18. c5 dxc5 19. b3 c4 20. Qb1 cxb3 21. axb3 Nd5 22. Rxc8
Qxc8 23. bxa4 bxa4 $44) 18. e4 Ng6 19. h4 e5 20. b3 Bc6 $2 {After this black
goes down.} (20... Bd7 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rcd1 Rc6 $14) 21. Bh3
Rcd8 22. d5 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. h5 Nf8 25. Nh4 Nh7 26. Nf5 Nf6 27. Qf3 Kh7
28. g4 Rc8 $8 {These are all forced,but now white misses his chance.} 29. Kh1
$2 (29. Nxh6 Kxh6 30. Qf5 Nxg4 31. Qxg4 Qd8 32. Kh1 (32. Re3 $6 Qg5 33. Qxg5+
Kxg5 34. Rg3+ Kh6 $11) 32... Rdc7 33. Rg1 Qf6 34. Rg3 Rg8 $14) (29. g5 hxg5 30.
Nxg7 Qd8 (30... Nxe4 $2 31. Nf5 Nc5 32. Ne7 $3 Rxe7 33. Qf5+ $18) 31. Nf5 (31.
h6 $6 Ng8 32. Nf5 Qf6 33. Kg2 Ne7 34. Nxe7 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rxe7 36. Rh1 f6 37.
Kg4 Kg6 38. h7 Rh8 39. c5 dxc5 40. Rxc5 b6 41. Rc6 Rexh7 $13) 31... Rdc7 $14)
29... Qd8 30. Qg3 (30. Rg1 Ng8) 30... g6 $1 {Black is getting better.} 31.
hxg6+ fxg6 32. Nh4 Rf7 33. Kg2 Nd7 34. Rh1 Rf4 $4 {This is incredible,I have
seen that Nf5 maybe the threat but I completely forget that it is still
working after 34...Rf4.} (34... Qg5 35. Nf3 Qf4 ({The exchange sac should be
considered.} 35... Rxf3 36. Qxf3 Rf8 37. Qg3 (37. Qe2 Rf4 38. f3 Nc5 39. Kg3
Kg7 $44) 37... Rf4 38. f3 Nc5 $44) 36. Qxf4 (36. g5 h5 37. Rce1 $11) 36... Rxf4
37. Ng5+ Kg8 38. Ne6 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1 Nf8 (39... Rxe4 40. f3 Re3 41. Kf2 Rc3 42.
Rcg1 Nf8 43. Rxh6 Kf7 44. Nxf8 Rxf8 45. Rgxg6 Ke7 46. Rh7+ Rf7 47. Rxf7+ Kxf7
48. Rxd6 Rc2+ 49. Ke3 Rxa2 50. Rd7+ Kf6 51. Rxb7 Rc2 $44) 40. f3 Rg3 41. Kf2
Nxe6 42. Kxg3 Nf4 43. Rc2 h5 $44) (34... Qf6 $142 $1 {After this white is
slightly worse.} 35. Nf3 (35. g5 Qf4 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. gxh6 Rxe4 38. Nf3 Rg4+
39. Kh3 Nf6 40. c5 Kxh6 41. cxd6 Rh8 42. Rc7 e4 (42... g5 $2 43. Nxe5 $18) 43.
Rg1 Rxg1 44. Nxg1 Rd8 45. Re7 Nxd5 46. Rxe4 Rxd6 $17) 35... g5 36. Rh5 Rg8 $1 (
36... Kg7 $2 37. Rch1 Rh8 38. Nxg5) 37. Rch1 Rg6 38. Nd2 (38. Qh3 Kg7) 38...
Nc5 (38... Qf4 $2 39. Qxf4 Rxf4 40. f3 Nc5 41. Nf1 Nd3 42. Ne3 Rff6 43. R5h2
Nf4+ 44. Kg3 b6 45. Nf5 Nd3 46. Ra1 Rg8 47. Rd2 Nf4 48. a3 bxa3 49. Rxa3 $14)
39. f3 Nd3 40. R5h2 b6 41. Kf1 Qf4 42. Qxf4 exf4 43. Ke2 Ne5 $15) 35. Nf5 $1
$18 Qg5 $2 {Not the most resilient.} (35... gxf5 $2 36. Rxh6+ Kxh6 37. Rh1+ Kg7
38. gxf5+ $18 {just mates.}) (35... h5 $1 36. Nxd6 Nf6 37. Nf7 Qe7 38. Ng5+ Kg8
(38... Kh6 39. f3 Nxd5 40. cxd5 Rxc1 41. Rxc1 Qxg5 42. gxh5 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 $18)
39. f3 hxg4 40. Ne6 gxf3+ 41. Kf1 Rg4 42. Qh3 (42. Qxf3 $2 Rc6 $3 43. Qh3 Rxe6
44. dxe6 Qxe6 45. Qh8+ Kf7 $17) 42... Qh7 43. Qxf3 Rg3 (43... Qf7 44. Ke2 Rxe4+
45. Kd1 Rg4 46. Rf1 $18) 44. Rxh7 Rxf3+ 45. Ke2 Nxh7 46. Kxf3 $18) 36. Rxh6+
Kg8 37. Rxg6+ (37. Rch1 $2 gxf5 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. R1h5 Rxg4 $17) 37... Qxg6 38.
Ne7+ Kg7 39. Nxg6 Kxg6 40. Rh1 {Now it is totally gone.} Nf6 41. f3 Kf7 42. Rh6
Rg8 43. g5 1-0

[Event "Vojvodina op 9th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2018.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Rogac, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 $5 (4... b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7
7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 $5) 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Be7 {Spassky liked it.} (6... Bxd2+ 7.
Bxd2 Ne4 {what Kurajica likes.} 8. Rd1 $1 (8. Bf4 g5)) 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 a5 9.
Bd3 $5 (9. b3 Nb8 10. Bb2 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ne5 $40) 9... b6 $6 {
It is not clear if this is a sacrifice or rather a blunder.} (9... a4 10. cxd5
exd5 11. Nb1 Bd7 12. Nc3 $13) 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. e4 Qd7 (11... Nxd4 12. exd5
Nxc2+ 13. Bxc2 exd5 $16) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 $5 (14. Ne4 Ba6 $1 (
14... g6 15. Qd2)) (14. Be4) 14... f5 (14... Nf4 15. Be4 Bb7 16. g3) 15. Bb5 $1
{Nuance!} (15. exf6 $2 Bxf6 16. Bb5 Ncb4 17. Qa4 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Ba6
20. Qxa6 Rxa6 $44) 15... Ncb4 16. Qa4 c6 (16... Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Qxb5 18. Qxb5 Ba6
19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. g3 $16) 17. Bf1 $1 {Saving the d1-h5 diagonal for the queen.}
Bb7 18. Qd1 Na6 19. Nc4 (19. h4 $5) 19... c5 20. h4 $1 (20. Bg5) (20. Ng5 {
are alternatives.}) 20... g6 (20... Qe8 21. Ng5 cxd4 22. Nd6 $1 (22. Nxe6 $2
Bb4+ 23. axb4 Qxe6) 22... Bxd6 23. Bb5 Qg6 24. h5 Qh6 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxh6
Bxe5 27. Bg5 $18) 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 cxd4 24. Nd6 Rh7 25. Qxd4
$18 Nc5 26. Rh3 Bc6 27. Bc4 a4 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Bf6+ Kg8 30. Rg3 Rh6 31. Rd1 (
31. h5 $142) 31... Kh7 32. Qb4 $1 Qc7 33. Nb5 $5 {Heading for f4 via e2.} (33.
Nxf5 $2 gxf5 34. Rg7+ Qxg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Qxb6 Rc8 $1 {only move, but it
holds everything together.}) 33... Qb7 34. f3 Rf8 35. Nc3 Bc6 36. Qd4 Nd7 37.
Qd6 $1 Re8 38. Bg5 Rh5 39. Ne2 {Just wins the exchange as well.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Reuss, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 b6 7. Qa4+ c6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4
d4 15. e5 Nd5 16. a3 h6 17. Nc4 Bc6 18. Qd2 a5 $4 ({Amazing carelessness!
Correct was Überraschende Sorglosigkeit! Korrekt war} 18... N5b6 {, with equal
chances. mit gleichen Chancen.}) {[%tqu "En","Black's last move was a serious
mistake. How would you prove it?","Exploit the shaky position of Black's minor
pieces.","Sacrifice your knight!","f3d4","After this elegant move White
obtains a decisive material advantage.",4,"De","Der letzte schwarze Zug war
ein ernster Fehlgriff. Wie würden Sie dies nachweisen?","Nutzen Sie die
unsichere Stellung der schwarzen Leichtfiguren aus.","Opfern Sie Ihren
Springer!","f3d4","Nach dieser eleganten Wendung erhält Weiß entscheidenden
Materialvorteil.",4]} 19. Nxd4 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Gd1,Gd2,Rd5,Rd7,Gg2][%cal Gd1d7,
Gg2c6]} (19. Nxd4 $1 {After this sacrifice Black loses two pawns without any
compensation: Nach diesem Opfer verliert Schwarz zwei Bauern ohne jegliche
Kompensation:} cxd4 20. Qxd4 Ne7 (20... N7b6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23.
Bxc6) 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Qxd7 {, winning. und gewinnt.}) 1-0

[Event "SCG-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Antic, Dejan"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. a3
Nc6 9. O-O bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Nb5 Bd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nc7 Rac8 14. Nxd5 Qd8
15. Nd4 a6 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. Ndf5 Rcd8 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Qc3 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Qc5 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 b5 23. cxb5 Qxb5 24. Rd2 h6 25. Rc1 d5 26. h3 Ne4 27. Rdc2
Rb8 28. g4 Qa5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rc5 Qb6 31. R1c2 Rbd8 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. Qe5 Qb6
34. Rc6 Qb4 35. Qc3 Qe7 36. Rxa6 Qh4 37. Kg2 h5 38. Nf5 $4 ({After this
blunder Black's attack becomes irresistible. Correct was} 38. Qc7 {, with
equal chances.}) 38... Bxf5 39. gxf5 {[%tqu "En","White is a pawn up, but his
pieces are too far away from their king. How should Black continue his
attack?","Disclose the enemy king even more!","The energetic pawn makes
Black's attack irresisitble...","e4e3","After this powerful blow White's
position is defenseless.",4]} e3 $1 {[%csl Ge3,Rf2,Rg2,Gh4] This nice move
convincingly refutes White's careless play.} 40. fxe3 ({Or} 40. f3 Qf2+ 41. Kh1
Rd1+) (40. Qe1 {fails to} Qe4+) 40... Qg5+ 41. Kf3 ({Or} 41. Kf2 Rd1 {, with
inevitable mate.}) 41... h4 {, and White resigned in view of inevitable mate.}
0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 9900"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2000.01.15"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Lehner, Oliver"]
[Black "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Melk-Wachau SK NOE"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 ({White has a vast choice of option here:
} 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 f5 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17.
fxe3 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Qd6 19. Rac1 h5 20. c5 Qc7 21. Rc3 b5 22. Qc2 a5 23. Qd2 Kg7
24. Rcc1 Kg6 25. Kf2 h4 26. Rg1 hxg3+ 27. hxg3 Rh8 28. Rh1 b4 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30.
Rh1 Rxh1 31. Bxh1 Ba6 {0-1 Rocher,O-Makarov,M/Vilnius 1995/CBM 50 ext (37)}) (
11. Rac1 Nh5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qf5 g6 15. Qd3 a5 16. Rfe1 Re8 17.
Bh6 c5 18. b3 Bf6 19. e3 Ng7 20. h4 Ne6 21. Nb1 a4 22. Red1 axb3 23. axb3 Qe7
24. Nc3 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes Parada,R-Vehi Bach,V/It, Ampuriabrava ESP 1997
(36)}) (11. Rfc1 Nh5 12. Be5 Bb7 13. cxd5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 cxd5 15. Qc7 Rb8 16.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Rbc8 19. Rac1 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Bd6 21. f4 Nf6 22.
h3 Kf8 23. e3 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Kachiani Gersinska,K-Kiselev,S/Helsinki 1992/CBM 32
(67)}) (11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd3 15. Rac1 Qxc2 16.
Rxc2 Rad8 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Bxe4 c5 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. Kf1 h5 21. Bc6 Rc7 22. Bf3
g6 23. a4 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. a5 Kf8 26. Ra1 Ke8 {1/2-1/2 Burmakin,V-Landa,K/
Cup Russia, Perm (Russia) 1998 (36)}) (11. Rfd1 Nh5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nhf6
14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Rac1 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. f3 b4 19. Bf1 Bb5 20. Bf2
Qa5 21. Re1 Nbd7 22. e4 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 dxe4 24. Nxd7 Qb5+ 25. Kg1 Qxd7 26. fxe4
a5 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Landa,K/Kazan 1995/CBM 51 (43)}) 11... Nh5 12. cxd5 Nxf4
13. gxf4 cxd5 14. f5 ({A novelty. After} 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. e3 a6 16. Qb3 Nf6 17.
Rac1 Qd6 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Rec1 Ne8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qc2 Qc7 23.
Qxc7 Nxc7 24. Ne5 Kf8 25. Bf1 f6 26. Nef3 h6 {Black has a slight advnatage,
Marszalek,R-Kharitonov,A/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (58)}) 14... Qc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8e6,
Gc8c2]} 15. Qb3 $6 {After this move Black has better chances.} (15. Qxc8 $5 {
was to be preferred:} Raxc8 16. fxe6 (16. Bh3 exf5 17. Bxf5 Rc7) 16... fxe6 17.
Bh3 Kf7 18. e4 Bb7 {, with unclear play.}) 15... exf5 $1 $15 {The strongest
continuation. All other moves yield White a durable advantage.} 16. Qxd5 Nf6
17. Qe5 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Ga8e8,Ge8e2,Ga6e2,Ge7b4,Gb4e1]} 18. e4 (18. Nh4 {is
strongly met by} Rae8 $17 19. Nxf5 (19. Qxf5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Bb4 $19) 19... Bb4
$19) 18... fxe4 19. Nxe4 Rae8 (19... Bb7 $5 $15 {was another good option here.}
) 20. Nc3 Bb7 21. Qg3 $6 Bxf3 $1 22. Bxf3 Qxd4 23. Rad1 Qb4 24. Re2 Bc5 25.
Red2 Re6 $1 {Black has to make series of precise moves to neutralize White's
initiative.} 26. Kh1 Rfe8 27. a3 Qb3 28. Nd5 Nxd5 $2 ({A time-trouble mistake,
allowing White to escape. The strongest continuation} 28... Qc4 $1 {allowed
Black to retain winning chances:} 29. Rg1 (29. Nc7 $2 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.
Kg2 Qf1#) 29... g6 (29... Bf8 30. Nc7) 30. b4 (30. Nc7 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 32.
f3 Qe1 $1 $17) 30... Bf8 31. Nc7 Bh6 $1 {/\Bf4} 32. Nxe8 Bxd2 33. Nxf6+ Rxf6
$17) 29. Bxd5 Qxg3 30. hxg3 Re2 31. Kg2 a5 32. Bc4 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 g6 34. Rd7 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc4f7,Gd7f7] Despite the extra pawn, Black has no chance to
win this ending, as he cannot improve a passive position of his rook and king.}
Rf8 35. a4 Kg7 36. g4 h6 37. f4 Kf6 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. g5 hxg5 40. fxg5 Bb4 41. b3
Bc5 42. Bd5 Ba3 43. Kg4 Bc1 44. Bc4 Be3 45. Re7 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Krasenkow Hecht} Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 d5
7. Nc3 c6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 {The typical move in this opening.Black wants to change
the only active white's piece, then to force white to take on d5, afterwards
to take on d5 with c pawn ,in this case white will get nothing . So white has
to react immediately.} (8... O-O 9. cxd5 (9. O-O Nfd7 (9... Ba6 $5 10. cxd5
cxd5 11. Re1 b5 12. a3 Qb6 13. e3 Bd6 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Del Rey
Diego-Campos Moreno Javier B/It (open), Santiago (Spain) 1995}) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7
11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Bg5 Nd7
$15 {[%csl Gd4] 0-1 Kanstler,B-Tiviakov,S/URS-ch58 Moscow 1991 (33)}) 9... cxd5
10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qb3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rajkovic,D-Kurajica,B/Ptuj 1991 (36)}) 9. Bf4 {[%cal Ge2e4]} (9. Nxd7 {
Krasenkow} Nxd7 10. e4 $5) 9... Nxe5 (9... O-O 10. cxd5 (10. O-O $6 Nxe5 11.
Bxe5 dxc4 $15) 10... cxd5 (10... Nxe5 11. dxc6 $1 (11. d6 $14) 11... Nexc6 12.
Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Bxc6 $16) (10... exd5 11. e4 (11. Nf3 $5) 11... dxe4 12. Bxe4
Nxe5 13. dxe5 {and black under pressure.} (13. Bxe5 $5)) 11. e4 (11. Nxd5 $2
exd5 12. Bxd5 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nxe5 14. Bxa8 (14. dxe5 $2 Bh3+ 15. Kg1 Nd7 $19)
14... Nbc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. e4 Ng6 $17 {[%csl Gb4,Gc8,Gf1][%cal
Gf7f5]}) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 {Leads to the position , which was occured in the
game.}) (9... Bb7 10. e4) 10. Bxe5 O-O (10... Bf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e4 $5 (12.
cxd5 exd5 13. O-O (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qg6 {black is O.K.}) (13. Rc1 Bb7 (
13... O-O $2 14. Nxd5) 14. O-O O-O {with complicated play.}) 13... O-O 14. b4
$14 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5][%cal Gb4b5]}) 12... dxc4 13. e5 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 $44
{[%cal Ge4d6]}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... exd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Qc2 (14.
O-O Nd7) (14. Qg4 g6 $13) 14... h6 (14... g6 15. h4 $40 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Gh4h5]
}) 15. O-O-O $36) 12. e4 Bb7 (12... Bb4 $5 13. O-O (13. exd5 exd5 (13... Bb7
14. Qg4 {was in the game.}) 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 $11 {[%csl Gc3][%cal
Gc8e6,Ga8c8]}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 (14... Nc6 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Re1 $14) 15.
Qg4 g6 $13) 13. exd5 Bb4 $1 (13... exd5 $143 14. Qg4 (14. Qb3 $6 Nc6 15. Nxd5
Na5 16. Qf3 $8 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 f6 (17... Qd7 $2 18. Nf6+) 18. Bf4 Rf7 $17 {
[%cal Gf7d7,Gb7f3]}) 14... g6 (14... f6 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Qe6+ Kh8 17. O-O $16
{[%csl Gd5]}) (14... Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O Qd6 17. Qh5 $1 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Na6
$140 19. Nxd5 $16) 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 14. Qg4 (
14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qg4 g6 (15... f6 16. Qxe6+ (16. Bxb8 Bxd5 17. Bc7
Qxc7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rac1 Qd6 $11) 16... Kh8 17. Bxb8 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bxd4 19.
Bf4 {and white's chances is better.}) 16. bxc3 Bxd5 {and white cannot use the
black's weaknesses on the kingside.}) 15... Bxd5 16. Qg4 f6 17. Bf4 {- to game}
) 14... f6 15. Bf4 (15. Bxb8 Bxd5 $1 (15... Rxb8 $2 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. O-O $18)
16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxb8 $11) (15. Qxe6+ $2 {Krasenkow} Kh8 $19) 15... Bxd5
16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. Rfe1 Re8 {threating to change bishops,because
after this exchange, white's pawns on queenside will be extremely weak.} (18...
Rf7 $2 19. Rxe6) 19. Bf1 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Na5 20. Bd3 {White's chances only to
attack on the kingside,because black positionally stands clearly better.} Qd7 {
[%cal Gd7h7]} (20... Rc8 21. Rac1 (21. Qh5 f5 $1 (21... g6 $6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23.
Qxg6+ Kf8 (23... Kh8 24. Re5 $1 Bf3 (24... f5 25. Bg5) 25. Rg5 $1 {with mate.})
24. Re5 $1 {[%cal Ge5h5]} (24. Bh6+ Ke7 25. Bg7 Rf8) (24. Qh7 Re7) 24... fxe5 (
24... Rc7 25. Rh5 Rf7 26. Rh7 e5 $8 27. dxe5 {with winning attack.}) 25. Bh6+
Ke7 26. Bg5+ Kd7 27. Bxd8 Rcxd8 28. Qg7+ (28. dxe5 Kc8 29. h4 Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d2,
Gd2f3]}) 28... Re7 29. Qxe5 $14))) 21. Qh5 g6 (21... f5 $143 22. g4 Bf3 (22...
g6 23. Qg5 {[%cal Gh2h5]} Bb7 (23... Rac8 24. Re3 $16) 24. Be5 Qc6 $140 25. Be4
$1 fxe4 26. Qf6 $18) 23. h3 {[%cal Ge1e3] with good attacking chances.}) 22.
Qg4 {/\h4-h5} (22. Qh4 $2 g5 23. Qg4 h5 $1) (22. Qe2 $2 Rac8 23. Rac1 Bc4 $1
$17) 22... Rac8 23. Rac1 Nc4 (23... Bb7 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 24. h4 f5 25. Qh3 Qd5
26. h5) (23... Bxa2 {Krasenkow} 24. h4 $44) 24. h4 Bb7 {/^a8-h1} (24... Nd6 $4
25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Bxg6 $18) 25. Bh6 (25. h5 $2 g5) 25... f5 26. Qh3 Nd6 {
/\Nf7 xe5,g5,h6} (26... Qd5 27. h5) 27. Bf4 (27. h5 Nf7 28. Bd2 e5 (28... g5
29. g4 {white is better.}) 29. Be3 $13) 27... Nf7 (27... h5 28. Qf1 Qc6 29. f3
$14) 28. g4 (28. Re3 $13 {Krasenkow}) 28... Qd5 29. gxf5 exf5 {<->e} 30. h5 g5
31. Bd2 Kh8 $2 $138 (31... g4 32. Qh2 Ne5 $1 (32... Qxa2 {Krasenkow} 33. Qf4
Qd5 34. f3 $44) 33. Rxe5 (33. dxe5 $2 Qxd3 34. Qf4 Re6 35. c4 Qh3 36. Qh2 Qf3
$17) 33... Rxe5 34. dxe5 Qxd3 35. Qf4 Qf3 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kg8) (31...
Qxa2 $1 {Krasenkow} 32. Rc2 (32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rc2 Qd5 34. Bxf5 (34. c4 Qxd4
35. Qxf5 Be4 $19) 34... g4 35. Bxg4 Ng5 36. Qh2 Qe4 $19) 32... Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1
Qd5 34. c4 Qxd4 35. Qxf5 Rc5 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17) 32. c4 (32. Bxf5 $1 {was more
easy way.}) (32. Rxe8+ {Krasenkow} Rxe8 33. c4) 32... g4 (32... Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1
Qf3 (33... g4 {Krasenkow} 34. cxd5 gxh3 35. Bxf5 Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Rg2+ 37. Kxh3
Rxf2 38. h6 (38. Re7 Bxd5 39. h6 Nxh6 $11) 38... Nd6 39. Be6 Rxd2 40. Rg1 $18)
(33... Qxd4 $2 34. Qxf5 $18) 34. Bxf5 Qxh3 35. Bxh3 Rxc4 36. h6 $1 Bc6 37. d5
Bb5 38. Re7 Nxh6 39. d6 $18) 33. cxd5 gxh3 34. Rxe8+ (34. Bxf5 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 {
was the same.}) 34... Rxe8 35. Bxf5 Bxd5 (35... Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Rg2+ 37. Kxh3 Rxf2
38. Be6 $1 (38. Rc7 Rxf5 39. Rxb7 Kg8) 38... Rxd2 39. Bxf7 Rd3+ 40. Kg2 Rxd4
41. h6 {with easy win.}) (35... Re2 $5 {Krasenkow} 36. Bf4 Bxd5) 36. Bxh3 Nd6
37. Rc7 (37. Bf4 Nc4 38. Bg2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 b5 40. Kf3 {[%cal Gc1g1,Gh5h6,Gg1g7]
with easy win.}) 37... Rg8+ (37... Nb5 38. Rc2 (38. Rd7 $140 Bc6 39. Rf7 Nxd4
40. Bc3 Kg8) 38... Nxd4 39. Bc3 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Rd1 41. Bb2 Kg8 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43.
Rc7+ $18) 38. Kh2 Rf8 (38... Rg7 $142 39. Rc2) 39. Be3 Nc4 40. Rxa7 $18 Nxe3
41. fxe3 {Hecht: Schlecht koordinierte schwarze Figuren bei einem weißen
Mehrbauern, schlechte schwarze Königsstellung, Raum.} Rf2+ 42. Kg3 Rf3+ 43. Kh4
Rxe3 44. Bf5 Bg8 (44... h6 {Hecht} 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rxh6 b5 47. Rb6 {[%cal
Rh5h6,Rh6h7]}) 45. Ra8 h6 (45... Kg7 {Krasenkow} 46. h6+ Kf6 (46... Kf7 47. d5)
47. Rf8+ Bf7 48. Bxh7 $18) 46. d5 1-0

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1998.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Siegel, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bb7 $146 (10... a5 11. Bc3 (11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13.
Ne5 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 b5 16. c5 f5 17. Nf3 Bc8 18. a3 Bd7 19. e3 {
1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Dizdarevic,E/Tucepi 1996/EXT 97 (19)}) 11... Bb7 12. Nbd2 c5
13. Rac1 Qb8 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. e4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Nc4 Bc5 18. Nb5 Bc6 19.
Nd4 Bb7 20. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Gc1,Gc4,Gd1,Gd4] 1-0 Adianto,U-Sturua,Z/Biel
1997/EXP 60 (32)}) (10... Ba6 11. a4 Ne4 (11... c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. a5 (13. Qb2
Ne4 14. Be1 Bf6 15. e3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb8 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Qb1 a6 19. a5 Be7 20.
Nac2 bxa5 21. Bxa5 Rc8 22. Nb4 Nef6 23. cxd5 Bxb4 24. Bxb4 Bxd5 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8
26. e4 Bb7 27. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1997/EXP 57 (51)})
13... dxc4 14. Nxc4 Be4 15. Qb2 b5 16. Na3 a6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Be7 19. Bc3
Qc7 20. Rac1 Qb7 $11 {[%csl Ra3] 1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Lerner,K/Muenster 1996/
EXP 55 (66)}) 12. Be1 Rc8 13. a5 b5 14. c5 f5 15. Nc3 Qe8 16. Na2 Rc7 17. Nb4
Bc8 18. Nd3 Ba6 19. Bd2 g5 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,
P-Rustemov,A/Minsk 1996/CBM 54 (21)}) 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. exd5 (13. e5
Ng4 14. cxd5 (14. h3 $2 cxd4 $1 $17) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 (15. dxe6 Nc5 $1 $13)
15... Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. e6 Nde5 18. h3 Bc5 $1 (18... Nf6 19. Qf5 $16) 19.
e7 $1 Qxe7 20. Nf5 Qb7 $1 (20... Qc7 21. hxg4 Bb4 (21... Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nxd2 23.
Nxd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc2d2]}) 22. Nd4 $3 (22. Rac1 $2 Nf3+) 22... Bxc3 23. Rac1
Bxd4 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Nxg4 26. Be1 $18) 21. hxg4 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nxd2 (22...
d4 $4 23. Qe4 $1 $18) 23. Qxd2 (23. Rxd2 $2 Bb4 24. Rh1 g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Qd3
Bxc3 27. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 28. Rxd5 Rfd8 $17 {[%csl Rh6]}) 23... d4+ 24. f3 dxc3 25.
Qxc3 f6 26. b4 Be7 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Rd2 $1 $11) (13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 exd5
15. Qb1 $5 Bc5 16. Be3 dxe4 (16... Ng4 $6 17. Nxd5 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 $16) 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 $11) 13... exd5 14. dxc5 dxc4 $6 (14... Bxc5
15. Nh4 Bc6 $1 $11) 15. b4 $1 bxc5 16. b5 $44 {[%csl Rc4,Rc5]} Bd6 $2 (16...
Re8 $142 17. Bf4 $14) 17. Bg5 $1 (17. a4 Re8 18. Bg5 Qe7 19. Re1 Qf8 $13) 17...
Qb6 (17... Qc7 18. b6 $1 {[%cal Gc3b5]}) 18. a4 $2 {[%cal Ga4a5]} (18. Nd2 $1
Be5 (18... Bxg2 19. Nxc4 Qc7 20. Nxd6 Bf3 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd3 $16) 19. Nxc4
Qc7 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 $16) 18... Bxf3 (18... Rfe8 $2 19. a5
Qc7 20. b6 axb6 (20... Qb8 21. Nb5 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Be5 23. Nxa7 Bxa1 24. Nxc8 $18
) 21. Nb5 $18) (18... Ba8 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Nxc4 $16) 19. Bxf3 Be5 20. a5 Qe6
21. Re1 Qh3 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 22. Bxf6 (22. Bg2 $2 Qh5 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 $36 {[%cal
Re5d4,Rf6g4]}) 22... Bxf6 23. Rad1 Rcd8 $2 (23... Ne5 24. Bg2 Qh6 25. Nd5 Rfe8
$14) 24. Nd5 Bd4 25. Qxc4 {[%cal Gd5e7,Ge7c6]} Ne5 $4 (25... Kh8 26. Ne7 Nf6
27. Nc6 Ng4 28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 (29... Rxd4 30. Qxc5 $18) 30. Nxd8
Rxd8 31. Qxf7 $18) 26. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc6 $18 Bxg3
(29... Re8 30. Bg4 $1 Qh6 31. Qxf7 $18) 30. hxg3 Re8 31. Qf1 Qe6 32. Kg2 h5 33.
Bxh5 c4 34. Bf3 c3 35. Qd3 Qb3 36. Bd5 Qb2 37. Qf5 Qe2 38. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd8 12. Nd2 e5 13. c5 f5 14. O-O Nf7 15.
cxd6 cxd6 16. Qb3 {I was really very impressed of Tkachiev win over Kortschnoi
in Biel in this line.It was the first game for me (not in database) ,where
16Qb3 had been played.Vlad had explained me some ideas behind it and i really
had waited for the moment to play it.} Qg5 $2 $146 {A very unfortunate
reaction,probably my opponent just missed my next move .} (16... b6 17. Qa3 $1
(17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Rc7 Rfc8 19. e4 Qd8 $13 {0-1 Vyzmanavin,A-Salov,V/Moscow
1992/EXT 97 (88)}) 17... a5 (17... e4 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nb5 $16 {[%csl Rd6] 1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M-Izeta
Txabarri,F/Cannes 1999/EXT 2000 (49)}) 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Rc7 Qf6 20. e3 e4 21.
Nb3 Qe5 22. Nd4 Qxd5 23. f4 $3 {[%csl Rf7]} Nh6 24. R1c6 $16 {1-0 Tkachiev,
V-Kortschnoj,V/Biel 2002/CBM 91 (30)}) (16... Qf6 17. Qa3 f4 (17... e4 18. Rd1
Qd4 19. Qb3 $14) 18. Rc7 Bg4 (18... b5 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Qxa7 $14) 19. f3 Bf5
20. g4 Bg6 (20... Bc8 21. Rfc1 $14) 21. Rxb7 $14 {1-0 Yevseev,D-Bocharov,D/
Nefteyugansk 2002/CBM 92/[Ftacnik] (48)}) 17. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%mdl 32] A
very useful move for white,cutting black knight on f7.Tkachiev in his game had
managed to play it only after pawn sacrifice and here i get it for free.} Qh5 {
Black is continuing a wrong strategy.} (17... exf4 $142 18. gxf4 Qf6 19. e3 b6
20. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3d4] with clear advantage for white}) (17... Qf6 $142 18. e3)
18. Nf3 Qh6 19. e3 Qf6 {This is actually the end of black idea,black just
improved clearly white position without getting any divedents.} 20. Rc7 $1 {
[%csl Rc8,Rf7]} g5 {Black tries somehow to complicate position,but without any
success.} (20... b6 {Doesn't help} 21. Qa3 $5 {[%csl Ga7]} (21. Rfc1 Ba6 22.
Qa3 Bb5 (22... Be2 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 Bh5 25. Ne6 $18 {[%csl Gd6]}) 23. Qb4
Ba6 24. R1c6 $16) 21... a5 22. Rfc1 {[%cal Gc1c6]}) 21. Qc3 g4 ({After} 21...
b6 {white has a pleasant choice among:} 22. fxe5 (22. Qc6 Ba6 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24.
Nxe5 dxe5 (24... Qxe5 25. Qd7 $18 {[%cal Gd7h7]}) 25. Rd1 {and d-pawn is very
dangerous}) (22. fxg5 Nxg5 23. Nh4 $5) 22... dxe5 23. d6 (23. Rc6 $143 Qg7 $14)
23... Be6 24. d7 Rad8 25. Rd1 $16) 22. Nh4 (22. Nd2 $5) 22... Qd8 23. Rc1 Rb8 {
[%cal Gc8d7]} 24. Bf1 $1 {The only piece,which still out of play.} Bd7 25. Bd3
{[%csl Gf5]} e4 26. Bb5 $1 Bc8 (26... Bxb5 27. Nxf5 Ne5 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. fxe5
$18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 27. Qd4 {[%csl Ga7] A fantastic picture of white domination,
it's really very difficult to imagine,that you can get it against strong GM.}
Ra8 (27... a6 28. Qa7 $1 {[%csl Rb8]}) 28. Kg2 $1 $18 {Strangely enough,but
this quiet move simply decides the game.Black absolutely hopeless against
white idea:29Rc8 and 30Nf5 .} a6 29. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 30. Nxf5 Ne5 31. Rxc8 Qa5 (
31... Qxc8 32. Ne7+ $18 {[%cal Ge7c8]}) 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. fxe5 Qxb5 34. Kf2
dxe5 35. Qxe5 Qb4 36. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O ({The most frequent continuation is
} 4... b6 5. a3 Bxd2+) 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 {The idea of Black's setup is to
exploit somewhat awkward position of White's Nd2.} 7. e5 {This move gains
space in the centre.} ({Other options are} 7. Qc2) ({and} 7. Bd3) 7... Nfd7 8.
b4 {And that move gains space on the queenside.} ({Other line goes} 8. Bd3 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1) 8... a5 9. b5 {The b5 pawn wedge seriously
limits development of Black's queenside minor pieces.} c5 10. Bb2 b6 {[%csl
Rc6] Black prepares a fianchetto of his Bc8, but in the same time the last
move weakens the c6 square what White can exploit in the future.} ({In the
following example Black tried to do without this weakening:} 10... cxd4 11. Be2
Nc5 12. Bxd4 Nbd7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 b6 17. Rd1 Qc7
18. Nd6 Bb7 19. Bxc5 Bd5 20. Nd4 bxc5 21. N4f5 Bg5 22. O-O c4 23. Qc3 f6 24. f4
Bh6 25. Qe3 fxe5 26. b6 Qd7 27. Qxe5 Rad8 28. Rfe1 Kh8 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Nxh6
c3 31. b7 c2 32. Ndf7+ {1-0 Bareev,E (2688)-Bocharov,D (2574)/Kazan 2005/CBM
109}) 11. a4 {Ivanchuk's move, the last word of theory. White connects his
queenside pawns and prevents the move a5-a4 which could sometimes give Black
counterplay.} ({But interesting is also the older continuation} 11. cxd5 $5
exd5 12. Bd3) 11... Bb7 {A logical novelty.} ({The first game with 11.a4
continued} 11... Re8 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16.
Be4 Nbd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. O-O $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2752)-Moiseenko,A (2664)/
Edmonton 2005/CBM 107 ext (56)}) 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 $5) 12... cxd4 {[%cal Yd7c5,
Yb8d7] Black frees the c5 square for his knight.} ({Other way how to finish
the deployment of Nb8 is} 12... Re8 {[%cal Yd7f8,Yb8d7]}) 13. O-O (13. Nxd4 $2
Nxe5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe5 Nd7 $17) 13... d3 {This wins a tempo for the move
Nd7-c5.} ({Weaker is} 13... Nc5 $6 14. Nxd4 $14 Nbd7 $6 15. Nc6 $1) 14. Bxd3
Nc5 15. Bc2 {Here is the bishop more active.} Nbd7 16. Re1 {White covers the
e5 wedge and thus prepares the move Nf3-d4.} (16. Nd4 $6 Nxe5) 16... Rc8 (16...
Qc7 {doesn't prevent it:} 17. Nd4 $1 Nxe5 $140 18. Nxe6 fxe6 (18... Nxe6 19.
cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxe5 $14) 19. Bxe5 Bd6 20. Qh5 h6 (20... g6 $2 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22.
Bxg6) 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qg6 $14) 17. Nd4 $14 {From here the knight points at
the weak c6 square. White's position is slightly better as he enjoys space
advantage.} g6 {Black limits White's Bc2.} (17... Bg5 18. Ra3 $5 {[%cal Ya3h3]}
) 18. Qg4 Bg5 {Black would like to exchange some pieces to simplify the
defence.} 19. N2f3 (19. f4 $5) 19... Bh6 20. Nc6 $5 {A direct attempt to break
Black's position which leads to interesting complications.} (20. cxd5 Bxd5 $14)
20... Bxc6 21. bxc6 Nb8 ({Of course not} 21... Rxc6 $2 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nd4 (
23. Rad1 $16 Ne6 24. Bb3) 23... Rc8 24. Nf5 $5 $16 (24. e6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 $16))
22. Rad1 {White's idea is obvious now, he wants to make Black capture on d5
with e pawn and then to realize the e5-e6 advance to open the a1-h8 diagonal.}
({But deserves attention also} 22. cxd5 $5 Qxd5 (22... exd5 $2 23. e6 $16) 23.
Qh4 (23. Rad1 $6 Qa2) 23... Bg7 (23... Kg7 $2 24. Red1 Qxc6 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. Ra3
$18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ya3h3]}) 24. Bc1 $5 (24. Ng5 $6 h6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 (25...
Nxc6 $2 26. Red1 $18) 26. Bxe4 Qd2 $132 27. Ba3 Rfd8) 24... Qxc6 25. Ng5 h6 26.
Nf3 $40) 22... Nxc6 ({Weaker is} 22... Bg7 $6 23. cxd5 (23. Nd4 Nxc6 24. Nxc6
Rxc6 25. Qf3 $14) 23... exd5 24. Nd4 (24. e6 $2 fxe6) 24... Nxc6 25. Nxc6 (25.
Nf5 $4 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Qh4) 25... Rxc6 26. Qf3 $14) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. e6 {
[%cal Gb2h8]} f5 $2 {A mistake in time-trouble, this move leaves White the
strong e6 passed pawn.} ({Clearly bad are these moves:} 24... fxe6 $2 25. Bxg6
$18) (24... Nxe6 $2 25. Bf5 $5 $16 (25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxg6 Rf6 $16)) (24... f6
$2 25. Bxg6 $18 hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Bg7 27. Ng5 Re8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Re3) ({The
correct solution is} 24... Bg7 $142 $1 $13 {, for example} 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26.
Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxc8+ Rf8 28. Re8 Nb4 $11) 25. Qg3 $2 {An error in time-trouble
as well.} ({Much better is} 25. Qh3 $142 $1 Bg7 {and now} 26. Bb3 $3 (26. e7 $2
Nxe7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Ng5 h6) 26... Qe7 (26... Nxb3 $6 27. e7 Nxe7 28. Ng5 $18
{[%csl Ge6]}) (26... Bxb2 27. Rxd5 Qf6 28. e7 Kh8 (28... Nxb3 $6 29. Ng5 $1 (
29. exf8=Q+ $2 Kxf8) 29... Qxg5 30. Qxb3 $18) 29. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 30. Bc4 $16) 27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Bxd5 $16) 25... Ne4 (25... Bg7 $2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. e7 Nxe7 28.
Qe5+ $18) 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Ne5 $1 ({Of course not} 27. Rxe4 $2 dxe4 28. Rxd8
Rcxd8 29. Ne1 Rd1 $17) 27... Bg7 $8 (27... Bf4 $2 {loses nicely due to} 28. Nf7
$1 $18 Bxg3 29. Nh6#) 28. Rxe4 $5 (28. Nf7 Qe7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nd6 Rcd8 (
30... Qxe6 $6 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Qb3 Nb4 33. f3 $14) 31. Rxd5 Qxe6 $11) 28...
dxe4 $2 {A mistake, I underestimated White's 30th move.} ({Bad is also} 28...
Qe8 $2 29. Ree1 Nb4 (29... Qxe6 $2 30. Nc4) 30. e7 $1 Rf5 31. Qb3 $16 Bxe5 32.
Bxe5 Qxe7 33. Ba1 {[%cal Ga1h8]}) ({The accurate defence is} 28... Nxe5 $142 $1
29. Rxe5 (29. Bxe5 $4 dxe4) 29... Qe7 30. Qe3 $5 (30. Ba3 $2 Bxe5) 30... Rfe8
31. Rdxd5 (31. Ba3 $6 d4 $1 32. Rxd4 $2 Bxe5 33. Bxe7 Bxd4) 31... Qb4 $13) 29.
Rxd8 Rfxd8 30. Qb3 $3 {[%cal Gb3g8] An excellent move, everything works for
White now.} ({After weaker} 30. h4 $2 {White has only small adventage:} Bxe5 (
30... Re8 $2 31. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 (31... Bxb2 32. Ne5+ Kf8 33. Qf4+ Ke7 34. Qf7+
Kd6 35. Nc4+ $18) 32. Qxg6 Re7 33. Bf6 $1 $18) 31. Bxe5 Re8 (31... Nxe5 $2 32.
Qxe5 $16) 32. Bb2 $5 Rxe6 33. Qc3 Kf7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qxh7 $14) 30... Ne7 $6 {
It loses.} ({The only way to offer resistance is} 30... Nd4 $142 31. Qa2 Bxe5 (
31... Ne2+ $2 32. Kf1 Nc1 33. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Ke2 $18) (31... Rd6 $2 32. e7+ Ne6
(32... Re6 33. Qd5 Bxe5 34. Qd7 $18) 33. g4 (33. h3 $2 Re8 $13 34. Ba3 $4 Rd1+
35. Kh2 Bxe5+) 33... Bxe5 (33... Re8 $6 34. Ba3 $18) 34. Bxe5 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Kf7
36. Qb3 $18) 32. e7+ Kg7 33. exd8=Q Rxd8 $16) 31. h3 $2 ({But White suddenly
misses simple} 31. Nd7 $142 $1 $18 {, for example} Rc6 32. h4 Bxb2 33. Qxb2
Rxe6 34. Qa2 Kf7 35. Ne5+ Kf6 36. Ng4+ Kf7 37. Nh6+ Kf6 38. Qb2+) 31... Rd2 $2
{It looks well, but in fact it is premature.} (31... Bxe5 $142 32. Bxe5 Rc6 $11
) 32. Nc4 $2 {Errors continue.} (32. Bc3 $2 Rd5) (32. Qxb6 $142 $1 $16 e3 33.
fxe3 Rcc2 34. Qb8+ Bf8 35. Nd7 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1) 32... Rxc4 $1 33. Qxc4 (33. Bxg7
$2 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Kxg7 $19) 33... Bxb2 34. Qxe4 Rd6 $2 {The final mistake in the
time-trouble.} ({After} 34... Kg7 $15 35. Qb7 (35. Qf4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Bf6 37. Qb8
Rd2 $1) 35... Bf6 36. Qxb6 Bd4) ({or} 34... Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd6 $15 36. Qf3 $140
$2 Be5+ {there would be a difficult defence for White to hold the game, if
possible at all.}) 35. Qf3 $1 {And White wins Black's Bb2.} Rxe6 36. Qb3 Kf7
37. Qxb2 h5 $16 38. Qb3 Kf6 39. g3 Rd6 40. Kg2 Re6 41. Qc3+ Kf7 42. Qc4 Kf6 43.
Qf4+ Kg7 44. g4 $2 {I can't be sure, but I think that this move is a serious
mistake. It was better to make f2-f3 first and just then g3-g4, hxg4, fxg4
with intention to create the h passed pawn afterwards. I think that White
should win then, at least he would have more chances than in the game.} hxg4
45. hxg4 Rc6 $14 {It seems to me that Black's position is a fortress now. I
didn't find the way how to break it.} 46. Kg3 Kg8 47. f3 Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kf7 49.
f4 Kf8 50. Qh8+ Kf7 51. Kf3 Re6 52. Qd4 Kf8 53. Qc4 Rc6 54. Qb3 Rf6 55. Ke4 Kg7
56. Qb2 Kf7 57. Qd4 Re6+ 58. Kd3 Rc6 {Black can't allow White's king to
penetrate into his position over b5.} 59. Qh8 Rf6 60. Qh7+ Ke8 {I decided to
put my king here rather than to f8 as from here he takes the d7 square under
control and thus doesn't allow White's king to get there.} 61. Qh6 ({It is
necessary to think schematic in such endings, not just calculate variations.
In the following lines I try to examine some critical positions:} 61. Ke4 Re6+
(61... Rc6 $2 62. f5 $1 $18 (62. Ke5 $2 Rc5+ $1 (62... Kf8 $2 63. f5 $18 gxf5
64. gxf5 Rc5+ $140 65. Ke6 Rc6+ 66. Kd7) 63. Kf6 Rc6+ 64. Kg7 Nf5+ $1 65. Kh8
Ne7 66. Qh3 Kf7 {is similar to the game}) 62... gxf5+ 63. gxf5 Rf6 64. Ke5 Rf7
65. Qh6) 62. Kd4 Rc6 63. Ke4 (63. Qg7 Rc5) (63. f5 gxf5 64. gxf5 Rh6 $1) 63...
Rc4+ (63... Re6+ {is good enough but I would like to show that with king on e5
White doesn't win}) 64. Ke5 Rc6 65. f5 gxf5 66. gxf5 Kd7 $1 (66... Rc5+ $2 67.
Kf6 Rc6+ 68. Kg7 $18)) 61... Rc6 62. Qg7 Rc5 63. Ke2 (63. Ke4 Rc4+ $1 (63...
Rc6 $2 64. f5 $18 gxf5+ 65. gxf5 Rc4+ 66. Kd3) 64. Ke5 Rc6 65. f5 $140 gxf5 66.
gxf5 Rc5+ 67. Kf6 Rc6+ 68. Kg5 Rc5) 63... Rc6 64. Kf3 Re6 65. Kg3 Rc6 66. Kh4
Rd6 67. Kg5 Rc6 68. Kh6 Re6 69. Kh7 Rc6 {White's problem is that he can't get
the g7 square for his king. If White moves his queen, Black simply plays Kf8
or Kf7.} 70. Qh8+ Kf7 71. Qd4 Kf8 72. f5 $6 gxf5 $11 73. Qh8+ ({Now White
realized that} 73. gxf5 $4 {even loses due to} Rh6+ $1 $19 (73... Rc5 $2 $11 {
is enough for draw})) 73... Kf7 74. Qg7+ Ke8 75. Qh8+ Kf7 76. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gunawan, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Rd1 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. d5 Ndf6 14. Nd4 h5 15.
f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rg8 17. e4 g4 18. Kf2 {Here the white monarch feels quite
comfortable - the two pawns on the g-file provide enough protection.} O-O-O 19.
b4 gxf3 20. gxf3 exd5 $6 {Black tries to bring his queen into the attack on
the kingside, but opening the c-file is very risky here.} 21. cxd5 Qe5 22. Rh3
Rg6 $2 {This is far too slow.} (22... h4 23. gxh4) 23. Nb5 Rd7 24. Nxa7+ Kb8
25. Nc6+ Bxc6 26. dxc6 Rd8 27. Qc4 d5 28. Qa6 Nxe4+ 29. fxe4 Rxc6 30. Qe2 Rc3
31. exd5 Qf5+ 32. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg2 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. e4 Bb7
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. d5 $2 {Here this pawn break in the
centre does not work, as White is not prepared for it. White's pieces are not
very active and in fact after the last move his "centralised" Bishop starts to
cause him trouble.} exd5 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Rxd5 Qe6 {Now White has difficulties
with protecting his Bishop and Rook at the same time.} 21. Qe4 Bb4 22. f4 Rfe8
23. Rad1 f6 24. f5 Qc8 25. Qc4 Nxe5 26. Qxb4 Qxf5 27. Qf4 Qh5 28. Kg2 Rac8 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 67th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 {This line is not so
common; most players prefer 3...b6 or 4...b6. But in last 2 year this line has
become more popular, even Ivanchuk and Naiditsch have tried this. The main
idea is to get hold of some strong places in the centre, but the cost of
achieving this is a space advantage for White.} 6. e4 d5 7. e5 (7. Bd3 c5 8.
dxc5 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 a5 12. Bf4 Bxc5 13. Ke2 f5 14.
Bc2 Nc6 15. Rhd1 a4 16. Kf1 b6 {with a more or less equal position, B. Gelfand
- V. Ivanchuk, Biel 2009.}) 7... Nfd7 8. b4 a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2 (10. cxd5 $5
exd5 11. Bd3 {. It's not so obvious if White wants to have his bishop on b2.})
10... cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc5 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Qc2 (13. O-O b6 14. cxd5 {1/2, A.
Grischuk - A. Moiseenko, Dagomys 2009.}) 13... b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O Bb7 {
We can say that the opening is over. Black has achieved all he wanted - a
strong situation in the centre. The square d5 is occupied by a pawn, the
square e4 is controlled by black pieces and some nearby squares like c4, c5,
e6 and also f4 can be used only by Black. On the contrary, White can hardly
make any use of the c6-square.} 16. Rac1 (16. Rfc1 {was probably slightly
better, because the pawn on a3 can be hanging at some points.}) 16... Ne6 17.
Bb2 Rc8 (17... Nf4 {but I wanted to get all my pieces into play first.}) 18.
Qf5 {This move is not dangerous at all, but surely White still wants to show
that he has some advantage.} Ndc5 19. Nd4 {Neccesity, otherwise the d5-pawn
can go forward.} (19. Rfd1 d4 20. Bc4 d3) 19... Nxd4 $6 (19... Bg5 $1 20. f4
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Ne6 22. Bb2 (22. Be3 $2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 d4 $1) 22... Rxc1 23. Bxc1
Nd4 24. Qd3 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Be7 {with some advantage for Black. He only needs
to activate his bishop from b7, some sort of transfer via the c8-square comes
into question.}) 20. Bxd4 Ne6 21. Bb2 g6 22. Qg4 h5 (22... d4 {and}) (22... Bg5
) 23. Qg3 Bh4 $5 {The result of the previous move.} 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Qe3 $2 {
This is what I was waiting for! White missed a nice trick, which allows me to
advance the d5-pawn.} (25. Qc3 {but I think my opponent wanted to keep control
over the f4-square.}) 25... d4 $1 26. Qe4 d3 $1 {This is why Black is better
now. The pawn is untouchable, which makes White's life quite tough.} 27. Bf3
Nc5 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Be7 $1 {This nice idea combined with exact
calculations leads, from this moment on, pretty well to the endgame, where
White must be very careful.} 30. Nc4 Be6 $1 31. Nxb6 Rb8 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Bxd5
Rd8 34. Bxc5 Bxc5 {Now Black will have 2 passed pawns and White is in a
problematic situation. Probably, it's possible to save the game, especially
with engines to help, but over the board it's a hard task.} 35. Bc6 $6 {
This doesn't seem to be the best place for the bishop - the black rook might
exploit this hanging position during the Rd4-c4 route.} Bxa3 36. b6 Bb2 37. b7
Bxe5 38. Rd1 Rd4 $6 (38... d2 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Ke2 Bc3 41. Rb1 Bb4 42. Kd1 {
with a draw.}) (38... Kf8 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. g3 d2 41. Ke2 Bc3 {and the active
black king makes White's life hard.}) 39. Kf1 (39. f4 $1 Bxf4 40. Kf2 {and the
pawn on d3 will be lost.}) 39... a4 40. Rb1 $4 {The last move before the time
control and the decisive mistake.} (40. Ke1 $1 {, but with few seconds on the
clock it was not easy to calculate everything.} a3 41. Ra1 Rc4 42. Bd5 Bc3+ 43.
Kd1 Rb4 44. Rc1 Be5 45. g3 $1 {The point!} a2 46. Bxa2 Rxb7 47. Bc4 {and White
will easily hold it.}) 40... a3 $3 {After some 20 minutes of calculations I
found a forced way to win. Now White is helpless.} 41. b8=Q+ Bxb8 42. Rxb8+ Kg7
43. Ke1 (43. Rb1 a2 44. Ra1 Rb4 $3) 43... Rc4 44. Ra8 Rxc6 45. Rxa3 Re6+ $4 {
It's hard to understand why I made this move. When I made my 40th move I saw
the winning idea here: Rc1-g1-f1, but for some reason I wanted to play
"better" and I completely missed the simple answer of White. It's even a
bigger shame, because I hade some 40 minutes on the clock and played ...Re6
after some seconds of thinking...} (45... Rc1+ $1 46. Kd2 Rg1 $1 47. g3 Rf1 $1
{and now White has abolutely no hope.} 48. f4 (48. h4 Rxf2+ 49. Ke3 (49. Kxd3
Rf3+) 49... d2 50. Rd3 Rg2 51. Kf3 Rh2) 48... Rf2+ 49. Kd1 (49. Ke3 d2 50. Rd3
Rxh2) (49. Kxd3 Rf3+) 49... Rxh2 50. Rxd3 Kf6 51. Ke1 h4) 46. Kf1 $1 d2 47. Ra1
{It's hard to believe but I forgot about this move...} Kf6 48. Rd1 Rd6 49. Ke2
Ke5 50. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw Najdorf Memorial op-A 16th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2018.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 {My opponent didn't expect this
opening from me and here he has decided to go for something unbeaten, to
surprise me as well,} 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 {With a knight on c3, which is normal
in the Ragozin Defence, this move isn't that strong. But now, when taking on
d2 doesn't damage White's pawn structure, it's good.} Be7 (6... Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2
Ne4 8. e3 O-O 9. Qc2 $14) 7. e3 (7. Ne5 $6 O-O $1 8. Nxc6 bxc6 $11) 7... O-O 8.
Bd3 a5 {The best move - the plan is to put a pawn on a4 and paralyse White's
queenside.} (8... Bd7 9. Qc2 $14) 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qc2 $2 ({Natural move, but
not optimal. It was very necessary to play} 10. Qd1 $1 {to have an option of
Bd3-c2 in the event of a5-a4. After} a4 {there is quite forced and crucial
line:} 11. Bc2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 $1 (14. Nxe5 c5) 14...
Nd5 15. Qd3 g6 16. e4 Nb6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qe3 c5 19. Qf4 {and it seems that
later, with h4-h5, White should be able to create a serious attack.}) 10... a4
{Of course!} 11. Ne5 Be8 12. Ndf3 Na5 $1 {Strong move. Now the position is
equal and it's visible that Black's plan of a5-a4 has been succesful.} 13. Bd2
dxc4 ({Collecting the pair of bishops by} 13... Nb3 14. Rad1 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 {
wouldn't be too wise, as White's dark-squared bishop isn't very useful at the
moment, while the black knight is a strong piece.}) 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 {The
exchange of the knight from e5 for the knight on a5 is, of course, a good
thing.} ({There was an option of} 14... Nb3 15. Rad1 Bb5 16. Bc3 c6 17. e4 h6
18. Rfe1 {, but conceding all the centre to White looks extremely suspicious.})
15. Qxc4 ({The position would be equal also after} 15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. Ne5 Be4 $11
) 15... Bc6 16. Rac1 (16. Ne5 {wouldn't be too wise as after} Bd5 17. Qc2 c5 {
Black can start to take over the initiative.}) 16... Bxf3 (16... Bd6 {was also
possible, with equal chances.}) 17. gxf3 c6 18. Kh1 $5 {Not a very dangerous
move, but during the game it's always a bit unpleasant to meet a direct attack
on the g-file. I expected that it could convince my opponent to trade the
queens and I felt that it could be not that bad for me.} Qd5 19. e4 Qxc4 {
As expected.} (19... Qh5 20. Be2 {looks like asking for troubles.}) (19... Qd7
$5 20. Be3 g6 {was an interesting option, as it's not so simple to understand
how White may create an attack and Black remain very solid.}) 20. Bxc4 {
Interesting position. Objectively, it's equal, but at the same time, it's very
untypical. The pawn structure is very unusual and both sides have some pluses
- the pawn on a4 is weak, so White can try to make use of it, while the same
can be said about the d4-pawn. It's not to be forgotten that the f2- and
f3-pawns don't really help when it comes to creating the advantage in an
endgame.} Rfd8 21. Be3 Ne8 {There were numerous ways of regrouping the black
pieces, but this one looks ok - bishop goes to f6, while knight is waiting now,
being ready to go to some good square in the future.} ({I also considered} 
21... Nd7 22. Kg2 Nf8 {as a plan for Black, with the idea of} 23. Rfd1 Ng6 {
, but it's quite risky for Black after} 24. f4 {. There is no immediate threat,
but looks unpleasant.}) 22. Rfd1 Bf6 23. Be2 Rd7 24. Rc4 g6 25. Kg2 Bg7 26.
Rdc1 {While Black is improving all the pieces, it's not so simple to say what
White is doing. I wanted to prepare either b3 or attack the pawn on a4 somehow.
} Nd6 27. Rb4 $5 {The only ambitious move here.} Bf8 28. b3 Nb5 ({It was also
possible to go for} 28... axb3 29. Rxb3 Ra4 {but my opponent was afraid that
he may lose a blockade somehow. It's probably not the case here and Black is
just safe.}) 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. bxa4 Nxd4 {White's structure is demolished, but
- funnily enough - it's the first moment, for quite a long time, where some
hope arises.} 31. Rd1 {Up to this moment it has been, more or less, a correct
game. Luckily for me, only until Black's next move.} e5 $2 {This move came
with a draw offer as my opponent completely understimated White's potential.} (
{The simplest here was} 31... c5 $1 32. a5 Rd8 $1 {and there is no way to make
progress with White.}) 32. f4 $1 {Of course, now White is using the fact that
knight is tied up and starts the fight fpr the important e5-square.} f6 (32...
Rc7 $1 33. Bc4 Bh6 {was a strong, computer resource, but even here after} 34.
Bxd4 exd4 35. Kf3 {there would be some questions Black would need to answer.})
33. Bc4+ Kh8 (33... Kg7 {was a good alternative, but one must spot that after}
34. fxe5 fxe5 35. f4 {Black can play, the only move!,} Kf6 $1 $11) 34. Rd3 $5 {
I was very happy with this move. I am keeping the pressure on, while defending
the pawn on a3 and consolidating all my pieces.} ({It was interesting to play} 
34. a5 Bxa3 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Bh6 {creating serious pressure. It not clear if
there is a next step here, but it's easy to blunder, that's for sure.}) ({
The most tempting} 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. f4 {wasn't good because of my opponent's
trap:} Bh6 $1) 34... Rd6 $6 ({Another inaccuracy. The very strong reply was} 
34... b6 {and now Black should be safe, as there is no plan of a4-a5.}) 35.
fxe5 fxe5 36. Bc1 $5 ({Since the most obvious} 36. a5 {wasn't good because of}
Nc2 {I decided, once again, to play a consolidating move.}) 36... h5 $2 ({
It's getting more and more tough to defend here, but with the text it's even
harder to save the half point. There were different moves, but there is no
place where it would be easy:} 36... b6 $5 37. f4 Bg7 38. Bd2 $5 b5 39. axb5
cxb5 40. Bb3 Ra6 41. fxe5 Bxe5 42. Bc3 Nc6 (42... Rxa3 $2 43. Rxd4 $1 {nice
trick!}) 43. Rd8+ $1 Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kh8 45. Bd2 Ra7 46. Rxa7 Nxa7 {and probably
here it's drawish.}) (36... Rd8 37. a5 Kg7 38. Bg5 Ra8 39. Bd2 $14) 37. a5 {
It's an achievement for White - there is a weakness on b7.} (37. Bg5 $2 b5 $1)
37... Kh7 $2 (37... Rd8 {was a must, to avoid problems with the rook.}) 38. Bg5
$1 {All of a sudden, the rook on d6 is placed very unfortunately.} Bg7 (38...
Rd7 39. f4 Be7 40. Bxe7 Rxe7 41. fxe5 Nc2 $1 {was very risky, but probably the
only chance to fight actively.}) 39. Be7 $6 (39. Rd1 $1 {was stronger, as the
rook on d3 is doing nothing, while putting it to b1 is a part of a plan.})
39... Rd7 40. Bc5 Rd8 41. a4 $1 {This is funny to notice that White is
advancing both(!) pawns on the a-file and in the end one of then will be
crucial.} Ra8 42. Bb6 Rf8 $2 (42... g5 $1 {was a sensible defence - it takes
the f4-square under control, so White has fewer options. There are also some
ideas on how to counter-attack the white king.} {Now, probably,} 43. a6 $6 {
is wrong, since after} (43. Rd2 $5 Kg6 44. Rb2 {should probably be an
alternative}) 43... bxa6 44. a5 Kg6 45. Rc3 Bf8 46. Bd3 g4 47. Bxd4 exd4 48.
Rxc6+ Kg5 {there is some pressure, but hardly a winning amount.}) 43. a6 $1
bxa6 44. a5 {White gave up a pawn, but now the pawn on a6 needs permanent care.
} Ra8 (44... Nb5 45. Rd7 {looks like winning.}) 45. f4 {Now Black isn't really
able to keep the knight on d4, so the position falls down.} Ne2 $2 {The final
mistake.} ({The last chance was} 45... Nc2 46. Rd2 Na3 47. Bf7 exf4 48. Rd6 Nb5
49. Bxg6+ Kh6 50. Rxc6 Nd4 51. Rd6 {with good winning chances.}) (45... c5 46.
fxe5 Bxe5 47. Bxc5 Nc6 48. Rd7+ Kh8 (48... Kh6 $2 49. Be3+ g5 50. Bd5 $18) 49.
Bb6 {and I believe it should be winning.}) 46. Rd8 $1 {The exchange of the
rooks allows White to win the a6-pawn and the rest is simple.} Rxd8 (46...
Nxf4+ 47. Kf1 Rxd8 48. Bxd8 {changes nothing.}) 47. Bxd8 Nxf4+ 48. Kf1 Bf8 49.
Bb6 Bd6 (49... Bb4 50. Bxa6 Ne6 51. Bb7 Bc5 (51... Nc5 52. a6 Nxa6 53. Bxa6 $18
) 52. Bxc5 Nxc5 53. Bxc6 g5 54. Bb7 $18) 50. Bxa6 Ne6 51. Bb7 Nc5 52. a6 Nxa6
53. Bxa6 g5 54. h3 Kg6 55. Bc8 c5 56. Bd8 c4 57. Bf5+ Kh6 58. Ke2 Bc5 59. Bf6
Bd4 60. Be7 g4 61. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 ({I had prepared mainly} 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 {so 3. g3
came as a little surprise.}) 3... d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 {
5...Bb4 connected with 6...a5 is not the main plan, which is understandable.
Usually a non-central strategy looks stranger than moves in the centre.} 7. Qc2
({Another option is} 7. O-O {which, after} Nc6 {leads to a complicated
position where White has a serious initiative for the sacrified pawn.}) 7...
Nc6 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 O-O ({The main move here is} 9... Qe4 {which must be
more logical. After} 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. a3 (11. Bxb4 Nxb4) 11... Nxd2 (11... Bd6
$5) 12. Nbxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. O-O Rd8 {White has some pressure on the
c-file what is unpleasant but not very dangerous.}) 10. Nc3 Qh5 11. h3 $1 ({
Here} 11. a3 {has been played more often but after} Bxc3 12. Bxc3 (12. bxc3 e5)
12... Rd8 {Black's position was ok.}) 11... Rd8 12. a3 $1 {Surprisingly, this
is a novelty.} Bxc3 $2 ({Much better was} 12... Be7 $1 {which I completely
underestimated. Then Black intends to play ...e5. The most critical answer is}
13. Nb5 {and now Black can start some action in the centre by playing} (13. Bf4
{is not so dangerous as well as Black can play} Bd6) 13... e5 $1 {which is
very strong, because} 14. g4 {achieves nothing due to} e4 $1 15. gxh5 exd3 16.
Nxc7 (16. exd3 Bf5) 16... Rb8 17. h6 dxe2 18. hxg7 Bf5 19. Kxe2 Rd7 20. Bf4 Nh5
21. Bh2 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 {and 2 pawns up aren't enough to provide White
sufficient advantage - the activity of the black pieces is impressive.}) 13.
bxc3 {Now Black has long term structural problems. White has a solid centre
and the open b-file.} Qg6 {There is probably nothing better than exchanging
queens.} ({It was easy to lose the queen after} 13... e5 14. g4) 14. Qxg6 hxg6
15. Bg5 $1 {Protecting against ...Ne4.} Rd7 $5 {This looks strange, but has
some positive sides. It is preparing ...Ne4, but also - in contrast to ...Re8
- it's not allowing White to play c4.} ({After} 15... Re8 {white can play} 16.
c4 $1) 16. O-O ({Stronger was} 16. Ne5 {and Black's position is worse after}
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. c4 Nb6 19. c5 Nd5 20. O-O-O a4 21. e4 (21. Bd2 $5 b6 22.
c6 Rd8 23. Bg5 f6) 21... Nc3 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Kb2 Nb5 24. Rd1) 16... Ne4 17.
Rac1 $6 {Bad choice. Playing Rfc1 gave White some important tempi.} Nxg5 18.
Nxg5 {White is slightly better here, although this advantage may be not enough
to achieve the full point. Black must improve his pieces and this will make
White's task more difficult.} Ne7 19. e3 Rb8 20. Rb1 {Now it is visible that
17.Rac1 was just a waste of time.} b6 21. c4 Rd8 $1 {A good defensive move.
The rook from d7 will be best posted on the 8th rank where it is connected
with the rook from b8. Another plus is the activation of the bishop from c8.}
22. Rfc1 Bd7 $6 ({I was thinking about} 22... f6 {. Unfortunately I was scared
that it can creates some weaknesess. The truth is different - after ...f6
Black gains some space and there is no way for White to exploit the weaker
position of the e6-pawn.}) 23. Ne4 ({I completely overlooked that White can
play} 23. d5 $5 {which is a nice attempt to open the position, but to be
honest there is no reason for Black to worry after} exd5 24. cxd5 Be8) 23...
Bc6 24. Nc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 {Finally Black was able to exchange his weaker
bishop. The position after that should be easier, but White still has some
pressure on the queenside.} Nf5 26. Rc2 Kf8 {The king is coming.} 27. g4 Nd6
28. Na4 Ke8 29. Kf3 (29. c5 {is offering nothing after} bxc5 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31.
Rxc5 Rb3) 29... Rdc8 (29... Kd7 $2 30. c5) 30. Rbb2 b5 $5 {An interesting
decision which is finally solving Black's problems with lack of space. That
deal is not free of charge - now Black will have two weak pawns: c7 and a5,
but they are protectable.} ({More patient was} 30... Kd8) 31. cxb5 Rxb5 {
Fewer pieces, fewer problems.} 32. Ra2 {White is not in the mood to exchange
rooks.} Kd8 33. Nc5 Rcb8 34. Nd3 g5 $1 {Now Black will need to exchange pawns,
in doing which he will try to get some space. Also the h3-pawn can be a
weakness at some later stages.} 35. Ne5 Ra8 {The passive position of the black
pieces is not a big problem, when all the weaknesess are protected.} 36. a4 Rb6
37. Rc5 f6 $1 38. Nc6+ Kd7 39. Nxa5 {Until this moment I had defended myself
more or less well. Not there is big blunder coming.} Rba6 $4 {A real moment of
chess blindness.} ({There was really no problem to calculate that after} 39...
Rb4 {White can't improve, e.g.} 40. d5 (40. Rac2 Ne8 41. d5 Rxa4 42. dxe6+ Kxe6
) 40... Ne4 41. dxe6+ Kxe6 42. Rc4 Rxc4 43. Nxc4 Nc3 44. Ra3 Nxa4 {and a draw
is inevitable.}) 40. Nb3 Rxa4 41. Rxa4 Rxa4 {I was happy to achieve this
position and it was only after my opponent's answer that I realised what I'd
done....} 42. Rxg5 $1 {Missing such tricks at GM level is really a shame. I
was also not very happy to see that a draw in my game was a key result for a
win in the match versus Germany!} fxg5 43. Nc5+ Ke7 44. Nxa4 {Black is
completely hopeless. I decided to play fast and started to look for some traps.
..} Nf7 45. Ke4 Nd6+ 46. Kd3 Nf7 47. Nc5 {I think that Mr. Fridman was too
relaxed at this moment (which I can pretty well understand).} ({During the game
} 47. f4 {scared me more, because I couldn't find a way to stop the pawns after
} gxf4 48. exf4 g5 49. Ke4) 47... e5 48. d5 Nd6 49. f3 g6 50. Kc3 $2 {Of
course, this move does not lose the advantage, but it it creates some chances
for Black.} ({Better was} 50. e4 {which protects the d5-pawn and makes Ne6
possible.}) 50... Nc8 $1 {The only chance. Now Black's aim is to exchange the
c7-pawn.} 51. e4 $2 {Mistake after mistake.} (51. Kb4 {was protecting the
knight and after} c6 52. dxc6 Kd6 53. Ne4+ Kxc6 54. Nxg5 {White is winning.})
51... c6 $1 52. dxc6 Na7 53. Kc4 $1 {An important decision. GM Fridman
precisely calculated that there is nothing better.} ({White could have played} 
53. c7 Nb5+ 54. Kb4 Nxc7 55. Kc4 Kd6 56. Nb7+ Ke7 {and there is probably no
way to make progress for him.}) 53... Nxc6 54. Kd5 Nd4 55. Nd3 (55. Kxe5 $2
Nxf3+ 56. Kd5 Ng1) 55... Nxf3 56. Nxe5 Ng1 57. h4 gxh4 58. Nxg6+ Kf6 59. Nxh4
Kg5 60. e5 $1 {This is the position which Daniel Fridman saw when he played 53.
Kc4. I thought that this endgame is drawish - the pawn on g4 is almost lost
and the knight on g1 is not so far away from the e5-pawn. I was wrong...} Ne2
61. Ng2 $1 Nc3+ 62. Kd4 $4 {After a series of good moves the German GM makes a
horrible blunder, which misses the victory!} ({Better was} 62. Kc6 {(or some
other move with the king taking the b5-square under control)} Ne4 (62... Kxg4
63. e6 Ne4 64. e7 {and as in the game Black is lost.}) 63. Ne3 {and the game
is over.}) 62... Nb5+ 63. Kc5 Kxg4 $2 {Now with something like 15 minutes on
my clock I took the pawn almost immediately. I mainly considered 64.Ne3 as a
reply...} ({Tablebases show the draw - not easy at all - after} 63... Nc7 64.
Ne3 (64. Kd6 Ne8+ 65. Ke7 Kxg4 $1) 64... Ne8 $3 65. Kd4 Ng7 (65... Kf4 $2 66.
e6) 66. Ke4 Ne6 67. Kf3 (67. Kd5 Ng7) 67... Nd4+ 68. Kg3 Ne2+ {and there is no
way to improve White's position. Funny!}) 64. e6 Nc7 65. e7 Kf5 66. Kd6 {
That's what I overlooked playing 63...Kxg4. It's hard to explain why I
calculated just 66.Kc6...} Ne8+ 67. Kd7 {Black is lost here. White will
finally find a way to create a zugwang.} Ng7 68. Ne3+ Ke5 69. Nc4+ Kf6 70. Nd6
Ke5 71. Nf7+ Kf5 72. Nd6+ Ke5 73. Nb7 Kf5 74. Nc5 Nh5 75. Ke8 Kg6 76. Ne6 Kf6 (
76... Nf6+ 77. Kd8 Kf7 (77... Kf5 78. Nf8 Kg5 79. Nd7) 78. Ng5+ Kg6 79. Ne4)
77. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 (8... b6) 9. cxd5 (9. Rd1 b6 (9... Ne4 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ne1
Nb6 13. b3 Bf6 $13 {Andersson,U-Salov,V/Brussels/1988/0,5 (61) Inf 45/624/})
10. Be1 Bb7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8 $10 {
Andersson,U-Polugaevsky,L/Bugojno/1980/Inf 31/(650)/}) 9... cxd5 10. Rc1 b6 11.
Qa4 (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qa4) 11... Bb7 12. Na3 $6 a6 13.
Bb4 Bxb4 14. Qxb4 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qd6 (17. f4 f6 18. exf6
Qxf6 $13) (17. Qd4 Qe7 18. f4 Rc5 $13) 17... Nc5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $15 {>< Na3/}
19. f4 Na4 $1 20. b3 Nc3 21. Kf1 a5 $5 {/\ Ba6/} 22. Nc2 Ba6 (22... f6 23. exf6
gxf6 24. Nd4 Kf7 25. Bh3 $132) 23. Nd4 Rc5 24. Ke1 Kf8 25. a3 Rdc8 26. Kd2 Nb5
27. Nxb5 Bxb5 28. e3 Ke7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Rc4 (30... Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Ra8 $5)
31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rb1 (32. Ra7+ $6 Bd7 $17) 32... Rc7 33. Ra1 $1 h6 34. Bf3 Rc4
35. Ra7+ $1 (35. Rb1 Ba4 36. Rb2 b5 $15) 35... Bd7 36. Be2 Rxb4 $8 37. Kc3 Rb1
38. Kc2 Rb4 39. Kc3 Rb1 40. Bd3 (40. Kc2 $10) 40... Rc1+ 41. Kb2 (41. Kb2 Rc5
$8 42. Rb7 b5 43. Kb3 Kd8 44. Kb4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Furman Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 $5 (6. e3 b6 7. Bd3
Bb7 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. a4 $1 $14 {
Morovic Fernandez,I-Gulko,B/Vina del Mar/1988/0,5/33/}) (6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6
8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 f5 $10 {Ivanov,
I-Polugaevsky,L/Toluca(izt)/1982/0,5/43/}) (6. Qc2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nc6 9.
e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qe8 12. f4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Bd4 Bf5 15. Bd3
Rd8 16. Bc5 Rxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxe4 18. Qe2 Bd3 19. Qxe8 Rxe8+ 20. Kd2 Bxc4 $14 {
Ivkov,B-Korchnoi,V/Baden Baden/1981/0,5/50/}) 6... h6 (6... d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Ne5 Be7 13. f4 $14 {Sokolov,
I-Skembris/Portoroz/1993/1:0/50/}) 7. Bh4 d6 (7... d5 8. e3 Re8 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10.
Bd3 c6 11. O-O $14 {Schueller,E-Rantanen,Y/Helsinki/1983/}) 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2
Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. f3 e5 13. e4 (13. O-O Qe8 14. e4 Nh5 $10)
13... Qe8 14. Bf2 $1 (14. O-O Nh5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bf1 f6 17. Bf2 Qh5 $10) 14...
Nh5 15. g3 g6 16. O-O Ng7 (16... Qe7 $142) 17. Rb1 Rb8 (17... Qe7 $5) 18. c5 $1
dxc5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Nb3 Bc8 22. Qd2 Be6 23. Nxc5 Qc6 24. Qe3
$1 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Rb2 $5 (25... Be6 26. Rxa5 Rfe8 27. Rfa1 $14) 26. Nd3 $1 Qxc3
$8 (26... Rc2 27. Nxe5 Qe6 28. Ng4 $16) 27. Rfc1 Qd2 (27... Rc2 $2 28. Rxa2 $1
$18) 28. Qxd2 Rxd2 29. Kf2 $1 Bb3 30. Rxa5 (30. Ke3 Ra2 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32. Nxe5
a4 33. Rxc7 Ra8 $132) 30... f6 (30... Ra2 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32. Nxe5 $16) 31. Ke3
Rc2 $2 (31... Ra2 32. Rxa2 Bxa2 33. Nb4 Bf7 34. Rxc7 $14) 32. Bd1 Rc3 (32...
Rxc1 33. Bxb3+ Kh7 34. Nxc1 $18) 33. Rxc3 Bxd1 34. Ra1 $18 Ne6 35. Rxd1 Ra8 36.
Nc5 Nd4 37. Rxd4 exd4+ 38. Kxd4 Ra2 39. Ne6 Rxh2 40. Rxc7 Rh3 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42.
Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 (9. b3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. a4 c5 $10) 9... Bb7 10. Bg5 (10. Bf4)
10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 (11... dxc4 12. e4 b5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 $44) 12. e4 h6
(12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 (13... c5 14. Bxf6 $1 $16) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxe4 $14
) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 $14 (14. e5 Nd7 15. b3 c5 16. dxc5 (16. cxd5 cxd4 17.
Rxd4 Bxd5 $13) 16... Rxc5 $5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 $13) 14... Qc7 {/\ c5 פe5/} 15. Qe2
dxe4 (15... c5 $6 16. exd5 cxd4 17. Rxd4 $16) 16. Nxe4 c5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.
Bxb7 Qxb7 19. dxc5 Bxe5 $1 (19... bxc5 20. Nd7 $16) 20. Qxe5 Rxc5 21. Qe2 (21.
Qd4 Rfc8 22. b3 b5 $10) 21... Qc6 (21... Qc7 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rd1
Qc7 25. Qd3 $14) 22. b3 f5 $5 $132 23. Rd2 (23. f4 Re8 {/\ e5/}) 23... f4 24.
Re1 (24. Rad1 $5) 24... e5 25. Rd5 $6 (25. Qe4 $5 Qc8 (25... Qf6 26. b4) 26.
Rd5 $14) 25... Rxd5 26. cxd5 Qc5 $5 {/\ e4, >< f2/} 27. d6 (27. Qxe5 $6 fxg3
28. hxg3 Qxf2+ $15) 27... Qxd6 (27... e4 28. Qc4+ Qxc4 29. bxc4 Rd8 30. Rxe4
$10) 28. Qxe5 Qd2 29. Qe2 Qa5 30. Rd1 f3 $15 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. a4 Qc5 33. h4 Qc2
34. Re1 Rd8 35. Qe3 Qf5 36. Kh2 Rd3 (36... Kh7 $5 {/\ Rd3/}) 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38.
Re5 Qg6 (38... Qf6 39. Re6 Qf5 40. Re5 $10) 39. Qf8 $1 Qf6 (39... Rxb3 40. Re8
Qc2 $8 41. Qg8+ Kg6 42. Re6+ $18) 40. Qxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.24"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd8 11. Bg2 O-O 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. O-O a5 (13... Bd7
14. Nh4 (14. e4) 14... Bc6 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. Ne3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfe8 18. Nd5 Qg6
19. Qb1 c6 $10 {Polugaevsky,L-Kortchnoi,V/Evian(m/12)/1977/0,5/55/}) 14. Re1 (
14. Qd2 a4 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Re3 Qf6 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Rab8 20.
Nb5 Ne6 21. Nc3 $16 {Stohl,I-Kraut,R/Berlin op/1988/1:0/44/}) 14... Bd7 15. e4
Bc6 16. b3 (16. Re2 Rad8 17. Ne1 Rfe8 18. Nc2 Qf6 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. f3 b6 $10 {
Kharitonov,A-Ulibin,M/Leeuwarden op/1995/1;0/64/}) (16. Rce3 Rfe8 (16... a4 17.
Qd2 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Rfd8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 c6 22. d6 $16 {
Zakharevich,I-Lugovoi,A/St.Peterburg/1996/1:0/48/}) 17. Nd2 (17. Qd2 $142)
17... Qf6 18. Qc1 a4 (18... Qd4 $142) 19. h4 h6 20. Nb1 Qd4 21. Rd1 Qc5 $10 {
Epishin,V-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1993/0,5/63/}) 16... Rae8 17. Rce3 b6 (17... Qf6
18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Rd8 (19... Bxg2 20. Nd7 Qh6 21. Nxf8 $18) 20. Qh5 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 $14) 18. Qa1 $1 Qd8 19. a3 Qa8 20. Nh4 (20. Qc3 Nc5 21. Nd2 (21. Nh4 Nxe4
$17) 21... f5 $132) 20... g6 21. Qc3 Nc5 22. f3 $14 Nd7 23. Bh3 $1 Ne5 (23...
Nc5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ne6 (25... Nd7 $4 26. b5 $18) (25... Na4 26. Qc2 $16)
26. Ra1 Qb7 $14) 24. b4 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Ng2 axb4 27. axb4 Qd8 28. Nf4 g5
$6 (28... Ne5 29. Nd5 f6 $14) 29. Ne2 f5 (29... Ne5 30. Nd4 f6 31. Kg2 $16) 30.
exf5 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Rxf5 32. f4 $1 gxf4 (32... g4 33. Qe6+ Rf7 34. Qxg4+ $18)
33. Qe6+ Rf7 34. Nxf4 Ne5 35. Ra1 $16 c6 (35... Qe7 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Nh5#) 36.
Ra7 Kf8 $2 (36... Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 $16) 37. Qxf7+ (37. Qxf7+ Nxf7 38. Ne6+ Ke8
39. Nxd8 Nxd8 40. Rxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Prague Summer op-A 3rd"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Black "Londyn, Radek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. b3 c5 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Rfd1
Rad8 15. Qa3 a5 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Qb2 Rd6 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Nf4 {Diagramm [#]
In dieser eigentlich ziemlich "festgefahrenen" Stellung, die als absolut
ausgeglichen betrachtet werden musste, ging Schwarz unvermittelt zum Angriff
über.} g5 $5 20. Nh5 f5 21. Nd4 Rf8 22. Be2 (22. f3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Nc5 24. Rdc3
{kam in Frage. Die Schwäche e3 wäre zunächst nicht bedeutend, aber auch
hier hätte sich die Situation durch den schwarzen Angriff verschärft. Weiß
hätte seinerseits nach a2-a3 auch aktive Möglichkeiten.}) 22... Rh6 {
Diagramm [#]} 23. h3 $2 {Weiß fordert g5-g4 geradezu heraus.} g4 24. Nf4 Nxf2
$1 {Diagramm [#] Dieses Springeropfer hebt die weiße Stellung mit einem Male
komplett aus den Angeln.} 25. Kxf2 g3+ 26. Kf1 Qxe3 27. Nd3 f4 28. Nf3 {
Diagramm [#] Viele Züge standen Weiß ja nicht mehr zur Verfügung, doch
jetzt bricht endgültig alles zusammen.} Nxd3 29. Bxd3 Rxh3 $1 30. gxh3 Qxf3+
31. Kg1 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 f3 33. Bxh7+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Rd2 Ba6+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bc2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 b6 {My
preparation was not so ambitious. I wanted to have only a smalldisadvantage.
But when looking at this position at the board without the help of my best
silicon friend Rybka, it looked really unpleasent!} (13... Qc7 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Rad1 h6 16. Bh4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bc6) 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Ne5 (15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Ne5 Rfd8
) 15... h6 {Here I was ready to give up the queen and to suffer in the
resulting endgame. But my opponent wanted to win in the middlegame and
unfortunately this is what at the end happened.} (15... Qc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
Qd3 $18) 16. Bh4 $5 (16. Rad1 hxg5 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. b4 Bd4 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 g4 21. Qe2 g6 22. Rd1 Kg7 $44) 16... g5 $1 (16... Qd4 $2 17. Bg3 $16 Ne4
18. Rad1 Qxb2 19. Rd7 Bd4 20. Rb1 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qc3 22. Qd3 $1 Qxd3 23. Nxd3
$18) 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Kh1 $5 {Very aggresive} (18. Rad1 Rad8 19. h4 a5 20. Rfe1
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 $14) 18... Rad8 19. f4 $5 (19. Rad1 $142 $1 {Not allowing
counterplay on the d-file.} Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. b4 Bd4 22. h4 $14 {And
black' s king side proves to weak.}) 19... Nd7 $5 (19... Nh5 $6 {Interesting
but bad.} 20. Qxh5 Rd2 21. Nf3 Rxc2 22. Qxh6 Be3 (22... Bxf3 23. Rxf3 $16) (
22... g4 23. Bh4 $1 $18 gxf3 24. gxf3) 23. fxg5 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxg5 25. Qxg5+
Bxg5 26. Be5 f6 27. Bc3 $16) (19... Bd4 $2 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Be1 $3 $16) 20.
fxg5 $2 {A mistake which objectively costs the advantage.} (20. Ng4 $142 $1 {
We both underestimated this move.} f5 21. Nxh6+ Kg7 22. fxg5 Qxg5 23. Bf4 Qg6
24. Rad1 $16) 20... Nxe5 21. Rf6 $5 {Amazing move that leads to a draw by
force. My opponent felt that with normal moves he will not achieve anything
and this is the reason why he decides to complicate matters.} (21. Bxe5 Qxg5
$11 {White has no advantage any more, e.g.} 22. Rad1 (22. Bf4 Qg7 23. Rad1 Rxd1
24. Rxd1 e5 $1 25. Bd2 Rd8 26. b4 Be7 27. Bc3 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Bf6 {And here it
becomes clear that black has problems.}) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Be3 $1 {
Disturbing the harmony} 24. Bg3 f5 $1 25. Rd6 (25. Rd7 Rf7 26. Qd1 Bc5 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. Qd7+ Be7 $17 {This line shows the potential danger for white.}) 25...
f4 $132) (21. Qxe5 $2 Bd4 $1 22. Qe2 hxg5 $15) 21... Ng6 $4 {when I played
this move, I overlooked Qe4} (21... Nxc4 $1 {Of course I saw this move, but
unfortunately I didn't see Rd2 instead of taking on h7} 22. Rxh6 Qxg5 23. Rh5
Qg7 24. Bh7+ Qxh7 25. Rxh7 Rd2 $11) 22. Bxg6 Bd4 23. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 24. Rxh6+ Kg8
(24... Kg7 25. Be5+ Bxe5 26. Qxe5+ f6 27. gxf6+) 25. Be5 Bxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxe5
27. Qe4 {This move I overlooked when I played Sg6 instead of Nxc4} f5 28. gxf6
Bxf6 29. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A 21st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1986.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Armas, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 9/1986 Seiten 14-15} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3
O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 ({Oder} 7. Qxd2 d5 8. Nc3 c6) 7... d5 $2 {Nachem 7.
Sbxd2 geschah, ist dieser Aufbau fragwürdig.} ({Richtig war} 7... d6 {nebst e5
mit weit ausanalysierten Varianten.}) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qb3 Rd8 11.
Rfd1 a5 {Schwächt eigentlich nur, aber Schwarz besitzt keinen sinnvollen Plan.}
12. a3 a4 13. Qc2 h6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qc2 {Mit der
Idee c4-c5 nebst Se5-c4-b6 und Eroberung des Bauern a4.} Qc7 18. Ne5 Bd7 ({
Die vermeintliche Befreiung} 18... c5 {ist wegen} 19. dxc5 {und der schwachen
Grundreihe nicht durchführbar.}) 19. c5 b6 $6 {Der Kubaner opfert einen Bauern,
um sich Luft zu verschaffen, gerät aber in ein verlorenes Endspiel.} ({Die
Alternative} 19... Be8 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Nd6 {sah aber auch nicht verlockend aus.
}) 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Nxd7 $1 ({Auf} 21. Nxc6) ({oder} 21. Bxc6 {doch etwas
Spiel für den Bauern.}) 21... Rxd7 (21... Nxd7 22. Bxc6 Rdc8 (22... Rac8 23.
Qxa4 Qxb2 24. Rb1 {mit Gewinn}) 23. Bxa8 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 {ist hoffnungslos.}) 22.
Qxc6 $1 ({Nicht} 22. Bxc6 {wegen} Rc8 23. Qxa4 Rdc7) 22... Rb8 $8 23. Qxb6 Rxb6
24. Rd2 {Zur Verwertung des materiellen Übergewichts braucht man noch etwas
Geduld.} Nd5 25. Rc5 $1 Rb3 ({Jetzt büßt} 25... Rdb7 {wegen} 26. Bxd5 exd5 27.
Rxd5 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Ra5 {nebst Txa4 einen zweiten Bauern ein.}) 26. Ra5
Nb6 27. Bf1 Rd5 28. Rc5 g5 29. Be2 $1 {Die Gewinnidee! Eroberung von a4 durch
Ld1.} Kg7 30. Rc7 $1 {[#]} ({Sofort} 30. Bd1 {bringt nach} Rb5 {nichts ein.
Aber jetzt droht 31. Lh5 Td7 32. Txd7 Sxd7 33. Ld1 sowie 31. Ta7 nebst Ld1.})
30... Kg6 31. Ra7 h5 32. Bd1 Rbb5 33. Bxa4 Nxa4 34. Rxa4 Rb3 35. Rc4 e5 36. Rc3
Rxc3 37. bxc3 exd4 38. cxd4 Kf5 39. f3 Rb5 40. d5 $1 {Die Zeitkontrolle ist
vorbei, Schwarz gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Bok,B"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 3rd round of the 2018 Summer Chess Classic, one
of the quarterly round robins in Saint Louis. After a timid start (2 draws) I
was up against Samuel Sevian, a talented American junior.} 1. d4 {Already a
surprise as Sam almost exclusively plays 1.e4.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Opting for
the Catalan.} Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 {
After some moves we have reached one of the main 'tabiyas' of the Catalan,
White has a lot of options at his disposal here.} 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 {The
point of this move is to put the bishop on a6 without ever having to worry
about a4-a5.} (10... Ba6 11. a4 {is another story.}) 11. Bc3 Ne4 {One of the
new ways to handle this variation, it has been played before by 2 strong 2700+
Grandmasters: Giri and Vidit.} ({In the event of} 11... Ba6 {White plays} 12.
Nbd2) 12. Bb2 ({It is important that after} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe4 {Black
replies with} f5 $1 (13... Ng6 $6 14. Bg2 $14 {Xiong,J-Macieja,B Dallas 2017,
leaves Black with a passive and worse position.}) 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. dxe5 f4 $44
{Ding,L-Giri,A Moscow 2017, and Black had good compensation due to his
attacking chances.}) 12... f5 13. Nc3 ({Another game in this line continued:} 
13. e3 Ba6 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 b5 $132 {So,W-Giri,A Saint Louis 2016, and
Black had no problems whatsoever.}) ({At first glance, it looks like Black is
lost after} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qc6 {but fortunately Black has the strong
resource} Bb7 $1 15. Qxb7 (15. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 16. Ne5 (16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Rf6
$19) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 (17. Qxe5 Bd6 18. Qe6 Rf6 $19) 17... Nc5 $19) 15...
Nd6 16. Qc6 Rc8 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qa3 Nc4) 13... Ba6 14. e3 Rc8 {From here on I
started to handle the position wrongly.} ({It is better to play} 14... Qe8 {
- Xiong,J-Vidit,S Wijk aan Zee 2018.}) 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Nf4 Rfd8 {
Once again, too passive.} (17... b5 18. c5 Bc7 {is fine for Black} 19. Nd3 (19.
a3 g5 20. Nd3 g4 $132) 19... b4) 18. Qb1 Bb7 19. Rc2 Nef6 20. Ne5 Bb8 21. Nxd7
Nxd7 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. Qc1 h5 {I decided to try to create some counterplay after
all.} 24. Nf4 $6 ({A better way to deal with Black's attempt at counterplay is:
} 24. h4 g5 25. c5 $1 (25. hxg5 Qxg5 26. Ba3 Bb8 27. Ne1 Qg7 28. Nf3 Nf6 $13)
25... bxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. dxc5 Bc7 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rh4 $16)
24... g5 {I suppose Sam overlooked this reply, as now I gained 2 tempi.} 25.
Nd3 ({The pawn cannot be taken as} 25. Nxh5 $2 Qh7 26. g4 fxg4 27. Ng3 Kf7 $17
{followed by ...Rh8 gives Black a strong attack.}) 25... h4 $13 26. Ne5 hxg3
27. hxg3 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Bb8 $6 {The wrong square for this bishop. It is just
very passive on b8.} ({A better move is} 28... Bc5) ({Or} 28... Bb4) 29. cxd5
exd5 $6 (29... cxd5 30. Bd4 $16 {is no fun either, but practice has shown that
Black has chances to survive in such positions.}) 30. e6 $5 (30. f4 $16 {
Also gives White a large advantage.}) 30... Qxe6 31. e4 f4 32. exd5 cxd5 33.
Rxc8 $2 {Here Sam and I missed a crusher for White.} (33. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 34. Bxd5
Qxd5 35. Rxc8 {and here Black is forced to make the awkward move} Kf8 $16 {
which is a clear sign that he is in deep trouble.} (35... fxg3 $2 36. Qc4 gxf2+
37. Kxf2 Kh7 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Qf7+ $18)) 33... Rxc8 34. Qd2 Re8 $8 {Stopping
35.Re1 and enabling 35.Qd4 to be met by 35...Be5.} 35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36. Qxd5+ Bxd5
37. Rxd5 {White has a little bit of pressure in this endgame, but with some
precise moves Black should make an easy draw.} fxg3 (37... Re2 {would have
made my task a bit easier.} 38. Bd4 (38. Rxg5+ Kf7 {Now there is no Rf5-f2})
38... Kf7 39. gxf4 Bxf4 40. a4) 38. Rxg5+ Kf7 (38... Kh7 39. fxg3 Re2 40. Rh5+
Kg6 41. Rh2 Re3 42. Kf2 Rd3) 39. fxg3 Re2 40. Rf5+ Kg6 $6 {After this move
things start to get quite unpleasant for Black.} (40... Ke6 41. Rf2 Re1+ 42.
Kg2 Re3 $11) 41. Rf2 Re3 42. Rf6+ Kg5 $2 (42... Kh5 {should still be a draw,
but some suffering will be involved:} 43. Kf2 (43. Rxb6 Bxg3) 43... Rd3 44. Ke2
(44. Bc1 Rc3) (44. Ba1 Kg4) 44... Rxg3 45. Bd4 a4) 43. Rf8 Re2 44. Bf6+ {
I overlooked this move when I played 42...Kg5.} Kg4 45. Rxb8 Kxg3 46. Bc3 $2 {
But with this move Sam threw away his winning advantage.} ({The winning move
was} 46. Rg8+ Kf3 47. a3 $18 {and both pawns stay alive as in the event of} Re3
{White has} 48. Kh2 {at his disposal.}) 46... Rxa2 47. Rxb6 Kf3 48. Rb5 a4 49.
b4 Rg2+ ({Perhaps the easiest way to reach a RB vs R endgame would have been:} 
49... Ra3 {followed by ...Rb3 and push the a-pawn.}) 50. Kf1 Rc2 51. Rc5 Ke4 $8
52. Be1 Ra2 53. b5 Rb2 $4 {The losing move.} ({Annotating this game, I still
cannot understand why I did not play} 53... a3 {and only on the next move ...
Rb2, after which we would most likely reach a RB vs R endgame which is a draw.}
) 54. Bc3 {I overlooked this move and now it's just all over.} Rc2 55. b6 a3
56. b7 Rc1+ 57. Ke2 Rb1 58. Rc4+ Kd5 59. Rb4 {A lot of mistakes were made by
both sides, which is almost impossible to avoid in such a complicated and
fighting game. Credit to Sam for navigating his way through better than I did.}
1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Jojua, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Braun,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Gegen Jojua Davit habe ich schon zwei Mal auf Jugendmeisterschaften gespielt
und beide Male verloren! Ich hoffte, dass es diesmal besser für mich laufen
würde...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 {spielte ich in einer anderen
Partie mit dem selben Gegner. Aber ich wollte diesmal Nimzoindisch vermeiden
und ruhiger spielen.}) 3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 $5 {Eine interessante Spielweise.
Schwarz nimmt eine Verschlechterung seiner Bauernstruktur in Kauf, dafür engt
der schwarze Bauer auf b4 die weißen Figuren etwas ein.} 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 {Soweit war mir alles bekannt. Normalerweise stellt Schwarz seine
Bauern nun auf schwarze Felder (d6, e5) und versucht so z.B. dass Feld c5 für
seinen Springer zu gewinnen.} d5 $6 {Ich glaube dieser Zug ist nicht gut.
Schwarz stellt freiwillig seinen Bauern auf ein weißes Feld und gibt mir damit
ein Angriffsziel. Außerdem werden die schwarzen Felder e5 und c5 geschwächt.}
8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 ({Ich rechnete eher mit} 9... b6 {um seinen Läufer auf
die große Diagonale zu stellen. Aber auch danach denke ich, dass Weiß Vorteil
hat z.B.} 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. e3 $14) 10. e3 {Macht Platz für die Dame auf e2 und
stärkt das weiße Zentrum.} Qe7 11. Qe2 Rfd8 12. Rac1 (12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Nxe4
Be8 14. Rfd1 {war hier eine Alternative. Aber ich wollte zuerst meine Türme
ins Zentrum stellen.}) 12... Rac8 13. Rfd1 Be8 14. Nh4 (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Na5 17. Qe2 $14) 14... g6 (14... dxc4 15. Nxc4 $14) 15. f4 $5 {
Danach wird das Spiel sehr forciert und es ist nicht klar, für wen die
Verwicklungen besser sind.} (15. Nhf3 $142 $5 $14) 15... Na5 $1 {Schwarz muss
sofort versuchen Gegenspiel zu bekommen, bevor es Weiß gelingt, seinen
Springer von h4 wieder ins Spiel zu bringen.} 16. b3 (16. c5 $5 b6 17. cxb6
axb6 18. Nhf3 $13) 16... Bc6 $5 (16... dxc4 17. Nxc4 (17. bxc4 $5 Ba4 18. Re1
Bc6 19. Nhf3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 $13) 17... Nxc4 18. bxc4 Ba4 19. Rd2 {hatte ich
auf dxc4 geplant und dachte, dass Weiß aufgrund seines Zentrums besser steht.
Doch hier schlägt Fritz} Nd5 $1 {vor und die Stelllung bleibt unklar, da der
schwarze Springer auf c3 die Harmonie zwischen den weißen Figuren deutlich
stört.}) 17. e4 (17. Nhf3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Ne4) 17... dxc4 {Meine Gegner
überraschte mich hier. Ich hatte hauptsächlich mit dem Schlagen auf e4
gerechnet, wonach Weiß seinen Vorteil behaupten kann.} (17... dxe4 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc6 21. Nf3 $14) 18. Nxc4 Bb5 {Dies war seine Idee.
Die Fesslung des Springers ist sehr unangenehm.} 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Rd2 Nb6 21.
Rdc2 Bxc4 $5 (21... Naxc4 $5 22. bxc4 Ba4 23. Rb2 Bb5 $1 24. Rbc2 (24. Qe1 Bxc4
25. Rxb4 Bxa2 $13) 24... Ba4 $11) 22. bxc4 Na4 23. Qe1 $1 b6 (23... Nc3 $2 24.
a3 $16) 24. Bf1 Rc7 {Während der Partie war mir nicht klar, wer hier besser
steht. Noch dazu kamen wir hier beide langsam in Zeitnot...} 25. g4 $1 {
Dieser Zug hat mehrere Ideen. Zum einen macht er den Weg für die weiße Dame
nach h4 frei. Außerdem kann man mit g5 die schwarze Bauernstruktur am
Königsflügel festlegen und sich so das Feld e5 für den Springer sichern.} Nc6 (
25... Nc3 26. a3 $1) 26. Qf2 (26. Qe3 $2 Nxd4 $1 27. Nxd4 Qc5 $17) 26... Nc3
27. Re1 Na5 28. a3 Nxc4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Qh4 $1 {Da Schwarz mit seinen
Figuren am Damenflügel ist, versuchte ich direkt seinen König anzugreifen.}
Rdc8 $6 (30... Re8 $5 31. f5 (31. Ng5 $2 f6) (31. e5 Nd5) 31... Nd6 32. f6 Rec8
33. e5 Ne8 34. Kh1 $5 {Die Stellung bleibt unklar, wobei Fritz die weiße
Stellung bevorzugt. Ich denke auch, dass diese Stellung (vor allem in Zeitnot)
für Weiß leichter zu spielen ist.}) 31. Ng5 $1 Nd6 (31... h5 32. gxh5 $16) 32.
Qxh7+ Kf8 33. e5 Qxd4+ 34. Kh1 Nde4 {Mit diesem Zug hatte ich überhaupt nicht
gerechnet. Ich dachte, dass Jojua} (34... Ne8 {spielen würde. Darauf hatte ich}
35. f5 $1 {geplant und nicht gesehen, wie Schwarz den Angriff aufhalten soll.}
exf5 36. gxf5 gxf5 (36... Qg4 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. f6+ $18) 37. e6 Qg7 38. Qxf5 Qg6
39. Nh7+ Kg8 40. Rg2 $18) 35. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 $6 (35... Qd1 $5 {Danach ist es
noch nicht klar.} 36. Rf2 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Qd5 38. Re2 (38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qh4+ g5
40. Qxg5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Bd3 (42. Re2 Rc4) 42... Rc4 {Diese Stellung ist
wahrscheinlich Remis, da Weiß, um ein drohendes Matt zu verhindern,
Dauerschach geben muss.}) 38... Rc4 $1 (38... Rc1 $6 39. Kg1 Rxf1+ $5 40. Kxf1
Rc1+ 41. Kf2 $5 (41. Kg2 $6 Rc2 $1 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qh4+ g5 $1 (43... Kf8 44.
Qf2 $18) 44. Qf2 (44. Qxg5+ Ke8 45. Qg8+ Ke7 46. Qg5+ $11) 44... Rxe2 45. Qxe2
gxf4 46. Kf3 Qxe5 47. g5 $16)) 39. Kg1 $1 (39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qh4+ g5 41. Qe1
gxf4 $13) 39... Rxe4 (39... Qd4+ 40. Nf2 Qxf4 $13) 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qxc8 $16)
36. Qxf7+ $1 Rxf7 37. Rxc8+ Ke7 (37... Kg7 38. Nxe6+ Kh7 (38... Kh6 $2 39. Rh8+
Rh7 40. g5+ Kh5 41. Be2+ Kh4 42. Rxh7#) 39. Nxd4 Rxf4 40. Rc7+ Kh6 41. Be2 Nf2+
42. Kg2 Nxg4 43. Kg3 Rxd4 44. Bxg4 $18) 38. Rc7+ Ke8 $2 ({Hier hätte sich mein
Gegner mit} 38... Kd8 $1 {vielleicht retten können, aber er war in starker
Zeitnot, so dass er sofort 38...Ke8 zog.} 39. Nxe6+ Ke8 40. Bb5+ Qd7 41. Rxd7
Rxd7 42. Kg2 a5 43. h4 (43. Kf3 $5) 43... Ke7 44. Bxd7 Kxd7 45. Nf8+ Kc6 $2 (
45... Ke8 $1 46. Nxg6 a4 47. h5 Kf7 (47... a3 48. h6 a2 49. h7 a1=Q 50. h8=Q+
Kd7 51. e6+ $1 $18) 48. e6+ Kxe6 49. h6 Nd6 (49... Nf6 50. g5 Nh7 51. Ne5 a3
52. g6 Nf6 53. h7 a2 54. g7 $18) 50. Ne5 Nf7 51. g5 (51. h7 Nh8 52. Nc6 Kf6)
51... a3 52. Nc6 Kf5 53. Kg3 (53. Kf3 $2 Nxg5+ 54. fxg5 a2 55. Nd4+ Kxg5 $11)
53... a2 (53... Nxg5 $2 54. Nd4+ $1) 54. Nd4+ Kg6 55. Nb3 Kf5 56. Kf3 Nh8 $11 {
Weiß kann nicht mehr gewinnen. Vielleicht gibt es irgendwo eine Verbesserung
für Weiß, aber auf jeden Fall wäre 38...Kd8 viel zäher gewesen.}) 46. Kf3 a4 (
46... Nc5 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 a4 49. e6 $18) 47. Kxe4 a3 48. Ne6 a2 49. Nd4+
$18) 39. Bb5+ Rd7 40. Bxd7+ Qxd7 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 $5 {
7.e5(!); 7.cxd5?! exd5 8.e5 Ne4! ->(Ruban,V-Ulibin,M/URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/1/2-1/
2/45} c5 $5 (7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nc3 Bf6
13. O-O Bxd4 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Bxd4 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Nxh2 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ $10 {
Epishin,V-Arnason,J/New York op/1989/1-0/41/ ->}) 8. dxc5 a5 $5 {8...dxe4} 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 (12. b3 dxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 Bg4) (12. Rd1
Bg4 13. h3 Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 dxe4 $15) 12... Be6 13. b3 Nd7 14.
exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxc5 17. Bxc6 $6 (17. Rd1 $1 Qb6 18. Bd5 Bf6
19. Rb1 $14 {/\ 20.Be3}) 17... bxc6 18. Be3 Qd3 $1 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 $10 20. Rfd1
Nc5 21. Nd4 Bf6 22. Rab1 Ne4 23. Rbc1 Rab8 24. Rxc6 Rfd8 25. Rcc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Duer, Arne"]
[Black "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 Re8 (9... e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Nd3 Qb6 14.
a3 $14) 10. Qb3 a5 (10... Qb6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nc4
Rxe2 15. Qxb4 $13) 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nb8 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. e4 Nd7
15. a3 $14) 13. Nd4 Na6 14. Nc4 Nc5 (14... Re7 15. Nb5 Ne8 16. e4 $14) 15. Qc2
Bg4 16. f3 Bc8 (16... Bh5 17. e4 Bg6 18. Qd2 $14) 17. e4 b6 (17... Re7 18. Rac1
) 18. Nb5 Ba6 (18... Nb7 19. Qf2 Ra6 20. a4) 19. Nbxd6 Rf8 20. Nf5 (20. e5 Nxd5
21. f4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 b3 23. axb3 Nb4 24. Qc3 $16) 20... Rc8 21. b3 b5 (21...
Bxc4 22. bxc4 g6 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Rfe1 $14) (21... Na4 22. Qe2 Nc3 23. Qd3 Bxc4
24. bxc4 $16) (21... Ncxe4 22. fxe4 b5 23. Qd2 bxc4 24. Qg5 Ne8 (24... g6 25.
Nh6+ Kg7 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Nf5+) 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxf7+ $18) 22.
Ncd6 Rc7 23. Qd2 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. e5 Ne8 (25... Nxd5 26. Nhf5+ gxf5 27. Qxd5
Bc8 28. Rad1 $16) 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Ng4 Nd7 28. Rfe1 f5 (28... h5 29. Qh6+ Kg8
30. Nf6+ Nxf6 31. exf6 $18) 29. exf6+ Nxf6 30. Qh6+ Kf7 (30... Kg8 31. Nxf6+
Qxf6 32. Rxe8+ $18) 31. Nxf6 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxf6 33. Qxh7+ Qg7 34. Qh4 (34.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rd1 $18) 34... Qc3 35. Qe4 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 Bc8 37. f4 (
37. h4 Bf5 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kf7 40. h5 $18) 37... Bf5 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. h3
Qc3 40. g4 Bc8 41. d6 Rf7 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Rf1 Bb7 44. Qxc3 bxc3 45. Bxb7 Rxb7
46. Rd1 Rd7 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Kf3 c2 (48... Kf6 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. f5+ $18) (48...
Kf7 49. Ke4 Ke8 50. Kd5 Rh7 51. Kc6 Kd8 52. Kxb5 $18) 49. Rc1 Rxd6 50. Rxc2
Rd3+ 51. Ke4 Rxh3 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Ke5 Rd3 54. Ra7 a4 55. bxa4 bxa4 56. Rxa4
Rd7 57. Kf6 Kh7 58. Re4 Rd6+ 59. Kg5 Ra6 60. Re7+ Kg8 61. Rb7 Kf8 62. a3 Kg8
63. a4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 (7. cxd5 $6
exd5 8. e5 Ne4 $1 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 a5 $1 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Bb5 $2 f4
$1 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Be2 Ng3 $1 18. Re1 Qh4 $40 {
Petrosian,A-Ulibin,M/URS-OT Pavlodar/1987/0-1/}) 7... Nfd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2
(9. Bd3 {-> CBM7/S.55; CBM8/S.69} c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 a5 12. Nf1 $6 {N} (12.
dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg4 15. Nbd4 Qd7 $10 {Schandorf-Kindermann/
Thessaloniki ol/}) (12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Ng3 Nc5 15. Bf5 a4 16. Bf4 d3
17. Bxd3 Bg4 $15 {18...Ne6; Browne,W-Makarichev,A/Saint John op/1988/}) (12.
Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Bf4 (14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Be3
Bb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Rb1 Ra7 $15 {Hertneck,G-Hecht,H/München/1988/}) 14... Nf8
15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Nd2 Ne6 $17 {Yusupov,A-Ehlvest,J (3)
/Saint John cm/1988/}) (12. h3 Re8 13. Bc2 (13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Ng3 Nf8 (14... g6
$5 {/\ Be7-f8-g7}) 15. b3 $1 Bd7 {>= 15...f6} 16. Ra2 $1 f6 17. Rae2 fxe5 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd6 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. Nf5 $16 {Yusupov,A-Kindermann,S/
München/1988/}) 13... Qc7 (13... Qb6 14. Nf1 Nf8 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17.
Ba4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxe8 Nc2 21. Bb5 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Ng6 $15
{Petursson,M-Ehlvest,J/Thessaloniki ol/1988/}) 14. Nf1 cxd4 15. Bf4 Nc5 16.
Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Ne6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bg3 d4 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Bb3 Qb6 $15 {
Browne,W-Ivanovic/New York op/19898/}) 12... cxd4 13. Qc2 h6 14. Ng3 Nc5 15.
Bf5 Qb6 $6 (15... d3 $1 16. Bxd3 Bg4 17. Nf5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne6 19. f4 Rc8 $44)
16. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 (16... d3 $2 17. Qd2 Nb3 18. Qf4 Nxa1 19. Bxg7 $18) 17. Qd2
Re8 (17... Nd8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Qxh6 Rf7 20. Nh5 $1 Bd7 (20... Qc7 21. Ne5 $1
$18) 21. Ne5 Qxb2 22. Bg6 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nf6+ $18) 18.
Qxh6 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 (19. Nh5 $2 Ne6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Qc5 $1 22. Rxe6 Qf8
$19) 19... Ne6 20. Qh5 {/\ 21.Nh6+} Ncd8 $2 (20... Rf8 21. N3xd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4
Ncxd4 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Re3 $18) (20... Bf8 $1 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 $2 {
>= 22...Kh7!} 23. Rad1 Nd8 (23... Qa6 $1 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6
27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Re1 $40) 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Rd3 Re6 26. Rg3+ Rg6
27. e6 $1 Rxg3 28. e7 $18) 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. N3xd4 Qxb2 23. Nxe6+ Nxe6 24. Qh5
Bf6 (24... Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Qxf7+ Kxh6 27. Qxe6+ $18) 25. Rab1 Qc3 26. Rbc1
Qb2 27. Rc2 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Re2 Bg7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Qxd5 {1-0;
Sokolov,A-Rotstein/Sofia/1988/}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 a5 11. Nb3 a4 12. Nbd4 Nxc5
13. O-O Nc6 14. Be3 Bg4 $1 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 Ne6 17. Nd4 (17. Rxc6 $2 d4 $1
) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 $10 20. Qe3 Qd7 21. Rfd1 Rfe8 22. f4
Qf5 23. Qf2 f6 24. Re1 fxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf7 26. g3 h6 27. Re2 Bf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8
29. Be5 Qh5 30. Rxc6 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Rc2 Qe4 33. Rd2 Rc8 34. Qe2 Rc1+
35. Kf2 Qh1 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qxd5 Qf1+ 38. Ke3 Re1+ 39. Kd4 Qf6+ 40. Kc4 Rc1+
41. Kb4 Rc8 42. Kxa4 Qb6 43. b4 Qa6+ 44. Kb3 Ra8 45. Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 Rg8 13. Rc1 a5 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Ra3 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. dxc5 h4 19. c6 Bxc6 20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Bc2
c5 22. O-O $5 hxg3 23. Bxa4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Nd5 25. fxg3 Qb6 26. Rc8+ Ke7 27.
Bxd7 Rxc8 28. Bxc8 Rxe3 (28... Qxd4 29. exd4 Rxg3 $10) 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. Bb7
Nc4 31. Bf3 Nd2 32. Ra1 f5 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. Ra5 Rd3 35. Kf2 Rd8 36. Ra2 Nc4 37.
g4 f4 38. g3 Ne5 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Re2 Ng6 41. g5+ Kxg5 42. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Nf1 $1 {White plays Nd2-f1-g3 before the castling,
since the rook wins a tempo with Rf1-d1 instead of 9.0-0,Re1,Nf1 followed by
Rd1.} d5 (9... h6 $5) 10. Qe2 Re8 (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3
Qe7 $10) 11. Ng3 $146 (11. Bg5 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. Rd1 Qe7 $10 {Mora,
V-Holubkova,M Debrecen E 1992}) 11... h6 12. O-O Be6 $10 13. Rd1 $1 Qd7 14. Nh4
(14. d4 exd4 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 $2 (16... Qf8 $142) 17. Nxf7
$1 $16) 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 (16. cxd4 $5 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Na5 18. Bc2 Bf5 $15)
16... dxe4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Bxd4 20. Be3 c5 21. Bxd4 cxd4
22. Qxe4 Rad8 $15) 14... Ne7 (14... Rad8 $5 15. Nhf5 Ne7 $10) 15. Qf3 dxe4 16.
dxe4 Qc6 17. Bc2 {/\Bh6} (17. Nhf5 $6 Nxf5 18. exf5 (18. Nxf5 Nxe4 19. Be3 Bxe3
20. Nxe3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rad8 $15) 18... Qxf3 19. gxf3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rad8 21. Be3
Bb6 $15) (17. Bxh6 $2 Bxb3 18. axb3 gxh6 $19) 17... Kh7 18. Nhf5 (18. Rd5 $5)
18... Nxf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5+ g6 $10 21. Qf3 Kg7 22. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Adams,M (2)/Wijk cm1 1994} (22. b3 $142 Rad8 23. Bb2 $13)) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 {The Bogoindian has been soaring in popularity in the
past few years, and this is one of many lines which has gained a new lease on
life.} 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O {White sometimes defers
castling so that the knight can travel from b2 to f1 via d2.} (8. Nbd2 Nc6 (
8... Re8 9. Nf1 Qa5 $5 10. N3d2 e5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Ne3 a5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. O-O
a4 15. Nd2 Nc6 {led to complex play in Razuvajev-Mandl, Dortmund 1993.}) 9. Nf1
Bd7 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. O-O a5 12. Qd3 Re8 13. a3 Qb6 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Qd2 Qxd2
16. Nxd2 a4 {gave Christiansen a comfortable endgame, which he eventually won,
against Khalifman at Las Palmas earlier this year.}) 8... a5 {The normal move
here is 8...Re8, seen in many games this year, especially with the Slovenian
player Gostica on the Black side.} (8... Re8 9. Qd3 (9. a3 Qb6 (9... Nc6 10. d5
exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. axb4 Nexd5 13. b5 Qb6 14. Na3 $14 {Nikolic-Gostica,
Portoroz 1993.}) 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Rc1 a5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Rxc5 Nd7
15. Rc1 e5 {was played in Zueger-Gostisa, Bundesliga 1993.}) (9. Qb3 Nc6 10. d5
Na5 11. Qxb4 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Nc3 Nc4 {gave Black the
initiative in Farago-Gostica, Portoroz 1993.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. e4 b6
12. Ne1 a5 {was Polugayevsky-Korchnoi, Monaco Rapid 1993.}) 9. a3 Na6 10. axb4
Nxb4 11. Nc3 b6 12. Ne1 d5 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ba6 16. Qd2
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. Rfb1 Qc7 19. e3 {Kortschnoj An interesting, balanced
position, but the players chose to conclude peacefully here.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Qe7 8.
a3 $5 Nbd7 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O Nb6 (11... b6 12. d5 $5 exd5 13.
Bxd5 Rb8 14. Qf5) 12. Ba2 cxd4 13. exd4 (13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. e4 Qc5 $1) 13... Bd7
14. Rfe1 (14. Rae1 $5 Qd6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Qc6 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. Bb1) 14...
Qd6 (14... Bc6 15. Ng5 {/\ d5 / Nxe6}) 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Rd3 Rfd8 17. Ng5 Na4 (
17... h6) 18. Bb1 (18. d5 $5 e5 19. Rf3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Rxf6 Ne2+) 20... Bg4
(20... g6 $5) 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. d6 Qh6 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25. Nxf7 $44
) 18... Be8 (18... h6 $1 19. Nge4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa3 22. h4 $40)
19. Rf3 Qxd4 (19... h6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6
24. Qxh6+ Ke7 25. Qg7+ Bf7 26. Bg6 Rf8 27. h4) 20. Nxh7 Nxh7 (20... Nd5 21. Ng5
Nf6 22. h3) 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. h3 $1 (22. Nxa4 Rc1) 22... Ke7 (22... Nxc3 23.
Rxe6 $1 $18) 23. Re4 Qd6 (23... Qc5 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. Qh4+ $16) (23... Qd2 24.
Rxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qe4+ Kd6 26. Rd3+ Qxd3 27. Qxd3+ Ke7 28. Qg3 $16) 24. Rd3 Qb8
$138 (24... Qb6 25. Rb4) (24... Qc5 25. Nxa4) 25. Qxg7 $138 (25. Rxa4 Bxa4 26.
Qh4+ Kf8 27. Qxa4 Rxd3 28. Bxd3 $16) 25... Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rc5 28.
Bc4 (28. g3) 28... Bd7 29. g3 Qd6 $2 (29... Qc7) 30. Rf4 Kd8 31. Qxf7 Qc6 32.
Bd3 Rxc3 33. Qf8+ Kc7 34. Be4 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 {Time} (35. Kh2 Qc5 36. Qxc5+ Rxc5
37. h4) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 $6 (4... b6) 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1+ 12. Bxa1 c5 $5 (
12... O-O 13. c5) 13. Qg5 $1 O-O 14. Qxc5 d6 15. Qa7 $1 Bd7 16. f3 Qa8 17. Qxa8
Rxa8 18. Bc3 Ra3 19. Kd2 d5 20. e3 $2 (20. e4 $1 dxe4 21. Be2 e3+ $2 22. Kd3 e5
23. Rc1) 20... Ba4 $1 21. Bb2 Rb3 22. Bxf6 (22. Bc3 Ra3) 22... gxf6 23. Bd3
dxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxb4 25. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Ne5 Ba6 10. b4 dxc4 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc6 Rc8 13. b5 Qxd4 14. Nc3 Rxc6
$1 15. bxc6 b5 16. Bf4 $15 (16. Bf4 e5 17. Rfd1 Qc5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Fyllingen, Roy Harald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. e3 $6 {Kort rokade var Е foretrekke} O-O 11. O-O a4 12.
Qc2 Re8 13. Nd2 c5 $1 {Dermed er hvits dronningflKy helt lammet} 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Nf3 $2 {NÅ griper svart initiativet for godt. 15.e4 fulgt av Tae1 og f4
ser brukbart ut for hvit.} Qe6 16. Be1 $2 {Hvit spiller svært passivt. Bedre
var 16.De2 eller Sd2.} e4 17. Nd2 $6 (17. Ng5 {Kanskje skulle hvit prKvd dette
trekket.En mulig fortsettelse kunne blitt} Qe5 18. f4 exf3 19. Nxf3 Qxe3+ 20.
Bf2 {Hvit ser ut til Е ha kompensasjon for bonden i form av lKperparet.}) 17...
b6 18. Rc1 $6 {NÅ blir hvit helt innpakket. 18.f3 mÅtte spilles.} Bb7 19. Kh1
Ng4 $6 {UnKdvendig.} (19... Bc6 {ville vist hvit hvor hjelpeslKs han er.}) 20.
h3 Ngf6 21. Kh2 {med remistilbud} Ne5 $1 22. f3 (22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Ng4+
24. hxg4 Bxe4 25. Qc3 Qh6+) 22... exf3 23. Nxf3 Nxf3+ (23... Neg4+ 24. hxg4
Nxg4+ 25. Kg1 Nxe3 26. Qf2 Nxf1 {sort har materiell overvekt, men hvit er ikke
uten sjanser.}) 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Ne4 26. Rf4 Rad8 $1 27. h4 {Alt er
hÅplKst. f.eks.} (27. Qxa4 Ng5 $1) 27... Nf6 28. Qe2 Qxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Kg2
Ne4 31. Rf5 Rdd3 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Nd6 34. Bc3 Rd3 35. Re1 Kf8 36. Re5 f6
37. Rh5 Kg8 {TÅrnet blir fanget etter g6 og Sf7.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates qf Petrosian-Portisch +3-2=8"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Bd2 $6 (4. Qb3) (4. Nf3) (4. a3) (4. Qc2) (4.
e3) 4... O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. e3 d5 $10 8. Rc1 Qe7 9. cxd5 exd5 10.
Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 (11... a6 $5 12. Na4 Ba7) 12. Na4 (12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Bxg4
Be5 $1) (12. Nb5 Ne4 $10) 12... Bd6 13. Bc3 Rad8 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. a3 Bb8 (15...
f5 $5) 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Qe6 18. Nc5 Qf5 19. Rf1 (19. Nxb7 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rd7
21. Na5 $1 (21. Nc5 $2 Rde7 22. Nd3 h5 $17) 21... Rd6 22. Nc6 (22. Rc6 Rde6 23.
Rxe6 fxe6 $13) 22... Rh6 23. Qb3) 19... Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qf6 21. Nd4 Bxe2 (21...
Bh3 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bd4 $14) 22. Nxe2 (22. Nxe2 Be5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf Petrosian-Kortschnoj+1-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1971.07.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Bd7 $2 (12... Nxc3 $10) 13.
Be1 $1 Nf6 14. Nd4 e5 15. Nc2 Ne6 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. b4 Bc6 18. Nd5 Kh8 19. Bc3
Rae8 20. f4 $1 $16 exf4 21. gxf4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 b5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25.
cxb5 Ba8 $1 (25... Bxb5 26. f5) 26. Rc3 $2 (26. Kh1 $1 Rg8 27. Bf3 $18) (26. f5
$6 Rg8 27. fxe6 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxe6) 26... Rg8 27. Rg3 Ng7 $1 28. e4 Bxd5 29.
Qxd5 Qxd5 30. exd5 Rb8 (30... Nf5 $1) 31. Rc1 Rxb5 32. Rc4 Nf5 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8
34. Kf2 Rb7 (34... Ne7 $1) 35. Bh3 Ne7 36. Be6+ Kg7 37. f5 Ra7 38. Ke3 Rb7 39.
Kd3 Kf8 (39... Ra7) 40. Kc3 (40. Rg4 $1 $14) 40... Kg7 41. Rh4 (41. b5 Rxb5 42.
Rc6) 41... Ra7 42. Kb3 Ra1 43. Rc4 Ra7 44. b5 Rb7 45. Ka4 Ra7+ 46. Kb4 Kh6 $1
47. h3 Rb7 48. Rh4+ Kg5 49. Rg4+ (49. Rxh7 $2 Nxd5+ $1 50. Bxd5 c5+) 49... Kh6
50. Kc4 Ra7 51. Rh4+ Kg7 52. Kb3 Ra1 53. Rc4 Rb1+ 54. Ka3 Ra1+ 55. Kb3 Rb1+ 56.
Ka3 Ra1+ 57. Kb3 Rb1+ 58. Kc2 Rxb5 59. Rxc7 Kf8 60. Kd3 Rb3+ 61. Kd4 Rb4+ 62.
Rc4 Rxc4+ 63. Kxc4 Kg7 64. Kb5 Kh6 65. Kb6 Kg5 66. Kc7 Nxd5+ $1 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf Petrosian-Kortschnoj+1-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1971.07.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 Rd8 $2 (8... e5) (8... Nbd7) 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rad1 Nf8 11. e4 Bd7 (11... Ng6
$14) 12. e5 $1 Ne8 (12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 c6 14. c5 $16) 13. Qe2 (13. Rfe1 $1 Bc6
14. exd6 Qxd6 (14... cxd6 15. d5 Bd7 16. c5 $14) 15. c5 $1 $14) 13... c6 14.
Nd2 d5 15. a3 Nc7 16. Rc1 (16. f4 $1 $14) 16... Be8 17. c5 (17. cxd5 exd5 18.
f4 f5 19. Bh3 $14) 17... b6 $1 18. b4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rdb8 20. Rb1 f6 $1 21. f4
Bg6 (21... fxe5 22. fxe5 Bg6) (21... Nd7 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qe3 Nxc5 24. dxc5 d4
25. Nce4 dxe3 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 $15) 22. Rb3 Nd7 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Qe3 Bc2 25.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Na2 Nb5 (26... a5 $1 $15) 27. Nf3 a5 28. Rc1 Be4 29. a4 Nc7 $1 (
29... Bxf3 $2 30. axb5 Bxg2 31. bxc6 $16) 30. Nd2 (30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Qg6
32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nc3 Rb3 $15) 30... Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rb2 32. Nc3 Nxc5 $1 $15 33.
dxc5 d4 34. Qd3 dxc3 35. Rxc3 Nd5 36. Rb3 h6 (36... Qg6 37. Qd4 $1 $10) 37. Kf3
$2 (37. Rxb2 Qxb2 38. Qe2 $10) (37. Kf3 Nb4 38. Ne4 (38. Qe2 Ra2 $17) 38... Qe7
$17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Oliwa, Marek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Nbxd2 O-O 9. Qc2 Rd8 10. Rfd1 Bd7 11. a3 a5 12. Rac1 a4 $6 13. e3 Be8 14. Ne5
Rdc8 15. Nd3 Na5 $2 16. cxd5 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. e4) 17. Bh3 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7
19. Nc5 Qh3 20. Nxa4 Ra6 21. Nf1 Nc4 22. Nc3 b5 23. f3 Re6 24. Nxb5 $2 Rb8 25.
b3 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 Rxe3 27. Nc3 Rxf3 28. Qe2 Qg4 29. Kg2 Rf5 30. Qxg4 Nxg4 31.
Re1 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rd2 33. Re2 Rxd4 34. Nb5 Rd3 35. b4 h5 36. Nxc7 d4 37. Ra1 Ne3
38. Na6 Ra8 39. b5 Nc4 40. a4 Rc3 41. Nc5 d3 42. Ne4 Rxa4 $1 43. Rxa4 dxe2 44.
Kf2 (44. Ra1 Re3 $1) 44... Re3 45. Ke1 Ne5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nc6 {'!' Bulletin.} 10. Be3 Ng4 {'!' Bulletin.} 11. O-O f5 12.
Nc3 O-O {'=/+' Bulletin.} 13. Rad1 (13. d5 Nce5 $1 14. Nxe5 Nxe5) 13... Nxd4 {
'!' Bulletin.} 14. Nxd4 {'!' Bulletin.} (14. Bxd4 $2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxh2 16.
Kxh2 Qxd4 $17) 14... Bd6 15. g3 (15. h3 $2 Qh4 16. Qe2 {/\ 17.Nd4-f3} Qxh3 $1
17. gxh3 Bh2#) 15... Nxh2 {'!' Bulletin.} (15... Qh4 $2 16. f3 Bxg3 17. fxg4 $1
(17. hxg3 $5 Qxg3+ 18. Qg2 $14) 17... Qxg4 18. h3 Qxh3 19. Nf3 $18) (15... f4
$2 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 $18) 16. Be2 {'!' Bulletin.} Nxf1 17. Bxf1 Qf6 {
'=/+' Bulletin.} 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f4 20. gxf4 Bxf4 21. Rh1 h6 22. Ne4 Qg6+
23. Ng3 Qxc2 24. Nxc2 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Rad8 26. Ne4 Rd3 27. Re1 Rf4 {'?!'
Bulletin.} 28. f3 g5 {'?!' Bulletin.} 29. Re2 Kg7 30. c5 Rf8 31. c6 Rf4 32. Nf2
Rd6 33. Rc2 Rfd4 34. Ne4 Rd8 35. Ng4 h5 36. Ngf2 Kg6 37. b3 R8d5 38. Re2 Ra5
39. a4 Re5 40. Re3 a6 41. Kg3 Red5 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saeed, Saeed Ahmed"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 {Un premier match au sommet opposant le leader SAEED qui avait 4/4 au
second comptant 3,5/4} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ (3... b6) 4. Bd2 (4. Nc3 {
l'alternative}) (4. Nbd2 {[%cal Ga2a3]}) 4... c5 $5 (4... Qe7 {La variante
principale qui est très solide mais un peu passive} 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.
Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gc4c5]} a5 {
[%csl Gb4][%cal Gb8a6,Ga6c5]} 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 $1 $14) (4... a5 5. Bxb4 axb4
{[%csl Ra2]} 6. Nbd2 d6) 5. Bxb4 {la ligne critique contre 4. c5 qui est assez
risqué} cxb4 6. g3 O-O (6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 $1 a5 10. a3 Na6
11. Nbd2 $14) 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nc6 $146 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gc8g4,Gc6b4] La
nouveauté préparée par le bulgare pour préparer la poussée "e5" et
libérer le B de cases blanches} (8... Qe7 9. a3 Na6 {Vasilev,N-Vitolinsh,A 
(2470) URS-ch sf Severodonetsk 1982 0-1} (9... bxa3 10. Rxa3)) 9. a3 $1 {
la forte réponse à la nouveauté pour activer la R sur la colonne "a"} (9. d5
) 9... bxa3 10. Rxa3 $14 (10. Nxa3 e5 11. Nb5 (11. d5 Nb4)) 10... e5 11. Nc3
Bg4 {[%csl Rd4]} 12. d5 {enferme le Bg2 mais gagne de l'espace} Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Nb4 $5 {[%csl Rb4] Le N manque de soutien} (13... Nd4 14. Bg2 {[%cal Ge2e3]}) (
13... Ne7) 14. e4 (14. Ra4 Qb6 15. Nb5 e4 (15... a5 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Ra3 Nc5 18.
Qc3 f5 19. Rfa1 Rf6 20. Qd2 (20. Qxb4 $2 axb4 21. Rxa8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.
Ra8+ Ke7 $17)) 16. Bg2 Nbxd5 17. Nxd6 $1) 14... Qb6 {Le début d'un plan
intéressant de pression sur les cases noires "d4" et "b2"} 15. Qd2 (15. Qb3 {
[%cal Gf1a1]} a5 16. Rfa1 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 15... a5 16. Kg2 Qc5 17. Be2 Qd4
$5 $132 {[%csl Re2] Avec un bon jeu Noir (Goldenberg)} 18. Qxd4 (18. Rd1) 18...
exd4 19. Nb5 Nxe4 20. Nxd4 Rfe8 $44 21. Rfa1 (21. Re3) 21... b6 22. Re3 Kf8 23.
Bf3 Nc5 24. Rc3 Nbd3 {[%csl Gd3]} 25. Rb1 (25. Nb5) 25... Re5 26. Nb5 Rd8 27.
Kf1 $6 Rf5 $132 {[%csl Rf2] Les pièces Noires sont nettement plus actives et
mieux coordonnées} 28. Kg2 Rf6 29. Nd4 Re8 30. g4 $2 {[%csl Rf4,Rg2,Rg4]} (30.
Rd1 $142 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gc3d3]} Ne1+ 31. Kf1 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 $11) 30... Rf4 $17 (
30... Nf4+ 31. Kg1 Ne4 $36) 31. Nc2 Ne5 $36 {[%csl Rc4,Ge5,Rf3]} 32. b3 Nxg4
33. Bxg4 Ne4 34. Re3 Rxg4+ 35. Kf3 h5 36. Rd1 g5 37. Re2 Re5 38. h3 Rf5+ 39.
Ke3 Rgf4 40. Rf1 Rf3+ 41. Kd4 Nd2 {Avec ce gain, le bulgare et futur champion
du Monde prend la tête du tournoi.} 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Bykhovsky,Av"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
a5 9. b3 $6 (9. cxd5 $5 exd5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Nxc5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O $14 {
Kanstler,B-Balashov,Y/Moscow/1991/1:0/57/}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 Nxc5 11. Bc2 b6
12. O-O Ba6 {N/} (12... Qc7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Bxa1 Na6 16. Be5 Qb7
17. b5 $10 {Johansson,T-Lindberg,B/Stockholm/1993/0:1/46/}) (12... Bb7 13. Qe2
dxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Rfd1 Bd5 16. Nce5 Qb6 17. Nd4 b4 $15 {Adianto,U-Godin,A/
New York/1993/0:1/31/}) 13. Ne5 (13. b4 $5 {/\b5+/=/}) 13... Rc8 14. Qf3 $2 (
14. b4 $10) 14... Ncd7 15. Qh3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 h6 17. Rfd1 b5 $15 18. e4 (18.
cxb5 Bxb5 19. Bb1 $15) 18... bxc4 19. exd5 (19. bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21.
exd5 (21. Qd3 Rxe4 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. f3 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Qb2 $19)
21... Rxc2 22. d6 Nd5 $17 23. Qd3) 19... cxb3 20. Bxb3 Nxd5 21. Ne4 Bc4 $17 22.
Qg3 g6 $2 (22... f6 23. Bc2 (23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qg4 Qc8 $19) 23... fxe5 24. Qg6
Nf4 $19) 23. Bc2 Bh4 24. Qh3 $13 f5 25. Nd6 Rc6 26. Nb7 Qe7 (26... Bxf2+ 27.
Kxf2 Qb6+ 28. Rd4 Qxb7 29. Qxh6 Qh7 30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Ba4 $18) 27. Nxa5 Rc5
28. Nxc4 (28. Nb7 $5 Qxb7 29. Qxh4 $13) 28... Rxc4 29. Bb3 $2 (29. Rd2 Bg5 30.
Re2 Qc5 $15) 29... Bxf2+ $1 $19 30. Kh1 (30. Kxf2 Qc5+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Ke2
Qxe5 33. Bxc4 Nxd1+ $19) 30... Re4 31. Bb2 Kh7 32. Qf3 Bh4 33. Qd3 Rb8 34. Bxd5
exd5 35. Bc3 d4 $1 36. Bxd4 Rd8 37. Qc3 Rexd4 38. Rxd4 Bf6 39. Rad1 Bxd4 40.
Rxd4 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 g6 12. b4 b6 13. a4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nb3
Ra6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. f3 Kh8 19. a5 Ng8 20. Be3 f5 21. axb6 Rxa1 22.
Rxa1 Qxb6 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Nf2 Bd7 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Nd2 Qa7 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. f4
exf4 29. Bxf4 fxe4 30. g4 Qf8 31. Be3 h5 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 Nge8 34. Kg2 Qg7
35. Qb1 Kg8 36. Qb8 Bf8 37. Qb3 Qe7 38. Bf4 e3 39. Qxe3 Qxe3 40. Bxe3 Be7 41.
Kg3 Nh7 42. Nf3 Kg7 43. Bd3 Kf7 44. Bc2 (44. Nh4 Nf8 (44... Bxh4+ $1 45. Kxh4
Bc8 $11 {There doesn't seem to be any good way of making progress, though
Obviously White is the one pushing for a win.}) 45. Bh6 $16) 44... Kg7 45. Bd2
Nef6 46. Bc3 Kf7 47. Nh4 Nf8 48. Nf3 Bc8 49. Ng5+ Kg8 50. Nf3 Ba6 51. Bd3 Kf7
52. Ba5 Ke8 53. Kf4 Bd8 54. Bc3 Be7 55. Nd2 N6d7 56. Nd1 Bf6 57. Bxf6 Nxf6 58.
Ne3 N6d7 59. Nf3 Kf7 60. Bf1 Kf6 61. Ng5 Ke7 62. Ne4 Nh7 63. Be2 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 {Morozevich is certailny known for
his unusuual s tyle, even in the openings. This move has been played almost
200 times in grandmaster gamers, compared to the thousands of times Qe7 and a5
have been essayed.} 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 {overly cautious, there was nothing wrong
with the immediate e4.} b6 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 $14 {
This structure must favor White.} Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Re1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 {
White retains an advantage with either capture on c3 as his center is
bolstered, but it seemed to make more sense to take with the pawn.} c4 14. Bf5
Bc8 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Na6 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Qh5 {White still
retains a lot of pressure through-out the board. The kingside and the d5 pawn
are weak for Black who is struggling to regroup.} Nc7 20. Rc6 {The rook is
almost trapped on c6, but not quite. It is difficult to deal with its activity,
actually!} Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nb5 22. Rd1 Rc8 $6 {A dubious move in an already
difficult position.} (22... d4 23. Rxc4 (23. a4 $1 $16) 23... Qd5 24. Rcxd4
Nxd4 25. Rxd4 $14) 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxd5 Qc6 25. Qd1 $1 {Very precise, any
other move would fail to give White the advantage.} (25. Rd2 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Qe4
{and the threat of e1 is not so easy to parry.}) 25... Nc7 26. Rd7 Ne6 27. Bb4
Re8 28. Rd6 Qb5 29. Bc3 Nf4 30. Qg4 Nd5 31. Rd7 {Now, on top of everything,
the position in the kingside is unsustainable.} g6 32. Qh3 h5 33. e6 Re7 34.
Rd8+ Re8 35. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Seville op 34th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 {un esquema poco usual que
se aparta algo de los más estudiado} 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3
Nd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Qe8 15.
e5 h6 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. Bf1 Ne7 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bb5 20. Ba2 Bc6 21. Rad1
{1/2-1/2 Monin,N-Horvath,G/Zalakaros 1991}) 11... Bd7 12. Bd2 b5 13. e4 Nb6 14.
Rfe1 Rfc8 15. d5 Nd8 16. Bb4 Qe8 17. Bc3 Na4 18. e5 {para dar juego al alfil y
especular con Cg5} h6 (18... Nc5 $5) 19. Nd4 ({otra idea era} 19. d6 Bc6 20.
Rad1) 19... Rab8 20. f4 {el blanco no encuentra un plan activo} Nxc3 21. bxc3
c5 {tomando la iniciativa} 22. dxe6 ({probablemente resistía algo más} 22. dxc6
Nxc6 23. Ne2 Ne7 24. Nd4 Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rad1 Rd8 27. Rd6 Be6 28. Bc6 Qf8
29. Red1 Rxd6 30. Rxd6) 22... cxd4 23. exd7 Qxd7 24. cxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 b4 {
Diagrama #} ({más natural parece} 25... a5) 26. Rad1 (26. axb4 $5 Rxb4 (26...
Nc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Red1 Qb6 29. Rab1) 27. Qf5 Rcb8 28. Be4 g6 29. Qh3 Kg7
30. Rad1 Qf2 31. Qh4) 26... b3 $1 27. Qf5 $2 (27. Rxd4 bxc2 28. Be4 Ne6 29. Rd6
Rb3 30. Rc1 Rxa3 31. Rxc2 c3 $17) 27... Qc5 $19 28. Rd6 Ne6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30.
Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Qf8 32. Be4 Qg8 33. f5 Qe8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Galego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 {White's plan is to play
his center majority against black's queenside majority.} N5f6 $6 ({The usual
move is} 12... N5b6) 13. Rfe1 exd4 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd4 N7b6 16. f4 $1 Nb4 17.
Qe4 {White has achieved what he wanted and is clearly to be favored.} Rd8 18.
N2f3 Bg4 19. Rad1 Bxf3 $2 {Why play this without being forced to?} 20. Bxf3 Qc5
{#} ({Black would still be in big trouble after} 20... Nxa2 21. f5 $1 Nd5 22.
f6 $1 {and his position would collapse after} gxf6 $6 23. Nf5 $1 Qf8 24. Qh4 b6
25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Nh6+ Kh8 (26... Kg7 27. Qxf6#) 27. Qxf6+ Qg7 28. Nxf7+ Kg8
29. Qxc6) 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Kh1 Qd5 23. Qe3 Qxa2 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 {
The threat of Qe5 is very tough to meet.} Qxb2 $2 26. Nd8 $1 {This lovely move
wins by force.} Qf6 27. Qe8+ Qf8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 {#} 30. Rd8 $1 Rxd8
31. Nxd8+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Ng5+ Kh8 34. Qe4 g6 35. Qd4+ Qg7 36. Qxb4 $2 {
Winning a piece and no doubt the game, but he had a stronger continuation all
the same.} (36. Qd8+ Qg8 37. Qf6+ Qg7 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nh6+ $1 {Undoubtedly
the move that Carlsen missed.} Qxh6 40. Bg4 $1 {and the threat of Be6 is
unstoppable.}) 36... h6 37. Ne4 Nd5 38. Qa3 b5 39. Qc5 b4 40. Qxc6 Qa1+ 41. Kg2
Ne3+ 42. Kf2 Qd4 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 29th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2013.02.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3
({Der Hauptzug ist} 8. Qc2) 8... Nb6 (8... O-O 9. Rc1 Nb6 10. Ba5 dxc4 11. Qd1
Qd5 12. Bc3 Qb5 13. a4 Qa6 14. Nbd2 Nbd5 15. Ne5 c5 16. Ndxc4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd7
18. Qb3 {mit weißem Vorteil in Kramnik,V (2799)-Leko,P (2730) Dortmund 2012 1/
2-1/2 (134)}) 9. Ba5 {Zwingt zu} dxc4 10. Qc2 (10. Bxb6 {taugt nichts:} cxb3
11. Bxd8 bxa2 12. Ba5 axb1=Q 13. Rfxb1 O-O) 10... Qd5 11. Bc3 (11. Bxb6 axb6
12. Ne5 Qxd4 13. Nxc6 Qc5 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. Nd2 b5 16. Rfd1 Ra6 17. b3 Rd6 18.
Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rhd8 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Qxh7 c3 22. Be4 Rd2 23. b4 Qe5 24. Re1
Rxa2 25. Rd1 Rxe2 26. Qg8 Rd2 27. Rc1 Bd7 28. Qh7 Qd4 29. Qh4+ f6 30. Qf4 Rd1+
31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 c2 {0-1 (32) Ippolito,D (2390)-Schlosser,P (2550)
Groningen 1997}) 11... Qf5 12. Qc1 O-O 13. a4 (13. Nh4 $6 Qb5) 13... Qh5 ({
Der Reflex} 13... a5 {führt zu Verwicklungen:} 14. Nh4 Qh5 15. Bf3 Ng4 16. h3
f5 17. hxg4 fxg4 18. Be4 (18. Bg2 $2 g5) 18... Bxh4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. Qe3 {
und Schwarz hat nicht genug für die Figur.}) 14. h3 Ne4 15. Be1 f5 16. e3 Bd7
(16... a5 $5) 17. a5 Nd5 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Nd2 Ng5 ({Interessant war} 19... c5 $5
20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bb5 $5) 20. h4 Nf7 21. Ndxc4 {Der Katalanische Bauer
ist nun bei guter Stellung zurückerobert.} Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bd6 23. Bf3 Qh6 {
Ein Feld hat die Dame noch.} 24. a6 $5 ({Gut war auch} 24. Bd2 Bxe5 25. dxe5
Qg6 26. Rd1) 24... Bxe5 ({In Betracht kam} 24... b6 25. Nxc6 Bh5 (25... Rc8 $2
26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Ne7+ $18) 26. Qd1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qg6 {und Schwarz spielt noch
mit.}) 25. axb7 Rb8 26. dxe5 Rxb7 27. Bd2 Qg6 28. Ra5 Qf7 29. Bc3 Qc7 30. Qd2 (
30. Rd1 $5 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Rxb2 32. Rd6 $16) 30... Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Rxb2 32. Rxa7
Qxa7 33. Qxb2 c5 34. Ra1 Qc7 35. Ra6 Bd7 36. Rb6 c4 37. Qd4 Rd8 38. Rd6 c3 39.
Bd1 Kf8 40. Bc2 Ke7 41. e4 ({Oder} 41. Qb4 Ke8 42. e4 Rb8 43. Qd4 $18) 41...
Rb8 (41... fxe4 42. Qb4 Ke8 43. Qxe4 $18) 42. exf5 exf5 43. Rd5 ({Stark war} 
43. h5 Z0 {mit der Idee} 44. Qh4+ Kf7 45. h6 $18) 43... Be6 44. Rc5 Qd7 45.
Qxc3 Rc8 46. Rxc8 Qxc8 47. Qxc8 Bxc8 48. Bb3 h6 49. Kf1 Bd7 50. Ke2 Bc8 51. Ke3
Bd7 52. Kf4 ({Die Gewinnführung nach} 52. Kf4 g6 {hätte man sich noch zeigen
lassen können.} 53. h5 $2 g5+ 54. Ke3 Be8 55. Bd1 Ke6 56. Kd4 g4 57. Bb3+ Ke7
{ist es nicht.}) 1-0

[Event "Teheran FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2016.02.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2016.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 f5 13. Be1 a5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 e5 16. f3 Rae8 17. Bf1 Qg5 18. d5 h5 19. b3 h4 20. a3 h3 21. g3 Qh5 22.
Be2 g5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 g4 25. f4 Qf7 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Qd4 b5
{[#]} 29. cxb5 $2 (29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. c5 $11) 29... Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Bxd5 {Dame
und König stehen nun in einer Gabel, was zu taktischen Schlägen einlädt und
Weiß in der Folge beschäftigt.} 31. Bc3 (31. Ra7 Bc4 $15) 31... Bf3 32. Bf1
Be4 33. Kf2 Qb3 34. Be2 Qc2 35. Qd2 Qxd2 36. Bxd2 Bf3 37. Bf1 (37. Bxf3 $2 Nxf3
38. Bc3 Nxh2 $19) 37... Bd5 38. Be2 Bf3 39. Bf1 Be4 40. Be2 Bd3 41. Bc3 Bxe2
42. Bxe5 Bxb5 43. Bd4 {Mit einem sicheren Mehrbauen kann Schwarz hier
risikolos auf Gewinn spielen.} Rc8 44. Ra5 Bd3 45. Ke1 Kf7 46. Kd2 Be4 47. Kc3
Ke6 48. Kc4 Bf3 49. Kc3 Be2 50. Kd2 Bf1 51. Kc3 c6 52. Ba7 Bb5 53. Kd4 Re8 54.
Ra2 Kd7 55. Kc3 Re4 56. Rc2 Re5 57. Bd4 Re8 58. Ba7 Ra8 59. Ra2 ({Besser war
noch} 59. Bd4 Ra3+ 60. Kb2 Rd3 {allerdings mit ungünstiger Position.}) 59...
c5 {Nun kommt der La7 ins Gedränge.} 60. Ra3 Rc8 61. Bb6 Kc6 62. Ba5 Re8 63.
Kd2 {[#]} f4 $1 {Der entscheidende Schlag.} 64. gxf4 (64. exf4 Re2+ 65. Kc3
Rxh2 $19) 64... g3 65. hxg3 Bf1 (65... h2 {gewann auch, z.B.:} 66. Ra1 cxb4 67.
Bxb4 Re4 68. Bc3 Ra4 69. Rh1 Ra2+ 70. Kc1 Rg2 $19) 66. Ke1 (66. Ra1 Bg2 $19)
66... h2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4
8. Rd1 O-O 9. e3 Bd7 10. Qc2 Be8 11. Bd3 (11. b4 a6 12. Bc1 f5 13. Be2 Bh5 14.
Bb2 f4 15. exf4 Rxf4 16. O-O Qf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Qd2
Ne4 21. Qe3 Nf6 22. Qd2 Rf8 23. Rde1 Ne4 24. Qe3 Qg6 25. Kh1 R8f5 26. h3 Qf7
27. Rg1 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Qh6+
Ke8 {0-1 (32) Nyback,T (2643)-Nisipeanu,L (2681) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) (11. Be2)
11... f5 12. cxd5 (12. Bc1 Bh5 13. Be2 a5 14. b3 Rf6 15. Ng1 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Rh6
17. Nf4 g5 {1/2-1/2 (17) Malakhatko,V (2549)-Bauer,C (2610) Cannes 2010}) 12...
exd5 {[#] Schwarz hat hier überhaupt keine Eröffnungsprobleme. Während
Weiß sich hier fragt, was er gegen Lh5 unternehmen soll.} 13. Ne5 $2 (13. O-O
Bh5 14. Be2 Rf6 $36) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bh5 15. Rc1 Qg5 16. Kf1 (16. O-O Bf3
17. g3 Qg4 18. Rfe1 c5 $19) 16... Nxd2+ 17. Qxd2 f4 18. exf4 Rxf4 19. g3 Rxf2+
20. Qxf2 Rf8 (20... Qxc1+ 21. Kg2 Qg5 $17) 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxf8 Qxc1+ 23.
Kg2 Qc2+ {[#]} 24. Kh3 $2 {Danach wird der weiße König in ein Mattnetz
gezogen.} ({Nötig war} 24. Kg1 d4 (24... Bg4 {scheint nicht zum Ziel zu
führen:} 25. Qf2 Qb1+ 26. Qf1 (26. Kg2 $2 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 Bh3 28. Qd2 d4 29. b4
Qf3 {mit undeckbarem Matt auf g2 oder f1.}) 26... Qxb2 27. Qd3+ Kh8 28. h3 Be6)
25. e6 d3 $17 {und der schwarze Freibauer ist der schnellere.}) 24... Qe4 25.
Rg1 Bg4+ 26. Kh4 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O dxc4 ({Mit der Hauptvariante} 8... c6 {findet man allein von Ulf Andersson
24 Partien in der Datenbank, davon 20 mit Remis.}) 9. Rc1 ({Oder} 9. Na3 {
Ein aktuelles Beispiel auf Topniveau:} e5 10. Nxc4 e4 11. Nfe5 Nb6 12. Ne3 a5
13. Rac1 c6 14. b3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Rc5 a4 17. b4 a3 18. Ra5 Qd6 19. Rc1
Nbd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc4 Qe7 22. e3 h5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nb6 Rd8 25. Nxd5
Nxd5 26. Rc5 h4 27. Bf1 g6 28. b5 cxb5 29. Rxb5 Qc7 30. Qa5 b6 31. Qxa3 Rd6 32.
Qb3 Nf6 33. Rb4 Kg7 34. Rc4 Rc6 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. gxh4 Ng4 37. h3 Nh6 38. Qb5
Qf6 39. Qe5 Nf5 40. Bg2 Nd6 41. a4 Qxe5 42. dxe5 Nc4 43. Bxe4 Nxe5 44. Kg2 Kh6
45. Kg3 f6 46. Bc2 Nc4 47. Bd3 Nd6 48. Kg4 Nf7 49. Be2 Nd6 50. Kf4 Nb7 51. h5
gxh5 52. Kf5 Nc5 53. Kxf6 Ne4+ 54. Kf5 Nxf2 55. h4 {1-0 (55) Kramnik,V (2800)
-Adams,M (2734) London 2011}) 9... Qe7 10. Rxc4 c6 11. b3 (11. Qf4 Re8 12. e4
e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nc3 Re7 17. Rd4 Be6 18. f4 Rd7
19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Rd1 g6 21. f5 gxf5 22. Bh3 Nf6 23. exf5 Bd5 24. Bg2 Rd8 25.
Bf3 Kf8 26. g4 Ke7 27. Kf2 Rg8 28. h3 Kd6 29. Kg3 Nh5+ 30. Kh4 Nf4 31. Be4 h6
32. Kg3 Nh5+ 33. Kf3 Nf6 34. Kf4 a5 35. Bf3 b5 36. h4 b4 37. Nxd5 Nxd5+ 38.
Bxd5 cxd5 39. g5 hxg5+ 40. hxg5 Re8 41. g6 f6 42. Kg4 Re4+ 43. Kh5 Re2 44. g7
Rg2 45. Kh6 Ke5 46. Kh7 {1-0 (46) Le Quang,L (2693)-Adams,M (2722) Istanbul
2012}) 11... Re8 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Qb2 f6 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Nd2 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5
17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Ne4 Nb6 19. Rd4 Be6 20. Rad1 Bd5 21. Nc3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rae8
23. e3 Kf7 24. a4 R8e7 25. b4 Na8 (25... a5 $5) 26. e4 {Die beiden schwarzen
Türme auf der e-Linie stehen sich gegenseitig im Weg herum.} g5 27. f4 gxf4
28. gxf4 Rh5 $2 {Hier kommt der Turm ins Gedränge. Auf h6 und h4 läuft er in
eine Gabel auf f5.} ({Nötig war} 28... R5e6) 29. Ne2 Rh4 30. Kg3 {Die falsche
Figur, aber der Zug verdirbt nichts.} Rh5 31. Kg2 Rh4 32. Ng3 {So ist es
richtig.} Rxf4 33. Nf5 Rxf5 (33... Rc7 34. Kg3 $18) 34. exf5 Nb6 35. Rh4 Kg7
36. Rg4+ Kf7 37. Rh4 Kg7 38. Rg1 $18 Nxa4 39. Kf3+ Kf8 40. Rhg4 Rf7 41. Rg8+
Ke7 42. Rd1 {Hält den König auf der e-Linie fest.} Nb6 ({Die Idee war} 42...
Z0 43. Rgd8 Z0 44. R1d7#) 43. Rb8 Nd7 44. Rxb7 Ke8 45. Kf4 Ne5 46. Rxf7 Kxf7
47. Ke4 ({Vermeidet} 47. Ra1 Nd3+) 1-0

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Qb6 {Diagramm [#] Selten gespielt, aber kein schlechter Zug.} 9. Qd3 Rd8
10. Nbd2 e5 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14. Qc2 h6 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Rd5 e4 $6 {Diagramm [#] Überlässt dem weißen Springer das Feld d4 und
verschlechtert die schwarze Stellung.} (16... Qc7 $1 $11) 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Rb5
Qc7 (18... Qd6 19. Rd1 a5 20. Nf5 Qc6 21. Rd6 Qc7 22. Nxh6+ Kh7 23. Nf5 Bxf5
24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Rxf5 $16 {war schwer zu berechnen.}) 19. Rxb4 Bd7 20. c5 Rac8
21. Rc1 a5 22. Rc4 b5 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Qb3 $6 {Gibt den Vorteil aus der Hand,
aber das war sehr schwer zu sehen.} (24. Qd2 $1 {Der Turm c1 bleibt durch die
Dame gedeckt.}) 24... Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 26. Bf1 Rec8 27. Kg2 {Diagramm [#]}
Re1 $2 {Der entscheidende Fehler.} (27... Be6 $1 28. Qa4 Ra1 29. Rd1 Rxa2 30.
Qb5 Rc2 {wäre für Weiß kaum zu gewinnen gewesen.}) 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qb7 Nb6
(29... Rcc1 30. Qxd7 Rxf1 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxe4+ g6 33. Qd5 {Auch hier
verliert Schwarz den a-Bauern.}) 30. Qxb6 Rcc1 31. Qxa5 {Diagramm [#] Diese
Schlussstellung hat ein Diagramm verdient.} (31. Qxa5 Rxf1 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33.
Qxe4+ g6 34. b4 {ist für eine versierte Großmeisterin leicht gewonnen: Der
eigene König steht vollkommen sicher und die beiden Freibauern laufen.}) 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 c5 4. Bxb4 cxb4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 a5 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. a3 Na6 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Nde4
Ne8 15. b3 Qb6 16. e3 d5 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. N5a4 Qc7 19. c5 Nf6 20. Re1 Nd7 {
Among all the subtleties discussed in the press conference it was this
position that provoked the strongest emotions. Georg Meier played} 21. Bf1 ({
but Anand described} 21. e4 $5 {as "very complicated" and "the only way we
could have got anything. I don't know if White's better, but it seemed like
the move to play." A possible line would be} dxe4 22. Nxe4 e5 23. Nd6 exd4 24.
Re7 {and suddenly both sides have chances. Vishy's less technical description
of the positions after 21.e4 was "a mess", but instead we got a tidy and
bloodless draw.}) 21... b6 22. cxb6 Nxb6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Na4 Bxa4 25. bxa4
Rac8 26. Qd2 Qd6 27. h4 g6 28. Bb5 h5 29. Red1 Qf8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kg1 Kg8 32.
Kg2 Kg7 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A positional game with equal chances, but in time trouble Elina overestimated
her chances.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Rd1 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Rac8
14. Rdc1 Bh5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Qd3 Qc5 17. Nh4 b5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20.
axb3 Rc7 21. Bh3 g5 22. Ra5 g4 23. Bf1 Rfc8 24. Rca1 bxc4 25. bxc4 Qd4 26. Qxd4
exd4 27. Rd1 Nxe4 28. Rxd4 Re8 29. Rb5 f5 30. Rxb4 Ng5 31. Rd1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 g5
33. Rb3 Rce7 34. h3 Re1 35. Rbd3 gxh3 36. Rxe1 Nxe1 37. Rd1 g4 38. c5 Nf3 $2 (
38... dxc5 {leads to a position with equal opportunities.}) 39. c6 Re7 40. Bd3
Nd4 41. Rc1 Nb3 42. c7 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 (6... d5 7. a3
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bg2 Bd7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Bb2 $14 {
Razuvaev,Y-Goldin,A/Asiago/1994/1|0/41/}) 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nxc3 (8... d6 9.
d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nb8 (10... Nd8 $5) 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nc2 O-O 14.
Bg2 Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 $14 {Benjamin,J-Adams,M/Amsterdam/1994/0,5/42/}) (8...
O-O $5 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bb4 f5 13. O-O Bd7 14. e3 $14 {
Kaidanov,G-Wahls,M/New York/1994/1|0/44/}) 9. Rxc3 a5 $5 {N/} (9... d6 $5) (
9... O-O $5) 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. d5 Nb4 $5 13. dxe6 (13. a3 Na6 14. dxe6
fxe6 15. Nd4 $14) 13... fxe6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 (15... Bd7 $5 16. Nxc6 (
16. Re3 $5 e5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 Qe8 $13) 16... Bxc6 17. Bxc6
bxc6 18. Qa4 Qe8 (18... c5 19. Rb3 Qe8 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. Rc1 Rab8 $10) 19. c5
d5 20. Re3 $14) 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qd2 (17. Qd5+ Be6 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qa7 Rxb2
20. Re1 Qf7 $36) 17... a4 18. c5 $1 Rd8 (18... dxc5 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Qxc5 Qxc5
21. Rxc5 $18) 19. cxd6 Rxd6 (19... cxd6 20. Bd5+ Be6 21. Rfc1 $16) 20. Qc2 (20.
Qe3 $5) 20... c6 21. Rc4 Be6 (21... Rd4 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qc4+ Qe6 24. Qxd4
Qxe2 25. Qd8+ Kf7 26. Rc1 $16) 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Rd2 24. Qa8+ Kf7 25. Be4
Bh3 (25... Rxe2 26. Bxh7 $16) (25... h6 26. Qa5 Qd6 27. Qb6 $16) 26. Re1 Qd7
27. Qa5 (27. Bxh7 Rd1 28. Qa5 (28. Qg8+ Kf6 29. Qf8+ Kg5 30. Qb4 Qd4 31. Qe7+
Kh6 $19) 28... g6 $19) 27... Kf6 28. Qb4 Rd4 (28... Rd1 29. Bc2 (29. Bd3 Qd5
30. Qf8+ (30. f3 $4 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Rf1+ 33. Ke3 exd4+ $19) 30...
Ke6 31. Qg8+ Kf6 32. Qf8+ $10) 29... Qd5 30. e4 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Qd4 32. Qb4 $1
$16) 29. Qf8+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. f3 Rd2 (31... Be6 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. Rc2 $16)
32. g4 (32. Kf2 Be6 (32... Rxb2 $4 33. g4 h5 34. Kg3 hxg4 35. fxg4 Rb3+ 36. e3
$18) 33. b4 Ra2 $10) 32... h5 33. gxh5 Rxb2 34. Kf2 Be6 35. Rc1 (35. Rb1 Rxb1
36. Bxb1 Kf6 37. Bg6 c5 $44) (35. Rc1 Kf6 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 $6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 (6... d6
$5) 7. Nxd4 d6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 $14 a6 10. Bb4 $5 Ne8 11. Qd2 Ra7 $1 12. O-O (
12. c5 $6 e5 $1 13. Nb3 Be6) 12... b6 13. Rfd1 Rc7 (13... Bb7 $2 14. e4 $16)
14. b3 Bb7 15. Bxb7 (15. e4 $5 $14) 15... Rxb7 16. a4 Qc8 $1 17. a5 (17. e4 Nd7
) 17... bxa5 18. Rxa5 e5 19. Nc2 Nc6 20. Ra4 (20. Rxa6 $4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4 Rxb4)
20... a5 $1 21. Bxa5 Rxb3 22. Bb4 $14 Nf6 $6 (22... Nxb4 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 24. Qxb4
f5 25. Ne3 $14) 23. Bxd6 Ne4 24. Qe1 $8 Rd8 25. c5 Nc3 26. Na1 $1 Nxa4 27. Nxb3
Qe6 28. Rb1 h5 29. e3 $1 Ra8 $1 30. h4 Ra7 $6 (30... Qf5 $1) 31. Qc1 Qf5 32.
Nd2 Qd3 $6 (32... g5 $16) 33. Rb3 Qe2 34. Ne4 f6 35. Qb1 $18 Qc4 36. Rb8+ Kf7 (
36... Nxb8 37. Qxb8+ Kh7 38. Qxa7 Qxe4 39. Bf8 Qg4 40. c6 $18) 37. Ng5+ $1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch18 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 (7.
Qxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+) 7... d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. O-O a5 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f4
Na6 (12... exf4 13. gxf4 Ng4 {(/\ ...Ne3, ...f5, ...Qf6)} 14. Qe2 $1 f5 (14...
Qf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. h3) 15. h3 {/\ 16.e5}) 13. f5 Nd7 14. Qh5 (14. g4 {/\ Nf3,
h2-h4, g4-g5}) 14... Nac5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Qh3 (16. Qh4 $2 Nxd5) 16... h6 17. Rc1
(17. Qg3 $142) 17... Nh7 $1 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Qg3 g5 (19... c6 {/\ ...b5}) 20.
Nb3 b6 $2 21. Qe3 f6 (21... Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Rfb8 {/\ ...a4, ...c5}) 22. Bf1 Kg7
23. Nf3 Rfc8 24. Rcc2 Ba4 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Rcd2 Be8 27. h4 Bf7 28. Rh2 Rh8 29.
Rh3 {|^<->} gxh4 30. Rxh4 Ng5 31. Rdh2 Nxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Rh7 33. Be2 Rah8 34. R4h3
Be8 35. Qe3 Qd6 36. Bd1 Qf8 37. Qd2 Qd6 38. Kf1 Bd7 39. Ke1 Be8 40. Bc2 Bd7 41.
Qd1 Kf8 42. Qd2 Qe7 $1 43. Bd1 (43. Rxh6 Rxh6 44. Rxh6 Rxh6 45. Qxh6+ Qg7 46.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 $10) (43. d6 Qxd6 44. Rd3 Qe7) 43... Be8 44. Be2 Kg8 45. Rf2 Kf8 46.
Rfh2 Kg8 47. Rg2 Kf8 48. Kd1 Qd6 49. Kc1 Kg8 50. Bd1 Kf8 51. Rgh2 Kg8 52. Bc2
Bd7 53. Qd1 Kf8 54. Kb1 Be8 55. a3 Bd7 56. Ka2 Be8 57. Bb3 Bd7 58. Rh4 Be8 59.
R4h3 Bd7 60. Qc2 Be8 61. Ba4 Bxa4 62. Qxa4 Ke7 63. Kb3 Qd7 (63... Kf8 64. Qc6
$1 Qxc6 (64... Kg7 65. Qxd6 cxd6 66. Ka4) 65. dxc6 Ke7 $1 66. Rd3 Rd8 67. Rxd8
Kxd8 68. Ka4 {/\ b2-b4,c4-c5 +-}) 64. Rh4 Qxa4+ 65. Kxa4 Kd7 66. Kb5 Kd6 67. b3
Kd7 68. R4h3 Rg7 (68... Kd6 69. Rh1 Kd7 70. b4 axb4 71. axb4 cxb4 72. Kxb4 c6
$1 (72... Kd6 73. Kb5 Kd7 74. c5 bxc5 75. Kxc5 Ke7 76. Kc6) 73. Ra3 $1 Kd6 74.
Ra6 Rb8 75. Rh2) 69. Rxh6 Rxh6 70. Rxh6 Rxg4 {[#]} 71. Rh7+ (71. Rxf6 Rxe4 72.
Rf7+ Kd6 73. a4 $1 $18) 71... Kd6 72. Ka6 Rxe4 (72... a4 $3 73. bxa4 Rxe4 74.
Kb7 Rxc4 75. Rxc7 Kxd5) 73. Kb7 Re3 74. Rf7 a4 75. Rxf6+ Kd7 76. bxa4 e4 77.
Rf7+ Kd8 78. Rxc7 Rf3 79. d6 Rxf5 80. Re7 e3 81. Kc6 {[Lipnitsky]} 1-0

[Event "Helsinki Poutiainen Memorial"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1983.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Tiller, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1983.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg5 Bg4 9. Bg2 Rd8 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e3 Rfe8
15. a3 Bf8 16. Nd2 Qe6 17. Kh2 Ne7 $2 {[#]} 18. Nb5 $16 c6 19. Nc7 Qd7 20. Nxe8
Rxe8 21. Qa4 Nc8 22. Rfe1 Rd8 23. Rcd1 h5 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 h4 26. d5 cxd5
27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Ng5 hxg3+ 29. fxg3 Be7 30. Bxd5 Bxg5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Rxc8
Re7 33. Rf8 Re2+ 34. Kh1 f6 35. h4 Bh6 36. h5 Be3 37. Re8 Bg4 38. Rf1 Bxh5 39.
Be4+ Bg6 40. Rf3 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Bxe4 43. Rxe4 Bb6 44. Re7 Rb1 45. b4
Ra1 46. Rxb7 f5 47. Rf7 Kg6 48. R7xf5 Rxa3 49. Rxa3 Kxf5 50. Rd3 Ke4 51. Rd7
Bd4 52. Kh3 Kd3 53. Kg4 Kc4 54. Kf5 Bf2 55. g4 Kxb4 56. Rxg7 a5 57. g5 Bd4 58.
Rb7+ Kc4 59. Ke4 Bh8 60. Ra7 Kb4 61. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.07"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne4 {
>=} (7... Nbd7 {Capablanca-Marshall, New York 1927}) 8. O-O f5 9. Rc1 c6 10.
Qc2 Nd7 11. b4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4 13. Rxc4 e5 $1 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rd4 (15.
Qxd8 Nxf3+) 15... Qe7 16. a4 Nf7 17. Re1 $1 $14 a5 {[/\ 18.bxa5 Qc7]} 18. b5
cxb5 19. axb5 a4 $2 {>= e.g.} (19... Rd8) 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4 Rd8 22. Nd4 a3
23. Ra1 Ng5 24. e3 Ne6 25. Nc2 Rd2 26. Rxa3 Rb8 27. Ne1 Rd1 28. Kf1 Bd7 29. Rd3
Rxd3 30. Nxd3 Nc7 31. b6 Na6 32. Rd4 Bb5 33. Ke1 g6 34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Ne5 Ke7
36. Bc4 $2 Bxc4 $132 37. Rxc4 Rd8 38. Rc2 Rd5 39. Nc4 Nb4 $1 40. Rc3 Rc5 41.
Kd2 Na2 $2 (41... Rd5+ 42. Ke2 Rc5 $10) 42. Rc2 Nb4 43. Rc1 Na2 44. Ra1 Rxc4
45. Rxa2 Rb4 46. Rc2 Rxb6 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rxh7 Rb2+ 49. Ke1 g5 $1 50. h4 gxh4
51. Rxh4 Ke5 52. Rd4 (52. g4 f4 $1 $10 (52... Rb4 $2 53. f3 $1) (52... Ke4 $2
53. gxf5+)) 52... b5 53. Rd2 (53. g4 fxg4 54. Rxg4 b4 $10) 53... Rb3 54. Kd1
Rb4 55. Ke2 Ke4 56. Rc2 Rb3 57. Ra2 Rb1 58. Rd2 Rb4 59. f3+ Ke5 60. Kf2 Rb1 61.
f4+ Ke6 (61... Ke4 $4 62. Rd4#) 62. Kf3 Rf1+ $1 63. Ke2 (63. Rf2 Rxf2+ $1 64.
Kxf2 Kd5 $10) 63... Rg1 64. Rd4 Rxg3 65. Rb4 Rg8 66. Rxb5 Rd8 67. Kf3 Rd6 68.
Kg3 Kf6 69. Kh4 Kg6 70. Rb2 Re6 71. Rg2+ Kf6 72. Rg3 Re8 73. Kh3 Rh8+ 74. Kg2
Ra8 75. Rh3 Kg6 76. Kf3 Rb8 77. Rh1 Rd8 78. Ke2 Rd6 79. Rd1 Rxd1 $4 80. Kxd1
Kf6 81. Kc2 Ke6 82. Kc3 $1 (82. Kd3 $2 Kd5 $10) 82... Kd5 83. Kd3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qb3 (9. a3) 9... Qa5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. h3 Rc7 13. Rd1 b6
14. axb4 (14. axb4 Qxb4 $1 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Nc3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. a3 (5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O
exd4 8. Nb3 a5 9. Nfxd4 a4 10. Nc2 axb3 11. Nxb4 c5 12. Nd3 bxa2 13. Bf4 Qb6
14. Qc2 O-O 15. b3 Re8 16. Nc1 Ne5 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Rxa2 h6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20.
Qd2 Ra6 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qe3 Bf5 23. Qxe5 Bc2 24. Rf1 Ra8 25. Qc3 Be4 26. f3
Bc6 27. Rd1 Nd7 28. Rd2 Nf8 29. Bh3 Re8 30. e4 Qc7 31. Nd3 Bd7 32. Bxd7 Nxd7
33. Nf4 Ne5 34. Nd5 Qd8 35. Kg2 Nc6 36. Ne3 Qc7 37. Nf5 f6 38. Rd5 b6 39. Qd2
Ne5 40. f4 Ng6 41. Rd7 {1-0 Nepomnishay,M-Savon,V/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996/
CBM 52}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 (6. Bxd2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. Bg5 e5 9. e3 a5 10. Be2
a4 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 Nf8 15. d5 Ng6 16. Bg3 c6 17.
Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 c5 19. Bh5 Qg5 20. Bxg6 f5 21. Qb1 Qxg6 22. b4 axb3 23. Qxb3
Qf7 24. f4 e4 25. a4 Qc7 26. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Cherepkov,A-Taimanov,M/Leningrad
White Knights 1984/MCL 04}) 6... Nbd7 $146 (6... a5 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Qe7 9.
e3 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. h3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bh2 h5 15. Bd3 Ndf6 16.
O-O-O O-O-O 17. Ng1 g4 18. f3 gxf3 19. gxf3 Ng5 20. e4 h4 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4
Nd7 23. f4 Nh7 24. Nf3 f5 25. Rhe1 Nhf6 26. d5 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Qg7
29. Rxe6 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qa3 31. Qc3 Qa2+ 32. Qc2 Qa3 33. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Michaelsen,
N-Schmittdiel,E/FRG-ch 1989/CBM 15}) 7. e3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 e4 10. Nd4 Ne5
11. Bb2 O-O 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Qc3 Re8 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. f3 exf3 16. gxf3 Bd7 17.
Nb5 Bc6 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Kf2 Re7 21. Nc3 Rae8 22. e4 Kf8 23. h4
Bd7 24. Rd4 c6 25. Rhd1 Bc8 26. c5 Nh5 27. Bc4 f5 28. Rd8 Nf6 29. exf5 Bxf5 30.
Ne2 Be6 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. Nd4 Re5 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Nb3 Re6 35. Na5 b6 36.
cxb6 axb6 37. Nc4 Nd5 38. Rd4 b5 39. Na5 Kd7 40. Nb3 Kd6 41. Rd2 Rh6 42. Kg3
Rg6+ 43. Kf2 Rf6 44. Kg3 Rh6 45. Rd1 Re6 46. Kf2 Rf6 47. Kg3 Rg6+ 48. Kf2 Rh6
49. Kg3 Rg6+ 50. Kf2 Rf6 51. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York exh"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 O-O 11. Rad1 g6 12. Rfe1 {Alekhin} (12. Ne4 $2 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd4 $17) 12... Rac8 13. Ne4 Rfd8 14. d5 $6
{/\ e4-e5} (14. Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e4 $11) 14... exd5 15. cxd5
Nxe4 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. Bc4 Ndb4 17. Qc3 $1 Qxe4 18. Bxf7+ Kf8 19. axb4) 16.
Bxe4 Na5 17. Nd2 c4 $1 18. Bf3 Qe5 19. Ne4 d6 20. Rd4 b5 21. Nd2 Ba6 22. Re4
Qg7 23. Re7 Nb7 $1 24. Ne4 {Alekhin} (24. Bg4 Rc5 $1 (24... c3 $2 25. Bxc8 cxd2
26. Rd1) 25. e4 Qf6 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Qe7 28. Bc6 Na5 $17) 24... Kf8 25.
Rxb7 Bxb7 26. Rd1 a5 $2 {/\ Qe5, h6, f5} (26... a6 $5 $18) 27. Bg4 $1 Rc7 (
27... Ra8 28. a4) (27... f5 28. Ng5) 28. Qd2 $1 h6 29. Bf3 Rcc8 30. h4 $1 (30.
Qxa5 Qxb2 $1) 30... Qe5 31. h5 gxh5 32. Ng3 c3 33. bxc3 Qxc3 34. Qe2 b4 35.
axb4 axb4 36. Be4 $1 Qe5 $1 37. f4 Qf6 38. Nxh5 Qh4 $1 (38... Qe7 39. Qg4 $1 (
39. Qb2 $2 Rc3) 39... Qxe4 40. Qg7+ Ke7 41. Qf6+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kd7 43. Nf6+) 39.
g3 Qh3 $1 40. Bf3 $1 Rc3 $1 41. Qd2 $1 (41. Bg4 $2 Rxe3 42. Qxe3 Qxg4 43. Re1
Qxh5 44. Qe7+ Kg7 45. Qxd8 Qxd5 $19) 41... Re8 $1 42. Qd4 Rc2 43. Rd2 Rxd2 44.
Qxd2 Ba6 45. Qe1 (45. Qxb4 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ $1 (46... Qxf3 $2 47. Qxd6+ Kg8
48. Nf6+ Kh8 49. Qxa6 $11) 47. Kh3 (47. Bg2 Bf1 48. Qxd6+ Kg8 49. Nf6+ Kh8 $19)
47... Bc8+ 48. Bg4 Bxg4+ 49. Kxg4 Qe2+ 50. Kh4 Qh2+ 51. Kg4 f5+ $1 $19) 45...
b3 46. Bd1 b2 47. Qb4 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Bc8+ 50. f5 Bxf5+ 51. Bg4 Bxg4+
52. Kxg4 Qe2+ 53. Kh4 Qh2+ 54. Kg4 f5+ 0-1

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. g3 c5 7. dxc5 a5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 O-O 12. b3 Nc6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. O-O Bg4
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Bh5 (16... Rxe5 17. Bxe5 Qe8 18. Bxf6 Bxe2 19. Qd2 Bxf1
20. Qg5 $18) 17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. Nd4 Rab8 19. Bf3 Bg6 20. e3 Ne4 21. Bg2 Bc5 22.
a4 Bb4 23. Nb5 Qf8 24. Qd4 Nd2 25. Qxd5 Rbd8 26. Qg5 Nxf1 27. Bxf1 Re4 28. Nd4
Rc8 29. Qb5 h6 30. Bg2 Ree8 31. Bb7 Rc5 32. Qa6 Rd8 33. Bg2 Qe8 34. Qa7 Be4 35.
Bxe4 Qxe4 36. Qb6 Rdc8 37. Rf1 Qd5 38. Qa6 Bc3 39. Bxc3 Rxc3 40. Nb5 Rc1 41.
Nd4 Qe4 42. Qxa5 Qb1 43. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Nf3 Rc8 46. Qb5 g5 47. h3
Rc6 48. Qb7 f5 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qa7+ Kg8 51. Qd4 Qe6 52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. Nd4 Qe4+
54. f3 Rc2+ 55. Nxc2 Qxc2+ 56. Kf1 Qxb3 57. Qd7+ Kg6 58. Qc6+ Kh7 59. Ke2 h5
60. Kd2 g4 61. fxg4 hxg4 62. hxg4 Qb4+ 63. Qc3 Qxg4 64. Qc7+ Kg6 65. Qd6+ Kf7
66. Qf4 Qh3 67. e4 Qg2+ 68. Kc3 Qa2 69. Qxf5+ Kg7 70. Qe5+ Kh7 71. Kb4 Qb1+ 72.
Ka5 Qb7 73. g4 Qa7+ 74. Kb5 Qb7+ 75. Kc4 Qc6+ 76. Kb3 Qb6+ 77. Kc2 Qc6+ 78. Kb3
Qb6+ 79. Ka2 Qf2+ 80. Qb2 Qc5 81. Qe2 Qc6 82. Qh2+ Kg8 83. Qb8+ Kh7 84. Qa7+
Kh6 85. Qe3+ Kh7 86. Qd4 Kh6 87. a5 Qe6+ 88. Ka3 Kh7 89. Qd5 Qe7+ 90. Kb3 Qc7
91. e5 Qb8+ 92. Kc4 Qc8+ 93. Kb5 Qxg4 94. a6 Qe2+ 95. Kb6 Qb2+ 96. Kc6 Qb8 97.
Qd7+ Kh8 98. a7 Qf8 99. Qh3+ Kg8 100. Qg4+ Kh7 101. Qh4+ Kg8 102. Qg5+ Kh7 103.
Qf6 Qa8+ 104. Kb6 Qd5 105. Qe7+ Kg8 106. Qe8+ Kh7 107. a8=Q Qd4+ 108. Kc7 Qc5+
109. Qac6 Qa5+ 110. Kc8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 d6 8.
Be2 Qc7 $5 (8... Nbd7) 9. O-O e5 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nh4 Nxe5 13. f4
Nec6 14. e5 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Bd3 Nbc6 17. Ne4 c4 18. Bb1 Bg4 19. Nd6 Be2 $2
(19... Rxd6 $142 $1 20. exd6 Qxd6 $44 {Barlov,D}) 20. Rf2 Bd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22.
Qe4 Ne6 23. Nhf5 Nc5 24. Qe3 b6 25. Qg3 f6 26. Re1 Rd7 27. e6 Rxd6 28. e7 g6
29. e8=Q+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Nxd6+ Qxd6 32. Re1 Nd4 33. Qe3 Qd7 34. Rd1 Nf5
35. Qh3 h5 36. Qf3 a5 37. Rfd2 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Kg7 39. b3 h4 40. Re1 Qc3 41. Red1
Nd4 42. Qf1 Ne2 43. Rxe2 dxe2 44. Qxe2 h3 45. Kg1 hxg2 46. Kxg2 Kh6 47. Rd8 Qc1
48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rh4 Qb1 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ Kg7
54. Qh8+ Kf7 55. Rh7+ Ke6 56. Qc8+ Kd5 57. Qd8+ Kc6 58. Rc7+ Kb5 59. Qe8+ Ka6
60. Qe2+ Qd3 61. Qxd3+ Nxd3 62. f5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Re8 $5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. e4 e5 11. a3 Na6 12. h3 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. Qd3 Nd7 16. Nh4 $6 (16. Rad1 $142 $5) 16... g6 17. Rad1 bxa3 18. bxa3 exd4
19. Qxd4 Nac5 20. Re3 Qf6 21. Nhf3 Ne5 $13 22. Nh2 Re6 23. Rde1 Ng4 24. Qxf6
Nxf6 25. f3 Rce8 26. Nhf1 Nfd7 27. h4 Ba6 28. Bh3 R6e7 29. Rc3 f5 30. Ree3 fxe4
31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Rc8 34. Ne3 Bb7 35. Rf4 b5 36. Rd3 bxc4
37. Nxc4 d5 38. Nxa5 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40. Kh3 Ba6 41. Rd1 Ra7 42. Nb3 Bc8+ 43.
g4 Rxa3 44. Nd4 Rc4 45. Kg3 Raa4 46. Ne2 Be6 47. Rb1 Ra7 48. Nd4 Bc8 49. Rb8
Rf7 50. Ne6 Rfxf4 51. Nxf4 d4 52. Ra8 Rc6 53. g5 Kf8 54. Ra7 Bf5 55. Rxh7 Rd6
56. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1982.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Kasparov"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Na3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Rac1 Nc6 12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 $16 Nd5 15. Rfd1 Nb6 16. Qa5 $1 g6 (16... f6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 {+-})
17. Rd3 $1 Nd5 (17... Rd8 18. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 19. Rxd8+ Qf8 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rc7
$18) 18. e4 Nb6 $8 {/\ 19.... f6 20.Nc4 Nc4 21.Rc4 b6 22.Qc3 Ba6} (18... Qb4 $2
19. Rxd5) 19. Bf1 $1 Re8 (19... f6 {>=} 20. Nc4 Bd7 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qxb6 Bc6
23. a3 {+/-/+-}) 20. Rdd1 $1 Rf8 (20... f6 21. Nc4 Bd7 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Qxb6
Bc6 24. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 $18) 21. a3 $1 Kg7 22. b3 {/\ a4-a5 +-} Kg8 23. a4
Rd8 24. Qc5 $1 (24. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 (24... Qe8 25. Ng4 $1) 25. Rxd8+ Qf8 26. Rxf8+
Kxf8 27. Rc7) 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Correa, Aron Antunes"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 d6 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Be4
b6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. O-O c5 17. f4 Ba6 18. Nb3 Nc6 19. a4 Ke7 20. a5 cxd4 21.
cxd4 bxa5 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Bxd3 24. exd3 a4 25. dxc6 axb3 26. Ra1 Rhc8 27.
Rxa7+ Ke6 28. c7 Rb5 29. Rb1 Kd7 30. Ra3 b2 31. Ra2 Rb3 32. Rbxb2 Rxd3 33. Rc2
Rb3 34. Ra6 Rb5 35. Rcc6 d5 36. Rd6+ Kxc7 37. Rdc6+ Kb7 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39. Ra8+
Kd7 40. Rg8 g6 41. Rg7 Ke6 42. Rxh7 Rb2 43. Kf1 d4 44. g4 f5 45. h3 d3 46. Ke1
Re2+ 47. Kd1 Rf2 48. Rg7 Kf6 49. Rd7 fxg4 50. hxg4 Rxf4 51. Rxd3 Kg5 52. Rd6
Rxg4 53. Ke2 $1 $10 (53. Ke1 $1 $10) (53. Kd2 $2 Re4 $19) 53... Rf4 54. Ke3 Rf1
55. Ke2 $1 $8 Rf8 56. Rd1 Rf4 57. Ke3 Kf5 58. Rg1 g5 59. Ke2 $4 (59. Rg2 $10) (
59. Rh1 $10) (59. Rd1 $10) (59. Rc1 $10) (59. Rb1 $10) (59. Ra1 $10) 59... g4
$1 $8 60. Rh1 g3 61. Rh8 Kg4 62. Ke3 Rf7 63. Ke2 g2 64. Rg8+ Kh3 $1 65. Rh8+
Kg3 66. Rg8+ Kh2 67. Rh8+ Kg1 (67... Kg1 68. Rh6 Rf5 69. Rh8 Re5+ {
"Brückenbau" oder "Sperre"} 70. Kd2 Kf2 71. Rf8+ Kg3 72. Rg8+ Kh3 73. Rh8+ Kg4
74. Rg8+ Rg5 {Die Verteidigungssperre vor den Schachs ist errichtet.}) 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 (7. e5
Nfd7 8. cxd5 exd5 {-> Ruban,V-Ulibin,M/URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/1/2-1/2/45/ CBM 12})
7... dxe4 {7...c5 -> Dreev,A-Oll,L/URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/1/2-1/2/23/ CBM 12} 8.
Nxe4 Nc6 (8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 b6 (11... c5 $6 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. O-O $14 {/\ 15.Rad1}) 12. Be3 Bb7 13. O-O-O (13. Ne5 $6 c5
$1 (13... Bxg2 $2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Bh6 Qxd4 16. Bxg7 Qxe5+ 17. Kf1 $18) 14.
O-O-O cxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. f4 Rfd8 $132) 13... Qc8 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 g6 15.
Be4 $1 $14) 14. Rhe1 c5 (14... Bxf3 $1) (14... Re8 $2 15. Ne5 c5 16. g4 cxd4
17. Bxd4 h6 18. h4 Rd8 19. g5 $1 Rxd4 20. gxf6 Rxd3 21. fxe7 $1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1
Qe8 23. Rd7 Bc6 24. Rc7 Qb8 25. Rxc6 Qxe5 26. Qd3 {1-0; Gurevich,M-Horvath,J/
Budapest/1987/}) 15. Ne5 (15. d5 $5 exd5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bf5 Qd8 18. cxd5 $14)
15... cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rd8 17. Bc3 Bxg2 $6 {>= 17...g6} 18. Re3 $1 {N} (18. Rg1 $2
Qb7 19. f3 Bxf3 20. Rdf1 Rxd3 $1 $17 {Gelfand,B-Dimitrov/WchJ Adelaide/1988/})
18... Qb7 19. Rg1 Bf8 $2 (19... g6 $2 20. Nxg6 $1) (19... Rxd3 $5 $44) 20. Rg3
Be4 21. Ng4 $1 Bg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Bxf6 Rdc8 (23... gxf6 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25.
Rh3+ Kg7 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Rh7+ $18) 24. Kb1 b5 25. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 26. Rxg6+
fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Bg7 28. Bxg7 Qf7 29. Qxh6 Qf5+ 30. Ka1 Kf7 31. Bc3 Rf8 32. Rg5
Qe4 33. Rg7+ Ke8 34. Qh5+ Kd8 35. Ba5+ {1-0; Gelfand,B-Delchev,A/EU-chJ Arnhem/
1988/}) 9. Bd3 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. O-O Bxd4 14. Bxf5 Rxf5
15. Bxd4 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Nxh2 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg2 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qh5+ 20. Kg2
Qg5+ 21. Kh1 e5 22. Be3 Qh5+ 23. Kg1 Bf5 24. Qe2 Qg6+ 25. Kh2 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Re8
27. f4 Qg6+ 28. Kh2 exf4 29. Rg1 Qf6 30. Qh5 fxe3 31. Qxe8+ Kh7 32. Qxe3 Ne5
33. Rg3 Nxc4 34. Qf4 Nd6 35. Kg1 g5 36. Qd4 Qe6 37. Re3 Qf7 38. Nd5 Kg6 39. Re7
Qf8 40. Rxc7 Be6 41. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1987.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Ne4 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Rc1 f5 (10... e5) 11. c5 $5 (11. b4 Ndf6 $13) 11... Ndf6
(11... dxc5 12. dxc5 Ndxc5 13. Bf4 $44 (13. Bb4 $44)) 12. Ng5 $1 (12. b4 Nd5)
12... Nxd2 (12... Bd7 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Rc7) 13. Qxd2 e5 (13... h6 $5 14. Nf3
e5) 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bd5+ $5 Kh8 17. Bb3 h6 18. Nf3 e4 19. Nd4 (
19. Nh4 $5 Kh7 20. Rfd1) 19... Qd6 $8 (19... Qe5 20. Qb4) 20. Rfd1 (20. Qb4 $5
Qxb4 21. axb4 Bd7 22. Rc7 Rfc8 $5 23. Rxb7 Rcb8 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Nc2 a5 26.
Ra1 axb4 27. Nd4 $14) 20... Bd7 21. Ne6 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Rac8 $1 23. Nxf8 (23.
Rcd1 Bxe6 24. Bxe6 Rc5) 23... Rxc1+ 24. Kg2 Bc6 25. e3 (25. Ng6+ $10) (25. Rd8
g5) 25... g5 26. h3 $1 Kg7 27. Ne6+ Kg6 28. Nd8 f4 29. Bf7+ (29. gxf4 gxf4 30.
Nxc6 $14) 29... Kg7 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Be6 f3+ (31... Kg6 $5) (31... Be8 $5) 32.
Kg3 Bb5 33. Bf5 Bd3 34. Nxb7 Nd5 35. Nd6 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 $2 (36. Kh4 Nf6 $44)
36... Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Nf6 38. b4 Nh5 $1 39. Bxe4 $2 (39. Nxe4 Bxe4 40. Bxe4 (40.
Rd7+ Kf6 41. Bxe4 Rxf2 $19) 40... Ng3+ 41. fxg3 Rxd2 42. Bxf3 Ra2 $15) 39...
Ng3+ 40. fxg3 Rxd2 41. Bxf3 Ra2 $17 42. Bc6 Rxa3 43. Kg2 Rc3 44. Bd5 $8 (44. b5
a5 $19) 44... Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rb2 46. e4 Rxb4 47. Ke3 Bf1 48. Nf5+ Kf6 (48... Kh7
$6) 49. Nxh6 Bxh3 50. Ng8+ Ke5 51. Ne7 Bd7 52. g4 Kd6 53. Nf5+ Ke5 (53... Bxf5
$19) 54. Kd3 (54. Nh6 $5) 54... Bxf5 55. gxf5 a5 56. Bc6 (56. Kc3 Rb6 57. Bb3
Kxe4 58. Bc2+ Ke5 59. Kc4 Rc6+ 60. Kb3 a4+ $19) 56... a4 57. Bd5 (57. Kc3 a3)
57... a3 58. Kc2 (58. Kc3 Rb2) 58... Rb2+ 59. Kc1 Kd4 60. f6 Kc3 61. e5 a2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Wilder, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1988.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 $5 {4...Qe7} 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7.
O-O e5 8. Bg5 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Rd1 Ng6 13. Bd2 Re8
14. Nc3 Qe7 15. a3 $6 (15. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bc5 17. Bc3 $16) 15... Bc5 16.
Nb3 $6 Bb6 17. Na4 $2 Ba7 18. c5 $2 {>= 18.Nc3(!)} Bd7 19. Nxa5 $1 Qxe2 20. Nc3
Qh5 21. Nxb7 Ng4 22. h3 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Bxc5+ 24. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kf1 Bb5+ 26.
Nxb5 Qxc2 27. Bxa8 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1987.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 Nb4 9. Qa4 a5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. c5 d5 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. O-O a4 18. Qb5 Na7 19. Qd3 d5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4
(21. Nxc4 b5 22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Rfc1 Qe7 $14) 21... Qxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 23. Ne5 f6
24. Nd3 Rd6 25. e3 e5 26. d5 Bg4 27. Nb4 (27. f3 e4 $1 28. fxg4 exd3 $13) 27...
Be2 28. Rfc1 Bc4 29. e4 Rc8 (29... f5 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. Bf1 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 $16)
30. Rc2 Kf8 31. Rbc1 Ke7 32. Bh3 Rc7 33. Bf1 Rb6 34. f3 (34. Bxc4 bxc4 35. Rxc4
Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Kd6) 34... Kd6 35. Kf2 g6 36. Ke3 Rbb7 (36... Rcb7) 37. Bxc4 bxc4
38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxc4 Rb6 40. Nd3 Nb5 41. Rxa4 Nc3 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 6. g3 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:02:59]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 9. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} b6 {
[%emt 0:06:24]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} a5 {[%emt 0:09:25]} 11. b5 {[%emt 0:22:
50]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 12. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13.
Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:12:50]} 14. Nbd2 $146 {[%emt 0:03:08]} (14.
Rc7 Rab8 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Ne8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8
20. Nd2 Bb7 21. f4 Nd6 22. Ndb1 Kf8 23. Nc3 Ke7 24. Kf2 Nf6 25. h3 Nfe8 26. e3
Nc7 27. g4 Bc8 28. Bf1 Bd7 29. Bd3 f5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. h4 g6 32. Kg2 Ke6 33.
Kf1 Be8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Ke1 Ke6 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Ke1 Ke6 {1/2-1/2 (37) Atalik,S
(2592)-Shanava,K (2519) Kocaeli 2008}) 14... Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 15. e3 {
[%emt 0:05:16]} h6 {[%emt 0:11:46]} 16. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:04:43]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:
01:01]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Rc3 {[%emt 0:11:58]}
Ne4 {[%emt 0:10:28]} 19. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:10:57]} Qxc8 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 20. Nb1 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:10:21]} 21. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:08:46]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:
00:46]} 22. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:05:39]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 23. Nb1 {[%emt 0:04:16]}
h5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 24. Bf1 {[%emt 0:04:56][%csl Gc6] The players kept trying
in an equal position that resulted from a Bogo-Indian. Bacrot had a minimal
edge in space because of his more advanced queenside pawns but by no means did
this grant him anything tangible. After trying to outplay Wang Hao somehow the
players agreed to a draw in move 40 after basically exhausting their resources.
} h4 {[%emt 0:14:48]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:12:11]} 26. hxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:46]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:
36]} 28. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 29. a4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} e5 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} 30. Kg1 {[%emt 0:03:47]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 31. Be2 {[%emt 0:
02:43]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 32. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33.
Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} exf3 {[%emt 0:
02:01]} 35. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 36. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:10]}
Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 37. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 38. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 39. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb4+
{[%emt 0:01:29]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
01:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:15]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} (7...
O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14.
Bd2 Nhf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Ne8 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. b3
f5 21. Be1 Nb8 22. e3 Nc6 23. f3 Qd7 24. Nc3 Rc7 25. Rac1 Rfc8 26. Bf1 Ne8 27.
Nb5 Nb4 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Rc1 Ne8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. a3 Be7 33.
Nxa7 Qc1 34. Nb5 g5 35. b4 g4 36. fxg4 fxg4 37. Qc3 {Giri,A (2734)-So,W (2719)
Wijk aan Zee 2014 1/2-1/2}) 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:11:37]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 9. a4 {
[%emt 0:03:37]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:06:32]} a6 {[%emt 0:06:
14]} 11. e4 $13 {[%emt 0:04:18][%csl Gd4,Ge4] The Catalan-like sacrifices on
c4 come with risks for both sides, always. White's strong pawn center is many
times overwhelmed by black's massive queen-side pawn structure. In this case
both sides held their advantages closely, but at some point Muzychuk lost her
way in the tactical complications and Kosteniuk capitalized fully on her
opponent's mistakes.} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:09:03]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:11:26]} b4 $146 {
[%emt 0:10:13]} (12... O-O 13. Rad1 {Shabalov,A (2570)-Gerzhoy,L (2469)
Bahamas op Nassau 2012 (5) 1/2}) 13. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:37]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
14. d5 {[%emt 0:10:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 15. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:04:57]} 16. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 17. Rfe1 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} Be4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 18. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 19. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:12]} 20. a5 {[%emt 0:12:07]} Nbd5
{[%emt 0:01:13]} 21. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 22. Qc4 {
[%emt 0:09:11]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 23. Nc1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:15:
34]} 24. axb6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 27. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:07:53]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:
03:05]} 29. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 30. Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:24]}
Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 31. Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Red8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
c5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. e3 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:54]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:50]
} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (8... Nc6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. d5 Ne7
11. a3 bxa3 12. Rxa3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 a5 15. Ne1 Bg6 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Bxg6
hxg6 18. Nd3 Qc7 19. Qa4 Ra6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. b4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Rxa3 23. Qxa3 f5
24. Qb4 b6 25. Ra1 g5 26. Qb5 e4 27. Nb4 Ne5 28. Ra6 Rb8 29. Ra2 Rc8 30. Ra6
Rb8 31. Ra2 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (31) Dreev,A (2607)-Adams,M (2729) Moscow 2007}) 9.
Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:51]} h6 $146 {[%emt 0:11:52]} (9... a5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Ng5 h6
12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. b3 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18.
Qe2 Rcd8 19. Rd2 Bc8 20. Rfd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 f5 22. Bd5+ Kh7 23. Qd1 e4 24. Bxc6
bxc6 25. Nd4 Qf6 26. Ne2 Be6 27. Rd6 c5 28. Nf4 Qe5 29. h3 Bf7 30. Rd7 Kg8 31.
Ra7 Qf6 32. Qd7 Rd8 33. Qc7 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rf8 Rxf2 37. Rxf7
Qg5 38. Qe5 Rxa2 39. Rxf5 {Sachdev,T (2425)-Hou,Y (2578) Beijing 2008 1-0}) 10.
Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:32]} e5 {
[%emt 0:11:38]} 12. c5 {[%emt 0:20:03]} e4 {[%emt 0:21:13]} 13. cxd6 {[%emt 0:
02:49]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 14. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 15.
Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:07:06]} Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 17. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 18. Bxe6 {
[%emt 0:09:44]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 19. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:27]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 21. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:59]
} a5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:11:32]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 23. Rd7 {
[%emt 0:06:11]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:12:03]} 24. R7d2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:
30]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 26. Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Rf8
{[%emt 0:01:22]} 27. Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:
07:36]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 29. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} a4 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 30.
Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 31. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kh7 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Qc2+ {[%emt 0:01:42]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 33. Rf8 {[%emt 0:
04:59]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 34. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:30] A
beautiful tactical stroke in the opening gave Girya a winning advantage, with
an extra pawn and a powerful position. Her technique allowed her opponent back
into the game, and maybe Kosintseva could have found a stiffer defense to try
to hold the rook endgame down a pawn, but she didn't and Girya won a trivially
easy rook and pawn endgame.} (34... Rc4) 35. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qxc2 {
[%emt 0:01:59]} 36. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 37. Rc6+ {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 39. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 40. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th Group2"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "1998.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.09.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen-Kelmis Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Nbd2 h6 $5 (10... Nbd7) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rad1 Na6 (12... a5
$5 13. e4 Na6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Qc7 {=}) 13. a3 c5 (13... Rc8 14. b4 {+=})
14. cxd5 (14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 $6 Nd7 16. cxd5 exd5 (16... Bxd5 17. e4 Rc8 18.
Qd3 Bc6 {=}) 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Qb1 Re8 $132) 14... exd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 (15... Rc8
$5 16. Ne4 (16. Nb3 Nxc5 17. Nbd4 {-15..Nc5} Ne4 18. Qd3 Re8) 16... bxc5 17.
Nxf6+ Qxf6) 16. Nb3 Qe7 (16... Rc8 17. Nbd4 (17. Bh3 Ne6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Nbd4
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rc4 21. e3 Bxd4 22. exd4 Bc8 {=}) 17... Ne4 18. Qd3 Re8 19. Rc1
Qe7 {=}) 17. Nbd4 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 a5 $5 19. e3 (19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. Ng4
Be7 22. Nd4 Ne4) 19... g6 20. Nb5 Red8 21. Nfd4 Kg7 22. Rc1 a4 (22... Rac8 23.
Na7 Rc7 24. Ndb5 Rcd7 25. Bh3 Ne6 26. Nd4 {+/-}) 23. Qb1 (23. Nc3 $5 Qd7 24.
Nce2 Ba6 25. Nf4 Bc4 26. h4 h5 27. Red1 Qe8 {~}) 23... Qd7 24. Bf1 $6 (24. Nc3
$142) 24... Ba6 25. Rc2 h5 26. Rd1 $6 (26. h4 $142 Re8 27. Rec1 Bxd4 28. Nxd4
Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Rac8 {=}) 26... h4 $36 27. b4 axb3 28. Nxb3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Bxb5 (
29... Ne4 30. N3d4 $1 (30. Nc7 $2 Bxf1 31. Rxd5 Qg4 $1 32. Qxf1 Nxg3 33. fxg3 (
33. Qg2 Rxd5 34. Nxd5 Qd1+) 33... Qxg3+ 34. Qg2 Qe1+ 35. Qf1 Qxe3+ 36. Qf2 Qxb3
37. Rb5 Qh3 {-+}) (30. Rc7 Qf5 31. Qc2 Rh8 {-+}) 30... Rh8 31. Bg2 {~}) 30.
Nxc5 bxc5 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. Bxb5 c4 33. a4 (33. e4 c3 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. exd5
Rxa3 36. d6 Ra5 $36) 33... c3 34. f4 (34. Kf1) 34... Rac8 35. Kf2 Rc5 36. Ke2
Rh8 37. Kd3 Rh3 38. Rg2 Kf8 39. Rb1 Ke7 40. a5 Rh8 41. a6 Rb8 42. a7 (42. Ra2
c2 43. Rxc2 Rcxb5 44. Rxb5 Rxb5 45. a7 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Ra3 47. Rc7+ Kd6 48. Rxf7
Be7 49. Rg7 g5 {-+}) 42... Ra8 43. Ra2 Rc7 44. Rba1 c2 45. Rc1 Rcxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terres Catalanes 15th"]
[Site "Ampuriabrava"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7.
Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O e5 9. e4 a5 10. Qb3 $5 {N} (10. Re1 {Ftacnik} Nc6 11. d5 Nb8
12. b3 (12. Nb1 Na6 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qd2 c6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2
Velikov,P-Hulak,K/Marseille 1990/}) 12... Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. a3 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. Nfg5 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxg5 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf5 21. Qd3
Qf6 22. Rf1 h5 23. f4 Qg6 24. Rf3 h4 {Knudsen,P-Ochsner,T/Soro op 1982/0-1 (42)
}) (10. Qc2 {Ftacnik} Nc6 (10... Re8 11. d5 Na6 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 b6 14. Rfe1
g6 15. Nh4 Nh5 16. Bf1 Rf8 17. Ng2 f5 18. f3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qf7 20. Nb1 Nc5 21.
Nc3 a4 22. bxa4 Nf6 23. Bd3 Ng4 {0-1 Ivarson,P-Woods,D/Hallsberg opJ 1993/ (31)
}) 11. d5 Nb8 12. b3 (12. Ne1 c6 13. Nd3 Na6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. c5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5
dxc5 17. Rfc1 Rd8 18. Nb3 c4 19. Qxc4 a4 20. Nc5 Rd4 21. Qc3 Nd7 22. Qa3 Rb8
23. Bh3 Nxc5 24. Bxc8 Rdb4 25. Bh3 Nxe4 26. Rxc6 Nxf2 {Toth,B-Wirthensohn,H/
Biel 1981/0-1 (41)}) 12... Na6 13. a3 Nh5 14. Nh4 g6 15. Qc3 Nc5 16. b4 Na4 17.
Qc2 Bd7 18. Nb3 axb4 19. axb4 b6 20. Ra2 Nf4 21. Rfa1 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 b5 23. cxb5
Bxb5 24. Na5 Nb6 {0-1 Lausen,B-Zatschek,M/NRW-Liga I 1997/ (41)}) 10... exd4 $6
(10... Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 (11... Nb8 {Ftacnik} 12. Qc3 Nbd7 13. b3 Nc5 14. Nh4 b6
15. a3) 12. Qc3 Bg4 13. Nh4 $1 $14 (13. a3 $5 Na6 14. b4 $14)) 11. Nxd4 Na6 (
11... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. f4 Re8 14. Rfe1 $14) 12. Rfe1 Nc5 13. Qc3
Bd7 14. h3 $1 $14 {Con la idea de jugar Re3-Rae1, f4-e5} g6 (14... Rfe8 {
Ftacnik} 15. Re3 $1) 15. Re3 Na4 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Rae1 (17. f4 {Ftacnik} g5 $1
$11) 17... Rae8 (17... Qf6 $2 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Nb6 21. Rxe5
$18) 18. Nb5 $1 {Black's play doesn't offer a sound impression, without the
bishop on g7 white's life is much easier. Schwarze Spiel macht kein gesunder
Eindruck, ohne Laufer am g7 ist weisses Leben viel einfacher.} Nc5 $1 (18...
Bxb5 19. cxb5 Nc5 20. Nc4 a4 21. e5 $16) 19. Qc3 (19. Nxc7 $2 Ba4 20. b3 Qxc7 (
20... Bxb3 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxb3 Qxc7 22. Nd4 $16) 21. bxa4 Qd7 $14) 19... c6 $8
20. Nd4 Qd8 (20... b6 {Ftacnik} 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Nd7 24. Nf3
$16) 21. b3 Re7 22. Nc2 Rfe8 23. Qd4 $1 Re6 $2 (23... Bc8 $1 24. a3 $14) (23...
b6 {Ftacnik} 24. f4 $14 (24. Qxd6 $140 {Ftacnik} Bxh3 $15)) 24. e5 $1 $16 {
Ftacnik: Black is losing the strategical fight. Ftacnik: Schwarz verliert
jetzt den strategischer Kampf.} Rxe5 (24... Qb8 {Ftacnik} 25. exd6 b6 (25...
Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Nxe3 $16) 26. Nf3 $16) 25. Rxe5 (25. Qxd6 $2 Rxe3 26.
Rxe3 Be6 $1 $11) 25... Rxe5 (25... dxe5 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxc5 Bf5 27. Ne4 $18) 26.
Rxe5 $1 (26. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Qf8 28. Qc7 $1 $14) 26... dxe5 27. Qxc5 Bf5
28. Ne3 $1 (28. Ne4 $5 {Ftacnik} Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxc2 30. Nd6 $16) 28... Qxd2 29.
Qxe5 (29. g4 $1 Nf4 (29... Qe1+ 30. Nf1 Nf4 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Qe3 $16) 30. gxf5
Nd3 (30... Qxf2+ {Ftacnik} 31. Kxf2 Nd3+ 32. Ke2 Nxc5 33. Ng4 Nd7 34. a3 $16)
31. Nf1 $1 Qxa2 (31... Nxc5 32. Nxd2 gxf5 $18) 32. Qe3 $16) 29... Qe1+ $2 (
29... Bd7 $8 30. g4 (30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. g4 Nf6 32. Qxb7 $16 (32. g5 {Ftacnik} Nh5
33. Qxb7 Nf4 34. Qc7 $14)) 30... Ng7 31. Qb8+ Be8 32. Qxb7 $18) 30. Bf1 $1 Bd7
(30... Bxh3 $2 {Ftacnik} 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Bxf5 33. Qxe1 $18) (30... Be6 {
Ftacnik} 31. g4 Ng7 32. Qb8+ $18) 31. Qb8+ $1 Kg7 32. g4 $1 Nf6 33. Qe5 (33.
Qe5 {Ftacnik} Qd2 (33... h6 34. Nf5+ $18) 34. g5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Terres Catalanes 15th"]
[Site "Ampuriabrava"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rac1 $6 (11. Rfe1 Nh5 12. Be5 $1) 11... Nh5 $1
12. Be3 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qf5 g6 15. Qd3 a5 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Bh6 c5 18. b3
(18. e4 cxd4 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Qxd4 Qxd5 21. g4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf6
24. Nc6 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15) 18... Bf6 19. e3 Ng7 20. h4 Ne6 21. Nb1 a4 22.
Red1 axb3 23. axb3 Qe7 24. Nc3 cxd4 25. exd4 Qb4 26. Qb5 Qd6 27. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 $8
28. dxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxd5 $2 (29. Be3 $1 Bc6 30. Qxb6 Reb8 31. Nxd5 Rxb6 32. Nxb6
Qb4 33. Bxc6 Ra6 34. Rd5 Nd4 $2 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rxd4 $1 Qxb6 $8 37. Ra4 $16) (
29. Nxd5 Nd4 30. Qxb6 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Bxd5 32. Qxd6 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Bxd6 34. Rxd6
Nxc1 35. Bxc1 $11) 29... Nd4 (29... Bd4 $5 30. Bf4 Nxf4 31. Bxb7 Rab8 32. Bc6
Re5 33. Qc4 Ne6 $11) 30. Bxb7 Nxb5 31. Rxd6 Nxd6 $1 (31... Nxc3 $2 32. Rxb6 $1
Ne2+ $1 (32... Rab8 33. Re1 $1 Re7 34. Rc6 Rexb7 35. Rxe5 Rxb3 36. Rec5 $1 Ne2+
37. Kf1 Re8 38. Rc8 Rb1+ 39. Bc1 $3 $18) 33. Kg2 Nxc1 34. Bxa8 Nxb3 35. Bd5 Nc5
$11) 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Nd5 Nf5 $1 34. Nxb6 Re8 $1 $11 35. Bd2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malaga op 1st"]
[Site "Malaga"]
[Date "1998.02.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
Nf1 $5 d5 (8... e5 9. Ne3 e4 $6 10. Nd2 Nxd4 $6 11. Nxe4 $14) (8... O-O 9. Ne3
e5 10. O-O a5 (10... e4 $6 11. Ne1 $5) (10... Re8 11. Rc1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13.
Nb5 Rac8 14. Nd5 $6 (14. a3 Qe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 (15... Qxb2 16. Nbxc7 Rxe2 (16...
Nxd5 17. Nxe8 $1 Nc3 18. Rxc3 Qxc3 19. Nxd6 Rb8 20. Nxb7 (20. Nxf7 Be8 21. Nd6
Qxa3 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Qe6 $1 (23. Rb1 Qa2 24. Re1 Qb2 25. Be4 Qf6 26. Bxh7 $1
Kxh7 27. Nxe8 Qg6 28. Nd6 Nb4 29. Qc5 a5 30. Rd1 b6 31. Qc7 (31. Qb5 Na2 32.
Qe5 Rd8 (32... a4 33. Rd4 Nb4 34. Rh4+ Kg8 35. Nf5 Rb7 36. Ne7+ Rxe7 37. Qxe7
$18) 33. Rd4 $18) 31... Qc2) 23... Bg6 24. Nxb7 $18) 20... Rxb7 21. Bxc6 $18)
17. Rb1 (17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qxd6 (18. Nd5 $16) 18... Qe5 19. Qxd7 Rxc7 20. Qg4+
$16) 17... Qd2 (17... Qe5 $2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rb5 Qe7 20. Nd5 $18) 18. Nxf6+
gxf6 19. Nd5 $16) 16. cxd5 Bg4 (16... Ne7 17. Nxc7 Red8 18. Qb3 $16) 17. f3 Bh5
18. e4 $16) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Nd4 c5 $132) 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. a3 a4 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb8 15. e3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nh4 Ra6 19. Rfe1 Qf6
20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. Nxf5 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Ilundain,D-Suarez,Di/ESP-chT (08) ;
EXP 50 1995 (31)}) 9. a3 $1 {N} (9. Ne3 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. a3
Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Ke1 Rd8 15. Rd1 Ra6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. f4 Rb6 18. Rd2 h5
19. Kf2 Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Ke1 Nh7 22. Nd1 {1/2-1/2 Zysk,R-Hecht,H/BL 8889/
1989/ (41)}) 9... O-O 10. Ne3 Rd8 11. O-O (11. Qc2 $5 a5 12. O-O a4 13. Rfd1
Qd6 14. Rac1 $14) 11... dxc4 (11... e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 $16
) 12. Nxc4 e5 $5 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nc6 (14. e3 cxd4 15. exd4 Rb8 $11)
14... bxc6 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Na5 $14) 13. Nfxe5 Nxd4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Qc2 a5 16. b3
Nc5 17. h3 $1 $14 Be6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxc4 (20... Na6 21.
Rxa6 bxa6 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Nc6 $14) 21. Nxc4 Na6 22.
b5 Nb4 23. Qb3 b6 24. Ra7 Qc5 25. Ne5 $1 Qxe5 $8 26. Qxb4 h5 27. Qf4 (27. Qc4
$5 Rd1+ (27... Ne8 28. Bc6 $16) 28. Kh2 Ne8 29. Ra8 Rd7 30. Bc6 Re7 31. Qf4 $16
) 27... Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Nd5 30. Bf3 $1 Rd2 31. Kg1 $1 $16 (31. Ra8+
Kh7 32. Rd8 $2 Nxe3 $1 $17) 31... Nc3 32. Rxc7 Nxb5 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Bxh5 Nd6
35. Rb8 b5 36. Rb6 g6 37. Bf3 Kg7 38. Kf1 Kf8 39. Ke1 $138 1-0

[Event "Zagreb zt"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7
7. Bg5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 $5 (9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 $132) 9... a5
$6 {N} (9... c5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Ne5 Qc7
15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Qh5 N7f6 19. Qg5 Ne7 20. f3 $14 {
Karpov-Andersson/Biel/1990}) (9... h6 $5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 g5 $5 (11... O-O
12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O $14) (11... Be4 12. Qc3 g5 $6 13. Bg3 Bg6 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. c5
$1 O-O 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Ba6 f5 18. f3 Ndf6 19. Bf2 $16 {Epishin-Hort/San
Bernardino/1992}) 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. d5 (13. Nd2 $5) 13... Ndf6 14. Nd4 h5 15. f3
h4 16. Bf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 g4 $36 {Aseev-Kengis/Daugavpils/1989}) 10. Bd3 Nf8 11.
O-O Ng6 12. Bg3 {/\Nd2+/-} Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxg3 14. fxg3 $1 {|^>>} O-O (14... Qg5
15. Qa4+ Ke7 (15... c6 16. Rae1 $16 {><d6,b6}) 16. Rae1 $16) 15. Qh5 f5 (15...
Qe7 16. g4 $1 {/\Nf3} (16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 e5 $132) 16... f5 17. gxf5 exf5
18. Rae1 $16) 16. Nf3 (16. e4 $1 f4 $8 (16... fxe4 $6 17. Nxe4 $16) 17. Nf3
fxg3 (17... Rf6 18. Ng5 h6 19. gxf4 hxg5 (19... Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. Nxe6 Qf6
22. Nxf4 Qxf4 23. Qe2 $16) 20. e5 (20. fxg5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Qe8 22. e5 Nf8 $13)
20... dxe5 21. Bxg6 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Rxg6 23. Qxg6 exf4 24. Qxe6+ $16) 18. Ng5
gxh2+ 19. Kh1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nf8 21. e5 $16 {->}) (16. g4 Qe8 $1 $8 17. gxf5
exf5 18. Qh3 Ne7 $132) 16... Qe8 17. g4 Ne7 18. Qh3 Rf6 19. Rae1 (19. g5 $5)
19... Qa4 $2 (19... Rh6 {>=} 20. Qg3 fxg4 (20... Rg6 $6 21. g5 h6 22. h4 hxg5
23. hxg5 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 $16) 21. Qxg4 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Rxh5 23. g4 Rh6 24. Ng5 Rh4
$132) 20. g5 Rff8 21. e4 Ng6 (21... Qb3 22. g6 h6 23. Ng5 $16) 22. Nd2 $16 Bc8
23. exf5 exf5 24. Qh5 $1 {/\Re3-h3} (24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Qc2 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8
27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 $16) 24... Bd7 25. Re3 f4 26. Re7 Bf5 (26... Rae8 $2 27.
b3 Qc6 28. Be4 $18) 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxc7 Qc2 29. Nf3 Qxb2 30. Qg4 Raf8 31. h4
$18 Nh8 32. Re1 g6 (32... Qxa3 33. h5 {/\Ree7,g6+-}) 33. h5 Nf7 34. Re6 Nh8 35.
Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 36. hxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Magdeburg USC"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 (9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bb4 Bxb4 11. Qxb4 Qb6 12. Qb3 Ndf6 13. Nc3 Rd8 14.
e3 dxc4 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Rd1 Nf8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. e5 Nf5 20. Ne4 $44 {
Romanishin,O-Kharitonov,A/Lvov (zt) 1990}) (9. Bb4 Bxb4 10. Qxb4 b6 11. cxd5
Nxd5 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Rc1 c5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bb7 16. Rd1 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kachiani Gersinska,K-Chuchelov,V/Willingen 1999}) 9... Nb6 10. c5 ({Harmlos ist
} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Be6 12. a4 a5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Bf4 Nd6 $11 {Dyachkov,
S-Sorokin,M/Elista 1995}) 10... Nc4 11. Bf4 (11. Qc2 b6 12. b4 bxc5 (12... a5
$5 13. a3 Ba6 $11) 13. bxc5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Kortschnoj,V/
Jerusalem 1986} Ba6 $11) 11... b6 12. Na4 $2 $146 {Eine zweifelhafte Neuerung.
Weiß sollte lieber der Partie Conquest-Ribli folgen.} (12. cxb6 axb6 13. Qc2
Bb7 (13... c5 $5) 14. b3 Nd6 15. Na4 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nde4 17. Ne5 c5 18. Qb2 Bd6
19. f3 b5 20. fxe4 bxa4 21. bxa4 Ba6 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. e5 $16 {
Conquest,S-Ribli,Z/Germany 1987}) 12... Nd7 13. Qc3 (13. cxb6 axb6 $15) 13...
bxc5 14. b3 Ncb6 ({In Frage kam auch} 14... Qa5 $5 {, womit Schwarz einen
Mehrbauern behalten konnte. Weiß hätte dafür Kompensation:} 15. Qxa5 (15. bxc4
Qxa4 $17) (15. Qc2 Na3 16. Qc1 c4 $17) 15... Nxa5 16. Bc7 $1 (16. Rfc1 cxd4 17.
Bd2 Nb7 18. Nxd4 Bf6 $17) (16. Rac1 Ba6 $1 17. Rfe1 c4 $17) (16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17.
dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rfc1 Ba3 19. Rc2 Ba6 $17) 16... Nb7 17. Rac1 $44 {Schlecht ist z.
B.} cxd4 $2 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nc6 Bf6 20. e4 $36 {, und Weiß entwickelt eine
gefährliche Initiative.}) 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Bd6 $2 {Danach gerät
Weiß wegen der Schwäche auf d6 in Schwierigkeiten. Er sollte bereits sehr
vorsichtig spielen, um den Ausgleich zu behaupten.:} (17. b4 $2 Bf6 18. Be5 (
18. Ne5 $2 g5 $19) 18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 d4 $19) (17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bd2 Ba6 $15) (17. Rac1 $1 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Bxc5 (
18... Bf6 19. Qd2 e5 20. Bg5 $11) 19. b4 Bb6 20. Qxc6 Rc8 21. Qa4 Rxc1 22. Bxc1
$11) 17... Bxd6 18. cxd6 Ba6 $1 19. Rfc1 (19. Qxc6 Bxe2 20. Rfe1 (20. Rfc1 $4
Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Qc3 d4 $19) 20... Bxf3 (20... Rc8 21. Qb7 Nc5 22. Qxa7
Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qxd6 24. Rec1 $11) 21. Bxf3 Nf6 $1 {, und Schwarz gewinnt den
exponierten Bauern d6:} (21... Nb6 $5) 22. Rac1 Qb8 23. Qc7 Rd8 24. Qxb8 Raxb8
25. Rc7 Ra8 26. Rec1 Ne8 $17) (19. Rfe1 c5 20. b4 Qb6 21. bxc5 Nxc5 $17) 19...
c5 20. b4 $6 (20. e4 $5 d4 21. Qc2 e5 (21... Rc8 $5 22. e5 f6 $36) 22. Bh3 Rc8
23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxe5 Qxd6 25. Nc4 Qe6 $15) 20... Rc8 $6 {Hier unterschätzte
ich den nächsten Zug von Onishchuk.} ({Viel einfacher wäre das Spiel nach} 
20... cxb4 $1 21. Qxb4 Bxe2 22. Nd4 Bc4 23. Rxc4 (23. Nc6 Qb6 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25.
Qxc4 Kh8 $17) 23... Rb8 24. Qc3 dxc4 25. Nc6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Nxb8 Rxb8
28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Rc3 Kf8 $17 {, und Schwarz behält seinen Mehrbauern im
Endspiel.}) 21. e4 $1 $132 (21. Qe3 Qb6 $17) 21... dxe4 (21... Qb6 22. exd5
exd5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qa3 Rfc8 (24... Qxd6 25. Rxc5 Nxc5 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Nd4
$44) 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Re1 $132) 22. Nd2 f5 23. Qb3 cxb4 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Nb3
$2 ({Mit} 25. Rc7 $1 {könnte Weiß den Übergang in ein remisträchtiges Endspiel
erzwingen:} Qf6 (25... Nc5 26. Qe5 Rxc7 27. dxc7 Qxd2 28. Qxc5 $11) (25... Rxc7
26. dxc7 Qc8 27. Rc1 $44) 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Rxa7 Rc6 28. d7 Rd6 29. Rb1 Rxd2
30. Rxa6 Rxd7 31. Rxb4 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 $11) 25... Nb6 $17 {Letzten Endes gelang
es Schwarz seinen Materialvorteil zu behalten und das Gegenspiel des Gegners
einzudämmen. Nur die Zeit wurde langsam knapp...} 26. Nd4 $2 Rf6 27. Qe7 Rxd6
28. Qxd8+ Rdxd8 29. Nc6 Rd2 30. Nxb4 Bc4 $19 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Nxc2 g6 33. f3
exf3 $2 {Der erste, aber nicht der letzte Zeitnotfehler, man sollte nicht
zulassen, daß der weiße Läufer aktiviert wird. Stattdessen sollte der schwarze
König sofort ins Zentrum laufen.} (33... Kg7 $1 34. fxe4 Bd3 35. Nd4 (35. Ne3
fxe4 $19) (35. Ne1 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Kf2 Kf6 $19) 35... fxe4 36. Re1 Kf6
37. Bxe4 Re8 $19) 34. Bxf3 Kg7 (34... Be2 $5 35. Bxe2 Rxc2 36. Bf3 Kg7 $17) 35.
Nd4 Kf6 36. Nc6 a6 37. Rd1 Ke6 $2 ({Mit} 37... Re8 $1 {hätte Schwarz gute
Gewinnchancen behalten können.}) 38. Nd4+ Kf6 39. Nc6 Ke6 $2 40. Nd8+ Ke5 $2 (
40... Ke7 $1 41. Nc6+ Ke8 42. Rd6 Bb5 $17 {war die letzte Möglichkeit, auf
Gewinn zu spielen.}) 41. Nc6+ Ke6 42. Nd8+ Kf6 {, und Weiß reklamierte Remis,
da nach 43.Nc6 die Stellung zum dritten Mal wiederholt wird.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 O-O (
7... Ne4 $1) 8. e3 Ne4 9. Rd1 (9. Qc2 $1 a5 (9... Bd7 10. Bd3 f5 11. b4 $14)
10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 h6 12. O-O a4 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. Qc3 $14 {
Dautov,R-Savchenko,S Leningrad 1989}) 9... Qf6 $6 (9... Bd7 10. Qc2 Be8 11. Be2
f6 12. b4 $14) 10. Bd3 Qg6 {N} (10... Nd6 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 (12... e5
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bc3 $14) 13. Bd3 e5 14. d5 e4 15. Bxe4 Ne5 16.
Qd4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 $16 {Lputian,S-Kurajica,B Sarajevo 1985}) 11. O-O Nc5 12.
Qxc6 (12. dxc5 Qxd3 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bc3 Qe4 $10) 12... Nxd3 13. Qxc7 Nxb2 14.
Bb4 (14. Ne5 $142 $1 Qf6 15. Rc1 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Qd8 (17... b6 18.
Ra4 Qd8 19. Rxa7 $16 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Rxa3 $4 21. Bb4 $18) 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Bb4 Re8
20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Be7 Re8 22. Rc7 f6 (22... f5 $2 23. Bd6 $16) 23. e4 $16)
14... Re8 15. Ne5 Qf6 16. cxd5 (16. Rc1 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 b6 19. Rfc1
Ba6 20. Rc6 h6 $10) 16... Nxd1 17. d6 Nb2 18. d7 Bxd7 19. Qxd7 {/\Bc3+-} Rac8
20. Qxb7 a5 $1 (20... Nc4 21. Nc6 $14) 21. Bxa5 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Bb4 Rcc8
(23... Rec8 $2 24. Bc5 Qd8 25. Qb3 $16 Qd5 $2 26. e4 $18) 24. Qb5 h6 25. a4 Rb8
26. Qc4 Qf5 $10 27. Bc5 (27. a5 Qb5 $10) 27... Rb1 28. a5 Reb8 29. Bb6 Qb5 30.
Qxb5 Rxb5 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Rc1 e5 $1 33. g3 exd4 34. exd4 Rbxa5 35. Bxa5 Rxa5
36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Re1 (37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Ke4 Ra2 40. d5+ Kf6 $10)
37... Ra4 38. Rd1 (38. Re4 f5 39. Rf4 Ke7 $10) 38... Ra3 39. g4 Ke7 40. Re1+
Kd6 41. h4 Rd3 42. Re4 g5 $1 43. h5 Kd5 44. Re5+ Kd6 45. Re4 Kd5 46. Re8 Rxd4
47. Kg3 Rf4 48. Ra8 Rf6 49. Ra7 Ke5 50. f3 Rf4 51. Ra6 Rf6 52. Ra5+ Ke6 53. Ra7
Ke5 54. Kf2 Rf4 55. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu Hansen,LB Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.
Qxd2 d5 (5... O-O {Hansen,LB} 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 $5 9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rad1 c6 15. e5 $14 {
Hansen,LB-Andersson,U/Haninge/1992/}) 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Qc2 (8. Na3 Ne4
9. Qd3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13. Rhd1 Nf6 14. Rac1 $14
{Karpov-Andersson/Bruxelles/1988}) (8. a4 {Hansen,Cu} a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 b6
11. Na3 Ba6 12. b4 axb4 13. Qxb4 Rc8 $10 {Beljavski,A-Andersson,U/Reggio/1987/}
) (8. b3 {Hansen,Cu} O-O 9. O-O Qe7 (9... b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4
Qe7 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 $14 {Sosonko,G-Andersson,U/Reggio/1985/}) 10. Qb2 b6
11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. e3 Ne8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Rc1 {
0,5/Sosonko,G-Andersson,U/Haninge/1988/}) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 (9... Qe7 10. O-O
e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 N5f6 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. N2b3
Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Qc5 $14 {Karpov-Andersson/Reykjavik/1991}) 10. e4 (10. O-O
Bb7 11. Rfd1 (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5 13. Nd6 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 $10) 11... Qe7
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a6
$10 {Ftacnik-Andersson/Manila ol/1992} (17... a6 {Ftacnik} 18. Kg1 Rac8 19. b3
$14 {Ftacnik,L-Andersson,U/Manila ol/1992/} (19. b3 {Hansen,LB} h6 $10 {
Ftacnik,L-Andersson,U/Manila OL/1992/}))) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 (11... Bb7
12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Qa4 $16) (11... Qe7 12. O-O Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. c5 $1 $14)
12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. O-O Rb8 (13... Qe7 14. Ne5 (14. Rad1 {Hansen,LB} Rfd8 15. Rd2
Nf6 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Rc1 $6 c5 18. Rcd1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxf3 $1 21.
Bxf3 Rc8 22. b3 Kf8 $10 {Schroll,G-Bonsch,U/Graz zt/1993/CBM35 249}) 14... Nxe5
15. Qxe5 $14 {/\c5}) (13... Nf6 {Ftacnik}) (13... Nf6 {Hansen,LB} 14. Qe3 Qc7
$14 (14... Qc7 {Hansen,Cu} 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Ra7 17. Ne5 $14 {
Tarjan-Dzindzichashvili/USA-ch/1984/})) 14. Qe3 c5 15. dxc5 (15. Rad1 $5 Qc7 (
15... cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Ne5 $14) 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qd6 18.
Nd2 $14) 15... Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Qc7 (16... Qe7 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rd4
Nf6 $2 (18... e5 $1 {>=} 19. Rd2 (19. Rh4 Rfe8 {/\Nf6}) (19. Rdd1 {Hansen,LB}
e4 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Qf4 $5 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf4 23. gxf4 exf3 24. Nf5 $16 {_|_}) (
19. Rh4 $5) 19... e4 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Rd4 Rfe8 $13) 19. Qe5 $5 (19. Rad1 $2 Bxf3
20. Bxf3 e5 $10) (19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $16) 19... Qe7 (19... Rbc8 20. Qxc7
Rxc7 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $16) (19... Qxe5 {Ftacnik} 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 $16) 20. a3 Rbc8 (20... Rbd8 21. Rad1 Rxd4 22. Qxd4
Rc8 23. Ne5 $16) 21. Rad1 $16 {<->d} Rc7 22. Nh4 $1 Rfc8 $2 (22... Bxg2 23.
Nxg2 Rfc8 24. Ne3 Nd7 (24... h6 $14 {Ftacnik}) 25. Qe4 $1 (25. Qd6 Qxd6 26.
Rxd6 Nf6 27. Rd8+ Ne8 {/\Kf8-e7}) (25. Qb5 Nf6 26. a4 h6 27. a5 Rb7 $1 28. a6
Rbc7 $14 {><b4}) 25... Nf6 26. Qd3 $16) 23. Nf5 $1 $18 exf5 (23... Qf8 24. Bxb7
Rxb7 25. Nd6 $18) (23... Qe8 {Ftacnik} 24. Nd6 $18) 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxb7 Rf8
(25... Rxb7 {Ftacnik} 26. Rd8+ $18) 26. Ba6 g6 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 Rc7 29. Rc1
Re8 30. c6 Kg7 (30... Kf8 {Hansen,Cu}) 31. Kf1 Re5 (31... Ng4 32. Rd7 Rxd7 33.
cxd7 Rd8 34. Bb5 Kf6 35. Rc7 Nxh2+ 36. Kg2 Ng4 37. Rxa7 Ke7 38. a4 Nf6 39. a5
Nxd7 40. a6 $18) 32. Bb7 Ra5 (32... Kf8 33. Re1 $1 Rd5 (33... Ra5 34. Rd8+ Kg7
35. Red1 $18) 34. Red1 $1 Rxd4 (34... Ra5 35. Rd7 Ne8 36. Re1 $18) 35. Rxd4 Ne4
36. Ra4 Nc5 37. Rxa7 $18) (32... Kf8 {Hansen,Cu /\Ke7}) 33. Rcd1 $1 Re5 {/\Rd7}
(33... Rxa3 {Ftacnik} 34. Rd7 Nxd7 35. cxd7 $18) 34. Rd7 Re7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36.
Rd8 Re7 37. f3 g5 (37... Ne8 {Ftacnik} 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. c7 $18) 38. Ra8 g4 39.
fxg4 fxg4 (39... Nxg4 {Hansen,LB} 40. h3 $18) 40. Rxa7 Nd5 41. Ra4 Ne3+ 42. Kg1
Kf6 43. Rf4+ (43. Rf4+ {Ftacnik} Kg5 (43... Ke5 44. Re4+ $3 Kxe4 45. c7+ Ke5
46. c8=Q $18) 44. a4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. O-O e5 {Dies ist eine der Hauptvarianten des
Bogoindisch.} 12. Nd2 $1 {Der Zug ist m. E. genauer als die ebenfalls sehr
verbreitete Fortsetzung 12.c5.} (12. c5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 dxc5 $1 14. Qc2 e4 15.
Nd2 f5 16. Rxc5 c6 $11) 12... Nxc3 13. Rxc3 f5 (13... b6 $5) 14. c5 Nf7 (14...
dxc5 15. Nb3 $1 e4 16. Nxc5 $14) 15. cxd6 (15. Qb3 b6 16. cxd6 cxd6 {ergibt
nur eine Zugumstellung.}) 15... cxd6 16. Qb3 b6 17. Qa3 Bb7 {Mit diesem Zug
signalisiert Schwarz seine Entschlossentheit, für die offene c-Linie zu
kämpfen. Solange die weißen Türme diese beherrschen, kann der Nachziehende
kein vollwertiges Gegenspiel entfalten.} (17... a5 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Rc7 Qf6 20.
e3 e4 21. Nb3 Qe5 22. Nd4 Qxd5 23. f4 $44 {Tkachiev,V-Kortschnoj,V/Biel 2002})
(17... e4 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8
23. Nb5 $18 {Kazhgaleyev,M-Izeta Txabarri,F/Cannes 1999}) (17... f4 18. Rfc1
Ng5 $2 19. Nc4 $16) 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 (18... e4 19. Rc7 Qg5 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3
Qh6 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. e3 $16) (18... Qg5 $5 19. e3 (19. Nc4 Qg6) 19... e4 20. f4
Qh5 21. Nb3 (21. Qb3 Qe2 22. Nb1 Rac8 23. Bf1 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qh5 25. Qa3 Nh6
$132) 21... Bxd5 22. Nd4 a6 23. Rc7 b5 24. Qc3 $44) 19. e4 {Weiß kann ohne
diesen Zug nicht auskommen, denn sonst spielt Schwarz selbst e5-e4 und
schneidet den Bauern d5 ab.} Rxc3 $146 {Der erste neue Zug.} (19... g6 20. h4
Kg7 21. Nc4 b5 22. Na5 a6 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 $16 {Bocharov,D-Grant,J/
Istanbul 2003}) 20. Rxc3 fxe4 {Ein Zug mit Vor- und Nachteilen: einerseits
schwächt Schwarz den gegnerischen Bauern d5, andererseits bekommt der weiße
Springer einen schönen Posten auf e4.} 21. Nxe4 $1 {Ein Bauernopfer...} (21.
Bxe4 Bc8 22. Qa4 Bh3 $13) 21... Qd8 {...das nicht angenommen wird. In der Tat,
bekäme Weiß nach 21...Bxd5 eine langfristige Initiative.} (21... Bxd5 22. Nf6+
gxf6 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. Qa4 Kh8 25. Qc2 Kg7 26. Rc6 $44 Ng5 27. Rc7 Rd7 28. Rc8
Nf7 (28... Rd8 29. Qc7 $16) 29. Qc4 f5 30. Be6 b5 31. Qd5 Rc7 32. Bxf5 $14) (
21... Bc8 22. h4 Bf5 23. Qa6 Rf8 24. Qc4 $1 $14) (21... Kh8 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Bh3
$1 (23. h4 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bc8 $11) 23... Rxc3 24. bxc3 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. c4
$14) 22. h4 a6 $2 {In seinem Bestreben, die Türme zu tauschen, übersieht Wahls
die Gefahr, die auf der Diagonale c8-h3 kommt. Jetzt oder im nächsten Zug
sollte er mit Bb7-c8 fortsetzen.} (22... a5 $6 23. Qb3 a4 24. Qc4 $16) (22...
b5 $6 23. Qb3 Qb6 24. Bh3 Qd4 25. Be6 Qxe4 26. Qxb5 $18) (22... Bc8 $1 23. Rc6
(23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. hxg5 $14) 23... Bd7 24. Nxd6 Bxc6 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. dxc6 $14)
23. Qb3 $16 {><b6, /\Bh3-e6 Deckt den Bauern d5 und befreit damit den Läufer.}
Rc8 $2 {Es gab bereits keine Alternative zu 23...Bc8.} (23... Bc8 $8 24. Qc4
Bf5 25. Qc7 $16) 24. Bh3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 $1 Kf8 26. Be6 $18 {Schwarz ist
verloren: seine beiden Leichtfiguren stehen sehr schlecht und die Schwäche der
Bauern d6 und b6 macht jede Umgruppierung unmöglich.} Nh8 (26... Ke7 27. c4 (
27. Qa3 $18) 27... Bc8 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Qxb6 Qxc4 30. Qb7+ $18) 27. Qa3 (27.
c4 $5 Ke7 28. Qf3 a5 29. Qg4 Qf8 30. Qg5+ Ke8 31. Qe3 $18) 27... Ke7 28. h5 h6
(28... a5 29. c4 Ba6 30. h6 gxh6 31. Qf3 Qf8 32. Qe3 $18) 29. g4 g6 (29... Qc7
30. Ng3 $18) 30. c4 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Ba6 8. Qc2
{N} (8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe2 (11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13.
Rc1 Nc5 14. Bb1 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 dxc4 $17 {Osmanovic-Drasko/Sarajevo 1981}) 11...
Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Nf1 Qe7 14. Ne3 Bd6 15. a3 Bb8 16. Rac1 Red8 17. Ne5 $14 {
Ivkov-Korchnoi /Belgrade 1964}) (8. a3 Bxd2 (8... Bd6 $5) 9. Nxd2 c5 10. dxc5
bxc5 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. b5 Bb7 14. Qc2 h6 15. a4 $14 {Dreev,A-Piket,J
(03)/Monaco m ;CBM 53 1996}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 (9. a3 Bxd2 10. Bxd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4
e5 12. Nb3 Nc6 $10) 9... Bxc5 (9... bxc5 $6 10. e4 $36) 10. a3 (10. e4 Nc6 11.
a3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 $10) 10... Nbd7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13.
Qb3 Bb7 $10 14. Rac1 Ne4 $1 15. cxd5 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd5 17. Bc4 (17. Rxc8 $2
Qh4 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19. g3 Qh3 $17) 17... Qg5 $6 (17... Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19.
Kg1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qg4+ $10) 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Nf3 (20. Nb3 {>=}
Be5 (20... Ne5 21. Rfd1 Nc4 22. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Nxb2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd7
$14) 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1 Nc4 23. Rxd5 Nxa3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. g3 $14 {/\Nd4})
20... a5 $10 21. bxa5 (21. Rcd1 axb4 22. Rxd5 bxa3 23. Rxd6 axb2 24. Rxd7 Rc1
25. Nd2 Rfc8 26. Rb7 g6 27. Rxb6 R8c2 $10) 21... bxa5 22. a4 $2 {><a4} (22. Nd4
$142) 22... f6 23. Nd4 Nb6 24. Bc3 Ba3 25. Rc2 Bc5 26. Bxa5 $2 {Danach landet
Weiß in einem unangenehmen Endspiel T+L gegen T+S.} (26. Rfc1 Bxd4 (26... Ba3
27. Rb1 Nxa4 28. Bxa5 $10) 27. Bxd4 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Nxa4 29. Rc7 $10) 26... Bxd4
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. exd4 Nxa4 $15 29. Rd1 (29. Bd2 {>=} Rc2 30. Be3 h5 $15) 29...
Nb2 30. Rb1 Rc2 31. Kf1 (31. g4 Nd3 32. f3 Nf4 $15) 31... h5 {Der weiße B ist
schlecht, Schwarz hat leichtes Spiel auf den weißen Feldern.} 32. Bc3 Nc4 33.
Bb4 Kf7 34. Ke1 Nb2 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Re1+ Kf5 $17 {Während Weiß planlos hin und
her zieht, verbessert Schwarz konsequent seine Stellung.} 37. Re3 Rc4 38. Bf8 (
38. Rb3 Na4 39. Bf8 g6 40. Rb4 Rxb4 41. Bxb4 Ke4 42. Be7 f5 43. Bf6 Nc3 $17)
38... Rc1+ 39. Re1 Rc8 $1 40. Bd6 (40. Bxg7 Kg6 41. Re7 Rg8 $19) (40. Bc5 $1
Nd3 41. Ra1 Nxc5 42. dxc5 Rxc5 43. Ra2 $17 {/\Ke2 Der Übergang in dieses
Endspiel war wohl die beste Chance für Weiß.}) 40... Rc4 41. Re7 $2 (41. Bc5
$142) 41... g5 42. Bc5 Nd3 $19 43. Rd7 Nf4 44. f3 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Kf1
Nxg2 47. Rxd5+ Kf4 48. Bd6+ Kxf3 49. Rf5+ Ke4 (49... Ke4 50. Rxf6 Ne3+ 51. Kg1
(51. Ke1 Kd3 $19) 51... Rc1+ 52. Kf2 Rf1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O (9... h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 Ne4 $132)
10. O-O Re8 (10... Qe7 11. Nd2 e5 12. d5 h6 13. Bh4 $14) 11. Nd2 $1 {N} (11. b4
c5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Bh4 Nf8 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3
Red8 $10 {Lerner-Gurevich,M/URS-ch/1985}) 11... c5 12. b4 $14 Qc7 13. Rc1 (13.
Bd3 $5 Rac8 (13... cxd4 14. exd4 e5 (14... d5 $2 15. c5 $16) 15. d5 b5 16. Rc1
Qb8 (16... bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qb8 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bh3 $16) 17. cxb5 (17. Bf5 a5 $13)
17... Bxd5 18. Nc4 $16) (13... e5 14. bxc5 (14. d5 cxb4 15. axb4 a5 $14) 14...
bxc5 15. d5 e4 16. Bc2 $16) (13... d5 $6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. e4 N5f6
(16... Nf4 17. Bb5 $16) 17. Be3 $16) 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Qb3 d5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17.
b5 $14) 13... Ne4 $1 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qd2 (15. f3 $5 Bb7 16. e4 e5 17. bxc5
bxc5 18. d5 Bc8 (18... Nb6 $5 19. Rb1 Bc8 20. a4 a5 21. Qb3 Ra6 22. Qb5 Qd7 23.
Bd2 $14) 19. Bd2 $1 Nf8 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Qa5 Qc8 22. Rb1 $14) 15... Nf8 16. f3 (
16. Rfd1 f6 (16... Ng6 $5 17. f3 Bb7 (17... Bc6 $2 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qd6 Qxd6
20. Rxd6 Rac8 21. b5 Bb7 22. Rd7 $16) 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qd7 Rac8 20. e4 Nf8 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 $10 {/\e5,Ne6}) 17. Bh4 e5 18. Bg3 Rad8 $10) 16... Bb7 17. e4 e5 $1 (
17... cxd4 $2 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Be3 $16) 18. d5 Bc8 19. Bd3 Ng6 20.
bxc5 bxc5 (20... Qxc5+ $6 21. Be3 Qc7 22. a4 $16) 21. Rb1 Bd7 22. Rb2 f6 23.
Be3 Reb8 24. Rfb1 Rb6 $10 25. Qc1 Rab8 26. Bd2 (26. g3 $5 Rxb2 (26... Qb7 $5
27. Rxb6 axb6 $10) 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Qb6 29. Qc3 Ne7 $10) 26... Rxb2 27.
Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Qb6 29. Qxb6 (29. Qc3 Nf4 $10) 29... axb6 30. Bc2 Kf7 31. a4
Ke7 32. a5 bxa5 33. Bxa5 Nf4 34. Kf2 g5 35. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd8 12. Nd2 e5 13. c5 f5 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. O-O Nf7 16. Qc2 {'I was really very impressed of Tkachiev win over
Kortschnoi in Biel in this line.It was the first game for me (not in database)
,where 16Qb3 had been played.Vlad had explained me some ideas behind it and i
really had waited for the moment to play it.' Dies sollte Schwarz kaum
Eröffnungsprobleme bereiten. Mehr verspricht Weiß die theoretische Fortsetzung
16.Qb3.} (16. Qb3 {I was really very impressed of Tkachiev win over Kortschnoi
in Biel in this line.It was the first game for me (not in database) ,where
16Qb3 had been played.Vlad had explained me some ideas behind it and i really
had waited for the moment to play it.} b6 (16... Qf6 17. Qa3 f4 18. Rc7 Bg4 19.
f3 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Rxb7 $14 {Yevseev,D-Bocharov,D/Nefteyugansk 2002}) (16...
Qg5 17. f4 $1 Qh5 18. Nf3 Qh6 19. e3 Qf6 20. Rc7 g5 21. Qc3 g4 22. Nh4 $16 {
Avrukh,B-Vlassov,N/Moscow Aeroflot 2003}) 17. Qa3 $1 a5 (17... e4 18. Rfc1 Bd7
19. Nb3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nb5 $16 {
Kazhgaleyev,M-Izeta Txabarri,F/Cannes 1999}) 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Rc7 Qf6 20. e3 e4
21. Nb3 Qe5 22. Nd4 Qxd5 23. f4 $1 Nh6 24. R1c6 $16 {Tkachiev,V-Kortschnoj,V/
Biel 2002}) 16... Bd7 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Nc4 $146 {Gespielt mit der Idee 19.Na5.
Der sofortige Abtausch aller Türme bringt Weiß nicht mehr als Ausgleich.} (18.
Qb3 b6 19. Qa3 a5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. f4 Bd7 24. e3
Kf8 $11 {Steinbacher,M-Dizdar,G/Zillertal 1993}) 18... b6 $6 ({Genauer war} 
18... Rc7 $1 19. Na5 (19. Bh3 e4 $11) (19. Qd2 Rac8 $11) 19... Rxc3 20. Qxc3
Rc8 21. Qe3 (21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rxc8+ Nd8 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxd8+ Kf7 25. Rxd6
Qxb2 $11) 21... Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qd8 $1 {Die schwarze Dame wird zum rechten
Zeitpunkt aktiv.} 23. b4 Qb6 (23... b6 $2 24. Nc6 $16) 24. a3 e4 $11) 19. Qd2
g6 {Die Turmverdopplung auf der c-Linie scheitert taktisch, aber besser war
das prophylaktische 19...Rab8.} (19... Rc7 $2 20. Nxb6 $1 Rxc3 21. Nxa8 Rxc1+
22. Qxc1 $16) (19... Rab8 $1 {/\Rc7}) 20. e4 $1 {Weiß nutzt die Zeit, um das
gegnerischen Bauernzentrum anzugreifen.} fxe4 (20... Rab8 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4
$14) 21. Bxe4 Rab8 ({Verlockend sah} 21... Ng5 22. Bg2 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 {
aus, aber nach dem ruhigen} 24. f3 $1 {steht der schwarze Springer eher
schlecht als recht.}) 22. Bg2 Qf6 $6 {Erneut verpaßt Anastasian eine gute
Möglichkeit für die Turmverdoppelung auf der c-Linie, 22...Rc7! hätte für ein
ausgeglichenes Spiel gesorgt.} (22... Rc7 $1 23. Ne3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 $11) 23.
h4 {Weiß hat sich das Feld e4 freigekämpft und sucht nach dem günstigen Moment,
um seinen Springer dorthin zu führen.} a5 $4 {Strategisch gesehen ein guter
Zug (geplant ist Rc8-c5), taktisch stellt Schwarz einen Bauern ein.} (23... Rc7
$4 24. Nxe5 $1 Rxc3 25. Nxd7 $16) 24. b3 $4 {Auch mir entging die einfache
Kombination.} (24. Nxb6 $1 Rxc3 25. Nxd7 $18) 24... h6 $4 {Wie mir Ashot nach
der Partie erzählte, entdeckte er nach diesem Zug mit Schrecken seinen Fehler.
Sicher nicht gerade förderlich für seine Nerven!} (24... Rc5 $1) 25. Qe3 $4 Rc5
$1 {Endlich!} 26. Nd2 {Zu meinem großen Glück merkte ich auch nachträglich
nichts von den verpaßten Chancen und spielte seelenruhig weiter.} Bf5 27. Rc4 {
Mit der Idee a3 und b4.} h5 $2 {Reiner Zeitverlust, besser war sofort 27...g5.}
(27... g5 $1 $132) 28. a3 g5 29. hxg5 Nxg5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4
$6 (32. Nxc4 $1 $16 b5 $2 33. Nxd6 $18) 32... b5 33. Rc6 (33. Rc7 $5 $14) 33...
Ra8 34. Kh2 Nf7 35. Nf3 $2 {Ein Fehler in beginnender Zeitnot. Ich habe die
schwarze Drohung vollkommen übersehen. Einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften Vorteil
behielte Weiß nach 35.Ne4!} (35. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 $14 {עg8} Nh6 37. Kg2)
35... Nh6 $1 36. Qe1 $2 $138 {Wie so oft, kommt ein Fehler selten allein. Mit
36.Bh3! ließ sich der Schaden in Grenzen halten.} (36. Bh3 $1 Bxh3 (36... Ra2
$2 37. Nxe5 $1 Bxh3 38. Kxh3 $14) 37. Kxh3 Ng4 38. Qg5+ Qxg5 39. Nxg5 $11)
36... Ra2 $2 $138 {Zu meinem Glück nutzt Anastasian seine Chance nicht. Er
konnte mit 36...Ng4+ und 37...e4! einen starken Angriff starten.} (36... Ng4+
$1 37. Kg1 e4 $1 38. Nh4 (38. Nd2 Qd4 $17) (38. Nh2 Qb2 $17) 38... Qb2 $1 39.
Rc1 Bh7 40. Rd1 Ra2 $17) 37. Kg1 Ng4 38. Nd2 Bd7 $2 {Das Durcheinander in
gegenseitiger Zeitnot geht weiter, nun übersieht Anastasian meine
offensichtliche Antwort.} (38... Qg5 39. Ne4 Bxe4 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rc7+ $11) (
38... Qe7 $11) 39. Ne4 Qe7 40. Rxd6 Bf5 41. Rc6 Bxe4 $2 {Der Verlustzug. Nur
mit 41...Qa7! ließ sich die Partie noch retten.} (41... Qa7 $1 42. d6 Ra1 43.
Rc1 Rxc1 44. Qxc1 Bxe4 45. Qg5+ (45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qc7+ Qxc7 47. dxc7 Bf5 48.
Bb7 Nf6 $11) 45... Kf8 46. Qe7+ Qxe7 47. dxe7+ Kxe7 48. Bxe4 Kd6 $11) 42. Qxe4
$18 Qf7 43. Bf3 Nxf2 (43... Rxf2 44. Bxg4 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 $18) 44.
Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6
8. Qb3 b6 (8... Nbd7 {Belov} 9. Nc3 (9. Bg5 h6 (9... b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Re8
12. Rac1 dxc4 $6 13. Qxc4 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Short,N Rotterdam 1988 Inf 46/665/})
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nbd2 Qb6 $1 12. e3 Qxb3 13. axb3 e5 $1 $10 {Krasenkov,
M-Goldin,A Cappele la Grande 1992 Inf 54/489/}) 9... b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rfd1 (
11. Rac1 $5) (11. cxd5 {Belov} exd5 12. Rad1 Ne8 $6 13. e4 $1 Ndf6 14. exd5
cxd5 15. Ne5 Nc7 16. Bg5 $16 {Gleizerov,E-Galdunts,S Voskresensk 1993/}) 11...
c5 (11... Nh5) 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Nb5 {Romanishin,O-Polugaevsky,L
Moscow 1985 Inf 35/598/} dxc4 $10) 9. Nc3 Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5
Bb7 12. Bf4) 10. Rac1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... exd5 $14 {Belov}) 12. Bf4 (12.
Rc2 Rc8 13. Rfc1 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Na2 Rxc2 16. Rxc2 Qb8 $10 {ECO}) 12... Nh5 (
12... a6 13. Na4 b5 14. Bc7 $1 Qe8 15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Rc8 17. Ba5 $14) (
12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 (14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Ne5 Nf6 $13) (14. Nd2 Bd5 15.
Qa4 $14) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 $14 (15. Bxe5 Bd6 $10)) 13. Be5 $1 (13. Bd2 Rc8
$10) 13... f6 (13... Nxe5 $6 14. dxe5 $16 {/\e3,Nd4}) (13... Rc8 14. Nb5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 (15. dxe5 $14) 15... a6 16. Na7 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bd6 18. Nac6 Qc7 19. Rc3
$16) (13... a6 {Belov} 14. Na4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 b5 16. Nc5 $16) 14. Bc7 $3 Qxc7 (
14... Qe8 $2 15. g4 Rc8 16. Nb5 a6 17. Na3 $18) 15. Nxd5 Qd6 (15... Bxd5 {Belov
} 16. Qxd5 $1 exd5 17. Rxc7 $18) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rc7 Bd5 (17... Rab8 $2 18.
Qb5 $16 (18. Qb5 {Belov} Rfd8 19. Qxh5 $18)) (17... Bc8 18. Ng5 fxg5 19. Bxa8
$16) 18. Qb5 Rfd8 19. e4 Bxe4 (19... a6 20. Qe2 Qd6 (20... Bxa2 $5 21. Ra1 Bb3
22. Nd2 Qb4 23. Nxb3 Qxb3 24. Qxh5 Qxb2 25. Rd1 $44) 21. Rfc1 Bxa2 (21... Nc5
22. exd5 Qxc7 23. dxc5 exd5 24. Nd4 $16) 22. e5 Qe7 (22... fxe5 23. dxe5) 23.
Nd2 Qe8 (23... Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. e6 $18) 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. b3
$16) 20. Qxh5 Qd6 (20... Rdc8 21. Ne5 (21. Rfc1 {Belov} Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Qd6 $16)
21... Rxc7 22. Bxe4 fxe5 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Bxa8 exd4 25. Rd1 $16) 21. Rfc1 a6
22. Nh4 $16 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 e5 $6 (23... Qxd4 24. Nf4 (24. Rd1 $18 {Belov}) 24...
Qd6 25. R1c6 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxb6 $16) 24. Nh4 $1 g6 $2 (24... exd4 25.
Nf5 Qe5 (25... Qf8 26. Nxd4 $16) 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Qg4+ Kh6 29.
Qxd7 $16) (24... Qf8 {Belov} 25. Qg4 Nb8 26. Nf5 $18) 25. Nxg6 $1 $18 hxg6 26.
Qxg6+ Kh8 (26... Kf8 27. R1c6 Qe7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxf6+ $18) 27. dxe5 (27.
dxe5 Qe7 (27... Qxe5 28. R1c4 Qg5 29. Qf7 $18) 28. e6 (28. R1c4 fxe5 29. Kh1
$18) 28... Qxe6 29. R1c4 Qh3 30. Qf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Qc2 (6. a3 Be7 7. Qc2 c6
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bc1 b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. e4 c5 14. cxd5
exd5 15. e5 g6 16. Re1 Ng7 17. Nf1 Re8 18. h4 cxd4 $132 {Abramovic-Makarov/
Podgorica/1993}) (6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nc3 b6 10. Ne5 Ba6 {/\Bxc4
} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Ra7 13. Rc1 b5 $1 14. e3 Qb6 15. Qb3 Rb7 16. Bf1 a4 17.
Qd1 a3 $10 {Yusupov-Salov/URS-ch/1988}) 6... c6 $5 7. Bg2 b6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5
(9. Bf4 Ba6 10. c5 (10. Nbd2 $1 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 {/\e4}) 10... a4 11. Bd6 Re8 12.
Qxa4 bxc5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Bxa5 $44 {Krasenkov-Moldobaev/Blagovescensk/
1988}) 9... Be7 (9... Ba6 $6 10. c5 a4 11. cxb6 $16) 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Rfe1 Nbd7
12. e4 Rc8 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rxe4 $14) 13. Rad1 $1 (
13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rac1 Nc7 $132 {/\c5}) (13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 c5
15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd6 Rc7 $14) 13... h6 (13... c5 14. e5 Ne8 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qf5 $14) 14. Bf4 g5 $6 15. Be3 $6 (15. Be5 $1 Nxe4
(15... g4 16. Nh4 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 dxc4 19. f4 gxf3 20.
Nxf3 $44) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne8 18. exd5 cxd5 (18... Bxh4 19. dxc6 Bg5 20.
Ne4 Qe7 21. Qe2 $36) 19. Ng6 $1 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Ng7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Nb3 $40)
16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 f6 18. Rh4 $1 Rf7 (18... gxh4 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8
21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Ng5 $18) 19. Rxh6 Rg7 20. Nxg5 Rxg5 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bf4 Rg7
23. Qe4 Kf7 24. d5 $40) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 f5 18. Ng6 Rf6 $6 (
18... Rf7 $1 19. Nxe7+ (19. f3 $6 Bb4 20. fxe4 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Qf6 $17) 19...
Qxe7 $15 20. f3 $2 f4 21. gxf4 gxf4 22. Bc1 e3 $17) 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. f3 exf3
(20... f4 21. gxf4 gxf4 22. Bf2 e3 23. Bh4 Qh7 (23... Qg7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Kh1
Kh8 26. Rg1 $16) 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. b3 Kg7 27. Bh3 Kf7 $14) 21.
Bxf3 Qf7 22. b3 $44 {/\Bc1-b2} e5 $2 (22... b5 23. Bd2 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nb6 25.
Be2 f4 $13) 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bg2 $16 Nd7 25. Bd4 Rd6 (25... Re6 26. Rf1 Rf8
27. Bh3 $16) 26. Bb2 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 $1 {/\Qd4,b6} Nc5 28. Qd6 Re8 29. Rf1 Re2 $2
(29... Kh7 30. Qxc6 (30. Bxc6 Re6 31. Qd5 f4) (30. Bh3 f4) 30... Bb7 (30... Re6
31. Qf3 $16) 31. Qxb6 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 $16) 30. Qd4 Kh7 31. Rxf5 $1 $18 Re1+ 32.
Bf1 Qe7 (32... Qg8 33. Qf2 Re7 34. Rxc5 $18) 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 Nb6 (8... c6 9. Rc1 Qb6 (9... Ne4 10. Bb4 Bxb4 11. Qxb4 a5 12.
Qa3 b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 f5 $13 {Ljubojevic,L-Yusupov,A Rotterdam 1989})
10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e3 dxc4 13. Na3 Nd5 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Ng5 g6 16.
Qe4 N7f6 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Qh6 $16 {Romanishin,O-Tal,M Barselona 1992}) (8... c6
9. Nc3 Nb6 10. c5 Nbd7 (10... Nc4 11. Bf4 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. b3
Nd6 15. Na4 $10 {Conquest,S-Ribli,Z BRD 1986/87}) 11. Qc2 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3
Ba6 14. Rfe1 Bc4 15. h3 Qc8 16. Bf4 Qa6 17. Rab1 Ra7 18. g4 $14 {Horvath,
Jo-Atalik,S Budapest Cansys 1991}) (8... c6 {Hansen,Cu}) 9. c5 {N} (9. cxd5
exd5 10. Ne5 c6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. a4 a5 13. Rad1 Bb4 (13... Ra7 $10) 14. Bf4 Nfd7
15. Nd3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 h5 18. f3 $14 {Nikolic,P-Eingorn,V Zagreb
(izt) 1987}) 9... Nc4 10. Qc2 (10. Bf4 {Hansen,Cu} b6 $15) 10... b6 (10... Nxd2
{Hansen,Cu} 11. Nbxd2 $14) 11. Be1 {פc4} bxc5 12. dxc5 Nd7 (12... Ne4 $142 13.
b3 (13. Nd4 Bf6 $1 14. e3 Ba6 $17) 13... Bf6 14. Nc3 Na3 15. Qc1 a5 (15... Qe7
16. b4 Nc4 17. Rb1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 a5 20. b5 $1 Qxc5 21. Ne5 $16)
16. Qxa3 (16. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 17. Ng5 (17. Nd2 Bxa1 18. Nxe4 Ba6 $1 $17) 17...
Bxg5 $1 18. Qxa3 Ba6) 16... Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. Rc2 c6 20. Qc1
Be5 $10) (12... Bxc5 $4 {Hansen,Cu} 13. b3 $18) 13. b3 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bc3 Bf6 (15... Nc6 $5 {Hansen,Cu /\a7-a5 + Bc8-a6}) 16. Qb2 Ng4 $2 (16... Nc6
$1 {/\Rb8<=>}) 17. h3 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Nf6 19. c6 $1 $16 a5 (19... e5 $2 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Rfd1 $16) 20. Rfd1 Qe8 21. Rac1 Ra6 (21... Ba6 22. e4 $16) 22. e4 dxe4
(22... Rxc6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 a4 27. b4 Be6
28. Rd2 $16) 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 (23... Nd5 $5 {Hansen,Cu} 24. Qd2 $14) 24. Bxe4 f5
25. Bg2 e5 26. Rd5 $1 e4 27. Re5 Qg6 (27... Qd8 28. Bf1 Ra8 29. Qa3 $16) (27...
Qf7 $2 {Hansen,Cu} 28. Bf1 {/\Bxa6/Bc4}) 28. Re7 Rf7 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+
Kxf8 31. Rd1 Be6 (31... Ke8 {Hansen,Cu} 32. Qe5+) 32. Qa3+ Ke8 (32... Kf7 {
Hansen,Cu} 33. Rd8) 33. Qc5 $40 Qf6 (33... f4 34. gxf4 Bxh3 35. Qe5+ Kf7 36.
Rd7+ Bxd7 37. cxd7 Ra8 38. Qd5+ $18) 34. Bf1 Ra8 35. Rd7 $1 Rc8 (35... Bxd7 36.
cxd7+ Kd8 (36... Kxd7 {Hansen,Cu} 37. Qd5+ $18) 37. Qd5 Ra7 (37... c6 {Hansen,
Cu} 38. Qg8+ $18) 38. Bb5 Qf8 (38... c6 39. Bxc6 Kc7 (39... Qf8 {Hansen,Cu} 40.
Qe5 $16) 40. Qc5 $18) 39. Qe6 (39. Qe5 {Hansen,Cu}) 39... c6 40. Bxc6 Kc7 41.
Qe8 $18) 36. Ba6 Bxd7 (36... Rd8 37. Rxc7 Rd1+ 38. Bf1 f4 39. Rb7 fxg3 40. Qh5+
$18) 37. cxd7+ Kxd7 38. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Patriarca, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Paraguay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O {Eine selten
gespielte Variante. Wie in vielen anderen Abspielen des Bogo-Indisch will
Schwarz die "schwarzfeldrige" Strategie verfolgen.} 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9.
Rd1 $1 {Die beste Reaktion. Weiß nutzt die Tatsache, daß der Gegner ein Tempo
an a7-a5 verschwendet hat und erschwert ihm die Durchsetzung von e6-e5.} (9.
Nc3 e5 10. d5 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Bg4 $11) 10... Nb8 11. Ne1 Na6 {führt zu
einem bequemen Spiel für Schwarz, z.B.,} 12. Nd3 Re8 13. e4 Nd7 14. Rae1 c6 15.
f4 Nb4 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Nf2 Qd4 $36 {Gavrilov,A-Arbakov,V/Moscow 1988}) 9... Qe7
(9... Bd7 $5) 10. Nc3 $14 Bd7 {Auch bei anderen Fortsetzungen hat Schwarz
Schwierigkeiten.} (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 $14
) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nb8 14. Rac1 f6 15. Qc3 c6 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Nc4 Qb4 18.
Qxb4 axb4 19. Nd6 Bc8 20. Rc4 Rxa2 21. Rxb4 $16 {Farago,I-Peschel,A/Regensburg
1996}) (10... Re8 11. Rac1 h6 12. h3 Nb8 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. cxd5 c6 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Nd2 b5 19. Nb3 b4 20. Qe3 cxd5 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Nd2
$16 {Farago,I-Dizdarevic,E/Ljubljana 1992}) 11. Rac1 {Nimmt vorsorglich den
Bauern c7 ins Visier.} Rfc8 12. e4 e5 {Schwarz kann nicht länger warten, es
drohte bereits 13.e4-e5.} (12... Be8 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Nxe5 $14) 14...
Nd7 (14... Ng4 $2 15. Qf4 $16) 15. Qf4 $14) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nxd4 (14...
Nb8 $2 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 17. d6 Qd8 18. dxc7 Qxc7 19. Bh3 Be8 20.
Qd8 $18) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 {Weiß hat sein Ziel erreicht, der rückständige
Bauer c7 ist schwach.} a4 {Mit der Idee, durch b6, Ra5-c5 die weiße Kontrolle
über die c-Linie streitig zu machen. Dennoch dauert dieser Plan zu lange und
Weiß kann das Zentrum aufbrechen.} 17. f4 f6 18. Qb4 $1 b6 $2 ({Wesentlich
besser war} 18... Ra6 $1 $14 {mit der Idee} 19. Qxb7 $2 (19. Rc2 $14) 19... Rb6
20. Qa7 Rxb2 21. Rxc7 $4 Rxc7 22. Qxc7 Rxg2+ $19) 19. Re1 Qf8 $6 (19... Qe8
$142 20. e5 fxe5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qc3 Qf8 23. Rxe5 $14) 20. e5 $1 $16 dxe5 21.
Qxf8+ {Eine einfache Lösung, das entstehende Endspiel ist sehr schwer für
Schwarz.} ({Auch die andere Möglichkeit war sehr verlockend:} 21. d6 $1 Qxd6 (
21... cxd6 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rcd1 $16) (21... Ra5 22. Bb7 Rb8 23.
Rxc7 $16) (21... Ra7 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Rf1 Qe8 25. dxc7 $16) 22.
Qxd6 cxd6 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rcd1 $16) 21... Kxf8 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rxe5 Bb5 $2
{Das verliert sofort. Um das drohende Eindringen der weißen Türme zu
verhindern mußte Schwarz bereits einen Bauern opfern.} (23... a3 24. bxa3 Rxa3
25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Re7 Bb5 27. Rff7 $18) (23... Re8 $142 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxc7
Bb5 26. Bf3 Re3 27. Kf2 Rd3 $16) 24. d6 $18 c6 25. d7 (25. d7 Rd8 26. Rxb5 cxb5
27. Bxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 O-O (9... Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. a3 $14) 10. Nc3 Qh5 11. a3 Bxc3
(11... Bd6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Qc4 e5 14. d5 Na7 15. h3 Ne8 16. g4 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qf6
18. Nf5 $16 {de Boer,G-J-van der Wiel,J Arnehm/Amsterdam 1983}) 12. Bxc3 (12.
bxc3 $5 e5 13. e4 $14) 12... Rd8 13. Qc2 Qf5 $1 (13... Nd5 14. Rd1 f5 15. Bd2
h6 16. e3 Bd7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Nh4 $14 {/\Nf5 Martin,G-Helmsen,F
Germania-Romania m corr 1989/92}) 14. Rc1 (14. Qxf5 exf5 15. O-O Be6 16. Rac1
Bd5 $10) 14... Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bd7 16. O-O Ne7 17. Ne5 (17. Bd2 $5 Bc6 (17...
Ned5 18. Ne5 $14) 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re1 f5 $10) 17... Ba4 18. Rcc1
Nfd5 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rc5 a4 22. Rfc1 (22. e3 $5 Ne7 23. f3 $14 {
^^}) 22... Ne7 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. e3 f6 25. Rb5 Ra7 26. Rc4 Kf7 {/\Ke7-d7} 27.
Bb4 $1 Rc8 $1 $8 (27... Rd7 $2 28. Bc5 b6 29. Bxb6 $18) 28. Bc3 (28. Bc5 b6 29.
Bb4 Nxb4 30. Rbxb4 Rca8 31. f3 Ke7 32. e4 Kd6 $10) 28... Nb8 $1 $8 (28... Ke7
29. e4 Kd7 30. d5 exd5 31. Rxd5+ Ke6 32. f4 $16) (28... Ne7 $6 29. Rbb4 $16)
29. d5 (29. Rbb4 Na6) (29. Ra5 $5 Rxa5 30. Bxa5 Na6 (30... Nc6 $2 31. Bc3 Ra8
32. e4 $16) 31. e4 (31. Bc3 b5 32. Rc6 Nb8 33. Rc5 c6 $10) 31... Rd8 $1 32. Bc3
b5 33. Rc6 Rd6 $10) (29. e4 $1 c6 30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 Rd8 32. dxc6 Nxc6 33.
Kg2 $14) 29... exd5 30. Rxd5 c6 31. g4 (31. Bd4 $5 Ra8 (31... Ra6 $2 32. Rb5
Rc7 33. Rbb4 $16) 32. Rb5 Rc7 33. Rbb4 (33. Bb6 Rc8 34. Rbb4 Nd7) 33... Na6 34.
Rb6 Nb8 (34... c5 $6 35. Bc3 Nb8 36. Rbb4 $1 Na6 37. Rb5 $16) 35. Rcb4 Ra7 $13
{/\Nd7}) 31... Re8 32. Rdd4 b5 33. Rc5 Re6 $10 34. Rf5 Rd7 35. Rff4 c5 36.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 37. g5 Ne5 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Kf1 Nd3 40. Rh4 Kg6 41. Rg4+ Kf5 42.
Rh4 Kg6 43. Rg4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 O-O (5... b6 6. Bg5 Bb7) 6. Bg5
d5 7. e3 Nbd7 (7... h6 8. Bh4 Re8 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O $14 {
Schuessler-Rantanen/Helsinki/1983}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2
g6 (11... Nf8 $6 12. Ne5 Be7 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rae1 f6 16. Nxg4 Bxg4
17. f5 Rad8 18. Qf2 Bh5 19. a3 $14) (11... h6 12. Bh4 Bd6 13. Rae1 $14) (11...
Be7 12. Rae1 (12. h3 Nf8 13. Ne5 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 $10) 12... h6
13. Bf4 $14 Nh5 $2 14. Nxd5 $1 $18) 12. h3 $14 Be7 13. Bf4 $1 (13. Rae1 Nh5 14.
Bxe7 Rxe7 $13) 13... Nf8 14. Ne5 Nh5 (14... Ne6 15. Bh2 (15. Bh6 $5) 15... Ng7
16. g4 $1 h5 17. f3 $36) 15. Bh2 Bd6 16. Rae1 f6 17. Ng4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 $5 (18.
Nxh2 Be6 (18... f5 19. Na4 $14) 19. g4 Ng7 20. f4 Bf7 21. Qf2 $14 {/\f5}) 18...
Qd6+ 19. Kg1 Kg7 (19... Ng7 $4 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ $18) (19... Bd7 20. f4 $36
Ng3 $2 21. Rf3 $16) 20. Nh2 (20. f4 $6 Ng3 21. Rf3 Nf5 $1 (21... Ne4 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Rff1 (23. Nxe4 $4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf5 $19) 23... Qe7 24. Nf2 f5 $13) 22.
Qf2 Bd7 23. Nh2 Qe7 24. Re2 $10) 20... f5 (20... Kg8 21. g4 Ng7 22. f4 $14) 21.
Na4 $1 (21. Nf3 Nd7) (21. f4 Ng3 22. Rf3 Ne4) 21... Be6 (21... Nf6 22. f4 $14 {
/\Nf3-e5}) 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Nc5 b6 $2 (23... Nxc5 {>=} 24. dxc5 Qe7 25. Nd4 Nf6
$14) 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Ne5 $16 Re6 $6 (25... Rac8 26. Rc1 Nf6 $16 {>=}) 26. Rc1
Be8 27. f4 {/\g4} Ng3 28. Rf3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 (29... dxe4 30. Rf2 $16 {
/\Qb3,/\g4->}) 30. Rf2 Rc8 (30... Rf6 $142 31. g4 Rc8 32. f5 $16) 31. f5 $1 $40
gxf5 32. Rxf5 Bg6 33. Rf4 c5 34. Qc3 Kg8 35. Rcf1 c4 36. Qe1 (36. a3 $5 $16)
36... Rxe5 $6 (36... b5 37. Qxa5 b4 38. Ng4 $16 {><d5}) 37. dxe5 Qxe5 38. Qf2
$18 Qg7 39. Rf6 d4 (39... b5 40. Qd2 $18) 40. exd4 Re8 41. Qe3 b5 42. d5 b4 43.
d6 Rc8 44. Qd4 Qd7 45. Qd5+ Kg7 46. Re6 Qa7+ 47. Kh2 Kh6 48. Rf4 Qe3 49. Rh4+
Kg7 50. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Re8 9. Qb3 $1 (9. a3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 a5) (9. Nbd2) 9... Nc6 (9... a5 10. a3
Nc6 (10... bxa3 11. bxa3 $1 $14) (10... Na6 11. Nbd2 $14) 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5
Ne7 (12... a4 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. e4 bxa3 15. Nxa3 $16) 13. Nd4 (13. axb4 $5 Nexd5
14. bxa5 Rxe2 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 $14) 13... a4 (13... Qb6 14. e3 a4 15. Qxb4
Qxb4 16. axb4 Nexd5 17. Nc3 Nxb4 18. Nxa4 $16) 14. Qxb4 (14. Qc4 $5) 14...
Nexd5 15. Qc4 $14) 10. d5 $1 {N} (10. Nbd2 Qb6 (10... a5 $142 $13) 11. e3 Na5
12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rfc1 e5 14. c5 Qd8 15. e4 exd4 16. cxd6 Bg4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18.
Rxc6 bxc6 19. e5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd7 21. Nc4 $16 {Brenninkmeijer-Klaren/NLD-ch/
1992}) 10... Na5 (10... exd5 {>=} 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Qxb4 (12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Rd1
Qc5 $13) 12... Nexd5 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Na3 $14) 11. Qxb4 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 (
12... Rxe2 $6 13. Nc3 Re7 14. Nd4 $16 {פa5}) 13. Qd2 Nf6 $6 (13... Be6 {>=}
14. Na3 (14. Nd4 Nc4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qd4 Ncb6 $14 17. e4 e5 $1 18. Qd2 Nf6
$13) 14... Qb6 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. e3 $14) 14. Nc3 Nc4 15. Qd4 d5 (15... Nxb2 $4
16. Rab1 $18) 16. b3 Na5 17. Rfd1 Nc6 (17... Be6 $142) 18. Qc5 Be6 19. Nd4 Rc8
20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Qd4 $16 Qe7 (21... Qa5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd6 24. e4 Bxd5
25. exd5 Red8 26. Rac1 Qxa2 27. Qb4 Qa6 (27... R6d7 28. d6 Qa6 29. Rd5 $16) 28.
Rc7 $16) 22. e3 {/\Nd5} Rc5 (22... Rd8 23. e4 $16) 23. Na4 $1 Ra5 24. Rdc1 b6
25. Nc3 $1 {/\b4} Rc5 (25... Rc8 26. b4 Rc4 (26... Ra3 27. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1
$16) 27. bxa5 (27. Qxc4 dxc4 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Rab1 $14) 27... Rxd4 28. exd4
bxa5 29. Rab1 h6 30. Rb3 $16) 26. b4 Rc4 (26... Rcc8 27. Nxd5 (27. a3 Red8 28.
Bf1 $16) 27... Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxb4 30. Qd7 Rcd8 31. Qxa7 Rd2 32.
Rd1 $16) 27. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Rd8 31. Qc4 h6 32.
a3 Qe5 (32... Rd2 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ g6 35. Qf4 $16) (32... Qf6 33. Qe4 Qb2
34. Rc7 Qxa3 35. Qe7 $16) 33. Qa6 Rd2 34. Qb7 (34. Qxa7 Rxf2 $1) 34... Qf6 (
34... g6 35. Qc8+ Kh7 (35... Kg7 36. Qc3 $16) 36. Qc4 Qf6 37. Qf4 Qxf4 38. gxf4
Rd7 $16) 35. Rf1 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Qa8+ Qd8 38. Qxd8+ Rxd8 39. Rc1 Rd3 40.
a4 Ra3 41. Rc4 g6 (41... h5 42. Rc5 Rxa4 43. Rxh5 $16) 42. g4 $1 Kg7 43. Kg2 g5
(43... Kf6 44. h4 Ke6 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 $16) 44. h4 Kf6 45. Rc6+ (45. Rc6+
Kg7 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Rc5 Rxa4 48. Rxg5+ Kf6 49. Rf5+ Ke6 50. Kg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 d6 (6... b6 $142
) 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 Qe7 (8... h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Be2 e5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. O-O Nf8
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. c5 Bc6 17. b4 a6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rfd1
Nd5 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Bxf3 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. gxf3
$14 {Bareev-Gostisa/Bled/Rogaska Slatina/1991}) 9. Be2 Re8 (9... e5 10. O-O
exd4 $6 11. exd4 h6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Qd8 16. Qc2
$16 {Lingnau-Schlingensiepen/GER-CupT/1993}) 10. O-O Nf8 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 $5
(12. Bh4 Ng6 13. Bg3 e5 14. Re1 $14) 12... Qxf6 13. f4 $14 {()} Bd7 (13... d5
$6 14. c5 b6 15. Rc1 $16) (13... Qe7 14. b4 a5 (14... e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. d5
a5 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bh5 g6 19. Bf3 $14) 15. Qb3 axb4 16. axb4 Bd7 17. Bf3 c6 18.
c5 d5 19. e4 $16) 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. b4 Rab8 16. Qc2 c5 $5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. b5 e5
$2 (18... Nh7 19. Rad1 $5 Nf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Red8 22. Rd3 Be8 23. Rfd1
b6 24. a4 $16) (18... Red8 {>=} 19. a4 Be8 20. Rad1 f6 $14) 19. f5 $1 $16 Qg5 (
19... Nh7 20. Bd5 (20. Rae1 Nf6 {/\e4}) 20... Nf6 21. Ne4 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bxb5
23. f6 Qd8 (23... Qc7 $6 24. fxg7 Bxf1 25. Nf6+ Kxg7 26. Qh7+ $16) 24. Rf3 $40)
20. Bd5 $1 e4 (20... Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Nh7 22. Ne4 {/\Rf3+-} Ng5 23. Rae1 Qxa3 24.
Nd6 Rf8 (24... Re7 25. f6 $18) 25. Rxe5 $16) 21. Nxe4 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Nh7 23.
Rae1 $1 Qxa3 (23... Qd4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxd7+ $18) 24. f6 $18
Be6 (24... gxf6 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qg6+ $18) (24... g6 25. Nd6 $18) 25. fxg7
Qa5 (25... Kxg7 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Nxf7 Bxd5 28. cxd5 $18) (25... Bxd5 26. cxd5
Rbd8 (26... Kxg7 27. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. Qf5+ $18) 27. Qf2 Rd7 28.
Nf6+ Nxf6 29. Qxf6 $18) 26. Nd6 Re7 27. Nxf7 Rbe8 28. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 (8... Re8 9. Nf1 Qc7 10. Ne3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rfd1 Nbd7
14. a3 bxa3 15. bxa3 $14) 9. Nf1 Bd7 {N} (9... Qa5 10. Ne3 b3+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+
12. Nxd2 Nxd4 (12... bxa2 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rxa2 $16) 13. Nxb3 Nxb3 14. axb3
$14) (9... e5 10. Ne3 Ng4 11. Nd5 Nh6 (11... e4 12. Nd2 e3 13. fxe3 Be6 14. Nf1
Bxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. h3 Nf6 17. e4 $16) 12. O-O Nf5 (12... Bg4 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. Nd2 Rc8 15. h3 Be6 16. Nb3 $14) 13. e3 Be6 14. Qd2 a5 15. a3 Re8 16. Rfd1
bxa3 17. bxa3 exd4 18. exd4 b5 $1 $10 {Kengis-Khalifman/Manila olm/1992}) 10.
Ne3 Ne7 11. O-O a5 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. a3 Qb6 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Qd2 (15. Qa3 Qxa3
16. Rxa3 a4 17. b3 b5 (17... axb3 18. Rxb3 $14) 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. bxa4 Bxe2 $10
) 15... Qxd2 16. Nxd2 a4 {/\b5} 17. Nb1 (17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bf3 Rxb2 $10) (17. b4
b5 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5 Bc6 $10) (17. b3 b5 (17... axb3 18. Nxb3 b5 (18... d5
19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Rfb1 $16) 19. c5 $14) 18. cxb5 axb3 19. Nxb3 Bxb5
$10) (17. Nd1 $6 {/\Nc3} b5 18. cxb5 Rc2 $15) 17... Nf5 $1 (17... b5 $2 18.
cxb5 Bxb5 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Rfb1 $16) 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Na3 (19. Nd2 b5 $10)
19... Ne4 $10 20. Rfd1 d5 $5 21. c5 (21. cxd5 b5 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rac1 b4 24.
Nc4 Bb5 25. Nd6 (25. Nb6 Rb8) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxe2 27. Nxe4 Rd8 $5 $10)
21... b6 $1 22. f3 Nf6 23. Rac1 Rc6 24. Rc2 Rb8 25. e3 g5 26. Bf1 Re6 $1 27.
Kf2 bxc5 28. dxc5 Bc6 {<=>>>} 29. Rdd2 (29. Bd3 $5 Re5 30. Re2 g4 31. f4 Ne4+
32. Bxe4 Rxe4 $10) 29... g4 $1 30. Be2 Rb3 31. Rc3 Rb4 32. Rcc2 h5 (32... Rb3
$10) 33. Nb1 Kg7 34. Nc3 Re7 35. Na2 Rb3 36. Rc3 d4 $1 37. exd4 gxf3 38. Bxf3
Bxf3 39. Kxf3 Ne4 40. Rdc2 Nxc3 41. bxc3 Re4 {/\Rd4} (41... a3 42. c6 (42. Nb4
$6 Re4 $1 43. Kf2 Rb2 $17) 42... Rb2 43. Nb4 Rxc2 44. Nxc2 a2 45. d5 Rc7 46.
Ke3 Kf6 47. Kd4 $13) 42. Nc1 (42. Kf2 $2 a3 $17) 42... Rb8 43. c6 $2 (43. Ra2
$1 Rbe8 44. Ne2 $13) 43... a3 44. Nd3 (44. Ra2 Rb1 45. c7 Re8 46. Nd3 Rb3 $17)
44... Rb3 $1 45. Kf2 (45. Nc5 Rb2 46. Rc1 a2 47. Ra1 Re1 48. Rxe1 Rb1 49. c7
Rxe1 50. Nb3 Re8 51. d5 Kf6 52. c4 Ke5 53. Ke3 Kd6+ 54. Kd4 Kxc7 $19) 45... a2
46. Rxa2 Rxc3 47. Nf4 Rxc6 48. Nxh5+ $2 (48. d5 Rh6 49. h4 $17) 48... Kh7 {
/\Rh6} 49. Nf4 Rxd4 50. Ra5 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Rxh2 52. Rxf5 Kg7 $19 53. g4 $2 (53.
Kg4 $142) 53... Ra4 54. g5 Rh1 55. Kg2 Rb1 56. Kf3 Rg1 57. Kf2 Raa1 58. Kf3
Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Rb1 60. Re5 Rb2+ (60... Rb2+ 61. Re2 Rb4 62. Nd5 Rb5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Bb4 a5 $1 {Eine Neuerung, die zum Ausgleich
führen sollte.} (11... e5 12. Nd2 Nxd2 (12... a5 $6 13. Nxe4 axb4 14. c5 f5 15.
cxd6 cxd6 16. Nd2 Nf7 17. Qb3 b5 18. Qxb4 Rxa2 19. O-O Qa7 20. Nb1 $1 $14 {
Ehlvest,J-Wahls,M/Tilburg 1994}) 13. Bxd2 $1 (13. Qxd2 b6 14. Bc3 a5 15. O-O
Nb7 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Nc5 18. b3 Bd7 $10 {Marin,M-Hracek,Z/Odorheiu zt 1995})
13... a5 (13... b6 14. b4 $16) 14. c5 $1 dxc5 15. Qc2 $16 b6 $4 16. d6 $18 {
Marin}) 12. Ba3 e5 13. Qc2 (13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 b6 $10) 13... Nc5 $1 (13...
f5 14. c5 b6 $1 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Nc4 $14) 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. O-O f6
$6 {Zu passiv. Die kritische Stellung entschteht nach} (15... e4 16. Nd2 e3 (
16... f5 $6 17. f3 e3 18. Nb1 $14 {mit dem Plan f4, Qd3, Rc3, Rf3.}) 17. fxe3
Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Bg4 {, und Schwarz ist OK.}) 16. e4 Nf7 17. Ne1 $1 b6 18. Nd3 Bd7
19. f4 Rae8 20. Rce1 $14 {Nun ist Schwarz gezwungen, sich passiv zu
verteidigen. Die Frage ist nur, ob Weiß diese Festung auf den schwarzen
Feldern einnehmen kann.} g6 21. Qc3 Qd6 22. Rf2 Kg7 23. Ref1 Re7 24. h3 h5 $1 {
Es ist besser, g3-g4 zu verhindern. Wie gefährlich sonst der weiße Angriff
werden kann, zeigt die folgende Variante:} (24... Rfe8 25. g4 exf4 $2 26. Rxf4
Ne5 27. g5 $1 f5 (27... fxg5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. R1f6 $18) 28. exf5
Bxf5 29. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Kg8 31. Rf6 Qd7 32. Nf4) 25. b3 Kg8 (25... c6 $5
{Hracek} 26. a3 cxd5 27. cxd5 Bb5 28. f5 g5 29. Rc1 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 $14) 26. Qd2
Kg7 27. Qb2 Ree8 28. Qc3 {Beide Gegner hatten nicht viel Zeit übrig, womit man
die nicht viel sagenden Züge der weißen Dame erklären kann.Die beste Chance
für Weiß besteht im Durchbruch f4-f5, dafür muß die weiße Dame den Bauern h5
unter Beschuß nehmen. Der andere Plan-a3,b4 -bringt nicht viel, weil Schwarz
nach dem Abtausch auf b4 f6-f5 durchsetzten kann.} Qe7 29. Qa1 Qd6 30. Qd1 Re7
(30... f5 $2 31. Qa1 Kg8 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. fxe5 Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. g4 $18)
(30... Rh8 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Rxf6 Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. Qf1+ Kg7 35. Qa1 Kf6
36. h4 Re7 37. Nf4 $16 {/\Bh3}) 31. Qa1 Ree8 32. Qd1 Re7 33. f5 $1 {Einen
günstigeren Moment für f5 wird es nicht geben.} Nh6 $2 {Nun wird Schwarz ohne
Chancen leiden. Prinzipiell war} (33... gxf5 34. Qxh5 Rh8 35. Qd1 $1 fxe4 (
35... Ng5 36. h4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. Nf2 Bf5 41.
Qe2 $16) 36. Rxf6 Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. Nf2 {, Weiß gewinnt den Bauern e4 und
sollte mit seinen Freibauern g un h besser stehen.}) 34. fxg6 Kxg6 35. Kh2 (35.
Ne1 $1 {/\Nf3-h4}) 35... h4 36. g4 Nf7 37. Ne1 Ng5 38. Nf3 Nxf3+ 39. Bxf3 Kg7
40. Be2 {Die Stellung ist nun für Weiß strategisch gewonnen, es wird gleich
g4-g5 duchgesetzt.} Ree8 41. Qe1 Qe7 42. Rg2 Rh8 43. g5 $18 fxg5 44. Qd2 Rh6 (
44... Kh6 $2 45. Rxg5 Qxg5 46. Rf6+) 45. Rxg5+ Kh7 46. Bg4 Bxg4 47. Rxg4 Rh5
48. Qf2 $2 (48. Qg2 $1 Rf8 49. Rg1 $18 {Hracek}) 48... Kh8 49. Rg6 Rg8 50.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 51. Rg1+ Kh7 52. Rg4 Kh6 53. Qe3+ Kh7 54. Qf3 Kh6 55. Rg8 Kh7 56.
Rg4 Kh6 57. Rg8 Kh7 58. Qf8 Qxf8 59. Rxf8 Rg5 60. Rf7+ Rg7 61. Rf5 Re7 62. Rh5+
Kg6 63. Rxh4 Re8 64. Rg4+ Kf6 65. a4 c6 66. dxc6 Rc8 67. h4 Rxc6 68. h5 Kf7 69.
Kg3 Rd6 70. Kh4 Rd1 {Anstatt nun mit 71.Kg5 Rb1 72.Kf5 das Spiel sofort zu
beenden, zog ich} 71. Rg6 $2 Re1 72. Rxb6 Rxe4+ 73. Kg5 {, und mußte nach} Re1
74. Kf5 e4 75. Rb7+ Kf8 76. Rb5 e3 77. Ke4 Rh1 78. Kxe3 Rxh5 {meinen Gegner
und mich selbst noch bis zum Zug 111 quälen.} 79. Ke4 Rh1 80. Ke3 Rh5 81. Ke4
Ke7 82. Rxa5 Kd6 83. Rb5 Rh2 84. a5 Kc6 85. Rb6+ Kc7 86. Rf6 Rh3 87. Rf3 Rh2
88. Rf7+ Kc6 89. a6 Kb6 90. a7 Ra2 91. Kd5 Rd2+ 92. Ke6 Rd8 93. Rd7 Rh8 94. Re7
Rd8 95. Rd7 Rh8 96. Rh7 Rd8 97. Ke7 Ra8 98. Kd6 Rd8+ 99. Ke5 Re8+ 100. Kd6 Rd8+
101. Rd7 Rh8 102. Kd5 Rh5+ 103. Ke4 Rh8 104. Kd3 Rg8 105. Kc3 Ra8 106. b4 cxb4+
107. Kxb4 Rh8 108. Rg7 Rf8 109. c5+ Kc6 110. Ka5 Rh8 111. Ka6 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 {8.Rc1 ist anspruchsvoller.} Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O (9... Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11.
Kd2 {führt zu einem für Weiß leicht vorteilhaften Endspiel.}) 10. Bg2 d6 11. d5
Nd8 ({Nach} 11... Nb8 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O {bekommt Weiß ein angenehmes
Druckspiel im Zentrum, z.B:} a5 (13... Nd7 14. Nd4 Kh8 15. Rad1 e5 16. Nb5 Nc5
17. Qe3 a5 18. b3 Ne6 19. Nc3 Qe8 20. Nd5 $14 {Eingorn,V-Gershon,A/Graz 1998})
14. Nd4 e5 15. Nb3 $1 a4 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. e3 Be6 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 $14 {
Shipov,S-Drasko,M/Belgrade 1994}) 12. O-O e5 13. e4 (13. c5 f5 14. Rac1 Nf7 15.
cxd6 cxd6 16. Qc7 Qf6 $132 {stellt für den Nachziehenden keine Gefahr dar, da
Weiß aus seiner offenen c-Linie kein Kapital schlagen kann.}) 13... c5 $1 {
Schwarz schließt korrekterweise die Stellung.} (13... f5 $2 {wäre ein Fehler,
da Weiß das Zentrum öffnen kann.} 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rae1 Bd7 (15... Nf7 16. Nh4
Bd7 17. f4 $14) 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf6 Rxf6 19. gxf4 Nf7 20. Re7 Rd8
21. Ne4 Rg6 22. f5 Rh6 23. c5 Kf8 24. Re6 $1 $16 {Tal,M-Ivanovic,B/Luzern 1982}
) 14. Ne1 $146 {Ein neuer Versuch, der die generelle Einschätzung der Stellung
nicht ändern wird. Schwarz baut eine Festung auf, die kaum einzunehmen ist.} (
14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. h3 Be6 $11) (14. a3 f6 15. b4 Nf7 16. Ne1 b6 17. Nd3 f5 $132
{Gagarin,V-Khasin,A/Maikop 1998}) (14. Nd2 Bd7 (14... a5 15. f4 f6 16. b3 b6
17. Rf2 Nf7 18. Raf1 Bd7 19. a4 g5 20. f5 Kg7 21. Bf3 Rh8 22. Bh5 Rag8 23. Rg2
Kf8 24. h3 Be8 25. Kf2 Nd8 $11 {Khalifman,A-Wahls,M/Germany 1996}) 15. a3 b6
16. f4 f6 17. Rf2 Nf7 18. Raf1 a5 19. b3 Ra7 20. a4 g6 21. h3 Kg7 22. f5 Rh8
23. Qf3 g5 $11 {Khalifman,A-Nielsen,P/Aarhus 1997}) 14... Bd7 15. a4 a5 16. f4
f6 17. Nd3 b6 18. b3 Nf7 $11 19. Rae1 Nh6 $6 {Ein unnötiger Tempoverlust,
besser war sofort 19..g6 oder 19..g5.} (19... g5 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Re2 gxf4 22.
gxf4 Rg8 $11) (19... g6 $11) 20. Qd2 Nf7 21. Nf2 $1 {Der Läufertausch ist für
Weiß günstig.} (21. f5 g6 22. g4 g5 $11) 21... g6 22. Bh3 Kg7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24.
Nd1 (24. Nd3 Rae8 $11) 24... Rae8 25. f5 {Der einzige Versuch, auf Gewinn zu
spielen.} Rh8 26. Qe2 Reg8 $2 {Damit erschwert Schwarz seine Aufgabe. Er
sollte seine Strategie des "Zubetonierens" fortsetzen.} (26... g5 $1 27. Qh5
Nh6 $1 (27... Nd8 28. h4 Qf7 29. Qf3 h6 30. Ne3 $14 {/\Re2-h2, Kg2, Rfh1}) 28.
Ne3 Qf7 29. Qf3 (29. Qh3 Ng8 $11) 29... Reg8 30. h4 g4 $1 31. Nxg4 Nxg4 32.
Qxg4+ Kf8 33. Qf3 h5 $11) 27. fxg6 $1 hxg6 28. Qf3 Qd8 29. h4 (29. Ne3 Ng5 30.
Qg4 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Qc8 32. Qe6 Qd8 $11) (29. Nf2 Ng5 30. Qg2 Rf8 31. h4 Nf7 32.
Ng4 Nh6 33. Ne3 f5 $11) 29... g5 $1 (29... Nh6 30. Ne3 Rf8 31. g4 f5 $1 (31...
Qd7 32. Qg3 $14) 32. g5 Nf7 33. Ng2 f4 $11) 30. h5 (30. Kf2 $2 gxh4 31. gxh4 f5
32. Ne3 f4 $1 (32... Qxh4+ $2 33. Ke2 $16) 33. Nf5+ Kf8 34. Rg1 Nh6 $15) 30...
Nh6 31. Ne3 Rf8 {Die von Schwarz endlich errichtete Festung ist zwar nicht
ohne Mängel, genügt aber trotzdem fürs Unentschieden.} 32. Re2 Qd7 33. Rh2 Rf7
34. Qe2 Kf8 (34... f5 $4 35. exf5 Nxf5 36. Qg4 $18) 35. Nf5 {Um Fortschritt zu
machen muß Weiß früher oder später die Springer tauschen.} Nxf5 36. Rxf5 Rh6
37. Rhf2 Kg7 38. Qf3 Kf8 39. Qg4 Kg8 (39... Kg7 $4 40. Rxf6 $1 Qxg4 (40...
Rhxf6 41. Qxg5+ $18) 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. R2f7#) 40. Qf3 Kf8 41. Kg2
Kg8 42. Qg4 Kh8 $4 {Nach dem Erreichen der Zeitkontrolle (ich war in leichter
Zeitnot) wartet Aronian mit einem großzügigen Geschenk auf. Ich kann es nur
damit erklären, daß er nach einem möglichen Turmopfer Ausschau gehalten hat
und dabei vollkommen vergaß, daß Weiß auch seine Dame opfern kann.} (42... Rg7
$11) (42... Qd8 43. R5f3 Kg7 $11) 43. Qxg5 $1 $18 fxg5 44. Rxf7 Qxf7 45. Rxf7
g4 46. Rb7 {Der Rest ist einfach.} Rf6 47. Rxb6 Kh7 48. Ra6 Rf3 49. Rxd6 Rxb3
50. Rc6 Rb2+ 51. Kf1 Rb1+ 52. Ke2 Rb2+ 53. Kd1 Rb3 54. Rxc5 Rxg3 55. Ke2 Rg2+
56. Kf1 Rd2 57. Rc6 Ra2 58. d6 g3 59. c5 Rf2+ 60. Kg1 Rd2 61. Rc8 Kg7 62. Re8
Kf6 63. c6 1-0

[Event "Nijmegen m"]
[Site "Nijmegen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg2
O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 $6 (10. Qc2 $1 a5 11. b3 $1 Rd8 (11... f5
12. Bb2 Bd7 13. O-O Be8 14. Rad1 Bh5 15. Ne1 $1 $14 {/\Nd3}) 12. O-O b6 13. Bb2
Bb7 14. Rfd1 $14) (10. Qc2 {Ftacnik}) 10... Rd8 11. Qc2 a5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfe1
$6 (13. Rfd1 Be8 14. Be1 f5 $132 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 d4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18.
Qxe4 c5 $44) (13. Rfd1 $5 {Ftacnik}) 13... Be8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nd2 f5 16. e3
Bg6 $10 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. Nf3 a4 19. Qb5 (19. Qd1 $5 Bh5 20. Qd3 {/\Ne5}) 19...
Qd7 20. Nh4 Bf7 21. Bb4 $6 (21. Qe2 $10) (21. Nf3 $10) 21... Ra6 22. f3 $6 (22.
Bc3 $142 $10) 22... Nxb4 23. Qxd7 (23. Qxb4 {Ftacnik} Rb6 24. Qa5 Nd6 {/\ Nc4,
g7-g5}) 23... Rxd7 24. axb4 Nd6 $15 {><b4,Nh4} 25. Bh3 $8 Be6 (25... g6 {
Ftacnik} 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Nc4 $1) 26. e4 $1 dxe4 27. d5 $1 Bxd5 28. Nxf5
Nxf5 (28... Rf7 $5 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. fxe4 Bb3 31. e5 (31. Re2 $1 Rd4 (31... Rb6
32. Rd2) 32. b5 Re7 33. Bc8 b6 34. Bb7 $10) 31... Rd2 32. e6 Re7 33. Rc3 g6 $1
$17 (33... Rxb2 $6 34. Rd3 $132)) 29. Bxf5 Be6 30. b5 (30. Bxe4 {Ftacnik} Rb6
31. Bxb7 $1 Rxb7 32. Rxe6 Rxb4 $15) 30... Rb6 31. Bxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxe4 (32. fxe4
{Ftacnik} Re5) 32... Rxe4 33. fxe4 Rd2 34. Rc4 $2 (34. Rxc7 Rxb2 35. Rc8+ (35.
Rxb7 $2 a3 36. Ra7 a2 $19) 35... Kf7 36. Ra8 Rxb5 37. Rxa4 Rb2 $1 38. Rd4 (38.
Ra5 $1 {Ftacnik} Ke6 39. Rd5) 38... Ke6 39. Rd5 $1 b5 40. h4 b4 41. Rb5 $15)
34... Rxb2 35. Rxa4 Rxb5 36. Rd4 Kf8 37. Rd7 Rc5 38. Kf2 Rc3 $19 (38... b5 39.
Ke3 Rc4 40. Kf4 b4 41. Ke5 $132) 39. e5 (39. Ke2 b5 40. Kd2 b4 41. Rd4 (41. e5
{Ftacnik} Rc6 $19) 41... c5 42. Rd7 Rc4 43. Kd3 Rd4+ 44. Rxd4 cxd4 45. Kxd4 Ke7
46. Kc4 Ke6 47. Kxb4 Ke5 48. Kc5 (48. Kc3 Kxe4 49. Kd2 Kf3 $19) 48... Kxe4 49.
Kd6 Kf3 50. Ke7 Kg2 51. Kf7 g5 52. Kf6 h6 $19) 39... b5 40. e6 b4 41. Rf7+ Ke8
42. Rxg7 b3 43. Ke2 Rc6 (43... b2 {Ftacnik} 44. Rg8+ Ke7 45. Rb8) 44. Kd3 b2
45. Rg8+ Ke7 46. Rb8 Rb6 47. Rxb6 cxb6 48. Kc2 Kxe6 (48... Kxe6 49. Kxb2 Kf5
50. h3 Ke4 $19 (50... Ke4 {Ftacnik} 51. Kc3 Kf3 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 (7...
b5 $5 8. O-O O-O $13) 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 O-O (9... Qe4) 10. Nc3 Qh5 11. a3 (11.
Bf4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. gxf4 Rd8 14. e3 f6 15. Ne2 Qf7 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Rac1
Nb4 18. Qb1 c6 $10 {Browne-Smyslov/Tilburg/1982}) (11. e3 Rd8 12. Qe2 a4 13.
Rc1 a3 14. b3 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O Ra6 18. Rfd1 Rad6 $10 {
Hertneck-Smyslov/Dortmund/1986}) (11. h3 $5 Rd8 12. g4 Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. e3
$13) 11... Bxc3 (11... Bd6 $6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Qc4 e5 14. d5 Na7 15. h3 $16) 12.
Bxc3 b6 {N} (12... Rd8 13. Qc2 Qf5 $1 14. Rc1 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bd7 16. O-O Ne7 17.
Ne5 Ba4 18. Rcc1 Nfd5 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rc5 $14 {Akopian-Smyslov/
Moscow Alekhine op/1992}) 13. O-O Ba6 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Qb3 (16. e4
$5 {/\Qb3} cxd4 17. Bxd4 $16) 16... Ned5 (16... Rab8 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. Qc3 Nd5 21. Qd2 $16) 17. e4 (17. dxc5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc5
19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Rac1 $14) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qb5 20. Qe3 (20.
Rab1 $5 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Rab8 (21... b5 22. Ne5 $16) 22. Ne5 Rfc8 23. Reb1 (23. d5
$5) 23... Kf8 24. Bf3 b5 25. Be2 $16) 20... Qa4 21. Ne5 Rad8 22. d5 $1 exd5 23.
Qxb6 Bb5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Qc5 $16 Nf6 26. Rab1 Bd7 27. Bc6 (27. Nc6 $1 {>=}
Bxc6 (27... Rde8 28. Nxa5 $16) 28. Bxc6 Qd4 29. Qxa5 Ng4 30. Rf1 Rd6 31. Bg2
$16 {/\Qb4}) 27... Bxc6 28. Nxc6 Ra8 29. Rb7 h6 (29... Kh8 30. Ree7 Rfc8 31.
Rbc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 $16) 30. Kg2 Kh8 31. Ne5 Kg8 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Nxc4 a4 34.
Ree7 Nd5 35. Red7 Nf6 36. Rdc7 Nd5 37. Rd7 Nf6 38. Rd4 Rfb8 39. Rxb8+ Rxb8 40.
Ne3 Ra8 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Ke2 Ne8 43. Kd3 Nc7 44. Rb4 Ke7 45. Kc4 Kd7 46. Nd1 Ne8
47. Nb2 (47. Nc3 Nd6+ 48. Kd3 Kc6 49. Nxa4 $2 (49. h4 $16) 49... Nb5 $10) 47...
Nd6+ 48. Kc3 f5 49. Nxa4 (49. f3 $5 Re8 50. Kd2 Ra8 51. Nxa4 Kc6 $132) 49...
Kc6 50. Kb3 Ne4 51. Rb6+ Kd5 (51... Kc7 $2 52. Rg6) 52. Rb5+ Kc6 53. Rb6+ Kd5
54. Rb5+ Kc6 55. Rxf5 Rb8+ 56. Kc2 Ra8 57. Kb3 (57. f3 Rxa4 58. fxe4 Rxe4 $14)
57... Rb8+ 58. Ka2 Rd8 59. f3 Rd2+ 60. Kb3 Rd3+ 61. Kb2 (61. Kc2 Rxa3 62. fxe4
Rxa4 63. Kd3 Kd6 64. Rf7 g5 65. Rf6+ Ke5 66. Rxh6 Rd4+ $10) 61... Nd2 62. Rc5+
Kd6 63. f4 Nf1 64. Rc3 (64. Rc2 Ne3 65. Re2 Nc4+ $10) 64... Rd2+ 65. Kb3 (65.
Rc2 Rxh2 66. Rxh2 Nxh2 67. Nc3 Nf1 68. Ne2 g5 69. fxg5 hxg5 70. Kc3 Kc5 $10)
65... Rxh2 66. Nc5 Rg2 67. Kc4 g5 68. fxg5 hxg5 69. Rd3+ Kc6 70. Ne4 g4 $14 71.
Kd4 Kb5 72. Rb3+ (72. Ke5 Ka4 73. Kf4 Nxg3 74. Nxg3 Ra2 $10) 72... Ka5 73. Kc5
Rc2+ 74. Kd5 Re2 75. Nc5 {/\Kc6+-} Nd2 76. Rb8 Nf3 77. a4 Rd2+ 78. Ke4 Rd4+ 79.
Ke3 Rb4 80. Ra8+ Kb6 81. Nd3 Rc4 82. a5+ Kb5 $10 {/\Ra4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
O-O e5 9. Nc3 c6 (9... Nc6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Rfe1
Bd7 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Rc4 $16 {ECO}) (9... Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Rab1 $14 {ECO}) 10. e4 Re8 (10... c5 11. d5 a6 12. Nh4 Ne8
13. a4 a5 14. Qe1 Na6 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Rd2 $14 {Psakhis,L-Barlov,D Soci 1985})
11. Nh4 $5 (11. Rfe1 Nbd7 (11... a6 $5) 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 a6 14. Nf3 b5 15. c5
$1 $16 {Gleizerov,E-Savon,V SSSR 1988}) 11... a6 12. Rac1 (12. f4 $5 b5 13.
fxe5 (13. b3 Qa7 $1) 13... dxe5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 bxc4 $13) 12... b5 13. b3
Qa7 (13... bxc4 14. bxc4 Qa7 15. d5 $14) 14. dxe5 (14. Rfd1 Bg4 $1 15. f3 Be6
16. cxb5 axb5 17. Kh1 Na6 $132) 14... dxe5 15. cxb5 axb5 (15... cxb5 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. exd5 $16) 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 $16 {><c6,Nb8} Qa5 (17... Qb6 18. Ne4
$1 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f6 20. Rfd1 $16) 18. Rfd1 Ra7 (18... Ra6 {/\Nbd7} 19. Qe2 Nbd7
20. Rd6 Rc8 21. g4 $16) 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. g4 h6 21. h4 b4 22. Ne4 (22. Na4 $6 Qb5
23. Rc4 Nd5 $132) 22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4 c5 24. Rc2 $1 (24. g5 $6 hxg5 25. hxg5
Nc6 26. Rd6 $2 Nd4 $1 $17) 24... Rd7 (24... Nc6 $2 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Qc4 $18) 25.
Rxd7 Nxd7 26. g5 Nf8 27. Bd5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Qd8 29. Qd2 g6 $8 30. f6 e4 (30...
Ne6 $2 31. Bxe6 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxe6 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rf8 $18) 31. Rxc5 Ne6 32.
Rc2 e3 33. fxe3 Nxg5 34. Qd4 Qd6 35. Rg2 Re5 $2 (35... Ne6 36. Qe4 Ng7 $2 37.
Bxf7+ $18) (35... Qe5 $142 $16) 36. Bxf7+ $1 $18 Nxf7 37. Rxg6+ Kf8 38. Qg4 Rg5
39. Rxg5 Nxg5 40. Qxg5 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+ 44. Ke4 Qc2+
45. Kd5 Qd3+ 46. Kc5 Qc3+ 47. Kb6 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magerramov, Elmar S"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nb8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nd4 $5 (12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O
Nd7 14. Nd2 (14. Nd4 $142) 14... c6 15. e4 e5 16. Nb3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Bg4 $1 18. f3
Bh5 19. Rd1 Rad8 $10 {Naumkin,I-Rashkovsky,N URS-58ch 1991}) 12... O-O 13. Bg2
e5 (13... c6 14. O-O a5 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Ne5 17. Nf3 Nf7 18. Ra3 Qc7 19. Ng5
d5 20. Rf3 Nxg5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qxg5 Qe7 23. Qd2 $14 {Davies,N-Arkell,K
London WFW 1989}) 14. Nc2 Na6 15. Ne3 (15. O-O c6 16. Qd2 Be6 (16... Bd7 $2 17.
Rd3 Rf6 18. Rd1 $16) 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Qe3 $13) 15... c6 16. Rd3 Rf6 17. Rd2 $1
(17. O-O Nc5 18. Rd2 a5 $10) 17... Bd7 18. O-O Raf8 19. b4 $1 Nc7 (19... Nxb4
$2 20. Qb3 a5 (20... c5 $2 21. a3 $18) 21. a3 Na6 22. Qxb7 Nc5 23. Qa7 $1 {
/\Bc6} e4 (23... Qe8 24. Rfd1 $1 $16) 24. Bh3 $16 {><a5,d6,c6}) 20. b5 $1 a6 $1
(20... cxb5 $2 21. c5 $16) 21. bxc6 (21. a4 $5 axb5 22. axb5 Be8 $132) 21...
Bxc6 (21... bxc6 22. Qa4 c5 23. Qa5 $16) 22. Nd5 (22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qa4 Qd7
$132) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxd5+ Bxd5 24. Rxd5 h5 $5 (24... Rc8 25. Qd3 Rc6 26. Rb1
$14) 25. Qd3 h4 26. Qe4 (26. g4 $5 {/\h3}) 26... Qf7 (26... hxg3 27. hxg3 Qe6
$5 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rxe5 Qxa2 30. Qxb7 Re6 31. Rg5 Rf7 32. Qc8+ Rf8 33. Qd7 Rf7
$10) 27. f3 hxg3 28. hxg3 Qh5 $40 29. c5 Rg6 $2 (29... Rh6 $142 30. Kf2 Qh2+
31. Ke3 dxc5 32. Qxe5 (32. Rxc5 Qxg3 $13) 32... Qh3 33. Kf2 $8 Qh2+ 34. Ke3 Qh3
$10) 30. cxd6 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 Qg5 32. Rh1 $16 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Qg3 34. Qe3 $1 (34.
Qh7+ Kf7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Rf7 37. Qe8+ $10) 34... e4 (34... Rc8 35. Rd1
$16) 35. Rdh5 Rxf3+ 36. exf3 Rb2 37. Rg1 $1 $18 (37. Rg5 $2 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 exf3+
$17) 37... Qxd6 (37... Rb1+ 38. Ke2 exf3+ 39. Kd3 Qxd6+ 40. Kc2 $18) 38. Rxg7+
$1 Kxg7 39. Qg5+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ Ke8 41. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nfxd2 $5 {N
} (7. Qxd2) (7. Nbxd2) 7... d6 (7... c5 8. dxc5 (8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nc3
Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. a4 b6 $10) 8... Na6 (8... Qxc5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O $16) 9.
Nc3 Nxc5 10. b4 (10. O-O a5 11. Nde4 Nfxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 d6 14. Qd3
$14) 10... Na6 11. a3 $14) (7... d5 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. O-O $14) (7... Nc6 8. d5 $1 (
8. e3 e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. O-O a5 11. Nc3 d6 12. a3 Na6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bd7
15. Qb3 c5 $132) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nc3 $14) 8. O-O e5 (8... c5 9. dxc5
dxc5 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 (11... Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Na4 Nd7
15. Rad1 $14) 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. Nde4 $14) 9. e3 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 c6 $10)
9... c6 (9... Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 (10... Nb4 $6 11. a3 Nd3 12. Qc2 $16) 11. Nc3 a5
12. f4 $1 {/\f5,h3,g4->} exf4 (12... Ng4 13. Re1) 13. exf4 Qe3+ 14. Kh1 Ng4 15.
Qe1 $16) 10. Nc3 Rd8 (10... Bg4 $5 11. Qb3 Na6 $132) (10... Bf5 $1 {>=,/\Bd3,e4
} 11. Qb3 Na6 (11... Bd3 $6 12. Nd5 $1 cxd5 13. Qxd3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 $14) 12.
Rae1 Rae8 $10) 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. f4 $14 exd4 14. exd4 Qc7 15. f5 (
15. h3 $5) 15... Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Ra5 18. d5 Bd7 19. Nde4 (19. h3 h5 (
19... b5 $2 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. g4 $16) 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 $16) 19... Nxe4
20. Rxe4 (20. Nxe4 $1 cxd5 21. cxd5 (21. Nxd6 Bc6 22. cxd5 Rxd6 23. dxc6 bxc6
24. Re8 $14) 21... Bb5 22. Rf4 $16 {/\Rc1-c7,><d6}) 20... h6 21. Re7 Nh7 22.
dxc6 bxc6 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Re3 Be8 25. g4 Nf6 26. h3 Rc5 $2 (26... h5 $6 27. Bf3
$16) (26... c5 $1 $14 {/\b5}) 27. Rd4 b5 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. Kf2 Rc4 30. Red3 $16
Rb8 (30... Ke7 31. Ke3 $16) 31. Bf1 (31. Rxd6 b4 32. Nd1 bxa3 33. bxa3 Ne4+ 34.
Bxe4 Rxe4 $16) 31... d5 32. Rd1 b4 (32... Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Bc6 34. Rb4 Ne4+ 35.
Nxe4 dxe4 36. Ke3 Rb7 37. Bg2 $16) 33. Bxc4 bxc3 34. Bxd5 Rxb2+ 35. Ke3 $1 (35.
Kg3 $6 Nxd5 36. Rxd5 c2 37. Rc1 Ba4 38. Re1 Kg8 $16) 35... Nxd5+ 36. Rxd5 Rh2 (
36... Rb3 37. Rc5 c2+ 38. Rd3 $18) 37. Rc5 Rxh3+ 38. Kd4 Rg3 39. Rc8 $1 Rxg4+
40. Kxc3 Re4 41. a4 $18 Ke7 42. a5 Bb5 43. Rb1 (43. Rd5 Be2 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. a6
Ra4 46. a7 $18) 43... Re5 44. Kd4 $1 Rxf5 45. Rc5 Rxc5 46. Kxc5 Bd3 47. Rb3 Bf1
48. Re3+ $1 Kf8 49. Re1 Bd3 50. Rd1 Be2 51. Rd2 Bf1 52. Rd1 Be2 53. Rd4 g5 54.
Rc4 $1 g4 55. a6 g3 56. a7 Bf3 57. Kd4 g2 58. Rc1 Ke7 59. Ke3 Bb7 60. Kf2 Kd7
61. Ra1 (61. Ra1 Ba8 62. Rb1 Kc7 63. Rb8 Bb7 64. a8=Q Bxa8 65. Rxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 {
Schwarz spielt eine sehr solide Variante, deren Hauptkenner Ulf Andersson ist.
Der schwedische Großmeister hat bereits so viele Partien damit gespielt, daß
man der Variante seinen Namen verleihen sollte.} 8. O-O c6 (8... Re8 9. Rc1 c6
10. Qd3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Qa4 Qb6
16. Qc2 Re8 17. e4 Rh5 $11 {San Segundo Carrillo,P-Short,N/Bled 2002}) 9. Qc2
b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 ({Weiß behält einen leichten Druck nach} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. b4 Ncd7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qb2 Qe7 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nb5 a6 18.
Nc7 N7f6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc4 b5 21. Na5 $14 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Andersson,U/
Elista 1998}) 11. b4 {Eine logische Fortsetzung, Weiß greift nach Raum auf dem
Damenflügel. Nichts bringt ihm dagegen die Zentrumsöffnung e2-e4.} (11. Rfd1
Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 $11) 11... a5 (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 $14) 12. a3 Qe7
$1 {Nimmt den weißen Bauern b4 unter Beschuß. Die frühzeitige Entlastung der
a-Linie kann Schwarz keinen Ausgleich garantieren.} (12... axb4 $6 13. axb4
Rxa1 (13... dxc4 14. Nxc4 c5 $1 (14... Qc7 15. e4 $1 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Ra8 17. Rc1
$14 {Gavrikov,V-Wirthensohn,H/Arosa 1996}) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 $1 $14 {
Van Wely,L-Andersson,U/Ter Apel 1995}) 14. Rxa1 Qc7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 c5 17.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b5 Ra8 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 h6 23.
Qd3 $14 {Van Wely,L-Andersson,U/Ter Apel 1997}) 13. c5 $5 $146 {Erobert noch
mehr Raum und verhindert den befreienden Vorstoß c6-c5.} ({Harmlos ist} 13. Qb2
Rfb8 14. Rfc1 c5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qd4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Andersson,U/Polanica Zdroj 1997}) 13... axb4 14. axb4 bxc5 (
14... Ba6 $5) 15. dxc5 ({Nach} 15. bxc5 {gleicht Schwarz folgendermaßen aus:}
e5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Nb3 (17. e4 Nxc5 18. exd5 cxd5 $11) 17... Ngxe5 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. e4 Nc4 $11) 15... Rfb8 (15... Ba6 $6 16. Nd4 $1 e5 (16... Rfc8 17. Ra5
$14) 17. Nxc6 Qe6 18. Na5 Bxe2 19. Rfe1 $14) 16. e4 {Ich wollte die
Zentrumslinien öffnen und die Schwäche des Feldes d6 ausnutzen. Möglicherweise
war 16.Nd4 besser.} (16. e3 Ba6 17. Rfb1 e5 $11) (16. Nd4 $5) 16... Ba6 17.
Rfb1 e5 $1 (17... dxe4 $6 18. Nxe4 {[%csl Rd6]} Nd5 19. Qd2 N7f6 20. Nd6 $14)
18. Ra5 (18. exd5 $2 Nxd5 $15 {[%csl Rb4]}) 18... Bb5 19. Rxa8 (19. Rba1 Rxa5
20. Rxa5 Be2 {><b4}) 19... Rxa8 20. exd5 Nxd5 (20... cxd5 $2 21. Re1 $16) 21.
Ne4 {Das Ziel ist erreicht, der weiße Springer wird sich auf d6 einnisten.
Aber Nigels Gegenspiel kommt rechtzeitig.} N7f6 22. Nd6 (22. Nfd2 $2 Ra4 {><b4}
) (22. Nfg5 $6 h6 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 $11) 22... e4 $1 23. Ne1
{Der Bauer e4 hängt, aber die weißen Figuren, vom stolzen Nd6 abgesehen,
stehen unharmonisch.} Qe5 $1 {Die vollkommene Zentralisation! Es droht Q(N)c3.}
(23... e3 $6 24. Nxb5 cxb5 25. Nd3 $14 {/\Re1}) (23... Ra3 $6 24. Nxb5 cxb5 25.
Qb2 Ra4 26. Nc2 $14) 24. Bxe4 {Dies führt zu einem gleichen Endspiel.} ({
Prinzipiell war} 24. Nxb5 $1 {, wonach Schwarz die dynamischen Möglichkeiten
seiner Stellung demonstrieren müßte:} cxb5 25. Qd2 Nc3 (25... Qc3 $5 26. Qe2
Qa3 27. Nc2 Qd3 $132) 26. Rc1 Nfd5 27. f4 $1 exf3 28. Nxf3 Qe2 $13) 24... Nxe4
25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 Ra4 $11 (26... Ra4 27. Nd6 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Nxb4 29. Nf3
Na6 30. Nd4 Ba4 31. Ne4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Ne4 7. Be3 $6 (
7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O f5 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. c5 $14 {Lputian,S-Psakhis,L/URS/
1987/}) 7... d5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Rxc4 Qd5 10. Qc2 (10. Rxc7 $2 Qa5+ $19) 10...
Bd7 $2 (10... Na6 11. g3 b5 $15) 11. g3 (11. Rxc7 $2 Bc6 $17) 11... Bb5 (11...
b5 12. Rxc7 Na6 13. Rxd7 $16) 12. Rb4 Bc6 (12... Nd6 13. Bg2 Na6 $6 14. Ng5 Qf5
15. Qxf5 exf5 16. Rxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb7 $16) 13. Bg2 Na6 14. Rc4 (14. Ng5 Nxb4 15.
axb4 f5 $17) 14... Bb5 (14... Nd6 15. Ng5 Qf5 (15... Qa5+ 16. b4 $16) 16. Qxf5
exf5 17. Bxc6 Nxc4 18. Bxb7 $16) 15. Nd2 $1 $16 f5 16. Rc3 Nxc3 17. Bxd5 Nxd5
18. Qb3 Bc6 19. f3 Rae8 (19... Nb8 20. Nc4 b6 (20... Nd7 21. Na5 $16) 21. Ne5
Bb7 22. Bf2 Re8 23. Qc2 $16) 20. Nc4 b6 21. Ne5 Bb7 22. O-O Nb8 23. Rc1 Rc8 24.
Bd2 Rfe8 25. Kf2 h6 26. h3 (26. h4) 26... Rf8 27. g4 f4 28. h4 c6 29. Bb4 Rfd8
30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Nd7 32. Bd6 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Rf8 34. Rh1 Rf5 35. g6 (35. Rh5
Kf7 36. Qd1 Kg6 37. Qh1 $18) 35... Rg5 36. Qd3 Rf8 37. Rh7 Nf6 38. Rh4 (38.
Bxf4 $6 Ng4+) 38... Nd5 39. Qe4 Rff5 40. Bxg7 $18 Rxg6 (40... Kxg7 41. Rh7+
Kxg6 42. Rxb7 Kf6 43. Rh7 $18) 41. Bh6 Rgf6 42. Bg5 Rxg5 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qxb7
Rfg6 45. Qxa7 Rg1 46. Rh8+ Rg8 47. Rxg8+ Rxg8 48. Qd7 Rg6 49. Ke1 Ne7 50. Qd8+
Kf7 51. Qxb6 Rg5 52. Qc7 Rf5 53. a4 Ke8 54. a5 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
b6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rfc1 (11. Rac1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14.
Bc7 Qxc7 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rc7 $44 {Romanishin,O-Ribli,Z/
Polanica Zdroi/1993/}) 11... Bb7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 $2 (13. Be5 f6 14. Bf4 $5
Nxf4 15. gxf4 f5 16. Nb5 $40) 13... Rc8 14. Ne5 Nhf6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 $10 16. a4
Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bb4 Bd5 19. Qa3 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. e3 Qc7 24. Bf1 a5 25. Qb5 Kf8 26. b3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Bxc6 28. Bc4
Ke7 29. Kf1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 O-O 10. d5 Nb8 (10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 exd5 13. cxd5 c6
14. Nc4 Qc5 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Rfe1 $14 {Hort,V-Seirawan,J/Lugano/1989/1:0/60/})
11. dxe6 (11. Ne1 c6 12. Nd3 $14 {Christiansen,L-Ornstein,A/Luzern/1982/})
11... Bxe6 12. Nd4 Nc6 (12... Nbd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nf1 Rfe8 16. Rad1
$14 {Haik,A-Sharif,Me/Cannes/1987/}) 13. Nb5 Ne5 14. Qe2 c6 15. Nc3 Ned7 16. h3
Nc5 17. f4 Rfe8 (17... a4 $5 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Qc7 $132) 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19.
axb3 Qc7 20. Qf2 $14 Rab8 (20... Ra6 $5) 21. Rac1 b6 22. Rfd1 Red8 23. Qe3 h6
24. g4 Nh7 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Ne2 (26. Rcd1 $5 b5 27. cxb5 Bxb3 28. bxc6 Bxd1 29.
Nd5 Qe8 30. c7 $16) 26... Nf8 27. Rcd1 b5 $2 28. cxb5 cxb5 (28... Rxb5 29. Nd4
Rc5 30. e5 dxe5 31. Nxc6 $16) 29. f5 Bd7 (29... Bc8 30. e5 $18) 30. Rxd6 Re8
31. Qd4 $18 Bc8 32. Ng3 Nd7 33. Nh5 Qg5 $2 34. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5
8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bb4 Rd8 (10... Re8 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd6
Bd7 14. e4 Red8 15. Bg3 $14 {Ruban,V-Vitolinsh,A/URS/1988/}) 11. Be7 Rd7 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qg4+ Kf8 (13... Qg5 14. Qxg5+ fxg5 15. Rc1 Na6 16. Bb5 $16) 14.
Be2 Nc6 15. Bf3 Qd6 (15... Qa5+ 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. Qxb4+ Qxb4+ 19.
axb4 Rc7 20. Kd2 Bd7 21. Rhc1 $16) 16. Rd1 (16. Nxc6 $2 Qd2+ 17. Kf1 bxc6 $10)
(16. O-O Nxd4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Qh5 Kg7 $13) 16... Ne5 (16... Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Qe5
18. O-O $16) 17. Qh4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qe5 (18... e5 19. Qh6+ Ke8 20. Rg1 Qf8 21.
Qxh7 $18) 19. Rg1 (19. Qxh7 Qg5 $16) 19... h5 20. f4 Qa5+ 21. b4 Qxa3 22. Qxf6
$18 Qxb4+ 23. Kf1 Qc4+ 24. Kg2 b6 25. Kh3 Rd5 (25... Bb7 26. Nf5 $18) 26. Rc1
e5+ 27. f5 Qxc1 28. Rxc1 exd4 29. Rc7 Bxf5+ 30. Kh4 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Qh8+
Ke7 33. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 h6 (6... Bb7 7.
Bg5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 Rg8 $13 {Hjartarson,
J-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik/1987/1:0/46/}) 7. e3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Ne4 (8... d6 9. Qc2 c5
10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bc3 Nbd7 12. O-O a5 13. e4 $14 {Vaganian,R-Andersson,U/
Nastved/1985/0:1/32/}) 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. O-O a5 13. b4 O-O
14. Rfc1 Qf6 {/\15...ab 16.ab Ra1 17.Ra1 e4 -+} (14... f5 $5 15. e4 fxe4 (15...
f4 $6 16. c5 $40) 16. Bxe4 Nd7 $10) 15. Rab1 (15. e4 Nd7 16. c5 $2 dxc5 17. Bb5
c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 $17) (15. Qb2 $5 Nd7 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. e4 $14) 15... axb4 16.
axb4 Nd7 17. e4 {/\18.c5 dc 19.bc Nc5 20.Rc5 +/-} Qe7 18. Qb2 Ra7 19. Ra1 Rfa8
$10 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Ra1 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Qd8 23. Ne1 Qa8 24. Qxa8+ Bxa8 25. Bc2
Bb7 26. Nd3 Ba6 27. Bb3 g6 28. f3 Kg7 29. Kf2 f5 30. Ke3 Nf6 31. h3 f4+ 32. Kd2
g5 33. Kc3 h5 34. Ba4 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Bc6 Bc8 37. Kd2 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ba6 39.
b5 Bc8 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Ne1 gxf3 42. gxf3 Bh3 43. Nd3 Nh5 44. Nc1 Nf6 45. Nd3
Nh7 46. Nc1 Nf8 47. Nd3 Nh7 48. Nc1 Kd8 49. Nd3 Nf6 50. Nc1 Nh5 51. Ne2 Ke7 52.
Nc1 Kf7 53. Ne2 Kf8 54. Ng1 Bc8 55. Ne2 Ke7 56. Kg2 Kf7 57. Kf2 Kf6 58. Be8 Ng7
59. Bc6 Nh5 60. Be8 Ng7 61. Bc6 Kg5 62. Nc1 Bh3 63. Nd3 Kf6 64. Nb4 Ke7 65. Nd3
Nh5 66. Nc1 Kf6 67. Be8 Ng3 68. Ne2 Kg5 69. Nxg3 fxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tischbierek} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7.
O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Ne5 (9. b3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ne5
$13 {Palatnik,S-Rashkovsky,N/Palma de Mallorca/1989/}) 9... Nfd7 (9... Bb7) 10.
Nd3 (10. Nxc6 $2 Nxc6 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. Qe4 Bf6 $17) 10... Bb7 11. Rd1 a5 (
11... Na6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Rac1 c5 $13 {
Skembris-Tiviakov,S/Gausdal/1993/}) 12. a3 $6 (12. Be3 $5 b5 13. c5 Ba6 14. a3
$14) 12... Ba6 13. cxd5 (13. b3 a4 14. cxd5 axb3 15. Qxb3 cxd5 $10) 13... cxd5
14. Be3 Ra7 $10 15. Nc3 Rc7 16. Bf4 $6 (16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rac1 Bd6 (17... Bf6 18.
Nf4 g6 $10) 18. Bf4 $10) 16... Rc8 17. Bxb8 Nxb8 18. Rac1 Nc6 19. e3 Bc4 20.
Bf1 Qd7 21. Nf4 (21. b3 $2 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Bxa3 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Ra1 Bb4 $17)
21... b5 (21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 b5 23. Qe2 b4 24. Na4 Qb7 25. Nc5) 22. Bxc4 (22.
Nxb5 $2 Nb4 23. axb4 Bxf1 $17) 22... bxc4 23. e4 Bf6 (23... Qa7 $5 24. exd5
Nxd4 25. Qe4 e5) 24. exd5 Nxd4 25. Qe4 (25. dxe6 Qb7 (25... fxe6 26. Qe4 e5 27.
Nfd5 $10) 26. Qe4) 25... e5 26. Nh5 $1 Bg5 27. f4 f5 (27... Qg4 $5 28. Nxg7
Bxf4 29. Kh1 f5 30. Nxf5) 28. Qg2 Qf7 (28... Bh6 $5 {Tischbierek} 29. fxe5 $140
(29. Rb1 $5 g6 30. fxe5 gxh5 31. Kh1) (29. Ne2 g6) (29. Qh3) 29... Bxc1 30.
Rxc1 Qe8 $1 $19) 29. Nxg7 Qxg7 30. fxg5 Qxg5 (30... e4 31. h4 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 $13)
31. Kh1 (31. d6 $5 e4 (31... Rcd8 32. Qd5+ Rf7) 32. Qf2 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Ne5 34.
Qd4 Nd3 35. Qd5+ $16) 31... e4 32. g4 (32. Ne2 $5 Nf3 33. Nf4) 32... Kh8 33.
gxf5 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Nxf5 35. Kh1 $11 (35. Re1 e3) 35... Nd6 36. Re1 Rf4 37. a4
(37. Re2 $5 Kg7 38. Rce1 Re8) (37. Rg1 Rf2 38. Rg2 Rxg2 39. Kxg2 Kg7) 37... Rb8
38. Re2 $2 (38. Nb5 $142 $1 Nxb5 39. axb5 Rxb5 40. d6 $1 (40. Rxc4 Rxd5 41.
Rcxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 Rxb2 45. Re5 a4 46. Ra5 $10)
40... Rd5 (40... Rxb2 41. d7 Rf8 42. Rxc4 Rd8 43. Rc8 Rb8 44. Rxb8 Rxb8 45.
Rxe4 $18) 41. Rcd1 Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Rf8 43. d7 Rd8 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Ke3
Ke6 47. Rd4 Rxd7 48. Rxc4 $10) 38... Kg7 39. Rce1 Rb4 $1 40. Nb5 (40. Nxe4 Nxe4
41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 c3 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. bxc3 Rb1+ $19) 40... Nxb5 41. axb5
Kf7 42. d6 Ke6 43. Rd2 Kd7 44. Rg1 Rf7 45. Re1 a4 46. Re3 $6 (46. Kg2 $5 Rf6 (
46... Rxb5 47. Rxe4 Rg5+ 48. Kh3 $10) 47. Rxe4 c3 (47... Rxd6 48. Rc2 $10) 48.
Re7+) 46... Rg7 47. Rxe4 (47. h3 $142 {Tischbierek} Rb3 (47... Rg6 48. Rxe4
Rxd6 49. Rc2 Rd5 50. Rexc4 $10) (47... Rxb5 48. Rxe4 $10) 48. Rxe4 Rxh3+ 49.
Rh2 Rhg3 $5 (49... Rd3 50. Rh6 Rd1+ 51. Kh2 Rd2+ 52. Kh3 Rxb2 53. Rxc4) (49...
Rxh2+ 50. Kxh2 Rg5 51. Rxc4 Rxb5 52. Rxa4 Rxb2+ $10)) 47... a3 (47... c3 48.
Rxb4 cxd2 49. Rd4 $10) 48. Re7+ Rxe7 49. dxe7+ Kxe7 50. bxa3 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 c3
$19 52. Re2+ Kd6 53. Kf3 Kd5 54. a4 Kd4 55. a5 Rxb5 56. a6 (56. Ra2 Kd3 57. a6
c2 $19) 56... Ra5 57. Re4+ Kd5 58. Re3 c2 59. Rc3 Rc5 (59... Rc5 60. Rxc5+ Kxc5
61. a7 c1=Q 62. a8=Q Qh1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dorfman,J"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. Nf3 (4. e4 $5 Nf6 (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qb4 9. Bb3 Nge7 10. O-O Qxd2 11. Nbxd2 Bd7 12. Rfd1
Nb4 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nc4 Bb5 15. Rac1 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 h6 17. Kf1 O-O-O 18. Bd3 Rd7
19. Be4 Rhd8 20. Rd2 Kb8 $15 {Umanskaya,I-Ibragimov,I/Komotini GP/1993/}) (4...
d5 5. e5 Bxd2+ (5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 (7. Nbxd2 $5 $14) 7... dxc4 8.
Nc3 Nh6 9. d5 Nxe5 $5 10. Nxe5 exd5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. O-O-O c6 13. Nf3 O-O 14.
Nd4 Rae8 15. g3 b5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Nf7 19. e6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6
Rxe6 $13 {Timman,J-Spraggett,K/Montpellier ct/1985/}) 6. Nxd2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd7
8. Qg4 g6 9. Ne2 Bc6 10. Nc3 Nh6 11. Qh3 Nf5 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Nde4 {1-0
Tregubov,P-Savon,V/Volgograd 1994 (26)}) 5. Bd3 $5 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne4
$13) 4... Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 c5 $6 {Eine
antipositionelle Idee.} (8... e5 {Ist der solide Zug, aber auch hier behält
Weiß die Initiative.} 9. e4 Bg4 10. d5 a5 11. O-O Na6 12. Ne1 Nc5 13. Nc2 Bd7
14. b3 Ne8 15. f4 f6 16. Rf2 g6 17. Ne3 Ng7 18. f5 Rfb8 19. Bf1 Rf8 20. Be2 b6
21. Raf1 Rae8 22. Ng4 gxf5 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. exf5 Qd8 25. g4 e4 26. Qd4 Re5 27.
Nd1 Qe7 28. Rg2 Ne8 29. h4 Qg7 30. g5 fxg5 31. hxg5 Bxf5 32. Ne3 Bh3 33. Rxf8+
{Dokhoian,Y-Garcia Padron,J/EUCup Las Palmas-Moscow 1989/1-0 (49)}) 9. O-O (9.
dxc5 dxc5 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Qf4 Nbd7 12. Ng6 e5 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Qf3 e4 15. Qf4
Qxf4 16. gxf4 Nb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. b3 Rce8 19. e3 Re7 20. Rd1 g6 21. O-O Kg7
22. a4 Rfe8 23. a5 Na8 24. Rd6 Nc7 25. Rfd1 Rb8 26. Bh3 Ng8 27. Rd7 Na6 28.
Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Rd7 Nc6 30. Nxe4 Nxa5 31. Ng5 {1-0 Portisch,L-Parma,B/Portoroz/
Ljubljana 1985}) 9... b6 (9... Nc6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Rfe1 a6 12. d5 Nd8 13. e4 e5
14. Nh4 Ng4 15. Bh3 Nh6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Nf5 Nxf5 18. exf5 f6 19. a4 Nf7 20.
g4 h5 21. f3 Rce8 22. Qg2 Nh6 23. Ne4 Rb8 24. h3 Kf7 25. f4 Ke8 26. fxe5 fxe5
27. Qg3 Kd7 28. Rf1 hxg4 29. hxg4 Kc7 30. Rf2 b6 31. Raf1 b5 32. g5 Ng8 33.
axb5 axb5 34. b4 bxc4 35. bxc5 Rb3 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Kb8 38. Rb1+ Ka8 39.
Qa3+ Qa7 40. Qxa7+ Kxa7 41. Nxd6 {1-0 Donner,J-Kaila,O/Helsinki olm 1952}) 10.
dxc5 {Mit zwei Punkten in Führung strebt Weiß Vereinfachung und damit den Sieg
im Match an.} (10. Nh4 Bb7 11. d5 Ne8 12. f4 g6 13. Rae1 e5 14. f5 $36 {
Bolbochan,J-Kaila,O/Helsinki olm 1952/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 10... dxc5 11. Rad1 Bb7
12. Qd6 Nc6 13. Qxe7 (13. Nb5 $142 $1 Rad8 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. Ne5
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {Schwarz hat es nicht leicht.}) 13... Nxe7 14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1
Rxd2 16. Rxd2 Ng6 17. b3 Kf8 18. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 0,95,19,31,14,-14,-11,4,33,33,27,36,28,19,33,26,41,16,6,-13,0,11,11,9,
16,25,25,22,22,9,22,10,21,15,35,36,28,28,21,12,6,9,3,0,6,3,15,3,48,47,34,31,31,
38,34,31,31,34,35,41,49,34,132,74,115,171,159,181,181,85,245,460,447,244,417,
481,492,470,490,478,508,508,536,547,561,441,560,433,531,563,593,573,624,636,
748,827,843,843]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 {Not the most
aggressive variation against the Nimzo-Indian!} O-O 5. Nf3 c5 $5 (5... b6 {
and 5...d5 are also reasonable moves.}) 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 {A necessary
move, to recapture the bishop pair.} 8. Rc1 $5 ({Usually White goes} 8. Qc2 {
but I do not think that it promises White any kind of advantage:} Nxc3 9. Qxc3
d6 (9... b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. b4
Nf6 $11 {0-1 (93) Kaczorowska,B (2210)-Voloshin,L (2423) Koszalin 1999}) (9...
Qf6 $5) 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 e5 14. O-O e4 15. Nd2 Bf5
$11 {½-½ (80) Karthik,R (2212)-Schoppen,C (2507) Stockholm 2020}) 8... b6 9.
g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nxc3 (10... d6 {just looks fine for Black:} 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qd3
(12. Be1 Qc7 $132) 12... Qc7 13. Rfd1 f5 14. Bd2 Ndf6 $13 {1-0 (37) Abolianin,
A-David,A (2425) Antwerp 1994}) 11. Rxc3 cxd4 $6 {Helping White a lot!} ({
I can't see any problem for Black after} 11... d6 12. Rd3 Be4 13. Rd2 (13. dxc5
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 bxc5 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Ne5 $11) 13... Qe7 $11) 12. Qxd4 Nc6
13. Qd2 $14 {We did not have the most fascinating opening investigation ever -
but the rest of the game is worth staying awake for!} Qe7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. e4
Rac8 16. Rd1 d6 17. b3 Ne5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Re3 Qc7 {Not much Black can do -
just wait.} 20. h3 h6 21. Qb2 {White takes his time - he is not in a hurry to
weaken himself with f4.} Qc5 22. a4 $1 {Preventing ...b5.} Kf8 23. Kh2 a5 $6 {
Not a good move - not because it gives away the b5-square, but because Black
is depriving himself of any counterplay with ...b5, ever.} (23... Qc7 $142) 24.
Qe2 Nc6 25. Red3 $1 (25. Nb5 Nb4 $132) 25... Nxd4 26. Rxd4 {A good exchange
for White. Black is simply worse in the long term.} Rc7 27. Qd2 Rcd7 28. Rd3
Ke7 29. f4 Bc6 30. Rf1 g5 $2 ({Black should have been more patient and played
something like} 30... f6) 31. fxg5 hxg5 $6 (31... Qxg5 32. Qf2 {would attack
both the b6- and f7-pawns.}) 32. Rd5 $3 {The fireworks start!} Bxd5 (32... exd5
33. Qxg5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Ke8 (34... Kg8 35. Rf4 $18) 35. exd5 (35. Qh8+ Ke7 36.
Qh4+ Ke8 37. exd5 {is even stronger.}) {and White wins, as} 35... Bb7 {allows}
36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Re1+ Qe3 38. Rxe3#) 33. Qxg5+ Kf8 34. cxd5 $1 (34. exd5 {
is also good - but Artemiev continues playing the best moves!}) 34... Re7 (
34... exd5 35. Qh6+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Rf5 $1 Re7 39. Bf1 $1 {
could have been another awesome finish.}) 35. e5 $3 $18 {Absolutely beautiful
- unpinning the d5-pawn! Black has no defence.} (35. Rf4 $2 Ke8 $132) (35. dxe6
$4 Qxg5 $19) 35... Rc8 (35... Ke8 36. Rc1 Qb4 37. dxe6 $18) (35... exd5 36. e6
Qc7 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. exf7+ Rxf7 39. Bxd5 $18) (35... dxe5 36. dxe6 $18) 36. Rf4
$1 (36. Qh5 Ke8 37. dxe6 Qxe5 38. exf7+ Kf8 39. Qg4 {was another way to win.
White threatens Qxc8 and Qg8.}) 36... dxe5 (36... Qc3 37. exd6 $18) 37. Rc4 $18
exd5 38. Qh6+ Ke8 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. Qxb6 Rec7 41. Bxd5 Rc2+ 42. Bg2 e4 43. Qb5+
R7c6 44. h4 Kf8 45. Qb8+ Ke7 46. Kh3 f5 47. Qe5+ Re6 48. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 $5 {This move and
then 7...Nbd7 - not the most common move order. My friend and teammate in the
Ukraine team Zahar Efimenko also played it two rounds later and also with
great success. It restricts both white and black possibilities and became
strangely enough almost decisive for these victories (with Black!)} 7. O-O $1 (
{Practice has shown that not every pawn sacrifice in the Catalan is correct:} 
7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 $6 dxc4 $1 9. e4 b5 $1 {Without castling it works very well.
} 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nc5 12. O-O Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nxb5 O-O
16. Nc7 Rc8 17. Nxd5 Nd3 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxb7 Nxf4 20. Bxc8 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
Rxc8 22. gxf4 Bxb2 23. Rab1 c3 24. Re1 g6 25. Kg2 a5 26. Kf3 Kg7 27. Ke3 a4 28.
Rec1 Re8+ 29. Kf3 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Ke3 Rc4 32. f5 gxf5 33. Kd3 Rh4 34.
Rxc3 Rxh2 35. Ke2 Rh4 36. a3 h5 37. Rc5 Rh3 38. f3 Rh2+ 39. Ke3 Ra2 40. Kf4
Rxa3 41. Rxf5 h4 42. Rg5+ Kf6 43. Rf5+ Ke6 44. Re5+ Kd6 45. Rf5 Ra1 46. Rh5 Rb1
47. Kg4 Rg1+ 48. Kh3 a3 49. Ra5 Rg3+ 50. Kxh4 Rxf3 51. Kg4 Rb3 52. Kf4 Kc6 53.
Ke4 Kb6 54. Ra8 Kb5 55. Kd4 Rh3 56. Rb8+ Kc6 57. Ra8 f5 58. Ra5 f4 59. Kc4 Re3
60. Kd4 Kd6 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Ra4 Ke6 63. Ra5 Kf6 {0-1 Postny,E (2651)-Efimenko,
Z (2654)/Novi Sad SRB 2009/}) 7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 {I do not believe in this move
here. More solid and stronger is probably} (8. Qc2 {with transposition to
usual lines.}) 8... dxc4 $1 {This kind of position is better known with the
white bishop on c1. As usual in the Catalan, these circumstances are in
Black's favour.} 9. a4 a5 10. Bg5 $6 {Not such a good idea, but I believe
Black has a comfortable game anyway.} ({More logical is} 10. e4 O-O 11. Qe2 b6
(11... Nb6 12. Rfd1 $44) 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Nd2 Bb4 14. Nxc4 Re8 {where the
pinned knight on c4 is rather annoying for White.}) 10... O-O 11. e3 Nd5 $1 {
This looks like Black is just better now.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 N7b6 (13...
Qb4 14. Na2) 14. Qe2 Qb4 15. Nde4 Nd7 $1 {I've succeed with the little dance
by my knights and the pawn on c4 is out of danger for some time.} 16. Rfc1 b6 {
A very concrete approach.} ({An alternative which I'm also considered was} 
16... Rd8 17. Bf1 e5 $1 (17... N5b6 18. Rd1) 18. Qxc4 N5b6 $15 {but I like the
way I have played.}) 17. Na2 {Forced as Black is just a pawn up otherwise.}
Qxa4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Nb8 $1 $17 ({I was calculating the following lines:
} 19... Ne7 20. Nd6 Ba6 21. Rcc1 Rad8 $1 22. b4 $1 ({I was afraid of} 22. Nb4 {
but after} Nb8 $1 {it's more or less the same as in the game} (22... axb4 23.
Rxa6 Nb8 24. Ra7 Rxd6 25. Rxe7 $11) 23. Nxa6 Rxd6 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 $17) 22... Nb8
(22... a4 23. b5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 cxb5 25. Nc3 b4 26. Nb5 $44) 23. Ne4 a4 24. Nac3
$44) 20. Rcc1 Rd8 21. Nac3 Na6 22. Nd2 Nab4 23. Na2 Nxa2 24. Rxa2 Ba6 25. Nc4
Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rac8 27. Ra1 Nb4 28. Rac1 $2 {This was a little trap, strategy
mixed with tactics!} ({This position should be winning anyway. For example:} 
28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Rd7 30. Rac1 Rdc7 31. h4 Ke7 {and ...c5 is coming soon.})
28... b5 29. Rxb4 axb4 30. Rc5 Rd6 31. Kf1 Ra8 32. Bxc6 Rc8 33. Be4 Rxc5 34.
dxc5 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rc1 36. c6 b3 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bf4 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. h3 Qe7 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bh2 Ne4 13. Qc2 a4 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 e5 16. Rfe1 Qg5 17. f3 exd4 18. Qxd4 f5 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Bf4 Qh4 21.
Bxd6 Qxd4 22. exd4 cxd6 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Rd6 Rab8 25. Rxb6 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Ba8
27. Rb5 Rec8 28. Bd3 Bc6 29. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 30. Re2 Rxe2+ 31. Bxe2 f4 32. Bd3 Rd8
33. Ke2 Be8 34. Ra5 Rb8 35. Bc2 Rb2 36. Kd1 Ra2 37. Ra8 Kf7 38. Bxa4 Bxa4+ 39.
Rxa4 Rxg2 40. c5 Ke6 41. Rxf4 Kd5 42. Rg4 Rf2 43. Rxg7 Rxf3 44. Rxh7 Rxa3 45.
Rh5+ Kc6 46. h4 Ra4 47. Ke2 Rc4 48. Ke3 Ra4 49. Kf3 Rc4 50. Kg3 Rc3+ 51. Kg4
Rc4+ 52. Kg5 Rxc5+ 53. Kg6 $10 Rc4 $1 $8 (53... Rc3 $2 54. Rg5 $1 $18) 54. Rh7
Kb6 55. Rh6 Kb7 56. h5 Rc6+ 57. Kg5 Rc5+ 58. Kf4 Rc4+ 59. Ke5 Rc5+ 60. Kd4 Rb5
61. Rh8 Ka7 62. Kc4 Rf5 63. h6 Rf6 64. Kd5 Rb6 65. Kc5 Rf6 66. Rh7+ Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Li, Wenliang"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 {Vitolinsh} 5. Bxb4 {The critical
move. Black loses a centre-pawn and in return white cannot play the knight to
c3.} cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O ({Dohojan's idea} 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Yd2f1,
Yf1e3] followed by 9.Nf1 and 10.Ne3 in the spirit of the Steinitzmaneouvre in
Ruy Lopez is a solid set-up. Some examples:} Nc6 (8... Re8 9. Nf1 Qc7 (9... Qa5
10. N3d2 (10. Ne3 $5 {Razuvaev}) 10... e5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Ne3 a5 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. O-O a4 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne4 $16 {Razuvaev-Ro.Mandl, Dortmund
1993 - 57/488}) (9... a5 10. Ne3 b6 11. a3 bxa3 12. bxa3 Ba6 13. O-O Nbd7 14.
Qb3 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Qe7 16. Rc2 Rc7 17. Rac1 Rec8 18. Nd2 $14 {Portisch-Chandler,
Reykjavik 1991}) 10. Ne3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. a3 bxa3
15. Rxa3 (15. bxa3 $14) 15... Nb8 $1 {[%cal Yb8a6,Ya6b4]} 16. b4 Nc6 17. bxa5
Nxa5 $13 {Kisnev-Nikolenko, SSSR 1989}) 9. Nf1 Bd7 (9... Qe7 10. Ne3 e5 11. O-O
$14 {Dohojan}) (9... Qa5 10. Ne3 b3+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nxd4 (12... bxa2
13. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 14. Rxa2 $16 {Dohojan-Arnason, Soci 1988 - 46/675}) 13. Nxb3
Nxb3 14. axb3 $14 {Dohojan-Ionov, SSSR 1988}) (9... e5 10. Ne3 Ng4 11. Nd5 Nh6
12. O-O Nf5 13. e3 Be6 14. Qd2 a5 15. a3 Re8 16. Rfd1 bxa3 17. bxa3 exd4 18.
exd4 b5 $1 $11 {Kengis-Khalifman, Manila (ol) 1992}) 10. Ne3 Ne7 (10... a5 $2
11. d5 $16 {Christiansen}) 11. O-O a5 12. Qd3 b5 (12... Rc8 13. a3 Qb6 $8 (
13... bxa3 14. Qxa3 {[%cal Ra3a5,Ra3d6] Christiansen}) 14. axb4 Qxb4 {
Halifman-Christiansen, Las Palmas 1993 - 58/540} 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 $14 {
Christiansen}) 13. cxb5 Qb8 $11 {Christiansen}) 8... Re8 {The main variation.}
9. Qb3 (9. a3 {prevents 9...a5}) 9... a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nbd2 e5 13.
Nf1 bxa3 14. bxa3 {Of course white doesn't allow the black knight to reach b4.}
exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qe3 Qf8 17. Qf4 Bd7 18. Ne3 $14 {Blacks pawns on d6 and
b7 are harder to defend than white's c4-pawn.} Rad8 19. Nef5 Nfe4 20. h4 Ba4
21. Rdc1 Kh8 22. Ne3 Qe7 23. Rab1 Qe5 24. Nf3 Qxf4 25. gxf4 h6 26. Nd4 g6 27.
Rb6 Kg7 28. Nd5 Rd7 29. Bh3 Ne6 30. Nb5 f5 31. e3 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 a4 33. Rb4 N6c5
34. Rc2 Nd3 35. Rb1 (35. Rxa4 Ne1 {[%cal Re1c2,Re1f3,Rf3h4]}) 35... Red8 36.
Bf1 Ndc5 37. Rb4 Rf7 38. Nb6 Kf6 39. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f3]} (39. Nxa4 $6 Nxa4
40. Rxa4 Nc5) 39... Na6 40. Nd5+ Ke6 41. Rxa4 $16 {The rest is a matter of
technique.} Rg8 42. f3 Nec5 43. Ra5 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Rxg5+ 46. Kf2 Rh7
47. Nf4+ Kd7 48. Rb5 Kc6 49. Rd2 Rh2+ 50. Bg2 Nb8 51. Kg1 Rh4 52. Rb1 Nbd7 53.
Rbd1 Rh6 54. Ne2 Rhg6 55. Nf4 Rh6 56. Ne2 Rhg6 57. Nd4+ Kb6 58. Rb1+ Ka6 59.
Rb4 Nb6 60. Kf1 Nd3 61. Rxd3 Rxg2 62. Ne2 Rh2 63. Rdb3 d5 64. cxd5 Ka7 65. Nf4
Rgh6 66. Rb2 Rh1+ 67. Kf2 Rc1 68. Rb1 Rc7 69. Ke2 Rh2+ 70. Kd3 Nd7 71. e4 Ne5+
72. Ke3 fxe4 73. Kxe4 Nc4 74. Ne6 Nd2+ 75. Kd3 Rd7 76. Ra4+ Kb8 77. Rb5 Nxf3
78. Rba5 Ne5+ 79. Ke3 b5 80. Ra8+ Kb7 81. R4a7+ Kb6 82. Ra6+ Kb7 83. Nc5+ Kc7
84. R8a7+ Kd8 85. Nxd7 Nxd7 86. Rd6 Rh7 87. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
Nf1 $5 {[%cal Yf1e3]} (8. O-O {followed by 9.e4 is the classical continuation.}
) 8... O-O 9. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d5,Ge3f5,Ge3g4] This knightmanoeuvre in the spirit
of Steinitz is a hypermodern approach to the Bogo-Indian setup. The knight is
centralized and flexible on e3 and could sometimes be played to d5 after black
has played e6-e5. If it's not played to d5 it will have the function to limit
the action from Bc8. Although white's spaceadvantage has lesser value after
the bishopexchange the exchange has created a tempting square on e3 for the
queensknight who no longer needs too think about disturbing a bishop on c1. It
is interesting that putting a knight on e3 in front of the centrepawn is
relatively common nowadays. For instance in the English positions we have the
same idea.} Qd8 $1 $146 {[%cal Yc6e7,Yc8d7,Yd7c6] A good positional move which
creates harmony in the position. After the further backward developmentmove
Ne7 black could try to develop the bishop via d7-c6. If he succeds with this
plan the knight on e3 will look meaningless.} ({The more aggressive} 9... Ne4 {
was regarded as the best move in the old days.} 10. O-O (10. d5 $5 Nd8 11. Nd4
Nc5 12. b4 Na6 13. a3 e5 14. Ndf5 Qf6 15. Be4 h5 $1 $13 {Trifunovic-Keres,
Prague 1937}) 10... Nd8 11. Qc2 f5 12. d5 Ng5 13. dxe6 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxe6 15.
Nd5 $14 {Benko-Flesch, Belgrade 1964}) (9... e5 10. d5 $5 ({The natural} 10.
O-O {is investigated in more detail in CBM 54 Survey Opening by Ftacnik.})
10... Nb8 11. b4 Nh5 12. O-O f5 13. c5 $1 Nd7 14. Rc1 $16 {Vilert-Gipslis,
SSSR 1974}) (9... d5 $6 10. O-O Rd8 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Nxc4 e5 13. Ncxe5 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qxe5 15. Nc6 $1 Rxd1 16. Nxe5 Rd2 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Kf8 19. Rd8+ Ke7
20. Rh8 h6 21. f4 c5 22. b3 Ne8 23. Nc6+ bxc6 24. Bxc6 $18 {Abramovic-Horvath,
EUCup G5 Pula (1), 1999. The idea with d6-d5, d5xc4 and e6-e5 is too
optimistic and doesn't work.}) 10. O-O Ne7 {Placing a knight on e7 behind a
pawn on e6 reminds a little bit about Philidor's approach to the game. Black
frees all his pawns (except the pawn on f7 in this position) and creates
flexibility and possibilities for the pawns to advance and create advantageous
pawnstructures. This kind of set up sometimes arises in the g3-variation in
the Kings-Indian. Of course the extra pair of blacksquare-bishops then make
black's position slightly less attractive.} 11. Qc2 Bd7 {[%cal Yd7c6]} 12. Nd1
{The knight is not good on e3 in the long run, particularly when black avoids
to open the diagonal with e6-e5. This is the reason the plan started with 9...
Qd8 is so strong. The pawn on e6 kills the knight on e3 and at the same time
the pawn doesn't have any disturbing influence on black because the bishop
finds other routes.} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Yc7c5]} 13. b4 $1 Bc6 {Black finally
manages to prove other ways for the bishop to develop than the usual e6-e5 and
Bg4.} ({After} 13... c5 {white plays} 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. b5 {with a good
position.}) 14. Nc3 {[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2f1,Yf1e3,Ye3d1,Yd1c3] A very long journey
from b1-d2-f1-e3-d1 just to reach its normal square! On the other hand Black
has moved his queen several times too. This is typical of modern chess which
is completely different from the more stereotyped chess in the past.} Bxf3 $1
15. Bxf3 c6 {Black plans to set up an advantageous pawnstructure which hems in
the bishop.} 16. Qb3 d5 17. e3 dxc4 $1 {[%cal Ye7d5,Ye6e5] In a hypermodern
manner black creates an outpost on d5 and secures a good game. The next step
is to strive for the equalising e6-e5.} 18. Qxc4 Ned5 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. Rab1 e5 {
Black now has to reckon with only one pawn in the centre.} 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22.
Qd4 {[%tqu "En","What is black's best move?","","","e5b8","Of course the queen
on d4 is misplaced.",10]} Qb8 $11 {[%cal Yf8d8,Yd5c7,Yc7e6] Of course the
queen on d4 is misplaced.} 23. Rfd1 Nc7 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rfd8
27. Rbd1 h6 28. Kg2 Qc7 29. a4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 {[%cal Gd4d8]} b6 {[%cal Yc6c5]
Black's pawnmajority is slightly stronger than white's but white is okay
because he controls the only open file.} 31. Rc1 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Qf4 {
The simplest way to disarm black's queensidemajority. After the queenexchange
white controls the passed pawn by approaching it with the king.} Qxf4 34. gxf4
{[%cal Yg2f1,Yf1e2,Ye2d2,Yd2c2]} Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Ne8 37. h4 Nd6 38. Rb1
c4 39. Kd2 c3+ 40. Kc2 Rc4 41. Ra1 a5 42. Bd5 Rc5 43. Rd1 Nc4 44. Rd4 Na3+ 45.
Kc1 c2 46. Rd3 Nc4 47. Rc3 Rxd5 48. Rxc4 {Rh5 49.Kxc2 Rxh4 50.Rc5 Th2=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "226"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. Nh4 $5 {This Chigorin-inspired move was first
played in the game Budo-Botvinnik, 1931 in the Russian championship.} (11. Ne1
$142 $14) (11. d5 $142 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c5 $14) 11... Nc6 (11... exd4 12. Qxd4 c5
(12... Nc6 13. Qd2 $14) 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd5 (15. b3 $14) 15... Bxd5
16. Nf5 Qd8 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $11 {Budo-Botvinnik, URS-ch Moscow 1931
}) 12. d5 ({It is logical to keep the tension in the centre for a while with} 
12. h3 {for instance} Bd7 13. Nf3 (13. Nb5 Rec8 14. d5 Nd8 15. Nc3 Ne8 16. Rae1
g6 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 Nf7 19. Kh2 {1/2 Farago-Hernandez, Rome 1986}) 13... a6
14. Rfe1 Qd8 15. b3 Qc8 16. Kh2 h6 17. Rac1 $14 {Van Wely-Kurajica, Las Palmas
op 1993}) 12... Nd4 13. f4 $146 (13. Nb5 Nxb5 (13... Be2 $2 14. Nxd4 Bxf1 15.
Ndf5) (13... Ne2+ $2 14. Kh1 a6 15. f3 axb5 16. fxg4 Nd4 17. g5 {Wahls}) 14.
cxb5 Bd7 (14... a6 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. a4 $1 c5 $1 17. dxc6 Rxc6 (17... bxc6 18.
Rfc1 (18. b4 $5 {is a suggestion by Gipslis. The dreamvariation for white is}
Rea8 19. a5 c5 $4 20. b5 $18) 18... c5 $1 19. b4 Rea8 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qc2 Qa7
$1 $11 {Vi.Ivanov-Gipslis, Riga 1993 - 59/(533)}) 18. Rfc1 Rec8 19. b4 $14 {
Razuvaev-Huss, Wien 1984}) 15. a4 g6 $1 {[%cal Gg6f5] This is the critical
variation for the whole system with 11.Nh4 and explains why Rashkovsky tries
to improve earlier in the game.} (15... c6 $2 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 18.
exf5 $16 {Jusupov}) (15... a6 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. a5 (17. Rfc1 $5 $14 {[%cal
Gc1c8] is a suggestion by Jusupov which avoids counterplay on the c-file. After
} c6 18. dxc6 Rxc6 {white is ready to exchange one pair of rooks with} 19. Rxc6
) 17... c6 18. dxc6 Rxc6 $1 $132 {[%cal Gc6c1] Jusupov- R.Hernandez,
Thessaloniki (ol) 1984 - 38/648}) 16. Rfc1 Rec8 17. Ra3 c6 $1 18. bxc6 bxc6 19.
dxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 (20. b4 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qd2 Rc4 {Wahls}) 20... Bxc6
21. a5 (21. b4 $2 Nxe4 22. Qc2 Qb7 {Wahls}) 21... Rb8 (21... Nxe4 22. Qc2 Qb7
23. a6) (21... Bxe4 $2 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qd5 {Wahls}) 22. Re3 Kg7 23. b4 h6 24.
Re2 Qe6 {1/2 Z.Polgar-Ivkov, Veterans-Women Monte Carlo 1994. Black should of
course continue the game. The knight on h4 is badly placed and black has
pressure on the pawns on e4 and b4.}) 13... Bd7 14. fxe5 {Another and probably
better idea is to play flexible and keep the option to move f4-f5.} dxe5 $11
15. h3 b6 16. Kh2 Rad8 17. Rf2 Rf8 18. Re1 g6 {[%cal Gg6f5] A typical move in
this variation which makes Nh4 looks silly.} 19. b4 Ne8 20. a3 a5 21. Ne2 Nxe2
22. Rfxe2 axb4 23. axb4 c5 24. Nf3 Nd6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Qc3 f6 $15 27. Rb2 Ra8
28. Nd2 Ra4 29. Reb1 Kg7 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Rxb8 Ra2 32. Rb2 Rxb2 33. Qxb2 Qd8
34. Qa3 Qb6 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. h4 Nb7 38. Kg2 Qb4 39. Qc1 (39. Qxb4 $2
cxb4 40. Nb3 Kd6 {and black invades the black squares.}) 39... Nd6 40. Kf2 Kd8
41. Ke3 Nb7 42. Qb1 Qxb1 43. Bxb1 Kc7 44. Bc2 Kb6 45. Kd3 Ka5 46. Kc3 Nd6 47.
Bd1 h5 48. Nb3+ Kb6 49. Nd2 Kc7 50. Kd3 Bh3 51. Bf3 Kb6 52. Kc3 Ka6 53. Nb3 Nb7
54. Nd2 Ka5 55. Nb3+ Kb6 56. Nd2 Nd6 57. Kd3 Kc7 58. Kc3 Kd8 59. Kd3 Ke7 60.
Ke3 Kf7 61. Bd1 Bd7 62. Kd3 Kg7 63. Kc3 Kh6 64. Be2 Kg7 65. Kd3 Kf7 66. Kc3 Ke7
67. Kd3 Nf7 68. Nb3 Kd6 69. Na5 Kc7 70. Nb3 Kb6 71. Nd2 Nh6 72. Kc3 Ba4 73. Nf1
Kc7 74. Ne3 Bd7 75. Nf1 Kd6 76. Nd2 Be8 77. Kd3 Ba4 78. Kc3 Bd7 79. Kd3 Be8 80.
Kc3 f5 81. Nf3 Bd7 82. Kd2 Nf7 83. Ke3 Ke7 84. exf5 Bxf5 85. Nd2 Nd6 86. Nb3
Nb7 87. Bd3 Kf6 88. Be4 Bxe4 89. Kxe4 Nd6+ 90. Kf3 Kf5 91. Nxc5 e4+ 92. Ke3
Nxc4+ 93. Kd4 Nd6 94. Nd7 Kg4 95. Ne5+ Kxg3 96. Nxg6 $11 Kf3 97. Ne5+ Kf4 98.
Ng6+ Kf5 99. Ne7+ Kg4 100. Ng6 Kf3 101. Ne5+ Kf4 102. Ng6+ Kg3 103. Ke3 Kg4
104. Kd4 Kf3 105. Ne5+ Kg3 106. Ng6 Kf3 107. Ne5+ Kf2 108. Kc5 Ne8 109. d6 Nf6
110. d7 Nxd7+ 111. Nxd7 e3 112. Ne5 e2 113. Nd3+ Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 {Vitolinsh} 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Qd3 {
Ilincic claims this is the best move. I cannot believe such an unnatural move
is stronger than the main line. It is interesting to note that placing the
queen on d3 early in the opening is also popular in the Queens Indian Defence
after the moves 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qd3. The chess of today is more concrete
and when chessplayers cannot find an advantage after normal classical moves
they tend to study moves which sometimes look a bit bizarre.} (6. g3 $144) 6...
d6 (6... d5 $143 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 (8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O $14 {Ilincic})
8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nc6 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Ng3 Rfd8 14. Qe3
$14 {Damljanovic-Ribeiro, Magistral Algarve Vila Real de Santo Antonio 1998})
7. e4 O-O (7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 (8... Nb8 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O $14 {Ilincic}) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 Qd6 12. O-O Nd7 13.
Rfd1 $14 {Krizsany-Vincze, Hun-chT9899}) (7... Nbd7 8. Nbd2 e5 9. Be2 O-O 10.
O-O exd4 11. Qxd4 $14 {Ilincic}) 8. Nbd2 Nfd7 (8... a5 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 $14
{Ilincic-Drasko, Pale 1997 - 71/529}) 9. Be2 e5 10. Nf1 $1 (10. O-O exd4 (10...
Nc6 11. Rfd1 Qb6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 $14) 11. Qxd4 Nc5 12. Rfe1 Nc6 13. Qe3 Re8
14. Bf1 Bf5 $1 15. Qf4 Bg6 $11 {Ilincic}) 10... Nc6 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5
12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ng3 Re8 (14... Qh4 15. O-O Be6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17.
Rd4 $14) 15. O-O Qh4 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rd4 Be6 (17... Ne6 18. Rd2 c5 19. Nf5 Qg5
20. Bf3 g6 21. e5 $1 Rb8 22. Nxd6 Nd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Bd5 $14) 18. Rfd1 Qe7
19. f4 $14 {Ilincic}) 11. Ng3 Nf6 $1 $146 {Black puts strong pressure on the
centre immediately. If black can force white to block the centre he has no
problems.} (11... Re8 $143 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. O-O $14 {Ilincic-Drasko, Doboj 1999
- 76/464}) 12. d5 (12. O-O Bg4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 12... Ne7 13. c5 Ng6 {[%cal Rg6f4]
} 14. Qc4 Qa5 15. cxd6 Ne8 16. O-O Nxd6 $11 {[%cal Rd6c4] It is interesting to
notice how black's knights harass white's queen and 6.Qd3 doesn't look very
convincing in the long run.} 17. Qb3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Nd2 Rc5 20. Rxc5
Qxc5 21. Qe3 {The opening has failed and white is happy with a draw.} Qxe3 22.
fxe3 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 23. Bd3 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Nxb5 25. Nf5 Kf8 (25... Rc2 26.
Rd1 {[%cal Rd5d6]}) 26. a4 $1 bxa3 27. bxa3 Ne7 28. a4 Nxf5 29. axb5 Nd6 30.
Rxa7 Rc5 31. Kf2 Rxb5 32. Ke2 h5 33. h3 Rc5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rc3 36. g5 Ke8
37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7 Ke8 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. Ra7 Kd8 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Solin 7th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. Ne1 (11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c5 {This position
is not to everyone´s taste and explain why some people prefer 11.Ne1.} 13. Rae1
(13. a3 $144 Nbd7 14. Bg2 a6 15. Qe2 Rab8 16. Rfc1 g6 17. b4 Kg7 18. h4 Qd8 19.
Bh3 $14 {Beljavskij-Balasov, Vilnius 1978}) (13. h4 $144 $14 {or 13.Bg2}) (13.
Be2 $143 Nbd7 14. Bd3 {According to Kmoch in his classical and original Pawn
power in chess this is the right square for the bishop because of the central
pawnstructure. White prevents two important breaks, b7-b5 and f7-f5. However,
under these particular circumstances the preventive idea is only enough for an
equal game. The bishop belongs on h3 (after h2-h4 or without h2-h4) if white
wishes to exploit his superiority in space and create a long-term initative.}
g6 15. Rae1 Nh5 16. a3 a6 17. Kh1 Rf8 18. Qh6 Ng7 19. g4 $11 {Engqvist-Inkiov,
Gausdal International 1990}) 13... a6 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bg2 Rab8 16. a4 Qd8 17.
Qd1 Re7 18. Re3 Qa5 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Bh3 $14 {Karpov-P.Nikolic, Skellefteå 1989
}) 11... exd4 (11... Nc6 12. f4 $1 {The tactical point with 11.Ne1.} exd4 (
12... Nxd4 13. f5 {xBg4}) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd8 15. Qxd4 $16 {
Nogueiras-Pinal, Havanna 1985}) 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 {White is a little better
in this half-closed position because the strong positional motive Nd5 is
always in the air.} a5 14. f3 {N} (14. Rc1 Qd8 15. b3 a4 16. f3 $14 {
Manor-Adams, Adelaide 1988}) 14... Be6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nc2 Ne5 17. Nce3 $14 {
Tukmakov is right in deploying the knights before the rooks.} Bxd5 18. cxd5 {
xc7} Ned7 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Rac1 Nfd7 22. Rc3 Nb6 23. Bh3 $5 (23. Rfc1
) 23... Qf6 24. Rfc1 Qe5 25. g4 $3 {This "beginner´s move" which prevents
f7-f5 snd makes Bh3 looks silly is very instructive. The white-squared bishop
will do his share of work on the diagonals f1-a6 and a4-e8 instead.} h6 26. b3
{In the traditional manner white slowly prepares b3-b4.} Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28.
a3 {The blacksquare control is not enough compensation for the strong pressure
on the c-file.} Nbd7 29. Bf1 Ne5 30. Kg2 c6 31. Kg3 cxd5 32. exd5 {Black has
solved the problem with the weak c7-pawn but still has another problem to
solve, the weak c7-square.} Rf8 33. h4 $1 {All the nuances in the position are
important. The b3-b4 possibility will not run away.} gxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Kg7 35. Kg3
Rad8 36. Bb5 Rh8 37. b4 $18 axb4 38. axb4 Na6 (38... Ncd7 39. f4 $18) 39. Bxa6
bxa6 40. f4 Nd7 41. Rc7 Rh7 (41... Nf8 42. Ne6+ Nxe6 43. dxe6 Rdf8 44. R1c6 $18
) 42. Nc6 Rdh8 43. Rxd7 Rh2 44. Kf3 R8h3+ 45. Ke4 Re2+ 46. Kd4 Rf2 47. Rxd6 {
An excellent technical performance by Tukmakov.} 1-0

[Event "Terres Catalanes"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 (7.
Qxd2 $2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 d6 $15) 7... d6 8.
O-O (8. e4 $5 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. b4) 8... a5 (8... O-O 9. e4 a5 (9... e5 10. d5
Nb8 11. Nh4 {/\f4}) 10. d5 (10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Bd7
$10) 10... Ne5 (10... Nb8 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 Nbd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Qc2 c6 15.
Nf1 $14 {Haik-Sharif Cannes 1987}) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 $14 {Hort-Seirawan
Lugano 1989}) 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 (13. f4) 13...
Bg4 (13... Nc5 $5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. f4 $14) (13... c6 $5 {- Garcia
Palermo-Adams Oakham 1988}) 14. f3 Bd7 15. b4 c6 (15... axb4 16. axb4 c6 17.
dxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 $14 {0-1 Seirawan,Y-Jussupow,A/Belgrade 1991 (34)} (18. Qb3
$5 $14 {Jussupow,A-Petrosian,T URS-ch 1983})) 16. dxc6 (16. bxa5 $14 cxd5 17.
cxd5 Bb5 18. Qb3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc5 20. Qc3 Nfd7 21. Bh3 g6 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23.
Nc4 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Winants,L/Brussels SWIFT rapid 1992 (38)}) 16... bxc6 17.
Qb3 (17. Qc2 $14 {0-1 Seirawan,Y-Jussupow,A/Belgrade 1991 (34)}) 17... axb4 18.
axb4 Nc7 (18... Be6 19. Qc3 Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. f4 Bg4 22. Rfe1 exf4 23. gxf4
Qb6 24. f5 g5 25. c5 dxc5 26. Nf2 cxb4 27. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Petrosian,T/
URS-ch50 Moscow 1983 (41)}) 19. Qc3 Rfb8 20. Nb3 Qd8 21. Rfd1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8
23. Rd1 Qb8 24. c5 Nb5 25. Qb2 Be6 26. cxd6 Bxb3 27. Qxb3 Qxd6 28. Qc4 h5 29.
Qc5 Rd8 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Bf1 g5 32. Rc1 Nd7 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Ke3 Nd4 35. Bh3 f6
36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. f4 gxf4+ (37... exf4+ 38. gxf4 g4 39. e5 (39. f5 Rd6 40. Nf4
Kh6) (39. Nc5 Rd6 40. e5 fxe5 41. fxe5 Rd5 $11)) 38. gxf4 $16 exf4+ 39. Nxf4
Rd6 40. Nxh5+ Kf7 41. Ng3 Ke6 42. Rc4 Ke5 43. Rc5+ Ke6 44. h4 Kf7 45. Rc1 Ke7
46. h5 Rd8 47. h6 Ne6 48. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bb4+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Bg2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} (7... c6 {is the main move, and it has recently become fashionable to try
and make something of White's bishop positioning with} 8. Bc3 $5 {which
contains some interesting points although 8...Ne4 should equalise.}) 8. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} (8. Na3 $5 {Aronian,L-Karjakin,S London 2017, was an
interesting new direction.}) 8... c6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 9. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} (
9. Bf4 {looks the most constructive, but the standard move-repetition offer}
Nh5 {forces White to then think of something new.}) 9... b6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} (
9... Ne4 {might look natural, but concretely here White does not need to worry
about the threatened swap, e.g.} 10. a4 Nxd2 11. Nbxd2 a5 12. e4 {with a space
advantage.}) 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:15:56]} 12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (12. Qa4 {was the path
followed by a noteworthy predecessor.} a6 (12... Rc8 $1 {improves, e.g.} 13.
Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Na3 a6 15. Rc1 Qa8 $11) 13. Rc7 $5 (13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qd1 Nh5 15.
Rxc8 Bxc8 16. Rc1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Bb7 18. e3 Qb8 $11 {Ghaem Maghami,E-Wei,Y
Tashkent 2016}) 13... Rb8 (13... e5 14. dxe5 Qxc7 15. exf6 Bd6 16. fxg7 $14)
14. Nbd2 b5 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. Nb3 $36 {
White has a very pleasant position- but the question of an advantage is a
different one.}) 12... Rc8 {[%emt 0:10:08]} 13. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxc8 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:04:12] A principled
reaction, but not the best.} (14... a6 15. Rc1 Qa8 16. Na4 $5 {is presumably
the wrinkle intended by 12.Qb3. White could have a little something here,
especially if Black's best is ...Qa7, but looking at some concrete details, my
opinion is that this isn't true:} b5 17. Nc5 Rc8 $1 (17... Nxc5 18. dxc5 Ne4
19. Qe3 $132) 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 $11) 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:04:29]}
16. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:12:23]} 17. e3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nhf6 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} 18. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:17:17]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:09:25] Now
White gets a relatively pleasant game.} (20... a6 $5 $11 {is now a good reflex,
refusing to allow pawn weaknesses.}) 21. a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:07:
14]} 22. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Qa3 {[%emt 0:10:36]}
Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Nd2
$14 {[%emt 0:00:03] With two pawn weaknesses to White's none (after b3) Black
is reduced to playing responsive chess. Thankfully for him, the position is
quite solid.} Bd5 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:06:29]}
27. Ba6 {[%emt 0:09:20]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:04:43]} 29. Qd6 {[%emt 0:07:56]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 30. Qa3 {[%emt 0:
02:54]} (30. Qe5 Nf6 31. Rc5 Rb7 32. Qxb8+ Rxb8 33. h3 $14 {might have been my
choice, given how much easier it is to outplay someone when there are few
pieces on the board!}) 30... Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb7
{[%emt 0:00:19]} 32. h3 {[%emt 0:08:09]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 33. Ba6 {[%emt 0:
05:49]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35.
Ra6 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 36. Ra5 {[%emt 0:11:56] Karjakin
doesn't see a way to continue the game.} (36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Nb6 38. Bxd5
exd5 39. Rc6 {is still slightly interesting}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 {A small surprise, however since
Bachmann often plays this position I was more or less aware about what is
going on.} 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 $5 {Not the main move, but a
decent one. I remember once I was looking this position to play with Black and
the idea of 9.Bxd4 annoyed me.} exd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bc5 $6 {The beginning
of a wrong plan. Usually Black waits for White to attack the bishop to bring
it to c5 and also don't hurry to exchange the bishops afterwards. Since it's
was the first time my opponent had played this position he was spending a lot
of time to find out what to do.} (10... Re8 {was normal and} 11. Qc2 c6 12. a3
Bc5 13. Rad1 Qe7 {Le,Q (2715)-Bruzon Batista,L (2673) FIDE World Cup 2011 (3.3)
0-1 would be an improved version of the game, since a3 weakens the structure
on the queenside.}) 11. Qc2 Bxd4 $6 {Again helping White's plans. Now Black's
position is just passive.} (11... Re8 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 {Gunina,V (2516)
-Guichard,P (2338) EU-chT (Women) 20th 2015 (5.3) 1-0 was a seen in a recent
game}) 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. b3 (13. Rad1 {was probably more precise} Nxc4 (13... c6
14. c5 d5 15. e4 $16) 14. Ncb5 c6 15. Qxc4 cxb5 16. Nxb5 {with a clear
advantage.}) 13... c6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. h3 {Played without much thought, I had
the idea that if I pushed e4 and f4, it was better to have the g4-square under
control. On the other hand the kingside is safer with the pawn on h2 and I'm
going to feel the difference later.} (15. f4 {was the way to go if I want to
play on the kingside} Ng6 (15... Neg4 16. Qd2 Re8 17. e4 {and the knights are
badly placed.}) 16. Qd3 Re8 17. e4 {with a pleasant advantage.}) 15... Bd7 16.
Rd2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf1d1,Gc2b2,Gb2a3] I decided that it was not yet
necessary to expand the kingside and that if I could attack the d6-pawn with
my major pieces Black would be completely tied up.} (16. f4 {was still ok} Ng6
17. e4 h5 $16) 16... Rad8 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Qb2 Ng6 19. Nc2 $6 {Good idea but
the wrong order.} (19. Qa3 {here the computer comes up with an ingenious idea}
Ne7 20. e4 Nc8 {but Black's position is not getting better.}) 19... Bf5 $1 {
Trying to sharpen the position.} 20. Ne3 {I could not resist going into a
complicated position and also my opponent was going to be in time trouble soon.
It is probably not superfluous to say that this was unnecessary.} (20. e3 $14
Qc8 21. Kh2 Re5 {and Black starts to create something, but the position is
still fine for White.}) 20... Rxe3 21. fxe3 d5 22. e4 {The only move to
reconnect both wings.} (22. Rf1 {fails to} Bxh3 23. Bxh3 Qxg3+ 24. Bg2 Nh4 25.
Rf2 Ng4 {with mate.}) (22. g4 Qg3 $19) 22... Bxh3 (22... Qxg3 {doesn't work}
23. Rd3 Qg5 24. exf5 Nf4 25. e3 {and the queen helps in defence.}) 23. Rd3 (23.
e5 {was one of my ideas, but it doesn't really work} Bxg2 (23... Qxe5 $2 24.
Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd8+ Nf8 27. Bxh3 $16) 24. Kxg2 Ng4 25. Rd3 N6xe5 {
and Black is winning}) 23... Bxg2 (23... Qb6+ {could strangely transpose back
to the game} 24. Rd4 Qc7 25. R1d3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Ne5 27. Rd1 {and we are back.})
24. Kxg2 Ne5 25. Rd4 Neg4 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. cxd5 cxd5 (27... Qh5 {is the
computer's move} 28. Rh1 Qe5 29. Rd3 cxd5 30. exd5 b5 31. d6 {and the position
remains complex.}) (27... c5 28. Rd3 (28. Rc4 Nh5 29. Qd3 Qg5) (28. Ra4 Nh5 29.
Qd3 Qg5) 28... Nxe4 29. Nxe4 (29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 Nef2 31. Kf3 f5 32. e4)
29... Qxe4+ 30. Kg1) 28. Rd3 Re8 {Another small surprise, keeping the pressure.
} (28... Nxe4 {was what I expected and after} 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 Nc5 (30...
Nxc3 31. Rxc3 {[%cal Gc3c7]}) 31. Rf3 Nf6 32. f5 {I think White is slightly
better.}) 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 d4 $6 {This recovers the exchange, but it also
frees all the white pieces.} (30... dxe4 {I was worried about this, and not
sure how to evaluate the endgame} 31. Rg3 h5 32. Nd5 g6 33. Nxf6+ Nxf6 34. Rc3
{with a sharp position.}) (30... Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Kf3 h5 33. Rc3 Nf6 34.
e3 {with a small advantage due to the active rook on the c-file.}) 31. Rxd4
Ne3+ 32. Kf3 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 {I was not sure if it was important or not to
transfer the knight to e3, so I just took with the rook, but in some cases
Black can take advntage of the knight being on c3 to win a tempo.} (33. Nxd1 {
is the computer's preference} h5 34. Ne3 h4 35. e5 Nh5 36. Nc4 {with advantage.
}) 33... h5 34. e5 Rc8 $1 (34... Ng4 35. Nd5 $16) 35. Nb5 Ng4 36. Rd7 Rc2 {
A natural move, a normal one to make in time pressure, but not the best.} (
36... Rc1 {was good and I think Black is fine.} 37. Nd6 (37. Rxb7 Rf1+ 38. Kg3
Rg1+ 39. Kh4 Nf2 40. Kxh5 Rh1+ 41. Kg5 Rg1+ 42. Kf5 Rh1 $1 $11 {threatening
mate.}) 37... Rc3+ 38. Ke4 Re3+ 39. Kf5 Nh6+ 40. Kg5 Rxe2 41. a4) 37. Rxb7 Rxa2
38. Nd6 Nh2+ (38... a4 {looks like draw, but the position is still tricky} 39.
Rxf7 axb3 40. Rb7 Nh2+ 41. Ke3 Ng4+ 42. Kd3 h4 43. Nf5 {and Black still has
some few problems to solve.}) 39. Kg3 Rxe2 40. Nxf7 Ng4 41. Kh4 Ne3 $1 (41...
g6 42. Kg5 Rg2 43. e6 $1 {and with the f7-knight defended, there is no useful
discovered check. I'm just threatening to take on g6 on the next move.}) 42.
Kxh5 Nd5 $2 {Finally White's winning.} (42... Rg2 $1 {with the idea of 43...g6+
} 43. Nd6 (43. Ng5 $4 Rh2+ 44. Kg6 Rh6# {could be embarrassing.}) (43. e6 g6+
44. Kh4 Nf5+ 45. Kh3 Rg3+ 46. Kh2 Re3 47. Ne5 g5 48. e7 Nxe7 49. Rxe7 gxf4 {
and I have no way to defend the b3-pawn.}) (43. f5 Nxf5 44. Ng5 Rh2+ 45. Kg4 g6
46. Ne6 {keeps some pressure, but I don't think it's enough.}) 43... Rh2+ 44.
Kg5 Rg2+ 45. Kh4 Rg4+ 46. Kh5 Rxf4 47. Ra7 {and the fight keeps going, but
with a good defence Black should be able to hold.}) 43. f5 Rf2 44. Kg5 Rg2+ 45.
Kh4 Ne3 46. Nd6 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Rd4 48. Kg3 Rb4 49. Ra7 (49. Rxb4 {I knew that
this position was winning, but I thought that if by chance I made a big
mistake, it's better to have a rook} axb4 50. Kf4 Nd5+ 51. Ke4 Ne7 52. e6 {
and Black won't be able to attack the b3-pawn, so the endgame is just hopeless.
}) 49... Rxb3 50. Kf4 Ng2+ 51. Ke4 Rb4+ 52. Kd5 Nf4+ 53. Kc6 Rb8 54. e6 Nh5 55.
Kc7 Rb1 56. Ra8+ Kh7 57. e7 (57. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g5,Gg5f7,Ga8h8] was the
computer way of doing it, I was not so worried, since I realised the game
continuation would also give no chances for Black.} Nf4 58. Ng5+ Kh6 59. Nf7+
Kh5 60. Rxa5 {defending against ...Nd5+} Re1 61. Ne5 {and there is no good way
to stop the pawn.}) 57... Nf6 58. e8=Q Nxe8+ 59. Rxe8 {I only need to be
careful not to let the last pawn be exchanged.} Rf1 60. Re2 Kg8 (60... g6 61.
Rh2+ Kg7 62. Rg2 $18) 61. Ra2 Kh7 62. Kd7 Rf4 63. Ke6 a4 64. Kf7 Rh4 65. Rg2 a3
66. Rxg7+ (66. Kf8 $1 {[%cal Gd6f7] was classy and effective with forced mate.}
) 66... Kh6 67. Rg2 Ra4 68. Ra2 {And there is nothing Black can do about the
advance of the f-pawn.} Kg5 69. Ke6 Ra6 70. f6 Kg6 71. f7 Ra8 72. Rxa3 {
An important point since we drew the match 2-2 and with the victory in the
last round against Austria we managed to finish in a quite decent position.}
1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Tisdall} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2
Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 {Tisdall: This move, which strengthens the
option of playing for ...e5 later, seems to black's most solid alternative.} (
9... O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qc7 15. Kh1
e5 16. Rg1 Nh5 17. Be4 Rae8 18. Bd5 Kh8 19. f4 f5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. f3 Nf4 22.
Rac1 Nxd5 23. Qg2 Rg8 24. cxd5 Qd6 25. Rc6 Qxd5 26. Rg6 Qf7 27. d5 Kh7 28. Be1
Nf6 29. d6 Ng4 30. Rxg4 fxg4 31. Qxg4 Rd8 32. Qe4+ g6 33. Bc3 Rxd6 34. Bxe5 Re8
35. Rc1 Rd2 36. f4 Rxb2 37. h4 h5 38. Rg1 Rb3 39. Rg5 Rh3+ 40. Kg2 Rxh4 41. Kg3
Rxe5 42. Rxe5 Rg4+ 43. Kf3 Qb3+ 44. Qe3 Qxe3+ 45. Rxe3 g5 46. fxg5 Kg6 47. Re8
Kxg5 48. Re5+ Kh4 49. Re7 Rg3+ {0-1 Piskov,Y-Kholmov,R/Moscow ch 1987}) (9...
h6 {Tisdall} 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Bd3 Ndf6 13. O-O-O $5 Qe7 14. d5 Nc5
15. e4 e5 16. h4 g4 17. Nh2 a5 18. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Lomineishvili,M/
Koop Tjuchem Open, Groningen NED 1996 (54)}) (9... c5 {Tisdall} 10. Rd1 Qc7 11.
Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. Bh4 Be4 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Bg3 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh4
$1 $14 {Epishin,V-Andersson,U/Malmo 1994/1-0 (53)}) (9... a5 {Tisdall} 10. Rd1
h6 11. Bh4 a4 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. f3 e5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bf2 e4 16. O-O O-O 17. Bg3
Nh5 $13 {Tisdall: led to very sharp play in Cramling,P-Lobron,E/Brussels mix
1987 ( 0-1, 39)}) 10. Bd3 (10. Rd1 {Tisdall} Be4 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Bh4 a6 13. Bd3
Bxd3 14. Rxd3 e5 15. Rd1 exd4 16. Rxd4 Ne5 17. O-O Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qe6 19. Bg3
a5 20. Rfd1 Qe8 $11 {1-0 Epishin,V-Kosten,A/Geneve op 1993 (62)}) (10. Bh4 {
Tisdall} h6 11. Rd1 g5 (11... a5 12. b3 Rc8 13. Be2 $5 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 g4
16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bb7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 $44 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Bogdanovski,
V/Erevan olm 1996 (40)}) 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. d5 (13. Nd2) 13... Ndf6 (13... Nxg3 $5
) 14. Nd4 e5 (14... exd5 $5 15. cxd5 Nxg3 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. hxg3 Bxd5 $15) (
14... h5 $5 15. f3 h4 16. Bf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 g4 18. e4 g3+ 19. Ke1 gxh2 20. Kd2
Nh5 {~~ Aseev,K-Kengis,E/URS-sf Daugavpils 1989 ( - , 60)}) 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16.
f3 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 $14 {1-0 Goldin,A-Horvath,G/EUCup f 1996 (35)}) 10... h6 11.
Bh4 c5 {very unpleasent move for Victor who strives for sharp tactical battle
and has almost perfect score in main variation,which arises after 11...g5} (
11... g5 $5 {Tisdall} 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 g4 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. O-O-O
O-O-O 17. b4 Kb8 18. Kb2 Ka8 19. a4 $40 {1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Komljenovic,D/Ubeda
Open 1997 (44)}) 12. b4 {probably not the best reaction,but its very typical
for Victor's agressive style.Now white faces some difficulties in defending
his center} (12. Be2 {Tisdall} Rc8 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 a6 15. f3 d5 16. Qb3
O-O 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qb4 Qxb4+ 19. axb4 Bc4 20. Rc1 b5 {Tisdall: and black
had a solid and active position in Mikhalevski-Kosashvili/Israel ch-T/1996/})
12... Rc8 $1 {a good move putting additional pressure on mhite's center} 13.
bxc5 $6 (13. Qb2 $5 O-O (13... cxd4 $2 14. exd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 d5 16. c5 $1 $16)
14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4 $1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nf8 $13) 13... dxc5 14.
Ne5 $6 {another dubious move after which black with very nice tactical blow
gets favourable position.140-0 was reqired,but even in this case it's clear
that black solved all opening problems} cxd4 15. exd4 Qd6 $1 (15... Nxe5 $5 16.
dxe5 Qc7 17. f4 (17. exf6 Qe5+ 18. Kd2 Qf4+ 19. Ke1 Qxh4 20. fxg7 Rg8 21. Qa4+
Bc6 22. Qxa7 Rxg7 23. Qxb6 Rxg2 $17) 17... Nd7 18. O-O Nc5 19. Be2 O-O $15) (
15... g5 $5 {Tisdall}) 16. Nxd7 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxd7 Qxd4 $1 18. O-O Qxd7
$17) 16... Qxd4 $3 $17 {[#] [#]} 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rd1 (18. O-O $6 Qxh4 19. f4
$5 f5 $1 (19... Rg8 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qb7 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1
$44) 20. Qa4+ Bc6 21. Qxa7 Rg8 22. Rf2 Qd8 $1 $19) (18. Bxf6 {Tisdall} Qxf6 19.
O-O Bxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Rg8+) 18... Qxh4 19. Qa4+ Bc6 20. Qxa7 Bxg2 21. Rg1 (21.
Qa6 Rc5 $1 22. Qxb6 Re5+ 23. Kd2 Bxh1 24. Qb8+ Ke7 25. Qxh8 Qxf2+ 26. Kc1 Bf3
$19) 21... Qxh2 22. Kd2 Bf3 (22... Qf4+ $5 {Tisdall}) 23. Rg7 Qc7 $1 $19 {
the simplest way to decide the game.Ending is completly winning forblack} (
23... Qxf2+ $5 {Tisdall} 24. Kc3 Rf8) 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rb1 Rb7 26. Ke3 Bc6 27.
Rb3 f5 $1 28. f4 Ke7 29. Rg3 h5 30. Rh3 h4 31. Rb2 Kd6 32. Rbh2 Ra7 33. Kd4
Rxa3 34. Bxf5 Rha8 35. Rxa3 Rxa3 36. Bd3 f6 37. Rxh4 e5+ 38. fxe5+ fxe5+ 39.
Ke3 e4 40. Rh6+ Kc5 41. Rxc6+ Kxc6 42. Kxe4 Kc5 43. Ke3 Rc3 44. Kd2 Rxc4 45.
Bxc4 Kxc4 {[#] Hecht Kleine Endspielkunde mit dem Springerbauern Themen:
Opposition und Pattgefahr!} 46. Kc2 b5 47. Kb2 Kb4 48. Ka2 Kc3 49. Ka3 b4+ 50.
Ka2 Kc2 (50... b3+ $2 {Hecht} 51. Ka1 $11) 51. Ka1 Kb3 52. Kb1 Ka3 (52... Kc3
$6 {Hecht} 53. Ka2 Kc2 54. Ka1 Kb3 55. Kb1 Ka3 {Wegen der Pattgefahr in der
Ecke gewinnt nur das Ausweichen in diese Richtung, um mittels Opposition oder
Umgehung zu gewinnen.}) 53. Ka1 b3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group7"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgrade Partizan"]
[BlackTeam "Slough Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.
Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 $5 {[interesting
continuation used to be very dangerous weapon in hands of  GM N,Rashkovsky in
early eighties]} 12. Nef3 $1 {[Probably the best way to meet black's
counterplay.Nothing offers 12.h4 0-0 13.Nd3 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 and now tipical f4
does'nt work bacause of the weakness on g4.Also 12.h3 h413.g4 0-014.Nd3 Nbd715.
b3 Re8 looks equal]} Bg4 {[Most frequantly played although Rogers' idea 12...
Nbd7 13.Qc2 h4 14.Nh4 Rh4 15.gh Nh5 deserves serious attention]} 13. Qb3 b6 14.
Qe3 (14. c5 $5 dxc5 $8 15. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 16. Nc4 a4 $1 17. Qc2 Qg5 $8 (17... Qd4
18. Rad1 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1 $16) 18. f4 Qh6 19. e5 Nh7 (19... Nxd5 $2
20. Bxd5 Ra7 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Bg2 $16 {[Tukmakov-Arkell]}) 20. d6 Ra7 21. dxc7
Rxc7 22. Nd6+ Kf8 {[Maiwald-De Boer]} 23. Qxa4 $44) 14... Bxf3 (14... Na6 $5
15. b3 g6 16. Nh4 g5 17. Nhf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 $14) 15. Nxf3 $14 Nbd7 16. Nh4 Ng4
$6 (16... g6 $5 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 (18. gxf4 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qxh4 20. Rac1 Nc5
21. e5 $44) 18... O-O 19. b3 Rae8 20. Rae1 $14) 17. Qe2 g6 18. Bh3 Ndf6 $6 (
18... Ngf6) 19. f3 Nh6 20. Qd2 $16 Kf8 21. Rae1 Kg7 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Nxe4
$2 (23... Nxd5 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. cxd5 $1 $16) 24. Qd4+ Kh7 (24... Kg8 25. Nxg6
fxg6 26. Rxe4 Qh4 27. Rfe1 $1 $18) 25. Nf3 {[25...f5 26.Ng5 Kg8 27.Re4 fe 28.
Be6]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 c5 8. b3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rad1 a6
15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb1 b5 $5 {Spätestens jetzt ist es mit der
Zurückhaltung, die Jobava in der Eröffnung an den Tag gelegt hat, vorbei.
Mit diesem Vorstoß am Damenflügel beginnen die taktischen Verwicklungen, die
Jobava so liebt.} 18. cxb5 d5 19. Nc6 Qb6+ 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Qf2 Nfg4 22. Bxc5
Qxb5 {Weiß hat kurzzeitig eine Figur mehr, aber seine Dame ist angegriffen
und der Springer auf c6 hängt.} 23. Na7 Rxa7 24. Qd4 Raa8 25. a4 ({Mit} 25.
exd5 Bxd5 $1 26. Ne4 ({nach} 26. Qxd5 {folgt} Rad8 {und Schwarz gewinnt die
Figur zurück.}) 26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rab8 28. b4 {hätte Weiß das riskante
schwarze Spiel auf die Probe stellen können.}) 25... Qc6 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Ne4
Qxd4+ 28. Bxd4 Nxh2 $1 {Die Damen sind getauscht, die taktischen Verwicklungen
gehen weiter.} 29. Rf5 ({Nach} 29. Kxh2 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Ng4+ 31. Kg3 Rxe4 32. Rf4
Rxf4 33. Kxf4 {hat Weiß einen Bauern weniger im Endspiel, aber mit den
aktiveren Figuren gute Remisaussichten.}) 29... Rad8 30. Nc5 Nhf3+ 31. gxf3
Nxf3+ 32. Kf2 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 $2 {Danach kommt Schwarz endgültig in Vorteil,
denn die weißen Figuren stehen so unglücklich, dass Schwarz sein geopfertes
Material zurückgewinnt. Die Engine empfiehlt hier} (33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Nd4
35. Rh5 Bc6 36. Bxa6 {und sieht Schwarz leicht im Vorteil.}) 33... Nxd4 34.
Nxb7 Re2+ $1 {Das entscheidende Zwischenschach.} 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Rd5 ({Nach} 
36. Be4 Nxf5 37. Bxf5 Rxb3 {hat Schwarz Turm und drei Freibauern für die
beiden Leichtfiguren und steht auf Gewinn.}) 36... Rxb1+ 37. Kf2 Ne6 {Am Ende
der Verwicklungen hat Schwarz zwei Bauern mehr. Wojtaszek gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Cheboksary"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Qe2 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nf4 Bd6 14.
Bf5 g6 15. Bh3 Ra8 16. Qa4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Nd3 Nf8 19. Bc3 Ne4 {1-0
Nemet,I (2430)-Barbero,G (2495)/San Bernardino 1989/ (38)}) 11... Ne4 (11...
Qb8 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Be1 h6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 c6
18. e4 Re8 19. Qc2 c5 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 {1/2 Giorgadze,G
(2612)-Pelletier,Y (2589)/Sanxenxo 2004/ (33)}) 12. Rfd1 f5 $5 {Black is
transferring the position into dutch type of position in the hope, that white
is less well prepared for it.} (12... a4 13. Be1 f5 $13) 13. Be1 c6 14. Qc2 Kh8
(14... Bd6 15. Qb3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 a4 17. Qc2 $11) 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qb8 (
16... Nxc3 17. Bxc3 a4 $2 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bd4 $16) 17. Na4 Qa7 (17... Qxe5
18. Nxb6 Rad8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bxa5 c5 21. b3 $14) 18. cxd5 exd5 (18... cxd5
19. Qc7 Bd8 20. Qd7 $16) 19. Nc3 {Vitiugov is dancing with his knight in order
to solve the problems of the center.} Qb8 (19... b5 $5 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Be2 b4
$11) 20. f4 Bc5 (20... g5 21. Bg3 (21. Qe2 a4 $13) 21... Bc5 22. Re1 $14) 21.
Qe2 a4 (21... g5 22. Na4 gxf4 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. exf4 $14) 22. Na2 Qa7 (22... g5
23. Bb4 gxf4 24. Bxc5 f3 $1 25. gxf3 (25. Qxf3 Nxc5 26. Qf4 Ne6 $17) 25... Nxc5
26. f4 Rg8+ 27. Kf2 Qe8 $15) 23. Bb4 $1 {The first great achievement for white,
since the exchange of the active bishop eases the pressure against his center.}
Ba6 (23... Bc8 24. Nc3 Qe7 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11) 24. Nc3 Bxd3 (24... Bc8 25. Bxc5
Nxc5 $11) 25. Qxd3 b5 (25... Qf7 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qd2 $16) 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 (
26... Qxc5 $2 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rxc5 exd3 29. Rxd3 $18) 27. Qd4 Nb3 28. Qxa7
Rxa7 29. Rc2 {After the exchange of the queens white can hope to benefit from
the pressure against the central pawn structure.} Rd7 (29... Re7 30. Ne2 Re6
31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. exd4 Rb8 33. Rdc1 Rb6 34. h3 $14) 30. Ne2 c5 (30... Rc8 31.
Ng3 g6 32. e4 fxe4 33. Nxe4 $16) 31. Nc1 $1 c4 (31... Nxc1 32. Rdxc1 c4 33. Rd1
Rfd8 34. Rcd2 g6 35. e6 Re7 36. Rxd5 $16) 32. Nxb3 axb3 (32... cxb3 33. Rc5 Kg8
34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Rxb5 $16) 33. Rcd2 Rfd8 34. e6 Re7 $1 {Maletin is fighting in
the bad position, as he can hope to reach rook endgame with 4-3 on one side.} (
34... Rd6 $2 35. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Re8 37. Rxb5 (37. Rxf5 b4 38. axb4 c3
39. Rd5 c2 40. Rc5 g6 $14) 37... g6 38. Rc5 Rxe6 39. Kf2 Re4 40. a4 $18) 35.
Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 g6 37. Rxb5 Rxe6 38. Kf2 Rc6 39. Ke2 (39. a4 c3 40. bxc3
Rxc3 41. Kf3 Rc4 42. Rxb3 Rxa4 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. g4 $16) 39... c3
40. bxc3 Rxc3 41. a4 Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kh6 $6 {Black must have been pleased with
his tough resistance, but his position remains difficult.} (42... Kg8 43. Kf3
Rc4 44. a5 Ra4 45. Rxb3 Rxa5 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. g4 $16) 43. h3 Rc4
44. Rxb3 Rxa4 45. Rb7 g5 $2 {Finally the tired defender gives up and loses
without futher fight.} (45... Ra1 46. g4 fxg4 47. hxg4 g5 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. f5
$16) 46. fxg5+ Kxg5 (46... Kg6 47. g3 Rc4 48. h4 $18) 47. Rxh7 f4 48. Rg7+ (48.
Rg7+ Kf6 49. Rg4 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 fxe3 51. Kxe3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.14"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Brueggemann, Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. O-O e5 10. Rad1 h6 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 a5 12. b3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bd7
14. a3 Qc8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na6 {
0-1 Lopez Martinez,J-Vehi Bach,V/Badalona 2003/ (45)}) (10... a6 11. Rfe1 (11.
a3 Rb8 12. Ne1 Qe7 13. Nc2 exd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Ne3 Bd7 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5
Qd8 18. Rd2 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. b3 {1/2-1/2 Deutschmann,R-Fischer,G/Graz 1997/
(72)}) 11... Rb8 12. e4 b5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. c5 b4 15. c6 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qe7 17.
cxd7 Bxd7 18. b3 c5 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. Qxe5 Qa7 22. Qc3 c4+ 23. Kh1
cxb3 24. axb3 Rec8 {1/2-1/2 Polak,T-Loginov,V/Vienna 1995/ (58)}) 11. e4 c6 (
11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nd5
c6 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Ndf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 De Lange,
D-Heggheim,B/Hamar 1982/ (47)}) 12. Nh4 $5 {Beliavsky fights in any position,
white knight aims at the weak spot d6.} Qc7 (12... Nb6 13. b3 Qe7 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Qd6 Nfd5 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. Rd6 $14) 13. Nf5 Nf8 (13... Nb6 14. dxe5 Nxc4
15. Qd4 Bxf5 16. exf6 Be6 17. b3 c5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Ne5 20. fxg7 $16) 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Nd6 Re7 (15... Rd8 16. Ndb5 Qd7 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Rd1
Qe7 20. Nd6 $14) 16. c5 b6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Brueggemann is not losing control
and timely undermines the advanced c5 pawn.} (16... Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. b4 $14
a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 $14) 17. Qe3 Bg4 (17... Ne6 18. Nf5 (18. Bh3 Bd7 19.
Bxe6 Bxe6 20. f4 Bh3 21. Rfe1) 18... Rd7 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. b3 $14)
(17... Ng4 18. Qe2 bxc5 $2 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Bh3 $18) 18. f3 Be6 19. Rd2 N8d7
20. cxb6 (20. b4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Rb8 $11) 20... axb6 (20... Qxb6 $5 21. Qf2 Nc5
22. Rfd1 Rd8 $11) 21. Rc1 {White has not achieved much, but the pawn assymetry
gives him scope for further fighting.} Qa7 22. b3 Qa3 (22... Nc5 23. Rcd1 Rd7
24. b4 Nb7 $11) 23. Rcc2 (23. Ne2 Nc5 24. Qc3 Ne8 25. Nxe8 Rexe8 $11) 23... Nc5
24. Nb1 Qb4 25. Nc4 Nfd7 26. Bf1 f6 (26... Ree8 27. Rc3 Nb7 28. a3 Qe7 29. Nxb6
Nxb6 30. Qxb6 $14) 27. Rc3 $1 {Black queen had showed great courage, but now
she is about to be rounded.} Nb7 28. a3 Qc5 29. b4 $6 {It was much better to
win the pawn after swap of the queen since now the advantage will be rather
small.} (29. Qxc5 Nbxc5 30. Nxb6 Nxb6 31. Rxc5 Bxb3 32. Rxc6 $16) 29... Qxe3+
30. Nxe3 Nd8 (30... Nb8 31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 b5 33. Ne3 $14) 31. Rd6 (31. Bc4
$14) 31... b5 32. Nf5 (32. Rdxc6 $5 Nxc6 33. Rxc6 Ba2 (33... Rb8 34. Nc3 $16)
34. Nc3 Rxa3 35. Bxb5 $14) 32... Re8 33. Nd2 Kh7 34. Kf2 Nf8 35. Be2 Bd7 (35...
g6 36. Ne3 Re7 37. f4 Rd7 38. Rcd3 $14) 36. Bd1 Nde6 (36... Nf7 37. Rdd3 Red8
38. Ne7 $14) (36... g6 $5 37. Ne3 Nf7 38. Rdd3 Red8 39. h4 Ne6 $11) 37. Rcd3
Ra7 {Black is defending like a lion and Beliavsky finds it hard to penetrate
his position.} (37... c5 38. Rxd7 c4 39. R3d5 Nxd7 40. Rxd7 Rxa3 (40... Red8
41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Ke1 $14) 41. Nb1 Ra2+ 42. Be2 Rea8 $13) 38. Nb3 (38. Bb3 g6
39. Ne3 Re7 40. Bxe6 Nxe6 41. Nb3 $14) 38... g6 39. Ne3 Kg7 40. Na5 (40. h4 Re7
41. h5 Rxa3 $11) 40... c5 41. Nd5 Rc8 (41... c4 42. Rc3 f5 (42... Nd4 43. Nxf6
Re6 44. Rxe6 Bxe6 45. Nd5 Bxd5 46. exd5 Rd7 47. a4 Rxd5 48. Rc1 $14) 43. exf5
gxf5 44. f4 e4 (44... Ng6 45. Bh5 $14) 45. Ne3 Nd8 46. Bh5 $14) 42. f4 c4 43.
Rc3 h5 (43... exf4 44. gxf4 Re8 45. a4 $14) 44. Ke3 Be8 (44... h4 45. Be2 hxg3
46. hxg3 Rb8 47. a4 bxa4 48. Bxc4 $16) 45. Bf3 Rd7 $2 {Tired after long
defense black is suddenly going under very quickly.} (45... Rf7 46. a4 Nd4 47.
f5 bxa4 48. fxg6 Nxg6 49. Rxc4 Rxc4 50. Nxc4 $14) 46. Rb6 $1 Rf7 47. Nb7 Rc6 (
47... Rd7 48. Nd6 Ra8 49. Nxb5 $18) 48. Nd6 (48. Nd6 Rxb6 49. Nxe8+ Kg8 50.
Nxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Nxa3 O-O 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O d6 $10 11. Qb1 $6 (11. Nc2 $10) 11... a5 12. Rd1 (12.
Nc2 e5 $1 13. b4 Bf5) 12... Ba6 13. Nc2 d5 14. b3 Ne4 $15 15. Qb2 f5 16. g3 $6
(16. Bd3 $5 Qe7 $15) 16... g5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 $1 {(+) e5} 19. Na3
dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 g4 $1 {(+) f3, h3} 22. h4 $5 (22. Nd6 Ng5 23. Rac1
Qg7) (22. Qd4 b5 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Nxb6 Ra6 25. Nd7 Rc8 $17) 22... gxh3 23. Kh2
Qg7 24. Re1 $5 (24. Nxb6 Rad8 $1) 24... Qg4 $1 (24... f4 $2 25. exf4 Rxf4 26.
Rxe4 $1 (26. Re2 $2 Raf8 27. Rf1 Nxg3 28. Rg1 Nxe2 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 26...
Rxe4 27. f3 $1 $10) 25. Qe2 Rad8 26. Nd6 Ng5 27. Ra4 $8 Qxe2 (27... Qf3 28. Qf1
$1) 28. Rxe2 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 (29. Kxh3 Ng1+) 29... Nxe5 30. Rd4 Nf3 31. Rd3 Rd7
32. e4 Ne5 $1 33. Rd1 f4 $1 $19 (33... Rfd8 $2 34. exf5 Nf3 35. Re3 $1) 34.
gxf4 Rxf4 35. Rc2 Rxe4 36. f3 (36. Rg1+ Rg4) 36... Nxf3 $1 37. Rg1+ (37. Rc8+
Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kf6 39. Rf8+ Ke5 40. Rxd7 Re1#) 37... Nxg1 38. Nxe4 Rd1 39. Kh2
Re1 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Nd6 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. a3 Be7 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. b4 a5 8. b5 c5
9. bxc6 bxc6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Bb2 (11. a4 $5) 11... a4 {The heavy fixed
structure like this one are not asy to play. Black must cope with less space
while white has problems to sensibly open up the position.} (11... Qc7 12. Bd3
Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Bc3 Ne8 16. O-O e5 17. e4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nef6
19. Rfe1 Raa8 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Qf5 Bf6 22. Ne4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Re8 24. Nb5 cxb5
25. Qxd5 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Grigorian,K-Knezevic,M/Yerevan 1980/ (41)}) (11... Ng4
12. Qc2 f5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Ng5 Nb8 15. Be2 h6 16. Ngf3 Nbd7 17. O-O Qc7 18. Ne1
Ne4 19. Nd3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Wahls,M/Dresden 1998/ (27)})
12. Qc2 Qc7 13. h3 (13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Ba6 $11) 13... Qa7 14.
Rc1 (14. g4 e5 $5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Nxc5 18. Bd4 (18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qa5+ $15) 18... Qa5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bg2 Be7 21. Bxe4 Qxe5 22.
O-O $14) 14... Bd8 15. Be2 Bc7 16. g4 Ba5 (16... Ba6 17. Qxa4 Qb7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6
19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Rb1 $14) 17. O-O $2 {Sakaev makes a reckless move and will be
left with difficulties. The best 17.Bc3!? would avoid all structural problems
and promise small advantage.} (17. Bc3 $5 Bxc3 (17... Ba6 18. Qxa4 Bxe2 19.
Kxe2 Qc7 20. Qc2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rfe8 22. g5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nd2 e5 25.
Nxe4 exd4 26. Qxd4 Rxa3 27. Rhd1 $14) 18. Qxc3 Ba6 19. Bd1 Bb5 20. Bc2 $14)
17... Bxd2 $1 18. Nxd2 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Bc3 (20. e4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22.
Qxe4 Rab8 23. Rc2 Rb3 $17) 20... Ne8 21. Rb1 Nc7 22. Rb4 f5 23. Qd1 (23. gxf5
Rxf5 24. Re1 Rf6 25. e4 Rh6 26. Kh2 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Nd5 $17) 23... Qd3 24. Nb1
Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Rfb8 {The endgame is better for black, since white has no future
for his dark squared bishop.} 26. f3 (26. gxf5 exf5 27. Rd2 Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Nb5
$15) 26... Rxb4 27. Bxb4 Nb5 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Nc3 (29. Kg3 Kf7 $15) 29... Nxc3
30. Bxc3 Rb8 31. Bb4 Kf7 32. Kg3 Kf6 33. h4 fxg4 34. Kxg4 $2 {Sakaev must have
been worried about his prospects by now, but with timely opening of the
position he could still hope to comfortably hold the position.} (34. fxg4 $1
Ke7 (34... e5 35. e4 $1 dxe4 36. d5 $14) 35. g5 Rf8 36. e4 $1 dxe4 37. Re1 Rf3+
38. Kg4 Rd3 39. Rxe4 Nb8 40. d5 Rxd5 41. Bc3 Nd7 42. Rxa4 e5 43. Ra7 $11) 34...
Ke7 35. Kg3 (35. e4 e5 36. Kg5 (36. exd5 Nf6+ 37. Kg3 Nxd5 $15) 36... dxe4 37.
fxe4 exd4 38. Rxd4 Ne5 $11) 35... Nf6 36. Rg1 Ne8 37. Kf4 Kf6 (37... g6 38. e4
Nc7 39. h5 Kf6 $11) 38. h5 Nc7 39. e4 Nb5 40. Rd1 (40. e5+ Kf7 41. Ke3 Nxa3 $1
$17) 40... g6 (40... dxe4 41. fxe4 Rd8 42. e5+ Ke7 43. Ke4 g5 44. hxg6 hxg6 45.
Rd3 Rh8 $15) 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. exd5 (42. e5+ Ke7 43. Kg5 Rh8 44. Rd3 Rh1 45.
Kf4 Rh4+ 46. Ke3 g5 47. Be1 Rh2 48. Bb4 Rh3 49. Ke2 Rh4 50. Ke3 g4 51. fxg4
Rxg4 $17) 42... exd5 43. Rh1 Kg7 {[%mdl 4096] The weaknesses a3 and d4 are
very irritating for white, bishop on b4 is no hero.} (43... Nxd4 $2 44. Bc3 $18
) (43... Re8 44. Rh7 Re2 45. Rh8 g5+ 46. Kg4 Rg2+ 47. Kh3 Rc2 48. Rh6+ Kf5 49.
Rxc6 Nxd4 $17) 44. Kg5 Rf8 45. f4 Rf5+ 46. Kg4 Rh5 $1 {Excellent move, black
is exchanging rooks in order to win d4 pawn.} 47. Rxh5 (47. Re1 Rh2 48. Re6
Nxd4 49. Bc3 Kf7 $17) 47... gxh5+ 48. Kxh5 Kf7 49. Kg4 Nxd4 50. Bc3 Nc2 51. Bb2
Ne3+ 52. Kf3 Nc4 53. Bc1 Ke6 54. Ke2 (54. Kg4 d4 $1 55. f5+ Kf6 56. Kf4 d3 $19)
54... Na5 $1 {The last fine manouver in the game, black attacks c5 pawn and
controls d4 square for later advance of his d pawn.} (54... Kf5 55. Kd3 Kg4 $17
) 55. Bd2 Nb3 56. Be3 Kf6 57. Kd3 Kf5 58. Bg1 (58. Kc3 Ke4 59. Bg1 d4+ $19)
58... Kxf4 59. Kc3 Ke4 60. Kb4 d4 61. Kxa4 Nxc5+ 62. Kb4 d3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Filippov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 {It would be wrong to
underestimate this cunning retreat. Black is parting with tempo, but White has
played the less desirable Nbd2 and a3 moves.} 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 {
Grischuk knows his preferences and they do not favour the main line with the
b-pawn advance.} (8. b4 a5 9. b5 c5) 8... c5 9. Qc2 {Another important moment
when White had to choose the line at the critical point. In the last two years
many grandmasters have been attracted by the dangerous attacking ideas arising
after 9.h4. The position calls for creative play from both sides, but the
black defender seems to be surviving quite well in the main line with 9...g6.}
(9. h4 g6 (9... cxd4 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Bb1 Qc7 12. Qc2 f5 13. cxd5 Qxc2 14.
Bxc2 exd5 15. Nb3 f4 16. Nbxd4 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Ne2
f3 21. gxf3 Rxf3 22. Nf4 $16 {1-0 (31) Navara,D (2700)-Dzagnidze,N (2546)
Yerevan 2014}) (9... h6 10. Bb1 cxd4 (10... Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. dxc5 a5 13. Nb3
(13. O-O Na6 14. Rd1 Nxc5 15. Nb3 b6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5
19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxc5 Qb8 21. Qe3 Qxb2 $11 {1/2 (31) Ragger,M (2655)-Babula,V
(2585) Austria 2013}) 13... Nbd7 14. Bf4 a4 15. Nbd4 Nxc5 16. Ba2 dxc4 17. Bxc4
Bd7 18. h5 b5 19. Be2 b4 20. O-O Qb6 21. Nd2 Rec8 22. Nc4 $14 {1/2 (22) Avrukh,
B (2596)-Fedorchuk,S (2646) Sibenik 2012}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nb3 Nc6
14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Ba2 Re8 16. O-O-O Qa6 17. Kb1 Nb6 18. Nbxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc4
20. Rh3 Kh8 21. Rg3 Bxh4 22. Rh3 $14 {0-1 (36) Wojtaszek,R (2734)-Korobov,A 
(2702) New Delhi 2012}) (9... f5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ng5 (11. e6 Nf6 12. Bxf5 Qb6
13. Qe2 cxd4 14. O-O g6 15. Bb1 Nh5 $11) 11... Qb6 12. Qf3 Qc6 13. Qh5 h6 14.
Ndf3 b6 15. e6 Nf6 16. Qf7+ Rxf7 17. exf7+ Kh8 18. Ne5 g6 19. Nxg6+ (19. Nxc6
Nxc6 20. Nf3 Kg7 21. Bb5 $14) 19... Kg7 20. Nxe7 Qb7 21. Ng6 Nbd7 (21... Nfd7
22. Bxf5 Nc6 23. Ne6+ Kxf7 24. Bxh6 $11) 22. Ne6+ Kxg6 23. h5+ Kxf7 24. Nd8+
$18 {1-0 (34) Cheparinov,I (2689)-Georgiev,K (2687) Sunny Beach 2012}) 10. h5 (
10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Re1 Bxh4 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Qd2 f6 16.
exf6 Nxf6 17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. cxd5 Bxd4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxd4 exd5
22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Re1 Nf6 24. Bg5 Kf7 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxd5+ Kf8 $11 {
0-1 (82) Gajewski,G (2631)-Elsness,F (2483) Fagernes 2014}) 10... cxd4 11. Qc2
(11. cxd5 Nc5 (11... exd5 12. e6 Nc5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Bb1 Qd6 15. hxg6 hxg6
16. b4 Ncd7 17. Nb3 Nf8 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Nbxd4 Nc6 21. Kf1 Re8 $11 {
1-0 (47) Khenkin,I (2570)-Huschenbeth,N (2533) Hamburg 2014}) 12. Bb1 exd5 13.
b4 (13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. N2f3 Ne4 15. Bh6 Re8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qc1
Ba6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bg7 {1/2 (42) Nyzhnyk,I (2625)-Miroshnichenko,E (2619)
Mamaia 2013} f6 21. Qh6 exf3 $11) 13... Ne6 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Qd2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Bg5 17. Qb2 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Qf6 19. Nd3 Bd7 20. Qh6 $16 {1-0 (26) Miroshnichenko,
E (2626)-Andreev,E (2508) Al Ain 2013}) (11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Qc2 Qe8 13. O-O Nc5
$6 (13... Nc6 14. Re1 a5 (14... Nc5 15. b4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 dxc4 17. Nxc4 b5 18.
Nd6 Qd7 19. Qxb5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxd6 21. Qxd4 Rxf3 22. Bb2 Rf5 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24.
Rad1 $14) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 d3 (16... Nc5 17. Nb3 Rxf3 $1 18. Nxc5 (18.
gxf3 $6 Ne6 19. Bd2 Qf7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qxc6 Rb8 $36) 18... Rf5 19. Bd2 $44)
17. Qxd3 Nc5) 14. Nxd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc6 (15... Qd7 {makes no sense:} 16. N2f3
b6 17. Bh6 $16) 16. cxd5 $1 exd5 $6 (16... Nxe5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. d6
Bd7 $14) 17. N2f3 {1-0 (32) Jankovic,A (2553)-Roiz,M (2652) Plovdiv 2012})
11... Nc5 (11... Qe8 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Bf4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Bh6
Bd7 17. Qe2 $14 {1-0 (38) Ding,L (2680)-Tomashevsky,E (2733) St Petersburg 2012
}) 12. cxd5 (12. hxg6 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 fxg6 14. cxd5 (14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. Qh3 Rf7 17. Nf3 dxc4 18. O-O Qd3 19. Be3 c5 20. Rac1 Qf5 $11 {1/2 (84)
Shulman,Y (2571)-Kaidanov,G (2594) Saint Louis 2012}) 14... Qxd5 15. Qxd4 Nc6
16. Qxd5 exd5 17. b4 Bf5 18. Bb2 Bd3 19. Nb3 a5 20. bxa5 Be4 21. Ke2 Bxf3+ 22.
gxf3 Nxa5 23. Nxa5 Rxa5 $11 {1/2 (35) Nyzhnyk,I (2628)-Quesada Perez,Y (2655)
Arlington 2014}) (12. Bf1 d3 13. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15. Qe3 g5 16. Ne4 h6
17. Nfxg5 hxg5 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nc6 21. Rd1 Qc7 $17 {1-0 (29)
Cheparinov,I (2710)-Mchedlishvili,M (2639) Leon 2012}) (12. Be2 Nc6 13. b4 d3
14. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Nxd4
Qxd4 20. Rb1 Bd7 $15 {1/2 (40) Ding,L (2654)-So,W (2658) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011})
12... Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qxd5 14. Ne4 Nc6 (14... Nd7 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bg5 b6 17.
Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. exf6 Rd7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Kd2 Qd6 $11 {1-0 (32)
Can,E (2529)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2563) Kocaeli 2014}) 15. Bh6 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17.
Kxd2 Rd8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg5 h5 20. g4 Bxg5+ 21. Nfxg5 Nxe5 22. gxh5 Nc4+ $11
{1-0 (33) Giri,A (2734)-Naiditsch,A (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 9... h6 {
Chessplayers have to learn many trades and skills, one of them is the ability
to choose the lesser evil. Filippov seems to hope as many other players before
him, that his adversary will find it difficult to exploit the compromised
b1-h7 diagonal.} (9... g6 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h5 Nc5 13. hxg6 (13.
Nxd4 Nc6 14. N2f3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Bf4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Qc4 18. Qxc4 dxc4
19. Rc1 b5 20. Nxb5 Rb8 $11 {1-0 (43) Smirnov,P (2628)-Landa,K (2642) Loo 2013}
) 13... Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 fxg6 15. Nxd4 Bf5 16. Qb3 Na6 17. O-O Nc5 18. Qe3 Qb6
19. N2f3 Be4 20. b4 Nd3 $11 {0-1 (37) Schreiner,P (2460)-Hamitevici,V (2467)
Tromsoe 2014}) 10. O-O (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf5 Nc6 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14.
O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Nxd4 Ne6 19. Qd3 Nxd4 20.
Qxd4 Bc5 21. Qd3 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Qb6 23. Qf3 Rf8 {1/2 (30) Lutz,C (2595)-Wahls,M
(2520) Germany 1994} 24. Bf4 $11) (10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nc6 12. b5 Nb4 13. Qb3
dxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 15. O-O Nb6 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Ne4 N6d5 18. Nfd2 Rc8 19. Qg3 Bh4
20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Nxf6 $17 {0-1 (44) Thorfinnsson,B (2395)-Babula,V (2569)
Novi Sad 2009}) 10... Nc6 (10... a5 11. Nb3 b6 12. Be3 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5
a4 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. b4 axb3 16. Nxb3 d3 17. Bxd3 Nc5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nbd4 Be6
20. Bf5 Qd7 21. Rb1 Ra6 $11 {1/2 (30) Rodshtein,M (2632)-Eljanov,P (2761)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 12... Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf5 Nc6 15. e6 fxe6 16.
Bxe6+ Kh8 17. dxc5 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nde5 19. Qd1 d4 20. f4 dxe3 {0-1 (25)
Khademalsharieh,S (2292)-Brkic,A (2568) Dubai 2014} 21. fxe5 a4 22. fxe3 Qc7
$15) 11. Nb3 $146 {The player from top 10 has every right to seek independent
ways even in notoriously well known positions. Grischuk might have been
dissatisfied with the lines after the universally played 11.Re1 a5 and thus he
comes up with a novelty.} (11. Re1 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qd1 $6 (13. Nf1 cxd4 (
13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. f4 Re8 16. f5 Bh4 17. g3 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19.
gxh4 Qxh4 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bxf5 22. Bf4 Re4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 {0-1
Teofilovic,V-Kostanjsek,Z/Makarska Tucepi 1995/ (36)}) 14. Ng3 Nc5 15. Bf5 a4 (
15... Be6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qc1 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Ne6 19. Qxh6 Re8 20. Rad1 Bf8 21.
Qh5 Bg7 22. Qg4 Kf8 {0-1 Suhl,D-Urday Caceres,H/Berlin 1997/ (40)}) 16. Bf4 d3
17. Bxd3 Bg4 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ncd4 21. Qe3 g5 22. Bb1 gxf4
23. Qd3 Ng5 {0-1 Browne,W-Makarichev,S/Saint John 1988/ (35)}) (13. Bf5 cxd4
14. Nb3 Qb6 (14... a4 15. Nbxd4 Nc5 16. Be3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
Bxh6 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Re3 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Mozaliov,S/St Petersburg 1996/ 
(35)}) 15. e6 Nc5 (15... Nf6 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Bg6 (17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Nbxd4
Bc5 19. Ne6 Ne4 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Brenninkmeijer,J/
Groningen 1988/ (21)}) 17... Rf8 18. Nbxd4 (18. Qd3 a4 19. Nbxd4 Ng4 20. Be3
Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bg4 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Rf4 {0-1 Kubikova,H-Csoke,A/Budapest
1994/ (48)}) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Nb3 Bd6 21. Be3 Qd8 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nd4
Rc8 24. Qd3 {1-0 Browne,W-Silman,J/San Mateo 1989/ (33)}) 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qf6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Qg6 Rff8 23.
Nf3 Nb3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd3 {1-0 Piket,J-Dimitrov,V/Adelaide 1988/ (62)}) (
13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb3 Qb6 (14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 a4 (15... Bg4 16. Nfd4 (16. Bf4
Qb6 $11) 16... a4 17. Qg3 (17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 Qb6 $15) 17... Qc8 18. e6 $5 (
18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nd4 c5 20. Nb5 Kh8 21. Nd6 Qe6 $15) 18... Bxe6 (18... axb3
19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxg4 Ra4 21. Qg3 Qc2 22. Bxh6 Qxb2 $15) 19. Bxh6 Bf6 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Nc5 Nd4 $1 22. Rac1 Nf5 23. Qg6 $2 (23. Qd3 $1 Nxh6 24. Nxe6 Qd7 25.
Rc7 Qe8 26. Qxd5 Rf7 27. Kf1 Kh8 28. Qxb7 Qg8 29. Rxf7 Nxf7 $17) 23... Qe8 $1
$17 {0-1 (37) Seel,C (2492)-Wahls,M (2538) Germany 2006}) 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Be6 20. Re3 Rc8 21. Rf1 Qd7 22. Rg3 $11 {
1-0 (26) Malakhatko,V-Mazurok,A/Kiev 2000/ (33)}) 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. h3 Re8 17.
Bf4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Re2 Bd7 20. Rd1 Rac8 21. Qd2 {1-0 (26) Ristic,
N-Nikolic,B/Kladovo 1991/ (41)}) 13... Re8 14. Bb1 (14. e6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 (15.
Bg6 Rf8 16. Rxe6 cxd4 $17) 15... cxd4 16. Nb3 Nc5 17. Rg6 Kf7 $17) 14... Nf8
15. dxc5 (15. Qc2 cxd4 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Nb3 Bg4 18. Nfxd4 Bh4 $1 $17) 15... Bxc5
16. Nb3 (16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Nb3 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxb3 $17) 16... Bb6 17. Bf4 (17. h3
d4 (17... a4 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Be3 Qb6 21. b4 axb3 22. Nxb3 $11)
18. Be4 Ne6 $15) 17... Bg4 18. Bg3 (18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 a4 20. Nc1 Ne6 $17)
18... Bc7 19. h3 (19. Nc5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd3 Bc7 $17)
19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 (21. Bd3 Bxb2 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Ra2 Qe1+ 24.
Kh2 Qc3 $19) 21... Nxe5 $17 {0-1 (31) Kempinski,R (2576)-Naiditsch,A (2532)
Griesheim 2002}) (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf5 cxd4 14. e6 Nf8 15. exf7+
Kxf7 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. Bf4 Kg8 18. Nc5 b6 19. Na6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Ne7 21. Bd3 Bg4
$11 {1-0 (37) Browne,W (2535)-Bradford,J (2425) Los Angeles 1989}) 11... cxd4
12. Re1 Qb6 {The danger in this line lies for Black in the fact, that there is
no immediate crises that would have to be addressed right away. White will try
to mobilise his forces, hold the centre and then look at theenemy kingside.} (
12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 (13. Bxc4 a5 14. Qe4 a4 15. Nbxd4 (15. Bxh6 axb3 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Qg4+ Kh6 18. Qh3+ $11) 15... Ndxe5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bd2 $11) 13...
Qb6 14. Bc2 Rd8 15. Bf4 Nf8 $11) 13. Bf4 a5 14. Rad1 Nc5 {Choices in general
situations without concrete variations are quite difficult to master. The
stronger player in the game may try to confuse the opponent with positions
with many options and ideas.} (14... a4 15. Nbxd4 Nc5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Bf5 Ne6 $11) 15. Nxc5 (15. Nbxd4 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 $11)
15... Qxc5 (15... Bxc5 16. Rc1 dxc4 17. Bxc4 (17. Qxc4 Be7 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. Nd2
Rd5 20. Nc4 Qd8 $11) 17... Rd8 18. Qe4 Ne7 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Qg4 Kh8
$11) 16. Qe2 Rd8 17. h4 $5 {A clever move in many respects, as White may use
the h-pawn advance in multiple ways. White is taking the g5-square under
control, preparing the undermining move h4-h5 and creating a retreat square
for the white king on the first rank.} Kf8 $2 {The defender got scared, but
his panic reaction is definitely wrong. Most of the sensible continuations
would offer better chances to survive White's attack.} (17... dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd7
19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Qe4 Bf8 21. Bd3 g6 22. h5 Ne7 23. Nxd4 $14) (17... Bd7 18. cxd5
Qxd5 (18... exd5 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Bb1 $14) 19. Bc4 Qc5 20. h5 Na7 21. Nxd4 Ba4
22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. Bxb3 Nc6 $11) (17... Qb6 18. Rc1 a4 19. Bb1 (19. cxd5 exd5 20.
Bb1 Qb3 21. Qd2 $14) 19... dxc4 20. Rxc4 Kf8 21. Qe4 Ke8 $13) 18. Rc1 Qb6 (
18... dxc4 19. Bxc4 Qb6 20. Qe4 Ke8 21. Rc2 $16) 19. cxd5 exd5 (19... Rxd5 20.
Qe4 Ke8 21. Qh7 Bf8 22. Nd2 $16) 20. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Grischuk senses the
enormous disparity in the number of pieces on the kingside and thus lashes out
at the black king with maximum severity.} hxg5 21. Qh5 Ke8 (21... Bc5 22. Bxg5
Ne7 23. Qh8+ Ng8 24. Bh7 $18) (21... gxf4 22. Qh8#) 22. e6 $1 Bxe6 (22... g6
23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxg6+ $18) 23. Rxe6 {The tragedy for the defender is
complete, as White has managed to open up the centre and obtain
opposite-coloured bishops. This factor further enhances his unstoppable attack.
} gxf4 (23... Kd7 24. Rexc6 Qxc6 (24... bxc6 25. Bf5+ Ke8 26. Qh8+ Bf8) 25.
Bf5+ Ke8 26. Qh8+ Bf8 27. Re1+) (23... g6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rxg6 gxf4 26. Qf5
Bf8 27. Rg8 Ke7 28. Qh7+ $18) 24. Bf5 $1 g6 (24... Rd6 25. Qh8+ Kd7 26. Re5+
Re6 27. Rxd5+ Kc7 28. Qxa8 $18) 25. Rxg6 Qc7 {Black might have resigned with a
clear conscience, but Filippov decided to offer his opponent the chance to
deliver mate.} (25... fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Be6 $18) (25... Rd6 26. Qh8+ Bf8
27. Rxd6 $18) 26. Re1 fxg6 (26... Ne5 27. Qh8+ Bf8 28. Rxe5+ Qxe5 (28... Qe7
29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Qe5#) 29. Qxe5+ Be7 30. Rg8#) 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Be6# {
Grischuk has executed the final attack with great energy and charm.} 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 Ne5 $132) 12...
d5 13. cxd5 (13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Rfc8 $1 (15... Rac8 16. Bg3 Qd8
17. Qd3 $14) 16. Rc3 (16. Rxe6 $2 b5 $1 17. Re8+ Nxe8 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxc7
Rxc7 $17) 16... Qd6 17. Bg3 Qf8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Ng5 b5 20. Ba2 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Bd5
22. Bb1 Rc8 $10 {Karpov,An-Andersson,U/Skelleftea/1989/1-0 (68)}) 13... Bxd5
14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Rfe1 (17. Bg3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc6 19. f4
Ne4 $13) 17... Nd5 18. Bg3 (18. Qh5 N7f6 19. Qg5 Ne7 20. f3 Ng6 21. Bf2 Nd5 22.
Qd2 Qe7 23. Bg3 Rfd8 24. Ng4 Rd7 25. h3 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,An-Andersson,U/
Biel (11)/1990/ (57)}) 18... Qd8 19. Nxd7 (19. Rc1 $10) 19... Qxd7 20. Be5 Ne7
$1 21. Qh5 (21. Qg4 f6 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bd2 Rfe8 $10) 21... f5 (21... Ng6 22.
Re3 $40) 22. Re3 Qd5 23. Bf1 (23. Rg3 Rf7 (23... Ng6 24. Rxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6 Qd7
26. Re1 Qf7 $10)) 23... Rf7 24. Rh3 h6 (24... g6 25. Qg5 $40 Nc6 $2 26. Qxg6+
$18) 25. Rg3 (25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qb3 27. c4 Ba6 $15) 25... f4 $1 26. Rg4 $6
(26. Rf3 $2 Rf5 27. Qg4 Rxe5 28. dxe5 Qxd1 29. Qxe6+ Kh7 $19) (26. Rc3 Rxc3 27.
bxc3 f3 $40) 26... Nc6 27. Re1 (27. Rc1 $5 Nxe5 (27... Nxd4 $6 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8
29. Rxg7+ Rxg7 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qxc8 f3 33. h3 $14) 28. Rxc8+
Bxc8 29. dxe5 f3 $15) 27... Nxe5 28. Rxe5 (28. dxe5 Qd2 $1 (28... Rc2 29. Rd1
Qxd1 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qxd1 Be4 32. f3 $14) 29. Rd1 Qc2 $15) 28... Qxd4 29.
Rxe6 Rc1 30. Re8+ (30. Qb5 Qd7 31. Re8+ Kh7 $19) 30... Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.
Qb5 (32. Qf5+ Ke7 33. Qb5 (33. Rxf4 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qd1#) 33... g5 $19) 32... a6
33. Qe2 g5 34. g3 (34. h4 Bd5 35. b3 Bxb3 36. Qxa6 Qc4 $19) 34... Qd5 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bd3 b6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 $6 {[%mdl 4] Rather reckless move from Cheparinov will put
him in a difficult situation, much better is 9...Nbd7 first.} (9... Nbd7 10.
O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 (11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Re1 Qc7
16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. Re3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Re4 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Timman,J/Horgen 1995/ (32)}) 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 c5 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bg5 Rae8 16. Qd3 Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Sokolov,A/Elista
1996/ (26)}) (9... Be7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Be4 c6 12. Be3 g6 13. h4 Bg7 14. Ne5
Ba6 15. h5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxc4 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Rd6 {1-0 Knaak,
R-Schoeneberg,M/Leipzig 1986/ (33)}) 10. Nxf6+ $1 (10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12.
h4 Be7 13. O-O-O c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18.
Be4 dxe4 19. Rxd8 Raxd8 20. Ng5 Rd4 21. f3 {1/2-1/2 Rabar,B-Nievergelt,E/
Belgrade 1954/ (21)}) (10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qc2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14.
h4 Nf6 15. Qc2 c5 16. O-O-O cxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. h5 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. h6
{1-0 Flear,G-Hawksworth,J/Southport 1983/ (38)}) 10... gxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. Bg5
Bxf3 12. Qd2 {1-0 Lugovoi,A-Balashov,Y/Krasnoyarsk 2003/ (12)}) 11. Bh6 Re8 12.
Ne5 $1 f5 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. O-O-O $6 {Franco ocampos is missing his golden
chance to decide the game right away with spirited combination 14.Ng4!?} (14.
Ng4 $5 Qg6 (14... fxg4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 (15... Kxh7 16. Bg5+ Kg7 17. Bxf6+ Kxf6
$18) 16. Bd3 Kg8 17. Qxg4+ Kh8 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Bf6 Be7 21. Bxe7
$18) (14... Qxd4 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Nf6 $18) 15. Qxg6+ fxg6 16. Nf6+ Kf7 17. Nxe8
Kxe8 18. f3 $18) 14... Nc6 15. f4 (15. Nd7 Qe7 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxf5 f6 18.
Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Rhe1 $18) 15... Nxd4 16. Rhe1 (16. Rhg1 Bxe5 17.
fxe5 Qg6 18. Qh3 Be4 $11) 16... Nc6 $2 {Modest retreat in the moment, when
Cheparinov could have probably saved the day with the daring move 16...Bxe5!?}
(16... Bxe5 $5 17. fxe5 Qg6 18. Qh4 (18. Qg5 Qxg5+ 19. Bxg5 c5 $11) 18... Bxg2
19. Be4 Nb3+ 20. Kc2 fxe4 21. Kxb3 $11) 17. Bg5 Qg7 18. Nd7 $1 Be7 (18... Red8
19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Re3 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf6 22. Bg5 Qg6 23. Qh4 $18) 19. Re3 (19.
g4 Red8 (19... Rad8 20. gxf5 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Rxd7 22. fxe6 Rde7 23. exf7+ Qxf7
24. Bxh7+ Qxh7 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kf7 27. Rd7+ Kxe8 28. Rxh7 $18) 20.
Bxe7 Nxe7 21. gxf5 Rxd7 22. f6 Qxf6 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Rxd7 Qxf4+ 25. Kb1 $18)
19... Rad8 (19... Qg6 20. Qh4 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Red8 22. Bc2 Kh8 23. g4 $16) 20.
Bc2 {White is prepared for the direct attack against black king, the knight on
d7 severely restricts black's freedom of movement.} (20. Rg3 Rxd7 21. Bxe7 Nxe7
22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bc2 $16) 20... Bxg5 21. fxg5 Rxd7 (21... Kh8 22. Rh3 Qg6 23.
Nf6 Qxh5 24. Rxh5 Kg7 25. Rxh7+ Kg6 26. h4 $18) 22. Rxd7 Nd4 23. g3 (23. g4 f4
24. Re5 $1 Bc6 (24... Nxc2 25. Kxc2 Bf3 26. h3 $16) 25. Bxh7+ Qxh7 26. Rxd4 $18
) 23... Rf8 (23... Rc8 24. Qh4 Nf3 25. Qf4 Bc6 26. Rd1 (26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qxc7
Qxg5 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Nxh2 $11) 26... Nxg5 (26... Nxh2 27. Red3 Rf8 28.
Rd8 $16) 27. g4 fxg4 28. Qxg4 $18) (23... Nxc2 24. Kxc2 (24. Rxe6 Rf8 25. Kxc2
Bc8 26. Ree7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 $16) 24... Be4+ 25. Kb3 $18) 24. Qh6 $1 {The timely
exchange of queens will rob black of any real counterplay.} Nxc2 (24... Qxh6
25. gxh6 Nxc2 26. Kxc2 Be4+ 27. Kc3 Rc8 28. b4 $16) 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Kxc2
Be4+ 27. Kc3 Rc8 28. g4 (28. b3 a6 29. h4 $16) 28... Kg6 29. h4 Bc6 (29... Bc6
30. gxf5+ exf5 31. Rde7 $16) 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Konikowski} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7.
Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. c5 f5 14.
Rac1 Nf7 15. cxd6 (15. Nd2 {Konikowski} Qf6 16. f4 Qh6 17. e3 Qh5 18. Nc4 e4
$13 {Sherwin,J-Masserey,Y/SUI 1999/}) 15... cxd6 16. Qe3 Qf6 (16... Qd8 17. Rc4
Qa5 18. Rfc1 Qxa2 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Rc7 Rfd8 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxb2 23. Bh3
$40 {Novikov,I-Sedina,E/Saint Vincent 1998/ (27) 1-0}) 17. Rc7 b6 18. h4 $6 {
Black's set up is very solid, but white could have gained some plus with the
consequent pressure along the open c file.} (18. Rfc1 $5 Ba6 19. R1c3 Rfc8 20.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nd4 $1 Bb7 23. Nc6 $14) 18... Ba6 19. Ng5 Nxg5
20. hxg5 (20. Qxg5 $2 Qxg5 21. hxg5 Bxe2 $17) 20... Qd8 21. Rfc1 f4 $1 {
Correct counterplay as white will have to worry about the exposed g5 pawn.} 22.
gxf4 (22. Qd2 fxg3 23. fxg3 Rc8 24. Rxa7 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bxe2 $15) 22... Rxf4
23. Qg3 {'?' Konikowski.} (23. Qh3 $142 $1 {Konikowski} Qxg5 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25.
e3 Rff8 (25... Rg4 $4 {Konikowski} 26. Rc8+ $1 $18) 26. Qxd6 Qf5 $13) 23... Rc8
24. R7c6 (24. Rxc8 $5 Bxc8 25. Qc3 Ba6 26. Qh3 $13) 24... Bb7 25. e3 Rf8 (25...
Bxc6 26. exf4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Bd7 $11) 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Be4 g6 28. Bd3 Qe7 29.
e4 (29. b4 e4 30. Bb5 Bb7 31. Bc6 Rf5 $17) 29... Qd8 30. a4 $2 {White misses a
nice tactical shot, this blunder will cost him two pawns.} (30. Rc3 Rf4 31. f3
$11) 30... Rf4 $1 31. f3 (31. Kf1 Bg4 32. Ke1 Qxg5 $19) 31... Rxf3 (31... Rxf3
32. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 33. Kh2 Qxc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 bxa3 9. Rxa3 d6 10. O-O e5 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rd1 a6 {
Black seems to have solved his opening problems to the full satisfaction, his
pieces work harmoniously with the pawn structure.} 15. dxe5 dxe5 (15... Nxe5
16. g4 Bg6 17. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 $16) 16. Qc1 Qc8 17. g4 e4 (17... Bxg4 18.
hxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Kf1 Qh3+ 20. Ke1 Qh1+ 21. Kd2 Qg2 22. Rf1 $14) 18. Nh2 Bg6 19.
Nd5 Nxd5 (19... Qd8 $5 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. Nd5 Qd8 $11) 20. cxd5 Ne5 21. Rc3 (21.
Qxc8 Raxc8 22. f4 exf3 23. Nxf3 Rc2 24. Nxe5 Rxe2 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Rb3 Rc8 27.
Rc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Kf8 29. Rd3 $11) 21... Qd8 22. Rd4 Qd6 (22... Qh4 23. Kg2
Rad8 $15) 23. Nf1 f5 $1 {White's exposed kingside is a perfect object of
black's interest.} 24. Ng3 (24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Ng3 Bxh3 26. Nxe4 Qg6+ 27. Ng3
Rec8 $15) 24... fxg4 25. hxg4 Rad8 (25... Rf8 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxd5 28.
Qc2 b5 29. f4 Nf7 $11) 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxd5 28. Qc2 (28. Rd4 Nf3+ 29.
Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Qd2 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Rf8 $15) 28... Kh8 29. Rc5 (29. f4 Nc6 30.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. g5 (31. Bxa6 bxa6 32. Rxc6 Qf3 $15) 31... Qd7 32. Bf3 $11) 29...
Qd6 30. Qc3 Nc6 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Kg2 (32. Bxa6 Qd1+ 33. Bf1 Qxg4+ 34. Bg2
Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Re6 36. Qd4 Rh6+ 37. Kg3 $11) 32... h6 33. Bf3 (33. Bxa6 Qd1 34.
Bxb7 Qxg4+ 35. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 33... Rf8 34. Rd5 (34. g5 Qe6 35. Be2 Qg6 $11)
34... Qe6 35. Qc5 Ne7 36. Rf5 $6 {Neverov is missing a small combination with
39...Ng3+! for black, the best move 36.Rd2 would promise him some advantage.} (
36. Rd2 Ng6 (36... b5 37. Qd6 Qf7 38. Be4 a5 39. Qe5 $16) 37. Bxb7 Qxg4+ 38.
Kf1 $14) 36... Rxf5 37. gxf5 Nxf5 38. Bxb7 Qg6+ 39. Kf1 $2 (39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40.
Kg1 Qg6+ 41. Bg2 Nh4 42. Qc6 Qxg2+ 43. Qxg2 Nxg2 44. Kxg2 Kg8 $11) 39... Ng3+
$1 40. fxg3 (40. Ke1 Qb1+ 41. Kd2 Qxb2+ 42. Kd3 Qe2+ 43. Kd4 Qd2+ 44. Kc4 Qxf2
$17) 40... Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Qxb2+ 42. Kd3 Qxb7 {[%mdl 4096] The queen endgame is
pretty dangerous, as the a pawn can become very mobile.} 43. e4 Qb1+ (43...
Qb5+ 44. Kd4 (44. Qxb5 axb5 45. Kd4 g5 46. Kd5 b4 47. e5 b3 48. e6 Kg7 49. Kd6
b2 $19) 44... Qb2+ 45. Kd5 $15) 44. Kd4 Qd1+ 45. Ke5 Qd8 46. Qd6 (46. Qa3 a5
$15) 46... Qg5+ 47. Ke6 (47. Kd4 Qd2+ 48. Ke5 Qc3+ 49. Ke6 Qb3+ $17) 47... a5
48. e5 a4 49. Kd5 (49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 51. Kxf5 a3 52. e6 g6+ 53. Kf6
a2 $19) 49... Kh7 (49... Qxg3 50. e6 Qf3+ 51. Kc5 a3 52. e7 Qe3+ 53. Kd5 a2 54.
Qd8+ Kh7 55. e8=Q Qd3+ 56. Ke6 Qxd8 57. Qxd8 a1=Q 58. Qd3+ g6 $19) 50. Qa3 {
White is in pain to stop the a pawn, black has excellent reasons to believe in
his winning chances.} Qd2+ 51. Ke6 Qd1 52. Qd6 Qb3+ 53. Kf5 Qf3+ 54. Ke6 a3 55.
Ke7 Qxg3 56. Qd5 a2 57. Qxa2 Qxe5+ 58. Kd8 Qf6+ 59. Kc7 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Re8 9. a3 Nc6 $5 (9... Na6 10. Nbd2) 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Ne1 (12.
axb4 Nexd5 13. b5 (13. Ng5 Re5) 13... Bd7 14. Na3 $13) 12... bxa3 13. Rxa3 (13.
Nxa3 Bf5) 13... b5 $1 14. b4 (14. Nc2 $6 a5 15. Nb4 Bd7 16. Nc6 Qb6) 14... a5
15. bxa5 b4 $1 (15... Rxa5 16. Qd2 Rxa3 17. Nxa3 Qb6 18. Nec2) (15... Bb7 16.
Rd3 $5 Qxa5 17. Nc2 b4 18. Nxb4) 16. Ra4 Rxa5 17. Rxb4 Nexd5 18. Rb2 (18. Rd4
Ba6 $1 19. Bxd5 (19. Bf3 $15) 19... Bxe2 20. Qb3 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxf1 22. Kxf1
Qa8 $1) 18... Bf5 (18... Ba6 19. Nd3 $10) 19. Nf3 Be4 20. Qd4 $10 Qa8 (20...
Qc7 21. Nbd2 Nc3 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qd3 Rd5 24. Qa6 Ra5 $10) (20... Qc8 21. Nbd2
Nc3 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxd6 $10) 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc8 23. Qb4 Ra1 24. Qxd6
Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Bxf3 26. exf3 Qxf3 27. Qd3 (27. Rb8 $2 Qxf2+ $1 28. Kxf2 Ne4+)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 (7. dxc5)
7... d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Nxc4 b5 $5 10. Nce5 c4 11. Be2 (11. Bc2 Bb7) 11... Bb7
12. a4 (12. b3 $13) 12... a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. b3 Ne4 16. bxc4 f6
17. Nd3 (17. Ng4 $6 h5) 17... bxc4 18. Nf4 (18. Nc5 Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2
Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qd5) 18... Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qc8 $10 21. e4 $1 (21. Bd2
Be4) 21... Bd6 (21... Na6 22. d5 $1) 22. Re1 (22. Rd1 Bc6 $1) (22. Bd2 Bxf4 23.
Bxf4 Qc6 24. Re1 Na6) 22... Na6 23. e5 Bb4 24. Rf1 (24. Rd1) 24... Bxf3 25.
Qxf3 fxe5 26. dxe5 Rf7 (26... Nc5 27. Qg4) 27. Qg4 (27. Qe4 Bf8) 27... Nc7 28.
Nh5 (28. Rd1 $5) 28... Nd5 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. h3 (30. Rd4 Qb6) (30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31.
Nf6+ Rxf6 32. exf6 g6 $17) 30... c3 (30... Bf8 $13) 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Nf6+ Rxf6
33. exf6 Bf8 34. fxg7 Bc5 35. Qa4 $2 (35. Qe2 $10) 35... Qf5 $1 $17 36. Qe8+
Kxg7 37. Qd7+ Kf6 $1 38. Qd8+ Ke5 39. Be3 c2 $1 (39... Bxe3 $2 40. fxe3) 40.
Qh8+ (40. Qc7+ Ke4 $1 41. Qc6+ Qd5) (40. g4 c1=Q+ $1) 40... Kd5 (40... Ke4 41.
Qc3) 41. Qa8+ Kc4 42. Qa4+ Kc3 43. Qa5+ Bb4 (43... Kb3 44. Qb5+ Bb4 45. Qxf5 $1
exf5 46. Kf1 { g4=}) 44. Bd2+ (44. Qxf5 exf5 45. g4 Kd3 $1 46. Bc1 Bd2 47. Bb2
f4 $17) 44... Kxd2 45. Qxb4+ Kd1 $1 $19 (45... Ke2 46. Qc4+ Qd3 47. Qxe6+) 46.
Qd4+ Kc1 47. Qe3+ (47. Qa1+ Kd2 48. Qd4+ Qd3) 47... Kb2 48. Qd4+ Kb3 49. Qe3+ (
49. Qb6+ Kc3 50. Qc6+ Kb4 51. Qb6+ Qb5) 49... Kc4 50. Qe2+ Kc5 51. Qe3+ Kc6 52.
g3 (52. Qc3+ Qc5 53. Qf3+ Kb6 54. Qb3+ Kc7 55. Qg3+ e5 56. Qg7+ Kb6 57. Qf6+
Kb5) 52... Qd5 53. Qc3+ Qc5 54. Qf3+ Kb6 55. Qb3+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. c5 f5 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. O-O Nf7 16. Qb3 Qf6 {Black needs to survive on the queenside, his chances
are fully concentrated on the other flank.} 17. Qa3 f4 (17... e4 18. Rd1 Qd4
19. Qb3 $14) 18. Rc7 Bg4 (18... b5 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Qxa7 $14) 19. f3 Bf5 20.
g4 Bg6 (20... Bc8 21. Rfc1 $14) 21. Rxb7 Rac8 22. e4 Rc2 (22... fxe3 $5 {
Bocharov should have probably taken on e3, now his counterplay ideas will be
constrained by space.} 23. Qxe3 Qh4 24. Rxa7 $14) 23. Qd3 Rfc8 24. Rb4 $5 (24.
Rxa7 Qd8 25. Ra6 Rxb2 26. Nc4 Rbb8 $14) 24... R2c5 (24... a5 25. Rc4 R2xc4 26.
Nxc4 $14) 25. Rc4 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 h5 (26... Nd8 27. Rc1 Be8 28. Bf1 Bb5 29. b3
$14) 27. gxh5 (27. h3 Qh4 28. Na5 Ng5 29. Nc6 Nxh3+ 30. Bxh3 Qxh3 $11) 27...
Bxh5 28. Na5 (28. Bh3 Rc7 29. Be6 Kf8 30. b3 Ng5 $14) 28... Kh8 29. Nc6 Ng5 30.
b4 {White is planing to queen the pawn so black simply has to break through
against his king.} (30. Nxa7 $5 Ra8 31. Qb3 Qg6 32. Kh1 $18) 30... Rc7 31. b5
Be8 32. a4 Qh6 (32... Bxc6 33. dxc6 $18) 33. Qa3 Bd7 34. a5 Nh3+ (34... Rb7 35.
b6 axb6 36. a6 Bxc6 37. axb7 Bxb7 38. Qa7 $18) 35. Kh1 Qh4 (35... Kh7 36. b6
axb6 37. axb6 Rb7 38. Qa6 Bc8 39. Qa8 $18) 36. Qxd6 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 (37. Rxf2 $2
Qxf2 38. Qb4 Bh3 39. Bxh3 Qxf3+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Qxh3 $15) 37... Nh3+ 38.
Bxh3 Bxh3 (38... Qxh3 39. Qxc7 $18) 39. Qd8+ $5 {Very safe, since despite
extra exchange black will be unable to stop white pawns.} (39. Qxe5 $5 Bxf1 (
39... Rb7 40. Rc1 Rxb5 41. Kh1 Kh7 42. Rg1 $18) 40. Qxc7 Qh3 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42.
Qg5 Bxb5 43. Qf5+ Qxf5 44. exf5 $18) 39... Qxd8 40. Nxd8 Bxf1 41. Kxf1 Rc1+ (
41... Rc5 42. d6 Rxb5 43. d7 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 45. Kd1 Rb1+ 46. Kd2 Rb2+ 47.
Kd3 Rb8 48. Nc6 $18) 42. Ke2 Kg8 43. Nc6 Kf8 44. Nxa7 Ke8 45. Nc6 Rb1 46. b6
Kd7 (46... Rb3 47. Nxe5 Kd8 48. Nc4 Kc8 49. a6 $18) 47. Nxe5+ Kd6 48. a6 $1 (
48. a6 $1 Rxb6 (48... Kxe5 49. a7 $18) 49. Nc4+ Kc7 50. Nxb6 Kxb6 51. d6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Wotulo Memorial"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2001.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nc6 9. Ng3 $5 {Very interesting novelty in a well known position, white
keeps all his pieces for the possible kingside attack.} (9. Qc2 Nxe4 10. Bxe4
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O b6 15. Qe2 e5 16. Be3 Qh4
17. f3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Kubikova,H-Voiska,M/Hajduszoboszlo/1991/ (31)}) (9. Be3 Ng4
(9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Qa4 c5 14. Rad1 Qe8 15.
Qa5 Qc6 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. Qxc5 Qxb2 19. Qxc7 {1-0 Yakovich,
Y-Lopushnoy,D/Novgorod/1997/ (26)}) 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13.
Bc2 g6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rae8 18. Nb5 Bc8 19. Rfe1
{1-0 Seirawan,Y-Adams,M/Roquebrune/1992/ (78)}) (9. Nc3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3
g6 12. h3 Nb8 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rab1 Nc6 17. Bf4 Re8
18. Qe3 Nh5 19. Bh2 f5 {0-1 Alexandria,N-Zayac,E/Biel/1997/ (42)}) 9... Kh8 10.
Bc2 a6 (10... b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Bg5 g6 13. h4 $40) 11. Bg5 b5 12. Qd3 (12. c5
h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rd1 Bb7 $11) 12... g6 (12... bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd5
14. Qc3 $14) 13. h4 $5 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd5 15. Qc3 Bb7 (15... h5 $2 16. Bxf6+
Bxf6 17. Be4 $18) 16. h5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black's defense was obviously flawed,
Sasikiran opens up the h file for his mighty rook on h1.} Kg8 17. hxg6 fxg6 (
17... hxg6 18. Rc1 $16) 18. Qd3 Qa5+ 19. Bd2 Qb5 (19... Nb4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 21.
Ke2 Be7 22. Rxh7 $1 $18 Be4 23. Nxe4 Nxh7 24. Ne5 $16) 20. Qe3 e5 $2 (20... Nd8
21. b4 $16) 21. Bb3+ Kh8 (21... Kg7 22. Qh6+ Kh8 23. Bg5 $18) 22. Ne4 Ng4 (
22... Nxd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh6#) 23. Nfg5 h5
(23... Nxe3 24. Rxh7#) 24. Rxh5+ $1 (24. Qg3 Nxd4 25. Qxg4 Qxb3 26. Rxh5+ Kg8
27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rc1 $18) 24... gxh5 25. Qh3 Bxg5 (25... Kg7 26.
Qxh5 $18) 26. Qxh5+ Nh6 (26... Kg7 27. Qxg5+ $18) (26... Bh6 27. Bxh6 exd4 (
27... Qxb3 28. Bc1+ Kg7 29. Qxg4+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Bh6+ $18) 28. Bg5+ Kg7
29. Qxg4 $18) 27. Nxg5 $2 {Strange slip in a completely winning position,
white must have agonized over the easiest way to win.} (27. Bxg5 Qxb3 28. Qxh6+
Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Nf6 $18) 27... Rf6 28. Nf7+ Kh7 (28... Rxf7 29. Qxh6+ Rh7
30. Qf6+ Rg7 31. Bh6 $18) 29. Bc2+ e4 (29... Kg8 30. Nxh6+ Kf8 31. Qg5 $18) 30.
Bxe4+ Kg7 (30... Kg8 31. Nxh6+ Kf8 32. Qh4 $1 $18) 31. Bxh6+ Kg8 (31... Rxh6
32. Qxh6+ Kxf7 33. Rc1 Re8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rc5 Rxe4+ 36. Qxe4 $18) 32. Bd5 $6
{Another second rate move, that probably throws away lion's share of the
advantage.} (32. d5 Rc8 33. Qg5+ Kxf7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Bg6+ Rxg6 36. Qxg6+ $18)
(32. Qg4+ Kxf7 33. Qg7+ Ke6 34. d5+ Ke5 35. dxc6 Re8 36. f3 $18) 32... Ne7 33.
Bg5 Qxd5 (33... Nxd5 34. Bxf6 Qe8+ $1 (34... Re8+ 35. Ne5 $18) 35. Be5 Kf8 36.
Qh8+ Kxf7 37. Qh7+ Ke6 38. Rc1 Rc8 $13) 34. Qh8+ Kxf7 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qxe7
Qc6 (36... Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Bxe4 38. f3 $18) 37. Rc1 Qg6 (37... Re8 38. Rxc6 Rxe7+
39. Bxe7 Bxc6 40. f3 $18) 38. Kd2 Re8 39. Qf6 Qh5 (39... Qxf6 40. Bxf6 Rf8 41.
Rxc7 Rxf6 42. Rxb7 Rxf2+ 43. Kc3 $18) 40. Be3 Be4 (40... Bxg2 41. Rxc7 $18) 41.
Rc5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Qc2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 $5 (7. e3
) 7... h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bd3 e5 $2 (10... O-O) (10... c5) 11. dxe5
Nxe5 (11... dxe5 12. Bf5 $16) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Be4 $1 Qc8 (
14... Bxb2+ 15. Qxb2 $18) 15. Bxb7 (15. Bf5 Bxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Qb8 17. Qc3 O-O 18.
Qxe5 Re8 $13) 15... Qxb7 16. Qxc3 Nd7 $8 17. Rd5 f6 18. Rhd1 $2 (18. Qd3 O-O-O
19. Rd1 Qc6 20. f4 $16) 18... Nc5 19. Qc2 (19. f4 c6 20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. fxe5 O-O
22. exf6 Rae8 $1 $10) 19... O-O 20. Qg6 Qc8 21. f3 Qe8 22. Qc2 $2 (22. Qxe8
Raxe8 23. e4 Ne6 24. Bf2 Nf4 $1 25. Rd7 Rf7 26. g3 Ne6 $14) 22... e4 $15 23.
fxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Rd7 Rac8 26. b3 Rfe8 27. Be1 Nc5 28. R7d5 Kf7 29.
Bc3 c6 30. Rf5 $1 Ne4 31. Be1 Rcd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Kc2 g5 (33... g6 34. Rf4
f5 35. g4 Ke6 36. gxf5+ gxf5 37. Rh4 $10) 34. c5 $1 Ke6 35. g4 bxc5 $2 (35...
Nxc5 $1 36. Bxa5 Nd7 37. Bc3 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh8 $15) 36. a4 $1 h5 37.
h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rd5 39. Rf1 c4 40. bxc4 Re5 41. Rf3 Kf7 (41... f5 $142 42.
gxf5+ Rxf5 43. Rxf5 Kxf5 44. Bxa5 Nc5 45. Be1 Nxa4 46. Kd3 Nc5+ 47. Kd4 Ne6+
48. Kd3 $15) 42. Rf5 $1 $10 Rxf5 43. gxf5 Nc5 44. Bxa5 Nxa4 45. Bc7 Nc5 46. Kc3
Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava m"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Bb4 a5 (11... e5 {/\f7-f5,Nd8-f7} 12. Nd2 Nxd2
(12... a5 13. Nxe4 axb4 14. c5 (14. Qb3 c5 $5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 $13) 14... f5 15.
cxd6 cxd6 16. Nd2 Nf7 17. Qb3 b5 (17... e4 18. Nc4 $16 {/\Nb6}) 18. Qxb4 Rxa2
19. O-O Qa7 20. Nb1 $1 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Wahls,M/Tilburg (01)/1994/1-0 (55)}) 13.
Qxd2 (13. Bxd2 $1 a5 14. c5 $1 dxc5 15. Qc2 $16 b6 $4 16. d6 $18) 13... b6 14.
Bc3 (14. c5 bxc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. d6 cxd6 17. Bxa8 Nb7 $44 18. e4 Bh3 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. f3 f5 $40) 14... a5 15. O-O Nb7 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Nc5 18. b3 Bd7 19.
Bb2 Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Hracek,Z/Odorheiu zt (05)/1995/}) 12. Ba3 e5 13. Nd2 (
13. Qc2 Nc5 $1 (13... f5 14. c5 b6 $1 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Nc4 $14)
14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. O-O f6 $6 (15... e4 16. Nd2 e3 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Bg4)
16. e4 Nf7 17. Ne1 $1 b6 18. Nd3 Bd7 19. f4 Rae8 20. Rce1 $14 {Dautov,R-Hracek,
Z/Nussloch (02)/1996/1-0 (111)}) 13... Nc5 (13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 b6 $11) 14. O-O
f5 15. f4 Nf7 (15... exf4 16. gxf4 Qe3+ $2 17. Rf2 Nf7 18. Nf1 Qe7 19. b3 Nh6
20. h3 Kh8 21. Bb2 Ng8 22. Rc3 Nf6 23. Rg3 Rf7 24. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Henley,
R-Wahls,M/Biel op (05) 1996 (33)}) 16. Rc3 Bd7 17. b3 exf4 (17... Rae8 18. Re3
(18. Bb2 $5 exf4 19. gxf4 Qxe2 20. Rg3 g6 (20... Qxd1 $2 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22.
Rxf7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ $18) 21. Qc2 Re3 {[#]} 22. Ba1 $1 (22. Rf2 Qd3 $15) 22...
Rxg3 23. hxg3 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 (24. Kh2 Nh6 25. Qb2 Ng4+ 26. Kh3 Rf6 27. Nf3 Nd3
$17) 24... Qxg3 25. Qb2 Qh4+ (25... Ne5 26. fxe5 Nd3 27. Qc3 dxe5 28. Nf3 Nf4
29. Qd2 e4 30. Ne1 $16) 26. Kg1 Qh6 27. Rf3 Re8 28. Rh3 Qf8 $17) 18... g5 $5
19. Bb2 h6 20. Nf3 gxf4 21. gxf4 Ne4 22. Nd2 $14) 18. gxf4 Rae8 19. Bb2 $6 (19.
Rg3 $1 Qxe2 $2 20. Qa1 g6 21. Qc3 $18) 19... Nh6 (19... Qxe2 $5) 20. Rg3 (20.
Re1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rg3 Nf5 23. Rg5 Rf7 24. e3 h6 $11) 20... Rf7 (20...
Ng4 21. Bf3 (21. e4 Qh4 22. Rh3 (22. Nf3 Qh6 23. e5 Ne3 $19) 22... Qe7) 21...
Qh4 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Bd4 $11) 21. Bf3 (21. Re1 Ne4 (21... Qh4 22. Nf3 Qxf4 $2
23. Bc1 Re3 24. Ne5 $16) 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. e3 Nf5 $11) 21... Qh4 (21... Ne4 $2
22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bh5 g6 24. Qd4 Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ng8 26. Bxg6 $18) 22. Qc2 (22.
Rf2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rfg2 Nf5 25. Rg4 Qxg4 26. Rxg4 Ne3 27. Qe1 Nxg4 $11)
22... Ne4 $1 {Black plays consequently for counterplay, the e4 square belongs
to the decisive points. Schwarz spielt sehr konsequent auf Gegenspiel, das e4
Feld gehort zu den entscheidenen Posten.} (22... Ng4 23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. e4 Ref8
(24... Nxe4 $2 25. Nxe4 Bf5 26. Re3 $1 (26. Re1 Rfe7 27. Qc3 Qh6 28. Qxa5 Rxe4
29. Rxe4 Rxe4 $11) 26... Rxe4 (26... Rfe7 27. Qc3 Qh6 28. Ng3 $1 Rxe3 29. Nxf5
Rxc3 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Bxc3 $18) 27. Rxe4 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxc2 29. Rxg7+ Kf8 30.
Rf2 $16) 25. Qc3 b6 26. f5 Re8 $14) (22... Qxf4 $2 23. Bh5 $18) 23. Rg2 (23.
Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bf5 25. Qc3 Bxe4 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 $19) (23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4
Ng4 $1 (24... Bf5 $6 25. Bd3 $1 (25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Qd3 Nxg3 27. hxg3 Qe7 $17)
25... Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nf5 27. Rgf3 $16) 25. Rxg4 Bxg4 26. Rf2 Bh3 $17) 23... b6 (
23... Ng4 24. Rxg4 $1 fxg4 25. Bxe4 g3 26. Nf3 $16) (23... Nxd2 $6 24. Qxd2 b6
25. Qd4 $14) (23... Nf6 24. Qc3) 24. e3 (24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bh3 $1 (25...
Bf5 26. Bxf5 Nxf5 27. Qc3 Re4 $14) (25... Ng4 26. Bd4 Rfe7 27. Bf5 $14) 26.
Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 (26... Kf8 27. e4 $1 (27. Bg6 $2 Bxg2 28. Bxf7 Ng4 $19) 27... Ng4
28. Bg6 Bxg2 (28... Ne3 $2 29. Qc3 Bxg2 30. Bxf7 $18) 29. Qxg2 Ne3 30. Qg3
Qxg3+ 31. hxg3 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 $14) 27. Bg6 Bxg2 28. Bxf7 Be4 $1 (28... Bxf1 29.
Bxe8 Bh3 30. Qc3 Nf5 31. Bd7 (31. Kh1 Kg8 $1) 31... Qg4+ 32. Qg3 $1 (32. Kf2
Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+) 32... Nxg3 33. Bxg4 Bxg4 34. hxg3 Bxe2 $14) (28... Ng4 29.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Qxh5 32. Bxh5 Rxe2 $17) 29. Qc3 Qg4+ 30. Qg3 (
30. Kf2 Nxf7 $19) 30... Qxg3+ 31. hxg3 Nxf7 $17) 24... Nf6 (24... Nf6 25. Bd4 (
25. Bd1 $6 Nhg4 26. Nf3 Qh6 $1 (26... Qh3 27. Bd4 (27. Rg3 $2 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1
Nxe3+ $19) (27. Ng5 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Rfe7 29. h3 Qe1 $3 30. Rgg1 (30. Rxe1 Rxe1+
31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Ne3+ $19) (30. Qd3 Re3 $19) 30... Qh4 $19)
27... Ne4) 27. Ng5 Rfe7 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qd2 Rxe3 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. Qxe3 Bxd5
$19) 25... Nhg4 26. Re2 (26. Bxg4 Nxg4 (26... fxg4 27. e4 Nh5 28. f5 g3) 27.
Nf3 Qh5 28. Qc3 Rfe7 29. Re1 c5 $1 30. dxc6 Bxc6 $19) (26. Qc3 $2 Rfe7 27. Re2
Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 $19) 26... Rfe7 27. Rfe1 Ne4 28. Nf1 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd8 12. O-O e5 13. c5 f5 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. Qb3 {White tends to control the c file, but Black's counterplay on the
kingside should not be underestimated.} Nf7 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Qa3 a5 (17... Qf6
18. Rc7 e4 19. Ne1 Ne5 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 $14) 18. Rc6 Ba6 19. Qe3 $1 (19.
Rxb6 Bxe2 20. Nd2 Qg5 $11) 19... Qd8 (19... Rab8 20. Nd4 Qg5 21. Ne6 Qxe3 22.
fxe3 Rfc8 23. e4 $16) 20. Nd2 (20. Nh4 f4 21. Qxb6 Bxe2 22. Qxd8 Nxd8 23. R6c2
f3 24. Bh3 g6 25. Ng2 Rb8 26. Ne3 $13) 20... e4 (20... f4 21. gxf4 exf4 22.
Qxb6 Bxe2 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. Rc7 $14) 21. f4 (21. Rxb6 Bxe2 22. Rcc6 Bd3 $11)
21... exf3 $6 {[%mdl 32] Markus wrongly feels he has to open up the position
and get rid of pawn sitting on White square. After 21...Bb7! equality seems to
be quite satisfactory.} (21... Bb7 $1 22. Rxb6 Bxd5 23. b3 a4 $11) 22. Nxf3 (
22. Bxf3 Re8 23. Qxb6 Bxe2 24. Qxd8 Raxd8 $14) 22... Re8 (22... Bb7 23. R6c3
Bxd5 24. Ng5 Bxg2 25. Ne6 Re8 26. Nxd8 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Be4 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Rc7+
$16) 23. Qxb6 Qf6 (23... Qxb6+ 24. Rxb6 Bxe2 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. b3 $16) 24. Qd4
Qh6 (24... Rxe2 $2 25. Rxa6 $1 $18) 25. Qf4 Qf6 (25... Qxf4 26. gxf4 Bb7 27.
Nd4 $1 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Rac8 29. Bd5 $18) 26. Qd4 Qh6 27. e3 Be2 (27... Qxe3+ $2
28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Rc8+ $18) 28. Qf4 $5 {Huzman feels, that good
endgame will offer him excellent chances for win.} (28. Nh4 g6 29. R1c3 $16)
28... Bxf3 29. Qxh6 gxh6 (29... Nxh6 30. Bxf3 Rxe3 31. Kf2 Rae8 32. Rxd6 Ng4+
33. Bxg4 fxg4 34. Rc2 $18) 30. Bxf3 Rxe3 31. Bh5 $1 Ng5 (31... Rd8 32. Ra6 Ne5
33. Rxa5 $18) 32. Rxd6 f4 33. gxf4 Nh3+ 34. Kh1 Nxf4 (34... Rf8 35. Rd7 Rxf4
36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Bf7+ Kg7 38. Rxf8 Kxf8 39. Be6 $18) 35. Bg4 {White Bishop is
much stronger than opponent's Knight, since the pawns on the board are far
from symmetrical.} h5 36. Bf5 Rae8 37. Rg1+ Kf7 (37... Kh8 38. Rd7 $18) 38. Rf1
Ne2 (38... Re1 $2 39. Be6+ $18) 39. Bg4+ Kg8 40. Bxh5 Rf8 41. Rdf6 Rxf6 42.
Rxf6 Nc1 (42... Re5 43. Bg4 $18) 43. d6 Nxa2 44. d7 {The passed d pawn easily
decides the game.} Rd3 45. Bg4 (45. Rf7 Nb4 46. Re7 Nc6 47. Re6 Rxd7 48. Rxc6
$18) 45... Kg7 46. Rc6 h5 47. Bf5 Rd1+ 48. Kg2 Nb4 49. Rc8 Kf6 50. Bh3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 d6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. d5 Nb8 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nc2 Nc6
$6 {The knight would serve the better purpose of controlling d5 square from f6
square after Nd7-f6.} (14... Na6 15. Ne3 c6 16. Rd3 Rf6 17. Rd2 Bd7 18. O-O
Raf8 19. b4 Nc7 20. b5 {1-0 Magerramov,E-Gipslis,A/Moscow/1992/ (41)}) (14...
Nd7 15. b4 (15. O-O Nf6 16. Ne3 c6 (16... Rb8 17. Qa4 a6 18. c5 Be6 19. cxd6
cxd6 20. Qb4 Ne8 21. Nc4 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Zucchelli,M/Arco 2000/ (27)}) 17. Rd3
Rd8 18. Qd2 (18. Qa4 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qa3 Rad8 21. R3d2 a6 22. Qb4 Qf8 {
0-1 Zhu Chen-Naiditsch,A/Pulvermuehle/2000/ (68)}) 18... Be6 19. Rd1 Ne8 20.
Qa5 (20. b4 Rac8 (20... Rd7 21. b5 cxb5 22. cxb5 Rc8 23. Qa5 Qd8 {1/2-1/2
Tkachiev,V-Adams,M/Cannes 2001/ (57)}) 21. b5 cxb5 22. cxb5 Rc5 23. Qb4 {
1-0 Horvath,C-Sulc,D/Pula 1998/ (39)}) 20... a6 21. R3d2 Rd7 22. b4 Qd8 23. Qa3
Nf6 24. Qb2 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Ravia,M/Hania 1994/ (45)}) 15... a5 16. a3
axb4 17. axb4 Nf6 18. O-O (18. e4 Bg4 19. Qb1 Qf7 20. O-O Be2 21. Rc1 Ne8 22.
f3 Bxc4 23. Ne3 Bb5 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Adams,M/
Amsterdam 1994/ (42)}) 18... c6 19. e4 Be6 20. Ne3 Ra2 21. Rd3 Rfa8 22. Rxd6
Ne8 23. Rd2 Qxb4 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qxe5 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,
V-Adams,M/Groningen/1993/ (48)}) 15. O-O Be6 (15... a5 $5 16. Ne3 (16. a3 a4
17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Be6 19. e3 $13) 16... Be6 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. e3 Rae8) 16. b4
$1 a6 (16... a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 Nxa2 20. Ra3 Nb4 (20... Bxc4
21. Ne3 Be6 22. Nd5 $16) 21. Rxa5 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 $16) 17. b5 Nd8 (17... axb5 18.
cxb5 Nd8 19. Nb4 Qd7 20. a4 $14) 18. Nb4 axb5 (18... a5 19. Nd5 $14) 19. cxb5
Kh8 20. a4 Qd7 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Rc1 {[%mdl 32] The pressure against c7 square
is very unplesant for the defender.} Qf7 (22... Rf7 23. Be4 $1 g6 24. Nd5 $14)
23. Rf3 (23. Nd3 c5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxc6 Bf5 $1 26. Qd2 Nxc6 27. Rxc6 Rxc6
28. Rxc6 Qd5 $14) 23... Qg8 24. Qd3 (24. Rxf8 Qxf8 25. a5 Qe8 26. Qd3 Bd7 27.
b6 c5 28. Nd5 Nc6 29. Nc7 $14) 24... Ra8 (24... Rxf3 25. Bxf3 b6 26. Nd5 $14)
25. Rxf8 Qxf8 26. Nd5 (26. Rxc7 Rxa4 27. Nc2 Bf5 $14) 26... Rxa4 (26... c6 27.
Nb6 Ra7 28. Rd1 d5 29. Qe3 $16) 27. Nxc7 Bg8 (27... Rd4 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Qf3
$1 $16) 28. h4 Rd4 29. Qa3 Bc4 (29... Rd2 30. Qe3 Rb2 31. Qd3 $14) 30. Qb2 Bg8
31. e3 Ra4 32. Ra1 Rc4 $6 (32... Rxa1+ 33. Qxa1 Qe7 34. b6 Qd7 35. Nd5 $14) 33.
b6 Nc6 $2 {Rather symbollicaly this hasty time trouble mistake reproduces the
innaccuracy from the opening's 14th move.} (33... Qf5 34. e4 Qg4 35. Ra8 Qd1+
36. Kh2 Rc2 37. Qb5 Rxf2 38. Rxd8 Qf3 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Qe8+ Qf8 41. Qe6+ Kh8
42. Nd5 $16) 34. Ra8 Nd8 (34... Rb4 35. Qxb4 Qxa8 36. Bxc6 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 bxc6
38. b7 $18) 35. Bxb7 d5 (35... Qe7 36. Bd5 $18) 36. Bxd5 Rb4 37. Rxd8 $1 Qxd8
38. Qxb4 Bxd5 39. Nxd5 (39. Qd2 $18) 39... Qxd5 40. Qf8+ (40. Qf8+ Qg8 41.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 42. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Qb3 (11. Qc2 c5 (11... b6 12. Qc3 O-O 13. Ne1
Nbd7 14. Nd3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. f4 Re8 17. Rae1 a4 18. Nf3 Nh5 19. fxe5 dxe5
20. Re3 Bg4 21. Ne1 {Van der Sterren,P-Van Scheltinga,T/NLD-ch Hilversum 1983/
1/2-1/2 (46)}) 12. Nh4 (12. Ne1 h5 13. h4 Ng4 14. Qc3 g5 15. f3 Nh6 16. hxg5
Qxg5 17. f4 Qg7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nef3 Nd7 20. Nh4 Rg8 21. Rf3 Nf8 22. Qb3 {
1-0 Rivas Pastor,M-Garcia Martinez,S/Havana-B 1983/(29)}) 12... g5 13. Nf5 Bxf5
14. exf5 O-O 15. Rae1 Nbd7 16. f4 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Kh8 18. Rh4 Rg8 19. Kh1 Rg7 20.
Be4 Rag8 21. Qd3 Rg5 {Szabados,E-Mueller,H/Venice 1950/1/2-1/2 (53)}) (11. Nh4
O-O 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Rae1 Re8 14. Nb3 b6 15. Nc1 Bd7 16. b3 Reb8 17. a4 Re8 18.
Ne2 Nc5 19. Nc3 Qf8 20. f4 Re7 21. Nf3 Ne8 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nh4 Nd6 24. Nb1 f6
25. Nd2 Rf7 {Lodhi,M-Holm,M/London Lloyds 1994/1-0 (64)}) 11... O-O 12. Ne1 Na6
13. Qc3 (13. Nd3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 $11) 13... Nc5 14. b3 c6 15. Nc2 cxd5 $6 (
15... Bd7 16. a3 Rfc8) 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Rfe1 Qc7 (17... Rfc8 18. f4 $14) 18. h3
Bg6 19. Re3 Qb6 20. a3 Nh5 $2 {Shaked will be punished for his attempt to
build the counterplay, his pieces are severely loosing coordination. Shaked
wird bestraft fur sein Versuch um Gegenspiel, seine Krafte verlieren deutlich
am Koordination.} (20... Rfc8 $5 21. Rae1 (21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na4 23. Qb3
Bxc2 (23... Qa6 24. c5 (24. Bf1 Nxd5) 24... dxc5 25. bxc5 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc5
27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxa6 bxa6 29. Rxe5 $11) 24. Qxc2 Qxb4 25. Rb3 Qa5 26. Rxb7
Qc3 $11) 21... Qd8) 21. b4 $1 axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1+ (22... Na4 23. Qb3 Qa6 (23...
Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Qxb4 25. Rb3 Qa5 26. Rba3 Qb6 27. Nf1 $18) 24. Bf1 $16) 23. Nxa1
Nd7 (23... Na4 $5 24. Qa3 Ra8 25. Nab3 Qa6 26. Na5 Nb6 27. Re1 $14) 24. Nab3
Rc8 25. c5 $1 Qc7 (25... dxc5 26. Nxc5 Qc7 (26... Nxc5 27. Nb3 $1 $16) 27. Nde4
Bxe4 (27... Nxc5 28. bxc5 Bxe4 29. d6 Qxc5 30. d7 $18) 28. Nxe4 $16) 26. Nc4 $1
dxc5 27. bxc5 (27. d6 $2 cxb4 $1) 27... Nxc5 28. d6 Qd8 (28... Na4 29. Qb4 Qb8
30. Rxe5 $18) (28... Qb8 $2 29. Nb6 $18) 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Qb4 b6 (30... Rxc4
31. Qxc4 Qxd6 32. Rxe5 $18) (30... Rc8 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. Nxe5 $18) 31. Qxb6 Qxb6
(31... Rc8 32. Rxe5 Nf6 33. Qd4 $18) 32. Nxb6 Nf6 33. d7 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rd1 35.
Bc6 (35. Rxe5 Rxd7 (35... Kf8 36. Bd5 $18) 36. Nxd7 Nxd7 37. Re8+ Nf8 38. Bd5
$18) (35. Bc6 Bf5 36. Ra3 Nxd7 37. Nxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISL-ISR"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. Nc3 d5 9. e3 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e3 (10. Nf3 Nxc3 {1/2-1/2 Wegner,H-Pedersen,
St/Gausdal AC (07)/1992/}) 10... Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bd7 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rd1 Qg5 14.
Nf3 Qe7 15. b4 a6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Nd2 Na7 18. Qc7 Kf8 19. Qc2 Kg8 20. Qc7 Kf8
21. Qc2 Kg8 22. Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Kengis,E/Sydney Cepacol (08)/1991/}) 9... a6
(9... e5 $5 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Be2 (13. Ba2 Nc6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Bc4 Qe5 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Rb1 Rb6 18. Qc3 Qg5 19. O-O h5 20. Nf4 h4 21.
Rfd1 Nh5 22. Rd6 Nxf4 23. exf4 Qf5 24. Rbd1 c5 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Dizdarevic,E/
EU-chT Debrecen (06)/1992/ (44)}) 13... Qe5 (13... Rd8 14. Ncb5 Qb6 15. Qc2 a6
16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Nxc7 Ra7 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. O-O Rc8 20. Rc3 Kf8 21. Rfc1 Bc6 22.
Nxa6 Nxa6 23. b4 Nd5 24. R3c2 Naxb4 25. axb4 Nxb4 {1/2-1/2 Boensch,U-Grosar,A/
Graz zt (08)/1993/ (36)}) 14. Ndb5 $1 Nc6 15. Qd6 Rd8 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. h3 $1
Be6 $1 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rd1 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 exd3 22. f3 Nd5 $1 23.
Kd2 $1 {Miles,A-Kortchnoi,V/Biel/1992/1-0 (59)}) (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4
Bd7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rfd1 Kf8 16. f3 Ke7 17. Kf2
Rdc8 18. b3 Nd7 19. e4 Ne5 20. Be2 Be8 21. Rdc1 Nc6 22. Ke3 Nb4 23. Bc4 Rc5 24.
Na2 Nxa2 25. Rxa2 {Gretarsson,H-Petursson,M/Reykjavik op (02)/1996/1/2-1/2 (99)
}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. Nb3 Rfc8 16. Qc5 Be8 17. Rac1 Kf8 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rc3 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Ke7
21. Rdc1 Rc7 22. Na4 Rcc8 23. Nb6 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Horvath,J/Debrecen (04)/
1990/ (32)}) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 b5 $6 (12... Bd7 13. O-O Nc6) 13. Be4 $1 Ra7
14. Rc1 e5 (14... f5 15. Bb1 e5 16. Nf3 $16) 15. Nf3 f6 16. Qc5 Re7 $8 (16...
Rd7 17. Bf5 $16) 17. O-O Nd7 (17... Bb7 $1 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qc2
$14) 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rfd1 Kg7 (19... f5 20. Bc6 $16) 20. h4 Qe8 21. Qc7 f5 22.
Bc6 Kh6 (22... e4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe8 Rxc7 25. Rxc7+ $18) 23. a4 b4 (23...
bxa4 24. Bxa4 $16) 24. Qd6 b3 25. a5 (25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bxd7 Bxd7 27. Qxd7 $16)
25... Qf7 $2 (25... e4 26. Nd4 $16) 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Nxe5 (27. Nxe5 Rxd6 28.
Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Be1 f5 (10... a5 11. Qc2 (11. d5 Nd8 12. Nd4 f5 13. dxe6
Bxe6 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qd5 e3 17. f3 Kh8 18. Bc3 Nc5 19. Rad1 b6
20. Rd4 {1-0 Neuman,P-Helis,T/Litomysl 1995/ (44)}) 11... f5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Nd4
Nc5 14. dxe6 g6 15. Bc3 Ndxe6 16. b3 (16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qd2 h5 18. b3 a4 19.
Rab1 Kh7 20. Bd4 Rad8 21. Qe3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Campos Moreno,J/Andorra
1997/ (40)}) 16... Bd7 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bd4 c6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Be3 Rfe8 21.
Qd2 Qf7 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qxa5 {1-0 Hansen,L-Preuss,F/Copenhagen 2004/ (41)}) (
10... e5 11. d5 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. d5 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd4 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qd3 g6
16. Bf2 Bd7 17. e4 Nh6 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Bg1 h5 20. h3 Nh6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Yevseev,
D-Gasanov,E/Alushta 2001/ (39)}) 11... Nd8 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nh4 Ng5 14. f4 exf4
15. Rxf4 g6 16. Bc3 Ndf7 17. Raf1 Bd7 18. e4 Nh6 19. exf5 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxf5 21.
Bd2 Qe7 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Bc3 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Macieja,B/Koszalin
1997/ (34)}) 11. d5 Nd8 12. dxe6 {Black might be getting enough counterplay
with his pieces, but at least white bishops can entertain rosy medium term
prospects.} (12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Rc1 e5 14. Rc3 Nf7 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Hulak,K/Pula
2000/ (14)}) 12... Nxe6 13. Nd4 N6g5 (13... Qg5 14. e3 Bd7 $11) 14. e3 c5 15.
Ne2 (15. Nb5 Be6 16. b3 a6 17. Nc3 b5 18. cxb5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4
21. bxa6 Rxa6 $44) 15... Be6 (15... Bd7 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Qd3 Nf7 $13) 16. b3 Bd7
(16... Rad8 17. Nf4 Rfe8 (17... d5 $2 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qf7 20. f3 Rxd5
21. Qc1 Nf6 22. e4 $18) 18. Nd5 $14) 17. Nf4 Bc6 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. f3 Nf6 (19...
Bxd5 $2 20. cxd5 Nf6 21. h4 $16) 20. e4 {If white could make three move moves
Bc3, Qd2 and Rad1 he would be dominating the board.} (20. Nf4 Qe7 21. Qd3 Rae8
22. Bd2 b6 23. h4 (23. Rad1 Qb7 24. Qe2 $13) 23... Ne6 24. Nd5 $13) 20... fxe4
21. fxe4 (21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. fxe4 Qe5 $17) 21... Bxd5 (21... Qd7 22. Rxf6 $5
gxf6 23. Bc3 Qg7 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. Rf1 $13) 22. exd5 (22. cxd5 Qe7 23. Bc3 Ngxe4
24. Re1 Nxc3 25. Rxe7 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rf7 $15) 22... Qg6 23. Bd2 (23. Bc3 Nge4
24. Bb2 Rae8 25. Qd3 Qh5 $13) 23... Rae8 24. Bf4 Nh5 (24... Nf7 25. Bh3 Nh5 26.
Bd2 Ne5 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Qe2 Qc2 $132) 25. Bxd6 $2 {[%mdl 64] Very good
position for tactical calculations, each move is connected with lots of blows
and counterblows. Unfortunatelly for white his king will become prey of black
pieces.} (25. Qg4 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Ne4 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Bh3 Nd2 29. Be6+ (29. Rf2
Ne4 $11) 29... Rxe6 30. dxe6 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 Rf6 32. Re1 Kf8 $11) (25. Bd2 Rxf1+
26. Qxf1 Ne4 $11) 25... Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 (26. Qxf1 Qxd6 $19) 26... Re1 $1 27. Qg4
(27. Qxe1 Nf3+ $19) 27... Nf6 (27... Rxa1 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Qf8#) 28. Qc8+ Re8 (
28... Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxc5 $18) 29. Qc7 Qc2 30. g4 (30. Kh1 Ng4 31. Bg2
Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Ngh3+ $19) (30. Bg2 Re2 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Bh1 Qc3 $19) 30... Qc3
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Masserey, Yvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne4
8. Be3 b6 (8... O-O 9. g3 b6 (9... d5 10. Bg2 f5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Nd7 13.
Qc2 Ndf6 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxd7 Nxg3 18. Qxf5 Nxf5
19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. Bb4 Rc2 21. Kf1 e5 22. Bc3 Nd4 23. Rd1 b5 24. R1xd4 $36 {
Langeweg,K-Hecht,HJ/Hengelo/1968/1-0 (27)}) 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd6 12. Bxb7
Nxb7 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. Rac1 Ne5 16. h3 f6 17. b4 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19.
axb4 Ra6 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. f4 Nf7 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. Nc3 Ra3 24. Qd4 $16 {Cebalo,
M-Djuric,S/Jugoslavija ch/1986/1-0 (33)}) 9. f3 Nc5 (9... Qh4+ $2 10. g3 Nxg3
11. Bf2 $18) (9... Nf6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nd6 $14) 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 (11...
Nc6 12. Bd6 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxc4 14. e4 $16) 12. Nc3 (12. Nc7 Ra7 13. Nxe6 dxe6 14.
Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bxb8 Rad7 $132) (12. Nd6 Qf6 13. Bc1 (13. Qc1 $2 e5 $1) 13... Nb7
$13) 12... Nc6 13. e3 Nb7 (13... e5 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. Be2 $14 {xd5}) 14. Be2 d6
15. O-O e5 16. Bg3 Be6 17. b4 Ne7 18. e4 a5 19. Bf2 $16 {xNb7} axb4 20. axb4
Nc6 21. Nd5 $1 Rxa1 (21... Bxd5 $2 22. cxd5 Nxb4 (22... Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nxb4 24.
Qb2 $18) 23. Qb3 $18) 22. Qxa1 b5 $2 (22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25.
Qxd4 $16) 23. Qa6 $1 (23. Qa6 Qd7 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Be2 (10. Bd3) 10... c5 11. O-O Qe7 (11... Qc7 12. Rc1
$13) 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Re1 Rac8 $2 (13... d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qa4 $14) 14. Bd3
Nf8 (14... cxd4 15. exd4 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne5 $14) 15. d5 h6 (15... exd5 $6
16. Bf5 $1 $16) 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Qc2 $6 (17. Nd2 d5 18. Qc2 $14 d4 $6 19. Ne4
g5 20. Bg3 $16) 17... g5 (17... Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Ng5 19. Kg2 Qb7 $132) 18. Bg3
Ng7 19. e4 (19. Nd2 d5 $14) 19... Nfh5 20. Nd2 Ne6 (20... Nxg3 21. hxg3 Ne6 22.
Nf1 Nd4 23. Qd1 $14) 21. Nf1 Nhf4 22. f3 Nd4 23. Qc3 Qf6 (23... Qe5 $5) 24. Ne3
h5 25. Bf1 (25. Rcd1 $2 Nxg2 $1 26. Kxg2 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 h4 28. Bf2 Re8 $40)
25... Qe5 (25... h4 26. Ng4 Qg7 27. Bf2 f5 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. g3 $14) 26. Rcd1
Re8 27. Rd2 h4 28. Ng4 Qg7 29. Bf2 f5 $6 30. Rxd4 $1 (30. exf5 Rxe1 31. Bxe1
Re8 $13) 30... fxg4 (30... cxd4 31. Bxd4 Qe7 32. Nh6+ Kh7 33. Nxf5 $16) 31.
Rxd6 Qxc3 32. bxc3 gxf3 33. gxf3 Rc7 34. Red1 Ree7 35. Be3 Rf7 36. Kf2 Kg7 37.
Bxf4 Rxf4 38. Rd7+ Rxd7 (38... Rf7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Ke3 $18) 39. Rxd7+ Rf7 40.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. f4 $1 g4 (42... gxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Ba6 44. e5+ Ke7 45.
Kg4 Ke6 46. Kxh4 Kxe5 47. Kg5 $18) 43. Bd3 Bc6 (43... Bc8 44. e5+ Ke6 45. Be4
Ba6 (45... Bd7 46. Bd5+ Kf5 47. Bb7 Kg6 48. Be4+ $18) 46. Bd5+ Kf5 47. e6 Kf6
48. f5 $18) (43... Ba6 44. Be2 Bc8 45. e5+ Kg6 46. Bd3+ Bf5 47. Be4 $18) 44.
Be2 (44. e5+ Ke6 45. Be4 $18) 44... Bd7 45. Bd1 Kg6 46. e5 Kf5 47. Bc2+ Ke6 48.
Bd1 Kf5 49. Bc2+ Ke6 50. Be4 Ba4 (50... Bc8 51. Bd5+ Kf5 52. Bc6 $18) 51. Bb7
Bb3 52. Bc8+ Kf7 53. Bxg4 Bxc4 54. f5 a5 55. Be2 Bd5 (55... Bxe2 56. Kxe2 b5
57. Kd3 $18) 56. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxd2+
8. Bxd2 Bxc6 9. Qc2 O-O $1 (9... dxc4) 10. f3 Re8 $1 11. e3 e5 12. dxe5 Rxe5
13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. e4 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd8 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. O-O a5 14. Re1 (
14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfe8 19. e3 b6 20.
a4 Qe5 21. Rb3 Qf6 22. Rb5 Qg6 23. Qxg6 hxg6 {1/2-1/2 Tunik,G-Lugovoi,A/
Novgorod op (02)/1995 (58)}) (14. Qd2 a4 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Re3 Qf6 17. Nd4 Nc5
18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Rab8 20. Nb5 Ne6 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Rc1 Re8 24.
b4 Ra8 25. Qb2 Qb8 26. h4 {1-0 Stohl,I-Kraut,R/Berlin op (08)/1988/ (44)})
14... Bd7 15. e4 Bc6 16. Rce3 (16. Re2 Rad8 17. Ne1 Rfe8 18. Nc2 Qf6 19. Ne3
Nc5 20. f3 b6 21. Rc1 h5 22. h4 g6 23. b3 Qe5 24. Kh2 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Ulibin,
M/Leeuwarden op (07)/1995/ (64)}) 16... a4 (16... Rfe8 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. Qc1 a4
19. h4 h6 20. Nb1 Qd4 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Qc3 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Rde1 Bxg2 25.
Kxg2 Qf7 26. Na3 Nc5 27. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Ivanchuk,V (02)/Tilburg (04)/
1993/ (63)}) 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. e5 {Opens the game in the moment, when white
pieces are better coordinated.} dxe5 (18... Qe7 19. Rd3 $14) 19. Nxe5 Rfd8 (
19... Bxg2 20. Nd7 (20. Kxg2 Rfd8 21. Qb4 Nd4 $1 22. Qxb7 Nc2) 20... Qd8 21.
Kxg2 Re8 22. Rd3 $14) 20. Bd5 Bxd5 (20... Ng5 21. f4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nh3+ 23. Kg2
Qf5 24. Qd3 $16) 21. cxd5 c6 (21... Ra6 22. Rf3 Qg5 23. Qb4 Rxd5 24. Qxb7 $16)
22. d6 Qh6 $6 (22... Nc5 23. d7 Qe6 24. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+
Rxe8 27. d8=Q $18) (22... Nf8 23. Rd3 $16) 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Rf3+ Kg8 25.
Qxh6 gxh6 26. Rxe6 Ra5 (26... Rd7 27. Rxh6 Rad8 28. Rff6 $18) 27. Rd3 (27. Rxh6
Rd5 28. Rff6 Rd2 $132) 27... Rd7 (27... Kg7 28. d7 Rf5 29. Re8 Rf8 30. Rxd8
Rxd8 31. f4 $18) 28. Rxh6 Re5 29. Rd2 b5 (29... Kg7 30. Rh4) 30. f4 Re4 31. f5
Re1+ (31... Kg7 32. Re6 $18) 32. Kf2 Rh1 33. g4 b4 34. Re2 Kf8 (34... Kg7 35.
g5 $18) 35. Kg3 (35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Kxe1 $18) 35... Rd1 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. Re7+
Kxf6 (37... Rxe7 38. dxe7 Re1 39. Re6 $18) 38. Rxd7 {Black's counterplay in
this rook endgame is clearly inadequate.} Rd3+ (38... Ke5 39. Rxh7 Kxd6 40. h4
$18) 39. Kf4 Rd4+ 40. Kf3 h5 (40... Rd3+ 41. Ke4 Rd2 42. Rxh7 $18) 41. h3 Ke5 (
41... hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Ke5 43. Re7+ Kxd6 44. Re6+ $18) 42. Re7+ Kxd6 43. Re6+ Kd5
44. g5 Rd1 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Re2 Rd4 (46... Rxe2+ 47. Kxe2 Ke5 48. f6 Ke6 49.
Kd3 $18) 47. g6 Rf4+ 48. Kg1 (48. Kg1 Rxf5 49. g7 Rg5+ 50. Rg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Bg4 (12... c6 13. Qb3 (13. Ne1
cxd5 14. exd5 (14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Nc2 Na6 16. Qb1 Rfc8 17. Ne3 axb4 18. axb4 Qd8
19. Qb2 Bb5 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 g6 22. Nec4 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Adams,M/
London WFW/1989/}) 14... Bf5 15. Nb3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 b6 18. Nf3 Qb7
19. Nfd2 Nbd7 20. Qb2 Bd3 21. Rc1 Ra8 22. Qc3 e4 {Alonso,Re-Hergott,D/
Capablanca mem-B (12)/1993/ (36)}) 13... cxd5 14. cxd5 axb4 15. axb4 Na6 16.
Rfc1 Bg4 17. Ne1 Be2 18. Qe3 Bb5 19. Qb6 Be2 20. Qe3 Bb5 21. Qb6 Be2 22. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Halasz,T-Anka,E/HUN-chT1 9495 (01)/1995/}) (12... Bd7 13. Qc2 Na6 14.
Qc3 Rfc8 15. Nh4 Re8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Qd8 18. c5 axb4 19. axb4 Bb5 20.
Nf5 g6 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Qd8 24. Nb3 Ra8 25. Na5 {1-0 Pardoen,
A-Allen,A/AUS-sf Brisbane (05)/1995/ (46)}) (12... axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1
Na6 15. Qc3 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Ra1 Re8 18. Bf1 c5 19. b5 Nb4 20. Ne1 Bb7 21.
Bg2 Ra8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc7 {Khurtsidze,N-Maric,M/Jakarta
iztW/1993/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 13. Qb3 (13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Qe3 Na6 16. Rfb1
axb4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. axb4 Qb7 19. Qc3 Nc7 20. Nb3 Ne6 21. c5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1
dxc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 h5 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Hracek,Z/SVK-chT (12)/1994/ 
(28)}) (13. Qc2 Na6 14. Rab1 c6 15. Rfe1 Rfc8 16. Qb2 axb4 17. axb4 c5 18. bxc5
Nxc5 19. Re3 Ra6 20. Ne1 Rca8 21. Nd3 Nfd7 22. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Sandmeier,
T-Spiegel,S/RLPF-ch Heimbach\W (10)/1987/}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nbd7 (14... Na6
15. Rab1) 15. Qc3 axb4 16. axb4 Rfb8 17. Rfc1 c5 18. dxc6 (18. b5 Nb6 $10)
18... bxc6 19. Nb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nf8 21. c5 Ne6 22. f4 $2 (22. cxd6 Qxd6 23.
Nc5 Nxc5 $10) (22. Rd1 dxc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 (23... Nd4 24. Rd2 $14) 24. Qxc5 Qxc5
25. bxc5 h6 $10) 22... dxc5 23. Qxe5 (23. Nxc5 exf4 24. Qe5 Rxb4 25. Nxe6 fxe6
26. gxf4 $15) 23... Nd7 (23... Rxb4 24. Ra8+ Ne8 25. Na5 $13) 24. Qc3 (24. Ra7
Rxb4) 24... Rxb4 (24... cxb4 $6 25. Qxc6 $14) 25. Ra8+ Ndf8 26. Nd2 (26. f5 Qb7
27. Ra3 Nd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 $17) 26... Qb7 27. Ra1 Qd7 28. Nf3 (28. f5 Qd4+ 29.
Qxd4 Nxd4 $17) 28... Qb7 29. Nd2 Rb2 30. e5 (30. f5 Nd4 $17) 30... Nd4 31. Qd3
Qb5 $1 32. Nc4 (32. Qxb5 cxb5 33. Ne4 c4 $19) 32... Rc2 33. Bf1 Qxc4 $1 (33...
Qxc4 $1 34. Qxc4 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Rxh2#) 0-1

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. a3 Na6 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Nd3 Bf5 (13... Bg4 14.
Kh1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. f3 Bd7 18. b3 a5 19. e4 b5 20. f4 Rfe8
21. f5 a4 22. Rb1 a3 {0-1 Naumkin,I-Stepanov,P/Budapest 1991/ (33)}) (13... Re8
14. e4 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Vukanovic,S/Paks 1996/ (14)}) 14. axb4 (14. e4
Bg4 15. Qe1 (15. Bf3 Qd4 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5
20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Qa3 Qb6 22. b4 {1/2-1/2 Pantsulaia,L-Moiseenko,A/Kocaeli
2002/ (39)}) 15... Nd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. Qe3 Nc5 20.
Ra2 a5 21. Rc1 Bg6 22. g4 f6 {1/2-1/2 Komarov,D-Vezzosi,P/Reggio Emilia 1998/ 
(29)}) 14... Bxd3 $6 {Roussel doesn't feel the whole danger of the situation,
black is probably doing fine after 14...Nxb4!?} (14... Nxb4 $5 15. c5 Qb5 16.
Nxb4 Qxb4 17. cxd6 Rfd8 18. e4 Bd7 $13) 15. b5 $1 (15. exd3 Nxb4 16. Ne4 Nd7
$11) 15... Bxc4 (15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc5 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Qe3 $14) (15... Nc5
16. exd3 Nxd3 17. Qe2 $14) 16. Nxc4 Qxb5 17. Nxd6 Qd7 (17... Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qc3
19. Nxb7 e4 20. d6 $14) 18. Nc4 e4 (18... Rfe8 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Rxa4 Nc5 21.
Ra3 $14) 19. d6 {Novikov can nurture hopes for the future, since his d6 might
be strong and bishop will be dangerous in the endgame.} Rfd8 (19... Nc5 20. b4
Ne6 21. Qd2 Qb5 22. Ne3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 $16) 20. Qd4 Qe6 (20... Nb4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4
22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Qf3 Nc2 24. Rad1 $14) 21. Rfd1 Nb4 22. Ne3 (22. Rac1 Rac8 23.
Qe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nbd5 26. Bh3 $16) 22... Nc6 23. Qc5 g6 (23...
Ne8 24. Nf5 (24. Nc4 Rac8 25. b3 Nf6 26. Rac1 $14) 24... g6 25. Ne7+ Nxe7 26.
dxe7 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Qd4 f5 29. f3 Rc4 30. Qxa7 Qxe7 $11) 24. Rd2 Rac8
25. Rad1 b6 (25... Kg7 26. Qc4 $14) 26. Qg5 Qe5 $6 (26... Ne5 $5 27. Qh4 Ned7
28. g4 h6 29. Qxh6 Nxg4 30. Qh3 Ndf6 31. Nxg4 Nxg4 32. Rd4 f5 33. d7 $14) 27.
h4 Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Defense is ungrateful, the last move is clearly not
improving the coordination of black pieces.} (27... Kg7 28. Bh3 Qxg5 29. hxg5
Nd7 30. Rc2 Nce5 31. Rc7 $18) 28. Rc1 (28. Rc1 Rbc8 29. Rxc6 Qxg5 30. Rxc8 Qe5
31. Rxd8+ Kg7 32. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. c5 O-O 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Rfc1 Bd7
15. Ne1 {White has to live with the fact, that black position is very solid
with better bishop and good control of the dark squares.} (15. Nc4 Rfc8 16. Qe2
Bb5 17. Nfd2 Nc5 18. Qe3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rc7 20. a4 Ra6 21. f3 Nfd7 22. Bf1 Nb6
23. Na3 Ra8 24. Nb5 Rcc8 25. Bh3 Nbd7 26. Rc3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Olausson,C-Astrom,G/
Sweden 2000/ (60)}) 15... Rfc8 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qe3 b6 18. b3 (18. Nc4 Rab8 19.
Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc5 $11) 18... Qd8 19. a3 b5 20. Rc2 (20. b4 axb4 (20... Na4
21. Nb3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 axb4 23. axb4 Nb6 24. Na5 $36) 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Na4
23. Nef3 $11) 20... Qb6 21. Rac1 Ng4 22. Qf3 $2 {The queen will learn to
regret this clumsy move, from f3 she obstructs manouvers of her own forces.} (
22. Qe2 f5 23. Bh3 Qb7 $13) 22... a4 $1 23. bxa4 (23. b4 Nb3 24. Nxb3 axb3 25.
Rxc8+ (25. Qxb3 Nxf2 $19) 25... Rxc8 26. Rb1 Qd4 27. Qe2 Rc3 $15) (23. h3 axb3
24. Rb2 Nf6 $17) 23... Rxa4 24. Rc3 (24. h3 Nf6 25. Rc3 Rca8 $17) 24... Rca8
25. Nd3 Nxd3 (25... Rxa3 26. Nxc5 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Ra2
30. Rc7 Rxd2 31. Rxd7 $11) 26. Rxd3 Rd4 $1 (26... f5 27. exf5 Rf8 28. Qe2 Rxf5
29. Rf1 Qa6 30. Rb3 Rf8 $15) 27. Rxd4 (27. Rcc3 b4 28. axb4 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 (29.
Nf1 Rxe4 30. Ra3 Ree1 $17) 29... f5 30. exf5 e4 31. Qxg4 exd3 32. Qh5 Re1 $17)
27... exd4 $5 {[%mdl 32] Maletin plays impressively in strategical sense, this
ambitious capture is very dangerous for white.} (27... Qxd4 28. Nb1 Qb2 29. Rf1
Rc8 $15) 28. Bf1 (28. Nb1 d3 29. Qf4 Ne5 30. Qd2 f5 $15) 28... d3 $1 29. Rc3 (
29. Bxd3 Rxa3 30. Rc6 Qa7 (30... Bxc6 31. Qxg4 Be8 32. Qc8 Kf8 $19) 31. Rxd6
Ne5 32. Qf5 Rxd3 33. Qxe5 Rxd2 $19) 29... Ne5 30. Qd1 (30. Qe3 $2 Qxe3 31. fxe3
b4 32. axb4 Ra2 $19) 30... b4 (30... Qd4 31. Rb3 Qa4 $15) 31. axb4 Ra2 32. Kg2
(32. Qc1 h6 33. Bg2 Ng4 34. Qe1 Qxb4 35. Rxd3 Ne5 36. Rb3 Qa5 $19) 32... Ng4 (
32... f5 33. Bxd3 Qd4 34. Rc2 Ra1 35. Qh5 g6 (35... Qxd3 $4 36. Rc8+ Bxc8 37.
Qe8#) 36. Qe2 Qxd3 $19) 33. Qe1 Ra1 $1 {Vorobiov was not able to solve all his
problems with aggressive black's pieces.} 34. Nc4 (34. Qxa1 Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qxh2#
) 34... Qa7 35. Qd2 Ra2 36. Nb2 Qd4 37. Bxd3 (37. Rxd3 Qxb2 $19) (37. h3 Nxf2
38. Qc1 h6 39. Rc8+ Kh7 $19) 37... Nxf2 $1 {The final blow in excellently
played middlegame, white is falling apart.} 38. Qc2 g6 39. e5 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. d5 Ndc5 15.
Nd4 Qf6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. f4 O-O-O {The players have reached the famous line
of Nimzo/queen's indian opening with one small difference, that a7-a5 was
already played.} (17... g4 $1 18. dxe6 h5 19. f5 O-O-O $13) 18. dxe6 Nxe6 (
18... g4 19. Qf2 $1 Rde8 20. Bh4 $16) 19. fxg5 Nxd4 (19... Qg6 20. Rf6 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Qxg5 22. Qf2 $14) 20. cxd4 Qxg5 21. Rf4 Rdf8 $6 (21... Rhf8 22. Raf1 Rxf4
23. Rxf4 $14) 22. Rc1 (22. Raf1 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 $14) 22... Kb8 (22... Rxf4 23.
Bxf4 Qg7 24. c5 bxc5 25. dxc5 d5 26. c6 Ba6 27. Qd2 $18) 23. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32]
Breaking black's pawn structure will turn white bishop on g3 into hero on the
dark squares.} Rxf4 (23... dxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxf4 27.
Bxf4 Rh7 28. Rxa5 $16) 24. Bxf4 Qe7 25. Qb2 Rc8 (25... Ka7 26. Rb1 Qd8 27. cxd6
cxd6 28. d5 Re8 (28... Rh7 29. Qd4 $16) 29. Bxh6 $18) 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Rxc8+
Kxc8 (27... Bxc8 28. Qxb6+ Ka8 29. Bxd6 Qa7 30. Qb5 $18) 28. Qxb6 {Nearly all
black pawns are under fire now and his position is lost.} a4 (28... Qc7 29.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Bxh6 $18) 29. Bxd6 Qf7 30. Bf4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e4 11. Ng5 {This aggressive knight jump is new and
probably not best, the horse would do better job from the square d2.} d5 12.
cxd5 (12. Qd2 h6 13. Nh3 dxc4 14. Bxa5 b6 15. Bc3 Re8 $11) 12... Qe7 13. d6 $6
(13. Qe1 b6 14. b4 Bb7 15. bxa5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 f5 17. Qb1 Qf6 $44) 13... cxd6 14.
d5 h6 15. Nh3 Ne5 16. f4 (16. Rc1 Bf5 17. Qd4 Rfc8 (17... Qd7 18. Nf4 g5 19. f3
exf3 20. Bxf3 Rac8 21. Nd3 $14) 18. f4 exf3 19. exf3 Rc5 (19... Bxh3 $6 20.
Bxh3 Rc5 21. f4 Rxd5 22. Qe3 Rd3 23. Qe2 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Qe4 25. Rfd1 $16) 20. Nf4
g5 21. Ne2 Rxd5 $15) 16... Neg4 {Van Wely enjoys two bishops, but his knight
is out of play and the squares e3 and d5 are critically weak.} (16... exf3 17.
exf3 Re8 18. Nf2 $14) 17. Qd4 Bd7 18. Rac1 (18. Nf2 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Rfc8 $15)
18... Rfc8 19. b4 (19. Qd2 a4 20. f5 Rc5 $15) 19... Bb5 20. bxa5 Rc4 (20...
Bxe2 21. Rfe1 Rc4 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Rxe2 (23. Bb4 Bd3 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. Bxd6 Nxd5
$17) 23... Rc8 $17) 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Bb4 (22. Bb2 e3 23. Qd1 R8c5 24. f5 Ba4
25. Qe1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Bb3 27. Nf4 Nxd5 28. Bb2 $15) 22... Qc7 23. Rxc4 (23. Rb1
Rc2 24. Qd4 Bxe2 $19) 23... Qxc4 {Black pieces are dominating the board and
nearly all of them are more active than their counterparts.} 24. f5 (24. a4 Ba6
(24... Bxa4 25. Bxd6 Nxd5 26. Ra1 Bb5 $17) 25. Bxd6 Nxd5 26. Re1 Nge3 $17)
24... Nxd5 25. Nf4 (25. Bxd6 Nde3 26. Re1 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 e3 28. Qd1 Qe4+ 29. Kg1
Bc6 $19) 25... Nde3 26. Rb1 Nxg2 27. Nxg2 (27. Kxg2 e3 28. Qd3 Qc6+ 29. Qd5
Qxd5+ 30. Nxd5 Bc6 31. Kf3 Nf6 $19) 27... e3 28. Qd3 (28. Nxe3 Qe4 29. Rb3 Bc6
$19) 28... Qa2 29. Qxb5 (29. Qd1 Bxe2 30. Ra1 Qc4 31. Qe1 Bf3 32. Nxe3 Qd4 33.
Rc1 Re8 $19) 29... Qxb1+ 30. Ne1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Qxb4 (10. Rc1 a5 (10... Ke7 11. Qxb4+ Nxb4 12. a3 Nc6
13. d5 Nd8 14. Nd4 c5 15. Nb5 d6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. e3 a6 19. b4 b6 20.
bxc5 bxc5 21. Kd2 Rb2+ 22. Rc2 {1-0 Schandorff,L-Holst,A/DEN-ch (09)/1991/ (49)
}) (10... d6 11. Bg2 Ke7 12. O-O Qxc3 13. Rxc3 e5 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. b4
a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 b6 19. Rc2 Ra4 20. Rb1 f5 21. f4 e4 22. g4 Nf6 23. g5
Nh5 24. e3 Bd7 25. Bf1 g6 26. c5 {1-0 Vyzmanavin,A-Nadyrhanov,S/URS-OT56
Barnaul/1988/ (57)}) 11. Bg2 d6 12. O-O Qxc3 13. Rxc3 Bd7 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. a3
Na6 16. Ne1 Rb8 17. Nd3 a4 18. c5 Bb5 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bxb7 O-O 21. Bf3 Bxd3
22. Rdxd3 Rb6 23. Rc4 Rxb2 24. Rc6 Nb8 25. Rxd6 {1-0 Cvitan,O-Walti,R/Suhr op 
(04)/1992/ (38)}) 10... Nxb4 11. Kd2 a5 (11... d6 12. Bg2 Ke7 (12... Nc6 $142
$14) 13. Ne1 $1 {/\ 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bc6} c5 $2 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. a3 Rd8+ (15...
Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd3 Kd6 $16) 16. Ke3 Na6 17. Nd3 Rd7 18. b4 Rc7 19. Rhb1
Bd7 20. b5 Nb8 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 Nd7 23. f4 f6 24. g4 g5 25. fxg5 fxg5 26. h3 {
1-0 Eingorn,V-Petrosian,A/Manila olm/1992/ (36)}) (11... b6 12. a3 (12. Bg2 Bb7
13. a3 Nc6 14. Kc3 $14) 12... Na6 13. b4 d6 14. e4 c5 15. Rb1 Bb7 16. Bd3 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Ke7 18. Rhc1 Rhc8 19. f4 Rc7 20. Ke3 Nb8 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. c5 dxc5 23.
bxc5 bxc5 24. e5 Bc6 25. Rxc5 h6 26. Rbc1 a6 27. Nd6 Rxd6 28. exd6+ {1-0
Boensch,U-Libeau,R/BL 9394/1994/}) 12. Bg2 d6 (12... b6 13. Ne5 Ra7 14. a3 Na6
15. b4 $14) 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne7 (14... exd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. Nd4 $14) 15. Nd4
a4 (15... e5 16. Nb5 Kd8 17. b4 $36) 16. Rhc1 Ra5 (16... e5 17. Nb5 Kd8 18. c5
$14) 17. b4 axb3 18. Nxb3 Ra4 19. c5 $1 e5 (19... exd5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bxd5)
20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Ke1 f5 (21... O-O 22. Rc7 Re8 23. Nd2 $14) 22. Nd2 e4 23. Nc4
Nxd5 $2 (23... Ra6 $1 24. Rab1 $14) 24. Nxd6+ Kd7 25. Nxf5 g6 26. Bh3 $1 Nb6 (
26... gxf5 27. Bxf5+ Kd6 28. Rxc8 $18) 27. Ne3+ Kd8 (27... Kd6 28. Rab1 Bxh3
29. Rxb6+ Kd7 30. Rxb7+ $18) 28. Bxc8 Nxc8 29. Rc5 Rd4 (29... Nd6 30. Rd1 Ra6
31. Nc4 $18) 30. Rac1 Nd6 (30... Nb6 31. Rb5 Rd6 32. Rcb1 Nd7 33. Rxb7 $18) 31.
Rc7 h5 32. Rg7 Re8 (32... Rh6 33. h4 $18) 33. Rxg6 Re5 34. Nc2 Rdd5 35. Nb4 Rg5
(35... Rd4 36. e3 $18) 36. Nxd5 Rxg6 37. Nf4 Rh6 38. h4 e3 (38... Nf5 39. Rc5
$18) 39. Rd1 Kc8 40. Rd3 Nf5 (40... exf2+ 41. Kxf2 Ne4+ 42. Kf3 $18) 41. Rd5
1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kanstler} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.
Nbxd2 d6 8. Nf1 (8. O-O {Kanstler} a5 (8... O-O 9. Qc2 a5 10. Qc3 e5 11. d5 Nb8
12. e4 Nbd7 13. Ne1 Nc5 14. b3 Bg4 15. Nc2 c6 16. Rae1 cxd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. f4
exf4 19. Rxf4 Rfe8 $13 {Van Riemsdijk,H-Milos,G/USA/1995/}) 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8
11. Ne1 O-O (11... h5 12. h3 (12. h4 O-O 13. Nd3 Na6 14. a3 Bg4 15. Qe1 a4 16.
Qe3 c6 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. c5 $1 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Nc4 $44 {Bykhovsky,
Av-Finkel,A/ISR/1994/0:1/43/}) 12... h4 13. g4 Nbd7 14. Nd3 b6 (14... g5 15. b3
Nc5 16. Ne1 Bd7 17. a3 b5 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nc2 O-O 20. Ne3 $16 {Zilberberg-Stoh/
corr/9295/1:0/50/Inf 450/64/}) 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. f4 Nd7 18. f5 $16
{Ivanchuk,V-Hernandez,Rom/Luzern/1989}) 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 (13... Bg4 14.
f3 Bd7 15. b4 c6 16. Qb3 $6 (16. bxa5 $5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bb5 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. Nc4
Ba6 $6 (19... Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxa5 21. Rfb1 $14) 20. a4 $16 {Notkin,M-Karpeshov,
O/RUS/1995/}) 16... cxd5 17. cxd5 axb4 18. axb4 Nc7 19. Qb2 Bb5 20. Ra3 Rxa3
$15 {Skembris,S-Beliavsky,A/YUG/1994/0:1/35/}) 14. f4 Bg4 15. Bf3 (15. Qe1 $32)
15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. b4 $6 (17. b3 $5) 17... c6 18. Qe3 exf4 19. gxf4
cxd5 20. cxd5 axb4 21. axb4 Nc7 22. Qd4 Nf6 $15 {Cosma,-Gertic,/YUG/1995/0:1/
45/}) 8... O-O (8... d5 9. a3 (9. Ne3 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. a3 Qxd2+
13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Ke1 Rd8 15. Rd1 Ra6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. f4 Rb6 18. Rd2 h5 19. Kf2
Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Ke1 Nh7 22. Nd1 {1/2-1/2 Zysk,R-Hecht,H/BL 8889/1989/ (41)
}) 9... O-O 10. Ne3 Rd8 11. Qc2 a5 12. O-O a4 13. Rfd1 Qd6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Ng5
g6 16. Nh3 Rdc8 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Qb1 c6 19. Nd3 b5 20. c5 Qc7 21. Nc2 {Itkis,
B-Ilinsky,V/Frunze op/1989/1-0 (56)}) (8... e5 9. Ne3 Nxd4 (9... e4 $6 {
Kanstler} 10. Nd2 Nxd4 $6 11. Nxe4 $14) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qe5 12. Rd1 Qa5+
13. Kf1 O-O 14. a3 Rb8 15. h3 Be6 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. Be4 Kh8 18. Bxh7 Bxd5 19. Qh4
Nf6 20. Bc2+ Kg8 21. Rxd5 Qb6 22. Rg5 Qxb2 23. Qh6 {1-0 Zak,U-Liss,E/Tel
Aviv-B (08)/1991/}) 9. Ne3 e5 10. O-O (10. Rc1 Re8 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 a5 13. a3
Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Nd2 Na6 16. Rb1 h5 17. h3 Bd7 18. h4 g6 19. O-O Kg7 20.
Qc2 Bg4 21. e3 {1-0 Gleizerov,E-Gasimov,R/St.Petersburg op (03)/1994/ (35)})
10... Re8 (10... Rd8 11. Re1 a5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Nd2 exd4 15. a3
Na6 16. Nb3 a4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. e4 Re8 19. f4 Qf6 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. e5 dxe5 22.
fxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxc5 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Bg4 26. Qg1 {1-0 Gleizerov,
E-Sandstrom,L/Rilton Cup9495 (03)/1994/}) (10... a5 11. Rc1 Re8 (11... Rd8 12.
a3 a4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb8 15. e3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nh4 Ra6
19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. Nxf5 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Ilundain,D-Suarez,Di/
ESP-chT (08) ;EXP 50 1995 (31)}) 12. b3 e4 $1 13. Nh4 $6 g6 $1 14. Qd2 Nb8 15.
c5 d5 16. Rce1 Nc6 17. f3 Qd8 18. Nc2 b6 19. cxb6 cxb6 $15 {Christiansen,
L-Adams,M/Biel (06)/1991/0-1 (48)}) (10... e4 $6 {Kanstler} 11. Nd2 (11. Ne1 $5
) 11... Nxd4 $6 12. Nxe4 Nxe2+ $4 13. Qxe2 Nxe4 14. Nd5 $18) 11. Rc1 (11. Re1
e4 12. Nd2 Nb8 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 Qd8 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Ne7
18. Ne4 Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Nd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxc7
Rc8 24. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Zak,U-Mednis,E/Cannes op/1989/ (27)}) 11... exd4 (11... e4
$5 12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. Nxe4 Qe5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $10) 12. Nxd4 Bd7 (12... Nxd4 13.
Qxd4 Qe5 14. Qd2) 13. Nb5 Rac8 (13... Be6 $2 14. Nd5 $18) 14. a3 (14. Nd5 $6
Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Nxc7 $6 (16. Nd4 c5 $132) 16... Rf8 $17) 14... Qe5 (14...
a6 15. Nc3 Qe5) 15. Nd5 Qxb2 (15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd8 (16... Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18.
e4 $16) (16... Ne7 17. Nxc7 Red8 18. Qb3 $16) 17. Nxa7 Ra8 18. Rxc7 Re7 19. Nc6
bxc6 20. dxc6 Be8 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. c7 Nc6 23. b4 $14) (15... Qxe2 {Kanstler}
16. Nbxc7 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Red8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nb5 $16) 16. Nbxc7 Nxd5 (16...
Rxe2 17. Nxf6+ (17. Rb1 Qd2 (17... Qe5 $2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rb5 Qe7 20. Nd5
$18) 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nd5 $16) 17... gxf6 18. Rb1 (18. Qxd6 {Kanstler} Qe5
19. Qxd7 Rxc7 20. Qg4+ $16) (18. Nd5 $16) 18... Qc2 19. Rxb7 $16) 17. Nxe8 $1
Nc3 (17... Rxe8 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. Rc7 $16) 18. Rxc3 (18. Qc2 {Kanstler} Nxe2+
19. Kh1 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Ned4 $19) 18... Qxc3 19. Nxd6 Rb8 20. Nxf7 (20. Nxb7 Ne5
(20... Rxb7 21. Bxc6 $18) 21. c5 $14) 20... Be8 (20... Kxf7 21. Qxd7+) (20...
Be6 21. Ng5 Bxc4 22. Bd5+ $18) 21. Nd6 Qxa3 22. Qd5+ Kh8 (22... Kf8 23. Qf5+
Ke7 24. Nxe8 $18) 23. Rb1 (23. Qe6 $1 Nd4 (23... Bg6 24. Nxb7 $18) 24. Qe7
Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 $1 $18) 23... Qa2 (23... Rd8 24. c5 b6 25. Qg5 $18) 24. Re1 (24.
Rxb7 $2 {Kanstler} Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb1+ $19) 24... Qb2 25. Be4 Qf6 (25... Rd8 26.
c5) 26. Bxh7 $1 (26. Nxe8 {Kanstler} Rxe8 27. Bxh7 Rd8 28. Qh5 $18) 26... Kxh7
(26... Ne7 {Kanstler} 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Qh5 $18) 27. Nxe8 Qg6 (27... Rxe8 28.
Qh5+ $18) 28. Nd6 Nb4 29. Qc5 a5 (29... Nc2 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Rd5 $18) 30. Rd1 b6
31. Qb5 (31. Qc7 Qc2) 31... Na2 32. Qe5 a4 (32... Rd8 33. Rd4 $18) 33. Rd4 Nb4
34. Rh4+ Kg8 35. Nf5 (35. Nf5 Rb7 36. Ne7+ Rxe7 37. Qxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb4 {White is exchanging the good bishop of the
opponent, but black has very solid position.} Bxb4 11. Qxb4 Re8 12. Nc3 a5 13.
Qb3 Ne4 14. Rac1 (14. e3 a4 15. Qb4 a3 16. bxa3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc4 18. Nd2 Rxa3
19. Qc1 $11) 14... Nxc3 15. Qxc3 c6 16. Rfe1 (16. e3 Bf5 $11) 16... Nc4 17. b3
(17. a4 Qf6 18. Nd2 $11) 17... Nd6 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. a4 Bg6 20. f3 $6 {The first
player will not be able to build ambitious pawn center this mistaken concept
promises black nice attacking targets.} (20. e3 Qf6 $11) 20... Nf5 21. e3 h5 $1
22. Kf2 (22. Bh3 Qf6 (22... Nd6 23. Bg2 Nf5 (23... Qf6 24. e4 $14) 24. Bh3 $11)
23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. e4 Be6 $11) 22... Qf6 23. Bf1 (23. Bh3 Nd6 24. Kg1 Re7 $15)
23... Re7 24. Bd3 h4 25. g4 $2 (25. Nf1 hxg3+ 26. hxg3 Nd6 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28.
Kg2 Re6 29. Qc5 Nf5 $15) 25... Nxe3 $1 26. Bxg6 (26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Kxe3 Re8+
28. Kf2 Qf4 29. Kg2 (29. Bxg6 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 Re2 $19) 29... Re3 30. Qxa5 h3+ 31.
Kxh3 Qh6+ 32. Kg3 Rxd3 33. Rc2 Rxd4 $17) 26... Rae8 $3 {[%mdl 128] Very nice
idea as black now has tremendous attack for rather modest material investment.}
(26... Nxg4+ 27. Kg2 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qxg6 29. fxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Kf1 $14) 27. Be4 (
27. Bf5 Qd6 $1 (27... g6 28. Bd7 Qf4 29. Nf1 Nxf1 30. Bxe8 Qxh2+ 31. Kxf1 Qh1+
32. Kf2 Qh2+ $11) 28. Nf1 Nxf1 29. Rxe7 Qxh2+ 30. Kxf1 Rxe7 31. Re1 (31. Qc2
Qf4 32. Kg1 g6 33. Bd3 Re3 $19) 31... Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1
Qxf3+ 35. Qf2 Qxb3 36. Qxh4 g6 37. Bc8 Qxa4 $17) 27... Nxg4+ 28. Kg1 (28. Kg2
dxe4 29. fxg4 e3 30. Rf1 h3+ 31. Kg1 exd2 $19) 28... dxe4 29. fxg4 e3 30. Rf1 (
30. Nc4 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 h3 32. Rc2 e2 33. Rg1 Re3 $19) 30... exd2 $1 {The
position is already lost for white, but this elegant small combination just
finishes the fight.} (30... Qg6 31. Nf3 Qxg4+ 32. Kh1 e2 (32... h3 33. Ne1 Re6
$17) 33. Rg1 Qf4 34. d5 g6 $19) 31. Rxf6 (31. Qxd2 Qe6 32. Qd1 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Re4
$19) 31... dxc1=Q+ 32. Qxc1 Re1+ 33. Rf1 (33. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 gxf6 35. Kxe1
Kg7 36. Ke2 Kg6 37. Kf3 Kg5 38. h3 f5 $19) 33... Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Re4 35. h3 (35.
Rd1 Rxg4+ 36. Kf1 Rg5 $19) 35... Rxd4 36. Rc5 Rd3 37. Rxa5 Rxh3 38. b4 Rg3+ 39.
Kh2 Rxg4 40. b5 $138 0-1

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Tempone, Marcelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 b6 $6 (6... Ne4
{x Bg5}) 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4
13. f3 Bb7 14. b4 f5 15. Bh4 e5 16. Rc1 a5 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 (18. bxc5 Ba6
19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qb7 $16) 18... dxc5 19. b5 Kh8 20. Qd2 Bc8 21.
Rfd1 a4 22. Rc3 Rb8 23. Rd3 Rf7 24. Rd5 Rb6 25. Bc4 g5 26. Bxg5 Rg7 27. Bh4 Qh5
28. Bg3 h6 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 $8 (29... Rxd7 30. Bxe5+ Kh7 31. Qxd7+ Bxd7 32. Rxd7+
Kg6 33. Rg7#) 30. Bxe5 Rd6 31. Bxd6 (31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qc3+ Kh7 33. Rxd6 cxd6
34. Qf6 $18) 31... cxd6 32. Qxd6 Qg5 33. g3 $6 (33. Qd2) 33... Qxe3+ 34. Kg2
Kh7 35. Qd3 Qe5 36. Rd2 Bc8 $2 37. Re2 Qa1 38. Re8 Bb7 39. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade olympia hopes"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2002.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zivanic, Marko"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.06.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Rad1 Rac8 (12... Be4 13. Qe3 c6
14. Rc1 $14) 13. d5 $5 exd5 (13... e5 14. Nh4 g6 15. Qg5 $16) 14. Nd4 c6 $2 {
Ilincic could probably have not believed, that white can generate so much
pressure with his active pieces. It was necessary to seek counterplay along
the e file with 14...Re8!} (14... Re8 $1 15. cxd5 (15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Nf5 Nxd2
17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Rxd2 Nc5 19. cxd5 Nxb3 20. Rc2 Nc5 $15) (15. Nf5 Qxe2 16.
Qg5 g6 17. Nh6+ (17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf5 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qxf5 Qe6 21. Qxe6
fxe6 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $11) 17... Kg7 18. Bc3 Re5 19. Bxe5
Qxe5 20. Qh4 Qb2 $11) 15... Qe5 16. Ne6 Qf5 17. Nf4 $14) 15. Nf5 Qf8 (15... Qe6
16. Qg5 g6 17. Bh3 $18) 16. Qg5 Re8 (16... dxc4 17. Rxd6 Ne8 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19.
Nxc8 $18) 17. e4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Zivanic is showing the full potential of his
position, the pressure now mounts along many lines.} Rc7 $6 (17... dxe4 18.
Nxd6 $18) (17... Re6 $1 18. exd5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Re2 20. Bd4 $14) 18. Rfe1 dxe4 (
18... dxc4 19. Nxd6 Re6 20. e5 Ne8 21. Qd8 $16) 19. Rxd6 (19. Nxd6 Re6 20. Nxe4
Nxe4 21. Rxe4 f6 22. Qf5 $16) 19... Re6 (19... h6 20. Nxh6+ Kh7 21. Nf5 c5 22.
Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qg4+ Kh7 26. Qh3+ Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28.
Qxd7 $18) 20. Red1 (20. Rdd1 c5 21. Bh3 $18) 20... Rxd6 21. Rxd6 (21. Nxd6 c5
22. Nf5 Bc6 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Bxf6 Rc8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Be7 Qg8
28. Qxf5 $16) 21... Ne8 22. Rd1 Nc5 $2 (22... f6 23. Qg4 Bc8 24. Bxe4 (24. Qxe4
Nc5 25. Qc2 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Nxb3 27. Bxc6 Nd6 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Qf3 Na5 30. Qf4
$14) 24... g6 25. Ne3 Nc5 26. Qf3 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Kg7 $14) 23. Bxg7 $1 {The
final combination is very refreshing, black will be mated.} Nxg7 24. Rd8 Nce6 (
24... f6 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Rxf8#) 25. Qxg7+ $1 Nxg7 26. Nh6+ (26. Nh6+ Kh8 27.
Rxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Seel, Christian"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb3 Nxd3 {
Wahls knows the position very well and understands the dangers of the white
light squared bishop.} (14... Qb6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. h3 Re8 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Nxd4
Bxd4 19. Re2 Bd7 20. Rd1 Rac8 21. Qd2 {1-0 Ristic,N (2410)-Nikolic,B (2285)/
Kladovo 1991/ (41)}) 15. Qxd3 Bg4 (15... a4 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Be3
Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Be6 20. Re3 Rc8 21. Rf1 Qd7 22. Rg3 $14 {1-0 Malakhatko,V (2568)
-Mazurok,A (2302)/Kiev 2000/ (33)}) 16. Nfd4 (16. Bf4 Qb6 $11) 16... a4 17. Qg3
(17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 Qb6 $15) 17... Qc8 18. e6 $5 {Seel counters in a style
since normal continuations were were pleasant for black.} (18. Nxc6 bxc6 19.
Nd4 c5 20. Nb5 Kh8 21. Nd6 Qe6 $15) 18... Bxe6 (18... axb3 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20.
Qxg4 Ra4 21. Qg3 Qc2 22. Bxh6 Qxb2 $15) 19. Bxh6 Bf6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nc5 Nd4
$1 22. Rac1 (22. Nd3 $2 Nf5 $19) 22... Nf5 23. Qg6 $2 (23. Qd3 $1 Nxh6 24. Nxe6
Qd7 25. Rc7 Qe8 26. Qxd5 Rf7 27. Kf1 Kh8 28. Qxb7 Qg8 29. Rxf7 Nxf7 $17) 23...
Qe8 $1 {[%mdl 32] White has fallen into the trap and black´s excellent counter
is tranferring the game into much better ending.} (23... Nxh6 24. Nxe6 Qb8 25.
Nxf8 Qxf8 26. Re2 Qf7 27. Qd3 $15) 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 25. Bf4 (25. Bd2 Bxb2 26. Rb1
Bxa3 27. Nxe6 Bf8 28. Nxf8 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Kxf8 30. Bb4+ Kg8 31. Ba3 Nd4 $19)
25... Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bxa3 27. Nxe6 (27. Nxb7 Be7 28. Rxe6 a3 29. Be5 a2 30. Ra1
Ra7 31. Nc5 Kf7 $19) 27... Bd6 28. g4 (28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Rb6 Ra6 30. Rxa6 bxa6
31. Kf1 Ne4 32. f3 Rxe6 33. fxe4 Rxe4 $19) 28... Nd4 {For the second time
black knight goes to d4 square with great effect.} 29. Bxd6 (29. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 30.
Rxe1 Bxf4 31. Nb5 a3 32. Ra1 a2 33. Nc3 Ra3 34. Nxa2 Bg5 $19) 29... Nf3+ $1 30.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Ra6 32. f4 (32. Ba3 Raxe6 $19) 32... Rxd6 33. f5 a3 34. Ra1
Ra8 35. Kf3 a2 36. Nc7 Ra3+ 37. Kf4 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Griesheim GM"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2002.01.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. d5 Nd8 12. O-O e5 13. c5 f5 14. Rac1 Nf7
15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Qc7 {[%mdl 32] Putting the queen in front of the attacking
army is unusual, but she has the power to paralyse part of the enemy's forces.}
(16. Qb3 b6 17. Rc2 Bb7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qc4 Bb7
22. Nh4 g6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Schandorff,L-Comp Deep Blue/
Copenhagen/1993/ (43)}) (16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Qb4 b6 18. Rc7 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc7 20.
Rxc7 Qd8 21. Rc3 Rc8 22. Nc4 Rc5 23. Nd2 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Jaster,
R-Derichs,R/Mecklenburg 1994/ (34)}) (16. Qe3 Qd8 (16... Qf6 17. Rc7 b6 18. h4
Ba6 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Qd8 21. Rfc1 f4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 {0-1 Pelletier,
Y-Naiditsch,A/Essen 2001/ (31)}) 17. Rc4 Qa5 18. Rfc1 Qxa2 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Rc7
Rfd8 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxb2 23. Bh3 e4 24. Bxf5 Qe5 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Be6+
Kf8 27. Qxe5 dxe5 28. Bxd7 {1-0 Novikov,I-Sedina,E/Saint Vincent 1998/ (34)})
16... Qf6 17. Rc4 (17. Rc3 e4 18. Ne1 b6 $15) 17... b5 18. Rc2 e4 19. Nd2 Ne5
20. Rfc1 a5 21. Qb6 (21. Nb3 f4 $1 22. Nxa5 e3 23. f3 Bf5 $17) 21... Bd7 22.
Rc7 Be8 23. Qd4 Bh5 24. f3 (24. f4 exf3 25. Bxf3 (25. exf3 f4 $15) 25... Bxf3
26. exf3 f4 $11) 24... Rae8 (24... exf3 25. Bxf3 $11) 25. f4 {The pawn
structure on the kingside is crucial as black is very well prepared for the
possible counterplay.} (25. fxe4 f4 $1 26. Rf1 g5 (26... Qg5 27. gxf4 Rxf4 28.
Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Nf3 Nf7 $14) 27. gxf4 gxf4 $13) 25... Ng4 26. Nb3 (26. Qb6 $2 Rb8
27. Qa7 Ra8 28. Qb6 Rfb8 $19) 26... a4 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 28. Nd4 Nxd5 29. Rd7 (29.
Rb7 b4 30. Rc6 Rf6 $11) 29... Rf6 (29... Rd8 30. Rb7 b4 31. Ne6 Rc8 $15) 30.
Rb7 b4 31. Ra7 (31. Rb5 $1 Bf7 32. Ra5 $13) 31... Rff8 32. Ra5 (32. Rxa4 g6 33.
Rc6 Ra8 $11) 32... Ne3 33. Rc7 $2 {Grabarczyk is asking too much from the
position, black's chances could even become dangerous.} (33. Rxa4 Rc8 34. Rxc8
Rxc8 35. Kf2 (35. Bh3 Bg4 36. Kf2 Nd1+ 37. Kg2 (37. Ke1 Nxb2 38. Bxg4 e3 $19)
37... Rc4 $13) 35... Ng4+ 36. Ke1 Ne3 37. Rxb4 Nc2+ 38. Nxc2 Rxc2 39. Bf1 e3
40. Kd1 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rc2 $11) 33... Rc8 34. Raa7 (34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Kf2 Ng4+ (
35... Nd1+ 36. Ke1 Nxb2 37. Nxf5 Rc1+ (37... Rc2 38. Nxd6 g6 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40.
Ra7+ Kf8 41. Bxe4 Rxe2+ 42. Kf1 Rd2 $15) 38. Kd2 Rd1+ 39. Kc2 Re1 40. Nxd6
Rxe2+ 41. Kb1 Kf8 42. Bxe4 g6 43. Re5 Nd1 $15) 36. Ke1 e3 37. Nc6 Kf8 38. Rxf5+
Bf7 $15) 34... Bf7 (34... Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Ra8 36. Kf2 Ng4+ 37. Ke1 g6 $17) 35. a3
(35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Kf2 Ng4+ 37. Ke1 g6 $17) 35... b3 36. Kf2 (36. Nb5 Rxc7 37.
Rxc7 Nc4 $19) 36... Nd1+ 37. Ke1 Nxb2 38. Nxf5 Nd3+ $1 {Small, but very fine
combination as not a single white piece is able to stop the mad "b3" pawn.} 39.
Kd2 (39. exd3 Rxc7 $1 (39... b2 40. Rcb7 Rc7 (40... Rc1+ 41. Kd2 b1=Q 42. Rxb1
Rxb1 43. Bxe4 $11) 41. Rxb2 Rxa7 42. dxe4 Rc7 43. Kd2 Rd8 44. Rb4 $11) 40. Rxc7
b2 41. Rb7 Bb3 $19) 39... Rxc7 40. Rxc7 b2 (40... b2 41. Kc2 Rb8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Beijing zt 3.3"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2005.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Rui"]
[Black "Wu, Wenjin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bg2 Nxd2 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8.
O-O Qd8 9. c5 Bxd2 10. Nxd2 (10. Qxd2 d5 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Be8 13. e4 dxe4
14. Ng5 Bc6 15. Nxe4 Nd7 16. Nc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nf6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5
20. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 21. Rxd5 Rfd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Peelen,
P-Peter,T/Gelsenkirchen 2000/ (58)}) 10... Nc6 (10... d5 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. e3
$14) 11. Nc4 Rb8 (11... d5 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 $14) 12. Rc1 Re8
$2 {[%mdl 32] Wu Wenjin in not sensing the danger in the position. Delaying
the opening of the position will leave him with extremely passive pieces.} (
12... b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 f6 15. c6 dxc6 16. Qc2 fxe5 17. Be4 h6 18. Qxc6
$14) (12... b6 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. b4 f6 16. Nf3 Qd5 17. Qc2 $14) 13.
Qd2 h6 (13... b5 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6
$16) 14. Rfd1 Ne7 (14... d6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qf4 $16) 15. Qa5
Ra8 (15... Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxa7 $16) 16. Qa3 f5 (16... Nc6 17. e4 e5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 $16) 17. Rc2 Rf8 18. Rcd2 Nd5 (18... f4 19. gxf4
Rxf4 20. Qg3 Rf6 21. e4 $16) 19. f4 a5 20. e4 $1 {Wang Rui understands, that
he can benefit most from his space advantage by speedy obtaining access to the
enemy king.} fxe4 21. Bxe4 g5 $2 (21... Nf6 22. Bf3 Ra6 23. Qd3 $16) 22. Rf1 $1
{Black has made the task easier by impatient move of the g pawn, now white's
attack will quickly become unbearable.} Ra6 (22... gxf4 23. Rg2 $1 f3 (23...
Kh8 24. Ne5 Ne7 25. Rxf4 $18) 24. Rgf2 Kg7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxf3 Rxf3 27. Qxf3
Qe8 28. Ne3 $18) 23. Rdf2 (23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Ne3 d6 25. Nxd5 Be6 26. Ne3 $16)
23... d6 (23... gxf4 24. gxf4 d6 25. Ne5 $5 dxe5 26. Rg2+ Kh8 27. Qh3 Rf6 28.
fxe5 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qf8+ 30. Rf2 Qg7 31. Bxd5 $18) 24. fxg5 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Qxg5
(25... hxg5 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Qh5 $18) 26. Qf3 Qe7 (26... Qg7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28.
Qxd5+ Kh8 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. Rf7 $18) 27. Qh5 $1 {Please note the unfortunate
fate of black rooks in this game.} Bd7 28. Qxh6 Qg7 (28... Ra8 29. Rf5 $1 exf5
30. Bxd5+ $18) 29. Bh7+ (29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Rf8+ Qxf8 31. Qxf8+ Kxh7 32. Qf7+ $18
) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 (12. exd5 $1 Ng6 13. d6 Nxf4
14. dxe7 Nh3+ 15. Kh1 Qxe7 16. Bxa8 Bb7+ 17. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 18. f3 {/\ Kg2+/-})
12... Bb7 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 d4 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18.
Re1 Rad8 (18... d3 19. Nd6 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxd6 21. Qxd3 Rad8 22. Rcd1 $18) 19.
Qb3 Kh8 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qxe6 Bc5 22. Bc7 d3 (22... a6 23. Bxd8 Qxe6 24. Rxe6
Nxd8 25. Nc7 Nxe6 26. Nxe6 Rf5 27. b4 $18) 23. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 Qxd8 25. Rf1
d2 26. Rcd1 Nd4 27. Nxd4 (27. Qe4 $2 Re8 28. Nd6 Rxe4 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxd8 Be3
31. Nb7 Re6 $17) 27... Qxd4 28. Qe2 Qd5+ 29. Kh3 Qf5+ 30. Qg4 (30. g4) 30...
Qd5 31. Qe2 Qf5+ 32. g4 Qf6 33. Qe4 (33. Rxd2 $4 Qh6+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Kh3 Rf3+
$19) 33... Kg8 $138 (33... Kg8 34. Kg2 {/\ Rd2+-}) 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3
d6 8. O-O Re8 9. Qb3 (9. Qd3) (9. a3) 9... Qb6 {Modern concepts in the opening
lead sometimes to special positional features. Black has to support his b4P,
which limits the scope of the Nb1.} (9... Nc6 10. d5 $1 Na5 11. Qxb4 exd5 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Nf6 $6 (13... Be6 14. Na3 Qb6 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. e3 $14) 14. Nc3
Nc4 15. Qd4 d5 16. b3 Na5 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Qc5 Be6 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nxc6 Rxc6
21. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Farago,I-Gostisa,L/Portoroz Vidmar/1993/ (45)}) (9... a5 10.
a3 (10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. e3 e5 13. Qc2 e4 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Nh3 a4 16.
Rdc1 Ra5 17. Nf4 h6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxa4 Ra5 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Qd1
Bd5 23. a3 {0-1 Ilic,Z-Kosten,A/Cannes op/1989/ (54)}) 10... Nc6 (10... bxa3
11. bxa3 a4 12. Qd3 Qa5 13. Nc3 e5 14. e4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. Ndb5 Ne5 17.
Qxd6 Nxc4 18. Qc7 Be6 19. e5 Ng4 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23.
Bxb7 {1-0 Burger,K-Scheiner/Philadelphia World op (03)/1989/ (36)}) (10... Na6
11. axb4 (11. Nbd2 $14) 11... axb4 (11... Nxb4 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Nc3 b6 14. e4
Bb7 15. Ne1 Qe7 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 e5 18. Rd2 Rec8 19. b3 b5 20. Nxb5 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 Rxb5 22. Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Pein,M-Farago,S/Budapest Perenyi-B/1989/ (40)})
12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. Qe3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ng4
18. Qf3 Qg6 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Nc5 e4 22. Qf4 Qc6 {Kretz,J-Lindberg,
B/Rilton Cup (02)/1992/0-1 (60)}) 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd4 a4 14. Qxb4
(14. Qc4 $5) 14... Nexd5 15. Qc4 $14) 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rfd1 (11. e3 Na5 12. Qd3
Bd7 13. Rfc1 e5 14. c5 Qd8 15. e4 exd4 16. cxd6 Bg4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Rxc6 bxc6
19. e5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd7 21. Nc4 $16 {Brenninkmeijer-Klaren/NLD-ch/1992}) 11...
Bd7 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Ne4 Qe5 14. Nxd6 Rd8 15. Nxb7 Bxb7 16. Bxb7
$16) 12. Rac1 Na5 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. b3 {White can claim somewhat healthier pawn
structure.} Qc7 (14... Nc6 15. Ne4 $14) 15. Qb1 e5 (15... b5 16. cxb5 Qb8 17.
Nc4 d5 18. Nxa5 Qxb5 19. Nc4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Rxc4 21. e4 $14) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17.
Ng5 Bc6 (17... h6 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 $14) 18. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 (18... Re7 19.
Nde4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. Qh4 h5 22. g4 $16) 19. cxd5 Qe7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. d6
Qd8 (21... Qxd6 $2 22. Nde4 Qe7 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26.
Qxc8 $18) 22. Qf5 h6 23. Nge4 {In effect white has d6P for black's b4P and the
difference becomes more striking with every move.} Nd7 (23... Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Nc6
25. e3 $16) 24. Nf3 Qe8 25. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 (25... Qxe5 26. Qxd7 Re8 27. Qc7 Nc6 (
27... Qxe4 $2 28. d7 $18) 28. d7 Rd8 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 30. Rd5 Nc6 31. Nc5 Nb8 32.
Nxb7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Nd6 $18) 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Rxd7 Rd8 28. Rc7 Nc6 29.
e3 Ne7 (29... Ne5 30. Rxb7 $16) 30. Qe5 Nd5 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 {Hecht: TS-TS:
Abwicklung in TS-TS mit 4-3 Bauern am K-Flügel} 32. Rd7 {The defender has
managed to avoid the worst, but the endgame is very difficult for him.} Re5 (
32... Rxe4 33. Rxd5 Re7 34. Rb5 $16) 33. Nd6 Nc3 34. Rxb7 (34. Nxf7 Ra5 35. Nd8
Rxa2 36. Ne6 g5 37. Rxb7 $16) 34... a5 (34... Nxa2 35. Nxf7 $18) 35. Nc4 (35.
Nxf7 Rd5 $1) 35... Rc5 36. a4 bxa3 (36... Nxa4 37. Ra7 Nc3 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39.
Nxa5 $16) 37. Nxa3 Ne4 38. Ra7 Rc3 39. Rxa5 Rxb3 40. Nc4 Rc3 41. Ne5 f6 (41...
Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Rc2 43. Ng4) 42. Ng4 Rc4 43. h3 $1 {Despite it's simplicity the
position is not quite drawish yet. The N on the board promise white additional
chances.} Ng5 44. Kg2 h5 45. Nh2 h4 (45... Kf7 $2 46. h4 Ne4 47. Rxh5 $18) 46.
g4 (46. Ng4 hxg3 $14) 46... Rc2 47. Ra4 Kf7 48. Nf1 g6 49. Rd4 Ke6 50. Rd2 Rc1
(50... Rxd2 51. Nxd2 Nf7 (51... f5 52. f4 Nf7 53. g5 $18) 52. f4 g5 53. Nf3 $16
) 51. Nh2 Ra1 52. Rb2 Kf7 53. f4 Ne4 54. Nf3 g5 55. Nd4 Nd6 56. Rc2 Re1 57.
fxg5 fxg5 (57... Rxe3 58. Nf3 Ne4 59. gxf6 Kxf6 60. Nxh4 $18) 58. Nf3 Rxe3 59.
Nxg5+ Ke8 60. Kf2 Ra3 (60... Re7 61. Re2 $1 $18) 61. Re2+ Kd7 62. Nf3 Nf7 63.
Kg2 Kd6 (63... Kd8 64. Rf2 Ke8 65. Nxh4 Ng5 66. Nf3 $18) 64. Nxh4 Ng5 65. Nf5+
Kd5 66. h4 Ne4 67. Ne3+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 a5 10. d5 Nb8 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 (12. Rc1 c6 13. Re1 Na6 14.
Nf1 Bg4 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qb1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 a4 18. Ne3 g6 19. Rcd1 Nd7 20. Nc2
Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Nc5 22. Qc3 Qe5 {Calinescu,G-Hansen,LB/EUchJ Arnhem (02)/1987/
0-1 (56)}) (12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Nh4 Qf6 15. Re3 a4 16. h3 Ra5 17. Kh2
Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Janjgava,L-Burgess,M/Oakham/1988 (30)}) 12... Nc6 (12... Nbd7 13.
Re1 Nc5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nf1 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne3 a4 18. Ndf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5
Re6 20. Qc3 Rae8 21. f3 d5 {1/2-1/2 Haik,A-Sharif,Me/Cannes/1987 (29)}) 13.
Nxc6 (13. Nb5 Ne5 14. Qe2 $14 {Hort,V-Rogers,I/Biel/1986/}) 13... bxc6 14. Qa4
Rfb8 15. Qa3 $1 (15. b3 Bd7 $14) 15... Nd7 16. f4 Qf6 $2 (16... f6 17. Rae1 $14
) 17. e5 $1 dxe5 (17... Qf5 18. Bxc6 Ra6 19. Be4 Qg4 20. f5 Bxc4 21. Rf4 Qe2
22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Bd3 $18) 18. f5 $1 (18. Bxc6 Bxc4 $1 19. Bxd7 (19. Nxc4 Qxc6
20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 $10) 19... Bxf1 20. Rxf1 exf4 $15) 18... Bxf5 19. g4 e4
(19... Qg5 20. gxf5 Qxd2 21. Rad1 Qc2 (21... Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. Rxd7 Rxa2
24. Bxc6 $18) 22. Rxd7 Rxb2 23. Qf3 Qxc4 24. Qxc6 $16) 20. Qe3 $1 (20. gxf5
Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Rxb2 $1 (21... Qxd2 22. Rfd1 Qf2 23. Rxd7 Rxb2 24. Rg1 $16) 22.
Nb3 (22. Nxe4 Rxg2 $17) 22... Qe5 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Qc5 Re8 $14) 20... Qxb2 21.
gxf5 Nf6 (21... Ne5 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Nf3 $16) 22. Nxe4 Ng4 23. Qg5 $1 h5 (23...
Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Ne3 25. f6 g6 26. Qh6 Nf5 27. Rxf5 Qxa1+ 28. Rf1 $18) 24. f6 g6
25. h3 Qd4+ (25... Qe2 26. hxg4 Rb2 27. Rf2 $18) 26. Kh1 Rb2 (26... Ne3 27. Qh6
Nf5 28. Rxf5 Qxa1+ 29. Rf1 $18) 27. hxg4 Rxg2 28. Qh6 $1 Rg1+ (28... Rh2+ 29.
Kxh2 Qe5+ 30. Ng3 $18) 29. Rxg1 Qxe4+ 30. Rg2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheboksary Elara"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
dxe4 {Black is rushing to open up the position and speed up the conflict as
his king is already safely at home.} 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nc6 11. Bf4 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Gelfand has prepared a very intriguing idea for taking over the
initiative even at the cost of sacrificing the f2-pawn.} (11. Be2 f5 12. Qe3
Qc7 13. Bd2 e5 14. Bc3 Bf6 15. Rd1 Be6 16. O-O Rae8 17. b4 Kh8 18. Qd2 e4 19.
Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Qe3 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rd8 24. Qc3 $14 {
0-1 Wegner,H (2350)-Gruen,P (2375)/Germany 1989/ (55)}) (11. b4 $6 f5 12. Qe3
Bf6 13. Ra2 e5 $15) 11... Bxc5 $6 (11... f5 $5 12. Qe3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Bxd2 e5 $11) (11... Qa5+ 12. b4 Qa4 13. Qb1 Rd8 14. Bd2 $14) 12. Rd1 $1 (12. b4
f5 $1 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Qd3 Qf6 15. Rd1 e5 16. bxc5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 exf4 18. Be2
$11) 12... Qb6 (12... Bxf2+ 13. Ke2 (13. Kxf2 $2 Qxd1 14. Bd3 f5 $1 $17) 13...
f5 (13... Qb6 14. b4 $1) 14. Rxd8 fxe4 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Kxf2 exf3 17. Bd6+ $1
Kf7 18. Kxf3 $16) 13. b4 $1 {Brave, but at the same time very dangerous for
Black. The bishop on f2 is trapped and saving it will cost Bocharov dearly.} (
13. Qc2 $2 e5 14. Bg3 Re8 $17) 13... Bxf2+ 14. Ke2 f5 (14... e5 15. c5 Qc7 16.
Nxe5 Bh4 17. Nd7 $5 Qd8 18. Nxf8 Bg4+ 19. Ke3 Qxf8 (19... Qxd1 20. Qxh7+ Kxf8
21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxh4+ Kd7 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Bb5 $14) 20. Bd6 Qe8 21. Rd5 $16)
15. Qc2 e5 $6 (15... Nd4+ 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. c5 Qb5+ $1 (17... Qd8 $2 18. Qc4
$18) 18. Ke1 Qe8 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Bb5 $1 (20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Rd3 exf4+ 22. Kf2 Qe7
23. Re1 $14) 20... Qxb5 (20... Qe7 $2 21. Qe2 $18) 21. Qb3+ $1 Kh8 22. Bxe5 Qe8
(22... Re8 $2 23. Qg3 $18) 23. Qg3 Qf7 24. h4 $16) 16. c5 Qc7 (16... Bxc5 17.
bxc5 Qc7 18. Qb3+ Kh8 (18... Rf7 19. Kf2 exf4 20. Bc4 h6 21. Rhe1 Kf8 22. Ng5
$1 $18) 19. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 20. Qe3 $1 Qf7 (20... Re8 21. Rd5 $1 $18) 21. Bxe5 f4
22. Qd4 Bg4+ 23. Kf2 Bxd1 24. Bc4 Qg6 25. Rxd1 $18) 17. Kxf2 exf4 18. Bc4+ Kh8
19. Qc3 $5 {This fine move is proof, that even strong players have problems
resisting a beautiful idea! Gelfand has spotted the chance to mate his
adversary along the h-file..} (19. Rhe1 b6 20. Bd5 Rb8 21. Qc3 $16) 19... Bd7 (
19... Rd8 20. Ne5 $1 h6 (20... Rxd1 21. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 22. Qh3#) 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8
22. Ng6+ Kh7 23. Nf8+ Kh8 24. Re1 $18) 20. Rhe1 (20. Rd6 Rae8 21. Re1 $16) (20.
Ng5 $6 Qe5 21. Qh3 Qe3+ 22. Qxe3 fxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Rae8+ 24. Kf4 $14) 20... Rae8
21. Rd6 $1 Rxe1 (21... Bc8 22. Ng5 Rxe1 23. Rh6 $1 $18) 22. Qxe1 Rf6 $2 {
Black has an extra pawn and a heavy burden of saving the worse position. The
desire to exchange the mighty rook on d6 is understandable, but objectively
does not represent the strongest defence.} (22... h6 $2 23. Qc3 $1 Kh7 24. Ng5+
hxg5 25. Qh3#) (22... Re8 $1 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Qxf4 Re4 25. Qc1 $16) 23. Ng5 h6 (
23... Rxd6 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nxd6+ Kf8 26. Qd2 (26. Qd1 Qd8 $1 27. Nxb7 Qe7)
26... Qd8 27. Qxf4 Qf6 28. Nxb7 $16) 24. Nf7+ Kh7 (24... Kg8 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26.
Qc3 $18) 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Qd1 Qc8 (26... b5 27. Bxb5 Nxb4 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29.
Nxd6 Nc6 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Nc8 a6 32. Ne7 $18) 27. Qd6 (27. Qh5 Qf8 28. Qf3 $16
) 27... Kg6 $2 {Burdened by the difficult defence Black makes the losing
blunder.} (27... Qe8 $1 28. Qxf4 Qf8 29. Qd2 Be8 30. Nd6 $16) (27... Kg7 28.
Qxf4 Be6 29. Nd6 Qd7 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Nxf5+ $18) 28. b5 $1 (28. b5 Qe8 (28...
Na5 29. Ne5+ Kg5 30. h4+ $18) 29. Qxf4 Qf8 30. bxc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. b4
a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2 Nb6 {White pawns on b5 and e5 are cramping black' position,
his main limitation is space.} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qc2 N8d7 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O
dxc4 {Bocharov is afraid of waiting game and prepares the freeing of his
forces.} (14... Qe7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qa4 b6 17. Qe4 $14) 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Nfd2
Be7 (16... Qh4 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ncd6 $16) 17. Ne4 Nc5 (17... N7b6 18. Rfd1 Nxc4
19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Rac1 $16) 18. Nxc5 (18. Ned6 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bg5 20. Rad1 $16)
18... Bxc5 19. Nxa5 $1 {Eljanov has spotted the weak aspect of the black's
concept. The defender is now forced to part with his darksquared bishop.} Bxf2+
(19... Ne3 $5 20. fxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qxa5 22. Rad1 Qa4 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Rxf7 $1
Qxc2 25. Bxc2 $18) 20. Rxf2 Rxa5 $6 (20... Qxa5 21. Bd4 (21. Qc4 Qa4 $14) 21...
Bd7 22. Qe2 Nc3 23. Qf3 Nxb5 24. Qe4 g6 25. Bb2 $16) 21. Qc4 b6 (21... Ne3 22.
Qe4 Nf5 23. g4 Qg5 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. h4 Qxh4 26. gxf5 $18) 22. Qe4 {[%mdl 128]
Black forces are ill prepared for the concentrated pressure of all white's
pieces against the kingside.} g6 (22... f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qh7+
Kf8 26. Qh8+ $18) 23. Raf1 Ne7 (23... Bd7 24. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26.
Qxg6+ Ke7 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Bg6#) 24. Bc1 Kg7 (24... Nf5 25. g4 Ng7 26. Bxh6
Rxa3 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxf7+ $18) 25. Qe3 Ng8 (25... Kg8 26. Qh3 h5 27. Bh6 $18
) 26. Bxg6 $1 {Logical outcome as white clearly outnumbers black in firepower.}
Kxg6 (26... fxg6 27. Rxf8 $18) 27. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bg2 Bxd2+ (5... Qb6) (5... Nc6 6.
Bxb4 cxb4) 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 (7... O-O 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3
Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Rxd7 $14 {Denker,
A-Dizdar,G/New York op/1989/ ->CBM 12}) 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxd4 Qh5
11. Rc1 $1 (11. Nf3 e5 12. Qg5 Nc6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Qxh5 Bxh5 15. h3 Bxf3 16.
Bxf3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 $14 {Khalifman,A-Grosar,A/Bled-Rogaska Slatina/1991/ ->CBM
24}) 11... Nbd7 (11... Rd8 $2 12. Nxe6 $1 Rxd2 13. Rxc8+ $18) 12. Na3 Nb6 13.
Ndc2 e5 (13... Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Ne3 $16) 14. Ne3 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Bxb7
Rab8 (16... Rad8 17. Qe3 Bxe2 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Qxe5 $16) 17. Ba6 Rbd8 18. Qe1
Rd6 19. f3 Bh3 (19... Rh6 20. Qf2 $16) 20. Bd3 f5 (20... Nd5 21. Nc4 Rh6 22.
Qf2 $16) 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4+ Kh8 23. Rd1 Rdf6 (23... Rg6 24. Bf7 $1 $18) 24.
Qa5 f4 25. Rd8 fxg3 26. hxg3 Qg5 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Kf2 h6 29. Rh1 $1 Bg4 30.
Rh4 Bf5 31. Qxe5 Qc1 32. b3 Bg6 33. Rg4 Re8 34. Qd4 Kh7 35. Bd3 Re6 36. Rxg6 $1
{Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Aars"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Giese Hecht Baburin} e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. g3
O-O 7. Bg2 a5 8. O-O (8. b3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. O-O Bf5 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. e3 Re8 14. Rc1 Ba7 15. Nb1 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd5 {
Razuvaev,Y-Kosten,A/Jurmala/1987/1-0 (33)}) 8... Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5 (10.
b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rac1 a4 13. bxa4 Bc6 14. Rfe1 Bxa4 15. Qb1 cxd4 16. Nxd4
Nc5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nf6 19. h3 Ra7 {Rufer,M-Sprotte,N/RLNS 8889/1989/0-1 
(32)}) 10... exd5 11. dxc5 (11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nb1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Be3 Ng4
15. Nc3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nf6 17. Na4 Bxd4 18. Nxb6 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Bxb6 20. Qb3 Ra6
21. Bxd5 {Dorfman,J-Ungureanu,E/EU-chT Moscow (03)/1977/1-0 (58)}) 11... Nxc5
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. N2f3 Rc8 {Important part of the black's plan is the limitation
of the queenside play with the a7-a5. The Bd7 gives credibility to the hope,
that the weaknesses it caused will not be freely used by white.} 14. Be3 Ng4 (
14... Ba4 15. Qb1 Nb3 16. Nxb3 Bxb3 17. Rc1 $10) 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rac1 Ne4 17.
Qd3 Qb6 {Black has lot of play for his isolated d5P, but the following move
enables him to win a pawn with a smart combination.} 18. h3 $2 {Baburin:Black
was already better, with all his pieces being actively placed, but the text
simply allows Black (and provokes him!) to start the winnning combination. [#]}
(18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. b3 $15) 18... Ngxf2 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb6g1]} 19. Rxf2 (
19. Qb3 {Giese} Nxh3+ $19) 19... Nxd2 (19... Nxf2 $2 {Giese} 20. Kxf2 Rxc1 21.
Bxc1 Rc8 $44) 20. Qxd2 (20. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Rxc8 $19 {[%csl Rb2][%cal
Gc8c1] -/+}) 20... Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qc7 Bc6 24. Qxa5 Qxb2
{-/+/-+} 25. Qc5 (25. Kh2 Qd4 26. Rf3 Re8 $17) (25. Bxd5 {Hecht} b6 $19 {
[%csl Ra5,Rd5]}) 25... Qb3 26. Rf3 Qc4 27. Qxc4 $6 (27. Qe7 $17) 27... dxc4 28.
Rc3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 {HechT: T - T Motive: T hinter Freibauer; leichter Gewinn
infolge der geschwächten weißen Bauernstruktur am K-Flügel (isolierter
e-Bauer!)} b5 30. Kf2 (30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxc4 Ra8 32. Rc2 a3 33. Ra2 f6 (33...
Kf8 {Hecht} 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Ke4 Kd6 36. Kd4 Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Ke5 38. Kb3 Ra8 39.
Kc3 Ke4 40. Kd2 h5 $19 {Hech: Zugzwang, Felderschwäche e3}) 34. Kf3 Kf7 $19)
30... f6 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Rc2 (32. a4 bxa4 33. Rxc4 Ra8 $19) 32... Kf7 33. Rb2
Rd5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rb7+ Kg6 36. Ra7 Re5+ 37. Kf3 (37. Kd2 c3+ 38. Kxc3 (38.
Kd3 Rc5 39. Kc2 Rc4 $19) 38... Re3+ $19) (37. Kd4 Rxe2 38. Rxa4 c3 $19) 37...
c3 38. Rxa4 (38. Rc7 Ra5 39. Rxc3 a3 40. Rc1 a2 41. Ra1 Kf5 $19) 38... Rc5 39.
Ra1 c2 40. Rc1 Kf5 41. Ke3 Rc3+ (41... Rc3+ 42. Kf2 Ke4 {Hecht} 43. h4 h5 $19)
0-1

[Event "DEN-ch+"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 (
8. Nd2 e5 $13) 8... h6 (8... Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4
Rc8 13. Ndb5 $1 h6 14. Bf4 $1 e5 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 O-O 18. f3 $1
Nh5 $6 19. Rf2 $1 $16 Nf4 20. Bf1 Nfe6 21. Be3 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Jussupow,A/Las
Palmas 1993/ (40)}) 9. Bh4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Nd2 g5 (12... e5
13. Rb1 Bc6 14. Qc2 $14) 13. Bg3 h5 14. h4 (14. f3 h4 15. Bf2 Nh5 $13) 14... g4
$6 {This move closes the chances for a counterplay against white king.} (14...
Rg8 $5 15. Nf3 gxh4 16. Bxh4 e5 17. Bf5 $14) 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Qc2 Kf8 (16... e5
17. e4 $14) 17. e4 Ne8 (17... e5 18. c5 $5 dxc5 (18... bxc5 19. d5 $16) 19. Nc4
exd4 20. Bxc7 $14) 18. f4 Ng7 (18... gxf3 $6 19. Rxf3 Kg7 20. Rbf1 Rf8 21. Bf4
$16) 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. e5 f5 (20... Kg8 21. Ne4 f5 22. exd6 cxd6 23. Ng5 $16)
21. exd6 (21. exf6 Qxf6 (21... Nxf6 22. d5 Bd7 23. dxe6 $18) 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23.
Bxe4 $14) 21... Qxd6 (21... cxd6 $2 22. d5 $16) 22. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black
clearly lacks coordination to withstand the attack of well placed white pieces.
} Qd5 (22... bxc5 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Nxa5 $16) 23. Nc4 bxc5 24. Ne3 Qd6 25. Nc4
Qd5 26. Nxa5 cxd4 (26... Ba8 27. Bc4 Qd6 28. Rbd1 $16) 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Bb5 (
28. cxd4 Qd6 29. Qc4 $16) 28... Qd6 (28... Qd5 29. cxd4 $16) 29. Red1 (29. cxd4
Rd8 30. Kh2 $16) 29... c6 (29... c5 $6 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Bf2 $18) 30. Rxd4 {
Black e6 pawn can hardly compensate for the mighty white passed pawn on the a
file.} Qc7 (30... Qc5 31. Kh2 cxb5 32. Rxd7 Re7 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. c4 $16) 31.
Ba4 (31. Rc4 Nb8 32. Ba4 Kg8 33. Rcb4 $16) 31... Nb6 32. Qb3 (32. Rdb4 Nxa4 33.
Qxa4 $18) 32... Nxa4 33. Rxa4 Kf7 34. Bf2 Rb8 35. Rb4 (35. Ra7 Qxa7 36. Bxa7
Rxb3 37. Rxb3 $16) 35... Rxb4 36. Qxb4 Rc8 37. a4 Ne8 (37... e5 38. fxe5 Qxe5
39. Bd4 Qc7 40. Qb7 $18) 38. a5 c5 39. Qb7 Nd6 (39... Kg8 40. a6 Qd8 41. a7 Ra8
42. Qb8 $18) 40. Qxc7+ Rxc7 41. a6 Ke7 (41... Ra7 42. Rb6 Nc8 43. Rb7+ $18) 42.
Ra1 Nc8 (42... g3 43. Be3 Nc4 44. a7 $18) 43. a7 $1 (43. a7 $1 Nxa7 44. Rxa7
Rxa7 45. Bxc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lependin, Anatolij"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Bb4 Bxb4 10. Qxb4 a5 11. Qc3 b5 12. c5 b4 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Re1 Ne4 15.
Ne5 $6 {This move must be dubious, since white begins operations before all
his pieces are out in playing area.} (15. Nbd2 Nxd2 (15... f5 $5 16. a3 e5 $13)
16. Qxd2 Qc7 17. a3 Bc4 18. Qc2 e5 19. b3 Ba6 20. e4 exd4 21. Nxd4 bxa3 22.
exd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Rac8 24. c6 {1-0 Romanishin,O-Landa,K/Kaskady 2002/ (30)})
15... Nexc5 $5 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Rc1 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxc5
19. Nd2 Qd5 $15) 17... f5 $15) 16. Nxc6 Qf6 17. dxc5 (17. Nxa5 Qxd4 18. Nc6 Qc4
19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. h3 (20. Nd2 Bxa2 21. Nxb4 Rfb8 $17) 20... Ra4 $15) 17... Rfc8
18. Nxa5 (18. Qa4 Nxc5 19. Qxa5 Rxc6 20. Qxb4 Nd7 (20... Rac8 21. Nc3 Bc4 $44)
21. Qd2 Rb8 22. Nc3 Ne5 $44) 18... Rxc5 19. Qa4 (19. Qd2 Rxa5 20. Qxb4 Rb5 21.
Qc3 Rxb2 $17) 19... Qxb2 $1 {Landa has tried to refute opponent's play with a
creative temporary piece sacrifice, now he is collecting his dues.} (19... Bc8
20. Qxb4 Raxa5 21. Nc3 $14) 20. Qxd7 (20. Nc6 Qxa1 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 Rc2
23. Bf3 Qxa2 $17) (20. Nb3 Rb5 21. Na3 bxa3 22. Reb1 Qe5 $17) 20... Rxa5 21. e4
(21. Na3 Qxa3 22. e4 Bb5 23. Qd6 Bc4 $17) 21... Qxa1 22. exd5 Bc4 (22... e5 23.
d6 Rf8 24. Qf5 Qd4 $19) 23. d6 (23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Qc7 Qxa2 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 $19)
23... Bd5 {The only chance for white would be to benefit from the potentially
dangerous d6 pawn.} 24. Rc1 (24. Qe7 Qf6 $19) 24... h6 25. Bf1 (25. Rc8+ Kh7
$19) 25... Qd4 26. Rc7 Rf8 27. Qe7 Raa8 (27... Rxa2 $4 28. Qxf8+ $1 Kh7 29.
Qxf7 $18) (27... Raa8 28. d7 Qe4 29. f3 Qe3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Griesheim GM"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.01.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qd1 $6 {White is eager
to switch position of the queen and the bishop, but the move is too slow for a
sharp opening fight.} (13. Nf1 cxd4 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. f4 Re8 16. f5
Bh4 17. g3 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bxf5 22. Bf4
Re4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 {0-1 Teofilovic,V-Kostanjsek,Z/Makarska Tucepi 1995/ (36)})
14. Ng3 Nc5 15. Bf5 a4 (15... Be6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qc1 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Ne6 19.
Qxh6 Re8 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Qh5 Bg7 22. Qg4 Kf8 {0-1 Suhl,D-Urday Caceres,H/
Berlin 1997/ (40)}) 16. Bf4 d3 17. Bxd3 Bg4 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3
Ncd4 21. Qe3 g5 22. Bb1 gxf4 23. Qd3 Ng5 {0-1 Browne,W-Makarichev,S/Saint John
1988/ (35)}) (13. Bf5 cxd4 14. Nb3 Qb6 (14... a4 15. Nbxd4 Nc5 16. Be3 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bxh6 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Re3 {1-0 Burmakin,
V-Mozaliov,S/St Petersburg 1996/ (35)}) 15. e6 Nc5 (15... Nf6 16. exf7+ Rxf7
17. Bg6 (17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Nbxd4 Bc5 19. Ne6 Ne4 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Brenninkmeijer,J/Groningen 1988/ (21)}) 17... Rf8 18. Nbxd4 (
18. Qd3 a4 19. Nbxd4 Ng4 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bg4 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Rf4 {
0-1 Kubikova,H-Csoke,A/Budapest 1994/ (48)}) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Nb3
Bd6 21. Be3 Qd8 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nd4 Rc8 24. Qd3 {1-0 Browne,W-Silman,J/San
Mateo 1989/ (33)}) 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qf6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20.
Be3 Bd7 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Qg6 Rff8 23. Nf3 Nb3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd3 {1-0 Piket,
J-Dimitrov,V/Adelaide 1988/ (62)}) (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb3 Qb6 (14... Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 a4 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Be6 20. Re3 Rc8 21.
Rf1 Qd7 22. Rg3 Rc4 23. Qe3 Kh7 24. f4 Qc8 25. f5 Bxf5 26. e6 {1-0 Malakhatko,
V-Mazurok,A/Kiev 2000/ (33)}) 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. h3 Re8 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Nxd4
Bxd4 19. Re2 Bd7 20. Rd1 Rac8 21. Qd2 Ba4 22. Rde1 Bb3 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3
Rc5 25. Bb1 Qb5 26. Rg3 {1-0 Ristic,N-Nikolic,B/Kladovo 1991/ (41)}) 13... Re8
14. Bb1 (14. e6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 (15. Bg6 Rf8 16. Rxe6 cxd4 $17) 15... cxd4 16.
Nb3 Nc5 17. Rg6 Kf7 $17) 14... Nf8 15. dxc5 (15. Qc2 cxd4 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Nb3
Bg4 18. Nfxd4 Bh4 $1 $17) 15... Bxc5 16. Nb3 (16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Nb3 Bxf2+ 18.
Qxf2 Qxb3 $17) 16... Bb6 17. Bf4 (17. h3 d4 (17... a4 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4
Bc5 20. Be3 Qb6 21. b4 axb3 22. Nxb3 $11) 18. Be4 Ne6 $15) 17... Bg4 {Black
enjoys excellent pieces and white e5 pawn might become weak.} 18. Bg3 (18. h3
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 a4 20. Nc1 Ne6 $17) 18... Bc7 19. h3 (19. Nc5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5
21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd3 Bc7 $17) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 (21. Bd3 Bxb2
22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Ra2 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Qc3 $19) 21... Nxe5 22. Qd1 Qg5 23. Ba2 (23.
Qxd5 $2 Nf3+ $19) 23... Nfg6 24. Re3 (24. Qxd5 Nf4 25. h4 Qg4 26. Qe4 Re7 27.
Re3 Rd8 28. Rf1 a4 29. Nc1 Rd4 $1 $19) 24... Nf4 {[%mdl 128] White bsihop
sleaps on a2 and black starts a kingside attack, what a reversal of fortunes!}
25. Rg3 (25. Qf1 Nc4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. g3 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Qe5 $19) 25... Qf6 26.
Kh1 h5 $1 27. Nd4 (27. Rb1 h4 28. Re3 Nc4 29. Rf3 Qg5 30. g4 Rad8 $19) 27... h4
(27... Nc4 28. Rb1 Re4 $17) 28. Re3 Ned3 $1 {Nice combination, that
effectively finishes off the resistance.} 29. Rxd3 (29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qa4 Re4
$19) 29... Qg6 30. Bxd5 (30. Qf3 Nxd3 31. Bxd5 Rad8) 30... Nxd3 31. Qf3 (31.
Kg1 Rad8 32. Qa4 Nf4 $19) 31... Rad8 (31... Rad8 32. Nb5 Rxd5 (32... Nxf2+ 33.
Qxf2 Rxd5 34. Nc7 Rf5 $19) 33. Qxd5 Nxf2+ 34. Kg1 Nxh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg1
Ne4 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rfc1 Nc6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxc6
Bxe2 15. Ne5 Bb5 {White has nice pieces, but with isolated d4 pawn his chances
for an advantage are meager.} (15... Rad8 16. Rc2 Bb5 17. a4 Be8 18. a5 Bb5 19.
axb6 axb6 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Bf6 22. Be3 h6 23. Ra7 b5 {1/2-1/2 Vanheste,J 
(2370)-Douven,R (2410)/Hilversum 1988/ (34)}) 16. Rc2 Ba4 $6 (16... Rac8 17.
Rac1 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Rd8 19. b3 Kf8 $11) 17. b3 Bb5 18. a4 Ba6 19. b4 Rac8 (19...
Bxb4 $2 20. Bxd5 $18) 20. Nc6 Bf6 (20... Bd3 21. Bxd5 Bf6 22. Rc3 exd5 23. Nxa7
Rxc3 24. Bxc3 Ra8 25. Nc6 $16) 21. Rcc1 Rc7 (21... Bb7 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxa7
Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 25. Rc7 Rb8 26. b5 $16) 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Bf4 Rcc8 (23...
Rd7 24. b5 Bb7 25. a5 Re8 26. Re1 $16) 24. b5 Bb7 25. Nxa7 Ra8 {[%mdl 4096]
Very unpleasant moment for the defender as all the lines are quite depressing
and the choice of the lesser evil very difficult.} (25... Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Ra8 $1
(26... Bxd4 27. Rc7 Ba8 28. Nc6 Bf6 29. Be3 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 d4 31. Bd2 Bd8 32.
Rd6 $16) 27. Nc6 Rxa4 28. Re1 g5 29. Be5 Kg7 $13) (25... Rc4 26. Nc6 Rc8 (26...
Bxc6 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. bxc6 Rc8 29. c7 Bxd4 30. Rd1 Bf6 31. Be5 Be7 32. Rb1 Bc5
33. a5 c3 34. Bxc3 Rxc7 35. axb6 Rb7 36. Rb5 Bd6 37. Bd4 $18) 27. a5 Bxc6 28.
Rxc4 dxc4 29. bxc6 bxa5 (29... Rxc6 30. axb6 Rc8 31. b7 $18) 30. c7 Bxd4 31.
Rxa5 Kf8 32. Ra4 $16) 26. Nc6 Bxc6 (26... Rfe8 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 $16) 27.
bxc6 Bxd4 28. Ra2 (28. a5 bxa5 (28... Bxa1 29. axb6 $18) 29. Ra4 Bb6 30. c7 $14
) 28... b5 29. Rd2 $6 {Larsen has probably overlooked black's great shot on
the move 31., otherwise he would surely have looked into the correct idea 29.
a5!} (29. a5 $1 Rfc8 30. Rd2 Bf6 31. Rxd5 Rxa5 32. c7 $16) 29... Rxa4 30. c7
Rc8 31. Rcd1 g5 $1 (31... Bb6 32. Rxd5 Raa8 33. Rc1 f6 (33... Ra7 34. Rd8+ Rxd8
35. c8=Q $18) 34. Rxb5 Ba7 35. Rcb1 $18) 32. Bxg5 Bb6 $2 {Muir is impatient in
the hope to get rid of the nasty c7 pawn. Unfortunatelly this tactical mistake
enables nice mating idea.} (32... Ba7 33. Bf4 d4 34. Rb2 b4 35. Rc1 Bb6 36. Rb3
Kf8 37. Kg2 Ke8 38. Rc4 $16) 33. Rxd5 Rxc7 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. R8d6 Bc5 (35...
Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 f5 37. Rb6 $18) 36. Bh6+ (36. Bh6+ Kg8 37. Rd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Smirnov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7.
Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd8 11. Bg2 e5 12. c5 O-O 13. cxd6 cxd6
14. Qc1 {The queen eyes the square e3 from which it can hope to operate on
both flanks.} Bd7 15. O-O f5 16. Rc7 Qe8 (16... Rf7 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. f4 $14) 17.
Qe3 Bb5 (17... f4 18. Qa3 Rf6 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Nc4 $16) 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Nh4 $1
h6 (19... f4 20. gxf4 Rxf4 21. Qg3 Qf8 22. e4 Rf7 23. Nf5 Kh8 24. Qg5 $16) (
19... Qb5 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rc7+ Rf7 22. Nxf5+ Kh8 (22... Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24.
Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. Nxd6#) 23. Nxd6 Rxc7 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. Qxe5+ Rg7 26.
d6 $18) 20. Bh3 Qh5 (20... f4 21. Qf3 Rf7 22. Nf5 $16) 21. Qf3 $1 {[%mdl 32]
The real target is the f5 pawn. After it's elimination white pieces will be
excellently coordinated.} Bxe2 (21... Qxf3 22. exf3 Bd3 23. Rd1 g5 24. Rxd3
gxh4 25. f4 $16) 22. Qxh5 Bxh5 23. Bxf5 g5 $2 (23... Rf7 24. Ng6 Bxg6 25. Bxg6
Rf6 26. Bd3 $16) 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ Bxg6 26. Bxg6 Rf6 (26... Kg8 27. Re7 $16
) 27. Bh5 Kg8 28. Re7 Rb8 29. Rcc7 a5 30. Bg6 $1 {Yevseev has decided to
finish the game with mating attack.} (30. Bg6 $1 a4 31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Bh7+ Kh8
33. Rxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 (4. Nd2 $5) (4. Nc3 $5) 4... Be7 (4... Qe7
) (4... Bxd2+) 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 (9... Ba6
$5) 10. Rac1 Bb7 (10... Ba6 $5) (10... a6 $5 {/\ b5}) 11. Rfd1 Re8 (11... a6 $5
) (11... c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 $1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 $16 {e.g.} Bxe4 15. dxc5) 12.
Bf4 Rc8 (12... Nh5 $5 {/\} 13. Bd2 Nhf6) 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qd7 15. e4 $14
Red8 16. h3 (16. Qa4 b5 $1) 16... Ba6 $6 (16... h6 17. a4) 17. cxd5 cxd5 18.
exd5 exd5 (18... Bc4 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. d5 Bxh3 21. d6 $18) 19. Bxf6 Bc4 $1 20.
Qc2 Bxf6 21. Qd2 {(/\ b3,Nd5)} b5 $1 (21... Qe6 22. b3 Ba6 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Nxd5
$1 (24. g4 $2 Bg5 $1) 24... Rxc1 25. Qxc1 $1 $18) (21... Qf5 22. b3 Ba6 23. g4
Qg5 (23... Qe6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Re1 $18) 24. f4 Qh4 25. Nxd5
Rxc1 (25... Rxd5 $13) 26. Rxc1 (26. Nxf6+ $2 Qxf6 27. Rxc1 Rxd4 $1 $13 (27...
Qxd4+ $2 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Bf1 $1 $18)) 26... Rxd5 $5 27. Bxd5 $13) 22. b3 b4
23. Na4 Qb5 $1 (23... Bb5 24. Nc5) 24. Rc2 {/\ Nb2/Nc5} (24. bxc4 $5 Qxa4 25.
Bxd5) (24. Nc5 $1 Be2 25. Re1 Bh5 26. g4 Bg6 27. g5 $18) (24. Nb2 Be2 25. Re1
Bh5) 24... Qa5 25. Rdc1 (25. bxc4 $2 Qxa4 26. Bxd5 $4 (26. c5) 26... Rxd5)
25... Rb8 $1 (25... Ba6 $2 26. Rc5 $1) 26. Nc5 (26. bxc4 $5 Qxa4 27. Bxd5)
26... Bb5 27. a4 Be8 28. h4 $2 (28. Qd3 Qb6 29. Na6 {/\ Rc5}) 28... Qb6 $1 29.
Bh3 Qd6 30. Qd3 $16 g6 31. Qe3 Bg7 (31... Qb6 $5) 32. Nd3 {(/\ Rc7)} Bd7 (32...
Rb7 $5) 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc6 Qf8 $1 (34... Qe7 $2 35. Rc8+ $18) 35. Nf4 Bh6 (
35... Re8 $8 36. Qf3 Bxd4 37. Nxd5 Red8 $14) 36. Qf3 Rbd8 37. R1c5 Bxf4 $2 (
37... Bg7 $8) 38. Qxf4 Qe7 39. h5 Qe1+ (39... gxh5 $5) 40. Kh2 $1 (40. Kg2 Qe4+
) 40... Qe2 (40... Qe4 41. h6 Qxf4 $5 (41... Qe7) 42. gxf4 {/\ Rb5+-}) 41. h6
Qe7 42. Rc7 {(/\ 43.Rxd7 Rxd7 44.Qe5)} Qf8 (42... f6 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Rc8+ Rd8
(44... Kf7 45. Rh8) 45. Rc7 Rd7 46. Rxd7 Qxd7 47. Qxf6 $18) 43. Kg2 f6 $5 (
43... Rxc7 44. Rxc7 a5 45. Rc5 $18) 44. R5c6 Qe7 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46. Rc8+ $18 Rd8
(46... Kf7 47. Rh8) 47. Rc7 Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 dxe4 49. Rg7+ Kf8 50. Rxh7 Kg8 51.
Rxa7 Rxd4 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Rxg6 Rd6 54. Rg4 Re6 55. f3 exf3+ (55... e3 56. Kf1)
56. Kxf3 Rb6 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 57th"]
[Site "Banja Koviljaca"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qe3 (8. Qc2 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 d6 12. Rhd1 Nc6 13. Kc3
Re8 14. Rd2 Rb8 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ng5 Na5 17. Rad1 h6 18. Ne4 b6 {1/2-1/2
Kachiani Gersinska,K-Milosevic,G/Germany 1994/ (68)}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 d5 {
[%mdl 4] Black is coming with a whole new concept of occupying the center with
the pawns and pieces while opponent struggles to finish his development.} 10.
dxc5 Nc6 11. O-O (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ng5 Nxg5 13. Qxg5 Nd4 $1 14. Rd1 Qxa2 $11)
11... Qxc5 12. Qxc5 (12. Nxe4 Qxe3 13. fxe3 dxe4 14. Nd4 f5 $11) 12... Nxc5 13.
cxd5 exd5 14. Rac1 Na4 (14... Ne6 15. Nb3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 d4 17. Rd2 $16) 15. b3
Nb6 16. Rfd1 (16. e3 Bg4 17. Rc5 Rfe8 $14) 16... Re8 17. Kf1 (17. e3 Bg4) 17...
a5 18. Nb1 a4 19. Nd4 (19. Nc3 axb3 20. axb3 Be6 $11) 19... axb3 20. axb3 Bg4 (
20... Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Ra1 22. Rb4 Ra6 23. Nc3 $14) 21. Nc3 Nb4 {The pressure
against the d4 was helping Ilincic to equalize the chances, the knight move is
a bit inferior.} (21... Ra3 $1 22. h3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Be6 $11) 22. Ke1 h6 (22...
Na2 23. Nxa2 Rxa2 24. Rd2 $16) 23. Rd2 Ra5 24. Ndb5 Bh5 25. Kd1 (25. Nd6 Re7
$13) 25... Na2 (25... Re5 $5 26. Nd6 Ra3 $11) 26. Nxa2 Rxb5 27. Rc3 d4 $6 {
Black is impatient to simplify, but white retains the edge.} (27... Re7 28. Nc1
Bg6 29. Rd4 $14) 28. Rcd3 Bg6 (28... Rf5 29. Ke1 Rfe5 30. Nc1 Rc5 31. Kd1 Rf5
32. f4 $16) 29. Rxd4 Rxb3 30. Nc1 (30. Bxb7 $5 Rb1+ (30... Nc4 31. Rxc4 Rxb7
32. Rb4 $16) 31. Nc1 Re5 32. e4 $16) 30... Rb1 31. Rd8 (31. Bxb7 $16) 31...
Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Rb8 (33. Bxb7 Na4 34. Bd5 Rb2 $14) 33... Nc4 34. Rxb7
Nb2+ 35. Kd2 Nc4+ 36. Kd1 Nb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. b4
a5 9. b5 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nb3 a4 13. Nbxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bg4 {
The development of the bishop makes a very natural impression. The defender
has to try limiting the initiative of hisopponent.} 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Re1 Nb6
17. h3 Bd7 {Khismatullin very correctly assumes, that without the
light-squared bishop the position would have hardly been sustainable.} (17...
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nc4 19. Qg3 $16) 18. Bd2 Nc4 (18... Rc8 19. Nf5 Nc4 (19... Bxb5
20. Ba5 Ncd7 21. Rb1 Bc4 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxb6 $18) 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bb4
Bxb5 22. Qxd5 Rfd8 23. Qe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe7 Re8 25. Bb4 $16) 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Ne2
$6 {Eljanov was dissatisfied with the balance of forces in the centre. With
the dubious transfer of the knight he tries to magnify the pressure in the
centre and on the kingside.} (20. Nd2 Nb3 21. N2xb3 axb3 22. Bxb3 Bxb4 23. axb4
Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qg5 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Qc3 $14) 20... Bxb5 21. Nf4 Nb3 {The
activity on the queenside is a sign of the second player's youth. The danger
on the other side of the board does not seem for him to merit real attention.}
(21... Bc6 $1 22. Qd4 Ne6 (22... Nb3 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxb3 axb3 26.
Qxb3 f6 $11) 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qd3 g6 25. Rab1 $13) 22. Bxe7 (22. Qd3 g6 23.
Bxb3 axb3 24. Nxd5 Bxb4 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Qxd8 Rexd8 $19) 22... Qxe7 $2 {
[%mdl 256] It is not easy to justify this tactical mistake. The defender is
willingly losing the tempo, after the obvious Nxd5 the rook will remain stuck
on the unsuitable square e8.} (22... Rxe7 $1 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bxb3 axb3 25. Nxd5
(25. Qxb3 Bc6 26. Qc3 Ra4 $11) 25... Rd7 26. Rad1 Rxd5 $1 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28.
Rxd5 Nxa3 29. Rd2 Nc4 $11) 23. Qd3 $1 g6 24. Nxd5 Qc5 (24... Qd8 25. Bxb3 axb3
26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qxb3 $18) 25. Bxb3 (25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Bxb3 axb3 27. Qxb3 Re7
28. Ne4 Qb6 29. Rab1 Nxa3 30. Ra1 $18) 25... Nxe5 {Due to the weakened
kingside, that Khismatullin left without protection, his tactical resistance
is without hope.} (25... Na5 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qd2 Nxb3 28. Qh6 $18) (25... axb3
26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qxb3 $16) 26. Nf6+ Kh8 (26... Kf8 27. Qd2 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 $18)
27. Qd2 (27. Qd5 Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 axb3 30. Qxb3 Rf8 (30... Rxa3
31. Qxf7) (30... Kg7 31. Qb2 Qxa3 32. Nh5+ Kh6 33. Qg7+ Kxh5 34. Re5+ f5 35.
g4+ $18) 31. Qb2 $18) 27... Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rxe1+ (28... Red8 $2 29. Qh6 $18)
29. Rxe1 Qf5 (29... axb3 30. Qh6 $18) (29... Qf8 30. Bd5 $18) 30. Qd4 $1 axb3
31. Nh5+ f6 32. Nxf6 {The position can serve as a textbook example of the
attacker's success. The light-squared bishop of the defender is completely
useless.} Ra4 (32... Qd3 33. Re7 g5 34. Kh2 b2 35. Qe5 Qg6 36. Nh5+ Kg8 37.
Rg7+ $18) (32... Rf8 33. Ne8+ Rf6 34. Nxf6 $18) (32... Kg7 33. Ng4+ $18) (32...
Qg5+ 33. Ng4+ Kg8 34. Re7 $1 Qxe7 35. Nh6+ Kf8 36. Qh8#) 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qe7+
Kh6 35. Ng8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Rd1 O-O {Kuzubov believes in harmonious
development, but without g5 and Ne4 white will be left with dangerous bishops
pair.} (11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. d5 Ndf6 14. Nd4 e5 15. Ne2 Bc8 16. f3 Nxg3 17.
Nxg3 e4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. Be2 Ne5 20. O-O g4 21. Rf4 {1-0 Svetushkin,D (2557)
-Hansen,T (2323)/Cappelle la Grande 2006 (53)}) 12. Be2 Rfe8 (12... g5 13. Bg3
Ne4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. e4 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qc3+ Qf6
20. Qxf6+ Nxf6 21. exf5 exf5 22. O-O Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Twardon,M (2345)-Hass,R 
(2305)/Porabka 1986 (31)}) (12... c5 13. O-O Rfd8 14. h3 Rac8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Nd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bh2 d5 20. Bd3 b5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd8+
Qxd8 23. c5 Qd3 24. Qc1 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D (2490)-Haba,P (2580)/Chemnitz 1997
}) (12... a5 13. b3 Rae8 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18.
Qc1 e5 19. f3 Bb7 20. Rfe1 Qg7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 f4 23. exf4 gxf4 24. Bf2 e4
{0-1 Roeder,M (2435)-Matthias,H (2355)/Germany 1997 (41)}) (12... e5 13. d5
Rfe8 14. Nd2 g5 15. Bg3 Kg7 16. h4 Rh8 17. e4 Nf8 18. h5 Bc8 19. Nf1 N8h7 20.
Ne3 a5 21. b3 Rd8 22. f3 {1-0 Ivanov,M (2418)-Sarveniazi,A/Northeim 2005 (51)})
13. O-O a5 (13... e5 14. d5 Nf8 15. Nd2 Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. f4
exf4 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. exf4 Nd7 21. Ng3 Nf6 22. h3 Bc8 23. Rde1 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K
(2445)-Kholmov,R (2475)/Klaipeda 1988 (41)}) (13... Nf8 14. b4 Ng6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. c5 Qe7 17. c6 Bc8 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Nd2 a5 20. e4 e5 21. d5 {1-0
Schlosser,P (2540)-Reeh,O (2430)/Germany 1994 (50)}) 14. Nd2 e5 (14... a4 15.
Bd3 e5 16. d5 $14) 15. Rde1 {The situation has clarified, white will try to
play on the e and f lines.} Nf8 (15... a4 16. f3 $14) 16. d5 Ng6 17. Bg3 (17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. f4 exf4 20. Ne4 Qh4 21. exf4 $16) 17... h5 (17... a4
18. Ne4 (18. f4 c6 $1 $11) 18... c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nc3 $14) 18. f4 c6 $2 {
Opening of the center is laudable, but black is missing the better timing. The
best defense was probably connected with an advance of the h pawn.} (18... exf4
19. exf4 Qe3+ 20. Bf2 Qxf4 21. Bxb6 $18) (18... h4 $5 19. Bf2 (19. f5 hxg3 20.
fxg6 gxh2+ 21. Kxh2 e4 $11) 19... h3 20. gxh3 e4 (20... exf4 21. exf4 Nxf4 22.
Bg4 Qd8 23. Be3 $14) 21. h4 Nf8 22. h5 N8d7 23. Bh4 $14) 19. f5 Nf8 20. dxc6
Bxc6 21. Bh4 $1 Rac8 (21... d5 $5 22. Bxh5 Rac8 $14) 22. Qb3 (22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23.
Ne4 Qh6 24. Qd3 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Nd7 $14) (22. Bxh5 d5 23. Be2 (23. Qb3 dxc4 24.
Qxb6 Qd6 25. Bxf6 Qxd2 26. Re2 Qd6 $15) 23... N8d7 24. Rc1 Bb7 $14) 22... N8d7
(22... a4 23. Qb4 N8d7 24. Bxh5 Nc5 25. Rd1 $14) 23. Bxh5 d5 (23... a4 24. Qb4
(24. Qd1 Nc5 25. e4 b5 $13) 24... Nc5 25. Rd1 $14) 24. cxd5 Bxd5 (24... Nc5 25.
Qxb6 Bxd5 26. Qxa5 $18) 25. Qxd5 $1 Nxd5 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 $6 {Despite the loss of
an h5 pawn black was not without prospects for a tough resistance. The better
move 26...Nxe7!? was less disharmonious.} (26... Nxe7 $5 27. Ne4 Nf6 28. Nxf6+
gxf6 29. Bf3 (29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Rf2 (30. Rd6 Rxb2 31. Rxf6 Rd8 $1 $14) 30... Rxf2
31. Kxf2 Nxf5 32. Rd7 $14) 29... Rc2 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Rd8 32. b3 Rd2 33.
Bc4 Nd5 $14) 27. Bf3 Rc2 (27... N5f6 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 e4 30. Be2 Re5 31.
g4 $16) 28. Rf2 $1 {Moiseenko will manage to combine the defense of the second
rank with his own plan of attack deep inside the enemy's camp.} N7f6 29. g4 Rd7
30. g5 Ne8 (30... Nc7 31. Nb1 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Nh7 33. h4 $18) 31. Ne4 Rdc7 32.
Rd1 $1 (32. Rd1 $1 Nxe3 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 (33... Nxc2 34. Rd8 Kf8 35. f6 gxf6 36.
Nxf6 Re7 37. Bc6 $18) 34. Rd8 Kf8 35. f6 Nf5 36. Bg4 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Kf3
$18) 1-0

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. b4 a5 10. b5 c5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nb3 (12. Qc2 Kh8 $1 13. Nb3 f6 $2
14. exf6 Bxf6 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qe2 $1 Qc7 $6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Bxg6
Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. b6 Qg7 22. Qxh2 Qxg6 23. Bb2 Nc6 24. Nxd4 {Dautov,
R-Orlov,G/USSR/1988/1-0 (51)}) 12... a4 (12... Qc7 13. Qc2 Qc3+ 14. Bd2 Qxc2
15. Bxc2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nbxd4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Be3 Nd7 20. O-O Nf6
21. a4 Bd7 22. Bb3 Rfc8 23. Rac1 Kf8 24. Rfe1 {Bartels,F-Kahlert,T/Hamburg op 
(9)/1992/0.5 (62)}) 13. Nbxd4 Nc5 14. O-O (14. h3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. O-O
Nc5 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Rb1 Bxh3 19. Ng5 (19. gxh3 Qg6+) 19... Bd7 20. Bd2 Qg6 21.
Rfc1 Nd3 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Ngf3 Rfe8 24. Ba5 {Huss,A-Wahls,M/SWZ-ch (05)/1994/
0-1 (41)}) 14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxd5 Nb3 19.
Bg5 Qe6 20. Rad1 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd6 h6 23. Be3 Bc4 24. Re1 Bxb5 25. Nh4
$6 (25. Rb6 Bc6 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rfd8 28. Rb4 $10 {Roeder,M-Wahls,M/
Geneva op (03)/1995/0.5 (31)}) 25... Na5 $1 26. Bc5 Nc4 27. Rd5 Rfd8 28. Rxd8+
(28. Red1 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bc6 30. Rd4 Nxe5 $15) 28... Rxd8 29. f4 Rd3 30. Rb1 (
30. Ra1 Bc6 $17) 30... Rb3 31. Rd1 Nxa3 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rf8 (33. Nf5 Nc2 34.
Nd6 a3 35. Bxa3 Nxa3 36. Nxf7 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rf1+ 38. Kg3 g5 $17) 33... Bc4 34.
f5 Nc2 35. g4 a3 36. Bxa3 $8 (36. Ra8 a2 $19) 36... Rxa3 37. e6 Bxe6 (37...
fxe6 $5 38. Ng6 exf5 39. gxf5 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 (40. Kg2 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Nxf5 $19)
40... Rf1+ 41. Kg3 Rxf5 42. Rxf5 Kxg6 $19) 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Nf3 Ne3 40. h3 (
40. g5 Nf5 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Kg6 43. Re8 Kf7 44. Rb8 Rb2 $19) 40... b5 41.
Kf2 b4 42. Rb8 Nd1+ $1 (42... Nd5 43. h4 $17) 43. Ke2 (43. Kg2 b3 44. Nd4 b2
$19) 43... Re3+ 44. Kxd1 Rxf3 45. Rxb4 Rxh3 46. Ke2 (46. Re4 Rh4 47. Ke2 h5 48.
Rxe6 Rxg4 $19) 46... Kg6 47. Kf2 (47. Re4 Kf6 48. Rf4+ Kg5 49. Re4 Rg3 $19)
47... Ra3 48. Rb5 Kf6 49. Rh5 Rd3 50. Ra5 e5 51. Ra7 g6 52. Ra6+ Kg5 53. Re6
Rd4 54. Kf3 (54. Rxe5+ Kxg4 55. Re6 Kf5 $19) 54... Rf4+ (54... Rxg4 55. Rxe5+
Kh4 $19) 55. Ke3 Rxg4 56. Rxe5+ Kh4 57. Kf3 h5 58. Re1 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 g5 60. Re4+
Kh3 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 d6 11. Nd2 {Movsesian certainly plays an ambitious
variation, usually the plan with early Ne4 is used in positions without the
a7-a5 move.} f5 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 Nd7 14. f3 Qe7 15. Bd3 O-O-O
16. e4 h5 17. h4 Rdg8 18. Rag1 Qf6 19. Kc1 e5 {0-1 Damm,F-Lieb,H/Bad
Woerishofen 2001/ (41)}) 12. f3 (12. Ndxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 h5 14. f3 h4 15. Bf2
Bb7 16. a3 $14) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 (13. fxe4 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Bxe4 15. Bd3 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 h5 $15) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. e4 (15. Bd3 Nd7 (15... Rg8 16. e4
f4 17. c5 bxc5 18. Qa4+ $14) 16. O-O-O O-O-O $13) 15... f4 16. c5 dxc5 17. e5
$6 {Sokolov is getting carried away by the rosy prospects in his position,
more promissing in retrospect seems to be the line with 17.Bb5+!} (17. Bb5+ $1
Nd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nc4 $14) 17... Qg7 18. Bb5+ (18. Bd3 fxg3
19. Bg6+ Kd8 20. Be4 Bd5 $13) 18... Nd7 (18... Bc6 19. a4 fxg3 20. Ne4 $14) 19.
Bxd7+ (19. Rb1 Rd8 20. Bd3 Nf8 $11) 19... Kxd7 20. Ne4 Rad8 21. gxf4 $2 {
Serious mistake that in the end effect only opens up the files leading to the
white king.} (21. Nf6+ Kc8 22. dxc5 Rd5 $5 23. Nxd5 Qxe5+ 24. Kf1 Bxd5 25. Qd3
fxg3 $13) 21... gxf4 22. dxc5 Kc8 (22... Qxe5 23. cxb6 Bxe4 24. fxe4 cxb6 25.
Rb1 Kc7 $17) 23. Nf6 (23. cxb6 Bxe4 24. fxe4 cxb6 $17) 23... Ba6 24. c4 (24.
cxb6 cxb6 25. c4 Qc7 26. Qe4 Qxc4 27. Qxc4+ Bxc4 28. Rh4 Rd4 29. Ne4 Rg8 $15) (
24. cxb6 Qg3+ 25. Qf2 Rd2 $3 26. Qxg3 Re2+ 27. Kd1 fxg3 $17) 24... Bxc4 $1 {
The real shocker for white and a very bad sign for his chances. Black is much
better as white playes without castling or piece coordination.} (24... Rd4 25.
cxb6 cxb6 26. O-O Qc7 27. Rfe1 Rhd8 $15) 25. g4 (25. Qxc4 Qxg2 26. Qxe6+ Kb8
27. Qh3 Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Qd3+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kf1 Rd2 31. Rh2 Rhd8 $19) 25... b5 (
25... fxg3 26. Qxc4 $16) 26. Qe4 Bd5 (26... Kb8 27. Qxf4 Qg6 28. Qe4 $11) 27.
Qxf4 (27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rh5 Qf8 $17) 27... Bc6 28. a4 $2 {Out of innertia
white still hopes to get to the black king, but after this move all avenues
will become closed.} (28. Rd1 Qg6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qg5 32.
Kf2 $13) 28... b4 $1 29. Qc4 Kb7 30. Rb1 (30. Qxe6 Qg5 31. O-O Rd2 32. Rf2 Rxf2
33. Kxf2 Qf4 $19) (30. Rh5 Qg6 31. f4 Rhf8 32. Qe2 (32. f5 exf5 33. Rxf5 h5 34.
Rxh5 Rxf6 35. exf6 Re8+ 36. Kd2 Qxf6 $19) 32... Rd4 33. Qe3 Rd3 34. Qe2 Rfd8
$17) 30... Qg5 31. f4 (31. Qe2 Qf4 32. Rh3 Bxa4 $17) 31... Qg6 32. Ke2 Ka7 33.
Rhd1 $6 {Not a real mistake, but not the toughest move in the sense of best
resistance. Movsesian will now open up access to the white king with the
decisive effect.} (33. Qxe6 $4 Qc2+ $19) (33. Rhg1 Rhf8 (33... Bb7 34. Ke3 h5
35. c6 hxg4 36. Qc5+ Kb8 37. Rgd1 $15) 34. Ke3 Rxf6 35. exf6 e5 36. Rbd1 Rxd1
37. Rxd1 Qxf6 $17) 33... h5 $1 34. f5 (34. Qxe6 Qc2+ 35. Ke1 Qc3+ 36. Kf2 Qf3+
37. Ke1 Qg3+ $19) 34... Qg5 (34... exf5 35. Qe6 Bxa4 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Qxf5
Qxf5 38. gxf5 Bc2 39. Ra1 $17) 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 (8... d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bb2 f5 13. Rc1 Ndf6 14.
Qc2 Kh8 15. d5 $5 exd5 16. Nd4 $14 {Kempinski,R-Rozentalis,E/Augustow 1996}) 9.
Qc2 f5 10. O-O {Even though black's plan of kingside attack is a bit onesided,
it is not easy for white to come up with adequate antidote.} (10. Rd1 d6 11.
Bc1 Nd7 12. O-O Rf6 13. b4 Rg6 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+
Kh8 18. Bb2 $44 {Badjarani,I-Magerramzade,D/Baku 1997}) 10... Rf6 11. Ne1 Rh6
12. f4 $6 {[%mdl 32] The downside of this move is a neglecting of e4 square,
black will keep a perfect operational base for his knights.} (12. f3 Qh4 13. h3
(13. fxe4 Qxh2+ 14. Kf2 Qh4+ 15. Ke2 (15. g3 Qh2+ 16. Ng2 Rf6 $19) 15... Qg4+
16. Kf2 fxe4 17. Be2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Rf6+ $19) 13... Ng5 $5 (13...
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 d6 $11) 14. e4 f4 $15) 12... d6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Ng5 (14. Bc3 Qe8
$15) 14... Nxg5 15. fxg5 Rh4 $1 {Kuzubov sees no need for sacrifice of the
exchange, his slightly exotic rook can be useful in the attack.} (15... Qxg5
16. e4 Qf6 17. Bxh6 (17. Be3 Rg6 18. Rf2 Qe7 19. exf5 exf5 20. Re1 Be4 $11)
17... Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 fxe4 19. Be2 gxh6 20. Bg4 Qe5 21. Rae1 Nf6 $132) 16. d5 (
16. g6 $6 hxg6 17. Be1 Rg4 (17... Rh8 $5) 18. Bg3 Qg5 19. Rae1 Nf6 $15) 16...
Qxg5 17. e4 (17. g3 Rg4 18. Be2 Re4 19. Bd3 exd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 $15
) 17... f4 (17... Qh5 18. Bf4 fxe4 19. Be2 Qg6 $15) 18. Rxf4 $6 {Rather
desperate strategical solution, black will get a wonderful square e5 for the
knight.} (18. Rf2 e5 19. Raf1 c6 $15) 18... Rxf4 19. g3 e5 20. Kh1 Raf8 (20...
Qg4 21. gxf4 Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Nc5 23. Bf1 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Be3 exf4 26. Bxf4
Rf8 $15) 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Rg1 Qh5 23. Rf1 (23. Bc3 Ne5 24. Qg2 Rf7 $17) 23...
f3 24. Bc3 Bc8 (24... Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Rf2 Bc8 $17) 25. Qf2 Ne5 {Extra
pawn on f3 is tying down all white's pieces.} 26. Qg3 (26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Rg1
Bh3 28. Rg3 Bg2+ 29. Kg1 Rf6 $19) 26... Rf6 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rf2 Bg4 (28...
Bh3 $5 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Rf4 31. b3 g5 $19) 29. b4 Rg6 30. Bf1 h6 31. c5 (
31. h3 Bf5 32. Qxe5 Qg5 33. Qh2 Bxe4 $19) 31... bxc5 32. bxc5 Bf5 $1 {The
final combination is quite impressive, white will not be able to hold his
defensive set up.} 33. Qxe5 (33. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Bxe4 $19) 33... Qg5 34.
Qg3 Qe3 35. Qh4 Rg4 (35... Rg4 36. Qd8+ Kh7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nb8 $5 (10... Nd8) 11. dxe6 $1 fxe6 12. Qc2 $6 (12.
O-O {/\ Be1+/=}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. O-O a5 15. Nd2 $14 {/^ h1-a8} Qf6
16. Qc2 (16. Qxf6 gxf6 $1 (16... Nxf6 17. c5 $16) 17. b3 Ra7 $1 {/\ b6+/=})
16... Nc5 17. b3 e5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh3 (19... Bf5 20. c5 $14 {-> <->c})
20. Bxb7 $1 $8 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Rab8 $2 (21... Ra7 $8 22. Be4 g6 23. c5 $44 {
>< Ra7}) 22. Be4 g6 23. Qd2 $16 a4 24. b4 $1 c5 25. b5 Qd8 26. Qd1 $1 $18 Kg7
27. Qxa4 Rf7 28. Qd1 Ra7 29. a4 Qb6 30. Bc2 Rf8 31. Qd2 Rf6 32. Qe3 Qa5 33. Rb1
Qb6 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. f3 Rf6 36. Qe4 Raf7 37. h4 h5 38. Qd5 Ra7 39. Kf2 Raf7 40.
Qe4 Ra7 41. Rg1 {/\ g4} Kf8 42. Qe3 Rh7 43. Qg5 Ke7 44. Qd2 $1 {/\ a5} 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Bernasek, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd8 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Nd2 e5 13. c5 dxc5 $6 {[%mdl 4]
Playable, but not very logical move since black is active on the wrong part of
the board.} (13... f5) 14. Nb3 Bf5 (14... c6 15. d6 Qe8 16. Nxc5 Bf5 17. Re3 (
17. Ra3 Ne6 18. Nxb7 Qb8 19. Na5 Qxb2 20. Rb3 Qxa2 21. Nxc6 Bc2 $19) 17... f6
18. O-O b6 19. Na6 $14) 15. Nxc5 Rc8 (15... Qd6 16. O-O b6 17. Na6 Rc8 18. Qc1
Bd7 19. Nxc7 Nb7 20. Nb5 Rxc3 21. Nxc3 $16) 16. e4 Bd7 17. O-O Bb5 18. Re1 b6 (
18... Qd6 19. Qb3 $16) 19. a4 $1 {Hracek spots the right moment for limiting
the white squared bishop of his opponent.} bxc5 (19... Be8 20. Bh3 Ra8 21. Na6
c5 22. d6 Qb7 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. a5 $16) 20. axb5 Nb7 21. Qc2 Rb8 22. Bf1 Rfc8 (
22... Qd8 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Rca3 Qb8 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Qc3 f6 27. b4 $16) 23. Bd3
Qd7 (23... Ra8 24. Ra1 $16) 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Rca3 Rcb8 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 {
Bernasek has lost a pwn, but the weaknesses have remained.} Qc8 (27... Qd6 28.
Qa4 Qd8 29. Qa6 Nd6 30. Qc6 Rc8 31. b6 $18) 28. b4 $1 (28. b4 $1 cxb4 29. b6 c5
30. dxc6 b3 31. cxb7 $1 Qxc2 32. Ra8 $3 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 h5 34. Rxb8+ Kh7 35. Rd8
b2 36. b8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.10.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ider, Borya"]
[Black "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:
00] Transposant sur une Catalane} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. O-O {
[%emt 0:02:51]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:43][%cal Gd2b4] Une
idée intéressante pour échanger le bon B des Noirs par Bb4} (8. Qc2) (8. Bf4
) 8... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (8... a5 $142 $1 {Un coup multifonction qui
empêche Bb4 tout en menaçant de gagner de l'espace à l'aile-dame avec la
poussée a5a4 avec gain de temps sur la Q} 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 {Mamedyarov,S 
(2775)-Kovalenko,I (2644) World Cup ACP rapid 2013 (1.1) 1/2}) (8... b6) 9. Bb4
{[%emt 0:00:31]} (9. Rc1 Nb6 10. Ba5 dxc4 11. Qd1 Qd5 12. Bc3 Qb5 13. a4 Qa6
14. Nbd2 Nbd5 15. Ne5 c5 16. Ndxc4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Qb5 Qxb5
20. axb5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Nc4 Bd7 24. b6 axb6 25. Nxb6 Be8
26. Rab1 Bg6 27. Ra1 Rfd8 28. e3 Bd3 29. Bh3 f5 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Rd6 32.
Rcb1 Bd8 33. Nc4 Rd7 34. Ne5 Rc7 35. Ra6 b6 36. Kg2 Bf6 37. Nd3 Rcb7 38. Rb5
Bd8 {Kramnik,V (2799)-Leko,P (2730) Dortmund 2012 1/2-1/2 (134)}) 9... Bxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (10... Qb6 $5)
11. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} b5 $11 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 12. c5 {[%emt 0:02:03][%csl
Rc6,Rc8]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:14][%cal Gc8a6] Gagnant un tempo important} 13. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (14. a3 $5 {
[%csl Ga1][%cal Ga1a8] Un coup candidat naturel dans ce genre de structure} b3
$1 15. Qxb3 Bxe2 $132) 14... Ne4 {[%emt 0:13:08]} 15. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:06:31]} f5
$5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (15... Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qc7 17. a3 Bc4 18. Qc2 e5 19. b3
Ba6 20. e4 exd4 21. Nxd4 bxa3 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Rac8 24. c6 Ne5 25. Be4
Rfd8 26. Qc3 g6 27. Rxa3 Qb6 28. Rxa5 Rxd4 29. Rxe5 Rb4 30. Bd5 {1-0 (30)
Romanishin,O (2571)-Landa,K (2623) Kaskady 2002}) 16. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (16.
a3 e5 $13 {Ftacnik,L}) 16... Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 17. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nxd2 $5 {[%emt 0:05:29] Evitant la manoeuvre Nf3d4 occupant une case forte} (
17... Qc7 18. f4 (18. Nf3 Bc4 19. Nd4 Qxe5) 18... g5 19. Kh1 gxf4 20. gxf4 Kh8
21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. e3 Rg8 23. Rg1 Qf7 (23... Rg7 24. Bh3 Qe7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26.
Rg1+) 24. Qf2 Qh5 $36) 18. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qb8 $1 {[%emt 0:02:50][%cal
Gb8b5]} 19. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:08:20]}
(20. a3 $5) 20... Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 21. f4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:04:
09]} 22. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. Kf2 $1 {[%emt 0:04:25]}
Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 24. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 25. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 27. e4 {[%emt 0:06:07]} (27. e3) (27. Bf1) 27... fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28.
Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (28... a3 29. b3 Bxb3 $17) 29. Rxa2
{[%emt 0:00:10]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Rea1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rba8 {[%emt 0:
03:43]} 31. Kxe4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:07:39]} (31... a3) 32. Kd4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 33. bxa3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} 34. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra4+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} 35. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:51] Le
P a3 va tomber mais le K Blanc est un peu exposé} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 36.
Rxa3 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 37. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (37. Kb4)
37... Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 39.
Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (39. Kb4 Re4+) 39... Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Kb3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eksjo-09"]
[Site "Eksjo"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rantanen, Yrjo A"]
[Black "Forintos, Gyozo Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1981.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 Ne4 $6 5. e3 Nxd2 (5... f5 6. Bd3 b6 7.
a3 $1 (7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Qf6 $1 10. c5 $1 bxc5 11. Nc4 $1 d5 $8
12. Ne5 c6 13. a3 $14 {Petrosian,A-Sunye Neto/Novi Sad/1983/}) 7... Bxd2+ 8.
Nxd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. f3 d6 12. b4 $14 {Gavrikov,
V-Mnatsakanian,E/Tbilisi/1983/}) (5... Qe7 6. Bd3 Nxd2 7. Nxd2 e5 8. O-O Bxd2
9. Bxd2 d6 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. f4 exd4 12. Rae1 Kf8 13. exd4 Qf6 14. d5 Nd4 15. Qa4
Qd8 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Qc2 $16 {Mikhalchishin,A-Mats,E/Moscow/URS Spartakiada /
1979/1:0/27/}) 6. Bxd2 (6. Nxd2 $5 $14) 6... Qe7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2
d6 10. Rac1 e5 11. Be4 exd4 $6 (11... O-O $5 $14) 12. exd4 {-/+/^e} O-O 13. Qf4
Qd7 14. Rfe1 Qg4 15. Qd2 $1 Qh5 16. d5 Nb8 $6 (16... Ne5 $5) 17. Nd4 Na6 (17...
Nd7 18. Nb5 $18) (17... a5 18. Nb5 Na6 19. Qxa5 $18) 18. b4 $1 Qh4 19. a3 $16 {
<-> a6} Qf6 20. Rc3 $1 g6 (20... Bd7 21. Rf3 Qd8 22. Qc2 $16) 21. Rf3 Qg7 (
21... Qd8 22. Qh6 $5 {P f5, h3} Re8 23. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8
26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kf7 29. Qg6+ $18) 22. Bf5 $1 Kh8 (22...
gxf5 23. Rg3 $18) (22... Bxf5 23. Nxf5 $18) 23. Bxc8 Raxc8 24. Re7 $18 {
@ <-> a6} Rce8 25. Qe2 (25. Rfxf7 Qxf7 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Ne6 $16) 25... Rxe7 (
25... Qxd4 26. Rxe8 Qa1+ 27. Qe1 $18) 26. Qxe7 Kg8 27. Rf4 Qh6 $6 (27... Qe5
28. Re4 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 $18) 28. g3 Qg7 29. Kg2 Qh6 {[+]} (29... Qe5 30. Ne6 $1
$18) 30. h4 Qg7 31. Re4 h6 (31... h5 32. Nf3 {P g5, f4,b5} f6 33. Nd4 Qxe7 34.
Rxe7 Rf7 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Nb5 $18) 32. h5 gxh5 (32... g5 33. Nf5
Qh8 (33... Qh7 34. Qf6 $18) 34. Re6 $1 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Rf7 36. Qe8+ Rf8 37. Qg6+
$18) (32... Ra8 33. Rg4 $18 {P e6}) 33. Nf5 Qg6 34. Rf4 Qg5 35. Qd7 Kh8 36. Nh4
Qg7 37. Rf5 {P h5, f5 <->h6} f6 38. Qe6 Qf7 39. Qxf7 Rxf7 40. Rxh5 Re7 $4 {Time
} (40... Kh7 41. g4 $1 (41. Nf5 Kg6 42. g4 Rh7 $16) 41... Rg7 42. Kg3 Nb8 43.
Nf5 Rg6 44. Rh1 Nd7 45. f4 {P e1} Nb6 46. Re1 Nxc4 (46... h5 47. Re7+ Kh8 48.
Rxc7 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 Rg1 50. Nxd6 $18) 47. Re7+ Kh8 48. Rxc7 Nxa3 49. Kh4 Nb5 50.
Rxb7 Nc3 51. Kh5 Rg8 52. Ne7 $18) (40... Kg7 41. g4 $1 $18 {P f5}) 41. Rxh6+ $4
$138 (41. Ng6+ $18) 41... Kg7 $2 (41... Kg8 42. Rxf6 Re4 43. Rf4 $18) 42. Nf5+
Kf7 43. Rh7+ Kg6 44. Rxe7 Kxf5 45. b5 Nc5 46. Rxc7 Ke4 47. f3+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8.
O-O Re8 9. a3 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. axb4 Qb6 $2 (12... Nexd5 13. b5
Qb6 (13... Bg4 14. Ra4 Qd7 15. Na3 Nb6 16. Rd4 d5 $13 {Magerramov,E-Dizdar,G/
Baku/1988/0,5/40/}) 14. Na3 Bd7 15. Qd3 a6 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Rc5 18. Nc4
Qc7 19. Nb3 axb5 20. Nxc5 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Rxc5 Bc6 $10 {
Garcia Padron,J-Kortschnoj,V/Las Palmas/1991/0,5/27/}) 13. Nc3 Qxb4 $8 14. Qd4
$1 Qxd4 (14... Qxb2 $4 15. Ra2 $18) 15. Nxd4 $16 Rd8 $2 (15... a6 $1 16. e4 Bd7
17. f4 (17. Na4 Nc8 18. f3 b5 19. Nc3 $14) 17... Ng6 $16) 16. e4 Bd7 17. f4 $1
{/\ e5/} Be8 (17... Ng6 $5 $16) 18. Ra5 $1 {/\ e5/} b6 19. Ra6 Bd7 20. Rfa1 $18
Nc8 21. e5 Ng4 22. e6 (22. e6 Be8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 $18 {/\ c7/}) 1-0

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nd2 a5 (13... Nd7 14.
b4 (14. e4 a5 15. f4 $6 (15. Re3 Nc5 16. f4 f6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Qe2 Rfb8 19. a4
$1 c6 20. f5 Be8 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. g4 Bf7 $5 23. h4 Na6 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. g5 Bg8
26. Kh2 Nb4 27. Nf3 Ra7 {Adianto,U-Lawson,D/Gausdal/1992/0,5 (45)/}) (15. Qe2
Nc5 16. f4 Bd7 17. f5 f6 18. b3 c6 19. h4 Rfb8 20. a4 Be8 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. g4
Rb4 (22... Bf7 $5 {/\Na6-b4 Polugaevsky/} 23. Rff3 $1 Qa7 $1 24. Rfe3 $1 $14 {
Polugaevsky,L-Beliavsky,A/Reggio Emilia/1991/1:0 (42) Inf 53/490/})) (15. Bh3
$5 Nc5 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. b3 c6 18. Qe2 {/\a3,b4,c5+/-; Savon,V-Hlusevich,S/
Uzhgorod/1988/1:0 (33)/}) 15... exf4 16. gxf4 f5 $1 $10) 14... f5 15. c5 $1 e4
16. f3 $14 {Vyzmanavin,A-Petrosian,A/Moscow(GMA)/1989/1:0 (37) Inf 47/610/})
14. e4 (14. c5 Bd7 $6 (14... Na6 $1 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 Qd8 $1 17. a3 (17. e4
b5 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. f4 b4 20. Rc2 Ba6 $15) (17. Qb3 Nc5 18. Qb6 Na4 19. Qxd8
Rxd8 20. Rb3 b5 $1 $10) (17. Rb3 Nc5 18. Rb6 Qc7 19. Rxd6 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Qxc4 21.
Bb1 Bh3 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Bxd3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 $15) (17. a4 b6 18. f4 exf4 19.
gxf4 f5 20. e4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Nc5 22. Bc2 Ra7 23. Rg3 Qf6 $13 {Piesina,G-Hracek,
Z/JUG/1992/1:0 (65)/}) 17... b5 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Qb1 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rcc1
Nc5 22. Ne4 Bf5 $15 {Khalifman,A-Adams,M/Groningen/1990/0:1 (39)/}) 15. Nc4 Bb5
16. Qb3 $1 Bxc4 17. Qxb7 Bxe2 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxa8 $16 {Razuvaev,Y-Benjamin,
J/Moscow/1987/1:0 (30) Inf 44/626/}) 14... Na6 (14... Nd7) 15. Qe2 $1 (15. f4
$6 exf4 16. gxf4 f5 $1 17. Qc1 (17. Rg3 Nc5 18. Re1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4
Qf6 $10) (17. Re3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nc5 19. Qd4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf6 $10) 17... fxe4
18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Re3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qf6 $15) 15... c6 16. f4 Bd7 (16... exf4 $6
17. gxf4 f5 18. e5 $16) 17. f5 f6 18. b3 a4 $1 (18... cxd5 19. exd5 $5 (19.
cxd5 b5 $13) 19... a4 20. Ne4 $14) 19. h4 axb3 20. axb3 c5 (20... cxd5 $5 21.
exd5 Nb4) 21. g4 Nb4 22. Rg3 Ra2 23. g5 Nc2 24. Nf3 $1 Rfa8 25. Rf2 $1 Kh8 26.
Bf1 Be8 (26... Nd4 $6 27. Qxa2 $1 Nxf3+ (27... Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Nxb3 $2 29. gxf6
gxf6 30. Ra8+ Be8 31. Nh2 Nd2 32. Be2 Nxe4 33. Rg2 Qf7 34. Ng4 $18) 28. Rgxf3
Rxa2 29. Rxa2 fxg5 30. Ra8+ Be8 31. hxg5 Qxg5+ 32. Kh1 Qe7 33. b4 $1 $36) 27.
gxf6 gxf6 (27... Qxf6 $2 28. Ng5 {/\Ne6+/=/}) 28. Nh2 Nb4 (28... Nd4 $6 29.
Qxa2 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 $16) 29. Qg4 Qf8 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. h5 b6 $1 (31... h6 $2 32.
Qh4 {/\Ng4+/-/}) 32. Qh4 Ra7 33. Ng4 Rf7 34. h6 $2 (34. Rg2 $5 Bd7 35. Kh2 (35.
Qg3 Be8 36. Nh6 $2 Rg7 $17) 35... Be8 36. Ne3 Rg7 37. Rxg7 (37. Rg6 $2 hxg6 38.
hxg6+ Kg8 39. Ng4 Rxg6 $1 40. fxg6 Bxg6 $17) 37... Kxg7 38. h6+ (38. Ng4 h6 $10
) 38... Kf7 39. Ng4 Ke7 $10) 34... Nc2 $1 35. Qh2 Nd4 36. Qa2 Bd7 37. Kh2 Bxf5
$1 38. exf5 Nxf5 39. Rh3 Nd4 40. Ne3 f5 $36 41. Nc2 Rf6 (41... e4 $2 42. Nxd4
$1 cxd4 43. Qa1 $16) 42. Nxd4 cxd4 43. Qa7 (43. Qd2 f4 $10) 43... Rg6 (43...
Rxh6 $6 44. Qxb6 f4 45. Rxh6 Qxh6+ 46. Bh3 Qf6 47. c5 d3 48. Qxd6 $18) 44. Qxb6
f4 45. Bd3 $1 (45. Be2 f3 $1) 45... f3 (45... Rxh6 $6 46. Rxh6 Qxh6+ 47. Kg1
Qg5+ 48. Kf1 $13) 46. Bxg6 $1 Qf4+ (46... f2 $4 47. Bd3 Qf4+ 48. Rg3) 47. Rg3
$4 (47. Kh1 $8 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Qf4+ 50. Kf2 Qe3+ 51. Kg3 f2+ 52. Kg2
Qxh3+ 53. Kxf2 $10) 47... Qh4+ $1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki/Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ {introduced by Noa,J 1883} 4. Nbd2 ({The first
games was met by:} 4. Bd2 $5 {According to Kasparov that is better than text
move.} Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 O-O (5... c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. g3 Qxc5 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. a3 Qe7
10. O-O O-O {1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Selezniev,A/Gothenburg 1920/HCL (62)}) 6. e3 Nc6
({Nowadays the abcensent Bf8 is covered by putting the PP on darck squares:} 
6... d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 (8. O-O e5 9. a3 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Vajda,A-Prokes,L/
Budapest 1926/EXT 99 (23)}) 8... e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qc2 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Cruz,
J-Robbiano Taboada,C/Lima 2000/EXT 2001 (10)}) 7. Bd3 d5 (7... d6) 8. Rc1 Bd7 {
1-0 Mackenzie,G-Noa,J/London 1883/HCL (52)}) 4... c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4
7. Qxd4 $1 Nc6 8. Qd3 $146 (8. Qd1 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bg5 (10. Qxd5 $5 {text})
10... Bd7 11. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Khodos,G-Barcza,G/URS 1968/MCD (64)}
) (8. Qh4 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bc4 Qf5 12. O-O e5 {0-1 Mollov,
E-Eingorn,V/Metz 1991/EXT 2002 (24)}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 $146 Nxd5 (
10... exd5 $5 {/\ 2N X Pd5 X 2B}) 11. e4 $14 {[/\ BBN > NNB]} Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O (
12... e5 $5) 13. b4 Rd8 14. Ke2 Ng4 $6 (14... b6 $142 15. Bb2 Rxd3 16. Kxd3
Ba6+ 17. Kd2 Rd8+ 18. Ke1 Nxe4 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. h3 f6 $44) 15. Bc2 b6 16. b5 $14
Na5 (16... Nce5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb2 Nc4 19. Bc3 $14) 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bf4 a6 $6
(18... Bb7 $142) 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Bb7 21. Nd2 Rac8 22. Rhc1 Nc4 (22... Rd7
23. Bd3 Rcd8 24. Ra3 e5 25. Bxe5 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Re8 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. Bxc7 Bxe4
29. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 30. Kd3 Re6 31. Bxb6 $16) 23. f3 Nh5 $16 (23... Na5 $142 24. Ba4
$14) 24. Bg5 f6 (24... Rd4 25. Nxc4 $16) 25. Nxc4 fxg5 (25... Rxc4 26. Be3 $18)
26. Nxb6 $18 Nf4+ 27. Kf1 Rc3 28. Ba4 Rcd3 29. Rc7 Rd2 30. Rxb7 Rxg2 31. Rd1
Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 h5 33. Nc4 Rh2 34. Rd7 g4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 {It is funny somebody called this a
Bogo-Indian and even pulled out a stat of when I last played it. True, at this
moment it technically is one, but soon we will transpose to a Catalan.} 5. Bg2
d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 {Protecting c4. This is what is sort of considered to be
the main test for this weird system.} (7. O-O {is another popular move, when
Black gets the option to capture on c4.}) 7... c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 {
Looks odd, but all old theory actually. I remember I once prepared this with
White against Ivan Sokolov in the Dutch Championship many years ago. He played
some other line against the Catalan. Something even worse.} 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O
Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 {Unsurprisingly Ding plays the main theoretical move.
He took some time to reach this position, but I suspect he did have some prior
knowledge of this.} Rb8 $5 {New move. The most "active" way of protecting the
c6 pawn. Previously Bd7 was main and Be6 is another option, which was already
played too.} 14. Bxb4 {Very sound exchange positionally speaking, but not
overly ambitious as Black has some momentum.} ({Another big branch is} 14. Nc3)
14... Qxb4 15. b3 h5 {I like this move, in style of the Tarrasch which,
amongst others, was played by Magnus in Rapid Blitz in Moscow this year.} 16.
Nc3 h4 17. Ne2 {This was the first moment when I really paused. I badly wanted
to do an AlphaZero here with h3, but I absolutely couldn't make it work. The
problem is that after h3 Bf1 white threatens both Nd4 and Nf4 and Black just
can't stop both.} Bd7 18. Nf4 hxg3 {A pity, but not seeing much fun left in
the position, now that White prevented h3 and is ready to offer a queen trade
with Qc5, I decided to forget about the funky stuff and play for equality. It
was possible to leave the pawn on h4, though I didn't know what to think of
gxh4 and whether it is a threat or not.} 19. hxg3 Rfc8 (19... Rfe8 $1 {was
more precise, ready to meet 20.Nd3 with Qg4! and have e5 square covered. White
would probably continue with} 20. Qc5 {when after} Ne4 {the endgame is
comfortable for Black.}) 20. Bf3 {Useful move, White wants to slowly improve
his position with Kg2.} (20. Nd3 $1 Qg4 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 {really
didn't look like a big deal to me, but the engine claims some plus and indeed,
White is on the good side. Still, can't imagine anything worse than a 3 vs 2
rook endgame is going to happen here.}) 20... a4 {I didn't see what I should
be waiting for, nor find any ideas to sharpen the game and decided to just
liquidate.} 21. bxa4 Ra8 22. Nd3 (22. Bd1 $5 {would be an attempt to keep the
game more complex, but it totally misplaces the bishop and really didn't
bother me much.}) 22... Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 {This position is extremely drawish
and with no weird things happening, such an endgame should generally lead to a
draw without many adventures. This is also what happened.} 24. Nc5 Ra5 25. a4
Rca8 26. Bd1 Be8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Rab1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rb7 c5 31. Bb3 R5a7
32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Ra1 c4 35. Bc2 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Kc3 Ra6 38. g4
g5 39. a5 Bc6 40. Ra2 Ra7 41. Ra1 Ra6 42. Ra2 {Both sides can't move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-St Petersburg"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.03.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 Bg4 $6 (11... a5 $5 12. Nd3 $5 (12. b3 Na6
13. a3 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nd3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 $11 {Akhmadeev,V-Loginov,V/
Kstovo op 1994/0-1 (85)}) 12... Bg4 $6 (12... Bd7 $5 13. f4 Na6 14. Re1 Nb4 15.
Nf2 a4 16. f5 h6 17. Nf3 c6 $11) (12... Na6 13. f4 (13. b3 Bd7 14. a3 b5 15.
Qc2 Rfb8 $11 {0-1 Grabarczyk,M-Rozentalis,E/MK Cafe op 1997 (41)}) 13... Nc5
14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Qc3 f6 17. Rae1 Nh6 18. Nb3 a4 19. Nc1 a3 20. b3
$14 {Latzke,B-Lomineishvili,M/Schwaebisch Gmuend op 1997/0-1 (63)}) 13. Qe1 $1
(13. f3 $6 Bd7 14. f4 Na6 15. f5 h6 16. g4 Nh7 17. Nf3 c6 $15 {0-1 Tondivar,
B-Ulibin,M/Leeuwarden op 1993 (32)}) 13... Na6 14. f4 exf4 (14... Bd7 $5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 $141 Nb4 17. Nfxe5 Nc2 18. Qc3 Nxa1 19. Rxa1) 15. gxf4 Rfe8
$2 (15... Nb4 $5 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. Qg3 Bd7 18. e5 Nh5 19. Qf3 g6 $14) 16. a3 a4
17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Volkov,S-Loginov,V/RUS-Cup7 1997 (32)}) 12. f3 (
12. Qb3 $2 Be2 13. Qxb7 Nbd7 14. Qxc7 a5 $1 $15) 12... Bd7 (12... Bh5 $6 13.
Nd3 a5 14. Qc2 Na6 15. a3 Nd7 16. b4 $14 {1-0 Klee,M-Staudte,R/Sachsen-ch 1996
(27)}) 13. Nd3 $5 (13. Qb3 Bc8 (13... b6 14. Qc3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1d3,Gf3f4,
Gc3e5] /\Nd3,f4}) 14. Nd3 a5 15. Qc3 Na6 $2 16. Qxa5 $16 {Ikonnikov,V-Murdzia,
P/Cappelle op 1997/1-0 (54)}) (13. b4 $6 a5 14. a3 Na6 15. Nd3 (15. Rb1 c6 $13)
15... axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Qb3 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bb5 $11 {0-1 Hammes,M-Christoffel,
U/RLPF-ch 1992 (60)}) 13... c6 $6 (13... a5 $5 {/\Na6,b6,Nc5}) 14. Qb3 $1 $14 (
14. Kh1 $5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bb5 16. Qb3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Na6 18. Qa3 Nd7 19. Nc4 $14
{Murdzia,P-Szczechowicz,B/Polanica Zdroj op 1996/1-0 (55)}) 14... cxd5 (14...
b5 $2 15. cxb5 $1 (15. dxc6 $2 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc6 17. Qa3 Be6 $13) 15... cxb5
16. a4 $1 a6 $14 (16... bxa4 $2 17. Qb7 Qd8 18. Nc4 $16)) (14... Bc8 $5 $14)
15. cxd5 (15. Qxb7 $2 Nc6 16. exd5 Rfb8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qa3 (18. Qa4 $2 Nb4 19.
Qb3 Nbxd5 $36) 18... Nd4 $44) 15... b6 $6 (15... Bc8 $5 $14) (15... Be8 $5 $14)
16. f4 $1 {/\Rae1} Na6 $6 $146 (16... Ng4 $5 17. Rae1 f6 18. Bh3 Na6 19. Nc4 (
19. Qa3 $5 {Golod}) 19... Rfc8 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Ncxe5 Bxh3 22. Nc6 $13 {
1-0 Van Gisbergen,S-Sutmuller,J/NLD-chT9495 1994 (40)}) 17. Qa3 $1 $16 {
[%csl Ra6,Rd6,Re5][%cal Ga3d6,Ga3a6]} Bb5 $6 (17... Nc5 18. fxe5 $1 dxe5 19.
Rfc1 Rac8 20. Nb3 $16) 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. exd6 Qg5 20. Rf4 $1 Qh5 (20... Ne3 21.
Qb3 $1 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 $18) 21. Nf1 Nc5 $8 (21... g5 22. Rf5 Nh6
23. Nf4 Qg4 24. Ne3 $18 {[%csl Rg4]}) 22. Nxc5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 $1 $18 Nxh2+ 24.
Kg1 g5 $2 (24... Ng4 25. Qf3 (25. Na6 $5) 25... Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Ne5 27. Qf2 Ng6 (
27... bxc5 $2 28. Rh4) 28. Nd3 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 $18) 25. Nd7 $1 {[%csl Yd7,Rg8,
Rh5][%cal Gd7f6]} f5 26. Nxf8 gxf4 27. Ne6 Ng4 (27... f3 28. Qc3 $18) 28. Nxf4
Qh2+ 29. Kf1 fxe4 30. d7 Kf7 (30... e3 31. Qe7 Qxg3 (31... e2+ 32. Qxe2 Qxg3
33. Qe8+ $1 Rxe8 34. dxe8=Q+ Kg7 35. Nh5+ $18) 32. Qe8+ $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal
Gf4h5,Gh5g3]} Rxe8 33. dxe8=Q+ Kg7 34. Nh5+ $18) 31. Re1 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 (6. Nc3) 6... Bxd2+
7. Nbxd2 d6 8. e4 (8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 Bg4) 8... a5 (8...
O-O) 9. O-O e5 (9... O-O) 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 (11. c5 O-O (11... dxc5 12. Nc4
O-O 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qd2 b6 15. Qc3 Re8 16. d6 cxd6 17. Rad1) 12. cxd6 cxd6 13.
Ne1 Na6 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Qb3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4) (11. Qa4+
Bd7 12. Qa3 O-O 13. Ne1 c6 14. f4) 11... Bg4 (11... h5 12. h4 (12. h3) (12.
Nef3)) (11... O-O) 12. Qb3 (12. f3 Bd7 13. Nd3 (13. b3 Na6 14. a3 O-O 15. Nb1
c6 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Nd3 cxd5 18. cxd5 Nb5) 13... O-O (13... Na6 14. f4 (14. b3
c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. c5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Nc4) 14... O-O 15. Qe2 Nc5 16.
Nxc5 dxc5 17. f5 Ne8) 14. b3 Na6 15. a3 (15. Qc2 c6 16. Rfc1 cxd5 17. cxd5)
15... Nc5 16. Nb2 c6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. Qb3) 12... b6 (12... c6 13.
f4 (13. f3 Bc8 14. f4) 13... cxd5 14. cxd5 O-O 15. Rf2 a4 16. Qa3 Bd7 17. fxe5
(17. h3 Rc8 18. Nd3 exf4 19. gxf4) 17... Ng4) 13. f4 (13. Nd3 Be2 14. Rfe1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3) 13... Bd7 (13... Bc8) 14. Nd3 O-O 15. c5 (15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qc3 (16.
Nf3 Nxe4 17. Ndxe5 (17. Nfxe5 Nd2) 17... Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Kg1 Ng4+ 20. Kh1
Nf2+) 16... Re8 17. Rae1 (17. c5) 17... Bc8 18. Nf3 Nbd7) 15... Na6 (15... bxc5
16. fxe5 Ng4 (16... dxe5 17. Nc4) 17. e6 Bc8 (17... fxe6 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (18...
Kxf8 19. Qb7) 19. dxe6 a4 (19... Bc6 20. e7+ Qf7 21. e8=Q+ Bxe8 22. Qb7 Bc6 (
22... Qh5 23. h3) 23. Qc8+) 20. Qb7 Bc6 21. Qxc7) 18. Bh3) (15... exf4 16. cxd6
cxd6 17. gxf4) 16. c6 (16. cxd6 cxd6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qxb6 Rfb8) 16... Bc8 (
16... Bg4 17. Rae1) 17. Qc3 (17. Rae1) 17... Ng4 18. Nf2 (18. Rae1 exf4 19.
gxf4 Nb4 20. Nc1 Ba6 21. Rf3 (21. Nc4) 21... Qh4 (21... Nxd5)) 18... Nc5 19.
Nxg4 Bxg4 20. f5 f6 (20... Be2 21. Rf2 Ba6 22. f6 gxf6 23. Qe3) 21. h3 Bh5 22.
g4 Bf7 23. Qe3 g6 24. h4 (24. fxg6) 24... gxf5 25. Rxf5 (25. gxf5 Kh8 (25...
Bh5) 26. Bf3) 25... Bg6 26. Rf3 h6 (26... h5 27. Rg3 hxg4 (27... Kh7 28. gxh5
Bxh5 29. Bh3 Bg6 30. h5) 28. Rxg4 Kh7 29. h5) 27. Qxh6 Qh7 28. Qxh7+ Bxh7 29.
Re3 (29. Re1) 29... Rf7 30. Kf2 Rg7 31. Bf3 Kf7 32. Rg1 Rag8 33. Rg3 Ke7 (33...
f5 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. gxf5 Rxg3 36. Bh5+) 34. Be2 Bg6 35. b3 Rh8 36. Rh3 Rb8 37.
Bb5 (37. a3) 37... Bh7 38. Rhg3 Rbg8 39. Be2 Rb8 (39... b5) 40. a3 b5 41. b4
Na6 42. Rb3 axb4 43. axb4 Rb6 44. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 {It was quite hard to guess which opening my
Australian opponent will choose. For example in Mega DataBase 2005 you can
find nine games he played, with the following opening: 1.d4 Na6 (!!!)} 4. Nf3
Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Ne4 $6 {It's one of numerous option in this position. The
main alternatives here: 6...b6!?; 6...d6!? and 6...d5!?} 7. O-O Nxd2 ({Also
repeatedly was checked up in previous games:} 7... d5) 8. Nbxd2 Be7 {Aleksandr
decided to keep his dark square bishop, however, now is behind on the
development of his pieces.} 9. Rc1 {According to my database it's a novelty.
In previous games White chose:} (9. e4 $5 d5 10. Re1 dxc4 11. Nxc4 a4 12. Qc2
b5 13. Nce5 Ra6 14. Rac1 c6 15. Red1 $14 {Adamski,J-Piwowarczyk,P/Mikolajki,
1991(1-0)(38)}) (9. Qc2 d6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Rac1 e5 12. d5 $6 Nc5 $11 {Collins,
C-Marinelli,P/Troy,1993(1-0)(61)}) 9... d6 {Black is planning to advance "e5",
however, I would recommend a different plan to develop his pieces:} (9... b6 $5
10. Ne5 $140 Ra7 11. e3 (11. Qa4 $5) 11... d6 12. Nd3 c5 {+/=/=}) 10. Qc2 Nd7
11. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8]} Qe8 12. Ne4 {It was necessary to decide on the
more active continuation:} (12. Qe4 $5 {><e6} Nf6 $140 13. Qf4 Bd7 14. e4 $14)
12... f5 $140 13. Nc3 {My knight stands on a very good spot, however I spent
two tempi's to put it there.} e5 14. dxe5 $6 {It was probably bad to relieve
the tension in the center.} (14. e4 $5 fxe4 15. Qxe4 (15. Nxe4 $143 Qh5 $1 {
פf3 ~~}) 15... Qf7 {[%csl Re4,Rf2][%cal Gd7f6]} (15... Nf6 16. Qe2 exd4 17.
Nxd4 $14) 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 dxe5 20. Qxe5 $14)
14... dxe5 15. e4 f4 $13 16. Nb5 (16. Nd5 $2 Bd8 {/\c6=/+}) 16... Bd8 17. c5
Nf6 $6 {I was relieved after this move, because I was afraid of black
transfering his "Ra8" to the kingside.} (17... Ra6 $5 {/\Raf6~~}) (17... fxg3
$5 18. hxg3 $140 Ra6 $13 (18... Nb8 $5 {(פb5); /\Nc6 ~~})) 18. c6 $1 {First,
I need to ruin my opponent's pawn structure.} fxg3 19. hxg3 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6
21. Rxc6 $14 Rb8 ({Leads to a very hard position:} 21... Bb7 $2 22. Nxe5 $1 Re8
(22... Bxc6 23. Nxc6 $16 {[%csl Yb5,Yc6,Gg2][%cal Ge4e5]}) 23. Rc5 Nxe4 (23...
Bxe4 24. Nc6 $16) 24. Nxc7 Nxc5 25. Nxe8 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 $16) 22. a4 Bg4 $6 {
Already it was necessary:} (22... Bb7 $1 {because the rook on "b8" is not
attacked by the knight on "c7" :} 23. Nxe5 (23. Rc4 $5 $14) 23... Re8 $1 (23...
Bxc6 $2 24. Nxc6 Rc8 25. e5 $18) 24. Rc5 (24. f4 $2 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Bxc6 26. exf6
Bxf6 $15) 24... Nxe4 (24... Bxe4 $2 25. Nd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 $16) 25. Bxe4 Bxe4
26. f4 c6 $14 {Two bishops gives Black good chances to save himself.}) 23. Rdc1
Bxf3 $2 {A very strange positional decision. Aleksandr Wolh willingly gives up
his dark square bishop.} (23... Nxe4 $6 24. Nxe5 Nxf2 25. R1c2 $5 $16 {[%csl
Rf2][%cal Gg2d5]}) (23... Nd7 $5 $14) 24. Bxf3 Ne8 {[%csl Rb2,Gb8][%cal Ye8d6]}
25. Kg2 $5 {Another interesting idea which was mentioned by Evgeny Alekseev
after the game was:} (25. Be2 $5 Nd6 $140 26. Bd3 $1 ({There is no point in
easing the kingside:} 26. f3 g5 $5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg5g4]}) 26... Nxb5 27.
axb5 Rb6 (27... Rf6 28. R6c5 $16) 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Ra1 $16) 25... Nd6 $140 26.
Nxc7 ({Also this deserves attention:} 26. R1c5 $5) 26... Bxc7 27. Rxc7 $16 Rxb2
28. Rd7 $6 {I underestimated my opponent's resources. This leads to a decisive
advantage:} (28. R1c5 $1 {קa5,Pe5} Nf7 $140 (28... Rb3 $143 29. Bd1 Rd3 (29...
Rb2 $2 30. Bc2 {קa5,Pe5}) 30. Rd5 $1 Rxd5 $140 31. Bb3 h5 32. Bxd5+ Kh7 33.
Ra7 $18) 29. Rc8 $1 (29. Rxa5 $2 Ng5 30. Rxe5 Nxf3 31. Ree7 Ne1+ 32. Kf1 (32.
Kh3 $143 Rfxf2 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34. Rxh7 Rh2+ (34... Kg8 $5) 35. Kg4 Rxh7 36. Rxh7
Rb4 $11) 32... Rfxf2+ 33. Kxe1 Rbe2+ 34. Kd1 Rd2+ 35. Kc1 Ra2 {[%csl Rc1][%cal
Gf2f1,Ga2a1]} 36. Re8+ (36. Rxg7+ $2 Kf8 37. Kb1 Rfb2+ 38. Kc1 Rf2 $11) 36...
Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rc4 h5 39. Kb1 Ra3 40. Kb2 Rxg3 41. a5 Rg6 {and the
most likely result here is draw.}) 29... Nd6 {Black had no other worthy
alternative.} 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rxe5 Nc4 32. Rc5 Rb4 33. Be2 {+/-/+-}) 28...
Nf7 $1 29. Rcc7 $6 {I continue with my misguided strategy.} (29. Bd1 $1 Ng5
$140 (29... g6 30. Rd5 {/\Rc2 +/-}) 30. Rc2 Rb4 31. Re7 $1 (31. Ra7 $2 Rd4 $1
32. Rcc7 g6 33. Be2 Rd2 $132) 31... Rxe4 32. Rc5 $16) 29... g6 30. Ra7 $6 {
I missed the last practical chance to win this game.} (30. Rc5 $2 Ng5 31. Rd3
$140 Rxf2+ $1 32. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 33. Ke3 Nxc5 34. Rd5 Nxa4 35. Rxa5 Nb6 $17) (30.
Rd5 $6 Ng5 31. Rc3 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 33. Ke3 Nxc3 34. Rxa5 $11) (30. Bd1 $1
Ng5 $140 31. Rc2 Rb4 32. Rd5 Rxa4 (32... Nxe4 $143 33. Rxa5 $16) 33. Rxe5 Nf7 (
33... Nxe4 $2 34. Re2 Nxg3 35. fxg3 $18) 34. Re7 Ng5 35. e5 {+/=/+/-}) 30...
Ng5 31. Rd3 Rb4 $1 {This continuation is much better, than:} (31... Rb6 $6 {
/\Rbf6} 32. Be2 $1 Nxe4 $140 33. Rf3 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Yf3][%cal Ga7a5]}) 32. Rxa5
Nxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxe4 {At this point, my opponent offered me a draw, and was very
surprised to find that I declined. The thing is, that Black still has to be
precise to get a draw here.} 34. Ra7 (34. Re3 Rd4 {[%csl Ra4,Rf2][%cal Gd4d2]}
35. Rexe5 Rd2 36. Kh3 Rdxf2 37. Re7 R8f7 $11) 34... Rxf3 35. Kxf3 Rb4 36. a5
Ra4 37. a6 h5 $1 {Black's idea is to create a passed pawn on the kingside: g5,
h4.} 38. Ke3 Kh8 39. Kd3 g5 {/\h4-h3 o^} 40. Re7 {Otherwise, White doesn't
even appear to better.} Rxa6 41. Rxe5 Rg6 $11 (41... Rh6 $5 42. Rxg5 h4 43.
gxh4 (43. g4 $4 h3 $19 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gh3h2,Gh2h1]}) 43... Rxh4 44. Ke3 Rh7
45. f4 Rg7 $11) 42. Ke4 Kg7 43. Kf5 Rf6+ {The most simple decision. The rest
is only for the protocol.} 44. Kxg5 Rxf2 45. Kxh5 Rf6 46. Re7+ Kg8 47. g4 Ra6
48. Rb7 Rc6 49. g5 Ra6 50. g6 Ra1 51. Rb4 Kg7 52. Rb7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lido Estensi op 4th"]
[Site "Lido Estensi"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 $5 {You can see comments to Kalantarian,
N-Hagesaether,H/Linares,2000/CBM 75(0-1)(Blatny,P)(31)}) ({I can not
recommended in this position:} 3. d5) 3... e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 ({
More popular is:} 6. Nc3) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. e4 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Nb8
11. Ne1 a5 {Novelty,from the point of view of my games.Before with me played:}
(11... Bg4 $6 {You can see my comments to game: Golod,V-Loginov,V/Beer-Sheva,
1998/CBM 64(1-0)(31)}) 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 $5 {[%csl Ge4,Re5,Gf4] In my opinion,
this move is much better,than:} (13. a3 {See comments to Bates,R-Burnett,R/
London,1998/CBM 66(1-0)(Tisdall)(39)}) 13... Nd7 (13... exf4 $6 14. gxf4 {
[%cal Ge4e5]} Bg4 15. Qe1 $14) ({Also it was checked up in previous games:} 
13... Bd7 {13...c6; 13...Nb4; 13...Ng4; 13...Bg4?! and 13...Nc5.}) 14. f5 $14 {
()} Nac5 $5 ({On:} 14... f6 {you can find six games}) ({and on:} 14... c6 {
you can find five games in Mega Database 2003.}) ({Also deserves attention:} 
14... Ndc5 $5) 15. Nf2 $1 $146 {White has a big advantage in space,therefore
does not have sense to exchange the knights:} (15. Qe2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17.
Qe3 f6 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Bf1 c6 $11 {Lobzhanidze,D-Supatashvili,K/Cherkessk,1997
(1-0)(38)}) 15... c6 16. b3 cxd5 17. exd5 $5 {I rather long chose between it
and another continuation:} (17. cxd5 $5 b6 18. a3 Ba6 19. Re1 {[%cal Gb3b4]}
Rfc8 20. b4 Nd3 21. Nxd3 Bxd3 22. Qf3 Bc2 23. Qe3 $14) 17... g6 {The game of
Black corresponds to the requirements of a position.} ({Pretty dubiously:} 
17... Nf6 $6 {because of:} 18. g4 $1 {[%csl Yd2,Re4,Yf2][%cal Gg4g5,Yd2e4,
Yf2e4]} e4 $140 $2 (18... h6 19. a3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 19. Nfxe4 $1 Ncxe4 20.
Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Re1 $16 {[%csl Re4,Re7]}) 18. Nfe4 ({Is a possible continuation
of the play:} 18. Ng4 $5 Nf6 19. Ne3 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Gg3g4,Gg4g5]}) 18... Nxe4
19. Nxe4 $14 Nf6 20. fxg6 ({White can hope only for the minimal advantage,
after:} 20. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2g5]} Kg7 (20... Bxf5 $4 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. g4 {
[%csl Rf5,Rf6][%cal Gg4f5]}) (20... Nxe4 $6 21. Bxe4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf5f6]}
Bxf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 f6 24. Raf1 {+/=/+/-}) 21. g4 $1 {(an interesting
idea which was mentioned by Lexy Ortega,after the game).} (21. Qg5 $143 h6 {
[%cal Gc8f5]} 22. Qxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. fxg6+ Kxg6 $11) (21. c5 $143
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 dxc5 25. d6 Qe6 $11) 21... Nxe4 (
21... gxf5 $4 22. Qg5+ {[%csl Rf6]}) 22. Bxe4 f6 $14) 20... fxg6 $8 {[%tqu
"En","Please enter the best move for White.","","","f1f6","Differently,Black
quietly will finish development and will receive a little worse position:",10,
"e4f6","",0,"c4c5","",0]} 21. Rxf6 $1 {Differently,Black quietly will finish a
development and will receive a little worse position:} (21. Nxf6+ $5 Rxf6 22.
Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Ga1f1]}) ({or} 21. c5 Nxe4 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Bxe4
dxc5 24. d6 Be6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ga8d8]} 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. Rd1 $44) 21... Rxf6
$140 22. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512] I expected for this move,when I made 20.fxg6.} Rf8 {
After 30-minute meditation my contender make a best move.} (22... dxc5 $4 23.
d6 Qd8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. d7 $18) (22... Ra6 $2 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. c6 $16) (
22... Bf5 $2 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. c6 $16) 23. Nxd6 ({Leads to benefit of the
contender:} 23. cxd6 $2 Qd8 {[%csl Rd6,Ye4][%cal Gc8f5,Gf5e4,Ye4d6]}) 23... b6
$1 {[]} 24. Ne4 $138 (24. Nxc8 $4 {is refuted by:} Qxc5+ {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Ga8c8]}) (24. Nc4 $4 Qxc5+) 24... bxc5 25. d6 Qf7 26. Qd2 $2 {By this move I
lose all advantage.Now Black has,as a minimum,an equal position.} ({It was
necessary:} 26. Nxc5 $1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd6d7]} Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qxc5 (27... Ra7
$143 28. Qd5+ $1 {[%cal Gd6d7,Yd5c5]} (28. d7 $143 Qxc5 29. d8=Q Rxd8 30. Qxd8+
Kg7 $11) 28... Qf7 29. Qxe5 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg2d5]}) 28. Bxa8 Be6 29. Rc1
Qd4 (29... Qe3 $5) 30. Qxd4 exd4 31. Be4 Rd8 32. Rc6 $14 d3 $140 $2 33. Rc3 {
[%csl Yc3][%cal Yc3d3]}) ({Leads to unclear position:} 26. Ng5 $6 Qf2+ 27. Kh1
Ra7 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Qxe5+ Kh6 $13 (29... Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Rxf6 31. Ne4 $44))
26... Bb7 27. Rf1 Qg7 28. d7 $2 $138 {I obviously have lost a "string of game".
} ({I still could keep a equality:} 28. Nxc5 $1 Bxg2 (28... Rxf1+ $2 29. Bxf1 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd6d7,Yf1c4]}) 29. Kxg2 Rxf1 30. Qd5+ {[%csl Ra8]} Qf7 31.
Qxa8+ Kg7 32. Ne6+ $1 Kh6 33. Qe4 {[%csl Rf1,Rh6][%cal Ge4h4]} Rf2+ 34. Kg1 $11
) (28. Rd1 $5 {[%csl Yd1,Yd2]}) 28... Bxe4 29. Rxf8+ ({Hardly it was better:} 
29. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rf8+ 31. Kg1 Qf6 {[%csl Yf6,Yf8,Rg1]}) 29... Qxf8 $8 {
[%cal Yf8d8,Ya8d8]} 30. Bxe4 Rd8 31. Bd5+ $6 ({More stubborn resistance after:
} 31. Bc6 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2a5] =/+/-/+}) 31... Kg7 32. Be6 $2 {It's already
decisive mistake.} (32. Bc6 $17 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Yc6d7]}) 32... Qf6 33. Bh3 e4
$19 {[%csl Rd2,Rg1][%cal Gf6d4]} 34. Qxa5 Qd4+ 35. Kg2 Rf8 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gd4b2]} 36. Qe1 e3 {[%cal Gd4d2,Yf8f2,Yf2d2]} 37. Kh1 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 (38. Bg2
$144 Qd2 (38... Qxd7 $143 39. Qxe3 Qd1+ 40. Qg1) 39. Qa1+ Kh6 $19 {[%cal Ge3e2]
}) 38... Qd2 39. Qa1+ Kh6 40. Bg4 e2 41. Bxe2 Qe3+ $1 42. Kh1 Qxe2 43. Qc1+ g5
{Despite the my mistakes the game was very interesting.} 0-1

[Event "Beersheba m"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Greenfeld,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4
8. Rd1 O-O 9. e3 Ne7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c5 $6 (12. cxd5 $142) (12. Bc1
$142 $1 $14 {/\b4,Bb2}) 12... a5 $1 $17 (12... bxc5 $2 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxh7+
$1 Kxh7 15. Qh4+ Kg8 16. Ng5 Re8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Bb4 $18) 13. cxb6 cxb6 14.
Rc1 Nf5 15. Rc2 Nfd6 16. Rfc1 f6 17. Be1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rc6 Qa8 20. Qc2
b5 21. b3 Rxc6 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Ra6 26. Kf1 h5
27. Ke2 a4 28. Bb4 axb3 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rb1 Rc6 31. Rxb3 Rc2+ 32. Kf1 Ra2 33.
h4 Kf7 34. Rxb5 Rxa3 35. Rb6 {I was a bit pressed for time. better was 35.Rb7
immediately.} g5 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Re7 Kf5 38. Rh7 Ra1+ 39. Ke2 Kg6 40. Re7 Ra6
41. Kf3 gxh4 42. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Durban op"]
[Site "Durban"]
[Date "2014.09.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Grover,S"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.09.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {While the Nimzo f3 remains my first love, this was
the first time I had played 3.Nf3 as White. I had prepared a bit before the
game, although what he played came as a surprise to me.} Bb4+ {Mareco had
played the Bogo before, but quite rarely, I was expecting the Queen's Indian
or the QGD.} 4. Nbd2 (4. Bd2 {Another day perhaps, I was keen to figure out if
he was ready to go for complications.}) 4... O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7
8. Bd3 c5 9. h4 h6 $6 {To be honest, this move surprised me, as most 2500+'s
avoid this, because White gets a lot of attack on the kingside, I didn't
remember a thing about this line, all I could recall was a game of Ding Liren
3 years ago (mentioned below) in which White conducted an attack through
Bb1-Qc2, I was mainly following that idea.} (9... g6 {is what's usually played
these days.}) 10. Bb1 Re8 (10... Nc6 11. Qc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
O-O Bd6 15. b4 Ne7 16. Bb2 Nf5 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Rad1
Be6 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Bxg7 Rfe8 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bb2 {1-0 (25)
Ding,L (2695)-Thavandiran,S (2301) Athens 2012}) 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. dxc5 a5 $5 {
And now I was completely on my own; until now I hadn't used much of my time,
here I spent about 20 mins and came up with a very interesting idea; although
not accurate, it would prove quite promising in the game} (12... Bxc5 13. cxd5
Qxd5 14. Ne4 $14) 13. Nf1 $5 (13. O-O) 13... Bxc5 (13... Nbd7 14. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
15. Rh3 f5 16. Rg3+ Kh7 (16... Kh8 17. Qd2) 17. cxd5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxd5 19. Qe2
$16) (13... Na6 14. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 15. Qd2 Nxc5 16. Qxh6) (13... Nc6 $1 {was
probably more recommended, as now Bxh6 looks quite tempting, but doesn't
deliver much.} 14. Ng3 {should just be advantaegeous for White} (14. Bxh6 gxh6
15. Rh3 f5 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne3 Nxe5 $1 19. Nxe5 Bxc5 20. f4 Bxe3
21. Rxe3 d4 22. Re2 Qxh4+ 23. Kf1 Be6 {with decent chances for both sides.}))
14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxh6 $5 {A very interesting idea indeed, I didn't calculate
much here, though I had found that in the worst case there is a repetition,
which was fine by me.} gxh6 16. Qa4 {My previous move makes a lot more sense
now :)} Nfd7 $6 (16... Rd8 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qb3 19. Ng3 Qxb2 20. O-O Bxf2+
21. Kh1 Bxg3 (21... Be3 22. Rae1 $18) 22. Ng5 $18) (16... Nc6 $1 17. Qg4+ Ng6
18. Bxg6 Nxe5 {transposes}) (16... Nbd7 $1 {is how he should've gone} 17. Qg4+
Ng6 $1 (17... Kh8 $6 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. Rh3 (19. Ng3 $5) 19... Ng6 20. Rg3 {
looks slightly dangerous}) 18. Bxg6 Nxe5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qf4+ Kg7 21. Nxe5
Bxf2+ $1 22. Qxf2 (22. Ke2 $5 Qb5+ (22... Rf8 23. Qg4+ {'='} Kf6 24. Qf4+ Kg7
25. Qg4+ $11) 23. Kd1 Rf8 24. Qg4+ $11 Kf6 25. Qf3+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ $11) 22...
Qxe5+ 23. Qe3 $11) (16... Bd7 $4 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qf4 $1 $18) 17. Qf4 {Already
Black's position seems a bit shaky.} Kg7 (17... Kf8 {doesn't work because of}
18. Bg6 $3 (18. N1d2 Bd4 $1) 18... Re7 19. N1d2 Bd4 {isn't possible now
because of} 20. Qxh6+ Ke8 21. Rc1 $18) (17... Bf8 $2 18. Ne3 $18) (17... Nc6 $2
18. Qxh6 $18) 18. Rh3 $6 (18. Ng3 $1 {On second thoughts, much simpler and
effective.} Rg8 19. Be4 Qb3 20. Nh5+ Kf8 21. O-O $18) 18... Rh8 $2 {Seems the
most natural move, and the whole idea behind ...Kg7, but is unfortunately a
decisive blunder.} (18... Nc6 $1 {was a must} 19. Be4 Qb3 $1 (19... Qc4 20.
Rg3+ Kf8 21. Rd1 $1 Ke7 22. Rxd7+ $1 $18) 20. Rg3+ (20. Ng5 Bb4+ 21. axb4 Qxb4+
22. Nd2 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kf8 24. f4 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Qd4 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ $11)
20... Kf8 21. Qxh6+ Ke7 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Qg7+ $11) 19. Be4 Qc4 20. Rc1 Qb5 21.
Ng5 $1 {My opponent probably missed this pretty move.} Bxf2+ (21... hxg5 22.
Qxg5+ Kf8 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Rg3+ Kh6 25. Qxh8#) (21... Rf8 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23.
Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qxh6#) 22. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 23. Rc2 Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Nxe5 25. Rd3 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0203 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "ZZICT Breda"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 (6. Qxd4 Nf6 7.
Nf3 Nc6 8. Qd1 d5 9. e3 O-O 10. b4 dxc4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Bb2 b5
14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O Nd5 $11 {0-1 Jankovic,A-Kurajica,B/Jahorina BIH 2003/The
Week in Chess 451 (33)}) 6... Nf6 7. Nxd4 d5 (7... O-O 8. f3 Nc6 9. b4 a5 10.
b5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. e4 e5 13. Qc3 Be6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rd1 d5 16. b6 Qc6 17.
Qxe5 dxe4 $132 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Dizdarevic,E/Solin-Spilt CRO 2002/The Week in
Chess 424 (43)}) 8. e3 O-O 9. b3 $5 {TN} b6 (9... e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 (10... e4 11.
Nd4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. Nb5 $5 $36) 11. Bb2 d4 $5 12. exd4 exd4 13. Be2 Ne4
14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Bd3 $14) 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. f3 $5 Nbd7 (11... e5 12. Nf5 Nc6 13.
cxd5 $36) 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 e5 $5 (13... Bb7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Qe3 $14) 14.
exd5 exd4 15. Bxd4 Re8+ (15... Qe7+ 16. Kf2 Nc5 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Bc4 b5 19. b4
$16) 16. Kf2 Nxd5 (16... Nc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Bc4 Qd6 (18... Re4 19. Rhd1 Rd4
(19... Qd6 20. Kg1) 20. Qe3 $14)) 17. Bc4 N5f6 (17... Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19.
Rad1 $18) 18. Rhe1 $16 Ne5 19. Bb5 Re6 20. Rad1 Qd5 21. a4 a6 22. Bf1 (22. Rxe5
$5 Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxd2+ (23... Qxe5 24. Qd8+) 24. Rxd2 axb5 25. axb5 $16) 22...
Nc6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxb6 Qxb3 25. a5 $1 {[xa6]} h6 26. Rc1 (26. Kg1 $5) 26...
Ne5 27. Qc2 Qe6 28. Kg1 Nd5 29. Bd4 Re8 30. Kh1 $5 Nb4 31. Qe4 Nbc6 $6 $138 (
31... Nec6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. Bb6 Ne5 $14) 32. Bb6 Qd7 33. Bxa6 $18 Ng6 $2 (
33... Ng6 34. Qxc6 Re1+ 35. Bg1) 1-0

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gunawan, Ruben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Nb8 {TN /\Nbd7,b6,Bb7} (8... a6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Na5
Nxa5 13. Bxa5 Nd5 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. e4 Nf4 16. e5 Be7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Nd5
19. Bxc7 $16 {0-1 Gonzalez,J-Petrosian,K/Budapest FS07 GM(02) 1995 (34)}) 9.
Bd3 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. O-O-O Qc8 15.
Ne5 $6 (15. Rhe1 $5 c5 $140 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. cxd5 $36) 15... c5 16. dxc5 (16.
Rhe1 $5 Rd8 (16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rd8 18. Bc3 {/\19.g4|^}) 17. g4 cxd4 18. Bd2
$44) 16... Bxc5 17. Bg5 Qc7 $1 18. Bxf6 $6 (18. Rhe1 Rfd8 $13) 18... gxf6 19.
Nd7 Qf4+ 20. Qd2 (20. Kb1 Rfd8 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Bd3 Rd4 $132)
20... Qxd2+ (20... Qxf2 $5 21. Qxf2 Bxf2 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Rhf1 Be3+ 24. Kc2
Bxg2 $17 25. Rxf6 $2 Ke7 $19) 21. Rxd2 Rfd8 22. Nxf6+ (22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. f3 $15
) 22... Kg7 23. Ng4 (23. Be4 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Rd8+ 25. Ke2 Ba6 $17) 23... Bxg2 24.
Rg1 Bb7 25. Rg3 h5 $2 (25... f5 26. Ne5+ Kf6 $15) 26. Ne3+ Kf6 27. Rh3 $10 Rh8
(27... Kg5 28. Rg3+ Kh6 29. Rh3 $10 {/\30.Be2}) 28. Be2 Ke7 29. Bf3 (29. Rxh5
$2 Rxh5 30. Bxh5 Rh8 31. Bd1 Rxh2 $17) 29... Bxe3 30. fxe3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Rac8
32. Rd4 Rhg8 33. Rh3 Rg4 34. b3 b5 (34... Rc5 $142 $10) 35. Rxh5 Rxd4 36. exd4
bxc4 37. Rc5 $5 Rb8 $1 (37... Rxc5 38. dxc5 cxb3 39. Kb2 f5 40. Kxb3 f4 41. Kc3
$18) 38. b4 Kd6 39. Rxc4 Rh8 40. Rc5 (40. Rc2 Rh4 $10) 40... Rxh2 41. Ra5 f5
42. Rxa7 Rh4 43. Kc2 Rxd4 44. Kc3 e5 45. a4 Rd1 46. Ra8 Ke7 47. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7.
Bg5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 O-O (9... h6 10. Qc2 (10. Be2 Qe7 (10... g5 $5) 11.
Nd2 c5 (11... e5 12. O-O O-O 13. f3 Rfe8 14. Re1 a5 15. Qc2 Qf8 16. Bd3 exd4
17. exd4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Peng Zhaoqin-Zhu Chen/Wuxi CHN 2005/The
Week in Chess 551 (72)} 19. b4 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Qe7 21. Bf2 $14) 12. O-O O-O 13.
Re1 Rfe8 14. Nb1 Nf8 15. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Efimov,I-Belozerov,A/Izmir 2004/CBM 104
no vc (38)}) (10. Nd2 Qe7 11. f3 g5 12. Bf2 Rg8 13. Be2 h5 14. e4 c5 15. d5
exd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 (16... g4 $5) 17. Qc2 Nfd7 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Nf1 Ng6 20.
Ne3 $16 {1-0 Grooten,H-Bogdan,D/La Fere FRA 2005/The Week in Chess 557 (53)})
10... Qe7 11. Rd1 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd3 {1-0 (39)
Leitao,R-Macieja,B Las Vegas WCH 1999} f5 $5 $132) 10. Be2 Qe8 $5 {/\ 11...Ne4,
12...f5<=>>>;} 11. O-O Ne4 (11... a5 $5 {(/\ 12...a4)} 12. b3 Ne4 {(/\ 13...
Nc3, 13...f5)} 13. Rc1 f5 $132) 12. Nd2 {Ftacnik: 'It makes sense for white to
get rid of the very strong knight on the square e4.'} Nxd2 (12... f5 13. Nxe4
fxe4 (13... Bxe4 14. f3 Bb7 15. b4 $14) 14. Bh5 $5 g6 15. Bg4 Nf6 16. Be2 $14)
13. Qxd2 f5 14. b4 $5 {[/\ 15.Rac1,16.Bg3, c4-c5]} e5 15. f3 a5 (15... Qh5 {
Ftacnik} 16. Bf2 Rf6 $132) 16. Rac1 $5 axb4 17. axb4 exd4 {'?' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Kuzubov opens up the position for no compensation, but the only
player benefiting is white with two bishops.'} (17... f4 18. Bf2 $14 (18. d5
$14 {Ftacnik})) (17... Qh5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bf2 e4 19. fxe4 Qg5 20. d5 fxe4 21.
Bg3 $14) 18. exd4 Qf7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 {[/\ Nd7-f8-e6]} 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Rxe8 $5
Rxe8 22. Bf2 $1 $16 {[/\ Rc1-a1-a7]} Ng6 (22... Ne6 23. d5 Nf8 24. Qf4 $36) 23.
Ra1 Qd7 (23... Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Qg5 $18) 24. Ra7 Qc8 25. Qg5 Rf8 26. h4
$1 {[/\ h4-h5-h6->>>]} Rf6 27. h5 h6 (27... Nf8 28. d5 {(/\ 29.Bd4)} Nd7 29.
Bxf5 $18) 28. Qg3 Nf8 (28... Ne7 $5 29. d5 b5 30. Bd4 Rf7 31. cxb5 $16) 29. d5
Qb8 30. Ra1 {[/\ 31.Bd4, Ra1-e1->]} f4 31. Qh4 b5 (31... Nd7 32. Bd4 Ne5 33.
Bxe5 dxe5 34. Qe1 Qe8 (34... c6 35. Qe4 $40) 35. Qe4 $18) 32. Bd4 Rf7 33. Bg6
$1 $18 Nxg6 34. hxg6 Rd7 (34... Rf5 35. Qe7 Qf8 36. Qxc7) 35. Re1 $1 {[/\ 36.
Re7]} Qf8 $8 36. Re4 $1 bxc4 37. Qe1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.02.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxd2 (9... a5 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Bd7 12. b4 Ne7 13. bxa5 Nxd2
14. Qxd2 c6 15. Rfb1 Bc8 16. Rb6 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. a6 Rxa6
20. Rxa6 bxa6 21. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Zakhartsov,V (2541)-Stupak,K (2408)/Lvov 2006/
CBM 114 ext (27)}) 10. Qxd2 Qf6 11. Qc3 $5 (11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qc3 Ne7 13. Ne5 c6
14. c5 Ng6 15. f4 Nf8 16. Bd3 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qe7 18. O-O f6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. e4 $14
{1-0 Foisor,C (2406)-Ptacnikova,L (2277)/Chisinau 2005/CBM 106 ext (53)}) 11...
Re8 (11... Qg6 $5 {xg2}) 12. Rd1 $5 (12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 $132) 12... Bd7
13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Re7 15. O-O Be8 {i/\16...e5} 16. Rd2 $5 {i/\17.Rc1,17.
Rfd1} e5 (16... Rd8 $142) 17. d5 Nb8 18. Rfd1 {i/\19.d6} Qd6 (18... e4 19. Qxf6
gxf6 20. Nd4 $16) 19. Ng5 $1 Nd7 (19... e4 20. Rd4 f5 (20... Qg6 21. d6 $1 cxd6
22. Nxf7 $3 Bxf7 23. Rxd6 Rd7 $8 24. Bb3 $1 $18) 21. Ne6 $16) (19... Qg6 20. d6
cxd6 21. Nxf7 $3 $18) 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. Qb4 $1 Nb6 (21... Qxe4 22. d6 $1 Re6 (
22... cxd6 23. Bxf7+) 23. Bxe6 Qxb4 24. axb4 fxe6 25. dxc7 $18) (21... Kf8 22.
d6 cxd6 23. Nxd6 $18) 22. Bb3 Rd7 23. Nc5 Rdd8 24. Qc3 $5 $16 {xb7,e5} (24.
Nxb7 Rdb8 25. Na5 Nxd5 26. Qc4 $16) 24... c6 25. d6 Nd5 26. Qxe5 b6 27. Na6 $1
$18 {i/\28.Nc7,28.e4} Rac8 28. e4 Nf6 29. f3 Qh6 30. Qc3 Bd7 31. Nb4 {i/
\Nb4-d3-e5} Nh5 32. Nd3 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 {i/\34.Bxf7} Be6 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Qe5 Qh6
36. g4 $1 Qf6 37. gxh5 (37. f4 $18) 37... Qxf3+ 38. Kg1 Rf8 39. Qxe6+ Kh8 40.
d7 Rcd8 41. Re1 Rf6 42. Qe8+ Rf8 43. Qe7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.03.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5 (
8. O-O Bb7 (8... Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 dxc4 (11... b5 12. c5 b4
13. Na4 Bxe2 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Palac,M/Geneva
SUI 2005/The Week in Chess 537 (15)}) 12. e4 h6 13. h4 O-O 14. Bh3 Ra8 15. e5
Nd5 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Ne4 b5 19. Bxe6 Nb4 20. Qc1 fxe6 21. Qxh6
Rxf3 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Rd4 Nxe5 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qh5 Rf5 {0-1 Kozul,
Z-Palac,M/Celje SLO 2004/The Week in Chess 526 (26)}) 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Rc8
11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 O-O 15. e3 Nf6 16. Rac1 Nd5 17.
Qa4 b5 18. Qxa7 bxc4 19. Qxb7 Nb4 20. a3 Rb8 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rb8 23. Qa7
Ra8 24. Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Gurevich,M/Mondariz 2002/CBM 091 ext (24)}) 8...
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nbd2 c5 $5 {TN} 11. cxd5 exd5 (11... Nxd5 $5 {/\} 12. Ne4
Nb4 13. Qb1 O-O 14. dxc5 f5 $5 15. Nd6 Bd5 $132) 12. Ne5 O-O (12... Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 f6 16. e4 $36) 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 $5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Bxf6 $6 (15. Nb3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qe6 $132) 15... Bxf6 (15... gxf6 16. Nf3 (16.
Rfd1 Qe6 17. e4 d4 18. Nc4 $14) 16... Rfe8 17. Nh4 Bd6 18. Rad1 $36) 16. Qxc5 (
16. Nb3 $142 Qa4 $5 (16... c4 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Rab1 Rfe8 $132) 17.
Rfc1 c4 18. Nc5 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bc6 20. e4 Rfd8 $11) 16... Rfc8 17. Qb4 a5 18.
Qf4 Rc2 $44 19. Rad1 $5 {[/\20.e4,20.Ne4]} Qe7 $1 (19... Rxb2 20. Ne4 Be7 21.
Nc3 $132) 20. Nb3 a4 21. Nc1 (21. Nd4 Rxb2 22. Nf5 Qe6 $17) 21... Bxb2 22. Qf5
(22. Bxd5 Bxc1 $19) 22... Rac8 23. Nd3 g6 $17 24. Qh3 {[/\25.Nf4<=>]} Rd8 25.
Qg4 (25. Nxb2 Rxb2 26. e3 Rxa2 $17) 25... a3 26. Qa4 Rxe2 27. Nf4 (27. Nxb2
axb2 28. Qb5 Rd6 29. Rb1 Ba6 $19) 27... Re5 28. Qb3 (28. Nd3 Re6 29. Nxb2 axb2
30. Qb3 Ba6 $19) 28... Ba6 29. Nxd5 Qe6 $1 30. f4 $5 (30. Nc7 Qxb3 31. Rxd8+
Kg7 32. axb3 Bxf1 33. Bxf1 a2 34. Ra8 a1=Q 35. Rxa1 Bxa1 $17) 30... Re2 (30...
Bxf1 $5 31. fxe5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 (32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Rxd8 Qxb3 $19) 32... Kg7 $17)
31. Qf3 $138 (31. Bf3 Kg7 32. Bxe2 Bxe2 $17) 31... f5 (31... Bc4 $1 $19) 32.
Kh1 Rd7 33. Nc3 {[#][#]D} Rxg2 $1 34. Qa8+ (34. Kxg2 Bb7 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5
Qxd5 $19) 34... Kg7 35. Rxd7+ Qxd7 36. Qxa6 Rc2 $19 37. Rd1 Qe7 38. Qa4 $5 Rd2
$1 (38... Rxc3 $2 39. Rd7 $16) 39. Nd5 (39. Rxd2 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qxd2+ 41. Kh3
Qxc3 $19) (39. Qb3 Kh6 $19) 39... Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 01st"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Qxd4 (7.
b4 O-O 8. Bb2 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Rc1 f6 13. e4 Nb6
14. Bb5 e5 15. Nd2 Bd7 {0-1 Huss,A-Landenbergue,C Lucerne Swiss-ch 1994 (31)})
7... Nc6 8. Qd6 $5 {TN} (8. Qd1 O-O 9. e3 e5 $1 10. b4 d6 11. Be2 a5 12. b5 Ne7
$1 13. a4 Qc7 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Bb2 $13 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Dorfman,J/Burgas 1992 (39)
} Rad8 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Ne4 Nc5 $6) (8. Qh4) 8... Ne4 9. Qd3 d5 10. e3 (10. b4
$2 Qf6 11. Ra2 Ne5 $1 12. Nxe5 Qxf2+ (12... Nxf2 $17) 13. Kd1 Qf5 $17) 10...
O-O 11. Qc2 {[/\12.Bd3]} (11. b4 $5) 11... Qa5+ 12. Nd2 (12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 $11) 12... Rd8 $6 (12... Nd6 $5 $132 13. Bd3 (13. cxd5 Qxd5 (
13... exd5 14. Bd3 $36) 14. b3 e5 $132) (13. Rb1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4
Ne5 $132) 13... dxc4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 c3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 $132)
13. Rb1 {[/\14.b4,14.Bd3]} (13. Bd3 $5 Nb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4
$44) 13... Ne5 $5 (13... Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Qc7 15. Bd3 $14) 14. b4 Qc7 15. Nxe4 (
15. c5 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 b6 $132) 15... dxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 (16... Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 f5
18. Qh4 Rxd3 19. Bb2 $14) 17. Qc2 b5 18. c5 Bb7 $44 19. f3 Qd7 (19... Qe7 $5
20. Bb2 (20. Bxb5 $6 Qh4+ 21. Ke2 (21. Qf2 $2 Rd1+ $19) 21... Qh5 $40 {[#]})
20... Qh4+ 21. Qf2 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxd3 24. Rhd1 Rad8 25. Ke2 Rxd1
26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 g5 $11) 20. Bb2 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Qxd3 {[#]} 22. Qc3 $1 (22.
Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Ke2 Rad8 $44 24. Rhd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 g5 $11) 22...
Qxc3+ (22... Qxb1+ $2 23. Ke2 $18) 23. Bxc3 Rd3 24. Rc1 Rxe3+ (24... Rad8 25.
Ke2 $16) 25. Kd2 f4 26. Rhe1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 $14 {[><f4]} Kf7 28. h4 h6 (28... g6
29. Be5 a5 30. Rc1 $1 axb4 31. axb4 Ra2+ 32. Rc2 $16) 29. h5 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Rd5
31. Be5 a6 32. Kc3 Bc6 33. Re4 $16 Ke7 (33... g5 34. hxg6+ Kxg6 35. Bxf4 $18)
34. Bd6+ $1 (34. Bxg7 $2 Rg5 35. Bxh6 Rxh5 $15) (34. Bxf4 Rxh5 35. Bd6+ Kf7 $11
) 34... Kf6 35. Rxf4+ Rf5 36. Kd4 $1 g6 (36... Rxf4+ 37. Bxf4 Bd5 38. Be5+ $16)
37. Be5+ Kg5 38. hxg6 $1 Kxg6 (38... Rxf4+ 39. Bxf4+ Kxf4 (39... Kxg6 40. Ke5
$18) 40. g7 e5+ 41. Kc3 Bd5 42. c6 $18) 39. Rg4+ Rg5 40. Bf4 $1 Rxg4 41. fxg4
Kf6 $1 (41... Bxg2 42. Ke5 Bf3 43. Kxe6 Bxg4+ 44. Kd6 h5 45. c6 $18) 42. Be5+
$1 (42. Bxh6 e5+ 43. Ke3 Bxg2 $14) 42... Kf7 (42... Kg5 43. Bg7 $18) 43. Bh8 $1
$18 Bxg2 (43... Kg8 44. Bf6 Kf7 45. Ke5 Bxg2 46. Bh4 $18) 44. Ke5 Bf3 (44...
Ke7 45. Bg7 Bh3 (45... Bf3 46. Kf4 Be2 47. Bxh6 e5+ 48. Kf5 $1 e4 49. Be3 $18)
46. Kf4 $18) 45. Kd6 Bxg4 46. c6 Bf3 47. c7 Bb7 48. Kd7 h5 49. Be5 h4 50. Bd4
$1 (50. c8=Q $2 Bxc8+ 51. Kxc8 Kg6 52. Kb7 (52. Kd7 Kf5 53. Kd6 h3 54. Bh2 Ke4
$1 55. Kxe6 Kd4 56. Kf5 Kc4 57. Kg4 Kb3 58. Kxh3 Kxa3 59. Bd6 Ka4 $11) 52...
Kf5 53. Bh2 e5 54. Kxa6 e4 55. Bg1 h3 56. Kxb5 e3 $19) 50... h3 51. Be5 $18 Kf8
(51... Kg6 52. Kxe6 Bc8+ 53. Ke7 Kf5 54. Bh2 Ke4 55. Kd8 Bg4 56. c8=Q Bxc8 57.
Kxc8 $18) 52. c8=Q+ Bxc8+ 53. Kxc8 Ke8 54. Kb7 Kd7 55. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Nordhausen op 9th"]
[Site "Nordhausen"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Black "Turova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nc3 ({In
Banikas-Turov, Paleohora 2009, folgte} 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5 ({gleiche Chancen ergab
} 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Qc2
O-O 15. e3 Bd7 $11 {Pelletier-Kalinitschev, Deutsche Bundesliga 2006-07}) 8...
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bf4 ({nach} 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13.
a3 Bc5 14. Nc3 c6 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Ne4 Ke7 $11 {verflacht das Spiel,
Postny-Riff, Französische Liga 2008}) 11... O-O $11 {mit Ausgleich}) 7... e5 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 $2 ({Neu un schlecht. Richtig war} 9... Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 ({
jedoch nicht} 10... Qe7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe4 Nxc4 {Piot-Legky, St Quentin
2003, wegen} 13. Qd3 $16) 11. Rxc3 O-O 12. d5 Nb8 13. c5 Na6 14. cxd6 cxd6 15.
O-O Bd7 $11 {und der Schwarze kann sich gut behaupten, Abdulla-Rachman,Dhaka
2005}) 10. Nd2 d5 ({Nach} 10... Qe7 {käme} 11. d5 $1 Nb8 (11... Ne5 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Qd4 $16) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. O-O
Bf5 16. Nc3 Na6 17. e4 Bd7 18. Qc2 $16) 11. cxd5 ({Eine Alternative war} 11.
Qc2 $5 {, etwa} Bf5 12. Qb3 b6 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nc4
Nfxd5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Ne3 Nxd4 19. Rd1 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 c5 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Bxe4
Bxe4 23. Rxd4+ Ke6 24. Rxe4+ $16 {und Weiß steht klar überlegen}) 11... Qxd5
12. Nf1 O-O $2 ({Mehr Widerstand konnte Schwarz nach} 12... Be6 13. Ne3 Qd6 14.
d5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bc3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 f5 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. O-O $14 {
leisten}) 13. Ne3 Qd6 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qc2 Nf5 17. Bxe4 Nxe3 18.
fxe3 h6 19. Bf3 ({Möglich war auch} 19. Qxc7 Qxb2 20. Kf2 $16) 19... Qe5 20.
Kf2 Re8 21. Qd2 Bf5 22. Qd4 f6 23. Rac1 Re7 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. e4 Bg6 26. Rc3 b6
27. Rhc1 Ra7 28. Ke3 Rb7 29. Bg4 Be8 30. h4 g6 31. Bc8 Ra7 32. g4 Kg7 33. h5 g5
34. Bf5 Rb7 35. b3 ({Sehr stark war} 35. Be6 $5 Ra7 36. Rf1 $18) 35... b5 36.
Rc5 Ra7 37. Rc6 ({Auch hier war} 37. Be6 $18 {gut}) 37... a4 38. b4 Bxc6 39.
Rxc6 Rb7 40. Rg6+ Kf8 41. Rxh6 Rb6 42. Be6 Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh7 44. Rxg5 Rexe6 45.
dxe6 Rxe6 46. Rf5 Kh6 47. Kf3 Rc6 48. Kg3 Rc3+ 49. Kh4 Kg7 50. g5 Rxa3 51. h6+
Kh7 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. g6 1-0

[Event "Nord West Cup 13th"]
[Site "Bad Zwischenahn"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spirin, Oleg"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
d4 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rd1 e5 12. Nbd2 Qe7 {Diese Variante ist eine
Spezialität von GM Gennadi Kuzmin} 13. Ng5 ({Ein neuer Versuch. In
Portisch-Kuzmin, Berlin 1997, folgte} 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. Qe4 Nf6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16.
Qe4 Nf6 {mit remis.}) 13... h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. h4 ({Etwas
povozierend. Weiß schwächt ohne ersichtlichen Grund seine Königsstellung, mit
der Einladung anzugreifen. Zum Ausgleich führt} 16. Qd2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxc5 18.
Bd5 $11) 16... Kh8 17. Qb3 Bg4 ({Nach} 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bd5 f4 {
hat Weiß} 20. a3 fxg3 21. Qxg3 $14 {mit etwas Plus in petto.}) 18. Re1 Ra5 19.
Nd2 (19. a3 f5 20. Nd6 e4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxe2 23. b5 Ne5 $11 {
verspricht Schwarz guten Ersatz für die Qualität.}) 19... Qxc5 20. Qd3 Raa8 21.
Nb3 Qb6 ({Solider erscheint} 21... Qe7 {, um} 22. e3 {mit 22...} dxe3 23. Qxe3
f6 $11 {zu beantworten.}) 22. e3 Rad8 23. Bd5 $6 ({Bessere Chancen versprach} 
23. exd4 Nxd4 24. c5 Qc7 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Qb5 $14) 23... f5 ({Zum Ausgleich
reichte} 23... Be6 $11) 24. exd4 e4 ({Und hier} 24... exd4 25. f3 Bh5 26. Kg2
Bf7 27. Bxf7 Rxf7 28. f4 Ra8 $11) 25. Qd2 Ne7 $2 ({Miezis übersieht die weiße
Idee. Nach dem richtigen} 25... Rf6 26. Rac1 ({Bei} 26. a4 bxa3 27. Rxa3 {
wäre 27...} Ne7 28. c5 Qb5 29. Ra5 Qd7 30. Bc4 Bf3 $15 {stark gewesen}) 26...
Bf3 {stünde Schwarz keinesfalls schlechter.}) 26. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Nc6 28.
Rxg4 Ne5 29. Qe2 $2 ({Stärker war} 29. Rf4 Nf3+ 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Re1 Rdf8 32.
Re2 $16 {mit Vorteil.}) 29... Nxg4 30. Qxg4 Rde8 $2 ({Zeitverlust. Nach} 30...
Qf6 31. Rf1 Rfe8 32. h5 Qa6 33. d5 Qxa2 34. Nc5 Qxb2 35. Nxb7 Rb8 36. Nd6 Rf8
$11 {bliebe das Gleichgwicht bewahrt.}) 31. Nc5 Qf6 32. Nd3 b5 ({Ein typisches
Zeitnotspiel beginnt. Auch} 32... Kg8 {reicht nicht aus wegen} 33. d5 h5 34.
Qxh5 Qd4 35. Rd1 Qxc4 36. d6 $16) 33. Rc1 $6 ({Viel einfacher war} 33. cxb5 Rd8
34. Nf4 Rxd4 35. Re1 $16 {mit drei Bauern für die Qualität.}) 33... bxc4 34.
Rxc4 Re1+ ({Zu überlegen war} 34... Qf7 35. Rc5 Qxa2 36. Kg2 Qb3 37. Nf4 Kg8
38. Qd7 $14 {mit etwas besseren Aussichten für Weiß.}) 35. Kg2 Qf7 36. Rc5 Kg8
({Keine Rettung versprach} 36... Rb1 37. b3 Rb2 38. Kh3 Rxa2 39. Ne5 $16) 37.
Nf4 $2 ({Vorteil sicherte} 37. b3 $16) 37... Re4 $2 ({Panische Reaktion, wobei
} 37... Qb7+ 38. d5 Qa6 39. Qf3 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Rd1 41. Rc7 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43.
Kg4 Rd4 44. h5 Qb1 $11 {Ausgleich versprach.}) 38. d5 Qe7 39. Rc8 (39. Rc6 $16
{war ebenfalls gut.}) 39... Qf7 ({Das Damenendspiel nach} 39... Rexf4 40. gxf4
Qe4+ 41. Kg3 Qxd5 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Qb6+ $16 {
wäre trostlos für Schwarz gewesen.}) 40. Rxf8+ Qxf8 41. Qg6 Qe8 42. Qd6 $2 ({
Richtig war} 42. Qf5 Rd4 43. Ne6 Rd2 44. Qf4 Rxd5 45. Nc7 $16) 42... Qe5 43.
Qc6 Re1 $2 ({Während der Schwarze} 43... Rd4 44. Qc1 g5 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+
Kg8 $11 {mit Ausgleich verpasst.}) 44. Qc8+ Qe8 45. Qc2 $2 ({Bessere
Erfolgaussichten versprach} 45. Qxe8+ Rxe8 46. Nd3 $14 Re2 47. Kf3 Rc2 48. Ke4
Kf7 49. Kd4 $16) 45... Qe4+ 46. Qxe4 Rxe4 47. Kf3 Re5 $2 {Der Verlustzug, der
Turm wird deplaziert.} ({Notwendig war} 47... Rc4 48. Nd3 Rc2 49. Ke4 Kf7 50.
Ke5 Ke7 51. h5 Kd7 52. Kd4 Kd6 {mit wahrscheinlichem Remis.}) 48. d6 Re8 49.
Nd5 b3 50. axb3 Rd8 51. Ke4 Rxd6 52. Ke5 Rd8 53. b4 Kf7 54. b5 Re8+ 55. Kd6
Rd8+ 56. Kc6 Ke6 57. Nc7+ Ke7 58. b6 Rd6+ 59. Kc5 Kd7 60. b7 Rc6+ 61. Kd5 Rb6
62. Na6 Rb5+ 63. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Belezky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 (5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 {
kommt meistens vor.}) 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nb8
11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nd4 ({Weniger verspricht} 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd4 Nf6
15. Nc2 Rb8 16. e4 e5 17. Ne3 {Socko-Shkapenko, Gorzow 2014} Be6 $5 $11) 12...
O-O 13. Bg2 c6 14. O-O Nd7 15. b4 $5 ({Nach} 15. Qd2 e5 16. Nc2 Nf6 17. Ne3 Be6
18. Rd3 Ne8 19. b4 a6 {konnte Schwarz sich verteidigen in Buhmann-Belezky,
Bundesliga 2013/14.}) 15... e5 16. Nc2 Nf6 17. b5 cxb5 18. cxb5 Be6 19. Ne3
Rfc8 ({Etwas genauer war} 19... Rac8 $5 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5
({oder} 22... Rc5 23. Qb3) 23. Rxd5 Rc5 24. Qb3 Rxd5 25. Qxd5+ Qf7 26. Qd2 b6
27. Rc1 d5 28. a4 $14 {mit etwas Plus für Weiß.}) 20. Rd3 Ne8 21. Nd5 $2 ({
Hier falsch, Vorteil versprach} 21. Bd5 Qd7 22. Qb3 $16) 21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5+
Kh8 23. Qb3 Nf6 24. Bg2 e4 25. Rd4 d5 ({Besser gefällt} 25... Rc5 $5 26. Rfd1
d5 $11) 26. f3 Qc5 ({Immer noch war} 26... Rc5 {möglich,} 27. fxe4 dxe4 28. Qb4
Re5 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rc1 g6) 27. e3 Re8 28. f4 Re6 $2 ({Zeitverlust. Zum
Ausgleich führte} 28... a6 $5) 29. Rb1 Rb6 ({Hier war} 29... a6 {weniger
effektiv wegen} 30. Bh3 Rb6 31. a4 axb5 32. Bf1 $1) 30. a4 a6 31. h3 $6 ({
Bessere Chancen sicherte} 31. Bf1 axb5 32. Bxb5 Rc8 33. h3 $14) 31... axb5 32.
g4 Raa6 $2 ({Richtig war} 32... h6 33. Qb4 Rc8 $11 {mit genügend Gegenspiel.})
33. axb5 $2 (33. Qb4 Qc2 34. Rxd5 bxa4 35. Rd8+ Ng8 36. Bxe4 Qa2 37. Qe1 Qe6
38. Bd5 Rxb1 39. Qxb1 Qxe3+ 40. Kg2 Re6 41. Qg1 Qxf4 42. Qe1 $16) 33... Ra3 34.
Qb4 Qxb4 $2 ({Der letzter Fehler. Zum Ausgleich reichte} 34... Rc3 35. Qxc5
Rxc5 36. Bf1 h6 $11) 35. Rbxb4 Rxe3 36. g5 Ne8 37. Rxd5 Re6 38. b6 ({Etwas
genauer war} 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Rxe4 $18) 38... Kg8 39. Re5 Kf7 40. Kf2 Rxe5 41.
fxe5 Rd3 42. Bxe4 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tisdall} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 $6 {
Tisdall: 'It is possible that this line will have to be reevaluated after this
game. A solid alternative is:'} (6... Bxc3 {Tisdall} 7. Bxc3 Ne4 (7... d5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rd8 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Nd2 Be8 12. Qb3 Rab8 13. e3 a5 $5 14. a3 a4
15. Qa2 Qd7 16. Rfd1 b5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,Z-Martens,M/Amsterdam 1990/CBM 20 
(39)}) 8. Rc1 a5 (8... Nxc3 9. Rxc3 d6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. d5 Nd8 (12...
Nb4 13. a3 (13. dxe6 fxe6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qd2 a4 18. c5
$1 Rd8 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Qc2 $36 {1/2-1/2 Komarov,D-Sokolov,A/JUG-chT Budva
1996 (34)}) 13... Na6 14. dxe6 fxe6 {Vyzmanavin,A-Titov,G/URS-ch58 Moscow 1991/
1-0 (49)} 15. Nd4 $14) (12... Nb8 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 e5 15. Rb1 f5 16. b4 f4
17. Nd2 Bd7 18. c5 axb4 19. axb4 Bb5 20. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Farago,I-Deleyn,G/Sas
van Gent 1992 (47)}) 13. dxe6 fxe6 $5 $146 14. e4 $5 e5 15. c5 Be6 16. cxd6
cxd6 17. Qd2 Nf7 18. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Chuchelov,V-Meier,V/Hamburg 1997/EXT 98/
[Chuchelov] (51)}) (8... d5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. Rfd1 Nd6 13.
b3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxc4 15. Ba1 Nd6 16. e4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,V-Adianto,U/
Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (70)}) 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Be1 exd5
13. cxd5 Bd7 14. a3 $16 {0-1 Ksieski,Z-Danielsen,H/Espergaerde 1987/EXT 97 (64)
}) 7. d5 {'!' Tisdall.  This is why 6..d6 is not played very often.} exd5 (7...
Nb8 $4 8. Qa4+) (7... Bxc3 {Tisdall} 8. Bxc3 Nb8 9. Bg2 e5 10. c5 O-O 11. cxd6
cxd6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. O-O $14 {1-0 Nickoloff,B-Colias,B/Chicago 1992/TD (28)})
8. Nxd5 {'!?' Tisdall. Tisdall: 'This appears to be new, though it has been
recommended by Yusupov as simple and strong. Even the alternative has posed
black problems:'} (8. cxd5 {Tisdall} Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg2 a6 (10... O-O 11.
O-O Bf5 $6 12. Qb3 $16 e4 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e3 c5
17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe4 $1 $18 {Magerramov-Ilic/Belgrade/1989/with a different
move order}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 h6 13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Nd1 Bd7 15. Ne3 b5
16. Ba5 Ne8 17. Nc2 f5 18. Nb4 $14 {0-1 Gomez Esteban,J-Hoffman,A/Elgoibar
1996/CBM 57 ext (38)}) 13... Bd6 $2 14. Nd1 $1 Bg4 15. e4 $16 {1/2-1/2
Kortschnoj,V-Jussupow,A/Horgen 1995/CBM 50/[Jussupow] (62)}) 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5
Ne5 {[%cal Re5d3,Re5f3]} 10. Nxe5 Bxd2+ (10... dxe5 {Black would like to play
this but again there is} 11. Qa4+) 11. Qxd2 dxe5 (11... Qxe5 12. Rc1 {[%csl
Rc7][%cal Yc1c7]} (12. Bg2 {Tisdall} Bf5 13. Rc1 O-O 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rc3 $16 {
has been given by Yusupov.})) 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Rc1 {Black has big problems with
his c7-P Tisdall: 'Black's position is inferior and prospectless. White's
pressure on the c-file is terribly unpleasant.'} Rd8 (13... f5 $5 {[%cal Yf8f7,
Ye5e4] I think this would have been blacks relative best chance. To protect c7
with Rf8-f7 and trying to shut Bg2 out of the game with e5-e4. However
developing Bc8 is still a big problem} 14. O-O e4 (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Qf4 Rf7
16. Rfd1 b6) 14. Qc3 (14. O-O $2 c6 $11) 14... Bd7 15. O-O $16 c6 {Tisdall:
'An understandable attempt to relieve the pressure with exchanges. White has
many ideas against passive defence; doubling on the c-file, Qb3, Qe3
targetting a7 and 5.'} (15... Rac8 16. Qa5 $16) 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rac8 18.
Rcd1 $1 {A very exact move} (18. Rfd1 $6 Rxc6 $1 19. Qxe5 Rxc1 20. Qxe7 Rcxd1+
21. Kg2 R1d7 $11) (18. Qf3 {Tisdall} bxc6 19. Rxc6 e4 20. Qc3 Rxc6 21. Qxc6 e3
{allows more counterplay.}) 18... Rxd1 (18... Rxc6 19. Qxe5 $18) 19. Rxd1 bxc6
{So black did not get rid of his weak c-P. But he did manage to exchange some
of whites heavy pieces. If he now got time to play h7-h6 he might be able to
hold on. Unfortunatly white has another tactical trick:} (19... Rxc6 20. Qxe5
$18) 20. Rd5 $1 f6 (20... cxd5 21. Qxc8+ Qf8 22. Qc7 $18 (22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {
is probably a draw}) ({or} 22. Qb7 {Tisdall is a grim ending for black.})) 21.
Rc5 {[%cal Yb2b4,Yb4b5] Now white has the ideal setup. He is ready to play
b2-b4-b5} Qe6 22. a3 h5 $6 {creating another weakness without getting any play
on the K-side} 23. h4 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rh5] Tisdall: 'A little consolidation and
now white can concentrate on advancing his b-pawn to annex the pawn on c6. '}
Rd8 (23... Kf7 24. b4 a6 (24... Qa2 25. Qf3 $18) 25. Qd3 Ra8 26. Qf3 $18) 24.
Rxc6 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Qd5+ 26. Qf3 e4 {'?!' Tisdall.} (26... Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Rb1 (
27... a5 {Tisdall Otherwise Ra6 is too horrible to contemplate.} 28. Rc5 Rb1 {
must be statistically the best way to prolong the game - strange things can
happen in rook endings.}) 28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 Rb3+ 30. Ke4 Rxa3 31. a6 Kf7 32.
Kd5 $18) 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Qe3 {[%cal Rc8c5]} f5 29. Rc5 Qd2 {'?!' Tisdall.} (
29... Qe6 {Tisdall} 30. Qg5) (29... Qf7 $142 {Tisdall}) 30. Rxf5 Qxe3 31. fxe3
(31. fxe3 {Tisdall} Rd2 32. Rxh5+ Kg6 33. Rg5+ Kf6 34. Kf2 Rxb2 35. Ra5 Rb7 36.
g4 $18 {is the simplest reason to resign.}) 1-0

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 b6 (5... O-O 6. Bxb4 (6. Nc3
cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 $10 {Kraidman,Y-Kortjnoj,V/Jerusalem/
1986/}) (6. Be2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 Bd7 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rac1 Nc6 14. Rfd1 {0,5/Tal,M-Kortjnoj,V/Barcelona/
1992/}) 6... cxb4 7. Nbd2 (7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Re8 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5
Ne7 12. axb4 Nexd5 13. b5 $14 {Karolyi,T-Polgar,Zso/Brussels Open/1987/}) 7...
d6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 $14 {Piasini,A-Grosar,A/Roma op/1990/}) (5...
Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 (6. Qxd2 Ne4 7. Qc2 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 $14
{Flear,G-Izeta,F/Oviedo op/1992/}) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 d5 (7... d6 8. O-O Nc6 (8...
Qe7 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 $10 {Meduna,E-Spiridonov,N/Varna/1983/}) 9. Qb3
Qe7 {Buchmann,H-Groenegress,W/2.BL/1987/}) 8. dxc5 Na6 $10 {Torre,E-Kindermann,
S/Biel/1988/}) 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 (7... O-O 8. Bxb4 cxb4 9. Nbd2 d6
10. e4 Nc6 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf1 e5 $10 {Orr,M-Petursson,M/Manila ol/1992/}) 8.
Nbxd2 O-O 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 $10 {Israel,J-Buchenau,F/2.BL/1989/}) 6...
Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 cxd4 (8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d6 12.
dxc5 dxc5 13. Rfd1 Qf6 $10 {Garcia Gonzales,G-Lanc,A/Camaguey A/1987/}) 9. Nxd4
Be7 10. Bf3 Qc8 (10... Nc6 11. Rc1 $14) 11. Rc1 d6 (11... Nc6 $2 12. Nd5 $1 $16
) 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. Nxf3 a6 (14... Nc6 $5 {><d4}) 15. Nd4 Rc8 16.
b3 Nbd7 (16... Nc6 $5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. e4 b5 $132) 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Kf1 Nc5 19.
Ke2 Nfe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Be1 {><d6} Rc5 $6 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bb4 Rc7 24. Nc2 $1
Ne8 25. e4 $14 {/\Ne3,><c4,><d5} Rac8 26. Ne3 {/\g2-g4()} (26. g4 d5 $10) 26...
h5 27. g3 f5 28. Ba3 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Bb4 Ra7 32. a3 fxe4 33.
fxe4 Nf6 $10 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Bxd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxa3 37. e5 Nd5 38. Nxd5 exd5
39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. Kf4 Rxb3 41. Kg5 Re3 42. Rxg6+ Kf7 43. Rf6+ Ke7 44. Kf4 Re2 (
44... Re4+ 45. Kf5 $14) 45. Rd6 Rf2+ {Hansen,Cu} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 (6...
Bxc3 {Hansen,LB} 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nb8 11. Bg2 O-O 12.
O-O e5 13. Nd2 f5 14. c5 $5 dxc5 15. Qc1 Nd7 16. Nb3 e4 17. Nxc5 Nf6 18. f3 $1
$14 {Lobron,E-Kortchnoi,V/Wijk open/1993/}) (6... O-O {Hansen,LB} 7. Bg2 Bxc3
8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nd8 $5 (10... Nxc3) 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bb4 $1 $14 {
Kramnik,V-Ulibin,M/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 (8... dxc4 9. Qa4
O-O 10. Qxc4 Rb8 11. Bg2 Qd6 12. Bd2 b5 13. Qd3 b4 14. O-O $14 {Dzhandzhava,
L-Dvoirys,S/Simferopol/1988/}) (8... O-O 9. Bg2 Rd8 (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 (10...
Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Qxc4 e5 14. d5 e4 15. Nd2 e3 16. fxe3 Ne5
17. Qxc7 Bd7 18. Qc5 Qf6 19. Qd4 $16 {Wegner,H-Schulz,KJ/BL/1990/}) 11. b4 Qf6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. b5 Nd8 14. Bb4 Re8 15. O-O $16 {Vyzmanavin,A-Umansky,M/Gorky/
1989/}) 10. O-O (10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 (11. O-O Ne4 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 c6 16. Rd2 $14 {Polgar,Z-Oll,L/Pamplona/1991/}) 11... Ne4
12. O-O Bd7 (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. dxe5 d4 15. Qb2 Bg4 16. Rfd1 Qc5 17.
Rd2 a4 18. b4 Qxc4 19. Rc1 Qb3 20. Qa1 $16 {Nikolic,P-Adams,M/Hastings/1989/})
13. e3 $14 {Carlhammar-Larsson/Rilton Cup/1988/} (13. Bb2 Be8 14. Ne1 f5 15.
Rd1 Bf7 $14 {Vyzmanavin,A-Goldin,A/USSR/1987/}) (13. Rfd1 Be8 14. Bb2 f6 15.
Ne1 Bg6 16. Nd3 Qe8 17. Qc1 Bf7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nc5 $16 {Vyzmanavin,A-Kuzmin,
G/Kusadasi Open/1990/})) 10... a5 (10... a6 $2 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Rac1 Bd7 13.
Rfd1 a5 14. Ne5 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Martens,M/Wijk-B/1991/}) 11. Qc2 (11. Qb3 a4
12. Qa2 Ne4 13. Rac1 Qf6 14. Rfd1 b6 $13 {Gleizerov-Rozentalis/Budapest Open/
1989/}) (11. Rc1 Ne4 (11... a4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne8 14. Rc2 c6 15. Rd2 $14
{Komarov,D-Winants,L/Huy op/1992/}) 12. Qc2 Nd6 (12... Bd7 {Hansen,LB} 13. Rfe1
$6 Be8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nd2 f5 16. e3 Bg6 $15 {Piket,J-Kortchnoi,V/Nijmegen m/
4 1993/}) 13. c5 Ne4 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b6 $10 {Rashkovsky,N-Piskov,Y/Moscow
GMA op/1989/}) (11. b3 a4 (11... Bd7 12. Bb2 Be8 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Ne1 Nf6 (14...
f5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nd3 Qf6 17. e3 $14 {Timoschenko,G-Kiselev,S/Novosibirsk
tt/1989/}) 15. Nd3 Rab8 16. e3 $14 {Dautov,R-Kiselev,S/Frunze/1988/}) 12. cxd5
(12. b4 dxc4 13. b5 Na7 14. Qxa4 Bd7 15. Qxc4 Bxb5 16. Bb4 Qd7 17. Qc2 Nc6 18.
Rfb1 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 c6 20. a4 Ba6 21. Rc1 {0,5/Kanstler,B/Petursson,M/Manila ol/
1992/}) 12... Nxd5 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. e4 $14 {De Boer,GJ-Oll,L/Tilburg/1992/}) (
11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Bf5 $10 {Peshina,G-Yanvarev,I/Warszawa open/1989/}) 11...
a4 (11... Ne4 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. e3 Be8 14. Be1 a4 15. Rac1 f6 16. Nd2 f5 17. f3
Nf6 18. Bf2 Bg6 19. Qc3 {0,5/Dokhoian,Y-Rosentalis,E/Lvov zt/1990/}) 12. Ne5
Bd7 13. Rfd1 Be8 14. Rac1 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Rashkovsky,N/Moscow GMA op/1989/
+Gavrilov,A/Nikolenko,O/Moscow I/ 1990/}) (8... a5 9. Bg2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11.
Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxa5 $16 {Eingorn,E-Kuligowski,A/
Polanica Zdroj/1984/}) 9. Qb3 O-O (9... Qd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Rfd1 a4
13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Na5 15. Nd2 c6 16. c5 Qe7 17. Qb4 $16 {Magerramov,
E-Hansen,LB/Uzhgorod/1988/}) 10. Bg2 Rd8 11. O-O a5 12. e3 b6 (12... a4 $5 13.
Qa2 b6 {/\Ba6}) 13. Rfc1 Bb7 14. Be1 $14 {פc6} a4 15. Qc2 Nd6 $6 (15... Na5
16. Bxa5 Rxa5 17. cxd5 $16) (15... Qf6 $5) (15... f6 $5) 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. Qd1 (
17. cxd5 {Hansen,LB} exd5 18. Bxd5 $2 Nxd4 $1) 17... Nf5 (17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4
dxc4 19. Rxc4 Na5 20. Rxc7 $16) 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nb1 $1 $16 {/\Nc3,><d5,><a4}
Rd7 20. Nc3 Nd8 21. Nxa4 $18 Ne6 22. b4 h5 23. Nb2 $1 h4 24. Nd3 {><e5} hxg3
25. hxg3 Re7 26. b5 {><c7,><c6,/\a3-a4-a5} Qh6 27. Ne5 Ng5 28. Bb4 Rxe5 29.
dxe5 Nh3+ 30. Bxh3 (30. Kf1 $2 Nxf2 $40) 30... Qxh3 31. Rxc7 Rb8 32. Qf3 Bc8
33. Qxd5 Be6 34. Qg2 Qg4 35. Bc3 {><d4} (35. e4 $2 Nd4 $13) 35... Rd8 36. e4
Nd4 (36... Rd1+ {Hansen,LB} 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Qf1 $18) 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 {ףg2}
38. f3 $2 (38. Rc6 $1 Rxe4 $2 39. f3) 38... Qg5 {/\Rd2} 39. Rc2 Qxe5 40. Rac1
g6 (40... Qxb5 $1) 41. Qf2 Ra4 42. Rd2 {/\43.Rd8+ Kg7 44.Qh2} Ra8 (42... Qxb5 {
Hansen,LB} 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Qh2 $18) 43. a4 Bb3 (43... Rxa4 {Hansen,LB} 44.
Rd8+ Kg7 45. Qh2 $18) 44. Kg2 Rxa4 45. Qxb6 Kg7 46. Qc5 {Hansen,Cu} 1-0

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 (7.
Qxd2 $6 Ne4) 7... d6 8. O-O (8. e4 O-O (8... e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. c5 (10. b4 c6 11.
O-O Na6 12. c5 dxc5 13. bxc5 O-O 14. d6 Qe8 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Rfc1
Nd7 18. Nb3 Be6 19. Bf1 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Naxc5 21. Qe3 b6 22. Bh3 $44 {Clausen,
S-Olesen,M/Lyngby open/1988/}) (10. h3 O-O (10... Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Ne1 a5
13. b3 O-O 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Na4 18. Nd3 Ra8 19. f4
Nh5 $13 {Juhasz,B-Loginov,V/Expressz GM Budapest/1993/}) 11. O-O a5 12. Ne1 (
12. b3 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qc2 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nb1 Nc5 17. Nc3 Rfb8 $15 {
Pesout,Tregubov,A/Pardubice op/1992/}) 12... Na6 13. a3 (13. Nd3 Nd7 14. a3
Nac5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Qc2 Ra6 17. Qc3 $14 {Bikhovsky,A-Vezzosi,P/Capelle la
Grande/1993/}) 13... Bd7 14. Nd3 c6 15. Qb3 Rfb8 16. Qb6 a4 17. b4 axb3 18.
Nxb3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Ba4 20. Nb2 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Nc5 $15 {Stone,R-Reeh,O/Gausdal
Troll Masters/1991/}) 10... dxc5 11. Nc4 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. d6 cxd6 14. Nxd6
Nb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 e4 $17 {Gostisa,L-Tatai,S/Aosta Mi-Cup/1988/}) (8...
e5) 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Nd8 11. Ne1 Ng4 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nd3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Rae1 Nf7 16. f3 {1/2-1/2 Reefschlaeger,H-Hecht,H/BL 8283 Solingen-HSK [3] 1982}
) (8. Rc1 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Ne1 c6 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. a3 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nexf3 Rab8 18. b3 $10 {Paschall,W-Goldin,A/
Philadelphia op/1992/}) 8... e5 (8... a5 9. Nb1 (9. Rc1 O-O (9... e5 10. d5 Nb8
11. c5 O-O 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Qd2 b6 15. Nh4 Ne8 16. f4 e4 17. Nf5
Qf6 18. Nd4 $16 {Ryskin,A-Lisenko,A/Kobanya op/1992/}) 10. c5 e5 11. cxd6 cxd6
12. e3 e4 13. Ne1 d5 14. a3 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,T-Knezevic,M/Porz ;MCL 06 1981})
(9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. b3 Bg4 13. Nh4 g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Bc8
16. Qc3 Nbd7 17. c5 Nh5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rff1 Ne5 20. Nhf3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bh3
$10 {Pluemer,D-Klimm,W/2.BLN/1990/}) 9... e5 (9... Nb8 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 e5
12. h3 c5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Re1 Nfd7 $13 {Paulsen,D-Kraut,R/BL/
1988/}) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5 (11. h3 e4 12. Ne1 Bf5 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. Kh2 Bg6 15.
Qd2 $14 {Paulsen,D-Jackelen,T/BL/1990/}) 11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. a3 Nxd5
14. dxe5 Be6 15. e4 Nb6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Ksieski,
Z-Adamski,J/POL-ch (09) 1980}) (8... a5) 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 (10. Ne1 a5 11. b3
O-O 12. e4 Na6 13. Nb1 c6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Nc2 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc5
18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxe4 21. Ne3 $14 {Csom,I-Hernandez,R/
Capablanca mem/1985/}) (10. e3 a5 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. b4 O-O 13. bxa5 Nc5 14. Qb4
Bg4 15. Nb3 Nfd7 16. Qc3 f5 $15 {Riehl-Maksimovic/Nuerberg/1989/}) 10... Bg4 (
10... O-O 11. Ne1 (11. b4)) (10... c5 11. Ne1 g5 12. Nd3 Nbd7 13. a3 h5 14. h3
h4 15. g4 Nf8 16. Re1 Ng6 17. b4 b6 18. a4 a5 19. b5 $10 {Raetsky,A-Vlassov,N/
Katowice open/1992/}) 11. Qb3 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a5 13. b3 O-O 14. a3 c6 15.
h4 Na6 16. Bh3 Qc7 17. Rab1 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qc5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21.
Rfc1 Qd4 $15 {Antonsen,M-Jacobs,E/Gausdal Arnold Cup/1991/}) 11... c5 (11... b6
$5) 12. Nh4 {/\f2-f4, ><e5} g5 13. Nhf3 (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 g4 $13) 13...
Rg8 14. Qe3 Bd7 $6 (14... Bc8 $5 15. Ne1 Nbd7 {/\Nf8-g6}) 15. Ne1 {פb8} (15.
Nxg5 $4 Ng4 $19) 15... Na6 16. Nd3 h5 17. Rfb1 b6 18. a4 Qd8 19. h3 $6 {
/\19..h4 20.g4 /19..g4 20.h4} Qc8 $1 20. Kh2 h4 21. Qf3 {/\g3-g4,Nd2-f1-e3} (
21. g4 $2 Bxg4) 21... hxg3+ 22. fxg3 Ke7 $2 {/\Rh8/g5-g4} (22... Rg6 {/\Rh6/
g5-g4} 23. g4 $13) 23. Nxe5 $18 Rh8 (23... dxe5 24. d6+ Ke6 25. Qf5+ Kxd6 26.
Qxf6+ Be6 27. Nf3 $18) 24. Rf1 Rh6 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 {/\Ng4-e5} 26. Kg1 Re8 27. e5
dxe5 28. Qe3 (28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxf7+ Kd8 30. Qxd7+ Kxd7 31. Bxe4 $18) 28... Qd6
29. Rf5 Kd8 30. Qxg5 Rg6 31. Ne4 Qf8 32. Qe3 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Qg7 34. Kh2 Rh8 35.
Bg2 f6 36. Raf1 Nb8 37. Qf3 Rf8 38. d6 {/\Qa8} Qd7 39. Rxe5 Rfg8 40. Re3 $138 {
Hansen,Cu} (40. Re3 Rxg3 41. Qxf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7.
Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 {Why is the N going to this strange
square? Because blacks wants to be able to recapture on e6 with the N} (10...
Nb8 11. dxe6 $1 {and no matter how black recaptures whites is a bit better})
11. Bb4 {Even though the position is relatively closed whites still wants to
keep his ^^. On the long run there is a good chance that white will be able to
open lines somewhere} (11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bb4 {and now both} a5 {and the latest
idea} (12... Qf6 $5 {has given black reasonable positions})) 11... e5 12. Nd2
a5 13. Ba3 (13. Nxe4 axb4 14. Qb3 f5 15. Nd2 c5 $11) 13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 b6 15.
O-O Nb7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bb2 {Both sides have used a lot of tempi to redirect
their misplaced minor-piece (Nd8/Ba3). White has a certain (), but black is
placed harmoniosly with his P-chain on black sqaures while his "good" B covers
the whites squares.} Bf5 {This move signals that black has to play defensively.
The pseudo-active} (17... f5 $2 18. f4 $16 {would improve Bb2s possibilities
considerably. The problem with the setup choosen by black - a5-b6-c7-d6-e5 and
Nc5 is that black can never get any active play by for example c7-c6. He has
build a formation that he has to keep. He will have to wait and se on which
side of the board white will try to move his Ps forward.}) 18. h3 {[%cal Yg1h2,
Yc1e1,Ye2e4,Yf2f4]} Be4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rc3 $5 {[%cal Yc3e3,Yf3f4] A
interesting idea. White would like to play f3-f4 but realises that black in
many situations will get counterplay by e5xf4 followed by Ra8-e8 with pressure
in the e-<->. So white wants to place his R on e3 first and then play the f-P
forward.} Rae8 21. Kh2 Bd7 22. Re3 Qd8 23. Rg1 f6 24. f4 Re7 $6 {In my opinion
to passive. I would suggest:} (24... exf4 25. gxf4 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Re8 {[%cal
Yd7f5] followed by Bf5. The /^ a1-h8 has been opened for Bb2 but at the moment
the P-f6 is giving good shelter for the black K. White has weakend the square
e4 and black will get good counterplay in the e-<->}) 25. Rf3 {[%cal Yf4f5]}
Bf5 26. Rff1 Be4 $6 {Again I would have preferred to get some active
counterplay in the e-<-> with} (26... exf4 27. gxf4 (27. Rxf4 Be4) 27... Qe8 {
This would have been a way to give som life to - the well-placed but out of
the game - Nc5. Because this N controls the now weakend square e4.}) 27. f5 {
White has increased his ()} Bxg2 28. Rxg2 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yg3g5]} g5 $6 {
Black will not wait for white to build up a strong attack in the g-<-> with
g3-g4-g5 though it may have been a slightly better chance} 29. fxg6 hxg6 30.
Qc2 Kg7 (30... f5 $2 31. g4 $16 {[%cal Yg2g8]}) (30... Qe8 $5 31. g4 $36 {
[%cal Ye2e4,Yf1f3,Yg2f2]}) 31. g4 Ref7 32. Bc1 {[%cal Yc1h6] White has no f-P
so the /^ a1-h8 cannot be opend. That is why the white B changes its /^} Qd7
33. h4 Rh8 34. h5 {[%cal Rc2g6]} gxh5 (34... f5 35. Kg1 $1 $16) 35. gxh5+ Kf8
36. Qg6 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yf1f6,Yg2g8,Yh5h7] For the defence of the K-side
the black N is quite misplaced} f5 37. Bh6+ Ke8 38. Bg7 Rg8 39. h6 Qe7 40. Qh5
Kd7 41. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Zagreb zt"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.
Qxd2 d6 8. Nc3 e5 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 (11. Ne1 Nc6 (11... exd4 12.
Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 a5 (13... Qe5 14. Nd5 $14 {Estevez,G-Arencibia,JJ/Sagua la
Grande/1989/}) 14. b3 a4 15. f3 $16 {Manor,I-Adams,M/Adelaide/1988/}) 12. Nc2 (
12. h3 Bd7 13. Nc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Rfe1 a6 18.
Re3 Qe6 19. Qe2 b5 $10 {Timoshchenko,G-Claudouras,P/Budapest Elekes/1989/}) (
12. d5 Nd4 13. f4 Bd7 14. Nd3 c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 $10 {Yusupov,A-Ivkov,B/Vrbas/
1980/}) 12... exd4 13. Nd5 (13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 {or 12. - Nxd4 13.Nxd4 exd4
14.Qxd4} Qe5 (14... c5 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. b3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Rfe1 $14 {
Novikov,I-Dimitrov,V/Debrecen EU-tch/1989/}) 15. Qd2 Qh5 16. f3 (16. Rfe1 Bf3
17. h3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re7 19. Re3 Rae8 $10 {Georgiev,Kir-Inkiov,V/Bulgaria/1992/
}) 16... Bh3 17. Bxh3 (17. Rac1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe5 19. Rfd1 $14 {Vyzmanavin,
A-Landerbergue,C/Manila ol/1992/}) 17... Qxh3 18. Rad1 $14 {Razuvaev,
Y-Kochiyev,A/Moscow GMA op/1989/}) 13... Qd8 14. f3 Bd7 (14... Be6 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 17. Rad1 $14 {Schussler,H-Balashov/Reykjavik/1984/}) 15. Rac1
Ne5 16. Nxd4 $14 {Vladimirov-Kirov/Gronningen/1989/}) (11. Nh4 Nc6 12. d5 (12.
h3 Bd7 13. Nb5 Rec8 14. d5 Nd8 15. Nc3 g6 16. f4 $14 {Lukacs,P-Hernandez,R/
Havana II/1986/}) 12... Nd4 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14. cxb5 Bd7 (14... a6 15. bxa6 Rxa6
16. a4 c5 17. dxc6 Rxc6 18. Rfc1 Rec8 19. b4 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Huss,A/Wien/1984/}
) 15. a4 $14 {Yusupov,A-Hernandez,Rom/Thessaloniki/1984/}) (11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Nd5 Qd6 13. Nh4 Nc6 14. h3 Bc8 15. Rad1 Nd4 {Birnbaum,D-Rapp,R/2.BL/1989/})
11... c6 (11... Bxf3 {0,5/Xu Jun-Anand,V/Novi Sad olm/1990/} 12. Bxf3 a5 (12...
c5 13. a3 (13. Rae1 a6 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bg2 Rab8 16. a4 Qd8 17. Qd1 Re7 18. Re3
Qa5 19. Rfe1 $14 {Karpov,A-Nikolic,P/Skelleftea/1989/}) 13... Nbd7 14. Bg2 a6
15. Qe2 Rab8 16. Rfc1 g6 17. b4 Kg7 18. h4 Qd8 19. Bh3 $16 {Beliavsky,
A-Balashov,Y/Lvov/1978/}) (12... Nbd7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 $14 {Beliavsky,
A-Christiansen,L/Reggio/1987/}) 13. a3 Na6 (13... c6 14. Rab1 cxd5 15. cxd5
Nbd7 16. b3 $14 {Zlotnik,B-Dimitrov,A/Kastel Stari/1988/}) 14. Rab1 (14. b3 c6
15. Rab1 h6 16. Bg2 Red8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 c5 $10 {Prakash,G-King,D/
Calcutta/1992/}) 14... Nc5 (14... c6 {Dautov} 15. Rfe1 (15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 c5
$1 $10) 15... Rec8 {Meduna-Ivkov/Sochi/1983} 16. Na4 $5 Qc7 17. Qe3 $14 {ECO})
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Na4 $10 {Vanheste,J-Karner,H}) (11... a5 12. Ne1 Na6 13.
b3 (13. Nd3 {Dautov} Bd7 14. f4 $14) 13... Nc5 14. Nc2 $14 {Dankert,P-Leitner,
M/BL/1982/}) 12. Rfd1 (12. Ne1 cxd5 13. cxd5 Na6 14. Nd3 Rac8 15. f4 $16 {
Podgaets,M-Lerner,K/USSR/1978/}) 12... cxd5 13. Nxd5 (13. cxd5 {Dautov} Na6 $10
) 13... Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rd8 {/\15. - Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Sc6 ><d4} 15. Nxe5 $5 (15. c5 {
Dautov} Nc6 16. cxd6 Qf6 17. Qd3 Nd4 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 $10
) 18. Nxd4 Bxd1 19. Nf5 Bg4 $17) 15... Bxd1 16. Rxd1 Na6 17. Nd3 (17. Ng4 {
Dautov} Qe6 $1 18. Ne3 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Kf8 $15) 17... Nc5 18. Nf4 $44 {><d5,><d6}
Ne6 (18... Qe5 $142 $1 {Dautov} 19. b3 Rab8 $15) 19. Ne2 Nc7 20. Qd3 Rab8 {
/\b7-b5} 21. Nd4 {/\Nf5} (21. Nc3 $5 {Dautov} a6 22. a4 Qe5 {/\b5} 23. b4 $132)
21... g6 22. h4 a6 (22... Ne6 $5) 23. b3 (23. h5 $5 {Dautov} Qe5 24. hxg6 hxg6
$15) 23... Qe5 24. a4 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 (25... fxe6 26. Bh3 $14) (25... fxe6 $1
$15 {Dautov /\b5}) 26. Qe3 {/\Qb6+c4-c5,><b7,><d6} b5 $6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. a5
Qe5 $2 (28... b4 $1 $13) (28... b4 $6 {Dautov} 29. a6 Ra8 30. Bf1 $10) 29. b4 {
/\Rd5,><b5,><d6} Rdc8 30. Rd5 (30. Bf1 {Dautov} Rc3 (30... Qb2 $5) 31. Qa7 (31.
Qd4 Rb3 $15) 31... Rbc8 32. a6 $132 (32. Qb7 $2 Rxg3+ $1 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Bg2
Rc2 $40)) 30... Qb2 31. Rxd6 Qxb4 32. e5 Qc3 $4 (32... Qxa5 33. e6 Qa1+ (33...
Rc7 34. e7 Re8 35. Rd8 $18) 34. Kh2 fxe6 35. Rd7 {/\36.Qxe6+ Kh8 37.Qe7} (35.
Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rd7 Rg8 $15 (36... Rg8 37. Qd6 Rbf8 $17)) 35... Qf6 (35... Rd8 {
Dautov} 36. Rc7 Re8 (36... Rd6 37. Qf4 $18) 37. Qh6 Qh8 38. Be4 {/\Bg6} Rf8 39.
Bxg6 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3 (40. Kg1 Rf1+ 41. Kxf1 Qf6+) 40... hxg6 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42.
Rh7 Qe5 43. Qh6+ Ke8 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qh6+ $10) 36. Qh6 Qh8 37. Bh3 Rc6 38. h5
$16) 33. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 (6. Bg2 {The old
main-line.} Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6) 6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10.
d5 Nd8 (10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nb8) 11. Bb4 (11. dxe6 Nxe6 (11... fxe6 12. O-O Bd7
13. Be1 Nf6 14. Nd4 $14 e5 15. Nc2 Ne6 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. b4 Bc6 18. Nd5 Kh8 19.
Bc3 Rae8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 b5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. cxb5
Ba8 {Kortchnoi,V-Petrosian,T/Moskva (m/4) 11/610 1971/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 12. Bb4 $1
(12. O-O Nxc3 (12... Bd7 13. Re1 f5 14. e3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bc6 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17.
Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Kxg2 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Loginov,V/Budapest FS 03 GM(01) 1994}) 13.
Rxc3 Bd7 14. Nd2 (14. Nh4 Bc6 15. Nf5 (15. Bd5 Rfe8 16. Ng2 a5 17. Re1 Qf6 18.
h4 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 c6 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Rd3 Nc5 22. Rf3 Qe5 23. Nf4 Ne4 24. Qc2
Qc5 25. Rc1 h6 26. Kg2 Rc8 27. a3 {Georgadze,G-Ulibin,M/URS-YM Tbilisi 1989/1/
2-1/2 (68)}) 15... Qf6 16. Ne3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfe8 18. Nd5 Qg6 19. Qb1 c6 20.
Qxg6 hxg6 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Rd1 a5 23. Ra3 Red8 24. Nc2 Kf8 25. h4 Ra6 26. Ne1
Re8 27. Kf3 Ke7 28. Re3+ Ne6 29. b3 Raa8 {Polugaevsky,L-Kortschnoj,V (12)/
Evian cs 1977/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (14. e4 Bc6 15. Re3 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Nd2 Qf6
18. Qc1 a4 19. h4 h6 20. Nb1 Qd4 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Qc3 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Rde1
Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qf7 26. Na3 Nc5 27. Nb5 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qd7 {Epishin,V-Ivanchuk,V/
Tilburg (04) 1993/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 14... Bc6 (14... a5 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Nb3 Bc6
17. Bd5 Qf6 18. Qd2 a4 19. Rf3 Qe5 20. Re3 Qh5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nd4 {1/2-1/2
Novikov,I-Wahls,M/Bern op (8) 1994}) 15. Bd5 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ra3 Rfb8 17.
Nb3 Qf6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Ra4 c5 20. Rb1 Nd4 {0,5/Akopian,V-Ulibin,M/Chalkidiki/
1992/}) 15... a5 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Nb3 Ba4 18. Qd2 Bxb3 19. axb3 Kh8 20. Re3 Qf6
21. Ra1 c6 22. Bf3 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxa5 Nxb3 25. Qe3 Qd8 26. Qxb3 Qxa5
27. Qxb7 c5 28. Qxf7 Rb8 {Goldin,A-Wahls,M/Berlin Summer op(9) 1993/1/2-1/2 
(50)}) 12... Qf6 (12... Bd7 13. Ne5 $5 (13. O-O) 13... N6c5 $6 (13... Qf6 14.
Bxe4 Qxe5 15. Bxb7 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Qb3 Qa6 19. O-O $14) 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O a5 16. Ba3 Rfe8 (16... b6 17. Qc2 f5 $14) 17. b3 b6 18. Bb2
Rad8 19. Qd4 (19. f3 Nec5 20. e4 f5 $1 21. exf5 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Nd3 $132) 19...
Qf6 (19... Nef6 20. Rce1 $1 Nc5 21. e4) 20. Qxf6 Ndxf6 21. Rfd1 h6 $6 22. e3
Nd7 23. Kf1 Re7 24. Ke2 Rde8 25. g4 $1 Re6 26. h4 R6e7 {Kramnik,V-Ulibin,M/
Chalkidiki (09) 1992/1-0 (49)}) (12... a5 13. Ba3 f5 (13... Re8 14. O-O a4 15.
Ne1 N6g5 16. Nd3 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Ra5 18. Qe1 b6 19. f3 Neg5 20. e4 Qf6 21. Nb4 Qh6
22. Nd5 Ra7 23. Qc3 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Rce1 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Nxe6
28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Nxf5 {1-0 Stoering,V-Ostermeyer,P/2.BLW 9293 Porz II-Münster 
[5] 1992}) (13... N4c5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18.
Bxc5 dxc5 $13) 14. O-O Kh8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 b6 17. b3 Bb7 18. Bb2 Rf6 19.
Rcd1 (19. a3 Re6 20. Ra1 Rf8 21. b4 c5 22. Qd3 Ng5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. h4 Ne4 25.
bxa5 bxa5 26. Rab1 Qe7 27. Qd5 f4 28. Ba1 fxg3 29. fxg3 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 h6 31.
Rb1 Qf7 32. Rf1 Qg6 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Qf5 Nxg3 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rg8 Nxe2+ 37.
Kf2 Nd4 38. Ra8 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Rd2 {0-1 Lingnau,C-Loginov,V/Budapest FS FebGM 
(04) 1994}) 19... Re6 20. Bc1 (20. Rfe1 Rf8 21. Bf3 f4 22. Ba1 fxg3 23. hxg3 c5
24. Qb2 Rg6 25. Kg2 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Qg5 {0-1 Chetverik,M-Loginov,V/Zalakaros op
(04) 1994}) 20... Rf8 21. Rd3 Qe8 22. a3 Qh5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rfe8 25. Ra3
R6e7 26. Ra7 c5 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Qb2 Qg6 29. Bf4 Qe6 30. Bf3 Kg8 31. Rb1 g5
32. Bxg5 Nxg5 33. Bxb7 Qxc4 34. Qxb6 Rxe2 {Zakharevich,I-Loginov,V/St.
Petersburg op (09) ;EXP 43 1994/1/2-1/2 (54)}) (12... f5 13. O-O Bd7 14. e3 (
14. Ba3 Qf6 15. c5 Bc6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. b3 f4 18. Qd3 N4c5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20.
Rxc3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd4 22. Bxc5 Nxf3+ 23. exf3 dxc5 24. Rxc5 Rf7 25. Kg2 b6 26.
Rc3 g6 27. Rd1 {Razuvaev,Y-Wahls,M/Bern op (5) 1994/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 14... c5 15.
Bc3 Bc6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Bb2 Qe8 18. Qe2 b5 19. Rfd1 b4 20. Nh4 g5 21. Nf3 Qh5
22. Nd4 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 g4 24. Nf4 N6g5 25. Kf1 Rf7 26. h4 gxh3 27. Nxh3 Nxh3 28.
Bxh3 h5 {Kaidanov,G-Wahls,M/New York op (06) 1994/1-0 (44)}) 13. Qc2 (13. Rc2
a5 $1 14. Ba3 N6g5 15. h4 (15. O-O Nh3+ 16. Bxh3 Bxh3 17. Re1 b6 $15) 15...
Nxf3+ 16. exf3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 (17. O-O {= Zoler,D-Finkel,A/Israel 58/(539) 1993})
(17. O-O Bf5 18. Rd2 Rae8 $10 {Finkel,A}) 17... dxc5 18. O-O Be6 $10) (13. b3
a5 14. Ba3 N6g5 $1 15. h4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Re8 $10) (13. Ba3 N4g5 14. h4 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Nc5 16. O-O {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Ulibin,M/Las Palmas-I(7) 1993}) 13...
N6c5 (13... N6g5 14. h4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 (15. Bxf3 $14) 15... Nc5 16. Bc3 Qf5 17.
Qd2 Re8 18. O-O Ne4 19. Qd4 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qc5 21. Qxc5 dxc5 22. Rd1 c6 23. Rb3
Kf8 24. g4 a5 25. a4 Ra7 26. Rbd3 Be6 27. b3 Ke7 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. Re3 Kf8 {
Gavrikov,V-Wahls,M/Biel (05) ;CBM 43 1994/1-0 (62)}) 14. O-O Re8 (14... Bf5 $6
15. Nh4 $1 Nxg3 $2 16. fxg3 Qd4+ 17. e3 $1 Qxe3+ 18. Qf2) 15. Ba3 a5 16. b3 Qh6
17. Rcd1 Bh3 $1 18. Bc1 Qh5 (18... Qe6 $6 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. f3 Nf6 21. e4 $16)
19. Rd5 Qg4 20. Nh4 (20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 c6 22. f3 Qg6 23. Rf5 Ne6 24. Nxe6
Qxf5 25. Nc7 Nxg3 26. e4 Qd7 27. Nxa8 Nxf1 28. Nb6 Qd8 29. Qf2 Nxh2 30. Kxh2
Re5 $17) (20. Rg5 Nxg5 21. Nxg5 Bxg2 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Kxg2 Ne6 24. f3 Qd4 $15)
20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 (21. Nxg2 Nf6 22. f3 Qg6 $10) (21. f3 $5 Bxf1 $1 22. fxg4
Bh3 23. g5 Re6 {/\ Rae8~/=}) 21... Nf6 22. f3 Qe6 23. Rd2 b5 $1 (23... a4 24.
Nf5 axb3 25. axb3 Nxb3 $2 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qxb3 $16) 24. Nf5 (24. cxb5 $2 Nd5
25. Nf5 $2 Qxf5 $19) 24... bxc4 25. bxc4 (25. Nd4 $5 Qc8 26. bxc4 Nfd7 27. e4
Ne5 $13) 25... Nfd7 26. Nd4 Qg6 27. Nb5 Qxc2 28. Rxc2 Ne6 29. e4 Reb8 30. Be3
Ne5 31. f4 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Ulibin,M/Benidorm 58/539 1993}) (11. Qc2 Nxc3 12.
Qxc3 e5 13. e4 c5 14. O-O f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qe3 Nf7 17. Nh4 Bd7 18. f4 Rae8
19. f5 Qg5 20. Rce1 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Petrosian,A/Siofok Hungaroil (07) 1990})
(11. O-O e5 (11... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 a5 13. Nd2 e5 14. c5 b6 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Qb3
Nb7 17. Qxb6 Nc5 18. Ne4 Ra6 19. Qb5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 {1-0 Farago,I-Horvath,T/
tt-HUN1 Csuti A.SK-Tungsram(10) 1994}) 12. c5 $5 (12. Qc2 f5 13. c5 Nf7 14.
cxd6 cxd6 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd7 17. Qb4 b6 18. Rc7 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Qd8 20.
Qc3 Rxc7 21. Qxc7 Rc8 22. Qxd8+ Nxd8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. f4 Nf7 25. e3 Kf8 26.
Nb1 {Eingorn,V-Miles,A/Zagreb izt 1987/1/2-1/2 (58)}) (12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 f5
(13... b6 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 f5 17. Qc2 Nf7 18. Rc1 e4 19. Nb3 Qf6
20. Qd2 Ra4 {1/2-1/2 Sherbakov,R-Ulibin,M/URS-qualJ Jurmala 1989}) 14. c5 Nf7
15. cxd6 (15. Qb3 b6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Qa3 Rfc8 19. Qa6 Qd8 20.
Nb3 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Bc8 22. Qc4 a5 23. Qc7 Ba6 24. Qxd8+ Nxd8 25. e4 fxe4 26. Nd2
Rc8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nc4 Nb7 29. Nxb6 Bf5 {Magerramov,E-Ilinsky,V/Moscow op
Russian Winter 1991/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 15... cxd6 16. Qb3 f4 17. Rfc1 Ng5 18. Rc7
Qf6 19. h4 Nf7 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. Re7 Nh6 22. Re6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Kh8 24. Nxd6 fxg3
25. fxg3 Qf6 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Bh3 Nf5 28. Ng5 Nd6 29. Qd3 e4 30. Qa3 Rae8 31.
Rd1 h6 32. Qxd6 hxg5 33. Qe5 gxh4 34. Rd7 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 {1/2-1/2
Vyzmanavin,A-Khasin,Al/URS-sf Russia-ch Gorky 1989}) (12. Be1 f5 13. Nd2 (13.
b4 Nf7 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qb3 f4 16. c5 Ng5 17. f3 Qf7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nc4 Rd8
20. e4 Nh3+ 21. Kh1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Qh5 23. Rc2 Ng5+ 24. Kg1 Bd7 25. g4 Qh6 26.
b5 Ne8 27. Na5 Rdc8 {Krasenkov,M-Wahls,M/Hamburg Wichern-op (08) 1993/0-1 (44)}
) 13... Nf6 14. c5 Nf7 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 f4 17. Qd3 (17. Bb4 Bf5 18. f3
Rfc8 19. e4 Bd7 20. gxf4 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Bb5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Rc2 Bxf1 24. Qxf1
Rf8 25. f4 Nfg4 26. Re2 Qh4 27. Bh3 g5 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Wahls,M/Bundesliga
1992}) 17... Bg4 18. Bb4 e4 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. gxf4 Nh5 21. Bd2 Nh6 22. Rc3 Nxf4
23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Qd2 Rf6 25. Rg3 Bf5 26. Ne3 Raf8 27. Qd4 b6 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29.
Qxe4 Qb5 30. Qe7 R8f7 31. Qd8+ Rf8 {Miles,A-Tong,Y/S.T.Lee Cup Beijing(2) 1993/
1-0 (53)}) 12... Bd7 (12... Nxc3 13. Rxc3 dxc5 14. Qc2 b6 15. Re3 Bb7 16. Nxe5
Qd6 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qxb5 Ba6 19. Qd7 Nb7 20. Qa4 c4 21. Nxc4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Bxc4
23. Qxc4 Rab8 24. b4 Na4 25. a3 Nb6 26. Qc5 a5 27. Rc1 axb4 28. axb4 {Farago,
I-Loginov,V/Budapest FS 06 GM(08) 1994/1-0 (48)}) (12... f5 13. b4 Nxc3 14.
Rxc3 Nf7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rc1 g6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. e4 Bd7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bh3 Qc8 25. Qd2 f4 26. Bxd7
Qxd7 27. Qd3 fxg3 28. hxg3 {Lukacs,P-Loginov,V/Budapest FS SepGM (01) ;EXP 43
1994/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 13. cxd6 (13. b4 f5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Nf7 16. Qb3 Rac8
17. Rc3 h6 18. Rfc1 Ng5 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rc7 Qd8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rc4 b5 23.
Rc6 Bb7 24. Rc2 Ne4 25. Be3 Qa8 26. Rc7 Rf7 27. Qc2 Rxc7 28. Qxc7 {Alterman,
B-Finkel,A/Israel Ch.(9) 1992/1-0 (74)}) 13... cxd6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Nc4 Rc8 16.
b4 Na4 17. Ba1 f6 18. Qb3 Nf7 19. Nb2 Nxb2 20. Bxb2 Bb5 $1 $15 21. Qe3 Qd7 22.
a3 b6 23. Rfe1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Bf1 Qc4 27. Qc1 g6 28. Qd2
Ng5 29. Kg2 Bd7 30. Qd3 $2 Bh3+ 31. Kg1 Qxd3 {0-1 Alterman,B-Ulibin,M/
URS-qualJ Jurmala 1989}) 11... e5 {/\f7-f5,Nd8-f7} 12. Nd2 a5 $6 (12... Nxd2
13. Qxd2 $14) 13. Nxe4 (13. Ba3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 b6 $10) 13... axb4 14. c5 {
/\Qb3, פd8} (14. Qb3 c5 $5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 $13) 14... f5 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nd2
Nf7 17. Qb3 b5 {><c4, /\Ra4} (17... e4 {/\Ne5} 18. Nc4 $16 {/\Nb6}) 18. Qxb4
Rxa2 19. O-O {/\Ra1, ><c6, קb5} Qa7 20. Nb1 $1 $14 {/\Nc3, /\Na3} Ra4 21. Qb3
Qa5 22. Nc3 Rb4 23. Qc2 Rc4 24. b3 Rc5 25. Qb2 b4 26. Na4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 {<-> c}
Bd7 28. Qd2 Ra8 $6 (28... Bxa4 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Rxa4 Qc5 31. Ra6 e4 $13) 29. Ra1
Nd8 30. Bh3 $1 $16 {/\e2-e4} Nb7 31. Kg2 (31. e4 Nc5 $17) 31... g6 (31... Nc5
$2 32. Nxc5 Qxa1 33. Nxd7 $18) 32. e4 $16 Rf8 33. exf5 Bxf5 (33... gxf5 34.
Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qe7 Qd8 36. Qxd8 Rxd8 37. Nb6 $16) 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Rc1 {פb7} e4
36. Qd4 $1 $18 Rf8 (36... Qxd5 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ $18) 37. Qxe4 Nd8 38. Rc4
Nf7 39. Qe6 Kg7 40. Rf4 Qa7 41. Nb2 Qa3 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Rf3 Qa8 44. Qe6 Kg7
45. Nc4 Qd8 46. h4 Qc7 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qe6 Kg7 49. Rf4 Qd8 50. Qe1 Qa8 51. Qd2
Rb8 52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. h5 gxh5 54. Rf5 Qa2 55. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 {^^} d6
(6... b6 7. Bg5 (7. dxc5 bxc5 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Qe7 12.
Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 d6 14. b4 O-O 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Rab1 Rac8 17. Rb5 Rfd8 18.
Qb2 Ba6 19. Rxc5 Qd6 20. Rc1 f6 21. Be4 h6 {Bayer,E-Rother,C/BL 8990
Regensburg-Koblenz [5] 1990/1-0 (45)}) 7... Bb7 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. g3 Bb7
10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. O-O O-O 15. Rc1 Rd8
16. e3 Na6 17. b4 Rac8 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Rfd1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qa2 21. Qf3 Kg7 22.
Qb7 Qxa3 23. Nxe6+ Kh6 24. Qxf7 Qxc1+ 25. Kg2 Qc6+ 26. Kh3 {1-0 Mohr,
S-Schneider,A/Budapest +++ 1988}) (7... h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11.
O-O Qc7 12. b4 O-O 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. f3 d5 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. cxd5 Qe5 17. Nc4
Qxd5 18. e4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qxh4 21. Bxb7 Rad8 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. Rc4
e5 24. Nf5 Qg5 25. h4 Qf6 26. Rc6 Qxc6 27. Bxc6 {1-0 Walker,D-Giblin,W/BCF-ch 
(09) 1993}) 8. e3 O-O (8... Qe7 9. Be2 d6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. b4 O-O
13. b5 Nb8 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rfd1 d5 16. a4 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Qb2 f5
20. Be5 f4 21. Bd3 d4 22. exd4 g4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 {Ftacnik,L-Podzielny,K.H/BL
1993/1-0 (35)}) 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4
Rfc8 14. Qe2 Qf8 15. Rab1 Bc6 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Bg3 b5 18. Nb3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 cxb4
20. axb4 Rcb8 21. Na5 {Mohr,S-Landenbergue,C/Aosta Mi-Cup 1988/1-0 (50)}) 9...
d6 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Qb3 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. bxc5 dxc5 16.
Rad1 cxd4 17. exd4 f5 18. Ne5 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rac8 21. Rd6 Rc5 22.
Rfd1 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Adianto,U-Antonio,R/Jakarta (04) 1994}) (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4
d5 (7... Ne4 8. Be3 O-O (8... b6 9. f3 Nc5 (9... Qh4+ $2 10. g3 Nxg3 11. Bf2
$18) (9... Nf6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nd6 $14) 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 (11... Nc6 12.
Bd6 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxc4 14. e4 $16) 12. Nc3 (12. Nc7 Ra7 13. Nxe6 dxe6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Bxb8 Rad7 $132) (12. Nd6 Qf6 13. Bc1 Nb7 $13) 12... Nc6 13. e3 Nb7 (
13... e5 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. Be2 $14 {xd5}) 14. Be2 d6 15. O-O e5 16. Bg3 Be6 17.
b4 Ne7 18. e4 a5 19. Bf2 $16 {xNb7} axb4 20. axb4 Nc6 21. Nd5 $1 Rxa1 (21...
Bxd5 $2 22. cxd5 Nxb4 23. Qb3 $18) 22. Qxa1 b5 $2 (22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4 24.
Bxd4 exd4 25. Qxd4 $16) 23. Qa6 (23. Qa6 $1 {1-0 Cramling,P-Masserey,Y/Biel 
(04) ;CBM 43 1994}) 23... Qd7 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc6 $18) 9. g3 b6
(9... d5 10. Bg2 f5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qc2 Ndf6 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15.
Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxd7 Nxg3 18. Qxf5 Nxf5 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. Bb4 Rc2
21. Kf1 e5 22. Bc3 Nd4 23. Rd1 b5 24. R1xd4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Re8 26. e3 g6 27.
Rxa7 {1-0 Langeweg,K-Hecht,H._J/Hengelo 5/539 1968}) 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd6
12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. Rac1 Ne5 16. h3 f6 17. b4 a5 18. Qb3
axb4 19. axb4 Ra6 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. f4 Nf7 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. Nc3 Ra3 24. Qd4 Rb3
25. Qxb6 Qxc4 26. Qxb7 Rxc3 27. Kf2 d5 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Rc1 Qb3 30. Rc8 d4 31.
Bxd4 e5 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 33. Qe7 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Djuric,S/Jugoslavija (ch) 41/582
1986}) (7... Nc6 8. Bc3 O-O 9. Nxc6 (9. Rc1 Ne4 10. e3 Qb6 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12.
Rxc3 Nxd4 13. exd4 d6 14. O-O h6 15. b4 e5 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Qe2 Be6
19. Re1 f6 20. Qe4 Rfd8 21. c6 b6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Kf8 {Kasparov,
G-Timman,J/Brussels 5' 1987/1-0 (64)}) (9. Qc2 d5 10. e3 Bd7 11. Nf3 Ne4 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Rc8 15. O-O Bg4 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. h3 (17. Nf5
Bxf5 18. Bxf5 d4 {1/2-1/2 Mathe,G-Gyimesi,Z/Caissa KFT(08) 1993}) 17... Nxd4
18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Bd7 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 {Timman,J-Ivkov,B/Rio de
Janeiro (izt) 28/596 1979/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 9... bxc6 10. Qd4 d5 11. e3 Re8 12.
Qe5 Ba6 13. O-O-O Qb8 14. f3 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. c5 Bxf1 18.
Rhxf1 Nc4 19. Rd3 e5 20. e4 d4 21. a4 Rab8 22. b3 Ne3 23. Rg1 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5
{Hansen,LB-Yanvarjov,I/Budapest Spring-op 1989/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (7... d6 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 $14 {^^} a6 10. Bb4 $5 Ne8 11. Qd2 {/\ Rd1, Nb3 ><d6} Ra7 $1 12. O-O
(12. c5 $6 e5 $1 13. Nb3 Be6) 12... b6 13. Rfd1 Rc7 (13... Bb7 $2 14. e4 $16)
14. b3 Bb7 15. Bxb7 (15. e4 $5 $14) 15... Rxb7 16. a4 Qc8 $1 17. a5 (17. e4 Nd7
{/\ Nc5}) 17... bxa5 18. Rxa5 e5 19. Nc2 Nc6 20. Ra4 (20. Rxa6 $4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4
Rxb4) 20... a5 $1 21. Bxa5 Rxb3 22. Bb4 $14 Nf6 $6 (22... Nxb4 {>=} 23. Rxb4
Rxb4 24. Qxb4 f5 25. Ne3 $14) 23. Bxd6 Ne4 24. Qe1 $8 Rd8 25. c5 Nc3 26. Na1 $1
Nxa4 27. Nxb3 Qe6 28. Rb1 h5 29. e3 $1 {/\ Na5 ><d4} Ra8 $1 30. h4 Ra7 $6 31.
Qc1 Qf5 32. Nd2 Qd3 $6 33. Rb3 Qe2 34. Ne4 f6 35. Qb1 $18 {/\ 36.Nf6, 36.Rb8}
Qc4 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Ng5+ $1 {1-0 Yusupov,A-Smyslov,V/USSR (ch) 46/668 1988})
8. cxd5 (8. e3 $1 e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bc3 Bg4 $8 (10... e4 11. Ne5 $16 {Ruban,V})
11. Be2 $1 dxc4 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 $14 {+/= Ruban,V-Gorelov,S/USSR 46/(668)
1988}) 8... Qxd5 9. e3 O-O (9... Bd7 10. Be2 e5 11. Bf3 e4 (11... Ne4 12. Qb3
Qxb3 13. Nxb3 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 Bc6 15. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Michaelsen,N-Hecht,H/BL 8889
Bayern-HSK [7] 1988}) 12. Be2 Qg5 13. g4 O-O 14. h4 Qg6 15. g5 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nb6
17. Rg1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h5 Qe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Bc3 Bd5 22. Rd1 Rac8 23.
Bg4 Rc6 24. Rg2 Na4 25. Be5 Nc5 26. Kf1 {Gorelov,S-Vitolinsh,A/URS-OT56
Uzhgorod 1988/1/2-1/2 (61)}) (9... a6 10. Bb4 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bd6 Qe6 13.
Rc1 e4 14. Ng5 Qf5 15. Rc5 Qg4 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Rxc6
bxc6 20. Bf4 Nc5 21. b4 f6 22. bxc5 fxg5 23. Bd6 Qe6 24. Bc4 {Mohr,S-Hoelzl,F/
Budapest 1988/1-0 (40)}) 10. Bb4 Rd8 (10... Re8 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13.
Bd6 Bd7 14. e4 Red8 15. Bg3 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nf6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Be5
Rac8 20. Rd1 f6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bc3 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. g3 Kf7 25. Ke2 Nf6
26. Rd1 Nd5 27. Bd4 Nb6 28. b3 g6 29. Kd3 Nd7 {Ruban,V-Vitolinsh,A/URS-OT56
Uzhgorod 1988/1-0 (48)}) 11. Be7 Rd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qg4+ Kf8 (13... Qg5 14.
Qxg5+ fxg5 15. Rc1 Na6 16. Bb5 $16) 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Bf3 Qd6 (15... Qa5+ 16. b4
Nxb4 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. Qxb4+ Qxb4+ 19. axb4 Rc7 20. Kd2 Bd7 21. Rhc1 $16) 16.
Rd1 (16. Nxc6 $2 Qd2+ 17. Kf1 bxc6 $10) (16. O-O Nxd4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Qh5 Kg7
$13) 16... Ne5 (16... Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Qe5 18. O-O $16) 17. Qh4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qe5
(18... e5 19. Qh6+ Ke8 20. Rg1 Qf8 21. Qxh7 $18) 19. Rg1 (19. Qxh7 Qg5 $16)
19... h5 20. f4 Qa5+ 21. b4 Qxa3 22. Qxf6 $18 Qxb4+ {Lobron,E-Kortschnoj,V/
Biel 1986/1-0 (33)}) 7. dxc5 (7. Qc2 Nc6 8. dxc5 (8. Bc3 Qc7 9. e3 O-O 10. dxc5
dxc5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 f5 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rae1 Kh8 16. f4 Qg7
17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Re5 b6 21. Rd1 Qf6 22. Qc3 Kg8 {
Roeder,M-Haslinger,C/London Lloyds (3) 1987/1-0 (34)}) 8... dxc5 9. Bc3 Qc7 10.
e3 e5 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ng5 O-O-O 14. O-O Rhe8 15. Bf5+ Kb8 16. Ne4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rfd1 g5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 f6 22. Rd5
Ne7 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qh7 Qf8 25. Qd3 Kc7 26. Kf1 Qd8 27. Ke2 Qxd3+ 28. Kxd3
Kd6 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,E-Levenfish,G/Moscow 1925}) (7. g3 b6 (7... Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Ne8 13. Bg2 f6 14. Bc3 e5 15.
b4 Be6 16. bxc5 Rf7 17. c6 bxc6 18. Be4 g6 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. O-O Rc8 21. Rfd1 c5
22. Be1 {Poluliakhov,A-Neverov,A/RSFSR-ch Kuibishev 1990/1-0 (45)}) 8. Bg2 Bb7
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O Qc7 11. b4 Nbd7 12. b5 O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Rfd1
h6 16. Be1 f5 17. Nd2 Ng5 18. Nf3 Nf7 19. Bc3 g5 20. Qb2 Nb6 21. Bg7 e5 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 {Magomedov,M-Vitolinsh,A/URS-sf Daugavpils 1989/1-0 (41)}) 7... dxc5
8. Qc2 (8. Bc3 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 $10 {/\b7-b6,Bc8-b7} (9... b6 10. g3 Bb7 11.
Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ke7 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rhd8 16. Bxf6+ Kxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Smyslov,V/Tumba-Aruba (03) 1992})) (8. Bf4 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 b6
10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Rfd8 15. b5 {+/=
Efimov,I-Spiridonov,S/Praha 39/(605) 1985}) 8... Nbd7 (8... b6 {/\Bb7, ><e4} 9.
e4 $5) 9. O-O-O {><d6, /\Bf4} Qc7 10. g3 Ng4 $1 (10... b6 $6 11. Bg2 (11. Bf4 {
Ftacnik} e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. Qc3 Nfg4 (14... Nfd7 15. Rxd7 $1) 15.
h3 g5 16. hxg4 gxf4 17. gxf4 Ng6 18. f5 Ne5 19. f4 $18) 11... Bb7 12. Bf4 e5 $2
13. Nxe5 $18) 11. Bf4 $6 (11. Be1 O-O $10 (11... a6 {Ftacnik} 12. h3 Nge5 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Bc3 O-O $13)) 11... e5 12. Bh3 h5 $1 (12... exf4 13.
Bxg4 (13. Qe4+ $2 Kf8 14. Bxg4 Nf6 $19) 13... O-O $14) (12... Nxf2 $2 {Ftacnik}
13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Nxe5 Bc6 15. Ng6 $16) 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. Nxe5 (14. Rxd7 {
Ftacnik} Qxd7 15. Nxe5 Qe6 $17) 14... Nxe5 15. Rd5 (15. Qe4 Rh5 $17) 15... Rh5
(15... f6 $2 {Ftacnik} 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Qg6+ Kf8 18. Rhd1 $18) 16. Rxe5+ $8 (
16. Qe4 f6 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qg6+ Kf8 $19) (16. Rhd1 {Ftacnik} Be6 17. Rxe5
Rxe5 18. Qh7 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Bxe5 g6 $10) 16... Rxe5 17. Qh7 f6 $1 $17 (
17... Qe7 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Rd1 $18) 18. Rd1 (18. Qg8+ Kd7 19. Qxg7+ (19. Rd1+
Kc6 $17 (19... Kc6 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rd8 Kc7 22. Re8 Qg5+ 23. e3 a6
$17)) 19... Kc6 20. Qxf6+ Re6 $17 (20... Re6 21. Qxe6+ Bxe6 22. Bxc7 Kxc7 $17))
18... Kf7 19. Qh8 {/\Rd8 ~/=} Qc6 {/\20. - Bf5 21.Qxa8 Qe4-> -+} 20. Rd8 (20.
Bxe5 fxe5 {/\Qh6+} (20... fxe5 {Ftacnik} 21. Qh5+ (21. Rd8 $2 Qh6+ $1) 21...
Qg6 22. Qxe5 Be6 23. Qc7+ Kg8 24. Qxb7 Rf8 $17)) 20... Re8 (20... Bf5) 21. Qh5+
Ke7 22. Rd6 (22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qxc5+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ g6 $19) 22... Qe4 {/\Bf5}
23. Rd3 $8 {/\Re3, /\Bd6+} (23. Qxc5 Kf7 $19) 23... Be6 $8 24. Bd6+ Kd8 $19 25.
Be5+ (25. Bf4+ Bd7 26. Qxc5 Qc6 $19) (25. Bxc5+ {Ftacnik} Bd7 $19) 25... Bd7
26. Qf7 Qf5 {/\Qe6} 27. Bf4 g5 28. Be3 Qe6 29. Qg7 b6 30. Rd5 Qe7 31. Rxg5 Qxg7
(31... fxg5 $2 {Ftacnik} 32. Bxg5 $13) 32. Rxg7 Kc7 33. b3 Rxe3 34. fxe3 Rh8
35. e4 Rxh2 36. Kd2 Rg2 37. Rf7 Rxg3 38. e3 Rf3 39. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Re8 9. a3 bxa3 (9... Qb6 10. axb4 Qxb4 11. Na3 Na6 $6 (11... Bd7 $5 12. Qd3
Bc6 13. Nc2 Qb6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. b4 e5 17. e3 exd4 18. exd4 a6 19.
Rab1 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Qc7 $13 {Horvath,C-Obukhov,A/Kobanya op/1992/}) 12. Ne1 $1
Qb6 13. c5 $1 Qd8 $8 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qb3 $16 {Chernin,
A-Kortchnoj,V/Beersheba/1993/}) (9... Nc6) 10. Rxa3 Qc7 11. b3 (11. Qc1 Nbd7 $6
(11... e5 $5) 12. b4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. c5 $1 {X d6} Nf8 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Nd2
Bc6 17. e4 $1 Red8 18. Nc4 $16 {Mozny,M-Damjanovic,M/Prague Bohemians/1988/})
11... a5 $5 $146 (11... e5 $6 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. d5 Nb4 15. c5 $1 (15.
Rxa7 Rxa7 16. Nxa7 Bd7 {X d6}) 15... Ne4 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nd2
$16 {Bates,R-Pedersen,S/Gausdal/1992/}) 12. Nc3 Bd7 $1 13. Qd2 Na6 14. e4 Bc6
$5 (14... e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Nxe4 $2 17. Nxc7 (17. Qe3 $6 Qc5
$1) 17... Nxd2 18. Nxa8 Nxf1 19. Nb6 $18) 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. Raa1 $14
) 15. e5 (15. d5 $6 exd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 {/\Nc5=/+}) 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17.
Nb5 $1 (17. Kxg2 b6 {/\Qb7}) 17... Qe7 18. Kxg2 b6 $1 19. Raa1 Qb7+ 20. Kg1
Red8 $132 {X d4} 21. Rfd1 Nb4 22. Qe2 Qe4 $1 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. f3 Nd6 25. Nxd6
Rxd6 26. c5 $1 $8 (26. Kf2 $2 Rad8 27. Ke3 f6 28. Ng4 Nc6 $17) 26... bxc5 27.
dxc5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 f6 $1 29. Nc4 Rc8 30. Nxa5 Rxc5 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Nc4 $10 e5
{/\Nc2-d4} 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Kf2 Nc2 35. g4 $1 Nd4 36. h4 h5 37. gxh5+ Kxh5 (
37... Kh6 $6 38. Ne3) 38. Rxg7 Nxb3 39. Ne3 Nd4 (39... Kxh4 40. Nf5+ Kh5 41.
Ng3+ Kh6 42. Nf5+ $10) 40. Rh7+ $6 (40. Rg8 Ra5 (40... Kxh4 41. f4 $10) 41. Ng4
$1 Ra2+ (41... Ra6 42. Rf8 Kg6 43. h5+ $10) 42. Ke3 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 Rxf3 (43...
f5+ 44. Kxe5 $10) 44. Nxf6+ Rxf6 45. Kxe5 $10) 40... Kg6 41. Rd7 Ra5 42. f4 $1
$8 Ra2+ 43. Kf1 exf4 44. Rxd4 fxe3 45. Re4 $10 Kh5 46. Rxe3 Kxh4 47. Rb3 f5 48.
Rc3 Kg4 49. Rb3 f4 50. Rc3 f3 51. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ $5 (5... Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+
7. Nbxd2 $8 (7. Qxd2 $6 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ $15 {X d4})) 6. Nbxd2 $6 (6. Qxd2 $1
$14) 6... d6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 $2 (10. d5) 10... Bxf3 11.
Nxf3 c5 $1 $15 {X d4;Bg2} (11... Nxe4 $6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 $14) 12. dxe5 $8
(12. d5 $2 Nxe4 $17) 12... dxe5 13. Nh4 g6 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Qg5 Kh8 16. f4 Ng8
$1 17. Qg4 (17. Qxe7 Ngxe7 $17) 17... Rad8 18. Rf2 Nf6 19. Qg5 Nh5 20. Qg4 $6 (
20. Qxe7 $142 Nxe7 $17) 20... Rd3 21. Bf3 Nd4 22. f5 Rg8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Raf1
Ne6 $1 $19 {X Qg4} 25. Bg2 $8 (25. Ng2 Nf6 26. Qh4 g5 27. Qh6 Rg6 $19) 25...
Rxg3 $19 26. Rf7 Qe8 27. Qd1 Nef4 28. Rxb7 g5 29. Nf5 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Ng3+ 31.
Nxg3 Rxg3 32. Qd6 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group5"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1993.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hayastan Dinamo"]
[BlackTeam "Chelyabinsk Poliot"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 (6... d6 $5
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. d5 e5 12. Bd3 Ndf6 13. Qc2 Nc5
14. Be2 a5 $13 {Epishin,V-Kuzmin,G/Moskva op/1992/}) 7. Bg5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9.
Bh4 $5 (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 c5 $1 12. b4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. f3 Bb7 17. e4 e5 18. d5 Bc8 $10 {Ribli,Z-Andersson,U/
Polanica Zdroj/1993/}) (9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 Be4 $1 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Bh4 a6 13.
Bd3 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 e5 $10 {Epishin,V-Kosten,A/Geneve/1993/}) (9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4
g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h4 $5 g4 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. O-O-O O-O-O
17. b4 Kb8 18. Kb2 $44 {Gelfand,B-Hansen,C/Wijk op/1993/}) 9... h6 10. Nd2 (10.
Rc1 Qe7 11. b4 O-O 12. Be2 a5 $1 13. O-O axb4 14. axb4 Ra3 $13 {Gofhstein,
L-Maksimovic,B/Iraklion op/1992/}) 10... Qe7 11. Be2 c5 $1 12. Bf3 $6 (12. f3
$142 $13) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 d5 $1 14. O-O O-O 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc3 (16. cxd5
exd5 $15 {/\ Qe6}) 16... cxd4 17. exd4 Qd6 18. Bg3 Qc6 $1 19. Rfc1 dxc4 20.
Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Nd5 $15 {X d5,Bg3} 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Ke2 N7f6
25. Nf1 $1 Kf8 26. Ne3 Ke7 27. Be5 $1 Ne8 {X Ne8} 28. Ra4 a5 29. Rc4 f6 30. Bg3
Kd7 $5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Rc3 Nd6 33. Bxd6 Kxd6 $10 34. Rg3 Rd7 35. h4 Re7+ 36.
Kd3 h5 37. a4 Rc7 38. f4 $4 (38. Re3 $10) 38... Ke6 $17 39. Re3+ Kf5 40. g3 Kg4
41. b3 Rc6 42. Kd2 g6 43. Kd3 f5 $1 44. Re5 Rd6 45. Re3 Kh3 $1 46. Kd2 Kg2 $1
47. Ke2 Rc6 $22 48. Kd3 Kf2 $1 {/\ Rc3} 49. Re5 $8 Rd6 50. Re3 Rf6 51. Kd2 Rc6
52. Rd3 Rc7 53. Kd1 Re7 $1 54. Rc3 Re3 $1 55. Rc6 Rxb3 56. Rxg6 Rb4 $19 57. Rg5
Rxa4 58. Rxf5 Rxd4+ 59. Kc2 Kxg3 60. Rxh5 Kxf4 61. Rh8 Ke5 62. h5 Rh4 63. h6
Kd4 64. h7 a4 65. Kb2 Rh3 66. Ra8 Rh2+ 67. Kc1 Rxh7 68. Rxa4+ Kc3 69. Ra3+ Kc4
70. Ra6 Rh1+ 71. Kb2 Rh2+ 72. Ka3 Rh3+ 73. Kb2 b5 74. Rc6+ Kb4 75. Kc2 d4 76.
Kd2 Kb3 77. Rc8 b4 78. Rd8 Ka2 79. Rxd4 b3 80. Ra4+ Kb1 {Lucena 1498} 81. Ra3
Rh2+ 82. Kd1 b2 83. Ra8 Rh5 84. Rd8 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ {Andersson special!} 5. Qxd2 O-O 6.
g3 d5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. Qc2 $5 $146 (9. Rc1 Re8 10. Qe3 (10. Qd3 $6 Qe7
11. Nbd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e3 Qxb2 $17 {van der
Sterren,P-Andersson,U/Ter Apel/1994/}) 10... dxc4 11. Rxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 $1
13. Rd4 Qb6 14. Qc3 c5 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. e3 Ne4 17. Qc1 Bg4 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3
{1/2-1/2/Dokhoian,Y-Andersson,U/Wijk/1990/}) 9... b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. b4 $5 a5
12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 c5 $1 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 $1 $14 Qc7 17.
Qb2 Bd5 18. Nfd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd5 $1 {^ Nb4 X b5} 20. Ne4 $1 h6 21. Ned6 N7b6
22. e4 $1 Nb4 23. Rfd1 Rab8 24. Nxb6 Rxb6 25. e5 Nd5 26. Rac1 (26. Nc4 $5 Rb7
27. Kg1 $5 $14) 26... f6 $1 $132 27. Kg1 fxe5 28. Nc4 Rb7 29. Re1 Rfb8 30. Qxe5
Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxb5 32. Rxe6 $10 Rb1 33. Ree1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Nf6 35. Ne5 Rc8 36.
f4 Kf8 37. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. O-O Bg4 10. d5 (10. Ne1 $5) 10... a5 11. Ne1 Na6 12. e4 c6 (12... Nc5
13. Nc2 $14) 13. Nd3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nd7 (14... Bd7 15. f4 $14) (14... Rfc8 15.
f4) 15. f3 Bh5 16. Nd1 (16. Rac1 $14) 16... Nac5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne3 f6 19.
Rfc1 (19. Rac1) 19... Qd8 20. b3 (20. Rc2 $10) 20... b5 21. Rc2 Qb6 (21... b4
22. Rac1 a4 23. Rb1 $1 axb3 24. axb3 {/\ Nc4, Qe3=}) 22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Rac1 Rc7
24. h4 Rfc8 25. Kh2 Kf8 (25... Nb7 $2 26. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Nc5 28. Nf5 $1 {
/\ 29.Ne7, 29.Qd6+-}) 26. Nf5 (26. Bh3 $2 Bxf3 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 $17) 26... Nb7 (
26... Bg6 27. Ne3 Bh5 $10 (27... Nb7 $2 28. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 29. dxc6 Rxc6 30. Nd5
Qa6 31. Nc7 Qb6 32. Ne6+ Ke7 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Nxg7 $16 {/\} Kf7 $2 35. Qh6))
27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. g4 (29. a3 $5 Bg6 (29... Nc5 30. Qc3) 30. b4 $5
(30. Ne3 Nc5 31. Qc3 Na6) 30... Bxf5 31. exf5 axb4 32. axb4 {><b5, Nb7}) 29...
Bg6 30. Ng3 b4 31. g5 Qc3 32. Qe2 fxg5 33. hxg5 Be8 34. Qa6 Qc7 35. Qa7 (35.
Nf5 g6 36. Ne3 Nc5 37. Qa8 Qe7 $1) 35... g6 36. Bf1 (36. Nf1 $6 Qe7 $1) 36...
Bd7 37. Ba6 Qc2+ 38. Be2 (38. Ne2 Nc5 (38... Bc8 $2 39. Qb8 Ke7 40. Kg3 $1) 39.
Qb8+ Ke7 40. Qh8 $1 Nxa6 41. Qf6+ $10) 38... Bc8 39. Qb8 Ke7 40. Kg1 Kd8 (40...
Nd8 {Kortschnoj} 41. Qa7+ Bd7 42. Qxa5 (42. Bb5 Qc5+ 43. Qxc5 dxc5 44. Bxd7
Kxd7 $17 {_|_ ><g5}) 42... Nf7 43. Qxb4 Qxa2 {/\ Ng5-/+ עg1}) (40... Qc5+ $1
41. Kg2 Nd8 {/\ Nf7-+}) 41. Ba6 Qc7 (41... Qc1+ 42. Nf1 Qc7 (42... Qxg5+ $6 43.
Kf2 Qh4+ 44. Ke2 $18)) 42. Qxc7+ Kxc7 43. Bxb7 Bxb7 44. Kf2 Ba6 45. Ke3 Kd7 46.
Nh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta zt"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barus, Cerdas"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 $6 {
A wellknown inaccuracy.The idea of 5..Nc6 is to force White to recapture with
the b1-N on d2 because of the pressure on d4.} Ne4 $1 8. Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Kf1 (9.
Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxc4 $15) (9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 $15) 9... d5
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. h3 O-O $15 14. Kg1 Ne7 15. Kh2 c6 16.
Rhe1 Qd6 17. e3 Bf5 18. Qc1 Ne4 19. Rf1 Ng6 20. Kg1 Rfe8 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Qc3
Re7 23. Rde1 Rae8 24. a4 h5 $1 25. b4 (25. h4 $6 Qf6 26. Nd2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qf5
$17 {X Kg1;e4;g4}) 25... h4 26. g4 f5 $6 {X g5} (26... Qf6 27. Nh2 (27. Nd2
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Nf4+ $1 29. Kh2 Ne6 $17 {/\Ng5;Qg6;f5-/+}) 27... Bxg2 28. Kxg2
Qe6 $17 {/\f5-/+}) 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Ng5 $1 Nf8 29. f4 $1 Qg6 30. Qd2 Nh7 31.
Nf3 Bxh3 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2
d6 8. O-O Re8 9. a3 Qb6 (9... bxa3 10. Rxa3 Qc7 11. b3 a5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Qd2
Na6 $13 {Pushkov,N-Obukhov,A/Sochi/1993/} (13... Na6 {Dautov} 14. e4 Bc6 15. e5
dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Kxg2 b6 19. Raa1 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Red8 21. Rfd1
Nb4 $10 {->Pushkov-Obukhov/Sochi/1993})) (9... Nc6 10. d5 $5 (10. axb4 Nxb4 11.
Nc3 Bd7 $1 12. Qd2 a5 13. e4 e5 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. b3 b5 $5 16. cxb5 Qb6 17. Rac1
(17. Bf1 $5 Bg4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Re3 (19. Nh4 $2 Qd4 $1 $17) 19... Be6 $5 {
/\ Ng4;Bb3} 20. Na4 Qb7 $132) 17... Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qxb5 20. Bf1
Qb6 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bc4 h6 23. Qb2 Nc6 24. Qe2 Rd8 $15 {Gligoric,S-Cebalo,M/
Jugoslavija/1987/}) 10... exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Ne1 (12. axb4 Nexd5 13. b5 Bg4
$13 {Magerramov,E-Dizdar,G/Baku/1988/}) 12... bxa3 13. Rxa3 b5 14. b4 a5 $1 15.
bxa5 b4 16. Ra4 Rxa5 17. Rxb4 Nexd5 18. Rb2 Bf5 $10 {Nikolic,P-Kortchnoi,V/
Zagreb izt/1987/}) 10. axb4 (10. Qb3 Nc6 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Rc1 a5 13. c5 $1
dxc5 14. Rxc5 Nd7 15. Rc1 e5 $5 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. dxe5 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Ndxe5 19.
Nxe5 Rxe5 20. e3 Rb5 21. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 (21... Rxb3 22. Rxa5 $1 $18) 22. Bxc6
Rxb3 23. Bxa8 Bh3 $1 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxb2 26. Rxa5 g6 27. g4 $1 $16 {
Zueger,B-Gostisa,L/Mitropa Cup/1993/}) (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Nc3 Bd7
13. e4 e5 $2 14. c5 $1 Qc7 $8 (14... dxc5 $2 15. dxe5 $18) 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16.
dxe5 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Ng4 (17... Rxe5 18. f4) 18. f4 Ne3 19. Rf2 Nxg2 20. Kxg2
Rec8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rc5 23. d6 $18 {Teran,I-Adler,J/Antwerpen-Wch stud/
1992/}) 10... Qxb4 11. Na3 Na6 $6 $146 (11... Bd7 $5 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Nc2 Qb6
14. Nd2 (14. b4 $1 {Dautov >=} Be4 15. Qb3 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nc6 17. c5 $14) 14...
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. b4 e5 17. e3 exd4 18. exd4 a6 19. Rab1 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Qc7
$13 {Horvath,C-Obukhov,A/Kobanya op/1992/}) 12. Ne1 $1 Qb6 (12... Bd7 13. Nd3
Qb6 14. b4 $1 $16 {/\} (14. e3 $14 {Dautov /\} e5 15. c5 dxc5 16. Nc4) 14...
Nxb4 $2 (14... Qxd4 $2 15. Bxb7 $16) 15. c5 dxc5 16. dxc5 Qa5 17. Nc2 $18) 13.
c5 $1 $16 Qd8 (13... dxc5 $2 14. Nc4 Qc7 (14... Qb5 15. Nd6 $18) (14... Qb4 15.
Ra4 Qb5 16. Nd6 $18) 15. Rxa6 $18) 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qb3 {/\ Ra6}
Nd5 (16... Rb8 {Dautov} 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 $16) 17. Nd3 Qd8 (17... Bd7 {
Dautov} 18. Rfc1 $16 {/\Na5}) 18. Rfc1 Re7 19. Qa3 $1 {X d6} Nac7 20. Nd6 a6
21. e4 Nb6 22. Ne5 Ne8 (22... f6 {Dautov} 23. Qc5 $1 (23. Nec4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4
Nb5 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Qxa8 bxc4 27. d5 $14) (23. Nd3 Rd7 24. e5 Nb5 $132) 23...
Ne8 24. Nec4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 b5 26. Nb6 (26. Na5 $16) 26... Rc7 27. Nxa8 Rxc5 28.
dxc5 Bb7 29. Nb6 $16) 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Qb4 $1 a5 (24... f6 {Dautov} 25. Nd3
Bd7 26. Nc5 Bc6 27. Qb3 Kf7 28. Bh3 $18) 25. Qc3 {X a5} f6 26. Nd3 Kh8 27. h4
$1 Nd7 (27... Bd7 {Dautov} 28. Rxa5 $18) (27... a4 {Dautov} 28. Nc5 $16) 28. e5
$1 fxe5 29. dxe5 $18 Ra7 30. Nf4 Nf8 (30... b6 31. Nxe6 $1 $18) (30... Ra6 {
Dautov} 31. Qxc8 Qxc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxb7 Rca8 34. b4 a4 35. Nxe6 $18) 31.
Qc7 Ra6 $6 (31... Bd7 $142 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc7 $18) (31... Qd4 {Dautov} 32.
Qxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 $18) 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 34. Bxb7 Rca8 35. Bxa6
Rxa6 36. Ra4 $1 {/\ b4} Rb6 37. Rxa5 Kg8 (37... Rxb2 38. Ra8 $18) 38. Ra8 Kf7
39. Ra7+ (39. Ra7+ {Dautov} Kg8 40. Nh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. Nf3 (4. e4 $5) 4... Nf6 5. g3 Bxd2+ (5... Nc6
) (5... O-O) 6. Qxd2 Ne4 $6 (6... O-O) 7. Qc2 Qb4+ 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Nc6 10.
e3 Qe7 11. Bg2 e5 12. d5 Nb4 13. Qc3 O-O 14. O-O (14. a3 Na6 15. b4 $14) 14...
Na6 15. f4 $1 d6 16. f5 $14 {()} Nc5 17. b4 Nd7 18. g4 $6 (18. e4 $14) (18. Ne4
$5 Nf6 19. Qd2 $14 {/\Qe2;g4}) 18... Qh4 $1 19. h3 h5 $1 $132 20. Nf3 Qg3 $1
21. Qe1 Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nf6 24. Nh2 g6 25. e4 gxf5 26. gxf5 Rd8
$10 {/\Kf8-e7=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Zoler, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. f3 (11. Be2 e5 (11... c5 12. Bf3 (12. f3)
12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 d5 $1 14. O-O O-O 15. Rac1 (15. cxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17.
Rac1 Rac8 18. Rc2 Qe6 19. Rfc1 Ne5 20. Qe2 Nfd7 $13 {/=/+ Fyllingen,
R-Petursson,M Gausdal 1995}) 15... Rac8 16. Rc3 cxd4 17. exd4 Qd6 18. Bg3 Qc6
$1 19. Rfc1 dxc4 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Nd5 $15 {Lputian,
S-Ulibin,M European Club Cup 1993 Balatonbereny 1993}) (11... g5 12. Bf3 c6 13.
Bg3 e5 (13... h5 14. h4 g4 15. Be2 c5 16. O-O e5 17. b4 O-O 18. Bd3 Ne8 19. Bf5
Ng7 $13 {Malaniuk,V-Adams,M New-York PCA (active) 1994}) 14. O-O Kf8 15. b4 Kg7
16. Qc2 Rhe8 17. c5 d5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 b5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf3 $16 {
/+- Hjartarson,J-Backlund,R Eikram mem op Guasdal 1996}) 12. d5 (12. Bf3 e4 13.
Be2 $14 c6 14. Qc2 Qe6 15. h3 Rc8 16. b4 O-O 17. a4 a6 18. Bg3 $14 {/+/-
Lputian,S-Drasko,M Jugoslavija team ch 1991}) 12... a5 (12... g5 13. Bg3 Nc5
14. Qc2 (14. h4 $14 {Hjartarson,J}) 14... a5 15. h4 Rg8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rh6
Kf8 18. O-O-O b5 $13 {Hjartarson,J-Arnason,J Akurryri 1988}) 13. e4 (13. f3 a4
14. O-O Nc5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Ne4 Ncxe4 17. fxe4 g5 18. Be1 Bc8 19. Bd3 Nd7 20.
Bb4 {Kozul,Z-Cebalo,M Maribor Pirc 1994}) 13... a4 14. f3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bc8 (
15... c6 $5) 16. O-O g5 (16... Bd7 17. Rae1 $14) 17. Bf2 Bd7 18. Rae1 $1 $14 {
Hjartarson,J-Cebalo,M Linares 65/469 [Hjartarson,J] 1996}) 11... e5 (11... g5
12. Bf2 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Kb8 14. e4 $13 {Rayner,F-Adams,M Blackpool zt 1990}) 12.
d5 a5 (12... g5 13. Bg3 e4 14. f4 a5 15. b3 a4 16. Be2 (16. b4 b5) 16... b5 17.
O-O $14 {Kiss,P-Magyar,O Hun-chT2 9293 1993}) 13. b3 Nf8 (13... a4 14. b4 b5
15. e4 $1 $16) 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Bf2 O-O 16. Qc2 Qe8 17. h4 $1 {very quickly
white got the initiative,not the plan is h5-Bh4} c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. h5 Ne7
20. Bh4 Nd7 21. Ne4 Nf5 22. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 23. Bxf5 Bd7 (23... Nxh5 24. g4 $1
Bxf3 (24... g5 25. Bxg5 (25. Bf2 $6 Nf6 26. Rxh6 Kg7) 25... hxg5 26. Rxh5 $18)
25. Rh3 $18) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd1 $16 {/+-} Rd8 (25... a4 $5) 26. Kf2 Bxf5 27.
Qxf5 Qe6 28. Qg4+ $1 Qxg4 $6 (28... Kh8) 29. fxg4 Rfe8 30. Kg3 Kf8 31. Rhf1 Re6
32. Rd5 $6 (32. a4) 32... Rc8 (32... a4 {for a long long time black could have
and probably should have played this move,giving white a weakness his "c" pawn
but when he played 32...Rc8 the threat was already clear and white did not
allow it}) 33. a4 $1 Ke7 34. Rb5 Rc6 35. Kf3 Kd7 36. Ke4 Kc7 37. g5 $1 {
a well timed break through white's passed "h" pawn will decide the,it is quite
impossible to defend an endgame with so many weaknesses on both sides of the
board} hxg5 38. h6 Kb7 39. Rh1 Rc8 40. h7 Rh8 41. Kf5 e4 (41... Kc7 42. Rh6 Kc6
43. e4 Kc7 44. Rd5 Kc6 45. Rd3 Kd7 46. Re3 Ke7 47. Reh3 {and black has no move
to play!}) 42. Rd5 Kc6 43. Rh6 Kd7 44. Rd4 {and black resigned Rxe4 is simply
winning} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 (6... d6 {
is the most popular.}) 7. Nc3 (7. b3 {was played by Bacrot} d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9.
O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nc3 Nbd7 {1/2 (34) Bacrot,E (2729)
-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Linares ESP 2014}) 7... d5 8. Ne5 (8. Bg2 {is another move}
dxc4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qd4 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. f4
Ke7 15. Rd4 Nb6 16. Rhd1 Rb8 17. Ne4 Bd7 18. Nc5 $14 {1-0 (31) Caruana,F (2829)
-Dragun,K (2547) London ENG 2014}) (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 $13 {
1-0 (52) Bologan,V (2661)-Vitiugov,N (2742) Dubai UAE 2014}) 8... dxc4 (8...
O-O 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {transposes to the game.}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2
O-O $1 {This is the exact move.} (10... Bd7 11. Na4 e5 12. Rc1 $14) 11. O-O (
11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 e5 14. d5 Bd7 $13 {1/2 (33) Guo Qi (2451)
-Van Kampen,R (2602) Caleta ENG 2014}) 11... Rb8 12. Rfd1 (12. Bxc6 {
treansposes to 11.Bxc6.}) 12... c5 (12... Rd8 {Vitiugov also played this with
Black} 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 16. Bxc6 Qb4 17. Rab1 Rd6 18. Bf3
Qa5 $132 {0-1 (59) Goganov,A (2575)-Vitiugov,N (2729) Nizhny Novgorod 2013})
13. Na4 $146 {A prepared novelty.} (13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16.
Bxe6 Qxe6 $13 {1/2 (30) Demuth,A (2488)-Bukavshin,I (2593) Nancy FRA 2014})
13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 $1 15. Qxa7 (15. Qxc4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Rxb2 $132) 15...
Nd5 $1 (15... Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Rxb2 17. Qxc4 $14 {and the e2-P is defended.}) 16.
Nc3 (16. e4 Bxa4 (16... Ra8 17. Qc5 $1) 17. Qxa4 Nb4 $132) 16... Bc6 $6 (16...
Rxb2 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qxc7 Rc2 19. Rxd5 Rxc3 $132) 17. Qd4 $1 $14 Ba8 {
Preparing ...c5.} 18. e4 (18. Rd2 c5 19. Qxc4 Rb4 20. Nxd5 (20. Qa6) 20... exd5
21. Qc2 $14) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 (19. Qxc3 f5 20. exf5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxf5 22.
Rd2 $14) 19... Qa3 $1 20. Qxc4 Rb6 $1 {...with the plan of ...Rc6.} 21. Rd3 $6
(21. e5 $1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $14) 21... Bc6 $1 22. Qd4 (22. Rdd1 $5 Rfb8 $132)
22... h6 $1 {...with the plan of Rfb8.} 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rb2 $132 {Black
managed to equalise.} 25. Rd2 Rfb8 26. h4 h5 27. Kg1 g6 28. c4 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 30. Rd1 Qxa2 31. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 32. Kg2 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qb7+ 35.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Koutsin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Rfe1
Rac8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. b3 Rd6 19. Rd2 Rbd8 20. Red1 c5
21. d5 Kf8 22. Bc4 exd5 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nxd5+ Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5
Rxd5 27. Bxd5 Kd6 28. Bc4 Ke5 29. Kf1 Kd4 30. Ke2 Bc6 31. g3 f6 32. Bd3 g6 33.
Bb1 Be4 34. Bxe4 Kxe4 {[#] B-B: Raum, Opposition} 35. f4 (35. f3+ Kd4 36. Kd2
h5 37. h3 g5 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4 f5 40. a3 f4 41. a4 a5 $19) 35... h5 36. a4
a5 37. Kd2 Kd4 $19 0-1

[Event "Schwarzach op-A"]
[Site "Schwarzach"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hecht, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Zoler, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Rd1 Rd8 9. Qc2 a6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nc6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qe4 Qg6 14. Bd3
Nb4 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Be4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ba4 20. b3
Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 {[%csl Ra6,
Gc5,Rc6][%cal Rb3b4,Rd1c2,Rc2c3,Rc3d4,Rd4c5,Rc2b3,Rb3a4,Ra4a5] [#] Die weißen
Vorteile: a) mehr Raum; b) die weitaus bessere Bauernstruktur, c) sehr viel
mehr Bauernzüge. In der Ausgangsposition verfügt Schwarz nur über 5 Bauernzüge,
Weiß aber über 10. d) Leichte Angriffsziele am Damenflügel, insbesondere gegen
den Bc6 via Kc5 und Ba6 via Ka5, e) Durchbruchsmöglichkeit am Königsflügel 
(siehe Übung der Nr.10). Diese Positionsvorteile erlauben das Urteil: Weiß
gewinnt, insbeondere dann, wenn sein König c5 erreicht.} g5 (25... Kf8 26. b4
Ke7 27. Kc2 Kd7 28. Kc3 {[%cal Rc3d4,Rd4c5]} c5 (28... Kc8 29. Kd4 Kb7 30. Kc5
{mit Gewinn infolge Zugzwang}) 29. b5 Kc8 (29... a5 30. Kb3 $18 {[%cal Rb3a4,
Ra4a5]}) (29... axb5 30. cxb5 $18 {[%cal Rc3c4]}) 30. bxa6 Kb8 31. h4 Ka7 32.
f4 Kxa6 33. g4 Ka5 (33... Kb6 34. g5 Kc6 35. a4 Kb6 36. f5 exf5 37. h5 gxh5 38.
g6 fxg6 39. e6 Kc6 40. e7 Kd7 41. a5 h4 42. a6 h3 43. a7 $18) 34. g5 Ka4 35. f5
{[%cal Rf5f6,Rh4h5]} exf5 36. h5 {[%cal Rh5h6]} gxh5 37. g6 fxg6 38. e6 $18 {
siehe die Übung (Nr. 11)}) (25... Kh7 26. g4 (26. h4 $2 g5 27. hxg5 Kg6 28. f4
Kf5 29. g3 Kg4) 26... Kh6 27. h4 g5 28. h5 g6 29. hxg6 Kxg6 30. Kd2 f6 (30...
f5 31. f3 fxg4 32. fxg4 Kf7 33. Kc3 c5 34. b4 Ke7 35. b5 Kd7 (35... a5 36. Kb3
Kd7 37. Ka4 Kc8 38. Kxa5 Kb7 39. b6 cxb6+ (39... c6 40. a3 Kb8 41. Ka6 Ka8 42.
b7+ Kb8 43. a4 Kc7 44. Ka7 $18) 40. Kb5 Kc7 41. a4 Kb7 42. a5 $18) 36. Kb3 Kc8
(36... c6 37. b6 Kc8 38. Ka4 Kb8 39. Ka5 Kb7 40. a4 Kb8 41. Kxa6 Ka8 42. b7+
Kb8 43. a5 $18) 37. bxa6 Kb8 38. Ka4 c6 39. Ka5 Ka7 40. a3 $18) 31. Kd3 fxe5
32. Ke4 Kf6 33. c5 Kf7 34. Kxe5 Ke7 35. b4 Kf7 36. f4 gxf4 37. Kxf4 Kf6 38. g5+
$18 {entfernter Freibauer}) (25... f6 26. Kc2 fxe5 27. Kc3 Kf7 28. Kb4 Kf6 29.
Ka5 e4 30. Kxa6 Ke5 31. Kb7 Kd4 32. a4 Kd3 33. a5 Ke2 34. a6 Kxf2 35. a7 e3 36.
a8=Q e2 37. Qf8+ Kxg2 38. Qb4 Kf1 39. Kxc7 e1=Q 40. Qxe1+ Kxe1 41. Kxc6 $18)
26. b4 Kf8 (26... Kh7 27. Kc2 Kg6 28. g4 f6 29. Kd3 (29. Kb3 fxe5 30. Ka4 e4
31. Ka5 Kf6 32. Kxa6 Ke5 33. Kb7 $13) 29... fxe5 30. Ke4 Kf6 31. c5 Kf7 32.
Kxe5 Ke7 33. f4 gxf4 34. Kxf4 Kf6 35. h4 {Gewinn infolge des entfernten
Freibauern bzw. Zugzwang} e5+ 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. g5 g6 38. a3 $18) 27. Kc2 Ke7 28.
Kc3 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rc3d4,Rd4c5]} c5 29. b5 Kd7 (29... a5 30. Kb3 $18) (29...
axb5 30. cxb5 $18 {[%cal Rc3c4]}) 30. g4 Kc8 31. bxa6 Kb8 32. Kd3 f6 (32... Ka7
33. f4 gxf4 34. h4 Kxa6 35. h5 $18 {[%cal Rg4g5,Rh5h6]}) 33. f4 Ka7 (33... gxf4
34. exf6 gxf6 35. h4 $18) 34. f5 {Ein weiterer Bauerndurchbruch gibt Schwarz
den Rest} 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nb8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Nd4 Kh8
15. Qd2 e5 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Re3 Be6 18. b3 a4 19. f4 axb3 20. axb3 Qd7 21. Ref3
Rf6 22. fxe5 Rxf3 23. Bxf3 Bh3 24. Rc1 Nxe5 25. Bxb7 Rf8 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Ng4 28. Nd4 Rf2+ 29. Kg1 Qf7 30. Ra1 h6 31. Qd3 Qe8 32. Nf3 Rxe2 33. Ra8 Qxa8
34. Qxe2 Qa7+ 35. Kg2 Ne3+ 36. Kh3 Qc5 37. g4 h5 38. gxh5 Qxh5+ 39. Kg3 Qg6+
40. Kf2 Ng4+ 41. Kf1 c5 42. h4 Qf5 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Kg2 Nf6 45. Qe3 Ne4 46. Kf1
Kg6 47. Ke1 Kh5 48. Qe2 Qg4 49. Qe3 Kg6 50. Qd3 Kf5 51. Qe3 Qg3+ 52. Kd1 Qg2
53. Ke1 Qh1+ 54. Ke2 g6 55. Qg1 Qxg1 56. Nxg1 Kf4 57. Kd3 Ng3 58. Nh3+ Ke5 59.
Kc3 Ne2+ 60. Kd2 Nf4 61. Ng5 Ng2 62. Nf7+ Ke6 63. Ng5+ Kf6 64. Nf3 Kf5 65. Kc3
Kf4 66. Ng5 Nxh4 67. Nh7 g5 68. b4 g4 69. b5 g3 70. b6 g2 71. b7 g1=Q 72. b8=Q
Qc1+ 73. Kd3 Qd1+ 74. Kc3 Qc1+ 75. Kd3 Nf5 76. Qe8 Qd1+ 77. Kc3 Qd4+ 78. Kb3
Qd3+ 79. Ka4 Qxc4+ 80. Ka5 Qb4+ 81. Ka6 Qa3+ 82. Kb7 Qb2+ 83. Kc6 Qg2+ 84. Kb6
Qb2+ 85. Kc6 Qe5 86. Qf7 Qe4+ 87. Kb6 Qb4+ 88. Ka6 c4 89. Nf6 Qc5 90. Nd5+ Ke5
91. Nb6 Qa3+ 92. Kb7 Qf3+ 93. Kc7 d5 94. Nxc4+ Kd4 95. Nb6 Qf4+ 96. Kd8 Qd6+
97. Nd7 Ke4 98. Qf6 d4 99. Qxd6 Nxd6 {[#]} 100. Kc7 (100. Nc5+ Ke3 101. Kd7 Ne4
102. Na4 Kd2 (102... d3 103. Nb2 d2 104. Nc4+ $11) 103. Nb6 {Analyse! Compare
this with the study endgame Hecht-Goehring (Number 20). Here, the White pieces
are further away from the enemy. For that reason, Black should win by means of
...d3 with an eventual ...Ke1/c1. Analyse! Vergleichen Sie bitte mit dem
Studienendspiel Hecht - Göhring (Nr.20). Hier stehen die weißen Figuren weiter
weg vom Feind. Deshalb sollte Schwarz mit d3 nebst evtl. Ke1/c1 gewinnen.})
100... Kd5 101. Nb6+ Kc5 102. Nd7+ Kb5 103. Kxd6 d3 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Balinov, Ilia"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. e3 Bxd2+ 7. Nfxd2 O-O 8.
Bg2 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nc3 a5 11. O-O Na6 12. a3 d6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rab1 c6 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 c5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nb3 Ba4 19. Nxa4 Nxa4 20. Bh3 Ra6 21. Ra1
Rfa8 22. Rfb1 Qc7 23. Ra2 Nb6 24. Rxa6 bxa6 25. Nd2 a5 26. Qb3 Nbd7 27. Bxd7
Nxd7 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Nc5 30. Rb6 a4 31. Nb1 Kf8 32. Na3 Ke7 33. Kf1 h5
34. f3 g5 35. Ke2 g4 36. Kf2 Nd7 37. Rb7 Rb8 38. Rxb8 Nxb8 {Entfernter
schwarzer Freibauer und bessere schwarze Bauernstruktur.} 39. Ke2 ({Eine
Alternative war} 39. e4 Nd7 40. Ke3 Nc5 41. f4 exf4+ 42. Kxf4 (42. gxf4 $6 {
ermöglicht einen weiteren entfernten Freibauern} h4 43. e5 Nd3 ({oder} 43...
Ne4 44. Kxe4 h3 45. exd6+ Kd8 46. Z0 g3 $19) 44. Kxd3 $140 g3 45. hxg3 h3 $19)
42... Kf6 {bleibt problematisch wegen der weißen Bauernschwächen, der
Felderschwäche e5 und dem entfernten a-Freibauern.}) 39... Na6 40. fxg4 hxg4
41. Kd2 Nc5 42. Kc3 Ne4+ 43. Kb4 Nd2 44. Kxa4 Nf1 {Der gefährliche a-Bauer ist
beseitigt, dafür geht der Königsflügel über Bord.} 45. Nc2 $2 (45. Kb5 $142 $1
Nxe3 (45... Kd7 46. c5 Nxe3 47. Nc4 $1 $11) (45... Nxh2 $6 46. c5 $1) 46. Kc6
$132) 45... Nxh2 {Ist möglich, weil das aktive c5 samt Sc4 entfällt.} 46. c5
Nf1 47. Kb5 Nxg3 48. c6 Ne4 49. Kc4 (49. Kb6 $142 {mit Bindung der schwarzen
Steine an den c-Bauern}) 49... f5 50. Ne1 f4 51. exf4 exf4 52. Kd4 f3 53. Nd3
f2 54. Nxf2 Nxf2 55. Ke3 g3 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berezovsky, Igor"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nb8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. c5 d5
15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e4 Ba6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qd4 Qf6 21.
Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Ra3 e5 23. Rxa5 e4 24. Rd1 Bd3 25. Rd2 d4 26. f3 exf3 27. Rxd3
fxg2 28. Ra4 Re8 29. Rd2 d3 30. Kxg2 Rf5 31. Rd4 Rxc5 32. R4xd3 Re7 33. Rd8+
Kf7 34. R8d7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7+ Kf6 36. Rd2 Rc1 37. Re2 h5 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Ke3 Kg4
40. Kd2 Ra1 41. a3 g5 42. Re1 Rxe1 43. Kxe1 {[#] Tempospiel und Übergang ins
Damen endspiel} Kh3 44. a4 Kxh2 45. a5 h4 46. gxh4 (46. g4 Kg1 $8 47. a6 h3 48.
a7 h2 49. a8=Q h1=Q {ist nur für Schwarz gut, denn} 50. Qxh1+ Kxh1 $19) 46...
g4 $8 47. a6 g3 48. a7 g2 49. a8=Q g1=Q+ 50. Ke2 Qd4 $11 51. Qb7 c5 52. h5 Qe5+
53. Kf2 Qg3+ 54. Ke2 Qe5+ 55. Kd3 Qxh5 56. Qe4 Qh8 57. b3 Qb8 58. Kc3 Qb6 59.
Qe2+ Kh3 60. Qe3+ Kg4 61. Qe4+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Kd2 d6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. Kc3 Nc6 14. Ne1
Rb8 15. Nd3 O-O 16. e3 Rfe8 17. Rhd1 Ne7 18. Rac1 Rec8 19. b3 Be8 20. Rd2 a5
21. Kb2 b6 22. Nf4 c6 23. Ne2 Rc7 24. Nc3 Ra7 25. e4 Kf8 26. f4 Rd8 27. Rcd1 d5
28. e5 dxc4 29. bxc4 b5 30. c5 Nd5 31. Nxd5 cxd5 32. a3 Rb8 33. Kb3 Bc6 34. Rf1
Ke7 35. f5 exf5 36. Rxf5 Rd8 37. Rdf2 Kf8 38. g4 h6 39. h4 Re7 40. g5 hxg5 41.
hxg5 Kg8 42. Bf1 Be8 43. Bd3 b4 44. a4 Bd7 45. R5f4 g6 46. Rh2 Kg7 47. Rfh4 Rg8
48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. R7h4 Be6 50. Be2 Re8 51. Bg4 Bxg4 52. Rxg4 Ke7 53. Rgh4 Rc8
54. Rh7 Rc6 55. Rf2 Rf8 56. Rh3 Re6 57. Rhf3 Ke8 58. Rf6 Rxf6 59. exf6 {
T-T Motive: Pattscherz!} Rh8 60. Re2+ Kd7 61. Re7+ Kc6 62. Rxf7 Rh3+ 63. Kc2
Rh2+ 64. Kc1 Rh1+ 65. Kd2 b3 66. Kc3 b2 67. Kxb2 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group3"]
[Site "Slough"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Graz Merkur Versicherung"]
[BlackTeam "Slough Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. c5 b6 14. Nb3
Ba6 15. Bf3 Ke7 16. O-O Nb7 17. Rfb1 d5 18. e4 Bd3 19. Re1 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. Rxe4 Rhd8 22. Rae1 a5 23. Re5 a4 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Nd2 Rbc8 26. R1e3 Rc6
27. Rb5 Nd6 28. Rb4 Rdc8 29. Rxa4 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Ra7+ Kd8 32. Kg2 Rc7
33. Ra6 Rc2 34. Ra8+ Kc7 35. Nf3 Kb7 36. Rd8 Ne4 37. Rd7+ Rc7 38. Rd8 Nc3 39.
a3 Nb5 40. d5 exd5 41. Rxd5 Nxa3 42. Nd4 Ka6 43. Kf3 b5 44. Ke4 Ka5 45. Kd3 Ka4
46. Rd8 Nc4 47. Rb8 Ne5+ 48. Ke4 Nc6 49. Ra8+ Kb4 50. Nf5 g6 51. Ne3 Rd7 52.
Nd5+ Kb3 53. Nf6 Re7+ 54. Kd5 Nb4+ 55. Kd4 h5 56. Ne4 Nc2+ 57. Kd5 Nb4+ 58. Kd4
Rd7+ 59. Ke5 Nd3+ 60. Kf6 b4 61. f4 h4 62. Ng5 hxg3 63. hxg3 Rc7 64. Nxf7 Rc6+
65. Kg7 Kc2 66. Rb8 b3 67. Ne5 Nxe5 68. fxe5 {# Das Endspiel sollte in den Typ
g-Bauer gegen Turm m�nden und remis sein. Doch Wei� ist einen Augenblick
lang unaufmerksam und schon stellt sich der Verlust ein.} Re6 69. g4 $2 (69.
Kf7 Rxe5 70. Kxg6 b2 (70... Re3 71. g4 b2 72. Rxb2+ Kxb2 73. g5 Kc3 74. Kf7
Rf3+ 75. Ke6 Rg3 76. Kf6 $10) 71. g4 Re1 72. g5 b1=Q 73. Rxb1 Rxb1 74. Kf6 Rf1+
75. Ke6 Rg1 76. Kf6 Kd3 77. g6 Ke4 78. g7 $10) 69... g5 $1 70. Rb5 b2 71. Rc5+
Kd3 72. Rb5 Kc3 73. Kf7 Rxe5 74. Rxe5 b1=Q 75. Rxg5 {Da Turm, K�nig und
Bauer nicht so zusammenwirken k�nnen, da� der schwarze K�nig
abgeschnitten bleibt, ist dieses Endspiel langfristig verloren. Es dauert halt
eine ganze Weile, ehe Schwarz zur Kasse kommt. Fragen Sie doch mal die
Endspiel-CD, wie es vielleicht schneller oder besser zu machen war! Beachten
Sie bitte den dunklen Punkt ganz am Ende!} Kd4 76. Rg6 Ke5 77. Kg7 Kf4 78. Kf6
Qb7 79. Ke6 Qh7 80. Kf6 Qh8+ 81. Kf7 Qh7+ 82. Kf6 Qd7 83. Rg7 Qd8+ 84. Kf7 Ke5
85. Rg6 Qd7+ 86. Kg8 Qe7 87. Kh8 Qf7 88. Rg7 Qe8+ 89. Rg8 Qe7 90. Rg6 Qf7 91.
Rg7 Qf6 92. Kh7 Qh4+ 93. Kg8 Kf6 94. Rf7+ Ke6 95. Rg7 Qh6 96. Rh7 Qd2 97. Rg7
Qd3 98. Kh8 Kf6 99. Kg8 Qd8+ 100. Kh7 Qe8 101. g5+ Kf5 102. g6 Kf6 103. Rg8 (
103. Rf7+ Kg5 104. Rg7 (104. Kg7 Qe5+ (104... Qe6 105. Kf8 Kxg6 $2 106. Rg7+
Kh6 107. Rh7+ Kg6 108. Rg7+ Kf6 109. Rg6+ $10) 105. Kh7 Qe4 106. Rg7 Qh4+ 107.
Kg8 Kf6 $19) 104... Qe6 105. Rg8 (105. Kh8 Qh3+ 106. Rh7 Qc8+ 107. Kg7 Qf5 $19)
105... Qh3+ 106. Kg7 Qd7+ 107. Kh8 Kh6 $19) 103... Qe4 104. Rg7 Qd3 105. Kh8
Qh3+ 106. Kg8 Qh2 $1 $19 {According to Endgame-CD} (106... Qh6 $2 107. Rf7+ Ke6
(107... Kxg6 108. Rf6+ Kxf6 {patt}) (107... Kg5 108. Rh7 Qxg6+ 109. Rg7 $10)
108. g7 $13 (108. Rg7 Qh5 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Qe7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. a3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd8 13. b4 Ne6 14. Kh1 a5
15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. f4 Rfe8 18. f3 Ra3 19. Qb2 Rea8 20. Rbe1 Nh5 21.
Rg1 Qh4 22. Rc1 Nhxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4 24. Be2 Qxd4 25. b5 Nf4 26. bxc6 bxc6 27.
Qb7 Rf8 28. Qxc6 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Nxe2 31. Rc7 Nxg1 32. Kxg1 {
T - T Motive: sT hinter d-Freibauer bei 3-2 am K-Flügel; wK als idealer
Blockeur; wT verteidigt K-Flügel; Technik!} Rd8 33. Kf2 d4 34. Ke2 d3+ 35. Kd2
g6 36. Rc4 Kg7 37. Re4 Rd5 38. Rg4 h5 39. Rf4 g5 40. Re4 Kg6 41. Rc4 Kf5 42. h3
f6 43. Ra4 Rd6 44. Rb4 h4 45. Ra4 Re6 $1 {/\Te2-h2xh3} 46. Kxd3 Re1 47. Kd2 Rh1
48. f4 Rxh3 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. Ke2 Rb3 51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Re2 53. Ra5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bb4 Re8 13. O-O Qf6 14. Ba3 a5
15. b3 N6g5 16. Nxg5 Nxg5 17. Qd2 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2 Ng5 20. Bb2 Qg6
21. f3 Re7 22. e4 Rxe4 23. Rf2 Ree8 24. c5 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Ne6 26. Rc4 h5 27. f4
Qf5 28. Be5 Red8 29. Qe2 c5 30. h3 Nd4 31. g4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 33. hxg4 Rd5
34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Rd2 Rad8 36. a4 b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Rcxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 {
T-T Motive: sT vor a-Freibauer; sK kann nicht aktiviert werden ===> remis} Rxb3
40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Ra8 Ra3 42. Ra7 f6 43. Kf2 a4 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Kh2 a3 46. f5
Kh6 47. Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Kg3 Ra1 50. Kf3 g6 51. fxg6 Kxg6 52. Ra5 Kf7
53. Ra6 Ke7 54. Kg2 a2 55. Kh2 Kd7 56. Kg2 Kc7 57. g5 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nd2 e5 13. d5 Ne8 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Nef6 16. e4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Qa4 Qd8 20. Qa7 Qb8 21.
Qxb8+ Nxb8 22. c5 bxc5 23. bxc5 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. cxd6 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4
27. Bb5 Bf5 28. Bxe5 Bd7 29. Bd3 Bc6 30. f3 Nd7 31. Bd4 f6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Bc4+
Ke8 34. Ke3 Nf8 35. Bc5 Kd7 36. Ba3 Ne6 37. Bd3 h6 38. h4 Ke8 39. h5 Bd7 40.
Be4 Kd8 41. Bb4 Ke8 42. Bg6+ Kf8 43. Ba3 Kg8 44. g3 Kf8 45. Kd3 Kg8 46. Kc4 Nf8
47. g4 Nxg6 48. hxg6 {[#] Special features: A big white advantage in space,
more active white king; pawns on the color of the enemy bishop; tactics.
White's general plan: White king to c7 and bishop sacrifice on f6 with the
formation of two isolated passed pawns on d6 and g7, which leads to the
overloading of the defender. [#] Besondere Merkmale: Starker weißer
Raumvorteil, aktiver weißer König; Bauern auf der Farbe des gegnerischen
Läufers; Taktik.  Weißer Generalplan:  Weißer König nach c7 und Läuferopfer
auf f6 mit Bildung zweier Einzelfreibauern auf d6 und g7, was zur Überlastung
der schwarzen Verteidiger führt.} f5 (48... Kf8 49. Kd5 (49. f4 Ke8 (49... Bxg4
50. d7+ $18) (49... f5 50. gxf5 Ke8 (50... h5 51. Kd5 {see the game siehe
Partie}) 51. Kd5 $6 (51. f6 $5 gxf6 (51... Be6+ 52. Kc5 gxf6 53. Kc6 Kd8 54.
Bb2 f5 55. Bf6+ Kc8 56. g7 h5 57. d7+ Bxd7+ 58. Kd6 $18) 52. Bb2 f5 53. Kd5 Kf8
54. Bf6 h5 55. Kc5 Ke8 (55... h4 56. Bxh4 Kg7 57. Kb6 Kxg6 58. Kc7 $18) 56. g7
Be6 57. Kc6 $18) 51... Bxf5 52. Kc6 Kd8 $11 {[%cal Rf5e4,Rf5g6]}) 50. f5 Kd8
51. Bb2 Be8 52. Kd5 Kd7 53. Bd4 $22 $18) 49... Ke8 50. Bb2 Kf8 (50... Ba4 51.
Bxf6 gxf6 (51... Bb3+ 52. Kc6 gxf6 53. Kc7 Be6 54. g7 Kf7 55. d7 Bxd7 56. Kxd7
Kxg7 57. Ke6 Kg6 58. f4 $18) 52. Ke6 Bb3+ 53. Kxf6 Kd7 54. Kg7 Kxd6 55. f4 $18
{[%cal Rf4f5,Rf5f6,Rf6f7]}) 51. f4 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Bxg4 52. Kc6 h5 $132 {
[%cal Rh5h4]}) 49. gxf5 h5 (49... Bxf5 50. Kb5 Bd7+ 51. Kb6 Kf8 52. Kc7 Ke8 53.
Bb2 h5 54. Bxg7 h4 55. Be5 $18 {[%cal Rg6g7]}) 50. Kd5 h4 51. Bc1 Kf8 52. Ke5
Bc6 53. f6 h3 54. f7 (54. f7 h2 55. Bg5 h1=Q 56. Be7#) 1-0

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a playoff g25'/10"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 d6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
g4 Nxg4 9. Rg1 f5 10. d5 Nc5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nd4 O-O 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxf5 Bxf5
15. Qxf5 Rf7 16. Qc2 Nfe4 17. Bd4 Raf8 18. O-O-O Nxf2 19. Rd2 Nce4 20. Bg2 Nxd2
21. Bd5 Kh8 22. Kxd2 Rf6 23. Bxb7 Nxh3 24. Rh1 Re6 25. Qd3 Qg5+ 26. Kc2 Rh6 27.
Rxh3 Rxh3 28. Qxh3 Qf4 29. Qd3 Re8 30. Bf3 Qg5 31. Bxa7 Qa5 32. Bd4 Qxa2 33.
Bc6 Re7 34. e3 Qa6 35. Bb5 Qc8 36. Bc6 Qf8 37. b4 Rf7 38. Kb3 Rf2 39. Qe4 Rf7
40. Qh4 Qe7 41. Qh1 Qg5 42. Be4 h5 43. Bd3 Kg8 44. Qe4 Re7 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Bg6
Qh6 47. Qxh6 gxh6 48. Bxh5 {[#] Totale Einschränkung der Beweglichkeit des
Turms durch das Läuferpaar und inaktiver schwarzer König erlauben den weißen
Gewinn.} Kg8 49. Ka4 (49. b5 $142 Kh7 50. Kb4 Kg8 51. c5 dxc5+ 52. Kxc5 Re6 53.
Kd5 Rd6+ 54. Ke5 {[%cal Rb5b6]} Kh7 (54... Rd7 55. Ke6 Rd8 56. Ke7 Rf8 57. Bg4
Rf7+ 58. Kd8 Kf8 59. Be6 $18) 55. b6 Rxb6 56. Bxb6 cxb6 57. Kf6 $18) 49... c5 {
(!)} 50. bxc5 dxc5 51. Bf6 (51. Bxc5 $2 Re5) 51... Rxe3 52. Kb5 Re6 53. Bc3 Re3
54. Bd2 Re5 55. Bf3 h5 56. Bd5+ Kf8 57. Kxc5 h4 58. Kd6 Rh5 (58... Re2 59. Bg5
h3 60. c5 h2 61. c6 Rc2 62. c7 Kg7 63. Bf4 Rd2 64. Bxh2 $18) 59. Bf4 h3 60. Bh2
Rf5 61. c5 Rf2 62. Bg3 Rd2 63. c6 h2 64. Bxh2 Rxh2 65. c7 Rc2 66. Bc6 Rd2+ 67.
Ke5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Konopka, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. O-O Bd7 13. e3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bc6
15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfe8 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qf3 b6 19. Rd1 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4
21. f3 Re5 22. g4 Rae8 23. e4 g6 24. Rd5 f5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. exf5 Re2+ 27. Kg3
gxf5 28. b4 Rxa2 29. c5 dxc5 30. bxc5 b5 31. Rd3 fxg4 32. fxg4 b4 33. Rd8+ Kf7
34. Rd7+ Ke6 35. Rxh7 Ra3+ 36. Kh4 b3 37. Rxc7 a5 38. Rb7 a4 39. c6 Ra2 40. Rb4
Kd6 41. g5 Rxh2+ 42. Kg3 Rh1 43. Kg2 a3 44. Rxb3 a2 45. Rd3+ Ke5 46. Kxh1 a1=Q+
{[#] Keine zuverlässige Bindung zwischen weißem König und Turm zum Zwecke der
Unterstützung des g-Bauern. Optimale Angriffsposition des schwarzen Königs.}
47. Kg2 (47. Kh2 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Qc1 49. Rg3 Qxc6 50. g6 Qh1+ 51. Kg4 Qd1+ 52. Kg5
Qd2+ 53. Kg4 Qe2+ 54. Kg5 Qf2 55. Kg4 Qf5+ 56. Kh4 Kf4 57. Rg1 Qf6+ 58. Kh3
Qh8+ 59. Kg2 Qb2+ 60. Kh3 (60. Kh1 Kf3 61. g7 Qf2 62. Rg4 Qe1+ 63. Kh2 Qe5+ 64.
Kg1 Qc5+ {und # in 5})) 47... Qc1 48. Rg3 Qxc6+ 49. Kh2 Qg6 $1 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51.
Kh2 Qh4+ 52. Kg2 Kf4 {und Weiß bleibt nur noch das Endspiel Turm gegen Dame,
da der Bg5 verloren geht.} 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3
b5 $6 (8... b6 {normal} 9. Bc3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 c5 12. Rc1 cxd4 $146 (
12... Rc8 13. e3 Rc7 14. Qe2 Qa8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18.
cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rc2 Rfd8 21. Rfc1 Qf5 22. Kg2 h5 23. h4 Be7 24. Nc4
Qd5+ 25. Qf3 Bf8 26. Nb2 Qe5 27. Qe2 Qe4+ {0-1 Conquest,S-Chandler,M/Hastings
1986/CBM 04 (51)}) 13. Bxd4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rc8 15. Qc2 Ba3 16. Bb2 {1/2-1/2
Huebner,R-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1997/CBM 60/}) 9. c5 a5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 e5 {
Der typische Gegenschlag im Zentrum, nachdem Weiß c4-c5 gespielt hat.} 12. dxe5
Na6 13. Be3 Ndxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Nf3
Be7 19. Rfd1 a4 20. Rac1 axb3 21. axb3 Ra6 22. e4 Rfa8 23. Qe2 Ra2 24. Rc2 Rxc2
25. Qxc2 Be6 26. Nd4 $1 Bg4 27. Bf3 Qxd4 (27... Bxf3 28. Nxf3 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Ra2
30. Nd4 c5 31. Nc6 Bf8 32. e6 {Dieses Abspiel fürchtete Schwarz} c4 (32... fxe6
33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Rd8 $18) 33. Qf3 fxe6 34. Rd8 Qc5 35. b4 $18) 28. Rxd4 Bxf3
29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Ra1 dxe4 31. Qxc6 b4 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35.
Ra8 Rxa8 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. Qxa8+ Kf7 {[#] In view of the protected position of
the bishops and pawns, White can only win if he can succeed in traversing the
open route g1-f1-e1-d2-e3-d4/f4, and can then produce a mating attack with the
king and queen alone, based on the offside position of the bishop on f3. [#]
Bei der gedeckten Stellung seiner Läufer und Bauern kann Weiß nur gewinnen,
wenn er mit seinem König über die Route g1-f1-e1-d2-e3-d4/f4 ins Freie gelangt
und gestützt auf die Abseitsstellung des Lf3 einen Mattangriff allein mit Dame
+ König inszenieren kann.} 38. Qd5+ Kf6 39. Qc6+ Kf7 40. Qd5+ Kf6 41. Qd4+ Kf7
42. h3 h5 43. Qe5 g6 44. Kf1 Bf8 (44... Bf6 45. Qd5+ Kf8 46. Qd6+ $18 {[%csl
Rb4,Rg6]}) 45. Ke1 Bg2 46. Qd5+ Kf6 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kf6 49. Qc8 Kf7 50.
Ke2 {Because of the necessity of defending b4, the king cannot be denied
entrance to e3. Wegen der Schutzbedürftigkeit des Bb4 kann der König nicht am
Betreten von e3 gehindert werden.} Bf3+ 51. Ke3 Bh6+ 52. Kd4 Bg7+ 53. Kc5 Bc3 (
53... Bf8+ $142 54. Kb6 Be7 55. Kc7 Bg2 56. Qd7 Kf6 57. g4 hxg4 58. hxg4 Bf3
59. g5+ Kf7 60. Qd5+ Kf8 61. Qe6 Bxg5 62. Qxg6 Be7 (62... Bf4+ 63. Kd7 $18 {
[%cal Rd7e6,Rg6f5]}) 63. Kd7 $18) 54. Kd6 Kg7 55. Ke7 Bd4 56. Qf8+ {For this
mating attack with an unusual material imbalance, a Medal is awarded. Für
diesen Mattangriff bei ungewöhnlicher Materialverteilung gibt es eine Medaille.
} (56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Kf7 g5 58. Qg8+ Kh6 59. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 8.
Nbd2 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Qxb3 11. Nxb3 a5 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Nc1 Na5 14. b3 Ke7
15. e3 Rhc8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc6 19. Ne2 Ra6 20. Nc3 axb3
21. axb3 Rca8 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Na4 d6 24. Kf3 g5 25. h3 h5 26. Ke2 g4 27. hxg4
hxg4 28. Rh1 Ra8 29. Kd3 Ne5+ 30. Ke2 Nfd7 31. Rc1 Nc6 32. Rh1 Nde5 33. Rd1 Ra6
34. Rh1 Na5 35. Nc3 Nac6 36. Na4 Ra8 37. Rd1 Rb8 38. Ra1 Nf3 39. Ra3 Nce5 40.
Nc3 f5 41. Nd1 Rh8 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Ra6 Rh1 44. Nf1 Ng1+ 45. Kd2 Nef3+ 46. Kd3
Ke5 47. Nb2 Ng5 48. Nd1 Ne4 49. Ra5 Nf3 50. Ke2 Ned2 51. Nxd2 Re1+ 52. Kd3 Rxd1
53. Ra2 Rxd2+ 54. Rxd2 Nxd2 55. Kxd2 {[#] Raumvorteil und Bauernhebel für
Schwarz} Ke4 56. Ke2 d5 57. Kd2 $2 {Verpasst bereits das Remis!} (57. cxd5 $1
exd5 58. Kd2 c4 59. b4 Ke5 60. Kc3 Kd6 61. Kc2 Kc6 62. Kb2 Kb6 63. Ka2 $1 (63.
Kc2 Kb5 64. Kc3 Ka4 $19) 63... Kb5 64. Ka3 c3 65. Kb3 c2 66. Kxc2 Kxb4 67. Kd3
$11) (57. b4 $2 dxc4 (57... cxb4 58. c5 Ke5 59. Kd3 Kf6 60. Kc2 Ke7 61. Kb3 Kd7
62. Kxb4 Kc6 $19) 58. b5 Kd5 59. e4+ fxe4 60. Kd2 Kd6 61. Kc3 Kc7 62. Kxc4 Kb6
$19) 57... d4 $19 58. Ke2 dxe3 59. fxe3 e5 60. Kd2 f4 61. exf4 exf4 62. gxf4
Kxf4 63. Ke2 Ke4 64. Kf2 Kd4 65. Kg3 Kc3 66. Kxg4 Kxb3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
d6 9. e4 e5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nbd7 12. Rae1 c5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nh4 g6 15.
g3 Rae8 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Ng4 18. Nf3 f6 19. Qg2 Nh6 20. Qh3 Nf7 21. Rf2 Qd6
22. Nh4 Nh8 23. Rg2 Qxf4 24. Qxd7 Bc8 25. Qd5+ Be6 26. Qh5 Re7 27. Nf3 Rg7 28.
Qh4 Qxf3 29. Rg3 Qh5 30. Bxf6 Qxh4 31. Bxh4 Rd7 32. b3 Rf4 33. Bg5 Rg4 34. Rxg4
Bxg4 35. Re3 Nf7 36. Bf6 Be6 37. Kg2 Nd8 38. Kg3 Nc6 39. Kf4 Kf7 40. Bc3 Nd4
41. h4 h5 42. Bf1 Bg4 43. Rd3 Be2 44. Bh3 Bxd3 45. Bxd7 Ne2+ 46. Ke3 Nxc3 47.
Kxd3 Nxa2 48. e5 Ke7 49. Ba4 Ke6 50. Ke4 Nc3+ 51. Kf4 Ne2+ 52. Kg5 Kxe5 53. Be8
Nf4 54. Bxg6 Nxg6 55. Kxg6 {[#] Raffiniertes Tempospiel. In der Hauptsache
gewinnt Schwarz mittels "Polerios Eckenspiel"} a6 56. Kxh5 Kf5 57. Kh6 Kf6 (
57... b5 58. h5 (58. cxb5 axb5 59. h5 c4 60. bxc4 bxc4 61. Kg7 c3 62. h6 c2 63.
h7 c1=Q 64. h8=Q Qc7+ 65. Kf8 Qd8+ 66. Kg7 Qe7+ 67. Kg8 Kg6) 58... bxc4 59.
bxc4 a5 60. Kg7 a4 61. h6 a3 62. h7 a2 63. h8=Q a1=Q+ 64. Kg8 Qxh8+ 65. Kxh8
Ke5 $19) 58. h5 (58. Kh5 b5 59. cxb5 axb5 60. Kg4 c4 61. bxc4 b4 62. c5 b3 63.
c6 Ke6 64. c7 Kd7 65. h5 b2 $19) 58... b5 59. cxb5 (59. Kh7 Kf7 60. h6 b4 61.
Kh8 a5 62. h7 a4 63. bxa4 b3 $19) 59... axb5 60. Kh7 c4 $2 {[%mdl 20480] Es
gab zwei Wege zum Gewinn:} (60... Kf7 $1 61. h6 b4 (61... c4 62. b4 c3 63. Kh8
c2 64. h7 Kg6 65. Kg8 c1=Q $19) 62. Kh8 c4 63. h7 Kf8 64. bxc4 b3 65. c5 b2 66.
c6 b1=Q 67. c7 Qa1#) (60... b4 $1 61. Kg8 Kg5 62. Kg7 Kxh5 63. Kf6 c4 64. bxc4
b3 65. c5 b2 66. c6 b1=Q $19) 61. bxc4 bxc4 (61... b4 62. Kg8 $1 {droht h6 und
entzieht den König dem Schachgebot von b1 aus!} (62. c5 $2 b3 63. c6 b2 64. c7
b1=Q+ $19) 62... Kg5 63. c5 $11) 62. h6 Kf7 63. Kh8 c3 64. h7 {Hier fehlt
Schwarz genau ein Tempo zum Gewinn.} c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 d6 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Be4 12. Rfd1 Qb8 13. Rac1 b5 14. c5 b4 15.
a4 Bd5 16. Qe3 Qb7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Ra6 19. Rc2 d5 20. f3 c6 21. Qd3 Raa8
22. e4 Kh8 23. Re2 h6 24. e5 Ng8 25. Bc1 Ne7 26. Rde1 Rg8 27. h4 Qa6 28. Qd1
Nf8 29. g4 Nh7 30. h5 Rae8 31. Kf2 Ref8 32. Bf4 Re8 33. Qd2 Rgf8 34. Rh1 Ng8
35. Ke1 Qa7 36. Kd1 g5 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Bxh6 Rxf3 39. Nh4 Qf7 40. Qc2 Nxh6 41.
Nxf3 Qxf3 42. Rxh6 Qxg4 43. Qd3 Kg7 44. Rh3 Rf8 45. Kc2 Ng5 46. Rg3 Qh5 47.
Reg2 Ne4 48. Rxg6+ Qxg6 49. Rxg6+ Kxg6 {[#]_|_ Dem Abfraß seiner Bauern
begegnet Schwarz mit Dauerschach unter Einsatz seines K.} 50. Qa6 Rf2+ 51. Kd1
Kf5 52. Qxc6 Kf4 53. Qxe6 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Black "Selin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. a3 Na6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nd3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ra5 e4 20. Nf4 Rac8
21. b3 Rcd8 22. Rd1 Nc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re5 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[#]} 26. Nd5
Na6 27. Qd2 h6 28. Qd4 (28. Nxb4 e3 29. Qd6 Nxb4 30. Qxb4 Qe4 31. Qc3 $16)
28... Qe6 29. h4 Kh7 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qf5 $6 (31... Qe6 $1) 32. Ne7 {
[%csl Gg6,Rg8]} Qe6 33. Qd8 f6 34. h5 Nc5 35. Ng6 Qg8 36. Nf8+ Kh8 37. Qe7 b6
38. e3 Nxb3 39. Ng6+ Kh7 40. Qxb4 Na5 41. Qxb6 Nxc4 42. Qd4 f5 43. Qc5 f4 $2 (
43... Qf7 {[%csl Gf5,Rh5]} 44. Kg2 (44. Qc8 Qg8 45. Qxf5 Nd6 46. Qe5 Qb8 47.
Kg2 Qd8 $16) 44... Nd2 (44... Qg8 45. Qxf5 $16) 45. Qc8 Qg8 46. Nf8+ Kh8 47.
Qxf5 $18) 44. Nxf4 {[%csl Re4]} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch sf2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
(8. Bc3 O-O 9. dxe5 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 dxe5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. cxd5 e4 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. b3 b6 17. a3 Qe5 18. Qc4 Rfd8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Nb7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Ra7 23. d6 Nxd6 24. Bxe4 g6 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Bd5 Kg7
27. e4 Nxe4 28. Re2 f5 29. f3 Qd4+ 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Qd7+ Kh6 33.
Qxe8 Qxd5 34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. Qe7 Ra2+ 36. Kh3 Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kg5 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39.
Qf8+ Kg5 40. Qg7 f4 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. Qxf4 g5 44. Qf6 Qxf3 45.
Qxf3+ {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Christiansen,L/Brussels SWIFT rapid 1992/EXP 29}) (8. b3
O-O 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Re8 14. e3 c6 15.
h3 g6 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. e4 Qf8 18. Nf1 Bc8 19. Rad1 Nbd7 20. Qd2 Re7 21. Qf4 Ne8
22. Qd2 f6 {Stanec,N-Eisterer,H/AUT-ch 1995/EXP 49/[Loebler]/1/2-1/2 (47)})
8... O-O 9. a3 (9. Qc2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. Nc3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bd4 Ng5
14. Rad1 Nxf3+ 15. exf3 b6 16. f4 Rb8 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qf8 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qe3 Rb8 24. Qe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Rd8 26.
g4 h6 27. g5 hxg5 28. fxg5 Kg8 29. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Dzindzichashvili,R/
USA-ch m 1990/CBM 21}) 9... exd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. b3 Re8 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. e3 Rb8
14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Bxc5 (15. Nd5 Nbxd5 16. cxd5 Bg4 $11) 15... dxc5 16. a4 Bg4 17.
h3 Rbd8 18. Qc2 Bh5 19. Nh4 c6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rad1 Na8 23. Rxd8
Rxd8 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. g5 Nfe8 27. Ne4 Ne6 28. f4 Nd6 29. Qd3 Nf5
30. Qxd8+ Nxd8 31. Kf2 Ne6 32. Bf3 Kf8 33. Bg4 Ke7 34. h4 Nd6 35. Kf3 Nxe4 36.
Kxe4 {[#] An ideal White majority similar to that in the Ruy Lopez Exchange
variation. White succeeds in realizing his kingside majority. [#] Ideeller
weißer Mehrbauer ähnlich der spanischen Abtauschvariante. Weiß gelingt die
Verwertung der Mehrheit am Königsflügel.} Nc7 37. Kd3 Ne6 38. Bh3 {Again we
have a nasty pawn ending to investigate. Obviously White avoids this
possibility out of concern that the position could remain blocked...! I see a
win for White. In any case, a fundamental analysis is necessary. I'll provide
suggestions for both attack and defense. Schon wieder ist ein haariges
Bauernendspiel zu untersuchen. Offenbar vermeidet Weiß diesen Weg aus Sorge,
die Position könnte blockiert bleiben...! Ich sehe Gewinn für Weiß. Allerdings
ist eine gründliche Analyse vonnöten. Ich gebe etliche Anregungen für Angriff
und Verteidigung.} (38. Bxe6 Kxe6 {[#]} (38... fxe6 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Ke5 Ke7 41.
e4 b6 42. f5 exf5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Kxf5 Kf7 45. h5 $18) 39. e4 Ke7 40. Ke3 Ke6
41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Kg4 Ke6 43. h5 gxh5+ 44. Kxh5 b6 45. Kg4 (45. g6 f5 46. Kg5 (
46. e5 Ke7 47. Kh4 Kd7 $11) 46... fxe4 47. f5+ Ke5 48. f6 gxf6+ 49. Kh6 e3 50.
g7 e2 51. g8=Q e1=Q 52. Qe8+ $18) 45... g6 46. Kf3 Kd6 47. e5+ Ke7 48. Ke4 Ke6
49. f5+ gxf5+ 50. Kf4 b5 (50... Kd7 51. Kxf5 Ke7 52. e6 fxe6+ 53. Ke5 Kf7 54.
g6+ Kxg6 55. Kxe6 $18) 51. axb5 cxb5 52. cxb5 c4 53. bxc4 a4 54. b6 Kd7 55. e6+
fxe6 56. b7 Kc7 57. g6 a3 58. g7 a2 59. b8=Q+ $18) 38... Nc7 39. Bc8 b5 40. Kc3
bxa4 41. bxa4 Ne8 42. Bg4 Nc7 43. e4 Na8 44. e5 Nb6 45. Kb3 Na8 46. Kc3 Nb6 47.
Bd1 Nd7 $2 (47... Ke6 $142 $5 48. Bg4+ Ke7 49. Kb3 Na8 {[%cal Ya8c7,Ya8b6]})
48. Bf3 Nb8 {Now the knight is cut off and White can improve his position.
Jetzt ist der Springer ausgeschaltet und Weiß kann die Stellung verbessern.}
49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Be4 Ke7 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Kg4 Kf8 54. h5 gxh5+ 55.
Kxh5 Ke7 56. Bf3 Kf8 57. g6 Ke7 58. gxf7 Kxf7 59. Kg5 Nd7 60. Bxc6 Nf8 61. Bd5+
Ke7 62. Kf5 Kd7 63. Bg8 Ke7 64. e6 {Knight Encirclement! Einkreisung des
Springers!} Kd6 65. Kg5 (65. Kg5 Ke7 66. f5 Kd6 67. f6 Nxe6+ 68. Bxe6 Kxe6 69.
fxg7 Kf7 70. Kf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Bd7 13. O-O a5 14. Qc2 Rb8
15. e4 c5 16. f4 b5 17. b3 exd5 18. cxd5 f6 19. Re3 Nf7 20. Rfe1 Rbe8 21. a3
Qd8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 cxb4 24. Qb2 Qb6 25. Qxb4 Rc8 26. Kh1 Rc2 27. Nb3 Rfc8
28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Rd2 30. Ne6 Nd8 31. Nxd8 Rxd8 32. R3e2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Ra8
34. Kg1 Kf7 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Rb2 Ra4 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kd4 Ra4+ 39. Kd3 Ra3+ 40.
Kd2 Ra4 41. Bf3 h6 42. Rc2 Kd8 43. Kd3 Ra3+ 44. Rc3 b4 45. Rxa3 bxa3 46. Kc3 {
Weiß muss wegen der Bewachung des Randfreibauern ab sofort ohne König spielen}
Ba4 47. h4 g5 48. Be2 (48. hxg5 hxg5 (48... fxg5 $5) 49. Bg4 a2 50. Kb2 Bb3 51.
Bh3 Kc7 52. Bg4 Kb6 53. e5 dxe5 54. fxe5 fxe5 55. d6 e4 56. Ka1 Bc4 57. Bf5 e3
$19) 48... gxh4 49. gxh4 a2 50. Kb2 Bb3 51. Bf3 Kc7 52. Bg2 Kb6 53. e5 dxe5 54.
fxe5 fxe5 55. d6 Be6 56. Ka1 Kc5 57. d7 Bxd7 58. Kxa2 Kd4 59. Kb2 e4 60. Kc2
Bg4 61. Kd2 e3+ 62. Ke1 Ke5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Re5f4,Rf4g3]} 0-1

[Event "Schwarzach op-A"]
[Site "Schwarzach"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zoler, Dan"]
[Black "Hecht, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nd8 11. Ne1 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Nd3 f5 14. Qe2 Ndf7
15. Rae1 Bd7 16. f4 Rae8 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Qf2 {[%csl Ra7]} c5 19. dxc6 Bxc6
20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. c5 Qd8 22. cxd6 Qxd6 (22... N5xd6 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qd4 $14)
23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 (24. Rxe5 Nxg3 $1 $15) 24... Qd3 (24... Qd5 25. Nf3 c5
$14) (24... Qh6 25. g4 Ng3 26. Qxg3 Qxd2 27. Qb3+ $16) 25. Nf3 Nd4 (25... c5 $5
) 26. Qxd4 Rxf3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Kg2 Rd5 29. e6 Rd6 30. e7 {[#]} Rd2+ (30...
Rd7 31. Re6 Rexe7 32. Rxc6 Re2+ 33. Rf2 (33. Kg1 h6 {[%cal Rd7d2,Re2b2,Re2h2]})
33... Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7 Rc2
$14 {[#] Vergleiche dazu die Endspiele Dautov-Speelman, Lippstadt 2000 sowie
Almasi-Bacrot, Szeged 2000}) 31. Rf2 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Rxe7 34. Rxe7+
Kxe7 {[#] Die schwarzen Bauern auf der 7. Reihe verleihen der schwarzen
Stellung zwar festungsartigen Charakter, doch der weiße Raumvorteil, die
Tempozüge mit dem a-Bauern und der Hebel b4-b5 geben Weiß dennoch
Gewinnchancen.} 35. Ke4 Kd6 36. b4 $1 Ke6 (36... c5 $2 37. b5 {entfernter
Freibauer!} Kc7 38. Kd5 Kb6 39. Kc4 h6 40. g4 g5 41. a3 Ka5 42. Kxc5 Ka4 43. b6
axb6+ 44. Kxb6 Kxa3 45. Kc5 $18) 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. Kc4 Kd7 39. Kc5 Kc7 {[#]} 40.
h4 $5 $138 (40. g4 $1 g5 (40... h6 41. h4 g5 (41... g6 42. b5 cxb5 43. Kxb5 Kd6
(43... Kb7 44. Kc5 Ka6 (44... Kc7 45. Kd5 Kd7 46. Ke5 Ke7 47. g5 h5 48. a4 a5
49. Kd5 Kd7 50. Kc5 Ke6 51. Kb5 Kf5 52. Kxa5 Kg4 53. Kb5 Kxh4 54. a5 $18) 45.
Kd5 Ka5 46. Ke5 Ka4 47. Kf6 Ka3 48. Kxg6 Kxa2 49. Kxh6 $18) 44. Ka6 Ke5 45.
Kxa7 Kf4 46. a4 Kxg4 47. a5 Kxh4 48. a6 g5 49. Kb7 g4 50. a7 $18) 42. hxg5 (42.
h5 Kd7 43. Kc4 Ke6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. a3 Kf6 47. a4 Ke6 (47... a6 48.
Kd4 Ke6 49. Kc5 Kd7 50. Kb6 $18) 48. b5 cxb5 49. axb5 $18) 42... hxg5 43. a4
Kd7 44. b5 cxb5 45. Kxb5 Kc7 46. Kc5 Kb7 $11) (40... Kd7 41. h4 {mit dem
weiteren Plan g5, h5 und dann b5.}) 41. b5 (41. a3 Kd7 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. a4 Ke6
44. Kc5 Kd7 45. b5 cxb5 46. Kxb5 Kc7 47. Kc5 Kd7 48. Kd5 h6 49. a5 a6 $11)
41... cxb5 42. Kxb5 h6 43. Kc5 Kd7 44. Kd5 $18) 40... h5 41. a3 Kd7 42. Kd4 Kd6
43. Ke4 Ke6 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. a4 a6 $6 (45... g6 $5 46. g4 (46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Kd4
Kd6 48. Kc4 Kd7 49. Kd3 Kd6 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Ke4) 46... hxg4 47. Kxg4 Ke6 48.
Kg5 Kf7 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Kd4 (51. b5 cxb5 52. axb5 Kd6 53. Kd4 Ke6
54. Kc5 Ke5 55. Kc6 Kd4 $11) 51... Kd6 52. Kc4 Kd7 53. Kc5 Kc7 54. b5 cxb5 55.
axb5 Kb7 $11) 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Kc4 Kd7 49. Kd3 (49. Kc5 Kc7 50. a5
g6 $11) 49... Ke7 50. Ke3 {[#]} Kd7 (50... Ke6 $6 51. Ke4 Kd6 52. Kd4 (52. Kf5
Kd5 53. Kg6 Kc4 54. Kxh5 Kxb4 55. Kg6 c5 56. Kxg7 c4 57. h5 c3 58. h6 c2 59. h7
c1=Q 60. h8=Q $15) 52... Kc7 53. Ke5 (53. Kc5 Kb7 $1) 53... Kb6 54. Kd6 g6 55.
Ke6 c5 56. bxc5+ Kxc5 57. Kf6 Kb4 58. Kxg6 Kxa4 59. Kxh5 a5 60. Kg5 $18) 51.
Kf4 Kd6 52. Kg5 Kd5 53. Kxh5 Kc4 54. Kg6 Kxb4 55. Kxg7 c5 56. h5 c4 57. h6 c3
58. h7 c2 59. h8=Q c1=Q 60. Qh4+ $2 $138 (60. Qf8+ Kb3 $8 (60... Ka5 $2 61.
Qf5+ Kb6 62. a5+ $18) (60... Kxa4 $4 61. Qf4+ $18) 61. Qf3+ Ka2 62. Qf4 $16)
60... Ka5 61. Qf4 Qd1 62. g4 $2 (62. Kh6 $16 {oder doch nur +=}) 62... Qd4+ $1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt 1.4"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. c5 f5 14. Qc2 Nf7 15.
O-O Bd7 16. Rc1 e4 17. Nb3 Ba4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rc7 Qe5 20. Qd2 Bxb3 21. axb3
Rab8 22. f4 exf3 23. exf3 Rfe8 24. f4 Qf6 25. Bf3 Nh6 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bf3 Re7
28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kg7 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Bxg4 fxg4 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 a5
34. Rb8 Rc7 35. c4 a4 36. bxa4 Rxc4 37. Rxb7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7 Rxa4 39. Ke3 Ra3+
40. Kd4 Ra4+ 41. Kd3 Ra5 42. Kc4 Rc5+ 43. Kd4 Rb5 44. Rd7 Rb4+ 45. Kc3 Rb6 46.
Rd8 Ke7 47. Rh8 Kf7 48. Rh4 Rb5 49. Kc4 Rb2 50. Rh7+ Kf6 51. Rd7 Rb6 52. Rd8
Ke7 53. Rh8 Rb2 54. Kc3 Rb5 55. Rh4 Rxd5 56. Rxg4 Kf6 57. h4 Rd1 58. Rg5 d5 59.
Kc2 Rd4 60. Re5 Kf7 61. Re3 Kf6 62. Re5 Kf7 63. Kc3 Rd1 64. Kb4 Rd3 65. Rg5 Kf6
66. Kc5 Kf7 67. Kc6 Kf6 68. Kd6 d4 69. Kd5 Rd1 70. Ke4 Rd2 71. Rd5 Rg2 72. Kf3
Rd2 73. Rd6+ Kf7 74. Rd5 Ke6 75. Rg5 Kf6 76. Ke4 Rd1 77. Rd5 Rg1 78. Kf3 Rd1
79. Kg4 Ke6 80. Rg5 Kf6 81. Rd5 Ke6 82. Re5+ Kf6 83. Kf3 Rd3+ 84. Kf2 Rd2+ 85.
Re2 Rd1 86. Kf3 Rd3+ 87. Kf2 Rd1 88. Re1 Rd3 89. Re8 Kf7 90. Ra8 Kf6 91. Ra6+
Kf5 92. Ra5+ Kf6 93. g4 Rh3 94. h5 gxh5 95. Rxh5 {[%csl Gf3,Gg3] [#] Es gibt
keine Probleme beim Vorgehen der verbundene Freibauern gegen den
Einzelfreibauer, da der weiße König dem schwarzen Turm wichtige Felder nimmt.}
Rd3 96. Rf5+ Kg6 97. Rd5 Kf6 98. g5+ Kg6 99. Rd6+ Kf7 100. Rd5 $5 ({einfacher} 
100. f5 $18 {[%cal Rg5g6]}) 100... Ke6 101. g6 Kf6 102. Rd6+ Kg7 103. f5 Ra3
104. Rd7+ Kf6 105. Rf7+ Ke5 106. g7 Ra2+ 107. Ke1 Ra1+ 108. Kd2 Ra2+ 109. Kc1
Rg2 110. f6 Ke4 111. Re7+ Kf5 112. f7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Temirbayev, Serikbay"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b3 O-O 12. a3 c6 13. Ne1 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nc2
cxd5 16. cxd5 Na6 17. Nc4 Bb5 18. N2e3 g6 19. Re1 Nc5 20. a4 Be8 21. Nb2 b5 22.
axb5 Bxb5 23. Nbc4 Qc7 24. Qc2 Rfb8 25. Reb1 Nfd7 26. Bf1 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Rb4 28.
Kh1 Nb7 29. Ra2 Qc5 30. Rba1 Nb6 31. Nd2 Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Nc5 33. Ra3 f5 34. Bc4
fxe4 35. fxe4 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 a4 38. bxa4 Raxa4 39. Rxa4 Nbxa4 40. Ra2
Nxe4 41. Nxe4 Rxc4 42. Ra3 h5 43. h3 Kd7 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. hxg4 Nb6 46. Ra7+ Rc7
47. Nf6+ Kc8 48. Rxc7+ Kxc7 49. g5 $17 {May be this interesting N-Endgame is
not won for Black due to his weak Pd6 and Pg6.} Kd8 50. Ke3 Nd7 51. Ne4 Kc7 52.
Kd2 Nc5 53. Nf6 Kb6 54. Ke3 Kb5 55. Ng8 Nd7 (55... Kc4 56. Ne7 Na4 57. Nxg6 Nc3
(57... Kxd5 58. Nf8 Nc3 59. g6 Ne4 60. g7 Nf6 61. Nh7 Ng8 62. Ng5 $15 {2
examples:} Ne7 (62... Kc6 63. Ke4 Kd7 64. Kf5 Ke7 65. Nf3 $10) 63. Kf3 Kd4 64.
Ne4 d5 65. Nf6 e4+ (65... Kd3 66. Nxd5) 66. Ke2 $10) 58. Nxe5+ dxe5 59. g6
Nxd5+ 60. Ke4 $10) 56. Nf6 Nc5 57. Ng8 Nb7 58. Ne7 Nd8 59. Nxg6 Nf7 60. Kf3 Kc5
61. Kg4 Kxd5 62. Nf8 {Is this a draw? Let's look} (62. Nf8 e4 63. Kf4 Kd4 64.
g6 Nh6 65. Ne6+ Kd3 66. Kg5 Ng8 67. Nf4+ (67. g7 e3 68. Kg6 Ke4 69. Kf7 e2 70.
Kxg8 e1=Q 71. Kf7 Qf2+ 72. Ke7 Qg3 73. Kf7 Qf3+ 74. Ke7 Qg4 75. Kf7 Qf5+ 76.
Ke7 Qg6 $19) 67... Kd4 68. g7 Ke5 69. Ng6+ Ke6 70. Nf4+ Kf7 71. Kf5 Nf6 72.
g8=Q+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Limp, Eduardo Thelio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ {^^} 6. Bxd2 (6. Nxd2 $5
{>< e4, [+]}) 6... h6 (6... Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11.
Bg3 h5 12. h3 Rg8 $13 {Hjartarson,J-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik/1987/1:0/46/}) 7. g3
Bb7 8. Bg2 Be4 $5 9. O-O (9. b4 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Bc3 Nbd7 12. Re1 a6 13. a4
b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. axb5 Qb8 16. Bf1 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qxb5 18. Nd2 Ra8 19. Qc1
Ra2 20. f3 Rc2 21. Qa1 Bc6 22. e4 Qa4 23. Qxa4 Bxa4 24. Nb1 c6 25. Bd3 Ra2 26.
Rc1 Bb5 27. Bxb5 cxb5 28. Be1 Ra1 29. Bd2 Ra2 30. Bf4 e5 31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5
dxe5 33. Nc3 Rb2 34. Nxb5 Rxb4 35. Nd6 Nd7 36. Rc7 Nb6 37. Nxf7 Nc4 38. Kg2
Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Ne3 40. Nxe5 Nf1 41. Kg4 Rxh2 42. Kf4 Rh3 43. g4 Nh2 44. Rc1 Kh7
45. Rc8 g5+ 46. Kf5 Nxf3 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Nd7 Rh1 49. Kf6 {1-0 Cebalo,
M-Jakovljevic,V/Pula 1999 (49)}) 9... O-O 10. Re1 (10. Bc1 d6 {1/2-1/2 Ruzele,
D-Kuzmin,G/Cappelle la Grande 1996}) 10... d6 11. Bf1 c5 12. Bc3 Nc6 13. dxc5
dxc5 14. Nd2 Bh7 (14... e5 $5) (14... Nd4 $5) 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. Qa4 Nd4 17. Rac1
Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. e3 Nc6 20. f4 $1 $14 {^^, /^ a1-h8, h1-a8} Nf6 21. b4
Rfd8 22. b5 Na5 23. e4 {()} Rd3 24. Bf1 Rd7 25. e5 Ne8 26. Bxa5 bxa5 27. Nb3
$16 a4 28. Na5 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Nc6 Rcc7 31. Nb8 $1 Re7 (31... Rd4 $5) 32.
Na6 Rc8 33. Bg2 g4 (33... Ng7 $142 34. g4 (34. Bc6 Nf5) 34... Rd7 35. Red1 Rd4
$16) 34. Bc6 $18 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Hracek/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aue Nickelhuette"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 (6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e3 e5
8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 c6 $11 {ECO/E4 (E00)}) 6... Nbd7 7.
O-O e5 8. e3 ({Or: I} 8. Bg5 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. a3 Bc5
12. Nc3 O-O $11 13. Na4 (13. Qd3 $142 {/\Rad1}) 13... c6 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Nf3
Bf5 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 a4 $15 {1/2-1/2/34, Dreev,A (2607) - Kogan,A (2590),
Benidorm 2007}) 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Be3 Re8 (12... Ng4 13. Bd4 Nge5 14.
b3 Re8 15. h3 Nc6 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Bxc5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Nxc5 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. Rad1
Bc6 21. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Swinkels,R (2511) - Kveinys,A (2531), Ohrid 2009}) 13. b3
Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Nc5 15. Qd4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Nb5 Re7 18. Bf3 Bh3 19. Qh4 Rc8
$11 20. g4 $2 Rxe3 $1 21. fxe3 Bxg4 $15 {1/2-1/2/40, Lagowski,P (2415) -
Hracek,Z (2579), Pardubice 2004}) ({II} 8. Qc2 $5) ({III} 8. Be3 $5) 8... c6 $5
{An interesting sideline in the Catalan Bogo-Indian which involves an
attractive pawn sacrifice.} ({A solid but rather passive alternative is} 8...
Bxd2 {, e.g.} 9. Qxd2 c6 10. Nc3 (10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. e4 Nf8 13. h3 Qb6
14. Nf3 Qa6 15. b3 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Na4 Bd7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20.
Nc5 Qb6 21. Rac1 Bb5 22. Qe3 Rac8 23. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K (2649) - Kogan,A 
(2560), Montpellier 2006}) 10... O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Qd6 Qxd6
14. Rxd6 Re8 15. Nd2 a4 $11 {0-1/99, Tregubov,P (2622) - Kogan,A (2525), Las
Vegas 2010}) 9. Bc1 e4 10. Ng5 d5 11. c5 h6 (11... a4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxa4 Ra6
14. Qd1 h6 15. Nh3 Nf8 16. f3 exf3 17. Qxf3 Bg4 18. Qf2 N8h7 19. Bd2 Bc7 20.
Nc3 O-O $13 {/=, 1/2-1/2/73, Van der Stricht,G (2417) - Saiboulatov,D (2413),
Namur 2006}) 12. Nh3 {With the obvious threat of trapping the bishop b4 which
forces Black to sacrifice his a-pawn.} a4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qxa4 Nf8 15. b4 Bxh3
16. Bxh3 Bc7 17. Qd1 h5 $1 $44 18. f4 $1 ({In an older game of Hracek followed
} 18. Nd2 h4 19. g4 N8h7 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 Ne4 22. Ne5 $2 (22. b5 Nhg5 23.
Nxg5 Nxg5 24. Bg2 h3 25. Bh1 $13) 22... Nhg5 23. Bg2 h3 24. Bf3 Bxe5 $6 (24...
Rh4) (24... Qb8) 25. dxe5 Nxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qh4 27. Rf4 Rh6 28. Bb2 Rg6 $15 {and}
29. Qe2 f5 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Kh1 Rxg4 32. Raf1 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Qg5 34. Qf3 Ke7
35. Qxh3 Rg8 36. Qf1 Qh6 37. Rf3 f5 38. Be5 Nd2 39. Bd6+ Ke8 40. Rh3 Qg6 41.
Qf2 f4 {0-1 Pinter,J (2548)-Hracek,Z (2584), Rabac 2003}) 18... exf3 19. Qxf3 (
19. Nd2 $143 h4 20. g4 Ne6 (20... f2+ $142 $1 21. Rxf2 N8h7 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Rf1
Nhg5 24. Nxg5 Nxg5 25. Bg2 h3) 21. Nxf3 Ne4 22. Qe2 (22. b5) 22... N6g5 23.
Nxg5 Nxg5 24. Bg2 O-O 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. Be1 h3 27. Bh1 f5 28. Bh4 Ne4 29. g5 g6
30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Rf6 Rxf6 32. gxf6 Kf7 33. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y (2590) -
Lutz,C (2545), Germany 1991/GER-chT}) 19... h4 {I think this is the critical
position after my sacrifice.} 20. Bf5 $2 ({After the best move} 20. g4 $142 $1
$13 {with complicated play Black has three possibilities and I don't know
which one is the best:} Qe7 (20... Ne6 21. Qf5 Rh6 22. Kh1 Rg6 23. Nc3 Qe7 24.
Ra2 Ng5 25. e4 Nxh3 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Re2 Rf6 28. Rxe7+ Nxe7 29. Qd3 Nf2+ 30.
Rxf2 Rxf2 31. h3 $13 {/=}) (20... N8h7 21. Qf5 g6 (21... O-O 22. g5 $2 (22. Nc3
$142 g6 23. Qf2 (23. Qf3 Kg7 24. e4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Ng5) 23... Ne4
(23... Kg7 24. Qxh4 Rh8) 24. Nxe4 dxe4 $13 {/=}) 22... g6 23. Qf2 Ne4 24. Qxh4
$2 Nhxg5 $19 25. Kh1 Kg7 26. Bg2 Rh8 27. Qg4 f5 28. Qd1 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Qh8 {
0-1 Handke,F (2255) - Ellers,H (2405), Biel 1997}) 22. Qf2 Ng5 23. Qxf6 Nxh3+
24. Kh1 $1 (24. Kg2 Qxf6 25. Rxf6 Ng5 26. h3 Ne4 27. Rf1 f5) 24... Qxf6 25.
Rxf6 $13 {/=}) 21. Nc3 (21. e4 $143 Ne6 22. exd5 Nxd4 23. Qd3 $2 (23. Qe3 Qxe3+
24. Bxe3 Nc2 25. d6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Nxe3 27. Re1 Nfd5 28. Kf2 Kd7 $15 (28...
O-O-O $15)) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kf2 Nxc1 $6 (24... Bg3+ $1 $19 25. hxg3 (25. Kf3
Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxd5 27. Nc3 (27. Qe4 Be5 28. Ra2 Rh6) 27... Nf4 28. Qe4 Bxh2 29.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Re1+ Ne6) (25. Kg2 Nxd5 $1 26. hxg3 hxg3) 25... hxg3+ 26. Kg2
Nxd5) 25. Rxc1 Nxd5 26. Re1 Be5 $17 27. Nc3 (27. Nd2 Nxb4 28. Qf5 f6) 27... O-O
$2 (27... Nf4 28. Qe3 Qe6) 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Ra2 $13 {1:0/42, Mikhalevski, V. 
(2590) - Stocek, J. (2567), Philadelphia 2007}) 21... Ne6 22. Qf5 Nh7 (22...
Rh6) 23. e4 g6 24. Qf2 Nhg5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Bg2 h3 27. Bf3 dxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4
29. Bxe4 $13 {, 0:1/45, A. Pashikian (2639) - J. Stocek (2567), Plovdiv 2010;}
O-O (29... O-O-O)) 20... hxg3 21. hxg3 N8h7 $15 22. Ra2 $4 {a terrible mistake
I) White would have been not so bad after} (22. Bxh7 $1 Rxh7 23. Ra2 {, e.g.}
Qd7 24. Nc3 O-O-O 25. Rh2 Rxh2 26. Kxh2 Rh8+ 27. Kg1 Nh5 (27... Qh3 28. Qf5+
Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Bxg3 $15) 28. Ne2 Nxg3 29. Nxg3 Rh3 30. Qf5 Rxg3+ 31. Kh1 f6 32.
Qxd7+ (32. a4) 32... Kxd7 33. a4 Rh3+ 34. Kg1 Rh2 35. Rf2 Rh8 36. b5 $15) ({II)
} 22. e4 $6 {This move is tricky but after} dxe4 23. Qf2 (23. Qe3 g6 $1 {
probably the best} 24. Bxe4 Ng4 25. Qd3 Bxg3 $1 26. Bxc6+ (26. Qxg3 Qxd4+ 27.
Kg2 Nhf6 $19) (26. Ra2 Qh4 27. Rf3 (27. Nc3 Nhf6) 27... Bh2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kg2
Ng5) 28... Nhf6 $19) (26. Bxg6 Ng5 $1 $19) 26... bxc6 27. Qe4+ Kf8 28. Qxg4
Bh2+ $1 29. Kg2 Nf6) 23... Bxg3 24. Qxg3 Qxd4+ 25. Kg2 Qxa1 26. Nc3 e3 $1 27.
Qxe3+ Kf8 28. Qg3 Re8 29. Bh6 (29. Qf3 $143 Re5 30. Rd1 Ne8 31. Bg4 Re7 {
/\Nhf6 oder Kg8}) 29... Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 gxh6 $17 {Black has the upperhand -} 31.
Bxh7 Rxh7) 22... Ng5 $19 {Now it's over. My opponent admitted that he just
forgot about this move!} 23. Qg2 Nfe4 24. Rf4 (24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Rf3 Qg5 26.
Nd2 Nxg3 27. Kf2 Ne4+ 28. Nxe4 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rh2+ $19) 24... Bxf4 25. gxf4 g6
26. Bg4 f5 27. fxg5 (27. Bd1 Rh3 28. Kf1 {and for example} Kd7 29. fxg5 Qh8 30.
Bf3 Qh4 31. Nc3 Rh1+ 32. Qxh1 Ng3+ $19) 27... fxg4 28. Qxg4 Qd7 ({Or} 28... Qc7
29. Qf4 (29. Rg2 Qh7) 29... Qh7 30. Rh2 Qxh2+ 31. Qxh2 Rxh2 32. Kxh2 Kf7 $19)
29. Rg2 {In a completely lost position White allows a piquant finale.} Rh1+ $1
30. Kxh1 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxg4 32. Nc3 O-O-O 33. Rh2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 $5 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc8a6,Yb1d2,Yc8b7] I analysed this
variation in some depth close to a year ago and concluded it was a pretty
clear equaliser, and not much has changed since then, possibly because the
fashion now is to play the Bf4 systems as recommended by Avrukh. One of the
points is that this is a waiting move - Black can place the bishop on a6 after
Nc3, and on b7 in the event of a Nbd2 setup.} 11. Bc3 (11. Nc3 Ba6 {is not
threatening for Black at all.}) 11... Bb7 (11... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5]
intending in many cases to Stonewall with ...f5 is also fine for Black, as
I've demonstrated in my analyses.}) 12. Nbd2 c5 $1 {I had previously
recommended this variation as well, trying to equalise by liquidating
everything in the centre. However Topalov had already spent a bit of clock
time by this point, so it seems he did not expect Giri to adopt the variation.}
13. Ne5 (13. e3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 {is not remotely dangerous
for Black.} (15... bxc5 $132 {[%cal Ya5a4] is also fine if Black wants more
complex play.})) 13... cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc8 $6 {White obtains a
typical Catalan advantage after this somewhat awkward move.} (15... Ng4 {
as played previously is best, though it's fair to assume that Giri had some
idea in mind to at least ask Black some questions.} 16. Bc3 $1 (16. Bb2 Bc5 17.
e3 Qe7 18. h3 Nf6 $11) 16... Bc5 (16... Bf6 17. Ne4 $1) (16... Rc8 17. h3 Nf6
18. Qb2 $14 {also gives White steady pressure.}) 17. e3 Bxe3 $1 (17... Qe7 18.
h3 Nf6 19. Qb2 {½-½ (46) Bluebaum,M (2514)-Burg,T (2490) Bremen 2013} Rfd8
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Ba3 23. Qc3 Rxd5 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. g4 $1 $14
{[%csl Ra3,Ye4,Rf6] would be a fairly normal continuation, giving White a very
standard advantage as Black's kingside is weak and White has the far better
minor piece.}) 18. fxe3 Nxe3 19. Qd3 Nxg2 20. Nf3 $1 dxc4 21. Qe2 Qc7 22. Kxg2
Bd5 $44 {[%csl Yd5] and Black's powerful light-squared bishop gives him good
compensation for the modest material deficit.}) 16. Rac1 {Now the queen is a
bit misplaced along the c-file, and Black has problems connecting his rooks.}
dxc4 ({It's now too late for} 16... Ng4 17. Bb2 Bc5 18. e3 $36 {[%cal Yc2c3,
Rc5e3]}) (16... Ba3 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxg2 20. Nd6 $1 Qa6 21.
Kxg2 $36 {[%cal Ye2e4,Ye4e5,Rd6c8] also fails to solve Black's problems; White
owns the c-file and will anchor his knight with e4-e5.}) 17. Bxf6 $1 {A
practical decision, aiming for a small but enduring advantage, which is
unpleasant for the opponent.} (17. Nxc4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 b5 20. Ne3
Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rfc8 22. Rdc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 $14 {is also a better endgame for
White, but it's not easy for White to increase the pressure after} Ne8 $1 {
[%cal Ya5a4]}) 17... Bxf6 18. Qxc4 (18. Nxc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. e4 Rfd8 21.
Nd6 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Be5 $11 {is nothing real for White.}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2
Qb7+ 20. Qe4 $14 {[%csl Yd2,Rf6][%cal Yc1c8,Yd1d8] Even modern engines don't
fully appreciate the dangers for the side with the bishop in such positions.}
Rfb8 (20... Ra7 $143 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne4 Bb2 23. Rc6 {and White is obviously
in control.}) ({It looks wrong to activate White's knight with} 20... Qxe4+ $5
21. Nxe4 {but after} Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rc6 {Black's position, though
passive, seems tenable based on} Kf8 24. Nd6 Ke7 25. Nb5 Rb8 {[%cal Ye7e8,
Yd8e7,Ye7c5] and I don't see how White breaks through if Black sits tight.})
21. Rc6 $5 (21. Qxb7 Rxb7 {transposes to the game.}) 21... Qd7 (21... Rd8 22.
Rd6 $5 {is a clever trick, but it peters out to equality after} Qxe4+ 23. Nxe4
Be7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {and Black can hold this endgame.}) 22.
Rcc1 (22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Rdc1 Be7 $1 {is solid for Black as well, though White
can keep slight pressure with} 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Nc4 Bc5 26. Ne5 Qe7 27. Nd3
$14) (22. Rxb6 Rd8 $1 {pinning the knight is not what White is after.}) 22...
Qb7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Ne4 Be7 {While this position can be held, it's not
entirely trivial as Black has few prospects for active play and White can try
things here and there.} 25. Nd6 (25. Rc6 b5 $1 {with ...a4 in mind offers
counterplay, and} 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 g6 {really would be equal.}) 25... Rd7
({I would have been tempted to try my luck in the double rook endgame with} 
25... Bxd6 $5 26. Rxd6 Kf8 27. Rcc6 b5 28. e4 b4 {when the possibility of ...
a4 limits White's scope to squeeze Black, and after} 29. Ra6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 Rb5
{[%cal Rb5c5]} 31. Rc6 g5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf2f4,Rh2h4] I don't see a clear way
for White to make inroads.}) 26. Nc4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 b5 (27... Bc5 $6 28. Rd7 a4
29. Rb7 axb3 30. axb3 {wins the b6-pawn, which Black doesn't need to allow.}) (
{It transpires that} 27... Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {is just a draw; the key
defensive setup for Black is} 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. a4 f6 32. Kd4 Kd7 33.
Nb2 Kc6 34. Kc4 g5 $1 {[%csl Yd5,Ye5,Yf4,Yf5] when with f4 covered, White has
no way through for his knight:} 35. f3 Be7 36. Nd3 h5 $11) 28. Ne5 Bf6 29. Nd7
$1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rd7f8] This is the only way to keep the game going. Now it
isn't so easy for Black to activate his king (if it could reach e7 the
position would be a trivial draw).} a4 (29... Bd8 {was probably better in
hindsight to stop the Rc1-c7 plan, and}) (29... Rc8 $5 30. Rd6 Rc7 {(preparing
...Be7)} 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Ra6 Rc2 33. Rxa5 Rxe2 {also more or less kept the
balance.}) 30. Rc1 axb3 (30... Rd8 31. Rc7 a3 {[%cal Yd8d2,Yd2a2] is the
engine's recommendation, but I would be quite concerned that both a3 and b5
would become weaknesses. However, introducing the idea of ...Rd2 for when the
knight moves shouldn't be sneezed at and} 32. f4 Be7 33. Kf3 f6 34. Ke3 Kf7 $1
35. b4 Kg6 36. Nc5 Bxc5+ 37. Rxc5 Rd1 38. Rxb5 Ra1 $11 {for one looks like a
draw.}) 31. axb3 Be7 32. Rc7 {[%csl Yc7,Yd7] Now White's pressure is becoming
quite serious as he's developed something of a bind.} Rd8 {Topalov finds the
right defence.} 33. Rb7 ({Not} 33. Ne5 $4 Bd6 34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. Nxd7 f6 {
and rather comically, the knight is trapped!}) 33... Bd6 34. g4 {Naturally
White wants to fix as many of Black's pawns on dark squares as possible. Also
he can gain a lot of space on the kingside, which is quite unpleasant for the
opponent to deal with over the board.} h5 $6 {Unfortunately the 'active'
defence is not so great here as Black will lose too much time when he later
tries to regain the pawn.} (34... b4 {[%csl Rb4] is the engine's first choice,
but as mentioned I would avoid putting the pawns on dark squares if possible.})
(34... h6 35. h4 Kh7 {is the passive defence and probably best, though White
can increase the pressure with} 36. h5 (36. e3 {first would be another way to
start.}) 36... g6 $5 37. e4 Kg7 38. Kf3 Rc8 $1 39. Rb6 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 Bf4 41.
Rxb5 g5 $14 {and while Black should hold the draw with his active pieces, it's
not guaranteed by any means.}) 35. gxh5 Kh7 (35... f5 {wouldn't really be
consistent with Black's last, though it does avoid the trick in the game.}) 36.
b4 $1 {This is a nice move to keep control of the position.} Bxb4 $6 {
Continuing to aim for active play, however} (36... Kg8 $5 {makes sense now
that White has played b4. Then} 37. e3 Bxb4 38. Ne5 Rf8 39. Rxb5 Bc3 {should
still be drawable, though White can certainly press all night.}) 37. Ne5 {
Losing f7 is definitely a blow, though it may not be a decisive mistake.} Rd5
38. Nxf7 Rxh5 39. f4 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Re6,Rg7,Rh5,Rh7] Black's main problem is
that all his remaining pawns are isolated, and his bishop and rook don't
really coordinate well.} Kg6 40. Ne5+ Kh7 $2 (40... Kh6 41. Nf3 $1 (41. Rxb5
Bc3 42. Nf7+ Kg6 43. Rxh5 Kxh5 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Nd6 Bb4 46. Nc4 Kf6 47. Kg4 Bc5
$11 {[%cal Yg7g6] is just a draw to my eyes.}) (41. e3 Bd2 42. Rxb5 Bc3 $1 43.
Kf3 Bxe5 44. Kg4 $1 Rxh2 45. Rxe5 Rg2+ 46. Kh4 Kg6 47. Rxe6+ Kf7 $11 {is also
a draw as far as I know; as least I know that it's a draw if the pawns are
moved one file to the right, and here White's king is cut off to boot.}) 41...
Rc5 42. Ng5 $1 (42. e4 Bc3 43. Ng5 {allows Black to draw with} Rxg5+ 44. fxg5+
Kxg5 45. Rxb5+ ({or} 45. Kf3 b4 46. Rb6 e5 47. Rb7 g6 $11) 45... Kf4 46. Rb6
Kxe4 47. Rxe6+ Be5 $11 {with a tablebase draw.}) 42... Rc2 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Kg4
Re3 45. Rxb5 Be7 46. Re5 Rxe5 47. Nf7+ Kg6 48. Nxe5+ Kf6 {and, similar to the
41.Rxb5 note, this ending seems a fairly comfortable draw for Black.}) 41. Nf7
$2 (41. Nf3 $1 {transposes to the game. Instead Giri opts to repeat moves.})
41... Kg6 (41... Bd2 $5 42. Ng5+ Kg6 43. Nxe6 Rh4 {is a strange setup and I
think the best continuation is} 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Rb6 b4 $5 46. e4 Ke7 47. f5
Rh3+ 48. Kg4 Re3 49. Nc5 Bc3 50. Kf4 Rh3 51. e5 Rxh2 52. Ne4 Rh1 53. Rb7+ Kf8 {
and while this might be a draw, it's an extremely unnatural setup to play over
the board.}) 42. Ne5+ Kh7 (42... Kh6 $1 {as noted before seems to save Black
with best play.}) 43. Nf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yf3g5] Now that the knight
can reach g5 without allowing counterplay against the White pawns, I'm
convinced that White is winning.} Rf5 (43... Bc3 44. Ng5+ Kg6 45. Nxe6 {
clearly isn't much help.}) (43... Kg6 44. Kg3 Bc3 45. Rb6 b4 46. Kg4 $1 Rc5 47.
Ng5 {[%cal Yg5e6] is winning for White.}) 44. Ng5+ Kh6 (44... Kg8 45. e3 $1 ({
After} 45. Rb8+ Rf8 46. Rxb5 Bd2 47. Nxe6 Rf6 48. f5 g6 49. e4 gxf5 50. exf5 {
I'm assuming this is a win because Black's king is stuck on the back rank,
though I'm not 100% sure. Anyway it doesn't really matter as White has clearer
alternatives.}) 45... Bc3 46. Nxe6 b4 47. Kf3 Rh5 48. Kg3 $18 {[%cal Ye6g5,
Yg3g4,Ye3e4,Ye4e5] and with an extra pawn and better pieces, plus a passed
e-pawn, White should have few problems converting his advantage.}) 45. Kf3 $1 {
Now the game is effectively over.} Bd2 (45... e5 46. Nf7+ Kh7 47. Nxe5 {
again leaves White up a pawn and ready to roll his pawns.}) 46. e3 b4 47. Nxe6
Rh5 (47... Bc3 48. e4 Rh5 49. e5 Rxh2 50. Rxg7 {will also be winning for White,
who can combine the advance of his passers with mating threats.}) 48. Nxg7 Rxh2
49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Ne7+ Kf6 51. Nd5+ Ke6 52. Ke4 {And just like that, b4 is gone.
} Rh3 53. Rb6+ Kd7 54. Kd3 Bc1 55. Rxb4 Kd6 56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
d5 $1 exd5 8. cxd5 (8. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 dxe5 (
11... Qxe5 12. Bg2 Bf5 13. Rc1 O-O 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rc3 $16) 12. Bg2 O-O 13.
O-O $16 {/\Rc1}) 8... Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg2 a6 (10... O-O 11. O-O Bf5 $6 12.
Qb3 $16 e4 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e3 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18.
Nxe4 $1 $18 {Magerramov-Ilic/Belgrade/1989/with a different move order}) 11.
O-O O-O 12. Rc1 {/\Bg5} (12. Qb3 $5) 12... h6 13. Qc2 Bd6 $2 (13... Rd8 $1 14.
Rfd1 Bd7 $14 (14... Bg4 15. Be3 $36)) 14. Nd1 $1 {/\Ne3} Bg4 15. e4 $16 (15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Ne3 Bh3 $14) 15... c6 (15... Bd7 16. Ne3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nf5
Qe6 19. Rfd1 $16) 16. Ne3 (16. dxc6 $5 Rfc8 (16... Rac8 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. cxb7
$16) 17. cxb7 (17. Qd3 Rxc6 $14) 17... Qxb7 18. Nc3 Bc5 $16) 16... cxd5 17.
Nxg4 Nxg4 18. exd5 Rae8 (18... Nf6 $5) 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Qb3 Qd7 $14 21. Re2 (
21. Bb4 Re7 22. Bh3 Qd8 $1 $10) 21... Re7 22. Ba5 (22. Rce1 Rfe8 23. Bc3 Qf5
$132) 22... Rfe8 23. Bc3 h5 (23... Qf5 $5 $10) 24. Qc4 Qf5 25. Rce1 Rc8 26. Qb3
Rce8 27. Bb4 Qd7 28. Bd2 $1 {/\Bg5} Bc5 $5 (28... Qf5 29. Qb6 $16) 29. Bg5 Qf5
30. h4 e4 (30... Ng4 $2 31. Be4 $1 $16) 31. Qc2 $22 (31. Qc3 $14) 31... Rc7 32.
Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 $14 {^-} g6 35. Qd2 Re7 36. Rc4 Bd6 37. Kh2
Re8 $6 $138 (37... Rc7 $1 {Black should try to exchange rooks, White - Queens.}
) 38. f4 $5 Kg7 39. Bf3 Kg8 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Qc3 Re7 (41... Qxc3 42. Rxc3 Re7
$14) 42. Qc2 Re8 (42... Re1 $5 43. Be4 (43. Kf2 Ra1 44. a3 Ra2 $132) (43. Be2
$14) 43... Ra1 44. b3 $14) 43. a3 Kg8 44. Qb3 Re7 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Qb6 Rd7 47.
Be4 Be7 48. Qxf6+ Kxf6 49. Kf3 Bd6 50. Ke2 (50. b4 a5 $1 {White intensified
the pressure on Black's position, but this strong move is still enough for a
draw.} (50... Rc7 51. Rxc7 Bxc7 52. d6 $16) 51. bxa5 Rc7 $5 {Kortschnoj} (51...
Bxa3)) 50... Rc7 51. Rd8 Ke7 52. Ra8 Rd7 53. Kf3 f5 54. Bd3 Rd8 55. Ra7 Rd7 56.
b4 Bb8 57. Ra8 Rd8 (57... Rxd5 $2 58. Bxf5 $16) 58. Bc4 (58. a4 Bd6 $1 $10) (
58. b5 axb5 59. Bxb5 Rxd5 60. Be8 Kxe8 $1 (60... Bd6 61. Bxg6 Kf6 62. Bxh5 Rd3+
63. Kg2 Rxa3 $16) 61. Rxb8+ Rd8 $10 62. Rxb7 Rd3+) 58... Kd6 59. a4 Rc8 $5 60.
a5 $138 (60. b5 $10) (60. Ba2 $2 Rc3+ 61. Kf2 Bc7 {ץa2}) 60... Rxc4 61. Rxb8
Rxb4 62. Rg8 $10 (62. Rg8 Kxd5 63. Rxg6 Rb3+ 64. Kg2 Rb5 65. Rg5 Ke4 66. Rxh5
Rb2+ (66... Rxa5 67. Rh7 b5 68. h5) 67. Kh3 Kf3 68. Rxf5 Rb1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 (7.
Qxd2 $2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 d6 $15) 7... d6 8.
O-O (8. e4 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. b4) (8. Nf1) 8... O-O (8... a5) 9. e4 e5 (9... a5
10. d5 (10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Bd7 $10) 10... Ne5 (10...
Nb8 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 Nbd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nf1 $14 {Haik-Sharif
Cannes 1987}) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 $14 {Hort-Seirawan Lugano 1989}) 10. d5 Nb8
11. Ne1 (11. Nh4 {/\f4}) 11... a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 (13. b3) (13. f4) 13...
Bg4 (13... Nc5 $5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. f4 $14) (13... c6 $5 {- Garcia
Palermo-Adams Oakham 1988}) 14. f3 Bd7 15. b4 axb4 (15... c6 16. bxa5 $14) 16.
axb4 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 $14 (18. Qb3 $5 $14 {Yusupov,A-Petrosian,T
URS-ch 1983}) 18... d5 $5 19. c5 $6 (19. Qc3 $5 Be6 20. Ra5 $36) (19. b5 $6 Nb4
20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. bxc6 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bxc6 $15) 19... Be6 $6 (19... dxe4 $142 20.
fxe4 (20. Nxe4 Nd5 21. Qd2 Bf5) 20... Ng4 $22 21. Nc4 $2 Nxb4 $19) 20. Ra4 $1
dxe4 21. fxe4 (21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Qd2 $10 (22. Rfa1 $2 Naxb4)) 21... Ng4 $1 22.
Rfa1 Nc7 23. Rxa8 Nxa8 $1 (23... Rxa8 $2 24. Rxa8+ Nxa8 25. Qa4 $16) 24. Nf3 (
24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Nc7 26. Bf3 $10) 24... f6 25. Qc1 $2 (25. h3 $142 Ne3 26.
Qa4 $1 Qd7 (26... Nxg2 27. Qxc6 $16) 27. Qxa8 Nxg2 (27... Qxd3 28. Qxc6 Bd7 29.
Qa6 $16) 28. Qa3 Ne3 (28... Bxh3 $6 29. Nf2 $16) 29. Ndxe5 fxe5 30. Qxe3 Bxh3
31. Nxe5 $146) 25... Nc7 26. Bf1 $6 f5 $17 27. Qg5 (27. Nfxe5 fxe4 28. Nxg4
Bxg4 $17 (28... exd3 29. Nf2 Qf6 $17)) (27. Ndxe5 fxe4 28. Nxg4 exf3 $17 (28...
Bxg4 $17)) 27... Qd7 28. Ra7 $2 (28. Rd1 fxe4 29. Nf2 Nd5 $17) 28... h6 (28...
fxe4 $1 29. Ndxe5 (29. Nfxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qxd3+ $19) 29... Nxe5
30. Qxe5 exf3 31. Rxc7 f2+ $19) 29. Qg6 (29. Qd2 fxe4 30. Ndxe5 Nxe5 31. Qxd7
Nxf3+ $19) 29... Rf6 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qe8+ Kh7 $19 32. exf5 (32. Qh5 $142)
32... Bf7 $1 33. Qa8 e4 34. Bh3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bc3 Ne4 $5 10. Bb2 {[#]} f5 (10... b5 $5) 11. Nbd2 (11. Ne1 $5) 11...
Qe8 12. e3 (12. Ne1 $5 {/\f3,Nd3}) 12... Qh5 (12... g5 13. Nxe4 (13. Ne1 g4)
13... dxe4 14. Nd2 g4 $13) 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 a5 $1 $10 16.
a3 (16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 a4 18. Bc3 axb3 19. axb3 Ra2 20. Ra1 Rc2 21. Rac1 $10)
(16. a4 $10) 16... Nf6 $5 (16... b5 $2 17. Bh3 $1 Nf6 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Rc1 $36
) 17. f3 (17. Rc1 $5 $10) 17... exf3 18. Bxf3 {[#]} (18. Nxf3 a4 $5 19. b4 dxc4
20. Ne5 Nd5 21. Nxc4 b5 $15) 18... b5 $1 (18... Bd7 $10) 19. cxb5 (19. c5 b4
$15) 19... cxb5 20. Rc1 $2 (20. Be2 $1 Bd7 $15) 20... b4 21. a4 (21. axb4 axb4
$36 (21... Bxb4 22. Bc3 Ba6 23. Rfe1 Rfc8 $17)) 21... Ba6 22. Rfe1 Rac8 $17 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bd3 26. Bd1 (26. Kf2 $5 $17) 26... Bd6 (26...
Ne4 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Bd2 Kf7 29. Be1 {/\g4} (29. g4 Bh4)) 27. Nf3 Ne4 28. Ne1
Bb1 29. Bc2 Bxc2 30. Nxc2 Kf7 31. Ne1 Kf6 32. Nd3 (32. g4 Kg5 33. h3 Kh4 34.
Kg2 Ng5 35. e4 dxe4 $19) 32... Kf5 33. Nf2 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 Ke4 35. Ke2 g5 36. Bd2
(36. g4 $5 Bxh2 37. Bd2 Bg3 38. Bc1 Bd6 39. Bd2 Be7 40. Be1 Bf6 41. Bg3 e5 42.
dxe5 Bxe5 43. Bf2 Bh2 44. Be1 d4 45. exd4 Kxd4 46. Bd2 h6 47. Be1 Bf4 $19)
36... g4 $19 37. Be1 Be7 38. Bf2 Bg5 39. Bg1 Bf6 40. Bf2 e5 41. dxe5 Bxe5 42.
Be1 Bc3 $19 (42... Bc3 43. Bf2 (43. Bxc3 bxc3 44. b4 axb4 45. a5 b3 46. a6 b2
47. a7 b1=Q 48. a8=Q Qb5+ $19 (48... Qb2+) (48... Qd3+ $19)) 43... h6 44. Bg1
d4 45. exd4 Bxd4 46. Bxd4 Kxd4 47. Kd2 h5 $19) 0-1

[Event "GER-ARM"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1996.07.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. b4
$5 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. b4 (9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 a5 12. h3 Re8 13. Nf1
cxd4 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. b3 f6 $1 {Cramling,P-Yusupov,A/Novi Sad ol/1990/-50/530})
9... a5 {-Mikhalevski - Wahls/Bad Endbach/1995/CBM47}) 8... a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2
$5 $146 b6 $2 {><c6} (10... Re8 $142 {/\Nf8-Nbd7}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8
13. O-O Nf8 14. Ne1 $1 $16 {/\f4} Ra7 15. f4 Rc7 16. Ndf3 Bd7 {/\c4} 17. a4 {
פb8} Qc8 18. Bb1 (18. Nc2 c4 19. Be2 c3 20. Ba3 Bf5 $132) 18... Bf5 (18... Rd8
$5) 19. dxc5 bxc5 $2 (19... Bxc5+ $142 20. Kh1 $16) 20. Qxd5 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Qf5
{[%cal Rf5b1,Rf5f4]} 22. Nd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd2b1,Gf1f4]} c4 (22... Nbd7 23. Qe4
Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Nb6 25. Ra1 $18) 23. Qe4 Qc8 24. Bc3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Bb6 26. Nc2 (
26. Qe2 f5 $1 $132) (26. Qc2 $5) 26... Rd8 27. Na3 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 c3 29. Be3 (
29. Bc1 Nbd7 30. f5 $18) 29... Bxe3 30. Qxe3 c2 31. Rbc1 Rc3 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33.
Nxc2 Qxc2 34. Qb6 Qc4 35. Kg1 Nbd7 36. Qxa5 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qc4 (37... h5 $5 $16)
38. Rb1 $1 Qxf4 39. b6 (39. Qb4 $1) 39... Nxb6 40. Qxb6 (40. Qb4 $5) 40... Qxa4
$16 41. h3 h6 42. Qb4 Qa7 43. Qe4 Ne6 44. Rb7 Qa1+ 45. Rb1 (45. Qb1 Qxe5 46.
Rb8+ Nf8 47. Qb4 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kg1 Qa1+ 50. Kf2 Qf6+ $10) 45... Qa7 46.
Kh2 g6 47. Qf3 Qc7 48. Qf6 Qa7 49. Rb5 Qc7 50. Rd5 Qb7 51. Rd6 Qc8 52. Rb6 Nf8
53. Qd6 (53. Qe7 Qc4 54. Rf6 Qd5) (53. Rc6 Qe8) 53... Qc1 $8 (53... Nd7 54. Rc6
Qe8 55. e6 $18) 54. Rb8 $2 Qf4+ 55. Kg1 Qe3+ 56. Kf1 Qf4+ 57. Ke2 Qe4+ 58. Kd1
Qa4+ $1 59. Kd2 Qf4+ 60. Kd3 Qg3+ $1 (60... Qf1+ $2 61. Ke3 Qc1+ 62. Kf3 Qc3+
63. Kf2 Qc2+ 64. Kg3 $18) 61. Kc4 Qf4+ 62. Kb5 Qf1+ 63. Kb6 Qf2+ 64. Kc7 (64.
Qc5 Qb2+ 65. Kc7 $4 Qxb8+ $19) 64... Qa7+ 65. Kc6 Qa4+ 66. Kb6 Qb3+ 67. Ka5 (
67. Kc7 Qc3+ 68. Kd8 Qa5+ $10 69. Ke7 Qa7+ 70. Kf6 Qf2+) 67... Qa2+ 68. Kb4
Qb2+ 69. Ka4 Qc2+ 70. Kb5 Qe2+ 71. Kb6 Qf2+ $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Von Gleich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Kengis,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Re8 9. Qd3 $1 (9. a3 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Ne1 bxa3 13. Rxa3 b5
14. b4 a5 15. bxa5 b4 16. Ra4 Rxa5 17. Rxb4 Nexd5 18. Rb2 Bf5 $36 {Nikolic,
Pr-Kortschnoj,V/Zagreb izt/1987/}) 9... Qe7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 $5 (
12. c5 $1 dxc5 (12... exd4 $2 13. cxd6 Qxd6 $2 14. e5 $18) (12... Bxf3 $2 13.
cxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxf3 $16) 13. Nxe5 cxd4 14. f4 (14. Nxg4 $2 Nxg4 15. h3 (15. Qxd4
Rd8 16. Qc4 Nxh2 $1 $17 (16... Rxd2 17. Qc8+ Rd8 18. Qxg4 $13)) 15... Ne5 16.
Qxd4 Nbc6 $15) 14... Rd8 (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd4 $14) (14... Nbd7 $6
15. h3 Be6 (15... Nxe5 $4 16. fxe5 $18) 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Qxd4 $16) (14... Na6
15. h3 Be6 16. Qxd4 $1 $14) 15. Nb3 Nc6 (15... Be6 $6 16. Nxd4 Qc5 17. Rfd1 Nc6
18. Nexc6 bxc6 19. e5 $1 $16) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qxd4 $14) 12... Bxf3
13. Nxf3 Nbd7 14. Nh4 $2 (14. Rfe1 a5 (14... exd4 $6 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qd2 g6
$16 17. Re3 {/\ Rae1, f4,e5}) (14... Nf8 15. a3) 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Qb3 exd4 17.
Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qc2 g6 $14) (14. Rae1 {/\ Nh4, f4}) 14... g6 15. f4 exd4 (15...
Nh5 $1 16. Qf3 exf4 17. Nf5 gxf5 (17... Qf6 18. gxf4 gxf5 19. Qxh5 Qxd4+ 20.
Kh2 fxe4 $4 21. Qg4+ $18) (17... Qe6 $1 18. gxf4 (18. d5 Qf6 19. gxf4 gxf5 20.
Qxh5 Nc5 21. Qxf5 Qxf5 22. exf5 Kg7 $17) 18... gxf5 19. Qxh5 fxe4 $17) 18. Qxh5
fxe4 19. Rxf4) 16. Qxd4 Nxe4 17. Rae1 Ndc5 18. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 19. Nf3 f5 20. Ng5
Rac8 (20... h6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Qd5+ Kg7 23. f5 $40) (20... Qf6 $4 21. Rxe4 $1
$18) (20... Qg7 21. Qd5+) 21. Qd5+ $2 (21. Re3 $1 Rc5 22. Rfe1 Qg7 23. Qxg7+
Kxg7 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Kf6 27. b3 $10) 21... Kg7 22. Nxe4 (
22. Rxe4 $2 fxe4 23. f5 $2 Qxg5 24. f6+ Kh6 $1 $19) 22... fxe4 23. f5 Rc5 $1 (
23... gxf5 24. Rxf5 Rc5 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Rf4 Re5 27. Qxa7 b5) 24. f6+ Qxf6 25.
Qxb7+ (25. Rxf6 $2 Rxd5 26. Ref1 (26. Rxg6+ $2 Kxg6 27. cxd5 Kf6 28. Rf1+ Ke5
29. Rf7 Kxd5 30. Rxb7 e3 31. Kf1 Kc4 $19) 26... Rd3 $1 (26... Rf5 27. R1xf5
gxf5 28. Rxd6 Kf7 29. Rh6 Kg7 30. Rd6 e3 31. Kf1 $13) 27. Rf7+ Kh6 $1 (27...
Kg8 28. Rxb7 Rxg3+ 29. Kh2 Rf3 30. Rxf3 exf3 31. Rxb4 $13) 28. R1f4 Rxg3+ 29.
Kh2 Rg5 30. Rh4+ Rh5 31. Rxh5+ gxh5 (31... Kxh5 $6 32. Rxh7+ Kg5 33. Kg2 Kf4
34. Kf2 $17) 32. Kg2 e3 33. Kf1 e2+ 34. Ke1 Kg5 35. Rf3 $19) 25... Re7 26. Qb8
$2 (26. Rxf6 $1 Rxb7 27. Rxd6 Rxc4 28. Re2 $1 $15 (28. Re6 $2 Rc2 29. R1xe4
Rxb2 30. Re7+ Rxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7 Ke5 $19)) 26... Rf5 27. Rxf5 (27. g4
Qd4+ $1 (27... Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Rf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qc7+ $13) 28.
Kh1 Rf2 $1 29. Qxb4 Rxb2 30. Qa3 Qd2 31. Qg3 e3 $1 $19) 27... gxf5 28. Qxb4
Qd4+ 29. Kg2 a5 $1 30. Qxa5 Qxb2+ 31. Kh1 Qf2 32. Qc3+ Kg6 33. Qe3 (33. a4 Rb7
34. Rd1 Kf7 $1 (34... Rb2 $4 35. Rxd6+ Kh5 36. g4+) 35. Qd2 Qxg3 36. Qd5+ Kf6
$19) 33... Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Rc7 $19 35. Rc3 d5 36. c5 d4 37. Rc4 d3 38. Rd4 Rxc5
0-1

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 {More popular 5.Qa4 Nc6 6.a3
gives White more prospects,in my opinion.} Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 (6... O-O 7. e3 c5
$5 8. dxc5 a5 {seems to be more flexible}) 7. e3 O-O 8. b4 a5 9. Rb1 (9. b5 $5
c5 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. c5 $14) 9... axb4 10. axb4 b6 11. Bd3 (11. c5 bxc5 12.
dxc5 (12. bxc5 c6 13. Bd3 Ba6 $10) 12... c6 13. Bd3 e5 14. e4 $13) 11... c5 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 {The only way to play for advantage.} Bb7 14. O-O Bd6 15. Bb2
h6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 (16... e5 $6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Nb4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Qf5 $36
) 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e4 d4 (18... c4 19. e5 $1 cxd3 20. Qxd3 $14) 19. b6 (19.
Nc4 Rfe8 20. e5 (20. Bc1 $5 $13) 20... Nxe5 21. Ncxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23.
Bxd4 Rh5 $1 24. h3 Ng4 $1 25. Be4 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 cxd4 27. hxg4 (27. Bxb7 $2 d3 $1
28. Qxd3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Ra2+ $19) 27... Re5 28. f3 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ $10) 19...
Qb8 20. Nc4 Re8 21. h3 $6 (21. Bc1 $5 $13) 21... Nh5 22. e5 (22. Bc1 $15) 22...
Bxe5 23. Bh7+ $2 (23. Ncxe5 $1 Nxe5 24. Qxc5 Nxd3 (24... Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 Nf4 27. Qxd4 Nxh3+ 28. Kf1 $36) (24... Bxf3 25. Bb5 $1 Re6 26. Bxd4
Rg6 $13) 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qxh5 $13) 23... Kh8 24. Bf5 Bxf3 25. Bxd7 (25. gxf3
Nxb6 26. Nxb6 Qxb6 27. Bxd4 Qf6 28. Bxc5 g6 $1 29. Bg4 Qf4 30. Kf1 Qh2 $19)
25... Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bxg2+ $1 27. Kxg2 Nf4+ 28. Kxh2 (28. Kh1 Qb7+ 29. f3 Bg3 $1
30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bg4 Re2 32. Nd6 Rxc2 33. Nxb7 Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Rf2 $1 $19) 28...
Nd3+ 29. Kg1 {White had wide choise now.Being rather short of time,he couldn't
find the best chance.} (29. Kh1 Nxe1 30. Qf5 Qb7+ 31. f3 Re2 $1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+
33. Kg2 Re2+ 34. Kf1 Rxb2 35. Nxb2 Qxb6 $19) (29. f4 Qxf4+ 30. Kh1 Nxe1 31. Qf5
Qg3 32. Qg4 Qd3 $1 $19) (29. Ne5 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 32. Kg1 Rb8
33. Ba3 Rxb6 34. Qxc5 (34. Bxc5 d3 $19) 34... Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ $19) (29. Re5
$5 {Only this move gives some hopes for survival.} Nxe5 30. Nxe5 (30. Bxe8 Ng4+
31. Kg2 Qh2+ 32. Kf3 Rxe8 $19) 30... Rxe5 31. Kg1 $17) 29... Nxe1 30. Qf5 Qb7
31. f3 Nxf3+ 32. Kf2 Nh4 33. Qg4 f5 $1 34. Qxh4 Qxd7 $19 {Black has now
material advantage and White's king position isn't safe anyway.} 35. Qf4 Qe6
36. Nd2 $2 (36. b7 Qxc4 37. bxa8=Q Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa8 39. Qc1 (39. Qf1 Rb8 $19)
39... Qd3+ 40. Kf2 Re8 41. Qd1 Qxh3 $19) (36. Nd6 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Re6 38. Nf7+ Kh7
39. b7 Rb8 $1 40. Ng5+ hxg5 41. Qxb8 Qe3+ $19) 36... Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Bg3 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. b4 Ne4 16. Rc1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 c4 18. Bf5 Nf6 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Bc8 21.
Bb1 Bg4 22. e4 Rfe8 $1 23. Qxb6 $2 (23. exd5 $1 Bxf3 24. Qxb6 (24. gxf3 $4 Re1+
$19) 24... axb6 (24... Bxd1 25. Qd4 $8 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Ng4+ 27. Qxg4 Bxg4 28. Rxe1
$16) 25. gxf3 $11) 23... axb6 24. exd5 b5 $1 $17 25. Rc3 Rad8 26. Re3 (26. d6
Re6) 26... Rxe3 27. fxe3 Ra8 $1 28. e4 Rxa3 29. e5 Nd7 30. e6 fxe6 31. dxe6
Bxe6 32. Nd4 Bg4 33. Nxb5 Rb3 34. Rc1 Rxb4 35. Ba2 Nb6 36. Nc3 Be6 37. Rb1
Rxb1+ 38. Bxb1 Nd5 39. Nxd5 Bxd5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Bxg2 42. Kd4 Bf1 43. Be4
Kf6 44. Bf3 Kf5 45. Bd1 Kg5 46. Bf3 h5 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 (6... d5 7. Bg2
O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Qc2 a5 12. O-O Bd7 $14 {Piket,
J-Korchnoi,V/Nijmegen(m/4)/1993/0:1 (48) Inf 57/486/}) (6... d5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qb3 $1 $146 {Kaidanov,G-Goldin,A/Pleasantville/1993/ Inf 57/486/})
7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O (8... d6 9. d5) 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 (10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3
e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. b4 $14 {Vyzmanavin,A-Petrosian,A/Moscow(GMA)/1:0
(37) Inf 47/610/} (14. e4 $14 {Polugaevskij,L-Beliavsky,A/Reggio Emilia/1991/1:
0 (42) Inf 53/490/})) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nb8 (11... Nd8 12. dxe6 (12. O-O $5
e5 13. Qc2 f5 14. c5) 12... Nxe6 13. O-O Bd7 $14) 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd4 (13.
O-O e5 (13... Nc6 $5) 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Ne4 $14) 13... e5 14. Nc2 Nd7 (14... a5
15. c5 $5) 15. b4 $5 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Nf6 18. O-O c6 19. e4 $14 Be6 20.
Ne3 Ra2 $1 21. Rd3 Rfa8 $2 (21... Rd8 $1 22. Qb1 (22. c5 Ne8 $13) 22... Rda8
23. Rfd1 Ne8 $132) 22. Rxd6 Ne8 23. Rd2 Qxb4 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Qh5 $1 $18 g6 (
25... Nd6 26. Qxe5 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28. Qe8+ Qf8 29. Qe6+ Qf7 30. Qc8+ $18)
26. Qxe5 Qd6 27. Qg5 Qd4 28. Qe7 Qd7 29. Qb4 (29. Qxd7 $5 Bxd7 30. c5 Ra5 31.
Rc1 Nc7 32. Bf1 Kg7 (32... Ne6 33. Bc4) 33. Rb1 Bc8 34. Nc4 Rxc5 35. Nd6 $18)
29... Qf7 30. e5 (30. c5 $5 {/\31.f4/}) 30... Ng7 31. c5 (31. f4 Nf5) 31... h5
32. Qd4 Kh7 33. h4 (33. h3 $5) 33... Ne8 34. Be4 $2 (34. Nd1 $1 Nc7 35. Nc3 Nb5
(35... Rc2 36. Ne4) 36. Nxb5 cxb5 37. Rb1 Bc4 38. c6 bxc6 39. Bxc6 $18) 34...
Nc7 $132 35. Bc2 Nb5 36. Qd1 (36. Qb4 $5) 36... Kg7 37. f4 $2 (37. Ng2 $5)
37... Ra3 $1 $13 38. Qd2 Qe7 39. f5 gxf5 40. Qf2 (40. Nxf5+ Bxf5 41. Rxf5 Rxg3+
) (40. Bxf5 Qxc5) 40... Nd4 41. Nxf5+ Nxf5 (41... Bxf5 42. Bxf5 (42. Qxd4 $2
Rxg3+ 43. Kf2 Rg4 $19) 42... Qxe5 43. Bd3 $1) 42. Bxf5 Bxf5 43. Qxf5 Rxg3+ 44.
Kf2 Rg6 (44... Qxh4 45. Qf6+ $18) (44... Rg4 45. Ke2 $10) 45. Ke2 $1 $8 Qxc5 (
45... Qxh4 $2 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Rf7+ $18) (45... Rg2+ 46. Kf3 Rg6 47. Ke2 $10)
46. Qf7+ Kh6 47. Qf4+ Kg7 48. Qf7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Be7 (6... d5 7. Qc2
Be7 $5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Ne4 10. Rd1 f5 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Ne5 c6 $14 {
Pinter,J-Larsen,B/Las Palmas(izt)/1982/1:0 (38) Inf 34/588/}) 7. O-O d5 8. Qc2
c6 (8... Nc6 $5) 9. Bg5 (9. Bf4 $5 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 $13) 9... Nbd7
10. cxd5 $6 (10. Nbd2 $5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 $14) 10... exd5
11. Nc3 Re8 $10 12. a3 (12. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bf4 Bf8 $17) 12... h6
(12... Nf8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 $14) (12... Ne4 $5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e3 $10)
13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 (14. Rab1 Bd6 15. b4 Qe7 $13) 14... Bd6 15. f4 Be6 16.
Kh1 Qc8 17. f5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. e4 $8 (19. Qd2 Qe7 $17) 19... dxe4 20.
Nxe4 Nd5 $1 $15 (20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Be7 22. Rad1 Bf6 23. d5 $10) 21. Rae1 Bf8
22. Qb3 (22. f6 $6 g6) 22... Qc7 23. Nc5 (23. Nc3 Ne3 24. Rf3 Nxg2 25. Rxe8
Rxe8 26. Kxg2 Re1 $15) 23... Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nf6 25. Qc3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. b4
axb4 28. axb4 Qd7 (28... Rd7 $5 {/\Qd8,Rd3=/+/}) 29. Qc2 Qd4 30. b5 $1 Ng4 (
30... Qb4 31. Rb1) (30... cxb5 31. Bxb7 $13) 31. h3 Ne5 (31... Nf2+ 32. Kh2 Nd3
$2 33. Rd1 $16) (31... Ne3 32. Qf2 $8 Nxg2 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Kxg2 Rd5 (34...
cxb5 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Re7 $10) 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Re7 $10) 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. f6
$5 (33. Qe2 f6 $17) 33... gxf6 (33... g6 34. Kh2 $13) (33... Nd3 $5 34. Rf1
gxf6 35. Bxc6 Nxc5 36. Bg2 Kg7 $15) 34. Qf5 Kg7 35. Rf1 Ng6 36. Bxc6 Ne7 37.
Qf3 Nxc6 38. Qxc6 Rd5 39. Qe8 (39. Rc1 Qe4+ $19) 39... Rxc5 40. Qe2 h5 41. h4
$10 Rc3 42. Kh2 Qc5 43. Rd1 Qe5 (43... Rc2 44. Rd2 Rxd2 45. Qxd2 $10) 44. Qf2
Rc4 45. Kg2 Re4 46. Rd2 f5 47. Qf3 Kg6 (47... f4 48. Rf2 $10) 48. Rf2 Re3 (
48... Rg4 49. Qd3 Qe4+ 50. Qf3 $10) 49. Qf4 Qe4+ 50. Kh2 f6 51. Qb8 $1 Qd5 52.
Rg2 Re4 53. Qc8 Kf7 54. Qh8 Kg6 55. Qc8 Re7 56. Rf2 Ra7 57. Qe8+ Kg7 58. Qxh5
Ra1 59. Qf3 Qe4 60. Qxe4 (60. Qxe4 fxe4 61. Re2 Ra4 62. g4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Temirbayev, Serikbay"]
[Black "Franzoni, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Qc2 $5 {N/} (8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. a3
cxd4 $2 (13... Rac8 $1 14. d5 (14. Ba2 $5) 14... exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5
Be6 $10) 14. exd4 $1 Rac8 15. Rfe1 $14 {Notkin,M-Kholmov,R/Moscow/1995/0,5/43/}
) (8. a3 $5 Nbd7 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O Nb6 12. Ba2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd7
14. Rfe1 Qd6 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Rd3 $13 {Nikolic,P-Andersson,U/Wijk aan Zee/
1984/1|0/35/}) 8... Rd8 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4
Bd7 $22 13. Rad1 Nc6 $10) 12... Nc6 $6 (12... Nbd7 $22 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bd7
$13) 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. a3 Be8 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Ba2 $6 (17. d5 $5
Na5 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 $14) 18. Ba2 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
Bc6 21. Ba2 $14) 17... Ne7 $1 18. Ng5 Ned5 (18... h6 19. Nxe6 (19. Bxe6 hxg5
20. Bxc8 Nxc8 $17) 19... fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Bf7 21. Bxc8 Nxc8 $13) 19. Bxd5 exd5 $6
(19... Nxd5 $1 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc2 23. Rd3 g6 $13) 20. Nf3
$14 Bc6 21. Ne5 Re8 22. Qd2 (22. Qd3 Qb6 23. Re2 Ne4 $132) 22... Ne4 $1 (22...
Qb6 $2 23. f3 $16) 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rc1 Qd8 (24... Qd6 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. Ne3 $14
) 25. Nxc6 bxc6 (25... Rxc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 $10) 26. Rc5 Qf6 27. Qc3 Rcd8 28.
Rxc6 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Ra6 Rd7 (30... Re7 $5 31. g4 f6 $10) 31. g4 g6 $6 (
31... f6 $22 32. Kg2 Kf7 $10) 32. Ra5 h6 33. h4 Re6 $6 (33... Ree7 $22 34. Kg2
Rd3 $132) 34. Re3 Kg7 35. b4 Rd1+ $6 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rde7 39.
Kg3 f5 (39... Rc7 $5 40. Kf4 Rc2 41. f3 exf3 $1 42. Rxf3 $10 (42. Rxe6 f2 $19))
40. gxf6+ Rxf6 (40... Kxf6 $2 41. Kf4 $16) 41. f4 $1 Rf5 (41... Rd6 42. Re5
Rxe5 43. fxe5 Rd1 44. Kf4 $16) 42. Ra6 Rd5 $6 (42... Rf6 $10) 43. Rc6 Rd3 $2 (
43... Rd2 $5) 44. Rxd3 exd3 45. Rd6 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Rh3 (46... Re4 47. Kf3) 47.
Ra6 $16 Rh2+ 48. Ke3 d2 49. Rxa7+ Kf6 50. Rd7 Rh3+ 51. Kxd2 Rxa3 52. Rd3 Ra8
53. Kc3 (53. b5 Kf5 54. Rd4 Rb8 55. Rb4 $18) 53... Rb8 54. Rd4 Kf5 55. Kc4 Rc8+
56. Kd5 Rd8+ 57. Kc5 Rc8+ 58. Kb6 Rc1 59. b5 Rb1 60. Kc5 Ke6 61. b6 Rc1+ 62.
Rc4 Rb1 63. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 d6 (6... Ne4 $5
7. Bf4 d6 $22 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7) 7. Bg5 (7. g3 Ne4 (7... Nc6 8. Bc3 (8. Bg2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O Ne4 $13) 8... Ne4 9. Rc1 e5 10. Bg2 Bg4 (10... exd4 11.
Nxd4 Re8 12. O-O (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. b4 a5 $132) 12... Nxc3 13. Rxc3
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rxe2 15. c5 Be6 $10) 11. d5 Ne7 12. O-O f5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
f4 $132 {Watson,J-Yermolinsky,A/Reno/1994/}) 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Be3 (9. O-O Qe7 10.
Rc1 f5 11. c5 $1 Ndf6 12. Ng5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. dxe5 dxe5 $13
{Lputian,S-Psahis,L/URS/1987/0|1/61/}) 9... f5 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12.
Bxd2 Qe8 (12... e5 $5) 13. c5 $1 dxc5 14. dxc5 (14. Qxc5 $5 $14) 14... c6 15.
f4 e5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. O-O Re8 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Rad1 Be6 $10 {
Lutz,C-Benjamin,J/Horgen/1994/}) 7... Nbd7 8. e3 Re8 $5 {N/} (8... e5 9. Be2
$22 Qe8 10. Qc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne4 12. Bh4 $16) 9. Be2 e5 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nf8
11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 $14) 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rc1 Nf8 $6 (11... b6 $5 12. b4 c5 13.
dxc5 dxc5 14. Qb3 $14) (11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 $5 13. Bg3 Ne4 $132) 12. c5 $1 h6 (
12... exd4 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd4 $16) (12... e4 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nd2 $16) 13.
cxd6 cxd6 14. Bxf6 $1 (14. Bh4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Ne4 $13) 14... Qxf6 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Qa4 $14 Re7 (16... Bd7 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Re7 19. Rfd1 $14) 17. Qb4 $1
Re6 $2 (17... Bf5 $5 18. Rfd1 $14) 18. Rc7 $16 Rb6 19. Qc3 Bg4 20. h3 Be6 (
20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 $16) 21. b4 $1 (21. Nxe5 $6 Rb3 22. Qd4 Rd8) 21... Ng6 22.
Rd1 Bf5 23. Qc5 Be4 24. b5 $18 Nh4 25. Nxh4 Qxh4 26. Qc4 $1 Rg6 (26... Rf6 27.
f3 $18) 27. Bg4 h5 (27... Rxg4 28. Qxf7+ Kh7 29. hxg4 Qxg4 30. f3 $18) 28.
Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Bf3 Rg8 30. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(f7)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2
Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. e3 Bd7 11. h3 Rac8 12. g4 $5 h6 13. Qe2 a5 14.
Rfc1 Ne7 15. a3 bxa3 16. bxa3 Qa6 17. Rab1 Ng6 18. Rc2 Bc6 19. Rcb2 d5 20. g5
hxg5 21. Rb6 Qa8 22. Nxg5 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7][%cal Rg5f7,Rg5h7]} dxc4 23. Bxc6 Rxc6
24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc4 Rc8 26. Ndf3 Nd5 27. Ne5 {[%csl Rf7] A clever idea.
Black's kingside is ripped apart.} Nh4 (27... Nxe5 28. dxe5 {[%cal Rc4h4,Rh4h7]
}) 28. Ngxf7 c5 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. dxc5 Nxe3 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. c6 Rb8 33. Re1 Neg2
34. Ndf7 g6 35. Ng5+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Ng4+ Kh5 38. Qh7+ Kxg5 39. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 (11... Bd7 12. Qa3 O-O 13. Ne1 c6 14.
f4 cxd5 15. fxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. exd6 f5 19. Nc2 Ra6 20.
Rad1 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 Ba4 23. Rf2 Rc6 24. Rd4 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Nd7 $13 {
Cooper,J-Kosten,A/England 1998/}) 12. b4 Ra6 13. bxa5 O-O 14. Qb4 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (14. Qc2 Rxa5 15. Nb3 Ra8 16. a4 Nb8 17. Ne1 Bd7 18. a5 c6 {1/2-1/2
Barczay,L-Parma,B/Reggio Emilia 1970/}) 14... Nc5 15. Ne1 Bd7 16. f3 Rfa8 17.
Nb3 b6 18. Qc3 Ba4 19. Nc2 Bxb3 20. axb3 bxa5 21. Ra3 h5 (21... Rb8 $5) 22. h4
(22. Rfa1 $5) 22... Qd8 23. Kh2 Qb8 24. Rb1 Kh7 25. Bh3 g6 26. Bf1 R8a7 27. Be2
Kg7 (27... Rb7 28. b4 axb4 29. Rxb4 $11) 28. Bd1 Rb6 29. Ne3 Rb4 30. Rba1 Qb6
31. Bc2 Rb7 32. Kg2 Nfd7 33. Kf2 (33. Rxa5 Nxb3 34. Ra6 Qd4 35. Qxd4 exd4 36.
Bxb3 dxe3 $17) 33... Kf8 34. R1a2 Ke7 35. Ke2 Nxb3 36. Bxb3 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Qxb3
38. Qxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxa5 Rb2+ 40. Kf1 Nc5 41. Ra3 $2 (41. Rb5 $142 Ra2 42. Rb1 {
/\Rb1-e1-e2}) 41... Nb3 $17 42. Ra7 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 Nxe4+ 44. Kd1 Nf2+ 45. Kc1
Nd3+ 46. Kd1 Kd7 47. Nc2 f5 48. Ra8 e4 49. f4 (49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Rg8 Ne5 51.
Rg7+ Kc8 $17) 49... Nb4 (49... Nf2+ $5 50. Kc1 Rb3 $19) 50. Ne3 Rf2 51. Rg8 Rf3
52. Ke2 Rxg3 53. Nxf5 Rg2+ 54. Kf1 Rg4 55. Rg7+ Kc8 56. Ne7+ Kb7 57. Nxg6 Nc2
58. c5 Ne3+ (58... dxc5 $2 59. d6 Nd4 60. Rxc7+ Kb8 61. Rg7 e3 62. Rg8+ Kb7 63.
d7 e2+ 64. Kf2 Rg2+ 65. Kxg2 e1=Q 66. d8=Q (66. Rb8+ Ka7 $1) 66... Qe2+ $11)
59. Kf2 Nf5 60. cxd6 Nxd6 (60... Nxg7 $4 61. d7 $18) 61. Ke2 Nf5 62. Rf7 Rg2+
63. Ke1 Nd4 64. Ne5 e3 65. Kf1 e2+ (65... Rf2+ $142 $1 66. Kg1 (66. Ke1 Nc2+
67. Kd1 e2+ $19) 66... Ne2+ 67. Kh1 Nxf4 68. d6 e2 $19) 66. Kxg2 e1=Q 67. d6
Qd2+ 68. Kf1 Qe2+ 69. Kg1 Qd1+ 70. Kg2 Qc2+ 71. Kf1 Qe2+ (71... Qh2 $142 72. d7
Ne2 73. Rg7 (73. d8=Q Ng3+ 74. Ke1 Qe2#) 73... Qxf4+ 74. Ke1 (74. Kxe2 Qxe5+
75. Kd3 Qf6 76. Rf7 Qxh4 $19) 74... Qxe5 75. d8=Q Nf4+ 76. Kd2 Qxg7 $19) 72.
Kg1 Nf3+ 73. Nxf3 Qxf3 74. d7 Qd1+ 75. Kf2 Kb6 76. f5 c5 77. f6 Kc7 78. Re7 (
78. Rg7 Qd4+ 79. Ke2 Qxh4 $19) 78... Qd4+ 79. Ke2 Qxf6 80. d8=Q+ Kxd8 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 58th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2001.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. dxc5 (5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4
b6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. a3 Be7 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 d5 11. Re1 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nc6 13. Bb2
Qd6 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Qf4 16. Ne4 Na5 17. Neg5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Bf8 19. Ne5
$16 {Browne,W-Alburt,L/South Bend 1981/}) 5... O-O (5... Bxc5 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3
a5 8. b3 Qe7 9. Bb2 e5 10. Qc2 d6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 14. h3
Rb8 15. O-O O-O 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 b5 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Nd2 Be6 $11 {
Cherniaev,A-Miezis,N/Port Erin 1998/}) 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (7. Bd3
Bxc5 8. O-O b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qb1 h6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bc3
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Bb2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Nd6 Nd4 20. Qxc7
Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rxc7 $11 {Koutsin,S-Hahn,W/Passau 1997/}) 7... Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9.
Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bb2 d6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Bc3 {'+/=' Ernst.
Ernst: 'The strategy is similar to corresponding hedhehog positions, and here
white attacks on the queenside. '} Rac8 15. Qb2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Qa8 17. Bf1 Ne8
18. a4 Bf6 19. a5 {'!?' Ernst.} bxa5 20. b5 Bxc3 (20... Nb8 $5 {/\Nb8-d7}) 21.
Qxc3 Ne7 22. Ra1 Rc7 23. Rxa5 Qb8 24. Rda1 Nc8 25. Nd4 {'!' Ernst. Ernst:
'White aims at the weakness c6.'} Nf6 {Leitet das Manöver Se8-f6-d7-c5 ein.}
26. Be2 Nd7 27. N2b3 Nc5 28. R5a2 e5 29. Nf3 f6 $2 {Ernst: 'Too passive,
better was'} (29... Nxb3 $142 30. Qxb3 Nb6 (30... e4 {Ernst} 31. Nd4 (31. Ne1 {
Ernst} d5 $11) 31... d5 32. Qc3 dxc4 33. Nf5 f6 34. Bxc4+ Kh8 $1 $11 (34... Bd5
$2 {Ernst} 35. Rd2 Rxc4 $2 (35... Nb6 {Ernst} 36. Bxd5+ Rxd5 37. Qb3 Qd8 38.
Rad1 $16) 36. Qxc4 Bxc4 37. Rxd8+ Kf7 38. Rxc8 $18)) 31. Nd2 d5 32. Rxa7 dxc4
$11) 30. Nfd2 Ba8 31. Qc2 g6 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. Ne4 (33. Qd3 $5 $16) 33... Bxe4
34. Qxe4 Rd7 ({A more active defence would have been} 34... d5 {Ernst} 35. cxd5
f5 36. Qh4 Qc7 37. e4 $1 (37. Rxa7 {Ernst} Nxa7 38. Rxa7 Qxa7 39. Qxd8+ Kg7 40.
b6 Rc1+ 41. Bf1 Qa1 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. Qh4+ $11) 37... fxe4 38. Qxe4 Rdxd5 39.
Bc4 Kg7 40. Bxd5 Rc1+ 41. Qe1 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 $16) 35. h4 f5 ({Again more
active would have been} 35... d5 {Ernst} 36. cxd5 f5 37. Qb1 (37. Qb4 {Ernst}
Qd6 $1 38. Rd1 (38. Qb3 {Ernst} Qxd5 39. Qxd5+ Rdxd5 $11) 38... Rxd5 39. Qxd6
R5xd6 40. Rxd6 Nxd6 $11) 37... Rdxd5 (37... e4 {Ernst} 38. Qb3 Qd6 39. Rc2 Nb6
40. Rxc5 Qxc5 41. d6+ Kg7 42. Qe6 $16) 38. Rc2 Qc7 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. e4 $1 fxe4
(40... f4 {Ernst} 41. Bg4 Nd6 42. Qa2+ Kg7 43. Qxa7 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Nxb5 45. Qxc7+
Rxc7 46. Ra5 Rb7 47. Bc8 $16) 41. Qxe4 Kg7 42. Ra6 Nb6 43. Bd3 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Rc5
45. h5 $14) 36. Qf3 Qb7 (36... d5 $142 37. cxd5 e4 38. Qh3 $14) 37. Qg3 $16 (
37. Qxb7 {Ernst: The ending gives white a slight edge.} Rxb7 38. Rd2 Kf8 39.
Kh2 Ke7 (39... Nb6 $2 {Ernst} 40. Rxd6 Nxc4 $2 41. Rc6 $18) 40. Kg3 Rd7 $14)
37... Rg7 38. Rd1 {'+/=' Ernst.} Qc7 39. e4 (39. Rad2 $5) 39... f4 $2 {Ernst:
'Black goes under without a fight.'} (39... fxe4 $142 40. Qe3 Nb6 41. Qxe4 Nxc4
42. Bxc4+ Rxc4 43. Qa8+ Qc8 44. Qd5+ (44. Rxa7 {Ernst} Rxa7 45. Qxa7 Rc1 $11)
44... Kh8 45. Qxd6) 40. Qh3 h5 41. Rad2 {'+/-' Ernst.} (41. Rd5 {Ernst} Rxd5
42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. exd5 Re7 44. Qh3 e4 $132) 41... Qd7 42. Qa3 Qc7 43. Rd5 Kh7
44. Rxc5 dxc5 45. Qd3 {Ernst: 'The d-line is decisive.'} Nb6 46. Qd6 Na4 47.
Qxc7 Rxc7 48. Rd6 Re7 49. Rc6 Kg7 50. Kf1 Kf7 51. Bd1 Nb2 52. Bc2 Rd7 53. Ke2 (
53. Rxc5 $2 Rd2 54. Bb3 Rd3 $11) 53... Kg7 54. Rxc5 {'+-' Ernst. Ernst: 'With
a decisive material and positional advantage.'} Rd4 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. c5 Nc4 57.
Bd3 Nb2 58. Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 4096]} (58. b6 $142 Nxd3 (58... axb6 59. cxb6 Rxd3
60. b7 Rb3 61. Rc8+ $18) 59. bxa7 Nc1+ 60. Ke1 Nd3+ 61. Kf1 Ra4 62. Rc8+ Ke7
63. a8=Q $18) 58... Nc4 59. Bb3 (59. Kf1 $142 $5 Na3 60. b6 $18) 59... Nd2 (
59... Rxe4+ {Ernst} 60. Kd3 Rd4+ 61. Kc3 Na3 62. Rb7 f3 63. g3 Nb1+ 64. Kb2 $18
) 60. Bf7 Nb1 61. g3 Nc3+ 62. Kf3 Rd3+ 63. Kg2 f3+ 64. Kh2 Nxb5 65. Rb7 Nd4 (
65... Rd2 66. Bxg6 (66. Rxb5 $143 Rxf2+ 67. Kg1 Rg2+ 68. Kf1 Kxf7 $11) 66...
Rxf2+ 67. Kh3 $16) 66. Bxg6 Rd2 67. Bxh5 Rxf2+ 68. Kh3 Ne2 $2 (68... a5 $142)
69. Kg4 {'!' Ernst. Ernst: 'Initiating a mating attack.'} Nd4 70. Kg5 Ra2 71.
Rf7+ (71. Kf6 Ra6+ 72. Kxe5 Nc6+ 73. Kf4 f2 74. Rf7+ Kg8 75. Ke3 $18) 71... Kg8
72. Rf6 Ra3 (72... Ra5 73. c6 Rc5 74. Bf7+ Kf8 (74... Kg7 75. Bd5 $18) 75. Bd5+
Ke7 76. h5 f2 77. Rxf2 Nxc6 78. h6 $18) 73. Kh6 Rc3 (73... f2 74. Rxf2 Ra6+ 75.
Kg5 (75. Bg6 $5) 75... Rc6 76. Bf7+ Kg7 77. h5 $18) 74. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ $5 5. Bd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 (7.
Bxb4 cxb4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 O-O $1 10. Nxc6 bxc6 $44) 7... Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9.
Be3 $6 (9. Bxb4 cxb4 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nb3 $14) 9... Re8 10. a3 (10. dxc5 $2
Rxe3 11. fxe3 Ng4 $15) 10... cxd4 11. Bxd4 (11. Nxd4 $5 Rxe3 $1 (11... Bf8 12.
Nc3 $10) 12. axb4 (12. fxe3 Bc5 $15) 12... Re8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nc3 $10 Rb8
15. b5 d4 16. bxc6 Rxb2 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd4) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nc3
Bg4 14. Rc1 Qd6 $1 (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Bc4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.
Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxc4 $10) 15. Rc2 Rad8 $15 16. Nb3 (16. Rd2 Qe5 $15) 16... Bb6
17. Na4 h5 $1 (17... Bc7 18. Nac5 $132) 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Nd4 h4 20. gxh4 $2 (
20. Qd2 hxg3 21. hxg3) (20. Qd2 hxg3 21. hxg3 Ne4 22. Qf4 $15) 20... Re4 $3 21.
Bxe4 (21. Rd2 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxe2 $17) 21... dxe4 22. Rc4 $8 (22. Rd2 e3 $1 (
22... Bh3 $2 23. Qb3 $16) 23. fxe3 Ne4 24. Kh1 Qg6 (24... Bh3 25. Rf3 Qg6 26.
Qg1 $16) 25. h5 Qxh5 26. Qe1 Bh3 $19) 22... Rd5 $4 (22... Be6 $142 $1 23. Rb4 (
23. Nxe6 Rxd1 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. Ng5+ Kg6 26. Rxd1 Qxb2 $17) 23... Qd6 24. Qc1 a5
(24... Ng4 25. f4) (24... Bh3 25. Qg5 $1) 25. Nxe6 axb4 26. Nxd8 Ng4 $1 27. f4
exf3 28. Rf2 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 30. Kxf3 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 Qxh4+ $19) 23. Qb3 Qd6
24. Qc3 Bd7 (24... b5 $2 25. Rc6 Qe5 26. Nc2 Qh5 27. Rxf6 $16) 25. Nc2 Bb5 26.
Rc8+ (26. Rd4 $5) 26... Kh7 27. Ne3 Rd2 (27... Bxe2 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qg3 Nf4
30. Rd8 Qxd8 31. Qxf4 $14) 28. Nc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxe2 30. Qg3 Qe6 (30... Qxg3+
31. hxg3 Rxb2 32. Rb4 $16) 31. Rc5 e3 $6 (31... Rxb2 $44) 32. fxe3 Rxe3 (32...
Ne4 $2 33. Qf3 Qg6+ 34. Rg5 $18) 33. Qf4 Kg8 34. Qf5 Qe7 35. Rc8+ Ne8 36. Rfc1
$4 (36. Qg5 Qe6 37. Rc2 $16) 36... Qxh4 37. R8c3 Re2 38. Rh3 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 g6
40. Rg1 $2 (40. Rg1 Qxg1+ 41. Kxg1 gxf5 $19) (40. Qd3 Qxb2 (40... Rxh2+ 41.
Kxh2 Qf4+ 42. Qg3 Qxc1 43. Qc3 $14) 41. Qc3 Qxc3 42. Rhxc3 $10) 0-1

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 O-O $6 (5... d6) 6. Bg5 $1 $14
d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Bh7+ Kh8 12. Bf5 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Ne5 (13... Nc5 $5) 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 c5 $1 (15... Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Ng6 $2
17. Nxh6 $18) 16. Bxc8 cxd4 17. exd4 Rxc8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Rfe1
Qe6 21. b3 b6 (21... a4 22. Qb4 $16) 22. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 23. g3 Qe6 24. Qe3 a4 25.
Rd5 $16 axb3 26. axb3 f6 27. Red1 Rc6 28. h4 f5 $6 (28... h5 $5) 29. Rd8 Kh7
30. Qf3 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Qf6 $2 (31... Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qd5 $16) 32. Qd5 Kg6
33. Re8 e4 34. g4 Rc5 35. gxf5+ Kh5 $2 (35... Qxf5 36. Re6+ Kh5 37. Qxf5+ Rxf5
38. Rxb6 Kxh4 39. Re6 $16) 36. Qd1+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Rogovski, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 a6 (7...
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 {followed by e6-e5 had been played with approximately equal
chances.}) 8. Qc2 Re8 $6 {And here taking on c4 and then Bd6 was quite sound,
but black has something else in mind.} 9. O-O Bd6 10. a3 h6 $6 {The last
moment to come back to the usual plan:} (10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 ({Or} 11. Bxc4 h6
{and then e6-e5.}) 11... e5) 11. Rd1 e5 {Finally black carries out his idea,
but it will work out worse than he has expected.} 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bh7+ Kh8
14. Be4 Nde7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nc4 Bd6 18. b4 $16 {18.Bd2 was
also strong.} f5 {The move is antipositional, 18...Ng8 was more stubborn.} 19.
Bf3 Ng6 20. Bb2 Nh4 21. Bd5 Qg5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. g3 Be6 {In a hopeless
position it will be no regret about lost material. Still 23...Qg4 would render
more chances to resist.} 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25. Bh1 Qg4 26. Rxd6 f4 27. exf4 Rae7 28.
Be5 Ng6 29. h3 Qf5 30. Be4 Qxh3 31. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 {I have discovered the move
Nc3 in the so-called Bogo-Indian defence about 40 years ago. But I have
believed that it would be better to wait a bit, until the programmed move of
Black Nc6 will be made - then White eventually wins two tempi, playing soon
d4-d5 and forcing the knight to retreat. But some people believe that even
here the move with the knight to c3 is strong. Well, the following game does
not confirm this point of view.} O-O 6. Rc1 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. g3 Nd7
{I tend to believe black is OK after 9...Nxc3 10.Rxc3 e5, but A. Sokolov has,
perhaps, his own opinion and treats the position another way.} 10. Bg2 Ndf6 {
Now after 10...e5 there was the nasty move 11.Ba5 (b6 12.Nd2)} 11. O-O Bd7 12.
d5 {Kortschnoj,V (2670)-Petrosian,T (2640) Candidates sf2 1971 (4) 1/2 In a
similar position against Petrosian I played Be1 and obtained a positional
advantage.} ({As to this game, after} 12. Be1 Bc6 {White could continue} 13.
Nh4 $5 {with the idea to play f3 and then e4, or to sacrifice a pawn by d4-d5..
.}) 12... Nxc3 {It is a matter of taste. An immediate e6-e5 is also playable.}
13. Rxc3 e5 14. b4 a5 15. Nd2 axb4 16. axb4 Ra2 {The first visible achievement
of Black - the rook on a2 is very active, but to chase it away is hardly
possible.} 17. Qc1 Rfa8 18. c5 {Black already has some edge, but this, not
well thought-over action further deteriorates white position.} e4 $1 19. c6 $6
{White still had good chances to achieve a draw, by playing} (19. Re3 Nxd5 (
19... Qe5 20. Nxe4 Nxd5 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. Bxd5 Ra1 23. Qc3 Rxf1+ (23... Bh3 24.
Qxa1 Qxa1 25. Re8+ $11) 24. Kxf1 Bh3+ 25. Ke1 Ra1+ 26. Kd2) (19... Bf5 20. Nxe4
Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. f3) 20. Rxe4 Qf6 21. Rc4 Ra1 22. Qc2 {In the last
variation the white position looks a bit dangerous, but still less dubious
than in the game.}) 19... bxc6 20. dxc6 Bg4 21. e3 (21. f3 exf3 22. exf3 Bh5 (
22... Qe2 23. Rf2 Qe5) (22... Qe5 {everything would be very annoying for White.
})) ({As the lesser evil I would suggest} 21. Re1 Nd5 (21... d5 22. Rb3) 22.
Rc2) 21... d5 $1 {The pawn b4 is hanging.} 22. Rc5 h5 23. Nb3 (23. Re1 {
was more stubborn.}) 23... Be2 24. Re1 Ng4 25. Rxd5 (25. h3 Nxf2 (25... Ne5 {
both were strong.})) 25... Qf6 $19 26. Rd2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bf3 $1 28. Bxf3 (28.
Rxf2 Nxf2+ 29. Kg1 Bxg2 $19 (29... Nd3 $19)) 28... exf3 29. Red1 $6 (29. Rxf2
Nxf2+ 30. Kg1 Nd3 $19) 29... Qxh2+ 30. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Nh2+ 33.
Ke1 Re2# {A nice performance!} 0-1

[Event "Benasque"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. e3 g5 (9... Nbd7) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nd2 (11. Bd3 $5 h5 12. d5) 11...
Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. f3 c5 (13... f5 $5) 14. Bd3 f5 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. g4 Rf8 17.
O-O-O $6 (17. d5 $1 $13) 17... O-O-O 18. gxf5 (18. d5 $2 Ne5 19. dxe6 Nxd3+ 20.
Qxd3 fxg4 $17) 18... exf5 19. g4 fxg4 20. Ne4 Qe7 (20... Qxf3 21. Nxd6+ Kc7 22.
Nxb7 Qxe3+ 23. Kb1 Kxb7 24. Rxh6 $44) 21. Rxh6 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Kb8 (22... Rf3)
23. Qh2 Rf3 24. Rxd6 (24. Qxd6+ Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Kc7 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rxd8 Kxd8
28. Be2+ Ke7 29. Bxf3 gxf3 $17) (24. Qxd6+ Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Kc7 26. Rg6 Rxe3 27.
Rxg5 cxd4 28. Rxg4 Ne5 29. Rg7+ $15) 24... g3 25. Qh6 Rxe3 26. Bc2 $2 (26. Re6
Qf8 27. Qxg5 cxd4 28. Rf1 Qg8 29. Rg6 Qe8 30. Bc2 $13) 26... Rc8 27. Re6 Qf7
28. d5 Qf4 29. Kb1 g2 $17 30. Rg6 Rg3 31. Qh2 Ne5 32. Rg7 Qh4 33. Qxh4 gxh4 34.
Rxg3 hxg3 35. Rg1 Rf8 36. Rxg2 Rf1+ $19 37. Ka2 Rf2 38. Rxg3 Rxc2 39. Rg5 Nxc4
40. Kb3 Rc1 41. e5 b5 42. d6 Na5+ 43. Ka2 c4 44. e6 Nb3 45. Rxb5+ Kc8 (45...
Ka8 $4 46. Rxb3 cxb3+ 47. Kxb3 Kb7 48. e7 $18) 0-1

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1986.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj/Kasparov"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 {For this game I had prepared a
variation that would be little known to Kasparov.} c5 {A move brought into
practice by the Riga master Vitolins, which had been rarely employed in Soviet
events.} 5. g3 ({Subsequently the theoreticians came to the conclusion that
the strongest move is the immediate exchange on b4.} 5. Bxb4) 5... Qb6 6. Bg2 {
Kasparov thinks, this follow-up could have waited-NSH} ({He recommends} 6. Nc3
$5 $11 {instead.}) 6... Nc6 {Only a few moves have been made, and white is
already losing a pawn. The world champion has to think-how to give it up, such
that it looks like a sacrifice.} (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. e3 $5 (8. Bc3 e5 9.
Nf5 Bxf2+ $6 10. Kf1 O-O 11. b4 $1 $13) 8... Bxd4 9. exd4 Qxd4 10. O-O $44) 7.
d5 {In the past Kasparov had sacrificed numerous pawns and won games this way.
But the situation on the board is somewhat different, non-standard, and it
will be harder for White to develop an initiative.} ({Giving up the pawn in
another way came into consideration:} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Nc3 O-O 10.
Na4 Qa3 11. Bc1 Qb4 12. Bd2 Qa3 {It is probable that White's initiative does
not compensate for the lost material. Even so it would be interesting to test
this in practice.}) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O ({How about the sacrifice of
a second pawn?} 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Qxb2 11. Nc4 Qc3+ 12. Nfd2 {It is
probable that White's intiative does not compensate for the lost material.
Even so it would be interesting to try it in practice.}) 9... Nde7 $1 ({
Kasparov gives} 9... Bxd2 $2 10. Nbxd2 $16 {If} Qxb2 $2 11. Nc4 {-NSH}) 10. e4
$146 {A novelty improvised over the board-NSH} ({Neither I nor my opponent
suspected that all this had already occurred before. That game went} 10. Be3 d5
$1 11. a3 d4 12. Bf4 Ba5 13. Nbd2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 O-O 15. b4 {with some activity
for the sacrificed material. (Tukmakov-Salov 1984).}) 10... d6 $1 ({Kasparov
gives} 10... O-O 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Rd8 13. Ng5 $16) ({and} 10... Bxd2 11.
Nbxd2 $14) 11. Be3 {A trappy move.The threat is a2-a3 and b2-b4, winning the
bishop.However, it turns out to be a loss of tempo as soon the bishop has to
move to f4. After the immediate} (11. Bf4 Bg4 $1 12. Qxd6 {"White would have
regained the pawn with a roughly equal game. However, the world champion
probably thought that 'a roughly equal game' with White was insufficient for
him." Kasparov continues the line with} Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bd1 $15) 11...
Qc7 $1 (11... Bg4 12. a3 Qa6 13. Qxd6 Rd8 14. Qf4 $13 {Kasparov}) 12. a3 Ba5
13. Bf4 $6 ({Kasparov gives} 13. e5 $5 Nxe5 (13... dxe5 14. Bxc5 $44) 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Bb6 17. Nc3 $1 $44 O-O 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Bxb6 axb6 20.
Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qd6 $13) ({In a later game White succeeded in improving on the
world champion's play.} 13. Nbd2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Be6 15. Re1 a5 16. f4 f6 17.
Qh5+ Bf7 18. Qg4 O-O 19. h4 $16 {(Chiburdanidze-Chandler, Hanige 1988)}) 13...
Ne5 $1 $17 14. b4 $5 {Kasparov does not think it possible to play a position a
pawn down without initiative-you must aim for initiative at any price! And so
he gives up a second pawn, but that is not all. In this game he will have to
give up even more material...} cxb4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Qa4+ N7c6 17. Nd4 a5 $6 (
{Kasparov gives} 17... Bc5 $19 {leading to more exchanges and consolidating
Blak's material gains .}) 18. Nc3 $1 Bd7 $1 ({Not} 18... Bxc3 $2 19. Nb5 Qd8
20. Nxc3 O-O 21. Rfd1 $15 {-Kasparov}) 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nf5 O-O {After parrying
the serious and minor traps Black has completed his development, retaining a
solid position. White's pieces, especially his knights, are actively placed.
It's time for White to create threats to the opponent's king.} 21. Qd1 Bc5 22.
Rc1 $1 {Black intends to push his a-pawn.By staying a1 this rook would have
prevented the pawn from queening. But White, being two pawns down is obliged
to play actively.The White pieces must advance and create threats. It has to
be agreed that Kasparov has a wonderful feeling for attack!} a4 23. g4 ({After
} 23. Qh5 {Black has two good replies, 23...g6 and 23...f6, both of which
would have shown that the queen had joined the attack too early.} g6 (23... f6)
) 23... a3 24. g5 a2 {Black already needs to watch out for the threats to his
king.} 25. Qh5 ({After} 25. Nxg7 $2 {Black has only one, but a sufficient
reply.} Bg4 $1 (25... Kxg7 {gives White some practical chances, although they
also prove insufficient-NSH}) 26. Nf6+ Qxf6 27. gxf6 Bxd1 28. Rfxd1 Bd4 $19) (
25. Nh6+ {also does not work:} gxh6 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qh5 Rg8 28. Qxh6 Rg7)
25... Bxf5 {Korchnoi thinks, this move is forced. However, Kasparov shows a
stronger alternative-NSH} (25... Nd3 $1 26. Nf6+ (26. Rc3 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 a1=Q
28. Rh3 h6 $19) 26... gxf6 27. Qh6 Bxf5 28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 Nxc1 30. Rxc1
Bg6 $19) 26. exf5 Bd4 $1 27. Bxe5 $138 {White must exchange one of the
defending knights as early as possible.} ({After} 27. Be4 $2 Re8 28. Bxe5 Rxe5
{is very strong.}) ({Kasparov shows,} 27. f6 $2 {will not work on account of}
Ng6 28. Be4 Re8 $19) ({Instead} 27. Ra1 $5 {deserves attention according to
him.}) 27... Nxe5 $138 28. Be4 Re8 {The only move. The e7 square needs to be
defended.} 29. Rc7 $1 {What else? There is a struggle in progress for the e7
square. However, it is not hard to imagine that in this struggle White is
doomed to fail.} ({If} 29. f6 $2 Ng6 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 $1 $19) 29... a1=Q 30. Rxa1
{White must remove his king from a possiible...Nf3+ as a preparation for his
sacrificial operations.} Rxa1+ 31. Kg2 $19 Ra2 $6 {A natural move in time
trouble.} (31... Re1 $1 {was more energetic, and if} 32. Bc2 Rc1 $1 {-when
this bishop is eliminated, White will not have any attack.} 33. f6 Rxc2 34.
Ne7+ (34. Rxc2 Ng6 35. Rd2 Re5 36. Rxd4 Rxd5) 34... Rxe7 35. fxe7 Qe8 36. Rxc2
Nc6 $19) ({Kasparov gives} 31... Ng6 32. fxg6 fxg6 {as winning. But it only
appears to draw.} 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Qxg6 Re2 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ {and White
has perpetual check-NSH}) 32. Re7 $1 {If there had been even five minutes each
on our clocks, the world champion-a rook and two pawns down would have had to
resign. But our flags were hanging, for the last eight moves we had less than
a minute left .Therefore he had the moral right to prolong resistance, and
even had some hope, although a faint one of saving the game. There are no
saving moves, and all that remains is to hope for a miracle, for the
psychological effect of some surprise. And the champion finds the most
surprising move in this position! White threatens both f5-f6 and also Nf6+
gxf6, g5-g6.} (32. f6 Ng6 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Ne7+ Qxe7 $1 (34... Rxe7 {also
wins.} 35. fxe7 Rxf2+ 36. Kg3 Qa8 $1 37. Qg4 Qa3+ $19 {-Kasparov}) 35. Rxe7
gxh5 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 $19) ({If} 32. Ne7+ Rxe7 33. f6 Ng6 34. fxe7 (34. Rxe7 Nf4+
$19) (34. Bxg6 Rxf2+ 35. Kg3 Re3+ 36. Kxf2 hxg6 {followed by...Qxc7 wins.})
34... Rxf2+ 35. Kg3 Rg2+ $1 36. Bxg2 Nxe7 {and Black is three pawns up.}) 32...
Rxf2+ 33. Kg3 Rxe7 $4 {It is most difficult to win after this obvious move.It
has to be admitted that at the chess board 13th world champion is a subtle
psychologist.} (33... Ng6 $1 {a move planned long ago would have won without
difficulty.}) 34. f6 $1 Ng6 35. Nxe7+ Kf8 36. Qxh7 Bxf6 $2 {Black's nerves
fail him. Apparently my opponent had persuaded me that I was threatened with
dozens of mates.} (36... Nxe7 $2 37. Qh8+ {etc.} Ng8 38. Qxg7+ Ke8 39. Qxg8+
Kd7 40. Qxf7+ Kc8 41. Qxb7#) ({After} 36... gxf6 $1 37. Bxg6 (37. Nxg6+ fxg6
38. Bd5 Qe8 $19) 37... fxg6 $1 (37... fxg5 38. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 39. Ng6+ Ke8 40.
Qg8+ Kd7 41. Qxf7+ Kc8 42. Ne7+ Kb8 43. Kg4 $15 {K}) 38. Nxg6+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ Kd7
40. Qf7+ Kc8 41. Ne7+ Kb8 42. g6 f5 43. g7 (43. Nxf5 $4 Qg5+ $19 {-NSH}) 43...
f4+ 44. Kh3 Bxg7 $1 $19 {If} 45. Qxg7 Qd7+ {wins the knight with the attack
continuing-NSH}) 37. Nxg6+ fxg6 38. Kxf2 $2 {A bad move. White is again on the
verge of defeat. He is two pawns down and his king is under attack.} ({It was
correct first to exchange queens by} 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qxd8 Bxd8 {and then only
take the rook.} 40. Bd5+ Kf8 41. Kxf2 $11) 38... Qb6+ $2 {Korchnoi does not
question this move.} ({Kasparov prefers} 38... Bd4+ $19) 39. Kg2 Qb2+ 40. Kh3 (
40. Kf3 {was correct.}) 40... Bxg5 $2 (40... Be5 $1 {would have won.} 41. Kg4 (
41. Qxg6 {is not possible on account of mate in three.} Qxh2+ 42. Kg4 Qg3+ 43.
Kh5 (43. Kf5 Qh3#) 43... Qh3#) 41... Qe2+ 42. Bf3 Qc2 $19) 41. Qxg6 Qf6 ({After
} 41... Bf6 {White would still have had to solve some problems. But not too
serious ones-the opposite colour bishops would gurantee a draw.}) 42. Qxf6+ {
This game, in my view a shameful one for both grandmasters, left its mark on
our chess relations. It is probable that the world champion convinced me of
his infallibility, his invincibility. After it I lost seven times to Kasparov,
without reply... (Kasparov's analysis of this game has been cited from Chess
Informant No.42 wherever necesssary-Nagesh Havanur)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bb4 $1 $146 (12. O-O Nxc3 13.
Rxc3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ra3 Rfb8 17. Nb3 Qf6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Ra4
c5 20. Rb1 Nd4 {0,5/Akopian,V-Ulibin,M/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 12... Bd7 (12... Qf6
13. Qc2 N6c5 14. O-O Bf5 $6 15. Nh4 $1 Nxg3 $2 16. fxg3 Qd4+ 17. e3 $1 Qxe3+
18. Qf2) (12... a5 13. Ba3 N4c5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc6 17. Bxc6
bxc6 18. Bxc5 dxc5 $13) 13. Ne5 $5 (13. O-O) 13... N6c5 $6 (13... Qf6 14. Bxe4
(14. Nd3 $5 Bc6 15. O-O) 14... Qxe5 15. Bxb7 Qxb2 (15... Rab8 16. Bc3) 16. Rb1
Qxa2 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Qb3 Qa6 19. O-O $14) 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O a5 16. Ba3
Rfe8 (16... b6 17. Qc2 f5 $14) 17. b3 b6 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Qd4 (19. f3 Nec5 20.
e4 f5 $1 21. exf5 (21. Qd5+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. exf5 Re2) 21... Qe3+ 22. Kh1
Nd3 $132) 19... Qf6 (19... Nef6 20. Rce1 $1 Nc5 21. e4) 20. Qxf6 Ndxf6 21. Rfd1
h6 $6 22. e3 Nd7 23. Kf1 Re7 24. Ke2 Rde8 25. g4 $1 Re6 26. h4 R6e7 27. Bf3
Ndc5 28. Rd5 Na6 (28... f6 29. Bg2 $1) 29. a3 $1 (29. Rh5 Nb4 30. a3 Ng3+ $1)
29... Nac5 (29... Nec5 30. g5 $1 Nxb3 31. Rg1 $40) 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Na6 32.
b5 $1 (32. Ba3 $16) 32... Nac5 33. Ra1 Nf6 34. Rdd1 (34. Bxf6 gxf6 $14) 34...
Nfe4 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. g5 $1 hxg5 37. hxg5 Nxg5 38. Bc6 Rc8 39. Rh1 Kg8 40. Raa1
$1 Nce6 (40... f6 41. Bd5+ Nf7 42. Rag1 Kf8 43. Rh7 $18) 41. Rh4 f6 (41... Nh7
42. Rah1 Nef8 43. Be4 g6 44. Bd5 Rd8 45. f4 $18) 42. Rg1 Kf7 43. Bd5 (43. f4
Nh3 $1) 43... Ke8 44. Rh8+ Nf8 45. f4 Nge6 (45... Ngh7 46. Bg8 $18) 46. Kf3 (
46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Rxg7 $18) 46... f5 47. Rg6 $1 Nc5 48. Bxg7 Rf7 49. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Qc2 Nc5 {This system was examined in CBM 157 (an
article by Dejan Antic). It is very likely that after the present game Black
will be forced to look for something else.} 12. cxd5 $5 {This move is not as
harmless as it was considered to be before this game.} (12. hxg6 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3
fxg6 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qh3 Rf7 $15 {1/2 (84) Shulman,Y (2571)
-Kaidanov,G (2594) Saint Louis 2012}) (12. Be2 Nc6 (12... d3 $5) 13. b4 d3 14.
Bxd3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. hxg6 fxg6 $11 {1/2 (40) Ding,L (2654)
-So,W (2658) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) (12. Bf1 d3 13. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 dxc4 $6
(14... b6 $5 {D.Antic}) 15. Qe3 (15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ne4 Nc6 18.
Bg5 $44 {1/2 (33) Fabian,G (2336)-Mareco,S (2580) Villa Martelli 2013}) 15...
g5 16. Nxc4 (16. Ne4 h6 17. Nfxg5 hxg5 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 {
1-0 (29) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Mchedlishvili,M (2639) Leon 2012} Qd3 $17) 16...
Qd5 17. Qe2 $14 {D.Antic}) 12... Nxd3+ $146 {Recommended by D.Antic.} (12...
exd5 $143 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. N2f3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Bf4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Qc4
18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (43) Smirnov,P (2628)-Landa,K (2642) Loo 2013})
13. Qxd3 Qxd5 (13... exd5 14. Nxd4 $14) 14. Ne4 Nc6 (14... Nd7 $144) 15. Bh6 (
15. Bg5 {is premature due to} Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg5) 15... Qa5+ $6 (15... Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qa5+ 18. b4 $16 Bxb4+ $2 19. Kf2) (15... Re8 {should be tried.
A possible line:} 16. Bg5 $1 Nxe5 (16... Bxg5 17. Nfxg5 Qxe5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19.
Nh7 $1) 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 (17... Bxg5 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. hxg6+ hxg6 20. Rh7+ Kf8
21. Qf3+ Qf5 22. Rh8+ $18) 18. f4 Qa5+ 19. Kf2 $44) 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rd8
18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 32] A strong move, weakening the dark squares
in Black's camp.} h5 (19... Bxg5+ 20. Nfxg5 $1 h5 21. Nf6+ (21. g4 {leads to
the game continuation}) 21... Kg7 22. f4 $16) 20. g4 $6 (20. Bxe7 $142 Nxe7 21.
g4 $16) 20... Bxg5+ 21. Nfxg5 $6 (21. Nexg5 $5 hxg4 $140 22. Rh6 $1 gxf3 23.
Rah1 {(M.Notkin)}) 21... Nxe5 22. gxh5 Nc4+ (22... b5 23. hxg6 Bb7 24. Rh7 Bxe4
25. Nxe4 Rf8 26. Rah1 Nxg6 27. Rb7 Rf7 28. Rxb5 $16 {[%csl Ge4]}) 23. Ke1 Bd7 (
23... gxh5 24. Rc1 $1 Nd6 25. Rc7 Ne8 26. Re7 $16) 24. b3 Na5 $2 (24... Ne5
$142 $1 {(M.Notkin)} 25. hxg6 Bc6 26. Rh7 Rf8 27. g7 Bxe4 28. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 29.
Rh3 Nd3+ 30. Rxd3 Bxd3 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. Kd2 Rxe6 33. Kxd3 Rf6 $1 $11) 25. Rc1
$1 {[%cal Rc1c7][%mdl 128]} (25. hxg6 $143 Kg7) 25... Bc6 (25... Rac8 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Rh3) 26. hxg6 $1 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Kg7 28. Rc7+ Kxg6 29. Rg1+ Kf5 30. f3
e5 $2 {This leads to a quick mate but after} (30... Rg8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Rc5+
Kf4 33. Rxa5 {White should win anyway.}) 31. Rg5+ Kf4 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Rh7 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Nd2 $146 (13. d5)
13... Nxg3 (13... Ndf6 $5 {Macieja}) 14. hxg3 h5 15. b4 h4 16. gxh4 Rxh4 17.
Rxh4 gxh4 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Ne4 Bc6 (20... cxb4 $2 21. Bb5 O-O-O $2
22. Nd6+ $18) (20... f5 $2 21. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 22. Nxc5+ Kc8 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24.
Ba6+ $1 Kb6 25. Qa4 $18) (20... Bd5 $5 21. Bc4 Bc6 $11) 21. Nxc5 (21. b5 Bd5
22. Bc4 Bb7) 21... Nxc5 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 O-O-O $1 $11 {<=>xg2
} 25. Ke2 (25. f3 h3 $11) 25... f5 26. f3 c6 27. Kf2 Kc7 28. Rc1 Kb6 29. Rd1
Rc8 (29... a5 30. Rd4 Rh8 $11) 30. Bd3 c5 $6 31. Bxf5 cxb4 32. axb4 (32. Rxd5
$4 exd5 33. Bxc8 bxa3 $19) 32... Bxf3 $1 33. Kxf3 (33. Rd6+ Rc6 34. Rxe6 Rxe6
35. Bxe6 Bc6 36. Bc4 Bb5 $11) 33... exf5 34. Rd4 Rh8 35. Rd5 h3 36. gxh3 Rxh3+
37. Kf4 Rh4+ 38. Kxf5 Rxb4 39. e4 Rb1 $1 (39... a5 $4 40. e5 $18) 40. e5 Rf1+
41. Ke6 (41. Kg6 Kc6 $11) 41... a5 42. Kd6 Rf8 $1 43. Ke7 Rf5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. Qc2 {For this line - see Grischuk - Filippov in CBM 162 annotated by GM
L.Ftacnik.} g6 (9... h6 {was played in the above-mentioned game. The text move
is more provocative: Black invites h2-h4-h5.}) 10. cxd5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. h4
cxd4 11. cxd5 (11. h5 Nc5 12. cxd5 exd5 {- 11.cxd5} (12... Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qxd5
14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bg5 b6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. exf6 Rc7 20.
hxg6 fxg6 21. Kd2 Kf8 22. Rac1 $36 {1-0 (41) Can,E (2556)-Socko,M (2470)
Lisbon POR 2014})) 11... exd5 12. h5 Nc5 13. hxg6 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 fxg6 15. Nxd4
Bf5 16. Qb3 Na6 17. O-O Nc5 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. N2f3 Be4 20. b4 Nd3 $132 {0-1 (37)
Schreiner,P (2460)-Hamitevici,V (2467) Tromso 2014}) (10. O-O $5 Nc6 11. Re1
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Re8 {1/2 (54) Cmilyte,V (2497)
-Lomineishvili,M (2351) Belgrade 2013} 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Be2 $14) 10... exd5 11.
e6 fxe6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qxg6+ Kh8 {White has a perpetual. It is not easy to
find something more but GM Alexander Riazantsev had prepared a good attempt.}
14. Qh6+ Kg8 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Ne4 $1 Qe8 $2 (16... Rf5 $142 {although after}
17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Nfg5 Bxg5 (19... Qf8 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Nxc5) 20.
Bxg5 (20. Nxg5 $2 Qe7) 20... Qf8 21. Qxd5 Nb6 22. Qxc5 Bf5 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8 24.
Nd6 {White keeps some edge.}) 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Nfg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5+ Kh7 20. Qh6+
Kg8 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. a4 $3 $18 {[%cal Ya1a3][%mdl 128] The rook
powerfully enters the game, which should bring White a brilliant victory.} Qe7
(23... dxe4 24. Ra3 $18) 24. Ra3 Rf7 25. Nd6 {White had a beautiful win:} (25.
Rg3+ Rg7 26. Bg5 Qf8 (26... Qf7 27. Bf6 $18) 27. Nd6 $3 Qxd6 28. Rh3 {, and
Black surprisingly has no defence against 29.Qh8+ Kf7 30.Rf3+.}) {The text
move is good, too. White had several ways to win on the following moves.} 25...
Rg7 26. Rg3 (26. Rh3 $5 Rh7 27. Nxc8 Qf7 28. Qg5+ Rg7 29. Qh4 Rh7 30. Qd8+ Qf8
31. Qg5+ Qg7 (31... Rg7 32. Qh4 {[%cal Rh4h8,Rc1h6]}) 32. Ne7+ Kf7 33. Rf3+ Ke8
34. Nxd5 $1 Qxg5 (34... exd5 35. Re3+) 35. Nc7+ Kd8 36. Nxe6+ $18) 26... Qf6 (
26... Nf6 27. Bg5 Nbd7 28. Ne8 $3 $18) 27. Rxg7+ (27. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rd6e8,
Rd6c8]} Rxg3 28. hxg3 $18 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) 27... Qxg7 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. Qh3+ Kg8
30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. O-O (31. Nxc8 Qxg2 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35.
Qf5+ $1 Ke8 (35... Kxe7 36. Bg5+ Kd6 37. Qg6+ Kc7 38. Bf4+) 36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37.
Nxd5 $18) 31... Nc6 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Bh6 $6 (35. Re1
$1 Nde5 36. Nxc8 {, with a sufficient material advantage, was still quite
enough.}) 35... Qg6 36. Re1 $2 (36. dxc5 $16) 36... Nb6 $1 37. Nxc8 $2 {
Now it was time to force a perpetual:} (37. Re8+ $1 Kh7 (37... Qxe8 $4 38. Qg3+
) 38. Nxc8 Qxe8 39. Be3+) 37... Nxc8 38. Bc1 N8e7 39. dxc5 Rf8 {Black has
consolidated his position; his knight is not weaker than White's 3 pawns, and
his passed d-pawn is an important factor. White should not lose with accurate
play but the transmogrification of the position was killing for him.} 40. b4
Nf5 41. Qb3 Qf7 42. b5 Ncd4 43. Qd3 Qc7 44. Be3 (44. Bb2 Qxc5 45. Rd1 Re8 $1)
44... Re8 45. Rc1 Re4 (45... Qe5 $142) 46. c6 bxc6 47. bxc6 Nxe3 48. fxe3 Ne6
49. Qxd5 Rxe3 50. Rb1 Re5 51. Qc4 Qa5 52. Qg4+ Kf8 53. Rf1+ $6 {White should
not allow Black's king to the queenside!} (53. Qh4 $13) 53... Ke7 54. Kh1 Kd6
55. h3 Qc5 56. Qf3 Qxc6 {, and Black gradually won after mutual inaccuracies:}
57. Rd1+ Rd5 58. Re1 Qxa4 59. Qg3+ Kd7 60. Qg8 Re5 61. Rc1 Qd4 62. Qf7+ Kd6 63.
Qb7 Rd5 $2 (63... Ra5 $17) 64. Re1 $2 (64. Rc6+ Ke5 65. Qe7 Rd6 66. Rxd6 Qxd6
67. Qxa7 $11) 64... Nc7 65. Rc1 Rc5 66. Rb1 Kd7 67. Rf1 Rc6 68. Qb3 Qc4 69. Qf3
Kc8 70. Rb1 Rb6 71. Ra1 Kb8 72. Qe3 Qd5 73. Qa3 a6 74. Rc1 Kb7 75. Qe7 Rc6 76.
Rb1+ Ka7 77. Qb4 Nb5 78. Re1 Kb6 79. Qf8 Kb7 80. Qe7+ Rc7 81. Qf6 Rh7 82. Re6
$4 {[%mdl 8192] This blunder ends the game.} (82. Kh2 $142 Rf7 ({the endgame
after} 82... Qd6+ 83. Qxd6 Nxd6 84. g4 {is not so clear}) 83. Qa1 {continuing
resistance.}) 82... Rxh3+ 83. Kg1 Qc5+ 84. Kf1 Rh1+ 85. Ke2 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 $6 {This move was not examined in my
article (see CBM 164). It prevents b2-b4 but it is not worth wasting a tempo.}
5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 a4 7. Qc2 {[%cal Ye2e4] is rather favourable for
White, e.g.} d6 (7... d5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Qxa5
Rxa5 13. Bf4 Ke7 14. Ke2 f6 {1/2 (39) Gasanov,E (2550)-Iljiushenok,I (2314)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2008} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nd2 $14 {^^}) 8. e4 Nc6 (8... e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc3 Nc6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. f3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nxe5 15.
Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. Bd3 $16 {1-0 (45) Sakaev,K (2672)-Winants,L (2535)
Warsaw 2005}) 9. Bc3 Qe7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qe4 Nc5 13. Qg4 Qf8 14.
Rd1 Bd7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. O-O f5 17. Qf4 h6 18. Bb4 b6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4
Bc6 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Bf3 $14 {1/2 (34) Mchedlishvili,M (2564)
-Winants,L (2529) Belgium 2005}) 6. e4 d5 (6... d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Nb1 $1 d5 9.
Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {1/2 (46) Lalith,B (2585)
-Kunte,A (2439) Kolkata 2014} 13. O-O b6 14. Bf4 $14) 7. e5 Nfd7 (7... Ne4 8.
Qc2 $5 $14) 8. cxd5 (8. Bd3 {is more standard but equally good:} c5 9. O-O Nc6
10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd5 {0-1 (40) Gelfand,B (2743)-Ivanchuk,V (2704) Beijing 2014
} exd5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nbxd4 $14) 8... exd5 9. Nb1 $5 {[%mdl 32] A good idea:
if Black plays ...c7-c5, White's knight on c3, attacking the d5-pawn and
aiming to b5, will be very powerful.} Nb6 (9... c5 10. Nc3 $1 (10. dxc5 $143
Nxc5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Nxd5
Ndxe5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qa4 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 b6 $11 {
1/2 (28) Nakamura,H (2753)-Ivanchuk,V (2765) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011}) 10... cxd4
11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Qxd5 {, and Blacek does not hav sufficient compensation for
the pawn.}) 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 (11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Be3 {[%cal Yh2h3] is more
accurate. If} Qd7 {then possibly} 13. Qc2 $5) 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
a4 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 (15. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Ya1e1]}) 15... Qd7 16. Bg5 $6 {
[%mdl 32] The idea of exchanging the dark-squared bishops is probably wrong
since White has a space advantage and should only agree to very favourable
exchanges. Now Black gradually equalises.} Nd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nh2 (18. Nd1
$5 {[%cal Yd1e3]}) 18... Ne6 19. Ng4 Qg5 (19... c6 $5 {[%cal Yb6c4]}) 20. Re3
Qg6 21. Qd1 Kh8 22. Rg3 {White has activated his rook but it doesn't bring him
any real benefit.} Qh5 23. Qd3 Qg6 24. Qd1 Qh5 25. Qd3 c6 {Black doesn't want
a draw!} 26. Ne3 {Preventing ...Nc4.} f5 27. exf6 gxf6 $6 {It was not
necessary for Black to weaken his pawn structure.} (27... Rxf6 $142 28. Ng4 Rf4
29. Ne2 Re4 30. Nc3 $140 Rf4 $11) 28. Nf5 Nc4 29. Qc2 b5 30. Rg4 (30. Ne2 $142
Rae8 31. Rg4) 30... Rae8 (30... Rg8 {[%cal Yg8g5,Rg8g4] was a better way to
solve Black's problems.}) 31. Ne2 Qf7 32. Neg3 Qd7 33. Re1 Nc7 34. Rxe8 Nxe8
35. Qc1 Rg8 36. Rh4 Rg5 {White keeps some pressure but GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek
didn't want to take any risk.} (36... Rg5 37. Nh6 $14 {[%cal Yh6g4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 (6... d5 {
is played almost "authomatically" but the text move is also possible. White
keeps a small edge due to his space advantage but there is still a lot of
fight.}) 7. Be2 (7. Bd3 {looks more active:} Nbd7 (7... Nc6 8. b4 e5 9. d5 Nb8
10. Nb3 h6 11. h3 Nh7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bd2 Ng5 14. Nh2 Nf6 15. Rc1 c6 16. h4
Ngh7 {0-1 Ftacnik,L (2574)-Vokac,M (2505)/Czechia 2002/EXT 2003 (81)} 17. O-O
$14) (7... c5 8. d5 e5 9. Nf1 a6 10. a4 a5 11. h3 Na6 12. g4 Nb4 13. Ng3 Ne8
14. Ke2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc7 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rag1 Bf8 18. Nd2 Na6 19. Nb1 Bd7 20.
Nc3 $14 {1-0 Gual Pascual,A (2447)-Dickl,E (2197)/Sabadell 2009/EXT 2010 (33)})
8. b4 (8. O-O e5 9. b3 (9. b4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Bb1 c5 12. Ne2 Be6 13. bxc5
Nxc4 14. Nf4 Bg4 15. Qc2 Ne5 $11 {1/2 Meister,Y (2415)-Makarov,M (2480)/
Kuibyshev 1990/CBM 021/[Schussler] (40)}) (9. Re1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Bd7
12. Nf1 a6 13. Ng3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Be3 Qb8 16. Qd2 Rd8 $13 {1/2
Shinkevich,V (2457)-Andreikin,D (2402)/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (27)}) 9...
Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Re1 a5 12. Bf1 g6 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 c6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16.
b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bg7 18. Bc3 Nf8 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. N4f3 Bg4 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3
Rad8 23. e5 $1 $14 {1/2 Mohr,S (2470)-Keitlinghaus,L (2410)/Germany 1988/
GER-chT (39)}) 8... e5 9. Bb2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 (10... c5 11. Nf5 Ne5 12. Nxe7+
Qxe7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. b5 Nd4 15. f3 Nh5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. O-O Qg5 {1-0 Dreev,A 
(2670)-Petursson,M (2565)/London 1995/CBM 049 ext (81)} 18. Nb3 $1 Nf4 19. g3
$14) 11. Be2 c5 (11... Nh5 12. g3 Bh3 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. f4 Ng6 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16.
Kxf1 Re8 17. Kg2 Qd7 18. Rhf1 $16 {1-0 Damnjanovic,R (2244)-Zhdanenia,K (2196)/
IECG 2005/Telechess 117 (39)}) 12. Nc2 b6 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Nf5 Bc8
16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. b5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qd3 Bb7 20. f3 Nh5 21. g3 f5 22.
O-O fxe4 23. fxe4 Nf6 24. Qxd4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Bxe4
28. Re1 $14 {1/2 Malaniuk,V (2495)-Khalifman,A (2490)/Kiev 1986/URS-ch (42)}) (
{The other options are less promising:} 7. b4 a5 8. b5 e5 $1 9. dxe5 dxe5 10.
Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bc5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 (14... Qxf6 15.
O-O Rd8 $44) 15. Qc1 f5 16. O-O fxe4 17. Nxe4 {1-0 Georgiev,K (2666)-Arsovic,Z
(2441)/Struga 2005/CBM 108 ext (49)} Qxe4 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qxc5 Rg8 20. f3 Qxe2
21. Qd4+ Rg7 $11) (7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. O-O Bf6 12.
Qb1 c5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. h3 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nge5 $13 {0-1 Papin,V (2483)-Ovetchkin,
R (2556)/Voronezh 2008/CBM 125 Extra (36)}) 7... Nbd7 (7... c5 $5 8. d5 e5 9.
b4 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. Bb2 g6 13. Ne1 Ng7 14. Nd3 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5
16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 $13 {0-1
Christiansen,L (2575)-Vidarsson,J (2305)/Reykjavik 1988/TD (75)}) 8. O-O e5 (
8... c5 9. d5 e5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 g6 12. b4 f5 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Rb1 Qe7 15.
Re1 b6 16. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Ostenstad,B (2405)-Roelvaag,M/Gausdal 1988/EXT 1997 
(40)}) (8... a5 $5 9. b3 e5 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 (11... Re8 12. f4 Bf8 13.
Bf3 c6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Kh1 Bg7 16. b4 Nf8 17. c5 d5 18. e5 Ng4 $132 {0-1
Ligterink,G (2445)-Khalifman,A (2530)/Rotterdam 1988/CBM 009 (35)}) 12. Qc2 Re8
13. b4 Ne6 14. f4 Bf8 15. h3 c6 16. Kh1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Nxd4 19.
Bxd4 d5 $132 {0-1 Mittendorf,F (2209)-Janoschka,A (2260)/Bruchkoebel 2002/EXT
2003/[Hoehne,V/Loukas,T] (34)}) 9. b4 (9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. b4 a5 12.
Bb2 Bf8 13. Nf5 g6 14. Ne3 Bg7 15. Bc3 c6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 axb4 18. axb4
Qf8 19. Bf1 b6 20. f3 Bb7 21. Qb2 Ra7 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Ndc4 $14 {
1/2 Potkin,V (2626)-Tomashevsky,E (2708)/Irkutsk RUS 2010/The Week in Chess
825 (36)}) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f3 Bf8 13. Qc2 c6 14. Kh1 axb4
15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Ne5 17. Rd1 g6 18. Bf1 Bg7 19. N2b3 $14 {A typical KI
position has arisen. Black will now aim for ...f7-f5, and White will
strengthen his centre and try to meet ...f7-f5 with a counter-attack on
Black's kingside.} Qe7 20. Bc3 Nh5 21. Qc1 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Ne2 (23. Re1 $5
f4 24. c5) 23... Qf7 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Be6 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Ne2 (27. Re1
$142) 27... Nxc4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Ng3 Ne3 (29... d5 $142 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31.
Nh5+ $1 Kg8 (31... Kg6 $6) 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Nf6 Re7 {[%cal Yc4c3] , and Black
holds on.}) 30. Rxd6 Nxf1 31. Nxf1 $16 {White has restored material balance
and stands clearly better due to Black's poorly protected king.} Kg8 32. h4 Be6
33. Ng3 Kh8 34. Kh2 Qg6 35. h5 Qf7 36. h6 Kg8 37. Ne2 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Kf7 39. Ng3
Qg6 40. Rd2 (40. Ne4 $142 $18 {[%cal Re4c5,Re4g5]}) 40... Qf6 41. Nh5 Qg6 42.
Ng7 Re7 43. Rd6 Qf6 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Kh2 {White fails to find the
right way to a win:} (46. Kh3 $142 $22 {[%mdl 32768]} Kg6 (46... Kf8 47. Nh5 (
47. Qh4 $5) 47... Qa1 (47... Qg6 48. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g7]} Rd7 $140 49. Ng7
$1) 48. Rd8+ Re8 49. Qd6+ Kf7 50. Rxe8 Qh1+ 51. Qh2 Qxh2+ 52. Kxh2 Kxe8 53.
Nf6+ Kf7 54. Nxh7 $18 {_|_}) 47. Qh4 $1 (47. b5 $5 cxb5 48. Rb6 Kf7 49. Nxe6
Rxe6 50. Rxb7+ Kf8 51. Rxh7 $18) 47... Qxh4+ 48. Kxh4 Kf6 49. f4 $22 Kf7 50.
Kg5 $18) 46... Kg6 47. g4 $2 {This break is wrong.} (47. Kh3 Kf7 48. g3 $5 {
was interesting} (48. Qh4 f4+ 49. Nxe6 Qxh4+ 50. Kxh4 Rxe6 {and}) (48. Nh5 Qg6
49. g4 Rd7 {are not convincing})) ({But the simplest course was} 47. Kg3 $1 Kf7
48. Kh3 $22 {- see annotation to move 46.}) 47... fxg4 48. Nxe6 Rxe6 49. Qxg4+
Kf7 50. Rxe6 Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096]} 51. Qg7+ Ke8 52. Qh8+ Ke7 53. Qxh7+ Qf7 $1 {
Surprisingly, White can't win this ending!} 54. Qe4+ (54. Qxf7+ Kxf7 55. Kg3
Kg6 56. Kf4 Kxh6 57. Ke5 b6 $1 $11 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 54... Kf6 55. Qg4 (55. h7
Kg7) 55... Qh7 56. Qf4+ Kg6 57. Qd6+ Kh5 58. Qe6 Qc2+ 59. Kh3 Qg6 60. Qe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 (7...
Bxd2 {is a solid alternative.}) 8. Bg5 {[%cal Ra2a3] The most logical way to
fight for an advantage.} exd4 (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 e4 {1/2 Yrjola,J 
(2366)-Vorotnikov,V (2422)/Jyvaskyla 2011/CBM 143 Extra (22)} 11. Nh4 $1 g5 12.
Bxe4 $1 gxh4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. axb4 Bh3 15. Re1 $16) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 (9... Ne5 {
has been played several times by Russian IM Nikolay Vlassov:} 10. a3 (10. Qc2
$5 {may be even stronger, e.g.} h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14.
f4 Nd7 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. e4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Ne8 19. e5 $16 {1-0 Bosch,
J (2454)-Richards,H (2209)/Gausdal 2002/CBM 087 ext (31)}) 10... Bc5 11. Nc3
Neg4 (11... O-O 12. Nd5 (12. b3 Neg4 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16.
c5 dxc5 17. Nxc5 c6 $11 {1-0 Kiselev,S (2545)-Vlassov,N (2395)/Moscow 1996/CBM
056 ext (57)}) 12... Neg4 (12... Nxc4 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Nb3 Ned7 15. Nxc5 dxc5
16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rxc5 c6 18. Qc1 $14 {1-0 Iskusnyh,S (2460)-Vlassov,N (2380)/
Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (62)}) 13. b4 Ba7 14. bxa5 c6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 {1/2 Neurohr,
S (2325)-Pritchett,C (2360)/Germany 1990/GER-chT (40)} 16. Bh4 $1 $14 {[%csl
Rf6]} Qxa5 $140 17. h3 Ne5 18. Bxf6) 12. Nd5 (12. Ne4 h6 (12... Bb6 13. h3 h6
14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Be3 O-O 16. b4 c6 17. Nc2 Bc7 18. b5 $14 {1-0 Zarezenko,I 
(2230)-Vlassov,N (2467)/Tomsk 2001/CBM 083 ext (42)}) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc5
dxc5 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. e4 O-O 17. e5 $5 (17. Qc2 Ng4 18. h3 Ne5 19. f4 c6 20. Nc3
Nxc4 $13 {0-1 Granovski,A-Vlassov,N (2440)/Moscow 1998/EXT 2000 (63)}) 17...
Qxe5 $140 18. Re1 $36) 12... c6 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. b4 Nxd5 15. bxc5
dxc5 (15... Nf6 16. Nb5 dxc5 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rfd1+ Nd7 {1-0 Krylov,M (2404)
-Vlassov,N (2492)/Moscow 2005/EXT 2006 (34)} 19. Ra2 $16) 16. cxd5 cxd4 17.
Qxd4 O-O 18. Rfc1 Re8 19. Qc4 Re7 20. e4 $14 {0-1 Fridman,D (2559)-Vlassov,N 
(2467)/ICC INT 2001/CBM 081 ext (73)}) 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 (13... Nxf6 14. b4 $1 Bb6
15. b5 c5 16. Nc2 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne3 $16 {0-1 Sidorova,E (2243)-Vlassov,
N (2467)/Tomsk 2001/CBM 083 ext (77)}) 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. e3 a4 16. b4 axb3 17.
Nxb3 Ne5 18. a4 Be6 19. a5 Qb4 20. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Najer,E (2500)-Vlassov,N (2440)
/Moscow 1998/EXT 2000 (32)}) (9... Bd7 {is inferior:} 10. a3 (10. Nb5 Rc8 11.
N1c3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. f4 O-O 15. Kh1 Bc5 $13 {0-1 Filippov,V 
(2530)-Vlassov,N (2380)/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (45)}) 10... Bc5 11. Nb5 Rc8 12.
N1c3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 $1 (14. Qd2 Qg5 15. e3 O-O 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. Nbxc7
Nxc4 18. Qc3 b5 19. a4 Nb6 20. axb5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxb5 $13 {1/2 Kobalia,M 
(2620)-Vlassov,N (2454)/Moscow 2002/CBM 088 (52)}) 14... Qd8 15. Rb1 O-O 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Ba7 18. Nxa7 Nxa7 19. b5 c6 20. Nb6 $1 Qxb6 21. bxc6 Qd8 22. cxd7
Qxd7 23. Rxb7 $18 {1-0 Dreev,A (2607)-Apicella,M (2539)/Kemer 2007/CBM 121 (39)
}) 10. Qxd4 h6 {This is the idea of GM Maxim Turov.} 11. Bxf6 {Consequent.
Retreats are harmless:} (11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. e4 Be6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Na4
Bxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qc1 bxa4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Ra6 20. Qxc7 axb3 21. axb3
Qd3 22. Rfd1 Qxb3 23. Bf1 Ne8 24. Qc8 Ra7 25. Rd8 Re7 26. Bd4 Qe6 27. Bc5 {
1/2 Banikas,H (2598)-Turov,M (2561)/Paleochora 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) (11. Bd2
Bc5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. b3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18.
Nd5 Qd8 19. Bc3 Nb4 20. Qb2 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 f6 {1/2 Tunik,G (2484)-Zaiatz,E 
(2392)/Voronezh 2010/CBM 137 Extra (49)}) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 {Which is
more important: Black's bishop pair or his poor pawn structure? GM Anish Giri
proves that it is the latter.} 13. a3 (13. Rc1 c6 14. Nc3 Ke7 (14... a4 15. e3
Be6 16. Ne2 Ke7 17. Nf4 Bc5 18. Be4 Ra5 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Bb6
22. b4 $14 {1/2 D'Costa,L (2425)-Turov,M (2630)/Haarlem 2011/CBM 144 Extra (28)
}) 15. Na4 Be6 16. e3 {1/2 Van der Stricht,G (2400)-Motwani,P (2503)/Aalst
2005/CBM 107 ext}) 13... Bc5 14. Nc3 c6 15. e3 (15. Rac1 Be6 16. Ne4 Ke7 17.
Rfd1 Rhd8 18. e3 a4 19. Bf1 Ra5 20. Rd2 Bb6 21. Nc3 {1-0 Postny,E (2649)-Riff,
J (2487)/Evry 2008/CBM 124 Extra (31)} f5 $11) (15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17.
Rfd1 Be6 18. Rac1 Rhd8 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. exd3 Rd8 21. Bf1 Rd4 $11 {1/2 Gromova,
I (2214)-Turova,I (2428)/Olginka 2011/CBM 141 Extra (33)}) 15... Ke7 (15... Be6
16. b4 $1 Ba7 17. b5 $1 Bxc4 (17... Kd7 18. Rfb1 $36) 18. bxc6 Bxf1 19. Kxf1
$36) (15... a4 $5) 16. Na4 {[%mdl 32] Preventing ...a5-a4.} h5 $6 {I don't
like this move. This pawn becomes weak very soon, and Black loses without
further obvious mistakes.} (16... Be6 $142 {with a solid position.}) 17. h4 Rg8
(17... Bg4 18. b4 $1 axb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Rfb1 c5 21. Nb6 $16) 18. Rfc1 Ra7
19. Bf3 Bg4 (19... Rh8 {is ugly but may be more stubborn.}) 20. Bxg4 Rxg4 (
20... hxg4 $6 {[%csl Gh4]}) 21. Kf1 Ra8 22. b3 Ke6 23. Nc3 $1 {White needs
this knight to attack the h5 pawn.} Ke7 24. Ne2 Rgg8 25. Nf4 Rh8 26. Nd3 Bb6
27. Rab1 Kd7 28. Rc2 Bc7 29. Nf4 Rae8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. b5 Ra4 33.
Rbb2 $1 {[%cal Yb2a2]} Ra5 34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Kf3 Raa8 (35... f5 36. Ra2 Rxa2 37.
Rxa2 Bb6 38. Ra4 $1 Kc7 39. bxc6 bxc6 40. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Yf3f4]}) 36. Ra2 Rxa2
37. Rxa2 {[%cal Yf3e4,Ye4f5]} d5 $6 {Desperation, which only hastens Black's
defeat.} 38. bxc6+ bxc6 39. cxd5 c5 40. Ra6 Bxf4 41. Kxf4 Rc8 42. Rc6 $1 Rxc6
43. dxc6+ Kxc6 44. g4 c4 45. e4 Kd6 46. f3 Ke6 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. gxh5 f5 49. h6
f4+ 50. Kd2 Kf6 51. h5 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. Qc2 c5 (5... d5 {is more
appropriate here.}) 6. dxc5 (6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5
10. e3 Bd7 11. Rc1 (11. Qb3 $5) 11... Nc6 $11 {1/2 Tsikrikonis,P (2023)-Ataman,
A (2231)/Chalkidiki 2008/CBM 123 Extra (35)}) 6... Bxc5 7. a3 b6 (7... d5 8. b4
$5 Be7 9. e3) 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 d6 10. g4 $5 {This continuation, popular in
many opening lines, is possible here, too. Of course, it is double-edged,
especially as White's king must now remain in the centre.} Bb7 11. g5 Nh5 12.
e3 $6 (12. Rg1 $142) 12... a5 $6 (12... Bxg5 {was quite possible. If} 13. Bg2 (
13. Rg1 Bf6) {then simply} 13... Nc6 $1 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Rg1 Ne7 $1 {White's
compensation for the pawn is doubtful.}) 13. Rd1 $6 (13. Bd3 $142) 13... axb4
14. axb4 Nd7 (14... Bxg5 $1 {When a strong player sacrifices you a pawn "for a
strong attack" or even "to mate" you, it is sometimes very important not to
believe him :-).}) 15. Rg1 {Finally!} Qc7 16. Bd3 (16. Nd4 d5 $1) 16... g6 17.
Ke2 Rfc8 (17... e5 $5) 18. Ra1 Bf8 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Ra1 d5 (20... b5 $142 $1
$132 {In the endgame after the text move White's centralised king will be a
merit, not a drawback.}) 21. cxd5 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} 23. Ba4 Nb8
24. b5 Nd7 25. Bd1 Rc7 26. Nd4 Ng7 (26... h6 $142 $1 27. gxh6 (27. h4 hxg5 28.
hxg5 Bg7) 27... Bxh6 28. Nc6 (28. Bb3 Bb7 $5 29. Nc6 Bg7 $1) 28... Bg7 $1 29.
Ne7+ Kh7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nxd5 exd5 {, and Black's d5 pawn is not weaker than
White's h2.}) 27. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 (27... Nc5 $142 28. Be5 Rc8 29. Na7 Ra8 30. Bc2
Ne8 31. e4 Bb7 32. Nc4 Nd7 33. Bg3 e5 $14) 28. bxc6 Rxc6 {Despite an extra
pawn, Black's position is dangerous due to White's strong bishop pair.} 29. Ra8
Nc5 $2 (29... Nf5 $1 {was the right move, very difficult to find. Black holds
on although White keeps unpleasant pressure:} 30. Ba3 (30. Ba4 b5 31. Bxb5 Rb6
32. Bxd7 Rxb2) 30... Nd6 31. Bxd6 (31. Ba4 b5) 31... Rxd6 32. Ne4 Rd5 $1 33.
Ra7 {[%cal Rd1b3,Ra7d7]} Re5 $1 34. Bc2 Nb8 35. Ra8 (35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Ra8 Rc5
37. Be4 Rc8) 35... Nd7 36. Rd8 f5 $1 37. f4 $1 (37. gxf6 Nc5) 37... Rb5 38. Nd6
Rb2 39. Kd2 Nc5 40. Ra8 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Ne4+ 41. Nxe4 fxe4 42. Kc3 Rb5 43. Bb3
$36) 30. Nc4 $2 (30. Ba3 $142 $1 {tying up Black's pieces. Then White's knight
goes to e4 or c4 with decisive threats.}) 30... b5 $1 31. Ne5 Ra6 32. Rb8 Ra2
33. Rxb5 Ne8 $1 {Black has considerably improved his position.} 34. Kf3 Nc7 (
34... Ne4 $6 35. Rb8 $1 Nxg5+ 36. Kg2) 35. Rb8 Ra8 $6 {Black misses a nice
tactical solution:} (35... N5a6 $1 36. Rb7 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Bg7 38. Nd3 $11 (38.
Kf4 $2 Nd5+ 39. Ke4 Nc5+)) (35... N7a6 $144 36. Rb5 (36. Rb6 Bg7 37. Bd4 Bxe5
38. Bxe5 Nd7) 36... Nc7 37. Rb6 Nd5 38. Rb8 Na6 39. Rb5 Ndc7 40. Rb7 Rxb2 {etc.
}) 36. Rxa8 Nxa8 37. Ng4 Be7 $2 {It was essential for Black not to allow the
exchange of his bishop for a knight:} (37... Nd7 $1 38. Ba4 (38. Nh6+ Bxh6 39.
gxh6 f5 {, and Black gets a lot of breeze}) 38... Nab6 39. Bb5 Bg7 40. Nf6+
Nxf6 41. gxf6 Bf8) 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. gxf6 {Unbelievably, this endgame is
probably lost for Black! His knights have no strongholds, and White gradually
encircles them.} Nc7 40. e4 Nd7 41. Ba4 Nb6 42. Bc6 Nc4 43. Bc3 e5 $6 {
Desperation. White quickly wins this pawn, after which his victory will be
certain.} 44. Ke2 Ne6 45. Kd3 Nb6 46. Bxe5 Nd7 47. Bc3 g5 48. Kc4 Ndf8 49. Kd5
Ng6 50. Kd6 Kf8 51. Bb4 Kg8 52. Bd5 Nef4 (52... Ngf8 53. Ke7 Ng6+ 54. Kd7 Ngf8+
55. Bxf8 Nxf8+ 56. Ke8) 53. Kd7 Nh5 54. Be7 Ne5+ 55. Ke8 g4 56. Bd8 Nf4 57. Bc7
Nfd3 58. Bxe5 Nxe5 59. Ba2 h5 60. Bd5 h4 61. Ba2 h3 62. Bd5 $22 Kh8 63. Bxf7 g3
64. fxg3 Ng4 65. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Rd1 (8. cxd5 {- see Bacrot - Dominguez in this issue.}) 8... a6 {Black is
waiting for Bf1-d3(e2). Then he can take on c4 gaining a tempo.} (8... dxc4 9.
Bxc4 c5 10. O-O (10. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 11. Bd3) 10... cxd4 {1/2 (10) Palatnik,S 
(2445)-Govedarica,R (2425) Trnava 1987} 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd6 $5) (8... b6 $5 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 c5 13. Qf5 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Nf8 15. Rd2
Ne6 16. Ng4 {1/2 (16) Sisniega,M (2455)-Spassky,B (2590) Thessaloniki 1988}) (
8... Nbd7 9. Qc2 dxc4 (9... c6 10. a3 Rd8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 c5 $6 13. dxc5
Nxc5 14. Nd4 Be6 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qb1 g6 17. Rc1 a6 18. h3 Rc7 19. Be2 Rcc8 20.
Bf3 Ncd7 21. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (44) Nikolic,P (2674)-Kosic,D (2500) Plovdiv 2008})
10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Ndb5 {
1/2 (56) Krasenkow,M (2545)-Kholmov,R (2485) Belgorod 1990} Bxb5 $1 16. Nxb5 a6
17. Nd6 Nbd5 $11) (8... Rd8 {is common; this place is appropriate for the rook
in case of ...d5xc4.} 9. Qc2 (9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qe2 Bd7
13. h3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 {1/2 (14) Seirawan,Y (2580)-Kavalek,L (2555) Estes Park
1986}) 9... Nbd7 (9... a6 10. cxd5 (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nc6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.
Qe4 Qg6 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Be4 $14 {1-0 (34)
Hecht,H (2405)-Zoler,D (2465) Schwarzach 1997 CBM 060 [Hecht]}) 10... exd5 11.
h3 Nc6 12. a3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Be2 Rd6 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Nf1 Bg6
18. Ng3 f5 19. O-O Rf8 20. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (37) Sokolov,I (2644)-Krush,I (2460)
Reykjavik ISL 2013}) (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 Bd7
13. Ne4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Be8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {1/2 (15) Tal,M (2585)-Spassky,B (2580)
Germany 1989}) 12... Nc6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Qe2 Ne7 $2 (14... h6 $11) 15. d5 Ng6
16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nge4 Re8
22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Rf8 24. Nxb7 {1-0 (24) Matlakov,M (2665)-Dominguez Perez,
L (2734) St Petersburg 2012}) 10. cxd5 $5 (10. a3 dxc4 (10... Nf8 11. Be2 dxc4
12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 {1/2 (13) Kallai,G (2462)-Kosic,D (2511) Hungary 2008}) 11.
Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Rd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Na4 $11 {
1/2 (23) Jussupow,A (2620)-Andersson,U (2605) Belfort 1988}) (10. Be2 dxc4 11.
Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. e4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 e5 16. Rd2 Bc6 17. Rfd1 {
1/2 (17) Kasparov,G (2595)-Andersson,U (2585) Luzern 1982}) (10. Bd3 c5 (10...
dxc4 $11) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Nce4 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Qb1 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22.
Rc1 h5 {1/2 (22) Goldin,A (2530)-Balashov,Y (2540) Klaipeda 1988}) 10... exd5
11. Bd3 (11. g3 b6 $6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Qf5 Nf8 16. Ne5
Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. d5 Re8 19. Nc4 g6 20. Qf4 Rcd8 21. a4 $14 {1/2 (26)
Yanvarjov,I (2395)-Kholmov,R (2445) Moscow 1991}) 11... Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 13. O-O
c6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Rac8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Be6
20. Qc5 Nf8 $1 $11 {1/2 (35) Nikolic,P (2620)-Andersson,U (2600) Tilburg 1987})
9. a3 (9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. O-O
Nf6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. Bb3 Rc5 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc5 {
1/2 (20) Giri,A (2690)-Vitiugov,N (2720) Olginka 2011}) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 (10.
b4 $6 a5 $1 11. c5 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 axb4
16. axb4 Qf6 $36) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rfe1 (14.
Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 $11 {[%cal Yc8f5]}) (14. Na4 $5 g6 $5 {[%cal Ye4d6,Yd7f6,
Yc8f5]}) 14... Ndf6 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 f6 18. Bxe4 (18. Nf3 $5
$11) 18... dxe4 19. Nc4 Bg4 {Black has obtained good counterplay.} 20. Rc1 Rad8
21. Nd2 $6 {Too passive.} (21. Nb6 $142 {preventing ...Rd8-d5 and keeping a
possibility to play d4-d5.}) 21... Rd5 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. f3 Bxf3
25. gxf3 Rh4 $15 {[%csl Rh2][%mdl 4096]} 26. Rc5 $6 {A risky exchange as
Black's remaining rook will be much more active than White's.} Rxc5 27. dxc5
Rc4 (27... Kf7 28. Rd1 Ke8 29. Rd3 {[%cal Yd3b3]}) 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. b4 $2 {
Another passive move, after which Black obtains a decisive advantage.} (29. Rd7
{was an absolute must despite the fact that White loses his b2-pawn:} Rc1+ 30.
Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. h4 {with good drawing chances.}) 29... Ke7 30. Rd3 a5
$1 31. Rb3 ({It is essential that the pawn ending after} 31. bxa5 Rxc5 32. Rb3
Rb5 33. Rxb5 cxb5 {is winning for Black:} 34. e4 Kd6 35. Kf2 Kc5 36. Ke3 b4 37.
axb4+ Kxb4 38. Kd4 Kxa5 39. Kd5 (39. f4 Kb6 40. Kd5 Kc7) 39... b5 40. f4 Kb6
41. Kd6 b4 42. e5 b3 43. e6 b2 44. e7 b1=Q 45. e8=Q Qb4+ 46. Ke6 Qxf4 $19 {_|_}
) 31... a4 {Black creates a stronghold on b3 for his rook.} 32. Rd3 Rc2 33. e4
Re2 34. f4 {Otherwise White gradually gets into zugzwang, e.g.} (34. h3 g5 35.
Rc3 h5 36. Rd3 Rb2 37. Re3 h4 $22 38. Kf1 (38. Rd3 Rb3) 38... Rh2 $19) 34...
Rxe4 35. Rg3 Kf7 36. f5 Rf4 37. Rd3 Ke7 38. Rg3 Kf7 39. Rd3 Ke8 (39... Ke8 40.
Re3+ Kd8 41. Rd3+ Kc8 42. Re3 (42. Rg3 Rxf5 43. Rxg7 Rg5+) 42... Kb8 43. Kg2 (
43. Rg3 Rxf5 44. Rxg7 Rg5+ 45. Rxg5 fxg5 46. Kg2 Ka7 $19) 43... Rxf5 44. Re7 h5
{, and Black gradually wins.}) 0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 (9... Qe7 10. Rd1 Be4 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Bh4 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14.
Rxd3 e5 15. Rd1 exd4 16. Rxd4 Ne5 17. O-O Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qe6 19. Bg3 a5 20.
Rfd1 Qe8 $10 {Epishin-Kosten/Geneva op/1993/}) 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O
Rac8 13. Bh4 Be4 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Bg3 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh4 $1 $14 h6 18. f3
Bh7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf8 21. Qd6 (21. Nf5 Rcd8 22. Qc3 Ng6) 21... Qxd6 22.
Rxd6 e4 (22... Nh5 23. Bf2 Rcd8 24. Rfd1 $16) 23. Nf5 exf3 24. gxf3 Kh7 (24...
Rcd8 $5 25. Rfd1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Kh7) 25. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 26. Nd6 Rcd8 27. Nxe8 Rxe8
28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Ke2 $16 Kg6 (29... f5 30. Rd1 $5) 30. b4 Rc8 (30... Ne6 $6 31.
Rg1 $1) 31. b5 Rd8 32. a4 Kf5 33. a5 Rd7 34. Ra1 Ng6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra6 Rb7
37. Ra8 Ne5 38. e4+ Ke6 $2 (38... Kg6 $1 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. Ke3 $16) 39. Bxe5
Kxe5 (39... fxe5 40. Rh8 Ra7 41. Rb8) 40. Ke3 f5 41. Re8+ Kf6 42. e5+ Kg7 43.
Kf4 Rd7 44. Kxf5 Rd4 45. Rb8 Rxc4 46. Rxb6 Rh4 47. f4 $1 Rh5+ (47... Rxh2 48.
Rb7 Re2 49. Rc7 $18) 48. Kg4 Rxh2 49. Rb7 c4 50. f5 Kg8 51. Rb8+ Kh7 52. Rc8 c3
(52... Rg2+ 53. Kh3 Rb2 54. e6 $18) 53. b6 (53. b6 Rg2+ 54. Kh3 Rb2 55. e6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. e4 (13. c5 {is more
aggressive.}) 13... a5 (13... c5 14. Ne1 (14. Nd2 Na6 15. a3 Bd7 16. f4 f6 17.
Rfe1 Rab8 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. f5 {1/2 Gleizerov,E (2485)-Shipov,S/Katowice 1991/
EXT 1997}) 14... Na6 15. Nd3 Bd7 16. f4 f6 17. a4 b6 18. Kh1 Nc7 19. f5 $14 {
1-0 Piket,J (2625)-Adams,M (2660)/London 1995/CBM 049 ext (51)}) (13... f5 14.
exf5 Bxf5 15. Nh4 Bg4 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. f3 g5 18. fxg4 gxh4 19. Be4 a5 20. Bf5
$14 {1-0 Swiercz,D (2248)-Matuszewski,M (2136)/Turawa 2007/EXT 2011 (33)}) (
13... Bg4 14. Nd2 a5 15. b3 Nd7 16. f3 Bh5 17. Bh3 Bg6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxd7
Qxd7 20. gxf4 f6 21. Kh1 b6 22. Rg1 Rae8 23. f5 Bh5 24. Qh3 Qf7 $11 {1/2
Gyimesi,Z (2531)-Friedman,A (2332)/Groningen 1999/CBM 073 ext (40)}) 14. c5 {
The insertion of e2-e4 a7-a5 is not bad for Black, who now has the c5 square
at his disposal.} (14. Ne1 b6 15. Nd3 Na6 16. f4 {1/2 Banikas,H (2576)-Gareev,
T (2522)/Turin 2006/CBM 113}) (14. Nd2 Nd7 15. b3 c6 16. a3 cxd5 17. cxd5 b5
18. b4 a4 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Rc7 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Qd8 $11 {0-1
Mikhailov,V (2355)-Khasin,A (2485)/Kemerovo 1995/CBM 049 ext (48)}) 14... Nd7
$6 $146 {[%csl Rc8]} (14... Bg4 15. Rfc1 Na6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nd2 Qd8 18. Qe3
(18. Bf1 $5) 18... b5 19. a3 Bd7 20. b3 Qb8 21. h4 Qa7 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. Bf1
Rb8 24. f3 Kf8 $11 {1/2 Dautov,R (2595)-Benjamin,J (2580)/Cologne 1997/EXT
1999 (47)}) 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rfc1 $1 (16. Qc7 Rd8 17. Rfc1 Kf8 18. Rc2 f6 {
[%cal Yd7c5]}) 16... Re8 (16... f6 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nc4) (16... Nc5 $5 17. Nxe5
{(that's the idea behind 16.Rfc1)} Bh3 $5 18. Bxh3 Nxe4 19. Qd4 Qxe5 20. Qxe5
dxe5 21. Re1 Ng5 22. Bg2 f6 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. h4 Nf7 25. Bh3 $14) 17. Nd2 b6 {
Black still needs preparation to play ...Nd7-c5. Finally he will not be able
to make that important move.} (17... Nc5 18. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4a5,Rc4d6]}) 18. Qa3
Ba6 ({if now} 18... Nc5 {then} 19. b4) 19. Rc6 Bb5 $2 {An oversight, after
which White simply wins a pawn.} (19... Nc5 $142 {(finally!)} 20. Rxb6 Qd8 21.
Rc6 Bb5 22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. Qxc5 $14) 20. Rc7 $2 {White believes his opponent,
which is wrong!} (20. Rxd6 Rab8 (20... Reb8 21. Rxb6 $1) (20... Rec8 21. Bh3
Rc2 22. Nf3) 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rec8 23. Rc6 {with a healthy, strong extra
pawn.}) 20... Qg5 $2 {But Black consequently wants to lose a pawn!} (20... Rec8
$1 21. Rac1 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Qg5 {was correct, and White has no decisive
continuation, e.g.} 23. Nf3 (23. Nc4 $2 Nc5 {[%cal Rg5d8,Rg5c1]}) 23... Qf6 24.
Qb3 (24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxd7 Bh3 26. Rc7 (26. Rxd6 $2 Rc8) 26... b5 $14) 24...
Qd8 25. Rc2 Ba6 26. Rc6 Rc8 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Rxc6 $1 29. dxc6 Nb8 30. Qd5
Qc7 31. Ng5 $8 Nxc6 32. Nxf7 Qxf7 33. Qxc6 h6 $14 {_|_}) 21. Nc4 $1 {This is
now possible as Black has no check on c1!} Bxc4 22. Rxd7 Qd2 23. Rxd6 b5 24. b3
Bd3 25. Rc6 Qe2 26. Qc5 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxb5 $16 Qd4 29. Rac1 Red8 (
29... e4 $5 30. R6c4 Qd2 31. R4c2 Qg5 {[%cal Ye4e3] trying to create
counterplay.}) 30. R6c5 h5 31. Qc4 Qd2 32. Rc2 Qb4 33. Re2 f6 34. Rc6 Kh7 {
This allows a nice finale but Black's position was gloomy anyway.} (34... Qxc4
35. bxc4 Rac8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Rc2 $18 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5]}) 35. Qd3+ Kg8 (35...
Kh8 36. Re4 Qf8 37. Ra4 {[%csl Ra5,Rh5]}) 36. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} gxf6 (36...
Qb7 37. Qg6 Rxd5 38. Re1 Qd7 39. Rf5 {, and White wins a second pawn.}) 37.
Qg6+ Kf8 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Rxe5 Qg4 40. Rg5+ Qxg5 41. Qxg5+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 (
42... Ke8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. d6 Ra7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Qh8+ $18) 43. d6 {This pawn
and the queen tie up Black's rooks, and White's other pawns decide the game.}
h4 {Desperation.} 44. Qe6+ Kf8 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. d7 h3 47. f4 a4 48. b4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 a5 12. b3 Rc8 (12... e5 $5) 13. Be2 (13.
b4 $5) 13... g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 g4 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bb7 18. b4 axb4 19.
axb4 Rg8 (19... e5 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Bc4 (22. Qb2 $16) 22... Rf8
23. Qb2 $16) 20. Ra1 $6 (20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Bb5 cxb4 $13 (22... Kf8
23. Nh7+ Kg7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Be5+ $18 Kh6 27. Nf6) 23. Nh7 $140
c6) 20... Ra8 $1 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Kd2 $6 (22. Kd1) 22... Rxg5 $1 23. hxg5
Ne4+ 24. Ke1 $1 Nxg3 25. Rxg3 Qxg5 26. e4 $1 Qf4 (26... f5 $13) 27. d5 Nf6 $1
28. Ra3 (28. Qa4+ $2 Ke7 29. Qxa8 (29. Re3 g3) 29... Nxe4 30. Rd3 Qxf2+ 31. Kd1
g3 $19) (28. Re3 Ke7 $13) 28... Bb7 29. c5 (29. Ra7 g3 $1 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ $13)
29... dxc5 (29... Nxe4 30. Bb5+ Kd8 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Bc6 $1) 30. bxc5 Nxe4 (
30... bxc5 $13) 31. Bb5+ Ke7 $2 (31... Kf8 $1 32. cxb6 cxb6 33. Bc6 Bxc6 34.
dxc6 Nc5) 32. cxb6 cxb6 33. Bc6 $1 Nc5 (33... Bxc6 34. dxc6 Nc5 35. Ra7+) 34.
Bxb7 Nxb7 (34... Qb4+ 35. Qc3 Qb1+ 36. Ke2 Qb5+ 37. Ke3 Nxb7 38. Ra7 Qxd5 39.
Qc7+ Kf6 40. Qxb7 Qc5+ $10) 35. Ra7 Qb8 36. Qa2 Kf6 (36... Kd6 $5) 37. dxe6 $6
fxe6 $6 38. Qb2+ Kf5 $4 (38... Kg6 39. Qb1+ Kh6 40. Qxb6 Qe5+ 41. Kf1 Nd6 42.
Qd8 Nf5 $10) 39. Qxb6 Qe5+ 40. Kf1 Nd6 41. Ra5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. cxd5 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. cxd5
cxd5 $5) 11... Nxd5 (11... e4 $2 12. d6 $16) (11... cxd5 12. e4 $5 exd4 (12...
dxe4 13. Nxe4 exd4 14. Rfe1 $14) 13. exd5 (13. Rfe1 $6 d3 $1 14. Qxd3 Nc5)
13... Nxd5 14. Rfe1 Qf6 (14... Qb4 15. a3 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. Qe4 $14) 15. Ne4
Qb6 16. Qc4 (16. Qd2 Nb4 17. a3 (17. Nxd4 Ne5 $11) 17... Nc6 18. Nd6 Nf6 $11)
16... Nb4 (16... N7f6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 $14) 17. Rad1 d3 18.
Rd2 $14) 12. dxe5 (12. e4 $142 N5f6 (12... Nb4 13. Qc3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 (14...
Qc5 15. Rfd1 $14 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Na6 17. Nc4 $36) 15. a3 Na6 16. b4 Rd8 17. N2b3
$14) 13. Rfe1 (13. Nc4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. Rad1 $14) 13... Rd8
14. Rad1 $14) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. a3 Be6 16. b4 Rac8 {
/\ c5} (16... Rad8 $142 {/\ Bc8, Rfe8}) 17. Rfd1 Nf6 (17... Rfd8 18. e4 Nb6 19.
Na5 f6 (19... c5 $2 20. Rxd8+ $16) (19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 c5 $2 21. bxc5 Rxc5
22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd8+ Qf8 24. Nxb7 $16) 20. Qc5 Qf7 $14) 18. e4 (18. Na5 $6
Bd5 $11) 18... Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rcd8 (19... c5 20. Rac1 b6 21. f4 $14) (19... Rfd8
$142 20. Qc5 $5 (20. Rd4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 c5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd1
Kf8 25. f4 b6 $11) 20... Qxc5 21. bxc5 Kf8 (21... Re8 22. Rab1 Rc7 (22... Nxe4
$2 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxb7 Ra4 25. Rdd7 Rf8 26. Rxa7 $16) 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rdc1 f6
$14) 22. e5 Nd5 23. Rab1 Rc7 24. Rb3 Ke7 $14) 20. Rd4 $1 (20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. bxc5
Nd7 $132) 20... Ng4 (20... Rxd4 21. Qxd4 {>< a7} a6 22. Rd1 $14) (20... Qe6 21.
Qd3 (21. Qxe6 $6 fxe6 22. Rad1 (22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. e5 Ng4 $11) 22... Rxd4 23.
Rxd4 e5 $11) 21... Rxd4 22. Qxd4 a6 23. Rd1 $14) (20... b5 21. Qc3 Rxd4 22.
Qxd4 Rd8 23. Qc3 (23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Qc3 Ne5 $132) 23... Nxe4 24. Qxc6 $14) 21.
Rad1 Qf6 22. R1d2 g5 (22... Ne5 23. Qc3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 $14) 23. Qc5 (23. h3 Ne5
24. Qc3 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 h5 $14) 23... Rxd4 $6 (23... b6 24. Qf5 (24. Qc3 $5 $14)
24... Qxf5 25. exf5 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne5 27. f4 gxf4 28. gxf4 c5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30.
Rd5 Ng4 31. Bf3 Nf6 32. Rxc5 $14) 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 $16 Re8 (25... Ne5 26.
f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Ng6 28. e5 Re8 29. Kf2 $16) 26. Rd7 b5 27. f4 $1 (27. Rxa7 Rd8
28. Bh3 Ne5 (28... h5 $16) 29. Re7 Nc4 (29... Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Nc4 31. Bd7 Rd6 32.
e5 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxd7 34. Rxg5+ Kf8 $16) 30. Rc7 (30. Bd7 $4 Kf8 $19) 30... Rd6
$16) 27... Ne3 (27... Nf6 28. Rd4 gxf4 29. gxf4 $16) 28. Bf3 g4 29. Kf2 gxf3
30. Kxe3 f2 31. Rd1 c5 (31... a5 32. Rf1 (32. bxa5 Ra8 33. Kxf2 Rxa5 34. Rd3
$16) 32... axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34. Rxf2 Ra3+ 35. Kd4 Rb3 36. Kc5 Rc3+ 37. Kd6 $16
) 32. bxc5 Rc8 33. Kxf2 Rxc5 34. Ke3 a5 35. Rd5 Rc3+ 36. Rd3 Rc4 37. Rb3 a4 38.
Rxb5 Rc3+ 39. Kd4 Rxa3 40. Ke5 $1 Kg7 41. Kf5 Ra2 42. h4 Rg2 43. g4 a3 44. Ra5
a2 45. Kg5 $3 $18 {/\ e5, f5; /\ 45...h6 46.Kh5 >< h6.} (45. g5 Rh2 46. Kg4 h6
$1 $16) (45. e5 h6 $1 $16 {/\ Rh2} (45... Rh2 $2 46. Kg5 $18) 46. Ra7 Rf2 $16)
45... h6+ 46. Kh5 Re2 47. e5 Re4 48. f5 Rxe5 49. Rxa2 Re7 50. f6+ $1 (50. Ra6
$4 f6 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rf7 $1 $11) 50... Kxf6 51. Kxh6 Re4 52. g5+ Ke6 53.
Ra6+ (53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Kg7 Rxh4 55. Rf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Hello everyone! This is GM Aleksandr Lenderman presenting you the final Game
of the Day of Moscow Grand Prix! And the choice is easy here. The fight for
first place ended with Ding Liren winning a decisive game against Boris
Gelfand. So, without further ado, let's get to it.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5
4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Na3 Ne4 $5
{A very rare move already. In an earlier game betwen Gelfand and Tomashevsky,
10...Bd6 was played and Black had to suffer a bit before eventually getting a
draw.} (10... Bd6 11. Ne1 Qe7 12. Nd3 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 e4
16. Nf4 Nf6 17. Rfc1 {Gelfand-Tomashevsky Moscow Grand Prix} (17. Qb3 $5 {
was maybe an improvement.})) 11. Bf4 $146 {The only other game I could find
after 10...Ne4 in my database was with 11.Be3!? in a game between two very
strong players.} (11. Be3 f5 12. Ne1 g5 13. f3 Nd6 14. Nd3 Qe8 15. c5 Nf7 {
Hertneck,G (2572)-Bareev,E (2719) Germany 2002, was a very complex battle.})
11... g5 {The typical logical follow-up after the ...Ne4 idea is to play on
the kingside.} 12. Be3 (12. Bc1 $5) 12... f5 13. Rad1 Bf6 14. Nb1 Qe7 {I think
Black is already happy here. He has got a very interesting unbalanced position
for Black with play for 3 results. And Ding is extremely good in positions
like this too.} 15. Nc3 b6 16. Ne5 $5 {A very interesting, ambitious move, and
probably not the only one.} (16. b3 $5) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6 Qb4 {
Not the only move in the position but the most direct.} (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3
Ba6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bxa5 Rfc8 $44 {was also a possible sample line.}) (18...
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ba6 20. Bxe4 $14) (18... Ra6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 {is also
roughly equal.}) 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. cxd5 $2 {So far both sides have played good
precise and principled chess. However, now, Gelfand seems to miscalculate or
misevaluate something because he doesn't quite seem to have enough for the
sacrificed material. Sometimes last rounds can be tricky even for the most
experienced players. Gelfand was probably really hoping to win this game to
tie for 1st since the difference between tying for first and tying for 3rd in
a massive tie is huge in terms of Grand Prix points. So maybe he decided to
take a gamble in this game he normally wouldn't have. It didn't work in his
favour in this game though.} (20. Be3 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Bxg5 Ba6 23. cxd5
(23. Rd2 {This first might be a bit more accurate though.} Bc3 24. Rc2 {
and no more Rac8}) 23... cxd5 (23... Bxe2 $2 24. dxc6 $16) 24. Rd2 $15 {
seems more or less normal for White and very close to equal.}) 20... Qxb6 21.
Qxe4 Qxb2 (21... Qc7 22. dxe6 Rb8 {is also good for Black, but what Ding did
was better.}) 22. dxc6 Bc7 $17 23. Rd7 Bxd7 24. cxd7 Qf6 $19 {Honestly
speaking I'm not totally sure what exactly Gelfand missed since in each move
Black seemed to have other alternatives to get a good position.} (24... Ra6 {
also wins.}) 25. Bh3 Rab8 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Bxe6+ {Trying to save things in
the endgame thanks to many pawns for the rook, but White's problem is that
Black's rooks are too active and the d7 pawn isn't going anywhere thanks to
the bishop and rooks stopping it.} Kg7 28. Rc1 Kf6 29. Bg4 Bd8 30. Rc6+ Kg7 31.
Bh5 Rb2 32. Rc8 Rd2 33. Be8 Bb6 34. Rb8 Rf6 35. e3 g4 {And with that, Ding
wins the Moscow Grand Prix clear first. Congratulations to him!
Congratulations also to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov for a very strong clear 2nd
place with +2 and continuing his monstrous form and also now being in
excellent position to get one of the top 2 spots in the overall Grand Prix
standings.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 12th"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8.
Ne5 dxc4 9. Bg2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. h4 Rb8 14. h5
Bd7 15. h6 g6 16. Ne4 Ba4 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Rdg1 Rfd8 19. Qa5 Rd4 20. Ne4 Bc6
21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Nd5 24. Rf2 b6 25. Na4 Rd8 26. Rf3 Kg8 27.
Re1 f5 28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 c5 30. e3 Rd2 31. Rxc4 Rg2 32. Rc2 Rxg3 33. b4 Rh3
34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxh6 36. Rc7 a5 37. Re2 Rh1+ 38. Kb2 Rhd1 39. Re7 Rb8+
40. Ka3 $2 (40. Kc2 Ra1 41. Kd3 $11) 40... Rb4 $19 41. Rb2 Rd3+ 42. Rb3 Rbxb3+
43. axb3 Rxe3 44. Rxe6 Re4 45. Ra6 Rxf4 46. Rxa5 Re4 47. b4 f4 48. b5 Rxe5 49.
Kb4 f3 50. b6 Re1 51. Ra3 f2 52. b7 f1=Q 53. b8=Q+ Qf8+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lyrberg, Patrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Rd8 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bxd2 11. Rxd2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. e4 b5 14. Qc2 b4 15.
Rd1 c6 16. Nbd2 cxd5 17. exd5 Bb7 18. Ng5 Na6 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4
f6 22. Rac1 Qb5 23. Ne3 Rac8 24. Qf5 Qd7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Bh3 Qxe6 27. Bxe6 Rc7
28. h4 g6 29. h5 f5 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Nc4 e4 32. f4 exf3 33. Ne3 Ke7 34. Nc4
Kf6 35. Na5 Ba8 36. Nb3 g5 $2 (36... Rh8 37. g4 Rch7 $19) 37. Kf2 $2 (37. g4 f4
38. Nd2 $15) 37... g4 $19 38. Rh1 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Bb7 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Nd4 Bxd5
42. Bxf5 Bb7 43. Rc4 Rxd4 44. Rxd4 Kxf5 45. Rf4+ Ke5 46. Rxg4 Nc7 47. Rg5+ Kd6
48. Ra5 a6 49. g4 Nb5 50. g5 Ke6 51. Ra4 Nd4 $5 52. Kf2 Nc2 53. Ra5 b3 54. axb3
Nb4 55. Ke3 Nc2+ 56. Kf2 Nd4 57. Rc5 Nb5 58. b4 Nd6 59. Rc7 Kf5 60. Rd7 Ke6 61.
Rc7 Kf5 62. Rd7 Ne4+ 63. Kxf3 Nc5+ 64. Rxb7 Nxb7 65. g6 Kxg6 66. Ke4 Kf6 67.
Kd5 Ke7 68. Kc6 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 12th"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. e3 d5 9. b3 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Be2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 dxc4
15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxc4 Na5 17. Bb5 Re6 18. b4 a6 19. Be2 Nc6 20. Rd1 Red6 21.
Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bb3 Nd7 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. Rg1 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Rc1 Ke7
28. Rc2 f6 29. Rc1 Nb6 30. Rg1 f5 31. Rc1 Nd7 32. Ba2 Nb6 33. Ba1 Nd7 34. f4
exf4 35. exf4 Kd8 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Rg1 Nf6 38. f3 Nd7 39. Bb2 Kf8 40. Ke2 Ke7
41. Rc1 Ke8 42. Bd5 Nxb4 43. axb4 Rxd5 44. Rc6 a5 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. bxa5 b4 47.
Ra8 b3 48. a6 Rc5 49. a7 Rc2+ 50. Kd3 Rxb2 51. Rb8 Nc5+ 52. Ke3 Ra2 53. a8=Q
Rxa8 54. Rxa8 Ke6 55. Kd4 Kd6 56. Rd8+ Kc7 57. Rd5 $4 (57. Re8 Ne4 58. Re7+ $14
) 57... b2 $19 58. Rxc5+ Kb6 59. Rc3 b1=Q 60. Rb3+ Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Rb8 13. Rfe1 Qd6 14. Ng5 Ng4
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. f4 f5 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qf2 Rf6 19. g4 g6 $2 (19... fxg4 20.
hxg4 Rf8 $14) 20. Qh4 $18 Kg7 21. Bxg6 Kxg6 22. gxf5+ Kg7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Ncxe4
Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Nf8 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e1e7","",10]} 27. Re7+ $3
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3
c6 9. Bc1 e4 10. a3 exf3 11. Bxf3 Bc5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b3 O-O 14. Nd2 Bh3 15.
Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 d5 17. Qc2 Nfe4 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Ne4 23. Rbd1 Qe6 24. h4 Rfc8 25. Qd3 Ra2 26. Be1 $2 (26. f3
Rc3 27. Qe2 $17) 26... Qg4 $19 27. Kg1 Rcc2 28. Qxd5 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"g4g3","",10]} Qxg3+ $1 29. Kh1 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxc4 11. a3 d5 12. O-O a5 13. Rac1 Qb3 14. e4
O-O 15. e5 a4 16. Rc5 Qb6 17. Qc2 h6 18. g4 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. g5
hxg5 22. Nxg5 Rh6 23. Rd3 Rf8 24. b4 axb3 25. Rxb3 Qa7 26. Qb2 Qa4 27. Nf3 Rxf3
$1 28. Bxf3 Nxd4 29. Rd3 Rg6+ $1 30. Bg2 {[%tqu "En","","","","d4f3","",10]}
Nf3+ $1 31. Kf1 Nh4 32. Bh3 b6 33. Rxc7 Bb5 34. Bxe6+ Kh7 35. Qe2 Rxe6 36. Qh5+
Rh6 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qe5+ Rf6 39. Qc7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. Nd2 h6 8. Bh4
Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. f3 Ng6 12. Bf2 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. g3 O-O 15. Bd3
d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. O-O Nf6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. Qe2 Ne8 20. a4 Nd6 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. Bxa6 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Rxa6 24. e5 Nc4 25. Qd3 $2 (25. Qe2 Qe6 26. d5 $1 $18)
25... Qe6 $11 26. d5 Nxe5 27. Qe2 {[%tqu "En","","","","e6d5","",10]} Qxd5 $1
28. Bd4 Nc4 29. Rf4 Raa8 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rxc4 Rfe8 32. Qg4+ Qg5 33. Qd4+ Kg8
34. Rxc7 Rac8 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Qxb6 Rxc3 37. Rf1 Rxg3+ 38. hxg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kh1
Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Voitsberg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Black "Eisterer, Heinrich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Loebler,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
O-O 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Re8 14. e3 c6 15.
h3 g6 (15... Nbd7) 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. e4 Qf8 18. Nf1 Bc8 19. Rad1 Nbd7 20. Qd2
Re7 21. Qf4 Ne8 22. Qd2 f6 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. f4 Nf7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nc7 27.
Ra1 $14 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bd7 29. Ndc2 Qb8 (29... Qc8 $142) 30. Qd4 Ne8 31. Qb6 Qc8
32. Kh2 f5 33. Ra7 Nd8 34. Qa5 (34. exf5 gxf5 35. h4 $16) 34... Nc7 35. c5 dxc5
36. Qxc5 Re8 37. Nc4 Nb5 38. Nb6 Qc7 39. Ra5 Ne6 $10 40. Qe3 fxe4 41. Nc4 Ng7
42. Ne5 Be6 43. Bxe4 Qd6 44. Ra1 Rd8 45. Bd3 Nf5 46. Qf2 Nfd4 47. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ (4... a5) (4... Qe7) (4... Be7 5.
Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 (9. Rd1) 9... Nh5 10. Bc1 f5 11.
Nbd2 (11. b3) 11... Bd6 12. Ne1 Qe7 13. Nd3 b6 14. b4 Bb7 (14... Bxb4 $2 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Qc6 {[%cal Gc6a8,Gc6e6]}) 15. a4 Nhf6 16. Rb1 {
Stohl,I (2560)-Tkachiev,V Manila ol (Men) 1992 1-0} (16. a5 $14 {Bologan})) 5.
Qxd2 O-O 6. Bg2 {89} d5 (6... d6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. O-O e5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11.
Ne1 (11. Nh4 exd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. f4 Nd4 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Rad8 18. Re2 a6 19. Rfe1 $14) 11... Nc6 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14.
cxb5 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. a5 c6) 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O {86} c6 9. Rc1 {
86} b6 10. b4 {68 Premier coup hors préparation} (10. Qf4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12.
b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 c5 15. bxc5 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 bxc5 17. Qd6 e5 18. cxd5
exd4 19. Ng5 Re5 20. Ne6 fxe6 21. dxe6 Bxg2 22. exd7 Rxe2 23. Kxg2 Rxd2 24. Ra7
h5 {Sasikiran,K (2681)-Jobava,B (2710)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139/1/2-1/2 
(31)}) 10... Bb7 11. Qb2 {66} Qe7 (11... a5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14.
Nbd2 Qe7 15. Nc4 Rb5 16. Qc2 c5 17. e4 Nb4 18. Qa4 Bxe4 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Ra5 21. Nxa5 bxa5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxa5 Ne4 24. Rc4 Nc6 25. Qb6 {1-0 Van Wely,
L (2675)-Kacheishvili,G (2599)/Philadelphia 2011/Mega2011 Update 28}) 12. Nbd2
{64} Rfe8 $146 (12... Rfb8 13. a4 a5 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qa3 Kf8 17. e3
Rc8 18. Ne1 Nb6 19. Ra2 Rc7 20. Nd3 Rac8 21. Rac2 Ne4 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nxe4
dxe4 24. Nxc5 Kg8 25. Bh3 Rd8 26. Qa1 Bd5 27. Ne6 {Bischoff,K (2555)-Tereick,B
(2155)/Bad Zwesten 2005/CBM 104 ext/1-0}) 13. e3 {56} Rab8 (13... a5 $142) 14.
Rab1 Qf8 {[%csl Rf8]} 15. c5 $1 {[%csl Rb7] La position Noire est trés passive}
Ba6 16. Qc2 (16. Qa3 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7]}) 16... Be2 $6 (16... e5 $5 {Plus naturel}
17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Bh3 Ngxe5 $132) 17. e4 $1 {29} dxe4 (17... bxc5) 18. Nxe4 Bxf3
19. Bxf3 {29} Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. cxb6 (21. Bxc6 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5c8]
Semblait plus simple} Red8 22. Rd1) 21... Rxb6 22. a3 {[%csl Gb4,Rc6] 28} Qd6 (
22... Nxe4 23. Qxe4) 23. b5 {13} (23. Bxc6 $142 Rc8 24. b5 Qxa3 25. Ra1 Qe7 26.
Qa2 Rc7 27. Rc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4a4]}) 23... Nxe4 (23... cxb5 $5 $132 {[%csl Ra3,
Rd4]}) 24. Qxe4 Qxa3 $2 (24... cxb5 $8) 25. bxc6 $1 {[%csl Gc6]} Rxb1 (25...
Rc8 26. c7 Qd6) 26. Qxb1 Qd6 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. d5 exd5 29. Qxd5 h6 {[%csl Rg8]}
30. h4 (30. Qd7) 30... Rd8 31. Qf3 Rd6 $4 32. Qf4 {[%csl Rc7]} h5 33. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zarkua, Davit"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 (5... Bd6) (5... a5) 6. Bg2
O-O 7. Qc2 (7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 (8. Bf4)) 7... c6 8. O-O b6 (8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 (
9... b5)) 9. Bf4 (9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 (10... dxc4 11. Ne5 Qxd4 12. Bf4 Qc5
13. Na4 Qb4 14. a3 Qb3 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Ba6 (16... b5 $2 17. Na5) 17. Ne5
$14) 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 (12. Bd2 f5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bh3 g6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16.
e3)) 9... Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 ({RR} 11. Rfe1 Nh5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5
f6 14. Bf4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bb4 16. Red1 Qd6 17. Nf1 dxc4 18. a3 Ba5 19. f5 Kh8
20. Ne3 b5 21. Qe4 Bb7 22. Qxe6 Qc7 23. Qe4 Rae8 24. Qg4 Bb6 25. Nf1 Bc8 {
Wang Hao (2724)-Aronian,L (2783)/Shanghai 2010/CBM 138/0-1 (35)}) (11. b3 Nh5)
11... Nh5 (11... Rc8) 12. Be3 Bb7 $146 (12... Nhf6 {[%emt 0:33:30] Postny,E 
(2595)-Movsesian,S (2723)/ CRO-chT1A 19th (2)/1/2-1/2}) 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd3 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd3e5,Gd3f4]} Bd6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. f4 $5 Qe8 $132 {[%csl Re2,
Re3]} 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Bf2 g6 (19... g5) 20. Nf3 Ng7 21. a4 c5 22.
a5 (22. b4 $1 {[%cal Gc2c7]}) 22... Ne6 $132 23. Qb3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gb3g8]} (
23. a6 Bc6) 23... b5 24. a6 Bc6 25. Nd4 Nc7 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Qa3 Ne6 28. Rd1
Rfd8 29. Qf3 Nc7 30. g4 Qe6 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Qh5 Kh8 33. Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ga3h3]}
Rg8 34. Rh3 Rg7 35. Qh6 Rd8 (35... Rag8 36. Bg3) 36. e3 d4 37. Qxe6 Nxe6 38.
Rh6 (38. Kf1) 38... Rg6 39. Rxg6 hxg6 40. exd4 cxd4 41. Bf1 (41. Kf1 Bc5 (41...
Nxf4 $2 42. Rxd4)) 41... Bc5 42. Bxb5 Nxf4 43. Kf1 Nh3 44. e6 Nxf2 $1 45. Kxf2
Rb8 {[%csl Rb2,Rb5]} 46. b4 $1 {Espérant sauver la nulle en transposant dans
une finale de B de couleurs opposées} Bxb4 47. Rb1 Bd6 48. Bd3 Rxb1 49. Bxb1
Kg7 50. h3 Kf6 51. Ba2 Ke5 52. Kf3 Bc5 53. Bc4 g5 $1 54. Ke2 Kf4 55. Bd3 Bd6
56. Bc2 Ke5 57. Kd3 (57. Bb3 {[%csl Re6]}) 57... Bc5 $17 58. Kc4 Be7 59. Ba4
Bf6 60. Bd7 (60. Kd3) 60... Ke4 61. Be8 d3 62. Bg6 d2 63. Bh5 g4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. a4 $5 {A highly original and virtually unexplored plan, typical for
Carlsen. The structure resulting after Black's natural anwer is supposed to be
completely inoffensive, but Magnus had his own views about it.} a5 {.} 10. Rc1
{Another mysterious move. White increases his pressure on a file which is not
likely to open soon, as with the actual structure cxd5 can always be answered
with ...exd5. Carlsen's strategic vision goes as usual much deeper than the
obvious. He reckons with the fact that in order to complete his development
Black will have to play ...b7-b6 and then cxd5 would force ...cxd5, opening
the c-file, which he occupies in advance. His queen's knight will then be
transferred to b5, a square which has become available after the unusual
insertion of a2-a4 and ...a7-a5. The only question remaining open is whether
Black has to rush to completie his development at all, as White does not have
a clear plan in the actual structure. Other moves have been tried in practice,
offering White a slight edge.} (10. Na3 Ne4 11. Be3 f5 12. Ne1 g5 13. f3 Nd6
14. Nd3 $14 {Hertneck,G (2572)-Bareev,E (2719) Germany 2002 (1/2-1/2, 61)}) (
10. Rd1 {is not without a point either:} Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Nfd2 Ndf6 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L (2580)-Jussupow,A (2610)
Linares 1989} fxe4 16. f3 exf3 17. exf3 $14 {[%cal Gf3f4] The usefulness of
the d1-rook becomes obvious after} e5 $2 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 $18
{[%csl Gd5]}) 10... Ne4 $146 {An active but also committal move. After
allowing the knight contact Black allows his opponent to open the centre which
can be dangerous due to his undeveloped queenside.} ({In a previous game Black
kept a neutral policy inviting White to show his cards.} 10... h6 11. Be1 b6 (
11... Re8 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Nb5 {White
has an optical advantage but Black will gradually manage to equalise due to
the almost symmetrical structure:} Rc8 15. Qd1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Bd2 Rc8
18. Bf4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Ne8 23. e3 Bd7 {
Sandipan,C (2608)-Meier,G (2668) Dresden 2012 (1/2-1/2, 23)}) 11. Be1 {In the
similar games above White preferred transferring the bishop to e3, which looks
more active. Carlsen has his own views: he intends to use his bishops on the
e1-a5 and f1-a6 diagonals, putting pressure on the enemy queenside, a plan
which will work miracles in the game.} f5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. e3 Ra7 {Preparing ..
.b7-b6.} (13... b6 $2 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc6 Ba6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxd6 exf3 18.
Bh3 $18) ({The main alternative was ignoring the queenside development and
launching the typical kingside attack with} 13... g5 14. Nb3 {[%csl Ga5]} ({
Black may have feared the opening of the centre with} 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 {
[%cal Gf2f3] followed by f2-f3, but} g4 16. Nb3 {[%csl Ga5]} Bc7 {[%cal Gd8f6]
keeps the position more or less blocked.}) 14... g4 (14... b6 $2 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. Nxg5 $3 Qxg5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qc6) (14... f4 15. exf4 gxf4 16. Qe2 {
[%cal Gb3d2]}) (14... Bc7 15. Nfd2 Qf6 16. f4 Kh8) 15. Nfd2 Ng5 {and Black has
nothing to complain about.}) 14. Qd1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb1 $1 {[%csl Gb5]
After having provoked the weakening of the e5-square, the knight switches to
the newly created path.} Ba6 ({Black has no time to carry out a similar
regrouping:} 16... Nb8 17. Na3 Na6 $2 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 $16)
17. Na3 Qa8 {Black anticipates the exchange on b5 by defending the c6-square
against the invasion of the white rooks.} ({Even though} 17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3
Rc7 {Gheorghiu,F (2530)-Jussupow,A (2590) WchT 1st Luzern 1985 (1) 0-1 looks
very committal, the following classical example (true, White played very
passively) shows that White's dark-squared bishop can easily turn into a bad
one.}) ({The problem with the game move is that after the general exchange of
rooks the queen could be left hanging.} 17... Qb8 {would solve this problem
but White could use the c6-square for gaining time:} 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8
20. Qa4 $1 (20. Bf1 {is neutralised by} Rac7) 20... Rac7 21. Rc6 Qb7 22. Bf1
Nb8 ({A necessary passive move since} 22... Rxc6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 {loses material
to} 24. Ba6 $1 Qc7 25. Bb5 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4
Nd7 26. Ne1 $14 {[%cal Ge1d3,Rd3b4,Rd3f4,Yf2f3] With hindsight, this might
have been a lesser evil than in the game, though.}) 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8
20. Bf1 {Completing a regrouping probably planned by Carlsen when he retreated
with his other bishop to e1. The bishops are only apparently biting on granit
as will soon be revealed.} (20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. b4 {is premature due to} a4 22.
Rxa4 (22. Ra3 Qa8 23. Qa1 g5 $15) 22... Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Qc1 $132 {The extra pawn
does not count yet and Black's activity is annoying.}) 20... Rxc1 ({With the
queen on a8} 20... Rac7 {does not work due to} 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. b4) 21. Rxc1
Rc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 {Black has exchanged all the rooks under less favourable
circumstances than he would have wished to. The bishop's absence from the
a3-f8 diagonal allows White to play b2-b4 without exchanging bishops at once.
Black will have to lose additional time to achieve that.} 23. Qa4 Qb8 (23... g5
24. b4 g4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Qd8 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Bd3 $14) 24. b4 axb4 25.
Bxb4 {The bishop pair together with the weaknesses on e6, c6 and b6, ensure
White a long term advantage.} h6 {Black eliminates the potential threat Ng5 
(as he might wish to play ...Bd6 followed by ...Nxd6) and ensures himself
against back rank problems.} (25... g5 $6 {weakens the position too much.} 26.
Qc2 Bd6 27. Qc6 {[%csl Ge6,Gg5] The hanging g5-pawn creates irreparable
problems for Black.} Ndf6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Nxg5 $3 $18 Qxc6 30. bxc6 {[%cal
Gg5e6,Gf1a6,Gc6c8]} Nxg5 31. c7 $18) (25... Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 (26... Nxd6 27.
Qc2 $16 {[%cal Gc2c6]}) 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qc6 $16) 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Qc6 $6 {
This apparently deadly blow allows Black some surprising counterplay which
Eljanov will fail to find.} (27. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 28. Qc6 Kf7 (28... Qxc6 29. bxc6
Ndf6 30. c7 Nd6 31. Ba6 $18) 29. Qb7 $16) 27... Ndf6 ({Missing the far from
obvious} 27... Qa7 $1 {[%csl Gf2]} 28. Bxd6 (28. Be1 Kf7 29. Nd2 $14 {may be a
better try, but this obviously is playable for Black while in the game he was
just lost.}) 28... Qa2 $1 $11 29. Bg2 Qa1+ 30. Bf1 Qb2 31. Kh1 Nxf2+ (31...
Qxf2 $2 32. Bg2 $18 {[%csl Ge1,Gf1,Gg1]}) 32. Kg2 Ne4+ 33. Kh3 $6 Ng5+ 34. Nxg5
hxg5 35. g4 (35. Qxd7 g4+ 36. Kh4 Qxh2+ 37. Kg5 Qh6#) 35... Qf2 $36) 28. Bxd6
Qxd6 (28... Nxd6 29. Ne5 $16) 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Ne5 Qe7 ({Black needs to
controll f7 as after} 30... Nd2 31. Bd3 Nde4 {White gets a decisive attack with
} 32. Nf7 Qe7 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Ne5+ Kh5 35. Be2+ $18) 31. Qc6 Ng4 $6 {Speeding
up the defeat.} ({If} 31... Qd6 {White can create an original zugzwang with}
32. Kg2 $3 Qxc6 (32... Kg8 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Nf7 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc8h8,
Gf7e5]}) (32... Ng8 33. Nd7 $18 {[%csl Gb6]}) 33. bxc6 Ne8 34. Nd7 $18 {
[%csl Gb6]}) 32. Nxg4 fxg4 33. Bd3 g6 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Na3 Ne4 $146 {Quite typical for Carlsen.
He changes his lines regularly in order to avoid specific preparation. With
his last move he deviates from an earlier game between the same players,
despite the favourable result.} (11... Bb7 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nd6 {Kramnik,V (2784)
-Carlsen,M (2814) Wijk aan Zee 2011 CBM 141 [Moradiabadi/Mueller,Kar] (0-1, 85)
}) 12. Qe3 Ba6 13. Ne5 Nd6 14. Nc2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc4 16. Qd4 {In principle, if
White wishes to prove an advantage, this square should be the reserved for the
knight.} ({In fact, the pawn sacrifice} 16. Qf4 {looks promising:} Nxb2 17.
Rab1 Nc4 18. Nb4 g5 (18... Bb7 19. Rxc4 $16) 19. Qf6 Qxf6 20. exf6 Nd2 21. Nxa6
Nxb1 22. Rxb1 Rac8 23. Bf3 $14 {[%cal Gf3h5] Given the delicate situation of
the black king, the minor pieces sustained by the rook may be stronger than
the two black rooks.}) 16... Qe7 17. b3 Na5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Ne3
Bb7 {The game simplifies now to a dull ending, in which Carlsen will
surprisingly (or perhaps not?!) gets the upper hand at a later stage.} 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Rd1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 h6 24. b4 Nc6 25. a3 b5 26. Kg2 a5 27. Rc1 Qd7 28.
bxa5 Nxa5 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. a4 bxa4 31. Qxa4 Qb7+ 32. Kh3 Nb3 33. Nc4 Nd4 34.
Nd6 Qd5 35. f4 Ne2 36. Ne4 Qd3 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Nf2 Qd2 40. Qe4+ g6
41. Qd3 Qb2 42. Kf1 Kg7 43. Ng4 h5 44. Ne3 Nf3 45. Nf5+ exf5 46. Qxf3 Qxh2 47.
e6 fxe6 48. Qc3+ Kh7 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. Qe7 Qb2 51. Qg5+ Kh7 52. Qe7+ Qg7 53.
Qxe6 Kh6 54. Qe8 Qa1+ 55. Kg2 Qb2+ 56. Kh3 Qf6 57. Qc8 h4 58. g4 fxg4+ 59. Qxg4
g5 60. fxg5+ Qxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura"]
[BlackTeam "Foment Martinenc"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 {This is the first time I was able
to play this variation, which I had examined in my article for CBM 143.} 5.
Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Be7 $5 7. e3 a5 8. b4 {A rare move, but a quite ambitious one.}
O-O 9. Bd3 $146 {In virtually unexplored positions, any natural move may be a
novelty. Not all of them are good, though.} ({In my article I examined those
few games played from this position in the notes to} 9. c5 {1/2 (18) Jakovenko,
D (2711)-Nisipeanu,L (2684) Foros 2008 CBM 125 [Marin]. In all cases, White
blocked the queenside. Cheparinov suggested several other developing moves,
but Black seems to be able to get some counterplay anyway:}) (9. Be2 {
Cheparinov} dxc4 10. b5 (10. Bxc4 {transposes to the game}) (10. Nxc4 b5 11.
Qxb5 Bd7 $15) 10... Na7 11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. Nce5 Be8 13. O-O Nd5 $132 {[%cal
Gf7f6,Gc7c6,Gd5b6]}) (9. Rb1 {Cheparinov} dxc4 10. b5 (10. Bxc4 Nd5 {is much
better for Black than the game continuation, because White's extra tempo Rb1
has brought the rook into the knight's range.}) 10... c3 11. Nc4 (11. bxc6
cxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Qd5 $132) 11... Na7 12. Nce5 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bd3 b6 15. Bxe4
fxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 $36) (9. Bb2 $5 {Cheparinov; this may be the most consistent
try, but it is not without drawbacks: once it gets to b5, the b-pawn will not
have the support of the rook.} dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe8 {[%cal Gc6d4] /\...Nxd4!} 11.
b5 Na7 12. Qxa5 (12. Ne5 Nd5) 12... b6 13. Qa4 Bd7 $132 {[%csl Ga3] Pa3}) 9...
dxc4 $1 {This is even more effective than in many of the lines above.} 10. Bxc4
({Ivan confessed that when he played the previous move he somehow overlooked
that} 10. Nxc4 {runs into} b5 11. Qxb5 Bd7 $36 {retrieving the pawn with
initiative.}) 10... Nd5 11. b5 {The only move.} (11. Bd3 $2 {(hoping for 11...
Nb6 12.Qc2 with some complications) is met with} axb4 $1 $17 12. Qxa8 $2 Nb6
$19) 11... Nb6 12. Qc2 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Na7 14. a4 {White has gained space on the
queenside and seems to have the better structure. However, Black's
light-squared bishop will prove an excellent unblocking tool. The course of
the game suggests that White has to be careful already.} b6 $1 $132 {/\...c6} (
14... c6 $4 15. b6 $18) 15. Nce5 {Right after the game, Ivan rightly
considered this to be a possible cause for his ulterior problems. However, it
looks logical to put up some resistance against the unpleasant positional
threat ...c7-c6. Besides, the alternatives look pleasant for Black anyway.} ({
I planned to meet} 15. Qe4 {with} Qd5 {, when White cannot maintain his
stability.}) (15. O-O {also leaves White vulnerable after} c6 16. bxc6 Ba6 17.
Ba3 Nxc6 18. Rfc1 Rc8 {In all these lines, the a4-pawn is a comfortable target
in the long run.}) 15... Bb7 16. Ba3 f6 {I had a long think before playing
this strategically ambitious move. Eventually, I came to the conclusion that
restricting the enemy knights is a more important factor than the weakness of
the e6-square, especially since my queen's bishop does not have an opponent on
the light squares.} ({The main alternative was} 16... Rc8 17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. bxc6
Ba6 {, when Ivan intended to play} 19. Kd2 $5 {/\Rhc1}) 17. Nd3 ({In the line:
} 17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. bxc6 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 (19. cxb7 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Rb8 21. Qc6 Qd5
22. Rhc1 Rxb7 $17) 19... Ba6 20. Kd2 {the move ...f7-f6 proves useful, by
allowing} e5 $15 {Besides, the rook would be well placed on a8 by allowing an
eventual opening of the queenside with ...b6-b5.}) 17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qd6 19.
Rb3 $1 {This looks as if it loses a tempo, but it is important to control the
b-file in view of the inevitable break.} (19. Rc3 $6 c6 20. bxc6 Nxc6 21. O-O
Nb4 22. Nxb4 axb4 23. Rc7 Rfc8 $17) 19... Bd5 20. Rb2 c6 21. bxc6 Nxc6 22. O-O
({The b6-pawn is indirectly defended:} 22. Rxb6 Nxd4 23. Rxd6 Nxc2+ 24. Ke2
Rfd8 $15) 22... Rac8 ({Here, too, the knight exchange} 22... Nb4 23. Nxb4 axb4
$15 {is promising.}) 23. Qb1 ({Once again,} 23. Rxb6 {is risky:} Qd8 $5 ({
I must confess that I had only calculated} 23... Nxd4 24. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3
Rxc2 26. e4 Bc4 $11) 24. Qb1 Nb4 $17) 23... e5 24. dxe5 (24. Rxb6 $2 e4 $17) (
24. Nd2 {(! Cheparinov)} exd4 25. e4 Bf7 26. Rxb6 $13 {According to Ivan,
White's stability is more reliable here than in the game, but after} Qa3 $1 {
(the same maneouvre we both missed in the game)} 27. Qb5 Qc3 {the situation is
not quite so.}) 24... fxe5 25. Nd2 Rfd8 $15 {Black has completed his
development and has strong pressure.} 26. f3 $6 (26. Rc1 $5 Bf7 27. Ne1 Nb4 $15
) 26... Bf7 $2 ({Later that evening, I met with Ivan during my usual walk and
he confessed that he was quite disappointed that we both overlooked the active
} 26... Qa3 $1 $17 {suggested by the computer:} 27. Nf2 (27. Rxb6 $2 Ba2 $19)
27... Nb4 $17 {קe3, a4}) 27. Nf2 Nb4 ({Here, too,} 27... Qa3 {is strong, but
White can try to kick back with} 28. Nde4 Nb4 29. Ng4 Ba2 30. Qa1 Qxa4 31. Nxe5
$15) 28. Nde4 Qe7 (28... Qc6 29. Ng4 $132) 29. Rd1 Be8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qa1
$13 {קa4, Pe5. White has stabilised the position and the weaknesses on both
sides compensate for each other. I saw no reason for rejcting the draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cupa Dinamo"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 b6 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. b4 Bb7
15. c5 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Ba6 19. Re1 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8
21. g3 Ra8 22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. d5 $1 Nxc5 (24... cxd5 25. c6) (24...
exd5 25. Rxe7) 25. Ne5 Bf6 26. Qxc5 (26. dxc6 Qe7 27. Bg6 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 fxg6
29. Rxc5 $16) (26. Rb1 Qa7 (26... Qe7 27. d6)) 26... Kxh7 27. dxc6 Qb5 28. Qxb5
Bxb5 29. c7 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 f6 31. Bd6 Bd7 32. Rc1 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O a5 $5 ({In my article for this same issue, I have focused on the main
continuations} 8... Nc6) ({and} 8... Re8 {The game move consolidates the
b4-outpost anticipating the thematic a2-a3. It also prepares the development
of the queen's knight on a square closer to c5 than after ...Nc6 (usually ...
Na6, although ...Nbd7 is an alternative to keep in mind). The drawback of this
setup is that Black does not put big pressure on d4. If he manages to provoke
d4-d5 or dxe5 by indirect means, then he will have spared two tempi after ...
Nc5, but how to achieve that?}) 9. a3 (9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Rc1 (10. e4 e5 11. c5
dxc5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Qc2 b6 15. h3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc4 Qc7
{Lintchevski,D (2564)-Ovod,E (2408) Plovdiv 2012 (1/2, 48). Black does not
seem to be in big danger and his queenside majority (and extra pawn!) might
tell in the future.}) 10... b6 11. Ne1 {This is a good reply to ...b6. The
bishops exchange suits White well, since Black plays for blockade on dark
squares. After Ne1-d3 Black may have to release the tension with ...bxa3, when
after bxa3 the b-file opens to White's favour. This is an obvious drawback of
the early ...a7-a5, the weaknesses created cannot mend easily.} (11. e4 Bb7 12.
Re1 e5 13. Nh4 Nc6 14. Nf5 Rad8 15. Nf1 Bc8 16. N1e3 Bxf5 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+
gxf6 19. exf5 Nxd4 20. Be4 $13 {Rychagov,A (2534)-Predojevic,B (2644) Kavala
2009 (0-1, 56)}) 11... Bb7 12. a3 bxa3 (12... Na6 $5 {transposes below}) 13.
bxa3 Nbd7 14. Qb3 Rfc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ng2 Rc7 17. Ne3 Rac8 18. Rc2 g6 19.
Rfc1 Ne4 20. Nb1 $14 {Shimanov,A (2535)-Iordachescu,V (2629) Moscow 2010 (1-0,
106)}) (9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Na6 11. Rfe1 Rd8 12. Rad1 {1/2 (12) Rodriguez
Cespedes,A (2495)-Granda Zuniga,J (2510) Havana 1990}) 9... Na6 10. Nbd2 (10.
axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 {makes little sense, because it activates the enemy knight.
Apart from 11...Re8, which would transpose to a position from my article,
Black can play other moves as well, for instance:} b6 {Dzindzichashvili,R 
(2535)-Christiansen,L (2555) Long Beach 1993 CBM 039 [Bulletin] (1/2, 19)})
10... Qc7 {Black keeps developing flexibly, but the clash around the c5-square
will start sooner or later anyway.} 11. Rc1 {Quite natural, Black will have to
count with c4-c5 permanently.} (11. Qc2 {looks less challenging.} {It is worth
getting familiar with Wang Hao's treatment of this line:} Re8 (11... h6 12.
Rfc1 b6 13. Ne1 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nd3 bxa3 16. bxa3 $14 {Gomez,J (2527)
-Zhou Weiqi (2573) Ho Chi Minh City 2011 (1/2, 32)}) (11... Bd7 12. Rac1 Rac8
13. Qb1 Qb8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nge4 Ne8 16. Nf3 (16. f4 b5 $5) 16... e5 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. Rfd1 Bf5 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. Qxf5 Nc6 22. e3 {By this
moment, White's position looks preferable, but in the next phase things will
change to Black's favour.} Rcd8 23. Nd2 Qd6 24. Bf3 g6 25. Qb1 Qb4 26. Qc2 Kg7
27. Ra1 Rd7 28. Ra4 Qe7 29. Ne4 Nb4 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Qc3 f5 32. Nd2 b6 $15 {
Cifuentes Parada,R (2490)-Granda Zuniga,J (2525) Rio Hondo 1987 (1/2, 56)}) 12.
Rfd1 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. e3 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ng5 Nc5 17. axb4 axb4 18.
Bd5 Rf8 19. Qb1 Bg4 20. f3 Bh5 $132 {Zhou Weiqi (2585)-Wang Hao (2722) Xinghua
2010 (0-1, 62)}) 11... Rd8 $146 {An inteersting novelty, inhibiting a later
c4-c5 and not defining the bishop's intentions yet. In some cases, ...Bg4 can
be played without a loss of time (as it would happen in case of an early ...
Bd7.} (11... b6 12. Ne1 (12. e3 Bb7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 {1/2 (13) Jirovsky,P (2395)
-Voloshin,L (2420) Czechia 1999}) 12... Bb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. axb4 (14. Nd3 $1
{would probably convince Black to release the tension with ...bxa3 soon.})
14... Nxb4 15. Nc2 {1/2 (15) Nanu,C (2506)-Berescu,A (2476) Baile Olanesti 2010
}) (11... Bd7 12. Ne1 (12. e4 $5 e5 $6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nxe5 $36) 12... e5 13.
Nd3 Rfe8 {1/2 (22) Dydyshko,V (2545)-Bogdanovski,V (2460) Yerevan 1996} 14. c5
exd4 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Bf3 $14) 12. Ne1 {This is less
effective without ...b7-b6. The c8-bishop will emerge on f5, putting pressure
on the white d3-knight.} (12. e4 e5 13. Re1 ({The rook would be useful on d8
after} 13. c5 dxc5 {, when White would have nothing better than} 14. d5 {
with just some compensation.}) 13... Bg4 $132) (12. Qc2 {[%cal Gf3g5]} h6 13.
Rfd1 (13. e4 e5) 13... Bd7 {As we will see, the bishop's development is
well-timed after the white rook has occupied the active but somewhat exposed
d1-square.} 14. e4 e5 15. c5 $6 {Principled but dubious.} (15. Nf1 {is better,
but then Black has no problems after} Bc6) 15... exd4 16. cxd6 Qxc2 17. Rxc2
bxa3 18. bxa3 Ba4) (12. Ng5 h6 (12... e5 13. e3 h6 14. Nge4) 13. Nge4 Ne8 14.
f4) 12... e5 13. Nd3 Bf5 $1 {Creating the threat of ...e5-e4 as an answer to
White's increased pressure on b4 is a common theme in my article. The same
method works out well here, too. The merits of ...Rd8 are also obvious: White
can hardly consider dxe5.} 14. e4 (14. axb4 Bxd3 15. b5 Bg6 (15... Nb4 16. exd3
Nxd3 17. Rc3 Nb4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qe2) 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. e3 a4 $5 {with great
play for Black.}) 14... Bg4 $1 {More or less forcing the weakening of the
g1-a7 diagonal.} 15. f3 (15. Qc2 exd4) 15... Bd7 16. axb4 $6 {Before releasing
the tension on b4, White had probably designed the pawn break on move 19
already, but the course of the game does not justify it.} (16. c5 $2 Bb5 $17) (
16. Qb3 $2 exd4 17. axb4 axb4 $17) ({Th main alternative is} 16. Qe2 {
developing normally and preparing to defend the weak diagonal with Qf2. It is
early to evaluate this position, but here is just a possible continuation:}
exd4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. Nb3 {when White seems to stay in control.}
) 16... Nxb4 $1 {There was no need to keep the passive a6-knight.} (16... axb4
$6 17. Qe2 exd4 (17... Qb6 18. Qf2) 18. Nb3 $14 {פa6}) 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Qb3 (
{Now is not a good moment to develop the queen to e2:} 18. Qe2 Ra2 $1 19. Rb1 (
19. Nb3 Ba4 $17) 19... b5 $36 20. cxb5 $140 Qb6) 18... Qb6 19. c5 {Forced,
thematic, but probably playing into Black's hands.} dxc5 20. Nc4 Qa7 21. dxe5
Ne8 $15 {Somehow, Black's queenside majority is more dangerous than White's
central pawns.} 22. Qe3 (22. Qc2 {keeps the e3-square free for the knight, but
does not absolve White from problems either.} b5 23. Ne3 c4 24. Qf2 Be6 25. f4
Rd3 26. Rfe1 c3 {[%cal Gd3d2]}) 22... b5 23. Nd2 (23. Nd6 c4 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25.
f4 Ra2 26. Rf2 Bc6 27. Rd1 f6 $15) 23... c4 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. Rfd1 $2 (25. Rf2
Nc7 26. Nf1 Ne6 27. Ne3 Bc6 $17) 25... Be6 26. Nf1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 c3 28. bxc3
bxc3 29. Ne3 b4 30. Bf1 b3 31. Rd8 g6 $5 {Nice, but not really necessary.} (
31... Bd7 $19) 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Bd3 Rd7 34. Bb1 Rd1+ $1 {The point.} 35. Nxd1
c2 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shen, Yang"]
[Black "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 (6. e3 d5 {leads to
peaceful play.}) 6... d5 7. Qc2 ({The main line is} 7. e5 Nfd7) 7... dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 {White has more space, but the exposed position of her queen
is likely to cause some loss of time in the near future, allowing Black to
complete her development rapidly.} c5 {Only played once before.} (9... Nd7 {and
}) (9... Nc6 {are more popular.}) 10. Be3 $146 (10. dxc5 Nc6 $5 (10... Bxc5 11.
b4 Be7 12. Bb2 f5 13. Qe3 Bf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 $14 {Kiss,P 
(2390)-Horvath,I (2245)/Hungary 1993/TD (1-0, 34)}) 11. Be2 (11. b4 f5 12. Qe3
Bf6 13. Ra2 e5 $44) 11... Bxc5 12. b4 f5 13. Qc2 (13. Qb1 Bd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Ra2 e5 $32) 13... Nd4 $132) 10... f5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. O-O-O {White aims to get
active play along the d-file as soon as possible, but underestimates the
problems caused by the relative insecurity of her king.} Nc6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Qc7 15. Bc3 e5 $132 {Black has very comfortable play. White's attempt to
complicate matters will fail completely.} 16. g4 $6 fxg4 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qe2
Bg5+ 19. Bd2 Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2 gxh3 $6 $17 (20... Qc6 $1 21. Rh2 Qh6 $19 {[%cal
Ga8d8]}) 21. Bxh3 Rac8 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rc2 Rf4 24. c5 h6 25. Re1 b6 26. b4
Qf7 27. c6 Rf6 28. b5 Qb3 29. Qxe5 Qxa3+ 30. Kb1 Qb3+ 31. Rb2 Qd3+ 32. Ka1 a6
33. c7 axb5 34. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Crespi op-A 31st"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tesic, Dragan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 {Logically enough, playing the line I
had written an article about, see CBM 137.} 5. g3 d5 6. Bxb4 {I must confess
that I got "taken out of the book" by this move, although I did not mind it,
since it is an obvious strategic concession. As I found out later, this is
played only rarely.} ({My previous games in this line went:} 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2
Nc6 8. Qxc4 Qd5 {This is the starting point of my article.} 9. Qd3 ({A few
weeks later, I faced the main alternative, which I considered slightly
inferior in my article:} 9. Qxd5 exd5 {Delorme,A (2455)-Marin,M (2597)/Bratto
2010/ (1/2, 78)}) 9... Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 {Garcia Palermo,C (2450)-Marin,M 
(2597)/Benasque 2010/CBM 137 Extra/[Marin,M] (1/2, 63).  I assume, though,
that my opponent did not know about it and mainly feared 7...Bxd2+, which has
been repeatedly played at the highest possible level.}) 6... axb4 {The a8-rook
is developed already, keeping the a2-pawn under permanent pressure, while the
generally desirable Nc3 is impossible now.} 7. Nbd2 b6 {Not really necessary
at this moment of the game, although the move itself is useful.} (7... O-O 8.
Bg2 ({My fears regarding} 8. c5 {were completely unjustified because Black can
play} Nc6 9. Bg2 Qe7 {preparing an effective break in the centre with ...e5.})
8... Qe7 9. O-O c5 $5 (9... b6 {may transpose to the main game.}) 10. cxd5 exd5
11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. Nbd4 Nc6 14. Qc2 Bd7 {Fayard,A (2269)-Lalic,B 
(2514)/Paris 2008 (1/2, 17). Black has little to fear.}) 8. Qc2 $146 (8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Rfc1 {Murdzia,P (2410)-Ostrowski,L (2360)/
Krynica 1997/CBM 061 ext (0-1, 54)} c5 $1 $132) 8... Qe7 {Once again directed
against c4-c5. The queen is best placed on e7 anyway.} 9. Bg2 (9. c5 bxc5 10.
dxc5 Nc6 $15 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gc8a6]}) 9... O-O 10. O-O {Black's position is
comfortable, but now he has to take an important decision: where should he
develop the remaining bishop?} Ba6 {I wanted to discourage once and for always
c4-c5, although I understood that a2-a3 may be annoying in some cases.} (10...
Bb7 {looks entirely playable, too.} 11. Rfc1 Rc8 12. c5 $6 bxc5 13. Qxc5 Qxc5
14. Rxc5 Ba6 {I was unhappy with the fact that I would have to lose a tempo
with this move, but concrete analysis shows that Black has excellent play
anyway.} (14... Nbd7 15. Rb5 Ba6 16. Rxb4 Bxe2 $13) 15. e3 Nbd7 16. Rc2 c5 17.
dxc5 Bd3 18. Rcc1 Rxc5 $15) 11. Ne5 {The knight is not too stable in the
centre, meaning that White will have to lose time in the future by retreating
with it to d3.} (11. a3 {may have been the safest continuation, sparing White
any troubles.} bxa3 12. Rxa3 Nc6 13. Rfa1 Nb4 14. Qc3 c5 15. dxc5 (15. Ne5 cxd4
$1) 15... bxc5 16. Ne5 Qc7 $11) 11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nd3 $6 {This
voluntary retreat allows Black take over the initiative.} (13. e4 $6 d4 14. f4
{does not work out too well, either. Black has simple play along the a-file,
while the kingside attack is not too promising, especially because the
dark-squared bishops have been exchanged.} Bb7 15. Qd1 (15. Nd3 $2 Ng4) 15...
Nbd7 16. Nd3 e5 17. f5 Ra6 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Nh7 20. Qe1 Rfa8 $17) (13. Rfc1 $5
Bb7 14. Nd3 (14. cxd5 $6 exd5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 14... Rc8 15. e3 Nbd7 $11) 13...
Nc6 $1 {A first unpleasant surprize. The c5-pawn is hanging, indeed, but so is
the e2-pawn.} 14. Rfc1 (14. cxd5 exd5 $1 15. Qxc5 Qxe2 {Black is well
developed and he only has one hanging knight compared with White's two knights.
} 16. Nf4 (16. Nxb4 Qxd2) (16. Qxc6 Bxd3) 16... Qxd2 17. Rfd1 Qxb2 18. Qxc6
Rfc8 19. Qd6 Bc4 $17) 14... Rac8 (14... Rfc8 {was possible, but I wanted my
rooks on c8 and d8.}) 15. Qa4 $6 {Hoping to spoil Black's coordination, but...}
(15. Qd1 Rfd8 $15) 15... Nd4 $1 16. Qd1 $6 {Rather inconsequent.} ({After} 16.
Qxa6 {the queen will be doomed, but White seems to be able to get acceptable
compensation, although he could hardly hope for more than a draw.} Ra8 17. Qb6
Nd7 18. Qb7 Rfb8 19. Qc7 Rc8 20. Qb7 (20. Qf4 Nxe2+) 20... Qd8 $1 {Of course,
Black does not have to take a draw by perpetual attack against the queen.} 21.
Rd1 $1 {Not an easy move to find.} (21. e3 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rcb8 24.
Qc6 Rb6 $19) ({The alternate move order} 21. cxd5 Rcb8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Rd1 {
is less effective:} Nxe2+ 24. Kf1 Nd4 25. dxe6 fxe6 $1 26. Bxa8 Qxa8 27. Kg1
Qd5 $15 {with strong centralisation.}) 21... Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Nd4 23. cxd5 Rcb8
24. dxe6 Rxb7 25. exf7+ Kf8 26. Bxb7 Ra7 27. Bg2 Qe7) 16... Rfd8 $15 {Black
has completed his development and is exerting strong pressure in the centre.}
17. a3 $2 {The worse moment to open the queenside.} (17. e3 Nf5 18. a3 $15)
17... b3 $1 18. e3 (18. Rc3 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd5 $17) (18. Rab1 e5 19. e3 dxc4 20.
Nxc4 Nc2 $17) (18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 dxc4 $17) 18... Nc2 19. Rxc2 (19. Rab1
dxc4 $19 20. Nf4 c3 21. bxc3 c4) 19... bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd6 $17 {Black has won an
exchange and retains an active position.} 21. Bf1 Bb7 22. Nf4 e5 23. Nd3 (23.
Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qxd5 $19) 23... dxc4 {I played this move expecting an
immediate resignation.} ({If I had suspected that my opponent (who was living
on seconds already) would play untill the bitter end, I probably would have
preferred} 23... d4 $19 {with a crushing space advantage AND an extra exchange.
}) 24. Nxc4 (24. Qxc4 Ba6) 24... Qd5 25. f3 Qxf3 26. Nf2 h5 $1 (26... Ng4 27.
Nxg4 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 h5 $19) 27. Nxe5 Qxe3 28. Nc4 Qf3 29. Ne5 Qd5 30. Ned3 Ng4
31. Nf4 Qd4 (31... Qd2 $19) 32. Nxh5 Nxf2 33. Qxf2 Qd5 34. Bg2 Qxg2+ 35. Qxg2
Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Rxh2 38. Nf4 Rxb2 39. Ke4 c4 40. Nd5 Re8+ 41. Kd4
Rd2+ (41... Rd2+ 42. Kxc4 (42. Kc5 Rc8+ 43. Kd6 Rd8+) 42... Rc8+) 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 8th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Glud, Jakob Vang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 ({Slightly disappointing. I planned to meet} 10... Ba6
{with the paradoxical} 11. Bc1 Rc8 12. Bb2 {as in Ding,L (2783)-Zhigalko,S 
(2635) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017, a game I had analysed recently.}) {I was sure I
had analysed this variation recently but could not remember anything concrete.}
11. Bc3 ({I vaguely remembered that it was based on} 11. Bf4 {and, indeed, I
later found the following game in my notes:} Bb7 ({During the game I was more
worried about} 11... Ba6 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Be3 Rc8 {when it is not clear how to
prepare e2-e4. However, White seems to keep freer play after} 14. Ne5 Nhf6 15.
Ndf3 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2566)-Adams,M (2738) Baku 2016 (½-½, 31)}) 12. Nc3 Ba6
13. Ne5 Rc8 14. e4 $36 {Lalith,B (2541)-Chandra,A (2300) New Delhi 2013 (1-0,
28). After a short while I realised there was no chance of remembering my
recent analysis so I decided to take a fresh look at the positions. The game
move looked to me the most flexible.}) 11... Ba6 ({The alternative is, as
always,} 11... Bb7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 (12... c5 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
Qc8 $6 $16 {Giri,A (2773)-Topalov,V (2798) Stavanger 2015 CBM 167 [Illingworth,
M] (1-0, 56)}) 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 {Postny,E (2620)-Roiz,M (2608) Tiberias
2016 CBM 176 [Roiz,M] (0-1, 57), White maintains the initiative but according
to the player with Back he had analysed the forced line until the end.}) (11...
Ne4 {slightly neglects development:} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe4 f5 {Ding,L (2773)
-Giri,A (2785) Moscow 2017 CBM 179 [Silver,A] (1/2-1/2, 28)}) 12. Nbd2 b5 {
The thematic way of increasing the bishop's activity.} (12... Rc8 {is more
passive, allowing White to open the centre in his favour.} 13. e4 c5 14. exd5
exd5 15. Qb2 $6 {This leaves the bishop immobile. There are a few better
alternatives, all of them offering White the more pleasant play.} (15. Nf1 $5
dxc4 16. Ne3 cxb3 17. axb3 {This is the most ambitious, sacrificing a pawn in
order to}) (15. Ne5 $5) (15. Qf5 $5) 15... Re8 16. Ne5 cxd4 (16... Nxe5 17.
dxe5 d4 $13) 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Ba3 19. Qxa3 Rxe5 20. cxd5 Be2 21. Re1 $16
{1-0 (38) Antic,D (2445)-Solomunovic,I (2402) Novi Banovci 2017}) 13. e4 {
This was the only move I considered.} ({The thematic} 13. c5 $6 {does not work
due to} b4 {winning a pawn.}) (13. Bb2 {is too slow:} a4 (13... bxc4 $1 14.
bxc4 Rc8 $11 15. e4 $2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 f5 $17) 14. c5 b4 15. e4 $2 (
15. bxa4 Bxe2 16. Re1 Ba6 17. a3 $11) 15... a3 16. Bc1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18.
Qxe4 Nxc5 $1 $17 {Jumabayev,R (2611)-Nguyen,N (2629) Doha 2016 (0-1, 59)})
13... bxc4 {The move order is important as it can offer either side additional
possibilities.} (13... dxe4 $6 14. Ne5 Bb7 (14... bxc4 15. Nxc6 cxb3 16. Qxb3
Qe8 17. Bxa5 $16) 15. Nxe4 b4 16. Bd2 Qc8 17. Bg5 $16 {Bernasek,J (2395)-Kunte,
A (2532) Olomouc 2004 (1/2-1/2, 40)}) (13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 {
[%cal Gc4c5]} bxc4 (15... Rc8 16. c5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rg8]}) 16. Qxc6 cxb3 17.
Ne5 $36) 14. bxc4 ({To tell the truth I did not consider} 14. e5 cxb3 15. axb3
Ng4 16. Bxa5 Qc8 17. b4 $14 {But I prefer the game continuation anyway as it
offers White a lasting initiative.}) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 {Even
though I basically worked out this line over the board, I could not avoid the
feeling that all this was familiar to me.} Nxe5 (16... f5 17. Nxc6 Qe8 18. Bxa5
Nf6 19. d5 $16 {Ding,L (2742)-Gajewski,G (2659) Tromsoe 2014 (1-0, 40)}) 17.
dxe5 $14 {White will retrieve the pawn retaining a space advantage and more
active bishops.} Qb6 $146 ({Later I discovered that my feeling of déjà vu
was caused by the following old game:} 17... Qc7 18. Qxe4 Rac8 19. h4 Rfd8 20.
h5 h6 21. Bf1 $14 Bb7 $2 (21... Bc5 $14 22. Bd3 $6 f5 23. exf6 Qxg3+) 22. Bd3
Rxd3 23. Qxd3 $16 {Beliavsky,A (2690)-Jussupow,A (2630) Frankfurt 1998 (1-0,
41). The long term memory seems to have worked better than the short term one.
As for my opponent I suspect he had not seen the old game at all.}) 18. Qxe4 (
18. Bxe4 {can lead to interesting play but the game move is a better way to
keep the pressure.} {I rejected this line because of} Bxc4 {[%cal Gc4d5] and
it seems that Black can hold his own, indeed.} (18... h6 $6 19. Rd7 Rfe8 (19...
Ra7 20. Bxa5 $1) 20. Bd4 Qb4 21. c5 Rad8 22. a3 Qb5 23. Rd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 $16)
19. Rd7 Ra7 20. Bd4 c5 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Be3 Bd5 (22... Ba6 23. Bxc5 $16) 23.
Bxh7+ (23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bxc5 Qc6 $19) 23... Kh8 24. Bxc5 Qb7 25. Bxe7 Rc8 26.
Bc5 Bh1 27. f3 Qxf3 $132) 18... Rac8 $6 {This does not fight against White's
growing initiative in any way.} (18... Rab8 {is more to the point.} 19. Rab1
Qc7 20. h4 $14) 19. Rab1 Qa7 ({I was secretely hoping for} 19... Qc5 20. Bd4
Qa3 (20... Qxc4 21. Bf1 $18) 21. Qc2 $16 {when the threat Rd3 wins material. If
} Rb8 {then} 22. Bb6 $18) 20. Rd2 (20. Bxa5 Bxc4 $11) 20... g6 {During the
game I was not sure what this move was supposed to mean. But later I realised
that Black is so passive that he hardly has useful moves. It would be not
completely exaggerated to say he is in some sort of zugzwang.} (20... Rfd8 21.
Bxa5 $16) (20... Rb8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Qxc6 Bc5 (22... Rb1+ 23. Bf1 $16) 23. h4
Bxc4 24. Qa4 $16 {[%csl Ga5]}) (20... c5 21. Rdb2 Rb8 22. Qc6 $16) 21. h4 (21.
Bxa5 Bxc4 22. Bb6 Qa6 23. a4 Bd5 24. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 21... Qc5 $6 (
21... a4 22. Bd4 c5 (22... Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. h5 $16 Qxc4 25. Qf3 $18) 23.
Be3 $16) 22. Bf1 $6 ({Over the past few moves I had been considering several
other black moves and it seems that in the meanwhile I forgot about the
familiar manoeuvre:} 22. Bd4 Qa3 23. Qc2 {I cannot remember the exact thinking
process at this moment, but it could be that I was concerned about my rooks
not being connected. Still, after} Rb8 24. Bb6 $18 {there is no difference
with respect to the previous similar line.}) 22... Rfd8 23. Rbd1 (23. Bd4 {
is less effective now:} Qa3 24. Qc2 Qf3 25. Rb3 Qf5 $14) 23... Rxd2 24. Rxd2
Qa3 (24... Qa7 25. Rd6 $5 $16 Bxd6 26. exd6 Qc5 27. Qf4 f5 28. d7 Rd8 29. Qc7
Qe7 30. Qxc6 $18) 25. Rd7 $16 {Even after missing the favourable moment to win
material White enjoys a large advantage.} Bc5 (25... Rd8 26. Bb2 Qxb2 27. Rxe7
$16) 26. Bd4 (26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Qxc6 $18) 26... Bxd4 27. Qxd4 {[%csl Ra6][%cal
Gd7a7,Gd4a7]} Rf8 28. Rd8 {White had two better continuations. I considered
them both but due to slight time trouble didn't evaluate them correctly.} (28.
Qb6 Bc8 29. Rd8 Kg7 (29... Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Qf8 31. Qxa5 $18) 30. Rxf8 Qxf8 31.
Qxc6 $18) (28. Qd6 Qxd6 (28... Qxa2 29. Qxc6 Bc8 30. Rc7 $18) 29. exd6 $18 {
[%cal Gd7c7,Rd7a7]}) 28... Qb4 (28... Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Qb6 Bc8 31. Qxc6
$18) (28... Kg7 29. Rxf8 Qxf8 30. Qb6 $18) 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rd7 c5 31. Qe4 Qc3
32. Bd3 (32. Qf4 Qc2 33. Bd3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qg4 35. Qh6 Qg7 36. Qxh5 $18) 32...
Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qh6 34. Ra7 Bc8 35. Rxa5 Rd8 36. Ra7 ({Hard to say why I
refrained from} 36. Rxc5 $18 {even though by now time trouble had become real.}
) 36... Kg7 37. Qf3 ({Amusingly, it sems that it was not too late to return to
the right path two tempi down.} 37. Rc7 $18) 37... Bd7 38. Be4 Qg5 39. Qf4 ({
But the following line is more difficult to find with little time:} 39. Bc2 $5
Qxe5 40. Ba4 Qd4 41. Qxh5 h6 42. Bb5 $18 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) 39... Qxf4 40. gxf4
Be8 41. f5 $1 {After the time trouble was over I was happy that I had not lost
all my advantage and played the last move almost without thinking.} exf5 42.
Bd5 Kg6 (42... Bd7 43. e6 $18) 43. a4 ({It would have been simpler to restrict
the enemy king:} 43. f4 Bd7 44. Rc7 Be6 45. Rxc5 Rb8 (45... h4 46. Kh3 Kh5 47.
a4 Rb8 48. Bf3+ Kg6 49. Kxh4 $18) 46. Kh3 Rb1 47. a4 Ra1 48. a5 Ra3+ 49. Kh4
Ra1 50. Rc6 $18) 43... Bd7 44. a5 Be6 45. Ra6 Kg5 46. Rd6 $2 {This spectacular
move throws away the last chance to win.} (46. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 47. Rxe6 {still
looks very promising:} Kf4 (47... f4 48. Rf6 {[%cal Ga5a6,Gg2f3]}) 48. a6 Ra8
49. Kh3 Ke4 (49... Ra7 50. Kh4 Rg7 51. Kxh5 Rg2 52. Kh6 Rxf2 53. Kg7 Ra2 54.
Kf6 Kg4 55. Rb6 f4 56. e6 f3 57. e7 f2 58. e8=Q f1=Q+ 59. Kg7 Qxc4 60. Qc8+ Kg3
61. Qb8+ Kg2 62. Qb7+ Kg1 63. a7 $18) 50. Kh4 f4 51. Kxh5 Kf5 52. Rc6 Kxe5 53.
Rxc5+ Kd4 54. Ra5 $18) 46... Bxd5+ 47. cxd5 Ra8 48. a6 Kf4 49. e6 Ke5 50. Rb6
fxe6 51. dxe6 Kf6 52. Kf3 c4 53. Rc6 c3 54. Kf4 c2 55. e7+ Kxe7 56. Kxf5 Rxa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque 12th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2010.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Bg2 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qd5 {When writing my article on this outfashioned line of the Bogo Indian
for CBM 137, I had in mind giving it a try at Benasque. The opportunity came
in the very first round of the tournament and I did not hesitate for an
instant.} 9. Qd3 ({Few weeks later, I faced the main alternative, which I
considered slightly inferior in my article:} 9. Qxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be3
Ne4 12. h3 Be6 $146 {I had suggested this novelty in the article, as a safe
alternative to the capture on f3.} (12... Bxf3 13. exf3 $5 Nf6 {Burger,K (2420)
-Taimanov,M (2510)/Budapest 1982/MCD/[Marin] (1/2, 50)}) 13. Bf4 {This does
not seem right. White makes a third move with the same bishop, neglecting his
development and inviting Black to complete his.} ({My illustrative line went} 
13. Rc1 f6 $11) 13... O-O-O $1 {[%cal Gh8e8,Gf7f6,Gg7g5] Black has a
harmonious display of pieces.} 14. Na3 {Creating himself some unnecessary
strategic problems.} (14. Rc1 f6 $15 15. h4 h6 16. h5 $2 Bg4 $17) (14. a3 {
may have been best, although I prefer Black after, for instance:} Be7 15. Nc3
g5 16. Be3 f6 $15) 14... Bxa3 15. bxa3 {Delorme,A (2455)-Marin,M (2597)/Bratto
2010/ (1/2, 78)} f6 $1 16. Rfc1 g5 17. Be3 Rhe8 $15) 9... Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11.
e3 $5 {A rare move, which until now did not have too much independent value.} (
{The main lines are} 11. a3 Nxd2 12. Nbxd2 Be7) ({and} 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. O-O)
11... Nxd2 $146 {This also is my article suggestion.} (11... Bd7 {Meyer,P 
(2305)-Cladouras,P (2315)/Germany 1986/GER-chT/[Marin] (0-1, 51)}) 12. Nfxd2 $5
{In fact, the new idea in this game is connected with this way of capturing.
White will display his knights slightly differently than usual, although by
jumping around they may eventually reach the same squares (possibly reversed,
which makes no practical difference).} (12. Nbxd2 a4 13. a3 Be7 {would
transpose to a favourable form of the first main line mentioned above, in
which White has played e2-e3 sooner than usual.}) 12... a4 13. a3 {This move
is not necessary yet, but White cannot delay it forever.} (13. O-O Bd7 (13...
a3 $2 14. bxa3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Rxa3 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Rfc1 $16) 14. Rc1 h5 $5 {
Preventing White from winning kingside space.} 15. Rc4 (15. Nc3 a3 $1) 15...
Bd6 16. Ne4 (16. Nc3 $2 Na5) 16... Ke7 $11) (13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. O-O c5 $132)
13... Be7 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Rc1 Na5 16. Nce4 {At this point, my opponent offered
a draw. He usually likes long positional battles, until the resources have
been exhausted, but this time he may not have been at home in the slightly
unusual position arising from the opening. To me, this was like some sort of
justification of investing some time in examining this old line and trying it
in practice. Black is not better, of course, but I felt that I could play on
authomatic pilot for a while.} Bc6 {Black has solved the problem of finding
good squares for all his minor pieces and it can be evaluated that he has
outcome the opening's difficulties.} 17. O-O O-O ({Black could have delayed
his castle with the useful move} 17... Ra6 $5 18. f4 (18. Nc5 $6 Bxc5 19. Rxc5
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c6 21. f4 Ke7 {would spare Black several tempos.}) 18... Rb6 19.
Rc2 f6 $13 {[%cal Ge8f7]}) 18. f4 Rfd8 (18... Bxe4 19. Nxe4 c6 {is a solid
alternative. Black has little to fear in the position with opposite bishops.})
19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 c6 {After the exchanged of most of the
minor pieces, White's space advantage in the centre loses part of its
relevance. Besides, the chronic weakness of the queenside may become dangerous
in case of further simplifications.} 22. g4 (22. f5 {is neutralized by} Rd5)
22... Kf8 $6 {The idea of returning to the centre is correct, but Black should
not have allowed White's spatial gains so easily.} (22... h6 $5) (22... Rd5 23.
Rc2 f6 24. Kg3 (24. f5 e5 $11) 24... h5) 23. g5 $1 (23. f5 {fails to bother
Black.} Ke7 {[%cal Gd8d5]}) 23... Rd5 24. Rc2 Ke7 25. Kf2 $6 {This careless
move allows Black get kingside counterplay.} (25. Rf3 $1 Rh8 26. Rh3 h5 $11)
25... h6 $1 $132 26. Nf3 $1 {Relatively best. Although he will get an
aditional pawn island, White prevents the opening of a kingside file.} (26. h4
hxg5 27. hxg5 Rh8 $15 {/\f6}) (26. gxh6 g6 $15) 26... hxg5 27. fxg5 f6 28. e4
Rb5 29. gxf6+ gxf6 30. Rg1 Kf7 31. Ke3 (31. e5 $5 Rh8 32. Ke3 $11 {White's
space advantage matches Black's better structure.}) 31... Rg8 32. Ne5+ $6 {
Carlos was right thinking that I had not seen this simple tactical blow, but
it was not a real shock since Black has a promissing )and forced) exchange
sacrifice.} (32. Rxg8 Kxg8 33. Kf4 $11) 32... fxe5 33. Rf2+ Ke7 34. Rxg8 Rb3+
35. Ke2 exd4 $44 {Black has a threatening mass of pawns and the white king is
exposed.} 36. Rg3 $2 ({During the game I was more worried about} 36. e5 $1 {
, putting the black king in a delicate situation, too.} Re3+ 37. Kd1 Rxe5 38.
h4 $132) 36... Rxb2+ 37. Kf3 Rb3+ 38. Kf4 Nc4 39. e5 Rxg3 40. hxg3 (40. Kxg3 {
[%cal Gh2h8]} d3 41. Kf3 c5 42. h4 Nxe5+ 43. Ke4 c4 $19) 40... b5 $2 ({I
rejected} 40... d3 $1 {because of} 41. Kf3 {, but failed to notice that after}
c5 $1 {White needs to lose a tempo with his rook.} (41... Nxe5+ 42. Ke4 Kd6 43.
Rf1 c5 44. g4 c4 45. g5 {This position is not easy to evaluate. The dangerous
passed pawn restricts Black's active possibilities.}) 42. Rh2 (42. Rf1 $2 Nd2+)
(42. g4 Nxe5+ 43. Ke4 c4) 42... Nxe5+ 43. Ke4 Kd6 $19) 41. Ke4 c5 42. g4 d3 43.
Kxd3 Nxe5+ 44. Kc3 b4+ 45. axb4 cxb4+ 46. Kc2 (46. Kd4 Nxg4 47. Ra2 $11) 46...
Nxg4 47. Rf4 Ne3+ 48. Kd3 Nd5 {Black has a material advantage, but White's
pieces are active enough to secure a draw.} 49. Rf2 Kd6 50. Kc4 b3 51. Rb2 Kc6
52. Re2 Nb6+ 53. Kb4 Kd5 54. Rd2+ Ke4 55. Rd6 b2 56. Rxe6+ Kd3 57. Re1 Kc2 58.
Re2+ Kc1 59. Re1+ Kc2 60. Re2+ Kb1 61. Ka3 Ka1 62. Rxb2 Nc4+ 63. Kxa4 Nxb2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 {Just as in the previous game, it might look like if
Kamsky is going to embark in the continuation of a relatively topical
theoretical dispute.} Ne4 $5 $146 {Instead, he produces a novelty! The idea of
transposing from the closed Catalan to the Stonewall Dutch is not new, of
course, but it never was carried out in this concrete position.} (10... Nh5 11.
Bc1 b5 {is Topalov's recent experiment.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8
15. Qe2 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 Nxe5 $5 $146 ({
An improvement over} 19... Nf6 {as played in Kramnik - Topalov, WCh (m/9)
Elista 2006 (1-0, 24).}) 20. dxe5 d4 21. Be3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 ({In the notes to
the aforementioned game I gave} 22. Rxd8 exf2+ 23. Qxf2 Bxd8 {as the main line
after the sacrifice. Black's pair of bishops looks impressive, but White can
obtain a centralized position with some hypothetical chances of retaining an
advantage.}) 22... Bg5 $1 (22... Qc7 $2 23. Nd5) 23. Qc5 (23. f4 Bxf4 $1) 23...
Be7 $1 {and after} 24. Qe3 Bg5 25. Qc5 Be7 26. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2729)
-Topalov,V (2783)/Wijk aan Zee 2007.}) 11. Nc3 $6 {This move has the
significant drawback that it places the knight too far from the critical
e5-square.} ({I would prefer} 11. Nbd2 {and if} f5 {then} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5
Bd7 14. Nf3 $14 {followed by Ne1-d3. This would allow White keep a firm grip
on the position.}) 11... f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd6 $1 {Immediately forcing
White to clarify matters in the centre. If the white queen's knight had been
placed on virtually any other reasonable square than c3, White could have
maintained the tension with b3.} 14. Bxd6 $6 {The least appropriate reaction
to Black's last move. After this new exchange of minor pieces, Black will
enjoy high mobility between the opposite wings, despite his relative lack of
space. Bacrot probably wanted to refrain from releasing the tension, but he
will soon block the queenside position anyway.} ({The immediate} 14. c5 {
is playable, but should not offer White an advantage.} Nf7 15. Na4 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Qe8 ({Black should not prevent White from consolidating his centre by
playing} 16... f4 $6 {himself, because he is not sufficiently well developed:}
17. Rd4 g5 18. Qc3 $14 {[%csl Ye5,Gg8]}) 17. f4 (17. Nb6 Ra6 {[%cal Ye7d8]})
17... Bd8 {followed by powerful kingside counterplay involving the advance of
the g- and h-pawns (after thorough concentration of pieces on that wing).}) (
14. cxd5 {looks to me like the most consistent continuation.} exd5 (14... cxd5
$6 {is hardly advisable because White's better development would offer him
chances to take over the control of the only open file.}) 15. Na4 {Once again,
the knight should be heading for d3.} Ne4 {. White has a choice between} 16. b3
{followed by Nb2-d3 and the immediate 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 with chances for
both sides.}) 14... Bxd6 15. e3 Rb8 {With the white knight far away from the
c6-square, Black feels like threatening to win space with ...b5, but I am not
sure of the viability of such a plan.} ({I believe that} 15... Bd7 {would have
been more constructive.}) 16. c5 $6 {This looks like a strategic surrender.} ({
It was still not too late to improve the position of the knight with} 16. Ne2 {
. In case of} b5 $6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nf4 {the weakness of the c5-square might
have some relevance.}) 16... Bc7 17. f4 {White has blocked the position, but
this does not necessarily mean that the knight is stronger than any of the
enemy bishops. In fact, his own bishop is not too well placed, while Black has
at his disposal the standard attacking plan on the kingside. Black is not
worse.} Bd7 18. a3 Be8 19. b4 b5 $5 {This reaction to the queenside attack is
known from the third game of the match Zukertort-Steinitz.} 20. cxb6 Bxb6 21.
Na4 axb4 22. axb4 Rf7 23. Qc3 Rfb7 {Having concentrated big part of his forces
on the queenside, Black intends to maintain things under control for a while
on that side of the board.} 24. Bf1 g5 25. Ba6 Rg7 {This is a clear
manifestation of the high mobility of pieces, mentioned in a previous comment.}
26. Rd2 h5 27. Rg2 Bc7 28. Nc5 Qf6 29. Bf1 Bd6 {Black's position looks
promising, but White's next positional concession only makes things worse.} 30.
fxg5 $6 Rxg5 31. Ra7 e5 32. dxe5 $6 {Another unnecessary release of the
tension.} Bxe5 33. Qb3 h4 {White's position will soon fall apart.} 34. gxh4
Rxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Qxh4 36. Nd3 Bxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qc4 38. Qa3 Bg6 39. Bf3 f4 {For
Bacrot - a sad way to end a match in which he had been far from his best form.}
0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 {This move was indicated by Ponomariov as possibly
the best, without any further illustrative line.} (10... Qc8 {Ponomariov,R 
(2734)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Dortmund 2010/CBM 138/[Ponomariov] (1-0, 36)}) 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. e4 $1 {White has to open the centre immediately, in order to take
advantage of his better coordination.} Nxe5 13. exd5 Be2 14. dxe5 Bxd1 15. Qxd1
exd5 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Rc8 $146 (17... Nxe5 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. f4 Re8 {A
curious decision. Most of the knight retreats lose at once, but one of them
may be playable.} (19... Nc6 $2 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qf5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1
Nd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Be4 Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 $18) (19... Nd7 $2 20. Qg4 Bc5+ 21.
Kh1 f6 22. b4 Bd6 23. Qe6+ $18) (19... Nc4 20. Qg4 f6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Bxf6
Qxf6 23. Bxa8 $18) (19... Ng6 20. f5 Ne5 21. f6 $40) 20. fxe5 $16 {Yevseev,D 
(2531)-Grachev,B (2668)/Irkutsk 2010/CBM 138 (1-0, 60)}) 18. Bc3 b5 19. b3 Bc5
20. Qh5 (20. Qg4 $5 $40) 20... Ne7 21. Be4 h6 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Nd7
$2 (24. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Ng8 (24... Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 Be3 26. Bb4 Bc5 27. Nd7
$18) 25. Nd7 Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Qd4 {This is by far less effective than ...Qe3 from
the game continuation.} 27. Bf5 g6 28. Qe2 $16 {White will retrieve the
sacrificed material, retaining a positional advantage.}) 24... Bxf2+ 25. Kf1
Qe3 $17 {Probably missed by White in her previous calculation.} 26. Nxf8 Qxe4
27. Qxf7 Bb6 28. Qxe7 Qf3+ 29. Ke1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Porto Mannu op 9th"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 ({A few weeks
earlier I faced a similar plan, but without ...Nbd7:} 6... O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. Nc3 {With the rook on f1 it makes no sense retreating with the
bishop to e1.} Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. Rad1 f5 12. e3 Bd6 13. a3 Qe7 14. f4 b6 15.
Nf3 Bb7 16. Ne5 Kh8 17. b4 $14 {The position is more or less symmetrical but
White is more active and Black's attempt to get counterplay will backfire.} a5
18. b5 cxb5 19. cxd5 b4 20. dxe6 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 Nxe5 {Marin,M-Lupulescu,C Alba
Iulia (rapid) 2017} 22. dxe5 bxc3 23. Rxd6 b5 24. Qd5 $18) 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O O-O
9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Be1 {With the rook on d1 already I find this move the most
flexible.} (10. Nc3 {would lead to somewhat similar play to that in my game
above with the difference that the rooks' placement will leave the white
kingside slightly weakened.} Nxd2 11. Nxd2 (11. Rxd2 dxc4 $5) 11... f5 12. Rab1
a5 13. e3 Nf6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19.
Rdc1 g5 20. Nfd3 Bb5 $11 {Papaioannou,I (2631)-Berkes,F (2640) Baku 2016 (1/
2-1/2, 51)}) (10. Bf4 {allows Black to gain time:} g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nc3 Qe8 ({
There was no need for giving up the pawn.} 12... Kh8 $13 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gd8e8,
Ge8h5]}) 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nxg5 {Cheparinov,I (2689)-Aronian,L (2785) Doha 
(blitz) 2016 (1/2-1/2, 59). Black should not have enough compensation for the
pawn, but for a blitz game it eventually worked out well.}) 10... b5 $5 {
A rare continuation.} (10... f5 {is more typical, but with the actual piece
placement (Be1) White can start his queenside play unhindered:} 11. b4 Qe8 12.
a4 Rf6 13. b5 Rh6 14. Nbd2 g5 15. Nf1 (15. h3 $5) 15... g4 16. Ne5 $6 ({
The interesting} 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. gxh4 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge1h4] would have slowed
down Black's attack.} Nd6 $6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qc7 $132) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5
Bd7 $132 {L'Ami,E (2627)-Nisipeanu,L (2679) Wijk aan Zee 2016 (1/2-1/2, 34)})
11. c5 $146 {This is the typical reaction, but it may be not the strongest
under these specific circumstances.} ({A few rounds later Landa employed this
same plan with Black, achieving pleasant play after White's feeble reaction:} 
11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 b4 14. Bd2 Ba6 15. Bf1 Nb6 16. b3 Rc8 17.
Qb2 Qd7 18. Rac1 Qb7 $15 {Heinig,W (2309)-Landa,K (2615) Porto Mannu 2017 (1/
2-1/2, 83)}) ({But I believe that White's reaction in the only previous game
with the same line is better or at least simpler to handle:} 11. Ne5 $1 {
The e4-knight is hanging.} Nxe5 (11... bxc4 12. Nxc6 Qe8 13. f3 Nef6 14. e4 $16
) 12. dxe5 Qb6 (12... Nc5 13. b4 Na4 14. e4 d4 15. c5 a5 16. a3 $16) (12... f5
13. exf6 Nxf6 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. e4 $16) 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 bxc4 15. Nd2
Qxb2 16. Nxc4 Qb5 {Vokoun,J (2238)-Cifka,S (2370) Prague 2007 (0-1, 36)} 17.
Nd6 $16) 11... a5 (11... f5 12. a4 $14) 12. Nbd2 (12. b4 axb4 (12... a4 13. Ne5
Nxe5 14. dxe5 f5 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nd2 Bd7 $14) 13. Bxb4 Ra4 $11) 12... f5 13. Nb3
{[%cal Gb3c1,Gc1d3] At this high point in the game I felt confident as I had a
clear regrouping plan in my mind. But it is questionable whether White has
more than a very slight advantage (or at all).} g5 (13... Bf6 14. Nc1 g5 15.
Nd3 Qc7 16. Qc1 $1 {Mariya Yugina rightly pointed out when I showed her some
of these lines that I do not mind moving backward with my pieces. But some of
the moves, such as the last one, are good. Others less so.} g4 17. Nfe5 $14
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 $2 20. f3 Nf6 21. Qg5+ Kf7 22. Bc3 $18) 14.
Nc1 $6 {This moving backward is too passive.} (14. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 a4 16.
Nd4 Bd7 17. Bb4 g4 18. f3 Ng5 19. Bd2 (19. fxg4 fxg4 20. e4 Qe8 $15) 19... h5 {
Statically White's position is better, but it is hard to prove that he has a
concrete advantage.}) 14... g4 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. e3 ({My initial plan was} 16.
Nd3 Bxd4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nf4 {but then I realised that I would love Black's
position after} Rxf4 19. gxf4 Qf6 $44) 16... Qe7 17. Ne2 e5 18. Nb3 {I already
lost control about which was my knight and which the queen one. They both used
the same trajectory at different moments.} b4 19. Nbc1 exd4 {This is a small
concession.} ({In the game I started fearing that after} 19... Ba6 20. a3 Rfb8
$15 {I would stand worse... and not without rrason.}) 20. exd4 Ba6 21. a3 b3 $5
{An interesting but not absolutely necessary pawn sacrifice.} (21... Rfb8 $5
22. axb4 axb4 23. h3 $13) 22. Qxb3 Rfb8 23. Qa4 (23. Qc2 Ndxc5 $15 24. dxc5 $2
Rxb2 $19) 23... Bb5 (23... Rxb2 24. Qxc6 $16) 24. Qc2 Nf8 $44 {Black is
perfectly regrouped and the d4-pawn is chronically weak. It is White who needs
to be careful.} 25. Bd2 {This wastes time.} (25. Bc3 Ne6 26. Nd3 {suggested by
Mariya Yugina makes a bit more sense.}) 25... Ne6 26. Be3 a4 27. Nc3 Qg7 28.
Nxb5 Rxb5 29. Ne2 Rb3 30. Rd3 Rab8 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Rd1 Qb7 33. Bc1 Bg5 {
This came as a bit of a shock, but I eventually found a saving continuation.}
34. Nf4 (34. h4 Bxc1 35. Qxc1 Rxb2 36. Qh6 Qf7 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Qxf4 Nxf2 39.
Qg5+ $11) 34... Bxf4 35. gxf4 Qb8 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. Qxd3 Nxf4 38. Bxf4 Qxf4 39.
Bxe4 Qxe4 40. Qa6 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 (42. Kg3 $2 h6 $3 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44.
Qc7+ Kg6 45. Qd6+ Kh5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Filippov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. c5 $146 {A novelty on the 5th move!
} b6 6. cxb6 cxb6 7. Bxb4 axb4 8. Nbd2 d5 {Far from being a weakness (how can
White attack it?) the b4-pawn ensures Black some queenside space advantage and
pressure against the a2-pawn.} 9. e3 O-O 10. Bb5 Qd6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7
13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Ra7 15. Rc1 {Launching an invitation to concrete play.}
Rxa2 {Accepted!} 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Rxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb1+ g6 19. Qxa2 Ra8 20. Qb1
Rc8 21. Nf3 Qc2 {White's extra pawn on the kingside is not relevant yet. In
fact, he faces some problems because of the vulnerability of the b2-pawn.} 22.
Qa1 Bb5 23. Re1 Qa4 24. Qb1 Qc2 25. Qa1 Qa4 26. Qb1 Rc2 {The second indirect
invitation (to a draw this time) was declined!} 27. h4 b3 28. h5 {White has to
put his money on the attack; otherwise the b3-pawn would become a queen rather
soon.} gxh5 (28... Kg7 $5 29. hxg6 Qa2 30. gxf7 Qxb2 31. Qd1 Be2 $19) 29. Qd1
Kg7 30. e4 dxe4 31. Ne5 $132 f6 32. Qxh5 Be8 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qf4 (34. Qxe6 $11
) 34... Ke7 35. Rxe4 fxe5 36. dxe5 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Bc6 38. Qf6+ Kd7 39. Rd4+ Kc8
40. Qxe6+ $2 (40. Qe7 $1 Bd5 $8 41. Qe8+ Kb7 42. Ra4 $8 Qxa4 43. Qxa4 Rxb2 $44)
40... Kb7 $17 41. Qf7+ Ka6 42. Qxb3 Qxb2 43. Ra4+ Bxa4 44. Qxa4+ Kb7 45. Qe4+
Kb8 46. f4 Rc8 47. e6 Qc2 48. Qe5+ Qc7 49. Qd4 Re8 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 b6 $5 {This looks a
bit weird with a knight on c6, but Black's queenside plan is quite coherent as
will soon become clear.} (6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 {Grischuk,
A (2747)-Ivanchuk,V (2779)/Monte Carlo 2011/CBM 142/[Marin,M] (0-1, 45)}) ({
The usual move order to reach the game tabyia is} 6... Na5 7. b3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7)
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Na5 9. b3 O-O {I find this position quite illustrative of
the hypermodern spirit. Nimzowitsch and Reti would have been satisfied: Black
controls White's massive pawn centre by means of piece pressure only. After
having provoked the slight weakness b2-b3, he is ready to start attacking the
centre with ...c5 or sometimes ...d5. The main specialist of this line seems
to be grandmaster Nenad Sulava.} 10. d5 $5 {Almost never played before.} (10.
Rc1 {is the kind of neutral move which makes Black's life easier. The main
issue is that a2-a3 has ceased to be a potential threat, increasing the
stability of Black's minor pieces.} Rac8 11. Re1 c5 {The thematic move, but
not the only one possible.} (11... d5 {leads to an entirely different kind of
structure} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 c5 14. e3 Rfd8 $13 {Shneider,A (2570)
-Rytshagov,M (2470)/Cappelle la Grande 1994/EXT 99 (1/2, 19)}) 12. d5 $5 {
The only way to complicate the game.} exd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne4 $5 {
rejecting the present and aiming to occupy the c3-square.} (14... Nxd5 15. Nh4
$44) 15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Nd4 {With the d-pawn on its initial
square, this knight does not threaten much. The weakness of the c3-square and
the control of the only open file offer Black excellent play.} Nb7 18. Qd3 Nbd6
19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 $15 {Landenbergue,C (2415)-Jussupow,A (2573)/
Switzerland 2010/CBM 135 Extra (0-1, 52)}) ({The main continuation is} 10. Qc2
{, starting to prepare e2-e4.} Rac8 11. Rfe1 (11. Rfd1 c5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3
Be4 14. Qb2 d5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. Bxa5 bxa5 {In Skembris,S (2439)-Sulava,N 
(2478)/Bastia 2004/CBM 100 ext (1/2, 25) the position simplified rapidly, but
White's only chance to keep some tension was} 17. b4 $5 Qb7 18. Qc3 Bd5 $13)
11... c5 12. e4 (12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. Qb2 d5 {With the white rook
passive on e1 rather than on d1, this setup is even safer for Black than in
the line above.} 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 Nxb3 17. Bb4 Nc5 18. bxa7 Qxa7 $11 {
Dunis,A (2443)-Sulava,N (2482)/Nice 2004/CBM 101 ext (1/2, 78)}) (12. dxc5 Bxc5
{transposes below}) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nf3 Ng4 {We have reached a
typical QI Hedgehog. White has a space advantage, but his dark squares are
weak and he faces problems neutralising Black's initiative.} 15. Re2 (15. Nd1
Nc6 16. Bc3 d6 17. a3 Nge5 $36 {[%csl Gd4] ><d4 Delemarre,J (2320)-Rytshagov,M
(2475)/Amsterdam 1995/EXT 1997 (0-1, 27)}) 15... Nc6 16. h3 (16. e5 f6 17. exf6
Qxf6 $36 {Tunik,G (2474)-Lavrov,A (2352)/Korolev 1999/EXT 2001 (0-1, 42)}) (16.
Na4 Nge5 17. Bc3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rd1 Be5 21. Bg2 b5 $36 {
Kazhgaleyev,M (2596)-Sulava,N (2478)/Belfort 2004/EXT 2005 (1-0, 40)}) 16...
Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rd1 f5 (18... h5 $5) 19. Bf4 Ng6 (19... d6 $5) 20. exf5
Nxf4 21. gxf4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qh4 (22... Rxf5 $2 23. Qxf5 $16) 23. Rxd7 exf5 $2 {
[%csl Gd5]} (23... Rxf5 $5 $132) 24. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Naumkin,I (2435)-Zelcic,R 
(2540)/Montecatini Terme 1998/EXT 2000 (39)}) 10... c6 11. dxe6 $146 {White
aims for a symbolic advantage in an almost symmetrical position.} (11. Nd4 cxd5
12. cxd5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxd5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Rfd1
$44 {Stathopoulos,I (2122)-Katov,L (2271)/Nikea 2011/CBM 144 Extra (1/2, 32)})
11... dxe6 12. Qc2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 h6 {Black still has some problems regrouping.
In order to activate his b7-bishop, he needs to play ...c6-c5, but then the
other bishop may come into some danger. However, the symmetrical character of
the position and the absence of weaknesses leaves Black very close to equality.
} 14. h3 {This plan seems too slow to offer any advantage.} (14. Ne5 {is more
active, but Black should be able to neutralise the pressure with a few
accurate moves.} Bd6 15. Bf4 (15. Nd3 c5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nb5 Nc6 {[%cal
Gc6d4,Gf6e4]}) 15... Bc7 {/\...Nh5} (15... g5 16. Ng6 $1) (15... Nh5 16. Rxd6
Rxd6 17. c5 bxc5 18. Be3 $36 {[%csl Ga5,Gb7,Gh5]}) 16. Bf3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 {
followed by ...c5 soon.}) 14... Rac8 15. g4 c5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Be4 18. Qb2
Ne8 19. Rac1 (19. Bxa5 bxa5 {[%csl Gb3]}) 19... Nb7 $5 {Overprotecting c5 and
maintaining the possibility of putting pressure on c4 in the event of b3--b4.}
(19... Nc6 20. b4 {offers White some slight initiative.}) 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2
Rd8 22. Qf4 Nbd6 23. Bf1 f6 24. b4 e5 $132 {After having placed all his pawns
on dark squares, Black has neutralised the c3-bishop completely. Besides, the
other white bishop is not too active either.} 25. Qe3 Ba8 26. Nd2 Qb7 27. f3
Qc6 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Nb3 Nxc4 30. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Nxc5 Ne3 32. Be1 Rc8 33. Bf2
Nxf1 34. Kxf1 Bd5 $11 35. Ke1 Bf7 36. Nd3 Rxc1+ 37. Nxc1 a6 38. Kd2 Nc7 39. Nd3
Bc4 40. a4 Nd5 41. Nb2 Ba2 42. e4 Ne7 43. Kc3 Nc6 44. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "267"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 {In certain cases, the
white bishop is exposed on d2, but in others it may prove useful. This game
will feature the latter possibility.} 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Rc1
$5 {An interesting move that came into the limelight recently. White waits for
Black to define his intentions and makes use of the availability of the
c1-square. Later, he will aim to prove the usefulness of the bishop's presence
on d2.} ({With the bishop on c1, White could develop normally with} 9. Nc3 {
, but here Black would gain an important tempo with} Nb6 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bf4 {
Onischuk,A (2627)-Dautov,R (2606)/Germany 2001/CBM 081/[Dautov] (1/2, 42)})
9... Nb6 ({In principle,} 9... b6 {is precisely what White would be waiting
for and it dooms Black to a passive position with a symmetrical structure after
} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Na3 (11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 $2 14. Qa4 Nb8 15.
Ne5 $16 {Pergericht,D (2295)-Abdulghafour,Y/Manila 1992/TD (1-0, 44)}) 11...
Bb7 12. Bb4 Bxb4 13. Qxb4 a6 14. e3 Rc8 $14 {In Ivanchuk,V (2766)-Gelfand,B 
(2739)/Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147 ((0-1, 42) Black not only managed to keep
White's initiative within tolerable limits, but even won after Ivanchuk went
too far with his winning attempts.}) ({In practice, White could not show
anything convincing after} 9... a5 $5 {, restricting the d2-bishop and aiming
to gain space with ...a5-a4.} 10. a4 Ne4 (10... Nb6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7
13. c5 Nc4 14. Be1 b6 $132 {Kozul,Z (2579)-Palac,M (2552)/Bihac 2010/CBM 136
Extra (1/2, 24)}) 11. Be1 f5 12. Nc3 Kh8 13. e3 Qe8 14. Ne2 g5 15. Nd2 Qh5 16.
f3 Nd6 17. Qd1 $13 {Salov,V (2630)-Short,N (2650)/Rotterdam 1989/CBM 013 (1-0,
43)}) (9... Ne4 {unexpectedely led to huge complications after:} 10. Bb4 Bxb4
11. Qxb4 a5 (11... Qb6 {does not contribute to the fight for space. The only
idea is to grab a pawn, but White can deal with that.} 12. Qb3 Ndf6 13. Nc3 Rd8
14. e3 dxc4 $5 {Otherwise Black would be short of constructive moves.} 15. Qc2
Nd6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Rd1 Nf8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. e5 Nf5 20. Ne4 $44 {Romanishin,O 
(2525)-Kharitonov,A (2500)/Lvov 1990/CBM 018 (1/2, 39)}) 12. Qa3 b5 $5 {
Strategically, this looks risky, but Black plays for the initiative, taking
advantage of the somewhat unfavourable placement of the white queen.} 13. Ne5
$5 {White does not step back from real fight either.} (13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nbd2
b4 $132) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 f5 (14... bxc4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nc3 e3 17. f4 $44
) 15. f3 (15. cxb5 cxb5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gd8b6]} 16. Qe3 d4 $36) 15... b4 $1 (
15... Qb6+ $2 16. c5 $18) 16. Qd3 (16. Qe3 d4 $17 {[%cal Ge4c5]}) 16... Qb6+
17. e3 dxc4 18. Qd4 (18. Rxc4 Ba6) 18... c5 (18... Qxd4 19. exd4 Ng5 20. f4 Ne4
21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nd2 $14) 19. Qd1 (19. Qxc4 Ba6 20. Qc2 c4 21. fxe4 Qxe3+ 22.
Kh1 Rad8 $44 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1]}) 19... c3 20. bxc3 Rd8 21. Qe1 Ng5 22. f4 Ne4 23.
Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nd2 Rd3 25. Nxe4 c4 $13 {Ljubojevic,L (2580)-Jussupow,A (2610)/
Rotterdam 1989/CBM 013 (0-1, 42)}) 10. Ba5 $5 $146 {A consequent continuation.}
({Once again, it makes little sense to block the queenside:} 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bf4
b6 $1 {After this well-timed pawn break, White will not be able to maintain
the blockade on the dark squares.} 12. Na3 Nxa3 13. Qxa3 bxc5 14. dxc5 a5 15.
Bd6 Bb7 16. Ne5 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. e4 Qc7 19. Qc3 Nf6 20. exd5 exd5 21. b3 (
{White plays without a clear plan. He could have tried regrouping with} 21. Nf3
{, aiming to block the d5-pawn with the knight, but this would allow Black to
get irritating activity:} Ne4 22. Qc2 a4 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. Rd1 Rfe8 $13 {[%cal
Ge4g5,Gg5e6,Ga8a5]}) 21... Rfe8 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Qd4 Ne4 24. Nd3 Ba6 25. Nf4
Nf6 $11 {San Segundo Carrillo,P (2415)-Salov,V (2655)/Madrid 1992/CBM 030 (1/2,
55)}) 10... dxc4 {Black has to accept the pawn.} (10... Qe8 11. Nbd2 $14) 11.
Qd1 ({White would get nowhere with} 11. Rxc4 Qd5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Ne5 Qd8 {
Black's queen's rook is developed already, and the bishop pair could become
dangerous if the positon opens up. Moreover, Black has the plan of gaining
space with ...b6-b5-b4.} 14. Nd2 (14. Rxc6 $5 Qxd4 15. Nf3 Qd8 16. Rc1 Bd7 $11)
14... Nd7 $5) 11... Qd5 12. Bc3 Qb5 {The idea to transfer the queen to a6 does
not seem right. Black will not be able to keep the extra pawn anyway.
Eventually, White will force the queen exchange under very favourable
circumstances, taking advantage of the reduced mobility of the black one.} (
12... Ne4 $5) (12... Qh5 $5) 13. a4 Qa6 14. Nbd2 Nbd5 (14... Rd8 15. e3 $14 {
[%cal Gg2f1,Ga4a5]}) 15. Ne5 (15. e3 $5 {[%cal Gg2f1]}) 15... c5 {This usually
is a freeing move, but here it weakens the long diagonal and the b5-square.} (
15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Nexc4 Nb6 18. Ne5 Nd7 $14 {may be a better try for
survival.}) 16. Ndxc4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 $16 Nd7 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Qb5 $1 {Now
White's space advantage becomes overwhelming.} Qxb5 20. axb5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 f6 23. Nc4 Bd7 24. b6 axb6 (24... a6 25. Na5 Bd8 26. Nxb7 Bxb6 27. e3
Bb5 28. Nd6 $16) 25. Nxb6 Be8 {Black is passive and has numerous weaknesses.
The least White should count on getting is a rook ending with 5P vs 4P on the
same wing, which would offer reasonable winning chances.} 26. Rab1 {This loses
two tempi, but White's domination is such that cannot be shaken by this kind
of "detail".} (26. e3 $5 $16) 26... Bg6 27. Ra1 Rfd8 28. e3 Bd3 29. Bh3 f5 (
29... Kf7 30. Rc7 $16) 30. Bf1 $1 {After having provoked a new weakness, the
bishop was not useful anymore.} Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Rd6 32. Rcb1 Bd8 33. Nc4 Rd7 34.
Ne5 Rc7 35. Ra6 $5 b6 36. Kg2 Bf6 $2 37. Nd3 $2 ({Missing an immediate win with
} 37. Rbxb6 $1 $18 {Because of his back rank weakness (both players must have
overlooked that f7 is controlled by the knight), Black loses two pawns.
Kramnik must have felt in his element when reaching this endgame, but somehow
failed to display the required accuracy at the critical moments. This is just
one of his missed chances, eventually leading to a frustrating draw...}) 37...
Rcb7 38. Rb5 Bd8 39. Re5 Re7 40. Nf4 (40. d5 $5 exd5 41. Rxf5 Rd7 42. Nb4 b5 (
42... d4 43. Nc6 Rc8 44. Nxd4 $18) 43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. Nxd5 $16 {With his rook
behind the passed pawn, Black has saving chances, but should refrain from:} b4
$2 45. Nxb4 Rxb4 46. Ra8 $18) 40... Kf7 41. Nd3 Rc8 42. Rb5 Kf6 43. h4 g6 44.
Kf3 h5 45. Ra2 Rb7 46. Ne5 Kg7 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Kd3 Rbc7 49. Kd2 Rb7 50. Kd3
Rbc7 51. Rb3 Rb7 52. Nc4 Bc7 53. Rb5 Rcb8 54. Rab2 Ra7 55. Rc2 ({Kramnik
rightly hopes to get a better ending than that arising after} 55. Nxb6 Bxb6 56.
Rxb6 Rxb6 57. Rxb6 $16) 55... Ke7 56. e4 fxe4+ 57. Kxe4 Rd8 58. Ne3 (58. Nxb6
Bxb6 59. Rxb6 Ra4 60. Rd2 Kf6 $14) 58... Rd7 59. Rc6 Ra4 60. Nc4 Kf7 61. Rb3
Ra2 62. f4 Ra4 63. Ke3 Ra1 64. Nd2 Ke7 65. Nf3 Ra7 66. Rb5 Ra5 67. Rxa5 bxa5
68. Ke4 {This allows Black to set up a defensive system.} (68. Ng5 {would have
been more restrictive:} Bd6 69. Ra6 Rb7 70. Rxa5 Rb3+ 71. Ke4 Rxg3 72. Ra7+ Ke8
73. Nxe6 Rg4 74. Rg7 $16) 68... Bd6 (68... Bb8 $5 $14 69. Ra6 $140 Ra7) 69. Ra6
Rb7 (69... Bc7 70. Ne5 Bxe5 71. fxe5 $16) 70. Rxa5 Bb8 71. Ra6 Rb3 72. Ng5 Rxg3
$2 (72... Bd6 73. Ra7+ Ke8 74. Nxe6 $16 {would transpose to the line given on
move 68.}) 73. Rxe6+ Kd7 74. Rxg6 Rg4 75. Rg7+ Kc8 76. Ne6 Rxh4 {White is
winning, but after 6 hours of play it is not easy to evaluate the consequences
of Black's counterplay based on his h-pawn.} 77. Rh7 (77. Rf7 $18 {/\Kd5}) (77.
Kd5 $1 {would have led to the game position more directly:} Bxf4 78. Kc6 Kb8
79. Rb7+ ({Actually, the most elegant win is} 79. Rd7 $5 {/\80.Kb6 Kc8 Rd8#,
but this is not easy to see during the game.}) 79... Ka8 80. Rb3 $1 {The rook
stands well here, cutting off the enemy king and slowing down the h-pawn.} Rg4
(80... Bh2 81. Nc7+ Bxc7 82. Kxc7 $18) 81. Nxf4 Rxf4 82. d5 $18) 77... Bd6 78.
Kd5 Bxf4 79. Kc6 Kb8 80. Kb6 {Getting here one move later than in the previous
line, which does not change anything, of course.} (80. Rd7 $1 $18) (80. Rb7+ $1
$18) 80... Kc8 81. Kc6 Kb8 82. Rb7+ Ka8 83. Rb5 $6 ({This loses a tempo over} 
83. Rb3 $1 $18 {, but should still win.}) 83... Rg4 84. Ra5+ $2 {This seems to
finally spoil the win.} (84. Nxf4 $1 Rxf4 85. d5 Rc4+ 86. Kd7 h4 87. Rb3 $18 {
Even with a tempo less, White is in time to promote his pawn:} Rg4 88. d6 Rg3
89. Rxg3 $1 hxg3 90. Kc6 g2 91. d7 g1=Q 92. d8=Q+ Ka7 93. Qc7+ Ka6 94. Qb7+ Ka5
95. Qb5#) 84... Kb8 85. Rxh5 ({Now it is too late for} 85. Rb5+ Ka7 (85... Kc8
86. Rxh5 $18) 86. Nxf4 Rxf4 87. d5 Rc4+ 88. Kd7 h4 89. Rb3 Rg4 90. d6 Rg3 91.
Rb2 h3) 85... Bg3 {The world title match played earlier this year was decided
by an ending with the same material as in our current position. However, Leko
defends better than Gelfand.} 86. Rh8+ Ka7 87. Rh7+ Kb8 88. Rb7+ Kc8 89. Rf7
Kb8 90. d5 Rc4+ 91. Nc5 Rc2 92. Rb7+ Ka8 93. Rb5 Bh2 94. Rb1 Ka7 95. Rb7+ Ka8
96. Rg7 Kb8 97. Rg8+ Ka7 98. Rg7+ Kb8 99. Rg6 Ka7 100. d6 $11 {Finally
resigning himself to the inevitable.} Bxd6 101. Rxd6 Rc1 102. Rd2 Kb8 103. Ra2
Rc3 104. Rb2+ Kc8 105. Re2 Kd8 106. Kd6 Rc1 107. Nb7+ Kc8 108. Re7 Rd1+ 109.
Kc6 Rc1+ 110. Nc5 Kd8 111. Re2 Rc3 112. Kd6 Rc1 113. Ne6+ Kc8 114. Rd2 Rc3 115.
Nc5 Rc1 116. Re2 Kd8 117. Re3 Rc2 118. Ne6+ Kc8 119. Rd3 Rc1 120. Rd5 Rc2 121.
Rd1 Rc3 122. Nf4 Rb3 123. Rc1+ Kb7 124. Nd5 Rb2 125. Rc7+ Kb8 126. Rh7 Rb1 127.
Nc3 Rb6+ 128. Kc5 Rb3 129. Ne4 Rb7 130. Rh8+ Kc7 131. Nd6 Rb1 132. Rh7+ Kd8
133. Nb7+ Ke8 134. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 {This apparently
simplistic way of playing used to be a specialty of Ulf Andersson, a
completely different kind of player from Carlsen.} 6. Nc3 ({The typical way of
meeting any Bogo-Indian setup is based on the kingside fianchetto; Carlsen had
some recent experience against it, though.} 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9.
Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 (10. b4 {Topalov,V (2803)-Carlsen,M (2826)/Nanjing 2010/CBM
139/[Edouard,R] (0-1, 33)}) 10... cxd5 11. Nc3 (11. Na3 {Kramnik,V (2784)
-Carlsen,M (2814)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141/[Moradiabadi/Karsten Mueller] (0-1,
85)}) 11... Ba6 {Wang Yue (2732)-Carlsen,M (2826)/Nanjing 2010/CBM 139/
[Edouard,R] (1/2, 28)}) 6... O-O 7. e3 {Before moving forward, I find it
useful to relate the position to some refefrence points from well settled
theory. In the Orthodox lines of the Queen's Gambit, Black frequently aims to
exchange the dark-squared bishops, in order to get some space for the queen
and release the pressure against the f6-knight. Two classical ways of
achieving that are the Capablanca System (...dxc4 followed by ...Nd5) and he
Lasker System (...Ne4).. From this point of view, I find some positive aspects
in the Bogo setup: Black exchanges the bishops without the need to give up the
tension in the centre with ...dxc4 or moving for the second time with an
already developed knight.} Qe7 {The perfect square for the queen in many
Bogo-Indian lines.} 8. Rc1 Rd8 {This way of putting pressure on the white
centre is reminsicent to some extent of one of the plans in the Lasker System.}
9. Qc2 ({Deviating from an earlier Carlsen game:} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 {
An useful preparation for ...Ne4.} (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 $14) 11. Bb5 (11. O-O Ne4
12. Qe2 Bg4) (11. a3 {is too slow: after having taken the e5-square under
control, Black can develop his initiative with} Bg4) 11... Rd6 {Somewhat
similar to one of the Lasker System variations, successfully used by Yusupov
during his candidates match against Karpov, ages ago.} 12. Bxc6 Rxc6 13. Ne5
Re6 14. f3 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Ne2 c5 18. Nf4 Rd6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20.
Ned3 c4 21. Nb4 Rad8 22. Nc2 Nd7 23. Nd4 Ne5 $132 {Bacrot,E (2713)-Carlsen,M 
(2837)/Biel 2012/CBM 150 (1/2, 56)}) 9... a6 $5 {Resorting to a basic idea
from other Queen's Gambit setups than those mentioned above. Black prepares
the queenside expansion with ...b5 and ...c5, waiting with ...dxc4 until White
has spent a tempo on developing his bishop.} (9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3
Nf8 12. O-O {The position is typical for the Karlsbad/Exchange Variation of
the Queen's Gambit. The previous exchange of the bishops ensures Black some
freedom of action for his major pieces. It is interesting to follow the
harmonious regrouping of two great modern/classic players of completely
different style.} Ng6 (12... c6 13. a3 Ng6 14. h3 Rd6 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Nd2 Re8
$11 {Van der Sterren,P (2470)-Andersson,U (2605)/Wijk aan Zee 1988/CBM 005 
(0-1, 40)}) 13. Ne2 c6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Qc5 Qd8 16. Nd2 Nh4 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Bd7
19. Rb1 Ng4 20. Qc2 g6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 h5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rfe1 Qf6 {
One can feel the kingside pressure already.} 25. Ndf1 {Ironically, this knight
does not only fail to defend the king, but it also takes away an important
square from the king and bishop.} (25. Nb3 Nxg2 $1 26. Kxg2 h4 27. Nc5 Bc8 {
Retreating with the knight leads to disaster after ...h3!+, but} 28. Qe2 Kg7 {
/\...Rh8 does not spare White problems, either. Once again, stepping back is
bad:} 29. Nf1 h3+ 30. Kg1 Ra2 $1 31. Nd2 Qd6 $19) 25... Ra3 26. Re2 c5 $1 {
Excellent! White cannot defend both wings properly.} 27. dxc5 Ne5 28. Bb5 $2
Qf3 $3 {0-1 Andruet,G (2450)-Spassky,B (2565)/Germany 1988/GER-chT} 29. gxf3
Nexf3+ 30. Kh1 Bh3 $1 {/\...Bg2# What a shock! The f1-knight is Black's best
friend. One move earlier, it prevented Kf1, now it does not allow the defence
Bf1.}) ({In practice, White has failed to prove anything convincing after the
simplistic} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 {, but the general feeling is that Black has
not equalised completely at this stage.} 11. O-O Nc6 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7
13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Bb5 Rac8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 {
1/2 Andersson,U (2640)-Spassky,B (2605)/Tilburg 1983/MCD} Qb8 19. Qd3 Rc8 20.
h3 {1/2 Chernin,A (2565)-Spassky,B (2620)/Reggio Emilia 1986/CBM 004}) (11...
Nbd7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Nb6 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Bb5 Bd7 $11 {Akobian,V 
(2622)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2572)/Al Ain 2012/CBM 152 (1/2, 30)}) 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13.
Ne4 Qe7 14. a3 Bd7 15. Bd3 (15. Rfd1 Be8 {1/2 Vaganian,R (2630)-Karpov,A (2700)
/London 1984/MCL}) 15... h6 16. b4 Rac8 {Nikolic,P (2540)-Andersson,U (2640)/
Niksic 1983/MCD (0-1, 39)}) 10. a3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 {can again be met
with} Nc6 $5 12. Be2 Bg4 (12... g6 $5) 13. O-O Ne4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ne5 Nb4 16.
Qd1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 f6 18. Nf3 Rd7 19. a3 Nc6 20. b4 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Na7 22. Rc5
Nc8 23. Rfc1 c6 24. a4 Nd6 {Akobian,V (2621)-Krush,I (2461)/Philadelphia 2012/
CBM 147 Extra (1/2, 44). After the knight has reached d6, only Black can be
better. Compare with the famous Portisch-Kasparov Skelleftea 1989 and
Bobotsov-Petrosian Lugano (ol) 1968 games.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Be2 $6 $146 {
This does not make any effort to cross Black's plans.} (11. h3 {is only a
little bit better, because h2-h3 does not change anything essentially.} dxc4
12. Bxc4 c5 13. O-O b5 14. Ba2 (14. Be2 {would almost transpose to the main
game.}) 14... Bb7 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 $11 {Mukhaev,A (2315)-Kholmov,R 
(2465)/Moscow 1997/EXT 2000 (1/2, 50)}) ({Probably this is a good moment to
exchange on d5, since the insertion of ...a6 and a3 may favour White
strategically.} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Na4 $5 (12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O Bg4
15. Nd4 Rac8 {may offer Black some dynamic compensation for the isolani with a
supposedly bad bishop.}) 12... c6 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. O-O Re8 15. b4 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Ga4c5,Gf3d2]}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Be2 b5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. b4 Qe7
16. O-O Bb7 {Black has equalised completely; in fact, White's position has
somewhat lost flexibility, which explains why Aronian decides to force drawish
exchanges.} 17. a4 $11 (17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qb3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 {[%csl Gc4] is
the typical neutral course which could favour only Black.}) 17... Qxb4 18. axb5
axb5 19. Qb1 Qxb1 20. Rxb1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rab8 22. Nxb5 Ne5 23. Nd4 Nxf3+ 24.
Nxf3 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 h6 26. h3 g5 27. g4 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rd7 29. Rb2 Rc7 30. Nd4 Nd5
31. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 O-O ({In my article published in CBM
143 I focussed on} 4... d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 {Eventually, I had the occasion to test
the line against a very strong opponent, see Cheparinov,I (2710)-Marin,M (2447)
Leon 2012 CBM 152 [Marin,M] (1/2, 31)}) 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 $5 {A hypermodern
treatment of the position that has become fashionable recently.} (6... d5 {
is the main line.}) 7. Be2 {The most flexible and probably the best move.
Obviously, Black wants to play ...e5 followed by ...exd4, transposing to some
sort of KI or Old Indian, where the knight is not especially well placed on d2.
In principle, after the exchange in the centre, Black would like to regroup
his minor pieces according to the plan ...Nfd7, ...Bf6 and ...Nc6. We can
understand now that White is interested in provoking ...Nbd7 as a preparatory
move for ...e5; the game move is best suited for this purpose.} (7. Bd3 {
looks active, but exposes the bishop:} e5 $5 8. O-O (8. b4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nfd7
10. Rb1 a5 11. O-O Bf6 12. Nc2 axb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
cxd5 Ne5 17. Be2 c6 $11 {Rodshtein,M (2616)-Gharamian,T (2661)/Cappelle la
Grande 2013}) ({The critical line is} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 {Black seems to get
some compensation in view of his better development and the weakness of the
d4-square, but only practice will tell whether this is enough. Here is a
possible line:} Ng4 10. Ndf3 Bf6 11. Nxg4 Bxg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Qe3
Qe7 15. O-O Rad8 16. Rb1 Rfe8 17. b4 Ne5 18. Be2 Ng6 {This seems to more or
less work for Black, but somehow it is up to White to choose the moment when
to return the pawn while maintaining some pressure with his bishop pair.}) 8...
a5 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 (10... Nfd7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Rb1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nc6 $11)
11. Bb2 Bf8 12. h3 c6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. b4 g6 15. Bf1 Bg7 16. Qc2 axb4 17. axb4
Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Qe7 19. Bc3 {Cheparinov,I (2665)-Hess,R (2572)/Moscow 2011/CBM
141 (1/2, 52)}) (7. b4 {also is an open invitation to ...e6-e5.} a5 8. b5 e5 9.
dxe5 (9. Bb2 exd4 10. Nxd4 {Bulski,K (2549)-Antoniewski,R (2557)/Czech
Republic 2012 (1/2, 23)} Nbd7 11. Be2 Nc5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O Bf8 14. f3 g6
$132) 9... dxe5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bc5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 (14... Qxf6 $44) 15. Qc1 f5 16. O-O fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bd4 18. Bf3 (18. Ng3
Bxa1 19. Qxa1 $44) 18... Be6 (18... Bg4 $1 $44) 19. Ra2 $16 {Georgiev,K (2666)
-Arsovic,Z (2441)/Struga 2005/CBM 108 ext (1-0, 49)}) ({In a game played just
a few days before writing these lines, I faced} 7. Qc2 {This does not seem to
be a problem, White cannot get an advantage by moving with his queen when half
of his army is undeveloped.} Nfd7 $1 (7... Nbd7 {more or less justifies
White's experiment.} 8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. b3 Bf8
13. Bb2 c6 14. h3 g6 15. Bc3 Bg7 16. b4 {Hamitevici,V (2415)-Campos Moreno,J 
(2484)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (0-1, 36)}) 8. b4 (8. Be2 e5 9. d5 a5 10.
b3 Nc5 11. Rb1 f5 $36 {In this line we can feel that White has not only lost a
valuable tempo with Qc2, but also exposed the queen with it.}) 8... a5 $6 {
Careless.} (8... e5 9. Bb2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bf6 {/\...Nc6}) 9. b5 $1 {Taking the
c6-square away from the b8-knight.} ({I was relying on} 9. Bb2 axb4 10. axb4
Rxa1+ 11. Bxa1 e5 12. d5 Na6 13. Bc3 c5 $5 $132 {, which would jusitfy the
migration of my knights to the queenside.}) 9... e5 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 {
Black has some stability on the dark squares, but will need to spend some time
to develop his knights. In the meanwhile, White will build up his kingside
attack.} Nc5 12. g3 Nbd7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. O-O c6 17. bxc6
bxc6 18. f4 Qc7 19. N2f3 $14 {Erdos,V (2634)-Marin,M (2552)/Bratto 2013/ (1-0,
33)}) 7... Nbd7 (7... Nfd7 {does not seem to work out well here:} 8. b4 $1 (8.
O-O $6 e5 9. d5 a5 10. b3 Nc5 11. Bb2 f5) 8... e5 9. d5 $1 a5 10. Bb2 axb4 11.
axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 $1 {An important detail: we can see that the queen is more
useful on its initial square than on c2, ensuring the stability of the wings.
For instance, the aforementioned plan does not work:} Na6 13. Bc3 c5 14. dxc6
$1 bxc6 15. c5 $1 $36) 8. b4 e5 9. Bb2 a5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 {It is
hard to give a definitive evaluation to this position. Black has no immediate
worries and disposes over a coherent plan of regrouping. However, he cannot
claim equality yet, unless he dissolves the white centre somehow. The
character of the position is similar to that from the Hedgehog lines or the ...
exd4 lines in the fianchetto KI, systematically examined for the first time at
Zurich 1953.} 12. Qc2 (12. f3 Bf8 13. Qc2 c6 14. Kh1 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16.
Bxa1 Ne5 17. Rd1 g6 18. Bf1 Bg7 19. N2b3 $14 {Rodshtein,M (2609)-Tomashevsky,E
(2708)/Biel 2010/CBM 138/[Krasenkow] (1/2, 60)}) 12... Bf8 13. N4b3 $6 $146 {
In one of his famous comments in the equally famous book on the Zurich 53
Candidates tournament, Bronstein underlines the fact that retreating with the
d4-knight usually offers Black counterplay. Boris surely knew that, since he
has huge experience with both colours in the KI, but for some reason he lets
himself be decoyed on to the wrong track.} (13. Nf5 g6 14. Ne3 Bg7 15. Bc3 c6
16. Rad1 (16. bxa5 Nc5 17. f3 Nh5 $17) 16... Qe7 17. Rfe1 axb4 18. axb4 Qf8 19.
Bf1 b6 20. f3 Bb7 21. Qb2 Ra7 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Ndc4 $14 {Potkin,V
(2626)-Tomashevsky,E (2708)/Irkutsk 2010/CBM 138 (1/2, 36)}) 13... axb4 14.
axb4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 c6 {Suddenly, it is not easy to prevent ...d5.} 16. Bf1 (16.
Bc3 d5 {[%csl Ge2]}) ({The only way to maintain the stability in the centre
would be} 16. Nd4 {, but this would mean throwing away two tempi. Play would
continue} g6 (16... d5 $6 17. exd5 Bxb4 18. dxc6 $16) 17. Bf1 Bg7 {I cannot
claim that Black has equalised, but he must have better chances to do it in
the near future; time is important in chess!}) 16... d5 17. exd5 Bxb4 (17...
cxd5 $2 18. c5 $16) 18. dxc6 bxc6 $11 {The position has become equal and dull.
Black has no problems whatsoever.} 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. N2f3 Bf8 21. g3 Bb7 22. Bg2
Qb6 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 c5 25. Nb5 Bc6 26. Qe2 Qb7 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Bxc6
Qxc6 29. Ng2 g6 30. Nc3 h5 31. Nf4 Qe8 32. Kf1 Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nd7 34. Nd3 Nb6
35. Ne4 Nxc4 36. Nexc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Bb4 e5 (11... a5 $1) 12. Nd2 Nxd2 (12... a5
13. Nxe4 axb4 14. c5 $14) 13. Qxd2 (13. Bxd2 $1 a5 (13... b6 14. b4 $16) 14. c5
$1 dxc5 15. Qc2 $16 b6 $4 16. d6 $18) 13... b6 14. Bc3 (14. c5 bxc5 15. Bxc5
dxc5 16. d6 cxd6 17. Bxa8 Nb7 $44 18. e4 (18. O-O $2 Bh3) 18... Bh3 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. f3 f5 $40) 14... a5 15. O-O Nb7 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Nc5 18. b3 Bd7 19.
Bb2 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {A small surprize. This is the first
time in the match when Topalov abstains himself from giving up the tension in
the centre. Not for too long, though, as we will see.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
O-O c6 {A rock solid variation. Did players deviate from their general
strategy of mutual agressiveness, embarking boring play? Not really...} 8. Bf4
{The closed systems of the Catalan opening tend to be transpositional, but
move orders remain important.} ({If White intends to play the Romanischin
system mentioned below, he should move his bishop away from d2 at once. After} 
8. Nc3 $6 dxc4 {it is not easy to retrieve the pawn, since after} 9. Ne5 {
the d4-pawn would be hanging.}) ({The variation mentioned in the notes to
Black's 9th move usually arises in the following move order:} 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1
Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 (12... b5 $2 13. Nxb5 $16) 13. Nxc4
Nxf4 14. gxf4 Rc8 15. e3 Nf6) 8... dxc4 {Played four moves later than in the
previous Catalan games, but with very different plans.} ({In case of the solid
} 8... Nbd7 {, White has a choice between the "normal" 9.Qc2 followed by Rd1
and the following line popularized by Romanischin (among others):} 9. Nc3 b6
10. Qb3 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rac1 {Romanishin,O (2615)-Ribli,Z (2610)/
Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM 037/[Dautov] (1-0, 27)}) 9. Ne5 b5 $5 {Finally, we can
recognize Topalov's style. The former World Champion sacrifices a clear
exchange for far from obvious compensation. The move is not entirely new,
though.} ({The thematic reaction is} 9... Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 {White
has been allowed to consolidate his space advantage, but the kingside
weaknesses as well as Black's bishops' pair make the position double-edged.
The following series of moves has not been met in practice, but is entirely
viable and leads by a transposition to a position mentioned above:} b6 12. Nc3
Bb7 13. e3 Nd7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 {This is an important tabyia, which I
used to consider as favourable for White in my first year with the Catalan.
Practice taught me to think differently.} 16. Rac1 (16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Rac1 {
allows a surprising regrouping:} Bd6 18. Qa4 Bb8 19. a3 Qe7 20. b4 f6 21. Nf3 {
1/2 Marin,M (2561)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2522)/Cala Galdana 2001/CBM 084 ext.
Fearing the threat of ...h6 followed by ...g5, I offered a draw which was
fortunately accepted.}) ({Another version of the same plan is:} 16. a3 Bd6 17.
Nxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 Qe7 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. Ne4 h6 21. Rdc1 g5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Nd2
Kg7 $132 {Komljenovic,D (2479)-Pogorelov,R (2439)/Calvia 2004/EXT 2005 (0-1,
48). In both cases, the weakness of the double pawns consists of the fact that
Black can undermine the f4-pawn, which does not have sufficient defenders
around it.}) 16... Nd5 17. Qa4 {This was supposed to weaken the queenside
before the bishops gets to b8.} b5 $1 $11 18. Qxa7 bxc4 19. Qxb7 Nb4 {A draw
by perpetual is inevitable now.} 20. a3 Rb8 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Ra8
24. Qb7 {1/2 Marin,M (2556)-Gurevich,M (2634)/Mondariz 2002/CBM 091 ext}) 10.
Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 $5 $146 ({The first game in which Black embarked this
line went} 11... Ba6 {Although Black eventually got a good position, the
bishop stands worse on a6 than on d7.} 12. Bxa8 ({White does not get much by
refusing the present:} 12. a3 {[%cal Gb1c3]} Rc8 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15.
e3 Bb7 $132) 12... Qxa8 13. Qc2 (13. a3 $5 {may be an improvement of the same
kind as in the main line.} Qc6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. f3 Rd8 16. Qc2 $14 Rxd4 17. Be3
$1 Rd7 18. Bxa7) 13... Qc6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. f3 e5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. d5 {Aiming,
at the cost of one pawn, to avoid the opening of the position before the
queenside development gets completed.} Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. e4 f5
$132 {Gelfand,B (2750)-Ivanchuk,V (2748)/Nice 2010 (1/2, 33)}) 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 {
For the sacrificed exchange, Black has a dangerous bishops' pair, a space
advantage on the queenside and a superior development. White's problems of
coordination is caused by the fact that he has reverted the natural order of
queenside development (he played with the bishop first, putting it on an
exposed square and leaving the knight on its initial position).} 13. f3 {
I do not understand this move. It weakens the king and does not contribute to
the development. Anand is reported to have played it almost instantly, but I
wonder whether this was part of his preparation, or just over the board
inspiration, aiming to confuse his opponent. In my opinion, he should have
looked for a way to complete his queenside development.} (13. Nc3 {leads to
unclear consequences after} b4 14. Na4 Qd5 (14... Qc6 $6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5
Qxc5 17. Bd6 $16) 15. a3 Bc6 16. f3 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Qxd4+ 18. e3 Qxb2 19. axb4
Nd5 $44) ({While analyzing the position far from my laptop, I felt that White
should prepare the knight's developing with} 13. a3 $1 {I am not sure that
Black's compensation would have been entirely adequate in this case. Here is a
possible variation:} Qc6 14. Nc3 a5 15. Bg5 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. d5 $36 {
When saving the lines in ChessBase, I was very dissapointed to find out that
13.a3 was Rybka's first suggestion, while the whole line (with the exception
of 15.Bg5) gets its absolute blessing. I am not sure what all this means. Do
we human tend to become robotized, or have the engines improved so much as to
generate coherent dynamic-strategic concepts?}) 13... Nd5 14. Bd2 {White's
position looks awkward, but Black has to act with energy in order to avoid
being pushed down with e2-e4.} e5 $1 15. e4 {Who has said "A"...} (15. dxe5 {
would open too many lines and diagonals:} Bh3 {[%cal Gf8d8,Ge7c5]}) 15... Bh3
$1 {Sacrificing even more material in order to maintain the initiative, but,
what is quite remarkable, continuing to play fast, as a clear sign that the
whole plan had been thoroughly been analyzed at home.} 16. exd5 (16. Re1 Nb4 {
[%cal Gb4d3]} 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Nc3 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd8b6]} 19. dxe5
Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qf2 21. Rg1 Qxb2 $44) (16. Rf2 {[%cal Gc5f2]} Nc7 $5) 16... Bxf1
17. Qxf1 exd4 {White has a piece for a pawn, but his kingside is chronically
weak and the opposite wing quite hard to develop. The position is highly
irrational and almost impossible to evaluate with absolute accuracy.} 18. a4 $1
{The only chance to get some piece activity.} Qxd5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rxa7 ({
Instead of this greedy move, which weakens the back rank, White could have
considered} 20. Qc1 $5 {, defending b2 and planning Na3.}) 20... Re8 $1 {
Defending the bishop and continuing to develop.} 21. Kh1 $5 {This looks a bit
unexpected, because the king does not stand very well on the back rank. Its
practical merits are connected with the fact that it caused Topalov to think
for a relatively long while for the first time in the game.} ({Kasparov
suggested} 21. b3 $5 {forcing Black to leave the e8-rook undefended.} Qxb3 22.
Qe1 h6 {[%csl Gg5,Gh7] ><g5} 23. Rxe7 (23. Na3 c3) 23... Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Qxb1+
25. Qe1 ({After} 25. Kg2 Qb2 $11 {, White is forced to give perpetual check.})
25... Qb2 {Black'߆ advanced pawns may well ensure a draw.} ({It also may be
possible to allow the queen swap with} 25... Qc2 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ Qxe4 28.
fxe4 Kg6 {but this ending requires many days of analyzis. I cannot help
remembering my ending from the game Shulman,Y (2639)-Marin,M (2556)/Reykjavik
2009/CBM 130/[Marin] (0-1, 55).})) (21. Kg2 {looks more natural than the text
move, but it is hard to say whether it really is an improvement.} Bd6 ({
With the king on g2,} 21... Qxb2 $2 22. Qxc4 Qxb1 $2 {does not check and loses
to} 23. Rxe7 $1 $18) 22. Bc1 ({After} 22. Na3 $6 Bxa3 23. bxa3 d3 $1 {[%cal
Ge8e2,Gh7h6] , the king stands worse on g2.}) 22... Bc5 23. Ra2 h6 $44 {
White remains under the same kind of pressure as in the game.}) 21... Bf8 {
A solid move, which offers White a relatively wide choice, though.} (21... Bd6
{would have been more restrictive, prevening Rc7. White would probably have
chosen from one of the plans mentioned below, when the difference between ...
Bf8 and ...Bd6 dissapears.}) (21... Bc5 {is not too accurate because of} 22.
Ra5 {when the hanging bishop and c4-pawn force Black to release the pressure
against the b2-pawn:} Qc6) ({Black could have transposed back into the
variation starting with 21.b3:} 21... Qxb2 22. Qe1 h6 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qxe7
Qxb1+) 22. Rc7 {This looks strong, because it forces the d-pawn to advance,
giving up the control of the c3-square. Still, this does not offer an
advantage because of the lack of communication of the rook with the rest of
the pieces.} (22. Na3 $5 Bxa3 23. bxa3 h6 $44 {looks threatening.}) (22. Bc1 $5
Bc5 23. Ra2 {[%cal Gb1d2] may be the critical continuation, inviting Black to
prove his compensation.}) 22... d3 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. Ra7 h6 25. Nd2 Bb4 $1 {
A remarkable decision. Being a piece down, Black aims for piece exchange. The
essence is to question White's stability on dark squares, for which
eliminating the enemy bishop is essential.} 26. Ra1 {Anand feels the danger
and transfers his rook to d1 in order to ensure the knight's relative
stability.} Bxc3 27. bxc3 Re2 28. Rd1 Qa4 29. Ne4 {Only after the d2-square
has been taken under control White decides himself to activate his knight. Had
he done this earlier, ...f5 would have been quite annoying.} Qc2 $6 {Finally
giving White the opportunity to get some symbolic advantage.} (29... f5 $1 30.
Rd2 $8 (30. Nd2 Qa2 31. Nb1 Rf2 32. Qg1 Qe2 $19) (30. Nd6 Qc2 31. Nxc4 Rf2 32.
Qg1 Qe2 33. Rxd3 Rf1 $17) 30... fxe4 31. Rxe2 dxe2 32. Qxe2 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxc3
34. Qxe4 {With the black king exposed, Black should not make himself too many
hopes of advancing his passed pawn, but a draw is guaranteed, of course.}) 30.
Rc1 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Qxg2 Qxc1+ 33. Qf1 Qe3+ 34. Qf2 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qe3+
36. Kg2 f5 37. Nf2 {White has simplified the position even more and achieved
satisfactory stability. Finally, he can play for 2 results only, which must
have been quite refreshing for Anand after such a turbulent opening. The next
phase of the game is illustrative for the force of the far advanced d-pawn,
which compensates the missing material and entitles Black to count on reaching
a draw.} Kh7 38. Qb1 Qe6 39. Qb5 g5 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Kg6 42. Qb7 d2 43.
Qb1+ Kg7 44. Kf1 Qe7 45. Kg2 Qe6 46. Qd1 Qe3 47. Qf3 Qe6 48. Qb7+ Kg6 49. Qb1+
Kg7 50. Qd1 Qe3 51. Qc2 Qe2 52. Qa4 Kg8 53. Qd7 Kf8 54. Qd5 Kg7 55. Kg3 Qe3+
56. Qf3 Qe5+ 57. Kg2 Qe6 58. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 ({In a recent article, I
have examined the system based on} 5... d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 $5 8. Qxc4
Qd5 $1) 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Nc3 (8. Bg5 {is an important alternative,
aiming to leave the b4-bishop exposed.}) 8... O-O 9. dxe5 $5 {Almost never
played.} (9. Qc2 {is the main line.}) 9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. a3 (11. Qc2
c6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Na4 Be6 14. Be3 $14 {Gagarin,V-Nikolenko,O (2405)/Moscow
1989/EXT 1999 (1/2, 26)}) 11... Bc5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Na4 Be6 15.
Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rac1 $14 {The force of White's bishops' pair should not be
neglected.} Rfd8 17. Be3 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Qe7 19. a4 Qb4 20. b3 Nd7 21. Be4 Nf6
22. Bc2 Ng4 23. Bd2 Qe7 24. Qe1 b6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Bc3 c5 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. h3
Nf6 29. Bxe5 Bxh3 30. Qd1 Qxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Nd7 32. Bc7 Kf8 33. Bc2 Ke7 34. Be4 g6
35. f3 Be6 36. g4 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 {I assume that the final result was
dictated by the team's interests. I would evaluate the ending as close to
winning for White.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
O-O {[%emt 0:01:11]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:53] A very provocative variation in which Black
allows White to build up a massive pawn centre just to start attacking it with
all his forces.} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10] The modern trend is to
avoid any exchange in the centre as this would clear space for the black minor
pieces.} ({This does not necessarily mean that} 9. cxd5 {is bad, though. Here
is a revcent example in which White missed an interesting attack:} exd5 10. O-O
Nc6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Nf1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. b4 a5 15. Ng3 g6 16. Rb1 (16.
Nf5 $5 gxf5 17. Bxf5 Re8 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Bb2 {with dangerous threats.}) 16...
axb4 17. axb4 {In Moiseenko,A (2701)-Korobov,A (2680) Lvov 2014 (½-½, 57)
Black could have neutralised the kingside threats with} f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 {
keeping the extra pawn and reasonable development.}) ({Another example
illustrating the dangers for Black went} 9. Qc2 g6 $6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e6 fxe6
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qxg6+ {Riazantsev,A (2688)-Vocaturo,D (2579) Jerusalem 2015
CBM 166 [Krasenkow,M] (0-1, 85) with a powerful attack. White soon got a
winning position, but missed a few best moves and even lost.}) 9... Nc6 {
[%emt 0:01:19]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:43] White's centre looks shaky, but Black
has a big problem: there are no obvious ways to complete the development,
releasing the tension in the centre would just activate the white knights, so
the best is preventing White's normal development, too.} a5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} (
10... cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 h6 13. b4 $14 {[%csl Gd7]}) 11. Bc2 $5 {
[%emt 0:00:25] A multi-purpose move. White clears the d-file in order to build
up pressure against Pd5 and the d3-square to create a battery along the b1-h7
diagonal. If needed, the bishop could go to a4, reducing Black's pressure in
the centre or to b3 to attack d5.} Re8 {[%emt 0:08:27] Black embarks on the
half-waiting policy initiated by White. The last move clears the f8-square for
the knight and prepares for the eventuality of an exchange on d5.} (11... b6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf1 {[%csl Gd5]} cxd4 14. Ba4 Ndb8 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Qd3 Qd7
17. Bh6 $1 $16 {Salem,A (2614)-Amin,B (2633) Dubai 2015 (1-0, 35)} gxh6 $2 18.
Bc2 $18) (11... Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb3 Nxd4 $6 ({The critical continuation
is} 13... c4 14. Nxc4 {Otherwise White would lose the d4-pawn.} dxc4 15. Bxc4 {
White has ample compensation for the piece. Black is underdeveloped and the
potential threats d4-d5 and e5-e6 are annoying.} a4 {Clearing the a5-square
for the knight in order to meet d4-d5 with ...Na5.} 16. Ba2 $5 $44 {Black
faces the same problems about how to complete development.}) 14. Bxd5 Qd8 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Be3 $16 {Rombaldoni,A (2507)-Markidis,K
(2322) Kavala 2014 (1-0, 51)}) ({One round later, Dominguez switched to} 11...
Qc7 {Gelfand,B (2744)-Dominguez Perez,L (2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 [Marin] (1/
2-1/2, 63)}) 12. h3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:24:04] In this position, a
new move, but the real novelty will arise a bit later due to transposition.} (
12... Nf8 {removes the knight from the centre too early, allowing} 13. dxc5
Bxc5 {Rombaldoni,A (2464)-Schneider,S (2312) Stockholm 2012 (1-0, 36)} 14. cxd5
exd5 (14... Qxd5 15. Be4 Qd7 16. Qc2 {[%cal Gd2c4] offers White a huge
advantage.}) 15. Nb3 Be7 (15... Ba7 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Nbd4 $14) 16. Be3 $14) 13.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:21:23]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. e6 $146 {[%emt 0:13:25] White
has not enough development to make this thematic break effective.} (14. Nf1 {
has the same drawback as 12...Nf8 examined above, allowing Black releasing the
tension in the centre:} cxd4 15. Bf4 {Browne,W (2530)-Ivanovic,B (2530) New
York 1988 (0-1, 79)} Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6]}) (14. dxc5 $5 $146 Nxc5 15. Nb3 Nxb3
16. Bxb3 Be6 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Re2 d4 20. Ba4 $5 {It is not
entirely clear whether the d4-pawn is strong or weak, making the position
quite complex strategically.}) 14... fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 15. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 16. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:15:02]} 17.
dxc5 {[%emt 0:13:21]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:26] As an effect of the somewhat
premature pawn break, Black is suddenly better developed.} 18. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:
05:06]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} ({
The unexpected tactics initiated by} 19... Bxf2+ $5 {seem to offer approximate
equality (and in some cases just a draw by perpetual):} 20. Kxf2 a4 21. Nc5 (
21. Nbd4 $6 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxh3 $1 $40) (21. Nbd2 Qb6+ 22. Kg3 Qc7+ 23. Kf2 $11)
21... Qb6 22. Be3 Rxe3 23. Kxe3 Qxc5+ 24. Ke2 Na5 $44 {[%cal Gd7b5]}) 20. Bg5 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (20... Ne5 21. Nbd4 (21. Bxf6 gxf6 22.
Qxd5+ Be6 23. Qd1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qg3+) 21... Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Be6 $11) 21. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:
03]} 23. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:21] White has managed to catch up in development and
weaken the enemy kingside, but the pressure exerted by the dark-squared bishop
is very unpleasant.} Ne5 {[%emt 0:10:34]} 24. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:12:58]} Qxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} ({Dominguez must have discarded the principled} 24... fxe5 {
on account of} 25. Qxd5+ (25. Nd2 Qc5 26. Bb3 Be6 27. Qe2 e4 $15) 25... Qxd5
26. Rxd5 {but Black has a strong initiative for the pawn despite the absence
of queens:} Bc6 27. Rd2 (27. Rd1 Rf7) 27... a4 28. Nc1 Rg7 29. g4 e4 $36) 25.
Nd2 $6 {[%emt 0:03:42]} ({It would have been safer to partly neutralise the
bishop with} 25. Nd4 {when Black would not have obvious ways to increase the
pressure.}) 25... Kh8 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 26. Qb3 {[%emt 0:11:04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:
01:54]} (26... Qc7 $36 {[%cal Ge7g7,Ga5a4]}) 27. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Qg3 {
[%emt 0:11:25]} (27... Qe2 $1 {would transpose to the game without the move
repetition.}) 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 29. Nf3 $6 {
[%emt 0:02:22]} (29. Qd3 $1) 29... Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 30. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]
The lesser evil.} (30. Rf1 $2 Bb5 31. Nh2 Bc4 32. Qc3 Qe5 $3 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34.
Ng4 Re2 $19) 30... Bxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe3 $15 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 34. Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 35. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc7+ {[%emt 0:02:44]} 36. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 37. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:42] The endgame is unpleasant for
White and Black hoped to make it even more so with the next pinning move:} Rd7
$6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} ({In time trouble, moves such as} 37... h5 $15) ({or} 37...
Kg7 $15 {, improving the position slowly without forcing the events, should be
preferred.}) 38. Be4 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:01:07] An unexpected resource, exchanging
one of the irritating bishops.} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 39. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bxb7 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 42. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 43. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]
} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:
01:29]} Qc7 $146 {[%emt 0:01:31]} ({One round earlier Leinier had played} 11...
Re8 {Giri,A (2776)-Dominguez Perez,L (2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 (1/2-1/2, 44).
And just as in that game, the first novelty is not the definitive one, due to
transposition.}) 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:19:19] (N)} (12. cxd5 exd5 {would transpose
to a previous game:} 13. Nb3 $5 {White invetst two tempi in "convincing" Black
to block the centre so that he can get a free hand for his kingside attack.} c4
14. Nbd2 b5 {In view of White's very accurate reply, this natural move may be
slightly premature.} ({Black should have thought of the safety of his central
pawn with} 14... Rd8 $5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd7f8] In this case, the opening of
the queenside, looking logical in the absence of ...b7-b5, does not offer
White much:} 15. b3 b5 16. Nb1 Nf8 17. Nc3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Bb2 Bg4 $132 {
Black has free development and pressure against the white centre.}) 15. Nb1 $5
{[%csl Gd5] Due to the pin along the a-file and the hanging b5- and d5-pawns
Black is not in time to reach ...b5-b4 under favourable circumstances and the
knight will enjoy stability on c3.} Nb6 16. Nc3 b4 (16... Ba6 {[%cal Gb5b4]}
17. Ng5 $40) 17. axb4 Nxb4 (17... axb4 $2 18. Nxd5 $1) 18. h3 ({The critical
continuation was} 18. Bb1 {even though Black would have a reasonable position
after} Bg4) 18... Be6 (18... Nxc2 19. Qxc2 h6 {[%csl Gg5]}) 19. Ng5 $36 {
1-0 (33) Iotov,V (2568)-Kosintseva,N (2523) Dallas 2013}) ({Gelfand probably
refrained from} 12. h3 {, in the spirit of the previous game, thinking that
Black could develop his king's rook more actively than on e8 with} Rd8) 12...
Nxc5 {[%emt 0:13:31]} 13. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:03] This leads to a position without
too much strategic content.} ({The principled continuation was} 13. cxd5 exd5
14. Nb3 Nxb3 ({Black could also try} 14... Ne6 15. Qxd5 a4 16. Qe4 g6 17. Nbd2
Rd8 {with certain compensation for the pawn due to his harmonious regrouping
and the exposed position of the white queen and c2-bishop.}) 15. Bxb3 Rd8 16.
Be3 Bg4 $13) 13... Nxb3 {[%emt 0:10:22]} (13... dxc4 {was also possible, but
Black would have needed a bit of accuracy:} 14. Nxc5 Rd8 $1 (14... Bxc5 $2 15.
Bxh7+ $1 {One should never forget about the combinations one used to solve in
childhood!} Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 (16... Kg6 17. Qg4 f5 18. exf6 Kxf6 19. Rxe6+
Bxe6 20. Qxe6#) 17. Qh5 Rd8 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7 Nxe5 21. Ne4 $40
) 15. Qe2 Bxc5 16. Qxc4 (16. Bxh7+ {does not work now as Black has cleared the
f8-square with gain of time:} Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qh5 Rd3 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20.
Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7 Nd8 22. Ne4 Kd7 {and the king escapes.}) 16... Nd4 $11) 14.
Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:16] White will not have enough development
to take advantage of this slight weakening.} 15. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:15:02]} Rd8 {
[%emt 0:09:25]} 16. Bf4 {[%emt 0:07:10]} a4 {[%emt 0:16:06]} 17. Ba2 {[%emt 0:
11:19]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:15:11]} 18. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:27] Strategically, Black is
doing great, but he still needs to complete his development. Leinier chooses a
surgical method:} b5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 19. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Ra5 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} 20. Qf1 {[%emt 0:17:35] Safe but passive.} ({The queen could
get into trouble after} 20. Qc4 Ba6 21. Qc3 Rc5 22. Qe3 Rc2 23. Rac1 Bc5 {
but the positional sacrifice} 24. Rxc2 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 $44 {would offer White
compensation. In the absence of the dark-squared bishop, the kingside
weaknesses may tell.}) 20... Nd4 {[%emt 0:21:15]} 21. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:13]}
Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Rec1 {[%emt 0:07:43]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 23. Be3 $6
{[%emt 0:02:56] Handing over the initiative to Black.} ({White could have
maintained equality with} 23. Qe1 Rb5 24. Be3 Rd8 (24... Rxe5 25. Qc3 $1 Rd8
26. Bf4) 25. Qc3 {returning the pawn with a probable draw.}) 23... Ba6 $1 {
[%emt 0:03:44]} 24. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} (24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxd4 Kg7 $15 {
is a much less favourable version of the queen sacrifice, as the black
dark-squared bishop is on board.}) 24... Rxe5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:11] Black has
retrieved the pawn while maintaining an active position.} 25. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
55] Practically forced, but not enough to spare White problems.} Rxe1+ {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 27. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:07:07]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:43] Strictly speaking, White has a small
material advantage, but due to the kingside threats the queen is stronger than
the rooks. One important detail is that the a2-bishop is not in a position to
neutralise the pressure along the long diagonal.} 28. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qg5
{[%emt 0:04:05]} 29. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (29. g3 $2 Qh5 $19 {[%cal Gh5f3,
Gh5h3]}) 29... Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:15][%csl Gb2]} 30. Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} ({
Now was a good moment to recycle the bishop, even at the cost of the b2-pawn:} 
30. Bb1 Bxb2 31. Be4 $15) 30... Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 31. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:29]}
h5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:56] From a practical point of view, the most unpleasant move.
Black keeps the option to take on b2, but in the meanwhile he creates new
threats.} (31... Bxb2 32. Rb1 Qc6 33. Bd5 Qc3 $1 {Not an obvious move.} (33...
exd5 34. Rdxb2 $14) 34. Rdxb2 Bxd5 $17) 32. Bb1 {[%emt 0:02:04]} (32. h4 g5 $1
33. hxg5 Qxg5 $19 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 32... h4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:31]} (32... Bxb2 $17)
33. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:08] The bishop starts feeling
uncomfortable.} 34. g3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} (34. Be3 h3 $19) 34... e5 $1 {[%emt 0:
01:40] This should have been the winning move. The bishop cannot retreat to e3
because it would deprive White of Be4 as an answer to ...Qc6, while on h6 it
can be attacked by the king.} 35. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} (35. Bxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5
Qc1+) (35. Be3 Qc6) (35. Bh6 Qg4) 35... Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:01] Putting the queen
under a pin slightly complicates Black's task in time trouble.} (35... Qc5 36.
Bh6 Kh7 $19) 36. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} (36... Qb3 $1 $19 {
would have attacked both bishops and threatened ...Qf3.}) 37. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 38. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 39. Be2
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:03] Throwing away the immediate win and
keeping just a big advantage.} (39... Qc8 $1 40. Bb5 Qc5 $19 (40... exf4 $2 41.
Re8+)) 40. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Re3 {[%emt 0:07:08]}
Qc6 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 42. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:15:41]} Qc1+ $6 {[%emt 0:32:07] Black
should have kept this check in reserve.} (42... Bxe5 $1 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rxe5
h3 45. Red5 Qc1+ 46. Rd1 Qxb2 {The permanent threat on g2 and the weak a3-pawn
make White's position hopeless.} 47. R8d3 (47. R1d3 Qc1+ 48. Rd1 Qxa3 $19)
47... Qe2 {With an amusing Zugzwang.}) 43. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h3+ {[%emt 0:
00:04] Probably planned on the previous move, but giving away this attacking
pawn reduces Black's chances for success.} (43... Qxd2 44. Bxf6 {offers White
a fortress.}) 44. Kxh3 {[%emt 0:11:17]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 45. Rd8+ {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 47. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Rde8 {[%emt 0:08:01]
} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 49. Re2 $2 {[%emt 0:07:47] White, too, is careless
with his important pawns.} (49. Re3 Qxh2 50. Kf3 $15) 49... Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 50. R8e3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qc1 $6 {[%emt 0:02:57]} ({One basic thing is
that in such situations the queen should stay in the centre:} 50... Qc5 {
Threatening mate in two with ...Qf5 or ...Qh5.} 51. Kf3 a3 52. Kf2 (52. Kg2 a2
53. Rxa2 Qd5+) 52... f5 {[%cal Gg6g5,Gf5f4]} (52... Qd4 {is premature due to}
53. Ra2) 53. h4 Qd4 $1 {Again Zugzwang!} 54. Kg1 (54. Ra2 f4 $1 {wins one of
the rooks, for instance:} 55. gxf4 Qxf4+ 56. Rf3 Qh2+) 54... a2 {[%csl Ge3]})
51. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} a3 $2 {[%emt 0:01:39] Only this move throws the
winning chances away. After exposing his pawn, Black will not have freedom for
his queen anymore.} (51... Qh1+ $5 52. Rg2 (52. Kf2 Qxh2+) (52. Kf4 Qf1+ 53.
Ke4 a3 $19) 52... f5 53. h4 Kh6 {White is very passive and most likely lost.})
52. Kf2 $1 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Qa1 {[%emt 0:05:50]} (52... Qc5 53. Ra2 $11) 53.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 54. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qa1 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} 55. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 56. Rf3 {[%emt 0:
00:59]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 57. Ref2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 58.
Re2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Ref2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 60. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Ref2 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 62. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 63. Ref2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ ({It is interesting to compare the
following line with that played in the game:} 4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 c5 {With the bishop on c1 instead of d2, White has} 9. d5 $1
exd5 10. e5 $1 $36) 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 dxc4 ({Earlier
this year Adams preferred the solid but somewhat passive} 8... c6 {Wojtaszek,R
(2733)-Adams,M (2740) Biel 2015 CBM 168 [Ftacnik,L] (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 9. e4 c5 (
9... c6 10. Bf4 {transposes to a completely different line, usually arising
via the 5.g3 Semislav as in Dubov,D (2629)-Dreev,A (2649) Moscow 2014 CBM 164 
[Pavlovic,M] (1-0, 41)}) 10. Bf4 ({Premature action in the centre does not pay
off:} 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 b5 $15 {Jacobsen,B (2375)-Azarov,S 
(2621) Rijeka 2010 (0-1, 22)}) ({Or if} 10. d5 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 {the d2-bishop
is hanging, eliminating thus the dangers for the e4-knight after} 12. Nxd5 Nxd2
) 10... Nb6 (10... cxd4 11. Qxd4 {Activates White's play:} Nc5 (11... e5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Be6 14. Nd5 $14 {Nguyen,A (2484)-Csom,I (2472) Budapest
1999 (0-1, 29)}) (11... Nb6 {Ragozin,V-Budo,A Leningrad 1936 (1-0, 41)} 12.
Qxd8 Rxd8 13. a4) 12. Qxc4 Qd3 {Ragozin,V-Levenfish,G Leningrad 1936 (½-½,
30). As we see, there was some activity in this line almost 80 years ago!!} 13.
Ne5 $1 Qxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd3 15. e5 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 $16) 11. a4 {
[%csl Gb6][%cal Ga4a5]} cxd4 (11... a5 {[%csl Gb5,Gb6]} 12. Nb5 {[%cal Gf4c7]}
Ne8 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 $36) 12. Nxd4 Bc5 $1 $146 ({Clearly an
improvement over the passive} 12... a6 13. a5 Nbd7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxd5 {
Giving up the bishop will backfire despite some temporary initiative.} (15.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxd5 $14) 15... exd5 16. Nf5 Nc5
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Nb6 Bh3 20. Nxa8 $2 Qxa8 21. Qh5 (21. Re1 b5
22. f3 Nd3 $17) 21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qc8 $15 {1/2-1/2 (29) Sorokin,M (2400)
-Pigusov,E (2530) Voronezh 1988}) 13. Ndb5 Qxd1 $1 {A precise move forcing
White into committing one of his rooks.} (13... a6 14. Nc7 Ra7 15. a5 Nbd7 16.
e5 Ne8 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Ne4 $36) 14. Raxd1 (14. Rfxd1 {[%csl Gf2]} e5 $1 {
[%cal Gc8g4]} (14... Bd7 15. a5 $16) 15. Bxe5 Bxf2+ $1) 14... Bd7 15. Nc7 $2 {
This will eventually yield White an advantage but it could have led to the
opposite had Black defended correctly.} (15. a5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Na4 $132) 15...
Rac8 $2 {There was no need to attack the knight.} ({It was essential to defend
the d7-bishop:} 15... Rad8 $1 {[%csl Gd7]} 16. a5 Na4 17. e5 Ng4 $17) 16. a5
Na4 (16... Na8 $6 {is too passive:} 17. Nxa8 e5 (17... Rxa8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5
exd5 20. Rxd5 $18) 18. Bxe5 Bg4 (18... Rxa8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd7 $18) 19. Rd2
Rxa8 20. h3 Be6 21. Rfd1 $16) 17. e5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 (18... Rxc7 19. exf6 $18
{[%csl Gd7]}) 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 $14 {White is better centralised and his
majority is more mobile than Black's.} Bc6 (20... b6 $14) 21. Bxc6 ({White
could have safely taken the pawn with} 21. Bxc4 $5) 21... Rxc6 22. Rd7 Ra6 $6 {
Taking the rook too far from the kingside.} (22... b5 23. axb6 Bxb6 24. Rfd1
$14) 23. Rxb7 Rxa5 24. e6 $2 {This is a thematic idea, weakening the seventh
rank, but the last move is premature.} (24. Rd1 $1 Ra2 (24... Ra8 {does not
work as in the line below since after} 25. Rdd7 {the f7-pawn is hanging.}) 25.
e6 fxe6 26. Rdd7 $16) 24... g5 ({A simpler way was} 24... fxe6 25. Rd1 Ra8 26.
Rdd7 Bf8 $13 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a1]}) 25. Bxg5 fxe6 26. Bf4 Rf7 $6 {Allowing
White to defend his only weak spot, the f2-pawn.} (26... Ra2 $11 {would have
left White short of active plans.}) 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rb2 $1 Ra3 29. Be5 $14 {
White's position is not only better but also easier to play. He has the better
structure and safer king.} Rb3 30. Re2 Rb5 31. Bf4 Kf7 32. Rd1 Rb7 33. Rde1 Rb6
34. Kg2 Rc8 35. Re4 Rb2 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. R1xe3 $16 {White has activated his
reserve rook making the aforementioned trumps even more relevant.} Rc5 (37...
Rc6 38. Rh4 Kg7 39. Rg4+ Kf6 40. Rf4+ Kg6 41. Ref3 $36) 38. Rxe6 Rf5 39. Re7+ (
{The simple} 39. Re2 {was also possible.}) 39... Kf8 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. R3e7+ Kg6
(41... Kf6 42. Rf8+) 42. Rg8+ Kf6 43. Rf8+ Kxe7 44. Rxf5 {After the exchange
of one rook, White wins with relative ease.} Kd6 45. Ra5 Rb7 46. g4 Kc6 47. Ra4
Kc5 48. h4 Rd7 49. g5 Kb5 50. Rb4+ Kc5 51. Rb8 a5 52. Ra8 Kb6 53. h5 Rd3 54. h6
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 ({The line chosen by Black at a later moment bears
some similarity with the following Nimzo-Indian old-fashioned tabyia:} 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5
11. Qf3 Nc6) 3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 $5 {Switching back to Nimzo-Indian
patterns. The reader should also refer to my article on the Accelerated
Bogo-Indian, published on this same DVD. In those lines, the moves ...Nf6 and
Nf3 are missing.} ({In an article published in CBM 137, I focused on the
old-fashioned line} 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Qxc4 Qd5) 5... b6 6. e3
Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 {Setting tension in the centre.} ({One important
alternative is} 8... d6 {, continuing to control the e4- and d5-square with
pieces.}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 {The attacking setup initiated by this move was
famously introduced into grandmaster practice by Pillsbury (true, with his
dark-squared bishop outside the pawn chain, which makes the plan even more
effective).} (10. a3 {helps Black transpose to an acceptable form of the
Nimzo-Indian line mentioned in the introduction.} Bd6 (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4
12. Qc2 {1/2 Cvitan,O (2541)-Kurajica,B (2540)/Zadar 2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 11.
Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 {The insertion of the moves a3 and ...a5 induces some
difference, but does not necessarily favour White.} 13. Nb5 {The knight
occupies the weakened b5-square, but leaves the e4-square insufficiently well
defended.} (13. Qf3 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd4 Re8 {Having developed the
bishop not necessarily favours White, who will have to think for a good answer
after a possible ...Ne4.} 16. Rae1 Qd7 {OK, the e4-square has been defended,
but once the rook contact has been established along the e-file, it is not so
easy to carry out the kingside attack anymore.}) 13... cxd4 $6 {An unnecessary
concession.} (13... Be7 {[%cal Gf6e4,Gf7f6] /\...Ne4}) 14. exd4 Ne7 15. f5 $36
Ne4 $2 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. f6 $40 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Kortschnoj,V (2600)/Zuerich
(blitz) 2006/CBM 113 ext (1-0, 23)}) 10... Nbd7 11. f4 c5 {The most active
continuation, fighting for queenside space.} ({Twelve years ago, Anand carried
out another plan:} 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ba6 {This would work out well if the
c6-square were not so weak.} 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd3 Ra8 15. Nc6 {This causes
Black serious problems of coordination.} Qe8 16. b4 $1 {Taking advantage of
the fact that the capture on b4 loses an exchange, a direct consequence of the
previous move sequence.} Ne4 17. Rfc1 Nb8 18. Nxb8 Qxb8 19. bxa5 bxa5 {Black
has a dream knight, but his queenside has been left in ruins.} 20. Rab1 Qc8 21.
Be1 $14 {Piket,J (2619)-Anand,V (2781)/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 069 ext (1/2, 25)})
12. a3 $146 {A logical novelty. Black has to give up his bishop immediately. 
(Previously, only games between low rated players had reached the position
before this move).} Bxc3 13. Bxc3 c4 14. Bc2 b5 {The strategic plot has become
clear: White will attack on the kingside, while Black will aim at increasing
his space advantage on the other wing. The central area also plays an
important part, by establishing some sort of connection between wings. If
Black plays ...Ne4, in order to neutralise the c2-bishop, White can consider
opening up the wy for the other bishop with Bxe4 ...dxe4, d5! At some point,
White may even sacrifice a pawn with e3-e4, in order to unblock the d-pawn.}
15. Rf3 Ra6 16. Rg3 {White's desire to set up pressure against the g7-square
as soon as possible is understandable, but his last move allows Black an
optimal regrouping.} ({Maybe he should combined attack with prophylaxis:} 16.
Qe1 $5 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gc3a5] (preventing ...Qe7) Maybe he feared that after}
Ne4 $6 {he would not find a favourable form of carrying out his attack, but
this would in fact lose a pawn to} 17. Bxa5 $1 {[%csl Gd7] , because the
d7-knight is hanging.}) 16... Qe7 $1 17. Qe1 Rfa8 {Black has achieved a very
harmonious regrouping. It should be noticed that his space advantage allows
the a6-rook to keep both wings under observation (compare this with the
complete lack of communication between White's wings).} 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Ng4 {
White has to hurry.} ({There is no time for neutral moves already:} 19. Kh1 $6
Na4 $5 $36 (19... Ne4 $6 20. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 21. d5 $1 $36 Nxd5 $2 22. Rxg7+ $1)
20. Bxa4 bxa4 21. f5 Ne4 $17) 19... Nxg4 (19... Ne4 $2 20. Nh6+ {This is
possible only at this instant when the sixth rank has been obstructed by the
black queen's knight.} Kh8 21. Rxg7 $18) 20. Rxg4 Nd7 $1 {Aiming to replace
his absent colleague by taking over the control over the e4-square.} 21. e4 {
This looks logical, but may be not entirely satisfactory.} ({Things also are
far from clear after} 21. Qg3 g6 22. f5 b4 $132) 21... dxe4 (21... Nf6 $5 {
may be more promising.} 22. Rg5 (22. Qh4 Qd7 23. Rg3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. d5
Rg6 $1 $15) 22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxb5 {[%cal Gd4d5]} (24. d5 f6 25. Rh5
Rd6 26. Qh4 h6) 24... Qd7 25. Rxa5 (25. Re5 Bd5 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 25... Rxa5 26.
Bxa5 e3 $44) 22. d5 (22. Rg5 $5) 22... f6 23. Bxe4 {[%cal Ge4h7]} Re8 24. Qg3
Nc5 25. Bf5 Nd3 {This knight has already carried out several small tasks in
the game and now is offered for an exchange in order to reduce White's
attacking potential.} 26. Bxd3 {Settling for a draw.} (26. Rh4 $5 h6 (26...
Qc5+ 27. Kf1 Re3 28. Bxh7+ Kf8 29. Qg4 {The position remains unclear, but
White seems to be better coordinated for creating dangerous threats against
the enemy king. The thematic combination} Re1+ $2 {fails to} 30. Bxe1 $1) 27.
Rxh6 Bxd5 $13) 26... cxd3 27. Qxd3 Rd6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. f5 Rxd5
31. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7.
Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 {Neither player
has any particular weaknesses, but White has more space. The knight on d8 has
more prospects via f7-e5 or b7-c5 at some point, and Black would hope to
exploit White's 'bad' light squared bishop in the long term.} Bd7 13. O-O a5
14. f4 $1 {Gaining space and fighting for the central dark squares.} Rb8 15.
Qc1 b6 (15... exd5 {Ftacnik} 16. cxd5 c6 (16... Qxe2 {Ftacnik} 17. Rxc7 Qe3+
18. Kh1 Bb5 19. Re1 Qb6 20. Ree7 $16) 17. Nc4 $14) 16. Re3 $1 {Ra8-b8 and
b7-b6 were played with the manoeuvre Nd8-b7-c5 in mind. But now if 16...Nb7
then 17.f5! and White will play f5-f6 to weaken the kingside. Macieja has to
switch plans, but by now damage has been done.} e5 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (16... c6 {
Ftacnik} 17. Qc3 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. Qd3 $14) 17. c5 $1 f6 $2 {Ftacnik:
'Anything was better than suffocation of black pieces under the unusually far
advanced white pawn chain.'} ({Maintaining the centre is a nice idea, but} 
17... bxc5 18. fxe5 dxe5 (18... Nb7 {Ftacnik} 19. Nc4 $14) 19. Nc4 f6 {yielded
better practical chances.}) 18. c6 $1 Be8 (18... Bc8 {Ftacnik} 19. Qc2 Nf7 20.
Be4 h6 (20... g6 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. g4 $18) 21. Bh7+ Kh8
22. Nf3 $16) 19. Nf3 $1 Bf7 (19... Bh5 {Ftacnik} 20. Nd4 $16) 20. Nd4 $1 g6 21.
Nb5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Decisive move as c7 pawn will have to be protected
for good and black is not able to hold the line. '} (21. f5 {with the idea
Nd4-e6 is also strong.}) 21... Kg7 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Ref3 Re8 24. e4 Bg8 25. h4
h5 26. Rf6 Rc8 27. Qg5 Bh7 28. Bh3 {Black is in a complete stranglehold.} (28.
Bh3 Rb8 29. Bd7 Rg8 30. Rxg6+ $18 {wins.}) 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 (4... Qe7) 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O
e5 8. Nc3 (8. e3 c6 9. Bc3 e4 10. Ne1 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Re8 13. f3 exf3
14. Qxf3 Nb6 15. b3 a4 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Qd2 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Qxe3+
20. Qxe3 Rxe3 21. Rf4 Rc3 22. Rd4 Be6 23. Rb4 Rxc5 24. Rxb7 h6 25. Nd3 Rc3 26.
Ne5 Rxa4 27. Nxc6 Rcxa3 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Rb1 Ra2 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Rf1 Rd2 32.
Nf3 Rd6 33. Ne5 Be6 34. Nc6 Ng4 35. Re1 Rd2 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Ng6+ fxg6 {
Bacrot, E (2705)-Fressinet,L (2706) Calvi 2013 1/2-1/2}) 8... exd4 (8... O-O {
Plus souple que l'abandon du centre} 9. Qc2 Re8 (9... c6)) 9. Nxd4 Ne5 (9...
O-O {la grande ligne mais le français va préférer sortir rapidement de la
théorie}) 10. b3 O-O $146 (10... c6 11. Nc2 Bc5 12. Na4 Ba7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14.
Qd2 O-O 15. Rad1 Bb8 16. Kh1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Nc3 a4 19. Bg5 axb3 20. axb3
Ned7 21. e4 Re8 22. f3 h6 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Bg1 Qb6 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Rfd1 Qe7 27.
Nf5 Bxf5 28. exf5 Bc7 29. Bd4 Rad8 30. b4 Ncd7 31. Re1 Qf8 32. f4 Bb6 33. b5
Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Nb8 35. h3 Re7 36. Rbd1 Qe8 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Kh2 Qd7 39. Qa7 Qc8
40. Ne4 {Nielsen,P (2405)-Fyllingen,R (2330) Gausdal 1992 1/2-1/2 (62)}) 11.
Nd5 Nxd5 (11... Bc5 12. Bc3 c6) 12. cxd5 {[%csl Rc7]} Bc5 13. Bc3 {les Blancs
ont un petit avantage d'espace} c6 $6 {Les Noirs n'auront pas assez de
compensations pour le P perdu} (13... Re8) (13... Bd7 {[%cal Gc7c6]}) 14. dxc6
Nxc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Bh3 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 d5 $6 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6h6,
Gd8d7,Gd7h3] L'idée de la poussée d6d5 pour amener la Ra6 à l'aile-roi
comme dans un gambit de Budapest mais le P isolé "d5" est faible} 19. e3 (19.
Rc1 d4) 19... Ra6 (19... a4 20. b4) 20. Bd4 (20. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c5,Gc3g7]} Ba3
21. Qd4 $36) 20... Ba3 21. Qf3 Qd7 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ga6h6]} 22. Rfd1 Rd8 (22...
Rh6 23. h4) 23. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Ga1d1] le Ba3 empêche le développement Rac1
mais les Blancs vont pouvoir doubler les R sur la colonne "d" et attaquer la
faiblesse "d5"} a4 24. Rad1 $36 axb3 25. axb3 Qb7 26. Be5 {Provoque un nouveau
affaiblissement} f6 27. Bf4 Rb6 28. e4 $1 $40 Kf8 29. exd5 Bd6 30. Bxd6+ Rbxd6
31. Rc3 $1 g6 (31... Rxd5 $4 32. Rc5 {[%csl Rb7]}) 32. Rc6 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gd5]
Une belle exploitation technique de l'avantage d'espace procuré par le P
passé "d5" qui doit tomber à terme mais qui est difficile à prendre} Qe7 {
Suite illisible et gain Blanc au 43ème coup} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Von Herman, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{INS OFFENE MESSER} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 (
6. g3 $5) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 (7. b4 a5 (7... b6 8. c5 a5 9. Bb2 bxc5 10. dxc5 c6
11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Bd3 Ba6 $13) 8. b5 c5 9. bxc6 bxc6 $11 {ECO/E4}) 7... c5 8. b3
(8. dxc5 a5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nb3 a4 12. Nbd4 Nxc5 $11 {ECO/E4})
8... cxd4 9. exd4 b6 ({Bequemen Ausgleich erzielt der Nachziehende in dieser
Nebenvariante der Bogo-Indischen Verteidigung auch nach} 9... dxc4 {, z.B.} 10.
bxc4 (10. Nxc4 b5 11. Nce5 Bb7 12. O-O Qd5 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 $15 {
Inkiov-Nikolic, Thessaloniki (ol) 1988, ECO}) 10... b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7
13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. h3 Nf8 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. g3 Bd6 19.
Kh2 Bc6 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. Bb1 b5 22. Nge4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 bxc4 25.
Nxc4 Rc8 26. d5 e5 27. Ne3 Qb7 28. Rb1 Qd7 29. Nf5 f6 30. Kg1 {0-1 Sorin,A 
(2415)-Kortschnoj,V (2585)/Oviedo 1992/TD}) 10. O-O Bb7 ({Schwarz unterläßt
auch in der Folge den Tausch auf c4, womit er leichteres Spiel gehabt hätte:} 
10... dxc4 11. bxc4 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 {wie vorher}) 11. Qe2 Nc6 (11... dxc4) 12.
Bb2 Re8 (12... Rc8 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. Ne4 Qf4 17. Qe1
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,V (2557)-Spirin,O (2430)/Metz 2008/
CBM 123 Extra}) 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. Rac1 g6 (14... Rc8) 15. c5 $5 e5 $2 ({Hier
"liegt der Hase im Pfeffer", während Schwarz nach dem Zwischentausch} 15...
bxc5 $142 16. dxc5 {mit} e5 $1 {gut gestanden hätte:} 17. Bb5 Nd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6
19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bg7 21. f4 f6 22. Qa6 fxe5 23. Qxc6 e4 $13 (23... Rc8
24. Qb7 e4 $13)) 16. dxe5 $1 (16. Nxe5 $143 Nxe5 17. dxe5 bxc5 $13) 16... bxc5
17. Ng5 $1 $40 {Konfrontiert den Gegner überfallartig mit kniffligen
Verteidigungsaufgaben.} Nh5 $2 ({Danach ist schwerer Nachteil kaum zu
vermeiden. Alternativen, z.B.: I} 17... Nxe5 $2 18. Bxe5 Nd7 (18... Bh6 19.
Ngf3 (19. Ndf3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nd7 21. Nxf7 $18) 19... Nd7 20. Qd1 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
$16) 19. Qh5 $1 $18) ({II} 17... Nd7 $6 18. Nxf7 $1 {Es gibt kein Zurück!} (18.
f4 $2 Ncxe5 $1) 18... Kxf7 19. e6+ Kg8 20. Qg4 Nde5 (20... Nf6 $2 21. Bxg6 $1 {
nimmt bereits das spätere Partiemotiv mit dem Zweiläufer-Matt in abgewandelter
Form vorweg}) (20... Re7 $6 21. Nf3) 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Re7 23. Nf3 Qa5 (
23... Bg7 24. Ree1 Qb6 25. Ng5 $16) 24. a4 Bg7 25. Qg5 Qc7 (25... Rae8 26. Bb5)
26. Ree1 Rf8 (26... Qd6 27. Bb5 $16) 27. Qe3 d4 (27... Rc8 28. Bb5) 28. Qg5 $16
) ({III} 17... Bh6 $5 {vermutlich am besten} 18. Ndf3 (18. h4 Nd7 19. f4 c4 $13
) 18... Nd7 19. e6 Bxg5 (19... fxe6 20. h4 $5 (20. Qc2 $5)) 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21.
Qxe8+ Qxe8 22. Nxg5+ Kg8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nf3 $14 {^^ und nachdem die Wogen
merklich geglättet wurden, muß Weiß sich mit einem leicht vorteilhaften
Endspiel begnügen (Bauernstruktur, Läuferpaar).}) 18. Qg4 $1 $16 ({Vielleicht
hoffte Schwarz auf das leichtfertige} 18. Nxh7 $2 {, wonach} Bg7 $1 (18... Nf4
$143 19. Qf3 Nxd3 20. e6 (20. Nf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxf6 Bg7) 20... Rxe6 21. Rxe6 Nxb2
22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Ne8+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ $11) 19. Qg4 Nxe5 $15 {ihm in die Hände
gespieilt hätte. Nach dem bärenstarken Partiezug indes steht er allerdings
selbst vor einem ziemlichen Dilemma.}) 18... Bc8 $2 {Diagramm [#]} ({Anstatt
dem Läufer b2 die lange Diagonale zu versperren (siehe Varianten III+IV),
übersieht der Verteidiger das Motiv des Zweiläufer-Matts und rennt ins offene
Messer. Alternativen:  I} 18... Bg7 $2 19. e6 $1 f5 (19... fxe6 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 (
20... Kxg7 21. Nxh7 $18) 21. Nxh7 $18 Kxh7 22. Qxg6+ Kg8 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. Qh7+
Kf8 25. Ng5) 20. Bxf5 Bxb2 21. Nxh7 $18 Ng7 (21... Bxc1 22. Qxg6+ Ng7 23. Qf7+
Kh8 24. Nf6) 22. Bxg6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Bc8 24. Bf7+ Kxf7 (24... Kh8 25. Nf6) 25.
Qg6+ Kg8 26. Rd6 Qe8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Qxf6) ({II} 18... Bh6 $2 19. Ndf3 Nd4 (
19... Ng7 20. Qh4 $18 Nh5 21. Rxc5) (19... Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7
(21... Bc8) 22. Nxe5+ Kf8 23. Nd7+ Kf7 24. Bxg6+ (24. Rxc5 $18) 24... hxg6 25.
Ne5+ Ke7 26. Re1 $18) 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. e6 fxe6 (21... f5 22. Bxf5) 22. Nxh7
Bxc1 23. Qxg6+ Ng7 24. Rxc1 $18 (24. Nf6+ Kf8 (24... Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Rf8 26. Qg6
$18) 25. Rxc1 $18)) ({III} 18... Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. e6 f5 (20... fxe6 $2 21.
Nxh7 $18) 21. Bxf5 Qf6 22. Bb1 d3 (22... Bxa3 $2 23. Nxh7) 23. Bxd3 Nf4 24. Bb5
$16) ({IV} 18... d4 19. f4 $16 (19. Bc4 $5 Re7 20. b4) (19. e6 $5 f5 20. Bxf5
Nf6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh4 Be7 23. f4)) 19. e6 $1 $18 {Nimmt die Einladung zum
ohnehin geplanten Räumungszug dankend an.} Rxe6 ({I} 19... f5 20. Bxf5 Nf6 (
20... Bg7 21. Nxh7 Rxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kxh7 23. Rxc5 (23. Bxg7) 23... Qd6 24. Ne4
Bxe6 (24... dxe4 25. Rxh5+) 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+ $18) 21. Qh4 Bg7 22. Bxf6
Qxf6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Bxg6 $18 (24. Qxg6 $18)) ({II} 19... Re7 20. Qxh5 f6 21.
Bxg6 (21. Qh3 fxg5 22. Bxg6 d4 23. Be4 $18 (23. Bf5 $18)) 21... hxg6 22. Qxg6+
Rg7 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxf6 Rg6 25. e7 Bxe7 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Rxe7 Rxg5 28. Rxc5
$18) 20. Qxh5 (20. Qxh5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 h6 22. Ndf3 (22. Bxg6 Qxg5 23. Bxf7+ Kh7
24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Bxd5 $18) 22... Ne7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 (23... gxh5 24. Nxd8 $18)
24. Bxg6+ Nxg6 25. Ne5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 ({Interessante Alternativen mit
Nyback-Beteiligung: I} 4... a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O exd4 9.
Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Bc5 11. Bc3 Ng4 12. Rf1 Ne5 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. Qc2 Nbc6 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Rae1 Be6 17. b3 Qg5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bh3 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Bb4 22. Re3 Bxc3 {remis, Nyback,T (2635) - Baklan,V (2621), Plovdiv 2010}) ({II
} 4... Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 (
10... Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 $1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 b5 15. d5 $5 cxd5
16. exd5 e5 17. Bg5 $5 Qb6 18. Bh3 Bc5 $1 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44 21.
a4 $5 $13 {/=, Nyback - Ribli, BL 2013/14, 1:0/43}) 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Nc3 Nd6 18. Qd3 Nf6 19.
f3 $13 {/=, Nyback - Nisipeanu, BL 2015, 1:0/41}) 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O (6...
d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 b6 12. d5 Nb8 13. b4 a5
14. Nbc3 Ra6 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Nc1 Nbd7 17. Nb3 {1:0, Nyback,T (2650) - Schuls,
O (2224), Harjumaa 2010. Warum Schwarz aufgegeben hat, ist mir ein Rätsel.
Jedenfalls scheint die Schwäche des Bauern a5 eher fiktiv zu sein, man sehe z.
B.} Qb6 18. Qc2 (18. Qa1 $2 a4 $1) (18. Ra4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd3 Bd7)
18... Nc5 19. Rfa1 Bd7 $13 {/=}) 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Nc6 {Womit eine Art Tabija
in der soliden Bogo-Indischen Verteidigung vorliegt.} 9. Nbd2 ({Noch häufiger
ist die unverzügliche Beseitigung des lästigen Bauern b4 anzutreffen:} 9. a3
Re8 (9... Qb6 10. axb4 Nxb4 (10... Qxb4) 11. Nc3 Re8 12. c5 dxc5 13. Na4 Qb5
14. Nxc5 b6 15. Ne5 Nbd5 16. Ncd3 Bb7 17. Qd2 a5 18. Rfc1 Rec8 19. e4 Ne7 20.
f3 Nd7 (20... Qe8) 21. Bf1 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qe8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 $2 (23... Nxc8 $14)
(23... Rxc8 $2 24. b4 $1 $16) 24. b4 (24. d5 $1 $16) 24... a4 $2 (24... Qd8 $14
) 25. b5 $1 $16 Bd7 $2 26. Qb4 Ra5 27. Rxa4 Bxb5 $4 28. Rxa5 {1:0, Nyback,T 
(2586) - Schuls,O (2224), Puhajarve 2013}) (9... bxa3 10. Nxa3 (10. Rxa3) 10...
Qe7 11. Re1 e5 12. d5 Nb4 13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Bg4 15. h3 (15. Nd2) 15... Bxf3
16. exf3 Qc7 $13 {remis/57, Sargissian,G (2675) - Dragun,K (2530), Warsaw 2013}
) 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bc6
$13 {/=, remis/43, Levin,E (2507) - Moiseenko,A (2707), St Petersburg 2014})
9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 $6 ({Eine unglückliche Abweichung von den üblichen,
bewährten Pfaden. Auf e7 steht der Rappe unharmonisch und fehlt zudem am
anderen Flügel. Leichter spielt sich die schwarze Stellung nach} 10... Nb8 $142
{mit dem Plan Na6, wonach auch das kritische Hebelfeld c5 besser kontrolliert
wird, z.B.:} 11. a3 (11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 $11 {remis/62, Nyback,T (2448) -
Berg,E (2500), Bermuda 2002}) 11... Na6 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15.
Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qe3 Ndc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb3 Rfc8 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21.
Qxc5 Rxc5 22. b3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 a5 24. Rfa1 b6 25. b4 Rxc4 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27.
Rxa5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Kf8 29. f3 h5 30. Ra8+ Ke7 31. Ra7+ {remis, Wang,Y (2739) -
Ivanchuk,V (2779), Linares 2009}) 11. a3 $5 $146 {In einigen wenigen Partien
wurde hier 11.Ne1 und 11.e4 mit durchwachsenen Resultaten versucht. Der (an
dieser Stelle möglicherweise neue) Textzug indes ist aber auch logisch,
wenngleich Schwarz bei guter Reaktion kaum Probleme haben sollte.} Qb6 $2 {
Gestattet dem Gegner, mittels Fesselung eine starke Initiative am Damenflügel
zu entfalten.} ({Tauglich war} 11... bxa3 $142 {, z.B.} 12. Rxa3 a5 13. e4 Bg4
14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 b6 16. Rfa1 Rb8 $14 {/=}) 12. Qb3 $1 bxa3 13. Rxa3 $5 ({
Zwar keineswegs schlecht, aber viel stärker wäre} 13. Qxa3 $142 $1 {gewesen,
und der hier thematische Hebel c4-c5 läge in der Luft, z.B.:} Bg4 (13... a5 14.
b4 a4 15. e4 Bd7 16. c5 $16) (13... e4 $2 14. Ng5 e3 15. Qxe3 Qxe3 (15... Qxb2
$2 16. Rfb1 Qe5 (16... Qc2 17. Be4 Nxe4 18. Ngxe4 $18) 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Nge4
$18) 16. fxe3 a5 (16... Nf5 $2 17. Ra3 Ng4 18. Rc1 h6 (18... Ngxe3 19. Bf3 Re8
20. Nge4 $18 {Plan Kf2 und/oder g4}) 19. Nge4 Rd8 20. h3 Ne5 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22.
exf3 $18) 17. Nge4 $16 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd8 (18... Nf5 19. Rxf5 $1 Bxf5 20. Nxd6
Bc8 21. c5 $18) 19. b4 b6 (19... a4 20. Ra3) 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. c5 $18) 14. b4
Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Nf5 (15... e4 16. Ng5 e3 17. Qxe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe2 19. Nge4 Ne8
20. c5 $16) (15... Qd8 16. e4 a5 17. bxa5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 b6 19. Qe3 Rxa5 20.
Rxa5 bxa5 21. c5 $16) 16. e3 Qd8 17. e4 $1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Ne7 (18... Nxe4 $4 19.
Qd3 $18) 19. Nd2 $16) 13... Qxb3 $6 ({Tauschen oder nicht tauschen, das war
hier die Frage: I} 13... Qc5 $142 $5 14. e4 a5 (14... b6 15. Qe3 $5 Qxe3 16.
fxe3 Bg4 17. Rfa1 Nc8 18. b4 $14) 15. Qe3 $5 Qxe3 16. fxe3 $5 Bd7 17. c5 $36 {
+/=}) ({II} 13... Qc7 $6 14. Rfa1 a6 (14... b6 $143 15. Qa2 a6 16. b4 Bb7 17.
e4 $16) 15. e4 Bg4 (15... Bd7 16. Qa2 h6 17. b4 $16) 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. b4 Rac8
18. Rc1 f5 19. c5 $16) 14. Nxb3 $6 ({Und hier verdiente} 14. Rxb3 $142 $1 {
nebst Aufweichung des schwarzen Damenflügels den Vorzug:} Rd8 (14... b6 15. Ra1
Bb7 (15... Bg4 16. Rba3 Nc8 17. b4 Rb8 18. e4 $16) 16. Ng5 $1 Rfd8 17. Nge4
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 $16 {Plan 19.Nc3(-b5) und/oder 19.Rba3 a6 20.Rb3}) 15. Ra1 a6 16.
Ne1 g6 17. Nd3 Ra7 18. Rc1 Kg7 19. e4 Nd7 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 b5
23. Rbc3 $16 {, z.B.} f5 24. Rc1 h6 (24... fxe4 25. Nxe4) 25. f3) 14... Bg4 15.
Rfa1 Rfc8 $6 ({Relativ bessere Alternativen: I} 15... a6 $142 {, z.B.} 16. e4
Bxf3 $1 17. Bxf3 Rfc8 18. Nd2 g6 19. b4 Rab8 20. Rc3 Nd7 21. Bg4 f5 22. Bh3 $14
) ({II} 15... Rac8 $142 16. Rc1 (16. Nfd2 Bxe2 17. Bh3 Rc7 18. Rxa7 $14) (16.
Rxa7 $143 Rxc4) 16... a6 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe5 $14) 16. Nbd2 $5 ({Das genauere} 
16. Nfd2 $142 $1 {hätte feine Unterschiede zur 15...Rac8/16.Nfd2-Variante
aufgezeigt:} a6 (16... Bxe2 $143 17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Rxa7 $16) 17. e4 Ne8 18. Bf1
Rc7 19. c5 $1 Nc8 (19... dxc5 20. Nc4) (19... f6 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22.
Nc4) 20. f4 f6 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Nc4 $16) 16... a6 17. e4 Bxf3 {Der
Verteidiger muss sich seine Züge bereits abringen, während der Anziehende mit
der Vorbereitung des Hebels c5 klare Aufmarschideen entwickeln kann.} ({Oder: I
} 17... Nd7 $6 18. Ne1 $1 Rc7 (18... Be2 19. b3 g5 20. Nc2 $1 f5 (20... g4 $2
21. Ne3 {Plan Re1}) 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. f3 $16) 19. f3 Bh5 20. Nd3 $16) ({II} 
17... Rc7 $5 18. b4 Rd8 19. c5 $5 Nc8 (19... dxc5 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nxe5 $16)
20. Rc1 Na7 21. Bf1 Rdc8 $14) 18. Bxf3 Ng6 $6 ({Es fällt schwer, etwas
Befriedigendes zu finden: I} 18... g6 $6 19. b4 Rab8 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Bg2 f5 22.
f3 {Plan Nb3 plus c4-c5+/-}) ({II} 18... Rc7 $5 19. b4 Nc8 (19... Rd8 20. Ra5
Ne8 21. c5 f5 22. Re1 g6 23. Bd1 Kg7 24. Ba4 Nc8 25. exf5 gxf5 26. f4 e4 27.
Nf3 $1 dxc5 28. Ng5 $16) 20. Be2 (20. b5 $143 Kf8 $1 21. bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rxa6
bxa6 23. Rxa6 Ke7 $14) 20... g6 21. Bd3 Nb6 22. Rc3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Nbd7 24. Nb3
b6 25. Ra1 Ra7 $14 (25... b5 $6 26. Nd2)) 19. b4 ({Abweichend vom Schema mag
zunächst} 19. Rb3 {ebenso geeignet sein, z.B.} Rc7 20. c5 $5 $16 (20. Rb6 $5)
20... dxc5 (20... Rd8 21. Nc4 Nd7 (21... Rxc5 22. Na5) (21... dxc5 22. d6 Rcd7
23. Rb6) 22. Nxd6 Nxc5 23. Rb6 Nf8 24. b4) 21. Nc4 Rd8 22. d6 Rcd7 23. Rb6 {
wie vorher}) 19... Nf8 20. b5 $6 ({Mit diesem verlockenden Bauerngewinn sollte
Weiß eigentlich wenig Glück haben, da Schwarz hierauf eine zuverlässige
Blockadestellung erreichen kann. Weniger klar erscheint mir die Chose nach
einer m.E. thematischen Folge wie etwa} 20. Rc1 N8d7 21. Be2 Rab8 22. f3 Rc7
23. Rac3 b6 (23... a5 24. bxa5 Nc5 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Rb5 $16) 24. Ra3 a5 (24...
Ra8 25. c5 bxc5 26. b5) 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Kf8 27. Rb1 Rbb7 28. Rxb7 Rxb7
29. Rb5 Rc7 30. Nb3 g5 31. Kf2 $16) 20... a5 $6 ({Genauer war die Liquidierung
der a- und b-Bauern:} 20... N8d7 21. bxa6 Ra7 22. axb7 Rxb7 23. Bg2 Rcb8 24. f4
Kf8 $14) 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxa5 N8d7 23. Bg2 Nc5 24. Bh3 Rb8 25. f3 Kf8 26. Kf2
Ke7 27. Ke3 h5 28. b6 Rh8 29. f4 ({Eine prüfenswerte Alternative ist} 29. Ra7 {
, z.B.:} Rb8 $8 $14 (29... h4 $2 30. Nb3 hxg3 (30... Nxb3 $4 31. Rxb7+ Kf8 32.
Rb8+ Ne8 33. b7 $18) 31. Nxc5 dxc5 (31... gxh2 $2 32. Rxb7+ Kd8 33. Bg2 h1=Q
34. Bxh1 Rxh1 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. b7 $18) 32. Rxb7+ Kd6 33. Rc7 Rxh3 34. hxg3 Nd7
35. Rc6+ Ke7 36. b7 Rh2 37. Rxc5 Rb2 38. Rc7 Kd6 39. Rc8 Rxb7 40. c5+ Nxc5 41.
Rc6+ Kd7 42. Rxc5 $16) (29... Nfd7 $2 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. h4 $16)) 29... Ng4+ $5
30. Bxg4 exf4+ 31. gxf4 $2 (31. Kxf4 $142 {bot sich eher an:} hxg4 32. e5 $5 {
, wonach Verteidigungskunst gefragt ist:} (32. Nf1 g6 33. Ra2 Kf6 34. e5+ dxe5+
35. Kxg4 e4 36. Kf4 g5+ 37. Ke3 Ke5 $132) 32... Rxh2 $1 (32... Nd3+ $2 33. Ke4
Nxe5 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. c5 $16) (32... dxe5+ 33. Kxg4 (33. Kxe5 Nd7+ 34. Kd4 Rxh2
35. Ne4 f5 36. Nc5 f4 $1 $132) 33... Kd6 34. h4 $14) 33. exd6+ (33. Ne4 dxe5+
$1 (33... Nd3+ $2 34. Kg5 Nxe5 35. Ra7) 34. Ke3 Nd7 35. Ra7 Rc2 36. Kd3 Rb2 37.
Rxb7 Rxb6 38. Ra7 f5 39. Nc5 Rd6 $13 {/=}) 33... Kxd6 34. Ne4+ Nxe4 35. Kxe4 {
, und auch in diesem dynamischen, scharfen Turmendspiel kann Schwarz das
Gleichgewicht um Haaresbreite halten, z.B.} Re2+ 36. Kd4 Rd2+ 37. Kc3 Rg2 38.
Ra7 Kc5 39. Rxb7 Rxg3+ 40. Kc2 Rg2+ 41. Kd3 Rg3+ 42. Ke2 Rg2+ 43. Ke3 (43. Kf1
Rd2) 43... Rb2 44. Rc7+ Kxb6 45. d6 g3 46. c5+ Ka6 47. Rxf7 g5 48. Rf1 Kb7 49.
Rc1 Kc6 50. Rd1 g2 51. d7 g1=Q+ 52. Rxg1 Kxd7 $11) 31... hxg4 $132 {= Mit
ausreichendem Gegenspiel bzw. Kompensation für den Minusbauern} 32. Nf1 {
Ein trauriges Zugeständnis.} f5 ({Oder auch} 32... g6 33. Ra2 f6 $11) 33. e5 g6
34. Ra2 Kd7 35. Ng3 Re8 $6 {"Übermut tut selten gut"; der Turm sollte auf der
h-Linie kleben bleiben.} (35... Rh3 $142 $11) 36. Kd4 ({Falls} 36. e6+ {, so}
Ke7 37. Ne2 Rh8 38. Ng1 Rh4 $11 {, und die Verteidigung hält stand, z.B.} 39.
h3 gxh3 40. Rh2 Rg4 41. Ne2 (41. Nxh3 Rg3+ 42. Ke2 Rc3) 41... Rh4 42. Nd4 Ne4
43. Nc6+ Kf6 44. e7 (44. Nd8 Nc5) 44... Rh8 45. Kd4 Kf7 46. Nd8+ Kxe7 47. Nxb7
Rh4 $11) 36... Nb3+ $2 ({Nach} 36... Rh8 {ist kein Durchkommen möglich, z.B.}
37. Rb2 Na6 38. Nf1 Rh3 39. exd6 Kxd6 40. Re2 Nc5 41. Re3 Rh8 42. Rg3 Re8 43.
Re3 Rh8 $11) 37. Kc3 Nc5 38. Kd4 $2 $138 {In Zeitnot übersieht Nyback die
Widerlegung, doch exakt dieselbe Gewinnmöglichkeit sollte sich ihm nach der
Zeitkontrolle erneut bieten!} (38. e6+ $142 $1 Ke7 39. Ne2 Rh8 40. Nd4 Rh3+ 41.
Kb4 Rd3 42. Nc6+ $1 Kf6 (42... bxc6 $143 {, siehe zur Partie}) 43. Ra3 $1 Rf3
44. Nd4 {und Weiß gewinnt, z.B.:} Rf1 (44... Rxf4 45. Nb5 Ke7 46. Na7 Kd8 47.
Nc6+ $1 bxc6 (47... Ke8 48. Ra8#) 48. dxc6 $18) 45. Ra8 Rb1+ 46. Kc3 Rc1+ 47.
Kd2 Rxc4 48. Rf8+ Kg7 49. e7 Rxd4+ 50. Kc3 Re4 51. e8=Q Rxe8 52. Rxe8 $18)
38... Nb3+ $2 {Nichts Böses ahnend tappt Braun ohne Zeitdruck erneut in die
Falle.} (38... Rh8 $142 $11 {wie gehabt}) 39. Kc3 Nc5 40. e6+ $1 Ke7 41. Ne2 $1
{Diesmal nutzt Weiß - wie schon zuvor möglich - die geschenkte Zeit, seinen
Schimmel wirkungsvoll zu aktivieren!} Rh8 42. Nd4 Rh3+ 43. Kb4 Rd3 44. Nc6+ $1
$18 {Weiß hat wieder die Gewinnstellung erreicht, die bereits mit der obigen
Variante 38.e6+/42.Nc6+ möglich war und bringt - dank Mithilfe des Gegners -
auf diese "unorthodoxe", nichtsdestoweniger gefällige Weise doch noch seinen
Durchbruch zustande.} bxc6 (44... Kf6 {siehe obige Analyse}) 45. dxc6 Rb3+ 46.
Ka5 Kd8 ({Auf} 46... Kxe6 {folgt} 47. Re2+ Ne4 48. b7 {Plan c7+-}) 47. c7+ Kc8
48. e7 Nb7+ ({Oder} 48... Re3 49. Kb5 Kd7 50. Ra3 Re1 (50... Rxe7 51. Ra8 $18)
(50... Rxa3 51. e8=Q+ Kxe8 52. c8=Q+ $18) 51. c8=Q+ Kxc8 52. Kc6 Kb8 53. Kxd6
Nb7+ 54. Kd7 Nc5+ 55. Ke8 Kb7 56. Kf7 $18) 49. Ka6 Nc5+ 50. Ka7 Re3 51. b7+ $1
Nxb7 52. Kb6 Kd7 53. Kxb7 Rb3+ 54. Ka6 Re3 55. Ra5 $1 {"Une petite
combinaison" bringt einen der Freibauern in den Zielhafen.} Kxc7 ({Oder z.B.} 
55... Rxe7 56. Kb7 Re8 57. c5 $18) 56. Re5 $8 $18 dxe5 57. e8=Q exf4 58. Qxg6
Re5 59. c5 Rd5 60. Qb6+ {Zwar nicht Tomi Nybacks beste Leistung, dafür aber
ein verdienter Sieg. Mit dem "Glück des Tüchtigen" war Werders finnischer
Großmeister am Ende dieses Bundesliga-Tripel-Wochenendes in Emsdetten mit 3:0
Punkten Bremens Topscorer.} 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tisdall} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7.
g3 (7. b3 d6 8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 a4 12. b4 b5 13. c5 Bd5
14. Qc2 Be4 15. Qc1 Nd5 16. Ne1 (16. Bh3 $1 $16) (16. cxd6 $2 cxd6 17. Qc6 Rb8
$1 18. Qxd6 $4 Rb6) 16... Bxg2 17. Nxg2 f5 $14 {Mikhalevski,A-Zoler,D/ISR-ch
1994}) 7... O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Qe7 {Although in most cases the queen is
posted here, it seems to me that black gains more in flexibility by postponing
this in favor of} (9... c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. dxc5 dxc5
14. Qg5 h6 15. Qh4 Nh7 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. gxf4 Ndf6 18. Ne5 Ne4 $2 (18... Bxg2
$142 19. Kxg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8) 19. Nd7 Rfe8 20. Rd3 $16 Ba8 21. Rad1 Rc8 22.
Ne5 Nf8 23. Nd7 Ng6 24. e3 Nf8 25. f3 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 Nf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxa7
Rcd8 29. Rdd7 {1-0 Szabolcsi,J-Borne,N/Eger 1994}) (9... a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2
h6 {Though this is useful in conjunction with ...Be4, I do not see why it is
necessary to play it so quickly. Compare with Henley-Larsen.} 12. Rae1 Re8 13.
Qc2 Be4 14. Qd1 Qb8 (14... c6 {/\d5}) 15. Bh3 b5 16. Ba1 Qb7 (16... a4 $5 {
Tisdall}) 17. Nd2 Bh7 18. Bg2 d5 19. f3 a4 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 e5 22. b4 c6
23. d5 bxc4 24. Nxc4 $16 cxd5 25. exd5 e4 26. Bh3 Rad8 27. d6 Nb6 28. Na5 $18 {
1-0 Sjoberg,M-Andersson,U/Osterskan op 1994 (39)}) (9... Nbd7 10. b3 {since
this seems to pose the most practical problems.} (10. Qc2 Qe7 11. b3 Rad8 12.
Bb2 Ne4 $6 13. d5 $5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rad1 $1 (15. Qxc7 $4 Rc8 16. Qxa7
Ra8 17. Qc7 Rfc8 $19) 15... c6 $6 (15... Ndf6 16. Nd4 Bb7 $5 (16... c5 $2 17.
Nf5 Qe6 18. Rxd5 $18) (16... Rfe8 17. f3 Nc5 18. e4 Bb7 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nf5 $16)
17. Nf5 (17. f3 Nc5 18. e4) (17. Nc6) 17... Qe6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bh3 $44 (19.
Qxc7 Rd7) 19... Kh8 $1 20. Nxd6 $6 (20. f3) 20... Qxh3 21. Nxb7 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Qf5 23. f3 Nxg3) 16. Nd4 $1 $16 {/\f3,e4} Ndf6 (16... f5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6
$16) 17. Nxc6 $2 $14 (17. f3 Nc5 18. e4 $18) 17... Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Bxf6
Nxf6 20. Qxd6 Qxe2 21. Rd2 Qb5 22. Qd3 Qe5 23. Re2 Qc7 24. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Christensen,L-Hansen,F/DEN-chB 1992}) 10... Qe7 (10... e5 11. Bb2 exd4 12. Nxd4
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qe7 14. f3 Ne8 15. e4 $16 f6 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. Qc2 g6 18. f4 Ng7
19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. g4 a6 21. Nc3 Rf8 22. Nd5 Ne8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Qe6 25.
exf6 Ndxf6 26. h3 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Qd7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. d6 $1 cxd6 30. Qe4 $1
Nc7 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. Qd4 {1-0 Mikhalevski,A-Zelinski/Israel,Ch1/2f 1996}) (
10... Be4 {This plan, and Andersson's in the next example, are more
challenging strategically, and pose original problems.} 11. Bb2 c6 {A
combination of strategical and psychological warfare. Black hopes to trade
bishops and then stifle the Bb2. He also keeps maximum flexibility in regard
to how he will confront the white queenside.} 12. Rac1 a5 13. a4 Qe7 14. Ba3
Rfd8 15. Rfd1 $14 h6 16. Qe3 $6 c5 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Rcd1 d5 $132 19. cxd5 Bxd5
20. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {0-1 Henley,R-Larsen,B/Lone Pine op 1981 (48)} (20... Nxc5 {
Tisdall} 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Qb7 $15 {>< b3; 0-1 Henley,
R-Larsen,B/Lone Pine op 1981 (48). A nice strategical performance by Larsen.
White's system of development is designed to prevent the easy counterplay
against c4, but Larsen's patient and wily handling of the position eventually
revealed a weakness at b3, which must be frustrating for white.})) 11. Bb2 Rfd8
(11... Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 (13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 (14... dxc5 $5) 15.
Nd2 Ndf6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 $6 (16... Bxe4 $142 17. Bxe4 Nxe4) 17. Rd3 e5 18. Rad1
Rfd8 19. f3 $16 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Knezevic,B/Nis op 1993 (39)} (19. f3 Nf6 20.
Bh3 $1 g6 21. Qd2 Ne8 22. b4 $16 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Knezevic,B/Nis op 1993 (39)}))
13... Ndf6 14. Ne1 (14. Ng5 $5 h6 $140 15. Nh3) 14... c5 15. f3 (15. e3) 15...
Ng5 16. e3 Rac8 17. Rf2 Nf7 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Rfd2 Rcd8 20. Nd3 e5 21. Nf2 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Qe6 23. f4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Re8 25. Qd1 h6 26. h3 Re7 27. Qf3 Kh7 28. g4
exf4 29. exf4 Kg8 30. Rd1 $2 (30. Bc3) 30... Kh7 $2 (30... fxg4 31. hxg4 Nxg4
$1 32. Nxg4 Qe2+ $17) 31. Bc3 a5 32. Re1 Qd6 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qd3 $16 {
Ftacnik,L-Gausel,E/Manila olm 1992/1-0 (61)}) (11... a5 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Rfe1
c5 14. d5 e5 15. Nh4 a4 16. Nf5 Qf8 17. b4 {^^,()} cxb4 18. axb4 a3 19. Ba1 Ra4
20. Qc3 Ne8 21. e4 Nc7 22. Rc1 Na6 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Bf1 Rc7 25. Rb3 g6 26. Ne3
Qa8 27. Nc2 $16 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Tzoumbas,A/Komotini GP 1993 (34)}) 12. Rfe1 (
12. Rad1) 12... c5 13. Rad1 Rac8 $6 14. d5 $1 Ne4 (14... exd5 15. Nh4) 15. Qc2
exd5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. Nh4 g6 18. f3 Nef6 19. e4 $16 Nh5 20. f4 c4 21. Qc3 f6
22. b4 Ng7 23. a4 Rf8 24. Nf3 a6 25. Nd4 a5 26. b5 Nc5 27. Qxc4 Qf7 28. Qa2 (
28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. bxc6 Rxc6 30. Bxf6 $18) 28... Rc7 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. bxc6 Rxc6
31. Bxf6 Rc7 32. Bd4 Rfc8 33. e5 Nf5 34. e6 Qe7 35. Ba1 Qe8 36. g4 Ng7 37. Rc1
Qxa4 38. Qxa4 Nxa4 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Bxg7 {1-0 Mikhalevski,A-Karasik,E/Israel,
Ch1/2f 1996}) 10. b3 {A restrained method of development. This modest advance
prevents black from developing counterplay against c4.} Re8 {This move does
not fit in well with the standard plan of ...Ne4 and ...f5. The advance ...e5
is not the idea here either. If black is planning the kind of Larsen waiting
game, then there is no reason not to play more essential moves (Nbd7, a5)
first, so this strikes me as inflexible, if not an inaccuracy.} 11. Bb2 Nbd7
12. Rad1 h6 (12... e5 13. d5 b5 14. cxb5 Nb6 15. Nh4 Bxd5 16. Nf5 $36 Qf8) (
12... Be4 $5 {Tisdall}) 13. Rfe1 a5 $6 (13... Be4) 14. d5 $1 {A very
interesting pawn sacrifice that leads to intricate tactics.} exd5 15. Nd4 $1
Ne4 16. Qc1 $1 (16. Qc2 $6 dxc4 (16... Ndf6 $6 {Tisdall} 17. Nf5 Qe6 (17... Qd8
18. cxd5 $16) 18. Bh3 Kh7 (18... Kh8 19. cxd5 $16) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxg7 Qxh3
21. Nxe8 Ng4 22. Nf6+ $1 Ngxf6 23. Bxf6 $18) 17. Nf5 Qg5 18. Nxg7 Re7 $1 {פq7}
19. Qxc4 $140 (19. f4 $13) 19... Ne5 20. Qc2 f5) 16... dxc4 (16... Qg5 17. cxd5
$16) (16... Qf6 17. f3 Nec5 18. cxd5 $16 (18. Nb5 $5 {Tisdall}) 18... Bxd5 19.
Nb5) (16... Ndf6 $5 {Tisdall} 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Bh3 Kh7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf6
Nxf6 21. Qxc7 $14) 17. Nf5 Qg5 18. Nxg7 Qxc1 (18... Re7 $5 19. Qxg5 (19. f4 Qg4
20. Bf3 Qh3 $13) (19. Qxc4 $2 Ne5 20. Qc2 f5) 19... hxg5 20. Nf5 Re6 21. bxc4
$16) (18... c3 19. Nxe8 $18 Qxc1 (19... cxb2 20. Qxg5+ hxg5 21. Nxc7 Rc8 22.
Nb5) (19... Qf5 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. f3 cxb2 22. Qxc7 Qe3+ 23. Kg2) 20. Bxc1 Rxe8
21. Bxh6) (18... Reb8 $5 {Tisdall} 19. Qxg5 (19. Qxc4 Ne5 20. Qxc7 Qxg7 $1 (
20... Kxg7 $2 21. f4 $16 Qf5 22. Rf1 (22. Qxb6 $5)) 21. f4 Nxg3 22. Bxb7 Ne4+
$1 23. Kf1 Qg4 24. Bxe4 Qxf4+ 25. Bf3 Nxf3 26. exf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kf2
Qf4+ $11) (19. f4 Qg6 20. Qxc4 Ndf6 $5 (20... Ndc5) (20... Nef6 21. Bh3 $16)
21. Bxe4 Nxe4 $132) 19... hxg5 20. bxc4 Ne5 21. Bxe5 (21. Nh5 Nxc4 22. Bc1 $5
$13) 21... dxe5 22. Nf5 Rd8 23. Rd3 $1 $14) 19. Rxc1 Reb8 (19... Red8 $142 $16)
(19... c3 $2 20. Bxc3 $18) 20. Rxc4 $16 {^^׻} Ndc5 21. Nh5 (21. Nf5 $5 Kh7 22.
b4) (21. b4 $5 axb4 22. axb4 d5 (22... b5 23. Rd4 $5) 23. Rc2) (21. Rd1 $5) (
21. Nf5 $5 {Tisdall}) 21... d5 22. Rc2 Rd8 23. f3 (23. Rd1) (23. b4) 23... Nd6
24. Rd1 Ne8 25. Rd4 $5 {This seems unneccesarily adventurous, though white
justifies it with very energetic play.} (25. Nf6+ {Tisdall} Nxf6 26. Bxf6 Re8
27. Rd4 $16 {was a simpler way to preserve white's advantage.}) 25... Nxb3 26.
Rg4+ Kf8 (26... Kh7 {Tisdall} 27. Rxc7 $1 Nxc7 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 (
29... d4 30. Nf6) 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rxc7 Rdb8 32. Be5 $18) 27. Be5 $1 b5 $6 (
27... c5 28. f4 $1 {/\f5} (28. Bf4 $40 {Tisdall}) 28... Bc8 29. Rh4 Ke7 (29...
Bf5 30. Rb2 a4 31. Nf6) 30. Ng7 $1 Nxg7 (30... f6 $2 31. Nxe8 fxe5 32. Nc7) 31.
Bxg7 {/\Rh6+/-}) 28. Nf6 $1 (28. Bf4 {Tisdall} Ra6) (28. Bxc7 {Tisdall} Rdc8) (
28. Rc3 {Tisdall} a4 29. Bxc7 $4 d4 $19) 28... c5 29. Rh4 Ke7 (29... Ra6 {
Tisdall} 30. Rxh6 Kg7 $5 {and suddenly white's pieces are very awkwardly
placed.} 31. Ng4+ f6 {and black's queenside pawns look more dangerous than
white's attacking chances.}) 30. Rxh6 Ra6 31. Ng8+ Kf8 (31... Kd7 {Tisdall} 32.
Bh3+) 32. Rh8 (32. Rh7 {Tisdall} Bc8 $5 33. Nh6 Be6 $13) 32... Re6 (32... Bc8 {
Tisdall} 33. f4 $1 Be6 $140 34. f5 $18) (32... d4 {Tisdall} 33. Bh3 $40) (32...
Rg6 {Tisdall} 33. Nh6+ Ke7 34. Rh7) 33. Nh6+ (33. f4 $2 Rxe5 34. fxe5 Kg7)
33... Ke7 34. f4 $18 {Now white has too many threats; Pressure against c,d and
f-pawns, and all pieces in the attack.} Nf6 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. Nxf7+ Ke7 37. Nh6
Ne4 (37... b4 {Tisdall}) 38. Nf5+ Kd8 (38... Ke8 {Tisdall} 39. h4 {Presumably
this was the end of a time scramble...} (39. Ng7+ {Tisdall}) 39... b4 40. h5 c4
41. axb4 axb4 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. h6 {1-0 Mikhalevski,A-Finkel,A/Festival
Beersheba XVI 1997/CBM 58/[Tisdall]}) 39. h4 b4 40. h5 c4 41. axb4 a4 42. Bxe4
dxe4 43. h6 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 {This variation
promises White a slight edge thanks to a space advantage, but Black's position
is very solid and so White has to play very accurate not to open up too much.}
Ng4 {With the idea to consolidate the position in the centre.} ({Black also
tested} 13... Nd7) ({and} 13... Nc5 {Here is a classical game which was played
almost 60 years ago.} 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. f5 ({I think it would be better to
maintain tension in the centre by means of} 15. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Ga1e1,Gc2c3]})
15... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6,Gf7f6]} 16. Rc1 Ra6 17. g4 Kh8 18. Rc3 Rg8 {[%cal Gg7g5]
} 19. Rg3 {[%cal Gg4g5]} g5 20. Kf2 Rh6 21. Rh1 Nd6 22. Bf1 Rh4 $1 23. Bd3 h5
24. h3 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Rg7 26. Nf3 Rxg4 27. hxg4+ Kg8 28. Rh6 f6 29. Qh1 Rh7 {
1/2-1/2 Tolush,A-Keres,P/Moscow 1948/URS-ch (29). and Black equalized thanks
to a very tough defense. Probably White's play can be improved.}) 14. Qe2 f6 {
Black strengthens the centre and prepares retreat of the knight to h6.} ({
Other options are} 14... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Gb4c2,Gc2d4]} 15. h3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nh6
17. f5 f6 18. b3 $14 {Hubner,R-Knaak,R Bundesliga98/99.}) (14... exf4 $6 {
looks wrong.} 15. gxf4 Qh4 16. Nf3 Qh6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Ortega,
L-Abatino,M/Cutro 2000/CBM 077 (51)}) 15. a3 $5 {A new provocative move. White
was preparing b4 and thus invites Black to fix the queenside by means of a4.
My point was to attack this pawn later on.} ({Earlier White played} 15. f5 Nh6
16. b3 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4]} Bd7 (16... Nb4 $5) 17. g4 (17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. a3 $14
{1/2-1/2 Tempone,M-Slipak,S/La Carlota 1995/EXT 97 (26)}) (17. a3 $5) 17...
Rfb8 18. a4 Nf7 19. Qf2 c6 20. h4 Qd8 21. Ra2 b5 $1 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rfa1 bxc4
24. bxc4 a4 {with a good position for Black.}) 15... a4 16. Nb1 {[%csl Ra4]
[%cal Gb1c3] The knight comes to c3 to attack the a4-pawn.} Nh6 17. Nc3 Bd7 18.
Qc2 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc3a4]} Qe8 ({Also} 18... Nc5 $5 {makes sense.} 19. Nxc5
dxc5 {[%cal Gh6f7,Gf7d6] Preparing Nf7-d6.} 20. Nb5 $13) 19. fxe5 $1 fxe5 20.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 (20... Qxf8 21. Nxa4 $14) 21. c5 $1 {[%cal Gc2f2,Gf2c5]} Kg8 $1 {
The king moves from the f-file and thus Black creates a threat to the c5-pawn.}
(21... dxc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Qf2+ Kg8 24. Qxc5 $14) 22. b4 $1 axb3 23. Qxb3
Rb8 $6 {First inaccuracy.} (23... Qb8 $3 $11 {[%cal Gb8a7] with the idea Qa7
was strong.}) 24. c6 $1 (24. Qc4 $2 {is bad in view of simple} dxc5 (24... b5
25. cxb6 Rxb6 26. a4 Ng4 27. Re1) 25. a4 (25. Nxc5 $2 b5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc5]})
25... Nf7 $1 {[%cal Gf7d6] and White remains a pawn down.}) 24... bxc6 (24...
Bc8 $5 25. Qc4 $1 (25. cxb7 Bxb7 {/\Kh8; c6}) 25... bxc6 26. dxc6+ Nf7 27. Nd5
$14) 25. Qc4 Rb6 ({It was interesting to sacrifice a piece by means of} 25...
cxd5 $5 26. Qxa6 d4 27. Qc4+ Qe6 $5 (27... Be6 28. Nd5 $1 c6 $140 29. Qxc6 $1
$18 {[%csl Rc6,Rg8][%cal Gd5e7]}) 28. Nd5 (28. Qxe6+ $5 Bxe6 29. Nd5 $14) 28...
c6 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Nxc6 $1 Qxc4 31. Ncxe5+ dxe5 32. Nxe5+ Ke7 33. Nxc4 $14)
26. dxc6+ Be6 27. Nd5 Nf7 (27... Nb8 $2 {[%csl Rc6]} 28. N3b4 $1 {[%csl Rb8]})
28. Bh3 $1 {A correct move with a wrong continuation. White unpins the
d5-knight in order to exploit the hanging position of black pieces on the
queenside.} Bxd5 $1 {The only move.} (28... Rxc6 {loses to} 29. Ne7+ Qxe7 30.
Qxe6 $1 {[%csl Rf7] and it turns out that Black can't avoid material losses.
For example} Kf8 ({or} 30... Qxe6 31. Bxe6 Nc5 32. Bd5 $1 $18) 31. Rf1 $1 {
[%csl Rf7]} Nc5 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. Qb3 {[%cal Gh3e6,Gb3b8]} Ke8 34. Be6 $1 Nd8
35. Bf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb3g8,Gf5h7]} Qf7 $140 36. Bd7+ $1 Qxd7 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38.
Qxg7+ $18) (28... Bxh3 {loses even simplier:} 29. Nxb6 cxb6 30. Qxa6 Qxc6 31.
Rc1 Qe8 (31... Qxe4 32. Rc8+ $1 $18) 32. Qxb6 $18) 29. exd5 $6 {I've
overestimated my position. Although the c6-pawn is protected and the a6-knight
is out of play Black still has some counterchances.} (29. Qxd5 $142 $1 {
[%csl Rf7] and again Black starts to experience problems with the knight on f7.
} Kh8 (29... Qxc6 {loses a piece.} 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Be6 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8]
[%cal Ga1f1] ><f7.} Rc3 (31... Nc5 32. Bd5 $1 Rb6 33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. Rf1 Rf6 35.
Rxf6 gxf6 36. a4 Kf8 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. a5 c4 39. Kf2 $1 $18) 32. Rf1 Rxd3 33.
Bxf7+ Kh8 34. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gf1f8]}) 30. Bd7 Qe7 31. Rf1 $16) 29...
Ng5 30. Bg4 $6 {[%cal Gh2h4] I wanted to have access to the e6-square, which
was absolutely unnecessary.} (30. Bg2 $142 $1 {was much better preventing
Black from having counterplay.}) 30... h5 $1 (30... e4 $5 31. Re1 Qf8 32. Rf1
Qe7 33. Nf4 Nc5 34. Ne6 $1 $14) 31. Be2 e4 {The main difference between the
game and 30.Bg4 is that I can't pin the e-pawn by means of Re1.} 32. Nf4 Nc5 {
The knight which was stuck on a6 enters the game. This is the price White has
to pay for his 30th move.} 33. Rf1 $1 ({I had no time for} 33. Bxh5 Nf3+ $1 (
33... Nh3+ 34. Nxh3 Qxh5 35. Nf4 Qf3 36. Qe2 Qc3 37. Rf1 Rb2 38. Qg4 Qe3+ 39.
Kh1 Rf2 40. Rb1 $16) 34. Bxf3 exf3 $132 {and Black obtains counterplay.}) 33...
g6 $6 {Black loses an important tempo.} (33... Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 exf3 35. Rxf3 Rb1+
(35... Rb2 $6 36. Ne6 $1) 36. Kg2 Qe1 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ge1h1]} (36... Qe5) 37.
Kh3 (37. Qf1) 37... Ne4 38. Ne6 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc4d4]}) (33... h4 $5 {
was the best counterchance.}) (33... Rb2 34. Bxh5 Qa8 35. Kh1 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gf4g6,Gf1f8]}) 34. h4 ({I had a feeling that White has to play} 34. Qd4 $142 $1
{[%cal Gd4f6] taking control over the dark squares and preparing Qf6.}) 34...
Nf3+ $6 {Black underestimates my 36th move. Frankly speaking I was also sure
that Black has to play Nf3.} ({After correct} 34... Nf7 $1 35. Nxg6 Ne5 36.
Nxe5 Qxe5 37. Rf4 Rb3 $132 {Black obtains serious counterplay.}) 35. Bxf3 exf3
36. Ne6 $1 {The key move. Otherwise Black's queen penetrates to White's camp
along the e-file.} (36. Rxf3 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Qe5 $1 (37... Qe1 38. Qf1 Rb2+ 39.
Kh3 Qe8 40. Rf2 Rb3 41. Kh2 Rxa3 42. Re2 Re3 43. Rxe3 Qxe3 44. Nxg6 Qd2+ 45.
Qg2 Qe3 46. Nf4 $16) 38. Nxg6 $140 Qe1) 36... Nxe6 37. dxe6 {[%csl Ge6] Now
Black has to be very careful to stay in the game.} Rxc6 $1 (37... Qxc6 $2 {
loses to} 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 39. Rxf3 Ra6 (39... Rc1+ 40. Rf1 $18) 40. e7 Ra8 41. a4
$1 $18 {[%cal Gf3f8,Ga4a5] and White forces a winning pawn endgame.}) 38. Qb5 {
[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb5e8] Pinning the rook.} Qa8 $2 {After this move there is no
escape.} ({The only move was} 38... d5 $1 {[%cal Gc6e6]} 39. e7 Kh7 $1 (39...
Kg7 40. Qxd5 (40. a4) 40... Rf6 41. Qd8 Kf7 42. Qxc7 Qxe7 43. Qxe7+ Kxe7 44.
Kf2 Rf5 45. Re1+ Kd6 46. Re3 g5 47. Rxf3 $16) 40. Qxd5 Rd6 41. Qe4 Rf6 42. a4
Rf7 $14 {with good chances for a draw.}) 39. e7 $18 {Now it's over.} Kh7 ({
Neither} 39... Kf7 40. Rxf3+ Kxe7 41. Qe2+ $1 Kd7 42. Rf7+ Kc8 43. Rf8+ {
[%csl Ra8]}) ({nor} 39... Kg7 40. Qb2+ $1 Kh7 41. Qf6 $1 Qg8 42. Qxf3 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf3f7] don't save.}) 40. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f7]} Qe8 41. Qxf3 {
[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf3f7]} (41. Qxf3 Qxe7 42. Qxc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Guramishvili, Sopiko"]
[Black "Buksa, Nataliya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
a5 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. e4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 Ba6 14. Be3 c5 15. d5
exd5 16. exd5 Ng4 17. Nbd2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bf6 19. Ne4 Re8 20. Nfd2 Bg5 21. Nf1
Rb8 22. Bh3 Nb6 23. d6 b3 24. Qb1 Re5 25. Nc3 Bb7 26. e4 Qf6 27. Bg2 Rd8 28. h4
Bh6 29. Nh2 Be3+ {After a neat performance, the 2015 World Junior champion,
Natalia Buksa, starts to go VERY wrong from this moment. [#]} 30. Kh1 Qf2 $2 {
This throws away a lot of advantage but it does not through away the winnning
chances entirely.} (30... h5 {was my initial blitz reaction.}) 31. Rf1 Qxg3 $2
(31... Qc2 32. Ng4 Qxb1 33. Raxb1 Bd4 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Rf5 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Nxa4
{was still an elementary win.}) 32. Rf3 Qxh4 33. Rxe3 Rxd6 34. Qe1 {White has
a piece for four pawns but what happens next is a heart-breaking blunder.} Qh6
35. Rh3 $2 Qd2 $4 {This loses another exchange and gives White a winning
position.} (35... Qg6 {and Black is still clearly better.}) 36. Qxd2 Rxd2 37.
Nf3 Rxg2 38. Kxg2 Bxe4 39. Kf2 Bxf3 40. Rxf3 Rh5 41. Rd1 g6 42. Rd6 Rh2+ 43.
Kg3 Rxb2 44. Rxb6 Rc2 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb7 h5 47. Rfxf7+ Kg8 48. Ne4 {A
heart-breaking loss for Buksa. I hope she manages to have a good battle
tomorrow. I also hope to see Sopiko playing good chess like in her match
against Sara.} 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A rest day proved to be sufficient for the world champion, however it didn't
appear so for China's number one after a bad 5th round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
g3 {Once more the Catalan! In the last years it has become popular at all
levels in chess. Everyone from first category players to the very elite seems
to have it in their repertoire!} d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ $5 {The Closed Catalan. One
should not forget that this was Anand's main weapon against Topalov, so it
should be no surprise that he knows every possible sortie in this variation.}
5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Ne5 {A rare
continuation.} Nfd7 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 c5 $5 {Vishy seems ambitious today!
He appears reluctant to go for an equal position with ...Nd7. The bishop on e5
is misplaced, and Anand is trying to take advantage of it by putting his
knight on c6 to have the d4 and e5 squares simultaneously under attack. In the
meantime, he has also weakened the h1-a8 diagonal. A risky decision by the
world champion!} 13. Qa4 $6 {It seems that Wang has overestimated his chances
in this position. This just helps Black to develop his pieces more comfortably.
} (13. dxc5 {was preferable and would open some space for the bishop on e5.}
Nc6 14. Bc3 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qa4 {and White is better.}) 13... Qd7 14.
Qxd7 $2 {But this is too much. The local hero is going astray. Letting the
knight in with an attacking tempo over the bishop on e5? As mentioned earlier,
this doesn't seem to be Wang's tournament.} Nxd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rfe1 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Rad8 18. e3 f6 $1 {Simple and logical. Black's bishop pair and his
center offer him better chances.} 19. f4 $2 {The Chinese GM might have felt
frustrated by his own play. White's position is hopeless now and Anand slowly
but safely converts his advantage.} fxe5 20. fxe5 Bd3 21. Rad1 Bc2 22. Rc1 Bg6
23. h4 Rfe8 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Rcd1 Bf8 26. Re2 g6 27. b3 Bg7 28. Ng5 Bxg2 29.
Kxg2 Rxe5 30. Nf3 Re7 31. Red2 Red7 32. Rd3 h6 33. a4 Kf7 34. Ng1 Ke6 35. Ne2
g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. g4+ Ke6 39. Ng3 Rh8 40. Kg2 Rhd8 41. R3d2 Be5
42. Rf2 Bxg3 43. Kxg3 Rf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Rh1 c4 47. Rh6+ Ke5 48.
bxc4 dxc4 49. Ke2 c3 50. Rc6 Rd2+ 51. Ke1 Ra2 {A painful defeat for Wang Yue
and a fine comeback for Anand.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 O-O 7.
Nc3 Ba6 8. O-O d5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rfd1 Rc8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 c5 13. Rac1
cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Qb2 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4
Qxc4 20. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qd3 22. Qb1 Qxa3 23. h3 h6 24. Nd4 Qb4 25. Qa2 a4
26. Rb1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Ra8 Ne4 30. f3 Nd6 31. Ra6 Nf5 32.
Nxf5 exf5 33. Kh2 h5 34. f4 g6 35. h4 Kg7 36. Kg3 Kf8 37. Ra7 Ke8 38. Kf3 Rb4
39. Kg3 Kf8 40. Kf3 Kg7 41. Ra6 Rc4 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. Rb6 a3 45. Rb3
Kf6 46. Rd3 Ke6 47. Kg3 Ra1 48. Kf2 f6 49. Kg3 a2 50. Ra3 g5 51. fxg5 fxg5 52.
hxg5 h4+ 53. Kh2 Kf7 54. Ra6 Kg7 55. Ra7+ Kg6 56. Ra5 Kh5 57. Ra4 Kxg5 58. Ra6
Kh5 59. Ra5 Kg6 60. Ra6+ Kf7 61. Ra4 Kf6 62. Ra5 Ke6 63. Ra6+ Kd5 64. Ra4 Kc5
65. Ra8 Kc4 66. Ra3 Kb4 67. Ra8 Kc3 68. Ra7 Kd3 69. Ra3+ Ke2 70. Ra7 Kxe3 71.
Ra3+ Kd4 72. Ra4+ Kc5 73. Ra5+ Kb6 74. Ra4 f4 75. Ra3 Kb5 76. Ra8 {[%tqu "De",
"Kann Schwarz die weiße Festung knacken?","","","h4h3","",3]} h3 $1 77. Ra7 (
77. gxh3 f3 78. Kg3 Rg1+ 79. Kxf3 a1=Q 80. Rxa1 Rxa1 81. Kf4 Kc6 82. h4 Kd7 83.
Kf5 Rh1 84. Kg5 Ke7 85. h5 Kf7 $19) (77. Kxh3 Rh1+ 78. Kg4 a1=Q 79. Rxa1 Rxa1
80. Kxf4 Kc6 81. g4 Kd6 82. Kf5 Ke7 83. g5 Kf7 $19) 77... hxg2 78. Kxg2 f3+ 79.
Kf2 Rh1 $1 {Diese Umgehung ist die Pointe.} (79... Rh1 80. Rxa2 Rh2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5
15. Bd3 Kf8 16. g4 Kg8 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Bf5 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Nf1 Re8 21.
Ng3 Nxg4 22. Nf5 Qf8 23. f3 Nf6 24. e4 a5 25. g4 Rh7 26. Rd2 Kh8 27. Rdh2 Ng8
28. Rh5 f6 29. R1h3 Ree7 30. Qh2 Ref7 31. Kd2 Rfg7 32. Nxh6 Nxh6 33. Rxh6 Qf7
34. Kc3 Rxh6 35. Rxh6+ Rh7 36. Rxh7+ Qxh7 37. Qxh7+ Kxh7 38. Kb3 Kg7 39. Ka4
Kf7 40. c5 $1 {[%mdl 4096] A typical way to break such a defence. Ein
typischer Festungsknacker!} dxc5 41. Kb5 c4 (41... Ke7 42. Kc6 Kd8 43. d6 cxd6
44. Kxd6 c4 45. Kc6 $18 (45. a4 $4 b5 46. axb5 (46. Kc5 c3 47. bxc3 bxa4 48.
Kc4 Kc7 $19) 46... c3 47. bxc3 a4 48. b6 Kc8 $19)) 42. Kc6 a4 43. Kxc7 b5 44.
d6 b4 45. d7 bxa3 46. bxa3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Qe7 8.
Rc1 Rd8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qd1 Rd6 14. Nd2
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 a6 17. Na4 Nd8 18. Nc5 c6 19. b4 Ne6 20. a4 Nxc5
21. Rxc5 Re8 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Rg6 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Qc2 Ree6
27. Ra1 h6 28. Ra8+ Re8 29. Rca5 Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ Kh7 31. Qb1 h5 32. h4 Qg4 33.
g3 Qe6 34. Kg2 f5 35. Qb8 Rf6 36. Kg1 Rf7 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Ra7 Re7 39. Qxe6+
Rxe6 40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Rc7 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. Rg8 Rf6 45. Ke2 Kh7
46. Re8 h4 47. gxh4 f4 48. e4 dxe4 49. Rxe4 Rf5 50. Re5 Rf6 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Ke4
Rd6 53. f3 Kh6 54. Rf5 Kg6 55. Rxf4 Re6+ 56. Kd3 Kh5 57. Re4 Rg6 58. Re1 Rd6
59. Kc4 Kxh4 60. Rg1 Kh5 61. Rg8 Rd5 62. Re8 Rd6 63. Rg8 Rd5 64. f4 Kh6 65. Re8
Rf5 66. Rg8 Kh7 67. Rg4 Kh6 68. Rg1 Rxf4 69. Kc5 Re4 $2 (69... Kh7 $1 {hätte
den Laden zusammengehalten.}) 70. Rg8 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} Kh7 (70... Rf4 $5 {
war zäher, z.B.} 71. Rd8 Kg7 72. Kxc6 Kf7 73. Kc7 Ke7 74. Rd6 Rf8 75. Rd7+ Kf6
76. Kc6 $1 Rc8+ 77. Rc7 Ra8 78. d5 Ra6+ 79. Kc5 Ra5+ 80. Kd6 Ra6+ 81. Rc6 Ra7
82. Rc5 Kf5 83. Rc1 Ra6+ 84. Kc7 Ke5 85. d6 Ra7+ 86. Kb6 Rd7 87. Kc5 Rd8 88.
Re1+ $18) 71. Rd8 Kg7 72. Kxc6 Kf7 73. d5 $2 (73. Kc7 $1 Ke7 74. Rd6 Rh4 75. d5
Rd4 76. Re6+ Kf7 77. Kd6 Ra4 78. Re1 $18) 73... Ke7 74. Rd7+ Ke8 75. Ra7 Rc4+
76. Kd6 Rb4 $2 (76... Rd4 $1 77. Ra8+ Kf7 78. Rd8 Ra4 $1 79. Rc8 (79. Kc7 Ra7+
80. Kb6 Ke7 $11) 79... Rd4 $1 80. Kc6 Ke7 $11) 77. Ra8+ Kf7 78. Kc7 Rc4+ 79.
Kd7 Rd4 80. d6 Rd1 81. Ra2 Rf1 82. Kd8 Re1 83. d7 Rf1 84. Rc2 Ra1 85. Kc7 Ra7+
86. Kd6 Ra6+ 87. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. e3 d5 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxc6 16. e4 Rfd8+ 17. Ke3 Be8 18. Rac1 Rdc8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20.
Rc1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Bc6 22. Kd4 Nd7 23. Kc3 Nc5 24. Be3 Nb7 25. Bb6 a5 26. Kd4 f6
27. f4 Kf7 28. h4 Ke7 29. g4 Kd6 30. e5+ fxe5+ 31. fxe5+ Ke7 32. Bd3 g6 33. h5
gxh5 34. gxh5 h6 35. Be2 Kf7 36. Kc3 Kg7 37. Bd3 Kf7 38. b4 a4 39. Be3 Kg7 40.
Kd4 Be8 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Bf4 Kh7 43. Bf1 Kg7 44. Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 4096] That
dangerous endgame weapon zugzwang breaks open Black's fortress. Die scharfe
Endspielwaffe Zugzwang sprengt die schwarze Festung.} Be8 45. Be4 Nd8 46. Kc5
Bxh5 47. Kxb5 Be8+ (47... Bg6 48. Bg2 Bc2 49. Kb6 Kg6 50. Kc7 Kf5 51. Bh2 Nf7
52. b5 $18) 48. Kc5 h5 49. Bg5 Nf7 50. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hamdani, Rudin"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. c5 f5 14. O-O b6 15.
cxd6 cxd6 16. Qc7 Rf7 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. e4 Nf7 19. Rfe1 fxe4 20. Nd2 Bb7 21.
Bxe4 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. h4 Kf8 25. Nf1 g6 26. Ne3 Nh6 27. g4
Rf7 28. f3 Ke8 29. Kf2 Kd8 30. Kg3 Ng8 31. g5 Ne7 32. Ng4 Nf5+ 33. Bxf5 Rxf5
34. Nf6 Rf4 35. Nxh7 Bxd5 36. Rc3 Bxa2 37. Nf6 Bb1 38. Ra3 a5 39. Nd5 Rd4 40.
Nxb6 Kc7 41. Na4 Bf5 42. Nc3 Rd3 43. Kf2 Kb6 44. Rb3+ Kc6 45. Ra3 Rd2+ 46. Kg3
Rxb2 47. Rxa5 Rb3 48. Ne2 Be4 49. Ng1 Bxf3 50. Nxf3 e4 51. Ra7 Rxf3+ 52. Kg2
Rf4 53. Kg3 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 d5 55. Rg7 d4 56. Rxg6+ Kd5 57. Rg8 Ra3 58. h5 Ra2+
59. Kg3 Ra3+ 60. Kg4 Ra1 61. Rd8+ Kc4 62. h6 Rh1 63. Kf4 e3 64. Re8 Kd3 65. g6
Rxh6 66. g7 Rf6+ {[%tqu "En","White to play and draw.","","","f4e5","",0,
"f4g5","",3,"De","Weiß zieht und hält remis.","","","f4e5","",0,"f4g5","",3]}
67. Ke5 $2 (67. Kg5 $1 Rf1 68. g8=Q Rg1+ 69. Kf4 Rxg8 70. Rxg8 e2 71. Rg1 Kd2
72. Ke4 d3 73. Rh1 e1=Q+ 74. Rxe1 Kxe1 75. Kxd3 $11) 67... Rg6 68. g8=Q Rxg8
69. Rxg8 e2 70. Rg1 Ke3 71. Rg3+ Kf2 72. Rd3 e1=Q+ 73. Kxd4 Qb4+ 74. Kd5 Ke2
75. Rd4 Qb5+ 76. Ke4 Qg5 77. Rd5 Qg4+ 78. Ke5 Ke3 79. Kd6 Qb4+ 80. Kc6 Ke4 81.
Rd6 Qc4+ 82. Kb6 Ke5 83. Rc6 Qb4+ 84. Ka6 Kd5 85. Rb6 Qa4+ 86. Kb7 Kc5 87. Ra6
Qd7+ 88. Kb8 Kb5 89. Ra7 Qd8+ 90. Kb7 Qd5+ 91. Kb8 Qd6+ 92. Kb7 Qd8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the fourth round on the 1st board. Still, no one
could know that it was the encounter between the winner and his closest
pursuer. Another interesting thing is that the game started on Friday at 11 AM,
as the organisers had scheduled a rest day on Saturday and an earlier start of
the round the day before for religious reasons.} 1. d4 Nf6 {I rather expected
the Slav Defence.} 2. c4 e6 {This was a real surprise. Two rounds earlier GM
Najer played the King's Indian Defence and won in style.} 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2
O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 ({There is nothing wrong with} 8. b4 {
, but this time I was in a more aggressive mood. I also had some ideas to show.
} {After} a5 9. b5 c5 {Black gets counterplay, but I still slightly prefer
White.}) 8... c5 9. h4 g6 (9... cxd4 $4 {would be a grave mistake because of}
10. Bxh7+ $1 {. After} Kxh7 11. Ng5+ {White develops a winning attack.}) 10. h5
cxd4 11. Qc2 ({Black is more or less fine after} 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Qc2 Qe8 13.
O-O Nc6 {.}) ({Earlier this year I played} 11. Nb3 {against GM Timman, who
also surprised me with this line. He quickly went astray with} dxc4 $6 (11...
Nc6 {leads to equality. Black can meet Bc1-f4 with g6-g5-g4, thereby winning
the e5-pawn. White gets decent compensation, but not more than that.}) 12. Bxc4
$6 ({My preparation continued with} 12. hxg6 $1 cxd3 13. g7 $1 Kxg7 {, but
after a long time I was unable to recall} 14. Nfxd4 $1 {with a strong attack.})
12... b5 $6 (12... Qc7 13. Qe2 $36) 13. Bd3 Bb7 {, when Black was in a deep
trouble after} 14. Qd2 $1 {and lost quickly. Grandmaster Timman is a great
player, but he was in very poor form during the tournament.} g5 {was the best
move, but White maintains an edge after} (14... Bxf3 $2 15. Qh6 Nxe5 16. hxg6
$1 Nxd3+ 17. Kf1 $18) 15. Bc2 $1 Bxf3 16. Qd3 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qxf3 {.})
11... Nc5 12. Bf1 (12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qxd5 14. Ne4 Nc6 15. Bh6
Qa5+ (15... Bd7 $5 {was one of my suggested improvements for Black. The play
might continue} 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rd1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4
Bc6 {with decent compensation.}) 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rd8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19.
Bg5 h5 20. g4 Bxg5+ 21. Nfxg5 Nxe5 22. gxh5 Nc4+ 23. Ke1 Bd7 24. b3 Na5 25. Rc1
Bc6 26. hxg6 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Kg7 28. Rc7+ Kxg6 29. Rg1+ Kf5 30. f3 e5 31. Rg5+
Kf4 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Rh7 {1-0 (33) Giri,A (2734)-Naiditsch,A (2718) Wijk aan
Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Krasenkow,M]}) 13. hxg6 (13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. N2f3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4
Qc7 $11) 13... Nxd3+ (13... fxg6 $4 14. Bxg6 $1) 14. Qxd3 fxg6 {looks playable
for Black. I still prefer White's position here, but that was the case on move
1, too.}) 12... a5 $5 {I mentioned this move in my comments to the Giri -
Naiditsch game from Wijk aan Zee 2014. My comments were published on the Czech
chess website www.nss.cz and also included 11.Nb3 and the idea of the queen
switch to h6. Had GM Timman read it, he might have done better!} ({After} 12...
d3 13. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 dxc4 {White has two promising options, both of
which I mentioned in my comments from 2014. Perhaps my future opponents should
learn Czech?!} 15. Qxd8 (15. Qe3 g5 16. Nxc4 $1 {is also promising for White.
This was also mentioned by GM Dejan Antic.}) 15... Rxd8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ne4
Nc6 18. Bg5 h5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. g4 $1 {White developed a strong attack. Had
he not suffered from excessive respect for his strong opponent, he might have
won the game.} b5 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. gxh5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25.
O-O-O Kg7 26. Rg1+ Kf8 27. Rh1 Nf5 28. Rh7 Ng7 29. Ng5 Bb7 30. Nd7+ Kg8 31.
Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nd7+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ {1/2 (33) Fabian,G (2336)-Mareco,S (2580) Villa
Martelli 2013. I faced Sandro Mareco in the World Cup several months after
this game. No wonder that I knew it!}) 13. Nxd4 dxc4 ({My preparation ended
with} 13... Nc6 {. During the game I was tempted to switch the queen to h6
once more, but here such a plan might backfire if Black reacts accurately:} 14.
Nxc6 (14. N2f3 $5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qc7 $11) 14... bxc6 15. Nf3 a4
16. Qd2 $2 (16. Rb1 $13) 16... g5 $1 17. Nxg5 $2 Nb3 {.}) 14. N2f3 (14. Qxc4
Nc6 15. N2f3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 $11) 14... g5 {This move surprised me a lot. I
quickly found the bishop switch which looked decisive to me, but it turned out
that my opponent had taken it into account.} ({I expected} 14... Nd3+ 15. Bxd3
cxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc6 {, when} 17. Nxc6 $5 {achieves nothing in view of} bxc6 ({
, while} 17... Qxd3 $4 {would lose to} 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 (18... Kg7 19. Bh6+ $1)
19. Bg5 f5 20. hxg6 $18 {with mate to follow.})) 15. Bxc4 ({Another
possibility was} 15. Be3 Nbd7 $1 ({I mostly focused on} 15... Nd3+ 16. Bxd3
cxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc6 {, but White appears slightly better after} 18. Rd1 $14 {.})
16. O-O-O g4 17. Nd2 Nxe5 {with mutual chances.}) (15. Qxc4 b6 $11) 15... g4
16. Ba2 {I knew this motif from the game Navara - Timman. It looks crushing,
but it is not so.} ({After} 16. Bh6 gxf3 17. gxf3 Kh8 18. Rg1 (18. O-O-O $4 {
fails to} Bg5+ {.}) 18... Rg8 19. O-O-O Rxg1 20. Rxg1 Qxd4 {White can repeat
the moves. I have not seen} 21. Rg7 {, but it also leads to equality:} (21.
Bg7+ $11) 21... Ne4 $1 22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Bxe4 Nxe5 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26.
f4 Bd7 $1 27. fxe5 Rc8 28. Rh7+ $11) 16... Nbd7 $1 {I completely missed this
move. Black is ready to meet 17.Bb1 with f7-f5.} 17. Ng5 $1 ({The alternative} 
17. Bb1 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ng5 (19. Bg5 $2 Nfe4) 19... Qxd4 20. Nxh7 Qe4+ $36
{looks favourable for Black.}) 17... Bxg5 18. Bb1 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bxg5
Qxd4 21. Be3 {White is forced to retreat the bishop, as the direct attack
fails.} (21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 {Now} 23. O-O ({The alternative line is
bad for White:} 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qg7+ Kd6 25. O-O Rf4 26. h6 Bd7 27. Bh7 {
and now Houdini's suggestion} Ba4 $1 $17 {promises Black a serious edge.})
23... Rf7 24. Qh6+ $15 {might surprisingly offer some compensation.}) 21... Qe4
22. Qxc5 Qxg2 23. Rf1 ({I did not consider} 23. Rh4 $5 {seriously. Still,} Bd7
24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Bxh7 Kxh7 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ {leads to a perpetual, as} Nh7
$4 {fails to} 28. Bd4+ {.}) (23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Rf1 $6 (24. Rh4 $1 {followed by
25.Bxh7 still maintains the balance.}) 24... Qd5 $15 {is worse than the game
continuation, as White's bishop would be better placed on c5 than on g5.})
23... Qd5 24. f3 $5 (24. Ba2 $44 {was a decent alternative to the text. After}
Qxh5 25. Qxh5 Nxh5 26. Rc1 $5 {White's initiative compensates for the missing
material.}) 24... b6 $1 {I spotted this move only after playing 24.f3 and was
not happy to see it played.} (24... Qxh5 25. fxg4 Qxc5 26. Bxc5 Rf7 27. g5 $14)
25. Qxd5 ({After some hesitation, I rejected} 25. Qxb6 $2 {on general grounds,
as my king looked far too weak.} {After} Ba6 $1 ({White would be alright after
} 25... gxf3 $2 26. Ba2 Qxh5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. O-O-O $1 {.}) 26. Ba2 Qd3 $1 $19
27. Rf2 g3 {(Najer) Black wins outright.}) 25... Nxd5 26. Bh6 $6 (26. Bd4 $5
$11 {might have been more accurate.}) 26... Rf6 $6 {I felt relieved to see
this move.} (26... Ba6 $1 {would be more challenging:} 27. Rg1 ({I would
probably chose} 27. Bxf8 Bxf1 28. Bh6 {, but after} Bg2 $1 29. fxg4 Bf3 {
White needs to worry about maintaining the balance.}) 27... Rxf3 {White
equalises after} 28. Be4 $1 (28. Rxg4+ $6 Kf7 29. Rg7+ Kf6 {is favourable for
Black}) 28... Rh3 29. Rxg4+ (29. Rd1 $5) 29... Kf7 30. Rd1 $11 Rxh5 31. Rg7+
Kf6 32. Rxh7 {, but the position still remains tricky after} Rg8 {.}) 27. Bg5
Rxf3 (27... Ba6 28. Bxf6 Bxf1 29. Bd4 Bh3 30. Be4 $11) 28. Rxf3 gxf3 {Here
Black offered a draw. I planned to play 29.Be4 followed by either 30.Kf2, or
30.Bxf3 and eventually 31.0-0-0, depending on the circumstances. Grandmaster
Najer suggested 29.Kf2!?, which might be slightly more accurate. Both
continuations lead to approximate equality. I mostly prefer material to
activity, therefore I was happy to draw the game without the necessity to
prove the compensation. In the end, grandmaster Najer scored 8.5/11 and
deservedly won the event. Congratulations! I shared 2nd place together with my
good friend Mateusz Bartel and with Denis Khismatullin. I would like to thank
everybody who has helped me to achieve such a result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. Bg5 a4 (6... Bb7 7. e3 h6
(7... d6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 $13 {
Khalifman,A-Yusupov,A/Las Palmas/1993/1:0/40/}) 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 d6 13. Rh2 Nd7 14. Be2 Qf6 15. g4 Ke7 16. Nf1 (16.
Qc2 Raf8 17. Bd3 Qg7 18. O-O-O Kd8 19. f3 Kc8 20. Be4 Kb8 $13 {Savchenko,
S-Kiselev,S/Barnaul/1988/1:0/44/}) 16... Raf8 17. Ng3 Kd8 18. Rb1 Kc8 19. Qc2
Qe7 $13 {Vladimirov,E-Kiselev,S/Frunze/1988/1:0/83/}) (6... h6 7. Bh4 Ba6 8. e3
c6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Bb1 d6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 g6 14. h4 Bg7 $13 {
Miles,A-Sturua,Z/Iraklion/1993/0:1/117/}) 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bb7 9. e3 Ra5 $5
(9... h6 10. Bh4 d6) 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nbd7 13. f3 Rg8 14. Be2 h5 (
14... Qe7 15. c5 $5 $36) 15. e4 h4 16. Bf2 Qe7 $6 (16... Nh5 $13) 17. Rb1 (17.
Bd3) 17... c5 (17... Nh5) 18. Bd3 $1 (18. e5 dxe5 (18... Nh5 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20.
fxe4 Nf4 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. O-O $14) 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxb6 Nfd7 $13) 18... Kd8
19. O-O Kc7 20. Bc2 Bc6 21. Re1 (21. d5 Bb7 22. Bxa4 Rga8 $15) 21... Qf8 22.
Nf1 Qg7 23. h3 (23. e5 dxe5 24. dxe5 Ne8) 23... Nh5 24. Ne3 (24. d5 Ba8 25.
Bxa4 Ne5 26. Qb3 Rb8 $44) 24... Nf4 25. e5 (25. Qd2 $16) 25... Qf8 (25... dxe5
26. d5 Ba8 27. Bxa4 $16) 26. d5 Bb7 27. Ng4 $1 (27. Bxa4 Nxe5 28. Qb3 Ra6 29.
Bb5 Ra8 30. Bc6 Ra6 $10) 27... Nxe5 (27... exd5 28. Bxa4 Nxe5 29. Nf6 Nfd3 (
29... Nxc4 30. Re8) (29... Rg6 30. Ne8+ Kc8 31. Rxb6 Nxc4 32. Rxb7 Kxb7 33.
Qb3+ $18 {/\Rb1/}) 30. Ne8+ Kb8 31. Rxb6 $40) 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. dxe6 $2 (29.
d6+ Qxd6 30. Qxd6+ Kxd6 31. Rxb6+ Kc7 (31... Bc6 32. Be4 Rc8 33. Rd1+ $18) 32.
Reb1 Bc8 (32... Bc6 33. Be4 Bxe4 34. fxe4 $16) 33. R6b5 $16) 29... fxe6 30.
Rxe5 Qf6 31. Qe1 $2 (31. Re3 g4 $40) 31... Nxg2 $1 32. Kxg2 Qxf3+ 33. Kf1 Qxh3+
34. Ke2 Rd8 $1 35. Re4 (35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Qd3#) (35. Re3 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Bg2+
$19) 35... Qg2 $2 (35... g4 36. Qh1 Qxc3 $19) 36. Qh1 $1 Qxh1 37. Rxh1 Raa8 38.
Rg1 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Rac8 40. Rxg5 Rg8 $1 41. Bxh4 Rxg5 42. Bxg5 Rh8 43. Bf4+ Kd7
44. Bc2 Ra8 45. Be5 Ra7 46. Be4 Kc8 47. Ke3 Rf7 {/\Rf1-a1/} 48. Ke2 Kd8 49. Bc6
Kc8 $1 50. Bg3 (50. Bxa4 Ra7) 50... Rh7 51. Be1 Rc7 52. Bb5 Rh7 53. Kd1 Rh2 54.
Bd2 Rh7 55. Kc2 Ra7 56. Bc1 Kc7 57. Bf4+ Kc8 58. Kd3 Rh7 59. Bc1 Ra7 60. Ke4
Rh7 $1 61. Bxa4 Rh1 62. Bd2 (62. Bb2 $2 Rb1) 62... Ra1 63. Bc6 Ra2 64. Bg5 Rxa3
65. Bf6 Kc7 66. Bb5 Ra2 67. Be5+ Kc8 68. Bd6 Re2+ 69. Kf4 Re1 70. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 $6 (8... Bb7 9. cxd5 (9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 (11. Qc2 $5) 11... c5
12. Re1 Nc6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Ng4 $13 {Barbero,G-Eingorn,V/Debrecen/1989/0,5/59/}
) 9... exd5 10. Qc2 Re8 (10... Na6 11. a3 Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 $14 {Langeweg,K-Timman,J/NED/1983/}) 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Be1
Nd7 13. Nd2 Nef6 $10 {Bishoff,K-Yusupov,A/Altensteig/1993/0,5/31/}) 9. b3 Qe7 (
9... Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 (10... Bd6 11. e4 $14) 11. Bxc3 $14) 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. f4
c6 (11... f6 $5 12. Nf3 f5 $14) 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne2 Bd6 $6 (13... Nf6 14. Bxb4
axb4 15. Rac1 (15. g4 $5 fxg4 16. Ng3 $44) 15... Ra7) 14. g4 $1 g6 15. gxf5
gxf5 (15... exf5 $32) 16. Be1 $1 $16 Kh8 (16... Nf6 17. Bh4 Qe8 18. Kh1 Ne4 19.
Rg1+ Kh8 20. Rg2 $36) 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ng1 $1 Ba6 (19... Rc8 20.
Qe2 Nc6 21. Ngf3 Nb4 22. Bh4 Qe8 23. Bb5) 20. Ngf3 Rc8 21. Qe2 Bxe5 22. Bxa6
Nxa6 23. fxe5 Nb4 24. Bh4 Qe8 25. Ne1 {/\a3/} a4 26. bxa4 Rc4 (26... Rxa4 27.
Qb5 $6 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Nxa2 29. Rg1 h6 $13) 27. Rg1 Qf7 (27... Rxa4 $32 28. Qg2
Qf7 29. a3 $16) 28. Nf3 Rxa4 (28... Rc2 29. Qb5 Qh5 30. Rg3 Nc6 31. Rag1 $18 {
/\a5!/}) (28... h6 29. Bf6+ Nxf6 30. exf6 Rc2 31. Ne5 Qxf6 32. Qh5 $18) (28...
Qh5 29. Qg2 Qf7 30. Ng5 Qg6 31. Nxe6 $18) 29. Nd2 Nc6 (29... Rc7 30. Qb5 Rca7
31. Rac1 $18) 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Bg5 f4 32. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Cuba"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 (7...
O-O 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. a4 Qc7 14.
Rfb1 $14 {Morovic Fernandez,J-Gulko,B/Vina del Mar/1988/0,5/33/}) 8. Qc2 Nbd7
9. e4 e5 10. Nd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. O-O exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rfe1 Re8 15.
f3 c6 16. Nc3 Qe7 (16... Qc7 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. Rad1 $6 (18. Nf5 Ne6 19. Rad1 d5
20. cxd5 cxd5 21. e5 $16 {Kasparov/}) 18... d5 $1 $13 {Kasparov,G-Tal,M/Niksic/
1983/0,5/33/}) 17. Bc2 Qf8 18. Nf5 Rad8 19. Rad1 g6 (19... Re6 20. e5 $1 Ne8
21. exd6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 $1 Nxd6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qe8+ Qf8 26.
Bxh7+ $18) 20. Nh6+ (20. Nxd6 Re6 21. e5 Ne8 $10) 20... Kg7 (20... Kh8 21. e5
$1 dxe5 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Ne8 24. Ng4 $16) 21. Nf5+ Kg8 (21... Kh8 $2 22.
Nxd6 Re6 23. Nxf7+) 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Qg5 Bc8 (23... Nh5 24. Ng4 f6 25. Qd2 $16)
(23... Ng8 24. Nf5+ Kh8 25. Nd4 $14) 24. h3 Re7 $2 (24... Qe7 $5) 25. Ng4 Nxg4
26. hxg4 f6 27. Qe3 {/\g5/} Be6 28. b3 g5 29. Rd2 Rb7 (29... Red7 30. a3 {/\b4/
}) 30. Red1 Qe7 $2 (30... Rdd7 31. a3 Na6 $14) 31. e5 $1 fxe5 (31... Rbd7 32.
exf6+ Qxf6 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34. Qxe4 $16) 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxe5+ Qf6 34. Qxf6+
Kxf6 35. Rxd6 Rc7 36. Ne4+ (36. Be4 Ke5 $1 $8 37. Rxc6 Nxe4 $1) 36... Ke7 (
36... Ke5 $5) 37. Rd2 Nxe4 38. Bxe4 Bg8 39. Kf2 Rd7 40. Re2 Kd6 41. Rd2+ Kc7
42. Re2 Kd6 43. Bf5 Re7 44. Rd2+ Kc5 (44... Kc7 45. g3 {/\f4+-/}) 45. Rd8 Be6
46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. g3 Kb4 (47... Rf6 48. Ke3 Re6+ 49. Kd3 Rf6 50. Ke4 Re6+ 51.
Kf5 Re3 52. f4 $18) 48. f4 gxf4 (48... a4 49. f5 Re7 50. Rd3 $18) 49. gxf4 Ka3
50. f5 Rf6 51. Rd2 $18 b5 52. cxb5 cxb5 53. Ke3 h5 54. Kf4 hxg4 55. Kxg4 Rf8
56. Kg5 Rg8+ 57. Kh6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eismont, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. b3 Bb7 (9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Bf4 (11. a4 c5 (11... Rc8 12. a5 b5 13.
c5 Ne4 14. b4 Nxd2 $2 15. Nbxd2 f5 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. f4 $16 {Gleizerov,E-Shipov,
S/Cheliabinsk/1991/1-0/77/}) 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 dxc4 (13... Rc8 14. Rac1 Ne4
15. Be1 Bf6 16. b4 Ba8 $10 (16... cxd4 $6 17. Nxd4 $14 {Yusupov,A-Kharitonov,A/
URS/1988/1-0/59/})) 14. Nxc4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc5 17. f3 Qc8 18. a5
{Novikov,I-Tiviakov,S/Moscow/1991/0,5/18/}) 11... Rc8 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 c5 13.
Qb2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qb2 Qe7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 $10 {Polovodin,I-Belozerov,A/
St-Petersburg/1994/0,5/31/}) 12... dxc4 (12... Nh5 13. Bc1 f5 14. e3 Bd6 15. a4
$1 Qe7 16. a5 b5 17. c5 Bc7 18. Na2 $1 $16 {Psakhis,L-Akesson,R/Cap d'Agde/
1994/1-0/60/}) 13. e4 b5 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5
18. Rxd5 Bb7 19. Rdd1 Qe8 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nc5 22. Qxc4 Ne6 $10 {Psakhis,
L-Khuzman,A/Tel Aviv/1994/0,5/25/}) 10. Rd1 Na6 (10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. e4
c5 (12... Ba6 13. Qd3 (13. Bf4 dxc4 14. Nd2 c5 15. d5 e5 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. bxc4 $14 {Korchnoi,V-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen/1995/1-0/53/}) 13... Ne8 14.
Bf4 Bd6 15. e5 Be7 16. h4 $16 {Gleizerov,E-Eismont,O/Moscow/1992/1-0/47/}) 13.
exd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. b4 bxc5 17. b5 Qa5 18. a4 $44 {
Korchnoi,V-Yudasin,L/Pamplona/1995/0,5/75/}) 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. e5 (13.
exd5 $5 exd5 14. dxc5 (14. Bf4 dxc4 15. dxc5 Qe8) 14... Nxc5 (14... bxc5 15.
Nxd5 $16) (14... Bxc5 15. Ng5 g6 (15... h6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 hxg5 18. Bxg5
$18) 16. Bf4 $16) 15. Be1 $5 $14 (15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Rac1 d4 $13)) 13... Nd7 14.
dxc5 bxc5 (14... dxc4 $2 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxb7 Nb4 17. Qc1 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Rc7
19. c6 {/\Nb5/}) (14... Naxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qf5 Ne6 17. Nb5) 15. cxd5 Nb4 (
15... exd5 16. Qf5 Nc7 17. Bf4 $14) 16. Qe4 (16. Qb1 $5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 $36) 16...
Nxd5 (16... exd5 17. Qg4) 17. Qe2 $6 (17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Rac1 $14) 17... N7b6 (
17... Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 19. Nd2 $14) 18. Nxd5 (18. Ne4 c4 $132) 18... Nxd5 $6 (
18... Bxd5 $1 $10) 19. Rac1 Qb6 (19... h6 20. Qc4 {/\Qg4->>>/}) 20. Bg5 $1 h6 (
20... Nc3 21. Rxc3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Bxg5 23. h4 Be7 24. Rd7 Rc7 25. Rcd3 $16) 21.
Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Nd2 Bd5 (22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf5 24. Nc4 Qa6 $14) 23. Nc4 Qa6 (
23... Qc6 24. f4 $14) 24. Rd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nd5 $2 (25... Nf5 26. Qe4 Rfd8 $14)
26. Nd6 $16 Qc6 (26... Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Rc7 28. Rec2 $16) 27. Kg1 Rc7 28. Rdc2 Nb4
(28... Qb6 $142) 29. Rc4 $1 Qa6 30. Qd2 Qb6 (30... Qxa2 31. Qxa2 Nxa2 32. R1c2
Nb4 33. Rxb4 $18) 31. Rg4 Kh8 32. Rcc4 $1 Rg8 (32... f5 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Ne8)
(32... Nc6 33. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 34. Rg4+ Kh7 35. Rh4 $18) 33. Rh4 {/\Rh6!/} Kh7 34.
Rcg4 {/\Rg7!/} Rh8 35. Ne8 $1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
{Gegen eine von Kostens Lieblingsvarianten hatte ich diesen seltenen Zug
vorbereitet.} exd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. a3 Bc5 11. b3 Re8 12. Nc3 c6 ({Als
vorbildliche Partie hatte ich nämlich die folgende saubere Endspielführung
Seirawans bemerkt:} 12... Qe7 13. e3 Rb8 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. a4 Bg4
17. h3 Rbd8 18. Qc2 Bh5 19. Nh4 c6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rad1 Na8 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. g5 Nfe8 27. Ne4 Ne6 28. f4 Nd6 29. Qd3
Nf5 30. Qxd8+ Nxd8 31. Kf2 Ne6 32. Bf3 Kf8 33. Bg4 Ke7 34. h4 Nd6 35. Kf3 Nxe4
36. Kxe4 Nc7 37. Kd3 Ne6 38. Bh3 Nc7 39. Bc8 b5 40. Kc3 bxa4 41. bxa4 Ne8 42.
Bg4 Nc7 43. e4 Na8 44. e5 Nb6 45. Kb3 Na8 46. Kc3 Nb6 47. Bd1 Nd7 48. Bf3 Nb8
49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Be4 Ke7 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Kg4 Kf8 54. h5 gxh5+ 55.
Kxh5 Ke7 56. Bf3 Kf8 57. g6 Ke7 58. gxf7 Kxf7 59. Kg5 Nd7 60. Bxc6 Nf8 61. Bd5+
Ke7 62. Kf5 Kd7 63. Bg8 Ke7 64. e6 Kd6 65. Kg5 {1-0 Seirawan-Christiansen,
USA-ch Chandler 1997}) 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. e3 Bb6 ({Schwarz hätte hier oder im
vorigen Zug mittels} 14... Nb6 {ein ähnliches Endspiel wie in der Partie von
Seirawan bekommen können. Kosten verfolgt aber einen anderen Plan.}) 15. Rfe1 (
{Die Alternative} 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. Nd4 {war auch gut, wonach Schwarz die
gegnerische Struktur mittels Bauernopfer zerstören könnte:} a4 17. Nxa4 Nxa4
18. bxa4 $14) 15... Bc7 16. e4 Ne5 (16... Nc5 17. h3 (17. Rad1 $6 Ne6 18. Be3
Ng4) (17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 (18. Nxe5 Ne6) 18... Be6 $11) 17... a4 18. Nxa4 Nxa4
(18... Ncxe4 $2 19. Nc3 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bxf6 $18 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 19. bxa4
$14) 17. Nh4 $1 (17. Nd2 {ist wegen} h5 $1 {[%cal Gh5h4] zweifelhaft.}) 17...
Ng6 $6 ({Schwarz hätte die dem Anziehenden günstige folgende Abwicklung
vermeiden sollen. Eigentlich ist es sogar wichtig, den Springerzug nach f5
überhaupt nicht zuzulassen. Aber nach dem besseren Zug} 17... g6 {fehlt der
verteidigende schwarzfeldrige Läufer am Königsflügel. Daher hätte Weiß auch
hier Vorteil.}) 18. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 (18... Qd8 19. Rad1 $16) 19. exf5 Qxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Bf1 Ne5 (21... Nf8 $6 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Kg2 {[%cal Gd4c3] kostet
sofort Material.}) 22. Kg2 {Der Re1 hat die Verbindung mit seinen Kollegen
verloren und ist im gegnerischen Lager eingefangen.} Re8 (22... Nf3 23. Kxf3
Rxf1 24. Qe2 Rc1 (24... Rg1 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qe7 $18) 25. Qe7 $18) 23. Be2 ({
Zu klarem Vorteil führte auch} 23. Qd2 Nf3 24. Kxf3 Rxf1 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Ne4)
23... c5 (23... Neg4 24. Qd2 $16) 24. Be3 ({Ich brauchte viel Zeit, um zu
verstehen, dass Schwarz nach} 24. Bxe5 $6 {mit dem Bauern zurücknimmt!} dxe5
25. Qd2 Ra1 26. Bd1 $140 $6 Rd8) 24... Nc6 (24... Neg4 25. Bf4 (25. Qd2 Nxe3+
26. fxe3 Ra1 27. Bd1 Ne4 28. Qb2 Nxc3 29. Qxa1 $16) 25... a4 $5 26. h3 $1 $16)
25. Qd2 Ra1 26. Qb2 Re1 27. Qd2 Ra1 28. Bd1 d5 {Schwarz öffnet die Stellung,
um seinen Turm zu retten.} (28... Nd4 29. Qb2 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Nxf5 31. Qd2 $16)
29. cxd5 Be5 30. dxc6 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Rxd1 32. c7 $2 ({Viel einfacher war} 32.
cxb7 {, aber ich übersah} Rd7 33. Bg5 $1 {, wonach die Partie bald zu Ende
gekommen wäre:} Rxb7 (33... Ne4 34. Qe5 $1) 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Qxf6 Rxb3 36.
Qg5+ Kh8 37. f6 Rg8 38. Qd5 $18) 32... Nd5 (32... b6 33. Bd2 $18 Ne4 $140 34.
Qe5) (32... Rd6 33. Bf4 Rc6 34. Qc4 $18) 33. Qxc5 Rc8 34. Bd4 Nxc7 35. Qc3 {
Die schwarzen Kräfte sind wieder unkoordiniert, was dem Anziehenden erlaubt,
entscheidende Drohungen aufzustellen.} f6 36. b4 {[%cal Gc3b3]} Kh8 (36... a4
37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. b5 $18) 37. b5 Rg8 38. Bxf6 Nxb5 (38... Nd5 39. Qb3) 39. Qb3
Re1 40. Bb2 Nd6 41. f6 Nf5 42. Qc2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Bg2 c6 ({Kurajica ist ein flexibler Spieler, der vor Nebenvarianten nicht
scheut. Hier ist das theoretische} 8... e5 {sicher genauer.}) 9. e4 e5 (9... b6
10. O-O Ba6 11. e5 $5 {und}) (9... d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. O-O {sehen für Weiss
angenehmer aus.}) 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nh4 $5 a6 $6 {[%csl Rb8]} ({Man durfte auch
die Entwicklung mittels} 11... Na6 {beenden}) 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. b3 (13. h3 Be6
14. b3 b5) (13. Nf5 Qf8) 13... g6 (13... b5 14. Nf5 $1 $36) 14. h3 Bc8 15. Rad1
(15. Nf3 b5) 15... b5 16. Nf3 ({Nach langem Nachdenken entschied ich mich für
die Rückkehr. Ich analysierte auch} 16. Qg5 $5 {[%cal Gh4f5] , verwarf aber
das Endspiel nach} Nd5 $5 ({schlechter sind} 16... b4 17. Na4 $14) ({und} 16...
Kh8 17. c5 dxc5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Re8 21. e5 $16) 17. Qxe7 (
17. Qc1 Nf4 $1) 17... Nxe7 {Doch nach} 18. Nf3 (18. c5 $6 exd4 19. cxd6 dxc3
20. dxe7 Ra7 $1 (20... b4 $5 21. Rd8 Bd7)) (18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 $14) 18... f6
19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rd6 Kf7 21. Red1 Be6 22. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Rb8] ist Weiss
besser entwickelt.}) 16... Bb7 17. g4 $5 Kg7 $6 ({Mein letzter etwas riskanter
Zug sollte} 17... Nbd7 $2 {verhindern:} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 (18... dxe5 19. g5 {
[%csl Rd7]}) 19. Qxd6) ({Kaum befriedigend ist auch} 17... bxc4 18. bxc4 Nbd7
19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxd6 Nxc4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Rd4 $16) ({Richtig war aber} 
17... Nfd7 $1 $13 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6,Yb8d7] mit der Idee Nf8 und
erst danach Nbd7. Gelegnetlich kann auch dann Ne6-f4 folgen.}) 18. c5 ({
Die richtige Idee, aber vor ihrer Ausführung hätte noch} 18. g5 $1 Nh5 {
geschehen sollen, dann hätte} 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxe5 {[%csl Rb8,Rh5] sehr an
Kraft gewonnen.}) 18... dxc5 19. dxe5 Nfd7 20. Qf4 ({Energischer war} 20. e6 $5
fxe6 (20... Qxe6 21. e5 $36) 21. e5 $36 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d6] , wonach
die schwarzen Figuren im Käfig des Damenflügels verblieben wären.}) 20... Nb6 (
20... Nxe5 21. Qxe5+ Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. f4 Re7 24. e5 $16) (20... Nf8 21.
Qf6+ Kg8 (21... Qxf6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. e5+ $16) 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. g5 $36) 21.
a4 (21. g5 N8d7 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. a4 b4 25. a5 bxc3 26. axb6 $14 {
/\ Rc1xc3}) 21... b4 $6 ({Es ist unnatürlich aus, mit dem Springer gerade
zurückzukehren, aber nach} 21... N6d7 $5 22. g5 Qe6 {[%csl Rb3] wäre der Bauer
b3 angegriffen.}) 22. a5 bxc3 (22... N6d7 23. Na4 c4 24. bxc4 c5 25. Rd6 $36)
23. axb6 Nd7 24. Qc1 Nxe5 (24... Nxb6 25. Qxc3 $16) 25. Nxe5 ({Stärker war} 25.
Qxc3 $5 {, wonach ich die Blockade auf den schwarzen Feldern mittels} g5 (25...
f6 26. g5 $1 $16) {befürchtete. Aber nach} 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxe5+ Rxe5 28. Rd7
Rb8 29. Rc7 $16 {ist der weisse Vorteil dank der aktiven Türme unumstritten.})
25... Qxe5 26. f4 Qe7 27. Qxc3+ Kg8 28. g5 $6 (28. e5 Rad8 (28... a5 $2 29. Rd6
Ra6 30. Qxc5) 29. Rc1 Rd4 30. Qxc5 Rxf4 31. Bxc6 Qxc5+ 32. Rxc5 Bxc6 33. Rxc6
Rb4 $14) (28. Rc1 $142 g5 $5 (28... Rad8 29. Qxc5 Qh4 30. Qf2 $16) 29. fxg5
Qxg5 30. e5 $16) 28... a5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga8a6,Ga6b6,Gb6b3]} 29. Rc1 (29. Qf6
Qxf6 30. gxf6 Ra6) (29. h4 Ra6 30. Bh3 Rxb6 31. Rd7 Qf8 $13) (29. Ra1 Ra6 30.
Rxa5 Rxb6 31. e5 $14) 29... Ra6 30. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Rxb6 32. Re3 Bc8 (32...
Ra8 33. f5 $5 $36) (32... Rb5 33. Rec3 $14) 33. Rxa5 {Trotz Bauerngewinn hat
Weiss einen grossen Teil seines Vorteils eingebüsst. Aber ein bisschen drücken
kann er noch.} Be6 34. Re5 (34. Rc5 Bxb3 35. Rec3 Ba4 36. Kf2 $36) 34... Kf8 (
34... Rd8 35. f5 Bxb3 36. Rd3 $1 $36) 35. Rc3 Bxb3 (35... Rxb3 36. Rxc6 $14)
36. Rec5 Ba4 37. Kf2 (37. e5 Rb4 38. R3c4 Rxc4 39. Rxc4 Bb5 40. Rc5 $14) 37...
Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Bb5 39. Bf3 $2 ({Es gab nichts Besseres als den Übergang ins
Turmendspiel mittels} 39. e5 Rc8 40. Bxc6 Bxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 42. Rxc6 {Die
weissen Chancen bleiben hier dank des Raumvorteils ganz gut. Der logische Plan
impliziert den Vorstoss des h-Bauern.}) 39... Kg7 40. f5 (40. e5 h6) 40... f6
41. h4 Rb4 $2 ({Wir litten beide unter den Unanehmlichkeiten der
FIDE-"Bedenk"zeit, und der bosnische Grossmeister übersah meine folgende
Angriffsidee. Nach} 41... gxf5 42. exf5 Re1 43. Bxc6 Rg1+ 44. Kf4 fxg5+ 45.
hxg5 Bxc6 46. f6+ (46. Rxc6 Rf2+ $11) 46... Kg6 47. Rxc6 Rb4+ $11 {wäre das
Remis perfekt.}) 42. Ra3 Re7 (42... Ra4 43. Rxa4 Bxa4 44. Ra5) 43. e5 $1 {
[%csl Rf6] Ein typischer Durchbruch.} Rxe5 44. Rxe5 fxe5 45. f6+ Kf8 46. Ra8+
Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 (47... Ke6 48. Bg4+ Kd6 49. Rd7+ Kc5 50. Rxh7 (50. h5 $5 Rb3+
51. Kh4 Rb4 52. Re7)) (47... Kg8 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Rb7 Kg8 50. Bxc6 Rb3+ 51. Kf2
Bc4 52. Rg7+) 48. Rxh7 {[%csl Gf6,Gg5,Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} Rb3 {In diesem Moment
gingen die Lichter im Spielsaal aus! Erst nach einer guten halben Stunde
konnten die restlichen Partien wieder aufgenommen werden. Im Nachhinein
beschwerte sich natürlich mein Gegner, dass ich während dieser "Pause" über
die Stellung meditieren konnte. Das ist schon wahr, aber die beiden Gewinnwege
hatte ich bereits entdeckt.} 49. Kf2 ({Es gewann auch} 49. h5 Bd3 (49... e4 50.
hxg6 Rxf3+ 51. Kg4 Bc4 52. Rh8+ Bg8 53. f7 Rxf7 54. gxf7 Kxf7 55. Rh6 $18) 50.
Kf2 $1 (50. Bxc6 $2 Bf5+ 51. Kf2 Rb2+ $11) 50... Rb2+ (50... gxh5 51. Rh8+ Kf7
52. Bxh5+ $18) 51. Ke1 $18) 49... Rb2+ 50. Ke1 e4 51. Bh5 $1 {[%cal Gg5g6]}
gxh5 (51... Rb1+ 52. Kd2 e3+ 53. Kxe3) 52. g6 Ke8 53. f7+ (53. Re7+ Kd8 54.
Rxe4 $18) 53... Ke7 54. Rh8 Rb1+ 55. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Nbd2 e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 N5b6 ({Bis hier hatte mein
Gegner all seine Züge blitzartig heruntergespült. Der Textzug ist auch besser
als} 12... N5f6 13. Rfe1 {der aus einer Partie Karpov-Andersson (Reykjavik
1991) bekannt ist. Übrigens die einzige, die der schwedische Grossmeister in
dieser Variante verloren hat (laut der Megabase) !}) 13. Rfe1 {Im kommenden
Endspiel hat Schwarz keine Schwierigkeiten. Deshalb sollte Weiss hier nach
einer Verbesserung suchen. Im Fall eines zweifachen Tausches auf e5 ist er
aber mit dem seinem früheren Zug e4 etwas unglücklich. Vielleicht war ein
komischer Zug wie 13.Rac1 vorzuziehen gewesen.} exd4 14. Nxd4 Qc5 $1 15. Qxc5 (
15. N2f3 Qxc2 16. Nxc2 $11) 15... Nxc5 16. N2b3 (16. Bf1 $6 Rd8) 16... Nca4 (
16... Nd3 17. Re2 Nc4 18. Rd1 Ncxb2 (18... Ndxb2 19. Rc1) 19. Rdd2 Rd8 20. Rxb2
Nxb2 21. Rxb2 {übergeht zur Partie.}) 17. Rab1 Nc4 18. Re2 Rd8 19. Rc2 Ncxb2 {
Schwarz verfügte in den letzten Zügen über einige vernünftige solide
Alternativen. Aber diese Abwicklung ist auch gut möglich.} 20. Rcxb2 Nxb2 21.
Rxb2 c5 22. Nc2 Rd1+ 23. Bf1 Bh3 $6 ({Zum ungefähren Ausgleich hätte} 23... c4
$1 {geführt:} 24. Nbd4 (24. Ne3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 cxb3 26. Rxb3 Be6 $11) 24... c3
25. Rb3 Bh3 26. Ne3 Re1 27. Rxc3 Bxf1 28. Nxf1 Rxe4 $11) 24. Ne3 Re1 (24...
Rad8 $2 25. Nxd1 Rxd1 26. Nd2 c4 27. Rb1 $18) 25. Ng2 {Vermutlich der beste
Weg, der es dem Anziehenden erlaubt, seinen Läufer zu behalten.} Bxg2 (25...
Rxe4 26. Nxc5 {und}) (25... Rd1 26. Nxc5 Rc8 27. Nd3 {sind schlechter}) 26.
Kxg2 {Die weisse Aufgabe besteht darin, seine Kräfte zu aktivieren.} Rd8 (26...
b6 27. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) (26... Rc8 27. Na5 b6 28. Nc4 $16 Rxe4 $140 $2 29.
Nd6) 27. Nd2 $5 (27. Nxc5 {war mir weniger klar, da Schwarz nach} b6 28. Nb7 (
28. Nb3 Rxe4) 28... Rd7 29. Ba6 Kf8 (29... Rxe4 $2 30. Nc5) 30. f3 $14 {
den Nb7 einschränkt.}) 27... b6 28. Bc4 {Eine weisse Figur landet rechtzeitig
nach d5, wonach die d-Linie gestopft wird.} Kf8 29. Bd5 (29. Rc2 $5) 29... Rc1
(29... f5 30. Nf3 $36) 30. g4 c4 $2 ({Mein Gegner übersah, dass mein Turm in
sein Lager eindringen kann. Nach dem richtigen} 30... Ke7 {müsste Weiss noch
genaue Arbeit leisten, um seinen leichten Vorteil zu verwirklichen. Angebracht
wäre zuerst die Verbesserung des Springers mittels} 31. Nf3 ({oder} 31. Nf1 {
[%cal Gf1e3]}) 31... f6 32. Ng1 $5 {[%cal Gg1e2]}) 31. Rb4 Rd1 ({Der Freibauer
erweist sich als harmlos nach} 31... c3 32. Nb3 Rc2 (32... Rb1 33. Rc4) 33. Nd4
) 32. Nf3 Rc8 (32... b5 {hätte noch genaue Rechenarbeit verlangt. Weiss
gewinnt mittels} 33. Rxb5 Rc8 34. Rb7 c3 35. Bxf7 $1 Rcd8 (35... c2 36. Ng5 $18
) 36. Bb3 R1d7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Kf1 $18) 33. Bxc4 f6 34. Bb3 Rd3 35. e5 Rc5
36. Re4 {Mit weniger als einer Minute auf der Uhr entschied sich Schwarz für
diese recht frühe Partieaufgabe.} 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 24th"]
[Site "Steinbrunn"]
[Date "2005.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Di Caro, Calogero"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.05.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Bb4 Ne4 ({Keine besondere glückliche Neuerung, aber zumindest ein Zug,
der interessantere Stellungen hervorbringt als} 9... Bxb4 10. Qxb4) 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 11. Nc3 $6 ({Weiß bekommt Vorteil nach} 11. Nbd2 f5 (11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2
dxc4 13. Nxc4 e5 14. Qe3 $1 Re8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rfd1 $1 $14) 12. Rac1 {
, weil 12...b6 13.cxd5 exd5 unmöglich ist. Schwarz müsste sich also mit dem
passiven} Ndf6 13. Rc2 Qc7 14. Ne5 Bd7 $14 {begnügen.}) 11... f5 12. Rac1 Kh8 (
12... b6 $4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5) 13. Rc2 b6 14. cxd5 ({Sicher verfrüht, aber
} 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. e3 Rac8 {ist auch in Ordnung für Schwarz.}) 14... exd5 15.
Rfc1 (15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Nxd5 {genügt nicht:} cxd5 17. Rc7 Bc8 18. Ne5 Nef6 19.
Rfc1 Qe8 $17) 15... Bb7 16. e3 Rac8 17. Ne2 Ba6 (17... g5 $5) 18. Bf1 Bc4 19.
Qa4 g5 20. Nc3 Bxf1 ({Das geplante} 20... b5 {scheitert an} 21. Qxa7 Qd6 $1 (
21... Ra8 22. Qb7 Qd6 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Nxg5 $16) 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Nxg5 h6 24.
Bxc4 bxc4 25. Nxe4 (25. Nh3 Ra8 26. Qb7 Rfb8) 25... dxe4 26. Qa6 {mit vielen
Bauern für die Figur.}) 21. Rxf1 (21. Kxf1 Qe6 $36 22. h4 $140 (22. Qxa7 Ra8
23. Qc7 Rfc8) 22... h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 {[%cal Gh8g7,Gf8h8,Gh8h1]}) 21... f4 22.
exf4 (22. Qxa7 fxg3 $1 23. Ne5 (23. fxg3 g4 24. Ne5 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rf8+ 26. Ke1
Qf6) 23... gxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Nef6 $36) 22... gxf4 23. Ne2 Qe6 24. Kg2 Rf6 $6 ({
Ein unnötiges Bauernopfer. Das bescheidene} 24... a5 {behält den Bauern, ohne
dass der Angriff an Stärke einbüsst. Z.B:} 25. Rfc1 fxg3 26. fxg3 Rf6 $17) 25.
Qxa7 Rcf8 26. Neg1 (26. Qc7 c5 $36) 26... h5 (26... fxg3 27. hxg3 (27. fxg3 h5)
27... Rxf3 28. Nxf3 Rxf3 29. Qa8+ (29. Kxf3 Ng5+ $19) 29... Rf8 30. Qxc6 Qg4
31. Qxd5 Nxg3 32. fxg3 Rxf1 33. Kxf1 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qxc2+ 35. Kf3 $15) 27. Qc7 h4
28. Ne5 $2 ({Mittels} 28. Nxh4 {hätte sich Weiß retten können:} fxg3 29. hxg3
Nxg3 30. Kxg3 Rg8+ 31. Kh2 Qg4 (31... Rh6 32. Rc3 Rxh4+ 33. Rh3 Qe4 (33...
Rxh3+ 34. Nxh3 Nf6 35. f3 $13) 34. Rxh4+ Qxh4+ 35. Nh3 Nf6 (35... Rg7 36. Qxc6
Nf6 37. Qc8+ Rg8 38. Qc3) 36. Qe5 Rg7 37. f3 Re7 38. Qf4 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Qxf4 40.
Nxf4 Rxb2 41. Rc1 $11) 32. Qg3 (32. Rc3 Rxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qxg1+ 34. Kh3 Qxf2 35.
Rf3 Qg1 $40) 32... Qxg3+ (32... Qe4 33. Re2 Rxg3 34. Rxe4 Rxg1 35. Kxg1 dxe4
36. Re1 $16) 33. fxg3 Rxf1 34. Rxc6 Rf2+ 35. Kh3 Rxb2 36. Rh6+ Kg7 37. Rd6 $11)
28... Nxe5 (28... f3+ $2 29. Ngxf3 h3+ 30. Kg1) (28... h3+ 29. Nxh3 Nxe5 30.
Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Qxe5+) 29. Qxe5 h3+ 30. Kh1 fxg3 (30... Qxe5 $2 31. dxe5 fxg3 32.
Nxh3) 31. hxg3 Qxe5 32. dxe5 Nxg3+ (32... Nxf2+) 33. fxg3 Rxf1 34. Rxc6 Re1 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Qc2 Bxd2+ ({Einfacher ist
vielleicht} 5... d5) 6. Nbxd2 d5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O ({Ich hielt} 9. e4
{für kritisch, aber Dreev zeigte nach der Partie die Variante} dxc4 $1 (9...
dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Ng5 $36) 10. Nxc4 Bb7 {[%csl Re4] ,
wonach e4 schützbedürftig ist.}) 9... Bb7 10. Ne5 Na6 11. Rfd1 ({Verlockend war
} 11. c5 $6 {, aber nach} bxc5 12. dxc5 Nd7 $1 {hat Schwarz kaum Probleme:} 13.
Ndf3 (13. c6 Nxe5 14. cxb7 Rb8 15. Qc3 Qd6 $13) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 f6 $13)
11... c5 12. cxd5 (12. dxc5 Nxc5 $5 (12... bxc5 13. Ne4 $140 Nb4 14. Qb1 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 Qc7 {/\ d4}) 13. cxd5 Bxd5 $11) 12... exd5 $5 ({Vielleicht
würde ich in einer nächsten Partie auf d5 mit dem Läufer nehmen. Nach} 12...
Bxd5 13. Ne4 (13. e4 Bb7 $11) 13... Nb4 14. Qb1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 {steht
Schwarz nicht schlechter.}) 13. b3 $5 {Ein guter positionneller Zug, auch wenn
Schwarz manchmal die Möglichkeit bekommt, auf der a-Linie mittels a4 aktiv zu
werden. Nach 13. b3 findet die Dame auf b2 ein passendes Feld auf der langen
Diagonale, wobei sie auch gelegentlich den Druck gegen c5 verstärken kann (Qa3)
.} Qe7 14. Qb2 Rfd8 (14... Nc7 15. Nec4 (15. Rac1 Ne6 16. e3 a4 $132) 15... Ra6
16. Ne3 {ändert wenig zur Partiefolge.}) 15. Rac1 Nc7 16. Nec4 $1 ({Der
richtige Springer! Während der Partie hatte ich mich auf} 16. Ndc4 {
konzentriert, was aber wegen} Ra6 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. Nf5 Qe8 19. dxc5 (19. e3 a4
$132) 19... bxc5 20. Nd3 Rc8 {unklar ist}) ({Eine andere Vorgehensweise,
nämlich} 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd3 {, ist wegen} Ne6 18. Qa3 Ba6 $5 {weniger gut.})
16... Ra6 {Der Turm steht hier übrigens nicht so schlecht. Einerseits
unterstützt er dank der möglichen Verdoppelung den Vorstoss a4, andererseits
kann er entlang der 6. Reihe auch defensive Aufgaben übernehmen.} 17. Ne3 g6 ({
Nicht} 17... a4 $6 18. b4 $1) 18. Nf3 Ne6 $6 ({Nach der Partie waren wir uns
einig, dass hierhin die Ursache der kommenden schwarzen Schwierigkeiten liegt.
Aber auch nach} 18... a4 19. bxa4 c4 (19... Bc6 20. a5 $1) (19... Ne6 20. a5)
20. Ne5 {hätte Weiß eine fühlbare Initiative behauptet.}) 19. Bh3 $1 a4 ({
Hier verdiente} 19... Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c5] den Vorzug, um nach} 20. Bxe6 {mit der
Dame zurücknehmen zu können. In diesem Fall würde Weiß mittels} Qxe6 21. Nd2 $1
{[%csl Rb7,Yc5][%cal Yd2e4] nur leicht besser stehen.}) 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ne5 {
Der Abtauch auf e6 war klar günstig für Weiß, der jetzt über zwei starke
Springer verfügt. Schwarz hingegen verbleibt mit einem passiven Läufer, der
bis zum Ende der Partie eine traurige Rolle spielen wird.} Rda8 $2 ({Ich
verzichtete auf} 21... axb3 22. axb3 Rda8 {wegen} 23. Ra1 {, aber das war die
einzige vernünftige Fortsetzung. Weiß steht zwar nach} Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 25.
Qxa1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Ge5] besser, aber die Lage wäre bei weitem nicht so
schlimm gewesen wie in der Partie. Ich übersah nämlich die starke Antwort
meines Gegners.}) 22. N5g4 $1 {[%cal Gb2h8]} Nxg4 (22... axb3 {geht nicht wegen
} 23. dxc5 $1 Nxg4 24. Nxg4 h5 25. cxb6 $1 Rxa2 (25... bxa2 26. Nh6+ Kh7 27.
Rc7) 26. Nh6+ Kh7 27. Qxb3 $16) ({genau so wenig wie} 22... h5 23. Ne5 {
[%csl Rg6]} axb3 24. axb3 $36) 23. Nxg4 Qg7 (23... Qg5 24. h3 h5 (24... axb3 $6
25. f4 $1) 25. f4 Qe7 26. Ne5 $16) (23... e5 24. dxc5 d4 (24... axb3 25. cxb6 (
25. axb3 d4) 25... Rxa2 26. Qxb3 $16) (24... bxc5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 axb3
27. axb3 $16) 25. cxb6 (25. c6 Bc8 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxd4 $16) 25... Rxb6 26.
f4 $18) 24. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Ra8,Rb7] Die Krönung der weißen Strategie.
Der Damenflügel wird dicht gemacht und Weiß erhält freie Hand auf der anderen
Seite.} a3 25. Qd2 c4 26. Rc3 {Methodisch führt Dreev alle seine Kräfte zum
Königsflügel, ohne das geringste Gegenspiel zuzulassen.} b5 27. Rb1 $6 Bc6 $6 (
{Die letzte praktische Chance bestand in} 27... g5 {[%cal Yb7c6,Yc6e8,Ye8g6] ,
auch wenn} 28. Re3 {[%csl Re6] immer noch klaren Vorteil verspricht. Aber
vielleicht wäre dann mein Läufer glücklicher gestorben!}) 28. Ne5 Be8 29. h4 {
[%cal Rg6g5]} Qe7 $138 30. Rf3 $18 Rc8 31. Ng4 Qg7 32. Rc1 h5 (32... Ra4 33.
Qf4) 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Rcc3 Rca8 35. Qf4 Bc6 36. Qe5 Be8 37. Rf4 Rc8 38. Kh2
Rca8 39. g4 hxg4 (39... Rc6 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Rg3) 40. Rxg4 R6a7 41. h5 1-0

[Event "Champigny sur Marne op"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Black "Lebredo Zaragoitia, Gerardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Plachetka,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5
(8. e3 Nd5 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nbd2 {1/2-1/2 (11) Ortega,L (2425)-Rivas
Pastor,M (2465) Havana 1983}) 8... Be7 9. Nc3 $146 (9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qxc4 h6 11.
Bf4 Nd5 12. Nc3 g5 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Nc4 16. Rd1 Nd5 17. Ne5 Nxd2
18. Rxd2 c6 19. e4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Kg7 21. f4 f6 22. Nf3 g4 23. Ne1 e5 24. Nc2 b5
25. Kh1 Qc7 26. Qf1 h5 27. Ne3 b4 28. Rc1 Qa7 29. Qc4 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Bb4 31.
dxe5 fxe5 32. Qxc6 Bxc3 33. Qxc3 Re8 34. fxe5 Qb8 35. e6+ Kg6 36. Rb2 Qd6 37.
e5 Qa6 38. Qc2+ Kg7 {Schussler,H (2495)-Hartmann,W (2275) Germany 1982 1-0 (80)
}) 9... h6 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bc1 O-O 12. e4 Nb6 $6 {Les Noirs décident de
s'accrocher au P"c4" mais le fort centre Blanc sera une compensation suffisante
} (12... Ndb4 $5) 13. Be3 a4 14. a3 Na5 15. Qe2 Nb3 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Rfe1 f6
18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Ra5 20. d5 $36 Bc5 21. d6 cxd6 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxd6 $16
Nd7 24. f4 e5 25. Red1 (25. Nxa4) 25... Nb8 26. Qe3 Rc6 27. f5 {[%csl Rg6]}
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Nc6 29. Qc5 Nd4 30. Bf1 Bd7 (30... Kh7) 31. Bxc4+ Kh7 32. Rxd7
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It has so happened that my recent games with Kramnik have been crucial in
determining the first place in tournaments. In Zurich, I agreed gentlemanly a
draw in a winning position, when the clock suddenly stopped working. In the
Tal Memorial, we had a very complicated game with mutual chances, but Vladimir
proved the stronger. In that tournament, he took first place. The present game
was played in the second round, too early to speak of its deciding first place
in the tournament. But it certainly influenced the mood of the two players. It
is always pleasant to win, especially in such style!  Es hat sich so ergeben,
dass meine letzten Partien mit Kramnik entscheidend für den ersten Platz bei
Turnieren waren. In Zürich willigte ich in Gewinnstellung gentlemanlike ins
Remis ein, als die Uhr plötzlich nicht mehr funktionierte. Beim Tal Memorial
hatten wir eine sehr komplizierte Stellung mit beiderseitigen Chancen, aber
Vladimir erwies sich als der Stärkere. Die vorliegende Partie wurde in der
zweiten Runde gespielt; zu früh, um dabei von einer Entscheidung für den
ersten Platz im Turnier zu sprechen. Aber sie beeinflusste sicherlich die
Stimmung der beiden Spieler. Es ist immer schön zu gewinnen, vor allem in
solchem Stil!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {In recent times, Vladimir has been
playing the Ragozin as Black, which I myself also like. Therefore, in my
preparations, I thought why not play the Catalan, in which my opponent is
considered a great specialist as White. In jüngster Zeit hat Vladimir als
Schwarzer Ragosin gespielt, was ich selbst ebenfalls mag. Daher dachte ich in
meinen Vorbereitungen, warum nicht Katalanisch spielen, worin mein Gegner als
großer Weiß-Spezialist gilt.} Bb4+ ({In recent times, my opponent's practice
has more often featured the variation In jüngster Zeit gab es in der Praxis
meines Gegners häufiger die Variante} 3... d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
{but since game 4 of the Anand-Topalov match Black has faced definitive
problems in this line. , aber seit Partie 4 des Anand-Topalov-Matches sah sich
Schwarz in diesem Abspiel mit definitiven Problemen konfrontiert.}) 4. Bd2 Be7
5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 {An extremely solid move, defending the
c4-pawn. Ein äußerst solider Zug, der c4-Bauer wird gedeckt.} ({Against
Grischuk in Nice, I played Gegen Grischuk in Nizza spielte ich} 8. Bf4 {
but then one must seriously consider the interesting idea , aber dann muss man
ernsthaft die interessante Idee} dxc4 $5 9. Ne5 b5 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7
12. Bxa8 Qxa8 {which was also tested in the Anand-Topalov match. erwägen, die
in dem Anand-Topalov-Match auch getestet wurde.}) 8... b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 {Vladimir
considers that my move order is inaccurate and tries to take me into the
realms of the Queen's Indian Defence. Vladimir hält meine Zugfolge für ungenau
und versucht, mich in die Gefilde der damenindischen Verteidigung zu lotsen.} (
{It was possible to play Möglich war} 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5 {and now
not, by analogy with Kramnik, und jetzt nicht, in Analogie zu Kramnik,} Qc8 ({
but , sondern} 11... Rc8 {which leads into my game with Grischuk, in which
Black had a fairly solid position. , was zu meiner Partie mit Grischuk führt,
in der Schwarz eine recht solide Stellung hatte.})) 10. Ne5 $5 {Although in
this tournament it was difficult to predict that anyone would play a certain
variation, as it happens, two weeks before the event, my second Zahar Efimenko
and I had studied this very line, during a training session in Spain. Obwohl
es in diesem Turnier schwer war vorherzusagen, ob irgendjemand eine bestimmte
Variante spielen würde, hatte ich zufällig zwei Wochen vor dieser
Veranstaltung während einer Trainingsession Spanien zusammen mit meinem
Sekundanten Zahar Efimenko genau dieses Abspiel studiert.} ({The text move,
instead of the more well-studied Der Textzug, statt des besser untersuchten} 
10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 ({or bzw.} 11. a4 {leading to a Queen's Indian) is
interesting. White prepares to open the centre with e3-e4 and tries to save a
tempo on the move b3. The play becomes very concrete, and one must calculate
each move accurately, in order to count on any advantage. mit Übergang zu
einem Dameninder) ist interessant. Weiß bereitet die Öffnung des Zentrums mit
e3-e4 vor und versucht, ein Tempo für den Zug b3 zu sparen. Das Spiel wird
sehr konkret, und man muss jeden einzelnen Zug genau berechnen, um auf
irgendeinen Vorteil zu zählen.})) 10... Qc8 $6 {I have to admit that even
Black's first move after the novelty was not considered by us and after this,
indepenedent play begins. But one cannot anticipate and analyse everything.
Ich muss zugeben, dass wir schon den ersten Zug von Schwarz nach der Neuerung
nicht auf der Rechnung hatten, und danach beginnt das eigenständige Spiel.
Aber man kann ja auch nicht alles vorhersehen und analysieren.} ({Black much
more often chooses Häufiger wählt Schwarz} 10... Nfd7 {trying as soon as
possible to rid himself of the obtrusive enemy knight on e5. , um zu versuchen,
sich so schnell wie möglich den lästigen feindlichen Springer auf e5 vom Hals
zu schaffen.}) 11. Nc3 {After this move, my opponent thought for a long time,
and it became clear that his previous move was more improvisation that serious
opening preparation. Nach diesem Zug dachte mein Gegner lange nach, und es
wurde klar, dass sein voriger Zug mehr Improvisation als ernste
Eröffnungsvorbereitung war.} Nbd7 ({Not good is Nicht gut ist} 11... dxc4 12.
Ne4 {and in order to retain the extra pawn (without which there is no sense in
giving up the centre) Black has to create new weaknesses - , und um den
Mehrbauern zu behaupten (ansonsten hat es keinen Sinn, das Zentrum aufzugeben),
muss Schwarz neue Schwächen schaffen -} b5 13. Nc5) 12. Rac1 (12. Bf4 {has
been seen before, and, technically, the text move is a novelty. But what could
be a more natural development? The rook on c1 also emphasises the unnatural
position of the queen on c8. But before playing this move, White had to
calculate the consequences of the exchange on e5. Once I saw the idea of the
subsequent sacrifice on d5, I could not refrain from playing this way. hat man
zuvor gesehen, und technisch gesehen ist der Textzug eine Neuerung. Aber was
könnte eine natürlichere Entwicklung sein? Der Turm auf c1 unterstreicht
außerdem die unnatürliche Stellung der Dame auf c8. Aber bevor er diesen Zug
spielte, musste Weiß die Konsequenzen des Tausches auf e5 berechnen. Nachdem
ich erst einmal die Idee des nachfolgenden Opfers auf d5 gesehen hatte, konnte
ich dieser Fortsetzung nicht widerstehen.}) 12... Nxe5 ({In the light of what
happened in the game, a more solid line looks to be Im Licht der Geschehnisse
in der Partie scheint ein solideres Abspiel} 12... Bxc4 $5 13. Nxc4 dxc4 {
White, of course, has typical Catalan compensation for the pawn, but it is not
so simple to develop the initiative. Here is one possible development of
events: Weiß hat, natürlich, typische Katalanisch-Kompensation für den Bauern,
aber es ist nicht so einfach, die Initiative zu entwickeln. Hier ist eine
mögliche Entwicklung der Ereignisse:} 14. Ne4 (14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Qb7) (14.
e4 b5 15. d5 e5) 14... b5 15. b3 Nb6 $1 16. Nxf6+ (16. Ba5 Nfd5 $1) 16... Bxf6
17. Ba5 Rd8 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Qxc4 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Rxa6 22. Rxc6
Rxa2 23. e3 Rb2 {White's pieces are a little more active and he has the more
compact pawn structure, but the opposite-coloured bishops give Black good
drawing chances. Die Figuren von Weiß stehen ein wenig aktiver und er hat die
kompaktere Bauernstruktur, aber die ungleichfarbigen Läufer geben Schwarz gute
Remischancen.}) 13. dxe5 Nd7 ({After Nach} 13... Ng4 {White has the rather
tempting continuation hat Weiß die recht verlockende Fortsetzung} 14. Bh3 $5 ({
Or Oder} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qa4 {since after , denn nach} Qc4 {there is the
strong reply gibt es die starke Erwiderung} 16. b4 $1) {with the idea of mit
der Idee} 14... Nxe5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 $1) 14. cxd5 cxd5 {The natural
reply. In analysis, the two c-pawns are often simply removed from the board
automatically. Die natürliche Erwiderung. In der Analyse werden die beiden
c-Bauern oft einfach automatisch vom Brett entfernt.} ({But maybe Black should
consider Aber vielleicht sollte} 14... exd5 {trying to keep the c-file safe
for his queen. I would probably have continued überlegen, um zu versuchen, die
c-Linie für seine Dame sicherzuhalten. Fortgesetzt hätte ich wahrscheinlich mit
} 15. b4 $5 ({Or Oder} 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 Nxe5 17. Bd4 Qe6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4
f5 20. Bg2 Bf6 (20... Rad8 21. Qa4) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd5 Bb7 23. Nb4 Rac8 24.
Bxc6 Rc7 25. Qa4 f4 26. Rc2 $14 {[%csl Rg8]}) 15... Nxe5 16. b5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5
cxb5 18. Bc3 (18. Qb2 Qf5 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. Be3 b4 22. Bd4 Bf6 23.
Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxb4 Rac8) 18... Ng4 19. Bxd5 Ba3 20. Bxa8 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 b4 22.
Bxb4 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxa8 24. f3 Nf6 25. e4 $14 {In both cases, as so often in
the Catalan, White retains a small advantage, but Black is not a million miles
away from a draw. In beiden Fällen, wie so oft im Katalanen, behauptet Weiß
einen kleinen Vorteil, aber Schwarz ist keine Millionen Meilen vom Remis
entfernt.}) 15. Bf4 {As I have already said, the idea of the sacrifice on d5
had come to me even when playing my 12th move. Judging by what happened, and
the final result, this was the correct decision. From a practical point of
view. Vladimir was unable to cope with the problems created. Wie bereits
gesagt, die Idee des Opfers auf d5 war mir schon gekommen, als ich meinen 12.
Zug spielte. Den Geschehnissen - und dem Endresultat - nach zu urteilen, war
dies die richtige Entscheidung. Aus praktischer Sicht. Vladimir war nicht in
der Lage, die geschaffenen Probleme zu bewältigen.} ({But probably even
stronger was the prosaic and quiet continuation Noch stärker war aber
womöglich die prosaische und ruhige Fortsetzung} 15. Qa4 $5 Qb7 (15... Nc5 {
is bad because of ist schlecht wegen} 16. Qg4 {with numerous threats mit
zahlreichen Drohungen.}) 16. Be3 {with the idea, after almost any Black move,
to sacrifice the knight on d5. mit der Idee, nach praktisch jedem schwarzen
Zug, den Springer auf d5 zu opfern.} ({There is also the spectacular Es gibt
auch das spektakuläre} 16. Bh6 $5 gxh6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Qb8 19. Qxa6 Nxe5
{but once again, the most beautiful move turns out not to be strongest , aber
erneut erweist sich der schönste Zug nicht auch als der stärkste.}) 16... b5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxa6 Nb8 20. Rxd5 Nxa6 21. Rxb5 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+
Rxc8 23. Bxa7 {and in the ending, the four white pawns look stronger than the
black knight. und in dem Endspiel wirken die vier weißen Bauern stärker als
der schwarze Springer.}) 15... g5 {Risky, but it is hard to see any
alternative, since White is getting ready to play e2-e4, with tremendous
activity. Riskant, aber es fällt schwer, irgendeine Alternative zu sehen, denn
Weiß schickt sich an, e2-e4 zu spielen, mit gewaltiger Aktivität.} 16. Bxd5 $5
{Realising my general idea. It was funny later to see a cartoon on Chess Vibes,
connected with this move. Verwirklicht meine Leitidee. Es war später lustig,
auf Chess Vibes einen Cartoon zu sehen, der mit diesem Zug zu tun hatte.} ({
Of course, it was possible to avoid this and just play the pawn sacrifice
Natürlich war es möglich, dies zu vermeiden und einfach das Bauernopfer} 16.
Be3 Nxe5 {, but in all variations, Black manages to hold the position. zu
spielen, aber in sämtlichen Varianten gelingt es Schwarz, die Stellung zu
halten.} 17. Bd4 (17. Qa4 Nc4 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 b5 $1 20. Rxb5 Bxb5 21.
Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxb2) 17... Nc6 $1 ({but not aber nicht} 17...
Ng6 {because of wegen} 18. Qa4 $1 Qc4 19. b4 $1 Rfc8 20. h4 $16) 18. Nxd5 exd5
19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxe2 21. Re1 Bb5 $14 22. Rc3 Bb4 $1 23. Re5 h6 $8 24.
Rb3 Rac8 $8 25. h4 Rc1+ $1 26. Kh2 Rc4 27. Be3 gxh4 28. Bxh6 Re8 29. Rxd5 Bc6
30. Rg5+ Kh7 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxb4 hxg3+ 33. Rxg3 Rxh6+ 34. Kg2 Rg6 {and the
game has simplified to a dead draw. und die Partie hat sich zu einem toten
Remis vereinfacht.}) 16... exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd8 $2 {Vladimir fails to withstand
the pressure and loses in a couple of moves. I am sure that if Magnus Carlsen
had been in his place, he would have retained his sang-froid and been able to
calculate the variations, as I learnt the hard way at the Bazna tournament...
Vladimir schafft es nicht, dem Druck standzuhalten, und verliert in wenigen
Zügen. Ich bin sicher, dass wenn Magnus Carlsen an seiner Stelle gewesen wäre,
er ruhig Blut bewahrt und es vermocht hätte, die Varianten zu berechnen, wie
ich beim Bazna-Turnier auf die harte Tour lernte...} ({Correct was Korrekt war
} 17... Bd8 $1 18. Qd2 (18. Qf5 Nc5 $1) 18... Qb8 {and no direct win is
visible for White, if indeed he even has the advantage. und es ist kein
direkter Gewinn für Weiß in Sicht, wenn er denn überhaupt Vorteil hat.} 19. e6
(19. Bxg5 Qxe5 $1) 19... gxf4 20. e7 $5 (20. exd7 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qe5) 20... Qe5
$1 {The main thing in all lines is to centralise the most powerful piece, so
as to control as much of the board as possible. Die Hauptsache in allen
Abspielen ist es, die mächtigste Figur zu zentralisieren, um so viel vom Brett
wie möglich zu kontrollieren.} 21. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Ng6 {
and in the ending, the two bishops are full compensation for the rook and two
pawns. It is just important not to allow White to exchange a pair of rooks.
With sharper play, Black can think about taking the initiative. und in dem
Endspiel sind die zwei Läufer volle Kompensation für den Turm und zwei Bauern.
Wichtig ist es nur, Weiß nicht zu erlauben, ein Turmpaar zu tauschen. Bei
schärferem Spiel kann Schwarz daran denken, die Initiative zu übernehmen.}) 18.
Nc7 ({The computer considers that positional play a piece down is even
stronger: Der Computer meint, dass positionelles Spiel mit Minusfigur sogar
noch stärker ist:} 18. Be3 Nc5 (18... Nxe5 19. Qf5 Qd6 20. Nc7 $1) (18... Rc8
$2 19. Qxc8 $1 Bxc8 20. Rxc8 $18) 19. b4 $1 Ne6 20. Qc6 $3 {dominating the
whole board. But it is quite hard to find such resources at the board, with
the clock ticking. I decided instead to regain some of the material. mit
Beherrschung des ganzen Bretts. Aber es ist ziemlich schwer, solche Ressourcen
am Brett zu finden, bei tickender Uhr. Stattdessen beschloss ich, einen Teil
des Materials zurückzuerobern.}) 18... Rc8 $4 {The decisive mistake. Der
entscheidende Fehler.} ({He could maintain the tension by Er konnte die
Spannung aufrechterhalten mit} 18... gxf4 {Now White must be at his best: Nun
muss Weiß auf der Höhe sein:} 19. Nxa8 $5 {The greediest capture, and also the
strongest. Das gierigste Schlagen, und auch das Stärkste.} ({A mistake is Ein
Fehler ist} 19. Nxa6 fxg3 20. hxg3 (20. Qf5 gxf2+ 21. Kf1 Rc8) 20... Bg5 $1 21.
f4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Kh8 {and Black suddenly goes over to the counterattack. und
plötzlich geht Schwarz zum Gegenangriff über.}) ({Quieter is Ruhiger ist} 19.
Qf5 Bc8 20. Nxa8 (20. e6 fxe6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Nxe6 Rg8 23. Qf3 Qe8 24. Qxa8
fxg3 25. hxg3 Nf6 $132) 20... fxg3 21. hxg3 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Bxf5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8
24. Nc7 {and White's chances are preferable in the ending. und in dem Endspiel
sind die Chancen von Weiß vorzuziehen.}) 19... Bc5 (19... fxg3 20. hxg3 Bg5 21.
Nc7 Bxc1 22. Nxa6 $16) 20. b4 Qxa8 21. Rxd7 $1 Bc8 22. e6 $1 Bxd7 23. exd7 Bxb4
24. Qf5 Bc5 25. Rc4 $36 {and despite the simplifications, White has a
dangerous initiative. und trotz der Vereinfachungen hat Weiß eine gefährliche
Initiative.}) 19. e6 $1 ({But not the immediate Aber nicht das sofortige} 19.
Qc6 $2 {because of wegen} Nb8 20. Qh6 gxf4 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 {and Black has too
much wood for the queen. und Schwarz hat zuviel Holz für die Dame.}) 19... fxe6
({Now there is no hope from Keine Hoffnung entspringt nun aus} 19... gxf4 20.
Rxd7 Rxc7 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Rcxc7 Bf6 23. e7 $1 Re8 24. Rxa7 Bxe2 25. Rd8 Rxd8
26. exd8=Q+ Bxd8 27. Ra8 $18) 20. Qc6 $18 {Black has too many pieces hanging
and cannot avoid material loss. Bei Schwarz hängen zu viele Figuren, und er
kann Materialverlust nicht vermeiden.} Qe8 21. Qxe6+ (21. Rxd7 {is also not
bad, but the ending with two extra pawns, which now arises by force, suited me
perfectly well. ist ebenfalls nicht übel, aber das Endspiel mit zwei
Mehrbauern, was jetzt forciert entsteht, passte mir bestens.}) 21... Qf7 22.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 (22... Rxf7 23. Nxa6 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 $1) 23. Nxa6 gxf4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8
25. Rxd7 Rc2 {White has two extra pawns, and so Black's only hope lies in the
acivity of his rook, but this is easily neutralised. Weiß hat zwei Mehrbauern,
und daher liegt die einzige Hoffnung von Schwarz in der Aktivität seines Turms,
aber dies wird leicht neutralisiert.} 26. Nb4 {The knight returns to the fray,
attacking the rook and preparing to go after the bishop on e7. Der Springer
kehrt in den Kampf zurück, greift den Turm an und schickt sich an, den Läufer
auf e7 aufs Korn zu nehmen.} Rxb2 27. Nc6 Rxe2 28. Rxa7 {Black's position is
completely hopeless, and he could resign with a clear conscience. But Black
continues playing out of inertia. Die Stellung von Schwarz ist komplett
hoffnungslos, und er könnte ruhigen Gewissens aufgeben. Aber aus
Schwerfälligkeit spielt er noch weiter.} f3 29. h4 h5 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Nxe7
Kxe7 32. g4 hxg4 33. Kh2 Ke6 34. Kg3 Kf5 35. a4 Ke4 36. Kxg4 {This victory not
only gave me clear first place, but also gave me psychological confidence in
my strength, which formed the basis for a successful tournament result. Dieser
Sieg verhalf mir nicht nur zum unangefochtenen ersten Platz, sondern verlieh
mir auch psychologisches Vertrauen in meine Stärke, was die Grundlage für ein
erfolgreiches Turnierergebnis bildete.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 {This is a quiet alternative.}
(5. a3 {is the main and, objectively, more ambitious line.}) 5... b6 (5... d5 {
is more common. Later on Black can develop in the spirit of the Classical
Queen's Gambit. Here is a recent example:} 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 a5 9.
Rb1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 h6 $1 14. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {
0-1 (44) Bogdanovich,S (2590)-Kuzubov,Y (2661) Lvov 2014}) 6. Bd3 c5 ({A few
days later the same players continued the dispute in the Tal Memorial, which
was a blitz event this year:} 6... Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Nxc4
Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qe2 f5 13. Nfe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. f3 Ng5
17. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (61) Kramnik,V (2760)-Morozevich,A (2724) Sochi 2014}) 7. a3
Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Bb7 9. dxc5 {White decided to determine the structure in the
centre. Instead, short castling looks more natural, but Vladimir has a
different idea in mind.} bxc5 10. Bc3 d6 {White has a pair of good bishops,
but Black's position is flexible.} 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O $5 $146 {That's a
new approach in this position! The engine doesn't approve of this choice.
However, from the human point of view, it makes sense to hide the king on the
opposite side, so that White could attack on the kingside. For this purpose
White has to be in an aggressive mood and that was exactly the case in the
current game.} (12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O a5 14. e4 e5 15. Nh4 g6 16. g3 Nb8 17. f4
Nc6 $11 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gc6d4] 0-1 (58) Vocaturo,D (2582)-Vitiugov,N (2737)
Caleta 2014}) 12... Qe7 ({After} 12... h6 {White can go} 13. h4 {and then put
the knight on g5, as in the game.}) 13. Ng5 h6 14. h4 Ne5 $5 {Perhaps too
provocative.} (14... Bxg2 $6 {An engine might capture such a pawn and coolly
defend after} 15. Rhg1 Bc6 {but, hardly any human would dare to try it.}) (
14... hxg5 $2 {is suicide, of course.} 15. hxg5 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) (14... Rfd8 {
was a logical alternative. Black should meet White's flank attack with
counterplay in the centre. For instance:} 15. f4 d5 $132) 15. Bh7+ {White
should avoid exhanging either of his bishops.} Kh8 16. f4 Neg4 (16... Nxc4 $2
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxc4 fxg5 19. hxg5 Kxh7 20. Rxh6+ Kg7 21. Qc3+ e5 22. Rdxd6 {
with a crushing attack, for example:} Rh8 23. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 24. Qxe5+ $18) (16...
Ned7 {was possible, but then it's not clear what the move 14...Ne5 was made
for.}) 17. Rh3 h5 $6 {Alexander wanted to secure the g4-outpost, but the move
slightly weakens the kingside and also White's knight is no longer under
attack.} ({After} 17... e5 $6 {Kramnik mentioned the following spectacular
line:} 18. Bf5 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Rg3 h5 $2 21. Rxg4 $1 hxg4 22. Rxd6 $1
Qxd6 23. Bxe5 Qe7 24. Bxf6 Qxe3+ 25. Kb1 Qe1+ 26. Ka2 Qxh4 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28.
Bxh4 $18 {Not a forced line, but it is a good illustration of White's
attacking possibilities.}) ({I suggest bringing the bishop into the defence by:
} 17... Rad8 18. Bd3 Bc8 $1 19. Rg3 (19. Rf1 e5 20. Be2 e4 21. f5 d5 22. cxd5
Rxd5 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 f6 {[%csl Rf5] Black will get back
the pawn and is, at least, not worse}) 19... e5 20. Be2 (20. f5 $6 d5 $15)
20... Nf2 $1 21. Rf1 hxg5 22. Rxf2 ({After} 22. hxg5 N6e4 {the knights are
covering both h1 and h3 squares.}) 22... g4 23. f5 Bb7 24. Bd3 d5 $15) 18. Rg3
Rae8 19. Bd3 {Now White is threatening 20.Be2; Black's linked knights are not
as stable as they look. Therefore, Black's next move is necessary.} e5 20. Be2
(20. Bf5 {with the same idea seems to be more precise, not allowing the reply
that followed in the game.}) 20... Nf2 (20... exf4 21. Bxg4 Ne4 $1 (21... fxg3
$2 22. Bxf6 Qxe3+ 23. Kb1 Be4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Bf3 Rxc4 27. Be7
Re8 28. Bxd6 Rxh4 29. Bxg3 {and the pair of bishops overcome the rook plus a
couple of pawns}) 22. exf4 (22. Be6 $6 fxg3 23. Qe2 Nxg5 24. Qxh5+ Nh7 25. Bf5
Qxe3+ 26. Rd2 Qg1+ 27. Rd1 Qe3+ $11) 22... hxg4 23. h5 f6 24. h6 Qd7 {The
engine doesn't show anything decisively disastrous here for Black, but the
position looks frightening.}) 21. Rf1 N2e4 22. fxe5 dxe5 (22... Nxg3 $2 {
falls to} 23. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc2h7]} ({But not} 23. exf6 $4 Qxe3+ 24. Kb1
g6 $19)) 23. Rxf6 $5 {It wasn't necessary to go "all in", but Kramnik felt
tempted to eliminate one of black's annoying knights.} (23. Rgf3 g6 (23... Nxg5
24. hxg5 Ne4 25. Rh3 g6 26. Bxh5 $1 Nxg5 27. Rh2 gxh5 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Rfh1
Be4 30. Rxg5+ Qxg5 31. Qxe4 Qg7 32. b4 $1 $14) 24. Bd3 Nxg5 25. Rxf6 Nh7 26.
R6f2 Kg7 27. g3 $14) 23... Nxf6 24. Bxh5 Kg8 (24... Be4 $2 25. Nxe4 Nxh5 26.
Rg5 $1 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rh5]}) 25. Be2 Qd6 26. Rh3 Bxg2 {White has only one rook
left, so it's possible to grab this pawn now.} 27. Rg3 Bb7 28. h5 Re7 $1 (28...
e4 $2 29. Rg1 Qh2 30. Qd1 $1 $40) 29. Rg1 $1 {Moving the rook away to a safer
square. In some cases it can go to the d-file.} (29. h6 $2 g6 {and there is no
good attacking continuation.}) 29... e4 $2 {Closing the diagonal for White's
queen, but opening the diagonal for White's bishop.} (29... Rd8 $1 30. h6 (30.
Qf5 {is met by} Bc8) 30... g6 31. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Rd1 Qe7 34.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Bxe5 Qe7 36. h7 Rxh7 37. Qxf6+ Qxf6 38. Bxf6 Be4 {and this
endgame should end in a draw.}) 30. h6 Qh2 (30... Rd8 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. hxg7 $18
{[%csl Gc3]}) {[%tqu "En","What should White do?","","","g5h3","It seems that
Morozevich overlooked this resource. Now white's attack is crushing.",10]} 31.
Nh3 $1 $18 {It seems that Morozevich overlooked this resource. Now White's
attack is crushing.} Qxh3 (31... Ne8 32. hxg7 Qxh3 33. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. Qd2 $18
) (31... g6 32. Bxf6 Qxh3 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gh3e3]} 33. h7+ $1 Kxh7 34. Qd1 $18
{[%cal Gg1h1]}) 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Bxf6 Qxh6 34. Rg6+ {Great game by Kramnik!}
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 {Van Wely is
heading for a Catalan type of position.} (6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 {is a different
story.}) 6... d5 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc3 {This is very rare. I think,
it's not the best square for the queen. It is far more common to put the queen
on c2, or to play 9.Rc1.} (9. Rc1 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. cxd5 ({An instructive
blunder occurred just recently in Gibraltar:} 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Qe3 Rac8 $6 (
12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 $13) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 $2 (13... cxd5 14. Nb5 a6 15. Na7 $1
$14 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Ga7c6]}) (13... exd5 14. Bh3 $14) 14. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 $18 {1-0 (52) Ganguly,S (2619)-Maze,S (2536) Caleta 2014})
11... cxd5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb5 Rc7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Rxc6
Qb8 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. e3 Qb7 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (34) Cheparinov,I 
(2702)-Dominguez Perez,L (2723) Loo 2013}) (9. Qc2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. b4 a5
12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Qe7 14. c5 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Bb5 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 (29) Gleizerov,
E (2567)-Tratar,M (2503) Trieste 2013}) 9... b6 10. Nbd2 $146 (10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Qa3 a5 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. e3 Qb8 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Qe7 Re8 16. Qa3 Rc8 17. Qe7
Re8 18. Qa3 {1/2-1/2 (18) Andreikin,D (2727)-Ibragimov,I (2567) Loo 2013})
10... Bb7 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 c5 $11 14. bxc5 ({Black doesn't
experience any problems after} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Qc7 {White's passed b-pawn
can be securely blocked on b6, while Black has a plan of pushing forward his
central pawns.}) 14... bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb4 Nfd7 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Ra7 $2 {
This is an embarrassing blunder.} (18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qf6 $11)
18... Ba6 {Attacking the queen and locking the rook in at the same time.} 19.
Qc3 Qb6 {White is forced to surrender an exchange.} 20. Rxa6 Qxa6 21. cxd5 exd5
22. Bxd5 {White has a pawn for an exchange, all the pawns are on the same side,
so he is not that much worse. But, of course, Black is the one who is playing
for a win. No one would dare to put money on a win for White here.} Qf6 23.
N2f3 Rfc8 24. Qd2 h6 (24... Nb6 25. Ba2 Ne4 26. Qd3 Nc3 27. Bb3 $15) 25. h4 Rb6
$6 {So far Naiditsch was doing fine but he starts a series of unsuccessful
rook manoeuvres.} (25... Na4 $15) 26. Rc1 Rcb8 27. Kg2 Rd6 $6 (27... Rb2 28.
Qa5 Qd6 29. Nf5 $1 Qf6 30. N5d4 $11) 28. e4 {Now the rook on d6 looks rather
silly.} Re8 29. Qc2 (29. e5 $2 {falls into} Rxe5 $1 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Nc6 Rxd5
32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Qxd5 $15) 29... Rb6 30. e5 Qd8 $2 {Too passive. Naiditsch
probably didn't sense the danger, otherwise he would have manage to properly
calculate 30...Nxe5 and simplified the position.} (30... Nxe5 $1 31. Qxc5 Nd3
32. Qc8 (32. Bxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxb6 Nxc1 $15) 32... Rb8 (32... Rxc8 $6 33. Rxc8+
Kh7 34. Be4+ g6 35. Bxd3 $14) 33. Qc4 Nxc1 34. Qxc1 $11) 31. Qf5 $6 {Now White
is on top, but the move chosen by Loek is, objectively, not the best.} (31. Nc6
Qc7 32. Qc4 Rf8 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Bxf7 Nxe5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Ng6+ Rxg6 37. Bxg6
Nd7 $16 {[%cal Gd7f6]}) 31... Qe7 $2 (31... Ne6 $1 {It was difficult to come
up with this move, as Black has to part with his queen.} 32. Nc6 Qc7 33. Ne7+ (
33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qh5 Kf8 $8 35. Ng5 $1 hxg5 36. Qf3+ Nf6 $1 37. exf6 g4 $1 38.
Qa3+ Kf7 39. Qa5 Rxc6 40. Qxc7+ Rxc7 41. Rxc7+ Kxf6 42. Rc4 g5 43. Rxg4 gxh4
44. Rxh4 {This endgame will end in a draw if Black plays it accurately.}) 33...
Rxe7 34. Rxc7 Nxc7 35. Be4 Nf8 {Black should hold this as well.}) 32. Nc6 Qf8
33. Nfd4 Rb2 34. Rc3 Rb7 35. h5 {White is fully dominating. In time trouble
Van Wely missed several forced wins, but kept the situation fairly well under
control.} Ra8 36. Rc2 Ra1 37. Re2 (37. Nd8 $1 Qxd8 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Bxb7 Nxb7
40. Ne6 Qg8 41. Rc8 $18) 37... Nb6 38. Ba2 Qa8 39. Bb1 Rxb1 40. Qxb1 {Now
White has a pawn and compensation.} Nba4 41. Qf5 Kh8 42. Qf3 Rc7 43. Rc2 Qe8
44. Rc4 Qc8 45. Kh2 {This wasn't necessary, but from the human point of view
such prophylaxis is useful.} Rb7 46. Nf5 Rc7 47. Rb4 Qa6 48. Nfe7 {[%cal Gb4b8,
Gf3f7]} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ {Naiditsch avoids the main lines of Catalan
opening and prefers the Bogo-Indian defense.} 4. Bd2 c5 {This line is a rare
guest on top level.} ({A more common line goes as follows:} 4... Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6
6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6) 5. Bxb4 cxb4 {Black's pawn structure became inferior,
but the pawn on b4 restricts white's queenside knight.} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 {
Now the game transposes to a regular Bogo-Indian line which usually arises
after 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 etc.} (7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. Qd2 Qb6
10. a3 Nc6 11. axb4 Qxb4 12. d5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nb4 14. Na3 Bd7 15. Nc3 a5 16.
f3 Rfc8 $11 {1-0 Aronian,L (2693)-Moiseenko,A (2665)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (52)})
7... d6 8. O-O ({The alternative way of development is:} 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Nf1 Bd7
10. Ne3 {with a very slight advantage for White.}) 8... Nc6 9. d5 $5 {A
principled continuation. White is trying to damage black's pawn structure, and
at the same time kicking away the knight from c6. On the other hand, this move
weakens dark squares in the centre, which might be exploited by black's
knights and queen.} ({The main and logical alternatives are:} 9. a3) (9. Nbd2)
(9. Qd3) 9... exd5 (9... Ne7 $6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qd3 {is worse for Black, due
to numerous pawn weaknesses.}) 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Nh4 $5 $146 {I am not sure
that this is an improvement over the moves previously played, but the idea is
definitely interesting.} (11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nc2 Qb6 13. Ne3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15.
Nd2 Rac8 16. Nb3 Rfe8 17. Qd4 Qa6 $15 {1-0 Vladimirov,E (2550)-Anand,V (2525)/
Moscow 1989/TD (52)}) (11. Qd4 Nexd5 12. e4 Ne7 13. Qxb4 Nc6 14. Qa4 d5 15. e5
Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 $11 {0-1 Van der Sterren,P (2520)-Kortschnoj,V 
(2625)/Wijk aan Zee 1987/CBM 002 (46)}) 11... Qb6 {Occupying the important
diagonal a7-g1.} 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qb3 a5 (13... g5 $2 14. h3 Bd7 (14... gxh4 15.
hxg4 $16) 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qf3 Bxb1 18. Qxf6 Bg6 19. Qxg5 $16)
14. h3 (14. Nd2 $6 Be2 $1 15. Rfe1 a4 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Qb1 {and white's queen
looks miserable on b1.}) 14... a4 {Useful intermediate move, moving the white
queen to a worse position.} 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Rfc8 (16... Bb5 17. Qd2 {
[%csl Rb4]} Bc4 18. a3 $14) 17. Nf3 Ng6 $6 ({It was more to the point to
double the rooks on the "c" file:} 17... Rc7 18. Nbd2 Rac8 19. Qd4 Qa5 {
In this case the position would have been approximately balanced.}) 18. Nbd2 a3
(18... Ne5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nd3 21. Reb1 $14 {[%cal Gg2f1]}) 19. Rab1 Ba4
$2 {An unfortunate manoeuvre. Black loses vital tempoes, allowing White to
consolidate his forces.} ({A logical continuation would have been} 19... axb2
20. Rxb2 Qc5 (20... Ra3 $4 21. Qxa3 $18 {[%cal Gb2b6]}) 21. Qd4 Ra4 $132) (
19... Qc5 {was a worthy alternative as well.}) 20. Qd4 $16 {Exchanging black's
most active piece. Now White is clearly better.} Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Bc2 (21... Ne5
22. bxa3 Bc2 23. Ra1 $1 Rxa3 24. f4 Nd3 25. Re3 $16 {and black's pieces are
actually in danger of being lost.}) 22. Rbc1 Bd3 (22... Bxe4 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.
Nxe4 axb2 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Kf1 Rc1 27. Be4 $18) 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. bxa3 bxa3
25. f4 {Black does not have any useful invasion along the "c" file, while
white's central pawns are moving forward with devastating force.} h5 26. Re3
Ba6 27. Kf2 $1 {Leko is playing precisely.} (27. Rxa3 $2 h4 $132 {[%csl Rf4,
Rg3]}) 27... h4 28. Bf3 {Covering the h5 square.} (28. Rxa3 $4 hxg3+ 29. Kxg3
Nh5+ $15) 28... Rc1 29. e5 {Everything is ready for the decisive breakthrow.}
dxe5 30. fxe5 Nd7 31. e6 fxe6 32. dxe6 Nde5 33. e7 Rc8 34. Bh5 {Black is not
able to avoid losing a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Zadar op-A"]
[Site "Zadar"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The open tournament in Zadar was very successful for me. Scoring 7/9,
undefeated, I got the first place! One of the key games occurred in round five
when I was facing grandmaster Ognjen Jovanic, quite a solid player.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 {Usually I play 4.Bd2, but in this particular
game decided to give the knight move a try.} O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {The main
line is, of course, 6...d5. The quiet move 6...d6 is regularly played, among
others, by grandmaster Evgeny Tomashevsky. Black's position seems passive and
he also lost a tempo by moving his bishop twice. White has clear space
superiority, but the knight on d2 is obstructing further development. Also the
move a2-a3 is not necessarily useful. So, it's not easy for White to prove
that he is better.} 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 9. d5 Ng4 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2
Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Qe7 13. O-O e5 14. Ne1 Qh4 15. Ndf3 Qh6 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Nh6
$11 {[%cal Gf7f5] 1/2-1/2 (31) Grischuk,A (2795)-Tomashevsky,E (2714) Sochi
2014}) 7... e5 $1 8. O-O {I didn't want to close the centre by 8.d5.} (8. d5 a5
9. b3 Na6 $11 {1-0 (30) Salem,A (2586)-Safarli,E (2628) Sharjah 2014}) ({
Black gets decent compensation for the pawn after} 8. dxe5 dxe5 ({Another
possible: way was} 8... Ng4 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Be2 Nc6 $44) 9. Nxe5 Re8 $44 {
1/2-1/2 (27) Steingrimsson,H (2557)-Riff,J (2427) La Massana 2013}) 8... exd4
9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nc2 $5 $146 {This wasn't a part of any preparation. During the
game I wasn't sure at all that this move backwards would be good. Nevertheless,
I decided to keep more pieces on the board which should favour the side with
space superiority.} (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b4 (11. Nb3 Re8 12. Na5 $1 {I like this
manoeuvre.} Bd7 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Re1 h6 15. h3 $14 {1-0 (34) Nakamura,H (2764)
-Jobava,B (2717) Tashkent 2014}) 11... a5 12. b5 ({I would prefer} 12. Bb2)
12... Nd7 13. a4 Bf6 14. Ra3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36) Werle,J (2511)
-Delchev,A (2644) Paleochora 2014}) 10... a5 11. Ne3 {The knight is heading to
d5.} Nd7 {Now a5-a4 followed by Nd7-c5 is a positional threat that I should
prevent.} 12. b3 (12. f4 Nc5 13. Nf3 {was also perfectly playable, but I
didn't want to give up my bishop.}) 12... Nc5 13. Bb1 {Already here I had in
mind the idea of building a battery along the diagonal b1-h7. That's why I
preferred this retreat over 13.Bc2.} Bf6 14. Ra2 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 15. Nd5 {
[%csl Gd5]} Be6 (15... b5 $6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ne6 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Ba3 $1
{[%cal Gb1d3] is in White's favour.}) 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qc2 {[%csl Gb1,Gc2][%cal
Gc2h7] That was my idea. Now threatening e4-e5.} Ne5 $6 {I expected this.} (
17... g6 $1 {For a human player it's scary to weaken the dark squares, when
White can take the dark-squared bishop. But, the engine proves that Black is
okay here:} 18. cxb5 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Qc3 f6 $15) 18... Rxb5 19.
Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Rb7 21. b4 (21. Qc3 Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne7 $11) 21... axb4 22.
axb4 Bxd5 23. bxc5 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Bc4 25. Rc1 d5 $11) 18. Nxe5 $6 {I have
seriously considered playing 18.b4 immediately, which was the best.} (18. b4 $1
axb4 ({After} 18... Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Be5 20. f4 Qh4 {[%cal Gh4g4]}
21. Qd1 {Black won't get enough play for a piece.}) (18... Ncd3 19. Nxe5 Nxe5
20. f4 $36) 19. axb4 Ncd7 (19... Ncd3 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 $16) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Be3 {[%cal Gf2f4] with a promising position for White.}) 18... Bxe5 19. b4
Nd7 20. cxb5 (20. bxa5 $2 bxc4 {is not good for me.}) (20. Be3 g6 21. f4 Bg7
22. f5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 axb4 24. axb4 Ne5 $11 {[%csl Ge5]}) 20... axb4 21. axb4
Rxb5 (21... g6 {was a good prophylactic move.} 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.
Ra5 d5 {The position is close to equal, as White's extra pawn has no
significance.}) 22. Qd3 {I was happy with my position here. His rook is
attacked and next move I am going to play f2-f4.} c6 $2 (22... Qb8 $1 {was
very strong. It appeares that even here White is not better!} 23. f4 (23. Ne7+
Kh8 24. Nc6 Qb7 {is fine for Black.}) (23. Be3 Bxd5 24. exd5 g6 $11) (23. Bd2
c5 $1 $132) 23... Bxd5 24. exd5 Bd4+ $1 {That's the trick which is difficult
to spot in advance.} 25. Qxd4 (25. Kh1 Nf6 $1 $15) 25... Rxb4 {[%csl Rb1,Rd4]}
26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {and Black is, at least, not worse.}) 23. f4 {My queen is
covering the d4-square, so Black's bishop is basically trapped.} f5 $1 {
The best chance.} 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Qe2 Rb8 (25... fxe4 $2 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.
Qxe4 $18) 26. Ne3 (26. Nf4 $2 Bc4 27. Qe1 (27. Qf2 fxe4 {and White has
problems on the f-file}) (27. Nd3 Qb6+ 28. Be3 Qb5 $15) 27... Qb6+ 28. Be3 Qxb4
$15) 26... f4 27. Nf5 Bc4 {Black must take the other rook to keep some
counterchances. The rook on a2 obstructs the white bishop.} 28. Qd2 $6 {
I wanted to keep the Pb4 protected, which wasn't necessary.} (28. Qd1 $1 Bxf1
29. Kxf1 Rxb4 30. Ba3 {the bishops are coming out with decisive effect.}) 28...
Bxf1 29. Kxf1 g6 $1 30. Nd4 (30. Nxd6 $2 Rf6 {[%csl Rd6] and the knight is
trapped.}) (30. Qxd6 $2 gxf5 31. Qxe5 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qxc1 {and Black is the only
side which can play for a win.}) 30... Qh4 $2 (30... f3 31. Nxf3 Nxf3 32. gxf3
Rxf3+ 33. Kg2 Rf7 34. h3 $1 {This prophylactic move is the best.} Qf6 35. Qe2
Rxb4 36. Bd3 {White is better thanks to the powerful bishops, but Black has
his chances.}) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for White.","","","a2a3","I was
happy to spot this important move fairly quickly. The rook joins the defence
on the third rank and, at the same time, frees space for the bishops.",10]} 31.
Ra3 $1 $18 {I was happy to spot this important move fairly quickly. The rook
joins the defence on the third rank and, at the same time, frees space for the
bishops.} f3 {Too late, but it's still the only chance.} (31... Qxh2 $4 32. Rh3
$18 {[%csl Rh2]}) 32. Nxf3 Qxh2 33. Ba2+ d5 (33... Kh8 34. Bb2 $18) 34. exd5
Qh1+ (34... Nxf3 35. d6+ $1 ({After} 35. dxc6+ $2 Kh8 36. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 37. gxf3
Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Re8+ 39. Kd3 Rd8+ {White has to part with his queen.}) 35... Kh8
36. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 37. gxf3 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Re8+ 39. Kd3 {Here the d-file is closed
and the white king escapes.} Qxf3+ 40. Kc2 Qf5+ 41. Kb2 Qf6+ 42. Kb1 $18) 35.
Kf2 Nxf3 36. dxc6+ Kg7 (36... Kh8 37. Rxf3 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Rxf3 39. Bb2+ Rf6 40.
Qe3 $18) 37. Qh6+ {This wasn't the only winning path, but I thought that
swapping queens in such a sharp position is the most practical decision.} (37.
Ra7+ Kh8 38. Bb2+ Ne5+ 39. Rf7 {was actually easier.}) 37... Qxh6 38. Ra7+ Kh8
39. Bxh6 Nd4+ 40. Kg1 {White's pieces dominate the board.} Nf5 41. Bd2 {
[%cal Gd2c3]} 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 23rd"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
Nbd2 (8. O-O {is possible of course, but the order of moves that in the text
has it's own point...}) 8... Re8 ({More popular is} 8... Nc6) 9. Nf1 {White
often has problem with this knight in this opening variation. So, it will be
placed on a much better square e3.} Qc7 (9... a5 10. Ne3 b6 11. a3 bxa3 12.
bxa3 Ba6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Qe7 16. Rc2 Rc7 17. Rac1 Rec8 18.
Nd2 $14 {Portisch,L-Chandler,M/Reykjavik 1991}) 10. Ne3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. d5
$1 $146 {This move has serious strategical drawback, since it gives black the
control over c5 square forever. However, white's idea is a concrete one, to
shut the centre and create an initiative on the kingside.} (12. Qd2 a5 13. Rfd1
Nbd7 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Nb8 16. b4 Nc6 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. Qa2 Rec8 19. Nd2
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. f3 Nc6 22. Nb3 b5 $11 {1-0 Kishnev,S-Nikolenko,O/Moscow
1989/EXT 99 (43)}) 12... e5 {Otherwise, white could take on e6 seriously
weakening black's position.} 13. Qd2 {[%csl Rb4]} a5 14. Nf5 {The point behind
the 12.d5.} Nbd7 (14... h6 $2 15. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nbd7 (16... Qe7 17.
Ng5 Nbd7 18. Be4 Nf8 19. f4 $18) 17. Ng5 Qd8 18. Be4 Nf8 19. f4 $18) 15. Qg5 g6
16. Bh3 $6 {An interesting idea, but objectively not the best one.} (16. Nd2 {
followed by 17.e4 and 18.f4 is troublesome for black.}) 16... Kh8 $6 {I was
expecting this.} (16... Ne4 $2 17. Qh6 gxf5 18. Bxf5 $18) (16... e4 17. N3d4
Re5 18. f4 (18. Rac1 Qc5 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Nbd4 Qc5 $11) (18. Nb5 Qxc4 (18... Qc5
$2 19. Nbxd6 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Rxg5 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxd7 $16) 19.
Nbxd6 Qc7 $1 $15) 18... exf3 19. Nxf3 Rxe2 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Bxd7 Qc5+ $1 (21...
Nxd7 $2 22. Nd4 $18 {[%csl Re2,Rf7]}) 22. Kh1 Nxd7 23. Nd4 Qxc4 24. Nxe2 Qxd5+
25. Qxd5 Bxd5+ 26. Kg1 Kxh6 27. Rfd1 $11) ({Another playable alternative would
have been} 16... Qxc4 $5 17. Nxd6 Qxe2 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 {with reasonable
compensation for the sacrificed exchange.}) 17. Nh6 Kg7 (17... Rf8 18. Qh4 $1 {
[%cal Gf3g5]} Rae8 $140 19. Ng5 Kg7 20. Nhxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Ne6+ Rxe6 22. dxe6 h6
{[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg6g5]} 23. Bg2 $18) 18. Nf5+ ({Now the same idea with Qh4 is
not so good because of} 18. Qh4 $2 e4 19. Ng5 Ne5) 18... Kh8 19. Qh6 Rg8 (19...
gxf5 $2 20. Ng5 Qxc4 21. Bxf5 Qxd5 22. e4 $18) 20. Ng5 Raf8 21. Ne3 Rg7 22. a3
$1 {Trying to open the second front.} b3 {Black has to close the position, but
now white gets c3 square for his rook.} 23. Rac1 {[%csl Gc3]} (23. f4 $2 Qc5 {
[%cal Gc5g1]}) 23... Ng8 24. Qh4 Nc5 25. f4 exf4 (25... f5 $2 26. fxe5 dxe5 27.
Bxf5 $1 gxf5 28. Nxf5 Rd7 29. Nh6 $18) 26. Qxf4 Re8 $6 {Black should not move
his rook from the "f" file.} (26... f5 $1 $13) 27. Rc3 f5 (27... Re7 28. Qd4
Re5 29. Nf3 (29. Rxf7 $2 Rxf7 30. Nxf7+ Qxf7 31. Ng4 Qg7 32. Nxe5 dxe5 $15)
29... Re4 30. Qd2 $16) 28. Bxf5 $1 {This sacrifice is calling for, but the
matters are not so clear even after that...} gxf5 (28... Rf8 $2 29. Qd4 $18)
29. Nxf5 Rxg5 30. Qxg5 ({Does not work} 30. Nxd6 $2 {in view of} Re7) 30... Bc8
$2 {This loses on the spot, but in a non-trivial way.} ({The only reasonable
was:} 30... Ne4 31. Qe3 Re5 $1 $13 {This strong move was missed by both
players.} (31... Nxc3 $2 32. Qxc3+ Re5 33. Nxd6 Qxd6 34. Rf5 $18) (31... Qc5
32. Qxc5 bxc5 (32... dxc5 33. Rxb3 Nd2 34. Rxb6 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 $18) 33. Rxb3 Ba6
34. Rc1 $16)) {[%tqu "En","Find the winning move.","","","c3e3","",15]} 31. Re3
$1 Bxf5 {Anything loses.} (31... Rxe3 {[%tqu "En","Can you spot a forced
mate?","","","f5h6","The main point of 31.Re3! The mate is unavoidable.",10]}
32. Nh6 $3 {[%mdl 128] The main point of 31.Re3! The mate is unavoidable.}) (
31... Ne4 32. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 33. Nh6 $18) (31... Rf8 32. Re7 $18) 32. Rxe8 (32.
Rxe8 Bg6 33. Rff8 (33. Qf6+ Qg7 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Qd8+)) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 {Beforehand I've
also played the classic scheme with 6.g3 and 7.Bg2. This time I decided to go
for a different setup.} bxa3 7. Rxa3 {Basically, in this kind of pawn
structure White should strive for complicated play in the middlegame and avoid
exchanges, as in an endgame his pawn majority in the centre would not be a
factor.} (7. Nxa3 {is another option with an idea Na3-c2 followed by b2-b4,
getting more space on the queenside.}) 7... Nc6 (7... d6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 b6
10. O-O a5 11. b4 Nc6 12. bxa5 Nxa5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Nd2 e5 15. d5 Bc8 16. Qb1
Bd7 17. Ra2 Qc7 18. Rb2 Rfb8 19. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A (2640)-Seirawan,
Y (2570)/Montpellier 1985/Candidates (44)}) 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Be2 e5 11.
O-O Bf5 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 {has appeared more often in practice beforehand.
White keeps a slight edge.}) 12. Qd2 (12. Qb3 $5 {I didn't even consider this
"Rybka" suggestion.} b6 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Qc7 $14) 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. Rd1 $36) 12... b6 13. Rd1 a5 {This is a standard plan in this line -
Black is trying to take control over the dark squares.} (13... e4 $6 {is what
I was trying to provoke. This is strategically wrong as it gives White a free
hand on the queenside.} 14. Ne1 $16 {[%cal Ge1c2,Gb2b4]}) 14. Qc1 {[%csl Re5]}
Qb8 15. Nb5 (15. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. d6 Rd8 {is nothing
for White.}) 15... Rd8 16. h3 $14 h6 17. Rb3 Nd7 $6 ({A prophylactic move} 
17... Bh7 {would have been safer.}) 18. Nh4 $1 Bh7 19. Bg4 Nf6 20. Bf5 g6 21.
Bb1 e4 {[%csl Yh4,Yh7] Now both sides have a piece which has got stuck on the
kingside. However, the white knight will soon get back into the game, which
can't be said about the black bishop. I believe that White is better, though
an engine does not support my estimation.} 22. f4 Nb4 (22... g5 $2 23. fxg5
hxg5 24. Rf1 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh4f5]}) 23. Rf1 Re8 {Black should get all
his major pieces out of the corner.} 24. g4 Qd8 25. Ng2 {t I didn't want to
play d4-d5at any point, as it would concede the c5 square to Black's knight.}
Rc8 26. Rc3 Qd7 27. Qd2 d5 28. b3 a4 {Trying to break through the queenside.}
29. Rcc1 $1 Nd3 $1 {A good practical chance.} 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. Qxd3 axb3 (
31... g5 $5 32. f5 h5 33. cxd5 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 hxg4 35. hxg4 axb3 (35... Nxg4 36.
e4 $16) 36. d6 $1 Nxg4 37. e4 b2 38. Rc7 Ra8 $1 39. Rxd7 Ra1+ 40. Ne1 Rxe1+ 41.
Kg2 b1=Q 42. Qxb1 Rxb1 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. d7 $18) 32. cxd5 h5 33. g5 $2 {Both
sides have started to make typical time-trouble mistakes. White is better, but
the position is quite messy and requires precise calculation.} (33. Rxc8 Rxc8
34. g5 Qxh3 $3 35. gxf6 g5 36. f5 g4 {[%cal Gg4g3]} 37. Nf4 Qg3+ 38. Ng2 Qh3
$11) (33. Qxb3 $1 hxg4 34. hxg4 Nxd5 (34... Nxg4 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. e4 $16) (
34... Qxg4 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Nd6 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. g5
$16) 33... Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Ne4 $2 {Missing the chance.} (34... b2 $1 35. Rf1 Nxd5
36. e4 Rxe4 $1 37. Qxe4 Qxb5 38. Qc2 Nc3 39. Qxc3 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 41. Kf2
b5 {The b-pawn gives Black good chances for a draw.}) 35. Nc3 Nxc3 (35... Qc8
$5 {In mutual time-trouble I was concerned about this move, as I didn't see
the following amazing line:} {[%tqu "En","How should White react?","","",
"d3b5","",15]} 36. Qb5 $3 Nxc3 37. Rxc3 Qxc3 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. d6 b2 40. Qe5+
Kg8 41. d7 b1=Q+ 42. Kh2 $18 {[%cal Gd7d8] Two queens can't save Black!}) 36.
Rxc3 Qxh3 37. Rxb3 h4 {[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","","","d3d1",
"An important defensive resource. White is just in time to prevent ...Qh3-Qg3
followed by ...h4-h3.",7]} 38. Qd1 $1 $18 {An important defensive resource.
White is just in time to prevent ...Qh3-Qg3 followed by ...h4-h3.} Qf5 (38...
Qg3 $2 39. e4 {[%csl Rg3] and the queen is trapped.}) 39. Nxh4 Qxd5 40. Nf3 b5
41. Kf2 {Now everything is consolidated, the rest is easy.} f6 42. gxf6 g5 43.
Nxg5 Bg6 44. Rb2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jurcik, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. d5 ({The other main line is} 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12.
d5 {and here Black can choose between Nc6-b8 or Nc6-d8 followed by f7-f5 and
Nd8-f7.}) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nb8 12. dxe6 {Basically it's a matter of taste
whether to take on e6. This exchange slightly weakens Black's king position
and opens the long diagonal for the dark-squared bishop. On the other hand
without the pawn on d5 it's easier for Black to develop his queenside pieces.}
(12. O-O e5 {may transpose to the above mentioned main line.}) 12... fxe6 13.
O-O Nd7 {This is the most flexible way of development. The knight can move
either to c5 or f6, according to circumstances.} (13... Nc6 {appeared in
practice as well, but with bad statistics for Black.}) 14. Nd4 {I thought that
my opponent has prepared something, so I decided to be the first one to
deviate from my own game.} (14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8
18. c5 $1 dxc5 19. Rfc1 b6 20. b4 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Postny,E
(2648)-Charnushevich,A (2501)/Nancy FRA 2010/The Week in Chess 799 (59). with
a stable advantage for White thanks to a superior pawn structure and a
vulnerable black king.}) 14... Nf6 15. Qc2 $6 {This move is not the best as it
robs White's knight of the c2-square, which could be used to transfer it to e3.
} (15. c5 d5 16. c6 b6 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A (2645)
-Benjamin,J (2565)/Yerevan 1996/EXT 1997 (28)}) (15. b4 {This plan of a
queenside offensive seems very logical.} e5 16. Nc2 Rd8 17. b5 a6 18. Nb4 e4
19. bxa6 c6 20. Qb1 Qe5 21. Rb3 Re8 22. Qb2 $14 {1-0 Pinter,J (2560)-Hertneck,
G (2565)/Germany 1996/GER-chT2 (90)}) 15... e5 (15... c6 16. Rd1 e5 {would
force me to retreat to f3 after which Black has equal chances.}) 16. Nf5 Bxf5
17. Qxf5 {Now, at least, I enjoy the slight superiority of a bishop over the
knight.} c6 18. Qc2 (18. Rd1 $6 Nd5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 {and Black is fine.}) 18...
Rad8 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. Rd2 Qe6 21. e3 Rfd7 {Here my opponent offered a draw. I
evaluated my position as slightly better, so the offer was declined. Black's
only weakness - Pd6 - is well protected. Therefore, sooner or later, White's
only reasonable plan is to push b2-b4-b5 pressing on the Pc6.} 22. Qd1 h5 $6 {
When my opponent took the h-pawn, I was sure that he was going to play h7-h6.
The move in the text was a pleasant surprise, as it weakens the black king
position.} 23. Qf1 {[%cal Gg2h3]} Qf7 24. Qb1 Qe6 25. b4 (25. Qg6 {is just a
punch in the air.} Qg4 {and White has nothing better than to go back.}) 25...
d5 {This move wasn't forced, but it's understandable that my opponent is
trying to achieve some active counterplay.} (25... e4 26. Rd4 $1 d5 27. Qb3 $14
{Black can never really take on c4 as it will make his Pe4 very vulnerable.
For instance:} dxc4 28. Rcxc4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rd5 30. b5 $1 $16) 26. cxd5 cxd5 (
26... Nxd5 $6 27. Rcd3 Nc3 (27... Nf6 28. b5 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxa2
31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Bxc6 $14) 28. Qc2 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Nxa2 31. b5 $1
{with a strong initiative. Black's extra pawn has no significance. Meanwhile
his weakened king is the dominant factor in the position.}) 27. Rcd3 d4 $2 {
This is wrong in principle. Now the white bishop becomes very strong.} (27...
e4 {Black should block the bishop.} 28. Rd4 (28. Rc3 d4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. exd4
Rxd4 $11) 28... Rc8 {and Black seems to be okay, even though I would prefer to
be on the white side in this position.}) 28. exd4 exd4 $6 (28... e4 {looks a
bit non-human, but it was a better alternative.} 29. d5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31.
Qb3 Re5 32. Qe3 {Black's position is unpleasant, but he can hold.}) 29. Qd1 Qc4
30. a3 $16 {White's advantage is pretty obvious. The bishop is superior to the
knight and Black's king is weakened. The central passed pawn is securely
blocked and not dangerous. White's plan is to activate his major pieces and to
bring his bishop to d3 where it will create threats against the black monarch.
It's not so easy to realise though.} b6 31. Bf1 Qd5 32. Bg2 (32. Rxd4 $2 Qxd4
33. Rxd4 Rxd4 {Against correct defence this would be a draw, Black can build a
kind of fortress.}) 32... Qc4 33. Rc2 Qe6 34. Rc6 {The rook is out of place
here, but I didn't know this yet.} (34. Re2 Qc4 35. Bh3 Rd6 36. Re7 a5 37. bxa5
bxa5 38. Re5 a4 39. Bf5 $16) 34... Rd6 35. Rc7 R6d7 36. Rc2 {The exchange of
rooks would make Black's defensive task easier.} Rd6 37. Re2 {Going back to
the right plan.} Qc4 38. Re5 Rc8 39. Bf1 Rcd8 40. Rf5 Qe6 41. Rf4 {Finally I
found a good place for the rook, where it puts pressure on the Pd4 and can't
be harassed by black's queen.} Qe5 42. h4 Qd5 43. Rd2 Qe5 $4 {Just a blunder.}
(43... Kh8 44. Bd3 {would keep the fight on. White has a big advantage.}) 44.
Bc4+ Kh8 45. Re2 {[%csl Re5] The queen is trapped in the centre of the board.}
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Legacy Square Capital"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ {This opening came as a surprise to me.} 4. Bd2
c5 {A strategically risky line, but Black has some ideas.} 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3
bxa3 7. Nxa3 {I used to recapture with the rook, but here I decided to give a
try to a slightly different setup.} (7. Rxa3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Be2 e5
(10... b6 {perhaps more flexible.}) 11. O-O $14 {1-0 (44) Postny,E (2651)
-Drasko,M (2527) Novi Sad 2009}) 7... O-O 8. e3 Nc6 (8... d6 9. b4 b6 10. Be2
Bb7 11. O-O {This is more or less an ideal setup for White.} a6 12. Qb3 $14 {
1-0 (43) Laznicka,V (2651)-Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2495) Monzon 2016}) 9. Be2
b6 10. Nc2 $6 $146 {At this point I couldn't imagine that I won't be able to
castle in this game.} (10. O-O d6 11. Qb1 $6 (11. Ne1 Bb7 12. Nd3 {looks like
a good manoeuvre. The knight supports the advance b2-b4 and the bishop can
come to f3 at some point. White should be slightly better.}) 11... a5 12. Rd1
Ba6 13. Nc2 d5 14. b3 Ne4 $11 {0-1 (41) Beliavsky,A (2630)-Salov,V (2575)
Szirak 1987 CBM 003 [Ftacnik,L]}) 10... Bb7 11. b4 $6 {Consequent and wrong.}
a5 $1 12. bxa5 (12. b5 {I didn't like this in general as it gives Black a
strong protected passed pawn. Black can even play now} Nb4 $1 (12... Ne7 {
isn't bad either.}) 13. Nxb4 axb4 {[%cal Gf6e4,Ge4c3] and White can't win the
pawn on b4, while the black knight will come to c3.}) 12... Nxa5 13. Na3 $6 {
My knight is going back and forth, desperately trying to prevent my structure
from being ruined.} (13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 {was objectively the right way to
play. Nothing disastrous happened - the position is approximately equal.} (14.
Bxf3 Rc8 $15 {[%csl Rc4]})) 13... Ne4 $1 14. Nb5 (14. O-O $2 Nc3 15. Qc2 Nxe2+
16. Qxe2 d5 $17) (14. Bd3 $6 f5 15. O-O Nc3 16. Qc2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+ 18. Kh1
Qh5 19. Rg1 Qxf3+ 20. Rg2 Ne4 $17) 14... Ng5 $1 15. Nd6 {I spent a lot of time
at this stage of the game, trying to figure out what to do and how I had
managed to get a worse position as White before move fifteen.} ({Black wins a
healthy pawn after} 15. O-O Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxc4) ({or} 15. Rc1
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxc4 $1) 15... Nxf3+ (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 (16.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qb8 $1 18. Nb5 Nxc4 $17) 16... Qe7 17. h4 Qxd6 18. hxg5
Nxc4 19. Rxa8 Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Rxa8 $17) 16. gxf3 Ba6 {My knight is shaky so I
have to support it with c4-c5.} 17. Rc1 $6 {It was preferable to support the
knight right away.} (17. c5 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 bxc5 19. dxc5 {and White is only
slightly worse.}) 17... Qe7 (17... Qc7 18. c5 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Rfb8 $17) 18. c5
bxc5 19. dxc5 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Nc6 {Now the drawback of 17.Rc1 is clear - I don't
control the a-file.} 21. Qd2 Ra4 (21... Qh4 {was also good.}) 22. Qc3 Qg5 $6 {
I was surprised by this.} ({I was more concerned about} 22... Qh4 {and most
likely I will have to part with the Ph2.}) 23. Ra1 $6 {Already here both
players had less than ten minutes to reach the time control in a rather
complicated position.} (23. Rhg1 Ra2+ {was a source of worry, but an engine is
not frightened by this.} 24. Kf1 Qh6 25. Rg3 {and White's position improved
somehow.}) 23... Rh4 $6 (23... Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qh5 $17) 24. Rhg1 Qh6 25. Rad1 (
25. Nc4 Rxh2 26. Rad1 $132 {[%csl Rd7]}) 25... f6 $6 (25... Ne7 $1 $15 {
[%cal Ge7d5]}) 26. Ne4 $6 {My knight manoeuvres were far from impressive in
this game.} (26. Nc4 $1 {was the right way to attack the Pd7, keeping under
control the e5-square as well.} Rf7 27. Nd6 $11) 26... Ne5 {Now my king is in
real danger.} ({An immediate exchange sacrifice} 26... Rxe4 {was also an
option to consider.} 27. fxe4 Qh5+ 28. Ke1 Ne5 29. Rg3 Qxh2 30. c6 dxc6 31. Qb3
Re8 32. Rd6 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 27. c6 $1 {The only counterplay.}
Rxe4 $5 (27... dxc6 28. Qb3 {[%csl Re6]} Rxe4 29. fxe4 (29. Qxe6+ $6 Kh8 30.
fxe4 Qh5+ {and the king has to go to e1, getting a fork on f3. The rook on d1
in protected by the queen.}) 29... Qh5+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Ke2 $11) 28. fxe4 $6 (
28. cxd7 $1 {It was nearly impossible to calculate the spectacular variations
lurking behind the scene:} Nxf3 $1 (28... Rc4 $6 29. Qxc4 $1 Nxc4 30. d8=Q Rxd8
31. Rxd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf8 33. Ra1 Nb6 34. Rb7 {and Black has to be careful
not to lose.}) 29. Rg3 $1 (29. Kxf3 $2 Qh5+ 30. Kxe4 {leads to a lovely mate:}
(30. Kg2 Qg4+ $19 {[%csl Rd1]}) 30... Qf5+ 31. Kd4 Qd5#) 29... Qh5 30. Rxf3
Qb5+ 31. Qd3 Qxd3+ 32. Kxd3 Re5 33. Kc4 Rd8 34. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4] and this
endgame should end in a draw.}) 28... Qh5+ 29. Kd2 Rc8 $2 {Both players
thought that this move is strong, but in fact it spoils the advantage. The
pawn should have been eliminated.} (29... dxc6 30. Kc1 Qxh2 $17 31. f4 $2 (31.
Qc2 $17) 31... Nf3 32. Rgf1 Qa2 $1 33. Rxf3 Rb8 34. Qc2 Qa3+ 35. Kd2 Rb2 $19) (
29... Nxc6 30. f4 Qxh2+ 31. Kd3 Rc8 32. Qd2 Qh5 33. Rb1 Ra8 $17) 30. c7 {
The pawn is alive and kicking!} (30. cxd7 $4 Nf3+) 30... Qxh2 31. Ke2 Qh5+ 32.
Kd2 {The duo queen + knight is exceptionally dangerous, but somehow White
holds his own.} Qh2 (32... Nf3+ 33. Kc2 Nxg1 34. Rxd7 Qe2+ 35. Rd2 Qa6 36. Rd8+
Kf7 37. Qc5 Qa2+ 38. Kc1 Qa1+ $11) 33. Ke2 Qh5+ 34. Kd2 Qf3 35. Ke1 $1 {
In time trouble I managed to find the right path for a draw.} (35. Rgf1 $2 Qxe4
{is just bad.}) 35... Qxe4 36. f4 Nf3+ (36... Rxc7 37. Qxc7 Qxe3+ 38. Kf1 Qxf4+
39. Ke2 {and in this wild position Black doesn't have more than a perpetual
check.}) 37. Kf2 Nxg1 38. Rxd7 {Black's knight grabbed the rook, but lost the
thread. The repetition is inevitable.} Nh3+ 39. Kg3 Ng1 40. Kf2 Nh3+ 41. Kg3
Ng1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 35th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2006.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Berczes, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 ({Other main line
goes with} 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2) 6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 a5 {
This is a rare move. The main move here is 9...d6.} 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3 d6
12. d5 Nb4 {This is the point of 9...a5. The knight goes to a6 which will
prevent white's queenside offensive, at least for a while.} (12... Nd8 $6 {
Not the best place for the knight.} 13. Nd2 e5 14. c5 dxc5 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. Rd1
c6 17. Nc4 Ra6 18. d6 Qe6 19. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Antic,D (2512)-Ionica,I (2246)/
Kavala 2005/CBM 107 ext (43)}) 13. a3 Na6 14. Nd2 {Usually, White players
choose here 14.dxe6 opening up the centre. During the game I could not make up
my mind between 14.dxe6 and the move in the text.} (14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ne1 (15.
Nd2 e5 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Rcc1 a4 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. c5 Bc6 21. cxd6 cxd6
22. Rcd1 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nc5 25. Rd5 $14 {1-0 Tukmakov,V (2520)
-Arkell,K (2430)/Ostend 1990/EXT 97 (38)}) 15... Nc5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7
18. Nd3 c6 19. b5 Qf6 20. Rc2 cxb5 21. cxb5 $14 {1-0 Farago,I (2530)-Anka,E 
(2435)/Hungary 1998/EXT 2000 (40)}) 14... e5 15. b3 {This move is necessary to
prevent a5-a4 blocking white's queenside.} f5 $146 (15... Bd7 16. Qb1 Nc5 17.
b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Ra3 h6 20. Qc2 Rfb8 21. Rfa1 Qe8 22. c5 b5 23. Nb3 $14
{1-0 Kuporosov,V (2486)-Kniazev,A (2286)/Samara 2002/CBM 089 ext (101)}) 16.
Qb1 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Bd7 17. Rd1 (17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 {Black
should be okay here. Because of this line, I decided to put my rook on the "d"
file to put pressure on Pd6 in case of the same idea occur in the game.}) 17...
Rae8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bc8 $6 {Wasting time.} ({I expected} 19... e4 {
followed by Qe5.}) 20. Rdc1 {Now everything is ready for the advance c4-c5.}
Qf7 $6 (20... f4 $6 {simply gives the e4 square to white's control.} 21. Be4
$16) ({Again} 20... e4 {should have been preferred.}) 21. c5 e4 {[%csl Rd5]}
22. Qb3 ({I spent some time trying to find something after} 22. cxd6 Qxd5 23.
Nc4 b5 {, but black seems to be okay here.}) 22... Re5 {[%csl Rd5]} (22... f4
$2 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Ng5 Qf6 25. Ne6 fxg3 26. fxg3 Bxe6 27. dxe6 $18) 23. cxd6
Rxd5 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for White.","","","b4b5","",12,"c3c7","",
0]} 24. b5 $1 ({Does not work:} 24. Rxc7 $2 Nxc7 25. Rxc7 Qe6 26. Qc3 Bd7)
24... Rxd2 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. dxc7 (26. Qb4 $2 Rxd6 27. Rxc7 Rd1+ $1 $17) 26...
Qxb3 27. Rxb3 {White has a big advantage in this endgame thanks to a strong
passer on c7. However, it's not so easy to break black's defense.} Kf7 (27...
Rxe2 $2 28. Bf1 Rd2 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Rb6 $1 $18 (30. Rb8 $2 Rd6)) 28. f3 {
It is necessary to get space for my dreaming bishop.} exf3 29. Bxf3 Ke7 30. Rb8
Rd6 31. h3 g6 32. Rc3 Kf6 $4 {A nervous slip in a time-trouble.} ({After a
normal continuation:} 32... h5 33. Kf2 Kd7 34. h4 Re6 {white has still a lot
of work to do to convert his advantage into a full point.}) 33. Rxc8 {Just
after I made this move, I realized that the immediate 33.Bb7 was winning a
full rook. After 33.Rxc8 white wins "only" a piece...} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
01:19]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (4... Qe7) (4... Be7 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O
8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 (9... Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne4 12. Bf4 f5 13. Nc3 Bb4
14. Na2 Be7 15. h4 Bb7 16. Nc1 c5 17. Nd3 $14 {Bologan}) 10. Bf4 Bb7) 5. g3 {
[%emt 0:06:09]} (5. Nc3) 5... d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Nbd7
{[%emt 0:00:29][%cal Ge6e5]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:57]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 8. e3
{[%emt 0:03:30][%csl Rd2] Solide mais un peu passif} (8. Bg5 $142 exd4 9. Nxd4
$14 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ga2a3,Gd4f5]}) 8... c6 {[%emt 0:15:31] Après une longue
réflexion, les Noirs choisissent cette ligne secondaire} (8... Bxd2 {La grande
ligne}) 9. Bc1 $5 {[%emt 0:07:55][%csl Rb4][%cal Ga2a3]} (9. a3) 9... e4 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} (10. Nh4 $5 d5 11. a3 Be7 12. Nf5 O-O
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f3 Re8 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe7+ (16. Nc3 Bf8 17. g4 (17. Bd2
Nb6 18. Qe2)) 16... Qxe7 17. Nc3 Nf8 18. Bd2 Bg4) 10... d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11.
c5 {[%emt 0:02:13][%cal Ga2a3] Renouvellant la menace de gain du B} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 12. Nh3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} a4 $8 {[%emt 0:00:09] La théorie
considére que les Noirs ont des compensations raisonnables pour le P sacrifié}
13. a3 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nf8 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:13:18][%csl Ra3][%cal Ga4a8] La position est
toujours théorique mais JP avait visiblement des difficultés а se rappeler de
la théorie et il avait déjà dépensé beaucoup de temps dans l'ouverture.} (15.
Nf4 $5 {Le sacrifice donne des bons résultats et il était peut-être temps de
chercher une alternative} Bg4 16. Qc2 Qd7) 15... Bxh3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 16.
Bxh3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Qd1 {[%emt 0:07:06]} h5 {
[%emt 0:01:27][%csl Gh8][%cal Gh8h3]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} exf3 {[%emt 0:05:
13]} 19. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:06:13]} h4 $44 {[%emt 0:11:17][%csl Gc7,Gh8][%cal Gc7h2]
Les Noirs ont un jeu facile} 20. g4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} N8h7 {[%emt 0:11:30][%cal
Gh7g5]} (20... Qe7 21. Nc3 {Pashikian,A (2639)-Stocek,J (2567) EU-Cup 26th
Plovdiv 2010 (5.4) 0-1}) (20... Ne6) 21. Nc3 $146 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (21. Qf5 g6
22. Qf2 Qd7 23. Qxh4 g5 24. Qf2 Nf8 25. Qxf6 Rxh3 26. Qf5 Rxh2 27. Rf2 Rh4 28.
Rg2 Qe7 29. Nc3 Ne6 30. Bd2 O-O-O 31. Rf1 Rdh8 32. Rf3 R8h7 33. b5 Kb8 34. b6
Bf4 35. Ne2 Ng7 {Baryshpolets,A (2487)-Romanov,E (2631)/Voronezh 2012/Mega2012
Update 26/0-1 (52)}) 21... Ng5 $132 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 22. Qg2 {[%emt 0:02:50]}
O-O $32 {[%emt 0:07:25][%csl Ra1,Ra3,Rc1]} (22... Qd7 $5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal
Gg5h3]}) 23. b5 $6 {[%emt 0:13:06][%cal Gb5b6]} (23. Rf5 $5 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4
25. Bb2 Qe7 26. Qe2 (26. Raf1) 26... Rae8 27. Re1) 23... Ba5 {[%emt 0:02:38]}
24. Ne2 $1 {[%emt 0:03:17][%cal Ge2f4]} Nfe4 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 25. Nf4 {[%emt 0:
01:22]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 26. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qd7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06]
[%csl Rg4,Rh3]} 27. Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:28][%cal Gd3e5]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 28.
Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:15] (=)} (28. Rf5) 28... g6 {[%emt 0:01:46] Sans surprise, les
Noirs déclinent l'offre} 29. Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 30. Rb3
$6 {[%emt 0:03:30] La partie commence а mal tourner pour les Blancs qui ont
des pièces désorganisées} (30. Nd3) 30... Ra4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 31. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 32. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:01:
06]} (32... Nxh3+ $1 33. Qxh3 Ng5 34. Qg2 h3 $19) 33. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rc4
{[%emt 0:01:53]} 34. Na1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:09:38]} (34... Nxh3+)
35. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nxh3+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} 36. Qxh3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h3 $19 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 39. Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} 40. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:45]}
Nf3+ {[%emt 0:03:39]} 42. Kh1 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 43. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:05:57]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 44. d5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:02:
46] Sur cette variante 8.. c6, les Noirs semblent ok actuellement} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 08th Group3"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1982.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sjoberg, Mats"]
[Black "Taulbut, Shaun M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1982.03.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 a5 (9... e5 10. d5 Nb8) 10. e5 $5 (10. Qb3) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5
Nd7 12. Qe2 $14 {Les Blancs ont un petit avantage d'espace} Nc5 13. Ne4 Rd8 14.
Rad1 (14. h4 $5 {Evitant les simplifications qui doivent soulager la défense
des Noirs} Nd3 15. Nc3 Qb4 16. Rad1 $36) 14... Bd7 15. Nc3 Be8 16. h4 $146 (16.
Qe3 {Pigott,J (2315)-Taulbut,S (2420) BCF-ch Morecambe 1981 (4) 1/2}) 16...
Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Nb5 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Nb4 {'=!'} 20. Nfd4 (20. Nc3) 20...
Qd8 21. a3 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nc2 23. Qxc2 Qxd4 24. Bxb7 Qxe5 25. Bc6 {Le B est un
peu meilleur que le N dans cette position ouverte mais en contrepartie, le
couple N+Q peut donner des chances d'attaque à l'aile-roi} Qd4 26. b4 $1 axb4
27. axb4 Qxb4 28. Qd1 g6 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qxc7 Nd3 31. Qa7 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qb4 33.
Qe3 Nc5 (33... Qd6) 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. h5 $40 {[%cal Gh5h6]} gxh5 36. Qxh5 Na4
37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qe5 (40. Qf6 Nc3 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42.
Qe8+ Kf6 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. b6 $18) 40... Qc5 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxh7 Nc3 43. Qh4+
Kf8 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qe8+ Kf6 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qd3 Na4 48. Kf3 Qh5+ 49. Kg2 Qc5
50. Bf3 Nb6 51. Be2 Qe5 52. Qf3 Nd5 53. Qh5 Qd6 54. Qg4+ Kf8 55. Qc4 Nb6 56.
Qa2 (56. Qc6 $143 Qxc6+ 57. bxc6 Ke7) 56... Qc5 57. Qa7 Qd5+ 58. Kg1 Qc5 59.
Bh5 Qxh5 60. Qxb6 Qd1+ 61. Kg2 Qd5+ 62. f3 Qd2+ 63. Qf2 Qb4 64. b6 {[%csl Gb6]}
Ke7 65. g4 f6 66. Qe3 Kf7 67. Kg3 Qd6+ 68. Kh3 Qb4 69. Kh4 Qb2 (69... e5) 70.
Qg1 (70. Kg3) 70... Qb4 71. Qf2 Kg7 72. f4 Kf7 73. Qe3 Qb2 74. Kg3 Qb4 75. Kh3
Qb5 76. g5 e5 $2 77. fxe5 fxe5 78. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 58 Championnat"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Haik, Aldo"]
[Black "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 (4... a5) (4... Qe7 {La ligne
principale très solide mais qui et également assez passive}) 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6.
Nbd2 (6. g3) (6. e3) 6... O-O 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 $6 {
Ce N mal placé ne va quasiment plus jouer dans la partie} (10... Nb8 $142 {
[%cal Gb8d7,Gb8a6]} 11. a3 (11. Ne1 Na6 12. Nd3 Re8 13. e4 Qb6 14. Qb3 Bg4 $1 {
[%cal Gf6d7] pour permettre au second N de venir contrôler la case clé "c5"}
15. Rfe1 Nd7 16. a3 Ndc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Qe3 b6 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 $1 20. axb4 Nd3
$15 {[%cal Gd3b4,Gd3e1]}) 11... Na6 $1 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Nd3 Bg4 14. axb4 Nxb4
15. c5 Qb5 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. cxd6 Qb5 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gg4e2,Gb5e2]} 18. f3 Bd7
19. e4 Ne8 $1 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5,Ge8d6]}) (10... Nb8 11. a3 Na6 12. Ne1 Qb6 13.
Nd3 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qe3 Ndc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb3
Rfc8 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. b3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 a5 24. Rfa1 b6 25. b4
Rxc4 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Kf8 29. f3 h5 30. Ra8+ Ke7 31. Ra7+ {
1/2-1/2 (31) Wang Yue (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2779) Linares 2009}) 11. e4 (11. Ne1
$1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Rd3b4,Rc4c5]} a5 12. a3 $1) 11... Qb6 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. a3 $1 Nc5
14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Ra3 $1 Bd7 16. Rfa1 $14 a5 (16... f5 17. Bh3) 17. Ne1 Ra6 (
17... a4 $1 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 b5 20. b3 (20. cxb5 Bxb5)) 18. Nb3 Rc8 (18...
Ba4 19. Rxa4 Qxb3 20. Rxa5 $16) 19. Nxc5 $1 {Echange la seule pièce Noire qui
était bien placée} Qxc5 20. Rc3 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge1d3,Gc4c5]} (20. Nd3 $143
Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxa5) 20... b6 {[%csl Rc6]} 21. Nd3 $36 {[%cal Gd3c5,
Gb2b4] Les pièces blanches sont bien placées pour préparer la poussée
thématique c4c5 alors que celles du champion de France sortant ne sont pas
coordonnées.} Qd4 $2 {[%csl Rd4] Trop risqué} (21... Qc7 $8 22. f4 exf4 23.
gxf4 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 22. Rd1 $2 (22. c5 $3 {[%cal Gc3c4] La Q noire n'a
plus de cases de sortie} b5 23. cxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Rxa5 $18 {[%csl
Rc8][%cal Ga5a8]} h5 26. Qc3 $1 {[%csl Re5]}) 22... Ra7 $2 (22... f5 $1 23. Nb4
axb4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Rd3 Ra1+ 26. Bf1 (26. Rd1 Rxc4)) 23. c5 $1 Ba4 24. b3
Bb5 25. Nc1 Rac7 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Rc4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 bxc5 29. e5 Ng6 30. exd6
Rb7 31. Nd3 Nf8 32. h4 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Echallens"]
[BlackTeam "Wollishofen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5
exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rc1 $146 {Mit diesem
Zug war mein Gegner im Nachhinein unzufrieden.} c6 14. e3 Qe7 15. Na4 Re8 16.
Qc2 Qe5 17. Nxc5 (17. Rfd1 Bg4 $15) 17... dxc5 18. Ne2 (18. Nf3 Qf5 $3 (18...
Qh5 19. Nh4 $14) 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Rfd1 Ra6 $1 $15) 18... Bf5 19. Qc3 Qe7 $1 (
19... Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Bd3 21. Rfe1 Bxc4 22. Na4 Bd5 23. Nxc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Re7
$11) 20. Rfd1 Ra6 (20... a4 $5 {war wohl flexibler, danach kann der Tum immer
noch die Route a8-a6-b6-b3 nehmen, oder aber doch einfach nach d8 gehen.} 21.
Qe1 $5 {diesen Zug habe ich befürchtet} Ng4 $1 $15 {[%cal Gg4e5]} (21... Ra6
22. Nc3)) 21. Nf4 (21. Qe1 Rb6 $15) 21... a4 22. Nd3 h5 $1 (22... Rb6 23. Qa5
Rb3 24. Bf1 (24. Nxc5 Rxb2 (24... b6 25. Qxa4 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Ng4
28. h3 Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Qxc5 31. b4 Qxc4 32. Qxc6 $11) 25. Nd3 Bxd3
26. Rxd3 Nd7 $15) 24... Bg4 25. Qxa4 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rb6 27. Qa5 Ra6 28. Qxc5 $13
) 23. Re1 $1 Bxd3 $1 (23... Rb6 $5 24. e4 (24. Qa5 $2 Rb3 25. Nxc5 b6 26. Qxa4
Rxb2 27. Na6 Ng4 $19) 24... Rb3 25. Qc2 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Rcd1 Qf6 28. Re2
Nd6 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Rd2 Qf5 31. Nc1 Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Rf3 33. Rd2 $11) 24. Qxd3
Rb6 25. Re2 $6 (25. Qc2 Rb3 26. Red1 Qe5 27. Rb1 $11) 25... Rd8 26. Qc2 (26.
Qf5 g6 27. Qg5 Kg7 $15) 26... Rb3 $15 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 g6 29. Rd2 Qe5 (
29... Ng4 $1 $15) 30. Qc2 h4 31. Bf3 $6 (31. gxh4 $8 $11) 31... h3 32. Kf1 $1
Kg7 33. Ke2 g5 $1 34. Kd1 g4 35. Bh1 Kh6 $2 (35... Qe6 $1 36. Rd3 (36. Kc1 Nd7
37. Be4 Ne5 38. Bf5 Qxc4 39. Qxc4 Nxc4 40. Rc2 Ne5 41. Rxc5 Kf6 42. Be4 $1 (42.
Bc2 Rb6 $17) 42... Rb6 $15) 36... Rxd3+ 37. Qxd3 Nd7 $17) 36. Kc1 Kg5 $2 37.
Rd3 $2 (37. Rd8 Qf5 38. Ra8 Qd3 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 40. Rxa4 Nd7 41. Ra8 Ne5 42. Be4
Rd6 43. Rg8+ Kh5 44. Bf5 Rf6 $36 45. f4 (45. e4 Rd6 $132) 45... gxf3 46. g4+
Nxg4 47. Bxg4+ Kh4 48. Kc2 f2 49. Be2 f1=Q 50. Rh8+ (50. Bxf1 Rxf1) 50... Kg5
51. Bxf1 Rxf1 52. Rxh3 $14) 37... Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Qf5 $1 39. Qc2 $4 (39. Qe2 Ne4
40. f4+ gxf3 41. Bxf3 Nd6 42. e4 Qe5 43. Bg4 $11) 39... Qxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Nd7 $1 (
40... Kf5 41. Kd2 Ne4+ 42. Ke2 f6 $3 (42... Ke5 43. f3 gxf3+ 44. Bxf3 $11) 43.
f4 (43. f3 Nd6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. fxg4 Nf7 $1 $19) 43... b5 44. Ke1 bxc4 45. Ke2
c3 46. bxc3 c4 47. Kf1 Nxc3 48. Bxc6 Ke6 49. Ke1 Kd6 50. Be8 Nb1 51. Bxa4 c3
52. Bd1 f5 53. Bc2 Nd2 $1 54. Bxf5 Nf3+ 55. Kf2 Nxh2 56. a4 Nf3 57. Be4 Nd2 58.
Bd3 Kd5 59. a5 Nf3 60. a6 Kc6 61. f5 Ne5 62. Be4+ Kb6 63. f6 Kxa6 64. Ke2 Kb5
65. Kd1 Kc5 $19) 41. b3 (41. f3 gxf3 42. Bxf3 Ne5 43. Be2 Ng4 $19) 41... Ne5 $1
$19 (41... axb3+ 42. Kxb3 Ne5 43. a4 $11) 42. bxa4 (42. Kc3 axb3 43. Kxb3 b5 $1
(43... Nd3 $2 44. a4 $1 Nxf2 45. Bxc6 b6 46. Kc2 $11) 44. cxb5 cxb5 45. Kc3 f5
$1 46. Kb3 (46. Bd5 Kf6 47. Kc2 Nf3 48. Bxf3 gxf3 49. Kc3 Ke5 50. Kd3 c4+ 51.
Kc3 Ke4 52. Kc2 Kd5 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. Kc2 b4 55. axb4+ Kxb4 $19) 46... Kf6 47. e4
Nc4 48. exf5 Nd2+ 49. Kc3 Nf1 $19) 42... Nxc4 43. Kc3 Ne5 44. a5 Kf5 45. a4 (
45. Kc2 Kf6 $3 (45... f6) (45... Ke6 46. Be4 Kd6 (46... f6 47. Kc3 f5 48. Bh1
Kd6 49. e4 c4) 47. Bf5 Kc7 48. Kd1 Kb8 49. f4 gxf3 50. Bxh3) 46. Be4 Ke6 {
Gegenseitiger Zugzwang! Unfassbar!} 47. a4 (47. Kd1) (47. Kb3) (47. Kc3 Kd6 48.
Bf5 Kc7 49. f4) (47. Kd2 c4 48. Kc3 f5 49. Bh1 Kd6 50. e4 Nd3 51. exf5 Nxf2)
47... Kd6 48. Bf5 Kc7 49. f4 (49. Kd1 f6) 49... gxf3 50. Bxh3 f2 51. Kd1 c4 52.
Ke2 c3 53. Bf5 Ng4 54. Bb1 Nxe3 55. Kxf2 c2 56. Bxc2 Nxc2) 45... Ke6 46. Kb3 {
[%cal Ge6d6,Gd6c7,Gc7b8,Gb8a7,Ga7a6,Ga6a5]} Kd6 $1 {The only winning idea!} (
46... f5 $2 47. Kc3 Kd6 48. e4 $11) 47. Be4 Kc7 48. Bf5 (48. a6 bxa6 49. a5 Kd6
50. Kc3 c4 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. Kc3 f5 53. Bh1 Kd6 54. e4 Nd3 $19) 48... Kb8 49. Kc3
Ka7 50. f4 gxf3 51. Bxh3 f2 52. Kd2 Nf3+ 53. Ke2 (53. Kd1 c4 54. Bg2 Nxh2 55.
Ke2 c3 $19) 53... Ng1+ 54. Kxf2 Nxh3+ 55. Kg2 c4 0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7.
Bg2 Qe7 (7... Nbd7 $5 8. O-O c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. Rc1 Qxb2 12. Rc2
Qb4 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bd7 $10 {Nikolic,P-Yudasin,L/Tilburg/1993/0,5/25/})
(7... b6 8. O-O Bb7) (7... Nbd7) 8. O-O b6 (8... c6) 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. cxd5 $5 {N/
} (10. Qb3 Rd8 11. Rfe1 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Qc2 c5 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 Nd5 $10
{Voiska,M-Ashlanian,L/Debrecen EU-tch/1992/0,5/40/} (15... Nd5 16. Ne4 Nb4 17.
Qb1 cxd4 18. Rc7 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 d3 {0-1 Voiska,M-Ashlanian,L/EU-chTW Debrecen 
(01)/1992/ (40)})) 10... exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. e4 Nb4 (11... Nf6 12. Re1) 12.
Qb3 $14) (10... Bxd5 11. Qc2 Rc8 (11... Na6 12. a3 $5) 12. e4 Bb7 13. e5 Nd5
14. Ne4 $36) 11. Qa4 a5 (11... c5 $5) (11... Qxe2 12. Rxc7 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Bxa6
14. Rfc1 $16) (11... c6 12. Rfe1 Nbd7) 12. Rfe1 $5 c6 (12... Na6 13. Ne5 c5 14.
Qb5 $16) 13. e4 $1 Nxe4 (13... dxe4 14. Ne5 Qb4 15. Qxb4 (15. Qc2 Qxd4) 15...
axb4 16. Ra1 (16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxa2 18. Nd3 (18. Ra1 b3 (18... Rxb2 19.
Ra7 Ba6 20. d5 (20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxc6 Bc4 22. d5 Rd2 $17) 20... c5 21. Nc6 $36
) 19. Rxa2 bxa2 20. Ra1 f6 21. Nd3 Rd8 22. Rxa2 Rxd4 23. f3 Ba6 $17) 18... Rd8
19. Nxb4 $10) 16... c5 (16... Rd8 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 $13) 17. dxc5 bxc5 18.
Nec4 Rd8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nc6 $10) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 f6
$2 (15... Qb4 $5 $8 16. Qc2 (16. Qd1 f5 17. Bf1 Ba6) (16. Qxb4 {Ftacnik} axb4
17. Bxe4 Rxa2 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. Nxb4 Rxb2 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 $10) 16... f5
17. a3 $140 Qxd4 (17... Qd6 18. Qb3+ Qd5 19. Qxb6) 18. Qb3+ Qd5 19. Qxb6 Nd7 $1
(19... Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 $15)) 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nd3 $1 Qd8 (17... f5 18. Qxb6
Ra6 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Rb6 21. b3 $16) 18. Bxe4 $16 a4 (18... Qxd4 19. Nc5
$16 (19. Nc5 {Ftacnik} bxc5 20. Qxb7 Na6 21. Bxc6 $16)) 19. Qc2 (19. Qc3 $14 {
Ftacnik}) 19... f5 (19... Qxd4 20. Nf4 (20. Nf4 {Ftacnik} Re8 21. Bxh7 $16))
20. Bf3 Qxd4 21. Nf4 (21. Re7 Ba6 (21... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 22. Nf4 Qb4 23. Rce1 $44
) 22. Nf4 Qb4 23. Rce1 $16) 21... Qf6 (21... Qb4 22. Ne6 $18 (22. Ne6 {Ftacnik}
Rc8 (22... Rf6 23. Nc5 $18) 23. Qxf5 Qxb2 24. Qf7 Ba6 25. Nd8 $18)) 22. Re6 Qf7
(22... Qg5 23. h4 (23. Rd1 $16 {Ftacnik})) (22... Qd8 23. Rd1 Qc8 (23... Qc7
24. Qxf5) 24. Re7 $18) 23. Qe2 $1 (23. Rce1 Na6 $1 24. Re7 $140 Rae8) 23... Ba6
(23... Bc8 24. Re7 (24. Bh5 Bxe6 $1 (24... g6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rxg6 $1 $18 (
26. Nxg6+ Kg8 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Qd2 $18)) 25. Bxf7 Bxf7 26. Qe7 Kg8
27. Rd1 $16) 24... Qf6 (24... Qxa2 {Ftacnik} 25. Qe5 Rg8 (25... Qg8 26. Rc4 h6
(26... Na6 27. Ng6+ hxg6 28. Rh4+ Qh7 29. Qxg7#) 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28. Bd5 cxd5 29.
Nxf8+ Qxf8 30. Rxc8 $18) 26. Bd5 cxd5 27. Rxc8 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 dxe4
30. Ree8 $18) 25. Rd1) 24. Qe3 Bc8 25. Re7 Qf6 (25... Qxa2 26. Qe5 Qg8 (26...
Rg8 27. Qd4 $1 (27. Bd5 cxd5 28. Rxc8 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Qxe4 fxe4 31. Ree8
$18) (27. Bd5 $18) 27... h6 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Nf8+ Kh8 30. Qf6 $3 Qe6 31. Rxg7
$18) 27. Rc4 $3 h6 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Bd5 $1 Kxg6 (29... cxd5 30. Nxf8+ Qxf8 31.
Rxc8) 30. Bxg8 Rxg8 31. Qd6+ Kh7 32. Rh4 $18) 26. Rd1 $1 $18 Ra5 (26... Qxb2
27. Rd4 $1 (27. Re8 Qf6 (27... Nd7 28. Bxc6 $18) 28. Rdd8 Nd7 29. Qd4 Qxd8 (
29... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Ne6 $18) (29... Qf7 {Ftacnik} 30. Ne6 $18
) 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Ng6+ hxg6 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Qxd8+ $18) 27... Nd7 (27... Qa1+
28. Kg2 Ba6 29. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 30. Rh4+) 28. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 29. Rh4+ $18) 27. Nh5
f4 (27... Qxb2 28. Re8 $18 (28. Re8 {Ftacnik} Qb4 29. Qc3 $18)) (27... Qg6 28.
Qxb6 Ra8 29. Rxg7 $18) 28. Nxf6 $1 (28. Nxf6 fxe3 29. Rf7 $1 exf2+ (29... Rg8 {
Ftacnik} 30. Nxg8 Kxg8 31. Rc7 $18) 30. Kxf2 Rg8 31. Nxg8 Kxg8 32. Rc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {I was surprised by the high number of
Catalans played in the European Championship this year, by many grandmasters,
Cheparinov being one of them to put his trust in this solid opening.} Bb4+ 5.
Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {This move is becoming popular among
grandmasters.} (7... c6 {is the main move.}) 8. a4 $5 {Cheparinov played this
position himself with Black in round 6 against Melkumyan. That game was drawn
but White had an advantage for a long time. The idea is to keep flexibility
and possibilities to manoeuvre, like Na3, and the insertion of the moves a4-a5
gives a good possibility for White.} ({Recently, a very convincing win by
Black draw my attention to this variation} 8. Qc2 Ne4 ({earlier, in the 5th
round, Matlakov played} 8... c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. b4 $146 Bb7 11. Be1 c5 12. bxc5
bxc5 $11 {Kozul,Z (2617)-Matlakov,M (2714) EU-ch 18th Minsk 2017 (5) 1/2 and
Black had no problems -}) 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. b3 b6 13. Nd2
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf6 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Rac1 $6 (16. Nf3 $14 {[%cal Yf3e5]}) 16... g4
$1 17. f3 h5 $36 {[%cal Yh5h4];Mareco,S (2648)-Akobian,V (2661) St Louis
Spring-A 2017 (7) 0-1 and in some moves, Black built up a strong attack on the
kingside -}) 8... a5 {Natural and necessary, as a5 can be annoying in some
positions, seizing space on the queenside.} (8... Ne4 9. a5 c6 10. Qb3 Nxd2 $6
{this only helps White} 11. Nbxd2 f5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Bd6 14. Ne1 Nf6 15.
Nd3 Rb8 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Nfe5 Be8 18. e3 Qe7 19. Rc2 a6 20. Bf1 Bb5 21. Nc5 Bxf1
22. Rxf1 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 $14 {Sasikiran,K (2639)-Kambrath,Y (2376) Biel MTO op
49th 2016 (4) 1-0}) 9. Qc2 c6 10. Na3 ({Melkumyan played} 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Be3 (
11. Ne1 {was played two weeks after this game} Nd6 12. Na3 b6 13. cxd5 $1 cxd5
14. Qb3 {[%csl Gb5] another point behind the moves a4-a5 is that, in order to
complete development, Black must play b6, and then White has the possibility
to play cxd5, forcing the recapture with the c-pawn and obtaining the nice
outpost on b5 for his knight} Ba6 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Bf4 {Aronian,L (2793)-Anand,
V (2786) 5th Norway Chess 2017 (8.4) 1/2}) (11. Be1 $5 {Carlsen,M (2851)
-Eljanov,P (2765) Norway Chess 4th 2016 (9) 1-0}) 11... Nd6 ({Melkumyan was
probably following in the footsteps of his compatriot Aronian, who played this
position in the Tata Steel this year, but that game continued} 11... f5 {
Aronian,L (2780)-Wei,Y (2706) Tata Steel-A 79th 2017 (2) 1/2}) 12. Na3 g5 13.
Rd1 f5 14. Qc1 $1 Nf7 15. Nc2 Nb6 (15... dxc4 $2 16. Na3 $1) 16. cxd5 exd5 17.
b3 Bf6 18. Nce1 Re8 19. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Ge5];Melkumyan,H (2613)-Cheparinov,I 
(2688) EU-ch 18th Minsk 2017 (6) 1/2}) 10... Ne4 11. Be3 ({Gelfand tried a
more provocative move} 11. Bf4 $6 g5 12. Be3 f5 13. Rad1 Bf6 14. Nb1 Qe7 15.
Nc3 b6 {[%cal Yc8a6] but it seems like Black finished his development with a
good position} 16. Ne5 $6 {and this looks preferable for Black} Nxe5 17. dxe5
Bxe5 18. Bxb6 Qb4 $1 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. cxd5 $2 {White doesn't have enough
compensation for this piece} Qxb6 21. Qxe4 Qxb2 22. dxc6 Bc7 $17 {Gelfand,B 
(2724)-Ding,L (2773) Moscow FIDE GP 2017 (9) 0-1}) 11... Bd6 12. Ne1 f5 {
Recently, Black has been trying to transpose Catalan positions into Stonewall
structures, as a reliable way to get a solid position, and even promising play
for a win.} 13. Nd3 Qe7 {Black is developing pieces like a classical Stonewall,
but in White's position something is wrong - it's difficult to find a function
for the a3-knight, which normally we transfer to f3 via d2 in such structures.}
14. f3 ({And this makes me think if} 14. Nb1 $5 {[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2f3] could be
considered here} b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f3 Nef6 17. Nc3 {[%cal Yc3b5]}) ({
but probably} 14. Rac1 {is the correct move, avoiding concrete ideas for while,
and isn't totally clear how Black will continue developing} Kh8 (14... Bxa3 $2
15. bxa3 Qxa3 $2 16. c5 {[%csl Ra3] and the black queen is in a very bad
situation}) 15. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Ya3c2,Yc2e1,Ye1f3]} Rg8 16. Nc2 g5 17. c5 $1 Bc7
18. f3 Nef6 19. Qc3 {with a complicated battle ahead.}) 14... Nef6 15. Bf4 $6 {
Now Black can free his position.} ({A more solid move was} 15. Bf2 $1 {and if}
e5 $2 {White's position is better prepared to face this advance} (15... Re8
$142) 16. cxd5 Nxd5 (16... cxd5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nb5 $14 {
[%csl Gd4]}) 17. Nc4 $1 Nb4 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. Ra3 $1 Nxd3 20. Nxd6 Qxb3 21. Rxb3
Nxf2 22. dxe5 $1 {[%csl Rf2] Black's knight is going nowhere} Nxe5 (22... Nc5
23. Ra3) 23. Kxf2 Rb8 24. Rc1 $16) 15... e5 $1 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Kh1 $2 {
This creates some problems for White.} (17. cxd5 {maybe was a better try} Nxd5
(17... Nxd3 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxd3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nf6
23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Rac1 Qh5 25. Rce1 $132 {[%cal Ye4e5]}) 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5
Qxe5 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Nf6 (21... Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne3 $2 23. Qb3+) 22. Qc3 $5
Qxc3 23. bxc3 Be6 24. Rab1 {and White has sufficient counterplay.}) 17... Nxd3
18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxd3 f4 $1 {This is a thematic idea and one of those reasons
why White should be careful when playing f3, now he faces some practical
problems.} 20. gxf4 Qxf4 21. e3 Qh4 {[%csl Ga3,Gg2] Both white minor pieces
are badly developed.} 22. Qd4 $2 {This exchange of queens has the objective to
relieve White's position, but only gives an even better position to Black.} (
22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. f4 {makes sense, but then} Be6 $15 {[%cal Ya8d8] Black is
developing actively and fast.}) 22... Qxd4 $1 {Matlakov correctly assesses
that without queens White's position is even more difficult to hold.} 23. exd4
Be6 24. Rfe1 Rae8 25. b3 Nh5 $17 {[%cal Gh5f4] The knight is coming to f4 to
add more pressure on White's position.} 26. Kg1 (26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Nc4 Nf4 {
doesn't help.}) 26... Nf4 27. Bf1 Rf6 {The way Matlakov increases the pressure
is very instructive.} 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Nb5 Ref8 30. Ra2 {In a practical game
it's very difficult to defend such positions, and now White loses material.} ({
If} 30. Nc7 {Black can rearrange the pieces and keep the pressure} Bd7 31. Rac1
Bc6 32. Rc3 R8f7 33. Nb5 Ng6 34. Kf2 Nh4 35. Ree3 Nf5 $17) 30... Nh3+ 31. Kh1 (
31. Bxh3 Bxh3 32. Rf2 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 $17 {is a sad endgame to defend.})
31... Rxf3 32. Bg2 (32. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 33. Kg2 Rg1+ $1 34. Kxh3 Rf3+ 35. Kh4 g5+
36. Kh5 Rh3#) 32... Bg4 $1 {This nice tactical point gives a big advantage
both material and positional to Black now.} 33. Raa1 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kh1
h5 36. Re5 Kh7 {Stepping out of the check on d5, which however wasn't a threat.
} (36... Rxb3 37. Bxd5+ Kh7 38. Bxb3 $2 Bf3#) 37. Nc7 Rxb3 38. Nxd5 Rf2 39. Ne3
Nf4 40. Be4+ Kh6 41. Nxg4+ hxg4 42. Rg1 Rh3 {A clear and instructive win by
Matlakov, who two days later became European Champion!} (42... Rxh2+ $1 {
was nice} 43. Kxh2 Rh3#) 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Ider, Borya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:09:39]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:03:26]} (3... Nc6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5.
Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ (6... O-O $143 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 $16) 7. Nbxd2
d6 8. O-O a5 (8... O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 Bg4
14. f3 Bd7 15. b4 c6 16. bxa5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bb5 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. Nc4 $14) 9. e4
e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. Nef3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. h3 c6 15. b3 O-O 16. a3
cxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Qe3 b5 20. Rc2 $14 {Eljanov,P (2455)
-Alexandrova,O (2400) Alushta 2000 (1) 1-0}) 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} (6. Bg2) 6... O-O {[%emt 0:00:55]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:02:34]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 9. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5
{[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:37]} (10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 a5 12. b3 c5 13.
e4 Nbd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. f4 Nh7 16. Rae1 b6 17. Nf3 a4 18. bxa4 Ra6 19. Rb1 Nhf6
20. f5 Bb7 21. a5 Rfa8 22. Rb2 Bc8 23. Rfb1 bxa5 24. Nd2 a4 25. a3 Qd8 26. h3
Rb6 27. Rxb6 Nxb6 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. g4 Nbd7 30. Bf3 Nf8 31. h4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5
33. Kg3 Ne8 34. Be2 f6 35. Qb2 Qh7 36. Nf3 Qc7 37. Qb6 Qxb6 38. Rxb6 Nd7 39.
Rb5 Nc7 {Potkin,V (2647)-Bologan,V (2672) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 1-0 (63)}) 10...
a5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 11. d5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (11. Rad1 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ng5
h6 14. Ne4 {Tal,M (2615)-Petrosian,T (2635) Biel Interzonal playoff 1976 (1) 1/
2}) 11... Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:39][%cal Gb8d7]} 12. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nbd7 {
[%emt 0:12:25]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:12:28]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 14. Rae1 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} Nh5 $146 {[%emt 0:08:46]} (14... c6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nh5 17. Rff1
Bg4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qc7 20. f6 Rae8 21. fxg7 Nxg7 22. Qd2 Rxe1 23. Rxe1
f6 24. Bxa5 b6 25. Bc3 cxd5 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Qh6 {1-0 (27) Hebden,M (2522)
-Worek,J (2226) Hastings 2009}) 15. Qd1 {[%emt 0:16:19]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
16. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:33][%csl Rg7,Rg8]} f6 {[%emt 0:11:52] Il faut tenir les
cases Noires} 17. f5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:04:
09]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 19. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} (19. Nf3) 19... Nxg3 {
[%emt 0:05:49]} 20. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. gxh4 {
[%emt 0:10:42]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 22. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} 23. Rg1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 24. h5 {[%emt 0:04:16]} (24.
Qe2) (24. Rg2 Rg8 25. Reg1) 24... Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 25. h6 $14 {[%emt 0:00:
36][%csl Gg7,Rh7][%cal Gf3h5] Gagne de l'espace tout en fixant la faiblesse
"h7"} Rxg1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 26. Rxg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27.
Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Rxg1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 28. Qxg1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qg8 $11 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 30. Bd1 {[%emt 0:
06:02][%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 31. Be1 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nc5 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} 32. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} (32. a3 a4 $1 33. b4 Nb3 34. Bxb3 axb3
35. Bd2 b2 36. Qb3 Qe8 {[%cal Ge8h5]}) 32... Be8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 33. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Kg8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:43][%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e7]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:
12]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 35. Bf2 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 36. a3
{[%emt 0:03:13]} a4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 37. b4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:
00:03] Un thème classique dans ce genre de structure} 38. c5 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
Bb5+ {[%emt 0:04:41]} 39. Ke1 {[%emt 0:02:22]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 40. bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Joué à tempo alors que les Noirs
avaient encore 25 mns à la pendule mais Qa8 méritait analyse} (40... Qa8 $5 {
[%cal Ga8a4]} 41. Bxb3 axb3 42. Qxb3 Qa5+ {Rentrant dans une finale de B de
couleurs opposées}) 41. Qxc5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 42.
Bxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 43. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kxf8 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Kd2 $14 {[%emt 0:00:06][%csl Ra4][%cal Gd2c3,Gc3b4]} c6 {
[%emt 0:06:26]} 45. d6 {[%emt 0:06:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07][%csl Gb4]} 46. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:02:37]} (46. Bh5 $5 {[%csl Rf8]}) 46... Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 47. Bh5+ {
[%emt 0:00:49]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (47... Kd7 48. Bg6 $1 {[%csl Gh6]}) 48. d7
{[%emt 0:06:53]} (48. Kd2 Be8 49. Bd1 Bb5 50. Be2 Bc6 {[%csl Re4]} 51. Bd3 Ke8
52. Kc3 Kd7) 48... Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 49. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 50. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 51. Kxc5 {[%emt 0:01:45]
Malgré la position active du K Blanc, il est difficile pour le GMI de
progresser à cause de la faiblesse "e4"} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Kb4 {
[%emt 0:10:11]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 53. Ka5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:
35]} 54. Bh5 {[%emt 0:02:50][%csl Rh7][%cal Gh5g6]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 55.
Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Bxh7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (57... Bxf5 58.
h7 Bxh7 59. Bxh7) 58. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04][%csl Rf8] Le K Noir ne peut plus
bouger à cause du P passé et les Blancs ont donc une pièce de plus...} Bd1 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} 59. Kb4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 60. Kc5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} (60. Kc3 Bd1) 60... Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 61. Kb4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bd1 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} 62. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 63. Kd2 {[%emt 0:
01:48]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 64. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 65.
Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 66. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bh5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 67. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 68. Kg3 {[%emt 0:
00:53]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 69. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 70.
Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 71. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bd1 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 72. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 73. Kd2 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 74. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 75.
Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 76. Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 77. Kb5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 78. Kb4 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 79. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bb3+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 80.
Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 81. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bh5 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} 82. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 83. Bb5 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 84. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bb3+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 85.
Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 86. h7 {[%emt 0:00:32] Maxime
LAGARDE avait un mauvais départage et il devait absolument gagner cette
dernière ronde mais ses efforts vont rester vains.} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 87.
Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 88. Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e4 {
[%emt 0:02:56]} 89. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 90. f6 {[%emt 0:
01:02]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 91. Bd3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 92.
f7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 93. Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 94. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 95. Kd5 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 96. Bxe2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
97. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 98. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 99. Kxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Rd8 11. a3 Bg4 12. Ne1 Bh5 13. b4 a6 14. f3 Na7
15. Nc2 Bg6 16. a4 Nc8 17. Rae1 Nd6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Re2 c6 21. a5
g5 22. g4 Rad8 23. h3 Nb5 24. Rh2 Nh7 25. Ne2 Nf8 26. Ng3 Qc7 27. Kf2 Ng6 28.
Rfh1 Nh4 29. Nf5 Nd6 30. Nxh4 gxh4 31. g5 Re6 32. Rg2 f5 33. gxf6 Rxf6 34. Rg4
Ne4+ 35. Kg2 Ng3 36. Rb1 Rdf8 37. Ne1 Qe7 38. Rb3 Re6 39. Nc2 Nf5 40. Kf2 Nh6
41. Rg1 Nf7 42. Kg2 Nd6 43. Rbb1 Nf5 44. Rbe1 Rg6+ 45. Kf2 Rg3 46. e4 dxe4 47.
Rxe4 Qg5 48. Rg4 {[%tqu "En","","","","g3f3","",10]} Rxf3+ $1 49. Kxf3 Ng3+ 50.
Kg2 Qd5+ 51. Re4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lagowski, Patryk"]
[Black "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 (4... c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 O-O 7.
Be2 (7. Bd3) 7... d6 8. O-O b6 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Na2 Nxa2
13. Rxa2 Bb7 14. b4 Ne4 $5 (14... a6 {Glek,I (2505)-Kiselev,S (2445) URS-sf
Moscow-ch 1989 1-0}) 15. Qa1 {Glek}) 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na5 (7... d6
8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. a3 Bc5 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qb3
Bd6 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. h3 Rfb8 17. e4 b5 18. Ne2 a5 19. Qc2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21.
Ra1 Qe8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g4 Ra2 24. Qb3 Ra5 25. Rc1 Qa8 26. Ng3 Ra1 27. Qd1
Ra2 28. b3 Qa3 29. Be3 Rb2 30. Rb1 Qa2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. Bf1 Nh7 33. Bd3 Nf8
34. Nf1 Qc3 35. Bc4 Ng6 36. Nd2 Nf4 37. Bf1 {Wang,Y (2718)-Amin,B (2627)
Tromso 2014 1/2-1/2}) (7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4) 8. b3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Rac8
11. a3 $5 {[%cal Ge2e4] Un gambit pour réaliser la poussée centrale} (11.
Rfe1) 11... Bxa3 (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4) 12. e4 Bb4 13. e5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne8
15. Ra4 c5 16. dxc5 (16. d5 $5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qxe5 18. Re1 $44) 16... Bxc5 17.
Ne4 Nc6 18. Nxc5 Nxe5 19. Bg2 bxc5 20. Rxa7 Nc6 {[%csl Gd4]} 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22.
Ba5 Nf6 23. Rd1 e5 $1 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. Bc3 d6 26. Qf3 Rfc8 27. Kg2 h6 28. h3 Nh7
29. h4 Nf6 30. Rd2 Ne8 31. Rda2 R6c7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Ra8 Rc8 34. Ra7 Rb8 35.
Bd2 Nf6 36. Ra6 Qe7 37. Qc6 Ne8 38. Rb6 Rxb6 39. Qxb6 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Qe6 $1 {
[%csl Rc4]} 40. Qc6 e4 41. b4 cxb4 42. Bxb4 e3 43. fxe3 Qxe3 44. Qf3 Qe5 45.
Bc3 Qe6 46. Qd3 Nf6 47. Bxf6 Qxf6 48. h5 Qe5 $17 {Même avec un P de plus ce
genre de finale est difficile à gagner mais le K Blanc est plus exposé} 49.
g4 Kf8 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Qc2 Qd4 52. Qb3 Kf6 53. Qc2 Ke6 54. Qf5+ Ke7 55. Qc2 Qe5
56. Qb3 f5 57. Qb7+ Kf6 58. Qc7 fxg4+ 59. Kxg4 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stachowiak, Kamil"]
[Black "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Qf4 (11. Rfe1 a6 12. Rac1 Bf5 13. a3 Be4
14. b4 Na7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd3 c6 17. Ne5 Nb5 18. e3 Rad8 19. a4 Nbd6 20. Qc2
h5 21. Nd3 h4 22. f3 Ng5 23. gxh4 Ne6 24. Qf2 Nf5 25. Bh3 Nxh4 26. Bxe6 Qxe6
27. Qxh4 Qg6+ 28. Kh1 Qxd3 29. Rg1 Rd6 30. Rce1 Rg6 31. Rxg6 Qxg6 32. e4 Qd6
33. exd5 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qxd5 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Kg2 Qg5+ 37. Kh3 Qh6+ 38. Kg3
Qg5+ 39. Kh3 Qh5+ 40. Kg3 Qg5+ {Jakovenko,D (2747)-Tomashevsky,E (2701)
Yaroslavl 2014 1/2-1/2}) 11... Nh5 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Qf4 Nh5 14. Qd2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} a5
{[%emt 0:00:19]} (4... Qe7) (4... c5) (4... Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6
8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 (9... a5 10. Bg5 (10. Bf4) 10... Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12.
Rac1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 (13... Nxf6 14. e4 Rc8 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4
) 15. Qb1 (15. e5)) 14. e4 c5 15. exd5 cxd4 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qg6 (17. Ne4 e5 (
17... Rc8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxd4) 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (18... Nxf6 19. Nxe5) 19. Nh4
$36) 17... Qe8 18. Qxe8 Raxe8 19. Ne4 e5 20. Ne1 Be7 21. Nd3 {Pelletier,Y 
(2587)-Nguyen Chi Minh (2381) FRA-chT Top 12 2011 (3.3) 1-0}) 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11.
b3 Rc8 12. e4 Nxe4 (12... dxe4 13. Ng5) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Ba8 15. Qe2 {
Witt,R (2248)-Krishnasing,A Bussum op 28th 2011 (5) 1-0} (15. Qe3 c5 16. Bc3 (
16. d5) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 (17. Bxd4) 17... Bf6 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd2 (19. Rd3
) 19... Qc7 (19... Rc8 20. Rad1) 20. Rad1)) 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:26][%cal Ge6e5] Anticipe l'échange des B pour jouer ensuite sur
cases noires au centre.} (5... d5 {Transpose dans une Catalane}) 6. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:06:48]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:03:55]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:
36]} (7... Bxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. Rfd1 Re8 $132 {Dorfman,J (2595)
-Zelcic,R (2514) EU-ch blitz Cannes 2006 (3) 1/2}) 8. Be3 $1 {[%emt 0:05:20]
[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga2a3] La menace a3 va forcer les Noirs а abandonner le centre
et les Blancs vont garder un petit avantage d'espace.} (8. Bg5 exd4 9. Nxd4 h6
10. Bf4 O-O 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nc3 a4 {[%csl Rb3]} 13. Ndb5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6];
Polaczek,R (2378)-Thomas,N (2286) BCF-chT 1011 (4NCL) 2010 (4.14) 1-0}) 8...
exd4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (8... O-O 9. a3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Nc3 $14 {Swiercz,D
(2609)-Vitiugov,N (2691) Chigorin Memorial 20th 2012 (6) 1/2}) 9. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:07:25]} (10. a3 Bc5 11.
Nc3 (11. b3 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Nc3 c6 $132 {Pelletier,Y (2574)-Nikolova,A 
(2316) Zuerich Jubilee op 2009 (2) 1-0})) 10... Qe7 {[%emt 0:18:42] Fin de la
préparation du GMI} (10... Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rd2 Bxd4
15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. a4 Nbd7 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. h3 h6 21. e3
Qb4 22. b3 Bd7 23. Rb1 Rad8 24. Nde2 Bc8 25. g4 {Le Quang,L (2715)-Bruzon
Batista,L (2673)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145/0-1 (66)}) (10... c6) 11. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:15:23]} (11. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 {[%csl Rc7]}) 11... c6 {[%emt 0:08:
48][%csl Gd5]} 12. Na4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:09:41][%cal Ga2a3]} (12. Rad1 Re8 13.
Ng5 Ne5 (13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxe2 15. Qxe2 Rxe2 16. Rxd6 $14) 14. Na4 Bg4 $11
15. h3 h6 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Ned7 18. f4 Qe2 19. Qxe2 Rxe2 20. Bf3 Rc2 21.
Rc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rc3 a4 26. Kg2 Rd8 {
Horvath,J (2530)-Jovanovic,S (2375)/Porec 1998/EXT 1999/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 12...
Re8 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 13. e3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:19:02]} 14. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:04:06]} (14. Nxc5 {La suite logique de la nouveauté Na4} Nxc5 15. Rad1
$14 {[%csl Gd4,Rd6,Gg2][%cal Gf3h4,Gh4f5]}) 14... Ne4 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 15. Nd2
{[%emt 0:04:01]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:08:51]} 16. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:
03:00]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} h5 $2 {[%emt 0:07:17]} (17... Bb4 $142 18. Qb2
$14 {[%cal Ga2a3]}) 18. Bxc5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:43]} (18. Nxc5 $143 dxc5 19. Bc3 a4
$132 {[%csl Ga8]}) 18... dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Qd6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:32][%csl
Rc5]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 20. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 21.
gxh4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:47] Probablement une mauvaise surprise pour les Noirs} (21.
Nxc5) 21... Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 22. h3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} (22. Rfd1 Ke7 23. Nxc5
) 22... Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 23. h5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
24. Rfd1 $32 {[%emt 0:00:53][%csl Ra8,Rb6,Rc5,Rc8] Non seulement les Noirs
sont en retard de développement mais ils peuvent difficilement contester le
contrôle de la colonne "d"} Rb8 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 25. h6 $5 {[%emt 0:03:46]
Après la simplification, les Blancs vont obtenir un P passé sur la colonne "h"}
(25. Nb6) 25... gxh6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 26. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxg2 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 27. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:
08]} Kxe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:06][%csl Gh3]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 30. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:03:00]} (31.
h4 $5 Be6 32. Rh1 {[%csl Gh1,Gh4]} b5 33. Nxc5 bxc4 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. bxc4 Kf6
36. Kf4 Rb2 37. h5 Kg7 38. a4 Rxf2+ 39. Ke5 {[%csl Rc6,Ge5,Rg7][%cal Ge5d6]}
Ra2 40. Kd6 Rxa4 41. c5 Re4 42. Kxc6 a4 43. h6+ Kh7 44. Kd5 $18 {[%csl Gc5]
[%cal Gc5c8]}) 31... Be6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 32. Rd2 $1 {[%emt 0:02:01]
Anticipant l'ouverture de la colonne "b"} b5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 33. Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:02:52]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 35. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 36. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:18]}
(36. h4) 36... Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 37. Kh2 $6 $138 {[%emt 0:01:37][%csl Rh2]
Trop passif} (37. Kf4 $142 Rh8 38. Nxa5 Bxh3 39. Nxc6+ {[%csl Ga2]}) 37... a4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 38. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:
01:20]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh8 $2 $138 {[%emt 0:00:
00] Il restait au GMI plus de 02 minutes pour jouer le 40ème coup et répondre
а tempo était une faute} (40... Rg6 $142 41. Rxc5 Rg2+ $1 {Illustrant non
seulement la différence entre les deux varaintes mais aussi le fait que 37.
Kh2 au lieu de Kf4 était imprécis.} 42. Kh1 Rxa2 $132 {[%csl Ga4,Rh1][%cal
Gf1h3]}) 41. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} f6 {[%emt 0:11:56]} 42. Kg1 {[%emt 0:08:32]}
Be2 {[%emt 0:12:21]} 43. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:06:14]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 44. Nf5+ {
[%emt 0:01:20]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Rd6+ $1 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 46. Kg2 $18 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 47. Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:
12]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 48. e4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 49. h4 {
[%emt 0:01:12]} a3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 50. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 51. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rg8+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} 52. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:48]}
Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 53. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 54. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 55. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 56. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sumets, Andrey"]
[Black "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Qc2 (7. Be2 c5
8. d5 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 g6 12. b4 b6 13. a4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Nb3 Ra6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. f3 Kh8 19. a5 Ng8 20. Be3 f5 21. axb6
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qxb6 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Nf2 Bd7 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Nd2 Qa7 27. Rxb8+
Qxb8 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 fxe4 30. g4 Qf8 31. Be3 h5 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 Nge8
34. Kg2 Qg7 35. Qb1 Kg8 36. Qb8 Bf8 {Giri,A (2797)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726)
Tbilisi 2015 1/2-1/2 (63)}) 7... Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O a5 10. b3 $146 (10. Re1
a4 $11 {[%csl Rb2]} 11. Nf1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Ng3 Nfd7 14. Be3 g6 15. Rad1
Bf6 16. f4 Re8 17. Bf3 Ne6 18. Nb5 Bg7 19. Bg4 Nf6 20. Bh3 Qe7 21. e5 dxe5 22.
fxe5 Nh5 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. Bf5 Nf8 25. Bxc8 Rexc8 26. Bd4 Ne6 27. Bf2 Qg5 28.
Qe4 b6 29. Rd7 Re8 30. Qf3 Qg6 31. Nxc7 Nxc7 32. Rxc7 Ra5 33. Rc6 Qc2 34. Bxb6
Raxe5 35. Rf1 R5e7 36. Bc5 Rd7 37. Rd6 Rc7 38. Bd4 Qxc4 39. Qg3 f6 {Blasovszky,
I (2220)-Sipos,J Zalakaros 1995 1-0 (62)}) 10... Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 (11... exd4
12. Nxd4 Bf8) 12. d5 c6 13. Rab1 Be7 14. Ne1 Nf8 15. Nd3 $14 Ng6 16. b4 cxd5 $1
17. cxd5 axb4 18. axb4 Bd7 $11 19. Rfc1 Ng4 20. Nc4 Ba4 21. Qc3 Nf6 (21... b5
$6 22. Na5 {[%cal Ga5c6]}) 22. f3 Nh5 23. g3 Rc8 24. Qe1 Bg5 25. f4 Nhxf4 26.
gxf4 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 Bxf4 28. Rc3 b5 29. Ra1 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 bxc4 31. Rxa4 Bd2 32.
Qg3 Qxg3 33. hxg3 Bxc3 34. Bxc3 Ra8 35. Ra5 Rxa5 36. bxa5 Rb8 37. a6 Rb3 38.
Bd2 Rb2 39. a7 Ra2 40. Be3 c3 41. Bd1 h5 42. Bb3 Ra3 43. Kg2 g5 44. Kf3 f6 45.
Ke2 h4 46. gxh4 gxh4 47. Bc2 Ra2 48. Kf1 h3 49. Kg1 Kf8 50. Bb3 Ra3 51. Kh2 Ke7
52. Kxh3 Kd7 53. Kg4 Kc7 54. Kf5 Kb7 55. Bc2 Ra2 56. Bd3 c2 57. Kxf6 Ra3 58.
Bxc2 Rxe3 59. Ke6 Rc3 60. Bd1 Re3 61. Bc2 Rc3 62. Bd1 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 f5 12. Bc2 Bf6 13. Rb1 Rd8+ 14. Ke1
e5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 e4 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Ng6 Be6 20. Ba4 Bd7 21.
Bd1 Be6 22. Ba4 Bd7 23. Bd1 Be6 24. Be2 Nd7 25. b4 Bf7 26. Nf4 Ne5 27. Nd5 Nd3+
28. Bxd3 exd3+ 29. Kd2 Re2+ 30. Kxd3 Rxf2 31. Rbe1 Rxg2 32. Re7 b5 33. Rd7
bxc4+ 34. Kc3 Ra2 35. c6 Rxa3+ 36. Kxc4 Bxd5+ $6 (36... Rc8 37. c7 Be6 $16) 37.
Kxd5 $18 Rd3+ 38. Kc4 Re3 39. c7 Ree8 40. Rg1 g5 41. Rgd1 Rac8 42. Kc5 f4 43.
Kc6 1-0

[Event "Eger Agria op"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "1988.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szabolcsi, Janos"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Rashkovsky,N"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Ba6 {Zum ersten Mal
wurde dieser Zug in der Partie Raschkowski-Romanischin, Odessa 1974, gespielt.
Damals folgte 7. b3, und Schwarz kam zum Ausgleich.} 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O d5 {
Dieser Zug hatte Premiere in Balaschow-Raschkowski, Moskau 1982.} 9. Ne5 c6 {
Schwarz hat gleiches Spiel erreicht. Es ist nicht einfach, für Weiß eine
günstige Fortsetzung zu finden.} 10. cxd5 ({Oder} 10. Bxb4 axb4 11. Nd2 dxc4
$1) 10... cxd5 11. Bxb4 $6 ({Besser sind} 11. Bg5) ({oder} 11. Bf4 {mit
folgendem 12. Nc3 oder 12. Rc1 und weiterem Aufbau Nc3, a4, Nb5.}) 11... axb4
12. a3 $2 Qd6 13. Qd2 (13. axb4 $2 {scheitert an} Bd3 $1) 13... Bb5 14. Rc1 Nc6
{Der weitere Plan des Schwarzen ist sehr einfach: Ra7 nebst Rfa8.} 15. Qe3 $2 {
Dies nannte Raschkowski den entscheidenden Fehler, obwohl die Analyse zeigte,
daß auch andere Züge zu klarem schwarzen Vorteil führen.} (15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16.
Qf4 Qxf4 ({nicht} 16... Qd7 17. Qd2 Qd6) 17. gxf4 Bb5 18. e3 {und nun dürfte}
Rfc8 $1 {der genaueste Zug sein, mit der Folge} ({während nach} 18... Ra7 {
sich Weiß noch lange wehren kann:} 19. Nd2 Rfa8 20. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 h6)
19. Nd2 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 bxa3 21. bxa3 Rxa3 22. Rc8+ Be8 23. Rb8 Ra2 $1 24. Nb3
Rb2 25. Nc5 Rb1+ 26. Bf1 Kf8 $1) 15... Ne7 $1 {Drohung Nf5} 16. g4 Ra7 17. h4
$2 {Die Idee dieses Zuges bleibt unklar.} Rfa8 18. Bh3 ({Raschkowski hatte} 18.
h5 {erwartet, worauf er} h6 {erwidern wollte.}) 18... Ne4 19. f3 $2 {[#]Hier
dachte Raschkowski länger als eine halbe Stunde nach.} ({Besser} 19. Bg2)
19... f6 ({Er untersuchte vor allem} 19... Ng3 $5 {und nun} 20. Nd3 $6 (20. Re1
$1 f6 21. Nd3 Ng6 $1 22. h5 (22. Kf2 Nxe2 23. Rxe2 Bxd3 24. Qxe6+ (24. Qxd3 $2
Nf4) 24... Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Nf4 26. Rxb6 Nxh3+ {und Schwarz gewinnt. Schließlich
entschied sich Raschkowski jedoch dafür, die Damen auf dem Brett zu lassen.})
22... Bxd3 23. hxg6 Bxg6 24. Kf2 ({oder} 24. Kg2 f5 $1) 24... f5 25. Qe5 $5
Qxe5 26. dxe5 fxg4 ({nicht} 26... f4 $2 {wegen} 27. e3) 27. Bxg4 Nf5 {und
Schwarz steht klar besser.}) 20... Ng6 21. h5 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Bxd3 ({nicht} 
22... Nf4 $2 23. Nxf4 $1) 23. Qxd3 Qg3+ 24. Bg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nf4+ {und
Schwarz gewinnt}) 20. fxe4 fxe5 21. dxe5 $2 {Dies verliert schnell.} ({
Längeren Widerstand ermöglichte} 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. dxe5 Qf8 23. Qg3 (23. Qf2
Rf7 $1) 23... Qf4 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Bf1 Bxe2 {und die weiße Stellung ist auch
nicht mehr zu halten. Schwarz droht neben Bxg4 auch Bxf1 nebst Nd3 und
Besetzung der f-Linie Rf7, Raf8.}) 21... Qxe5 22. Nd2 Ng6 23. h5 Nf4 24. Bf1
Qg5 25. Nf3 {Damit kürzt Weiß seine Leiden ab.} ({Auf} 25. Qf3 {folgt} Rf8) (
{auf} 25. Qg3 Nxh5 ({oder auch} 25... Bxe2)) 25... Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. b4
a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Be2 Nc5 12. Nxd4 (12. Bxd4 {would have saved
White half a tempo. hätte ein halbes Tempo gespart.}) 12... Nbd7 {Since now
the pawn e5 is hanging. Denn nun hängt der Bauer e5.} 13. N4f3 b6 14. cxd5 exd5
{In return for his isolated d-pawn, Black has free piece play and a strong
knight on c5. Schwarz hat einen isolierten d-Bauern, dafür aber freies
Figurenspiel und vor allem einen starken Springer auf c5.} 15. Nf1 Bb7 16. Ne3
f6 ({Interesting was Interessant war} 16... a4 {for example , z.B.} 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Qxd5 {[%tqu "En","White has just won a pawn on d5. What was Black's
idea now?","Black can exploit the unprotected position of the white queen to
win back the pawn.","","d7e5","Winning back the pawn with equal play.",10,"De",
"Weiß hat gerade auf d5 einen Bauern erobert. Welche Idee hatte Schwarz
dabei?","Schwarz kann die ungedeckte Stellung der weißen Dame zum Rückgewinn
des Bauern ausnutzen.","","d7e5","Gewinnt den Bauern mit gleichem Spiel zurück.
",10]} Nxe5 $1 19. Qxd8 (19. Qxe5 $2 Bf6 $17) 19... Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Raxd8 $11)
17. exf6 ({With Mit} 17. Nxd5 {White could have maintained a small plus. hätte
Weiß ein kleines Plus behaupten können.}) 17... Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 {Black has
comfortably equalized. Schwarz hat bequem ausgeglichen.} 19. O-O Qd7 {Maybe
not the best square for the queen. Vielleicht nicht das beste Feld für die
Dame.} (19... Nfe4 $1 20. Rc1 (20. Qc2 Qf6) 20... Qd6 {with good play. mit
gutem Spiel.}) 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. Bf3 Nfe4 22. Qc2 Rf6 $6 (22... Qf7) 23. Rad1
Ng5 24. Bg4 Qf7 25. Nc6 $1 {Starting a very favourable liquidation. Leitet
einen sehr günstigen Tausch ein.} Bxc6 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxd5 {Now White's
control of the light squares give him a clear edge. Nun hat der Anziehende
dank seiner Kontrolle der weißen Felder klaren Vorteil.} h6 $2 {Losing
material. Verliert Material.} ({However, also after e.g. Allerdings war
Schwarz auch nach z.B.} 27... Nge6 28. Rfd1 {Black's position would have been
very unpleasant. nicht zu beneiden.}) {[%tqu "En","How can White win material
here?","Which piece in Black's camp is not protected?","The black rook is not
protected. This, in return, means that the Nc5 is pinned. So which square
becomes available for White?","g4d7","Precisely!",10,"De","Wie kann Weiß hier
Material gewinnen?","Welche Figur im schwarzen Lager ist ungedeckt?","Der
schwarze Turm c6 ist ungedeckt, was den Sc5 fesselt. Welches Feld wird dadurch
zugänglich?","g4d7","Genau!",10]} 28. Bd7 $1 {Winning the exchange and the
game. Gewinnt eine Qualität und die Partie.} Nxd7 29. Qxc6 Ne5 30. Qb5 Nh3+ {
Desperation. Verzweiflung.} 31. gxh3 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nh4 33. Rf5 (33. Nf5 {
was good enough as well. war auch gut genug.}) 33... Nxf5 34. Qxf5 Qxf5 {
and Black resigned. und Schwarz gab gleichzeitig auf.} 1-0

[Event "GRE-ch"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2004.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ {Dieses Läuferschach ist in der
letzten Zeit sehr populär geworden, da Schwarz beabsichtigt, die weiße
Entwicklung zu stören.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 {Schwarz spielt die
geschlossene Variante; seine Hauptstrategie besteht in der Entwicklung des
Damenflügels und der Möglichkeit, c6-c5 zu spielen.} 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 {Jetzt
sehen wir den Vorteil des Zugs 4...Bb4+; der (in solchen Stellungen) übliche
Läuferzug nach b2 geht nicht, da der Läufer schon auf d2 steht.} Ba6 (9... Bb7)
10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 {Ein selten gespielter Zug, die Alternative 11.Rfd1 ist
populärer.} (11. Rfd1 Nh5 (11... Rc8 12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Ne5 (13. e4 $6 Nxf4 14.
gxf4 Nf6 $5 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5f4]} (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qc7 $11) 15. Ne5 Nh5 $1
16. Qa4 Bxc4 17. Nxc6 b5 18. Qa6 Rxc6 $1 19. Qxc6 Nxf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gf4e2,
Ge2g1,Ge2c1]} 20. Nxc4 bxc4 $1 $44 {0-1 Radjabov,T-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee 2003/
CBM 93/[Ribli] (61)}) 13... Nxe5 (13... Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bb4 16. b3
Qe7 17. Nf3 g6 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Nd4 {1-0 Novikov,M-Aseev,K/St Petersburg 003/
(34)}) 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bf4 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Drazic,S-Palac,M/Saint Vincent ITA
2003 (15)}) 12. Be3 (12. Ne5 $5) 12... Bd6 (12... Rc8 13. Ne5 Nhf6 14. Qa4 Nb8
15. Rac1 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Qb3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Landa,K/Kazan 1995/
CBM 51 (43)}) 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Ne1 Nhf6 15. Nd3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd5 17. Nf1 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 Kveinys,A-Tiviakov,S/St Vincent ITA 2004 (26)}) 11... c5 {Dieser Zug
ist typisch in dieser Variante, aber in dieser Stellung erscheint er mir ein
wenig zu früh. Die Alternative 11...Nh5 kommt eher in Betracht.} (11... Nh5 12.
Be5 Bb7 13. cxd5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 cxd5 15. Qc7 Rb8 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18.
Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 Kachiani ,K-Kiselev,S/Helsinki 1992/CBM 32 (67)}) 12. e4 $14 {
[%mdl 4]} Nh5 {Mit diesem Zug behält Schwarz das Läuferpaar, aber verliert
einen wichtigen Zentrumsbauern.} (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 $14 {
[%csl Ra6]}) (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rc8 14. Nd6 $14) 13. exd5 (13. Be3 $2 e5 14.
dxe5 (14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. g4 dxe3 17. fxe3 Ng3 18. hxg3 Qc8 $17)
14... d4 15. Bf4 g5 $17 {[%csl Rf4]}) 13... Nxf4 14. gxf4 exd5 15. cxd5 Bd6 16.
Ne5 {[%csl Yc6,Ge5][%cal Ge5c6] Die weiße Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel ist
schwach, aber er hat einen Bauern mehr und sein Ne5 steht sehr stark.} f6 (
16... cxd4 17. Qa4 {[%cal Ra4d7,Ra4a6]} Nb8 (17... Bc8 18. Rxc8 (18. Qc6 $16)
18... Rxc8 19. Nxd7 $16) 18. Ne4 $16) 17. Nc6 {Der Nc6 steht ausgezeichnet und
paralysiert die schwarze Stellung.} Qc7 {[%cal Gc7h2]} 18. Ne4 Kh8 (18... Bxf4
19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. d6 Bxd6 (20... Qd8 21. dxc5 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 bxc5 (22... f5 23.
Ng5 Nxc5 24. Qd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd1h5]}) 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 $16) 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 22. Bxa8 Qxe7 23. Bg2 cxd4 24. Qa4 $16) 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qf5 $16 {
[%csl Gc6,Gf5][%mdl 2048] Weiß verfügt über sehr starkes Figurenspiel; seine
Dame und sein Springer stehen sehr aktiv.} Rae8 21. Re1 cxd4 (21... Bc4 $5) 22.
Re6 $1 Rxe6 (22... Qc7 23. Nxd4 $16 (23. d6 Qc8 24. Nxd4 $16)) 23. Qxe6 Qxe6
24. dxe6 Nc5 25. Nxd4 {[%csl Ge6,Gg2] Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbausern und sein
Freibauer e6 ist sehr stark. Darüber hinaus ist sein katalanischer Läufer
wertvoller, als sein Kollege auf a6.} Re8 26. f5 g6 27. b4 Nd3 28. Bc6 Re7 29.
b5 Bc8 30. Rd1 Nc5 31. Nb3 $18 {Gegen den drohenden Figurengewinn nach Rd8+
besitzt Schwarz keine Verteidigung.} Nxb3 32. axb3 (32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. axb3 $18)
32... Kg7 33. Rd8 Bxe6 34. fxe6 Rxe6 35. Rd7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 f5 37. Rb7 Kg5 38.
Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {Dieses Läuferschach ist
sehr populär in der letzten Zeit - Schwarz möchte die geschlossene Variante
spielen und verhindert die normale Entwicklung des weißen Läufers nach b2.} 5.
Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 {Wäre der Läufer auf c1, könnte
Weiß b3 und Bb2 spielen.} Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nh5 $11 {
Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung.} 13. e4 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Combination of giving
up the bishop on f4 for the knight a activity with e4 is very unfortunate, the
square f4 will be very weak.' Weiß geht nicht zurück - er hat keine Angst vor
der Schwächung seiner Bauernstellung.} (13. Be3 f5 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Ne5 f4 16.
gxf4 Nxf4) 13... Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nf6 $5 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5f4]} (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4
Qc7 $11) 15. Ne5 (15. e5 Nh5 16. f5 Nf4 $36) 15... Nh5 $1 {Schwarz beschäftigt
sich nicht mit dem Damenflügel, er möchte am Königsflügel angreifen.} (15...
Bb7 16. f5 $13) 16. Qa4 Bxc4 17. Nxc6 (17. Ndxc4 b5 18. Qa6 bxc4 19. Nxc6 Rxc6
20. Qxc6 Nxf4 {Mit Zugumstellung erhalten wir die Partiefortsetzung.}) 17... b5
18. Qa6 {[#]} Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Ftacnik: 'Topalov has a clearly defined
atitude towards material on the board, initiative and positional compensation
have a distinct preference with him.'  Ein positionelles Qualitätsopfer a la
Petrosian. Nachfolgend erhält Schwarz dafür eine dauerhafte Initiative.} (18...
Qd6 19. exd5 $13 (19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nxc4 Nxf4 $19)) 19. Qxc6 Nxf4 {[%csl Gf4]
[%cal Gf4e2,Ge2g1,Ge2c1] Der Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf f4.} 20. Nxc4
bxc4 $1 $44 (20... Ne2+ 21. Kf1 Nxc1 22. exd5 Nxa2 23. Qxb5 Nb4 $13) 21. exd5
exd5 22. Rc3 (22. Bf3 Bh4 23. Rc2 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Qf5 $36) 22... Bh4 $1 {[%cal
Gd8g5] Mit diesem Zug bereitet Schwarz 23...Qg5 vor.} 23. Rg3 (23. Kf1 Nxg2 24.
Kxg2 Qg5+ 25. Rg3 (25. Kf1 Qf4 $19) 25... Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qg4 $17) (23. Rf3 Qg5
24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Rf1 $17) 23... Re8 $5 {Ftacnik: 'There are very few mere
mortals, that would be able to resist the temptation to take back the exchange
and play without any risk. Obviously, Topalov is from a different sort... ' 
Interessant - Schwarz möchte die Qualität nicht nehmen.} (23... Bxg3 24. hxg3
Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Re8 $17) 24. Rg4 Re6 25. Qc5 Nxg2 26. Rxg2 a6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Rg2,
Gh4][%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat nur einen Bauern für die Qualität, aber dafür
völlig ausreichendes Gegenspiel - der Pd4 ist angreifbar und der Rg2 steht
passiv. Schwarz kann seine Stellung stufenweise verbessern, weil Weiß kein
Gegenspiel hat.} 27. Qa3 g6 {Schwarz verbessert mit kleinen Zügen seine
Stellung, bevor er eine entscheidende Aktion einleitet.} 28. Qc3 Qe7 {[%cal
Ge7e2]} 29. b3 Qa3 (29... cxb3) 30. Qc2 Qe7 {Schwarz wiederholt die Züge in
besserer Stellung - auf diese Weise kann er Bedenkzeit gewinnen.} 31. Kf1 (31.
Qc3 cxb3 32. Qxb3 (32. axb3) 32... Qd6 $15) 31... cxb3 32. Qxb3 (32. axb3 $15)
32... Qd6 33. Qd3 (33. Qf3 Re4 $15) 33... Qf4 {[%csl Ge6,Rf1,Gf4,Rg2,Gh4]
Ftacnik: 'White is lacking counterplay and squares for pieces, on the other
hand he can not complain about the lack of weaknesses.'} 34. Qd2 Qf5 35. Qd3
Re4 $1 (35... Qf4) 36. Qb3 Kg7 37. Qd3 h5 38. Qb3 Bf6 39. Rg3 (39. Qc3 Qf4 $15
(39... h4 $15)) 39... Rf4 $1 {Schwarz kann auch sofort den d-Bauern nehmen,
aber zuerst erhöht er lieber den positionellen Druck.} (39... Bxd4 $17) (39...
Rxd4 $17) 40. Qe3 h4 {[%csl Gh4] Der schwarze h-Bauern kommt sehr stark ins
Spiel.} 41. Rg2 Rf3 42. Qe2 a5 43. Kg1 Rf4 44. Kh1 Re4 45. Qf1 a4 (45... Rxd4
46. Rxd4 Bxd4 $17) 46. Rd2 Bxd4 $17 {Endlich Schwarz nimmt den d4-Bauern.} 47.
Qd1 Be5 {[%cal Ge4b4,Gb4b1,Gb1h1]} 48. f3 (48. Rxd5 h3 49. Rg1 Qf4 50. Rg3 Qxf2
$19) 48... Rb4 {[%cal Rb4b1,Rb1h1] Ftacnik: 'Black has two pawn for the
exchange and also control over the most squares on the board. In connection
with mating attack it makes him the obvious winner of the game.'} 49. Rd3 h3
50. Re2 d4 51. Rf2 Bf4 52. Qe2 Rb1+ 53. Rd1 d3 $19 {[%csl Gd3,Gf4] Der d-Bauer
entscheidet die Partie.} 54. Qf1 Rxd1 55. Qxd1 d2 56. Re2 Qd3 57. Rf2 (57. Re4
Qc3 $19) 57... Be3 58. Rf1 Bd4 59. a3 Kg8 $22 {Nach diesem Zug befindet sich
Weiß in Zugzwang.} 60. f4 Qe4+ 61. Rf3 Bf2 $1 {Diese Partie war die beste in
der 3. Runde.} 0-1

[Event "American Continental 11th"]
[Site "Montevideo"]
[Date "2015.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Rodi,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3
c6 9. Bc1 $1 {A paradoxical move whose purpose is to make life hard on Black's
advanced bishop. Grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev was the first to employ it.} e4 10.
Ng5 d5 11. c5 a4 ({An important option was} 11... h6 {and for example} 12. Nh3
a4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qxa4 Nf8 15. b4 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Bc7 17. Qd1 h5 $44 {Razuvaev -
Lutz, Germany 1991 and others.}) 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxa4 Nf8 $146 {An unfortunate
novelty.} (13... b5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nxe4 $5 (15. Nh3 $14) 15... dxe4 16. Bxe4
$44 {Golubenko - Ordaz Valdes, Tromso ol 2014}) (13... h6 $5 14. Nh3 Nf8 {
might be a preferable version of Perez Ponsa's idea.}) 14. b4 h6 15. Nxf7 $1 {
The difference between the previously seen alternatives.} Kxf7 16. bxa5 $16 {
White's advantage is obvious. While Black will recover one of the two pawns
lost, the exposed king will always weigh against him.} N8h7 17. Nd2 Ng5 18. f3
Rxa5 19. Qb3 Rb5 20. Qc2 exf3 21. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Ra5 23. Bd2 Ra8 24. Qb3
Rf8 25. e4 $1 $18 {Taking advantage of the pin on diagonal and f-file to gain
space in the center. Black is without counterplay, and only a player of his
calibre could resist for as long as he did.} Kg8 26. e5 Nh7 27. Be2 Qe7 28.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 29. Rf1 Bh3 30. Rf2 Bc8 31. Bd1 Be6 32. a4 Bf7 33. Bc2 Kh8 34. g4
Ne6 35. Qh3 Kg8 36. Qd3 Nf8 37. a5 Qh4 38. Qf3 Bg6 39. Bf5 Kh8 (39... Bxf5 40.
gxf5 Qxd4 41. Qg3 Kh8 42. e6 $18) 40. e6 ({Or} 40. Qg3 $5 Qxg3+ 41. hxg3 $18)
40... Re8 41. Qg3 Qf6 (41... Qxg3+ 42. hxg3 Bh7 {is suggested by Komodo 9.} 43.
Re2 g6 44. e7 gxf5 45. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 46. Bxh6 Ra8 47. g5) 42. g5 hxg5 43. Bxg5
Qxd4 44. Qh3+ Kg8 45. e7 Nh7 46. Bxg6 Nxg5 47. Qf5 Rxe7 48. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Michelakis, George"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 $5 {Some years ago this move was considered to be a
refutation of Black's move order (8...a5 and 9...0-0) but now it has been
realised that White's space advantage doesn't mean much since White has no
serious kingside attacking chances.} dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Rad1 Nc5
14. Ne4 Bd7 15. Nc3 Be8 16. Qe3 h6 17. Rxd8 $6 Rxd8 18. Rd1 $6 {Michelakis
thinks he is heading straight for a draw but conceding the d file is only
playing into Black's hands.} Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Qd8 20. Nc3 b6 21. Nb5 $2 Nb4 $1
22. Qd4 $2 Qxd4 23. Nfxd4 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Nxa2 25. Nxc7 Nb4 26. Na8 ({Rather
desperate, but} 26. Bf1 {also loses to} Nbd3 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Na8 Nxb2 29.
Nxb6 a4 30. c5 a3 31. c6 Nc4 $3 32. Nxc4 a2 33. c7 a1=Q+ 34. Kg2 Qa8+ 35. Kg1
Qc8 {a neat echo of the game finish.}) 26... Nbd3 27. b3 Nxb3 28. Nxb6 Nbc5 29.
Bc6 Nb2 $1 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Bxd7 a4 32. c5 a3 33. c6 Nc4 $3 ({Michelakis was
hoping for} 33... a2 34. c7 a1=Q+ 35. Kg2 {, etc.}) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
exd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. h3 Ne5 {
This is a rather superficial centralisation: placing the knight in the centre
is visually good, but in reality deprives Black of queenside activity and it
will be White who'll get better play in the centre. Dies ist eine recht
oberflächliche Zentralisierung: Den Springer in der Mitte zu platzieren, ist
optisch gut, beraubt aber in Wirklichkeit Schwarz seiner Damenflügelaktivität,
und es wird der Weiße, der das bessere Spiel im Zentrum bekommt.} (14... Nb6 $1
{is stronger. The idea of this move is to provoke b2-b3 in order to be able to
get counterplay on the queenside by means of a5-a4. ist stärker. Die Idee
dieses Zuges lautet, b2-b3 zu provozieren, um mittels a5-a4 am Damenflügel
Gegenspiel bekommen zu können.} 15. Bxc5 ({Or Oder} 15. b3 a4 16. b4 Bxd4 17.
Rxd4 Be6 18. Nd2 Nfd7 $11 {[%cal Gd7e5]}) 15... dxc5 16. b3 a4 $132) 15. Bxc5 {
By exchanging on c5 White gets the mobile pawn majority in the centre. If he
had played 14...Nb6 here Black would have got counterplay on the queenside,
which he now doesn't. Durch Tauschen auf c5 erhält Weiß die mobile
Bauernmehrheit im Zentrum. Wenn er 14...Nb6 gespielt hätte, hätte Schwarz hier
Gegenspiel am Damenflügel bekommen, was jetzt nicht der Fall ist.} Nxf3+ (15...
dxc5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 {is similar to the game. ist ähnlich der Partie.}) 16. Bxf3
dxc5 17. Bg2 Qe5 (17... Be6 18. Na4 $14 ({Here even Hier sichert sogar} 18. b3
$14 {secures White an edge, since Black does not control the a4-square for the
advance a5-a4. Weiß ein Plus, da Schwarz nicht das a4-Feld für den Vorstoß
a5-a4 kontrolliert.})) 18. e4 {White has an easy game by advancing the central
pawns. He intends f2-f4 followed by e4-e5. With his answer Black rightly
prevents it. Mit dem Vorrücken der Zentralbauern hat Weiß ein leichtes Spiel.
Er beabsichtigt f2-f4 nebst e4-e5. Mit seiner Antwort verhindert Schwarz dies
zu Recht.} g5 $1 {After this move such factors like kings' safety and
weaknesses of the pawn formation on the kingside will play a considerable role
for the correct evaluation of the position. Black must play very precisely to
justify this kingside pawn advance, which, however represents the best way to
fight against White's pawn majority in the centre. Nach diesem Zug werden
Faktoren wie Königssicherheit und Schwächen der Bauernformation am
Königsflügel für die korrekte Bewertung der Stellung eine Rolle erhebliche
spielen. Schwarz muss sehr präzise spielen, um diesen Bauernvorstoß am
Königsflügel zu rechtfertigen, welcher aber dennoch den besten Weg darstellt,
die weiße Bauernmajorität im Zentrum zu bekämpfen.} 19. Qd2 g4 (19... Be6 20.
f4 $36 gxf4 21. gxf4 Qh5 22. f5 $1 Bxc4 23. Qf4 Kh8 24. Rd6 Ng8 25. Bf3 Qxh3
26. Kf2 $18) 20. h4 (20. hxg4 $5 Bxg4 21. f3 Be6 22. f4 Qh5 23. e5 Ng4 24. Bf3
Bxc4 25. Ne4 $36) 20... Nd7 (20... Be6 $142 21. b3 {White is still slightly
better, but unlike in the game the position remains more complicated and Black
has more chances for counterplay. Weiß steht immer noch leicht besser, aber im
Gegensatz zur Partie bleibt die Stellung komplizierter, und Schwarz hat mehr
Chancen zu Gegenspiel.}) 21. Na4 $1 Nf8 (21... b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Nc3 Rb8 (
23... b4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Nd5) 24. Nd5 $16) 22. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Ne6 24.
e5 Kg7 25. Re1 $14 {White is practically playing with a pawn up and although
his task in converting positional advantage is anything but simple; it is
clear that Black has a tough fight for the draw. Weiß spielt praktisch mit
einem Bauern mehr, und obwohl seine Aufgabe bei der Verwertung des
positionellen Vorteils alles andere als einfach ist, ist klar, dass Schwarz
ein harter Kampf ums Remis bevorsteht.} Ra6 26. Re4 h5 27. f3 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Rh8
29. Be2 b6 30. Kf2 Nd4 31. Bd1 Ne6 32. Be2 Nd4 33. Bd1 Ne6 34. Nc3 Ra7 35. Ne2
(35. Ba4 $16) 35... Rd7 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Bf5 39. Re3 Rd8 40.
Bxh5 Rd2+ 41. Re2 Rd4 42. Kg3 Rxc4 43. Bg4 Bd3 44. Re3 Rd4 45. h5 c4 46. f5 Rd8
47. f6+ Kh6 48. e6 fxe6 49. Rxe6 Kg5 50. f7 ({Possibly White missed that after
Womöglich übersah Weiß, dass nach} 50. Rxc6 Be4 {(threatening check on d3) he
has (drohend Schach auf d3) er die Möglichkeit hat} 51. Re6 $1 (51. Rxb6 $2
Rd3+ 52. Kf2 Kxg4 {[%cal Gd3f3]}) 51... Rd3+ 52. Kf2 $18) 50... Rf8 51. Rxc6
Rxf7 52. Rxb6 Rf1 53. Rb5+ Kh6 54. Rxa5 Rb1 55. Kf4 Rxb2 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Ke3
Rg2 58. Bf3 Rg3 59. a4 Kh7 60. Rc6 Bc2 61. Rxc4 Bd1 62. Rf4 Rxf3+ 63. Rxf3 Bxa4
64. Rf6 Be8 65. h6 Bg6 66. Rxg6 Kxg6 67. h7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Petah Tikva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {Leonid is a very experienced player with a
flexible opening repertoire,so it wasn't easy to predict his choice.} 4. g3
Bb4+ ({We had an interesting battle few years ago in another popular line:} 
4... dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4) 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Rd1
O-O 10. b3 ({The main line starts with} 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5
13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 {but recently White has not been able to pose real
problems here.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 {This order of moves is becoming more and
more popular.} c5 {This leads to a solid position with a small advantage for
White.} ({In the following recent games Black didn't acheve full equality:} 
11... Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 (12... c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Be3 dxc4 15. d5 $1 Ng4 16.
Bf4 Bf6 17. bxc4 $14 {1-0 Grandelius,N (2562)-Firat,B (2423)/Athens GRE 2012 
(36)}) 13. Nxe4 c5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxb7 Rc7 17. Be4 f5 18. Bg2
Bf6 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe7 21. Qe2 e5 22. Bb2 e4 23. Rd5 Ne5 24. Rad1 Nd3
25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2677)-Halkias,S (2570)/
Helsingor DEN 2012 (41)}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 {That was played rapidly.} ({
However, I had at my disposal an alternative worth considering:} 13. e4 Nb4 (
13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16. Qb2 Qe8 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. a4 $14) 14.
Qb1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qb2 $14 {1-0 Gretarsson,H (2398)-Buss,R 
(2433)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (31)}) 13... exd5 {So,we got the classical
''hanging pawns''.} ({After} 13... Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17.
Rac1 $14 {White is obviously better due to a strong passed d-pawn.} {The
attempt to take it immediately fails to:} Bxd5 18. Bf4 Be6 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Nc6
$16) 14. Bc3 {Now Black has to find a safe place for his queen.} (14. Rac1 $5
Rc8 15. Bf4 cxd4 16. Qd2 $14) 14... Qc7 (14... Bf6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qb2 Re8 17.
e3 Qe7 18. Ne1 $14) 15. dxc5 {A small inaccuracy. Black gets a nice square on
b6.} ({For some reasons,i have rejected} 15. Rac1 c4 {but white keeps a better
pawn structure in that case too:} 16. bxc4 Qxc4 17. Bh3 $14) 15... bxc5 16.
Rac1 Qb6 17. e3 {That should be played sooner or later, since Black is ready
to push d5-d4.} Rfd8 18. Qb2 $6 {[%csl Rb2] That is just a loss of time. There
is nothing the queen can achieve there, but I realised that only after I made
the move.} ({I should just put pressure on his central pawns by:} 18. Ne1 Nf6
19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd3 $14) 18... Nf6 19. Ne1 a5 {The most logical - Black is
getting rid of his weak Pa7 and opening the file for his rook.} ({Leonid could
also try to punish me by means of:} 19... g6 $5 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. Ba1 Rac8 $11)
20. Be5 {I just tried to keep control of the long diagonal,but the bishop was
vulnerable on c3.} (20. Nd3 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Bd2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd5 $11)
20... Ne8 {Avoiding a nice tactical trap.} ({After} 20... a4 $6 21. Nd3 axb3 {
I could exploit the weakness of his pawns by:} 22. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (22... Bxf6 23.
Qxb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 $16) 23. axb3 $14) 21. Qc2 $1 {Admitting my previous
mistake. Finally my pieces get harmony back, so White is still somewhat better.
} ({After} 21. Nd3 f6 22. Bc3 d4 23. exd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 cxd4 25. Be1 Nd6 $11 {
Black should be able to equalise due to his strong Pd4.}) 21... a4 (21... f6
22. Bc3 Nc7 23. Nd3 Ne6 24. Nb2 $14) 22. Nd3 {I was under some time pressure,
so I didn't want to change the character of position.} ({However, it was
possible to increase the unpleasant pressure on Pd5 by:} 22. bxa4 $5 Bc6 (22...
Qa5 23. Nd3 c4 24. Nb2 $14) 23. Qb3 $1 Qa6 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5
Qxa4 27. Rc2 $14) 22... axb3 23. axb3 (23. Qxb3 $5 Qa7 (23... Qxb3 24. axb3 f6
25. Ba1 Ra5 26. Nf4 $16) 24. Nf4 $14) 23... d4 (23... Rac8 24. Bh3 Rc6 25. Nb2
Nf6 26. Na4 Qa7 27. Bg2 $14) 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. exd4 cxd4 {It looks like Black
is just fine, but actually White's pieces are better placed, while the Pd4 may
become weak.} 26. b4 $1 $14 {An important move. Now White has a good square on
b3 for his queen.} Ra3 (26... Rac8 27. Qb3 $14) 27. Qc4 Qd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A
serious blunder - Black just loses a pawn.} (27... Qe4 28. Bf4 Bf6 $14) 28.
Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc8 Kf8 30. Bxg7+ {Is that what Leonid missed?} Kxg7 31. Rxe8 Rd7
{Mistakes don't come alone.} ({It was still possible to hold on though a pawn
down:} 31... Bd8 32. Kg2 Rd6 $16) 32. Ne5 Rb7 33. Rxd4 Bxb4 {I had a feeling
that must be a way to win one more pawn, but I had just few minutes left on my
clock.} 34. Rg4+ Kf6 35. Rf4+ $2 $138 ({I failed to find a nice winning idea:} 
35. Nc4 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 {and Black has no good defence against 29.Ne3. For
instance,} h5 (36... Rb5 37. Rf4+ Kg7 38. Ne5 Rb7 39. Nxf7 $18) 37. Rf4+ Kg7
38. Re5 Kg6 39. Rh4 $18) 35... Kg7 36. Rg4+ Kf6 37. Rh4 Re7 $1 {Now Black is
in the game!} 38. Ng4+ Kg7 39. Rxe7 ({Perhaps it was better to keep both rooks
on the board:} 39. Rc8 $5) 39... Bxe7 40. Rh5 Rc3 41. Re5 Kf8 42. Kg2 f6 43.
Rb5 Kf7 44. Rb7 h5 ({Black could also keep his pawn on h7:} 44... Ke6 45. Ne3
Bc5 $16) 45. Ne3 Rc5 46. Kf3 Re5 $2 {I was happy to see that move during the
game. Now the rook is misplaced, so White gets an important tempo.} (46... Ra5
$16 47. Ng2 $140 Ra3+) 47. Ng2 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg2f4] That is the point!
Black has no check from the 3th rank, so the knight gets an ideal outpost.} Kg6
(47... Rc5 48. Nf4 Ke8 (48... h4 49. gxh4 Ke8 50. h5 $18) 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Rh8
Bd6 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rxh5 $18) 48. Nf4+ Kh6 ({The Ph5 would be lost after:} 
48... Kf7 49. h4 Ra5 50. Rd7 Rc5 51. Rd5 Rxd5 52. Nxd5 Bf8 53. Nf4 $18) 49. h4
Bd6 50. Rd7 ({An easier way would be:} 50. Rb6 Be7 51. Rb8 Kg7 52. Re8 $18)
50... Bf8 (50... Be7 51. Rd5 Rxd5 52. Nxd5 Bd8 53. Ke4 Kg6 54. Nf4+ Kh6 55. Kf5
$18) 51. Rf7 Be7 (51... Bg7 {would put up more resistance:} 52. Rd7 Rc5 ({
I shouldn't miss once more:} 52... Bf8 53. Rd8 $18) 53. Rd5 Rxd5 54. Nxd5 $18
Kg6 55. Nf4+ Kh6 56. Ke4 $18 (56. Ne6 Bh8 57. Ke4 $18)) 52. Kg2 {Black has no
useful moves and finally loses a pawn.} f5 (52... Bd8 53. Rf8 Be7 54. Rh8+ Kg7
55. Rxh5 f5 56. g4 $18) 53. Nd3 {Black resigns. In fact, he could try 53...Rd5,
but I would play 54.Nf4 Re5 55.Kf3, winning according to the my previous note.}
(53. Kf3 Bc5 54. Rf6+ Kh7 55. Nxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Thessaloniki ES"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 ({My opponent has a wide experience in the
positions that arise after} 4. Nf3 dxc4 {, so I entered the main Catalan.})
4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Qc2 {I tried to deviate from the well-explored
theoretical line of the Catalan,} ({which arises after} 6. Nf3 dxc4) 6... O-O (
{Deserving some attention is} 6... Nc6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 Qf5 10.
Qxf5 exf5 {White is somewhat better here, but as in Romanishin's line in the
Nimzo Black's setup is very solid.}) 7. Nf3 dxc4 ({In case of} 7... Nc6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. e3 {Black faces the usual problems with the
development of Bc8.}) ({Another common way of handling the position is} 7... c5
8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 {, but in my
opinion, Black doesn't have sufficient compensation for his structural
drawbacks.}) 8. Qxc4 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 (9. Nfxd2 {crossed my mind, but after} Nbd7
10. O-O e5 {Black is close to equalizing.}) 9... b6 {We reached an interesting
and relatively unexplored position.} 10. Qc2 (10. Ne5 {is what my opponent
faced in his preceding encounter:} Ra7 11. Ndf3 Ba6 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc7 14.
c6 Qd6 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. O-O Nxc6 {Black has nothing to worry about in Gaehwiler,
G - Malikentzos,S Porto Carras GRE 2018}) ({Deserving serious attention is also
} 10. Rc1 $5 Ra7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc7 13. Qb3 (13. O-O Rxc5 $11 {Toth,D -
Barabas,T Hungary 2013}) 13... Nfd7 14. O-O Rxc5 15. Ne4 {with slight, but
long-lasting pressure.}) 10... Ba6 $146 {This move is aimed for preventing
White from castling, but covering the long diagonal seems more important.} ({
The previously played} 10... Bb7 {looks safer, though it might not fully solve
the problems:} 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nc4 Be4 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Qf4 $14 {
Goryachkina,A - Monnisha,G Caldas Novas 2011}) 11. Ne4 Nxe4 ({In case of} 11...
Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nc6 Qd6 15. a3 $14 {The presense of Nc6 in
Black's camp is rather annoying.}) 12. Qxe4 Ra7 {Black managed to remove all
of his pieces from the long diagonal, but the location of his rook is awkward
now.} (12... Nd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Nc6 Bb7 15. O-O $14) 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Bb7 {
Eventually Sotirios decides to neutralize the pressure along h1-a8 diagonal.} (
{I was mainly expecting} 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18.
Rd2 $14 {White is firmly in a control, but Black is still quite solid.}) 15.
Rfd1 Qa8 {Alas, it's difficult to find a better spot for the queen.} ({After} 
15... Qe7 16. Rac1 c5 17. d5 $1 $16 {White's advantage is undisputable.}) 16.
Rac1 c5 $6 {This advance is definitely premature.} ({It was better to maintan
the tension by means of} 16... Rc8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 (
19... Rxc5 20. Rd6 $36) 20. Rd6 Rc6 $14) 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd6 Bc6 19. Ne1 {
[%mdl 8192] Now the Rf8 isn't in time to join the play.} Rc7 $2 {A decisive
mistake.} ({Correct was} 19... Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qb8 21. Rcd1 h6 22. Nf4 $16 {
Black is very passive, but White has to find a way of making progress.}) 20.
Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Nd3 {The pin is so strong, that Black cannot avoid the loss of
pawn.} Qc8 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 {White has both the material
and the positional advantage.} Qb7 25. Rxa5 {The simplest - the a-passer would
decide the game.} Qxb2 26. Qf3 Qb8 ({After} 26... g6 {I was planning to trade
the rooks:} 27. Ra8 Kg7 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Qa8+ Ke7 30. e4 h5 31. h4 $18) 27. a4
h6 28. Rb5 Qe8 ({More stubborn was} 28... Qa8 29. Qxa8 Rxa8 30. Rb4 Kf8 31. Kf1
Ke7 32. Ke1 Kd6 {but after} 33. Rb7 $1 Rxa4 34. Rxf7 g6 35. f3 {White's task
isn't very tough either}) 29. Qb7 Qd8 30. a5 {It wasn't a pity to give up the
extra pawn!} Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxe2 32. a6 {The rest is just an agony.} Qa2 33. a7
Qa4 34. Rb6 Qe8 35. Qb8 Qa4 36. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow SHSM Legacy"]
[BlackTeam "Zhiguli"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
dxc4 {The latest fashion. It doesn't enable Black to win a pawn, but
liquidating the powerful dakr-squared bishop is an indisputable achievement.}
9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 $146 {Daniil comes up with an
original setup, but it hardly poses Black any problems.} ({The more natural
way of development is:} 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Ne5 f6 (13... Nd5 14. e3 f6 15. Nd3 Bd7
16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Rg1 Bd6 18. Ne4 $14 {Feller,S (2657)-Meier,G (2669) Nancy 2011}
) 14. Nf3 Nd5 15. e3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Be8 $132 {Bruzon Batista,L (2691)-Karjakin,S 
(2757) Tsaghkadzor ARM 2015}) 12... Nf6 {Like in the above-mentioned note, the
knight is heading to d5 in order to neutralise the Catalan Bg2.} ({Another
solid conituation was} 12... Qc7 $5 13. e3 Rd8 14. Rc1 b6 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Qh5
Rac8 $11) 13. e3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Qb3 Qc7 {Putting the queen on the c-file
doesn't feel comfortable, but it isn't a bad move.} ({Another possibility was} 
15... Rb8 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Ne4 f6 18. Nd3 Bg6 $132) 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Be8 $11
{As usual, Black's position looks somewhat passive, but there are no
weaknesses. As well, the bishop pair might tell in the long run.} 18. Bh3 {
This move is connected with an ambitious idea of developing an attack along
the g-file.} ({Possibly, a more precise move was} 18. Bf3 $5 {, intending to
meet} f6 19. Nd3 Bf7 {with} 20. Qc2 {, limiting Black's active possibiltiies.})
18... Bf8 19. Kh1 Qe7 {Finally the queen is leaving the c-file. Now the Pe6 is
protected, so Black can push f7-f6.} 20. Rg1 f6 {It's hard to put up with Ne5
for too long.} (20... g6 21. a3 Rac8 22. Rc2 Bg7 23. Rgc1 f6 24. Nd3 Bf7 $132)
21. Nf3 {Now White's setup feels shaky.} ({A safer try was} 21. Nd3 b6 22. Ng3
Kh8 $132) 21... Bf7 ({The more aggressive} 21... b6 $5 22. a3 Kh8 23. Rg3 Rab8
{would have put Daniil under definite pressure, since the c6-c5 advance would
expose the long diagonal.}) 22. Qc2 Kh8 23. Qe2 Rac8 {Now it's hard to make
significant progress for both sides.} 24. a3 a5 (24... b6 25. Rc2 Rc7 26. Rgc1
Rdc8 $11) 25. Ng3 Qe8 26. f5 $2 {White is pushing too hard! However, this
brave decision was fully justified in the game.} (26. Bg2 a4 27. Ne4 $11) 26...
exf5 27. Bxf5 Rc7 {It turns out, that opening-up the e-file favours Black, who
can exert strong pressure on White's monarch.} 28. Bb1 ({In the event of} 28.
Qd2 g6 29. Bh3 Bd6 30. Qxa5 Re7 $17 {the extra pawn wouldn't have much value -
White's position looks bad.}) 28... g6 29. Qd2 c5 $2 {The first step in the
wrong direction - this inaccurate move is inviting White to build up a strong
pawns centre.} ({GM Oparin shouldn't be worried about losing a pawn after} 
29... f5 $1 30. Qxa5 (30. e4 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Bg7 $17) 30... Bd6 31. Rce1 Re7 $17
{- White would be doomed to a passive defence in a difficult position.}) 30. e4
Ne7 {Now the play is very double-edged.} 31. Qf4 ({The greedy} 31. Qxa5 {
can be well met by} b6 $1 32. Qxb6 Rc6 33. Qa5 cxd4 34. Bd3 Bh6 $44) 31... Rc6
{This move isn't so bad, but provoking the advance of the d-pawn makes Black's
play tougher.} ({Oparin's setup would be harmonious, had he played} 31... Rcc8
$1 32. Qxf6+ (32. Nh5 Ng8 33. Nxf6 Nxf6 34. Qxf6+ Bg7 35. Qh4 cxd4 36. Bd3 Bg8
$132) (32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. dxc5 Bg7 $44) 32... Bg7 33. Qh4 cxd4 34. Ng5 Bg8 35.
Bd3 h6 $132) 32. d5 Rb6 {This is an awkward place for the rook, but it still
has some prospects!} ({Hardly better was} 32... g5 33. Qd2 $1 ({In the event of
} 33. Qe3 Nxd5 $1 34. exd5 Bxd5 35. Be4 Re6 36. Rce1 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Bg7 $132 {
The pin on the Ne4 wouldn't allow White to keep the extra piece for any length
of time.}) 33... b5 34. Qxa5 $1 (34. Rge1 a4 35. Qc3 b4 36. Qe3 Rcc8 $132)
34... Nxd5 35. exd5 Bxd5 36. Be4 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Ra8 $1 38. Qe1 Re6 39. Qc3 b4
40. axb4 cxb4 41. Qd4 Rxe4 42. Qxf6+ Bg7 43. Qxg5 $14) 33. Rxc5 Nxd5 $2 {
Only this move is the real cause of GM Oparin's defeate.} ({Had he played} 
33... Rxb2 $1 34. Nh5 (34. Qxf6+ Bg7 35. Qg5 Rxf2 $132) 34... Ng8 35. Nxf6 Nxf6
36. Qxf6+ Bg7 37. Qh4 Qf8 38. Rc7 Bg8 39. Kg2 Rb3 40. Ng5 Qd6 $132 {the result
of the game would be unpredictable.}) 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Rxd5 36. Ba2 $1 {
White just has more pieces, and they are all ready to join the attack!} Rd8 37.
Re1 Qc6 ({The most stubborn was} 37... Qd7 38. Re2 Qd6 39. Qh4 Qc6 40. Kg2 {
, but eventually White would avoid the pin on the Nf3 and develop a crushing
attack anyway.}) 38. Re6 {Now Black cannot avoid a major loss of material.}
Qxe6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Qc7 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tiberias"]
[Date "2016.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.12.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Evgeny is consistent in his opening repertoire, so
predicting the Catalan wasn't a tough task.} Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3
c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 {This is what my opponent played in
his latest games.} (10. Bf4 {is somewhat more popular.}) 10... a5 {A waiting
move. Black is assuming, that White is going to play Nb1-c3, so it would be
easier to attack the Pc4.} (10... Ba6 11. a4 {leads to a well-known
theoretical position, which I used to play with the white pieces.}) 11. Bc3 {
The d2-spot is vacant for the knight now, so the Pc4 is well-protected.} (11.
Bf4 {was earlier tried by GM Postny without success:} Ba6 12. Nc3 (12. Ne5 Rc8
13. e4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 f6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 c5 19.
d5 Bd6 $132 {Dominguez Perez,L (2746)-Yu Yangyi (2715) Havana CUB 2015}) 12...
Rc8 13. e4 dxc4 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Rac1 Ba3 16. Rb1 Bb4 17. Rbc1 b5 18. bxc4 bxc4
$15 {Postny,E (2651)-Eljanov,P (2717) Germany 2009}) 11... Bb7 (11... Ba6 $5 {
also leads to a complex struggle:} 12. Nbd2 b5 13. e4 bxc4 14. bxc4 dxc4 (14...
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Qxe4 Rac8 19. h4 {Beliavsky,A
(2690)-Jussupow,A (2630) Frankfurt 1998}) 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bf1 Qc7
$132 {Bottema,T (2219)-Sethuraman,S (2543) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 12. Nbd2 Qc7 {
Obviously, the e2-e4 advance is coming, so it makes sense to remove the queen
from d8 and protect the Bb7 in advance.} 13. e4 {The most ambitious.} ({
The quiet} 13. Rac1 c5 14. cxd5 (14. dxc5 bxc5 15. cxd5 {(Bluebaum,M (2600)
-Babula,V (2552) Zillertal AUT 2015)} {can be met by} Nxd5 $5 16. Bb2 a4 {
, and Black should be able to equalise.}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bb2 a4 16. Qb1 axb3
17. axb3 Nb4 $11 {Sasikiran,K (2639)-Kuzubov,Y (2635) Benasque ESP 2016, was
fine for Black.}) 13... dxe4 {My preparation was based on this natural
continuation.} ({A few months before, Evgeny didn't manage to pose Black any
problems after} 13... c5 $5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Re1
dxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd5 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Nh4 Bf8 $11 {Postny,E (2619)-Meier,G (2654)
Baku AZE 2016.}) 14. Nxe4 c5 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 $6 {is a worse way of
releasing the tension:} 16. d5 Nf6 17. Qe5 $1 Bd6 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qe3 {with a
powerful initiative.}) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {This move is inviting major
simplifications, but it looks like Black is allowing the thematic d4-d5
advance...} (15... Nxf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20.
Qxe4 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rd3 a4 23. Rad1 axb3 24. axb3 Rad8 $11 {1/2 (41)
Bruzon Batista,L (2669)-Ni Hua (2703) Danzhou CHN 2015}) 16. d5 $6 $146 {
Evgeny employed this novelty without hesistation, but...} ({The previously
played} 16. Rd2 a4 17. Rad1 axb3 18. axb3 Rfd8 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11
{Bai,J (2519)-Barbot,P (2455) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015, was comfortable for
Black.}) 16... exd5 17. cxd5 Rad8 $1 {It turns out, that White's pieces cannot
support the central passer, so it can easily fall.} 18. Nh4 {Accepting the
damage to the k-side pawn structure is the lesser evil.} ({The following
alternative are not too attractive either:} 18. d6 Qb8 19. Nh4 Bxh4 20. gxh4
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rfe8 $17) (18. Ne1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nf6 20. Qc4 Qe5 21. Nd3 Qf5 22.
Nf4 Rd6 $15) 18... Bxh4 19. gxh4 Qf4 $1 {Luckily, this was still a part of my
home preparation, so I made this move quickly.} (19... Qd6 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Qf5
{would offer White enough play for his weaknesses.}) 20. Rd3 $6 {An
over-optimistic move, that forces White to exchange his powerful dark-squared
bishop.} ({The modest} 20. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rfe8 22. Bg2 {would lead to a
slightly worse, but defendable endgame.}) 20... Ne5 21. Bxe5 ({Both} 21. Re3
Ng4 22. Rg3 Bxd5 23. Qe2 Nf6 $17) ({and} 21. Rg3 Bxd5 22. Re1 f6 $17 {would
lead to the loss of a pawn.}) 21... Qxe5 22. Rad1 {Now White's position is
rather unpleasant - there are several weaknesses in his camp.} Qd6 (22... Rd6
$1 {was stronger:} 23. Qc4 (23. Re3 Qh5 $1 {Somehow, I didn't even consider
this retreat} 24. Qe2 Qxh4 $17) 23... Qe2 24. R3d2 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Ba6 26. Bf1
Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Rg4 $17) 23. Re3 $6 {Another inaccuracy - Swapping the rooks
favours Black.} ({A better try was} 23. Qc3 $1 Rfe8 24. Rg3 g6 (24... Qe5 {
is less precise:} 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Re3 $1 Rxe3 27. fxe3 f6 28. e4 Kf7 29. Kf2
Bc8 30. Bf3 $11) 25. h5 Qe5 $15) 23... Rfe8 24. Qe2 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 h6 {There is
no reason for hurrrying - White can only sit and wait.} 26. Qg3 {This is the
only constructive idea - since the Qg3 is very annoying, Black would be forced
to exchange the queens in a unfovaurable situation, improving White's pawn
chain.} Bc8 27. Re1 Qxg3 $1 {A correct decision - repairing the structure
wouldn't solve all White's problems.} (27... Kf8 28. Qd3 Qg6 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30.
Be4 Kf7 31. f4 $15) 28. hxg3 (28. fxg3 {was hardly any better:} Kf8 29. Kf2 Re8
{, and now} 30. d6 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Bd7 32. Bd5 g6 $1 33. Kd2 f5 34. Kd3 Kg7 $19 {
also would drop the Pd6.}) 28... Kf8 29. f4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ $2 {The resulting
bishop endgame is lost, so this is a decisive mistake.} ({Making a move like} 
30. Rd1 $1 {is a difficult task, but it would offer White definite drawing
chances:} Bg4 (30... Re2 31. Bf1 Rxa2 32. Bb5 Bg4 33. Re1 g6 34. Re8+ Kg7 35.
Rb8 $15) 31. Rd2 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rc1 33. d6 Ke8 34. Bd5 $15) 30... Kxe8 31. d6 (
31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd6 $19 {, and the Pd5 is gone.}) 31... Bf5 {This move
doesn't spoil the win,} ({but there was the much simpler} 31... Kd7 $1 32. Bh3+
Kd8 33. Bf1 Bf5 34. Bb5 Bb1 35. a3 Bf5 36. Kf2 Bd7 37. Bc4 Be6 $19) 32. Bc6+
Kd8 33. Kf2 Bd7 $1 ({Correctly rejecting} 33... Bb1 $6 34. a3 Bf5 35. Ke3 Be6
36. b4 cxb4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Kd4 {, and White holds on.}) 34. Be4 Bb5 35. Bd5
(35. Bf5 c4 36. bxc4 Bxc4 37. a3 Be6 $19) 35... Be8 $1 {The only, but
sufficient manoeuvre.} 36. Bc4 b5 $1 37. Bf1 ({The most stubborn was} 37. d7 {
, but even then after} Bxd7 38. Bxf7 Ke7 39. Bg6 b4 40. Ke3 a4 41. Be4 (41.
bxa4 Bxa4 42. Kd3 Bb5+ 43. Kc2 Be2 44. Kb3 Ke6 45. Be4 Bd1+ 46. Kc4 Kd6 47. Bd3
Bg4 $19) 41... a3 $1 42. Kd3 Be6 43. Kc2 Kd6 $19 {Black would be able to
convert a big positional advantage into the full point.}) 37... Bc6 38. Bh3 Be4
39. Ke3 Bb1 40. a3 b4 ({Another possibility was} 40... Ba2 41. b4 cxb4 42. axb4
axb4 43. Kd4 Be6 44. Bf1 b3 $19) 41. axb4 axb4 42. Bf1 ({Or} 42. Kd2 Be4 43.
Bg4 Bd5 44. Kc2 Be6 $19) 42... Kd7 {Finally the Pd6 is gone.} 43. Bc4 f6 44.
Kd2 Kxd6 45. Kc1 Bf5 46. Kb2 {The position is winning, but I still had to find
a way of activating my king.} Be4 47. Ka2 g5 $1 {Making the g7-spot vacant for
the king.} 48. Kb2 gxh4 49. gxh4 Bf5 50. Ka2 Ke7 51. Kb2 Kf8 52. Be2 Kf7 {
The remaining few moves were just an agony.} 53. h5 Be6 54. Kc2 Ke7 55. Kb2 Kd6
56. Ka2 Bf5 57. Bc4 Bg4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
({The main line here is} 8. b4 a5 9. b5 c5) 8... c5 9. h4 $5 {This move should
gain some popularity soon. White creates the obvious threat of 10.Bxh7+ and
forces some weakening moves.} g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. hxg6 $146 ({Black was doing
quite well in the following recent game:} 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. b4 d3 14.
Bxd3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. hxg6 fxg6 $132 {1/2 Ding Liren (2654)
-So,W (2658)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2011 (40)}) 11... fxg6 12. Qc2 Qe8 {This
position looks very promising for White, but actually White can hardly develop
a serious attack and should take care of his own monarch.} 13. O-O Nc5 $6 {
After a long meditation, I decided to give up my extra pawn immediately, but
now White gets very easy play for free.} (13... Nc6 14. Re1 a5 (14... Nc5 15.
b4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 dxc4 (16... Qd7 17. b5 Na5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Re4 $36) 17. Nxc4
b5 18. Nd6 Qd7 19. Qxb5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxd6 21. Qxd4 Rxf3 22. Bb2 Rf5 23. Qh8+
Kf7 24. Rad1 $40) 15. cxd5 ({After} 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bb2 Qf7 {Black is just fine,
but for some reason I rejected 14...a5 in view of this line!}) 15... exd5 16.
Bb5 d3 (16... Nc5 17. Nb3 Rxf3 $1 18. Nxc5 (18. gxf3 $6 {leaves White with an
exposed king:} Ne6 19. Bd2 Qf7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qxc6 Rb8 $36) 18... Rf5 19.
Bd2 $44 (19. e6 Bd6)) 17. Qxd3 Nc5) 14. Nxd4 Nxd3 {I can hardly explain this
decision, but that was played rapidly. In fact, the pawn structure makes
Black's position critical now.} ({A natural developing move was called for:} 
14... Nc6 15. N2f3 ({Less clear is} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be2 a5 17. Nf3 a4 18. Be3
Nb3 19. Rad1 Ba6 {and although Black's king is quite weak, his queenside
counterplay makes some sense.}) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 dxc4 18. Qxc4
Bd7 $14) 15. Qxd3 Nc6 (15... Qd7 {makes no sense:} 16. N2f3 b6 17. Bh6 $16) 16.
cxd5 $1 {I simply understimated this capture. For some reason I was counting
only on 16.N2f3.} exd5 $6 {Now White gets easy play.} ({Ok, after} 16... Nxe5
17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. d6 Bd7 $14 {White is better due to his strong Pd6,
but at least Black has some active pieces.}) 17. N2f3 Bg4 $2 {The bishop is
doing nothing there. More than that, White gets an important tempo for
developing his initiative.} ({It was necessary to simplify the position:} 17...
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Re1 Be6 20. Bg5 Rc8 21. Bf6 Rf7 $14) 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. e6
$1 Rf6 20. Rae1 $16 {Now Black's position lacks any active ideas. It is always
difficult to play without counterplay.} Bxf3 (20... Rd8 21. Ng5 $18) 21. Nxf3
Rd8 $6 ({It's hard to believe that Black may survive with such a weak king
after} 21... g5 22. Bxg5 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxg5 24. Qxd5 Qe7 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Qc4
$16 {but it was my last practical chance.}) 22. Nd4 a6 {What else?} 23. Re2 Rd6
24. Rfe1 $18 {Black's position is completely hopeless, since most of his
pieces are paralysed.} Qd8 25. b4 Nxd4 (25... Qe8 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Qxa6 $18)
26. Qxd4 Rc6 27. Re5 Rd6 (27... Rc4 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc2 30. f3 $18) 28.
R1e3 $6 {This unexpectedly gives me some hopes.} (28. g4 $1 {could end the
game on the spot.}) 28... Qc7 $1 {Objectively this shouldn't save the game,
but I could force him to play very accurately.} 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 Qc1+ 31.
Kh2 Rxf2 $2 (31... Qc7+ 32. Kh3 Qc1 $1 33. Kg3 $1 (33. Qe5 Qh1+ 34. Qh2 Qxh2+
35. Kxh2 Rf5 36. Kg3 Rh5 37. Bf4 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. g4 Rd5 $16) (33. Bg5 Rxf2)
33... Qh1 34. Bg5 Rf5 35. Re5 Bxg5 36. e7+ Kg7 37. e8=N+ (37. Rxf5 Qh4+ 38. Kf3
gxf5 39. Qe5+ Kh6 40. Qe6+ Kg7 $11) 37... Kf8 38. Rxf5+ gxf5 39. Qxf5+ Kxe8 40.
Qxg5 $18 {This ending is lost for Black, but at least I could exploit some
practical chances.}) 32. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
$5 {As he shared in the interviews, his team prepared this line for the
Candidates.} b6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8a6,Ra6c4,Gb2b3,Gb3c4] This move makes
perfect sense as it plans to exploit White's inability to hold the c-pawn with
the move b2-b3.} ({For} 8... Nbd7 {see Caruana's game against So in round 1 of
this event.}) 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 {All the moves played have
been standard procedure so far.} ({The typical way to get rid of the strong
knight on e5 doesn't work yet due to tactics:} 11... Nfd7 $2 12. Nxd5 $1 exd5
13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxd5 $16) 12. Rfc1 $1 ({The other rook move has also been
tried before:} 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. Nb5 (13. Nxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qc4 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 (44) Romero,P (2133)-Rallabandi,P (2186) ICCF email
2017. Black has no problems here and even won in one correspondence game.})
13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qe3 Bc5 (15... Nc5 $5 16. b4 Qd7 17. Nd6 Ne4 $1 $11
) 16. Nd4 a5 17. f4 Ba6 {White has a slightly more pleasant position to play
but Black has good counter-chances to keep the balance.}) 12... Nc6 ({It's
possible now to kick back the knight with the typical} 12... Nfd7 {but after}
13. Nd3 $1 Nc6 14. e3 (14. Qa4 Nf6 15. e3 a6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qd1 Nc4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (40) Szczepanski,Z (2523)-Godat,T (2317) LSS email 2009}) 14... Rc8 15.
a4 $5 {White still has some initiative on the queenside.} Na5 16. Qd1 Nc4 17.
Be1 a6 18. b3 $14 {1-0 (72) Huang Qian (2440)-Guo Qi (2381) Xinghua CHN 2018})
13. Nxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qc4 Bxg2 16. Qxd4 {The point. White has this
option without a rook on f1.} Rfd8 17. Qf4 ({Caruana also considered the better
} 17. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 18. Bxb4 Bb7 19. Rc7 Ba6 20. Rac1 Nd5 {but unfortunately
couldn't make it work until Ding pointed out} 21. Rxf7 $1 Bxe2 (21... Nxb4 $4
22. Rcc7 $18) 22. Ba3 $14 {and White is a tempo up in the game continuation.})
17... Bb7 $6 {Now Caruana plays energetically to obtain a pleasant edge in the
ending.} (17... Bd5 {doesn't help much in defending against White's growing
initiative.} 18. Bb4 Qe8 19. Rc7 Nd7 20. Nc4 (20. Ng4 e5 21. Qg5 Kh8 $11) 20...
Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rdc8 (21... Ne5 22. Qe4 $1 Qb5 23. Rac1 $14) 22. Rc1 $14) 18. Bb4
Qe8 19. Rc7 Nd5 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Rxf7 Ba6 22. Ba3 Bxe2 23. Rc1 Bh5 24. Rb7
Be8 {Caruana thinks here that though it's pleasant for him "it's not as much
as he had hoped for."} 25. Kg2 a5 26. h4 $1 Rdb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. g4 b5 29. b3
b4 30. Bb2 a4 $2 {Ding doesn't sense the danger.} ({It was best to first
prevent h4-h5:} 30... h5 $1 31. g5 Ne7 $1 $132 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge7f5]}) 31. h5
Ra8 32. Kg3 {Both players agreed here that Black is in the very unpleasant
situation of having no counterplay.} Kf8 33. Nf3 Bd7 34. Rc4 Kg8 35. Ne5 Bb5
36. Rc5 Be8 37. Nc4 Bd7 38. Ne5 Be8 39. Bd4 Kf8 40. f3 Ke7 41. Kh4 $5 Kf8 42.
Kg5 {Caruana's main idea is to provoke h6, but then quipped that he wasn't
really sure why he wanted it!} h6+ 43. Kh4 Kg8 44. Kg3 Kh7 45. Nd3 Kg8 46. Rc1
axb3 47. axb3 Kh7 48. Nc5 $1 {I just like the way Caruana shuffles his pieces
around and pokes at Black's weaknesses in different ways; this allowed him to
slowly, slowly increase his advantage.} Bf7 49. Re1 Ne7 50. Bb2 $1 {Avoiding
Black's equalising resource.} (50. Nxe6 Nc6 51. Bc5 Re8 52. Nf8+ Kg8 $11) 50...
Nc6 51. f4 Ra2 52. Nd3 e5 53. fxe5 Bxb3 $6 {Allowing White to give Black
problems with the passed pawn.} (53... Nd8 $5 54. Re4 Bxb3 55. Rxb4 Bf7 {
seems drawish but Black might still have to be a little careful.} 56. Nf2 Ne6
57. Ne4 Ra7 58. Nd6 Bg8 $1 {and looks like Black has a fortress.}) (53... Be6
$5 54. Re4 Bxb3 55. e6 Ra7 {is similar to the game.} 56. Nc5 Bd5 57. Re2 (57.
Rf4 Re7) 57... Kg8 $11) 54. e6 Ra7 (54... Bc4 55. e7 Nxe7 56. Rxe7 Bxd3 57.
Rxg7+ Kh8 58. Bd4 {Caruana wasn't sure if this was winning at all and he could
be right in questioning it. Nevertheless, the pressure will be on Black!} b3
59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. Rxb3 Be2 $1 61. Rb8+ Kf7 62. Rb7+ Ke8 $1 (62... Kg8 $6 63.
Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rg6 Ra6 65. Bb6 Ra3+ 66. Kh4 Ra4 67. Be3 Ra6 $1 68. Rxa6 Bxa6 69.
Bxh6+ Kg8 $11) 63. Rb6 Ra4 $11) 55. Nc5 Bc4 56. Nd7 Bb5 57. Nf8+ Kg8 58. Ng6
Ne7 $2 ({A better defence was} 58... Ra8 $1 59. Rc1 (59. e7 Re8 60. Re4 (60.
Re3 Bc4 {[%csl Re7,Rg6][%cal Gc4f7]}) 60... Bd3 61. Re6 Bb5 (61... Bxg6 $2 62.
Rxg6 Nxe7 63. Rxg7+ Kf8 64. Rh7 $18)) 59... Re8 60. Rc5 Ba4 61. Nf4 Rd8 $11)
59. Ra1 $1 {This small tactic is what Ding missed.} Nc6 {Luckily there is
still a move that keeps him alive!} (59... Rxa1 60. Nxe7+ Kf8 61. Ng6+ Kg8 62.
Bxa1 $18) 60. Rd1 Kh7 61. Rd5 Ba4 62. Kf4 Bc2 63. Rc5 Ba4 64. g5 $1 hxg5+ ({
A more stubborn defence is} 64... Ra8 {but it's difficult to play such waiting
moves while the opponent is continuing to make progress.} 65. gxh6 Kxh6 66. Rg5
$36 {[%cal Gg6h4,Gh4f5]} Bc2 67. Nh8 $5 Rxh8 68. Bxg7+ Kh7 69. Bxh8 Kxh8 70.
Rb5 Bb3 71. Rb6 Bxe6 $1 {Now I think Black can get a theoretically drawn
ending (rook pawn on 5th or 6th is a draw, for your information):} (71... Bd5
72. Kf5 Kg7 73. h6+ Kh7 (73... Kxh6 74. e7) 74. Kg5 $18) 72. Rxc6 Bg8 73. Rb6
b3 74. Kg5 Bc4 {quickly going to the right defensive diagonal!} (74... b2 75.
Rxb2 Bh7 {trying to transfer to the right defensive diagonal but White can
prevent it} (75... Bc4 76. Rd2) (75... Bd5 76. Rb4) 76. Kh6 Bg8 77. Rb7 $18)
75. Rb8+ Kg7 76. Rb7+ Kh8 77. h6 Bd3 78. Rxb3 Bc2 $11) 65. Rxg5 Nd8 {Here,
Caruana suddenly felt that there might be some danger in his position and
thought it best not to play risky.} 66. Re5 ({Caruana checked the forcing
lines but unfortunately missed an important detail in his analysis:} 66. Nf8+
Kg8 67. h6 (67. Bxg7 Rxg7 68. e7 Nf7) 67... Kxf8 68. h7 $1 {which is a clearly
winning for White.} (68. hxg7+ Kg8)) 66... Be8 67. e7 {White offered a draw
and it was accepted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After the first leg of the Grand Prix which was held in Baku, the second one
started within ten days in Tashkent. Nakamura had played the first event also
while Jobava was the new entrant. Both of them are complete hackers on the
chess board and hence a game between both of them is a treat for the
spectators.} 1. d4 e6 {With this move order, Jobava signals that he is ready
to play the French Defence also.} 2. c4 (2. e4 d5 {is not a problem for Baadur,
as the French is one of the main openings in his repertoire.}) 2... Bb4+ $5 {
We all know that giving a check with Bb4 after developing the N to f6 is the
start of the Bogo-Indian Defence. But what is the difference when the N is not
developed on f6? According to Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic, who have
written a book on this subject called the Modern Bogo, there is not much
difference. Amost all of the lines transpose to the traditional Bogo or Nimzo
because the best place to develop the N is after all on f6.} 3. Nd2 (3. Bd2 {
is the other option in such positions.}) 3... Nf6 4. a3 Be7 (4... Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2
b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. e3 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1] The double B advantage at least gives
White something to play for.}) 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. e4 {We are now in one of the
most topical lines of the Bogo-Indian Defence. Black has two ways to play here.
One is the extremely theoretical line starting with 6...d5 and the other is
the more sedate one trying to go 6...d6 with the idea of a later e6-e5. The
difference between the two setups is that d5 leads to direct confrontation and
more concrete lines while d6-e5 lead to a quiet and positional game.} d6 (6...
d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. h4 $1 {and already there are sacrifices threatened
on the h7-square.}) 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 {Developing the B on e2 is equally popular.}
Nbd7 8. O-O e5 {has been seen in many top level encounters. Most notable being
Eljanov-Tomashevsky.}) (7. e5 Nfd7 $132 {will see White's center
disintegrating.}) 7... e5 8. O-O (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 {Why not win a pawn?
There seems no obvious way for Black to win it back. This has been tried in
only one game before. The game Steingrimsson-Riff continued in the following
manner.} Re8 $5 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bb1 Be6 {Black has
some compensation but it doesn't seem enough.}) 10. Qe2 (10. Bc2 $6 Bc5 $1 11.
Nef3 Ng4 $1 12. O-O Bxf2+ $1 13. Rxf2 Ne3 $15) 10... Bd6 (10... Bc5 11. Nef3
Nc6 {was the game continuation.}) 11. Nef3 Bg4 12. O-O Nc6 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Ge8,
Gf6,Gg4] Black has excellent compensation for the pawn due to his activity and
he will soon regain it.} 13. Qe3 Bc5 14. Qxc5 Qxd3 $11) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 {
White has more space. However, his N is misplaced on d2. He would have been
happier if his N were on c3 controlling the important d5-square. Black's
strategy is clear. He would like to play on the dark squares. The most natural
squares for his Ns are c5 and e5. Hence Nbd7 looks natural but Jobava goes for
the more direct Nc6.} Nc6 $5 {Jobava plays a move that has been only played
once before by Delchev against Jan Werle in 2014.} (9... Nbd7 {trying to take
advantage of the bishop on d3 by moving to c5 or e5 looks natural but White
can play} 10. b4 Ne5 11. Be2 $14 {and claim a small edge in the position.}) 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb3 $1 {Nakamura plays the strongest move in the position. He
aims to put his N on a5 from where it can pressurise the weakened black
queenside.} (11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 Ng4 $1 {A typical manoeuvre to challenge White
on the dark squares with ideas like Bf6 and Ne5.} 13. h3 (13. Nb3 $1 axb4 14.
axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Ra1 $14 {Of course
White is the only one pressing here.}) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 Bf6 $11) (11. c5 Nd7
$1 12. cxd6 cxd6 {Gives Black more room to breathe.}) 11... Re8 (11... a5 $5 {
Such moves are quite characteristic of Jobava. They are risky because the
a-pawn is weak and will be lost but in return it leads to White's pieces being
misplaced which can give Black a lot interesting options.} 12. Bd2 a4 13. Na5
c5 14. Nc6 $1 (14. Qxa4 $6 Ng4 $5 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Nc6 (16. Nb3 Rb8 $132) 16...
Qe8 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. h3 $1 (19. Nxe5 $2 Qxe5 20. g3 (20. f4 Qd4+
$15) 20... Qh5 $19) 19... Qxc6 20. Be4 Qa4 21. b3 Qa6 22. hxg4 Bxa1 23. Bxa8
Qxa3 24. Bf3 $14) 14... Qe8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qc2 $14) 12. Na5 Bd7 13. Bf4 (
13. b4 {Nakamura might have been afraid of some sacrifice on e4.} Nxe4 (13...
Bf8 14. f3 $14 {is a clear edge for White.}) 14. Bxe4 Bf6 {But after} 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 (15... Qc8 16. Qd3 Bxa1 17. Bg5 $1 $14) 16. Bxc6 Bxa1 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18.
Be3 $14 {White is coming out on top.}) 13... Bf8 14. Re1 $1 {is the best move
in the position.} (14. f3 {weakens the a7-g1 diagonal and can be immediately
met with} d5 $1 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 $6 Nh5 $1 (16... Bc5+ $2 17. Kh1 Nh5 18.
Nb7 $16) 17. Bd2 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Be1 Qg5 20. Qc1 Be3 $36 {With a strong
initiative.}) (14. Qc2 {was a good possibility.}) 14... h6 $6 {Jobava goes for
a plan with Nh7-g5 which at best looks completely artificial.} (14... Ng4 $5
15. Qd2 (15. Nxc6 $6 Qf6 $1 16. Bg3 Nxf2 17. Bxf2 Bxc6 $15) 15... c5 16. b4 $1
$14 Qf6 {There is no doubt that White is better here but at least the black
pieces are active and there are a few traps which White can fall into.}) (14...
g6 {was another idea trying to activate the B from g7.} 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Rad1 c5
(16... Rb8 17. b4) 17. e5 Nh5 18. Bg5 $16 {White's centralised forces give him
a long lasting and a strong advantage.}) 15. h3 {A nice multi-purpose move.
Creating an escape square for the white king, stopping Ng4 and also making a
retreat square for the B on f4 at some point .} Nh7 16. e5 $1 {The thing about
strong players is that they know exactly when to step on the accelerator in a
position. Here Nakamura could have improved his position with Qd2 and there
seems absolutely nothing wrong with that move but he assesses correctly that
the break e4-e5 will cause Black greater difficulties.} Ng5 17. b4 dxe5 (17...
c5 {was a way to create some complications.} 18. exd6 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Bxd6 20.
Bxd6 cxd6 $14 {White's advantage has been reduced to the minimum.}) 18. Bxe5 c5
19. h4 cxb4 $5 {Typical Jobava, who is looking on every move as to how he can
sharpen the play.} (19... Ne6 {Why not just save the piece? The problem is
that White gets a risk free edge after} 20. Be4 Rb8 21. b5 $1 $16) 20. hxg5
Qxg5 {Objectively the position is better for White but look at the mess on the
board. The e5 B is hanging and it cannot move as the a5 N is also loose. All
in all it looks as if White is in trouble. But you can bank on Nakamura to
wade his way through the complications.} 21. Be4 $1 {The best move attacking
not only the a8-R but also the d7-B.} (21. f4 $4 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Qh4 $19) 21...
Bg4 {Once again the position is not the easiest one to assess but Nakamura
sees that it is extremely important to keep his Q in touch with the e1-R.} (
21... Rad8 22. Bxc7 $18) 22. Qb1 $1 (22. Qd3 $2 Rad8 $132) (22. Qc1 Qxc1 23.
Rexc1 Rxe5 24. Bxa8 Rxa5 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Rxa5 Bxa5 $14 {White is better but
it will be almost impossible to win this one.}) (22. f3 $2 Rxe5 23. fxg4 Bc5+
24. Kf1 Rae8 $19) (22. Qb3 Rxe5 23. Bxa8 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxa5 25. axb4 Qxb4 26.
Qxb4 Bxb4 27. Re8+ Kh7 $14) 22... Rxe5 23. Bxa8 bxa3 {Once again Jobava goes
for the most complicated position. Objectively it might be worse but Nakamura
has to continuously keep finding the best moves which is not at all easy.} (
23... Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxa5 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Bxb4 27. Rxa7 $16 {With just
one pawn for the exchange, this should be a lost endgame for Black.}) 24. Rxe5
Qxe5 {Black is an entire rook down! Of course the specifics of the position
need to be taken into account. Black has three extra pawns and the pawn on a3
is quite strong. The N on a5 also has to be brought back to the centre. All in
all, Black has compensation but White only has to make a few accurate moves
now. Not such a difficult task but not such an easy one either.} 25. Nb3 $2 {
Now Black is back into the game.} (25. Bd5 $1 {Solves all the problems.} Bd6 (
25... Bf5 26. Qe1 $18) 26. g3 Qb2 27. Qxb2 axb2 28. Rb1 Be5 29. Nc6 Bf6 (29...
Bf5 30. Ne7+) 30. Be4 $18) 25... Bf5 $1 26. Qc1 Qb2 {The two Bs combined with
the Q and the a-pawn form a deadly team. White has to tread very carefully.}
27. Nd2 Bb4 28. Ne4 Qxc1+ $2 {A big mistake which effectively ends the game.
It was important to keep the Qs on the board. It is unclear what Jobava had in
mind when he exchanged the Qs because there is absolutely nothing that Black
can do now.} (28... Qd4 $1 {Keeping an eye on both the e4N and the a1R.} 29.
Ng3 (29. Qd1 Qe5 {look at how difficult it is to defend both e4 and a1. The
white Q is overloaded.}) 29... Bc5 30. Qe1 Be6 (30... Qb2 31. Rxa3 $1 Qxa3 32.
Nxf5 $18) 31. Bd5 Qb2 $1 $11 {the threat is Bxf2 and it is unclear whether
White is winning at all.}) 29. Rxc1 a5 30. Kf1 {The white king joins the
battle. He has nothing to worry now with the Qs gone.} Bd7 31. Ke2 Ba4 32. Kd3
Bb3 33. Nc3 a2 34. Ra1 {Nakamura's play right from the opening up to the
middlegame was simply flawless. He built up a huge edge. But the position
wasn't all about one sided play. Jobava took his chances by sacrificing
material. First a piece and then an entire rook. Such positions with
imbalanced material are always difficult to play. Nakamura went wrong and
Jobava was back in the game but a sudden error of exchanging the Qs brought
the game to a quick end! A very interesting battle.} 1-0

[Event "Zalakaros op 34th"]
[Site "Zalakaros"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 {Of course this move no longer comes as a surprise. We have many high
quality games in this line starting from 2011. White's caveman approach is not
so easy met. He currently threatens to take on h7 followed by Ng5 and Qh5 and
game over!} g6 (9... h6 10. Bb1 {followed by Qc2 is also not without danger
for Black.}) 10. h5 cxd4 11. Nb3 $5 {The latest tweak in this line introduced
by David Navara in his game against Timman from Wijk Aan Zee 2015. That ended
in a 19-move win for the Czech player. The logic of this move is very simple:
the d3 bishop is the most important piece on the board for White and Black
always wants to get rid of it with Nc5, which will move it off the important
diagonal or allow the blocking move d3. But with this move White stops Nc5 and
intends to follow up with Qc2 and pressure on the g6 point.} Nc6 {A logical
developing move putting pressure on the e5 pawn.} (11... Na6 {I was wondering
whether we could get our knight on c5 in any case. But it turns out to be a
huge mistake due to} 12. cxd5 $1 exd5 13. e6 $1 $18 {and the black position is
ripped to shreds.}) (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 $2 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qd2 $1 $40 {
was Navara-Timman, where the Dutch player was completely crushed.}) 12. Bf4 {
Defending the e5 pawn.} dxc4 13. Bxc4 g5 {Banusz is well prepared in the line
and makes all the computer moves.} 14. Bg3 g4 15. Nfxd4 Ndxe5 {So Black has
gained the important e5 pawn, but his king is weak and he must remain
extremely careful.} 16. O-O $5 Bf6 (16... Bh4 $5 $13 {looks like a possible
improvement.}) (16... Nxc4 17. Qxg4+ Kh8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc4 $16 {is just
better for White.}) 17. Re1 {White already threatens taking on c6 followed by
taking on g4.} Nxc4 (17... Kh8 18. Nxc6 Qxd1 (18... Nxc6 19. Qxg4 $16) 19. Bxe5
$3 $18 {is the neat tactical point.}) 18. Qxg4+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rad1 $1 {
A very strong intermezzo, getting all the pieces into the game.} Qb6 21. Qxc4
$16 {White has a clear advantage.} Qb5 22. Qf4 {Of course keeping the queens
on.} Qg5 23. Qf3 e5 24. Qxf6+ {Transposing into a winning endgame with an
extra pawn.} Qxf6 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Rb8 27. Nc5 Rxb2 28. h6 Be6 29. Rg5
Re2 30. Rd6 Rc8 31. f3 Ba2 32. Rd7 a5 33. Ra7 Rd8 34. Rc7 Bd5 35. Nb7 Rde8 36.
Nd6 Rf8 37. Rg7 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rh1 39. Nxf7+ Bxf7 40. Rgxf7 {Avital's opening
preparation was excellent, his feel for attack and initiative was great and
his endgame technique was nearly flawless. That's why he is a very strong
player.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch 51st"]
[Site "Jalgaon"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Sasikiran,K"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The previous day I had lost to Adhiban missing a powerful tactical motif Nd6.
After the 9th round MR Lalith Babu was a half point ahead of me and was
playing extremely confidently. I knew this was my last chance to snatch the
lead from him and was keen to make the most of the white pieces.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 {A rather fresh line
which became popular in 2013 after the Gelfand-Radjabov game in the London
Candidates event.} Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. b3 $5 {Most of the previous
games in this line went with b4 gaining space on the queenside and preventing .
..Nc5. However after an eventual ...a5 Black managed to exchange rooks and
created counterplay on the queenside and centre. I thought that White having
more space should avoid any exchange of pieces and devised the following plan;
bishop to b2, rooks on the central files and relocation of Be2 to g2, & Nd2 to
c3. In the mean time White has to watch out for threats on e4 and a central
breakthrough by Black with d5.} Bf8 11. Re1 g6 12. Bb2 Bg7 $6 (12... exd4 $142
{is the correct move order.}) 13. Rad1 $2 {Played too fast. I was simply
following my plan. However with the bishop on g7 it no longer controls c5
which gave White the opportunity to gain space.} (13. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 (13... dxe5
14. c5 $16 {followed by b4 and Nc4. The pressure on the e5-pawn will be very
difficult to release and consequently it will be difficult for Black to
develop the queenside.}) 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. c5 $1 $14) 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. Bf1 Bd7 16. g3 h5 $5 (16... a5 {allows} 17. Nb5 $5 {and White is ready for
the central breakthroughs with b4-c5 or e4-e5}) (16... a6 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Nb1
$5 Nfxe4 (18... b5 $6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. e5 $1 $36) 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4
21. Qxe4 c5 22. Nc3 $1 cxd4 (22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Nd5 $18) 23. Nd5 Qg5
24. Bxd4 Re8 25. Qd3 Qh5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Qe5 28. Ne3 {with a small but
stable edge for White.}) 17. Bg2 h4 18. N4f3 ({After} 18. Nb1 Nfxe4 {was
already possible. The following line although not forced gives some typical
ideas possible for both sides.} 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 c5 22. Nc3
cxd4 23. Nd5 Qe8 $1 24. Qf3 Bf5 $1 25. Nc7 Qc8 26. Nxa8 Bg4 27. Qd3 Bxd1 28.
Qxd1 h3 $1 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxa8 31. Qxd6 b6 32. Qd5 Qf8 33. b4 Qe7 34.
Kf1 Qf6 {with counterplay.}) 18... hxg3 (18... h3 $5 19. Bf1 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4
Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxb2 22. Re3 Bxa3 {I calculated until here and thought it would
be an interesting position to play for both sides. Black has two pawns for the
exchange to be followed by ...Bb4 & ...a5 stabilising. White is an exchange
ahead and has a small possibility to attack the black king because the dark
coloured bishop is out on the queenside.} (22... Bg7 23. Nd4 $5 $14) {The
following computer lines are interesting and display the various tactical
motifs available in the position.} 23. Qa2 Bb4 24. Rd4 $1 a5 (24... Ne6 25. Rh4
Qf6 26. Bxh3 Bc5 27. Bxe6 fxe6 (27... Bxe6 28. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 29. Rf4 Qg7 30. b4
$3 e5 31. Rg4 Rf8 32. Qb1 $3 Rxf3 33. Rxg6 Bd4 34. Kg2 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 $16) 28.
Rd3 a5 (28... e5 29. b4 $1 Bxb4 30. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 31. Re3 Qa5 32. Qb1 $5 Bf5 33.
Qb2 Bc3 34. Rxc3 {wins}) 29. Qe2 $1 $16) 25. Bxh3 $1 f5 $1 (25... Bxh3 26. Rh4
Qf6 (26... Be6 27. Qb2 f6 28. Ng5 {wins}) (26... Bd7 27. Qb2 f6 28. Ng5 Bd2 (
28... Qf8 29. Nh7 $18) 29. Rh6 $3 $18) 27. Rxh3 $14) 26. Bg2 Qf6 27. Rd1 Ne6 $1
{with complex play ahead.}) 19. hxg3 Ng4 $5 {This exchange of bishops allows
White to break through in the centre.} ({It was more logical to wait with} 
19... a5 {In the case of an eventual b4 by White, the black rook on a8 will be
activated after the exchange on b4.}) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 Ne6 (21... Ba4 $1 {
I guess both players noticed this shot during the game but discarded it as
Black has to give two pieces for the rook. However, the white minor pieces
lack targets and winning some pawns may open files for the black rooks.} 22.
Qc3+ Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Nxf6 24. bxc5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 dxc5 26. e5 Ng4 27. Ne4 Nxe5 (
27... b6 28. Nc3 Rad8 29. Re1 f6 30. exf6+ Nxf6 31. Ne5 $14) 28. Nxc5 (28. Nxe5
Rxe5 29. f4 Re7 30. Nxc5 Rae8 $1 31. Bxb7 Re2 {with counterplay}) 28... Nxc4
29. Nxb7 Rab8 30. Nd4 Nxa3 31. Ra1 Nc4 $13) 22. c5 $5 {Both pawn breaks (c5 or
e5) looked attractive and it was not easy to decide during the game. With the
black coloured bishops off the board I thought keeping the e-pawn would allow
me to exploit the dark squares near the black king after an eventual e5.} (22.
e5 Nxe5 (22... dxe5 $5 23. Nb3 Qe7 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf6 26. Re3 Nf8 27.
Bxb7 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Re8 29. Qf2 Qc3 30. Nc5 Bg4 31. Rd3 Qc1+ 32. Qf1 Qb2 $132)
23. Ne4 $5 (23. Nxe5 Nd4 24. Qb2 dxe5 25. Nf3 Ba4 26. Rd2 Qf6 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28.
Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 a5 $5 31. b5 c6 $11) 23... Nxf3+ (23... f5 24.
Nxe5 dxe5 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 e4 27. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Re7 29. Qd3 Rf7
30. Rf4 $1 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Qe7 32. Qxd7 Re8 33. Kg2 $5 $14) 24. Bxf3 Bc6 25. Qb2+
f6 26. c5 Rb8 $5 27. cxd6 Bxe4 28. dxc7 Qxc7 29. Bxe4 Ng5 30. Bg2 Rxe1+ 31.
Rxe1 Rd8 {and Black should be able to defend.}) 22... dxc5 23. Bh3 $5 (23. Nb3
cxb4 24. axb4 Qe7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Bh3 Nf6 27. e5 Nh7 {I stopped here and
thought Black must able to repulse the attack and keep an healthy extra pawn.}
{The computer comes up with} 28. Bxe6 $5 {Psychologically it is more difficult
for humans to give away the bishop (especially with so many weak white squares
around the king)} Bxe6 29. Nc5 Rad8 (29... Bg4 30. Rd4 Bxf3 31. Rd7 Qf8 32. e6
$1 $16) (29... Bc8 30. e6 $1 Bxe6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Ne5 {with full
compensation for the two pawn deficit.}) 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nxb7 Rb8 32. Nc5 Bd5
33. Nd4 Ng5 34. f3 {and White has managed to cover the white squares.}) 23...
Ng5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. bxc5 $5 {After a series of
forced moves White invites Black to sacrifice on f2 allowing the white rooks
to mobilise quickly against the black king.} (27. Kg2 $5 Be6 $1 (27... Ne5 28.
Bxd7 Nxd7 29. e5 $1 $36) 28. Rh1 cxb4 29. axb4 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Nxf6 31. e5 Bxh3+
32. Kxh3 Ne4 33. Kg2 Rad8 34. Rc1 Rd7 {and White's piece activity should fetch
him a draw at best.}) 27... Rad8 $6 {A time trouble decision.} (27... Nxf2 $1 {
Both players saw this. Whereas I was optimistic about 28.Kxf2, Lalith Babu
could not find anything concrete for White. The truth is in the middle. After .
..Nxf2 the game would have ended in a draw.} 28. Kxf2 (28. Bxd7 Nxd1 29. Rxd1
Rad8 $1 30. Kg2 (30. Ba4 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Qxe4 32. Kf2 c6 $17) 30... Rxd7 31. Rh1
f6 32. Ng5 Rd2+ 33. Qxd2 fxg5 34. Qd5+ Kg7 $15) 28... Bxh3 29. g4 $1 (29. Rh1
Qxe4 30. Rd2 Qe6 $1 {dispels any illusions. Black wins} ({I was only
calculating} 30... Qf5 31. Rd4 $1 {after which the attack crashes through.}))
29... Bxg4 30. Rh1 f6 31. Rdg1 Qxe4 32. Rxg4 Qxg4 33. Qxf6 Re2+ $1 34. Kxe2
Qg2+ 35. Kd3 Qxh1 36. Qxg6+ $11) 28. Kg2 $1 {Defending the bishop and
preparing Rh1 if need be.} Qf6 $4 $138 (28... Bc8 $1 {was required} 29. Rxd8
Qxd8 30. a4 b6 31. a5 (31. c6 Qd6 $5 $13) 31... Qe7 $5 {Although White has a
small initiative, there is everything to play for.}) (28... Ne5 29. Rxd7 $1
Nxd7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rh1 f6 32. Ng5 Rf8 33. Rh7 Qxh7 34. Qb3+ $1 Rdf7 35.
Nxh7 Kxh7 36. Qxb7 $16) 29. e5 $1 {Now the pin along h3-c8 will cost Black
heavy material losses.} Qf5 (29... Nxe5 30. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 31. Bxd7 Rf5 32. Qe3
Kf8 33. Rd3 $1 $16) 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Qb4 (31. Qb4 a5 32. Qa4 $5 {wins.}) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 $5 ({Üblicher
ist} 6. Qxd2) 6... Bb7 7. Qc2 Nc6 (7... c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. b4 d6 11.
Bb2 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. O-O Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 d5 16. b5 Qe7 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Rac1 Qe6 19. Qc3 Rfe8 20. h3 a6 21. a4 axb5 22. axb5 Qb6 23. Ba3 d4
24. exd4 cxd4 25. Qd3 Nd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nc4 Qxb5 28. Nd6 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Nf4
30. Nxc8 Nxd3 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nf5 Nf4 33. Nxd4 Nxg2 34. Bd6 h5 35. Kf1 Kh7 {
0-1 (35) Holt,C (2555)-Akobian,V (2632) Dallas 2014}) 8. e3 Ne7 9. e4 d6 10. g3
({Oder} 10. Bd3 {, z.B.:} e5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bxg7 Rg8
15. Bc3 Rxg2 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bf5 O-O-O 19. Bxh7 Qc5 20. Bf5 Rxf2
21. Qd3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxh1 23. Nb5 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Qe3+ 25. Bd2 Qf3 26. Rf1 Qxf5
27. Rxf5 Nc5 28. Rxf7 Nb3+ 29. Kc2 Nxd2 30. b3 Be4+ 31. Kb2 Rd3 32. Nc3 Bc6 33.
Kc2 Rd4 34. h4 Nf3 35. h5 Rd2+ 36. Kc1 Rh2 37. Rf6 Nd4 38. h6 Kb7 39. Kd1 e4 {
0-1 (39) Holt,C (2549)-Priyadharshan,K (2457) South Padre Island 2014}) 10...
e5 11. d5 a5 12. Bg2 ({Eine übliche Reaktion auf den Vormarsch den a-Bauern
ist} 12. b3) 12... a4 13. O-O Nd7 14. b4 (14. f4 $5) 14... axb3 15. Nxb3 O-O
16. Bb2 c6 17. f4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Ba6 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Qf2 (20. Qd2 Bc4 21. Qb4
Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nc5 23. Qe3 $11) 20... Bc4 (20... f5 $5) 21. Nd2 b5 22. Nxc4 bxc4
23. Bh3 (23. fxe5 $5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 $14) 23... exf4 24. gxf4 f5 25.
Qd4 Nf6 26. a4 (26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Nxe4 28. Qd4 Rf6 $11) 26... Qe8 27. Ra3
{Eine dynamische Position mit Chancen für beide Seiten.} Rb8 28. Rxc4 (28. a5
Qb5 29. Bc3 fxe4 30. Bd2 Nexd5 31. Qxc4 Kf7 $5 $11 ({Nicht etwa} 31... Kh8 $2
32. Qxb5 Rxb5 33. a6 Rbb8 34. Be6 $18)) 28... fxe4 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. a5 {
Weiß unterschätzt das kommende Gegenspiel, das unter anderem auf der
Schwäche des Punktes f3 beruht.} Ng6 31. Bc1 Nh4 32. Kh1 Nf3 {Plötzlich ist
Weiß in der Defensive und verliert die Kontrolle.} 33. Qf2 (33. Qd1 $5 Qb5 34.
Rc2) 33... Qb5 34. Raa4 $2 {Die beiden Türme auf der 4. Reihe stehen sehr
unglücklich.} ({Besser war} 34. Rc2 Nxd5 (34... Ra8 35. Rb2 Qc4 (35... Qa6 36.
Qe2 $16) 36. Rc2 $11) 35. a6 Nb4 (35... Nxf4 $2 36. Bxf4 Rxf4 37. Rb3 $18) 36.
a7 Nxc2 37. axb8=Q Rxb8 38. Rb3 Nb4 39. Bb2 d5 40. f5 d4 41. Bxd4 Nxd4 42. Qxd4
Qf1+ 43. Qg1 Qf4 44. Qg3 Qf1+ 45. Qg1 $11) 34... Qa6 $2 ({Verpasst} 34... Nxd5
$1 {mit der Drohung Se5} 35. a6 Nb6 36. Rab4 Qa5 37. Rxe4 Ng5 $17) 35. Bb2 {
Nun geht es wieder für Weiß.} Rb3 36. Qc2 $2 (36. Rc1 $11 Qb5 (36... e3 37.
Qxf3 Rxb2 38. Qxe3 Qb5 39. Rac4 Qxa5 $11) 37. Ra2 e3 38. Qxf3 Rxb2 39. Rxb2
Qxb2 40. Qxe3 Qa2 41. Qe1 $14) 36... Qb5 $19 37. Bxf6 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Bb7 7. b4 O-O 8.
Bb2 a5 9. b5 d6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nd4 Ne5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxf5 {At least this guy isn`t afraid.} Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3
Rxf5 19. g4 Nc5 20. Qxf5 Be4 21. Qh5 Bxh1 22. O-O-O Bf3 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 {12. - Nh5!?} 13. Bxe4
Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. b4 h5 16. f3 h4 17. Bf2 f5 18. Re1 h3 19. g3 O-O 20. e4
Qg7 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. g4 Rd5 25. Rxe6 Bf7 26. Rc6
Rxd4 27. Rc1 Rxd2 $1 $19 28. Qxd2 Ne5 29. Qe3 Nxc6 30. Qe4 Qg6 31. Qxg6+ Bxg6
32. Rxc5 Ne7 33. Rxg5 Kf7 34. Rc5 Rd8 35. Bh4 c6 $2 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Rxc6 Rd6
38. Rc7+ Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Kf2 Kc6 41. f4 Kb5 42. Kf3 Ka4 43. f5 Kxa3 $2 {
43. - Be8 =} 44. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
$1 (8. e3 c6 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. c5 e4 14.
Ng5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ngxe4 $10 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Christiansen,L (CBM 27
game 348)}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 (9... c6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bc1 Re8
13. Rb1 e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. e3 Nf8 16. c5 $1 $14 {Vladimirov-Kosten, Palma de
Mallorca, GMA-open 1989.}) 10. e4 c6 $5 {New.} (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. b3
c6 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Nce2 a4 15. Rab1 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 $14 {Polgar,Zsu-Christiansen,
L, Munich 1991.}) 11. Rad1 Nf8 (11... Qe7 12. Rfe1 Nf8 $13) (11... exd4 12.
Nxd4 Ne5 13. b3 $14) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Na4 $1 $14 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5
16. Nb6 Rb8 17. a3 Bd6 18. Qc6 Bc7 (18... Rd8 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21.
Qxa5 Rxb2 22. Bc1 $16) 19. Nxc8 Rexc8 20. Bh3 Ne6 (20... Rd8 21. Bc5 $18) 21.
Rc1 Ne8 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 (23... Nxd8 24. Qd7 $1 Kf8 25. Bc5 Bd6 26.
Qxe7+ $18) 24. Qxb5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bd2 Nd6 (27... Qxe4 28.
Re1 $18) 28. Qc6 Ne8 (28... Nxe4 29. Be6+ $18) 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Bd6 31.
Qd5+ Kf8 32. Qxd4 $18 Bxb4 33. Qxb4 Ra8 34. Qxe7+ Kxe7 35. Rc3 Nd6 36. Bf1 g5
37. f3 h5 38. Kf2 Ra4 39. Bd3 g4 40. f4 h4 (40... Nxe4+ 41. Bxe4 Rxe4 42. Re3
$18) (40... Rxe4 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Bxe4 Kxc7 43. Bg6 $18) 41. Ke3 Ra5 42. Rc7+
Kd8 43. Rc6 Kd7 44. Ra6 Rc5 45. Kd4 hxg3 46. hxg3 Rh5 47. a4 Rh3 48. e5 fxe5+
49. fxe5 Nc8 50. Rg6 Rxg3 51. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-sf Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Ne4 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Be3 Nef6 $5 $14 {Black tries to improve on
Nikolic-Gostisa, but only succeds partly. White still has the bishop-pair in a
position with dynamic possibilities.} (10... f5 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Qc2 d5 $2 14. Bf4 $16 {Predrag Nikolic-Gostisa, Vidmar-mem 1989}) 11. Rc1 e5
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. c5 c6 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. cxd6 Nd5 16. Nd2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rd8 18.
Rfd1 Nf6 19. Nb3 Rb8 20. Na5 Kf8 21. Rc5 Nd7 22. Rc4 Nb6 23. Rb4 Bd7 24. Nb3
Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Be6 27. Rxe5 Bxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxd6 29. Ra5 a6 30. e4
Ke7 31. Kf2 Re6 32. Kf3 Rc6 33. Kf4 Rf6+ 34. Rf5 Rc6 35. Re5+ Kf8 36. Rd5 Ke7
37. h4 b6 38. e3 Rb7 39. Rbd3 Rc2 40. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 $6 {More logical
is 6. - d5 not 'giving up the center'.} 7. Bd3 $14 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. b4 exd4
10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Bb1 c5 12. Ne2 Be6 13. bxc5 Nxc4 14. Nf4 Bg4 15. Qc2 Ne5 16.
h3 Bd7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ng6 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Qb3 Be5 21. Ra2 b6 22. Nf3
Bf6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qc8 26. Qd3 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Bxc3 28. Ng5 h6
29. Ne4 Be5 30. Bc2 Rc8 31. Bb3 Nf4 32. Bd2 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Nd4 34. Ba2 Nb5 35. a4
Nd6 36. Nxd6 Bxd6 37. Bb3 Kf8 38. Kg1 Bf5 39. Rc1 Rxc1+ 40. Bxc1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 {A new move leading to a position in which White has more space.
However the Black position is extremely solid. Interesting here is Dimitrov`s
move 8. - Nbd7 intending Nxe4, Nf6 and b6 followed by Bb7 and c5.} 9. Qxe4 Nc6
10. Bd2 f5 11. Qd3 Bf6 12. Bc3 a6 13. Ne5 $6 $10 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15. Qxd8
Rxd8 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. O-O-O b6 19. Kc2 Bc5 20. Rd2 Ba4+ 21. b3 Be8
22. Re2 g5 23. h3 Bg6 24. b4 f4+ 25. Kb2 Bd4 26. h4 Bxc3+ 27. Kxc3 Rd3+ 28. Kb2
gxh4 29. Rxh4 Rd4 30. g3 Rf8 31. Bg4 Kf7 32. Bh3 Ke7 33. gxf4 Rdxf4 34. Rxf4
Rxf4 35. Kc3 Rf3+ 36. Re3 Rxf2 37. c5 Rc2+ 38. Kd4 b5 39. Bf1 Rf2 40. Be2 Rf4+
41. Kc3 Re4 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Kd4 Bd5 44. Ke3 h6 45. Kf4 Bg2 46. Bh5 Kd7 47.
Ke3 Bh3 48. Kf4 Bf5 49. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. O-O a5 12. e3 a4 13. Ne1 $1 $14 Bd7 14. Nd3 f5
15. Be1 Be8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 c6 19. Nd3 Bg6 20. Ne5 Bh7 21. f4
Nf6 22. Nd3 Nd7 23. Rfe1 Bg6 24. Bf3 Kh8 25. Qe2 Rg8 26. Rc3 Bf7 27. Rec1 g5
28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Ne5 h5 30. fxg5 Rxg5 31. b4 axb3 32. Rxb3 Be8 33. Rcb1 Ra7 34.
Qb2 Rg7 35. c5 Ng4 36. Bxg4 hxg4 37. Kg1 Rh7 38. Ra1 Qc7 39. Rb6 Qd8 40. a4 Qg5
41. Ra3 Kg7 42. a5 Kf8 43. Qf2 Qh5 44. Ra2 Ra8 45. Kf1 Ra7 46. Ke1 Ra8 47. Qf4
$16 Rxa5 $2 $18 48. Rxa5 Qxh2 49. Nxg4 {(2.38/2.36)} 1-0

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 (6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.
Qxd2 $6 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 $2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxc4 11. O-O Qb4 12. Qd3 d5
$17 {Piket,J-Adams,M, Roquebrune 1992 CBM 28 game 739.}) 6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4
8. Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 (9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Ne5 11. Nd4 $13 {Sosonko,G-Benjamin,J,
Cannes 1992 CBM 28 game 403.}) 9... Nxc3 (9... O-O 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nb8 12.
Nd4 {Kouatly,B-Seirawan,Y, Cannes 1992 CBM 28 game 389.}) 10. Rxc3 e5 11. d5
Nb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 a5 14. e4 Na6 15. f4 exf4 $1 {If Black allows f4-f5,
White is slightly better.} 16. gxf4 f5 $10 17. Qc1 $6 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Re3
{19.Ng3!} Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qf6 $15 21. Qb1 g6 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Rh3 Kg7
25. Rg1 {25.f5!?} Nc5 26. Bc2 Rg8 27. b3 Re2 $17 28. a3 Rf2 29. b4 axb4 30.
axb4 Nd7 31. Bf5 Nf8 32. Qe4 Kh8 33. Bc8 Rxf4 34. Qe2 b6 $19 35. Re3 Rf2 36.
Qg4 g5 37. Re8 Ng6 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Be6+ Kg7 40. c5 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 {Better than 4. - c5 - Black should
keep the positin closed, as he is about to give up the pair of bishops.} 5. a3
Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 Be4 12.
Rfd1 Qe7 13. Bc3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Ra8 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Qa2 Qd8 18.
b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 a5 14. c5 Na6 15.
cxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 Qd8 $1 17. a3 b5 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Qb1 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21.
Rcc1 Nc5 22. Ne4 Bf5 $17 23. Rc4 b3 24. Qc1 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 f5 26. Bg2 Qa5 27. h4
Qb5 28. Qc3 Na4 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. Rxb4 Rfb8 31. Rxb8+ Rxb8 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Bh3
g6 34. e4 Rc2 35. Ra1 Nc5 36. exf5 Rxb2 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Be6+ Kf8 39. Ra8+ Ke7
0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Sjoberg, Mats"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Ne4 7. Be3 $5
$14 b5 $2 8. cxb5 $16 Bb7 9. Bd2 c6 10. bxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 Na5 12. b4 Nxd2 13.
Nxd2 Nc6 14. Be2 Qg5 15. Bf3 f5 16. Nb3 d6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. g3 Qe7 19. O-O a6
20. Bg2 g5 21. Qh5 g4 22. h3 gxh3 23. Qxh3 Nd8 24. Na5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxg2 26.
Qxg2 d5 27. Qf3 Nb7 28. Rc6 Nxa5 29. bxa5 Ra8 30. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo m"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 Nd7 $1 14. f5 (14.
Qf3 Ndc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. f5 Bd7 17. Qe3 f6 18. Bf3 g5 19. h4 {Mecking,
H-Seirawan,Y, Sao Paolo m (2) 1992. CBM 30 game 850. Black continued passively
and White got a small edge.}) 14... Ndc5 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 f6
18. b3 b5 $1 {The correct methode.} 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Rfc1 c6 $1 21. dxc6 Qc7
22. Rc3 Qxc6 23. Bf1 Rfb8 24. Bc4+ Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rb5 26. Rac1 Qb7 $10 27. Nb1
Rb4 28. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney Cepacol"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "West, Guy"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
e4 a5 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 {For 11.Qc2, see Gedevanishvili,D-Johansen,
D (CBM 23, game 852). Interesting is also 11.c5!? (intending 11. - dxc5 12.Nc4)
.} h5 12. Nc2 Bg4 $5 (12... h4 13. Ne3 g6 14. b3 Na6 15. a3 Kf8 $10 {
Meduna-Rashkovski, Lvov 1981}) 13. Bf3 Bh3 14. Bg2 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Ne3 Na6
17. b3 h4 18. a3 hxg3 19. hxg3 g6 20. Qc2 Nh5 21. Bg2 Qg5 22. Nf3 Qh6 23. Rfe1
Nf6 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. Nd2 Bh3 26. f3 Nh5 $1 $19 27. Kf2 Nxg3 $1 28. Kxg3 Qh4+ 29.
Kh2 Qf2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ (6... d5 7.
Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 Rd8 10. Rfd1 e5 $2 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13.
cxd5 Qxe2 14. Qxc7 $1 (14. Re1 Bf5 $1 15. Rxe2 Bxc2 16. Rc1 Bd3 $10 {Glimbrant,
T-Barkhagen,J, Sweden 1991.}) 14... Bg4 15. Qxb7 $16 Rab8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Qd4
{17.Nf1 Ne4.} Rxa2 18. Nf1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bf3 20. Ne3 h5 $2 {20. - Bxg2 +/- / +
-} 21. Bf1 {1 - 0, Schüssler,H-Barkhagen, J, Stockholm 1992.}) 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b3 {11.Ne1.} O-O 12. a3 Na6 13. b4 Bd7 14. Qb3
axb4 15. axb4 c5 $1 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rfb1 Nc7 18. Qc3 Rfb8 19. h3 Bc8 20. Rxa8
{20.Bf1!?} Rxa8 21. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3
Bxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Nb5 Nf8 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. Ne1 Bg4 16. Rdc1 Ne6 17. Rc2 Qd7 18. a4 Ng5 19. Nc7 Bf3 20. Nxf3 exf3 21.
Nxe8 {21.Bf1 Nh3+ 22.Kh1 Ne4 followed by Rec8 is also saticfactory for Black.}
Nh3+ $1 22. Kh1 fxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rxe8 24. Qxa5 d5 25. Qb5 Qf5 26. Rac1 h5 27. Qe2
Ng5 28. f3 h4 29. gxh4 Qh3+ 30. Kh1 Nxf3 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rxe3 33. Rc3
Nxh4+ 34. Kf1 Re4 35. Rb3 Rf4+ 36. Kg1 Ne4 37. Rxb7 Rf2 38. Rb3 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
Nf1 $5 {The N will be well placed at e3 - supporting d5, hitting f5 and
preventing Bg4 - but it hinders White from building a center with e2-e4.} e5 9.
Ne3 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. b3 e4 $1 $10 13. Nh4 $6 g6 $1 14. Qd2 Nb8 {
14. - Bd7!?} 15. c5 {15.Rce1 followed by 16.f3 is logical.} d5 16. Rce1 Nc6 $15
17. f3 Qd8 18. Nc2 b6 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. Qg5 $2 Kg7 21. Qd2 Ra7 $1 22. Rc1 Qd6
23. Ne3 Rae7 24. Rc3 Bd7 25. Rfc1 Kh8 26. f4 Na7 27. a4 Nc6 28. Bh3 Nb4 29.
Bxd7 Qxd7 30. f5 Rg8 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Rf1 Rf7 33. Rcc1 Rgf8 34. Rf2 Kg8 35.
Rcf1 Nc6 36. Nhf5 $2 gxf5 37. Nxf5 Ng4 $1 $19 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Rf4 Rg8 40. Qh4
Ne7 41. Nxe7 Rxe7 42. Qh5 Reg7 43. Rf8 Qe6 44. h3 Ne3 45. R1f7 Rxg3+ 46. Kh2
Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rg1+ 48. Kh2 Qd6+ {49.Rf4 Qxf4+ - +} 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 {A direct method, giving
White a central majority.} cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Nf1 a5 {
A bad thing with this move is that the b-P will become weak later on.} 10. Ne3
b6 11. a3 $1 bxa3 12. bxa3 Ba6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qb3 $14 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Qe7 16.
Rc2 Rc7 17. Rac1 Rec8 18. Nd2 g6 19. Qb2 d5 20. cxd5 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22.
Qxc2 Qxa3 {22. - exd5 23.Nb1!?.} 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Qc6 $14 {Pawns in the
center are often more useful than pawns on a flank.} Bxe2 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Bd5
Qe7 27. Qc6 Kg7 28. Ndc4 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qe4 30. Qd6 a4 31. g4 Qb1+ 32. Bf1 Qa2
33. Bd3 Qf7 34. g5 Ne8 35. Qb4 Qb3 36. Qb5 $1 $16 Qe6 37. Qxa4 Nd6 38. Qc6 Qe7
39. Kf1 Qe6 40. Kg1 Qe7 41. Kf1 Nf7 42. Qb7 Nd8 43. Qd5 Qe6 44. Qa8 Nf7 45. Qb7
Nf8 46. Bc4 Qh3+ 47. Ke2 Ne6 48. Bxe6 Qxe6 49. h4 Qd6 50. Qe4 b5 51. d5 h6 52.
Qd4+ Kf8 53. f4 hxg5 54. hxg5 Qd7 55. Kd3 Qd6 56. Nc2 Qa6 57. Kc3 Kg8 58. Qc5
Nd6 59. Qc6 Qa5+ 60. Kd3 Qd8 61. Nd4 Qe7 62. Ne6 Kf7 63. Qa8 Ne8 64. Qa5 Qd7
65. Ke4 Nd6+ 66. Kd3 Ne8 67. Kd4 Nd6 68. Qa8 Qe7 69. Kc3 Nc4 70. Kb3 Qd6 71.
Qa1 $1 Nb2 $1 72. Qa7+ $1 (72. Kxb2 $2 Qxd5 $1 $10 {72. - Qb4+? 73.Kc2.}) 72...
Ke8 73. Qa8+ Kf7 74. Qb7+ Ke8 75. Qxb5+ Kf7 76. Kxb2 Qe7 77. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxd4 $5 (9... h6 10. Be3 $14 Ng4 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. O-O
Bxd4 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Bxd4 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Nxh2 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ $10 {Epishin,
V-Arnason,J, New York Open 1989.}) 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8
13. Be4 {This was considered to be +/= but...} Bd7 $5 14. Rb1 (14. Bxb7 Rab8
15. Bf3 Qe5+ $13) 14... Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {White`s weak b-P almost compensates
for Black`s c-Ps.} 16. Be3 {+/=/=} Qe5 17. O-O Rfb8 18. b4 a5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20.
Qe4 Qxa3 21. Rbd1 Rd8 22. Qxc6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qa4 24. Qf3 c6 25. Qe2 Qa2 26.
Qxa2 Rxa2 27. g3 Ra4 {28.c5 +/=/=. C6 can be attacked.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney Cepacol"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bd7 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rd1 Qg5 14. Nf3
Qe7 15. b4 a6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Nd2 Na7 18. Qc7 Kf8 19. Qc2 Kg8 20. Qc7 Kf8 21.
Qc2 {Not 21.Qxb7 Ba4!} Kg8 22. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 $1 (6. Nc3 d5 7.
e3 Qe7 8. Rc1 Rd8 9. Bd3 $6 (9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O Nc6 {Draw.
Naumkin,I-Kuzmin,G, St.Petersburg 1992. CBM 30 game 895.}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4
c5 $10 {Draw. Moskalenko,V-Kiselev,S, Moscow 1992. CBM 30 game 344.}) 6... d5
7. Bg2 Nbd7 {More flexible than 7. - c6.} (7... c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qe7 10.
Qe3 $1 Re8 11. cxd5 $6 {Giving up any hope of an advantage.} exd5 $10 {Yuferov,
S-Piesina,G, Moscow 1992. CBM 30 game 429.}) 8. Qc2 {8.0-0!?.} b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rad1 c6 {Prevents 15.d5.}
15. e5 {15.b4!?} Rc7 $1 16. Nd2 c5 $10 17. Bxb7 cxd4 $1 18. Qe4 Nc5 19. Qg4
Nxb7 20. Ne4 Kh8 21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd4 Rc5 23. Rxd6 {23.exd6!?.} Qc7 24. Qd4 h6
25. Rd7 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-GP"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Qa4 $5 Bg4 12. Rfc1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14. Rc3
Rfc8 15. Qc2 c6 16. Bg2 Rc7 17. Bh3 Rac8 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Rc1 h5 20. Nf1 g6
21. Ne3 Kg7 22. f3 h4 23. Qd2 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rh8 25. Kg2 a5 26. Rh1 Nc5 27. Rcc1
Ra6 28. Bg4 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Ng8 30. Nd5 Qd8 31. Kg1 Ne6 32. Qh2 Qg5 33. Qh7+ Kf8
34. Bxe6 Qxg3+ 35. Kf1 Qxf3+ 36. Ke1 Qxe4+ 37. Kd2 Qd4+ 38. Ke1 Qe4+ 39. Kf2
Qd4+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hernandez Onna, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. h3 $5 (12. h4 O-O 13. b3 Na6 14. a3
c6 15. Nd3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Nc4 Bb5 $10 {Bönsch-Foisor, DDR-Romania 1983.}
) 12... h4 13. g4 $14 Nbd7 14. Nd3 b6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. f4 Nd7 18.
f5 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Rb8 21. Rf2 a4 22. Bf1 Qd8 23. Qd2 Rb4 24. Bd3 Qb8
25. Ree2 Bc8 26. Qg5 Kf8 27. Rc2 Bd7 28. Kg2 c6 29. Rfe2 Kg8 30. Qc1 Qd8 31.
Rc3 cxd5 32. exd5 Bc8 33. b3 Bb7 34. Qe1 Nh7 35. bxa4 Ng5 36. Nxg5 Qxg5 37. Rb3
Qf4 38. Re4 Qg3+ 39. Qxg3 hxg3 40. Rxb4 cxb4 41. Re2 Kh7 42. Rb2 Rb8 43. Kxg3
Bc8 44. h4 f6 45. g5 fxg5 46. hxg5 Kg8 47. g6 Bd7 48. a5 Kf8 49. Kg4 Ra8 50.
Rxb4 Rxa5 51. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
O-O Rd8 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qe3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Be8 12. Nb3 {Timman himself has
continued with 12. a3, preparing for b2-b4, in two games versus Predrag
Nikolic. With his new move Kasparov wants to put the knight on the good square
a5 putting pressure on b7 and c6.} Nbd7 13. Na5 Rab8 14. Rab1 Rdc8 15. cxd5 $1
Nxd5 {15. - cxd5 could have been answered by 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Nxb7.} 16. Qd2
c5 17. e4 N5b6 18. e5 h6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Nc4 Rd8 (20... cxd4 21. Qxd4 N7b6 22.
Nd6 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Bc6 $10) 21. Qe1 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc5 23. Rd1 $14 Nb6 24. Nd6
Nc8 25. Rbc1 Na4 26. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Nxe6 $1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nab6
30. Rc7 Qe4 31. Qd8 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. f3 Qe2+ 36.
Kh3 Qb5 37. a4 Qxa4 38. Nc5 (38. Nd4 $1 Kh7 39. b3 Bd7+ 40. e6 Qxd4 41. exd7
Nd6 42. Qe7 $18 {(Timman)}) 38... Qb5 39. Nd7 Qf1+ 40. Kg4 Nd6 41. Nf6+ gxf6
42. exd6 h5+ 43. Kh4 Qe2 44. h3 Kg7 45. Re7 Qb5 46. f4 Bd7 47. Re5 Qf1 48. Rg5+
fxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 {King plays in his opponents style!} 12.
h4 O-O 13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Qe2 Na6 15. b3 c6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 (16... cxd5 17. cxd5 b5
18. a4 $5 {Trying to establish a knight on c4.}) 17. a4 b6 $6 18. dxc6 Rxc6 $6
19. Nb1 $14 g6 {19. - Nc5!} 20. Nc3 Qd8 21. Ra2 Bg4 22. Qe3 Qf8 23. Rd2 Rb8 24.
f3 Bc8 25. Rcd1 Ne8 26. Nb5 Kh7 27. f4 $16 Qe7 28. f5 Qf8 29. Rf1 Qh6 30. fxg6+
Qxg6 31. Na7 $1 $18 Rc7 32. Nxc8 Rcxc8 33. Bh3 Kg8 34. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 dxe4 (7...
c5 8. dxc5 a5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 $14 {
Dreev-Oll, Soviet 1989}) (7... b6 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 a5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. e5 $14 {Miralles-Spassky, Cannes 1989}) 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxe4 (9... h6
10. Be3 (10. Qc3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bf6 13. Be3 c5 14. O-O-O $14 {
(Yusupov,A)}) 10... Ng4 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. O-O Bxd4 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15.
Bxd4 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Nxh2 $13 {Epishin-Arnason, New York 1989}) (9... Nxd4 10.
Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 $14) 10. Bxe4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4
12. Be3 {12.Bxh7+!?} Qe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Bc5 15. O-O Bd6 (15... Bxe3 16.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 e5 $16) 16. g3 Qh5 17. c5 {+/- / +/=} Be7 18. Be2 Qf5 19.
Bd3 Qh5 20. c6 Bd6 21. Be4 b6 22. f4 Ba6 23. Rf2 Rae8 24. Rd1 Bc8 25. Qa4 b5
26. Qb3 a6 27. Re1 Kg8 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Qc3 Rfe8 30. b4 Qg4 31. Ba7 f6 32. h3
Qh5 33. Rf3 Be7 34. g4 Qf7 35. Bc2 Rd6 36. Bb3 f5 37. g5 Red8 38. Rfe3 Kh7 39.
R1e2 Bf8 40. Qe1 Rxc6 41. Bxe6 Bxe6 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Rxe6 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
O-O Rd8 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qe3 Bd7 11. Qb3 $5 {Lobron intends to slow down the
development-move 11. - Nbd7 by putting pressure on b7. Usually White reserves
the b3-square for a knight making Nb1-d2-b3-a5(c5) possible.} Be8 12. Nc3 Qc7
13. e3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Nf3 Nf8 16. Qa3 Qc7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. b4 a6 19. Qb3
Ne6 20. a4 Qd6 21. Rd1 Nc7 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nd3 Nb6 24. Nc5 Rab8 25. Bf1 Ne6 26.
a5 Nc8 27. e4 Nc7 28. e5 Qh6 29. Re1 Ne7 30. Rad1 Bd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Na4 Ne6
33. h3 Nc8 34. Nc5 Re7 35. f4 Na7 36. f5 Nxc5 37. bxc5 Nb5 38. Qb2 Rbe8 39. Rd3
f6 40. Rde3 g6 41. Rf3 gxf5 42. Rxf5 Rg7 43. Kh2 Qg6 44. Qf2 Nxd4 45. Rxf6 Qc2
46. Be2 Ne6 47. Rf1 Qxc5 48. Bh5 Qxf2+ 49. R1xf2 Rf8 50. Kg2 Re7 51. Bg4 Rfe8
52. Bh5 Rf8 53. Bg4 Rfe8 54. Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 (6. Bg2 {The old
main-line.} Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6) 6... Bxc3 {The most straightforward way to
counter the 6. c3-line, which became popular a few years ago.} 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 {13. - a5!?.
The f3 has a long way to go to reach the outpost d5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Nc3
{More active than 8.e3 as in Adianto,U-Christiansen,L San Fransisco 1991 
(CBM23, game 722). The whole line gives White an advantage in space - he (or
she) can later play e4 - but it suits Christiansen`s style to counter-attack.}
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. b3 c6 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Nce2 a4 15.
Rab1 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 axb3 17. axb3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. f4 Bc8 20. Nc2 Ned7 21.
b4 Nf8 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. h3 N8d7 24. Qf2 Qb6 25. Rfe1 Qa7 26. Ra1 Qb6 27. Rab1
Qa7 28. Kg1 Nf8 29. Nb3 Qa3 30. Qb6 Be6 31. Bf1 Ra8 32. Qd4 Qxb4 33. Nd2 Qa5
34. Rxb7 Qh5 35. Kh2 Ra3 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. Nxb3 Rb8 38. Rb1 d5 39. cxd5 cxd5 40.
f5 dxe4 41. fxe6 Nxe6 42. Qd1 Qe5 43. Qe1 h5 44. Bg2 e3 45. Nc1 Rxb1 46. Nxb1
h4 47. Ne2 Nh5 48. Nbc3 Nxg3 49. Kg1 Nd4 50. Nxg3 hxg3 51. Ne2 Nf5 52. Qc3 Qxc3
53. Nxc3 Nd4 54. Bf1 f5 55. Ne2 Nxe2+ 56. Bxe2 g5 57. Kg2 f4 58. Bf3 Kg7 59.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. a3 $5 {Although this new move
shouldn`t achieve much - White actually loses a tempo - it`s interesting to
note that it almost transposes to 'the Speelman-line' in the English (1.c4 c5
2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3!?).} Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4
O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. e3 a6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Rfd1 Qe7 15. Nb3 Rfc8 16. Qc5 Be8 17. Rac1 Kf8 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rc3 Qxc5 20.
Nxc5 Ke7 21. Rdc1 Rc7 22. Na4 Rcc8 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. b4 Kf6 25. Be4 Rd2 26. Nc4
Rdd8 27. f4 Na7 28. Ne5 Nb5 29. Rb3 h5 30. Bf3 g6 31. Nd3 b6 32. Ne5 Rbc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 (5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 $5
7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bd7 12. Be2 Nc6 $10 {
Oll-Kengis, Sydney 1991.}) 5... cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Nxa3 (7. Rxa3 O-O 8. e3 d6
9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O b6 {White is minimally better - CBM 24/game 38.}) 7... O-O
8. g3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 d5 12. Rhd1 Rd8 13. Ke1 b6 14. Ne5
Nb4 15. Rdc1 Bb7 16. Nc2 Nxc2+ 17. Rxc2 Ne4 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc6 $14 Bxc6 20.
Rxc6 Rxd4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxa7 Rd8 23. Rxb6 g5 24. f3 Re5 25. Rbb7 Rf5 26. b4
Rd4 27. Ra2 h5 28. Rb2 g4 29. f4 h4 30. e3 Rc4 31. gxh4 Rh5 32. b5 Rxh4 33. b6
g3 34. hxg3 Rh1+ 35. Kd2 Rcc1 36. Kd3 Rhd1+ 37. Ke4 Rb1 38. Rxb1 Rxb1 39. g4
Kg7 40. g5 $18 Rb3 41. Rb8 Kg6 42. b7 Kg7 43. Kd4 Rb1 44. Kc5 Rc1+ 45. Kd6 Rd1+
46. Ke7 Rb1 47. g6 fxg6 48. Kxe6 Rb6+ 49. Kd5 Rb1 50. e4 Rb2 51. e5 Rb1 52. Kd6
{Or 52.e6 followed by e7 + -} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 d5 13. cxd5 (13. Re1 dxc4
14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. Rc3 Qd6 17. Bg3 Qf8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Ng5 b5 $10 {
Karpov - Andersson, SkellefteÅ 1989.}) 13... Bxd5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rac8 16.
Rfe1 Bb7 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Qh5 $14 N7f6 19. Qg5 Ne7 20. f3 Ng6 21. Bf2 Nd5 22.
Qd2 Qe7 23. Bg3 Rfd8 24. Ng4 Rd7 25. h3 Qd8 26. h4 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. h5
Ne7 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 h6 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Be3 Nd5 33. Bd2 Rcd8 34. Bb5 Rc7
35. Rc1 Rdc8 36. Bd3 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Bc6 38. g4 Nf6 39. Ba6 Rd8 40. Be3 Nd5 41.
Rc1 Nxe3 42. Kxe3 Rd6 43. f4 f6 44. Bd3 Ke7 45. b4 Be8 $10 46. Be4 Rd8 47. f5
e5 48. dxe5 fxe5 49. Rc7+ Rd7 50. Rc8 Rd8 51. Rxd8 Kxd8 52. g5 Ke7 53. f6+ gxf6
54. gxh6 Kf8 55. h7 Kg7 56. h6+ Kh8 57. Bf5 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 {The three most common moves now are 4.
- 0-0, 4. - b6 and 4. - d5.} O-O (4... b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bf4 {
This interesting move was played by Khalifmann in CBM 24/game 584. White
doesn`t allow Black to get h6 and g5 in for free as he does with 7.Bg5. Even
if Khalifmann lost the game, he had some small edge after the opening.}) 5. a3
(5. e3 Re8 {Black preserves the B-pair, but gets a slightly cramped position.}
6. Qc2 Nc6 7. a3 Bf8 8. b4 $14 {CBM 24/game 281.}) 5... Bxd2+ (5... Be7 6. e4
d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qe2 h6 {This tricky line was tried in CBM 24/game
468 but unfortunately White went astray with 15.Nf1 and lost quickly.}) 6. Bxd2
d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. e3 e5 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. O-O Nf8 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Nd2 $14 Bd7 16. c5 Bc6 17. b4 a6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Nd5
20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Bxf3 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. gxf3 Qd7
26. Qd3 Qxh3 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qxc7 Nh4 29. Bxh4 Qxh4 30. Bf1 Qg5+ 31. Bg2 h5
32. Qxb7 h4 33. Qc8 $18 e4 34. Qh3 exf3 35. Qxf3 Qe5 36. Qf4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qxa3
38. Qxh4+ Kg8 39. c6 Qc3 40. Qd4 Qc2 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. c7 Ng4+ 43. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karolyi, Tibor Jr"]
[Black "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Qc2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e4 e5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. d5 a5 11. b3 Na6 12. a3 Nh5 13. Rfe1 Nf4 14. Bf1 f5 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 fxe4 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd7 20. Kh2 Rf6 21.
Re3 Raf8 22. Rf3 Qf7 23. Qe3 Qh5 24. Qa7 e4 {Black continues with 25. - Qe5!.}
0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 (4... Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 O-O 7.
Bg2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. O-O b5 $5 {New.} 10. cxd5 {10.Qc3 Qe7 is unclear.} cxd5
11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4 $6 b4 $13 {Kiselev,S-Sifrer,D, Ljubljana Iskra 1992 CBM 31
game 491.}) 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8. O-O Rd8 9. Qc2 (9. Rc1 Nc6 10.
Ne5 Bd7 11. Qf4 Be8 12. Nd2 a5 $14 {Polgar,Zsu-Dzindzichashvili,R, New York,
Reshevsky (2), 1992 CBM 31 game 609.}) 9... Nc6 $5 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Nb4 $1
12. Qb3 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nfxd5 15. a3 Nc6 $10 16. Nc4 Rab8 17. Nxc6
Bxc6 18. Ne3 (18. Ne5 Qf6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Hmadi, Slaheddine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4
8. e3 O-O 9. Qc2 {Usually 9.Rd1 is played, but that move is perhaps not
necessary. Black is not ready to play Pe6-e5 and Nxd2 is answered by Qxd2. The
Queen-move helps White to fight for control of e4 and complete his development
with Bd3 and 0-0.} a5 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Rf6 12. b4 Bd7 13. Rfc1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
Ne7 15. bxa5 c6 16. a6 $1 $16 bxa6 17. Rab1 Ng6 18. g3 Qe7 19. Rb7 Rf7 20. Qa5
h6 21. h4 Qe8 22. h5 $18 Nf8 23. Ne5 Re7 24. Qc5 Rf7 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. Qd6 Qe8
1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 {Logical. White simply ignores Black`s
last move and develops his pieces.} d6 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. g3 Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a4 10. Bg2 Re8 11. Rd1 $1 $14 {Prevents 11. - e5.} d5 12. Ne5 Bd7
13. O-O Na5 14. Bd2 h6 15. Rfe1 Nb3 16. Bb4 b6 17. e4 c6 18. Bd6 Bc8 19. c5 Bb7
20. Qc3 bxc5 21. dxc5 Qa5 22. Qb4 Ra7 23. Re3 Ba8 24. exd5 cxd5 25. c6 Rc8 26.
Rc3 Ne8 27. Qxa5 Rxa5 28. Bb4 Ra6 29. f4 $5 $16 Bxc6 $2 $18 30. Bf1 Rb6 31.
Nxc6 Rbxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Bb5 Rc8 34. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. O-O-O $5 (11. O-O f5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rad1
Nxd4 $5 $13 {Jusupov,A-Spasskij,B, Barcelona (w-cup) 1989.}) 11... f5 12. Nc3
Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 (10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 $10 {Dzandzgava-Gelfand,
Soviet 1988.}) (10. Qb3 Qb6 11. e3 Bd7 12. Rac1 Na5 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. Rfd1 h6
$10 {Karolyi-Gelfand, Amsterdam 1988.}) 10... e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Ng5 Na6 13. a3
h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Bg4 17. c5 dxc5 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. d6 Rb8
20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Rxa7 Bc6 23. Qe3 Qg5 24. Rc3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Bxe4
26. Rxe4 Nc6 27. Ra1 b5 28. Na3 Red8 29. Rd1 Nd4 30. Rxe5 Rxd6 31. Kg2 Rc6 32.
e3 Ne6 33. f4 f6 34. Red5 Rcc8 35. h4 Kh7 36. Kf3 Rc7 37. Rd6 Nf8 38. Rd8 Rxd8
39. Rxd8 b4 40. Nc4 Kg8 41. Ke4 Kf7 42. Kd5 Ke7 43. Rd6 Nd7 44. Re6+ Kd8 45.
Ra6 Ke7 46. e4 h5 47. Ra8 Rb7 48. Kc6 Rb8 49. Ra7 Rc8+ 50. Kd5 Rb8 51. e5 Kd8
52. e6 Nb6+ 53. Nxb6 Rxb6 54. f5 b3 55. Kxc5 Rb8 56. Rxg7 Rc8+ 57. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Bahrain"]
[Site "Bahrain"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BAH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 {Interesting.
Black prepares for e6-e5 and doesn`t worry about White`s c4-c5 as this would
give the push e6-e5 extra punch.} 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Nf6
11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 Bg4 16. Nd4 Be5 17.
h3 Bd7 18. Rd1 c5 19. Ne6 {Forcing a draw.} Bxe6 20. Bxe5 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 Bxb3
22. Bxe7 Bxc2 23. Bxf8 Bxd1 24. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O {After this early castle Black no longer has an option to play h7-h5 
(see West,G-Oll,L Sydney 1991, CBM 23, game 812). On the other hand he doesn`
have to be afraid of c4-c5. Compare 8. - a5 9.e4 e5 10.d5 b8 11.c5!?.} 9. e4 e5
10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Na6 15. Qc3 b6 16. b3 Nc5
17. a3 Nh5 18. Nb2 Qg5 19. b4 Na6 20. Rae1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne4 Qh6 23. Nd3
Nb8 24. c5 axb4 25. axb4 bxc5 26. bxc5 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Ra2 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qb3
Qd2 30. Rf2 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Qa5 32. f4 Nd7 33. fxe5 Rxf2 34. Nxf2 Qa6 35. Nd3 dxe5
36. d6+ Kf8 37. Qc3 Nhf6 38. Rc4 Nd5 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Qb3 Qxc8 41. Qxd5+ Kf6
42. g4 Qa8 43. Qb5 Qa4 44. g5+ Kxg5 45. Qd5 Qd4+ 46. Qxd4 exd4 47. Kf2 Kf6 48.
Bh3 Ra7 49. Kf3 Ne5+ 50. Nxe5 Kxe5 51. d7 Ra8 52. Ke2 Rd8 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Bg4
h5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Seul,G"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Koblenz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5
exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Na4 $5 Ba7 (13... Qe7
$10 {Shirov; /\ 14.Nc5 dc5 15.Nb5 Rd8 16.Qc2 c6}) (13... Nxc4 $2 14. Rc1 (14.
Nxc5 dxc5 15. Nb5 $40) 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 d5 16. e4 $16) 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. c5
Ng6 (15... Qe8 $5) 16. Be3 (16. cxd6 c6 $5 (16... Nxf4 17. dxc7 (17. gxf4 $2 c6
) 17... Bxc7 18. gxf4 (18. Qxd8 $2 Nxe2+ $19) 18... Bxf4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nb6
Rb8 $10) 17. Nc7 Nxf4 18. Nxa8 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 b5 $13 {x Na8}) 16... d5 17. Nbc3
(17. c6 $5 bxc6 18. Nd4 Ne7 19. Rc1 Bd7 $44) 17... c6 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Bd4 (19.
Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Bd4 Be5 $10) 19... Bf5 20. b4 $6 (20. Re1 Re8 $6 (20... Ne4 $10)
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 $16) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Re8
23. Nd1 $6 (23. b5 $142 $15) 23... Bg4 $1 (23... Rxe2 $6 24. Ne3 $40 {x Re2}) (
23... Be5 24. Ne3 $10 {/\ 24...Be4? 25.f3}) 24. f3 (24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. e3 Bc7
26. Na4 (26. Qa7 Be2 27. Re1 Ba6 $17) 26... Ne5 $17) 24... Be6 25. Ne3 $2 (25.
Bxf6 gxf6 $17 {^^, xe3,Nb6}) 25... Nh5 $1 26. f4 (26. Qe1 Qg5 $40) (26. Ng4 Qc7
$40 {/\ f5}) 26... Ngxf4 $1 27. gxf4 Nxf4 28. Qe1 (28. Bxg7 $2 Nxe2+ 29. Kf2 (
29. Kh1 Qc7 $19) 29... d4 $19) (28. Be5 $5 Nxe2+ 29. Kh1 (29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kxe2
Bxe5 $19) 29... Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Bg4 $1 31. Qd6 (31. Qxe8+ Qxe8 32. Nxg4 h5 33.
Nf2 Qe3 $19 {x b4,c5 ; /\ h5-h4, Nf4, h4-h3}) (31. Nxg4 Rxe5 32. Nxe5 Qh4 $19
33. Rb1 Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Qd4#) 31... Qxd6 32. cxd6 Rxe3 33. d7 Bxd7 34. Nxd7 Rb3
35. Re1 g6 $1 (35... Rxb4 $2 36. Rxe2 Rb1+ 37. Bf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2 $10 {/\ Re8,
Nf8}) 36. Bxd5 Re3 $19) 28... Qc7 (28... Qg5 29. Kh1 Nxg2 30. Nxg2 Bh3 31. Qf2
Qh5 32. e3 Re4 $19) 29. Rf2 $8 (29. Qf2 Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Qxh2+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ $19)
29... Nh3+ $2 $138 (29... Bh3 30. Bf3 Re6 $40 {/\ Qe7,Rg6,Qg5/h4}) 30. Bxh3
Bxh3 31. Nf1 $2 $138 (31. Qc3 $1 {/\ N3d5,Qh3} Qe7 $1 (31... Re4 32. Bxg7 Qe7
33. Ng2 $1 $18) (31... Re6 32. Nexd5 Rg6+ 33. Kh1 $18) 32. Ng2 $1 (32. Nexd5 $2
Qh4 {/\ 33...Qg4+,Qe4+,Qb1+} 33. Ne3 Re6 34. Ng2 Rg6 35. Kh1 Qg4 $19) 32... Qe4
33. Qxh3 (33. Bxg7 Qb1+ 34. Rf1 (34. Ne1 Re3 $19) 34... Bxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Qxf1 36.
Kxh3 Rxe2 37. Qg3 Qh1+ 38. Qh2 Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Kxg7 $17) 33... Qxd4 34. Qf5 (34.
Qf3 f6 35. Nd7 Bc7 $13) 34... Rxe2 35. Qxf7+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ $10) 31... Re4 $19
32. e3 (32. Qc3 Rg4+ 33. Ng3 Qe7 $1 (33... h5 $6 34. Qe3 $132) 34. Kh1 Qh4 35.
Be5 (35. Nf5 Qg5) 35... Rxb4 (35... d4 $2 36. Qf3) 36. Bxb8 Rb1+ $19) 32... Qe7
{/\ Rd4; Rg4+, Qe4+} 33. Rf3 (33. Qb1 Rg4+ 34. Kh1 Qg5 $19) 33... Bg4 $2 (33...
Rg4+ 34. Ng3 Rxd4 $19) 34. Qf2 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 Qg5+ $19 36. Kf2 (36. Ng3 Be5 37.
Bxe5 (37. Kf2 Rh4) 37... Rxe3 $19) 36... Be5 37. Bxe5 (37. Ng3 Rh4 $19) 37...
Qxe5 38. Nd7 Qe6 39. Nb6 Rxb4 40. Ng3 Rb2+ (40... Qh3 $1) 41. Ne2 Rc2 42. Qf4
g5 43. Qa4 (43. Qf3 Qe5 44. Kg1 (44. Qg3 Qb2 45. Qf3 f5 $1 $19 {/\ g4}) 44...
d4 $1 $19) 43... Qf5+ 44. Ke1 Qd3 45. Qg4 Qxe3 46. Kf1 d4 47. Nd7 Rxe2 {
/\ 48.Qe2 Qh3+} 48. Nf6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. d5 $5 (11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nd8 $5 (12... Nb8)
13. c5 (13. e4 $5) 13... f5 14. Rac1 Nf7 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Qc7 Qf6 $132) 11...
Nb8 (11... Nd8 $5) 12. dxe6 (12. O-O exd5 $6 (12... e5) 13. cxd5 Qxe2 14. Qxc7
Qxb2 15. Qxd6 $16) 12... fxe6 13. O-O a5 14. Nd4 e5 15. Nb3 $1 (15. Nb5 c6 $1)
(15. Nc2 Nc6 $1) 15... a4 (15... Nc6 16. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 17. Nxa5 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Qf7
19. f3 e4 $1 (19... c5 20. Nb3 e4 21. Nd2 $16) 20. Nxc6 (20. f4 g5 $5 21. e3 c5
$44) 20... exf3 21. exf3 Qxf3 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Nd5 $16) 16. Nd2
Nc6 17. e3 Be6 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 $14 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 $6 (20. Rxa1 Qf7 21. Ne4
$14) 20... Qd7 $1 21. Rc1 Bh3 (21... d5 $6 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Ne4 Qf7 (23... Qf5
24. Nf6+ $16) 24. Qb2 $16 Bxb3 $4 25. Ng5 $18) 22. Bh1 Qf5 23. Ne4 h5 $6 (23...
Bg4 $1 24. f4 $1 Qh5 $132) 24. Qb2 Nd8 25. Qd2 Nf7 26. c5 $16 dxc5 $1 27. Nxc5
Rd8 $1 28. Qe2 Ng5 $5 (28... b6 $5 29. Ne4 c5) 29. f4 $1 (29. Nxb7 $2 Bg4 $1
30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Nxd8 (31. f4 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 exf4 33. gxf4 Rd2 $40) 31... Nh3+
32. Kf1 Qxf2#) 29... exf4 30. exf4 Ne6 $1 (30... b6 $6 31. Nb7) (30... Qf6 31.
fxg5 $2 (31. Qc4+ Nf7 (31... Ne6 32. Bd5) 32. Nxb7 $16) 31... Qd4+ 32. Qf2 Qd1+
33. Qe1 Qd4+ 34. Qf2 Qd1+ $10) 31. Nxe6 $2 (31. Nxb7 $5 Re8 (31... Rb8 32. Be4
$16) (31... Nd4 $2 32. Qc4+) 32. Bc6 Re7 33. Qe4 $16) 31... Qxe6 32. Qxe6+ Bxe6
33. Bxb7 (33. Rxc7 $4 Rd1+ $19) 33... Bxb3 34. Bf3 (34. Rxc7 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+
36. Kh3 Be6+ 37. Kh4 Rxh2+ 38. Kg5 Rh3 $10) 34... h4 35. Rxc7 hxg3 36. hxg3 $14
Bd5 37. Be2 Be6 38. Re7 Bf7 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Ra7 Be6 (40... g5 $5) 41. g4 Rd7
42. Ra6 Ke7 43. f5 $1 Bf7 44. g5 $1 Rd6 (44... Rd5 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Rxf7+ $18)
(44... Rd2 45. Ra7+ $1 Rd7 46. Ra4 $16) 45. Ra7+ Rd7 46. Ra4 Rc7 47. Kg3 Be8
48. Ra6 Bf7 49. Bg4 {/\f6 +-} Bd5 50. Bh5 Rc8 51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Kf4 $16 Bb3 53.
Bg4 (53. Bg6 $5 Kg8 54. f6) 53... Rc4+ 54. Kg3 Ra4 55. Rc7 Bd5 56. Bh5 Rb4 57.
f6 gxf6 58. gxf6 Be6 $2 (58... Rb8 $16) 59. Re7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.26"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 $5 Nbd7 11. e4 h6 (11... dxe4 $5 12. Ne5 $5)
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Rad1 b5 15. f4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Qf2 $44 {
Krasenkov,M-Chernin,A/Moscow/1991/1:0/30/}) 10... Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 (11... c5 $5
12. exd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qf5 dxc4 15. Nxc4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 $10 {Krasenkov,
M-Kharitonov,A/RUS/1992/0.5/16/}) (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 Nd7 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Rfc1 $14 {Adianto,U-Salov,V/Amsterdam/1996/0.5/48/}) 12. Nxe4 c5 13.
Nc3 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ng5 (15. d5 exd5 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. cxd5 g6
18. Rad1 Rfe8 $10 {Nogeiras,J-Tal,M/Montpellier/1985/0.5/25/}) 15... Qxg5 16.
Bxb7 Rad8 17. h4 Qg4 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 $14 {Sorensen,T-Dizdar,G/Reykjavik/
1988/0.5/31/}) 13... Bxf3 $1 14. Bxf3 cxd4 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 16. Bxf6 (16. Ne2
$2 d3 $1 17. Qxd3 Ne5 $19) 16... gxf6 17. Ne4 (17. Ne2 d3 (17... Ne5 $1 $36)
18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qe3 Bc5 20. Qf4 $13) 17... f5 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. f3 (19. f4 $2 d3
$1 20. Qxd3 Bc5+ $17) 19... Bc5 20. Kg2 Ne5 21. Kh3 $2 (21. Nb3 $1 $13) 21...
d3 22. Qc3 Bd4 23. Qa3 Qb7 24. Rae1 a5 $1 $17 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Kg2 a4 27. Qb4
Ng4 28. Kh3 h5 $1 (28... Ne3 $2 29. Qe7 $1 Rd7 30. Qg5+ $18) 29. Qa3 (29. fxg4
$2 hxg4+ 30. Kh4 Kg7 $19) 29... Rd7 30. b4 axb3 (30... Ne3 31. Qxd3 $1 $13) 31.
Qxb3 (31. axb3 Ne3 32. Rh1 Nc2 $17) 31... Bc5 32. Qc3 Ne3 33. Rh1 Nc2 34. Rb1
Be3 35. Rhf1 Bh6 36. a4 Ne3 37. Rf2 Ng4 38. Rff1 Bg7 39. Qb4 Ne3 40. Rf2 $138 (
40. Rf2 Bd4 41. Nb3 Nxc4 $19) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.27"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qd3 (9. d5) (9. Nbd2) (9. a3 $1) 9... e5 10. Nbd2 Bg4 (10... Re8 11.
e4 Bg4 12. h3 (12. Rfe1 Qb6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 exd4 $1 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Nxd4
Nde5 17. Qd2 Nxc4 18. Qe2 Nxd4 (18... N4e5 $2 19. Nf5) 19. Qxc4 Ne6 20. Rd5 $44
{Lukacs,P-Fauland,A/Oberwart/1989/1:0/28/}) 12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qb6 14. Rfd1
Rac8 15. Rac1 Qa6 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. Qd3 Qa5 $10 {Schlosser,P-Fauland,A/Budapest/
1990/0:1/42/}) 11. e4 $6 (11. h3 $5 {/\ /} Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxd4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14.
Bg2 $14) 11... Nd7 $1 $15 {>< c5,d4/} 12. Rfc1 (12. a3 $5) (12. h3 $5 Bxf3 13.
Nxf3 Qb6 14. Rfd1) 12... Qf6 (12... Qb6 13. c5 $1 dxc5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. d5 Nd4
16. Nxd4 exd4 (16... cxd4 $2 17. Ne3) 17. h3 Bh5 18. d6 $44) 13. d5 Ncb8 14. a3
$6 (14. Ne1 $5) 14... Bxf3 $1 (14... Na6 15. Ne1 $1 {/\ Nc2/}) 15. Nxf3 Na6 16.
Qe3 (16. Qd2 Ndc5) 16... Ndc5 17. Ne1 Qd8 18. Nc2 Qb6 19. Rab1 (19. axb4 Nxb4
20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Qa3 a5 $1 $17) 19... f5 $1 $17 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. b3 Raf8 22.
Rf1 R5f6 23. Qd2 $2 (23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Qd2 $17) 23... bxa3 $1 24. b4 (24. Nxa3
Nxb3 25. Qa2 Nac5 $19) 24... a2 $1 25. Rb2 Nd3 $1 26. Qxd3 Rxf2 27. Kh1 (27.
Rxf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 a1=Q+ $19) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Nxb4 $1 29. Rxb4 (29. Qe2
Nxc2) 29... Qxb4 30. Nxb4 a1=Q $19 31. Kg2 Qe1 32. Nc2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Jakarta m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Short,N"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Qc2 c5 $5 7. Bxb4 axb4 {
utut had only considered} (7... cxb4 8. Nbd2 {when Black faces problems.}) 8.
dxc5 Nc6 $6 (8... Qa5 $1 9. Nbd2 {Not} (9. cxd5 $2 b3+ 10. Qd2 Qxa2) 9... Qxc5)
9. Bg2 $6 (9. Nbd2 $142) 9... Ra5 $1 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Rxc5 12. Qd2 O-O $10
13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Nbd2 Rc2 15. Rab1 Bf5 {Black's activity compensates for the
weak pawns.} 16. Rfc1 Ra8 17. Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Rc1 Ba4 19. e3 Bb5 20. Nb3 $2 {
A misguided attempt sacrifice. 20.Ra1 was correct.} Rxa2 21. Nbd4 Ba6 22. Ne5
g6 $2 (22... Rxb2 $2 23. Ndxc6 bxc6 24. Ra1 $1) (22... Kf8 $1 23. Ndxc6 bxc6
24. h3 Bb5 25. b3 Rb2 $17) 23. Nexc6 bxc6 24. h3 Bb7 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Ne4
27. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 (11... Bb7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rac1 c5 14.
Bb2 dxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {0-1 (55) Inarkiev,E
(2727)-Jakovenko,D (2718) Poikovsky 2017}) 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxd5
$146 (14. Bg2 Nf7 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. e3 Qd7 17. a4 Rac8 18. Qb2 {1-0 (90) Mesaros,
F (2373)-Martinovic,S (2550) Germany 2017}) 14... exd5 15. dxe5 f4 $1 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. Bd4 Ba6 $1 18. Qc6 Bxe2 19. Re1 ({The tempting looking} 19. Bxb6 $2 {
would be a serious mistake after} Qc8 $1 20. Qxc8 Rfxc8 {and suddenly the
white rook has nowhere to go. Ex:} 21. Re1 Bb4 22. Rxe2 f3 $1 {and White will
lose material to protect against the back rank mate threats.}) 19... Qc8 20.
Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Nc3 ({Neither} 21. Bxb6 $2 Ra6 $19) ({nor} 21. Rxe2 $2 Qc1+ 22.
Kg2 f3+ 23. Qxf3 Rxf3) 21... Ba6 22. e6 Rd8 $1 23. Qe4 Bb7 $1 {Both players
had calculated the final sequence well before making for a swift, though
spectacular pas-de-deux.} 24. Qxf4 Qc6 25. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Qf7+ $1 Kh8 27.
Ne4 Qe8 28. Ng5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
a5 (8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. b3 Qd7 20. Rac1
Rfd8 21. Rc2 Nde4 22. Be1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Radjabov,T (2710) -Gelfand,B (2724)
Moscow 2017}) 9. Rd1 b5 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 f5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 g5 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Nf3 g4 17. Nd4 Bd7 $146 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 b4 ({
It seems unlikely the players knew it, but they transposed to a game played
three years ago all the way up to move 19.} 19... Kh8 20. f3 Rg8 21. Kh1 Rg6
22. fxg4 Rxg4 23. e3 Rag8 24. Bf3 R4g6 25. a3 Qd8 26. b4 a4 27. Rg1 Rxg1+ {
1/2-1/2 (27) Andersen,M (2476)-Farago,I (2484) Germany 2014}) 20. a4 bxa3 21.
Rxa3 Rfb8 22. h3 Qa7 23. Rc3 gxh3 $1 {[#]} 24. Bxd5 $3 (24. Bxh3 {was
certainly playable, but allows Black to grab the initiative after} Kh8 25. Kh2
Rb4 26. e3 Qb8 27. b3 Qf8) 24... cxd5 (24... exd5 25. e6 Kh8 26. exd7 Qxd7 27.
Rxh3 Bf6 28. e3 Rb4) 25. c6 Kh8 26. cxd7 Rg8+ 27. Kh1 Qxd7 28. Rc7 Qe8 29. Qc3
(29. Nxe6 $5 Qg6 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. Rg1 $14) 29... Rg6 30. Rc1 Bh4 31. Nf3 $1 Bd8
32. Rb7 Qg8 33. Nd4 $2 (33. Nh2 $1) 33... Bh4 $2 ({Stronger was} 33... Rg4 {
with the idea of Qxh3 Rh4} 34. Nxf5 $1 h2 $1 {The threat is Rg1+ Kxh2 Qg2 mate.
} ({The point being that after} 34... exf5 35. e6+ {is game over for Black.})
35. Ng3 Rxf4 $17) 34. Qf3 (34. Nf3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the
balance.} Bd8 35. Ng1) 34... Rc8 35. Rc6 $2 Rg1+ $19 36. Kh2 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rxc6
38. Nxc6 Qg4 39. Nd4 Rxf2 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Nxe6+ Kh6 42. Qxg4 fxg4 43. Rb6 Bg3
0-1

[Event "American Continental 8th"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Toth, Christian Endre"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Slipak,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the fourth round, the Mexican GM Gilberto Hernandez, who has resided in
Argentina for a number of years, showed good form in his win over the
Brazilian IM Christian Toth.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2
Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 {Positionally, the natural way to capture would be
with the queen, to allow the knight to develop to c3, however this would run
into tactical issues.} (7. Qxd2 Ne4 $1 8. Qc2 Qb4+ $1 9. Nc3 (9. Nbd2 {would
be worse.} Nxd2 {and White loses a pawn.} 10. Qxd2 (10. Nxd2 Nxd4) 10... Qxc4)
9... Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 {Black has a comfortable endgame in view of
White's poor pawn structure.}) 7... O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 {
Gilberto plays the classic plan for black in this line: right after exchanging
the dark-squared bishop, he places his pawns on those squares to give his
remaining bishop free rein.} 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Qc2 {White needs to be
careful, since if he is not active enough, he can quickly be inferior as a
result of his "bad" bishop being boxed in by the pawns. As a rule, the best
plan is to take all the space possible, since that is White's main trump.} ({
A typical maneuver is} 13. f4) 13... Bd7 14. b3 c6 $1 {If we agree that
Black's problem is his lack of space then his goal should be to fight to
recover it.} 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Rac1 h6 17. Rfe1 Rfc8 18. Nb1 {Aiming for c3,
from which it can effectively control the b5 and d5 squares.} b5 $1 {Gilberto
continues to grow on the queenside.} 19. Qd2 $6 ({Correct was} 19. cxb5 Bxb5
20. Nc3) 19... b4 $1 {Effectively highlighting the poor placement of the
knight on b1.} 20. a4 $2 {A mistake that loses material.} bxa3 21. Nxa3 {
If we look at the pawns on b3 and e4 we can easily see that both are tactical
weaknesses since both are attacked an equal number of times: e4 is attacked
twice and defended twice, while b3 is waiting to be attacked. If we can create
a further threat to both these points, White may find defending them
overwhelming.} Qb7 $1 {The game is now over.} 22. Rb1 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Ng5 {
Creating a decisive attack on the long diagonal.} 24. h4 Bxg2 25. hxg5 hxg5 26.
Nb5 Rd8 27. Kh2 g4 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 9495"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ $5 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 $5 (6... d5
) 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 e5 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 a6 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1) 11... Rb8 (
11... b6 12. dxe5 $5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 $5 Rxe5 14. f4 Re8 15. e5 Rb8 16. exf6 Qxf6
17. Nd5 {unclear/+/-} Qd6 18. Nb4 $5 (18. b4) (18. Qf2 Nf6) 18... Qc5+ 19. Kh1
Nf6 20. Nc6 $13 Bb7 (20... Bg4 21. b4 (21. Nxb8 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 (22. Nxa6 $5 Qxc4
23. Nxc7 Ne4) 22... Rxb8 23. b4 $14) 21... Qf8 $16 (21... Qh5 22. Re1 $18) (
21... Qxc4 22. Nxb8 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxb8 24. Qd8+)) 21. Nxb8 (21. b4) 21... Ne4
$1 22. Re1 $1 (22. Qd4 $2 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nxd1 24. Qxc5 (24. Rxd1 Re1+ $19) 24...
Re1+ 25. Bf1 bxc5 26. Nd7 Bc8 $19)) 12. b4 b6 {intending 13...ed 14 Qxd4 Bb7} (
12... exd4 13. Qxd4 Ng4 (13... b6 14. e5 $1) 14. Qa7 $5) 13. dxe5 $5 (13. d5)
13... dxe5 14. Bh3 Qe7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Rbxc8 18. Re1 c6 (
18... Qd6) 19. d6 Qe6 20. Ng5 $5 Qg4 (20... Qd7 21. f4) 21. f3 Qh5 22. Kg2 h6
23. Nh3 Red8 24. Rac1 $1 (24. Rad1 c5 $1) 24... Rd7 25. Red1 Ne8 26. Qe3 b5 (
26... Nxd6 27. Qxb6 Nc4) 27. Qb6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 (28. Qxa6 Rcd8 29. Rxd6 Rxd6)
28... Nxd6 29. Qxa6 Rf8 $8 30. Rxc6 (30. Qxc6 Rc8 (30... Nc4 $5)) 30... Nc4 31.
Rc8 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 Nd1+ 33. Kg2 $2 {time trouble} Ne3+ 34. Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Ke2 $2 {
time trouble} (35. Ke1 $1 Qxh3 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qxb5 $1 $16) 35... Nc3+ 36.
Kd2 (36. Rxc3 Qxh3) 36... Nxe4+ (36... Qxf3 $2 37. Rxf8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8
39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxc3 Qg2+ 41. Ke3) 37. fxe4 Qxh3 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qd6+ $2 (
39. Qxb5 $16) 39... Kg8 40. Qxe5 Qxh2+ 41. Kd3 Qf2 $1 $15 42. a3 g6 43. g4 Qf1+
(43... Kh7 $15) 44. Ke3 Qc1+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Ke3 Qb3+ 47. Ke2 Qa2+ 48. Kd1 $1
Qxa3 49. Qxb5 $11 Qf3+ 50. Kd2 (50. Qe2 $4 Qb3+) 50... Qxe4 (50... Qxg4 $2 51.
Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qe5+ Kh7 53. b5) 51. Qb8+ Kg7 52. b5 Qd4+ 53. Kc2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 52]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 ({Approximately equivalent
is} 4. Bd2 {In a Queen's Indian Black places his Bc8 on the long diagonal,
Bogoljubov's can be somewhat different. Here Black sometimes strives for
King's Indian pawn structures without the passive Bg7.} {It can best be seen
in the line} Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O a5 $5 9. e4 e5 10.
d5 Nb8) 4... O-O $5 (4... c5 $6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 $14 {doesn't have a very
good reputation.}) ({Also} 4... d5 5. Qa4+ $5 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 (6... Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2
Ne4 8. Rd1 $14) 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 $14 {according to the current state of theory
doesn't completely solve Black's problems.}) (4... b6 $142 {when White has 2
possible attempts to gain an advantage from the opening:} 5. e3 (5. a3 Bxd2+ 6.
Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 {or}) 5... Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O) 5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxd2+ $6 6.
Bxd2 b6 7. Bg5 $1 {is now dubious, as couterplay connected with h6 and g5
would seriously weaken the >>.}) 6. b4 $5 {A relatively fresh new idea.} (6. e3
{and}) (6. g3 {are too soft.}) ({More ambitious is} 6. e4 d5 7. e5 (7. Qc2 $143
dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 $1 9. Bd3 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qe5 13.
Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 {Bareev,E-Adams,M/Dortmund/1992/} Bd7 $5 $11) 7... Nfd7 (7...
Ne4 $143 $6 8. Qc2 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O $36) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b4
$5 (9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 a5 12. h3 Re8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. b3
f6 $1 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Bb2 Qf7 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Rd1 Ne6 21. Bf5
Rf8 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Nxd4 Bd7 24. Nf3 Bxh3 $1 $11 {Cramling,P-Yusupov,A/Novi
Sad olm/1990/}) 9... a5 10. b5 c5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nb3 a4 13. Nbxd4 Nc5 {
Wahls has already had this position in at least three games and he never had
any problems:} 14. Bc2 $142 $5 $14 (14. O-O Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Nf5 Nc5 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxd5 Nb3 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. Rad1 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd6 h6 23.
Be3 Bc4 24. Re1 Bxb5 25. Rb6 (25. Nh4 $6 Na5 26. Bc5 Nc4 27. Rd5 Rfd8 28. Rxd8+
Rxd8 29. f4 Rd3 30. Rb1 Rb3 31. Rd1 Nxa3 $19 {Mikhalevski,V-Wahls,M/Bad
Endbach/1995/}) 25... Bc6 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rfd8 28. Rb4 Ra5 29. f3 Rad5
30. Bc3 Rd3 31. Rc4 Rd1 {1/2,Roeder,M-Wahls,M/Geneva op/1995/}) (14. h3 Nxd3+
15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Rb1 $2 Bxh3 $1 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qg6
21. Rfc1 Nd3 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Ngf3 Rfe8 24. Ba5 Nc5 25. Bb4 Bf8 26. Rbc1 b6 27.
Rc3 h6 28. Qf4 Qh5 29. Re1 g5 $17 {Huss,A-Wahls,M/SWZ-ch/1994/})) 6... d5 {
A logical reaction. I have been able to find only one another game with 6.b4:}
(6... b6 7. e4 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bd3 ({A transposition to the 6.e4 line
deserves attention strongly:} 9. cxd5 $5 exd5 10. Qb3 Bb7 (10... c6 $5) 11. Bd3
Re8 12. O-O Nf8 13. Re1 c6 14. Nf1 Ne6 15. Ne3 g6 16. Bb2 a6 17. Bf1 Nd7 18. a4
Ndf8 19. Red1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] ()[+],Chuchelov,V-Makarov,M/Novosibirsk/1989/
}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. b5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Rb1 a6 14. bxa6 Nc6 15.
Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 $13 {Krasenkov,M-Aleksandrov,A/PCA act Moscow/1996/}) 7. Qc2
({Interesting was also} 7. c5 $5 {as White doesn't have to fear} Ne4 8. Qc2 f5
$6 9. e3 $14) 7... Nbd7 $6 {Not best. Black can achieve a full << blockade
after e.g.} (7... c6 8. c5 (8. e4 $5 {()}) 8... a5 9. Bb2 b5 {but this is
rather passive.}) (7... b6 8. c5 a5 $6 9. b5 c6 10. a4 {[%cal Yc1a3] /\Ba3
also isn't an ideal solution, Black can't resolve the << tension adequately.})
(7... a5 $142 $5 8. b5 dxc4 (8... c5 $6 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bb2 $16)
(8... c6 9. bxc6 Nxc6 10. e3 $14 {/\} dxc4 11. Bxc4) 9. Nxc4 c6 $132 {@}) 8. c5
$1 {() Now White has a permanent space advantage, the freeing break e6-e5 is
practically out of question. To a certain point White demonstrates model
strategical handling of the position.} c6 9. e3 Qc7 (9... b5 $2 10. a4 $16) 10.
Bb2 b6 11. Bd3 bxc5 $6 ({More flexible was} 11... a5 $142 12. O-O Ba6 $14 {
and Black can choose a suitable moment for exchanges on the << later.}) 12.
bxc5 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. a4 $1 Rb8 (15... e5 $5 {works tactically,
but after} 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 $6 Ng4 17. Qf5 Nh6 $15) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7
18. Bd4 Nxe5 19. Qc3 Bf6 20. Rab1 $14 (20. e4 $5 $36 {White is still better.}))
16. Rfb1 $36 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb1b8,Yb2c3,Yd2b3,Yc2d2] <->b,><a5 (/\Nb3,Bc3,
Qd2) Black can't exchange all the R, as it would cost him the a-pawn.} Qc8 17.
Bc3 Rxb1+ 18. Rxb1 Bd8 19. e4 Ra7 {Passive. But it's difficult to say, whether}
(19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 {[%cal Rf3d2,Rd2c4] /\Nd2-c4|^ was any
better.}) 20. e5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Ge5] ()[+] Increasing his space edge.} Nh5 (
20... Ne8 $142) 21. Nb3 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rc2d2,Rg2g4] /\Qd2,g4,><a5} Qa6 22.
Bd2 f5 23. exf6 $6 {A logical attempt to open the position with Black's major
pieces tied down on the <<. But now Black at least gains some breathing space.}
({Black remains cramped after the more consistent} 23. h3 $142 g6 24. g4 $16 (
24. Bg5 $5 $36)) 23... gxf6 $1 (23... Nhxf6 $143 $6 24. Bf4 $16) 24. Nc1 ({
Interesting was} 24. Re1 $5 Nf8 (24... Qc4 $6 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Na1 {[%csl Rc4,
Re6] ><c4,e6}) 25. Bh6 $36) 24... Bc7 (24... Rb7 $2 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Nb3 $16 {
costs Black a pawn.}) 25. Nd3 Rb7 26. Rxb7 (26. Re1 Qc4 $1 $132) 26... Qxb7 27.
g4 (27. Nc1 $143 $6 Ng7 28. Nb3 Qa6 29. Qc3 e5 30. Nxa5 Ne6 $44 {|^}) 27... Ng7
28. Bh6 ({White,of course, doesn't want to allow} 28. g5 $6 Nf5 $13) 28... Nf8
({Pseudoactive is} 28... e5 $2 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rg7] ><f5,K}
e4 31. Nf5+ Kf7 32. Nb2 (32. Qd2 $5 exd3 33. Qe3 $1) 32... Qb4 33. Qc1 $40 {
[%cal Rc1h6] /\Qh6}) ({Deserving attention was} 28... Qb8 $5 29. Qe2 (29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. g5 Qf8 $11) 29... Qe8 $14) 29. Bxg7 $6 $138 ({Patient strengthening
of the position} 29. h4 $142 $1 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yg1g2,Yc2e2] /\h5,Qe2,Kg2 etc.
was indicated. Now black equalizes.}) 29... Kxg7 30. g5 Ng6 ({Also possible was
} 30... fxg5 $5 31. Nxg5 h6 32. Nf3 Ng6 33. h4 Bb8 34. h5 Qf7 $1 $132) 31.
gxf6+ Kxf6 32. h4 h5 {Possible, but certainly not forced.} (32... Nf4 $142 33.
Ng5 (33. Nde5 $6 Bxe5 34. dxe5+ Kg7 35. Ng5 Kg8 $36) 33... h6 $11) 33. Qc1 (33.
Qd2 $2 Qb1+ 34. Nfe1 (34. Kg2 $2 Qxd3 $1) 34... Nxh4 (34... Qa1 $5 35. Qg5+ Kf7
36. Qxh5 Qxd4 $17) 35. Qh6+ Ng6 $17) 33... Qb3 $2 $138 {This active attempt is
understandable, but it's a decisive mistake.} (33... Kg7 $142 $1 34. Qd1 $5 (
34. Qg5 Qb1+ 35. Nfe1 (35. Nde1 Qf5) 35... Qd1 $132) (34. Ng5 Kf6 35. Qe1 (35.
Qe3 $2 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 $2 Nxh4+ $19) 35... Qc8 $11 (35... Nxh4 $2 36. f4 $1))
34... Bb8 $1 {[%cal Rb7f7,Rb7e7] /\Qf7,Qe7} 35. Ng5 Nxh4 36. Nxe6+ Kg8 {
and again White has a weak back rank.}) 34. Qg5+ Kf7 (34... Kg7 35. Nfe5 Bxe5
36. Nxe5 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 $18) 35. Nde1 $1 $18 {Now the Ph5 falls, as Black's Q
can't get to f5 in time.} Nf4 (35... Qxa4 36. Qxh5 Kf6 37. Qh7 Bf4 38. Qg8 $1
Bh6 39. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 40. dxe5+ Kxe5 41. Qh8+ $18) 36. Ne5+ Bxe5 37. Qxe5 Ng6 $8
38. Qxh5 Qb1 (38... Qxa4 39. Qh7+ (39. Nf3 $5 $40) 39... Kf6 40. h5 $18 {
[%csl Gh5] o^h5}) 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Qg4 Kf7 (40... Qf5 41. Qxf5 exf5 42. Nf3 $18
{[%cal Rf3e5] /\Ne5}) 41. Qf3+ Kg7 (41... Ke7 42. h5 Nf8 43. Qg3 $1 $18) 42. h5
Ne7 $6 {Straca dalsi material, ale} (42... Nf8 $142 43. h6+ Kg8 44. Qg3+ Qg6
45. Nf3 Kh7 46. Qxg6+ Nxg6 47. Ng5+ Kxh6 48. Nxe6 Ne7 49. Ke2 {[%cal Ye6d8,
Yd8b7] /\Nd8-b7+-}) 43. h6+ $1 (43. h6+ Kg8 $8 {Otherwise Black loses his N} (
43... Kxh6 44. Qf8+ $18) (43... Kg6 44. Qg4+ Kxh6 45. Qh4+ $18) 44. Qf6 Qh7 45.
Qxe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 (3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 $5 Nf6 5. Bg5 a4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 c5 8. d5 d6 9. e3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Ne2 Nxd5 13. O-O c4
14. Bc2 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qxc3 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. Bb4 Qe5 19. Bxa4 b5 $13
{Tukmakov,V-Motwani,P/Groningen op/1990/}) 3... d5 (3... Nf6 4. a3 $5 (4. Ngf3
{-E11}) 4... Be7 $5 (4... Bxd2+ 5. Bxd2 b6 6. Bg5 $14) 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7.
cxd5 exd5 8. f4 c5 9. Ngf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. O-O a5 12. f5 $6 c4 13. f6 gxf6
14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bc2 Nxd4 16. Ba4+ Nc6+ 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Ng5 O-O-O 19. Ndf3 Ne4
$17 {Mohr,S-King,D/Dortmund-A/1989/}) 4. Qa4+ $1 Nc6 5. e3 (5. Ngf3 $6 dxc4 $1
6. a3 (6. e3 c3 7. bxc3 Bxc3 8. Rb1 Nge7 $15) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Qd5 {/\b5=/+})
5... Nf6 6. Ngf3 {-E11} O-O (6... Bd7 {/\Nd4!} 7. Qc2 $14) (6... Ne4 $5 7. a3
Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 O-O {/\e5}) 7. a3 (7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Qxc4
Bd6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. e4 Be6 15. Qc2 Ng4
16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Be3 Rfd8
22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. a3 b6 $10 {Lutz,C-Adams,M/Wijk/1995/}) 7... Be7 (7... Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Ne4 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Qc2 $14 {(),ץd7}) (7... Bd6 $5 {/\e5}) 8. b4 $5 (8.
Qc2 a5 9. b3 $14) 8... a6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 {(),[+]} Bd6 $6 {/\e5} (10...
Bd7 $142 11. Bb2 Na7 $132 {/\Bb5}) 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ne5 $1 Nb8 $5 (12... Bxe5
13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 $16 {ץc8,->>>}) 13. Be2 (13. O-O $14) 13... Bd7 14. Bf3 (
14. O-O $5 Bb5 15. Ndc4 $36 {[+]}) 14... a5 $14 {<=>} 15. Nxd7 (15. Bxb7 Ra7 {
/\ab4}) 15... Qxd7 (15... Nbxd7 $6 16. b5 $16) 16. bxa5 (16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bf3
axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1+ 19. Bxa1 Bxb4 20. O-O $14 {/\} c5 21. Ne4 $1 $36 {^^})
16... Rxa5 17. O-O (17. Bxb7 $2 c6 18. Nc4 Ra7 $19) (17. Nc4 Ra7 18. Nxd6 cxd6
19. O-O d5 $10) 17... Ra7 18. Nc4 $14 Be7 19. Rfc1 c6 (19... Nc6 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Ne8 22. Bd4 $5 Rxa3 23. Rab1 c6 24. Qb2 $16) 20. a4 Qc7 21. a5 Nbd7
22. Qb3 (22. e4 $5 $36 {/\Bc3-d2-e3,[+]}) 22... Rb8 23. g3 Qd8 $1 24. Rab1 Ne8
25. Bc3 Nd6 26. Bd2 $2 (26. Nxd6 Bxd6 27. Qc4 {/\Rc2-b2,a6} Bc7 28. a6 $14)
26... Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Ne5 $1 $10 28. dxe5 (28. Qe2 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qc8 {/\Bd8=})
28... Qxd2 29. a6 $8 Rxa6 30. Rd1 (30. Qxa6 Qxc1+ 31. Rxc1 bxa6 $10) 30... Qa2
31. Qxa2 Rxa2 32. Rd7 (32. Bxc6 b6 33. Rd7 Bc5 $10) 32... Bf8 33. Rbxb7 (33.
Bxc6 b6 $10) 33... Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Rc2 (34... Rc2 35. Rc7 f6 $5 (35... c5 36. Bc6
{/\Be8}) 36. exf6 gxf6 37. Bxc6 Bd6 38. Rc8+ Kg7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] This game was played in the last round, with Cheparinov sharing the
lead and Vitiugov amongst the followers trailing by half a point. Having White,
the Bulgarian GM was certainly hoping to win the tournament outright...} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ ({The far more popular Queen's Indian has long had
the reputation of a solid and drawish opening. However, even here White has
found how to spice up matters with} 3... b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7.
d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 ({This move order is designed to avoid the
dangerous line} 9... Be7 10. Qe4 $5 {from Riazantsev-Karjakin, Poikovsky 2010,
analyzed by Karjakin in CBM 137.}) 10. Rd1 (10. Qe4+ Nde7 {[%cal Yd7d5] /\d5
leads nowhere}) 10... Be7 {Here White's Q has 2 possible routes, in both cases
the position is full of tactical surprises:} 11. Qf5 (11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 g6
13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Nc3 Kg7 16. Rd6 $5 (16. Qf4 $44) 16... Na5 (16...
Qe7 17. Rad1 Rhd8 $6 18. Qf4 {[%cal Rh4f5] /\Nf5} Ne8 $6 {Bykhovsky,A (2487)
-Solomon,K (2383)/Tromsoe/2010/} (18... Ng8 $142 19. Bd5 $36) {and here White
missed the beautiful} 19. Qh6+ $3 Kg8 $8 (19... Kxh6 $2 20. Nf5+ Kg5 21. f4+
Kg4 22. h3+ Kxf5 23. e4+ Qxe4 24. Bxe4#) (19... Kh8 $2 20. Rxd7 $18) 20. Nxg6
fxg6 21. Rxg6+ hxg6 (21... Kh8 22. Nd5 Qf7 23. Rg5 $18 {/\Ye4,Rd3}) 22. Bd5+
Qe6 23. Qxg6+ Ng7 24. h4 $5 $40) (16... Re8 $142 17. Qf4 Re6) 17. Qf4 Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 {[%cal Rh4f5] /\Nf5} Ne8 $142 $5 (18... h6 $143 19. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4
Qe8 $8 (20... Re8 $2 21. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ Kf7
25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Rd1 Rf8 27. Rd5 Rf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rg5 {Aronian,L (2750)
-Leko,P (2751)/Nice rpd/2009/}) 21. Qg4 $36) 19. Rd3 Qf6 $11) 11... Nf6 12. e4
d6 $5 13. e5 Qd7 14. Qf4 $146 (14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. exd6 Bf6 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Nc3
Nb4 18. Bg5 Nc2 19. Re7 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxg5 21. Rxd7 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd1
Nd4 24. Bg2 h5 25. a4 a6 26. Bb7 Rh6 27. d7 Rd6 28. Bc8 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Rxd1 30.
Nxd1 Ne1+ 31. Kf1 Nf3 32. h4 Ke7 33. Ne3 g6 34. Bxa6 Kxd7 $11 {Carlsen,M (2775)
-Pelletier,Y (2569)/Biel/2008/}) 14... Nh5 15. Qc4 O-O 16. Nc3 Rae8 (16... Rad8
$5 17. exd6 Bxd6 $13) 17. Be3 (17. exd6 Bf6 $5 $132) (17. h3 $142 Nd4 18. Nxd4
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qb7+ 21. Qd5 Qxd5+ 22. Rxd5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Nf6 24.
Bf4 $11 {/+/=}) 17... Nb4 18. Rd2 Ba6 $6 (18... d5 $142) (18... Qe6 $5 $15) 19.
Qb3 Nd3 20. Qa3 (20. Nd5 c4 21. Qa3 $36) (20. Qd5 Qf5 21. g4 Qxg4 22. Rxd3 Bxd3
23. Qxd3 $14) 20... Qc8 $1 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Rad1 (22. Bf1 Bf4 $1 23. Bxd3 Bb7
$44 {[%csl Ra3] ףa3}) 22... Be7 23. Nd5 Nb4 24. Ne5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Nf6 26. Bg2
c4 27. Qc3 Bb5 28. h3 Bc5 $2 (28... Qe6 $15) 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Rd5 $1 Nxd5 31.
Rxd5 Qc7 32. Rxb5 $16 {/+-,Topalov,V (2803)-Bacrot,E (2716)/Nanjing/2010/}) 4.
Nbd2 (4. Nc3 b6 5. Bd2 ({Modest; there is the more complex} 5. Bg5) 5... Bb7 6.
e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O-O d6 11. Ne1 Qe7 12. f3 Nxc3
13. Qxc3 c5 (13... Nd7 $11) (13... e5 $11) 14. Nc2 Nc6 (14... d5 $5) 15. Be2
Rac8 16. Kb1 Rfd8 ({Black has solved the opening problems with ease, but
starts getting too ambitious.} 16... cxd4 $142 $132) 17. d5 $5 exd5 18. cxd5
Nb4 19. Nxb4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxe3 21. Bd3 Qg5 22. Rhe1 Rc5 23. h4 Qxg2 $2 (23...
Qf6 $11) 24. Re7 $1 Bxd5 25. Qd4 Bf7 26. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 27. Rg1 $18 {->,
Petrosian,T (2604)-Vitiugov,N (2709)/Moscow Aeroflot/2011/ It serves to
Vitiugov's credit that such a start didn't discourage him and he ended up
tying for victory.}) ({After} 4. Bd2 {the most popular is} Qe7 (4... a5 5. Nc3
b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 c5 12. a3
Bxc3 13. Bxc3 c4 14. Bc2 b5 $132 15. Rf3 Ra6 16. Rg3 Qe7 17. Qe1 Rfa8 18. Rd1
Nb6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Rxg4 Nd7 21. e4 dxe4 22. d5 f6 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Qg3 Nc5
25. Bf5 Nd3 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd3 Rd6 $11 {L'Ami,E (2628)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk
aan Zee/2011/}) 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 (6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yc8h3]
/\e5 shows one of the main differences between the Bogo and the QID - Black
can sometimes deploy his Bc8 on the c8-h3 /^.}) 6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 (
8. Rc1 {is more ambitious}) 8... Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Rc1 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 d6 12.
Bg2 Ke7 13. d5 Nb8 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. c5 Nc6 16. e3 Bd7 17. Nd4 Rab8 18. Bxc6
bxc6 19. b3 Rhc8 20. f4 a5 21. a3 Rb7 22. O-O e5 23. cxd6+ cxd6 24. fxe5 dxe5
25. Nf3 Be6 $1 26. Nxe5 c5 $44 {<=>, Sargissian,G (2677)-Vitiugov,N (2709)/
Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 4... O-O {Black doesn't commit himself either in
the [+], or with his Bc8.} ({The main alternative is} 4... b6 {, here White
has a wider choice:} 5. e3 (5. g3 Bb7 (5... Ba6 {leads to a QID position,
arising more often with the move order 4.g3 Ya6 5.Nbd2 Yb4.}) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 $132 {is OK for Black, in these positions the N is better
placed on c3, than on d2.}) ({More ambitious is} 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 ({The
less committal is} 6. Qxd2 $5 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 $11 {
/+/= prehaps gives White more chances to fight for a slight edge.}) 6... Bb7 7.
Bg5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 ({The more "refined"} 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Rd1 {
also enables the direct} g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. d5 Ndf6 14. Nd4 h5 $1 15. f3 h4 16.
Bf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 g4 18. Be2 Rg8 $5 $132) 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 $5 (
11... Ne4 $143 12. Qc2 f5 13. d5 $1 {[%cal Rf3d4] /\Nd4|^}) {Here White is
more or less forced into an unclear P-sacrifice} 12. h4 $5 ({Too passive is} 
12. h3 Ne4 (12... Rg8 $5 $132)) 12... g4 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Qc2 Qe7
16. O-O-O (16. b4 $5 $44 {Gelfand}) 16... O-O-O 17. b4 Kb8 18. Kb2 e5 19. Bf5
Rhe8 20. d5 e4 21. Qc3 $2 (21. Rd4 $142 Ne5 22. Bxe4 $13) 21... b5 $1 22. c5
Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 dxc5 $1 25. Rxd5 Nb6 26. Rxd8+ {Gelfand,B (2690)
-Hansen,C (2610)/Wijk aan Zee/1993/} Qxd8 $1 27. Kc1 Na4 $19) 5... Bb7 6. Bd3
O-O 7. O-O d5 (7... c5 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 d6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bc3 $14 {[%csl
Gc3,Gd3] is pleasant for White, who has a long-term strategic |^ due to his ^^.
}) 8. a3 Be7 (8... Bd6 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 (11... cxd4 12. e4
$36) 12. dxc5 $14) 9. b4 c5 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 c5 (11... Rb8 12.
Nfe5 $14) 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 Nb6 14. Na5 $14 {1/2,Sakaev,K (2627)-Zvjaginsev,
V (2634)/Novi Sad/2000/}) 10. bxc5 bxc5 (10... dxc4 $5 11. Nxc4 bxc5 12. Rb1
Bd5 $132) 11. Rb1 Ba6 (11... Qc8 $143 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 $14 Nbd7 14. Nb3
Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Qg4 Qf6 $2 {
Fressinet,L (2718)-Bluvshtein,M (2583)/Bastia rpd/2010/} 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne6
$1 Qxb2 22. Nxf8 $18) 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc8 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Qf3 Bb7 16.
Qh3 dxc4 17. Rfc1 (17. Ndxc4 $5 {deserves attention}) {and here the positional
sacrifice} 17... cxd3 $1 18. Rxc8 Raxc8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qxd3 Bd5 $44 {
Dreev,A (2650)-Karpov,A (2780)/Linares/1995/ holds the defence, Black has a
solid fortress.}) 5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 {doesn't fit in well with
Black's previous move:} Ne4 (6... b6 7. Bg5 $1 {and with the K on g8 the
P-advance from the previous note is rather dubious.}) 7. Bf4 d6 8. g3 f5 9. Bg2
Nd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bc1 $5 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bg5 d5
16. Rac1 c6 17. f3 $14 {Bunzmann,D (2484)-Naiditsch,A (2449)/GER-ch
Heringsdorf/2000/}) 6. e4 {White's hopes for an advantage are usually
connected with the principled [+] expansion, although even here the N would be
much better placed on c3, than on d2. Other tries are:} (6. e3 d5 (6... b6 7.
Bd3 d5 ({After} 7... Bb7 {Black must reckon with} 8. e4) ({However,} 7... c5 $5
{is a playable alternative.}) 8. O-O {allows a transposition to the 4...b6 5.
e3 lines, mentioned above after} Bb7 ({However, as Black's B has already
retreated to e7, he can also play} 8... c5 $5)) 7. Bd3 Nbd7 (7... b6 $5 8. O-O
c5 {-6...b6}) 8. O-O (8. b4 $5) 8... c5 $1 9. cxd5 (9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11.
Qe2 {retains more tension in the position, but still doesn't promise an
advantage after} Ne4 $11) 9... exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Nfe4 12. Nb3 Bf6 13.
Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. b3 Qb6 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Qd2
Ne4 20. Qd3 Nc5 $11 {1/2 Jurcik,M (2471)-Babula,V (2536)/SVK-chT/2011/}) ({
Too soft is} 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. b3 cxd4 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Nxd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. N2f3 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qd3 Qb7 16. Nxc6 dxc6 17. Qc2 c5
$11 {Wojtaszek,R (2622)-Navara,D (2719)/GRE-chT Ermioni/2006/}) ({More testing,
but still not too popular is} 6. b4 $5 d5 7. Qc2 {was introduced by Krasenkow.}
({Interesting is} 7. c5 $5 {()<<} Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ng1 Bf6 10. e3 a5 11. Bb2
axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nc6 14. b5 Nb4 15. Qa4 Nd5 16. Bc4 Bh4 17. g3 Be7
18. Ne2 e5 19. O-O exd4 20. Bxd4 Be6 21. Rd1 Qa8 22. Qb3 c6 23. Ra1 Qc8 24. Ra7
$36 {Fedoseev,V (2236)-Palchun,G (2051)/St Petersburg/2007/ However, this line
lacks more practical examples}) (7. e3 a5 (7... b6 {/\c5<=>}) 8. b5 c5 9. Bb2 (
9. bxc6 bxc6 10. c5 Nfd7 {[%cal Ye6e5] /\e5<=>[+]}) 9... Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 11.
O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 $1 (13... Nd7 $6 14. f4 f6 15. Bg4 f5 16. Bf3
$36 {Korobov,A (2684)-Jussupow,A (2589)/Warsaw blitz/2010/}) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 $11
{leads to a sterile position.}) {Possibly the best is} 7... c6 (7... Nbd7 $6 8.
c5 c6 9. e4 $1 $36 {()} (9. e3 Qc7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Bd3 bxc5 $6 12. bxc5 a5 13.
O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Rfb1 Qc8 17. Bc3 Rxb1+ 18. Rxb1 $14 {
(),<->b,><a5 Krasenkow,M (2645)-Wahls,M (2595)/Bundesliga/1998/ For more
details see my notes in CBM 63.})) (7... a5 8. b5 dxc4 9. e4 $5 c6 10. Bxc4 $14
) 8. c5 a5 9. Bb2 b6 {/\Ba6 Contrary to the Krasenkov-Wahls game Black doesn't
have to hurry with resolving the << tension, after the exchange of the
light-squared B White's edge is at best infinitesimal.}) 6... d5 {Mostly an
automatic reaction, although recently there have been experiments with} (6...
d6 {However a transposition to KID structures costs time and is moreover
rather passive:} 7. Be2 (7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O ({White didn't dare to play} 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Ng4 $13 {/+/=}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. h3
c6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. b4 g6 15. Bf1 Bg7 16. Qc2 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Qe7
19. Bc3 Bh6 20. N4f3 Bg7 21. Qb2 Nh5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Re3 $14 {Cheparinov,I 
(2665)-Hess,R (2572)/Moscow/2011/}) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. b4 ({Very similar is
} 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Nf5 g6 14. Ne3 Bg7 15. Bc3
c6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 axb4 18. axb4 Qf8 19. Bf1 b6 20. f3 Bb7 21. Qb2 $14 {
Potkin,V (2626)-Tomashevsky,E (2708)/Irkutsk/2010/}) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 11.
Bb2 Re8 12. f3 Bf8 13. Qc2 c6 14. Kh1 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Ne5 17. Rd1
g6 18. Bf1 Bg7 19. N2b3 Qe7 20. Bc3 Nh5 21. Qc1 f5 $6 22. exf5 gxf5 {Rodshtein,
M (2609)-Tomashevsky,E (2708)/Biel/2010/ See the notes to this game by
Krasenkow in CBM 138.} 23. c5 $5 $14) 7. e5 {Again the main move, attempts to
retain the [+] tension don't promise much:} (7. Qc2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Be3 (9.
Bd3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Bd7 14. Rb1 Bc6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Qe5 17. O-O Rfb8 18. b4 a5 $11 {Hansen,C (2620)-Jussupow,A 
(2655)/Munich/1992/}) 9... Ng4 ({Black has also the modest} 9... Nxe4 10. Qxe4
f5 11. Qd3 Bf6 12. O-O-O e5 13. dxe5 Qxd3 14. Bxd3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rhe1
Kf7 $5 {[%cal Yc8e6,Yc7c6] /\Be6,c6 , when he should be able to consolidate
gradually.}) 10. Bd3 f5 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. O-O-O g6 13. h3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bg7 15.
Kb1 Rb8 16. h4 h5 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 cxb6 $13 {/+/=, Bologan,V (2658)
-Jakovenko,D (2691)/Poikovsky/2007/ led to a complex position with mutual
chances.}) (7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 (8. e5 Nfd7 9. cxd5 exd5 {leads to the line with
8.Bd3, mentioned below.}) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 f5 $5
12. Bc2 Bxc5 13. Be3 (13. Ke2 Nc6 14. b4 Nd4+ 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 {[%cal Ye6e5] /\e5=
}) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nc6 15. Ke2 e5 16. Bb3 e4 17. c5+ Kh8 18. Nd2 Ne5 19.
Nc4 Nd3 20. Nd6 Nxc5 21. Nf7+ {1/2,Shankland,S (2474)-Fodor,T (2430)/Budapest/
2009/}) 7... Nfd7 ({After} 7... Ne4 $6 8. Qc2 {Black can't retain his Ne4 and
White develops with tempi.}) 8. b4 {White wants to cramp his opponent both in
the [+] and on the <<.} ({Less testing is} 8. Bd3 c5 9. cxd5 (9. h4 h6 10. Bb1
cxd4 11. Qc2 f5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba2 Nc6 $1 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16.
Qxc6 Rb8 17. O-O Nc5 18. Nc4 f4 $36 {Muhammad,S (2384)-Stocek,J (2565)/
Philadelphia/2006/}) 9... exd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 a5 $1 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1
cxd4 14. Bf4 Qb6 (14... Nf8 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bg3 Qb6 $11 {
/=/+,Jussupow,A (2620)-Ehlvest,J (2585)/Saint John cm/1988/ is also good for
Black, but why not cover the P?}) 15. Rb1 Nf8 16. h3 Be6 17. N1d2 Ng6 18. Bg3
f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bd3 Bf7 21. Qc2 Nf8 $15 {Nyzhnyk,I (2535)-Bluvshtein,M 
(2587)/Groningen/2010/}) (8. cxd5 exd5 9. b4 a5 (9... Re8 $6 {is passive and
inferior:} 10. Bd3 b6 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bb2 $16 {Stohl,I (2500)-Liss,
E (2330)/EU-chT Haifa/1989/}) 10. b5 {-8.b4 is only a transposition.}) 8... a5
{Black must hurry with his <=>, weaker options are} (8... b6 $6 9. cxd5 exd5
10. Qb3 $16) ({and} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 {()}) 9. b5 c5 {A critical position for
the whole opening line, here White must decide how to handle the [+] tension.}
10. cxd5 {Saddles Black with a potentially weak isolated P, but also gives him
more space for his forces.} ({The alternative approach is} 10. Bb2 {and Black
has 2 main options:} cxd4 $5 {is more active and in the spirit of the whole
line.} (10... b6 {ignores the tension.} 11. a4 $5 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 cxd4
$5 (12... Re8 13. O-O Nf8 14. Ne1 $5 Ra7 15. f4 Rc7 16. Ndf3 Bd7 17. a4 Qc8 18.
Bb1 Bf5 19. dxc5 $14 bxc5 $2 20. Qxd5 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Qf5 22. Nd2 $1 $18 {
Lputian,S (2595)-Jussupow,A (2665)/Baden-Baden/1996/}) 13. Bxd4 (13. Nb3 $5)
13... Nc5 $132 {leads to a type of position we will deal with below.}) 11...
Bb7 ({More logical than} 11... Re8 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Be4 Nbd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qf5 Ne6 20. Nb3 Bf8 21.
Rfd1 Ndc5 22. Nbd4 g6 23. Qb1 Qd7 24. Nc6 $14 {Ivanchuk,V (2752)-Moiseenko,A 
(2652)/Edmonton/2005/}) 12. Be2 cxd4 13. O-O d3 14. Bxd3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Nbd7 16.
Re1 Rc8 17. Nd4 g6 18. Qg4 Bg5 19. N2f3 (19. f4 $5 Bh6 20. Rad1 $14 {()}) 19...
Bh6 20. Nc6 $5 Bxc6 21. bxc6 Nb8 22. Rad1 Nxc6 23. cxd5 exd5 24. e6 {Grischuk,
A (2710)-Babula,V (2584)/Fuegen/2006/} Bg7 $1 $13) 11. Bxd4 (11. Be2 Nc5 12.
Bxd4 (12. Nxd4 Nbd7 {/\Ne5} 13. N4f3 f6 $5 $132) 12... Nbd7 {-11.Bxd4}) 11...
Nc5 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Qc2 (13. a4 b6 $13 (13... f6 $5)) 13... b6 14. cxd5 (14.
O-O Bb7 $11 {and Black can already choose, how he retakes on d5.}) 14... exd5
15. O-O Bb7 $13 {[%csl Gc5,Ge4,Ge6][%cal Gf7f6,Gf6f5] leads to an interesting
and complex position. In practice it has brought Black success, he has
outposts on c5, e6 and e4, all in connection with the option to advance his
Pf7. Contrary to Ivanchuk-Moiseenko, White doesn't have direct access to c6
and this makes it more difficult to formulate a concrete plan:} 16. Rfe1 (16.
Rac1 Ne6 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Qf5 Ndc5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Ne6 21. Bb2 g6 22. Qg4
h5 23. Qg3 Bh4 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Qe3 d4 $36 {Macieja,B (2627)-Bartel,M (2614)/
POL-ch Warsaw/2010/}) 16... Rc8 17. Qb2 Ne6 18. Be3 Ndc5 19. Rac1 f5 $5 20. Nb3
f4 21. Bd2 Ne4 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nfd4 Nxd4 (23... a4 $2 24. Bg4 N4g5 25. Rc1
Bc5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Bb4 $18 {Dreev,A (2666)-Bocharov,D (2571)/Tomsk/2006/})
24. Nxd4 (24. Qxd4 Bxa3 25. Qxb6 $2 a4) 24... Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Bxa3 $15) 10...
exd5 11. Bd3 cxd4 {Again the most principled continuation, other moves are
less viable.} (11... Re8 12. O-O b6 13. Bb2 (13. Re1 $6 Nf8 14. Rb1 Bg4 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Qa4 c4 17. Nxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 dxc4 19. Be4 Nbd7 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21.
Qxc4 Qxf3 $17 {Wichmann,C (2341)-Naiditsch,A (2674)/Bundesliga/2011/}) 13...
Nf8 14. Ne1 {transposes to Lputjan-Jussupow above.}) (11... c4 12. Bc2 a4 13.
Nb1 $5 $14 {[%cal Yb1c3] /\Nc3}) 12. Nb3 ({It's hardly worth forcing a
weakening with} 12. Qc2 h6 {after} 13. Nb3 a4 14. Nbxd4 Nc5 $132 {/=/+ Black
is doing fine.}) 12... a4 13. Nbxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 {Retaining the B has become
the main line.} ({Black has nothing to fear after} 14. O-O Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7
16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxd5 Nb3 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. Rad1 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Be6
22. Rd6 h6 23. Be3 Bc4 24. Re1 Bxb5 25. Rb6 Bc6 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rfd8 28.
Rb4 $11 {Roeder,M (2440)-Wahls,M (2555)/Geneve/1995/}) 14... Nbd7 $5 ({Until
now Black played mostly} 14... Bg4 15. O-O (15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nbd7 $32 {/\}
17. Qxd5 $6 Nxe5 $1 $36) 15... Nbd7 16. Re1 (16. h3 {is already more
interesting, but after} Bh5 17. Re1 Re8 18. Nf5 {Fressinet,L (2658)-Jussupow,A
(2566)/Bundesliga/2010/} {Black can play} Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. Qxf3 Bf6) 19...
Nb6 $13 (19... Bf8 $5 20. Qxd5 g6 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Bxh6 Qh4 $13)) 16... Nb6 (
16... Ne6 $5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bh6 Ndc5 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Rad1 Qa5 21. h3 Bxf3 22.
gxf3 $6 Rac8 23. Bb1 {Huss,A (2425)-Wahls,M (2520)/Neuchatel/1994/} Nd7 $1 $17
{/\Bc5,Rc3}) 17. h3 {Now the B must retreat, but the position is still not
clear after} Bd7 (17... Bh5 $2 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Bxg5 20. Qxh5+ Bh6 21.
Nf5 $18 {Note that this line works due to Black's 16th move, as his Q doesn't
have the b6-square.}) (17... Bxf3 $6 18. Qxf3 $16) 18. Bd2 Nc4 (18... Ne6 19.
Nf5 $1 $36 (19. Qb1 g6 20. Bb4 Nc4 21. Bd3 Rc8 22. Bc2 Bxb4 23. Qxb4 Nxd4 24.
Nxd4 Re8 (24... Qb6 $5 25. Rad1 Qc5) 25. Nf3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxc2 27. Qxa4 {
Potkin,V (2617)-Navara,D (2672)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/} Rc5 $11) 19... Bxb5) 19.
Bb4 Re8 20. Ne2 (20. Qb1 g6 21. h4 {Koneru,H (2595)-Rudolf,A (2286)/EU Cup
Ohrid/2009/} Bg4 $5 22. Nh2 Qd7 $13) 20... Bxb5 21. Nf4 Nb3 $2 ({Only this is
a mistake, necessary was} 21... Bc6 $1 22. Nd4 $44) 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 $6 (22...
Rxe7 23. Bxh7+ $1 Kf8 24. Ra2 $40) 23. Qd3 $1 g6 24. Nxd5 Qc5 25. Bxb3 Nxe5 26.
Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qd2 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qf5 30. Qd4 $18 {Eljanov,P 
(2675)-Khismatullin,D (2599)/EU-ch Dresden/2007/}) 15. O-O Nb6 16. Re1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A logical novelty, weaker is the impetuous} (16. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 17. Bxf5
Nb3 18. Ra2 g6 19. Bc2 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 Qc7 21. Qb1 Nc4 $36 {Dorfanis,I (2156)
-Szymanski,M (2407)/Ikaros/2003/} 22. Qd1 Nxa3) 16... Re8 17. h3 {As White's
-> plans can include an advance of the Ph2 all the way to h5, it seems he
would have done better to refrain from this move.} (17. Bd2 $5 {deserves
attention.}) 17... Bd7 (17... Nc4 $132 {is also interesting.}) 18. Nf5 {
Once again this sortie doesn't achieve much.} (18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bb4 $13 {
still leads to complex play, but Black doesn't have to worry unduly about this
position, as he is a tempo up compared to Eljanov-Khismatullin above.}) 18...
Bxf5 (18... Bxb5 $2 {is too greedy and gives White a pleasant choice:} 19.
Nxe7+ (19. N3d4 $5 Ba6 20. Nxg7 $1 $40) 19... Rxe7 20. Bg5 $16) 19. Bxf5 Nc4 ({
Beware of tactics:} 19... Nb3 $2 {, which was good in Dorfanis-Szymanski, here
fails to} 20. e6 $1 Bf6 (20... f6 21. Nh4 $18) 21. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 22. Qh5 $18) 20.
Nd4 $6 {Seemingly natural, but now Black doesn't have to worry about his Pd5,
moreover the Pe5 and the N will be vulnerable in some lines.} (20. Bc2 $142 $13
) (20. h4 $5 $132 {/\} Nb3 21. e6 $36) 20... g6 21. Bg4 ({Perhaps Cheparinov
underestimated the line} 21. e6 Bf6 $1 $17) (21. Bc2 Ne4 $1 {/\} 22. Bxe4 dxe4
23. Rxe4 Bc5 $36 {is also promising for Black.}) 21... Ne4 22. e6 Bf6 ({
Roughly equivalent is} 22... Bc5 $5 $36) 23. Ra2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black
obviously has a very good position with his active N and [+] control, but after
} 23. Be3 $15 {/-/+ the outcome of the game still remains open.}) 23... Nc3 $19
{The fight is over, the simple fork wins too much material.} 24. Qf3 (24. exf7+
Kxf7 25. Ne6 Qa5 26. Qf3 Nxa2 27. Ng5+ Kg7 28. Ne6+ Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Qc3 $19)
24... Nxa2 25. exf7+ ({Equally hopeless is} 25. Bg5 Kg7 $19) ({, or} 25. Bh6
Qe7 $5 26. Qxd5 Nxa3 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Be6 Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Nc3
31. Qc5 Qe7 $19) 25... Kxf7 26. Ne6 Rxe6 $6 ({Black makes things difficult for
himself, much simpler was} 26... Qa5 $1 {, transposing to the 24.exf7+ line
above.}) 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. Bxd5 Ne5 29. Rxe5 Nxc1 30. Re3 Rc8 31. Bxb7 Rc5 {
Despite his inaccurate 26th move Black is still a piece up and his win is a
matter of not too difficult technique.} 32. Bc6 Rf5 33. Qg4 Qd2 34. Bf3 Re5 (
34... Nd3 $142 $19) (34... Bd4 $142 $19) 35. Be4 Rg5 ({Vitiugov was probably
short of time,} 35... Bg5 {/\} 36. Qg3 Bf4 $1 37. Qxf4 Ne2+ $19 {wins faster.})
36. Qf3 Rxb5 37. g3 Re5 (37... Bg5 $142 $19) 38. Kg2 Re7 39. Bc6 Rxe3 40. Qxe3
Qxe3 41. fxe3 Be7 42. Bxa4 Bxa3 43. Bc2 Ne2 {White has barely survived the ->,
but the _|_ is completely hopeless. After a few more moves the frustrated
Cheparinov accepts the inevitable.} 44. Kf3 Nc3 45. h4 Bd6 46. Bb3 Kf6 47. Bg8
h6 48. Bb3 Nb5 49. Bc4 Nc7 50. Bb3 Ne6 51. Bc4 Ng7 52. g4 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Already this must have been a big surprise for Tiviakov - until now
Dominguez has been exclusively a 1.e4 player.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3
Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 {On the other hand, Black sticks to his repertoire, this is
his usual weapon against the Catalan.} 6. Bg2 c6 (6... O-O {is more usual, but
it often just transposes into the same positions, especially after} 7. O-O c6
8. Qc2 {However, in our game it will soon acquire independent significance, as
White is not intent on protecting the c4-pawn.}) 7. Bf4 {A rare alternative.} (
{The main line goes} 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 {, but here
Tiviakov has lately successfully avoided the standard development} {Perhaps a
better version of this idea is} Nh5 $5 (10... Nbd7 {in favour of deploying his
N to a6:}) (10... Na6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qa4 $5 (13. Qb3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rac1 (16. a3 $5 {()}) 16... Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. a3 Na6
{1/2,Wojtaszek,R (2625)-Tiviakov,S (2635)/Havana/2008/} 19. Rc2 Nc7 {/\Ne8-d6=}
) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 f5 17. f4 g4 18. h3 gxh3 19. Bf3
Rf6 20. Kf2 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Nb4 22. Rh1 a5 23. Rxh3 $14 {Komljenovic,D (2465)
-Pogorelov,R (2415)/Cordoba/1994/}) 11. Bc1 Nf6 12. Nc3 Na6 13. b3 (13. a3 dxc4
$1 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. Nxc4 c5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Rac1 Qa6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Rac8 $11 {Gupta,A (2570)-Tiviakov,S (2697)/
Bhubaneswar/2009/}) 13... c5 (13... Rc8 $5 14. Bb2 c5 $132 {/\} 15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 $2 Nxe4 $1 18. Qxe4 Nxc3 19. Qe5 Bd5 $17) 14. dxc5 bxc5 (
14... Nxc5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 $36) 15. cxd5 (15. a3 $5 $14) 15... exd5 16.
Bb2 Qc8 17. Ng5 $6 (17. e3 $11) (17. Na4 $5 {/\} d4 $2 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Nf5
$16) 17... Nb4 18. Qb1 h6 19. a3 d4 20. Nce4 Nbd5 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Ne4 Re8
23. b4 Rb8 $36 {Bereolos,P (2303)-Scekic,M (2391)/Schaumburg/2006/}) ({
Dominguez doesn't want to commit his Q yet, another plausible continuation
with similar ideas is} 7. O-O {, when accepting the offfered P is not without
risk:} dxc4 8. Qc2 b5 9. b3 $5 cxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Ba5 $1 {White makes good
use of his seemingly extra Bd2 move.} Qe8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Ne4 (14.
Nxd5 $5 exd5 15. e4 $36) 14... Na6 15. Nd3 Ndb4 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18.
Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 a6 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. e3 Qd7 22. b4 $44 {Saric,I (2473)
-Arbanas,J (2289)/Bizovac/2005/}) 7... Nbd7 {This time Black's N goes to its
most usual square.} ({However, the greedy} 7... dxc4 {also deserves some
attention:} 8. Ne5 {More sedate is} Nd5 (8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 $5 {transposes to a
dangerous line of the Catalan accepted with 5...c6, both sides have 2 extra
moves:} (9. Nc3 Nd5 10. Bd2 (10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Qxc4
Nxf4 14. gxf4 O-O $13 {/=/+}) 10... b5 $13) 9... Qxd4 10. Bxb4 Qxe5 11. Na3 b5
12. Bd6 $5 Qxb2 13. O-O Nd5 14. e4 Nc3 15. Qh5 Nd7 ({Critical is probably} 
15... h6 $5 $13) 16. e5 Bb7 17. Qg5 f6 18. exf6 O-O-O 19. fxg7 Rhg8 {Tkachiev,
V (2654)-Goloshchapov,A (2574)/Rethymnon/2003/} 20. Rae1 Rxg7 21. Qe3 c5 22.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Qf3+ Kb6 24. Rxe6 Rg6 25. Rfe1 Ne5 26. Bxc5+ Kxc5 27. R6xe5+ Nd5
28. Qf7 $1 $18 {Avrukh}) 9. Nxc4 Nxf4 10. gxf4 c5 11. dxc5 (11. d5 exd5 12.
Qxd5 Nc6 $132) 11... Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bxc5 13. Nc3 Ke7 14. Ne4 (14. e3 $5 {
/\Ke2+/=}) 14... Na6 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Rd8+ 18. Kc2 Rd4 19. Na5
Rxf4 20. Rhf1 Rb8 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Bxb7 Nc7 23. Kb2 Ne8 $11 {Glavina Rossi,P 
(2420)-Kurajica,B (2535)/Burela/1993/}) ({More tested positions arise after} 
7... O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 (8... b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 {Although this more or less forces a
swap on d5, later on the B is either forced to retreat to b7, or Black must
sacrifice material:} (9... Nbd7 10. Rc1 Bb7 {-8...Nbd7}) (9... Bb7 10. Rc1 Na6
$5 {is another playable idea by Tiviakov.}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 (11...
Bb7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nd3 $5 (13. Nb5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. h4 Rc8 16. Qd2 Rc5
17. Nd4 Qb8 18. Qe3 Rfc8 19. Bh3 Nf8 20. h5 h6 21. Rfd1 Ba6 $11 {Avrukh,B 
(2653)-Ponomariov,R (2704)/WchT Beersheba/2005/}) 13... Ne8 (13... Rc8 14. Qb3
a6 15. Na4 Bc6 16. a3 Ne4 17. Nb4 Bb5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qa8 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Nc3 Bxb4 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Qxb4 Qd5 24. Qe7 Nf6 25. Be5 Ng4 26. Bd6 Ra8 27.
h3 Nf6 28. Be5 Nd7 29. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 30. Rc7 $16 {Svidler,P (2750)-Efimenko,Z 
(2612)/Bundesliga 0607/2007/}) 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 17. e4
dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Rfc8 23.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. N3b4 Bf8 25. Nxa6 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Khalifman,A (2624)
-Arutinian,D (2544)/EU-ch Dresden/2007/} 27. b4 $5 $16) 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne5
Nxd4 14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bxe2 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 Nd5 19.
Rec1 Bc5 20. Bd2 {Ponomariov,R (2695)-Topalov,V (2778)/Sofia/2005/} a5 $5 21.
b3 $14) (8... dxc4 {is not ideal, after} 9. Ne5 $14 {White wins the P back
with typical Catalan pressure.}) 9. Nc3 {Another playable option is the
principled} dxc4 $5 (9... b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... exd5 12. Qc2 $14)
(11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qa4 Bf6 14. Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Re8 16. Qxd5
Nf8 17. Qb5 Ne6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Rd1 $16 {Aronian,L (2781)-Vescovi,G (2660)/
WChT Bursa/2010/}) 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Qd3 $5 {The point of delaying the
development of the Q.} (13. Qb3 a6 14. Nc7 Rc8 15. Nxe8 Rxe8 16. a4 Rc6 17.
Rxc6 Bxc6 18. Rc1 Qa8 19. e3 Rc8 20. Bf1 h6 $11 {Radjabov,T (2670)-Izoria,Z 
(2573)/EU-ch Antalya/2004/}) 13... a6 14. Nc7 Rc8 $1 ({Black can nevertheless
play this active move.} 14... Ra7 $143 $6 15. Nxe8 Rxe8 16. Rc2 {[%cal Gc1c8]
<->c} Qa8 17. Rfc1 Bd8 18. Bd6 a5 19. Ne5 Ba6 20. Qe3 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rd7 22. Qd4
f5 23. e3 Qb7 24. Rc6 $16 {Eingorn,V (2590)-Orlov,V (2425)/St Petersburg/1997/}
) 15. Nxa6 Ra8 16. Nc7 Rxa2 17. Qb3 Ra5 18. Bd2 (18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxb6 Nc4 20.
Qxb7 Bd6 $1 21. b3 (21. Nxe8 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Qxe8 $36) 21... Bxf4 22. gxf4 Nxc7
23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb5 $11 {[%cal Rb5d6,Rb5d4] /\Nd4,Nd6}) 18... Ra7 19.
Nb5 Ra8 20. Bb4 (20. Rc2 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Bb4 Qe7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Rfc1
Rfc8 $11 {1/2,Meier,G (2556)-Tiviakov,S (2645)/EUnion-ch Liverpool/2008/})
20... Ba6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 23. Na3 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Bxe2 25. Rfe1 Ba6 26.
Rc6 Rb8 27. Nc2 Bc8 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. Rc3 g6 31. g4 Ng7 32. h3 f6 $13
{/<=>,Giri,A (2552)-Tiviakov,S (2670)/Hoogeveen/2009/ White's activity is not
sufficient for more than equality.}) (9... Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. b3 b6 12. Nd2
$5 Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. e4 Bb4 14. Bb2 c5 15. exd5 cxd4 16. Nb5 e5 17. f4 $1 a6
18. fxe5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 axb5 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Ne4 Re8 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd6 {
1-0,Gelfand,B (2761)-Vescovi,G (2660)/WchT Bursa/2010/}) 13. Bb2 (13. e4 Rc8
14. Bb2 dxe4 15. Ncxe4 Qc7 16. Re1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5
20. Bxd5 {1/2,Roiz,M (2560)-Lputian,S (2634)/Calvia olm/2004/} Bf6 21. Qh5 Rf8
$11) 13... b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. a3 Nb6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. e4 Rfc8 18. e5 Ne8 19.
Ne2 b4 20. Nf4 bxa3 21. Bxa3 Bb5 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 $14 {
Leko,P (2751)-Alekseev,E (2716)/Nalchik/2009/}) 10. e4 (10. a4 Nd5 {transposes
to the game.} (10... a5 $5 $13)) 10... b5 $5 (10... Re8 11. a4 a5 12. Qe2 b6
13. Rfd1 Ba6 14. Nd2 Bf8 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Bd2 (16. Bc1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18.
dxe5 Bxc4 19. Rxd8 Bxe2 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Be3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Bf1 Bf3 24.
Bg2 Be2 25. Bf1 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2673)/ESP-chT/2009/})
16... Rc8 17. Be1 Qc7 18. b3 Bb4 19. Qb2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22.
Qxc3 e5 23. Bh3 exd4 24. Rxd4 Rcd8 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. c5 Qa7 28.
Qc4 bxc5 29. Rc1 h6 30. Qxc5 $11 {1/2,Gelfand,B (2761)-Grischuk,A (2736)/WChT
Bursa/2010/}) 11. d5 Qb6 12. Nd4 (12. dxc6 Nc5 13. a4 $6 (13. Ne5 $13) 13... b4
14. Nb5 Ba6 15. Qc2 Nd3 16. Nd2 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Rac8 18. Nxc4 Qxc6 $36 {Sakaev,K
(2626)-Maletin,P (2581)/St Petersburg/2009/}) 12... cxd5 (12... e5 13. Nxc6 Bd6
14. Be3 Nc5 {Gleizerov,E (2562)-Isajevsky,A (2441)/Kazan/2006/} 15. a4 $1 $16)
13. exd5 Bb7 14. Ndxb5 exd5 15. Nc7 Rac8 (15... Qxb2 $5) 16. N7xd5 {1/2,Porat,
I (2363)-Lerner,K (2542)/ISR-chT/2009/} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc5 19. Be3
(19. Qxc4 Ne6 $11) 19... Qb4 $132) 8. O-O {[%mdl 512] Ambitious, but not
without risk.} ({Dominguez insists on the P-sacrifice and again refrains from} 
8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 {This leads to a position biefly mentioned in
the note to White's 7th move; here Black has lately been doing well with the
Stonewall setup after} 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Bc1 f5 $5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. e3
Qe7 16. Ne2 Nhf6 17. Nf4 {[%cal Yf3g5] Black now faces the positional threat
Ng5:} Rfd8 (17... Ne4 18. Ne5 ({Similar is} 18. Qe2 Ndf6 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Rac1
c5 $132 {1/2,Gelfand,B (2758)-Ponomariov,R (2739)/Khanty Mansiysk/2009/}) 18...
c5 $5 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bb8 20. a4 g5 21. Nd3 g4 22. Nf4 Qf7 23. a5 Rcd8 24.
Qe2 Ng5 25. a6 Bc8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Rac1 Rfe8 28. Bd4 Bd7 29. h3 $36 {Marin,M
(2520)-Pogorelov,R (2415)/Andorra/1994/}) 19. f3 (19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. dxc5 Rxc5
21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Ba3 Rc6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. cxd5 e5 $132) 19... Nef6 20. Qe2
Ba6 $5 $13 {gives Black reasonable <=>} ({Avrukh mentions} 20... Rfd8 21. Nfd3
$14 {, which seems somewhat weaker.})) 18. Rac1 (18. Ng5 Nf8 19. c5 bxc5 20.
dxc5 Bc7 $13) 18... Ne4 19. Nd3 (19. Ne5 $142) 19... Bb8 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5
c5 22. Qe2 $6 cxd4 23. exd4 Bxe5 24. dxe5 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qb4 $15 {Harika,D 
(2471)-Adams,M (2694)/Caleta/2010/}) 8... dxc4 $5 {Tiviakov accepts the
challenge and finally defines the character of the game.} 9. a4 (9. Nc3 b5 10.
Ne5 (10. e4 Bb7 $15 {allows Black to prevent the d5-break from the line in the
note to his 7th move - here White's compensation is quite vague.}) 10... Nxe5
11. Bxe5 Qb6 $13) 9... Nd5 (9... O-O 10. Na3 $44 {and retaining the P would
require parting with the strong Be7.} (10. Nbd2 b5 $5 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Ne5 Nd5
13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Nxa7 N7b6 $15)) 10. Nc3 ({Gleizerov gives the line} 10. Nfd2
Nxf4 11. gxf4 Qc7 12. e3 h6 $1 13. Nxc4 g5 $15 {, which shows how Black can
profit from postponing castling.}) ({He further recommends} 10. Qc2 $5 b5 11.
b3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 cxb3 13. Qxc6 Rb8 14. axb5 Bb7 15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Rxa7 Rxb5 17.
Nbd2 O-O $11 {as roughly equal, mentioning also}) (10. Bd2 $5 b5 11. axb5 cxb5
12. Ba5 N7b6 13. b3 $44) 10... O-O ({White would be struggling to prove his
compensation after the cleverer} 10... a5 $142 $1 {/\} 11. Nd2 N7b6 $15) 11.
Nd2 Bb4 {This gives Dominguez a good version of the intended sacrifice. Black
had other alternatives:} (11... N7b6 12. a5 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Nd5 14. e3 Bb4 15.
Nxc4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxc3 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Rab1 $44 (18. e4 {[%csl Rf4] ><f4} Nc7
19. Ra3 b5 20. Ne3 $2 {Montagard,G (2227)-Lallement,V (2095)/FRA-chT2/2009/} c5
$17)) (11... Nxf4 $5 12. gxf4 c5 13. Nxc4 (13. dxc5 Qc7 14. e3 Nxc5 15. Nxc4
Rd8 16. Qc2 Bd7 $11) (13. d5 Nb6 $15) 13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 (14. Ne5 $6 cxd4 15.
Nb5 f6 16. Nf3 Nd5 (16... d3 $1 17. e3 Kh8 $15 {/\} 18. Nbd4 g5 $1) 17. Qxd4
Qb6 (17... a6 18. Nc3 Nb4 $13) 18. f5 $1 Bc5 19. Qe4 Nb4 20. Rac1 Na6 (20... a6
$142 21. Nbd4 exf5 22. Nxf5 Kh8 $132) 21. fxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6+ Bxe6 23. Nfd4 $32
{|^+/-,Markos,J (2557)-Michalik,P (2405)/SVK-chT 0809/2009/}) 14... Qxb6 15.
dxc5 (15. a5 Qb4 $5 $132) 15... Qxb2 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Rb1 Qa2 $1 18. Nd6 Rb8 $1
$11 {/\b6,Qa3} (18... Qa3 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rfxc1 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Rb8 22. Rc6 $5
$14)) 12. Nxc4 $1 (12. Rc1 $143 N7b6 $15) 12... Nxc3 (12... Nxf4 13. gxf4 Nb6
$13 {seems playable for Black, but it's inconsistent with his previous move.})
13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 (14. Rb1 Nb6 15. Nd6 a5 $5 $15 {/\Bb4} (15... g5 16. Ne4
$36)) 14... Bb4 15. Qb3 (15. e4 $1 $44 {/\} b5 $6 16. Bd6 $1 $16) 15... a5 $5 (
15... Qe7 $143 16. a5 {()<<}) 16. e4 $44 {White's compensation consists of his
strong [+] and lead in development. He will strive to open the position
advantageously, but in the game he manages this only after further passive
play from his opponent.} Nb6 (16... b5 $142 $1 17. axb5 (17. Nd6 $2 g5 $17) (
17. Nd2 $6 e5 $1 18. dxe5 g5 19. Be3 Nxe5 $36) (17. Nb2 bxa4 {/\Ba6-e2-/+})
17... cxb5 18. Nd6 Ba6 19. e5 Nb6 $5 (19... Bxd6 20. exd6 b4 21. Rfe1 Rc8 22.
Rc7 $13) (19... Rb8 20. Rc6 Rb6 (20... Nb6 $2 21. d5 $1 exd5 22. Be3 $16) 21.
Rfc1 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 (22. Bxc6 Nb6 $5 $132) 22... Nb8 23. Rc2 $13) 20. Bxa8 Qxa8
$44 {Here it's already Black, who has excellent compansation.}) 17. Ne5 Nd7 (
17... Qxd4 $4 18. Rfd1 $18) (17... f5 $5 {is an interesting recommendation by
Gleizerov - Black weakens his >>, but gets the d5-square and <=> after} 18.
Rfd1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd5) 18. Nd3 Qb6 (18... Be7 19. Rfd1 (19. d5 $5) 19... Qb6
20. Qc2 $44 {is similar to the game.}) (18... Qe7 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. Be3 $5 {/\}
(20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qb2 $44) 20... e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 (21... Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5
23. Bc5 $16) 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 $36) 19. Be3 {[%cal Rd4d5,Rc1b1] /\d5,Rb1}
Be7 20. Qc2 Qd8 (20... Qa6 21. Rfd1 $36 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Yg2f1,Yd4d5] /\d5,Bf1,
ףa6}) 21. Rfd1 Nf6 22. h3 $36 {White can't break through immediately, so he
prevents Ng4, consolidating his set-up. Black's pieces lack space and he is
forced to defend passively and with extra care.} Ne8 $6 {This attempt to
reorganise the defence is misguided.} (22... Bd7 23. Nc5 $36) (22... h6 $5 $14)
23. Qb3 $6 ({The time was already ripe for} 23. d5 $5 exd5 24. exd5 cxd5 25.
Nf4 Nf6 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Qe8 28. Re5 $1 {[%cal Rc2c7] /\Qc7} Be6 29. Bxb7
Rb8 30. Be4 {[%cal Re4h7,Re5a5]} h6 31. Rxa5 Bxh3 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Bf5 Bxf5 34.
Qxf5 $16 {[%csl Ga4] o^a and Black has no meaningful <=>.}) 23... Nc7 (23...
Nf6 $5) 24. Ne5 (24. Nc5 Na6 $1) ({and} 24. Bf4 Bg5 {initiates exchanges,
which only help Black.}) ({However, the patient} 24. h4 $5 $14 {[%cal Ye3f4] /
\Bf4 stops the last idea and retains the pressure - the N can go to e5 or c5,
according to the circumstances.}) 24... Bb4 (24... Na6 $2 25. d5 $16) 25. Nd3 {
As Black can't improve his position, Dominguez calmly retracts his last move.}
Qe7 $6 {This is one exchange Black should have almost certainly avoided - the
Bb4 is a valuable piece.} (25... Be7 $142 26. h4 {-24.h4}) 26. Nxb4 Qxb4 $8 (
26... axb4 $2 27. d5 $16 {[%cal Re3c5] /\Bc5}) 27. Qc2 Re8 $2 {Tiviakov
doesn't address the main threat and after this oversight his position
collapses.} ({Necessary was} 27... Na6 $8 28. Rb1 $1 (28. d5 cxd5 29. exd5 exd5
30. Rxd5 Be6 31. Rb5 (31. Bd2 Qa3 $1 32. Rxa5 Nb4 $14) 31... Rac8 32. Rxb4 Rxc2
33. Rb5 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Bd7 35. Rxa5 Rc8 36. Be3 Bc6 37. Bf1 $14 {is slightly
better for White, but Black retains reasonable drawing chances.}) 28... Qa3 (
28... Qe7 29. Qc3 $16 {/\} Nb4 30. d5) 29. Qc4 $36 {/\d5,Bd2}) 28. d5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Re3c5][%mdl 64] /\Bc5 The decisive tactical break!} exd5 (28... Na6 29.
d6 (29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Qxc6 Bb7 31. Qb5 $18) 29... Bd7 30. Rb1 $18) 29. exd5 Na6
$8 (29... Nxd5 30. Bc5 $18) 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qxc6 $1 (31. Bxc6 Bb7 32. Bxe8
Rxe8 33. Rd7 $18 {is probably good enough, but the text-move is more technical,
White avoids any accidents on the <->h1-a8}) 31... Bf5 32. Qb5 $1 Be4 33. Rc4
$1 Qxb5 34. axb5 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Nb4 (35... Nb8 36. b6 $18) 36. b6 {[%csl Gb6]
After a series of forced moves the o^b6, supported by the strong B quickly
decides the issue.} Rab8 37. Rd7 h6 38. b7 {[%cal Re3a7,Re3f4] /\Ba7, Bf4} 1-0

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 (3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 Ne7 $5 7.
Ne2 Nbc6 8. Ng3 O-O 9. f4 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. d5 Na5 $1 12. Qh5 f5 13. Qe2 Qd7
14. e4 Rae8 15. Rd1 Kh8 16. Qf1 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxc4 $1 18. Ng5 (18. Bxc4 Nxc4
19. Qxc4 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. Rxc5 d5 $1 $19) 18... exd5 19. Nxh7 Rg8 20. Ng5
g6 21. Qf2 Kg7 $15 {Popov,V-Legky,N/Orel/1994/}) (3. Nd2 d5 (3... f5 4. a3 Be7
(4... Bxd2+ $142 5. Bxd2 Nf6) 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6
9. Nf3 d6 10. h4 $1 Qe7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 $1 Rd8 15.
c5 {/\Bc4+-} Kf8 16. Bc4 e4 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 $18) 17. Nf7 Re8 18. Nh8 $1
Bf5 19. Ba2 Be5 20. g4 Bh7 21. Qc4 Qf6 22. Bg5 $1 hxg5 (22... Qf3 23. Qg8+ $3
Bxg8 24. Ng6#) 23. hxg5 Qf3 24. Rxh7 Ke7 25. Qe6+ {1-0/Sorin,A-Rodriguez,And/
San Martin/1994/}) 4. Ngf3 Ne7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 O-O 7. Qc2 Bd7 8. Rc1 Nbc6
9. e4 $1 Be8 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be4 Qh5 14. O-O Rd8
15. d5 f5 $5 16. Bd3 Rxd5 17. Bc4 Bf7 18. Qb3 $1 $36 {Sorin,A-Slipak,S/San
Martin/1994/}) 3... a5 (3... Qe7 4. e4 $5 d5 5. e5 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 dxc4 7. Bxc4
Bd7 8. Qg4 g6 9. Ne2 Bc6 10. Nc3 Nh6 11. Qh3 Nf5 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Nde4 Nd7 14.
Rfd1 Nf5 15. Nb5 $5 $13 {Tregubov,P-Savon,V/Volgograd/1994/}) 4. Nc3 d5 (4...
Nf6 5. Bg5 $5 a4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. d5 d6 9. e3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11.
Bd3 Qa5 12. Ne2 Nxd5 13. O-O c4 $1 14. Bc2 (14. Bxc4 $2 N5b6) 14... Nxc3 15.
Nxc3 Qxc3 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. Bb4 Qe5 19. Bxa4 b5 $13 {Tukmakov,
V-Motwani,P/Groningen op/1990/}) (4... d6 5. e4 (5. Nf3 f5 $5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3
b6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qe8 11. O-O-O $6 (11. Nd2 $5 $14) 11... Bb7
12. d5 Na6 $1 13. e4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 16. Qc2 e5 17. b4 axb4 18.
axb4 Na4 19. Be1 Bc8 $40 {Douven,R-Luther,T/Sochi/1990/}) (5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3
Nf6 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. e3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. f3 c5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Bxd4
Nbd7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rac1 g6 17. Qd2 Rd8 $10 {Kelecevic,
N-Eingorn,V/Bern op/1993/}) 5... e5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nf6 8. f3 exd4 9. Qxd4
O-O 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qh4 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. Kb1 Be6
16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rfe8 18. Be2 Nxc4 $5 19. g3 Ne3 20. gxh4 Nxc2 21. Bb5 Ne3
22. Rdg1 Nxf5 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. h5 $14 {Tisdall,J-Kortchnoi,V/Haifa ETC/1989/})
(4... b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 f5 $1 7. d5 fxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bf3 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O
11. Nge2 Na6 12. O-O Nc5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nfe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd4 Qe7
17. Rfe1 Nd6 18. Ng3 Qf7 19. a4 Rae8 $132 {Timoschenko,G-Nenashev,A/Tashkent/
1987/}) (4... f5 5. e4 $5 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 fxe4 7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 d5
10. f3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Rg6 12. Qe3 Nb4 13. Kb1 Qd7 14. b3 dxc4 15. fxe4 cxb3 16.
axb3 Rg4 $5 17. Qf3 Nxe4 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qxg4 Nc3+ 20. Kc2 Ra2+ 21. Kd3 Qb5+
22. Ke3 Nxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qg5+ 24. Kd3 Qb5+ $10 {0,5/Rajkovic,D-Topalov,V/Star
Dojran/1991/}) 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 (7... c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 $14 {
^^}) 8. O-O Bb7 (8... Ba6 $5 9. b3 Nbd7 {/\c5<=>}) 9. a3 (9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Qe2
Ne4 $10) 9... Bd6 (9... Be7 $142 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 c5 12. Re1 Nc6
13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Ne7 16. Qh3 f5 17. f4 c4 18. Bc2 Qd7 19. a4
Bb4 20. Nb1 Bc6 21. Bc3 b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Nd2 Qd6 24. Ra2 $14 {Barbero,
G-Eingorn,V/Debrecen/1989/}) 10... Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 $5 $14) 10. Qc2 {
/\Nb5|^} dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 {/\Kh1,Rg1|^}) (11... c5 $142
$5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rfd1 $14 (13. e4 $5)) 12. e4 e5 13. Be3 exd4 (13... Qe7
14. Rfe1 $36) 14. Bxd4 $16 {|^[+]} Qe7 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (16... Nxd5
17. exd5 Qd8 18. Bc3 $16) 17. exd5 Qd8 18. Bc3 {><b5,b6,^^} Qc7 19. Qf5 Rae8
20. Bb5 $1 {/\Re8,Bf6+-} Rxe1+ (20... Rd8 21. g3 $16 {/\Ng5,Nd2-c4}) 21. Rxe1
h6 22. g3 Rd8 23. Nd2 $1 Bf8 24. Nc4 $18 g6 25. Qf3 Nh7 (25... Bg7 26. Re7) 26.
h4 Bd6 (26... Nb8 27. Be5 {/\d6+-}) 27. a4 Bf8 28. b3 $1 g5 (28... Bd6 29. Bxd7
Qxd7 (29... Rxd7 30. Re8+ $18) 30. Nxb6 Qb7 31. Bxa5) 29. Qf5 Bd6 30. Re6 $1
Ndf8 (30... fxe6 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Bg7+ Kg8 (32... Ke7 33. Qxe6#) 33. Bxh6+ Kh8
34. Qg7#) 31. Rxd6 (31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qe5 {/\Qg7#,Qd6}) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 {Ulf Andersson's
favourite weapon. It is a very reliable line.} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 {White
must not hurry with castling, which often leads to the same position.} 8. O-O (
8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rfc1 (11. Rac1 Bb7 12. Qf4 a6 13. Rfd1
Rc8 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. h4 Rfd8 16. Nd3 h6 17. e3 Rc4 18. a3 Rdc8 19. Bf1 Nf8 20.
Ne5 R4c7 $11 {Berkes,F-Cao Sang HUN-Ch Balatonlelle 20021/2-1/2 (70)}) 11... a6
12. Na4 a5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qf4 Ba6 16. Bf1 Ra7 17. e3 Bxf1 18.
Kxf1 Qb8 19. Qxb8 Rxb8 20. Rc6 $14 {Moiseenko,A-Hernandez Carmenates, H Carlos
Torre Wimbledon 21st Merida 2008 1-0 (40)}) (8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. O-O Bb7
11. b4 a5 12. a3 Qe7 13. Qb2 Rfb8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17.
Rxa1 Ra8 $11 {Vaganian,R-Parligras,M Gothenburg 2005 1/2-1/2 (30)}) 8... Nbd7
9. Rc1 {Here are examples featuring other options for White:} (9. Qc3 b6 10.
cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa3 a5 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. e3 Qb8 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Qe7 Re8 16. Qa3
Rc8 17. Qe7 Re8 18. Qa3 {1/2-1/2 Andreikin,D-Ibragimov,I TCh-RUS Loo RUS 2013.
Apparently this game managed to convince Dmitry Andreikin to play the line
with the black pieces.}) (9. Ne5 $5 {The most ambitious approach. After
trading knights on e5 Black begins to regret about ...Bb4+ and ...Bxd2. The
dark squares in his camp are vulnerable.} Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 (11. Qc3 Rb8
12. Nd2 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. c5 b4 15. Qe3 a5 16. Nf3 a4 17. Rfc1 Rb5 18. Nd4 Rxc5
(18... Ra5 19. Qd2 a3 20. bxa3 (20. Qxb4 axb2 21. Qxb2 Ba6 $44) 20... bxa3 21.
Rab1 $14) 19. Rxc5 Nxc5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Rxc5 Bb7
24. a3 $14 {Volokitin,A-Pogromsky,M TCh-Rus Loo RUS 2013 1-0 (74)}) 11... f6
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rad1 Re8 $1 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
a5 (17... g6 18. Rc1 e5 $11) 18. Rc1 a4 19. a3 Ra5 20. Rxc4 Rd8 21. Bd3 e5 22.
f5 Rd4 $132 {Vitiugov,N-Zvjaginsev,V Rapid Cup St Petersburg RUS 2012 1-0 (36)}
) 9... Qe7 10. Qe3 dxc4 {A rare but probably the strongest continuation. After
Black's last move it is very difficult for White to get an openning advantage}
(10... Re8 {The main line} 11. Nbd2 ({Another continuation also deserves
attention} 11. Ne5 $5 $146 Nxe5 (11... Qb4 $5 12. b3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4
Qb6) 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nd2 b6 (13... a5 $5 14. Nf3 a4 15. Rc2 Ra5 $13) 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Qd4 (15. Nc4 $1 Rd8 16. Nd6 f6 17. f4 $16) 15... Ba6 16. e4 Nc5 17.
exd5 exd5 $11 {Harika,D-Danielian,E FIDE WGP Dilijan ARM 2013 1-0 (78)}) 11...
e5 (11... dxc4 $6 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Qb3 $16) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14.
Nxe5 Rxe5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nb6 (16... Nc7 17. Nc4 Re7 18. Na5 Kf8 19. b4
Rb8 20. a4 Be6 21. Rab1 a6 22. f4 f6 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Kf2 Rd7 25. Ke3 Ke7 26.
Bf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bd7 28. Rc1 Ne6 29. h4 Nd8 $11 {Karpov,A-Andersson,U Belfort
1988 1/2-1/2 (77)}) 17. f4 Re7 18. a4 a5 19. Nb3 f6 20. Ra3 Be6 21. Nc5 Bf7 22.
Rd3 Rae8 23. Bh3 Nc8 24. Bd7 Rd8 25. Rcd1 $16 {Karpov,A-Andersson,U ol (Men)
Thessaloniki 1988 1-0 (53)}) 11. Rxc4 Nd5 12. Qa3 $146 (12. Qe4 {is another
try to get an opening edge:} f5 $5 (12... N5f6 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Ne5 $5 (14. e4
e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Re7 19. Nc3 Rd7 20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Be6 $11)) 13. Qd3 (13. Qc2 $2 b5 14. Rxc6 Bb7 $17) 13... b6 14.
Rc1 (14. Rxc6 $6 Nb4 15. Qb5 Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Ba6 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Qa4 Bb7 $15)
14... Bb7 15. Nbd2 e5 $6 (15... c5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rab8 $11 {the position
is about equal}) 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Rae8 18. Re1 h6 19. Re2 (19. Rac1 $5 $16)
19... c5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nb4 22. Qb3+ $16 {Khairullin,I-Zvjaginsev,V
Rapid Cup St Petersburg RUS 2012 1/2-1/2 (32)}) 12... Re8 13. Qxe7 Rxe7 {
White has a space advantage and slightly better development. However, if Black
manages to solve the problem of developing his bishop (after ...e5 or after ...
b6, ...Bb7, ...c5) then the position will be equal.} 14. e4 N5b6 15. Rc2 e5 $1
16. Nbd2 (16. Nc3 {White could have tried} exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 {It seems that
Black could be satisfied with the openning result} 18. f4 (18. Rd1 g6 19. b4
Ne6 20. Nb3 Kg7) 18... g6 19. h3 Ne6 20. Nde2 f6 21. Rd1 a5 22. Kf2 Kg7 $11)
16... a5 $5 17. a3 {It is very easy to criticise a player who lost a game but
I really can't explain the last move. The only explanation that I have is that
Vladimir Kramnik failed to find an advantage in the direct lines such as} (17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Re8 (19... Re7 20. f5 $5 {White gains space and
hampers the development of Black's pieces. It seems to me that after this move
White has better chances.} Rd7 (20... f6 21. Rd1 g6 22. g4 Kg7 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24.
Rxc4 Bd7 25. Rd6 $14) (20... g6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Nc4 Nf6 $6 23. Rd1 Re8 24. g5
Nh5 25. Rf2 $16) 21. Nf3 f6 22. g4 Re7 23. Re1 Bd7 24. e5 fxe5 25. Rce2 h5 26.
h3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Be8 28. Nxe5 $14) 20. Kf2 (20. f5 g6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Nc4 Nf6 $1
{Here we can see the very important difference between the black rook's
location on e7 and e8.} (22... Ne5 $6 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Kf2 $14)
23. h3 (23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. g5 Nd7 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. Rcd2 Rxd2 28.
Rxd2 $11) 23... Nxe4 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rd1 f5 27. Re2 Be6 $11)
20... g6 21. Nb3 (21. Rd1 $6 Rd8) 21... a4 22. Nc5 Nd7 23. Rd1 Nxc5 24. Rxc5
Be6 $11) 17... g6 {It is necessary to control the important square f5.} 18.
Rac1 exd4 $1 19. Nxd4 Ne5 $1 20. f4 Rd7 $1 {The tactical justification of 19...
Ne5.} (20... Ng4 $6 21. Re1 Re8 22. h3 Nh6 23. N2b3 $14) 21. Ne2 Ng4 {From the
human point of view this is the strongest move.} (21... Nd3 $5 {Black doesn't
need to put his knight in danger. As you can see the knight has no squares to
retreat and could be trapped. However I consider move 21...Nd3 as the best one
and it easily proves that Black is out of danger.} 22. Rb1 (22. Rd1 Na4 23. b3
Nac5 24. e5 Kg7 25. Nc3 Rd8 26. Nce4 a4 27. b4 Nb3 28. Nxb3 (28. Nc4 Bg4 29.
Rb1 Nd4 30. Rd2 Nb3 $11) 28... axb3 29. Rcd2 Bg4 30. Rb1 Rxa3 31. Bf1 b2 32.
Nd6 Nxb4 33. Rdxb2 Nd5 34. Rxb7 Be6 35. Nxf7 Bxf7 36. e6 Rf8 $11) 22... Rd8 23.
Nf3 Na4 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nb6 26. Nc1 (26. Rd1 $2 Be6 27. Rcd2 Bb3 28. Rb1
Nc4 $19) (26. Rd2 $2 Nc4 27. Rdd1 Ne3 $17) 26... Be6 27. Nxd3 Rxd3 28. b5 cxb5
29. Rxb5 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Rxb7 Ne3 32. Ne5 Rda3 33. Rd2 Nd1+ 34. Ke2 Ne3
35. Kf2 Nd1+ $11) 22. Nf1 Rd8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Kf2 ({White could
have probably kept a tiny plus due to his space advantage and potentially
strong bishop after simplifications starting with} 25. Nd4 Nc4 26. Nxe6 Nxd2
27. Nxd8 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 Rxd8 29. Ke2 {he most likely outcome here is a draw.})
25... Na4 $1 26. Rcc2 Nd7 27. Ke3 $4 {A blunder.} (27. Nc1 f6 28. Rd4 Ndc5 29.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nd2 Kg7 31. Ke3 Nd7 (31... h5 $2 32. b3 $18) 32. Ncb3 Ra8 33.
Bf1 Nab6 34. Nd4 Bf7 {The position is about equal.}) (27. g4 Ndc5 28. Nc1 f6
29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nd2 Nb6 31. Ke3 (31. Rxc5 $2 Rxd2+ 32. Kg3 Rxb2) 31... Ncd7
32. Bf1 Kf8 33. Ncb3 Ra8 $11) 27... Bb3 $1 {White's position is hopeless.} 28.
Rc1 Ndb6 $1 29. Rd4 (29. Kf2 Nc4 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. e5 Naxb2 $19) 29... c5 30.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 {White is going to lose 2 pawns (b2, a3).} 31. e5 Nc4+ 32. Kf3 Naxb2
$19 33. Nc3 Nxa3 34. Ne3 b5 35. Ne4 Nd3 36. Rh1 {Vladimir Kramnik tries to
create counterplay. It is difficult to come up with something good in such a
sort of position.} Nc2 37. Nxc2 Bxc2 38. h4 b4 39. h5 gxh5 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Ke3
(41. Nxh7+ Ke7) 41... b3 42. Nd5 0-1

[Event "Pfalz op 03rd"]
[Site "Neustadt an der Weinstrasse"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sumets, Andrey"]
[Black "Haroutjunian, Gevorg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O d5 $6 {As for me it is a strange choice. I had never seen this idea before
the game and considered this move as a mistake. However this move concludes
some ideas and White has to play carefully.} (8... d6 {The main line. I was
going to play 9.d5 as Leko played against Naiditsch.} 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne7
11. Nh4 $5 Qb6 (11... Bd7 $5 {According to computer the best move in this
position} 12. e4 (12. Nd2 Nexd5 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Qd2 Rc8) 12... Qb6 13. Nd2 Rac8
14. h3 Qd4 $6 (14... Rc7 $1 15. Re1 Rfc8) 15. Rb1 Bb5 $11 {Braun A - Terrieux
K 2009}) 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qb3 a5 (13... g5 $5 14. Nf3 (14. h3 Bxh3 15. Bxh3 gxh4)
14... Nxe4 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 g4 17. Nh4 Nd2 18. Qd1 Nxf1 19. Qxg4+ Ng6 20.
Rxf1 $44) 14. h3 a4 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Rfc8 17. Nf3 $14 {Leko P - Naiditsch A
2008}) 9. Nbd2 Qe7 (9... b6 $6 10. cxd5 $1 exd5 11. Rc1) 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5 $2
exd5 11. e3 h6 12. Qb3 a5 13. Rfc1 Bf5 $15) 10... Rd8 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. e4 dxc4
13. Nxc4 (13. e5 $5 Ne8 (13... Nd5 14. Nxc4 Rac8 15. Qe4) 14. Nxc4 Rac8 15. Qe4
Nb8 16. Rc1 Bc6) 13... Rac8 14. Qe2 {A solid move. I saw that e5 is premature
because of Na5 and stopped calculation 14 e5.} (14. e5 $6 Na5 $1 15. exf6 (15.
Ng5 $5 Rxc4 16. exf6 (16. Qd3 g6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qg7) 16... Rxc2 17. fxe7
Re8 18. Be4 Rxb2 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. d5 Rxe7 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Rd4 g6 23. Bxg6
Kg7 24. Bb1 Bc6 $13) 15... gxf6 $1 (15... Qxf6 $6 16. b3 b5 17. Qd2 bxc4 18.
Qxb4 Nc6 19. Qxc4) 16. Nfd2 b5 17. d5 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 (18... Rxc4 19. Qe2
$44) 19. Rd4) 14... b5 15. Nce5 Be8 16. Rd2 Qb7 17. Re1 Nxe5 (17... a5 18. Bh3)
18. Nxe5 Qc7 19. Bh3 $1 {After this move I believed I had a big advantage. I
thought that he had to play ...Rb8 in some moment and I would capture the
c-file.} Nd7 20. Nd3 Qd6 21. d5 $1 $16 e5 (21... exd5 22. e5 Qh6 23. e6 $1 fxe6
(23... Qxh3 24. e7) 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Nf4) 22. f4 f6 (22... exf4 $5 23. gxf4 (
23. Nxf4 Rc4 24. e5 Qb6+ 25. Qf2 $16) 23... a5 24. Qe3 Rc4 25. Bg2 $40) 23.
fxe5 fxe5 24. Rf1 Rc4 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Qg4 $2 {I didn't see how Black could
protect his position.} (26. b3 $1 Rd4 (26... Rc3 27. Bxd7 Bxd7 28. Qh5 $18) 27.
Bxd7 Bxd7 28. Nxe5 $3 Qxe5 29. Qf2 Rxd2 (29... h6 30. Qxd4 $18) 30. Qf8+ Rxf8
31. Rxf8#) 26... Nc5 $2 (26... Qb6+ 27. Kg2 Bg6 $1 {the only way to keep
Black's position} 28. Re2 (28. Bxd7 $4 Bxe4+ 29. Kh3 Qh6+ 30. Qh4 Bxd3 $19) (
28. Qg5 Bxe4+ 29. Kh3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Nf8 31. Qxe5 Ng6 $16) 28... Qd4 29. Bxd7
Qxd3 30. Bf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 g6 32. Qf3) 27. Rdf2 $1 $18 Bh5 (27... Nxe6 28. Nxe5
$3 h5 29. Nxc4 hxg4 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. dxe6 $18) 28. Qh4 Nxe6 29. dxe6 Rg8 30.
Qxh5 Qxd3 31. e7 Rcc8 {The last chance.} 32. Qxe5 (32. e8=Q $4 Rcxe8 33. Qxe8
Qxf1+ $1 $11) 32... Qd7 33. Rf8 Re8 34. R1f7 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kf3 Qd1+ 37.
Kf4 Qf1+ 38. Kg4 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. g3 Bxf3 (
7... d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 O-O 12. b5 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa8
14. Bb4 Be4 15. Rc1 h6 16. Qc3 e5 17. d5 Qb7 18. Ra1 Ra8 19. Ra3 Nc5 20. Bh3
Bh7 21. Nh4 Nce4 22. Qa1 Rxa3 23. Qxa3 Ng5 24. Bf5 Qb8 25. f3 Kh8 26. Kg2 Bxf5
27. Nxf5 Qc8 28. g4 h5 29. h4 Ngh7 30. Qa6 Qd8 31. g5 Nd7 32. Ng3 f6 33. gxf6
Nhxf6 34. Bd2 e4 35. Bg5 exf3+ 36. exf3 Ne5 37. Qa2 Qf8 38. Qe2 g6 39. f4 Neg4
40. Qe6 Kh7 41. f5 Qg7 42. Kf3 {Bareev,E-Hjartarson,J/Munich 1993/CBM 36/1-0 
(61)}) 8. exf3 d5 9. Bg2 O-O (9... Qd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 a5 13.
Be3 a4 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Ra7 16. Bd2 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Nfd5 18. Bb4 Rd8 19. Bxe7
Nxe7 20. Bc6 Nxc6 21. Qxc6 g6 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Rc4 Rd5
26. Rdc1 Kd7 27. Ke3 Rb5 28. R1c2 Rb3+ 29. R4c3 Rxc3+ 30. bxc3 b5 31. Kd3 c6
32. Re2 Kc7 33. Re5 Kb6 34. h4 Rd7 35. Kc2 Rd5 36. Re1 c5 37. dxc5+ Rxc5 38.
Re4 Kc6 39. Rd4 e5 40. fxe5 Rxe5 41. Kd2 Rd5 42. Kc2 Kc5 43. Re4 Rf5 44. f4 h5
45. Rb4 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Shchukin,D-Yemelin,V/Chigorin mem 1995/EXT 95}) 10. f4 Nc6
11. Bc3 Qd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Qa4 Nd5 (13... Nxd4 $5 14. Qxd7 (14. Qxc4 Rad8 15.
Rad1 c5 16. b4 $15) 14... Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Nxd7 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44) 14. Qxc4 Rfd8
15. Rfe1 Rac8 $2 (15... Nce7 $11) 16. f5 $1 $36 {[%csl Re6]} Kh8 (16... exf5 $4
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Re8+) 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Re2 Nxc3 (18... Re8 19. Rae1 Nxc3 (
19... Re7 20. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 $18) 20. bxc3 Na5 (20... Nd8 21. d5) 21.
Qa2 c5 22. Bh3 $16) 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Qxe6 Qxe6 21. Rxe6 c5 22. d5 Nc4 23. Re7
a5 24. a4 Nd6 25. Rae1 b5 26. axb5 Nxb5 27. Rb7 $5 (27. R1e3 $5) 27... Nxc3 28.
Ree7 Nxd5 29. Rxg7 Nf6 30. Rgf7 Rd6 $6 (30... Rd1+ $5 31. Bf1 c4 32. Rxf6 (32.
Rfc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Ne4 34. Kg2) 32... c3 33. Rff7 (33. Rh6 Kg8 34. Rbxh7 Rc5
$11) 33... c2 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 $11) 31. g4 h6 (31... Rd1+ $1 32. Bf1 c4 33. g5 $2
(33. Rxf6 $11) 33... c3 $1 (33... Ne4 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Kg2 $16) 34. gxf6 Rg8+
35. Rg7 c2 $19) 32. h4 $16 Rg8 33. Bf3 Rg6 {This leads to a rather clumsy
regrouping, but black's position is difficult in any case, and I imagine both
players were short of time. Black can try to distract one of the white rooks
to get pressure against g4, but it does not seem to quite work.} (33... a4 34.
Ra7 a3 35. Kg2) (33... c4 34. Rbc7 c3 35. Kg2 c2 36. Kh3 $1 (36. Kg3 Rd1 $1
$132)) 34. Kg2 Kg8 35. Rfc7 Rd8 36. Kg3 $6 (36. Rc6 $1 Rf8 37. Ra7 $18 (37. g5
$5 hxg5 38. Bd5+ Kh8 39. Bf7)) 36... Nh5+ 37. Kh2 Rf6 38. Kg2 $2 (38. Be4 $1
Rxf2+ (38... Nf4 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Re6 41. Bc2 (41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rh7+ Kg8
43. Rbg7+ Kf8 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Rxf4 Rxe4) 41... Nd5 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Rh7+ Kg8
44. g6 $18) 39. Kg1 Rf4 (39... Re2 40. Bd5+ $18) 40. Bh7+ $18) 38... Nf4+ 39.
Kg3 Ne6 $14 40. Rd7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Nd4 42. Bd5+ Kf8 43. f3 Ne2+ 44. Kf2 Nf4 45.
Bc4 (45. Be4 Ra6) 45... Ng6 46. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terres Catalanes 15th"]
[Site "Ampuriabrava"]
[Date "1997.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. g3 Ba6 7. b3 d5
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Ne4 (11... Nbd7 12. Rc1 (12. a3 Bd6
13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 c6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. Qf3 Bb7 19.
Bf5 Rc7 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Nf4 Nf6 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 Re7 25.
Ra1 c5 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bd2 cxd4 28. Qg6 Qe8 29. Qh7+ {1-0 Drummond,M-Malau,E/
World Cities 1997/EXP 58}) 12... c6 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Bb2
f5 17. e3 Qf6 18. Nfd2 Qh6 19. f4 Ndf6 20. Nf3 Ng4 21. Rc2 Re6 22. Bf1 Rae8 23.
Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 c5 25. Qf3 Rg6 26. Rg2 Bc6 27. Qe2 Rd8 28. Rd1 a4 29. b4 Qh5
30. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Birbrager,I-Bronstein,D/URS-chT 1967/MCD-ch}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4
13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. e3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Rac1 Bd5 19.
Bf1 Ra5 20. Bc4 h5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Red1 h4 23. Qc2 hxg3 24. fxg3 Qh6 25. Qf2
Re6 26. Qf4 (26. Rxc7 $5 Rf6 27. Qd2 Rf3 28. Re1 Rh5 $36 {[%csl Rg3,Rh1]} 29.
Qg2 Rxe3 30. Rf1 f5) 26... Qxf4 27. gxf4 c6 28. Rf1 (28. Rc4 $5 c5 29. Rdc1)
28... Rg6+ 29. Kh1 c5 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. Rfd1 Rgd6 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 {[#] Hecht
schwarzer Raumvorteil, weiße Bauernschwächen, aktiver schwarzer König} 33. Rc2
Kf8 34. Kg2 Ke7 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. Ke1 Rh5 $17 37. Rg2 g6 38. Rd2+ Kc6 39. Rf2 Kb5
40. Rg2 Rh3 41. Kd2 c4 42. bxc4+ Kxc4 43. Re2 Rh5 44. Rf2 Ra5 45. Ke1 Kd3 46.
f5 gxf5 47. Re2 Ra6 48. Rf2 Kxe3 49. Rxf5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Horvath, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Sibekobank"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszegi Csuti Antal SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... a5 {A committal decision, limiting the chances of
castling long.} 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 a4 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. f3 e5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bf2
e4 16. O-O O-O 17. Bg3 Nh5 {led to very sharp play in Cramling,P-Lobron,E/
Brussels mix 1987 ( 0-1, 39)}) (9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Bd3 Ndf6 13.
O-O-O $5 Qe7 14. d5 Nc5 15. e4 e5 16. h4 $1 g4 17. Nh2 a5 18. Nf1 {was more
pleasant for white in Mikhalevski, V-Lomineishvili,M/ Koop Tjuchem (open),
Groningen NED 1996 (1-0 , 54)}) 10. Bh4 (10. Rd1 Be4 $5 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Bh4 a6
13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 e5 15. Rd1 exd4 16. Rxd4 Ne5 17. O-O $5 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3
Qe6 {looked solid enough for black in Epishin,V-Kosten,A/Geneve op 1993 (1-0,
62), though he was worn down in the end.}) 10... h6 11. Rd1 g5 (11... a5 12. b3
{Krasenkow disallows ...a4 though it did not achieve so much for black in the
analogous position between Cramling and Lobron above.} Rc8 13. Be2 $5 (13. Nd2)
13... g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 (15. Nxg5 $2 h4 16. Bf4 e5) 15... g4 16. Ng5 Bxg2
17. Rg1 Bb7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 $44 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Bogdanovski,V/Erevan olm
1996 (40)}) 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. d5 (13. Nd2) 13... Ndf6 (13... Nxg3 $5) 14. Nd4 e5
(14... exd5 $5 {looks naive, but I don't see what is wrong with it;} 15. cxd5
Nxg3 16. Bb5+ (16. hxg3 Bxd5) 16... Kf8 17. hxg3 Bxd5 $15 (17... Nxd5 18. Nf5
$1 $40 (18. Bc6 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Ne2 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Re8 22. Qf3 Kg7 $5
$44))) (14... h5 $5 15. f3 h4 16. Bf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 g4 18. e4 g3+ 19. Ke1 gxh2
20. Kd2 Nh5 {was entertaining and obscure in Aseev,K-Kengis,E/URS-sf
Daugavpils 1989 ( - , 60)}) 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16. f3 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 Ne8 {This looks
terribly passive. Black will never be able to take back the f5 square, so he
should seek ways of creating some counterplay.} (17... h5 $5) (17... e4 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. fxe4 Rde8 21. Bd3 $14 {f}) 18. Bd3 Ng7 19. O-O h5
20. b4 h4 21. Nf5 Nxf5 22. Bxf5+ Kb8 23. a4 Bc8 24. a5 h3 (24... Qf6 25. Bxc8
Rxc8 26. Qa4 Qe7 27. Ra1 $40) 25. g4 Rh6 26. Ra1 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 e4 28. axb6 cxb6
29. fxe4 Rh4 30. Kf2 $5 (30. c5 $5 dxc5 31. bxc5 Qxc5 32. Qxg5 Rhh8 33. Rxf7
$18) 30... Re8 31. Ke2 Qc7 (31... Qxe4 $5 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxf7 Rxc4 34. Rfxa7
$1 (34. Raxa7 Rxb4 (34... Rc2+ $5) (34... Rhxg4 $5)) 34... b5 $1 (34... Kc8 35.
Ra8+ Kd7 36. R1a7+ Rc7 37. Kf3 $18) 35. Ra8+ Kc7 36. R1a7+ Kb6 37. Ra6+ Kc7 38.
R8a7+ Kb8 39. Rg7 $16) 32. Kd3 f6 33. Rfc1 $1 (33. Qxf6 Rxg4 $36) 33... Re5 $6
(33... Rh6 34. c5 $5 (34. Rc2 {a, c.}) 34... dxc5 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Rab1+ Ka8
37. Rb5 Qd6 $16) 34. Qxf6 Rxg4 35. Qf8+ Kb7 (35... Qc8 36. Qxd6+ $18) 36. Rxa7+
$1 (36. Rxa7+ Kxa7 37. Ra1+ Kb7 38. Qa8#) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2056]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+
7. Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 {'!?' Byrne,R; Mednis,E.}
12. Nd3 {'!?' Byrne,R; Mednis,E.} (12. f4 h4 13. f5 hxg3 14. hxg3 Nh5 15. Rf3
Qg5 16. Nf1 g6 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Na6 19. Nd3 gxf5 20. exf5 Nf6 $17 {
0-1 Evseev,D-Lopushnoy,D/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60 (51)}) 12... h4 13. f4 (13. Qe2
Na6 14. Rac1 (14. b3 hxg3 15. hxg3 Nb4 (15... c6 16. a3 {/\ b4}) 16. Nxb4 axb4
17. a3 $1 bxa3 18. Ra2 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Rxh3 20. Rfa1 Qd7 21. Rxa3 Rxa3 22. Rxa3
Rh6 23. Ra8+ Ke7 24. Ra7 Qh3 25. Qf3 Ng4 $1 $11 {Ippolito,D-Yermolinsky,A/Reno
1996/Inf 68/[Byrne,R; Mednis,E] (25)}) 14... Nc5 15. b3 Bg4 16. Qe3 Bd7 17.
Nxc5 dxc5 18. Nf3 hxg3 19. fxg3 Rh5 20. a3 Ra6 21. h4 Ng4 22. Qd2 a4 23. b4 Rg6
24. Ng5 Rgxg5 25. hxg5 Rxg5 $13 {0-1 Pyda,Z-Khasin,A/Koszalin 1998/EXP 65 (46)}
) 13... hxg3 14. fxe5 $2 $146 (14. hxg3 Ng4 15. Qe2 (15. Re1 Qf6 16. f5 Qg5 17.
Nf3 Qh6 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Na6 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. a3 a4 22. Kg2 Ke7 23. Rac1 b6
24. g4 Nd7 25. g5 Ndc5 26. Nf2 $13 {0-1 Madebrink,L-Astrom,G/Helsingborg 1991/
EXT 91b (79)}) 15... Nh2 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. c5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20.
Rac1 b6 21. Nc4 f6 22. d6 cxd6 23. Nxb6 Rb8 24. Nd5 Qb7 25. f5 $44 {1-0 Vokac,
M-Walti,R/Prague 1991/TD 91\08 (46)}) 14... dxe5 $6 (14... gxh2+ {could
certainly have been played, as it is not at all clear that white's king is
actually shielded from harm by black's pawn on h2.} 15. Kh1 dxe5 16. Qf3 (16.
c5 Nh5) 16... Nh5 17. Rf2 {and white can fend off the immediate threats with
Nf1 if needed.} Ra6 $5 {and I cann't help feeling this is just a better
version of the game for black.}) 15. hxg3 Nbd7 16. Rf5 g6 17. Rf2 Ra6 18. Qf3
Nc5 (18... Nh5 19. c5 Rf6 20. Qe3 Rxf2 21. Qxf2 Qg5 22. Nf3 Qxg3 23. Qxg3 Nxg3
24. Nfxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Ne2+ 26. Kf2 Nf4 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Bxh1 f6 29. Nc4 Nd3+
30. Ke3 Nxc5 31. Nxa5 $11) 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Nb3 Qa7 $2 {An odd decision,
which allows the initiative to change hands.} (20... Qe7 21. Rc2 $5 (21. c5 Ng4
22. Rc2 a4 23. d6 Qg5 $5 24. Nd2 cxd6 25. cxd6 (25. Bf1 Qe3+ $17) 25... Bd7 26.
Nc4 b5) (21. Raf1 Rh7 {planning Ng4 and a4.}) 21... a4 22. Nd2 Qc5+ (22... Nd7
$5) (22... Ng4 23. c5 Rf6 24. Qa3 $132) 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Ng4+ 25. Ke2 Rh2
26. Rg1 $11) 21. c5 O-O $1 (21... Rh7 22. Bf1 Ng4 23. Bxa6 Nxf2 24. Bb5+ c6 25.
Qxf2 cxb5 26. Qf6 $18) 22. Bf1 Ng4 23. Rc2 $5 (23. Bxa6 $5 Nxf2 24. Bf1 Ng4 25.
Qc3 f5 $5 (25... b6 26. Rc1 $14) (25... a4 26. Nd2 $14) 26. Qxa5 Qxa5 27. Nxa5
fxe4 28. Bg2 $14) 23... Rf6 24. Qc3 a4 25. Nd2 b6 26. b4 (26. Bh3 $5 {[%csl
Re5]} bxc5 27. Nc4 (27. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Rxc5 Rf2 29. Nf1 Rxb2 30. Rxc7 f5 $132)
27... Re8 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Nxe5 c4+ 30. Kg2 $16 {and white should be much
better, though there are some breezes around his king.} Rxe5 $140 $2 31. Qxe5
Qe3 32. Qxf6 Qxe4+ 33. Kg1 Qxc2 34. Re1 $18) 26... bxc5 27. Qxc5 $1 (27. bxc5 {
[%csl Ra7,Re5] keeping pressure on e5 and sealing out the black queen is more
ambitious, but undoubtedly white wanted a safer continuation as the game
reaches boiling point.} Rf2 $5 28. Bh3 Re2 29. Bxg4 Bxg4 30. Qxe5 Qa6 $1 {
suddenly gives black dangerous counterplay.}) 27... Qxc5+ 28. bxc5 $2 (28. Rxc5
$5 {is the critical continuation, and leads to a complex race, with black
trying to whip up an attack as the rest of his position crumbles. I imagine
the clock played a big part in the decision. It seems to me that black's
resources would be insufficient:} Rf2 29. Rd1 $1 (29. Nc4 Rf3 30. Rxc7 Rxg3+
31. Bg2 f5 $40) 29... f5 30. Rxc7 f4 $1 (30... fxe4 31. Nxe4 Rb2 32. d6 $18)
31. gxf4 exf4 32. d6 f3 (32... Be6 33. Re7 $1 Bxa2 (33... Bf7 34. e5) 34. d7
Bf7 35. Bc4 $18) 33. d7 Ba6 34. Rc6 {simplest} Bxf1 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Rxg4 $18
{The game continuation gives black the breathing room he needs to put things
in order.}) 28... Kg7 29. Be2 Rh8 30. Bxg4 {Necessary to relieve the growing
activity around the white kingside.} Bxg4 31. Rf1 (31. Rb1 $5 g5 $1 (31... Bf3
32. Nxf3 Rxf3 33. Kg2 Re3 (33... Rd3 $5) 34. Rb7 Rc8 35. Rb4 $14 {[%csl Ra4,
Rc7,Re4,Rf7]} (35. Rf2 Rxe4 36. d6 cxd6 37. Rfxf7+ Kh6 38. cxd6 $11)) 32. Rb7
Rfh6 33. Rxc7 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 R1h2+ $1 35. Ke3 (35. Kg1 Re2 $1) 35... R8h3 {
and white's passed pawns will presumably not be enough to compensate for his
coming material losses:} 36. Kd3 Be2+ (36... Rxg3+ 37. Kc4 Rgg2 38. Kc3 Bd1 39.
Rb2 a3 40. Rbb7 Rg3+ 41. Kb4 Rxd2 42. Rxf7+ Kg6) 37. Kc3 Bd1) 31... Rxf1+ 32.
Nxf1 Bf3 33. Rc4 (33. Nd2 $4 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Bxe4 $1 $19) 33... f5 34. Nd2 fxe4
35. Nxf3 exf3 36. Kf2 {Keeping the material balance while allwoing black to
maintain his connected pawns should prove fatal:} (36. Rxa4 Rd8 37. Ra7 (37.
Kf2 Rxd5 38. Kxf3 Rxc5 {is better, but also better for black than the game.})
37... Rxd5 38. Rxc7+ Kf6 $17 {/-+}) 36... Rd8 37. d6 cxd6 38. cxd6 Rxd6 39.
Kxf3 (39. Rxa4 Rd3 40. Re4 Kf6 41. a4 Kf5 42. Re3 Rxe3 43. Kxe3 Kg4 44. Kf2 e4
45. a5 e3+ 46. Kxe3 Kxg3 47. a6 f2 48. a7 f1=Q 49. a8=Q Qf2+ 50. Kd3 Qf3+ $19)
39... Rd3+ 40. Ke4 Rxg3 41. Kxe5 a3 {[%mdl 4096]} (41... Ra3 42. Rc2 Rf3 (42...
Rh3 43. Kf4) 43. Ke4 Rf6 $5 44. Rc4 g5 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. Rxa4 Kh5 47. Ra8 g4 48.
a4 g3 49. a5 Kg4 (49... Rg6 50. Kf3 $11) 50. a6 Re6+ 51. Kd2 Rg6 (51... g2 52.
Rg8+ (52. a7 Rg6) 52... Kf3 53. a7 Ra6 54. Rf8+ $11) 52. Ke2 $11) 42. Ra4 g5
43. Kf5 Kf7 (43... Kh6 44. Ra8 $11) 44. Ra6 Ke7 45. Ke5 Kd7 (45... Rf3 $5 {
looks trickier. Black's king is best place on f7, where it hampers the white
rook coming behind the g-pawn, and is better placed to run up the board if
given the chance. White must also take care not to fall into a lost R + aP vs
R ending, something best understood with a database and a copy of Nunn's
Secrets of Rook Endings. I hope I provide a few guidelines of some of the
pitfalls while not getting something horribly wrong:} 46. Rg6 (46. Ke4 g4 47.
Rg6 Rg3 48. Kf4 $6 (48. Ra6 $1) 48... Rg2 49. Ra6 Rxa2 50. Kxg4 Ra1 51. Kf3 Kd7
52. Kg2 Kc7 {[#] is a critical position in this ending, when the natural} 53.
Rf6 $2 {loses to} (53. Rh6 $8 $11 {is the only route to a draw. These
variations are not terribly relevant to the course of the game, but I felt
like reacquainting myself with some of these positions...}) 53... Ra2+ $1 (
53... Rb1 54. Ra6 Rb3 55. Kf2 Kb7 56. Ra4 Kb6 57. Ke2 Kb5 58. Ra8 Kb4 59. Kd2
Rb2+ 60. Kc1 $11) 54. Kg3 (54. Kf3 Kb7 55. Ke3 Ra1 $1 56. Rf2 Kb6 $1 (56... a2
57. Kf4 $1 $11) 57. Kd3 a2 58. Rd2 Kb5 $19) 54... Rb2 $19 55. Ra6 a2 56. Kf3
Kb7 57. Ra3 Kb6 58. Ke3 Kb5 59. Ra8 Kc4) 46... Re3+ (46... Rf2 47. Rxg5 Rxa2
48. Kd4 $11) 47. Kd4 (47. Kf5 Re2) 47... Rg3 48. Ra6 g4 49. Ke4 Rc3 50. Kd4 Rf3
51. Rg6 (51. Ke4 Kf7) 51... Rg3 52. Ra6 Kf7 53. Ke5 Rf3 54. Ra4 $1 (54. Ke4 Rc3
{and black is making progress;} 55. Kd4 g3 $1 {Kouatly's defensive method
concentrates on leaving the fourth rank open for his rook, not fearing ...g3,
and this allows for a simple defence.}) 54... g3 55. Rg4) 46. Kd5 g4 47. Ra4 $1
Rd3+ 48. Ke4 Rc3 49. Kd5 g3 50. Rg4 Ke7 51. Ke5 Kd7 52. Kf4 (52. Kd4 Rf3 53.
Ke4 Rf2 54. Rxg3 Rxa2 55. Kd4 {was simpler.}) 52... Rc2 53. Rxg3 Rxa2 54. Rg1
Kc6 55. Ke3 Kb5 56. Kd3 Kb4 57. Rg8 (57. Rb1+ Rb2 58. Rxb2+ axb2 59. Kc2 Ka3
60. Kb1 Kb3 $11) 57... Rh2 58. Rb8+ Ka4 59. Kc3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. b4 a5 8. b5 c5
9. bxc6 bxc6 (9... Nxc6 $5 10. Bb2 $6 Rb8 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2
Rezsek,G-Bernei,A/HUN-chT1 1995}) 10. c5 Nfd7 (10... Qe8 $6 11. Qc2 Nfd7 12.
Bb2 f5 13. Be2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. O-O Qh5 16. Rfb1 Nf6 $6 17. Bc3 Nbd7 18.
Rb7 Rb8 19. Rxb8+ Nxb8 20. Qb2 Nfd7 21. Qb7 Qe8 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Nb3 Qd8 24. Nc1
f4 25. exf4 {1-0 Petrosian,A-Ivanovic,B/Belgrade GMA 1988}) 11. Bb2 (11. Be2 $5
{keeping the b-line clear deserves consideration.} Ba6 12. O-O f5 (12... e5 $5)
13. Rb1 Qc7 14. a4 Bf6 15. Nb3 e5 16. Bd2 e4 17. Ne1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bd8 19. g3
Nf6 20. Bxa5 $1 $16 {Seirawan,Y-Speelman,J/Roquebrune rapid 1992/1/2-1/2 (60)})
11... Qc7 (11... e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxc5 14. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]
[%cal Rc2h7] +/-}) 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O a4 $5 {To create an
outpost on b5.} (14... e5 $5 {seems to me to be by far the most natural way to
play this type of position, but for some reason no one seems to agree.} 15.
dxe5 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8) 15... Naxc5 16. e4 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Rab8 $132) 15. e4 Qc8 $2 (15... e5 $5 16. dxe5 (16. exd5
cxd5 17. c6 e4 18. Rfc1 exf3 19. cxd7 Qxc2 $5 20. Rxc2 fxg2 {and d7 looks weak.
}) 16... Naxc5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Qf5 Qb6 $11) 16. Rfe1 $1 {
This consolidates white's space advantage by ruling out ...e5.} Bf6 17. h4 Qd8
18. g3 Nc7 19. Kg2 Nb5 20. e5 Be7 21. Nb1 Qa5 22. Nc3 Rfb8 (22... Nxc3 $5 23.
Bxc3 Qa6 24. Bb4 $14) 23. Ne2 $1 Nc7 24. Bc3 Qa6 25. Bb4 {The bishop screens
white's potential weaknesses on the queenside (a3/b3) and gives him time to
improve his position on the b-file undisturbed.} Qc8 26. Nf4 Nf8 27. Nd3 Bd8
28. Reb1 Nb5 29. Bd2 Rb7 30. Rb4 $16 {Now black becomes tied down to the
weakness on a4.} Rba7 31. Be3 Nd7 32. Ng5 Nf8 33. Nf3 Nd7 34. Nf4 $1 {
Preparing to bring the queen and all minor pieces to bear on the kingside.} Bc7
35. Nh5 Qe8 36. Ng5 Nf8 (36... f5 $5) 37. Qe2 Bd8 (37... Ba5 $5 {is terribly
dangerous but at least provokes a crisis:} 38. Rbb1 (38. Qg4 Bxb4 39. Nf6+ gxf6
40. Ne4+ Ng6 41. Nxf6+ Kf8 42. Nxe8 Bc3 43. Nf6 $13) 38... Nc3 39. Qg4 Ng6 (
39... Nxb1 40. Nf6+ gxf6 41. Ne4+ Ng6 42. Nxf6+ $18) 40. Rh1 $40) 38. Qg4 g6 (
38... Ng6 39. Nxg7 Kxg7 40. h5 h6 41. Nh3 $40) 39. Nf3 Kh8 (39... Nd7 $142) 40.
Nf6 Bxf6 41. exf6 Nd7 42. Bf4 Qd8 (42... Nxf6 $2 43. Be5 Qe7 44. Qf4 Kg7 45. g4
$18) (42... Nc3 43. Be5) 43. Be5 Kg8 44. Qf4 {with the simple threat of
opening the h-file.} h5 45. g4 hxg4 46. Ng5 $1 Nxe5 (46... Qf8 47. h5 Qh6 48.
Rh1) 47. dxe5 Qf8 48. h5 gxh5 49. Rh1 Qh6 50. Qxg4 $1 (50. Qxg4 $1 hxg4 51.
Rxh6 d4 52. Rb1 Z0 53. Rbh1) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 (9... Qe7 {is the most flexible alternative, when black is
better prepared for pawn clashes in the center.} 10. Rd1 (10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5
12. Be2 (12. b4 Rc8 13. bxc5 $6 (13. Qb2 $5 {Finkel}) 13... dxc5 14. Ne5 $6
cxd4 15. exd4 Qd6 $1 16. Nxd7 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxd7 Qxd4 $1 18. O-O Qxd7 $17)
16... Qxd4 $1 $17 {Mikhalevski,V-Finkel,A/Beer Sheva16th 1997/CBM 58]/0-1 (53)}
) 12... Rc8 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 a6 15. f3 d5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. cxd5 Bxd5 $11 {
Mikhalevski,V-Kosashvili,Y/ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52/0-1 (51)}) 10... Be4 11. Qa4 O-O
12. Bh4 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 e5 15. Rd1 exd4 16. Rxd4 Ne5 17. O-O Nxf3+ 18.
gxf3 Qe6 19. Bg3 a5 20. Rfd1 Qe8 $10 {Epishin-Kosten/Geneva op/1993/}) 10. Bd3
{Unusual, but black can safely reply with ...Qe7, leading back to the more
normal lines given above.} (10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. Bh4 Be4
14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Bg3 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh4 $1 $14 {led to long suffering
for the best known Swede, 1-0 Epishin,V-Andersson,U/Malmo 1994/CBM 42/
[Krasenkow] (52)}) 10... Rc8 $5 (10... h6 $5) 11. d5 $5 {A very interesting
sacrifice, partly justified by the fact that d6 is temporarily weaker than in
normal lines. The absence of Qe7 means that white will gain a bit of time if
the Bg5 is kicked around to g3 (hitting d6) or when a R arrives on the d-line.
This reminds me of some of Timman's youthful adventures in the Leningrad
Nimzo-Indian.} exd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Bh4 Bxd5 14. O-O-O g5 {Black embarks on
the most aggressive path. Trying to reestablish coordination would lead to
great complications, for example:} (14... Bb7 $5 15. Bf5 d5 16. e4 $5 (16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. e4 d4 18. e5 Qe7 $17) 16... g5 17. Bg3 $44 (17. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 18. Bxg5
Rh5 19. h4 $44 {In both cases white has extremely active pieces and can use
his e-pawn as a battering ram to further open the position.})) 15. Bg3 c4 (
15... Qe7 16. Nd4 $1 Ne5 17. Nf5 Qc7 {and now white has a pleasant choice
between} (17... Qd7 $2 18. Bb5) 18. Bb5+ ({or} 18. Qc3 $5) 18... Kf8 19. Nxd6
$1 Qxd6 20. Qf5) 16. Bf5 Nc5 17. Rxd5 (17. Bxd6 $5 Qxd6 (17... Be4 18. Bxe4 (
18. Bxc5 Bxc2 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bd4 Bxf5 21. Bxf6 O-O 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd4
$14) 18... Ncxe4 19. Be5 $16) 18. Bxc8 Nd3+ 19. Kb1 Be4 20. Nd2 $1) 17... Nxd5
18. Rd1 Ne7 (18... Nb3+ 19. Kb1 Rc5 20. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 21. Qe4+ $18) 19. Bxc8 (
19. Rxd6 {also looks promising, though less controlled than the move in the
game:} Nd3+ 20. Kb1 (20. Bxd3 $2 cxd3 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $17) 20... Nxf5 21. Qa4+
Kf8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bc7 $5 $16) 19... Qxc8 20. Bxd6 $16 Nd3+ 21. Kb1 Qe6 22.
Qa4+ (22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Nd4 Qd5) 22... Kf8 23. Bxe7+ Qxe7 24. Qxc4 Nxf2 {
Now white needs to find a way to convert his advantage in development into
something tangible.} 25. Qc3 (25. Rd4 $5 Kg7 (25... Qxe3 26. Rd7 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4
Nxe4 28. Rxa7 $16) 26. Qc3 {and black must work to extract his knight.}) 25...
Rg8 (25... Kg8 $5 {gives black better chances of developing his rook.}) 26. Rf1
Ne4 27. Qd4 g4 28. Nh4 (28. Ne5 Nd2+ $1 29. Qxd2 Qxe5 $14) 28... Qxh4 29. Qxe4
Qe7 (29... Qxh2 30. Qb4+ $1 Kg7 (30... Ke8 31. Qa4+ {[%csl Ra7,Rb6,Rf7]}) 31.
Qxg4+ Kh8 32. Qd4+ Rg7 33. Rxf7 Qxg2 34. Rxa7 $16 {+-}) 30. Qd4 $1 $16 {
White's advantage is practically winning. Black is unable to coordinate his
forces and has too many weak pawns.} Rg7 31. Rf6 Rg6 $6 (31... Rh7 32. Rc6) 32.
Rxg6 fxg6 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. Kc2 $18 Kd6 37. Kd3 Ke5
38. e4 h5 39. g3 1-0

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 708]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Nc3 (10. Be1 f5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 b6 13.
b4 Bb7 14. h4 Qb8 15. f3 Qxe5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. a3 c5 $44 {0-1 Esbensen,
A-Ostenstad,B/NOR-op 1992/EXT 97 (36)}) (10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Qe8 12. Bb4 Bxb4
13. Nxb4 Ndf6 14. Nd3 b6 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. c5 Nd7 19.
Qa4 bxc5 20. Qxa7 Rb8 21. dxc5 {1-0 Sulava,N-Nikolac,J/Pula 1997/EXT 97 (35)})
(10. Bf4 f5 11. Nc3 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Qe8 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15. Re1 Bb7 16.
Rab1 c5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Bf6 21. e4 fxe4 22.
fxe4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nc7 24. Bb4 $16 {1-0 Lingnau,C-Becker,M/NRW-Liga II 1997/
NRW-II (51)}) 10... f5 11. Be3 {A logical move, preserving both the bishop and
the redployment route Ne1-d3. Nevertheless, it feels like an awkward square
for the bishop.} (11. Be1 Qe8 12. Rab1 (12. Nd2 Qh5 13. Nf1 Ndf6 14. Rab1 Bd7
15. e3 Ng5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qe2 Qh6 18. Rdc1 Be8 19. f3 Bh5 20. Nd2 Bd6 21.
Qf1 Rae8 22. Bf2 Ne6 23. f4 g5 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Kh8 $36 {0-1 Bielicki,
C-Rossetto,H/Havana 1964/MCD-r6 (50)}) 12... Qh5 13. b4 Nb6 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. c5
Bxe5 16. cxb6 Bd6 17. Na4 f4 18. bxa7 fxg3 19. hxg3 Rxa7 20. Nb6 Ng5 21. Rb3
$13 {0-1 Lein,A-Chandler,M/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD 89\13 (39)}) (11. Nxe4
fxe4 12. Ne1 Nb6 13. b3 Bf6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. c5 Nc8 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Be8 18.
Qd2 Bg6 19. Bg5 Ne7 20. Rf1 Be4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Salov,V/Brussels 1988/
CBM 07 (61)}) (11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Rac1 Qe8 17. Qd2 Ba4 18. b3 Bc6 19. f4 exf3 20. exf3 Ba3 21. Rc2 Qe7
22. Qf2 a5 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Rxc5 g5 $1 $132 {0-1 Schweber,
S-Larsen,B/Buenos Aires 1983/MCD-r8 (51)}) 11... Qe8 12. Ne1 Qh5 13. Nd3 g5 14.
f3 (14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 b6 (16... Rf5 $5 {is interesting, to
try and provoke kingside weaknesses.}) 17. cxd5 cxd5 {and white does not
appear to have a way to exploit the temproary possession of the c-line:} 18.
Qc7 (18. Qc6 Rb8 19. Rd2 Qf7) 18... Qf7 $1 (18... Bd8 $6 19. Qc6 Rb8 20. Rac1
Qf7 (20... Qxe2 $2 21. Qd6 Ra8 22. Rxd5 $1 $18) 21. Qd6 Ra8 22. Rd2 $14) 19.
Qc6 (19. Bh3 h5 20. Qc6 Rb8 21. Rac1 g4 22. Bf1 (22. Bg2 Ba6 $36) 22... Bc5 $36
) 19... Rb8 20. Rac1 Bc5 $1 {[%csl Re2,Rf2][%cal Gb8b2]}) 14... Nd6 15. c5 {
Often a rather risky decision, and one that many Stonewall Dutch devotees are
happy to see. In general, this creates avenues for counterplay with the breaks
...e5 and ...b6.} Nf7 16. Bf2 (16. f4 $5 {leads to complex play and is
probably better.} Nf6 (16... b6 17. b4 Ba6 (17... bxc5 18. bxc5 {looks worse
for black since white is likely to use both the b-line and the b4 square.} (18.
dxc5 Bf6 19. fxg5 Nxg5 20. Nf4 Qf7 $13)) 18. fxg5 Nxg5 19. Nf4 Qf7 20. Qa4 Bb7
21. Rf1 $14) 17. Nf2 Ng4 18. Nxg4 fxg4 19. b4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5
$132 (21... a5 $5)) 16... e5 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 exd4 $6 {This works out well
for black but it seems to me that there were tempting, and better options.} (
18... f4 $5 19. Qe2 (19. d5 Nf6 20. d6 Bd8 {and black's advantages look more
worrying than white's.}) 19... Qh6 20. d5 Nf6 {and again black's position
looks menacing, though matters are far from clear.}) (18... Nf6 $5 {also looks
rather scary for white:} 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21. h3 Nxf2 22. Qxf2 fxe4
23. Qe3 g4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rc5,Re5] These lines pose white problems with the
awkwardly placed Bf2, something which is less true in the game continuation.})
19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Re1 $6 (21. e5 Ng4 22. Bf3 f4 23. Ne4 {and
white has a full share of the play.} (23. Qe2 fxg3 24. hxg3 Qh3)) 21... f4 $1
22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Nxf4 $6 {Again white had a chance to brave some frightening
complications:} (23. Qf2 $4 Ng4 24. Qxf4 Nfe5 25. Qg3 Nxd3) (23. e5 $5 Ng4 24.
h3 Ne3 $1 (24... Ngxe5 25. Nxf4 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Qg2+ $11) 25. Qe2 (25.
Qf2 $5 Ng5 (25... Nxg2 $5 26. Qxg2+ Kh8 27. Nxf4 Qh6 $1 $36) 26. Nxf4 Nxg2 27.
Nxh5 Nxh3+ 28. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 29. Kg3 $36) 25... Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Nxg2 27. Rxg2+ Kh8
28. Nxf4 Nxe5 29. Rf1 $11) 23... Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 Ne5 {Now black's position is
clearly more pleasant, solid and more active.} 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Ng4 27.
Qg3 Kh8 28. e5 $2 {[#] Passivity was the best way to avoid the coming tactical
storm.} (28. h3 Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Bxh3 $3 30. Bxh3 Rg8 31. Qf4 (31. Qc7 Qh5 $19) (
31. Na4 Rxg3 32. Nxc5 Rag8 $1) 31... Raf8 $1 (31... Nxh3 32. Qf6+ Rg7 $17) 32.
Bf5 Rf6 $1 33. e5 (33. Na4 Rh6+ $1 34. Qxh6 Qe5+) (33. Ne2 Nd3 34. Qh4 Qd6+ 35.
e5 Qxe5+ 36. Ng3 Rh6 $1 37. Rxe5 Rxh4+ 38. Kg2 Nxe5 $19) 33... Qd4 (33... Ng4+
34. Kg3 (34. Kg2 Rxf5) (34. Kh1 Qf2 $1) (34. Kh3 Qf2 35. Rf1 Rh6+) 34... Rxf5)
34. Re4 $1 (34. Ne4 Rh6+ $1)) (28. Nd1 {looks forced, defending f2 and trying
to blunt the attack by exchanging queens on c3.} Be6 (28... Qh5 {intending Be6
and completing development leaves white with an unpleasant defensive task.})
29. Qc3+ Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Rad8 {is promising but not crushing.}) 28... Nf2+ 29.
Kg1 Bh3 $1 30. Qe3 Rg8 $1 31. Qxc5 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Nd3 33. Re3 Rf2+ 34. Kg1 Rg8+
35. Rg3 (35. Kh1 Bg2+ 36. Kg1 Bf3#) 35... Rxg3+ 36. hxg3 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 h6 7. g3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. b4 (10. d5 $5 {is an alternative for the adventurous:}
exd5 11. Nh4 Qc8 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Rc1 c5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd6 Re8 16. Qf4 Qe6
17. Nf5 g5 18. Qc7 Qxf5 19. Qxb7 Nd7 20. Rcd1 Nf8 21. f4 g4 22. Qc6 Ng6 23. Rd5
Qc8 24. Qf6 {1-0 Riemersma,L-Bjarnason,S/Hafnarfjordur op 1995/EXT 97}) 10...
Nbd7 11. Bc3 Qe7 (11... Re8 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Re1 a6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Bb2 Ndf6 16.
Qc2 a5 17. b5 c6 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd2 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Nxd2 21. Qc2 Nxc4 22. Qxc4
d5 23. Qb5 Re7 24. Ba3 Rd7 25. Rc6 Ne8 26. Rec1 Rdb7 27. e3 Nc7 28. Qa4 Ra8 29.
Bf1 {1-0 Epishin,V-Pastircak,M/Nimes op 1991/EXT 91op}) 12. Qb3 $5 {This move
does not have any obvious advantages over the simple} (12. Qc2 $14 {when} Be4
13. Qb2 c6 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Bf1 Bg6 16. Nd2 axb4 17. axb4 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19.
Bh3 {led to a nagging white advantage, but black's choice of which lines to
open led to the loosening of his position in this game.} Rfe8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
Nf3 Re8 22. Rd1 b5 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Qa1 Be4 25. Qa5 Rc8 26. Ba1 Rb8 27. Qc7
Bxf3 28. exf3 Ra8 29. f4 Qxb4 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Qxd7 exf4 {1-0 Hjartarson,
J-Kurajica,B/Linares op 1995/EXP 45}) 12... Ne4 13. Bb2 f5 14. Rad1 {Freeing
the Nf3 of guard duty, the first step towards eviction of the knight on e4.}
Qf7 15. Ne1 a5 16. b5 e5 17. f3 {White continues with his straightforward plan,
but this also creates some rather ugly weaknesses in his own camp.} Nef6 (17...
Ng5 $5 {was an interesting alternative, since black does not have to fear
ideas with f3-f4;} 18. f4 (18. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 19. Bxe5 (19. f4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 a4
$1 $17) 19... dxe5) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 exf4 {and black has good counterplay
on the kingside and via the e-line.}) 18. Qc2 exd4 $6 (18... f4 $5 {[%csl Re3,
Rf3,Rg2] was the energetic course, when white's loss of harmony incurred by
f2-f3 is most likely to be felt. The text move has the added disadvantage of
leaving black's Nf6 awkwardly placed in regard to the f5 pawn, and so does not
fit in well with his previous move. Nevertheless, black still has solid
position if he weathers the coming pressure.}) 19. Rxd4 $1 {The best way to
bring pressure to bear on black's slightly shaky kingside.} Nh7 20. Rf4 Qe6 21.
Bh3 g6 22. Rh4 g5 23. Qc3 $1 Qg6 $1 {Black needs to get his queen out of the
pin on the f-pawn, so this is the most economical way to meet the threat on g7.
} 24. Rd4 Nc5 {[%csl Ra4]} 25. Qc2 Rae8 26. Rf2 Re7 27. g4 Ne6 $4 {Accidents
can of course happen anywhere and any time, but I can't help feeling that this
kind of move says a lot about what the current FIDE cycle does to quality of
play...} (27... Bc8 {was sensible, when black's position remains fully viable.}
) 28. gxf5 Qh5 $2 (28... Nxd4 29. fxg6 Nxc2 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 31. Nxc2 {was the
lesser evil.}) 29. fxe6 (29. fxe6 Qxh3 30. Qg6+ Rg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rh4+)
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Bd3 {The more
confrontational} (7. e5 $5 {also has its attractions for white:} Nfd7 8. b4 $5
a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2 $5 $146 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nb3 a4 13. Nbxd4
Nc5 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Nf5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxd5 Nb3 19. Bg5
Qe6 20. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Gulko,B/Erevan 1996}) 10... b6 $2 {><c6} (10...
Re8 {was recommended as an improvement, to cycle the Nd7 to f8 at once, but
the whole position looks very passive for black. It is hard to counter in the
center without aiding white's development.}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. O-O
Nf8 14. Ne1 $1 $16 {/\f4 Lputian,S-Jussupow,A/GER-ARM 1996/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 7...
c5 8. dxc5 a5 $5 $146 {Compare the reactions of Fritz4 and Hiarcs6 here - very
peculiar!} (8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 (
12... Bxf2 13. c5 f5 14. Bb1 Nc6 15. Ra2 Rd8+ 16. Rd2 Rxd2+ 17. Bxd2 b5 18. Ba2
Kf8 19. g4 $36 {Khenkin,I-Ulibin,M/Borzhomi 1988 (1/2-1/2, 64)}) 13. Ke2 f5 14.
Bc2 Bf6 15. Rb1 e5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Rhe1 Nc6 18. Kf1 Be6 19. c5 e4 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Nd2 Red8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Makarov,M/Novgorod op 1995 (38)}) 9. O-O
(9. e5 Nfd7 10. cxd5 Nxc5 $5 (10... exd5 11. O-O Nxc5 12. Bc2 Nc6 {and black
has developed his knights more harmoniously than in the game.}) 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7
12. Qc2+ Kg8 13. d6 Bxd6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 (15... Qd3 $5) (15... Nd3+
$4 16. Kd2 $1) 16. Qxe4 Rd8 $11) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 exd5 12. e5
Nfe4 13. Nb3 Bg4 {The sound choice.} (13... b6 $5 {is an interesting
alternative. Though black risks long term weaknesses on b6 and c6, the chance
of using the Bc8 on b7 and a6 offers counterplay.} 14. Nfd4 $5 {to clear the
way for the f-pawn at once.} (14. Nbd4 Qd7 15. Be3 Bb7 $132 16. Nd2 $141 Ba6
17. Re1 Nd3) 14... Nxb3 15. Bxb3 (15. Nc6 Nxa1 16. Nxd8 Rxd8 $19 {since the
Na1 is very much alive.}) 15... Bc5 16. f3 Ng5 (16... Ba6 $6 17. fxe4 (17. Re1
Nf2 $1 $36) 17... Bxf1 18. Kxf1 dxe4 19. Nf5 Qxd1+ 20. Bxd1 $16) 17. Be3 $14)
14. Be3 Ne6 {planning to exploit the pin on the Nf3 with ...Ng5.} 15. Qd3 a4 (
15... Rc8 $5 16. Nbd4 Bc5 $5 $132) 16. Nbd4 N6c5 17. Qb5 Ra6 (17... Ra5 18. Qe2
f6 $5 19. h3 $5 (19. exf6 Bxf6 $36) (19. Qe1 $5) 19... fxe5 20. hxg4 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Bd6 $132 {[%cal Yd6h2]} 22. Nf5 $141 Rxf5 23. gxf5 Qh4 24. f4 Ng3 25. Qf3
Nce4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qd1 Rxf5 $1 $17) 18. Rab1 Ra5 19. Qe2 Qc8 $6 {This bit
of hesitation allows white to bring the Rf1 into play before playing Qe1.} (
19... f6 $5) 20. Rfc1 Qd7 21. Qe1 Ra6 22. Nd2 $14 f6 23. exf6 Raxf6 {This is
clearly a much improved version of a plan with ...f6 than seen earlier. Due to
the weakness of c5, black cannot avoid unfavorable exchanges.} (23... Bxf6 24.
f3 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Bh5 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxc5) 24. f3 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Bh5 26. Bg5
Ra6 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Re1 (28. Nf5 $142 Qf7 29. Qxd5 $1) 28... Qf6 29. Re3 (29.
Nf5 $5 Rd8 30. Re7 Bf7 31. Rbe1) 29... Raa8 30. Rbe1 $16 Rfe8 31. Nf5 Rxe3 32.
Rxe3 Rd8 33. Re7 Bf7 34. Qd4 Qxd4+ 35. Nxd4 g6 $6 {This robs black of his best
potential post for the Bf7.} (35... Re8 $5 36. Rc7 (36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rxf7
Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 $132) 36... b6 37. Nf5 $1 $36 {+/-} (37. Kf2 Bg6 $132)) (35...
Bg6 $5 36. Bxg6 hxg6 37. Rc7 b6 38. Rc6 $16) 36. Rc7 b6 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Ke3 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb6,Rd5,Rf7,Rh7][%cal Ra7h7] Black is too passive and has far too
many weaknesses to avoid material loss.} Rd6 39. Ra7 Kg7 40. Bxa4 $18 Kf6 41.
b4 Ne6 42. Rd7 Rxd7 43. Bxd7 Nf8 44. Bc6 Ke5 45. f4+ Kd6 46. Ba4 h6 47. g3 Nh7
48. Nb5+ Ke7 49. Kd4 Nf8 50. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khomyakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Ne1 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nd3
c6 16. bxa5 $5 {An untried and rather ugly idea, but if white can manage to
use the b-file or the b6 square then it is worth a try. However the black
position is very solid, and white risks losing both a-pawns in the long run.} (
16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 (17. Qe2 Rfb8 18. Rfb1 Nc7 19. Qf2 Be6 20. bxa5 Rxb1+ 21.
Rxb1 Rxa5 $11 {1-0 Littlewood,P-Cooper,L/ENG-chT9697 1997/EXT 99 (65)}) 17...
d5 (17... Rfe8 18. Qc3 Nc7 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 h5 $11 {0-1 Van der Vliet,
F-Martens,M/NLD-chT9596 1995/EXT 99 (58)}) 18. c5 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Nc4 $13
{1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Maherramzade,J/Open, Ubeda ESP 1999 (38)}) (16. Qe2 Rfc8 17.
dxc6 bxc6 18. f4 Bg4 $11 {1-0 Bernard,C-Renaze,L/18th op A, Cannes FRA 1997 
(32)}) 16... Qd8 17. Nb3 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bb5 (18... Ba4 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qd2 Bxb3
21. Rxb3 Nac5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Rb6 $14) 19. Rf2 Nd7 20. Nb2 $5 (20. Rb1 Bxd3
21. Qxd3 Nac5 22. Qc3 (22. Qe3 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Nc5) 22... Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Nc5 24.
Rb5 Qd7 $44) 20... Nac5 21. a4 Ba6 22. Bh3 g6 23. Ra3 $5 (23. Rc1 Nxb3 (23...
f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f4 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 e4 27. g4 $5 {leaves black with much
less control over the position.}) 24. Qxb3 Nc5 25. Qb6 Qg5 26. Rc3 Rad8 {
and what white plans to do in the future is not clear, while black can expand
on the kingside.}) 23... f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Qd2 $2 (25. f4 $5 {is risky, but
I cannot help but be tempted by one of the few methods of activating white's
position:} Ne4 (25... Nxb3 26. Rxb3 Nc5 27. Re3 Ne4 (27... e4 28. Bxf5 $1) 28.
Rc2 $5 {and white's pressure against black's center pawns should guarantee him
at least his share of the chances.} (28. Rff3 $5 Qxa5 29. Bxf5 (29. fxe5 $2 Ng5
30. Bxf5 Qc5 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rf5] favors black.}) 29... Rxf5 30. Rxe4 exf4 31.
Rfxf4 Rxd5 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Re7 Qc5+ 34. Kg2 (34. Rf2 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Bf1+ 36.
Rxf1 Rd2+ $1 $132) 34... Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Qc8 36. Rd7 Qg8 37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Nc4
$40) 28... Qxa5 29. Bxf5 $16)) 25... Rc8 26. Bf1 Kh8 $1 {A useful preparation
for later action on the kingside, black will have the g-file ready to use.} 27.
Bb5 Nf6 $1 {Now d5 comes under pressure and white still lacks a constructive
plan.} 28. Nc1 f4 $1 29. Ne2 (29. gxf4 Nce4 30. fxe4 Nxe4 31. Qd1 Nxf2 32. Kxf2
Rxf4+ {and white has little hope of surviving the coordinated attack of
black's heavy pieces.}) 29... Nce4 $1 {Again this tactic strips white's king
bare.} 30. fxe4 Nxe4 31. Qe1 Nxf2 32. Qxf2 fxg3 33. Qe1 (33. Qg2 Qxa5 ({or} 
33... Rc2 {are equally hopeless.})) 33... gxh2+ 34. Kxh2 (34. Kh1 {looks a bit
tougher, using the h-pawn as cover but something like} Rc2 35. Nd1 Rg8 $5 {
should still win easily.} (35... Qg5 36. Rg3 $140 Bxb5 $1 {is also attractive.}
37. Rxg5 Rxe2)) 34... Rc2 35. Nd1 Qg5 36. Re3 (36. Rg3 Qh4+) (36. Rc3 Bxb5 $1
37. Rxc2 (37. axb5 Qh5+) 37... Bxe2 38. Rxe2 (38. Qxe2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Rg8+ $19)
38... Rg8 $1 $19) 36... Bxb5 37. axb5 Rg8 38. Rg3 (38. Qf2 Rxe2 $1 (38... Qh5+
$19) 39. Qxe2 Qg1+ 40. Kh3 Qh1+ 41. Qh2 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Qf6+) 38... Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Soln, Primoz"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 $5 {An interesting variation that has an
appalling statistical record (check your databases). Black aims to stake out
control over the dark squares on the kingside, but also creates weaknesses on
this flank. He must also beware an eventual opening of the position with f2-f4.
} 12. h3 h4 13. g4 Nfd7 (13... O-O 14. Nd3 Na6 15. Qe2 Nd7 (15... Nb4 $5) 16.
b3 Nac5 17. Nb2 c6 18. a3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nb6 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Rc3
Na6 23. Rac1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qd8 25. Bf1 Nc8 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxf4 f6 28. Qf2 b5
29. Qxh4 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Rg3 Ne7 32. g5 Ng6 33. Qh5 Nf4 34. Qh4 Ng6 {
1/2-1/2 Danielsen,H-Adams,M/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2}) (13... Nbd7 14. Nd3 g5
15. Re1 (15. b3 Nf8 16. a3 Ng6 17. Re1 O-O 18. b4 Bd7 19. f3 b6 20. Qc2 c5 21.
bxc5 bxc5 22. Reb1 Rfb8 23. Rb2 Qd8 24. Rab1 Kf8 25. Bf1 Be8 26. Qc3 Rxb2 27.
Rxb2 Nd7 28. Be2 Nb6 29. Bd1 Qc7 30. Rb1 f6 31. Kh2 Kf7 32. Qb3 Ra6 33. Qb2 Ne7
34. Nc1 Nec8 35. Na2 a4 36. Nc3 Ra5 37. Be2 Bd7 38. Nf1 Qd8 39. Ne3 Qe7 40. Qc2
Kg8 41. Rb2 Ra6 42. Qb1 Kf8 43. Bd3 Qd8 44. Bc2 Ra5 45. Qd1 Ne7 46. Rb1 Ra6 47.
Bd3 Ng6 48. Qc1 Nf4 49. Bc2 Kg8 50. Bd1 Kf8 51. Nb5 Nc8 52. Qd2 Ke7 53. Bc2 Qa5
54. Qxa5 Rxa5 55. Nc3 Kd8 56. Rb7 Ra6 57. Rb2 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Shaked,T/Fontys
1997/CBM 61}) 15... Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Nf1 Kd8 18. b3 Ne8 19. Ne3 Rh6 20.
Qd2 Rb6 21. Rab1 a4 22. Qc3 f6 23. Nc2 axb3 24. axb3 Rba6 25. Qe3 Ra2 26. Rec1
b6 {1/2-1/2 Lein,A-Henley,R/Hastings 1982/MCD-r8}) (13... Bd7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Nd3 Na6 16. Qf3 Nh7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 O-O 19. Qxf4 Rae8 20. Rae1 Bc8 21. Nd3
Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. a3 Rd8 24. Nf3 c6 25. g5 Nh7 26. g6 fxg6 27. Nxh4 Rxf1+
28. Rxf1 Nf8 29. Ne5 cxd5 30. Bxd5+ Be6 31. Nhxg6 Bxd5 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. cxd5
Nd7 34. Rf4 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Lutz,C/BL9192 1992/BL 90}) 14. Nd3 Na6 (14... O-O
15. b3 Na6 16. a3 Nac5 17. Nb2 Re8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Na6 21.
Nd3 c5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Nb3 d5 24. exd5 Nxb4 25. Nxb4 Qxb4 26. dxc6 Qxb3 27.
cxd7 Bxd7 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Be6 30. c5 Kf8 31. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
J-Horvath,G/HUN-chT 1993/TD 93\08}) 15. b3 Nac5 16. Nb1 $6 (16. Nb2 $5 {
planning a3/b4 looks better. White's move renders this expansion implausible
in the short term.}) 16... Nf8 $1 {A very sensible regrouping that brings the
key squares f4 and h4 under control.} 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Nc3 Ng6 19. Re1 Ra6 20.
f3 {A rather ugly move, probably motivated by a fear of a kingside attack
involving (an eventual) ...Bxg4.} O-O 21. Qd2 Re8 22. a4 $2 {Ruling out
virtually the only active plan, an eventual expansion with a3 and b4. Now
white wonders what black can do to improve his position. It takes some time
for Wahls to decide, but time he has plenty of.} Bd7 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Rae1 Rb6
25. Nb1 Rb4 26. Qc3 Nf4 27. Na3 Ra8 28. Nc2 Rb6 29. Bf1 Rg6 30. Qd2 Rd6 31. Qc3
Rda6 32. Na3 Rg6 33. Nb1 Rb6 34. Nd2 Raa6 35. Nb1 Rb4 36. Nd2 Rg6 37. Ra1 Rgb6
38. Ree1 Ra6 39. Qe3 Qe7 40. Qc3 Ra8 41. Re3 Ng6 42. Rc1 Rb6 43. Ra1 Qg5 44.
Bg2 Rba6 {After a great deal of relatively meaningless probing, black now
unfolds a constructive plan. First, he secures the a5 pawn, the only weak spot
in his position, before turning his attention to a breakthrough on the
kingside.} 45. Rae1 Re8 46. R3e2 Raa8 47. Re3 Re7 48. Nb1 b6 49. Qb2 Rae8 50.
Nc3 Nf4 51. Nd1 g6 {At last the signal for decisive action has been given.
Line-opening with the break f7-f5 is imminent.} 52. Qc3 f5 (52... Kh7 $5 {
in order to create more chances of using the g-line later was also possible.})
53. exf5 (53. Nf2 fxg4 54. fxg4 {looks safer, when it remains difficult to
breach white's position. However, white would remain totally passive in this
case, whereas in the game things become rather more complex.}) 53... gxf5 54.
Nf2 e4 {Now white's kingside shell comes under terrible pressure.} 55. Bf1 Ng6
$1 {Preparing to increase the pressure from e5.} 56. Kh1 (56. Bg2 Ne5) (56. Be2
$5 {was an interesting defensive try:} Ne5 57. fxe4 fxg4 (57... f4 58. Rf3 $44)
58. Nxg4 (58. Bxg4 Rf8 $1 {is worse as white is tied to defence of the f-line
and g4.}) 58... Bxg4 59. Bxg4 Nxg4 60. hxg4 Qxg4+ 61. Kh1 (61. Kh2) 61... Rg7
62. Qxg7+ $5 (62. Qc2 Re5 {with a dangerous attack.}) 62... Kxg7 63. Rg1 Qxg1+
64. Kxg1 Kf6 {and the entry of the black king to e5/d4 still gives white
problems.}) 56... Ne5 57. fxe4 fxg4 58. hxg4 Rg7 59. Bh3 $2 (59. Be2 {to keep
the h3 square as a possible defensive post for the N looks more attractive.
Black could again try the variation} Bxg4 {intending} 60. Bxg4 Nxg4 61. Nxg4
Qxg4 62. Qxg7+ Kxg7 63. Rg1 Qxg1+ 64. Kxg1 Kf6 {as seen above.}) 59... Rf8 {
The pressure now becomes unbearable with so many key points on the f-line
needing to be defended.} 60. Qb2 (60. R3e2 Nf3 (60... Rf3 61. Qc2 Nd3 62. Qxd3
Rxd3 63. Nxd3 Bxg4) 61. e5 Qf4 $1 (61... Nxe1 62. Qxe1) 62. Ne4 Nxe1 63. Nf6+
Rxf6 64. exf6 Nf3 $1 65. fxg7 Qg3 $19) (60. R1e2 Nxg4 $19) 60... Nf3 61. e5 (
61. R1e2 Qf4 62. Nd3 Qg3 $19) 61... Nxe1 62. Rxe1 Qf4 $1 63. Ne4 (63. Re2 Qg3
64. Bg2 h3 $1 $19) 63... Bxg4 64. Bg2 Bf3 (64... Bf3 65. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 66. Kh2
Qf4+ 67. Kh1 Qg4 $1 {mates.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Herzliya Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. e3 O-O 8. c5
(8. Bd3 Qe8 9. Qc2 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. exd4 e4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxe4+
14. Nxe4 Re8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. f3 f5 18. Bf4 Re7 19. O-O fxe4 20.
fxe4 Rxe4 21. Rae1 Bf5 22. Bxc7 Rae8 {Lutz,C-Richter,W/BL9293 1993/BL 90/1/2-1/
2 (62)}) (8. Qc2 e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxe5 (10. Bc4 Nf6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 Bg4 16. Nd4 Be5 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rd1 c5 19.
Ne6 Bxe6 20. Bxe5 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 Bxb3 22. Bxe7 Bxc2 23. Bxf8 Bxd1 24. Bxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Bellon Lopez,J-Nikolac,J/Bahrain 1990/CBM 20/[Schussler]}) 10... Nxe5
11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Nc4 Bf6 13. Bd3 g6 14. O-O c6 15. e4 b5 16. exd5 bxc4 17.
Qxc4 cxd5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Bf4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 d4 {
Schlosser,P-Petursson,M/Munich 1989/CBM 13/1-0 (48)}) 8... Be7 9. b4 Nd7 10.
Bb2 f5 11. b5 Ncb8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rc1 (13. a4 {does not have the desired
effect of keeping black bottled up, since counterplay can be mounted against
the c5 square.} b6 $5 $132 (13... e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 (15... Bxc5)
16. Be2 (16. Bd4 Nxc5 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 $36) 16... Nxc5 17. Qc2 $13))
13... cxb5 14. Bxb5 Nc6 15. O-O (15. h3 $5) 15... Qc7 16. Rc2 Bf6 17. Rb1 g5 $5
{Black wins with amazing power from this position, but this is due to partly
to the power of suggestion and partly a lack of a plan from white.} 18. Bc3 (
18. Qd3 $5 {looks better, keeping an eye on both the center and the kingside.}
g4 $140 19. Ne1 f4 $6 20. e4 (20. Qe2 $5)) 18... g4 19. Ne1 f4 20. Nf1 (20. Ba1
$5) 20... fxe3 21. fxe3 {It seems to me that the fearless alternative} (21.
Nxe3 $5 {was preferable:} Nxd4 $140 (21... Bxd4 22. Bxc6) (21... Qf4 22. Bxc6
bxc6 23. Qa4 $16) (21... h5 {only further exposes the black king, and white
can consider} 22. Nxd5 $5 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Rf7 24. Bc4) 22. Bxd4 (22. Nxd5 $6
Qxc5) 22... Bxd4 23. Nxd5 Qd8 (23... Qe5 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nd3 Qf6 (25... Qg7
26. Nxc8 Raxc8 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxb7) 26. Nxc8 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. Bd7
Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Be1 30. Qe3 $8 $18) 24. Qc4 Bg7 (24... Bxc5 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26.
Qxg4+ Kh8 27. Rxc5 $18) (24... Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rxf2 26. Qxg4+ Kh8 27. Kxf2 exd5
28. Bxd7 $18) 25. Ne3 $16) 21... Bg5 22. g3 $6 {[%csl Rf3] Creating a
regrettable weakness at f3.} Nf6 23. Nd3 Bd7 24. Nf4 Rae8 {Black's position is
the much more dynamic. The weakness on b7 is easily guarded, while the
liberating advance ...e5 will expose white's frailer center and kingside.} 25.
Be2 Bc8 26. Rcb2 Qf7 {Now b7 and d5 are guarded and black is ready to go over
to the attack.} 27. Bb5 Ne4 28. Nd2 Nxc3 {Softening up the dark squares before
opening up the position.} 29. Qxc3 Qg7 {Again preparing ...e5. Now that black
owns the bishop pair, guarding d5 is less critical and line-opening has the
highest priority.} 30. Nb3 e5 31. dxe5 (31. Nxd5 exd4 32. exd4 Be6 33. Z0 Rf3
$140) 31... Nxe5 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Nd4 Nf3 34. Rb4 (34. c6 $5) 34... Bf6 35. Rd1
$6 (35. c6 {still looks like the best chance to create counterplay.}) 35... Qh6
36. Rh1 (36. h4 Bxd4 $17 (36... gxh3+ $5 37. Kxf3 Qh5+ $3 38. Nxh5 Bxd4+ 39.
Nf4 Bxc3 $17) 37. Rbxd4 Nxd4) 36... Bxd4 37. exd4 Rxf4 $1 38. gxf4 Qxf4 {
threatening ...Nxd4 and ...Qe4 or ...Rf8 and ...Nh4.} 39. Qc1 $4 {Blunders the
queen, but Whites' position was lost anyway} (39. Rb3 Nxd4 40. Rb4 Nxb5 41.
Rxb5 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 d4 43. Qd2 Rf8 $19) (39. Rbb1 Nh4+ 40. Kg1 Qe4 $1 41. Qb2 a6
$1 42. Bf1 Rf8 $1 $19) 39... Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 b6 {
Tiviakov's yndlingssystem. He specialises in showing the dynamic side of this
solid set-up.} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 $5 {A sign that
Skembris seeks complicated play. As he said after the game, if he was after
peace he would have played} (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 {with a simple position.})
11... Na6 12. a3 {Restricting the a6 knight and envisaging a cramping
expansion with b4.} Rc8 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Rac1 {The final
preparation for b4. Now black must act.} c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 Nb6 $1 18.
Na5 $6 {Here Skembris had calculated an intersting piece sacrifice:} (18. cxd5
c4 19. d6 Qd7 (19... Qxd6 20. Bxb7 {is good for white.}) 20. Bxb7 cxb3 21. Bxc8
bxc2 22. Bxd7 cxd1=Q+ 23. Rxd1 Nxd7 24. Bxa7 {leads to an interesting ending
where white's pawns are certainly worth a piece , especially since black still
has trouble getting his Sa6 to work. But Skembr is had not foreseen the coming
tactical problems in the game continuation.}) 18... Ba8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bxc5
Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Nc4 $1 22. Nd3 (22. b4 Nxa5 23. bxa5 Rc7 {and white is helpless
against the simple plan of doubling rooks against the Sc5, f. eks.} 24. Bxd5
Rfc8 25. Bxa8 Rxc5 {and wins.}) (22. Na4 $5 {May be a better practical chance,
but} Nxb2 $1 {Tiviakov's original intention of} (22... Bg5 $2 23. f4 Ne3 24.
Qxc8 Nxd1 {fails to} 25. Qc5 $1 {and white wins.}) 23. Qxc8 Nxd1 24. Qc2 {
when the Sd1 cannot exit via c3. But here black has} Nxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Bd4+ 26.
Ke1 Qe3 27. Bf1 {Otherwise ...Dg1+ and Le3+ win the Tc1.} Qf2+ 28. Kd2 Be3+ 29.
Kd3 d4 $1 {and black should win. The Tc1 cannot escape due to ...Df5+ and
black can take the rook, the kingside pawns, and continue his attack against
white's uncoordi nated forces.}) 22... Nxb2 $1 23. Qxc8 Nxd1 {In time trouble
white's position is very unpleasant. The pawns on e2 and a3 are weak, and
black's pieces are very active.} 24. Nc6 Qxe2 $1 {24...Dxa3!? is good, but
this is best.} 25. Qf5 Nc3 26. Nce5 Qd2 $1 27. Re1 $2 {The last chance was} (
27. Rf1 {when black can force a good ending with} Qg5) 27... Bxe5 $1 {White's
pieces are overbelastet.} 28. Rxe5 Ne2+ 29. Rxe2 (29. Kf1 Nd4 {and the Sd3
falls.}) 29... Qxe2 30. h4 (30. Bxd5 $2 g6 31. Qd7 Qd1+ $1 (31... Qxd3 $4 32.
Bxf7+ {and Dxd3.}) 32. Kg2 Qxd3 {and the Ld5 is doubly pinned.}) 30... g6 {
and white resigned since he faces a hopeless ending after 31.Df3.} 0-1

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Atalik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 {'!' Atalik.} d5 (5...
b6 {Atalik} 6. Bg5 $5) 6. cxd5 ({Omitting the capture cxd5 leads to play very
similar to classical declined Queen's Gambit positions:} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. e3 O-O (8... c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.
bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc6 15. Qb3 $14 {0-1 Ehlvest,J-Aleksandrov,A/PCA Qualifier g/
25 Moscow RUS 1996 (32)}) 9. Rc1 (9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O
Bb7 13. Re1 Nd7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Bb5 Qe7 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Rab1 Ba8 18. a4 $14 {
1-0 Khalifman,A-Gofshtein,L/Ubeda Open 1997 (45)}) 9... Nd7 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11.
Rxc3 c6 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Ba2 Rd8 17. Rc5
$1 g6 18. Qe1 $1 $14 {1-0 Lobron,E-Landenbergue,C/Ptuj 1995/CBM 47 (53) It is
worth noting that in each of these games black experienced trouble equalizing
fully due to the weakening of the queenside resulting from the move ...a7-a5.})
6... exd5 7. Bg5 (7. e3 {can hardly be an attempt to get an advantage.} O-O 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Bd6 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rab1 Qe7 13. Rfc1 Ne4 14. Be1
Ndf6 $15 {1-0 Fiodorov,M-Rosenbeiger,A/Koszalin 1998/EXT 99 (29)}) (7. g3 O-O
8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O {1/2-1/2 Dzindzichashvili,R-Benjamin,J/Parsippany 1996/CBM 55
(9)}) 7... O-O (7... c6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. O-O
Be7 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Rae1 g6 15. f3 Nh5 16. Bf2 $14 {1-0 Popov,V-Sazhin,M/Open,
Novgorod RUS 1999 (35)}) (7... h6 {is more flexible if black wishes to advance
his kingside pawns, which does not necessarily fit in with castling on that
flank.}) (7... h6 {Atalik} 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12.
Rc1 $16) 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 $6 (9... c6 $142 {Atalik}) 10. Bg3 Ne4 {Now we
have a situation akin to the Ragozin variation of the Queen's Gambit (D38),
with the move a5 factored in. In fact, without the moves e3 for white and 0-0
for black, this would be quite a topical position in that opening, with black
having the move ...a5 for free.} 11. Nd2 $5 {'!' Atalik.} c5 $2 {This sheds a
pawn without compensation. Black could try to grab a pawn at considerable risk:
} (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bxd2+ (13... Bb4) 14. Qxd2 c6 (14... Nc6 {
Atalik} 15. h4 g4 16. h5 $16 {xc7}) 15. h4 $44 {or, settle for the bishop pair
in return for a slightly breezy kingside:}) (11... Nxg3 $5 12. hxg3 Kg7 13. Qh5
(13. Bd3 $14) 13... Rh8 14. Bd3 $14) 12. Ndxe4 cxd4 (12... dxe4 13. dxc5 {
and black has no way to reestablish material equality, e.g.} (13. a3 {Atalik}
Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 $16) 13... Nd7 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Bb5) 13. Qxd4 dxe4 (13... Nc6 {
Atalik} 14. Qxd5) 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Bc4 {[%csl Rg6] '!' Atalik.} (
16. Bd3 $6 {Atalik} Nd4 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Rd1 Bg4 $132) 16... Qf6 17. O-O Bxc3
18. Qxc3 {'!?' Atalik.} (18. bxc3 {Atalik} Be6) 18... Qxc3 19. bxc3 Be6 20.
Bxe6 {'!' Atalik.} Rxe6 21. Rab1 (21. Rfd1 $6 {Atalik} b5 $132) 21... Rd8 $1 {
The best way to resist, black insists on some activity.} (21... Re7 {Atalik}
22. Rfd1 $16) 22. Rxb7 Rd2 23. Ra1 Rc2 24. h4 Rxc3 {'?!' Atalik.} (24... gxh4
$5 {is a bit counterintuitive, but allowing the pawn to h5 creates a lot of
trouble for black in various endings.}) (24... gxh4 $1 {Atalik} 25. Bxh4 Rxc3
26. a4 $16) 25. h5 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ga1h8,Gg3e5] '+-!' Atalik.} Rc5 {
'?!' Atalik.} (25... Ra3 26. Rb3 $16) (25... a4 $142 {Atalik} 26. Rd1 Rc2 27.
a3 Rc3 28. Bd6 Re4 29. Rc7 $18) 26. a4 Rc4 27. Rb5 {'!' Atalik.} Re7 28. Rd1 {
'!' Atalik.} Rxa4 29. Rc5 Re6 30. Rd6 {'!' Atalik.} Ne7 (30... Rxd6 31. Bxd6
Nb4 32. Rc8+ (32. Be5 f5 33. Rc7 $16) (32. Bc7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Nd3 $1) 32... Kg7
33. Be5+ f6 34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. Bxf6 Nd5 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rg6) 31. Be5 Rxd6 32.
Bxd6 Re4 33. Rxa5 Re6 {'(+)' Atalik.} 34. Ba3 Nc6 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Bb2+ f6 37.
Ba3 f5 38. Bb2+ {'!' Atalik.} (38. Rf8 {Atalik} Re5 39. Rc8 Re6) 38... Kf7 39.
Rh8 Ne7 (39... f4 {Atalik} 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. exf4 gxf4 43. Rb7 Kg8
44. Kh2 $18) 40. Ba3 Ra6 (40... Ng8 {Atalik} 41. Rh7+ Ke8 42. Rg7 Nf6 43. Rg6
Rb6 44. Bb2 $18) 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rxe7 Rxa3 43. Re5 f4 44. exf4 gxf4 45. Rf5 f3
(45... Ra4 {Atalik} 46. Kh2 Kg7 47. Kh3 Ra1 48. Rxf4 Rh1+ 49. Kg4 Rh2 50. g3
$18) 46. g3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf3]} (46. Rxf3 {Atalik} Rxf3 47. gxf3 Kf7 48. Kg2
Ke6 (48... Kf6 49. f4 $18) 49. f4 Kd5 50. Kf3 Kd4 51. Kg4 Ke4 52. f3+ $18)
46... Kg7 47. Kh2 Ra2 48. Rxf3 Ra5 49. g4 Ra4 50. Kg3 Rb4 51. Rd3 Rb7 52. f4
Rb5 53. Kf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Bg4 (12... Bd7 $5 {is not as
popular, but assumes that f4 is coming anyway, and keeps the bishop on the
safe side of white's pawn mass. A typical duel between counterplay based on
the queenside and c-file against a white pawnstorm developed after} 13. f4 Na6
14. Re1 Nb4 15. Nf2 a4 16. f5 h6 17. Nf3 c6 18. Qd2 Na6 19. g4 Rfc8 20. h4 cxd5
21. cxd5 Rc5 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. Bf1 Rac8 25. Bd3 Qd8 $132 {in 0-1
Nickoloff,B-Liao,Y/Dubai olm 1986 (44)}) 13. Qe1 $5 $146 {A sensible idea.
White's queen is eager to be used on the dark squares in any event, and now
the advance f2-f4 will give black concerns about his Bg4, which is out on a
limb, and in danger of being surrounded by white pawns.} (13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Na6
15. f5 h6 16. g4 Nh7 17. Nf3 c6 18. h4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bb5 20. Rf2 Rfc8 $132 {
0-1 Tondivar,B-Ulibin,M/Leeuwarden op 1993 (32)}) 13... Na6 14. f4 exf4 {
Allowing white a mobile central pawn majority is a very risky decision.
Although holding ground and allowing white to mass a kingside pawns storm
looks passive, it has had more success, as seen in the analogous games quoted
above.} (14... Bd7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 $141 Nb4 {seems to give black solid
counterplay, unless white speculates with the exchange sacrifice} 17. Nfxe5 Nc2
18. Qc3 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 {which should not be terribly dangerous.}) 15. gxf4 Rfe8
$2 (15... Nb4 $5 {still looks more to the point, as now white gets a firm grip
on the center.} 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. Qg3 (17. Qe3 $5) 17... Bd7 18. e5 Nh5 19. Qf3
g6 $13) 16. a3 a4 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Rae1 c6 (18... Ng4 19. Qg3 $1 (19. Qd4 f6 $5)
19... f6 $141 20. Bh3 Nh6 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. e5 $16) (18... b5 19. e5 Ng4 20.
Qg3 $16) 19. e5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Ng4 (20... Bf5 21. Qd4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nc5 23. Qg3
Z0 24. Nc4 $140 $18) 21. Qd4 Bf5 22. Ne4 (22. Nc4 $5 Bxd3 (22... Qh4 23. h3
Nxe5 24. Nxd6 $18) 23. Qxd3 dxe5 24. d6 $16) 22... Bxe4 23. Rxe4 {Black's
position is wretched as he has no compensation for white's powerful center,
and no stable posts for his knights.} f5 24. Ree1 Qh4 25. h3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5
27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Qxe5 {Black has managed to prevent a duo of white pawns, but
that is small consolation for the absolute central domination he still faces,
and white's huge superiority in mobility.} Nc5 29. d6 Ne4 30. d7 $18 Qf6 $6 (
30... Rf8 $142 31. Rd1 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qg3 (32... Ng3+ 33. Kh2 $18) 33. Qe6+ Kh8
34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. d8=Q $18) 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 (
7. Bd3) (7. e5) 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 f5 11. Qd3 f4 12.
Bd2 e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. Bc3 ({I suggested} 14. Qe4 $5 {before, and it still
looks worth testing to me.}) 14... Bc5 $146 (14... Qe8 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qd5+ Kh8
17. O-O-O a6 18. Qd2 b5 19. Bd3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 b4 22. axb4 Nxb4 23.
Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Rhd1 Qa4 {was entertaining but just too speculative for black in
1-0 Gunawan,R-Adianto,U/Jakarta 1996/CBM 57 (57)}) 15. b4 (15. Qd5+ $2 Qxd5 16.
cxd5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxe5 $1 $17) 15... Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Rad8 17. Be4 Bxf3 18. gxf3
(18. Bxf3 $5 Bd4 (18... Rd3 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. bxc5 Rxc3 21. Kd2 $16) 19. Bxd4
Nxd4 (19... Rxd4 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Rd1 $16 Rxd1+ $140 22. Kxd1 Nxe5 23. Re1 Nd3
24. Re7) 20. O-O-O $16 (20. Be4)) 18... Bd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. e6 (
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Nxe5 23. Re1 Nd3 24. Re7 c6 $132) 21... Ne7 22. Bxb7 g6
$1 {[%cal Yh8f6]} 23. O-O Kg7 24. c5 Kf6 {[%csl Re6,Ge7,Rf3][%cal Yd8d1]
White's fractured pawn structure and black's control of the d-file give him
surprising compensation.} 25. Rfe1 c6 $6 {This allows white a target - the
pawn advance to b5, but gains access to the d5 square for additional active
counterplay.} (25... Rfd8 $5) 26. Ba6 Rfd8 27. Rac1 {To create a passed c-pawn
after breaking through with b4-b5.} R8d5 $1 28. b5 $2 {This looks premature.
Maybe} (28. Re4 $5 Rd1+ (28... Rxe4 29. fxe4 Rg5+ 30. Kf1 Kxe6 31. b5 $18) 29.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 g5 {though white still has technical difficulties, playing
without his king.}) (28. h4 $5 {planning Re4 is also interesting.}) 28... cxb5
29. Bxb5 (29. c6 Rc4 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Rc5 {is like the game.} (31... Rg5+
32. Kf1 Nxc6 $2 33. e7 Nxe7 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Ra6+)) 29... Rg5+ $1 30. Kf1 Rdd5
{Now the weak e-pawn will be white's only remaining material advantage.} 31.
Bd7 Rxc5 32. Rb1 Rge5 33. Rxe5 Kxe5 34. Rb7 a5 35. a4 Kd6 36. Ra7 (36. Rb6+ $5
Ke5 37. Rb5 Kd6 38. Rxc5 Kxc5 39. Ke2 Kd4 {and it is difficult to envision
progress for white.}) 36... Nd5 {Now the N heads for c7 where it will threaten
e6 and restrict white's pieces.} 37. Ra6+ Ke7 38. Ke2 Nc7 39. Rb6 Nxe6 $1 {
Accurately calculated, this kind of decision is never easy just before the
time control.} 40. Bxe6 Re5+ 41. Kd3 Rxe6 42. Rxe6+ Kxe6 {[#] Hecht: Trotz des
Raumvorteils und der Möglichkeit, den Ba5 zu erobern hält Schwarz wegen der
Reservetempi des Bh7 remis.} 43. Kc4 (43. Ke4 {Hecht} g5 44. h4 $4 gxh4 45.
Kxf4 h5 46. Ke3 h3 $19) 43... g5 {Black has enough free moves with his h-pawn
to engineer a drawn ending.} 44. Kb5 Kd5 45. Kxa5 Kc5 46. h3 h6 47. Ka6 Kc6 48.
a5 h5 49. Ka7 Kc7 50. a6 h4 $11 {Letztes Reservetempo! Der weiße König bleibt
eingeschlossen.} 51. Ka8 Kc8 {Am einfachsten.} (51... Kb6 $5 {Hecht} 52. Kb8
Kxa6 53. Kc7 Kb5 54. Kd6 Kc4 55. Ke5 Kd3 56. Kf5 Ke2 57. Kxg5 Kxf3 58. Kf5 Kxf2
(58... Kg2 59. Kxf4 Kxh3 60. Kg5 $11) 59. Kxf4 Ke2 60. Kg4 Ke3 61. Kxh4 Kf4 $11
) 52. Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gagarin, Vasilij"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[BlackTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. d5 Nd8 12. O-O e5 13. e4 c5 (13... f5 $5
14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rae1 Nf7 16. Nh4 $5 Bd7 17. f4 Qd8 18. c5 Bb5 19. Rf2 exf4
20. a4 Bxa4 21. Rxf4 Bb5 22. Nf5 Ne5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxf5 25. Qe6+ Kh8
26. Qxf5 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Galliamova Ivanchuk,A-Chiburdanidze,M/Pula 1997/EXP 57 
(26)}) 14. a3 (14. Nd2 a5 (14... Bd7 15. a3 b6 16. f4 f6 17. Rf2 Nf7 18. Raf1
a5 19. b3 Ra7 20. a4 g6 21. h3 Kg7 22. f5 Rh8 23. Qf3 g5 24. Qh5 Be8 25. h4 Qf8
26. Qe2 Rg8 27. h5 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Nielsen,P/Aarhus 1997/CBM 60 (27)}) 15.
f4 f6 16. b3 b6 17. Rf2 Nf7 18. Raf1 Bd7 19. a4 g5 20. f5 Kg7 21. Bf3 Rh8 22.
Bh5 Rag8 23. Rg2 Kf8 24. h3 Be8 25. Kf2 Nd8 26. Qf3 Bxh5 27. Qxh5 Qf7 28. g4
Qxh5 29. gxh5 Nf7 30. Rfg1 h6 31. Nb1 Ke7 32. Nc3 Kd7 33. Ke3 Rg7 34. Rg3 Rf8
35. Kd3 Ra8 36. Nd1 Rh8 37. Ne3 Ke7 38. Ng2 Rgh7 39. Ne1 Ra8 40. Nf3 Rb8 41.
R3g2 Ra8 42. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Wahls,M/GER 1996/BL9697 (42)}) (14. dxc6
Nxc6 15. h3 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. Bf1 Rad8 20. Qa3 f6
21. b3 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Ne1 Nc6 24. Nc2 Kf8 25. Be2 g6 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. Ne3
Nd4 28. Nc2 Nxc2 29. Rxc2 Rc7 30. Rcd2 a5 31. Bg4 Bf7 32. a4 Be8 33. f4 exf4
34. gxf4 Rc5 35. Bf3 Bc6 36. Kf2 g5 37. Rg1 Rf8 38. Rgd1 gxf4 39. Rxd6 h5 40.
R6d4 Rg8 41. h4 Re5 42. R1d3 Rg3 43. Bg2 Rg4 44. Bh3 Rxh4 45. Bf5 Rg4 46. Rh3
Rg5 47. Rh4 Rexf5 48. exf5 f3 49. Rh2 Rxf5 50. Rdh4 Re5 51. Rxh5 f5 52. Rh7+
Kd6 53. R2h6+ Kc5 54. Rxc6+ Kxc6 55. Kxf3 Re1 56. Rf7 Rb1 57. Rf6+ Kc7 58. Rxf5
Rxb3+ 59. Ke4 Kb6 60. Kd4 Rb4 61. Rf6+ Ka7 62. Kc5 Rxa4 63. Kb5 Ra1 64. c5 a4
65. Rf4 a3 66. Ra4+ Kb8 67. Kb4 a2 68. Kb3 Kc7 69. Kb2 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,
Z-Wahls,M/GER 1997/BL9697 (69)}) 14... f6 (14... f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rae1 Nf7
17. Nh4 $36) 15. b4 Nf7 16. Ne1 b6 17. Nd3 f5 18. f4 (18. exf5 $142 Bxf5 19.
Rae1) 18... fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh3 20. Rf2 exf4 21. Re1 $1 (21. Rxf4 $2 Ng5 22. Nf2
(22. Bg2 $4 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxf4 $19) (22. Re1 $4 Nxe4 23. Rexe4
Qxe4 $19) 22... Rxf4 23. gxf4 Nxe4 24. Qxh3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Rf8 $17) 21... Qd7
22. Nxf4 Ne5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qc2 g6 {[%csl Rc4,Ge5] The extremely powerful
knight on e5 gives black good chances.} 25. Bg2 $1 {[%csl Re6] White rightly
prefers to keep his knight, and create counterplay by weakening the e6-square.}
Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Rc2 $6 (28. Re4 $5 Rb8 29. Ne6 $5 $132
Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rb2+ 31. Ke3 Rb3+ 32. Ke2 Rxa3 33. Nxc5 Rc3 34. Nb7 Nxc4 35. Re6
{looks OK for white. To create counterplay with Ne6, white must be able to
also threaten entry on the f-line. The game continuation makes it much more
difficult for white to become active.}) 28... Rb8 29. Re3 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3]}
30. Ne6 a4 31. Nc7 h5 $1 {A nice move, gaining space for the black king while
restricting white's.} 32. h3 (32. Nb5 Nxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxb5 34. Rxa4 Rb2+ 35. Kh3
Kh7 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rh2,Rh3] and black has too many threats and targets.}) 32...
Rb3 33. Rec3 (33. Rcc3 Rb2+ 34. Kg1 Rff2 35. Ne8 Rfd2 36. Rc1 (36. Re1 Nd3 37.
Ra1 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rxg3 $19) (36. Kf1 Nf3 $1) 36... Nxc4 $19) 33... Nd3 $1 34.
Kg1 Rf3 35. Nb5 Rxg3+ 36. Kh2 h4 {Black's earlier fine play with his
"rook"-pawns allows him to keep total control.} 37. Nxd6 Ne1 38. Ne4 Nxc2 39.
Rxc2 Rxh3+ 40. Kg2 Rxa3 41. Nxc5 Rag3+ 42. Kf2 {42.Kf1 makes more sense as the
finish - scoresheet error?} Rh1 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Sjoberg, Mats"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 (
7. d5 $5 Na5 8. b3 c6 (8... b6 $5) 9. a3 Bxa3 10. dxe6 fxe6 (10... Bb4 $5) 11.
Nb1 Bb4 12. Rxa5 Bxa5 13. Bxa5 b5 14. cxb5 Rb8 15. bxc6 Ne4 16. Qd4 Rxb3 17.
Nfd2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Rb5 19. Bc3 Rd5 20. Qb4 Qf7 21. f4 a5 22. Qc4 Qe7 23. Bg2
Rc5 24. Qd4 Ba6 25. cxd7 Rd8 26. Ne4 Rc4 27. Qb6 Qxd7 28. Qxa6 Qd5 29. Nf6+ {
1-0 Arkell,K-Rossiter,P/BCF-ch 1993}) 7... Na5 $5 8. b3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2
Rfc8 (10... Rac8 11. Rfe1 c5 12. dxc5 (12. a3 $5) 12... Bxc5 13. e4 Ng4 14. Nd1
Nc6 15. Bc3 d6 16. a3 Nge5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Ra2 a5 22. Nf4 Bc5 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Nd3 Rfd8 25. Qc2 Bd4 26. Ne2 Nxd3 {0-1
Delemarre,J-Rytshagov,M/Amsterdam Donner op 1995}) 11. Rfe1 Bxc3 $6 {This is a
bit passive, and black will have great problems reasserting himself on the
dark squares later.} (11... c5 $1 {As in the Rytschagov game looks like a
logical alternative.} 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 cxd4 $11) ({The classical reaction} 
11... d5 $5 {also looks fully playable, and sounder than the game continuation.
}) 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 c6 14. Bxa5 bxa5 15. c5 Rcb8 16. Qa3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rb4
18. Rad1 Qd8 {Black's position is reasonably solid, and he has the plan of
Rab8, a5-a4 and Qa5. In view of this, White opts to act quickly.} 19. e4 Qc7
20. d5 e5 (20... cxd5 $5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Rf8 {looks comfortable enough
for black. The c5 pawn is a headache for white, though the strong bishop and
play on the e-and c-lines guarantee him compensation when it falls.}) 21. d6
Qd8 22. Qb2 Qe8 $6 (22... a4 23. Qxe5 $14 axb3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. Qf5 Qa5 $132)
23. a3 Rb7 24. Qc2 Rab8 25. Rb1 Qe6 26. Re3 $16 {After a period of some
turbulence, Black's position is now passive again. Understandably, he tries to
utilise the positive aspects of his fractured pawn structure.} a4 27. b4 a5 28.
Qxa4 axb4 29. Reb3 Qc4 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 31. Rxb4 Qc1+ 32. Qd1 $1 {The simplest.}
Qxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Rxb4 (33... Ra8 34. f4 $1) 34. axb4 {[#] Großer weißer
Raumvorteil bei einem Mehrbauern und aktiver Läufer gegen unbeweglichen
Springer. Taktik: Läuferopfer und Bauerndurchbruch nach Fehler Zug 34. Bessere
Verteidigung scheitert am fehlenden Raum.} Nxe4 (34... Kf8 $142 {Hecht} 35. f3
g5 36. Kf2 Ng8 (36... Ke8 37. Ke3 Kd8 38. f4 gxf4+ 39. gxf4 exf4+ 40. Kxf4 Ng8
41. Kg5 Ke8 42. e5 Kf8 43. Bc2 Kg7 44. Bf5 f6+ 45. Kh4 fxe5 46. Bxd7 $18) 37.
f4 f6 38. Bh5 $18) 35. Bg4 Nf6 36. Bxd7 $3 Nxd7 37. b5 (37. b5 Nb8 38. d7 $1
Nxd7 39. bxc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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. Nf3 {Hecht} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6
8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nc3 f5 {It would be fair to classify this
game as a Stonewall Dutch. Both sides have wasted some time with their
dark-squared bishops.} 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Be5 Bxe5 16.
dxe5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 f4 18. e4 f3 19. Bf1 (19. Bxf3 Qf7) 19... Qe7 20. Rac1 Rad8
21. exd5 cxd5 22. c5 Rc8 23. b4 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rc7 $1 {Black's position bears
the sign of a successful Stonewall. Typical of this success is that his bishop
is actually a bit stronger than white's, and the white pawns on dark squares
are targets.} 25. Bh3 $6 (25. Bb5 Rfc8 $15) (25. Qe3 $5) 25... Ba6 $1 {A very
efficient way to increase the pressure against c5, and later a2.} 26. Qe3 Bc4
27. Bg4 Rxc5 28. Bxf3 Ra5 29. Rd2 Bxa2 30. Be2 Qb4 31. Rc7 Bb1 32. Qg5 Bg6 33.
Bd3 Qb8 34. Rdc2 Qd8 35. Qg4 Bf7 36. Rb7 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Qd4 Rxd3 39. Qxd3
Bg6 40. Qc3 Be4+ 41. f3 Bxc2 $2 (41... d4 $1 42. Qc7 (42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qc7+
Qxc7 44. Rxc7+ Rf7 $19) 42... Bxf3+ 43. Kg1 Bxb7 $19) 42. Qxc2 Rf7 43. Rb4 Rc7
44. Qa4 h6 45. h4 Qf8 46. g4 $5 Rc2+ (46... Qc8 47. h5) 47. Qxc2 Qxb4 {[#]_|_
Hecht schwarze o^o^ vs weißes Spiel gegen e6 iV. mit Dauerschach} 48. h5 Qb7 (
48... d4 {Hecht} 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. Qd7+) 49. Qa4 Kf8 (49... Qb2+ 50. Kh3 Kf8 51.
Qd7 $1) 50. Kg3 Qc7 51. Qb4+ Kf7 52. f4 a5 53. Qb1 Qe7 (53... Qc6 $5) 54. Qb5
Qa7 55. Kf3 a4 56. f5 a3 $6 (56... Qc7 $17) 57. Qc6 Qe7 (57... a2 {Hecht} 58.
Qxe6+ Kf8 59. Qc8+ Ke7 60. Qe6+ Kd8 61. Qxd5+ Kc7 62. Qc4+ Kb8 63. Qg8+ Kb7 64.
Qb3+ $11) 58. fxe6+ Qxe6 59. Qb7+ Kg8 60. Qa8+ Kh7 61. Kf4 $1 Qb6 62. Qxa3 Qd4+
63. Kf5 (63. Kf5 Qe4+ 64. Ke6 d4 65. Kd6 d3 (65... Qxg4 66. Qd3+ {Pe}) 66. Qc3
$1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunawan, Ronny"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nc6 9. Be3 (9. Bd3 Nxd4 (9... h6 10. Be3 $14 Ng4 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nc3 Bf6
13. O-O Bxd4 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Bxd4 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Nxh2 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ $10 {
Epishin,V-Arnason,J, New York Open 1989.}) (9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
Qxd4 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qe5+ 16. Be2 Qf5 17. Bd3
Qe5+ {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Vaganian,R/Reggio Emilia9596 1996}) 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 $5 (11... Bxf6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Bd7 $5 14. Rb1 (14. Bxb7 Rab8
15. Bf3 Qe5+ $13) 14... Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Qe5 17. O-O Rfb8 18. b4 a5
19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Qe4 Qxa3 21. Rbd1 Rd8 22. Qxc6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qa4 24. Qf3 c6
25. Qe2 Qa2 26. Qxa2 Rxa2 27. g3 Ra4 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Jussupow,A/Munich 1992})
12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Qh4 14. O-O f5 15. Bf3 e5 16. g3 Qf6 17. Bg2 f4 18. Re1
Bc5 19. gxf4 exf4 20. Bf3 c6 21. Ra2 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Bg4 23. Be4 Rae8 24. Rg1 Qh5
{0-1 Braun,P-Timmer,R/Baden Baden op 1993}) 9... Nxe4 10. Qxe4 f5 11. Qd3 (11.
Qc2 f4 12. Bd2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. O-O-O Qxf2 15. Bd3 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17.
gxf4 Bd7 18. Rhg1 Bf6 19. Bc3 Bc6 20. Rg3 Qh6 21. Rdg1 Rf7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 c6 28. Qd4 Raf8
29. Qxa7 R8f7 30. Qd4 Kf8 31. Qd6+ Kg8 32. Kb1 Rxf4 33. Qxe6 R4f6 34. Qc8+ Kg7
35. Qg4+ Kf8 {Renman,N-Raaste,E/SVE-FIN 1989/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 11... f4 (11... Bf6
12. O-O-O e5 13. dxe5 Qxd3 14. Bxd3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. f4 Bf6
18. b3 Bc6 19. Bxf5 Bxg2 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Rd7 Rfe8 22. f5 g6 23. Rf7 Bg7 24.
Rxc7 Bc6 25. Bd2 gxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Re8 28. Bd2 Kg8 29. h4 Re2 30. h5
Be5 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Bxh7 Rh2 33. Bg6+ Kg7 34. Rd8 a5 35. Rd3 a4 36. b4 Rh1+
37. Kc2 Rg1 38. b5 Rxg6 39. hxg6 Be4 40. Bc3 {1-0 Wedberg,T-Ziska,B/Torshavn
Nordic-ch 1987}) 12. Bd2 e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. Bc3 (14. Qe4 $5) 14... Qe8 15. Be2
Bf5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. O-O-O (17. O-O $5 {looks safer to me;} Qg6 (17... a6 18.
Qd2) 18. Rfd1) 17... a6 18. Qd2 b5 $5 19. Bd3 ({Greed doesn't pay:} 19. cxb5 $2
axb5 20. Bxb5 Na5 $1 21. Bxa5 Qxb5 {and black's attack and control of the
light squares is worth far more than a pawn.}) 19... Rd8 (19... b4 20. axb4
Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Ng5 Qh5 24. Ne6 $18) 20. Qe2 Rxd3 {
The previous variation showed that white quickly gains the upper hand if
allowed to take the initiative. This exchange sacrifice gives black better
practical chances. Black's monopoly of the light squares and pressure around
the king forces accurate defence by white.} 21. Rxd3 b4 $5 (21... Qg6 $5 22.
Rdd1 Qe6 $5 (22... Rb8 23. e6 $5)) 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Rhd1 Qa4 25.
Nd4 {The arrival of this piece to the critical sector guarantees white against
being overpowered.} Bg6 26. Nc2 Be7 27. Qd2 f3 {This seems to be designed to
create threats involving ...Bg5, but white's position appears to be fireproof.}
28. gxf3 Qxc4 29. Rc3 Qa2 30. Rxc7 Rb8 31. Qd4 Qa5 (31... Bg5+ $5 32. Ne3 $1 (
32. f4 Bxf4+ 33. Qxf4 Bxc2 34. Kxc2 (34. Rxc2 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Rd8+ $44) 34... Qb3+
$3) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qa5+ (33... Rxb2+ 34. Ke1 Qa5+ 35. Qc3) 34. Qc3) 32. Qd7
Bg5+ 33. Kb1 (33. Ne3 Qa1+ (33... Bxe3+ 34. fxe3 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Qxb2+ 36. Ke1
Qxe5 37. Qe7) 34. Kd2 Qxb2+ 35. Ke1 Rg8 (35... Qxe5 36. Rc8+ $16)) 33... Rg8 {
Black's recurring problem is that he cannot avoid exchanges on the back rank -
this kills any chances of his furhte confusing the issue.} 34. Rc8 Qxe5 35.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qd5+ Qxd5 37. Rxd5 $18 Bf4 38. h4 h6 39. b4 Kf7 40. Kb2 Ke6 41.
Ra5 Be5+ 42. Kc1 Bd3 43. Kd2 Bf1 44. Ke3 Bf6 45. Nd4+ Kd7 46. Ne2 Bxh4 47. Ra1
Bxe2 48. Kxe2 Be7 49. Rxa6 Bxb4 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. Rxg7 Kf5 52. Rf7+ Kg6 53. Rb7
Bc5 54. f4 Bd4 55. Kf3 h5 56. Rb4 Ba7 57. Ra4 Bc5 58. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Kc2 $5 (13. Ke2
f5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Rb1 e5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Rhe1 Nc6 18. Kf1 Be6 19. c5 e4 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd2 Red8 22. Bb3 Kf7 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Nc4 Rd3 25. Nd6 Ne5 26.
Nxb7 Nc4 27. Rbc1 Nd2+ {Yakovich,Y-Makarov,M/Novgorod op 1995/EXP 49/1/2-1/2 
(39)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bb2 {A surprisingly early result if white had designs
about demonstrating the worth of an unveiled novelty. However it seems that
black can also mount counterplay against the king on c2 by the simple manoeuvre
} (14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bates, Richard"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.
Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 (
13... c6 {is a more popular choice, and has respectable results in recent
years.} 14. dxc6 (14. b4 cxd5 15. cxd5 axb4 16. axb4 Bd7 17. Qb3 Nc7 18. Nc4
Nb5 19. Qb2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ne8 21. Na5 f5 22. Nxb7 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf6 24. f3 Nxe4
25. fxe4 Nd4 26. Na5 Bb5 27. Nc6 Qg5 28. Nf2 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Ng4 Qf3+ 31.
Kh3 Nf4+ 32. Kh4 Ng6+ 33. Kh3 Be2 {0-1 Kistella,R-Keitlinghaus,L/NRW-Cup
Masters op 1997/EXP 60}) 14... bxc6 15. Qa4 (15. b4 Bg4 16. Qe1 Rab8 17. Rb1
Qa7 18. h3 Be6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Kh2 f6 21. Rfc1 axb4 22. axb4 Rb6 23. Rb2 Rfb8
24. Rcb1 Nc7 25. Nc1 Na6 26. Nd3 Nc7 27. Nc1 Na6 {1/2-1/2 Ilincic,Z-Salov,V/
Belgrade 1996/CBM 52}) 15... Bg4 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Nf1 Bd7 18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Qc3
Qb7 20. f3 Rfb8 21. Ne3 g6 22. Rad1 Re8 23. Qc1 Qe7 24. Nf2 Nc7 25. f4 Ba4 26.
Rd3 Ne6 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Nd4 30. d6 Qxd6 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32.
Ne4 Ne2+ 33. Rxe2 Qxd3 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Rf2 Rd8 36. Qg5 Qd1+ 37. Rf1 Qd4+ 38.
Rf2 e4 39. Nxe4 Bc6 40. Nxc5 Qd1+ 41. Rf1 Qd4+ 42. Rf2 Re8 43. Nd3 Re3 44. Qf4
Rxd3 45. Qxf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh5 {0-1 Ermeni,A-Vehi Bach,V/Biel op MTO 1997/EXP
60}) 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. f4 {[%csl Ge5] Strangely, I did not find this terribly
straightforward move in my database. Black has surprising problems since the
pressure on e5 renders it difficult to execute the necessary regrouping Ne8-d6.
This is essential since later the e5 square can be bolstered by ...f6 and ...
Nf7.} Ne8 $6 {The usual reaction, but here white is prepared to mount pressure
on e5 more quickly.} (15... Bd7 $5 {would save a tempo on the game.}) (15... a4
$5) 16. Qh5 Nf6 (16... f6 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Nf3
$18) 17. Qf3 {It is not so simple to prove an advantage by capturing on e5 -
white would prefer to gain control of this square (as the game will illustrate)
.} (17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Nf3 (19. b4 $5 {is an interesting way to
try and stake out some advantage while black regains the e-pawn, and may give
white a small advantage. It is not easy to see, since it ignores what appears
to be the central struggle here, the fight for e5.} axb4 (19... cxb4 20. axb4
a4 21. Ra3 $16) 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 cxb4 22. Nf3 Re8 23. c5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5
Rxe5 25. Rb1 $14) 19... Re8 20. e6 fxe6 21. Rae1 e5 $132) 17... Bd7 18. Qc3 a4
19. Rae1 (19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4 {should hold much less for white than it
did before.}) 19... Rae8 20. h3 $1 {Now black is running short of ways to
bolster the e5-square.} Nh5 (20... Bc8 $5 {looks best, when black's defences
are still holding. It is essential that black safeguard the bishop for
tactical reasons.}) 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. g4 Nf6 24. Nf3 $1 {With
the seizure of the e5 square, white sweeps black off the board.} Rfe8 {A
further illustration of the influence the e5 square exercises in this
variation. Black's choices are grim in any case, and he feels that the only
way to put up further resistance is to maintain the e5-point as long as
possible.} (24... Re7 25. e5 Ne8 {[%csl Rd7,Re7,Re8,Rf8] is not a pretty sight.
}) (24... Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxe4 26. Ne5 Nf6 27. Rxf6 (27. g5 $2 Re8 28. Re1 Nh5)
27... gxf6 28. Nxd7 $18) 25. g5 Nh5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. h4 $18 Ng3 28. Rf2 Bc8
29. Kh2 Nh5 30. Bh3 Bxh3 31. Kxh3 f6 32. Rf5 Kf7 33. Rxe5 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 fxe5 35.
Rf1 g6 36. Rxf4+ exf4+ 37. Kxf4 Ke8 38. e5 Kd7 39. Ke3 {[#] Hecht:
Momentaufnahme einer Gewinnstellung. Weiß gewinnt durch Öffnung am Damenflügel.
Man könnte freilich auch auf andere Gedanken kommen. Was geschieht, wenn Weiß
im Zentrum vorgeht? Ich denke, daß Weiß damit auch gewinnt, allerdings nur,
wenn er dies mit h5 vorbereitet. Letzteres ist die Erkenntnis aus der Variante
zu 39.e6+. Das Nehmen von h7 dauert zu lange; deshalb ist das Schwächen von g6
mittels 39.h5 der folgerichtige Vorlauf. Studieren Sie meine Analysen!} (39.
e6+ $6 {Hecht} Kd6 40. Ke4 c6 41. dxc6 $2 bxc6 42. e7 Kd7 $1 43. Kf4 Ke8 $1 44.
Ke4 Kd7 45. Kd3 Kxe7 46. b3 axb3 47. Kc3 Kd6 48. Kxb3 Kc7 49. Kc3 Kb6 50. Kd3
Ka5 51. Ke4 Ka4 52. Ke5 Kxa3 53. Kf6 Kb4 {[#]} 54. Kg7 Kxc4 55. Kxh7 Kd3 56. h5
c4 57. hxg6 c3 58. g7 c2 59. g8=Q c1=Q 60. Qd8+ $14) (39. h5 $5 {[%csl Rg6]
Hecht} Ke7 (39... gxh5 40. Kg3 c6 41. d6 b5 42. Kh4 $18) 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. e6
Kd6 42. Ke4 c6 43. dxc6 bxc6 44. e7 Kd7 45. Kd3 Kxe7 46. b3 axb3 47. Kc3 Kd7
48. Kxb3 Kc7 49. Kc3 Kb6 50. Kd3 Ka5 51. Ke4 Ka4 52. Ke5 Kxa3 53. Kf6 Kb4 {[#]}
54. Kxg6 Kxc4 55. Kf5 Kd3 56. g6 c4 57. g7 c3 58. g8=Q c2 59. Qb3+ Kd2 60. Qb4+
Kd1 61. Qd4+ Ke2 62. Qc3 Kd1 63. Qd3+ Kc1 64. Ke4 Kb2 65. Qd4+ Kb1 66. Qb4+ Ka2
67. Qc3 Kb1 68. Qb3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na5 8. b3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Rac8 11. Rfd1 $5 $146 {This rook has tended to go to e1
in this relatively rare variation, to support the advance e2-e4. Bacrot's move
looks much more logical, since the plan of annexing the bishop pair for white
makes the use of the d-file more important than preparing e4.} (11. Rfe1 c5 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Ng4 14. Nd1 Nc6 15. Bc3 d6 16. a3 Nge5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Ng5 h6
19. Nh3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Ra2 a5 22. Nf4 Bc5 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Nd3 Rfd8 25.
Qc2 Bd4 26. Ne2 Nxd3 {0-1 Delemarre,J-Rytshagov,M/Amsterdam Donner op 1995})
11... c5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 cxd4 {Black could base his counterplay on his
control of e4 and temporary pressure on the light-squares:} (13... Be4 $5 14.
Qb2 d5 15. dxc5 dxc4 $132) (13... d5 $6 14. dxc5 dxc4 15. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 16. b4
Nb3 17. Rab1 Bxf3 18. exf3 Nd4 19. Qxc4 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 $16) 14. Rxd4 {/\ Bb4.}
d6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bb4 Ne8 17. R4d2 Nc6 18. Bc3 e5 19. Bh3 Rb8 20. Nh4 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge3][%cal Gh4f5,Gh4g2,Gg2e3,Gf5e3] Heading to the ideal square on e3.
} g6 21. Ng2 Bc8 $1 {Now black gets some counterplay by removing white's
better bishop.} 22. Bxc8 Rdxc8 23. b4 $2 {Ne3 at once looks more methodical to
me, now black can try to use the slight weakening of c4.} Qe6 $5 (23... b5 $5
24. Ne3 Qe6 25. cxb5 (25. Qd3 $2 bxc4 26. Nxc4 e4 $1 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Ne7)
(25. Bb2 a5 $5 (25... Ne7 $5)) 25... Rxb5 (25... Nd4 26. Qd3 Nxb5 27. Bb2 {
and the Nb5 is misplaced.}) 26. Qd3 $14 {Black's plan in the game is more
logical, trying to target c4, rather than dissolving it.}) 24. Ne3 Ne7 $5 (
24... b5 $5) 25. Qd3 b5 $2 (25... Nf5 $5 {[%csl Rc4]} 26. Nd5 e4 27. Qc2 Rxc4 (
27... e3 $5 $36) 28. Qa4 Rbc8 $36) 26. cxb5 d5 27. Ba1 d4 {Black has driven
white's minor pieces back and siezed the center, which seems at first sight
good value for the offer of the b-pawn. However, the black pawn center is a
target for freeing pawn breaks that will increase the scope of the Ba1. In
other words, black has taken on too great an obligation in the center.} 28. Ng2
Nf6 {Black dreams of an attack with ...Qh3 and Ng4.} 29. f4 $1 Qh3 30. g4 $1 {
A very nice resource that allows Bacrot to clarify the position in his favour.}
(30. e4 Ng4 {[%csl Re3]}) 30... Qxg4 (30... Qxd3 $6 31. Rxd3 Nxg4 (31... Rxb5
32. fxe5 Nxg4 33. Rxd4 Rd5 (33... h5 34. Rd8+) (33... Nxe5 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 (34...
Kg7 35. Rxc8 Nxc8 36. a4) 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Rb8 $1)) 32. h3 $1) 31. h3 $1 (31.
fxe5 Ne4 $132) 31... Qe6 32. fxe5 Nh5 33. Bxd4 Rd8 34. e4 Rd7 35. a4 a6 36.
bxa6 Rxb4 37. a7 Rxa4 38. Qb5 $1 Qc6 39. Qxc6 Nxc6 40. Bc5 $1 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 Kg7
(41... Nxa7 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Bf8+) 42. Rd7 Ng3 43. e6 Ne5 44. Ne1 (44. e7)
44... Ra1 45. Rxf7+ Kh6 (45... Nxf7 46. Bd4+) 46. e7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. d5 e5 13. Be2 a5 14. b3 Rfe8 15.
Nd2 c6 16. e4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rec8 18. Qb1 Nf8 $6 19. Nc4 Ng6 $2 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Nxb6 Nf4 22. Bf1 Ba6 23. h4 $5 (23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. g3 $5) (23. Bxa6 Nxg2+
24. Ke2) 23... Be2 $5 24. Rd2 (24. Bxe2 Nxg2+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kd2 Qf4+ $1 26. Kd3
Qxf2 27. Nc4 (27. Nxc8 Rxc8) 27... Qd4+ 28. Kc2 Ne3+ 29. Kc1 Qc3+) 25... Ne3+
26. Ke1) 24... Qg6 25. Bxe2 Qxg2 26. Rf1 {Black does not have compensation for
the sacrificed material, though he does an inventive job of pretending.} g5 $1
27. hxg5 h5 28. Nxa8 Rxa8 29. Rc2 $18 Qh3 30. Qc1 Qxb3 31. Rc3 Qa4 32. Qc2 Qd7
33. Rh1 h4 34. Kf1 h3 35. Qd1 (35. Rc7 Qd8 36. Bg4 $18) 35... Rb8 36. Bg4 $4 (
36. Rc1 $18) 36... Qxg4 $1 (36... Qxg4 37. Ke1 (37. Qxg4 Rb1+) 37... Qg2 38.
Qf3 (38. Rf1 Qxe4+ 39. Kd2 Rb2+ 40. Rc2 Qxd5+ $19) (38. Kd2 Qxf2+ 39. Kc1 Qb2#)
38... Rb1+ 39. Kd2 Rxh1) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 48]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
O-O c6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bc3 Ne4 10. Bb2 (10. Qc2 b6 11. Nbd2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 13.
Rad1 Bf6 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nc6 d4 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Nb4 Nc5 19. Nd5 Qd6
20. b4 Na6 21. c5 bxc5 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. bxc5 Bg4 24. f3 Be6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.
f4 Nb4 27. Qb3 Rab8 {0-1 Shantharam,K-Mishra,N/IND-ch 1988/EXT 88ch (39)})
10... b5 $5 (10... f5 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. e3 Qh5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Qxd1 15.
Raxd1 a5 $1 $10 16. a3 Nf6 $5 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 b5 $1 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Rc1
$2 b4 21. a4 Ba6 22. Rfe1 Rac8 $17 {0-1 Hertneck,G-Jussupow,A/BL9596 1996/BL
90/[Jussupow] (42)}) 11. c5 a5 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nd3 Bf6 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nd2 b4 16.
Qc2 Ba6 17. Rfc1 Qc7 18. a3 e5 19. axb4 exd4 (19... axb4 20. Nxb4 Bxe2 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. f4 $5 (22. Re1 $5 Bb5) 22... exf4 23. Nxd5 cxd5 (23... Nh3+ 24. Bxh3
cxd5 25. Qxf5 $18) 24. Bxd5+ Kf8 25. Bxa8 $18 {[%csl Rf5]}) 20. Rxa5 (20. bxa5
$5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxa5 (21... f4 $5) 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 {-> game}) 20... Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Rxa5 22. bxa5 Qxa5 (22... f4 $5 {gives black very dangerous counterplay:}
23. Nf1 $1 (23. gxf4 Ne6 $40 (23... Qxf4 24. Nf1)) (23. Bxd4 fxg3 $36) 23...
Qxa5 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Ne6 26. Qd2 $1 Qxd2 27. Nxd2 Nd4 (27... Ra8 $5
$132) 28. Kf2 Re8 29. Bf1 g5 $44) 23. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Ne6 25. Qc3 Qb5 26.
Bf1 Rb8 {Preventing a later b4 in order to capture on c5 without losing
control of the c5 square.} 27. e4 Qxc5+ 28. Qxc5 Nexc5 29. exf5 Nxb3 30. Nxb3
Rxb3 31. Rxc6 Ne5 (31... Rxf3 32. Rc8+ Nf8 (32... Kf7 $4 33. Rc7 $18) 33. g4
Rf4 34. h3 g6 $11) 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. f4 Ng4 (33... Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Nxh2 35. Be2 Rb2
$11) 34. Rc1 Ne3 35. Kf2 (35. Bh3 d4 $132 (35... Rb2 36. Rc7+ $36)) 35... Ng4+
36. Kg1 Ne3 37. Kf2 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Kharkiv Law Academy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
O-O e5 (8... O-O 9. a3 $2 Bxd2 10. Bxd2 Qc7 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. e4 Nde5 13. Bf4
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e5 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Enneper,
E-Grossmann,H/RLNS 1991/BIG 90}) 9. Nb3 $1 {Posing black some rather direct
questions about the constellation on b4 and c5.} Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Be6 {The
critical continuation, forcing white to offer a pawn to maintain the
initiative.} 11. Be3 Bxc4 12. Nxc5 Bxe2 13. Rdc1 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nd7 15. Ba3 $44
f5 $2 (15... Rc8 16. Ng5 Bd3 (16... Bd3 17. Be4 $5 (17. Rc3 Bg6 18. Ne4 Bxe4
19. Bxe4 $44) 17... f6 (17... h6 18. Nxf7 $1) 18. Bxd3 fxg5 19. Rc3 $36)) (
15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rc8 (16... Nd4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Ba6 $16) 17. Rc3 f5 18. Bd5
$36) (15... f6 16. Nd2 $1 $36) 16. Nh4 g6 (16... Nd4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bc6 (18.
Bd6 Rxb7 19. Rc8+ Kf7 20. Rxh8 Rxb2 $132) 18... Nxc6 19. Rxc6 $16 (19. Nxf5 $2
Nd4 20. Nd6+ Ke7)) 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxc6 Kf7 19. Rc7 Bb5 (19... Ke6 20. Rac1
Bb5 21. Rd1 Rhd8 22. Nf3 $1 $18) 20. Rd1 Rhd8 21. Nf3 $1 (21. Nf3 Kg8 22. Be7
Be2 23. Rd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 ({The
more I annotate games in this opening section, the more I am convinced that
the best move here is undoubtedly} 7. e5) 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Be3 Ng4 $5
$146 {I cannot find this move, but then again, my database needs some tidying
up. Black intends to strike chaos in white's ranks with the advance of his
f-pawn. This poses white some rather annoying problems at a surprisingly early
stage of the game.} 10. Bd2 $2 {Rather submissive. White tosses a pawn
overboard for no obvious compensation.} (10. Bd3 $5 f5 11. Nc3 f4 $5 (11... Bf6
12. O-O-O Bxd4 13. Bxf5 Nxe3 (13... exf5 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qf6 16. Nd5
Qh6+ 17. Kb1 $36) 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. fxe3 Bxe3+ 16. Kb1 Qf6 17. Rhf1 $16) (11...
Nxe3 12. fxe3 e5 (12... Bf6 $5) (12... Bh4+ $5) 13. dxe5 Bc5 14. Nd5) 12. Bxh7+
Kh8 13. Bd2 (13. Bc1 Nxd4) 13... Nxd4 14. Qd3 (14. Qe4 $2 Nxf2 $1 15. Kxf2 Nxf3
$19) (14. Nxd4 Qxd4 $36) 14... e5 $13) (10. O-O-O f5 $36) 10... f5 11. Ng3 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bc3 Qb6 14. h3 Ne3 $1 15. fxe3 (15. Qe2 {was disgusting but
better.}) 15... Qxe3+ 16. Ne2 Bh4+ 17. g3 $8 (17. Kd1 Rd8+ 18. Bd2 Bg5) 17...
Bxg3+ 18. Kd1 Rd8+ 19. Bd2 Qf3 $19 20. Qc3 (20. Rg1 Bf4) 20... Rd3 21. Bg2 Rxc3
(21... Qxg2 $5 22. Qxd3 Qxh1+ 23. Kc2 Qxa1 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. Nxg3 {gives white
real counterplay.}) 22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. Nxg3 Rxg3 24. Kc2 (24. Bf4 Rg2) 24... Bd7
25. Bf4 Ba4+ 26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27. Ke2 Rg2+ 28. Ke3 e5 (28... e5 29. Bxe5 Re8 30.
Kf4 g5+ 31. Kxf5 Bd7+) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lopushnoy, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5
Nfd7 8. b4 a5 (8... b6 {Dautov} 9. Qb3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nf8 11. Rc1 (11. cxd5 exd5
12. Rc1 $14) 11... Bb7 12. c5 c6 13. Bd3 $14 {Khalifman,A-Aleksandrov,A/Elista
1998}) 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2 a4 $6 (10... cxd4 11. cxd5 (11. Bxd4 $5) 11... exd5 12.
Be2 a4 13. Bxd4 (13. O-O $5 $14 {Dautov}) 13... Nc5 14. O-O Bg4 15. Bb2 Nbd7
16. Nd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxe5 $1 18. Nf5 f6 19. Nf3 Ng6 $6 20. Rad1 Qd7 21. N3h4
Rfe8 22. Qg4 Kf7 23. Qh5 Bf8 24. Rxd5 $4 Qxd5 {0-1 Schlosser,P-Wahls,M/GER
1997/BL9697 (24)}) (10... b6 $2 {><c6} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. O-O Nf8
14. Ne1 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Jussupow,A/Baden Baden 1996/CBM 55/[Jussupow]
(71) /\f4}) (10... Re8 $142 {/\Nf8-Nbd7}) 11. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc1c8]
This hinders black's main method of freeing his position, ...cxd4 and ...Nc5.}
Qb6 (11... cxd4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bxd4) (11... Re8 $142 $14 {Dautov}) 12. Bd3
h6 13. O-O cxd4 (13... Re8 {Dautov} 14. Rac1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 (15... Qa5 16.
c5 $16) 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. cxd5 Qxc2 (17... Qxd5 18. Nc4 $16) 18. Rxc2 exd5 19.
Rfc1 Nb6 20. Nd4 $16) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bxd4 Bc5 (15... Nc5 $5 {is the move
black would like to play. But can he? It seems so.} 16. Rac1 Nbd7 17. e6 $5
Qxe6 $5 (17... fxe6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6 (21. Bg8
Nf6 22. Bf7 Nh7) 21... Rf7 $1 22. Bg6+ Kg8 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qh5+ $40 {
White's attack continues with Rc3/Ng5}) 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxc5
Nxc5 21. Qxc5 $16 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Be6 $14) 16. Bb2 Qa7 $2 {There were several
better ways to cower;} (16... Be7 $5) (16... Qd8) (16... Re8 {Dautov} 17. Rac1
Be7 18. Bd4 (18. e6 Qxe6 19. Nd4 Qb6 (19... Qg4 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Nxh6+ gxh6 22.
Bh7#) 20. Rfe1 $16 {/\Rxe7}) 18... Qd8 (18... Qa5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg6+ $18) 19. e6 $1 fxe6 20. Bg6 $1 Rf8 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bxg7+
Kxg7 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6 Nf6 (24... Rf7 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Bxe6 $18) 25. Bd3+
Kg8 26. Ng5 Rf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Nf3 $18) 17. Rae1 {The relative state of
development indicates a looming disaster for black.} Be7 {Hammer time. [#]} (
17... Re8 18. e6 Rxe6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg6+ Kf8
23. Qxe6 $18) 18. e6 $1 fxe6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22.
Qxh6 (22. Qxh6 Nf6 (22... Rf7 23. Bg6+ Kg8 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxe6+) 23. Bd3+ (
23. Bc2+ {Dautov} Kg8 24. Re5 $18) 23... Kg8 24. Re5) 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Rivera, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2
d6 8. O-O Re8 9. a3 bxa3 (9... Qb6 10. axb4 (10. Qb3 Nc6 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Rc1
a5 13. c5 $1 dxc5 14. Rxc5 Nd7 15. Rc1 e5 $5 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. dxe5 Qxb3 18.
Nxb3 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. e3 Rb5 21. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 (21... Rxb3 22. Rxa5 $1
$18) 22. Bxc6 Rxb3 23. Bxa8 Bh3 $1 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxb2 26. Rxa5 g6 27.
g4 $1 $16 {Zueger,B-Gostisa,L/Mitropa Cup/1993/}) (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. axb4 Nxb4
12. Nc3 Bd7 13. e4 e5 $2 14. c5 $1 Qc7 $8 (14... dxc5 $2 15. dxe5 $18) 15. cxd6
Qxd6 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Ng4 (17... Rxe5 18. f4) 18. f4 Ne3 19. Rf2 Nxg2 20.
Kxg2 Rec8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rc5 23. d6 $18 {Teran,I-Adler,J/Antwerpen-Wch
stud/1992/}) 10... Qxb4 11. Na3 Bd7 $5 (11... Na6 $6 $146 12. Ne1 $1 Qb6 (12...
Bd7 13. Nd3 Qb6 14. b4 $1 $16 {/\} (14. e3 $14 {Dautov /\} e5 15. c5 dxc5 16.
Nc4) 14... Nxb4 $2 (14... Qxd4 $2 15. Bxb7 $16) 15. c5 dxc5 16. dxc5 Qa5 17.
Nc2 $18) 13. c5 $1 $16 {1-0 Chernin,A-Kortschnoj,V/Beersheba 1993/CBM 38/
[Hansen,LB] (39)}) 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Nc2 Qb6 14. Nd2 (14. b4 $1 {Dautov} Be4 15.
Qb3 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nc6 17. c5 $14) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. b4 e5 17. e3 exd4
18. exd4 a6 19. Rab1 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Qc7 $13 {0-1 Horvath,C-Obukhov,A/Kobanya op
1992/TD 92\11 (44)}) (9... Nc6 $5 10. d5 $5 (10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Bd7 $1 12.
Qd2 a5 13. e4 e5 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. b3 b5 $5 16. cxb5 Qb6 17. Rac1 (17. Bf1 $5
Bg4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Re3 (19. Nh4 $2 Qd4 $1 $17) 19... Be6 $5 {/\ Ng4;Bb3} 20.
Na4 Qb7 $132) 17... Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qxb5 20. Bf1 Qb6 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Bc4 h6 23. Qb2 Nc6 24. Qe2 Rd8 $15 {Gligoric,S-Cebalo,M/Jugoslavija/1987/})
10... exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Ne1 (12. axb4 Nexd5 13. b5 Bg4 $13 {Magerramov,
E-Dizdar,G/Baku/1988/}) 12... bxa3 13. Rxa3 b5 14. b4 a5 $1 15. bxa5 b4 16. Ra4
Rxa5 17. Rxb4 Nexd5 18. Rb2 Bf5 $10 {Nikolic,P-Kortchnoi,V/Zagreb izt/1987/})
10. Nxa3 $5 $146 {Apparently a new move. White plans to launch a quick
offensive against the d6-square. It is remarkable how much trouble this very
simple plan seems to cause.} (10. Rxa3 Qc7 11. b3 a5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Na6
$13 {Pushkov,N-Obukhov,A/Sochi/1993/} (13... Na6 {Dautov} 14. e4 Bc6 15. e5
dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Kxg2 b6 19. Raa1 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Red8 21. Rfd1
Nb4 $10 {->Pushkov-Obukhov/Sochi/1993})) 10... Nc6 (10... Qb6 11. b4 $1 $36)
11. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]} a6 12. c5 d5 $2 (12... dxc5 $142 13. dxc5 e5 14. Nd6 Re7 {
with a slightly inferior, though solid, position.}) 13. Ne5 Rb8 (13... Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd7 15. Nd6 Rf8 16. Qd4 $16) 14. Nd6 Re7 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Rfc1
Rf8 18. Ra3 Ne8 19. Rb3 Bc8 20. Nxc6 bxc6 (20... Qxc6 21. e4 {adds to the
unpleasantness, but now black's queenside pawns become far too weak.}) 21. Ra1
f6 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Rb8 Qd7 24. Rxa6 e5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Qb3 e4 29. e3 {Keeping the mess to a minimum. More adventurous moves
were:} (29. Qa4 $5 {or}) (29. Qb6) 29... d4 30. exd4 Qxd4 31. Ra8+ Ne8 32. Qe3
Qxb2 33. Bxe4 $18 Kf7 34. Qf4+ Nf6 35. Bxh7 (35. Bxc6 {looks like a more
straightforward way to keep control.} Re1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2 37. h4 $5 (37. Be8+ Ke6)
(37. Bd5+ Kg6 38. Bc4 Qd1) 37... h6 (37... Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40.
Bg2) 38. Bd5+ Kg6 39. Bc4 Qd1 40. h5+ $1 Qxh5 41. Bd3+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Re7 43.
Bc4+ Nd5 44. Qf4+ $1 $18) 35... g6 36. Bg8+ Kg7 37. Ba2 Qb5 38. Kg2 (38. Qc4
Qxc4 39. Bxc4 Re5) 38... Qxc5 39. Qh4 Qh5 (39... Nh5 40. Ra5 Qd6 (40... Qxa5
41. Qxe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+) 41. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Qf8+) (
39... Re8) 40. Qxh5 gxh5 41. Bc4 Re4 42. Ra7+ Kh6 43. Bd3 Rd4 44. Rf7 Nd5 45.
Bf5 h4 46. Kf3 c5 47. gxh4 Rxh4 48. Kg3 Kg5 49. Be6 Nf6 50. Rxf6 Kxf6 51. Kxh4
Kxe6 {[#] Hecht: Nach der Abwicklung verbleibt ein Bauernendspiel, das
jedenfalls sofort für Weiß gewonnen ist, wenn der schwarze König bei den
weißen Bauern bleibt. Verbundene Freibauern verbürgen ebenso den Gewinn wie
Bauern die nur um eine Linie voneinander getrennt sind. Wird der weiter hinten
stehende Bauer geschlagen, geht der vordere stets zur Dame. Also muß Schwarz
schauen, daß er seinen c-Bauern zur Dame führt.} 52. Kg4 Kd5 (52... Ke5 53. Kf3
Kd4 54. h4 Kd3 55. h5 c4 56. h6 c3 57. h7 c2 58. h8=Q c1=Q 59. Qd8+) (52... Ke5
{Hecht erreicht den gleichen Zweck}) 53. h4 (53. Kf3 $2 {Hecht} Kc4 54. h4 Kb3
55. h5 c4 56. h6 c3 57. h7 c2 58. h8=Q c1=Q {und Weiß steht ein langes
Damenendspiel bevor...}) 53... Ke4 (53... c4 {Hecht} 54. Kf3 c3 (54... Kd4 {
Hecht} 55. h5 c3 (55... Ke5 {Hecht} 56. Ke3 Kf5 57. f4 $18) 56. Ke2 Ke5 57. f4+
Kf5 58. Kd3 $18) 55. Ke2 Kc4 56. Kd1 Kb3 57. Kc1 $18) 54. h5 c4 55. h6 c3 56.
h7 c2 57. h8=Q c1=Q {[#] Hecht: Schwarz hat sein Ziel erreicht, hat aber das
Pech, daß Weiß mit gezielten Damenschachs zum Tausch der Damen kommt.} 58. Qh7+
{Black cannot avoid a deadly check on f4. Hecht:verhindert Kd3} Kd5 (58... Ke5
{Hecht} 59. Qf5+ Kd6 60. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 61. Kxf4 Ke6 62. Kg5 Kf7 63. Kf5 Kg7 64.
Ke6 {siehe Burnett-Ippolito - wie sich die Bilder gleichen.}) 59. Qd7+ Ke4 60.
Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Osterskars op"]
[Site "Osterskars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this last round game I had to win to have a chance at a prize. Quite
quickly, the games on the top three boards made it seem likely that a win
would in fact share first prize. My only problem was a solid and experienced
opponent who seemed hell-bent on drawing, or perhaps, more cleverly, in
provoking me to over-extend.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 {
A surprise, since Lechtynsky has previously favored} (4... c5 {which had been
the subject of my hurried preparations. With a crippled computer and an early
start, there had been almost no time to do anything other than check his
favorite systems.}) 5. Nc3 O-O (5... Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4 7. Rc1 {is more common,
I believe, but black's choice is more flexible. At this point I felt a bit
like I was playing a Nimzo-Indian with 4.Ld2, which didn't impress me very
much.}) 6. g3 Bxc3 (6... d5 {is an interesting alternative.}) 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 a5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3 d6 12. Qa4 {This odd manoeuvre was
inspired by some analysis I did with Simen Agdestein several years ago. I
remembered a Queen's Indian position where Simen suggested posting the white
queen on a3 to create pressure on the black position, something which I found
hard to believe, but which did have some merits. Here, there are ideas of
c4-c5 to mount a little pressure, as well as simply connecting rooks. The b7
pawn may also become weak. White can consider} (12. d5 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. e4 {
when white preserves a tiny advantage in a very normal type of position. I
eventually chose something more unusual. This had the practical advantage of
posing new problems to solve, but objectively 12.d5 should be preferred.} (14.
dxe6 $5 {is also interesting.})) 12... Bd7 13. c5 Nb4 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Nd2 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 Qd7 17. Nf3 Nd5 18. Rc2 a4 19. Qc4 c6 $6 {This seems overly solid to
me.} (19... f5 $5 {was a more spirited way of playing the position. The Sd5
does a lot to neutralise possible pressure on the c-line. White can sharpen
play by preparing e4, but this will also weaken his kingside. Lechtynsky
consistently avoids the slightest hint of complications. Another interesting
plan was}) (19... Rfb8 $5) 20. a3 Nc7 21. cxd6 Qxd6 {[#]Here I was, to be
honest, getting frustrated. Black is rock-solid. After closer reflection, I
noticed that one particular transformation would give white a serious
initiative -- if the queens and one pair of rooks are exchanged, then black's
queenside pawns become surprisingly weak. With my opponent growing slightly
short of time, and clearly eager to split the point, I decided to see if he
would cooperate.} 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Rfd8 24. e3 Rd5 25. Rfc1 Ra5 $2 {
After this, black's position becomes quite difficult. Also, it would become
most difficult just as time would be running short.} 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Ne5 {
White has a number of ideas. From d3, the S will guard b2 and threaten to
enter c5. His king can also be rushed to the queenside quickly.} Rb5 (27... Na6
$5 {protects most weaknesses, but leaves his pieces very passively placed.})
28. Rc2 Rb3 29. Kf1 f6 30. Nc4 Kf7 $6 31. Nd2 $1 {A new circuit, since both c5
and c3 will be attractive spots for the knight.} Rb5 (31... Rb6 32. Ne4 Na6 33.
Nc3 {also costs black a pawn.}) 32. Ne4 Ke7 {Guards d6...} 33. Nc5 {... but
this is just as painful. Now white wins a vital pawn, and black's annoyance
with this turn of events simplifies the technical process.} Nd5 34. Nxa4 Kd6
35. Ke2 b6 36. b4 $1 {Not just preventing c5, but also crippling black's rook.}
f5 {This doesn't help - now black will have to pay heavily to get his rook out
of its cage.} 37. Rc4 g5 38. f4 $1 h6 39. Kd3 g4 40. Ke2 h5 41. Kd3 {In the
calm after the time control, black can now see that the cost of immobilising
white's pawns has been too high. His pieces are completely paralysed, and any
knight move is answered by Sc3, winning the exchange.} Kd7 42. Rc1 {The
simplest winning plan.} Kd6 43. Rh1 c5 (43... Kd7 44. h3 Nf6 45. Nc3 Ne4 46.
Nxe4 fxe4+ 47. Kxe4 {wins easily for white, so I expected black's last gasp to
be this desperate sacrifice.}) 44. dxc5+ bxc5 45. Nxc5 Nxb4+ 46. axb4 Rxb4 47.
Rc1 $1 {Simpler than sending the knight offside.} Rb2 48. e4 Rxh2 49. e5+ Ke7
50. Ra1 Rh3 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. Nxe6 Rxg3+ 53. Kd4 h4 (53... Rf3 54. Ng7+ Kd8 55.
Nxh5) 54. Ng7+ {The e-pawn queens. A satisfying finish to a tournament where I
spent most of time taking reckless risks trying to win. Sometimes the quiet
ways are the best.} 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. c5 b6 (13... f5 {
also met with the Novikov treatment: open the c-file and put the queen on e3.}
14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Rac1 Nf7 16. Qe3 Qd8 17. Rc4 Qa5 18. Rfc1 Qxa2 19. Qd2 Bd7
20. Rc7 Rfd8 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxb2 23. Bh3 e4 24. Bxf5 Qe5 25. Rxd7 Rxd7
26. Be6+ Kf8 27. Qxe5 dxe5 28. Bxd7 a5 29. d6 Rd8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Bxc8 b5 32.
Bd7 b4 33. Ba4 Kf7 34. Kf1 {1-0 Novikov,I-Sedina,E/Saint Vincent 1998/EXT 99 
(34)}) 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Rac1 $146 {Improving over} (15. e4 {which gave black
more to do:} f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qe3 Qf6 18. Rac1 Nf7 19. Rc7 Rfc8 20. Rfc1
Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Qd8 22. Rc6 Bd7 23. Rc3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Cebalo,M/Bled
1996/CBM 51 ext (23)}) 15... Ba6 (15... Bb7 16. Qc7 $5 Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Bxd5 18.
Rd1 $14) 16. Qe3 Qd7 (16... Bb7 17. Nd4 $36 {[%csl Rc6] This use of the e-file
is another argument for Novikov's plan of leaving out e4.}) 17. Rc2 Nb7 (17...
Rc8 18. Rfc1 (18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Rc1 $14) 18... Nb7) 18. Qa3 $1 {Preparing the
strategic squeeze which takes up most of the game.} Bb5 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 (19...
Nc5 {would be desirable but is just pushed back with} 20. b4 Na6 21. Ng5 $1 h6
22. Bh3 Qe7 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nc3 $16) 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qxa7 Bxe2
23. h4 Qc7 {[%mdl 32]} (23... b5 24. Qb6 $16) 24. Kh2 $1 (24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. d6
Qxd6 26. Qxb7 g6 27. Bd5 Qf6 28. a4 $14 {was possible, but white hopes to milk
more out of the position by maintaining the pin on the knight.}) 24... h6 (
24... b5 25. b4 {and white has the additional plan of posting his knight on a5.
}) 25. a4 Kf8 26. b4 Ke7 27. Nd2 f5 {Now black can finally prepare to relieve
the pin by playing ...Kd7.} 28. Bf1 $1 {A nice move which leaves black with
even fewer pieces to play with.} Bxf1 29. Nxf1 f4 {Black does not gain
anything by allowing white access to e3.} (29... Kd7 30. Ne3 g6 31. Qa6 {
[%csl Rb6]}) 30. gxf4 $5 {Gains the d4 square and perforates the kingside for
invasion routes in potential endings.} exf4 31. Kg2 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nh2
Kd7 34. Nf3 g4 35. Nd4 Qc8 36. Ne6 {White continues with his policy of keeping
black gift-wrapped, but the blunt} (36. Qxb6 {was hardly inferior;} Nd8 37. Nb5
) 36... g3 37. Qxb6 gxf2 38. Qd4 f1=Q+ 39. Kxf1 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 $18 Nd8 41. Nxd8
Kxd8 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qxd6+ Kg8 45. Qc5 Qd2+ 46. Kf3 Qd3+ 47. Kxf4
Qd2+ 48. Kf5 Qd3+ 49. Ke6 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zalkind, Konstantin"]
[Black "Birnboim, Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qc2
Ng5 9. h4 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 c5 11. Ng5 g6 12. Nxh7 Kxh7 13. h5 Rh8 14. hxg6+ Kg7
15. Rxh8 Qxh8 16. gxf7 Kxf7 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. Be3 dxc4
21. O-O-O Nxe5 22. f4 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Qh5 25. g4 Qxg4 26. Rh1 Bf8
27. Qd8 Qf3 28. Qc7+ Be7 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Bd4 Qf1+ 31. Kd2 Qg2+ 32. Ke3 Qg1+
33. Ke2 e5 $4 34. Bxg1 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5
exd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Re8 (12... Ne5 13. Na4 $5 Ba7 (
13... Qe7 $10 {Shirov; /\ 14.Nc5 dc5 15.Nb5 Rd8 16.Qc2 c6}) (13... Nxc4 $2 14.
Rc1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 d5 16. e4 $16 {Shirov}) 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. c5 Ng6 (15... Qe8 $5)
16. Be3 $13 {Shirov,A-Seul,G/BL9293 1993/0-1 (48)} (16. cxd6 c6 $5 17. Nc7 Nxf4
18. Nxa8 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 b5 $13 {x Na8})) 13. Ndb5 Nb6 (13... Nh5 14. Bc1 Ne5 15.
Na4 Qe7 $14) 14. b3 Nh5 15. Bc1 c6 16. Nd4 Bg4 $146 (16... Nf6 17. h3 d5 18.
cxd5 Nbxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bb2 Ne4 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. e3 Bd7 23. a4 Ra6 $13 {
Ulibin,M-Savon,V/Cheliabinsk 1991/1-0 (60)}) 17. h3 Qf6 $6 {[%csl Re4,Rh5]
Tempting, but too ambitious. Black's tactical possibilities do not quite work,
and in the end his pieces are just misplaced.} 18. Be3 Bd7 (18... Rxe3 19. fxe3
Qg5 20. Qd3 $16) 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. g4 Nf6 (20... Rxe4 21. gxh5 Qh7 22. Bxe4 Qxe4
23. Qd3 Qh4 24. Nf5 Qxh5 25. Nxd6 $16) 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Qc2 $14 {
[%csl Rb6,Rc5] +/-} Qf6 24. Rad1 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7,Re4]} h5 $1 {This leads to
tremendous complications.} 25. Nh2 (25. Ne1 $5 {gives black additional
tactical headaches by protecting g2 and c2, but leaves the king slightly more
exposed.} Qg6 26. gxh5 Qh7 (26... Qf5 $5 27. Bxe4 $5 Rxe4 28. Bxc5 Rae8 29.
Bxb6 Qxh3 30. Rd3 Qxh5 31. Ng2 $1 Rxe2 (31... Bh3 $5) 32. Qc3 $16) 27. f3 (27.
Bxe4 $2 Rxe4 28. Bxc5 Bf5 $40) 27... Ng3 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Bxc5 Nxe2+ 30. Kf2
$18 {[%csl Ye1,Yg2]}) 25... Qg6 26. gxh5 Qh7 27. f3 $5 Ng3 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29.
Bxc5 Nxe2+ $1 30. Kf2 Nf4 $1 31. Rd2 (31. Bxb6 Re2+ 32. Kg3 Nxh5+ 33. Kh4 Rxg2
$40) 31... Ra6 (31... Nc8 32. Rxd7 Re2+ 33. Kg3 Nxh5+ (33... Rxg2+ 34. Kxf4
Rxh2 35. Rxf7 $18) 34. Kh4 Rxg2 35. Kxh5 (35. Ng4 $5) 35... Rxh2 36. Rxf7 $18)
32. Ng4 Bf5 33. Rfd1 a4 $5 {leads to even more, probably unfavorable,
complications.} (33... Nxh5 $142 $5) 34. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6][%cal Rf1a6]}
axb3 35. Bd6 Ne6 $6 (35... Bc2 $5 36. Bxf4 Bxd1 37. Rxd1 Rxa3 38. Bd3+ Kg8 39.
h6 $5 $40 b2 $140 (39... Rd8 $5 {Preparing to give up the rook for the Bd3 may
be best - the passed b-pawn generates a lot of counterplay.}) 40. Rg1 Nd7 41.
Bb1 g6 42. Rd1 $18) (35... Nxh3+ 36. Kg3 $5 (36. Bxh3 Bc2 37. Bf1 (37. Rg1 Nxc4
) 37... Bxd1 38. Rxd1 $16)) (35... Na4 36. Bxf4 b2 37. Bd3 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 Nc5
39. Rc3 Rd8 40. Rb1 $18 {+/-}) 36. c5 (36. Ne3 $5) 36... Na4 37. Bxa6 bxa6 38.
Ne3 Bxh3 39. Rh1 b2 40. Rb1 Nexc5 41. Bxc5 Nxc5 42. Rbxb2 Re5 43. Rbc2 Rxh5 44.
Kg3 Bd7 45. Rxc5 Rxc5 46. Rxd7 Rc3 47. Kf4 g5+ 48. Ke4 Rxa3 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50.
Rc7 Ra4+ 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Kd2 Ra2+ 53. Ke1 a5 54. Rxc6+ Kf7 55. Ra6 a4 56. Nd5
a3 57. Nc3 Rc2 58. Rxa3 Kf6 59. Ne2 g4 60. Ra6+ Ke5 61. Ra5+ Kf6 62. fxg4 Rc4
63. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qc2
dxc4 (8... Be7 9. Rd1 Ra6 10. a3 Bd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 g6 13. Bg5 Bf5 14.
Qa4 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne5 c6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qb3 Nc8 19. Na4 Qe7 20. e3
Nd6 21. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Komljenovic,D-Topalov,V/Alicante op 1992/TD 92\09}) (8...
Ra6 $5 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Qd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Nd2
c6 15. a3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. b4 a4 18. f3 Nb5 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. e4 Be6 21.
Rac1 Rc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. e5 Nf5 25. Rc3 Nxd4 26. Kf2 Bd7 27. f4
f6 28. Nf3 Nb3 29. e6 Be8 30. f5 Kf8 31. g4 Ke7 32. h4 d4 33. Rd3 g6 34. Nd2 c5
35. Nxb3 axb3 36. bxc5 b2 37. Rb3 d3 38. Bf3 d2 39. Bd1 gxf5 40. gxf5 Rd5 41.
Rxb2 Rxc5 42. Rxd2 Rxf5+ 43. Kg3 {Beikert,G-Stobik,D/BL2-S 1996/BL2/1/2-1/2 
(68)}) 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Rc1 Rd8 (10... Qxc4 $5 11. Rxc4 Rd8 12. Bxb4 axb4 13.
Nbd2 e5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nb3 Be6 16. Rcc1 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Nc6 19.
Nc5 Rd2 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Kf2 Rxb2 23. Rxc6 b3 24. a4 Ra2 25. Rb1
Rb8 26. Rxc7 Rxa4 27. Rb2 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Cladouras,P/Budapest Nuovo 1992/
EXT 92}) 11. Qxd5 exd5 (11... Nxd5 $5 {is rather unusual in these type of
positions but deserves serious attention. The use of the d5 square and half
open d-line allow black added activity.}) 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. e3 (13. Bxc7 Rdc8 {
planning ...Bxf3 followed by ...Nxd4.}) 13... Rd7 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Nb5 Nxf4 16.
gxf4 f6 17. a3 Bf8 (17... Be7 $5 {With the idea of unravelling with ...Bd8
later deserved attention.}) 18. Ne1 a4 {Planning ...Ra5 to thwart the planned
transfer of Nd3-c5.} 19. Bf1 Ra5 20. Bd3 g6 21. Nc3 Na7 22. Bc2 b5 23. Nd3 {
Black has managed to stake out more space on the queenside, but this flank is
still riddled with weaknesses and the pieces on the a-line make a particularly
clumsy impression.} Be6 24. Nb4 (24. Na2 {[%csl Ra5,Ra7,Gb4,Rb5,Gc5,Gc6,Rc7]
[%cal Gc1c7,Gc2d1,Gd1e2,Ge2f3] and/or Bd1, to increase pressure on the
queenside without losing contact with c5 looks like a more logical way to
proceed.}) 24... c5 $1 {An active bid for counterplay that offers chances to
liberate the paralyzed pieces on the queenside.} (24... Bxb4 $2 25. axb4 Ra6
26. Bd3 c6 27. b3 $16) 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Ne2 $5 {White aims to use tactical
means to keep control but the more restrained} (26. Rd1 $142 $14 {was better
when} d4 {can be met strongly by} 27. Ne4) 26... d4 27. f5 Bc4 $1 (27... gxf5
28. Bxf5 Rg7+ (28... Bxf5 29. Rxc5 d3 30. Nf4 $16) 29. Ng3 Bc4 30. exd4 Bxd4
31. Rc2 (31. Rd1 Bxb2 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rad1 Be6) 31... Be5 32. Rd1 $36 {
[%csl Ra5,Ra7,Rg8]}) 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Rxd4 30. Re1 Kf7 $2 {A serious but
very understandable error. Black could have solved all of his coordination
problems on the queenside with one tactical stroke. After} (30... Nc6 $3 {
his forces re-enter the game and the result is completely open.} 31. Rad1 (31.
Nxc6 Rg4+ 32. Kh1 Bd5+ $19) 31... Rg4+ 32. Kh1 Ne5 $13 (32... Nxb4 33. Rd8+ Kg7
34. Rd7+ Kh6 35. axb4 Ra6 $13 (35... Ra8 $13))) 31. Rad1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 {
Now the relative activity of the two armies has been further accentuated and
black cannot maintain the material balance.} Nc8 (32... Kg7 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34.
Rc7) (32... gxf5 33. Bxf5 Be6 34. Bxh7 Nc8 35. Rd8 Ne7 (35... Nb6 36. Bg8+ Ke7
37. Bxe6 Kxe6 38. Nc6 Ra6 39. Nd4+ Ke7 40. Rb8 $18) 36. Bd3 $18) 33. Rd7+ Ke8
34. Rxh7 gxf5 $2 (34... g5 35. Nc6 Ra8 (35... Ra6 36. Rh8+ Kd7 37. Nb8+) 36.
Be4 $18) 35. Rh8+ (35. Rh8+ Kd7 36. Bxf5+) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.
Nbxd2 d6 8. Nf1 (8. O-O a5 (8... O-O 9. Qc2 a5 10. Qc3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4
Nbd7 13. Ne1 Nc5 14. b3 Bg4 15. Nc2 c6 16. Rae1 cxd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. f4 exf4
19. Rxf4 Rfe8 $13 {Van Riemsdijk,H-Milos,G/USA/1995/}) 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11.
Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 (13... Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. b4 c6 16. Qb3 $6 (16.
bxa5 $5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bb5 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. Nc4 Ba6 $6 (19... Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxa5
21. Rfb1 $14) 20. a4 $16 {Notkin,M-Karpeshov,O/RUS/1995/}) 16... cxd5 17. cxd5
axb4 18. axb4 Nc7 19. Qb2 Bb5 20. Ra3 Rxa3 $15 {Skembris,S-Beliavsky,A/YUG/
1994/0:1/35/}) 14. f4 Bg4 15. Bf3 (15. Qe1 $32) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. b4
$6 (17. b3 $5) 17... c6 18. Qe3 exf4 19. gxf4 cxd5 20. cxd5 axb4 21. axb4 Nc7
22. Qd4 Nf6 $15 {Cosma,-Gertic,/YUG/1995/0:1/45/}) 8... d5 (8... e5 9. Ne3 Nxd4
(9... O-O 10. O-O (10. Rc1 Re8 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4
15. Nd2 Na6 16. Rb1 h5 17. h3 Bd7 18. h4 g6 19. O-O Kg7 20. Qc2 Bg4 21. e3 {
1-0 Gleizerov,E-Gasimov,R/St.Petersburg op (03)/1994/ (35)}) 10... a5 (10...
Re8 11. Rc1 exd4 (11... e4 $5) 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Nb5 Rac8 14. a3 Qe5 15. Nd5
Qxb2 16. Nbxc7 Nxd5 17. Nxe8 $1 Nc3 18. Rxc3 Qxc3 19. Nxd6 {1-0 Garcia
Ilundain,D-Garcia,G/Capablanca mem-A 1996/CBM 54/[Ftacnik] (35)}) (10... Rd8
11. Re1 a5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Nd2 exd4 15. a3 Na6 16. Nb3 a4 17.
Nxd4 Nc5 18. e4 Re8 19. f4 Qf6 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5
Qxe5 24. Rxc5 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Bg4 26. Qg1 {1-0 Gleizerov,E-Sandstrom,L/Rilton
Cup9495 (03)/1994/}) 11. Rc1 Re8 (11... Rd8 12. a3 a4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb8
15. e3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nh4 Ra6 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. Nxf5
Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Ilundain,D-Suarez,Di/ESP-chT (08) ;EXP 50 1995 (31)}) 12.
b3 e4 $1 $10 {'!' Ftacnik.} 13. Nh4 $6 g6 $1 14. Qd2 Nb8 15. c5 d5 16. Rce1 Nc6
$15 {Christiansen,L-Adams,M/Biel 1991/CBM 25/[Schussler] (48)}) (9... e4 $6 {
Kanstler} 10. Nd2 Nxd4 $6 11. Nxe4 $14) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qe5 12. Rd1 Qa5+
13. Kf1 O-O 14. a3 Rb8 15. h3 Be6 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. Be4 Kh8 18. Bxh7 Bxd5 19. Qh4
Nf6 20. Bc2+ Kg8 21. Rxd5 Qb6 22. Rg5 Qxb2 23. Qh6 {1-0 Zak,U-Liss,E/Tel
Aviv-B (08)/1991/}) 9. Ne3 (9. a3 O-O 10. Ne3 Rd8 11. Qc2 a5 12. O-O a4 13.
Rfd1 Qd6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Ng5 g6 16. Nh3 Rdc8 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Qb1 c6 19. Nd3 b5
20. c5 Qc7 21. Nc2 {Itkis,B-Ilinsky,V/Frunze op/1989/1-0 (56)}) 9... Qb4+ 10.
Qd2 Qxd2+ (10... a5 $5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. a3 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Ke1 Rd8 {
is a much more efficient defensive method, keeping control over d5 and
pressure on d4.} 15. Rd1 Ra6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. f4 Rb6 18. Rd2 h5 19. Kf2 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 d4 21. Ke1 Nh7 22. Nd1 f6 23. e3 fxe5 24. fxe5 d3 25. Nf2 Ng5 26. Nxd3 Nf7
27. Ke2 Bd7 28. c5 Rb3 29. c6 Bxc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rc1 Rd5 32. Rcc2 Nxe5 33.
Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxc6 Rbxe3+ 35. Kf2 Rb3 36. Rxc7 Rf5+ 37. Kg2 Rfb5 38. Rcc2 a4
39. Re2 e5 40. Kh3 Kh7 41. Re4 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Zysk,R-Hecht,H/BL8889 1989/BL 80 
(41)}) 11. Kxd2 Ne4+ $6 (11... a5 $5) (11... O-O $5 {both deserved attention,
to defend as in the game above, and maintain control over d5.}) 12. Ke1 dxc4 {
This is a concession which increases the difference in strength between the
two bishops. When black plays Rd8 to hold the d5 square, he increases the
chances of an eventual exchange on d5, which would favor the prospects of his
B. Now white gets additional control of the center as well as long-term
pressure on the c-file.} (12... Nf6 $5) 13. Rc1 Nd6 $6 (13... c3 $5 14. bxc3 {
[%cal Gg2a8,Gb1b7] would blunt the c-file, but white maintains the advantage
with better control of the center and long term pressure against the queenside.
}) (13... Bd7 $5 {to castle long also deserved attention. One of the assets of
the black position is that the Ne4 temporarily hinders white from completing
development.}) 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Rxc4 $16 Ke7 16. Kd2 Rd8 17. e4 a5 18. Rhc1
Ra6 19. Ke3 Rb6 20. b3 Rd7 (20... Rb4 21. Rxb4 axb4 22. Rc4 $16) 21. Rc5 {
Planning a breakthrough with d5.} Kd8 22. Bf1 Re7 23. Nd2 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6]} f6
24. Bb5 Na7 25. Bc4 Nc6 26. Nb1 $1 {Now the pressure becomes unbearable. The
knight is headed for a4, snaring the Rb6 and preparing the d5 advance.} a4 27.
bxa4 Rb4 28. Nc3 Nb8 29. Bb3 c6 30. a5 Na6 31. Rc4 Kc7 32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Bc4
Kb8 {hoping to increase his survival chances by escaping with the N via d5.}
34. Be2 Ka7 35. Na4 $1 $18 e5 (35... Nxa2 36. Rb1 {[%csl Ra2]} (36. Nb6 Kb8 37.
Rc4 $16) 36... c5 37. Bc4 cxd4+ 38. Kxd4 e5+ 39. Ke3 Be6 40. Bxe6 Rxe6 41.
Rxb7+ $18) 36. d5 Bd7 (36... Nxa2 37. Nb6 Re8 38. Rc4 $18) 37. d6 Re6 38. a3 (
38. a3 Na6 39. Bxa6 bxa6 40. Rd1 Re8 41. Nc5 Rd8 42. Rb1 Bc8 43. d7) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+
8. Nfxd2 (8. Nbxd2 Bb7 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O c5 11. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Yuferov,
S-Loginov,V/Kstovo op 1994/EXP 42}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Be2 (10. Nc3 Ke7
11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nc6 14. Ke2 Rhd8 15. Rhd1 d6 16. b3 Rd7 17.
Nd2 Nb4 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rc8 20. Nc3 Rcd8 21. Rac1 Nc6 22. f4 {1/2-1/2
Spassky,B-Tal,M/URS-ch41 1973/URS-ch}) 10... Bb7 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Ke7 13.
Ke2 Rab8 14. b3 d6 15. Rhd1 g5 16. h3 h5 17. h4 g4 18. Be4 Rhd8 19. Rac1 Nxe4
20. Ndxe4 Ne5 21. Kf1 Bc6 22. Rc2 f5 23. Ng3 Ng6 24. Nce2 Nxh4 25. Nf4 Rh8 26.
Rcd2 Rbd8 27. Kg1 Rh6 $1 28. Rd3 a5 29. R3d2 a4 30. bxa4 Ng6 $1 31. Nxg6+ Rxg6
32. Nxh5 Rh6 33. Nf4 Rdh8 34. Kf1 Bxa4 $4 (34... Bf3 $1 35. Ne2 (35. gxf3 gxf3
36. Ne2 Rh1+ 37. Ng1 Rg8) 35... Rh1+ 36. Ng1 Bxd1 $19) 35. Re1 Rh1+ 36. Ke2
Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Rh1+ 38. Ke2 Bc6 39. Rb2 Kd7 40. Rb6 Ra1 41. Ra6 e5 42. Ra7+ Kc8
43. Nd5 Bb7 44. Ra3 Rb1 45. g3 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Bxd5 47. cxd5 Kb7 48. Ra4 Rc2 49.
a3 e4 50. Ra5 Rb2 51. Ra4 Rb1+ 52. Ke2 Rb2+ 53. Ke1 Rb3 54. Ra5 Rd3 55. Rb5+
Ka7 56. Ra5+ Kb6 57. Ra8 Rxd5 58. a4 Kb7 59. Rf8 c4 60. Rf7+ Kb6 61. Rf8 Ka5
62. Rc8 Kb4 63. Rc6 c3 64. a5 Rxa5 65. Kd1 Ra1+ 66. Kc2 Ra2+ 67. Kc1 d5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bc3 a5 (10... Bb7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Ksieski,Z-Giorgadze,
G/Naleczow op 1989/EXT 89op2}) 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd2 b5 13. b3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. cxb5 cxb5 16. e4 Rc8 17. Qd3 d4 $1 18. Qxd4 (18. Bxd4 Nxe5 19. Qxb5 Qxd4
20. Nc4 (20. Qxb7 Bc5 $17) 20... Nd3 21. Ne3 $1 (21. Qxb7 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qd4 $17
) 21... Rcd8 $1 (21... Rfd8 22. Qxb7 Qb2 23. Rf1 Bc5 24. Rad1) 22. Qxb7 Bg5 23.
Ng4 $140 (23. h3 Qc5 $5 $17) 23... f5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf2]}) 18... Bc5 19. Qd3
Qb6 20. Qe2 (20. Rf1 Rfd8 $17) (20. Bxa5 Bxf2+ 21. Kf1 Qxa5 22. Kxf2 (22. Qxd7
Rc7 23. Qd6 Bc5 24. Qd3 Ba7 $17) 22... Nxe5 $17) 20... Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 22.
Kxf2 Rxc3 23. Nc4 bxc4 24. Rxd7 Rc2+ 25. Kg1 Bc6 26. Rd6 cxb3 27. axb3 Rc5 $17
{[%csl Rb3,Re4,Re5,Rg2]} 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Rad1 Kf8 30. Rd8+ (30. R1d3 Ke7) 30...
Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Ke7 32. Rd4 Rb5 33. Rc4 Bd7 34. Rc3 Rxe5 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Rd3+
Kc7 37. Rc3+ Kb6 38. Kd4 Rh5 39. h4 Rb5 40. e5 f6 41. exf6 gxf6 42. Ke3 Re5+
43. Kd4 Re2 44. Bf1 e5+ 45. Kd5 Rd2+ 46. Ke4 Bc6+ 47. Ke3 Rb2 48. Bd3 h6 49.
Be4 Bd7 50. Bd5 Rb1 51. Kd2 Rf1 52. Ke2 Rg1 53. Kd2 Bb5 54. Be4 Rf1 55. Rc8
Rf2+ 56. Ke3 Rb2 57. Rc3 Bd7 58. Bd5 f5 59. Bf3 Rb1 60. Kd2 Rg1 61. Bd5 e4 62.
Ke2 Bb5+ 63. Kf2 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 Rf3+ 65. Kd4 Rxc3 66. Kxc3 Kc7 67. Kd4 Kd6 68.
Bf7 Bd7 69. Bh5 Be6 70. Bd1 Bf7 71. g4 (71. Bc2 Bh5 $19) (71. h5 Be6 72. Bc2
Bg8 73. Bd1 Bf7 $22 {=> game.}) 71... fxg4 72. Bxg4 Bxb3 73. Kxe4 a4 74. Kd4 a3
75. Kc3 Bf7 76. Be2 Ke5 77. Bd1 Kf4 78. Be2 Kg3 79. h5 Kh4 80. Bf3 Kg5 81. Bd1
Bxh5 82. Bb3 Kf6 $19 83. Kb4 Bf7 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Ne4 7. Be3 Bb7 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 d5 10. O-O (10. Qc2 Qc8 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Na6 13. b4 Nd6 14.
Qc2 Be4 15. Qa4 Qb7 16. O-O b5 17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. Nh4 Nc4 19. Rfd1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2
Nb8 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 e5 24. Rc1 Rxd4 25. Qc5 exf4 26. b5 Rad8
27. bxc6 Qb6 28. Nxf4 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Rd6 31. e4 Qxc6 32. Qe3 Qb6
33. Qf3 Qb7 34. Nd5 c6 {Chochulski,A-Ahmels,V/BL2-N 1990/BL2/0-1 (47)}) 10...
Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 (12. b4 $5) 12... Re8 13. Qb3 a5 14. Bf4 c6 (14... a4
$5) 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Qc2 f6 17. Ne1 (17. Nd2 $5 Nxd2 (17... f5 18. Bh3 $14) 18.
Rxd2 Qe7 19. Re1 Nf8 20. Rdd1 $14) 17... Nf8 18. Bd2 $6 (18. Nd3 $14) 18... Qd7
(18... Ba6 $5 19. Bb4 (19. Nd3 Bc4 $36) 19... Bc4 (19... Ng6 $5) 20. Bxf8 Kxf8
(20... Bb3 21. Qxc6 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Kxf8 23. Nd3 $44) 21. Nd3 $5 Bb3 22. Qxc6 Nd6
$5 (22... Bxd1 23. Rxd1 {transposes to the note above.}) 23. Bh3 $1 Bxd1 24.
Rxd1 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Re6][%cal Gh3c8]}) 19. Bb4 Ng6 20. Nf3 (20. Nd3 $5) 20...
Qf5 21. b3 axb3 22. Qxb3 h5 $5 (22... Ba6 $5 23. Rxc6 Bxe2 24. Re1 Bc4 25. Qb1
b5 $11) 23. Be1 Ba6 24. Rxc6 Bxe2 25. Rdc1 Bc4 26. Qb1 (26. Qxb6 Rxa3 (26...
Reb8 27. Qc7 Rc8 $11) 27. Nd2 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Ra2 29. Qb4 (29. Re1 Rxd2 $1 30.
Rxe8+ Kh7 $19) 29... Re2 $18) 26... b5 ({I hate it when obvious moves,
especially captures, are not played. I hate it more when I have to try and
explain it. And here, I just cannot find a reason black did not play the
straightforward} 26... Rxa3 $5 {The variations are not very tidy and I am sure
I am missing something, but the lines also seem most hazardous for white. Then
again, perhaps Black was just tempted by the prospect of trapping white's rook
on c6, but this is risky indeed.} 27. R6xc4 $141 (27. Nd2 Bd3 {...} 28. Qb4 (
28. Qxb6 Nxd2 29. Bxd2 Ra2 30. Re1 (30. Qb4 Re2 $19) 30... Qxf2+ $3 31. Kxf2
Rxd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxe1 $19) 28... Ra2 29. Qb3 (29. Nxe4) 29... Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Qxf2+
31. Kh1 Qxd2 (31... Qxd4 $5) 32. Qxd5+ Kf8 33. Rc8 Ne7 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Qxh5+
g6 36. Qh8+ Kf7 $1 37. Qh7+ Ke6 38. Ra1 Qe3 $19) 27... dxc4 28. Nd2 Nd6 (28...
Rd3 29. Nxe4 $140 Rxe4 30. Rxc4 Ne5 $3 {also looks quite nice for black.}) 29.
Qb4 Rd3 (29... Nb5 30. Bc6) 30. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxd2 32. Qd5+ Qxd5 33.
Bxd5+ Kf8 34. Bxc4 Rxd4 $17) 27. Nd2 Qd7 28. R6xc4 bxc4 (28... Nxd2 $4 29. Bxd2
bxc4 30. Qxg6 $18) 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 {Now a powerful bishop pair, two
pawns and attacking chances give white more than enough for the sacrificed
exchange.} Rab8 31. Qc2 Ne7 32. Qxc4+ Kh8 33. Qe2 (33. Qf7 $5 {looks even more
frightening.} Qg4 (33... Rb5 $2 34. Bc6 $1) 34. f3 Qg5 35. Rc5 f5 {staves off
disaster.}) 33... g6 34. Qd3 Kg7 $2 ({It looks better to play} 34... f5 35. Bf3
Nd5 {keeping as much space as possible.}) 35. d5 Rec8 36. Rd1 Nf5 37. Bb4 {
The weakness on g6 makes it impossible for black to organize his defence,
particularly to find a sensible deployment for his knight.} Re8 38. d6 Re5 39.
Rc1 Kh8 40. Rc7 Qe6 41. d7 (41. Bxf5 $5 {to expose the black king further was
a more brutal option.} Rxf5 (41... Qxf5 42. Qxf5 Rxf5 43. d7 $18) (41... gxf5
42. Qd2 $18) 42. Re7 Qa2 (42... Qd5 43. Qe3 g5 44. Qa7 Qg8 45. d7 Rd8 (45...
Rd5 46. Qxb8) (45... Re5 46. Rh7+ $1) (45... Rf8 46. Re1 $18) 46. Qe3 $18) 43.
Qe3 g5 44. d7 $18) 41... Rd8 42. Bb7 Kg7 (42... Kh7 {is better but can meet
the same treatment as the game.}) 43. Bc3 Re2 44. Rc6 Qxd7 45. Qxe2 Qxb7 46.
Rxf6 Qb1+ 47. Qf1 Qb3 48. Rd6+ Qxc3 49. Rxd8 Qxa3 50. Qd3 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. g3 O-O (
7... c5 $5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Ne4 13. Rxa8
Bxa8 14. b5 d5 15. Qa1 Nd7 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Komljenovic,
D-Kurajica,B/La Coruna op 1993/EXT 93op}) 8. Bg2 Be4 $5 9. O-O (9. b4 d6 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Qb3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Bf4 d5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16.
cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qb1 cxb4 18. axb4 h6 $11 {0-1 Grooten,H-Martin,B/London 1996/EXT
97 (38)}) 9... d6 10. Bc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 d5 {Black plays to mute white's
unopposed, dark-squared bishop.} 12. c5 $5 (12. Ne5 $5 Bxg2 13. Nc6 (13. Kxg2
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 $15) 13... Qe8 14. Kxg2 dxc4 (14... a5 $5) 15. Bb4 Nc5 16.
Ne5 a5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Qb5 19. Qd4 Rfd8 20. Qxc4 Qxb2 21. Nd3 Qd2 $11)
12... c6 (12... bxc5 $6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 $2 14. Bb4 Qd6 15. Rc1 Nfd7 16. Qd4 e5
17. Qc3 $18) 13. b4 (13. Ne5 $5 Qc7 $1 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bxe4 dxe4
16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qd4 (17. Qd6 $5) 17... Nc5 18. Qe3 $16) (13... Bxg2 14. Nxc6
Qe8 15. Kxg2 {and black cannot regain the pawn without bringing the Bc3
powerfully to life.} bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxf6 Qxc6 18. Rc1 gxf6 (18... Qd6
19. Bxg7 $1) 19. b4 $16) 14. f3 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. b4 $14) 13... Qc7 {
Preparing to capture on c5 by bringing the e5 square under control. This means
that white must either recapture on c5 with the b-pawn, keeping the Bc3
stifled, or allow black to set his center pawns in motion in the case of a
recapture with the d-pawn on c5.} 14. Bf1 bxc5 15. bxc5 Rfb8 16. Nd2 e5 17. e3
exd4 18. exd4 Nf8 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. f3 Bf5 21. Re3 Re8 22. Rae1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 h5
24. Qd1 (24. Qa6 $5) 24... g5 $1 {Looks risky, but a very spirited move, aimed
at regaining the e4 square by undermining the f3 pawn.} 25. Qe1 Ng6 26. Ba5 g4
27. Ba6 Rb8 28. Bb4 Nh7 29. Qe2 Ng5 30. f4 Ne6 31. Nb3 $6 (31. Bc3 {looks
better - there is no danger on the b-line, and the knight has nothing to do on
b3 . The finish of this game strongly suggests serious time trouble for white.}
) 31... Be4 32. Qb2 f5 33. Nc1 Qg7 34. Ne2 $4 Nc7 35. Bd3 a5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. Nb1 O-O 10. Nc3 Bd7 {A quiet novelty in place of the more
straightforward advance} (10... e5 11. h3 Bf5 12. e3 h6 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Rc1
exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 c6 20. Nf4 Qf6
21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Rfd1 Red8 23. g4 Be4 24. Nh5 Bxg2 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Kxg2 Ra4
27. Rb1 Kg7 28. Rd4 b6 29. Kf3 Kg6 30. Rb2 Kg7 31. h4 Rd7 32. h5 Ra1 33. Rbd2
Rc1 34. Ra2 c5 35. bxc5 {Szabolcsi,J-Horvath,J/HUN-ch Super 1995/EXP 51/1-0 
(45)}) 11. Rc1 Rac8 (11... Nb4 $5) 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. Ne1 Rb8 15. Nd3
e5 16. e3 c6 17. Na4 Bf5 18. Rfd1 e4 19. Nf4 Bg4 20. Re1 g5 $5 {Very energetic
play from black, who makes harrassing this white knight the cornerstone of his
strategy.} 21. Nh3 h6 22. Kh1 (22. Qxa5 Qe6 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kh7 {
is not very impressive for white.}) 22... b6 23. Nc3 Nc7 24. Ng1 Rfe8 25. f3
exf3 26. Nxf3 b5 $1 27. cxb5 Nxb5 28. Nd1 $6 (28. Nxb5 Ne4 29. Qc2 cxb5 30. Kg1
$11) 28... Ne4 $1 29. Qd3 (29. Qxa5 Bxf3 30. Bxf3 Nxd4 $1 31. exd4 Nxg3+ 32.
hxg3 (32. Kg2 Qxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxe1 34. Kxg3 Rxb2 $36) 32... Qxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rxe1+
34. Kg2 Rxb2+ $17) 29... c5 30. Kg1 Qf6 $36 {Black's active pieces make it
very difficult for white to avoid some kind of disadvantage in the centre.
What follows now is an extremely sensible sequence, but white cannot shake off
the nagging pressure against his central dark squares.} 31. Rf1 Qg7 32. a4 $1
Nc7 33. Nd2 Nxd2 34. Qxd2 Ne6 35. Nf2 Bf5 36. d5 Rxb2 37. Qxa5 Nf8 38. e4 Bd7
39. Qc7 Qe5 40. Kh1 $2 {This is a serious inaccuracy.} (40. Rc4 $5 {to secure
the d3 square for the knight} Rd2 (40... Rb3 $5) 41. Qa5 Qb2 42. Qc7 {and a
repetition of moves is likely.}) 40... Rc8 41. Qa5 Qd4 {A big difference,
black is now maximally active, and the harassment of white's horses continues.}
42. Qe1 Ng6 43. e5 {To use the e4 square, which is a necessary investment to
avoid being squeezed to death.} Nxe5 44. Rd1 Qc4 45. Ne4 Re2 $1 46. Nxd6 Rxe1
47. Rfxe1 (47. Nxc4 Rxd1 48. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 49. Bxf1 Bxa4 $19) 47... Qxa4 48. Nxc8
(48. Ra1 Qd4 49. Rad1 Nd3) 48... Bxc8 49. Ra1 Qd4 50. Ra8 Nd3 $1 51. Rxc8+ Kg7
52. Rf1 Nf2+ 53. Rxf2 (53. Kg1 Nh3+ 54. Kh1 Qg1+ 55. Rxg1 Nf2#) 53... Qxf2 54.
h3 Qxg3 55. Rxc5 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qe5+ 57. Kh1 h5 $19 {Black's pawn storm
guarantees a winning attack.} 58. Rc4 f5 59. Rc6 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 f4 61. d6 Qg3+
62. Kh1 f3 63. Bf1 Qf2 64. Rc1 g4 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O e5 12. d5 {One of the most solid and
tested lines in the Bogo-Indian.} Nb8 (12... Nd8 $5 {is a slightly sharper
idea that is popular in Denmark at the moment. By sending the knight to f7,
Black plans a slightly more aggressive plan, abandoning the defence of c7 in
order to mobilize some threats on the kingside.} 13. e4 f5 (13... c5 14. Nd2
Bd7 15. a3 b6 16. f4 f6 17. Rf2 Nf7 18. Raf1 a5 19. b3 Ra7 20. a4 g6 21. h3 Kg7
22. f5 Rh8 23. Qf3 g5 24. Qh5 Be8 25. h4 Qf8 26. Qe2 Rg8 27. h5 {1/2-1/2
Khalifman,A-Nielsen,P/Skolernes Skakklub 1997/CBM 60}) 14. c5 f4 15. Rfc1 Nf7
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Rc2 Bg4 18. Ne1 Rac8 19. Qd3 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 fxg3 21. hxg3 Ng5
22. Rc1 Qf6 23. Qd2 h5 24. Rc3 Qg6 25. f3 Bh3 26. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 27. Kh2 Ng5 28.
Kh1 h4 29. g4 h3 30. Qe3 Qh6 31. Rc2 Rf4 32. Kh2 Qh4 33. Qf2 Qh6 34. Qe3 Kh7
35. Kg3 Nxe4+ 36. fxe4 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38. Ke2 Rxe4 {0-1 Vavrak,
P-Gustafsson,J/DEN-chJ int 1997/EXT 97}) 13. c5 Bg4 (13... Na6 {feels like the
most dependable option, avoiding any intrusions on c7. The only drawback is
that it rules out the often useful move ...a5.} 14. b4 Re8 15. Rac1 e4 $5 16.
Nd4 $2 Qe5 $1 17. Qc4 dxc5 18. bxc5 Rd8 19. d6 cxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Nb3 Bf5
22. Qb5 Qd7 23. a4 h6 24. Rc4 Be6 25. Rxe4 Bxb3 {0-1 Grabliauskas,V-Van der
Sterren,P/Wichern op 1997/EXT 97}) (13... Nd7 {looks inferior as it neglects
the c7 square and makes it harder for black to complete his development.} 14.
cxd6 cxd6 15. Rfc1 b6 16. Qa3 f5 17. Rc7 a5 18. Rac1 b5 19. R1c6 b4 20. Qe3 Ba6
21. Ng5 Bb5 22. Rb6 Rfb8 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Ne6 Qe8 25. Qg5 Qf7 26. e4 fxe4 27.
Bxe4 g6 28. h4 Be2 29. Qh6 Kh8 30. Ng5 Qe7 31. Nxh7 Qxh7 32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.
Rxd7+ Kg8 34. Rxd6 Kf7 35. Bxg6+ {1-0 De Juan,J-Suarez,D/ESP-ch 1997/EXP 60})
14. Rac1 a5 15. Rfe1 (15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Qc7 Nd7 (16... Qxc7 $5 {is the
confrontational approach:} 17. Rxc7 Na6 18. Rxb7 Rfb8 $1 (18... Nb4 19. a3 Nxd5
20. Rd1 $16 (20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bxd5 Bxe2 22. Re1 $16)) 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8 20. b3 (
20. Rc1 $5) 20... Nb4 $44 {+/=} (20... Rc8 $5)) 17. Rc3 $14 (17. Rc4) (17. Rc2)
) 15... Re8 16. Nd2 (16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Qc7 Na6 $11) 16... Na6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18.
Nc4 Rec8 $11 19. Qa3 $6 (19. Qxa5 $5 {looks too primitive to gain an advantage,
but it is not easy to see a safe route to equality for Black.} Nc5 20. Qb6 Ra6
21. Qb4 {[%csl Rc5,Re5,Rg4]} Ra4 (21... Rxa2 22. Nb6 {[%csl Rc8,Rg4]}) 22. Qc3
(22. Qb6 Ra6 $11) 22... Nd7 (22... Rxa2 $2 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. b4 Ne6 25. Qb3 $18)
23. Qd3 {and now white is ready to spring into the attack if black regains the
a-pawn:} Rxa2 24. Ne3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bh5 26. Nf5 Qg5 (26... Qf8 27. Rc8 $18) (
26... Qf6 27. Rc8+ Nf8 28. Qc2 {and black is helpless against the threat of
Rxf8+ and Qc8.}) 27. Rc8+ Nf8 28. Qc2 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 f6 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Rc7 $18)
19... Nb4 20. Qb3 $2 {A mistake, probably due to dissatisfaction with the
planned} (20. Nb6 {after} Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ra6 {but even here} 22. h3 $1 {gives
black problems to solve as his first rank and a5-pawn remain problems.}) 20...
Bxe2 $1 {Now black gets a very comfortable position as his knight is at least
as strong as white's bishop, and white's queenside pawns are rather vulnerable.
.} 21. Rxe2 b5 22. Re4 f5 23. Ree1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 e4 {Trying to create an
outpost for the knight on d3.} 25. Bf1 Rcb8 26. Rcc1 Na6 $2 (26... Qe5 $1 {
protecting the queen and so renewing the possbility of ...Nd3, and bringing
extra pressure to bear on the queenside would have given black a clear
advantage.}) 27. Qc3 {Now the worst is past.} Nc5 28. Qd4 Rb4 29. Rc4 Qb7 30.
b3 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Qb4 32. Rd1 Qxc4 33. Bxc4 Kf7 34. f4 h6 35. Kf2 g5 36. Ke3 Kf6
37. Rf1 Rb8 38. Kd4 Rg8 39. a3 Rb8 40. Rb1 {and apparently the clock ended the
game?} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 Nf6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qe7 (
7... Nbd7 $5 8. O-O c5 (8... Qe7 9. Qc2 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Qc3 (
12. Qxc7 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Qf4 Rxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Nd3 $17) 12... c5 13. a3 Na6
14. dxc5 bxc5 (14... Naxc5 15. b4 $14) 15. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Capablanca,J-Marshall,
F/New York exh 1927 (34)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. Rc1 Qxb2 12. Rc2 Qb4
13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bd7 $10 {Nikolic,P-Yudasin,L/Tilburg/1993/0,5/25/}) 8.
O-O b6 (8... Rd8 9. Qc2 c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Rac1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5
14. Nf3 Qh5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nd4 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Qf5 {1/2-1/2
Todorcevic,M-Garcia Padron,J/Las Palmas-B 1993}) (8... c6) 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Ne5
$1 $14 (10. Qb3 Rd8 11. Rfe1 (11. c5 c6 12. Ne5 (12. cxb6 axb6 13. Qxb6 Rxa2
14. Ra1 Ra6 15. Rxa6 Bxa6 16. Re1 Nfd7 17. Qa5 c5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 cxd4 20.
Nxd4 Nf6 $11) 12... Nfd7 13. Ndf3 Ba6 $11) 11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Qc2 c5
$11 {0-1 Voiska,M-Ashlanian,L/EU-chTW Debrecen BLG-ARM 1992 (40)}) (10. cxd5 $5
exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Qb3 $14) (10... Bxd5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. e4 Bb7 13.
e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Neg5 Nf8 16. Rfd1 c5 $11 {Tsesarsky}) 11. Qa4 a5 (11...
c5 $5 $132) (11... Qxe2 $2 12. Rxc7 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Bxa6 14. Rfc1 $16) (11... c6
12. Rfe1 Nbd7) 12. Rfe1 $5 c6 (12... Na6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Qb5 $16) 13. e4 $5 Nxe4
(13... dxe4 14. Ne5 Qb4 15. Qxb4 axb4 16. Ra1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nec4 Rd8 19.
Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nc6 $10) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 f6 $2 {1-0
Salov,V-Sokolov,I/Amsterdam Donner mem 1996 (27)} (15... Qb4 $5 $8 16. Qc2 f5
17. a3 $140 Qxd4 18. Qb3+ Qd5 19. Qxb6 Nd7 $1 $15)) 10... Nbd7 $6 {It is
easier for Black play c7-c5 without change Ne5} (10... Rd8 $142 $5 11. Qc2 (11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Qa4 c5 13. e3) (11. Nd3 c6 12. c5 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Nbd7 $11)
12... Nbd7 13. b4 Ba6 14. Nf3 bxc5 15. bxc5 (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne4 17.
Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qxb4 19. Rb1 Qe7 20. Qb3 Ba6 $11) 15... Rab8 16. Nde5 Nxe5 17.
Nxe5 Qc7 $11) (11. Qa4 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 a6 (13... Nbd7 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15.
Qxc6 $14 Rdc8 16. Qa4 (16. Qb7 Rcb8 17. Qa6 Re8 18. Nb3 (18. Rfd1 cxd4 19. exd4
Qb4 20. Nb3 $14) 18... c4 19. Nd2 Qb4 20. Rc2 Rac8 21. a3 $14) 16... a6 17.
dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 $14) (13... Nfd7 14. Nd3 a6 $2 (14... c4 $2 15. Nxc4 dxc4
16. Bxb7 cxd3 17. Bxa8 $18) (14... a5 15. Rfd1 Na6 16. dxc5 Naxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5
(17... bxc5 18. Nb3 $16) 18. Qd4 $14) (14... Na6 15. Rfd1 $14 (15. Bxd5 Bxd5
16. Qxa6 cxd4 17. exd4 Qe2 18. Nb4 Qxd2 19. Nxd5 Qxb2 (19... Qxd4 20. Ne7+ Kh8
21. Nc6 Nb8 22. Nxb8 Rdxb8 23. Rc7 Qxb2 24. Rxf7 $14) 20. Rfd1 $14)) 15. Qa3
$16) 14. Qb3 $1 $14) 11... c5 12. cxd5 exd5 $132) (10... c5 11. cxd5 exd5 (
11... Bxd5 12. e4 Bb7 (12... Bxa2 13. Qa4 $18) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qc2 $14) 12.
e3 Rc8 (12... Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 (13... Qxd7 14. dxc5 $16) 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Nb3 Rfd8 16. Na5 (16. Bxd5 Nb6 17. e4 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 $11) 16... Rab8 17.
Nxb7 Rxb7 18. Qxd5 Rxb2 19. Rfd1 $16) 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Ndf3 Ne4 (14... Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qe6 16. Rfd1 a6 17. dxc5 $1 Qxe5 (17... bxc5 18. Nd3 $14) 18. c6 Bxc6 19.
Rxc6 Qxb2 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Qxa6 Qc2 22. Rf1 $14) 15. Rfd1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 a6
17. Qb3 Qe6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. dxc5 $14) 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qc2 (
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf3 c6 $14 {(=)}) 12... Rac8 (12... Rad8 13. c5 Ba6 14. c6
Qd6 15. Rfe1 $14) 13. c5 c6 $6 (13... bxc5 $1 14. dxc5 $1 (14. Qxc5 Qa4 $1 15.
Rfd1 (15. Nc4 $6 Ba6 (15... Qxa2 16. Ra1 Qxc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Bxb7 Rcd8 19.
Rfd1 $14) 16. b3 (16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 Bh5 $15) 16... Qxa2 17. Ra1 Qxb3 18.
Rxa6 Nd7 19. Qc6 Nb8 20. Qa4 dxc4 21. Rxa7 c5 $15) (15. a3 Nd7 16. Qb4 (16. Qc3
c5) 16... Qxb4 17. axb4 c6 (17... Ba6 18. Ra1 (18. Rfe1 Bb5 19. Nb3 c6 20. Na5
(20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Rb8 $11) 20... e5 $2 (20... Rc7 21. e4 (21. Rc2 Nb8 22.
Rec1 Rfc8 23. e4 Bd3 $1) 21... dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nb8 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25.
Bf3 $11) 21. e3 Rfe8 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. dxe5 Rc7 (24... Re6 25. f4
$16 (25. Rc5 Rxe5 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 $16)) 25. f4 Re6 26. Rc5 Rce7 27. Rec1
f6 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 fxe5 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kf6 (32...
Re7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke2 $18) 33. Rxa7 Rb6 34. fxe5+ $16) 18...
Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Bb5 20. Rxa7 Nb6 $132)) 15... Nd7 16. Qc3 c5 $11) 14... c6 (14...
Ba6 15. Nf3 (15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. e4 d4 (16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 $14) 17.
e5 (17. c6 Qc8 18. e5 d3 19. Qc5 (19. Qc3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nb3 Rb6 (21...
Qe6 22. Nd4 Qh6 23. Re3 Rfe8 24. Rce1 $14) 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Re3 Qh3 24. Rce1
Reb8 25. b3 $14) 19... Rb5 20. Qxa7 Rxb2 21. exf6 Rxd2 22. fxg7 Rd8 $15) 17...
d3) 15... Rb8 16. Rfd1 Qb5 17. Rd2 Qa5 (17... Ne4 18. Nd4 $1) 18. b3 Ne4 19.
Rdd1 Rb5 $15) 15. e4 $14) 14. Qa4 Ba8 (14... b5 15. Qa5 $16) 15. e4 $1 $16 dxe4
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rfd8 (17... b5 $5 18. Qc2 (18. Qd1 Rfd8) 18... f5 (18...
Qxd4 19. Bxh7+ $16 {[%csl Ra8]}) 19. Bg2 Qxd4 20. Rfd1 Qf6 21. Rd6 $16) 18.
Rfd1 Qc7 19. b4 g6 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]} (19... e5 20. Bf5 (20. cxb6 axb6 21. d5 c5
22. d6 $1 Qb8 (22... Rxd6 23. Bxa8 $18) (22... Qd7 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bf5 $18)
23. d7 Bxe4 (23... Rc7 24. Qxa8 $18) 24. dxc8=Q $18) 20... Rb8 21. cxb6 axb6
22. d5 g6 23. Be4 f5 24. Bg2 e4 25. dxc6 $1 $16) (19... h6 $5) 20. Qa3 Qe7 21.
Qf3 b5 (21... Kg7 22. h4 $16) 22. a4 $1 bxa4 (22... a6 23. Ra1 $16) 23. Ra1 a6
24. Rxa4 Bb7 25. Ra2 Rc7 26. Rad2 Kg7 27. Qf4 Rcd7 28. Qe5+ Qf6 (28... f6 29.
Qf4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Re6]} Rxd4 $140 $2 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 e5 32. Bxc6 $3
exf4 (32... Bxc6 33. Qe3 $18) 33. Rd7 Qxd7 34. Bxd7 $18) 29. f4 h5 (29... Qxe5
30. fxe5 f6 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Kf2 $16) 30. Kf2 h4 $6 (30... Rh8 $142 31. h3
Rh7 32. Kg2 Rh8 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rdd8 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. g5+ Ke7 37. Rh1 (
37. Ra1 Rh4 38. Kg3 Rdh8 39. Bg2 f6 $132) 37... Rxh1 38. Kxh1 Rb8 (38... Rh8+
39. Kg2 $16 (39. Rh2 Rd8 40. Rd2)) 39. Kg2 Ba8 40. Ra2 (40. Rb2 a5 41. b5 cxb5
42. Bxa8 Rxa8 43. Rxb5 a4 $15) 40... Rxb4 41. Rxa6 Rb8 42. Ra7+ $16) 31. Ke3
hxg3 32. hxg3 Ba8 $6 (32... Rh8 $142) 33. Rh2 Qxe5 34. fxe5 Kf8 35. Rf1 $1 $18
(35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Ra1 Bb7 38. Bd3 Ra8 $16) 35... Rxd4 (35... Kg7
36. Rfh1 Rxd4 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Bxg6 Rxb4 39. Rxf7+ Kg8 40. Rc7 Rb3+ 41. Kf4
Rd4+ 42. Be4 Bb7 (42... Rbb4 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rh7#) 43. Rch7 $18) 36. Rh7 R8d7
(36... Rxb4 37. Rfxf7+ Kg8 38. Rhg7+ Kh8 39. Rxg6 Rb3+ 40. Kf4 Re8 41. Rh6+ Kg8
42. Rfh7 $18) 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rxa8 Rxb4 39. Bxc6 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Bb7 9. Be2 d6 (9... f5 10. O-O (10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Ne1
Rae8 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nd3 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nf2 Ne6 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Rad1 $14 {
Kozul,Z-Cebalo,M/Portoroz op 1994/0-1 (73)}) 10... d6 11. Ne1 Nd7 12. f3 Ng5
13. Nd3 Kh8 14. b4 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nf2 Qe7 17. Bb2 Ne6 18. Rad1 $14 {
Franco,Z-Zelcic,R/Saint Vincent op 1998/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 10. b4 a5 $146 (10...
Nd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bb2 f5 13. d5 e5 (13... exd5 14. Rad1 c5 15. cxd5 a5 16.
Bc4 Kh8 17. Qe2 axb4 18. axb4 Ra4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Adams,M/EU-ch
Rapid-30' 1996 (52)}) 14. Bd3 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne1 Qf7 17. f3 Ng5 18. Rd1
Rae8 19. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Khasin,A/URS-sf Russia-ch 1989}) 11. Bb2 axb4 12.
axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Nd7 (13... c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. O-O Nd7 {[%cal Gd8a8]} (
15... Ng5 $6 16. Nd2) 16. Bd3 Qa8 17. Bb2 {[%cal Gf1a1]}) 14. O-O Qe7 15. d5 $1
{Inserting the bishop to the game.This break is the typical in this structure.
The pawn d5 is tactically protected.} Nef6 (15... exd5 16. cxd5 Ndf6 (16...
Bxd5 17. Qxc7 $16) (16... Nef6 {-15...Nef6}) 17. Nd4 Bxd5 (17... Nxd5 $2 18.
Nf5 Qg5 19. Qxe4 Nc3 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Qxe7 23. Qf3 $18) 18.
f3 Ng5 19. e4 Bb7 20. Nf5 $36 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ga1f6]}) 16. Bd3 $1 (16. e4 $143
{White should keep this diagonal open,because he has pair of bishops,and some
chances to get an initiative against black king.}) {Black helps white to open
position with following move:} 16... exd5 $2 (16... e5 17. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Rb7]
White has an advantage in space on both sides of the board.}) 17. cxd5 $16 Nxd5
(17... Bxd5 18. Qxc7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd5 20. Qc4 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qh5 22. Be2 $16)
18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 c5 $2 (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qe4 Re8 22. b5 $16) (
19... Nxb4 20. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rg7]}) 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qa4 $1 {[%csl Rd7]
[%cal Ga4g4]} Rd8 22. Qg4 N5f6 (22... N7f6 $2 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. e4 $18) 23. Qh4+
Kg8 {[%tqu "En","How to continue the attack?","","","e3e4","",10]} 24. e4 $1 {
[%mdl 128] The march of pawn "e" destroyes the defense of black.} Ba6 (24... g6
25. Bxd7 $18) (24... Bxe4 25. Re1 $18 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) (24... Nf8 25. e5 Nd5 26.
Ng5 {[%cal Rf5h7]} g6 27. e6 f6 28. Nf7 $18) 25. Re1 Bd3 $4 {losing at once.} (
25... Bb7 26. Rb1 $1 Nf8 27. h3 {[%cal Ga1f6,Yb1b6]} Ng6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qg4
$18) (25... Nf8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. Bc3 $18) 26. e5 1-0

[Event "Biel 52nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2019.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,79,25,40,28,-14,6,6,37,28,56,35,14,31,25,16,17,24,15,34,43,31,40,41,
48,48,48,48,43,47,63,48,51,46,42,37,46,51,54,59,40,37,84,31,58,50,50,28,35,45,
42,42,45,42,42,30,28,46,72,27,45,48,83,81,94,62,152,152,420,442,459,466,1400,
1466,1493,1503,1503,1503,1503,1503,1156,1244] The Biel Grandmaster Event this
time had a very unique format. It was a combination of classical, rapid and
blitz. On the 1st day in the rapid section I didn't start well by losing to
Cori Jorge. Eventually I managed to recovere, but was still trailing by 2
points. Hence, this game was extremely important to me from the tournament and
personal point of view!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ {The Bogo Indian! Cori
Jorge hadn't played much in the last 6 months, so I wasn't sure what to expect.
In fact, his last available game in my database was in December 2018.} 4. Bd2
Qe7 5. g3 O-O (5... Nc6 {is more common.}) 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. O-O e5 9.
Nc3 {Black hasn't played the Bogo Indian in the most principled way. White has
the centre and the extra space advantage.} Nc6 10. Nd5 $5 {I thought for about
20 minutes to make this decision. I wanted to be precise and increase my
advantage.} (10. dxe5 {was the other option that I considered. But it didn't
feel right to give up the central control.} dxe5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 (11... Qd6 $5)
12. cxd5 Rd8 13. Rfd1 e4 {I only saw this far. Apparently, Tactically this
line works.} 14. Ng5 $1 f5 15. Qc3 Nb4 16. Qb3 $16) (10. d5 {Closing the
centre didn't appeal to me as black would play Nb8-a5-Na6 and would have easy
play.}) 10... Qd8 (10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Rfe1 Qe5 14. Rac1
Bf5 15. Rc4 $16 {White will collect the d4 pawn and the pile up the major
pieces on the c-file. the c7 pawn is a clear target}) 11. Rfd1 Re8 (11... Bg4
$5 {looked more natural but then the pressure along the d-file would be
annoying.} 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Nb6 axb6 15. Rxd8 Raxd8 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 e4 18. Bg2 Nd4 19. Rb1) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. b4 Qd6 14. b5
Ne7 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. a4 $16) 13. Nxe5 $1 (13. Rac1 {looks normal but runs
into} Ne4 $1 {And now the queen doesn't have any good squares!} 14. Qd4 (14.
Qf4 Ng6 $1) 14... Ng4 15. Rf1 c6 $132 {Clearly White has lost control.}) 13...
Rxe5 (13... dxe5 {During the game this looked more critical. If Black gets c6
in, he will be fine.} 14. Qa5 $1 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bg4 16. Rac1 $16 {White will
exchange the e2 pawn for c7 and the passed d-pawn should give him a healthy
advantage. But maybe practically this was a better choice as at least Black
has some counterplay. In the game he is left with passive pieces.}) 14. Rac1
Bg4 15. Re1 {Keeping the pressure. Now the plan is simple. Just push e4-f4 and
gain more space.} (15. Ne3 $5 {This looks highly tempting and I tried very
hard to make the tactics work. In hindsight I feel this is also objectively
better.} Qc8 16. Nxg4 (16. c5 $5 {I was mainly trying to use the trick of weak
bank rank} Rxc5 $4 (16... dxc5 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qf3 c6 {I didn't
see a follow up, but engine simply suggests doubling of the rooks on the
d-file.} 20. Rd2 $16) 17. Rxc5 dxc5 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxb7 $18) 16... Nxg4 17.
Qd4 Nf6 18. c5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 dxc5 20. Qxc5 {I felt that exchaning too many
pieces will help ease the defense. Although even here due to bad rook on a8,
White keeps a considerable edge.} c6 21. Qe7) 15... Re8 16. Rc3 {Threatening
Nf6+ followed by Bxb7.} (16. b3) 16... Rb8 17. e4 Nd7 18. f4 $16 Be6 19. b3 a5
20. Rce3 {The last couple of moves were normal. Both sides just reshuffled the
pieces. White has a decent advantage, but it's not easy to get any breaks in
the centre yet. Black is quite solid.} Ra8 $6 (20... a4 $1 {Black should have
used the opportunity to open up the a-file. During the game he struggled for
the very same thing!}) 21. Qd4 Rb8 (21... a4 22. b4 c6 23. Nc3 (23. Bf1) 23...
Qb6) 22. Nc3 f6 23. Nb5 {The knight on b5 locks black pieces and also it can
re-route to d4.} Ra8 24. Qd2 {A subtle move. I indirectly prevent a4 as it is
met with a central breakthrough.} Qc8 (24... a4 25. e5 $1 fxe5 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27.
Bc6 $16) 25. Nd4 (25. g4 $5 {Engine's choice! This move didn't come to my mind!
}) 25... Bf7 26. Qc3 $1 {This move might not look anything special, but I am
quite proud of it. I could have started expanding on the kingside, but Black
would have played a4 and got some counterplay. With Qc3 I support the c4 pawn
and keep total control. The most important thing is to not allow unnecessary
play.} Qb8 27. h4 Qa7 28. Bh3 ({Apparently the direct} 28. g4 {g4 was better})
28... Rad8 (28... Nf8 {Cori didn't like e5 here. I would have probably played
Kh2 preparing e5.}) 29. Kh2 Qc5 30. g4 $1 {Now it's not easy to meet the
threat of g5.} Nf8 31. g5 Ng6 32. Rf1 $1 (32. gxf6 Nxf4 {is completely
unnecessary!}) 32... Nxh4 33. gxf6 $18 {There are many moves for Black, but
nothing satisfactory. It's completely winning for White now.} gxf6 (33... g6
34. Qd3 Kh8 35. Bg4) 34. Rg3+ Kf8 35. Ne6+ Bxe6 36. Qxf6+ Bf7 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38.
Qxh4+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Ke7 40. Rg7 $18 {It felt nice to avenge the loss in rapids!}
1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{The day before I lost to Nisipeanu, we drew with Germany not without luck,
and were leading by 1 point ahead of 3 teams. In team competitions the
pressure is higher when you have White. Add to this endless autumn chess
marathon, yesterday's loss and the crucial moment of the tournament, and you
get my mood before this game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ {Recently Luke
started to play Bogoljubov, so I wasn't sure what to expect in the opening.} 4.
Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O {White goes for the safest line
with some positional pressure.} b6 ({Another set up} 8... Nc6 {and then e5.})
9. a3 bxa3 10. Nxa3 Bb7 (10... a5 11. e4 $1 {and White is better.}) 11. Nb5 ({
The alternative was} 11. b4) 11... a5 12. Ne1 $6 {Overcreative.} ({Somehow, I
didn't want to play in a natural way} 12. Re1 Na6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rc1 $14 {
, thinking that Black gets a lot of counterplay. But White is just better here.
}) 12... Na6 13. Nc2 Qe7 {Here I started to realize that I am not so much
better as I thought.} 14. Qe2 (14. Re1 {isn't better because of} d5) 14... d5
$1 {Smart move. Black doesn't hesitate to lose a tempo.} 15. Nc3 dxc4 (15...
Nb4 {equalized comfortably for Black:} 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nb1 e5
$1 19. Nd2 dxc4 20. Bxc4 exd4 21. exd4 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Rd8 $11) 16. Bxc4 Rfc8 17.
Rfd1 Nb4 18. Na3 {White's structure is better, and the more pieces on the
board the better for him.} Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rac1 {I liked my position,
but black is doing absolutely ok} Qg5 21. f3 Bd5 {The first step in the wrong
direction. Why give an extra tempo?} (21... Bc6 $13) 22. e4 Bc6 23. Qd2 $1 {
A cultured move. All tactical ideas are cut off, and White secures the better
endgame.} Qxd2 24. Rxd2 $14 Kf8 25. Rc3 Rc7 $6 {Shaky move. I had a strong
feeling that White has some ideas now.} 26. Bf1 {I wasn't sure about this, but
Lyla approves it, and what might be better!} Rac8 27. Nc4 Be8 $2 {Luke was in
time trouble and played this tempting move quickly.} (27... Rb8 $1) 28. d5 {
Now Black is in big trouble.} exd5 29. exd5 Rb8 $6 {Chess is a very
complicated game. Two moves before this was a good move, but now it is a
losing one.} (29... Rd8 $8 30. Nxb6 Rb7 31. Rc8 $16) 30. d6 Rcb7 31. Ne5 $18
Rd8 32. d7 Bxd7 33. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 34. Rxd8+ Ke7 35. Rd1 f6 36. Re3 g5 ({I hoped
for} 36... Nc2 37. Ng6+ Kf7 38. Nh8+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Be8 40. Rdxe8# {but my
opponent decided to lose prosaically.}) 37. Nc4+ Kf8 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Brno-B"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polak, Tomas"]
[Black "Horvath, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 $5 {Kein dummer Zug.
Weiß möchte nach dem Tausch auf d2 mit der Dame zurücknehmen ,um den
Damenspringer auf sein aktivstes Feld zu entwickeln.Nach der Haupt-
fortsetzung 6.Lg2 Ld2 7.Dd2? währe 7...Se4 8.Dc2 Db4 sehr unangenehm.} Bxd2+ 7.
Qxd2 d6 8. Bg2 a5 (8... O-O 9. b4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nc3 Nbd7 (11... a5 12. O-O
axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Rxa1 Na6) 12. e4 c5 13. O-O (13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Rd1 (14.
O-O Nb6) 14... Qe6 $5) 13... a5 14. Nh4 g6 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. f4 $13 {Antic,
D-Drasko,M ,Budapest Spring 1990}) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O a4 $6 {Ambitioniert,aber
sehr verpflichtend.} (10... e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 axb4 (12... Bg4) 13. axb4 Rxa1
14. Rxa1 Na6 15. Nb5 (15. Qb2) 15... Ne4 16. Qb2 f5 $10 {Illic,Z-Borne ,Cannes
1989}) 11. Qc2 e5 (11... Bd7 $2 12. Nxa4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxa4 14. b3 c5 15. Nxe6
$16) 12. dxe5 (12. d5 $5 Na5 (12... Nd4 $2 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb5) 13. Nxa4 (13.
Qxa4 Bd7 14. Nb5 $2 (14. Qb4 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 $44) 14... c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16.
Nc7 (16. Nc3 Rfb8) 16... Ra7 17. b4 Qd8) 13... Bd7 14. Nd2 (14. Rfc1 Rfc8)
14... Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxa4 16. b3 Be8 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Qb4 {Weißer Vorteil.})
12... dxe5 13. Nd5 (13. Nxa4 $2 e4 14. Nd2 $2 (14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Qd1 Rd8 16. Nc3
Nf3+ 17. exf3 Rxd1 18. Raxd1 e3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bf5) 14... Nd4 15. Qd1
e3 16. fxe3 Nf5 (16... Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Rxa4)) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb8 15. Rac1 c6
16. Nd2 Bd7 (16... Ra6 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Nc4 cxd5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Nxd5 $16) 17.
Nc4 Ra6 18. Rfd1 $6 (18. d6 $1 Qe6 19. f4 $16) 18... cxd5 19. Bxd5 b5 20. Ne3
Nc6 21. Qe4 (21. Be4 Nd4) 21... Qe8 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Nd4 24. Qe4 Kh8 25.
Kh1 f5 26. Qd3 Rh6 27. Bg2 (27. e3 Qh5 28. h4) 27... Qh5 28. h3 Nxe2 29. Rc7
Nd4 30. f4 Ne6 31. Re7 exf4 32. Re1 f3 33. Qxf3 Qxf3 34. Bxf3 Ng5 35. Kg2 Rd6
36. h4 Ne4 37. Bxe4 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 fxe4 39. R1xe4 Rxb2 40. Rf7 Kg8 41. Rb7 h5 42.
Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O {Häufiger sieht man hier 5.
.Sc6.Nach 6.Lg2 Ld2 ist Weiß dazu gezwungen,seinen Springer auf das
minderwertige Feld d2 zu ziehen(7.Dd2? Se4).} 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 {Wenn
man Ulf Andersson heißt, ist natürlich auch 7..d5 8.0-0 Td8 in Betracht zu
ziehen.} 8. Nc3 e5 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. Nh4 {11.de5,11.Se1!? und11.d5!
sind möglich,aber nicht Thema unseres heutigen Vor- trags.} Nc6 12. d5 Nd4 13.
Nb5 Nxb5 (13... Be2 $2 14. Nxd4 Bxf1 15. Ndf5 $18) (13... Ne2+ $2 14. Kh1 a6
15. f3 axb5 16. fxg4 (16. Qxe2 Bd7 17. cxb5 g5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nxd5 20.
f4 exf4 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 d5) 16... Nd4 17. g5) 14. cxb5 Bd7
(14... a6 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. a4 c5 17. dxc6 Rxc6 (17... bxc6 18. Rfc1 c5 19. b4
Rea8 $1 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qc2 Qa7 $1 $10 {V.L.Ivanov-Gipslis,Riga 1993. Lädt
zum kopieren ein.Allerdings weist Gipslis (Inf 59/(533))auf die Möglichkeit 18.
b4 hin.}) 18. Rfc1 Rec8 19. b4 {Razuvaev-Huss Wien 1984.Eine für diese
Variante typische Stellung ist entstanden.Die weiße Damenflügelmehrheit macht
sich unangenehm bemerkbar.}) 15. a4 g6 $1 {Stellt den Sh4 einstweilen kalt.} (
15... a6 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. a5 (17. Rfc1 $1 {Jusupov}) 17... c6 18. dxc6 Rxc6
19. Rfd1 Rec8 20. b4 {Diese Bauernstruktur ist uns bereits bekannt.Das nun
Folgende hat m.E. exem- plarischen Charakter.} Rc4 21. Nf5 {Wahrscheinlich
kannte Ivkov diese Partie!} Bxf5 22. exf5 d5 23. b5 h5 24. a6 bxa6 25. bxa6 e4
26. Bf1 Rc2 27. Qd4 Ng4 28. a7 {Ich habe es ja immer gesagt..!} Ra8 29. Rdb1
Ne5 30. Qxd5 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Rxa7 {Lang'währt die Freude nicht...} 32. Rb8+ Kh7
33. f6 gxf6 34. Qxh5+ Kg7 35. Rh8 {Eine Schlüsselpartie.}) 16. Rfc1 Rec8 17.
Ra3 c6 $1 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. dxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 (20. b4 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22.
Qd2 Rc4) 20... Bxc6 21. a5 {Weiß befreit den Turm von unwürdigen
Verteidigungsaufgaben,macht dadurch aber den B-Bauern rückständig.} (21. b4 $2
Nxe4 22. Qc2 Qb7) 21... Rb8 (21... Bxe4 $2 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qd5) (21... Nxe4
22. Qc2 Qb7 23. a6) 22. Re3 Kg7 23. b4 h6 24. Re2 Qe6 {Aufgrund der leicht
entwerteten Damenflügelmehrheit,sowie der Abseitsstellung des weißen
Springwers bevorzuge ich die schwarze Seite.Warum also Remis?Ein kurzer Blick
auf die Elozahlen(differenz) erspart oft mühsames Grübeln!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 O-O (9... e5) 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 (11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 (12. Qb3
Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Qc3 Nfd7 16. f4 $14 {Vladimirov,E-Gipslis,A
,SSSR 1985}) 12... Nbd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nf1 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17.
Ne3 $14 {Haik-Sharif ,Cannes 1987}) 11... e5 {Durch Zugumstellung ist eine
Stellung aus der Hauptvariante(9...e5 10.d5 Sb8 11.Se1) entstanden.} 12. Nd3
Na6 (12... Bg4) 13. Nb1 $5 (13. Qc2 c6 14. Qc3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Bb5
17. Bf1 Bxd3 $10) (13. a3 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6
18. Qb3 $14) (13. f4 c6 (13... Nd7 14. f5 c6 15. Rf2 f6 16. b3 Ndc5 17. Nxc5
Nxc5 18. Nb1 Na6 19. Nc3 c5 20. Bf3 $14) 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Qa3 Nac5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5
17. b4 Nd7 18. Rac1 c5 19. b5 g6 20. Rce1 $14) 13... Bg4 {Neuerung.} (13... c6
14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. b3 Rd8 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 {0,5-0.5 Illic,
Z-Mednis,E ,Belgrade GMA-op 1988}) 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Nc3 Ne8 17. f4
Bd7 18. f5 a4 19. Rf2 f6 20. Bf1 Nd6 21. Bd3 Rfb8 22. Rc1 b5 $5 23. Nxb5 Nxb5
24. cxb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 {Die Schwächen b2 und e4,sowie die unsichere weiße
Königsstellung dürften dem Schwarzen das Remis garantieren.} 26. Rc4 Qd6 27.
Qc2 Rb4 28. Rxb4 cxb4 29. Kg2 Qb6 30. Qc4 Kf8 31. Rc2 b3 32. axb3 axb3 33. Rc3
Ra2 34. Rxb3 Rxb2+ 35. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 36. Kh3 Qb6 37. Qa4 Qe3 38. Qd7 Qh6+ 39. Kg4
Qxh2 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qxc7+ Kf8 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. Qb7+ Kf8 44. Qb4+ Kf7 45. Kf3
Qh1+ 46. Ke3 Qg1+ 47. Kd3 Qxg3+ 48. Kc4 Qe3 49. Qb7+ Ke8 50. Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qc7+
Ke8 52. Qc6+ Kd8 53. Qd6+ Ke8 54. Qe6+ Kf8 55. Kb5 Qxe4 56. Qc8+ Kf7 57. Qc7+
Ke8 58. Qc8+ Kf7 59. Qc7+ Ke8 60. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 (6. Qxd2
) 6... Bb7 (6... d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. d5 e5 12.
Bd3 Ndf6 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Be2 a5 15. Nd2 Qe7 $2 (15... a4 16. f4 $14) 16. b3 {
/\Tc1,b4+/- Epishin-Kuzmin,G,Moscow 1992}) 7. Bg5 (7. Bf4 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2
Qe7 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bh2 (11. Rc1) 11... f5 (11... a5 $1 {/\a4}) 12. Rc1 a5 13.
b3 O-O 14. O-O e5 15. c5 $1 $14 {Halifman-Arkell,London 1991}) 7... d6 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bh4 h6 (9... O-O {Dautov} 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 $14) 10. Be2
(10. Nd2) (10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. d5 (13. Bd3) 13... Ndf6 14.
Nd4 h5 15. f3 h4 16. Bf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 g4 $15 {Aseev-Kengis,Daugavpils 1988}) (
10. Bd3 g5 11. Bg3 h5 (11... Ne4 12. O-O Nxg3 13. fxg3 $1 Qe7 14. b4 c5 15. Nd2
h5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. dxc5 $1 fxe4 19. cxd6 Qg7 20. Qa4 $16 {
Psakhis-Vyzmanavin,SSSR 1984}) (11... Qe7 12. Qc2 h5 13. h3 (13. h4 g4 14. Nd2
Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. b4 c5 17. Qb2 $44 {Ree-Hort,Amsterdam 1983}) 13... h4 14.
Bh2 g4 (14... Rg8 $5) 15. hxg4 h3 16. Bg1 Nxg4 17. Be4 d5 18. cxd5 f5 19. Bd3
Bxd5 20. Qxc7 $16 {Nikolic,P-Seirawan,Wijk aan Zee 1986}) 12. h3 Rg8 (12... Ne4
13. Qc2 f5 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. h4 g4 17. Ng5 $13 {Lputjan-Lukov,
Erevan 1984}) 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. e4 h4 15. Bh2 Nh5 16. Nxh4 $6 gxh4 17. Qxh5 Qf6
$1 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Bf1 O-O-O 21. O-O-O Nc5 $17 {Hjartason}) (10.
Rc1 Qe7 (10... g5 $6 11. Bg3 h5 12. h4 g4 13. Ng5 $16) 11. b4 O-O 12. Be2 a5 $1
13. O-O (13. b5 $6 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 {/\f5}) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Ra3 $13 15. d5 (
15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 dxc5 $13 (16... Bd5)) 15... Rfa8 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Bxf6 $2
Qxf6 18. Nb5 Ra2 19. Nxc7 Rc8 20. Nb5 exd5 $15 {Gofshtein-Maksimovic,B
Iraklion 1992}) 10... Qe7 (10... g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h4 g4 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Rg1
Bb7 15. f3 Qe7 {Novak-Makarychev,Frunze 1985} 16. Qa4 $13) 11. O-O (11. Nd2 e5
12. d5 g5 13. Bg3 Nc5 14. Qc2 a5 15. h4 Rg8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rh6 Kf8 18. O-O-O
b5 $13 {Hjartason-Arnason,Reykjavik 1988} (18... b5 {Dautov} 19. Qf5 Ne8 20.
cxb5 Bxd5 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. a4 $13 {
Hjartarson-Arnason/Akureyri/1988})) (11. b4 $5 {Dautov} g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2
Nxg3 $6 14. hxg3 c5 15. Qa4 $1 g4 $6 16. Nh4 h5 17. Rd1 cxd4 18. Rxd4 a5 19.
Qd1 $1 axb4 20. axb4 $16 {Tal-Soffer/Tel Aviv/1990}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4
Ne4 (13... gxh4 {Dautov} 14. Bxh4 Rg8 15. Ne1 $5 $14) 14. Nxg5 (14. hxg5 Nxg3
15. fxg3 O-O-O $13 {Ionescu} (15... O-O-O {Dautov} 16. b4 e5 $132 {><g5,g3,e3})
) 14... Nxg5 15. hxg5 h4 16. Bh2 (16. Bf4 $6 {Dautov} e5 17. Bh2 Qxg5 18. d5 (
18. Bf3 e4 19. Bg4 Nf6 $5 (19... f5 20. Bh3 O-O-O $13) 20. Bh3 Bc8 $40) 18...
Rg8 19. Bf3 f5 $40) 16... Qxg5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 (17... O-O-O $5 {Dautov} 18. Bxb7+
Kxb7 19. Qf3+ Kb8 20. a4 (20. Qxf7 $2 Nf6 21. Qxe6 (21. f4 Qf5 $17) 21... h3
22. Bg3 Rde8 23. Qf7 Rh7 $19) 20... Rdg8 (20... h3 21. a5 hxg2 22. Qxg2 Qxg2+
23. Kxg2 Rdg8+ 24. Bg3 Nf6 25. axb6 axb6 $10) 21. a5 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Rxg4 23. axb6
axb6 24. f3 Rg6 $10) 18. Qxf3 Ke7 19. c5 (19. b4 {Dautov >=} Rag8 20. c5 h3 21.
cxd6+ cxd6 22. Bg3 $10 {/\Rac1}) 19... bxc5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rac1 Rac8 22.
Rfd1 (22. b4 {Dautov} Nd7 23. Rfd1 e5 $17) 22... e5 23. Qh3 (23. b4 {Dautov}
Ne6 $17) 23... Qh5 (23... Rcg8 $6 {Dautov /\Qg4} 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. Rd7+ Kf8 26.
Rxc7 $13) (23... f5 $2 {Dautov} 24. Bxe5 $16) 24. f4 e4 25. f5 Kf6 (25... Rhg8
{Dautov} 26. Rd5 $5 Qg4 27. Qxg4 Rxg4 28. b4 Nb7 29. Rb5 Nd8 30. Kf1 $44) (
25... Nd3 $1 {Dautov} 26. f6+ (26. Bxd6+ $2 Kxd6 $19 (26... cxd6 $2 27. f6+
Kxf6 28. Rf1+ Kg7 29. Rxc8 $10)) 26... Kxf6 (26... Kd8 $2 27. Bxd6 $1) 27. Rf1+
Ke7 (27... Kg7 28. Rc6 $44) 28. Rc6 (28. Rf5 Qg6 29. Rcf1 Rcf8 $17) 28... Ne5
29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rf4 Qe6 31. Qxe6+ (31. Rxh4 Qxh3 32. Rxh3 Rxh3 33. gxh3 a5 $1
$17) 31... fxe6 32. Rxe4 h3 $17 (32... a5 $5 $17)) 26. Rf1 Nb3 27. Rc6 Nd2 28.
Bxd6 Nf3+ (28... cxd6 {Dautov} 29. Rxd6+ Kg7 30. f6+ Kg6 31. Rxd2 $16) (28...
Nxf1 {Dautov} 29. Bf8+ Ke5 30. Rc5+ Kf6 31. Be7+ Kxe7 32. f6+ Kxf6 33. Rxh5
Rxh5 34. Qxc8 Ng3 35. Qxc7 Rf5 36. Kh2 $16) 29. Rxf3 (29. gxf3 {Dautov} cxd6
30. Rxd6+ Ke7 $13) 29... cxd6 (29... exf3 $2 {Dautov} 30. Bf8+ Ke5 31. Qh2+ $18
) 30. Rxd6+ Ke7 31. Rd5 exf3 32. f6+ Kxf6 33. Rxh5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rxh5 35. Qxf3+
Kg6 (35... Rf5 {Dautov} 36. Qg4 $16) 36. Qe4+ Kh6 37. Qf4+ (37. Qd4 {Dautov}
Kg6 38. Qxa7 Rc2 39. Qb6+ Kh7 40. Qd4 $16) 37... Kg6 38. e4 (38. Qe4+ {Dautov}
Kh6 39. Qd4 $16) 38... Rcc5 39. b4 Rce5 40. a4 f6 41. b5 Rh7 42. Qg4+ Rg5 43.
Qc8 Re7 44. Qg8+ Rg7 45. Qc4 Re5 46. a5 Rb7 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Qh8+ (48. a6 {
Dautov} Rbxb5 49. Qf7 Rb6 50. Qxa7 Ree6 $10) 48... Kg6 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Qh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nbd7 7. e3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 Qe7 (9... e4 $5 {would weaken black on the dark squares, risky
in the face of white's 'uncontested bishop', but would at least hold out the
promise of some squares for black's knights.}) 10. Qc3 b6 11. Bb2 {[%csl Re5]
Somehow the combination of black's 'light-square' strategy and the pawn on e5
leaves me suspicious. Already black's next move is forced due to the e-pawn's
vulnerability, and it is this that leads directly to white's oppotunity to
break the position open two moves later.} Ne4 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. c5 $1 {[%mdl
2048] A fine tactical possibility to open the position for the bishop pair in
classic textbook style. Black's problem - the simultaneous vulnerability of
his chunks on e4 and e5.} bxc5 14. Bb5 O-O 15. O-O $1 {[%csl Re4,Re5]} Ng5 16.
Nxg5 Qxg5 17. f4 $1 Qe7 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rac1 c6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6
22. Rxc5 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Bb7 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Be4 26. Bxe5 $16 {with
excellent winning chances in the ending.} a6 27. Kf2 Rd8 28. Bd4 h6 29. g4 Rb8
30. Re7 Bc6 31. Ra7 Ra8 32. Rc7 Be4 33. h4 Re8 34. h5 Bd5 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5
Be6 37. g6 Ra8 38. Kg3 Ba2 39. Kf4 Be6 40. Kg5 Rd8 41. Ra7 Bc4 42. h6 gxh6+ 43.
Kxh6 Rc8 44. gxf7+ Bxf7 45. Rxa6 Bd5 46. Ra5 Rc6+ 47. Kg5 Bc4 48. Ra7 Bd3 49.
Rb7 Kf8 50. Kf4 Re6 51. Rc7 Ke8 52. a4 Ra6 53. Rc3 Be2 54. Ra3 Kd7 55. a5 Re6
56. Rb3 Ba6 57. Bb6 Rf6+ 58. Ke5 Re6+ 59. Kf5 Bc4 60. Ra3 Ba6 61. Ra1 Bd3+ 62.
Kf4 Re4+ 63. Kf3 Re6 64. Bd4 Ba6 65. Rb1 Kc7 66. Kf4 Kd7 67. Rb2 Rc6 68. Rb8
Rc8 69. Rb6 Rc6 70. Rb2 Re6 71. e4 Bd3 72. e5 Ba6 73. Ke4 Rc6 74. Rh2 Bc4 75.
Bb6 Ke6 76. Kd4 Bb5 77. Bc5 Ba6 78. Rh7 Bb5 79. Re7+ Kf5 80. Kd5 Ra6 81. Bb6
Ra8 82. Rf7+ Kg6 83. Rf2 Rc8 84. e6 Rc1 85. e7 Be8 86. a6 Bf7+ 87. Kd6 Rd1+ 88.
Kc7 Rc1+ 89. Kb8 Rb1 90. Kb7 Re1 91. Bc5 Rb1+ 92. Kc6 Be8+ 93. Kc7 Rc1 94. a7
Rxc5+ 95. Kd8 Ra5 96. Kxe8 Rxa7 97. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Liang, Chong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. Nc2 Na6 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. b3 Ng4 15.
Qe2 Qg5 16. f4 Qh6 17. Rae1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h4 19. fxe5 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 dxe5 21.
a3 f6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ra2 24. bxc5 Rxd2 25. Ra1 $1 {[%csl Yc4,Yc5][%cal
Gg2f1] ...and white builds an iniative while the c5 pawn has a degree of
coverage almost undreamed of when the only minor piece is a bishop on g2.} Ke7
26. Ra7 Rb2 27. Re1 hxg3 28. hxg3 Bh3 29. Bh1 Bg4 30. Bg2 Bh3 31. Bh1 Bg4 32.
Bg2 Rb8 33. Rc1 Kd8 34. Rca1 Rc2 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Rxa8+ Ke7 37. Bf1 Rc1 38. Kf2
Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Rc3+ 40. Bd3 Rb3 41. Kd2 Bd7 42. Ra7 Kd8 43. Kc2 Rb4 44. Kc3 Ra4
45. Rxb7 Ra3+ 46. Kd2 Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Kc8 48. c6 Be8 49. c5 Ra5 50. d6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. e3 O-O 12. h3 Bf5 13. g4 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Bd3 ({Might} 14... Be4 $5 {have been considered. It seems odd to occupy this
square other than with the knight, but at least it might be harder for white
to organise and keep his bishop pair in tact. Of course the text is not easy
to resist. Black prevents castling, keeps ...Ne4 ideas, and looks well on the
way to a light-square party. Indeed, I guess the real mistake comes on the
next move.}) 15. Ng1 $1 {[%cal Yf2f3,Yg1e2,Ye2f4][%mdl 32] Great stuff! White
declares a fight back on the key light squares. He prepares f3 to cover the e4
square, while the re-routing of the knight via e2 is surprisingly rich in
prospects.} b5 $6 {A highly commital strategy. I suspect black had in mind the
full plan which he is able to carry through, but after winning material the
huge gash which he has caused in his own structure will come back to haunt him.
} (15... Ne4 $5 16. Ne2 Bc4 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 {looks about equal.}) (15...
a4 {[%cal Gc6a5] has some point too.}) 16. Ne2 Rfb8 17. f3 b4 18. Kf2 b3 19.
Nc1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Very cool. The best measure of the bishop pair here is that
it will prove more than a match for black's rook and knight. The alternative} (
19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Nf4 Rb2 21. Ke1 Bc4 {would allow black quite unnecessary
activity.}) 19... b2 20. Nxd3 bxa1=Q 21. Rxa1 a4 22. e4 h6 23. h4 Na5 24. g5 {
and I like white who has excellent minor pieces and a bundle of central
squares.} hxg5 25. hxg5 Nh5 26. exd5 Nc4 27. Bc1 a3 28. Nb4 $16 {[%cal Yb4c6]}
Re8 29. Bf1 Nb2 30. Bd2 g6 31. Bb5 Reb8 32. c4 Rb6 33. Re1 Kf8 34. Kg2 Rab8 35.
Nc6 Rxb5 36. cxb5 Rxb5 37. Bb4+ Kg7 38. Bxa3 Nc4 39. Bc1 Rxd5 40. Re7 Rb5 41.
Rxc7 Rb1 42. Ne5 Rxc1 43. Rxc4 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Rd1 45. Rc7 Rxd4 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47.
a3 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Nh5+ 49. Kh3 Rd5 50. Re7 Ra5 51. Nxg6 Rxg5 52. Kh4 Ra5 53. Re3
Nf6 54. Ne7+ Kg7 55. Nc6 Rh5+ 56. Kg3 Rc5 57. Ne5 Nd5 58. Rd3 Ra5 59. Nc6 Rc5
60. Nd8 Nc7 61. Nb7 Rc1 62. a4 Kf6 63. a5 Ke5 64. Rd7 Ne6 65. Nd8 Nf4 66. a6
Rg1+ 67. Kf2 Rg2+ 68. Kf1 Ra2 69. a7 Nd5 70. Nc6+ Ke6 71. Rd8 Nc7 72. Nd4+ Ke5
73. Nb5 Kf4 74. Rf8+ Kg3 75. Nxc7 Rxa7 76. Nb5 Ra2 77. Nd4 Rf2+ 78. Ke1 Ra2 79.
Rg8+ Kf4 80. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.02.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Echiquier Nicois"]
[BlackTeam "Cappelle la Grande"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bc1
exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. Nc3 a4 12. Be3 $1 {Elimine la meilleure pièce
des Noirs.} Re8 13. b3 {[%csl Yc8,Gg2] Entame les hostilités а l'aile-Dame. Il
suffirait de comparer les Bg2 et Bc8 pour démontrer l'avantage des Blancs.}
axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nc5 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd4
Nf6 (19... Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. Ra1 Kf8 22. Ra7 c6 23. b5 $16) 20. Ra1 b6 21.
Ra8 c5 (21... Qe7 22. Ra7 $16) 22. Qd2 cxb4 (22... Qe7 23. b5 $16) 23. Bb7 (23.
Nf5 b3 24. Bh3 Qc7 25. Nxd6 b2 26. Qxb2 Qxd6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bxc8 $16) (23.
Bh3 Qc7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxd6 $16) 23... Qc7 24. Rxc8 (24. Bxc8
$16) 24... Qxb7 $1 (24... Rxc8 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxd6) 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qxb4
Qa6 27. Nd5 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qd4 {Les Noirs commencent а avoir de bonnes chances
de nullité. Leur plan consiste а échanger les Cavaliers, puis les pions b6 et
d6 contre c4.} 29. e3 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 h5 31. h4 Kh7 32. Qb5 {Le pion b6 ne peut
être sauvé et sera donc pris ultérieurement.} ({Si} 32. Nxb6 Nf6 {Vers e4 ou
g4.} 33. Qxd6 (33. Nc8 $142) 33... Qb1+ 34. Kg2 (34. Kh2 Qf1) 34... Qe4+ 35.
Kf1 Qb1+ 36. Ke2 Qb2+ 37. Kf3 Ng4) 32... Kg8 33. Qd7 Kf8 34. Kh2 (34. Qd8 b5)
34... g6 35. Qb5 Qc2 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2 38. Qb4 Kg8 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2
Qe2 41. Kg2 Qc2 42. Qb5 Kf8 43. Nxb6 {Enfin !} Nf6 44. Nd7+ Nxd7 45. Qxd7 Qxc4
46. Qxd6+ Kg8 {Cette finale doit s'achever sur une nullité : Même Capablanca
n'est pas arrivé а la gagner !} 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd4 Qc7 49. e4 Kg8 50. Kf3 Qc1
51. e5 Qb1 52. Kg2 Qb7+ 53. Kh2 Qf3 54. Qf4 Qd5 55. Qf6 Qe4 56. Qd6 Kg7 57. Qc5
Kg8 58. Qc3 Kh7 59. Qe3 Qd5 60. Qe2 Kg8 61. f3 Kg7 62. Kg2 Kg8 63. Qe4 Qd2+ (
63... Qxe4 $4 {Quelques Grands Maîtres s'y sont laissés prendre !} 64. fxe4 Kf8
65. Kf3 Ke7 66. Ke3 Kd7 67. Kd3 Ke6 (67... Ke7 68. Kc4) 68. Kd4 Kd7 (68... Ke7
69. Kd5 Kd7 70. e6+ fxe6+ 71. Kc5 Kc7 72. e5 $18) 69. Kd5 Ke7 70. e6 f6 (70...
fxe6+ 71. Kc6 Kf6 72. Kd6 $18) 71. e5 f5 72. Kc5 Kxe6 73. Kd4 Ke7 74. Kd5 $18)
64. Kh3 Qd1 65. g4 {Un dernier piège...} hxg4+ (65... Qh1+ 66. Kg3 Qg1+ (66...
hxg4 $142) 67. Kf4 Qh2+ (67... hxg4 $142) 68. Kg5 Qd2+ 69. Qf4 Qd8+ 70. Qf6
Qd2+ 71. f4 $18 {[%cal Rg5h6]}) 66. Kxg4 (66. fxg4 Qf1+ 67. Qg2 (67. Kg3 Qg1+)
67... Qe1 $11) 66... Qg1+ 67. Kf4 Kg7 68. Qe2 Qd4+ 69. Qe4 Qf2 70. Kg4 (70. Kg4
Qg2+ 71. Kf4 Qf2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel 53rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,117,31,1,72,-44,23,-55,-69,-73,42,-13,-21,-17,31,-10,24,-57,22,-12,31,
4,78,0,40,5,54,9,22,-56,25,19,53,43,56,17,65,16,84,4,19,-19,20,28,30,-131,-35,
-32,-67,-193,-200,-173,87,87,121,106,106,112,112,141,141,123,139,130,130,106,
136,136,136,136,136,129,129,151,140,124,160,148,175,174,178,165,174,196,180,
127,157,132,174,193,192,133,131,127,127,127,136,98,66,117,117,81,76,76,74,74,
100,113,101,101,101,101,101,114,138,128,128,204,324,433] The (almost) whole
tournament in Biel was going my way. After strong scores in blitz and rapid I
was in a sole lead with 3 rounds to go. My loss to Hari and draw against young
and talented GM Vincent Keymer complicated things a lot and before the last
round everything was open again. Still, I was in the driving seat and to win
the tournament I needed "only" to win the last round. As typical must win
situation as you can imagine!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Before the round I
was going through my opponent's games and realized that his opening knowledge
was quite wide. Therefore I decided to play the Catalan which normally gives a
long game with many pieces on the board. Honestly speaking I wasn't too
satsfied with my choice, but didn't find anything which would suit better for
this game.} Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {All this was
expected and here I decided to choose a sideline which I had prepared years
before this game, but still hadn't got a chance to use it.} 8. a4 $5 {Nowadays
is much more fashionable to push the h-pawn every time you have a chance. Even
in this calm Catalan line you can find some recent examples like Dubov-Ding,
2020, very cool game. The move chosen by me is definitely less spectacular,
mainly directed against b6 plans.} a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Na3 {Not the perfect
square for the knight but it has to go somewhere...} (10. Nc3 dxc4) 10... Bd6
$1 {A very strong move order, and deep inside already here I suspected that my
choosen line was far from perfect. The point of Bd6 is that Black wants to be
flexible and keep both e5 and Ne4-f5 options open.} (10... b6 $6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Nb5 {showing the main point of the a4-a5 inclusion.}) (10... Ne4 $6 11. Be3
f5 12. Ne1 {and compared to game continuation, White didn't waste time for
Rfd1.}) 11. Rfd1 (11. Ne1 Re8 $1 12. Nd3 e5 13. cxd5 e4 $1 14. Nf4 cxd5 {
and the game Ding-Anand 2020 has shown that Black is the side who is playing
for an advantage here.}) 11... Ne4 $1 12. Be3 f5 13. Qc1 $1 (13. Ne1 {is the
obvious alternative but doesn't quite work in view of} Ndf6 14. f3 (14. Nd3 Ng4
) 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bxg3 {with strong compensation.}) 13... h6 14. Ne1 g5 (
14... Ndf6 $6 {now is less effective:} 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxg3 17. Bf4 $1 Nh5
18. Bxg3 Nxg3 19. Qd2 f4 20. Nd3 Rf5 21. Nc2 Qh4 22. e3 $1 {and there is no
mate and an extra piece gives White an edge.}) 15. f3 Nef6 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. Bf2
{Around here my preparation ended. I assesed this position as "interesting and
playable" which certainly is correct, but what I underestimated is the fact
that it is White who needs to be more precise in order not to end up under a
dangerous attack.} Qg7 18. Re1 $6 {I thought that I'm getting e4 but it turned
out way too optimistic. Without e4 it's just a waste of tempo.} ({It's
definitely not easy for White to recommend something convincing but after
spending some time with engines here I (not surpringsly) agree with Leela that
the best probably is} 18. Qc3 $1 {preparing the knight's manoeuvre} h5 19. Nc2
g4 {with a double-edged position.} (19... h4 $2 20. gxh4 gxh4 21. Kh1 {[%cal
Gd1g1]})) (18. Nc2 $2 dxc4) 18... h5 19. cxd5 $2 {I spent 30 minutes on this
move and, as often happens, played one of the worst in the position.} (19. e4
$6 dxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Qg6 {is the move I missed when
playing Re1 after which White doesn't have anything better than} 23. c5 $1 Qxe4
24. Qxg5+ Kf7 25. Qxh5+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ $11) (19. Nb1 $5 {was my first choice and
probably would be a decent one.} e5 $5 {was the move which worried me during
the game.} (19... Kh8 $5 20. Nd2 h4 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Ng4 23. e5 Be7 24. Qc3
{is another possible line which would lead to a position where it is not clear
at all what's going on and who is playing for more.}) 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. e4 $1
fxe4 22. Rxe4 exd4 23. Bxd4 N7f6 {with a complicated position but White is not
worse by any means.} 24. Re2 (24. Nc3 $5 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. Nf2 {is typical
Stockfish line where a lot of calculation is required.}) 24... h4 (24... Bf5
25. Nf2 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Nd2 $14) 25. g4 $1 {A very ugly move but it
Black cannot exploit the f4 square.} Nf4 26. Nxf4 Bxf4 27. Qc4+ Qf7 28. Nd2 $1)
19... exd5 $17 20. Nb1 {Black has now a wide choice of good moves and has a
very comfortable position. Not something I wanted in a must-win situation...}
Kh8 ({Computers at first are very optimistic about} 20... Ne4 $5 {but after}
21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Nc3 {White can still defend even
though his moves are definitely not simple.} h4 25. Rf1 $1 Be6 26. gxh4 $1 e3
27. Bxe3 d4 28. Bxg5 dxc3 29. bxc3 Bxc3 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rb1 $13) ({Another
engine suggestion is} 20... Nb8 $5 {which might look deep at first but it
makes perfect sense - opening c8 bishop and intending Na6-b4 with the idea of
exchanging the d3 knight - the only strong white piece.} 21. Nd2 Na6 22. Nb3
Nb4 23. Nbc5 h4 24. gxh4 f4 25. Ne5 g4 $13) 21. Nc3 h4 $1 ({Black's position
is so good that even after "normal"} 21... Nb6 {he is just better}) 22. gxh4
gxh4 23. Kh1 h3 $1 24. Bxh3 $5 {Of course during the game I felt that it's
very likely Black is much better here or even winning, but I didn't really
have a choice as} (24. Bf1 Rg8 {felt rather sad.}) 24... Qh7 25. Nf4 $1 {
I think this move deserves an exclamation mark for the practical value.There
are so many "good" moves for Black as it's easy to lose track. At least this
is what I was counting on, especially with time slowly running out for my
opponent.} Nh5 $4 {One of two things I thought are possible to overlook.} ({
The main idea of course was that taking the piece is not as clear as one would
think:} 25... Bxf4 $2 26. Qxf4 Qxh3 27. Bh4 $1 {and now it's actually Black
who has to find a draw with} Ng4 $1 28. Bg3 Ngf6 $11) (25... Rg8 26. Rg1 Rxg1+
27. Kxg1 {but also here White is still very much in the game.}) (25... Qh6 $1 {
was the move which I was the most concerned over the board, and rightly so.}
26. Bg3 Rg8 $1 {and things are bad for White as} 27. Rg1 $4 {takes the
important square from the king...} ({White's best chance would be to wait with
} 27. Rf1 {as after} Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxh3 29. Rg1 {thanks to the dark squares
White has some practical compensation.}) 27... Rxg3 28. hxg3 Bxf4 29. Qxf4
Qxh3#) 26. Ne6 $1 {And now is Black who has to be very careful already!} Re8 $4
(26... Ng7 $1 27. Ng5 Qh5 28. Rg1 Nf6 29. Rg2 {would lead to double-edged
position where everything would be possible.}) 27. Ng5 Qg6 28. Nf7+ $1 $18 {
The trick my opponent missed and which gives White a huge edge.} Qxf7 29. Qh6+
Qh7 30. Qxd6 Ndf6 $6 (30... Ng7 {would be more stubborn but also here Black's
position looks already lost} 31. Rg1 Re6 (31... Qxh3 $2 32. Rg6 {[%cal Gg6h6]})
32. Qg3 Nf8 33. e4) 31. Bh4 Qf7 32. Rg1 f4 33. Bxc8 {I remember spending quite
some time on this move. My position looked so winning that I was looking for
something more forcing. It wasn't there but fortunately a resulting endgame
was rather hopeless for my opponent.} Raxc8 34. Bxf6+ Qxf6 35. Qxf6+ Nxf6 36.
Rg6 Nh7 37. Rag1 $6 (37. Rg4 $1 {would be more precise. Now Black cannot
exchange rooks.} Rf8 38. Rag1 Rce8 39. R1g2 {[%cal Gc3a2,Ga2c1,Gc1d3]}) 37...
Rc7 (37... Rg8 $5 38. Rxg8+ (38. Re6 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Ng5 40. Re7 Rg8 41. Kf2 Rg7
42. Re5) 38... Rxg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Na2 Nf8 $1 {and with some Ne6 coming I
might get some doubts, even though White is still winning after} 41. b4 $1 axb4
42. Nxb4 Ne6 43. Nc2 Kf7 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. a5 Kg5 46. Kf2 Kh4 47. e3 $18) 38.
R1g4 $1 {Now it's over, I just need to bring my king to the centre and
re-route my knight which is exactly what happened in the game.} Rf7 39. Kg1 Nf8
40. Rh6+ Nh7 41. Kf2 Rg8 42. Rgh4 Rg5 43. Na2 $1 {[%cal Ga2c1,Gc1d3]} Kg8 44.
Nc1 Nf8 45. Nd3 Ng6 46. Rg4 Kg7 47. Rxg5 Kxh6 48. Rxg6+ $1 Kxg6 49. Ne5+ Kf6
50. Nxf7 Kxf7 51. e4 fxe3+ 52. Kxe3 b6 53. h4 c5 54. f4 Kg7 55. Kf3 Kg6 56. Kg4
Kg7 57. h5 Kf6 58. f5 cxd4 59. h6 {Big victory win for me as it allowed me to
win Biel for the first time!} 1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4
8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 Bf5 10. e3 $5 {N/} Ng3 11. Qb3 Nxf1 (11... Nxh1 12. cxd5 Ne7
13. e4 Bg4 14. e6 O-O 15. exf7+ (15. Ne5 $2 Bh5) 15... Rxf7 16. Ne5 $44) 12.
Rxf1 dxc4 13. Qxb7 Be4 14. Nd4 Rb8 15. Qxc6+ $5 (15. Nxc6 Qxd2+ $1 (15... Rxb7
$6 16. Nxd8 Rxb2 17. e6 $1 Kxd8 18. exf7 Bd3 19. Bb4 $1 $18) 16. Kxd2 Rxb7 17.
Nb4 c5 18. f3 Bg6 19. Nc2 Bd3 20. Rfb1 Ke7 21. b4 Rhb8 $13) 15... Bxc6 16. Nxc6
Qd5 (16... Qc8 17. Nxb8 Qxb8 18. O-O-O O-O 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1
Qe7 $14) 17. Nxb8 O-O 18. Na6 Qb5 19. O-O-O (19. Nb4 a5 20. O-O-O Rb8 $1 {/\c5/
}) 19... Qxa6 20. Bc3 Qh6 21. h3 Qg5 22. Rg1 h6 (22... h5 $6 23. g4 $1) 23. Rd4
Rd8 (23... Rd8 24. f4 Qh4 25. g3 Qe7 26. Rxc4 Qe6 27. Rxc7 Qxh3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {
Black has been solid in this line, which resembles the Closed Catalan, only
with the white bishop misplaced on d2.} 8. Na3 $5 {Aronian always seeks a new
path. The development of the knight to the edge of the board takes care of the
c4-pawn and allows White to get his major pieces out.} c6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Be3 f5
{Sergey took a bit of time here. Normally he's not a big fan of the Stonewall
formation.} ({Levon already had an occasion in this line to showcase his
positional skills:} 10... Bxa3 11. bxa3 Nd6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Rxc4 $1 dxc4 14. Qc2
{Aronian-Giri, Tata Steel 2017.}) (10... b6 {is supposed to be met with} 11.
cxd5 cxd5 {but White didn't get so much out the c-file in Gozzoli-Meier, 2017:}
12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Ne1 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qe7) 11. Rc2 a5 {Sergey wanted
to stop White's expansion on the queenside.} ({Alternatively he could have
invited it:} 11... Bf6 12. b4 Qe7 13. c5 {counting on the counterplay with} b6
$1) 12. Qc1 Bf6 13. Rd1 g5 14. Nb1 (14. Ne5 $5 {is what White always wants to
do in the Stonewall. It's not really a pawn sacrifice here, as} Nxe5 (14... Qe7
$5) 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. f3 {gets it back. The position after} Nd6 (16... f4 {
is very risky:} 17. fxe4 fxe3 18. cxd5) 17. Bxg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. e3 {
is slightly better for White, who will try to get a hold of dark squares, such
as in} Bd7 20. c5 Nf7 21. f4 e5 22. Nc4) 14... Rf7 15. Nc3 Rg7 16. Ne1 {
Aronian continues to manoeuvre.} ({A standard method in such positions is} 16.
Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 {I think Levon was concerned with the future of his knight
after} ({or} 17. Ne1 {with the same idea, although in that case Black can try
the surprising} b5 $5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. f3 Bb7) 17... Rf7 (17... a4 $5) 18. f3
exf3 19. exf3 a4 {but then White can try the direct} 20. f4 $5 gxf4 21. gxf4)
16... Nd6 17. b3 ({Anotrher surprising line that didn't see the light of the
day was} 17. c5 Nc4 (17... Nf7 $11 {may have been the reason Aronian didn't
want to close the position.}) 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. f4 Be7 20. b3 b5 21. bxc4 bxc4
$13) 17... dxc4 18. Na4 ({After} 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe3 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.
Qxe3 {White has enough compensation, but Black counters with} e5 {before White
can clamp down on that square.}) 18... cxb3 19. axb3 Nb5 20. Nd3 $5 {One
cannot accuse Levon Aronian of not trying. The second pawn is offered.} Qe8 {
Sergey thought better of that.} ({Both} 20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rcd2 Qe7)
({and to a lesser extent} 20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rb2 Qe7 23. e3 Nb5 24.
Rbd2 {were playable.}) 21. Ne5 f4 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxe5 25.
Rd1 Qg6 26. Bg3 h5 {At first sight White's situation looks critical, but both
players realised that the threat of h5-h4 was only good to win a piece, not to
checkmate the white king.} 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Rcd2 Nf7 ({Here is a line to
illustrate the point.} 28... h4 29. Rd8+ Bxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Nxc8 hxg3 32.
hxg3 Qf6 33. Be4+ Ng6 34. Qd2 {White is only down the exchange with a solidly
protected king, which cannot be said about its black counterpart.}) 29. Qc5 $5
{Aronian insists on "losing" a piece.} ({He could have played} 29. Qc2 {
to take care of the problem on the g-file.} Qxc2 30. Rxc2 e5 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32.
h4 {White has compensation, but hardly more.}) 29... e5 {Agaijn, Karjakin says
thanks, but no thanks.} (29... h4 30. Nc4 hxg3 31. hxg3 b6 {otherwise it's
hard to save the Rb8 from the attack by the white queen.} 32. Qxc6 Ba6 33. Qxe6
Kh8 34. Rd7 Bxc4 35. Qxc4 {is objecively about equal, but it's harder to play
for Black, particularly when low on time.}) 30. Qc4 Kh8 31. h4 $6 {After the
game Levon expressed his regret at letting the formerly bad Bc8 live.} ({
Indeed,} 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. h4 {was a better choice.}) 31... Bf5 32. Nd7 Rbg8
33. Kh1 {With this move Aronian offered a draw. By his own admission, Levon
"cheated" a bit, as no such offers should remain part of chess competition.} (
33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Qc3 Rg4 {already slightly favours Black, who aims to have a
go at the white king, e.g} 35. Qxa5 $2 Rxh4 $1 36. Bxh4 Qxh4 $19) ({In the
game continuation} 33. Kh1 $2 {Black had a large, if not outright decisive
advantage. Karjakin said he didn't see} Be7 $1 {saving the bishop and
preparing the shot on h4.} 34. e3 (34. e4 Bxd7 35. Rxd7 Bxh4 {as the 4th rank
is now blocked.}) 34... e4 $1 35. Rg1 Bd6 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Zagrebelny,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 a5 12. Ne1 c6 13. Nd3 Na6 (13... cxd5 $32
14. cxd5 Na6) 14. a3 (14. f4 $5 Nb4 (14... cxd5 15. exd5 $1 $14) 15. fxe5 dxe5
16. c5 Nxd3 17. d6 Qd8 18. Qxd3 b6 $1 $13) 14... cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Rfc1 (
16. b4 $5 axb4 17. axb4 Rac8 18. Rfb1 Ne8 $5 19. b5 Nc5 20. Ra2 Rb8 {/\f5<=>/})
16... a4 $10 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Nd1 Qd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Qb6+ (20... Nc5 $32
21. Nxc5 dxc5) 21. Qf2 Qb3 $6 (21... Rxc1 $2 22. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 23. Bf1 Bh3 24.
Qd8+ $18) (21... Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 $14) (21... Nc5 $1 $10) 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nc3
Nd7 $8 24. Nc1 $1 (24. Bf1 Ndc5 25. Nc1 Qb6 $10) 24... Qc4 25. Bf1 Qc7 26. Qa7
Ndb8 $8 (26... Ndc5 27. Nd3 Bd7 $2 (27... Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Nc5 (28... Qc5+ 29.
Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Bb5 $18)) 28. Qa8+ Qc8 29. Qxc8+ Bxc8 30. Nb5 $16) 27. Bb5 $2 (
27. Nd3 Bd7 28. Nb4 Nxb4 29. axb4 $16) 27... Bd7 28. Nd3 (28. Bf1 $5) 28... g6
(28... Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Qc2 30. Qxb7 $18) 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Qe3 Qc4
32. Ke1 h6 $6 (32... Nc7 $1 33. Kd2 Nb5 34. Nxb5 Bxb5 $17) 33. Kd2 Qb3 34. Kc1
Nc7 35. Qa7 $1 g5 36. h4 Bb5 37. Nf2 Ba6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qe3 f6 40. Nfd1 $2 (
40. f4 Nb5 41. fxg5 Nd4 42. gxf6+ Kg6 43. Qd2 Qc4 44. Qd1 $1 Kxf6 $13) 40...
Nb5 41. Nxb5 Qxb5 42. f4 (42. g4 Qe2 43. Qxe2 Bxe2 44. Kd2 Bxf3 45. Nf2 $10)
42... Qc4+ 43. Kd2 (43. Nc3 exf4 44. gxf4 Qf1+ 45. Kd2 gxf4 $19) 43... exf4 44.
gxf4 gxf4 45. Qf3 (45. Qxf4 Qe2+ 46. Kc1 Bd3 $19) 45... Qd4+ 46. Kc1 Qg1 $1 47.
Kd2 (47. Qxf4 Be2 48. Qd2 Bxd1 49. Qxd1 Qe3+ 50. Qd2 Qxe4 $19) 47... Qh2+ 48.
Qf2 Qh6 49. Qf3 Qh4 50. Nf2 Qg3 51. Qg4+ Qxg4 52. Nxg4 Kg6 53. Nf2 Kg5 54. e5
fxe5 55. Ne4+ Kg4 56. Nxd6 Kf3 57. Nf7 Ke4 $1 58. d6 Bb5 59. Ke1 Kd5 60. Kf2
Bc6 0-1

[Event "Dresden ZMD op 23rd"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2014.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Sagar, Shah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 {This continuation has become trendy lately. However, Black has a
reliable defence:} g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. hxg6 ({Another continuation
is} 12. cxd5 Nxd3+ (12... exd5 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. N2f3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 {
with mutual chances, P. Smirnov - Landa, Loo 2013}) 13. Qxd3 Qxd5 14. Ne4 Nd7 {
(this is stronger than} (14... Nc6 15. Bh6 {Giri - Najditsch, Wijk aan Zee 2014
}) 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bg5 b6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. exf6 Rc7 (19... Rd7
20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Kd2 Qd6 22. g3 e5 $2 (22... Qf8 $1 {(the only defence)} 23.
Rxh7 Rxh7 (23... Qxf6 24. Rh6 Rg7 25. Rah1 Bb7 26. Qc4 Bxf3 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28.
Qc7+ Qe7 29. Qf4+ {a draw}) 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Qg8 26. f7 Qxg6 27. f8=Q+ Qg8
28. Qf6+ Qg7 {with a draw by repetition}) 23. Rxh7 $1 Qxf6 (23... Rxh7 24.
Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Ng5 Rc7 26. Rh1 $18) 24. Rh6 Rg7 25. Rah1 Kf8 (25... Bb7 26. Rh8+
Kf7 27. Qc4+ Ke7 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Qc7+ Ke6 30. Qc8+ $18) 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. Qxe5
Qxe5 28. Nxe5 $18 {E. Can - Kazhgaleev (Cocaeli 2014)}) 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Kd2
Qd6 22. g3 e5 23. Rxh7 Bf5 {(this is the difference between 19...Rc7 and 19...
Rd7)} 24. Qb3+ Be6 25. Qd3 Bf5 {with a draw (Leitao)}) 12... Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3
fxg6 14. Qxd4 (14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qh3 Rf7 $15 {Shulman - Kaidanov,
USA 2012}) 14... Nc6 15. Qe3 a5 (15... Rf7 16. b3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bb2 Bd7
19. O-O g5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Rfe1 g4 (21... Be6 {would be better}) 22. e6 Bxe6
23. Rxe6 gxf3 24. Nxf3 {with an edge for White, Ionov - Mishuchkov, St
Petersburg 2012.}) (15... Qb6 {is strong:} 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. b3 g5 18. Bb2 Bd7
{and Black is better.}) 16. b3 b6 17. Bb2 Bc5 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Rh4 $6 {White
still dreams about attacking (Ke2, Rah1) but it is an illusion.} (19. Ng5 $5 {
would be better. This would lead only to equality, but it does require certain
precision from Black:} Bxf2+ (19... Ra7 20. Ndf3) 20. Ke2 Ra7 (20... Nd4+ 21.
Kd3 dxc4+ 22. Nxc4 Ra7 (22... Rd8 23. Qxh7+ Qxh7 24. Nxh7 Kg7 (24... Nxb3+ 25.
Nd6 $16 Nxa1 {??} 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Rh7+ Kf8 29. Rf7#) 25. Nf6 g5
26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rh7+ Kg6 28. Rah1 {with the initiative}) 23. Nxh7 (23. Bxd4
Rd8 24. Nd6 Bxd4 25. Kxd4 Rxd6+ 26. exd6 Qxd6+ 27. Ke3 Qc5+ 28. Kf3 Qc3+ 29.
Kf2 Qb2+ 30. Kg3 Qe5+ 31. Kh3 Qe3+ 32. Kh4 Qd4+ {with perpetual check}) 23...
Qxh7 24. Qxh7+ Rxh7 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Bxd4 Rd8 27. Nd6 Ba6+ 28. Kc3 Bxd4+ 29.
Kxd4 {with a clear edge in the endgame}) 21. Raf1 (21. Nxh7 Qxh7 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8
23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Kxf2 Rh5 $11) 21... Rf5 $1 (21... Bg3 $2 22. Nxh7 Rxf1 23.
Rxf1 $18) (21... Bc5 $2 22. Rf6 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Rxg7 24. cxd5 Nd4+ (24... Nd8 25.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. d6 $18) 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Ndf3 Bb2 28. Nxh7+ Kf7
29. d6 $18) 22. Nxh7 Qxh7 23. Qxh7+ Rxh7 24. Rxh7 Kxh7 25. Rxf2 $11) 19... Ra7
20. Kf1 (20. Rf4 Qd8 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Qh3 Bc5 {with an edge for Black.})
20... Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Rxg7 22. Re1 $4 {A silly blunder. At that moment I had
forgotten about the g5-g4 possibility. Although, anyway Black is clearly
better.} (22. Rh6 Rd7 23. Kg1 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Bb7 {with a stable edge due to the
pair of bishops.}) 22... g5 {Black wins a piece by force.} 23. Rg4 h5 24. Rg3
g4 25. cxd5 gxf3 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nxf3 (27. dxc6 fxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxf2+) 27...
exd5 28. e6+ Kg6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Ne5+ Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Rf5 33. Re3
Bc5 34. e7 Bd7 0-1

