[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. g4 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nac4
15. h4 a5 16. h5 a4 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Nxg7 Rxf3 21.
Nf5 Bxb3 22. axb3 gxf5 23. bxc4 Nxc4 $4 ({A big mistake. After} 23... f4 {
Black retained good winning chances.}) 24. gxf5 Qb5 25. Qc3 (25. Rdg1+ {
was a winning continuation:} Kf8 (25... Kh8 26. Bd4+) 26. Qc3 Qe5 27. Qxe5 Nxe5
28. Rxh7) 25... Rxe3 $4 ({The decisive mistake. Essential was} 25... Qe5 26.
Rdg1+ Kh8 {, although White retains advantage after} 27. Bd4 {or 27.Qe5+}) 26.
Rdg1+ Kf7 (26... Kf8 {fails to} 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rxh7#) 27. Rxh7+ Ke8 28. Rg8+
Kd7 {[%tqu "En","How can White finish his attack?","Expose the enemy king!",
"Sacrifice your rook!","h7e7","After this impressive move mate is inevitable.",
4]} 29. Rxe7+ {[%csl Gc3,Rc8,Rd7,Ge7,Gg8][%cal Gc3g7] Now the black king is
doomed.} Kc6 (29... Kxe7 {The rook is invulnerable:} 30. Qg7#) 30. Rxc8+ Kb6
31. Qd4+ Ka5 32. Ra8+ (32. Ra8+ {, and Black resigned in view of} Kb4 33. c3+
Kb3 34. Qd1#) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Bb3 (10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qe2 (12. Qd3 Bd7 13. h4
Rc8 14. h5 Nbc4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Qa5 18. Bxe7 Ne5 19. Qc2
Rxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Kb2 {Wedberg - Sosonko, Haninge 1988 - Inf.45/254}) 12...
Nxb3+ 13. axb3 a5 14. Ndb5 Bd7 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. bxa4 $14 {Sznapik - Georgiev,
Kir, Haifa 1989}) 10... Nb6 11. h4 Na5 12. Qd3 Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. Nde2 (14.
Ndb5 Be6 15. O-O-O Qc8 16. exd5 Rd8 17. d6 $14 {- ECO}) 14... Be6 (14... dxe4
$4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxb6 $18) 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. h5
Qe5 $10 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. Nde2 Rfd8 22. Bf4 Bxf4+ 23. Nxf4 Bc6
24. Rde1 e6 25. Nd3 a5 26. Ne5 a4 27. bxa4 Nxa4 28. Nxa4 Rxa4 $2 (28... Bxa4
29. Rh4 Be8 $10) 29. Rh8+ $1 $16 Kxh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg7 31. Nxd8 Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Rxe1
33. Kxe1 Bd5 34. c4 (34. b3 b5 $10) 34... Bxc4 35. Nxb7 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Ke3
Kd5 38. Nd8 (38. Kf4 $5) 38... e5 39. Nf7 Bb3 40. Ng5 Kd6 41. Ne4+ Kc6 42. Kd3
Kd5 43. Nd2 Ba4 44. b3 Bb5+ 45. Ke3 Bd7 46. Kd3 Bb5+ 47. Nc4 Ba6 48. Kc3 Bb5
49. Ne3+ Kc5 50. Nc4 Kd5 51. Kd3 Ba6 52. Ke3 Bb5 53. Nd2 Bd7 54. Ne4 Bc6 55.
Ng5 Bb5 56. Nh7 Ke6 57. Ng5+ Kd5 58. Ne4 Bc6 59. Nf2 Bb5 60. Nd3 Ke6 61. Nc1
Bc6 62. Nd3 Bb5 63. Ne1 Bc6 64. Nc2 Bb5 65. Na3 Bc6 66. Nc4 Bb5 67. Kd2 Kd5 68.
Kc3 Ba6 69. Ne3+ Kc5 70. b4+ Kd6 71. Kd2 Bb5 72. Nd1 Bf1 73. g3 Bc4 74. Nc3 Kc6
75. Ke3 Kd6 76. Kf2 Bd3 77. Kg2 Bf5 78. Kh2 Bc8 79. Kg1 Bf5 80. Kg2 Bc8 81. Kf2
Bb7 82. Ke2 Bc6 83. Ke3 Bb7 84. Kf2 Kc7 85. Kg2 Kb6 86. Kf2 Kc7 87. Ke2 Kd7 88.
Ke3 Kd6 89. g4 Kc7 90. Kf2 Kd6 91. Kg3 Kc7 92. Kg2 Kd6 93. Kf2 Kc7 94. Ke2 Kd7
95. Ke3 Kc7 96. Ne4 Bc6 97. Kd3 Bb5+ 98. Kd2 Bc6 99. Ke3 Bb7 100. Ng5 Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3
Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. h4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qd3 Nxb3 13.
axb3 d5 14. Ndb5 $6 (14. Nde2 Be6 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 (16... Qc8 $2 17.
Nd4 Bd7 18. h5 $16 {Dubinin,P-Tolusch,A corr-4 WCH 1962}) 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. h5
Qe5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. Nde2 $10 {Ljubojevic,L-Georgiev,Ki Manila
izt 1990}) 14... a6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nbc3 b5 $44 18. O-O-O e6 19.
Nb4 Qa5 20. Nca2 Bb7 21. Qd7 Rab8 22. Kb1 Rfd8 23. Qe7 Qb6 24. h5 (24. Nd3 {
Kortschnoj followed by Nac1 looks more reasonable.}) 24... gxh5 25. Qg5 h6 26.
Qxh5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Nd3 $6 (28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nd3 $14) 28... a5 29.
Re1 $4 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Qf2 {Boensch} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. h4 (10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qd3 $14) 10... Nb6 11. Bb3
Na5 12. h5 Nbc4 13. Qf2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bd7 16. O-O-O a5 $6 17.
hxg6 hxg6 18. Rh2 Re8 19. g4 e6 20. Rdh1 Qb6 21. Nce2 a4 (21... e5 22. Nf5
Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 $16) 22. Rh7 $1 axb3 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxe6+ Bxe6 25. Qxb6 Ra1+
26. Kd2 Rxh1 27. cxb3 $16 Rh2 $2 $18 (27... Rb1) 28. Qxd6 Rg2 29. Ke3 Kg8 30.
Qb6 Rh2 31. Qxb7 Rh1 32. Nd4 Re1+ 33. Kf4 Rb1 34. Qb5 Kf8 35. Kg5 Rxb2 36. Qe5
Rb1 37. Kf6 Rh1 38. Qc5+ Kg8 39. Qb5 Kf8 40. Qb4+ Kg8 41. Qb5 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bxe6 $6 {Definitely not a good move.} ({
The critical line is} 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhe1 Bxb3 15.
cxb3 b4 16. Bxf6 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 {followed by an endgame that is
easier for White.}) 11... fxe6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. h4 Nh5 $5 ({There is nothing
wrong with} 13... Rac8 {either.}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e5 {White forces a drawish
endgame but otherwise Black's position is just easier to play.} Qxe5 (15... d5
$5 16. Qg5 Rae8 {also makes sense.}) 16. Rde1 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Ng5 Qxd2+ 19.
Kxd2 Nf4 20. g3 h6 21. Nxe6+ (21. gxf4 hxg5 22. Rxe6 Kf7 23. Rhe1 gxh4 $11)
21... Nxe6 22. Rxe6 Kf7 $6 (22... Rxf3 23. Rxe7+ Rf7 24. Rhe1 {should be a
draw but I was not sure how easy it was.}) (22... Rae8 23. Rhe1 Rxf3 24. Rxe7+
Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Rf7 {is definitely the clean way to make a draw.}) 23. Rhe1 Rfe8
24. g4 ({After} 24. h5 $1 gxh5 25. R1e4 $1 {which I missed, White has some
chances:} (25. Rxh6 Rh8 $11) 25... Rac8 26. Rxh6 Rc5 (26... Rh8 27. Rf4+ Kg7
28. Re6 $14) 27. f4 $14) 24... h5 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. f4 Rac8 27. f5 b5 {The
start of a passive plan which was not a good idea, although the position is
definitely a draw.} (27... Rc4 {is an immediate draw:} 28. f6 Rxh4 29. Rxe7+ (
29. fxe7 Rh2+ $11) 29... Rxe7 30. Rxe7+ Kxf6 31. Rxb7 Rh2+ $11) 28. R1e4 a5 29.
a3 Rb8 (29... a4 $5 30. Kd3 Rg8 31. Rxe7+ Kf6 $11) 30. c3 Rbc8 31. Kd3 Rb8 32.
b3 Rbc8 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Rc6 $1 {The right moment to counter-attack. My
extra hour on the clock all disappeared on this move!} (34... Rb8 35. f6 exf6
36. Rxd6 {is not easy for Black.}) 35. f6 Rec8 36. fxe7 Rxc3+ 37. Kd2 Rc2+ (
37... Ke8 38. Rxd6 Rh3 $11) 38. Ke3 d5 $4 {Trying to show off in time trouble
although I had seen the forced draw until the end!} (38... Re8 {and now the
only try for White is} 39. Rh6 {but after} d5 40. Re5 Rc4 41. Rhxh5 Rxb4 42.
Rhf5+ Kg7 43. h5 Re4+ {Black makes a draw.}) (38... R2c3+ $2 39. Kf4 $16) 39.
R4e5 d4+ 40. Ke4 $1 {I had completely missed that move, and now my position is
completely lost.} Re8 41. Kd5 $1 d3 42. Rf5+ Kg7 43. Rg5+ Kf7 44. Rf5+ Kg7 45.
Kd6 d2 46. Rg5+ Kf7 47. Rf5+ Kg7 48. Rd5 Kf7 49. Ree5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 37th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Nd5 {The peaceful move can not
really aspire to promise an advantage. White is not ahead in development so
exchanging pieces in the centre only equalises. Players with higher ambitions
will have to study lines like 12.h4 or 12.0-0.} Nxd5 13. exd5 ({Exchanging the
bishops on g7 does not bring any special benefit. Black should be able to
solve his only problem of the backward e7-pawn.} 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. exd5 (14.
Bxd5 Rc8 $11) 14... a5 (14... Qb6 15. O-O-O (15. Qf2 Qc5 16. O-O a5 17. a4 Rfc8
18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Rfe1 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adolaja,A-Sammalvuo,T/Moscow 1994 (57)}
) (15. h4 h6) 15... a5 (15... b4 $5 16. h4 h6 17. Rhe1 $14) 16. a3 Rfc8 17. g4
Ra7 18. h4 f6 19. Rde1 Be8 $13 {0-1 Aarthie,R-Radziewicz,I/Athens 2001 (44)})
15. a3 e5 $5 (15... Rc8 $6 16. O-O-O b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Kg8 $14) 16.
dxe6 Bxe6 17. O-O-O Bxb3 18. cxb3 Re8 19. h4 (19. Qxd6 $6 Qg5+ (19... Rc8+ 20.
Kb1 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Re2 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Rxg2 $11) 20. Qd2 Rac8+ 21. Kb1
Qf5+ 22. Ka2 Rc2 $132) 19... Qf6 20. Kb1 b4 21. a4 h5 22. Qxd6 (22. g4 $2 Qxf3
23. gxh5 Qxh5 $17) 22... Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Re2 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B (2633)
-Chatalbashev,B (2543)/Antalya 2004 (30)}) ({Completely toothless must be
recapturing on d5 with the bishop as Black is not struggling with any problem.
} 13. Bxd5 Bxd4 (13... Rc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. c3 (15. O-O-O Qb6 16. h4 h6 17. h5
g5 18. f4 f6 19. fxg5 fxg5 20. Rdf1 b4 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bb3 Qd4 23. Qe2 Rf6 24.
Rxf6 exf6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2737)-Topalov,V (2735)/Bastia 2003 (35)})
15... Qb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Ba2 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rd1 Rc4 $15 {
0-1 Dimitrievski,D (2266)-Stanojoski,Z (2458)/Struga 2005 (51)}) 14. Qxd4 (14.
Bxa8 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bf6 16. Bd5 Qb6 $17) 14... Rc8 15. c3 a5 16. a3 Qc7 17. h4
Qc5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rd1 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J (2536)
-Magerramov,E (2563)/Montpellier 1999 (24)}) 13... Bxd4 {Centralised, the
white queen is not especially threatening and Black is breathing more easily
without his king exposed on g7.} (13... a5 14. a3 Qc7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O
Qc5+ 17. Kh1 b4 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Re3 e5 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Rae1 Bd7
23. Re7 Be6 24. R1xe6 {1-0 Olafsson,H (2473)-Jonasson,B (2290)/Reykjavik 2001})
14. Qxd4 a5 15. a3 Qc7 16. O-O-O {Naiditsch must be careful not to end up at a
serious disadvantage.} (16. c3 b4 17. cxb4 axb4 18. a4 Ra5 19. Kd2 e5 20. dxe6
Bxe6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rhc1 Qe7 23. Ke1 Qg5 24. Rc2 Rd5 25. Qxb4 {1-0 Thesing,
M (2410)-Meister,Y (2450)/Pardubice 1995 (46)} Rxf3 $1 26. Re2 Rf4 $19) (16.
O-O a4 17. Ba2 Qxc2 18. Rac1 Qf5 19. Rc7 Rfd8 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Qxf6 exf6 22. Re7
Be8 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. Ke3 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rb8 $15 {0-1 Dobrowolski,A (2222)-Bator,
R (2403)/Barlinek 2001 (52)}) 16... Rfc8 17. Rd2 Bf5 (17... Qc5 18. Re1 Qxd4
19. Rxd4 Kf8 20. Kd2 Rc5 21. c3 a4 22. Ba2 Re8 23. Re3 Kg7 24. Rde4 Kf6 25.
Rf4+ Kg7 26. Rfe4 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,A (2284)-Grigore,G (2542)/Baia Sprie 2009})
18. Qf2 {This retreat of the the mighty queen from the central square
represents the first independent move. At the same time it should be a dubious
sign concerning the health of White's position.} (18. a4 Rab8 19. g4 bxa4 20.
Qxa4 Rb4 21. Qa3 Rcb8 22. Ba4 Bd7 (22... Qc4 $1 23. b3 Bd7 24. Qa2 Qc5 25. Rd3
Bxa4 26. bxa4 Qb6 $19) 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Kb1 Rxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qb5+
27. Kc1 Qa4 {0-1 Martin del Campo,R (2455)-Leon Hoyos,M (2437)/Merida 2006 (36)
}) 18... a4 19. Ba2 b4 $5 20. g4 $8 {The first player is already in serious
trouble and has to fight against the mighty Bf5.} (20. Kd1 b3 21. Bb1 Ra5 22.
Re1 bxc2+ 23. Bxc2 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxc2+ 25. Kd2 Qb7 $19) (20. axb4 $2 a3 $1 $19)
20... b3 $6 {A pity for Jakovenko, that he did not find the peace of mind to
play the quiet retreat.} (20... Bd7 $1 21. axb4 a3 22. Qe3 (22. Qd4 axb2+ 23.
Kxb2 Qb7 24. Bb3 Qa6 25. c3 Qa3+ 26. Kc2 Rab8 $19) 22... axb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qb7 24.
c3 Qa6 25. Kb1 Qb5 (25... Bb5 26. Rc1 Bc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rb2 $11) 26. Bb3
Ra3 27. Kb2 Qa6 $15) 21. Bxb3 Bxg4 (21... axb3 22. gxf5 bxc2 23. fxg6 hxg6 24.
Rxc2 Qb7 25. Qd4 Qb3 $15) 22. fxg4 (22. Bxa4 Rxa4 23. fxg4 Rxg4 24. Re1 $11)
22... axb3 23. c3 {Black has lost all of his promising initiative, the
position is only equal.} Ra4 (23... Qd7 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. Rd4 Ra5 $11) 24. Rf1 f6
(24... Rxg4 $2 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Re2 $18) 25. Qe3 Qd7 26. h3 Rf8 $6 {How to
play such an unsual position with only major pieces on the board? Black is
conserned about White's potential to open up the kingside with a pawn advance.}
(26... Rc7 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qb5 $11) 27. Re2 Ra7 28. Rf4 Rb7 (28... Rb8
29. h4 Rb5 30. c4 Rb8 31. h5 g5 32. Re4 $14) 29. Re4 Rf7 30. Re6 $6 (30. Rd4
Qc8 31. Rf2 $14) 30... Qb5 $1 {The worst is over and Black should be able to
keep the balance.} 31. Qd4 f5 32. Kd2 (32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. a4 (33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34.
Rxe7 Qf1+ 35. Qd1 Qxh3 $15) 33... Qa6 34. Re1 $11) 32... Rc7 33. a4 Qa5 34. Ke1
Qa6 35. gxf5 Rxf5 {Jakovenko can hope for sufficient counterplay along the
open f-file.} 36. R6e4 (36. Rxe7 $4 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Rf2+ $19) 36...
Qb7 37. Qb4 (37. c4 Qb4+ 38. Qc3 Qxc3+ 39. bxc3 Rf8 $15) 37... Qa7 38. R2e3 (
38. Qxb3 Rb7 39. Rb4 Rxb4 40. cxb4 (40. Qxb4 $2 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Rxd5+ $19) 40...
Qd4 $11) 38... Kf7 $6 {[%mdl 256] Th defender is losing part of the control in
the position and his chances are slowly getting worse.} (38... Rb7 $1 39. Qd4
Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Ra7 $11) 39. Qxb3 Rb7 40. Qa2 Qa6 41. c4 $1 (41. a5 e6 $1 42.
dxe6+ (42. Rxe6 Qf1+ 43. Kd2 Rxb2+ 44. Qxb2 Rxd5+ $19) 42... Ke7 43. Re2 Rxa5
44. Qc4 Qxc4 45. Rxc4 Re5 $11) 41... Qa5+ 42. Ke2 Qa6 43. Kd1 {Naiditsch would
love to get his vulnerable king into real safety. Since this is just a pipe
dream he is doing his best to find the best square for it.} (43. b3 Rxd5 $11)
43... Rf1+ $2 (43... Rf2 44. Re2 Qb6 45. Kc2 $14) 44. Kc2 Rh1 (44... Ra7 45.
Qa3 Rf2+ 46. Kc3 $16) 45. a5 Rh2+ 46. Re2 (46. Kc1 Rhxb2 47. Qxb2 Rxb2 48. Kxb2
Qxa5 49. Rxe7+ $11) 46... Rxh3 47. b4 $2 {The celebrated Nimzowitsch maxim:
The threat is stronger than its execution is still very valid. White could
have reaped the fruits of his careful play with the queen move to the corner
preparing the advance of the b-pawn.} (47. Qa1 $1 Rh5 (47... Rhb3 48. Rxe7+
Rxe7 49. Rxe7+ Kxe7 50. Kxb3 $18) 48. b4 Rc7 49. Kb3 Qc8 50. b5 $18) 47... Rxb4
48. Rxe7+ Kg8 (48... Kf8 49. Re8+) 49. Rc7 {White must have agonized when
calculating the long tempting line with attack against the black king - it
simply doesn't seem to win.} (49. Re8+ Kg7 (49... Kf7 50. R2e7+ Kf6 51. Qa1+
Kg5 52. Qc1+ (52. Qg1+ Kh6 53. Qc1+ g5 54. Re6+ Kh5 55. Qd1+ g4 56. Re5+ dxe5
57. Rxe5+ Kh4) 52... Kg4 53. Qg1+ Rg3 54. Re4+ $18) 50. Qa1+ Kh6 51. Qc1+ g5
52. R2e6+ Kh5 53. Qd1+ g4 54. Re5+ dxe5 55. Rxe5+ Kh4 56. Qe1+ Rg3 57. Qxb4
Qg6+ 58. Kc1 Qd3 $11) 49... Kf8 (49... Qa8 50. Qa1 Qf8 51. Rg7+ $1 $18) 50. Rc6
$2 (50. Kc1 Rh1+ 51. Kd2 Rbb1 52. Qa4 Qa8 $11) 50... Qa8 $2 {The comedy of
mutual serious errors hasp prepared the stage for realization of White's older
idea.} (50... Qb7 51. Rf2+ (51. Qa1 Rxc4+ 52. Rxc4 Qb3+ 53. Kd2 Qd3+ 54. Kc1
Qxc4+ $19) (51. a6 Qf7 $17) 51... Kg8 52. a6 Qe7 $17) 51. Qa1 $1 Kg8 52. Qf6 {
Definitely not a mistake as it wins convincingly, but a pity not to have found
a perfect win with the sacrifice of the rook on g7.} (52. Rc7 $1 Qf8 53. Rg7+
$1 Qxg7 54. Re8+ Kf7 (54... Qf8 55. Rxf8+ Kxf8 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kg7 58.
Qxh3 $18) 55. Re7+ Kxe7 56. Qxg7+ Kd8 57. Qf6+ Kc7 58. Qe7+ Kc8 59. Qe6+ $18)
52... Rbb3 53. Re7 $2 {Sometimes we all slip one step from destiny, Naiditsch
should have taken the pawn on d6.} (53. Rxd6 $1 Rhc3+ 54. Kd2 Rd3+ 55. Kc1
Rdc3+ 56. Rc2 $18) 53... Rbc3+ 54. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 55. Kxc3 Qxa5+ 56. Kb3 Qd8 57.
Rb7 (57. Rec7 Qf6 58. Rd7 Qf8 59. Rcxd6 Qf1 60. Rc7 Qb1+ 61. Ka4 $16) 57... Qf8
58. Rcc7 g5 59. c5 $1 {White is doing his best to win for the umpteenth time
in this game, his rooks along the 7th rank are a terrible force.} g4 (59...
dxc5 60. d6 Qf3+ 61. Ka4 Qd1+ 62. Kb5 Qd3+ 63. Kb6 Qxd6+ 64. Ka7 Qf8 65. Rb8
$18) 60. cxd6 Qf3+ 61. Kb4 $2 {We are happy to be human and as a consequence
to err as people, but sometimes it is just very painful. The computer sees
very quickly, that White could still have won with a perfect dance by his king.
} (61. Kb2 $1 Qf2+ 62. Ka3 Qf3+ 63. Rb3 Qf8 64. Ka2 Qa8+ 65. Kb2 Qd8 66. Rbc3
Qxd6 67. Rc8+ Kf7 68. R3c7+ Kf6 69. Rc6 $18) 61... Qe4+ 62. Kc5 Qc2+ 63. Kb6
Qb3+ 64. Ka7 Qa3+ 65. Kb8 Qxd6 {Black has achieved the near impossible feat
and drawn the game that was nearly resignable at some moments.} 66. Ka8 Qa3+
67. Kb8 Qd6 68. Ka8 Qa3+ 69. Ra7 Qf8+ 70. Kb7 (70. Kb7 Qb4+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dzindzichashvili} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {
A repeat of the Dragon came as a bit of a surprise for the Grandmasters in the
pressroom. They expected a return to the Najdorf/Scheveningen seen in games 1,
3,5,7, and 9. The text makes one wonder who was in Garry's camp when he made
his pre-match preparations. None of his seconds - Grandmasters Evgeny Pigusov,
Yury Dokhoian and Vladimir Kramnik - play the Dragon with either color. Nor
are any of them regular practioners of 1.e4, Garry's favorite choice as White
in this match. Maybe Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov spent some time with Garry.
He's one of the world's leading experts on the Dragon, plays 1.e4 exclusively,
and was a teammate of Kasparov's on the Russian A team in Moscow last December.
} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 {Vishy played the normal Yugoslav Attack move order in
game 11 (7.f3 and 8.Qd2), but here he offers Garry the opportunity to mix
things up with 7... Ng4 8.Bb5+ Kf8)} Nc6 8. f3 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 {Game 11
saw 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 h5 13.Kb1.The text looks like it will
transpose, but Anand has a surprise in store.} h5 11. Bb3 Rc8 {[#]} 12. Nxc6 {
A little known and unorthodox way of handling the Yugoslav Attack.} bxc6 13.
Bh6 c5 14. Bc4 (14. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. O-O-O Rb4 18. b3
Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. a3 Rd4 21. Nb5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qa5 23. e5 $16 {Madl,
I-Farago,S/Budapest/1989/}) 14... Qb6 (14... Rb8 15. O-O-O Rb4 16. Bb3 Qc7 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 Rd4 $13 {Tolnai-Watson,W/Kecskemet/1988/}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
b3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {[#]} e5 {The right way to advance. Here the
natural looking 18...e6 would not have been met by 19.dxe6, but 19.O-O-O, when
Black would have nothing better than 19...e5.} (18... e6 19. O-O-O e5) 19. dxe6
$2 {Garry criticized this move in the post-game press conference, preferring
19. O-O-O, when he said the position would be about equal. He explained
Anand's puzzling decision to open the position with his King in the center, by
pointing out that White's opening play was based on pressure against e7. When
Black plays ...e7-e5 the weak pawn becomes a strong one and Vishy couldn't
accept this. But now the cure becomes worse than the disease.} (19. O-O-O $10)
19... d5 20. Be2 c4 {After the game, Kasparov remarked this was, "the first
time in my life that I prevented castling on two wings with one move." With 20.
..c4 kingside castling is rendered illegal and queenside castling undesireable.
} 21. c3 $2 {The losing e. Forced was 21.Rd1, planning Qd4 and making Rd2
available. The text loses almost instantly.} (21. Rd1 $142 {Kasparov} c3 22.
Qd4 fxe6 $15) 21... Rce8 {Not an easy move to find. The Rook is already
well-developed but all the action is occurring on the e-file.} 22. bxc4 {
Alternatives fare no better. Garry gave the following pretty variations in the
VIP room:} (22. exf7 {Kasparov} Rxf7 23. Rf1 (23. Kd1 Rfe7 24. Re1 d4 25. cxd4
Nd5 $19) 23... Rfe7 24. Rf2 Rxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Qg1#) 22... Rxe6 23. Kf1 (23. cxd5
Re5 (23... Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qb2 (24... Rfe8 25. O-O-O Rxe2 26. Rd2) (24... Rd8 25.
Qc4) 25. O-O Rxe2 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qg3 Qxc3 $15) 24. f4 Rxd5 25. Qc2 Qe3 $17)
23... Rfe8 24. Bd3 dxc4 25. Bxc4 {The poor White Bishop has moved no less than
six times in this short game! [#]} Ne4 $1 {Since the next to last draw in game
8, the match has become a slugfest with decisive results in four of the last
five games. Unfortunately for Vishy the Champion has been throwing most of the
punches. Game 11, where Anand blundered horribly, may still be with him.
Kasparov has pointed out more than once, that the contestants in this match
are playing under much more difficult conditions than previous World
Championships. They play four games a week instead of the usual three, and no
time outs are allowed. When Karpov blundered horribly in game 11 (22...Rcd8??)
of the 1985 World Championship match, he could take a timeout to recover.
Anand has had no such luxury.} (25... Ne4 $1 26. fxe4 (26. Qe1 Rd6 27. fxe4
Rf6+ 28. Ke2 Rxe4+ $19) 26... Rf6+ 27. Ke1 Rxe4+ 28. Be2 Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Rxe2 $19)
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. h5 a4 {The war on the
board started long ago in the home laboratory with the help of silicon friends.
Black is under a lot of strain on the kingside, but he does his best to keep
the pace and trouble White on the other side of the board.} (13... e5 14. hxg6
$1 (14. Be3 a4 15. Bd5 b4 $11) (14. h6 $2 Bh8 15. Be3 a4 16. Bd5 b4 17. Ne2
Nxd5 18. exd5 Rb8 $17 {Panelo Munoz,M-Scarella,E (2255)/San Rafael 1992}) 14...
exd4 (14... hxg6 $2 15. Be3 a4 16. Bh6 Nh5 17. Bd5 Rc8 18. g4 b4 19. Ne2 $18)
15. Bxf7+ Kh8 (15... Rxf7 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Ne2 $5 Qb6 18. O-O-O $36 {Lopez
Martinez,J-Felgaer,R/Andorra 2004/}) 16. Qxd4 h6 17. Qe3 (17. O-O-O b4 18. Nd5
(18. Qe3 $5 Ng8 19. Nd5 Be8 20. g4 Bxf7 21. gxf7 Rxf7 22. g5) 18... Be8 19.
Bxe8 Ng8 20. Qb6 {Karjakin,S (2645)-Tiviakov,S (2678) /Gothenburg 2005/} Qxe8
21. Nc7 Qe5 22. Nxa8 Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Rxa8 24. Qc6 $14) 17... Ng8 18. g4 Be8 (
18... b4 19. Nd5 $16) 19. g5 Bxf7 20. gxh6 Bxg6 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nd5 $16) 14.
Bxf6 exf6 15. Bd5 b4 {Mamedov knows all too well, that any quiet move offers
Sutovsky the chance to advance his chances on the kingside.} (15... Rc8 16.
hxg6 hxg6 17. O-O-O (17. Rh6 f5 (17... a3 18. Rxg6 Kh7 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $15))
17... Qb6 18. Ne2 $14) 16. Ne2 (16. hxg6 bxc3 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19.
Qxc3 f5 20. Rxh7 Qg8 $13) 16... f5 (16... Rc8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. g4 Qc7 19. Nd4
a3 20. O-O-O axb2+ 21. Kb1 Rfe8 22. Bb3 Qa5 (22... Qc3 $1 23. Qf4 Re5 $13) 23.
Nf5 $1 gxf5 24. gxf5 d5 25. Rdg1 {1-0 Ivanov,A (2666)-Kelleher,W (2419)/
Marlboro 2002}) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bxa8 {Sutovsky is usually very well prepared
and it is hardly feasible to enter such sharp waters without really good study.
} (18. Qxb4 a3 (18... Ra6 19. Qd2 a3 20. b3 $1 fxe4 (20... Bxa1 $2 21. Qh6 $18)
21. fxe4 Bc6 22. c3 Re8 23. O-O-O Bxd5 24. exd5 $14 {0-1 Todorovic,G (2459)
-Ristic,N (2480)/Budva 2003 (41)}) (18... Qb8 19. a3 Qxb4+ 20. axb4 Bxb2 21.
Rb1 a3 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Kd2 Be5 24. c3 (24. Nc3 $2 a2 25. Ra1 Ra3 $15) 24...
fxe4 25. fxe4 $14) 19. c3 (19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Rb1 (20. c3 $5 axb2 21. Qxb2 fxe4
22. O-O Qa7+ 23. Nd4 Rc8) 20... axb2 21. Rxb2 fxe4 22. fxe4 Bg4 23. Rh4 (23. c3
$5 $14) 23... Qc8 $44 {0-1 Gonzalez Pruneda,A-Mate Adan,C (2262)/Cala Mendia
2001 (32)}) 19... axb2 20. Qxb2 Rc8 21. Qd2 (21. O-O Bh6 $5 22. f4 fxe4 23.
Bxe4 Re8 24. Bf3 Qa5 $44) 21... fxe4 (21... Qa5 22. Rh6 $5 $132) 22. fxe4 Bc6
23. Rd1 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Be5 $44 25. Qd2 (25. Rh3 Qg5 $44) 25... Re8 26. Qh6 Qb6 {
1/2 Stellwagen,D (2600)-Tiviakov,S (2663)/Hilversum 2007/ (30)}) (18. exf5 Bxf5
19. g4 Be6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Kf2 Rc8 22. a3 Bxb2 23. axb4 Qa7+ 24. Kg2 Bc4 25.
Ng3 a3 26. c3 Bxc3 27. Qxd6 a2 $15 {1/2 Moreno Carnero,J (2512)-Korneev,O 
(2561)/Port Erin 2003 (31)}) 18... Qxa8 19. Qxd6 Bb5 20. Nf4 {Black's pieces
are extremely active, but he plays without the sacrificed material and
objectively still fighting for equality.} (20. Nd4 a3 $5 (20... Rd8 21. Qxb4
Bxd4 22. Qxb5 a3 (22... fxe4 23. O-O-O Rb8 24. Qxb8+ Qxb8 25. Rxd4 $14) 23. c3
Rb8 24. Qd3 axb2 25. Rb1 Be5 26. exf5 (26. O-O Qa7+ 27. Kh1 fxe4 28. fxe4 Qxa2
$44) 26... Rd8 27. Qc2 Qxa2 28. O-O (28. fxg6 Bg3+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+) 28... Qa7+ 29.
Qf2 (29. Kh1 Qe3 $132) 29... Qxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Bxc3 31. fxg6 fxg6 $14) 21. Qxb4 (
21. Qh2 $6 Rc8 $11) 21... axb2 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Rxb2 fxe4 24. Kf2 exf3 25. gxf3
$14) 20... Rd8 21. Qb6 {[%mdl 4] The first truly independent move in a
theoretical drama. Tempting 21.Qxb4 is probably equal with the help of the
unusual move repetition.} (21. Qe7 $2 fxe4 22. Kf2 Qc8 (22... Qb8 $17) 23. Qg5
Ba6 24. Kg3 Re8 25. Rad1 e3 $1 26. Rhe1 Qc7 27. Kh3 e2 28. Rd2 Bxb2 {0-1
Cheparinov,I (2625)-Leon Hoyos,M (2428)/Cuernavaca 2006/ (38)}) (21. Qxb4 Qb8 (
21... Ba6 $2 22. Nd5 $18) 22. Ne2 (22. exf5 $2 Rd4 23. Qc5 Rxf4 24. O-O-O $15)
22... Bf8 23. Qc3 (23. Qa5 $2 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Bb4 25. Qxa4 Rd2+ 26. Kf1 Kg7 27.
Qa6 Qg3 $19) 23... Bg7 24. Qb4 (24. Qa5 a3 $1 25. Qxa3 Bxe2 26. Kxe2 Bxb2 27.
Qa5 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rc8 $11) 24... Bf8) 21... fxe4 $1 (21... Rb8
22. Qc5 fxe4 23. Nd5 Bxb2 24. Rb1 $18) 22. Qxb5 exf3 23. Rd1 {Sutovsky is
chosing a safe line and forgoes the exciting ideas after the short castling.} (
23. O-O Bd4+ 24. Kh2 fxg2 25. Rfe1 (25. Nxg2 Rd5 26. Qe2 Rh5+ 27. Kg3 Rg5+ 28.
Kh2 $11) 25... a3 (25... Kg7 $2 26. Re7 $1 $18) 26. bxa3 (26. Nxg2 axb2 27.
Rab1 Kg7 $17) 26... Kg7 27. Qe2 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Rh8+ 29. Kg3 Rh1 30. Qe5+ f6 31.
Qd4 $11) 23... Qe4+ 24. Ne2 (24. Kf2 $2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxc2+ 26. Kg3 Qxd1 27.
Qe8+ Bf8 28. Nxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kf7 $17) 24... Rxd1+
25. Kxd1 fxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qd4+ 27. Qd2 Qxb2 {Mamedov has a great position while
Sutovsky can claim to be relying on being the exchange ahead.} 28. Qd8+ Bf8 29.
Qh4 (29. Rh4 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qc3+ $11) 29... Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. h4 h5 (11... Ne5 {Boensch} 12. h5
Nxh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Qe3 Rc8 18. Kd2
Nc4+ $14 {Young,R-Olesen,M New York MCC (11) 1993 1/2 53}) (11... Na5 {Boensch}
12. h5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Nde2 Rc8 17. Kb1 Be6
18. Nf4 Qd7 $15 {Matulovic,M-Velimirovic,D Novi Sad 1976 0-1 41}) (11... Qa5 {
Boensch (Hauptvariante)}) 12. Nd5 (12. O-O-O {Boensch} Ne5 {-B78}) 12... Nxd5
13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 {/\ 16...a4, b5<=>} (15... Qa5+ 16. c3
Qc5 $14) 16. c3 b5 17. g4 (17. a3 $5) (17. O-O {Boensch} a4 $17) 17... a4 18.
Bc2 a3 $1 {xc3} (18... Rc4 19. Qe3 hxg4 20. h5 $40) 19. b4 $6 (19. b3 Qc7 20.
Kd2 hxg4 21. h5 Qc5 $1 $15) (19. gxh5 axb2 20. Rb1 Rc4 (20... Qc7 {Boensch} 21.
Kd2 Qc5 $17) 21. Qe3 Qa5 $17) 19... hxg4 20. Bd3 (20. h5 Qc7 21. hxg6 (21. Kd2
Qc4 22. hxg6 Qxd4+ 23. cxd4 fxg6 $17) 21... Qxc3+ 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 $17) (20. fxg4
{Boensch} Rc4 $19) 20... f5 $1 21. fxg4 fxg4 $1 22. h5 $6 (22. Kd2 $142) (22.
O-O-O) 22... e5 $1 $8 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. hxg6 (24. O-O-O Qg5+ $17) 24... Qf6 25.
Qxf6 Rxf6 $19 {xc3, a2, g6} 26. Kd2 Rf2+ 27. Ke3 Rcf8 28. Rh7 (28. Rhf1 R8f3+
29. Kd4 Rxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Bc4+ $19) (28. Raf1 {Boensch} R8f3+ 29. Kd4 Rxd3+ 30.
Kxd3 Bc4+ $19) (28. Bxb5 {Boensch} R8f3+ 29. Kd4 Rd2+ 30. Ke4 Bf5#) 28... R8f3+
29. Kd4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4
O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. O-O-O a5 13. e5 dxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bc6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. c4 Re5 24. Kd2 Kf6 25. Rd1 Ke6 26.
Kc3 {King Black's K is prevented from reaching the cP, and the win is
relatively trivial for White.} Re2 27. c5 Re3+ 28. Kc4 Re2 29. b3 Rxg2 30. Kb5
Rxh2 31. Kxa5 Rc2 32. Kb6 h5 33. c6 g5 34. c7 g4 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. Rd4 Rxc7 37.
Kxc7 f5 38. b4 g3 39. Rd8 Kf7 40. Rd1 f4 41. Rg1 e5 42. b5 e4 43. b6 f3 44. b7
f2 45. Rf1 e3 46. b8=Q {Q+R - 3 verbundene Freibauern schwarzer K weit von
seinen P entfernt Eroberung aler P nach R-Opfer} g2 47. Rxf2+ (47. Qb1 gxf1=Q
48. Qxf1 Ke6 49. Qd3 $18) 47... exf2 48. Qb3+ (48. Qb3+ Ke7 49. Qe3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4
O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 (13. Nd5 a4
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 axb3 16. Bc3 Rxa2 17. O-O b4 $1 18. Bd4 (18. Bxb4 Qb6+
19. Kh1 Rxb2 20. Qc3 Rxc2 21. Qxb3 Rfc8 $17) 18... Qa5 19. Rxa2 bxa2 20. b3 Rc8
21. Ba1 Qc5+ 22. Rf2 Be6 23. g4 Bxb3 24. cxb3 Qc1+ 25. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rf1 Rb1
$19 {Engel,K-Stern,W/Corr Eu ch 1978 0-1(40)}) 13... bxa4 14. Nxa4 e5 15. Bb6 (
15. Be3 Be6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nc4 d5 18. Nxa5 d4 19. Bg5 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Qb6 21.
Qd3 Nh5 22. g4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. h5 Rfc8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh2 Rc6 27. Re2
Qd8 28. O-O-O Qb6 29. Kb1 Be5 30. Rh2 Qb4 31. Qf1 Qa4 32. Qh3 Ra8 33. Rd3 Rca6
34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Bg7 36. Qh8+ Bxh8 37. Rxh8+ Kg7 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Miles,A/
Teesside 1973}) 15... Qb8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Ra3 Qb4 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Qxb4 axb4
20. Ra5 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Nh5 23. Rc1 f5 24. Rc7 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf4+
26. Kd2 Ne6 (26... Nxg2 27. Raa7 Bh8 28. Nd5 Nxe3 (28... Ra8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30.
Bh6+ Ke8 31. Nc6 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 $18) 29. Kxe3 Ra8 30. Rxh7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 $16)
27. Re7 Re8 28. Nd5 Rxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 (29... Kf7 $2 30. Ra7 Kf8 31. Nc6 Rb5
32. Kd3 d5 33. exd5 Rxd5+ 34. Kc4 $18) 30. Nd5 (30. Ra7 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32.
Nd5 Kg8 $1 33. Nxf4 Bxb2 34. Rd7 Be5 35. Nd3 Bg3 $10) 30... Rb7 31. Ra6 Rd7 32.
Rb6 Nf4 33. Bxf4 (33. Nxf4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Bxb2 35. Rxb4 d5 36. exd5 Rxd5+ 37.
Ke2 $14) 33... exf4 {Hecht: Thema: TS mit b-Freibauer vs TL} 34. Nxf4 Bh6 35.
Ke3 d5 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Rxb4 Rd1 38. g4 Kg8 (38... Rb1 39. g5 Bg7 40. Ne6+ Kg8
41. Nxg7 Kxg7 42. Kd4 Rxb2 43. Kc3 Rf2 44. Re4 $18) 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rb7+ Kg8
41. g5 Bg7 42. b4 Bxb2 43. Nd3 Bc3 44. b5 Rh1 45. Nf4 Rxh4 46. Nd5 Bd4+ 47. Kd3
Kf8 48. Nf6 h6 49. Rh7 Be5 (49... Bxf6 50. gxf6 Rb4 $10) 50. b6 Rb4 51. Nd7+
Kg8 52. Re7 (52. Rxh6 Rd4+ 53. Ke3 Rxd7 54. Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rc6 Rd6 $10) 52...
Bg7 53. gxh6 Bxh6 54. Nf6+ Kf8 55. Re4 Rb1 (55... Rxe4 $4 56. Kxe4 $18) 56. Nd5
Bg5 57. Nb4 Be7 58. b7 Bd6 59. Kc2 Ra1 60. Nc6 Ra6 61. Nd8 (61. b8=Q+ Bxb8 62.
Nxb8 Rd6 $10) 61... Ra5 (61... Rb6 $4 62. Re6 {/\ 63.Rxd6 +-}) 62. Re6 Bh2 63.
Kc3 Rb5 $10 64. Kc4 Rb2 65. Re1 Bc7 66. Ne6+ Kf7 67. Nxc7 Rxb7 68. Ne8 Rd7 69.
Kc5 Rd2 70. Nd6+ Kg7 71. Kc6 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Die früher sehr populäre
Drachenvariante hat in letzter Zeit viel von ihrer Popularität verloren.} 6.
Be3 Bg7 7. f3 {Will Weiß einen Eröffnungsvorteil bekommen, so muss er die
Hauptvarianten mit der langen Rochade spielen. Andere Fortsetzungen führen zu
interessanten, aber eher unklaren Stellungen mit gleichen Chancen.} (7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Rc8 $132) (7. Bc4 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. O-O
Rc8 $132) 7... O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 (9. O-O-O $5 {verdient ebenfalls
Aufmerksamkeit.} d5 (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 (11... Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2
13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Rxd2 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 $1 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. exd5
Bxd5 18. Bb5 Re5 $11) 15... Bxf6 16. Nd5 $16) 12. h4 Rfc8 13. g4 Qa5 14. a3 $1
$14 {Der weißer Angriff am Königsflügel kommt schneller als der schwarze am
Damenflügel.}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 $1 (12. Nxd5 {Das Annehmen
des Bauernopfers gilt als gut für Schwarz.} cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5 (14. Qxa8
Bf5 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Rd2 h5 $132) 14... Qb7 15. Qa3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Rab8 17. b3
Rfc8 $44 {Man sieht sofort, dass Schwarz zumindest über genügende Kompensation
verfügt.}) 12... e5 13. Bc5 Be6 $1 14. Ne4 (14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 $44)
14... Re8 15. h4 h6 16. g4 $14 {Ich denke aufgrund der besseren Bauernstruktur
hat Weiß hier einen kleinen, aber stabilen Vorteil.}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 $5
{Eine seltene Variante. Viel populärer ist 10....Rc8 oder 10....Qa5} (10... Rc8
11. Bb3 Ne5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 a5 {wurde populär dank der Arbeit
der azerbaidschanischer Schachspieler. Ich glaube die besten Chancen hat Weiß
nach} 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc6 16. Qe3 $1 Qe8 (16... Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4
$40) 17. Kb1 Rd8 18. Qb6 Nd7 19. Qxc6 Nxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxb5 Nf6 21. Qxe8
Rfxe8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 $16) 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. Nxb5 $16) 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. Kb1 $1 $14 {Wie die Statistik zeigt, gewinnt Weiß ca. 80% (!!) der Partien
in dieser Stellung - kein Wunder, dass es immer weniger Anhänger davon gibt.})
(10... Qa5 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 $14 {
Was immer Schwarz demnächst unternimmt, Weiß hat großen Zeitvorsprung mit
seinem Angriff.}) 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bh6 (12. Kb1 b5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15.
Ka1 Qb6 $15 {Schwarz übernimmt rasch die Initiative.}) (12. h4 {In dieser
Variante hat V. Jianu bereits eine sehr starke Idee gezeigt:} b5 13. Bh6 Bxh6
14. Qxh6 e5 (14... b4 $2 15. Nd5 e5 16. Nf5 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nxd5
19. Rxd5 Qf6 {Kulaots - Ernst (Stockholm, 2008)} (19... gxf5 20. Rxd6 Rb6 21.
Rxb6 axb6 22. Rd1 $14) 20. h5 $1 Qxf5 21. hxg6 Qxg6 22. Rxd6 Qxh6+ 23. Rdxh6
$16) 15. Nde2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rb6 19. h5 g5 $3 {
Ein sehr origineller Zug! Es sieht aus, als wenn Schwarz alles geben würde, in
Wirklichkeit ist die weiße Stellung nicht mal ein wenig besser!} 20. Rxd6 (20.
f4 Bg4 21. Nd4 gxf4 $17 {Burnoiu - Jianu (Bucharest, 2006)}) 20... f6 $1 {
Das ist die Idee des Ganzen - die weiße Dame kommt nicht mehr von h6 ins Spiel.
Zwar kann Schwarz sie nicht gewinnen, aber auch Weiß hat keine Möglichkeiten
zu progressieren.} 21. Rhd1 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Qe7 23. Rd2 Be6 $132) 12... Bxh6 (
12... b5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 $1 (14. h4 {gilt als Hauptzug, doch Schwarz
scheint danach ok zu sein.} e5 15. Nde2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 (17. axb3
Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qxd6 Qa5 20. Kb1 Rb6 21. Rd5 Bxd5 22. Qxe5+ Kg8 23. Qxd5
Rb5 $15) 17... Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rb6 $132 {Sprenger - Reinderman (Netherlands,
2007)}) 14... b4 (14... e5 15. g5 $1 {Das ist der Punkt! Weiß sichert seinem
Springer das Feld d5.} Nh5 (15... exd4 16. Qxd4 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Be6 18. Qxf6+
Qxf6 19. gxf6+ Kxf6 20. Rxd6 $16) 16. Nf5+ $3 Bxf5 (16... gxf5 17. Qxd6 Nxb3+
18. axb3 b4 19. Qh6+ Kh8 20. Nd5 $16) 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nf4
20. Re1 $14) 15. Nd5 (15. g5 bxc3 16. gxf6+ Kh8 $1 17. Qxc3 e5 18. Ne2 Bb5 19.
Rhe1 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Qxf6 $132) 15... Nxb3+ (15... e5 16. Nf5+ $1 Bxf5 (16...
gxf5 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Nxf6 Rg8 19. Qh6 Rg7 20. Rxd6 $18) 17. gxf5 Nxb3+ 18.
axb3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 $14) 16. Nxb3 Nxd5 17. exd5 $14 {
Cheparinov - Banikas (Plovdiv, 2003) Weiß hat sehr gute Perspektiven am
Königsflügel.}) 13. Qxh6 b5 14. g4 (14. h4 {->12.h4}) 14... b4 15. Nd5 Nxb3+
16. Nxb3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ba4 {Diese Stellung kam einmal vor - in der Partie
Katov - Jianu (Predeal, 2006).} 18. Nd4 $1 $146 {Dieser Zug ist eine Neuerung,
die ich vor der Partie gefunden habe. Weiß behält seine ursprüngliche
Bauernstruktur um dem König und verteidigt gleichzeitig das Feld c2. Demnächst
will er h4-h5 spielen.} ({In der o.g. Partie folgte} 18. h4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qa5
20. h5 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. hxg6 Qc3+ 23. Kc1 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qc3+ {und Remis})
18... Qa5 {Mein Gegner reagierte sofort, was mir natürlich wenig gefiel - es
schien so, als ob er 18.Nd4 analysiert hatte.} ({Auch nach} 18... Rc8 19. h4 {
hat Weiß in allen Varianten großen Vorteil.} e5 (19... Kh8 20. Rd2 $1 (20. h5
g5 21. Qxg5 e5 $1 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Nb3 Rc4 $44) 20... Rg8 21. h5 Qf8 22. Qe3
g5 {Sonst folgt hg-Rdh2} 23. Nf5 $18) 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Qf6 (21... Rxc2+
22. Kb1 Qf6 (22... Rxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qf6+ 24. Nd4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 $18) 23. Qxf8+
Qxf8 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. b3 $18) (21... Qe7 22. Nd4 Rxf3 23. Nxf3 Qe2 (23...
Rxc2+ 24. Kb1 Qe2 25. Rd2 Qxf3 26. Re1 $18) (23... Bxc2 24. Kd2 $1 Bxd1 25.
Rxd1 Qf6 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ 27. Rd2 $16) 24. Rd2 Qxf3 25. Re1 b3 26. axb3 Qxb3 27.
Kb1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 29. Ka1 Bb5 30. Qf4 $16) 22. Nd4 Rc4 23. Qe3 Rfc8 24.
Rd2 $16) 19. h4 Rfc8 $2 {Folgte ebenfalls blitzschnell, führt allerdings zum
direkten Verlust. Bei der Vorbereitung ist mir dieser Zug komischerweise aus
dem Blickwinkel gelaufen, so dass ich seine Widerlegung am Brett finden musste.
} (19... f6 {Ist die beste Verteidigung für Schwarz.} 20. h5 g5 21. f4 Bxc2 $3
{Solch einen Zug am Brett zu finden ist gar nicht so einfach.} (21... Rbc8 22.
Kb1 Qxd5 (22... gxf4 23. Rhg1 Kh8 24. g5 fxg5 25. Rxg5 Rf7 (25... Rg8 26. b3
Bd7 27. Rdg1 $18) 26. Qe6 Rff8 (26... Rcf8 27. Rdg1 $18) 27. b3 $18) 23. b3 Bd7
24. Nf5 Qf7 25. fxg5 Bxf5 (25... fxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kh8 27. Nxe7 Rce8 28. Ng6+ $18)
26. gxf5 fxg5 27. Qxg5+ Kh8 28. h6 Qf6 29. Qg4 $14 {Weiß steht besser, weil
die Lage des schwarzen Königs wesentlich geschwächt ist.}) (21... Qxd5 22. Nf5
Qf7 23. fxg5 e6 (23... fxg5 24. Rhe1 Qf6 25. Rxe7 $18) 24. Nxd6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+
Kxg7 26. Rhe1 $18) 22. Kxc2 (22. Nxc2 Rfc8 23. Kb1 (23. fxg5 b3 24. axb3 Qa1+
25. Kd2 Qxb2 26. Rc1 Rxb3 $19) 23... b3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. Rh2 (25. fxg5 Qc3 $19
) 25... Rcb8 26. Nd4 Ra3 $19) 22... Qxa2 (22... b3+ 23. axb3 Rfc8+ 24. Kb1 Rb6
25. Nf5 $18) 23. fxg5 Rfc8+ 24. Kd3 Qxb2 25. Rd2 Qc3+ (25... Rc3+ 26. Ke2 $18)
26. Ke2 Qg3 27. Qg7+ $3 {Das ist der Trick, der Weiß hilft, einen kleinen
Vorteil im Endspiel zu bekommen.} Kxg7 28. Nf5+ Kh8 29. Nxg3 fxg5 30. Nf5 a5
31. Rb1 $14 {Der weiße Vorteil ist nicht sehr groß, da Schwarz ein
gefährliches Bauernpaar am Damenflügel besitzt, aber trotzdem spürbar, weil
der schwarze König nicht am Spiel teilnimmt.}) (19... Qxd5 20. h5 Qe5 (20... g5
21. Nf5 Qe5 22. Rhe1 $18) (20... f6 21. hxg6 Qg5+ 22. Qxg5 fxg5 23. Rxh7 $18)
21. hxg6 Qg7 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nf5+ Kh8 25. Nxe7 $18) 20. Kb1 $1
{Wie mein Gegner nach der Partie gesagt hat, habe er alle anderen Züge
analysiert, nur diesen nicht. Und gerade 20.Kb1 ist der Zug, der für Schwarz
zur Katastrophe führt.} Qxd5 {Alle Kombinationen mit verschiedenen Opfern
erreichen ihr Ziel nicht.} (20... Rxc2 21. Nxc2 b3 (21... Bxc2+ 22. Kxc2 {
->20....Bxc2}) 22. Nd4 $1 (22. axb3 Bxb3 23. Rh2 Qa2+ 24. Kc1 Rc8 25. Qe3 Qa1+
26. Kd2 Qxb2 27. Ke1 Bxc2 28. Rc1 Rc3 29. Qd2 Rxf3 30. Qxc2 (30. Rxc2 Qe5+ 31.
Re2 Qg3+ 32. Kd1 Rd3 $19) 30... Qe5+ 31. Re2 Qg3+ 32. Kd2 Qf4+ 33. Kd1 Qd4+ 34.
Ke1 Qg1+ (34... Rg3 $5) 35. Kd2 Qd4+ $11 {zumindest hat Schwarz Dauerschach,
vielleicht verspricht ihm jedoch 34....Rg3 mehr}) 22... bxa2+ 23. Ka1 Bxd1 24.
Nc6 Qa4 25. Nxe7+ (25. Nxb8 $4 Qc2 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Kxa2 Qxd5+ 28. Kb1 Qb3
$19) 25... Kh8 26. Qd2 $1 $18 {Schwarz hat keine Verteidigung gegen 27.Rxd1
oder 27.Qc3}) (20... Bxc2+ 21. Nxc2 b3 (21... Rxc2 22. Kxc2 Qxa2 23. Rd2 Rc8+ (
23... Qc4+ 24. Kd1 Rb5 25. Qe3 Ra5 26. Rd4 Ra1+ 27. Kd2 Qa2 28. Rxa1 Qxb2+ 29.
Ke1 Qxa1+ 30. Rd1 $18) (23... b3+ 24. Kd3 Qa6+ 25. Ke3 $18) 24. Kd3 Qxd5+ (
24... Qc4+ 25. Ke3 Qc5+ 26. Ke2 $18) (24... Qb3+ 25. Ke2 Rc5 26. Qe3 $18) 25.
Ke2 Qe5+ 26. Kf2 $18) 22. axb3 Rxb3 (22... Rb6 23. Rd3 Ra6 24. Na3 $18) 23. Qd2
Qxd2 (23... Rxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Rb8+ 25. Kc1 $18) (23... Qb6 24. Nd4 $18) 24. Rxd2
Rxf3 25. g5 $16) 21. b3 $1 {Das Einfachste, um dem Gegner keine taktischen
Chancen mehr zu geben.} Bd7 (21... Qe5 22. bxa4 $18 {Diese Stellung ist klar
verloren - die Schwächung des weißen Königs kann Schwarz nicht ausnutzen, ihm
fehlen die Leichtfiguren dafür.}) (21... Be8 22. Nf5 Qe5 23. Rhe1 gxf5 24. Rxe5
dxe5 25. gxf5 $18) 22. h5 $4 {Ein sehr dummer Fehler, der die ganze Partie
wegschmeißt... Es gewann 22.Rhe1!!} (22. Rhe1 $3 {Es ist sehr wichtig, der
schwarzen Dame, das Feld e5 zu nehmen, um die tödliche Drohung Nf5
aufzustellen.} Qc5 (22... Re8 23. Nf5 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 gxf5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 (25...
Kh8 26. f6 Rg8 (26... exf6 27. Rg1 $18) 27. fxe7 Rg6 28. Qf8+ Rg8 29. Qxf7 $18)
26. Qg5+ Bg6 27. h5 $18) (22... Qa5 23. Rxe7 Qd8 24. Rde1 Rc7 25. h5 Qf8 26.
Qf4 Re8 27. Qxd6 $18) 23. Rxe7 Be8 24. Rd2 {/\Ne6} Qc3 (24... Rc7 25. Ne6 Qg1+
26. Kb2 $18) 25. Re3 Qxd2 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxd2 $18) (22. Nf5 {wäre zur Not
auch besser gewesen.} Qe5 (22... Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 gxf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 (24... Kh8
25. f6 Rg8 26. fxe7 $18) 25. Rg1+ Bg6 26. h5 $18) (22... Bxf5 23. Rxd5 Bxc2+
24. Kb2 $18) 23. Rhe1 Bxf5 (23... Qc3 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qd2 Qxf3
27. Qxb4 $18) 24. Rxe5 Bxc2+ 25. Kb2 Bxd1 (25... dxe5 26. Rd2 $18) 26. Rxe7
Rc2+ 27. Kb1 Re2 28. Rc7 $16) 22... Qe5 $1 {Diesen Zug habe ich zwar gesehen,
doch bei der Berechnung ist mir eine ganz einfache Sache entgangen, nämlich,
dass nach 23.hxg6 Schwarz 23...hxg6 nehmen kann und das Feld h8 durch die Dame
gedeckt ist...} (22... g5 23. Rhe1 $18) 23. Rhe1 ({Ursprünglich geplant war} 
23. hxg6 hxg6 (23... Qg7 24. Qxh7+ Qxh7 25. Rxh7 e5 26. Nf5 $18) 24. Qh7+ Kf8 {
und leider gibt es hier keinen Vorteil mehr.}) 23... Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Rxe7 Rd8 26. hxg6 (26. h6+ Kf6 $13 {Der Bauer h6 kann Angriffsziel des
schwarzen Königs werden.}) 26... hxg6 {Das Endspiel ist nicht besser für Weiß.
Es sieht so aus, dass der Bauer d6 schwach ist und angegriffen werden kann,
doch Weiß hat einfach keine Zeit dafür. Die weißen Bauern des Königsflügels
sind auch schwach und Schwarz schafft es immer, Gegenspiel zu bekommen.} 27. g5
(27. Rde1 Re8 $1 28. Ne6+ (28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. g5 (30. Kc1 Kf6 $11)
30... f6 31. f4 d5 32. Kb2 Kf7 33. c3 bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 fxg5 35. fxg5 Ke7 $11)
28... Bxe6 29. R1xe6 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 a5 31. Rd7 Rb6 $11) 27... Rbc8 28. f4 Rc5
29. Kb2 Kf8 30. Re3 (30. Rde1 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. a3 a5 33. axb4 axb4 34.
Ra1 Rd5 $11) 30... Re8 {Der Rest ist mehr oder weniger ein Hinundhergeschiebe,
das am Ende Remis endete.} 31. Rde1 Rec8 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Rh2 a5 34. a3 Rd5 35.
Rd2 Rh8 36. axb4 axb4 37. Re7 Bh3 38. Nf3 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Bf5 40. Nf3 Rh1 41. Re1
Rh3 42. Nd4 Rh4 43. Rf1 Bd7 44. Kc1 f6 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. Kd2 d5 47. Ke3 Rh3+
48. Rf3 Rh2 49. Rf2 Rh3+ 50. Kd2 Bf5 51. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Die Drachenvariante kommt
heute wieder öfter in der Praxis vor.} 6. Be3 {Weiß wählt die Hauptvariante,
was eindeutig richtig ist.} (6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Bd7 10. h3
Rc8 $132) (6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 $132) 6... Bg7 7. f3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 {Wieder die Hauptvariante. Hier gibt es jedoch auch eine
gute Alternative für Weiß, nämlich 9.0-0-0:} (9. O-O-O $5 d5 $1 {Schwarz muss
den Bauer opfern, in anderen Varianten steht er schlechter.} (9... Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 {Schwarz muss Zeit verlieren.} (11... Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13.
Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Rxd2 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 $16) 12. h4 Rfc8 13. g4 Qa5 14.
Qg5 $1 $14) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 $1 {Weiss sollte den Opfer
nicht annehmen.} (12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5 (14. Qxa8 Bf5 15. Qxf8+
Kxf8 $36) 14... Qb7 15. Qa3 Bf5 $44) 12... e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 $1 {Wieder
soll Weiß nicht nach Material streben.} (14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 $44) 14...
Re8 15. h4 $14 {Die weiße Stellung ist strategisch besser.}) 9... Nxd4 (9...
Bd7 {Das ist der Hauptzug.} 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 {und in dieser Stellung gibt
es viele Varianten für Schwarz:} Ne5 (11... Nxd4 $5 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 a5 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exd5 b4 $1 $132) (11... Na5 12. Kb1 Nxb3 13. cxb3
$14) 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 $36) 10. Bxd4 Be6 $5 {Die Idee von
Schwarz ist, dass nach dem Nehmen auf e6 das Feld d5 unter Kontrolle genommen
wird.} 11. Bb3 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. h4 Rc4 $132 {
Calzetta - Andersson (Villarrobledo, 1998)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Rc8 12. O-O-O
Bxb3 13. cxb3 Rc6 14. Kb1 Qd7 15. g4 Rfc8 16. h4 $40 {Svidler - Pigusov (Mainz,
2002)}) 12. O-O-O {Die Alternative 12.0-0 sieht nicht logisch aus.} (12. O-O
Rfc8 13. Rad1 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Rc6 $11 {Blehm - Markowski (Warsaw, 2001)}) 12...
Rfc8 (12... b5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qb5 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qe2 Qxe2
18. Rxe2 a4 19. Bc4 $14 {Areshchenko - Zvjaginsev (Sochi, 2005)}) 13. Kb1 b5 (
13... Bxb3 14. cxb3 Rc6 15. h4 h5 16. a3 Rac8 17. b4 Qd8 18. g4 $40 {Antonio -
Gomez (Makati, 2002)}) 14. Bxf6 $6 {Das führt wohl sofort zu einem remislichen
Endspiel. Der Zug Rhe1 sieht besser aus.} (14. Rhe1 Bxb3 (14... b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 $14) 15. cxb3 b4 16. Bxf6 bxc3 (16... Bxf6 17. Nd5 $16) 17. Bxc3 Bxc3
18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Kb2 Rc5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 $14 {
Golubev - Zazuliak (Mukachevo, 2009). Und Weiß hat Vorteil dank dem entfernten
Freibauern auf dem Damenflügel und dem aktiveren König.}) 14... Bxf6 15. Nd5
Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ {Es wäre alles gut, wenn Schwarz nun nehmen müsste, jedoch...}
Kg7 $1 {und der weiße Vorteil ist weg.} 17. Nh5+ (17. Rxd2 Kxf6 $11) 17... gxh5
18. Rxd2 Rc5 $11 {Man könnte sicherlich das Endspiel weiterspielen, aber die
Stellung von Weiß ist auf keinen Fall besser.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Der Grund, warum Weiß nicht 3.d4 spielt, ist, dass
er mit dieser Zugfolge die Sweschnikow-Variante vermeidet.} ({Nach} 3. d4 {
kann Weiß Sweschnikow nicht mehr ausweichen.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6.
Ndb5 d6 $132 {mit 30-Züge langer Theorie.}) ({Eine vernünftige Alternative ist
} 3. Bb5 $5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 {und Weiß bekommt eine Stellung,
die er relativ risikofrei spielen kann.}) 3... g6 {Die Drachen-Variante wurde
in letzter Zeit zur Spezialität von Magnus Carlsen.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6.
Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 ({Nach} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 (7... dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bc4 Ke8 10. f3
$14) 8. e5 {muss Schwarz den Bauer opfern:} Nd5 $1 (8... Ng8 9. Bd4 f6 10. f4
Qa5 11. Qe2 $14 {Volokitin - Tiviakov (Copenhagen, 2002)}) 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10.
Qxd5 Rb8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 $44 {und Schwarz hatte gute Kompensation in
Firman - Efimenko (Lvov, 2001)}) 7... O-O 8. Bb3 d6 {Wohl der beste Zug. Die
Alternativen sind nicht so gut.} ({Ein bekannter Fehler ist} 8... Na5 $2 {Nach}
9. e5 Ne8 10. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 (10... Rxf7 11. Ne6 $18) 11. Ne6 $1 $18 {gewinnt
Weiß die Dame oder setzt den gegnerischen König Matt (im Fall von 11....Kxe6)})
({Nicht gut für Schwarz ist auch die Variante} 8... a5 $6 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4
Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. c4 d6 13. Qe2 $14 {Weiß kontrolliert alle wichtigen
Felder im Zentrum, dazu ist der Damenflügel von Schwarz sehr kompromittiert.})
({Kaum zu empfehlen ist} 8... Ng4 $6 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 {
, denn obwohl Schwarz den weißen Läufer vernichtet, hat er zu viele Schwächen
im eigenen Lager - der König ist anfällig, der Bauer a7 hängt, das Feld d5 und
die d-Linie stehen den weißen Figuren zur Verfügung.} b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6
$14 {Bologan - Wirthensohn (Bern, 1998)}) 9. f3 {Weiß muss sich gegen die
Drohung 9....Ng4 verteidigen.} Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 {Schwarz will nicht warten bis
Weiß lang rochiert und beginnt aktives Spiel am Damenflügel. Dies hat seine
Vor- und Nachteile. Der Hauptvorteil ist, dass Weiß nicht mehr lang rochieren
kann. Der Hauptnachteil ist, dass im Fall weißer kurzer Rochade die schwarzen
Bauern am Damenflügel anfällig werden können.} (10... Rc8 11. O-O-O {führt zur
Hauptstellung der normalen Drachen-Variante.}) (10... Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12.
Kb1 Ne5 {geht in die Drachen-Variante über.}) ({Auch nach} 10... Ne5 11. O-O-O
{entsteht die Hauptvariante im Drachen.}) 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 ({Wenig
verspricht die sofortige Aktion am Damenflügel} 12. a4 bxa4 (12... a6 $2 {
sieht sehr künstlich aus.} 13. O-O Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na2 Bb7 16. Nb4 $16 {
Kramnik - Van Wely (Wijk aan Zee, 2004) Der Bauer auf b5 ist sehr schwach.}) ({
Dagegen verdient Betrachtung} 12... b4 $5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5
Qa5 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Qc5 20. Qh4 e5 $132 {
Mamedov - Guseinov (Kocaeli, 2008)}) 13. Nxa4 (13. Bxa4 Bxa4 14. Rxa4 Qb8 15.
O-O {1/2-1/2 Nijboer - Tiviakov (Hilversum, 2007)}) 13... Be6 $1 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. O-O Qc7 16. Nc3 Rfc8 $132 {und Schwarz hatte keine Sorgen in Vallejo Pons
- Anand (Leon, 2008)}) (12. O-O $5 {Die kurze Rochade bietet sich an.} b4 $1 {
Nur so! Schwarz muss in diesem Moment sehr aufpassen und nicht auf das logisch
aussehende 12...a5 verfallen.} (12... a5 $6 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5
Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Re8 17. Rfe1 $14 {Weiß steht klar besser, weil Schwarz noch
nicht mal ansatzweise etwas Gegenspiel hat.}) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4+ 15.
Qxd4 a5 $1 {Jetzt kann Weiß nicht mehr so gut a4 spielen, daher bekommt
Schwarz gutes Gegenspiel am Damenflügel.} 16. Rfe1 (16. a4 $6 bxa3 17. Rxa3 a4
18. Bxa4 (18. Bc4 Qc7 $132) 18... Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb2
$15) 16... Re8 (16... a4 17. Bc4 Re8 18. Re3 Rc8 19. Rae1 Qc7 20. b3 $14) 17.
h4 Qc7 18. h5 Rac8 19. h6 Qc5 $11 {Sutovsky - Van Wely (Polanica Zdroj, 1999)})
12... a5 13. a4 ({Verrückte Komplikationen fangen an nach} 13. h5 a4 14. Bd5 e5
$132 {Bologan - Maze (Evry, 2008)}) 13... bxa4 (13... b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 {Im Vergleich zu der Variante 12.0-0!? steht hier der weiße
König immer noch im Zentrum und das gibt Schwarz Gegenchancen. Trotzdem ist
die weiße Stellung etwas angenehmer zu spielen.} e5 $1 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. O-O-O
$5 (18. Bxe6 Re8 19. O-O-O Rxe6 $132) 18... Bxb3 19. cxb3 Re8 20. Kb1 Re2 21.
h5 $36 {Berg - Smerdon (Liverpool, 2007)}) 14. Bxa4 {Bis jetzt wurde fast
ausschließlich 14.Nxa4 gespielt.} (14. Nxa4 Be6 15. Nb6 ({Nichts bringt} 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qc3 Qb7 $132 {Berg - Macieja (Oslo, 2009)}) 15... Ra6
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 {denn Schwarz bekommt schnell das Gegenspiel am
Damenflügel:} Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. h5 (19. Kf2 h5 20. Re1 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Rae4 a4 23. Qd4+ Nf6 24. Rxe7 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Raxb6 26. Bxa4 Rxb2 27. Kg3 Nxd5 $11
{Motylev - Kudrin (Minneapolis, 2005)}) 19... Nxh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4 Nf6 22.
Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rf4 Qc5 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Kd1 (25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxb8
Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Qf3+ $11) 25... Rxb3 26. cxb3 Qxd5+ 27.
Kc2 Rc6+ 28. Kb1 Qd3+ 29. Ka2 g5 $15 {Shirov - Ivanchuk (Wijk aan Zee, 1999)})
14... h5 $5 $146 {Schwarz verhindert alle möglichen Angriffsversuche von Weiß.
Das kostet ihn jedoch einen Zug Zeit, was Weiß vielleicht ausnutzen kann, um
seine Initiative zu entwickeln.} (14... Bxa4 15. Rxa4 Qd7 16. O-O Qb7 17. Rfa1
Rfd8 18. b3 e5 19. Be3 d5 $132 {Jenni - Wirthensohn (Pontresina, 2000)}) 15.
O-O Rb8 16. Bxd7 (16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. exd5 Qc5+ 20.
Rf2 a4 21. Bxa4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxb2 $17) 16... Nxd7 (16... Qxd7 {gleicht wohl
auch aus.} 17. b3 Qc7 (17... Rfc8 18. Rxa5 e5 19. Ba7 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
$14) 18. Ra4 Rfc8 19. Rc4 Qd8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {Mit nur einem Turm kann Weiß
keinen starken Druck gegen den Bauern a5 entwickeln.}) 17. b3 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4
Qb6 {Üblicherweise ist der Damentausch erwünscht für Weiß, aber in dieser
Stellung schafft es Schwarz sehr schnell, seinen schwachen Bauern a5
abzutauschen und er kann versuchen, auf Konter zu spielen.} 19. Qxb6 (19. Qf2
$1 {Das sieht sehr komisch aus, wäre aber die beste Fortsetzung gewesen. Durch
das Nehmen auf b6 bringt Weiß den schwarzen Springer dorthin, wo er den
Vormarsch a4 unterstützen kann.} Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 (20. Kxf2 $4 Rfc8 $19) 20...
Ra8 21. Nd5 e6 22. Ne3 $14 {Schwarz hat nun eine weitere Schwäche auf d6. Weiß
hat einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 19... Nxb6 20. Nd1 (20. Ne2 Rfc8 21. c4 Nd7 (21...
a4 22. bxa4 Nxc4 23. a5 $14 {Der Bauer kann bei Gelegenheit gefährlich werden.}
) 22. Rxa5 Rxb3 23. Ra7 Ne5 24. Rxe7 Rxc4 $11) 20... Rfc8 21. Ne3 Ra8 $1 {
Schwarz bereitet den Zug 22....a4 vor, wonach seine einzige Schwäche - der
Bauer a5 - abgetauscht wird.} 22. Ra2 a4 23. Rfa1 axb3 24. Rxa8 Nxa8 $1 {
Sehr richtige Entscheidung - ein Paar Türme sollte Schwarz auf dem Brett
lassen, um die Möglichkeit zu haben, den Bauern b3 anzugreifen. Das
Springerendspiel dagegen ist eher zum weißen Vorteil.} (24... Rxa8 $6 25. Rxa8+
Nxa8 26. cxb3 e6 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. g4 $1 $14 {
/\gh-Ng2-Nf4}) 25. cxb3 Nb6 26. Ra7 Rc3 ({Zum selben Ergebnis führt} 26... Kf8
27. Rb7 Rc3 28. Kf2 Rxb3 29. Nc4 Rxf3+ 30. gxf3 Nxc4 $11) 27. Kf2 e6 {Der
sicherste Weg, in ein remisliches Endspiel zu gelangen.} (27... Rxb3 28. Rxe7
Rb2+ 29. Kf1 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Rb2+ 31. Kd3 $14 {Weiß behält kleine Chancen dank
der besseren Position seiner Figuren, aber bei richtigem Spiel muss Schwarz
Remis machen können.}) 28. Rb7 (28. b4 Rb3 $15) 28... Rxb3 29. Nc4 Rxf3+ 30.
gxf3 Nxc4 31. Rb4 d5 32. exd5 exd5 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rd8 Kf6 35. Rxd5 Ke6 36.
Rb5 Nd6 $11 {Weiß hat keine Chancen auf Gewinn.} 37. Ra5 Nf5 38. Ra6+ Ke5 39.
Ra5+ Ke6 40. Ra6+ Ke5 41. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The twelfth Dos Hermanas over the board tournament is at the time of writing
underway in Spain. I say 'over the board' because the event has for the last
four years had a curtain-raising event played over the internet, which never
fails to attract attention. As usual the internet tournament was played on the
ICC, the Internet Chess Club (www.chessclub.com), where many of the world's
strongest players can be found. 1117 people took part, including 67
grandmasters and 103 international masters. Thanks to the internet, these
players came from 75 different countries.   The all-play-all tournament in
Spain boasts Shirov and Khalifman as the top two players, as well as X year
old Sergey Karjakin from Ukraine, the world's youngest grandmaster. The
festival extends to a host of other tournaments, including two more strong
all-play all events. In the following game from the fifth round, Shirov
demolishes Tiviakov's favourite Sicilian Dragon in crushing style.} 1. e4 {
Tiviakov Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Nd7 $2 {Chess is a mind-boggling complicated game,
which frequently seems to defy common sense. But that doesn't mean that one
cannot go far with the aid of a little independent thought. This is the
Yugoslav variation of the Dragon, in which White castles long and attempts to
give mate down the h-file, while Black cooks something up on the queenside.
With this move Black aims to get a knight to c4, but even thinking in general
terms it is clear that he wastes tempi he simply cannot afford, as well as
removing an important kingside defender.} 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qd3 ({
Being surprised in the opening, Sulskis deviates from the main theoretical
line. Black reaches a comfortable position only to spoil it by mistakes on
move 27 and 28.} 12. Bg5 $146 {Tiviakov} Bd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 (13... Nbc4 $5) (13...
Nac4 $5) 14. Qe1 (14. h4) 14... h6 15. Bc1 Nbc4 16. f4 (16. h4) (16. g4) 16...
e5 17. fxe5 Nxb3 (17... Nxe5 $13) 18. cxb3 Nxe5 19. Ndb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21.
Qe2 (21. Nxd6 Rc6) 21... a6 22. Nc3 (22. Nxd6 Rc6 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Rfc8
$15) 22... Rfe8 23. Rhf1 Re6 $11 24. Be3 Qd8 25. Nd5 Nc6 26. Qf3 Qe8 27. g4 Ne7
$1 $15) 12... Bd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g4 (14. h4 {Tiviakov is a main theoretcial
continuation. 14.g4 is worse because it weakens the pawn f3, giving Black some
extra possibilities.}) 14... Nac4 (14... Nbc4 {Tiviakov is alternative to the
text.} 15. Bc1 Nxb3 (15... b5 $132 {with counterplay is better}) 16. cxb3 Ne5
17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Be3 $16 {1-0 Santacruz,C-Chaudry,A/Dubai 1986/TD (54)}) 15. h4
({After} 15. Bc1 {Tiviakov} Ne5 16. Qe3 ({Not} 16. Qe2 a5 $1 (16... Rxc3 $44)
17. a4 $140 Rxc3) 16... Nbc4 (16... a5 17. a4 Qe8 18. Ndb5) 17. Qe2 {Black is
able to develop a strong attack on the queen's side after} Na3+ $5 18. Ka1 Rxc3
19. bxc3 Qa5 $44 {->}) 15... Ne5 {'?' Ftacnik. '?' Tiviakov. Ftacnik:
'Tiviakov was truly suffering at the board in Spain, the reason can be found
in tactical and strategical mistakes in his games. The knight jum into the
center is remarkably illigical continuation, since both knights have already
made too many moves.' Tiviakov: '[A serious mistake. I underestimated the
danger of the piece sacrifice which took place in the game. After the correct'}
(15... Nxe3 {Ftacnik} 16. Qxe3 {'~~' Tiviakov.} a5 17. a3 (17. h5 a4 18. Bd5 e6
) 17... h6 $13) ({or even better} 15... a5 $142 {Tiviakov Black doesn't have
much to worry about. His position is OK, although White still retains the
compensation for the piece after} 16. h5 a4 17. hxg6 (17. Bxc4 Nxc4 $36) 17...
axb3 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. cxb3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 $44) 16. Qe2 a5 {'?' Tiviakov.} ({
And this mistake becomes fatal. After the correct} 16... Rxc3 {Tiviakov} 17.
bxc3 Qc7 $44 {Black has the compensation for the exchange}) 17. h5 $1 {Three
pawns and the continuation of the attack will be more than enough compensation.
} (17. a4 {Tiviakov} Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxa4 $17 {is bad for White.}) 17... a4 (
17... Rxc3 {Tiviakov} 18. bxc3 a4 19. hxg6 axb3 20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. cxb3 $16 {
is bad for Black quite similar to the game.}) 18. hxg6 {'!' Tiviakov.} ({
Tiviakov: not} 18. Bd5 {Ftacnik} Nxd5 (18... Rxc3 {Tiviakov} 19. bxc3 Nxd5 $40)
(18... e6 $5 {Tiviakov}) 19. Nxd5 e6 $11) 18... axb3 19. gxh7+ {'!' Tiviakov.}
(19. Qh2 {Tiviakov} fxg6 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. Bh6 bxc2+ 22. Nxc2 Rg8) 19... Kh8
20. cxb3 {'+/-' Tiviakov. Despite the exertions of the Black knights, the c4
square is off-limits after all. Tiviakov: '[Normally this type of structure
and the material balance is in Black's favour. But due to the threat of Nd4-f5,
exchanging one of the bishops, and the cut off position of the knight b6,
White has much better position and Black is not able to regroup his pieces.]'}
e6 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'White's excellent positional solution is met by
the defender's fatal weakening of the pawn structure. '} (20... Nc6 {Ftacnik}
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 $16) 21. f4 {'!' Tiviakov. Preumably 20...e6 was aimed
against Nd4-f5, but now the e5 knight is forced back, as g4 is not hanging.} ({
After} 21. Ndb5 {Tiviakov} Bxb5 22. Nxb5 d5 $13 {Black has the square d7 for
the knight to retreat.} 23. f4 $140 Ned7) 21... Nc6 ({This move loses almost
by force.} 21... Ng6 {Tiviakov} 22. f5 Ne5 23. g5 $5 $16 {is not much better.})
(21... Nec4 $5 {Tiviakov offered by Shirov, was, probably, the most stubborn
defence. Althought still after} 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. Nb3 $16 {White is much
better.} Nxb2 $140 24. Qxb2 Rxc3 25. Bd4) 22. Ndb5 d5 {'[]' Tiviakov.} 23. Qf2
$1 Na8 {'[]' Tiviakov. The knight will not leave this sad square for the rest
of the game.} 24. Bc5 Ne7 {'[]' Tiviakov.} 25. f5 $1 {All of Shirov's moves
flow extremely naturally. Ftacnik: 'Shirov is fabulous in the original
positions and perfectly builds up the initiative. It will be a pleasure to
watch how uncompromissingly he will dispose off the passive black pieces.'} f6
{'[]' Tiviakov.} 26. exd5 {'+-' Tiviakov. Tiviakov: '[White wins easily.]'} e5
(26... exd5 {Tiviakov} 27. Rhe1) (26... exf5 {Tiviakov} 27. Rhe1 Rxc5 28. Qxc5
Ng6 29. gxf5) (26... Bxb5 {Tiviakov} 27. Nxb5 exd5 28. Rhe1 $18) 27. Nd6 Rc7
28. Nde4 Rc8 29. d6 Nc6 30. Nd5 {Completing the picture of complete control,
with a handy threat of Nd5-e7.} Rf7 31. g5 $1 {Crashing through on f6 instead.
Ftacnik: 'Also thanks to the knight sleeping on a8, the board is completely
dominated by the white pieces.'} Nd4 (31... fxg5 32. f6 Bf8 33. Ne7 {
threatening Ng6 mate, is decisive.}) 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34. Nexf6 Rxf6
35. Qxd4 Bxf5+ 36. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Geneve FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:39:58"]
[BlackClock "0:33:50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nxd4 ({Viktoria has switched to a more positional line, as her try
in a sharp variation was powerfully met by Tatiana.} 9... Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11.
Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Bh6 Qa5 16. g4 Nc4 17. Bxc4
Rxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. e5 {Kosintseva,T (2536)-Cmilyte,V (2525)/
Moscow 2011; with a tremendous initiative. But there is an open question - why
is such an active player as Viktoria prepared to suffer in a worse pawn ending?
}) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 ({Here the best way
seems to be the old game Krogius-Lisitsin, where Black played} 13... Bxb3 14.
cxb3 Rc6 15. g4 Rac8 16. h4 h5) 14. Rhe1 Bxb3 15. cxb3 b4 {Now the game in a
forced way is switched into a known pawn ending:} 16. Bxf6 ({Tatiana did not
like her last handling of the Dragon:} 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exd5 Rc7
19. h4 Rac8 20. a4 Qb6 21. Re2 h5 22. Qd3 a5 23. g4 Rh8 24. g5 Qb7 25. Rde1 Re8
26. Re4 Rc5 27. Rd4 Qd7 {Kosintseva,T (2532)-Cmilyte,V (2508)/Kazan 2012.
White had more pawn weaknesses, but was able to save the game later.}) 16...
bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Rxc3 Qxc3 ({Black would
really suffer in the rook endgame after} 20... Rxc3 21. Kb2 Rc5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5
23. Rc1) 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Kf8 {This pawn endgame was
extensively and I would say definitively analysed by GM Karel van der Weide &
IM Jeroen Bosch a few years ago in New in Chess in a brilliant article. I
remember the conclusion, that Black achieves a draw after very bad suffering,
if I am not mistaken.} (23... g5 $2 24. Kb2 Kf8 25. Ka3 Ke8 26. Ka4 Kd7 27. Ka5
Kc7 28. Ka6 Kb8 (28... e6 29. Kxa7 $18) 29. b4 e6 30. b5 d5 31. exd5 exd5 32.
Ka5 Kc7 33. Kb4 d4 34. a4 $1 (34. Kc4 $2 Kb6 35. a4 Ka5) 34... Kb6 35. a5+ $18)
24. Kc2 ({The immediate pawn attack is not so precise:} 24. b4 Ke8 25. b5 (25.
a4 Kd7 26. Kc2 Kc6 27. Kc3 e6 28. Kd4 Kb6 29. h4 h6 30. g4 Kc6 31. f4 Kb6 32.
f5 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kc4 a6 35. b5 axb5+ 36. axb5 Kc7 37. Kb4 Kb6 38. Ka4
exf5 39. exf5 f6 40. Kb4 d5 41. Ka4 d4 {1/2 Jensen,J-Guimaraes da Silva,G/corr
1986/UltraCorr2}) 25... Kd7 26. a4 d5 27. e5 a6 $1 28. bxa6 Kc7 29. f4 ({
A safer move was} 29. Kb2 Kb6 30. Ka3 g5 31. Kb3 Kxa6 32. Kb4 h5 33. a5 e6 34.
Ka4 {and now there are many ways to draw.}) 29... Kb6 30. g4 Kxa6 31. Kc2 Ka5
32. Kb3 h6 33. h4 h5 34. f5 e6 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Ka3 d4 38. Kb3
d3 39. Kc3 Kxa4 40. Kxd3 Kb4 41. Ke4 Kc4 {Stoinev,M (2266)-Tsvetkov,I (2351)/
Pleven 2006; and Black won the pawn on e5. Of course, in chess it is possible
to lose any position!}) 24... Ke8 25. Kc3 Kd7 26. Kc4 Kc6 27. b4 (27. h4 e6 (
27... h6 28. b4 e6 29. a4 Kb6 30. f4 $1 (30. g4 g5 31. h5 f6)) 28. b4 a6 29. a4
h6 (29... f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. g4 fxg4 32. fxg4 e5 33. b5+ axb5+ 34. axb5+ Kb6
35. g5 {1-0 Santos,C (2340)-Lima,P (2115)/Loures 1996/EXT 1998}) (29... Kb7 30.
b5 a5 $18) 30. g4 Kb6 (30... g5 $2 31. h5 f6 (31... Kb6 $2 32. f4 $1 gxf4 33.
g5 $18) 32. b5+ axb5+ 33. axb5+ Kb7 34. Kb4 Kb6 35. Ka4 Kb7 36. Ka5 Ka7 37. b6+
Ka8 38. Kb4 {1-0 Cappello,B-Crippa/corr 1964/UltraCorr2}) 31. f4 (31. b5 a5 $1)
31... Kc6 (31... Kc7 32. f5 g5 33. h5 Kb6 34. Kd4 Kc6 35. Kc3 Kc7 36. b5 axb5
37. axb5 Kb6 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Kb4 Kb7 40. Ka5 Ka7 41. b6+ Kb7 42. Kb5 e5 43.
Ka5 d5 44. exd5 e4 45. d6 e3 46. d7 e2 47. d8=Q e1=Q+ 48. Kb5 Qe8+ {1/2 Kapic,
I-Fagerstrom,R/corr ICCF 1965/UltraCorr2}) 32. f5 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. fxe6
fxe6 35. b5+ axb5+ 36. axb5+ Kb6 37. Kb4 Kb7 38. Ka5 Ka7 39. b6+ Kb7 40. Kb5 e5
41. Ka5 d5 $1 42. exd5 e4 43. d6 e3 44. d7 e2 45. d8=Q e1=Q+ 46. Kb5 Qe8+ $3 {
It is always a joy to perform something like this!} 47. Qxe8 {1/2 Bukavshin,I 
(2435)-Belous,V (2471)/Kirishi 2010/CBM 136 Extra}) 27... a6 ({A few other
moves have been tried here} 27... Kb6 28. h4 e6 29. g4 h6 30. f4 Ka6 31. a4 Kb6
32. Kd4 (32. a5+ Kc6 33. f5 g5 34. h5 Kb7 (34... a6 $2 35. f6 $18) 35. b5 (35.
Kb5 Kc7 36. Ka6 Kb8) 35... Kc7 36. Kd4 Kd7 37. f6 Kc7 38. e5 d5 (38... dxe5+
39. Kxe5 Kd7 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Kc4 e5 42. a6 $1 $18) 39. Kc5 Kd7 $1 (39... Kb7
40. Kd6 d4 41. Ke7 d3 42. Kxf7 d2 43. Kg8 d1=Q 44. f7 $18) 40. b6 axb6+ 41.
Kxb6 (41. axb6 d4 $1) 41... Kc8 $1 {1/2 Rittner,H-Arnlind,E/corr BdF 1970/
UltraCorr2/[Bosch] (66)}) 32... Kc6 33. Kd3 d5 34. Kd4 dxe4 35. Kxe4 f6 36. g5
hxg5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. hxg5 Kd6 39. Kd4 a6 40. b5 a5 41. Ke4 {1-0 Bracker,F 
(2274)-Schroeder,C (2153)/Hamburg 2010/EXT 2011}) (27... g5 {was possible}) 28.
h4 f6 $2 {Viktoria believed that this was the decisive mistake and possibly
the best way to draw was} (28... h5) 29. a4 e6 30. g4 g5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. b5+
axb5+ 33. axb5+ Kc7 34. Kb4 Kb6 35. Ka4 h6 ({Black cannot play} 35... d5 36.
exd5 exd5 37. Kb4 h6 38. Ka4 d4 39. Kb4 d3 40. Kc3 Kxb5 41. Kxd3 Kb4 (41... Kc5
42. Ke4) 42. Ke4 Kc3 43. Kf5 Kd3 44. Kg6 Ke3 45. Kxh6 Kxf3 46. Kxg5) 36. Kb4
Kc7 37. Ka5 Kb7 38. b6 Ka8 39. Ka4 $1 {Classical triangulation.} (39. Ka6 {
was wrong:} Kb8 40. b7 d5 41. exd5 exd5 42. Kb5 Kxb7 43. Kc5 Kc7 44. Kxd5 Kd7)
39... Kb8 40. Kb4 Kc8 41. Ka5 Kb8 42. Ka6 {This endgame is very interesting to
study using the New in Chess article, but its practical value is low, as it
demands so much knowledge to achieve a draw with only precise moves. It means,
that such variations are useful just in correspondence games or in a match for
the World Championship, where a draw with Black is a very welcome result.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Russia III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{As the Olympiad and European Club Cup have shown - you should never
underestimate Belarus! This time our team managed to win in a tough fight and
only with the minimal score.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bh6
Bxh6 13. Qxh6 e5 $5 {A new and rare move.} ({The main goal is to get the
position from the variation} 13... b5 14. h4 e5 15. Nde2 {avoiding the
unpleasant possibility 14.g4.}) 14. Nde2 (14. Ndb5 {would led to unclear play
after} Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qa5) 14... b5 15. Rxd6 b4 $1 16. Nb1 $2 {
A dubious retreat.} ({The main line is probably} 16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Nxd5
18. Rxd5 Qc7 {and Black has compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) ({There is
also the interesting} 16. Na4 $5 {intending to sacrifice this knight but it is
not clear if White has more than perpetual check -} Nb7 17. Rd2 Qe8 18. Ng3 $1
Bxa4 19. Nf5 gxf5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 $11) 16... Nxb3+ ({There was also
the quite good} 16... Qe7 $5 17. Rhd1 Bb5 18. Ng3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Ne8 20. R6d2
Ng7 $15 {but I decided that best place for the black queen is c7.}) 17. axb3
Ne8 18. Rd3 ({Perhaps} 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Qe3 {was slightly better, but still I
think Black has an edge here.}) 18... Qc7 19. Rhd1 Bb5 $15 20. c4 $1 {This is
almost forced.} (20. R3d2 Ng7 {is too sad.}) 20... bxc3 21. Rxc3 Qb7 22. Ng3 $6
({The modest} 22. Qe3 Ng7 23. Na3 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Ne6 $15 {was better.}) 22...
Ng7 23. f4 $5 {This is a risky and may be an objectively dubious decision, but
at least White creates some complications. Otherwise Black would have a
comfortable advantage with an easy game.} (23. Qd2 a6 $5 (23... Ne6 24. Qd5 Qb6
25. Qd6 $15) 24. Qd5 Qe7 $17) 23... Rfd8 $2 {Too academic.} ({I calculated} 
23... Ba4 $5 {for quite a long time, but decided to choose a different
continuation, because White has too many options here. Still the complications
work out for Black in all ways, so this move was good enough.} 24. Rdd3 (24. f5
Rfc8 25. Qe3 Bxb3 26. Rdd3 Bc4 27. Rd2 $17) (24. Nd2 Rfc8) 24... Rfc8 25. Rxc8+
(25. Nf5 $5 gxf5 26. Rg3 f6 27. fxe5 f4 $1 28. Qxf4 (28. Rg4 Kh8 29. exf6 Nh5
$3 (29... Ne6 $2 30. f7 Qxf7 31. bxa4) 30. Qxh5 Qxb3 $19) 28... fxe5 29. Qxe5
Be8 $17) 25... Rxc8+ 26. Rc3 Bxb3 27. f5 (27. fxe5 Rxc3+ 28. Nxc3 Qb6 29. Nge2
Qf2 30. Kd2 Qxg2) 27... Rxc3+ 28. Nxc3 Qb6 $17) (23... exf4 $6 {was not so
good:} 24. Qxf4 Ne6 25. Qf6 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8+ 27. Nc3 $15) ({but} 23... Rfc8
$1 {was the simplest way to keep the pressure and I think it was the best
practical decision} 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8+ 25. Nc3 Be8 $1 {Black has a strong
initiative. For example -} 26. fxe5 (26. f5 Qxb3 27. Qd2 Qa2 $17) 26... Qxb3
27. Nge2 $5 Qa2 28. Qd2 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Ba4+ 30. b3 Qa2+ 31. Kd3 Qxb3 32. Rb1 Rd8+
(32... Qa3 33. Ke3 Ne6 34. Kf2) 33. Nd4 Ne6 34. Rxb3 Rxd4+ 35. Ke3 Rxd2 36.
Rb8+ Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Nxd8 38. Nxa4 Nc6 {and Black should win the endgame.}) 24.
Rxd8+ $6 {White should have refrained from exchanging rooks on d8.} ({Slightly
better was} 24. fxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ 26. Ke1 Ne6 27. Nd2 Qb6 28. Qe3 Qa5
$15 (28... Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Nf4 30. Kd1 $15)) ({but the best was} 24. f5 $1 {
setting a little trap:} Rxd1+ (24... Rd4 {looks good for Black, but then} 25.
f6 $1 Ne6 26. Nf5 $1 {works, and now Black has to find the draw} Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1
Be2+ $1 {Only move.} 28. Ke1 $1 gxf5 29. exf5 Qe4 30. fxe6 (30. Nd2 Qxf5 31.
Kxe2 Kh8 $13) 30... Bd3+ 31. Kf2 Qe2+ 32. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) (24... Qb6 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. Nd2 {and White has a stabilised position.}) 25. Kxd1 Rd8+
26. Nd2 Qa6 27. Qe3 {and White is close to equality.}) 24... Rxd8 25. Na3 $2 {
One more unfortunate decision.} (25. fxe5 Qb8 $15) (25. f5 Bd3 26. Qd2 Qd7 $15)
25... Bd3 $1 (25... Qb6 {is not so clear:} 26. Kb1 $1 {and now nothing is
achieved by} Rd1+ 27. Ka2 Qg1 28. Nc2) 26. fxe5 $8 Qb6 $6 ({Better was the
simple} 26... Bxe4 27. Qe3 Qd5 28. Qe2 Bxg2 29. Nc4 Ne6 $17) ({or even} 26...
Ne6 27. Qe3 Qd7 $17) 27. Qd2 $8 Qg1+ ({A better version of the endgame could
have arisen in the event of} 27... Bxe4 28. Qe3 (28. Qe2 Nf5 $1) (28. Qe1 Bxg2
29. Nc4) 28... Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Bxg2) 28. Qd1 Qe3+ 29. Qd2 Qg1+ 30. Qd1 Qxd1+ 31.
Kxd1 Bxe4+ 32. Ke1 $1 Bxg2 33. Nc4 ({White could immediately clarify the place
of the black bishop} 33. Kf2 Bd5 (33... Ba8 $6 34. Rc7 $1) (33... Bb7 34. Nc4)
34. Rd3 Ne6 $15) 33... Ne6 $6 ({In view of the possibility 34.Nh5 perhaps
Black should have thought about} 33... Bd5 34. Nd6 Ne6 35. b4 $15) ({or} 33...
Kf8 $5) 34. Kf2 $2 ({Missing a nice trick -} 34. Nh5 $1 gxh5 35. Rg3+ Kf8 36.
Rxg2 {and despite of the evaluation of Rybka a draw is very close.}) 34... Ba8
(34... Bd5 35. Rd3 Kf8 $15) 35. Ke3 h5 36. Ne4 $2 {It allows Black to
strengthen the advantage by exchanging the bishop.} ({Better was} 36. b4) ({or
} 36. Ne2) 36... Bxe4 $1 37. Kxe4 Rd4+ 38. Kf3 Rh4 39. Kg3 Re4 40. Kf2 Nd4 {
Zeitnot is over. Now Black's position is almost winning, but he's still a long
way from collecting the full point.} 41. h3 Kg7 42. Rd3 ({The active try} 42.
Nd6 {doesn't help} Rxe5 43. Rc7 Kf6 44. Nxf7 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rxb2 (45... a5 $19) (
45... Re3 $19) 46. Rxa7 Rxb3 47. Kh2 Nf3+ 48. Kg2 Nh4+ 49. Kh2 Rb2+ 50. Kg3
Nf5+ 51. Kf3 Rh2) 42... g5 $1 ({Unnecessary complications could arise after} 
42... Nxb3 $6 43. Nd6 Rf4+ (43... Nc5 $6 44. Rf3) 44. Kg3 ({not so clear is
even} 44. Ke3 $5 Rh4 45. Kf2 Nc5 $8 46. Rd5) 44... Nc5 (44... Rb4 45. Rf3) 45.
Ra3 (45. Rd5 Ne6 46. Ra5 h4+ 47. Kg2 g5 48. Rxa7 Kg6 $19) 45... Rd4 46. Rxa7
Ne4+ 47. Nxe4 Rxe4 48. b4 (48. Re7 Kf8 49. Rb7 Rxe5) 48... Rxe5 49. Ra3 Rb5 50.
Rb3 {with some chances to escape.}) 43. Nd6 Rf4+ 44. Ke3 (44. Kg2 Kg6) 44...
Ne6 $1 45. Rc3 Kg6 $1 $19 {The black king is safe and the kingside pawns are
ready to push.} 46. Rc4 (46. Rc8 Rh4 47. Rg8+ Kh7 48. Ra8 Rxh3+ 49. Kf2 Rd3 50.
Rxa7 Kg6 $19) 46... a5 $5 ({It was simpler to play} 46... Rf1 {now or the next
move} 47. Ra4 Rh1 $19) 47. Ra4 Rb4 (47... Rf1 48. Rxa5 Rh1 $19) 48. Rxb4 axb4
49. Ke4 h4 50. Nc8 Nc5+ $6 (50... Nf4 51. Ne7+ Kh5 {wins at once.}) 51. Kf3 Nd3
(51... Kf5 $6 52. Nd6+) 52. Ne7+ Kh5 53. Ke4 (53. Nc6 Nf4 $19) 53... Nf2+ 54.
Kf5 Nxh3 55. Ng8 Nf2 $1 56. Nf6+ ({Here in my mind came the line -} 56. Kf6
Ng4+ 57. Kg7 Nxe5 58. Nf6# {Nice, but not forced:)}) 56... Kh6 57. Ng8+ Kg7 58.
Ne7 h3 59. Kxg5 h2 60. Nf5+ Kf8 61. Ng3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Drancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 a5 13. h4 h5 14. Rd1 $5 {
An interesting novelty. White is not trying to win by direct attack on king's
side, but first increases the pressure in centre.} (14. g4 $6 e5 $1 15. Be3 b4
$13 {Gadjily-Pigusov, Dubai 2001}) 14... e6 (14... Bc6 $5) 15. Be3 Ne8 16. Bg5
Qb6 17. Be3 ({But not} 17. Be7 b4 18. axb4 a4 $1 {with smothering initiative})
17... Qc7 (17... Qd8 $5 {looks strange, but maybe d8 is the best place for a
queen.}) 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rb8 20. Ne2 $1 {An important move, which allows
white to keep advantage.} b4 (20... a4 21. Ba2 Qxc2 $4 22. Rc1 $18) 21. a4 Rb6
{Here my opponent already had a serious time problems.} 22. g4 Ng7 23. e5 Bc6 (
23... d5 24. Rg1 {and white has a strong attack}) 24. exd6 Qb8 25. Rd3 Rd8 26.
gxh5 $6 {Underestimating black's counterchances.} (26. Rg1 $5 {looked better})
26... Bxf3 27. h6 Nf5 $2 {A very natural move, especially in a serious
time-trouble.Unfortunately for black this move is just losing by force.} ({
Much stronger was} 27... Nh5 $1 {and now it's white, who has to be careful} 28.
h7+ (28. Rxf3 Rbxd6 29. h7+ Kxh7 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 $19) 28... Kxh7 29. Rf1 Rbxd6
30. Qe3 Rxd3 31. cxd3 Bxe2 32. Rxf7+ Ng7 33. Qxe2 $13) 28. Qf6 $1 Rbxd6 (28...
Bxh1 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rg3 $1 Rb7 31. Qxe6+ {and white is winning}) 29. Bxe6 $1
Nxh6 (29... fxe6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Rg1 {with mate}) 30. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 $1 {Giri was clearly trying to play differently
from usual in Stavanger, and despite a sad loss to Kramnik in the last round,
and the 50% score, his games were very interesting and combative. If my
research is correct, in this game he played the Accelerated Dragon (in
classical games) for the first time in no less than 9 years! Surely this was a
big surprise to Vachier-Lagrave, as well to the entire chess world watching.}
4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 ({Exactly 1 month
before this game, against Gelfand, MVL faced} 8... d5 $5 {and failed to get
any advantage} 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b5 $1 {Gelfand came very well
prepared to explore Black's counter-chances} 12. Nxb5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bd4 Rb8 (14... Nb4 {was the move that Gelfand played two days earlier against..
. Giri!} 15. O-O-O Nxa2+ 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rhe1 Bf5 19. N3d4 Kf6
20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Rd4 a5 $11 {Giri,A (2785)-Gelfand,B (2724) Moscow FIDE GP
2017 (1) 1/2}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Na3 Nb4 17. O-O-O Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 $11 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Gelfand,B (2724) Moscow FIDE GP 2017 (3) 1/2}) 9. f3
Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 (10... Rc8 {would have transposed to pure Dragon positions.})
11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 (12. h4 {is the most played and MVL played it in his
previous encounter against this variation} a5 13. a4 (13. h5 {is more
aggressive, but Black is not going to be mated} a4 14. Bd5 (14. Bxf6 exf6 $1 {
[%csl Gh6] It is important to keep control of h6} 15. Bd5 b4 $1 16. Ne2 Rc8 $1
{transposing to 14.Bxf6}) 14... b4 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18.
g4 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yd2h2] White has plans to transfer his queen to the kingside
and starts a dangerous attack, but now} Be6 $1 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nf4 Re8 21.
Nxg6 Qc7 $44 {Vavulin,M (2604)-Mamedov,R (2688) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th 2017
(4) 0-1 and Black is very active taking the initiative for the first time;
actually he won a nice game -}) 13... bxa4 ({I'm not sure if Giri was going to
play} 13... b4 $5 {[%csl Ya5] because a difference is that the a5-square is
not available to his queen now}) 14. Nxa4 h5 15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Bc4 Ra8 19. Qd4+ {Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Radjabov,T (2710) Moscow
FIDE GP 2017 (7) 1/2 and an early draw was agreed -}) 12... b4 $1 {This move
will probably become the most popular after this game - we must admit that
this is more in the spirit of Dragon positions.} (12... bxa4 {is how I was
used to see Black to play here, but it always seemed slightly better for White,
due to his better pawn structure} 13. Bxa4 Bxa4 14. Rxa4 $14) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxg7 $1 {Usually, this exchange is good to put the black king on a more
exposed square - although this allows another defensive idea for Black also.}
Kxg7 15. exd5 {[%csl Gd5,Ye7] Also, usually White recaptures with exd5, thus
fixing the e7-pawn as a potential target, as moves like e6 or e5 will lead to
the creation of more weaknesses.} (15. Bxd5 Rc8 {and White is not exerting any
pressure here.}) 15... Qb6 {I like this move, just developing the queen and
taking away the d4-square, which is useful for White to gain a tempo with
check some time.} (15... a5 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. h4 (17. O-O $5) 17... e5 18. dxe6
Bxe6 19. O-O-O Bxb3 20. cxb3 $14 {[%cal Yc1b1,Yb1a2] seems always to leave
White with an easier game, hiding his king on a2, with possibilities to play
against the weak d6-pawn, and create threats against the black king}) (15...
Qa5 16. O-O $5 {an interesting approach, focussing on the e7-pawn instead of
an attack on the kingside} Qc5+ 17. Kh1 a5 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Re4 e5 {more or
less forced, as Rfe1 was coming} 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Rfe1 Bd7 {Karjakin,S (2775)
-Radjabov,T (2793) Beijing Sportaccord blitz 2012 (3) 1-0} 22. Re7 Bc6 23. h3 {
and Black is ok, but again in practice it seems like White has the easier game.
}) 16. h4 h5 ({During the game I was wondering if} 16... h6 {could be better,
to control more squares and avoid the tense positions that arise when White
plays g4, but after} 17. O-O-O Qa5 18. h5 g5 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. f4 $1 g4 (20...
f6 21. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4g6,Ge4e7]}) 21. f5 $1 $40 {Kokarev,D (2623)-Kovalenko,I 
(2595) RUS Cup final 2012 (1.1) 1-0 White is even coming faster, with a
winning attack already -}) 17. O-O-O Qa5 {[%csl Ga4] And there it is, Black is
winning the a4-pawn by force.} 18. g4 {The most principled reaction.} (18. Qd4+
{it is also interesting, trying to improve the queen before to launch the
attack} Kg8 19. g4 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 (20. Kb1 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Qc5 $1 {gaining time
to launch the counter-attack on the queenside} 22. Qe4 a5 23. gxh5 a4 24. Rhg1
axb3 25. hxg6 {Soumya,S (2271)-Bollengier,A (2253) Istanbul ol (Women) 40th
2012 (11.4) 1-0} Rac8 $3 {such a cold-blooded move is difficult to find with
everything attacking you on the opposite side} 26. gxf7+ (26. Rc1 Qa7 $1) 26...
Kh8 27. Qd4+ Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxf7 $11) 20... Qxa4 21. Kb1 (21. gxh5 Rac8 22. Rh2
Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qa2 $13 {[%cal Yc8c5]}) 21... Rac8 22. b3 Qd7 23. gxh5 Qf5 $1 24.
Rd3 Qxh5 25. Qxb4 Rc5 {Kulaots,K (2575)-Braeuning,R (2348) Cappelle op 26th
2010 (5) 1/2 and Black is fine -}) 18... Bxa4 19. Kb1 $146 {This is the new
move, but don't seems a good one, as Black can organise his defences, which
Giri does very well.} (19. Qd4+ {would transpose to the lines analysed in the
previous move} Kg8 20. Bxa4 (20. Kb1)) 19... Bxb3 20. cxb3 Rh8 $1 {The
difference is that now this move comes to consolidate Black's position on the
kingside.} 21. Rc1 $6 {White is already thinking about playing with the
positional compensation for the pawn, and this is not wrong, but probably Giri
breathed a sigh of relief now} ({However, it was interesting to test Black's
position in the old Sicilian style} 21. f4 $1 hxg4 (21... e5 {is the computer
choice, but seems difficult to spot} 22. dxe6 hxg4 23. Qd4+ Kh7 24. exf7 Qf5+
$1 25. Ka2 Qa5+ 26. Kb1 Qf5+ $11) 22. f5 $1 Rh5 {necessary to stop h5} (22...
gxf5 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. h5 $1 {can be dangerous}) 23. Qd4+ (23. fxg6 fxg6 24.
Rhg1 Rf8 25. Rxg4 Rf6) 23... Kh6 $1 24. fxg6 e5 $1 {in my opinion a difficult
move to see, but after this Black should be able to hold the attack} 25. Qxg4 (
25. dxe6 Qf5+ {is the point, now the queen can join the defence}) 25... f5 $1
26. Qh3 Qb5 $13 {and the position is very complicated.}) 21... Rae8 $1 {
a very good move, as now the rook is supporting the e5-ideas} 22. Rc6 (22. Qd4+
{for example} e5 $1 23. dxe6+ Qe5 24. Qxe5+ dxe5 25. exf7 Kxf7 $11) (22. Rc4 e5
$1 23. Rc6 Qd8 24. g5 a5 $15) 22... Qb5 {[%cal Ya7a5,Ya5a4] After protecting
the important points in his position, Giri starts to think about counterplay
on queenside.} 23. Rc7 $6 {Strangely, from now Vachier-Lagrave started to play
some unsound moves, which only helped Giri to stabilise his advantage.} (23.
Qd4+ {first} Kg8 {and then} 24. g5 {looks better, to disturb Black's pieces a
bit} Qe2 (24... a5 25. Re1 Kh7 26. Qc4 $5 Qxc4 27. bxc4 $44 {[%csl Ge7][%cal
Yc6c7,Yc6a6,Gb1c2,Gc2b3]}) 25. Rc7 $1 Qxf3 26. Re1 {and White's active
position should at least compensate for the pawns; actually he is going to
recover one of them by force.}) 23... a5 24. g5 $2 {And after this, Black can
always answer the check with ...Kh7, without disturbing the connection between
the rooks.} (24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. g5 Qe2 26. Qd1 $5 {still had offered chances.})
24... a4 $1 {After succesfully containing White's attack, Giri now starts his
own operations against his rival's monarch.} 25. Qd4+ {Too late...} Kh7 26.
bxa4 Qxa4 27. Re1 Rhf8 $1 {Another accurate and necessary move.} 28. Ra7 (28.
Rexe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Kg8 {[%cal Yf8a8,Yf8c8] and Black is totally free now to
attack White's king} 30. Re4 Rc8 $17 {any experienced player knows how
desperate is White's position in a practical game.}) 28... Qb5 29. f4 Kg8 $19 {
Black is just winning as White cannot prevent the black rooks from invading on
the queenside.} 30. f5 {The last attempt to open some lines, but.} gxf5 $1 31.
Kc2 (31. g6 fxg6 32. Rexe7 (32. Re6 Rf6 $1) 32... Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Rf7 $19) 31...
b3+ 32. Kd1 Rc8 33. g6 Rc5 {A good win for Giri, which showed good points
about this 12... b4 variation.} 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 {After a loss in the first round in his 8...d5 line, Gelfand changes to
the normal variation.} (8... d5 $5 {apparently, Gelfand has studied this idea
very deeply even in those positions where Black is not able to recover the
material, and should play the endgame with a pawn down. He managed to draw
against very well prepared players, like Giri and MVL in 2016. However, to
repeat the same line against such a player doesn't look a very wise decision}
9. exd5 Na5 10. O-O (10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b5 $1 {this move gives good
compensation for the pawn} 12. Nxb5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd4 Rb8 $1 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Na3 Nb4 17. O-O-O (17. O-O Bf5) 17... Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 $11 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2795)-Gelfand,B (2724) Moscow FIDE GP 2017 (3) 1/2}) 10... Nxb3 11.
Nxb3 b6 {[%csl Yd5] Black's idea is to surround the pawn with his pieces, so
White takes his chance and plays} 12. d6 $1 e6 $5 {Black avoids regaining the
material at the cost of creating a weakness in his camp} 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 {
MVL subtly improves White's play over Gelfand's last experience in this
position} (14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc8 19.
Qh6 Qf6 20. Rc1 b5 {Adhiban,B (2670)-Gelfand,B (2737) chess.com IoM Masters
2017 (1.6) 1/2 and in the end Black managed to win the d-pawn -}) 14... Bb7 15.
Qh3 Rc8 (15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc8 19. Qh6 Qf6 20. c3
Rfd8 21. Rad1 $14) 16. Bd4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rac1 $1 {
[%csl Yd6] compared to Adhiban-Gelfand, the rooks are better placed now, and
the d6-pawn is still untouchable} b5 (19... Qxd6 $4 20. c4 $18) (19... Rc6 20.
Qg3 {and d6 is still indirectly protected}) 20. Qg3 Qf6 21. Nd4 b4 22. c4 $1
bxc3 (22... Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Bxc4 24. d7 Bd5 25. Qd6 $16) 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3
$16 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Gelfand,B (2719) Palma De Mallorca GP 2017 (1.2)
1-0 I don't know if this is the last word in the variation, but White
definitely kept a clear advantage in this game -}) 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 {
This keeps the game in Accelerated Dragon territory.} (10... Rc8 11. O-O-O {
would transpose to pure Dragon positions.}) 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Nd5 {Vallejo goes
for a different, less played path.} ({The aggressive} 12. h4) ({and} 12. a4 {
are the main moves, but in recent games Black has obtained a good game against
these also, for example} b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 Qb6 16. h4 h5
17. O-O-O Qa5 {[%csl Ga4];Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Giri,A (2771) Norway Chess
5th 2017 (7) 0-1 Winning the pawn, and after a bad handling of the attacking
possibilities by White, Black managed to consolidate the material advantage -})
12... Nxd5 13. Bxg7 $1 {An intermediate move that is always good, as on g7 the
black king is slightly exposed.} Kxg7 14. exd5 {Strangely, this typical
recapture, fixing the e7-pawn as a target and continuing with typical
attacking ideas on kingside, is not the main move here.} ({But I don't believe
that} 14. Bxd5 Rc8 15. h4 {gets any advantage for White} h6 {and Black has
enough resources to protect the kingside.} ({or even} 15... h5)) 14... a5 15.
a3 (15. a4 $6 {doesn't looks good now} Qb6 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 {Cisko,M 
(2076)-Takacs,L (2139) SVK-ch U18 Tatralandia 2015 (5) 1/2} Rfc8 {[%csl Gc2]
[%cal Yb5a4]} 18. Rhc1 bxa4 19. Bxa4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rab8 $1 $17) 15... Qb6 16.
O-O-O Rfc8 17. g4 $1 {Generally, White starts the offensive with h4, but here
it's necessary be careful with the threat of ...Bf5.} (17. h4 $2 {is actually
losing by force} a4 18. Ba2 Rxc2+ $1 19. Qxc2 (19. Kxc2 Bf5+) 19... Rc8 20.
Qxc8 Bxc8 $19 {[%cal Gb5b4] and despite the two rooks for the queen, any
Dragon player knows that with such an exposed king and ...b4 coming, White is
lost.}) 17... h5 $6 {Gelfand tries to fight for the f5-square, but White can
just keep the tension on kingside.} ({There was no need to rush, Black just
could have played} 17... Ra7 {[%cal Ya7c7,Ya5a4] and if} 18. h4 {Ramaswamy,A 
(2249)-Rajlich,I (2375) Wch U20 Girls 2001 (2) 0-1} (18. Kb1 Rac7 19. Rc1 Rb8
20. Rhe1 a4 21. Ba2 b4 $1 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Rxb4 24. Rxe7 Rcb7 $132) 18...
h5 $1 {White can't hold the position with h3 here} 19. Qf4 (19. gxh5 $2 a4 20.
Ba2 Rxc2+ $1) 19... a4 20. Ba2 b4 $1 21. axb4 (21. Qxb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 hxg4 $15)
21... a3 $1 {and despite the complications, Black is fine, for example} 22.
Qd4+ (22. bxa3 Rxa3 23. Bb1 Qa6 $19 {[%cal Gc8c4]}) (22. Bb3 $2 a2 $1 $19)
22... Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rca8 $1 24. b3 (24. Bc4 a2 $19) 24... hxg4 25. fxg4 Rb7 $13
{[%csl Ya2] and the position remains complicated, but the a2-bishop surely is
not an inspiring piece.}) 18. h3 $1 {Of course, White must keep the control
over f5.} Rab8 {After this, White is winning a pawn, although Black can hope
for some compensation.} ({A stronger move was} 18... Rc7 {[%cal Ya8c8,Ya5a4]
and the threat of Rac8-a4 is annoying, for example} 19. Kb1 (19. Rhe1 $2 Rac8 {
[%cal Ra5a4]}) 19... Rac8 20. Rc1 Rb8 $1 {and the position reached is similar
to the notes on Black's 17th move} 21. Rhe1 a4 22. Ba2 b4 $1 23. Qxb4 Qxb4 24.
axb4 Rxb4 25. Rxe7 Rcb7 {with good compensation for the pawn, for example} 26.
Ka1 $1 (26. b3 $6 {[%csl Ga2]} Rf4 27. Re3 Rd4 {[%csl Rd5]}) 26... Kf6 27. Rce1
Rxb2 28. Rxd7 Rxa2+ 29. Kxa2 Rxd7 $11) 19. Rhe1 a4 {Black has no choice, he
should play actively.} (19... Qd8 $2 20. Re4 {[%cal Yd1e1,Yd2e3]} Rc7 21. Rde1
Bc8 22. Kb1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} a4 23. Ba2 Rbb7 {Black's passive defence looks good,
but White has a nice plan to increase the pressure} 24. c3 Qf8 25. Ka1 $1 {
[%cal Ga2b1] bringing the bishop back to the game} Qh8 26. Bb1 Qh6 27. Qd4+ Kg8
28. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Ge7][%cal Yd4f2,Ye4b4] Black's position remains
difficult, White has many plans like putting pressure on b5 or e7, and opening
lines on the kingside at the appropriate moment.}) (19... Re8 20. Re4 $16) 20.
Ba2 b4 $1 {The best practical chance.} 21. Qxb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rxe7 Rc7
$2 {Gelfand wants to play Rcb7 and to reach positions similar to another
previous note, but he is short of a tempo for seizing the initiative.} (23...
Bb5 $1 {was the best move and a difficult one} 24. gxh5 (24. Re3 Rf4 25. c3 Re8
$1 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. Rf1 Bd7 {[%csl Gg4]} 28. Kd2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Ke3 g5
$15) 24... Kf6 $1 {with many precise moves, Black is able to complicate
matters for White} 25. Rde1 (25. Rb7 Bd3 $1 {is a beautiful resource} 26. Rxb4
Rxc2+ 27. Kb1 Rd2+ 28. Kc1 Rc2+) 25... Bd3 $1 26. c3 (26. Bb1 gxh5 27. Rd7 Rb6)
26... a3 $1 {and after} 27. Kd2 Rxb2+ 28. Kxd3 Rxa2 29. hxg6 Kxg6 30. Rd7 Rf2
31. Rxd6+ Kg7 {Black seems to have chances in this endgame due to his passed
pawn, the rook's activity and White's weak pawns.}) 24. c4 $1 {Preventing ...
Rf4-ideas and freeing the second rank to protect b2.} Kf6 25. Rde1 Rcb7 26.
R1e4 h4 $2 {This just allows White to gain more space on the kingside.} (26...
Rxb2 $2 27. Rxd7 $18) (26... hxg4 $142 27. hxg4 g5 {would give more space for
the king.}) 27. f4 $16 {White's advantage is consolidated now.} Kg7 28. Re2 Kf8
29. R7e3 Rb8 30. Re4 Kg7 (30... f5 $6 {would be the wrong way to look for
active options} 31. Re7 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Rxd7 Rxa2 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Rxd6
$16 {[%csl Yc4,Yd5]}) 31. Re7 R8b7 32. R7e3 Rb8 33. Ra3 Kf6 34. Rc3 {My guess
is that Vallejo was just looking to reach the time control before taking any
concrete action, which is a nice strategy in positions where you have a
pleasant advantage and your opponent doesn't possess any counterplay.} Kg7 {
Black also should wait.} (34... g5 $2 {makes things easier for White} 35. Rf3
Re8 (35... gxf4 36. Rxf4+ Kg7 37. Ref2 Be8 38. g5 {[%cal Gf4h4]}) 36. fxg5+
Kxg5 37. Rxe8 Bxe8 38. Rf5+ Kg6 39. Rh5 $18) 35. Rf3 Kf6 36. Rd3 Kg7 37. Rd1
Kf6 38. Rdd2 Kg7 39. Re7 R8b7 40. Re3 Rb8 41. Ree2 Kf6 42. Rc2 R8b7 43. Kd1 {
The a2-bishop is restricted, but after properly protecting b2, White can
improve the king.} Rb8 44. Ke1 R4b6 45. Kf2 Rb4 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Ke4 f5+ $5 {
It's difficult stay passive while your opponent improves his position, so,
Black tries a practical trap.} (47... R8b7 48. Kd4 Rb8 49. Kc3 R8b7 50. Re7 {
[%cal Ye7d7]} R4b6 51. Rce2 Rc7 (51... Kf6 52. c5 $1 dxc5 53. d6 {[%cal Re7f7]}
Bb5 54. Rxb7 Rxb7 55. Re5 {and Black is desperate} Bf1 $2 56. g5+ Kg7 57. Re7
$1 Rxe7 58. dxe7 Bb5 59. Bc4 Bc6 {this endgame is totally lost for Black}) 52.
b3 $1 {finally freeing the bishop from its prison} axb3 53. Bxb3 Rcb7 54. Bc2
$16 {[%cal Yc3d4,Yc2d3] White's advantage should be enough to win, but the
game is not over yet.}) 48. Kd3 $1 {Vallejo is aware.} (48. Kd4 $2 fxg4 $1 49.
Re7+ Kh6 50. Rxd7 Rxb2 51. Rxb2 (51. Kd3 $4 gxh3 52. Re7 a3 $19 {[%cal Rb2c2,
Rb8b2]}) 51... Rxb2 52. hxg4 h3 $13 {and the position is complex.}) (48. Kf3 $2
fxg4+ 49. hxg4 Kf7 {[%csl Yh4][%cal Gd7g4] and Black is already back in the
game.}) 48... fxg4 $2 {Now White wins by one tempo.} (48... Be8 {was the best
defence, but White can improve slowly again:} 49. Kc3 R4b7 50. g5 $1 Bf7 51.
Rc1 Kf8 52. Rb1 Rc7 53. Rd2 Re7 54. b4 $1 axb3 55. Rxb3 Rd8 56. Bb1 $16) 49.
Re7+ Kh6 50. Rxd7 gxh3 (50... Rxb2 51. hxg4 a3 (51... h3 52. c5 $1 dxc5 53. g5+
Kh5 54. Rh7+ Kg4 55. Rxb2 Rxb2 56. d6 $1 Rxa2 57. d7 Ra3+ 58. Kc4 $18) 52. Rxb2
axb2 53. Rxd6 $18 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5]}) 51. Rxd6 $1 {White's position looks easy,
but in fact this is the only winning move.} (51. Re7 $2 Rxb2 52. c5 dxc5 53.
Re3 a3 54. Rxb2 c4+ $1 55. Kxc4 Rxb2 56. Rxh3 Rxa2 57. Rxh4+ Kg7 $11) 51...
Rxb2 52. Re6 $18 {The rook is coming fast to stop the pawns.} h2 53. Re1 Rxc2
54. Kxc2 Re8 55. Rh1 Re2+ 56. Kc3 {One last moment of care, White gives up the
bishop as the connected passed pawns are decisive.} (56. Kb1 $4 Rg2 $19 {
[%cal Rg2g1]}) 56... Rxa2 57. c5 Ra3+ 58. Kb4 Rf3 59. c6 Rxf4+ 60. Kb5 Rd4 61.
c7 Rxd5+ 62. Kb4 Rd4+ 63. Kc3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 07th round of 32"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1989.07.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Birmingham, Eric"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.07.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Vektor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 (3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7) 3... g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4
a5 13. Nd5 e6 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxa5 Bxb2 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3
Qc8 $146 ({RR} 18... Rc8 19. Qf6 Qc7 20. Rd1 Ra6 21. Rd3 Qd8 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. h5
g5 24. Qd2 Kh8 25. O-O e5 26. Rd1 Rcc6 27. Qb4 Kg7 28. Rd5 Rcb6 29. g3 h6 30.
R1d3 Qf6 31. Kg2 Qe6 32. g4 Qf6 33. Rc3 {Garcia,G-Garcia,L/Bogota 1978/EXT 98/
1/2-1/2 (41)}) 19. Qb2 e5 20. O-O-O Ra6 21. h5 Be6 22. Kb1 Bc4 23. f4 Qe6 24.
fxe5 Qxe5 25. hxg6 Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2 fxg6 27. e5 $1 dxe5 28. Rd7 $36 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Gh1h7]} h5 29. g4 $1 {Appliquant le principe important de l'activité des
R en finale} Bxb3 30. axb3 Rfa8 31. gxh5 b4 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rh1][%cal Ga6a2]} 32.
Rh4 Ra2+ 33. Kc1 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2]} 34. Rxb4 Raxc2+ 35. Kd1 gxh5 36. Rb5 (36. Rh4
) (36. Rbb7 {[%cal Gd7g7]} Rg2 $15) (36. Rd5) 36... Rg2 37. Rxe5 $4 $138 Ra8 {
[%cal Ga8a1]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 {A well-known move order. Black is
using the fact that White retreated his bishop to b3.} 12. a3 $5 {Never
regarded as a principled continuation. However, White has a highly interesting
idea.} (12. h4) 12... a5 13. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 $1 {Black has
difficulties to create counterplay in the present pawn structure. The bishop
on b3 looks passive, but it plays an important defensive role. In order to
open the queenside, Black is practically forced to sac a pawn. Otherwise the
queenside remains closed and on the other wing White will create an attack.}
Rc8 {Now we'll have the transposition to a favourable line for White.} (15...
Qb6 {Doesn't solve problems. White has a slight advantage, which has the
potential of increasing quickly.} 16. O-O-O b4 (16... Rfc8 17. Rhe1 $14) 17. a4
$14) (15... e5 $5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 $13) 16. h4 ({Or immediately} 16. O-O-O {
which makes little difference to the game. After 16.0-0-0 we have a
transposition to another line, rightly considered by theory as favourable for
White. It arises usually via a different move order: 10. ... Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 
(also an attempt to avoid main lines) 12 Bxd4 b5 13 Nd5 Nxd5 14 Bxg7 Kxg7 15
exd5! a5 16.a3. Two examples of handling the position with White are presented
below. In both games the mentioned move order happened:} Qb6 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18.
g4 b4 (18... Rc7 19. Kb1 Bc8 20. Re3 Qa7 21. Rde1 Qb6 22. Re4 Qa7 23. h3 Qb6
24. Ka1 Qa7 25. h4 h6 26. h5 g5 27. f4 a4 28. Ba2 Bxg4 29. fxg5 Bxh5 30. Qh2 {
1-0 Macieja,B-Rogozenko,D/Istanbul 2000}) 19. a4 Qc5 20. Kb1 e5 21. dxe6 Bxe6
22. h4 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 h5 (24... h6 $142 {Anand}) 25. Ka2 $16 {
1-0 Anand,V-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee 2001 (45)}) 16... h6 17. O-O-O b4 $5 {
Trying to change the character of the position, because as mentioned above,
after a "normal" play White's chances are higher.  However, it doesn't look
like Black would have enough play for the pawn after 17...b4.} 18. Qd4+ $2 {
This is difficult to understand. Black would be happy to remove the king from
possible checks on the long diagonal even without being forced.} (18. a4 $2 Qe8
) (18. axb4 axb4 19. Qxb4 Rb8 20. Qc3+ (20. Qd4+ $5) 20... Kg8 {and comparing
to the game White is a tempo up. Black might still have some compensation, but
one cannot neglect the time factor.  White has advantage here.}) 18... Kg8 19.
axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Rb8 21. Qc3 Qb6 {Now Black has a typical compensation. Open
files on the queenside provide a long-term compensation.} 22. Rd4 (22. Bc4 Rfc8
23. b3 e5 $5 $44 (23... Bb5 24. Rd4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qf2 $13)) 22...
Rfc8 23. Rc4 e5 24. Re1 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Ra8 (25... Qf2 {also possible.}) 26. b3
Qf2 27. h5 gxh5 (27... Qxg2 $5) 28. Kb2 Bf5 29. Bb5 (29. Re2 Qg1 $1 {[%csl Ra1]
} (29... Qf1 30. Qe1) (29... Qa7 30. Kc1) 30. Qe1 Qd4+ 31. c3 Qc5 $19) 29... h4
$6 (29... Qxg2 {Black could take the pawn and have a decisive advantage:} 30.
Bc6 Rb8 31. f4 {What else?} exf4 {White cannot do anything because of the
weakness on c2.} 32. Qd4 (32. Rc1 f3 $19) 32... Qxc2+ 33. Ka1 Qxb3 34. Rg1+ Bg6
$19) 30. Re2 Qg1 (30... Qa7 31. Ba4 Bd7 32. Re4 f5 33. Rc4 $16) 31. Ba4 Kh7 32.
Qb4 {White clearly is loosing the thread of the game.} (32. Qc7 $1 {[%csl Rd6,
Rf7] seems like forcind a draw:} Qd4+ 33. c3 Qxd5 34. Bc6 Qd3 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36.
Qf6+ Kg8 (36... Kh7 37. Qxf5+ Qxf5 38. Be4 $16 {/+-}) 37. Bd5+ Qxd5 38. Qxf5
Qd1 39. Qe6+ Kf8 40. Qxh6+ Kf7 41. Qh7+ Ke6 42. Qg6+ Kd7 43. Qf7+ Kc6 (43...
Kc8 44. Qc4+) 44. Qc4+ Kb7 45. Qb5+ Kc7 46. Qc4+ $11) 32... Rg8 33. Qd2 (33.
Qxd6 Rxg2 34. Rxg2 Qxg2 35. Qc7 Qg7 $1 36. Bd7 $1 Bxd7 37. Qxd7 Qf6 {and Black
has good chances to win.}) 33... Rg3 34. Rf2 Qh1 35. Bb5 h3 36. gxh3 Rxf3 $17
37. Rh2 Qg1 38. h4 Rf4 39. Bc4 Qg3 40. h5 Be4 41. Re2 Bf3 42. Re3 Qg7 43. Qc3
Bxh5 44. Bd3+ f5 45. Bc4 Bg6 46. b4 Rg4 47. b5 f4 48. Rh3 Qa7 49. Rh1 Rg3 50.
Bd3 Bxd3 51. cxd3 Rg2+ 52. Kc1 Rg7 53. Kb2 Rc7 54. Qd2 Qd4+ 55. Ka3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mahjoob, Morteza"]
[Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. h5 $6 $146 (16. g4 Qc7 17. h5 (17. Qc3 Qb7 18. h5 $2 Nxe4 $1
$19 {0-1 Bjuhr,A-Edelsvard,O/SVE-ch29 corr 1969 (42)}) 17... gxh5 18. gxh5 Kf7
19. b3 $16 {1-0 Ivanovic,B-Larsen,B/New York 1988 (48)}) 16... Nxh5 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. g4 {White started a direct attack which does not work - his knight is
too far on a4.} Nf4 19. Qh2 h5 20. gxh5 e5 {Thanks to the very strong knight
on f4 Black can easily defend against White's attack.} 21. O-O-O (21. hxg6 Rh8)
21... Rh8 $1 (21... Nxh5 22. Rdg1 (22. Nc5 Qc8 23. Nd3 Rh8 24. Rdg1 Qe6) 22...
Nf4 $13) (21... gxh5 22. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gc3e2] after trading knights, White
will have a strong attack against black king.}) 22. h6+ Kh7 {Now that kingside
is relatively closed, Black can concentrate on his own attack.} 23. Qh4 Ra7 24.
Rh2 Rb7 $15 {/-/+.} 25. Nc5 {The right decision to trade knights. However,
Black can create attack with rooks and queen only, while the k-side remains
defended.} Rb5 26. Nd3 Rf8 $1 27. Qg5 a4 28. Kb1 $6 (28. Nxf4 Rxf4 29. Rd3 Rf6
{[%cal Gd8b6]} 30. Qe3 Qb8 $40) 28... a3 29. b3 Qc7 30. Nxf4 exf4 $1 $19 31.
Rd5 (31. Qxb5 Qc3 32. Kc1 a2 $19) 31... a2+ 32. Kxa2 Ra8+ 33. Kb2 Qa7 34. Kc1 (
34. Kc3 e5 $1 {with the idea Rxd5 and Qd4 mate.}) 34... Rxd5 35. exd5 Qa1+ 36.
Kd2 Qd4+ 37. Ke2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen CU 75th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brinck Claussen, Bjorn"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6
15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. O-O (19. h5 {Brings
nothing:} Nxh5 $1 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4 Nf6 22. Qh6+ Kg8 {And the open position
of White's king on e1 secures Black good counterplay, 1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee 1999 (45)}) 19... Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h5 Nc5 $5
$146 (21... Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Rb4 {was played by Shirov in the rapid game Macieja,
B-Shirov,A/Bydgoszcz 2001. Here Black keeps the minor pieces in hope to
exploit one day the potential of Q+N.} 23. Rfa1 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 $14 {/~~.}) 22.
Rh4 (22. h6+ Kg8 23. Qc3 f6 $13 {looks good for Black.}) 22... Nxb3 23. cxb3
Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Rb4 25. h6+ Kf8 26. Rc1 $5 (26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb4 axb4 28. Rc1
Ra8 29. Rc7 {There is still a lot of play, but looks like it will end with a
draw anyway.} f5 30. Rb7 Kf7 31. Rxb4 Ra5 32. Rd4 Rb5 33. b4 g5 $11) 26...
Rxh4+ 27. Kg3 Rb4 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Qc3 $11 {In spite of many weaknesses (b2,
b3, d5) the advanced pawn on h6 secures White enough counterplay against black
king.} f6 30. Qxc5 Rb8 {Black cannot achieve anything. He must keep under
control the 6th rank (against d5-d6, which will open the position of black
king) and 8th rank. This means he cannot win White's b-pawns without allowing
White to activate.} (30... Rab6 $2 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qh8 $18) 31. Qc7 Rba8 (
31... Rab6 32. d6 $1 R6b7 $8 33. dxe7+ Ke8 34. Qxa5 Rxb3 35. Qc5 $11) 32. Kf4
Rd6 33. Ke4 Kf7 (33... a4 34. Qb7 Rda6 35. bxa4 Rxa4+ 36. b4 $11) 34. f4 Rad8
35. Qxa5 Rb8 36. Kd4 Rdb6 37. Kc5 Rxb3 38. d6 exd6+ 39. Kc6 Ke8 40. Qe1+ (40.
Qa7 R3b7 41. Qe3+ Kf7 {looks drawsh as well.}) 40... Kf7 41. Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 (
14... e5 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Ra3 $14) 15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. h5 Qc8 $146 (19... Nxh5 $142 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4 (21. Rah4
{looked dangerous to me during the game, but Black can probably defend
successfully after} Qc5 $1 {so that now White cannot take twice on h5 because
of the check on g1.} (21... a4 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 Kf8 (23... Qa5 24. c3 Kf8
25. Rxh7 Ke8 26. Rh8+ $18) 24. Rxh7 Ke8 25. Qf4 $18)) 21... Nf6 22. Qh6+ Kg8
23. Rf4 Qc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee 1999/(45)}) 20. hxg6
hxg6 (20... fxg6 $6 $16) 21. Bc3 (21. Rxa5 $4 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 Rxb3 $19) 21... Qf5
22. Rah4 a4 23. Bc4 ({the cold-blooded} 23. Bxa4 $1 {was the right decision:}
g5 24. Rd4 $8 Nh7 25. Rc4 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 $16) 23... Rab6 $132 {Now Black has a
good counterplay.} 24. Be2 {/\25.g4} (24. g4 Qxf3 25. Qh2 Qe3+ (25... Nh5 26.
Bxg7 Kxg7 (26... Qe3+ 27. Qe2) 27. gxh5 Rxb2 28. Kd2 $16) 26. Kd1 (26. Be2 Nh5
$17) 26... Nh5 27. Rh3 $8 (27. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19) 27... Qe4 $13) 24... Rxb2 25.
Bxb2 Rxb2 26. Rxa4 Rxc2 27. g4 (27. Ra8+ Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $11) (27. Qd1 Qc8
$15) 27... Qc8 28. Qd3 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Qc2+ 31. Qd2 Qxa4 32. Rc1
Be5 33. Rc7 $11 (33. Qh6 $6 Qa6+ 34. Kf2 d5 $15) 33... Qb5+ 34. Qd3 Qb2+ 35.
Qd2 Qxd2+ (35... Qb6 $142 36. Rxe7 $140 $2 Kf8 $1 37. Rxe5 dxe5 $17) 36. Kxd2
Kf8 37. Ke3 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rb7 Kf7 40. Rb5 Ke6 41. Ra5 Bh2 42. Rb5 Kf6
43. f4 e5 44. fxe5+ dxe5 45. Rb6+ Kg5 46. Re6 Bg1+ 47. Kf3 Bd4 48. Re8 Bb2 49.
Re6 Kh5 50. Re8 Kg6 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Rc6 Ba3 53. Ra6 Be7 54. Rb6 Bg5 55. Rb4 (
55. Ra6 e4+ 56. Kg3 $11) 55... Ke6 56. Ra4 Bd2 57. Ke2 Bc3 58. Kd3 Bb2 59. Ra6+
Kf7 60. Rc6 Bd4 61. Kc4 Bf2 62. Kd5 e4 63. Ke5 e3 64. Kxf5 e2 65. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 {A common idea of using the fact that white
bishop went early to b3.} 11. Bxd4 b5 12. O-O {After this natural move Black
has no popening problems in reaching equal position.} (12. h4 {is of course
more ambitious and probably stronger.}) 12... a5 (12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 a5 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. h4 Qc7 18. h5 Rac8 19. h6 Qc5 $11 {
0-1 Sutovsky,E-Van Wely,L/Polanica Zdroj 1999/ (41)}) 13. a3 {Interesting that
this position was first played more than 60 years ago and already then Black
achieved a comfortable draw.} a4 (13... Rb8 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Bc3 b4 16. axb4
axb4 17. Bd4 Rb7 $14 {/=. 1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Rabinovich,I/Leningrad 1939 (31)})
14. Bd5 (14. Ba2 Qa5 15. Qf2 Rab8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bc5 {a pawn sac, which tries
to underline the power of the bishops. However the position remains okay for
Black and with an accurate play he should be able to neutralize White's
initiative.} Rfe8 18. Ne4 Bc6 19. Rad1 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qc7 21. c3 $13 {1-0
Shabalov,A-Serper,G/Tbilisi 1989 (37)}) 14... Rb8 {There was no point yet in
taking on d5.} 15. Ne2 Nxd5 {Now that the knight went away taking on d5 looks
more logical.} 16. exd5 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. c3 $11 {White
Knight is slightly stronger than black bishop, but this makes no difference at
all - the position is equal. Black can easily defend his weaknesses on e7 and
b5 and there is nothing White can do. Opening the position would be in Black's
favour, so the players agreed to a draw after some maneuvers.} Bf5 20. Rfe1 Re8
21. Ng3 Bc2 22. Re3 Bb3 23. Rae1 Kf8 24. Ne4 Rbb8 (24... Bxd5 $4 25. Nf6 $18)
25. Rd3 Rbc8 26. Nd2 (26. h4 h6 27. f4 {[%cal Rg1f2,Rh4h5,Ge1h1] this was a
possible plan, but the position remains equal anyway.}) 26... Ba2 27. Ra1 Bc4
28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Rd4 Rc5 30. Re1 Rb8 31. Re2 Ke8 32. Rde4 Rb7 33. Kf2 Rbc7 34.
Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gadjily, Raouf"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 {As the game shows, White
wanted to attack on the kingside. In that case every move on the queenside
favours Black.} (12. h4) 12... a5 13. h4 h5 {In Dragon there is always same
question - should Black stop White's attack by playing h5 (which might often
prove an additional weakness), or let White play h4-h5? Here Black decided
that in case that White continues with g4, he (Black) has enough counterplay
on the queenside.} 14. g4 $5 {The most direct approach.} e5 $1 (14... hxg4 15.
h5 $40 Nxh5 $2 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rxh5 $18) (14... b4 $6 15. Nd5 e5 $2 16. Bb6 {
is of course much woese for Black.}) 15. Be3 b4 (15... hxg4 16. h5 (16. Qxd6 $6
) 16... gxh5 (16... Nxh5 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Qg2 Qd7 19. Nd5 $44) 17. Bh6 $40)
16. Nd5 a4 17. gxh5 $2 {This piece sac just does not work. Black has
sufficient ressourses ro defend the king.} (17. g5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 bxa3 19. Rxa3
Rb8 20. b4 $1 axb3 21. cxb3 $13) (17. Ba2 {Probably the best was just to
retreat the bishop.} b3 $5 (17... bxa3 18. bxa3 $13) 18. cxb3 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Be6
20. Qd3 $14) 17... axb3 18. Bg5 (18. h6 Bh8 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. Bc7 Qb7 21. Bxd6
Nxd5 $19) (18. hxg6 Nxd5 19. exd5 bxa3 $19) 18... bxa3 $19 {Black is a piece
up and is the first one to create threats.} 19. bxa3 (19. cxb3 axb2 $19) 19...
b2 20. Rb1 Rxa3 21. h6 Bxh6 $1 {The quickest way. Black gives back the piece 
(he still remains a pawn up!) but takes the initiative.} (21... Bh8 $19) 22.
Bxh6 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb6 {White king is defenceless. In addition there is a
powerfull pawn on b2. Black wins easlily.} 24. Rf1 (24. Bxf8 Qe3+ 25. Kf1 Qxf3+
26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kf1 Rf3+ 28. Ke2 Qg2+ $19) 24... Rc8 25. c4 Be6 26. Qb5 Qxb5
27. cxb5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 {A common way to exploit the early
Bb3.} 12. h4 a5 13. h5 {The critical continuation.} e6 {Black reached in the
practice good results with the alternatives 13. ... e5 and 13. ... a4. However,
in my opinion White has better chances in all cases.} (13... e5 14. hxg6 $1 $14
{/+/-.}) (13... a4 14. Bxf6 $14 (14. Bd5 $14)) 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Bc6 (15...
Bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nxh5 17. Bxg7 (17. g4 $5) 17... Kxg7 18. g4 Nf6 19. Qh6+ (19. Rd4
Qc7 (19... Ra6 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. e5 $18) 20. Rxd6 (20. g5 $5 $36) 20... a4 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. g5 Kg8 23. gxf6 Rxf6 $14) 19... Kh8 20. e5 $6 dxe5 21. g5 Nh5 22.
Rah4 Rg8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Florencio,P-Gentil,L/Brasilia 1985 (48)}) 16. hxg6 hxg6
17. O-O-O (17. g4 $40 {[%cal Gd2h2]}) 17... Rb8 18. Bc3 d5 19. g4 Bxa4 20. Bxa4
Qb6 21. e5 Nh7 22. Qh2 (22. Rh4 $5) 22... Ng5 23. Qf4 {The game just starts to
be interesting and it is a pity that players decided to call it a day. The
position looks very dangerous for Black, but it is far from clear.} (23. Qf4
Rfd8 (23... Qd8 24. Qh2 Qb6 25. f4 {-23.f4}) 24. Qxg5 d4 $132) (23. f4 Qe3+ (
23... Rfc8 24. fxg5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qe3+ 26. Qd2) 24. Rd2 $1 Rfc8 25. Bd4 $16 (
25. fxg5 $2 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qxc3 $17)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Vasovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6
15. Bxe6 {This move improves Black's pawn structure, as after fxe6 Black will
control square d5. It opens also the f-file for black rook and the attack on
the h-file will be less dangerous for Black (because the rook can defend
square h7 from f7). On the other hand White does not waste time at all and
simply tries to prove that even after fxe6 he can pretend to have a better
structure.} (15. Nb6 {A more ambitious way.} Ra6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qc7 18.
Ra4 Rb8 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h5 Nf6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. g4 Qc5+ 24. Kg2
$14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Shirov,A/Bydgoszcz 2001 (47)}) 15... fxe6 16. O-O (16.
g4 Qc7 17. h5 gxh5 18. gxh5 Kf7 19. b3 Rg8 (19... Rfb8 $5) 20. O-O-O Rab8 21.
Bc3 Rgc8 22. Rhg1 Bh8 23. Rg2 $14 {1-0 Ivanovic,B-Larsen,B/New York 1988 (48)})
16... Rb8 (16... Qc7 17. Ra3 $2 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Qc4+ 20. Qd3 Qxd4
$19 {0-1 Zuckerman,B-Byrne,D/New York 1966 (47)}) 17. Qe3 (17. b3 $142 $5 {
[%cal Ra4b2,Rb2c4]}) 17... Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b3 Qc7 20. Rf2 Rb5 21. Qc3+ (
21. Nb2 Ne5 $11) 21... Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Rc5 23. Nd1 Rb8 24. Ne3 Rb4 {/\Nb6, a4=.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bydgoszcz m 20'"]
[Site "Bydgoszcz"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 (13. h5 {is another
serious attempt to fight for advantage.}) 13... bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 15. Nb6 Ra6
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qc7 {Although Black scores well in this line, in my
opinion his position is slightly worse. Black has weaknesses on a5, e7 and can
have problems on the h-file. White's drawbacks are his bishop on b3 which is a
bit passive (but it plays important defensive role, protecting c2 and d5) ans
also white king sometimes is vulnerable on the dark squares.} 18. Ra4 Rb8 {
This position was played before, and in the original game of the whole line
Shirov was White! In the rapid match Macieja tried two different moves, both
times with similar ideas and both times he was better, although Black scored 1,
5 out of 2 in these rapid games.} 19. Kf2 (19. O-O Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h5 $13
Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Rb4 23. Rfa1 (23. Qe2 $5 Rab6 $140 24. Qxe7 Ne5 25. h6+ $1 Kxh6
26. Qf8+ Kh5 27. g4+ Kg5 28. f4+ Kxg4 29. fxe5 $18) 23... Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Ra8 25.
Rh4 Nf6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rc4 $14 {0-1 Macieja,B-Shirov,A/Bydgoszcz rapid 2001/
(44)}) (19. h5 Nxh5 (19... Qc8 $6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bc3 Qf5 22. Rah4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Svetushkin,D-Rogozenko,D/Bucharest 2000/ (65)}) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4
Nf6 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rf4 Qc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee
1999/ (45)}) 19... Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h5 Nf6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. g4 Qc5+ 24.
Kg2 Rb4 25. Qh6+ {There is no way to mate Black, so white queen was more
useful in the center.} (25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Re1 Ra7 27. g5 Nh5 28. Re4 Rb7 29.
Rc4 $14) (25. Rha1 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 $14) 25... Kg8 26. g5 {This leads to a draw.
White must give perpetual and there is nothing Black can do about that.} Nh5
27. Rxh5 gxh5 28. g6 $11 hxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. c3 Rxa4 31. Qf5+ Kg7 32. Qg5+
Kf8 33. Qf5+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Bxa4 Rb6 36. Qh6+ Kf7 37. Qxh5+ Kg7 38. Qg5+
Kf7 39. Bd7 Rxb2+ 40. Kh3 Re2 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Qg4+ Kf6 43. Qf5+ Kg7 44. Qg5+
Kf7 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46. Qg4+ Kf8 47. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 $5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 (10... Bd7 11. O-O-O Rfc8 {still can lead to
one of the main lines of Sicilian Dragon.}) 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. O-O-O b5 (12...
Bxb3 13. cxb3 $1 $14) 13. Kb1 b4 {Half a century ago this set-up was Bent
Larsen's weapon in the Sicilian Dragon (although it must be said that "the
fighter" used a slightly different move order to achieve this position).} ({
Weaker is} 13... Rfc8 14. Rhe1 (14. h4 $5) 14... b4 (14... Bxb3 15. cxb3 b4 16.
Bxf6 $1 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 $16) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc7 17. a4 Re8 {
Black needs to spend time in order to protect pawn e7 before playing ...Nd7-c5.
} 18. g4 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h4 Nc5 21. h5 $16 {White´s attack is obviously
quicker.}) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 ({Fischer took on d5 with the bishop and
created the famous game "Slaying the Dragon" that scared off so many people
from playing this opening. Here it is:} 15. Bxd5 Rac8 $2 {As explained by
Fischer, Black is already lost after it. White keeps the bishop alive and "the
game was in the bag" (Fischer).} ({Black equalizes with} 15... Nxd5 16. Bxg7
Nc3+ $1 17. Bxc3 bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Rfc8 $11) 16. Bb3 {"I'd won
dozens of skittles games in analogous positions and had it down to a science:
pry open the h-file, sac, sac...mate!" (Fischer)} Rc7 17. h4 Qb5 18. h5 Rfc8
19. hxg6 hxg6 20. g4 a5 21. g5 Nh5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. g6 e5 24. gxf7+ Kf8 25.
Be3 d5 26. exd5 Rxf7 27. d6 Rf6 28. Bg5 Qb7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. d7 Rd8 31. Qd6+ {
1-0 Fischer,R-Larsen,B/Portoroz 1958}) 15... Qb5 16. Qd3 {According to the
theory this move leads to a better endgame for White, but apparently
Zvjaginsev has his own opinion about it, since for the second time this year
he achieves a draw without visible efforts.} ({A year after his loss to
Fischer, Larsen repeated the variation against Tal, but the future World
Champion came well prepared and won the endgame:} 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qe2 {Tal´s
play was regarded for years as convincing. However, later it was proved that
Black´s position has sufficient defensive resources and 16.Qd3 instead of 16.
Rhe1 started to be considered somewhat more precise.} Qxe2 18. Rxe2 a4 19. Bc4
Rfc8 20. Bb5 (20. b3 Rc7 (20... Kf8 21. Rd3 Rcb8 22. c3 axb3 23. Bxb3 bxc3 24.
Bxc3 h5 {1/2-1/2 Matanovic,A-Larsen,B/Sousse 1967}) 21. Bb5 axb3 22. cxb3 Ra5
23. Bc4 Rb7 24. g4 Kf8 25. h4 Ne8 26. Bxg7+ (26. Bf2 $5) 26... Kxg7 27. Rh2 h6
28. g5 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Areshchenko,A (2595)-Zvjaginsev,V (2649)/Sochi 2005 (36)
}) 20... Ra5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bc6 a3 23. b3 Kf8 (23... Rc7 24. c4 bxc3 25. b4
Ra6 26. b5 Rb6 27. Kc2 Kf8 28. Re4 Ra7 29. Rb1 Ra5 30. f4 h5 31. g3 Kg7 32. h3
Kh6 33. h4 Kg7 34. Rbb4 Kf8 35. Kd3 Kg7 36. Kc2 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M 
(2509)-Almeida Saenz,A (2408)/Andorra 1999 (55)}) 24. c4 bxc3 (24... e5 25. Kc2
Bg5 26. g3 f5 27. Kd3 Bd8 28. g4 f4 29. Rc1 Bb6 30. Ke4 Bc5 31. h4 h6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Garcia,G (2335)-Juliao,C/Winnipeg 1974 (44)}) 25. Kc2 Ra7 26. b4 e6 $2
(26... Rb8 27. b5 Rb6) 27. b5 exd5 28. b6 Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Re1+ Be5 31. b7
Rb8 32. f4 Ke6 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Rb1 Kd6 35. Rb6 d4 36. Ra6 f5 37. Ra8 Kc7 38.
Bd5 e4 39. Rxa3 e3 40. Kd3 g5 41. Kxd4 {1-0 Tal,M-Larsen,B/Zuerich 1959}) 16...
Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfc8 18. Re1 Rc7 19. c3 (19. g4 Rb8 20. Ba4 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Nb6 22.
Bf6 exf6 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. Red1 Rc6 25. c3 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Kf8 $15 {
1-0 Feher,G (2405)-Lengyel,F (2280)/Hungary 1992 (63)}) 19... a5 20. cxb4 axb4
21. Rc1 $146 (21. Rdd1 Bh6 (21... Rac8 22. Bb6 Rb7 23. Bf2 Ra8 24. Rc1 Kf8 25.
Rc6 Nd7 26. Rec1 $16 {Jenni,F (2440)-Felgaer,R (2390)/Yerevan 2000}) 22. g3 Kf8
(22... Rac8 23. f4 g5 $5 {Motylev}) 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rc1 Nc5 25. Rc4 f5 26. Be3
Ra5 (26... Bg7 27. Re2 Ra5 28. Rec2 Rb5 29. Ba4) 27. Rxb4 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 (28.
Bb6 $2 Nd2+ 29. Ka1 Rcc5 $17) 28... Rxd5 29. a4 $14 {1-0 Motylev,A (2570)
-Felgaer,R (2420)/Linares 2001 (58)}) 21... Rxc1+ 22. Kxc1 Nd7 {In order to
achieve a sensible advantage White must create a passed pawn on the queenside,
but it looks like that`s a very difficult task.} 23. Rd1 (23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd4
Nc5 25. Kc2 Rb8 {transposes to the position from the game.}) 23... Nc5 24. Kc2
Rc8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd4 Rb8 ({There is no much sense in trading rooks yet,
since then White can create a passed pawn any time. However, the position is
still rather drawish:} 26... Ne6+ 27. Rc4 Rxc4+ 28. Bxc4 Nc5 29. Kd2 (29. f4 $6
Kf6 30. g4 $2 g5 $17) (29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 Kf6 31. Kc3 (31. f4 Kf5 32. g3 Ke4
33. Kc3 Kf3 34. Kd4 Kg2 35. Ke3 Kxh2 36. Kf3 $44) 31... Ke5 32. Kb4 Kd4) 29...
Kf6 30. Ke3 g5 31. Kd4 $14) 27. Bc4 g5 $1 {Black gains space on the kingside
and at the same time secures the path for his king to e5. White achieved
nothing on the queenside yet and he can easily end up in a bad position.
Therefore Inarkiev changes the character of play.} 28. b3 $5 {White wants to
create a passed pawn on the b-file.} (28. a3 $6 bxa3 29. bxa3 Ra8 30. Kb2 Ra4
$15) 28... Kf6 29. Kb2 Ke5 30. Rd2 Ra8 ({The following variation shows that
White´s plan is pretty harmless, even if he creates a passed b-pawn:} 30... h5
31. Re2+ Kf6 32. a3 bxa3+ 33. Kxa3 h4 34. b4 Ra8+ 35. Kb2 Na4+ 36. Kb3 Nb6 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga8c8]}) 31. Re2+ Kf6 32. a4 $5 (32. Rd2 h5 $17) 32... bxa3+
33. Ka2 h5 34. Re3 h4 35. Bb5 (35. b4 $2 Ra4 $1 36. bxc5 Rxc4 37. c6 e6 $19)
35... Na6 36. Re4 (36. Kxa3 $2 Nc7+ $19) (36. Bxa6 Rxa6 37. b4 e5 (37... e6 $5)
38. Rxa3 (38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Rxa3 Rb6 40. Kb3 d5 41. Kc3 $11) 38... Rxa3+ 39.
Kxa3 Ke7 $11) 36... Nc5 37. Re3 Na6 38. Re4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 (12. h4) 12... bxa4 ({A
reliable continuation is} 12... b4 13. Nd5 (13. Ne2 e5 14. Be3 Be6 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Lechtynsky,J (2370)-Adorjan,A (2475)/Luhacovice 1973 (46)}) 13... Nxd5
14. exd5 (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 Qb6 $11 {0-1 Shomoev,A (2482)-Savchenko,B 
(2569)/Moscow 2006 (34)}) 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. O-O Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11)
(12... a6 13. O-O Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na2 Bb7 16. Nb4 $14 {/= 1-0 Kramnik,V 
(2777)-Van Wely,L (2617)/Wijk aan Zee 2004 (45)}) 13. Nxa4 (13. Bxa4) 13... Be6
14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Nd7 (15... Qc7 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rf2 a5 19.
Nc3 Qc5 20. Ne2 e5 $11 {1-0 Ivanovic,B (2550)-Rajkovic,D (2470)/Budva 1981 (43)
}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ $146 (17. Kh1 Qb8 18. b3 Qc7 19. Nb2 Rfc8 20. Nc4 Nb6
21. Ne3 Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,R (2330)-Magerramov,E (2558)/Dubai 2003}) 17... e5
18. b3 Qb8 {The position is about equal. White's better pawn structure is
compensated by the fact that Black has targets for attack on the open c- and
b-files.} 19. Ra2 Rc8 20. Qa5 (20. Qe3 Qb4 $11) 20... Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. c4
Rb8 23. Ra3 Rb4 (23... Rcb7 24. Rb1 Kf7 (24... Rb4 25. Nc3) 25. Nc3 Nc5 26. b4
Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Rxb4 28. Rxa7 Rb7 $1 $15 (28... Rxc4 29. Nd5)) 24. Nc3 Rcb7 25.
Nd5 (25. Rb1 Nc5 26. Nd5 Rxb3 27. Rbxb3 Nxb3 28. Nxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxb3 Rc7 30. Ra3
$11) 25... Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Nxe7 Nc5 28. Ra1 a6 $11 29. Nc8 $1 Rd3 30.
Ra5 {This forced play requires from Black accurate answers in order to
maintain the balance.} Rd2 31. Nxd6 (31. Kf1 Nd3 32. Rxa6 Rf2+ 33. Kg1 Rc2 $132
) 31... Nd3 (31... Rxd6 $2 32. Rxc5 $16) 32. h3 (32. g3 Ne1 $1) 32... Nf4 33.
Rxa6 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rc2 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Ne8+ (36. Rxh7 Ke6 $11) 36... Ke6 37.
Rxh7 Rxc4 38. Nc7+ Kd6 39. Nd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 ({Two years ago the young
Ukrainian chose} 5. c4 {and although he won the game (which lasted 113 moves,
by the way), Tiviakov had little to complain about the opening outcome:} Nf6 6.
Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rb1 Ncd4 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 b6 15. f4 a5 16. b5 Ne6 17. f5 Nc5 18. Bc2 Nd7 19. Rf3 Ne5
20. Rh3 e6 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2547)-Tiviakov,S (2635)/Dos Hermanas 2003 (113)})
5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12.
h4 a5 13. h5 e5 ({The main alternative} 13... a4 {proved to be insufficient:}
14. Bd5 $1 (14. Bxf6 exf6 (14... Bxf6 $2 15. hxg6 $18 {1-0 Andreescu,N (2150)
-Hava,C (2105)/Herculane 1996 (31)}) 15. Bd5 Rc8 $13) 14... e5 ({Black must
look for playable positions after the only remaining option in this variation:
} 14... b4) 15. h6 $1 (15. hxg6 Nxd5 $1) 15... Bh8 16. Bxa8 exd4 17. Nd5 Re8 (
17... Nh5 18. O-O-O $16) 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bd5 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V (2683)
-Moldovan,D (2411)/Vandoeuvre 2005 (28)}) (13... e6 14. a4 $14) 14. hxg6 {
The best, requiring from Black very good preparation.} (14. Be3 a4 15. Bd5 b4
16. hxg6 {After the knight retreat on d1 or e2 Black takes on d5 with
comfortable play} bxc3 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qxc3 Be6 20. O-O-O Rc8
21. Qb4 d5 22. Bh6 Qc7 23. Qxa4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Bxh6+ 25. Rxh6 Kg7 26. Rdh1 Bxa2
27. R6h3 Bc4 28. Qa3 Kh8 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Rh6 Rf8 31. g4 $6 Bg8 $15 32. g5 $2
Nxe4 $1 33. Qxe4 Qxg5+ 34. Kd1 (34. Kb1 Qxh6 35. Qxe5+ Qg7 $19) 34... Rd8+ 35.
Ke2 Qd2+ 36. Kf3 Rf8+ {0-1 Solak,D (2596)-Hamdouchi,H (2555)/Athens 2005 (42)})
(14. h6 $2 Bh8 15. Be3 a4 16. Bd5 b4 17. Ne2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rb8 $17 {0-1 Panelo
Munoz,M-Scarella,E (2255)/San Rafael 1992 (40)}) 14... exd4 (14... hxg6 {
is bad for Black:} 15. Be3 a4 16. Bh6 Nh5 17. Bd5 Rc8 18. g4 b4 19. Ne2 $18 {
1-0 Pinasco,D-Thompson,P/IECG email 1999 (36)}) 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 (15... Rxf7 16.
gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Ne2 (17. Qxd4 $14) 17... Qb6 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Kb1 Kg8 20. Nxd4
Rc4 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 $16 {1-0 Lopez Martinez,J (2437)-Felgaer,R (2587)/
Andorra 2004 (40)}) 16. Qxd4 h6 17. O-O-O ({A principled continuation is} 17.
Qe3 Ng8 18. g4 {Black´s position looks very dangerous, although it has a lot
of resources:} b4 (18... Be8 19. g5 Bxf7 20. gxh6 Bxg6 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nd5
$36) 19. Nd5 Be8 20. g5 $1 Bxf7 21. gxf7 Rxf7 22. O-O-O Qf8 23. f4 Re8 24. gxh6
(24. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6]}) 24... Bxh6 25. Rdg1 Ne7 26. Qa7 Kh7 $2 (26...
a4 27. Kb1 Kh7 28. Qd7 Ng8 29. Qh3 $14 Rxe4 $140 $2 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. Qg2+ $18)
27. Qd7 Ng8 28. Qh3 {1-0 Rause,O (2708)-Ekebjaerg,O (2635)/ICCF email 2002.
The play seems to be far from over yet.} (28. Qh3 {In fact Black has big
chances to defend after} Rxe4 29. Qd3 (29. Rxg8 Rfxf4 $1 30. Qxh6+ Qxh6 31.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 32. Nxf4 Rxf4 $14) 29... Rfxf4 30. Kb1 a4 $13)) 17... b4 $146 ({
After} 17... Be8 18. e5 Ng8 {interesting looks} 19. Qf4 {followed by e5-e6.})
18. Nd5 (18. Qe3 $5 Ng8 19. Nd5 Be8 20. g4 Bxf7 21. gxf7 Rxf7 22. g5 {
transposes to 17.Qe3}) 18... Be8 19. Bxe8 (19. Qe3 Bxf7 (19... Ng8 20. g4 Bxf7
21. gxf7 Rxf7 22. g5 {see 17.Qe3}) 20. Rxh6+ Kg8 21. gxf7+ Rxf7 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6
23. Qb3+ Rf7 24. Rg6 $13 {/=} (24. Rhxd6 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 (25. R6d2 $2 Rd8 $19) (
25. R1d2 a4 $132) 25... Qxg2 $11)) 19... Ng8 20. Qb6 {Black protected well the
kingside and it looks like he can be more optimistic now about his chances to
create counterplay. It is a pity the players didn´t want to take risks and
continue to play this complicated, double-edged position.} (20. Qb6 Qxe8 $1 ({
In the endgame arising after} 20... Qxb6 21. Nxb6 Raxe8 22. Nd7 (22. Rxd6 Rf6
$13) 22... Rf4 23. Rxd6 Nf6 24. Nc5 $5 Bf8 25. Rc6 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Kg7 27. Rxa5 {
only White can play for a win}) 21. Qxd6 Rd8 (21... Rc8 $5) 22. Qg3 Ne7 23. Qg5
(23. Ne3 a4 $132 {[%cal Ga4a3]} 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qg5 Qd4 26. Qxe7 (26. Nd1 a3
27. Qxe7 Rd8 $1 $19) 26... Qxe3+ 27. Kb1 Qd2 $17) (23. Rh5 Nxg6 24. Rdh1 $140
Rxd5 $1 25. Rxd5 (25. exd5 Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Qd4 $19) 25... Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e2]} 26.
Kb1 (26. Rd2 Qe5 $19) 26... Nxd5 27. exd5 Qe3 28. Rd1 Rd8 $17) 23... Nxg6 24.
Rxh6+ Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Rh1 Rd7 $15) (20. Qe3 Qxe8 {[%cal Ge8e5]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 {This old variation is not
particularly popular among Dragon aficionados because in spite of its apparent
aggressivity, Black will be fighting for a draw in a slightly inferior endgame.
} 12. O-O-O b5 {Other options are worse:} ({The exchange of bishops on b3 is
doubtful for Black:} 12... Bxb3 13. cxb3 $1 {For instance} Rfc8 14. Kb1 b5 15.
Rhe1 $1 {and it is extremely difficult for Black to create counterplay. There
is an amazing forced line, which ends up in a pawn endgame:} b4 16. Bxf6 bxc3
17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 (18... Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Kb2 R3c5
22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Rc1 $16) 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Rxc3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rc1
Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 {The present endgame was analyzed by several strong players and
the final conclusion is that White should be winning, even if there are a lot
of subtleties.}) (12... Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 (13... Bc4 14. h4 $16) (13... Rc6 14.
g4 Rac8 15. h4 $16) 14. Rhe1 (14. h4 $14) 14... b4 (14... Bxb3 15. cxb3 b4 16.
Bxf6 {transposes to 12...Bxb3}) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc7 17. a4 $1 Rac8 18. g4
$16) 13. Kb1 b4 (13... Rfc8 14. Rhe1 $14) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qb5 (15... Rfc8
16. Rhe1 Rc7 17. a4 $16) 16. Rhe1 {This natural move allows Black to blockade
rather comfortably the queenside pawn formation and therefore more accurate is
16.Qd3.} (16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfc8 (17... a5 18. Ba4 $16 {[%cal Ga4c6]}) 18.
Re1 Rc7 19. c3 a5 (19... bxc3 20. Rxc3 $16) 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Rdd1 $14 {
Here in opposite to the game White can create later a passed pawn on the
a-file.}) 16... a5 $1 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 a4 19. Bc4 Rfc8 20. b3 Rc7 $14 {/=}
21. Bb5 {White forces his opponent to release the tension on the queenside.
The drawback of this move is that it allows Black to arrange optimally his
rooks on b7 (protect pawn b4) and a5 (keep d5 under attack).} (21. g4 {I think
this leaves White with more chances to achieve advantage.} Rb7 (21... h5 $5)
22. g5 Ne8 23. Re4 $1 Bxd4 $6 (23... h5 $5) 24. Rdxd4 {[%csl Rb4]} f5 $6 (24...
Ng7) (24... h6 $5) 25. Rh4 axb3 26. Bxb3 Rab8 27. Rh6 Ng7 28. Bc4 Nh5 29. Bd3
Rf8 30. Rh4 f4 31. R4xh5 gxh5 32. Rxh7 Ra7 33. g6 h4 34. Rxh4 Rfa8 35. Bf5 Rf8
36. Be4 Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kf6 38. h4 $18 {1-0 Sevecek,R-Sojka,V/Czechoslovakia 1968
(62)}) (21. Rde1 axb3 22. axb3 Kf8 23. c3 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rb8 25. Rb2 Nh5 $11 {
0-1 Citterio,J-Pellegrino,J/France corr 1969 (56)}) (21. c3 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Rb8
23. Kc2 Kf8 24. g3 Ra8 25. f4 axb3+ 26. axb3 Nd7 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rxe7 Ra2+
29. Kc3 Rxh2 30. Kd4 Kf6 31. Re3 (31. Rde1 h5) 31... Nb6 32. Ra1 Rc2 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D (2506)-Felgaer,R (2390)/Yerevan 2000 (53)}) 21... axb3 22.
cxb3 (22. axb3 $6 Ra5 23. Bc4 Rca7 $1 24. Kc1 (24. Bxa7 Nxd5 $19) 24... Nxd5
25. Bxd5 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Bxd4 $17 {/-+ 1/2-1/2 Szmetan,J-Duin,L/
Buenos Aires 1970 (49)}) 22... Ra5 23. Bc4 (23. Bc6 $2 Nxd5 24. Bxg7 Rxc6 $19)
23... Rb7 24. g4 (24. g3 Ne8 25. Bf2 Kf8 26. Rc2 Nf6 $1 27. g4 Rb8 28. h4 Nd7
$11 {0-1 Slizek,J-Sojka,V/Czechoslovakia corr 1968 (55)}) 24... Kf8 (24... Ne8
25. Bf2 (25. f4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Kf8 27. Rc2 Nc7 28. g5 f5 29. Re2 Rc5 30. Red2 {
1-0 Johansson,C-Sojka,V/corr 1970/D-Corr 2000}) (25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd4 Kf8 27.
h4 Nf6 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. f4 Nc5 30. Be2 Kg7 31. g5 f5 32. Bf3 Ra3 33. Rb2 h5 34.
gxh6+ Kxh6 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. h5 Na4 37. bxa4 Rxf3 38. Rg1 Rxf4 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 40.
Rbg2 b3 41. axb3 Rxb3+ 42. Kc2 Ra3 43. Rg7+ Ke8 44. h6 Rh4 45. h7 Ra2+ 46. Kb3
Rxg2 47. Rxg2 Rxh7 48. Rf2 Rf7 49. Kc4 Kd7 50. a5 Rf8 51. a6 Kc7 52. Re2 f4 53.
Rxe7+ Kb6 {1/2-1/2 Sauermann,W-Sojka/ICCF corr 1978/D-Corr 2000}) 25... Be5 26.
Be1 Nf6 27. a4 Nd7 28. f4 Bxf4 29. Rxe7 Raa7 30. Bf2 Nf6 31. Re2 Ra8 32. h3 Be5
33. Bb5 Rbb8 34. Be1 Ne8 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. d6 Rd8 37. d7 Nc7 38. Bh4 Nxb5 39.
axb5 Kg7 40. Bxd8 Rxd8 41. b6 {1-0 Richter,J-Sojka,V/Czechoslovakia 1968/
D-Corr Nr. 1}) 25. h4 Ne8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rh2 h6 $11 {White achieved
nothing. The position is equal, since weaknesses on e7 and especially b4 don't
allow Black to play for advantage.} 28. g5 h5 29. Re2 Kf8 30. Rd4 Nc7 (30...
Ng7 31. Bd3 {[%csl Rg7]}) 31. f4 Ke8 32. Rf2 Rb6 ({Black has no time to
transfer the knight to b6:} 32... Na8 $2 33. f5 gxf5 34. Rdf4 $1 Nb6 35. Rxf5
Nxc4 (35... e6 36. g6 $1 $18) 36. bxc4 $16) 33. Re2 $11 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5,Re7]} ({
Now} 33. f5 {brings nothing:} gxf5 34. Rxf5 (34. Rdf4 $2 Nxd5 (34... e6)) 34...
e5 (34... e6 35. Rf6 Nxd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. Rh6 $14) 35. Rd2 Nb5
36. Bxb5+ Rbxb5 37. Rdf2 Rxd5 38. Rxf7 Rd1+ 39. Kb2 (39. Kc2 Rh1 40. Rf8+ Kd7)
39... Rad5 $11 (39... Rd2+ $2 40. Rxd2 Kxf7 41. Rxd6 $16)) 33... Rb7 34. Rf2
Rb6 35. Re2 Rb7 36. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Be2 $5 (11. Bb3 Na5 (11... Ne5 12. Qe2 $14) ({
The very first game with the variation 9...Nd7 went} 11... a5 12. a4 Ne5 13.
Qe2 Bd7 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bg1 Bh6 16. g3 Ne5 {Vasiukov-Averbakh, USSR, 1956} 17.
Kb1 $1 Bg4 18. Qb5 $16 {Estrin}) 12. Qd3 $14) 11... d5 (11... Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 (
12... d5 13. Ndb5 e6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd4 Be6 17. f4 Nc6 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Kb1 $14 {1-0 Ramesh,R (2391)-Konguvel,P (2436)/India 1999 (36)})
(12... a5 13. a4 $14) 13. h4 a6 14. h5 Qc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E (2551)
-Fedorov,A (2604) 2003 (30)}) (11... Na5 12. b3 $14) 12. Kb1 ({According to S.
Sulskis the best for White is} 12. Ndb5 dxe4 13. Qxd8 (13. Qe1 $5) 13... Nxd8
14. Nxa7 exf3 15. gxf3 $14 {On the other hand Motylev's 12.Kb1 looks at least
as good.}) ({Interesting is also} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 $14 {
when we have a well-known theoretical position with the bishop on e2 instead
of f1.}) 12... Rb8 ({The standard idea of White's previous move can be seen in
the following variation:} 12... dxe4 $2 13. Nxc6 Qxd2 {with the king on b1
this comes without check, allowing White after} 14. Nxe7+ {to remain with an
extra piece}) (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxe4 14. Qe3 $5 $14) 13. b3 $5 {This points
out that Black's plan is somewhat dubious. With the knight on b6 Black finds
it difficult to create counterplay. The rook on b8 also looks completely
pointless.} Nxd4 ({Black has no com pensation after} 13... e5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 $16) 14. Bxd4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Bxg7 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Kxg7
18. Ng3 Be6 {The bishop is awkward on e6.} (18... Rfd8 19. Nxf5+ (19. Rhd1 Rxd2
20. Rxd2 Be6 21. c4 $14) 19... gxf5 20. Rhd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Kf6 (21... f4 22.
Rd4 e5 23. Rd6 $14) 22. f4 $14 {/+/-}) ({The best chances for a successfull
defense would have offered} 18... Bd7 19. Rhd1 Bc6) 19. Rhd1 $14 {White has a
small, but stable advantage.} Rbc8 (19... h5 20. h4 $14) 20. f4 $1 Rc7 21. Bf3
Nc8 22. Ne4 h6 23. Kb2 b6 (23... b5 $142 $14) ({If Black wanted to advance the
f-pawn in order to play then ...Nd6, he should have done it at once:} 23... f5
24. Nc3 Nd6 $14) 24. c4 f5 {As the result of the previous play Black has
problems to find any useful moves and decides to make a serious positional
concession.} 25. Nc3 Nd6 26. Re2 Bf7 27. Rde1 Re8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 $16 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Ge2e6] Black's position is difficult and he collapses at once.}
b5 $2 ({Black should have covered square e6 with} 29... Nf7 30. Kc3 Nd8 {
and with good defense he has good chances to hold the position.}) 30. Re6 (30.
Re6 {[%cal Ge6d6]} Nc8 31. Bc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch62"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. h5 a4 ({In his
previous game with the present position Tiviakov went for another line:} 13...
e5 14. hxg6 exd4 (14... hxg6 $2 15. Be3 a4 16. Bh6 Nh5 17. Bd5 Rc8 18. g4 b4
19. Ne2 $18) 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Qxd4 h6 {The position is certainly messy, but
possibly around here White can improve and develop a strong initiative} 17.
O-O-O ({Worth serious attention is} 17. Qe3 Ng8 18. g4 Be8 (18... b4 19. Nd5
$16) 19. g5 Bxf7 20. gxh6 Bxg6 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nd5 $40) 17... b4 18. Nd5 ({
Again} 18. Qe3 $5 {is an important option}) 18... Be8 19. Bxe8 Ng8 20. Qb6 {
The draw was agreed in Karjakin,S (2645)-Tiviakov,S (2678) /Gothenburg 2005.
After 20...Qxe8 the position is double-edged.}) 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Bd5 b4 {
This forcing move has brought Black very good results in practice. It requires
a lot of home analysis.} ({Earlier Black used to play more often} 15... Rc8 {
Then after} 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rh6 {critical is} (17. a3 f5 $13) 17... f5 {
which has never been played yet}) 16. Ne2 (16. hxg6 bxc3 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18.
gxf7+ Kh8 19. Qxc3 f5) 16... f5 {This exchange sacrifice is the point of the
15...b4. If White does not accept the sacrifice, Black's idea appears entirely
justified.} 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qxb4 {Hardly the strongest. More principled are
the other two continuations: 18.exf5 and 18.Bxa8.} (18. exf5 Bxf5 19. g4 Be6
20. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Moreno Carnero,J (2512)-Korneev,O (2561)/Port Erin
2003 (31)}) (18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Qxd6 (19. Qxb4 a3 20. c3 axb2 21. Qxb2 fxe4 $44)
19... Bb5 20. Nf4 (20. Nd4 {leads to a lot of complicated variations, which at
the present moment are considered to offer Black sufficient play for equality.}
) 20... Rd8 $44 {0-1 Cheparinov,I (2625)-Leon Hoyos,M (2425)/Cuernavaca 2006 
(38)}) 18... a3 (18... Ra6 19. Qd2 a3 20. b3 $1 fxe4 (20... Bxa1 $2 21. Qh6 $18
) 21. fxe4 Bc6 22. c3 Re8 23. O-O-O Bxd5 24. exd5 $14 {0-1 Todorovic,G (2459)
-Ristic,N (2480)/Budva 2003 (41)}) ({The alternative} 18... Qb8 19. a3 Qxb4+
20. axb4 Bxb2 21. Rb1 a3 {looks very attractive, but after} 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23.
Kd2 Be5 24. c3 (24. Nc3 $2 a2 25. Ra1 Ra3) 24... fxe4 25. fxe4 {it is not
clear if Black's compensation is really so strong as it seems.}) 19. c3 $146 {
Again White refuses to take the exchange.} ({After} 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 {Black's two
strong bishops offer sufficient compensation, but only this way can White try
to set problems for Black.} 20. Rb1 (20. c3 $5 axb2 21. Qxb2 fxe4 22. O-O $13)
20... axb2 21. Rxb2 fxe4 22. fxe4 Bg4 23. Rh4 (23. c3 $5 {[%cal Ge1g1]}) 23...
Qc8 $44 {0-1 Gonzalez Pruneda,A-Mate Adan,C (2262)/Cala Mendia 2001 (32)})
19... axb2 20. Qxb2 Rc8 {Black is only a pawn down and with his active pieces
and clear targets for attack has more than sufficient compensation. White must
play carefully in order to keep the balance.} 21. Qd2 ({After} 21. O-O Bh6 $5 {
Black suddenly creates an annoying threat of Be3 followed by Qh4 mate! White
must further weaken the pawn structure.} 22. f4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Bf3 Qa5
$44) 21... fxe4 (21... Qa5 22. Rh6 $5 $132) 22. fxe4 Bc6 23. Rd1 Bxd5 24. Qxd5
Be5 $44 25. Qd2 (25. Rh3 Qg5 $44) 25... Re8 26. Qh6 Qb6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ (
{The attractive-looking} 28. Rf1 {loses by force due to:} Bxc3+ $1 {After
other moves White is better indeed, but now Black is the first one to mate...}
29. Nxc3 Rxe4+ $1 30. Ne2 (30. Nxe4 Qe3# {A great mate!}) 30... Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2
Re8+ {and Black will mate soon.}) 28... Kg8 ({Black could have tried to play
for more with} 28... Bg7 29. Qf4 Re6 $44 ({Even} 29... d5 {is possible,
although after} 30. Rxd5 Qb1+ 31. Rd1 Qxa2 {the draw remains the most likely
outcome})) 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Qc7 $6 {A move with a bad reputation and the present game is a good
example why.} 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. O-O-O Bxb3 $146 (12... Rfd8 13. Kb1
Bc4 14. h4 e6 15. h5 b5 16. hxg6 fxg6 (16... hxg6 17. Qg5 e5 18. Be3 $16) 17.
Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 18. Qg5 Nd5 (18... Qe7 19. Qxb5 $18) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Qf7
21. Qxb5 $18 {1-0 Formanek,E-Spiller,A/Seattle 1966 (23)}) 13. cxb3 $1 {
As usual in such positions recapturing with the c-pawn secures White against
Black's attack on the queenside.} (13. axb3 Qc6 14. Kb1 b5 $132 {[%cal Ga7a5,
Ga5a4]}) 13... e6 14. Kb1 Qe7 15. Qf2 $1 b6 (15... a6 {loses the exchange:} 16.
e5 dxe5 (16... Ne8 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ $18) 17. Bc5 $16) 16.
Rd3 $1 Rad8 17. Rhd1 {A very instructive play from White. Apparently the pawn
structure favours Black - a pawn endgame would be winning for him - but in
reality such middlegames are very unpleasant for Black. White secures first
against any possible counterplay and then will start advancing the kingside
pawns. Sooner or later the kingside will be open and White will build an
attack there. The main thing for White is to avoid the exchange of queens,
rooks and it would be good to keep knights as well.} Rd7 (17... h5 18. h3 $16)
18. g4 Rfd8 19. h4 d5 ({Another way to stop the direct attack, but get a very
passive position was} 19... h5 20. g5 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. f4 $16) (19... e5
20. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 20. e5 Ne8 21. f4 $16 f6 (21... Nc7 22. h5 gxh5 23.
gxh5 $18) 22. Rf3 Nc7 23. g5 $5 (23. exf6 Bxf6 24. h5 $16) 23... f5 $6 ({
Better was} 23... fxe5 24. fxe5 Rf8 {after which White has many attractive
options. For instance deserves attention the exchange sac:} 25. Rf6 $5 Bxf6 26.
gxf6 Qf7 27. Rg1 $44) 24. a3 {White's position is so good that he can allow
himself such prophylactic moves.} (24. h5 $16) 24... h5 $2 {In passive bad
positions it is very difficult to continue waiting. But any desire to change
something in the position usually only helps the opponent, just like here.} (
24... Rc8 25. h5 $16) 25. gxh6 Bxh6 26. h5 $18 g5 (26... gxh5 27. Rh1 $18) 27.
fxg5 Bxg5 28. Rg1 Kh8 (28... Kh7 29. Qg2 Rg8 (29... Bh6 30. Qg6+ $18) 30. Rg3
Kh6 31. Be3 $18) 29. Rxf5 $1 ({Black hoped for} 29. Qg2 Bh6 30. Rg3 Qh7 {
and he still holds somehow.}) 29... Qh7 (29... exf5 30. e6+ Bf6 31. exd7 Rxd7
32. Qg3 Rd8 33. Qg5 $18) 30. Rgxg5 Rg7 (30... exf5 31. e6+ $18) (30... Rf8 31.
Ka2 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. e6+ $18) 31. Ka2 exf5 32. e6 Nxe6 33.
Rxg7 Nxg7 34. Qh4 Rd7 (34... Rd6 35. Qe7 $18) 35. h6 Kg8 36. Qg5 f4 37. Nxd5
Qf5 38. Nf6+ Kf7 39. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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"]

{This game was played in the fourth round of the European Championship. The No.
1 favourite in the tournament, D.Jakovenko, was facing with White "an easy
opponent, who was not even a Grandmaster". Nevertheless with a perfect score
after the first three rounds Jianu had half a point more than the Russian
Vice-Champion. The game showed that the Romanian IM is indeed a tough nut to
crack. With Black he went for a very sharp battle and never seemed in real
danger of losing. Vlad Jianu became the Romanian Champion in 2006 and together
with C.Lupulescu, M.Parligras, A.Murariu and A.Berescu belongs nowadays to the
new and talented generation of Romanian players.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Jianu is well known in Romania for having no fear
against any opponents. He always sticks to his openings, no matter what the
situation. Given the fact that his usual repertoire contains a lot of risky
and sometimes even doubtful variations, such a fearless approach can backfire
sometimes. That actually happened in Dresden at a latter stage, when Jianu
lost to P.Eljanov right in the opening.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4
Bd7 10. Bb3 {The first important moment in this game. Jakovenko avoids the
Chinese Dragon, which is Jianu's main weapon. A reasonable decision,
especially since the Romanian player has no experience in the main Dragon
lines.} ({After} 10. O-O-O {the move which leads to the Chinese Dragon is} Rb8
$5 {- a new branch of the Dragon Sicilian, which will probably become even
more popular in the near future. There is no "official" refutation yet,
although many positions look suspicious for Black. Jianu has obtained
reasonable results with it, but some of his opening positions were in
accordance with the chosen system: i.e. suspicious.} 11. Kb1 (11. h4 Na5 12.
Be2 b5 13. Bh6 Nc4 14. Qg5 $1 Nh5 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. g4 $40 {1/2-1/2 Baratosi,D
(2253)-Jianu,V (2492)/Timisoara 2006 (70)}) (11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Bh6 (12. f4 $1
Neg4 13. h3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 {is quite unpleasant for Black}) 12... b5 13. h4 Nc4
14. Qg5 Qb6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 h6 17. Qg3 $40 {0-1 Stehno,P (2301)-Jianu,V 
(2412)/Sozina 2004 (32)}) 11... Na5 12. Be2 b5 13. Ndxb5 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nb3
Rfc8 16. Bxa6 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bd4 Be6 19. Rhe1 {1-0 Hermansson,E (2441)
-Jianu,V (2496)/Bucharest 2006 (42) and Black couldn't prove enough
compensation for the pawns.}) 10... Na5 {It might seem that Black would like
to transpose into the Chinese Dragon, but actually Jianu had another idea in
mind.} (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 {is considered the drawback of the early 10.Bb3.
However, things are far from clear here too.}) ({Now after} 10... Rb8 $6 {
White just takes the pawn} 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxa7 $16) 11. h4 ({After} 11.
O-O-O Rb8 {we have the main starting position of the Chinese Dragon. Two more
examples from Jianu's practice (which reached the position with the move order
10.0-0-0 Rb8 11.Bb3 Na5):} 12. h4 (12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b5 14. g4 b4 15. Nd5
Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ba4 18. h4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qa5 20. h5 Qa1+ 21. Kd2
Qxb2 22. hxg6 Qc3+ 23. Kc1 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qc3+ {1/2-1/2 Katov,L (2226)-Jianu,V 
(2491)/Predeal 2006}) 12... b5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 e5 15. Nde2 b4 16. Nd5
Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rb6 19. h5 g5 20. f4 Bg4 21. Nd4 gxf4 22. g3 Kh8
23. gxf4 exd4 24. Rg5 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Rg1 Qh4 27. f5 Rc6 28. f6 Rxc2+
29. Kxc2 Qf2+ 30. Kd3 Qe2+ 31. Kxd4 Qxb2+ 32. Kc4 Qc3+ 33. Kb5 Qc5+ 34. Ka4
Qc6+ 35. Kxb4 a5+ 36. Kxa5 Qc5+ 37. Ka4 Qa7+ 38. Kb5 Qc5+ {1/2-1/2 Burnoiu,N 
(2424)-Jianu,V (2496)/Bucharest 2006}) 11... Qc7 {This is the second important
moment. Black chooses an old line, which for many years hasn't been played on
the highest level. Vlad Jiany prepared it specially for the European
Championship. The good thing for Black is that this system can be played
almost always against the Yugoslav Attack, no matter what White's move order
is. The bad thing is that theory considers it quite dubious and the present
game didn't answer the critical questions.} 12. h5 {The main move. A few
rounds later the same variation happened again:} (12. Bh6 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Bxh6
14. Qxh6 d5 15. exd5 $146 (15. O-O-O) 15... Qg3+ 16. Kf1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I 
(2596)-Evdokimov,A (2530)/Dresden 2007 (132)}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14.
O-O-O Rfc8 ({After} 14... b5 {Black must reckon with} 15. b3 $5 {followed by
the exchange on g6 and take the pawn on b5.}) 15. g4 {From the point of view
of the opening theory this is the third and final critical moment in this game.
} ({Unfortunately it remains an open question how was Black going to react to
the theoretically strongest} 15. Bh6 {The point is that after the practically
forced} Bh8 {White has two attractive possibilities:} 16. Bg5 ({Or} 16. Nf5 {
For example:} Re8 17. g4 Rac8 18. Kb1 Be6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Be3 $16 {1-0 Yuferov,
S-Eropov,I/Sverdlovsk 1967 (27)}) 16... b5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5
Rf8 (19... Bxd4 20. Nxe7+ $18) 20. Qh6 Rf7 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Kb1 $14 {1-0
Hertel,P-Sehner,N/Corr 1994 (35)}) 15... b5 16. hxg6 ({Curiously, in the same
round of the same tournament another game with this variation happened.} 16.
Kb1 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qh2 Qe5 (20... Qf7 21.
Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bh6 {1-0 Antler,A-Dorsey,P/Saratoga Springs 1993 (38)}) 21. Qxh7+
$1 ({After} 21. Bf4 {the players agreed to a draw in Sorokin,M (2517)-Becker,M
(2313)/Dresden 2007. All this happened before and is considered good for Black:
} Qf6 22. g5 Qf7 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Be3 (24. Qh2 e5 25. Bg3 a5 26. Rd2 a4 27.
Ne2 Bf5 28. f4 b3 $19 {0-1 Hove,J (2255)-Dorsey,P/Chicago 1997 (32)}) 24... e5
25. Nb3 Bf5 $132 {0-1 Gosio,D-Isonzo,D (2250)/Porto San Giorgio 2000 (34)})
21... Kf7 {and now White must continue} 22. f4 $1 (22. Bh6 Rh8 $1 $15 {0-1
Pritchett,C (2350)-Miles,A (2375)/Eastbourne 1973 (54)}) 22... Qxe3 23. f5 $40
{which is a variation that would hardly cross people's mind in the
pre-computer era. It seems that there is another question about the
correctness of the entire variation for Black.}) ({Now a similar idea doesn't
work:} 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bg5 b4 {and White has no time to take on f6.}) 16...
fxg6 17. Qh2 Qf7 18. Kb1 {Until now Vlad Jianu had played in blitz tempo,
while Jakovenko had spent more than half of an hour. Here both opponents
started to think longer.} Bh8 $5 $146 {Only here does Black produce a logical
novelty. However, in the previous game played 30 years ago Black was also
doing fine, which proves that this type of position is good for Black.} (18...
Rab8 19. Nd5 Bh8 20. Bg5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Be5 22. Qh4 Rc4 23. Be3 Rbc8 {0-1
Ferrao,L-Hernandez,H/Sao Paulo 1977 (36). Jianu correctly considers that there
is little sense spending time on 18...Rab8, especially since he will soon use
the a-file for the rook.}) 19. Nde2 (19. Ncxb5 {was hardly a serious option in
Jakovenko's calculations. After} Rab8 20. Na3 a5 {Black has some long-term
compensation thanks to his attacking prospects on the queenside.}) 19... b4 20.
Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 a5 $1 {In spite of the open h-file, it is far from simple
for White to find a clear attacking plan. On the other hand Black's play is
easy: he simply advances the pawns against White's king.} 22. Bd4 ({Much too
slow is} 22. Qh3 $2 a4 23. Rh2 b3 $17) 22... a4 23. Bxh8 ({Perhaps it was
worth trying} 23. Qxh7+ Qxh7 24. Rxh7 Kxh7 25. Rh1+ Kg8 26. Rxh8+ Kf7 27. Rh7+
Ke8 28. Nf4 {with good compensation, but White must have thought that
sacrificing an exchange and exchanging queens is an extreme decision. A draw
is the most likely result after} b3 29. Nxg6 ({or} 29. axb3 axb3 30. cxb3 Bb5
31. Rg7 g5 32. Rxg5 Kd7) 29... Rxc2 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Rxa8 Kxg6) 23... Kxh8 24.
Qf4 Rf8 ({White could claim an edge after} 24... Qxf4 25. Nxf4 Kg7 26. Rde1 Re8
27. Re4) 25. Qd4+ ({The complications after} 25. Qxb4 Qxf3 {favour rather Black
}) 25... Kg8 26. Rh3 b3 27. Rdh1 {Both sides create their threats and the
forced draw from the game seems to be the most logical outcome.} bxc2+ 28. Kxc2
h5 {This sharp position looks extremely unclear, but in fact it is about equal.
} 29. Rg3 a3 30. b3 (30. gxh5 $6 {leads to clear advantage for Black:} Bf5+ 31.
Kd2 axb2 32. hxg6 (32. Nc3 b1=Q 33. Nxb1 Rxa2+ {loses}) 32... Qg7 33. Qxg7+
Kxg7 34. Nc3 Ra3 $17) 30... Rfc8+ 31. Nc3 (31. Kb1 {is a similar draw as in
the game:} Ra5 32. gxh5 (32. Nf4 $2 Rac5 33. Ne6 (33. Rgg1 Rc2 $19) 33... Bxe6
34. dxe6 Qxe6 35. gxh5 Rxh5 $1 $17) 32... Rxd5 33. Qh8+ Kxh8 34. hxg6+ Kg7 35.
gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Rh6+ Kf7 $11) 31... Ra5 32. gxh5 Rxd5 33. Qh8+ {
This spectacular move is in fact White's only way to achieve a draw.} Kxh8 34.
hxg6+ Kg8 35. gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Rh6+ Kf7 ({As Jianu said after the
game, he didn't play} 37... Kf5 {in view of} 38. Rg8 $5 {wrongly believing
that White is better after} ({Weaker is} 38. Rh5+ Kf4 39. Rxd5 Kxg3 {and White
still must work to save himself}) 38... Rxg8 39. Nxd5 {In reality the position
is drawish here too.} Rg2+ 40. Kc3 Rxa2 41. Nxe7+ Ke5 42. f4+ Kxf4 43. Rxd6 $11
) ({There is no point for Black to even calculate the endgame arising by force
after} 37... Ke5 $2 38. Rg5+ Bf5+ 39. Rxf5+ Kxf5 40. Rh5+ Ke6 41. Rxd5 Rxc3+
42. Kxc3 Kxd5 {since it is clear that only White can win here.}) 38. Rh7+ Kf6
39. Rh6+ {The draw was agreed. A very tense battle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 {The move order without an early ...d6 forces White to retreat the bishop
on b3 before playing f3 or Qd2.} (8. f3 Qb6 $1 9. Bb3 Nxe4 $15) (8. Qd2 Ng4 $15
) 8... d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. h5 (13. a4 bxa4 14.
Nxa4 Be6 $11) 13... a4 (13... e6 14. a4 $14) ({The complications after} 13...
e5 14. hxg6 $1 {are considered to favour White:} (14. Be3 a4 15. Bd5 b4 $11) (
14. h6 $2 Bh8 15. Be3 a4 16. Bd5 b4 17. Ne2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rb8 $17 {Panelo
Munoz,M-Scarella,E (2255)/San Rafael 1992}) 14... exd4 (14... hxg6 $2 {loses
at once:} 15. Be3 a4 16. Bh6 $18 Nh5 17. Bd5 Rc8 18. g4 b4 19. Ne2 $18) 15.
Bxf7+ Kh8 (15... Rxf7 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Ne2 $5 Qb6 18. O-O-O {with a strong
initiative for White, Lopez Martinez,J-Felgaer,R/Andorra 2004.}) 16. Qxd4 h6
17. Qe3 ({In the game Karjakin,S (2645)-Tiviakov,S (2678) /Gothenburg 2005
White tried} 17. O-O-O {and after} b4 $146 18. Nd5 (18. Qe3 $5 Ng8 19. Nd5 Be8
20. g4 Bxf7 21. gxf7 Rxf7 22. g5 {transposes to 17.Qe3.}) 18... Be8 19. Bxe8
Ng8 20. Qb6 {they suddenly agreed to a draw. After 20...Qxe8! Black's chances
are by no means worse.}) 17... Ng8 18. g4 Be8 (18... b4 19. Nd5 $16) 19. g5
Bxf7 20. gxh6 Bxg6 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nd5 {followed by castle long, with a
very strong attack for White.}) 14. Bd5 (14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Bd5 Rc8 $13) 14...
b4 ({Until last year the main continuation was} 14... e5 {but Bologan showed
how White achieves a clear advantage:} 15. h6 $1 Bh8 16. Bxa8 exd4 17. Nd5 $1
Re8 $146 (17... Nh5 {does not solve the problems either:} 18. O-O-O Ng3 19.
Rhe1 a3 20. bxa3 Re8 ({In case of} 20... f5 {the most precise is Markovic'
suggestion} 21. Ne7+ Qxe7 22. Bd5+ Rf7 23. exf5 Qd8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qf4 Nf5
26. g4 $18) 21. Bb7 $16) 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bd5 {Black does not have
sufficient compensation for the exchange.} d3 (19... a3 20. bxa3 $16) 20. Rb1
$1 dxc2 21. Qxc2 Qg5 22. Qd2 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 $1 Rc8 24. Rc1 $18 {Bologan-Moldovan,
Franta 2005}) 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Ne2 f5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bxa8 (18. Qxb4 a3 $1)
(18. exf5 Bxf5 19. g4 Be6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Kf2 Rc8 22. a3 Bxb2 23. axb4 Qa7+
24. Kg2 Bc4 25. Ng3 a3 26. c3 Bxc3 27. Qxd6 a2 28. Ne4 Qd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30.
Nd6 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 Rc6 {1/2-1/2 Moreno Carnero,J (2512)-Korneev,O (2561)/Port
Erin 2003}) 18... Qxa8 19. Qxd6 Bb5 20. Nf4 ({Another principled move is} 20.
Nd4 {Then Black can continue} a3 $5 ({or} 20... Rd8 21. Qxb4 Bxd4 22. Qxb5 a3
23. c3 Rb8 24. Qd3 axb2 25. Rb1 Be5 26. exf5 ({or} 26. O-O Qa7+ 27. Kh1 fxe4
28. fxe4 Qxa2 $44) 26... Rd8 27. Qc2 Qxa2 28. O-O (28. fxg6 Bg3+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+
30. Kg1 Qc5+ 31. Kf1 Qc4+ $11) 28... Qa7+ 29. Qf2 (29. Kh1 Qe3 $132) 29...
Qxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Bxc3 31. fxg6 fxg6 {and this is most probably a draw}) 21. Qxb4
(21. Qh2 $6 Rc8) 21... axb2 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Rxb2 fxe4 $44) 20... Rd8 21. Qe7 $2
({Correct is} 21. Qxb4 Qb8 (21... Ba6 $2 22. Nd5 $18) (21... Rb8 22. Nd5 $18)
22. Ne2 (22. exf5 $2 Rd4 $19) 22... Bf8 23. Qc3 (23. Qa5 $2 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Bb4
25. Qxa4 Rd2+ 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Rh3 Qb6 $19) 23... Bg7 24. Qb4 {and it is
unclear whether Black has more than a draw by repetition.} (24. Qa5 a3 $1 25.
Qxa3 Bxe2 26. Kxe2 Bxb2 27. Qa5 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Re8 $44)) 21...
fxe4 {Now White cannot hold the position} 22. Kf2 (22. fxe4 Re8 $19) 22... Qc8
({Good is also} 22... Qb8 $17) 23. Qg5 Ba6 24. Kg3 Re8 25. Rad1 e3 $1 26. Rhe1
Qc7 {White is completely paralyzed} 27. Kh3 e2 28. Rd2 Bxb2 29. Nd5 Qc8+ 30. g4
Kg7 $1 {It's always nice to see how in Dragon Black uses the h-file to create
his own attack.} 31. Nf4 Rh8+ 32. Kg2 Bf6 33. Qd5 Rd8 34. g5 Rxd5 35. gxf6+
Kxf6 36. Nxd5+ Kg7 37. Kf2 Qh3 38. Rd4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 (11... Ne5 12. f4 Neg4 13. h3 Nxe3 14.
Qxe3 $14) 12. Bh6 {The Chinese Dragon (10...Rb8) is quickly developing and
already has its own theory. Dominguez goes for the latest fashion, where Black
was having troubles lately.} (12. g4 b5 13. Bh6 {is best answered with} Bxh6
14. Qxh6 {transposing to the game.}) (12. Kb1 b5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 {
is no problem for Black.}) 12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b5 14. g4 {Designed to prevent
the quick advance e7-e5. Other moves allow Black to combine conveniently the
advances ...e5 and ...b4.} (14. h4 e5 15. Nde2 b4 {has been tested multiple
times in practice and the assessment is that White has no advantage.}) 14...
Nxb3+ (14... e5 $2 {runs into} 15. Nf5 $1 $16) 15. Nxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Rb6 $1 {Most likely this game will change the evaluation of the entire
line from better for White into perfectly acceptable for Black. The idea
behind 17...Rb6 is to protect the d6=pawn, then play e7-e5 and recapture with
the f-pawn on e6.} (17... Ba4 18. Nd4 Qa5 19. h4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kritz,L (2609)
-Jianu,V (2531)/Plovdiv 2008 (51)}) 18. Rhe1 $146 {A logical novelty:
anticipating the advance of the e-pawn White brings his rook to the central
file. Unfortunately for the Cuban Grandmaster he will soon fail to do the same
with his queen, which will remain out of play on h6.} ({The only available
game went} 18. h4 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rd3 ({In the event of Khalifman's
suggestion} 20. Qe3 {Black easily equalizes with} Qf6 21. Nc5 (21. Rh3 Qf4 $15)
21... dxc5 22. Rxd7 Ra6 (22... Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Rxa7 Rf7 25. Ra5 $14 {/=}
) 23. Qh6 Qf4+ 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Rd8+ Kg7 $11) 20... Bb5 21. Re3 e5 22. h5 g5
23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Nd2 Bd7 25. Qd5 $13 {1-0 Maslak,K (2521)-Porat,M (2137)/
Pardubice 2008 (55)}) 18... e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Re3 {The course of the game
shows that leaving the queen on h6 is a little too ambitious.} (20. f4 $6 Qf6
21. Rd4 a5 $36) ({The main battlefield is the centre and therefore bringing
back the queen comes into consideration. After} 20. Qd2 {the position would
have remained double-edged. If} Rxf3 $6 {then} 21. Nd4 Rf6 22. g5 Rf7 23. Nxe6
$36) 20... Rf7 {Just in case, Carlsen takes control over the 7th file,
protecting once more the pawn on h7.} 21. Nd2 {Provoking the advance of the
d-pawn, which would weaken dark squares.} d5 {The most natural answer.} ({
However, an interesting possibility was} 21... Ra6 {trying to exploit the
temporary vulnerability of White's king. Dominguez had to find} 22. Kb1 ({
worse is} 22. Ne4 d5 23. Ng5 Re7 24. Kb1 Qa5 25. a3 Qc5 $17) 22... Bc6 (22...
Qa5 23. a3 $13) 23. Rxe6 Bd5 24. Re3 Bxa2+ 25. Kc1 Bd5 26. Ne4 Ra1+ 27. Kd2
Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 {and White probably keeps the balance.}) 22. Nb3 {White has
achieved his goal, but it turns out that he cannot make full use of the
dark-squared weaknesses in Black's camp. The problem is that he must keep the
knight to protect his king. Moreover, in order to control squares d4 and e5
White needs his queen too.} Qc7 23. Kb1 (23. h4 $5) ({After} 23. Nd4 {Black
attacks the a2-pawn:} Ra6 (23... e5 $2 24. Rde1 $1) 24. Kb1 Qa5 (24... Qc4 $5)
25. a3 Rb6) 23... Rb8 24. Rde1 $6 {[%csl Rd4] Not sensing the danger.
Dominguez wants to create pressure on the e-file, but he loses control over
the d4-square. White has problems in the centre because besides controlling
the dark squares he must also protect the weak pawns c2 and f3. His queen on
h6 is basically doing nothing.} ({Now} 24. Nd4 {is met by} e5 $36) ({Correct
was} 24. Qh4 Rbf8 25. Qf2 Rf4 26. Qe2 {and Black is only marginally better.})
24... Rc8 25. R1e2 (25. Nd4 Rf4 26. Rd3 e5 $19) 25... Qb6 26. h4 {The battle
in the centre is lost and there is no choice left.} (26. Rd2 Rcf8 27. Nd4 Rf4
$17) 26... d4 27. Re5 (27. Rd3 Bb5 $19) 27... d3 $1 28. cxd3 Rxf3 29. d4 $2 (
29. h5 $2 Rxd3 30. Re1 Qf2 31. R5e2 Qxe2 $1 32. Rxe2 Rd1+ 33. Qc1 (33. Nc1 Bb5
$19 {[%cal Gb5d3]}) 33... Rcxc1+ 34. Nxc1 gxh5 35. gxh5 Rd5 $19) ({Again it
was necessary to return with the queen} 29. Qd2 {although after} Bb5 30. R5e3
Rcf8 {There is no question about Black's advantage.}) 29... Bb5 {Including the
bishop in the attack decides immediately.} 30. R2e3 ({Other moves lose quicker:
} 30. Re1 Rxb3 $1 31. axb3 Bd3+ 32. Ka2 Qa6+) ({Or} 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Bd3+
32. Ka1 Rf1+) 30... Bd3+ 31. Ka1 Qxd4 {Nice, but not the most precise.} (31...
Rf2 $1 {wins by force:} 32. Re1 (32. h5 Qxd4 $19) (32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rf1+)
32... Rxb2 $1 33. Kxb2 Rc2+ 34. Ka1 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6c3]} 35. Rc5 (35. Nc5 Qg2
$19) 35... Rxa2+ 36. Kxa2 Qa4+ 37. Kb2 Qa3#) (31... Rf1+ $2 {on the other hand
throws the advantage away} 32. Re1) 32. Rxe6 (32. Nxd4 $2 Rc1#) 32... Rf1+ 33.
Re1 Qxg4 34. Rxf1 Qxe6 35. Nc5 Qe2 36. Rc1 Bf5 $17 {/-+} 37. Qf4 a5 38. h5 Qe7
39. Qc4+ ({With little time both players missed that after} 39. hxg6 $1 {
Black cannot take the knight:} Rxc5 $2 {due to} (39... hxg6 40. Qc4+ {and here}
Be6 {is not as strong as in the game:} 41. Qd4 Qg5 $2 42. Rh1 $1) 40. gxh7+
Kxh7 41. Qh2+ Kg8 (41... Bh3 $8 42. Qxh3+ Kg7 43. Rg1+ Rg5 44. Rh1 {and Black
still needs a lot of precision to defend}) 42. Qg1+ $18 {Therefore instead of
39...Rc5 Black should play 39...hxg6 40.Qc4+ Be6 but then after 41.Qd4 White
still can put up a stubborn resistance, since, in opposition to the game, the
open h-file makes a big difference and 41...Qg5 is not so good due to 42.Rh1
with White's counterplay.}) 39... Be6 40. Qc2 (40. Qd4 Qg5 $19) 40... Qg5 41.
hxg6 hxg6 $19 {The time-trouble is over and Black is completely winning thanks
to the pin on the c-file.} 42. a3 bxa3 43. Qc3 axb2+ (43... Qd5 44. b3 a4 $19)
44. Kxb2 Qd5 45. Rc2 a4 46. Ka1 a3 47. Qe3 Bf7 48. Qc3 g5 49. Qe3 Re8 50. Qc3
Re2 51. Nb3 (51. Rxe2 Qd1+) 51... Rxc2 52. Qxc2 Qe5+ 53. Kb1 Kg7 54. Qd2 Bxb3
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bh6 b5 (12... Bxh6 $5 13. Qxh6 b5
{This move order deserves attention, to prevent 13.Bxg7 follwed by 14.Nd5.})
13. g4 {White doesn't really need this move for his attack. If going for
attack, then it is better is to start with 13.h4 immediately.} (13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. Nd5 $1 {and White has a positional advantage, since Black seems forced to
take on d5.} e5 $140 15. Nxf6 {[%csl Ra5] The knight on a5 needs protection,
so Black cannot take back with the queen.}) 13... b4 $6 (13... Nc4 14. Qg5 (14.
Bxc4 bxc4 $132) 14... Qb6 $11 {[%cal Gb6c5]}) ({The standard} 13... Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 e5 15. Nde2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 {is also good for
Black.}) 14. Nd5 Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. exd5 a5 18. h4 a4 (18...
h6 19. h5 g5 20. f4 $16) 19. h5 $1 Rh8 (19... axb3 20. hxg6 {and White has a
winning attack.}) 20. Nd4 f6 21. Rde1 $16 Kf7 22. Qe3 g5 23. Rh2 Rc8 24. Rhe2
Re8 25. f4 b3 26. axb3 axb3 27. Qxb3 gxf4 28. g5 fxg5 29. Qd3 Kg8 30. Rg1 Qb6 (
30... Kh8 31. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 32. Qc3+ e5 33. dxe6+ Kg8 34. e7 Rxe7 35. Rxg5+ $18)
(30... Rf8 31. Rxg5+ Kh8 32. h6 Rf7 33. Rg7 Rxg7 34. hxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rg2+ Kh8
36. Ne6 $18) 31. Rxg5+ Kh8 32. h6 Ra8 (32... Rg8 33. Rxe7 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 33.
Nb3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 {Switching to Dragon is fully justified here for
two reasons. First of all White won't be able to play the system with long
castle and bishop on f1 (traditionally representing the most unpleasant plan
against Dragon in the last decade). Secondly, like in the present game Black
has an additional possibility to avoid main lines with Bc4.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O (7... d6 8. f3 Qb6 {is less attractive for Black.} 9.
Nf5 $5 $36) 8. Bb3 {A rather sad necessity. If Black would have had the pawn
on d6 instead of castle, then White could play 8.f3, followed by 9.Qd2 and
0-0-0, leaving the bishop on c4 for the moment.} (8. f3 $6 Qb6 $1 $132) 8... d6
9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 {After White's early retreat with the bishop to b3 this
is the most optimal decision for Black - he gets sufficient chances in all
lines.} 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 (12. O-O-O a5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 $14 {/=.
With a precise play Black equalizes in the endgame}) (12. h4 {is the most
principled answer. After} a5 13. h5 (13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 $11) 13... a4 {
Black gets reasonable chances in complication, though.}) 12... a6 {A rare, but
natural continuation.} (12... b4 {Black has a safe equality after this 
(although in the game he could hardly complain either).} 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
(14. exd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 $11) 14... Kxg7 15. exd5 Qb6 $11) (12... bxa4 {
is another playable option.}) 13. O-O Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na2 $1 {With the
knight on b4 White can claim a slight plus.} Bb7 16. Nb4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Rae1 {In this position White can combine two possible plans. One is to use
square d5 and some pressure in the cente, eventually forcing Black to take on
d5 and then get a target on e7. The second possible idea is to advance the
f-pawn and try to create some attack on the kingside. Neither of these should
bring Black any real problems, because he is able to prevent them or get
counterplay. However, Kramnik succeeded to implement an unexpected third idea
to conquer the a-file and obtain a slight, but lasting advantage.} Qb6+ 19. Kh1
Nf6 20. Bd5 Rac8 {Black keeps the other rook on f8 in hope that it might be
useful there. It is true that on the a-file Black had no perspectives at all,
but one could hardly guess that White will soon take over the control of
a-file.} (20... Rfc8 $5 $14 {/=}) 21. Re3 $1 {Does the rook go to g3 or h3?}
Rc5 22. Ra3 $1 $14 {[%cal Ga1e1,Ge1e3,Ge3a3] No, it goes back to the a-file!
So White conquered the a-file by transferring the rook a1 to a3 via e3. It's a
rare case of reaching something out of nothing.} Rd8 23. Rfa1 Rd7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7
25. c3 Rc4 26. Qe3 Qc8 27. Ra5 {[%csl Rb5] Black still has a very solid
position with only one weakness on b5. But it's pretty unpleasant to sit and
wait in passivity. However, this was probably the right thing to do.} Rb7 28.
Ra8 Qd7 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. g3 {Improving the position on the kingside and
unexpectedly provoking Black to start activity there.} h5 $5 {It is well-known
that Loek is not a "sitting duck". One doesn't need to provoke him twice.} (
30... Rb8 31. R8a7 Rb7 $14) 31. Kg2 Qc5 32. Qd2 h4 {Basically, White did
nothing after doubling on the a-file. But Loek didn't wish to see if White can
break his position or not and starts an interesting play himself.} 33. g4 Nxe4
$5 {It's amazing that now Black is trying to do the same - to create something
out of nothing. Apparently there are no real motifs for such sacrifice,
nevertheless Black will get three pawns for the knight and have a certain
initiative.} 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35. Nd5 (35. Kf3 $5 f5 36. g5 Rg4 $13 {[%csl Rg5]
[%cal Ge7e5,Ge5e4]}) (35. h3 $6 Qe5) 35... Rxg4+ 36. Kh3 Re4 $2 {A sad blunder.
} (36... f5 $8 $13 37. Rh8 $2 Kxh8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Ke6 41.
Qg8+ Ke5 {The only moves for Black, but enough to escape with the king and win.
}) 37. Rh8 $1 f6 (37... Kxh8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Ra8+ {with mate.}) 38. Rxh4 (38.
Qh6+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qxg6 $18) 38... Rxh4+ 39. Kxh4 e6 40. Nb4 Rb8 41. Kg3
d5 42. Kg2 {Back home. Two pawns for the knight are obviously not enough. The
initiative is lost as well.} Rh8 43. Nd3 Qb6 44. Nf4 g5 45. Qd4 (45. Qd4 $1
Qxd4 46. Nxe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "New York Generation"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. O-O-O a5 13. a4 $2 (13. e5 dxe5
14. Bxe5 {is the right way to continue.  In the game Black easily achieved an
advantage.}) 13... bxa4 14. Nxa4 (14. Bxa4 Bxa4 15. Nxa4 Rb8 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qc3
Qb7 18. Qb2 Rfc8 $15 {0-1 Abashev,D-Vokarev,S/Togliatti 2003 (51)}) 14... Qb8
15. Kb1 Bxa4 $5 16. Bxa4 Rc8 {The position looks close to equal, but in fact
Black is considerably better. He has an easy play on "b" and "c" files, while
White has no time to create any counterplay on the kingside. The immediate
threat is Rc4.} 17. Qd3 (17. Rhe1 Rc4 18. Bb3 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 a4 $1 $17 20. Bxa4
Nxe4 $19) (17. Bc3 Nxe4 $1 18. fxe4 Bxc3 19. Qc1 Qb4 20. Bb3 a4 21. bxc3 Rxc3
$19) 17... Nh5 18. Qb3 (18. Bxg7 Nxg7 {[%cal Gg7e6,Ge6c5]} 19. Qd5 Ne6 20. Bd7
Rc5 21. Qd3 a4 (21... Ng7 $5 $17) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 $17) 18... Qc7 {Black rightly
avoids the trade of queens. In endgame White has more chances to equalize,
that's why it makes sense to create threats with queens on the board.} 19. Bb6
Qc4 $1 {Pretty amazing. Now and in the future White would be happy to trade
queens, but concretely it doesn't work out well to exchange them and he must
suffer in the middlegame.} 20. Rd5 (20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. b3 (21. Bb3 Rb4 $19 {
[%cal Ga5a4]}) 21... Rxa4 22. bxa4 Rb8 $19) 20... Qe2 21. Rg1 (21. Qd3 Qxg2 $17
(21... Qxd3 22. cxd3 (22. Rxd3 Nf4 $17) 22... Rab8 23. Rb5 Nf4 $17)) 21... Nf4
22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Bxa5 Ra8 24. Qb6 (24. Bb4 Qa6 $19) 24... Bd4 $1 25. Qxd4 Rxa5
26. b3 (26. Qb4 Qa6 (26... Ra8 27. Bc6 Rf8) 27. b3 Qa7 $17) 26... Nxg2 27. Qd1
Nf4 28. h4 ({The endgame is hopeless:} 28. Qxe2 Nxe2 29. Re1 Nc3+ 30. Kb2 Nxa4+
31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Kb3 Ra5 $19) 28... Qf2 29. Qe1 Qb6 $19 30. Ka2 Ne6 {Clear
domination of knight over the bishop. With equal material on the board White
is absolutely lost. All he can do is wait for the execution.} 31. Rg4 h5 ({
After} 31... Nc5 32. e5 dxe5 {White is also lost, but at least the rook has a
job on the fourth rank. With the game move 31...h5 Ehlvest prevents even this
defencive resource.}) 32. Rg2 Nc5 33. Rg5 Ra8 34. Ka3 Rb8 (34... Nxa4 35. bxa4
Qd4 36. Qb4 (36. a5 Rb8 $19) 36... Qa1+ 37. Kb3 Qb1+ 38. Ka3 Qxc2 $19) 35. Qc3
Qa6 36. Rd5 Rc8 37. Qd2 Qf1 38. Qd1 Qf2 39. Rd2 Qe3 40. Qe2 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd7 {Interesting continuation. The knight aims for c4 (after Nd7-b6
and Nc6-a5), it also opens the diagonal for bishop g7. On the other hand 9...
Nd7 is objectively a doubtful move, having as the main purpose to surprise an
unprepared opponent or to avoid long theoretical discussions after 9...Bd7.
The point is that White can prevent the quick appearance of the knight on c4
and in order to insist on the initial idea Black needs more time (by playing
Bd7 and Rc8 anyway). Meanwhile White will organise an attack on the kingside,
where absense of the important defender from f6 is often crucial.} 10. O-O-O (
10. h4 {is more direct and although it often leads to the similar positions as
in the game, it limits Black's options. The difference can be seen in the
following variation:} Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. h5 Rc8 14. hxg6 {and in
opposite to the game Black is forced to take back with the h-pawn.}) 10... Nb6
11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qd3 $1 Bd7 {Continuing the idea to bring a knight on c4. The
alternative 12...Nxb3 is less logical.} 13. h4 Rc8 (13... h5 {looks dangerous
for Black here, because of the absence of knight on f6. Besides preparing
g2-g4 with, say 14.Rdg1, White has the typical 14.g4 at once:} 14. g4 $5 hxg4
15. h5 $40) 14. h5 Nbc4 15. hxg6 fxg6 $5 (15... hxg6 {is worse:} 16. Bh6 (16.
Bg5 {is also good for White, but 16.Bh6 was played by Fischer... Seriously, 16.
Bh6 looks more to the point - to mate the opponent's king as quick as possible!
}) 16... e5 (16... e6 $2 17. f4 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 e4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxe4 {1-0 Fischer,R-Purevzhav,S/Varna (ol.) 1962}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Nde2 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 b5 20. g3 b4 21. Nd5 $1 (21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Qf6 23. e5
dxe5 24. Ne4 Qc6 {was less clear in Lobron-Kalka, Bad Wiessee, 2000.}) 21...
Bb5 22. f4 Qd8 23. Qf3 $16 {and White won quickly (f4-f5 next) in Fleck-Kozul,
Cesme, 1983.}) 16. Kb1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 {An interesting position.
Black succeeded to exchange both opponent's bishops for knights. Black's
problem here is that without knights it is not easy to create counterplay (the
light-squared bushop is not particularly dangerous). Also important for
evaluation is that Black has problems with central squares (especially square
d5 is difficult to cover). Any pawn moves from Black will weaken the structure
even more.} Rc5 (18... Rf7 19. f4 Bg4 20. Rd2 Qa5 21. Nde2 b5 22. Rd5 a6 23.
Qg3 Bxe2 (23... Be6 24. Rg5 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 24. Nxe2 Qc7 25. Qd3 b4 26. f5
gxf5 27. exf5 Qa7 28. Nd4 Kh8 29. g4 Bf6 30. Ne6 Qf2 31. g5 Qg2 32. Rh5 Qg4 33.
Qd1 {1-0 Pietrocola,R-Falvo/ITA corr 1991.}) 19. f4 Bg4 20. Rd3 (20. Rd2 $5)
20... Qd7 $6 21. Nf3 Rfc8 22. e5 Qc7 $6 23. b4 Rc4 24. Nd5 {With her last few
moves Black completely missplayed the position, but I suspect that it was no
fun for Black anyway - too many weak points in Black's camp and too many ideas
for White.} Qd7 25. exd6 Rxc2 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Ne5 {The triumph of knights
over bishops.} Qa4 28. Nxc8 Be6 29. Ra3 Qxb4 30. Kxc2 Bf5+ 31. Kc1 Bxe5 32.
Qxe5 {Black probably counted pieces (it shouldn't have taken much time to
count black ones), or maybe Alexandra just saw the inevitable mate that
follows... One way or another Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Teran Alvarez, Ismael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 {The "Chinese Dragon" is actually an old and
until year 2002 extremely rare variation. First games with 10...Rb8 were
played some 40-50 years ago, but only after an interesting article in New In
Chess Yearbook 62 this line became more popular. So far Black has scored in
the practice about 50% by using 10...Rb8.} 11. Bb3 ({In one of the previous
rounds of the same tournament, Teran Alvarez obtained a reasonable position:} 
11. Kb1 Nxd4 $146 (11... Ne5 {was previously played}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be2 b4
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Nc3+ $1 16. Bxc3 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb6 18. Qd4 Qc7 19. Rd3
Rfc8 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Ra3 a5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Guerrero,E-Teran Alvarez,I/
Dos Hermanas 2003 (61)}) 11... Na5 {This is more precise than 11....Ne5 (the
only move analyzed in NiC Y62) for two reasons.  First of all White doesn't
have 12.f4 (a double-edged continuation, possible after 11...Ne5).  Secondly
while having the same idea as 11...Ne5 (to continue with ...b5 and ...Nc4),
from a5 the knight has also the additional option to take on b3.} 12. h4 {
In this position only 12.Bh6 was previously played.} b5 13. Kb1 Nxb3 (13... Nc4
$5) 14. cxb3 {This is typical in such positions (though here it is practically
necessary). The point is that now for Black it is more difficult to open the
a-file. In addition White might also use the c-file in the future. There is
also a concrete explanation - White will have square c2 for the knight, see 14.
axb3.} (14. axb3 $6 b4 15. Nd5 (15. Nce2 $2 e5 $19 {The difference to the game
- White cannot retreat the knight to c2.}) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Qa5 17. Ne2 Bf5
18. g4 $140 $2 Bxb2 $1 $19 19. Kxb2 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Qxb3+ 21. Kc1 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 b3)
(14. Nxb3 a5 $132) 14... b4 15. Nce2 Qa5 (15... a5 16. h5 $1 a4 (16... Nxh5 17.
Bh6 $40) 17. hxg6 fxg6 (17... hxg6 18. Bh6 $40) 18. bxa4 {[%csl Re6] is better
for White as well.}) (15... h5 $5) 16. Bh6 (16. h5 $5 Nxh5 17. Bh6 $44) 16...
Qe5 {A dubious maneuver, since the queen on e5 is not stable.} 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Nc2 (18. h5 g5 $5) 18... a5 19. Nf4 a4 $6 (19... Rfc8 $142) 20. Nd3 Qb5 21.
Ncxb4 {White successfully achieved a kind of stability on the queenside (...
axb3 will be met with a2-a3). In the future his kingside attack is still on
agenda, so something went wrong for Black in the opening.} Be6 (21... axb3 22.
a3) 22. g4 Ra8 (22... axb3 23. a3 Bc4 24. h5 g5 25. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd2g5]})
23. bxa4 $5 {White changes the character of position on the queenside. Pawns
on a2 and b3, knights b4 and d3, the queen on b2 - everything looks perfect
for defence and eventual active actions on the kingside.} (23. h5) 23... Rxa4
24. b3 Ra7 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. h5 Rfa8 27. Rh2 Ra3 (27... g5 28. h6 $1 $16) 28. Qd4
Nd7 $2 {Looking for a way to break White's position on the queenside, Black
burnes all bridges on the kingside. His position was worse already, but the
last move does little to improve.} (28... g5 29. h6 $16) 29. hxg6 $18 f6 {
a sad necessity.} (29... fxg6 30. Rxh7 Kxh7 31. Rh1+ Kg8 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7#)
30. gxh7+ (30. Nf4 Bxb3 31. axb3 Rxb3+ 32. Rb2 $18) 30... Kh8 31. Rb2 {
Preventing Bxb3. Quicker would have been to allow the sac, since White easily
defends.} (31. f4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Bxb3 32. axb3 Rxb3+ 33. Rb2 $18) 31... Ne5 32.
Nxe5 dxe5 33. Qd2 Rb8 34. Nd3 (34. Nd5 $18) 34... Rba8 35. Nc1 {White is
completely winning, although in the game it took some time until regrouping
the pieces. The problem is that a quick win is not possible, since there is no
attack against black king and White also cannot advance his extra pawns, so
first he must either trade queens or improve the position of his pieces in
order to drive opponent's pieces back.} Rc8 36. Qd3 $18 Qa5 37. Qd2 Qa7 38. Qd3
Ra6 39. Qd2 Rac6 40. Qd3 Ra8 41. Qd2 Rac8 42. Nd3 Qd4 43. Ne1 Qb6 44. Qh2 {
White plans to triple heavy pieces on the d-file and then penetrate via d8.
There is nothing Black can do against it.} Qe3 45. Rbd2 Qb6 46. Rd3 Qc7 47. Kb2
Ra8 48. Qd2 Kxh7 49. Rd8 Rxa2+ {Quiet continuations lose as well. Now Black
"wins" the queen, but in return he gives too much material for that.} 50. Kxa2
Bxb3+ 51. Kxb3 Rb6+ 52. Qb4 (52. Ka3 $4 Qa7+) 52... Rxb4+ 53. Kxb4 Qb6+ 54. Kc3
Qa5+ 55. Kc2 Qc7+ 56. Kb2 Qb6+ 57. Kc1 Qe3+ 58. Kc2 Qf2+ 59. Kc3 Kg6 60. R8d3
Qc5+ 61. Kd2 Qf2+ 62. Kc1 Qc5+ 63. Nc2 Kg5 64. Rf1 Qa5 65. f4+ Kg6 (65... exf4
66. Rd5+) 66. f5+ Kg5 67. Rh3 Qa7 68. Rh5+ Kxg4 69. Rfh1 Qc5 70. Kd2 Qf2+ 71.
Kd3 Qa7 72. Ne3+ Kf3 73. R5h3+ Kf4 74. Rf1+ (74. Rf1+ Kg5 75. Rg1+ Kf4 76. Rg4#
) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch59"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bc4 Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 {The precise move order.}
(12... b5 {is worse, in spite of the fact that it is more often met in the
practice.} 13. Bxg7 $1 (13. Nd5 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 (14. Nxf6+ $4 Kg7 $19) 14... e5
15. Ne2 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 {is fine for Black}) 13... Kxg7 14.
Rhe1 (14. Nd5 $1 {This is the move which puts under question the correctness
of 12...b5.} Nc4 (14... Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 Nxd5 16. exd5 $16 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Gh2h4,Gh4h5]}) (14... e5 15. Nxf6 {and Black cannot take back with the queen
because the knight on a5 is hanging.} Nxb3+ (15... Kxf6 16. Ne2 {[%csl Rd6]})
16. Nxb3 Qxf6 17. Qxd6 $16) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nxf6 Kxf6 17. Qc3 e5 18. f4 $1
$40) 14... b4 15. Nd5 e5 $1 16. Ne2 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rb6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,A-Markovic,I/Budva 2003 (28)}) 13. Qxh6 b5 14. h4 e5 15. Nde2
b4 16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 $5 $146 (17. axb3 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. h5 Qc7 (19...
Rb7 20. Rd3 Qc7 (20... Qe7 21. f4 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Felgaer,R-Ward,C/Port Erin
2002 (31)}) 21. Rhd1 Rc8 22. R1d2 Rb6 23. Kd1 Rc6 24. Qg5 Rxc2 25. Rxd6 Rxd2+
26. Rxd2 Bxb3+ 27. Ke1 Qb6 28. Qe7 Rc1+ 29. Nxc1 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Qxg2+ 31. Ke3
Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Qg2+ 33. Ke3 Qg1+ {1/2-1/2 Berg,E-Carlsson,P/Hallstahammar 2003})
20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rd3 (21. Rxd6 Rfc8 22. Rc6 Qxc6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kf7
25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Qh4+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Nagle,S-Cernousek,L/Budapest 2004}) 21...
Rfc8 22. Qd2 Rb6 $13 {1-0 Slaby,J-Cernousek,L/Marianske Lazne 2004 (34)}) 17...
Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rd2 Rb6 20. Kb1 (20. h5 $2 g5 $1) 20... Ra6 $6 21. Nc1
Qe7 22. Nd3 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rab6 24. g3 f6 25. Qe3 $13 Kg7 $6 (25... a5 $13) 26. h5
$1 gxh5 (26... g5 27. Rdc2 R6b7 28. f4 $36) 27. Rh2 Bf7 28. g4 Kh8 29. gxh5 $14
Rg8 30. f4 Rb5 {The position is very complicated, but White's chances look
preferable to me because of the control of the c-file.} 31. f5 (31. Rhc2 $142
Rb7 (31... Bxh5 $6 32. Rc7) 32. h6 $14) 31... d5 32. h6 dxe4 33. Nc5 (33. Qxe4
Bd5 34. Qe3 Qd7 $132 {[%csl Rf5]}) 33... Rb6 34. Rg1 Rc8 35. Rhg2 $4 {[%mdl
8192] A blackout. Square g8 is protected too many times and Black can take on
c5.} (35. Nxe4 $13) 35... Qxc5 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4] This is an important theoretical game. White showed a clear way to
advantage in what was considered a playable line for Black.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7
10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. h5 $1 a4 (13... e6 14. a4 $14) ({
The complications after} 13... e5 14. hxg6 $1 {favor White:} (14. Be3 a4 15.
Bd5 (15. hxg6 axb3) 15... b4 $11) 14... exd4 (14... hxg6 15. Be3 a4 16. Bh6 $18
) 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 (15... Rxf7 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Ne2 $5 Qb6 18. O-O-O $36 {
1-0 Lopez Martinez,J-Felgaer,R/Andorra 2004 (40)}) 16. Qxd4 h6 17. Qe3 Ng8 18.
g4 b4 19. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Rause,O-Ekebjaerg,O/ICCF email 2002 (28)}) 14. Bd5 (14.
Bxf6 exf6 15. Bd5 Rc8 $13) 14... e5 15. h6 $1 {After this strong move Black's
compensation for the exchange will be questionable. Alternatives are weaker:} (
15. Be3 b4 16. Ne2 Nxd5 $11) (15. hxg6 Nxd5 $1) (15. Bxa8 exd4 16. Nd5 Nxh5 17.
Bb7 f5 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 $13 {Comparing to the game Black here took the
h-pawn and already started some concrete activity.}) 15... Bh8 16. Bxa8 exd4
17. Nd5 Re8 $6 ({Correct is to avoid the trade of knights and thus prevent
White from installing his bishop on d5. However, even so White keeps better
chances after} 17... Nh5 18. O-O-O $5 (18. Kf2 $2 Be5 $44 19. g4 Ng3 20. Rh3
Nxe4+ 21. fxe4 Bxg4 22. Rhh1 Qxa8 23. Qg5 f5 24. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Mrva,M-Michenka,
J/Tatranske Zruby 2002} Be2 $19) (18. g4 Ng3 19. Rh3 Be5 20. Bb7 a3 $1 $13))
18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bd5 $16 {Weaknesses of dark squares in White's camp does
not provide Black with enough compensation. His problem is the weak backrank
and too little pieces for creating any real threats.} d3 (19... a3 20. bxa3 $16
) 20. Rb1 dxc2 21. Qxc2 Qg5 22. Qd2 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 $1 (23. Qf2 Qg5 $14 {[%cal
Ge8c8,Gh8e5]}) 23... Rc8 24. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8,Gh6]} Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bd4 26.
Qd2 Bc5 27. Qe1 Qf4 28. Rh4 (28. Rh4 Qe5 29. Qc3 Bd4 30. Qc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Benderac, Srdjan"]
[Black "Prelevic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sokolac"]
[BlackTeam "S Saraj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Qd2 Rc8 (11... h5) 12. Bh6 $5 Bxh6 (12... Nc4 13.
Bxc4 Bxh6 $1 (13... Rxc4 14. Bxg7 (14. Nde2 Qa5 15. h5 $2 Bxh6 $1 16. Qxh6 g5
$17 {0-1 Jens,J-Verbaken,O/Hengelo 1997 (47)}) 14... Kxg7 15. h5 $40) 14. Qxh6
(14. Bxf7+ $4 Kg7 {0-1 Zuidema,C-Lee,P/Zuerich 1964}) 14... Rxc4 15. O-O-O Rxc3
$1 16. bxc3 Qa5 $44) (12... Qa5 $5) 13. Qxh6 Qa5 $6 {Black's previous move
must be justified by a sacrifice on c3.} (13... Rxc3 $1 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Qd2
Rc8 $44) 14. Nde2 $1 (14. O-O-O Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Kb1 (16. Ne2 $2 Nd3+ $1
17. Rxd3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qxh1 $19 {0-1 Bokor,I-Bilek,I/Budapest 1965 (28)}) 16...
Rc8 (16... Nc4 $5) 17. h5 Nxh5 $140 $2 (17... Nc4 $142 $44) 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. g4
Nf6 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nf4 $18) 14... Bb5 15. O-O-O Bxe2 16. Nxe2 $14 Nc4 $2 (16...
Ned7 {was necessary.} 17. h5 $140 $6 g5 18. Ng3 e6) 17. h5 Nxh5 $2 (17... g5 $8
18. Nd4 Ne3 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. Qxg5+ Kh8 21. Qxf5 $16) (17... Qe5 18. Bxc4 Rxc4
19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rd5 Qe6 21. Nf4 Qf7 22. Rg5 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Ne6+ $18)
18. Rd5 Qb6 19. Bxc4 (19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rhxh5 gxh5 21. Rg5+) (19. Rhxh5 Qe3+
20. Kb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 {Transposing into Dragon here has certain
advantages comparing with the classical move order (2...d6).} 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 (7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 $1 {Black equalizes
immediately. No need to play 8...d6 9.0-0-0.}) 7... O-O 8. Bb3 {Another
drawback of the early 3.Nc3. Now if White is willing to play the main lines
with castle long, he must retreat the bishop to b3 before playing f2-f3.} (8.
f3 Qb6 $1 9. Bb3 Nxe4 {[%csl Rd4] is a well-known line, favourable for Black.})
(8. Qd2 Ng4) 8... d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 (10... Ne5 11. O-O-O Rc8 {would
lead to the main lines of Dragon Sicilian.}) 11. Bxd4 b5 12. O-O-O {A safe
decision, leading by force to endgame, where Black is able to neutralize
White's slight initiative.} (12. h4 {Is the main line. However, Black's
counterchances should not be underestimated there.}) 12... a5 13. e5 {No
choice for White. This is forced now, otherwise Black creates very quickly
threats against White's monarch.} dxe5 14. Bxe5 a4 $5 {With this ambitious
move Black is willing to play complicated middlegame rather than slightly
inferior, although drawish endgame.} ({Enough for equality is} 14... Bc6 15.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. a4 bxa4 {although Black still needs accuracy in possible rook
endgames, due to White's queenside majority.}) 15. Bd5 Ra7 $5 $146 {An
important novelty, demonstrating another way for Black to solve the problems
in this variation.} (15... Rc8 16. a3 (16. Bb7 Rc7 $1 17. Ba6 (17. Bxc7 Qxc7
18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf5 $44 {0-1 Balogh,C-Kosanovic,G/Budapest 2003 (39)})
17... b4 $44 {0-1 Guseinov,K-Ivanisevic,I/Bled 2002 (23)}) 16... Qb6 (16... Ne4
$2 17. Bxe4 Bxe5 18. Qxd7 $18) 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc5 19. f4 $14 {1-0
Gelfand,B-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo (blindfold) 2003 (41)}) (15... b4 16. Bxa8
bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxa8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd7 Qb8 20. Qxa4 $2 (20. c3 a3 21. b3 {
is critical}) 20... Bxb2+ 21. Kb1 (21. Kd2 $142) 21... Bf6+ 22. Kc1 Qe5 $19 {
0-1 Loidl,F-Sandor,C/Austria 2000 (33)}) 16. Nxb5 {This principled move breaks
the material balance, but still leads to approximately equal endgame.} (16. a3
Ne4 $5 {The difference comparing to 15...Rc8 is that here the bishop d7 is
protected.} 17. Qd4 (17. Bxe4 $6 Bxe5 $15) 17... Bxe5 18. Qxa7 (18. Qxe5 Nf2)
18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd6 $1 20. Kb2 (20. Kb1 Qc8 21. Qb7 (21. Rd3 $6 Bf5 22. Be4
Bxa3 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 $44) 21... Qxc3 22. Rd3 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 $44) 20... Qc8 21.
Qe3 (21. Rhe1 Bxa3+ $1) (21. Qd4 Qc7 22. Rhe1 Rd8 {with multiple threats.})
21... Qc7 $44) 16... Bxb5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8 Bh6+ 20. Kb1
Nd7 21. Bc3 (21. Bd4 Rb7) 21... Bf4 {Both sides keep their chances. White's
slight material advantage plays no role for the moment. The most important
thing is the activity of the pieces. It will be very difficult for White to
make any progress, since pawn moves can easily create weaknesses and targets
for attack.} 22. Rd1 (22. Re1 Bd6 $5) 22... h5 23. h3 (23. g3 Bd6 24. f4 $13)
23... Rb7 24. b3 Bd6 25. Bb2 Nf8 26. Ra8 Ne6 27. Rh8 Bg3 28. Rh7+ {A wise
decision to take the draw.} (28. c4 $2 Bxc4 29. bxc4 (29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Rh8+ Nf8
31. Bg7 Kf7 32. Bxf8 axb3) 29... Be5) 28... Kg8 29. Rh8+ (29. Rh6 Kf7 $11)
29... Kf7 30. Rh7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Nd5 $5 (12. h4 Qa5 $13) (12.
O-O-O a5 13. e5 $11) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. exd5 {Macieja likes this
kind pawn of structure. But it does not always work out perfectly, as the
present games also proves.} (14. Bxd5 Rc8 $11) 14... a5 $146 (14... Qb6 15.
O-O-O (15. Qf2 Qc5 16. O-O a5 17. a4 Rfc8 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Rfe1 Kf8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Adolaja,A-Sammalvuo,T/Moscow 1994 (57)}) (15. h4 h6) 15... a5 (15... b4
$5 16. h4 h6 17. Rhe1 Rfe8) 16. a3 Rfc8 17. g4 Ra7 18. h4 f6 19. Rde1 Be8 $13 {
0-1 Aarthie,R-Radziewicz,I/Athens 2001 (44)}) 15. a3 e5 $5 {An interesting and
good decision. Black opens files in the center and quickly achieves activity.}
(15... Rc8 $6 {There is no need for such transposition.} 16. O-O-O b4 17. axb4
axb4 18. Qxb4 Kg8 {is a fashionable position these days - Black has some
compensation for the pawn, but it is hardly fully enough.}) 16. dxe6 {White is
forced to take, otherwise Black is simply better.} Bxe6 17. O-O-O (17. Bxe6
fxe6 18. O-O-O d5 19. Rhe1 (19. h4 Qf6 20. h5 Qf4 $11) 19... Ra6 $11) 17...
Bxb3 18. cxb3 {The queenside pawn structure is well-known to be good for White
in middlegame, since White can conveniently hide the king on a2 and carry on
his own attack on the kingside. But in endgame it is obviously favourable for
Black, whos two pawns on the a and b file are worth White's three pawns.
That's why Black is not afraid to enter a rook endgame, even if he loses pawn
d6. White's weak second rank will allow Black sufficient counterplay.} Re8 19.
h4 (19. Qxd6 $6 Qg5+ (19... Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Re2 21. Rd2 Rc8+ 22. Kd1 Re3 23. Re1
Rxb3 24. Re7 a4 25. Rdd7 $14) ({Also good for Black is} 19... Rc8+ 20. Kb1 Qxd6
21. Rxd6 Re2 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Rxg2) 20. Qd2 Rac8+ 21. Kb1 Qf5+ 22. Ka2 (
22. Qd3 Qxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Re2 $132) 22... Rc2 $132) 19... Qf6 20. Kb1 (20. h5 $6
b4 $5 ({or} 20... Qf5 21. Qc3+ Kg8) 21. a4 $140 Qf5 $132) 20... b4 21. a4 h5
22. Qxd6 {Accepting the inevitable. The endgame is a draw.} (22. g4 $2 Qxf3 23.
gxh5 Qxh5 $17) 22... Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Re2 24. g4 hxg4 25. fxg4 Rg2 26. g5 Re8 27.
Rf1 Ree2 28. Rd7 Kg8 29. Rd8+ (29. Rfxf7 $4 Rg1+ 30. Ka2 Ree1 31. Rg7+ Kf8 32.
Rdf7+ Ke8 $19) 29... Kg7 30. Rd7 Kg8 (30... Rxb2+ 31. Kc1 Rbc2+ 32. Kd1 Kg8 33.
Rfxf7 Ra2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Shaw, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8320]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {I wasn't in the mood for a
Kalashnikov and I don't think John has ever been fully tested in The Dragon.}
g6 (3... e5 $5) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O (7... Qa5 $5) 8.
Bb3 d6 {After some thought.} (8... a5 $5) 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 a5 {What's this?...
...Whatever it is I wasn't displeased to see it.} 11. a4 $1 {It didn't take
long for me to see that this was the right move, otherwise Black has lots of
tricks based on ...a4.} Rc8 12. O-O $5 {I remember Short doing this in some
sort of Yugoslav attack though I can't remember the details. Once Black has
allowed the queenside to be fixed White can use his extra kingside space to
target the weakened squares around Black's King. It's less clear what Black
should do.} Nxd4 ({After} 12... Ne5 {I intended} 13. Rad1 $5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. b3 Rc8 (15... Rc5 16. Ne6 $1) 16. Nd5 {when the positional threat of c4
seems to oblige} Nxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. c4 {When Black's position
looks very loose.}) 13. Bxd4 Bc6 (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 $14) 14.
Rae1 $5 {I took a long time over this because Black's intentions are now clear
and I need an exact response to keep the initiative. Essentially I have to
deal with the simplifying threat of ...Nd7, ...Bxd4 and ...Qb6 whilst trying
to make progress with my own ideas.} (14. f4 $2 e5 $1) (14. Rf2 $5 Nd7 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. f4 $14) (14. Kh1 $1 {(N.Short) is probably best here because it's
never very clear that the Queen's rook is particularly useful on e1. Then
Black would have to deviate from the game continuation because White's attack
would be even more dangerous with an extra move.}) 14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 $1 {
This felt like some sort of concession because I don't normally shy away from
endgame transitions and the game contiouation virtually forces me to sacrafice
material. However,} (15. f4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. e5 d5 $1 19.
Rd1 Rfd8 20. Rd4 e6 {leaves white with an inferior version of a well known
French endgame which tends to be drawn in any case. It is hard for White to
improve the placement of the minor pieces.}) 15... Kxg7 16. f4 Qb6+ $5 {
Played very quickly, but I think this plan may be too ambitious.........After
the game we initially found it very difficult to conceive of any alternative
but we thought} (16... f6 $5 {may be better than it looks. The e6 square is a
glaring weakness, but that's where the bad news ends because it's not so easy
to make sense of white's position.} 17. Be6 (17. Ne2 $5 {may be the only way
to strive for the advantage.} Bxe4 (17... Nc5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. e5 $16) (17...
Qb6+ $5 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. e5 (20. f5 $1 $40) 20... fxe5 21. fxe5 dxe5
) 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 20. Ne6+ Kh8 21. Qd4 $16) 17... Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 {
looks promising for Black because he has ...Nc5 as a good exchange sacrafice
to defuse any attack.}) 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. f5 $1 $40 (18. Qd4+ $6 Kg8 19. f5 Nxa4)
18... Nxb3 19. cxb3 Qxb3 20. Rf3 $44 {I hadn't look very deeply at this
position but my hunch was that White had at least enough and mabye more for
the pawn. The threat of Nd5, Rh3 and the hovering punch of my f-pawn looked
like an awful lot for Black to deal with.} Qb4 $2 {John may have made small
mistakes up til now, but this is definitely an error......} (20... f6 $1 {
was clearly the right way to go, after which the position seems more unclear
than anything else. Black's position is fundamentally quite sound and it seems
I can only win material back or create threats by allowing Black's rooks some
significant activity. A full and conclusive analysis would be very time
consuming, but the following gives some idea of how things could then develop.
The only thing I am certain of is that White is not worse.} 21. Nd5 Qxa4 22.
Nb6 (22. Ra3 Qc4 $1 {seems to just mis-place my rook, though this rook swinger
was John's main concern.}) (22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rh3 Rh8 24. Nxe7 Rxh3 25. Nxc8
Bxe4 26. Qxd6 Bxg2+ 27. Kg1 Qg4 28. Re7+ Kh6 29. Qd2+ g5 30. Qxg2 Qxc8 31. Qe4
{is absolutely not forced, but I have a feeling the truth lies somewhere in
this line.} Qg8 32. Qf5) (22. Rh3 $5 g5 23. Rg3 $13) 22... Qb5 (22... Qb4 $5)
23. Nxc8 Rxc8 {looks fine for Black; I don't see any kill on the kingside.})
21. Rh3 Rh8 $2 {A further, and decisive error; now I saw a forced win; I think
John had missed the final move. Black had to try} (21... h5 {when} 22. Rxh5 (
22. Qg5 $5 {may be even stronger.} Rh8 {may hold it together though.}) 22...
Rh8 23. Rg5 {looked more comfortable for white to me, but Short thinks Black
is better after} (23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. fxg6 f6 $1 $15 {(Short).}) 23... Rh6 {
Who am I to argue? But I still think White's position is easier to play, even
if Black ha some positional advantages.} 24. fxg6 f6 25. Rg3 Rch8 26. h3 Rxg6 {
I don't see any other plan.} 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 {Hmmm. Mabye I see his point;
Black goes ...Kf7 and White is left without much to do......As Short put it,
mabye White's entire conception is flawed.}) 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Rf3
Qd4 25. Ref1 Qg7 26. Qh3 $1 {Black is playing a rook down and there is no
adequate answer to Qe6+.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd7 {Dieses Springermannöver zur Besetzung von c4 ist nicht sehr
beliebt, weil es ziemlich lange dauert. Außerdem fehlt der N am Königsflügel,
falls Weiß zum Angriff mit h2-h4 kommt.} (9... Bd7) 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5
12. Qd3 Nxb3+ (12... Bd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Nbc4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bh6 e6 17. f4
e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 e4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxe4 {1-0 Fischer,
R-Purevzhav,S/Varna olm 1962/MCD-ol}) 13. axb3 (13. cxb3 $5 {ist bei Tausch
auf b3 immer eine prüfenswerte Option. Weiß kann dann auf der c-Linie immer
mitspielen.}) 13... a5 14. Nde2 (14. Ndb5 $5 Bd7 15. Nxd6 exd6 16. Qxd6 Ra6 17.
Bxb6 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 Qxg2 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bg4 21. fxg4 Rxb6 22. Rd7 Re6 23.
Re1 b6 24. Nd5 {1-0 Barua,D-Spangenberg,H/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (31)})
14... a4 15. b4 a3 16. b3 d5 17. Bd4 (17. Nxd5 $4 a2 $19) 17... e5 18. Bxb6
Qxb6 19. Nxd5 Qf2 20. g4 Be6 21. Nec3 (21. Nc7 Rfd8) 21... Rfd8 22. Kb1 a2+ 23.
Ka1 Bf8 24. Rd2 Qh4 25. Qe2 Rd6 26. Rhd1 Rad8 27. Rd3 Rc8 28. Kxa2 Rdc6 29. Kb2
Bxd5 30. exd5 R6c7 31. d6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxc3 33. R1d2 Qe7 34. R6d3 f6 35. Qe4
R3c7 36. h4 Kg7 37. g5 Re8 38. gxf6+ Qxf6 39. Rd6 Re6 40. Rd7+ Re7 41. R7d6 Re6
42. Rxe6 Qxe6 43. f4 Re7 44. fxe5 Qxe5+ 45. Qxe5+ Rxe5 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47. Rxb7
Re4 48. b5 Rxh4 49. c4 g5 50. b6 Rf4 51. Rc7 Rf8 52. b7 Rb8 53. c5 g4 54. c6 g3
55. Rd7 g2 56. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 {Dies ist eine der Grundstellungen der
Drachenvariante mit 9.Lc4, die allerdings über eine Zugumstellung aus dem
Beschleunigten Drachen entstanden ist. Der Unterschied besteht darin, daß Weiß
statt 0-0-0 schon Lc4-b3 gezogen hat. Dies macht sich Schwarz nun zunutze.}
Nxd4 (10... Rc8 {führt zu den üblichen Varianten.}) 11. Bxd4 b5 {Mit einem
Läufer auf c4 ginge das nicht.} 12. h4 ({Alternativen sind} 12. O-O) (12. a4 {
oder} b4 13. Nd5) 12... a5 {Wie man sieht, kommt Schwarz nach Sxd4, b5 und nun
a5 sehr schnell am Damenflügel voran. Weiß muß reagieren. Wenn Weiß also den
Lc4 früh nach b3 zieht (bevor Schwarz Tc8 gespielt hat), dann ist Sxd4 und b5
eine gute Möglichkeit.} 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 ({Guten Erfolg hat Schwarz mit
} 14... e5 15. Be3 Be6 {erzielt.} {Nach z.B.} 16. Nb6 {ist} Rb8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 {
gut für Schwarz, weil Weiß auf d5 nicht mit dem Läufer nehmen kann 
(ungedeckter b2).} {Und nach} 18. exd5 {steht immer der unangenehme Vorstoß
e5-e4 im Raum.}) 15. Nb6 Ra6 $1 {Der Bauer a5 bleibt gedeckt.} ({Eine
Verbesserung gegenüber} 15... Rb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rb5 18. Ra4 Qc7 19. h5
$5 Ra8 $2 {Danach braucht Weiß nichts zu beweisen und steht besser.} ({Die
kritische Fortsetzung war auch hier} 19... Nxh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4 Nf6 22.
Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rf4 Rfb8 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Kd1 Qc5 {wonach Weiß
zwar alle schwarzen Königsflügelbauern gewinnt, aber mit seinem Mattangriff
nicht durchdringt. Die unsichere weiße Königsstellung sollte Schwarz zum Remis
reichen.}) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. g4 Rb4 $2 22. Qxb4 $1 axb4 23. Rxa8+ Bf8 24. Kf2
g5 25. Rha1 $18 {1-0 Hort,V-Forintos,G/Athens 1969/MCD (36)}) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 {Fast die gleiche Stellung wie in Hort-Forintos, 1969.
Dort mußte Schwarz aber mit Tb6-b5 seinen Bauern a5 decken. Das heißt Schwarz
hat hier ein Tempo mehr.} 19. h5 Nxh5 20. Bxg7 (20. Rxh5 $2 {taugt nichts.}
Bxd4 (20... gxh5 21. Qg5 f6) 21. Rxd4 gxh5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rh4 Rg8 24. Qxh5
Rg7 $17) 20... Kxg7 21. g4 Nf6 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rf4 (23. g5 $2 Nh5 24. Rxh5
gxh5 25. Rh4 Rxb3 $19) 23... Qc5 ({Zu gefährlich ist} 23... a4 $2 24. Rxf6 exf6
25. Kf2 (25. Kd1 $4 axb3 $19) 25... f5 (25... Z0 $140 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Re1) (
25... Qc5+ 26. Kg3 $1) 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. gxf5 Qb6+ (27... axb3 28. f6 $18) 28.
Kg2 gxf5 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Qg5+ Kd7 31. Qxf5+ $18) 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Kd1 (25.
Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxb8 Qe3+ $11) 25... Rxb3 (25... Qd4+ $5 26. Kc1 Qb4
) 26. cxb3 Qxd5+ 27. Kc2 Rc6+ 28. Kb1 Qd3+ 29. Ka2 g5 30. Qxf6 Qg6 31. Qe7 Kg7
32. Rd1 h6 33. Qd7 Ra6 (33... Qc2 $2 34. Rxd6 Rc3 35. Rb6 Rxf3 36. Qd4+ Kh7 37.
Rb8 $18) 34. Qc8 Rb6 35. Qc7 Ra6 36. Qc8 Ra7 37. Qc6 d5 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Rxd5 a4
40. bxa4 Qf7 41. Qb3 Rxa4+ 42. Qxa4 Qxd5+ 43. Qb3 Qa5+ 44. Qa3 Qd5+ 45. Qb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Astrom, Robert"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd7 {Ein Manöver zur Eroberung von c4 (Sd7-b6, Sc6-a5(e5)-c4. Das
kostet viel Zeit und außerdem fehlt der wichtige Verteidigungsspringer Sf6
vielleicht einmal am Königsflügel.} 10. h4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. O-O-O ({
Häufiger wird} 12. Qd3 {gespielt.}) 12... Nbc4 13. Qe2 Nxb3+ 14. cxb3 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 $11 {Dadurch, daß Weiß Sc4 zugelassen hat, konnte Schwarz den Le3
abtauschen, was unmittelbare Mattgefahren erst einmal beseitigt hat. Außerdem
hat Schwarz das Läuferpaar erhalten. Andererseits kann Weiß nach h4-h5 auf der
h-Line arbeiten, Sd5 wird einmal lästig sein und auch die c-Line steht zur
Verfügung.} b5 $6 {Im Drachen und in vielen anderen scharfen Sizilianern wirft
Schwarz den b-Bauern gerne einfach weg, um Weiß am Damenflügel zu beschäftigen.
Vermutlich kann Weiß hier sofort nehmen ohne Schlimmes befürchten zu müssen.
Wenn er das wie hier nicht macht, stellt sich aber tatsächlich die Frage, was
Schwarz denn mit dem Vormarsch erreicht?} (15... Bd7 $5 16. Z0 Rc8 $140) 16. h5
Bd7 17. Kb1 b4 18. Nd5 e6 $6 (18... a5) 19. Nxb4 Qf6 20. Nbc2 Rfc8 21. Qd2 Rc5
(21... g5 $5) 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Ne3 h5 24. b4 (24. Ne2) 24... Rc7 25. Nb3 Rb7
26. Na5 Rb5 27. e5 (27. Nac4 $142) 27... Rxe5 28. Nac4 Rg5 29. Qxd6 Bb5 30. Rd2
Rc8 31. Rc1 h4 $2 (31... Bf8 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxb4 34. Nd6 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1
Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Kf7 $11) 32. a3 Kh7 33. Ka2 Bxc4+ 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Nxc4 h3 36.
gxh3 Qxf3 37. Qxe6 Qf4 (37... Rg3 $142) 38. Rd7 Rg2 39. Qf7 Qxc4+ 40. Qxc4
Rxb2+ 41. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 {Die Partie begann mit der Beschleunigten
Drachenvariante (2...Sc6) und ist nun fast in eine Standardstellung aus dem
Klassischen Drachen übergegangen. Der Hauptunterschied besteht darin, daß Weiß
frühzeitig den Lc4 nach b3 gezogen hat. Weiß hat damit weniger Kontrolle über
das Feld b5, was sich Schwarz in diesem Sonderfall zunutzte machen kann.} Nxd4
(10... Ne5 11. O-O-O {usw. führt zur Hauptvariante.}) 11. Bxd4 b5 {Das ist die
Idee des Tauschs auf d4.} 12. O-O ({Zuletzt stand gelegentlich die schärfere
Fortszetzung} 12. h4 a5 13. a4 {zur Debatte.}) 12... b4 ({Häufiger wird} 12...
a5 13. a4 b4 {gespielt.}) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 (14. Bxd5 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Rc8
16. Qxa7 Rxc2 $11) 14... Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... Bb5 16. Rfe1 a5 17. a4 Ba6 {
1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Mihaljcisin,M/Sarajevo 1970/EXT 98 (79)}) 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. h4
{Der schwarze Königsflügel ist völlig ungeschützt, dafür ist der weiße Lb3
nicht gerade der Held. Die Chancen halten sich die Waage.} Qc7 18. h5 Rac8 {
nun droht aber a5-a4} 19. h6 Qc5 (19... f6 20. a4 Qc5) 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. a3
bxa3 22. Rxa3 $11 f5 23. Rea1 Ra8 24. Ba4 Bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rb8 (25... Rxd5 26. b4)
(25... Rxc2 26. b4) 26. Rxa5 Rxc2 27. Re1 Rc7 (27... Rbxb2 28. Rxe7 Rxg2+ $11)
28. f4 Kf7 29. Re6 $2 ({Besser war} 29. Re2 Rb4 30. g3 Rcb7 31. Ra8 $11) 29...
Rb4 (29... Rxb2 30. Ra8 Rb5 31. Rh8 Rxd5 32. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7 (32... Kxe7 33.
Rxh7+ Kd8 (33... Kf6 34. Rxc7 $16) 34. Rxc7 Kxc7 35. h7 $18) 33. Rxh7+ Kf6 34.
Rxe7 $16) 30. Ra8 $2 (30. g3 $5 Rxb2 $140 {[%cal Rc7c1]} 31. Re1 Rc3 (31... Rb3
32. Kh2 Rb2+ 33. Kg1) 32. Ra7) 30... Rxf4 31. g3 (31. Rh8 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rh4+ 33.
Kg3 Rxh6 $19) 31... Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc2+ $19 33. Kg1 Rd4 34. Re1 Rdd2 35. b4 g5
36. b5 Rxd5 37. b6 Rb2 38. Rb8 Kg6 39. b7 Kxh6 40. g4 fxg4 41. Rg8 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 {A critical branching point, where White has to decide, how to
proceed. Robson plays exclusively the text-move, we'll check some significant
alternatives:} (9. O-O-O d5 {and now:} {We will check also Duda's modern} 10.
Qe1 {, this time from White's viewpoint with the help o a newer repertoire
book by John Shaw. After} (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 $5 {has started appearing
recently, even Nepo tried it a few times.} {Until now Black has had the best
results with} Be6 (11... Rb8 12. Bxg7 (12. h4 Qb6 13. b3 Bh8 $5 14. h5 Rd8 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Be3 Qa5 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. g3 Bf5 21. Bd3 e6
22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Kb2 a5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bg7 26. Rhd1 Bf8 27. Na4 Be7 28.
c4 dxc4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. bxc4 Be7 $11 {Van Foreest,J (2618)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) La Roche sur Yon blitz 2019}) 12... Kxg7 13. exd5
cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Qc4 Qb7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. g4 Bd7
20. Rhe1 Bc6 21. f4 Bf3 22. Be2 Bd5 {Perunovic,M (2622)-Edouard,R (2636)
Berlin blitz 2015} 23. b3 $18) ({Jones in his Dragon monography recommends} 
11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Rb8 (12... Qb6 13. e5 Nd7 14. h4 Rb8 15. Na4 Qb4 16. h5 g5
17. Bd3 f5 18. Qxg5+ Kh8 19. Rh4 d4 20. Bxf5 Qxa4 21. h6 {1-0, Nepomniachtchi,
I (2751)-Mamedov,R (2709) Moscow blitz 2018}) 13. e5 (13. h4 Qa5 $1 $132 {
[%cal Rb8b2]}) 13... Nd7 14. Rd4 Re8 15. e6 Nf6 (15... fxe6 $5) 16. exf7+ Kxf7
{This leads to a complex and not very clear position after} 17. Ra4 {Black has
active pieces and controls the centra, but his pawns can be vulnerable. The
enigines after some hesitation prefer White.}) (11... Qb6 12. Bxg7 (12. h4 dxe4
13. Bxg7 e3 (13... Kxg7 $1 {looks fine for Black}) 14. Qe1 Kxg7 15. Na4 Qc7 16.
Qxe3 h5 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Rhe1 Qg3 19. Qg5 Qc7 20. Qe3 Qg3 21. Qg5 Qc7 22. Nc5
Rad8 $132 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis blitz 2017})
12... Kxg7 13. exd5 (13. g4 Rb8 $13) 13... Rd8 14. Qg5 (14. Bc4 Be6 $11) 14...
Rb8 (14... cxd5 $1 $36 {/\} 15. Nxd5 Qa5 16. Bc4 Be6 $19) 15. b3 Qa5 16. Kb2
Be6 17. h4 cxd5 18. g4 Rdc8 19. Qe5 Qc7 20. Qd4 Qc5 21. g5 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nh5
23. Bd3 $14 {Kupfer,M (2133)-Tecklenborg,G (1778) Goch 2009}) 12. Bxg7 ({
Prehodenie ťahov} 12. e5 Nd7 13. h4 $6 {viazne na} Bxe5 $1) 12... Kxg7 {
, but White got promising compensation after} 13. e5 ({Less ambitious is} 13.
exd5 Bxd5 $5 $13 (13... cxd5 14. g4 $14 {|^})) 13... Nd7 14. h4 Nxe5 (14... h5
15. g4 Rh8 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. f4 $13 {[%cal Yf1e2,Yh4h5] is perhaps critical,
but even here White's attacking chances can't be underestimated.}) 15. h5 Rh8
16. Ne4 (16. Re1 $5 $44) 16... f6 17. Qc3 Qc7 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. h6+ Kf8 20. Rh4
Nd7 21. Rb4 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 $44 {Petrik,T (2481)-Rojas Alarcon,J (2387) Batumi
olm 2018}) ({The main line is still} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 {with}
Bxd4 (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3
Rad8 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. b3 Rfd8 {was once popular, but faded from the scenes due
to} 20. Rde1 $1 $14 {[%cal Yd3c4] /\Bc4}) 13. Qxd4 Qb6 {nowadays the dominant
continuation. After} 14. Na4 Qc7 (14... Qa5 15. b3 Qc7 16. c4 $5 (16. Bc4 Rd8
17. g3 Bf5 18. Qc5 Qe5 19. Qd4 Qc7 $11 {Hracek,Z (2578)-Mamedov,R (2701) EU-ch
Skopje 2019}) 16... Nf4 17. g3 Ne6 18. Qe3 c5 19. Bh3 Nd4 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21.
Rhe1 e6 22. f4 Rfd8 23. Rd2 {has been successfully tested in email games - the
Nd4 is not as solid as it seems:} Rd7 24. Red1 Rcd8 25. g4 Qc6 26. Nc3 Kf8 27.
g5 Qc7 28. Kb2 a5 29. h4 Ke7 30. Na4 Ke8 31. Rd3 Ke7 32. a3 Qd6 33. Qe5 $1 $16
{Klimakovs,S (2196)-Nemec,Z (2175) email 2012}) 15. Nc5 (15. Bc4 Rd8 ({Last
year in CBM185 in the notes to Duda-Mista, POL-ch 2018, we recommended} 15...
Nb6 $5 {Caruana,F (2803)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) {and an
attempt to avoid the main line} 16. g3 (16. Nc5 Bf5 {-15.Nc5}) {led nowhere
after} 16... Bh3 17. Qf2 Nb6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.
Kxd1 Qd6+ 22. Kc1 Qe5 23. a4 c5 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. f4 Qf6 $11 {Deac,B (2603)
-Mamedov,R (2703) Caleta 2019}) 15... Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 {Jones prefers}
Nf4 $5 (17... h5 $2 {runs into the strong} 18. g4 $1 e5 19. Qg1 Nf4 20. Re1
hxg4 21. fxg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 a5 23. Qh4 a4 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 25. Ne4 {1-0,
Karjakin,S (2780)-Van Wely,L (2679) Wijk aan Zee 2013 See the notes to this
game by Kr. Szabo in CBM 153.}) ({After} 17... Nb6 {White has also} 18. Qe3 ({
Last year we mentioned only} 18. Qc3) 18... Nd5 19. Qg5 $5 {and he was
successful in postal games after} a5 20. h4 Qa7 21. Na4 Kg7 22. g4 h6 23. Qd2
Be6 24. Rhe1 Nf6 25. Qc3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qc7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nc5 $14 {Steiger,
W (2390)-Liskevich,V (2401) email 2013}) 18. Qf2 (18. Qc4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20.
g3 Rd6 $132) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Re1 h5 21. g3 Nd5 22. a3 Qb6 23. Qd4
e6 24. Rd1 e5 25. Qf2 Nf6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bc4 Qa5 $11 {Rimkus,B (2112)
-Hansen,L (2272) email 2016}) 10... e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6
{he prefers the older} 14. Ne4 ({After} 14. Kb1 {Shaw suggests} a5 15. h4 Qc7
$5 {The continuation} 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Rac8 18. c3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb7 20.
Qd2 e4 21. Rd7 Qb5 22. Ka1 {leads to a position we had last year, but without
the moves h4 and a5. Their inclusion favours Black (Pa5 is not attacked and
the Ph4 can be vulnerable) and gives him compensation:} exf3 23. gxf3 Rfe8 24.
Qd3 Qc6 25. Bf2 h5 $44) 14... Qc7 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. Qh4 h6 17. g4 {and now:} {
Interesting is} Qa5 (17... Nf4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 (18... Rxd1+ $6 19. Rxd1 Nxe6 20.
Be3 Nf4 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Rd7 Ng2 23. Rxc7 Nxh4 24. Rxf7 Nxf3 25. h3 $16 {
/+-, Bocharov,I (2563)-Carlsson,P (2463) St Petersburg rpd 2018}) 19. Be3 ({
White doesn't have to play} 19. Qe7 Qa5 $132) 19... Nf4 20. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 21.
Qf2 Nd5 22. Bd2 $5 (22. Bc5 {½, Mroczek,J (2263)-Sodomski,A (2264) email 2017}
) 22... Qb6 23. Re1 $14 {Shaw}) ({After} 17... Rd7 18. g5 h5 {Shaw continues
with the positional} 19. Qf2 $5 (19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6 Qa5 $132) 19... Rad8
20. h4 $1 Nf4 21. Rxd7 (21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Be3 Rd5 24. c3 Nf4 25.
Bxf4 exf4 26. Qe2 Be5 27. Kc2 Kg7 28. Re1 $14 {Sgherri,M (2352)-Thompson,B 
(2339) email 2016}) 21... Rxd7 (21... Qxd7 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. b3 $1 {/\} Nd4 24.
c3 Nf5 25. Bxa7 $16 {simply wins a pawn, as the Pa2 is protected.}) 22. Bxe6
Nxe6 23. Be3 Nd4 (23... Qb7 24. Qe2 a5 25. Qc4 $14 {is similar}) 24. c3 Qa5 25.
Kb1 Nf5 26. Qe2 Rd5 27. Bf2 $14 {White has a small plus due to his more mobile
pawn majority, moreover it's not easy for Black to show some meaningful
activity.}) 18. Bb3 $5 (18. Rd3 Nf4 19. Ra3 Qc7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Be3 Nf4 22.
Qf2 Qb7 23. Qf1 a5 24. Qc4 Qb5 $132 {Roseneck,J (2182)-Arvola,B (2471)
Helsingor 2018}) (18. Qe1 Qxe1 (18... Qc7 $5) 19. Rhxe1 Nf4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Be7 Rd4 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Ne8 Rf4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxe5 Rxf3 27.
b4 {Spasov,V (2581)-Vasilev,M (2449) Kocaeli 2002} Rh3 $132) 18... Rab8 ({
Black should maybe have a closer look at} 18... Rd7) ({or} 18... Nf4) 19. Qe1
Qa6 20. Kb1 Nf4 21. h4 Bxb3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. axb3 Rd7 24. g5 h5 25. b4 Qb5
26. b3 Ne6 27. Qf1 $14 {Werten,T-Grabowski,B (1960) email 2015}) (9. g4 {
was already featured in a game between our opponents, but with colours
reversed. Not much happened in this branch since last year:} Be6 $142 (9...
Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 {allows White to postpone castling with} 11. h4 (11. O-O-O {
- 9...Be6}) (11. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 12. exd5 $14 {Karpov}) 11... Qa5 12. h5 Rac8 (
12... Rfc8 $142 {is possibly better, but White was still on top after} 13. a3
Rab8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Bd3 Bc4 16. O-O-O b5 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5
Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Kg7 21. Rdh2 Rg8 22. Rh7+ Kf8 23. Nxf6 exf6 {Vocaturo,D (2598)
-Grigoryan,K (2584) Barcelona 2017} 24. Rh8 $14) 13. a3 Bc4 (13... Rc6 14.
O-O-O Rfc8 15. Kb1 $36 g5 16. h6 Bh8 17. e5 $5 (17. Nb5 $16) 17... Nd5 18. Ne4
Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nxg5 Nf4 22. Bb5 Rd6 23. Rxd6 exd6 24. Ne4
a6 25. Bd3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 d5 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Rc1 $1 $18 {Smirin,I (2609)
-Rechlis,G (2521) Maalot Tarshiha 2018}) 14. O-O-O (14. h6 $5 Bh8 15. g5 {
is also promising}) 14... Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 Rc4 16. h6 Bh8 17. Qe3 $5 ({White
also has an advantage after the typical operation} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qxd2+
19. Rxd2 (19. Kxd2 $5 $36) 19... Bg5 20. f4 $14) 17... Nd7 $6 (17... Rfc8 $142
$1 18. g5 Nd7 $14) 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Bxh8 Kxh8 20. g5 Nb6 21. Kb1 Qc5 22. Qf4 Kg8
23. Nxe7+ $1 Rxe7 24. Rxd6 Nd7 25. Rfd1 Qc8 26. Qe3 b6 27. b3 Rxc2 28. Rxd7 $16
{Carrettoni,A (2178)-Ralle,P (2161) email 2015}) 10. O-O-O (10. h4 {allows the
central break} d5 $1 {Now the ambitious response} 11. e5 (11. O-O-O Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 dxe4 13. g5 Nh5 $11) 11... Nxe5 12. h5 {is met by} Nxf3+ $1 13. Nxf3 Bxg4
14. h6 Bh8 $13 {The position is very tense, in a practical game it's easier to
play with Black:} 15. Ne5 $6 (15. Be2 $13) 15... Bf5 16. Bd4 (16. Qf2 d4 17.
Bxd4 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxd4 19. Ne3 Qb6 $36) 16... Ne4 $1 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rg1 Qd6
19. Ng4 e5 20. Bc3 Qe6 21. Nf2 Bf5 22. Bg2 d4 23. Bb4 e4 24. Bxf8 e3 $19 {
Azarov,S (2577)-Mista,A (2588) Czech Republic 2016}) ({In the main line} 10.
Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h4 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. e5
Rad8 $1 (16... Nb6 $2 17. h5 dxe5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qh2 Rxf4 $8 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+
21. Kb1 Qxh2 22. Rxh2 Rf8 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Robson,R (2614) Saint Louis 2012}
23. Re2 Rf4 24. g5 $16) {the attempt} 17. h5 dxe5 18. f5 gxf5 19. h6 {may be
even met by the ambitious} Bf6 $5 (19... Bh8 20. Bb6 axb6 21. Qg5+ Kf7 22. Qh5+
Kg8 $11) 20. g5 Bh8 21. g6 hxg6 22. Qg2 Kh7 23. Rhg1 Rg8 24. Qxb7 Bf6 25. Rxd7
Rxd7 26. Qxd7 a6 $44 {with an impressive central pawn-mass - G.Jones.}) 10...
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rab8 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. h4 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5
17. exd5 a5 $142 (17... b4 18. axb4 (18. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 19. Bd4 bxa3 20. b3 a2+
21. Ka1 Ne4 $1 $19 {Smirin,I (2609)-Carlsson,P (2463) St Petersburg rpd 2018} {
/\} 22. fxe4 Rxc2 $19) 18... Rxb4 19. c3 Rb3 20. Ka2 Rbb8 21. h5 Nd7 22. hxg6
hxg6 23. g5 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nf8 25. Bh3 $14 {Nestorovic,N (2436)-Stanojoski,Z 
(2467) Belgrade 2007}) 18. h5 Nd7 19. g5 Ne5 ({Po slabšom} 19... Bxd4 $6 20.
Rxd4 Rc5 21. Bh3 $14 {Cheparinov,I (2683)-Gazik,V (2535) Skopje 2019}) 20. hxg6
(20. Be2 Nc4 $132 {see the notes to the aforementioned game Duda-Mista.}) 20...
fxg6 21. Rf2 Rf8 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Be3 b4 24. Bh3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Nxf3 26. Be6+ Kh8
27. Rf1 Nd4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rf4 Nxe6 30. dxe6 Rb8 31. Ka2 h5 32. gxh6 Bf6 33.
Kb3 g5 $132 {Abolins Abols,D (1980)-De Blasio,A email 2016}) 9... Bd7 ({After} 
9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 {topical is the positional} 11. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 12. O-O-O
Qa5 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. Ne2 {with a slightly more pleasant endgame:} Qxd2 15. Rxd2
Nd7 16. b3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Rf6 18. Kb2 a6 19. Rd3 Nc5 20. Re3 e5 21. Ne2 Rff8 22.
Nc3 Kf7 23. a4 Rc6 24. a5 Rfc8 25. Nd5 Nd7 26. c4 $14 {(), Shirov,A (2639)
-Hansen,S (2581) Sweden 2019}) 10. O-O-O Rb8 {Hikaru goes for the Chinese
Dragon, we will see later on that he certainly took into account his
opponent's previous games.} (10... Rc8 11. Bb3 {is too forced and deeply
analysed for the purpose of playing for a win. After} Ne5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4
b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8 17. Rhe1 Rc5 18. Re3 b4 $1
$44 {, as mentioned last year, might be objectively better. However, here the
maximum of Black's efforts is a draw.}) 12. Kb1 {we will check} a6 ({The
exchange sacrifice} 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 b4 {has
disappeared from the most recent postal games.}) ({Black's problems after} 
12... Re8 {were mentioned a year ago.}) 13. h4 h5 14. g4 ({Even the more
restrained} 14. Bh6 {seems good for White.}) 14... hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1
Rc5 {Postal players have found another alternative} 17. f4 $5 (17. Bh6 Kh7 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. f5 e5 22. Nde2 $44 ({or} 22. fxe6 $5 {
is no bed of roses})) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f5 e6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rxg4
Qf6 22. Nde2 Qf3 23. Rhg1 Be8 24. Bh6 $36 {Copar,A (2516)-Lanc,A (2424) email
2015 Even in this branch the latest mail games are from 2015.}) 11. Bb3 Na5 12.
Bh6 {The most common move, which Robson has already played in the past.} ({
A year ago we have praised} 12. h4 b5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. g4 (15. Ka1
{is featured more often, but this allows} h5 {Black was fine after} 16. Rb1 Qa5
17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rb6 19. g4 hxg4 20. Qe3 Rfb8 21. h5 g5 22. fxg4 Nxg4 23.
Qd2 f6 $15 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Radjabov,T (2744) Bilbao 2008}) 15... Qb6 16. b3 {
, but the position remains complex and the engines indicate Black can survive
the onslaught:} cxb3 ({Similar is} 16... Qa6 $5 17. h5 Rfc8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19.
g5 Nh5 20. Nd5 Kf7 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Qh2 cxb3 23. cxb3 Qc4 24. Qxh5+ Kf8 25.
Qh2 Bc6 $5 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Qxd6+ Kg8 29. Nxg7 Rxb3+ {s večným
šachom, Holroyd - Percze, kor. 2015. Ak chce biely hľadať vylepšenia,
musí to skúsiť niekde tu...} 30. axb3 Qxb3+ {½, Holroyd,K (2533)-Percze,J 
(2522) email 2015 If White hopes for an advantage, he must look for
improvements somewhere in this tactical labyrinth.}) 17. cxb3 Qa6 $142 $1 (
17... Qb7 18. h5 Qb4 19. h6 (19. Bg5 $5 $14) (19. g5 Nxh5 20. Nd5 $14) 19...
Rfc8 20. Nde2 Bh8 21. g5 $2 (21. Bd4 Be6 22. Qb2 $36) 21... Be6 $1 22. gxf6
Bxb3 23. axb3 Qxb3+ 24. Ka1 Bxf6 25. Bd4 Rxc3 $1 $19 26. Rb1 Qa4+ 27. Qa2 Rxb1+
28. Rxb1 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 {0-1, Brkic,A (2590)-Djukic,N (2523) Batumi 2018})
18. h5 Rfc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. g5 (20. Bh6 Bh8 $13) 20... Nh5 21. Nd5 Kf7 22. f4
$6 (22. Rxh5 {transposes to prejde Holroyd - Percze above.}) 22... Bg4 23. f5
$2 (23. Qd3 $8 Qc4 $1 $11) 23... gxf5 $1 24. Qf2 (24. exf5 Bxf5+ 25. Nxf5 Rxb3+
26. axb3 Qa1#) 24... e6 25. Rd2 exd5 26. exf5 Be5 27. g6+ Kg8 $19 {Arjun,K 
(2370)-Kovchan,A (2572) Biel 2018}) 12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b5 14. Nd5 {White more
often immediately started the pawn-storm, but even here Black holds his own:} (
14. h4 e5 $1 15. Nde2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 (17. axb3 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19.
h5 Qc7 (19... Rb7 20. Rb5 Qc7 $13) 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rxd6 Rfc8 $132) 17... Nxd5
18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rd2 Rb6 20. Kb1 Ra6 21. Nc1 Qe7 22. Nd3 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rab6 24.
g3 f6 $13 {L'Ami,E (2478)-Tiviakov,S (2593) Leeuwarden 2004 See the notes to
this game in CBM 102 by Rogozenco.}) (14. g4 Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 {and now} Rb6 $1 {[%cal Ye7e5] /\e5 was introduced by Carlsen. White has
usually continued} 18. h4 (18. Rhe1 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Re3 Rf7 21. Nd2 d5 22.
Nb3 Qc7 23. Kb1 Rb8 $15 {Dominguez Perez,L (2717)-Carlsen,M (2776) Linares
2009 See the notes to this game in CBM 129 by Rogozenco.}) 18... e5 19. Nd2 $5
({Another try was} 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rd3 Qe7 $11 (20... e5 21. h5 Be8 $13))
19... Ra6 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5 (21. h5 fxe4 22. hxg6 Qe7 23. fxe4 Bb5 24. Rh5 Qg7
25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rdh1 Kh8 28. g5 Rb6 29. g6 Rbb8 30. Rf5 Bd7 {
and White has no more than a perpetual after} 31. g7+ Kxg7 32. h8=Q+ Rxh8 33.
Rg1+ Kh6 34. Rh1+ {½, Ertl,L (2312)-Ljubicic,A (2476) email 2009}) 21... Qe7
22. h5 Rf6 23. hxg6 Rxg6 24. Qxh7+ Qxh7 25. Nxh7 (25. Rxh7 Be8 26. Rdh1 Rxg5
27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. R1h7+ Kg6 29. Rh6+ $11) 25... Kf7 (25... b3 26. cxb3 Rxa2 27.
Kb1 Ra6 28. Rd2 fxg4 29. fxg4 Kg7 30. Rf2 Rh6 31. Rxh6 Kxh6 $132 {Toro Solis
de Ovando,G (2525)-Lecroq,M (2606) email 2015}) 26. gxf5 (26. g5 f4 27. Kb1 Bf5
28. Rdg1 Ra5 29. Nf6 Rc5 30. Rh2 a5 $44 {Schmidt,T (2350)-Marez,S (2398) email
2014}) 26... Rg2 27. Rd2 Rg3 28. Rh5 Rxa2 29. Kb1 Ra6 30. Rd1 Bxf5 $1 31. Rxf5+
Kg6 32. Rf6+ Kxh7 33. f4 Rf3 34. fxe5 Rxf6 35. exf6 Kg6 36. Rf1 Kf7 $11 {
Bernal Varela,N (2376)-Gleyzer,L (2312) email 2017}) 14... Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 e5 ({
Here the analoguous} 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Rb6 (16... Qc7 17. h4 Rbc8 18. Rd2 f6
19. Re2 a5 20. Qd2 a4 21. Nd4 $36 {Henri,V (2318)-Kurgansky,V (2378) email 2016
}) {is weaker due to} 17. h4 (17. Rd4 $5 $14 {is also good, forcing the Pf7 to
move.}) 17... e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Rhe1 Rf5 21. Nd2 Rh5 22. Qe3
Rxh4 23. Ne4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge1e7,Gd1d7] Robson,R (2628)-Kiewra,K (2404)
Saint Louis 2013 White profits from the fact that the P has remained on g2,
his pawn-structure is more solid.}) 16. Nxf6+ (16. h4 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rb6 18. f4
(18. h5 g5 19. Rxd6 f6 20. Rd3 Qe7 21. Rhd1 Be6 22. Kb1 b4 23. g3 f5 24. exf5
Bxf5 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Na1 Rcb8 27. Rc6 e4 28. fxe4 Bxe4 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rcxd6
Bf3 $11 {/=/+, Nogga,U (2140)-Windhausen,G (2304) GER email 2011 White has
barely saved his Q, but must still tread with care in the _|_.}) 18... Be6 (
18... Qe7 19. h5 Rc8 $2 (19... Be6 {-18...Be6}) (19... Bc6 $5) 20. hxg6 fxg6
21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 $1 $16 {Stets,D (2385)-Pulvett Marin,D (2426) Rochefort
2015}) 19. h5 Qe7 20. Rd3 exf4 21. Qxf4 g5 22. Qe3 h6 23. Nd4 Rc8 24. Re1 b4
25. e5 d5 $2 ({Nakamura most probably knew} 25... Qc7 $1 $11 {/=/+ gives Black
an excellent position.}) 26. Rf1 $16 {Robson,R (2491)-Papp,G (2558) Lubbock
2009}) 16... Qxf6 17. h4 (17. Rd5 {swithces to the weakness on d6, but Black
gets counterplay after} Bc6 18. Rd3 b4 $5 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rd1 d5 $1 21. exd5
Bb5 22. Re3 Bc4 23. d6 Rb5 24. Re4 Rd5 25. Qxb4 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bf1 27. f4 exf4
28. Rxf4 Qxd6+ 29. Qxd6 Rxd6+ 30. Ke1 Bxg2 $132 {Ljubicic,L (2537)-Haugen,A 
(2537) email 2009}) 17... Rb6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Again this important move, which
overprotects d6 and prepares the doubling of R on the c-file.} (17... Rfc8 $143
$6 18. Qg5 $1 Qxg5+ 19. hxg5 Rb6 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Rhd1 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rcc6 23. c3
Kg7 24. Rh1 a5 25. Rd5 Rb7 26. Rhd1 Rbb6 27. Kc2 f6 28. gxf6+ Kxf6 29. Ra1 $16
{[%csl Ra5,Rd6] Lovakovic,F (2318)-Bitmanis,V (1851) email 2013}) ({After} 
17... Qe7 {White has the unpleasant} 18. Qg5 $5 (18. h5 Rb6 {-17...Rb6}) 18...
f6 19. Qd2 Rb6 20. h5 g5 21. Nc5 $14 {, activating his Nb3.}) 18. h5 ({Here
the N transfer} 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Nd3 b4 20. h5 (20. Kb1 Qe7 21. Qg5 f6 22. Qe3
Be6 23. b3 Qc7 24. h5 g5 25. h6 a5 26. Nb2 Rd8 27. Rd3 Rc6 $11 {Ottesen,S 
(2391)-Martin Gonzalez,A email 2009}) 20... Qe7 21. Qe3 Be6 22. Kb1 {is only
roughly equal after} g5 $5 $11 (22... Rb5 23. f4 a5 24. Qg3 exf4 25. Nxf4 Re5
26. Rd4 $14 {Efendiyev,E (2416)-Bauer,M (2463) email 2008})) 18... Qe7 {
It's better to retain the Q.} ({After} 18... Qg7 19. hxg6 Qxh6+ 20. Rxh6 hxg6
21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Rdh1 Kg7 23. Nd3 Be6 {Kovarik,M (1885)-Slovak,K (1727) Kouty
nad Desnou 2015} 24. f4 $5 $14 {White has a slight pull}) 19. hxg6 $146 {
Only this is a novelty, but the natural swap doesn't change the evaluation of
the position.} (19. Qe3 Be6 20. Kb1 b4 (20... Rc6 $132 {is similar}) 21. Rd2
Rc6 22. f4 Rc4 23. Rf2 exf4 24. Rxf4 g5 25. Rf2 h6 26. Rhf1 Bg4 27. Nd2 Rc5 28.
Rf6 Bd1 29. Rxh6 Bxc2+ 30. Ka1 f6 31. Qd4 Qe5 32. Qxb4 Rfc8 $132 {and Black's
play comes just in time, White has nothing better than a perpetual with} 33.
Rg6+ Kh8 34. Rh6+ {½, Khairullin,R (2261)-Aleksandrov,V (2382) email 2015})
19... fxg6 20. Qe3 Be6 21. Rhf1 Rc6 22. f4 $6 {Already White's previous move
indicated he intended this advance. We have seen it often in the above notes,
but here it's misguided - it weakens White's position and allows Black's
attack to gain momentum.} ({More solid was} 22. Kb1 $142 $13 {/=}) 22... Qc7
23. Rd2 a5 $1 {Black can ignore the pinned Pf4 and pursue his own attacking
ambitions.} 24. Kb1 a4 25. Nc1 b4 26. Rdf2 $2 {Another mistake and probably
the decisive one already.} ({White should have tried} 26. f5 $1 gxf5 27. exf5 {
, although after} b3 $1 (27... Bxf5 28. Nd3 {and Black already has no time for}
b3 $2 29. Rdf2 $18) (27... Rxf5 28. Rdf2 $132 {is not convincing either.}) 28.
axb3 Bxf5 29. Rff2 ({Here already} 29. Nd3 axb3 30. Rdf2 {fails to} Rxc2 31.
Rxf5 Rxb2+ $1 32. Kxb2 Qc2+ 33. Ka3 Ra8+ 34. Kb4 Rb8+ $19) 29... axb3 30. Qxb3+
Kh8 $15 {[%csl Rb1] White's K is more exposed, than Black's.}) 26... exf4 27.
Rxf4 Rc8 28. Rf6 {Nakamura will beautifully refute this counterattack, but
White had harldy anything better.} (28. Qf3 Qe7 29. Rf2 a3 $40 {/\} 30. b3 Qg7
31. Nd3 (31. Rf6 Bf5 $19) 31... Bxb3 $1 32. cxb3 Rc1+ $1 33. Nxc1 Qa1+ $1 34.
Kxa1 Rxc1#) (28. Nd3 b3 $40 {also gives Black a raging attack.}) 28... Rxc2 $1
29. Rxe6 Qc4 30. Ref6 a3 $1 {[%mdl 640] After the piece sacrifice Black's
major pieces pounce on the defenceless Kb1 - moreover White will soon have to
return the piece with interest.} 31. bxa3 {Forced.} (31. b3 $2 Rb2+ 32. Ka1
Rb1+ $1 33. Kxb1 Qc2+ 34. Ka1 Qb2#) 31... bxa3 32. Qxa3 {White has nothing
better.} (32. Qb3 Rb2+ $19) (32. R6f2 Rc3 33. Qf4 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Rb8+ 35. Ka1
Qd4+ $19) 32... Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 (33. Qxc1 Qxe4+ 34. Kb2 Qb4+ 35. Ka1 Rxc1+ 36.
Rxc1 Qd4+ $19) 33... Qxe4+ 34. Kb2 Qe5+ 35. Rc3 Rb8+ $1 (35... Qxf6 $143 36.
Qb3+ Kh8 37. a4 $15) 36. Kc2 $6 ({Exposing the K, more resilient was} 36. Ka1
$5 Qxf6 37. Qc1 $17) 36... Qxf6 37. Rf3 Qd4 38. Rb3 Qe4+ 39. Kc1 (39. Kd1 Re8
$1 $19 {-> at the very least wins the Pg2.}) 39... Qe1+ 40. Kc2 Qe2+ 41. Kb1 (
41. Kc1 Rc8+) 41... Qd1+ (41... Qd3+ $142 $1 42. Ka1 Qd1+ 43. Kb2 Rc8 $19 {
mates shortly.}) 42. Qc1 Rxb3+ 43. axb3 Qxb3+ $19 {A pleasant choice.} (43...
Qxc1+ 44. Kxc1 Kf7 $19 {is a won pawn _|_, but the same goes for the Q_|_.})
44. Ka1 Qa4+ 45. Kb2 Qb5+ 46. Ka1 Qc5 47. Qd2 h5 48. Kb1 Kg7 49. Qb2+ Qe5 50.
Qb7+ Kh6 51. Kc1 d5 52. Kd1 Qe4 53. Qb2 Kg5 54. Qd2+ Kg4 55. Qh6 g5 {The Pg2
falls, so White decided to call it quits.} 0-1

