[Event "Politiken Cup 21st"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 9. e3 c5 $5 (9... h6 10. Bh4 c5 {is well known.}) 10. cxd5 (10. dxc5 $5
bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qxc5 $13) 10... Qxd5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13.
Qxc5 bxc5 14. O-O-O Bc6 $6 (14... Rc8 $1 15. Nh3 $140 Kf8 16. Nf4 Ke7 $13) 15.
Nh3 Nd7 16. Rd6 Rac8 17. Nf4 Rc7 $8 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bb3 Rfc8 20. Rhd1 Kf8 21.
Rd8+ Ke7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. e4 $14 Bb5 24. Bc2 Nd7 25. Bd3 $6 a6 26. Kd2 Ne5 27.
Kc3 Rb8 28. Bc2 a5 29. b3 Nc6 30. Nd3 (30. Bd3 Nd4 31. Bxb5 Nxb5+ 32. Kb2 Nd4
33. Rd3 $11) 30... Nd4 31. Rd2 Rc8 32. Bd1 Nxb3 33. Bxb3 c4 34. Nb2 cxb3+ 35.
Kxb3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Almasi,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{This game was played in the European team championship in round 7, Spain vs
Hungary. My opponent is a very solid player with White and it's not easy to
cause him trouble. Also I did not know exactly what opening he would choose.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 {I decided not
to play the old b6 line and also not the modern but very concrete d5 line,
which is a well known thing these days. The d6-move is more solid, but there
are thoughts behind this move. Probably Black has a small disadvantage if
White finds the exact line, but it is playable and the pieces are on the board.
My target was to win, of course.} 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3 {Here I already saw that my
opponent was playing for stability and he did not have big ambitions to play
for a win. But it was necessary to bring him out of the positions he wanted
and to find the best setup.} Bb7 9. Bg2 a5 {A very logical decision! If Black
does not play ...a5, White will play b4 sooner or later, but now he is forced
to 'lose' a tempo with b3, otherwise ...a4 is coming and b4 is too early yet.
Nbd7 is the most popular and then to play ...c5, but my idea was to play a
hard rock setup with a5-c5, Be4 and Nc6 and not to allow him to play b4 and
force White to do something with his d4 centre pawn.} 10. b3 c5 11. O-O {
Strange, but I found only one game for this position and that was mine.} Nbd7 {
Yes, I wanted to play ...Be4, because if I start with ...Nc6, then ...cxd4 is
not a big threat. Unfortunately I was not in time, but it was a playable
option.} (11... Be4 12. Rd1 $1 Qe7 {I had to run out with the queen from the
pin, but I was not sure I was in time, only if White plays Bb2 and if ...Nc6, .
..d5 is coming. This is a typical move in this type of position.} (12... Nc6
13. Bf4 {That is why I did not play that. I'm in trouble with my d6-pawn.}) 13.
Bb2 (13. Bg5 {is also possible without having any problems or difficulties for
White.})) 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Be4 $1 {This was an important move, not to let
White close off the big diagonal for the bishop with d5! We could reach the
same position with a different move order, if I started with ...Be4 on move 11.
} (13... Rfc8 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. cxd5 {[%cal Yc3g7]} Qxe2 16. Re1 $16 {[%cal
Ye1e7,Yg2h3,Yh3c8]}) 14. b4 {This is a logical move, but nothing dangerous. I
felt the b4-move was better for exchanging pieces. I was not happy, because it
is concrete and not easy to make the position complicated.} Rfc8 {I found this
move, which I knew could leave me worse, but it can be a good choice in the
event of inaccurate moves. The structure of the position is changing a lot and
the pieces will remain on the board!} (14... cxb4 15. axb4 Rfc8 16. bxa5 {
This is clearly better for White, even if it looks close to equal!}) ({It idea
would not be a good to open the a-file. It just gives more space to White:} 
14... axb4 15. axb4) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 {Of course this is critical for
Black. Let's see what will happen now.} Nb6 (16... d5 {could be an option, but
...Nb6 looked very natural. Probably d5 is a more precise move in view of} 17.
cxd5 exd5 18. e3 (18. a4 {is the best according to the computer, but ...d4
looks a bit annoying for White:} d4 19. Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ya3e7,Ye2e3]}) 18... a4
$1 {The target is the b5-pawn and the e5-square is also controlled now} 19. Ne5
{Probably the best move and the chances are equal for both sides.}) 17. a4 {
Logical human thinking: Not to allow ...Na4 and make the b5 passed pawn
stronger.} d5 {Black's plan is to close off the b2-bishop with d4 and e5.} 18.
cxd5 {Of course, with the two bishops White has to open up the position.} exd5
19. e3 $1 {This was a very important decision for my opponent. Of course he
has to defend against the d4-move, but the f3-knight and the diagonal a8-h1
become much weaker now, which can be dangerous later. I was happy to see, how
difficult my opponent found it to play this move. I could calculate the forced
lines during the time he was thinking.} (19. Qe5 Qb7 $1 {and the next is ...d4.
}) 19... Qb7 {I could play ...Nc4 to exchange some pieces and play for
equality, but this is not the position which I was looking for.} 20. Nh4 $1 {
Of course! He had to exchange that bishop! If White succeeded with his plan,
he would definitely be better with c5-d5 hanging pawns, not to mention the
dangerous bishop on b2!} d4 {I did not have too much choice left. Of course
this was the plan, but I had to calculate several forced lines.} 21. exd4 c4 $1
{This was the move, which totally confounded my opponent's evaluation of the
position and he lost the control over his position. Of course with human eyes,
Black did everything rigth and looks like he has a nice position, but there
could be a different evaluation, if a machine were sitting opposite with me.
It is not likely that this will happen :)} (21... Nbd5 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qf3 {
and Black is in trouble.}) 22. d5 $2 (22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qf3 c3 24. Ba3 g6 $1 {
This was my plan and I was satisfied with my position here! Any other move is
not good enough, because the knight is coming to f5 and makes trouble in the
black position on many points. But after ...g6, the h4-knight is out of play
and Black has a beautiful blockade on d5 with a dangerous c3 passed pawn.} 25.
d5 $2 (25. Re1 Re8 {with very good compensation}) 25... Nd2) (22. Bh3 {Let's
say, this is not a human move and I am sure it does not work!} Nbd5 23. Qc1) (
22. Re1 $1 {This is the correct move, but of course would need proper
calculation from the white side to establish long lines without mistakes, to
get the advantage. But it is not easy to do so and to get the right evaluation
of the position! This is chess.} Bxg2 (22... Nbd5 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qf3 Nd2 25.
Qe2 c3 26. Bxc3 Nb3 27. Ra3 Nxc3 28. Qe5) 23. Nxg2 Nbd5 24. Qf3) 22... Bxg2 23.
Nf5 $4 {Here I had two feelings:  1. my opponent just miscalculated something
or  2. he just misunderstood the position and made a kamikadze action instead
of playing solidly and trying to hold his position: even if it looks ugly it
is not bad!} (23. Nxg2 Nbxd5 24. Qf3 c3 25. Ba3 c2 26. Rd3 {I do not say I
would play this line with pleasure with White, but it is better than losing
immediately.} Qc7 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Qc4 $13 {This is an unclear position
with chances for both sides!}) 23... Nbxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxg7 {This is
just a last try before White is crushed.} (25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. Qxf6 c3 {I think
this could be what my opponent had missed! After this move White can resign.})
25... Ne4 {The easiest way to close the game. Just get the knight off the
diagonal and open new possibilities for White to lose the bishop after c3 or
f6. But I can even use it to attack the weak white king on f3 or h3.} (25...
Bh1 {This was the other human move, but after f3, if someone does not find ...
Nd5 or ...Qb6+ moves, the natural ...Qxf3 is not the best choice.} 26. f3) 26.
Qd4 (26. Qe5 f6 {killing him immediately.}) 26... Ng5 $1 27. Qf6 (27. Qg4 Nf3+)
27... Nh3+ $1 {Of course almost every move was winning, but this is a forced
mate.} 28. Kf1 Bg2+ 29. Ke1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Almasi,Z"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{This was the decisive match in round 8 between Hungary and Azerbaijan, which
decided the destiny of the medal. My opponent was Arkadij Naiditsch, who
recently changed federations and was the highest performing player in the
Azerbaijan team. He is a very strong and uncompromising player! This promised
a great game on board 3 between us. I have chosen this game, because it shows
lots of basic and important positions and manoeuvres, which is not common
nowadays!} 1. d4 {Already a small surprise! Arkadij is mainly an e4-player,
but sometimes he opens with 1.c4, but 1.d4 is not a move he plays often, so it
was unexpected.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 {I was sure some preparation
was waiting for me, because more or less I play the same openings, but not the
same lines. Because I did not want to test the quality of the preparation of
my opponent, I chose a rarely played move (on my part, at least) which can
result in a different type of position from the other main lines! Of course
this was a smart decision from another point of view, because Arkadij is not a
d4 player originally and I had much more experience in positions of this type.}
b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Be2 {I think this was not preparation from him,
because this is a very rare move and almost everyone goes to d3 with the
bishop. Later you will understand why.} O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 f5 {The first
question: is it necessary to play ...f5 or not?! Normally when the bishop is
standing on d3, my choice for Blackis not available, with its typical
manoeuvre connected with ...Qh4, ...Rf6-g6 or h6 and ...Ng5 attacking the
white king.  On the other hand, White has the two bishops and his counterplay
is c4-c5 and Ne1 or d2 and f3-e4 to capture the centre. In this case when the
bishop is on e2 it is much more difficult to get in f3-e4, because the centre
square is not well enough protected.} {Here I felt myself in safe territory. I
knew this is not a favoured position of Arkadij and I know more about this
structure.} 10. Ne1 ({Shirov has played this move. There is an idea behind it
of course. After ...d6 the knight goes to d3 then f4 (also to support the
c5-move) and try to take advantage the weak e6-square. An interesting idea...} 
10. Ne5 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 12. g3 Qh5 13. h4 d6 14. f4 Qe8 15. hxg5 dxe5 16. fxe5
Qg6 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 c5 19. e4 Nc6 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 exf5 22. Be3 Rd8
23. Rd1 Qh5 24. e6 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qg4 26. Kg2 f4 27. Bxf4 Rxd4 28. e7 Kf7 29.
Qf2 {1-0 (29) Shirov,A (2696)-Yemelin,V (2559) Jyvaskyla 2014}) (10. Nd2 Qg5
11. Bf3 Qg6 $1 {and White is in trouble with the knight on e4. He cannot kick
it away and it is difficult to find a good plan.}) 10... c5 $1 {This was an
important decision and I spent some time on it. It may not be natural, but
Black plays against the white bishops in this structure. Usually the
dark-coloured bishop is in trouble, but in some cases you can close off both
bishops and the double pawn structure will soon be weakened .} (10... Qh4 11.
f3 Ng5) 11. f3 Nd6 $1 {Normally this would not work if the bishop were on d3,
because White would play e4 immediately. This is a huge difference compared
with the bishop on e2.} (11... Nf6 {is also playable, but I had an idea to
attack the c4-pawn immediately.}) 12. Ba3 $1 Qc7 13. Rd1 $146 {According to
ChessBase database this was a new move, and of course neither of us knew about
it. It was a logical move, not let to Black play ...Nc6, even if it is a pawn
sacrifice! In some cases White can try to play d5 and e4.} ({Previously:} 13.
Qa4 Re8 14. Nd3 cxd4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. cxd4 Qe7 17. Rac1 Na6 18. c5 Nc7 19. Ne5
Red8 20. Qb3 Bd5 21. Qc3 bxc5 22. dxc5 Ne8 23. Rfd1 Rac8 24. Bb5 Rc7 25. a4 Nf6
26. Nd3 Re8 27. Qe5 Rcc8 28. Rb1 Red8 29. Rdc1 Rb8 30. Qc3 Rb7 31. Nb4 Rbb8 32.
Ba6 Ba8 33. Bc4 h6 34. Qe5 Kh7 35. h3 a5 36. Nd3 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Nd5 38. Rb5 Qg5
39. Bxd5 Bxd5 40. Qf4 Qxf4 41. Nxf4 Bc4 42. Rxa5 g5 {Matushkina,L (2277)
-Plskova,M (2236) ICCF email 2010 1/2}) 13... Ba6 $1 {A new structure, a new
plan! Now the c4-pawn is the target and something needs to be done against it.
If White could finish his development and capture the centre, then he would
easily be better.} 14. Qa4 Qc6 $1 {The queen must be kicked away from the key
a4-square. It was protecting the c4-pawn and attacking the a6-bishop.} 15. Qb3
(15. Qxc6 Nxc6 16. dxc5 Nxc4 {This is the better choice! Now thanks to the
white pawn structure Black is clearly better with the two knights!} (16... Bxc4
17. Rxd6 Bxe2 18. Rf2 Bc4 19. Rxd7 Rfd8 {about equal}) 17. Bxc4 (17. cxb6 Nxa3
18. Bxa6 axb6 19. Bb7 Ra7 20. Rxd7 Ne5 21. Re7 Nac4 {or Nec4 and Black is
winning because the bishop cannot escape from the pin!}) 17... Bxc4 18. Rf2
Rfc8 $1 {The plan is Ne5-Bd5-Nc4 ect.}) 15... Nb7 $1 {The knight moves out of
the possible double pin and runs to a5 to trap the c4-pawn. A beautiful
manoeuvre and redeployment of a piece. Now the c4-pawn can no longer be
defended.} 16. d5 $1 Qc7 {I was not sure about this move. ...Qc8 was also
possible with the deep idea to defend the white squares on e6 and a6! The idea
behind ...Qc7 is to back up the moves f4 and e5, when the bishop goes to c1
and the knight to d3 and to move between the rooks.} (16... exd5 17. cxd5 Qh6
18. Bxa6 (18. d6+ {always an option..} Kh8 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 (19... Qxe3+ 20. Rf2
Nxa6 21. Qd5 Na5 22. Nd3 {with excellent counterplay})) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Kh1
Nxa6 20. Nd3 {and the black knights are out of play, also the black queen has
to lose some tempi. White can reorganise his pieces very fast with Bc1, Re1.})
17. e4 $1 {I expected this move. More or less the only option, which gives
White good, double-edged play.} Na5 18. Qc2 {This is a typical sacrifice in
other lines in this type of position. White will be a pawn down, but because
the position is becoming open and Black has not finished his development,
White has good counterplay.} Bxc4 (18... Nxc4 $1 {It could be better to take
with the knight} 19. Bc1 f4 20. Nd3 (20. dxe6 dxe6 21. Qb3 Ne3 $1 (21... b5 22.
a4 $1 {with an unclear position}) 22. Bxa6 (22. Qxe6+ Kh8) 22... Nxd1 23. Bc4
Ne3 24. Bxe3 fxe3 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bd5 Nc6 27. Nc2 {White has a good chance
to hold his position with a strong bishop in the centre and with closed lines})
20... e5 $1 21. d6 Qc8 $1 {Here Black could close the position and is a pawn
up.}) 19. Bc1 $1 {Here I just started to think for such a long time and I was
sure I would not find the right way. Unfortunately I was right! It is a very
difficult position and would need much more time than what was left on my
clock. Finally I tried to simplify the position with exchanges, which I knew
was not the best way, but I was running out of time.} Bxe2 $6 {Here I had
about 5 minutes left, after the move.} (19... exd5 20. exd5 d6 {Of course I
calculated this line, just I did not like Nd3 with the idea of Nf4-e6. If I
move with the bishop, even c4 and b2. Black is a pawn up, but does not have a
very good structure with the f5-pawn, the e6-square and the big diagonal for
White.} 21. Nd3 Re8 $1 {That is why it was necessary to play this move to win
a tempo and make room fo the knight on f8 to protect the e6-square!} 22. Rfe1
Qf7 23. Nf4 Nd7 {Here White does not have real compensation for the pawn.}) (
19... f4 $2 {would be a good idea to close the position, but not in time} 20.
Bxc4 Nxc4 21. dxe6 dxe6 22. Qb3 $1 {wins back the pawn.}) 20. Qxe2 fxe4 $5 {
It is difficult to finish my development and White is coming fast.} (20... f4
21. Nd3 c4 {I did not really want to push that pawn, as it creates space for
the c1-bishop} ({if} 21... e5 $2 {then} 22. d6 $1 {is strong} Qd8 (22... Qxd6
23. Nxf4) 23. Nxe5) 22. Nb4) 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 $1 d6 $6 {I did not want
to get mated, that is why I chose to give back the pawn but I can develop my
knight.} (22... exd5 23. Qf5 $1 Nbc6 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Nf3 {I did not really
like this idea, especially with little time on the clock.}) 23. Nf3 $1 {
Natural and good move, to bring the knight to the g5-square.} Nd7 (23... e5 $4
24. Ng5 {And I am finished, because} h6 25. Qf8+ {or} (25. Ne6 Qe7 (25... Qf7
26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nc7) 26. Rd3) 25... Kxf8 26. Ne6+) (23... Qe7 {but here} 24.
e5 $1 {I was not happy with that} (24. Ng5 Nd7 $1)) 24. dxe6 $1 {There is no ..
.Ne5 option now.} (24. Ng5 Nf8 (24... Ne5 {this was another option} 25. Nxe6
Qf7 26. Qe2 Nac4 27. Rf1 {White is clearly better with the e6-knight}) 25. dxe6
{Just the same as in the game.}) 24... Nf8 (24... Nf6 {I did not see what is
wrong with this move but my original idea was ...Nf8. Of course, this is also
clearly worse for Black.}) 25. Ng5 {Arkadij spent lots of time on this move!
He was searching for a winning idea, but he did not find it. I was worried
about this move:} (25. e5 $5 dxe5 (25... Nxe6 26. exd6 {d7, Ne5 is coming}) 26.
Ng5 (26. Nxe5 {This is more simple, but not an easy solution, when trying to
find the right continuation} Nxe6 27. Qf5 Qe7 28. Rd7 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Ng4
) 26... h6 {looks like nothing special, but} 27. Qf3 $1 Qb7 (27... Rb8 28. Nf7
$1) 28. e7 $1 hxg5 29. Rd8 $1 {I am not surprised that Arkadij did not find
this line.}) 25... h6 26. Qf7+ $6 (26. e5 $1 {This leads to the same line as
in the previous move} dxe5 (26... hxg5 27. exd6 Qb7 28. e7 {this is just
hopeless}) 27. Qf3 $3) 26... Qxf7 27. exf7+ Kh8 {This looks dangerous with the
f7-pawn but Black is in time with his defence. That pawn also can be weak
later.} 28. Nf3 Nc4 {Finally the a5-knight is coming into the game and it has
a very strong square on c4! defending the d6-pawn and controlling lots of
other squares.} 29. Bf4 Ne6 {I wanted to keep my knight and block on e6.} (
29... g5 {could be another option according to the engine but let's say this
is not a human way!} 30. Bxd6 Kg7 {and Black does not have any problem.}) 30.
Bxd6 Rd8 31. e5 Rd7 (31... g5 {with the idea of Kg7-f7.}) {Luckily Arkadij had
also spent too much of his time and got into time trouble when he would have
needed that time to play precisely.} 32. Nh4 $2 (32. Nd2 {was the right move!
To eliminate the very strong c4-knight and give space to the white king to
come up to the centre.} Nxd2 33. f8=Q+ $1 Nxf8 34. Rxd2 {This is probably
equal but Black has to be careful not let White come into his position with
Kf2-Ke3-Ke4-Kd5 ect.} Rf7 $1 (34... Ne6 35. Kf2 {things are already a bit
unpleasant.})) 32... Rxf7 33. Re1 $6 {Now we can see what happens when a
strong player loses control because of time trouble. I have to tell you, I
have never seen Arkadij in this type of situation.} Kh7 $1 {To close off the
knight.} (33... g5 34. Ng6+ Kg7 35. Ne7 {and g4, Nf5 is the plan.}) 34. Re4 $4
{He just totally lost the control with 3 seconds on his clock; he almost lost
immediately.} (34. Nf3 {is already clearly worse for White but he could fight
for a draw.} Rd7 $2 (34... g5 35. Re4 Rf4)) 34... Nd2 35. Re1 g5 {Just
trapping the knight.} 36. Rd1 (36. Nf3 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Nxf3+ 38. Kf2 Nxe1 39.
Kxe1 Kg6 $19) 36... Ne4 37. Nf3 Nxc3 38. Rd2 {Now Black is a pawn up and has a
very strong blockade on e6!} b5 {I could be more patient, but I did not see
why I should not push the pawns.} 39. Bb8 Rb7 ({There was already a better
winning plan:} 39... g4) 40. Rd6 Nf4 41. Rd8 Nxa2 42. Bd6 b4 43. g3 Ne6 {
No need to hurry.} 44. Re8 b3 $1 {I just need to calculate.} 45. Rxe6 b2 46.
Nd2 c4 {The pawns are unstoppable.} 47. Kg2 c3 48. Ne4 b1=Q 49. Nf6+ {All
other moves just have the same result. There is no real chance for perpetual
check.} Kg6 50. Nd7+ Kf5 51. Rf6+ Ke4 52. e6 Rb2+ 53. Kh3 g4+ {It was an
interesting game with mistakes of course, but very instructive! Even Arkadij
though lost this game, he was the second best performing player on our board!}
0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
g3 (8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 (9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O (11. b4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8
13. Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Rc1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. O-O Nxg3 19.
hxg3 e4 $8 20. Bxe4 Bxc4 21. Qb2 b5 $10 {Lautier,J-Korchnoi,V/SUI-cht/1994/0:1/
39/}) 11... Rc8 12. b3 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Qb2 Bb7 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. f3
Nxg3 18. hxg3 f5 19. Rad1 Qg7 20. Rfe1 h5 21. Qa1 h4 22. Nf1 g4 {Arlandi,
E-Mantovani,R/ch-ITA Mantova (07) 1996/0-1 (47)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 (10. Nf3)
10... c5 11. Qb3 (11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Qa4 Bb7
16. Bf5 g5 17. Bg3 Rc7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nc3 a6 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Qb3 Qf8 22.
dxe5 dxe5 23. Na4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Nxb5 {1-0 Hoang Th
Trang-Kachiani_Gersinska Ketino/Olympiad (w) Yerevan (Armenia) (7) 1996 (43)})
(11. b4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 e5 15. Rc1 (15. b5 Bb7 16. O-O e4
$5 17. Bb1 Qc7 18. Ba2 d5 19. Qa4 Qb8 (19... dxc4 $6 20. Bg3 Qd8 21. Qxa7 Bd5
22. Nc3 Ra8 23. Qc7 $16) 20. Bg3 Qa8 21. Nc3 (21. Rac1 $5 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Bd5 23.
Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rc6 Ne7 25. Rfc1 $6 Nxc6 26. bxc6 Nf6 $17) 21... Rfe8 {1/2-1/2
Baburin,A-Rozentalis,E/Copenhagen op Chekhov 1996 (31)}) 15... e4 16. Bb1 $6 (
16. Bxe4 $5 g5 17. Bf3 d5 18. b5 Bb7 19. Bg3 Re8 20. Qb2 Ba8 21. h4 $14) 16...
d5 17. b5 $1 (17. cxd5 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1 Qc8 $1 19. Ne2 Bc4 20. Qc2 Bd3 21. Qb3
Bc4 $10) 17... dxc4 (17... Bb7 18. O-O dxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 $15) 18.
Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. O-O Qa8 {1-0 Vera,R-Izeta,F/Leon-B Tsesarsky 1996 
(38)} (20... e3 $2 21. fxe3 Qe7 22. Qb3 Re8 23. Bf2 Ne4 24. Ba2 $16)) (11. dxc5
Nxc5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Qd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b3 b5 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. cxb5 Bxb5
$15 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Korchnoi,V/Moscow PSA 25'/1995/0,5/62/}) 11... Qc8 12.
Rc1 Qb7 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nc3 N7f6 18.
Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qe2
24. Qd4 Qe7 25. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi Ennio-Hellsten Johan/Olympiad Yerevan 
(Armenia) (2) 1996}) (8. Nf3 $5 c5 (8... d6 $5 9. e3 (9. e4 {- 64/(490)}) 9...
Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O h6 (11... Rc8 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe7
15. Rad1 Qe4 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 c4 18. Qa4 Nc5 19. Qxa7 Nd3 20. Qxb6 Nxd5 {
Bacrot,E-Kortchnoi,V/Cannes mT (01) 1996/0-1 (50)}) 12. Bh4 cxd4 (12... Rc8 $5
{/\ 13...cd4 14.ed4 b5} 13. d5 $5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 $14) 13. exd4 Rc8
14. b3 $6 (14. Qb4 $1 e5 15. Nd2 exd4 16. Qxd6 Nc5 17. Qxd8 Rcxd8 18. Bf5 $14)
14... b5 $1 $10 15. Nd2 Rc6 (15... bxc4 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 d5 18. Qb3 dxc4
19. Bxc4 Nb6 $10) 16. Qb2 bxc4 17. bxc4 (17. Nxc4 $2 d5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Bxd3 20. exf6 g5 21. Rfd1 Bc2 22. Rd2 gxh4 23. Rc1 d4 $1 $17) (17. Bxc4 $5 Bxc4
18. Nxc4 $13) 17... Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rc8 (18... Rb8 $142) 19. Bf1 $1 e5 (19... d5
20. c5) 20. Re1 $1 Qb6 (20... Re8 $5) 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. c5 $1 $14 {1-0 Sokolov,
I-Kortchnoi,V/Antwerpen 64/490 1995 (43)}) 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Qa5
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Qxf6 bxa3+ 15. Ke2 Qc5 16. Rhc1 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7
18. Rxa3 $16 {Hansen,L-Farago,I/Denmark/1990/1|0/31/}) 8... d5 $1 {Black has
to finish his development first,and will be logical to open position on the
centre.White's dreams about comfortable development ,like Catalon opening Bg2,
Nf3 ,0-0 -" Go to the window".} 9. b3 h6 (9... Ne4 10. Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Be7 Re8
12. Bb4 Ne4 13. Bg2 $14) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bg2 c5 $1 {Opened all lines and
diagonals} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 (13. Bxd5 Nc6 (13... cxd4 $2 {would be great
except for} 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 $18) 14. Rc1 (14. Qf3 Nxd4 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16.
Bxa8 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxa1 $19) 14... Rad8 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. f3 Rfe8 {With
decisive attack for Black.}) 13... cxd4 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Nf3 d3
17. exd3 Bxd3 18. Nd4 (18. Kd2 Be4 $17) 18... Rfc8 $17 {Resault of strong play
in the opening,Black has a pawn up in the endgame,but to win this position not
so easy.} 19. Kd2 Ba6 20. Rxc8+ (20. f3 $5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.
Ke3) 20... Rxc8 21. f3 Kf8 22. Bh3 Rc5 23. Re1 g6 (23... Bc8 24. Bf1 $17) 24.
Re5 Bc8 25. Bf1 Bd7 26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Re1 Ng8 $1 {Black need eliminating the
strong knight on d4.} 28. Ba6 Rc7 29. Bd3 Ne7 30. Re2 Nc6 31. Nxc6 (31. Nb5 Rc8
) 31... Bxc6 32. Re1 (32. Kc3 d4+ 33. Kxd4 Bxf3 $17) 32... Bb7 33. f4 d4 34.
Bc4 (34. Be4 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Rc3 36. Rxd4 Rxb3 $19) 34... Bc6 35. f5 (35. Ba6 Bd5
) 35... gxf5 36. Re5 Be4 37. a4 (37. Bd3 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Rc3+ 39. Kxd4 Rxb3 $19)
37... Rc5 $19 38. Rxc5 bxc5 39. a5 Ke7 40. a6 f6 41. Ke2 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Atalik,S} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 e5 (11... c5 {Atalik,S} 12. Ne2
Rc8 13. b4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 cxd4 (16... cxb4 17. axb4 Nd5
18. Rxa7 Nxb4 19. Rxb7 Nxd3+ 20. Kd2) 17. exd4 $14) 12. Ne2 e4 13. fxe4 Qe8 14.
e5 dxe5 15. O-O-O exd4 16. exd4 Qe3+ 17. Kb1 Rfe8 $1 $146 18. Rhe1 $2 (18. Ng3
Qf4 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 $10 (19... Nxf6 {Atalik,S} 20. Rdf1 Qe3 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Ka2
$44 Bxg2 $140 $2 23. Nf5 Qh3 24. Rg1 Kh8 (24... Qxh2 25. Bf1 Qxg1 26. Qg3+ $18)
25. Qd2 Be4 26. Rg3 Qh5 27. Ng7 Qh4 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxe4 $18)) (18. d5 c6 $1
(18... Ne4 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Ndc5 21. Bc2 Nd6 22. b3 $14) 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20.
Ng3 (20. Nd4 Ne4 $17) 20... Qf4 $1 (20... Bxg2 21. Nf5 Qh3 22. Rhg1 $36) 21.
Nf5 (21. Bxf6 Nxf6 $10) 21... Be4 $13) 18... Bxg2 $1 (18... Be4 19. Nc1 Qf4 20.
Bg3 Qg5 (20... Qf5 21. Bxc7 Rac8 22. Bg3 b5 23. c5 $16) 21. Bxc7 Rac8 22. Bg3
$14) 19. Ka2 Be4 $15 20. Ng1 (20. Ng3 Qf4 21. Nxe4 (21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Rf1 (22.
Rg1 $5) 22... Qh4 $1 (22... Qg4 23. Be2 Qg6 24. d5 $44) 23. Rxf6 (23. Nf5 $44 {
Atalik,S}) 23... Bxd3 24. Rc6 Bg6 25. Rxc7 Qxh2 $17) 21... Qxh4 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6
$17) 20... Qf4 21. Bg3 Qf5 22. Bf1 $1 (22. Bxc7 Bxd3 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $19) (22.
Rf1 Qg6 23. Bxc7 Rac8 24. Bg3 $15) 22... c6 (22... c5 $1 23. Bh3 Qg6 24. Ne2
$17) 23. Bh3 $2 (23. Nh3 Bf3 24. Rd3 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Re8 $17) (23. Nh3 $5 {
Atalik,S}) 23... Qh5 24. Rf1 b5 25. d5 $8 c5 26. cxb5 a6 $1 27. bxa6 Nxd5 (
27... Bxd5+ $5 28. Ka1 Rxa6 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Qd3 Rf6 $17) 28. Qa5 N7f6 29. Bf2
(29. Rde1 Ne3 30. Rf2 (30. Rxe3 Bd5+ 31. Rb3 Re3 $19) 30... Qd5+ 31. Ka1 Nc2+
32. Rxc2 Bxc2 33. a7 Rxa7 $19) (29. Qxc5 Ne3 (29... Rxa6 $1 $40 {/\Rea8,Ne3})
30. Qxh5 Nxh5 31. Rd7 (31. Rde1 Nxg3 32. hxg3 Nxf1 $19) (31. Rd6 $1 Bd5+ 32.
Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Bg2 $44) 31... Nxg3 32. hxg3 Nxf1 33. Bxf1 Bb1+ 34. Kxb1 Re1+ 35.
Ka2 Rxf1 36. a7 Rxg1 37. b4 Rg2+ 38. Kb3 Rxg3+ 39. Ka4 h5 40. b5 h4 41. b6 h3
42. Rb7 h2 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Rxa8 h1=Q $19) (29. Rd2 $2 {Atalik,S} Ne3 30. Rc1
Bd5+ 31. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 32. Ka1 Ne4 $17) (29. Rfe1 {Atalik,S} Ne3 $1 30. Rc1 Qd5+
31. b3 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 Qd2+ 33. Ka1 Ra8 34. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $19) 29... Nf4 $1 30. Qxc5
Bd5+ $1 (30... Nxh3 31. Qxh5 Nxh5 32. Nxh3 Bg2 33. Rfe1 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Bxh3 35.
a7 Bg2 36. b4 $44) (30... Re5 {Atalik,S} 31. Qc3 N6d5 32. Qb3) 31. Rxd5 N6xd5
32. Bd7 $8 Nd3 33. Qd4 (33. Qc4 Nxb2 $3 34. Kxb2 Reb8+ 35. Ka2 (35. Kc2 Qg6+
$19) 35... Rxa6 $1 36. Qxa6 Nc3+ 37. Ka1 Qd5 $19) 33... N3b4+ $6 (33... Red8
$17) (33... Red8 {Atalik,S} 34. Qxd3 Rxd7 35. Qc4 $13) 34. axb4 Rxa6+ 35. Kb3
Rb8 36. Be1 $2 (36. b5 Nf6 37. Kc2 Qg6+ 38. Kc3 Rd6 $19) (36. Bg4 $1 Qg5 37.
Nf3 Qe7 $44 (37... Qe7 {Atalik,S} 38. Be1 $8 Nxb4 39. Bxb4 Rab6 $19)) 36... Nf6
$4 $138 (36... Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Rab6 38. Bh3 (38. Bf5 {Atalik,S} Qxh2 $1 $19)
38... Qa5 39. Rf4 Rxb4+ 40. Qxb4 Qd5+ 41. Kc3 (41. Rc4 Qd1+ $19) 41... Rxb4 42.
Rxb4 Qc5+ 43. Rc4 Qxg1 $19) 37. Bf5 Qxh2 38. Bc3 $16 Qd6 $4 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40.
Be5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. O-O Be4 12. Qc3 d6 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Rd1 Qe8 15.
Bf1 $5 h6 (15... Bb7 $142) 16. Ne1 Bb7 17. f3 a5 $1 18. Nd3 $1 (18. b5 $6 e5
19. dxe5 Qxe5 $15) (18. Bb2 b5 $1 19. cxb5 Nd5 20. Qd2 axb4 21. axb4 f4 22.
Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Ng2 Qg6 $44) 18... axb4 19. axb4 b5 $5 (19... Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qa8
21. Bd2 Qxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. b5 $14) 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nf4 $1 (
21. cxb5 Qa4 22. Nb2 (22. Re1 Nd5 23. Qb2 Qxb5 $10) 22... Qxb5 23. e4 Qc6)
21... Qa4 22. Re1 bxc4 (22... e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 (23... dxe5 24. Ne6 (24. Nd3 $1
$14) 24... Re8 $1) 24. cxb5 (24. c5 g5 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ne6 Rc8 27. Qd4 Bd5)
24... Rf7 $1 $10) 23. Qxc4 (23. Nxe6 $6 Nd5 $1 (23... Re8 24. Nxc7 Rc8 25.
Qxc4+ Nd5 26. Qb5 $16) 24. Qxc4 N7b6 25. Qd3 Re8 26. Nf4 Nxb4 27. Qxf5 Nc2 28.
Rd1 Ne3 $17) 23... Nd5 (23... Bd5 $1 24. Qxc7 Qxb4 25. Rd1 Qb6 $10) 24. Nxe6
N7b6 25. Qd3 Rf6 26. Nf4 Nxb4 27. Qc3 Rf7 (27... Nc2 $1 28. Rd1 (28. Qxc7 $5
Nxe1 29. Qxb6 Qc6 30. Qb3+ Kh7 31. Be3 $44) 28... Ne3 29. Bxe3 $2 (29. Rd3 $10)
29... Qxd1 30. Qxc7 Qb3 $1 31. Bc1 Nd5 32. Qd8+ Kh7 $17) 28. Be3 $1 N6d5 29.
Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Qd2 Nxe3 $10 31. Qxe3 Bd5 $1 32. Rb1 Rf8 33. Qc3 Qd7 34. Rc1 c6
35. Qd3 Qe7 36. Ra1 h5 37. Bg2 h4 38. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 (8... Nc6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 d6 13. Be2 g5 14.
Nh3 Nh5 15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 Qh4+ 17. Nf2 Ng4 18. g3 Qe7 19. O-O) (8... b6 9.
e3 Bb7 10. f3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Ne7 13. b4 Qe8 14. Bb2 Qh5 15. Rae1) 9.
f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 (10... Nc6) (10... Qe7 11. Bd3 a5 12. Bd2 b6 (12... a4) 13.
O-O Bb7 (13... a4) 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Nbd7 16. Qb2 Rfb8 17. Bc2 (17. Rxa8
Rxa8 18. Ra1 Qe8 19. Ra3 Rxa3 20. Qxa3 Qa8) 17... Qd8 18. Ba4) (10... a5 11.
Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Qxb3 b6 15. Bb2 Na5 16. Qc2 c5) 11. dxe5 (
11. d5 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Be2 f4 14. Nf2 Nh5 15. O-O Qh4 16. Rd1 Rf6 17. c5
dxc5 18. Qxc5 Bf5 19. Bb5 Rg6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. exf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Rd6
Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qd4 25. Rd1 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rb8 27. g4 Bg6 28. b4 Rc8 29. Rd7 a5)
11... dxe5 12. Be2 (12. Nf2 Nc6 (12... a5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 f4 15. Rd1 Qe7 16.
exf4 exf4+ 17. Be2 Re8 18. Rd2 Qc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Qb2 Ne5 22.
O-O Bf5 23. Kh1 Rad8 24. Qc1 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qxa3 27. Qxf4 Rf8 28.
Qg3+ Kh8 29. Qh3 Qb2 30. Qh6 Kg8 31. Qe3) 13. Bd2 (13. b4 Qe8 (13... f4 14. Bd3
e4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 fxe3+ 19. Bxe3 Ne5 20.
Bd4 Nxc4 21. Rhc1 b5 22. a4 c6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rxa7) 14. Be2 Ne7 15. O-O Ng6
16. Bb2 Be6 17. a4 c6 18. b5 c5 19. a5 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. a6
b6 23. Rd1 Ne8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qc3 Qd7 26. Nd3 Nd6 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Qxe5)
13... Qe7 (13... f4 14. O-O-O fxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bd3 (17. c5
Kh8 18. Qc4 Qe7 19. Qxd4 Bf5) 17... c5 18. g4 Qc7 19. Kb1 (19. Kb1 Qf4 20. Ne4
Qxf3 21. Ng5 Qxg4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Rhg1)) 14. O-O-O e4 15. f4 Be6 16. Rg1 Rad8
17. Be2 h5 18. g3 Rd7 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Qb3 Qc5 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. cxb5 Ne7 23. Bc3
) (12. Bd2 Qe7 (12... c5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Bc3 Nc6 15. Be2 a5 16. Kb1 Be6 17.
Ng5 Ng4 18. fxg4 Qxg5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bd3 h6 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Qe4 Rf2 23. g4
Re2 24. Rde1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1) 13. O-O-O (13. Be2 a5 14. b3 Nc6 15. O-O f4 16.
Nf2 Nh5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rfe1 Qh4 19. c5 fxe3 20. Qc4+ Qxc4 21. Bxc4+ Kg7 22.
Rxe3 Nf4 23. Bc3) 13... Nc6 14. Bc3 Qc5 15. Qf2 a5 16. Rd2 Be6 17. Ng5 Bc8 18.
Nh3 h6 19. e4 Qxf2 20. Nxf2 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Be6 23. Be2 Rad8 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. b4 Nd4 26. Bd3 b6 27. Kd2 axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 29. Ke3 c5 30. bxc5
bxc5 31. Ra1 Rxa1) 12... a5 (12... Qe7 13. O-O a5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Nf2 Be6 16.
Bb2 Nd7 17. Nd3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. Rcd1 Qf7) 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rd1
Qe7 15. b3 h6 (15... Be6) (15... f4 16. Nf2) 16. Nf2 Be6 17. Qc3 Nd7 (17...
Rfd8 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Kf1) 18. Bb2 f4 (18... Nc5 19. f4) 19. Bf1 Rae8 20. Re1 {
[%cal Ge1e7]} Qg5 21. Rad1 Nc5 22. exf4 Qxf4 23. Bc1 Qf7 24. Be3 Na6 (24... b6
25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Nd3 Nd4 27. Nxc5 Qg6 28. Kh1) (24... Nd7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4
) 25. Rd2 (25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Ne4) 25... Qe7 26. c5 {[%cal Gf1a6]} Rd8 27. Red1
Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qf7 29. Bb5 Nab8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nd7 32. Rd1 Re8 (32... Ra8
33. Ne4 Nf6 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. Qxe5 Nxe4 36. fxe4) 33. Ne4 (33. Bf1 Ne7) 33...
Nf6 34. Nxf6+ Qxf6 35. Bf2 {[%cal Gf2g3]} Bf7 36. h3 Re7 (36... e4 37. Qxf6
gxf6 38. Rd7 e3 (38... exf3 39. Rxc7 Rb8 40. Bg3) 39. Bg3 Rc8 (39... e2 40. Be1
)) 37. Bf1 Re8 38. b5 Ne7 39. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gd7,Ge4]} Nf5 (39... Bxc4 40. Qxc4+
Qf7 41. Qe4 c6 42. Rd7) 40. Rd7 Re7 41. Rd8+ (41. c6 bxc6 42. bxc6 Bxc4 43.
Qxc4+ Qe6) 41... Kh7 42. Bd3 (42. Bxf7 Qxf7 (42... Rxf7 43. Rd5 Re7)) 42... Bg6
43. Qc4 (43. Qb3 Rf7 44. Re8 Ne7 45. Bc4 e4 (45... Rf8 46. Bh4 Qf4 47. Rxe7
Qxh4 48. Rxc7 Qd4+ 49. Kh1 Ra8)) 43... Rf7 44. Re8 (44. Rb8 c6 45. b6 Nd4)
44... Ne7 (44... Nd4 45. Bxg6+ Qxg6 46. Kh2 (46. Bxd4 exd4 47. Qxd4 Rxf3 48.
Qd8 Qb1+ 49. Kh2 Rf7 50. b6 Qf5 (50... cxb6 51. Rh8+ Kg6 52. Qd6+ Rf6 53. Qg3+
Kf7 54. Rc8 Qe4 55. Rc7+ Ke6 56. cxb6)) 46... c6 47. b6 Qh5 (47... Qf6 48. Kh1
(48. Bg3 Re7) 48... Qf5 (48... Re7 49. Rxe7 Qxe7 50. Bxd4 exd4 51. Qxd4) 49.
Rxe5 (49. Bxd4 exd4 50. Qxd4 Rd7) 49... Qxe5 50. Qxf7 Nf5 51. Qc4) 48. Bg3) 45.
Be4 (45. Rxe7 Rxe7 46. Bh4 Bxd3 47. Qxd3+ e4) 45... Qf4 46. Bg3 (46. Bg3 Qf6
47. Bh4 Qxh4 48. Qxf7) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Qe7 $6 (
7... Re8) 8. e3 e5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 exd4 (10... Re8 11. Ne2 e4 12. Bc2 $14)
11. Qxd4 g5 12. Bg3 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 $1 (14. Qc2 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nc5 (15...
Bf5 $10) 16. Ne2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 Bf5 $10) 14... Qxe4 15. f3 Qg6 (
15... Qe7 $1 16. h4 (16. Ne2 $1 Re8 17. Bf2 {/\h4}) 16... Re8 17. Kf2 Ne5 $13)
16. Ne2 b6 $2 (16... Re8 17. h4 $36) 17. h4 $16 Qg7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. O-O-O Bf5
$8 20. Be1 $1 Qxc3+ (20... f6 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. f4 $16) 21. Bxc3 f6 22. Ng3 Be6
$6 (22... Bg6 23. f4 gxf4 24. exf4 f5 25. Ne2 $1 $16 {/\Ng1-f3-g5}) 23. Rh6 $18
Ne5 $8 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rdh1 Bxc4 26. Ne4 Kg7 (26... Bd3 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Nd7
Rh8 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Nxe5 $18) 27. Rh7+ Kg8 (27... Kg6 28. g4)
28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Rh8+ Kg7 30. Rxa8 Rc6 31. Kd2 a5 32. Rc1 Kg6 33. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 a5 (12... Qf6 13. Bb2 (13. Ne1
$1 {Van der Wiel}) 13... Qh6 14. d5 Rae8 15. Qa4 Re7 $8 16. Nd4 e5 17. Ne6 Rf6
18. f4 Rg6 19. Qxa7 $6 (19. Bf3 $1) 19... Rxg2+ $1 20. Kxg2 Rxe6 21. Rf3 (21.
dxe6 $8 Qg6+ 22. Kh3 Qh6+ $10) 21... Rg6+ $40 {Sokolov,I-Van der Wiel, Wijk
aan Zee 1993}) (12... Ndf6 13. d5 e5 14. Ne1 a5 15. f3 Ng5 16. Rb1 axb4 17.
axb4 Bc8 $13 {Sokolov,I-Khalifman, Manila ol 1992}) 13. Bb2 Ng5 14. Ne1 (14. d5
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Be2 Qe7 17. f3 g6 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Rae1 axb4 20. axb4 b5
$1 $15 {Sokolov,I-Anand, Brussels 1992}) 14... axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 e5 (
16... Nh3+ $5 17. Kh1 (17. gxh3 $2 Qg5+ 18. Bg4 fxg4 19. h4 Qxh4 $19) 17... f4
18. f3 (18. d5 $5 exd5 (18... Ng5 19. h4) 19. gxh3 Qa8 $5 $40 20. Qb2 Ne5) (18.
Nf3 fxe3 (18... Ng5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. e4 e5 21. c5 dxc5 22. dxc5 Qg6 23. f3 $14
) 19. fxe3 Ng5 $10) (18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ng5 $10) 18... Ng5 19. e4 $14) 17.
dxe5 dxe5 18. f3 Qe7 19. Qc3 {/^ a1-h8} (19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 (20... Qxc5
21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxe5 $14) 21. Bb2 $44) 19... Ne6 20. Nc2 f4 {>< d4} (20... c5
$1 21. Bb2 (21. f4 exf4 22. exf4 Nf6 $36) 21... f4 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Ra1 $10)
21. c5 $1 bxc5 (21... fxe3 22. c6) 22. Bc4 Kh8 (22... cxb4 23. Qxb4 $1) (22...
fxe3 23. bxc5 e2 (23... Ndxc5 24. Qxe5 {/\ Nc2-d4}) 24. Rf2 Kh8 25. Bxe6 Qxe6
26. Rxe2 $14) 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. bxc5 Qc6 (24... fxe3 25. Nxe3 Qc6 26. Bb2 $14)
25. e4 Re8 (25... Qxc5+ 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxe5 {>< c7, f4, g7} Nd3 $1 28. Bc3
$14 (28. Bxc7 Rc8 29. Rd1 Ba6 (29... Rxc7 30. Rxd3 $18) 30. Ra1 Bb7 31. Rd1 Ba6
$10)) (25... Nxc5 26. Qxe5 Ne6 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 $16) 26. Nb4 Qxc5+ 27.
Qxc5 Nxc5 28. Rc1 Nb3 29. Rxc7 Nxa1 (29... Bxe4 30. Bxe5 $16) 30. Rxb7 h6 (
30... Nb3 31. Nd3 Na5 (31... Nd4 32. Nxe5) 32. Rb5 Nc6 33. Rc5 $16 Re6 $140 34.
Nxe5 $1) 31. h4 $5 (31. Nc6 Re6 $8 (31... Rc8 32. Rb8 $1 $18 {><e5} (32. Nxe5
Rc1+ $132)) (31... g5 32. Rb8 $1) 32. Nd8 Re8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nd6 Re6 35. Nf5
g5 36. h4 $5 gxh4 37. Nxh4 Nc2 38. Nf5 $14) 31... Nb3 32. Nc6 Nc5 33. Rb5 Nd7
34. Rd5 Re6 {[#]} 35. Nd4 $1 Re7 36. Nf5 Rf7 37. h5 Kg8 (37... Nf6 38. Rxe5
Nxh5 (38... Rd7 39. Ne7) 39. Nxh6 $18) 38. Nh4 Nf6 39. Rxe5 Kh7 40. Rf5 Ra7 41.
Kh2 Ra8 42. Rxf4 (42. Ng6 Nxh5 43. Rxh5 Kxg6 44. Rf5 $16) 42... Nxh5 43. Rf7
Ra2 44. Nf5 Kg6 45. Rf8 Kg5 (45... Nf4 46. Ne7+ Kg5 47. Rf5+) 46. Ne7 g6 (46...
Nf4 $4 47. Rf5+) 47. Nd5 Kh4 48. Rg8 Ra6 (48... g5 49. Rg6) (48... Kg5 49. Kh3
{/\ g3} Ra3 50. Rf8 $18) 49. Ne7 Kg5 50. g3 $18 Ra2+ 51. Kh3 Kf6 52. Nd5+ Kf7
53. Rc8 Rf2 54. Rc7+ Ke6 55. Re7+ Kd6 56. Rf7 Ke6 57. Rf8 Ke5 58. g4 Ng7 59.
Kg3 Ra2 60. Rf6 g5 61. Rxh6 Ne6 62. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 e5 $5 {/\ e5-e4} 12. Ne2 (12. O-O-O e4 13.
Bc2 Qe7 14. f4 b5 $1 15. cxb5 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne2 Nd5 $36 {Greenfeld,
A-Milov,V/Israel/1993/}) (12. Bf5 exd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Ne2 (14. Kd2 c5 $1 {
Flear-Legkij/Le Touquet/1991/}) 14... Nd5 $1 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Raxd8 $15 {
Ilincic-Legkij,N/Becej/1991/}) 12... e4 $5 13. fxe4 Qe8 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15.
O-O-O exd4 (15... e4 16. Bc2 c5 $6 17. Ba4) 16. exd4 Qe3+ 17. Kb1 Rae8 (17...
Ne4 18. Qc2 Rae8 19. Rhe1 $14) (17... Rfe8 $142 $5) 18. Ng3 Qf4 (18... Ne4 $5
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qc2 Qxd4 (20... Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qe2 22. Rd2 Qe4 23. Bg3 $14)
21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Rxd7 Qxh4 23. Rxc7 Rc8 $5) 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rdf1 Qe3 (20...
Qg5 21. h4) 21. Rxf6 $1 {>< Pf7, f6, h6} gxf6 22. Ka2 $1 (22. Nh5 Qg5) (22. Nf5
Qxd3+ $1 23. Qxd3 Be4 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 $17) 22... Bxg2 $5 (22... Kh8 $5 23. Nf5 $1
(23. Rf1 Bxg2 24. Rxf6 {/\ 25.Nf5} Bh3 25. d5 $5 Re5 (25... Kg8 26. Nh5 Qe5 27.
Rxh6 Qxc3 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. bxc3 $13 (29. Bc2+ Kg8 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Bc2+ $10))
26. Rxh6+ Qxh6 27. Qxe5+ $44) 23... Qg5 24. h4 $1 {>< Qg5} Qh5 (24... Qxg2 25.
Qc1 $1 $16 Qg6 26. Rg1 Qh5 (26... Qh7 27. Qf4 $1 Rg8 28. Nd6) 27. Qf4 $1 Rg8
28. Ng3) 25. g4 (25. d5 $5 Re5 $140 26. g4 Qxg4 27. Qd2 Qg6 28. Rg1 $1 Qh5 (
28... Qxg1 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Qh7#) 29. Ng3 {>< Ph6} Qxh4 30. Rh1
Qg5 31. Rxh6+ Kg8 32. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Qh2 $18) 25... Qxg4 26. Qd2
Be4 $1 (26... Qh5 27. Ng3) (26... Bxh1 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Ne7+ Rxe7 29. Qh7#)
27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Bxe4 (28. Qxf6 Qg6) 28... Rxe4 29. Qxf6 Kh7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31.
Rf1 $40 (31. Qf6 Kh7 32. Qh6+ $10)) (22... Bc8 23. Rf1 $40) (22... c5 $5 {
/\ Re5,Qe5, /^ c3-h8} 23. d5 (23. Nf5 $140 cxd4) 23... Qe5 $13) (22... Be4 $5
23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Re1 $5 (25. Qg3+ $14) 25... Qxg2 $140 26. Qe3
$40) 23. Nf5 Qh3 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Qd2 $1 {>< Ph6} Be4 (25... Rg8 $5 26. Qf4 $5
$13 (26. Qxh6+ Qxh6 27. Nxh6 Rg7 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxg2 (29. Bg6 Bd5 $1 30.
cxd5 Rg7 $17) 29... Re3 $17) (26. Nxh6 Rg7 27. Nxf7+ (27. Bf5 Qxh2 28. Nxf7+
Kg8 29. Nh6+ Kf8) (27. Nf5 Rg5) 27... Rxf7 28. Rxg2 Rg7) 26... Rg6 $140 27. Ng3
Rg7 28. Rxg2 $1 (28. Bf5 Qxh2 29. Rxg2 $1 Qxg2 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Nh5 Re2 $1 32.
Nxf6+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Rg8 34. Qh6+ Rg7 (34... Qg7 35. Qh4 Rh8 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37.
Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nh5+ f6 39. Bd3 Rxh5 $15) 35. Qh8+) 28... Qxg2 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30.
Nh5 Re6 31. d5 Rd6 32. Nxf6+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Ne8 $44) 26. Rg3 Qh5 (26...
Qxf5 $4 27. Qxh6+ Qh7 28. Qxf6+) 27. Ng7 (27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rg2 $44) 27... Qh4
28. Nxe8 Rxe8 $138 (28... Bxd3 $1 29. Nxc7 {/\ Qf2} (29. Qf2 Bxc4+ 30. b3 Rxe8
31. Rg8+ (31. bxc4 Re4 32. Qg2 Re8 33. Qf2 Re4 $10) 31... Rxg8 32. Qxh4 Rg2+
33. Ka1 Bxb3 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 $13 35. Qh3) (29. Qxd3 Rxe8 30. Rh3 Qf4 31. Rf3)
29... Bxc4+ (29... Bg6 30. Nd5 Rd8 $140 31. Rg4 $1) 30. b3 Be6 31. Qf2 $1 Bg4
32. h3) 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qg2 $1 Re8 31. Qf2 $1 Re4 32. Qf5 $1 Re6 33. Qd5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Aseev,K"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. e3 Qf6 12. Bd3 (12. Ne2 $5 {/\} e5 13. f3 Nxg3
14. hxg3 $14) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. O-O-O (14. Qc3 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16.
Bc2 Be6 $15 {Ahlander,B-Chernyshov,K/Berliner Sommer 1995/EXP 47/1-0 (88)})
14... Nc6 (14... e4 $11) 15. d5 Ne7 16. f4 $5 (16. f3 $6 c6 $15) 16... Bd7 (
16... c6 $5 {/\} 17. fxe5 (17. dxc6 $6 bxc6 $15) 17... dxe5 18. d6 $5 Qxd6 19.
g4 $1 $44) 17. fxe5 $8 dxe5 (17... Qxe5 18. Nf3 (18. Rxh6 Kg7 $13) 18... Qg7
$13) 18. e4 f4 19. gxf4 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 Kg7 21. Nf3 (21. c5 $5) 21... Ng6 (21...
c5 $5) 22. c5 Rf6 (22... Qg3 $13) (22... Bg4 $5) 23. Nd2 Qf2 24. Nf1 (24. Rxh6
$2 Kxh6 25. Rf1 Qxg2 26. Rxf6 Kg7 $15) (24. Nf1 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rf2+ 26. Rd2
Raf8 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT2"]
[Site "Skofja Loka"]
[Date "1998.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Justin, Matjaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.11.27"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 $5 d6 $5 (8... h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4
Nd5 14. Bf2 $14) 9. e4 c5 10. d5 exd5 $5 (10... Nxe4 $5 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Bh4
$1 (12. Be7 $2 Re8 13. Bxd6 exd5+ 14. Kd2 Na4 15. b3 dxc4 16. Bxb8 cxb3 $1 $17)
12... Na4 13. b3 Nc3 14. Kd2 (14. dxe6 $6 d5) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Be7
Re8 17. Bxd6 Bxb3 (17... Rd8 18. Bxb8 $18) 18. Kc3 $16) (10... Nbd7 11. Nh3 $14
) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. exd5 $16) 12. exd5 (12. cxd5 f5 (
12... Nd7 13. Bb5) 13. e5 dxe5 (13... Re8 14. f4 dxe5 15. O-O-O e4 16. Bb5 $44)
14. O-O-O $44) 12... Re8+ 13. Kf2 Nd7 14. Ne2 (14. f4 $6 f5) 14... Ne5 15. Nf4
f5 (15... Ng6 $2 16. Nh5 Re5 17. g4 f5 18. f4 Qh4+ 19. Qg3 $1 $18) 16. g3 Qg5
17. Be2 Re7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Ng2 Bc8 $1 20. h3 $1 (20. f4 Ng4+ 21. Bxg4 Qxg4
22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Kf8 25. Qc3 Qg7 $11) 20... Qg7 21. f4 Ng6
$2 (21... Nd7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bd3 Nf6 $14) 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bd3 Rxe1 24.
Nxe1 $1 $16 Bd7 25. Nc2 Rb8 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. b4 cxb4 $6 (27... a5 28. Rb1) 28.
axb4 a5 29. Ra1 $1 Ra8 (29... axb4 30. Ra7 Rd8 31. Rb7) 30. Nc2 Ra7 31. Nd4 Kf6
32. Nb3 a4 33. b5 $1 $18 a3 34. Ra2 Ra4 35. Na1 $1 h6 36. Nc2 Be8 37. Kf3 h5
38. Ke3 Bd7 39. Be2 Kg6 40. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 41. Nxa3 Ng8 $6 (41... Nc8 42. Nb1 Be8
43. Nc3 Bd7 44. Na4 Be8 45. Kd4 Bd7 46. c5 dxc5+ 47. Nxc5 bxc5+ 48. Kxc5 $18)
42. c5 $1 bxc5 (42... dxc5 43. Nc4) 43. b6 Bc8 44. Bb5 Nf6 45. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Isthmia op 1st"]
[Site "Vrachati"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Galopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O (4... d5 5. cxd5 exd5 (5... Qxd5 6.
Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 $1 Nc6 (7... c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ (8... Ba5 9. Qc4 O-O 10. b4 cxb4 11.
axb4 b5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. g4 $5 {is a fragment of my game which was played 15
years ago.}) 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10. g4 $1 Qxg4 (10... Qd5 11. Bg2) 11. dxc5 $36) 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. e3 $5 a6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nh4 Qg5 12. g3 $14 {is at least playable
for White.}) 6. Bg5 c5 7. Nf3 h6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6
11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qa4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 $14 {is this a real
edge?}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Ba5 (9... Bf5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3
O-O $5 13. e3 Rc8 14. Be2 $14) 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Na6 13.
Rd1 Be6 (13... Nxc5 14. Rxd5 b6) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Nd4) (4... c5 $5
5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 {could also have been the game continuation by a mere
transposition.}) 5. Nf3 b6 $6 {To give up the fight for the center in this
stage of the game may at least be called a very risky strategy.} (5... c5 6.
dxc5 Na6 $1 {was known as the antidote of this system.} {until Morozevich came
up with} 7. c6 $5 (7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11.
Qd1 Nb7 12. Bf4 $14) 9. O-O (9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Rb8 11. O-O b6 $132 {and
Black is not worse like I have had once with Viktor Lvovich.}) 9... Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Bf4 Nd7 (15... Ne8
$5 16. Qe4) 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 $11 {may be equal after
all when coverting the extra pawn turns out to be an issue.}) 7... bxc6 8. g3
d5 9. a3 Bd6 {seems to be the most critical line.} 10. Bg2 e5 11. Bg5 Be6 12.
O-O $13 {may be a considerable improvement.}) (5... d5 $5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5
c5 8. e3 ({or} 8. dxc5 {transposes to Ragozin line of QGD.})) 6. e4 d5 7. e5
Ne4 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 $1 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be3 $1
$146 (13. c6 Bxc6 14. e6 Ndc5 $1 15. Ne5 (15. exf7+ $6 Rxf7 16. Ne5 Ba4 $1 (
16... Rc7 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bb5 $14) 17. Nxf7 Bxc2 18. Nxd8 Bxd3 19. Nc6 Bxf1
20. Kxf1 Nd3 $36) 15... Ba4 $132) (13. cxb6 axb6 14. Be3 {might have result in
a transposition.}) 13... Rc8 $6 (13... Qc7 $142 14. cxb6 (14. c4 Ndxc5 (14...
Nxe5 15. c6) 15. cxd5 Bxd5 $11) 14... axb6 15. Bd4 Ba6 $44) 14. Rfd1 (14. Rad1
Qc7 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bd4 $16) 14... Qc7 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bd4 {In principle
this should have favor White but Black is not left without ressources.} Ndc5
17. Rab1 Ne6 18. Qb2 $5 ({Safer is obviously to go for opposite colored
Bishops endgame.} 18. Bxb6 Qxc3 19. Bxe4 dxe4 (19... Qxc2 20. Bxc2 Rxc2 21. a4
$16) 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rc7 23. a4 $16) 18... Ba8 19. Rbc1 (
19. Bxb6 Qxc3) 19... Nf4 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. Kh1 $6 (21. Ne1 $16 {was the ultimate
form of prophylaxis.}) 21... Rc6 $1 22. g3 Qg4 23. Ng1 Rg6 24. Re1 f6 25. e6 (
25. exf6 Rfxf6 $1 $132 {makes use of the sleeping giant on a8-h1 diagonal.})
25... Re8 26. h3 (26. Qxb6 $4 Nxf2+ 27. Bxf2 d4+ $19) 26... Qg5 27. h4 $2 $138
{In a mutual time trouble I knew that I was about to miss certain things alas
I could not have spotted them in advance.} (27. Bb5 Rxe6 28. Qa3 Bb7 29. Qa7
Re7 30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 $18 {is forced after all.}) 27... Qg4 (
27... Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qxg3 29. Qh2 Qg4 30. Re3 Rh6 31. Nf3 $16) 28. e7 Rh6 $2 {
Here he missed a golden opportunity.} (28... Nh5 $1 29. Re3 Rxe7 30. Bh3 Nhxg3+
31. fxg3 Nxg3+ 32. Rxg3 Qxg3 33. Qh2 Qd3 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qxa8 Qe4+ 36. Kh2
Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qxc1 $5 (37... Qe4+ $11) 38. Qxd5+ Kf8 39. Be6 $1 {Now White has
to settle for a draw.} Qf4 40. Qa8+ Re8 41. Qa3+ Re7 42. Qa8+ $11) 29. Kh2 g5 (
29... Rxe7 30. Qxb6 Re8 31. Nh3 Ne6 $16 {even this ain't no simple.}) 30. Nh3
gxh4 $4 $138 {This could only be explained by the extreme shortage of time.} (
30... Nxh3 31. Bxh3 Qh5 (31... Qf3 32. Re3) 32. Bf5 $1 $16 gxh4 $140 33. g4)
31. gxf4 1-0

[Event "SRB-chT Central"]
[Site "Kraljevo"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.09.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kraljevo"]
[BlackTeam "Valjevo Sveti Nikolaj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 $5 {Something new!} d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 ({There is no difference between} 8. Nge2 {and the text in
this line.}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qb6 $5 {An attempt by Kramnik.} (
10... Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 $1 {The problem is the main line after which it is almost
impossible to prove an advantage.}) 11. Ndb5 $1 $146 {The only attempt to make
something happen.} (11. Nb3 Qc7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 f6 $14 {Anand-Kramnik, Moscow 2013.}) 11... Ndc5 (11... a6 $5 12. cxd5
Qxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 axb5 15. Bxb5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 exd5 17. Be3 $1 Nxe5
$140 18. Bc5 $16) 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {I was in between the
text} ({and} 14. Nxc3 $5 dxc4 15. Qg3 $44) 14... dxc4 15. Qg3 $1 (15. Qxc4 Bd7
$1 16. Qxb4 (16. Nd4 Bc5) 16... Qxb5 $11) 15... Kh8 16. cxb4 {The attacking
tendencies of opposite coloured bishops are very well known; that is why White
rushes into an immediate exchange.} (16. a4 Be7 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Rfd1 b6 $13)
16... Qxb5 17. Rfd1 $5 b6 (17... Qxb4 18. Bg5 Qb2 19. Rac1 b5 20. Qf3 Rb8 21.
Bf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 $11 {does not deliver more than a draw. It is a typical
line which looks very attractive possibly only during the game.}) 18. Bg5 $5 {
A risky attempt when the draw is there.} (18. Bh6 gxh6 19. Qf3 $11) 18... Bb7
19. Be7 Rfc8 $1 {Black supports the c-passer and forces the draw.} (19... Rfe8
20. Bd6) 20. Rd4 c3 (20... Qe8 21. Qh4 c3 22. Bf6 $40) 21. Re1 $1 {White is
all set up to force a draw. The rook controls the e-file.} c2 22. Qxg7+ $1 $11
Kxg7 23. Rg4+ Kh6 24. Rh4+ Kg6 25. Rg4+ Kh5 26. Rh4+ Kg6 27. Rg4+ Kh5 28. Rh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogoveen"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 $5 7. g3 $6 {
After this game I am not especially happy about this little move which is
played to prevent black's queenbishop fianchetto.} Qe7 (7... e5 $5) ({and
especially} 7... Bd7 $5 {are interesting alternatives.} 8. Bg2 Bc6 9. Nf3 Be4
10. O-O Nbd7 $11) 8. Bg2 a5 9. b3 (9. b4 $2 {is to loose.} axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1
11. Qxa1 e5 12. Nf3 (12. dxe5 dxe5) (12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Qc3 Rd8 $17) 12... e4 $17) 9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Rd8
13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 (15. exf3 Nd4 16. Rfe1 c5 $11) 15... Nd4 $15 {
Black is slightly better but white's pair of bishops may defend this position
enough for an equal game.} 16. Rfe1 c6 17. b4 axb4 (17... Qd7 18. Kh2 axb4 19.
axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nxf3+ 21. exf3 Qf5 22. Bb6 $11) 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 h6 (
19... Ne4 20. Qb2 Nxf3+ 21. exf3 Nd6 22. Bc5 $11) 20. Kh2 Qe6 21. Ra5 $1 $11 {
I had to find this difficult move to equalize.} Nxf3+ 22. exf3 e4 23. Bd4 $1
exf3 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 (24... Qe2 $4 25. Bd4 Qf1 26. Qxf3 Rxd4 27. Ra8+ Kh7 28.
Qf5+ $18) 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. g4 $11 (26. Ra7 Rd2 27. g4 Rxf2+ 28. Kg3 Rc2 29. c5
f2 30. Kg2 Rc3 31. Kxf2 Rxh3 32. Rxb7 $11) 26... Rd2 27. Kg3 Rc2 28. Ra7 Rxc4
29. Rxb7 Kg7 30. b5 cxb5 31. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Horvath, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 {A modern line
which I had studied prior to this game.} 7. Nge2 exd5 8. exd5 d6 (8... O-O 9.
Bd2 Ba6 10. O-O-O Bxc4 (10... Ng4 11. Ng3) 11. Ng3) 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4
O-O (10... Qe4 11. Qxe4+ Nxe4 12. O-O-O) 11. O-O-O Nbd7 $13) 9... O-O 10. f3 $1
{A very important move in this line and it is actually a pawn sac.} (10. O-O-O
Ng4 $1) 10... Nfd7 $6 $146 (10... Ba6 11. O-O-O Bxc4 12. Ng3 Bxf1 13. Rhxf1 $44
) 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Ng3 f5 13. f4 Ng4 14. Re1 Qh4 15. Bd3 $1 g6 (15... Nf2 $2
16. Bxf5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxh1 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 (18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qxg3 (19... Qd8
20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Rh1 h6 22. f5 Rf6 23. g4 $18) 20. Qe4) 19. Nf5 Qd8 20. Ne7+
Kh8 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Rxh1 $16 {is what I had accurately calculated.}) 16. a3
Ba5 17. Re2 (17. Nb5 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Qd8 19. Nc3 a6 20. Nf1 $16) 17... a6 18.
Kb1 Bd7 (18... Ra7 19. Nf1) 19. Nf1 b5 20. h3 (20. cxb5 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 axb5)
20... Nh6 (20... Nf6 21. g3 Qh6 22. Ne3 $16) 21. Nh2 $1 {The knight heads to
the e6-square.} (21. cxb5 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 axb5 23. g3 Qd8 24. b3 Rxa3 25. Bb2 Qa5
26. Ne3 Na6 {looked playable for Black.} {However} 27. Ng4 $3) 21... Ra7 $2 (
21... Qd8 22. Nf3) 22. cxb5 $1 c4 (22... Bxc3 23. b6 Rb7 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Bxc3
Qxb6 26. g4 $18) (22... axb5 23. Nxb5 $18) 23. Bxc4 Rc7 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Qd3 $18
{Black has no compensation for the pawns.} Qc8 $138 26. b3 {Solid,} (26. bxa6
Rxc4 27. a7 Na6 28. a8=Q Qxa8 29. Qxc4 $18) ({but I had also seen} 26. Bb3 Bxc3
27. Bxc3 Bxb5 28. Qd4 Rxc3 29. Re7 $1 Bd3+ 30. Ka2 $18) 26... axb5 27. Nxb5
Bxd2 $2 (27... Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 $18) 28. Nxc7 (28. Nxd6 Qd8 29. Qxd2
$18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 $5 {Adorjan
line!} 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 $6 {After this game I really
started to dislike this toothless move.} (10. f3 a6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ne2 $5 $13
{may give white better prospects.}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Qd3
a6 14. O-O Nc6 15. b4 $4 {A horrible move.Becoming annoyed with the early
coming equality I have pulled out this idiotic move.} (15. Nd2 Na5 (15... Ne7
16. Rfc1 $11) 16. Rfc1 $11) 15... Ne7 16. Rfc1 (16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nd5 18.
Qd2 Nc3 $17) 16... Nd5 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Qd8 $1 $17 20. Ne1
Bd5 21. f3 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Bc4 23. Bd1 (23. Bxc4 $5 Nxc4 24. Qc3 Qg5 25. Nc2 $17
{was a serious option.}) 23... Qg5 24. f4 Qd5 25. Nf3 Qb7 (25... Bb3 26. Be2)
26. Ne5 {All endings are bad for white.} (26. Nd2 Bd5 27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nc4
29. Nxc4 Qc6 $17) 26... d6 $1 (26... Bd5 27. Qc5) 27. Bf3 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29.
Qc7 dxe5 30. Qxb6 exd4 31. exd4 $2 {Having repaired my position by some
sensible play I once gain destroy it.} (31. Qxd4 Qb3 {Since the pawn endgame
is a draw this is forced.} (31... Qxd4 $2 32. exd4 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6
35. Ke4 f5+ (35... h5 36. g3 g6 37. h3 f6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Kd3 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5
41. Ke3 e5 42. dxe5 Kxe5 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. h4 g4 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Kf4 Kb3 47. Kg5
Kxa3 48. Kxh5 Kxb4 49. Kxg4 $11) 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Kd3 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Ke3 (
39. g3 g4) 39... f4+ 40. Kd3 e5 41. dxe5 Kxe5 42. g3 $11) 32. h4 Qxa3 33. Kh2
$17) 31... Qe4 $19 {Now with this terrible bunch of pawns white is lost.} (
31... Qb3 $5 $19) 32. Qb8+ (32. g3 Qe3+ 33. Kg2 Qxa3 34. Qc5 a5 35. bxa5 Qxa5
$19) 32... Kh7 33. Qe5 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 Qb2+ 35. Kf1 Qxa3 36. Qc5 a5 $1 (36... Qa1+
$4 37. Kf2 Qa2+ 38. Kf3 Qd5+ 39. Qxd5 exd5 40. f5 g5 41. Kg4 Kg7 42. Kh5 Kf6
43. g4 Kg7 44. h4 gxh4 (44... f6 45. hxg5 hxg5) 45. Kxh4 Kf6 46. Kh5 $11) 37.
Qc2+ f5 38. bxa5 b4 $1 0-1

[Event "Athens Acropolis op"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 {
Alik always goes for the main line.} (7... Ba6 $5 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. e3 Na5 10. Rc1
c5) 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 $1 {I like Bareev's line more than any other
in this variation.} Ba6 {The real test of the variation!} (10... c5 11. Nc3 Qe7
12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. d5 h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15. Qc2 Ng6) 11. Nc3 h6 $5 {I was very
happy when he has introduced this.} ({Before the game I was considering} 11...
d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5 15. Rd1 $1 {My bigtime novelty.} (15.
Qxc4 {Everyone takes this way but my idea is to capture this pawn with my rook!
} cxd4 16. Qxd4 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nc5 $11)) 12. Bh4 d5 13. Qc2 Bxc4 14.
Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qa4 c5 16. Rd1 $1 $146 {So finally I have introduced my novelty.
However Alik burned something like half an hour and came up with a very good
idea.} Qc8 $1 {And I have gone immediately wrong.} 17. Qxc4 $6 ({Probably I
had to try} 17. O-O $5 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Ne5 $5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f4 Ng4 21. Rf3 (
21. Rxc4 $6 Qe8) 21... f5 22. Rxc4 ({or} 22. h3 Nf6 23. Rxc4 $16) 22... Qd8 23.
h3 Nf6 24. e4 $16 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qf6 27. f5 Qxb2 (27... exf5 28.
Qb5) 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qc6 $40) 17... cxd4 18. Qxc8 (18. Qxd4 Qa6 $1 {I was
annoyed by this possibilty. Black is ready for Rac8-c4.}) 18... Raxc8 19. Rxd4
Ne5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Kd1 $5 {Looks stupid, why not to d2? However actually
there is no difference between these to moves.} (21. Kd2 Rfd8 22. Rd1 $5 {
The only move which can make any difference between two squares for the king
runs into} (22. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 23. Kc2 {transposes.}) 22... Nc6 $1 (22... Rxd4+ $6
23. exd4 Nc4+ 24. Kc2 Kf8 25. d5 Ke7 26. Rd4 Nd6 27. Kd3 $14) 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8+
24. Kc2) 21... Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 23. Kc2 f5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 $14 {
This knights ending looks more or less equal.} Kf8 26. f4 $1 {The only idea.}
Ng4 {I did not like this move much during the game but it may turn out to be
ok.} (26... Nc4 27. Kc3 Nd6 28. Kd4 Ke7 29. Nc3 f6 $14) (26... Nc6 27. Nc3 Ke7
28. Kd3 Kd6 29. e4 fxe4+ 30. Nxe4+ $14) 27. h3 {The pawn sac is no good.} (27.
Kd3 $6 Nxh2 (27... Ke7 28. Kc4 a6 29. h3 Nf6 30. Nc3 $14 {is also normal.}) 28.
Kc4 a6 29. a4 Ng4 30. a5 bxa5 31. Kc5 (31. Kb3 $2 Ke7 32. Ka4 Kd6 33. Kxa5 Kc5
$19) 31... Ke7 32. Kb6 a4 33. Kxa6 Kd6 34. Kb5 Kc7 35. Kxa4 Kb6 $11) 27... Nf6
28. Nc3 Ke7 29. Kd3 a6 30. Kd4 Kd7 {He can not step on d6 since the pawn
ending is lost.} (30... Kd6 $2 31. e4 fxe4 32. Nxe4+ Nxe4 33. Kxe4 f5+ 34. Kd4
h5 35. g3 Kd7 36. Ke5 Ke7 37. a4 $18) 31. Nd1 $5 {It looked like the only way
to improve my position is correlated with g4 thrust rather than e4.} (31. e4
fxe4 32. g4 $5 (32. Nxe4 Nh5 $5 (32... Nd5 33. g3 h5 34. f5 $1 f6 $1 (34...
exf5 $2 {Once again the pawn ending is lost!} 35. Kxd5 fxe4 36. Kxe4 Ke6 37.
Kf4 Kf6 38. h4 Kg6 39. Ke5 $18) 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ke7 $14) 33. Ke3 Ke7 34.
g4 Ng7 35. Kd4 f6 $14) 32... Ke7 (32... Nd5 33. Kxe4 Ne7 (33... Nxc3+ $2 34.
bxc3 f6 35. c4 (35. h4 $2 b5 36. g5 fxg5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Ke7 39. Ke5 Kf7
40. Kd6 Kg6 41. Kxe6 Kxg5 42. Kd5 Kf5 43. Kc5 Ke4 44. Kb6 Kd5 $3 45. Kxa6 Kc6
$11) 35... Ke7 36. h4 $18) 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Kd6 $14 36. h4 $140 $2 Nf5) 33.
Nxe4 Nd5 34. f5 f6 $11) 31... Kd6 32. Nf2 Nd5 {Once again he had to avoid the
pawns ending.} (32... h5 $2 33. e4 fxe4 34. Nxe4+ Nxe4 35. Kxe4 f5+ 36. Kd4 h4
37. Ke3 Kd5 38. Kf3 (38. g3 $2 hxg3 39. Kf3 e5 40. Kxg3 (40. fxe5 $2 f4) 40...
e4) 38... e5 39. fxe5 Kxe5 40. b3 $1 (40. g3 $2 hxg3 41. Kxg3 Ke4 42. Kf2 (42.
h4 Ke3 43. Kg2 Kf4 (43... Ke2 44. Kg3 $11) 44. Kh3 $11)) 40... b5 41. b4 Ke6
42. g3 hxg3 43. Kxg3 Ke5 44. Kf3 (44. h4 Ke4 45. h5 Ke3 $11) 44... f4 45. h4
Kf5 46. h5 Kg5 47. h6 Kxh6 48. Kxf4 $18) 33. g4 fxg4 34. Ne4+ $1 {This move is
not a simple check to his king but is the only move which keeps the game going
on.} (34. Nxg4 $6 h5 35. Ne5 f6 36. Ng6 Nc7 $11) (34. hxg4 $6 f5 $1 $11) 34...
Ke7 35. hxg4 Nc7 36. Ng3 $6 {The knight crosses the board to go to h5.} (36.
Nc3 $142 $1 Ne8 37. Na4 Nf6 38. g5 hxg5 39. fxg5 Nh7 40. Nxb6 Nxg5 41. Kc5 Ne4+
42. Kc6 (42. Kb4 $6 Kd6 $1 43. Ka5 Kc6 44. Kxa6 Nc5+ 45. Ka7 Nb3 $11) 42... Nd6
43. b4 $14) 36... Ne8 37. Nh5 Nd6 $6 {Now he could have gone for the pawn
ending since it is a draw this time.} (37... Nf6 $1 38. Nxf6 Kxf6 39. e4 (39.
Ke4 Ke7 40. Ke5 (40. f5 $6 Kf6 $1 41. fxe6 fxe6 42. Kf4 e5+ 43. Ke4 Ke6) 40...
f6+ 41. Kd4 Kd6 $11) 39... e5+ $1 {We both have missed this.} 40. fxe5+ Kg5 41.
e6 fxe6 42. Ke5 Kxg4 43. Kxe6 h5 44. Kd6 h4 45. e5 h3 46. e6 h2 47. e7 h1=Q 48.
e8=Q Qc1 $1 49. Qe2+ Kg3 50. Qxa6 Qxb2 51. a4 Qd4+ $11) 38. e4 Nb5+ 39. Ke5 Na7
$1 {Alik defends tough.} 40. Kd4 Nb5+ 41. Kd3 f6 $6 {Simply passive.} (41... f5
42. gxf5 exf5 43. e5 Kf7 44. Nf6 Nc7 45. Ke3 a5 46. Kf3 b5 47. Kg3 Ne6 48. Nd5
Nd4 $132) 42. e5 $1 {The right idea. I have started to lick my chops in this
moment.} ({I could not see a valid follow up after} 42. f5 e5 $11) 42... fxe5
43. fxe5 Nc7 44. Nf6 Ne8 $6 {If he would stay put it will be a draw this way
or another. The text is risky.} (44... Kf7 45. b4 Kg6 46. a4 Kg5 47. Ke4 Kg6
48. Nd7 (48. a5 bxa5 49. bxa5 Nb5 50. Nd7 Kg5 $11) 48... Nd5 49. a5 bxa5 50.
bxa5 Kg5 51. Kf3 Nc7 52. Nc5 Kh4 $11 (52... h5 {Even this does not lose.} 53.
gxh5 Kxh5 54. Ke3 Kg5 55. Ke4 Kg4 56. Nd7 Nb5 57. Nb8 Nc7 58. Kd4 Kf4 59. Nc6
Nb5+ 60. Kc5 Ke4 61. Kb6 Kd5 62. Nb4+ Kxe5 63. Kxa6 Nd6 64. Ka7 Kd4 65. a6 Kc5
$11)) 45. Ng8+ Kf7 46. Nxh6+ Kg7 $8 (46... Kg6 $2 47. Ng8 Kf7 48. Nf6 Nxf6 49.
exf6 Kxf6 50. Ke4 $18 {is another winning pawn ending.}) 47. g5 Kg6 48. Ke4 Nc7
(48... Kxg5 49. Ng8 (49. Nf7+ Kg6 50. Nd6 Nc7 51. a4 Nd5 $14) 49... Nc7 (49...
Kg6 50. Ne7+ Kg7 51. Nc8 b5 52. Kd4 $18) 50. Ne7 Kg4 {transposes to the game
continuation.}) 49. Ng8 Kxg5 50. Ne7 Kg4 51. Ng6 Kh5 52. Nf8 Kg5 {We ended up
in a critical position. I was in between different pawn pushes. My main idea
is always linked to Ne6 sac.} 53. a4 (53. b4 b5 $1 {I was annoyed by this
blockade since he has time to generate counterplay hooked on my a3.} (53... a5
$2 54. bxa5 bxa5 55. a4 Kg4 56. Nd7 Na6 57. Kd4 Kf5 58. Kc4 $18) (53... Kh6 $6
54. Nd7 (54. Nxe6 Nxe6 55. Kd5 Nf4+ 56. Kd6 Kg7 57. e6 Kf8 58. Kd7 Nd5 59. Kc6
Nc3 60. Kxb6 Ke7 61. Kxa6 Kxe6 62. b5 Nxb5 $11) 54... Nd5 55. Nb8 a5 (55... Nc7
56. a4 Kg5 57. a5 bxa5 58. bxa5 Kg4 59. Kd4 Kf5 60. Nd7 Kf4 61. Kc5 Nd5 62. Nb8
Kxe5 63. Nxa6 $18) 56. bxa5 bxa5 57. Nc6 a4 58. Kd4 Kg5 59. Kc5 Ne3 60. Kb5 Kf5
61. Kxa4 Nc4 62. Kb4 Nxe5 $11) 54. Nh7+ (54. Nd7 Nd5 55. Kd4 Kf4 56. Kc5 Ne3
57. Kb6 Nc4+ 58. Kxa6 Nxa3 $11) 54... Kg6 55. Nf6 Kg5 56. Nd7 Nd5 57. Kd4 (57.
Nc5 Nc7 58. a4 bxa4 59. Nxa4 Nd5 $11) 57... Kf5 58. Nb8 (58. Kc5 Ne3 59. Kb6
Nc4+ 60. Kxa6 Nxa3 61. Kb6 Ke4 $11) 58... Nc7 59. Kc5 Kxe5 60. Kc6 Nd5 61. Nxa6
Nc3 62. Nc7 Kd4 63. Nxe6+ Kc4 $11) (53. b3 Kh6 54. Nxe6 Nxe6 55. Kd5 Nc5 56. b4
Nd3 57. e6 Kg7 58. Kc6 Kf6 59. Kxb6 Kxe6 60. Kxa6 Kd7 $11) 53... Kh6 {He can
not push a5.} (53... a5 $2 54. b3 Kh6 55. Kd4 Kg5 56. Nd7 Nd5 57. Kc4 Kf5 58.
Kb5 $18) 54. Nxe6 {The knight sac always ends up in a draw but what else is
there.} (54. b4 Kg7 55. Nd7 Nd5 56. a5 b5 $1 57. Nc5 Nxb4 58. Nxe6+ Kf7 $11)
54... Nxe6 55. Kd5 Nf4+ 56. Kc6 (56. Kd6 Kg7 $1 (56... Kg6 57. e6 Nd3 $1 $11 {
Even this is a draw!}) 57. e6 Kf8 58. Kd7 Nd5 59. Kc6 Nb4+ 60. Kxb6 Ke7 $11)
56... Kg6 57. Kxb6 (57. b4 Kf5 58. Kxb6 Nd5+ $11) 57... Nd3 {Draw offer.} 58.
b3 {I have just wanted to play until bare kings remain over the board.} (58.
Kxa6 Nxb2 59. a5 Nc4 $11) 58... Kf5 59. Kxa6 Nc5+ 60. Kb5 Nxb3 61. Kc4 Kxe5 {
Simplest!} (61... Na5+ 62. Kd5 Nb7 63. e6 Kf6 $11) 62. Kxb3 {His king is close
enough.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Augsburg"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 {A line
championed by Yudasin.} 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Ne2 $5 {This has become a
favorite move of mine.} Bb7 $5 {This came as a surprise during the game. I
have thought that by this move order Edik wanted to avoid Qf3 in immediate Ba6
lines, so I was sure that he would put his bishop on a6.} (9... Ba6 10. Qc2 $1
c5 (10... Qc8 11. Nc3 c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc5 {transposes to the other
line.} (13... d5 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. dxe6 Bxg2 16. exd7 Nxd7 17. Rg1 Ne5 18. Rxg2
Nf3+ 19. Ke2 $18)) 11. Rd1 Qc7 (11... Rc8 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 (13... Rc5
$2 14. Ne4) (13... Ne5 14. Qd1 Qe7 (14... Qc7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4) 15. Ne4 d5
16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 exd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Nxd5 $16) 14. Qd2 h6
15. Bh4 e5 16. Rxd6 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qe2 $14) 12. Nc3 cxd4
13. Rxd4 Qc5 14. Bh4 e5 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Qd3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4
19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxd6 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Kd2 $14) 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 $5
{Edik wants to keep things simple.} (11... Ba6 12. Nc3 d5 13. Qc2 Bxc4 14. Bxc4
dxc4 15. Qa4 c5 16. Rd1 $1 Qc8 17. O-O $1 $36 {is ok for white.}) 12. Nc3 Nf8
$5 {A slow but interesting plan by GM Rozentalis.} (12... e5 13. d5 e4 (13...
Nc5 14. Qd1 a5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1) 14. Qd4 a5 15. Be2 a4 16.
Bd1 Nc5 17. Bc2 Re5 18. O-O $40) 13. Qd1 $1 {This was a difficult move to find.
My queen has finished her job on d3.} Ng6 14. Bg3 {Now white can go for d5.}
Ne4 $6 {This gives white a free hand.} (14... e5 15. d5 c6 (15... e4 16. Be2)
16. Be2) ({I would have preferred} 14... d5 $142 $1 15. f3 e5 (15... c5 16.
cxd5 exd5 17. Kf2 Qe7 18. Qd2 c4 19. Be2 $13) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. e4 $14) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f3 Bb7 17. Bd3 Qg5 18. f4 $5 {looks
ugly, but when white is lagging on development any tempo helps.} (18. Qd2 e5
19. d5 f5 20. O-O Bc8 21. f4 exf4 22. exf4 Qf6 23. Bf2 Bd7 24. Bc2 Qxb2 25. Bd4
Re2 26. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Re8 28. Qd3 Re4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. g3 Rxc4 31. Bb3
Rc5 $44) (18. Qe2 $2 e5 19. d5 Nf4 $36) 18... Qf6 19. O-O $14 Ne7 (19... Nh4 $6
20. Qg4 (20. Bxh4 Qxh4 21. e4 $16) 20... Nxg2 21. Bf2 c5 22. d5 exd5 23. Qxg2
dxc4 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxb7 $16) 20. Qh5 Nf5 21. Bf2 g6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Rac1 {
Immediate attacks do not work.} (23. e4 $2 Nxd4 24. Bh4 Qg7 25. e5 dxe5 26.
fxe5 Qxe5 27. Bf6 (27. Rae1 Qc5) 27... Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Bxe5 Nxh3 $17)
23... Qg7 24. Be1 Nh6 25. Bc3 d5 (25... f5 $6 26. Qg3 $1 $16 (26. d5 $6 Qf7 27.
dxe6 (27. e4 $2 fxe4 28. Bxe4 exd5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. Qd7 Qf7 $17)
27... Qxe6 28. Rce1 Be4 $13)) 26. c5 $1 (26. cxd5 $6 exd5 27. Bd2 c6 28. Qf3
$11 (28. f5 $2 Bc8 29. Rxc6 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 $17 {White does
not seem to have enough for the sacrificed material.})) 26... a5 27. b4 (27.
Bb5 c6 28. Bd3 Ba6 (28... b5 29. Qf3 $14 (29. e4 $2 b4)) 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. cxb6
Rb8 31. e4 Raxb6 $132) 27... axb4 28. Bxb4 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. cxb6 cxb6 31.
Rc7 {White is better but it is very difficult to proceed.} (31. Rc6 Nf5 32.
Rfc1 Qf6 (32... g5 $2 33. Qxh5 gxf4 34. Rxe6 $3 $18) 33. Qf3 Kg7 $14) 31... Nf5
32. Qf3 Raa8 33. Rfc1 Qf6 ({I had to watch all the time for} 33... g5 $2 34.
Qxh5 gxf4 35. exf4 Qxd4+ 36. Kh1 Qg7 37. g4 Nd4 38. Bc3 Ra4 39. Rd1 e5 40. Re1
$16) 34. g3 Qd8 35. R7c6 Ne7 36. Rd6 Qb8 37. Qe2 {I did not like to go for Q+R
vs 2R+N because of the nature of the position.} (37. Rd7 Ra7 $1 (37... Nf5 $6
38. Rcc7 Rc8 39. Rb7 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Qc8 (40... Qe8 41. e4 dxe4 (41... Nxd4 42.
Qd3 Nc6 43. Rxf7 Qxf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. exd5 Nxb4 46. dxe6+ $18) 42. Qxe4 Rac8
43. Kh3 $40) 41. Rxf7 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qd3 43. Rf6 Nxd4 44. Qg2 Rc2 45. Qh1 Nc6 46.
e4 $18) 38. Bd6 Rxd7 39. Bxb8 Rxb8 $44) 37... Nf5 $6 (37... Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8
39. Qb5 Rc8 40. Rxc8 Nxc8 $11 41. Qc6 $140 Ne7) 38. Rdc6 Qd8 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. h4
$5 {I just wanted to seal any possibility related to g5 off.} Rb8 41. Qa6 Kg8 (
41... Qf6 $6 42. Rxb6 Rxb6 43. Qxb6 Nh6 44. Qb5 $16) 42. Qa7 b5 43. Qc7 Qf6 44.
Qe5 Qd8 45. Qc7 Qf6 46. Rb6 Qd8 $1 {After the queens exchange I believe a draw
is anovoidable.} (46... Rxb6 47. Qxb6 Nh6 48. Qxb5 Ng4+ 49. Ke2 $16) (46... Ra8
47. Qe5 Qd8 48. Rb7 $14 (48. Rxb5 $2 Ra7 49. Bc5 f6 $17)) 47. Qxd8 Rexd8 48.
Rcc6 (48. Rbc6 Rb7) 48... Kg7 49. Bc5 Re8 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Ra6 Rb7 52. Bb6 Kg7
53. Bc5 Kf6 54. Rcb6 Reb8 55. Rxb7 Rxb7 56. Ra8 Kg7 57. Bf8+ Kf6 58. Bc5 Kg7
59. Rc8 Kf6 60. Bb4 Kg7 61. Rc3 (61. Rc1 Kf6 62. Bc5 Ne7 63. Rb1 Nc6 64. e4 Na5
$11) 61... Kf6 62. Rb3 (62. Bc5 Ne7 63. Bd6 Nf5 $11) 62... Ne7 63. Rc3 Kg7 64.
Rc1 f6 65. Bc5 {I started to mark time.} (65. Bxe7 Rxe7 66. Rc6 Kf7 67. Rb6 Ra7
68. Rxb5 Rxa3 69. Rb7+ Kf8 $11) 65... Kf7 66. Rb1 Nc6 67. Ke2 (67. e4 dxe4+ 68.
Kxe4 Ke8 (68... Na5 $5) 69. a4 b4 70. Kd3 Kd7 71. Kc4 Na5+ 72. Kd3 $11) 67...
Rb8 68. Kd3 Ke8 69. Rg1 f5 70. Rc1 Kd7 (70... Na5 71. Ba7 Rb7 72. Rc8+ Kf7 (
72... Kd7 73. Rg8 $14) 73. Bc5 Nc4 $11) 71. Bb4 Rc8 72. Rb1 {I have started to
push way to hard.} ({My intended} 72. Rc5 $6 {runs into} Na7 73. Rxc8 Kxc8 74.
Kc3 Nc6 75. Kb3 Kb7 76. a4 Ka6 77. axb5+ Kxb5 78. Bc3 Ne7 79. Bd2 Nc8 80. Be1
Nd6 81. Bd2 Ne4 (81... Nc4 82. Bc1 Ka6 83. Ka4 Kb6 84. Kb4 $11) 82. Be1 $11)
72... Nxb4+ (72... Nxb4+ 73. Rxb4 Kc6 74. a4 bxa4 75. Rxa4 Kd7 76. Ra7+ Rc7 77.
Ra8 Rc8 78. Rxc8 Kxc8 79. Kc3 Kc7 80. Kb3 Kb7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isthmia op 1st"]
[Site "Vrachati"]
[Date "2011.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O (4... Nc6 5. e3 $5 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7.
a3 Bf8 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O $14) (4... c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3
Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 (7... Nc6 8. Bg5 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O
Na5 13. b3 d5 14. e4 $13) 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. b4 Nh5 11. Bc1 Be7 12. e4
Rc8 13. Be2 $14) (4... d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 c4 9. Nf3
O-O 10. Nd2 $13) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 (6... b5 $5 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 cxb5 9.
e3 Bb7 10. f3 a6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxd2
16. Kxd2 Rfxd8 17. b4 $14) (6... d5 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. f3 $13) 7. Bg5 Bb7
(7... c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 (9... d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 $14)
10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Ne2 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Qxc3+ 14. Nxc3 $14) 8. f3 $5 {
I have applied the old move this time.} (8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 $5 ({
I had some ideas in} 10. Qd3) 10... h6 (10... c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 Qb6 13.
Rd1 $14) 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nc3 d5 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Be2 Ba6 16. O-O
Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nb1 $5 $44) 8... d6 $5 ({More common is} 8... h6 9. Bh4
d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Kf2 $5 f5 15. Bc4
$14) 9. e4 (9. Nh3 $5 h6 (9... Nbd7 10. e4 c5 11. Rd1 h6 12. Be3 $14) 10. Bh4
Nbd7 11. Nf2 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ng4 $36 {is another idea.}) 9...
c5 10. d5 (10. Nh3 Nc6) (10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 e5 (
13... Qe7 14. g4 Kh8) 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Qh6 Kh8 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bd3 $13) 10...
Nbd7 11. Nh3 (11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nh3 h6 13. Be3 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5
16. Bc4 Ne5 17. O-O-O Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qd7 19. Nf4 Rad8 20. Rd2 Qf7 21. Rhd1 Rd7
$11) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 (12. exd5 $5 {is a very serious idea although White
lags in development.} b5 (12... Re8+ 13. Kf2 b5 14. b3 Ne5 15. g3 h6 16. Bf4 a5
17. a4 $13) 13. b3 Re8+ 14. Kf2 Qb6 $132) 12... Re8 13. O-O-O $6 {I am not
happy about this one.} (13. Bb5 Nxd5 14. Qd2 (14. Bxd8 $2 Nxc3) 14... Qc8 15.
O-O (15. O-O-O Nc7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nb5 19. Rd2 Nd4 20. Kb1
f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 $11) (15. Be2 Nc7 (15... h6 16. Bxh6 (16. Bh4 $2 N5f6 17. Qxd6
Nxe4 $3 18. fxe4 Rxe4 $19) 16... gxh6 17. exd5 Ba6 18. Nf4 $13) (15... Ne7 16.
Bxe7 (16. Qxd6 $2 Nc6 17. O-O Nd4 $17) 16... Rxe7 17. Qxd6 Re6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19.
Rd1 Ne5 20. O-O Re7 $11) 16. Qxd6) (15. Ba4 $5) 15... Nc7 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bc2
Re6 18. Bh4 $5 $44) (13. Be2 h6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qd2 Nh5 16. O-O f5 17. Bb5 $1
$13 {and all these lines are fairly playable.}) 13... c4 14. Kb1 (14. Bf4 Ne5)
(14. Qb4 Ne5) (14. g4 b5 15. Be3 a5 16. g5 Nh5 17. Kb1 Ba6 $40) 14... b5 15.
Bd2 {This is the standard maneuver I knew but already things are very
difficult for White.} (15. a4 a6) (15. Qb4 Nc5) 15... Nc5 16. Qa5 Qd7 17. Bg5
Nxd5 $1 18. exd5 Qf5+ 19. Ka2 $138 c3 $2 {In my time trouble he goes wrong.} (
19... Bxd5 20. Nf4 (20. Qd2 Be6) (20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Qc3 a5) 20... Bc6 $17 {
looks no rosy for White.}) 20. Qxc3 Bxd5+ 21. Rxd5 $4 {Some years ago I have
committed such a bad move against Gelashvili.} ({he does not have more than
perpetual checks after} 21. Ka1 $1 Nb3+ 22. Ka2 Nd4+ (22... Rac8 $2 23. Bd3) (
22... Nc1+ 23. Ka1 Nb3+ $11) 23. Ka1 Nc2+ 24. Kb1 Nxa3+ 25. Ka1 Nc2+ 26. Kb1
$11) 21... Qxd5+ 22. Kb1 (22. b3 Rac8) 22... Na4 23. Qd2 Qb3 $19 {I could or
rather should have resigned here.} 24. Bd3 h6 (24... Nxb2 $6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.
Qxb2 Qxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Re2+ 28. Kb3 Rxg2 29. Bf4 $17 {is still playable too some
extent.}) 25. Bh4 $2 {The very last mistake!} ({If there is any chance it is in
} 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Nf4 Rac8 27. Ka1 Re5 28. h4 (28. Bb1 Rec5 29. Nd3 Rc2 30.
Bxc2 Rxc2 $19) 28... a5 $17) (25. Bf4 Rac8 26. Ka1 Nxb2 27. Qxb2 Qxd3 28. Nf2
Qf5 $19) 25... Rac8 26. Be1 (26. Ka1 Nxb2 27. Bh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxb2 Qc4 29. Qb4
Qc2 $19) 26... Nxb2 {He goes slightly wrong} ({because} 26... Nc3+ $142 {
finishes the game off.} 27. Qxc3 Qd1+ 28. Ka2 Rxc3 $19) (26... Rxe1+ $2 27.
Rxe1 Nc3+ $4 28. Qxc3 $18 {is too good to be true.}) 27. Bc2 Qxa3 28. Qd4 (28.
Qb4 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Nc4 $19) 28... Rxc2 (28... Na4 29. Bb4 Nc3+ 30. Qxc3) 29.
Kxc2 Re2+ 30. Bd2 (30. Kb1 Nd3) 30... Nc4 31. Ra1 Rxd2+ 32. Qxd2 Qb2+ {A
pathetic performance by my side.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 {
I usually like to play this kind of positions omitting this move.} (7... Ba6)
8. Bh4 Ba6 9. e3 d6 10. Ne2 $5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rd1 {This was what I have
prepared against Rozentalis for our game in Augsburg 2004-5.} cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rc8
14. Nc3 Rc6 $6 {This move looked absolutely weird to me.} 15. Na2 $1 (15. Ne4
$6 d5 16. Qa4 Qc8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (17... gxf6 18. cxd5 Rc1+ 19. Rd1 Bxf1 20.
Qg4+ Kh7 21. Rxf1 Qc2 22. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 23. Qd1 Qxb2 24. dxe6 Nc5 $17) 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. cxd5 Rc1+ 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rd8 23. Qg4+ Kh8) (15.
b4 $6 Bb7 16. b5 Rc8 17. Rxd6 Qe7 $44) 15... Bb7 16. Nb4 $2 {How many times I
ended up spoiling positions because of my greed!} (16. Qd1 Qe7 (16... Qa8 17.
Nc3 a6 18. f3 $14) 17. Be2 e5 18. Rd2 g5 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Rc2 $14) 16... Rc7 $1
{The first surprise for me.} (16... Rc8 $6 17. Rxd6 Qe7 18. Rd1 b5 19. f3 a5
20. Na2 bxc4 21. e4 $14) 17. Rxd6 a5 18. Na2 Qe7 $1 (18... b5 19. f3 Qe7 20.
Rd2 bxc4 21. e4 $14) 19. Qd1 $6 {I was only concentrated in the exchange sac.}
({Otherwise} 19. Rd1 b5 20. Qd2 bxc4 21. Qxa5 $13 {is playable.}) 19... b5 20.
cxb5 (20. b3 $6 bxc4 21. bxc4 Ne5 $32) 20... Bd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 {White's
position looks nice but in fact things are not that clear since Na2 is out of
play and open c line constitutes a danger.} 22. Be2 (22. Nc3 $6 Rxc3 $1 23.
bxc3 Qxa3 24. Bd3 Qxc3+ 25. Qd2 Qa1+ 26. Qd1 Qc3+ $11) (22. Bg3 $2 Rc5 23. b4
axb4 24. Nxb4 Ne4 25. Nxd5 Qe6 $17) (22. Bd3 $2 d4) 22... Rfc8 23. Nc3 $8 (23.
O-O $2 Rc2 24. Nc3 Rxb2 25. Nxd5 Qe6 $1 (25... Qxa3 $2 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Nb6
Rcc2 28. Nc4 $16) 26. Bg4 (26. Nxf6+ $2 Nxf6 27. a4 (27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qd7 Rd8
$19) 27... Ne4 28. Bg4 f5 29. Bf3 Nd2 $17) 26... Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd7
Rcc2 $17) 23... Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qxa3 25. O-O Qxc3 {After a bunch of forced moves
for both sides an interesting position evolved.White has two bishops but their
impact in the game is not big.Besides the a pawn is annoying.} 26. e4 $2 {
Because of the factors mentioned above I have decided to sac my e pawn and
open the position.However I have done it not in the way it was supposed to be
done.} (26. f3 Qxe3+ 27. Bf2 $44) 26... g5 $6 (26... dxe4 27. Bg4 {He was
afraid of this most likely.} Nxg4 (27... g5 $5 28. Bxd7 Rd8 29. Bg3 (29. Qd6
gxh4 30. Qc6 Qd4 $17) 29... Rxd7 30. Qa1 Nd5 $17 (30... Qxa1 $2 31. Rxa1 Nh5
32. f3 Nxg3 33. hxg3 e3 34. Kf1 f5 35. f4 Rd2 36. Rb1 a4 37. b6 Rd8 38. Ke2 $11
)) 28. Qxd7 Ne5 29. Qa7 Qc4 $1 30. Qxa5 e3 $19) 27. Bg3 dxe4 (27... Nxe4 $2 28.
Qxd5 $40 {is what white wants.}) 28. Qd6 (28. h4 Qc2 29. hxg5 hxg5 $17) 28...
Qb2 $6 {This looks very strong but now a tactical phase starts in the game and
a draw is the result.} (28... Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Rb1 Nd5 31. Bg4 Rd8 $15)
29. Qa6 $1 (29. Re1 $4 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Rc1+ $19) 29... Rc5 30. Bd6 Rd5 31. Bc4
Rd4 32. Qc6 Kg7 $6 (32... a4 33. h4 (33. Bc7 Kg7 34. b6 Qc3 35. Bb5 Qxc6 36.
Bxc6 Rb4 37. b7 a3 38. f4 a2 39. Be5 Kg6 $19) 33... gxh4 $17) 33. Bc7 $8 Qc2
34. Bxf7 $1 Qxc6 $6 (34... Qe2 $1 35. Bb3 a4 36. Bb6 $3 Rb4 37. Be6 Qxb5 38.
Bxd7 Nxd7 (38... Qxc6 39. Bxc6 Rxb6 40. Bxa4 $11) 39. Bd4+ Kf7 40. Qxe4 Nf6 41.
Qe3 Rb1 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Qxe1 $11 {would have been more sweaty for white.}) (
34... Qxc6 35. bxc6 Kxf7 36. cxd7 Rxd7 37. Bxa5 Nd5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 14th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 d6 (7...
Bb7 8. e3 d5 $1 $132 {is a possibility black declines by this move order.}) 8.
e3 $5 Bb7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. O-O Rf6 $6 {Pontus decided to checkmate me
a little bit too early.} 12. d5 $1 {All I can understand about this opening
that white has to give this pawn and activate a1-h8 diagonal for his dark
squared bishop.} Rh6 $2 {Black had to take the pawn no matter what happens.} (
12... exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. b4 $44) 13. Nd4 Qh4 14. h3 Ng5 (14... Bc8 15. dxe6
Bxe6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. c5 $18) 15. e4 $1 {I have analysed this type of
positions quite a lot before putting this system into practice coming frpm
different move orders.White is able to indirectly defend his kingside by
precise play.} c5 (15... f4 16. Bg4) 16. Bxg5 (16. Qa4 $5 $18 {is a computer
move.}) 16... Qxg5 17. f4 Qg3 18. Rf3 (18. Qa4) 18... Qh4 19. Nxe6 $18 {
Practically the end of the game.} Rxe6 20. dxe6 fxe4 (20... Bxe4 21. Qd2) 21.
Rff1 Qf6 22. f5 Qe5 23. Qc3 Nc6 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. f6 (25. Bh5 $142 {could even
be better.}) 25... Nd4 26. Bg4 g6 27. e7 Kf7 28. Bd7 h5 29. h4 $1 Ba6 30. Rae1
Bxc4 31. Rxe4 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Nf5 (32... Ne6 33. Rxe5 Nc7 34. Bc6 Rh8 35. Re2 $18
) 33. Rxe5 Nd6 34. Bc6 (34. Re6 Ne8 35. Bxe8+ Rxe8 36. Rd6 $18) 34... Rc8 35.
Bd5+ Kxf6 (35... Ke8 36. Re6 Kd7 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. Bf7 Kd7 39. Bxg6 Rh8 40.
Ke2 b5 41. Kd3 $18 {with an easily winning pawn ending.}) 36. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Panormo zt"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Supatashvili, Khvicha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 d6 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Ne2 c5 11. Qc2 $1 {An idea of Misha Gurevich.} h6 12. Bh4
Rc8 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. O-O a6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 $1 Qb8 17. Qd1 Qa8 $6 (17...
cxd4 18. exd4 $14) 18. Bf1 cxd4 19. Qxd4 $1 Rc6 20. Na2 $1 {xd6.} d5 (20... e5
$6 21. Qd1 d5 22. Nb4 Rd6 23. cxd5 g5 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Be7) 24. Bg3 $18) 21.
cxd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxd5 23. e4 e5 $2 (23... N5f6 24. f3 {xBb7}) 24. Qd2 N5f6
25. f3 Rc8 26. Rd1 $1 Rc7 27. Nb4 $1 a5 28. Na2 $1 $16 {xb5} Qf8 29. Nc3 Nc5
30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rc6 (31... Nfd7 $2 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 $18) 32. Rd8+ Kh7
33. Bb5 Ne6 $1 34. Bxc6 Nxd8 35. Bxb7 Nxb7 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Nd5 b5 38. Nxf6+
Kg6 39. Nd7 $1 f6 40. Kf2 Nd6 41. Nb6 f5 42. Ke3 fxe4 43. fxe4 Kf6 $6 (43... a4
44. g3 h5 45. Kf3 Kg5 46. h3 Kg6 47. h4 Kf7 48. Nd5 Nc4 49. Nc3 Nxb2 50. Nxb5
Nc4 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Kd3 Nb6 53. Kc3 Kd7 54. Kb4 Kc6 55. Nc3 $18) 44. b3 $1 Ke6
45. g4 Kf6 46. h4 Ke6 47. Kd3 Kf6 48. Nd5+ Kf7 49. Ne3 Nb7 50. b4 $1 a4 51. Nf5
Kg6 52. Ke3 Kf6 (52... h5 53. Kf3 hxg4+ 54. Kxg4 $18) 53. Nxh6 Nd6 54. Nf5 Nc4+
55. Kd3 (55. Kd3 Nxa3 56. Ne3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 $5 {A side line but also pretty toothless
one if you ask me.} Rc8 $1 {I think this is the simplest way to meet this
system.} (11... c5 $5 12. cxd5 cxd4 $1 (12... Nxd5 $6 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 (
14. bxc3 Rfxd8) 14... Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. dxc5 (17. Bf2 Red8 18. e4
N5f6 $11) 17... bxc5 18. Bf2 $14) 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd1 Bxd5 15. Nf2 Be6 16. Bb5
Nc5 $11) 12. cxd5 $6 {This is not the real test of the variation.} ({However
even after the aggressive} 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 14. Bg3 Ra8 $1 15. Bd6 (15.
b4 Re8 16. Bd6 e5 $36) 15... Re8 16. Bd3 a5 17. e4 e5 18. O-O Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6
$132 {resulting positions are not to everyone taste with white.}) 12... Nxd5
13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bh4 Nd5 15. Bf2 c5 $6 ({With his knight on the rim I had to
play the more aggressive} 15... f5 $1 16. Bb5 c6 17. Ba4 e5 $15) 16. e4 N5f6
17. Rd1 cxd4 (17... c4 18. Rc1 b5 19. Be3 $13) 18. Bxd4 Nc5 $2 (18... Rfd8 19.
Be2 Nc5 20. Nf2 Nfd7 {was the safe way to reach the game position.}) 19. Be2 $2
(19. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 20. b4 Nb3 21. Rd3 (21. Rd7 $2 Rfd8 22. Rxb7 Rd2 $19) 21...
Rc1+ 22. Kf2 Rc2+ 23. Ke3 Nc1 24. Rd7 Bc8 $1 25. Rxa7 e5 26. Nf2 Rd8 27. Nd3
Rc3 28. Kd2 Rcxd3+ 29. Bxd3 (29. Kxc1 $2 Rd1+ $17) 29... Nxd3 30. Kc2 Be6 31.
Rd1 Bc4 32. Kc3 b5 33. Rd2 $1 $18 {Followed by 34.a4 could have turned out to
be very ugly for black.}) (19. b4 Nb3) 19... Rfd8 20. Nf2 Nfd7 21. b4 e5 $1 22.
Be3 (22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Bb5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Ng4 Rcc8 26. bxc5 f6 $11)
22... Ne6 23. O-O Kf8 {It is time to bring the king to the center.} (23... Rc3
24. Rd3 Rc2 25. Bd1 Rc7 26. Re1 $11) 24. Bb5 Ke7 25. Nd3 f6 26. Rc1 Nb8 $1 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Ba6 30. Ba4 Kd6 (30... Bc4 {can be played any
time.} 31. Kf2 Kd6 (31... b5 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33. Nxb3 Nc6 34. Ke2 $11 {does not
change any thing.})) 31. Kf2 Bc4 32. Ne2 Nc6 (32... b5 33. Bc2 Nc6 34. Ng3 Ncd4
35. Nf5+ Nxf5 36. exf5 Nd4 37. Be4 Bd5 38. Bb1 $11) 33. Bxc6 {Draw offer.} Kxc6
34. Nc3 Nc7 35. f4 $1 {Achieves the draw at once!} (35. a4 a6) 35... exf4 (
35... g5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Kf3 Be6 $11) 36. Bxf4 Nb5 37. Nxb5 Bxb5 (37... Kxb5
38. Bb8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op-A"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nestorovic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qc2 $5 {A transposition into the
Capablanca System.} d6 $5 ({Theory always supported} 5... c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3
Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 {is with what I
have lost to the talented Hungarian GM Banusz in a rapid game in Paracin.}) 9.
O-O) 6. g3 $5 {Fianchetto is not such a bad idea.} (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nbd7) (
6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 $5 $13) (6. Bd2
$5) 6... Qe7 $5 ({I find} 6... Nc6 7. Bg2 e5 $132 {a more critical idea.}) 7.
Bg2 e5 8. O-O Bxc3 (8... Nc6 9. d5) 9. Qxc3 $1 ({There is no need for} 9. bxc3)
9... e4 (9... Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nh4 $14 {is a game Veresov-Kotov,from 1940
Soviet Championship where the Belarus overwhelmed his mighty opponent.}) 10.
Ne1 h6 11. Nc2 c5 (11... d5 $142 12. b3 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3
Re8 $14) 12... Re8 13. Ba3 Qd8 14. Ne3 Be6 $132) 12. Bf4 $1 (12. b3 Nc6 13. Bb2
Re8 $14 (13... Bf5)) 12... Nc6 (12... Nh5 13. Bd2) 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. d5 $1 Ne5
15. a4 $5 (15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 dxe5 17. Ne3 {I was not so sure if White
could cash the point even if e4 falls.} Rd6 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Rc3 Kf8 $13) (15.
f3) 15... Re8 16. f3 Bf5 17. b3 (17. Ne3 Bd7 18. fxe4 Nfg4 $44) 17... Qd7 18.
Ne3 $2 {Lapsus manus!} (18. g4 Bh7 19. Bg3 exf3 20. exf3 Re7 21. Ne3 Rae8 22.
Rfe1 {should have been the game continuation.}) 18... exf3 (18... Bh3 $2 19. g4
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h5 21. h3 $16) 19. exf3 Bh7 $2 ({After having played my 18th
move I have understood that} 19... Ng6 $1 20. Nxf5 (20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. g4 Nxg4
22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. fxg4 Qxg4 24. Qf6 Qd7 25. Rd3 $44) 20... Nxf4 $1 21. Nxh6+
Kh7 (21... gxh6 $2 22. Qxf6) 22. gxf4 Kxh6 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rde1 Nh5 25. Qd2 Qf5
26. Re4 Nf6 27. Rfe1 $5 $13 {I have lost all my advantage.}) 20. g4 $1 $16 Re7
21. Bg3 Rae8 22. Rfe1 Qc7 (22... g5 23. h3 h5 24. Nf1 $16) 23. h3 Qb6 24. f4 $6
({First I had to deploy the knight out of the e line with} 24. Nf1 $1 Ned7 (
24... Qb4 $2 25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. c5 $18) 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 $16)
(24. a5 $2 Qb4 25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. Kf2 Nfd7 $1 $17) 24... Ned7 25. f5 Ne4 $2 $138
{Dejan who was in a desperate time trouble lost the track around here.} (25...
h5 26. Bh4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Re5 28. Bf3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. a5 Qc7 31. Ng2 $14)
26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. a5 Qc7 (27... Qd8 28. Ng2 (28. Bxd6 h5) 28... Nf6 29. Bh4 $18
) 28. Ng2 g5 $2 (28... h5 $2 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Qc2 Re8 31. g5 Nf8 $1 $16 (31...
g6 32. f6 $18)) 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 $18 {Black could not hold
the position anymore when Nd3-f2-e4 was coming.} f6 32. Nd3 h5 (32... Ne5 33.
Bxe5 dxe5 34. Nf2 $18) 33. Nf2 h4 34. Bh2 Kg7 35. Ne4 $18 Ne5 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37.
b4 (37. d6 Qd7 38. Qd2 b6 39. Qd5 Bg8 40. Qxg8+ $18) 37... cxb4 38. Qxb4 Bg8
39. Qd6 (39. Qc5 $18 {also wins}) 39... Qxd6 (39... Qf7 40. Qd8) 40. Nxd6 b6
41. a6 {Simplest} ({but the alternatives also ought win the game.} 41. axb6
axb6 42. Nc8 b5 43. d6 $18 (43. cxb5 Bxd5 44. b6 Kf8 45. Kf2 Ke8 46. b7 $18))
1-0

[Event "Bratto op 25th"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2005.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Playing and winning many opens I was always proud of my performances in money
games albeit in this game I did not have performed well.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {This is also a favorite of Milan.} O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 c5 $5 {I have always found it difficult to play aginst this.} 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Rb8 {Preparing Qa5.} (10... Qa5 $6 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. b4
cxb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. b5 Nb4 15. Ra4 a5 16. Nd4 d6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nb3 $16)
11. Bd3 h6 (11... Qa5 $2 12. Qxa5 (12. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Qxf6 bxa3+
15. Kf1 (15. Ke2 Rb2+ 16. Qxb2 axb2 17. Rxa5 Nxa5 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Rxb2 Bxc4 20.
Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Rb7 d5 22. Rxa7 Rb8 23. Ra2 $15) 15... Rb3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.
Qh4+ Kg6 18. Qg4+ Kf6 19. Qh4+ Kg6 20. Qg4+ Kh6 21. Qf4+ $11) 12... Nxa5 13. b4
cxb4 14. axb4 Nc6 15. b5 Nb4 16. Bb1 d5 17. Bf4 $18 {wins an exchange.}) 12.
Bh4 d6 (12... Qa5 $2 13. Qxa5 (13. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 14. b4 cxb4 15. Qxf6 bxa3+ 16.
Kf1 Rb3 $17) 13... Nxa5 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Nc6 16. b5 Nb4 17. Bb1 d5 18. Bg3
Rb6 19. Bc7 Rb7 20. Ba5 $18) (12... Qb6 13. Bxf6 (13. O-O-O Ne8) 13... gxf6 14.
b4 Kg7 15. b5 Qa5 16. Kd2 Qxc3+ 17. Kxc3 Ne7 $13) 13. O-O-O $6 {I do not
understand the purpose of sending the king to the other side.} (13. O-O $1 $14
{might have been a safer reaction.}) 13... e5 (13... Qe7 14. Nd2 $5 (14. Bc2
Rd8) (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. f4 Kf8)) 14. Bc2 (14. Nd2 Rb6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nxd6 Be6 $44) 14... Qe7 (14... g5 $2 15. Nxg5 $3
hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qe7 17. f4 $1 $18) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2 (16. Qd3 $2 {is as
usual too primitive.} Rd8 $1 (16... e4 $2 17. Qxe4 Qxb2+ 18. Kd2 $16) 17. Nd2 (
17. Qh7+ Kf8) 17... e4 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 f5 20. g4 Ne5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22.
Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxc4 $17) 16... Bf5 (16... Rd8 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Qd3 g6 19. h4
$13) 17. Bxf5 (17. Ne4 $6 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rb6 19. f4 Rfb8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. Rhf1 Qg5 $36) 17... Qxf5 18. f3 Qg6 (18... Rfd8 19. Ne4 Qe6 20. g4 Ne7
21. Rd2 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Qc4 Qb6 24. Re1 Nf6 25. Red1 $11) 19. g4 $2 {
I had to be quick and should try to prevent Milan to double on the open b file
with his rooks.} (19. Ne4 $1 Rfd8 (19... f5 20. Nxd6 Nd4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Nxf5
Qxf5 (22... dxc3 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Nxg6 cxb2+ 25. Kb1 Kxg6 26. Rhe1 $14) 23. Qd3
Qf7 $44) 20. g4 Ne7 21. Rd3 d5 22. cxd5 c4 23. Rd2 Nxd5 24. Qa5 $1 $13) 19...
Rb6 20. Ne4 Ne7 21. g5 $2 (21. Rd2 f5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 (22... Nxf5 23. Qd3) 23.
Rhd1 Nc8 24. Rf2 $13) 21... Rfb8 $1 $17 {Now white is in a terrible shape with
his kingside cracking.} 22. Rhg1 (22. h4 Nf5) 22... Nf5 23. Rd2 (23. Nf6+ Kh8
24. Nd5 (24. Nd7 Rb3 25. Qd2 Rxb2 26. Nxb8 Rxd2 27. Kxd2 Qh5 $19) 24... Rb3 25.
Qc2 Rxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Kxb2 Qh5 $19) 23... Rb3 (23... Nh4 $5 24. Rxd6 Rxd6
25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. gxh6 g6 $19) 24. Qa5 Qe6 $138 {All of a sudden something
strange happened. Milan being down to his last minutes offered a draw in a
completely winning position. Naturally I have taken it after some think and
this allowed us to share the 3rd place after GMs Epishin and Cebalo.} (24...
Qe6 25. Qa4 Rxe3 $19 (25... Nxe3 $2 26. Rxd6 Qxc4+ 27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. gxh6 Nxd6
(28... g6 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rd7 Rxb2 31. Rxf7 Rb1+ 32. Kc2 Nxa3+ 33. Kd2) 29.
Nf6+ Kf8 30. h7 gxf6 (30... Ke7 31. Ng8+ $16) 31. h8=Q+ Ke7 32. Rg8 R8b6 $13) (
25... h5 $6 26. g6 fxg6 27. Rdg2 $44)) (24... Nxe3 25. Nxd6 hxg5 26. Ne4 Qb6
27. Qxb6 R3xb6 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxe4 Qxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4
Re8 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Bd2 Bd5 17. Rfe1 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Rh4+
Kg8 21. Nh5 Re4 22. Rh3 Rae8 23. Rf1 Rg4 24. f3 Rg5 25. Ng3 Rg6 26. b3 Qg5 27.
f4 Qa5 28. Qf2 Rd6 29. Rh5 Rd5 30. Qf3 Rxh5 31. Nxh5 Qf5 32. Ng3 Qe6 33. Rd1
Qg6 34. Qd3 Qf6 35. Qf5 Qe7 36. Qd3 Qc5 37. Ne4 Qh5 38. Ng3 Qg4 39. Rf1 Re3 40.
Qb5 Qd7 41. Qf5 Re6 42. Ne4 d3 43. Ng5 g6 44. Qh3 Qd4+ 45. Kh1 Re7 46. Qh7+ Kf8
47. f5 Qf6 48. Qh6+ Ke8 49. h3 d2 50. Nf3 Nd4 51. Qxd2 Nxf5 52. Rc1 Kf8 53.
Qd8+ Kg7 54. Rc8 Kh6 55. Qd2+ Kh7 56. Qg5 $4 ({A terrible blunder. After Ein
schrecklicher bock. Nach} 56. Kh2 {the chances are about equal. sind die
Chancen etwa gleich.}) {[%tqu "En","White's last move looks reasonable, but in
fact it's a very bad slip. How can Black punish him for it?","Exploit the
shaky position of the white queen.","Use your rook for a decisive strike.",
"e7e1","This impressive rook thrust wins immediately.",4,"De","Der letzte Zug
des Weißen wirkt vernünftig, ist aber tatsächlich ein ganz grober Bock. Wie
kann Schwarz ihn dafür bestrafen?","Nutzen Sie die unsichere Stellung der
weißen Dame aus.","Versetzen Sie mit dem Turm den entscheidenden Schlag.",
"e7e1","Dieser Ablenkungszug gewinnt auf der Stelle.",4]} 56... Re1+ $1 {
[%csl Ge1,Rf3,Gf6,Rg5,Rh1]} 57. Kh2 ({White's knight is overloaded: Der weiße
Springer ist überlastet:} 57. Nxe1 Qxg5) 57... Qd6+ {Now mate is inevitable.
Nun ist das Matt unvermeidlich.} 58. g3 Re2+ (58... Re2+ {, and White resigned
in view of und Weiß gab auf angesichts von} 59. Kh1 Qd1+ 60. Ng1 Qd5+) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 9. e3 Re8 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O-O a6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 c5
15. Kb1 Qe7 16. Rhe1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Qxh4 18. Bf5 Bc6 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. dxc5 Bxh3
21. gxh3 bxc5 22. Rxd5 Qf2 23. e4 Rab8 24. Red1 Qxh2 25. Rxc5 Rb6 26. Rh5 Reb8
27. Rd2 Qh1+ 28. Ka2 Rb3 $1 29. Qc7 $4 ({A terrible blunder ruthlessly
punished by Black. After} 29. Qa5 {or 29.Qc5, White would retain some
counterchances.}) ({The rook is, of course, invulnerable:} 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30.
Kxb3 Qxf3+ {, winning a rook.}) {[%tqu "En","White's last move was very
careless. How can Black take advantage of it?","Exploit a power of your 'heavy
artillery' targeting the enemy king.","Sacrifice your rook!","b3a3","After
this elegant rook sacrifice mate is inevitable.",4]} 29... Rxa3+ $1 {[%csl Ra2,
Ga3,Rb2,Gb8,Gh1]} (29... Rxa3+ $1 {, with mate on the next move:} 30. bxa3 (30.
Kxa3 Qa1#) 30... Qb1#) 0-1

[Event "Paris NAO GM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vandevoort, Pascal"]
[Black "Pira, Davoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Be2 Bxg2
15. Rg1 Bb7 16. e4 Kh8 17. Qh3 Rg8 18. Bg5 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Nf8 20. Bc1 e5 21. Rd3
Nxe4 (21... Qe6 {deserved serious attention here.}) 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 $4 {
[%csl Gd3,Gg1,Gh3,Rh6,Rh8]} ({A terrible mistake, leading to a remarkable game
conclusion. Essential was} 22... Nh7) (22... Qe6 {loses in view of} 23. Bxg7#)
23. Qxh6+ Nh7 {[%tqu "En","Black seems to have defended. How can White break
this defence?","Try to eliminate the key defender of the black king.",
"Sacrifice your queen!","h6h7","Of course! Now mate is inevitable.",4]} 24.
Qxh7+ $1 {[%csl Gd3,Gg1,Rh8][%cal Gg1g8,Gd3h3]} ({After this beautiful queen
sacrifice mate is inevitable:} 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rh3+) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bh4 Qa5 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Kd1 Qxc3
15. Rxc3 Rab8 16. Kc2 Rb6 17. Be2 Rfb8 18. Rb1 g5 19. Bg3 e5 20. Kc1 d5 21. Rc2
d4 22. e4 Nd7 23. Nf2 f6 24. Kd1 Rb3 25. Nd3 Rxa3 26. Nc1 Bc8 27. Be1 Ra6 28.
Nd3 Rab6 29. Ra1 a6 30. Rcc1 Kf7 31. Kc2 Ke6 32. Bd2 Kd6 33. h4 Nf8 34. hxg5
hxg5 35. Rh1 Be6 36. Ra4 Nd7 37. Rh6 a5 38. g3 Rg8 39. b3 Rbb8 40. Ra1 Rh8 41.
Rxh8 Rxh8 42. Bxa5 Rh2 43. Kd1 f5 44. Be1 fxe4 45. fxe4 Nf6 46. Ra6 Ng4 47. Bd2
Rg2 48. Bxg5 Rxg3 49. Be7+ Kxe7 50. Rxc6 Ne3+ 51. Kd2 Rg2 52. Ke1 Nc2+ 53. Kd1
Ne3+ 54. Ke1 Nc2+ 55. Kd1 Nb4 56. Rxc5 Bg4 57. Nxb4 Bxe2+ 58. Ke1 Kf6 59. Rc8
Bg4 60. Rf8+ Kg5 61. c5 Re2+ 62. Kf1 Rb2 63. Rg8+ Kh4 64. c6 Rxb3 65. Nd5 Rb1+
66. Kf2 Rb2+ 67. Ke1 d3 $4 ({A blunder ruthlessly refuted by White. After
simple} 67... Re2+ 68. Kf1 Rxe4 {the game would be drawn.}) {[%tqu "En",
"Black's passed pawn seems much more dangerous than White's main hope - the
c6-pawn. Yet, White found here a winning combination neutralizing the d3-pawn
and opening the way to his own passed pawn. Can you find it too?","Black's
bishop seems to be very efficient in attack and defense...","Use your rook for
a decisive strike!","g8g4","This efficient sacrifice wins on the spot! White's
passed pawn is unstoppable now.",5]} 68. Rxg4+ $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rc2,Gc6,Gd5,Rh4]
[%cal Gd5e3,Gc6c8] An elegant refutation of Black's careless last move. All
other continuations would be fatal for White. The text move spells an
immediate end for Black.} Kxg4 69. c7 $1 ({Of course, not} 69. Ne3+ $4 Kf3 {
, and White is lost:} 70. c7 Kxe3 71. c8=Q Rb1+) (69. c7 $1 {, and Black
resigned, as he cannot stop White's c-pawn:} Rc2 (69... d2+ 70. Kd1) 70. Ne3+
Kf4 71. Nxc2) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 d6 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Ne5 11. Be2 Ng6 12. f4 O-O 13. h4 Re8 14. h5 Nf8 15.
h6 g6 16. O-O N6d7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Bd3 Re7 20. f5 Ne5 21. Bg5 Re8
22. Rad1 a6 23. Nc3 Nfd7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qf2 Kh7 26. Be2 Bc6 27. Bg4 $1 {
Am impressive maneuver, opening the white queen the way to the f6-square.} Ra7
({The bishop is, of course, invulnerable:} 27... Nxg4 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qg7#)
28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Qf6 Rg8 {[%tqu "En","White's attack needs extra power. How
White fuel it up?","Try to eliminate the key defenders of Black's king.",
"Sacrifice your queen!","f6e5","This terrific blow yields White an
irresistible attack.",6]} 30. Qxe5 $3 {[%csl Rd7,Rf7][%cal Gd1d7,Gf1f7] A
remarkable queen sacrifice leading to a nice game conclusion.} dxe5 31. Rxd7
Rf8 (31... Bxd7 {loses in view of} 32. Rxf7+ Kh8 33. Bf6+) 32. Rfxf7+ Rxf7 33.
Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gg7,Rh8][%cal Gg5f6] The most
convincing way to conclude the game.} Qd6 36. Nf6 {, and Black resigned in
view of inevitable mate.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Ke2 f6 12. f3 Ng5 13. h4 Nf7 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Kf2 Bd7 16. Bd3 f5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. Rh3 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. a4
Nb4 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. d5+ e5 24. f4 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rh8][%cal Gb2h8,Gf4e5]
Opening the main diagonal and adding needed momentum to the attack on the
black king.} Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Nxd5 26. fxe5 Be6 27. a5 Qb4 28. Qxb4 Nxb4 {[%tqu
"En","How can White use the superior activity of his pieces?","Exploit a shaky
position of the black king.","Sacrifice your light-squared bishop!","d3f5",
"This move yields White a decisive advantage.",4]} 29. Bxf5 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rh8]
[%cal Ge5e6,Gb2h8] After this strike Black is defenseless.} Rf8 ({The bishop
is invulnerable:} 29... Bxf5 30. e6+ {, with mate in two.}) 30. Bxe6 Nd8+ 31.
Bf5 $1 Rxf5+ 32. Kg1 Ne6 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. Bxd4 Rd8 35. Bc3 Nd5 36. Rd1 Rff8 37.
Bb2 ({And Black resigned in view of huge material losses:} 37. Bb2 h5 (37...
Nc3 38. Rxd8 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Rxd8 40. e6+ Nd4 41. e7 $18) 38. e6+ Kh7 39. Rg7+ Kh6
40. Rd7 {, winning}) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Azmaiparashvili"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 (8. Nh3 $140 $5 {f3}) 8... b6 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. f3 Nf6 (10... Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 (
11... Qh5 12. Bg2 Ng5 13. Nf4 Nxf3+ 14. Kf2 Qg4 15. h3) 12. Bg2 Nf6 $14) 11.
Nc3 c5 12. d5 $5 (12. b4) 12... Kh8 $1 13. e4 $1 (13. dxe6 dxe6 14. Be2 $10)
13... fxe4 14. Bg5 $5 (14. fxe4 $142 $1 Ng4 15. Be2 Rf2 (15... Nf2 16. Rf1 Qh4
17. g3 Qxh2 18. Bf4 Nh3 19. O-O-O) (15... Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Bf4
) 16. Qd3 Rxg2 17. Qh3) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 exf3 16. O-O-O d6 $8 (16... fxg2
17. Bxg2 d6 18. Ne4 Nbd7 19. Nxd6) 17. gxf3 (17. Ne4 $5 Nbd7 18. Nxd6 Qc7 19.
Nxb7 $16) 17... Nbd7 18. f4 a6 19. Bh3 b5 20. Be6 b4 21. Ne4 bxa3 22. bxa3 (22.
Nxd6 $5 axb2+ (22... Qa5 23. Nxb7 a2 24. Nxa5 a1=Q+ 25. Qb1 Qxa5) 23. Qxb2 Rb8
24. Nxb7 Qc7 25. d6 Qxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 $44) 22... Qc7 23. Rhe1 Rae8 $1 24. f5
Ba8 $2 (24... Rb8 $140 $13 {Bc8}) 25. Qc3 c4 26. Nxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28.
Re4 Qe7 29. Rg1 $1 Qf8 30. Rxc4 Bb7 31. Rg3 $140 $1 {Kb2,a4,Ka3} h6 32. Kb2 Re7
33. a4 Rxf5 $5 34. Bxf5 Qxf5 35. Rc7 $1 Rxc7 36. Qxc7 Qf6+ 37. Qc3 Qf7 38. Qf3
Qe7 39. Ka3 $1 a5 40. Qf5 $2 (40. Qc3 $1 Bxd5 41. Qxa5 $18) 40... Qc7 $1 41.
Kb2 Qb6+ 42. Kc2 Qc5+ 43. Kb1 (43. Rc3 Qd4 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qxd6 Bxd5) 43...
Qb4+ 44. Kc1 Qc4+ 45. Kb1 (45. Qc2 Qf1+ 46. Kb2 Bxd5 47. Qc3 Qf2+ 48. Kc1 Qf1+)
45... Qb4+ 46. Kc1 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. O-O {Usually White
plays here either 13.Qd2 or 13.Qb3.} d5 (13... cxd4 $5) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe1
$1 Qe8 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Bg3 Qd8 20. Bb1 Nf6 21. e4 Nh5
22. Bh4 Qe8 23. Qb4 Ng6 24. Bf2 {This is a very difficult position for Black:
his Knights on the K-side have nothing to do, the Bishop is inactive (it just
looks at the e4-pawn!) and the pawns on the Q-side are vulnerable. The game
proved this assessment.} b5 25. Nb3 $1 Rc4 26. Qd6 Rc6 27. Qd2 Qb8 28. Na5 Rcc8
29. Qd6 Qa8 30. Qb6 Bc6 31. b3 Nf6 32. Rd6 Nd7 33. Qa7 Nde5 34. Qxa8 Bxa8 35.
Rxa6 $18 Rfd8 36. Be3 Nh4 37. Kf2 Nd3+ 38. Kg3 g5 39. Rd1 Nb2 40. Rxd8+ Rxd8
41. f4 f6 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Bb6 Rd1 44. Rxa8+ Kf7 45. Nc6 Rxb1 46. Ne5+ Kg7 47.
Ra7+ Kg8 48. Kg4 Re1 49. Kh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Preparing for the World Cup is more like
preparing for a lottery. Either you buy a lot of tickets and you increase your
theoretical chances, or else you buy only one but the lucky ticket. Of course,
nobody on the top level in chess believes in luck, so you simply have to
prepare all possible openings one by one...} 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Nf3 {A solid positional line more schematic then concrete. It is part of
the white repertoire of such strong players as Karpov and Dreev.} Bb7 8. e3 d6
{Usually I've played ...d5 here, but I decided to come up with a surprise.} 9.
Be2 ({Another setup is} 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bd3 Ndf6 13. O-O
Ng4 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Ne4 17. Qe1 Qg5 18. f3 Ng3 19. Rf2 a5 {
with a slightly inferior but holdable position for Black.}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O (
{On} 10. b3 {Black would continue in the same manner as after b4:} Ne4 11. Qc2
f5 (11... c5 {is also possible} 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Bf3
Ndc5 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Bxc3 Qc7 $11 {Khurtsidze N -
Melia S/2011 68th ch-GEO w}) 12. Bb2 Ndf6 13. O-O Ng4 14. h3 Ngf6 {and now it
will be not easy to move away the black knight from e4 because of the weak
g3-square.}) 10... Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Rf6 {This looks a bit adventurous,
but practice shows that White has to be careful about this rook.} 13. d5 Rg6 (
13... exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bb2 Rg6 16. Rfd1 $1 {transposing into the
position discussed below.}) 14. Bb2 ({Preparing for this line I was mainly
focused on} 14. Nd4 Qg5 15. g3 Ne5 {and in all lines Black holds at least a
draw} 16. Nxe6 (16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rd1 exd5 19. cxd5 c6 $11 {
Dobrov Vladimir - Yakovich Yuri, Moscow 2/3/2007 It (open)}) 16... Rxe6 17.
dxe6 Qg6 18. Rd1 (18. Qb3 Ng4 19. e7 Nxh2 20. c5+ Kh8 21. c6 Nxg3 22. cxb7 Nf3+
23. Bxf3 Ne2+ {=}) 18... Ng5 19. Rd5 Nef3+ 20. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kf1 Qg4 (21...
Nxh2+ 22. Kg1 (22. Ke2 Qg4+ 23. Kd2 Bxd5 $5 24. cxd5 Rc8) 22... Nf3+ 23. Kf1
Nh2+ {Bocharov Dmitry - Lysyj Igor, Moscow 2/22/2007 It (open) "Aeroflot"} 24.
Kg1 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Nh2+ {=}) 22. Bb2 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Qg4 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Ke2 {
1/2-1/2, Savina A - Demina J, 6/1/2009 59th ch-RUS w HL}) 14... c5 ({First I
thought that taking the pawn is possible:} 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 $1
{with the idea of sacrificing on d5. Tiviakov's game continued} (16. Bc4 Bxc4
17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18. Qc6 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qb5 Qe8 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Re6
23. f4 Kg8 $11 {Iturrizaga E - Tiviakov S, 11/23/2009 World Cup}) 16... c6 17.
Rxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 $44 {with long term compensation for the exchange.}) 15. Rad1
(15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Ne1 Qh4 18. Bf1 Ng5 19. Rxd6 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Nxf2+
21. Kg1 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Ng4 $17 {Georgiev Kiril - Grischuk Alexander,
Crete 11/6/2007 Ch Europe (team)}) (15. dxe6 Nf8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Ne1 Qh4)
15... exd5 $1 $146 {The idea behind this move is to determine the pawn
structure which assures Black at least an even game.} (15... Qe7 16. g3 Rf8 17.
Ne1 exd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Ng2 Rh6 20. f3 Nf6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Nf4 $14 {
Koneru Humpy - Muzychuk Anna, Ohrid (Macedonia)}) 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Qb3 (17. Qa4
a6 18. b5 a5 19. Bc4 Qe7 $11) (17. b5 $5 {was interesting after which it is
difficult to find a reasonable plan for both sides} Qe7 18. Bc4 Qf7 19. Ne1 Ng5
$13) 17... a6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 ({During the game I was also considering} 18... Qg5
$5 {in order to provoke the weakness of the white diagonal, but was not sure
about it. Actually the computer likes it for Black:} 19. g3 b5 20. f4 Nxd2 21.
Rxd2 Qe7 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qd4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Re8 $15) 19. Rxd2 b5 20. Qd3 c4 $11 {
Doing away with the possibility of defending the d5-pawn from the a2-diagonal.}
21. Qd4 Nf6 22. Bf3 Qd7 {My plan for now is to establish the knight on e4 and
then to speculate with an attack on the kingside.} 23. Rc1 Re8 24. g3 Rh6 25.
Bg2 Ne4 26. Rdd1 Qf7 27. a4 $1 {It's important to create counterplay on the
queenside.} Re7 $3 {The most difficult move of the game. This position is
about maintaining the tension and we both have to combine attack and defence.
The idea of ...Re7 is to protect the bishop on b7 and the pawn on g7, freeing
the queen for the attack.} 28. axb5 axb5 29. f3 $4 {Been in an optimistic mood
about his position White completely underestimates the coming attack. It was
much better to continue holding with} (29. h4 Qh5 30. Re1 Qf7 31. Red1 $11 {
with an equal situation over board.}) ({If White decides to go for the pawn
with} 29. Qb6 Qh5 30. h4 Rg6 31. Qxb5 {Black can punish him with} c3 $1 32. Ba3
Nxg3 $3 33. fxg3 Rxg3 34. Rf1 Qg4 35. Rc2 Qe4 36. Re2 Bxd5 {with a strong
attack.}) 29... Qh5 $1 {I wouldn't even call this a sacrifice since Black's
attack is developing extremely fast.} 30. fxe4 (30. h3 Nxg3 $19) 30... Qxh2+
31. Kf2 fxe4 {White's position is completely lost, since he will have to give
the bishop back.} 32. Rc2 (32. Rg1 Rf7+ 33. Ke2 Rhf6 34. Kd2 Rf2+ 35. Kc3 Rxg2
$19) 32... Rf7+ 33. Ke1 Qxg3+ 34. Kd2 Rf2+ 35. Kc1 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Qxg2+ 37. Rd2
Qg4 38. Rf2 Rh1 39. Qd2 Qg1 40. Bxg7 Qb1+ 41. Kc3 Rc1+ 42. Kd4 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Braun,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 {A rarely played move. Ein selten
gespielter Zug.} (11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 {is the
main line. ist die Hauptvariante.}) 11... c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 ({Besser erscheint
mir} 12... cxd4 {appears better to me. After Nach} 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd1 Bxd5 {
Black has good chances of equalising. hat Schwarz gute Ausgleichschancen.}) 13.
Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. Bf2 {Retains the bishop pair.
Bewahrt das Läuferpaar.} (17. Bxd7 Red8 18. Bf2 Rxd7 $11 {1-0 Khenkin,I
-Ulibin,M 1990}) 17... Red8 18. e4 N5f6 19. Be3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 {Up till this
point we were both playing quickly. Now my opponent thought for a long time.
Bis hierhin spielten wir beide schnell. Nun dachte mein Gegner längere Zeit
nach.} Rac8 ({In a previous game my opponent played In einer Vorgängerpartie
spielte mein Gegner} 20... Ne8 {and managed to draw. However, I think that
White ha a solid advantage in view of his bishop pair. und konnte Remis halten.
Ich denke jedoch, dass Weiß aufgrund seines Läuferpaars soliden Vorteil hat.}
21. Nf2 Nc5 22. Rd1 Nb3 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rd8+ 25. Kc2 Nc7 26. Kxb3 Nxb5
27. Bf6 Rd2 28. h4 Nd4+ 29. Ka2 Rxf2 30. hxg5 Ba6 31. Bxd4 Bc4+ 32. Kb1 Rf1+
33. Rxf1 Bxf1 34. gxh6 Bxg2 35. Kc2 Kh7 36. Bg7 e5 37. Kd3 Bxf3 38. Ke3 Bd1 39.
Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2661)-So,W (2531)/Macau 2007/EXT 2008}) 21. Nf2 a6 (
21... Nh5 $2 22. Ng4 Kh7 23. h4 $40) 22. Be2 e5 (22... Nh5 $5 23. g3 f5 24. O-O
$14 f4 (24... Ndf6 25. Rad1) (24... b5 25. Rad1) 25. Kg2 e5 26. Bc3 Nhf6 27.
Rfd1 $36) 23. Bc3 Re8 (23... Nh5 24. g3) 24. O-O-O $1 {Brings the white king
over to the queenside, where it provides a reliable defence for the white
pawns. Black's position is already becoming very hard to play. Bringt den
weißen König zum Damenflügel, wo er zuverlässig die weißen Bauern deckt. Die
schwarze Stellung ist nun schon sehr schwer zu spielen.} Nc5 25. Kb1 Kg7 26.
Rd6 (26. Rhe1 $5) 26... Na4 (26... Bxe4+ $5 27. fxe4 Nfxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29.
Rd3 (29. Rxb6 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Nxc3+ 31. Kc2 Nxe2 32. Rxa6 $14) 29... Nf2 30. Re1
Nxd3 31. Bxd3 $16) (26... Rc6 27. Rhd1) 27. Bd2 Red8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Be3 Nc5
30. Rc1 Nfd7 (30... Ncd7 31. Rc7 $16) (30... Rc8 {Here I wanted to play Hier
wollte ich} 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 (31... bxc5 32. Nd1 $16) 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. Kc2 $16 {
The white position is probably winning. spielen. Vermutlich ist die weiße
Stellung gewonnen.}) 31. Rd1 $1 $16 Rb8 ({After Auch nach} 31... Ne6 32. Bc4 {
too, Black's position is critical. ist die schwarze Stellung kritisch.}) 32.
Rd6 Bc8 33. Ng4 Ne6 {Now White wins a pawn and has a lasting intiative. Nun
gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern bei anhaltender Initiative.} ({After Auf} 33... h5 {
I was planning plante ich} 34. Nh6 Ne6 (34... f6 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Bxc5 $18) (
34... Nf6 35. Bxg5 Ncxe4 36. fxe4 Nxe4 37. Nxf7 $1 Bf5 38. Kc1 Kxf7 39. Bxh5+
Kg7 40. Rd8 $18) 35. Nf5+ $16) 34. Bxa6 $1 $18 Bxa6 35. Rxd7 Nf8 36. Rd6 Bf1
37. Nxe5 Bxg2 38. Bd4 Ne6 $2 {But in any case there was nothing more which
could be done to save Black's position. Die schwarze Stellung war aber ohnehin
nicht mehr zu retten.} 39. Rxe6 (39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Nc6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 $5 h6 $5 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 {
Gurevich,M-Polugaevsky,L/New York op (8)/1989/1/2-1/2/20/ ->}) (11. Bd3 Rc8 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 $5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 {Olafsson,H-Polugaevsky,L/New York op (4)/1989/1/
2-1/2/23/ ->}) 11... c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Ne4 $5 (13... Qc7 14. O-O a6 15.
Bd3 Qd6 16. Qd2 $14 {Petursson,M-Psakhis,L/Lugano op/1989/ ->Turnierdiskette
1989/1}) 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rfxd8 16. Kd2 {+/=/=} Nf6 17. Bd3 Ne8 18. Nf4
Nd6 19. h4 Rac8 20. Rhf1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4+ 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. g4 Rdc8 24. Ra2
g5 25. Nd3 R4c7 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Kg7 29. Rc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2
Kf6 31. Ne2 Ke6 32. Ng3 a5 33. Kc3 f6 34. f4 Bc6 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. f5 Ke7 37. Ne2
Bb5 38. Ng3 Bc4 39. Kc3 b5 40. Kc2 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. b4 c5 12. Ba3 (12. Bb2) 12... Rfc8 13. Rac1 h6
(13... cxd4 $1 14. Qxd4 (14. Nxd4 Ne5) 14... e5) 14. e3 Be4 (14... Rc7 $10) 15.
Qd2 Rc7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Bf1 Bb7 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. bxc5 bxc5 (19... dxc5 20. e4
$1 $16) 20. Nb3 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne8 22. Qd1 Rc6 (22... Ne5 23. Na5 $1 {/\} (23.
c5 Bxf1 24. cxd6 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Qb7 26. Kxf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qf3+ $10 28. Ke1 Qh1+
29. Kd2 $2 Nf3+) 23... Nc6 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Nxa5 26. Rxa6 Nxc4 27. Bxc4
Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxa7 $16) 23. Na5 Rb6 24. Bg2 Nc5 25. Nb3 Nf6 26. Nxc5
dxc5 27. e4 Qc7 28. Rd3 Rcb8 29. f3 (29. Qe1 $1 {/\ Qe3, /\ f3, e5+/-}) 29...
e5 30. Bf1 Bc8 31. Qe1 Be6 32. Qe3 Nd7 33. f4 (33. Rcd1 $10) 33... exf4 (33...
f5 $1 $15) 34. gxf4 f5 35. e5 g5 36. Re1 Bf7 37. fxg5 (37. h4 $1 $16) 37...
hxg5 38. Bg2 f4 39. Qe4 Re8 40. Rd5 Nf6 (40... Bxd5 41. Qxd5+ Ree6 (41... Rbe6
42. Bh3 Kf7 43. Qe4 Nf8 $10) 42. Bh3 Qc6 43. Bb2 $10) 41. Qf5 Nxd5 42. cxd5 Ra6
43. e6 Bxe6 (43... Rxa3 44. d6) 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Rxe6 Rexe6 46. dxe6 Rxa3 47.
Qf6+ Kg8 (47... Ke8 48. Bc6+ Qxc6 49. Qf7+ Kd8 50. e7+ Kc8 51. e8=Q+ Qxe8 52.
Qxe8+ Kc7 53. Qg6) 48. e7 Re3 49. Qg6+ Kh8 50. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "YUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paunovic, Tomislav"]
[Black "Kurcubic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. e5 cxd4 7. a3 dxc3 8. axb4
Ng4 9. Qxc3 d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nf3 $1 $16 (11. Be2 e5 12. b5 {... 1/2-1/2(56)
Glek,I-Shneider,A/Vilnius URS ch ym 1984} (12. f3 {... 1-0(34) Glek,I-Aseev,K/
Vilnius URS ch ym 1984})) 11... e5 12. c5 (12. h3 Nf6 13. Be3 $16) 12... Qe7
13. h3 Nf6 14. Bc4 (14. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 15. Nxe5 Re8 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bxc6
Bxc6 19. O-O $16) 14... Nc6 15. O-O e4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rd8 18. Qc3 Be6
19. Bg5 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qe5 21. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 $8 22. Ra3 Qd5 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qc3
Qd4 25. Re1 a5 26. bxa5 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxa5 28. Rxe4 Rd5 29. b4 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rb1
31. Rg3 Rg5 32. Rxg5 fxg5 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Kg4 Kg6 35. Rd4 f6 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. h4
Rb3+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rb3+ 40. Kd2 Rb2+ 41. Kc3 Rxf2 42. hxg5 Rxg2 43. gxf6
Kxf6 44. Rd7 b5 45. cxb6 Ke6 46. Rxh7 Kd5 47. b7 Rg3+ $1 48. Kb2 Rg8 49. Rc7 $8
Rb8 $8 50. b5 $8 Kd6 51. b6 $1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. b3 Rac8 13. Qb2 e5 $15 14. Ne1
Rfd8 15. Nc2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nce4 18. Be1 d5 19. f3 Nc5 20. b4 Nb7
21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Kg1 Qe6 23. Rac1 Nd6 24. Qb3 Nc7 25. Qxe6 Nxe6 26. Na3 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Kf8 28. Kf2 b5 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Bf2 Rd7 31. Rc6 Rb7 32. Ke1 Kd7 33. Rc3
a6 34. Nb1 Rc7 $6 $10 (34... Nc4) 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Kd2 Nc4+ 37. Kc3 Kd6 38.
a4 f5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Kd3 Nb2+ 41. Kc2 Na4 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Nd2 Nb2+ 44. Kc2
Nc4 45. e4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 {
Bulletin: 'Eine Übersicht über neuere Partien zu dieser Variante bietet:
Hjartarson,J-Salov,V/Amsterdam Euwe-mem/1989/0-1/38/ -> CBM 12'} c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 {Bulletin: '10.Nf3'} Rb8 {Bulletin: '10...Qa5 (!)'} 11.
Nf3 {Bulletin: '11.0-0-0 (!)'} (11. O-O-O Qe7 {/\ 12...d5} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Nf4 Rd8 (14... d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh3+ Kg7 18. Qg4+
Kh7 19. Rd3 Nf5 20. Rh3+ Nh6 21. Qh5 $18) 15. Qc2 $16) 11... h6 12. Bh4 d6 13.
O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 {'+/=' Bulletin.} Rb6 {'?!' Bulletin.} 15. Rab1 a5 16. Bc2 Ba6
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd3 f5 19. Qxd6 Bxc4 20. Ne5 Ba2 21. Rbc1 Rd8 22. Nd7 Qxd6
23. Rxd6 Rxb2 24. Ba4 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Ne5 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Rxc5 Bd5 28. h3 Ra2
29. Rc3 Nc4 30. Bb5 Nxa3 31. Bd3 a4 32. Rd7 Bb3 33. Rb7 Rd2 34. f3 h5 35. h4
Nc2 36. Bxc2 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Bxc2 38. Kf2 Bb3 39. Ra7 Kg6 40. Ra6 Bc2 41. Kg3 Bb3
42. Kf2 Kg7 43. Ke1 f6 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Kd2 Kg8 46. Kc3 Kf8 47. Kb4 Kg8 48. Kc5
Kf8 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. Ra8+ Kf7 51. Kd7 Bc2 52. Kd6 Bb3 53. f4 Kg7 54. Ke7 Kg6 55.
Rg8+ Kh7 56. Rg3 a3 57. Kxf6 a2 58. Rg7+ Kh6 59. Ra7 Bd5 60. g3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {'!' Bulletin. Bulletin:
'Polugaevskys Verteidigungsidee -> CBM12/S.85; Gurevich,M-Polugaevsky,L/New
York op/1989/1/2-1/2/; Olafsson,H-Polugaevsky,L/New York op/1989/1/2-1/2/'} 12.
Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bxc7 (13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. e4 Ne7 {Gurevich,M-Plugaevsky,L/
New York op/1989/1/2-1/2/ CBM12/S.85}) 13... Nd5 14. Bd6 Nxe3 15. Kf2 Nc2 16.
Rd1 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. Ne2 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd3
Rc6 23. Bc5 e5 24. b4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Nb6 27. Bxb6 Rxb6 28. Rc1 Re8
29. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportland NRW-Cup"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Libeau, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1993.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. e3 d5 12. Bd3 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4
Nxd4 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. O-O a5 (16... Ne5 $1 {wurde im Analyseraum von Bosboom
vorgeschlagen;der Springerzug sichert Schwarz vermutlich ausreichendes
Gegenspiel.} 17. Bf4 $6 (17. Be4 {war von Weiß auf 16. - Se5 geplant gewesen.}
f6 18. Be3 f5 19. Bxd4 cxd4) 17... Rxb2 $1 18. Rxb2 (18. Bxe5 Rxd2 $17) 18...
Nxd3 19. Bd6 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nxb2 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rb1 Nd3 23. Rb8 $140 Nxf2#)
17. Be7 Re8 18. Bd6 Rb6 19. Bc7 Ra6 20. Ne4 a4 21. Nd6 Rf8 22. Nb5 Bb7 23. Nxd4
cxd4 24. c5 Rc6 25. Bd6 Nxc5 $1 {In schwieriger Stellung stellt das
Qualitätsopfer wahrscheinlich des Schwarzen beste Chance dar - die
Entscheidung zur Komplizierung der Stellung wurde von  Schwarz trotz eigener
Zeitnot gewählt!} 26. Bxf8 Nxd3 27. Bb4 e5 28. b3 axb3 29. Rxb3 e4 30. Ba5 Bc8
31. Rb6 Rc4 32. Rd6 h6 33. Bb6 Nf4 34. Re1 d3 35. h3 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. Ra1
Bb7 38. a4 Nc3 39. Be3 Nd5 40. a5 d2 41. Bxd2 Rxd2 42. a6 (42. Rb1 $1) 42...
Bxa6 43. Raxa6 Nc7 (43... e3 $1 44. fxe3 Nxe3 45. Rxd2 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Nxd2 47.
Ra8+ Kh7 48. Ra4 f5 {Nach dem überraschenden Vorstoß des e-Bauern behält
Schwarz mit seinen drei vs zwei Bauern des Weißen bessere Remisaussichten als
in der Partie.}) 44. Rxd2 Nxa6 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Re8 Nc5 47. Re5 Nd3 48. Rxe4
Nxf2 49. Rf4 Nd3 50. Rxf7 Kg6 51. Rf1 Nc5 52. Kg3 Ne6 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Ke3+ Kg5
55. g3 h5 56. Rb1 g6 57. Ke4 Ng7 58. Rb5+ Nf5 59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Rb6+ Kf7 61. Kf4
Nd4 62. Kg5 Nf3+ 63. Kh6 Ne5 64. Ra6 {Eine spannende Auseinandersetzung!} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {This came as a surprise to Levitt but it
should not have. Sadler was Lautier's trainer in his FIDE Candidates Match
against Jan Timman and this variation, with Lautier white, was played several
times - so Sadler knew it very well.} O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 a5 11. Bd3 a4 {By fixing White's queenside Black
hopes to prevent the game opening up too  much for the white bishops.} 12. Ne2
d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Rad1 d5 (16... Rfd8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6
18. Bh7+) (16... e5 17. Bg3 {intending Bf5, Bh4 Rd2 etc}) 17. Bg3 {Coming
round to f2 to protect e3 and possibly pressure c5.} Nb6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nc3
$1 Rfd8 (19... Qxe3+ 20. Bf2 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. Nb5 {is very good for White})
20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 Qe6 $2 (23... Ra7 24. e4 d4 25.
Nd5 Nbxd5 26. exd5 Qf8 27. d6 Rc8 {with a big advantage} 28. Re5) 24. Bc7 {
Winning a pawn and the game} Rda8 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 {The best
practical chance} (26... Rc6 27. Nxc5) 27. Qxa4 Rxb2 28. Qa5 {The star move,
arranging a defence of the second rank with Rd2 to consolidate White's
advantage.} d4 (28... c4) 29. Rd2 (29. exd4 Qa2 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. f4 Nd5 {
Winning was Black's devious idea}) 29... Rb3 30. Qxc5 Rxe3 31. Rf1 d3 32. Qd4
Nh5 33. Rxd3 Re2 34. Rd2 Nf4 35. Kh1 Re1 36. Qf2 {[#]} Re3 37. Ra1 Nd3 38. Qf1
Nc5 39. Rdd1 (39. a4 Nxa4) 39... Nb3 40. Rab1 Qf5 41. Qf2 Rc3 42. Qb6 Nc5 43.
Qxh6 f6 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Qh5+ {Matthew Sadler wins the 1995 British
Championship} 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 $6 ({Das ist als schlecht bekannt. Vor etwas über
zehn Jahren hat Peter Leko den Weg zum Ausgleich gewiesen:} 10... c5 11. dxc5
Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bd4 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3
Ra3 18. Qb5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Khalifman,A (2690)-Leko,P (2722) Moscow 2002}) 11.
Ba3 Re8 12. Bxe4 $146 dxe4 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Rab1 f5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Rfe1 {
Hier und im weiteren Verlauf der Partie ist Koneru sorgsam darauf bedacht,
Schwarz auch nicht den Hauch von Gegenspiel zu geben. Anstatt den Bauern
sofort zu nehmen, bringt sie ihre Figuren in Position und pocht auf ihre
strukturellen Vorteile.} Na5 17. Bb4 Qg5 18. Re3 Rac8 19. h4 Qf5 (19... Qxh4 $2
20. Bxa5 bxa5 21. Rxb7) 20. Rbe1 Bc6 21. Bxa5 Qxa5 22. Nxe4 Qh5 23. Ng3 Qxh4
24. Qg6 Bd7 25. Nh5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 {Schwarz hat eine schreckliche
Bauernstruktur und keinerlei Gegenspiel. Und so gewinnt Koneru ohne größere
Probleme.} 27. Rg3 Kf7 28. Rxg5 g6 29. Nf4 Rg8 30. Re3 Kf6 31. Rge5 Rce8 32.
Rf3 Ke7 33. Nd5+ Kd6 34. Nf6 Ref8 35. Nxg8 Rxg8 36. Rg5 Be8 37. c5+ Ke7 38. Re3
Kf6 39. Rge5 Bf7 40. c4 Rd8 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. d5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Qb6
15. Qc7 (15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Qc7 Nxg3 17. Qxd7 Nh5 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rab8 20.
Rac1 Nf6 21. Nd2 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Kf8 23. Na5 Ne8 24. R7c3 Ke7 25. f3 Kd7 26. Kf2
Rc7 27. e4 Ba8 28. Ke3 Rbc8 29. Rxc7+ Nxc7 {1/2-1/2 Wang Yue (2689)-Mamedyarov,
S (2752)/Baku 2008/CBM 124 (48)}) 15... Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Rxc1+ 18.
Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. h3 Ne4 21. Bh2 Kf8 22. Ne1 {#This imprecision may
seem almost innocuous, but it allows Hikaru to his opponent far more trouble
than you'd think. The problem stems simply from two immediate factors, the
white squares on the queenside and Black's numerical advantage. With the white
king temporarily restrained and the bishop locked away on h2, it is a 3-2
fight.} Nd2 $1 23. f3 f5 24. Nc2 Ke7 25. Kf2 Nb6 26. Ke2 Nb3 27. Nb4 Na5 28.
Bc2 Nac4 29. Nd3 a5 30. Bg3 Nd5 31. Bf2 g5 32. g4 {#} a4 $1 {Inch by inch
Nakamura has been weeding his way in and gaining space on both sides of the
board. By fixing the panws on a3-b2, he not only robs the biship of a square,
but not forces L'Ami to constantly check tactics there as the sacrificial
motifs abound.} 33. e4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Ndb6 {#There is only one way to avoid
losing, can you find it? It is not easy frankly, and no doubt the Dutch GM was
also short of time.} 35. e5 $2 {Alas this doesn't do it, and Kf3 fails to Nd2+.
} ({The move is} 35. d5 $1 {The idea is that after} exd5 {White has the
resource} 36. e5 $3 dxe5 37. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 38. Bxb6 {and White's bishop pair
combined with Black's bad bishop compensates the extra pawn. After the bishop
goes to d4 there will be no chance of winning as Bg7 will always be threatened.
}) 35... Be4 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Bg3+ Ke7 38. Kd1 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 Nxb2+ 40. Ke2
Nd5 41. Be4 (41. Bxb5 Nc3+) 41... Nc3+ 42. Kf3 b4 43. Be1 Nbd1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galojan, Lilit"]
[Black "Socko, Monika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bh4 Rac8 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Be2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bg3 Qa7 21. O-O
c4 22. a4 Bc6 23. Ra1 Qb7 24. b4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 Ra8 27. Rfa1 Nb6 28.
Bd6 Na4 29. Nxa4 bxa4 30. Bd1 Nd7 31. Qc3 Bb5 32. Bc2 Re6 33. Bg3 Rea6 34. e4
Nf6 35. e5 Nd7 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. f4 Qa7 38. Ra3 {#} Nb8 {Here the players
shook hands, though frankly it is a mystery why White would agree to it. With
39.f5, threatening f6 and opening Black's postion to the power of White's
heavy artillery, there was certainly no reason not to play on and see what
Socko had in reply. A line illustrating the possibilities might go} (38... Nb8
39. f5 Nc6 40. Bf2 Ne7 41. f6 gxf6 42. Qg3+ Ng6 (42... Kf8 43. exf6 Rxf6 44.
Qe5) 43. Bxg6 fxg6 44. Qxg6+ Qg7 45. Qh5 {threatening Rg3}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Black "Kovanova, Baira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {Lilit and Baira have played two times before and in both
Lilit was white. The girls remain faithful to the two previous games} 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Qc2 (4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 c4
10. Bc2 Re8 11. f3 Nh5 12. O-O f5 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Rb5
Nf6 17. Bg5 a6 18. Rc5 Rf8 19. Ng3 h6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Be6
23. Qf4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Qf2 Qa1+ 26. Qf1 Qd4+ 27. Qf2 Qa1+ 28. Qf1 Qd4+
{1/2-1/2 Mkrtchian,L (2402)-Kovanova,B (2346)/Vladimir RUS}) 4... O-O 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Re8 8. e3 e5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 e4 (10... Qe7 11. Ne2 e4
12. Bc2 c6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ng3 d5 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18.
Ba4 Red8 19. Qa5 Nb6 20. Bb3 Qd6 21. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Issakainen Ari-Välkesalmi
Kimmo/It 1/2-1/2 Issakainen Ari-Välkesalmi Kimmo/It}) 11. Bc2 c6 12. Ne2 Nbd7
13. Qd2 Nb6 14. b3 d5 15. c5 Nbd7 16. b4 a5 17. b5 $1 {white needs to create
some space for the two bishops to work and this temporrary pawn sacrifice
starts to move things on the board} cxb5 18. Nc3 b6 $1 {Baira responds
correctly although white has a good position here} 19. c6 Nf8 20. Bb3 Ng6 21.
Bxf6 {Maybe, better was} (21. c7 $1 Qxc7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 (22... Be6 $5 23. Be5
Nxe5 24. dxe5 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Nd1 Qxe5 28. Qxb4 Qg5 $44) 23.
Bxd5 Rb8 24. Rc1 f5 25. Nxb5 $14) 21... Qxf6 22. Nxd5 Qd6 (22... Qxc6 {was
also possible here} 23. Rc1 Qe6 $1 24. Nc7 Qxb3 25. Nxe8 Nh4 26. O-O Qxa3 27.
Nc7 Rb8 {with unclear play}) 23. Nxb6 $14 Rb8 24. Nxc8 Rbxc8 25. Qxa5 Nh4 26.
Kf1 (26. Qxb5 Qg6 27. Kd2 Qxg2 28. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 $1 (29... Ng6 30.
Qf5+ Kg8 31. Rag1 $18) 30. Qxh4 Rf8 31. Rhf1 Qg6 {and the weak white squares
give black adequate compensation}) 26... Qxc6 27. g3 Nf3 {now black has
achieved a dynamic equilibrium and white must be careful in consolidating her
king-side} 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. h4 Qf5 30. Bd1 Re6 31. a4 Rf6 32. Ra2 Rc1 33. Qxb5
Qg4 34. Qe2 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Nxh4+ 36. Kh2 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nh4+ 38. Kh2 Nf3+ 39. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Kovanova, Baira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 Nh5 8.
Nh3 (8. g3 f5 9. Nh3 Qe8 10. b3 e5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. d5 Nd8 13. f4 Nf7 14. Bg2
Bd7 15. O-O Qe7 16. e3 Nf6 17. Nf2 c6 18. Rac1 e4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. g4 Rfb8 21.
Rfd1 a5 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Rd2 Ra7 25. Nh1 Nh6 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V 
(2714)-Nikolic,P (2633)/Monte Carlo MNC 1999 (34)}) (8. g4 Qh4+ 9. Kd1 Nf6 10.
Nh3 h6 11. g5 e5 12. gxf6 Bxh3 13. fxg7 Re8 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. d5
Kxg7 17. Bd2 Kh7 18. Kc2 Rg8 19. Rhg1 a6 20. b4 Rg6 21. Qd3 Rag8 22. Rg3 Qh5
23. f4 f5 24. Rh3 Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J (2655)-Nikolic,P (2659)/Wijk aan Zee
2000 (27)}) 8... f5 (8... e5 9. Nf2 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd5 Ne5 12. e3 c5 13.
Be2 Be6 14. Qxb7 Nxc4 15. Qa6 Qa5+ 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19.
Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Hjorth,S-Hernod,B/corr 1974 (30)}) 9. Nf2 Nc6 10. b3 e5 11. d5 Ne7
12. e3 $1 {of course white must keep the structure fluid} Kh8 {Black is fine
but should start think of slightly more active play} (12... c6 $5) 13. Bb2 f4
14. e4 b6 15. b4 a5 16. c5 $1 {the problems with such positions is that whilst
black has no intrinsic weakness as such, the passivity of such a position
means that you have to be a dour defender} Ng6 17. Rc1 axb4 18. axb4 bxc5 (
18... Ba6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. O-O {favours white here}) 19. bxc5
Bd7 (19... Nh4 $5 $11) 20. Ba3 Qg5 $5 {black offers the sacrifice of a pawn
but in reality would get too much counterplay} 21. Rg1 (21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Bxd6
Rfc8 23. Qb2 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Nh4 {with compensation}) 21... Nh4 22. c6 {the
pawn structure is quite unique. It would be interesting to find out if there
are any games with a pawn also on b7!} Bc8 23. Rb1 h6 24. Bc1 Qe7 {if black
sits on the position, I cannot really imagine how white would make progress}
25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Ra7 Rb6 (26... Rf7) 27. Kd1 {white wants to remove any checks
with tempo so takes the opportunity for these sort of moves} Ng6 28. Bd2 $5 {
this threatens Ba5 in some lines} Kh7 $6 (28... Qd8) 29. Kc2 $6 (29. Qc2 $1 Qh4
30. Ke1 $1 Rb8 31. Ba5 Rf7 32. Bxc7 Rb4 33. Be2 $16) 29... Nf6 30. Bc4 Ne8 31.
Be1 {not the best} (31. Ra8 Nf6 32. Qd3 $16) 31... Rb8 32. Nd1 Qg5 (32... Nh4)
33. Bf2 h5 34. Ra1 (34. Ra4 $1 Qe7 35. Qa5 {and black will have no squares for
the rook on b8}) 34... Ne7 35. Qa5 Qf6 36. Ra4 g5 37. Qa7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 63rd"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Kovanova, Baira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 ({Öfter wird} 5. a3 {gewählt.
}) 5... d5 (5... c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d5
11. Ng5 Nd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rd1 Bf5 14. Qb3 h6 15. Nh3 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Re8 17.
Bg2 Rxe2 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qf6 20. Bf4 Ne4 21. Qd3 Nxc3 22. Rac1 Nxd1 23.
Qxe2 Nc3 24. Qc4 {1-0 (24) Mamedyarov,S (2761)-Topalov,V (2767) Beijing 2013})
6. cxd5 (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4
Bxf1 12. Rxf1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. f4
bxc5 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. e5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd5 21. Qe4 Rb8 22. f5 Qe7 23. Qg4 exf5
24. Qxf5 Qh4 25. g4 Ne7 26. Qd7 Qg5+ 27. Kb1 Qg6+ 28. Ka1 Qc2 29. Qd3 Qxh2 30.
Qd6 Rb7 31. e6 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Rb6 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Kb1 Rc6 35. Kc2 Ng6 36. Rd5
Nf4 37. Rd2 Ne6 38. Kc3 Nd4 39. Ne4 Kxf7 40. b4 cxb4+ 41. Kxd4 bxa3 42. Ra2 Ra6
43. Nc5 Ra5 44. Kc4 a6 45. Kb4 Rb5+ 46. Kc4 Ra5 47. Kb4 {1/2-1/2 (47)
Johannessen,L (2555)-Carlsen,M (2673) Moss 2006}) 6... exd5 7. Bg5 c5 (7... h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 c6 10. Ne5 Nd7 (10... c5 $5) 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Be2 Bd6 13.
Bd3 g6 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. f3 Bc8 18. Qf2 Bc7 19. Kh1
Re7 20. Bc2 Rde8 21. a3 h5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Kg7 24. d5 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Bb6
26. Qc2 h4 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Na4 Bc7 29. Qc3 Be5 30. Qe3 Re6 31. Qxa7 h3 32.
gxh3 Re8 33. Rg1 Re7 34. Qc5 Bxh3 35. Nc3 Rd7 36. Ne2 Bxb2 37. Ng3 Kg8 38. Qxc6
Qxc6 39. Bxc6 Rc7 40. Bd5 Bxa3 41. Ne4 Kg7 42. Bxf7 Rxf7 43. Ng5 Bf5 44. Nxf7
Kxf7 45. Kg2 Bd6 46. Ra1 Kg7 47. Ra6 Be5 48. Ra5 Bf6 49. Ra6 Bg5 50. Ra8 Be7
51. Ra7 Kf6 52. Rb7 Bc5 53. Rb5 Be3 54. Rb3 Bh6 55. h4 Be6 56. Rb6 Bd2 57. h5
gxh5 58. f4 Kf5 59. Rxe6 Kxe6 60. f5+ {1/2-1/2 (60) Fridman,D (2629)-Leko,P 
(2737) Dortmund 2013}) 8. e3 cxd4 {Wird selten gespielt.} ({Üblicher ist} 8...
Nbd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. c4 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. cxd5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rac8 17. Qb3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qxd5 19. Rfc1 Qxb3 20. axb3
a6 21. Nf4 Rfd8 22. f3 h6 23. e4 Kf8 24. Kf1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Ivanchuk,V 
(2768)-Alekseev,E (2659) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 9. Nxd4 (9. exd4 $6 Nc6 10. Be2
Bg4 $15) 9... Nc6 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. f3 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Bd3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf6 19. Kf2 Rfb8 20.
Rd2 Rb6 21. g4 Rab8 22. Rc1 Rb2 23. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 24. Rc2 Rb1 25. Rd2 Rc1 26. Qd4
Kg7 27. Qxa7 Qxc3 28. Qd4+ Qxd4 29. exd4 Kf8 30. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 (30) L'Ami,E 
(2606)-Macieja,B (2618) Novi Sad 2009}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bd6 (
15... Re8+ 16. Kf2) 16. Bd3 Re8+ 17. Kf2 Qc7 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Bb1 Rac8 20. Qc2 {
Gunina spielt gerne direkt auf Angriff.} f5 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rde1 {Es droht
Te5 und Verdoppelung auf der e-Linie.} Bd7 23. g3 b5 24. Qd2 Qc7 $6 {Danach
gerät Schwarz in die Defensive.} (24... Qa3 $5 $11) 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 (25... Rxe8
26. h4 $40) 26. Bxf5 Qxc3 27. Qe2 $1 {Den Bauern bekommt Weiß leicht zurück.}
({Das Endspiel nach} 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 $11 {ist gleich.}) 27... Qxd4+ 28. Kg2 Rb8
29. Rd1 Qf6 (29... Qc5 $2 30. Qe6+ Bf7 31. Qxh6 $18) 30. Be6+ $6 ({Genauer war
} 30. Rxd5 b4 31. Be6+ Bf7 32. Re5 $16) 30... Bf7 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 $6 ({Einfacher
war} 31... b4 32. Bxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rd6 Re8 34. Qd2 Qc4 35. Rd8 $11) 32. Rxd5 b4
33. Qd3 {Nun bekommen die weißen Schwerfiguren die schwachen Felder am
schwarzen Königsflügel in die Hand.} Re8 34. Rd6 Re2+ 35. Kf1 (35. Qxe2 $2
Qxd6 $11) 35... Re3 $4 {Kostet den Turm, da die weiße Dame sich dem Angriff
entziehen kann.} ({Nötig war} 35... Re6 {Nach} 36. Qd5 Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38.
Rxa7 {steht Weiß bei Weitem noch nicht auf Gewinn.}) 36. Qc4+ Qf7 37. Rd8+ Kg7
38. Qd4+ Qf6 39. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nbd7 9. h3 b6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Be2 Ne8 14. Bg4 Nf6 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. g4 a5 17. f4 Rfe8 18. fxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 19. O-O $6 {Rochiert zur
luftigen Seiten. Angst kennt Duda keine.} (19. O-O-O $11) 19... h5 20. Rf5 $5 (
20. g5 Nh7 21. Nf3 Qxh3 {gefiel Weiß nicht.}) 20... hxg4 21. Raf1 gxh3 22. b4
axb4 23. axb4 Nb7 24. Kh1 Ng4 $6 (24... Nd6 25. Rxf6 $5 (25. Rg5 Nh7) 25...
gxf6 26. Qd1 $13) 25. Qd3 Nd6 {[#]} 26. Rh5 g6 $2 (26... f6 27. Qxh3 Nf7 $11)
27. Rh4 {Der Springer hat sich verlaufen.} Kg7 28. Qg3 (28. Qf3 $5) 28... Ra3
29. Qxh3 (29. Rxg4 $2 Rxc3) 29... Nf6 {[#]} 30. Rh7+ Nxh7 (30... Kg8 31. Rh8+
Kg7 32. Qh6#) 31. Qxd7 Rxc3 32. Qxc7 Rh8 33. Kg2 Rd3 34. Rf2 Nf6 35. Qxd6 Ng4
36. Nf1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 15th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2014.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Qxd4 $146 {A novelty
which seems to haven taken Dzagnidze by surprise.} Rc5 14. f4 h6 15. Bh4 e5 $6
{This impatient pawn sacrifice does not seem to give Black adequate
compensation. It was better to defend the pawn d6 with 15...Qc7.} 16. Qxd6 exf4
17. exf4 Qa8 18. Nf3 Rd8 {Hopes to hassle White's queen that might get trapped
in Black's camp. However, Gunina is anything but panicky.} 19. Rad1 Bxf3 ({
After} 19... Ne5 20. Qxd8+ Qxd8 21. fxe5 {White will get rook, two pieces and
a winning position for the queen.}) 20. gxf3 Re8 21. b4 Rh5 22. Bg3 Nf8 23. f5
{Black's pawn sacrifice has completely backfired. Her rook on h5 is cut off
the game, her knights struggle to find good squares, and White just threatens
to advance her passed c-pawn.} N8h7 24. c5 Rd8 25. Be4 Rxd6 26. Bxa8 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 bxc5 28. bxc5 Rxf5 29. c6 Nd5 30. c7 Nxc7 31. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 (8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ba6 $10) 8... bxc5 9. e3 (9. Nf3 Nc6 10. e3 h6 11.
Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. O-O-O Qf6 $13 {Georgiev,Kir-Smagin,S/
Dortmund/1991/ 0,5 (41) Inf 51/551/}) 9... d6 (9... Bb7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 (
11... a5 $5) 12. O-O-O $1 {Hjartarsson,J-Speelman,J/Reykjavik/1991/ 1:0 (27)
Inf 52/556/} Ne4 $8 13. Qe1 g5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. Qxg3 $14) (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Rb8
11. Ne2 (11. Nf3 $5) 11... Qa5 $1 $10 {Nogueiras,J-Van Der Wiel,J/Thessaloniki
(ol)/1988/ 0,5 (30) Inf 46/753/}) 10. f3 (10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bh4 Ne4
$5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rxd8 15. Rxd6 Bb7 16. f3 Nb6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Be2
Ba6 19. Rd1 $10 {Maric,A-Galliamova,A/Borzhomi(ct)/1990/ Inf 50/575/}) (10. Bd3
Nbd7 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. O-O a5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 a4 15. Nc3 $16 {Foisor,O-Smagin,
S/Nimes/1991/ 1:0 (41) Inf 51/550/}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nh3 Rb8 12. O-O-O h6 13.
Bf4 (13. Bh4 Ne4 $1 14. Qe1 Qb6 $17) 13... e5 14. Bg3 Rb6 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Rd2
Qc7 17. Bc2 Rfb8 18. b3 Bc8 19. Rhd1 Ne8 (19... Nf8 $5) 20. f4 $6 (20. Nf2 $5)
20... e4 $1 21. f5 $6 (21. Nf2 f5 22. Bh4 Ndf6 23. h3 $13) 21... Ndf6 22. Rf1
Bd7 23. Bh4 R8b7 24. Nf4 Qb8 25. Ne2 a5 26. a4 Rxb3 $1 $17 27. Bxb3 Rxb3 28.
Qa1 (28. Qc2 Qb4) 28... Qb4 29. Rc2 Ra3 30. Qb2 Qxa4 31. Nc3 $6 (31. Bxf6 Nxf6
32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Kd2 Rb3 34. Qxd6 Qb4+ 35. Nc3) 31... Qxc4 32. Qxa3 Qxf1+ 33.
Kb2 a4 $19 34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Qa2 Qd3 36. Qb1 d5 37. Ka2 d4 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Rb2
0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 $5 (6... b6 $5
) 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nh3 d6 (8... Nc6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 d6
13. Be2 g5 14. Nh3 Nh5 15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 Qh4+ 17. Nf2 Ng4 18. g3 Qe7 19. O-O
$16 {Kharlov,A-Makarichev,S/RUS/1994/0|1/40/}) (8... b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 Nf6
11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Ne7 13. b4 Qe8 14. Bb2 Qh5 15. Rae1 $14 {Arlandi,E-Cebalo,
M/Reggio Emilia/1994/0|1/36/}) 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 Qe7 $5 {/N/} (10... e5 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Nf2 Nc6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O e4 15. f4 Be6 16. Rg1 $36 {Hlian,
E-Terterians,V/Podolsk/1992/0|1/58/}) (10... a5 $5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O a4 13.
b4 axb3 14. Qxb3 b6 15. Bb2 Na5 16. Qc2 c5 $132 {Tomicic,Z-Hulak,K/Djakovo/
1994/0|1/40/}) 11. Bd3 a5 12. Bd2 b6 (12... a4 $5) 13. O-O Bb7 (13... a4 $5)
14. b4 $14 axb4 15. axb4 Nbd7 16. Qb2 Rfb8 17. Bc2 (17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ra1 Qe8
19. Ra3 Rxa3 20. Qxa3 Qa8 $14) 17... Qd8 18. Ba4 Ba6 (18... Ra7 $4 19. Bxd7
Rxa1 20. Bxe6+ $18) (18... Ra6 $5 19. Bb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8) 19. Qc2 Bb7 20.
Ra2 Qe7 21. Rfa1 h6 22. Bb3 (22. Nf2 $5) 22... c5 23. Ra7 Qe8 24. Bc3 Qf7 25.
Qd1 (25. Qd2 $5) 25... Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Qe7 27. Qd2 e5 (27... Nf8 28. dxc5 dxc5
29. bxc5 $6 (29. Be5 $5 Ra8 (29... Rd8 $4 30. Rxb7 $18) 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. b5
$16) 29... bxc5 30. Be5 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Bxd6 N8d7 34. Ba4
$14) 28. Nf2 Kh8 29. h3 Nf8 30. Bc2 cxd4 (30... Qe6 31. d5 Qd7 32. f4 $16) 31.
exd4 Qe6 32. c5 e4 (32... bxc5 33. bxc5 dxc5 (33... exd4 34. Qxd4 dxc5 35. Qxc5
$16) 34. dxe5 $16) 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. d5 $1 (34. Nd1 Nd5 35. Ne3 $14) 34... Qxd5
(34... Nxd5 $6 35. Rxb7 $6 (35. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 36. Bxe4 Nd7 (36... Nc7 37. cxb6
$18) (36... Ne7 37. cxd6 $18) 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Bxd5 $18) 35... Rxb7 36. Bxe4
Nxc3 37. Bxb7 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Ng3+ 39. Kg1 dxc5 40. bxc5 bxc5) (34... Bxd5 $4 35.
Bxf6 $18) 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 (35... Bxd5 36. cxd6 N8d7 37. Ng4 $16) 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7
37. c6 Nxb4 38. Rxb7+ Rxb7 39. cxb7 Nd7 40. Ba4 (40. Bxe4 d5 (40... Kf6 41.
Ng4+ Kg7 42. Kf2 $18) 41. Nd3 Nxd3 42. Bxd3 Kf6 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Kf3 Kd6 45. Bb5
Nb8 46. g4 $18) 40... Nb8 (40... e3 41. Ng4 Nb8 42. Nxe3 $18) 41. Nxe4 d5 42.
Nd6 N4a6 43. Bb3 Nc7 44. Nc8 b5 45. Ne7 d4 46. Nf5+ Kf6 47. Nxh6 $18 Nca6 48.
Ng4+ Kf5 49. Bd5 Nc5 50. Kf2 b4 51. Ke2 b3 52. Kd2 d3 (52... b2 53. Kc2 Nd3 54.
Kb1 $18) 53. Kc3 Kf4 54. Nf2 Ke3 55. Nd1+ Kf4 (55... Ke2 56. Bf3+ Ke1 57. h4
$18) 56. Nb2 Ke3 57. Bf3 Nbd7 58. h4 Ne4+ 59. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Site "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Date "1949.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1949.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 Qe7 (5... c5 $5) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
Qxc3 Bb7 8. g3 (8. e3 $5 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Qc2 c5 $132)
8... d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 (11. b3 $5 Rac8 12. a4 a5 13. Ba3 c5 14.
Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Be4 16. Bh3 $14 {Dreev,A-Almasi,Z/Lyons/1994/1|0/95/}) 11...
Ne4 (11... a5 $5 12. Bb2 axb4 13. axb4 Rfc8 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Qb3 Be4 16. Bh3 d5
$10 {Gurevich,M-Karpov,An/Reggio Emilia/1991/0,5/28/}) 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ng5 $6 (
13. Bb2 $5 Ndf6 14. a4 a5 15. b5 Rae8 16. Ne1 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. f3 Ng5 19.
Nd3 Nf7 20. Rfe1 $16 {Smyslov,V-Chandler,M/Hastings/1989/1|0/35/}) 13... Ndf6
14. Nh3 Nd7 (14... a5 $4 15. f3 $18) 15. Bb2 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Rad1 $16 cxb4
18. axb4 Rfc8 (18... Rfd8 $5) 19. Qd3 Nf8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Ba3 (21. b5 Qb4 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rc1 Rd8 $132) 21... Qc7 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Qe3 Rac8 $6 (23... e5 $5)
24. Nf2 Qd7 $6 (24... e5 $6 25. Qg5 Qd7 26. Bh3 Qa4 27. Rc3 Nd5 28. Rd3 h6 29.
Qxf5 Rxc4 30. e4 Ne7 31. Qxe5 Rxd3 32. Nxd3 Neg6 (32... Qxa3 33. Be6+ $18) 33.
Qb8 Qxa3 34. Be6+ $18) (24... Re8 $5 25. Nd3 (25. Rfd1 Ng6) 25... e5) 25. Rfd1
Qe8 26. Nd3 Ng6 27. Bb2 Ba6 $6 (27... Qe7 $5) 28. b5 Bb7 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Ne5
Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nxe5 (31... Rc8 $5 32. Rd6 Nxe5 33. Qxe5 Kf7 34. e4 fxe4 35. Bh3
$40) 32. Qxe5 Qc8 (32... Kf7 $5) 33. e4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Qe8 (34... Qxc4 35. Rd7
$18 Bxe4 36. Rxg7+ $18) 35. Bh3 Kf7 36. Qc7+ Qe7 37. Qxe7+ Kxe7 38. Ba3+ $18
Ke8 (38... Kf7 39. e5 $18) 39. e5 Nd7 40. Bd6 Rd8 (40... Nf8 41. Rf1 Ng6 42.
Bxe6 $18) 41. Rf1 Be4 (41... Nc5 42. Rf8+ Kd7 43. Rf7+ Kc8 44. Rxg7 $18) 42.
Bxe6 Bg6 43. Bd5 Rc8 44. Bc6 Kd8 45. e6 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jelen, Igor"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 (13. Bxc7 Nd5
14. Bd6 Nxe3 15. Kf2 Nc2 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. Ne2 a6 19. Bd3 Nd5 20.
Rc1 Rc6 21. Rxc2 Rxd6 $10 {Olafsson,H-Polugaevsky,L/Reykjavik/1990/0,5/22/})
13... Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 (14... f5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Ba4 Rfd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. O-O-O
Rac8 19. Kb1 $14 {Gurevich,M-Garcia Ilundain,D/Linares/1995/1|0/32/}) 15. e4
Nf4 (15... Ne7 $5 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. O-O cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 $10 {
Gurevich,M-Polugaevsky,L/New York/1989/0,5/20/}) 16. Bb5 Rad8 $5 (16... Nf6 17.
Ne2 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nh5 20. Be3 $14 {Gurevich,M-Van Der Wiel,J/
Antwerpen/1993/0,5/42/}) (16... Rfd8 $5 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4
Rac8 20. Rac1 Nb8 21. Be3 Nc6 $10 {Brunner,L-Almasi,Z/Horgen/1995/0,5/41/}) 17.
g3 (17. Ne2 $6 Nxe2 $2 (17... Nxg2+ $1 18. Kf1 f5 19. Kxg2 fxe4 20. Nc3 e3 21.
Bxe3 Rxf3 $19) 18. Kxe2 $14) 17... Ng6 18. Rd1 (18. Ne2 f5 $1) 18... f5 19.
exf5 exf5 20. h4 (20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17) 20... cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nde5 22.
Be2 h5 23. Rh2 Rde8 24. Kf1 f4 $17 25. Kg2 Ng4 26. Rh3 fxg3 27. Bc4+ (27. Kxg3
Rxe2 28. Nxe2 (28. fxg4 Rg2#) 28... Rxf3+ 29. Kg2 Rd3+ $19) 27... Kh8 28. Kxg3
Nh6 29. Bd3 Nf4 30. Rh2 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Nf5+ 32. Kh3 (32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Ne2 Ba6 $19
) 32... Bc8 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Ne2 Ba6 {[#]} 0-1

[Event "Vladivostok"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 h6 (8... d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 e5 11. d5 Rc8 12. Qd3 $1 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14.
cxb5 Nc5 15. Qf5 Bxd5 {Lev,R-Greenfeld,A/ISR/1993/0:1/34/} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
Qxf6 gxf6 $14) 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 (10... c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e3 Nbd7 13.
Rg1 e5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bf5 Nf8 16. Qc2 g6 $132 {Dao Thien Hai-Ulibin,M/Las
Palmas/1993/0,5/28/}) 11. e3 Rc8 (11... c5 $5) 12. b4 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 (13...
bxc5 14. b5 $16) 14. b5 Re8 15. a4 a5 16. f3 e5 17. O-O-O Qe7 (17... Ne4 $2 18.
Nxe4 Qxh4 19. Nd6) 18. Be2 Nf8 19. g4 Rcd8 20. Bg3 Qe6 21. h3 $14 Ng6 22. Rhg1
(22. Nb3 $5) 22... Rd7 23. Nb3 Red8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 h5 27.
Nd2 hxg4 (27... e4 28. fxe4 hxg4 29. e5 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Bxg4) 28. hxg4 e4
29. g5 Ne8 (29... Nh5 30. Bc7 exf3 31. Nxf3) 30. fxe4 Nd6 31. Bg4 Qe7 $6 (31...
Qxg4 $5 32. Bxd6 Bxe4 (32... Nh4 $5 33. Bc7 Nf3 34. Bxb6 Nxd2 35. Qxd2 Qg1+ 36.
Kb2 Bxe4) 33. Bc7 Bf5 34. Bxb6 Nh4 35. Bxc5 Nf3 36. e4 $1) 32. e5 Ne4 33. Nxe4
Bxe4 34. Bf4 Nf8 (34... Qd8 35. e6) 35. Qd2 $18 Qb7 36. Qd8 Bf3 37. Bf5 (37. e6
$1 $18) 37... Bh5 38. e6 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE m6"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
Bb7 (7... c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Rd2
$14 {Lautier,J-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee(m/2)/1994/0:1 (63)/}) 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5
10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 (11. Bd3 Rc8 (11... dxc4 $1 12. Bxc4 Rc8) 12. cxd5 Nxd5
13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bf2 c5 17. Ne2 a6 18. e4 Ne7 19. Rc1
Nc6 $10 {Olafsson,H-Polugaevsky,L/New York/1989/ Inf 47/668/}) (11. Nh3 c5 12.
cxd5 cxd4 $1 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 Bxd5 15. Nf2 Be6 $1 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Qxd8 (17.
Qe2 $6 a6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Ke2 f6 $1 $15 {Kramnik,
V-Timoshenko,G/Kherson/1991/ Inf 51/554/}) 17... Rfxd8 18. b4 a6 $1 $10 {
Timoshenko/}) 11... Nxd5 $1 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 (13. Bxc7 Nd5 14. Bd6 Nxe3
15. Kf2 Nc2 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. Ne2 a6 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. g4 Rc6 $1 21.
Bf4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Nxd4 23. Be4 e5 24. Rhe1 exf4 25. Rxd4 Rc7 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27.
Rxf4 $10 {Ulibin,M-Rodriguez,Am/Bayamo/1991/ Inf 51/554/}) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 f5
(14... c5 $5 15. e4 Ne7 (15... Nf4 {Dautov} 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Kxe2
cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nh5 20. Be3 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Rhd1
Kf8 25. Rac1 Rd8 26. Rc7 $14 {Gurevich,M-van der Wiel/Antwerpen/1993}) 16. Bb5
Nc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. O-O cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Nxc6 {Gurevich,M-Polugaevsky,L/
New York/1989/0.5 (20) Inf 47/669/}) 15. Bb5 $5 $146 (15. Bc4 Rac8 16. Ne2 c5
17. Bb5 Rf7 18. O-O a6 19. Bd3 b5 20. Rac1 c4 $13 {Gurevich,M-Karpov,A/Linares/
1991/0,5 (47) Inf 51/554/}) (15. Bc4 {Dautov}) 15... c6 16. Ba4 b5 (16... e5 {
Dautov} 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. O-O-O e4 19. Nc3 N7f6 20. Rhe1 $14 {->Lautier-Timman/
Wijk aan Zee m/8/1994}) 17. Bc2 (17. Bb3 $6 {Dautov} c5 18. Ne2 c4 19. Bc2 e5
20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Nf4 22. Nxf4 Rxf4 23. d5 Nf6 24. g3 Rxe4+ 25. Bxe4 Nxe4
26. Rd1 Nf6 $10) 17... b4 $6 (17... c5 $2 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. e4 $18) (17... e5
18. Ne2 $16) (17... Rac8 $5 18. b4 (18. Ne2 c5) 18... a5) (17... N7b6 {Dautov}
18. e4 (18. b3 $5) 18... fxe4 (18... Nf6 19. exf5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rae8+ 21. Ne2
$16) 19. fxe4 Nf6 (19... Nf4 20. g3 Ng2+ 21. Ke2 Rf7 22. h4 Raf8 23. Rf1 $18 {
/\Rh2}) 20. Nf3 $16) 18. Ne2 bxa3 19. Rxa3 $16 (19. bxa3 $6 {Dautov} Ba6 20. e4
fxe4 21. fxe4 Nf4 22. Nxf4 Rxf4 23. Be3 Rg4 $132) 19... N7b6 20. Bb3 (20. e4 $6
{Dautov} fxe4 21. fxe4 Nb4 22. Bb1 a5 $132 {/\Nc4,Ba6}) 20... a5 21. Kd2 a4 22.
Ba2 Ba6 23. Rc1 Bb5 24. Bg3 Kh8 25. Nf4 (25. e4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nf6 $13) (25. Bd6
$5 {Dautov} Rfd8 26. Bc5 Nd7 (26... e5 $2 27. dxe5 Nb4+ 28. Ke1 Nxa2 29. Rxa2
Nc4 30. e6 $16) 27. Ke1 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Rab8 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Nc3 Be8 31. Ra2
$14) 25... Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Nd5 27. Be5 (27. Bd6 $1 {Dautov} Rfd8 28. Bc5 $16)
27... Rf7 28. Ra1 Kh7 29. b3 $6 (29. Bd6 $6 Rd8 30. Bc5 e5 $13) (29. Bb1 $5 Nb6
(29... Rfa7 {Dautov} 30. g4 g6 31. h3 $16) 30. Bd3 $14) 29... Rfa7 30. Bd6 (30.
Bb1 {Dautov} Ra6 31. bxa4 Rxa4) 30... axb3 (30... Ra6 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Bb3)
31. Bxb3 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Bxa3 Kg6 34. e4 fxe4 35. fxe4 Nf6 36. Ke3 Kf7 (
36... Ng4+ $6 37. Kf4 Nxh2 38. Bxe6 $16) 37. Bd1 $14 Bf1 38. Bf3 g5 39. Kf2 Bd3
40. Ke3 Bf1 41. h3 Bc4 (41... h5 $6 42. e5 Nd5+ 43. Kf2) 42. Bd6 Kg6 43. g3 Ba2
44. h4 Nd7 (44... gxh4 $6 {Dautov} 45. gxh4 {/\Kf4-e5}) 45. Be7 (45. Bd1 $5 Bc4
(45... Nb6 46. Bf8 {/\h5/}) 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Ba4 Bb5 48. Bxb5 cxb5 49. d5)
45... Kf7 46. Bd6 Kg6 (46... Bc4 $2 47. Bh5+ Kg7 48. Be8 $18) 47. Bd1 Nb6 48.
Bc7 (48. Bf8 $5 Nc4+ 49. Kf2) 48... Nc4+ 49. Ke2 Na3 50. Kd2 (50. Ba4 Nb5)
50... Bb1 51. Bf3 Ba2 52. Bd8 Nb5 53. Bb6 (53. Ke3 $5) 53... Nd6 54. Bc5 Nb5
55. Be2 Kf6 56. Kc2 $2 (56. Bd3 $5 Bb3 57. Ke3 $14) 56... Bb1+ $1 57. Kb3 (57.
Kxb1 Nc3+ 58. Kc2 Nxe2 59. hxg5+ Kxg5 $19) 57... Bxe4 58. hxg5+ hxg5 59. Bxb5
cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 (8... d5 $5) (8... c5 $5) 9. e3 (9. e4 $5 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 h6 (
11... exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. O-O $14 {Kasparov-Hjartarson/
Reykjavik/1988/}) 12. Bf4 $14 {Hjartarson-Salov/Barcelona/1989/}) 9... Nbd7 10.
Bd3 (10. Nh3 $5 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 a5 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bf4 (14. Bh4 Ne4 15.
Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfxd8 17. Rxd6 Ne5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44 {Zaitsev-Kimelfeld/
SSSR/1989/}) 14... e5 $5 $10 {Karpov-Andersson/Haninge/1990/}) 10... Rc8 (10...
h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. Bf5 $6 (12. e4 $5 {Legky}) 12... exd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Ne2
Nd5 $1 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Raxd8 $15 {Ilincic-Legky/Novi Bezy/1991/}) 11.
Ne2 c5 12. Qd2 (12. Qb3 $5 h6 13. Bh4 d5 $6 (13... cxd4 14. exd4 e5 15. Bf5 g5
$132 {Razuvaev}) 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qd1 $14 {Sokolov,I-Georgiev,Kir/Burgas/1992/
}) 12... Ba6 (12... h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 Ba6 15. Rc1 d5 16. b3 (16. cxd5 $5
) 16... dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18. O-O exd4 19. Ng3 $5 Nc5 20. Nh5 Nfe4 21. Qe1 Ng5
$132 {Nikolic,Pr-Short,N/Tilburg/1988/}) 13. Rc1 Re8 $5 $146 (13... h6 14. Bh4
cxd4 15. exd4 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. dxe6 Bxe2 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. exd7 Qxd7 20.
Kxe2 Re8+ $1 (20... g5 21. Bg3 Re8+ 22. Be5 Nh5 23. Kd1 Rd8 24. h4 $16) 21. Kf2
Ne4+ $1 $10 {Flear,G-Summermatter/Ciasso/1991/}) 14. b4 h6 15. Bh4 Ne4 $5 (
15... cxd4 16. exd4 d5 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 bxc5 19. bxc5 e5 20. c6 exd4 21.
Qxd4 Ne5 $17) (15... d5 16. b5 Bb7 17. O-O $14) 16. Bxd8 (16. Bxe4 Qxh4+ 17. g3
Qe7 18. b5 f5 19. bxa6 fxe4 20. fxe4 e5 21. d5 Nb8) 16... Nxd2 17. Bh4 (17.
Kxd2 Rexd8 $10) (17. Bxb6 Nxf3+) 17... Nb3 18. Rc3 d5 $8 19. cxd5 (19. b5 cxd4
20. Rxb3 (20. exd4 $2 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Na5) 20... dxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. bxa6 Nc5
$1 (22... d3 23. Rxd3) 23. Rb1 d3 (23... dxe3 $5 $132) 24. Nd4 e5) 19... Bxd3
20. Rxd3 $6 (20. dxe6 $5 Rxe6 21. Rxd3 c4 22. Rc3 a5 23. e4 axb4 24. axb4 b5
25. Kf2 $16) 20... c4 21. dxe6 Ndc5 $1 22. Rc3 Nd3+ (22... Na4 23. Rc2 Rxe6 24.
e4 $16) 23. Kd1 a5 $5 (23... Rxe6 24. e4) 24. bxa5 b5 25. Kc2 (25. exf7+ $5
Kxf7 26. e4) 25... Rxe6 26. Rxb3 (26. e4 b4 $1 27. axb4 (27. Rxb3 cxb3+ 28.
Kxd3 bxa3) 27... Nxb4+ 28. Kb2 Ra6 $132) 26... Rxe3 27. Rxb5 Rxe2+ 28. Kc3 Nf4
29. a6 $142 $6 (29. Bg3 $5) 29... Ra2 30. Ra5 Ne2+ 31. Kb4 Nxd4 $2 (31... Rb2+
32. Ka4 Nc3#) 32. Ka4 c3 33. a7 $4 (33. Be7) 33... Rc4# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c3]}
(6... b6) 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nf3 (8. Nh3) (8. e3) (8. g3) 8... b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2
Nf6 11. O-O Be4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge4c2]} 12. Qc3 Qe8 13. b3 d6 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15.
Rfd1 Qh5 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Rac1 h6 18. b4 {Although this is a Classical
Nimzo-Indian by definition, in many ways it is also the dream of any Dutch
player with control over the e4 square by the bishop no less, and every piece
aimed at the enemy king.} g5 $1 19. a4 Ng4 20. h3 Ngf6 21. c5 Nd5 22. cxd6 cxd6
{White is already in big trouble, and it is not clear he can objectively
defend this against best play. Still, as seen by Navara against Colin: never
say never!} 23. Bf1 N7f6 24. Nh2 g4 $1 25. e3 ({A casual looker might ask why
not try and lock up the kingside with} 25. h4 $2 {but it doesn't work, and
Black would just bludgeon through with} f4 26. Re1 fxg3 27. fxg3 Qg6 {followed
by} 28. Z0 Nh5 {and Nxg3.}) 25... gxh3 26. b5 Ng4 27. Qe2 Bg2 $2 {A mistake
that might have let Jakovenko back into the game.} ({The correct follow-up was
} 27... Qg6 28. Bxh3 Ngxe3 $1 29. fxe3 Qxg3+ 30. Bg2 Nxe3 31. Rd2 Qxg2+ 32.
Qxg2+ Nxg2 33. Rxg2+ Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Rc8 {and the rook and three pawns for the
two pieces easily decides it.}) 28. Ba3 Rd8 29. Rc6 Rf7 30. Rdc1 Bxf1 31. Rxf1
Rfd7 32. e4 Ndf6 33. d5 $2 {Dmitry was clearly rattled after finding himself
facing certain death, and is unable to recover his equanamity.} exd5 34. exf5
Qxf5 35. Bb2 Re8 36. Qc2 Qe4 37. Qxe4 dxe4 38. f3 exf3 39. Bxf6 f2+ 40. Kh1
Nxf6 41. Rxf2 Ne4 42. Rfc2 Nxg3+ 43. Kg1 Ne2+ (43... Ne2+ 44. Kh1 (44. Kf2 Rf7+
45. Ke1 Nd4+) 44... Rg7 {threatening Rg1 mate.} 45. Nf3 Rg2 $1 {and the threat
of Ng3 mate ends all resistance.}) 0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wilder, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 {Playing for
an early e5. The system with 6....b6 has run into problems lately. White
players have changed over to plans involving Bg5 instead of b4 and Bb2.} 7. Bg5
Nbd7 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Bd3 e5 11. Ne2 exd4 {The question here is: Should
Black exchange e5 for e3? White seems better equipped to take advantage of an
open position.} 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Qc2 Bg4 {Speelmans P-sac 13...Ng6 hardly
solves Blacks problems.} 14. f3 Bh5 15. O-O Bg6 16. Nc3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ng6 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. f4 $1 {Suddenly the f-P cannot be stopped.} c6 (19... Nxf4 20.
Qd2 g5 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Qe6 23. Nd5 $18) 20. f5 Nf8 21. Ne4 Qd8 (21... Qe7
22. Rae1 f6 (22... d5 23. f6 dxe4 24. Qg3 $18) 23. Qg3 Red8 (23... Rad8 $2 24.
Nxd6 $1 $18) 24. Nc5 Qf7 25. Ne6 $16) 22. f6 d5 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Nd6 Re6 25.
Nxb7 Qb6 26. Nc5 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qf2 dxc4 (28... Kg7 29. Rf1 Qd8 30.
cxd5 cxd5 $16) 29. Nd7 Qd8 30. Nxf6+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Rb8 32. Qd2 $1 Kg7 33. Nh5+
Kg8 34. Qxh6 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 Re8 (35... Rxb2 36. h3 $18) 36. Qg5 (36. Nf6+ $4
Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Re1+ $19) 36... Re6 37. Qf5 Re7 38. h3 {Now that his K is safe
White is free to conclude the attack.} Qd8 39. Qf6 Qf8 40. Qc3 Ne5 41. Nf6+ Kh8
42. Re1 Qd8 43. Ng4 f6 44. Nxf6 Nd3 45. Rf1 Ne5 46. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.05"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 a5 7. Qg3 O-O 8.
Bh6 Ne8 9. e4 e5 10. Nf3 $2 (10. d5 $6 f5 $1) (10. Be3 $8) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4
Qf6 $19 {[/\ 12...Qxh6, 12...Qxd4,12...c5} 12. Be3 c5 13. e5 (13. Nb3 $5 {e.g.}
Qxb2 (13... a4 14. Nc1 Qxb2 15. Ra2) 14. Bc1 Qf6 15. Ra2) 13... Qxe5 14. Qxe5
dxe5 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nc7 17. g4 Ne6 18. Ng5 Nd4 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ (
20. Nxc5 $5) 20... gxf6 21. f4 Kh8 22. f5 Rg8 23. h3 h5 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Be4 Bc6
26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Bf2 Kg7 28. Rh2 Kf8 29. Be3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Ke7 (30... Rxg4 $19
) 31. Rg2 a4 32. Re1 Kd6 33. Bh6 Rab8 34. Bd2 Rg7 35. Rh1 Rbg8 36. g5 (36. Rh4
Nxf5) (36. Rhg1 Nf3 $1 37. Rf1 (37. Rd1 Rxg4 $1) 37... Nh4 $1 {/\ 38...Rxg4})
36... fxg5 37. f6 Rg6 38. Rh7 Rxf6 39. Be3 g4 40. Kd2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Situru, Nathanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. Nge2 d6 10. O-O Ng4 11. a3 Ba5 12. Ng3 a6 13. Be2 Bc8 14. h3 Nf6 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bd2 Re8 17. f4 Nbd7 18. Rae1 b5 19. Bf3 Bb6 20. Kh1 c4 21. Nf5 Nc5 22.
Nxd6 Qxd6 23. e5 Qd8 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. d6 Ra7 27. Nd5 (27. Nd5
Qd8 (27... Nd7 28. Re1 Qd8 29. Ne7+ Kg7 30. Nc6 $18) 28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29. Be3 Qxd6
30. b4 $1) 1-0

[Event "Match Keres-Euwe +6-5=3"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1939.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1939.12.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 (5. e4 d5 $10 (5... d6 {
/\ 6... e5 =})) 5... h6 6. Bh4 Nc6 $6 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Na6 $10) 7. e3 (7. Nf3
$142) 7... Re8 8. Bd3 $2 {/\ 9.Nge2, 10.0-0} (8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 $1) (8. a3 $6
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 e5 $1 10. Nf3 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 {/\ Ng6}) (10. d5 Nd4 {/\ Nf5})
10... exd4 11. Nxd4 g5 12. Nxc6 (12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qd3 $2 Nc5 14. Qd1 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nb3 $17) 12... dxc6 13. Bg3 Ne4 $15) 8... e5 $1 9. d5 $2 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10.
Nge2 $15 (10. Be2 Ng6) (10. Nge2 Nxd3+ (10... g5 11. Bg3 d5 12. O-O-O $16 {Euwe
}) 11. Qxd3)) 9... e4 $1 (9... Nd4 $5 10. exd4 (10. Qa4 $6 e4 $17) 10... exd4+
11. Nge2 dxc3 12. bxc3 {/\ 13.0-0 =/+}) 10. dxc6 (10. Bxe4 Rxe4 $1 (10... Bxc3+
11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3 g5 $19) 11... Rxe4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. dxc6 (13. Qxe4 {
Siehe 10.... Re4}) 13... Qxc6 $19 {Euwe}) 11. Bxf6 (11. Qxe4 $2 Nxe4 12. Bxd8
Nxc3 $19) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxe4 (12. dxc6 Rxc4) 12... Bxc3+ 13. Kf1 {Oder 13.Ke2,
13.Kd1} (13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 Qb2+ $19) 13... Bxb2 14. dxc6 d5 $1 (14... Bxa1
15. cxb7 (15. Qe8+ Kh7 16. cxd7 Bxd7 17. Qxa8 Qb2 $17 {->}) 15... Bxb7 16. Qxb7
Re8 $17 {Hannak}) 15. Qe8+ (15. Qxd5 $2 Be6 $19) 15... Kh7 16. Rd1 bxc6 $19) (
10. Bf1 Ne5 $17) (10. Be2 Ne5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nf3+ $19 {
Euwe}) 10... exd3 11. Qxd3 (11. cxb7 $2 Bxb7) 11... dxc6 $1 (11... bxc6 {
/\ 12... Ba6 =/+/-/+}) 12. Qxd8 (12. Qc2 {/\ Ne2, 0-0} Qd4 $1 {/\ 13... Qh4,
13... Qc4, 13... Bc3} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $17 (13... Qxf6 14. Nge2 Be6 15. b3 (15.
Qb3 Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 b5 $19) (15. Qa4 a5 16. a3 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Qg6 $19) 15... Bf5
16. Qb2 Bd3 $19 {Euwe})) 12... Bxc3+ $1 (12... Rxd8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rc1 {
=/+/-/+ 2 bishops.}) 13. Qd2 (13. bxc3 $2 Rxd8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nf3 Be6 16.
Nd2 Rd3 17. Rc1 Rad8 $19 18. Rc2 Bxc4 $1) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne4+ $17 15. Ke2
(15. Ke1 Nc5 {/\ 16... Nd3}) (15. Kc1 Nc5 {/\ 16... Nd3}) (15. Kc2 Bf5 {
/\ 16... Nf2}) 15... Be6 16. Rc1 (16. b3 g5 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Rhd1
$4 Nc3+ $19) 16... g5 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Nf3 c5 $1 {/\ 19... g4 -+} (18... g4 $6
19. Nd4 Rxd4 (19... c5 20. Nxe6 Rd2+ 21. Ke1 Rxe6 22. f3 Nxg3 23. Kxd2 Nxh1 24.
Rxh1 $10 {Hannak}) 20. exd4 Bxc4+ 21. Kd1 $1 (21. Rxc4 $2 Nxg3+ {/\ 22... Nh1
-+}) 21... Bxa2 22. Kc2 $17) 19. Rhd1 (19. Bxc7 Rd7 (19... g4 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21.
Rhd1 (21. Ne5 {21.Nh4} Rd2+ {/\ 22... Rf2(b2) -/+/-+}) 21... gxf3+ 22. gxf3 (
22. Kxf3 $2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bg4+ $1 $19) 22... Rxd1 $1 (22... Nd6 $2 23. e4 $16 {
/\ 24.e5}) 23. Kxd1 (23. Rxd1 $2 Bxc4+ 24. Ke1 Ng5 $19) 23... Nd6 (23... Nxf2+
$2 24. Ke2 Nh3 25. f4 $1 {Winning the knight.} Bg4+ 26. Kf1 Bf3 27. Rc2 Kf8 28.
Rg2 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 30. exf4 $10) 24. b3 Kg7 {=/+/-/+}) 20. Ba5 b6 21. Be1
Red8 {/\ 22... g4, 23... Rd2 -> =/+/-/+}) 19... Rxd1 20. Kxd1 g4 $1 21. Ng1 $2
(21. Ne1 Rd8+ {/\ 22... Rd2 -+}) (21. Ne5 Nxg3 (21... Bf5 $19 {Hannak}) 22.
hxg3 Bf5 23. f4 gxf3 (23... f6 24. e4 fxe5 25. exf5 exf4 26. gxf4 Re4 {-/+/-+}
27. g3 Re3 28. Rc3 Rxc3 $19) 24. Nxf3 Rxe3 {-/+/-+}) (21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Rc2 Bf5
$1 23. Bh4 Rd7 {/\ 24... g3!} (23... g3 24. Bxg3 (24. Bxd8 gxh2 $19) 24... Nxg3
{/\ 25... Bc2}) 24. Kc1 (24. b3 g3 $3 $19) 24... g3 $1 25. fxg3 Nf2 $19 {Hannak
} 26. e4 Bxe4 $1 $19) (21. Nh4 $1 Rd8+ 22. Ke1 Nxg3 (22... Rd2 $4 23. f3 $18) (
22... c6 {/\ b5}) 23. hxg3 a5 $17 (23... Rd6 {/\ 24... Ra6 25.a3 Ra4} 24. b3 a5
25. Ke2 a4 26. e4 {-/+/-+ Euwe})) 21... Rd8+ 22. Ke1 Rd2 $1 23. f3 Rxg2 $1 24.
fxe4 (24. Kf1 gxf3 25. Nxf3 Rxb2 $19) 24... Rxg1+ 25. Kd2 Rxc1 $1 26. Kxc1 Bxc4
27. b3 Bd3 28. Bxc7 h5 $19 29. Kd2 (29. Bb8 h4 30. Bxa7 $2 g3 31. hxg3 h3 $19)
29... Bb1 (29... c4) 30. Kc3 h4 $1 $19 31. a4 Bxe4 32. Kc4 b6 33. a5 bxa5 34.
Kxc5 (34. Bxa5 g3 $19) 34... Bc2 35. Kb5 Bxb3 36. Kxa5 Kg7 37. Ka6 Kg6 38. e4
g3 $1 39. hxg3 h3 40. g4 Kg5 (40... Kg5 41. Kxa7 Kxg4 42. Kb6 Kf3 43. Kc5 Kg2
44. Kd4 h2 45. Bxh2 Kxh2 $19) 0-1

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 (9... h6 $5 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Re8
14. Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 $11 18. O-O Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7
20. Qd4 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Nf1 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. b3 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ng3 Be6 29. Ne2 Nc6 30. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,
K-Almasi,Z/Vienna op 1996}) 10. f3 d5 (10... c5 $5 11. e4 cxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 Qc7
13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8) (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 $5 (
11... e5 $5) (11... d5 $5) 12. e4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Be2 Rac8 15. O-O Qc5
16. Bf2 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rc7 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Psakhis,L/
Informal Game g/5, ICC 1998 (48)}) 11. e3 Re8 (11... c5 $5 12. dxc5 bxc5 (12...
Nxc5 $2 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 h6 16. exf6 hxg5 17. fxg7 Re8 18. Bb5
Rc8 19. Rd1 $16) 13. Bd3 Qb6 (13... h6 $5 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3) 14.
O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Linares 1998 (33)}) (11... Rc8 $143 $146 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Bf5 Rce8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Kf2 Re7 19. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Timman,J/Breda m(5) 1998 (38)}) 12. Bd3 {
/\0-0} (12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne4 $1 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bxc7 Nxe2) (12. c5 c6 {
/\ e6-e5}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 c5 $1 $146 (13... e5 $1 {+/=/=} 14. O-O (14. dxe5
$143 Nxe5 15. Be2 Ne4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc3,Rh4][%cal Ge4c3,Gd8h4]}) 14... exd4 (
14... c5 $5 15. Rfe1 $5) 15. exd4 dxc4 (15... c5 $5 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Bg3 cxd4
18. Qxd4 Qc5 $11) 16. Nxc4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc4e5]} Nf8 $5 {[%cal Gf8e6]} 17.
Ne5 Ne6 $5 {><d4;/\Nd5} 18. Bc4 $5 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Timman,J/Breda m  1998/
CBM 65/[Golod,V] (31)}) 14. dxc5 $6 (14. O-O) 14... Nxc5 15. Be2 e5 $5 (15...
Nfe4 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Bxb6 $1) 16. cxd5 g5 17. Bf2 Nxd5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. b4 (
19. O-O e4 $1) 19... Ne6 20. Qb2 e4 $1 21. Nxe4 (21. fxe4 Nc3) (21. O-O) 21...
f5 22. Ng3 (22. Nd2 Nef4 $1) (22. Rd1 fxe4 (22... Qe7 $140 23. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 24.
Nf6+) 23. fxe4 Qf6 $1 $19) 22... f4 23. exf4 $2 (23. Nf5 $142 $5 fxe3 24. Bg3
Nc3 25. Nd6 $16) 23... Nexf4 24. O-O Nc3 25. Rae1 (25. Rfe1 Ncxe2+ 26. Nxe2 Nd3
27. Qb3+ Qd5 28. Qxd5+ Bxd5 29. Red1 Nxf2 $1 30. Kxf2 Rc2 31. Rxd5 Rexe2+ $40)
25... Qd5 $1 26. Ne4 (26. Z0 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Rxe2 $19 {[%csl Rf3]}) 26... Nxe4 $6
$138 (26... Rxe4 $142 $5 27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Bf3 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Qxf3 30. Bxb6 (30.
Bd4 $2 Qd3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rc1 Bxg2+ $1 $19) 30... Qd3 $15) (
26... Nfxe2+ $142 27. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Qe6 $15) 27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Qb3+ $1
Bd5 29. Bf3 Qxf3 30. Qxf3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Re2 $4 (31... Ne2+ $142 $1 32. Kg2 Rc3
$17) 32. Bg3 Ra2 33. Bxf4 gxf4 (33... gxf4 34. Rf2 Rxa3 35. Re4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 19th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "El Kher, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 d6 8. f3
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 Qe7 13. Ne2 Rb8 14. Nf4 Rb6
15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Nh5 f5 17. Bc2 f6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Rhg1 Qf7 20. g4 Kh8 21. h3 Bb7
22. Ng3 Ba8 23. Rd2 Rfb8 24. Ba4 Bc6 25. Bd1 d5 26. gxf5 d4 27. exd4 cxd4 28.
Qxd4 e5 29. fxe5 Nxe5 30. Be2 R6b7 31. Qf4 Qf8 32. Qe3 Rb3 33. Qxa7 R8b7 $4 (
33... Qh6 $5) (33... Ra8 $5) 34. Qa5 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Ne4 Nc6 37. Qc5 Qf7
38. Qd6 Rxh3 39. Qxf6+ Qxf6 40. Nxf6 Bxf5 41. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 $6 10. Bg3 Ne4 $6 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Ndf6 13. Bd3 h5 $2 {
>= 13...b6} 14. h4 $1 Nxg3 15. fxg3 g4 16. Ng5 $1 Nh7 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. O-O $16
Qf6 19. d5 $1 Kg7 20. e4 $1 Bd7 21. dxe6 Qd4+ (21... Bxe6 22. exf5 $18) 22. Kh2
fxe4 23. Qd2 $1 Qc5 24. Bxe4 Bxe6 25. Bd5 {/\ 26.Qg5+} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
b4 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 a5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qb3 f5 $5 (12... axb4) 13. O-O Ndf6
14. Rad1 Qd7 15. b5 g5 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 g4 18. d5 e5 19. f3 $5 Rae8 20.
Bd3 Bc8 21. f4 (21. Rdf2 $142 $5 {Nogueiras,J}) 21... e4 22. Bc2 $10 Bb7 23.
Qc3 Ra8 24. g3 Qf7 25. h3 Qg6 26. Rh2 h5 27. hxg4 fxg4 28. Kg2 Rae8 29. Rfh1
Re7 30. Qd2 Rh7 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Qd4 Bc8 33. Kg1 Bf5 34. Rxh5 Rxh5 35. Rxh5
Qxh5 36. Qxf6 Qf7 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Kf2 Qg7 39. Ke2 Qc3 40. Kd1 Qxe3 41. Qe7+
Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kh8 43. Qxf5 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Albena-16"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1984.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Semkov, Semko"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1984.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 a5 9. b3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bb2 Ndf6 14. Nd2 Qe8
15. f3 Ng5 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. f4 {[#]} Nh3+ $2 (17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4
fxe4 20. d5 Qg6 21. b4 $14) 18. gxh3 Qg6+ 19. Kf2 $16 Qg2+ 20. Ke1 Qxh3 21. Be2
Qxh2 22. Bxh5 Qxh5 23. Qd3 Bg2 24. Rf2 Qh4 25. Qe2 a4 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3
axb3 28. Kd2 Ra4 29. Rh1 Qf6 30. Qc6 Ra5 31. Rfh2 h6 32. Qxc7 Ra4 33. Rc1 d5
34. cxd5 exd5 35. Rc6 Qf7 36. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 (6... d6 7. f3
$6 (7. Bg5 $5 Nbd7 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 e5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bh4 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13.
Qc2 $16 {Salv,V-Speelman,J/Barcelona WCup/1989/1-0/37/ -> CBM 12}) 7... d5 $1
8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 Re8 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 c5 $1 $15 {
Kasparov,G-Sax,G/Reykjavik WCup/1988/1-0/38/ -> CBM 10/S.84}) 7. Bg5 Bb7 (7...
c5 {Schwarz spart ...Bb7, aber Weiss kommt ohne f2-f3 aus.} 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3
Nc6 10. Bd3 {10.Nf3 (!)} Rb8 {10...Qa5 (!)} 11. Nf3 {11.0-0-0 (!)} h6 12. Bh4
d6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Hjartarson,J/Barcelona WCup/1989/1-0/
38/ -> CBM 12}) 8. f3 $5 (8. e3 d6 9. f3 $5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne2
Rc8 {Pekarek,A-Hansen,C/Prague Bohemians/1989/0-1/24/ -> CBM 12}) 8... c5 (8...
d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 exd5 (11... h6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. cxd5 Qe7 14.
O-O-O {N} a6 15. g4 Nh7 16. Nf2 b5 17. h4 {Hjartarson,J-Salov,V/Barcelona WCup/
1989/1-0/39/ -> CBM 12}) 12. cxd5 a6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. O-O {Kasparov,
G-Hjartarson,J/reykjavik WCup/1988/1-0/56/ -> CBM10/S.83}) (8... h6 9. Bh4 d5
10. e3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxc7 Ba6 13. Qe5 {Oll,L-Goldin,A/
URS-FL Klaipeda/1988/1-0/ -> CBM 11}) 10... Nbd7 11. cxd5 (11. Bd3 Rc8 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8 {Olafsson,H-Polugaevsky,L/New York op/989/1/
2-1/2/23/ -> CBM 12}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 {Gurevich,M-Polugaevsky,L/New
York op/1989/1/2-1/2/20/ -> CBM 12}) 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6 (10... Qe7 11. Nh3
h6 12. Bh4 a5 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rac1 $14 {Chernin,
A-Suba,M/New York op/1989/1-0/98/ -> CBM 12}) 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 $5 13.
O-O-O $1 d5 $5 (13... g5 14. Be1 d5 15. Nf2 {/\ h2-h4}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Kb1 (16. Nf4 $1 d4 17. Qe1 $16) 16... Qd6 17. Nf4 d4 18. Qe1 Qe5 19.
Qg3+ Qg5 20. Nd5 $5 (20. exd4 cxd4 21. Nh3 $5 {Salov}) 20... Kg7 21. e4 Rfd8
22. Qf2 $2 {>= 22.Qe1! /\ 23.f4} Qe5 $1 23. Bd3 f5 $1 24. f4 $6 Qe6 25. exf5 (
25. Qg3+ $5 Qg6 26. exf5 Qxg3 27. f6+ Kf8 28. hxg3 Rxd5 29. Rxh6 Ke8 30. Be4)
25... Qxd5 26. Qg3+ Kf8 27. f6 Rd6 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Rhe1+ (29. Bg6 $2 Kd8 30.
Bxf7 Qf5+) 29... Kd8 30. Be4 Qb3 31. Bc2 Qd5 32. Be4 Qe6 $1 33. Bxc6 Qf5+ 34.
Ka1 Bxc6 35. Re7 Rd7 36. Re5 Qc2 37. Re8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 $5 h6 $5 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 (11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5
Ne4 {Shabalov,A-Ulibin,M/URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/1/2-1/2/42/ ->}) (11. Bd3 Rc8 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 {Olafsson,H-polugaevsky,L/New York op (4)/1989/1/2-1/2/
23/ ->}) 11... Nxd5 $5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Bb5
Nc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. O-O cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
O-O {[%emt 0:01:11]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Qxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:44]
} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nbd7 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. dxc5 bxc5
13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. f3 Ne5 15. Be2 d5 16. O-O h6 17. Bh4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19.
Qa4 g5 20. Bf2 Nd7 21. Bg3 Nb6 22. Qc2 Nd5 23. Rfe1 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. h3 h5 28. Qxc4 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Bxd5 30. e4 Bc6 31. Bf2 f5
32. exf5 exf5 33. Bxc5 a5 34. b3 Bd5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Bc6 37. h4 g4 38. Kf2
gxf3 39. gxf3 Kf7 {Dreev,A (2670)-Alekseev,E (2678) Loo 2014 1/2-1/2}) 10...
Re8 {[%emt 0:08:58]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 12. Qc2 $146
{[%emt 0:15:43]} (12. f3 Ng6 13. e4 h6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Qd2 c5 16. d5 Ba6 17.
Rd1 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qe5 20. Kf2 Qxh2 21. Rh1 Qe5 22. Ne2 Nxe4+ 23.
fxe4 Qxe4 24. Ng3 Qg4 25. Qe2 Ne5 26. Rhe1 Qg6 27. Qd2 c4 28. Bf4 Nd3+ 29. Kg1
Nxe1 30. Rxe1 h5 31. Nf1 Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Qd3 33. Qg3 Qxd5 34. Ne3 Qe4 35. Bxd6
Re8 36. Bf4 Re6 37. Qg5 f6 38. Qf5 Qxf5 39. Nxf5 Re1+ 40. Kh2 {0-1 (40) Levin,
E (2512)-Alekseev,E (2714) Yekaterinburg 2013}) 12... h6 {[%emt 0:17:34]} 13.
Bxf6 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Bxg2 {
[%emt 0:04:27] A very complex game. Girya's pawns sacrifice might not have
been totally justified but it certainly put pressure on Black's position. Once
White safeguarded her own king it was only a matter of time until Black's king
could not resist the pressure any longer.} 15. Rg1 $44 {[%emt 0:00:04][%csl
Rg7,Rg8]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 16. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:17:25]}
17. Kd2 {[%emt 0:10:04]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:17:31]} d5 {
[%emt 0:08:47]} 19. Rag1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 20. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:12:01]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 21. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} c5 {[%emt 0:13:
29]} 22. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:07:58]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 23. dxc5 {[%emt 0:10:28]}
bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 24. Qc4 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Qxh2+ {[%emt 0:05:47]} 25. R1g2
{[%emt 0:01:07]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. Kc2 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 27. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 28. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 29. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 30. Qd4 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 31. b3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 32. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb6
{[%emt 0:00:23]} 34. Rgd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 37. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qh1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:43]}
Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 39. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qg2+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 40. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kb2 {[%emt 0:11:06]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:
29]} 42. e5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Be4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 43. e6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Qb1+
{[%emt 0:06:10]} 44. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 45. Kb4 {
[%emt 0:09:57]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 46. Bxe6+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 47. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:29]
} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 (7...
Ba6 $5) 8. Bh4 Ba6 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 (10. Nf3 $5 Nbd7 11. Rd1 $1 c5 $6 12. dxc5
Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 (13... gxf6 14. Qd4) 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Rxd6 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+
Rxd8 17. Nd2 Na4 18. b3 Nc3 19. h4 $1 $14 {With idea 20.Rh3}) 10... Nbd7 11.
Ne2 c5 12. b4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Rc1 $6 (15. b5 $1 Bb7 16. O-O e4
17. Bb1 Qc7 (17... Re8 $5 18. Ba2 g5 19. Bg3 d5) 18. Rc1 d5 19. Bg3 $1 dxc4 20.
Qa4 Qd8 21. Qxa7 Bd5 22. Nc3 Ra8 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Bb7 $14) 15... exd4 16.
O-O Ne5 17. b5 Bb7 18. Nxd4 d5 19. Bb1 $5 (19. Nf5 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 $1 21.
Rxc4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 (22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qg4 Qd3 24. Qxh5 Re8 $1 $17) 22... Re8 23.
Qf4 $1 Qd5 $1 24. f3 Qc5+ 25. Bf2 Qe5 $10) 19... g5 $1 (19... dxc4 20. Qg3 $1)
20. Qg3 $1 $8 (20. Bg3 dxc4 21. Qb2 Qd5 22. f3 $17) (20. f4 dxc4) 20... Ng6 (
20... Nfg4 21. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 22. h3 $13) 21. Bxg6 gxh4 22. Qxh4 fxg6 23. Ne6 Qe7
24. Qxh6 Qxe6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 c5 11. dxc5 (11. O-O-O $6 h6 12. Bh4 d5 $1 13. dxc5
bxc5 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Nf2 Rfe8 16. Be2 Rab8 17. Rc1 {Bischoff-Almasi/Altensteig/
1994} Ba6 $1 18. Rhd1 dxc4 19. e4 Nd5 $1 20. exd5 exd5 $40) 11... bxc5 12.
O-O-O $6 {N} (12. Be2 a5 13. O-O (13. Rd1)) 12... d5 13. Be2 Qb6 14. Rd2 {><b2}
Rfe8 (14... Rab8 $5 {/\} 15. Bf4 $6 d4 $1 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rxd7
Nxd7 19. Be3 Qg6 $15) 15. Rhd1 Bc6 (15... Ba6 $6 16. Nf4 d4 17. exd4 cxd4 18.
Rxd4 e5 19. Rd6 $16) (15... Rab8 $5 16. Nf4 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 $10) 16. Kb1 Rab8
17. Bh4 Ba4 (17... Qb3 18. Rc1 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 $14) 18. Rc1 Rec8 19. Bd1 $2 (19.
g4 {>=} Bb3 $6 (19... h6 $5) 20. g5 Ne8 (20... Nh5 $2 21. f4 g6 22. cxd5 exd5
23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. f5 $16) 21. Bg3 Nd6 $6 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nf4 $16) 19... Qa6
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nf4 Bxd1 22. Rcxd1 dxc4 $15 23. g4 (23. e4 $5 Ne8 $15) 23...
Ne8 24. Rc2 Rc7 (24... Nd6 $6 25. Nh5 f6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxf6 Nf7 28. Rd7
Rf8 29. g5 $40) (24... Rb3 25. Qxc4 Qxa3 (25... Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxe3 27. Rd3 Re1+
28. Ka2 g5 29. Nh5 $44) 26. Rd3 $1 Rcb8 27. Rxb3 Rxb3 (27... Qxb3 28. Qxc5 $10)
28. Nd3 $1 $10 Nd6 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Nxc5 Rxe3 $2 31. Ne4 Ne8 32. Rc8 Kf8 33.
Nd6 $16) 25. Qxc4 (25. Kc1 $5 Rcb7 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxb2 $15) 25... Qxa3
26. Rd8 Rcb7 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qc3 Qa6 (28... Rb3 29. Qd2 Qb4 $2 30. Qxb4 cxb4
31. Re2 $1 a5 32. Kc2 a4 33. Nd3 $16 {/\Nc5}) 29. Qc4 Rb5 (29... Qxc4 $5 30.
Rxc4 Rb3 31. Ng2 Rb5 32. Kc2 Nd6 33. Ra4 a5 34. e4 Kf8 $17) 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. Ne2
Rb8 32. e4 Nc7 33. Rd2 h6 34. Qd7 (34. Qd6 $5 Qb6 35. Qxb6 axb6 36. Rd7 $15)
34... Qb6 35. Nc3 c4 36. h4 (36. Qd4 $5 Nb5 37. Qxb6 Nxc3+ 38. bxc3 Rxb6+ 39.
Kc2 $15) 36... Qa5 37. Qa4 (37. Qd4 Nb5 38. Nxb5 Qxb5 39. Rc2 Qb3 $17) 37...
Qc5 38. Qd7 Nb5 39. Nxb5 Qxb5 40. Qxb5 Rxb5 41. Kc2 $2 (41. Rd8+ $1 Kh7 42. Rd7
Kg6 (42... c3 43. Rxa7 Rxb2+ 44. Kc1 $10) 43. Rxa7 c3 (43... Rb3 44. h5+ Kf6
45. e5+ Kxe5 46. Rxf7 $10) 44. f4 (44. h5+ Kf6 45. f4 Rxb2+ 46. Kc1 g5 47. hxg6
Kxg6 $17) 44... h5 45. f5+ (45. gxh5+ Rxh5 46. bxc3 Rxh4 47. f5+ exf5 48. exf5+
Kf6 $17 {/\Rf4-f5}) 45... exf5 46. gxf5+ Kf6 47. b3 Rb4 48. Ra4 Rxb3+ 49. Kc2
Rb7 50. Kxc3 Ke5 $15) 41... Rb3 $17 42. f4 Rg3 43. g5 Rg4 44. f5 $2 exf5 45.
exf5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 $19 47. f6 gxf6 48. Kc3 Rc5 49. Rd7 a5 50. Ra7 Kg7 51.
Kd4 Rb5 52. Kc3 Kg6 53. Rc7 f5 54. Rxc4 Rd5 55. Ra4 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Ne5 (12... Bb7 13. O-O Ne5
14. Bb1 Ng6 15. Bg3 e5 16. b4 Qc7 17. f3 Nd7 18. Bd3 Ne7 $13 {
Bareev-Polugaevsky/Hastings/1992}) 13. Bc2 (13. O-O Ba6 14. b3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 d5
16. Qc2 Qe7 $10) 13... Ba6 14. b3 Ng6 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nf4 $5 (16.
O-O g5 17. Bg3 Qb6 $10) (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 $10) 16... Qe8 17. Qd3 $2
(17. Bxf6 Rxf6 $10) 17... g5 18. Qxd6 Bc8 $19) (15. Bg3 $5 d5 (15... Nh5 16.
Rd1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qe7 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 $14) (15... Qe7 16. f3 d5 17. O-O
Rfd8 18. Rfd1 $14) 16. O-O (16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxc5 Ne4 19. Qd4
Rc8 $40) 16... Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rd2 (18. Bxg6 fxg6 $10) 18... Ne4 $5 (
18... dxc4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. bxc4 $14) 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8
22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Nc3 $14) 15... Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nc3 Rfd8
$14 18. O-O-O Kf8 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rhd1 Rad8 21. f4 Ke7 22. Kb2 (22. g4 Bb7 23.
Be4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Nh4 25. Nc3 f5 $10) 22... f5 23. g3 Rb8 24. Ka2 Nf8 (24...
Bb7 $142 $14) 25. h3 $1 {/\g4} h5 26. Re1 (26. e4 $1 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Rbd8 28. f5
$1 {/\f6} exf5 (28... e5 $2 29. f6+ Ke6 30. Rf2 $18) (28... Nh7 29. Nxc5 $1
dxc5 30. Rxd7+ Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. fxe6+ $18) 29. Nc3 $16) 26... Bb7 27. e4
fxe4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rdd8 30. Red1 (30. f5 e5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Nh7
$10) (30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Nd7 $10) (30. Bf3 h4 31. g4 Ng6 32. f5 Ne5 $10) (30.
Red1 f5 31. Bh1 (31. Bf3 h4 32. g4 Ng6 33. gxf5 exf5 {><f4}) 31... h4 32. g4
Ng6 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Rf2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 $5 (12... bxc5) 13. O-O-O
(13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 $10 15. O-O-O Rfd8 16. Nf4 Rac8 17. Kb1 $6 Nb3 $1
18. Be2 $6 Ba6 $1 $17 {Flear,G-van der Wiel,J/Mondorf 1991}) 13... d5 $5 14.
Kb1 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 $10 16. Nf4 $2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Rfc8 18. Kb1 Ne4
$15) 14... Rc8 15. Be2 $6 (15. Qe1 Qe7 (15... Ncd7 16. cxd5 Qc7 17. dxe6 Qc2+
18. Ka1 (18. Ka2 $2 Bd5+ 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. exd7 Nc3+ 21. Ka1 Qb3 22. bxc3 Qxa3+
23. Kb1 Qb3+ 24. Ka1 Rxc3 $19) 18... Nc5 19. Bxf6 Nb3+ 20. Ka2 Bd5 21. Rxd5
Nc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qxc1 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Bd4 $16) 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf2 Qe6 18.
Qd2 $14) 15... Ba6 $2 (15... Ncd7 $1 16. Qe1 Qc7 (16... dxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Nf4 $13) 17. Rc1 Ba6 $15) 16. Qe1 $16 Na4 $2 (16... g5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5
$40 Re8 19. e4 Ncd7 20. Qg3 $16) (16... Ncd7 17. cxd5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 exd5 19.
Nf4 $5 g5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 gxh4 22. Rhd1 Rc7 23. Qb5 Qe7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7
25. Rxd7 Qxe3 26. Rxa7 $16) 17. cxd5 Qc7 (17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 exd5 19. Bxf6
Qxf6 20. Nf4 Qf5+ 21. Qd3 Qxd3+ 22. Rxd3 $16) 18. Bxf6 Qc2+ 19. Ka1 Bxe2 20.
Rd2 $18 gxf6 (20... Qb3 21. Qg3 g6 22. Rxe2 $18) 21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Nf4 Bc4 23.
Nh5 {Überrraschenderweise gibt es für diese Partie einen Vorgänger! Ob
Georgiev davon wuste?} (23. Nh5 Rxg2 24. Rg1 Rg6 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Nh5+ Kg8 27.
Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qg3 {1-0 Xu Jun-Kalesis,N/Biel izt (03) 1993}) 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. b4 d5 14. cxd5 {N
} (14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Nb6 (15... Ne4 $1 {Sorokin} 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Be7 $8 (
17. Ba5 Ne5) 17... Rfe8 18. Bd6 Na4 $5 $10) (15... e5 16. O-O (16. cxd5 g5 $1
17. Bf2 c4 $1 18. Bf5 Nxd5 19. Qd2 Nc5 $36 {Skomorokhin,R-Moizhess,I/Moscow op
(05) ;EXP 46 1995}) 16... d4 17. Qd2 $14) 16. Bxf6 (16. O-O $14) 16... Qxf6 17.
Qxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc3 Bc4 (19... Bb3 $5 {/\ c4, Na4<=> ><b5 Sorokin})
20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Ke2 $14 {Sorokin,M-Atalik,S/Cheliabinsk 1991}) 14... Nxd5 15.
Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 cxd4 17. exd4 (17. Nxd4 $6 Ne5 18. Bc2 Nb5 $15) 17... Nf6 18.
Rc1 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Nd5 20. Bg3 a6 $6 (20... Rfd8 $10) 21. Kd2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 b5 (
22... Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 $14) 23. Rc5 $14 Rc8 24. Be4 Kf8
25. Be5 f6 26. Bd6+ Kf7 27. g4 {/\h4-h5} g6 28. Bg3 Bc6 29. h4 h5 30. Bd6 Bb7
31. Bg3 Bc6 32. Bh2 Bb7 33. Bd6 Rc6 34. Bb8 Rc8 35. Bh2 f5 $6 (35... Bc6 $142
$14) 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Bc7 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rf4,Rf5,Rg5] ><f4,f5,e5,
g5,/\Ke3-f4} Re8 39. Rc1 (39. Be5 Rc8 40. Rxc8 Bxc8 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kf4 Bd7 43.
Kg5 Be8 $10) 39... Re6 40. Be5 Rc6 41. Ra1 {/\Ke3-f4} (41. Rg1 Rg6) 41... f4 $1
42. Bxf4 Ke6 43. Bg5 (43. Rg1 Kf5 44. Be5 Rg6 45. Rxg6 Kxg6 46. Ke3 Kf5 $10)
43... Kf5 44. Kd3 Re6 45. Bd2 Bc6 $2 (45... Rg6 $14) 46. Rc1 $1 $16 Rg6 47. Bg5
Re6 48. Kd2 Rg6 49. Ke3 Re6+ 50. Kf2 Rg6 51. Bd8 Re6 52. Bc7 Rg6 53. Bb8 Re6
54. Be5 Rg6 55. Ke3 Re6 56. Rg1 Rg6 57. Rxg6 Kxg6 {Hecht: ungleiche L; 5-4
Bauern; Einsickern des wK; schwarze B-Schwächen; ausgelassener Gewinn Zug 64!?}
58. Kf4 $18 Bd7 (58... Kf7 59. Kg5 Bd7 60. f4 $1 (60. Kxh5 $2 Bf5 61. Kg5 Ke6
62. h5 Bd3 63. Kh6 Kf7 $10) 60... Bg4 61. f5 Bd1 62. Kf4 Bg4 63. Bc7 Kf6 64.
Bd8+ Kf7 65. Ke5 $18) 59. Bh8 {[%csl Ra6,Rd5][%cal Yf4d6,Yd6b6]} Bh3 60. Ke5
Bg2 61. f4 Kf7 62. Bf6 Be4 63. Bg5 Ke8 64. Ke6 (64. f5 Kf7 (64... Kd7 {Hecht}
65. f6 Bg6 66. Kxd5 Bf7+ 67. Kc5) 65. f6 $1 $18 {/\Kd6-c6-b7 bindet den sK 
(oder sL) und erst dann K-Marsch}) 64... Bf3 65. Kd6 $2 (65. f5 $1 $18) 65...
Be4 66. Kc6 $2 Kf7 67. Kb6 Ke6 $132 68. Kxa6 Bd3 69. Ka5 Kf5 70. a4 bxa4 71.
Kxa4 Ke4 72. b5 (72. Bf6 Kxf4 73. b5 Kf5 74. b6 Ba6 75. Ka5 Bb7 $10) 72... Kxd4
73. Ka5 (73. b6 Ba6 74. f5 Ke5 75. f6 Ke6 76. Ka5 Bb7 77. Kb5 Kf7 78. Kb4 Ke6
79. Kc5 Ba8 80. f7 Kxf7 81. Kd6 Kg6 82. Kc7 d4 83. b7 Bxb7 84. Kxb7 Kf5 85. Kc6
Kg4 $10) 73... Bf5 74. Kb6 (74. b6 {Hecht} Bc8 75. f5 Ke5 76. f6 Ke6 77. Kb5
Bb7 78. Kc5 Ba8 79. f7 {sonst Festung!} Kxf7 80. Kd6 Kg6 81. Kc7 Kf5 82. b7 (
82. Bd2 Kg4 83. Be1 d4 $10) 82... Bxb7 83. Kxb7 Kg4 84. Kc6 d4 $10) 74... Bd7
$10 75. f5 Bxf5 76. Kc6 (76. Kc7 Bd3 77. b6 Ba6 78. b7 Bxb7 79. Kxb7 Kc3 80.
Kc6 d4 81. Kd5 d3 82. Ke6 d2 83. Bxd2+ Kxd2 84. Kf5 Ke3 85. Kg5 Ke4 $10) 76...
Kc4 77. b6 Bc8 78. b7 Bxb7+ 79. Kxb7 d4 80. Kc6 d3 81. Kd6 Kc3 82. Ke5 d2 83.
Bxd2+ Kxd2 84. Kd4 (84. Kf4 {Hecht} Kd3 85. Kg5 Ke4 86. Kxh5 Kf5 $10) 84... Kc2
85. Ke4 Kc3 86. Kf5 Kd4 87. Kg5 Ke5 88. Kxh5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d5 $6 {N} (8... d6 9. f3 Nbd7) 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. f3 $1 {/\e4-e5} (
10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxc7 Nc6 $44 {/\Rc8,Na5-b3}) (10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qxc7 Rc8 12.
Qxc8 Qxc8 13. Rxc8 Rxc8 $44) (10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Ba6 $5 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4
(13. Qxd4 Nc5) 13... Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Be7 Rfe8 16. Bh4 Nb8 17. Bd3 Na4 $13
) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 (11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 (11... Qxf6 $2 12. Qxc7 $16) 12. Rc1 c6
13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Ne2 $14) 11... c6 (11... Nbd7 $2 12. Qxc7 Rc8 13. Qxd8 Rxc1+
14. Kd2 Rxd8 15. Kxc1 Rc8+ 16. Kd2 $16) 12. Nh3 (12. Bd3 $5 Nbd7 13. Ne2 h6 14.
Bh4 Nd5 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 $14) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. Bc4
Rc8 15. O-O c5 16. Rfd1 $14 {^^} Qe7 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qe1 Qe7 (18... Qe5 $2
19. Bg3 Qxb2 20. Bd6 Ne5 (20... Rfe8 $2 21. Rd2 $18) 21. Rb1 Nxc4 22. Rxb2 Nxb2
23. Bxf8 Nxd1 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxd1 $18) 19. Bg3 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6} (19. Nf2 $5
Ne5 20. Be2 $14) 19... Rc6 20. Bb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 {Baburin The
White Bishops are much stronger here than Black's minor pieces, which are
quite limited. White proves his advantage in the endgame later on.} e5 $5 (
22... a6 23. Bd6 Qd8 24. Bf1 $14) 23. Qd2 Nf8 24. Bf1 {/\e4} Ng6 $2 {Schwarz
sollte auf keinen Fall die Fixierung e3-e4 zulassen.} (24... e4 $1 25. Bd6 (25.
f4 Ne6 26. Bh4 Rd8 27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. axb4 Nc6 $10) 25... Qe6 (
25... Qd7 26. f4 Nd5 27. Be5 Ng6 28. Bd4 $13) 26. Nf4 Qb3 $10) 25. e4 $1 Nh5
26. Be1 Qc5+ 27. Nf2 Nf8 28. Qb4 $1 Qxb4 29. Bxb4 {Im Endspiel wird der weiße
"Zweiläufervorteil" deutlicher. Außerdem wird der weiße Springer endlich aktiv.
} Nf4 30. Ng4 f6 31. Ne3 $16 N4e6 32. Nf5 Kh7 (32... Rc2 $2 33. Bc3 Nf4 34. Re1
$18 {/\Ne3}) 33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Rc1 Ba8 35. Nf5 (35. Rc8 a5 36. Rxd8 Nxd8 37. Bd2
$16 {><b6}) 35... g6 36. Ne3 Kg7 37. Ba6 Nd7 38. Be7 $1 Re8 39. Bd6 Ndc5 (39...
Rd8 40. Bc7 Rf8 41. b4 $16) 40. Bb5 Rd8 41. Be7 Rd2 42. b4 $18 Nd4 (42... Nb3
43. Rc8 Bb7 44. Rb8 Nbd4 45. Rxb7 Nxb5 46. Bd8+ Kf8 47. Bxf6 $18) 43. bxc5 Nxb5
44. c6 Kf7 (44... Nc7 45. Nd5 Nxd5 46. exd5 $18) 45. c7 Bb7 46. Bb4 Rd3 47. Nd5
a5 (47... Bc8 48. Ne7 $18) 48. Be1 Nd6 49. Nxb6 Nc8 50. Rb1 Ke7 51. Bxa5 Ba6
52. Na4 Bc4 53. Rb8 Be6 54. Bb4+ Kf7 (54... Kd7 55. Nc5+ Kxc7 56. Rxc8+ $18)
55. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 {N} 13. Bg3 Qb6 $1 (
13... Rb6 $6 14. O-O Nh5 15. b4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. b5 $14 {->Sokolov,
I-Salov/Madrid(4)/1994}) 14. O-O Nh5 (14... Qxb2 $6 15. Qxb2 Rxb2 16. Bxd6 Re8
(16... Rd8 17. Bc7) 17. Rfb1 Rd2 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ (18... Rb2 $6 19. Rab1 Ra2 20.
Rb3 $16 {/\Nc3}) 19. Rxd1 Ba6 20. Nc3 $14 {^^}) 15. Rab1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 (16.
Nxg3 a5 17. b3 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Nf6 $10) 16... Ne5 (16... a5 $5 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. Nc3
Ba6 19. b3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 d5 $10) 17. Bc2 (17. b4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 cxb4 19. axb4
Ba6 $10) 17... Ba6 18. b3 Qc7 $10 19. Rfe1 (19. f4 Ng4 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. g4 d5
22. Ng3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Rb8 $10) 19... Bb7 (19... d5
20. cxd5 exd5 21. b4 $14) 20. Rbd1 Rfd8 21. Nf4 Qe7 22. Nd3 Ng4 23. f3 Nf6 24.
Nf2 d5 $1 25. cxd5 exd5 26. b4 (26. e4 dxe4 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29.
Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxb3 32. Qxc5 $10) 26... cxb4 (26... c4 $6 27.
e4 dxe4 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 $14) 27. Qxb4 $2 (27. axb4 {>=}
Rdc8 28. Qd2 Qc7 (28... Rc4 29. Nd3 Qc7 30. Bb3 Qxg3 $2 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Qf2
$16) 29. Bf5 Re8 30. g4 Bc8 31. Bd3 Qb6 32. Rb1 Bd7 $10) 27... Qc7 $17 28. Qa4
Qxg3 29. Qxa7 d4 $1 30. e4 Qc7 $1 (30... Nh5 $5 31. Bd3 Bc8 $17 {/\Nf4}) 31.
Qa4 (31. Bd3 $4 Ra8 32. Rc1 Qxc1 $19) 31... Ra8 32. Qb3 Nh5 33. Bd3 Nf4 34. Bf1
Ba6 $1 35. e5 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Qe7 $1 $19 37. Re4 (37. a4 $2 Qh4 38. Re4 Qh2 $19)
37... Rxa3 (37... Qg5 38. g4 $17) 38. Qb2 Ne6 39. f4 Qa7 (39... g6 $5 40. g4
Rf3 $19) 40. f5 Ra2 41. Qc1 Ng5 42. Ree1 Qa6+ 43. Kg1 d3 $2 (43... Rc8 $1 44.
Qf4 Rcc2 45. Rf1 d3 $1 46. Rxd3 Qxd3 $3 47. Nxd3 Rxg2+ 48. Kh1 Nh3 49. Nb4 Rae2
$19) 44. Qe3 d2 45. Re2 Ra3 $2 (45... Qc4 46. e6 fxe6 47. fxe6 Re8 48. e7 Qb4
49. Rdxd2 Rxd2 50. Qxd2 Qxd2 51. Rxd2 Rxe7 $15) 46. Rdxd2 $10 Rxd2 47. Qxd2 Qb6
48. Kh2 Qb3 49. Qf4 Ra4 50. Qg3 Qc4 51. Re1 Qf4 52. e6 Qxg3+ 53. Kxg3 fxe6 54.
fxe6 Kf8 55. Nh3 Ra3+ 56. Kg4 Nxh3 57. e7+ Ke8 58. gxh3 Ra7 59. h4 Rxe7 60.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 61. Kf5 (61. Kf5 Kf7 62. h5 Ke7 63. Ke5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 {N} (12... Bb7) (12...
Ne5 13. Bc2 Ba6 14. b3 Ng6 {->Lautier-Karpov/Dos Hermanas/1994}) 13. Bg3 Rb6 $6
(13... Qb6 14. O-O Nh5 {>=} 15. Rab1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. b3 Qc7 {
->Sokolov,I-Kamsky/Madrid/1994}) 14. O-O Nh5 15. b4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. b5 $1
{Damit fixiert Weiß seine Bauernmajorität auf dem Damenflügel.} Qxc3 (17... Ne5
18. a4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 $16) (17... d5 18. Rac1 Ne5 19. a4 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Nxd3 21.
Qxd3 $16 {><c5}) 18. Nxc3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Rd2 {Das entstandene Endspiel
ist eindeutig besser für Weiß,aber die schwarze Stellung ist noch sehr fest.
Die weißen Türme werden auf der d-Linie verdoppelt um die Position des Nd7 zu
klären.} (20. a4 $6 {wäre etwas frühzeitig,weil der schwarze Springer einen
hervorragenden Posten b6 bekäme.} a5 $1 21. Rd2 Ke7 22. Rad1 Rb8 23. Be2 Nb6
24. Ne4 Nxa4 25. Ra2 (25. Nxd6 $2 Nc3 26. Nxc8+ Rbxc8 $17) 25... Nb6 26. Rxa5
Bb7 27. Nc3 Ra8 $10) 20... Ke7 21. Rad1 Rb8 22. Bf1 $1 (22. Be2 Nb6 23. Ne4 Na4
$1 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Nxd6 Nc3 26. Nxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rd2 Rd8 $132) 22... Nf6 (22...
Nb6 $2 23. Ne4 $16) 23. a4 {Der Springer konnte nicht auf b6,und es ist Zeit,
den a-Bauern fortzubewegen.} (23. Be2 $5 {/\} Bb7 24. Bf3 $16) 23... a5 {
Schwarz sichert sich das Blockadefeld b6,nur wird es der schwarze Springer nie
benutzen können.Besser wäre 23..Bb7.} (23... Bb7 24. Be2 (24. f3 d5 25. a5 Ba8
$14) 24... Ne4 (24... d5 $2 25. Bf3 $16) 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. a5 Rd7 {,und die
schwarze Stellung ist haltbar.}) 24. Be2 $1 e5 {Damit ist die Möglichkeit des
Gegenspiels mit d6-d5 endgültig verloren.Es war aber bereits nicht leicht,
etwas besseres zu finden.} (24... Bb7 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rd7 27. e4 Rbd8 28.
Kf1 Ne8 29. Ke2 Nc7 {/\Na8-b6} 30. e5 $1 dxe5 31. Rxd7+ Rxd7 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33.
Ne4 $16) 25. Bf3 Be6 26. Bd5 Bg4 (26... Nxd5 27. Nxd5+ (27. cxd5 $6 Bd7 28. Nb1
f5 29. Na3 Ra8 30. Nc4 Ra7 $14) 27... Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rd7 29. f4 f6 30. Kf2 Ke6
31. Kf3 $16 {/\Kg4-h5}) 27. f3 Bf5 28. Kf2 h5 29. Rc1 $1 {Schritt Nr.1 -
Abtausch der Springer.Je weniger Figuren auf dem Brett bleiben,desto
ersichtlicher wird die Passivität der schwarzen Türme.} g6 30. Bc6 Be6 31. Ne4
(31. Nd5+ $4 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Nd7 $10 {/\Nb6}) 31... Nxe4+ (31... Ng8 $2 32. Rcd1
Bxc4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Be6 35. Rd2 c4 36. Nc5 $16) 32. Bxe4 Rb6 33. Bd5
Bf5 (33... f5 34. Bxe6 Kxe6 35. Rcd1 Rd7 36. Rd5 Rb8 37. Re1 {/\e4} g5 $6 38.
f4 e4 39. Rh1 Rh8 (39... gxf4 40. gxf4 Rh8 41. g4 $16) 40. g4 $1 $16) 34. Rcd1
Rbb8 35. Rf1 {Schritt Nr.2 - die Öffnung der Linien auf dem Königsflügel.
Schwarz muß passiv warten.} Rb6 36. Ke1 Rf8 37. Ke2 Rbb8 38. e4 Bc8 39. Ke3 Rb6
40. Rdf2 Bd7 (40... f6 41. g4 $1 hxg4 42. Rh1 gxf3 (42... Be6 43. fxg4 Bxd5 44.
cxd5 $16 {/\Kd3-c4}) 43. Rh7+ Kd8 44. gxf3 Bd7 45. Rfh2 g5 46. Rg7 $16 {/\Rhh7}
) 41. g4 $1 (41. f4 $6 f6 42. f5 g5 43. Rh1 Rh8 44. g4 Be8 45. g3 Rh6 46. Rfh2
Rh8 47. gxh5 Rh6 48. g4 Bf7 49. Bxf7 Kxf7 50. Rd2 Ke7 51. Rhd1 Rh8 52. Rh1 Rh6
$10) 41... hxg4 42. fxg4 Be6 43. g5 Rbb8 44. Rf6 {Schritt Nr.3 - die weißen
Türme dringen ein.} Bxd5 (44... Rbc8 45. Rh1 Rh8 46. Rxh8 Rxh8 47. Bxe6 fxe6
48. Rxg6 $18) 45. cxd5 Rb7 46. Kd3 Rd7 47. Kc4 $18 Rb7 48. R1f3 (48. Rh1 Rd7
49. Rh7 Ke8 50. b6 Kd8 51. Kb5 $18) 48... Rbb8 49. Rh3 Rh8 (49... Rb6 50. Rh7
Ke8 51. g3 {Zugzwang} Ke7 52. Rxg6 $18) 50. Rxh8 Rxh8 51. b6 Rh1 52. Kb5 c4 (
52... Rb1+ 53. Ka6 $18) 53. b7 (53. Kxc4 $4 Rb1 $10) 53... c3 54. Ka6 Rb1 55.
Rf3 c2 56. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas3"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Rg1 e5 $6 $146 {
>< d5,d6} (13... d5 14. g4 Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Ba5 Na4 17. cxd5 (17. b3 Nab6
18. Bc3 $14) 17... exd5 18. Bb5 Nab6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rxg5 f6 21. Rg3 $14 {
Kharlov-Wedberg/Haninge/1992}) (13... Ne5 $5 14. Be2 Re8 {/\Ne4} 15. Bg3 (15.
Qc2 $5) 15... Nc6 16. Bf3 $6 (16. O-O-O {>=}) 16... d5 $1 17. O-O-O d4 18. Qc2
e5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Na5 $15 {Dao Thien Hai-de Firmian/Tilburg/1993}) 14.
Bd3 (14. Be2 Re8 15. g4 Ne4 $1 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Bc7 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Re6 $10) (
14. g4 g5 $1 15. Bg3 Nxg4 {/\f5} 16. Bh3 Ngf6 17. Bf5 Nh5 $15 {/\Ng7}) (14. h3
$5 Re8 15. g4 Nf8 (15... d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd8 Nxc3 18. Ba5 $16) 16. Bd3
Ng6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Be4 $14) 14... Re8 15. Bf5 Nf8 16. Qc2 (16. g4 $5 Ng6 (
16... g6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Be4 $14) 17. Bxf6 (17. Bxg6 $6 fxg6 $15) (17. Bg3
Bc8 $5 18. O-O-O Bxf5 19. gxf5 Ne7 20. e4 Nc6 $132) 17... Qxf6 18. Be4 Qe7 (
18... Rab8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Ne4 Qe6 21. O-O-O $14) 19. O-O-O $14) 16... g6 17.
g4 $6 (17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 g5 $1 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bg3 Qg6 $10) (17. Bd3 $5
g5 18. Bg3 e4 19. Be2 Ng6 20. O-O-O Qe7 21. Nb1 $14) (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Be4 $14
) 17... gxf5 18. Qxf5 N8d7 (18... Re6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rxg5+ Kh8 21. Rh5+ Kg7
22. Rg5+ $10) (18... N8h7 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rxg5+ $1 Nxg5 (20... Kf8 $6 21. Rh5)
21. Qxg5+ Kh7 (21... Kf8 $2 22. Qh6+ $18) 22. Qf5+ Kg7 23. Qg5+ (23. O-O-O $2
Re6 $17) 23... Kh7 24. Qf5+ $10) (18... Kg7 $5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Ng6 21. h4
Bc8 $1 22. Qf3 e4 23. Qh1 (23. Nxe4 $6 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qa5+ 25. b4 Nxe4 26. bxa5
$15) 23... Bf5 24. h5 Rh8 25. Bh4 $13) 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rxg5+ Kf8 21. Rh5 $10 {
/\Rh6} Qe7 22. Rh6 Qe6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rxf6 Qxf5 25. Rxf5 Ke7 26. Rh5 Rh8 27.
Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Nf1 (28. Nf1 Bg2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 c5 11. O-O-O $6 (11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 {/\0-0}) 11...
h6 12. Bh4 d5 $1 (12... Rc8 13. Kb1 $6 (13. dxc5 $142 $1) 13... d5 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qc6 17. e4 Nc7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bf2 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6
21. Nf4 Rb8 22. Qc3 Qa4 $40 {Yrjola-Georgiev,Ki/Komotini op/1992}) (12... cxd4
$5 13. Qxd4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Ba6 e5 17. Qd2 $14) 13. dxc5 bxc5
(13... Nxc5 $5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 $10) 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Nf2 Rfe8 (15...
Rab8 $5 16. Bg3 e5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Rfe8 $1 (18... d4 $6 19. Nd3 Rfe8 20.
Qxc5 dxe3 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Be2 $16) 19. Qc3 Qe6 $44) 16. Be2 Rab8 17. Rc1 e5
$6 (17... Ba6 $1 18. Rhd1 dxc4 19. e4 Nd5 $1 20. exd5 exd5 21. Ne4 d4 22. Qc2
c3 23. Bxa6 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Qxa6 $17) 18. Qd2 d4 19. e4 $10 Nh7 (19... g5 $5 20.
Bg3 Nh5 21. Nd3 Nf4 22. h4 Nxe2 23. Qxe2 Qg6 24. hxg5 hxg5 $13) 20. g4 Bc6 21.
Bd1 Qa6 $6 (21... Ng5 22. Bxg5 (22. Nd3 $2 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Be2 Bxh1 25.
Rxh1 e4 $17) 22... hxg5 23. Nd3 f6 24. h4 gxh4 25. g5 $14) (21... a5 $1 22. Nd3
(22. a4 Qb4 23. Qxb4 cxb4 24. c5 Rbc8 25. Nd3 Bb7 26. Bb3 Nhf8 $15 {><c5})
22... a4 23. Bg3 f6 24. h4 Rb7 $10) 22. Ka2 Qb6 (22... Ba4 23. b3) 23. Nd3 a5
24. a4 $1 {><a5} Rb7 25. b3 Reb8 26. Be1 Ng5 $6 (26... Ra7 27. h4 f6 28. Qh2
Ndf8 $14) 27. Rf1 $1 Ra7 28. h4 Ne6 29. g5 $16 hxg5 (29... h5 30. Bg3 Qc7 31.
Qh2 f6 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Qg2 Kh7 34. f4 $16) 30. hxg5 Nf4 31. Nxf4 exf4 32.
Qxf4 Bxa4 33. Rb1 Bc6 34. Rh1 Nf8 (34... a4 $2 35. b4 cxb4 36. Rxb4 Qc7 37. Qh4
$18) 35. Bc2 Ng6 36. Qh2 d3 $2 (36... Rd7 37. Bd3 Re8 $16 {/\} 38. Bg3 $2 a4
39. Bd6 axb3+ 40. Rxb3 Ra8+ 41. Kb2 Qxb3+ $1 42. Kxb3 Rb7+ 43. Kc2 Ra2+ 44. Kc1
Rxh2 45. Rxh2 Rb3 $132) 37. Bxd3 $18 Rd8 38. Bc2 Bd7 39. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Rb8 (10... Qa5 11. Qxa5 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ne2 {>=}
) 11... Nxa5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. b5 Nb4 15. Kd2 Nxd3 16. Kxd3 Ng4 17.
Ke2 Ne5 18. Ra4 d5 19. c5 f6 20. Bf4 Rb8 21. Ra5 Rxb5 $1 22. Rxb5 Ba6 $17 {
Peicheva-Galliamova/Oakham/1990}) 11. Ne2 (11. O-O-O $5 {Seirawan}) (11. Nf3 h6
(11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. b4 $1 $16) 12. Bh4 d6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 $14 {
Seirawan-Hjartarson/Barselona/1989}) 11... Qa5 12. Bxf6 $1 {N} (12. Rb1 $6 Ba6
13. Bf4 Rb3 $15 {Nogueiras-van der Wiel/Thessaloniki ol/1988}) 12... gxf6 13.
O-O-O Qxc3+ (13... Kg7 $5 {/\Ba6}) 14. Nxc3 {/\Ne4} f5 $8 15. h3 $1 {/\g4} Ba6
(15... Ne5 16. Be2 {/\f4} Ba6 (16... Rd8 17. f4 Ng6 18. g4 $16) 17. f4 Nxc4 18.
Rxd7 Bc8 19. Rxa7 Nxe3 (19... Nxb2 $2 20. Bb5 $18) 20. Bf3 $1 Nc4 21. Na4 $16)
16. g4 Ne5 17. Bc2 $1 (17. gxf5 Bxc4 18. Rhg1+ Kh8 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxd7 exf5
$13) (17. Be2 fxg4 18. hxg4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 $13) 17... Bb7 (17... Bxc4 18.
f4 Nc6 19. Rxd7 $16) (17... Nxc4 18. Rxd7 Rxb2 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21.
Rxa7 $16) 18. Rhg1 fxg4 19. f4 $1 (19. hxg4 $2 Bf3 $13) 19... Ng6 20. hxg4 $16
{><d7,h7} Rfd8 (20... Bc6 $2 21. Be4 $1 $16) 21. Rd2 Kg7 (21... Bc6 22. Be4
Rbc8 23. Rgd1 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Nf8 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxd7 $18) 22. g5 (22. Be4 Ba6
23. Rgd1 Nf8) (22. Rgd1 Bf3) 22... Nh4 $5 (22... f6 23. Be4 $1 (23. Rgd1 Nf8)
23... Ba6 (23... fxg5 24. Rxg5 d6 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxc5 $16) 24. gxf6+ Kxf6
25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Ne4+ Kg7 27. Rdg2 $18) 23. Rh2 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rg3 $6 (
25. Ne2 $1 {>=} d5 26. Ng3 (26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Ng3 Be4 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. Nf6 Rb3
$132) (26. Rgh1 $5) 26... dxc4 27. Nxf5+ Kh8 (27... Kg6 $2 28. e4 $1 Bxe4 29.
Rh6+ Kxf5 30. Rf6#) 28. Rc2 Be4 29. Nh6 $16) 25... Ba6 26. Rgh3 Rh8 (26... Bxc4
27. Rxh7+ Kf8 28. e4 fxe4 29. f5 $36 {/\} d5 $2 30. f6 $1 Ke8 31. g6 $1 Kd7 32.
g7 $1 Ke6 33. Rh8 Kxf6 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rh8 $18) 27. Rd2 Rb7 28. e4 Bxc4 $2 (
28... fxe4 {>=} 29. Nxe4 Bxc4 30. Nd6 Rb3 $8 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33. Rxb3
Bxb3 34. Rxd7 $14) 29. exf5 Bb3 (29... h5 $142 $16) 30. Rh6 $1 d5 (30... Re8
31. f6+ Kg8 32. Rdh2 $18) 31. f6+ Kf8 32. Nxd5 $18 Rd7 33. Ne3 Ke8 34. Nf5 Kd8
35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Kd2 a5 37. Rh3 a4 38. Rd3+ Kc6 39. Ne7+ Kb5 40. f5 Kc4 41.
Nc6 Rg8 42. g6 $1 hxg6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Rd8 Rxd8+ 45. Nxd8 Kd4 46. f7 Bxf7 47.
Nxf7 Ke4 48. Kc2 Kd4 49. Ng5 (49. Ng5 Kc4 50. Ne6 Kd5 51. Nf4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 5th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5
{Soweit eine bekannte theoretische Variante. Weiß hofft, aus seinem Läuferpaar
Kapital zu schlagen.} 15. Bd3 ({Genauer ist} 15. Bb5 $1 c6 16. Bd3 {Der Bauer
c6 hindert die Aktivität des schwarzen Läufers (vgl. mit der Texpartie).} e5
17. Ne2 Rae8 18. O-O e4 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Bc4 $14 N7f6 21. h3 Bc8 22. Nf4 Kh7
23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. Rac1 Rf6 26. Bg3 Ne7 27. Be2 Bd5 28. Be5 Rf7 29.
Rf1 $14 {Alterman,B-Psakhis,L/Israel (ch) 1994}) 15... e5 (15... c5 16. Ne2 $14
) 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. O-O e4 (17... exd4 18. exd4 N7f6 (18... Re7 19. Rfe1 Rf6 20.
Nc3 Kf8 21. Rxe7 Kxe7 22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Bc4 c6 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Bd3 $14 {
Jelen,I-Palac,M/Bled 1996}) 19. Rfe1 f4 20. Bg6 Re7 21. Nc3 Rd7 22. Bf5 Rdd8
23. Re5 $14 {Salov,V-Anand,V/Paris 1991}) 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Bc4 N7f6 20. Nc3
Kh7 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 $1 {Dieser Zug betont den Unterschied zwischen 15.Bd3 und 15.
Bb5 c6 16.Bd3. Der schwarze Läufer bekommt ohne Umwege den prächtigen Posten
d5.} (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Rac1 {siehe 23.Rac1.}) 22. Be2 Bb7 $2 ({Konsequenter
und besser war} 22... c6 $1 23. b4 (23. Bg3 Rf7 24. a4 $5 a5 25. Rfb1 Be6 26.
b4 axb4 27. Rxb4 Nd5 $11) 23... b5 $1 (23... Rf7 $6 24. a4 $14 {/\Rfc1,b5}) 24.
a4 a6 $14) 23. b4 $6 {Während der Partie hielt ich es für angebracht, a7-a5 zu
verhindern, was in Wirklichkeit nicht wichtig war. Außerdem schwächt der
Textzug das Feld c4, was Schwarz unter Umständen mit a6 und b5 ausnutzen kann.}
({Besser war} 23. Rac1 Nd5 24. Bc4 Re7 25. Rfe1 Rff7 (25... c6 26. Bg3 $14 {
/\Ba2-b1, Be5 ><e4}) 26. Bh4 g5 27. Bg3 a5 $6 28. Ba2 $14 {, und in den
nächsten Zügen kann Weiß sowohl mittels Be5 und Bb1 den Bauern e4 angreifen,
als auch mit Re2-f2 den für ihn günstigen Turmabtausch erzwingen. Schwarz
steht passiv und ist vollkommen an seine zwei Schwächen c7 und e4 gebunden.})
23... Nd5 24. Bc4 a6 $1 25. Rac1 Re7 26. Ba2 $2 {Nach dieser oberflächlichen
Fortsetzung bekommt Schwarz erneut die Gelegenheit, seinen Läufer zu
aktivieren.} ({Richtig war} 26. Rfe1 $1 {, um vor dem Abzug des Bc4 den Bauern
c7 mit 27.Bg3 aufs Korn zu nehmen.} Rd8 (26... b5 $6 27. Bb3 Nb6 28. Rc5 Rd7
29. Bg3 $16) (26... Rff7 27. Bg3 $14) 27. Bg3 Rdd7 28. Be5 $1 $14 {, und die
weißen Figuren stehen optimal.} b5 $6 29. Bb3 Nb6 30. Rc5 Bd5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32.
Rc6 $16) 26... g5 27. Rfe1 Nf6 $1 {/\Bd5} 28. Bg3 Bd5 {Gerade rechtzeitig!} 29.
Bb1 Rff7 30. Re2 (30. a4 b5 $11) 30... b5 $1 $11 {Nun bekommt Weiß die
Nachteile seines 23.Zuges zu spüren. Schwarz fixiert die Bauernstruktur am
Damenflügel.} 31. Rc5 $6 c6 32. h3 Nd7 33. Rc3 (33. Rc3 Nb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rab1 Bb7 {N} (13...
a5 14. b3 (14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Nd2 d5 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Bh4 Rfc8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19.
Nc4 Qa6 20. Nxa5 c4 21. f3 Rc5 22. Be1 Rbb5 23. e4 Rxa5 24. exd5 Nxd5 $13 {
Chabanon,JL-Goldin,A/Paris (09) 1994}) 14... Ba6 15. Rfd1 d5 16. Ne5 d4 17.
exd4 cxd4 18. Qe1 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Nd7 20. Qg3 f6 21. Bf4 Rbc8 22. Bd6 Rf7 23.
Rdc1 e5 24. c5 Qc6 25. Bf5 $16 {Georgiev,Ki-Aseev,K (01)/Paris PCA-Intel GP 
(01) ;EXP 49 1995}) 14. Nd2 a5 15. b3 d5 $2 (15... Rfc8 $142 $14) 16. cxd5 exd5
(16... Nxd5 17. Qc2 h6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Bh4 $16) 17. Rfc1 $16 {/\Bxf6,><c5,a5}
d4 (17... Rfc8 18. Bf5 $16) 18. exd4 Nd5 $2 (18... cxd4 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7
Ne5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bf5 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rbc1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 $16) 19.
Qc2 h6 20. Nc4 $1 (20. dxc5 Qc6 21. Bh4 Nc3 22. f3 Nxb1 23. Nxb1 $16) 20... Qa7
(20... Qe6 21. Bf5 $18) (20... Qc7 21. Bh4 cxd4 22. Bg3 Nf4 23. Bf1 (23. Qd2
Qc6 24. f3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rbc8 26. Qxd4 $16) 23... g5 24. Qd2 $16) 21. Bd2 a4
22. Ne5 $1 $18 axb3 23. Rxb3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Ba8 (24... Rfc8 25. Rcb1 $18) 25.
Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Qxc5 Re8 (26... Qxe5 $2 27. Bh7+) 27. Qd4 Ne7 28. e6 $1 fxe6 29.
Bc3 (29. Bc3 e5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Sokolov,I Baburin Ftacnik Fritz} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12.
Qb3 {Ftacnik: Black's setup has become rather irritating for white, since c4P
is a perfect hit target. The Q at least sidesteps opposition with the R onb
the c file.} (12. Qd2) (12. b4) 12... cxd4 (12... h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 (13... d5 {
Ftacnik} 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qd1 (15. Qa4 cxd4 (15... Bc6 16. Qd1 b5 17. O-O Qb6
18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Bb1 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 a6 22. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Hoffmann,
M-De Firmian,N/Biel op (08)/1994/}) 16. exd4 Bc6 17. Qd1 b5 (17... Qc7 18. O-O
Qb7 19. Re1 Nd5 $10 {Agdestein,S-Hjartarson,J/Groningen/1993/0,5/73/}) 18. O-O
Qb6 19. Bf2 Qb7 20. Ng3 Nb6 $10 {Sokolov,I-Adams,M/Preston/1989/0,5/27/}) 15...
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4 17. O-O a6 18. Rc1 b5 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 bxc4 21. Qa4 {
Sokolov,I-Georgiev,Ki/Burgas 1992} Qb6 22. Qxc4 Qxb2 23. Qxa6 Nd5 24. Bf2 Nc5
25. Qd6 Nd3 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxd5 Nxf2 29. Qc5 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+
31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Georgiev,Ki/Elenite (02)/1992/}) 14.
exd4 d5 15. c5 (15. O-O $142 $1 Ba6 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 exd5 18. Nc3 $14) (
15. cxd5 Bxd5) 15... Ba8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Bg3 (17. cxb6 Rc6 $1 $15) 17... bxc5
$1 (17... Rc6 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Ba6) 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qc3 e5 20. Bd3 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Re8+ 22. Kf1 Qb6 $36 {Lautier,J-Karpov,An/Linares 1995}) 13. exd4 d5 (
13... e5 {Ftacnik} 14. Bf5 Rc7 15. Qb4 $1 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O
exd4 19. Nxd4 Rc4 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Rad1 Nb3 22. Qf2 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4
$14 {Drasko,M-Tozer,R/Budapest Spring op (2)/1990/1-0 (52)}) 14. O-O (14. cxd5
{Ftacnik} Bxd5 15. Qd1 Bc4 16. O-O b5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Kh1 Nd5 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20.
Rxc3 Qd6 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Kumaran,D-Holmsgaard,H/Gausdal PG (01)
;EXT 94 1994}) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 h6 16. Bh4 Nb8 {Baburin: An interesting,
although known idea - Black obtains better control over d5 and a6 squares. The
problem with this move is obvious - the Knight might be needed on the Kingside,
which Ivan Sokolov managed to prove in the game.} (16... Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18.
Bg3 Qa8 19. Nc3 $14) (16... a6 {Ftacnik} 17. a4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 exd5
20. Qd3 $14 {Abramov,S-Appolonov,S/Podolsk/1993/0,5 (43)}) (16... g5 $5 {
Ftacnik /\Bd5 Sakaev}) 17. Qd3 Qe7 {N} (17... Bd5 $6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. Rad1 $16 {Polgar,Zs-Ioseliani,N/Monaco (m/3)
1993}) 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 {/\Bd5} (18... Nbd7 {Ftacnik} 19. Nf4 $5) 19. Ng3 $2 {
Ftacnik: Sokolov understands, that with quiet means his chances might not get
very real. In a flesh of inspiration he tries to apply some sacrificing skills.
} (19. Nc3 $5 {/\} Nc6 $2 20. Nd5 $16) (19. Rad1 {Ftacnik} Nc6) (19. Rad1 $142
$14 {Sokolov,I}) 19... g5 {After this reply a very messy position arises...} (
19... Nbd7 {Ftacnik} 20. Nh5 $13) 20. Bxe6 (20. Nf5 {Sokolov,I} Qf8 21. Bxe6
Ba6 $1 22. Ne7+ Kg7 $1) 20... fxe6 (20... gxh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Qg6+ $18) 21.
Nf5 Qf8 (21... exf5 $2 {Ftacnik} 22. Rxe7 gxh4 23. Qxf5 $18) (21... Qh7 {
Ftacnik} 22. Rxe6 Ba6 23. Qb1 Rc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qxf5 25. Qc7 Rf8 26. Qe5 $14) (
21... Qd7 $2 {Sokolov,I} 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Bxg5 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxe6
$18) 22. Rxe6 Re8 $2 {Ftacnik: Asking for a perfection in defence among
mortals is simply too much, this art was mastered by very few great players.} (
22... gxh4 $2 23. Ne7+ Kf7 24. Rae1 Ne4 (24... Qg7 25. Nxc8 $18) (24... Be4 {
Sokolov,I} 25. R6xe4 $1 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 $18) 25. R6xe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Kg7 27. Qxh4
$40 Re8 $2 28. Re6 $1 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kf1 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Rxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kh8
33. Qe4 $18) (22... Ba6 $1 {Fritz3} 23. Qe3 (23. Qd2 gxh4 24. Re7 Rd7 25. Rae1
Rcc7 26. Nxh6+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kh7 $19) (23. Qb1 gxh4 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Qf5 Qxe7
26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $19) 23... gxh4 24. Nxh6+ (24. Ne7+ Kf7 {Ftacnik} 25. Nxc8 Rxc8
26. Re1) (24. Re7 Re8 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kh7 $19) 24... Kh8 25. Qf4 (25.
Qg5 {Sokolov,I} Rc6 $19 {Fritz3}) 25... Rc6 26. Rae1 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Nbd7 28.
Qxh4 Re8 29. Nf7+ Kg7 $19) 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 (23... Nxe8 {Ftacnik} 24. Bg3 $13) 24.
Bg3 $44 {/\Bd6 /\ 25.Bd6} Rd8 $2 (24... Ba6 $1 25. Qb3+ Kh8 (25... Kh7 {Ftacnik
} 26. Rc1 $13) 26. Rc1 (26. Bd6 Qg8 $17) 26... Rc8 27. Re1 $44) (24... Nd5 {
Sokolov,I} 25. Nd6 Re7 26. Nxb7 $1 (26. Qg6+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Rxg7 28. Nf5 Nd7 29.
Nxg7 Kxg7 $14) 26... Rxb7 27. Qg6+ Qg7 (27... Kh8 28. Be5+) (27... Rg7 28. Qe6+
) 28. Qe6+ Qf7 29. Qc8+ $1 $18) 25. Re1 Nc6 (25... Ba6 {Ftacnik} 26. Qc2 $40)
26. Re6 {/\Bd6} Kh8 (26... Kf7 27. Qb3 (27. Bd6 {Ftacnik} Qh8 28. Qc4 $40)
27... Nxd4 (27... Na5 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Qc2 $18) (27... Nd5 28. Rxh6 Nxd4 29.
Qd3 $40) 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxb6+ Bd5 30. Rxf6+ Kxf6 31. Qc3 $18) (26... Rd7 {
Ftacnik} 27. Bd6 Qd8 28. d5 $18) 27. Nd6 $18 {With two P and a lot of activity
white clearly has ample compensation for his piece.} (27. Bd6 $2 {Sokolov,I}
Qf7 28. d5 Bc8 $1 29. Nxh6 Qg7 30. Nf5 Qf7) 27... Bc8 (27... Ba8 28. Qg6 $18) (
27... Rxd6 28. Rxd6 $18 (28. Rxd6 {Ftacnik} Qe7 29. Qc3 $18)) 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29.
Qg6 Nxd4 (29... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 $18) (29... Qg7 {Ftacnik}
30. Qxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 $18) 30. Rxf6 (30. Qxf6+ $6 {Sokolov,I} Qxf6 31. Rxf6
Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Rc2 $132) 30... Ne2+ (30... Rc1+ {Ftacnik} 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Qxc2
$1 (32. Kf1 Rc1+ 33. Be1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Qe7+ 35. Kd2 Qe2+ 36. Kc3 Nb5+ $132) (
32. Ke3 $2 Qe7+ 33. Kxd4 Rd2+ 34. Kc3 Qe3+ 35. Kb4 Rxb2+ $19) 32... Qxf6 33.
Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc7+ Kg6 35. Be5 Ne6 36. Bxf6 Nxc7 37. Be5 $16) 31. Kf1 Nxg3+ 32.
hxg3 Qg7 (32... Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Qe7+ (33... Rc2+ {Sokolov,I} 34. Kd1 $18) 34. Re6
$18) 33. Qf5 (33. Qxh6+ {Ftacnik} Qxh6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Rd6 $18) (33. Qf5 {
Ftacnik} Rd8 (33... Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 $18) 34. Qe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 11th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2002.10.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 c5 (10... Rc8 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Bd3 Re8 14.
O-O e5 $2 15. d5 $16 Nf8 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Bf2 {Weiß steht deutlich besser,
dennoch wurde hier Remis vereinbart, Gustafsson,J-Epishin,V/Deizisau 2002.})
11. e4 Re8 12. Bd3 Qc7 $1 (12... h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. O-O cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16.
Bf2 $14) 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 $146 {Ohne die Vorgängerpartie zu
kennen entschied ich mich für diesen unmittelbaren Damentausch, der Schwarz
beim Zurückschlagen die Qual der Wahl überläßt.} (15. Be3 e5 (15... d5 $5) 16.
Qxc5 dxc5 17. b4 a5 18. Rfb1 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22.
bxc5 Nxc5 $11 {Hillarp Persson,T-Backe,P/Stockholm 1998}) 15... bxc5 $6 {
Diese Möglichkeit ist nicht die beste. Ein leichteres Leben versprach Schwarz
das Nehmen mit dem d-Bauern analog der o.g.Partie.} (15... Nxc5 16. Bc2 $14) (
15... dxc5 $1 16. b4 a5) 16. b4 {Weiß verfügt nun über einen klaren Plan des
Spiels auf dem Damenflügel: Sb3-(a5), b4-b5, a3-a4 usw. Was kann der
Nachziehende dem entgegensetzen?} h6 {Epishin bereitet die Zentrumsöffnung vor.
} (16... a5 17. b5 $14) (16... d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bb5 $1 a6 19. Ba4 Rec8 20.
Nb3 $1 dxe4 (20... cxb4 $2 21. Na5 $16) 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxc5 Bd5 23. Rac1
exf3 24. gxf3 $14) 17. Be3 $14 (17. Bh4 d5 18. exd5 exd5 {/\Re3,Ne5} 19. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 $1 (20. Rxe1 cxb4 21. axb4 a5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Re7 Bc8 $11)
20... Ne5 21. Bf1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 cxb4 24. axb4 a6 $14) (17. Bxf6
Nxf6 18. Nb3 $14) 17... d5 $1 18. cxd5 {Erneut hat Weiß einige Möglichketen.
Er kann auf vielerlei Art einen Bauern, zumindest provisorisch, gewinnen, und
der Textzug ist die beste davon.} (18. bxc5 $6 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Rec8
21. Rab1 Ba6 $11) (18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Re3 21. Bc2 Ba6 $11)
18... exd5 19. bxc5 dxe4 20. Nxe4 $2 (20. fxe4 $1 Ne5 (20... Ng4 $2 21. Bd4
Red8 22. Be2 Nge5 23. Nc4 $16) 21. Rab1 $1 (21. Bb5 Re6) 21... Rad8 22. Bc2 Ba8
$14) 20... Nxe4 21. fxe4 Ne5 $2 {Zum Glück übersah auch Epishin eine taktische
Möglichkeit, das Spiel auszugleichen.} (21... Bxe4 22. Bb5 (22. Bc4 Ne5 $11)
22... Bd3 $1 {FRITZ} (22... Re7 23. Rfd1 $14) 23. Bxd7 Bxf1 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25.
Rxf1 (25. Bxh6 Bb5 26. Bf4 Re2 $11) 25... Rxe3 26. Rc1 Re7 27. Kf2 Kf8 $11) 22.
Bb5 {Schwarz wird zwar bald den Bauern e4 zurückgewinnen, kann aber den für
ihn günstigen Abtausch der weißfeldrigen Läufern nicht erzwingen. Ein weißer
Turm wird nach bald d6 gebracht, um die gegnerische Blockade des Punktes c6
streitig zu machen.} Bc6 $2 ({Besser war laut Epishin} 22... Re6 $1 23. Rfd1
Bxe4 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. cxd6 a6 26. Be2 f6 $14 {/\Kf7}) 23. a4 $1 {Provoziert
die Schwächung des schwarzen a-Bauern.} a6 24. Be2 $16 {><a6} Bxe4 25. Rfd1 Nc6
(25... Bc6 26. Rd6 Re6 27. a5 Kf8 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Bf4 $16) 26. Rd6 Nb4 27.
Bd2 a5 (27... Bxg2 $4 28. Bd1 $18) (27... Nc2 28. Rc1 Rac8 29. Bxa6 Rxc5 30. a5
$16) 28. Bb5 {Der Läufer kehrt gerne nach b5 zurück, wo er nun sicher
verankert ist. Die Blockade des Feldes c5 beginnt ernsthaft zu schwächeln.} Re6
29. Re1 Bf5 (29... Rxd6 $2 30. cxd6 f5 31. d7 Kf7 32. Rc1 $18) 30. Rexe6 $2 (
30. Rdxe6 $1 Bxe6 (30... fxe6 31. c6 $18) 31. c6 Rc8 (31... Kf8 32. c7 Ke7 33.
Bxb4+ axb4 34. Ba6 $18) 32. Rc1 {Er gehört doch immer hinter den Freibauern!}
Kf8 33. c7 Ke7 34. Bxb4+ axb4 35. Ba6 Ra8 36. Re1 $1 $18) 30... Bxe6 31. Be3 $2
$138 {Eigentlich habe ich hier 31.c6 geplant, nahm aber davon wegen
Zeitmangels Abstand. Stattdessen beschloß ich für die Zeitnotphase die
Überführung des Königs zum Damenflügel.} (31. c6 $1 {war zwar nicht so
entscheidend wie mit dem weißen Turm auf c1, sicherte mir aber die besten
Gewinnchancen:} Rc8 (31... Kf8 32. Be3 Ke7 33. Bc5 $18) 32. Be3 (32. Bf4 Nd5
33. Bg3 Kf8 34. Ba6 Ra8 (34... Rb8 $2 35. Rxe6 $18) 35. Bc4 Nc7 $16) 32... Nd5
$1 (32... Bd5 $2 33. Bb6 Bxc6 34. Bxa5 Bxb5 35. axb5 $18) 33. Bc5 $16) 31...
Rc8 32. Kf2 Bd5 33. g3 Kf8 34. Ke2 Bc6 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Bd4 f6 37. Kc3 Rc7 38.
Kc4 $2 ({Stattdessen war} 38. Bxc6 $1 {richtig. Der weiße König kann seinen
Freibauern gut unterstützen.} Nxc6 (38... Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Nxc6 {Dieses
Leichtfigurenendspiel ist gewonnen für Weiß.} 40. Be3 $1 ({Das Bauernendspiel
ist dagegen remislich und sollte vermieden werden:} 40. Kc4 $2 Nxd4 41. Kxd4
Kd7 42. Kd5 h5 43. h4 g5 44. c6+ Kc7 45. Ke6 Kxc6 46. Kxf6 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kd6
48. Kg5 Ke6 49. Kxh5 Kf6 $11) 40... Ke6 41. Kc4 g5 (41... f5 42. Kb5 Kd5 43. h4
$18) 42. Kb5 Kd5 43. g4 Ne5 44. h3 Nc6 45. Bd2 $18) 39. Be3 {/\Kc4-b5} (39. Kc4
Nxd4 40. Kxd4 Rd7 $11) 39... Ne5 40. Ra6 Rd7 41. Bf4 Rd3+ 42. Kc2 Rd4 43. Rxa5
$16) 38... Bg2 $1 $14 {Die Drohung Bd4-c3 wird taktisch abgewehrt.} 39. Kb3 (
39. Bc3 $2 Bf1+ 40. Kb3 (40. Kd4 $2 Nc2+ $17) 40... Bxb5 41. Bxb4 axb4 42. axb5
Rxc5 43. Rb6 g5 44. Kxb4 Rc2 $11) 39... Bf3 40. Kc3 h5 41. Bf2 $2 {Über die
Zeitkontrolle gekommen, mußte ich feststellen, daß die Gewinnführung äußerst
schwierig geworden ist. Etwas Besseres als das Erreichen der
Figurenaufstellung Kc4, Bc3 fiel mir nicht mehr ein, so beschloß ich die
Vertreibung des lästigen schwarzen Läufers mit dem Turm.} Nd5+ 42. Kc4 Nb4 43.
Rd2 Nc6 44. Rd6 Nb4 $2 (44... Ne5+ 45. Kc3 Nd7 $1 46. Bxd7 (46. Kc4 Ne5+) 46...
Rxd7 47. Ra6 Rd8 $1 48. Rxa5 (48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Rxg7 Bc6 $11) 48... Ra8 $11) 45.
Be3 Be2+ 46. Kb3 Bf3 47. Rd2 $2 Bd5+ 48. Kb2 Ke6 49. Rf2 Rb7 $5 {Endlich kann
Schwarz aktiv werden; er nutzt die Chance zum Abtausch der weißfeldrigen
Läufer, selbst wenn diese Entscheidung große Gefahren in sich birgt. Viel
praktischer war das passive Abwarten, da Weiß sichtlich den Faden verloren
hatte.} 50. Kc3 Bc6 51. Kc4 Bd5+ 52. Kd4 Bc6 53. Kc4 Bd5+ 54. Kc3 Bc6 55. Bxc6
Nxc6 56. Rd2 Ne5 $1 (56... Rd7 $2 57. Rxd7 Kxd7 58. Kc4 g5 (58... Ke6 59. h4 $1
Ne5+ 60. Kb5 Kd5 61. Bd2 Nc6 62. Bc3 Na7+ 63. Ka6 $1 Nc6 64. Kb6 Nb8 (64... Nb4
65. Kxa5 Na2 66. Bd2 Kxc5 67. Ka6 Kc6 68. a5 $18) 65. Bxa5 Nd7+ 66. Kb5 Nxc5
67. Bb4 $18) 59. Kb5 Kc7 60. Bd2 Kb7 61. Bc3 f5 62. Bf6 g4 (62... f4 63. Bxg5
f3 64. Be3 Ne5 65. h3 Nd3 66. g4 $18) 63. Bg5 Nd4+ 64. Kxa5 Nf3 65. Bf4 Kc6 66.
Kb4 Nxh2 67. a5 Nf3 68. a6 h4 69. Be3 $1 $18) (56... Ne7 $2 57. Rd6+ Kf5 58.
Bd2 Rb4 59. Rd4 Rb7 60. Kc4 $16) 57. Rd6+ Kf5 58. Rb6 (58. Ra6 Rb4 $1 59. Rxa5
Rc4+ 60. Kb3 Ke4 61. Bf4 Kd4 62. Bxe5+ fxe5 $11) 58... Rd7 59. Bd4 Rc7 $2 {
Zum Ende der Partie steigt die Fehlerquote drastisch. Es lief die siebte
Stunde des Spiels, und wir waren beide ziemlich müde geworden.} (59... Ke4 $2
60. Bxe5 fxe5 61. Rd6 Rb7 62. c6 Rb1 63. Kc4 Rc1+ 64. Kb5 $18) ({Die Krönung
der aktiven Verteidigung, die Schwarz im 49. Zug eingeleitet hatte, setzte} 
59... Rd5 $3 {(Epishin)} 60. c6 (60. Rd6 Ke4 $11) 60... Ke6 61. Bxe5 fxe5 62.
c7+ Kd7 63. Rc6 Kc8 $11) 60. Rb5 $16 Nc6 61. Kc4 Re7 62. Kd5 $2 {Kopfloses
Vorwärtspreschen! Nach dem nicht schwer zu findenden 62. Bc3! wäre Schwarz
hilflos gegen das Eindringen des weißen Königs via d5 oder b5.} (62. Bc3 $1 {
/\Kd5,Rb6} Re3 63. Kd5 $18) 62... Re6 63. Rb6 $2 {Und erneut sollte das
prophylaktische 63.Bc3! den Gewinn bringen.} (63. Bc3 Ne7+ 64. Kc4 Re4+ 65. Kb3
Re3 66. c6+ Ke6 67. c7 Kd7 68. Rxh5 Kxc7 69. Rxa5 $18) 63... Ne7+ $2 {Diesmal
greift Epishin fehl. Sowohl 63...Nb4+, als auch 63...Nxd4 war deutlich besser.}
(63... Nb4+ 64. Kc4 Re2 $14) (63... Nxd4 64. Kxd4 Re2 $14) 64. Kc4 Re2 (64...
Re4 65. Rd6 $16 {/\c6}) 65. Rb2 Re4 66. Kd3 $2 {Der letzte Fehler, ich habe
den nächsten Zug von Schwarz vollkommen unterschätzt.} ({Gute Gewinnchancen
bot 66.Rd2, aber ich war erneut unter Zeitdruck und sah nicht, daß das
entstehende Bauernendspiel gewonnen war.} 66. Rd2 $1 {/\Kb5} Nc6 67. Kd5 Rxd4+
(67... Nb4+ 68. Kd6 $18 {/\Bc3}) 68. Rxd4 Nxd4 69. Kxd4 Ke6 70. Kc4 $1 g5 71.
Kb5 Kd7 72. Kb6 Kc8 73. Kxa5 f5 74. Kb5 $18) 66... Rg4 $1 $11 {Plötzlich hat
Schwarz eine optimale Figurenaufstellung erreicht: es droht h5-h4, der weiße
König ist abgeschnitten. Mir verblieben nur noch 10 Minuten bis zum Rest der
Partie und ich beschloß, meine Gewinnversuche durch ein Friedensangebot
einzustellen.} 67. Rb7 (67. Rb7 Nc6 68. Rd7 h4 69. gxh4 Rxh4 70. Bc3 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 f5) (10... Qe7 11. Be2 Ne4 12.
Qc2 f5) 11. Be2 Rc8 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 $6 (12. exd4 $1) 12... e5 (12... Nc5
$11) 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. f3 h6 17. Rfd1 Ne6 $11 {Gabriel,
C-Hracek,Z/Altensteig 1995}) (11... Qe7 12. O-O Rac8 13. Rad1 d5 14. dxc5 (14.
cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qd2 Rfd8 $11) 14... Nxc5 15. Qe5 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Qf8 17. f3 dxc4 18.
Bxc4 Bd5 $1 19. Bxd5 {mit Remis in der Partie Timman-Karpov/Fide-Wch (21) 1993.
}) 12. O-O d5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a4 $1 {Eine gute Möglichkeit, den Ra1 zu
aktivieren.} (14. Rac1 Rfd8 $11) 14... Ne4 15. Qe1 (15. Qc2 $5) 15... Rfd8 $6 {
Mit der Idee eines Springermanövers gespielt.} ({Im Nachhinein kann man aber
sagen, daß das natürliche} 15... a5 $1 {wesentlich sicherer wäre. Schwarz
erreicht in allen Varianten das gleiche Spiel.} 16. Nd2 (16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Ba3
(17. Nd4 $2 e5) (17. b4 $2 Nb3) 17... Qf6 $11) (16. Ba3 Qf6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 $11)
16... Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Rfd8 $11) 16. a5 Nb8 $1 {Das war meine Idee. Der Springer
verläßt seine passive Position auf d7 und strebt über c6 einen besseren Posten
an, a5 oder b4. Jedoch hat dieses Manöver einen Nachteil- der Springer auf c6
verstellt für kurze Zeit den Bb7, und Weiß kann diesen Umstand durch den
rechtzeitigen Abtausch c4xd5 ausnutzen.} 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nd2 $1 (18. Ne5 f6
19. Nf3 Nc6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. dxc5 bxc5 $11 {/\Nb4}) 18... Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Nc6 $2
({Gerade aus den o. g. Gründen sollte} 19... dxc4 $1 {geschehen, mit etwa
gleichen Chancen. Z.B:} 20. Bxc4 (20. bxc4 Qg5 (20... Nc6 21. d5 Na5 22. dxe6
Qxe6 $11) 21. Bf1 Nc6 22. f4 Qg6 $132) 20... b5 $1 21. Bf1 (21. Bxb5 $6 Bxg2 $1
22. Kxg2 Qb7+) 21... cxd4 22. Bxd4 Nc6 23. Bb2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 b4 $11) 20. cxd5
$1 $14 exd5 {Schweren Herzens gespielt: der Bauer wird schwach auf d5, und der
schwarze Läufer degradiert zu einem passiven Verteidiger. Ich mußte aber
feststellen, das mir bei der Variantenberechnung ein Fehler unterlaufen ist.} (
{Ursprünglich plante ich hier} 20... Na5 {, unterschätzte aber die
gegnerischen Möglichkeiten nach} 21. Rd3 $1 {In der Tat, Weiß hat in allen
Varianten Vorteil:} (21. dxc5 $2 Nxb3 $17) (21. dxe6 $2 Nxb3 22. exf7+ Qxf7 $17
) 21... Rxd5 (21... Bxd5 $2 22. dxc5 Nxb3 (22... Rxc5 $2 23. Ba3 $18) 23. Qc3
Qg5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Qxb3 bxc5 $16) (21... Ba6 $2 22. Rc3 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 cxd4 (
23... Rxd5 24. b4 $16) 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd3 dxe3 26. Qxe3 $16) 22. e4 Rdd8 (
22... Rg5 23. f3 $14) 23. dxc5 Rxd3 (23... Bxe4 $2 24. Rg3 $16) 24. Bxd3 Qxc5
25. Rc1 Qf8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. b4 Nc6 28. b5 $14) (20... Rxd5 21. Bf3 Rdd8 22.
dxc5 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 bxc5 24. Qc3 $14) 21. Qd1 $1 {Ein typischer Zug, Weiß nimmt
die Schwäche d5 sofort ins Visier.} ({Weniger klar ist} 21. Ba3 Ra8 {,z.B.,}
22. Rda2 Qg5 $1 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Bxc5 $2 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 d4 $17) 21... cxd4 $2 {
Es war mir vollkommen klar, wie unangenehm meine Stellung geworden war.
Anstatt mich auf die passive Verteidigung der "hängenden" Bauern umzustellen,
beschloß ich, im aktiven Spiel Remischancen zu suchen. Keine gute Idee, aber
es hätte fast funktioniert...} (21... Nb4 22. Ba3 $14) (21... Qg5 22. Bf3 $14)
(21... Qe6 22. Bg4 f5 23. Bf3 Ne7 $14) 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 $16 Ra8 24. Rxa8
Rxa8 25. Bf3 $2 {Zu meinem Glück übersieht auch Kiril seine beste Möglichkeit.}
({Mit} 25. e4 $1 {konnte er einen Bauern gewinnen.} Ra2 (25... g6 26. exd5 Re8
27. Bf1 $16) (25... Qc5 26. exd5 Qc3 27. Ra4 Rd8 28. Rc4 Qe5 29. Bf3 $16) 26.
Bf3 Qh4 27. g3 Qf6 28. exd5 g6 29. Ra4 $16) 25... Qc5 26. g3 Qc3 $1 {/\Ra1
Jetzt aber ging meine Rechnung auf. Dank seiner Aktivität sollte Schwarz den
Remishafen erreichen können.} 27. Kg2 (27. Rd3 $5 Qb2 (27... Qf6 28. Rd4 g6 29.
Kg2 Ra2 30. Qb1 $1 $16) 28. Rd2 $1 Qc3 29. Kg2 Ra5 $1 (29... Ra1 $2 30. Qc2 (
30. Qe2 $4 Ba6 $19) 30... Qxc2 (30... Qe5 31. Qe4 $1 $16) 31. Rxc2 g6 32. Rc7
$16) 30. e4 (30. Rd3 Qb2 31. Bxd5 $4 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Qe5 $19) 30... Ra1 31. Rc2
$1 Rxd1 32. Rxc3 Rd2 33. Rc7 dxe4 34. Rxb7 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 h5 36. Rxb6 Rb2 $14)
27... Ra2 ({Der leichtere Weg zum Remis bestand in} 27... Ra1 $1 28. Qd2 (28.
Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Ba6 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Kf8 $11) (28. Rc4 Qxc4 29. Qxa1 Qc6
$14) 28... Qxb3 29. Rb4 (29. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 30. Rxd5 h6 $11) 29... Qa2 30. Qxa2
Rxa2 31. Rxb6 Ra7 32. Rb5 g6 $14 {, und Weiß bekommt nur das theoretisch
remisliche Turmendspiel "4 gegen 3 auf einem Flügel".}) 28. Bxd5 (28. Qb1 Rb2
$1 (28... Qxe3 $2 29. Qxa2 Qxd4 30. Qa7 Bc8 31. Qb8 Qc5 32. Bg4 $18) 29. Qe4 g6
30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qf4 (33. Qxb7 $2 Qxe3 $19) 33... Bc6
$132) 28... Qxe3 29. Qf3 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qe8 {In diesem Augenblick befand ich
mich bereits in Zeitnot, deswegen war die Entscheidung, die Damen auf dem
Brett zu behalten, im jeden Fall falsch. Schwarz hat gute Remischancen im
Turmendspiel ohne den Bauern b6, und das Spiel in Zeitnot ist in einem solchen
Endspiel relativ leicht.} (30... Qe7 $5 31. Qe3 Kf8 32. Qd4 Ra8 33. Rd6 $1 (33.
Rd7 Qe8 (33... Qe6 $2 34. Rd6 $16) 34. Rd6 b5 35. Qd5 Rb8 $11) 33... b5 (33...
Qb7+ 34. Kg1 Re8 35. Qb4 $16) 34. Rd7 Qe6 (34... Qe8 35. Qd5 $16 Rb8 $2 36.
Rxf7+ $18) 35. Qd5 Qxd5+ 36. Rxd5 Rb8 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Ke4 $14) (30... Qxf3+ $1
31. Kxf3 Kf8 32. Rd6 (32. Rb5 $2 Ra6 33. Ke4 Ke7 34. Kd5 Kd7 $11) 32... Rb2 (
32... Ra6 33. b4) 33. Rxb6 h5 34. h4 Ke7 {, und Schwarz behält gute
Remischancen.}) 31. Rd6 b5 32. Qc6 Qf8 $2 ({Erneut war} 32... Qxc6+ $1 33. Rxc6
Kf8 {anzuraten.}) 33. Rd7 b4 34. Rb7 g6 (34... Qa8 $4 35. Qc7 $18) 35. Qe4 $1 {
Georgiev will die Chance nutzen und das Endspiel Q+R gegen Q+R mit dem
Mehrbauern "b" erreichen. Ein solches Endspiel wäre für Weiß technisch
gewonnen.} Qc5 $1 36. Qe8+ Qf8 37. Qe5 {/\Qf4} Qa8 $4 {Bei knapper Zeit hatte
ich plötzlich vergessen, daß das Feld a8 für die Dame tabu ist.} ({Richtig war
} 37... Rc2 $1 38. Qf4 $1 (38. Qe4 Qc5 39. Qe8+ Qf8) 38... h5 39. Rxb4 (39. h4
Kg7) 39... Qa8+ 40. Qe4 Qxe4+ 41. Rxe4 Rb2 {, und sowohl bei} 42. b4 Kg7 43. h4
Kf6 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Rf4+ Ke5 {, als auch bei 42.Rb4 Kg7 hätte Schwarz gute
Remischancen.}) 38. Qc7 $18 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Qa2+ 40. Kf3 Qxb3+ 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. cxd5 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6
14. Rc1 Nd7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 $10) 12... g5 13. Bf2 Nxd5 14. Qd2 (14. Qxc5 Qf6 15.
Qd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. b4 Rd8 $44) 14... f5 $1 {N} (14... Qf6
15. h4 Nc6 (15... Rd8 16. Qc2 $2 (16. hxg5 $1 hxg5 17. Qc2 {>=}) 16... Qe5 17.
e4 Nc6 18. Be2 Nf4 19. g3 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 $17 {Dzevlan-Luther/
Budapest Kasparov/1991}) 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Qc2 Qg7 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Nxc3
20. bxc3 Ne5 21. e4 Qf6 22. Rb1 $16 {Sadler,M-Luther,Th/Cuxhaven 1994}) 15. Ne2
(15. e4 fxe4 (15... Nf4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. exf5 exf5 18. Bxc5 Nc6 $44) 16. Bxc5
Rf7 17. fxe4 Nd7 $44) (15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Ba2 Ba6 $15) 15... Qf6 16.
Nc3 (16. Rc1 $5 Nd7 17. Nc3 Ne5 $5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxc5 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
$44 {/\Nc4}) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Be2 (19. h4 $6 g4 {
><f3,g2}) 19... Ne5 20. O-O (20. Bg3 f4 21. exf4 gxf4 22. Bf2 c4 23. Rd1 Bd5
$10) 20... Rfd8 (20... c4 $5) 21. Rfb1 (21. Rfd1 c4 22. Rab1 Bc6 23. Rd4 Rxd4
24. exd4 Nd3 25. Kf1 Kf7 $10) 21... Bc6 22. Bg3 Nd3 23. c4 e5 $6 (23... f4 $5
24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Ra2 Rab8 $10) 24. Rb3 e4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rf1 $14 {<->f,^^}
Kg7 27. Bc7 Rf8 (27... Rd7 28. Ba5 Rf8 $2 29. Bc3+ Kg8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rb8+
Kf7 32. Bh5+ $16) 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rxd3 $16 Kg6 31. Bd8 $6 (31.
Rd6+ Rf6 32. Rxf6+ Kxf6 33. Bd6 a6 (33... Kf5 $5 34. Bxc5 a5 $16) 34. Bxc5 Kf5
35. Kf2 h5 36. Bb6 $16 {/\Bd8,g3,Ke2-d3}) 31... Kf5 32. Be7 Rb8 $132 33. Rd2
Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rc1 35. Bxc5 Rxc4 36. Bxa7 Rc3 37. h3 h5 38. Ra2 (38. a4 Bxa4 39.
Rd5+ Kg6 40. e4 Bc6 $10) 38... Bd5 39. e4+ Bxe4 40. a4 Rc2+ 41. Rxc2 Bxc2 42.
a5 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Bb7 9. Nh3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 c5 12. Bd3 (12. dxc5 g5 13. Bg3 d4 14.
Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Re8+ 16. Be5 Nbd7 17. O-O-O Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 $44 {
Stohl-Psakhis/Amsterdam II/1990}) 12... Nc6 (12... g5 $5 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. Qxd4
Nc6 15. Qa4 d4 16. O-O Qd5 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Bf1 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Ne4 20. Qb5 Qxb5
21. Bxb5 dxe3 22. fxe3 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 Ne5 $15 {Chernin-Farago/OST-chT9394}) 13.
O-O $146 (13. dxc5 {>=} d4 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. O-O bxc5 16. Bf5 Qd5 17. f3 dxe3 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Be4 Qd4 20. Bxb7 e2+ 21. Rf2 Rab8 22. Qxe2 Rxb7 23. Rd1 Qc4 24.
Qe3 Qb3 25. Qxb3 Rxb3 $10 {Sokolov-Nijboer/NLD-ch/1994}) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 g5
$1 15. Qc1 (15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rad1 Qd5 $17 {/\f5}) 15... Nh5 (15...
gxh4 $2 16. Qxh6 Re8 17. Ng5 Re4 18. f3 $16) (15... Ne4 $5 16. f3 Nxd4 17. fxe4
dxe4 18. Bc4 Rc8 (18... b5 19. Rd1) 19. Bf2 (19. Rd1 $5 Qf6 20. Bf2 Nb3 21.
Bxb3 Rxc1 22. Raxc1 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxa3 $15) 19... Ne2+ (19... b5 20. Rd1 Rxc4
21. Qe3 Nc2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qc1 Nxa1 24. Qxa1 Rd2 $44) 20. Bxe2 Rxc1 21.
Raxc1 Qd2 22. Rfe1 e3 23. Bg3 Rc8 $17) 16. Re1 $6 (16. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 f6
18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Qf4 Qd7 20. Rae1 $44 {/\} Rae8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qxf6) (16. Bg3
$5 Nxd4 (16... Nxg3 17. fxg3 Nxd4 18. Qe3 $44) 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Be5 $44 (18. f4
$5)) 16... Qf6 $1 (16... Nxd4 $6 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qc3
$40) 17. Nxg5 (17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rac8 $17) (17. Qd1 Ng7 (17... gxh4 18.
Qxh5 Nxd4 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Ng5 $5 $44) 18. Bg3 Rfe8 $1 $15 (18... Qxd4 $6 19.
Be5 $1)) 17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxd4 19. Re3 f5 20. Rh3 (20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Rh3 Qg4
22. Qd2 Re8 $17) 20... Ne5 21. Bc2 (21. Rxh5 Nxd3 (21... Qxd3 $2 22. Qc7 Nf7
23. Bf6 $1 $18 {/\Rh8}) (21... Rac8 $2 22. Bc2 Qg4 23. Rh3 $13) 22. Qc7 Rf7 $1
(22... Qxf2+ $2 23. Kh1 Rf7 24. Rh8+ Kxh8 25. Qxf7 $18) (22... Qg7 23. Be7 $1
Rf7 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. h4 Rexe7 26. Qa8+ Qf8 27. Qxd5 Nf4 28. Rg5+ Kh7 29. Qf3
Re4 $15) 23. Qg3 Rg7 24. Rd1 Re8 25. h4 Ba6 $17) 21... Ng7 22. Be3 Qc4 23. Bh6
Rf7 24. Qd2 Rc8 $17 25. Bb3 Qc6 26. Rg3 (26. Rc3 Nc4 27. Qg5 Qf6 $17) 26...
Rcc7 27. Re1 Ng4 28. Bf4 Rce7 29. Rc1 Qb5 30. h3 Nf6 31. Bc2 Qe2 $19 32. Qd4
Qc4 33. Qxc4 dxc4 34. Bg5 b5 35. b3 f4 36. Rc3 Nd5 37. Rf3 Re5 38. h4 Ne6 39.
bxc4 bxc4 40. Bg6 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Khalifman} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 (9... d6 {Khalifman} 10. Nh3 $1 (10. e4 c5 11. d5
Nbd7 $13) (10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 $13) 10... Nbd7 11. e4 c5 12. Bf2 $14) 10.
dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 (11. Nh3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Ne4 13. Qe1 g5 14. Bf2 Nxf2 15. Nxf2
Ne5 16. Qc3 Qf6 17. e3 Kg7 18. h4 Rfd8 $132 {Sherbakov-Tunik/Anapa/1991}) 11...
Nc6 12. O-O-O (12. Nh3 Qa5 (12... Rc8 13. O-O-O d5) 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. b4 cxb4
15. axb4 Nc6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. e4 Ng6 19. Bg3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e5
Nd7 $10 {Gurevic,M-Andersson/Reggio Emilia/1989}) 12... Rb8 $5 (12... Ne4 13.
Qe1 g5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. Qxg3 $14 {Hjartarson} (15. hxg3 {Khalifman} Qf6 16. Ne2
$1 $16)) (12... Rc8 $6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 $1 $16 d5 $2 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
Qxc5 Ne5 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Nh3 Qc2+ 19. Ka1 Nc6 20. Qg4+ Qg6 21. Qd7 $18 {
Hjartarson-Speelman/Reykjavik/1991}) 13. Bxf6 (13. Nh3 $5 Ba6 (13... d5 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. cxd5 $16) (13... Qe7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nf4 $14) (13... Ne4 14.
Qe1 g5 15. Bg3 (15. Bf2 Nxf2 16. Nxf2 f5 17. h4 $14) 15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {
/\Nf2} (16. Qxg3 Qf6 17. f4 Ba6 $36)) 14. Bd3 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16.
Rxd7 Ne5 17. Rxa7 Bxc4 $44) 14... d6 $14) 13... Qxf6 $1 (13... gxf6 {Khalifman}
14. Nh3 Ne5 15. Nf4 $16) 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Rxd7 Na5 $44 (15... Ba6 $5 {
Khalifman} 16. Nh3 $1) 16. Nh3 (16. Bd3 Bc6 (16... Ba6 17. Rxa7 Bxc4 18. Rxa5
Bxd3 19. Rxc5 $14) (16... Rfd8 $5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Kc2 Ba6 19. Kc3 Rb8 20.
Ne2 Rb3+ 21. Kc2 Rb6 22. Kc3 Rb3+ $10) 17. Rxa7 Nb3+ 18. Kc2 Na1+ 19. Kb1 Rfd8
20. Kxa1 Rxd3 $44) 16... Bc6 $6 (16... Rfd8 $1 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nf2 (18. Kc2
Ba6 19. Nf2 Bxc4 $10) 18... f5 (18... Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Rd2+ 20. Kxb3 Rxf2 21. Kc3
$16 {/\b4}) (18... Ba6 {Khalifman} 19. Ne4 Bxc4 (19... f5 20. Nxc5 Bxc4 21. Na4
$1 $14) 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nh5+ Kf8 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Re1 $16) 19. Kc2 Ba6 $44 {
/\} 20. Kc3 Rb8) 17. Rxa7 (17. Rd6 $6 Rb6 18. Nf2 Rfb8 19. Nd1 $2 Nb3+ 20. Kc2
Be4+ $19) 17... Nb3+ 18. Kc2 (18. Kc2 Na1+ $1 (18... Rfd8 $2 19. Bd3 $16) 19.
Kb1 (19. Kc1 Nb3+ 20. Kb1 $2 Rfd8 $36) 19... Rfd8 (19... Nb3 20. Bd3 $16) 20.
Kxa1 Rd1+ 21. Ka2 Rd2 22. Bd3 $1 Rxd3 23. Nf4 Rd2 (23... Rxe3 24. Ra5 $16 (24.
Ra6 $1 $16 {Khalifman})) 24. Rb1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 a5 $6 (9... d6 $142) 10. Ne2 $1 {N} (10. Nh3 d6 11. O-O-O Ra6
12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. f4 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qa8 15. Nf2 Rb8 16. e4 e5 17. f5 Bc6 18. Qe2
Ba4 19. Rd2 Rb7 20. g4 Ne8 21. Be3 Nb8 22. g5 Nc6 $13 {Vera,R-Tiviakov,S/
Moscow olm ;CBM 45 1994}) (10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Rhg1 Ra6
14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. f4 Rb8 17. g4 Bc6 18. g5 Ne8 19. Be1 hxg5 20. Rxg5
Ndf6 21. Bc3 Rab6 22. Rdg1 Kf8 23. Ng3 Qb7 24. e4 $16 {Khlian,E-Aseev,K/Rostov
op 1993}) 10... d6 11. O-O-O Ra6 (11... Qe7 $2 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ng3 $16 {/\Nh5
}) 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Nc3 $14 Bb7 14. f3 Qe7 (14... Qb8 15. Be2 Rb6 16. Rd2 (16.
Bf4 Nh5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nf6 19. g4 h6 $13) 16... d5 17. cxd5 (17. Na4 Rc6
18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bb5 Re6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxc5 Rxe3 $10) 17... exd5 18. g4
$14 Qe5 $2 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Na4 $1 Rc6 21. Bb5 Rcc8 22. g5 Nh5 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24.
Nb6 $18) 15. Be2 Rb8 16. Rd2 Rb6 17. Rhd1 Qf8 {/\d5<=>} 18. Bf4 $1 e5 (18...
Ne5 $2 19. Nb5 $16) 19. Bg5 {><d5,d6} Ba8 20. Na4 Ra6 {/\Ne8,Bc6} 21. Qf5 $1 g6
22. Qh3 $16 Re8 23. Nc3 Re6 24. g4 Rb6 25. Qf1 {/\h4-h5->} (25. Nb5 $5 $16)
25... Qb8 (25... h6 {>=} 26. Bh4 (26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. h4 $16) 26... Qb8 27. g5 $5
hxg5 28. Bxg5 $16) 26. h4 Rb3 27. Rc2 (27. Nb5 $5 Ne8 28. h5 f6 29. Bh6 $16)
27... Kg7 28. h5 h6 29. Bxf6+ Nxf6 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qh3 Re8 (31... g5 32. Rh1
Qh8 33. Bd1 Rb8 34. Rch2 $16) 32. Rh1 Ng8 $2 (32... Rh8 {>=} 33. Bd1 Rb6 34.
Rch2 g5 $16) 33. Bd3 Rf8 34. g5 $1 Rxf3 (34... h5 35. Bxg6 $1 Bxf3 (35... Kxg6
36. Qxh5+ Kf5 37. Qh3+ Kxg5 38. Qe6 $18) 36. Bxh5 Bxh1 37. Qd7+ Kh8 38. Rh2 $18
) 35. gxh6+ Kh8 36. Qg4 $18 Ne7 37. Be4 Rf7 (37... Rxe3 $2 38. Qg5 $18) 38. Qe6
Qf8 39. Bxa8 Rf6 40. Qd7 Rf1+ 41. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 42. Nd1 Rd3 43. Rd2 Rxe3 44. Qe8+
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. O-O Rfc8
15. Rd2 d5 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. Qc2 Ne5 $1 $146 (17... Rb7 18. Nc1 d4 19. exd4
cxd4 20. b4 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxc4 Ne5 23. Rxd4 Rbc7 24. Qe4 Rxc4 25. Ne2
Rxd4 26. Rxd4 $14 {Lautier-Epishin/Las Palmas/1994}) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bh7+ Kh8
20. cxd5 Nc4 21. Nf4 (21. dxe6 $2 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 fxe6 24. Bd3 (24.
Qg6 $2 Rc7 25. Qxh6 Rxh7 26. Qxf6+ Rg7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 $19) (24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. h4 Qc7 $17) 24... Rd8 25. Qc3 Kg7 $17) 21... Qxb2 (21... Nxd2 22. Rxd2
$44 Rc7 (22... exd5 $6 23. Nxd5 Qb3 24. Qf5 Rc6 25. Ne7 Re6 (25... Rcb6 26. Qh5
f5 27. Bg6 $1 $18) 26. Qf4 $1 Kxh7 (26... f5 27. Bxf5 Qb5 28. h3 Rf6 29. Qe5
$18) 27. Nf5 $18) (22... e5 $2 23. Nh5 $40) (22... f5 $2 23. dxe6 fxe6 $2 24.
Qc3+ Kxh7 25. Rd7+ $18) (22... Rd8 23. Bg6 $5 Rd7 24. Bxf7 Rxf7 25. Qg6 $40)
23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Qg6 Rxh7 25. Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Nxe6 $10 {/\Qg6}) 22. dxe6 (22.
dxe6 Qxc2 (22... Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Qb5 24. h3 $40) 23. Bxc2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Rc7 (
24... fxe6 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxc8 Bxc8 $10) (24... Rd8 $2 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. exf7 Bc4 27. Ng6+ $16) (24... Bc4 25. e7 (25. exf7 $2 Bxf7 26. Rd7 Rd8
$1 27. Rxf7 $2 Rb1+ $19) 25... Re8 26. Rd7 Rb2 27. Bf5 $36 {o^e7}) 25. exf7
Rxf7 26. Rd6 Bb5 27. h4 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 c5 $5 (10... Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4
Nd5 14. Bf2 {+/=/=}) 11. dxc5 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 (11... g5 $5 12. Bf2 Nxd5 13. Qd2
cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6 $13) 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Be7 Re8 14. bxc3 (14. Bxc5 Nd5) (14.
Bh4 Nd5 15. e4 Ne3 $17) 14... Rxe7 $10) 11... bxc5 12. Bxf6 $146 (12. cxd5 g5
$1 13. Bf2 Nxd5 14. Qd2 (14. Qxc5 $5 Qf6 $5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. Kd2
Nc6 18. b4 Rd8 $44) 14... Qf6 15. h4 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qe5 17. e4 Nc6 18. Be2 Nf4 19.
g3 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 $17 {Dzevlan-Luther/Budapest Kasparov/1991})
(12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Nh3 Qb6 14. Nf2 Bc6 15. Be2 Rab8 16. Rd2 a5 17. Qc2 Rfc8
$10 {Mohr-Gruenberg/Bad Lauterberg/1991}) 12... Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Rc1 (14.
cxd5 exd5 {><e3} 15. Bd3 (15. Rc1 c4 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Kd2 Rad8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19.
exd4 Bc8 $10) (15. Ne2 $5) 15... Nc6 16. Ne2 Ne5 $10) 14... Nd7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 (
15... exd5 $2 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxc5 $16) 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Ne2 (
17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxc5 Bb3 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Ne2 Rd2 $15) (17. e4 Bb3 18. Ne2 (
18. Rc3 c4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Ne5 21. Rc2 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 $36) 18...
Rab8 19. Nc3 (19. Bxd7 Rxd7 $15) 19... Ne5 {/\} 20. Ke2 $2 Bc4+ 21. Bxc4 Rxb2+
$17) 17... Rab8 18. a4 (18. Nc3 a6 19. Bxa6 Rxb2 20. O-O Bc6 (20... Ra8 21. Bb5
Ne5 22. a4 (22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxc5 Rxa3 $10) 22... Bc4 23. Rb1 $1 Rc2 24. Rfc1
$14) 21. Rb1 (21. a4 Nb6 $10 {/\Na4,Rdd2}) 21... Rxb1 (21... Rdb8 $5 22. Rxb2
Rxb2 $10) 22. Rxb1 Ra8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Kf8 $10) 18... a6 19. Bxa6 Rxb2
$10 20. O-O Bc6 21. Nc3 Nb8 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Rb4 24. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 10th Group6"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[BlackTeam "Alushta Chigorin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2
Rac8 (14... Rfc8 15. Bb5 c6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 c5 18. Ne2 c4 19. Bc2 a5 20. Kd2
{+= Gurevich,M-Onischuk/Philadelphia/1994}) (14... f5 $1 15. Bb5 c6 16. Ba4 e5
17. Ne2 Rae8 18. O-O-O e4 {=}) 15. Ne2 $5 {N} (15. e4 Ne7 16. Bb5 c6 17. Ba4 b5
18. Bc2 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Ne2 Rfd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 a6 23. Kd2 Ng6 24.
Bg3 Nd7 25. Rd1 Kf8 {+/=/= Tunik-Brodsky/Kstovo op/1994}) 15... c5 16. e4 Ne7
17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Rd1 Nb3 20. Be3 (20. Bxg7 $4 Kxg7 21. Rd7 Nc6 22.
Rxb7 Nc5 {-+}) 20... Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ (21. Be2 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 $5 (22. Bxd1 Na5 {
/\Nc4-a3}) 22... Nc6 $1 {=} (22... f5 23. Kc2 Na5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Bf2 Nc4 26.
Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rd1 {+=})) 21... Rxd8 22. Nb5 (22. Bc4 Nd4 23. Kf2 Nc2 24. Bc1
Rc8 25. b3 (25. Bb3 $5 Nxa3 26. Rd1 Ng6 27. Rd7 Ne5 28. Rxb7 Nd3+ 29. Ke3 Nxc1
30. Rxa7 Nxb3 31. Rxa3 Na5 {=}) 25... Nc6 $132 {/\Na5}) (22. Kf2 Nd4 23. Nb5
Nc2 24. Nxa7 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 Rd1 {~=}) 22... Nc6 23. Bc4 Na1 $1 24. Kf2 Nc2 25.
Rc1 (25. Bc1 $5 {^^} a6 26. Nc3 Ne5 27. Be2 Nd3+ (27... b5 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29.
Nxd1 {+=}) 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Na4 Rb3 (29... Rd6 30. Bf4 Rc6 31. Rd1 b5 32. Rd7
Bc8 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Nb6 {+=}) 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Nc3 Nxa3 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rc8 {
+-}) 25... Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Kf8 $6 (26... a6 $1 27. Nc3 (27. Nc7 b5 28. Ba2 Nd4 {=
} (28... Rc8 $2 29. Nxe6 {+/-})) 27... Kf8 28. Be2 b5 {=}) 27. f4 Ke7 (27... a6
$6 28. Nc7 $1 b5 29. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 30. Nxe6+ Ke7 31. Nxd8 Kxd8 {+/-}) 28. e5 {+=
} f6 29. exf6+ gxf6 30. g3 Rd7 (30... a6 $6 31. Nc7 b5 32. Nxe6 bxc4 33. Nxd8
Nxd8 34. Rxc4 {+/-}) 31. Be2 {/\Bf3} a6 32. Nc3 b5 (32... Nd4 33. Na4 Nxe2 34.
Kxe2) 33. Ne4 Nd4 34. Nc5 Nxe2 35. Kxe2 Rc7 36. Rc3 $1 (36. b4 $2 Bd5 37. Rd1
a5 {=}) 36... a5 (36... Kd6 37. Nxb7+ Rxb7 38. Rc8 Rc7 $2 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 40. g4
Kd6 41. h4 {+/-}) 37. Nxb7 Rxb7 38. Rc5 Kd6 $6 (38... f5 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Kd4 a4
{+= /\b4}) 39. Rh5 b4 40. a4 f5 41. Rxh6 b3 42. Kd3 Rb4 43. Kc3 $2 (43. Rh8 $1
Rxa4 44. Rb8 Ra1 45. Rxb3 Rh1 46. h4 {+/-}) 43... Rxa4 44. Kxb3 Re4 45. Rh8 Re2
46. Ka3 Rg2 47. b3 Kc6 48. Rc8+ (48. Ra8 Rxh2 49. Rxa5 Re2 $1 50. Ra8 Re3 51.
Rg8 Kb5 {=}) 48... Kd7 49. Rh8 Kc6 50. Rh6 Kd5 51. Rh7 (51. Ka4 Kc5) 51... Kd6
52. Rh8 (52. Ka4 Kc5 53. Rc7+ $4 Kb6 {-+}) (52. Rh8 Kc6 {=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Toth, Christian Endre"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Qd2 (12. b4 d5 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 {Sorokin,M-Atalik,S Cheljabinsk 1991 53/538} Ne4 $1 15. Bxd8
Nxc3 16. Be7 (16. Ba5 Ne5) 16... Rfe8 17. Bd6 Na4 $5 $10 {Sorokin}) (12. Rc1 {
Ernst} h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Ba6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18.
Qa5 Nb8 $13 {Doroskevic - Karpov, Russland 1970.}) 12... Re8 $1 $146 (12... h6
13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 Ba6 15. Rc1 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. dxe6 Bxe2 18. Rxc8 Qxc8
19. exd7 Qxd7 20. Kxe2 Re8+ $1 21. Kf2 Ne4+ $3 22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. Re1 (23. Bg3
Rxd4 24. Qe3 Qf5+ 25. Kg1 Qb1+ 26. Kf2 Qf5+ $10) 23... Rxh4 24. d5 Qd6 25. Re8+
Kh7 26. Qd3+ g6 27. Qc3 Rf4+ 28. Ke2 Rf6 29. Qc8 g5 $10 {Flear,G-Summermatter,
D Chiasso 1991 52/553}) 13. O-O $6 (13. b4 d5 $1 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Ne4 16.
Bxd8 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Rexd8 $10) (13. Rc1 $142 {besser} cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. cxd5
Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1 Bxd5 17. O-O Qa8 $10) 13... Ba6 14. Rac1 Ne4 $1 15. Bxe4 (15.
Bxd8 {Ftacnik} Nxd2 16. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rexd8 $19) 15... Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7
17. Bd3 g6 (17... Nf6 $5) 18. b4 $6 (18. Rfd1 Nf6 (18... d5 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20.
d6 Qxd6 21. Qxd3 $10) 19. dxc5 Rxc5 (19... dxc5 20. Nc3 $10) 20. b4 Rcc8 21.
Ng3 e5 22. f5 $10) (18. Rfe1 {Ftacnik} e5 $15) 18... Nf6 19. e4 $2 (19. dxc5
dxc5 (19... bxc5 20. b5 Bb7 21. Nc3 $10 (21. a4 {Ftacnik} e5 $15)) 20. b5 (20.
e4 $5) 20... Bb7 21. Nc3 Rcd8 $15) (19. Ng3 d5 $15) (19. bxc5 {Ftacnik} dxc5
$15) 19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nb5 (21. fxe5 {Ftacnik} dxe5 (21... Qxe5 22.
Qf2 $13) 22. Nb3 Red8 $13) 21... Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 d5 $1 $17 (23...
exf4 $2 24. Qxf4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rc7 $10) 24. exd5 (24.
fxe5 {Ftacnik} Qxe5 25. exd5 Ng4 26. g3 Qd4+ 27. Kg2 Qxd5+ $19) 24... Nxd5 25.
Bxg6 $5 (25. fxe5 Qxe5 $17) 25... Nxf4 (25... hxg6 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxd5 exf4 27.
Rf1 $13) 26. Be4 Rd8 (26... Qg5 {Ftacnik} 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Qe3 $15) 27. Qc2 (27.
Qe3 $5 {Ftacnik}) 27... Qg5 {/\Ne2} 28. Bxh7+ $2 (28. Kh1 Ne2 $6 (28... h5 $1
$17) 29. Rf1 $132 (29. Rd1 $4 Ng3+ $19 (29... Ng3+ {Ftacnik} 30. hxg3 Qh5+ $19)
)) 28... Kg7 $19 29. Kh1 (29. Rf1 Rd2 $19) 29... Rh8 30. Be4 Ne2 $1 (30... Ne2
{Ftacnik} 31. Re1 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qh6#) 0-1

[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 (
6... b6 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nh3 $1 b6 (8... Nc6 {Chekhov/} 9. e3 (9.
f3 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 d6 13. Be2 g5 14. Nh3 Nh5
15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 Qh4+ 17. Nf2 Ng4 18. g3 Qe7 19. O-O $16 {Kharlov,
A-Makarichev,S/RUS/1994/0|1/40/}) 9... d6 10. f3 Nf6 {/\e5}) (8... d6 {
Tsesarsky} 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 Qe7 $5 {N/} (10... e5 {Chekhov/} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Nf2 Nc6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O e4 15. f4 Be6 16. Rg1 $36 {Hlian,E-Terterians,V/
Podolsk/1992/0|1/58/}) (10... a5 $5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Qxb3
b6 15. Bb2 Na5 16. Qc2 c5 $132 {Tomicic,Z-Hulak,K/Djakovo/1994/0|1/40/}) 11.
Bd3 a5 12. Bd2 b6 (12... a4 $5) 13. O-O Bb7 (13... a4 $5) 14. b4 $14 axb4 15.
axb4 Nbd7 16. Qb2 Rfb8 17. Bc2 (17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ra1 Qe8 19. Ra3 Rxa3 20. Qxa3
Qa8 $14) 17... Qd8 18. Ba4 Ba6 (18... Ra7 $4 19. Bxd7 Rxa1 20. Bxe6+ $18) (
18... Ra6 $5 19. Bb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8) 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Ra2 $14 {Kharlov,
A-Vyzmanavin,A/Novosibirsk/1995/1:0/59/CBM 50/}) 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 (10. Bg5 $5
Bb7 11. e3 h6 12. Bh4) 10... c5 (10... Bb7 11. Bd2 (11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Ne7 13.
b4 Qe8 14. Bb2 Qh5 15. Rae1 $14) 11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bc3 Nc6 14. Be2 Qe7
15. Nf4 a5 16. Rd1 d6 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Qd2 Rd7 19. Qe1 a4 $10 {Kiriakov,
P-Evseev,D/Groningen op ;EXP 50 1995}) 11. b4 {N} (11. b3 d6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13.
Bb2 g6 14. O-O e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. f4 e4 17. Be2 h6 18. Nf2 Kf7 19. g4 $16 {
Kohlweyer-Pavlovic/ Nis 1994} (19. g4 Neg8 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Kh1 Qd7 22. Rg1
Rae8 23. Rg3 Re7 24. Rag1 Ke8 25. Bc3 Rh7 26. Qb2 $36)) 11... Qe7 12. bxc5 bxc5
13. Be2 cxd4 (13... Nc6 14. Bb2 d6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nf4 $14) 14. exd4 Nc6 15.
Bb2 $14 d6 16. O-O (16. d5 $5 exd5 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. Rd1 $132) 16...
e5 17. d5 Nd8 (17... Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bd3 $14) 18. f4 $1 e4 $6 (18... Nf7
{>=} 19. fxe5 (19. Bd3 $5 e4 20. Be2 $14) 19... Nxe5 20. Nf4 $14) 19. Nf2 (19.
c5 $4 Nxd5 (19... dxc5 20. Be5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Qb3 Nb6 $19) 20. Bc4 Be6
21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Bd4 Nf6 $17) 19... Nb7 20. Nd1 Bd7 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Bd4 $16 Rfc8
23. Rab1 Qd8 (23... Rab8 $5 24. Rxb8 (24. Rb4 a5) 24... Rxb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ (
25... Rb6 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. Qb2 $14) (25... Qd8 $5) 26. Qxb1 $14) 24. Qc3 Kf7
25. h3 {/\g4} Na4 26. Qe1 (26. Qb4 $6 Nc5) 26... Ne8 (26... Nc5 $5) 27. Qg3 (
27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4 $16) 27... Rcb8 28. Rb4 (28. Rxb8 $6 Rxb8 (28... Qxb8 29.
Qg5) 29. Bxa7 Rb3 30. Bd4 Rxa3 31. Ra1 Rxa1+ 32. Bxa1 $14) 28... Rxb4 (28... a5
29. Rxa4 $1 Bxa4 (29... g6 30. Bd1 $16) 30. Nxf5 Rb3 31. Qg4 Bd7 (31... Rxa3
32. Bxg7 $40) 32. Nxd6+ Kg8 33. f5 $16) 29. axb4 a5 30. c5 (30. b5 $6 Nc5)
30... axb4 (30... Bc8 31. Ra1 axb4 32. Bb5 dxc5 33. Bxc5 Bd7 34. Rxa4 (34. Bxd7
Qxd7 35. Bxb4 $14) 34... Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Bxa4 36. Bxb4 Bb3 $15) 31. Nc4 $2 (31.
c6 $1 Bc8 32. Ra1 (32. Nc2 Qa5 33. Qh4 $36) 32... Nb6 33. Rxa8 Nxa8 34. Nc2 Qa5
35. Qb3 $16) 31... g6 $2 (31... dxc5 $1 32. Nd6+ (32. Be5 $1 g6 33. h4 $36 Nb6
34. h5 Nxd5 (34... Ra2 35. Qe3 (35. hxg6+ $1 hxg6 36. Bh5 $1 gxh5 37. Nd6+ Nxd6
(37... Kf8 38. Qg6 $18) 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qxh5+ Ke7 41. Qh4+ Kf7
42. Qxd8 $18) 35... Nxd5 36. Qxc5 Be6 $17) (34... Bb5 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Qh3 (
36. Bc7 $5 Nxc7 37. Ne5+ Kf8 38. Qxg6 Be8 39. Qxf5+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qf5+
$10) 36... Nxc4 (36... Nxd5 37. Qh7+ Ke6 38. Qg8+ $10) 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh8+
Ke7 39. Qh7+ $10) 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Bb2 Nef6 (36... Ng7 37. Nd6+ Kg8 38. Qxg6
Qe7 39. Bc4 $18) (36... Ra2 37. Qb3 $16) (36... Kf8 $2 37. Qxg6 Ndf6 38. Nd6
Qe7 39. Nxe8 Bxe8 40. Qxf5 Bd7 41. Qxf6+ Qxf6 42. Bxf6 $18) 37. Ne5+ Ke6 38.
Bc4 Be8 39. Rd1 $13) (32. Qb3 $2 cxd4 33. Ne5+ Kf8 34. d6 Nxd6 35. Qd5 Be8 $19)
32... Kf8 (32... Ke7 33. Nxe8) 33. Nxe8 g6 34. Bf6 (34. Nc7 Qxc7 35. Be5 Qb7
$19) (34. Nf6 $6 cxd4 35. Nxh7+ Kg7 36. Bh5 Ra6 $19) 34... Qxe8 35. Qg5 Qf7 $17
) 32. cxd6 Ng7 (32... Bc8 33. Ne5+ Kf8 34. d7 Bxd7 35. Nxg6+ hxg6 36. Qxg6 Qh4
37. Bh5 Ke7 38. d6+ Kd8 39. Bf2 Qf6 40. Qxf6+ Nxf6 41. Bh4 $16) (32... Kg8 33.
h4 (33. Rb1 $5) (33. Be5 $5) 33... Bb5 34. h5 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 $36) 33. Ne5+ Kg8
34. Ra1 $18 Nc3 (34... Be8 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Qb3 (36. Nxd7 Qxd7 37. Qb3 $14)
36... Nb6 37. Rxa8 Nxa8 38. Bb5 Bc8 39. d6+ Be6 40. Qxb4 $18) (34... Qf6 $2 35.
Qb3 Qxd6 36. Nxd7 Qxd7 37. d6+ Kh8 38. Qxb4 $18) 35. Bxc3 bxc3 36. Rxa8 Qxa8
37. Qxc3 Be8 (37... Qa7+ 38. Kf1 Ne8 39. Nc4 $16) 38. Kh2 Qa7 (38... Qb7 $5)
39. Qc8 Qe3 40. d7 Qxf4+ 41. Kh1 Qxe5 42. d8=Q Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Kh1 Qa1+
45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. g3 f4 47. Qdc7 (47. Qdc7 fxg3+ 48. Kg2 Qb2 49. Qc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Prague m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 11. cxd5 (11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 c5 $10) (11. Rc1 $5
c6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Ne2 $14) 11... exd5 12. Bb5 $6 {N} (12. Bf2 c5 $1 13. Bb5
cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bb5 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Nd4 Bc4
20. Bg3 Nh5 $1 21. Kf2 Qf6 $1 $15 {Seirawan,Y-Karpov,An/Rotterdam 1989}) (12.
Nh3 Qe7 $1 13. Bf2 c5 $1 14. Bb5 Bc6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Bxh3 17. gxh3 Nbd7 18.
Kh1 Nh5 19. Rg1 Ndf6 20. dxc5 $6 bxc5 $15 {Gulko,B-Chandler,M/Hastings 1989})
12... c6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 c5 $1 15. Ne2 (15. Qxc5 Rxe3+ 16. Kf2 Re6 17. Qxb5
Ne4+ (17... Rb6 $2 18. Bxf6 $16) 18. Bxe4 Qxh4+ 19. g3 Qe7 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Qxd5
Nc6 $36) (15. O-O-O $6 c4 $15 {/\Nc6,a5,b4->}) 15... c4 16. O-O a5 17. b4 (17.
b3 Nc6 18. bxc4 dxc4 {/\Ba6,b4} 19. e4 $2 (19. a4 $2 b4 20. Qxc4 Rxe3 $17)
19... Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qxh4 $17) 17... Nc6 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Qe7 $15 {
[%csl Rb4,Re3][%cal Ra8a1] ><b4,e3,<->a} 20. Bxf6 (20. Bf2 Ra2 $15 {/\Nxb4})
20... Qxe3+ $1 21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. Nf4 $2 (22. Kf2 {>=} Rae8 23. Be5 Rxe2+ 24.
Kxe2 Nxd4+ 25. Kd2 Rxe5 26. Rbe1 Re6 27. Rxe6 Nxe6 $15) 22... gxf6 23. Nxd5 Re2
24. Be4 Raa2 25. Kh1 (25. Nxf6+ Kf8 26. f4 Rxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxd4 28. Rfe1 Ne2+ $19
) (25. Nf4 Red2 26. Rfd1 f5 27. Bd5 Rab2 $17) 25... f5 $1 $19 26. Bxf5 (26.
Nf6+ Kh8 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 $19) 26... Nxd4 27. Be4 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxg2 29. Rg1 Rxg1+
30. Rxg1+ Kf8 31. Rd1 Ne2 32. Re1 Rd2 33. Be4 c3 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 (4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6.
Bh4 b5 7. cxb5 Bb7 8. e3 Bxd5 9. a3 Ba5 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Be2 d5 12. O-O Nbd7 13.
Na4 Bc7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. b4 Bd6 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne5 Qd6 {
Dao Thien Hai-Palkovi,J/Balatonbereny (11) ;55 1996/1-0 (41)}) 4... O-O 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 (9. Nf3 {Tsesarsky,I} Nbd7 10. Bd3
c5 11. b4 (11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. b3 b5 14. Qb4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc6 16.
Rfd1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 $10 {Ziegler,A - Hellsten,J /Copenhagen op (04)/1995/(0:1)/
(43)}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Rc1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Bg3 Nh5 18. O-O Nxg3 19. hxg3 e4 $8 20. Bxe4 Bxc4 21. Qb2 b5 $10 {Lautier,
J - Kortschnoj,V /SWZ - chT (6)/1994/0:1/(39)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 (10. Nf3 {
Tsesarsky,I like in previous line}) (10. b4 {Tsesarsky,I} c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12.
Ne2 Ne5 13. O-O cxb4 14. axb4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Rxa7 Rxc4 17. Qb3 Qb6 18.
Bxf6 Rxb4 19. Qa3 gxf6 20. Ra6 Qb7 {Linauskas,D - Nikolenko,O /Katovice op (02)
/1995/0,5/(43)}) 10... c5 11. O-O (11. b4 {Tsesarsky,I} cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13.
Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 e5 15. Rc1 (15. f3 exd4 16. O-O Ne5 17. b5 Bb7 18. Nxd4 d5 19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 Nd7 21. Qb4 Bxd5 22. Rad1 $10 {Flear,G - Rosentalis,E /
Chiasso op (09)/1991/0,5/22}) (15. b5 Bb7 16. O-O exd4 (16... e4 17. Bb1 Qc7
18. Ba2 d5 19. Qa4 Qb8 20. Bg3 Qa8 $10 {Baburin-Rozentalis/Copenhagen PC/1996})
17. Nxd4 d5 18. Nf5 Rc5 19. Bc2 $13 Ne5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Nxh6+ gxh6
23. Bxf6 Qxg3 24. hxg3 $14 {Baburin,A - Wirthenzon,N /Grand Prix Suisse/1993/1:
0/34}) 15... e4 16. Bb1 $6 (16. Bxe4 $5 g5 (16... d5 $2 17. Bxd5 g5 18. Bf3 $16
) (16... Re8 17. Bd3 d5 (17... b5 18. c5 $16) 18. b5 Bb7 19. O-O $16) 17. Bf3
d5 (17... b5 18. Bg3 g4 $5 (18... bxc4 19. Qa4 Nb8 $8 20. b5 Qd7 21. Bc6 $5
Rxc6 (21... Nxc6 22. Qxa6 Nb8 23. Qxd6 $16) 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24.
Bxd6 Re8 25. Kd1 Rd8 26. Bc5 Ne4 27. Ke1 Ne5 28. dxe5 Nxc5 29. Rb1 Nd3+ 30. Kf1
Nxe5 31. Nc3 Rd3 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. Re1 $44) 19. Bd5 (19. Bxg4 $6 Nxg4 20. Bxd6
Re8 21. Qg3 Qg5 22. Bf4 Qg6 $15) 19... Nb6 20. Qb1 Nbxd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O
$14) 18. b5 Bb7 19. Bg3 Re8 (19... Rxc4 20. Rxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxf3 22. gxf3
Qe7 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. O-O $16) 20. Qb2 Ba8 21. h4 $14) 16... d5 17. b5 $1 (17.
cxd5 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1 Qc8 $1 19. Ne2 Bc4 20. Qc2 Bd3 (20... Bxe2 $2 21. Qxc8 Rxc8
22. Kxe2 Nxd5 23. Bxe4 $16) (20... Bxd5 $5) (20... Qa6 $5) 21. Qb3 Bc4 $10)
17... dxc4 (17... Bb7 18. O-O (18. cxd5 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Bxd5 $140 {e3} 20. Qxd5
Nxd5 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 $15) 18... dxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 $15) 18. Rxc4
Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. O-O Qa8 (20... e3 $2 21. fxe3 Qe7 22. Qb3 Re8 23. Bf2 Ne4
24. Ba2 $16) 21. Qc7 Rc8 (21... g5 $5 22. Bg3 e3 23. fxe3 Bxg2 24. Rf2 Be4 25.
Ba2 Qb7 $13) 22. Qd6 a6 (22... Rd8 23. Re1 e3 24. Qg3 exf2+ 25. Qxf2 Be4 26.
Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Nf4 Qf5 28. a4 $14) 23. Ng3 (23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxb6 axb5 (24...
Nd5 $2 25. Qd6 $16) 25. Qxb5 e3 26. fxe3 Bxg2 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qf5 Bf3 29.
Qh7+ (29. Ng3 $6 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Bh1 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nf5+ Kd7 34.
Qxa8 Bxa8 35. Bd3 $10) 29... Kf8 30. Ba2 Qb7 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33.
Qh6+ Kg8 $10) 23... g5 24. Nf5 $40 {1-0 Vera,R-Izeta,F/Leon-B (07) ;CBM 54_06
1996 (38)}) (11. dxc5 {Tsesarsky,I} Nxc5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Qd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. b3 b5 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. cxb5 Bxb5 $15 {Azmaiparashvili-Kortschnoj/Moscow
PCA-Intel 25'/1995}) (11. Rc1 {Dautov} Rc8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 e5
15. b3 e4 16. Bb1 d5 17. cxd5 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 Qe7 $17 {Olsen-Rozentalis/
Copenhagen PC/1996}) 11... Rc8 12. Qb3 $6 (12. b3 $5) (12. b4 {Dautov} cxd4 13.
Qxd4 (13. exd4 $2 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 $17) 13... Ne5 14. b5 (14. Rfc1 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Rxc4 16. Rxc4 d5 $17) 14... Bb7 $15) 12... d5 13. Rfc1 $4 {I am really
surprised by the fact that two different players miscalculated 13...b5 (Lima,D
- Garcia Ilundain,D Leon-B 1996 but without h6 Bh4)} b5 $1 (13... cxd4 {Dautov}
14. exd4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 Qa8 18. Rc1 Nd5 $10) 14.
cxb5 (14. Qc2 bxc4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qa4 (16. Qb1 {Dautov} g6 (16... Qb6 $5 17.
Bc2 Rb8 18. Ra2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 e5 20. Nf5 Nc5 $17) 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Nf4 (18.
Qxg6 Qe7 $17) 18... Rf7 19. Nxe6 Qg8 $17) 16... Kxh7 17. Qxa6 Qb6 $17) (14.
cxd5 $2 c4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. dxe6 fxe6 $17) 14... c4 15. Bxc4 dxc4
16. Qa4 (16. Rxc4 Qb6 (16... Bb7 $17) 17. Nc3 Rxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qe2 Bb7 $17
) 16... Bb7 17. Qxa7 (17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Qxc4 Qa8 $17) 17... Be4 18. Qa4 Qb6 19.
Nc3 (19. Rxc4 Ra8 20. Qb4 Bd3 21. Rc6 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Bxb5 23. Rc2 Ne4 $17) 19...
Ba8 (19... Bd3) (19... Bd3 20. Qb4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. a4 $13) 20. Qb4 e5 21.
Rd1 (21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. dxe5 Ng4 $17 (22... Qb7 23. f3 Ng4 24. Ne4 $15)) 21...
Ne4 (21... exd4 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Qd6 $13) 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 {[%cal Re4g2,Yb6g6]}
23. f3 Bd3 24. a4 exd4 25. a5 Qg6 $1 (25... Qc5 $6 26. Be7 (26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27.
Be7 Rxb5 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. exd4 Rxb2 30. a6 $13) 26... Qe5 27. Bxf8 Qxe3+ 28.
Kh1 Rxf8 $132 29. b6 Be2 (29... Ne5 30. a6 Nxf3 31. a7 $18) 30. Re1 d3 (30...
Qf2 31. a6 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ $10) 31. Qxc4 Ne5 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33.
fxe4 Rd8 34. h3 Bh5 $1 (34... Nc4 $2 35. b3 $1 Nxa5 36. Rxa5 d2 37. Rea1 d1=Q+
38. Rxd1 $18) 35. g4 Bg6 36. Rad1 Nc4 37. b4 Nb2 38. Rd2 Nc4 $10) 26. Bf4 dxe3
(26... Be2 $2 27. Rxd4 Bxf3 28. Bg3 Bg4 29. b6 $16) 27. b6 (27. Bxe3 Rfe8 (
27... Ne5 28. Kh1 (28. Kf2 Bc2 $19) 28... Nxf3 29. gxf3 Be2 30. Rf1 Bxf1 31.
Rxf1 Qd3 32. Re1 Rfe8 33. Qd2 Qf5 $17) 28. Re1 Ne5 29. Kh1 Qf5 $40) 27... e2
28. Re1 c3 $2 $15 {/\Rc4} (28... Qf6 $2 29. Bd6 Rfe8 30. b7 Rc6 31. b8=Q Nxb8
32. Bxb8 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 $15) (28... Rc6 $1 $17) (28... Rc6 29. b7 Rf6 30. Bg3 $13
{/\Qb5}) 29. bxc3 Rc4 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Bxd6 Re8 32. b7 (32. Bb4 Rc6 $17) 32...
Rc6 33. Bg3 g5 34. Ra4 Ba6 35. Rb4 (35. Rd4 Nb8 36. Rb4 f5 $17) 35... Rxc3 36.
b8=Q (36. Rd4 Nb8 37. Re4 Rd8 (37... Rxe4 38. fxe4 Nd7 39. b8=Q+ Nxb8 40. Bxb8
Rc5 $15) 38. Kf2 $5) 36... Nxb8 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Bxb8 Rc5 39. Bg3 Rd5 (39...
Rxa5 40. Rb1 Rd5 41. Be1) 40. Bc7 Rd1 41. Kf2 f6 42. Bb6 Kf7 43. g4 Ke6 44. Bc5
Ke5 45. Bb6 f5 46. Bc7+ Ke6 47. gxf5+ $2 $17 (47. h3 f4 48. h4 h6 49. hxg5 hxg5
50. Rxe2+ $10) (47. Bb8 f4 48. h4 (48. Bc7 h6 {/\Kd5-d4-c3-d2}) 48... gxh4 (
48... h6 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bc7 Bb5 51. Bb6 {><g5}) 49. Bxf4 Kd5 50. Bh2 Kd4 51.
f4 Ke4 52. f5 h5 53. gxh5 Rd5 54. Rxe2+ Bxe2 55. Kxe2 Rxf5 $19) 47... Kxf5 48.
Bb6 (48. h3 $142 $17) 48... g4 49. fxg4+ Kxg4 50. Rxe2 (50. Bc7 Rd7 (50... Kh3
51. Bb8 h5 52. Bc7 Rd7 53. Bb8 Rd5 54. Bc7 Rc5 55. Bb6 Rf5+ 56. Ke3 Rf1 57. Kd2
Kxh2 $19) 51. Bg3 Rf7+ 52. Ke3 Rf3+ 53. Kd2 (53. Ke4 h5 54. Be5 Rf1 55. Bc3 Kh3
$19) 53... Rd3+ 54. Kc2 Kf3 $17) 50... Bxe2 51. Kxe2 {[#] Hecht: Zur Theorie:
Schwarz gewinnt ohne die beiden weißen Bauern und dem wK in der Ecke, wenn
sein Bauer nicht das Feld h5 überschritten hat. Steht der sB schon auf h3, so
bleibt die Partie remis, weil der wK nicht aus der Ecke vertrieben werden kann.
Im letzteren Fall wirkt ein wB auf h2 wegen der Mattgefahr mehr als nur
störend.} Rd6 52. Kf2 h5 53. Kg2 Rd2+ 54. Kh1 Ra2 (54... Kh3 55. Kg1 (55. a6
Rd6 $19) 55... Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Rc2 (56... Ra2 57. Bc7) 57. a6 Kxh2 58. a7 Ra2 59.
Bf2 Kh3 60. Bd4 h4 61. Kg1 Kg4 $10) 55. h3+ $4 (55. Bc7 $10 h4 (55... Kf3 $2 {
Hecht} 56. h3 $10 {auch ohne den a-Bauer. Der wL bleibt auf der Diagonalen
h2-b8, vorzugsweise auf b8, c7 oder d6.}) (55... Kh3 $1 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kf1
Rg7 58. Bb8 Rb7 59. Bd6 Ra7 60. Bb8 Rxa5 {[#]} 61. Bc7 (61. Kf2 Rf5+ 62. Kg1
Rb5 63. Bd6 Rb2) 61... Ra2 62. Kg1 Kg4 63. Kf1 h4 64. Ke1 h3 65. Kf1 Kf3 66.
Ke1 Re2+ 67. Kd1 Ke3 68. Bf4+ Kd3 69. Kc1 Rc2+ 70. Kb1 Kc3 71. Be5+ Kb3 72. Bb8
Rc8 73. Ba7 Rc7 74. Bb6 Rb7 $19 {analog einer Studie von Enevoldsen, 1949}) 56.
Bb6 (56. Kg1 Kh3) 56... Ra1+ 57. Bg1 Kh3 58. a6 Rxa6 59. Bd4 Ra2 60. Bg1 Rb2
61. Bc5 Rxh2+ 62. Kg1 Rc2 (62... Rd2 63. Kh1) 63. Bd6 Rc1+ 64. Kf2 Kg4 65. Kg2
h3+ 66. Kh2 $10) 55... Kxh3 56. Bd4 $19 (56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 (57. Kf1 Kg3 58.
a6 Ra2 59. a7 Ra1+ 60. Ke2 h4 $19) 57... Rc2 58. Kg1 (58. a6 Rc6 $19) 58... Kg3
$19) 56... Rxa5 {weil der h-Bauer h5 noch nicht überschritten hat.} 57. Bb6
Ra1+ 58. Bg1 Ra2 59. Bb6 Rh2+ (59... h4 $4 60. Kg1 Rg2+ 61. Kf1 (61. Kh1 Rb2
62. Ba7 Rb1+ 63. Bg1 Kg4 64. Kg2 Rb2+ 65. Kh1 Kg3 66. Bd4 Rh2+ 67. Kg1 Re2 68.
Kh1 h3 69. Ba7 h2 70. Bb8+ Kh3 $19) 61... Rg4 62. Bc7 Rd4 63. Bb8 Rd1+ 64. Kf2
Rd7 65. Be5 Rf7+ 66. Kg1 $10) 60. Kg1 Rb2 (60... Rg2+ $1 61. Kf1 (61. Kh1 h4 {
like in previous line}) 61... Rg5 62. Kf2 Rg6 63. Bc7 Kh4 64. Kf3 (64. Bd8+ Kg4
65. Kg2 Rc6 66. Be7 h4 67. Bb4 h3+ 68. Kh2 Rc2+ 69. Kh1 h2 $19) (64. Ba5 Kg4
65. Kg2 Rc6) (64. Bb8 Rg4 65. Kf3 Kg5 66. Bg3 h4 67. Bh2 h3 68. Bg3 Kf5 69. Bh2
Rg2 70. Bd6 Ra2 $19 {[%cal Yh3h2]}) 64... Rg4 65. Bd8+ Kh3 66. Kf2 (66. Bf6 Rg1
{[%cal Rg1f1]}) 66... Rg2+ 67. Kf3 (67. Kf1 Kg3 {[%cal Yg3f3]}) 67... Rg1 68.
Be7 Rg7 69. Bd6 Rf7+ $19) 61. Bc7 Rb1+ 62. Kf2 Rb7 63. Bd6 Rb6 64. Bc7 Rg6 65.
Bb8 (65. Be5 Kg4 66. Kg2 Kf5+ $19) (65. Kf1 Rg4 66. Kf2 Rg2+ 67. Kf1 Rg6 68.
Kf2 Kh4 69. Bd8+ Kg4 70. Kg2 Rc6 $19) 65... Rg2+ 66. Kf1 Rg4 {[#]} 67. Kf2 (67.
Bc7 {Hecht} Rg6 68. Kf2 Kh4 69. Kf3 (69. Bd8+ Kg4 70. Kg2 Rc6 71. Be7 h4 72.
Bb4 h3+ 73. Kh2 Rc2+ 74. Kh1 h2 $19) (69. Bb8 Rg4 70. Bc7 Kg5 $19) 69... Rg4
70. Bd8+ (70. Bf4 Kh3 71. Bc7 Rg7 72. Bd6 Rf7+ $19) 70... Kh3 71. Kf2 Rg2+ 72.
Kf3 (72. Kf1 Kg3 73. Bh4+ Kf3 $19) 72... Rg8 73. Be7 Rg7 74. Bd6 Rf7+ $19 {
analog einer Studie von B.Guretzky-Cornitz, 1863}) 67... Kh4 {nebst Kg5 -+} (
67... Kh4 68. Kf3 {like in previous line}) 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Ba6 8. e3 (8. Rc1 h6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. e3 Ne7 13.
Nf3 c5 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rac8 $10 {Lerner,K-Rozentalis,E/Lvov/1990/0,5/42/}
) (8. Nf3 $5 c5 (8... d6 $5 {Chekhov} 9. e3 Nbd7 $132) 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6
11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Qxf6 bxa3+ 15. Ke2 Qc5 16. Rhc1 Qe7
17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Rxa3 $16 {Hansen,L-Farago,I/Denmark/1990/1|0/31/}) 8... d6 9.
Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 (10. Nf3 $6 {Chekhov} c5 11. b4 (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13.
Qd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow/1995/0,5/70/})
11... cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Rc1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3
Nh5 18. O-O Nxg3 19. hxg3 e4 20. Bxe4 Bxc4 21. Qb2 b5 $15 {Lautier,J-Korchnoi,
V/SUI/1994/0|1/39/}) 10... c5 11. b4 (11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14.
exd4 e5 15. b3 e4 16. Bb1 d5 17. cxd5 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 Qe7 $17 {Olsen,
P-Rozentalis,E/Copenhagen PC (01) ;CBM 54 1996}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4
Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. b5 (15. Rc1 exd4 (15... e4 16. Bb1 d5 17. b5 dxc4 18. Rxc4
Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. O-O Qa8 21. Qc7 Rc8 22. Qd6 $14 {Vera,R-Izeta,F/Leon-B 
(07) ;CBM 54_06 1996}) 16. O-O Ne5 17. b5 Bb7 18. Nxd4 d5 $10 {Vera,R-Morovic
Fernandez,I/Capablanca mem-A (00) ;CBM 54 1996}) 15... Bb7 16. O-O e4 {N} (
16... exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Nf5 Rc5 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22.
Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Bxf6 {Chekhov} Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rxc4 25. Bd3 $16 {Baburin,
A-Wirthensohn,H/Wohlen/1993/1-0/34/}) 17. Bb1 Qc7 (17... d5 18. cxd5 g5 19. Bg3
Bxd5 20. Qb2 $14) (17... Re8 $5) 18. Ba2 (18. Rc1 $1 d5 (18... Qb8 $2 19. d5
$16 {><c6}) 19. Bg3 Qd8 (19... dxc4 20. Qa4 Qd8 21. Qxa7 Bd5 22. Nc3 $14) 20.
Qa4 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Qxa7 Qa8 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Nc3 $14) 18... d5 19. Qa4
Qb8 (19... dxc4 $2 20. Bg3 Qd8 21. Qxa7 Bd5 22. Nc3 $14 {/\} Ra8 23. Qc7 Qxc7
24. Bxc7 Rxa3 $2 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bd6 $16) 20. Bg3 Qa8 21. Nc3 (21. Rac1 $5 {
Chekhov} dxc4 22. Bxc4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rc6 Ne7 25. Rfc1 $6 (25. Rcc1 $132
) 25... Nxc6 26. bxc6 Nf6 $17) 21... Rfe8 $1 (21... dxc4 22. Bxc4 e3 23. f3 (
23. fxe3 Bxg2 24. Rf2 Ng4 $1 25. Re2 (25. Rxg2 $2 Rxc4 $1 26. Qxc4 Qxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Nxe3+ $17) 25... Bf3 26. Ree1 Ngf6 $13) 23... Nd5 24. Ne4 N7f6 (24... f5
$2 25. Nd6 $16) 25. Rac1 $14) 22. Rfe1 (22. Rac1 $5 e3 23. f3 dxc4 (23... Nh5
$5 {Chekhov}) 24. Bxc4 Nh5 25. Bd6 $36) 22... dxc4 23. Bxc4 Nd5 24. Rac1 (24.
Nxe4 $2 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nc3 $17) 24... Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Nf6 $1 $10 (25... Bd5 $6 26.
Rec1 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Nf6 28. Rc6 $16) 26. Rec1 Nd5 27. R3c2 (27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28.
Rc7 (28. Qd1 $10 {Chekhov}) 28... Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rc8 $10) 27... Rcd8 $1 28. Qb3
Rd7 (28... e3 {Chekhov} 29. f3 $14) 29. Be5 Qd8 30. Qg3 Qg5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 (
31... Bxd5 32. Rc8 (32. Qxg5 {Chekhov} hxg5 33. Rc8 Rdd8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rc7
f6 36. Bg3 Bb3 37. Rxa7 Rxd4 38. h3 $10) 32... Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. Qxg5 hxg5
35. Rc7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Bb5 (12. Bf2 c5 $1 13. Bb5 cxd4
14. Qxd4 Bc6 15. Bd3 Nbd7 $36 {Seirawan,Y-Karpov,An/Rotterdam 1989}) (12. Nh3
Qe7 $1 13. Bf2 c5 $1 14. Bb5 Bc6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Bxh3 17. gxh3 Nbd7 18. Kh1
Nh5 19. Rg1 Ndf6 20. dxc5 $6 bxc5 $15 {Gulko,B-Chandler,M/Hastings 1989}) (12.
O-O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. Kb1 Rxc5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd3 Re5 $15 {
Sadler,M-Gurevich,M/Linares zt (07) ;CBM 51 1995}) 12... c6 13. Ba4 Nbd7 $5 {N}
(13... b5 14. Bc2 c5 $1 15. Ne2 (15. Qxc5 Rxe3+ 16. Kf2 Re6 $36) 15... c4 16.
O-O a5 17. b4 Nc6 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Qe7 $15 {Timman-Hracek/Prague m/1995})
14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Bf2 Ba6 $1 16. b4 (16. Ng3 $6 c5 $36 {עe1}) (16. Qd2 c5 17.
O-O-O Rec8 18. Kb1 b5 19. Bc2 b4 20. axb4 cxb4 $15 {->}) 16... Rec8 $1 17. Qb2
Bc4 18. Bb3 (18. O-O $5 a5 19. b5 c5 (19... cxb5 20. Bxb5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Rc2 22.
Rfc1 $10) 20. Rfe1 $10) 18... b5 (18... Bxb3 19. Qxb3 c5 20. O-O cxd4 (20... c4
21. Qb2 b5 22. Nc3 a6 $10 {/\} 23. a4 a5 $1) 21. Nxd4 Rc4 22. Rac1 Ne5 $10) 19.
Bxc4 bxc4 20. O-O a5 21. Nc3 Rcb8 22. Rab1 axb4 23. axb4 Rb7 (23... c5 $5 24.
b5 (24. dxc5 Nxc5 $15 {[%csl Rd3] ><d3}) 24... cxd4 25. exd4 Ra3 26. Qc2 $10)
24. Rfe1 Qf8 (24... Rab8 $5 25. Bg3 Rxb4 26. Qa3 (26. Bxb8 $2 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Qa3
$19) 26... R8b6 27. Na2 c5 28. Nxb4 cxb4 29. Qa8+ Qf8 (29... Kh7 30. e4 dxe4
31. fxe4 c3 32. e5 $16) 30. Qxf8+ Nxf8 31. e4 Ne6 32. Be5 $14) 25. e4 Rab8 26.
b5 dxe4 (26... cxb5 27. Bg3 (27. e5 $2 b4 $17) (27. Qb4 $1) 27... Ra8 28. e5
Nh5 29. Nxd5 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Qd8 $13) 27. fxe4 cxb5 28. Qb4 $1 $44 Qxb4 (28...
Ra8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. e5 Ng4 31. Nxb5 Rab8 32. Nc3 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Rb3 34. Rc1
Rb2 35. Bg3 Ne3 36. Bf2 Ng4 $10) 29. Rxb4 Ra8 30. Reb1 (30. Rxb5 Rxb5 31. Nxb5
Ra2 $10) 30... Ra3 31. Be1 (31. Nxb5 $2 Rd3 32. e5 Ne4 $17 {/\} 33. Rxc4 $2
Rxb5 $1 $19) 31... Nf8 32. Nxb5 (32. e5 $2 Rxc3 $1 33. Bxc3 Nd5 $17) (32. d5 $5
) 32... Rd3 33. e5 Nd5 34. Rxc4 Ne6 $10 35. Rcc1 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxb1 37. Rxb1
Rxd4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rd8 Kg6 40. Bg3 Rd2 41. Rd6+ Kf5 42. Rd7 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Rd1 $5 (10. Bd3) 10... Nbd7 11. Rxd6 $2 $146 (11. Bd3
Rb8 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Rd2 Bb7 14. O-O Be4 15. Rc1 {Remis/Salov-Sax/Wijk/1992})
11... Qc7 12. Rd1 (12. Bf4 $2 Ne4 13. Qd3 (13. Rd3 e5 14. Rxd7 Qxd7 $19) 13...
Qb7 $17) 12... Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxg5 $2 (13... Qa5+ $1 14. Ke2 (14. b4 cxb4 15. Qxe4
bxa3+ 16. Ke2 Rb8 17. Bf4 Rb2+ 18. Kf3 Bb7 $19) 14... Nxg5 15. h4 Ne4 16. Qxe4
Rb8 17. Qc2 Ne5 $1 $40 {/\Nxc4}) 14. h4 Qa5+ 15. Rd2 Ne4 16. Qxe4 Rb8 17. Qc2
Nf6 $6 (17... Ne5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bb7 20. Rh3 Rfd8 21. Bd3 h6 22. Ke2
Bc6 {>=}) 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. f3 Qc7 20. Ne2 Qe5 21. Qc3 $16 Nd7 22. b3 f5 23. Bc2
Qc7 24. Kf2 Rbe8 25. h5 Nf6 26. Nf4 e5 27. Nd5 Nxd5 (27... Bxd5 28. cxd5 e4 29.
d6 Qc6 30. h6 $16) 28. cxd5 Qd6 29. e4 f4 30. Bd3 Rc8 31. Qa5 Rf7 32. Rc2 Rfc7
33. Rhc1 $18 Qf6 $2 (33... Qb6 34. Qxb6 axb6 35. b4 $18) 34. Rxc5 Qh4+ 35. Ke2
Qh2 36. Rxc7 Qxg2+ 37. Kd1 Qxf3+ 38. Kc2 Qf2+ 39. Kb1 Rb8 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41.
Qc7+ Kh6 42. Qd6+ Kg5 43. Qxe5+ Kg4 44. Qxb8 Qd4 45. Qg8+ Kf3 46. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. b3 (11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14.
Rxa1 Ra8 $10) 11... Ne4 $6 (11... Rac8 12. a4 a5 13. Ba3 c5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
Qe3 Be4 16. Bh3 Re8 17. Rac1 h6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Ba8 20. Nb5 Red8 21. f3
d5 22. Bf1 dxc4 23. bxc4 Ne8 24. Rb1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qf6 26. Nc3 $14 {Dreev,
A-Almasi,Z/EUCup f Lyon ;CBM 45 1994}) (11... c5 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rad1 d5 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. e4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. axb4 Be6 20.
Nc4 Ne8 21. Rd2 f6 22. Rfd1 Kf8 23. f4 $14 {Ftacnik,L-Almasi,Z/BL 9495
HSK-Dresden 1995}) 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ng5 $1 {N} (13. Rd1 {/\d5} Nef6 $2 (13...
Ndf6 $142) 14. d5 $1 e5 15. Ng5 e4 16. Ne6 $16 {James,Dav-Taylor,P/Hastings
Masters (08) ;EXP 48 1995}) 13... Ndf6 14. Nh3 {/\f3} c5 $6 (14... Nd7 15. f3 (
15. Rd1 $14 {/\d5}) 15... Nef6 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 e5 (17... c5 $6 18. d5 $16
{><e6}) 18. d5 $14) 15. f3 $16 cxd4 16. fxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 (17. Qd1 $6 e5 18.
Bg5 {/\Bxf6+/-} Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Ne4 $44) 17... Nxe4 18. Nf2 $2 (18.
e3 $1 dxe3 (18... Qf6 19. Nf2 d3 20. Nxd3 Qxa1 21. Bb2 $18) 19. Bxe3 $16) 18...
Qb7 19. Nxe4 (19. e3 $2 Ng5 {><f3}) 19... fxe4 20. Bb2 e5 $44 21. b4 e3 22. a4
Rac8 23. Ba3 g6 24. Rac1 Kg7 25. Qb1 (25. c5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qd5 $132) 25... Qd7
26. b5 $1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxc4 28. Qe4 Rc8 (28... Rxa4 $2 29. Qc6 $1 Qxc6 30.
bxc6 Rxa3 31. Rc1 $18) 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Qd5 Rd8 31. Bb4 (31. Rc1 Rd7 (31... Qf6
$2 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Qg2 $18) 32. Rc8 Qf7 (32... Qf6 33. Qg8+ Kh6 34. Rf8 Qg7
$14) 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $10) 31... h5 32. Kg2 Qd7 33. h3 (33. Rc1 Qf7 34. Qxf7+
Kxf7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rxa7 Rf8 $132) 33... Qe7 34. Kg1 Qd7 35. Kh2 Qe7 36. Rf3
Qd7 37. Ba3 Qe7 38. Bb4 Qd7 39. h4 Qe7 40. Ba3 Rd7 41. Rf1 Kh7 42. Kh3 Kg7 43.
Rf3 Rd8 44. Rf1 Rd7 45. Kg2 Kh7 46. Rc1 Qf6 47. Rf1 Qe7 $10 48. Bb4 Kg7 49. Kh3
Rd8 50. Kh2 Rd7 51. a5 $5 bxa5 52. Bxa5 Kh7 53. Bb4 Kg7 54. Kh3 Kh7 55. g4
hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kg7 57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kh3 (58. Kxh5 Kh8 $40) 58... Qg5 59. Rf3
Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Kh7 61. Rg3 (61. Rf7+ Kg6 62. Rxd7 Qh4+ 63. Kg2 Qf2+ 64. Kh3 Qf5+
$10) 61... Qh4+ 62. Kg2 Qf6 63. Qf3 $2 (63. Qg8+ Kh6 64. Kh2 Rf7 65. Bxd6 Qf2+
66. Rg2 Qh4+ 67. Kg1 Qe1+ $10) 63... Qxf3+ 64. Kxf3 Rf7+ $17 65. Ke4 Rf4+ 66.
Kd3 (66. Kd5 d3 $17) 66... Rf6 67. Rg1 h4 68. Ra1 Kg6 69. Rxa7 d5 70. Be1 $2 (
70. Be7 $142 Rf1 {/\Rc1,/\h3}) 70... Rf1 71. Bxh4 Rc1 $19 {/\Rc3#} 72. Ra6+ Kh5
73. Rc6 Rd1+ 74. Kc2 Rd2+ 75. Kc1 d3 $1 (75... Kxh4 $4 76. Rc2 $18) 76. b6 (76.
exd3 Kxh4 77. b6 Rxd3 $19) 76... Kxh4 77. b7 dxe2 78. Rh6+ Kg3 79. Rh1 Rd1+ 80.
Kc2 Rxh1 81. b8=Q Rc1+ $2 (81... e1=Q 82. Qxe5+ Kf2 83. Qf5+ Kg1 84. Qg5+ Kf1
$19) 82. Kd3 e1=N+ $1 (82... e1=Q $2 83. Qg8+ Kh2 84. Qg2+ $1 Kxg2 $10) 83.
Kxe3 Ng2+ 84. Kd2 Re1 85. Qg8+ Kf2 86. Qxd5 $2 (86. Qg5 Re2+ 87. Kc1 Nf4 $19)
86... Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Rb8 12. Rd1 Ne4 $1 {N} (12... Qb6 13.
Rd2 Ba6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Qc6 16. O-O Rb6 17. Nc1 Bb7 18. f3 $14 {
Lautier-Timman/Wijk m/2/1994}) (12... h6 $6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 $16) 13. Bxe4
Qxg5 14. Bc2 (14. Rxd6 $6 Qe5 15. Qxe5 (15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Rd8 $4 (16. Bf3 Qxb2 {
/\Rb3}) 16... Qxe4 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Qd6+ Ke8 19. Qxb8 Qb1+ 20. Kd2 Ne4#)
15... Nxe5 $15) 14... Qe7 (14... Qe5 15. b3 Rb6 16. f4 Qxc3+ (16... Qh5 17. Ng3
Qh4 18. O-O Bb7 19. Rd2 $14) 17. Nxc3 Bb7 18. O-O $14 {/\Nb5,><d6}) 15. O-O Rd8
16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 (17... d5 $5 18. cxd5 (18. Qa5 Nb6) (18. Nf4 Nf6)
18... exd5 19. b4 c4 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rd4 Nf6 22. Rf4 $14) 18. Qa5 Be4 19. Ba4
Ba8 $10 20. f3 (20. Nc3 Ng4 (20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. f3 Ba8 23. e4 $14) 21.
Nb5 Qg5 $36) 20... d5 21. Nc3 Ne8 $5 {/\Nd6} 22. Nb5 (22. cxd5 exd5 {><e3}) (
22. Bxe8 Rxe8 $10) 22... a6 $1 23. Qxa6 Bb7 24. Qb6 (24. Qa5 $2 Ra8) 24... Ra8
25. Nc3 $8 Nd6 26. cxd5 (26. b3 Nc8 27. Qb5 Na7 28. Qb6 Nc8 $10) (26. Qxc5 Rdc8
27. Qb4 Rxc4 28. Qb3 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 $44 {/\Qa7}) 26... Nc4 27. d6 Rxd6 28.
Qxc5 (28. Rxd6 $6 Nxb6 29. Rxb6 Bd5 30. e4 Qc7 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Rc6 Qb7 33.
Rxd5 $2 h6 34. b3 Rxa4 $19) 28... Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Rd7 (29... Rad8 $5 {/\} 30. Nb5
Qh4 31. g3 Rc6 $1 32. gxh4 Rxd2 $19) 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Kf2 g6 32. e4 Rc7 33.
Rd4 (33. Bc2 $5 $10) 33... Ba6 34. Rd6 Bc4 35. Rb6 Rd8 36. Ke1 Kg7 37. Bd1 h5
38. h4 (38. a4 $5) 38... Rdd7 $1 39. Rb4 (39. a4 $2 Rb7 $17) 39... Kf6 40. a4
Ke5 $15 41. a5 Rd8 (41... Bd3 $5 42. g3 Rb7 43. f4+ Kd6 44. Rxb7 Rxb7 45. Kd2
Ba6 46. Kc2 Kc5 $17) 42. Rb6 Ra8 43. b4 Rd8 44. Ba4 Rd3 (44... Kd4 45. Nd1) 45.
Nb5 (45. Nb5 Bxb5 (45... Rcd7 $5) 46. Bxb5 Rb3 47. Bc6 Kf4 48. b5 (48. Kd2 $5)
48... Ke3 49. Kd1 Kd3 50. Kc1 Ra3 51. a6 Kc3 52. Kb1 Rb3+ 53. Ka2 Rb2+ 54. Ka3
Rb1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Konikowski Ftacnik Notkin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Qb3
$6 (12. Qd2) (12. b4) 12... h6 (12... cxd4 {Notkin} 13. exd4 e5 14. Bf5 Rc7 15.
Qb4 $1 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O $14 {Ftacnik} exd4 19. Nxd4 Rc4 20.
Qd2 Nc5 21. Rad1 Nb3 22. Qf2 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 $14 {Drasko,M-Tozer,R/
Budapest Spring op (2)/1990/1-0 (52)}) 13. Bh4 cxd4 (13... d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Qd1 (15. Qa4 cxd4 (15... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 16. Qd1 b5 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rc1 Bb7 19.
Bb1 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 a6 {Hoffmann,M-De Firmian,N/Biel op (08)/1994/
0.5 (22)}) 16. exd4 Bc6 $10 (16... Bc6 {Notkin} 17. Qd1 b5 (17... Qc7 18. O-O
Qb7 19. Re1 Nd5 $10 {Agdestein,S-Hjartarson,J/Groningen/1993/0,5/73/}) 18. O-O
Qb6 19. Bf2 Qb7 20. Ng3 Nb6 $10 {Sokolov,I-Adams,M/Preston/1989/0,5/27/}))
15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4 17. O-O a6 $6 (17... Qe7 $5 {Sokolov,I/}) 18. Rc1 b5 $6
19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 bxc4 21. Qa4 $16 {Sokolov,I-Georgiev,Ki/Burgas 1992})
14. exd4 d5 15. c5 $2 {N} (15. O-O $142 $1 dxc4 (15... Ba6 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17.
Qxd3 exd5 18. Nc3 $14) (15... dxc4 $5 16. Bxc4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Bg3 Qa8 19.
Nc3 $13) 16. Bxc4 Nb8 (16... a6 {Notkin} 17. a4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 exd5
20. Qd3 $14 {Abramov,S-Appolonov,S/Podolsk/1993/0,5/43/}) (16... g5 $5 {
/\Bd5 Sakaev/}) 17. Qd3 Bd5 $2 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Qe3
Kg7 22. Rad1 $16 {Polgar,Zs-Ioseliani,N/Monaco (m/3) 1993}) (15. cxd5 {Ftacnik}
Bxd5) 15... Ba8 (15... e5 $6 {Notkin} 16. cxb6 $14) 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Bg3 (17.
cxb6 Rc6 $1 $15 (17... Nxb6 {Notkin} 18. Bg3 Rc6 (18... Re7 $13) 19. Bb5 Rc8
$10 (19... Rc8 {Konikowski} 20. Ba6 $10)) (17... axb6 {Ftacnik} 18. Bg3 Ra7 19.
Bb5)) 17... bxc5 $1 (17... Rc6 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Ba6) 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qc3 (19.
O-O $2 Rb8 (19... c4 {Notkin} 20. Qa4 $8 Bc6 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Rb8 23. Qa4
Rxb2 {/\e5-/+/}) 20. Qc3 Qb6 $17) (19. Bb5 $6 {Notkin} Qa5+) (19. dxc5 $2 {
Ftacnik} Qa5+ $19) 19... e5 20. Bd3 (20. dxe5 $2 d4 (20... Nxe5 {Ftacnik} 21.
O-O Re8 $44) 21. Qd2 (21. Nxd4 $2 Nd5 $19) 21... Nxe5 22. O-O Qb6 $17 (22...
Qb6 {Konikowski} 23. f4 Ne4 24. Qd1 d3 25. fxe5 c4+ 26. Kh1 dxe2 27. Qxe2 Qxa6
$19)) (20. dxc5 d4 21. Qd2 (21. Qc4 {Ftacnik} Bd5 22. Qa4 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Qb6 $17)
21... Nxc5 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Bc4 Nd5 (23... Nb3 $5 24. Bxb3 Qxb3 25. O-O Nd5 $44)
(23... Rd8 $17 {Notkin}) (23... d3 {Konikowski} 24. b4 (24. Ng3 $5) 24... Nce4
$1 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxd3 Qf2+ 27. Kd1 Qxg2 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Kc2 Ng3 $1 30.
hxg3 Be4 31. Bh5 Bxd3+ 32. Kxd3 g6 33. Bg4 (33. Bxg6 Qf3+ $19) 33... h5 $17 {
Gavrikov}) (23... Rd8 $5) 24. b4 Ne6 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 $44 {/\} 26. O-O $2 d3+ 27.
Rf2 dxe2 28. Qxd5 Rd8 $19) (20. O-O {Notkin} exd4 21. Nxd4 Qb6 $19) 20... exd4
21. Nxd4 Re8+ 22. Kf1 (22. Ne2 $2 d4 23. Qd2 c4 (23... Ne5 {Notkin} 24. O-O c4
$17) 24. Rc1 Ne5 $19) 22... Qb6 23. Nf5 d4 $17 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Re1 Re6 $1 {
/\Nxd3} (25... Nxd3 $2 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Qxd3 Qxb2 28. Qe2 $13) (25... c4 26.
Bc2 d3 27. Ba4 Re6 28. Qb4 $13) 26. Bb1 (26. Be4 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 27. fxe4 Nc4
28. Qc2 Nxb2 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qxa8 Rf6+ $19) (26. Be2 {Ftacnik}
Bb7 27. Rd1 d3 $1 $19) (26. Kf2 $2 {Konikowski} Qxb2 $1 27. Qxb2 Nxd3+ $19)
26... Bb7 (26... Nc4 27. Qc1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Qxb2 (28... Nxb2 29. Nxd4 $15) 29.
Qxb2 Nxb2 30. Ba2 $132) 27. Kf2 (27. Ba2 {Notkin} Ba6+ 28. Kg1 c4 29. Nxd4 (29.
Qxd4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxe1+ 31. Kg2 Re2+ $19) 29... Rd6 (29... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 30.
Rxe6 fxe6 $19) 30. Rxe5 Rxd4 31. Qe3 Rd1+ $19) (27. Ba2 $142 {Konikowski})
27... d3 28. Rhf1 (28. h3 {Notkin} c4+ 29. Ne3 Nd5 30. Kg3 Qd6 $17) (28. Kf1 {
Ftacnik} c4 29. Ba2 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Nxf3 $19) 28... c4+ 29. Kg3 (29. Ne3 $2 Neg4+
30. fxg4 Nxg4+ $19 (30... Nxg4+ $1 {Notkin} 31. Kg1 Nxe3 32. Rf2 Ng4 $19) (
30... Ne4+ $19 {Ftacnik})) (29. Re3 {Ftacnik} Neg4+ $19) 29... Nh5+ 30. Kh3 (
30. Kh4 {Ftacnik} Qd8+ 31. Kxh5 g6+ 32. Kxh6 Qf6 $1 33. Ne7+ (33. Rxe5 {
Konikowski} gxf5+ 34. Kh5 Qh8+ 35. Kg5 Qxe5 36. Kh4 Qxh2+ 37. Kg5 Rg6+ 38. Kxf5
Qh5+ 39. Kf4 Qg5#) 33... Rxe7 34. g3 g5+ 35. Kh5 Qg6#) 30... Ng6 $1 31. g3 (31.
Rxe6 {Ftacnik} Qxe6 32. Qa5 Ngf4+ 33. Kh4 Qf6+ 34. Kg4 Qg5#) 31... Bc8 32. Re4
$8 (32. Kg2 {Ftacnik} Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Bxf5 34. g4 Nh4+ $19) 32... Qc5 (32... Re5
$5 33. Rxe5 Nxe5 34. g4 Bxf5 35. gxf5 Qf6 $17) 33. g4 (33. Rxe6 {Ftacnik} Qxf5+
34. g4 Ngf4+ 35. Kh4 Qg5#) 33... Ngf4+ $1 34. Rxf4 (34. Kh4 {Ftacnik} g5#)
34... Re2 35. Qc1 (35. Rxc4 {Ftacnik} Qxc4 36. Bxd3 Qxd3 37. Qxd3 Nf4+ 38. Kg3
Nxd3 $19) 35... Nxf4+ 36. Qxf4 Bxf5 37. gxf5 (37. Qxf5 {Notkin} Qc7 38. f4 (38.
Rh1 {Ftacnik} Re5 39. Qf4 (39. Bxd3 {Konikowski} Rxf5 40. Bxf5 Qb7 41. Be4 Qxb2
42. Rb1 Qe5 43. Rb7 a5 $19) 39... Rh5+ 40. Kg3 Rh3+ 41. Kxh3 Qxf4 $19) 38...
Qc6 $19 (38... Qb7 $19)) 37... Rxb2 38. Re1 $2 (38. f6 $2 Qh5+ $19) (38. Qg4
Qe5 39. Rh1 Qe2 40. f6 g6 $19 {/\c3}) (38. Qe4 $32 {Notkin}) 38... Qf2 39. Qg3
(39. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qg2+ 40. Kh4 Qe2 41. Rg1 Qxh2+ 42. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 43. Kg3 Rd2
44. Rc1 Rb2 45. Kf4 d2 46. Rd1 c3 $19) 39... Qxg3+ 40. hxg3 (40. Kxg3 {
Konikowski} Rxb1 $1 41. Rxb1 c3 $19) 40... Rxb1 $1 (40... Rxb1 41. Rxb1 c3 $19
(41... c3 {Ftacnik} 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rd8 c2 $19)) 0-1

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 (8. Nf3 b6 9. g3 Bb7) 8... Nc6 (8... d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 Qe7 11. Bd3 a5 12.
Bd2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 (13... a4 $142) 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Nbd7 16. Qb2 $14 {
Kharlov,A-Vyzmanavin,A/Novosibirsk (04) ;CBM 50 1995}) 9. e3 (9. f3 Nf6 10. e3
e5 $5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 d6 13. Be2 g5 14. Nh3 Nh5 (14... h6 $5) 15. f4 gxf4
16. exf4 Qh4+ 17. Nf2 Ng4 18. g3 Qe7 19. O-O Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Nf6 21. Bd3 $16 {
Kharlov,A-Makarichev,S/RUS-chT Moscow (09) ;EXP 45 1994}) 9... d6 10. f3 (10.
Bd3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 Ng6 13. Bb2 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. g3 f4 16. gxf4 exf4
17. O-O-O fxe3 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kb1 Qh3 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Ka2 Bf5 22. Qd2
Rae8 $17 {Flear,G-De Firmian,N/Antwerpen op (7) ;TD 94/02 1994}) 10... Nf6 11.
Nf2 (11. Bd3 Qe8 (11... e5 $5) 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Nf2 Qh5 15. Rae1
Rae8 16. b4 $14 Kh8 17. b5 c5 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Bc3 Bc8 20. a4 b6 21. c5 bxc5
22. dxc5 d5 23. Bb5 Bb7 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. Ne5 $16 {Brunner,L-Nemet,
I/SUI-chT (07) ;EXP 49 1995}) 11... e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 $5 a5 14. b3
Bd7 15. Bd2 (15. Bb2 Kh8 16. O-O Ng6 {/\} 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nxd5 $10)
15... Kh8 16. O-O $14 {/\b4}) 13... a5 14. b3 Bd7 15. O-O Ng6 16. Bd2 $1 (16.
Bb2 Qe7 {ץb2}) 16... Qe7 17. Rae1 $6 (17. b4 $1 axb4 18. axb4 b5 (18... b6 19.
Bd3 $14) 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Ne8 23. g3 $14 {
/\Be3,b5-b6}) 17... b6 18. Nh1 $6 Rae8 19. Ng3 f4 $10 20. exf4 Nxf4 21. Bd3 (
21. Bxf4 $2 exf4 $17) (21. Bd1 Qf7 $10) 21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qf7 23. f4 exf4 (
23... e4 $2 24. Qd4 $16 {><e4}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 (8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nf3 Qe7 (10... d6 $1 {/\Nd7}) 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5
bxc5 13. b4 $14 {Bareev-Romanishin/Beograd/1993}) 8... b6 (8... c5 9. Nf3 b6
10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 Ne7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 b5 15. cxb5 Rc8 16.
Qb2 Nc3 17. Rf1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ned5 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 $44
22. f3 {0,5/Dorfman-Romanishin/Polanica Zdroj/1993}) 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f3 $6 (10.
Ne2 {>=} d6 (10... Qg5 11. Nf4 $14) (10... Qh4 11. O-O) 11. f3 Nf6 12. O-O $14
{Taimanov}) 10... Qh4+ $1 11. g3 Qf6 12. Nh3 (12. fxe4 $2 fxe4 13. Qg2 (13. Be2
Qf2+ 14. Kd1 Qg2 $19) 13... exd3 14. Qxb7 Qf1+ 15. Kd2 Nc6 $19) (12. Ne2 $2 Ng5
$17) (12. Qe2 $5 Nd6 (12... Ng5 $5) 13. Bd2 c5 14. Bc3 Qh6 $13) 12... Nd6 13.
Rf1 $2 {פh3,Ke1} (13. O-O {>=} c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Bc3 Qh6 17.
Nf4 a5 $10) 13... c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bd2 (15. Nf4 e5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 c4
$1 18. Bxc4 (18. Be2 Na6 19. Bd2 Qh6 $15) 18... Rc8 19. b3 Nxc4 20. bxc4 d6 21.
Rb1 Nd7 $36 {~/=}) (15. Ng1 Nc6 16. Bd2 Qh6 17. Rf2 e5 18. O-O-O Rae8 $15)
15... Qh6 16. Nf4 e5 $1 (16... Qxh2 $6 17. O-O-O Qxg3 18. Rg1 (18. Bc3 $40)
18... Qxf3 19. Be2 Qe4 20. Qc3 Rf7 21. Bh5 Re7 22. Be1 $40) 17. Nd5 (17. Ne2 $2
e4 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 17... Bxd5 18. cxd5 c4 $1 $17 19. Be2 (19.
Bxc4 Rc8 20. b3 Qxh2 21. O-O-O Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qe2 23. c5 Qb5 $17) 19... Qxh2 20.
Bb4 Qxg3+ 21. Kd2 Qg6 22. Rg1 Qf6 {/\Na6} 23. Rg5 $6 (23. Rg2 Na6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6
25. Bxc4 Rac8 26. Rag1 g6 $17) 23... Qxg5 24. Bxd6 Re8 25. Qxc4 Qf6 $19 26. Bb4
(26. Qc7 e4 27. Rb1 exf3 28. Bxf3 Na6 $19) (26. Qb4 a5 27. Qb7 Na6 28. Bxa6
Qxd6 $19) 26... a5 27. Bc3 d6 28. Qa4 Qf7 29. Bb5 Rc8 30. Ke2 Qh5 31. Rg1 Ra7
32. Kf2 h6 (32... Rf7 $2 33. Be8) 33. Rg2 Kh8 34. Rg1 Qf7 35. Rd1 Na6 36. Bc6 (
36. Qxa5 Nc5 37. Qb6 Rb7 38. Qa5 Rcb8 39. a4 Ra7 40. Qb4 Rxa4 $19) 36... Qh5
37. Qxa5 e4 $1 38. Bd4 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 exf3 40. Rd2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Horgen-B"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
(14... f5) 15. e4 Nf4 (15... Ne7 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. O-O cxd4 19. Nxd4
Nc5 20. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Polugaevsky,L/New York op (8) 1989}) (15...
N5f6 16. Ne2 $14) 16. Bb5 Rfd8 {N} (16... Nf6 17. Ne2 (17. g3 a6 18. Bf1 Ng6
19. dxc5 Nxe4 20. cxb6 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Rfd8 $15) (17. dxc5 $5 Nxg2+ 18. Kf1 Nf4
19. c6 Bc8 20. Ne2 $16) 17... Nxe2 18. Kxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 $14 Nh5 20. Be3 (20.
Rhd1 $5) 20... f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 (22. Bc4 $5 Kf7 23. Rhd1) 22... Nf4+
23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Rhd1 Kf8 25. Rac1 Rd8 26. Rc7 Rf7 27. Rdc1 Rdd7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7
$10 {Gurevich,M-Van der Wiel,J/Antwerpen (08) 1993}) 17. Ne2 (17. g3 Ng6 18.
Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nde5 20. Rd1 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxf3+ 22. Ke2 Bxe4 23. Bc3 $13)
17... Nxe2 18. Kxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. Rac1 Nb8 $1 (20... Nf6 21. Ke3 Kf8
22. Rhd1 Ke7 23. Bc3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bc6 25. Ba6 Rd8 26. Bb4+ Ke8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8
28. Bf8 $16) (20... Nc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rc2 $14 {><c5}) 21. Be3 (21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Rd1 Ba6 (22... Rc2+ 23. Rd2 Nc6 24. Bc3 Rxd2+ 25. Kxd2 $14) 23. Bxa6
Nxa6 24. Bc3 Nc5 25. Ke3 Kf8 $10) 21... Nc6 (21... Ba6 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Rhd1
Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. b4 Ke8 26. b5 Nb8 27. a4 Nd7 28. a5 $14) 22. Rc3 (22.
Rhd1 $5) 22... a6 $1 (22... Nd4+ 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 Bd7 26.
Bd3 $14 {<->c}) 23. Bd3 (23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Bxb6 Bb5+ 25. Ke1 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Rd3
$44) (23. Ba4 b5 24. Bc2 (24. Bb3 Na5 $10) 24... Nd4+ 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxc8+
Bxc8 $10) 23... Ne5 $1 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Bxb6 (25. Bc2 Bd7 $1 (25... Nc4 26.
Bc1 a5 27. b3 Ne5 28. Bb2 $14) 26. Rc1 (26. Bxb6 $2 Bb5+ 27. Ke1 $8 Rc8 28. Kd1
Nc4 $17) 26... Bb5+ 27. Kf2 Nc4 $10) 25... Rxd3 26. Bc7 Ng4 $10 27. Kxd3 (27.
fxg4 $2 Rb3 28. Be5 Bb7 $15) 27... Nf2+ 28. Ke2 Nxh1 29. Kf1 f5 30. exf5 exf5
31. Kg1 g5 32. Kxh1 f4 33. Kg1 Be6 34. b4 Bd7 35. Kf2 Bb5 36. g3 fxg3+ 37. hxg3
Kf7 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. f4 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 h5 41. Ke5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 (7...
Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bh4 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14.
b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Nc6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. e4 Ng6 19. Bg3 d5 $10 {
Gurevich,M-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia/1990/}) 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 (9... Nc6
10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. b4 Nc6) 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 a5 12. O-O Bb7 13.
Nd2 Re8 $10 (13... Qb6 $5) 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 Qb6 16. f3 Rab8 17. Rb1 d5 18.
Bf2 (18. Bg3 $6 e5 19. cxd5 Nxd5) 18... Ba6 19. Rfc1 Rec8 20. Bf1 Ra8 $6 21.
Re1 Re8 22. h3 a4 $2 (22... Bb7 $10 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Qc7 26.
Reb1 Ba6 $10) 23. e4 $1 dxe4 (23... d4 24. Qc2 e5 (24... Bb7 25. e5 Nh7 26. f4
$16) 25. Qxa4 $16) (23... Bb7 24. e5 $16) 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 $16 Bb7 26.
Re2 Rad8 $6 (26... Bc6 27. Rd2) 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. Rd2 Bc6 29. Rbd1 Rb8 30. Qd3
Rec8 31. Rc2 (31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rb7 33. R1d2 $16) 31... Rb7 32. Qd6 Qxd6
33. Rxd6 Kf8 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Rcd2 Ke8 (35... Rxb2 $2 36. Rxd7+ $18) 36. Bd1 Nb6
$2 (36... Ke7 37. h4 $16) 37. Bxc5 Nxc4 38. Rxc6 $18 Rxc6 39. Bxa4 Nxd2 40.
Bxc6+ Rd7 41. Bxd7+ Kxd7 42. Bf8 g6 43. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
b6 9. Nd2 e5 10. dxe5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 Re8 14. Bg3 Qe7 15.
O-O c5 16. Rfe1 d5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bf1 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Bb8 Re7 (23... a6 24. Ba7 b5 25. Bxc5 $14) 24.
Rd8+ (24. Bxa7 Bd5 $1 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Bb8 $13) 24... Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26.
Bxa7 Nd6 27. Bd3 Nc8 28. Bb8 $14 {^^} Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Bd5 31. b3 Ke6
32. Kd2 g5 33. Ba6 Kd7 34. Be5 Nd6 35. Bd3 Ke6 36. Bg7 h5 37. Bb2 Nf5 38. Ke2
Nh4 39. Kf2 Nf5 40. Ba6 Nd6 41. Be2 h4 42. Bd1 Nf5 43. Bc1 f6 44. Bb2 Nd6 45.
Ke3 Nf5+ 46. Kd3 Bb7 47. Kd2 Bd5 48. Be2 Nd6 49. Bc3 Nf7 50. Kd3 Nd6 51. Be1
Nf5 52. Bf2 Ke5 53. Kc3 Nd6 54. a4 Nb7 55. g3 h3 56. Be3 (56. b4 $1 cxb4+ $6 (
56... Kd6 $14) 57. Kxb4 $16) 56... Nd6 57. b4 Nf5 58. Bf2 (58. Bd2 $2 Nxg3 $17)
58... cxb4+ 59. Kxb4 Nd4 60. f4+ gxf4 61. gxf4+ {Hier wurde die Partie
unterbrochen.} Ke4 62. Bg4 (62. Bf1 Be6 63. Kc3 Nf3 $10) 62... Bc6 (62... Ne6
$5 63. Bxh3 Nxf4 64. Bf1 Nd3+ (64... Bc6 65. Bxb6 Nd5+ 66. Kc5 Nxb6 67. a5 $3
$16) 65. Bxd3+ Kxd3 66. h4 $1 Ke4 67. Bxb6 $16) (62... Nf3 63. Bxh3 Nxh2 (63...
Kxf4 64. Bxb6 f5 65. Bg2 $1 $16) 64. Bxb6 Nf3 65. Bc7 Ne1 66. Kc3 $16) (62...
Kxf4 63. Bxh3 Ke4 $1 (63... Ke5 $6 64. Bg3+ Ke4 65. Bg2+ Nf3 66. Bc7 $16) 64.
Bg2+ Ke5 65. Bg3+ Ke6 66. Bh3+ f5 67. Bc7 Nf3 68. Kb5 Bb3 69. Bg2 Nd4+ 70. Kb4
$16 {/\Bb6}) (62... Be6 $2 63. Bxe6 Nxe6 64. Bxb6 Nxf4 (64... Kd5 65. Kb5 Nxf4
66. a5 $18) 65. a5 Kd5 66. Kb5 $1 Ne2 67. Bd8 (67. Be3 $16) 67... Nc3+ 68. Kb6
Na4+ 69. Kc7 Nc5 70. Bxf6) 63. a5 (63. Bxh3 Nc2+ 64. Kb3 Ne3 $1 (64... Nd4+ $6
65. Kc4 b5+ 66. Kc5 $1 Nb3+ 67. Kxc6 bxa4 68. Be6 Nd4+ 69. Bxd4 Kxd4 70. h4 $18
) 65. Bc8 (65. Bh4 f5 66. Bd8 Nd5 67. Bg2+ Kxf4 68. Ka3 Kg4 69. Bxd5 Bxd5 70.
Bxb6 f4 $1 $10) 65... Kxf4 66. Bg3+ Ke4 (66... Kg5 67. Bc7 (67. h4+ Kh5 68. Bf2
Nd5 (68... Ng2 69. Bxb6 Bxa4+ 70. Kxa4 Nxh4 $16) 69. Be6 $14) 67... Nd5 68. Bd8
Kg6 69. Be6 $16) 67. Bc7 Nd5 68. Bd8 f5 69. h4 f4 70. h5 f3 71. h6 f2 72. Bh3
Nf4 73. Bf1 Ng6 74. Bxb6 $1 $18) (63. Kc3 Kxf4 64. Bd1 Nf3 65. Bxb6 Nxh2 66.
Bc7+ Ke3 67. Bxh2 Kf2 $1 $10) 63... bxa5+ 64. Kc5 Nf3 (64... Nb3+ 65. Kxc6 a4
66. Bd1 Na5+ 67. Kb5 a3 68. Be1 Kd3 69. Bh4 $1 $18) 65. Kxc6 Nxh2 66. Bxh3 Kxf4
67. Bb6 Ng4 68. Bxa5 f5 69. Bc7+ (69. Bf1 $1 $16 {Weiß müßte unbedingt den
weißfeldrigen Läufer befreien.}) 69... Kf3 70. Kd5 $2 (70. Bf1 $1 $16) 70...
Ne3+ $1 $10 {Der weißfeldrige Läufer ist auf h3 eingesperrt und die Partie
bewegt sich trotz des weißen Materialvorteils in Richtung Remis.} 71. Kd4 Nc2+
72. Kd3 Ne3 73. Kd2 Nc4+ 74. Ke1 Ne3 75. Bb8 Nc2+ 76. Kd2 Ne3 77. Kd3 Kf2 78.
Bf4 Ng4 79. Bc7 Ne3 80. Kd4 Kf3 81. Bb8 Kf2 82. Bf4 Ng4 83. Kc3 Kf3 84. Bc7 Ne3
85. Bb8 Kf2 86. Kd2 Nf1+ 87. Kd3 Ne3 88. Bf4 Ng4 89. Kd2 Kf3 90. Bb8 Ne3 91.
Ke1 Ng2+ 92. Kf1 Ne3+ 93. Kg1 Ke2 94. Kh2 Kf3 95. Ba7 Ng4+ 96. Kg1 Ne3 97. Bb8
Ke2 98. Kh1 Kf3 99. Bh2 Ke2 100. Bg1 Kf3 101. Bh2 Ke2 102. Bf4 Kf3 103. Bxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Feygin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

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20,-5,8,2,19,-5,6,17,40,32,25,24,28,22,22,22,28,16,16,3,8,18,18,18,24,1,20,-20,
0,-18,55,56,56,65,70,60,69,57,92,93,55,54,54,59,173,172,153,88,135,120,109,109,
109,109,172,150,146,182,174,174,174,186,173,104,86,73,181,75,75,78,78,65,114,
154,119,135,142,179,191,191,212,212,212,220,240,212,212,190,161,126,125,160,
260,95,88,119,116,129,129,135,137,134] Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '(K)EIN
GEWÖHNLICHER ARBEITSSIEG (Fragen zur Endspiel-Technik, R+B vs R+B, Zeitnot/
Inkrement) Der SV Werder Bremen feierte mit zwei Siegen gegen Solingen und
Mülheim einen perfekten Start in die Bundesliga-Saison 2019/20. Die folgende
merkwürdige Partie vom letzten Match gegen Mülheim sollte sich als Zünglein
an der Waage erweisen.    '} 1. c4 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Nf3 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#] Die flexible Kasparov-Variante, Edouards
häufigste Wahl gegen Nimzo-Indisch. Um deren chamäleonartige Natur zu
beleuchten, seien hier nur ein paar mögliche Übergänge aufgelistet: 4...b6
5.Bg5 - Damen-Indisch mit 4.Nc3, 4...c5 5.e3 - Nimzo-Indisch/Rubinstein, 4...
0-0 5.Qc2 - Nimzo-Indisch/Capablanca, 4...d5 - Damengambit mit 4...Bb4 etc. '}
d6 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '!?' A rare move - but that I already had to face
twice in 2019! Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#] 4...d6!? ist ein vergleichsweise
ziemlich seltener Kandidat, obwohl er im Einklang mit dem Geist der Eröffnung
steht. Schwarz platziert seine Bauern auf dunklen Feldern, gleichzeitig
verzögert er die kurze Rochade und nimmt dadurch dem Läuferausfall 5.Bg5
einiges an Gift. '} ({I} 4... b6 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter am häufigsten} 5. Qb3
Qe7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O a5 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. b3 a4 12. b4
Nbd7 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Bb2 b5 $2 (14... c5 $142) 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 d5 18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Rac1 Nd6 20. Rc5 Rab8 21. Rfc1 $14 {1:0/43, Edouard,R 
(2638) - Le Roux,J (2539), Nimes 2018}) ({II} 4... c5 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter am
zweithäufigsten} 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O (6... Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 {am solidesten}
8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 a6 $5 10. Bf4 $146 O-O $2 (10... d6 $142 $13 {/=}) 11. Rb1
Nc6 $6 (11... d6 $142 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Rxb7 Bf6 {/\Qc8, R. Edouard} (13... e5
$2 14. Nf5 $18)) 12. O-O Na5 13. Qd3 d6 14. Nb3 $16 {1:0/41, Edouard,R (2644)
- Lopez Martinez,J (2580), Sitges 2018}) 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qc2 Ba6 $14 {/=} (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 $14
(14. c4 Qc3 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. Re1 Rd8 $14 {, 0:1/45, Edouard,R (2638) -
Gharamian,T (2614), Nimes 2018})) 13. Na4 Bb5 14. a3 Be7 15. Bf3 Bxa4 16. Qxa4
Qb6 17. e4 Nc7 18. Bf4 Rbd8 19. Be3 c5 20. Rab1 Nb5 21. e5 $13 {1:0/55,
Edouard,R (2658) - Megalios,K (2416), Skopje 2019}) ({III} 4... O-O {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter kommt am dritthäufigsten vor, aber mit Abstand hinter den ersten
beiden Fortsetzungen. Die etwas provokative Rochade nimmt die Fesselung} 5. Bg5
$1 {kaltblütig in Kauf und plant entweder energisch 5...c5!? oder 5...h6 6.
Bh4 d5!? (c5!?), z.B.:} h6 (5... c5 $5 6. e3 {[#] (Analyse)} ({Ein anderes
Thema ist} 6. d5 $6 {, was zur Leningrader Variante überleitet, in der
Schwarz hier zwar voreilig rochiert hat, aber Weiß nicht über die sonst
üblichen Standardfortsetzungen f3 oder Ne2 verfügt, was meines Erachtens
eher Schwarz begünstigt, z.B.} exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4
Qa5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Bg3 Nxd5 14. Bb5 N5f6 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Rc1
Qa5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Bxd7 Qxb3 20. axb3 Nxd7 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5
Bg4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 $11 {- remis/31, Le,Q (2710) - Leko,P (2740), Tromsoe
2014}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 (8... Qa5 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Rc1 (10. Bd3
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 $13) 10... d5 11. Bd3 Qxa2 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2
Qa5 14. Qxe4 f5 $5 $13 {- 0:1/40, Bekker Jensen,S (2438) - Lupulescu,C (2626),
Germany 2016}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 g5 $5 {[#]  (Analyse)} 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Rc1
Nc6 13. O-O Bf5 $5 (13... Bxc3 $143 14. bxc3 f5 15. Be5 $13 {/=, 1:0/29,
Edouard,R (2643) - Azarov,S (2575), chess.com INT 2019}) 14. Ne5 $2 (14. Nxe4
$142 dxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 $13 {/=}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Rb1
Bxb1 17. Qxb1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qb6 $17 {- 0:1/46, Voege,T (2294) - Gustafsson,J 
(2639), Magdeburg 2019}) 6. Bh4 d5 $5 (6... c5 $5) 7. cxd5 exd5 (7... Qxd5 $2
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. a3 (9. e3 $142) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. e3 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6
13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 $2 (14... Nc6 $142 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. e4 Qh5 $13) 15. e4
$16 Qh5 16. Rc1 Rfc8 $2 17. Qa4 $18 Nf8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qxa7 Rc3 20. Be2 Rc2
21. Bd1 Bxe4 22. Ne5 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 {1:0, Edouard,R (2646) -
Leenhouts,K (2457), Belgium 2019}) 8. e3 Bf5 $5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. a3
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. O-O c6 15. a4 a6 16. Qb4 Qe6 17. axb5 axb5
18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Qb2 Nf6 20. Ra3 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rfa1 Qb7 23. Qa2 Rxa3 24.
Qxa3 Rb8 25. Qa6 Kf8 26. h3 Qxa6 27. Rxa6 Bd7 28. Ra7 Ke7 29. Kf1 Kd6 30. Ke1
g5 31. Kd2 {- remis, Bok,B (2640) - Grischuk,A (2759), Khanty-Mansiysk 2019})
5. Qc2 (5. Bg5 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} Nbd7 (5... h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
f5 (8... Nxg3 $142 9. hxg3 Nd7 $14) 9. e3 c5 $6 (9... b6) 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3
Qf6 12. a3 (12. O-O-O $142 $16) 12... Ba5 $2 (12... Bxc3+ $142) 13. O-O-O $16 {
, dennoch 0:1/62, Goudriaan,E (2431) - Zhao,X (2567), Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 6.
Qc2 c5 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. a4 b6
$14 {remis/63, Biolek,R (2461) - Hracek,Z (2617), Havlickuv Brod 2015}) 5...
Nbd7 {Starting with this move, aiming at a quick ...e5, may be Black's best.} (
5... O-O {is perhaps more flexible for White:} 6. Bd2 (6. g3 $5) 6... Nbd7 7.
a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 c5 $5 (8... Qe7 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Be1 c5 13.
Nd2 Nef6 14. f3 cxd4 15. exd4 d5 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bf2 dxc4 18. bxc4 e5 19. Rfe1
exd4 20. Nb3 $14 {1-0 (53) Matlakov,M (2665)-Hovhannisyan,R (2620) Kazan 2013})
9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Nb5 (11. g3 $1 Bd7 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. O-O {should be
the way to fight for a slight advantage.}) 11... Bd7 12. Rxd6 a6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. Nc3 Rad8 15. e3 Bc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. cxd5 Rxd5 $11 {½-½ 
(28) Braun,A (2605)-Efimenko,Z (2635) Muelheim 2019}) 6. g3 {I decided to
deviate from my last game in this line, a few months ago, where I had played
the natural 6.Bd2.} (6. Bd2 e5 7. a3 (7. dxe5 $5 dxe5 8. O-O-O c6 9. h3 Qe7 10.
g4 {is definitely worth a look: 0-1 (31) Saduakassova,D (2495)-Rapport,R (2719)
Abu Dhabi 2018}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 $5 (8... e4 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. e3 O-O 11. g4
Nxg4 12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. Nxe4 $14 {1-0 (33) Morozevich,A (2788)-Eljanov,P (2716)
Moscow 2008}) 9. e3 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O e4 13. Nd2 c6 14. Rae1 $6
({Surely I should have focused on the other side with} 14. b4) 14... Nf8 15. f4
{Not giving time for ...Bf5, but I do give time to ...Bg4.} Bg4 $1 {and the
position was unclear: ½-½ (28) Edouard,R (2646)-Ikonnikov,V (2551) Belgium
2019.} 16. d5 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} Bxe2 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxe2 cxd5 19. cxd5
$11 {- remis/28, Edouard,R (2646) - Ikonnikov,V (2551), Belgium 2019}) 6... b6
$1 {So the bishop reaches b7 before White can take advantage of the g2-a8
diagonal.} (6... O-O {It seems this one the dabates of an online line between
Moroni and Maghsoodloo, two rising stars, but Black has felt to equalize in
both games.} 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 e4 10. Ng5 Re8 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3
h6 (12... d5 13. c5 a5 14. Bf4 $14 {½-½ (72) Moroni,L (2553)-Maghsoodloo,P 
(2671) chess.com 2019}) 13. Nh3 d5 14. c5 Nf8 15. Bd2 $14 {0-1 (41) Moroni,L 
(2553)-Maghsoodloo,P (2671) chess.com 2019}) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter: '[#]'} O-O $5 {If White cannot take advantage of the b4-bishop,
why not?} (8... Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Rd1 (10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rad1 Be4
13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 c6 15. Rfe1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {½-½ (22) Vocaturo,D 
(2617)-Rapport,R (2719) Abu Dhabi 2018} 17. Rc1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} Qc8 18.
Qd3 Qb7 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rec1 Nb8 21. Ne1 Rc6 22. Rxc6 {- remis, Vocaturo,D 
(2617) - Rapport,R (2719), Abu Dhabi 2018}) 10... a6 $5 ({Obviously} 10... Qe7
{is also possible.}) 11. b3 b5 12. c5 Be4 13. Qa5 Nb8 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Qa3 $6 (
15. Bxf6 Nxa5 16. Bxd8 Rfxd8 {is also close to equal.}) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qxd6 Rad8 $11 {½-½ (31) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Sargissian,G 
(2691) Batumi 2018}) 9. a3 (9. Na4 d5 (9... c5 $5 10. a3 Ba5 $132) 10. c5 bxc5
11. a3 Ba5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 c6 14. b4 Bc7 {isn't very clear.}) (9. Rd1 {
would be the most logical way to wait until Black plays ...Bxc3 by himself,
but an interesting move here, in Sargissian's style (see 8...Bxc3), would be}
a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Be3 h6 15. Qa5 Ne4 16.
c5 Ndf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 $13 {½-½ (85) Topalov,V (2793)-Grischuk,A (2779) Greece
2013}) 9... Bxc3 10. Qxc3 a5 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#]  Weiß hat zwar das
Läuferpaar, aber Schwarz muss in dieser geschlossenen Stellung deswegen nicht
besorgt sein. '} 11. b4 {This move probably allows too many exchanges.} ({
Meyer, Claus-Dieter: 'I Gehaltvoller als der Textzug ist'} 11. b3 {might be
better, to keep more pieces, but of course Black's position remains very solid.
Meyer, Claus-Dieter: ', z.B.'} Be4 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} (11... Qb8 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter} 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bb2 Be4 14. Bf1 e5 15. Nd2 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bc6 17.
e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (79) Carlsen,M (2823)-Ivanchuk,V (2765) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011})
(11... Qe7 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Be4 14. Bf1 c5 15. Nd2
cxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qc3 Rac8 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qe3 Nef6 20. Rac1 Qe6 21. Red1
$14 {- 0:1/56, Kortschnoj,V (2575) - Karpov,A (2715), Biel 1992}) 12. Bb2 (12.
Bh3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bb2 c5 15. Rfe1 d5 16. Bg2 Rfd8 {½-½ (30) Wojtaszek,
R (2630)-Roiz,M (2635) Lublin 2009;} 17. Rad1 $14) 12... c6 13. Bh3 b5 14. Nd2
bxc4 15. bxc4 d5 16. a4 Re8 17. Rfc1 Bg6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qc7 Nb6 20. Bf1 Qxc7
21. Rxc7 Rec8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nb3 Rc2 24. Ba3 Nxa4 25. Nxa5 Nc3 {- remis,
Nielsen,P (2680) -Caruana,F (2670), Amsterdam 2009}) ({II} 11. a4 $5 $146 {
Meyer, Claus-Dieter} Rc8 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 $13) 11... axb4 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter: 'mit Verflachungstendenz '} (11... Qe7 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} 12.
Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nef6 15. Bc3 Be4 16. Qb2 Reb8 17. Bf1 Bb7 (17...
c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b5 $14 {- 0:1/38, Rajlich,I (2465) - Chiburdanidze,M 
(2506), Ohrid 2009}) 18. Nd2 e5 19. d5 e4 20. e3 $14) 12. axb4 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter: '[#]'} Ne4 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: 'N'} ({I was more worried about
Meyer, Claus-Dieter: 'I'} 12... Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa8 (13... Be4 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter} 14. b5 Qa8 15. Bb2 {- remis/54, Mende,I (2305) - Pyrich,G (2191),
ICCF email 2011}) 14. Qb2 Qa4 {- keeping the black knight safe on f6, not to
allow Ng5 ideas as in the game.}) ({II} 12... b5 $5 $146 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter}
13. c5 (13. cxb5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 h6 15. Bd2 (15. Qa7 Bd5 16. Bd2 Bc4) 15... Nb6
16. Rc1 Bd5 $11) 13... Nd5 14. Qb2 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 h6 16. Ne1 Qa8 $11) 13. Qb2
Rxa1 14. Qxa1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '+/='} Qa8 15. Qb2 Qa6 ({Now} 15... Qa4 {
would give me time for} 16. Ng5 Ndf6 17. Nh3 $1 {with the idea of f3.}) 16. b5
Qa4 (16... Qa7 {would keep the b7-bishop defended, but would also lose one
tempo in the counter-attack. After} 17. Ne1 {White should be better.}) 17. Ng5
Ndf6 18. f3 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Ra8 (19... Qxc4 $2 20. Rc1 Qd5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxc7
$16) 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. e4 {This looked to me like the way to continue, but
perhaps it was better to just improve the position of my king (21.Kf2) and
keep the second rank safe.} h6 22. Be3 Qa3 23. Qxa3 Rxa3 24. Bf2 {The position
is very concrete: White wants to play c4-c5 as soon as possible to create
problems on the c7-pawn.} f5 ({But if Black has time to bring his king to the
center, then he's fine, and it is the case here thanks to a nice tactical
trick:} 24... Kf8 $1 25. c5 dxc5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Bxc5+ Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Ra1+ 29.
Bf1 c6 $1 $11) 25. Bh3 $5 (25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5 dxc5 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5
fxe4 29. fxe4 Ra5 $5 {didn't please me so much.}) 25... g6 (25... Rxf3 $2 26.
exf5 $1 exf5 27. Bg2 $18) 26. c5 {Now my opponent has to deal with difficult
complications with no time on his clock.} (26. Re1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter}) 26...
bxc5 (26... dxc5 27. dxc5 Ne5 28. c6 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Ba8 {is the engine
suggestion - needless to say it doesn't look really great with that bishop on
a8!} (29... Bc8 $2 30. Rd1 $18)) 27. dxc5 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#]'} dxc5 {
Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '?'} ({Meyer, Claus-Dieter: 'Die Stellung (für das
Läuferpaar) zu öffnen, ist nicht nur ein nachhaltiger strategischer, sondern
auch ein taktischer Fehler. Gegeben war'} 27... Ne5 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter:
'>=!?' should probaly work - but again it is no fun to allow c5-c5, even when
you win the f3-pawn.} 28. Bg2 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} (28. c6 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter} Nxf3+ 29. Kh1 Bc8 30. exf5 gxf5 $15) 28... dxc5 29. Bxc5 Nxf3+
30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. exf5 Rxf5 $11) 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter:
'+/=' Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#]'} Rb3 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '!'} 30. exf5 $1 ({
After} 30. Bf1 fxe4 31. Rxc7 Bd5 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. Bc4 Rb1+ (33... Rb2 $5) 34.
Kf2 Bd5 {I wasn't sure about the outcome.}) 30... gxf5 (30... exf5 31. Bf1 $16)
31. f4 Be4 32. Bf1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#] /\Bc4'} Rb1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter:
'!?'} ({Alternativen: I} 32... Kf7 $2 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} 33. Rxc7+ Kf6 34.
Rh7 Kg6 35. Re7 Kf6 36. Re8 Kf7 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Rb8 $16) ({II} 32... Rb2 $5 {
Meyer, Claus-Dieter} 33. Rxc7 (33. Bc4 Kg7 34. Rxc7+ Kf6 35. Ra7 $14) 33... Bd5
34. h4 Rb3 35. Kf2 Rf3+ 36. Ke2 Rxg3 37. Kd2 h5 38. Be2 Rb3 39. Bd3 Kf8 $14)
33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Ke3 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#]  '} Kf7 $6 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter: '(+)?!' Meyer, Claus-Dieter: 'Die naheliegende und auch nicht
schlechte Reaktion, wenngleich es wesentlich besser ging. Insbesondere
beginnen hiermit heftige Zeitnot-Turbulenzen. Nachstehend folgen ein paar
aufschlussreiche Informationen, allgemein und speziell, zum
Bedenkzeitverbrauch der beiden Protagonisten. "Romain hat die ganze Partie
sehr schnell gespielt, Feygin sehr langsam, was dazu führte, dass Schwarz ab
Zug 24 in akuter Zeitnot war, und ab Zug 28 vom Inkrement lebte. Gleichzeitig
war Romain immer bei deutlich über einer Stunde!" (Werder-Trainer Jonathan
Carlstedt, der vor Ort live kommentierte) (CDM: Ab der Saison 2014/15 erhält
jeder Spieler in der Schachbundesliga für die ersten 40 Züge 100 Minuten und
weitere 50 Minuten danach, zuzüglich 30 Sekunden pro Zug Gutschrift.)  '} ({
It seems} 34... Rc2 $1 {just holds:} 35. Bc4 (35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Kd4 Kg7 (36...
Kf7 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} 37. Ke5 (37. Bc4 Kf6 38. Kc5 Be4 $8 {=}) 37... Bb3
$11 {. "The problem is that complex chess positions contain more possible
sub-variations than any human could begin to calculate to a finish. It is
essential, at some stage, to put one’s faith in gut instinct; but this is
something alien to the most obsessive perfectionists. Im Endeffekt will ich
jedoch sagen, dass es nicht immer 'eine Sünde' ist, in Zeitnot zu geraten,
und wir sollten uns nicht immer selbst die Schuld dafür geben. Wichtig ist,
dass man erkennt, was für ein wichtiger Teil der Partie die Uhr ist […] Es
könnte hilfreich sein, sie als eine der vier Dimensionen einer Partie zu
sehen [The three faces of Perfectionism: Moralizing (punishing the opponent),
Copycat Crime (trying to emulate another player) and Jam lust (asking too much
of your position)], der man genauso viel Aufmerksamkeit zukommen lassen sollte
wie den anderen drei." (Quelle: Jonathan Rowson's 'The Seven Deadly Chess
Sins', Gambit, 2001) Allerdings gab es auch kritische Stimmen, welche die
altgewohnten Zeitnot-Gefechte beibehalten wollten, z.B.: "Heutzutage wird so
gut wie überall, auch in der Bundesliga, mit sogenanntem Inkrement gespielt,
so dass Spieler für jeden ausgeführten Zug noch extra Bedenkzeit erhalten.
Dadurch entfallen leider die bis vor einigen Jahren noch üblichen
Zeitnotphasen, bei denen die Spieler etwa noch 30 Sekunden für 10 Züge zur
Verfügung hatten und beiderseitig wild auf der Schachuhr herumhackten." 
(Schachblog Zeit Online 16.10.2014)}) 37. Ke5 Bb3 38. Be2 Kf7 $11) 35... Bd5
36. Kd3 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Bxc4+ 38. Kxc4 Kf8 39. Kc3 Ke7 40. Kc4 Kd6 41. Kd4 Kd7
42. Kc5 h5 43. h3 Kd8 44. Kc6 Kc8 $11) 35. Rxc7+ Kf6 36. Be2 $6 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter: '[#]'} (36. Bc4 Rxh2 37. Rh7 {was a nice computer idea -
whenever ...Kg6 Re7, whenever ...e5 Rf7+.}) 36... Bd5 $6 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter:
'(+)?'} ({Meyer, Claus-Dieter: 'Klar den Vorzug verdiente das resolute'} 36...
e5 $1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '>=!?' had to be played. Meyer, Claus-Dieter: ', z.
B.'} 37. fxe5+ {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} Kxe5 38. Re7+ Kd5 39. Re8 Rb3+ 40. Kf4 Rb2
41. Rd8+ Ke6 42. Ke3 Ke5 $14 43. Re8+ Kf6 44. Rh8 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rb2 46. Rxh6+
Ke5 47. Rh8 Bd3 48. Re8+ Kf6 49. Kf3 Bxe2+ 50. Rxe2 Rxb5 $14 {/=}) 37. h4 {
Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '!'} (37. Rd7 $1 {avoiding ...e5 and threatening Bh5,
woul dhave been a serious issue to solve.} Be4 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} 38. Ra7 $1
{/\Bh5 + Rf7#} Bd5 39. h4 Rb4 40. Rd7 $18) 37... e5 $1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '
[#]'} (37... Rb3+ $2 38. Kd4 Rxg3 39. Bh5 Rg7 40. Rxg7 Kxg7 41. Ke5 Kf8 42. Kd6
$18) ({Die guten Ideen kommen Schwarz hier meist zu spät: Ebenso hoffnungslos
war} 37... Rb4 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter nach} 38. h5 Rb3+ 39. Kd4 Rb4+ 40. Kc5 Rb2
41. Bd3 Rd2 42. Kd4 $18) 38. Rc5 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '?' Meyer, Claus-Dieter:
'"Für 38.Rc5? hat Romain mit gut 6 Minuten - solange wie für kaum einen
anderen Zug - überlegt. Deshalb kann ich mir nicht ganz erklären, warum er
die Feinheit übersieht, dass nach Rd7 - mit den selben Folgezügen - Rd6+
zusätzlich möglich ist. Dass eine solche Idee gesehen wird, kann man, denke
ich, erwarten. Aber mir schien Romain am Sonntag eher auf den psychologischen
Aspekt, den in Zeitnot befindlichen Gegner unter Druck zu setzen, fokussiert
zu sein. Auch war Romain nicht bereit, Varianten tatsächlich bis zum Ende zu
verfolgen." (JC)  '} (38. Rd7 $142 $1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} Rb3+ (38... Be6 39.
Rh7 Kg6 40. Rc7 Kf6 41. Rc6 $18) (38... exf4+ 39. gxf4 Be4 40. Rd6+ Kg7 41. h5
$18) (38... Ke6 39. Rh7 Rb3+ 40. Kd2 Rb2+ 41. Ke1 {ist Zugumstellung zum Text})
39. Kd2 Ke6 40. Rh7 Rb2+ 41. Ke1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: 'ist Zugumstellung zum
Text'} e4 (41... Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Rb2 43. Rxh6+ Kf7 (43... Kd7 44. Ke3 $18) (43...
Ke7 44. Ke3 Rb3+ 45. Kd2 Rb2+ 46. Kd1 $18) 44. Ke3 $18) 42. Rxh6+ Ke7 (42...
Kd7 43. Ra6) 43. Ra6 e3 44. Ra3 $18) 38... exf4+ {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '+/='}
39. gxf4 (39. Kxf4 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} Ke6 $14) 39... Be4 $2 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter: '(+)?'} (39... Ke6 $1 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '>=+/=!' was
necessary.}) 40. Rc7 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '+-'} (40. h5 $142 $18 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter}) 40... Ke6 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '?'} ({Der letzte Zug mit
Inkrement. Jetzt auch zu spät ist} 40... Rb3+ {Meyer, Claus-Dieter wegen} 41.
Kd4 $1 {und z.B.} Rb2 42. Bc4 Kg6 43. Bf7+ Kf6 44. Be8 Rd2+ 45. Kc5 Rc2+ 46.
Kb6 Rf2 47. Rf7+ Ke6 (47... Kg6 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Kc7 $18 Rxf4 50. Rd6+ Ke5 (
50... Ke7 51. Bc6) 51. h5) 48. Rh7 Rxf4 49. Rxh6+ Ke5 50. Bc6 $18) 41. Rh7 {
Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '+-!'} Kd5 42. Rxh6 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Rh3 {Here suddenly I
realized the position isn't so simple, and blundered trying to play a clever
move.} 44. Rh7 $2 (44. h5 $1 Rh2+ 45. Ke3 Rh3+ 46. Kd2 Rh2 47. b6 Bf3 {and now
White wins with the elegant} 48. Ke3 $1 {which I missed:} Bxe2 49. b7 $18)
44... Kd4 $1 {The idea I missed. Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#] mit gefährlicher
Annäherung an den weißen König '} (44... Rh2+ {just loses now:} 45. Ke3 Rh3+
46. Kd2 Rh2 47. b6 $18) 45. Rd7+ {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[]' Meyer,
Claus-Dieter: '!'} ({"Zwischenschach macht den Gegner schwach!" Nicht jedoch} 
45. b6 $2 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter wegen} Rh2+ 46. Ke1 Ke3 47. Bf1 Rb2 48. Rd7 Rb1+
49. Rd1 Rxb6 $11) 45... Kc3 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#]'} ({Nach} 45... Kc5 {
Meyer, Claus-Dieter gewinnt Weiß mit} 46. h5 Rh2+ 47. Ke3 Rh3+ 48. Kd2 Rh4 49.
Rc7+ Kb6 50. Rc3 Ba8 (50... Rxf4 51. Rh3) 51. Rg3 Rxf4 52. Rh3 $18) 46. Bd1 $6
{Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '?' Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '"Der richtige Zug h5!
erfordert das Opfern des Läufers auf e2, und der h-Bauer ist keineswegs
forciert durch. Hätte Romain selbige Stellung gegen Carlsen, würde er sich
wohl in die Berechnung dieser langen Variante gestürzt haben. Indes gegen
einen GM mit 200 Elo weniger entschied er sich dann für den 'ominösen
Sicherheitszug' Bd1?." (JC)  '} ({The engine finds an incredible win with
Meyer, Claus-Dieter: 'Ein merkwürdiges Versehen, zumal von einem Spieler
dieses Kalibers. Da Werders Franzose über reichlich Bedenkzeit verfügte, war
folgende Gewinnführung unschwer zu finden:'} 46. h5 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '>='
} Rh2+ 47. Kg3 $1 Rxe2 48. h6 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: ', und "viele Hunde sind
des Hasen Tod":'} Rg2+ 49. Kh4 {and apparently, Black cannot stop both pawns!
Of course I did not even consider that.} Kc4 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} 50. b6 Rg4+
51. Kh5 Bf3 52. h7 Rg7+ 53. Kh4 Rxd7 54. h8=Q $18) 46... Rxh4 {Meyer,
Claus-Dieter: '='} 47. Kg3 Rh6 (47... Rh1 48. Bf3 Rb1 $1 {was worrying me, and
for good reason:} (48... Bxf3 $2 49. Kxf3 Kc4 50. Rf7 $18) 49. Bxe4 fxe4 50.
Kf2 Kc4 51. b6 $1 Kc5 52. b7 Kc6 53. Rh7 (53. Re7 Kd6 54. Rxe4 Rxb7 55. Kf3 Re7
$11) 53... Kd5 $11) 48. Bf3 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '[#] Selbst nachdem sich die
Wogen nach diesem 'Drama der Irrungen und Wirrungen' eigentlich völlig
geglättet haben, sollte der K(r)ampf noch nicht zu Ende sein ... '} Bd3 $2 {
Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '??'} (48... Kc4 $1 {was the last opportunity to save the
day:} 49. Bxe4 (49. Rc7+ Kd3 {doesn't help}) 49... fxe4 50. Rb7 (50. f5 e3 51.
Kf3 Rf6 $11) (50. Kf2 Kxb5 51. Ke3 Kc6 52. Rd4 Re6 $1 53. Rxe4 Kd5 $11) 50...
Kd3 $1 51. b6 e3 $132) ({An diesem tag war Schwarz offenbar "von allen guten
Geistern verlassen". Folgende Transformation ein ein völlig ausgeglichenes,
remisiges Turmendspiel bot sich indes an:} 48... Bxf3 $142 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter
} 49. Kxf3 Kc4 $8 $11) 49. Bc6 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter: '+-!' Meyer, Claus-Dieter:
'Der Rest ist Schweigen. '} Kd2 (49... Kc4 50. Rc7 Kc5 51. Be4+ Kd4 52. Bxd3
Kxd3 53. Rc5 $18) ({Oder} 49... Bc2 {Meyer, Claus-Dieter} 50. Rc7 Ba4 51. Rf7 {
usw.}) 50. Re7 $1 {Stopping ...Ke3. Now White's pieces are too
well-coordinated.} Rg6+ 51. Kf3 Rh6 52. Re8 $1 {With the idea to push b6 and
b7.} Rh3+ 53. Kf2 Rh4 54. Kf3 (54. Kg3 Rg4+ 55. Kf3 {would allow} Bf1 {-
although after} 56. Rd8+ {White is still totally winning.}) 54... Rh3+ (54...
Rh6 55. b6 $1 Rxc6 56. b7 Be4+ 57. Kf2 $18) 55. Kg2 Rh7 (55... Rh6 56. b6 Rxc6
57. b7 $18) 56. b6 Ba6 57. Re5 $1 Bb7 58. Bxb7 Rxb7 59. Rxf5 Rxb6 60. Kf3 Kd3 (
60... Rb3+ 61. Kg4 Ke3 62. Re5+ Kd4 (62... Kf2 63. f5 $18) 63. Re8 $18) 61.
Rd5+ {Now the king will be cut by two files from the f-pawn, which doesn't
help Black's case.} Kc4 62. Rd1 Rb8 (62... Kc5 63. Kg4 $18) 63. f5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Shengelia, Davit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[WhiteClock "0:15:25"]
[BlackClock "0:02:24"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Qc2 e6 5. e4 {Just a very dubious position
for Black already!} Bb4 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 b5 8. Bg5 $5 {The most aggressive move.
} (8. cxb5 $5 exd5 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nge2 $14) 8... bxc4 9. Bxc4 h6 10. Bh4 exd5
11. exd5 Qe7+ $6 (11... g5 $6 12. Bg3 Nxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Kf1
$40) 13. Kf1 $40) (11... O-O $142 12. Nge2 $14) 12. Kf1 $2 {Avoiding a (bad)
queen exchange for Black!} (12. Nge2 Qe4 13. Qxe4+ Nxe4 14. O-O-O (14. a3 $5)
14... Nd6 15. Bd3 c4 16. Bc2 $16) 12... O-O 13. Nge2 Ba6 {It is actually very
unclear what my king is doing on f1.} (13... d6 14. Ng3 Qe5 $1 {was also fine.}
) 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qf5 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. h4 Bxc3 19. Nxc3
Rab8 20. Rb1 Nb4 (20... Rb4 {followed by ...Rd4 was also good.}) 21. Rh3 Re5
22. Rd1 Nc2 23. Rhd3 f5 (23... Rxb2 $6 24. R3d2 Re8 25. Kg1 Reb8 26. Na4 Rxa2
27. Nxc5 $14) 24. d6 Nd4 25. Na4 (25. b3 $142) 25... Ne6 26. g3 (26. Rd5 Re4
27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxb2 29. g3 f4 $11) 26... Rb4 27. b3 c4 28. Rc3 cxb3 29.
axb3 f4 30. Nb2 {Going for some tricks in my opponent's time trouble.} fxg3 (
30... Reb5 $15) 31. Rxg3+ Kh7 (31... Kf8 $11) 32. Nc4 Reb5 33. Rdd3 a5 34. Rgf3
f5 $2 (34... Kg6 $15) 35. Rfe3 a4 36. Rxe6 dxe6 37. d7 Rb8 38. d8=Q Rxd8 39.
Rxd8 axb3 40. Nb2 Rxh4 (40... Kg6 $1 {was perhaps smart.}) 41. Rb8 Rh3 42. Na4
(42. Ke2 Rc3 43. Nd3 $16) 42... e5 43. Kg2 Rh4 44. Nc5 Rg4+ 45. Kf1 Rc4 46.
Rb7+ Kg6 47. Nd3 Rc3 (47... Re4 $2 48. Rxb3 $18) 48. Nxe5+ Kf6 49. f4 Ke6 (
49... h5 $1 50. Rb6+ Kg7 {was a draw.}) 50. Ke2 h5 51. Kd2 $4 (51. Nd3 $1 Kd5
52. Kd2 Rc2+ 53. Ke3 Kc4 (53... Rc3 54. Rb5+ Kc6 55. Rb8 $1 Kd5 56. Rd8+ Ke6
57. Kd4 Rc2 58. Rb8 $18) 54. Rf7 {and now White wins thanks to the following
trick:} b2 55. Rb7 Kc3 56. Nc5 $1 $18) 51... Rg3 52. Nd3 Kd5 $1 {Oops.} 53.
Rxb3 Ke4 54. Rb4+ Kf3 55. Ne1+ (55. Ne5+ Kf2 $11) 55... Kg4 56. Ke2 h4 57. Nd3
Rg2+ 58. Ke3 Rg3+ 59. Ke2 Rg2+ 60. Kf1 Rd2 61. Nf2+ Kg3 62. Rb3+ Kxf4 63. Kg2
Ra2 64. Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 $146 {Both a novelty and the computer's first choice!} (16.
Nxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 {was just equal in Van Wely-Leko (2008).}) 16... cxd4
17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rfd1 (20. Rfe1 {is no improvement
after} Rfd8 21. Nf1 Na4 22. b3 Nb2 23. Re7 Nxc4 24. Rxb7 Nd2) 20... Na4 $1 21.
Rab1 Rfd8 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Be2 Bd5 24. Nf1 Be6 25. Ne3 f5 (25... Bb3 {is a
different route with the same destination.} 26. Rd3 (26. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 26... Rxd3
27. Bxd3 Ba2 28. Ra1 Be6) 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Ba6 Rb8 29. b4 Nc3 30.
Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Ng2 (32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Nxd5+ Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 {
should just be a draw, as Black has not enough weaknesses.}) (32. Nxd5+ Rxd5
33. Ke3 Rd7 {should also be nothing special, though White stands a little bit
better.}) 32... Rd7 33. Rc2 Rc7 34. Ne3 Rxc2+ 35. Nxc2 f4 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Ke2
fxg3 38. hxg3 Ne7 39. Ke3 Nf5+ 40. Nxf5 Kxf5 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Bc4+ Ke7 43. f4 f6
44. Bd5 Kd6 45. Bf3 Be6 46. Ba8 Bf5 47. Bf3 Be6 48. Ba8 Bf5 49. Bf3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Epishin,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 (7...
Bb7) 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 h6 (9... a5 10. Nf3 d6 11. Rd1 Ra6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O
a4 14. Qc2 Qc7 $13 {Maric,A-Demina,J/Kuala Lumpur iztW 1990/TD 92\07/1/2-1/2 
(57)}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Ne2 (12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Ne2 Kf8 14. Z0
Ke7 15. Z0 d6 $15 {White has no good pawn structure at the queenside.}) 12...
Rd8 13. Nc3 Bb7 $8 (13... Kf8 $2 14. Ne4 $18) (13... f5 $6 14. g4 Bb7 15. Rg1
fxg4 16. Rxg4+ Kf8 17. Rh4 $16 (17. O-O-O $2 Bf3 $19)) 14. Be2 Kf8 15. Nb5 Nc6
$1 16. Nd6 Rab8 17. Ne4 $2 (17. Nxb7 $142 Rxb7 18. O-O-O Rdb8 19. Rd2 Na5 20.
Kb1 $15 {/=}) 17... Nd4 18. exd4 Bxe4 19. O-O-O (19. f3 Bg6 $1 (19... Bc2) 20.
O-O-O Rb3 {-game}) 19... Rb3 $1 $19 20. Rde1 (20. Z0 Rdb8 $140 21. Rd2 Rxa3 $19
) 20... Bxg2 21. Rhg1 Bc6 22. Bd1 Rh3 23. dxc5 a5 $1 {in order to blockade the
queenside} (23... Rxh2 $6 24. b4 Rxf2 25. b5 $132) 24. Rg4 (24. b4 axb4 25.
axb4 Rc3+ 26. Kb1 Rxc4 27. Z0 Rb8 $19) 24... a4 25. Reg1 Ke7 26. Rg7 Ra8 $1 27.
Bc2 (27. Z0 Ra5 $140 28. Z0 Rxc5 {[%cal Ye7d6]}) 27... Rxh2 28. f4 Rf8 (28...
Z0 29. Bg6 $140) 29. Bh7 f5 {[%csl Rh7]} 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Psakhis} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Ba6 $5 8. e3 (8. Nf3 c5 (8... d6 9. e4 $5 Nxe4 10. Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Bxc7 Ne4
12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14. Kc3 d5 15. c5 $6 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 $11 {Pelletier,
Y-Tukmakov,V/Neuchatel 1995 (17)}) 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6 $6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 $1 cxb4 14. Qxf6 bxa3+ $2 15. Ke2 Qc5 16. Rhc1 Qe7 17. Qxe7
Nxe7 18. Rxa3 $16 {Hansen,L-Farago/Tastrup/SW,13,13 1990 (30)}) 8... d6 (8...
d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 exd5 12. Ne5 $1 $14 {Bareev-Farago,I/
Roma/1990/ ->CBM 18}) 9. Bd3 (9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 (10. b4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12.
Bd3 Qc7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bf4 $14 {Alterman,B-Har Zvi,R/Tel-Aviv Cup
1996 (25)}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 $6 (12... bxc5) 13. f3 Bb7 14. g4
Qc7 15. Bg3 e5 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. O-O-O Rfe8 18. h4 $16 {Hillarp Persson,
T-Rozentalis,E/Open, Koge DEN 1997 (32)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nf3 (10. Ne2 $5 {
Psakhis} c5 11. b4 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Rc1 e4 16. Bb1
d5 17. b5 Bb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Tabernig,B-Wirthensohn,H/Mitropa Cup 1997 (48)})
10... c5 11. O-O Rc8 (11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 (12... Rc8 $5 {/\ 13...cd4 14.ed4
b5} 13. d5 $5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 $14 (15. Qxd3 Qe7 (15... Qc7 16. e4
Rfe8 17. Nd2 c4 $6 18. Qd4 c3 19. Rac1 $1 $16 {Pelletier,Y-Nisipeanu,L/1st
Bavarian Open, Bad Wiessee GER 1997 (29)}) 16. Rfe1 Qe4 $1 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18.
Rad1 g5 19. Bg3 f5 20. Nd2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Ne5 $13 {Jakobsen,L-Aagaard,J/Karsten
Kold, Gistrup DEN 1997 (41)})) 13. exd4 Rc8 14. b3 $6 (14. Qb4 $1 e5 15. Nd2
exd4 16. Qxd6 Nc5 17. Qxd8 Rcxd8 18. Bf5 $14 (18. Bf5 {Psakhis} Bc8 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11 {0-1 Drasko-Vratonjic/YUG-Cup 1997 (48)})) 14... b5 $1
$10 15. Nd2 Rc6 (15... bxc4 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 d5 18. Qb3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nb6
$10) 16. Qb2 bxc4 17. bxc4 (17. Nxc4 $2 d5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxd3 20. exf6
g5 21. Rfd1 Bc2 22. Rd2 gxh4 23. Rc1 d4 $1 $17) (17. Bxc4 $5 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 $13)
17... Qc7 18. Rfc1 $13 {Sokolov,I-Korchnoi,V/Antwerpen 1995 (42)}) (11... cxd4
{Psakhis} 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Qb4 d5 14. b3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bb7 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Rac1
h6 18. Bh4 Nh5 $1 19. Qd2 Qf4 20. Rfd1 g5 21. Bg3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxd2 23. Nxd2
Rc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dao Thien Hai-Levitt,J/Calcutta op 1998 (25)}) 12. b3 {Only} (
12. Qb3 $5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. exd4 e5 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. dxe5 dxe5
18. Rad1 Qa8 $1 $132 {Jelen,I-Mantovani,R/Cannes op18th 1997 (60)}) (12. d5
exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe7 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 c4 16. Qc2 (16. Qd4 h6 17.
Bh4 Rc5 18. Rac1 b5 $132) 16... Rc5 17. Rd4 Rfc8 18. Rad1 $6 (18. e4 $5 c3 19.
b3 h6 20. Bf4 Re8 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rc4 Rxc4 24. bxc4 Qxa3 $15)
18... h6 19. Bh4 (19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. e4 $11 c3 21. b3 $132) 19... b5 20. b4 $2
cxb3 $17 {[%csl Rh4] Schandorff,L-Rozentalis,E/Skolernes Skakklub 1997 (31)})
15... c4 (15... Qe4 $5 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 c4 $5 18. Qa4 Nc5 19. Qxa7 Nd3 20.
Qxb6 Nxd5 21. Qxd6 Rcd8 $44 {Bacrot Etienne-Korchnoi,V/Match (team), Cannes 
(France) 1996/0-1 (50)}) 16. Qd4 Qe4 (16... Rc5 $5 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19.
Nxc4 Rfc8 20. b3 b5 21. Nb2 Rxd5 22. Qb4 Rc2 23. Nd3 Qe4 $132) 17. Bf4 Qe7 18.
Rfe1 Rfe8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 $11 {Pelletier,Y-Palac,M/4th World Team Ch,
Lucerne SUI 1997 (38)}) 12... cxd4 {N/} (12... h6 {Psakhis} 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Qb2
Bb7 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. f3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 f5 $11 {0-1 Arlandi,
E-Mantovani,R/ITA-ch Milano 1996 (47)}) 13. exd4 b5 $1 $11 14. Qb4 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 (15. bxc4 {Psakhis} d5) 15... Bxc4 $5 {Another promising possibility was}
(15... Rc6 $5 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Qc7 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. Qc3 h6 20. Bh4 Rc8 $36
{and black got better chanses;Ziegler Ari-Hellsten Johan/It (open), Copenhagen
(Denmark) 1995 (43)}) 16. bxc4 Rc6 17. Rac1 (17. Nd2 $1 $11 {Psakhis}) 17...
Qc7 18. Nd2 $6 {Now the pin over the c-file becomes extremly unpleasent.} (18.
Rc2 {Psakhis} Nd5 (18... Rb8 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Nd2) 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. Rfc1 N5b6 21.
Nd2 e5 $5) 18... Nd5 $1 $15 19. Qb3 h6 $5 {White pieces are starting to feel
uncomfortable on the board!} 20. Be3 (20. Bh4 {Psakhis} N5b6 21. Bg3 e5 $1 $15
22. d5 $140 $2 Nxd5) 20... Rb8 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Rc2 (22. Rb1 N5b6 23. d5 exd5
24. cxd5 Rc3 25. Qf5 Rxa3 $17) 22... N5f6 (22... N5b6 {Psakhis} 23. Rfc1 $11)
23. f4 $6 {Unnessasery weakening third rank.} (23. Rb1 d5 24. c5 e5 (24... Ng4
$6 25. f4 (25. Nf3 $6 e5 26. Qf5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rf6 28. Qh5 $13) 25... Ndf6 26.
Rcb2 Qa5 27. g3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 $14) 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd4 $1 (26. Qf5 Neg4 27.
Bf4 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rb7 Nxc5 30. Rxa7 Nd3 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) 26... Qe7
27. Bf4 Ned7 $11) (23. h3 $5 {Psakhis}) 23... Qa5 24. Rb2 Qa6 $1 $17 {[%cal
Gd6d5,Ga6d3]} 25. Qb1 $6 (25. f5 $5) (25. Rb3 $5 {Psakhis} Nb6 26. f5 (26. d5
exd5 27. Bxb6 Rxb6 28. cxd5 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Rc2 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2][%cal Gb6b2]}) (
26. c5 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Nbd5 28. Nb3 Ne4 $17) 26... e5 (26... Nxc4 27. fxe6 fxe6
28. Bxh6) 27. d5 R6c7 28. Bxb6 axb6 $15) 25... Qxa3 26. Rf3 (26. Rb3 {Psakhis}
Qa4 $17) 26... Ra6 (26... Rb6 $5 {Psakhis}) 27. h3 (27. f5 {Psakhis} Qa1 28.
fxe6 fxe6 29. Rf1 Qxb1 30. Rfxb1 Rb6 $17) 27... Qa1 $1 {Exchanging queen and
reducing by this white's chanses to create counterplay.} 28. Rf1 Qxb1 29. Rbxb1
(29. Rfxb1 {Psakhis} Nb6 30. Rb4 Ra2 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga2c2]}) 29... Nb6 30.
Rb4 (30. Rfc1 {Psakhis} Ra4) (30. Ra1 {Psakhis} Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Nxc4 32. Nxc4
Rxc4 33. Rxa7 Nd5 $19) 30... Ra3 31. Bf2 Ra2 $19 32. c5 (32. Be3 {Psakhis} Rc2)
32... Rxd2 33. cxb6 axb6 (33... axb6 34. Rxb6 Ne4 (34... Rcc2 $19 {Psakhis})
35. Be3 Re2 36. Rb3 Rcc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Gershon} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
h6 {Gershon: A rare move .Its purpose is obvious : black wants to prevent
white from playing variations with Bg5,but along with it he wastes a tempi and
weakens his pawn structure.} (6... b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2
Qe7 (10... Ne4 $5 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. O-O Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qg6
16. d5 $1 $14 {Vidarte_Morales,A-Solozhenkin,E/L'Hospitalet op (8)/1993/0-1 
(40)}) (10... a6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Ng5 14. Ne1 f4 $13 {Hulak,
K-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee/1983/}) 11. Be2 c5 (11... Ne4 $5 12. Qc2 f5 13.
O-O Rae8 14. Ne1 $6 Qh4 15. d5 Ndf6 16. Rd1 Qh6 $1 $132 {Savon,V-Gurevich,V/
URS-OT56 Uzhgorod/1988/0-1 (42)}) 12. O-O Rac8 13. Rad1 d5 $1 14. dxc5 (14.
cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qd2 Rfd8) 14... Nxc5 15. Qe5 Rfd8 (15... Ncd7 16. Qg3 Rfd8 17.
cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd4 $14) 16. Nd4 Qf8 (16... Nfd7 $2 17. Nf5 $1 Qf8 18. Nh6+ Kh8
19. Qh5 $16) (16... Ncd7 17. Qg3 Ne4 18. Nf5 $1) 17. f3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd5 $1
19. Bxd5 {Timman,J-Karpov,A/FIDE-Wch (Jakarta) 1993}) 7. Nf3 (7. g3 {Gershon}
d6 8. Nf3 a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Bg2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nd2
Qc8 15. Rfc1 Bh3 16. Bh1 Qg4 17. e4 Ng6 18. Qe3 Qh5 19. f3 Nd7 20. b4 f5 21.
exf5 Qxf5 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Bc3 Rf8 24. Bd2 axb4 25. axb4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 b5 $1
$132 {Alterman,B-Kosashvili,Y/Rishon le Zion 1994/0-1 (56)}) 7... b6 (7... d5 {
Ftacnik} 8. e3 Nbd7 9. b4 c6 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 a5 12. Bd3 f5 13. O-O Qe7 14.
b5 g5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. a4 Qg7 17. Kh1 Rf7 18. Nd2 {Dias,A-Nagashima,C/Sao
Paulo op 1995/EXT 95op2/1-0 (50)}) (7... d6 {Ftacnik} 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Qe7 10.
O-O Re8 11. b4 c5 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. b5 Rbd8
17. Bxb7 Bxb5 18. Bc6 Ba6 19. Bxe8 Nxe8 20. Nc6 {1-0 Botsari Miladinovic,
A-Nikolaou,G/Aegina op 1996/EXT 96op2 (28)}) (7... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 8. e3 b6 9.
Bd3 Bb7 10. b4 d5 11. c5 Ne7 12. Ne5 c6 13. O-O b5 14. f3 Qc7 15. e4 Rad8 16.
Bf4 Qc8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Bb1 {1-0 Sisaettoe,O-Kangasmaa,M/FIN-chJ U14 1996 (23)}
) 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 $5 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bf5
e4 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qc2 a5 $1 $13 {Sieglen,J-Kveinys,A/
Bonn GSK 1993 (32)}) 9... a5 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2][%cal Ga5a4]} (9... d6 {Ftacnik}
10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Nd7 $11) 10. b3 d6
11. O-O Nbd7 (11... Ne4 $5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bb2 f5 $13) 12. Nd2 (12. Rd1 $5 {
[%cal Gd1d8] Gershon}) 12... c5 (12... e5 {Gershon} 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qc2 e4 (
14... c6 15. e4 $16 {And black ends up with no counterplay.}) 15. Bb2 {[%csl
Ge4][%cal Gb2f6]} Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Na6 19. Bc3 $16 {
[%csl Gc3,Ge2][%cal Gc4c5]}) 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rfc8 {Gershon: Each side has
now finished placing his pieces, preparing for the battle.White now advances
his d pawn gaining some space advantage, opening the lines for his bishops,
and closing(at least temporarely) the h1-a8 diagonal. This move, however, has
its drawbacks: it gives black the e5 and c5 squares for his knight.} 15. d5 $5
$14 ({Deserved attention} 15. Bf3 $5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 a4 17. b4 d5 18. dxc5 bxc5
19. b5 Nb6 20. Ne5 $14 {[%cal Ge5c6,Ge5g4]}) (15. Qd3 $143 {Gershon In order
to move the queen from the c file and put some pressure on black's weakened d
file.} d5 16. Qb1 (16. cxd5 $4 Ba6 $17) 16... Ba6 {Allows black to get a fine
counterplay}) 15... a4 {Gershon: Now white has to decide whether to play b4
and give up on the c5 square or let black take on b3 which would leave the c4
pawn defenseless. Ftacnik: The fight takes very strategical character, black
must be careful with opening the position. White's bishop pair waits for the
unleashing on open diagonals.} (15... exd5 16. cxd5 $1 (16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Bxd5 (
17. cxd5 Bxd5 $17) 17... Nxd5 18. cxd5 b5 $1 19. f4 (19. e4 b4 20. Qc2 Ba6 21.
Nc4 a4 22. Bxe5 axb3 $1 23. Qxb3 dxe5 24. Nb6 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rxa3 26. Nxc8 Qd8
27. Qb2 Qxc8 28. Qxe5 c4 $15) 19... b4 $15 {[%cal Ge5g4]}) 16... Bxd5 17. Nc4 (
17. e4 $5 {Ftacnik} Bb7 18. Bb5 (18. Nc4 $2 d5 $1) 18... Re8 19. Nc4 $11) 17...
Bxc4 (17... Qe6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. e4 $16 (19. Bc4 $14)) 18. bxc4 $44 (18. bxc4
Ne5 19. f4 $44)) 16. dxe6 (16. Ne4 $5 {[%csl Rd6] Gershon} exd5 (16... e5 17.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. b4 $16) (16... axb3 17. dxe6 {[%csl Gd6]} Bxe4 18. exd7 Qxd7 19.
Qxb3 $18 {[%csl Gb2,Rb6,Rd6,Ge2]}) (16... Ne5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19.
f4 Qg6 20. g3 Qe4 (20... Nd7 21. Rxd6 $18) 21. Kf2 Qg2+ 22. Ke1 Qxh2 23. fxe5
Qxg3+ 24. Rf2 $16) 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. cxd5 $14) 16... Qxe6 (16... fxe6 17. b4
cxb4 (17... Rf8 {Ftacnik} 18. b5 e5 19. f4 $14) (17... d5 18. b5 e5 19. cxd5
Bxd5 20. e4 $14) 18. Qxb4 $14 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3d4,Gd4b5]}) 17. b4 (17. Bf3 {
Gershon} Bxf3 18. Nxf3 b5 $1 19. cxb5 axb3 $15) 17... cxb4 (17... d5 {Ftacnik}
18. Bf3 Re8 19. Rc1 $14) 18. Qxb4 {Gershon: White's got a pair of good bishops,
his pieces placed pretty well for attacking blacks weak pawns and it seems
that he should not have any prblem to neutrolize black's play ( by playing f3,
e4 for example).} (18. axb4 {Gershon} d5 (18... b5 $11 {Ftacnik}) 19. Bf3 Rab8
$15 {[%csl Gc4]} (19... Ba6 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. cxd5 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxf1 23. Nxf1
$16)) 18... Nc5 19. Nf3 (19. Qxb6 $2 Rcb8 $17 {[%cal Gb7g2]} (19... Rab8 {
Gershon} 20. Qa5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxb2 $17)) (19. Bxf6 $2 {Ftacnik} Qxf6 20. Qxb6
Rcb8 21. Rb1 Nb3 $1 22. Qc7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rc8 $17) 19... Nfe4 20. Nd4 $16 {
[%cal Gf2f3,Ge3e4] White's advantage is beyond any doubt:the pair of strong
bishops and full control in the center give him much better prospects.} (20.
Qxb6 {Ftacnik} Rcb8 21. Ba1 Nxf2 22. Qb2 f6 23. Rxf2 Bxf3 $11) 20... Qg6 21. f3
(21. Bf3 {Ftacnik} d5 $13) (21. Qxb6 $2 {Ftacnik} Nd2 $17) 21... Ng5 {Ftacnik:
De Firmian tries for counterplay and b6 pawn is tactically defended in many
variations. Sokolov had to understand, that the bigger problem lays in the
weak pawn d6.} 22. Kh1 (22. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gd4f5,Gd4b5]} Re8 23. Nf5 Nge6 24.
Nxd6 Nf4 25. exf4 Rxe2 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Rd8 28. Nf5 $3 $18) (22. e4 $5 {
Gershon} Nh3+ (22... Ncxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Bg4 $18) 23. Kh1 Nf4 24. Rf2 Re8
25. Nf5 $16) (22. Nb5 $1 {Ftacnik} Rd8 23. Qc3 $16) 22... Re8 23. e4 Nge6 (
23... Bc8 {Ftacnik} 24. Nb5 $16) 24. Nxe6 (24. Nf5 $5 d5 $5 (24... Nf4 25. Rf2
Nxe4 (25... Nh3 26. gxh3 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Bxe4+ 28. Bf3 Qxf5 29. Qc3 $18) 26. fxe4
Bxe4 27. Ng3 Bxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Nxg2 29. Rxd6 $18) (24... Nxe4 {Gershon} 25. fxe4
Bxe4 26. Ng3) 25. cxd5 Nf4 26. Rf2 Nxd5 27. Nxh6+ Qxh6 28. exd5 $18) 24... Rxe6
{Gershon: Now, although white takes a pawn on his next move black has a very
lively piece play.} (24... Qxe6 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxb6 Ra6 26. Qb4 $16) 25. Qxb6
Rc8 26. Qb4 (26. Bd4 $2 {Ftacnik} d5 27. Qa5 Ra6 28. Qb4 Rb6 $11) 26... f5 {
Gains the control over the e file. White has to play very carefully here.} 27.
exf5 (27. Bd4 {Ftacnik} Bc6 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Rfe1 Rce8 30. Bf1 $16) 27... Qxf5
28. Qc3 {Ftacnik: White is still much better, since the pressure along a1-h8
diagonal is very unpleasant.} (28. Bd3 $5 {Gershon} Qg5 29. Rfe1 Rce8 30. Rxe6
Rxe6 31. Bd4 Nxd3 32. Qxb7 $16) 28... Qg5 (28... Rc7 $1 {Ftacnik} 29. Rde1 $1 (
29. Rf2 $2 Ne4) (29. Rfe1 Rce7 30. Bf1 Nd3 $1 31. Bxd3 Qxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 33.
Qf1 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Ba6 $11) (29. Rd2 Nb3 30. Rc2 Rce7 31. Bd3 Qg5 $14) 29...
Rce7 30. Bd1 $16) 29. Rf2 (29. Rfe1 {Ftacnik} Rce8 30. Bf1 Re5 31. Qb4 $16)
29... Re3 30. Qc2 (30. Qd4 $5 $16 {[%cal Rb2c1]}) (30. Qd4 {Ftacnik} Ree8 $16)
30... Qe7 (30... Rce8 $2 {Ftacnik} 31. Bc1 $18) 31. Bf1 Re8 32. Qg6 (32. Rfd2 {
Gershon} Re6 $13) 32... Re6 33. Qg3 Qf7 34. Rd4 $6 {Gershon: For the last five
moves white has weakend too much his king trying to exploit his b2 bishop and
the punishment comes very quickly. Dubious decision.Much better was} (34. Rfd2
$5 Rg6 35. Qh3 (35. Qf2 $16 {Ftacnik}) 35... Re3 36. Bd4 (36. Rxd6 $2 Rxf3 $1
37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. gxf3 Bxf3+ 39. Bg2 Bxg2+ 40. Qxg2 Rxg2 41. Kxg2 Qb7+ $19)
36... Rb3 37. Bxc5 dxc5 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Bd3 $18 {with wining position.}) (34.
Bc3 $142 {Gershon}) 34... Rg6 35. Rg4 (35. Qh4 {Ftacnik} Re1 36. Kg1 $16) 35...
Rxg4 36. Qxg4 (36. fxg4 $4 {Ftacnik} Ne4 37. Rxf7 Nxg3+ 38. hxg3 Kxf7 $19)
36... Re1 37. Kg1 Ba6 {Ftacnik: White has not realized his advantage in a best
way and opponent already claims solid counterplay. In a time trouble Sokolov
manages to go completely under.} (37... Nd3 {Ftacnik} 38. Rd2 Nxb2 39. Rxb2 Ra1
40. Qd4 $16) 38. Rc2 (38. Bc3 {Gershon} Rb1 (38... Rd1 {Ftacnik} 39. Rd2 Rc1
40. Bb2 Rb1 41. Rc2 $14) 39. Rb2 Rc1 40. Bd2 Rd1 41. Kf2 d5 $1 $17) {[%tqu
"En","","","","c5e4","",10]} 38... Ne4 $1 $132 {[%cal Gf7a7,Ga6c4] After this
unexpected blow black gets good counterplay.} 39. Rc1 $4 {Terrible blunder
after which white loses on the spot.} (39. Bd4 Bxc4 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Rxc4 (41.
Qxc4 Qxc4 42. Rxc4 Nd2 43. Kf2 Rxf1+ 44. Ke2 Nxc4 45. Kxf1 Nxa3 $19) 41...
Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Qxc4+ 43. Qxc4 Nd2+ 44. Ke2 Nxc4 $15 (44... Nxc4 {Ftacnik} 45.
Kd3 Nxa3 46. Bb2 Nb5 47. Kc4 $11)) (39. Qxg7+ $5 Qxg7 40. Bxg7 Bxc4 41. Rxc4
Nd2 42. Rc8+ Kxg7 43. Kf2 Rxf1+ 44. Ke2 Rg1 $11 45. Kxd2 {Ftacnik} Rxg2+ 46.
Ke3 Rxh2 47. Rc4 $11) 39... Qa7+ $19 40. c5 (40. Kh1 {Ftacnik} Nf2+ 41. Kg1
Nh3+ 42. Kh1 Qg1#) 40... Qxc5+ $1 (40... Qxc5+ {Ftacnik} 41. Rxc5 Rxf1#) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 {This move is quite popular lately as in the main lines Black seems to
experience certain problems.} 9. b4 c5 {On one hand Black's play seems rather
illogical as he's trying to open up the position while White enjoys the
bishop's pair advantage, but on the other hand White's king is in the center,
so Black intends to exploit this fact.} (9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qb2 $5 Qc8
12. Bd2 c5 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. dxc5 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 bxc5 16. bxc5 $14 {Agdestein,
S-Carlsen,M/Oslo 2005}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Be2 (12. cxd5 Bxd5 13.
Be2 Qb6 14. O-O cxb4 15. Qxb4 Rfb8 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Rac1 Nxe5 19.
Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bd6 f6 $11 {Harikrishna,P-Vescovi,G/Bermuda 2005}) 12... dxc4 {
Leko is the first one to deviate from the game Van Wely-Ponomariov which has
been played about a month ago in the World Cup. I don't think this move is
better (or worse) than 12...Nb6, but Black should be fine in any case.} (12...
Nb6 13. cxd5 cxb4 14. axb4 Nbxd5 15. Qa3 a6 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rfb1 Rfc8 $11 {
Van Wely,L-Ponomariov,R/Khanty Mansiysk 2005}) 13. Qxc4 Ne4 ({In the following
blitz game Black demonstrated not a bad way to meet White's set up, but I
guess there is a lot of room for improvement.} 13... Bd5 $5 14. Qc3 Qb6 15. O-O
cxb4 16. axb4 Rfb8 17. Ra4 Nc5 18. bxc5 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Rxb2 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Rc1
Rc8 22. Rxa7 Rb7 23. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 Dobrov,V-Belov,V/playchess.com 2005}) 14.
O-O Nb6 15. Qb5 $1 {I don't think White is better after this move, but it's
most definitely his only chance to fight for advantage.} (15. Qc2 cxb4 (15...
Rc8 16. b5 c4 17. Rfd1 Bd5 18. a4 $14) 16. axb4 Qd6 17. b5 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Bd5 $11
{[%cal Gb6c4,Ge4c3]}) 15... a6 16. Qa5 Nd5 17. Rfc1 $5 {[%csl Gc3] Again
finding a way to keep the pressure. After} (17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. bxc5 Ndc3 19.
Bc4 Rac8 $11 {[%csl Gc3] the position is completely equal since Black's
knights are very strong.}) 17... Rc8 $6 ({More in the spirit of the position
was} 17... Qxa5 18. bxa5 Rfd8 $132 {with mutual chances.}) 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.
bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rc4 $14 {White keeps a small, but a steady positional advantage.
After the inevitable trade of the rooks white bishops will become an x-factor
in the play on two wings.} Nd7 $6 {The knight is bit passive on d7 for that
reason I prefer} (20... f6 $5 21. Rac1 Na4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bc1
e5 {and a draw is the much more likely result than White's win.}) 21. Rb1 Rxc4
22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Nd2 N5b6 24. Bd3 e5 25. h4 (25. Bxe5 {deserved attention:}
Nxe5 26. Rxb6 Nxd3 27. Rxb7 f5 28. Rb3 Rc1+ 29. Nf1 Nc5 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rc8
Ke6 $14 {but Van Wely prefers to keep the pressure.}) 25... f6 26. h5 Rc7 27.
Ne4 Bd5 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Nc4 (29... Bc4 30. Bc2 Bd5 31. g4 $14) 30. g4 g6
31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Nd2 $1 {Reminding Black that the pawn on a6 is a serious
weakness.} Nxd2 33. Bxd2 Bf3 34. g5 $5 (34. Bxa6 Bxg4 35. Bc8 Kf7 36. a4 Ke7
37. a5 Kd8) 34... fxg5 $2 {A losing mistake. After the correct} (34... Bb7 35.
e4 Kg7 36. f3 Nc5 37. Bc4 Bc8 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Kf2 Ne6 $14 {White would have
to work very hard to prove that his advantage is sufficient for a win.}) 35.
Bxa6 $18 {Now it's all over. White enjoys an extra pawn on the queenside.} Bc6
36. Ba5 $1 Kf7 37. Bd8 g4 38. Be2 Bf3 39. Bc4+ Ke8 40. Bc7 $1 Bd1 41. Bb5 e4
42. a4 Bc2 43. a5 Bd3 44. Bc6 Ke7 45. Kh2 g5 46. Kg3 Nf6 47. Bb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. f3 (12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14.
O-O d5 {after} 15. f3 (15. cxd5 $5 exd5 16. Bf5 d4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Qh3 Ne5
19. Bg3 $6 Qb5 $1 $15 {Roiz,M-Efimenko,Z/Rethymnon 2003}) 15... a5 (15... d4 $6
16. exd4 cxd4 17. Qc2 a5 18. b4 $1 $36) (15... e5 16. Qc2 d4 17. exd4 exd4 18.
b4 a5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rab1 Qc6 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Ba6 23. Rfc1 Rfe8 24.
Bf2 $14 {Erdos,V-Farago,I/1st GM, Nagykanizsa HUN 2003}) 16. Bf2 a4 17. Rfe1
Rfe8 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bf1 $14 {Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Linares 1998})
12... Re8 $5 (12... Qb6 13. Bd3 a5 14. O-O a4 (14... d5 15. Rac1 d4 16. Qc2
dxe3 17. Bxe3 Ne5 18. Be2 a4 19. Rb1 Qc7 $13 {Erdos,V-Akesson,R/Paks 2005}) 15.
Qc2 Bc6 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bh4 d5 18. Rab1 d4 19. Bf2 e5 20. Bf5 Rfe8 21. h3 g6
22. Bd3 Kg7 $132 {Sasikiran,K-Almasi,Z/Bastia 2005}) 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Bh4 {
The bishop is coming to f2 to deal with d5-d4 ideas.} d5 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3 $6 {
Usually White doesn't react on Black's threat to fix White's pawn on b2 by the
means of a4. After the move in the game Black gets a very comfortable position.
} a4 $1 17. b4 e5 18. O-O e4 $1 ({Nothing promised} 18... d4 $6 19. exd4 exd4
20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Rab1 $14) 19. fxe4 ({May be White should've prefered} 19. Be2
exf3 (19... cxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 $11) 20. Bxf3 Ne5 {
even though Black keeps a dangerous initiative after} 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. e4
Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qc8 24. Bd4 dxe4 25. Bxf6 e3 26. Bxg7 Ra6 $1 $36) 19... dxc4 $5
{[%csl Re4] Aronian isn't satisfied with equality after} (19... cxb4 20. Qxb4
Qxb4 21. axb4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxe4 23. Be2 $11) 20. Nxc4 Qe6 21. Bg3 $2 {This
move leads to an extremely unpleasant endgame with a pawn down, so better was}
(21. b5 Nxe4 22. Qc2 $132) 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe4 (22. Qe1 Bd5 23. Rc1 cxb4 24.
axb4 Rec8 25. Na3 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Nxg3 27. hxg3 Nf6 $17) 22... Qxe4 23. Rf2 cxb4
24. Qxb4 Bd5 $1 {Forcing a transposition to the above-mentioned endgame with
an extra pawn.} 25. Rd1 (25. Nd6 $143 Qxb4 26. axb4 Rxe3 $17) 25... Qxc4 26.
Qxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxd7 Rxe3 $17 {It's very difficult to win this endgame with
Black, but it's even more difficult to hold this position as White!} 28. Rfd2
h6 29. Rd8+ {May be White shouldn't hurry with this trade, but it's not too
important since at some point Black would force it anyway.} Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7
31. Rd4 Bb5 32. Bd6 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Re2+ 34. Kf3 Rc2 $1 {Forcing White to put his
g-pawn on the light square.} 35. g4 (35. h4 $2 Bc6+ $19) 35... g5 36. Ke3 (36.
Rb4 Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Rb3 38. Rxb3 $140 axb3 39. Be5 Bd7 40. h3 Bc6+ 41. Kd3 Bg2 $19
) 36... Kg6 37. Rd5 Bd7 38. Rd4 h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5 40. Bb4 Bc6 41. Rd2 Rc4 42.
Rd4 Rc1 43. Rd8 Bg2 $1 $19 {Not allowing White to trade his h-pawn for the
black pawn on g5.} (43... f5 $5 44. Rh8+ Kg4 45. h3+ Kg3 46. Rg8 f4+ 47. Kd2
Rb1 48. Rxg5+ Kxh3 $19) 44. Rd2 Bh3 45. Rd8 f5 46. Rh8+ Kg4 47. Ra8 f4+ 48. Kd2
Rh1 49. Rxa4 Rxh2+ 50. Kc3 Re2 51. Bd6 Bg2 52. Rd4 Be4 53. Rd1 Bc6 54. Rd4 Kf5
55. Rc4 Be4 56. Rc5+ Kg4 57. Be7 Bf5 {Excellent technique by the World Cup
winner!} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Ba6 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. b4 (10. Ne2 c5 11. b4 h6 (11... Rc8 12. dxc5
bxc5 13. b5 Bb7 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 d5 (15... Re8 $5 16. Rfd1 Nd5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Hoang Than Trang-Aagaard,J/Budapest FS08 GM (06)/ 1996}) 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Bxd8
(17. Bxe4 Qxh4 18. Nf4 (18. Ng3 $5 {Ftacnik} Nf6 19. Bf3 $11) 18... d4 19. Qc2
Bxe4 20. Qxe4 e5 $11) 17... Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Rcxd8 (18... Rfxd8 19. cxd5 exd5 20.
Bf5 $14) 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Be2 (20. Na4 $5 {Ftacnik} f5 $1 21. Be2 Rf6 22. Bf3
Rd6 23. Rac1 Rc8 $11) 20... Nb6 21. Rd2 (21. Bf3 d4 22. Bxb7 dxc3 23. Rdc1 Na4
$36) 21... d4 22. Rad1 Rc8 $1 $132 {Vera,R-Lalic,B/Anibal op4th 1997 (41)}) 12.
Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 {[%cal Yb4b5]} e5 15. b5 $5 Bb7 16. O-O e4 17.
Bb1 Qc7 18. Ba2 d5 19. Qa4 Qb8 20. Bg3 Qa8 21. Nc3 $36 {Baburin,A-Rozentalis,E/
Copenhagen PC 1996 (31)}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b5 (12. Ne2 $6 Ne5 13. O-O
cxb4 14. axb4 Bxc4 $1 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Rxa7 Rxc4 17. Qb3 Qb6 $15 {Linauskas
Dainius-Nikolenko Oleg/It (open), Katowice (Poland) 1995/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 12...
Bb7 13. Nf3 (13. f3 {Ftacnik} a6 $1) 13... Qb6 ({Deserved attention} 13... d5
$5 14. O-O Re8 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 {with unclear position;1/2-1/2 Hoang
Thang Trang-Gonzalez Garcia,J/FSGM Dec, Budapest HUN 1997}) (13... a6 $5 {
Ftacnik} 14. a4 axb5 15. axb5 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Qa8 17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. O-O Be4 $15)
14. O-O Ne4 15. Bxe4 (15. Qc2 {Ftacnik} f5 $13) 15... Bxe4 16. Nd2 $14 {
Weakness of pawn d6 and the fact that black lightsquared bishop is restricted
by white pawns make white chanses preferable.} Bg6 (16... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 17. a4)
17. a4 Rac8 (17... d5 $5) (17... f5 {Ftacnik} 18. f3) 18. e4 f5 {Ftacnik:
White enjoys the superiority on the queenside, so black needs some counterplay
in the center.} (18... f6 {Ftacnik} 19. Be3 Bf7 20. a5 Qc7 21. f4 $14) 19. f3 (
19. exf5 {Ftacnik} Bxf5 20. Qg3 Ne5 $11) 19... Rf7 $6 {Too passive.Better was}
(19... fxe4 $5 20. fxe4 (20. Nxe4 d5 21. Rad1 $1 Bxe4 22. fxe4 d4 23. Qg3 Rxf1+
24. Rxf1 Rf8 $11) 20... Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Rd1 Ne5 {with good chanses to
equalize.}) 20. Rae1 e5 (20... Rcf8 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. g4 Bg6 23.
Rxe6 $16) 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6] Reminding black that the pawn on
d6 needs protection.} Nf8 (22... Rcf8 {Ftacnik} 23. a5 Qc7 24. Qd2 Bxe4 25.
Rxe4 Nf6 26. Re3 $14) 23. Bh4 Rd7 (23... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 24. Bg3 $14) (23... Ne6
{Ftacnik} 24. a5 Qc7 25. Qd2 Nd4 26. f4 Bg6 27. Bg3 $11) 24. Qd2 Ne6 {The
knight marches to d4, but causes a small tactical tragedy on its way.} (24...
Be6 {Ftacnik} 25. a5 Qc7 26. Rc1 d5 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Qg5 Ng6 29. Bf2 $14) 25.
f4 $1 $16 {Unexpected breakthrough causing black a lot of troubles.} Bxe4 $8 (
25... Nxf4 $2 26. Rxf4 exf4 (26... Be6 {Ftacnik} 27. Ng5 exf4 28. Nxe6 $18) 27.
Qd5+ Kh8 28. Qxf5 $18) (25... exf4 26. Qd5 $1 Rf8 27. Ng5 $18) 26. Rxe4 Nd4 $2
{After this strange move black's chanses to survive are slim.Correct was} (
26... Nxf4 $1 27. Rxe5 (27. Bg3 Qb7 $1) (27. Rfxf4 {Ftacnik} exf4 28. Qd5+ Rf7
(28... Kh8 29. Qe6 $16) 29. Be7 $13) 27... dxe5 28. Qxd7 Rf8 29. Re1 Qg6 30.
Bg3 $14) 27. fxe5 dxe5 (27... d5 {Ftacnik} 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Qf2 $18) 28. Qg5
$18 {All isolated balck pawn are vulnerable and the mighty knight on d4 has no
future.} h6 (28... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 29. Qxe5 Qg6 (29... Qxc4 30. Qe8+ $1 Rxe8 31.
Rxe8#) 30. Bg3 $18) 29. Qg4 (29. Qxe5 $18) (29. Qxe5 {Ftacnik} Qg6 $16) 29...
Qc7 30. Bg3 Qb7 (30... Re8 {Ftacnik} 31. Bxe5 Qd8 32. a5 $18) 31. Rxe5 Rf8 $2 (
31... Rdd8 {Ftacnik} 32. a5 $18) 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rxc5 Kg8 34. h3 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jelen, Igor"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 14368]} 1. d4 {Hecht.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3
13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 $5 {Interesting move.More popular 15.e4
promises white symbolic advantage.Let's see a couple of examples:} (15. e4 $5
Nf4 (15... N5f6 $5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 $6 bxc5 18. Rc1 Rac8 $11 {James,
D-Markowski,T/London Lloyds 1994 (41)}) 16. Bb5 Rfd8 {N} (16... Nf6 17. Ne2
Nxe2 18. Kxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nh5 20. Be3 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 Nf4+ $132 {
Gurevich,M-Van der Wiel,J/Antwerpen (08) 1993 (28)}) (16... Rad8 $5 17. g3 (17.
Ne2 a6 18. Nxf4 axb5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 $11) 17... Ng6 18. Rd1
f5 19. exf5 exf5 $132 {Jelen,I-Oniscuk,A/Open 1996 (34)}) 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Kxe2
cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. Rac1 Nb8 $1 21. Be3 Nc6 22. Rc3 $14 {Brunner,L-Almasi,Z/
Horgen-B 1995 (41)}) 15... Rad8 (15... N5f6 $5 16. Ne2 a6 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bc2
cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 $11 {Ljubojevic,L-Kramnik,V/Amber-rapid6th 1997/EXP 57/0-1 
(63)}) 16. Ne2 cxd4 (16... N5f6 $5 17. Rd1 a6 18. Ba4 c4 19. e4 b5 20. Bc2 $14)
(16... a6 $2 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. e4 Nf6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 $16) 17. Nxd4 a6
18. Be2 Nc5 (18... Rc8 $5 19. Kd2 $5 Rfd8 20. Rhc1 Nc5 21. Ke1 e5 22. Nf5 Nb3
23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rd1 $14) 19. O-O Na4 (19... e5 20. Nf5 Bc8 21. e4 $1 Nf4 (
21... Bxf5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. exf5 Ne3 24. Rf2 $14) 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Bc4 $14)
20. Rab1 Rc8 (20... Rd7 $5 21. Rfc1 (21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Nf6 $11) 21... Rfd8
22. Rc2 Kf8 $132) 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Ne7 $6 {White has a pair of bishops,
but good position of pieces fully compensates black for lack of it.From this
moment black starts to move his pieces without plan and his position slowly
deteriorates.} (22... b5 $5 23. Rbd1 Ndb6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4
$132) 23. Rbd1 Rc7 24. Bg3 Rcd7 25. Kf2 {[%cal Gd2d8]} (25. Nxe6 $5 Rxd2 26.
Nxd8 Rxd1+ (26... Rxe2 $2 27. Nxb7 Nxb2 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. e4 $16) 27. Bxd1 Nxb2
28. Bb3 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 $13) 25... Nf5 $6 26. Nxe6 $1 {Tactical blow
transforming the game into ending with huge advantage of white.} Rxd2 27. Nxd8
Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Nxb2 29. Bb3 Nd3+ 30. Kg1 $16 Nxg3 31. hxg3 Nc5 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33.
Nxb7 Nxb7 {Hecht: [#] In the end, White will win with his central pawn mass
and powerful bishop. Therefore Black eliminates the queen's wing in the hope
of a dark-squared blockade of the White pawns. But the price is high--the
knight astray on h1! Hecht: [#] Auf Dauer wird Weiß mit seiner zentralen
Bauernmasse und dem starken Läufer gewinnen. Deshalb eleminiert Schwarz den
Damenflügel in der Hoffnung auf eine schwarzfeldrige Blockade der weißen
Bauern. Der Preis ist hoch - es ist der verirrte Sh1!} 34. Bd5 $18 {The end of
forced variation.White is a pawn up and black's defensive task is extremly
difficult.} Nd6 35. Kf2 a5 36. e4 a4 37. Ke3 Nb5 38. Bc6 Nxa3 39. Bxa4 b5 40.
Bb3 b4 41. g4 $6 {Creating to himself problems.Much simplier was} (41. Kd4 $1
Ke7 42. Kc5 Nb1 43. Kxb4 Nd2 44. Bc4 $1 $18) (41. f4 {Hecht} h5 $13) 41... Nb1
42. Bc4 Ke7 43. Bd3 Nc3 44. Kd4 Nd1 45. Bc4 Nc3 46. Kc5 Nd1 47. Kxb4 Kd6 48.
Be2 Nf2 (48... Ne3 {Hecht} 49. g3 Nc2+ 50. Kc3 Na3 51. Kb2 $18) 49. Kc4 Ke5 50.
Kc3 g5 51. Bb5 Nh1 {Hecht: [#]} (51... Nd1+ {Hecht} 52. Kd2 Nb2 53. Kc2 $18) (
51... Kf4 {Hecht} 52. Kd4 $18 {[%cal Re4e5,Re5e6,Re6e7,Re7e8]}) 52. Kd3 Ng3 53.
Be8 (53. Ke3 {Hecht} Nh1 54. Bc4) 53... Nh1 54. Ke3 Ng3 55. Bf7 Kf6 56. Bh5 Ke5
57. Be8 Nh1 58. Bb5 Ng3 (58... Ke6 {Hecht} 59. Kd4 Ng3 60. Bc4+ Kd6 61. e5+ Ke7
62. Ke3 h5 63. gxh5 Nxh5 64. g4 Nf4 (64... Ng3 65. Kf2 $18) (64... Ng7 65. Ke4
Kd7 66. f4 $18) 65. Ke4 Nh3 66. Bf1 Nf4 67. Kf5 Ne6 68. Bc4 $18) 59. Kf2 Nh1+
60. Kg1 Ng3 61. Kh2 (61. Kh2 {Hecht} Kf4 62. e5 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Qe8 $5 {Quiet
rare continuation leading to complicated positional battle.} 7. g3 d6 8. Nf3 a5
9. b3 a4 10. b4 b5 11. c5 (11. Bg2 $5 bxc4 12. Qxc4 Ra7 13. O-O Nd5 14. Qc2 f5
15. e4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 $13 {Dzevlan,M-Sjoberg,M/Rilton Cup op9394 1993/EXT 93op 
(33)}) 11... Bb7 12. Bg2 Be4 (12... Bd5 $5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Rfe1 Ne4
16. Qc2 f5 17. Nd2 Nxd2 $132 {Gurevich,M-Adams,M/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989/TD
89\13/1-0 (57)}) 13. Qe3 (13. O-O $6 Nd5 14. Qd2 f5 15. Re1 f4 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17.
Nxg2 Qg6 $36 {Chekhov,V-Sjoberg,M/Kecskemet 1991/EXP 23/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 13...
Qc6 {Logical development of black's opening strategy.} 14. O-O Qd5 15. Bb2 Nc6
16. Rfc1 $5 Ne7 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. h3 Ned5 19. Qd2 h6 (19... Bxf3 $6 20. exf3 Qxf3
21. Bxb5 Ne4 22. Qe2 $14) 20. Qe1 $1 {Finally threatening to move the knight
from f3,and now black is forced to take the knight and to give white the
advantage of bishop's pair over two knights,which is in most of the cases is
quiet important one.} Bxf3 21. exf3 Rab8 22. Kg2 (22. Qe2 Rfd8 23. cxd6 cxd6
24. Rc6 Ne7 25. Rc2 $14) 22... Qg6 23. Qd2 Nh7 24. Re1 $6 {Very strange
decision to remove the rook from semi-open c-file and to put it on e1 where it
is out of play.Simple} (24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rc6 Rfd8 26. Rac1 Qh5 27. Be2 $16 {
[%csl Rb5] would promise white serious advantage.}) 24... f5 25. Rad1 Rfe8 26.
Bd3 Ng5 27. h4 Nf7 $132 28. Kh2 (28. Re2 Qf6 29. Rde1 g5 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. Ree1
$13) 28... Qh5 29. Qe2 g5 $2 {Giving up the queenside and hoping to create
something on the kingside,which seems to be impossible.Deserved attention} (
29... c6 30. cxd6 Nxd6 31. Rc1 Rbc8 32. Rc2 Qf7 33. Rec1 $36 {with playable
position.}) 30. Kg2 $6 (30. Bxb5 $1 Re7 (30... gxh4 31. g4 Qg5 32. Bxe8 Qf4+
33. Kh1 $18) 31. Kg2 gxh4 32. Bc6 $1 hxg3 33. fxg3 f4 34. g4 $16) 30... gxh4
31. Rh1 $2 {After this move white not only loses his advantage,but creates to
himself problems,which are not so easy to solve.} (31. Bxb5 $5) 31... Ng5 $1
$40 32. f4 (32. Rxh4 Qxh4 $1 33. gxh4 Nf4+ 34. Kh1 Nxe2 35. hxg5 Nf4 $17) 32...
h3+ 33. Kf1 Nf3 34. Qc2 (34. Bxb5 Re7 $1 {[%cal Ge7g7,Gg7g1,Gb8e8]} (34... Rxb5
35. Qxb5 Nh2+ 36. Ke1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 $11) 35. Bc4 h2 36. Qd3 Nxf4 $1 37. gxf4 Rg7
38. Bxe6+ Kf8 39. Qxf5+ Qxf5 40. Bxf5 Re8 $1 $19) 34... h2 35. Kg2 Nxf4+ $1 36.
gxf4 Re7 $1 $19 37. d5 e5 38. Kf1 Rg7 39. Qc1 Rg1+ 40. Ke2 Nd4+ 41. Kd2 Rxh1
0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Li, Wenliang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. b4 (13. O-O Ba6 14. a4
$6 (14. Rad1 d5 $5 (14... cxd4) 15. cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 exd5 17. dxc5 $14) 14...
cxd4 15. exd4 d5 16. b3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Re8 18. Rfd1 Rc6 $15 {Granda Zuniga,
J-Georgiev,K/Groningen PCA 1993/CBM 39/0-1 (44)}) 13... d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5
(15. cxd5 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Nc5 17. O-O Bxd5 18. Rfd1 Nxd3 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Than
Trang-Lukacs,P/Budapest FS02 GM 1996/EXP 51}) 15... Qc7 (15... Nb6 $5 16. Bxf6
$5 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 $132 {Sorokin,M-Atalik,S/Cheliabinsk-A
1991/EXT 91 (53)}) (15... e5 $5 16. cxd5 g5 17. Bf2 c4 $1 18. Bf5 Nxd5 19. Qd2
Nc5 $1 $40 {Skomorokhin,R-Moizhess,I/Moscow op 1995/EXP 46 (33)}) 16. O-O e5
17. Bf5 $1 $14 {Typical move for this kind of position causing black certain
discomfort.} d4 18. Qd2 Rce8 19. e4 Kh8 {Preparing g5 and hoping to get some
counterplay on the kingside becuase on the queenside white's preponderence is
beyond the question.} 20. Nc1 g5 21. Nd3 Rg8 (21... a6 22. a4 Rb8 23. Bg3 Rfd8
24. Qb2 $14) 22. a4 Nf8 {Finally threatening to take the bishop.} 23. Bg3 Ng6
24. a5 Qd6 25. Qb2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5] White's play on the queenside is much
more dangerous than black's attempts to create something on the kingside.} g4
26. Qa3 gxf3 27. Qxc5 Qb8 28. Rae1 $6 (28. Bxg6 $5 Nd7 $8 (28... Rxg6 29. Bxe5
Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe4 32. Qxd4 $18) 29. Nxe5 $1 Nxc5 (29... Nxe5 30.
Bf5 (30. Bxf7 $5 Rxg3 $1 31. hxg3 Nxf7 32. Qxd4+ Kg8 33. Rxf3 $16) 30... fxg2
31. Kxg2 d3 32. Qe3 Rg5 33. c5 $16) 30. Nxf7+ Kg7 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 (31... Kxg6 32.
Bxa7 fxg2 33. Rf3 Bxe4 34. Nh8+ $1 Rxh8 35. Rg3+ Kf5 36. Bxc5 $18) (31... fxg2
32. Be5+ Kxg6 33. Rf6+ Kg7 34. Rf3+ Kh7 35. Bxd4 Nxe4 36. a6 $16) 32. Bh5 fxg2
33. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 34. Kh3 $16) 28... fxg2 29. Rf3 Nh5 $132 30. a6 Ba8 31. Re2 (31.
Bxg6 $6 Nxg3 $1 32. hxg3 Rxg6 33. Kxg2 f6 34. Qb4 Reg8 $15) 31... Nxg3 32. hxg3
f6 33. Nf2 h5 34. Nd3 Rg7 35. Rxg2 Ne7 36. Nf2 Reg8 $6 {A loss of time which
proves to be crucial.Deserved attention} (36... Nxf5 37. Rxf5 Rc8 38. Rxh5+ Kg8
39. Qa3 Rxc4 {with extremly complicated position.}) 37. Be6 $1 $16 Rf8 38. Rh2
{[%cal Gh2h8]} Rh7 39. Bf5 Nxf5 40. Rxf5 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g3]} 41. Rfxh5 Rxg3+ 42.
Kf1 Rgg7 (42... Rxh5 $2 43. Rxh5+ Kg8 44. Qe7 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Rg7 45. Qe6+ $1
Rf7 46. Qh3 $1 $18) 43. Rxh7+ Rxh7 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. Qe7+ Kg6 46. Qd7 Qf8 47.
Qf5+ Kg7 48. Ng4 {[%csl Ra8] The difference in strength between white knight
on g4 and black bishop on a8 makes this ending compleatly hopeless for black.}
Qf7 49. Kf2 Qe7 50. c5 $1 $18 Bxe4 (50... Qxc5 51. Qxf6+ Kg8 52. Qg5+ Kf8 53.
Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qxa8 $18) 51. Qxe4 Qxc5 52. Qc6 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch int"]
[Site "Chiasso"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Summermatter, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Flear,G"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Rc1 cxd4 15.
exd4 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. dxe6 Bxe2 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. exd7 Qxd7 20. Kxe2 Re8+
$1 (20... g5 21. Bg3 Re8+ 22. Be5 $1 Nh5 23. Kd1 Rd8 24. h4 $1 $16) 21. Kf2 (
21. Kd1 Qf5 22. Re1 Qb1+ $11) 21... Ne4+ $1 $11 22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. Re1 (23. Bg3
Rxd4 (23... Qf5+ $2 24. Kg1 { h3+-}) 24. Qe3 $1 Qf5+ (24... Rd3 25. Qe4) (
24... Rd2+ 25. Kg1 Qd5 26. Bf2) 25. Kg1 Qb1+ 26. Kf2 $1 Qxb2+ (26... Qf5+ $11)
27. Kf3 $5 $13) 23... Rxh4 24. d5 Qd6 (24... Rxh2 25. d6 Qh3 26. Re8+ (26. Qd5
Qh4+ 27. Ke2 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ $11) 26... Kh7 27. Qc2+ f5 28. Qc6 Qh4+ 29. Ke2
Qg4+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ $11) 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+ g6 (26... Qg6 $2 27. Qxg6+ Kxg6
28. Ke3 Rh5 29. Kd4 $16 {›d}) 27. Qc3 Rf4+ 28. Ke2 (28. Ke1 Rf6 (28... Qf6 $13)
29. Qc8 g5 30. Rh8+ Kg6 31. Rg8+ $11 (31. Qc2+ $4 Kh5 32. Qe2+ g4 33. h3 Qg3+
34. Kd1 Rd6 $1 $19)) 28... Rf6 (28... Qf6 $2 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Ke3 Rf1 31. Ra8
$16) 29. Qc8 g5 $8 30. Rh8+ Kg6 31. Qc2+ $4 (31. Rg8+ Kh7 32. Rh8+ $11) 31...
Kh5 $19 32. Qc3 g4 33. Rg8 (33. Qd4 Rf5) 33... Rf5 34. Qb4 Qe5+ 35. Kd3 Qxd5+
36. Kc3 Qxg2 37. Qd4 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE f2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Rb8 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 13. Bg3 Qb6 (
13... Rb6 $6 14. O-O Nh5 15. b4 $1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. b5 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 Rd8
19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Rd2 Ke7 21. Rad1 Rb8 22. Bf1 $1 Nf6 23. a4 a5 24. Be2 $16 {
Sokolov,I-Salov,V/Madrid/1994/1-0 (56)}) 14. O-O (14. O-O-O Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5
16. f3 e4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. Rd2 Be6 20. Rhd1 Qa6 21. Rd6 Qb7 22.
R1d2 Qxe4 23. Ng3 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 {Gurevich,M-Akesson,R/Antwerpen op (6)/1994/
0-1 (64)}) 14... Nh5 $1 15. Rab1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. b3 Qc7 19.
Rfe1 Bb7 20. Rbd1 Rfd8 21. Nf4 Qe7 22. Nd3 Ng4 23. f3 Nf6 24. Nf2 {Sokolov,
I-Kamsky,G/Madrid/1994/0.5 (61)}) 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 Ne4 $5 14. Bxd8 (14. Bxe4
Qxh4 15. Bc2 $10) (14. Qxg7+ Kxg7 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxe4 Rxb2 $15) 14... Nxc3
15. Be7 $6 (15. Nxc3 $5 Rxd8 16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Be2 $10) 15... Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Re8
17. Bxd6 Rxb2 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Bg3 (20. Reb1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Nb6 (
21... e5 22. f4 f6 23. g3 {/\ Bh3}) 22. Rc1 f6 23. h3 (23. Bg3 Rd8 $17) 23...
e5 24. f4 Kf7 25. fxe5 Ke6 $17) 20... Nb6 21. Rec1 Rd8 22. Be5 Rb3 23. a4 f6
24. a5 (24. Bc7 Rd2 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rd1 Rbb2 $17) 24... Nc8 (24... fxe5 25.
axb6 Rxb6 26. Ra5 $10) 25. Bc3 Nd6 26. Be1 Kf7 27. Be2 Ke7 (27... e5 28. h4 Ke6
$17) 28. Kf1 Rdb8 29. h3 e5 30. Kg1 Rb2 31. Bd3 Ke6 32. h4 g5 $1 33. hxg5 hxg5
34. Bf1 (34. f3 $6 R2b3 {xe3}) 34... g4 35. Bc3 R2b3 36. Be2 f5 37. Be1 (37.
Ra4 Rb1 38. Ra1 Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Bxc4 $19) 37... Rb2 38. Bd3 R2b3 39. Be2 Rb2 40.
Bd3 Rh8 41. Rcb1 (41. Ra3 $5) 41... Rbb8 42. Rxb8 (42. Rc1 Rh7 $17) 42... Rxb8
43. Rc1 Rb3 44. Bc2 (44. Be2 Ra3 $19) 44... Ra3 45. e4 $1 (45. Bd1 e4 (45...
Bxc4 46. e4 fxe4 (46... Nxe4 47. Rxc4 Ra1 48. Rxe4 $1) 47. Bxg4+ Kd5 $17) 46.
Be2 Ra4 $19) 45... fxe4 46. Bd1 Kf5 47. Be2 Ra2 48. Kf1 Ra4 49. Rd1 Nxc4 50.
Rc1 (50. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 51. Kg1 Bd3 $19) 50... Bb5 51. Kg1 (51. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 52. Kg1
Bd3 53. Rxc5 $2 Ra1 $19) 51... a6 52. Kh2 (52. Bxc4 Rxc4 $1 (52... Bxc4 53. Kh2
Ke6 54. Kg3 Kd5 55. Kxg4 $132) 53. Rxc4 Bxc4 54. Bd2 (54. Bc3 Be2 55. Kh2 e3
56. fxe3 Ke4 57. Kg3 Kxe3 58. Bxe5 c4 59. Bf4+ Kd3 60. Kf2 c3 61. Ke1 c2 62.
Kf2 Bd1 63. Ke1 Kc3 64. Be5+ Kb4 65. Kd2 Kxa5 $19) 54... Be2 55. Kh2 Ke6 56.
Kg3 Kd5 57. Bc3 Kc4 58. Bxe5 Kd3 59. Kf4 c4 60. Bb2 c3 61. Ba3 c2 62. Bc1 Bf1
63. g3 Be2 64. Ke5 Bf3 65. Kf4 Ke2 $19) 52... Nb2 53. Rc2 (53. Bxb5 axb5 54.
Rxc5 Nd3 $19) 53... Nd3 (53... Bxe2 54. Rxb2 Bd3 $17) 54. Bd2 (54. Bxd3 exd3
55. Rxc5 Re4 56. Bc3 Ke6 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Rc8 d2 59. Rd8 Bd7 $19) 54... Nxf2 55.
Be3 (55. Bxb5 axb5 56. Rxc5 g3+ $1 57. Kxg3 (57. Kg1 Nd3 $19) 57... e3 58. Bxe3
Ne4+ $19) 55... Nd3 56. Kg3 (56. Bxc5 Nxc5 57. Bxb5 axb5 58. Rxc5 Rxa5 $19) (
56. Bxd3 exd3 57. Rxc5 Re4 $19) 56... Ra3 57. Bxg4+ (57. Bxd3 exd3 58. Rxc5 d2
$19) 57... Kg6 58. Bd2 Nb4+ 59. Rc3 Ra2 60. Bc1 (60. Be3 Nd5 $19) (60. Be1 Nd3
$19) 60... c4 61. Be6 Nd3 62. Bxc4 (62. Be3 Re2 63. Bb6 Nf4 64. Bxc4 Rxg2+ 65.
Kh4 Kf5 $19) 62... Bxc4 63. Rxc4 Kf5 64. Rc8 Ne1 (64... Nxc1 65. Rxc1 Rxa5 $19)
65. Rf8+ Ke6 66. Re8+ Kd7 67. Ra8 (67. Rxe5 Nd3 68. Rxe4 Nxc1 69. Rd4+ Ke6 70.
Rc4 Ne2+ 71. Kf3 Kd5 $19) 67... Rxg2+ 68. Kh3 Rc2 69. Bh6 e3 $1 70. Ra7+ Ke6
71. Bxe3 Rc3 72. Kg4 (72. Rxa6+ Kf5 73. Ra8 Rxe3+ $19) 72... Rxe3 73. Rxa6+ Kd5
74. Ra8 Ke4 $1 75. a6 Ra3 76. a7 Nf3 (76... Nf3 77. Kh5 Nd4 78. Kg4 Nc6 $18)
0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e3 Nbd7 (12... a5 13. Bd3 Nbd7
14. O-O a4 15. Rad1 Ra6 16. Qc2 Qa8 17. f3 $13 {Sokolov,I-Beliavsky,A/Belgrade/
1991/}) 13. Rg1 {N} (13. f3 a5 14. Bd3 a4 15. O-O Qb6 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Nb1 Rab8
18. Rd2 d5 $132 {Drasko,M-Dzevlan,M/Banja Vrucica JUG-ch/1991/}) 13... d5 14.
g4 Ne4 $1 15. Bxd8 (15. Nxe4 Qxh4 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxh2 19.
Rg3 Rfc8 $17) 15... Nxc3 16. Ba5 (16. Be7 Rfe8 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. bxc3 Na4 $44)
16... Na4 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bb5 Nab6 (18... Ndb6 $2 19. b3 Nb2 20. Bc3 a6 21.
Be2 $18) 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rxg5 f6 21. Rg3 Ne5 22. f4 (22. O-O-O Rac8 23. Rdg1
Rc7 $132) 22... Nec4 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 (24. Bc3 Nd6 25. Bd3 Rae8 26. O-O-O
Ne4 $10) 24... dxc4 25. O-O-O Rf7 26. h4 Be4 $1 27. h5 Kh7 28. Bc3 (28. h6 g6 (
28... Kxh6 29. Rh3+ Kg6 30. Rg1+ Kf5 31. Rh5+ Ke6 32. Rxc5 $14)) 28... Kh6 29.
Rf1 Bf5 30. e4 $5 Bxe4 31. f5 Bd3 32. Rf4 (32. Bd2+ Kh7 33. Rf4) 32... Re8 33.
Rg6+ Kxh5 (33... Kh7 34. h6 $40) 34. Rg1 Re4 35. Rh1+ (35. Rf3 Rg4 36. Rh1+ (
36. Rh3+ Kg5 37. Bd2+ Kxf5 38. Rf3+ Ke4 $1) 36... Rh4) 35... Kg5 36. Rf2 Re2
37. Bd2+ Kg4 38. Rg1+ Kh5 (38... Kh3 $2 39. Rf3+ Kh2 40. Rg4 Kh1 41. Rf1+ Kh2
42. Bf4+ Kh3 43. Rg3+ Kh2 44. Rg6+ Kh3 45. Rh1+) 39. Rh1+ Kg4 40. Rg1+ Kh5 41.
Rh1+ {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 {N} 13. dxe6 (13. Be2 Nf8 14.
Qd2 Ng6 15. Bg3 e5 $132) 13... fxe6 14. Bxd6 e5 15. O-O-O Re6 16. Be2 Qc8 (
16... Ne8 $2 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxd7 $18) 17. Rd3 Ne8 18. Rhd1 Qc6 19. b4 cxb4 (
19... Nxd6 20. b5 Qc7 21. Qd2 Nxe4 22. Rxd7 Nxd2 23. Rxc7 Nb3+ 24. Kb2 Nd4 25.
Bd3 $16) 20. Bxb4 Ndf6 21. Qb3 a5 22. Bc3 Ba6 23. R3d2 Rc8 24. Kb1 Kh7 (24...
Bxc4 $5 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Bb2 $14) 25. Bb2 Nd6 26. c5 Nb5 (26...
Bxe2 27. Qxe6 Bxd1 28. Rxd6 Qxc5 29. Rxd1 Qc2+ 30. Ka2 $18) 27. cxb6 Qxb6 28.
Ka1 a4 29. Qb4 Rb8 30. f4 Qc7 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Rc1 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. e5
Nd7 35. e6 Nf8 36. Nf4 g5 37. Nd5 Rxe6 38. Nf6+ Kg6 39. Bh5+ {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novoborsky"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd1 {
The simple comparision of both armies at this moment is quite revealing. White
has used four moves with his queen to avoid doubling the pawns and to gain the
bishop pair. Black has compensation in an advantage in development and an
absence of weaknesses.} (14. Qd2 Bxd5 15. Nf2 (15. Bb5 Be6 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qe2
a6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nf2 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Iashvili,A 
(2455)-Shipov,S (2490)/Belgrade 1992 (50)}) 15... Be6 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Qe2 a6
18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Ke2 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V 
(2480)-Timoshenko,G (2475)/Kherson 1991 (29)}) (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qxe5 Nxd5 16.
e4 Ne3 17. Qc3 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 Rc8 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Kf2 Qf6 21. Kg1 Qxb2 22. Rfb1
{1/2-1/2 Lazarev,V (2503)-Lekic,D (2390)/Switzerland 2004}) 14... Bxd5 15. Nf2
{White has not yet found the way to get any advantage from this line. The
knight is transferred to the centre from the obscure h3-square.} (15. Be2 Be6
16. Nf2 Nc5 (16... g5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. O-O Rfd8 19. b4 a5 20. Qd2 Nh5 $11 {
1-0 Gagunashvili,M (2577)-Taleb,M (2401)/Abu Dhabi 2003 (38)}) 17. Nd3 (17. b4
Qxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Ncd7 19. O-O a5 20. Rb1 axb4 21. axb4 Bc4 22. Re1 Ra2 23. e4 b5
$15 {1/2-1/2 Gagunashvili,M (2560)-Lutz,C (2608)/Turin 2006 (43)}) 17... Bb3
18. Qd2 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Rac8 21. Ke2 Bc4 22. Rhc1 Bxd3+ 23. Kxd3
Rfd8+ 24. Ke2 $11 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2531)-Hauchard,A (2487)/Belgium 2005 (35)})
15... Be6 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qxd1+ $1 {Grischuk's decision to exchange queens
is very logical. He can now mobilise his pieces in the center without fear of
a disadvantage if White manages to get his act together.} (17... Rc8 18. O-O
Bc4 19. Re1 g5 20. Bg3 Re8 21. Bf5 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Rc6 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bxe5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,P-Onischuk,A (2370)/Jurmala 1992 (65)}) 18. Rxd1 Nd5 19. Ke2
Rac8 (19... f5 20. Nd3 Rac8 21. Rc1 (21. Nxe5 Nd7 $1 22. Bb3 Nxe5 23. Rxd5 (23.
Bxd5 Rc2+ 24. Ke1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nc4 $17) 23... Bxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh7 $17) 21... g5
22. Bf2 $11) 20. Ne4 $6 {It will take some help from Laznicka to catapult
Black into the driving seat. The knight move into the centre will backfire
after Black's clever manoeuvre.} (20. Nd3 f5 21. Rc1) 20... Nb7 $1 21. Bb1 (21.
Rc1 f5 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. Bd3 g5 24. Bf2 e4 25. Ba6 $11) 21... f5 22. Nd2 Nc5 23.
Bc2 $2 {White his admitting his inaccuracy on the 21st move, but it amounts to
losing two tempi!} (23. Bg3 f4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Bf2 Rfe8 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Ne4
Ne3 $15) (23. Rc1 $1 Na4 24. Ba2 Nxb2 25. Bg3 Rce8 $1 26. e4 (26. Bxe5 Nxe3 $17
) 26... Nf4+ 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Bxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rc7 $15) 23... f4 $1 24. Nf1 (24.
e4 Ne3 25. Rc1 Bd7 $1 $17) 24... e4 25. Rd2 $6 {The defender has lost every
right to play mediocre moves; only the best defence could have complicated
Black's pleasant task.} (25. fxe4 Bg4+ 26. Ke1 Bxd1 27. Kxd1 Nxe3+ $19) (25.
Rd4 $1 g5 26. Be1 exf3+ 27. gxf3 fxe3 28. Nxe3 Rce8 29. Bd2 Rf4 $15) 25... g5
26. Bf2 (26. Be1 Nd3 27. Bxd3 (27. fxe4 Nc3+ $3 {Brilliant idea and an unusual
opportunity to force mate in the middlegame without queens.} 28. bxc3 Bg4+ 29.
Kxd3 Rfd8#) 27... fxe3 28. Nxe3 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 Nxd3+ 30. Ke2 Nf4+ 31. Kf2 exf3
32. gxf3 Rc1 $17) 26... fxe3 $6 {Grischuk must have been more than happy with
his enormous progress and it could have influenced his judgement. Objectively
best and very unpleasant for White was the cool knight move to f6.} (26... Nf6
$1 27. exf4 (27. fxe4 Bg4+ 28. Ke1 Ncxe4 $19) (27. h4 Bc4+ 28. Ke1 Rfe8 $17)
27... exf3+ 28. gxf3 (28. Kxf3 Bg4+ 29. Kg3 Nce4+ $19) 28... Bc4+ 29. Kd1 Bd5
$17) 27. Bxe3 exf3+ 28. gxf3 Rce8 29. Bxc5 $6 {[%mdl 256] Laznicka has
certainly had better days in his chess career. The exchange of the important
defender will simplify the task for his opponent.} (29. Rg1 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 Rxf4
31. Ne3 Rh4 32. Kf1 $15) 29... bxc5 30. Be4 Nf6 (30... Bg4 31. fxg4 Rxe4+ 32.
Kd1 Nb6 33. h3 Nc4 $17) 31. Ne3 $2 {The last bitter drop in the difficult and
failed defensive effort.} (31. Ng3 $1 Bd5 32. Re1 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. fxe4
Rxe4+ 35. Kd1 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Kg7 $15) 31... Nxe4 32. fxe4 Rf4 33. Kd3 Rd8+ 34.
Kc3 (34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Rxd5+ 36. Kc2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Kf7 $17) 34... Rxd2 35.
Kxd2 Rxe4 {Black's extra pawn and a dominant bishop against the knight
minimise White's chances for survival.} 36. Rc1 (36. Rf1 Rd4+ 37. Kc3 Rf4 $17)
36... c4 37. Rc2 (37. Rf1 Rd4+ 38. Kc1 Rd3 39. Nf5 Rh3 $17) 37... Kf7 38. Ke2
Kf6 39. Kf3 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 h5 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Nh3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Qe7 (13... c5 14.
O-O c4 $5 15. b3 b5 $13) 14. Bf2 c5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Nf8 {N} (16... cxd4
17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Bb5 Red8 21. Nf4 g5 22. b4 $16 {
Beliavsky,A-Vaganian,R/Odessa ch-SU/1-0/28/}) 17. Bf1 Ne6 18. Qd2 Nh7 19. Nf4
Red8 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. Bd3 Qd6 22. Ne2 Bc6 23. Bh4 Ng5 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Bf5 Rc6
26. b4 cxb4 (26... c4 $2 27. b5 Rc7 28. Bg3) 27. axb4 $16 Re8 28. b5 Rxc1 29.
Rxc1 Qe7 30. Bf2 a6 31. bxa6 Bxa6 32. Rb1 Qd8 33. Bd3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Re6 35. h4
Ngh7 36. Nf4 Rc6 37. Qb5 Qd7 38. Kh2 Nf8 39. Bg3 Rc3 40. Bf2 Rc2 41. Qxd7 N8xd7
42. Kg1 Ra2 43. h5 Kh7 44. Be1 Ra3 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 Ra6 47. Rb5 Nf8 48. g4
Ne6 49. Nxd5 Nxd5 50. Rxd5 Ra2 51. f4 Rb2 52. Bg3 b5 53. g5 hxg5 54. f5 {
Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "Lisbon zt"]
[Site "Lisbon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 c5 9. e4 $6 (9. e3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd6 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxd6 13. Bh4 Ba6
14. b3 Nf5 15. Bf2 Na5 16. Rb1 d5 17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 exd5 19. g4 Ne7 20.
Ne2 Rac8 21. Rb2 f5 22. Kg2 fxg4 23. fxg4 h5 24. gxh5 $13 {Karpov,
An-Ljubojevic,L/Reykjavik WCup (08)/1991/}) (9. dxc5 $1 bxc5) 9... cxd4 (9...
Nxe4 $2 10. Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Be7 Re8 12. Bd6 Na4 13. b3 Nc3 14. dxc5 $16) 10. Qxd4
Nc6 11. Qe3 (11. Bxf6 $2 Nxd4 12. Bxd8 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. Be7 Rfe8 15. Bb4
d5 $19) 11... h6 12. Bf4 (12. Bh4 $2 Ng4 $1 13. Bxd8 Nxe3 14. Kf2 Nxf1 $19)
12... d5 $1 13. exd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Qf2 Rc8 16. Kb1 (16. cxd5 Nxd5 17.
Ne2 Qf6 $19) 16... Qd7 17. Bd3 (17. g3 Ne5 18. Bh3 Qa4 $17) 17... Na5 (17...
dxc4 $2 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Ne2 $13) 18. Ne2 (18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nh3
Qa4 $40) 18... Ba6 19. Nd4 (19. cxd5 Bxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qf5 21. Rhd1 Rxe2 22. Qxe2
Qxf4 $17) 19... Bxc4 20. Bf5 Qa4 21. Bc2 $6 (21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Rhe1 $13) 21...
Bb3 $1 22. Nxb3 Qxf4 23. Nxa5 bxa5 24. Rd4 Qe5 25. h4 Rb8 26. Rhd1 Rec8 27. g4
Rb6 28. Re1 Qd6 29. g5 Qxa3 30. Bf5 Rcb8 31. Re2 hxg5 32. hxg5 Nh5 33. Rh4 g6 (
33... g6 34. Bd7 Qd3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Jakarta m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Qb3 {Baburin: Usually a
similar position arises when Black has ...h6 and Bh4 included. White's
treatment of the positional threat of ...cxd4, ...Ba6 and ...d5 is rather rare,
as usually White plays Qd2 or b2-b4 is such positions. However, in this game
White's idea worked well .} (12. Qd2) 12... d5 (12... h6 13. Bh4 d5 (13... cxd4
14. exd4 e5 $5 15. Bf5 g5 $132 {Razuvaev,Y}) 14. cxd5 (14. O-O $2 Ba6 15. Rac1
b5) 14... Bxd5 15. Qd1 (15. Qa4 Bc6 (15... cxd4 16. exd4 Qc7 17. Bg3 Qc6 $13 {
/\} 18. Bb5 $2 Qc2 19. Bxd7 $2 Bb3) 16. Qd1 b5 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Bb1
cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 a6 22. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Hoffmann,M-De Firmian,N/Biel
op 1994/}) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4 (16... Nc5 $6 17. Bc2 e5 18. Nf5 $16) 17.
O-O a6 $6 (17... Qe7 $14) 18. Rc1 b5 $6 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 bxc4 21. Qa4 $16
{1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Georgiev,K/Burgas/1992/ (31)}) 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 (14.
Qd1 $5) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Bc6 (15... Qc7 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Bb5 Qc2 18. Bxd7 Bb3
19. Qxa7 $14) 16. Qd1 b5 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rc1 Nd5 (18... a5 19. Kh1 b4 20. Qe1
$14) 19. Kh1 a5 20. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ye1g3] Adianto correctly sees, that black's
counterplay has to be met with attack against somewhat abbandoned kingside.} (
20. Bb1 b4 21. Qd3 f5 $11) 20... b4 21. Qh4 f5 $8 (21... h6 $2 22. Bxh6 gxh6
23. Qxh6 N5f6 (23... f5 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Ng3 $18) 24. Nf4 $1 Qxd4 25. Rc4 Qxb2
26. Nh5 Ne4 27. Bxe4 $18) (21... N7f6 22. Rc5 $1 h6 (22... Bb7 23. Rxd5 Bxd5
24. Bxf6 $18) 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Ba8 25. Ng3 $18) 22. Qg3 Kf7 (22... N7f6
23. Rfe1 {xe6}) ({Baburin: Black cannot exchange the light-squared bishops by} 
22... Bb5 $2 {Baburin because of} 23. Bh6 $18) 23. Nf4 Nxf4 (23... Qxd4 24. Ba6
Nxf4 25. Bxf4 e5 26. Bg5 Rc7 27. Rfd1 Qxb2 28. Bc4+ Ke8 29. Rc2 $1 Qxc2 30.
Qxe5+ Nxe5 31. Rd8#) 24. Bxf4 Bd5 25. Bd6 Rfe8 (25... Rxc1 $2 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27.
Qg5 $18) (25... Rg8 $5 $14) 26. axb4 axb4 27. Bc7 $1 {The bishops are
unpleasant enemies in half opened positions in case they get enough space for
activity. Karpov will be hard pressed to avoid the worst. Baburin: White is
invading along the c-file.} Qb7 (27... Qxd4 28. Bb5 Bb3 (28... Bb7 29. Rcd1 Qf6
30. Bxd7 $18) 29. f4 Re7 30. Be5 (30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Be5 Rxc1 32. Qxg7+ Ke8 33.
Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ Ke8 37. Rxc1 Qd1+ 38. Qe1 Qxe1+
39. Rxe1 Rd1 $14) 30... Nxe5 31. Rxc8 $18) 28. Qd6 Nb8 (28... Nf6 29. Ba6 $18)
29. Rc5 Re7 (29... Nc6 30. Rxd5 Re7 (30... exd5 31. Qxd5+ Re6 32. Bc4 Nd8 33.
Qd7+ Kg6 34. Bxe6 Rxc7 35. Qxd8 $18) 31. Rxf5+ exf5 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. Bd6 g6 34.
Re1 $18) 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 (30... Qxb8 31. Rxd5 $1 exd5 32. Qxd5+ Kf8 33. Qxf5+ Rf7
34. Qxh7 $18) 31. Rfc1 {Baburin: White restrains himself from winning some
material, preferring to attack along the open c-file.} (31. Rb5 $1 Qxb5 32.
Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Rc1 $16 (33. Ra1 {Baburin Black would have only slim chances to
hold his fortress.})) 31... Qb6 32. Qe5 (32. Rxd5 $2 exd5 33. Qxd5+ Qe6 34.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 35. Re1+ Kf7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Bxf5 Rd8 $15) 32... Rd8 (32... Ba8
$2 33. Rb5 $18) 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. Qxf5+ Qf6 (34... Kg8 35. Rxd5 Rde8 36. h3 Qb8
37. Re5 $1 Rxe5 38. dxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxe5 Rxe5 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rb8 $18) 35. Rxd5
Qxf5 36. Rxf5+ Kg6 37. Rb5 (37. g4 h6 38. Rc6+ Kh7 39. Re5 Red7 40. Kg2 Rxd4
41. Kf2 $16) 37... Rxd4 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. h3 Re2 40. Rb7+ Re7 (40... Kf8 41.
Rc8+ Re8 42. Rcc7 $18) 41. Rb5 Re2 42. b3 Re3 43. Kh2 $1 {The endgame with
four rooks plays into white hands, not only is b4 pawn very weak but black
must always worry about the safety of his king.} h5 (43... Rxb3 44. Rc7+ Kf6
45. Rb6+ Ke5 46. Rxg7 $18) 44. Rb7+ Re7 (44... Kg6 45. Rc6+ Kh7 46. Rcc7 Rxb3
47. Rxg7+ Kh6 48. Rge7 $16) 45. Rb6 Re3 46. Rc7+ Re7 47. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 (47... Rd2
48. Rc5 Re3 49. Rf5+ Ke7 50. Rxb4 $18) 48. bxc4 Re2 49. Rxb4 Rc2 50. h4 (50.
Kg3 h4+ 51. Kxh4 Rxg2 52. Rb6 $18) 50... g6 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Rb6+ Kf7 (52... Kf5
53. Rc6 Rc1 54. Rc5+ Ke6 55. Kf4 Kd6 56. Rg5 Rxc4+ 57. Kg3 $18) 53. Rc6 {
Two pawns should be quite enough to win this game.} Kg7 54. Rc8 Kf6 55. c5 Kg7
56. c6 Kf6 57. Kf4 Kg7 (57... Rxg2 58. c7 Rc2 59. Rf8+ $18) (57... Rc4+ 58. Ke3
Ke7 59. Kd3 Rxh4 60. Rg8 Kd6 61. Rxg6+ Kc7 62. Ke3 $18) 58. Ke5 Re2+ 59. Kd6
Rd2+ 60. Kc7 Rxg2 61. Rd8 (61. Rd8 Kf7 62. Kc8 Ke7 63. c7 Rb2 64. Rd7+ Ke8 65.
Rd5 Ke7 66. Re5+ Kd6 67. Kd8 Kxe5 68. c8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Noviki-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3
b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 Rfc8 15. Qf3 Ne5 $10 {Gavrikov,V-Kosten,A/Palma GMA-op/1989/ ->TD89_13})
6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 (8... Nbd7 9. b3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3) 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10.
Rd1 Qe7 11. b3 Rfd8 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 (12... dxc5 13. Bf4 $1) 13. Bb2 $14
) 12. Bb2 c5 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qe3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Qh4 Nce4 17. Nd2 (17.
Ng5 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Bxg2 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Kxg2 $14) 17... Rc7 (
17... Nxd2 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rxd2 $16) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe7
Rxe7 20. Rd4 f5 21. Rcd1 Red7 22. g4 $1 e5 $2 (22... g6) 23. R4d3 fxg4 (23...
Nc5 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 (24... Nxd3 25. Bd5+ $18) 25. gxf5) 24. Bxe5 $1 Bc6 $6 (24...
Re8 $16) 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Bxe4 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rc8 28. Bf5 Re8 29. Bxg4 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Qf6 $5 (12... Ndf6) (12... Qe8)
13. Bb2 (13. Ne1 $5 {/\f3}) 13... Qh6 14. d5 $1 Rae8 (14... e5 15. Nd2 $14) 15.
Qa4 $1 (15. Nd4 exd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxc7 Ne5 $13) 15... Re7 (15... Ndf6 16.
Qxa7 $1 Ng4 17. Qxb7 Ng5 18. h3 Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Qd5 $18)
16. Nd4 (16. Qxa7 Ndc5 $1 17. bxc5 Nxc5 {/\Ra8}) (16. dxe6 Ndf6 $13) 16... e5 (
16... exd5 17. Qxa7 Ndc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Bf3 Ra8 20. Qxb7 Nxb7 21. Bxd5+ Kh8
22. Nxf5 $18) 17. Ne6 Rf6 (17... Rxe6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. f3 Nd2 20. Rf2 $16) 18.
f4 (18. Qxa7 Rg6 19. Kh1 $6 Rexe6 20. dxe6 (20. Qxb7 Rxg2 21. Kxg2 Rg6+ 22. Kh1
Qh3 $19) 20... Qh3 $1 21. Bf3 Rxg2 22. Bxg2 Ng3+ $19) 18... Rg6 19. Qxa7 $6 (
19. Rf3 Nd2 20. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 e4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxb7 Qh3 24. Qc8+ Kf7
25. Nd8+ (25. Ng5+ Rxg5 26. fxg5 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qf2 $17) 25... Kf8 26. Ne6+ $10)
(19. Bf3 Nd2 20. Rf2 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 a6 (21... Rgxe6 $5 22. Qxa7 Rg6 23. Qxb7
exf4 24. Rxf4 $1 $40) 22. Qc2 e4 23. Rg3 $14) 19... Rxg2+ $1 (19... Rexe6 20.
Bf3 $1 Nd2 21. Qxb7 $16) 20. Kxg2 Rxe6 21. Rf3 $2 (21. Qxb7 Rg6+ 22. Kh1 Qh3
$19) (21. dxe6 $8 Qg6+ 22. Kh3 Qh6+ (22... Nec5 $2 23. Qxb7 Nxb7 24. exd7 $18)
23. Kg2 $10) 21... Rg6+ 22. Rg3 (22. Kh1 Qh3 $1 23. Rg1 Qxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Nf2#)
22... Nxg3 (22... Qh4 $5 23. Rxg6 Qf2+ 24. Kh1 hxg6 $40) 23. hxg3 exf4 24. g4 (
24. exf4 Qxf4 25. g4 Rh6 $1 26. Rh1 Qe4+ 27. Bf3 Qc2+ 28. Kg3 f4+ 29. Kxf4 Qxb2
$19) 24... fxg4 (24... f3+ $1 $19) 25. exf4 Qh3+ 26. Kf2 g3+ 27. Ke3 g2+ 28.
Kd2 g1=Q 29. Rxg1 Rxg1 30. Qxb7 Qg3 31. Bd3 (31. Qc8+ Nf8 32. Qe8 Qe1+ 33. Kc2
Rg2 $19) 31... Qe1+ 32. Kc2 Rg2+ 33. Kb3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 (10... e5) 11. f3 cxd4 (11... Rc8 12. dxc5 Rxc5
13. Bh4 (13. Bf4 $6 Nd5 $1 $36) 13... d5 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 Qc7 16. Bg3 (16.
Be2 Qe5 $1 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 $36) 16... e5 17. Be2 Nh5 18. Bf2 d4 (18... dxc4 19.
Nxc4 Bd5 20. Nd2 f5 21. O-O Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Rfd1 Nhf6 24. Ba6 {1/2-1/2
Hillarp Persson,T-Petursson,M/Aruna 1997/}) (18... dxc4 $5) 19. O-O dxe3 20.
Bxe3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 (21. Rfe1 $5) 21... exf4 22. Nb3 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 Re3 24. Rd2
Qe5 (24... Rce8 $5 25. Rad1 Nf8 26. Nd4 Qe5 $132) 25. Rad1 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 Nf6 (
26... Ne5 27. c5 $16) 27. a4 Rce8 28. Bf1 {1-0 Chekhov,V-Onischuk,A/BL2-N 1996/
(38)}) (11... h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. Be2 d5
17. O-O Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rfc1 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Nd5 22. e4 Ne3
23. Bb3 Ba6 24. Bf2 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Wojtkiewicz,A/POL-chT Lubniewice
1995/ (30)}) 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 e5 14. Qd3 d5 (14... Nc5 15. Qc3 Ne8 16. O-O
Ne6 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. Rad1 f5 $13) 15. O-O Rac8 (15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 (16. Qxc4
Rac8 17. Rac1 $14) 16... e4 17. Qd6 $14) 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bh4 dxc4 (17... Ba6
18. b4 Rfd8 19. Qf5 $14) 18. Nxc4 Bd5 $6 (18... e4 19. Qd6 exf3 20. gxf3 Ba6 (
20... Rfe8 $2 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Nd6 $1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxe3 24. Kf2 $16) 21. Rfd1
$14) (18... Rfd8 $5 19. Qd6 Ba6) 19. e4 $1 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 (20... Qb8 21.
Qb5 $16) 21. Bxc4 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Nf8 (22... Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Ke3 $16) 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bg3 (24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bd5 Rd7 $14) 24... Ng6 (24... N8d7 25. Bb5
Kf8 26. Rc7 $16) 25. Be1 Ne8 (25... Nf4 26. g3 $16) 26. g3 Ne7 (26... Nd6 27.
Rd1 Rc8 28. Ba6 Rc6 29. Bb4 $16) 27. Bb4 Rd7 (27... Nc6 $2 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.
Rxc6 $18) 28. Bb5 Rc7 29. Rxc7 (29. Rd1 Nc6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rd8 Re6 32. Kf2
$14) 29... Nxc7 30. Bd7 $1 {Two bishops in the open position are much better
than the knights. Zwei Laufer sind in offener Stellung dem Springern klar
uberlegend.} (30. Bxe7 $2 Nxb5 31. Kf2 f6 $11) 30... Ng6 (30... Kf8 $2 31. Bd6
$18) 31. Bd6 Ne6 (31... Nf8 32. Bc6 Nce6 33. Bxe5 $18) (31... Na6 $2 32. Bf5
Nc5 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Bxe5 $18) 32. Bb8 Nc5 (32... a6 33. Bc8 Nd4 34. Kf2 a5
35. Bc7 $18) 33. Bh3 (33. Bf5 $5 a6 34. Bxg6 Nd7 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Bc7 $16)
33... a5 (33... Nd3 34. Bxa7 Nxb2 35. Bxb6 $18) 34. Ba7 (34. Bc7 Na4 35. b4
axb4 36. axb4 b5 37. Bf5 Ne7 38. Bd7 $18) 34... Na4 35. b3 (35. b4 axb4 36.
axb4 Nf8 $14) 35... Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Na6 (37... Nd3 38. b5 $18) (37...
Na4 38. Bd7 $18) 38. b5 Nc7 39. Bd7 Kf8 (39... Nf8 40. Bc6 $18) 40. Bxb6 Ke7
41. Bc6 (41. Bxc7 Kxd7 42. Bb6 Nf8 43. Kf2 Ne6 44. Ke3 $18) 41... Kd6 (41...
Ne6 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. Bd5 $18) 42. Bxc7+ (42. Ba5 Ne7 43. Bb4+ Ke6 44. Bxe7 Kxe7
45. b6 Na6 46. Kf2 $18) 42... Kxc7 43. Be8 Nh8 (43... Kb6 44. Bxf7 Ne7 45. Be8
$18) 44. Kf2 Kd8 45. b6 $1 Kc8 (45... Kxe8 46. b7 $18) 46. Bc6 {White
dominates with his pieces even after the exchange of one bishop. Weiss
dominiert mit seinen Kraften sogar nach dem Laufer Umtausch.} Ng6 47. Ke3 Ne7
48. Bd5 Kb8 (48... Nxd5+ 49. exd5 Kb7 50. Ke4 f6 51. Kf5 Kxb6 52. d6 $18) 49.
Kd3 $1 (49. Bxf7 Kb7 $16) 49... Nc8 50. Kc4 (50. Kc4 Nxb6+ 51. Kc5 Na4+ 52. Kd6
f6 53. Ke7 Nc5 54. Kf7 Nd3 55. Kxg7 Ne1 56. Kxh6 Nxf3 57. h4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 (7. Nf3
Bb7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14.
Rxa1 Ra8 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Bh3 Qf8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Ba3 Qb8 19. dxc5 dxc5 20.
bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd4 Qc7 22. Bb2 h6 $10 {Lautier,J-Psakhis,L/Chalkidiki/1992/})
7... Bb7 8. e3 (8. f3 c5 (8... d5 9. e3 (9. Nh3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Rc1 Nc6 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Na5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O c5 16. Bb5 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1
Nb3 19. Qd1 Nxc1 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Qxc1 Nd7 22. Be1 Nc5 23. Bc3 Ne6 24. Qd2 Qb5
25. Kf2 Ba6 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. exf4 Qf1+ 28. Kg3 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Bxd3 30. Kf2 f6 31.
Ke3 {Dydyshko,V-Mitenkov,A/Katowice op/1992/1/2-1/2/48/}) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 (
10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rfxd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Kf2 g6
16. Rab1 Rac8 17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc7 19. Rhc1 Rdc8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rb3 Kf8
22. Nc3 a6 23. Ke2 Ke8 24. Kd2 Kd8 25. e4 dxe4 26. fxe4 Rc6 27. Ke3 g5 28. h3
f6 29. Nd5 Re6 30. Nc3 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 {Hoang Th,T-Olle,A/Budapest Spring op/
1992/1-0/44/}) (10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 (11... Rc8 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 14.
Bg3 Ra8 15. Bd6 Re8 16. b4 e5 17. Bd3 d4 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. e4 Ne3 20. g3 Nf6 21.
Nf2 Re6 22. Nd1 Ne8 23. Nxe3 dxe3 24. Bc4 Rf6 25. O-O Nxd6 26. cxd6 Qb6 27.
Rae1 Rd8 28. Kg2 Rdxd6 29. Rxe3 Rd2+ 30. Re2 Rd4 31. Rd1 {Lev,R-Greenfeld,A/
ISL-ch/1992/1/2-1/2/42/}) 12. cxd5 cxd4 (12... Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8
15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. Bf2 Red8 18. e4 N5f6 19. O-O-O Rac8 20. dxc5 Nxc5
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. b4 bxc5 24. Kb2 cxb4 {Hracek,Z-Van der Wiel,J/
Debrecen EU-chT/1992/1/2-1/2/24/}) 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 Bxd5 15. Bb5 Be6 16. O-O
Nc5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nf2 Rac8 22. Nd3 e4
23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd4 exf3 25. gxf3 Nd5 26. Re4 Qc6 27. Rd1 f5 28. Red4 f4 29.
e4 Ne3 30. Rd6 Qe8 31. b4 {Iashvili,A-Shipov,S/Belgrade IKO/1992/0-1/50/})
10... Nxd5 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Bxc7 Nd5 13. Bf4 Nxf4 14. exf4 Rfd8 15. Rd1 Nf6
16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Be4 Rd7 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Ne2 Rad8 20. Kf2 Ba6 21. Rhe1 Bxe2
22. Rxe2 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. f5 Rd6 25. Rc2 g5 {Hertneck,G-Petursson,M/
Debrecen EU-chT/1992/1/2-1/2/25/}) (8... h6 9. Bh4 d5 (9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5
11. e3 a5 (11... Nc6) 12. O-O-O Ra6 {/\ d6, +/=bd7}) 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5 15. Bc4 c5 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18.
Ba6 Rce8 19. Rc1 b5 20. dxc5 e5 21. a4 Nb4 22. axb5 Nxc5 23. O-O Nbxa6 24. bxc6
{Olafsson,H-Petursson,M/Reykjavik/1992/1/2-1/2/24/}) 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 a5 11.
Nh3 d6 12. Rd1 Ra6 13. Be2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nf4 Rb6 17. Rd2
Rd8 18. Nh5 Nd7 19. Kf2 Kf8 20. Rc1 Ke7 21. Nf4 Ne5 22. Nd3 Nxd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rb8
24. Re1 Ba6 25. Rb1 f5 26. e4 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rb3 28. Kg1 R8b6 29. Kf2 Kf6 30.
Ke1 Bb7 31. Ke2 {Wachinger,G-Dokhoian,Y/Bad Woerishofen op/1992/0-1/33/}) (8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 h6 (9... Nbd7 10. f3 c5 11. e4 Re8 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Be2 d5 14. e5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. Qb3 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd7 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. f4 f5 20. Rhg1 Nb8
21. g4 Nc6 22. Nf3 fxg4 23. Rxg4 Ne7 24. Bd3 Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Rg5 Qf7 27.
b3 Be4 28. Rgg1 Rcd8 29. Ng5 Qh5 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Rd5 {Flear,G-Breyther,R/
Bern op/1992/1-0/43/}) 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. e3 (11. f3 c5 12. e4 Rc8 (12... Re8 13.
Bg3 Qc7 14. Rd1 Nh5 15. Bf2 d5 16. g3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 dxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. Bf2
Nc5 20. Bg2 Rad8 21. O-O Rd3 22. Qc2 Red8 23. b4 Ne6 24. Nb1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxc4 27. Nd2 Qc3 28. Qxh5 Qxd2 29. Qxe5 Qc1+ 30. Bf1 Qc6 31. h4
{Crouch,C-Pritchett,C/London Lloyds/1992/1/2-1/2/60/}) 13. Bf2 Qe7 14. Be2 Nh5
15. g3 f5 16. O-O fxe4 17. fxe4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nhf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd5 21.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qd4 Nxe5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. b4 Qf5 25. Rf1 Nc6 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27.
Bxd3 Ne5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Rc2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 {Flear,G-Chandler,M/
Walsall/1992/0-1/55/}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. f3 Re8 15. Qb2
Ne5 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bg3 e5 18. O-O d5 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Bf2 Rac8
22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 24. Ne4 Bc8 25. Nc3 Nf6 26. e4 Be6 27. Rd1 Ne8 28.
Rxd8 Qxd8 29. g3 Nd6 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. Nb5 {Lutz,C-Karpov,An/Baden Baden (09)/
1992/1/2-1/2/34/}) (8. Nh3 h6 (8... d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 c5 11. Be2 $5 h6 12.
Be3 Rc8 (12... d5 $5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne8 15. O-O Nc7 16. dxc5 (16. f4 $6
Ne6 17. f5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Qe3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxe5 21. f6 gxf6 22. Nf4 Rc2
23. Rae1 Qd6 $1 24. Nh5 Qc5 $17) 16... Ne6 17. cxb6 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nxe5 19. f4 $1
Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. f5 Rg4 $1 22. fxe6 d4 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25.
Rf1+ Kg8 26. Nf4 g5 27. Qe2 Qc8 $1 28. Ng6 $1 Qe6 $1 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. Rf7+ $8
Qxf7 31. Qxg4 dxe3 32. Qf5+ Qxf5 33. Nxf5 e2 34. Kf2 axb6 35. g3 $14) 13. O-O
Ba6 {/\ d5} (13... d5 $6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e5 Ne8 16. f4 Nc7 17. f5 Re8 18. Bf4
cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qe7 20. Rae1 Nxe5 21. Bh5 Nb5 22. Qe3 Qh4 23. Bxe5 Qxh5 24. Qg3
$16) 14. Rfe1 $1 Re8 (14... d5 $2 15. cxd5 Bxe2 16. dxe6 $16) (14... cxd4 15.
Qxd4 e5 16. Qxd6 Bxc4 17. Rad1 $14) 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Rad1 Qb8 $2 17. Nf2 cxd4
18. Qxd4 Ne5 19. b3 Red8 20. Qb2 $1 $16 {/\ >>d4} Rd7 $2 21. Bd4 b5 22. c5 $1
Rxc5 23. f4 $1 Ng6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ng4 $18 Rdc7 26. Nxf6+ Kf8 27. Rxd6 Qc8
28. Red1 Ke7 29. Qd4 e5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 {Lautier,J-Piket,Je/Lyon zt/1990/1-0/31/}
) 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. e4 c5 12. Bf2 Rc8 13. Be2 Ba6 14. Rd1 d5 15. e5 Ne8
16. cxd5 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 exd5 18. Rhe1 Nc7 19. Kf1 Re8 20. Kg1 Ne6 21. Qd2 cxd4
22. Bxd4 Qc7 23. f4 Qc4 24. Bf2 Nc7 25. b4 Nf8 26. Rc1 Qa6 27. f5 Nb5 28. Rxc8
Qxc8 29. Qxd5 Nxa3 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxe6 {Onishchuk,A-Ovseevich,S/URS-chJ
Jurmala/1992/1-0/35/}) 8... h6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bf4 g5 12.
Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxc5 Ne4 17. Bb4 a5 18.
Bd2 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 a4 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Bd3 Na5 22. Ke2 Rec8 23. Rc3 Rc5 24. h4
Ba6 25. h5 Rb8 26. Rc2 Bxc4 27. Rh4 d5 28. h6 Bxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 Nc4
31. Kc3 {Touzane,O-Huzman,A/Cannes op/1992/0-1/32/}) (8... d6 9. f3 c5 (9...
Nbd7 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. d5 Qh4+ 14. Nf2 f5 15. O-O a5 16.
b4 Qg5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Qd3 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 g5 22. h4 Bc8
23. Qg6+ Qg7 24. hxg5 Qxg6 25. Bxg6 hxg5 26. c5 axb4 27. axb4 Bb7 28. Be4 bxc5
29. bxc5 dxc5 30. Rab1 Ba6 31. Rfc1 {Priehoda,V-Fischdick,G/Dortmund op-A (04)/
1992/1/2-1/2/54/}) 10. dxc5 (10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 (11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Qd2 (12. b4
d5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Ne4 $1 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Be7 (16. Ba5 Ne5) 16... Rfe8
17. Bd6 Na4 $5 $10) (12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Ba6 Rb8 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Bxb7
Rxb7 17. Bd6 Re8 18. e4 Qc8 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Qd3 a5 22. b3 Ra7 23.
h3 Raa8 24. Kh2 Rac8 25. a4 Nb4 26. Qd2 Qb7 27. Ng3 cxd4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Qxd4
Qd5 30. Rcd1 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 {Tunik,G-Savon,V/Anapa/1991/1/2-1/2/61/}) (12. Qb3
cxd4 13. exd4 e5 14. Bf5 Rc7 15. Qb4 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O exd4
19. Nxd4 Rc4 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Rad1 Nb3 22. Qf2 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Be6
25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bc2 g5 27. Bg3 Rd2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Nd5 30. Bb8 a5 31.
Ba4 {Drasko,M-Tozer,R/Budapest Spring op/1990/1-0/52/}) (12. Rc1 Ba6 13. Qd2
Re8 14. b4 Qc7 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Bf5 Rb8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qxd6 Qxd6
20. Rxd6 Bc8 21. b5 Rb6 22. Rcd1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb6 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxf6 gxf6
26. Rxf6 Kg7 27. Rd6 Nxc4 28. Ra6 Rc7 29. e4 Nb6 30. a4 Kf8 31. Kf2 {Flear,
C-O'Siochru,M/Novi Sad olw/1990/1-0/42/}) 12... Re8 (12... cxd4 13. exd4 d5 (
13... Ba6 14. Rc1 d5 15. cxd5 Bxd3 16. dxe6 Bxe2 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. exd7 Qxd7
19. Kxe2 Nd5 20. Kf2 h6 21. Bh4 f5 22. Re1 g5 23. Re5 gxh4 24. Qxh6 Nf6 25.
Qg5+ Qg7 26. Qxh4 Nd7 27. Rd5 Rc8 28. g4 Nf8 29. Qh5 Rc2+ 30. Ke3 Rxb2 31. Qxf5
{Nikolic,Pr-Agdestein,S/Wijk/1988/0-1/38/}) 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Ba6 Rc6 16. Bb5
Rc7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Ba6 Ra8 19. Rc1 Nb8 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. Bg5 Nbd7 22. O-O h6 23.
Bh4 Rc8 24. Nc3 a6 25. Qe2 b5 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. Nc5 Rfe8 28. b4 Bc6 29. Qd2 Nd5
30. Be4 N7f6 31. Rfe1 {Karpov,An-Hansen,Cu/Wijk/1988/1-0/58/}) 13. O-O (13. b4
d5 $1 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Ne4 16. Bxd8 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Rexd8 $10) (13. Rc1 $142
cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. cxd5 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1 Bxd5 17. O-O Qa8 $10) 13... Ba6 14.
Rac1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Bd3 g6 18. b4 Nf6 19. e4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 e5
21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bxg6 Nxf4 26. Be4 Rd8
27. Qc2 Qg5 28. Bxh7+ Kg7 29. Kh1 Rh8 30. Be4 {Toth,Ch-Razuvaev,Y/Dortmund
op-A (04)/1992/0-1/}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. b4 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Ne5
16. Ne2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. O-O Be4 19. Qc3 Nxc4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxc4 Qd3
22. Qxd3 Bxd3 23. Rf2 Bxb5 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Rxf6 Rfd8 26. Raf1 Rc7 27. Rxh6 Rd2
28. e4 Rb7 29. Rh3 Rc2 30. Rg3+ Kf8 31. Rf2 {Flear,C-Gomez,M/Oviedo 45'/1992/1/
2-1/2/}) 10... bxc5 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Nh3 Rb8 13. Be2 Ba8 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Re8
16. Nf2 g5 17. Bg3 e5 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Bd3 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Rb6 21. Bb1 Ne7 22. b4
Rc8 23. b5 Ne8 24. e4 h5 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bxh4 Ng6 27. Bg3 Rb7 28. Rf1 f6 29.
Nd1 Rg7 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. Kf2 {Dorfman,J-Kortschnoj,V/Polanica Zdroj/1992/1/2-1/
2/52/}) 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 (11. Nh3 c5 12. O-O-O (12. dxc5 bxc5 13.
Be2 a5 14. O-O d5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rd2 Bc6 17. Bf2 Rfb8 18. Bd1 e5 19. cxd5
Bxd5 20. Ba4 Qe6 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. Bc2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxh3 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Qxc5
Nbd5 26. e4 Rac8 27. Qd4 Nf4 28. Bg3 N6h5 29. e5 Ne6 30. Qf2 Nhf4 31. Ba4 {
Georgiev,Ki-Razuvaev,Y/Elenite (11)/1992/1-0/60/}) 12... Rc8 13. Kb1 d5 14.
cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qc6 17. e4 Nc7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bf2 Ba6 20. Bxa6
Qxa6 21. Nf4 Rb8 22. Qc3 Qa4 23. Be1 Rb3 24. Qa5 Qc6 25. Rc2 Rfb8 26. Bg3 Qb7
27. Qd2 {Yrjola,J-Georgiev,Ki/Komotini op/1992/0-1/}) (11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5
13. b4 Nfe4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Be7 Rfe8 16. bxc5 Rxe7 17. cxd6 Rd7 18. Rc1 Na4
19. Kf2 Rxd6 20. Nh3 Rad8 21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Nc5 23. Ke2 Rd3 24. a4 Ra3 25.
Nf4 Ba6 26. Kd2 Ra2+ 27. Rc2 Rxa4 28. Be2 Ra3 29. Rc3 Ra2+ 30. Rc2 Ra1 31. Nd3
{Fochtler,E-Csiszar,C/Eger op/1992/1-0/48/}) (11. O-O-O $5 d5 (11... c5 $6 12.
dxc5 $1 $16) 12. c5 (12. Nh3 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 $5 14. b4 bxc5 15. b5 $13) 12...
Bc6 (12... bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 (13... Bc6 $5 {/\e5,a5} 14. Ba6 e5 15. Ne2 $14) 14.
Bg3 (14. Kb1 {/\ 14...Fe7 15.Lc1} a5 (14... e5 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rc1 e4 $13) 15.
Bd3 Ba6) 14... Re8 15. Bd6 e5 $13) 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Kb1 (14. Ba6 Bb5 $1 15.
Bxb5 (15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxb5 Rc8 17. Bc6 Qd6 $15) 15... Rc8 16. Bc6 Nb8 17. Kb1
Nxc6) 14... Rc8 15. Rc1 (15. Qe1 $5 Ba4 16. Rc1 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 b5 $2 {/\Fb6,b4}
18. Qc3 Qb6 19. b3 $1 b4 20. axb4 Bb5 21. Ne2 $16) 15... Bb7 $2 16. Qe1 Rxc1+
17. Qxc1 Qa8 18. Bd3 a5 19. Qf1 $1 e5 20. Ne2 e4 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Nc3 exf3 23.
gxf3 Re8 24. Qd3 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Qc6 26. Re1 Nf8 27. Bg3 Ng6 28. Nd6 Re6 29. Rc1
Qd7 30. Nf5 Rc6 31. Rg1 {Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Munich/1991/1-0/59/}) 11... c5 (
11... Re8 12. Ne2 e5 13. O-O-O c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Kb1 Ba6 17. Qb4
d5 18. Nc3 Bxc4 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. e4 a5 21. Qe1 Ncxe4 22. fxe4 Rxc2 23. Rxd5
Qc7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qg3+ Kh7 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Qxf6 {Chabanon,JL-Lejeune,JP/
FRA-chT/1992/1/2-1/2/}) 12. Ne2 (12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. O-O a5 15. Rad1
d5 (15... Rfe8 $6 16. Rd2 $1 $16 d5 17. Bf2 Ba6 $6 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Nf4 Bb7
20. Bb1 Qa6 21. Ba2 $1 Nb6 $8 22. Bh4 $1 $18 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Na4 25.
Qc2 e5 26. Rd6 Rc6 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 28. Bxf6 exf4 29. Bd4 Rd8 30. Bb1 g6 31. b3 {
Lautier,J-Spraggett,K/Manila olm/1992/1-0/39/}) 16. h3 (16. Bf2 Ba6 $14 {
/\ <<fb8}) 16... Bc6 17. Rd2 a4 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Bg3 Qa7 21. cxd5
exd5 22. Bf5 Rac8 23. Red1 Ba8 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Bh4 d4 26. exd4 Nd5 27. Nxd5
Qxd5 28. dxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd8 Rc8 31. Rxe8+ {Remlinger,L-Psakhis,L/
Philadelphia World op/1992/1/2-1/2/}) 12... Rc8 13. Qd2 (13. O-O Ba6 14. Rac1 (
14. b3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 d5 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Bc2 dxc4 18. b4 Nd3 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20.
Qxf6 gxf6 21. Rcd1 Rfd8 22. Nc3 Kf8 23. Rd2 f5 24. Rfd1 Rd6 25. Kf1 Rcd8 26.
Ke2 Ke7 27. g3 Bb7 28. Nb5 R6d7 29. Nxa7 Nc1+ 30. Ke1 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 {Kouatly,
B-Ligterink,G/Cannes FRA-NLD (5)/1990/0.5 (53)}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 b5 16. Qb4
bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Qb8 20. Rb1 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nd5 22. Be1
Rc6 23. b4 N7b6 24. Rc1 Nf4 {Pekarek,A-Hansen,C/Prague Bohemians-A/1989/0-1 
(24)}) (13. Qb3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qa4 cxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17. Qd1 b5 18. O-O
Qb6 19. Bf2 Qb7 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qe2 Nbd5 22. Qd2 b4 23. a4 b3 24. Rfc1 Qb4 25.
Qd1 Bxa4 26. Ne2 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 {Sokolov,I-Adams,M/Preston/1989/0.5 (27)}) 13...
cxd4 (13... Re8 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. e4 Ng6 17. Bf2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Red8
19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. Bf1 Qb8 21. b4 Ba6 22. a4 h5 23. Qg5 Ne5 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5
Ng6 26. c5 dxc5 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rd7 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Ra1 Qc3 31. Qc1 {
Lima,D-Gonzalez,JC/Capablanca mem-A/1992/1/2-1/2/78/}) 14. exd4 Ba6 (14... d5
15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Ba6 Rc6 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qxh6 Rc2
21. Nf4 Qb5 22. h4 e5 23. Qxf6 exf4 24. Qg5+ Kh8 {Steingrimsson,H-Vidarsson,J/
Reykjavik op/1990/1/2-1/2/}) 15. Rc1 (15. b3 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 exd5 18.
O-O Re8 19. Nc3 Nf8 20. Rae1 N8h7 21. Re5 Rxe5 22. dxe5 Qc7 23. Nxd5 Qxe5 {
Dzhandzhava,L-Vekshenkov,N/Novosibirsk/1989/1/2-1/2/}) 15... d5 16. b3 $6 $15 (
16. cxd5 $10 Bxd3 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. dxe6 (18. Qxd3 Nxd5 19. O-O Qb7 20. Rc1 Rc8
21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Be1 Qc6 23. Bd2 a5 24. b3 a4 25. Qc4 Qd6 26. Qxa4 N7f6 27.
Qa6 g5 28. a4 Nf4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. g3 Nd5 31. Qd3 {Dokuchaev,A-Magerramov,E/
Moscow6/1991/1/2-1/2/}) 18... Bxe2 19. exd7 Qxd7 20. Kxe2 Re8+ $1 (20... g5 21.
Bg3 Re8+ 22. Kd1 (22. Be5 Nh5 23. Kd1 Rd8 24. h4 f6 25. hxg5 fxe5 26. Rxh5 Qb5
27. Ke1 exd4 28. Rxh6 Re8+ 29. Kf2 d3 30. Qf4 Qxb2+ 31. Kg3 {Hansen,Cu-Lukacs,
P/Rome/1988/1-0/}) 22... Qf5 23. Re1 Qb1+ 24. Qc1 Qd3+ 25. Qd2 Qb1+ {Lima,
D-Van der Wiel,J/Manila olm/1992/1/2-1/2/}) (20... Nd5 $6 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Kf1
Qf5 23. Re5 Qb1+ 24. Be1 Rc2 $2 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+ g6 {Baburin,A-Schlosser,
P/Budapest Honved/1991/1-0/}) 21. Kf2 (21. Kd1 Qf5 $10) 21... Ne4+ $1 22. fxe4
Rxe4 $13 23. Re1 Rxh4 24. d5 Qd6 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+ g6 27. Qc3 Rf4+ 28. Ke2
Rf6 29. Qc8 g5 $10 {Flear,G-Summermatter,D/Chiasso/1991/}) 16... dxc4 17. bxc4
e5 (17... Ne4 $2 18. Qf4) 18. O-O (18. d5 $6 Ne4) 18... exd4 19. Ng3 (19. Nxd4
$2 Ne5) 19... Rc6 $1 (19... Nc5 $6 20. Nh5 Nfe4 $5 21. Qe1 Ng5 22. Bf5 d3 23.
Qc3 f6 24. Bxc8 Bxc8 25. Rcd1 Nge6 26. Bf2 Qd6 27. Rfe1 Rd8 28. Ng3 Nf4 29. Be3
Be6 30. Kh1 Kf7 {Nikolic,Pr-Short,N/Tilburg/1988/1/2-1/2/}) 20. Nf5 (20. Be4 $2
Nxe4 $19) (20. Nh5 Qc7 21. Bg3 Qc8 $15) 20... Nc5 21. Bb1 (21. Nxh6+ $2 gxh6
22. Qxh6 Nxd3 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kh8 $19) 21... d3 $1 (21... Nb3 22. Qb4 (
22. Qe1 $5) 22... Nxc1 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc6 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 $13) 22. Qc3 Bc8 $1
23. Nd4 Rd6 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Bf2 Nh5 {/\ Nh5-f4} 26. g3 (26. Qe5 $5 Qg5 27. Qxg5
hxg5 28. g3 Nf6 $17) 26... Qg5 27. Rce1 Bb7 28. Re5 Qg6 29. Qd2 (29. Bxc5 $2
Nxg3 30. hxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Bxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Qxf3+ $19) 29... Ne6 30. Re3 Rfd8 $6
(30... Ng5 $1 31. Rxd3 (31. Bxd3 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Bxf3 33. Bxg6 Rxd2 $19) (31.
Be1 Qf5 32. g4 Nh3+ 33. Kh1 Qxg4 $19) 31... Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Nxf3+ $19) 31. Nc3
Ng5 32. Be1 Nf4 33. h4 $1 Nge6 34. Kh2 Nh5 35. Bf2 Nc5 36. Rfe1 Nf6 37. g4 h5
38. g5 Nh7 39. Ba2 $1 {/\ Nc3-d5} Qf5 40. Nd5 Nf8 $1 41. Re5 (41. Ne7+ Rxe7 42.
Rxe7 Qxf3 $19) 41... Qxf3 42. Bxc5 bxc5 43. R1e3 Bxd5 $1 44. Rxf3 Bxf3 45. Kg3
(45. Rxc5 Re7) 45... Ng6 $1 46. Rxc5 Ba8 {/\ Rd7-d4} 47. Rd5 Bxd5 48. cxd5 Rxd5
49. Bxd5 Rxd5 $19 50. Kf2 Nxh4 51. Qe1 Rf5+ 52. Kg3 Ng6 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qd8
h4+ 55. Kg4 Rf4+ 56. Kh3 (56. Kh5 h3) 56... Rf3+ 57. Kh2 (57. Kg4 Rg3+ 58. Kh5
h3) 57... Nf4 58. Qd7 Rf2+ 59. Kg1 Rg2+ 60. Kf1 Rxg5 61. Ke1 h3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bd3 Qe7 (12... Ndf6 13.
O-O Qe7 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne4 $6 16. Qe2 c5 17. f3 Nf6 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rab1
Rc7 20. Rfd1 $14 {Bareev,E-Karpov,An/Linares/1993/0.5 (43)}) (12... Qe8 13. O-O
Qh5 14. d5 $5 exd5 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qg6 17. f3 Nc5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Rad1
$44 {Bareev,E-Timman,J/Tilburg/1991/0-1 (59)}) (12... Ng5 13. d5 Nc5 14. b4
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 e5 16. Nd2 f4 17. exf4 Rxf4 18. h4 Nf7 19. g3 Rf6 20. Ne4 Rf5
21. Bc1 Qd7 22. g4 Rf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Ng5 {Ree,H-Douven,R/Amsterdam OHRA-B/
1989/1-0 (25)}) 13. O-O Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qg6 16. d5 exd5 17. Rf3 Rf7
18. Rg3 Qe6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxc7 Nf6 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Qd4 Bxb3 23. a4 Bc4 24.
Rc1 $14 {Vidarte_Morales,A-Solozhenkin,E/L'Hospitalet op (8)/1993/0-1 (40)}) (
10... a6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Ng5 14. Ne1 f4 $13 {Hulak,K-Van der
Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee/1983/}) 11. Be2 c5 (11... Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Rae8 14.
Ne1 Qh4 15. d5 Ndf6 16. Rd1 Qh6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bf3 Ng5 19. Bh5 Re7 20. f4
Ne4 21. Bf3 exd5 22. cxd5 Ba6 23. Nd3 Qc3 24. Qxc3 $17 {Savon,V-Gurevich,V/
URS-OT56 Uzhgorod/1988/0-1 (42)}) 12. O-O Rac8 13. Rad1 d5 $1 14. dxc5 (14.
cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qd2 Rfd8) 14... Nxc5 15. Qe5 Rfd8 (15... Ncd7 16. Qg3 Rfd8 17.
cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd4 $14) 16. Nd4 Qf8 (16... Nfd7 $2 17. Nf5 $1 Qf8 18. Nh6+ Kh8
19. Qh5 $16) (16... Ncd7 17. Qg3 Ne4 18. Nf5 $1) 17. f3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd5 $1
19. Bxd5 (19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Qg3 Rcd8 $36) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Nbd7 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. f3 c5 12. Ne2 cxd4 $6 (12... Rc8 13. Qd2 cxd4
14. exd4 d5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Ba6 $14 {Karpov,An-Hansen,C/Wijk aan Zee/1988/
->CBM 05}) 13. exd4 Rc8 14. b4 (14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Rc1 d5 16. b3 dxc4 17. bxc4 e5
18. O-O exd4 {Nikolic,Pr-Short,N/Tilburg/1988/ ->CBM 09}) 14... e5 (14... Ba6
$5 15. Qb3 d5 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 bxc5 18. dxc5 $14) 15. O-O b5 16. c5 $1 (16.
Qb3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. dxe5 dxe5 $10) 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 dxc5 18. Nf5 c4 $6
(18... cxb4 19. Qxb4 Rc5 $1 20. Rae1 $36) 19. Bc2 Bd5 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Rd6 $1
Re8 $6 (21... Rc7 $5) 22. Rfd1 Rc7 23. f4 $1 (23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. f4 Qe7 25. f5
Bd5 26. R6xd5 Qe3+) 23... Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Qb8 $1 (24... Qa8 25. Bxd7 Ne4 26. Bxe8
Nxc3 27. Rd8 Rc8 28. Bc6+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ $18) (24... Ne4 25. Bxd8 Nxc3 26. Bxc7
Nxd1 27. Rxd1 $18) 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Qxf4 28. Qf3 Qc1+ (
28... Qxf3 29. gxf3 Re3 30. Rxa7 Rxf3 31. Ra5 $1 c3 32. Rxb5 Rf4 33. Bf2 Rc4
34. Rc5 $18) 29. Qf1 Qe3+ 30. Bf2 Qxa3 31. Bd4 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (31. Bd4 Rf8 32.
Bc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Ne2 c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rc5 14. Bh4 Qa8
15. Be2 {The supermodern opening shows that Black does not have to defend the
central pawn and the tension can be resolved by a counterblow along the a8-h1
diagonal.} (15. Bd3 Qb8 16. Bg3 e5 17. Rh4 h6 18. O-O d5 19. Qe2 dxc4 20. Rxc4
Rd8 21. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A (2670)-Grischuk,A (2715)/Moscow 2007 (48)}) (15.
f3 d5 16. Bd3 e5 17. Rxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Qc8 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Be7 Re8 23. e4 Ra5 24. Bb4 Ra6 25. O-O Nc5 26. Rc1 Re6 {1/2 Khenkin,I
(2603)-Volokitin,A (2666)/Germany 2006}) 15... d5 16. Qd1 (16. b4 Rcc8 17. O-O
e5 (17... dxc4 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Nd6 Rcd8 $11 {0-1
Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Grischuk,A (2715)/Moscow 2007 (33)}) 18. Rd2 d4 (18...
dxc4 19. f3 $1 $14) 19. exd4 Bxg2 20. Rfd1 exd4 21. Rxd4 Bh3 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23.
Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 $14 {1-0 Bareev,E (2701)-Efimenko,Z (2648)/Turin 2006 (42)})
16... e5 {Jakovenko has the feeling, that with a slight advantage in
development it makes sense for him to start the active operations in the
centre. The opening of the game will benefit Dreev, who enjoys the premium of
the bishop pair.} (16... dxc4 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxd7 g5 19. Bg3 Rd8 20. Qe7 $16
) (16... Rfc8 17. f3 Ba6 $1 (17... R5c7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bg3 Rc5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. O-O $14) 18. cxd5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 $11) 17. Rd2 d4 (17...
dxc4 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Qxd7 Bc8 20. Qd1 f6 (20... Qxg2 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Be7 $18)
21. O-O $16) 18. exd4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Bh3 $2 {Black is nervous
about White's pressure along the g-file, but the retreat of the bishop is
helping his opponent. The counterplay with 20...Re8!? would leave the outcome
of the game rather open.} (20... Re8 $5 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Qxd7 Bf3 23. Bf6 g6
24. Rg3 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Qc6 $11) (20... Qb7 21. Qd3 g6 $13) 21. Rd6 (21. b4 $1
Re5 (21... Rc6 22. Qd3 Be6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Bf3 $16) 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qd3 Bf5
(23... Bg4 24. Qg3 Qf3 25. Rxg4 Qxg4 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27. Rxg4 $16) 24. Qg3 Rxe2+
25. Kxe2 Re8+ 26. Kd2 $16) 21... Rc6 (21... Kh8 22. Qd4 Rc6 23. Ne4 (23. Rxd7
Bxd7 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxd7 Rd8 $14) 23... Rxd6 24. Nxd6 $14) 22. Qd4 Rxd6 23.
Qxd6 {[%mdl 2048] In this version Black has no counterweight to the activity
of the opposing pieces. White's bishops are really dangerous.} Be6 (23... Qb8
24. Nb5 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Rd8 26. f4 $16) 24. Qd4 (24. Qg3 g6 25. Qf4 Qb8 26. Qxb8
Rxb8 27. Nb5 $14) 24... Kh8 25. f3 Rg8 26. Kf2 Bf5 27. Nb5 $1 (27. Nd5 Nxd5 28.
cxd5 f6 29. Rc1 $14) 27... Bg6 28. Nd6 {The disparity in the activity of the
pieces becomes overwhelming, Jakovenko has to fight for his life.} Qf8 (28...
Qc6 29. Rd1 $16) 29. Re1 (29. b4 Qe7 30. Rd1 $16) 29... Ne8 30. Nc8 Nef6 31.
Nd6 Ne8 32. Nxe8 $1 {Even though without enthusiasm White has realised that
the exchange of the knights will open for him the door to his opponent's
position with decisive effect.} Qxe8 33. Bd3 (33. Bf1 $5 Qc8 34. b4 Re8 35.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. c5 $16) 33... Qc8 34. Bxg6 fxg6 (34... hxg6 35. Re7 Nc5 36. Rxf7
$18) 35. Re7 Nc5 36. b4 Ne6 37. Qe4 Re8 38. Qb7 Nd4 (38... Qxb7 $2 39. Rxe8+
Nf8 40. Rxf8#) 39. Bf6 $1 {Such little combinations are the salt of the game
of chess. Black's defence is stretched to the limit.} Nf5 (39... gxf6 40. Rxh7+
$18) (39... Rxe7 40. Qxc8+ $18) 40. Rxg7 Qxb7 41. Rxb7+ Kg8 42. Rxa7 Rc8 43. c5
bxc5 44. b5 Nd6 45. a4 {Black graciously admitted that his hopes for
counterplay had failed.} (45. a4 c4 46. Be5 Nf7 47. Bc3 Rb8 48. b6 Rxb6 49.
Ra8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. O-O-O e5 $5 13. e3 (13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. Rxd7 Bc8 $44) 13... Rb8 14. Bd3 $6 (14. Nf2 $5) 14... Ba6 $1 15. Nf2 g5 $2
(15... Qa5 $1 $13) 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Ne4 (17. h4 $5 $40) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd4
$5 (18... Bxc4 19. Bxc6 dxc6 20. Bxe5 $18) 19. exd4 cxd4 20. c5 $1 Qe6 21. Qc2
Rfc8 22. Rhe1 $1 d6 23. Bf5 $2 (23. b4 dxc5 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Rxe5 $18) 23...
Qa2 $1 (23... Qd5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. b4 $18) 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. c6 (25. b4 Qxa3+
26. Qb2 Qa4 27. Bxe5 dxc5 28. b5 Bxb5 $132) 25... Bb5 (25... d3 26. Qc3 Rxc6
27. Qxc6 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2+ $10) 26. c7 d3 (26... Ba4 $5 27. b3 (27. Qxa4 Rxc7+
28. Kd2 Qxb2+ 29. Kd3 Rc3+ 30. Ke4 Qb7+ 31. Kf5 Qc8+ 32. Ke4 Qe6) 27... Rxc7
28. Qxc7 Bxb3 $40) 27. Qc3 Rxc7 28. Qxc7 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxb2+ 30. Ke3 {Ftacnik,L}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates (Women) final"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 (11... e5 {Flear,G-Legky/Le Touquet/
1991/}) 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qb3 (13. b4 $5 {Sorokin-Atalik/Cheljabinsk/1991/}) (13.
Qd2 Ba6 14. Rc1 cxd4 15. exd4 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. dxe6 Bxe2 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19.
exd7 Qxd7 20. Kxe2 Re8+ 21. Kf2 Ne4+ $1 $132 {Flear,G-Summermatter/Chiasso/
1991/}) 13... cxd4 (13... Ba6 14. Qa4) 14. exd4 d5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb8 $1
17. Qd3 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. Rad1 Nd7 (
22... Nc6 23. d5 $1) 23. Kh1 (23. d5 Qc5 $1) 23... f5 24. d5 Rfe8 25. dxe6 Rxe6
26. Qf2 Ne5 27. Qd2 (27. Ne2 $5 Nxf3 $140 28. Ng3 $40) 27... Rcc6 $1 28. Qc2
Rcd6 $1 29. h3 (29. Qxf5 $6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd3 $1 $132) 29... Qf4 30. Ne2 Qc4
31. Nc3 Qf4 32. Ne2 Qc4 33. Rc1 Qxc2 34. Rxc2 Nd3 35. Kg1 Rg6 36. Rd1 Nf4 $1
37. Rxd6 Nxe2+ 38. Kf2 Rxd6 39. Kxe2 a5 40. Rc7 Kf6 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Rc3 Ke5 43.
f4+ Ke6 44. Rb3 Ke7 45. Rb5 Ke6 46. g4 fxg4 47. hxg4 Ke7 48. Ke4 Rg6 49. Re5+
Kf6 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. a4 Rc6 52. Rb5 Kf6 53. b3 Re6 54. Kg3 Rd6 55. Kh4 Kg6 56.
Kg3 Kf6 57. Kf3 Re6 58. Rd5 Ke7 59. Rh5 Kd7 60. Rd5+ Ke7 61. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. b4 Ne4 12. Qc2 {The queen retreat to c2 seems
good enough, but it suffers from potential opposition along the c- file. White
players have been putting more trust in the move 12.Qb3.} (12. Qb3 Qc7 (12...
Rb8 13. Bb2 d5 (13... Qe7 14. Rfd1 d5 15. Nd2 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd6 17. Qd3 cxd4
18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. e4 Nf8 21. Qe3 f6 22. f3 {1-0 Smyslov,V (2560)
-Arnason,J (2550)/Haninge 1989 (57)}) 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qa4 cxb4 16. cxd5 Bxd5
17. axb4 Rfc8 18. b5 Rb7 19. Rc1 Rbc7 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Ra1 h6 22. Bf1 Qd8 23.
Qd1 Qc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxc1 26. Bxc1 $14 {1-0 Korotylev,A (2615)-Hou,Y 
(2509)/Moscow 2007/ (43)}) (12... Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. bxc5 dxc5
16. a4 Ng5 17. Ne1 cxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. Qe3 Ne4 20. Ba3 Qe8 21. Nf3 Nef6 22.
Bb2 $16 {1-0 Belov,V (2596)-Zhigalko,S (2485)/Hengelo 2005 (39)}) 13. Nd2 Nxd2
14. Bxd2 d5 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bc3 Nb6 19. Qg4 f5
20. Qg5 cxb4 21. Bd4 Qd7 22. axb4 Nd5 23. b5 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2695)
-Hjartarson,J (2640)/Germany 2004 (35)}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Rd1 (14.
Nd2 f5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qd2 h6 18. a4 d5 19. c5 (19. cxd5 Bxd5 20.
Rfc1 Bb7 21. a5 Nf6 $14) 19... bxc5 20. bxc5 e5 21. Rfb1 Ba8 22. Ra3 $14 {
0-1 Lukov,V (2380)-Spassov,L (2430)/Albacete 1994 (59)}) 14... f5 15. Qb3 Ndf6
16. Ng5 $1 {A perfect spanner in the works as Black mounts a kingside attack.
The exchange of the pair of knights will enhance the power of White's bishops.}
Qe8 (16... Nxg5 17. Bxg5 h6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. f3 $14) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 (17... fxe4
18. Qg3 d5 19. c5 $16) 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 {In the old days players would have
trusted the natural centralisation of the bishop 19.Be3!?} (19. Be3 $5 Rf7 20.
Rac1 $14) 19... Rf7 (19... e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 (20... dxe5 21. c5+ Kh8 22. cxb6
axb6 23. Be3 $16) 21. Ra2 Rfe8 22. Rc2 $16) 20. Ba3 e5 $6 {The opening of the
centre might be desirable for Black's pieces, but it actually helps the enemy
bishops even more.} (20... Re7 21. Bf1 $14) 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf1 d5 23. Bb2
Qe6 (23... Qd6 24. Rac1 Re7 25. c5 $16) 24. Rac1 Rfc7 25. c5 $1 {[%mdl 2048]
This fine move avoids full symmetry on the board and keeps both bishops very
powerful.} bxc5 26. Rxc5 (26. bxc5 Nd7 27. Bd4 Qf7 28. Rb1 $16) 26... Rxc5 27.
bxc5 Bc6 28. Ba6 Re8 29. Bb5 $1 Rb8 (29... Bxb5 30. axb5 $16) 30. Qd3 a6 {
Nakamura can be devilishly dangerous in tactics, but in defence even the lion
seems to be much lesser animal.} (30... Kf7 31. Bc3 a6 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Bxf6
Kxf6 34. Qxd5 $16) 31. Bxc6 Rxb2 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rb4 $6 {
The choice of the critical moment was extremely difficult, but this move loses
quite positively.} (34... Rc2 35. Rxf5 Ra2 36. Kf1 Rxa4 37. Ke2 $16) 35. Rd8+
Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Ke5 38. Rxa6 Rc4 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Ra5 h5 41. Ra6+ (41.
Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 g5 43. Rb5 h4+ 44. Kh3 Rc3 45. a5 g4+ 46. Kxh4 gxf3 47. gxf3
Rxf3 48. c6 Rf4+ 49. Kh3 Rc4 50. Rb8 Kg5 (50... Rxc6 51. Rb6 $18) 51. a6 $18)
41... Ke5 42. Rg6 (42. c6 g5 43. Kf1 Kd6 44. h3 h4 $16) 42... Rxc5 43. Rxg7 Rc4
44. a5 Ra4 45. h4 $2 {Van Wely must have been very unhappy about this reckless
move in a completely winning position.} (45. Rh7 Kf4 46. h3 Kg5 47. Ra7 $18) (
45. h3 Kf4 46. Kh2 h4 (46... Rxa5 47. h4 $18) 47. Ra7 $18) 45... Rxh4 $1 46. a6
Ra4 47. a7 Kf4 48. Kh2 Ra2 49. Rb7 Ra6 50. Kh3 h4 $6 {The h4 square is somehow
cursed in this endgame for both players. Much better was to lock white king in
on the h-file with 50..Ra1!} (50... Ra1 $1 51. Rb4+ (51. Kh2) 51... Ke3 52. Kh4
Rxa7 53. Kxh5 f4 $14) 51. Rh7 Kg5 52. g3 $6 {The poor Dutchman must have been
pretty depressed by the spoiled position. He could still have put lot of
problems on Nakamura's plate with the 52.f4!? idea, even though it is probably
not winning.} (52. f4+ $5 Kxf4 53. Kxh4 Ra2 (53... Ra4 54. Rb7 Ke5+ 55. Kg5
Rg4+ 56. Kh6 Ra4 57. Kg6 $18) 54. g3+ Kf3 55. Rf7 Ke4 56. Kg5 Ra5 57. Kg6 Ra6+
58. Kg7 Ra5 $16) 52... hxg3 53. Kxg3 Ra2 54. Rg7+ Kf6 55. Rb7 Kg5 56. f4+ (56.
Rf7 Kg6 57. Rb7 Kg5 $11) 56... Kh5 57. Rg7 Kh6 58. Rf7 Kg6 59. Re7 Kh5 $1 {
Black will always be ready to lash out with counterplay against the f4-pawn.}
60. Rh7+ Kg6 61. Rc7 Kh5 62. Kf3 (62. Rb7 Ra3+ 63. Kf2 Kg4 $11) 62... Ra3+ 63.
Ke2 Kg4 $11 64. Kd2 Kxf4 {Many rook endgames are drawn, but rarely with one
party playing two pawns down!} 65. Kc2 Ke5 66. Kb2 Ra6 67. Kc3 Kd6 68. Rf7 Kc5
69. Rxf5+ Kb6 70. Rf6+ Kxa7 71. Rxa6+ Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Bb7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 a5 11. Bd3 d6 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Bb7 14.
O-O d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Rxd5 Qxh4 18. Rxd7 Bc8 19. Rc7 Kxh7 20.
Rxc5 Ba6 21. Rc1 a4 22. Nd4 Kg8 23. Rc7 Qe4 24. f3 {Flear,G-Garcia Padron,J/
Fuerteventura/1992/1-0 (30)}) (9... d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. O-O a5 13.
Qc2 $1 h6 14. Bh4 a4 15. Nc3 $14 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Bf1 Rfb8 18. Bg3 Ne8 19.
Rd2 Nb6 20. f3 Rc8 21. e4 Ba6 22. Nd1 Rcb8 23. Ne3 Nc8 24. e5 $1 $16 {Foisor,
O-Smagin,S/Nimes/1991/1-0 (41)}) 10. f3 a5 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 $6 12. O-O-O
$1 Rc8 $2 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 $1 $16 d5 $6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxc5 Ne5 17. Qd4
Qc7 18. Nh3 Qc2+ 19. Ka1 Nc6 20. Qg4+ Qg6 21. Qd7 $18 {Hjartarson,J-Speelman,J/
Reykjavik/1991/1-0 (27)}) 11. Bd3 d6 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. O-O (13. Qc2 h6 14. Bf4
$5 d5 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. O-O dxc4 $6 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Ba6 20.
Qc2 Nd5 21. Kf2 $1 Qg5 $5 22. Qd2 f5 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 24. Qc1 {Ljubojevic,
Lj-Speelman,J/Linares/1992/0-1 (44)}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 (14... g5 $5 15. Bg3
Ne8 {/\ f5}) (14... Qb6 15. Rad1) 15. Bb1 $1 Ba6 $6 (15... Ra6 16. Ba2 Qa8 $13)
16. Ba2 $1 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qb6 (17... d5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Qc2 $1 $14) 18. Rfd1 Rfd8
19. Rd2 e5 $6 (19... Ne8) 20. Rad1 Nf8 $2 (20... Ne8 21. Qc2 Rab8 22. Nc3 $16)
21. Bh4 $1 N8h7 (21... g5 22. Bf2 {xg5}) 22. Bb1 g6 23. f4 $1 Kg7 24. Ng3 Bb7 (
24... exf4 25. exf4 Bb7 26. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 27. Bxh7 $18) 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5
Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Re8 28. Rd6 (28. Qc3 Qe6) 28... Rxe5 29. Rxb6 Bc8 (29... g5 30.
Nf5+ $18) 30. Nf1 Ne4 31. a4 $1 Be6 32. Bd3 g5 33. Be1 Nhf6 34. Bxa5 h5 35. Be1
h4 36. a5 h3 37. a6 hxg2 38. Kxg2 Bg4 39. a7 (39. a7 Re8 40. Rb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Be4 (13... c5 $5)
14. Bf1 c5 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qc3 Rac8 (17... Bb7 18. e4 $14) 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qe3 Nef6 20. Rac1 (20. Bg2 a4 $1 $10) 20... Qe6 21. Red1 d5 22.
cxd5 Nxd5 23. Qd3 N5f6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 h5 26. Bg2 h4 27. e4 $14 hxg3 28.
hxg3 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Ra8 30. Be3 Ra2 31. Qc3 Kh7 32. Rd2 Ra8 (32... Rxd2 33. Qxd2
$14) 33. Qc1 Ra4 34. Qc3 Qg4 $2 (34... Ra8 $14) 35. Rd6 $1 b5 36. Qe1 $1 Nf8
37. f3 Qc8 38. Bf1 Ra3 39. Rd3 (39. Bxb5 Qb8 40. Rb6 Qa7 $132) 39... Ra2 40.
Rd2 Ra3 41. Bxb5 Ne6 42. Bf1 g5 43. Rd3 Ra4 44. g4 (44. b5 g4 $132) 44... Qb8
45. Rb3 Nd4 46. Bxd4 (46. Bxg5 Nxb3 (46... Kg6 47. Qh4 Ng8 $13) 47. Qh4+ Nh5 $3
(47... Kg8 48. Bxf6 $18) 48. Qxh5+ Kg8 49. Bf6 $140 Qb6+ $19) 46... exd4 47. e5
Nd7 48. f4 (48. e6 fxe6 49. Qe4+ Kg7 50. Qxd4+ Kg8 51. Rb2 $1 (51. Qxd7 Qg3+
52. Kh1 Qh4+ 53. Kg1 Qg3+ $10) 51... Ne5 52. Qe3 $1 $16) 48... Qb6 $1 (48...
gxf4 49. Qh4+ Kg8 50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Rh3 Qxe5 (51... Ke8 52. Rh8+ Nf8 53. Qh6
Qxb4 (53... Ke7 54. Qf6+ Ke8 55. Rxf8+ Kxf8 56. Qh8+ $18) 54. Bb5+ $1 $18) 52.
Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qh8+ Kg6 54. Qh6#) 49. Bd3+ Kg8 50. f5 (50. e6 fxe6 51. Qe4 $14)
50... Ra2 (50... Nc5 51. e6 $1) 51. e6 (51. Rb1 $5) 51... Qd6 $1 52. Be2 Ne5
53. Qc1 Rxe2 54. Qxg5+ Kf8 55. Qh6+ Ke8 56. Ra3 $2 (56. Qh8+ Qf8 (56... Ke7 57.
Qh4+ f6 58. Qh7+ Kd8 59. Ra3 $1) 57. exf7+ $132) 56... Re1+ {Ftacnik,L} (56...
Re1+ 57. Kg2 (57. Kf2 Nxg4+) 57... Qd5+ 58. Kg3 Rg1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE f2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Rb8 (11... Bb7 12. O-O a5 13. Qc2 $1 h6
14. Bh4 a4 15. Nc3 $14 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Bf1 Rfb8 18. Bg3 Ne8 19. Rd2 Nb6
20. f3 Rc8 21. e4 Ba6 22. Nd1 Rcb8 23. Ne3 Nc8 24. e5 $1 $16 {Foisor,O-Smagin,
S/Nimes/1991/1-0 (41)}) (11... a5 $5 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Rd2 Ba6 15.
Rfd1 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qc2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qe4 Ng6 $5 20. Qc2 $6 h6
21. Bf4 Ngxf4 22. exf4 f5 $1 $10 {Gurevich,M-Salov,V/France/1993/0.5 (42)}) 12.
O-O (12. Rd1 $5 Qb6 13. Rd2 Ba6 14. Bf4 $1 $14 (14. Nc1 h6 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. O-O
$14 {Amura,C-Demina,J/Manila olm/1992/}) 14... e5 15. Bg3 Qc6 16. O-O Rb6 17.
Nc1 Bb7 18. f3 e4 $2 19. Bb1 $16 {Lautier,J-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee (m/2)/1994/
0-1 (63)}) 12... Qb6 13. Rfb1 (13. Rab1 Bb7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh4 Qc6 16. f3 Qc7
17. Nc3 a6 18. e4 e5 19. b4 Nh5 20. b5 Nf4 21. a4 a5 22. Nd1 Ne6 23. Ne3 Nd4
24. Qd2 $14 {Savchenko,S-Savon,V/Moscow7 op/1991/1-0 (80)}) 13... a5 14. b3 Bb7
15. f3 Rfe8 16. Bh4 (16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 e4 $1 $132) 16... d5 17. Bf2 (17. cxd5
exd5 {xe3} (17... Nxd5 18. Qd2 c4 19. bxc4 Qxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nxe3 21. Bf2 Ne5 $13)
) 17... Ba6 18. Qc2 a4 $1 (18... Ne5 19. Bg3 $1) (18... Rb7 19. Nc3 $1) 19.
bxa4 Qc6 20. Nc3 (20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nc3 Ne5 $44) 20... dxc4 (
20... Bxc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nb5 $14) 21. Bf1 Nd5 22. Nb5 $1 (22. e4 Nxc3 23.
Qxc3 Qxa4) 22... N5b6 (22... Bxb5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Bxc4 $14) 23.
e4 Rb7 (23... Nxa4 $2 24. Na7 $1 Qc7 25. Qxa4 Qxa7 26. Bxc4 $18) 24. Bg3 (24.
Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Reb8 26. Bg3 e5 $10) 24... Nxa4 25. Nd6 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Ra8
27. Nxc4 Nab6 28. Nxb6 (28. Na5 Qc8 $13) 28... Nxb6 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. Bf2 Nd7 (
30... c4 31. Rb4 $16) (30... Ra5 31. Qc3 Rb5 32. Rd1 $14) 31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32.
Bxc5 f5 $1 (32... Nxc5 $4 33. Rb8#) 33. Bb4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Nf6 35. e5 (35. Re1
Rc6 $132) 35... Nd5 36. Bd6 Kf7 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Rb7 Ra4 39. Ke2 h5 (39... Nf4+
40. Kf3) 40. Bf8 Kf5 41. Rxg7 (41. Bxg7 Rxa3 $14) 41... Kxe5 42. Kd3 (42. Rg5+
Ke4 43. Bd6 Ra6) 42... Rd4+ 43. Kc2 Rc4+ 44. Kb3 Rc3+ 45. Kb2 Rc8 46. Bb4 (46.
Rg8 Ke4 $132) 46... Kd4 47. g4 (47. Rh7 Ne3 48. Rxh5 Nxg2 $16) 47... hxg4 48.
Rxg4+ Kd3 49. Bd6 $2 (49. Rg3+ Ke4 50. h4 $16) 49... Ne3 50. Rg3 Ke4 (50...
Rc2+ 51. Kb3 Rxh2 $2 52. Rxe3+ Kxe3 53. Bxh2 Kd4 54. Kb4 Kd5 55. Kb5 e5 56. a4
Kd6 57. Kb6 $18) 51. Bb4 (51. Kb3 Nf5 52. Rg4+ Kf3 53. Rf4+ Ke3 54. Be5 Rc5)
51... Rc2+ 52. Kb3 Rxh2 53. a4 Nf5 54. Rc3 Nd4+ 55. Kc4 Ra2 56. Ba3 (56. Ra3
Rc2+ 57. Bc3 Ne2 58. a5 Nxc3 59. Rxc3 Ra2 60. Kb5 e5 $10) 56... Nc2 57. Bc5 Nd4
(57... Rxa4+ 58. Kb3 Ra8 $10) 58. Ba3 Nc2 59. Bc1 Rxa4+ 60. Kb3 Rd4 61. Kxc2 e5
62. Rh3 Rd5 63. Bd2 Kf5 64. Kd1 e4 65. Ke2 Rd3 66. Rh5+ Ke6 67. Be3 Ra3 68. Bd4
Rb3 69. Re5+ Kd6 70. Rxe4 Kd5 71. Rh4 Rb1 72. Be3 Ke5 73. Kf3 Rd1 74. Rh5+ Ke6
75. Ke4 Re1 76. Rh6+ Ke7 77. Ra6 Re2 78. Kd4 Kf7 79. Bf4 Re6 80. Ra1 Rb6 81.
Rh1 Rb5 82. Rh7+ Ke6 83. Rh6+ Kd7 84. Bd6 Rb1 85. Bc5 Rd1+ 86. Ke5 Re1+ 87. Kd5
Rd1+ 88. Bd4 Kd8 89. Rh7 Rd2 90. Ke5 Kc8 91. Rh1 Kd7 92. Kd5 Kd8 93. Ra1 Kd7
94. Ra7+ Kd8 95. Ke5 Kc8 96. Be3 Rd7 97. Ra3 Rd1 98. Ke6 Kb7 99. Rc3 Rd8 100.
Bc5 Rd1 101. Rc4 Kc6 102. Bd4+ Kb5 103. Kd5 Rh1 104. Rc5+ Kb4 105. Bc3+ Kb3
106. Be5 Kb4 107. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 $5 {N} 14.
O-O-O Ne5 15. g4 Bc8 16. Kb1 $6 (16. Rg1) (16. Nf2) 16... Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxg4
18. Qb3 (18. Qd3 Rxe4 $19) 18... Bxd1 19. Qxd1 Nxe4 (19... Rxe4 $5 20. Bg2 Re8)
20. Bb5 Qf6 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Qg4 Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. Rd1 (24. Bg3 $5 g5 25.
Nf2 $15) 24... g5 25. Bd2 Rf8 26. Bc1 Rf5 27. Re1 Nf6 28. Re6 Rxd5 29. Re7 Re5
(29... Rd1 $1 30. Rxa7 Rh1 $17) 30. Rxa7 Re2 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 g6 33. Rb7
Nd5 34. Rd7 Ne3 35. Ne4 Nc4 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nh7+ {Ftacnik} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nh3 $6 (10. Bd3 $2 Rb8 $2 (10... Qa5 $1 11. Qxa5 Nxa5
12. b4 Nc6 $140 13. b5 Ne5) 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bh4 d6 (12... Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14.
b4 $1) 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Hjartarson,J/Barcelona/1988/}) (10.
Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. b4 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. O-O Ne4
$10 {Peng Zhaoqin-Galiamova Ivanchuk,A/Azov iztw/1990/}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 $2 (
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O (13. Nf4 d6) 13... Rd8 $1 14. Rd6 $6 Kf8
15. Be2 Ke7 16. Rhd1 $2 Nd4 $1) 11... g5 $1 12. Bg3 (12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Ne4
14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bc7 $132) 12... Ne4 13. Qc2 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 (14. Kd1 $5) (14. b4
$2 Nxb4 15. Qxe4 Nd5+ 16. Ke2 Nc3+ $19) 14... f5 $1 (14... d5 15. f3 Nxg3+ 16.
hxg3 Ba6 $1 17. Nxg5 $1) 15. f3 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 Rb8 $1 17. Nf2 $2 (17. Kf2 $5
Qb6 18. Rb1 Qb3 19. Qd2 $17) 17... Ba6 18. Nd3 (18. Rxh6 Bxc4+ $1 19. Nd3 (19.
Qxc4 Rxb2+) 19... Ne5 20. Kf2 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Rxb2 $1 $19) 18... d5 19. b3 (19.
cxd5 Bxd3+ $1 (19... c4 20. Kf2 cxd3 21. Qxc6 Qd2+ $17) 20. Kxd3 (20. Qxd3
Rxb2+ 21. Kd1 c4) 20... Nb4+ 21. axb4 Qxa1 22. dxe6 Qe1 $1 23. e7 Rfd8+ 24.
exd8=Q+ Rxd8+ 25. Kc4 Qxb4#) 19... Rxb3 $5 20. Qxb3 dxc4 21. Qa2 $2 (21. Qb2 $1
cxd3+ 22. Kf2 Kh7 $1 (22... c4 23. Rxh6 c3 24. Qb3 Nd8 25. Rxe6 $1) (22... Rb8
23. Qf6 Qd2+ 24. Kg1 Qxe3+ 25. Kh2 $132) 23. Bxd3 $1 (23. Rc1 $5 e5 (23... Rb8
24. Rxh6+ $1) 24. Qc3) 23... Bxd3 24. Qb7+ Kg6 25. Qxc6 Qd2+ 26. Kg1 Qxe3+ 27.
Kh2 $13) 21... cxd3+ 22. Kf2 Rf6 $1 23. Rc1 Kg7 (23... c4 24. Bxd3 (24. Rxc4
Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd2+ $19) 24... Nb4 $19) 24. f4 c4 25. Qb2 (25. Bxd3 $2 Nb4)
25... e5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Rc3 Qb6 $1 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Rh5 Ne7 $1 (29... e4
30. Rxg5+ Kh6 31. Rg8 Ne5 32. Ke1 Ng4 33. Kd2 Rg6 34. Ra8 b5 $17) 30. Bxd3 (30.
Rxg5+ Kh6) 30... cxd3 31. Rc7 Re6 32. Ke1 Bb5 33. g4 Kg6 34. Rh8 f4 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5 11. b4 (11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14.
exd4 e5 (14... d5 15. cxd5 Bxd3 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. dxe6 Bxe2 18. exd7 Qxd7 19.
Bxf6 Re8 20. Be5 Bb5 21. Kd1 f6 22. Bg3 Qf5 23. Qc2 Qg4+ {0-1 Amura,
C-Baginskaite,K/Manila olw/1992/}) 15. b3 e4 16. Bb1 d5 17. cxd5 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1
Qe7 19. Qe3 Qxa3 20. O-O Re8 21. Re1 Nxd5 22. Qh3 Qb4 23. Rd1 Re6 {0-1 Olsen,
P-Rozentalis,E/Copenhagen PC (01)/1996}) (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Qd4 h6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b3 b5 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. cxb5 Bxb5 $15 {Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow PSA 25'/1995/0,5/62/}) (11. Qb3 Qc8 (11... h6 12. Bh4
cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb7 15. O-O d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Nc3
Nxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20. f4 g6 21. Rb1 Rab8 22. d5 Rfc8 23. Bf2 {Touzane,O-San
Segundo,P/Linares op (03)/1997/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 12. Rc1 Qb7 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4
d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nc3 N7f6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. d5
exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qe2 24. Qd4 Qe7 25. Rd1 {1/2-1/2
Arlandi,E-Hellsten,J/Erevan olm (02) 1996}) (11. O-O Rc8 (11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4
13. exd4 (13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. b3 d5 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxh4 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Be2
Rfe8 19. Qb4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Nb5 a5 23. Qb3 Red8 {0-1
Olsen,P-Hyldkrog,L/Copenhagen PC (10)/1996 (33)}) 13... Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Qa4
Bb7 16. Bf5 g5 17. Bg3 Rc7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nc3 a6 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Qb3 Qf8 22.
dxe5 dxe5 23. Na4 {1-0 Hoang Than Trang-Kachiani Gersinska,K/Erevan olw (07)/
1996 (43)}) 12. Qb3 (12. b3 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. Rac1 cxd4 15. exd4 dxc4 16. bxc4
Bxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Qb3 bxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Qa5 21. Qd3 Rc8 {
Prudnikova Svetlana-Voiska Margarita/JUG-chW1 Vrnjacka Banja 1996/0-1 (72)})
12... d5 13. Rfc1 (13. Qa4 cxd4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxa6 Nc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.
Qb5 d3 18. Nf4 a6 19. Qb4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 b5 21. Qa2 Rc6 {0-1 Llanos,G-Pereyra
Arcija,D/ARG-ch Pena City (14)/1996 (40)}) 13... b5 14. cxb5 c4 15. Bxc4 dxc4
16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Qxa7 Be4 18. Qa4 Qb6 19. Nc3 Ba8 20. Qb4 e5 21. Rd1 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 Bxe4 23. f3 Bd3 24. a4 exd4 25. a5 Qg6 26. Bf4 dxe3 27. b6 {Dao Thien
Hai-Nisipeanu,L/Balatonbereny (04)/1996/0-1 (67)}) 11... Rc8 (11... cxd4 12.
exd4 Rc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 e5 15. Rc1 (15. f3 exd4 16. O-O Ne5 17. b5 Bb7 18.
Nxd4 d5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 Nd7 21. Qb4 Bxd5 22. Rad1 $11) (15. b5 Bb7 16.
O-O exd4 (16... e4 17. Bb1 Qc7 (17... d5 18. cxd5 g5 19. Bg3 Bxd5 20. Qb2 $14)
(17... Re8 $5) 18. Ba2 (18. Rc1 $1 d5 19. Bg3 Qd8 20. Qa4 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 dxc4
22. Qxa7 Qa8 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Nc3 $14) 18... d5 19. Qa4 Qb8 (19... dxc4 $2 20.
Bg3 Qd8 21. Qxa7 Bd5 22. Nc3 $14 {/\} Ra8 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Rxa3 $2 25.
Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bd6 $16) 20. Bg3 Qa8 21. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Baburin,A-Rozentalis,E/
Copenhagen PC (05)/1996 (31)}) 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Nf5 Rc5 19. Bc2 $13 Ne5 20. Qg3
Ng6 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Bxf6 Qxg3 24. hxg3 $14 {1-0 Baburin,
A-Wirthensohn,H/SWZ-GP Wohlen (01)/1993 (34)}) 15... e4 (15... exd4 16. O-O Ne5
17. b5 Bb7 18. Nxd4 d5 $11 {Vera,R-Morovic Fernandez,I/Capablanca mem-A (00)/
1996/}) 16. Bb1 $6 (16. Bxe4 $5 g5 17. Bf3 d5 18. b5 Bb7 19. Bg3 Re8 20. Qb2
Ba8 21. h4 $14) 16... d5 17. b5 $1 dxc4 (17... Bb7 18. O-O dxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd5
20. Rxc8 Qxc8 $15) 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 (18... Bb7 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. O-O) 19. Qxc4 Bb7
20. O-O Qa8 21. Qc7 {1-0 Vera,R-Izeta,F/Leon-B (07)/1996 (38)}) 12. dxc5 bxc5 (
12... dxc5 13. b5 Bb7 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. f3 a6 16. a4 Ra8 17. Kb2 axb5 18. axb5
Ra7 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bg3 Rfa8 21. Ra1 Qb8 22. Bc2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rxa1 24. Kxa1
Qa8+ 25. Kb2 {1/2-1/2 Kohlweyer,B-Hobuss,U/Geneva op (08) 1997 (44)}) 13. b5
Bb7 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 d5 (15... Re8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Than
Trang-Aagaard,J/Budapest FS08 GM (06)/ 1996}) 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Bxd8 (17. Bxe4
Qxh4 18. Nf4 d4 19. Qc2 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 e5 $11) 17... Nxc3 18. Nxc3 (18. Be7 Nxd1
19. Bxf8 Nb2 $19) 18... Rcxd8 (18... Rfxd8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bf5 $14) 19. cxd5
exd5 20. Be2 Nb6 21. Rd2 (21. Bf3 d4 22. Bxb7 dxc3 23. Rdc1 Na4 $36) 21... d4
22. Rad1 Rc8 (22... dxc3 23. Rxd8 c2 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rc1 Be4 26. f3 $18) 23.
exd4 cxd4 24. Na2 Rfe8 25. Bf1 Bd5 26. Nb4 Bb3 (26... Bc4 27. Rxd4 $14) 27. Rb1
Bc4 28. Rxd4 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Rc3 30. Rd3 Rc5 (30... Rxd3 31. Nxd3 Nc4 32. Ra1
Nd2+ 33. Kg1 Rd8 34. Nb4 $14) 31. Na6 Rc2 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Rb2 34. Nb4 (
34. Nc7 Nc4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. a4 Ra2 $14) 34... Nc4 35. g3 (35. Nc6 Rxb5 36.
Nxa7 Ra5 $11) 35... Nxa3 36. Rxa3 Rxb4 37. Ra5 (37. Rxa7 Rxb5 $11) 37... Rb2
38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f3 (40. b6 axb6 41. Rxg5+ Kf8 $11) 40... Kg7 41. g4
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. O-O-O Ne5
15. Nf2 {N} a6 16. Bd2 b5 (16... Bc8 17. h3 Bd7 18. f4) 17. Qa5 Qe7 18. Kb1
Reb8 19. Re1 (19. Be2 $5) 19... Bc8 20. Nd1 Bd7 21. Ka1 b4 22. axb4 c4 $2 (
22... cxb4 23. Bxb4 $13) 23. Nc3 Qf8 24. Kb1 Qc8 25. Re3 $1 Rb7 (25... Rb5 26.
Nxb5 axb5 27. Qb6 Nxd5 28. exd5 Bf5+ 29. Re4 Ra6 30. Qd4 Qa8 31. Kc2 $18) 26.
Be2 Qb8 27. Nd1 Rb5 28. Qa2 Ne8 29. f4 Ng4 $6 (29... Nd3 $16) 30. Rg3 Nef6 31.
Qxc4 Rb7 32. Qd4 Qe8 33. Bf3 Rc8 34. h3 h5 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Bc3 Rbc7 37. Ne3
Rxc3 38. bxc3 gxf3 39. Qxf6 Qxe4+ 40. Kb2 {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. a3
{N} Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxc5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. b4 Na4 13. e3 b6 14. Nf3
Ba6 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rac8 $10 17. Rc1 d5 18. Ke2 dxc4 19. Nxc4 (19. Rxc4 Nb2
20. Rxc8 Rxc8) 19... Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Ba6 21. Rd2 $4 b5 {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. dxc5 h6 7. Bh4 Na6 8. e4
$6 {N} Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 e5 $1 10. O-O-O $6 Nxc5 11. f4 Qb6 12. fxe5 Nfxe4 13. Bd3
Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 d5 15. exd6 (15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Ne2 Nxc3 $1 $40) 15... Bf5 16. Be7
Nxd6 17. Qxd6 Qb1+ 18. Kd2 Qc2+ 19. Ke3 Rfe8 20. Rd5 Qe4+ 21. Kf2 Rxe7 $19 22.
Nf3 Re6 23. Qc5 b6 24. Qd4 Qe2+ 25. Kg1 Be4 {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hjartarson} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 (11... a5 $5) (11... a5 {
Hjartarson} 12. O-O-O Ra6 $1 13. Nh3 d6 $13) 12. O-O-O $5 {N} (12. Nh3 Qa5 (
12... Rc8 13. O-O-O d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Kb1 Qd6 16. Nf4 d4 $132 {Hjartarson,
J-Salov,V, Amsterdam 1989.}) 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Nc6 16. b5 Ne7
$10 {Gurevich,M-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia/1989-90/} (16... Ne7 {Hjartarson} 17.
Bd3 Rfc8 $10 {Gurevich,M-Andersson,U, Reggio Emilia 1989/90.})) 12... Rc8 $2 (
12... Qe7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh3 $16) (12... Ne4 13. Qe1 g5 (13... Nf6 $5) (
13... Nf6 $5 {Hjartarson /\ d5}) 14. Bg3 (14. fxe4 gxh4 15. Nf3 Qf6 $1 $132 (
15... Qf6 {Hjartarson} 16. Rxd7 Ba6 $44 {/\Ne5})) 14... Nxg3 15. Qxg3 $1 $14 (
15. hxg3 Qf6 $1 16. Rxd7 Ba6 $44)) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 $1 (14. Nh3 {
Hjartarson} d5 $13 {see Hjartarson-Salov}) 14... d5 $6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxc5
Ne5 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Nh3 Qc2+ 19. Ka1 Nc6 20. Qg4+ Qg6 (20... Kh8 21. Bd3 Qc5
22. Qf5 $18) 21. Qd7 Na5 22. Bd3 (22. Nf4 $2 Rc1+ $1 23. Rxc1 Nb3+ 24. Ka2
Nxc1+ 25. Ka1 Nb3+ $10) 22... Nb3+ 23. Kb1 $1 (23. Ka2 Nc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qxd3 25.
Qxb7 Rb8) 23... Rc1+ 24. Ka2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 (25. Bxg6 {Hjartarson} Nc1+ 26. Kb1
Rxh1 $132) 25... Nc5 26. Qxb7 Nxd3 27. Qb5 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (27. Qxd5 Nxb2 28.
Rd4 Na4 $132) (27. Qb5 $1 Ne5 28. Qxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. e3 {N} (9. dxc5) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 (10. exd4 d5) 10... Nc6 11.
Qd6 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxd6 13. Bh4 Ba6 (13... Nf5 14. Bf2 Ne5 15. e4 Nd6 16. b3 $14)
14. b3 Nf5 15. Bf2 Na5 16. Rb1 (16. e4 $6 Nxb3 $1 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. Rxd7 Nc6 $17)
16... d5 17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 exd5 19. g4 $1 Ne7 $1 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Rb2 (21.
Kg2 Rc2 22. Nd4) 21... f5 $1 22. Kg2 (22. g5 f4 $1 23. exf4 Ng6 24. Bg3 d4 $132
) 22... fxg4 23. fxg4 h5 $1 24. gxh5 (24. h3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rc6 $10) 24... Rf5
25. h6 (25. Rc1 $1 $14) 25... Rg5+ $1 26. Bg3 (26. Ng3 $5) 26... Nf5 27. Kf2 (
27. hxg7 {Ernst} Nxe3+ 28. Kf3 Nc2 29. Rc1 Nd4+ 30. Kg2 $10) 27... Nxh6 28. Nd4
(28. Rd1 $10) 28... Ng4+ 29. Ke2 (29. Kf3 Rf8+ 30. Ke2 Nxh2 $1) 29... Nf6 30.
Kf3 Nc6 31. Ne6 (31. Nxc6 Rxc6 32. Bf4 Rf5 33. h4 d4 $15) 31... Rf5+ 32. Kg2
Re8 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. exd4 Re3 35. Re1 Rd3 36. Re5 Rff3 37. Re7 a5 38. b4 $6 (
38. Be5 $1 $132) 38... Nh5 $1 39. bxa5 Nxg3 (39... bxa5 $19 {Ernst}) 40. hxg3
$2 (40. axb6 $1 Nh5 (40... Nf5 41. Re1 Nh4+ 42. Kg1) 41. Re1 Nf4+ 42. Kg1 Rb3
43. Reb1 Nh3+ 44. Kg2 Nf4+ 45. Kg1 $10) 40... Rxg3+ 41. Kh2 bxa5 42. Rd7 $2 (
42. Re5 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 Rdg3+ 44. Kf1 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 Rxa3 $17) 42... Rg5 43. Rg2
Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Rxd4 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46. Ke2 Rxa3 47. Rxd5 Kh7 48. Kf2 Kh6 49. Rc5
g5 50. Kg2 Kh5 51. Rd5 Kh4 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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. d4 {Giese Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 (8... h6 9. Bh4 c5 (9... Re8 10. f3 d5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2
c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bxd7 Rexd8 17. Nxc3 Rxd7 {
1-0 Dzevlan,M-Kurajica,B/JUG-ch (05)/1991/ (54)}) (9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2
f5 12. f3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. O-O-O Ne5
18. Rh5 Kg7 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Be2 Rad8 21. f4 Nf7 {1/2-1/2 Szymczak,Z-Chloupek,S/
Prague Vysehrad (05)/1990/ (43)}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nf3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2
f5 14. Bd3 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 d6 16. Rhd1 e5 {1-0 Tihonov,J-Kellenberger,S/WchJM-U16
Bratislava (09)/1993 (27)}) (8... Re8 9. Nh3 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. f3 e5 12. d5 c6
13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Bd3 Na5
19. e4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Sokolov,A/Torcy op/1991/ (41)}) 9. c5 $6 {
Sokolov is very strong player and he he conciously tries to prevent the push
c7-c5. Unfortunately for him the general strategical rules will enable black
to punish him for this antipositional attempt. White simply lacks development
of his pieces.  N} (9. f3) 9... Nc6 (9... dxc5 10. dxc5 bxc5 (10... Nc6 {Dautov
} 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 $10) 11. Rd1) 10. Nf3 h6
11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Be2 Rac8 $15) 11... g5 12. Bg3 (12.
Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 bxc5 14. dxc5 e5 $17) 12... bxc5 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 $1
(14... Nxc5 15. h4 (15. b4 {Dautov} Nd7 16. Rd1 $44 (16. h4 g4 (16... Qf6 $2
17. Rd1 g4 18. Nd4 (18. b5 Nb4) 18... Nxd4 19. Rxd4 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rg4]}) 17.
Ng5 Nf6 $1 (17... hxg5 $2 18. hxg5 Re8 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Bh4 $18) 18. Bd3 Ne7
$17)) 15... g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. b4 $36) 15. Bb5 (15. cxd6 cxd6 16. O-O-O Rc8 17.
Kb1 Ne5 $17) 15... Rc8 16. Nd2 (16. O-O Qf6 $15) 16... Nxd2 (16... Nxg3 17.
hxg3 Qf6 18. O-O-O $13) (16... Nxc5 $2 17. b4 Qf6 18. O-O f4 19. bxc5 $14) 17.
Qxd2 Qf6 {Ivanchuk has taken over the initiative and the Bg3 is in danger.} 18.
h4 (18. cxd6 $6 f4 $1 19. exf4 gxf4 20. d7 Rcd8 $19 (20... Rcd8 {Dautov} 21.
Rc1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Nd4 $19)) (18. f3 {Dautov >=} f4 19. exf4 (19. Bf2 $5) 19...
gxf4 20. Bf2 d5 $15) 18... f4 19. hxg5 hxg5 (19... Qe5 20. Bh2 Qxc5 21. Bxc6
Qxc6 (21... fxe3 $2 22. Qd3 $18) 22. Qd3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. f3 $14) 20. exf4
(20. Qd3 Qg7 21. exf4 gxf4 $17) 20... gxf4 21. Rh4 $5 (21. Bh4 Qe5+ 22. Kf1 (
22. Qe2 {Dautov} Qxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Nd4 $17) 22... Qxc5 $17 (22... Nd4 $17)) 21...
Qe5+ (21... fxg3 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. O-O-O Rf7 24. Bd3 $40 (24. Rh1+ {Dautov} Rh7
25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Bd3+ Kh8 27. Rg6 $18)) 22. Kf1 fxg3 23. Rg4+ Kf7 24. Re1
Qxc5 $6 {Daring move that leads to the lines of rare beauty, but objectively
stronger might be} (24... Qh5 $142 $1 25. Qf4+ Ke7 26. Qxg3 $17 (26. Qxg3 Ne5
$19)) (24... Qh8 $1 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Qxd6 (26. Qf4+ Qf6 $19) 26... Qh1+ 27.
Ke2 Qh5 28. Qd7+ Ne7 $19) 25. Qf4+ Ke8 (25... Ke7 $4 26. Rg7+ $18) (25... Qf5
$2 {Dautov} 26. Qxf5+ exf5 27. Bc4+ Kf6 28. Re6+ Kf7 29. Re2+ $10) 26. Rxe6+ (
26. Bxc6+ Bxc6 27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28. Rg7+ Kxe6 29. Rg6+ Kd7 30. Qg4+ Qf5 $19) 26...
Kd7 27. Rg7+ (27. Qxg3 Kxe6 28. Bc4+ Kd7 29. Rg7+ Ne7 $19) 27... Kxe6 28. Rg6+
$2 {[#]} (28. Bc4+ $1 d5 (28... Qxc4+ {The only way to play for win, but the
outcome is not so clear.} 29. Qxc4+ Kf6 30. Rxg3 Ne5 $15) 29. Qg4+ Rf5 (29...
Kd6 $2 30. Qd7+ Ke5 31. Rg5+ $18) (29... Ke5 30. Qxg3+ Ke6 31. Qg4+) 30. Qg6+
Rf6 (30... Ke5 31. Qxg3+ Rf4 32. Rg5+ Ke6 33. Bxd5+ Qxd5 34. Rxd5 $13) 31. Qg4+
Rf5 (31... Ke5 32. Qxg3+ Rf4) 32. Qg6+ $10) 28... Kd7 (28... Kd5 $19 {Giese})
29. Rg7+ Ke6 30. Rg6+ (30. Bc4+ $1 d5 (30... Qxc4+ 31. Qxc4+ Kf6 32. Rxg3 Ne5
33. Qh4+ Ke6 $17) 31. Qg4+ Rf5 (31... Kd6 $4 32. Qd7+ Ke5 33. Rg5+ Kf6 34. Qf5+
Ke7 35. Rg7+ Kd6 36. Rd7#) 32. Qg6+ Ke5 33. Qxg3+ Ke6 34. Qg6+ Rf6 35. Qg4+ $10
) (30. Bc4+ $142 $10 {Giese}) 30... Kd5 {[%cal Yc5f2]} 31. Qd2+ (31. Qg5+ Ne5
$19) (31. Rg5+ {Giese} Ne5 32. Qd2+ Ke6 $19) (31. Bxc6+ {Giese} Kxc6 32. Qa4+
Kb6 $19) 31... Qd4 32. Bxc6+ (32. Rg5+ {Giese} Ke6 $19) (32. Qg5+ {Giese} Ne5
$19) 32... Kxc6 $1 {The K slips into the safety and black will win with neat
combination.} (32... Kc5 33. Qxd4+ Kxd4 34. Bxb7 Rxf2+ $19) (32... Bxc6 $4 33.
Rg5+ Ke6 34. Qxd4 {[%cal Gg5a5]} Rxf2+ 35. Ke1 $40) 33. Qxd4 (33. Qc2+ Kd7 $19)
33... Ba6+ (33... Ba6+ 34. Kg1 gxf2+ 35. Kh2 (35. Qxf2 {Giese} Rxf2 $19) 35...
f1=Q $19 (35... Rh8+ 36. Kg3 f1=Q 37. Qe4+ Kb6 38. Qb4+ Qb5 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nh3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. e3 Qe7 (10... d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $2 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bxc7)
11. f3 d5 12. Bd3 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 $10) 12... Nbd7 13. cxd5 exd5
14. O-O $5 {N} (14. Bf2 c5) 14... c5 (14... Qxe3+ 15. Bf2 Qe7 16. Qxc7 $16) 15.
Rfe1 Rac8 (15... Ne4 $2 16. Bxe7 Nxc3 17. Bh4 Na4 18. Bb5 $18) 16. Nf2 cxd4 (
16... c4 17. Bc2 b5 18. e4 $16) 17. Qxd4 Ne5 (17... Qe5) 18. Bb5 Nc6 $2 (18...
Bc6 19. Bf1) (18... Red8 19. Rac1) 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Ng4 Rc4 21. Bxf6 (21.
Nxf6+ $2 gxf6 22. Bxf6 Qe6 $19) 21... Qe6 (21... gxf6 22. Qxf6 (22. Nxf6+ Kh8
23. Nxe8+ Rxd4 24. exd4 $16)) 22. Qd2 Rxg4 $5 (22... gxf6 23. Nxh6+ Kf8 24. Ng4
$18) 23. fxg4 Qxf6 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. Rad1 Qe6 26. Qf5 Qd6 27. Rd4 Re5 28. Qf2 f6
29. Rc1 Bc6 30. Qc2 Be8 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Rc3 Rg5 33. Qa6 Kh7 (33... Re5 34. Qc8)
(33... Qe7 34. Qc8 Kh7 35. Qc7) 34. Qxa7 h5 35. Rb4 (35. gxh5 Bxh5 $132) 35...
hxg4 36. Qxb6 Qe5 37. Qd4 Qd6 38. Rb6 Qe7 39. Ra6 Bg6 40. Ra7 Qe6 41. Rac7 Re5
42. R7c6 Qf5 43. R6c5 Qe6 44. Rc6 Qf5 45. R3c5 Qh5 46. Qf4 g3 47. hxg3 Qd1+ 48.
Qf1 Qd2 49. Qc1 Qe2 50. Rc2 $1 (50. Rc3 Be4) 50... Bxc2 51. Qxc2+ Qxc2 52. Rxc2
Rxe3 53. Rc3 $1 Re2 54. b4 Rb2 55. Rd3 Kg6 56. Kh2 (56. Rxd5 Rb3 57. Ra5 Rxg3
58. b5 $18) 56... Ra2 57. Rb3 d4 58. b5 Kf5 59. b6 d3 60. b7 $1 (60. Rxd3 Rb2
61. Rd6 Ke5) 60... d2 61. Rb1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5
{N} (14... c5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 $10 {Gurevich,
M-Polugajevskij,L/New York op/1989/ ->CBM 12}) 15. Bc4 Rac8 16. Ne2 c5 17. Bb5
Rf7 (17... Bc6 18. Ba6 Rce8 19. O-O $14) 18. O-O a6 19. Bd3 b5 20. Rac1 (20.
dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2 Na4 $1 $10) 20... c4 21. Bc2 e5 (21... N5f6 22. Nf4 $14) 22.
dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rfd1 Re8 24. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 (24... Nd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Rxd3 $16)
25. bxc3 g5 (25... Re6 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Rcd1 g5 28. R1d6 $14) 26. Rd6 g4 27.
fxg4 (27. f4 Nd3 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Rxd3 Re6 $10) 27... Nxg4 28. Rg6+ Kf8 (28...
Kh7 $2 29. Rxg4 $18) 29. Bg3 Rxe3 30. Rd1 Rf6 $1 (30... f4 $2 31. Rd8+ Ke7 (
31... Re8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Rxg4 fxg3 34. Bg6 $18) 32. Bh4+ Nf6 33. Rb8 $18)
31. Rxf6+ Nxf6 32. Bxf5 Be4 (32... Rxc3 $2 33. Be5 $18) 33. Rd6 Ne8 34. Bxe4
Rxg3 $1 (34... Rxe4 35. Rxh6 $18) 35. Rxh6 Rxc3 36. Rxa6 Ke7 37. h4 Nf6 38. Bf5
(38. Bf3 $5) 38... Rb3 39. Re6+ Kf7 40. Rb6 Ke7 41. Re6+ (41. g4 Nxg4 42. Bxg4
Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Rxg4 $10) 41... Kf7 42. Re5 Kf8 43. Kh2 c3 44. Kg1 (44. Rc5 $5
Rxa3 45. Rxb5 Ra4 46. g3 Rc4) 44... Rxa3 45. Rxb5 Ng4 $1 46. Bxg4 Ra1+ 47. Kh2
c2 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8
15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. Bf2 N5f6 $5 {N} (17... Red8 18. e4 N5f6 19. dxc5
Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rc1 a6 22. Be2 Rac8 $10 {Lerner,K-Dzhandzhgava,L/New
York op/1990/ ->EXP 16}) 18. dxc5 bxc5 (18... Rec8 $6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. e4 Rc2
21. Bd4 Rxg2 22. Nf2 g4 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Nxg4 Ba6 25. O-O-O $16 {Dreev,
A-Levitt,L/Reykjavik Summit/1990/ ->CBM 18}) 19. O-O-O Re7 (19... Red8) 20. Bg3
a6 (20... e5 21. Nf2) 21. Be2 (21. Bd6 $5 Ree8 22. Be2 Rac8 $14) 21... Bc6 22.
Nf2 Bb5 23. Bxb5 (23. Rhe1 Nd5 24. Bxb5 axb5 $10) 23... axb5 24. h4 e5 25. hxg5
hxg5 26. Nh3 (26. Rd6 $14) 26... Nh7 27. e4 b4 28. axb4 cxb4 29. Bf2 g4 30. Bh4
(30. fxg4 Nhf6 31. Bh4 Re6 32. Bxf6 (32. Nf2 Nc5 $132) 32... Nxf6 33. Nf2 Rc6+
34. Kb1 Rc4 $132) 30... Re6 31. Nf2 gxf3 32. gxf3 Nc5 33. Kd2 Ra2 34. Rhg1+ Kf8
35. Kc2 b3+ 36. Kc3 (36. Kb1 Re8 37. Rd5 Rea8) 36... Na4+ 37. Kxb3 Rxb2+ 38.
Ka3 Rb8 39. Rd8+ {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Nf3 {N} (8. e3 d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 exd5 12. Ne5 $1 $14 {
Bareev-Farago,I/Roma/1990/ ->CBM 18}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6 $6 (10...
d6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be2 Nbd7) 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 $1 cxb4 14. Qxf6
bxa3+ $6 (14... b3+ $5 15. Ke2 Qc5) 15. Ke2 Qc5 $8 16. Rhc1 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7
18. Rxa3 Bb7 19. Rb1 Bxf3+ (19... Bc6 20. Ne5 $16) 20. gxf3 Nc6 21. Be4 Rab8
22. Rb5 $1 Rb6 23. f4 Rfb8 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Rg5+ Kf8 26. Rxa7 Rb2+ 27. Kf3 Rc2
$6 28. Rc5 Rb4 29. f5 $1 Rbxc4 30. f6 Ke8 31. Rg5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Ne2 c5 14. Bf2 Rac8 (
14... a5 15. O-O Ba6 16. Ng3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 g6 $10 {
Barbero,G-Summermatter,D/Bern/1991/}) (14... Rfc8 15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17.
Rad1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 a5 19. Rfe1 Ba6 20. Qd4 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Rc6 22. Be1 Re8 23.
Bc3 $14 {Wiedenkeller,M-Aaberg,A/SVE-ch/1991/}) 15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17.
Rad1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 $6 (18... Rfd8 $14) 19. Nc3 Qe6 (19... Rc5 $2 20. e4 $16
) 20. Nxd5 Nc5 21. Qf5 $1 (21. Qc4 b5 22. Qd4 Nb3 23. Qd3 Nc5 24. Qd2 (24. Nf4
$2 Nxd3 25. Nxe6 Nxf2 26. Nxf8 Nxd1 $19) 24... Nb3) 21... Qxf5 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23.
Nxf5 Ba6 24. Rfe1 Nd3 25. Re2 g6 (25... Nc1 26. Red2 Nb3 (26... Ne2+ 27. Kh1 {
x Ne2}) 27. Rd7 $16) 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. Red2 Rfd8 (27... Nc4 28. Rc2 Rfe8 29. e4
$16) 28. h3 Rd7 29. Nc2 $5 Rxd2 (29... Rxc2 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 Kg8 32. b4
Ra2 33. Rxa7 $18) 30. Rxd2 Nd3 31. Nb4 Nxb4 32. axb4 $16 Bb5 33. e4 Kg8 34. Bd4
Rd8 (34... Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rf1+ 36. Ke3 Re1+ 37. Kf4 $16) 35. Kf2 h5 36. h4 Kf8
37. Ke3 (37. Bg7+ Ke8 38. Rc2 Kd7 39. Be5 $16) 37... Ke8 38. Rc2 Kd7 39. Be5
Rc8 40. Rd2+ Ke7 41. Bc3 Rc6 42. Rd1 Rd6 43. Bd4 Rc6 44. Ra1 a6 45. Bc3 Rc8 46.
Kf4 f6 (46... Ke6 47. Kg5 Bd3 48. Re1 Bb5 49. f4 $16) 47. Rd1 Ke6 48. Rd2 Be8
49. Ke3 Bb5 50. Rf2 Rd8 51. Bd4 Rd6 52. Rc2 Rc6 53. Rd2 (53. Rxc6+ Bxc6 54.
Bxb6 Bb5 $16) 53... Ba4 54. Bc3 Rc8 55. g4 hxg4 56. fxg4 Rf8 (56... Rh8 57. g5
Rxh4 58. gxf6 Bc6 59. e5 $18) 57. Bd4 Rf7 58. Rg2 (58. Bxb6 $16) 58... Bd1 59.
Rg1 Ba4 60. Bxb6 Rh7 61. Rh1 Bc6 62. Rh2 Re7 63. Bc5 Re8 64. Rf2 Kd7 65. Rd2+
Kc8 66. Rd4 f5 67. gxf5 gxf5 68. h5 fxe4 (68... Bxe4 69. Kf4 $18) 69. h6 Re5
70. Rd6 Kb7 71. Rf6 Bd5 72. Rb6+ Kc7 73. Bd6+ $1 Kxb6 74. Bxe5 Bg8 75. Kxe4 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
bxc6 (8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 a6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O
Na5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e4 Kg7 $10 {Thorsteins,K-Adorjan,A/Akureyri/1988/ ->CBM
08}) 11... Qxf6 12. Rc1 Na6 13. Bxb5 Rac8 14. Qd2 Qg6 $10 {Olafsson,H-Seirawan,
Y/Reykjavik Summit/1990/ ->CBM 18}) 8... Nxc6 9. b4 (9. Bg5 $5) 9... Ba6 $5 {N}
(9... Bb7 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Qb2 Ne7 12. e3 Be4 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Ne5 Rc2 15. Qb3
Rfc8 {Kouatly-Stangl/Augsburg/1988-89/} 16. Nc4 $1 Qc6 17. f3 Bxf3 18. gxf3
Qxf3 19. Qxc2 Qxh1 20. Qd3 $16 {(Kouatly)}) 10. Bg5 (10. e3 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Rc8
$44) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nf3 Rac8 13. Qb2 (13. e3 Na5 14. Qb2 Bxf1 15.
Kxf1 Nc4 $44) 13... Rc7 14. e3 (14. b5 $2 Bxb5 $1 15. Qxb5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4
17. Rd1 Qc3+ 18. Rd2 Qa1+ 19. Rd1 Rc1 20. Qb3 Rfc8) 14... Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Rfc8
16. Ke2 (16. Rc1 Qg6) 16... Na5 17. Rhc1 Nc4 18. Qc3 (18. Qb3 e5 $132) 18... e5
$1 (18... Na5 19. Qxc7 $16) 19. Qd3 (19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... Qa6 20. Qd3) 20. Qb2
$1 (20. Qd2 Qa6+ $1) 20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qa6+ 23. Kd2 Nc4+ 24.
Ke1 Nxa3 $10) 19... d6 (19... Nb2 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. dxe5) 20. Nd2 (20. dxe5
dxe5 {/\ Rd8}) (20. d5 Nb2 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Qd2 Qg6) 20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 exd4
22. exd4 (22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. exd4 Qh4 24. h3 Qe4+ 25. Kf1 Rc2 $36) 22... Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qxd4 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bass, Leonid"]
[Black "Ochoa de Echaguen, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nh3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. f3 Nc6 13. O-O-O (13. Rd1 Ne4 $1
14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Rxd7 Bc8 16. Rd6 Rxd8 17. Rxd8+ (17. Rxc6 Rd1+ 18. Kf2 Rd2+)
17... Nxd8 18. bxc3 Rb8 $132) 13... Ne4 $6 (13... e5 $5 14. Nf2 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Rxd7 Bc8 $13) 14... g5 15. Bg3 d6 16. h4 $14) 14. Qe1 $1 (14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15.
Rxd7 Bc8 16. Rd6 Nxd8 17. bxc3 Rb8 $132) 14... Nf6 (14... g5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16.
hxg3 $40) 15. Nf2 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxd7 Rab8 $132) 15... Ne5 16. Qc3 Nd5 (
16... d6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Ng4 $16) 17. Rxd5 (17. Bxd8 Nxc3 18. bxc3
Rexd8 $15) 17... Qxh4 18. Rd2 (18. Rxe5 Qxf2 19. Rxc5 Rac8 $132) (18. g3 Qf6
19. Rxe5 Qxf3 20. Qd2 d6 $1) 18... d6 19. f4 Nc6 20. g3 Qe7 21. Bg2 d5 $6 (
21... Red8 22. Rhd1 Rd7 23. Ne4 Rad8 $14) 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Qxe3 24. Qxe3
Rxe3 25. Kb1 Rb8 1-0

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen 3rd"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1999.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Bb7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 c5 12. Bb2 a5 {There are several
defensive plans for black, Karpov opts for the elimination of white's control
on the queenside.} (12... Rac8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. b5 Rfd8 15. a4 Ne8 16. a5 Ra8
17. a6 Be4 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Bf3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Becker,A-Pitschak,R/Bad
Liebenwerda/1934/ (60)}) (12... Ne4 13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 Rac8 (13... Ndf6 14. Rad1
d5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. f3 Nd6 19. Rfe1 Nf5 20. Bd3 {
1/2-1/2 Gritsak,O-Rozentalis,E/Koszalin/1998/ (38)}) 14. Rad1 Rc7 15. Nd2 Nxd2
16. Rxd2 Qg5 17. f3 d5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qd3 cxb4 20. axb4 Bc4 21. Qa3 b5 {
0-1 Toefferl,H-Palac,M/Portoroz/1996/ (42)}) 13... f5 (13... Rac8 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. b5 h6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. a4 Ng5 18. Qc3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 {
1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Hohler,P/Saint Vincent 1998/ (30)}) 14. dxc5 (14. Bd3 Ndf6 15.
Nd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Rae8 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Nh5 19. Rfe1 Qh4 20. Bf1 Rf6 {
Stefansson,H-Zarnicki,P/WchJM U20/1992/ (35)}) 14... bxc5 15. b5 Ndf6 16. Nd2
Rad8 17. f3 Ng5 18. Rfd1 e5 19. h4 Ne6 20. Qxf5 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Kholmov,R/
Baku/1972/ (59)}) (12... Rfd8 13. Rad1 (13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Qb3 Be4 15. Nd2 Ba8
16. dxc5 dxc5 17. b5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. a4 f6 20. a5 Nf8 21. f3 Bg6 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Rozentalis,E/Belfort/1997/ (46)}) 13... Nf8 14. bxc5 bxc5
15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qa5 Be4 17. Ne5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Qb7 19. Qb5 Bxg2 20. f3 Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Witke,T-Mehler,G/BL2-S 1988/BL2}) (12... Rfe8 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. dxc5
dxc5 15. b5 e5 16. f3 Nf8 17. a4 Rcd8 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. a5 Rd6 20. axb6 axb6 21.
Nf1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 e4 23. f4 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Zayac,E/St. Petersburg/1998/ (34)})
13. Rfd1 axb4 14. axb4 Rfb8 (14... Rxa1 15. Bxa1 Ne4 16. Qb3 $14) 15. Nd2 Qd8 (
15... Ne4 $2 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. dxc5 Qg5 18. f3 $18) 16. f3 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Ra8
18. Bd3 Qc7 (18... cxd4 19. exd4 (19. Qxd4 Qc7 $11) 19... b5 $5 20. cxb5 Nd5
21. Qb3 Qg5 22. Ne4 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Nxb4 24. Bc4 (24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Ng4 Qf4 26.
Qxb4 Bxf3 27. Rf1 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 29. Kh1 Ne5 $1 $19) 24... Qxb3 25. Bxb3
$14) 19. Bc2 Rc8 $6 (19... e5 20. Bb2 $15) (19... cxd4 20. exd4 b5 21. c5 $14)
20. dxc5 dxc5 21. b5 $1 {The pawn structure is now clearly favourable for
white. His bishops enjoy open diagonals, but black knights have no good
squares.} Ne8 (21... e5 22. Bf5 $14) 22. Ne4 f6 23. Qd3 $1 Bxe4 (23... Nf8 24.
Nd6 $1 Nxd6 (24... Rd8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Qd6 $16) 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Ra8
27. Bc3 Ra2 (27... Ra3 28. Be1 Ra2 29. Bd3 Ra3 30. Bf1 $18) 28. Bd3 Bc8 29. Bf1
Ra3 30. Be1 $16) 24. Qxe4 Nf8 25. Qd3 Kf7 (25... Ra8 26. Bb2 Ra2 27. Ba3 Qa7
28. Bc1 $16) 26. Bc3 Ke7 (26... Ra8 27. Be1 $1 $16) 27. Ra1 Rd8 28. Qe2 Nd6 (
28... e5 29. f4 $1 $16) 29. f4 Kf7 30. e4 Nc8 (30... Ng6 31. e5 $16) 31. e5 $1
{Timman needs to open up the position to prove the dominant character of
bishop's pair over two knights.} f5 (31... Ne7 32. Qh5+ Neg6 33. exf6 gxf6 34.
Rf1 $16) 32. Qf3 Ne7 33. h3 Kg8 34. Kh2 (34. g4 $6 Nfg6 35. Qg3 Rf8 $14) 34...
Nfg6 35. g3 Kf7 36. h4 $1 Kg8 37. h5 Nh8 (37... Nf8 38. g4 $16) 38. g4 Rf8 (
38... fxg4 39. Qxg4 Qc8 40. Ra7 Re8 41. h6 Nhg6 42. Ra8 $1 Qxa8 (42... Qd7 43.
Qd1 Nd5 44. Rxe8+ Qxe8 45. cxd5 $18) 43. Qxe6+ Kh8 44. hxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qf6+ Kg8
46. e6 $18) 39. gxf5 Nxf5 (39... exf5 40. e6 $16) 40. Bxf5 Rxf5 (40... exf5 41.
e6 Qe7 42. Qg2 $1 $18) 41. Ra8+ {The location of the black knight on h8 is
quite symbolic.} Rf8 (41... Kf7 42. Rxh8 $18) 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Qa8+ Kf7 44.
Qxh8 Qb7 45. h6 $1 (45. h6 $1 Qf3 46. Qxg7+ Ke8 47. Qg8+ Ke7 48. Qxh7+ Kd8 49.
Qg8+ Kd7 50. Qg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Black "Kalesis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Nf2 $5 c5 13. Ng4 Qc7 $6 (13... d5
$142 $1) 14. Nxf6+ (14. dxc5 $6 Nxg4 $1 15. cxd6 (15. cxb6 Nxb6 16. fxg4 Nxc4
17. Rc1 Qb6 $1 18. Bxc4 d5 $36) 15... Qxd6 16. Rd1 (16. fxg4 Be4 {/\ Qc6})
16... Qc6 17. fxg4 $13) 14... Nxf6 15. dxc5 (15. d5 Nh7 (15... Qe7)) (15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. d5 Qe7) 15... Qxc5 16. b4 $1 Qe5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Be2 $36 Ba6 (18...
Rfd8 19. Kf2 Rd2 $6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 $16) 19. b5 $8 (19.
Rc1 Rc6 $1 20. Kf2 Rfc8 {><c4}) 19... Bb7 20. Rd1 (20. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 21. a4) (
20. a4 $142 $1 Nd7 (20... a5 21. Rd1 $1 $16 {><b6}) 21. a5 g5 (21... Nc5 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Be7 Ra8 (23... Rfe8 24. Bd6 f6 25. Kf2 $5 (25. Ra7 Ra8 $1 (25...
Ba8 $2 26. Kf2 $18))) 24. Rd1 Rfe8 (24... Rfc8 25. Kf2 $16 {|^}) 25. Bd6 e4 (
25... f6 26. Kf2 $16) 26. Kf2 exf3 27. gxf3 $16) 22. Bg3 f6 23. O-O $16 {
/\ Be1-b4|^}) 20... Rc7 $6 (20... Rfd8 $142 $1 21. Bxf6 (21. Kf2 g5 22. Bg3 Nd7
23. Rd6 Kf8 24. Rhd1 Ke7 {/\ f6, Nc5}) 21... gxf6 (21... Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 gxf6
23. Kc2 {/\ a4-a5+/=|^}) 22. Kf2 $14 {|^}) 21. Kf2 (21. O-O $142) 21... g5 22.
Bg3 Nd7 23. Rd6 $1 $16 f5 24. Rhd1 Rf7 25. Kg1 Re7 26. a4 $1 {><b6} f4 $5 27.
Bf2 (27. exf4 exf4 {/\ Ne5}) 27... e4 $5 (27... Nc5 28. exf4 exf4 29. a5 bxa5
$8 30. Ra1) 28. exf4 gxf4 29. a5 $1 (29. fxe4 Bxe4 {/\ Rg7<=>}) 29... Rg7 30.
Kf1 $1 e3 (30... exf3 31. gxf3 {><b6, e6}) 31. Be1 {/\ Re6} e5 32. a6 $1 Ba8 $2
(32... Bc8 33. Bc3 $5 $18 (33. Rxh6 $18)) 33. c5 $1 $18 bxc5 (33... Kh7 34. c6
$18) 34. Ba5 Nb6 35. Bxb6 axb6 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Bc4+ Ke7 38. Rxa8 e4 39. fxe4
1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. Nf3 a5 $5 {N} (9... Bb7 10. e3) 10. e3 (10. e4 $5 Nxe4 (10... d6
11. Bd3 $14) 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Be7 Re8 13. Bxc5 Ne4 14. Be3 $14) 10... d6 11.
Rd1 Ra6 $1 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. e4 Qa8 (15... Qa8 16. Nd2
Ng4 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Nh3 {N} (9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 d5 $10 {
Sigurjonsson-Karpov,An/Munchen/1979/}) 9... Bb7 10. f3 Rc8 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4
c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qe7 15. Be2 e5 $5 (15... Ba6 16. Rac1 d5 17. b3 e5 $36
) 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nc5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 (18... Rcd8 $5) 19. e4 Ne6 20. Bf2 Nh5
21. Rfe1 Kh7 22. Bf1 Rd7 23. Be3 Rg8 24. Nf2 Nhf4 25. Ng4 $1 Rdd8 26. Bf2 h5
27. Ne3 Nd4 28. Kh1 (28. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Nh3+ $17) 28... h4 29. Nd5 Bxd5
30. exd5 $2 (30. cxd5 $1 h3 31. g3 Nxf3 32. Qc3 Nxe1 33. gxf4 g4 34. Rxe1 exf4
35. Bxh3 $1 $16) 30... Nf5 31. Bd3 Qf6 32. Be4 Kh8 33. Qc2 Nh6 34. Be3 g4 35.
Qd2 Rg5 (35... gxf3 36. Bxf4 Rxg2 37. Bxh6 Rxd2 38. Bxd2 f2 39. Rf1 h3 40. Be3
$13) 36. fxg4 $2 (36. Bxf4 Qxf4 37. Qxf4 exf4 38. Bb1 h3 $1 $132) 36... Nxg4
37. Bxf4 Qxf4 38. Qxf4 exf4 39. Rd2 Re8 40. Rde2 h3 $1 41. gxh3 (41. Bf3 Ne5
42. gxh3 Reg8) 41... f3 42. hxg4 (42. Bxf3 $2 Nf2+ 43. Rxf2 Rxe1+) 42... fxe2
43. Bf5 Re5 $1 44. b4 Rg8 45. c5 bxc5 46. bxc5 Rxd5 47. Rxe2 dxc5 48. Re7 Rd2
49. Kg1 Rb8 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Videki, Sandor"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 exd5 {N} (11... h6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. cxd5 Re8
14. O-O-O Ne5 15. g4 Bc8 16. Kb1 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxg4 {Hjartarson-Timman/
Belgrade/1989/ ->CBM 16}) 12. cxd5 Re8 13. O-O-O c4 $1 14. Kb1 (14. Bxc4 $2 Rc8
$19) (14. Bd2 a5 $1 (14... b5 15. Qa5) 15. Kb1 b5) 14... b5 15. g4 a5 16. Bf4
Ne5 17. Be2 Ba6 18. g5 (18. Bd2 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Rb8 $40) 18... Nfd7
19. Bd2 Nc5 $1 20. Nf2 (20. Qxa5 Qxa5 21. Bxa5 Bc8 $19) 20... b4 21. Qe3 (21.
axb4 axb4 22. Qxb4 c3 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxc3 Qa8 $19) 21... c3 {Ftacnik,L} (
21... c3 22. Bc1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 (23. Qd4 Nb3 24. Qd3 Nxa3+ $19) 23... Bxc4 $19)
0-1

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yrjola, Jouni"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Kb1 d5 $6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxc5 Ne5 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Nh3 $16 {
Hjartarson,J-Speelman,J/Reykjavik/1991/}) 11. Nh3 h6 (11... d5 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qxc5 Re8 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Re5 17. f4 Na5 18. Qxa7 Re4
19. Bd3 Ra8 20. Qc5 Rc8 $10 {Silman,J-Browne,W/Philadelphia op/1991/}) 12. Bh4
Rc8 13. O-O-O Ne4 (13... d5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Kb1 Qd6 17. Nf4 d4
18. Qe1 Qe5 19. Qg3+ Qg5 {Hjartarson,J-Salov,V/Amsterdam/1989/} 20. exd4 Nxd4
21. Nh3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Bxf3 24. Bc4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rcd8 26. Rf1 $14
) 14. Qe1 $1 (14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Rxd7 Rfxd8 16. Rxd8+ (16. Rxb7 Nd1 17. e4 Ne3
$17) 16... Rxd8 17. bxc3 Ne5 $17) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qa5 (16... Qe7
17. Nf2 Kg7 18. Qc3+ $16) 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nf2 Kg7 (18... d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20.
Rxh6 c4 21. e4 $16) 19. Rxd7 Rfd8 20. Rxd8 (20. Rd3 Ba6 $132) 20... Rxd8 21.
Kc2 (21. b4 $2 cxb4 22. axb4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Rc8 $15) 21... Ba6 22. Kc3 (22. b3
Rb8) 22... f5 $6 (22... Rb8 23. Nd3 $140 Rb3+ 24. Kc2 Bxc4 25. Nxc5 Rxe3) 23.
Bd3 (23. Nd3 $5 Bxc4 24. Nxc5 Rc8 25. b4 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Nb7 27. Kc4 $16) 23...
Rb8 24. b4 (24. Rb1 Rb3+ 25. Kc2 Kf6 $14) 24... cxb4+ 25. axb4 Nxc4 $1 26. Ra1
Bb5 27. Rxa7+ Kf6 28. Bxc4 Rc8 29. Nd3 Bxc4 30. Nc5 Bf1 31. Rh7 (31. Ra2 h5 32.
Rf2 Bb5 $14) 31... Bxg2 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33. Rxe6 Bxf3 34. Rd6 Kf7 35. Kd4 (35.
Kc4 Be2+ 36. Kd4 Rb8 $132) 35... Rb8 36. Ke5 (36. Na6 Rb5 37. Kc4 Be2+) (36.
Nd3 Be2 37. Kc5 Rc8+ 38. Kb6 Rb8+ 39. Kc7 Rb5 $10) 36... Rxb4 37. Rf6+ Ke7 38.
Rxf5 g4 39. Rh5 $14 Kf7 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41. Ra7 Rb5 42. Rc7 Rb4 43. e4 Rc4 44. Kd5
Rb4 45. Ra7 Bh1 46. Ra6+ Kf7 47. Ke5 Rc4 48. Ra5 Kg6 49. Kf4 Bf3 50. Ke3 Rc1
51. Nd3 (51. e5 Kf5 52. Nd3 Rc4 $10) 51... Rc3 52. Kd4 Rb3 53. Rf5 Bxe4 $1 54.
Kxe4 Rxd3 55. Kxd3 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 d6 11. Rd1 Nbd7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Van den Doel comes
up with a shocking novelty, the pawn d6 is left unprotected as white pieces
are somewhat exposed.} (11... a5 12. Bd3 Nbd7 (12... h6 13. Bh4 Ra6 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. Nd2 Ba8 16. Qc1 Qb6 17. Bg3 Qb7 18. f3 Rb6 19. Nb1 d5 20. Rf2 d4 {
0-1 Rivera,A-Alvarez,J/Cuba 1995/ (40)}) 13. Bc2 Qb6 14. b3 Rfe8 15. O-O Ne4
16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. e4 a4 19. Rb1 d5 {0-1 Galarza Docampo,K-Adla,D/
Lalin 1994/ (32)}) (11... Qe7 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bh4 Rab8 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. b3 Qb7 20. f3 Nh5 {1/2-1/2
Malaniuk,V-Lerner,K/Donetsk 1998/ (61)}) 12... a5 (12... Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14.
Ne5 Qd6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bf3 e5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 dxc4 20.
Rd6 Qb5 21. Be2 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Finkelshteyn,F/Newark 1995/ (41)}) 13. O-O Nbd7
14. a4 Ra6 15. Nd2 Qd8 16. b3 Qb6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Qb7 20. Bf3
Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qe4 {0-1 Sospedra Sebastian,J-Oms Pallise,J/Mislata 1996/ (55)})
12. Rxd6 Qc7 13. Bxf6 (13. Bf4 e5 (13... Bxf3 $6 14. gxf3 e5 15. Rxf6 Rfe8 16.
Rf5 exf4 17. Be2 $14) 14. Rxd7 (14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rad8 $19)
14... Nxd7 15. Nxe5 Rfe8 $13) (13. Rd1 Ne4 14. Qc1 (14. Qd3 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Nxg5
16. Qxd7 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rab8 $17) 14... Qa5+ 15. b4 cxb4 16. Be7 bxa3+ 17. Nd2
Ndc5 $17) 13... Nxf6 (13... Qxd6 14. Bxg7 Rfe8 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rad8 17.
Be2 f6 18. Ng4 Rf8 $13) 14. Rd3 Ne4 15. Qe5 (15. Qc2 Rfd8 (15... Qa5+ 16. Nd2
Rfd8 17. f3 $14) 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bd3 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Nf6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. h3 Kh8
$11) 15... Qa5+ 16. b4 $5 {Loeffler decides to soldier on despite the risk
involved. Black would have to accept equality after the modest 16.Nd2.} (16.
Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 Rd8+ 21. Kc1 Bc6 $11
) 16... Qa4 17. Qb2 cxb4 18. Qxb4 (18. axb4 a5 19. b5 Qxc4 $15) 18... Qc2 19.
Be2 (19. Qxb7 $2 Qxf2+ 20. Kd1 Rab8 $19) 19... Rac8 20. Nd4 (20. Qxb7 Nc5 21.
Qxc8 Nxd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qc3+ $19) 20... Qc1+ 21. Rd1 (21. Bd1 Rxc4 22. Ne2 (22.
Qxb7 Nc5 $19) 22... Rxb4 23. Nxc1 Rb1 24. Ne2 Nc5 25. Rd6 Bxg2 $17) 21... Qc3+
22. Kf1 {Once again white decides to be brave and try for more than cosmetic
advantage with passed c pawn in the endgame.} (22. Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Rc1 Bxg2 24.
Rg1 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 Bc6 26. Rgd1 $14) 22... Ba6 23. f3 (23. Qxc3 Nxc3 24. Rc1
Nxe2 25. Kxe2 Bxc4+ 26. Kf3 Rc5 $11) 23... Rb8 24. Nb5 (24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Rc1
Rfc8 26. Kf2 Nxe2 27. Nxe2 Bxc4 28. Rhd1 $11) 24... Qf6 (24... Bxb5 25. cxb5
Qxb4 26. axb4 Nc3 27. Rd3 Rfc8 28. Kf2 Nxb5 29. Ra1 $14) 25. Rd4 (25. Bd3 Rfd8
26. a4 Bb7 $15) 25... Rfc8 26. a4 (26. Rxe4 Bxb5 27. Kf2 Bc6 28. Rf4 Rxb4 29.
Rxf6 Rb3 30. Rf4 Rxa3 31. Rd4 $15) 26... Nc5 27. Kf2 (27. Qe1 Nxa4 28. Nxa7 e5
29. Rg4 (29. Nxc8 exd4 $17) 29... Rd8 $17) 27... e5 28. Rd5 Ne4+ (28... Qe7 29.
Qa5 Bb7 (29... Bxb5 30. axb5 Rd8 31. Rhd1 $16) 30. Nxa7 $16) 29. Kg1 Bb7 $5 {
Black has to play very creatively in order to get enough for his pawn, the
unbalanced position is still about equal.} 30. Rd1 (30. fxe4 a6 31. c5 (31. Rd1
axb5 32. axb5 Qg5 33. Qe1 Qxe3+ 34. Qf2 Qxe4 35. c5 $14) 31... Bxd5 32. exd5
axb5 33. axb5 Qe7 34. d6 Qa7 35. Kf2 Rxc5 36. Ra1 Qxa1 37. Qxc5 $13) 30... Nc5
31. Qa3 (31. Qa5 Qg5 32. Kf2 Qh4+ (32... a6 33. Nd6 e4 34. Nxb7 Rxb7 35. Rd5
Qe7 36. Rhd1 $14) 33. g3 (33. Kf1 e4 34. Nxa7 exf3 35. gxf3 Qh3+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+
$11) 33... Qf6 34. Nxa7 Bxf3 $13) 31... e4 32. f4 (32. Nxa7 exf3 33. Bxf3 Bxf3
34. Rf1 Rb2 $19) 32... Nd3 $5 {Van den Doel was ready to sacrifice the pawn
from the beginning and he just varies the theme. White still has to be alert
as his rook on h1 is out of play.} (32... a6 33. Nd6 Rc6 34. Nxb7 Nxb7 $11) 33.
Nd6 (33. Bxd3 exd3 34. Qxd3 Bc6 35. Qd6 Qb2 36. Qd2 Qf6 37. Nxa7 Rd8 38. Qc2
Rxd1+ 39. Qxd1 Qe7 40. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 41. Kf1 Qxf4+ 42. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 33... Rd8 34.
c5 $2 (34. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 35. h3 Rbd7 36. Bxd3 exd3 37. Qc5 h6 38. Kh2 $13) 34...
Bc6 35. Bxd3 exd3 36. Qxd3 Rb2 {Black could have not been hoping for more,
white is in deep trouble.} 37. Ne4 (37. e4 Qg6 38. Rd2 Bxe4 $1 39. Qxe4 (39.
Qe3 Rb1+ $19) 39... Rxd2 40. Qxg6 hxg6 $17) 37... Rxd3 38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Rxd3
Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Rxh1 {Loeffeler can claim no compensation for the missing piece.}
41. Rd6 Be4 42. h3 (42. c6 Rc1 $19) 42... Rh2 43. Rd4 (43. c6 Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Rc2
$19) 43... Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Bf3 45. Rd7 a6 46. Ra7 Ra2 47. c6 (47. Rxa6 $2 Be2+
$19) 47... Bxc6 48. Rxa6 Bxa4 49. Rxf6 Rh2 50. Rh6 Bd7 51. Rd6 Bxh3+ 52. Kg1
Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Ba6
15. Rc1 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. dxe6 Bxe2 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. exd7 Qxd7 20. Kxe2 Nd5
$6 {N} (20... g5 21. Bg3 Re8+ 22. Be5 (22. Kd1 Rc8 23. Qd3 Qd5 24. Kd2 Qa2 25.
Qb1 Qd5 $10 {Flear,G-Drasko,M/Aosta op/1989/}) 22... Qd5 (22... Nh5 23. Kd1 Rd8
24. h4 f6 25. hxg5 $16 {Hansen,C-Lukacs,P/Roma/1988/}) 23. Rd1 Nd7 24. Kf2 Nxe5
25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Re1 $10 {Lokator,E-Brodsky,M/URS-chTJ Kramatorsk/1989/}) 21.
Re1 Rc8 22. Kf1 Qf5 23. Re5 Qb1+ 24. Be1 Rc2 $2 (24... Nf6 $14) 25. Re8+ Kh7
26. Qd3+ g6 27. Qb3 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (27. Qb3 $1 Qd1 28. Qxd5 Qd3+ 29. Kg1 $18)
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Rd1 {N} (9. Nf3 Be7) 9... e5 $5 10. dxe5 $6 (10. Nf3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8+
12. Be2 $13) 10... Nxe5 11. Bd3 (11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Re8 13. Be2 Ne4 $10)
11... Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 (12. Rxd3 d6 {/\ Bf5}) 12... Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 (13. bxc3 $5
Re8+ 14. Ne2) 13... Ne4 $1 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd8 16. Rd4 b6 17. Nf3 Ba6
18. Kd1 Rac8 19. Nd2 d5 $1 20. Rxd5 (20. cxd5 Rxc3 {/\ Rd3-+}) 20... Bxc4 (
20... Rxd5 21. cxd5 Rxc3 22. Re1 $132) 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. a3 Bb3+ 23. Ke2 Bc2
24. Nf3 Be4 25. Re1 Kf8 26. g3 Bxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rc4 29. Ke3 Ra4 30.
Ra1 Ke7 31. Kd3 Kd6 32. Kc2 Kc6 33. f3 Ra5 34. a4 g5 35. Kb3 Rf5 36. Rf1 Kc5
37. Rf2 a6 38. Rf1 Rd5 39. Kc2 Rf5 40. Kd3 Kc6 41. Kc4 Rc5+ 42. Kb3 Re5 43. g4
f5 44. f4 gxf4 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
f3 d5 (8... c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Petrosian,T/Niksic/1983/}) 9. e3
Re8 10. cxd5 (10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 c5 14. Nf4 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qd2 a5 $132 {Kasparov,G-Sax,G/Reykjavik WCup/1988/})
10... exd5 11. Bh4 $5 (11. Ne2 c6 12. Bh4 $1 Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Rxd8
15. Bd3 $14) 11... Qe7 12. Bf2 c5 $1 13. Ne2 b6 14. Ng3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16.
Rd1 Bd7 $1 17. b4 Ne6 (17... Ba4 18. bxc5 Bxd1 19. Qxd1 Qxc5 20. Be2 Qxa3 $13)
18. Qb2 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Be2 Qd7 $6 (20... Qc7 21. O-O Qc3 22. Ra1 $1 Qxb2
23. Rxb2 Rc3 24. Nf1 Rec8 25. Be1 R3c7 26. Bg3 $14) 21. O-O Rc7 22. Nf5 (22.
Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Ng5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Bh4 Nh3+ $1) 22... Rec8 23. Qe5 $2 (23.
Ba6 $1 Re8 (23... Rc2 $2 24. Bxc8 Rxb2 25. Bxd7 Rxd2 26. Bxa4 $18) 24. Bg3 Rc6
25. Bd3 $16) 23... Rc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Re1 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Ra1 $2 (27.
Bg3 $1 Rc3 28. Ra1 $16) 27... Bc2 28. g4 $6 (28. Nd6 $1 Ba4 29. Bb5 Bb3 30. Bf1
Ba4 31. Nb5 $16) 28... g6 29. Nd6 Ba4 30. h4 Rc3 31. Bb5 Bb3 32. Bf1 d4 $2 (
32... Bc4 33. Nxc4 dxc4 34. Be1 Rc2 (34... Rxe3 35. Kf2) 35. Rd1 $36) 33. Nb5
Rc2 34. Nxd4 Nxd4 35. exd4 Bd5 36. Bg2 Rc3 37. g5 $2 (37. Be1 Rc2 (37... Rd3
38. Kf2 $16) 38. Bh1 $1 {Bg3-e5}) 37... Nh5 38. a4 Nf4 39. Bf1 Rxf3 40. Re1
Nh3+ 41. Bxh3 Rxh3 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Be1 $2 (43. Kf1 $1 $14) 43... Rh1+ 44. Kf2
Rxh4 45. Kg3 $1 (45. Rd8 Rf4+ 46. Ke3 Rf5 $17) 45... Rh1 (45... Re4 46. Rxe4
Bxe4 47. Kf4 Bc2 48. a5 f6 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 50. Bh4+ Ke6 51. axb6 axb6 52. Kg5
$10) 46. Re5 Rf1 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Rfe8 14. Bf2 c5
15. O-O c4 16. b3 b5 17. Rfe1 $6 (17. Rfb1 Nb6 18. bxc4 bxc4 $13 {
Alexandria-Maric,A/Genting Highlands izt/1990/}) 17... Nb6 18. bxc4 bxc4 19.
Bd1 Bc6 20. Nf4 (20. Bh4 Ne4 $1) 20... Qd7 21. Rb1 Ba4 22. Bxa4 Nxa4 23. Qa5
Rab8 24. Rb4 Rxb4 25. Qxb4 g5 $6 26. Ne2 Re6 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Ng3 $2 (28. h4 $1
Rb6 29. Qe5 Kg6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ng3 $40) 28... Rb6 29. Qe5 Kg6 $1 (29... Qe6
30. Nh5+ Kg6 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Qxd5) 30. Ne2 (30. h4 Nb2 $1 31. hxg5 Nd3) (30.
f4 Nb2 31. fxg5 Nd3) (30. e4 Nb2 31. Qf5+ Qxf5 32. exf5+ Kg7 $17) 30... Nb2 31.
Qg3 Nd3 32. Nf4+ Nxf4 33. exf4 Nh5 34. f5+ Qxf5 35. Qc7 Nf6 36. Qxa7 Rb2 37.
Qe7 Qc2 (37... Ng4 38. Bg3 (38. Rf1 Nxf2 39. Rxf2 c3) (38. Qf8 Nxf2 39. Qg8+
Kh5 40. Rf1 Qf4 $19) 38... Qc2 39. Re6+ fxe6 40. Qe8+ Kf5 41. fxg4+ Ke4 $17)
38. Rf1 c3 39. Qe3 Rb1 40. Be1 Rb3 41. a4 Qb2 42. Bf2 c2 43. Qd2 Ra3 44. a5 Nh5
45. Be3 Rxe3 $1 46. Qxe3 Nf4 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 (
14. bxc3 Rfxd8 {/\ e5=}) 14... Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 $1 (16... Nxe3 $2
17. Kf2 $1 (17. Bxd7 Nxg2+ 18. Kf2 Nxh4 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 $15) 17... Nf5 18. Bxd7
Nxh4 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. dxc5 $18) 17. Bxd7 (17. Bf2 Red8 18. e4 N5f6 19. O-O-O
Rac8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. b4 bxc5 24. Kd2 cxb4 25.
axb4 Nxe4+ $5 26. fxe4 Bxe4 $44 {Shabalov,A-Ulibin,M/Minsk/1990/ ->CBM 17})
17... Red8 18. Bf2 Rxd7 19. dxc5 (19. e4 g4 $1 20. exd5 (20. fxg4 Nf6) 20...
gxh3 21. dxe6 Re8 22. O-O Rxe6) 19... bxc5 20. Rc1 (20. e4 g4 $1) 20... Ba6 $1
21. e4 (21. Rxc5 Rad8 22. Rc1 Nb6 {/\ Rd2}) 21... Nb6 22. Bxc5 Na4 23. Nf2 (23.
b4 Rd3 24. Nf2 Rxa3 25. b5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Ra5 $17) 23... Nxb2 24. Bb4 f5 25. h4
g4 26. fxg4 fxe4 27. Rh3 Rf7 28. Rc2 Nd3+ 29. Nxd3 exd3 30. Rc6 Rf1+ 31. Kxf1 (
31. Kd2 Rf2+ 32. Kd1 Bb5 33. Rxe6 Rc8 {/\ Ba4-+}) 31... d2+ 32. Rxa6 d1=Q+ 33.
Kf2 Qc2+ 34. Kg1 Qc4 35. Ra5 Rd8 36. Rf3 Qxg4 37. Kh2 $1 Qxh4+ 38. Rh3 Qd4 39.
Bc5 Qf4+ $2 (39... Qe5+ $1 40. Rg3+ Kh8 41. Be7 (41. Bb4 Rd5 42. Rxa7 Rd3 43.
Ra8+ Kh7 44. Ra7+ $10) 41... Rd5 (41... Qxa5 $2 42. Bf6+ Kh7 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44.
Rg5+ $18) 42. Rxa7 Rd3 43. Bf6+ $1 Qxf6 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Ra7+ $10) 40. Rg3+ Kh8
41. Be3 $1 Qd6 (41... Qh4+ 42. Rh3 Qe4 43. Rg5 Qh7 44. Rgg3 h5 45. Rg5 h4 46.
Rg4 $18) 42. Rh5 Rd7 43. Bxh6 {Ftacnik,L} (43. Bxh6 Rh7 44. Bg7+ Kg8 45. Be5+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Halle DSV International-04"]
[Site "Halle/Saale"]
[Date "1981.06.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
b4 d6 (8... a5) 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 (10... Qe7) (10... c5) 11. Qc2 f5 12.
Bd3 (12. Be2 Ng5 $1) 12... Ndf6 (12... Ng5 13. d5 $1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Ne5 15.
O-O-O Nxd3+ (15... Nxf3 16. dxe6 Qg5 17. h4 Qg4 18. Be2 $16 {/\ Rhg1}) 16. Qxd3
e5 17. f4 $16) (12... Qe8 13. O-O Qh5 (13... Qg6 14. Ne1 $1 Qg5 15. d5 exd5 16.
cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxc7 $16) 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxc7 Ng5 17. Nd2 $16 {
Farago}) (12... c5 13. O-O Qe7 (13... Rc8 14. Nd2 $14) 14. Nd2 $14) 13. O-O Qe8
(13... Ng4 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 (15... Ng5 $5 16. f3 Qe8 17. h4 Nf7 18. e4
Nh6 19. exf5 exf5 20. Rfe1 Qh5 $36 {>< h4 Ker,A-Chandler,M/Wellington/1988/0:1
(36)/}) 16. Qxd2 Ne4 17. Qc1 Qg5 18. f3 Ng3 19. Rf2 Rae8 (19... Rf6 20. Kh2
Raf8 21. c5 $1 $14 {Saeed,SA-Sisniega,M/Taxco izt/1985/1:0/52/}) 20. Kh2 Nh5 (
20... f4 21. e4 $13 {Ree}) 21. Rc2 c5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. f4 $1 $14
{Ree,H-Tarjan,J/Luzern ol/1982/1/2-1/2/38/}) 14. Nd2 (14. Ne1 Ng4 15. Qe2 Ngf6
16. f3 Ng5 17. d5 Qh5 18. Nc2 exd5 19. Bxf5 Rae8 20. Rad1 Ne6 21. Bxe6+ Rxe6
$15 {Ree,H-Goldin,A/Palma de Mallorca/1989/0:1/28/}) 14... Nxd2 (14... Ng5 15.
f3 $14 (15. d5 $5)) (14... c5 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 $14) 15. Qxd2 Be4 16. Be2 $1
{^^} Bb7 17. Bd3 (17. f3 $14) 17... Be4 18. Be2 Bb7 19. f3 $14 Qe7 (19... e5 $6
20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qc3 $14) 20. Qc2 {/\ d5!} g6 $2 {>< /^a1-h8} (20... Nd7 $5
21. Bd3 Rf7 $14) 21. Qc3 $1 $16 a5 22. Bd3 Rfe8 $6 23. Rae1 d5 $2 (23... e5 $5
24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Bc2 $16 (25. f4 $2 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Bxe5
axb4 29. axb4 Bd3 30. Rf2 Bxc4 31. Bxc7 b5 $14)) 24. c5 bxc5 $6 25. dxc5 $1 e5
26. c6 $1 Bc8 27. b5 {>< Bc8} Qg7 28. a4 $1 {>< a5} g5 $6 29. Bc2 g4 $6 30. f4
$1 $18 g3 31. h3 Ng4 (31... Ne4 32. Qb3 $18) 32. fxe5 (32. hxg4 $4 Qh6 $19)
32... Nf2 (32... Nxe5 33. Bxf5 $18) 33. e6 $1 Qxc3 $8 34. Bxc3 Rxe6 (34... Bxe6
35. Be5 Rac8 36. Bxg3 Ne4 37. Bf4 $18 {^^ ><a5,c7}) 35. Bxf5 Re7 36. Bc2 Be6
37. Bf6 Rf7 38. Be5 d4 (38... Ne4 39. Rxf7 Bxf7 40. Bxc7 $18) 39. exd4 Bc4 40.
Bxg3 (40. Bxg3 Bxf1 41. Rxf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Baules, Jorge"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Panama"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 $5 {Mostly we see 4...0-0, 4...d5 or 4.
..c5 in practice, and rather rarely this continuation has been tried as
compared to the three moves mentioned. Vallejo was playing this line a lot at
some point, and then it was also taken up by Ding, Wei Yi, Wojtaszek,
Ponomariov, Morozevich etc. That shows the potential of this line. It is
typically played when looking for more complex and dynamic positions.} 5. e4 {
The most natural response.} (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 {is another direction of
course.}) 5... c5 6. e5 (6. d5 {is also a critical test for Black in this
system:} Qe7 7. Nge2 (7. Be2 d6 8. Nf3 (8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. f3 exd5 11.
exd5 Re8 $17 {0-1 (22) Walter,S (2406)-Wojtaszek,R (2746) Germany 2016}) 8...
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 (29) Narciso Dublan,M (2482)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2713) Linares 2016}) 7... exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bd2 d6 {was
played by Wei Yi and Tomashevsky recently. This would need further tests from
both sides.}) 6... cxd4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ng8 {A funny position. After 8
moves only one lonely queen is developed for White while all black pieces are
on their initial squares. 32 games have reached this position and even in
correspondence chess Black has decent scores which underlines the solidity of
his position.} 9. cxd4 (9. Qe4 Nc6 10. cxd4 {was tried in Correspondence chess
and here after the nice} d5 {Black managed to get a comfortable game}) 9... Bb7
{At first glance optically, it feels like White should get some concrete
advantage. After all he controls the centre and has the two bishops. However,
on a closer look it turns out White's centre could easily be a target for
Black, while he himself doesn't have any obvious weakness.} 10. Nf3 $6 {
First of all this is a bad move as it creates a bad structure for White thus
giving Black more targets, and Hikaru is also the last person to shy away from
giving up bishops for knights.} (10. Qd1 $5 {[%cal Gg1f3] Funny and weird but
it does have a point! White surely wants to develop his kingside pieces and
the most sensible way would be to put the knight on f3 and bishop on d3. In
order to achieve this, this weird move comes into consideration.} d5 (10... Ne7
11. Nf3 {If Black goes automatic} O-O $6 {, then after} 12. Bd3 {he is already
in trouble, with Bxh7+ in the air.}) 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nf3 Ne7 {and a normal
position has been reached. Black has no weaknesses and White has the bishop
pair. Somewhat like the Karpov system in the Nimzo.}) (10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Be3 Nge7
12. Ng3 d5 {also gives Black a standard play.}) 10... Bxf3 {Of course!} 11.
gxf3 Nc6 12. Bb2 (12. d5 $1 {is not an easy move to play when you are facing a
guy who is more than 400 points higher than you, but then it’s better to be
active than suffer in a passive position for long time.} Nxe5 (12... Nd4 {
I am pretty sure Hikaru would have played the strongest move here, not
accepting the pawn sac.} 13. Qd1 Nf5 14. Bd3 Nge7 15. f4 {leads to a
dynamically balanced position.}) 13. Bb2 $1 {At least the bishop has got a
long range now :)} Qf6 (13... Nxf3+ $2 14. Ke2 $18 {could lead to some Morphy
like games!}) 14. O-O-O Qf4+ {Or else Black is just worse.} 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16.
Rxd2 f6 $8 17. f4 Ng6 (17... Nf3 18. Re2) 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. f5 $1 exf5 20. c5
$1 {is an amusing computer generated line for which I take no credit. White,
in order to take the advantage out of the two bishops, had to give away every
single central pawn and that was very instructive.}) 12... Nge7 13. Rg1 Rc8 {
Sharp as always! Hikaru goes for the most dynamic solution.} (13... O-O 14. d5
Na5 {It is understandable that Hikaru did not want to put his knight on the
edge inviting a kingside attack for White which can easily turn out to be
dangerous. However, Black has enough resources here to stay solid.} 15. Rd1 Nf5
16. Bd3 g6 $132 {[%csl Rc4]}) 14. Qe4 $6 {Now finally Black takes over as he
gets enough time to consolidate. Soon White's pawn weakness will start to be a
real pain.} (14. Rxg7 {Here both ...Ng6 and ...Nf5 are tempting, and it would
be hard to tell what Hikaru had in mind.} Nf5 {I would say this is most human.}
(14... Ng6 {[%cal Ge8f8] is the cold-blooded computer way.} 15. d5 Nce7 16. Rd1
Nxd5 $1 (16... Nf5 17. dxe6 $18) 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Qf5 Rf8 19. cxd5 Rc5 {
Apparently Black is slightly better. I personally would have opted for 14...
Nf5 had I seen this line!}) 15. Rg4 h5 {and Black gets good compensation like
in some lines in the French.}) (14. d5 $1 {Deflection. White first makes sure
there will be no ...Nf5 after Rxg7.} exd5 (14... Na5 15. dxe6 fxe6 (15... dxe6
16. Rd1) 16. Rxg7) 15. Rxg7 Ng6 16. e6 d4 $8 {I bet this line would have never
occurred to either of the players :)} 17. exf7+ Kf8 18. Rg8+ Rxg8 {although on
second thoughts Hikaru might have seen it thanks to his recent Fischer Random
tournament :)} 19. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 20. O-O-O Qf6 {and Black is ok but so is White.
}) 14... Nf5 15. Bh3 Nce7 {The most human reaction.} (15... Na5 {The engine
prefers this.} 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxf5 g6 $17 {[%cal Ga5c4]}) 16. d5 b5 $1 {
Hits right on the weakest spot. Now the centre falls apart.} 17. dxe6 Qa5+ $1 {
Pretty much everything wins, but why not be perfect just in case!} 18. Kf1 dxe6
19. Qb7 O-O 20. Rd1 bxc4 21. Bc1 Qxe5 22. Rd7 Rcd8 {Going for a nice artistic
finish.} 23. Rxe7 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kh1 Qe1 {A lovely game by Hikaru from
start to finish.} 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov  Tischbierek} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxf6 (12.
cxd5 $5 {Dautov} g5 (12... exd5 13. Qxc5 Nc6 $44 {Luther}) 13. Bf2 Nxd5 14. Qd2
Qf6 15. h4 $13) 12... Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Ne2 $6
$146 {N} (16. Bb5 {Dautov} Rfd8 (16... Ne5 $142 $1 {Luther}) 17. Ne2 Rab8 18.
a4 a6 19. Bxa6 Rxb2 20. O-O Bc6 21. Nc3 Nb8 $10 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Rb4 24.
Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Luther,Th/Tilburg 1994}) 16... Rab8 17. Rc2 (17. e4 Bb3
(17... Bc6 {Dautov} 18. Rc2 Rb6) 18. Nc3 Rfd8 19. Be2 Ne5 $15) 17... Rb6 {><b2}
18. Nc3 (18. Kd2 {Dautov} Bb3 19. Rc3 Ba4 20. Kc1 Rfb8 $17) 18... Rfb8 19. Nd1
(19. Na4 Rb3 20. e4 Bc6 21. Nxc5 Rxb2 $17) 19... Bb3 $6 (19... f5 $1 20. Rd2 (
20. Bc4 Bc6) (20. Be2 Bb3 21. Rd2 Bxd1 22. Bxd1 Ne5 23. b3 c4 $17) 20... Ne5 (
20... Kf8) 21. Be2 Bc4) 20. Rd2 Bxd1 (20... Ne5 $1 {Dautov} 21. Nc3 Bc4 $15)
21. Kxd1 Ne5 (21... Rxb2 22. Rxd7 Ra2 23. Ke1 $1 $10 (23. Rd2 Rb1+ 24. Ke2 Rxa3
$17)) 22. Kc1 c4 {/\c3} 23. Rc2 a5 (23... c3 $2 {Dautov} 24. b4 $13) 24. a4 $4
{Tischbierek: Beide Spielere dachten, daß 24...c3 droht, worauf jedoch 25.R:c3
R:b2 26.Rc8+! möglich ist. Mit dem Textzug plante Lautier, 24...c3 mit 25.Bb5
zu beantworten. /\24...c3 25.Bb5 Tischbierek: Beide Spielere dachten, daß 24...
c3 droht, worauf jedoch 25.R:c3 R:b2 26.Rc8+! möglich ist. Mit dem Textzug
plante Lautier, 24...c3 mit 25.Bb5 zu beantworten.} (24. Be2 c3 25. Rxc3 Rxb2
26. Rc8+ $1) (24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxb2 26. Rc8+ $10 (26. Rc8+ {Dautov} Rxc8+
27. Kxb2 a4 28. Rd1 Rb8+ 29. Kc2 Rc8+ $10)) (24. f4 Ng4) 24... Rb4 $19 {
-/+ Dautov} (24... c3 $2 25. Bb5) 25. Be2 Rxa4 26. Kb1 Rab4 27. Ka1 Rb3 28. f4
(28. e4 $142 $5 {Dautov}) 28... Nd3 (28... Nc6 29. Rxc4 Rxe3 30. Bh5 $17) 29.
Bxd3 cxd3 30. Rd2 e5 $1 31. e4 R8b4 32. Re1 Rd4 {-+ Dautov} (32... f5 $6 {
Dautov} 33. exf5 e4 34. g4 $15) 33. f5 h5 (33... Kf8 $5 {Dautov} 34. Re3 Ke7
35. Ka2 a4 36. g4 Kd6 $19 {/\Kc5, Rd8, Kd4 /\Kc5, Rd8, Kd4}) 34. Re3 Kg7 35. g3
Kh6 (35... Kf8 36. Ka2 a4 $19) 36. h4 Kg7 {><g3 ><g3} 37. Ka2 Rbb4 $2 $138 (
37... a4 $1 $19) 38. Rdxd3 (38. Ka3 $5) 38... Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Rxe4 40. Ka3 Re2
41. b3 (41. Rf3 Kf8 42. b4 axb4+ 43. Kxb4 Ke7 $17) 41... Rf2 42. Ka4 Rxf5 43.
Re3 Kg6 (43... e4 44. Rxe4 Rf3 45. g4 (45. Kxa5 Rxb3 46. g4 f5 $1 $19) 45... f5
$17) 44. Kxa5 e4+ 45. Kb4 (45. Ka6 Rf3 $19) (45. Ka4 Re5 46. b4 f5 47. b5 Re8
48. b6 f4 49. gxf4 Kf5 50. Re1 e3 51. b7 Kxf4 $19) 45... Re5 46. Kc4 Re8 47. b4
f5 (47... Kf5 {loses a tempo}) 48. Kd4 (48. b5 f4 49. gxf4 Kf5) 48... Rd8+ $1
49. Kc4 (49. Ke5 f6+ (49... Rb8 50. Rb3 e3 51. Rxe3 Rxb4 52. Rf3 Re4+ 53. Kd5
$10) 50. Kf4 Rd1 51. Rc3 Rb1 $19) 49... Kf6 50. b5 Ke5 51. b6 (51. Re1 Rc8+ 52.
Kb4 Kd4 $19) 51... f4 52. gxf4+ Kxf4 53. Re1 f5 54. b7 (54. Rf1+ Kg4 55. Rg1+
Kxh4 56. b7 f4 57. Rd1 (57. Rb1 Rb8 58. Kd4 e3 59. Kd3 Kg3 60. Ke2 f3+ 61. Kxe3
Re8+ 62. Kd2 f2 $19) 57... Rb8 $19) 54... e3 $1 (54... Kg3 {Dautov} 55. Rb1 $1
Rb8 56. Kd4 Kxh4 57. Ke3 $1 Kg5 58. Rg1+ Kf6 59. Rb1 h4 60. Kf4 $15) 55. Rd1 (
55. Rb1 e2 $19) 55... Rb8 (55... Re8 56. Kd3 e2 57. b8=Q+ $1 Rxb8 58. Kxe2 $10)
56. Kd3 Rxb7 57. Rf1+ Kg3 58. Rxf5 (58. Kxe3 Re7+ 59. Kd2 f4 $19) 58... Re7 59.
Ke2 Kxh4 60. Rf3 (60. Rf1 Kg3 61. Rf3+ Kg4 62. Rf8 h4 $19) 60... Kg4 61. Rf8 h4
62. Rg8+ Kh3 63. Rg1 Re4 $1 (63... Kh2 64. Rg4 h3 $2 65. Rg8 Kh1 66. Rg3 h2 67.
Rg8 Rf7 68. Kxe3 Rf1 69. Rh8 $1 $10 (69. Ke2 $2 Rg1 70. Rh8 Kg2 $19) 69... Kg2
70. Rg8+) 64. Kf3 (64. Rg8 Rg4 $19) 64... Kh2 65. Rg2+ Kh1 66. Re2 Re8 67. Kg4
Kg1 68. Kf3 Rg8 $1 (68... h3 $2 {Dautov} 69. Re1+ Kh2 70. Re2+ $10) 69. Re1+
Kh2 70. Re2+ Kh1 71. Kf4 Rg3 72. Rb2 Kg1 73. Ra2 Kf1 0-1

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 (8. Nh3 $5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 $1 10. f3 Nbd7 11. e4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5
13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 $10 {Gelfand,B-Browne,W/Dortmund/1990/1-0}) 8... Nc6 (
8... h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 (11. cxd5 $10 Nxd5 $1 $10) 11... c5 12.
cxd5 exd5 {12...Nxd5 !?} 13. Bd3 $5 g5 14. Bg3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Rc8
$13 {Gelfand,B-King,D/Palma/1989/1-0}) 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 d5 11. cxd5 (11. O-O-O
$5 $13) (11. O-O-O $5 $13 {Ftacnik}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14.
Bf2 f5 15. Rc1 f4 16. e4 Ne3 17. Ne2 Nxf1 (17... e5 $2 18. d5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4
20. Kd2 Rac8 21. Bb5 $16) 18. Rxf1 (18. Kxf1 $5) (18. Kxf1 $5 {Ftacnik}) 18...
Rad8 19. h4 (19. b4 Rd7 20. Rc3 $14) 19... Rd7 20. h5 e5 $1 21. d5 Ne7 (21...
Nb8 $5 $10) (21... Nb8 $5 $10 {Ftacnik}) 22. Bh4 g5 23. hxg6 Nxg6 24. Rh1 Kg7
25. Bf2 $6 (25. Rc3 $5 {/\ 26.Nc1-d3 +/=}) (25. Rc3 $5 {Ftacnik /\ 26.Nc1-d3 +/
=}) 25... Rf6 26. Bh4 Rfd6 (26... Nxh4 27. Rxh4 c6 28. dxc6 Rxc6 29. Rh5 $1 $14
) 27. g3 c6 28. gxf4 cxd5 29. f5 dxe4 $2 (29... Nxh4 30. Rxh4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Ba6
32. Nc3 Rd2 33. Nd5 Re2+ 34. Kd1 Rxb2 35. Rc6 h5 $1 $13) 30. Rg1 $1 exf3 31.
Nc3 Kf7 32. Rxg6 Rxg6 33. fxg6+ Kxg6 34. Nd1 $1 Kf5 35. Bg3 h5 36. Rc4 e4 37.
Ne3+ Kg5 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Bxc7 b5 40. Kf2 a6 41. Kg3 h4+ 42. Kf2 Bc6 43. Kf1
Kg6 (43... Bd7 $5 {/\ ...h4-h3, ...Be6 +/-}) (43... Bd7 $5 {Ftacnik /\ ...
h4-h3, ...Be6 +/-}) 44. Ke1 Kg5 45. Kf2 Kh5 46. Bd8 Bb7 47. Bb6 Bc6 48. Bc7 Kg5
49. b3 Kh5 50. Ba5 Kg5 51. Bd8+ Kh5 52. Bc7 Kg5 53. b4 Bb7 54. Nd1 Bc6 55. Ke3
Bb7 56. Nf2 Bc6 57. Ba5 Bb7 58. Bb6 Bc6 59. Ba5 Bb7 60. Bc7 Bc6 61. Bd8+ Kh5
62. Kf4 Bb7 63. Bb6 $1 (63. Ng4 $6 e3 $5 64. Nxe3 $2 (64. Nf6+ Kg6 65. Kxe3 Kf5
66. Nd7 $18) 64... f2 $10) 63... Bc6 64. Nh3 Bd7 65. Ng5 f2 (65... Bc6 66. Bg1
Bb7 67. Nxe4 Bxe4 68. Kxe4 Kg4 69. Ke3 Kg3 70. Bf2+ Kg4 71. Bxh4 Kxh4 72. Kxf3
$18) 66. Bxf2 h3 67. Bg1 e3 68. Ne4 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6 $6 {an inaccurate move order.Strangely enough it
was adopted in a lot of games,but in very few of them White made use of it} (
10... h6 $142 11. Bh4 Nc6) 11. O-O-O $1 {Now it is difficult to get rid of
unpleasant pin on h4-d8 diagonal,as after h6 White Would take on f6
immidiately and have at least 1 tempo more,compared to theoretical position.
Funny enough I analyzed this idea in 1989 together with IM L.Basin,but had to
wait almost 10 years to give it a try.} Rb8 {Maybe it is not the best solution,
but Black are setting nice trap} (11... Ne4 12. fxe4 Qxg5 13. Rxd7 Rab8 14. Nf3
Qg4 15. Bd3 {This is point of White`s idea} e5 16. Rd5 Qxg2 17. Rf1 Rbd8 18.
Rxc5 f5 19. exf5 e4 20. Ne1 Qxh2 21. Bc2 {1-0 Granda Zuniga,Julio E-Adla,Diego/
Santa Cruz de la Palma op ;EXT 97 1995 (24)}) (11... Rc8 12. Nh3 (12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Kb1 d5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. e4 exd5 16. Qxf6 Rc6 17. Qg5+ Rg6 18. Qh4 Qd7 19.
Ne2 Rb6 20. Qg4+ Qxg4 21. fxg4 d4 {0-1 Campos Luis Maria-Rodriguez Andres,
Buenos Aires 1993 (34)}) 12... d5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 {in fact h6 Bh4 moves
were inserted earlier in this game} Qe7 15. Nf2 Ne5 16. Bg3 Nfd7 17. e4 f5 18.
exf5 exf5 19. Nh3 d4 20. Nf4 Qf7 21. h4 a5 22. a4 Rc6 23. b3 Rb6 24. Bd3 {
1-0 Sakaev Konstantin-Rodriguez Andres,W-ch-jun,Guarapuava 1991 (35)}) 12. Nh3
Na5 13. Bxf6 $1 (13. Nf4 {looks winning,but} Nb3+ $3 14. Qxb3 (14. Kb1 Ne4) (
14. Kc2 Ne4) 14... Bxf3 {Now White can get Rook and 2 pieces for a Queen or 2
pieces for a Rook,but in both cases Black has exellent counterchances.} 15.
Qxb8 (15. Qc2 Bxd1 16. Qxd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {~}) 15... Qxb8 16. gxf3 Qe5 17.
Nh3 Rb8 18. Rd2 Rb3 19. Bd3 d5 {~}) (13. Nf2 Bc6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6) 13... gxf6 14.
Nf4 {This a refutation. Now I don`t see an acceptable defence for Black} e5 (
14... f5 15. Rg1) (14... Bc6 15. Nh5 e5 16. Rd6 (16. Qe1 Kh8 17. Qh4)) (14...
d5 15. Nh5 d4 16. Qe1 Kh8 17. Qh4 Rg8 18. Nxf6 Rg7 19. Bd3 {+-}) 15. Nh5 Qb6 (
15... d6 16. Qe1) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxa5 {White won a pawn,but still need
good technique to convert it into a victory.} d6 (17... e4 18. Qxc5 exf3 19.
Qd4) (17... Rfc8 $5) 18. Qc3 Qh6 19. Rd2 Bc8 $6 (19... Bc6 20. Bd3 Ba4 21. Bc2
{+/-}) 20. Bd3 f5 21. Bc2 Rb6 22. b4 $1 {the most direct decision.After the
pawn construction in center will be broken,Black`s King would would be in
bigger danger than White`s one.However White had a pleasant choice} (22. Rhd1
Qxh2 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxg2 25. Qxe5) (22. g3 Bb7 23. Rf1) 22... cxb4 23.
axb4 Be6 24. Rhd1 {The rest doesn`t require big explanations} (24. c5 $5) 24...
Qxh2 25. Rxd6 Qxg2 26. c5 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Bf7 28. Rd1 (28. c6 $5) 28... Re8 29.
Bxf5 Qxf3 30. Bd7 Re7 31. c6 Be8 32. c7 Bxd7 (32... Rxd7 33. Rg1+) 33. Rxd7
Qf1+ 34. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O $5 {N} d5 (11... c5 $6 12. dxc5 $1 $16)
12. c5 (12. Nh3 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 $5 14. b4 bxc5 15. b5 $13) 12... Bc6 (12...
bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 (13... Bc6 $5 {/\e5,a5} 14. Ba6 e5 15. Ne2 $14) 14. Bg3 (14.
Kb1 {/\ 14...Fe7 15.Lc1} a5 (14... e5 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rc1 e4 $13) 15. Bd3 Ba6)
14... Re8 15. Bd6 e5 $13) 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Kb1 (14. Ba6 Bb5 $1 15. Bxb5 (15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxb5 Rc8 17. Bc6 Qd6 $15) 15... Rc8 16. Bc6 Nb8 17. Kb1 Nxc6)
14... Rc8 15. Rc1 (15. Qe1 $5 Ba4 16. Rc1 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 b5 $2 {/\Fb6,b4} 18.
Qc3 Qb6 19. b3 $1 b4 20. axb4 Bb5 21. Ne2 $16) 15... Bb7 $2 (15... a5 $5 {
/\ b5,Fb6,b4}) 16. Qe1 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 Qa8 18. Bd3 a5 (18... a6 19. Ne2 b5 20.
Qd2 Nb6 21. b3 a5 22. Bxb5 a4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b4 $16) 19. Qf1 $1 e5 (19...
Rc8 20. Ne2 (20. Nh3 $5 {/\ g2-g4-g5+/=}) 20... Ba6 21. Nc3 Bc4 $14) 20. Ne2 (
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. f4 d4 $1 $132) (20. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. Bb5 $5 $16) 20... e4 (20... exd4 $6 21. exd4 Ba6 22. Nc3 Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 $16
) (20... Ba6 21. Nc3 Bxd3+ 22. Qxd3 e4 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Qb5 $16) 21. Bb5 Bc6
22. Nc3 exf3 (22... Re8 23. f4 $16) 23. gxf3 Re8 24. Qd3 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Qc6 26.
Re1 (26. Rc1 Qe6) 26... Nf8 (26... Nh5 $5) 27. Bg3 Ng6 (27... Qd7 $5 28. Be5
Nh5 29. Rc1 f6 30. Bc7 Qh3 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Qf5 $16) 28. Nd6 Re6 29. Rc1 Qd7 30.
Nf5 Rc6 31. Rg1 Re6 32. Rc1 Rc6 33. Rg1 Re6 34. Be5 $1 Nxe5 (34... Nh5 35. f4 {
/\e4,Kh6,f5}) 35. dxe5 Rxe5 36. Nxg7 (36. Nxh6+ Kf8 37. Ng4 Nxg4 38. Rxg4 Qf5
$10) 36... Rg5 (36... Kf8 37. Qd4 $16) 37. Rxg5 hxg5 38. Nf5 Qe6 (38... Kf8 $5
$14 {/\ Ne8,f6}) (38... g4 $2 39. fxg4 Nxg4 40. e4 $18) (38... Ne8 $2 39. Qxd5
$1 $18) 39. Nd4 Qe5 40. Qf5 Qxf5+ 41. Nxf5 Kf8 (41... Kh7 $5 42. Kc2 Kg6 43.
Ne7+ Kh5 44. Kd3 Kh4 45. Kd4 Kh3 46. Ke5) 42. Kc2 Nd7 (42... Ke8 43. Nd6+ $18)
43. Kc3 Ne5 (43... f6 44. Kd4 Ne5 45. Kxd5 Nxf3 46. Kc6 $18) 44. f4 (44. Kd4
Nxf3+ 45. Kxd5 Nxh2 $13) 44... gxf4 45. exf4 Ng6 46. Kd4 Nxf4 47. h4 f6 48. Ne3
b5 (48... Kf7 49. Nxd5 Nxd5 (49... Ne6+ 50. Kc4 $18) 50. Kxd5 Kg6 51. a4 $18)
49. Nxd5 Ne6+ 50. Ke4 Nc5+ 51. Kd4 (51. Kf5 Kf7 52. Nxf6 Nd3 53. b3 b4 54. axb4
axb4 55. Ne4) 51... Ne6+ 52. Ke3 Nc5 (52... Kf7 53. Nf4 $18) 53. Nxf6 Na4 54.
Nd7+ (54. b4 $5 axb4 55. axb4) 54... Kg7 (54... Ke7 55. b3 Nc3 56. Nc5 a4 (
56... Nb1 57. a4 bxa4 58. Nxa4) 57. Kd3 Nb1 58. Nxa4 $1 bxa4 (58... Nxa3 59.
Nb6) 59. bxa4 Nxa3 60. h5 Kf6 61. Kd4 $18) 55. b3 Nc3 56. Kd3 Nd1 57. Kd4 Kg6
58. Ne5+ Kh5 59. Nc6 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Rf6 13. d5 Rg6 (13... exd5 14.
Bb2 Rh6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18. Qf7 Ndf6 19. Rac1 c5 20.
Rfd1 Qe8 21. Qb7 Qb8 22. Qe7 Qf8 23. Qb7 Qb8 24. Qe7 Qe8 25. Qb7 {1/2-1/2
Postny,E-Psakhis,L/Tel Aviv / Modiin 2000 (25)}) 14. Bb2 c5 $1 {The idea of
this move is very interesting: black wants to simply capture on d5 leaving
white with a weakness while black has already removed his potential one from
c7. Therefore, white should react by taking on either e6 or c6 which will
inevitably free black's B giving black a very promising game.  Big was my
surprise when I saw only ONE game with such a move in my database!} (14... Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. g3 Ne5 17. f4 Qh4 18. fxe5 Rxg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh3 20. Rg1 Rxe3 21.
exd6 $18 {1-0 Schandorff,L-Karason,A/Torshavn 1997/CBM 56 ext (29)}) 15. Rfd1 {
After this move it's clear that black's plan has succeeded.However, I cannot
point on a better move for white.} (15. dxe6 Nf8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Ne1 Qg5 18.
f4 Qe7 $15 {0-1 Varga,P-Enders,P/Budapest 1996/CBM 51 ext (46)}) (15. dxc6 Bxc6
{[%cal Ge4g5]} 16. Nd4 $4 Rxg2+ $1 17. Kxg2 (17. Kh1 Rg1+ $1 18. Kxg1 Qg5+ 19.
Kh1 Nxf2#) 17... Qg5+ 18. Kh3 (18. Kh1 Nxf2#) 18... Qh6+ 19. Kg2 Qg6+ 20. Kh3
Ng5+ 21. Kg3 Nf3+ {mating}) 15... Qe7 16. Bf1 Kh8 $5 {Now, Ndf6 on the next
move will create a threat of taking the d5 pawn} 17. dxe6 (17. Ne1 exd5 18.
cxd5 Ndf6 19. bxc5 bxc5 $15 {[%csl Rd5,Rf2][%cal Gf6g4,Gf6d5]}) 17... Qxe6 18.
Ne1 Ng5 19. Kh1 Rh6 {[%cal Gf5f4] Black simply intends to bring his Q to the h
file mating. For instance black is now threatenning f4 followed by Qh3} 20. Qc3
Qf7 (20... Ne5 {[%cal Gg5e4,Ye6f7,Yf7h5] is the most natural move, but it lets
white solve his problems relatively without too much of a loss.} 21. Rxd6 Qxd6
22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 {the realization of the extra material is not an easy
task}) 21. f3 Rg8 22. Rd2 $6 (22. Qc2 $142 {White must prevent black N from
getting to e5 at any cost, or else he will be doomed} Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 $17)
22... Qh5 23. h3 Ne5 24. Qc2 Nexf3 $1 {The position was simply asking for this
kind of a blow} 25. Nxf3 (25. gxf3 Nxf3 26. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Bg2 (27. Kg1 Be4 $1
$19 (27... Qxe3+ 28. Kh2 (28. Rf2 Rg6+))) 27... Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Qxe3+ 29. Rf2
Bxg2 $19) 25... Nxf3 $4 {I have been mainly concentrating on the position
arising after two captures on f3 and thought that 25.Nf3 just leads to a
tranposition.Now the game should have ended in a draw} (25... Nxh3 $1 $19 26.
gxh3 Qxf3+ {Transposing to the previous variation.}) 26. Be2 $1 {A nice
diffensive resource} (26. gxf3 Qxf3+ {-see 25.gxf3}) 26... Qg4 (26... Ne1 27.
Bxh5 Nxc2 28. Rxc2 Rxh5 29. Kg1 Rg5 30. Rd1 {would have given white very big
drawing chances.So I decided to force my opponent to find defenses in a time
trouble and unclear game}) 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Rg2 Rxh3+ 30. Kg1
Qxe3+ 31. Qf2 Qh6 (31... Qxf2+ $143 {Black cannot leave two pairs of rooks on
the board, because then the weakness of the g7 square will be a big factor} 32.
Rxf2 Rh4 33. Rxf5 Rxc4 34. bxc5 $14) 32. Qxf5 (32. Rh2 $2 Rxh2 33. Qxh2 Qxh2+
34. Kxh2 Re8 $19 {NOW white's position is critical} 35. Rg1 Re2+ 36. Rg2 Rxg2+
37. Kxg2 Kg8 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Kf4 g6 40. Kg5 Ke6 41. b5 d5 $19) 32... Rh1+ 33.
Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 $4 (34. Kf3 {Would have forced a draw:} Rh3+ $1 35. Qxh3 Rf8+
36. Kg4 Qf4+ 37. Kh5 {And black has no more than a perpetual} Qh6+ 38. Kg4 Qg6+
39. Kh4 Rf4+ $2 (39... Qh6+ $11) 40. Rg4 Qh6+ 41. Kg3 Rf3+ 42. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 43.
Rg3 Qf5+ 44. Ke3 $18) 34... Qe3+ (34... Qe3+ 35. Kg4 (35. Qf3 Rh3+ 36. Kxh3
Qxf3+ $19) 35... h5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 (4... O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
Ba6 8. Nf3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Qe7 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 c4 16. Qc2 Rc5 17. Rd4 Rfc8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bh4 b5
20. b4 cxb3 21. Qxb3 g5 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Ndf6 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qd3 Rc4 $17
{0-1 Schandorff,L-Rozentalis,E/Sigeman and Co, Aarhus DEN 1997 (31)}) 15... Qe4
(15... c4 16. Qd4 Qe4 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
Qd2 Ne4 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. Nd2 e4 24. Nb1 b5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Palac,M/4th
World Team Ch, Lucerne SUI 1997 (38)}) 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 c4 18. Qa4 Nc5 19.
Qxa7 Nd3 20. Qxb6 Nxd5 21. Qxd6 Rcd8 22. Qa6 Ra8 23. Qb5 N5xf4 24. exf4 Reb8
25. Qd7 Qxf4 26. Rd2 h6 27. Qd5 Ra6 28. g3 Qc7 29. Rb1 $15 {Bacrot,
E-Kortschnoj,V/Cannes mT 1996/0-1 (50)}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 Ba6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Qe8 $146 (15... Qe7 16. Rfe1 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Rad1 g5 19. Bg3 f5
20. Nd2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Ne5 22. Re2 b5 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nf3 gxf4 25. exf4 Rf6 26.
Re7 Rf7 27. Re6 Rf6 28. Re7 $11 {1-0 Jakobsen,L-Aagaard,J/Karsten Kold,
Gistrup DEN 1997 (41)}) (15... Qc7 16. e4 Rfe8 17. Nd2 c4 18. Qd4 c3 19. Rac1
Qc5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qd3 c2 22. Nb3 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. f3 Nd7 25. Rf2 Rec8
26. Rd2 f5 27. exf5 Rf4 28. Nd4 Rc4 29. Nb5 Nc5 30. Nxd6 {1-0 Pelletier,
Y-Nisipeanu,L/1st Bavarian Open, Bad Wiessee GER 1997}) 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd2 {
A new idea, which, in my opinion, is not enough for more than a drawThe usual
plan here is Rf(a)d1} Qe5 18. Nc4 Qe7 $2 {Black lets white to do whatever he
wants in the center counting on queen-side counterplay.White, however will get
to his target first. It seems that black should've gone for the draw.} (18...
Qxd5 $142 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Kf8
$11) 19. a4 $1 {Gains at least two tempis by forcing black to prepare b5.} Rfe8
20. e4 Qd7 (20... Nxe4 $4 21. Rae1 Qh4 22. g3 $18) (20... Qxe4 $2 21. Qxe4 Nxe4
22. f3 Nf6 23. Nxd6 $16) 21. Rfe1 Rb8 22. f4 Rbd8 $2 {Black act lake he has
planty of time, but the fact is that maybe it was his last chance to get
counterplay.} (22... a6 $142 23. h3 (23. Rad1 $6 {[%cal Ge4e5]} b5 24. axb5
axb5 25. Na5 (25. Nd2 Qg4 $36) 25... c4 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rg1][%cal Gd7a7,Ra7a5,
Ra7g1]} 26. Qd4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Qxe4 Rxb2 30. Qxc4 Qg4 $19
) (23. Kh1 $6 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Na5 Ra8 $15) 23... b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nd2
$14 {[%cal Gd2f3,Ga1d1,Ge4e5]}) 23. h3 Qb7 24. Rad1 Qb8 25. Qf3 Nd7 (25... a6
26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Nd7 28. e6 fxe6 29. dxe6 Nf6 30. e7 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qc7 32.
Qd6 $18) 26. Re2 a6 27. Rde1 f6 (27... b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Na5 Qb6 30. Nc6 Ra8
31. e5 $40) 28. Qg4 Nf8 29. h4 b5 30. Ne3 Qa7 ({Of course not:} 30... Rxe4 31.
Nf5 $18) 31. Nf5 Kh7 32. axb5 axb5 33. h5 Rd7 34. Kh2 {We can see now where
each player got with his game plan.} Red8 35. e5 dxe5 36. fxe5 fxe5 (36... Rxd5
37. exf6 $18 {[%cal Ge2e7]}) 37. Rxe5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge5e7] /\ Re7} Rf7 38.
d6 (38. Re7 Rd7 39. d6 Qa4) 38... Qd7 (38... Qb6 39. Re7 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41.
Re7 $18) (38... Rdd7 39. Re7 Qa4 40. Qxa4 bxa4 41. g4 $18) 39. Rxc5 Kh8 40. Re7
Rxe7 41. dxe7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Milov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 (6...
b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5 (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. b4 cxd4
13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. b5 Bb7 16. O-O e4 17. Bb1 Qc7 18. Rc1 d5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Baburin,A-Kunte,A/London 1999/EXT 2000 (31)}) (10... Rc8 11. b4 h6 12.
Bh4 Ne4 (12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Bb7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Bb1 Qe7 17. f3 Ng6
18. Bf2 Nd7 19. a4 $14 {0-1 Sashikiran,K-Kunte,A/Nagpur 1999/CBM 69 ext (38)})
13. Bxe4 Qxh4 14. Bc6 Nb8 15. Bf3 c6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Qc2 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19.
Qa4 Bxe2 20. Bxe2 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Rozentalis,E/3rd Open,
Malaga ESP 2000 (33)}) 11. Qc2 (11. Qb3 Rc8 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nc3 a6
15. Rac1 h6 16. Bh4 Rfe8 17. Qd1 Qb8 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Rc7 21.
Bg3 Ne5 22. Bb1 Qd8 23. f4 Nd7 24. e4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Polgar,J/Batumi
1999/CBM 74 (92)}) (11. b4 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Rc1 $1
e4 16. Bb1 Qc7 17. b5 Bb7 18. O-O d5 19. cxd5 Qd6 20. Nc3 Qf4 21. Bg3 $16 {
1-0 Lomineishvili,M-Iordachescu,V/Ubeda ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 272 (71)})
11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 (12... Rc8 13. Qa4 cxd4 (13... Bb7 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4
Qc7 16. Nc3 a6 17. Rac1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Lazarev,V-Rozentalis,E/Montreal CAN 2000/
The Week in Chess 301 (17)}) 14. Bxf6 (14. exd4 Nb8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rd1 d5
17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Qg6 19. Rg3 Qe4 20. Qd1 Qxd5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,
S-Gustafsson,J/Bled 1999/CBM 69 ext (42)}) 14... Nc5 15. Bxd8 Nxa4 16. Bh4 Nxb2
17. Nc1 Nxd3+ 18. Nxd3 dxe3 19. fxe3 Rxc4 20. Bg3 Rfc8 $36 {1/2-1/2 Wang
Lei-Torre,E/Quezon City PHI 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (43)}) 13. exd4 e5 $2
14. O-O Re8 15. Bf5 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rfd1 dxc4
20. Nf5 $18 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Anapolsky,S/Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000/The Week in
Chess 295 (38)}) 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 (8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Ne2 {would
tranfer to normal positions.}) 8... b6 9. e3 Ba6 10. b4 {to my opinion the
best plan when facing Ba6. In many positions with Bb7 white simply doesn't
have the time to play b2-b4-b5, but here he makes it with tempis.} c5 11. dxc5
bxc5 12. b5 Bb7 13. Bd3 a6 $1 {'!?' Milov. Expoiting the fact that the R
hasn't left the 'a' file yet.} (13... d5 {Milov} 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Qb6 16. a4
a5 $13) 14. O-O (14. a4 $2 {Milov} axb5 15. axb5 (15. cxb5 Qa5) 15... Rxa1+ 16.
Qxa1 Qa8 $17) 14... axb5 15. cxb5 Bxf3 (15... Qa5 $5 {Milov} 16. Qb2 h6 (16...
Qa4 $6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 e4 19. Bc2 $16) 17. Bh4 d5 $13) 16. gxf3 Qa5 17. Qb2
(17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. e4 {[%cal Gg5d2]} (18. a4 Rfa8 19. Bc2 Nb6 (19... h6 20.
Bxf6 (20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg3 Nb6 22. Rfd1)) 20. Bxf6 (20. Rfb1 Nfd5 $17) 20... gxf6
21. Rfb1 Kf8 $15) 18... Rfa8 {[%csl Ra3]}) 17... d5 18. Kh1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal
Gf1g1,Gg1g7,Gb2g7]} (18. a4 {Milov} Nh5 19. Kh1 f5 $13) 18... c4 19. Rg1 (19.
Bc2 {Milov} Rfe8 (19... Nh5 20. Be7 (20. a4 {/\Be7-b4} f6) (20. Rg1 f5) 20...
Rfe8 21. Qb4 $16) 20. a4 e5 21. Bf5 Qb6 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. a5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Qxa5
25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rxd5 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Nd3 $132 {/\Kh8}) 19... Ne8 (19... cxd3 20.
Bxf6 g6 21. a4 $36 {/^a1-h8}) 20. Bc2 (20. Bh6 f6 21. Bb1 Ne5 $15) (20. Bb1 f6
21. Qc2 fxg5 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Bg6+ Ke7 24. Bxe8 Kxe8 $19) 20... f6 21. Bf4 {
[%cal Gf4b8]} Rf7 22. a4 e5 {'?' Milov. Milov: '><d5' Weakenning the center,
but without it it would be very difficult for black to organize his pieces.} (
22... Nc5 {Milov} 23. Qa3 Qb6 {/\Rfa7}) 23. Bg3 Nc5 (23... Nb6 {Milov} 24. f4
e4 25. f5 $16) 24. Rgd1 Rd8 (24... Rd7 25. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc2f5]}) 25.
f4 $2 $138 {'?' Milov. The idea is to free the B, but it also allows black to
establish his N on d3} (25. Qa3 Rc7 (25... Ne6 26. Bf5) 26. f4 {'+/-' Milov.
Milov: '/\b6'} (26. Rab1 $16 {(Milov) /\b6}) 26... e4 27. f5 Rcc8 28. Rab1 $36)
25... e4 {'-/+' Milov. Milov: '><d3'} 26. f5 Nd3 27. Qd4 g6 {'!' Milov.} 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29. f3 Ng7 {'!' Milov.} 30. Bxd3 ({but not} 30. fxe4 $4 Ne6 {[%csl
Rd4] catching the Q}) (30. Be1 {Milov} Nxe1 (30... Qa8 31. fxe4 Ne6 32. Qb6)
31. Rxe1 Nf5 32. Qd1 Rh7 33. f4 (33. fxe4 dxe4 34. Qg4 Qd2 $19) (33. Ra2 Rh3
$17) 33... Kg7 $40) 30... Nf5 31. Be1 (31. Qc5 $142 {Milov} Nxg3+ 32. hxg3 exd3
$17) 31... Qa8 32. Qc5 Rc8 33. Qb4 $2 {'?!' Milov.} (33. Qb6 {was essential,
keeping the e3 pawn} exd3 (33... cxd3 {Milov} 34. fxe4 (34. a5 d4 35. Qe6 Re8
36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. bxc6 Nxe3 $19) 34... dxe4 (34... d4 35. Qe6) 35. Bd2 (35. a5
Qb7) 35... Qd5 {><Kh1} 36. Rac1 (36. a5 Kg7) 36... Rc2 37. a5 Nh4 $40) 34. a5 (
34. Bf2 $5) 34... Rb8 (34... Re8 35. Bf2 Qb7 36. Qxb7 Rxb7 37. b6 Kf7 38. e4
dxe4 39. fxe4 Nd6 40. a6 Nxe4 41. Bg1 Rd7 42. b7 Nd6 43. a7 Nxb7 44. a8=Q Rxa8
45. Rxa8 $18 c3) 35. Qc5 Rc8 36. Qb6 $11) 33... exd3 (33... cxd3 $5 {Milov} 34.
b6 (34. Bf2 d4) 34... Nxe3) 34. b6 $4 (34. Bf2 Rh7 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ga8b8]} (
34... Kg7 {Milov} 35. a5 Rh8 36. b6 d4 37. e4 Qb8 38. Bg1 Qg3 $19) 35. Rg1 Kg7
36. b6 Rch8 37. Rg2 Qb8 38. f4 Qe8 39. a5 Qe4 40. Kg1 Nxe3 $17) 34... Nxe3 35.
Rdb1 Qb7 {'-+' Milov.} (35... Nc2 $142 36. b7 Rxb7 37. Qxb7 Qxb7 38. Rxb7 Nxa1
$19) 36. Qd6 (36. a5 {Milov} d4) 36... Nf5 $4 {'?' Milov.} (36... d4 37. Qg3 c3
$19 (37... c3 {Milov} 38. a5 (38. Qxg6+ Rg7 39. Qe4 d2) 38... d2 39. Bxd2 cxd2
40. Qxg6+ Rg7 41. Qxf6 Rc6 $19)) (36... Nc2 {Milov}) 37. Qf4 c3 {'?' Milov.} (
37... d4 {Milov} 38. a5 Ra8 $17) 38. a5 Qa6 (38... d2 39. Bxd2 cxd2 40. Qxd2 (
40. a6 d1=Q+ 41. Rxd1 Qxb6 $19) (40. Qxd2 {Milov} d4 41. Qf4 $13)) 39. Bxc3 {
'!!' Milov.} Rxc3 40. Rg1 $1 {'|^' Milov.} Ng7 $138 {'?' Milov.} (40... Rg7
$142 41. Rxg6 Rxg6 (41... d2 $1 42. Rxg7+ Nxg7 43. Qxd2 $36) 42. Qxf5 Kg7 (
42... Rg7 {Milov} 43. Qxd5+ Kh8 44. Qh5+ $11) 43. Qd7+ {'=' Milov.} Kh6 44.
Qh3+ $11) 41. Qd4 $1 $16 {'?!' Milov. Black is a full piece up but his
position is critical} (41. Rxg6 {Milov} Rc8 42. Rag1 $36) 41... Rc2 42. Qxd5 d2
43. Rxg6 $4 {returning the favor, I was completely sure that after 43...Qe2 44.
Rg7 Kg7 45.Rg1 black can only go to h6!} (43. Rad1 Qb7 44. Rxd2 Rxd2 45. Qxd2
Qxf3+ 46. Qg2 Qb3 (46... Qxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Ne6 48. a6 Nc7 49. Ra1 Nxa6 50. Rxa6
Rd7 51. Ra7 $18) 47. Qc6 $1 $16 (47. Qc6 {Milov} Kh7 48. a6 Rf8 49. a7 Qa3 50.
Qg2 g5 51. Qf2 Qa6 52. Qf3 $13)) (43. Rgd1 {Milov} Nf5 44. Rxd2 Rxd2 45. Qxd2
Kg7 $13) 43... Qe2 {'=' Milov.} 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (44... Kxg7 45. Rg1+ Kf8 (45...
Kh6 $4 46. Qf5 $1 Qxh2+ 47. Kxh2 d1=Q+ 48. Kh1 {'+-' Milov.} Qxg1+ 49. Kxg1 $18
) 46. Qd8+ Qe8 47. Qd6+ $11 (47. Rg8+ Kxg8 48. Qxe8+ Kg7 $19) (47. Qd6+ {Milov}
Qe7 48. Qb8+ $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 $146 (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Bxf6
Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O (15. Rd1 Nd7 16. Rxd6 Ne5 17. b3 b5 18. Ne2 bxc4
19. Kf2 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Rfd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Rb8 23. Nc1 Rc8 24. Ne2 Rb8
25. Nc1 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shemeakin,A-Polak,T/Hlohovec 1995/EXT 97 (64)}) 15...
Rfd8 16. Nh3 e5 17. Kb1 a5 18. Nf2 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Ng4 Kg7 21. Bxh7 Bb3
22. Bc2 Bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 f5 25. Rd2 fxg4 26. Rhd1 Rh8 27. Rxd3 Rxh2
28. R1d2 {1/2-1/2 Lev,R-Wells,P/Herzliya 1998/EXT 99 (28)}) (10... a5 11. Ne2
Re8 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bf2 Kg7 16. e4 Rh8 17. Nc3 Nf8 18. e5
dxe5 19. dxe5 N6d7 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Ng6 22. Qc3 Rhd8 23. Rfe1 c5 $6 {
[%csl Gd6]} 24. Bg3 Nb8 25. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Baburin,A-Olsen,C/Copenhagen DEN
1999 (65)}) (10... Qe8 11. Ne2 e5 12. e4 Kh8 13. O-O Ng8 14. Bc2 f6 15. Be3 Ne7
16. f4 Qg6 17. d5 Qg4 18. Ng3 a5 19. b3 $16 (19. b4 $2 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 Ra8 22. Qb2 exf4 23. Rxf4 Qg5 $13 {0-1 Lorscheid,G-Bauer,P/Wuert 1996/EXT
99 (35)})) 11. b4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 d5 (13... h6 14. Bh4 d5 15. Ne2 Nb6
16. O-O $13) 14. cxd5 $5 (14. Ne2 {is the normal move here, but I wanted to
exploit the fact that black hasn't yet played h6}) 14... c4 $1 {Winning an
important tempo:} (14... exd5 15. Bf5 Re8 (15... d4 16. exd4 Re8+ 17. Ne2 Qe7 (
17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 $16) 18. Qd3) 16. Ne2 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Nxf6 17. Bxc8
d4 18. Qxc5 Rxe3+ 19. Kf1 Bxc8 20. Rd1 $18))) (14... Nxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16.
Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Ba5 {-the game but with black pawn on c4, which frees the c5
square for the knight}) 15. Bc2 Nxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bxd8 Nxc3 18. Ba5 Nxb5
$6 (18... Nd5 19. Be4 Nxe3 20. Bxb7 Nc2+ 21. Kf2 Nxa1 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne2 Nb3
24. Bb4 $11) 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. a4 Nd6 $2 {A mistake after which the things do
not depend on black anymore} (20... Nc7 $1 21. Ne2 Nd5 22. Ra3 $1 $14) 21. Rd1
Nf5 22. Kf2 Ba6 23. e4 Nh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Gf2e3,Gg1e2,Ga5c3] Now black's
position is practically lost.} (23... Ne7 24. Bb4 {[%cal Gd1d6]} Rc6 25. Ne2
Rb8 26. Ba3 $16) 24. Rd6 Rb8 25. Bc3 {[%cal Gc3d4]} Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ne2
Ng8 28. Ke3 Nf6 29. h4 {[%cal Gc3h8,Gh4h6]} Bb7 30. h5 Bc6 31. Bd4 (31. h6 Bxa4
32. Bxa4 Rd3+ 33. Kf4 Nxa4 {complicates the things a bit.}) 31... Bxa4 (31...
Ncd7 32. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 32. Bxa4 Nxa4 33. h6 (33. Ra1 Nb6 34. Rxa7 Nbd7
35. h6 $16) 33... Nb6 34. Nf4 e5 (34... Nbd7 35. Nh5 $1 Kg8 (35... Nh7 36.
Bxg7+ Kg8 37. Rd1 $18) 36. Nxg7 $18 {[%csl Ga7,Gc4,Gh6][%cal Gh6h8]}) 35. Bxe5
Nbd7 36. Bc3 Rb8 37. g4 Rb3 38. Kd2 Kg8 39. Nd5 Nxd5 (39... Nh7 40. Ne7+ Kf8
41. hxg7+) (39... gxh6 40. Nxf6+ Nxf6 41. Bxf6 Rxf3 42. g5) 40. h7+ 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Knezevic, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Nf3 (10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Rxd6 (11. Bd3 Rb8 12. Nf3 Qb6 13.
Rd2 Bb7 14. O-O Be4 15. Rc1 {1/2-1/2/Salov-Sax/Wijk/1992}) 11... Qc7 12. Rd1
Ne4 13. Qc2 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Nxg5 15. h4 Ne4 16. Qxe4 Rb8 17. Rd2 (17. Qc2 Ne5 $1
$40 {/\Nxc4}) 17... Nb6 18. Kd1 Na4 $44 {0-1 Sherbakov,R-Goldin,A/RUS-chT
Moscow 1994 (27)}) (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Ne2 Nc6 14.
Nc3 Kf8 15. Kc2 Ke7 16. Be2 Rb8 17. b3 f5 18. f4 Bb7 $11 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,
T-Hjartarson,J/Aruna, Copenhagen DEN 1997 (32)}) (10. O-O-O $5 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxf2
12. Bxd8 Nxd3+ 13. Bxd3 Rxd8 14. Be4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb7 (15... f5 16. Bf3 e5 17.
e4 Nd7 18. exf5 Nf6 19. g4 Bb7 20. Nh3 Bxd5 21. Bxd5+ Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23.
Re1 Re8 24. Nf2 g6 25. Ne4 gxf5 26. gxf5 Rf8 27. Ng3 Nf4 28. Kc2 Rf6 29. Rxe5
Rh6 30. Nf1 c4 31. Re4 Nd5 32. Rxc4 Rh5 33. Kd3 Rxf5 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. Kxe3 a5
36. Rg4+ Kh8 37. h4 h5 38. Rf4 Rd5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Kg7 41. Ke4 Rd2 42. Ke5
Rd1 43. Rd4 Rb1 44. Kd6 Kf7 45. Kc6 Rc1+ 46. Kd7 Kf6 47. Kd6 Kf5 48. b5 Rb1 49.
Kc5 {1-0 Schandorff,L-Stefansson,H/VISA ch-Nordic, Reykjavic ISL 1997}) 16. Ne2
Nd7 17. dxe6 Bxe4 18. e7 $1 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Panno,O/Simul, Buenos Aires
ARG 1997 (37)}) (10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. Bd3 h6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. O-O a5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. Rbd1 Qc7 20. Be2 Qb7 21.
f3 Qc7 22. e4 $14 {Atalik,S-Kalesis,N/Ilioupolis 1995/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 10... Nbd7
11. Nd2 a5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfe1 (14. Rad1 a4 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Nb1
Rab8 17. Rd2 $14) 14... a4 15. f3 Ne5 16. Bf1 Ng6 (16... Ba6 17. Rad1 Rb8 18.
Qc2 $16 {[%csl Ga4]}) 17. Rad1 {So far every side was busy in placing his
peaces in best places according to their plans.} Ra6 {Black prepares for going
into the endgame(by h7-h6) and, therefore, defends the d6 pawn for after the
queen-exchange.} 18. f4 $6 {I don't like this move for 3 reasons: 1.It opens
the /^h1-a8 for black's bishop 2. Gives black the control over the important
e4 square 3.White will be forced to exchange his bishop( after h7-h6).} (18. e4
$142 {If white wanted to fight for advantage he should have tried to keeps
black's bishop closed and to keep the pair of bishops.} Rb6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Be3
Qc7 21. Nb1 Bc6 22. Rd2 Reb8 23. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Ga4,Yb2,Gd6]}) 18... h6 19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 21. Nb1 Kf8 (21... f5 22. Nc3 Nf8 23. Rd2 Nh7 24.
Red1 Rd8 25. Nb5 $16) 22. Nc3 Ke7 23. Rd2 f5 24. g3 Nf8 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Nd7 27. e4 fxe4 (27... Nb6 $142 28. exf5 Nxc4 29. Rde2 Kd7 30. Nd5 Rb8 31. Nf6+
Kc6 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rc2 Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Nxb2 35. Rxe6 Nc4 $15) 28. Nxe4 f5 {
Weakens the e6 square but there's not much black could do here beacause of the
d6 pawn.} (28... Nb8 $2 29. Red1 Rd8 30. Nxc5 $16) (28... Nf6 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30.
Red1 Ke7 $11) 29. Nc3 Nf6 30. Rde2 Kd7 31. Kh3 Raa8 32. Kh4 Re7 33. Rd1 Ra7 $4
{Throws away a very solid position!} (33... Ra6 $11) 34. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 35. Nb5+
Kd7 (35... Kc6 36. Nxa7+ Rxa7 37. Rxe6+ $18) 36. Nxa7 {The rest is pointless.}
Ne4 37. Nb5 Kc6 38. Kh5 Rd7 39. Kxh6 Rd2 40. Rxd2 Nxd2 41. Nc3 Nxc4 42. Nxa4
1-0

[Event "Breda m"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. d4 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 d5 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5
exd5 15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20.
Rfe1 Ba6 21. Rac1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nb3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/It, Linares ESP
1998/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 11. e3 Rc8 $6 (11... c5 $5 12. dxc5 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5
Qc8 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. a4 Bxb5 16. axb5 cxd4 (16... a6 $6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. dxc5
bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qe6 20. O-O axb5 21. Qd4 $16 {Dreev,A (2630)-Salov,V (2680)
President's Cup 1998 (3.4) 1/2}) 17. exd4 Re8+ $13) 12... bxc5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14.
O-O h6 15. Bh4 a5 16. Bf2 a4 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bf1 Qc6
21. Bg3 Ned7 22. Bf2 Ne5 23. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/It, Linares ESP
1998 (33)}) (11... Re8 $142 {Was tried by Timman in his next black game....}
12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. exd4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ne6 18.
Bc4 Nd5 19. Bxd8 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Raxd8 21. f4 Bd5 $11 {Van Wely,L-Timman,J/Breda
match (5)/1998/1/2-1/2}) 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Nxd5 $5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bh4 (
14. Bg5 Nd5 {/\ h6} 15. e4 h6 16. exd5 hxg5 17. dxe6 Rfe8 18. Bc4 Nf8 19. d5 c6
20. O-O cxd5 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bb5 (22. Bb3 Re2 23. Rfd1 Ne6 {And black has
at least sufficient compensation for his damaged pawn structure.}) (22. Bd3 Re3
23. Bf5 Rce8 $13) 22... Red8 $14 (22... Bc6 23. Ba6 $16 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3d4,
Yf1d1,Ya1c1]})) 14... Nd5 15. Bf2 c5 (15... f5 $5 {[%cal Gc8e8,Ge6e5]}) 16. e4
N5f6 $14) 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 (14... c5 15. Bf5 {[%cal Gf5c8,Gh4d8] Here we
can see that the rook doesn't really help black on c8 but it helps white
instead.} Rc7 16. O-O {[%cal Gd4c5]}) 15. Bf5 Rce8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 {
One of the advantages of having a pair of bishops is that it can easily be
tranformed into other positional gains.} gxf6 18. Kf2 $16 Re7 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20.
Re1 c5 21. Ng3 $1 {White is not interested in openong any lines in this
position.In this type of closed positions the knight is usually much better
then the bishop.Now black's bishop is safely 'burried' and white can simply
improve his position till he is ready to strike.} (21. dxc5 d4 22. Qd3 bxc5 $17
) 21... c4 $2 {Black should've tried to open up the position at any cost.After
the text he will simply choke without any counterplay as he's watching white's
pieces approaching his king.} (21... Rc8 $142 22. Qd3 (22. Nh5 $2 Qf5 23. g4
cxd4 24. Qxd4 (24. exd4 Qc2+ 25. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 26. Kg3 Re6 $13) 24... Rc2+ 25. Kg3
Qe5+) 22... cxd4 23. exd4 $16) 22. Nh5 {[%csl Gb7,Gf6,Gh6]} Qd6 23. g4 Rc7 24.
h4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge1g1,Gg4g5]} Kf8 25. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Gf6,Gg7,Gh6,Yh7][%cal
Yc2h7]} c3 26. bxc3 Rec8 27. Qh7 $18 {21..c4 has cost black 3 tempis as he was
trying to open the c file afterwards.The rest is really just a matter of time.}
Rxc3 28. Re2 $1 {Taking away even the slightest chances.} Ba6 29. Rd2 Ke7 (
29... Qxa3 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Qxf6+ Kf8 32. Qg7+ Ke7 33. Qe5+ $18) 30. Nf4 Rxa3
31. Qxh6 Rcc3 32. Re1 Rd3 33. Rxd3 Bxd3 34. h5 Bc4 35. g5 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 fxg5 37.
Qxg5+ Qf6 (37... Kf8 38. h6 Bd3 39. Qg7+ Ke7 40. e4 $18) 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. h6
{[%cal Ge1h1,Gh6h7]} 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Re8 14.
Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. O-O Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20. Qd4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Almasi,Z/Vienna op 1996 (29)}) 10. f3 d5 $146 (10... c5
11. e4 cxd4 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Bf2
d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Rc8 19. O-O dxc4 20. Rad1 Ndf8 21. Nxc4 $16 {1/2-1/2
Sokolov,I-Cvetkovic,S/JUG-chT Cetinje 1991 (38)}) 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 d5 14.
exd5 exd5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Stefansson,H/
VISA ch-Nordic, Reykjavic ISL 1997}) (10... h6 11. Bh4 d5 (11... c5 12. e3 d5
13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3 {In the game this move wasn't good
because the e3 pawn isn't defended. ( 0-0 instead of Bf2).} (16. O-O {-game})
16... Rfc8 17. O-O Ba6 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bf5 Nfd7 22.
b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qd6 24. Bg3 Qe7 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Hauchard,
A-Tondivar,B/Interteam ch, Antwerp BEL 1998 (43)}) (11... Rc8 12. e4 e5 (12...
c5 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6
gxf6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Rac1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nb3 23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Bh3
$14 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/It, Linares ESP 1998/1/2-1/2 (52) -Played in the
preivous round}) 13. Bd3 Nxe4 $5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bh4 e4 16. Bc2 (16. fxe4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rfe8 $19) 16... exf3 17. bxc3 Rce8+ 18. Kd1 fxg2
19. Rg1 Re3 20. Bf5 Bc6 21. a4 Nb8 22. Kc2 g6 23. d5 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxg2
Rfe8 26. Rf1 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Moscow blitz 1993 (32)}) 12. e3
c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfxd8 17. Kf2 Rac8 18. Rac1
Rc7 19. Nb3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rhd1 c4 22. Nd2 b5 23. e4 $14 {Hoang Than
Trang-Stummer,A/Budapest FS09 IM-B 1994/1-0 (51)}) 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 (
12... Nxc5 $6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 (13... exd5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b4 Ne6
17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Kf2 $14) 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 h6 16. exf6 hxg5 17. fxg7 Re8 18.
Bb5 Rc8 19. Rd1 $16) 13. Bd3 Qb6 (13... h6 $6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3 $14
{And white is able to prevent the blocking of the queen side pawns}) 14. O-O h6
15. Bh4 a5 16. Bf2 (16. b3 a4 17. Rab1 (17. b4 $4 cxb4 $19 {[%csl Ge3]}) 17...
axb3 18. Qxb3 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 Ba6 $11 {[%cal Rd7e5]}) 16... a4 17. Rfe1 {/\ 18.
cd5 ed5 19.e4: Creating space for manoeuvring : xc4 openong lines for rooks
and bishops etc.} Rfe8 18. Rab1 (18. cxd5 exd5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rab8 $15 {[%csl Gb2,Ge4]}) 18... Ba6 19. Qc2 {By retreating
his queen to c2 Kramnik reduces black's tactical possibilities and puts some
pressure on a4 but he also gives black an important square (e5) forthe knights.
I think white should have waited a bit with the retreat since black will have
difficulties with finding good positions for his pieces.} (19. Bf1 $5 {[%cal
Gf2g3,Rg3b8]}) 19... Ne5 20. Bf1 Qc6 21. Bg3 Ned7 (21... Nxc4 $2 22. Nxc4 Bxc4
23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 {[%csl Ga4,Gc5][%cal Gg3b8,Gb1c1] And black doesn't
have the 'b' file to create counterchances}) 22. Bf2 Ne5 23. h3 {[%cal Gf3f4]}
Nfd7 24. f4 $2 (24. Bg3 $16 {Kramnik}) 24... Nxc4 $1 (24... Ng6 25. g3 Z0 26.
Bg2 Z0 27. g4 {Kramnik}) 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Rab8 {As opposed
to take the pawn on his 21st move, now black has the control over the b file
which guarantees him a sufficient counterplay .} 28. Re2 Rb3 29. Rd1 Nb6 30.
Qc1 e5 31. e4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Nc4 33. e5 Qe6 (33... Nxb2 $2 34. Rd6 $1 Qb5 35. e6
$1 fxe6 (35... Qxe2 36. exf7+ Kh8 37. f8=Q+ Rxf8 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ $18)
36. Qg4 (36. Rexe6 $2 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Nd3 38. Qe4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rh1+ $1 40. Kg3
Qb8+ 41. Kh4 Qd8+) 36... Rxa3 37. Rexe6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Qb8 (38... Rf8 39. Re7 $18
) 39. Bg3 $18) 34. Bxc5 (34. Bxc5 Rxb2 35. Re4 Rc2 (35... Nxe5 36. Bf2 $13) 36.
Bd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 (10. Nf3 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qe8
14. Qc4 Bxd5 15. Qf4 Be4 16. Qxd6 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 c4 18. Rd4 Rc8 19. e4 h6 20.
Bxh6 $1 Nc5 (20... gxh6 21. e5) 21. Bxg7 Nb3+ 22. Kb1 Nxd4 23. Qxf6 Qxe4+ 24.
Ka2 Nxf3 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. gxf3 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Milov,V/Amsterdam NED 2000/
The Week in Chess 302 (38)}) 10... c5 (10... Rc8 11. b4 h6 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Bxe4
Qxh4 14. Bc6 Nb8 15. Bf3 c6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Qc2 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qa4 Bxe2
20. Bxe2 Rc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Rozentalis,E/3rd Open, Malaga ESP 2000 (33)})
11. b4 ({Another main line is:} 11. Qb3 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Qa4 cxd4 (13... Bb7
14. O-O Qc7 15. Nc3 a6 16. Qd1 Rce8 17. Rc1 Qc6 18. f3 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bf2
$2 c4 21. Ne4 b5 22. b3 c3 23. Rc2 a5 24. Qe2 b4 25. axb4 axb4 $17 {0-1 San
Segundo Carrillo,P-Tiviakov,S/Mondariz ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 305 (40)})
14. exd4 Bb7 15. O-O e5 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Rfd1 Qa8 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. f3 e4 20. f4
Re8 21. Nc3 Qc8 22. Nb5 Bc6 23. Qb4 $13 {0-1 Jelen,I-Zelcic,R/Ljubljana SLO
2000/The Week in Chess 294 (40)}) (11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 e5 (13...
Rc8 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. O-O Bc6 (15... d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ba6 Ra8 18. Nc3 Nb8 19.
Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Be2 Qd7 21. Bb5 Qd6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Van Wely,
L-Timoshenko,G/Neum BIH 2000/The Week in Chess 309 (36)}) 16. Qd1 Qc7 17. Nc3
Rfe8 18. Re1 Qb7 19. f3 Qb8 20. Qd2 Bb7 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nc3 d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24.
Bf5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 $14 {0-1 Yrjola,J-Vladimirov,E/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week
in Chess 313 (49)}) 14. O-O Re8 15. Bf5 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Rfd1 dxc4 20. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Anapolsky,S/Ordzhonikidze UKR
2000/The Week in Chess 295 (38)}) 11... cxd4 (11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4
Rc8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rc1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. O-O Nxg3 19. Nxg3 Nf6
20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Bf5 Rcd8 22. c5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Qd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,
V-Yuferov,S/St Petersburg RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (49)}) 12. exd4 Rc8 {
Threatenning Bxc4 & d5} 13. Qb3 e5 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bh4 e4 16. Bb1 (16. Bxe4 $2
g5 17. Bf3 d5 (17... gxh4 18. b5 $18) (17... b5 18. cxb5 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Bxb5
20. Bg3 Re8+ $36 {[%cal Gd8b6]}) 18. b5 Bb7 19. Bg3 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qa8 $44) 16... d5 17. b5 Bb7 18. O-O dxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd5 20. Rxc8
Qxc8 21. Qb2 Bb7 $2 (21... Qa8 $142 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Nc3 $14 {White has a small
but steady edge}) 22. Ng3 $1 Qe8 (22... g5 $4 23. Nf5 $18) (22... Qc7 23. Nf5
Qf4 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Bg3 Qg5 26. Rc1 $16) (22... g6 23. d5 Nxd5 24. Nxe4 $16)
23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Ne3 {[%cal Gb1a2]} Rc8 25. Ba2 Nd5 26. Rc1 (26. Bb3 Nf8 $1 27.
Qa2 Ng6 28. Bg3 (28. Nxd5 Nxh4 29. Ne3 Qd7 $11) (28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Nxh4
30. Qb7 Rc3 31. Qxa7 Qg6 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qg3 Nf5 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 $11) 28...
Nge7 $14) 26... Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Nf8 28. Qc4 Nf4 (28... Nxe3 $2 29. fxe3 $16 {
[%cal Gd4d5,Gh4g3,Gg3b8]}) 29. Bg3 g5 $2 (29... N8g6 $142) 30. h4 Qxc4 31. Bxc4
N8g6 32. Nf5 $2 ({As shown by Stefansson in the post-mortem} 32. hxg5 $142 {
was winning} hxg5 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 (33... gxf4 34. Nf5) 34. Nf5 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6]
[%cal Gf5d6,Gd6c8]} Kf8 (34... Ne6 35. Nd6 Ba8 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Nc8 $18) 35.
Nd6 Bd5 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Nxe4 $18 {There are some technical difficulties, but
objectively speaking the position is won}) 32... gxh4 33. Ne7+ (33. Bxf4 $2
Nxf4 34. Nd6 (34. Nxh6+ Kf8 35. Nxf7 e3 36. fxe3 Nxg2 37. Kf2 Nxe3 $1 38. Kxe3
h3 $19) 34... Ba8 35. Nc8 e3 $1 36. fxe3 Nxg2 $17) 33... Nxe7 34. Bxf4 Bd5 35.
Be2 (35. Bf1 $142) 35... Nf5 36. Bb8 Nxd4 37. Bf1 h3 38. gxh3 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nd2
(39... e3 40. fxe3 Nd2+ 41. Kf2 Nxf1 42. Kxf1 Bc4+ 43. Kf2 a6 $11) 40. Be2 e3+
41. Kg1 Bc4 42. Bxc4 Nxc4 (42... exf2+ $2 43. Kxf2 Nxc4 44. a4 Nb2 45. Ke3 Nxa4
46. Kd4 Kf8 47. Bxa7 Ke7 48. Kc4 f5 49. Kb4 Nc5 50. Bxb6 {winning for white}) (
42... Nxc4 {[%cal Ge3e2]} 43. fxe3 Nxa3 44. Bxa7 Nxb5 45. Bxb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 c5 9. Bd3 Qg5 10. g3 b6 11. f3 Qf6 12. Nh3 Nd6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rf1 Nc6 15.
Ng1 Rb8 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Be2 Bb7 18. b3 Qh6 19. Bd1 Ne4 20. Rb2 $10 {[#]} Qxh2
21. Qxh2 (21. fxe4 $2 Qxg3+ 22. Kd2 (22. Ke2 Bxe4 23. Qd2 Bd3+ 24. Qxd3 Qg2+
25. Rf2 Qxf2+ $19) 22... fxe4 {[%cal Gf8f1]} 23. Ne2 Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qd6+ $19 {
[%csl Rf3]}) 21... Nd3+ 22. Ke2 Nxc1+ 23. Ke1 Nd3+ 24. Ke2 Nc1+ $10 25. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 9. b3 {The main alternative is 9.b4} Nbd7 10. Be2 (10. Qc2 $143 c5 $1 11.
cxd5 Bxd5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Rc8 14. Qb2 Qc7 $15 {Grigoriants,S-Jakovenko,D/
Sochi,2005(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 10... c5 11. O-O Rc8 $5 $146 (11... cxd4 $5 12. Qxd4
Nc5 13. Rb1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxf3 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. gxf3 Nd3 $11 {Dobrov,
V-Grischuk,A/INT,2004(1/2-1/2)(39)}) 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. exd4 ({After:} 13. Qxd4
$5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 {צd1} 16. Be2 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 {+/=/= White
keeps a small advantage.}) 13... Ba6 $11 {It's clear that Black doesn't have
any serious problems in this position. Now he starts to pressure on White's
pawns in the centre.} 14. a4 Qc7 (14... dxc4 $143 15. bxc4 Qc7 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17.
Ne5 $14) 15. Ba3 {The logical continuation of White's previous move was:} (15.
a5 $5 b5 16. c5 b4 17. Qe3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ne4 19. Bd2 {+/=/= with the best pawn
structure.}) 15... Rfe8 $6 (15... Rfd8 $142 16. Be7 (16. Ne5 $143 Ne4 17. Qe3
$140 $6 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 $15) 16... Re8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Qe3 f6
20. Nf3 Nd6 $11) 16. Bf1 $6 (16. Ne5 $5 {could be recommended:} dxc4 17. bxc4
$14) 16... dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 {The idea of this move is to destroy White's pawn
centre.} 18. Re1 ({White could fight for an advantage, after:} 18. d5 $5 e4 19.
d6 (19. Nd4 $2 Nxd5 20. Qb2 N5f6 21. Nb5 $44) 19... Qd8 20. Nd4 e3 21. fxe3 Nd5
22. Qd2 Nxe3 23. Re1 Nxf1 (23... Nxc4 $2 24. Qf4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Bb4 $16)
24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxf1 Bxc4 (25... Rxc4 $2 26. Re1 Qf8 27. Nf5 $16) 26. Re1
Be6 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {+/=/=}) (18. dxe5 $143 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20.
Qxe5 Rxe5 $11 {The limited material and the weak "c4" pawn give Black equal
chances in this ending.}) 18... Ng4 {[%csl Rc4,Gc7,Yf3,Gg4,Rh2][%cal Ge5e4,
Ge4f3,Ch2h3,Ch3g4]} 19. h3 (19. dxe5 $143 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qg3 f6 $11)
19... exd4 20. Qxd4 {+/=/= I think that White's chances are a bit better, in
this position, thanks to the bishop's pair.} Ngf6 21. Nh4 (21. Bd6 $142 Qc6 22.
Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 $14) 21... Rxe1 $6 {Viorel Bologan initiates an exchange of
rooks. I'm not sure that this is the correct decision.} (21... Nc5 $5 {
deserves attention:} 22. Nf5 Nce4 23. Nd6 Qd7 (23... Red8 $2 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25.
Qxe4 Rxd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. a5 $16 {[%csl Ga1,Ra6]}) 24. a5 bxa5 $13) 22. Rxe1
Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nf5 {+/=/+/- After the exchange of rooks, the weak "c4"
pawn will be less painful for White. Because of that, Black will have less
chances to organize his pieces, and so White's advantage is obvious.} Nc5 25.
a5 (25. Qe3 $5 Ne6 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nd5 Qd7 28. a5 $1 bxa5 $140 29. Bd3 {
+/=/+/-}) 25... Bc8 26. axb6 $6 {Why to hurry?} (26. Ne3 $5 Be6 ({or} 26... Nf6
27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. cxd5 Qd6 29. Bb5 {+/=/+/-}) 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Qd6 29. Bb5
$36) (26. Qe3 $5 Be6 27. Nd4 Nd6 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. axb6 axb6 30. Qe5 {+/=/+/-})
26... axb6 {The exchange of pawns, lightens Black's defense.} 27. Ne3 Nf6 28.
Bb2 (28. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Qd6 30. Bb5 Bb7 31. Bc4 {+/=/+/-}) 28... Be6 29.
Be2 h6 30. Bf3 Ncd7 31. Bd1 (31. Nd5 $6 Qc5 32. Nxf6+ $140 $6 (32. Qd3 $142)
32... Nxf6 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Qxf6 Qxc4 $11) 31... Nc5 32. Bc2 Ne8
33. f4 $1 $14 {Alexey Dreev has placed his pieces perfectly and starts active
operations. But Black's position is very tough and it's not an easy task to
open it.} f6 34. Nd5 (34. Bg6 $5 Bf7 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Nd5 $14) 34... Qd6 35.
Qe3 Kf7 (35... Nc7 $5 {also leads to equality:} 36. Nxc7 (36. Nxf6+ $5 gxf6 37.
Qg3+ Kf8 38. Bxf6 Ne8 39. Be5 $44) 36... Qxc7 $11) 36. Nxb6 $5 Qxb6 37. Bd4 Qc7
$2 {A very serious mistake.} ({It was much better to take the pawn immediately:
} 37... Bxc4 $1 38. Bxc5 Qe6 39. Qg3 (39. Qf3 Qd5 40. Qxd5+ Bxd5 $11) 39... f5
40. Bd4 Qe2 $1 41. Qf2 (41. Bxf5 $4 Qd1+ {[%csl Gd1,Rd4,Rg1]}) 41... Qxf2+ 42.
Kxf2 g6 $11) 38. Bxc5 $16 Bxc4 39. Qd4 $2 {By this mistake White lost all of
his advantage.} ({This leads to a win:} 39. Ba4 $1 Qd8 $8 (39... Qc8 $4 40.
Qe7+) (39... Qb8 $4 40. Qe7+ $18) 40. Qe4 Ba2 $8 41. g4 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Ya4,Gc5,
Re8,Rf7][%cal Gf4f5]} Be6 (41... Nc7 $143 42. Bc2 $18) 42. f5 Ba2 43. Qe2 {ץa2
} Bd5 44. Bc6 $1 Bb3 (44... Nc7 45. Bxd5+ Qxd5 $8 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qxc7 Qd1+
48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49. Kg3 Qd3+ (49... Qe1+ 50. Bf2) 50. Kh4 $18) 45. g5 $1 hxg5 46.
Bxe8+ Kg8 (46... Qxe8 $4 47. Qh5+) 47. Bg6 $18) 39... Ba2 40. Ba4 {Too late.
Now Black has time to defend.} Qc8 (40... f5 $5) 41. Bd7 Qa8 42. f5 Kg8 43. Bb4
({This doesn't change anything:} 43. Qa1 Kh7 $1 44. Bxe8 (44. Kh2 Nc7 45. Qd4
Bd5 $11) 44... Qxe8 45. Qxa2 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kh1 Qxc5 $11) 43... Nc7 (
43... Bf7 $5) 44. Qd6 (44. Bd6 $142 Qd8 45. Bc5 {+/=/=}) 44... Qe4 $1 $11 45.
Qxc7 (45. Bc5 Bd5 46. Qg3 Bc6 47. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11) 45... Qxb4 46. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Re8 {An attempt to avoid the main theoretical lines.}
({The main continuation is:} 10... Ba6 $5) 11. Nc3 Qe7 $146 ({Previously was
checked:} 11... h6 $5 12. Bh4 Nf8 13. f3 Ng6 14. Bf2 e5 15. e4 exd4 (15... Nf4
$5) 16. Qxd4 c5 17. Qd2 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bb5 $14 {Khismatullin,D-Jenni,F/
Instanbul,2004(1/2-1/2)(42)}) (11... e5 $143 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. d5 e4 14. Qc2 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 $14 {Gagunashvili,M-Martens,M/Amsterdam,2004(1-0)(68)}) 12.
Be2 $5 {A provocative move. Ivan Sokolov invited his opponent to take the pawn
on "g2". I'm not sure that White needs to sacrifice a pawn in such an early
stage of the game. This seems good enough:} (12. e4 $5 {in order to create a
strong pawn centre.}) 12... Bxg2 {Vassily Ivanchuk has accepted the challenge.}
(12... h6 $143 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 $11) 13... Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. O-O-O
$44) 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. O-O-O $44 {For the pawn, White has obvious compensation:
a pair of bishops, the open g-file and a lot of space. But Black's position is
tough and he has enough resources in order to protect it.} Kh8 {A good
preventive move.} 15. e4 e5 16. d5 {White fixed the pawn structure in the
centre. As of this moment, the major part of the game is now on the kingside.}
Nf8 $6 (16... Nc5 {deserves attention:} 17. Qc2 {[%csl Yc2][%cal Yc2b3,Gb2b4]}
(17. Qf3 $143 Nb3+ 18. Kb1 Nd4 19. Qg2 Rg8 $13) 17... h6 18. Be3 Rac8 {/\c6}
19. b4 Ncd7 20. Qd2 Rg8 $13) 17. Rg3 $6 {White misses a good chance to start a
strong initiative:} (17. Qg3 $5 Ng6 18. h4 Rg8 19. h5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
Qxf4 h6 22. Rde1 $14 {[%csl Ge4,Gf2][%cal Ge4e5,Gf2f4,Ye2d1,Yd1c2,Yf4h4]})
17... Ng6 18. Rdg1 {קg7} h6 19. Be3 Rg8 20. Qd2 Rae8 {During the last moves,
both players regrouped their forces.} 21. h4 {[%cal Cg6h4]} Nf4 {With the help
of some tactics, Vassily Ivanchuk neutralized White's initiative.} ({Loses
immediately:} 21... Nxh4 $2 22. Bxh6 Ng6 (22... gxh6 $143 23. Qxh6+ Nh7 24. Rg7
{with mate in 2 moves.}) 23. Rh1 Nh7 24. Bg5 $18) 22. Bxf4 (22. Bf3 N6h5 23.
Bxh5 Nxh5 24. R3g2 Qf6 $11) 22... Nxe4 $1 {An important intermediate move.} (
22... exf4 $143 23. Qxf4 $14 Nxe4 $140 $2 24. Re3 f5 25. f3 Nxc3 26. Rxe7 Nxe2+
27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Qxf5 $16) 23. Nxe4 exf4 24. Rg4 $1 (24. Qxf4 $2 Qxe4 {
[%csl Re2,Rf4]} 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Re3 Rge8 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 $17) 24... Qxe4 25.
Bd3 Qe5 26. Rxf4 Re7 (26... Qe7 $143 27. Bc2 $40 {[%csl Yc2,Yd2,Rh8][%cal
Yd2d3]}) 27. Rf5 Qd4 $8 ({This leads to immediate disaster:} 27... Qh2 $2 28.
Rg4 {/\Rh5, Rxh6 (עg8)} Qh1+ (28... g5 $143 29. Rf6 Kg7 30. Rxh6 $1 Kf8 (30...
Kxh6 $2 31. Rxg5 {[%csl Gd2,Rh6]}) 31. Rxg5 $18) (28... Re5 29. Rxf7 Rh5 30.
Qe3 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxc7 Bc8 33. Rf4 $18) 29. Kc2 Qe1 30. Qxe1 Rxe1 31.
Rxf7 $18) 28. Rf4 ({White could to play:} 28. Rh5 $5 Qf6 $140 29. Qg5 $1 Qxg5+
30. hxg5 Rge8 (30... c6 $5) 31. Kd2 {with little advantage. Maybe Ivan Sokolov
thought that this advantage isn't enough in order to win against such a player
like Ivanchuk. Therefore, he chose to finish the game by a repetition of the
moves.}) 28... Qe5 29. Rf5 Qd4 30. Rf4 Qe5 31. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%mdl 1] I shall use also comments of Garry Kasparov to this game in the site
: www.worldchessrating.com/  Further I shall designate comments of Garry
Kasparov - G.K. G.K. "I regard this game as a big creative achievement. The
pithiness and tension of this encounter place it among the best games in my
chess career."} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 9...
c5 {You can see comments to Kramnik,V-Bologan,V/Dortmund,2003/CBM 97(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(38)}) 10. Qd3 {G.K. "I play this fashionable system with both colors.
"} ({Nowadays,less popular is:} 10. Qc2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge2c3] You can see
annotations to games: Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi,1999/CBM 74(0-1)(Golod,V)
(33)}) 10... Ba6 $5 {G.K. "Formally speaking, this move is a novelty. However,
I have extensively analyzed it at home. After the game Grischuk confessed that
my quick response had come as an unpleasant surprise for him."} ({On:} 10... e5
) ({or} 10... a5 {you can find only one game (in each continuation)}) ({
and after:} 10... h6 $5 {you can find six games in Mega DataBase 2003}) (10...
c5 $5 {See comments to Gurevich,M-Mchedlishvili,M/Istanbul,2003(1-0)(Gurevich,
M)(68)}) 11. b4 $5 ({The game,which have reached this position were continued
as follows:} 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Nc3 h6 $140 (14... Rfc8
$5) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6] Berkvens,J-Buss,R/Zug,2003(1-0)
(62)}) ({G.K."This continuation (11.b4) looks somewhat risky. After all,White
lags in development. Ivanchuk tested 11.Nc3 in our last-round game. By playing
this solid move White takes no chances, but hardly can hope for any advantage.
The sequence:} 11. e4 $6 h6 12. Bh4 d5 13. e5 g5 {looks promising only for
Black."}) 11... c5 12. b5 (12. dxc5 $6 bxc5 13. b5 $140 Ne5 14. Qc3 Bb7 $132 {
/\a6 or Ne4}) 12... Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 $146 ({Eighteen days after this game, Black
have checked up another idea:} 13... h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. d5 $5 Ne5 16. Qd1 exd5
17. cxd5 c4 18. Qd4 $14 {Ionov,S-Feoktistov,A/St.Petersburg, 2003(1-0)(39)})
14. f3 {[%csl Yf3] Capture of space and restriction of the Black's bishop.} h6
15. Bh4 Qe7 {G.K. "In my opinion, after:} (15... axb5 16. Nxb5 d5 17. cxd5 (17.
Be2 $5) 17... exd5 18. Be2 {White has a slight edge."}) 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 (
{Leads to benefit of the contender:} 17. exd4 $6 axb5 18. cxb5 g5 19. Bf2 Nh5
20. g3 Rfc8 21. O-O $11) 17... e5 ({G.K."After:} 17... Nc5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. e4
e5 20. Qe3 {White is better.} Ng4 $140 $2 21. Qxh6 {[%csl Re7,Yh6][%cal Yh6h4,
Gh4e7] ."}) 18. Qd1 $1 {G.K."This is a very important move.One may think that
White has wasted a tempo, but the d1-square is better for the queen than d2:} (
18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rd1 {[%csl Rd6]} axb5 20. Nxb5 g5 21. Bg3 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23.
e4 (23. O-O Rfd8) 23... Nf4 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Ba6 27. Rb1 {
[%csl Yb1]} f6 28. Bf2 Kg7 $11 {."}) 18... g5 19. Bg3 {[%csl Yd1] Now Black
can not play with tempo Nc5.} axb5 20. Nxb5 d5 {G.K."Black has carried out his
plan: g7-g5 and d6-d5. At this point both players were quite satisfied with
their positions. I think White is better because he has a pair of bishops and
the loosened light squares (f5, g6) in Black's camp. In many lines the white
knight infiltrates on d6 and Black finds himself in a quite unpleasant
position."} 21. O-O Rac8 22. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Ye2,Gg3] White has a more
preferable position,at the expense of advantage of two bishops.} Qe6 23. Qb4 ({
G.K."A more interesting continuation was:} 23. cxd5 Bxd5 (23... Nxd5 $143 24.
Bc4 {[%csl Gb3,Gc4,Re6][%cal Ge3e4]} Qc6 25. Rac1 Nc5 26. Qb1 Nxe3 27. Na7 {
[%csl Rc6,Rc8]} Qf6 28. Rfe1 Nxc4 29. Nxc8 Bxc8 30. Rxc4 Bf5 31. Qa1 Qe6 $16 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Yf7f6]}) 24. Qb2 Bc4 25. Rfd1 $14) ({Another decent option is:
} 23. Rfd1 dxc4 24. Qb4 $44 {."}) 23... Rc5 ({It was dubiously: G.K."} 23...
dxc4 24. e4 Ba6 25. Nd6 {[%csl Rc4,Rc8]} Rc5 26. Rfd1 {[%csl Rc4,Yd1][%cal
Ga1c1]} c3 27. Bxa6 c2 28. Bc4 cxd1=Q+ 29. Rxd1 $36 {."}) 24. a4 Rfc8 $5 ({
Leads to favourable complications for White:} 24... dxc4 25. e4 Nh5 26. Rfd1
Nxg3 27. hxg3 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6][%cal Ga1c1]}) 25. Rfd1 {G.K."This move is better,
than:} (25. Bf2 e4 26. Nd4 Qe8 27. Nf5 (27. cxd5 Nxd5 28. Qd2 Nc3 29. f4 gxf4
30. exf4 Nf6 {with an unclear position.}) 27... Qe6 28. Nd4 ({but not} 28.
Nxh6+ $2 Kg7 29. Ng4 exf3 30. gxf3 Nxg4 31. fxg4 Qe4 $17) 28... Qe8 $11 {."})
25... Ba8 $2 {G.K."This is the critical moment of the game. After this move
White gets the upper hand. Dubious was:} (25... dxc4 $6 {in view of:} 26. e4 c3
27. Bf2) ({however after} 25... Ba6 $1 26. Bf2 Bxb5 27. axb5 e4 {Black
maintains a dynamic balance."}) 26. Ra3 ({Probably it was a little better:} 26.
Bf2 $5 e4 (26... dxc4 $2 27. e4 {[%csl Rc5]} R5c6 28. Na7 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8]}) 27.
Nd4 (27. cxd5 $5 Bxd5 (27... Nxd5 $143 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. fxe4 N5f6 30. Nd6 $16
{[%csl Rd7]}) 28. Nd4 $36) 27... Qe8 28. Nb3 R5c7 29. a5 $14) 26... g4 {
Alexander Grischuk tries to create a counterplay!} 27. cxd5 Rxd5 (27... Nxd5 {
is refuted by:} 28. Qxg4+ Qxg4 29. fxg4 Rc2 30. Kf2 {+/=/+/-}) 28. e4 {
Differently,Black will receive convenient game.} Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 gxf3 30. gxf3
Nc5 ({G.K."No better was:} 30... Nh5 31. Nd6 Rc1 32. Qd2 {[%csl Yd2]} Rb1 33.
Nf5 {[%csl Rg8,Rh6][%cal Ga3d3]} Nxg3 34. hxg3 Nc5 35. Nxh6+ Kh7 36. Nf5 $16 {
."}) 31. Qb2 $1 {G.K. "With this move White upsets the harmony of Black's
pieces."} Nfd7 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 31... Rd8 32. Be2 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gb5c7]}) 32. Qd2 $1 Bc6 ({After:} 32... Kh7 33. Nd6 Rd8 {
It is necessary to use a unsuccessful place of the Black's rook:} 34. Nf5 $14 {
[%csl Gd2,Rd8]} Bxe4 $140 $6 35. fxe4 Nxe4 {[%csl Rf5]} 36. Qb4 Qxf5 37. Rf3
$36 {[%cal Gb4e7,Gd1c2]}) 33. Nd6 Ra8 34. Be2 $1 {G.K. "Although I could not
calculate all the variations over the board, the time for an attack has come.
By now we both were in time trouble (although the 30-sec increment per move
mitigated it). I have a slight advantage on the clock."} Qf6 ({G.K."Impossibly:
} 34... Nb3 $2 {because of:} 35. Rxb3 $1 Qxb3 36. Bc4 Qb1+ (36... Qxf3 37. Nxf7
$18 {[%csl Rf3,Rg8,Rh6]}) 37. Kg2 $18 {."}) 35. Nf5 {[%csl Rh6]} Kh7 36. Bc4
Ne6 ({G.K." In case of:} 36... Rxa4 $2 {White wins with} 37. Rxa4 Bxa4 38. Bxf7
{[%csl Rh6]}) ({After the game the computer found the "machine-like" defense:} 
36... Ra7 37. Bxf7 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Nxe4 {."}) 37. Rd3 Ndc5 {G.K."Other
continuations lose on the spot:} (37... Nd4 $2 38. Nxd4 exd4 39. Rxd4 Ne5 40.
Be2 Nxf3+ 41. Bxf3 Qxf3 42. Rd6 Bxe4 43. Rxh6+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Bg6 45. Rxg6+ fxg6
46. Qxg6+ {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg3e5,Gg3d6]}) (37... Rxa4 $2 38. Bxe6 Ra1+ 39. Kg2
Qxe6 40. Qc3 $1 (40. Rd6 $4 Ra2 $19 {[%csl Rd2,Rg2]}) 40... Ra2+ 41. Kh1 $1 $18
{."}) 38. Rd6 Bxe4 (38... Bxa4 $143 39. Bxe5 {[%csl Rh6]} Qg5+ (39... Qxe5 $4
40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Ne7#) 40. Kf2 $16) 39. Bxe6 {G.K."I did not venture upon the
correct:} (39. fxe4 $1 Nxe4 40. Rxe6 fxe6 (40... Qxe6 41. Qc2 Qxf5 42. Bd3 Qc8
43. Bxe4+ Kg8 44. Bc6 $1 Ra5 45. Qg2 Kh8 (45... Qg4 46. Bf2 $18) 46. Bb5 $16)
41. Qd7+ Kh8 {because I missed} 42. Qc6 $1 Rg8 43. Bxe6 Nxg3 44. hxg3 Rd8 45.
Kh2 $16 {."}) 39... Bxf5 40. Bxf7 $1 ({Leads to favourable simplifications for
Black:} 40. Bxf5+ Qxf5 41. Rxh6+ Kg8 42. Rxb6 Ne6 {[%csl Ra4,Ye6,Rf3]}) 40...
Qg5 ({G.K."The line:} 40... Qg7 $1 41. Kh1 $1 Qg5 42. Qxg5 hxg5 43. Bxe5 {
should be checked in depth."}) 41. Qxg5 hxg5 42. Bxe5 Nd7 {G.K."After this
move White consolidates his advantage.} ({No better is:} 42... Rxa4 43. Rxb6
$16) ({The most consistent continuation for Black is:} 42... Nxa4 43. h4 Ra5
44. Bd4 gxh4 45. Rd8 Kh6 46. Rh8+ Kg5 (46... Bh7 47. Bb3 $18 {[%cal Gb3c2]})
47. Kf2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gh8h5] ."}) 43. Bc3 $1 $16 ({G.K. "But not:} 
43. Bd4 $2 {in view of:} Rxa4 44. Be8 Ra7 45. Rd5 Ra5 $1 {[%csl Ya5] ."}) 43...
Nc5 (43... Rxa4 {is refuted by:} 44. Be8 $1 Ra7 $140 45. Rd5 Be6 46. Rxg5 $18 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 44. h4 $2 {G.K."White advanced the wrong pawn! The winning path
goes:} (44. a5 $3 bxa5 45. h4 $1 g4 (45... gxh4 {(=44.h4 gh4 45.a5 ba5) with
rearrangement of moves we receive a position from a game.}) 46. Rd5 $1 Na4 47.
Bd4 Bg6 48. Be6 $18 {."}) 44... gxh4 45. a5 bxa5 $2 {G.K."Black missed his
chance:} (45... Na4 46. Bd4 {It looks like after} Ra7 $3 ({other continuations
do not work:} 46... Rxa5 47. Rd8 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd8h8]} Kh6 48. Rh8+ Kg5 (
48... Bh7 49. Bb3 $1) 49. Kf2 $1 (49. Rh5+ $2 Kf4 50. Rxh4+ Kg5 (50... Kxf3 $4
51. Bh5+) 51. Rh5+ Kf4 52. Kf2 Nc5 53. Rh4+ Kg5 54. Kg3 Ne4+ 55. fxe4 Ra3+ 56.
Kf2 Kxh4 57. exf5 Kg5 58. Be6 Ra5 59. f6 Kg6 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Ke4 Ra4 62. f7
Ra8 $11) 49... Nc5 50. Bc3 $1 Nd3+ 51. Ke3 Nf4 52. Rg8+ $16) (46... bxa5 47.
Bb3 $1 Nb2 $1 48. Rf6 $1 (48. Bxb2 $2 Rb8 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3]}) 48... Rb8 49. Bf7
$1 Rb5 (49... Bd3 50. Rf4 Kh6 51. Rxh4+ Kg5 52. Rh5+ Kf4 53. Be5+ $18 {[%csl
Rb8,Rf4]}) 50. Be8 Rb4 51. Bxb2 Rxb2 52. Rxf5 $18) {Black beats off:} 47. Rf6 (
47. Bb3 Rxa5 48. Rd8 Kh6) (47. Bc4 Rxa5 48. Rd8 Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg5) 47... Rxa5
48. Bc4 (48. Be8 Rd5) 48... Bc2 49. Rf4 Rf5 50. Rxh4+ Kg6 51. Kg2 Ra5 52. Kg3
Rg5+ 53. Kf2 Nc5 54. Be3 Rf5 55. Rh6+ Kg7 56. Rxb6 Be4 $14 {."}) 46. Rd5 ({
G.K."The move:} 46. Rd4 {is met with:} Ra6 $1 (46... Kh6 $2 47. Rd5 {[%csl Rc5,
Rf5]} Na4 48. Bd2+ $18 {[%csl Rf5,Rh6]}) 47. Rf4 Bd7 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6h6] ."
}) 46... Na4 47. Bd4 Bg6 48. Be6 {[%csl Gd4,Ye6][%cal Gf3f4,Gf4f5][%mdl 2048]
All White's pieces have occupied ideal positions and are ready to attack a
Black's king.  G.K."The white pieces are dominating. Despite the scarce
material left on the board they can create mating threats to the black king. A
Computer analysis disclosed many interesting opportunities for White that I
point out in the annotations below."} Bc2 ({G.K."} 48... Be8 $143 49. Rg5 $1
Ra6 50. Bf5+ Bg6 51. Rh5+ Kg8 52. Rh6 Kf7 53. Bc2 Rd6 54. Bb3+ Ke7 55. Be3 $18
{[%csl Ra4,Rc5,Rd6,Re7][%cal Gb3a4,Ya4c5,Ge3c5] ."}) 49. f4 ({G.K."Even better
was:} 49. Rd7+ $1 Kh6 50. Bf7 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd4e3]} Bf5 51. Rd5 Kg5 52.
Be6 Rf8 53. Bd7 $18 {[%csl Ra4] ."}) 49... Rb8 50. Rh5+ ({G.K."} 50. Kh2 $5 {
also deserved a closer look."}) 50... Kg6 51. Rg5+ Kh6 52. Bf7 {[%csl Rh6]} ({
Immediately wins a game the following move:} 52. Bg7+ Kh7 53. Be5 Rd8 (53...
Rb7 54. Bg8+ Kh6 55. Bd6 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd6f8]}) 54. Rg4 Nc5 55. Bf7 Rd1+ 56.
Kh2 Rd2+ 57. Kh3 Rd3+ (57... Bf5 $2 58. Bg8+ Kh6 59. Bg7+ Kh5 60. Bf7+) 58.
Kxh4 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg4g8,Gg8h8,Gg4g5,Gg5h5]}) 52... Bd1 53. Kh2 ({G.K."
} 53. Bg7+ Kh7 54. Be5 Rd8 55. Be6 $18 {."}) 53... Rd8 54. Bf6 Rc8 55. Be6 ({
G.K."White has a more precise continuation at his disposal:} 55. Rg6+ $1 Kh7 $8
56. Rg7+ Kh6 57. Bg6 Bc2 (57... Rc6 58. Be4 {[%csl Rc6,Rh6][%cal Gg7h7,Ge4c6]})
58. f5 {[%cal Gg7h7]} Rh8 59. Ra7 $18 {."}) 55... Rc6 ({G.K."} 55... Rc7 56.
Be5 Re7 57. Bf5 Rf7 (57... Rxe5 58. Rg6+ Kh5 59. fxe5) 58. Kh3 Nc5 59. Kxh4 $18
{[%cal Gg5g6,Gg6g7] ."}) 56. Bg7+ Kh7 57. Bf5+ Kg8 58. Be4 {The accuracy is
necessary up to the end.} (58. Bd7 $5) 58... Rc5 59. Bd5+ {G.K."More accurate
was:} (59. Bd4+ $1 Rxg5 60. fxg5 {[%csl Ra4]} Bb3 61. g6 Kf8 62. Bb1 (62. Kh3
$2 Ke7 63. g7 Kd6 64. Bh7 Nc5 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Ya5a4]}) 62... Ke7 63. g7 Kd6
64. Bc2 $1 {."}) 59... Kh7 {G.K."Black could have posed more problems for his
opponent with:} (59... Rxd5 $1 60. Rxd5 Kxg7 61. Rxd1 Nc3 (61... Kf6 62. Kh3 $1
(62. Rd6+ $2 Kf5 63. Rd5+ {[%csl Ra4]} Kg4 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ya4c3]}) 62...
Kf5 (62... Nc3 63. Rd3 Ne4 64. Rd5 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gh3h4]}) 63. Rd5+ Ke4 64.
Rxa5 Nb6 65. f5 $18) {although even in this case White closes the game with:}
62. Rd7+ $1 Kf6 63. Kh3 Kf5 64. Rf7+ Ke6 65. Rf8 a4 66. Kxh4 a3 67. Kg5 $18 {."
}) 60. Bd4 Rc2+ 61. Kh3 {[%csl Rc2,Rh7][%cal Gd5e4]} Rc7 62. Be4+ Kh6 63. Rg8 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg8h8] Further resistance is impossible.In this hopeless
position Alexander Grischuk stopped to resist.} 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 15. Bb5 $5 {You can see comments
to games: Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/London,2000/CBM 79(1/2-1/2)  (Golod,V)(38) and
Golod,V-Pilgaard,K/Ubeda,2001(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(72)}) 15... Nf4 $6 {Besides
black has two options:} (15... Ne7 $5 {See comments to next games: Teplitsky,
Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27) and Gurevich,M-Lutz,C/
Essen,2001/CBM 83(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(45)}) ({and} 15... N5f6 16. dxc5 $6 (16.
Ne2 $5 $14) 16... Nxc5 17. Bxc5 $6 bxc5 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Bb5 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Rd6
$13 {James,D-Markowski,T/Lloyds Bank op,1994 (0-1)(41)}) 16. Bb5 Rad8 $5 ({
Was checked in the previous games:} 16... Nf6 $6 17. Ne2 (17. dxc5 $5) 17...
Nxe2 18. Kxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nh5 20. Be3 $14 {Gurevich,M-Van der Wiel,J/Antwerp,
1993(1/2-1/2)(42)}) ({and} 16... Rfd8 $5 {See comments to Brunner,L-Almasi,Z/
Horgen,1995/CBM 50(½-½) (Dautov,R)(41)}) 17. Ne2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] From my
point of view,this novelty brings white at least slightly better position.} ({
Much worse is:} 17. g3 Ng6 18. Rd1 (18. Ne2 f5 $1 $36) 18... f5 19. exf5 exf5
$15 {You can see commens to game: Jelen,I-Onischuk,A/Vienna,1996/CBM 53(0-1)
(Chekhov,V)(34)}) 17... Nxg2+ {Black are finally,decided enter in tactical
complication.} ({After:} 17... Nxe2 18. Kxe2 {white has a BB in endgame.}) 18.
Kf1 f5 $8 {[%csl Gb7,Re4,Rf3,Gf5][%cal Gf5e4]} 19. d5 $1 {In it and essence of
a plan white, when they played: 17.Ne2} ({Unexpectedly loses right away:} 19.
Kxg2 $4 {in view of:} fxe4 20. fxe4 (20. Nc3 e3 $1 21. Bxe3 Rxf3 $19 {[%csl
Gb7,Gf3,Rg2]}) 20... Bxe4+ 21. Kg3 (21. Kg1 Bxh1) 21... Rf3+ 22. Kg2 Rxa3+ $1 {
[%csl Ra1,Ge4,Rg2][%cal Ga3a1,Ga3h3]}) 19... exd5 ({Weakly:} 19... fxe4 $2 {
because of:} 20. dxe6 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8,Rf8][%cal Ge6e7,Ge6d7]} Rxf3 (20...
exf3 21. Nc3 $16) 21. Kxg2 e3 (21... Nf6 22. Rhd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 e3 24. Rd8+ Kh7
25. Bg3 $18) 22. Bh4 Nf6 (22... g5 23. Rhd1 Rf2+ 24. Kh3 $1 Bg2+ 25. Kg3 gxh4+
26. Kxh4 $18) 23. e7 Rd2 24. Bxf6 Rxf6+ 25. Kh3 Bc8+ 26. Kg3 $18 {[%csl Ge7]
[%cal Ge7e8]}) 20. exd5 {[%csl Rg2]} Bxd5 $2 {This natural, on the first sight
the move, is a gross blunder.} ({Can be recommended:} 20... Ne5 $1 21. Kxg2
$140 Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Ge5,Rf3,Rg2][%cal Gd5d2]} 22. Rhd1 (22. Rhe1 $2 Nxf3 $1
23. Kxf3 $140 Rd3+ 24. Kf4 Rf3+ 25. Ke5 Rxf2 $15) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxf3+ 24.
Kf1 g5 {+/=/=}) 21. Kxg2 {[%mdl 1024]} Ne5 22. Ng1 {[%csl Rf3,Yg1,Yg2][%cal
Yg2f3,Yg1f3]} g5 23. Re1 Ng6 24. h4 $1 $16 g4 $5 ({Pretty dubiously:} 24...
Nf4+ {in view of:} 25. Kg3 Nh5+ 26. Kh2 g4 27. Re5 $16) 25. h5 Nf4+ 26. Kg3 Ne6
27. Rh4 $6 {This discrepancy considerably complicates realization of material
advantage!} ({Much better is:} 27. Bc6 $1 $16 {[%csl Yd5,Ge1,Re6][%cal Gc6d5,
Yd5e6]}) 27... Ng5 28. Be3 $6 ({It was necessary:} 28. Re7 Nxf3 29. Nxf3 Bxf3
30. Be3 Rf6 31. Rh2 {[%cal Gh2d2] +/=/+/-}) 28... Bxf3 $6 (28... gxf3 $5 29.
Bd3 Kg7 $14) 29. Nxf3 $1 {Ivan Sokolov has taken into account all consequences
of this victim.} Nxf3 30. Rhh1 Nxe1 31. Rxe1 {[%mdl 1024]} f4+ $6 ({Is a
possible continuation of the play:} 31... Rf6 $5 32. Bf4 Kf8 33. Bc4 $14) 32.
Bxf4 Rd4 33. Rf1 c4 $2 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 33... Rf5 {[%csl Rh5]
} 34. Be3 (34. Kxg4 $2 Rg5+) (34. Be2 $5) 34... Rxf1 35. Bxf1 Rd1 36. Bc4+ Kg7
37. Kxg4 Re1 38. Bf4 {+/=/+/-}) 34. Kxg4 $16 Kh7 35. Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c2]} a6
36. Bc2+ Kg7 37. Kg3 {[%cal Gf4e5]} Re8 38. Kf3 {[%cal Gf1g1]} Re6 39. Bf5 {
[%csl Gf4,Gf5] Full domination.It's difficult to give a good advise for black.}
Re8 40. Rg1+ Kf6 41. Bc2 $18 {[%cal Gg1g6]} (41. Bc2 Re6 42. Bxh6 Kf7 43. Bg5
$18 {[%csl Yc2,Yg5][%cal Gh5h6,Gh6h7]}) 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2004.06.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 ({Nowadays less popular is:} 10. Qc2 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Ge2c3] You can see my annotations to games: Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/
Batumi,1999/CBM 74(0-1)(33)}) 10... Ba6 11. Nc3 ({Is a possible continuations
of the play:} 11. b4 $5 {See my comments to Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Rethymnon,
2003/CBM 98(1-0)(63)}) ({and} 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Nc3 h6
$140 (14... Rfc8 $5) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6] Berkvens,
J-Buss,R/Zug,2003(1-0)(62)}) 11... d5 12. Qc2 dxc4 $146 {I have foreseen four
months prior to this game, that this move should be checked up in the future
!!!} ({Recently was checked up another continuation:} 12... Bxc4 {You can see
my annotation to game: Dreev,A-Kulaots,K/Moscow,2004/CBM 100(1-0)(37)}) 13. Qa4
({It was weakly:} 13. e4 {because of:} h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. d5 (15. e5 $2 cxd4 16.
exf6 g5 $1 17. Bg3 dxc3 18. Rd1 $1 cxb2 $17 19. Be5 $140 $2 Nxe5 $1 {Nice
sacrifice of queen. Black uses a White's poor development!} 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 21.
Qxb2 c3 $1 22. Qxc3 $140 Rac8 23. Qa1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Nd3 25. Ke2 Rc2+ 26. Ke3
Nxf2 $19 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gd8d3]}) 15... exd5 16. Nxd5 (16. exd5 Ne5 $17 {
/\Nd3+}) 16... g5 $15 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bg3 Nxe4 $1 $17) 13... Bb7 {It's the
most logical reaction to the previous move of White.} ({A little bit worse is:
} 13... Qc8 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 c5 16. dxc5 $5 (16. O-O cxd4 (16... h6 $143
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 {Here White
has a stable advantage.}) 17. Qxd4 h6 {+/=/=}) (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18.
Qxc5 bxc5 19. O-O-O $140 Ng4 $1 20. Rd2 Rfd8 $132) 16... Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 (
17... bxc5 $143 18. O-O-O $14) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ke2 {with obvious positional
advantage of White in endgame.}) 14. Qxc4 ({Leads to unnecessary complications:
} 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 e5 $132) 14... c5 (14... a6 $6 15. Rd1 {ףd8} b5 16. Qb4 $1
$14) 15. f3 $5 {It's rather difficult to continue a game without this move.} (
15. dxc5 $143 Rc8 16. Rd1 (16. Qa4 $6 Nxc5 17. Qxa7 $140 $4 Ra8) 16... Rxc5 17.
Qh4 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 {=/=/+}) 15... cxd4 ({It deserves more
attention:} 15... h6 $5 16. Bh4 $140 Rc8 $11) 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qd6 ({After:} 17.
Qd2 $6 Qe7 18. Rd1 Rfd8 {all the same to have to play:} 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6
h6 $11) 17... h6 18. Bh4 Nc5 $1 19. Rd1 ({Leads to favourable complications
for Black:} 19. Qxe5 $6 Re8 (19... Nfd7 $2 20. Qg3 g5 21. f4 f6 22. b4 $16 {
[%cal Gf1c4,Ga1d1]}) 20. Bxf6 (20. Qf4 $6 g5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23.
Rd1 Qe7 24. b4 (24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 $15) 24... Ne6 25. Qh4 Ng7 $15) 20...
Rxe5 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. e4 f5 23. f4 Re7 24. e5 g5 $1 $36) 19... Qxd6 20. Rxd6
Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ ({More interesting continuation is:} 21. Nb5 a6 $140 22. Rxb6 $5
(22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nc3 $11) 22... axb5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b4 (24. Rxb5 $2 Rac8
25. b4 Nb3 {עe1} 26. Kf2 (26. Rxb7 $2 Rd2 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gc8c1]}) 26... Rd2+
27. Kg3 Bd5 {-/+/-+}) 24... Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 Bxf3 $1 26. Kf2 Bxg2 27. Rd1 $13)
21... Rxd8 $11 22. e4 (22. Bc4 $143 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. e4 {
with loss of tempo in comparison of a position from game,after 24...gxf6.})
22... Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Bxf6 {The a little bit simple, but correct
decision.} gxf6 25. Rf1 {[%csl Yf1][%cal Yf1f2,Yf2d2]} Bc8 {The bishop passes
to more convenient position.} 26. Nd5 ({It's rather interesting,that after:} 
26. Ke2 Ba6 $140 (26... Rxc3 $2 27. bxc3 Ba6+ 28. Ke1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 $14) 27.
Ke1 $8 (27. Kf2 $2 Rd2+ 28. Ke1 Rxb2 $17) {the best decision for my former
countryman Alexander Beliavsky - to repeat a position:} 27... Bc8 $11 (27...
Re3+ $6 28. Kf2 Bxf1 29. Kxe3 Bxg2 30. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Ra7,Gb5,Rb6,Rg2] Good
example of the superiority of the knight above the bishop}) (27... Kg7 $143 28.
Rf2 {/\Rd2 +/=/=})) 26... Kg7 27. Rf2 {/\Rd2} Be6 28. Nc7 $11 ({Also leads to
equality:} 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 f5 (29... Bxd5 $2 30. exd5 Kf8 31. Kd3 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb6,Rf6][%cal Gd3e4,Ge4f5,Gd3c4,Gc4b5]}) 30. Ke3 f6 $11) 28... f5 ({
In my opinion,after:} 28... f5 {the contenders is agreed for draw,because of
next variants:} 29. Rd2 (29. Nxe6+ $143 fxe6 30. Rd2 Rb3 31. Rd7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7
Rxb2 33. Kf1 Kg5 $1 $15) 29... Re3+ 30. Re2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Bc4+ 32. Ke3 Kf6 $11
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 (10. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Grigore,G-Pinter,J/
Budapest,2000/CBM 78(0-1)(Golod,V)(41)}) 10... Rc8 11. Bd3 ({It deserves
attention:} 11. O-O-O $5 {See comments to Vera,R-Bacrot,E/Havana,1998/CBM 65(1/
2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) 11... c5 (11... h6 $143 12. Bh4 Re8 13. O-O c5 14. Rad1
cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Be2 d5 17. cxd5 e5 18. Qd2 Bxd5 19. e4 {+/=/= Werner,
D-Roos,C/Orange,1990(1-0)(40)}) 12. O-O cxd4 13. Qxd4 h6 14. Bh4 Nc5 $146 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc5d3,Gc5b3] I think that it was better to play on checked up
by a way:} (14... Qe7 $5 15. Be2 (15. e4 $142) 15... e5 $6 (15... Ba6 $142 16.
Rac1 d5 17. b3 e5 $36) 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nc5 18. Rad1 $14 {You can see
comments to Petursson,M-Salov,V/Manila,1990/CBM 19(0-1)(Ftacnik,L)(49)}) ({
Also was checked in the another game:} 14... Qc7 $6 15. b4 (15. e4 $142) 15...
d5 $11 {Muysers,H-Newen,R/Tuebingen,1996(1/2-1/2)(28)}) 15. Bc2 ({Leads to
equality:} 15. Rad1 d5 16. Be2 $140 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Qe7 18. Qb4 e5 $11) 15... e5
$6 {In my opinion,it's positional mistake:(weakness ><d5,f5;/^h4-d8).} ({
Can be recommended:} 15... d5 {and black gets a equal game.}) 16. Qd2 Qe7 ({
Looks slightly dangerously:} 16... g5 17. Bg3 (17. Be1 $143 d5 18. b4 Ne6 $11)
17... g4 18. fxg4 Nce4 19. Qe2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 {[%csl Rg8]}) 17. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6]
} Rfd8 ({After:} 17... Ba6 18. Qxd6 (18. b4 $6 Ncd7 19. b5 Bb7 $11) 18... Qxd6
19. Rxd6 Bxc4 20. Rfd1 {white keeps a positional advantage in the endgame.})
18. Bf5 Rc7 19. f4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] <->f; ><f6; /^h4-d8. Probably,this strong
move was simply overlooked.} exf4 ({Badly:} 19... e4 {in view of:} 20. Nf2 {
[%cal Gf2g4]} d5 21. Ng4 {[%csl Rf6]}) 20. Rxf4 Ne6 ({Loses right away:} 20...
g5 $2 21. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 22. Bxg5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5f6,Gf5h7]} Kf8 23. Qd4 $18
{[%csl Rf6]}) (20... Kh8 $143 21. Qd4 $36) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 (21... Qxf6 $2 {
is refuted by:} 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qd3+ Kg8 (24... Kg7 25. Nf4 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal Gf4h5]}) 25. Qf1 {+/-/+-}) 22. Rh4 $16 Kg7 ({Of course not:
} 22... Ng7 $2 23. e4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd2h6]}) 23. Nf4 ({Also good enough:} 
23. e4 Ng5 24. b3) 23... Nxf4 $6 (23... Ng5 {would be more stubborn.}) 24. Rxf4
Qe5 25. b3 (25. b4 $5 {-was a bit more precise.}) 25... Kf8 26. e4 {[%csl Rh6]
[%cal Gf4h4]} (26. Bg4 $5 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6,Rf7,Rh6][%cal Gg4f3] It will be
difficult to protect of the weakness,after will be exchange BB.}) 26... b5 27.
cxb5 Qxb5 28. Rf3 {[%csl Yf3,Rh6][%cal Yf3b3]} h5 ({Impossibly:} 28... Qc5+ 29.
Kh1 $140 Qxa3 $2 {because of:} 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Bg6 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gh6g7]
with easy win.}) 29. Rd3 $6 ({It was much better:} 29. Kh1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal
Gf3h3]}) 29... Ke7 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 29... Qc5+ $5 30. Kh1
Qxa3 31. b4 {[%csl Rd6]} Qa6 32. Qb2 Ke7 {[%csl Ye7]}) 30. Kh1 Qe5 31. h3 a5 (
31... d5 $2 32. exd5 Qxf5 $140 33. d6+ {[%csl Rc7,Re7]}) 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 {
<->a} Rc4 34. Ra3 {[%cal Ga3a7]} Qb5 35. e5 $6 {[%csl Re7] The a little bit
adventurous decision.} ({Can be recommended:} 35. Rc3 Qxb4 36. Rxc4 Qxc4 37.
Rc1 Qa6 38. Rc7+ Ke8 39. Qh6 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gh6h8]} Qa1+ 40. Rc1 (40. Kh2
Qe5+) 40... Qa5 41. Qxf6 {[%csl Re8] +/-/+-}) 35... fxe5 $8 36. Ra5 Qb6 (36...
Qxb4 $4 37. Qg5+ Ke8 (37... f6 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Bg6#) 38. Rxe5+ dxe5 39. Rxd8#)
(36... Qe8 $6 37. Rc1 $1 $40 {[%csl Re7]} (37. Ra7 $143 Qc6 38. b5 Qb6 (38...
Qxb5 $4 39. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]}) 39. Qg5+ Ke8 {[%csl Ye8]}) (37. Bd3 $143 Rd4))
37. Qg5+ Ke8 38. Rf1 {[%cal Gf5e6] /\39.Be6 fxe6 40.Qg7(עe8)} Qxb4 (38... Rxb4
$143 39. Ra2 $40) 39. Ra7 $1 ({Weakly:} 39. Bd3 {in view of:} Qxa5 40. Qg8+ Kd7
41. Qxf7+ Kc8 42. Qxc4+ $44 {[%csl Rc8]}) 39... Rf4 $8 (39... h4 $2 40. Bc8 $1
Rdxc8 (40... Rcxc8 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Qxf7+ Kc6 43. Rc1+) 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Rxb7+
$1 Qxb7 43. Qxf7+ Kc6 44. Qxc4+ {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf1f7,Gf1b1]}) (39... Rc7 $2
40. Be6 fxe6 41. Rf8+ $1 {[%csl Rc7,Rd8]}) 40. Rb1 Rxf5 $4 $138 {Probably it's
zeitnot blunder.} (40... Qxb1+ 41. Bxb1 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Rxb1 43. Ra2 $14) 41. Qg8+
Kd7 42. Rxb7+ {[%csl Rb4,Rd8]} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament Gp2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. O-O $5 {Besides,white
has three options:} (13. b4 $143 d5 $1 $11 {See comments to Schandorff,
L-Hansen,C/Taastrup,1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(35)}) (13. Qd2 $5 {See
comments to Lautier,J-Psakhis,L/Baden-Baden,1992/CBM 33(0-1)(Ftacnik,L)(61)}) (
{and} 13. Qb3 $5 {See comments to Ivanov,S-Chepukaitis,G/St Petersburg,2000/
CBM 77(0-1)(Golod,V)(60)}) 13... Ba6 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Is a possible
continuations of the play:} 13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 $140 15. Qe1 $1 {+/=/= You
can see comments to Chabanon,J-Levin,F/Bad Endbach,1995/CBM 47(1-0)(Baburin,A)
(49)}) (13... cxd4 $5) (13... Re8 $5) ({and} 13... Qe7 $6) 14. b4 $5 ({Were
checked in the preceding games:} 14. b3 {See comments to Granda Zuniga,
J-Almasi,Z/Buenos Aires,1996/Inf 66/461 (1/2-1/2)(Almasi,Z)(74)}) (14. d5 $6
Ne5 $2 (14... exd5 $5 15. cxd5 $140 c4 16. Bc2 Nxd5 17. Qd4 N5f6 $11) 15. e4
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 {+/=/+/- Whiteley,A-Cafferty,B/Blackpool,1971(1/2-1/2) (25)}) (
14. Rac1 $6 cxd4 15. exd4 (15. Qxd4 $143 Nc5 16. Bc2 d5 $36 {[%csl Re2]}) 15...
b5 $132 {Pekarek,A-Hansen,C/Prague,1989(0-1)(24)}) ({and} 14. a4 $6 cxd4 15.
exd4 d5 $11 {Granda Zuniga,J-Georgiev,K/Groningen,1993(0-1)(44)}) 14... cxd4 $6
({From my point of view,it is necessary to react by game in the centre:} 14...
d5 {on the previous move of black.}) 15. Qxd4 Ne5 $146 {[%csl Rc4]} ({It
deserves attention:} 15... d5 16. b5 dxc4 17. Bxc4 e5 {1/2-1/2 Whiteley,
A-Wells,P/London,1985(17)} (17... Bb7 $5) 18. Qd3 {+/=/=}) 16. b5 Nxd3 {
Can it was not necessary to hasten with this exchange.} (16... Bb7 $5 17. Rad1
Qe7 18. f4 $140 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 $14 {[%cal Gc8c4]}) 17. Qxd3 Bb7
18. e4 $14 Qc7 ({After:} 18... Qe7 {[%csl Rf6,Gh4] it will be very heavy to be
untied from unpleasant pressure on /^ h4-d8.}) 19. Rac1 {[%csl Rc7]} ({
Senselessly:} 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe5 $13) 19... Rfd8 20. Rfd1
Rd7 {A little passively.It was possible to try to play more actively:} (20...
Qc5+ 21. Bf2 (21. Kh1 $143 Qh5 22. Bg3 Ne8 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 21... Qg5 $14) 21.
a4 Qc5+ $6 {Idea to penetrate on a point "b4" is connected to the roughest
miscalculation.} (21... Nh7 $142 {[%cal Yh7f8,Yf8g6]}) 22. Bf2 Qb4 $2 {[%mdl
8192] It was better to return:} (22... Qc7 $14) 23. Qc2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb4]
[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4d3,Gc4c5] The main idea of white: to play on the next move:
"c5" and then to catch the black queen.} d5 ({Also leads to big advantage of
white:} 23... Rdc7 24. c5 Rxc5 (24... bxc5 $4 25. Be1 Qa3 26. Rd3 $18) 25. Bxc5
Rxc5 26. Qd3 $16) 24. c5 {[%mdl 64]} Rdc7 (24... bxc5 $2 {is refuted by:} 25.
e5 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rd7][%cal Gf2e1,Gd1d3,Gd3a3]} (25. Be1 $2 Qc4)) (24... dxe4
$143 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. c6 Nb8 27. Be1 Qd6 28. Qxe4 $16) 25. c6 $1 ({Much worse
is:} 25. e5 Nd7 (25... Rxc5 $5) 26. c6 Bxc6 27. Rd4 Qe7 28. bxc6 Nxe5 $44 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 25... Bxc6 $140 ({After:} 25... Ba8 26. e5 Nh7 27. Nd4 {[%csl Ga4,
Ra8,Gb5,Gc6,Gd4,Ge5,Gf2,Rh7] further resistance is impossible.}) 26. Bg3 {
[%csl Rc6,Yc7][%cal Yc7c6] The important intermediate move!} Bxb5 27. Bxc7 Rxc7
$8 ({Loses right away:} 27... Bxa4 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 dxe4 30. fxe4 Nxe4 31.
Rd4 Nc5 32. Bxb6 $1 axb6 33. Rxa4 {[%csl Rc8]}) 28. Qxc7 Bxe2 29. Re1 Bc4 (
29... Bd3 $143 30. e5 Nh5 31. Qc3 $18) 30. Qxa7 h5 $2 ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 30... dxe4 31. Rb1 (31. fxe4 $6 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Ng4 33. Qb8+
Kh7 34. h3 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Nd3 {[%csl Rc1,Re1]}) 31... Qc5+ 32. Kh1 exf3 33. Qa8+
Kh7 34. Qxf3 $16) 31. e5 $18 {[%csl Yf6,Rh5][%cal Yf6h5]} Nh7 32. Rb1 Bb3 33.
Kh1 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge1e3] It's much better,than:} (33. Re3 Qd4 34. Qb8+
Nf8 35. Rbxb3 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qc2+ {[%csl Rb3]} 37. Kg3 Qg6+ 38. Kh3 Qf5+ 39. g4
hxg4+ 40. fxg4 Qf1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+) 33... Qxa4 34. Qxb6 Bc2 35. Qd8+ Nf8 36. Rb8
Qa3 37. Qd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 $5 {Besides,white has two principales moves:} (10. b4
$5 {See comments to Jelen,I-Gyimesi,Z/Baden, 1999/CBM 71(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(25)}
) ({and} 10. Nf3 $5) 10... h6 ({Also it deserves attention:} 10... c5 $5 {
See comments to DaoThien Hai- Nisipeanu,L/Balatonbereny,1996/CBM 55(0-1)
(Dautov,R)    (67)}) ({and} 10... Rc8 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) 11. Bh4 c5 12. Qc2 Rc8 {
[%csl Rc2,Gc8]} 13. Qa4 Bb7 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]} ({Very interestingly:} 
13... cxd4 $5 14. Bxf6 $140 (14. Qxa6 $4 Nc5 $19) 14... Nc5 15. Bxd8 Nxa4 16.
Bh4 Nxb2 17. Nc1 Nxd3+ 18. Nxd3 dxe3 19. fxe3 Rxc4 $13 {Wang Lei-Torre,E/
Quezon City,2000(1/2-1/2)(43)}) 14. O-O Bc6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Looks rather
logically. The bishop with tempo becomes on "c6", allowing thus,to become on
his place-Q.} ({Repeatedly was checked in the previous games:} 14... a6) (14...
cxd4) ({and} 14... Qc7 $5 {See comments to San Segundo Carrillo,P-Tiviakov,S/
Mondariz,2000/CBM 79 (0-1)(Golod,V)(40)}) 15. Qd1 {Most probably, it's best
place for queen.} ({A little dubiously:} 15. Qb3) ({or} 15. Qc2) (15. Qxa7 $4
Ra8 {[%csl Ra7]}) 15... Qc7 {[%cal Gc7b7] /^a8-h1} 16. Nc3 Qb7 17. f3 a6 {
[%cal Gb6b5] The little bit passive decision.} (17... cxd4 $5 18. exd4 d5 19.
b3 Rfe8 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 18. a4 Rfe8 ({Again it deserves attention.} 18... cxd4
$5 19. exd4 d5 {and so on.}) 19. Qd2 Ra8 $6 {Difficultly to understand this
move.Probably with the idea:Rec8. Again can be recommended:} (19... cxd4 20.
exd4 d5) 20. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} cxd4 21. exd4 d5 {At last.Better late, than
never!} 22. b3 Qc7 $6 ({Much better is:} 22... e5 $5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bg3 Ree8
$11 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 23. Rfe1 $5 $14 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 
23. Bg3 e5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bf5 $14) 23... Qd6 24. Kh1 ({
In my opinion,more preferably:} 24. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Gh4g3]} e5 $140 $2 (24... Qb4
$14) 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) ({or} 24. Bg3 $14)
24... Bb7 25. a5 {[%mdl 512] Pretty dubious decision.} (25. Bg3 $142 $14) 25...
bxa5 26. c5 Qc7 27. Bg3 (27. f4 $6 Bc6 {[%csl Gc6,Gc7,Gd5,Re4,Gf6][%cal Gc7b7,
Gf6e4]}) 27... e5 $1 ({Weakly:} 27... Qc6 {in view of:} 28. Bd6 {with
positional advantage of white.}) 28. Na4 Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5g3] Such
bishop cannot be left on this diagonal.} 29. Bxe5 (29. Bf2 $143 e4 $5 $36 (
29... Nf4 30. Bf5 $13)) 29... Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Re1 $44 ({
Can it was necessary to decide on returning of a material:} 32. Qxa5 Nf4 (32...
Re8 $5) 33. Re1 Qd4 34. Bf1 $13 {[%csl Yf1]}) 32... Qc7 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Yc7a5]
} ({Senselessly:} 32... Qf4 {because of:} 33. Qxa5) 33. Qe3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Ge3e8]} Nf6 34. Qd4 Re8 (34... Rb8 $5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gb7c6]}) 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8
36. Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]} Qe7 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ge7e1]} 37. Qc3 ({Impossibly:} 37.
Nxd5 $4 Bxd5 38. Qxd5 Qe1+) 37... Nc7 38. h3 {[%csl Rh1,Yh2]} ({Badly:} 38.
Qxa5 $2 {in view of:} Qe3 {[%csl Gd3,Rh1][%cal Ge3c1,Ge3d3]} 39. Bf1 Ne6 {
[%csl Rc5]} 40. c6 Bxc6 (40... Qc1 $5) 41. Qxa6 Nd4 $17) 38... Bc6 39. Nc8 {
The contenders have agreed to a drawn game in approximately equal position.For
example:} (39. Nc8 Qd8 40. Na7 (40. Nd6 $5) 40... Bb5 41. Nxb5 Nxb5 42. Qe5 $44
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 c5 (8... d6 $5 {See comments to Seirawan,Y-Gelfand,B/Istanbul,2000/CBM80(1/
2-1/2)(Golod,V)(67)}) 9. dxc5 {Besides,white has two principales options:} (9.
Nf3 {You can see comments to Ivanchuk,V-Beliavsky,A/Batumi,1999/CBM 74(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(36)}) ({and} 9. f3) 9... bxc5 10. f3 Nc6 ({Is a possible
continuation of the play:} 10... a5 $5 11. Nh3 d6 $5 (11... h6 {You can see
comments to Lautier,J-Karpov,A/Las Palmas,1994/CBM 42(1-0)(Lautier)(31)}) 12.
Rd1 Ra6 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 a4 16. Bg3 e5 17. Rd2 {+/=/=
Radziewicz,I-Javakhishvili,L/Patras,2001 (1-0)(57)}) 11. O-O-O $1 {Boris
Gelfand makes the following comments in CBM 69 to this move(in annotation to
game:Gelfand,B-Epishin,V/Belgrade,1999 (1-0)(Gelfand,B)(34)) : "Now it is
difficult to get rid of unpleasant pin on h4-d8 diagonal,as after h6 White
Would take on f6 immidiately and have at least 1 tempo more,compared to
theoretical position.Funny enough I analyzed this idea in 1989 together with
IM L.Basin,but had to wait almost 10 years to give it a try".} (11. Nh3 $143 {
See comments to Gulko,B-Aleksandrov,A/ Groningen,1997/CBM 63 (1/2-1/2)(Psakhis,
L)(27)}) 11... Ne4 $6 {On my sight,black do not receive sufficient
indemnification for pawn "d7".} ({It deserves attention:} 11... Rc8 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Kb1 d5 14. cxd5 Ne7 $1 15. e4 exd5 16. Qxf6 Rc6 $44 {Campos Gambuti,
L-Rodriguez,A/Buenos Aires,1993(0-1)(34)}) ({and} 11... Rb8 {See comments to
Gelfand,B-Epishin,V/Belgrade,1999/CBM 69 (1-0) (Gelfand,B)(34) :}) 12. fxe4
Qxg5 13. Rxd7 $14 Rab8 {Hardly it is possible to offer the best move.} 14. Nf3
Qg6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Was checked in the previous games:} 14... Qg4 $5 15.
Bd3 (15. e5 $6 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Rxd7 17. Qxd7 Na5 18. Qc7 Rc8 19. Qxa5 Bxf3 20. Qe1
Be4 $44 {Kelecevic,N-Gerber,R/SUI,1996(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 15... e5 16. Rd5 {
[%csl Rc5,Re5]} Qxg2 $6 (16... Nd4 $5 $14) 17. Rf1 Rbd8 18. Rxc5 f5 19. exf5 e4
20. Ne1 Qxh2 21. Bc2 $16 {Granda Zuniga,J-Adla,D/Santa Cruz,1995(1-0)(24)}) 15.
Bd3 Bc8 ({Impossibly:} 15... Qxg2 $4 {in view of:} 16. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Gc3,Gg1,
Rg7]}) (15... Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d2]}) 16. Rc7 $5 ({
Also good enough:} 16. Rd6 Rb6 17. Kb1 $14 (17. Rxc6 $4 Rxc6 $140 18. Ne5 Qxg2
{[%csl Rh1]}) (17. Qd2 $6 {[%cal Yd2g2] /\Bc2 <->d;} Nb4 $1 18. Rxb6 Nxd3+ 19.
Qxd3 axb6 $44)) 16... Rb6 $5 ({Good interestingly:} 16... e5 $5 17. Nxe5 $140
Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxg2 19. Rf1 Be6 20. Rxc5 Rb3 $132) ({Dubiously:} 16... Bb7 17.
Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Yd2g2,Yd1d2]}) 17. Rd1 {[%cal Yd1d2,Yd2g2]} ({Again
does not pass:} 17. Rxc6 $4 Rxc6 $140 18. Ne5 Qxg2 {[%csl Rh1]}) 17... e5 {
[%csl Rc7,Rg2][%cal Gg6d6,Gg6g2] All the same it was necessary so to play!} ({
Senselessly:} 17... Bb7 {because of:} 18. Bc2) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxg2 20.
Rxc5 $1 ({After:} 20. Rxa7 $6 Bg4 21. Rf1 {[%cal Ga7f7] /\22.Raxf7 Rxf7 23.Qe8+
} Bf3 $1 22. Qc3 Bxe4 23. Rd1 Rd6 $132 {black has a good compensation behind a
pawn.}) 20... Bg4 21. Rd2 ({Badly:} 21. Re1 $2 {in view of:} Qf2 {[%csl Rb2,
Re1,Gf2]} 22. Qc3 $8 Rb3 $1 $13) 21... Qg1+ {The contenders have agreed to a
drawn game in a position with obvious advantage at white.} (21... Qg1+ 22. Kc2
Qxe3 (22... Rfb8 $2 23. b4 Qxe3 $140 24. Qg3 $1 $18 {[%csl Re3,Rg4]}) 23. b4 {
[%cal Ge5g3]} (23. Qg5 $143 Qg1 $1 $44 {[%csl Rc2,Rc5,Gg1][%cal Gh7h6]}) 23...
Ra6 24. Qg5 Qf3 25. Kb2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 c5 {Hardly it is
possible to name successful- this move. } (6... b6 $5 {[%csl Gb4,Re4][%cal
Gc8b7,Gb7e4,Gf6e4] You can see comments to games:Greenfeld,A-Kurajica,B/
Belgrade,1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(43) and Ivanisevic,I-Bogdanovski,V/Skopje,
2002/CBM 88(1-0)(Golod,V)(62)}) (6... O-O $143 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O $14) 7. Bg2 O-O
8. O-O a6 $146 {[%csl Ya6,Rb5][%cal Ya6b5] Preventive move.Black take under
the control a point "b5".} ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 8... Qe7 9.
Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Re8 12. b4 e5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bb2 $14 {Soppe,
G-Giaccio,A/Cordoba,1998(1/2-1/2)(73)}) 9. Rd1 {Besides,white has another
principal move:} (9. a3 $5 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2]}) 9... Qc7 10. a3 Bxc3
({After:} 10... Ba5 $2 11. dxc5 dxc5 $8 12. Ne4 $1 $16 {The black bishop on
"a5" is outside of game.}) 11. Qxc3 Re8 {Thus black are protected from threat:
12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Bf4 e5.} 12. b3 b6 {[%mdl 16]} 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b4
$5 {/\15.dxc5 and black can not take pawn "c5" by the knight.} ({Looks rather
logically:} 15. Qe3 $5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge3f4]}) 15... cxb4 16. axb4 Qb8 17.
Qa3 Rc7 18. Bh3 ({In my opinion,it was a little better:} 18. b5 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6]
} axb5 19. cxb5 Rec8 20. Rxc7 (20. Qxd6 $4 Rxc1 {[%csl Rd1,Rd6]}) 20... Qxc7
21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nd2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2c4]} Qc7 24. Qc3 $14)
18... h6 19. Qa1 $5 {White provoke the contender on exchange of the last
bishop and changes in the pawns structure.} ({Can be recommended:} 19. Nd2 $14)
19... Bxf3 20. exf3 Qb7 21. f4 d5 22. c5 b5 23. Rc3 $14 ({Is a possible
continuation of the play:} 23. Re1 {<->e,/\f5}) 23... Nh7 24. Re1 Ra8 25. f5 $6
{The a little bit hasty decision.} (25. Bc1 $142 {><g5;/\f5}) 25... Ng5 26. Bg2
Nf6 27. fxe6 ({Pretty dubiously:} 27. h4 $6 Nge4 28. Rf3 Re7 $11) 27... Nxe6
28. Rce3 Qc6 29. f3 (29. Re5 $5 {[%csl Rd5] /\Qc1,h3,g4 and so on.}) 29... Rf8
30. Bc3 Qa8 31. Qb1 {White work extremely slowly and black have time to be
reconstruct pieces and to receive counterplay.} Nd8 {[%csl Yd8][%cal Yd8c6]}
32. g4 Nc6 33. Qf5 ({Black also gets a counterplay,after:} 33. g5 $5 hxg5 34.
Qf5 a5 $132) 33... a5 $1 $132 34. bxa5 b4 35. Ba1 $2 ({It was possible to put
the bishop little bit closer:} 35. Bb2 $5 Nxa5 $140 36. R3e2 Nc4 37. Bc1 $13 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gc1h6]}) 35... Nxa5 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 36. f4 (36. g5 $143 hxg5 37.
Qxg5 Nc4 $36 {[%csl Ra1,Gb4][%cal Gc7a7]}) (36. R3e2 $5 Nc4 $140 37. f4 $15 {
[%cal Gg4g5]}) 36... Nc4 37. R3e2 Ra7 38. g5 hxg5 ({Also good enough:} 38...
Rxa1 39. gxf6 Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Re8 {[%csl Gb4,Rg1]}) 39. fxg5 Ne4 40. Rxe4 $140
g6 $1 (40... dxe4 $143 41. Bxe4 g6 42. Qf1 $132) 41. Qf6 $6 (41. Qf4 $142 Rxa1
42. Re7 b3 {=/+/-/+}) 41... dxe4 ({Also immediately leads to big advantage:} 
41... Rxa1 $1 42. R4e2 (42. Rh4 $4 Rxe1+ 43. Kf2 (43. Bf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Ne3+
45. Ke2 Qa2+ 46. Kxe3 Re8+ $19 {[%csl Ga2,Re3,Ge8]}) 43... Qa2+ 44. Kg3 (44.
Kxe1 $2 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Qxg2#) 44... Qa3+ 45. Bf3 Qxf3+ $1 46. Qxf3 (
46. Kxf3 Rf1+ {[%csl Gf1,Rf3,Rf6]}) 46... Re3 {[%csl Ge3,Rf3,Rg3]}) 42... b3
$17 {[%cal Gb3b2]}) 42. d5 ({Loses right away:} 42. Bxe4 $2 {in view of:} Rxa1
43. Bxa8 $140 Rxe1+ 44. Kf2 Rxa8 $1 (44... Re6 $2 45. Qf3 {[%csl Yf3][%cal
Yf3a8]}) 45. Kxe1 b3 46. Qc6 Ra1+ 47. Ke2 b2 $19) 42... Rxa1 43. Qxa1 (43. Rxa1
$142 Qxd5 {[%csl Rc5]} 44. c6 Re8 {-/+/-+}) 43... Qxd5 44. Rxe4 b3 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gb3b2]} ({After:} 44... Qxc5+ $2 {white equalizes:} 45. Qd4 $1 Qxd4+ 46.
Rxd4 Rc8 47. Bd5 Nb6 48. Bb3 Rc5 49. h4 Rb5 50. Kg2 $11) 45. Qd4 Qxd4+ 46. Rxd4
b2 47. Rd1 (47. Be4 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e4]} 48. Bc2 (48. Bd3 $144 Re3) 48... Re2 49.
Bd3 Ne5 $19) 47... Rc8 (47... Nd2 $142 48. Bb7 {[%cal Gc5c6,Gc6c7]} (48. Bh3
Ra8 49. c6 Ra1) 48... Re8 49. c6 Re7 $19 {[%csl Ye7]}) 48. Be4 (48. c6 $143 Nd2
{[%csl Gb2,Yd2][%cal Gb2b1]}) (48. Rb1 $143 Rxc5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gc5g5,Gc5a5,
Ga5a1]} 49. Bf1 Rxg5+ 50. Kf2 (50. Bg2 Ra5) (50. Kh1 Nd2 {[%csl Rb1,Rf1]})
50... Nd2 51. Rxb2 Rf5+ {[%csl Rf1]}) 48... Rxc5 49. Kf2 (49. h4 Na3 {[%cal
Gc5c1]}) 49... Na3 50. h4 (50. Rd8+ Kg7 51. Rb8 Rb5 52. Rxb5 Nxb5 53. Ke3 Nc3
54. Bd3 b1=Q 55. Bxb1 Nxb1 $19) 50... Rc4 {[%csl Re4,Rh4][%cal Gc4c1]} 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 (11. Be2 $5 {See comments to Sergienko,
S-Volzhin,A/Samara,2000/CBM 78(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(39)}) 11... dxe5 12. Be2 ({
Is a possible continuation of the play:} 12. Nf2 Nc6 13. b4 f4 $5 $132 {
See comments to Ward,C-Adams,M/Southend,2001/CBM 83(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(34)})
12... c5 $5 {It is typical reception in this PP structure.Besides,black has
two principales moves:} (12... Qe7 $5 {Alterman,B} 13. O-O a5 14. b3 Nc6 15.
Nf2 Be6 16. Bb2 Nd7 {+/=/=}) ({and} 12... a5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. b3 h6
16. Nf2 Be6 17. Qc3 Nd7 18. Bb2 f4 19. Bf1 $14 {You can see comments to
Alterman,B-Gofshtein,L/Israel,1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Alterman,B)(46)}) 13. O-O ({
It was interestingly:} 13. f4 {/^a1-h8} Nc6 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Rae1
Ne4 17. Bf3 {+/=/= Baburin,A-Hansen,S/Copenhagen,1999(1-0)(70)}) 13... Nc6 ({
It deserves attention:} 13... Qe7 14. b4 Nc6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Re1 (16. Nf2 $5)
16... a6 17. Bf1 axb5 18. cxb5 b6 $11 {Nicoara,M-Gervais,C/Bescanon,1999(1/2-1/
2)(72)}) 14. Nf2 Be6 $146 {In my opinion,it was better to not define a
position of the bishop.} ({Was checked in the previous games:} 14... a5 $5 {
[%csl Ya5,Yc5]} 15. b3 b6 16. Bb2 Ra7 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Rd1 Qe7
20. Bf1 {+/=/=} h6 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. h3 Qe6 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-De Firmian,N/Malmo,1999(24)}) (14... Qe7 $5 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Bd2 f4 $5
{[%csl Rd4]} 17. Bd3 g5 $132 {Alvarado Ascanio,F-De Firmian,N/Las Palmas,1999
(0-1)(56)}) 15. b3 Qe7 16. Bb2 a5 {[%csl Ya5,Yc5] Black take under the control
a point "b4" as in game:Gelfand,B-De Firmian,N/Malmo,1999} 17. Rfd1 a4 $1 {
The unexpected,but absolute correct decision.} (17... Rad8 $143 18. Rxd8 Rxd8
19. Bd3 $36 {[%csl Rf5]}) 18. bxa4 Nd7 $6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd7b6]} ({Looks
more logically:} 18... Ra7 $5 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gf8a8]}) 19. Rab1 $14 {[%csl
Gb1,Rb6][%cal Yd7b6]} f4 $2 {[%csl Rd4][%mdl 16384] Alexander Shabalov want to
occupy a point "d4", but hopelessly weaken a poin "e4".} ({Also pretty
dubiously:} 19... Qg5 {in view of:} 20. f4 exf4 21. Nh3 Qh6 22. Nxf4 $16) ({
Again it was better:} 19... Ra7 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gf8a8]} 20. f4 $14) 20. exf4
Rxf4 (20... exf4 $143 21. Bd3 h6 (21... Qh4 22. Be4 $16) 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Be4
$16) 21. Bd3 Rh4 {[%csl Yh4,Rh7][%cal Yh4h7] It's original way of protection
of the pawn "h7".} 22. Re1 Rh5 23. Be4 $16 Rf8 ({Weakly:} 23... Nd4 {because
of:} 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxb7 $16) 24. Ng4 {[%csl Re5]} Kh8 ({Probably,it was a
little better:} 24... Qh4 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ (25... Bxg4 $143 26. Qxh4 Rxh4 27. fxg4
$18 Rxg4 $140 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Be6 {[%csl Rd7,Rg4]}) 26. Nxf2 Bxc4 27. Bc1 $16
{[%csl Rb7]}) 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rbd1 Qh4 {"Shot in emptiness".} (26... Bxg4 27.
fxg4 Rg5 28. h3 {[%csl Ga3,Ga4,Rc5,Rc6,Re5]}) 27. h3 {[%csl Yh3]} Qg3 28. Qf2
Qf4 ({After:} 28... Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd1d6] white save a big
advantage in the endgame}) (28... Rxh3 29. Qxg3 Rxg3 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 $18
) 29. Re4 Qg5 ({Also black carry material losses,after:} 29... Qf7 30. Nxe5 (
30. a5 $5) 30... Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Bxc4 32. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge4f4,Ge4c4]} (
32. Qxc5 $143 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gd1d7]} Bd5 33. Rf4 Rf5 34. Rxf5 Qxf5 35. a5 {
+/-/+-}) 32... Rg8 (32... Bd5 $2 33. Rf4 Qe7 34. Qxg7+ $1 Qxg7 35. Rxf8+) {
[%tqu "En","?Please enter the best move for white.","It is necessary to use a
weakness of the black king!","It is necessary to use a bad position of the
black bishop!","e5g7","",10]} 33. Bxg7+ $1 Rxg7 (33... Qxg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35.
Rxc4 $18) 34. Rd8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Qxg8 36. Rg4 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rh8][%cal Gg3b8,
Gg4c4]}) 30. Bxe5 Bf5 ({Loses right away:} 30... Bxg4 {because of:} 31. Bxg7+
$1 Qxg7 $8 (31... Kxg7 32. Rxg4 {[%csl Rg5,Rg7]}) 32. Rxg4 Qf7 $140 33. Rxd7 $1
Qxd7 34. Qb2+ {[%csl Rh8]}) 31. Ree1 $18 Bxg4 32. hxg4 Nxe5 33. gxh5 h6 (33...
Nxf3+ $2 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Re8+) 34. f4 Rxf4 (34... Qxh5 $144 35. fxe5 $1 Rxf2
36. Kxf2 Qf7+ 37. Kg1 Qe6 38. Rd6 Qxc4 39. e6 Qh4 40. Re2 Qe7 41. Rd7 Qe8 42.
e7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Gd7d8]}) 35. Rd8+ {After this move black resigns,because
of next variants:} (35. Rd8+ Qxd8 (35... Kh7 36. Qc2+ Qf5 $8 (36... Rf5 $2 37.
Rxe5) (36... g6 $2 37. Rxe5 Qxe5 38. Qxg6#) 37. Qxf5+ Rxf5 38. Re4 {[%csl Ga4]
[%cal Ga4a5]}) 36. Qxf4 Nd3 37. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Ba6 11. b4 ({Leads to quieter game:} 11. Nc3 {
You can see my annotations to Berkes,F-Beliavsky,A/Paks,2004/CBM 102(1/2-1/2)
(28)}) 11... c5 ({Recently was checked up another interesting continuation:} 
11... d5 12. b5 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qa4 e5 $1 $13 {Sasikiran,
K-Beliavsky,A/Pune,2004(0-1)(64)}) 12. b5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 $5 $146 {This move
is directed against progress "d5",which now slightly loses in force.  Comments
to this part of the game,and also to:} (13... a6 $5 {You can find in my
annotations to game Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Rethymnon,2003/CBM 98(1-0)(63)}) ({
On:} 13... h6 {I have found only one game}) ({and after:} 13... Qe7 {I have
found two games in my database.}) 14. d5 {All the same,Jonathan Rowson had no
other worthy alternative.For an example,after:} (14. Rd1 Qc7 {קc4 Black has a
easy and convenient game.}) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 ({Hardly it was better:} 15.
Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 16. cxd5 h6 17. Bh4 Ne5 $132) 15... Re8 {<->e} 16. Be2 h6 17. Bh4
c4 $1 {The game of Black corresponds to the requirements of a position.My
former countryman,surrounds Pd5 from different directions.} 18. Qc2 (18. Qd2
$143 Nc5 {with threats 19...Nb3 or 19...g5 20.Bg3 Nfe4|^}) 18... g5 19. Bg3
Nxd5 20. Bf3 ({Leads to hopeless position:} 20. Bxd6 $4 Qf6 {[%csl Ra1,Rc3,Rd6]
} 21. Bb4 $8 Nxb4 22. axb4 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Be4 $1 {צa1}) 20... Qf6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5
22. O-O Bb7 {The bishop should remain on a /^a8-h1.} 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Rd4 $44 {
White strengthen a pressure on a weak part of the contender - Pd6.} Re6 25.
Rfd1 Nd3 26. h3 Qf5 {[%csl Rc2,Gf5,Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]} 27. Qa4 {This move is the
"harbinger" of active actions in this game.} (27. Bxd6 $4 {is refuted by:} Bxg2
$1 $19 28. Kxg2 $140 $2 Nf4+) 27... Nb2 {Black accept a call and we become the
witnesses of interesting fight!} 28. Qxa7 $8 (28. e4 $4 Bxe4) 28... Nxd1 29.
Qxb7 $5 {Besides White has two alternatives:} (29. Nxd1 $2 Be4 {/\c3} 30. Nc3
d5 $15) ({and} 29. Rxd1 $5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qc2 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 (31... Qxc3 $2 32.
Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qe7 $36) 32. Bxd6 Qxc3 33. Qd7 Ra8 34. Qc6 $1 Rd8 35. Be7 Rb8 (
35... Rd1 36. Qxh6 {[%csl Rc3,Rg8][%cal Ge7f6]} Qg7 37. Qxb6 $13) 36. Bd6 Rd8
37. Be7 $11) 29... Rxe3 $5 {Black have calculated precisely all consequences
of this move.} ({Leads to absolute equality:} 29... Re7 30. Qxe7 Nxc3 31. e4
Qxb5 (31... Ne2+ $143 32. Kh2 Qxb5 33. Rxd6 $36 {[%csl Rg8]}) 32. Rxd6 Qe8 33.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rxh6 Ne2+ (34... Nxe4 $143 35. Rxb6 c3 36. Rc6) 35. Kf1 Nxg3+
36. fxg3 b5 37. Rc6 Rxe4 (37... Re5 $6 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Kf3 {/\h4}) 38. Rc5 f6
39. Rxb5 Re3 $11) 30. Rd5 $4 {Painful blunder leading to immediate loss.} (30.
Nxd1 $5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 c3 32. Rd5 Qe6 33. Rxd6 Qe8 $13) (30. fxe3 Nxc3 31. Rxd6
Re8 {[%cal Gc3e2,Gf5b1]} 32. Kh2 $13) {[%tqu "En","White's previous move was a
deciding blunder. Can you find why?","","","f5e6","It's incredible,but black
did not use a roughest mistake of the contender.",0,"e3e1","",10]} 30... Qe6 $2
{It's incredible,but Black did not use a roughest mistake of the contender.} (
30... Re1+ $1 31. Kh2 $140 Nxf2 $1 32. Bxf2 $8 (32. Rxf5 $4 Rh1#) 32... Qxf2
33. Qxc8+ Kg7 {[%csl Ge1,Gf2,Rh2][%cal Gf2f4,Gf2g1]} 34. Ne2 (34. Qg4 $2 Qg1+
35. Kg3 Re3+) 34... Qxe2 (34... Rxe2 $143 35. Qg4 {/\Qd4+}) 35. Rf5 Qe6 $19)
31. Rxd6 $2 {Again mistake.Now it was rather difficult to estimate a position,
which has turned after 36-th move.} ({Also it was weakly:} 31. Nxd1 $2 {
because of:} Rxg3 $1 (31... Re1+ $2 32. Kh2 c3 33. Rxd6 Qe8 34. Nxc3 Rxc3 35.
Rc6 Rec1 36. Rxc3 Rxc3 37. Qxb6 Rxa3 $11) 32. Rxd6 (32. fxg3 $2 c3 33. Rxd6 (
33. Nxc3 $144 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Rxc3 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qxd6 Rc1 37. g4 Qg1+ 38. Kg3
Rc2 $1 $19 39. Rd2 $140 Qe3+) 33... c2 34. Rxe6 cxd1=Q+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. Qb8+ (
36. Re8+ $143 Kg7 37. g4 Qg1+ 38. Kg3 Rc3+) 36... Kh7 37. Rxh6+ Kxh6 38. Qh8+
Kg6 39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. Qh8+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ Kd5 42. Qxf7+ Kc5 $19) 32... Qxd6 33.
Qxc8+ Kg7 34. Ne3 (34. fxg3 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd4 $17) 34... Rxe3 35. fxe3 Qd3 $17)
({Can be recommended:} 31. fxe3 $1 Nxc3 32. Rxd6 Qxe3+ 33. Kh2 $1 (33. Bf2 $2
Ne2+ 34. Kh2 (34. Kf1 $4 Qc1+ 35. Be1 (35. Kxe2 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Qf4#) 35... Ng3+
36. Kf2 Qf4+ 37. Qf3 (37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qg1#) 37... Ne4+) 34...
Qxf2 $1 35. Qxc8+ Kg7 36. Rd1 c3 $17) 33... Re8 34. Qxb6 {with equal chances.})
31... Re1+ 32. Kh2 Nxf2 $1 33. Bxf2 $8 Qxd6+ 34. Bg3 {All black's pieces
simultaneously have appeared under threat of destruction.} Rb8 $1 ({Leads to
benefit of the contender:} 34... Qe6 $2 35. Bxe1 Rd8 36. Bg3 Rd3 37. Na4 (37.
Ne4 $5) 37... Rxa3 38. Nxb6 Rxg3 $1 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Kxg3 c3 $44) 35. Qf3 (35.
Qxb8+ $143 Qxb8 36. Bxb8 Re3 37. Nd5 Rxa3 38. Be5 Rd3 $17) 35... Qe6 36. Bxb8
Qe3 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Ge1,Ge3,Rf3,Rh2][%cal Ge3f3,Ge3g1] For Black it's certainly
favourable to exchange QQ.} (36... Re3 $2 37. Qa8 Kh7 (37... Kg7 38. Qc6 $1 {
[%csl Yb8,Rg7][%cal Yb8e5]}) 38. Nd5 $13 {the white's pieces are consolidated
and now it will be complex to ram their position.}) 37. Nd5 (37. Qxe3 $143 Rxe3
{transfers to 35.Qxb8}) 37... Qxf3 38. gxf3 Rd1 39. Nc3 (39. Nxb6 $4 c3 {
and now it will be impossible to stop this pawn:} 40. Be5 c2 41. Bb2 Rb1 42.
Na4 Rxb2 43. Nxb2 c1=Q) (39. Nb4 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 c3 41. Bc7 c2 42. Nxc2 Rxc2 43.
Bxb6 Rb2 44. a4 Rb4 45. Bc5 Rxa4 46. b6 Ra1 $17) (39. Ne3 $2 c3 $1 40. Bc7 f5
$1 41. Bxb6 $140 f4 $19) 39... Rd3 40. Be5 Rxf3 $17 41. a4 Re3 42. Bd4 Rd3 {
Good example of the superiority of the R above BN.} 43. Be5 (43. Bxb6 $2 Rxc3
44. a5 {and Black have time to stop of both pawns:} Rb3 45. a6 Rxb5 46. a7 Rb2+
47. Kg3 Ra2) 43... f6 $5 {Alexander Beliavsky sacrifice of the pawn for
activation of the his king.} ({Also good enough:} 43... f5 $5 {/\f4 or Kf7-e6})
44. Bxf6 Kf7 45. Bh8 $6 (45. Ne4 $5 Re3 $140 46. Nc3 Ke6 (46... Kxf6 $4 47.
Nd5+) 47. Kg2 Rd3 48. Bg7 h5 $17) 45... Ke6 46. Kg2 h5 47. a5 $2 {Absolutely
unjustified sacrifice of the pawn.} ({White could render more stubborn
resistance:} 47. Ne4 Kd5 48. Nf2 (48. Nf6+ Kc5 49. Nxh5 c3 $17) (48. Nxg5 c3
$17) 48... Rb3 49. Nd1 Kc5 50. Bc3 Ra3 $17) ({or} 47. Bg7 Kf5 48. Ne2 g4 49.
hxg4+ Kxg4 50. Bd4 h4 $5 $17 51. Bxb6 $140 h3+ 52. Kh1 (52. Kf1 $2 Rd1+ 53. Kf2
h2) (52. Kf2 $143 h2 53. Kg2 Rd2) 52... Rd1+ 53. Bg1 h2 $1 54. Kxh2 $140 Rd2
55. Kg2 Rxe2+ 56. Kf1 Kf3 $19) 47... bxa5 48. b6 Kd7 49. Na4 Kc6 50. Bc3 h4 {
The accuracy is necessary up to the end.} 51. b7 (51. Kh2 Re3 52. Kg2 Re2+ $1
53. Kg1 (53. Kf3 Ra2 54. Nb2 Ra3) 53... Ra2 54. Nb2 Ra3 $19) 51... Rg3+ {
Alexander Beliavsky perfectly carried out a final part of a game.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Qf3 $5 {[%mdl 4]} Nc6 9. e3 h6 ({In this tournament there was one more game on
this variant:} 9... Bb7 $5 10. O-O-O Na5 (10... h6 $143 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6
gxf6 $14 {Kallio,H-Medvegy,Z/Budapest,2001(1/2-1/2)(70)}) 11. d5 Nb3+ 12. Kc2
Nc5 13. Rd4 d6 14. Ne2 Ncd7 15. Nc3 h6 16. h4 $13 {Turov,M-Gausel,E/Ohrid,2001
(1/2-1/2)(60)}) ({Interestingly from the beginning:} 9... Na5 $5 {You can see
comments to Beliavsky,A-Kortschnoj,V/Lviv,2000/CBM 77 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (33)})
10. Bxf6 $5 (10. h4 $5 {See comments to next games:  Dias,P-Miralles,G/
Escaldes,1998/CBM 68 (1/2-1/2)(Rodriguez,Am) (18) and Golod,V-Polgar,J/ISR,
2000/CBM 77(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(19)}) 10... Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 {After queens
was exchanged,white always will have a small positional advantage in
middlegame.} 12. Nf3 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 12. Rc1 $5 {
[%cal Yc1c4,Gg1e2,Ge2c3]} Ne7 13. Ne2 f5 14. Nc3 Bb7 (14... c5 $6 15. d5 (15.
dxc5 $5 bxc5 $140 16. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Rd7]}) 15... d6 16. Be2 Rad8 17. f3 Kg7
18. Kf2 Ng6 19. f4 $14 {Zhukova,N-Xu Yuhua/New Delhi,2000 (1-0)(52)}) 15. Rd1 (
15. Be2 $143 Ng6 16. O-O f4 17. e4 f5 18. Bd3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rae8
$11 {Turov,M-Rozentalis,E/Montreal,2001(1/2-1/2) (23)}) 15... d6 16. Be2 Rfd8
17. O-O Kf8 18. f4 {+/=/= Sokolov,I-Psakhis,L/Vlissingen,2000 (1/2-1/2)(37)}) (
{Also it deserves attention:} 12. b4 $5) 12... Rac8 $5 $146 ({Was checked in
the previous game:} 12... Ne7 $5 {Black's plan is:c5,Rac8(or Rfc8) with
pressure to pawn "c4" and play in <->c. You can see comments to Hoang Thanh
Trang-Wang Lei/Shenyang,2000/CBM 79(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(42)}) 13. Be2 $6 {
Probably, there was no need to spend tempo for this move, and it was better to
play at once:} (13. b4 $5 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Ne7 $140 14. a4 $1 c5 15. a5 {[%csl
Ga1,Ra6][%cal Ga5b6]} Bb7 (15... Ra8 $6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b5 Bb7 18. Nd2 {
+/=/+/-}) 16. dxc5 (16. axb6 $143 axb6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Ra8 {<->a}) 16...
bxc5 17. b5 $14) 13... d6 ({Also can be recommended typical idea for this
position:} 13... Na5 14. Rc1 $140 c5 {[%csl Ga5,Ga6,Rc4,Gc8]} 15. dxc5 bxc5 16.
b4 (16. Nd2 $5) 16... cxb4 17. axb4 Nxc4 18. Ra1 Bb5 19. Rxa7 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Kd2 $11) 14. b4 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4,Gd4][%cal Gb4b5]} Ne7 15. a4
c5 $1 {Now pawn "d" is on "d6",and this considerably strengthens this move.}
16. dxc5 ({Now senselessly:} 16. a5 {because of:} Bb7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 Rc7
{[%csl Ra7][%cal Ge7c6,Ge7c8]}) 16... dxc5 ({It is clear, that it is much
worse:} 16... bxc5 17. b5 Bb7 18. a5 $14) 17. b5 Bb7 18. a5 Rfd8 19. Nd2 ({
Very weakly:} 19. axb6 axb6 $140 20. Ra7 {in view of:} Ra8 $1 21. Rxa8 $8 (21.
Rxb7 $4 Ra1+ 22. Bd1 Rdxd1+ 23. Ke2 Rxh1 24. Rxe7 Ra2+ $19) 21... Rxa8 $15 {
[%cal Ga8a1]}) 19... Kf8 {[%csl Yf8,Rg8][%cal Yf8e7,Gb7g2,Yg8f8]} 20. Rg1 $6 (
20. Bf3 $142 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rd6 {+/=/=} (21... Rd3 $143 22. Ke2 $14)) 20... Rc7
$1 {[%cal Gc7d7] Now black have time to grasp <->d.} 21. Bf3 Rcd7 22. axb6 axb6
(22... Rxd2 $4 23. bxa7 $1 Bxf3 (23... Ba8 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Kxd2) 24. gxf3 $18
{[%csl Rd2][%cal Ga7a8]}) ({A little worse:} 22... Bxf3 23. Nxf3 axb6 24. Ke2 {
+/=/=}) 23. Ra2 {[%cal Ya2d2]} Bxf3 24. gxf3 (24. Nxf3 Nc8 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Gc8d6]} 25. Ke2 Ke7 $11) 24... Ng6 $11 (24... Ng6 25. Ke2 Ne5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 12th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 ({The main
line is} 7. Bd3 $5 {You can see my comments to Hillarp Persson,T-Polgar,J/
Sigeman & Co,2000/CBM 77(1/2-1/2)(29)}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 (9. Bb2 $5
{See comments to Sarkar,J-Shahade,G/Seattle,2003/CBM 93(1-0)(Atlas,V)(37)})
9... Qa5 ({Is a possible continuations of the play:} 9... cxd4 $5 10. cxd4 Qa5+
11. Kf1 Bd7 $5 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Bb2 Qa6 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Rc1 $11
(15. c5 $2 b6 16. Qxe4 Bb7 17. Qg4 bxc5 $17 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb7g2] Zimmerman,
Yuri-Belichev,Nikolai/Budapest,1999(0-1)(27)})) 12. Ne2 Ba4 13. Qb2 Nc6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Be3 $13 {Karpov,A-Polgar,J/Hoogeveen,2003/CBM 98 (1/2-1/2)(67)})
({and} 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 ({It deserves serious attention:} 10. Ne2 $5 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 $5 $13 {Shariyazdanov,A-Rashkovsky,N/Oberwart,2002(1-0)(28)})
10... f5 $132) 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Nxd4 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Gc1d2]} Nb5+ ({Can it was necessary to decide on the more active
continuation:} 13... Ne4+ $5 14. Kf1 f5 $1 $13) 14. Bd2 Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16.
Bxa5 Nxc2+ 17. Bxc2 Nc6 (17... Be6 $5 {[%csl Ra5,Re5][%cal Gb8c6]} 18. Bb4 Rc8
19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bd6 Nc5 $132 {[%cal Yc5b3,Yd5d4]}) 18. Bb4 $5 $146 {White
gives up his BB advantage for a pressure on <-> a.} (18. Bc7 Bd7 19. Bd6 {
You can see my comments to Erdos,V-Gyimesi,Z/Nagykanizsa,2003/CBM 99(1/2-1/2)
(30)} ({In my opinion,it was better:} 19. O-O-O $5 Be6 20. Bd6 $14 {[%cal
Gf3f4,Gf4f5]})) ({I can not recommended in this position:} 18. Bc3 d4 (18...
Rd8 $5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd5d4]}) 19. Bb2 {[%csl Rd4]} Re8 20. f4 f6 21. O-O
fxe5 22. fxe5 {[%csl Rh8]} Be6 $11) 18... Nxb4 19. axb4 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ga1a7]
} Re8 20. f4 g5 (20... f6 $142 21. Bg6 (21. O-O fxe5 22. fxe5 Kg8 $11 {><f7;/
\Be6}) 21... Re6 22. Bf7 Re7 23. Bxd5 fxe5 24. O-O Be6 (24... exf4 $2 25. Rxf4
$16 {[%cal Gf4h4,Gf4f8]} Be6 $140 $2 26. Re4 Rae8 27. Rae1 $18) 25. Bxe6 Rxe6
26. Rfe1 Rb6 27. fxe5 Rxb4 28. e6 a6 $11) 21. O-O ({Gives nothing:} 21. O-O-O
gxf4 22. Rxd5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh1f1,Gf1f4]} Be6 23. Rd4 Rac8 24. Kb2 Rc4 $11)
21... Kg7 22. Ra3 (22. Ra5 $5 gxf4 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Rd4 a5 $1 {Very strong
resource.Black changes the direction,sacrifices pawn for a strong coutrerplay
on the queen side.} 25. Rdxf4 a4 $44 {Strong Pa4 provides a strong counterplay
for Black.}) 22... gxf4 23. Rxf4 Be6 ({It was dubiously:} 23... Rxe5 $6 24.
Rg3+ Kf8 25. Rh4 $1 Ke7 26. Rh8 d4 27. Rgg8 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Rc1 29. Be4 Kf6 30. h4
$14 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6]}) 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. h4 Ke7 (25... Rac8 $5 26.
Bb3 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf4d4]}) 26. h5 $6 {White hurry up and losing a part
of his little advantage. After crossing the 5th line,pawn "h" became a
weakness that need's permanent protection.} ({Better was "to keep all the keys
on the table":} 26. Kf2 $5 a5 (26... Rac8 27. Bb3 Rc1 28. Rd3 $14 {[%cal Gf4d4,
Gg2g3]}) 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Rc3 $14) 26... Rac8 27. Bd3 ({Now weakly is:} 27.
Bb3 $2 {in view of:} Rc1+ 28. Kh2 $140 Rh8 29. Rg5 b6 $15 {[%cal Ga7a5]}) 27...
Rh8 28. Rh4 (28. Be2 Rc2 $11) 28... Rh6 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Gb7b6,Ga7a5,Gc8c3]}
29. Kf2 Rc3 $6 {Hardlly to believe that such a logical move will lead to
difficult position.} (29... b6 $142 {/\a5} 30. b5 Bd7 31. Rf3 Rg8 {[%csl Rg4]
[%cal Yd7g4,Yg8g4] +/=/= Protecting from "g4".}) 30. Rf3 $1 {/\g4} Rb3 31. b5
$6 {And another logical,but unaccurate move.} (31. Rf6 $142 Rh8 (31... Rxh5 $5
32. Rxh5 Rxd3 33. Rh8 $14) 32. Be2 Rb2 33. h6 {+/=/+/-}) 31... d4 {/\Bd5} 32.
g4 Bd5 33. Rf6 ({Not helping to get an advantage:} 33. Rg3 {because of:} Rb2+
$1 (33... Ke6 $6 34. g5 Rh8 35. h6 Kxe5 36. g6 $1 fxg6 37. Rg5+ Ke6 38. Rxg6+
Kf7 39. Rf4+ Ke7 40. Rxd4 $16) 34. Kg1 ({too risky is:} 34. Ke1 $6 Rh8 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Gh8c8,Gc8c1]} 35. Kd1 Ke6 $15) 34... Re6 35. g5 Rxe5 36. Rxd4
Rd2 37. Rh4 Rd1+ (37... Re1+ $143 38. Bf1 $36 {/\h6}) 38. Kf2 ({Of course not:
} 38. Bf1 $4 Rf5 $19) 38... Rd2+ 39. Kg1 Rd1+ $11) 33... Rh8 34. Rh3 Rg8 35.
Rf4 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Rg2+ 37. Kh4 Be6 38. Bf5 (38. h6 $144 R2xg4+ 39. Rxg4 Rxg4+
40. Kh5 Kf8 {[%csl Yf8][%cal Yf8g8]} 41. Rh4 Rxh4+ 42. Kxh4 Kg8 43. Kg5 Bb3 44.
Kf4 (44. Kf6 $143 a5 45. bxa6 bxa6 46. Bxa6 Kh7 47. Kg5 Bc2 {[%cal Gd4d3,Gd3d2]
} 48. Kf6 $11) 44... Bd5 45. Kf5 a5 46. bxa6 bxa6 47. Bxa6 Kh7 48. Kg5 Be4 49.
Bc4 Bg6 $11 {Finally black find his stronghold.White is absolutely unable to
play on win.}) 38... Bxf5 39. gxf5 f6 $1 $11 40. exf6+ (40. e6 $4 R2g5 {
[%csl Rh4,Rh5][%cal Yg8h8]}) 40... Kxf6 41. Rxd4 Kxf5 42. Rf3+ Ke5 43. Rdd3 (
43. Ra4 Rh8 {[%cal Gg2h2]} 44. Rh3 Kf5 $11) (43. Rdd3 R2g4+ 44. Kh3 R4g5 45.
Kh4 Rg4+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 b6 $5 ({Comments to} 9... g5 $6 {(also 9...Qe8!? and 9...Qe7)
you can find in annotations to Onischuk,A-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee,2000/CBM
75 (1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) 10. Nd2 (10. e3 $143 Bb7 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3
Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nd2 Ndf6 $11 {Guerra Bastida,D-Rodriguez,A/Malaga,1991 (1/
2-1/2)(32)}) 10... Bb7 11. f3 {It's more essentially, than:} (11. e3 $5 {
See commenst to Kharlov,A-Kiselev,S/Vladivostok,1994/CBM 43(1-0)(Chekhov,V) 
(38)}) 11... Rc8 (11... d5 $143 12. e3 Rc8 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 c6 15. Bd3 Re8
16. O-O e5 17. Bf5 $14 {Rossen,C-Speelman,J/Copenhagen, 2001(1/2-1/2)(36)}) 12.
e4 ({Clearly,that it is worse:} 12. e3 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 e5
16. e4 Re8 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. O-O Ng6 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Qb3 Nh7 21. Be1 Qg5 $132 {
Arlandi,E-Bellia,F/Montecatini Terme,2001 (1/2-1/2)(55)}) 12... c5 ({
Impossibly:} 12... Nxe4 $2 {in view of:} 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bh4 Na4 15. b3 {
[%csl Ra4]} Nc3 16. Rc1 Na2 17. Rc2 $18 {[%csl Ra2]}) 13. Bd3 (13. dxc5 $143
Nxc5 {[%csl Rc3,Gc8,Rh4]} (13... Rxc5 $143 14. Qd4 Qb8 15. Be2 {+/=/=
Kortschnoj,V-Kosten,A/Hastings,1988(1-0)(31)}) 14. Qd4 e5 15. Qg1 $6 (15. Qf2
$5) 15... Ne6 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Kb1 Rc7 18. Bf2 Rfc8 19. Be3 b5 $1 $36 {
Dydyshko,V-Ionov,S/St.Petersburg,1992 (0-1)(34)}) ({and} 13. Bf2 Qe7 14. Be2
Nh5 15. g3 f5 $36 {Flear,G-Chandler,M/Walsall,1992(0-1)(54)}) (13. d5 $2 exd5
14. cxd5 (14. Bxf6 $8 Nxf6 15. cxd5 Re8 $15) 14... Nxe4 $1 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Rcxd8 $17 {Narciso Dublan,M-Ferorchuk,S/Ohrid,2001(0-1)(86)}) 13... cxd4 (
{Loses right away:} 13... Nxe4 $2 14. Bxe4 Qxh4+ 15. g3 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rh4]}) (
{Can be recommended:} 13... d5 $5 {You can see comments to Kasparov,G-Kramnik,
V/Linares,1998/CBM 64(1/2-1/2)(Kostakiev,D)(52)}) 14. Qxd4 Nc5 $146 {[%mdl 8]}
({Was checked in the previous games:} 14... Ne5 $5 15. Be2 (15. O-O $5 Ng6 16.
Bf2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. a4 a5 {+/=/= Gerstner,W-Farago,I/
BL2-S9697 1997(/1/2-1/2)(51)}) 15... Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. g3 d5
19. exd5 exd5 20. Kf2 Rfd8 (20... Ne5 $143 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Rhd1
Be6 24. Ne4 $14 {Hoang Than Trang-Lin Ye/Kishinev,1995(1/2-1/2)(23)}) 21. Rhd1
Ne5 22. b3 (22. cxd5 $5) 22... dxc4 23. Nxc4 Bd5 24. Nd2 Be6 $11 {Hoang Than
Trang-Eperjesi,L/Budapest,1994(1/2-1/2)(37)}) 15. Be2 e5 16. Qf2 {[%csl Yf2]
[%cal Yf2h4]} Ne6 {White has a clear positional advantage, but their pieces
are located extremely unsuccessfully.} 17. O-O g5 $5 ({Is a possible
continuation of the play:} 17... Nf4 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Nf1 {+/=/=})
18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rfd1 Nhf4 ({Also not bad to put another knight in camp of
white:} 19... Nd4 $5) 20. Bf1 Bc6 ({Black do not want to leave without the
control a point "f4":} 20... Nd4 $5) 21. Rac1 Qd7 $6 {It's loss of time.} (
21... f5 $5 22. exf5 Nd4 23. Ne4 Nxf5 $13) 22. Qe3 $6 (22. Bxf4 $5 Nxf4 $140
23. Qe3 {+/=/=} (23. c5 $2 dxc5 24. Nc4 Qc7 (24... Qe6 $2 25. Rd6 {[%csl Rh6]})
25. g3 Ne6 26. Nd6 Rcd8 27. Nf5 Kh7 28. Qg2 g4 29. fxg4 Ng5 $15)) 22... Nd4 23.
Nb1 b5 $6 {Probably black blundered,because he didn't see 26.Rxd4!} ({Much
better is:} 23... f5 $5 $13 {/\Nh3+ and f4 and all pieces of black with
convenience enter in game.}) 24. Nc3 bxc4 25. Bxc4 $14 Ba4 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Black continues the erroneous line.} (25... a5 $142 $5 26. Rxd4 $140 exd4 27.
Qxd4 Qe7 $14) 26. Rxd4 $1 (26. Nxa4 $6 Qxa4 $132 {[%csl Rc4]}) 26... exd4 27.
Qxd4 {[%csl Rg8] +/=/+/-} Bb3 $1 ({Weakly:} 27... Ne6 {because of:} 28. Bxe6 (
28. Qd3 $5) 28... fxe6 {[%csl Rc1,Gc8]} 29. Bxd6 $16) 28. Bf1 {It's best
decision.} (28. Bxb3 $6 Rxc3 29. Bxf7+ (29. Rxc3 $4 Ne2+ {[%csl Rd4,Rg1]}) (29.
Bxf4 $143 Rxb3 30. Bxd6 Rd8 {+/=/=}) 29... Rxf7 30. Bxf4 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 g4 32.
f4 Qc6 $14 {[%csl Re4]}) 28... Qe7 (28... f5 $143 29. Re1 {[%csl Rg8]}) 29. Re1
({Also good enough:} 29. Qd2 $5 Qe5 30. Bf2 {[%csl Gf1,Gf2]}) 29... Rfe8 30.
Bb5 $5 Red8 $140 31. Nd5 Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (31... Nxd5 $6 32. exd5 Qb7 33.
Bc6 Qb6 34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Re4 {[%cal Ge4b4]} b5 36. Re3 Ba2 37. b3 $16 {
[%csl Ra2]}) ({It was necessary:} 31... Qe5 $1 32. Qxe5 dxe5 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34.
Nxc8 Rxc8 $14 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc8c2]}) 32. exd5 Qb7 33. Bc6 Qb6 {Leads to bad
endgame,but it's difficult to find a good recommendation:} 34. Qxb6 axb6 35.
Bxf4 gxf4 36. Re4 $16 Rc7 37. Kf2 {There is no need to hasten to take the pawn
"f4".} Rdc8 38. Rxf4 Kg7 39. Rb4 Re7 $2 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 
39... Rb8 $8 40. a4 $16) 40. Rxb6 Rcc7 41. a4 {The rest is the matter of
technics.} Re5 42. a5 Rce7 43. a6 Re2+ 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Rb7 R7e5 46. h4 {
[%csl Yh4][%cal Yh4g5,Ga6a7]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 (9. Bd3 {Unassuming move which is not giving special advantage.
See comments to Hoang Than Trang-Volzhin,A/Budapest,2000/CBM 76 (1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(37)}) ({Besides, white has two alternatives:} 9. Nf3) ({and} 9. Nh3)
9... Bb7 10. f3 Qh4+ $6 {In my opinion it's dubious decision.Can be
recommended:} (10... Nf6 $5 {( and also 10...Nd6!?) you cand find in
annotations to game:Kruppa,Y-Nosenko,A/ Donetsk,1998/CBM 68(1-0)(Golod,V)(48)})
11. g3 Qe7 ({Dubious:} 11... Qh5 12. Bg2 $140 Ng5 {because of:} 13. Nf4 Qh6 (
13... Nxf3+ $4 14. Kf2 Qg4 15. h3 $18 {[%csl Rf3,Yg4][%cal Gh3g4]}) 14. O-O $14
) 12. Bg2 Nf6 ({Now senselessly:} 12... Nd6 {in view of:} 13. b4) 13. O-O $14
c5 {On this game,Mikhail Gurevich checks at once:} 14. b4 $5 {with ideas to
save tempo in the future.} ({It deserves attention:} 14. b3 $5 {White's plan
is: Bb2,Rad1 and play in the centre.You can see comments to game:Gurevich,M-De
Firmian,N/Esbjerg,2000/CBM 78(1-0)(Golod,V)(39)}) (14. dxc5 $143 bxc5 15. Bd2
a5 16. Rad1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 $2 (17... exd5 $142) 18. e4 $16 {Ippolito,
D-Milovanovic,D/Parsippany,2001 (1/2-1/2)(60)}) 14... d6 ({Impossibly:} 14...
cxb4 15. axb4 $140 Qxb4 $4 16. Ba3 $18 {[%csl Ga1,Ga3,Rb4,Rf8]}) 15. Bb2 $6
$146 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 15. dxc5 $5 dxc5 (15... bxc5 16. bxc5
dxc5 17. Rb1 $14) 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. b5 Nd8 18. a4 a5 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf7 21.
Nf4 {+/=/+/- Van Wely,L-Korchnoi,V/Hengelo,2000 (0-1)(46)}) 15... Nbd7 16. Rad1
Rac8 ({Was interestingly looked for black:} 16... cxb4 $5 17. axb4 $140 a5 18.
bxa5 Rfc8 $5 $132) 17. dxc5 bxc5 ({Much worse is:} 17... dxc5 18. b5 $14) 18.
b5 Nb6 19. Rfe1 ({A little prematurely:} 19. e4 {because of:} fxe4 20. fxe4 e5
$13 {[%csl Rc4,Re4][%cal Ge7e6]}) 19... d5 $6 {From my point of view,it was
necessary to set forward another pawn:} (19... e5 $5 20. Rd2 $13 (20. Qxf5 $2
Nxc4 21. Bc1 d5 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge5]})) 20. cxd5 exd5 ({Also white has a
positional advantage,after:} 20... Nfxd5 21. Nf4) 21. Nf4 $14 ({Very badly:} 
21. Qxf5 $2 {because of:} Nc4 {[%csl Rb2,Re3]} 22. Bc1 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 24.
Kh1 Rfe8 $17) 21... Rce8 $2 {Black should protect pawn "f5":} (21... Nfd7 22.
a4 (22. Nh5 $5 $36 {[%csl Gb2,Rg7,Gh5]})) ({or} 21... g6) 22. Qxf5 {Now this
capture only increases a advantage of white!} Nc4 23. Bc1 $1 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Yc1e3]} (23. Bxf6 $143 Rxf6 24. Qg5 Qe5 $5 (24... h6 25. Qh5) (24... Nxe3 $6
25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 {+/=/+/-}) 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 $44 {[%csl Rf3]}) 23... d4 ({
White save a material advantage,after:} 23... Nd6 24. Qd3 c4 25. Qb1 $16 {
[%csl Yb1,Rb5]}) 24. Qc2 $1 $16 {The important intermediate move.} Nxe3 ({
Loses right away:} 24... Nb6 25. exd4 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 $18 {
[%csl Rc5,Re1][%cal Gd4c5,Gf2e1]}) ({and} 24... Ne5 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Nd3 $18)
25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Rd3 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gd3e3]} g5 {Hardly it is possible to
offer the best move.} 27. Rdxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Nd3 g4 $6 ({More
stubborn resistance after:} 29... Rfe8 30. Bf1 Bxf3 31. Qxc5 $16) 30. fxg4 Bxg2
31. Kxg2 $18 Ne4 (31... Nxg4 $142 32. Qxc5 Re2+ 33. Kh3 Nf2+ (33... Nxh2 34.
Nf4 $18) 34. Nxf2 Rfxf2 35. Qxa7 Rxh2+ 36. Kg4 $18 {[%csl Gb5]}) 32. Qc4+ Kh8
33. Qd5 $1 {As is known,at the centre of a board the queen is very strong.}
Re2+ 34. Kg1 Re8 (34... Nf6 $144 35. Qf3 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Ree8 36. Nxc5) 35. Nf4
Re1+ 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. Qf5 Ng8 38. Qxc5 {Further resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Qf3 {[%mdl 4] Probably,white can not expect a big advantage in this variant.}
Nc6 9. e3 Bb7 $5 ({Interestingly from the beginning:} 9... Na5 $5 {See
comments to Beliavsky,A-Kortschnoj,V/Lviv,2000/CBM 77 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(33)})
({Also it deserves attention:} 9... h6 {See comments to Dautov,R-Gyimesi,Z/
Ohrid 2001/CBM 84(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(24)}) 10. Qd1 $5 {The white's queen has
finished the travel and has returned on the "d1".} ({Also a little dubiously:} 
10. O-O-O Qe7 (10... h6 $143 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 $14 {Kallio,H-Medvegy,
Z/Budapest,2001(1/2-1/2)(70)}) (10... Na5 $5 11. d5 Nb3+ 12. Kc2 Nc5 13. Rd4 d6
14. Ne2 Ncd7 15. Nc3 h6 16. h4 $13 {Turov,M-Gausel,E/Ohrid,2001 (1/2-1/2)(60)})
11. Bd3 Na5 12. Qf4 h6 13. h4 Qd6 $1 14. Bxf6 Qxf4 15. exf4 gxf6 16. Ne2 d5 $11
{Gustafsson,J-Rozentalis,E/Panormo,2001(1/2-1/2)(44)}) (10. Bxf6 $6 {(it is
better to wait: "h6")} gxf6 11. Bd3 f5 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. Rg1 $14 {
Ekeberg,C-Nilssen,J/Bergen,2001(1/2-1/2)(41)}) (10. Rc1 $5 {[%csl Yc1,Rc4]
[%cal Yc1c4]} h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Nc3 f5 15. Be2 {
+/=/= Turov,M-Rozentalis,E/Montreal,2001(1/2-1/2)(23)}) 10... h6 $5 $146 ({
Was checked in the previous game:} 10... d6 11. Nf3 (11. Ne2 $5) 11... Nb8 12.
Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. dxc5 bxc5 $11 {Yu
Mingyuan-Petran,P/Budapest,2001(0-1) (62)}) 11. Bh4 ({Now senselessly:} 11. h4
{even because of:} hxg5 12. hxg5 g6 13. gxf6 Qxf6 {/\Kg7,Rh8<->h}) 11... d6 12.
Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ge2c3]} ({After:} 12. Nf3 Nb8 $5 {(/\Nbd7,c5) black receive a
convenient game.}) 12... g5 $5 ({Now weakly:} 12... Nb8 13. Nc3 $140 Nbd7 {
in view of:} 14. d5 {with positional advantage of white.}) 13. Bg3 Ne4 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Ge4g3]} 14. f3 {In my opinion it's correct decision.} (14. h4
$143 {[%csl Rg8]} Ne7 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qd3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf2f3]} f5 $13)
14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 {[%csl Rh6] <->h} Kg7 (15... Qf6 $5) 16. g4 $5 $14 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5]} f5 17. d5 $5 {[%csl Rg7]} ({Also good enough:} 
17. gxf5 $5 exf5 $140 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bc8 $14) 17... Ne7 ({Also white save
a clear advantage after:} 17... Ne5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Nd4 Bc8 20. Qd2 $14) 18.
gxf5 Nxf5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Black have decided to offer a pawn"e6".} ({Is a
possible continuation of the play:} 18... exf5 19. Nd4 Bc8 $14) 19. e4 Ne7 20.
Nd4 Bc8 $8 21. dxe6 $140 (21. Nxe6+ $143 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Rf6 {[%csl Re6]}) 21...
c5 22. Nb5 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 22. Nc2 $5 Bxe6 23. Qd2 {/\0-0-0(קd6)+/=}
) 22... Bxe6 23. Qxd6 ({Pretty dubiously:} 23. Nxd6 {because of:} Nc6 $132 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc6d4]}) 23... Qxd6 24. Nxd6 a6 $1 {[%csl Ya6,Rd6][%cal Ya6b5,
Ga8d8]} 25. O-O-O Rad8 26. Be2 ({After:} 26. b4 cxb4 27. axb4 Nc6 28. b5 axb5
29. cxb5 Ne5 {black has a good compensation behind a pawn.}) 26... Nc6 $44 {
[%cal Gc6d4]} 27. Nf5+ Bxf5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 $1 ({Much worse is:} 28... Nxd8 29.
exf5 Rxf5 30. Bd3 {+/=/=}) 29. exf5 {After this move,Stohl has offered a draw,
because of next variants:} (29. exf5 Nd4 {[%csl Re2,Rf5]} 30. Bd3 Nxf3 31. f6+
Kf7 $1 (31... Kxf6 $5 32. Bc2 Nd4 33. Rxh6+ Ke5 34. Rxb6 Ne2+ 35. Kb1 Rd2 36.
Rxa6 Nd4 $44 {[%csl Rc2,Rg2,Gg5]}) 32. Be4 Ne5 33. Bd5+ Kg6 $1 34. Be4+ Kf7 $11
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 {This move
became very popular in the last years.} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 ({The
main line is:} 9... Qa5 $5 {You can see my comments to Hillarp Persson,T-De
Firmian,N/Malmo/Copenhagen,2004/CBM 101(1/2-1/2)(43)}) 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1
Nc6 12. Ne2 f5 {Comments to this part of the game (also to: 12...Bd7?) and to:}
(12... f6 $5 {You can find in my annotations to game: Morovic Fernandez,
I-Quezada,Y/Havana,2004/CBM 101(1-0)(43)}) ({From my point of view,very risky
is:} 12... Nb4 $6 {For further details you can see next game: Ivanchuk,
V-Navara,D/Antalya,2004/CBM 101(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(59)}) 13. Rb1 ({I can not
recommended in this position:} 13. exf6 $6 Nxf6 14. Be3 (14. Bd2 $5 Qd8 15. Kg1
e5 $13) 14... Bd7 15. Qd2 Qd8 16. Kg1 Na5 17. Qa2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4
Nd5 $15 {Pataki,G-Horvath,P/Budapest,2004(0-1)(66)}) 13... Qd8 $5 $146 {
Black's king in time has come back on a him place.} ({The game,which have
reached this position was continued as follows:} 13... a6 $143 14. g4 $5 Bd7 $2
(14... fxg4 $142 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qa4 17. Rg1 $36) 15. Rxb7 $16 {
Woodward,T-Horvath,A/Budapest,2003(1-0)(25)}) 14. h4 {><g5 White wants to
catch the knight of the contender: f3 and Kg1} dxc4 {Abhijit Kunte defines a
situation at the centre,with the purpose to begin pressure on Pd4.} 15. Qxc4
Rf7 $6 {Apparently,already here Black has accepted the decision to sacrifice a
piece.The pleased doubtful decision,but during a game,usually is more
difficult to protect a position,than to develop attack.} ({Leads to unclear
position:} 15... Bd7 $5 16. Qc2 (16. Rxb7 $4 Na5) (16. f3 Rc8 17. Qa2 Na5 $13)
(16. Kg1 Rc8 $13) 16... Rc8 17. Bxe4 Na5 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Qd3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qf7
$44) 16. f3 {Alexander rather consistently carries out his plan.} (16. Bxe4
$143 fxe4 17. Be3 Na5 (17... Rc7 $5 18. Qa2 Na5 19. h5 h6 (19... Nc4 $6 20. h6
$14) 20. Ng3 Nc4 21. Kg1 b6 $13) 18. Qc2 b6 19. Qxe4 Bb7 $44) 16... Na5 17. Qa2
Nc6 18. Bc2 $1 {/\fxe4 White accept a call.} ({The repeat of moves:} 18. Qc4 $6
Na5 19. Qa2 Nc6 {leads to drawn game.}) 18... Nxd4 ({Is much worse decision:} 
18... Qa5 {in view of:} 19. fxe4 fxe4+ $140 20. Bf4 Nxd4 21. g3 Nxc2 22. Qxc2
Qxe5 23. Ke1 $16) 19. fxe4 (19. Nxd4 $4 Ng3+ {[%csl Rd4,Rh1]}) (19. Bxe4 $2
Nxe2 20. Qxe2 fxe4 21. f4 (21. Qxe4 $4 Qd1+ 22. Qe1 Qd3+) 21... b6 22. Be3 Bb7
$17) 19... fxe4+ 20. Ke1 {White's king in time has come back on a him place!} (
{Leads to favourable complications for contender:} 20. Nf4 $2 Qc7 21. Bd1 Nb5
$1 {/\Nc3} 22. Qc2 (22. Rxb5 $2 Qxc1 23. g3 Qxd1+ 24. Kg2 Qf3+ 25. Kh2 b6 $19)
(22. Qb3 $143 Nc3 23. Rb2 (23. Ra1 $2 Qxe5 {צa1,Nf4}) 23... Nd5 24. Rc2 Qd8 {
ץd1,Nf4} 25. Bh5 g6 $15) 22... Qxe5 23. g3 Nd4 24. Qd2 Qd6 $44 {/\e5}) 20...
Nxe2 21. Kxe2 b6 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gc8a6]} 22. Qc4 $1 {White had a uneasy
choice,but he managed to find the best continuation.It's necessary to be
protected from threat "Ba6+".} (22. Rd1 $4 Ba6+ 23. Ke3 (23. Ke1 $2 Rf1#) 23...
Qxh4 $19) (22. Be3 $6 Ba6+ 23. Ke1 Qc7 24. Bb3 (24. Bxe4 $4 Qxe5 25. Qc2 (25.
Bxa8 $143 Qxe3+ 26. Kd1 Qd3+ 27. Ke1 (27. Kc1 Rc7+ 28. Kb2 Qc3#) 27... Rf1+ 28.
Rxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kd2 Qe2+) 25... Raf8 26. Rb3 Qg3+ 27. Kd2 Rf2+ 28. Bxf2 Rxf2+
$19) 24... Qc3+ 25. Qd2 $8 (25. Bd2 $4 Qg3+ 26. Kd1 Rc8 $1 {[%csl Rd1][%cal
Gg3g4]} 27. Bc2 e3 $19) 25... Qxe5 $44) (22. Bb2 $2 Qf8 23. Bd4 {><f2} (23. Qc4
$2 Ba6 $1 24. Qxa6 $140 Qc5 {[%csl Rc2,Rf2][%cal Gf7f2]} 25. Rhf1 Rxf1 26. Rxf1
(26. Kxf1 $143 Rf8+ 27. Ke1 Qxc2 $19) 26... Qxc2+ 27. Ke3 Qxb2 $19) 23... Ba6+
24. Kd2 (24. Ke3 $2 Rf2 {/\Qf4#} 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 $19 26. Kxe4 Qf4+ 27. Kd5 Rd8+)
24... Rd8 25. Rb4 e3+ $1 26. Kxe3 $140 g6 {/\Qh6+} 27. Kd2 Qc5 28. Qb2 Rf4 $19)
22... Bb7 {/\Rc8} 23. Bxe4 $16 ({It deserves serious attention:} 23. Bg5 $5 Qf8
24. Bb3 (24. Bxe4 $2 Rc8 25. Qd3 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rf2+ 27. Ke1 Rfc2 $44) 24... Kh8
(24... Rf2+ 25. Ke1 Rxg2 26. Qf1 $1 Qf3 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 $140 28. Rb3 $1 Re2+ 29.
Kd1 e3 30. Qxf3 Bxf3 31. Re1 $18) 25. Ke1 Qxa3 26. Qxe6 $16) 23... Rc8 24. Qd3
$2 {By this mistake White lose all advantage.} (24. Qa4 $1 Bxe4 (24... Qc7 25.
Be3 Qxe5 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rhc1 Rf8 28. Rb5 $16) 25. Qxe4 Qf8 26. Be3 Qxa3 27.
Rhd1 Qa6+ 28. Rd3 $16) 24... Rd7 25. Bxb7 $2 {White obviously have lost a
"string of game". I am rather well familiar with Alexander Goldin,consequently
I can assume,that already in this position,he was in zeitnot.} (25. Qe3 $2 Bxe4
26. Qxe4 Rd4 27. Qf3 (27. Qe3 Rc2+ {and 28...Rd1}) 27... Qc7 {/\Qc2 and here
Black can not find protection against numerous threats. For example:} 28. Qb3 (
28. Rb2 Qc4+ 29. Kf2 Rf8 $19) 28... Qxe5+ 29. Be3 Rdc4 {/\Rc2+ or Rc3} 30. Rh3
Rc2+ 31. Kf1 R2c3 $19) ({It was necessary:} 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 26. Qg6 Ba6+ (
26... Rxc1 $143 27. Rbxc1 $1 (27. Rhxc1 $2 Rd2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Ke1 Rxg2 $19 {
[%csl Rd2,Rh4][%cal Gd8d2,Gd8h4]}) 28... Qxh4 29. Kg1 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Bxg2+ 31.
Qxg2 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Kxh7 $19) 27... Rd2+ 28. Ke1 Qd4 (28... Rxg2 $4 29. Qd3 $18)
(28... Ba6 $5 29. Qh5 Re2+ 30. Qxe2 $8 Bxe2 31. Be4 Bh5 $13) 29. Qe8+ Kxh7 30.
Qh5+ $11) 27. Kf2 Bd3 28. Qxe6 Kxh7 29. Rb4 Rc2+ 30. Kg3 Rd4 $36) 25... Rxd3
26. Bxc8 Qd5 $1 $17 27. Bxe6+ $8 (27. Re1 $2 Rc3 {ץc8; /\Qxg2+} 28. Bxe6+ (28.
Ba6 $4 Qxg2+ 29. Kd1 Qc2#) 28... Qxe6 $19) (27. Rb4 $2 Rc3 $19 {[%csl Rc8,Rg2]
[%cal Gd5d3,Gd5g2,Gc3c8]}) 27... Qxe6 28. Kxd3 Qf5+ {Probably,White missed a
this obvious move,when he made 25.Bxb7} 29. Kd4 Qxb1 30. Re1 Qc2 31. g3 (31. e6
$143 Qc5+ 32. Kd3 (32. Ke4 $143 Qf2 33. Re3 $8 Qc2+ 34. Rd3 (34. Kd4 Qxc1 35.
e7 Qc5+ 36. Kd3 Qb5+) (34. Kf3 Qxc1 35. e7 Qc6+) (34. Kf4 Kf8 {ץc1} 35. e7+
Ke8 $19 36. Re1 $140 Qf2+) 34... Qc4+ (34... Qxc1 $4 35. Rd8#) 35. Rd4 Qxe6+
$19) 32... Qd5+ 33. Kc2 Qxg2+ {/\Kf8-e8 -+}) 31... Qc5+ 32. Kd3 ({Immediately
loses a game the following move:} 32. Ke4 Qf2 $1 33. Re3 Qc2+) 32... Qd5+ 33.
Kc2 Qc4+ (33... Qg2+ $5) 34. Kb2 ({After:} 34. Kd2 $144 Qd4+ 35. Kc2 Qf2+ {
we receive a position from a game.}) 34... Qd4+ 35. Kc2 Qf2+ 36. Bd2 Qxg3 37.
e6 Kf8 $19 {[%csl Yf8] The rest is just a matter of technique.} 38. Re4 Ke8 39.
a4 Qf3 40. Re3 Qg4 41. a5 Qxh4 42. axb6 axb6 {The further resistance is
senseless.The pawns "g7" and "h7" quickly solve a game.} 43. Kd3 h5 44. Re4
Qg3+ 45. Kd4 h4 46. Bf4 Qa3 47. Re3 Qc5+ 48. Ke4 Ke7 49. Kf3 g5 50. Be5 g4+ 51.
Kf4 g3 52. Re2 Qf2+ $1 (52... Qf2+ $1 53. Rxf2 gxf2 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Gf2f1]})
0-1

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 f5 9. g3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O {Except the move made in the game, White
tried to use the pin in two different ways:} (11. Nd2 $5 Qf6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13.
Bxe4 fxe4 {קf2} 14. Be3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxc7 Nc6 17. Rd1 Rac8 $44 {
Koliopoulos,K-Sigalas,F/Athens,2004(0-1)(52)}) ({and} 11. Ng5 $5 Qf6 12. O-O
Qg6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. f3 exf3 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. exf3 $14 {
Dias,P-Pinheiro,J/Bobadela,2002(1/2-1/2)(50)}) 11... Qe7 12. Rd1 $146 (12. Nd2
$143 d5 13. f3 Nf6 14. b3 c5 15. e3 Nc6 16. Bb2 Rad8 $11 {Herrmann,U-Mueller,H/
Germany,1999(1-0)(45)}) 12... Nd7 13. d5 {[%csl Rb7,Re4,Re6][%cal Gf3d4,Gd4e6]
A typical move for such a structure: White wants to "close" the bishop on "b7"
and planns to play "Nd4" /\Ne6.} e5 $6 (13... exd5 $5 {deserves attention:} 14.
cxd5 Rac8 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb7d5,Gf7d5,Gf6d5,Ye7f7,Yd7f6]} (14... Ndf6 $143 15.
Nd4 Nxd5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Bxe4 $14) 15. Nd4 Bxd5 16. f3 $13) 14. Nh4 $14 Qf6
15. Rf1 {The idea of this move is to prepare: 16.f3 Ng5 17.f4. But it was
possible to play "f3" immediately:} (15. f3 $5 Ng5 $140 16. Nxf5 $1 (16. f4
exf4 17. Bxf4 Rae8 18. Nf3 Ne4 $13) 16... Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Rxf5 18. h4 Nf7 (18...
Nxf3+ 19. exf3 $14) 19. Bh3 g6 20. e4 Rxf3 21. Kg2 Rf6 22. Bxd7 $14) 15... Ng5
(15... c6 $2 16. f3 Nec5 (16... Ng5 $4 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f4 $18 {
[%csl Rc6,Rg5]}) 17. b4 g5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. e4 $16
) 16. f4 (16. Nxf5 $6 {is not enough:} Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Rxf5 18. h4 Ne6 $1 19. e4
(19. dxe6 $143 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc5 $11) 19... Rf6 20. dxe6 Nc5 21. b4 Nxe6 (21...
Nxe4 $4 22. Re1 $18) 22. Be3 {+/=/=}) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 (17. gxf4 $6 Nc5 $1
18. Nxf5 (18. fxg5 $6 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxh4 $132) 18... Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. fxg5
Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Nb3 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. e3 Re8 {and Black is O.K.}) 17... g6 $6 {
I think that the sacrifice of the pawn was the better option, than the move
that Black did:} (17... Rae8 $5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nxf5 Ne5 $44) 18. Qd2 Nf7 $6
(18... h6 $142 {keeping the knight on "g5".}) 19. Be3 {Evgeny Bareev transfers
his dark-squared bishop to the big diagonal.} (19. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Gf3d4,Gd4e6]
looks promising:} Rae8 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. b4 Ne4 22. Qd3 $14) 19... Rae8 20. Bd4
Qg5 21. Qc2 Nc5 $6 ({Black has missed a good chance to equalize the position:} 
21... Nfe5 $5 22. b3 (22. e4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc5 24. Qc2 Qg4 $11) 22... c5 23.
dxc6 Bxc6 $11) 22. Rf4 Bc8 (22... Ne5 $5 {could be recommended:} 23. Nf3 Qe7 {
But anyway White continues to keep an advantage thanks to his pair of bishops
and a lot of space. Only the strong Ne5 gives Black some hope for counterplay.}
) 23. Raf1 {Evgeny Bareev positioned his pieces successfully.} Qh5 {[%csl Re2]
[%cal Gh5e2,Ge8e2] But Ashot Anastasian resourcefully defended.} 24. Bf3 Qh6
25. b4 Nd7 $6 ({Black missed a nice tactical option:} 25... Ng5 {/\Nh3+} 26.
Bg2 Nce4 {with hope for a better future.}) 26. Bg2 Nfe5 (26... Nde5 $5) 27. Nf3
Nxf3+ ({Another option was to avoid this exchange and play:} 27... Ng4 $5 28.
e4 Nde5 29. h3 Nxf3+ (29... Nf6 $5) 30. R4xf3 Ne5 (30... Rxe4 $4 31. Qxe4 fxe4
32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. hxg4 $18) 31. R3f2 Qg5 32. Kh2 fxe4 33. Rxf8+
Rxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qxe4 $14 {In this ending, White is still better, but
Black has some chances for a draw.}) 28. exf3 $1 {White's plan - to put a pawn
on "f4" in order to prevent from one of black's pieces to occupy the "e5"
square. After this he could use the weakness of the diagonal a1-h8. The only
problem of this plan - the unsuccessful position of the rook on "f4".} Nf6 $2 (
28... Ne5 $142 $5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gg6g5] with the idea to prevent White's
plan: 29...g5 and 30...f4} 29. Rh4 Qg7 30. Bc3 $14) 29. Rh4 Qg7 30. Bc3 $16 {
[%cal Gh4d4] After this move the white rook is ready to come back to his
pieces and the remaining part of the game is a matter of technique only.} Re3 (
{Too late:} 30... g5 $6 31. Rd4 {and so on.}) 31. Qc1 Qe7 32. Rd4 Re8 {Right
now, Black's pieces occupied an open file, but after the few next moves we'll
find them on the back rank.} 33. Rdd1 Kf7 34. Rf2 Qd8 35. Bd4 R3e7 $6 (35...
Re2 $142 36. Rxe2 Rxe2 37. Bf1 Re8 $16 {with some chances for rescue.}) 36. Bf1
Bd7 (36... Nd7 $142) 37. Qc3 Ng8 38. c5 Kf8 39. c6 Bc8 40. Rdd2 Re1 ({The last
chance was:} 40... f4 $5 {in order to open the line for the bishop.}) 41. Bh8
$1 Qe7 $2 {This last mistake was made in a very hard position.} (41... R8e7
$142 42. Rde2 R1xe2 43. Rxe2 {+/-/+-}) 42. Rde2 $18 (42. Rde2 Rxe2 43. Rxe2 Qf7
44. Bg7+ $1 Qxg7 45. Rxe8+ {[%csl Gc3,Rc8,Ge8,Rg7]}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
f3 Nd5 9. Qd3 cxb5 ({Leads to more interesting game:} 9... f5 $5 {You can see
my annotations to game: Kiriakov,P-Wells,P/Hastings,2002/CBM 87(1/2-1/2)(44)})
10. e4 Nb6 ({Another playable opportunity is:} 10... Ne7 $5 {You can see my
commnets to Kruppa,Y-Ibragimov,I/Koszalin,1999/CBM 73(1/2-1/2)(28)}) 11. Nh3 f5
$5 {Very agressive and sharp continuation.} ({It deserves more attention:} 
11... Nc6 $5 12. Bg5 (12. b3 $5 {פb6} a5 13. Bf4 $13) 12... f6 13. Bh4 Nc4 {
/\Qa5+} (13... Bb7 $5 {/\d5}) 14. Qc3 a5 $6 (14... d5 $5) 15. Bf2 Ba6 16. Nf4
Nb6 $4 (16... Rc8 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. d5 $5 $13) 17. Nxe6 $1 {1-0 Neverov,
V-Johansson,J/Pardubice,2000}) 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bf4 $1 $146 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gf4d6]} ({Too dangerous is:} 13. Qxb5 $6 fxe4 (13... Ba6 $5) 14. fxe4 Qg6 $1 (
14... Bb7 $6 15. Bd3 $14 {Eriksson,J-Nilssen,J/Stockholm,2000(1-0)(47)}) (14...
Ba6 $5 $44) 15. Qe2 (15. Qd3 Bb7 $36) 15... Bb7 16. e5 h6 17. Bc1 Ba6 18. Qd2
Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nc6 $36 {/\Qe4+}) 13... d5 $1 {Obligatory move.Otherwise,White
will destroy black's developing by putting his bishop on "d6".} 14. exf5 $5 ({
Can't lead to advantage:} 14. Bd6 Rf7 15. Qxb5 $6 Qd8 $1 16. e5 Ba6 17. Qa5 (
17. Qc5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nc4 $1 {[%csl Rc5] and suddenly white's queen almost
trapped:} 19. Ng5 Qe8 $1 {/\Na6} 20. Qb4 (20. Bxb8 $2 Rb7 $1 21. Bd6 (21. b3
$143 Nd2+ 22. Kf2 Nxb3 $19) 21... Rc8 $17 22. b4 $140 Nd2+ 23. Kf2 Nb3 $1)
20... a5 21. Qe1 Rb7 22. Rb1 h6 23. Nh3 Nc6 $36) 17... Bxf1 18. Kxf1 (18. Rxf1
$2 Qh4+ $15) 18... Nc6 19. Qc3 Rc8 $36) ({and also can't be suggested:} 14.
Qxb5 Bd7 {It's clear that black has a powerful counterplay for the pawn:} (
14... Qxb5 $143 15. Bxb5 dxe4 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Be2 Nc6 $14) 15.
Qe2 fxe4 16. fxe4 e5 $3 {Powerful break!} 17. Bxe5 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Nc6 19. exd5
Nxe5 $1 20. dxe5 (20. Qxe5 $2 Qa4 $1 $40) 20... Rf5 $1 21. e6 Nxd5 22. Qe4 $8 {
It's really difficult to suggest something else.} Qh5 23. Be2 Re5 24. Bxh5
Rxe4+ 25. Kd2 Rxe6 $44 {[%csl Rd2]}) 14... Nc6 (14... e5 $5 15. Bxe5 Bxf5 16.
Qc3 ({Now the accepting of sacrifice Pb5 might be a serious mistake:} 16. Qxb5
$2 Nc6 17. Qe2 Nc4 $17) 16... Bxh3 17. gxh3 {/\Bg2,0-0~~}) 15. Qe3 e5 $5 $13 {
Black decides to open the position completely,though he could play in more
solid way:} (15... Nc4 $5 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. O-O $11) 16. Bxe5 ({Sharp and not
clear continuation:} 16. dxe5 Bxf5 17. Bxb5 d4 $1 (17... Bxh3 $143 18. gxh3 a6
19. Be2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. O-O-O {/\Qe4 +/=}) 18. Qb3+ (18. Qd2 $2 Bxh3 19.
gxh3 Nxe5 $1 20. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 21. Ke2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Raxe8+ 23. Kd3 Na4 $40) 18...
Be6 19. Qc2 Nb4 $1 20. axb4 Qxb5 $44) 16... Bxf5 17. Bxb5 Nxe5 $5 {[%mdl 512]
Nice tactical bomb.} ({But black also could hack in another way:} 17... Nxd4 $5
18. Qxd4 (18. Bxe8 Nc2+ 19. Kf2 Nxe3 20. Bc6 Rac8 21. Kxe3 Rxc6 {/\Nc4~~})
18... Qxb5 19. Bxg7 $5 (19. a4 Qd7 20. Nf2 Nc4 $13) 19... Rae8+ $1 (19... Rfe8+
$143 20. Kf2 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Re2+ 22. Kg3 $14) 20. Kf2 Qe2+ 21. Kg3 $1 (21. Kg1
$4 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Rf7 23. Bh6 Re6 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge6g6]}) 21... Bxh3 22.
Bxf8 (22. Kxh3 $4 Rxf3+ $1 23. g3 (23. gxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kh4 Re4+) 23... Re4 $19)
22... Qxg2+ 23. Kh4 (23. Kf4 $4 Rxf8+) 23... Re4+ $1 24. Qxe4 $8 (24. fxe4 $4
Qg4#) 24... dxe4 (24... Qf2+ $143 25. Kxh3 dxe4 26. Rhf1 $14) 25. Rhg1 Kxf8 26.
Rxg2 Bxg2 27. fxe4 Bxe4 $11) 18. Bxe8 Nd3+ 19. Qxd3 $8 ({Lead to a terrible
consequences:} 19. Kf1 $2 Raxe8 20. Qd2 ({also badly:} 20. Qg5 {because of:}
Bxh3 21. gxh3 (21. Qg3 Bc8 $1 {/\Ba6-/+}) 21... Rxf3+ 22. Kg2 Rf6 $1 23. Rhc1 (
23. Qd2 $143 Nf4+ 24. Kf3 Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nc4 $1 $19 {bringing another knight to
the attack.}) 23... Rg6 24. Qxg6 Nf4+ 25. Kf2 Nxg6 $17) 20... Nc4 21. Qc3 Ne3+
22. Ke2 (22. Kg1 $2 Rc8 $1 23. Qd2 Rfe8 $19 {Nothing can protect White from
deciding Rc2.}) 22... Re7 $1 {with such a magnificent knights, it is just
difficult to suggest something to White:} 23. Ng5 (23. Qxd3 $4 Nc4+ $19) (23.
g4 Nxg4+ 24. Kd2 Ne3 $40 25. b3 $140 Rc8 26. Qxd3 Bxd3 27. Kxd3 Nf5 28. Rhe1
Rec7 $17) 23... Nxg2+ 24. Kd2 (24. Kf1 Ngf4 {/\h6}) 24... Rfe8 25. Ne4 dxe4 26.
fxe4 Bxe4 $17) 19... Bxd3 20. Bh5 ({It was weakly:} 20. Bc6 $2 {in view of:}
Rac8 {and white's bishop is trapped:} 21. Kd2 Ba6 22. Rac1 Rf6 23. Bxd5+ Nxd5 {
=/+/-/+}) 20... g6 21. Bg4 Rae8+ 22. Kd2 {[%tqu "En","Find the best
continuation for Black?","","","e8e2","Only and perfect move! After every
other move, white remains with an extra pawn without any compensation:",10,
"d3b5","",0,"d3f5","",0]} Re2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Only and perfect move! After
every other move, white remains with an extra pawn without any compensation:} (
22... Bb5 $2 23. Rhe1 Nc4+ 24. Kc3 Ne3 25. a4 $1 Bc6 (25... Ba6 $2 26. Bd7 {
/\Bb5+/-/+-}) (25... Nxg2 26. Re5 Ba6 27. Rg1 Nh4 ({even worse:} 27... Ne3 $2
28. Be6+ Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Rc8+ 30. Kb4 Nc2+ 31. Ka5 Bd3 32. Rc1 $18) 28. Rxe8 Rxe8
29. Nf4 $16) 26. Nf2 Nxg2 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nd3 $5 Re3 29. Kd2 h5 30. Rg1 hxg4
31. Rxg2 Rxf3 32. Rxg4 Bxa4 33. Rxg6+ $16) (22... Bf5 $2 23. Bxf5 Nc4+ (23...
Rxf5 24. b3 {><c4 +-}) 24. Kc3 Rxf5 25. Rhe1 Rc8 26. Rac1 {/\b3} Ne3+ 27. Kd2
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxg2 29. Ng1 $16) 23. Kxd3 Rfe8 $44 {/\R8e3#} 24. Kc3 a5 $1 {
/\R8e3#} 25. Rad1 ({Hardly it was better:} 25. Rhd1 Na4+ 26. Kb3 Nxb2 27. Rdc1
Rb8+ 28. Kc3 (28. Ka2 $4 Nc4+ 29. Rc2 Rxc2#) 28... a4 {/\Rb3#} 29. Be6+ $8 Rxe6
30. Nf4 Ree8 $44) 25... Na4+ 26. Kb3 Nxb2 27. Nf4 (27. Rc1 $2 {is refuted by:}
Rb8+ 28. Kc3 a4 {/\Rb3#} 29. Be6+ $8 Rxe6 30. Nf4 Re3+ 31. Kd2 Rxa3 {/\Nc4 =/+/
-/+}) 27... R8e3+ 28. Rd3 $5 ({Doesn't give any advantage:} 28. Ka2 $6 Nxd1+
29. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 30. Kb3 Ne3 {and Black at least not worse.}) 28... Nxd3 29. Nxe2
Nf2+ 30. Ka4 Nxh1 31. Nf4 Nf2 32. Be6+ Kg7 ({In my opinion a little bit better
was:} 32... Kf8 33. Bxd5 Nd3 34. Nxd3 (34. Ne6+ $143 Ke7 35. Ng5 (35. Nc7 $4
Kd6 $19 {[%csl Rc7,Rd5][%cal Gd6c7,Gd6d5]}) 35... Nf4 $15) 34... Rxd3 35. Kxa5
Rxa3+ $11) 33. Bxd5 Nd1 (33... Nd3 $5 34. Ne6+ Kf6 $11) 34. Kxa5 Rxa3+ 35. Kb4
Ra1 $11 {Now,the draw agreement - its just a matter of time.} 36. Bb3 Ne3 37.
d5 Nf5 38. Ne6+ Kf6 39. g4 Nd6 40. Kc5 Ke7 {Black,in turn,prevent progress
"d6".} 41. Nd4 Rc1+ ({Leads to absolutely equality:} 41... Rh1 42. Ba4 Rxh2 43.
Nc6+ Kd7 44. Nd4+ Ke7 (44... Kc7 $4 45. Ne6+ $18) 45. Nc6+ Kd7 $11) 42. Bc2 g5
{Capture of space and restriction of the white pawns on the king side.} 43. Kc6
h6 44. h3 Ra1 (44... Rh1 $144 45. Kc7 {/\Nc6+} Ne8+ (45... Rc1 46. Kc6 $11) 46.
Kc6 Rxh3 (46... Nd6 47. Kc7 $11) 47. Nf5+ Kd8 (47... Kf6 $2 48. d6 Nxd6 49.
Kxd6 Rxf3 50. Nxh6 {with some chances to win.}) 48. Be4 $11) 45. Kc7 Ra7+ 46.
Kb6 Ra3 47. Nc6+ Kd7 48. Ne5+ {White are obliged to repeat moves.} Ke7 49. Nc6+
Kd7 50. Ne5+ Ke7 {This game was very interesting and important for the theory
of this variant.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 ({Nowadays, more popular is:} 10. Qd3 $5) 10... h6
11. Bh4 c5 12. Rd1 $5 {I recommended this move in my comments to the game:
Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi,1999(0-1)(33), in which a doubtful continuation
was checked: 12.dxc5} cxd4 $146 {Black makes the right decision by exchanging
the pawns in the center, as he has better development, Black will start a
comfortable piece play.} (12... Qe7 $6 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. d5 e5 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16.
f3 $14 {Slavina,I-Porat,I/Budapest,2005(1-0)(38)}) 13. Nxd4 ({After the
doubtful recapture:} 13. exd4 d5 $1 {only White can have problems equalizing
the position.}) 13... Qe7 ({This deserves serious attention:} 13... a6 $5 {
><b5; /\Rc8}) 14. Nb5 {Otherwise, Black was planning to play on his next move:
"Rfc8" and then "d5" with an excellent game!} d5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc7 Rac8 {
Black gives his second bishop for his opponent's knight, but in return he gets
time to develop his pieces.} 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qb1 {White had an additional
opportunity:} (18. Qf5 Qe6 19. Bd3 (19. Qxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc8c2]} 20.
Bd3 Nc5 $11) 19... Nc5 20. O-O Nfe4 $132) 18... Nc5 19. Bxf6 {Perhaps it was
better not to hurry with this exchange, but first to invite the knight on "e4":
} (19. Be2 $5 Nce4 20. Bxf6 $1 (20. O-O $2 g5 $1 21. Bg3 h5 $36 {[%csl Re3,Rg3]
[%cal Gh5h4]}) 20... Qxf6 21. O-O {+/=/=}) 19... Qxf6 20. Be2 (20. Rxd5 $6 {
leads to favourable complications for Black:} Nb3 $1 {/\Rc1+} (20... Na4 $2 21.
Rd4 {[%csl Ra4,Yd4][%cal Yd4a4]}) 21. Rd1 Qe5 {/\Qa5+} (21... Qg5 $5 {/\Qa5+;
קg2} 22. Qe4 Rfd8 23. Bd3 g6 $44) 22. Bd3 Qa5+ 23. Ke2 Rfe8 $44) 20... Rcd8 {
[%cal Ce2f3,Cf3d5] Now Arkadij Naiditsch gets the chance to get rid of his
isolated "d5" pawn.} 21. O-O (21. Rd4 $6 Ne6 {/\d4}) 21... d4 22. exd4 Rxd4 23.
Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Rd1 {+/=/= Of course White has a slight positional advantage.
His bishop is stronger than Black's knight. But as seen in practice, it is
very hard to transform this slight advantage to something more realistic.} Qf6
25. Bc4 {Evgeny Bareev puts his bishop on the best square on /^a2-g8, but for
that, Black manages to exchange the last pair of rooks:} Rd8 26. Rxd8+ (26. Re1
$143 Na4 27. b3 Nc3 28. Qc2 b5 $11) 26... Qxd8 27. Qe1 Kf8 {Black is ready to
put his queen on the ideal square - "d4". And so White has to prevent it:} 28.
Qe5 Qd1+ 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. g3 Kg8 31. h4 {White improves his pawn structure with
every chance he gets.} Ne6 32. b4 g6 33. Bh3 h5 {Black isn't afraid to
transfer to a queen's ending. And for White this is the best thing he can get
out of the position.} 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. b5 {+/=/= It is necessary to limit the
pawns on the opponent's queenside.} Kf7 36. Qf4+ Ke7 37. Qb4+ Kf7 38. Qf4+ Ke7
39. Qb4+ {White gains time, and this way gets to his first time control.} Kf7
40. a4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qg4 42. Qb3 ({After:} 42. Qxg4 $4 hxg4 43. Kg2 Kf6 {
White already has to look for a way to not lose. And probably he will not find
it.}) 42... Ke7 43. Qc2 Qd4 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Kf3 Qd5+ 46. Qe4 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qd5
$6 {Transfering to a pawn endgame does not lose, but considerably complicates
the defense. In this and part of the annotations, i'll use comments of GM
Sergei Shipov (from the site www.chesspro.ru). For further comments, Sergei
Shipov - "S.S".} (47... Qg4 $5 {"S.S"}) 48. Qxd5 exd5 49. Kf3 Ke5 ({"S.S" This
also lead to draw:} 49... Kf5 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. Kd3 Ke6 $1) 50. Ke3 d4+ $4 {
This painful blunder leads to an immediate loss.} ({"S.S"} 50... Ke6 $1 51. Kd4
Kd6 52. f3 Ke6 {White can't get any progress, due to:} 53. g4 $4 {this leads
to a loss in the counter break:} g5 $1 $19) 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. f3 Ke5 $2 {"S.S"
Was shocked. In an long, and absolutely forced variation:} (52... Kc5 $8 53. g4
Kd5 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. f4 Kc5 56. f5 Kd5 57. f6 Ke6 58. Kxd4 Kxf6 59. Kd5 Kf5
60. Kc6 Kg4 61. Kb7 Kxh4 62. Kxa7 Kg4 63. a5 h4 $8 64. axb6 h3 65. b7 h2 66.
b8=Q h1=Q 67. Qc8+ {White got a theoretically won endgame (with mate in 33
moves).}) 53. Kc4 $1 {[%csl Gc4,Rd4] Now Black loses a pawn, and any chance of
saving himself.} 1-0

[Event "Pune"]
[Site "Pune"]
[Date "2004.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 {Maxim
Notkin makes the following comments in www.chesstoday.net: " Both opponents
are trying to quit the well-explored territory. Black has preferred 6...d6 to
the fianchetto while White rejects the main theoretical continuation 7.Bg5.
The text move is the favourite line of Sasikiran. At present time he is the
vice president (or the deputy sheriff) of Indian chess and his opening tastes
obviously influence the younger generation ". Further I shall designate
comments of Maxim Notkin- M.N.} c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Nh3 $5 {White's idea is
very simple: Nf2 (to define a position of the knight) and e3 (taking control
under points "d4" and "e4").} ({Repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} 
9. Bg5 $5 {You can see my comments to Ragozin,E-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg,2000/CBM
76(1-0)(37)}) 9... Nc6 10. Nf2 e5 $5 {Comments to this part of the game and
also to:} (10... h6 {You can find in my annotations to game: Sasikiran,
K-Hansen,C/Esbjerg,2003/CBM 96(1-0)(40)}) 11. e3 e4 $5 12. f4 $1 $146 {M.N. "
Now the ideal scheme of White's attack is as follows: Be2, b3, Bb2, g4 and so
on. Black has certain troubles in finding an antidote to this plan as he gets
no comfortable squares for his knights in the centre ".} ({Recently was
checked up another continuation:} 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. f4 Neg4 15. h3
Nxf2 16. Kxf2 b6 17. Rhd1 Rd8 18. Be1 Bb7 19. Qe5 Kf8 20. Kg1 {+/=/= Sasikiran,
K-Ikonnikov,V/Vlissingen,2004(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 12... Ng4 {M.N." Inviting the
opponent to take on e4 which would allow Black to obtain counterplay along the
open central files ".} 13. h3 Nh6 $6 {After this inaccurate move White will
have to fight for equality.} ({It deserves more attention:} 13... Nxf2 14. Kxf2
a5 $1 {/\a4 (><b3)} (14... Qh4+ $143 15. g3 Qh5 16. Be2 Qg6 17. b4 $14) 15. b3
a4 16. Bb2 f6 17. b4 (17. bxa4 $143 Rxa4 $132) 17... Qe7 18. b5 Na5 $13) 14. g4
$1 Qh4 15. Rg1 {M.N." Harikrishna skilfully restricts the black pieces
activity. Queen's penetration is prevented and White is ready again for b3 (or
b4) and Bb2 ".} Rd8 ({M.N." If} 15... f5 16. g5 $1 Nf7 17. g6 hxg6 18. Rxg6 Qh7
19. Rg1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc3g7,Gg1g7,Gc1b2,Gb2b3] and after all White will
complete his development ".}) 16. b4 {All White's pieces have occupied ideal
positions and are ready to opening a position.} Rd1+ $6 {M.N " It's hard to
believe that such a great action can be a blank shot. In fact it was better
for Black to make some developing or prophylactic move though his position is
inferior anyway ".} 17. Ke2 $8 ({Unexpectedly at once loses a game:} 17. Kxd1
$4 Qxf2 {[%csl Rd1,Rg1][%cal Gf2g1,Gf2f3]}) 17... Rd8 $140 18. Bb2 {/^a1-h8;
><g7} f6 ({Leads to hopeless position:} 18... Nd4+ $2 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Qg3 Qf6
(20... Qe7 21. Bg2 e3 (21... d3+ 22. Kd2 $18) 22. Nd3 $18) 21. Ke1 e3 22. Nd3
$18 (22. g5 $2 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qg6 $1 24. gxh6 Qc2+ 25. Be2 g6 $13 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Gd4d3]})) 19. b5 Ne7 20. Nxe4 {Black loses a pawn, but get rid of
weakness.} Nxg4 $1 {Differently, White will withdraw the pawn from point "g4"
- g5.} 21. Bg2 $1 $16 {M.N." The same method is applied: ignoring the capture
White makes a natural move after which the attacked black piece should already
retreat ".} ({Leads to favourable complications for Black:} 21. hxg4 Bxg4+ 22.
Rxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kf2 Nf5 $36) 21... Nh6 {[%tqu "En","Can you find nice bomb that
gives to White material advantage?","It is necessary to use a weakness of the
Black's king!","","e4f6","",10]} 22. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 {It's sole chance for
continuation of struggle.} (22... Kh8 $2 23. Nh5 $1 Nhf5 (23... Qxh5+ $2 24.
Bf3 Qf7 $8 25. Rxg7 $1 $18) 24. Nxg7 Nd4+ (24... Ng3+ 25. Kf3 Kg8 26. Ne6 $18 {
צd8; /\Qg7#}) 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Qd2 Ng6 27. f5 $1 $18) 23. Bxb7+ Kf7 $8 24.
Bxa8 Bxh3 25. Bf3 Bg4 26. Rg2 $2 {M.N. " White defends against Qh2+ retaining
material advantage but very strong was:} (26. Qxf6+ $1 Qxf6 27. Bxf6 Bxf3+ 28.
Kxf3 Kxf6 29. Rad1 $1 $16 {with clear superiority in the ending as all the
lines from "a" to "h" are available to the white rook (s). In such a play R +
P value more than NN ".}) 26... Nef5 ({I can not recommended in this position:
} 26... Bxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Qh3+ 28. Rg3 (28. Kf2 $143 Rd6 {/\Nef5 <=>}) 28... Qh5+
29. Kf2 Qh4 (29... Ng4+ $2 30. Rxg4 Qxg4 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Bc3 $1 $18) 30. e4
$1 (30. Qxf6+ $5 Qxf6 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Rh3 {+/=/+/-}) 30... Qxf4+ $140 31. Kg1
{/\Rf1} Ng4 32. Qf3 (32. Rf1 $4 Rd1 $3 $19 {[%csl Gd1,Gf4,Rg1,Gg4]} 33. Qf3 (
33. Rxd1 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Qh2#) 33... Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 (34. Qxf1 Qxg3+) 34... Nh2+)
32... Qxf3 33. Rxf3 {+/-/+-}) 27. Rag1 Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Re8 29. Rh2 $5 ({Leads
to drawn game:} 29. Bc1 $2 Nd4+ $1 30. exd4 Nf5 31. Be3 (31. dxc5 Qh3+ 32. Rg3
Qh5+ 33. Rg4 ({M.N "} 33. Kg2 $4 Nh4+ $1 34. Kh2 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Qh2+ $1 36. Kxf3
Qe2# {".}) 33... Qh3+ $11) 31... Qh3+ (31... Rxe3+ $143 32. Qxe3 Nxe3 33. Kxe3
cxd4+ 34. Ke4 $1 $14) 32. Kf2 (32. Rg3 $4 Nxg3 33. Rxg3 $140 Qf1+ $1 34. Bf2 (
34. Kg4 $2 Rg8+ 35. Kh4 (35. Kf5 Qb1+) 35... Qh1+ 36. Rh3 Qg2 $19) 34... Qh1+
35. Rg2 $8 (35. Kg4 h5+ 36. Kf5 Qe4#) 35... Qh5+ 36. Rg4 $8 (36. Kg3 Rg8#)
36... f5 $17) 32... Qh4+ (32... Rxe3 $2 33. Rg7+ Kf8 (33... Ke6 $4 34. d5+ Kd6
35. Qxf6+) 34. Rg8+ Kf7 35. R1g7+ Nxg7 $8 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxe3 Qh2+ 38. Ke1
$16) 33. Kf3 (33. Rg3 $2 Nxg3 34. Rxg3 Rg8 {[%csl Rf2,Rg3][%cal Gh4h2]}) 33...
Qh3+ 34. Kf2 $11) 29... Rxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Qxh2 31. Qxc5 ({It was dubiously:} 31.
Qf2 {because of:} Qh5+ 32. Ke4 Nd6+ 33. Kd3 Qf5+ 34. Ke2 Nxc4 $13) 31... Nh4+ {
M.N." Black didn't lose after the simplest:} (31... Qxb2 32. Qxa7+ Kf8 33. Qa8+
Kf7 34. Qd5+ Kf8 {The knights don't allow the rook to take part in the hunting.
But 31...Nh4 leaves White no choice and therefore looks very attractive ".})
32. Ke4 Qe2+ 33. Kd5 N6f5 $2 {Painful blunder leading to an immediate loss.} ({
Also immediately loses the game the following move:} 33... Qxb2 $2 {in view of:
} 34. Qxa7+ Kf8 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Re1+ Kd8 37. Qf8+ Kc7 38. Re7+ Kb6 39. Qd8#) (
{M.N " The only move was:} 33... N4f5 $1 {restoring the communication between
the knights ".} 34. Qxa7+ Ne7+ 35. Kc5 Nhf5 (35... Qxb2 36. Rg7+ $5 Kxg7 37.
Qxe7+ Nf7 38. Qe3 {[%csl Ga3,Gb5,Gc4][%cal Gb5b6,Ga3a4,Ga4a5]}) 36. Kb6 Qxb2
37. c5 $14) 34. Kc6 $3 $18 {M.N " This excellent move decides ".} Qxb2 ({
Does not rescue:} 34... Ne7+ 35. Kb7 Qxb2 36. Qh5+ Nhg6 (36... Neg6 $144 37. f5
) 37. f5 $18) 35. Qd5+ (35. Qd5+ {With inevitable mate in 6 moves:} Ke7 (35...
Kf8 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Qd7#) 36. Qd7+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qxh7+ Ng7
(39... Ke8 40. Rg8#) (39... Ke6 40. Qd7#) 40. Rxg7+ Ke6 (40... Kd8 41. Rg8#)
41. Re7#) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Li, Wenliang"]
[Black "Liang, Chong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 {This,on the first sight, logical
move - the first reason of the future difficulties of black.} (11... Nxd5 $5 {
It's main line.See comments to Sokolov,I-Hansen,C/Malmo,2001/CBM 84 (1-0)
(Golod,V)(41)}) 12. Bd3 Re8 $5 {Besides,black has two options:} (12... c5 13.
Bf5 Qc7 14. Nh3 g6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Nf2 Rac8 18. Qd2 $14 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Hjartarson,J/Madrid 1988/EXT 97 (32)}) ({and} 12... Qe7 $5 {
See comments to Ionov,S-Lerner,K/St.Petersburg,1992/CBM 30(1-0)(Ftacnik,L) (75)
}) 13. Ne2 $5 ({Repeatedly was checked in the previous games:} 13. Bf5 $5) ({
and} 13. Bf2) 13... a5 $146 {Pleased strange idea.Now,after:14.0-0 strongly
Ba6 (/^a6-f1;פe2),but Black have lost the important tempo.} ({In my opinion,
can be recommended:} 13... c5 $5 {You can see comments to Piket,J-Karpov,A/
Monaco,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Piket,J)(52)}) (13... Rxe3 $2 14. Bxf6 (14. Bh7+ $4
Nxh7 $19 {[%csl Rh4]}) 14... Qxf6 15. Bh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxe3 $16 {Alterman,
B-Marinelli,T/Formia,1994(1-0)(35)}) (13... Qe7 14. Bf2 c5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd2
Nf8 17. b4 $1 c4 (17... Ne6 $142) 18. Bc2 $14 {Drasko,M-Kalevic,S/Subotica,
1992(1-0)(39)}) 14. Bf5 $5 {[%csl Rd8,Gf5,Rf6,Gh4][%cal Gf5d7] Sample idea for
this position.} Nf8 ({Black do not want to spoil a structure of pawns:} 14...
Ba6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 Bxe2 (16... gxf6 17. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Yg3]} (17. Nf4
$2 Rxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Re8 $15)) 17. Kxe2 (17. Bxg7 $143 Bxf3 18. Bxh6 (18. gxf3 $5)
18... Bxg2 19. Rg1 Qh3 20. O-O-O Qxh6 21. Rxg2+ Kh8 $132) 17... gxf6 18. Rac1)
15. O-O {Now it is necessary to forget about progress "c5".} c6 16. Bf2 $14 {
[%csl Yf2][%cal Yf2e3][%mdl 32]} Ng6 17. Rfe1 Ne7 18. Bc2 {White's plan is:Ng3
and e4.} Nc8 $5 {[%cal Yc8d6] Liang Chong use the best efforts to not admit
progress " e4".} (18... Rc8 $143 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 19. b4 $14) 19. Ng3 Nd6 20.
Rad1 {It is not necessary to hasten:} (20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rf2]}
) 20... g6 21. h3 {[%csl Yh3][%cal Yh3g4]} h5 22. Nf1 {[%cal Ge3e4,Yf1d2][%mdl
32]} ({Again pretty dubiously:} 22. e4 {in view of:} dxe4 23. Nxe4 (23. fxe4 $2
h4 $17 {[%csl Re4,Yg3]}) 23... Nd5 $11) 22... Rc8 {[%cal Gc6c5]} ({From my
point of view,a little bit better is:} 22... Re6 23. Nd2 Qe8 24. Bd3 $140 Ba6)
23. b4 {[%csl Yb4,Yd4] It is clear, that it is impossible to admit progress"
c5".} axb4 24. axb4 Re6 25. Nd2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Qe7 {[%csl Yd5,Yd6,Ye6,Ye7,Yf6]}
26. Bd3 $5 {/^a6-f1} Ra8 27. Kh1 {White to not hurry up to begin active
actions and wait the suitable moment for this purpose.} Qe8 28. Bc2 {[%csl Yc3]
[%cal Yc3e3] /\Bh4(><e4)} Ba6 29. Bh4 $1 {[%csl Yf6][%cal Gh4f6]} Nc4 $6 {
[%mdl 16384]} ({More stubborn resistance after:} 29... Nb5 30. Qb2 Qd7 31. e4
$36) 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. e4 $16 {At last,Li Wenliang has carried out the plan.}
Nd7 32. f4 $1 {->} Ra2 33. e5 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 ({Leads to hopeless position:} 
33... c5 34. Bb1 Ra8 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. dxc5 Nxc5 37. f5 Rea6 38. e6 $16 {
[%csl Ge6,Gf5,Rf7,Rg6]}) 34. Ra1 $5 {[%mdl 32] <->a} ({Also good enough:} 34.
exf6 $5 Re2 (34... Nxf6 35. Bxf6 Rxc2 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. Qxc2 Qxf6 38. Re1 $18)
35. Bb1 $1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Re2 37. Rxe2 Qxe2 38. Kh2 Nf8 39. Qg3 Kf7 40. f5 $18)
34... Ra8 35. Rxa8 Qxa8 36. Ra1 Qb7 37. Qg3 {Black are helpless.The white
pieces easily develop decisive attack.} Kh7 ({Also loses:} 37... Kf7 38. Qg5
Nf8 39. g4 $1 hxg4 40. hxg4 Nh7 41. Qh6 $18) 38. Qg5 Nf8 (38... Be2 {[%csl Ye2,
Rg4,Rh5][%cal Ye2h5] is refuted by:} 39. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 40. Qxf5+ Rg6 41. e6 Nb8
$140 42. e7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ge7e8]}) 39. Qd8 Qf7 40. Ra8 Kg8 {Black resigns,
because of next variant:} (40... Kg8 41. Bg5 Kg7 42. Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c7]} Kg8 43.
Bh6 {[%csl Rf8]}) (40... Kg7 $144 41. Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c7]} Kg8 42. Bf6 c5 43. Rc7
Qe8 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Re7+) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 ({After:} 6. cxd5 exd5
7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 c5 {with rearrangement of moves we receive a position from a
game.}) 6... Ne4 7. Bd3 {In my opinion this line is better,than:} (7. Nf3) ({or
} 7. a3) 7... c5 8. cxd5 $5 {Besides,White has several alternatives:} (8. Nge2
$5 {You can see my annotations to Hillarp Persson,T-Polgar,J/Sigeman & Co,2000/
CBM 77(1/2-1/2)(29)}) (8. a3) ({and} 8. dxc5) 8... exd5 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Nd7 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 ({Unexpectedly at once loses a game:} 12... Nxg3 $4
{because of:} 13. Qf2 {[%csl Gf2,Rg3,Rh4]} Nc5 14. Bc2 Nce4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16.
Qxg3 $18) 13. Bd2 $5 ({On:} 13. Bf1 $5 {You can find ten games in Mega
DataBase 2004. For an example you can see my comments to Ahlander,B-Wedberg,T/
Stockholm,1999/CBM 73(1-0)(43)}) ({It was badly:} 13. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5
{with strong initiative behind pawn.}) 13... Nxd2 ({Also in this position were
checked the following moves:} 13... Bxc3) ({and} 13... Nxg3 $5) 14. Qxd2 Nc5
15. Bf1 (15. a3 $6 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 (16. bxc3 $142) 16... Qg2 17. O-O-O Bg4 18.
Rdg1 Qf2 19. Bc2 (19. Kb1 $5 $15) 19... Rac8 20. Kb1 (20. Qd2 $4 Qxd4 21. Qxd4
Nb3+) 20... Ne4 21. Qd3 Rc4 22. Rd1 Rfc8 23. Rhf1 Rxd4 $1 24. Rxf2 Rxd3 $19 {
Cramling,P-Xu Yuhua/Shenyang,2000(0-1)(35)}) 15... Qh6 $5 $146 {The queen
passes to more convenient position.} ({The game,which have reached this
position were continued as follows:} 15... Qh5 $5 16. Bg2 Ne4 17. Qe3 Bh3 18.
O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc4 22. f5 $132 {Cramling,P-Xu
Yuhua/Shenyang,2000(1-0)(77)}) 16. Bg2 ({A little prematurely:} 16. a3 $6 {
in view of:} Ne4 $1 (16... Bxc3 $143 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Qb3 $13 (18. Qe3 $143 Re8
{[%csl Re3,Gh6][%cal Ge8e5]})) 17. Qd3 (17. Qe3 $143 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re8 {
[%csl Re3,Gh6][%cal Ge8e5]}) 17... Bxc3+ (17... Ba5 $143 18. Bg2 {/\0-0}) 18.
bxc3 Bh3 $15) 16... Qa6 $1 {/^a6-f1; ><d3,Ke1} 17. Qe2 ({It was weakly:} 17.
Rd1 $2 {because of:} Bg4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 $17) 17... b6 {This move is
the "harbinger" of active actions in this game.} ({Leads to benefit of the
contender:} 17... Nd3+ $6 18. Kd2 $140 Nxb2 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. Kc2 $1 (20. Bxd5
$6 Rd8 (20... Rb8 $2 21. Nc6 $16) 21. Bxa8 Rxd4+ 22. Kc2 Nc4 $44 23. Rac1 $140
Bf5+ 24. Kb3 Na5+ 25. Kb2 Rd2+ 26. Ka1 Ba3 $13) 20... Bxc3 (20... Nc4 $6 21.
Nxd5 $16) 21. Kxc3 Na4+ 22. Kd2 {+/=/+/-}) 18. Bxd5 $6 {After this inaccurate
move White will have to fight for equality.} ({It deserves serious attention:} 
18. Qxa6 $1 Bxa6 $140 19. Nc6 Bxc3+ (19... Nd3+ $143 20. Kd2 {+/=/+/-}) 20.
bxc3 $14) 18... Nd3+ $36 19. Kf1 $5 ({Leads to favourable complications for
Black:} 19. Kd2 $6 Rd8 $1 20. Bxa8 (20. Bxf7+ $143 Kxf7 21. Qxd3 Bc5 $36) 20...
Rxd4 21. Ke3 Bc5 $36 22. Kf3 $140 {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for
Black.","","","d3e5","",10]} Nxe5+ $1 23. Kg2 (23. Qxe5 $4 Rd3+ 24. Kg2 Rd2+
25. Kf3 Qd3+) (23. fxe5 $4 Bg4+) 23... Bb7+ 24. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 25. Kh3 Qd7+ 26. f5
(26. g4 $2 Ng6 $19) 26... Qxf5+ 27. Kg2 Qf6 $1 (27... Rd2 $143 28. Qxd2 Qf3+
29. Kh3 Qg4+ 30. Kg2 Qf3+ $11) 28. Rhd1 $140 Qc6+ 29. Kh3 Nd3 $1 $40 {[%csl
Yc6,Yd7,Rh3][%cal Yc6d7]}) 19... Bh3+ 20. Bg2 Bxg2+ {For Black it's certainly
favourable to exchange these bishops.} 21. Kxg2 $8 Rfd8 (21... Bxc3 $5 22. bxc3
Rac8 23. Qd2 Qb7+ $44 {/\Nc5}) 22. Ncb5 {Magnus Carlsen has chosen the
necessary knight for a jump on a point "b5".} (22. Ndb5 $6 Rac8 23. a4 (23.
Rhd1 $2 Rxc3 $1 (23... Bxc3 $143 24. Rxd3 $8 (24. Nxc3 $4 Rxc3 25. bxc3 $140
Nxf4+) 24... Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxb2 26. Rd1 $13) 24. Nxc3 (24. bxc3 $2 Qxb5 {
[%csl Gb5,Re2,Rg2][%cal Gd3f4]}) 24... Bxc3 $17 25. Rxd3 $140 $2 Rxd3 {[%csl
Ga6,Re2,Gg2][%cal Gd3g3]}) 23... Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 (25. Qf3 $4 Ne1+
26. Rhxe1 Rd2+) 25... Qd5 $36) {[%tqu "En","Find the best continuation for
Black?","","","d8d4","",10,"b4c5","",0]} 22... Rxd4 $1 (22... Bc5 $6 23. Rad1
Qb7+ (23... Bxd4 $143 24. Qxd3 Qb7+ 25. Qf3 $1 (25. Kh3 Qc8+ 26. Kh4 $14) 25...
Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Bxb2 27. Nxa7 {[%csl Rg8]} h5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rb1 $16) 24.
Nf3 Nf2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Re1 Ng4 27. Qe4 Qd7 28. Nc3 {+/=/+/-}) 23. Nxd4 $140
Rd8 {[%csl Ga6,Gd3,Yd4,Gd8,Re2,Rg2][%cal Gd8d4,Yd4e2,Gd3f4]} 24. Qe4 {White
had no other worthy alternative:} (24. e6 $2 Rxd4 25. exf7+ (25. e7 $4 Nxf4+)
25... Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qe8+ Bf8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 $17) 24... Qc4 25. b3 Qxd4 (
25... Rxd4 $4 {is refuted by:} 26. Qa8+ Bf8 27. bxc4) 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rad1 {
/\Kf3-e2} Bd2 $5 {Levon Aronian uses a beautiful tactical dodge.} (27... Bc5 $5
28. Kf3 Kf8 (28... a5 $143 29. Ke2 Nb4 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Rd1 Nc6 32. Kd3 $14)
29. Ke2 Nb4 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Rd1 Bc5 $11) 28. Rhf1 (28. Rxd2 $2 Nxf4+ 29. gxf4
Rxd2+ 30. Kf3 Rxa2 31. Rc1 h5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 $15) 28... g5 $1 {Black provokes a
movements of pawn "f4" with the purpose to create of weakness in camp of the
contender.} (28... Nb4 $6 29. Rf2 Be3 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Rd2 Nc6 32. Kf3 {
/\Ke4 +/=}) 29. Kf3 ({Also leads to equality:} 29. Rxd2 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 Rxd2+
31. Rf2 $11) 29... Nb2 (29... gxf4 $2 30. Rxd2 Nxe5+ 31. Ke2 Re4+ 32. Kd1 f3
$16) 30. Rb1 Nd3 $11 31. Rbd1 {Drawn game is inevitable.} (31. Rfd1 $143 Nc5
32. fxg5 Ne4 {[%csl Rb1,Rd1,Rg5][%cal Ge4c3] =/=/+}) 31... Nb2 {This game was
very interesting and important for the theory of this variation.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt 1.4"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 $5 (9. Nf3 $5 {You can see comments to games: Dreev,A-Salov,V/
Elista,1998/CBM65(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(36) and Dreev,A-Razuvaev,Y/St.Petersburg,
1998/ CBM67(1-0)(Golod,V)(40)}) 9... Nbd7 (9... h6 $5 {See comments to
Schandorff,L-Hansen,C/ Taastrup,1998/CBM 65 (1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(35)}) 10. Bd3
c5 (10... h6 $5 {See comments to Ivanov,S-Chepukaitis,G/St.Petersburg, 2000/
CBM 77 (Golod,V)(60)}) 11. Ne2 $5 ({In my opinion slightly worse is:} 11. dxc5
{See comments to Lev,R-Wells,P/Herzliya, 1998/CBM 68(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(28)}) ({
and} 11. b4 {See comments to Gershon,A-Beliavsky,A/Saint Vincent,2000 /CBM 78 
(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(25)}) 11... Rc8 ({Also} 11... h6) ({and} 11... cxd4 {
repeatedly was checked in the previous games.}) 12. Qb3 $5 {Also white has few
options:} (12. b4 $6 {See comments to Cramling,P-Kortschnoj,V/Marbella,1999/
CBM 74 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)}) (12. Qd2 {See comments to Toth,C-Razuvaev,Y/
Dortmund,1992/CBM 29(0-1)(Dautov)(30)}) ({and} 12. O-O) 12... cxd4 $5 {[%mdl 4]
Besides this move black has several options:} (12... Ba6 $5 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. O-O
cxd4 15. Nxd4 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Qb3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4
Rxc4 21. Qxc4 Nd5 {+/=/= Sokolov,I-Epishin,V/Vlissingen,2000 (1/2-1/2)(42)}) (
12... d5 $5 {See comments to Adianto,U-Karpov,A/ Jakarta,1997/CBM 63(1-0)
(Ftacnik)(61)}) (12... h6 $5 {See comments to Lautier,J-Karpov,A/ Linares,1995/
CBM 46(0-1)(Dautov,R)(40)}) 13. exd4 Ba6 {/\Qc7(קc4)} ({Was checked in the
previous games:} 13... d5 14. O-O (14. cxd5 $143 Bxd5 15. Qd1 Bc4 $11 {Kumaran,
D-Holmsgaard,H/Gausdal,1994 (1/2-1/2)(22)}) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 h6 16. Bh4 $13
{You can see comments to Sokolov,I-Almasi,Z/Groningen,1995/CBM 51(1-0)(Dautov,
R)(33)}) (13... e5 $6 14. Bf5 Rc7 15. Qb4 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O
exd4 19. Nxd4 Rc4 20. Qd2 $14 {Drasko,M-Tozer,R/Budapest,1990(1-0)(52)}) (13...
h6 $143 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Qd1 d5 18. Qd2 dxc4 19. Bxc4
{+/=/= Dao Thien Hai-Quinn,M/Szeged,1994 (1-0)(67)}) 14. O-O $6 {Probably
George Grigore blundered,because he didn't see 15th black's move.} ({Can be
recommended:} 14. Qa4 {[%csl Ra6]} Nb8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} (14... Bb7 $5 15. O-O ({
impossibly:} 15. Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 $140 16. Qxa7 $4 {in view of:} Bc6 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Gc8a8]}) 15... Qc7 {+/=/=}) 15. Rd1 {with slight advantage of white.})
14... Qc7 {[%csl Rc4]} 15. Rac1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({It is necessary:} 15. Bxf6
Nxf6 16. Rac1 $11) 15... Nc5 $1 {[%csl Gc7,Rg1,Rg5][%mdl 64] Beautiful
tactical blow.} 16. dxc5 (16. Qc2 $143 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxc4 18. Qd2 Qe7 $17)
16... Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 $146 ({It deserves attention:} 17. Rf2 Qxg5 18. Qa4 Qa5 19.
Qxa5 bxa5 20. Nd4 Nd7 {=/+/-/+ Ivanov,S-Sjoberg,M/Stockholm,1999 (1-0)(80)} (
20... Rc7 $5 $17 {[%cal Gf8c8]})) 17... Qxg5 18. Qa4 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7]} Qa5 $8 ({
Very weakly:} 18... Qd2 {because of:} 19. Rc3 $13) 19. Qxa5 bxa5 {After queens
was exchanged black always will have big advantage in endgame,because of pawn
up.} 20. b4 {It's only move!} ({Differently white has a absolutely losing
position after:} 20. Rfd1 Rb8 21. Rb1 Rfc8 {[%csl Ga6,Rc4,Gc8,Rd3]}) 20... Nd7
{[%csl Rc4,Rd3][%cal Gd7e5]} 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. b5 Bb7 23. Nd4 a4 $1 $17 {
Against 24.a4 /\ 25.Nb3(קa5)} 24. Be2 ({Is a possible continuation of the
play:} 24. f4 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rc5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gf8c8]} 26. Ne2 d5 27. cxd5
Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Rc8 29. Ne2 Bxd5 $17) 24... g5 {[%csl Yg5][%cal Yg5f4,Yg5h4]}
25. h4 h6 $1 {In my opinion this move a little bit better,than 25...gxh4.} 26.
hxg5 hxg5 27. Rc2 Rc5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gf8c8]} 28. Rb1 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7b6]}
29. Rb4 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yb6a4,Gb6c4] It's ideal place for black's knight.}
30. Bd3 Rfc8 ({It deserves attention right away:} 30... Kg7 $5 {[%cal Gf8h8]})
31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Kg3 Rh8 $1 {[%cal Gh8h4]} 33. Ne2 Rh4 {/\d5} 34. Nc3 ({A
little worse is:} 34. Kf2 {-/+/-+}) 34... Nxc4 $1 35. Nxa4 $140 Nxa3 36. Rxc5
$2 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 36. Nxc5 Nxc2 (36... dxc5 $143 37. Rbb2 (
37. Rxh4 $2 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Nxc2 39. Bxc2 Kf6 $19) 37... Nxc2 (37... c4 $4 38.
Rc3 {[%csl Ra3]}) 38. Rxc2 Rd4 39. Be2 Rd7 40. Rxc5 $17) 37. Rb2 $1 (37. Rxh4
$2 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 dxc5 39. Bxc2 Kf6 $19) 37... Ne1 38. Nxb7 Nxd3 39. Rd2 Rd4 {
-/+/-+}) 36... dxc5 ({Also good enough:} 36... Rxb4 37. Rxg5+ (37. Rc7 Rxa4 38.
Rxb7 Kf6 $19) 37... Kf6 38. Rg4 Rb3 $19 {[%csl Rb5,Rd3]}) 37. Rxh4 gxh4+ 38.
Kxh4 c4 $19 {[%csl Gc4]} 39. Be2 (39. Bf1 $144 Kf6 {[%cal Gf6e5]} 40. f4 Nxb5
41. Bxc4 Nd6 {[%csl Rg2]} 42. Bf1 $8 Nf5+ 43. Kh3 Ne3 $19) 39... Kf6 40. Kg3
Ke5 41. Nc5 Bd5 {White resigns in the absolutely losing position.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sergienko, Sergey"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 $5 ({Other lines are:} 8. g3 $5 {See comments to Golod,V-Tsesarsky,I/ISR,
2000(1-0) (Golod,V)(66)}) ({and} 8. e3 $5 {See comments to Kruppa,Y-Nosenko,A/
Donetsk,1998/CBM 68 (1-0)  (Golod,V)(48)}) 8... d6 $5 {Besides this move black
has five options:} (8... Nc6 $5 {See comments to Sokolov,I-De Firmian,N/ New
York CITS,1996/CBM 52(1/2-1/2) (Dautov)(23)}) (8... b6 $5 {See comments to
Lima,D-IzetaTxabarri,F/ Leon,1996/CBM 54(1-0)(Dautov)(47)}) (8... b5 $6 {
See comments to Dragomarezkij,E-Malinin,Y/Moscow,1999/ CBM 70(1-0)(Golod,V) 
(41)}) (8... d5 $6) ({and} 8... c5 $6) 9. f3 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Another
alternative is:} 9. b3 $5 {You can see comments to Knaak,R -Sjodahl,P/Germany,
2000/CBM 76 (1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 9... Nf6 10. e3 {It's main line.Other
possibilities are:} (10. Bd2) ({and} 10. Bg5) 10... e5 ({Other options are:} 
10... Qe7 $5 {See comments to Kharlov,A-Vyzmanavin,A/Novosibirsk,1995/ CBM 50 
(1-0)(Chekhov,V)(59)}) (10... c5 $5) (10... a5) ({and} 10... Nc6) 11. Be2 (11.
dxe5 $5 {Repeatedly was checked in the previous games.You can see comments to
Alterman,B-Gofshtein,L/Israel,1999/CBM 69 (1-0)(Alterman,B)(46)}) 11... f4 $5
$146 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gc8h3]} (11... c5 $143 12. d5 Qe8 13. O-O Kh8 14. Nf2 Na6
15. b3 Bd7 16. Bb2 b5 17. f4 $14 {Anand,V-Psakhis,L/Haifa,2000(1-0)(67)}) (
11... exd4 $5 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. f4 $6 (14. O-O $5 {+/=/=}) 14... Nf6
15. Nf2 d5 $1 {=/=/+ Baumegger,S-Zelcic,R/Oberwart,1997 (1/2-1/2)(47)}) (11...
Nc6 $5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nf2 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b4 a5 16. Bb2 axb4 17. axb4
Rxa1+ 18. Bxa1 Ng6 19. Qd2 d5 {+/=/= Hillarp Persson,T-Hall,J/Limhamn,1998 (1/
2-1/2)(24)}) 12. Nf2 (12. dxe5 $144 dxe5 $8 ({Loses right away:} 12... Bxh3 13.
exf6 $18) 13. Nf2 (13. Ng5 $143 Nc6 $11 {[%cal Gh7h6]}) 13... Nc6 {transfer to
12.Nf2}) 12... Nc6 13. dxe5 ({Slight worse is:} 13. d5 {because of:} fxe3 (
13... Ne7 $6 14. exf4 exf4 15. O-O $14 (15. Bxf4 $6 Nfxd5 16. Bg5 Nf4 17. Qe4
Ne6 $11)) 14. Bxe3 Ne7 {with equality.}) 13... dxe5 14. O-O ({Pretty dubious:} 
14. exf4 {in view of:} Nd4 $36) 14... Qe7 $6 ({From my point of view much
better is:} 14... fxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. Qd2 $5 {with slight positional
advantage of white.} (16. Bxd4 $6 exd4 $11)) 15. Bd3 fxe3 16. Bxe3 Nd4 ({
Another alternative is:} 16... Rd8 {/\Nd4}) 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rfe1 $14 {<->e}
Qf7 19. Re5 $1 {Against 19...c5(weakness of pawn d4) and also /\20.Rae1<->e}
Re8 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. c5 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gd3c4]} Rxe5 ({Can be
recommended:} 21... Kh8 22. Bc4 $140 Qh5 $1 (22... Qf8 23. Qd2 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 {
transfer to 21...Rxe5}) 23. Nd3 (23. Rxh5 $2 Rxe1+ 24. Bf1 Nxh5 25. Qd2 Rae8
$36) 23... Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Be8 $14 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ya8d8]}) 22. Rxe5 Kh8 23. Bc4
Qf8 ({After:} 23... Qg6 $2 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Nd3 {white has a big advantage in
the endgame.}) 24. Qd2 {[%csl Rd4]} Rd8 $2 ({It is necessary:} 24... Bc6 $1 25.
Qxd4 $140 $6 (25. b4 $5 $14) 25... Nd7 26. Re3 $6 (26. Rh5 $5 Qe8 $44 {[%cal
Ge8h5,Ge8e1]} 27. Rf5 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 $14) 26... Qxc5 (26... Nxc5 $5 27. b4 Na4
28. b5 Be8 $13) 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. b4 Na4 29. Re7 (29. b5 Re8 $11 30. bxc6 $140
$4 Rxe3 31. cxb7 Re1+ 32. Bf1 Rb1 $19) 29... Re8 30. Rxe8+ (30. Rxc7 $2 Nb6 31.
Bf1 Nd5 32. Rf7 $2 (32. Rxc6 $142 bxc6 $17) 32... Kg8 33. Rf5 Re1 $19 {[%csl
Rf1,Rf5][%cal Gd5e3]}) 30... Bxe8 $11) 25. Qxd4 Bb5 26. Qf4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 $16
Rd2 28. b4 c6 29. Re2 $6 ({It deserves attention:} 29. Re1 $5 $16 {[%csl Ye1]})
29... Qd8 $1 {<->d} 30. g3 ({Again better is:} 30. Re1) 30... h6 {[%csl Yh7]}
31. Kg2 ({In my opinion better is:} 31. Qe6) 31... Nd5 $1 32. Qe4 $6 {Again
inaccuracy.} (32. Kg1 $5 b5 33. cxb6 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 axb6 {+/=/=}) ({Very badly:
} 32. Rxd2 $4 Ne3+ 33. Kh3 (33. Kg1 $2 Qxd2 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge3c4,Gd2e1]})
33... Qc8+ $1 (33... Qxd2 34. Qe6 Qxf2 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ $11) 34. Qg4 Nxg4
35. fxg4 $8 Qe6 {=/+/-/+}) 32... Nc3 33. Qe8+ ({After:} 33. Rxd2 Qxd2 34. Qe8+
(34. Qd3 $143 Qb2 $44 {[%csl Ra3]}) 34... Kh7 35. f4 Nd1 (35... Qd5+ $143 36.
Kg1 Nb1 37. Qe3) 36. Qe4+ g6 37. Qf3 Ne3+ 38. Kh3 h5 {black has a good
compensation behind pawn.}) 33... Qxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Kf1 ({Also equality
after:} 35. Kg1 Ra2 36. Re7 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ra2 {[%cal Gc3d1]} 38. Rd7 $6 (38. Kg1
$11) 38... Nd5 39. f4 $140 Nf6 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf6e4,Gf6g4]} 40. Rxb7 Ng4
41. Kf3 Nxh2+ (41... Nxf2 $5 42. Rxa7 Nd3 $13) 42. Ke3 Nf1+ {[%csl Rf2]} 43.
Kf3 Nh2+ $11) 35... Ra2 {[%csl Ra3]} 36. Re7 Nd5 $1 $11 {[%csl Ra3]} 37. Rxb7
$140 Ne3+ 38. Ke1 $8 (38. Kg1 $4 Ra1+ 39. Nd1 Rxd1+ 40. Kf2 Nc2 41. Rxa7 Rd3
$17) 38... Ng2+ 39. Kf1 $8 Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 ({Nowadays,less popular is:} 10. Qc2 {You can see my
annotations to game: Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi,1999/CBM 74(0-1)(33)})
10... c5 $5 {Relatively new continuation,that was used first time in last year,
but without especial success.} ({The main alternative continuation is:} 10...
Ba6 {You can see my comments to Berkes,F-Beliavsky,A/Paks,2004/CBM 102(1/2-1/2)
(28)}) 11. Nc3 {Most logical reaction.White continues to develop his pieces
and want to proceed his pawn to "d5".} Qe7 12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. d5 {ץb7} Ne5 14.
Qc2 h6 ({Too passive is:} 14... exd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
18. Be2 $14 {Holemar,D-Vyskocil,N/Brno,2004(1/2-1/2)(54)}) 15. Bh4 Ng6 (15...
exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxd5 Qe6 {/\b5(צd5) In comparison with
14...exd5,Black has earned an extra tempo,but White still better there.}) 16.
Bg3 exd5 $5 ({Usually the games,which have reached this position were
continued as follows:} 16... Nh5 $5 17. Be2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 a6 $5 (18... exd5
$143 19. Nxd5 $14 {You can see comments to Gurevich,M-Mchedlishvili,M/Istanbul
2003/CBM 96(1-0)(Gurevich,M)(68)} ({After:} 19. cxd5 {with rearrangement of
moves we receive a position from a game.})) 19. O-O Rdb8 20. a4 e5 21. Bd3 Nf8
22. g4 Qh4 $11 {Sokolov,I-Sokolov,A/Clermont-Ferrand,2003(1-0)}) 17. cxd5 $140
Nh5 18. Be2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 a6 {/\b5} 20. O-O $6 $146 {Strange decision.White
allows to his contender to develop activity in the queen side.} ({Better was
simply:} 20. a4 {[%csl Ya4][%cal Ya4b5]} Bc8 $6 ({Deserves the future check:} 
20... Re8 $5 {/\Rad8,Bc8 /^c8-h3 and things are far away from being clear
there.}) 21. O-O f5 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rb1 $14 {/\b4 Gurevich,M-Gelashvili,T/
Izmir,2003(1-0)(54)}) 20... b5 {After this move,White has no chances to
progress "b2-b4" and Black takes initiative to his hands.} 21. Rfe1 ({Too
agressive is:} 21. e4 $6 Re8 {/\b4 (קe4)}) 21... Re8 22. Bf1 {/\f4} Ne5 {
Black do not give the contender to limit his knight.} 23. e4 h5 $1 $15 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh5h4]} 24. Qd2 {/\Qf4} ({Completely useless is:} 24. Be2 $143
h4 25. gxh4 (25. f4 $6 Nd7 26. gxh4 (26. g4 $2 {is refuted by:} b4 $1 27. axb4
cxb4 28. Na4 Qxe4 29. Qc7 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 $140 Bxd5 $1 31. Rxd5 (31. Qxd7 $4 Qh3+)
31... Qf2 $1 32. Rg1 $140 (32. Rdd1 Rxe2) 32... Ra7 {[%csl Ya7,Rc7,Re2][%cal
Ya7c7]}) 26... Qxh4 $15) 25... Qxh4 26. b4 Rac8 {/\g5 =/+}) ({Hardly it was
better:} 24. f4 Ng4 25. Rd2 Rac8 $15 {/\b4 (ףc2)}) 24... h4 25. Qf4 g5 $1 {
Typical move to such a type of positions.Black is taking control over
key-point "f4".} 26. Qe3 hxg3 27. Qxg3 Qf6 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf6f4]} 28. Re3 Kf8
$1 {/\Ke7-d7 Black finds the best place(><d7) for his king.Only then,he will
begin the attack on white's king side.} 29. b4 c4 $6 {Although it is a good
looking move,it is unaccurate one.No doubt, that Black has a clear advantage
after:} (29... cxb4 $142 30. axb4 Ke7 31. Ne2 $5 (31. Rc1 Rac8 $15) 31... Rh8
32. Nd4 Rh7 33. Nf5+ Kd7 {/\Rah8->}) 30. Ne2 $6 {/\Nd4-f5 White misses his
best chance. It was necessary to break a pawns structure of Black in the queen
side:} (30. a4 $1 bxa4 (30... Ke7 $2 31. axb5 axb5 32. Nxb5 Rh8 33. f3 $14 {
and White still hold an extra pawn,while Black's attack still existed,but
White still has enough defence resources.}) 31. Nxa4 Bc8 {/\Rb8(קb4)} 32. Nb6
Rb8 33. Nxc4 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Rxb4 35. Bd3 $13) 30... Ke7 31. Nd4 Rh8 {<->h; עh1}
32. Nf5+ ({Cannot be suggested:} 32. a4 Kd7 33. Nf3 (33. axb5 $143 axb5 $17 34.
Nxb5 $140 Rh4 $1 (34... Qh6 $2 35. Qh3+) 35. f3 Rah8 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Ge5g4]}) 33... Nxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Qh6 35. Qh3+ Ke7 {/\g4} 36. Ra3 Qxh3 37. gxh3 f5
$1 {=/+/-/+}) 32... Kd7 33. Rc3 {/\Qe3} Kc7 $5 {Black prefers first to defend
from all possible countra-ideas such as Qe3-b6.} ({Another way to develop the
advantage is:} 33... Rh7 $5 34. Qe3 Rah8 35. f3 ({Unexpectedly at once loses a
game:} 35. Ng3 $4 {in view of:} Qf4 $1 {/\Qh4 and White should resign there,
because doesn't works:} ({White still alive after unaccurate move:} 35... Qh6
$6 36. f3 $15) 36. Qb6 $2 (36. Qxf4 $142 gxf4 $19 {[%csl Rg1,Yg3][%cal Gh7h1,
Gf4g3,Yg3h1]}) (36. Be2 $2 Rh1+ 37. Nxh1 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qxh1#) 36... Rh1+ $1 37.
Nxh1 Qh2#) 35... Qd8 36. Qa7 Qc7 $15) 34. Qe3 $6 (34. a4 $142 Bc8 35. Nd4 Bd7 {
/\Qh6 ->}) 34... Bc8 $17 35. f3 $2 {With loss of P White actually loses the
whole game.} ({It was necessary:} 35. Ng3 Ng4 (35... Qh6 $5 36. f3 $8 (36. Be2
$4 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Nxh1 Rxh1#) 36... Qh4 $1 37. Kf2 (37. Ne2 $2 Bg4 $3 {
/\38...Bxf3 -+}) 37... f5 (37... Bd7 $5 {/\Raf8,f5 -/+}) 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. Rd4
g4 40. f4 Nd7 {/\Rae8|^}) 36. Qd4 $140 Qxd4 ({everything but not:} 36... Qh6 $4
{in view of:} 37. Bxc4 $1 $40) 37. Rxd4 Ne5 {/\Bd7,Rh4,Rf8 and f5 -/+}) ({or} 
35. Nd4 Ng4 36. Qd2 {/\Rh3 or Bxc4} Bd7 (36... Qxf2+ $2 37. Qxf2 Rh1+ 38. Kxh1
Nxf2+ 39. Kg1 Nxd1 40. Rf3 $1 {קf7} f5 41. exf5 $13) 37. Re1 Rh2 38. Rh3 Rh8
$40) 35... Bxf5 36. exf5 Qxf5 $19 37. Rd4 Qb1 $6 {Attractive,but not necessary
move.} (37... Rh6 $142 $19 {/\Rah8}) 38. Qxg5 Rag8 39. Qe7+ (39. Qd2 $143 Rh5 {
/\Rgh8} 40. Qd1 Qxd1 41. Rxd1 Ng6 {/\Nf4 or Ne7 (קd5) -/+/-+}) (39. Qc1 $4
Qxc1 40. Rxc1 Nxf3+) 39... Kc8 40. Rd2 $2 {It's last mistake in a very
difficult position.} ({The last chance to extend the game was:} 40. Rh4 $1 Qd1
$1 {/\Nxf3+} (40... Rxg2+ $2 41. Kxg2 Qb2+ (41... Rg8+ $143 42. Kf2 Qb2+ 43.
Be2 Qxc3 44. Qa7 $1 $132) 42. Kh1 $1 (42. Kg3 $2 Rg8+) 42... Rxh4+ 43. Qxh4
Qxc3 44. Bh3+ Nd7 45. Qf4 $17) (40... Qe1 $2 {[%tqu "En","How to get a draw
with White here?","","","h4c4","",10]} 41. Rhxc4+ $1 (41. Rcxc4+ $144 bxc4 42.
Rxc4+) 41... bxc4 42. Rxc4+ Kb8 (42... Nxc4 $4 43. Qxe1) 43. Qxd6+ {[%csl Rb8,
Gc4,Gd6][%cal Gd6a6,Gc4c7]} Ka8 $8 44. Qxa6+ Kb8 45. Qb6+ Ka8 $11) 41. Qxd6 $1
(41. Rxh8 $4 Qd4+ 42. Kh2 Rxh8+ 43. Kg3 Qxc3 $19) 41... Rxh4 42. Qxa6+ Kd8 $1 (
42... Kc7 $2 43. Qa7+ Kd6 (43... Kd8 $144 44. Qb8+ Kd7 45. Qa7+ Ke8 46. Qb8+
$11) 44. Qc5+ Kd7 45. Qa7+ Ke8 46. Qb8+ Kd7 47. Qa7+ $11) 43. Qf6+ $8 (43. Qd6+
$2 Nd7) (43. Qb6+ $2 Ke7) 43... Kd7 44. Qxh4 Nxf3+ 45. Rxf3 Qxf3 46. Qd4 Qg3 (
46... Qxa3 $2 47. Qb6 $132) 47. Qc5 Rb8 {/\Qd6 -/+/-+}) {[%tqu "En","Black has
a typical sacrifice that completely destroys White's position?","","","h8h1",
"",10]} 40... Rh1+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} 41. Kxh1 Qxf1+ 42. Kh2 Rh8+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44.
Rf2 Rg8+ {[%csl Re7,Rf2,Rg3,Gg8][%cal Ge1f2,Yg3f2,Ge5g6] The further
resistance is impossible.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 $6 {This move does not put the large problems for
Black.} (10. Nf3 $5 {It's main line.You can see my annotations to Xu Jun-Wang
Rui/Yongchuan,2003/CBM 97(1-0)(39)}) 10... a6 $5 ({It deserves serious
attention:} 10... h6 $5 {You can see comments to game: Kramnik,V-Adams,M/
Dortmund,1998/CBM 66(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) ({On:} 10... Nc6 $6 {you can find
two games in Mega DataBase 2004.}) 11. Bd3 Nc6 ({Also twice were checked up in
previous games:} 11... d6) 12. Nh3 $5 $146 {All three games,which have reached
this position were continued as follows:} (12. Ne2 {For an example we shall
consider most interesting of them:} Rc8 (12... h6 $143 13. Bh4 Nd5 $140 $6 14.
Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bc7 Nd5 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. e4 $14) 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Rfxd8 16. Rfb1 {/\a4 +/=/= Drasko,M-Barlov,D/JUG-ch,1995(1/2-1/2)(23)})
12... h6 13. Bxf6 {After this exchange the position has become simpler,and now
White can not receive,even the minimal positional advantage.} ({Can be
recommended:} 13. Bh4 $5 Rc8 {/\Ne5; Nd5 or Ne4} (13... Nd5 $143 14. Bxd8 ({
is senseless:} 14. Bh7+ $6 {because of:} Kh8 $8 (14... Kxh7 $4 15. Qd3+) 15.
Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Kxh7 17. Bb6 $11) 14... Nxc3 15. Bh4 (15. Bc7 $2 Nd5 16. Bd6
Nxe3 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Kf2 Nd5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6d4] =/=/+}) 15... Nd5 16.
Bf2 f5 17. O-O {+/=/=}) 14. O-O Ne5 $140 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd5 17. b3 {
[%cal Ge3e4]}) 13... Qxf6 14. O-O Rac8 $11 {It became already clear,that Black
have decided all opening problems.} 15. Qd2 {Probably Ivan Morovic Fernandez a
little has hurried with this move.} (15. Nf2 $142) 15... e5 $6 {The very
responsible decision. After this inaccurate move Black will have to fight for
equality.} (15... d5 $5 {/\e5 (><d4)}) 16. d5 $1 {White correctly lock the
pawns centre,his strategy is directed on use of a unsuccessful location of the
black bishop.} (16. dxe5 $143 Nxe5 17. Nf4 Rfe8 18. Rad1 $11) 16... Ne7 17. e4
{[%csl Rb7,Yd5,Ye4,Yf3,Yg2]} Qb6+ 18. Qf2 Qd6 $5 {/\f5 Black wants immediately
to begin pressure on the White's centre.} 19. Rac1 {<->c} f5 20. Qe3 Rxc1 {
Basically,the correct direction of actions - than is less pieces,the less
problems.} (20... f4 $6 21. Qd2 (21. Qa7 $143 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 $13 {/\Ra8<->c}
) 21... Qb6+ 22. Qf2 {+/=/=}) 21. Rxc1 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rc8 23. Nf2 (23. Rxc8+
Nxc8 {/\Qb6=}) 23... b4 $6 {Black wrongly actuate of the PP in the queen side.}
(23... Rxc1+ $5 24. Qxc1 $140 Ng6 25. g3 Qb6 $11) 24. Rxc8+ $6 {The a little
bit sample decision.} ({After:} 24. Bc4 $5 a5 (24... bxa3 $143 25. Qxa3 Qxa3
26. bxa3 d6 27. Nd3 $14) 25. axb4 axb4 (25... Qxb4 $2 26. Nd3 Qd6 27. Qa7 $16)
26. Nd3 Ng6 27. Bb3 {White has a obvious positional advantage in the
middlegame.}) 24... Nxc8 25. Bf1 {White exempt a point "d3" for his knight.}
bxa3 26. bxa3 Qb6 {Black had no other worthy alternative.} 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28.
Nd3 d6 29. Nb2 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 29. Nb4 $6 a5 $140 30. Nc6
$2 Bxc6 31. dxc6 Kf7 {[%csl Rc6,Yf7][%cal Yf7e7,Ye7d8,Yd8c7]}) (29. Kf2 $5)
29... Kf7 30. Kf2 {At last white king approaches to a field of fight.} Ke7 31.
Ke3 Kd8 32. Kd2 Kc7 33. Ke3 ({Drawn game is inevitable:} 33. Ke3 Nd7 34. Nc4
Nb6 $140 35. Na5 Nd7 {[%cal Yc7b6]} 36. Nc4 Nb6 $11) ({or} 33. Kc3 Nd7 34. Na4
Nb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 9. b3 ({The main alternative is:} 9. b4) 9... Nbd7 10. Be2 Rc8 {It is
also possible to rearrange the moves: 10...c5 with the following 11.0-0 Rc8
and we get the same position.} 11. O-O c5 12. a4 $5 {White prevents Black from
advancing "b5" and prepares the "a3" point for his bishop.} ({Quite recently,
I commented a game for CBM 110 with a different alternative:} 12. Rd1 cxd4 13.
exd4 ({After:} 13. Qxd4 $5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 {צd1} 16. Be2 Qxd4
17. Rxd4 {White keep a small advantage.}) 13... Ba6 $11 {Dreev,A-Bologan,V/
Stepanakert,2005(1/2-1/2)(45). It's clear that Black doesn't have any serious
problems in this position. Now he starts to pressure on White's pawns in the
centre.}) 12... cxd4 $146 {I am not sure that this quick relief of pressure in
the center is good for Black.} (12... Qc7 $5 {was checked in the previous
games:} 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rfc1 Qb8 15. dxc5 $5 Rxc5 16. b4 Rcc8 17. Qd4 $1 {
+/=/= Mikhalevski,A-Palac,M/Paris,2000(1/2-1/2) Inf 79/491(Mikhalevski,A)(66)})
(12... a5 $5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ba3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Ng4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qh2+
18. Kf1 Ngf6 19. Ke2 {+/=/= Rodshtein,M-Ivanov,S/Stockholm,2006(1/2-1/2)(46)})
13. exd4 Ba6 $6 {The wrong decision, this not a successful place for Black's
bishop.} (13... Qc7 $5 {/\14...dxc4 15.bxc4 Ng4|^}) 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rac1 $14
Rc7 (15... dxc4 {was hardly better:} 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Qe3 e5 18. d5 Nc5 19. a5
$1 {with obvious advantage for White.}) 16. Qb2 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Qa8 18. Rc2 {
Black plays without a concrete plan, while White does everything to inprove
his position.} Rec8 19. Rdc1 dxc4 $6 {Another dubious decision.} (19... Bb7 $5
$14) 20. bxc4 {Black's pieces stand before the "c4" pawn, but he can't create
an actual threat on it.} Re8 21. h3 {A good preventive move.} h6 {A little bit
passive continuation.This is a more interesting alternative:} (21... f6 $5 {
[%cal Ge6e5]}) 22. Bb4 Nef6 23. a5 $1 {White gets rid of the last weakness in
his camp.} Qd8 (23... bxa5 $143 24. Bxa5 Rcc8 25. Qa3 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]}) (
23... Bb7 $5) 24. Qa3 Bb7 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. c5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Cb7e4,
Ce4c2,Gc5c6] Pavel Smirnov returned his bishop to "b7" a bit too early, which
allowed his opponent to create a passed "c" pawn.} bxc5 ({After:} 26... Be4 27.
Rb2 $140 bxa5 $2 (27... bxc5 $143 28. dxc5 $16) 28. Ba6 $1 {Black begins to
have problems with his rook on "c8":} Rc6 (28... Ra8 $2 29. c6 Nb6 30. c7 Qd7
31. Rxb6 $1 axb6 $140 (31... Bxf3 32. Bb5 Qc8 33. Rb8) 32. Ne5 $18 {ףd7}) 29.
Bb7 $18 {צc6}) 27. dxc5 $16 {White has created the threat of "c6".} Be4 (27...
Bc6 $2 {loses the game immediately:} 28. Ba6 Ra8 29. Nd4 Nb8 (29... Be4 $143
30. c6 $18 {[%csl Gc6,Rd7,Rd8][%cal Gc7d8,Yc6c7,Cd7c5,Cc5a6,Gc6d7]}) 30. Nxc6
Nxc6 31. Bb7 $18) 28. Rd2 ({In this position I would accept the following
decision:} 28. Rb2 $5 {<->b; /\Ba6}) 28... Bd5 29. Ba6 {It is necessary to use
the unsuccessful place of Black's rook.} Ne4 $8 (29... Ra8 $2 {leads to an
immediate disaster:} 30. c6 Ne4 31. Rd3 Nxd6 32. Qxd6 Nb8 (32... Nf6 33. Qxd8
Rexd8 34. c7 $18) 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34. Bb7 $1 $18) 30. Rxd5 $1 exd5 31. Bxc8 Qxc8
32. c6 Nxd6 $2 (32... Ndf6 $142 33. Be5 $16 {and the passed "c" pawn, will
soon decide the outcome of the game.}) 33. Qxd6 $18 (33. Qxd6 {Black resigned,
as after:} Nf6 (33... Nf8 34. c7 $1 (34. Qxd5 $143 Qc7 {[%csl Yc7]}) 34... Ne6
35. a6 $18) 34. c7 Re6 35. Qc5 {[%csl Ra7,Gc7][%cal Gc5a7] White is getting
the win, it is only a matter of time.}) 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 {This is a new idea, which the chinese chess players
started implementing this year. This line is less useful, than 10.Qd3 and 10.
Qc2.} h6 11. Bh4 g5 $5 $146 {A sharp, but useful move in this kind of position.
Black's plan is to play "Ne4, f5 and Ndf6" in order to control the centre. I
think that this decision was taken by Alexander Morozevich, because he needed
to win this game anyway.} ({There are a few examples of more "tempremental"
play:} 11... a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. Nc3 Ra5 14. f3 Qa8 15. Be2 d5 16. O-O (16. cxd5
$5) 16... c5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Wang Yue-Georgiev,K/Dubai,2005(1/
2-1/2)(47)}) (11... Ne4 $5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Rfxd8 14. d5 Nf6 15. e4 exd5
16. exd5 c6 $11 {Georgiev,K-Kulaots,K/Gothenburg,2005(1/2-1/2)(35)}) (11... d5
$5 12. f3 c5 13. Qc2 Qc8 $13 {Bu Xiangzhi-Onischuk,A/Beer Sheva,2005(1/2-1/2)
(64)}) 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Kg7 $6 {An inaccuracy.} (
15... Qf6 $142 16. Nc3 a6 17. e4 Rae8 $11) 16. d5 $14 {[%csl Re6,Rf5][%cal
Gd4e6,Gd4f5,Od5e6,Ye2d4] White aspires to use the weaknesses in Black's
position.} Qe7 ({After:} 16... e5 $2 17. g4 f4 (17... fxg4 $2 18. Ng3 $40 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg3h5,Gg3f5]}) 18. exf4 gxf4 (18... exf4 $2 19. Nd4 {><e6,f5 +-
}) 19. Nc3 $16 {White also keeps a big advantage.}) 17. Qc3+ $2 {In this and
part of the annotations, i'll use the comments of GM Alexey Bezgodov (from the
site www.chesspro.ru).} ({It's not clear why the Chinese player avoided the
next variation:} 17. Nd4 $1 {Bezgodov,A} exd5 (17... Nc5 $2 18. b4 {קe6}) 18.
cxd5 (18. Nxf5+ $143 Rxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 20. Be2 Re8 $1 21. Qc2 Nc5 $44) 18...
Qxe3+ 19. Be2 Bxd5 (19... Rae8 $2 20. Qxc7 Bc8 21. Ne6+ Kg8 22. Rxh6 $18) 20.
Nxf5+ Rxf5 21. Qxf5 Be6 22. Qc2 Re8 23. Rd3 {with obvious advantage of White.})
17... e5 {By this move Black stabilized the pawn structure in the centre. Now
both sides start to regroup their forces.} 18. Qc2 Bc8 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Be2 Bd7
21. Kd2 ({Deserves attention:} 21. Kf2 $5) 21... Qf7 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf6h5,
Gh5g3]} 22. Bd3 (22. Kc1 $6 {is not good:} Nh5 23. Rh3 g4 24. fxg4 fxg4 25. Rh4
Nxg3 $1 26. Bxg4 Qf6 27. Rh3 Bxg4 28. Rxg3 Qh4 29. Ne4 (29. Ne2 $143 Rf2 30.
Qe4 h5 31. Re1 Raf8 $17) 29... Kh8 $15) ({But it was interesting to check:} 22.
f4 $5 {in order to fix Black's pawn on "f5" and to block the black bishop.} c6
23. Kc1 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Rac8 25. Nc3 $14) 22... e4 $1 {Alexander Morozevich
sacrificed a pawn in order to open the position and and free the "e5" square
for his pieces.} 23. fxe4 (23. Be2 $143 Nh5 {[%csl Rg3]}) 23... fxe4 24. Bxe4
$6 {It is interesting to know what Alexander Morozevich planned after:} (24.
Nxe4 $5 Nxe4+ (24... Ng4 $6 25. Qc3+ Ne5 26. Kc1 Bf5 27. Nf2 $14) 25. Bxe4 Qf2+
26. Kd3 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Rae8 28. Kd3 Re5 29. Rde1 Rfe8 $11) 24... Ng4 {=/=/+}
25. Rde1 ({Not enough for equality:} 25. Rhf1 {Bezgodov,A} Qxf1 26. Rxf1 Rxf1
27. Qd3 (27. Bf3 Ne5 28. Ke2 Rg1 29. Kf2 Rh1 $15) 27... Raf8 28. Qd4+ Ne5 29.
Kc2 a5 $15) ({Also after:} 25. Rhe1 Qf2+ 26. Re2 Qxg3 27. Kc1 Ne5 {=/=/+
Black's position is better.}) 25... Qf2+ 26. Kc1 (26. Re2 $143 Qxg3 27. Nd1
Rae8 28. Kc1 Rf6 $15 {/\Ref8, Rf1}) 26... Qxg3 (26... Qxc2+ $5 27. Bxc2 (27.
Kxc2 $2 Nf2 28. Rhf1 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Bf5 30. Kd3 Rae8 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 $17) 27...
Rf2 28. Rhg1 {=/=/+}) 27. Nd1 {Too passive.} (27. Bf3 $5) 27... Rae8 28. Qc3+
$2 {Incredibly! It's the second time, during this game, that Huang Qian plays
"Qc3+" and for the second time, this move is unsuccessful.} (28. Bf3 $5 Ne5 29.
Be4 {=/=/+}) 28... Qe5 $17 29. Qxe5+ $6 (29. Qd4 $142 Qxd4 30. exd4 Rf4 31. Bc2
Rxd4 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 $17) (29. Bf3 $143 Qxc3+ 30. bxc3 (30. Nxc3 Nf2 $19) 30...
Ne5 $17) 29... Nxe5 {Black's position is almost winning. Numerous white
weakness make the rest of the game a matter of technique.} 30. Bc2 Bg4 $5 {
The idea of this move - is to exchange the bishop for the knight and to enter
the "f2" field.} (30... Nxc4 $5) 31. Nc3 (31. b3 Bxd1 32. Kxd1 Ng4 {[%csl Re3,
Rf2][%cal Gg4e3,Gg4f2]}) 31... Rf2 32. Rhg1 Nxc4 33. e4 a6 {Prevented 34.Nb5.}
34. a4 Ne5 35. b3 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3][%cal Gc7c6]} 36. Ref1 Rcf8 $19 37. Re1 h5
38. Kb1 (38. Nd1 Bxd1 39. Kxd1 h4 $19 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gg6h5,Gh5g4,Gg4g3]}) 38...
Rd2 {The further resistance is senseless.} 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Bd3 ({Has a better prospect for white
following continuation:} 11. O-O-O $1 {Gelfand,B-Epishin,V/Belgrade,1999 (1-0)
(Gelfand,B)(34)}) (11. Nh3 $143 {See comments to Gulko,B-Aleksandrov,A/
Groningen,1997/CBM 63 (1/2-1/2)(Psakhis,L)(27)}) 11... h6 $5 ({White in first
place had to count with:} 11... Ne4 12. Bxd8 (12. Qxg7+ $2 Kxg7 13. Bxd8 Raxd8
14. Bxe4 d5 $36 {Hass,R-Shereshevski,M/Primorsko,1989(0-1)(31)}) 12... Nxc3 13.
Bc7 Rfc8 14. Bd6 Na4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Ne2 $14 {Horvath,C-Gyorkos,L/Zalakaros,
1997(1-0(30)}) 12. Bh4 d5 $5 $146 ({Was checked in the previous games:} 12...
Re8 {;12...Qa5;12...Ne4 and 12...Rc8.}) 13. Ne2 ({It is clear,that:} 13. Bxf6
Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 {it could be good only for black.}) 13... d4 ({It looks
pretty well:} 13... Ne4 $5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bc7 Nxe2 16. Bxe2 Rac8 17. Bd6
Rfd8 18. Bxc5 dxc4 $11) 14. exd4 cxd4 {This move is much better,than:} (14...
Nxd4 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 15. Nxd4 cxd4 (15... Qxd4 $143 16. Qxd4 cxd4 17. Kd2 $16 {
[%cal Gh1e1]}) 16. Qd2 $14) 15. Qd2 e5 $6 ({I recommended:} 15... a5 $5 {/\a4})
({Now it is not that good how it was before:} 15... Ne4 16. Bxd8 Nxd2 17. Kxd2
(17. Bc7 $6 Nb3) 17... Rfxd8 18. b4 $14) 16. Ng3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg3h5]} Ne4
$2 {How was figured out there was no reason to defence from threat Nh5:} (16...
Re8 $5 17. Nh5 $140 $6 Ne4 18. Bxd8 Nxd2 $13) ({Immediately losing the game:} 
16... g5 $4 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Nh5 $18 Nxh5 $140 21.
Qh7#) 17. Bxd8 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Raxd8 ({It does not make a big changes:} 18...
Rfxd8 19. b4 {with obvious advantage of white.}) 19. b4 $16 {At white,already,
there is pair of o^ PP. For black it is hard to create o^PP in center.} g6 20.
Rae1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb4b5]} ({In my opinion it looks more logically:} 20.
Rhe1) 20... Rfe8 21. Ne4 Re7 ({It does not make a big changes:} 21... Kg7 22.
c5 {/\Nd6}) 22. c5 Bc8 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 22... Kf8 23. Nd6 Rb8
24. b5 (24. Re2 $142 {/\Rhe1 and b5.}) 24... Na5 25. c6 Bc8 $16) 23. Nd6 Be6
24. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gh1e1] White brings up their last reserves.} (24. b5 $2 Na5
25. Rxe5 $140 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxd6 $14) 24... Kg7 25. Rhe1 $18 {
Black can not protect their weak center.} f6 (25... Red7 $144 26. Bb5 Rxd6 27.
cxd6 Rxd6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxe5 Rc3 30. Ra5 $18) 26. Bb5 Rc7 27. f4 Bg4 28.
Rf2 {[%csl Yc6,Re5][%cal Gb5c6] Further resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 $5 {Besides,white has two principales moves:} (10. b4
$5 {See comments to Jelen,I-Gyimesi,Z/Baden, 1999/CBM 71(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(25)}
) ({and} 10. Nf3 $5) 10... c5 ({Also it deserves attention:} 10... Rc8) ({and} 
10... h6) 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bb7 ({Very interestingly:} 13... cxd4
$5 14. Bxf6 $140 (14. Qxa6 $4 Nc5 $19) 14... Nc5 15. Bxd8 Nxa4 16. Bh4 Nxb2 17.
Nc1 Nxd3+ 18. Nxd3 dxe3 19. fxe3 Rxc4 $13 {Wang Lei-Torre,E/Quezon City,2000(1/
2-1/2)(43)}) 14. O-O Qc7 (14... Bc6 $5 {Looks rather logically.The bishop with
tempo becomes on "c6", allowing thus,to become on his place-Q. See comments to
Goloshchapov,A-Ehlvest,J/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(39)}) ({
Repeatedly was checked in the previous games:} 14... a6) (14... a6) ({and} 
14... cxd4) 15. Nc3 {Probably,it not the best move!} ({Can be recommended:} 15.
Rfc1 $5 cxd4 (15... Qb8 $143 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qd1 Qb7 18. Bf1 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5
20. Nb5 $14 {Sasikiran,K-Prasad,D/Mumbai,2000(1-0) (50)}) (15... Rfe8 16. Nc3
Qb8 17. Bf1 a6 18. Qd1 Qc7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 Bb7 22. Ra2 Nf8 23.
Bg3 e5 24. Rd2 $14 {Markus,R-Geanta,H/Balatonlelle,2000(1-0) (41)}) 16. exd4
Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nc3 Nxc3 {+/=/=; 1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Rozentalis,E/
Wattenschied,2000(18)}) ({or} 15. Rac1 $5 cxd4 16. exd4 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18.
Rfd1 Qb7 19. d5 (19. Ng3 $5) 19... e5 20. Qc2 {+/=/= Drasko,M-Vratonjic,S/
Niksic,1997(1/2-1/2) (26)}) 15... a6 16. Rac1 ({Is a possible continuation of
the play:} 16. Qd1 Rce8 $6 {Strange decision.} ({More logically:} 16... Rfe8 $5
) ({or} 16... Qc6 17. f3 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 {with approximately
equal position.}) 17. Rc1 Qc6 18. f3 $8 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bf2 $14 {See
comments to San Segundo Carrillo,P-Tiviakov,S/Mondariz,2000/CBM 79(0-1) (Golod,
V)(40)}) ({or} 16. Rad1 d5 17. Bg3 Qd8 18. cxd5 b5 19. Qb3 Nxd5 20. a4 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Bd5 22. Qb2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Kortschnoj,V/Sarajevo,1998 (22)}) 16...
Rfe8 (16... Bc6 $143 17. Qd1 Qb7 (17... cxd4 18. exd4 Qa7 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1
$14 {Inarkiev,E-Mitkov,M/Istanbul,2000(1-0)(44)}) 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Qxd5 Ne5 23. Rc3 $6 (23. Rfd1 $142 $14) 23... b5
24. e4 Qc6 $11 {Duppel,M-Handke,F/Mainz,2000 (1/2-1/2)(35)}) 17. Qd1 Qb8 18.
dxc5 $146 ({Looks more essentially:} 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Rc7 21.
Bg3 Ne5 22. Bb1 $14 {Georgiev,K-Polgar,J/Batumi,1999(1/2-1/2)(92)}) 18... bxc5
{Let's consider also other variants of a capture:} (18... Rxc5 $5 19. b4 $140
Rc7 {[%csl Ya6,Yb6,Yd6,Ye6]}) (18... Nxc5 $6 19. Bxf6 Nxd3 (19... gxf6 $143 20.
Bc2 {+/=/+/-}) 20. Qxd3 gxf6 21. Qd4 {[%csl Rb6,Rf6]} Kg7 22. Rfd1 $14) (18...
dxc5 $6 19. Bg3 $14) 19. Qc2 {+/=/=} ({On:} 19. e4 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4] black
should react:} e5 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Ye5f4] +/=/=}) 19... Qa8 $6 {/^a8-h1 It was
not necessary to cause the following move of white.} (19... Bc6 $142) 20. e4
$14 {[%cal Gf2f4]} e5 ({Very weakly:} 20... d5 {because of:} 21. exd5 exd5 22.
cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5 {+/=/+/-}) 21. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd6]} g5 22. Bg3 Nf8
{[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6d4]} ({Much worse is:} 22... Nh5 23. Be2 Nxg3 24. hxg3 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf5]} Rc6 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. Rb1 $36 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 23. Nd5 {[%csl Rb6,
Rf6][%cal Gd5b6,Gd5f6] Differently,black can transfer the knight on "d4" 
(Nf8-e6-d4).} Bxd5 (23... Nxd5 $143 24. exd5 {/^b1-h7}) 24. cxd5 Nh5 $6 {
Black want to exchange one of the bishops.} (24... Ng6 $142 25. f3 Nf4 26. Bf1
{[%csl Ra6,Gf1,Gg3] /\Bf2,g3}) 25. Qe2 Nf4 $1 ({After:} 25... Nxg3 26. hxg3 {
[%csl Rf5,Yg3][%cal Yg3f4] black get a strategically losing position.}) 26.
Bxf4 exf4 {[%csl Re5]} 27. Bxa6 $16 Rb8 ({Very interestingly:} 27... f3 $5 28.
gxf3 Rb8 {[%csl Re5,Rf4][%cal Gf8g6,Gg6f4]}) 28. Bb5 Re7 29. a4 $6 ({In my
opinion,it was better:} 29. Bc6 Qa7 30. Rc4 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gc4a4]}) 29... Ng6
30. f3 Ne5 {[%csl Yc5,Yd6,Ye5,Yf4,Yg5,Yh6][%mdl 256]} 31. Qd2 Qa7 32. h3 {
Superfluous preventive move.} (32. Kh1 $142 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 32... Kg7 33. Kh1
h5 {[%csl Rh1]} 34. b4 Rc8 35. Bc6 ({Can it was necessary to leave the bishop
on a point "b5":} 35. bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Qxc5 37. Rc1 Qb6 {+/=/+/-}) 35... cxb4
36. Qxb4 Qb8 $1 37. Qxb8 $6 {Probably,it was necessary to evade from exchange:}
(37. Qd4) ({or} 37. Qd2) 37... Rxb8 38. Bb5 $6 (38. Rb1 $142 Rc8 39. a5 Nxc6
40. dxc6 Rxc6 41. Rb6 $16) 38... g4 39. Rc3 {[%csl Yc3]} Kf6 40. Rf1 {[%csl
Gf1,Rf4][%cal Gf3g4]} gxh3 (40... Kg5 $5) 41. gxh3 Ra7 42. Rg1 Raa8 $1 43. h4
Rc8 44. Ra3 (44. Rgc1 $143 Rxc3 45. Rxc3 Ng6 $132 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Yf6e5]})
44... Rc2 $132 {[%csl Rh1]} 45. Rg2 ({Loses right away:} 45. a5 $4 {in view of:
} Rxa5 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Rb5]} 46. Bd3 (46. Rb3 $2 Rxb5 47. Rxb5 Nxf3 {[%csl Rh1]
[%cal Gc2h2]} 48. Rg2 Rc1+) (46. Rxa5 $143 Nxf3 47. e5+ Kxe5 48. Re1+ Nxe1 $19)
46... Rxa3 47. Bxc2 Nxf3 $19) 45... Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c2] /\Re1,Rcc1
(עh2)} 47. Bc6 (47. Rf2 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g1]} 48. Rg2 Rgc8 $132) 47... Rb8 {
[%cal Gb8b1]} (47... Nxc6 $2 48. dxc6 R8xc6 49. a5 {+/=/+/-}) 48. Bb5 Rbc8 49.
Bc6 Rb8 {After a long defence,black should be glad to repeat the moves.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 9. b4 $5 {It's the main alternative in this position. Quite recently,
for CBM 110 I commented a game with different continuation - 9.b3} c5 $5 {
This is a move is a continuation for pronciple, which lowers White's
opportunities significantly.} ({On:} 9... Nbd7 {you can find five games in
Mega DataBase 2005}) ({Also once was checked in the preceding game:} 9... dxc4)
10. dxc5 {Otherwise, Black will exchange the pawns on "d4" himself.} bxc5 11.
Bb2 {White approves his "b4" move, and brings his dark squared bishop to the
big /^ a1-h8.} Nbd7 12. Be2 Nb6 ({After:} 12... dxc4 $143 13. Qxc4 Bd5 {
White keeps a positional advantage:} 14. Qc3 Qb6 15. O-O cxb4 16. axb4 Rfb8 17.
Ra4 $14 {Dobrov,V-Belov,V/playchess.com 2005(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 13. cxd5 {It's
rather difficult to continue the game without this logical move:} (13. bxc5 $6
Na4 14. Qb4 Nxb2 15. Qxb2 (15. Qxb7 $143 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 $11) 15... Rb8 $44)
13... cxb4 14. axb4 Nbxd5 15. Qa3 a6 $1 $146 {A very important preventive move.
His idea is to prevent White from pushing his pawn to "b5" and fixate black's
backward pawn on "a7". Despite the fact that White has the bishop pair, Black
doesn't have any problems, because he has key squares in the center, and the
important square "b5".} (15... Qe7 $143 16. b5 {קa7} Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Rfc8 18.
O-O Rc2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 Rc3 21. Ra5 $14 {Gurevich,M-Cmilyte,V/Gibraltar,
2006(1-0)(62)}) 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rfb1 Rfc8 {It is obviously that Black can't
touch the "b4" pawn:} (17... Qxb4 $4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxb4 $18)
({or:} 17... Nxb4 18. Bxf6 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga3b4]}) 18. Bd4 {Of course, White
isn't in a hurry to exchange the queenside pawns:} (18. b5 $6 axb5 19. Qxe7
Nxe7 20. Bxb5 $11) 18... Ne4 19. Rb3 Nc7 $1 {[%cal Yb7d5,Gc7b5] Ruslan
Ponomariov moves his forces very well: the square "d5" is freed for the light
squared bishop, and the knight moves to the important defensive square "b5".}
20. Qb2 Bd5 21. Rba3 Rab8 $11 {Now the weak "b4" pawn, is compensation for the
weak "a6" pawn.} 22. Rb1 Nb5 23. Bxb5 ({After:} 23. Rxa6 $6 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc3
$1 {Black takes the initiative!}) 23... Rxb5 24. Ne1 $6 {And still it was
better to go on the safe side:} (24. Rxa6 $5 Qxb4 (24... Rxb4 $143 25. Rc1 $1 {
[%csl Rg8]} Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qb7 27. Ra7 $1 Rb1 $140 28. Ra8+ Qxa8 29. Qxb1 $11)
25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Rd1 (26. Rxb4 $4 Rc1+ 27. Ne1 Rxe1#) 26... f6 27. Raa1 {=/=/+
}) 24... Rcb8 25. Ra4 a5 26. f3 $6 ({Probably Loek Van Wely overlooked that
after:} 26. Nd3 {Black develops a sudden initiative on the kingside:} Qg5 {
[%csl Gd5,Rg2,Gg5]} 27. f4 Qg6 28. Ne5 Qh5 $15 {but all the same it was
necessary to play so !}) 26... Rxb4 27. Rxb4 $8 Rxb4 28. Qc2 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Nf6
$15 30. Qb5 $6 {The wrong decision, this is not a successful place for white's
queen.} (30. Qa1 $142 {[%csl Ga1,Ra5][%cal Gd4c3]} Qc7 $140 31. Be5 (31. Bxf6
$6 gxf6 32. Qxf6 a4 $17 {It will be very hard to stop the passed "a4" pawn.})
31... Qc5 32. Bd4 Qb5 33. Bxf6 (33. Bc3 $6 a4 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Qxf6 a3 36.
Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qd8+ Qe8 39. Qd6+ Qe7 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qg3+ Kh6 {
[%csl Ye7,Yh6][%cal Yh6g6] The black king gets away from the checks.}) 33...
gxf6 34. Qxf6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf6d8,Gf6g5]} Bb7 35. Kf2 $15) 30... Qb4 31.
Qxb4 axb4 {[%mdl 4096] =/+/-/+ Now Black is left with an extra pawn in the
endgame, and very good chances to win.} 32. Nd3 b3 33. Kf2 {White is
considering to bring his king closer to "b3" and to eliminate it, and Black in
his turn plans to prevent that, and while he's at it, create some weaknesses
in white's kingside.} Bc4 34. Nb2 $6 ({It was necessary to decide on the more
active continuation:} 34. Ne5 $5 Bb5 35. e4 {=/+/-/+ and so on.}) 34... Bb5 35.
e4 {Obviously the exchange on "f6" was not in White's favour:} (35. Bxf6 gxf6
36. Ke1 Kg7 37. Kd2 Bf1 38. g3 Bg2 39. f4 Kg6 $17 {[%csl Yg6][%cal Cd2c3,Cc3b3,
Yg6f5,Yf5g4,Yg4h3,Yf5e4] and Black begins attacking White's kingside pawns.})
35... Nd7 36. e5 {White doesn't let the black pawn occupy that square,
although it could have been done differently:} (36. f4 $5 f6 37. e5 {forcing
the black pawn to "f6".}) 36... h5 37. h4 ({After:} 37. Ke3 Kh7 38. Kd2 Kg6 39.
Kc3 Bf1 40. g3 Bg2 41. f4 Bd5 $17 {White can not protect all weaknesses on the
kingside.}) 37... Kh7 38. g4 Nb8 $1 $17 {Puslan Ponomariov gradually improves
his position.} 39. Nd1 Nc6 40. Bc3 g5 $1 {Black tries to give White more
weaknesses this way.} 41. hxg5 $6 {After this exchange, White gets two pawn
islands on the kingside.} (41. Kg3 $142 gxh4+ 42. Kxh4 hxg4 43. Kxg4 $17) 41...
hxg4 42. fxg4 (42. f4 $2 {leads to a hopeless position:} Kg6 43. Kg3 Be2 44.
Ne3 Nb4 $19 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Gb3b2,Ce3g4,Yb4d3]}) 42... Kg6 43. Kg3 Kxg5 44.
Bd2+ Kg6 45. Bc3 Be2 {Black continues to improve the positions of his pieces.}
46. Nb2 Ne7 47. Na4 Nd5 48. Bb2 Bd3 49. Bd4 Bc2 {Ruslan placed his knight and
bishop in ideal positions, but you can't win the game without the king. So his
next goal is to transfer his king to the queenside.} 50. Bb2 Kg7 51. Bd4 Kf8
52. Kf2 Ke7 53. Ke2 Kd7 54. Kd2 {The white king goes to meet his black
colleague, with a tough goal, to stop his mission.} Kc6 55. Bb2 Nf4 56. Ke3 Nd3
{The knight comes to help his king, and controls new squares.} 57. Bd4 Kb5 58.
Nb2 (58. Nc3+ $2 Kb4 {/\b2} 59. Kd2 Kc4 60. Ne2 Kd5 {קe5 -+}) 58... Nb4 {
Now White's knight is stuck on "b2" and Black changes the direction of his
attack. His goal - to get rid of the pawn on "e5".} 59. Kd2 Nc6 60. Bc3 Kc5 61.
Na4+ Kd5 62. Ke3 Bd1 $1 {It was important not to hurry to grab the pawn on
"e5":} (62... Nxe5 $4 63. Nb6+ Kc6 64. Bxe5 Kxb6 65. g5 $11 {despite the 2
extra pawns, the opposite bishops provide White a unapproachable fortress.})
63. g5 $140 Bh5 {The bishop has met his purpose on "c2" square, and now is
transfered to the strongest position on /^ e8-h5.} 64. Bb2 ({A little bit
better:} 64. Nb6+ {For example, I can give this variation:} Kc5 65. Nd7+ Kc4
66. Kd2 Nb4 67. Nb6+ Kb5 68. Nc8 Bg6 69. Nd6+ Ka4 70. Nc4 Nd5 71. Bd4 Kb4 72.
Nb2 Ka3 73. Nc4+ Ka2 74. Nb2 Nf4 $19 {Black finally gets through his
opponent's defense.}) 64... Bg6 65. Nb6+ Kc5 66. Nc8 Nb4 67. Nd6 Nd3 68. Bd4+
Kd5 $19 {White can't both protect the e5 pawn, and prevent the "b" pawn from
becoming a queen.} 69. Nb5 Kc4 70. Nd6+ ({This doesn't change anything:} 70.
Na3+ Kb4 71. Nb1 b2 72. Bc3+ (72. Nd2 Ka3 {/\Ka2 and b1Q}) (72. Kd2 Kc4 73. Bc3
Kb3 74. Bd4 Nc1 75. Nc3 Kc4 {/\Nb3+}) 72... Kb3 73. Bd4 Kc2 74. Na3+ Kc1 $19)
70... Kb4 71. Nxf7 Ne1 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Re3,Rf7][%cal Ge1c2] As strange as it
seems, this also lead to a win:} (71... Bxf7 $2 72. Kxd3 Ka3 73. Kc4 (73. Kc3
$4 b2 74. Kc2 Bg6+) 73... b2 74. Bxb2+ Kxb2 75. Kc5 Kc3 76. Kd6 Kd4 77. Ke7 Bg8
78. Kf6 (78. Kf8 $144 Bh7 79. Kg7 Bf5 80. Kf6 Kd5 $19) 78... Ke4 79. g6 Kf4 80.
Kg7 Kg5 {with mate in 18 moves.}) 72. Kd2 Nf3+ {A good game, one to learn from!
} 0-1

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gurevich,M} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4
7. Qc2 f5 8. e3 $5 ({Other options are:} 8. g3 $5 {See comments to Bareev,
E-Piket,J/Sarajevo,1998/CBM66 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)}) ({and:} 8. Nh3 $5) 8...
b6 {It's main line.} 9. Ne2 (9. Bd3 {Unassuming move which is not giving
special advantage. See comments to Hoang Than Trang-Volzhin,A/Budapest,2000/
CBM 76(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(37) Besides, white has two alternatives:}) (9. Nf3) ({
and} 9. Nh3) 9... Bb7 10. f3 Qh4+ $6 {In my opinion it's a dubious decision.
It can be recommended:} (10... Nf6 $5 {( and also 10...Nd6!?) you cand find in
annotations to game:Kruppa,Y-Nosenko,A/ Donetsk,1998/CBM 68(1-0)(Golod,V)(48)})
11. g3 Qe7 ({Dubious:} 11... Qh5 12. Bg2 Ng5 {because of:} 13. Nf4 Qh6 (13...
Nxf3+ $4 14. Kf2 {[%csl Rf3]} Qg4 15. h3 $18) 14. O-O $14) 12. Bg2 Nf6 ({
Now senselessly:} 12... Nd6 {because of:} 13. b4) 13. O-O $14 c5 14. b3 $5 $146
{White's plan is: Bb2, Rad1 and play in the centre. '!?' Gurevich,M.} ({
Was checked in the previous game:} 14. b4 $5 d6 (14... cxb4 $6 15. axb4 $140
Qxb4 $4 16. Ba3 $18 {[%csl Ga1,Ga3,Rb4,Rf8]}) 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. b5
Nd8 18. a4 a5 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf7 21. Nf4 {+/=/+/- Van Wely,L-Korchnoi,V/
Hengelo,2000 (0-1)(46)} (21. Nf4 {Gurevich,M} e5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rae8 24.
Rae1 $14 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Korchnoi,V/Hengelo NED 2000 (46)})) 14... d6 ({
Also in case:} 14... Nc6 15. Bb2 d6 16. Rad1 {white save a positional
advantage.}) (14... Rc8 $5 {Gurevich,M} 15. Bb2 cxd4 16. exd4 d5 17. Rfe1 $5
$36) 15. Bb2 {[%mdl 32]} Nbd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Nc3 $5 {With the idea 18.dxc5
and 19.Nb5(><a7;d6). Gurevich,M: '[/\ 18.Nb5; 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Nb5]'} a6 {
[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6b5]} 18. Rfe1 {Gurevich,M: '[/\19.d5]'} h6 $6 ({From my
point of view much better is:} 18... Qf7 {( control over point d5).}) (18...
Qf7 {Gurevich,M} 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Rd6 $14) 19. d5 $1 {[%csl Gc2,Rf5] Now
Mikhail Gurevich has a big positional advantage.} exd5 ({Hardly,advisable move:
} 19... Rfe8 {because of:} 20. f4) (19... Ne5 {Gurevich,M} 20. f4 Ng6 21. e4
$16) 20. cxd5 b5 $2 {Pretty dubious sacrifice of pawn. '!?' Gurevich,M.
Gurevich,M: '[/\21...b4; xd5]'} ({Probably better is:} 20... Ne8 21. f4 $36 {
[%cal Ge3e4]} (21. e4 $143 f4 22. Ne2 $14)) ({Weakly:} 20... g6 {in view of:}
21. e4 {[%csl Gb2] גa1-h8}) (20... Rde8 {Gurevich,M} 21. Qxf5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5
Rxf5 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. e4 $18) 21. Qxf5 b4 22. Qe6+ $1 Rf7 ({Also leads to
very bad position:} 22... Qxe6 23. dxe6 bxc3 24. Bxc3 {[%csl Rd8,Rf8][%cal
Ge6d7,Ge6e7]} Nd5 $8 ({after:} 24... Rfe8 25. exd7 Rxd7 26. e4 $18 {white has
a pawn up.}) 25. Ba5 (25. Rxd5 $6 Bxd5 26. e7 Bxb3 27. Bh3 $14) 25... N7f6 $8 (
25... N5b6 $2 26. exd7 $18) (25... N7b6 {Gurevich,M} 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. e7 $18)
26. e4 Ne7 27. e5 {'!' Gurevich,M.} Nfd5 28. f4 {'+-' Gurevich,M.} dxe5 29.
Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxe5 {+/-/+-}) 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Na2 $16 {[%csl
Rb4]} a5 ({Quite badly for black:} 25... Nxd5 {because of:} 26. e4 Rde8 27. Kf2
{[%csl Ga2,Rb4,Yd5][%cal Ge4d5,Yf2e1,Ga2b4] '+/-' Gurevich,M.}) 26. e4 {
'+/-' Gurevich,M.} Nc5 27. Nc1 Rde8 28. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Yf1] /^a6-f1 Gurevich,M:
'[/\29.Bc4, 30.Nd3]'} Ba6 ({Impossibly:} 28... Nxd5 $4 29. Bc4 $18) ({and} 
28... Bxd5 $4 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rxd5) (28... Nfd7 29. Bb5 {+/-/+-}) 29. Bxa6
Nxa6 30. Nd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1c1]} Nxd5 {Desperate attempt of black to save
the hopeless position. '!?' Gurevich,M.} 31. exd5 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1
Nc5 34. Bd4 $1 Nxb3 $140 35. Bb6 {[%csl Ra5,Yb3,Gb6][%cal Gb6a5] '+-!'
Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\ 36.Nd3, Kg1-c2]'} a4 ({After:} 35... Nc5 {white
would find:} 36. Nc2 $1 (36. Bxa5 $2 b3 37. Bc3 $8 Na4 38. Bd4 b2 39. Bxb2 Nxb2
40. Nc2 Kf7 {+/=/+/- N_|_}) (36. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4,Gc5,Yg8]})
36... b3 (36... Nb7 37. Kf2 {[%cal Gd3c4,Gf2e3,Ge3d3]}) 37. Na3 Nb7 (37... a4
38. Bxc5 dxc5 39. Kf2 $18) 38. Kf2 $18) 36. Nd3 Nd2 (36... a3 $144 37. Nxb4 Nc1
38. Nc2 a2 39. Ba5 $18) 37. Nxb4 Nxf3+ 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Bd4 {Black resigns in
the absolutely losing position.} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 {This move
became very popular in the last years.} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 ({The
main line is:} 9... Qa5 $5 {You can see my comments to Hillarp Persson,T-De
Firmian,N/Malmo/Copenhagen,2004/CBM 101(1/2-1/2)(43)}) 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1
Nc6 ({It deserves more attention:} 11... Bd7 $5 {/\Ba4} 12. Ne2 (12. f3 $5 Ba4
$1 (12... f5 $143 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Qb2 $16) 13. Qb2 Qc3 $13) 12... Ba4 13. Qb2
Nc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Be3 $13 {Karpov,A-Polgar,J/Hoogeveen,2003(1/2-1/2)(67)})
12. Ne2 (12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Bb2 Qa6 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Rc1 $11 (15. c5 $2 b6 16.
Qxe4 Bb7 17. Qg4 bxc5 $17 {Zimmerman,Yuri-Belichev,Nikolai/Budapest,1999(0-1)
(27)})) 12... f6 ({From my point of view,very risky is:} 12... Nb4 $6 {For
further details you can see my comments to Ivanchuk,V-Navara,D/Antalya,2004/
CBM 101(1/2-1/2)(59)}) (12... Bd7 $2 13. Rb1 Nd8 (13... f6 $2 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Rb5 Qd8 16. Rxd5 $18 {El Gindy,E-Pavlovic,M/Linares,2003(1-0)(27)}) 14. f3 f5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qb2 $14) 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. exf6 Rxf6 $44 ({Intersting is to
re-organize pieces by transfering the queen to the king side:} 14... Qf5 $5 15.
Be3 Qxf6 $13 {Although e4 pawn will be lost,Black has a strong pieces play in
the center after b6, Bb7. From the other side,white's pieces are still
undeveloped.} {For example,on trivial:} 16. Qxe4 {will come a break:} e5 $1 {
[%cal Gc8f5]} 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd4 Nxc4 $1 19. Bxf6 Nd2+ 20. Ke1 Nxe4 $11) 15.
Be3 Bd7 $6 $146 {From my point of view,this is not the right place for the
bishop.} ({Also once were checked in the preceding game:} 15... Qa6 16. Ng3 (
16. Kg1 $5) 16... e5 $5 17. Nxe4 Rf8 18. d5 Bf5 19. Nc5 Qa5 20. Qd1 (20. Qa4
$142 $1 Bd3+ 21. Kg1 Qxa4 (21... Qc3 $2 22. Qd1 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rd3]}) 22. Nxa4
Na5 23. c5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5][%cal Yh2h3,Yg1h2] +/=/+/-}) 20... Nd4 $14 {Gupta,
A-Mahesh Chandran,P/Negombo,2003(0-1)(42)}) (15... b6 $5 {/\Ba6}) 16. Kg1 (16.
Ng3 $5 Rff8 17. Nxe4 {/\f3,Kf2 +/=}) 16... Ne7 17. Qxe4 Nf5 18. Qxb7 ({Too
slowly is:} 18. h3 $6 Qa6 19. Bg5 Nd6 20. Qh4 (20. Qc2 $143 Rf5 21. c5 Rxg5 22.
cxd6 Qxd6 $15) 20... Rf7 21. Kh2 Nxc4 22. Rhe1 {with almost an equal position})
(18. Bg5 Bc6 $5 (18... Rf7 19. Qxb7 Raf8 {- transfers to the game.}) 19. Qe5
Qxe5 20. dxe5 Rf7 $14 {Although white has an extra pawn,it will be difficult
to convert it to win.}) 18... Raf8 19. Bg5 $1 ({Leads to unclear consequences:
} 19. Bf4 $6 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc8 $1 21. Qb5 ({even worse:} 21. Nc6 Qc3 22. Be5
Bxb7 23. Bxc3 Rxf2 $1 $15 {[%csl Rc6,Gf2,Rg2]}) 21... Qc3 22. Rc1 Qxd4 23. Be3
Qe4 $44 {/\Bb7 /^a8-h1}) 19... R6f7 ({Doesn't lead to something serious:} 19...
Nxd4 $6 20. Bxf6 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Rxf6 22. Qxd7 Qb6 23. f3 $16) (19... Rg6 $2 20.
Qxd7 Rxg5 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qe4 {/\h4 +-}) 20. Qb4 $1 Qa6 21. f3 $5 (21. Rc1 $5
Rc8 $140 22. h4 $1 (22. Kf1 $6 Ba4 {/\Rb7|^}) (22. f3 {-see next annotation}) (
22. Bd2 $6 {/\Qa5} Nd6 23. Qa5 Qxa5 24. Bxa5 Nxc4 25. Bb4 e5 $5 26. dxe5 (26.
d5 a5 $13) 26... Nxe5 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. f3 Nd3 $11) 22... Nd6 23. Rh3 $16)
21... h6 $6 ({Better was to attack immediately the pawns with:} 21... Rc8 $5
22. Rc1 Nd6 23. h3 ({of course not:} 23. c5 $4 Qxe2 24. cxd6 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1
Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxh1 $19) ({also badly:} 23. Kf2 Ne4+ 24. Ke3 Nxg5 25. h4 Nxf3 26.
gxf3 Bc6 $40) 23... Nxc4 24. Kh2 Nxa3 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Rc1 Bb7 27. Be7 Nb5
$14 {+/=/= White has only a little advantage because of a better pawn
structure.}) 22. Bd2 Bc6 $5 {[%csl Ya6,Rf3][%cal Ya6a4,Gf7b7,Gc6f3]} (22... Nd6
$143 23. Rc1 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Bb5 25. Qb3 Bxe2 26. Kf2 $16 {[%cal Gh1e1,Gd2b4]})
23. h4 {[%cal Gh1h3]} Rb7 24. Qc3 Rfb8 (24... Rc8 $1 {less active,but much
more valuable move!} 25. Kf2 Bd5 26. c5 Rb3 27. Qc1 Bc4 (27... Qd3 28. Bc3) 28.
Qc2 Qa4 {[%csl Ga4,Rc2,Rf2][%cal Gb3f3]} 29. Qe4 Rb2 $44) 25. Bf4 Rb3 26. Qe1
$1 {/\Nc1} Rf8 ({Obviously better was:} 26... Rd8 $5 27. Rc1 $5 (27. Nc1 $140
Rb7 28. Qxe6+ Rf7 29. Nb3 Re8 (29... Rxd4 $6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga6c4] another
pretty move that brings nothing....} 30. Bc7 $1 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 $14) 30. Qg6
Ne7 31. Qd6) 27... Qxa3 28. Ra1 {This position is very sharp and unclear,White
should be very careful here.} Qb2 (28... Qe7 29. Be5 Ne3 30. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c3]}
Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 32. Kf2 Bxh1 33. Qxh1 Rf8+ 34. Kg1) 29. Qa5 Rd7 {The
simplest reply- is the best reply here.} (29... Rxd4 $143 30. Ra2 Rd1+ 31. Kf2
Qb1 32. Rxd1 Qxd1 33. Qe5 $14) 30. Ra2 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qd3 $13) 27. Nc1 Rxf3 $8 ({
This time,on:} 27... Rb7 {will come simply:} 28. Qc3 $16) 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 $2 ({
It was necessary:} 28... Rf7 $1 29. gxf3 ({This time not works} 29. Ne2 $2 Rxf4
$1 30. Nxf4 Nxd4 31. Qe3 Rxf4 $1 $19 {[%csl Yd4,Rf4,Rg1][%cal Yf4d4,Yd4e2]})
29... Nxd4 30. Qd6 Nxf3+ 31. Kf2 (31. Kg2 $2 Qxc4 $19) 31... Rf6 (31... Qxc4
32. Ne2) 32. Qd8+ Rf8 (32... Kh7 $4 33. Qd3+ Kg8 34. Kg3 $18) 33. Qd6 Rf6 $11 {
and the game has to be drawn by repeat of moves.}) 29. Ne2 $2 {White got
afraid from nothing!He could accept the sacrifice and finish it right now:} (
29. gxf3 $1 Qb6 (29... Nxd4 30. Qd6 Nxf3+ 31. Kf2 Rf6 32. Qd3+ Kg8 33. Ne2 Ne5
34. Qd4 Ng4+ 35. Kg3 Bxh1 36. Rxh1 $18) 30. c5 Qb2 31. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 32. Kg2 Qxa1
33. Qe4 $16) 29... Rf6 $2 {Black misses his greatest chance in this game.} ({
After} 29... Rd3 $1 {Black stands at least with an advantage.It is very
difficult to defend such a position for White.For example:} 30. h5 ({even
worse is:} 30. Qe5 Qxc4 31. Rc1 Qa4 32. Qc5 {[%csl Rc6,Rf8]} ({Doesn't help:} 
32. Rc3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rxh1+ 34. Kxh1 Nxh4 35. Rg3 Ng6 {/\Qd1+} 36. Qc7 Rf5 $1 {
/\Rh5+ -/+}) 32... Nxd4 $1 33. Qxf8 Nxe2+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 $1 35. Rxc6 Nxf4 $1 36.
Rc2 (36. Rg1 Rh3+ $1 37. gxh3 Qe2+ 38. Kh1 (38. Kg3 Nh5#) 38... Qf3+ 39. Kh2
Qxh3#) 36... Rh3+ $1 37. gxh3 Qxc2+ 38. Kg3 Qg2+ 39. Kxf4 Qf2+ 40. Ke4 Qxf8 $19
) 30... Rf6 31. Qe5 Qxc4 $40 {[%csl Yc6,Rd4,Rg2][%cal Gf5d4] Although White
still has an extra-pawn,black's attack it is just matter of time.}) 30. Qe5 $1
$16 Rxa3 (30... Rd3 31. d5 Bd7 32. Qe4 $16) 31. Rxa3 Qxa3 32. d5 Bd7 33. Qe4 $1
{[%csl Ge4,Rh7][%cal Gf4e5]} Rg6 $6 (33... Rf8 34. Rh3 (34. g4 $2 Re8 35. Be5
Qc5+ 36. Nd4 Rxe5 37. Qxe5 Nxd4 $19) 34... Qb4 35. Be5 Kg8 36. Nf4 $16) (33...
Kg8 34. Rh3 Qb4 35. Rc3 Rf8 36. Be5 $16) 34. h5 $1 Rg4 35. Kf2 {[%csl Rb7,Ge4,
Rg4,Rh7][%cal Gh1b1,Gb1b7,Ge4h7,Gc4c5] Now Black's rook is out of a game and
black's king remained in a dangerous area without any help from his pieces.}
Kh8 $6 ({A little bit better was:} 35... Qc5+ 36. Kf3 Kg8 {/\Nh4+} ({Badly:} 
36... Qa3+ $2 37. Kxg4 Kg8 38. Bc1 $1 Nd6+ (38... Qd6 39. Kf3 $18) 39. Kf4 $18)
37. g3 {/\Kg2} Qa3+ 38. Kg2 Nxg3 $1 39. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Bxg3 Rxe4 41. Rc1 Rd4
42. Kf2 {/\Ke3+/-}) 36. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Gb1,Rf5][%cal Gb1b8,Gb8f8]} Qc5+ (36...
Qf8 $144 37. g3 a6 38. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Rf8,Rg4,Rh8][%cal Gb1b8] with the threat
Rb8 +-}) 37. Ke1 Rh4 (37... Qa5+ 38. Kf1 $18) 38. g3 Qa5+ 39. Kf2 Qc5+ 40. Kg2
Rg4 (40... Rxh5 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. g4 $18) 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rb7 $1 Bc8 $140 43.
Rf7 {[%csl Rf5,Rg4,Rh7][%cal Gf7f5]} 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gurevich,M} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 d6 $5 (7... Bb7 {It's main line,other lines are:}) (7... c5) ({and} 7...
Ba6) 8. f3 ({Another alternative is:} 8. e3 {You can see comments to Ivanov,
S-Yudasin,L/St.Petersburg,1996/ CBM56(1/2-1/2)(Shipov,S)(63)}) 8... Nbd7 ({
Another options is:} 8... c5) 9. Nh3 $5 {[%mdl 4] This move repeatedly was
checked in the previous games.} (9. e4 {Gurevich,M} c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nh3 h6
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O e5 14. g4 Rb8 15. Nf2 Rb6 16. Rd2 Qe7 17. Nd1 Be6 18.
Bd3 Rfb8 $15 {0-1 Ljubojevic,L-Kramnik,V/Monaco MNC 2000/The Week in Chess (26)
}) 9... c5 ({Other possibilities are:} 9... h6 $5 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 (11. e3
Ba6 12. b4 d5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Bb7 15. Bd3 $11 {Gomez,M-Vehi Bach,V/
Barbera,1993(0-1) (32)}) 11... dxc5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Bd3
Nb8 $11 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4] Csala,I-Cserna,L/Balatonbereny,1985(1/2-1/2) (46)})
({and} 9... Ba6 $5 10. b4 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. e3 $6 (12. b5 $5) 12... Ne4 13.
Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8 15. b5 Rxe7 16. bxa6 dxc4 17. Bxc4 c5 {=/=/+ Ivanov,
S-Kveinys,A/Krynica,1997(0-1) (45)}) 10. e4 ({In my opinion slightly dubious:} 
10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Qb6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Bd3 d5 14. O-O a4 $11 {Sakaev,
K-Dizdarevic,E/Moscow,1994(0-1) (72)}) ({and} 10. Nf2 Ba6 $6 (10... h6 $5) 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 12. Ng4 $14 {Botsari Miladinovic,A-Kulish,I/Moscow, 1994(1-0)(62)})
10... h6 {Also white save a positional advantage after:} (10... Ba6 11. dxc5
bxc5 12. Rd1 $14) ({or} 10... Bb7 11. Rd1 $14) 11. Be3 Ba6 $146 {/\Rc8<->c;
קc4. '!?' Gurevich,M.} (11... Qc7 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Rb8 14. Be2 Re8 15. Nf2
$14 {Lazarev,V-Vehi Bach,V/Biel,1997(1-0)(29)} (15. Nf2 {Gurevich,M} b5 16. O-O
a5 17. b4 Nb6 18. Qd2 axb4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Bxb5 $14 {1-0 Lazarev,V-Vehi Bach,
V/Biel 1997/CBM 60 ext (29)})) 12. dxc5 $1 {[%mdl 32] It's right answer on 11..
.Ba6.} Nxc5 {'?!' Gurevich,M.} ({After:} 12... bxc5 $6 {white has a strong
pressure in pawn"d6":} 13. Rd1 Qb6 (13... Qc7 $5 14. Qd2 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6][%cal
Gd2d6,Gd6a6]} Ne8 $14) 14. b4 $14 cxb4 $140 15. axb4 Qc7 16. Qd4 $1 $36 {
[%csl Rd6]}) ({Weakly:} 12... dxc5 {in view of:} 13. e5 Ne8 14. Rd1 $36) (12...
bxc5 $13 {Gurevich,M (/\ 13...d5)}) 13. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb2b4] Quite
logically!} Qe7 $5 {After this move,Mikhail Gurevich has a forcing variation
to win of the pawn.} ({Dubious:} 13... Rc8 {because of:} 14. e5 Ne8 $140 15. b4
{()}) ({Can be recommended:} 13... Ne8 $5 $14) 14. b4 $1 Ncd7 $140 ({
Senselessly:} 14... Ncxe4 $2 15. fxe4 Nxe4 16. Qc2 $18) 15. c5 {[%csl Ra6,Re7]
[%cal Gc5d6] '!' Gurevich,M.} Bxf1 $8 16. cxd6 Qd8 17. Rxf1 {'+/-' Gurevich,M.}
Rc8 18. Qb2 Rc4 $1 {Black's plan is:Qb8,Rfc8<->c and probably:e5,Ne8(קd6).}
19. Rf2 {[%csl Yf2]} Qb8 {'!?' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\20...Rfc8 <=>]'} 20.
Rc2 $1 (20. Rfd2 $6 Rfc8 {<->c}) 20... Rxc2 21. Qxc2 {After rooks was
exchanged white always will have advantage in middlegame,because of black
didn't have full play in <->c.} Rc8 22. Qb2 e5 $5 {[%csl Gb8,Rd6][%cal Gc8c6,
Gc6d6,Gb8d6,Gf6e8,Ge8d6]} 23. Nf2 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} (23. b5 $143 Ne8 (23...
Qa8 24. Nf2 a6 25. Nd3 $16) 24. Qd2 Qa8 $132 {[%cal Ga7a6]} (24... a6 {
Gurevich,M} 25. bxa6 (25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Qa8 $132) 25... Qa8 $132 {(/\ 26...
Qxa6; 26...Rc6)})) 23... Rc6 $140 24. b5 $1 {Very strong positional decision.}
Rxd6 25. Nd3 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6] White's plan is:Qc2,a4 and Nb4-c6(קa7)} Qe8 ({
It deserves attention:} 25... Qd8 $5 {<->d}) 26. Qc2 Qe6 $6 {Quite passive
move.} ({From my point of view much better is:} 26... Nf8 $5 {[%csl Rb5]} 27.
a4 (27. Qc7 $140 Rd7 {and impossibly:} 28. Qxe5 $4 {because of:} Rxd3 $1 29.
Qxe8 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Nxe8 $19) 27... Ng6 28. Nb4 $14) 27. a4 {'?!' Gurevich,M.}
(27. Rc1 $16 {Gurevich,M (/\Nd3-b4-c6)}) 27... Kh7 28. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Gd3b4,
Gb4c6] This move better than:} (28. Qc7 Nf8 29. Qxa7 (29. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1
Qb3+ $132) 29... Qc4 $132) ({or right away:} 28. Nb4 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 Qd6+ 30.
Qd2 Qc7 $14) 28... Ng8 $6 {'!' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\29...Ne7, 29...f5
<=>]'} ({Again better is:} 28... Nf8 {/\Ng6}) 29. Nb4 Ne7 30. Qc4 $1 {[%csl
Ra7,Rb6]} Qg6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf7f5] '!' Gurevich,M.} (30... Qxc4 $2 {
Gurevich,M} 31. Rxc4 $18 {(/\ 32.Rc7)}) 31. Kf1 $5 {[%csl Yf1]} ({Probably
better is:} 31. Qc7 $5 {[%csl Ra7,Gc7,Rd6]}) 31... f5 32. Qc2 ({It deserves
attention:} 32. Nc6 {[%csl Ra7,Re7]}) (32. Nc6 {Gurevich,M} Nxc6 33. bxc6 Nc5
$13) 32... Nc5 $2 {Decisive mistake.It is necessary:} (32... fxe4 33. Qxe4 Qxe4
{'~~' Gurevich,M.} (33... Nf5 $13 {Gurevich,M}) 34. fxe4 Nf6 35. Rc7 {+/=/+/
-_|_}) 33. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 $140 34. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5][%cal Gd3e5]} fxe4 $6 {
'(+)?' Gurevich,M.} ({Other alternatives are:} 34... Qh5 $6 35. exf5 (35. h3 $5
Qg5 36. Re1 $16) 35... Qxh2 36. Nf2 $16) (34... Qg5 $5 35. Re1 $16 (35. Re1 {
Gurevich,M} fxe4 36. Rxe4 Nf5 $132)) 35. Nxe5 Qf5 36. Qxe4 Qxe4 37. fxe4 $18 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc5] _|_} Rd4 38. Rc4 {The rest is the matter of technics. '+-'
Gurevich,M.} Rd1+ (38... Rxc4 39. Nxc4 Kg6 40. a5 $18) 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Nd7 Nc8
41. Nxc5 Nb6 42. Rd4 Kg6 43. e5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5e6]} 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Classic"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 c5 $5 {Besides Black has two alternatives:} (10... d5
$5 {You can see my annotations to game: Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Frankfurt,1999/CBM
72(1/2-1/2)(49)}) (10... h6 $5 {You can see my comments to Shchekachev,
A-Bagheri,A/Paris,2003/CBM 99(1-0)(38)}) 11. e4 {White had no other worthy
alternative.} Re8 ({After:} 11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 {you can find three games
in Mega DataBase 2004}) ({On:} 11... h6 $5 {I have found three games in my
database.For an example we shall consider latest of them:} 12. Bh4 cxd4 13.
Qxd4 Qe7 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Qf2 Nf8 18. Nf1 Ng6 19. Bg3
Nh5 20. Ne3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 {+/=/= Gustafsson,J-Vescovi,G/playchess.com INT,2004
(1-0)(64)}) 12. Bd3 ({Also four times were checked up in previous games:} 12.
Be2 $5) 12... cxd4 $1 $146 {An interesting attempt of improvement black's play.
} ({The games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 
12... Qc7 $5 {For further details,you can see comments to Dautov,R-Epishin,V/
Port Erin,2002/CBM 91(1/2-1/2)(Dautov,R)(67)}) ({and} 12... e5 13. d5 $2 (13.
dxe5 $5 dxe5 14. O-O $14) 13... Nf8 $6 (13... Nxd5 $1 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bc7 Na4
$36) 14. Qc2 Bc8 15. Nb1 h6 16. Be3 Nh5 17. g3 $14 {Rogozenko,D-Wells,P/
Germany,1998/GER-chT(1/2-1/2)(65)}) (12... h6 $6 {Dautov,R} 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. O-O
cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qf2 $14) 13. Qxd4 $140 Nc5 14. Bc2 ({It deserves more
attention:} 14. O-O e5 15. Qe3 h6 16. Bxf6 (16. Bh4 $143 Ng4) 16... Qxf6 17. b4
Ne6 18. Nb3 Nf4 19. Rfd1 $11) 14... e5 $1 {The game of Black corresponds to
the requirements of a position. I am sure, that Magnus expected for this move,
when he made 12...cxd4.} 15. Qf2 (15. Qe3 h6 16. Bxf6 (16. Bh4 $2 Ng4 $1 $17)
16... Qxf6 17. O-O {but hardly the position of whie's bishop on a point " c2"
is better than on point "d3" in the previous variation.}) 15... Ng4 16. Bxd8 {
White has selected the most irresolute continuation.} (16. Qh4 $142 f6 17. Qxg4
fxg5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Qxh4 Qxh4+ 20. Rxh4) 16... Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Rexd8 $11 {
The position has become simpler, and now with such structure of the pawns,
White can not receive,even the minimal positional advantage.} 18. b4 Ne6 19.
Rhc1 (19. Nb3 $5 {/\Bd3,Rfc1} Rac8 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Bf1 $11 {/\g3}) 19... Kf8 {
Black remember,that K is very important piece in the endgame!} 20. Nb3 Ke7 21.
Bd3 {All the same white's bishop is transferred on /^a6-f1.} Bc6 22. a4 $6 {
[%mdl 16384] It's very careless easing of point "b4". Now considerably wins in
force the following move of Black.} a5 $1 23. bxa5 $140 Nc5 $1 {Probably,
White have missed this beautiful resource,because only hoped on:} (23... bxa5
$2 24. c5 dxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 (25... Nf4 26. Bf1 Rd2+ 27. Ke3 Rad8 28. g3 Ng2+
29. Bxg2 Rxg2 30. Nb3 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6]}) 26. Rxc5 Rxd3 27. Rxc6 Rd2+ 28. Kg3 $11
) 24. Bc2 ({I can not recommended in this position:} 24. Nxc5 $6 dxc5 (24...
bxc5 $143 25. Bc2 Rxa5 26. Rcb1 Rda8 27. Ra3 $15) 25. Ke3 (25. axb6 $2 Rxd3 26.
a5 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Ra6 28. Rcb1 Bb7 $17) 25... Rxa5 {with obvious positional
advantage of Black.}) 24... bxa5 $15 25. Rcb1 Kd7 $1 {With the idea Kc7,by
covering of a point "b6".} 26. Nxc5+ dxc5 27. Rd1+ Kc7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ke3 ({
It was badly:} 29. Rd1 $2 {in view of:} Rb8 {<->b (><b2; /\a4)}) 29... Rd4 30.
Bd3 Bd7 31. Rb1 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Davor Palo made this move in the most
improper moment.} (31. Ra2 $5) (31. g4 $5 {(><f5)}) (31. h4 $5) {[%tqu "En",
"Find the best continuation for Black?","It is necessary to use a weakness of
the White's rook!","","f7f5","Magnus open the second front and begin to create
to the contender of weakness on the king side.",10,"d7a4","",0]} 31... f5 $1 {
Magnus opens the second front and begins to create to the contender of
weakness on the king side.} (31... Bxa4 $2 32. Ra1 Bb3 33. Rxa5 Kd6 34. Ra6+
$11) 32. Rc1 (32. exf5 $4 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Bxf5+) ({Hardly it was better:} 32. g3
{in view of:} g5 {/\f4.}) 32... f4+ 33. Ke2 Rd6 {Black's rook has finished the
his mission on a point "d4".} 34. Rb1 Rh6 $1 35. h3 {Now White have lost a
counterplay connected with progress "g3".} (35. Rh1 $143 Bxa4 36. Ra1 Bc6 37.
Rxa5 Kb6 $17 {[%csl Ra5,Rh2][%cal Gh6h2,Gb6a5]}) 35... Rg6 36. Kf2 Rd6 37. Ke2
g5 $17 {Has come is time of pawns attack on the king side.} 38. Bc2 h5 39. Rd1
Rd4 40. Bd3 (40. Rxd4 $2 cxd4 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4,Rf3,Rg2,Rh3][%cal Gc7b6,Gb6c5,
Gg5g4]}) 40... Rd6 41. Bc2 Rd4 {Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.}
42. Bd3 Bc6 43. Rg1 Rd8 {Black provokes movements of Pg2 with the purpose to
create of weakness in camp of the contender:} 44. g3 Rg8 $1 45. gxf4 (45. g4
hxg4 46. hxg4 Rb8 $1 {<->b ;קa4,Pf3}) 45... exf4 {[%cal Gc7d6,Gd6e5]} 46. e5 {
It's necessary to open a /^b1-h7.} Bd7 47. Bh7 (47. h4 g4 $17) (47. Rh1 $2 Re8
$19) 47... Rg7 48. Be4 Bxh3 49. Rh1 g4 {/\g3 It's the most logical reaction to
the previous move of White.} (49... Be6 $143 50. Rxh5 Bxc4+ 51. Kd2 Bb3 52. Rh6
Bxa4 53. Ra6 $44) 50. Rb1 Rg5 51. Rb7+ (51. e6 $143 g3 52. Rb7+ Kd6 53. e7 Bd7
$19) 51... Kd8 52. e6 Re5 53. Rf7 g3 $19 {Pg3 easily decide a game!} 54. Rxf4
Rg5 55. Bd5 Bxe6 $5 ({Immediately wins the game the following move:} 55... g2
$1 56. Rf8+ Ke7 (56... Kc7 $5) 57. Rf7+ Kd6 58. Rd7+ (58. f4 {/\Rd7#} Bxe6 $1
$19) 58... Ke5 59. f4+ Kxf4 60. Rf7+ Ke5 61. e7 Bd7 $19) 56. Kf1 (56. Bxe6 $2
g2 {[%cal Gg2g1]}) 56... Bxd5 57. cxd5 Rxd5 58. Kg2 Rd4 59. Rf5 h4 60. Kh3 (60.
Rxc5 $143 Rd2+ 61. Kg1 (61. Kh3 Rh2+ 62. Kg4 g2 63. Rc1 Rh1) 61... h3 $19)
60... c4 (60... c4 {After this move White resigns, because of these variations:
} 61. Rxa5 c3 62. Rc5 Rd2 63. Rxc3 (63. Kxh4 g2 64. Rg5 c2) 63... Rh2+ 64. Kg4
g2 65. Rc1 Rh1) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
c5 9. Bd3 (9. Bb2 $5 {See comments to Sarkar,J-Shahade,G/Seattle,2003/CBM 93
(1-0)(Atlas,V)(37)}) 9... cxd4 ({More common used is:} 9... Qa5 {You can see
my comments to Erdos,V-Gyimesi,Z/Nagykanizsa,2003/CBM 99(1/2-1/2)(30)}) ({
and after:} 9... Nc6 {you can find four game in Mega Database 2004.}) 10. cxd4
Nc6 ({After:} 10... Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bd7 $5 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Yd7a4] (This move
have to be tested more!)} (11... Nc6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Bb2 Qa6 14. Ne2 Na5 15.
Rc1 $11 (15. c5 $2 b6 16. Qxe4 Bb7 17. Qg4 bxc5 $17 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb7g2]
Zimmerman,Yuri-Belichev,Nikolai/Budapest,1999(0-1)(27)})) 12. f3 $5 (12. Ne2
Ba4 13. Qb2 Nc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Be3 $13 {Karpov,A-Polgar,J/Hoogeveen,2003(1/
2-1/2)(67)}) 12... Ba4 $1 (12... f5 $143 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Qb2 $16) 13. Qb2 Qc3
$13) 11. Ne2 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nb4 $6 {Too dangerous line.It is not seems to me a
correct line.} (12... f5 $143 13. Rb1 Qd8 $14) (12... Bd7 $2 13. Rb1 f6 (13...
Nd8 14. f3 f5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qb2 $14 {[%cal Gc1e3,Gb2b4]}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Rb5 Qd8 16. Rxd5 $18 {El Gindy,E-Pavlovic,M/Linares,2003(1-0)(27)}) ({Looks
interesting:} 12... f6 $5 {You can see my annotation to Morovic Fernandez,
I-Quezada,Y/Havana,2004/CBM 101(1-0)(43)}) 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. f3 f5 15. Qb1 ({
Looks trivial, but badly is:} 15. g3 $6 dxc4 $1 {Right decision!Black should
to open the position for his bishop and try to exploit white's king weakness.}
(15... Bd7 $6 16. Kg2 Rac8 17. c5) 16. Bxc4 b5 $1 17. Bxb5 Bb7 {[%csl Gb7]
[%cal Ge4g5,Gb7h1,Gf8c8]} 18. Bc4 (18. Kg2 $143 Rfc8 19. Qb3 Bd5 $17) 18... Ng5
19. Qa2 Qxa2 20. Bxa2 Nxf3 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. d5 Nxe5 $15) 15... Qa4 $5 $146 ({
Also once were checked in the preceding game:} 15... Qxb1 $6 16. Bxb1 a5 17. b5
a4 18. fxe4 fxe4+ 19. Ke1 $14 {Shariyazdanov,A-Rashkovsky,N/Oberwart,2002(1-0)
(28)}) 16. Ke1 a5 17. fxe4 (17. Bc2 $143 $6 Qxb4+ 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. fxe4 dxc4
$15 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4]}) 17... fxe4 18. Bc2 Qxb4+ (18... Qc6 $143 19. c5 a4 (19...
Bd7 $5) 20. b5 Qe8 21. Rf1 $14) 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. cxd5 $6 ({In order to get
something from the opening,necessary was:} 20. Bb3 $1 dxc4 (20... Ra5 21. Ng3
Ra1 (21... Kh8 22. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rc8][%cal Gc1d2,Gd2b4] After White
succeeded to develop his pieces,nothing can protect all Black weaknesses.}) 22.
Ke2 Rb1 23. Bc2 Ra1 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Bb3 Bg4+ (25... Be6 26. Nxe4 $18) 26. Kd2
$16) 21. Bxc4 Ra1 (21... Bd7 22. Bb2 Rfc8 23. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Re4,Re6][%cal
Ye1d2,Yd2e3]}) 22. d5 $1 ({Too slowly is:} 22. Kd2 $6 Bd7 {/\Rc8} 23. h4 Rc8
24. Bb3 $13) 22... exd5 (22... b5 23. Bb3) 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. e6 $1 {[%csl Ge6]}
Re8 25. Rf1 $16 {[%cal Ye6e7]}) 20... exd5 21. Bb3 Be6 $11 {White got nothing
from the opening and this position has strong drawish tendencys.} 22. Rf1 (22.
Bb2 $6 e3 $1 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Gf8f2]} 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Ke1 Rf2
26. Bc1 Rxg2 27. h4 Rh2 28. Bxe3 Rxh4 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 $15)
22... Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Ra1 24. Kf2 {[%cal Yf2e3,Ye3d2,Yd2c2] White transfers his
king to the queen side in order to release his dark squares bishop, while
Black transfers his king to the center in order to release his only bishop.}
Kf7 25. h3 {><g4} Rb1 26. Ba2 Ra1 27. Bb3 Rb1 28. Bc2 (28. Ba2 Ra1 29. Bb3 $11)
28... Ra1 29. Ke3 g5 {[%csl Yg5][%cal Yg5f4] Protecting square "f4" from
future possibility Nf4.} 30. Bb3 Rb1 31. Ba2 Ra1 32. Bb3 Rb1 33. Bc2 (33. Ba2
Ra1 $11) 33... Ra1 34. Kd2 $2 {Vassily Ivanchuk declined draw second time,but
after this declining he might get a worse position.Though,this time necessary
was: 34.Bb3=} Bd7 $1 35. Bb3 Ke6 {[%csl Ye6]} 36. Kc2 {Both kings achieved
their optimal places.But now,Black has a clear plan - to transfer his bishop
to c4,while his dark squares contender has no real options for development.}
Bb5 37. Kb2 Ra3 {[%cal Yb5c4]} (37... Ra8 $143 38. Ng3 {[%csl Rb4,Rg5][%cal
Gc1d2,Gd2b4,Gc1g5]}) 38. Nc3 Rxb3+ $2 {David Navara transfers the game to
drawish endgame,instead of keeping tension by exchanging white colors bishops.}
({Leads to big advantage:} 38... Bc4 $1 39. Bxc4 dxc4 40. Nxe4 h6 $1 41. Nd6 (
41. Kb1 $143 Ra8 42. Be3 c3 43. Nf6 b5 44. g4 b3 45. Ne4 b4 {[%csl Gb3,Gb4,Gc3]
} 46. Nc5+ Kd5 47. Nxb3 Kc4 $19) ({of course badly is:} 41. Nc5+ $2 Kd5 42. e6
Rg3 $19) 41... c3+ 42. Kb1 (42. Kc2 Ra2+ 43. Kb3 Ra1 $1 44. Kc2 b3+ 45. Kxc3
Rxc1+ 46. Kxb3 Rg1 $19) 42... Ra8 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ga8f8,Gf8f2,Gb4b3,Ge6d5]
White has no valuable moves!} 43. Nc4 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd4d5]} Ra6 44. Kc2 Ra2+
45. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Yd3e4,Yd4d5] White's only chance.} (45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kc2 (46.
Be3 $144 b5 $1 47. Nd6 Rb1+ 48. Kc2 Re1 49. Bc1 b3+ 50. Kxc3 Rxc1+ 51. Kxb3 Rg1
$19) 46... b3+ 47. Kxc3 Rxc1+ 48. Kxb3 h5 $19) 45... b5 46. Nd6 $1 (46. Ne3
$143 Ra1 47. Kc2 b3+ 48. Kxc3 Rxc1+ 49. Kxb3 Re1 50. Ng4 h5 $19) 46... Rxg2 47.
Nxb5 Rh2 $1 $17) 39. Kxb3 bxc3 40. Bxg5 $11 {[%csl Yb5,Gg5] It was possible to
sign draw agreement there, but David preferred to continue a game.} Bf1 41.
Kxc3 Bxg2 42. h4 Kd7 43. Kb4 Kc6 44. e6 Bh3 45. e7 Bd7 46. Ka5 b6+ 47. Ka6 $1 (
{less exact, but still a draw:} 47. Kb4 Kd6 48. Kc3 Ke6 49. Kd2 Be8 50. Kc3 h6
51. Bxh6 Kxe7 52. Bc1 $11 {[%csl Re3][%cal Yc1a3,Yc3d2,Yd2e3] White transfers
his bishop to /^a3-f8 ,where he can defend the pawn from e7 (if necessary),
while the king goes to "e3".Black has no plan to improve his position.}) 47...
b5 48. Ka5 Kd6 49. Kb4 Be8 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. Kb4 Kd6 52. Kc3 h6 53. Bxh6 {
Now drawn game is inevitable!} Kxe7 54. Kb4 Kd6 55. Bc1 Kc6 56. Kc3 Bh5 57. Kb4
Be2 58. Be3 Kd6 59. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
e5 8. Bd3 Nc6 ({The other main line is:} 8... c5 $5 {You can see my comments
to Ivanisevic,I-Nisipeanu,L/Istanbul,2003/CBM 96(0-1)(27)}) 9. Ne2 b6 {[%csl
Rc4][%cal Gc6a5,Gc8a6]} 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Rf3 $5 $146 {White's idea
is to prepare "c5" and on bishops exchange, to take on "d3" with a rook, that
stands perfectly on the "d" line. Ftacnik: 'Sokolov is coming with a novelty
in a position, that he intimately knows from his encounter with Karpov. The
rook on the third rank would like to enter the fray as soon as possible.'} ({
I think that white has a clear advantage after simplest move:} 12. Be3 Na5 13.
c5 $1 {Breaking Black's pawns structure.} Bc4 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Ng3 (15. fxe5
$5 dxe5 16. Ng3 {/\Ng5} Rc8 17. Nf5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge3h6]})
15... Qc7 16. Nf5 f6 $5 (16... Kh8 $143 {You can see an ancient game of Short,
N-Karpov,A/Dortmund,1997/CBM 60(1-0)(Tsesarsky,I)(44)}) (16... Bxd3 $6 17. Qxd3
Nc4 $140 $2 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bh6 $18) 17. Rf3 Rf7 18. Raf1 Kh8 19. h4 $14 {
[%cal Gh4h5] Sokolov,I-Karpov,A/Hoogeveen,2003(1/2-1/2)(46)}) 12... Na5 13. c5
$5 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 bxc5 ({It deserves serious attention:} 14... exd4 15. cxd4
bxc5 (15... dxc5 $6 16. d5 {[%cal Gc1b2,Ge4e5] there is no doubt that White
has a full compensation for a pawn.}) 16. Rg3 $44 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc1b2,Gd4d5]
This is the better reaction than taking with the d pawn, but still white has a
strong counterplay.}) (14... Qh4 {Ftacnik} 15. Bd2 Qg4 16. Re1 Nc4 17. Rg3 $14)
15. dxe5 c4 $1 (15... Nc4 $143 16. Qd1 $5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5] Here
white has two main ideas: to create a weakness on d6 after pawns exchange or
to trade the knight to f5 and create an attack (Qg4, Rh3 and etc.) on black's
king.} Qe7 17. Ng3 $1 (17. exd6 $143 cxd6 18. e5 d5 19. Rxd5 Ndb6 20. Rd3 f6
21. exf6 Rxf6 $44) 17... Qe6 18. Nf5 Rfd8 19. Rg3 g6 20. Qh5 $16 {[%csl Rf6,
Rg7,Rh6][%cal Gh5h6,Gh5h4]}) (15... Qe7 $6 16. Ng3 Qe6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. f5 $1
Qf6 19. Bf4 Nc4 20. Rad1 Nde5 21. Nh5 $1 Qh4 22. Rh3 Qd8 23. f6 $16) (15...
dxe5 $2 {Ftacnik} 16. Qd1 $18) 16. Rd5 Nb3 17. Rb1 Qe7 {Ftacnik: 'It was not
easy for Bologan to guess, that his position is pretty viable. He could have
even tried the phantastic possibility 17...dxe5!? '} ({Can it was necessary to
decide on the more reliable continuation:} 17... Nb6 $5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. exd6
cxd6 20. Ng3 Nc5 $5 $13) (17... dxe5 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. Qd1 (18. Rxb3 $2 cxb3 19.
Qd2 c6 20. Rxd7 Qb6+ 21. Kf1 Rad8 $19) 18... Nbc5 19. fxe5 (19. Be3 Nd3 $1 20.
Qa4 exf4 21. Rxd7 Qe8 $17) 19... c6 20. Rd6 Qh4 21. Bf4 Nb6 $13) 18. Ng3 dxe5
19. Nf5 Qe6 ({Also playable is:} 19... Qe8 $5) 20. Qd1 Nf6 $6 ({Looks
interesting, and I guess was deeply analysed by both opponents after the game:
} 20... exf4 $5 21. Qg4 $1 ({Everything, but not:} 21. Rxd7 $2 Qxe4 22. Ne7+
Kh8 23. Bb2 Nc5 $1 {[%csl Rb2] If white's extra-piece looks in such a way,it
explains a lot about his position.} 24. Rxc7 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Nd3 26. Qf3 (26. Qf1
Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Ne4+ 28. Kh1 Nd2 $19) 26... Rab8 $17 {[%csl Rb1,Rb2,Gb8]}) 21...
g6 22. Rxd7 Qxe4 ({Losing by force:} 22... Kh8 $2 23. Nh6 f5 (23... Qxe4 $4 24.
Qxf4 $18) 24. Qd1 fxe4 25. Rxb3 $1 cxb3 26. Bb2 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb2,Rh8][%cal
Gc3c4]}) 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Qxf4 Qe1+ 25. Qf1 Qe6 26. Bg5 h6 27. Bxh6+ Kxh6 28.
Qf4+ Kg7 29. Rxc7 Rad8 $13) (20... g6 $143 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Rxd7 Nxc1 23. Rxc1
Kxh6 24. fxe5 $14) 21. Rxe5 Rad8 22. Qe2 $6 {Ivan Sokolov allows to his
contender to exchange pieces and equalise the position.} ({Better was the
simple:} 22. Qe1 $1 Qd7 23. Be3 $14) 22... Qd7 $5 {Black avoids from pieces
exchange and is interested to keep the tension of the position, although he
had a simple way to achieve at least equality.} ({To less complicated
positions led:} 22... Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 (24. Nd4 c5 25. Nf5 Qb3 $13)
24... Rd3 {and Black stands at least not worse.}) 23. Qxc4 $5 {Although it
doesn't give a serious advantage, it is still the right decision.
Simplifications after 23.Be3 Qd3 are in favour of Black.} ({Doesn't lead to
advantage:} 23. Be3 Qd3 $1 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Bf2 Nd2 $1 {[%csl
Ra3,Rc3,Re4] Ironically, White's "active" rook on e5 destroys his only plan -
proceed the P to e5.} 27. Re1 Rxc3 28. Bc5 Rd3 $36 {[%cal Gc3c2,Gc4c3]}) 23...
Qd1+ 24. Qf1 Qc2 {[%csl Rc3,Re4]} ({Of course not:} 24... Qxf1+ $2 25. Kxf1
Rd1+ 26. Ke2 $16) 25. Be3 Nxe4 ({From my point of view, the best decision was:
} 25... Ng4 26. Rb5 (26. Re7 Nd2 $40) 26... Qxe4 27. R5xb3 Nxe3 28. Nxe3 Qxe3+
29. Qf2 Qd3 $11) (25... Nd2 $5 26. Rc1 Qb2 27. Qe1 (27. Bxd2 Rxd2 $40 {[%csl
Gb2,Rc1,Gd2][%cal Gd2g2]}) (27. Rb5 Qxa3 28. Bc5 Qa6 29. Qe2 Nb3 $1 $15) 27...
Ng4 28. Rd5 Nxe3 29. Nxe3 Nxe4 30. Re5 $11) (25... Qxc3 $143 26. Qe1 $1 Qd3 (
26... Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1 a6 $14) 27. Bxa7 $14) 26. Re1 Nxc3 $6 {Accepting the pawn
sacrifice is too dangerous decision, all Black's pieces got far away from
their king.} ({It was better:} 26... c5 $5 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nc6 (28. c4) 28...
Rde8 (28... Rd6 $143 29. Nxa7 Nxc3 30. Qf2 $1 Qxf2+ 31. Bxf2 $14) 29. c4 a5 $13
) 27. Qf3 $40 {[%csl Rb3,Rc3,Rg8][%cal Yf3g4]} ({More solid opportunity was:} 
27. Qf2 $5 Qxf2+ (27... Qd3 28. Bxa7 $14) 28. Bxf2 Rd3 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Bxa7 h6
$14) 27... Rd1 ({Only helps to contender:} 27... f6 $6 28. Qg4 g6 29. Nh6+ Kh8
30. Re7 f5 (30... Nd5 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 (31... Kg8 $2 32. Nxd8 f5 33. Qh4 $18) 32.
Rxf7 Nxe3 33. Qh3 $1 $16) 31. Qh4 Rd1 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Ng5 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Ne4
35. Ne6 Rc8 36. Kh1 $1 {[%cal Ye3g1,Ye1h4] Very strong offensive resource.} a5
37. Qh4 Qd1+ 38. Bg1 h5 (38... Qh5 $143 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxc7 $1 {[%csl Yc8,
Rd8,Gh4,Rh8][%cal Yc8d8]} Re8 41. Qxh5 gxh5 42. Ng7 $16) 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg6
$16) 28. Bf2 g6 $2 {Just a very bad move. Black weakens a position of his king.
} (28... Rxe1+ $142 29. Bxe1 $40 {and still it is difficult to suggest
something valuable to Black}) (28... Nc1 $2 {/\Nce2+} 29. Qg4 g6 30. Nh6+ Kh8
31. Qh4 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Kg7 33. Ng4 $1 $18) 29. Nh6+ Kg7 (29... Kh8 30. Bh4
Rxe1+ (30... Kg7 31. Ng4 {/\Bf6} Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 h5 33. Bf6+ Kh7 {/\f5 or g4}
34. Nf2 $1 Na4 35. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 31. Rxe1 Kg7 32. Ng4 h5 33. Bf6+
Kh7 34. Nf2 $16) 30. f5 $1 Kxh6 ({Not helps:} 30... Nd2 31. f6+ Kh8 32. Qe3
Nde4 33. Nxf7+ $1 Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh8 {[%tqu "En","Can you find a nice tactical
bomb, that decides the game right now ?","","","e5e8","",10]} 35. Re8 $3 Rxe8 (
35... Qxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxe8 37. f7 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Rd8 39. h4 Kg7 40. Qe3 {/\Ng4})
36. f7 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ye3d4]} Qxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Rf8 38. Qe3 $16) 31. f6 $1 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf3h3]} Rxe1+ ({Immediately loses a game the following move:} 
31... g5 32. Qh3+ Kg6 33. Rxg5+ $1 Kxg5 (33... Kxf6 34. Qh6+ Qg6 35. Rxg6+ hxg6
36. Bh4+ $1 Kf5 37. Qg5#) 34. Bh4+ Kh5 (34... Kg6 35. Qg4+ Kh6 36. Qg5#) 35.
Qf3+ Kxh4 (35... Kh6 36. Qe3+ Kh5 37. Qg5#) 36. g3+ Kg5 (36... Kh3 37. Qh5#)
37. h4+ Kg6 38. Qg4+ Kxf6 39. Qg5#) 32. Bxe1 g5 33. Bxc3 $2 {Not a perfect
move that keeps Black alive.} (33. h4 $1 {At once wins the game:} Rg8 (33...
Nd4 34. Qg4 Nce2+ 35. Kh2 Rg8 36. Rxg5 $1 $18) (33... Nb1 34. Rxg5) 34. Qh3 $1
Ne2+ 35. Kh2 $18) 33... Nd2 $2 {Although his position is absolutely lost,
Viktor Bologan gave up little too early than it should be:} (33... Rd8 $5 {
[%csl Rf3,Rg1][%cal Gc2d1]} 34. Be1 $1 Nd4 35. Qg4 (35. Qe3 Nf5) 35... Ne6 {
/\Rd4} 36. h4 $40) 34. Qe3 $18 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qf1+ 36. Kg3 Qf4+ 37. Qxf4 gxf4+
38. Kxf4 Nc4 39. Rc5 Nxa3 ({Does not change a lot} 39... Nb6 40. Kf5 Rd8 41.
Rxc7 $18) 40. Kf5 $1 Rd8 41. Be5 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Ge5,Gg2,Rh6][%cal Gc5c3,Gc3h3,
Ge5f4,Gg2g4] Further resistance is senseless.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 $6 {It only sixth game in this variant.Despite of efforts Grand Masters
from St.Peterburg (Sergey Ivanov, Sergey Ionov and Konstantin Aseev) black can
not achieve equal game,because of weakness of the king side.} ({It deserves
attention:} 8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 b6 ({comments to} 9... g5 $6 {(and also 9...Qe8!?
and 9...Qe7) you can find in annotations to Onischuk,A-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan
Zee,2000/CBM75 (1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. f3 {See comments to
Gustafsson,J-Pelletier,Y/Germany,2001/CBM 87(1-0)(Golod,V)(46)}) 9. Bg3 Ne4 10.
Qc2 f5 11. f3 {It is important at once to banish N from the centre!} (11. e3
$143 Qf6 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. O-O-O (14. Qc3 $6 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16.
Bc2 Be6 $15 {Ahlander,B-Chernyshov,K/Berlin,1995(1-0)(88)}) 14... Nc6 (14... e4
$5 $11 {Aseev,K}) 15. d5 Ne7 16. f4 $14 {See comments to Ivanov,S-Aseev,K/St.
Petersburg,1997/CBM 58(1/2-1/2)(Aseev,K)(24)}) 11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. e3
e5 {Other plan of game for black is not effective.} 14. O-O-O (14. dxe5 $143
dxe5 (14... Qxe5 $5) 15. c5 Nc6 16. Bc4+ Be6 17. Ne2 Kg7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. O-O {
+/=/= Sasikiran,K-Ionov,S/Hyderabad,2000(1-0)(39)}) 14... Nc6 15. Ne2 exd4 $6 {
I think, that it was better to not unload a situation at the centre:} (15...
Bd7 16. f4 (16. Qd2 $5 {[%csl Yd2,Rd4][%cal Ge2c3,Gc3d5,Yd2d4]}) 16... exd4 17.
exd4 Rae8 $13 {Kallio,H-Ivanov,S/Stockholm,2000(1/2-1/2)(38)}) 16. exd4 Bd7 17.
Qd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Yd2,Rd4][%cal Yd2d4,Ge2c3,Gc3d5]} Rae8 $146 ({Was checked in
the previous game:} 17... Kg7 18. Nc3 Ne7 19. Kb1 c6 20. Ka1 Rfe8 21. g4 $1 d5
(21... fxg4 $6 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Qb4 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6]}) 22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. cxd5
cxd5 24. Nxd5 Qd6 25. Nc3 $14 {DaoThien Hai-Suvrajit,S/Calcutta,1998(1/2-1/2)
(37)}) 18. Nc3 Qg7 ({A little bit better is:} 18... Ne7) 19. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Ra7,
Rc7][%cal Gd4d5,Yc6a7] White begin a concrete game.} b6 (19... Bc8 $5 20. d5
$140 Ne5 21. Nxa7 Bd7 $44) ({Dubiously:} 19... Rc8 {because of:} 20. c5 $1 $36
{[%cal Gf1c4]} (20. d5 $143 Ne5 21. Nxa7 Ra8 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 f4 $44)) 20.
Kb1 {[%csl Rc7]} ({After:} 20. d5 $6 Na5 {[%cal Ga5b3]} 21. Qc2 (21. Nxc7 $4
Nb3+ {[%csl Rc1,Rd2]}) 21... Re3 {[%csl Ga5,Ge3] black has a counterplay.})
20... f4 {[%csl Rc7,Yg7][%cal Gd7f5]} 21. g4 Re7 22. Bd3 {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Gb5c7,Gc7d5]} ({Now it was not favourable to take away Pa7:} 22. Nxc7 Bxg4 {
[%csl Rc7]} (22... Bf5+ $2 23. gxf5 Rxc7 24. Bd3 Nxd4 $140 25. Be4 $16) 23. Nd5
Bf5+ 24. Bd3 Bxd3+ 25. Qxd3 Re6 {[%csl Ye6][%cal Ye6h6]}) 22... Be8 (22... Nxd4
$4 {is refuted by:} 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Bh7+ {[%csl Rd4,Rg8]}) 23. Rde1 $1 {<->e}
Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 {[%csl Rh6]} a6 $2 {Probably black blundered,because he didn't
see the next move of white.It was necessary:} (24... Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26.
Qe6+ Bf7 $8 (26... Kg7 $2 27. Qxh6+ Kf7 28. Bg6+ Ke7 29. Re1+ {[%csl Rf8]} Kd7
30. Bf5+ $1 {[%csl Rf8]} Rxf5 31. Qe6+ $18 {[%csl Re8,Rf5][%cal Ge6e8]}) 27.
Bh7+ $1 Kh8 $8 28. Qxh6 Qg7 $8 29. Qh2 Re8 $14) {[%tqu "En","Black's last move
was a blunder.How can white exploit it?","","","b5c7","",10]} 25. Nxc7 $3 {
[%cal Gc7e6]} Qxc7 26. Qe6+ Qf7 $8 (26... Kg7 $4 27. Qxh6+ Kf7 (27... Kg8 28.
Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rh7+ Ke6 30. d5#) 28. Qh7+ {[%csl Rc7]}) (26... Bf7 $4 27. Bh7+ $1
Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kxh7 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qh7#) 27. Bh7+ $1 {This move is slightly
better,than:} (27. Qxh6 Qg7 28. Qe6+ Qf7 (28... Bf7 $2 29. Qxd6 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Gd3h7]} Rc8 (29... Qxd4 30. Bh7+ {[%csl Rf8]} Kg7 31. Qh6+ {[%csl Rf8]})
(29... Nd8 30. Rh7 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 30. Bh7+ Qxh7+ (30... Kh8 31. Bf5+ {
[%csl Rc8,Rh8]}) 31. Rxh7 Kxh7 32. Qd7 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8,Rf7][%cal Gd7c6,
Gd7c8,Gd7f7]}) 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Qh6 {and see the game,after:27.Bxh7+}) 27...
Kh8 $8 28. Qxh6 Qg7 29. Qe6 $1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge6e8,Ge6g8,Yh7e4] It is
necessary to be exact up to the end of game.} (29. Qxd6 $2 Rf6 {[%csl Yf6]} 30.
Qd5 Bf7 31. Qd7 Rh6 $132 {[%csl Rb1]}) 29... Qxh7+ (29... Bf7 $143 30. Qxd6 {
[%csl Rc6,Rf8]} Nxd4 $140 (30... Ne7 $2 31. Qxe7 Bg6+ 32. Bxg6+ {[%csl Gh1,Rh8]
}) 31. Be4+ Kg8 32. Rh7 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) (29... Qxd4 $4 30. Bg6+ Kg7 31. Rh7#)
30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qxd6 $18 Rf7 32. d5 Na5 33. Qe6 $1 {[%csl Re8]} Rf8 34. Qe7+
{[%csl Rf8,Rg5,Rh7]} ({Also good enough:} 34. Qxb6 Bg6+ 35. Kc1 Rc8 (35... Nxc4
36. Qc7+ {[%csl Rc4,Rh7]}) 36. b3 Nxb3+ (36... Nxc4 37. Qb7+ {[%csl Rc8]}) 37.
Qxb3 $18) 34... Kg8 35. Qxg5+ Kh7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. d6 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Nc6 38.
Qb7 Bg6+ 39. Ka2 Ne5 40. Qe7 (40. d7 $5 {[%cal Gb7c7]}) 40... Re8 41. Qf6 Bf7
42. b3 b5 43. cxb5 axb5 44. Qxf4 {The rest is the matter of technics.} Re6 45.
Qg5+ Kf8 46. f4 Nd7 47. Qxb5 {White have decided,for the beginning,to destroy
of all pawns.} Rxd6 48. Qb4 Ke7 49. f5 Ne5 50. g5 {[%csl Gf5,Gg5]} Nd3 51. Qc3
{[%cal Gg5g6]} 1-0

[Event "Montreal 2nd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2001.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 ({Besides, white has three alternatives:} 9. Nf3) (9. Bd3) ({and} 
9. Nh3) 9... Bb7 10. f3 Nf6 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({In my opinion,dubiously:} 10...
Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. Bg2 Nf6 13. O-O c5 14. b4 $5 $14 {See comments to Gurevich,
M-Hulak,K/Ohrid, 2001/CBM 84(1-0)(Golod,V)(38)} (14. b3 $5 $14 {See comments
to Gurevich,M-De Firmian,N/Esbjerg,2000/CBM 78(1-0)(Golod,V)(39)})) ({It
deserves attention:} 10... Nd6 $5 11. Nc3 (11. Bd2 $2 {See comments to
Beliavsky,A-Lobron,E/Dortmund,1995/CBM 48(1-0)(Von Gleich)(51)}) (11. Nf4 $143
c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nd3 Nf7 15. Bb2 d6 $11 {Ippolito,D-Benjamin,J/
New York,1999(1/2-1/2)(31)}) 11... Qh4+ 12. Qf2 Qe7 13. b4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
b5 Nf7 16. Be2 d5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bb2 {+/=/= Kaufman,L-De Firmian,N/Chicago,
1997(0-1)(40)}) 11. b3 $146 {/\Bb2,a little weakening /^c1-h6(><e3).} ({
Was checked in the previous games:} 11. Nc3 $5 {You can see comments to Kruppa,
Y-Nosenko,A/Donetsk,1998/CBM 68(1-0) (Golod,V)(48)}) ({Worse is:} 11. Ng3 Nc6 (
11... c5 $5) 12. Bd2 f4 13. Ne2 fxe3 14. Bxe3 a5 15. O-O-O b5 $13 {Soos,
B-Vaisman,V/Bucharest,1967(1-0)(35)}) 11... c5 {The most standard and suitable
decision for the given position.} 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rd1 {[%csl Re1] The king of
white till now is in a dangerous zone.} ({Pretty dubiously:} 13. O-O-O {
in view of:} Rc8 $132 {[%csl Rc1,Rc2,Gc8]}) 13... Qe7 14. dxc5 ({After:} 14.
Nc3 $6 f4 15. dxc5 {Black have an additional opportunity, which was not at
them in a game:} fxe3 $5 (15... bxc5 16. exf4 Nd4 {see the game,after:16...Nd4}
) 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Ne4 d5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 $13) 14... bxc5 15. Nc3 {It is
necessary to try to finish development of the pieces:(/\Be2,0-0).} f4 $1 $132 {
From my point of view,it's best decision.} 16. exf4 Nd4 17. Qf2 ({Weakly:} 17.
Qd3 {in view of:} Nh5 $36 18. Ne2 $140 Qh4+ $1 19. g3 Nxg3 $1 20. Nxg3 Nxf3+
21. Ke2 Qg4 $17 {[%csl Re2]}) 17... e5 $1 {[%csl Re1] It is clear, that is not
necessary at once to win back a material:} (17... Nxb3 $6 18. Nb5 d5 19. Be5
$14) 18. Be2 {It's much better,than:} (18. Bd3 exf4+ {[%csl Rb3]} 19. Ne2 Nxb3)
({or} 18. Ne2 Rae8 $36) 18... Nc2+ $5 ({After:} 18... exf4 $6 {white has a
strong and unexpected idea:} 19. Rxd4 $1 (19. O-O $143 Nxb3 20. Rfe1 $44) 19...
cxd4 20. Qxd4 $44) 19. Kd2 $140 ({Badly:} 19. Kf1 {because of:} exf4 {[%csl
Rd1,Rf1][%cal Gc2e3]} 20. Kg1 Rfe8 $15 {[%csl Rh1]}) 19... Nd4 {Now white can
not finish the development of the figures.} 20. fxe5 ({Senselessly:} 20. Nb5 $2
{in view of:} Nxb3+ 21. Kc2 Nd4+ 22. Nxd4 (22. Kb1 $144 a6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24.
Rhe1 d5 $17) 22... exd4 $17) 20... Ng4 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rf2][%mdl 2048]} 21. Qg3
Qg5+ 22. Ke1 $8 ({Loses right away:} 22. f4 $4 Rxf4 23. h4 Qh6 $19 {[%csl Rd2]}
) 22... Nc2+ 23. Kf1 Nce3+ (23... Nge3+ $6 24. Kg1 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Nxd1 26. Nxd1
$14) 24. Ke1 (24. Kg1 $2 Nxd1 25. Nxd1 Qd2 {[%csl Re2]} 26. Kf1 {=/+/-/+})
24... Nc2+ {After a interesting and substantial events occurring in game,
Maxim Turov and Pascal Charbonneau should be glad to repeat the moves.} 25. Kf1
Nce3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 $5 (9. Nf3 $5 {You can see comments to games: Dreev,A-Salov,V/
Elista,1998/CBM65(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(36) and Dreev,A-Razuvaev,Y/St.Petersburg,
1998/ CBM67(1-0)(Golod,V)(40)}) 9... Nbd7 (9... h6 $5 {See comments to
Schandorff,L-Hansen,C/ Taastrup,1998/CBM 65 (1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(35)}) 10. Bd3
c5 (10... h6 $5 {See comments to Ivanov,S-Chepukaitis,G/St.Petersburg, 2000/
CBM 77 (Golod,V)(60)}) 11. b4 ({More in principle:} 11. Ne2 $5 {See comments
to Cramling,P-Kortschnoj,V/Marbella,1999/ CBM 74 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)}) ({
In my opinion slightly worse is:} 11. dxc5 {See comments to Lev,R-Wells,P/
Herzliya, 1998/CBM 68(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(28)}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 d5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} ({Also black equalizes,at the minimum,after:} 12... Rc8 $5 13. dxc5
bxc5 14. b5 d5 15. Ne2 Ne4 $1 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Bh4 Na4 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc2
Ndb6 20. Rc1 f6 $11 {Beck,H-Reichmann,E/AUT,1995(1/2-1/2)(53)}) 13. dxc5 bxc5
14. cxd5 ({Weakly:} 14. Bxf6 {because of:} Qxf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. bxc5 dxc4 17.
Bxc4 Rfc8 {[%csl Rc5] and evident advantage of black in the endgame.}) 14...
Nxd5 {Stereotyped answer in this positions.} ({From my point of view better is:
} 14... cxb4 $5 15. Qxb4 (15. axb4 Nxd5 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Be7 Rfc8 $36 {
[%csl Rb4,Re7][%cal Gc3d5]}) 15... Ne5 $1 (15... Nxd5 $143 16. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 $8 (
16... Kxh7 $4 17. Qb1+ $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rh7]}) 17. Bxd8 Nxb4 18. Be7 Kxh7 19.
axb4 Rfe8 20. Bd6 Rec8 21. Ne2 Rc2 22. Kf2 $11 {[%cal Gh1c1]}) 16. Rd1 Nxd3+
17. Rxd3 Nxd5 $15) 15. Bxd8 $8 ({Badly:} 15. Qc4 $2 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Yc4h4] in
view of:} g5 $1 {[%csl Re3]} (15... Nxe3 $143 16. Bxd8 Nxc4 17. Be7 Nce5 $1 $15
) 16. Bf2 Ne5 $17) 15... Nxc3 16. Be7 Rfe8 $6 ({It deserves attention:} 16...
Rfc8 $5 {[%csl Re3,Re7][%cal Gc3d5]} 17. Ne2 {=/=/+} (17. e4 $6 a5 $36)) 17.
Bd6 $11 ({Senselessly:} 17. Bxc5 {because of:} Nxc5 18. bxc5 Red8 {[%csl Ga8,
Gd8][%cal Ga8c8] <->c;d}) 17... cxb4 18. axb4 e5 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 19. Bf5 Nf6 ({
Another alternative is:} 19... Nb6) 20. Ne2 Nb5 ({Dubious:} 20... Ncd5 21. Ra3
$140 a5 $6 {because of:} 22. bxa5 Ra6 23. Bc5 Rc6 {[%csl Rc5]} 24. e4 Rxc5 25.
exd5 Ra8 26. d6 g6 27. Bh3 Rcxa5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Kf2 $14 {[%cal Gh1b1]}) 21.
Bc5 e4 22. Kf2 {[%csl Yf2,Rf3][%cal Yf2f3] This move,undoubtedly,better,than:}
(22. O-O {or 22.f4}) 22... Re5 $1 23. Bh3 exf3 24. gxf3 a5 {[%csl Rc5,Ge5]
[%cal Ga5b4,Ge5c5,Yb4c5]} 25. Ra4 {[%cal Gh1a1]} axb4 {After this move white
is agreed for draw,though after:} (25... axb4 26. Rxa8+ Bxa8 27. Bxb4 Nd5 28.
Bd2 {Alik Gershon has a slight advantage in the endgame.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Rau, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Rc8 $5 ({You can study my comments to two other
alternatives:} 10... c5 $5) ({and} 10... h6 $5) 11. b4 (11. Qc2 $5 {In my
opinion this is the best continuation. You can see my annotations to San
Segundo Carrillo,P-Tiviakov,S/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79(0-1)(40)}) ({Also
repeatedly was checked up in previous games:} 11. O-O) 11... h6 12. Bh4 c5 ({
On:} 12... Ne4 $5 {you can find six games in Mega DataBase 2005 and in them,
Black even has a positive balance.}) 13. dxc5 {It seems, that this is the best
reaction to the last move.} dxc5 ({This deserves serious attention:} 13... bxc5
14. b5 $140 Bb7 {and Black, in 4 games found by myself, didn't lose a single
one!}) 14. b5 Bb7 15. O-O-O $5 $146 {A quite interesting and logical novelty.
The queenside is closed, and probably will not be opened in the near future,
so White decided to get his king to safety, and with chance, he will start a
pawn storm on the kingside.} (15. f3 $5 Qe7 (15... Nd5 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Be7
Rfe8 18. Bd6 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 $14) 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bc2 Nf8 18. Rfd1 $14 {
Schandorff,L-Ochsner,T/Esbjerg,1997(1-0)(50)}) 15... Qe7 {Black avoids the
trap which was set for him, and doesn't take the poisoned pawn:} (15... Bxg2 $4
16. Rhg1 Bf3 (16... Ba8 $144 17. Bb1 $18) 17. Bc2 $1 $18 {with irresistable
threats in every file and diagonal. For example:} g5 18. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 19. Rxg5+
Kh8 20. Rxd7 {with mate in 7 moves.}) 16. Rd2 $14 {White is planning to double
his rooks over the <->d.} (16. f3 $5) 16... a6 {Same as on the last move,
Black can't touch the pawn "g2" .} (16... Bxg2 $4 17. Rg1 Bb7 (17... Bf3 $144
18. Bc2 $18) 18. Bc2 {[%csl Gc3,Re7,Rf6,Gg1,Rg8,Gh4][%cal Gd2d7] Black doesn't
have any respectable defense against the main threat: "Rxd7" .}) 17. a4 axb5
18. axb5 Rfd8 ({Nothing changed, and still this is impossible:} 18... Bxg2 $4
19. Rg1 Bf3 20. Bc2 $18 {[%csl Gc3,Rf6,Gg1,Rg8,Gh4][%cal Gd2d7]}) 19. f3 Nf8 (
19... Ra8 $5 {<->a}) 20. Rhd1 e5 $2 {><f5 This is a big positional mistake,
which allows to improve the position of the white bishop.} (20... Ra8 $5 $14)
21. Bf5 Rxd2 {Otherwise, Black is left without a pawn:} (21... Ra8 $2 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qxe5 $18) 22. Qxd2 {<->d; /\Qd6 קb6} Ra8 {This is the
same as resigning the game. I can only recommend the computer analysis:} (22...
Re8 23. Qd6 g5 24. Bg3 e4 25. f4 $1 {this isn't sweet for Black.}) 23. Qd6 {
White gets to the weakest spot in black's camp - Pb6.} Qxd6 ({Hardly this was
better:} 23... Ra1+ 24. Kb2 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rh1 26. Bg3 {[%csl Rb6,Re5][%cal
Yg3h2,Gg3e5,Od6b6]}) 24. Rxd6 Ra4 {Black has time to attack "c4", but this
doesn't save him.} 25. Bxf6 Rxc4+ (25... gxf6 $144 26. Kd2 Rxc4 27. Nc3 $1 $18
{with a rearrangement of moves we receive a position from the game.}) 26. Kd2
gxf6 27. Nc3 $1 $18 {Sipke Ernst first puts his knight to a better place, and
only then grabs "b6".} Rb4 28. Rxb6 Ba8 29. Ra6 Bb7 30. Ra7 {[%csl Rb7,Yf5]
[%cal Ga7b7] Black loses his bishop, and so it's time to resign :)} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 (5. Bg5 $5 {See comments to
Ivanov,S-Chepukaitis,G/St Petersburg,2000/CBM 77(0-1)(Golod,V)(60)}) 5... Nbd7
6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b3 {White's plan is: Bb2,
Rad1or Rfd1and d5.} Qe7 $5 {Besides,white has several options:} (10... c5 $5 {
See comments to Ivanisevic,I-Bogdanovski,V/Skopje,2002/CBM 88(1-0)(Golod,V)(62)
}) (10... a5 $5) (10... Rb8 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Yb8][%cal Yb8b7,Gf6e4]}) (10... Re8)
({and} 10... Ne4 $6) 11. Bb2 a5 ({Is a possible continuations of the play:} 
11... Ne4 $5) (11... c5) (11... Be4) ({and} 11... Rac8 $5) 12. Rad1 ({Probable
is possible other arrangement of pieces:} 12. Rfd1 $5 {/\Rac1}) 12... Be4 {
In my opinion,this move is much better,than:} (12... Ne4 13. Qc1 Ndf6 14. Ne1
Nd7 15. f3 Nef6 16. e4 e5 17. Nc2 $14 {Kramnik-Annakov/Internet Chess Club,
1999(1-0)(25)}) ({or} 12... c5 13. d5 $6 {[%csl Rg7]} (13. dxc5 $142 $14) 13...
exd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Nh4 Rfe8 $13 {Shishkin,V-Rashkovsky,N/Bydgoszc,2000(0-1)
(45)}) 13. Rfe1 c6 $5 $146 {[%cal Gd6d5]} ({Was checked in the previous games:
} 13... Rfe8 14. Bf1 c5 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 {+/=/= Dokhoian,Y-Vyzmanavin,A/Irkutsk,1986(1/2-1/2)(24)}) 14. Bh3 {
[%csl Yh3] White do not want to change the bishops.} d5 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Bg2
Rfc8 ({After:} 16... b5 {for white there is no sense to close a queen side:}
17. c5 (17. e4 $142 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 {[%cal Gd4d5]}
Nf6 21. Re2 {with small positional advantage of white.}) 17... b4 18. Qe3 a4
$132) 17. e4 {Conducts to the large simplifications,but differently at black
as a minimum not worse position.} dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf6
21. Ree1 {+/=/=} (21. Re2 {-was a bit more precise.}) 21... b5 22. Qf3 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gd4d5] Grachev Boris creates concrete threat and does not give
to simplify a position:} (22. Qc2 $6 a4 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4][%cal Ga4b3,Gb5c4]})
22... bxc4 ({Now is very dangerously:} 22... a4 $2 {because of:} 23. d5 {
[%csl Re7]}) 23. bxc4 Qb4 24. Qe2 Rab8 25. Ba1 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Re8 {[%csl Re2,
Ye8] Black are again protected from progress "d5".} 26. Qc2 Nd7 27. Rb1 Qa3 28.
Rbc1 $6 {And all the same white have missed the chance! It was necessary:} (28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 $140 29. d5 $1 cxd5 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Qc6 Nf8 (31... Qb4 $6 32. Bc3
Qb5 33. Qxb5 Rxb5 34. Re8+ Nf8 35. Ra8 {[%csl Ra5]}) 32. Qxd5 $14) 28... Qb4
29. Re3 {[%cal Ye3a3,Ye3f3]} (29. Rb1 $142 {with hope for returning black
queen in point "a3"}) 29... a4 30. a3 Qa5 31. Qe4 ({Can be recommended:} 31.
Bc3 $5 Qa6 $140 32. Bb4) 31... Qc7 32. Qc2 Qa7 33. Rd1 ({It deserves attention:
} 33. Rce1 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 33... Qa6 34. Rde1 ({Now, already,weakly:} 34. d5
cxd5 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Rxd5 (36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {[%csl Rg1]}) 36... Rxe3 37. fxe3
Qe6 $36 {[%csl Re3]}) 34... Rec8 {[%csl Rc2]} 35. Qe2 Nf8 36. h4 Rb7 37. Bc3 (
37. h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h6]} h6 38. Bc3 ({Pretty dubiously:} 38. g4 $6 {[%cal
Ge3g3,Gg4g5] because of:} Rb3) 38... Rd8 {[%csl Ya6,Yc6,Yd8,Ye6][%cal Gb7b3]})
37... Rd7 38. Re5 Qb7 39. Ba1 {White do not show excessive activity, as the
drawn game completely suits them!} h6 40. Re3 Qa6 41. Rb1 Rb7 $11 42. Rxb7 Qxb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 {Black try to play this variation without a this
quiet move:} (10... Ne4 $5 {You can see my comments to Postny,E-Psakhis,L/
Tel-Aviv/Modiin,2000/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(25)}) 11. b4 c5 12. Bb2 {Now with
rearrangement of moves we receive a position from a game: Kramnik,V-Karpov,A/
Prague,2002} Rfc8 ({It deserves serious attention:} 12... Rfd8 $5 {See
comments to Gurevich,M-Rozentalis,E/Belfort,1997/CBM 62(1/2-1/2)(Ribli,Z)(46)})
13. Rfd1 (13. dxc5 $143 {This move does not put the large problems for Black.
For further details,you can see my comments to Kramnik,V-Karpov,A/Prague,2002/
CBM 89(1/2-1/2)(25)}) 13... a5 $5 ({Once was checked in the preceding game:} 
13... a6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Qa5 Rab8 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Be1 Qd8 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.
Ba5 Rdc8 20. Ne1 Kf8 21. f3 Nef6 22. Rab1 Ke7 23. Kf2 {+/=/= Stoyanov,
P-Lingnau,C/Muenster,2000(1/2-1/2)(44)}) 14. Qb3 $146 {According to my
database it's a novelty.In previous game White chose:} (14. dxc5 bxc5 $5 (14...
axb4 15. axb4 dxc5 {+/=/=}) 15. b5 a4 16. Nd2 e5 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rac1 Rd8 19.
Bf1 Qe6 20. h3 Nbd7 21. Re1 e4 $13 {Hort,V-Hoeksema,H/Hoogeveen,2003(1/2-1/2)
(58)}) 14... Ra7 $5 {Peter Leko support a pressure at the centre,fairly does
not want to exchange the PP and prepare for opening <->a.} 15. Nd2 Rca8 {
This move is compels of White,early or late, to exchange the rooks.Basically,
the correct direction of actions - than is less pieces,the less problems.} 16.
f3 (16. bxc5 $143 bxc5 {and Black,at cases,first grasp <->b.}) 16... axb4 17.
axb4 Bc6 {/\Ba4} 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Ra1 $5 ({Hardly,it was necessary to keep
one pair of rooks:} 19. b5 Bb7 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 20. e4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 e5 22. Bf2
Nc5 23. Qc3 Nh5 $1 $11 {/\Nf4}) 19... Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Qd8 21. Qa3 ({On:} 21. e4
{the contender always can react by the following way:} e5) 21... Ne8 {Black do
not want to exchange the queens,while White have not played "e4".} (21... Qa8
$143 22. Qxa8+ Bxa8 23. Bc3 {+/=/=}) 22. e4 {+/=/=} e5 23. b5 Qa8 $1 {Now most
suitable moment to make this move.} 24. Qxa8 Bxa8 25. d5 {White completely has
closed the centre and now not clearly how to punch a position of the contender.
} (25. dxe5 $5 dxe5 26. Nf1 Nc7 27. Ne3 Ne6 28. Nd5 Nd4 29. Bf1 {with the idea
to translate B to /^c8-h3 (Kf2,g3 and Bh3).}) 25... Bb7 26. g3 f6 27. f4 {
The moving of pawn "f" -perhaps,sole way to struggle for a victory.In my
opinion,this continuation is better,than:} (27. Bf1 {/\Bh3} Kf7 28. Bh3 Ke7)
27... Kf7 28. Bg4 Nf8 {[%csl Yf8][%cal Yf8e6] It's necessary to cover all
fields of intrusion.} 29. Nb1 Ke7 30. Nc3 Nc7 {[%csl Yc7][%cal Yc7a8,Ya8b6,
Ye7d8,Gb7c8] The knight should be ready to sending on a field "a8" for
protection of Pb6 and the king moves on a field "d8" for purpose of exchange
of bishops(Bc8).} 31. Kf2 Kd8 32. Na4 Na8 33. Bc3 Bc8 34. Bf3 {The correct
decision!After exchange of the bishops:} (34. Bxc8 Kxc8 35. Kf3 Kd7 {White
lose the last chances to win this game.}) 34... Bd7 35. Nb2 Nc7 36. Na4 {
Sometimes it's desirable to repeat the moves and,at the same time,to hold a
position up to 41-th move!} Na8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Nb2 Nc7 39. Na4 Na8 40. h4 Kf7
{Peter Leko confidently and quietly protects this position.} 41. Nb2 Nc7 42.
Bd2 Ng6 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge5f4]} 43. Be1 {[%csl Ye1]} Ke7 44. Be2 Nf8 {Black
don't have any clear plan, they wait and prepare for active actions on the
part of White.} 45. Kf3 Be8 46. Kf2 Ng6 47. Ke3 Nf8 48. Bf2 Bd7 {The defense
of Black is impenetrable!} 49. Kd2 Ng6 50. Ke3 Nf8 51. Kf3 {For last moves the
position has not changed.} Be8 52. Kg2 Bd7 53. Be3 h6 $11 {Black,on any case,
take under the control a point "g5".} 54. Bf2 Bc8 55. Kf3 Bd7 56. Be1 Be8 57.
Ke3 Bd7 58. Nd3 Ne8 59. Bc3 Ng6 60. Bh5 Nh8 61. Bb2 g6 62. Be2 Nf7 {Black have
found the new drawn rack.} 63. h5 ({After:} 63. h5 g5 {the position is
completely closed and drawn game is inevitable.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Marx Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 c5 {This move has been played a
few times by Vassily Smyslov. Main theoretical lines here are:} (5... Nbd7 $5)
({and} 5... h6 $5) 6. dxc5 {Another option was checked in the next game:} (6.
e3 $5 cxd4 7. exd4 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nd2 b6 12.
Rb1 Qh5 13. Ne4 Ke7 14. Qa4 Qg6 15. Qc6 d5 16. Nd2 $14 {Bacrot,E-Smyslov,V/
Cannes,1996(1/2-1/2)(49)}) 6... dxc5 7. e3 h6 {Could be recommended also:} (
7... Nc6 $5 8. Nf3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Qa5 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13.
a3 Ne4 14. Bh4 f6 15. Rad1 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Ke7 $11 {Kahn,E-Sprotte,N/
Balatonbereny,1997(1-0)(26)}) 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. Nge2 $5 $146 {White's idea: in
case of an exchange on "c3" to take with the knight and avoid exchanging the
queens after Qa5.} (9. a3 $143 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 e5 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Ne2 Be6 13.
Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Smyslov,V/Beer-Sheva,1990(13)}) 9... e5 {[%csl Rd5]
Ambivalent decision. From one side, Black opens the diagonal c8-h3 and solves
the problem of the development of his bishop. From another side, by this move
he weakens an irrevocable "d5" square.} ({Deserves attention:} 9... O-O $5) 10.
a3 Ba5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bxf6 {A forced exchange. The deficiency of the ninth
move of White was that White has problems with development of his kingside.} (
12. f3 $143 Be6 13. b3 Rd8 $15) 12... Qxf6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Be2 Qh4 15. O-O $14
{[%csl Ra5,Yc3,Yd1,Rd5,Rd6,Ye2,Yg3] White's advantage is clear thanks to the
control over the "d" file and better disposition of his pieces.} f5 {Black
fights for space. His idea is to play e4 in order to open the b8-h2 diagonal
for his bishop and ensure "e5" square for his knight.} 16. Nb5 $6 {Doubtful
plan. Krishnan Sasikiran wants to exchange black's light-square bishop and
take control over "d5" and "d7" points.} ({Looks good enough:} 16. Nd5 $5 {
with a stable advantage.} f4 $140 $2 17. Qg6 $40 {[%csl Gf1,Rg8][%cal Ge2d3]})
16... Qe7 17. Nd6 g6 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 $11 {White successfully completed his plan.
But it took lot of the time, and Black used it to consolidate his position.}
19. Rd5 Rcd8 20. Rfd1 e4 21. Bf1 Bc7 22. Ne2 Be5 23. Nc3 {Over several last
moves both sides regrouped their forces.} h5 $6 {Better for Black was to
prevent the white knight from coming to "d5":} (23... Qg7 $5 24. Rxc5 (24. Na4
$6 b6 {[%csl Ra4,Ge5,Gg7]}) 24... Bxc3 25. Rxd8 $5 (25. bxc3 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qxc3
$11) 25... Rxd8 26. bxc3 Qe7 $13) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nd5 $14 Qd6 $6 {An
unsuccessful place for queen.} (25... Qf7 $142) 26. g3 $6 {Now White missed a
good chance to develop a strong initiative:} (26. f4 $1 Bg7 (26... exf3 $143
27. gxf3 f4 (27... Bg7 28. f4 $36) 28. exf4 Bg7 29. Qg2 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf1d3,
Gd3g6,Gg2g6] +/=/+/-}) 27. Qa4 $14 {/\b4 Instead he weakened his kingside and
gave Black good chances for counterplay.}) 26... h4 27. Kg2 hxg3 28. hxg3 Kg7
$132 {Black prepares an attack against white's king. His plan is to play Rh8,
g5, Qh6 with mating ideas.} 29. Be2 Qe6 30. b4 Rh8 {[%csl Ge6,Rg2,Gh8][%cal
Gf5f4]} 31. Kg1 {A very optimistic move. It was a good time for White to think
about his king's safety:} (31. Nf4 $142 Qe7 32. b5 Nd8 33. Qd2 Bxf4 34. exf4
Ne6 35. Qb2+ Nd4 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Qxd4+ Kh7 38. Qxa7 Rd8 $11) 31... g5 $1 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge6h6,Gh6h1]} 32. Bf1 ({Another option was to immediately
evacuate the white king:} 32. Kf1 $5 cxb4 33. axb4 Qh6 34. Ke1 Qd6 35. c5 Rh1+
36. Bf1 Qe6 37. b5 $13) 32... cxb4 33. axb4 Bb8 $5 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gc6e5,
Ge5f3] Black easily makes an unsteady position for White. Now the black knight
enters the game.} 34. Bg2 Ne5 35. Qc3 Kf7 36. Kf1 Rc8 $1 {Victor Kortschnoj in
a masterly fashion moved the weight of the fight from one part of the board to
another.} 37. c5 Rd8 ({After:} 37... b6 $5 38. Qb3 bxc5 39. bxc5 Rxc5 40. Qxb8
Rxd5 41. Qxa7+ Kg6 42. Ra1 (42. Rxd5 $143 Qxd5 43. Qb6+ Kh5 $40 {[%csl Gd5,Rf1]
}) 42... Qd7 43. Qxd7 Rxd7 $15 {Black keeps the advantage thanks white's bad
bishop. But he's working for more.}) 38. Qb3 a6 39. Ke1 Kf8 ({It was possible
for Black to immediately win material:} 39... Nd3+ 40. Rxd3 exd3 41. Qxd3 Be5 {
=/+/=}) 40. Rd4 $1 Nd3+ $140 41. Rxd3 exd3 42. Qxd3 Be5 {=/+/= In this ending,
the knight is strong, pawns and bishops of opposite colors gives White equal
chances. Impossibility of participation of the black rook in active operations
prevents black from playing for the win.} 43. Kf1 Qf7 44. Kg1 Bg7 45. e4 {
[%csl Rf8] Right decision - now the position of black's king is very unstable.}
fxe4 46. Bxe4 Rd7 47. Kg2 Qe6 48. Qf3+ Rf7 49. Qd3 Rd7 50. Qf3+ Rf7 51. Qd3 Rd7
{Both sides couldn't improve their positions, therefore, the game ended by
repetition of the moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Marx Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2005.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e3 h6 {Very rare move. Besides Black has two main
alternatives:} (10... Rc8 $5) ({and} 10... c5 $5) 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. f3 ({I like
the next continuation more:} 12. b4 $5 {For further information you can see
comments to Kharlov,A-Kiselev,S/Vladivostok,1994/CBM 043(1-0)(Chekhov,V)(38)})
12... c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 {Now we can understand the deficiency of Black's tenth
move. If white's bishop was stayed "g5", White would have to lose tempo in
order to protect him.} ({Another option was checked in the next game:} 13...
bxc5 $5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. O-O a5 16. Rfd1 Rb8 $6 (16... d5 $5) 17. Rab1 Ba8 18.
Bc2 $14 {Kiriakov,P-Grigoriants,S/Nizhnij Novgorod,1999(1-0)(61)}) (13... Nxc5
$5 14. b4 Ncd7 {lead to a position from a game}) (13... dxc5 $143 14. Qc2 $14 {
[%csl Yf1,Gh4]}) 14. b4 Rc8 {With rearrangement of the moves we have a
position, that was found in practice a few times.} 15. Qb2 {White was justly
afraid to keep his queen on <->c.} ({Another alternative was to put the queen
in the centre:} 15. Qd4 $5 Qc7 16. Be2 d5 (16... e5 $5) 17. O-O Qe5 18. Qxe5
Nxe5 19. Rfc1 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 $14 {Chekhov,V-Wojtkiewicz,A/
Lubniewice,1995(1/2-1/2)(31)}) 15... d5 $146 {Black decided to immediately
exchange his weak pawn.} ({In order to solve opening problems Black previously
tried the next moves:} 15... Ne5 $5 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bf2 d5 18. O-O e5 $1 (18...
dxc4 $143 19. Bxc4 (19. Nxc4 $5) 19... Nd5 20. Rac1 Qg5 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Rfe1
Rfd8 $11 {Yuferov,S-Nikolenko,O/Tula,1999(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 19. cxd5 (19. Rac1 $5)
19... Qxd5 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21. e4 Nf4 22. Bb5 Rfd8 $11 {Krush,I-Xu Yuhua/Calvia,
2004(1-0)(59)}) (15... Qe7 $5 16. Be2 e5 17. O-O Rc7 18. e4 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qe6
20. Nf1 $6 (20. Rac1 $5) 20... b5 $1 $132 {Drasko,M-Estremera Panos,S/Cutro,
2002(1/2-1/2)(31)}) 16. Be2 Ba6 17. Rc1 $14 ({In case of:} 17. b5 $6 Bb7 {
Black agrees to lose two tempos for control over the "c5" point.} 18. O-O Qe7
19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 {+/=/=}) 17... Bxc4 {Interesting, but not enough for
equality, decision - Black return his "last" bishop. His idea: by couple of
exchanges to get space for pieces.} ({Also after:} 17... dxc4 18. b5 c3 19.
Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Bb7 21. Qb2 $14 {White continues to keep a little advantage.
}) 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 {Also good for White was to prevent the next Black's
move and play:} (19. Rxc4 $5 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Qc8 21. Be2 Nd5 22. Kf2 $14 {
[%cal Gh1c1,Gh4g3]}) 19... b5 $1 {A little tactical trick.} 20. Be2 (20. Bxb5
$2 Qb6 {[%csl Rb5,Re3]} 21. Be2 Qxe3 22. Rd1 Ne5 $15 23. Bf2 $140 $2 {[%tqu
"En","White's previous move was a deciding blunder. Can you find why?","","",
"e5d3","",10]} Nd3+ $1 24. Rxd3 Rc1+ 25. Qxc1 (25. Rd1 $2 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Qxf2
$19) 25... Qxc1+ 26. Bd1 Nd5 $17) 20... Qb6 21. Bf2 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qa6 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Gf8c8,Gc8c1,Yd7b6,Yb6c4]} 23. O-O {At last, White has hidden
the king and now can quietly begin a game in centre and the queen side. But
before castling, could be recommended:} (23. e4 $5 Rc8 24. Qe3 {[%csl Ye3]
[%cal Ye3a3]} Rc2 $5 (24... Qc6 25. O-O a6 26. Rd1 $14) 25. O-O $140 Ra2 26.
Rc1 Qxa3 (26... Rxa3 $2 27. Bxb5 Rxe3 $8 28. Bxa6 Rb3 29. b5 $16 {קa7}) 27.
Qxa3 Rxa3 28. Bxb5 a5 29. bxa5 (29. Bg3 $6 {/\e5 (פd7)} axb4 $1 30. e5 $140
Nd5 $1 31. Bxd7 b3 32. Bb5 b2 33. Rb1 Ra1 34. Bd3 Nc3 35. Re1 f5 $11) 29...
Rxa5 30. Be2 $14) 23... Rc8 24. Qb2 $6 {Not a successful place for white's
queen. After 24...Nb6 with idea 25...Nc4 or 25...Na4 White will need to play
another move with the queen:} (24. Qa1 $5 Qc6 (24... Nb6 25. e4 Nc4 26. Rd1 Qa4
27. Qc3 $14) 25. e4 a6 26. Be3 Qc3 27. Kf2 $14) 24... Nb6 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ ({
After:} 25... Nc4 26. Bxc4 (26. Qa1 $143 Nd5 27. e4 Ndb6 $11) 26... Rxc4 (26...
bxc4 $6 27. e4 Nd7 28. Bd4 e5 29. Be3 {+/=/=}) 27. Rxc4 bxc4 28. e4 Nd7 $1 {
we have a similar position from a game (only white's queen stands on "b2"
point).}) 26. Qxc1 Nc4 27. e4 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Yd7b6]} (27... Qxa3 $6
28. Qxa3 Nxa3 29. Bxa7 $14) (27... Nxa3 $6 28. Qc7 Nc4 29. Bxa7 $14) 28. Bxc4
bxc4 29. Bd4 e5 30. Be3 {The opponents agreed to draw, because in case of:} (
30. Be3 Nb8 31. Qc3 Nc6 {not clear how White could improve his position.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2][%evp 0,83,19,19,27,-2,-2,0,26,-27,2,-24,-24,-23,-15,-4,0,-41,-24,-72,
-55,-66,-31,-20,-16,-40,-28,-30,-31,-46,-17,-33,-14,-3,-6,-21,-15,-10,14,-18,
-16,-38,-33,-14,12,16,18,25,19,-27,20,-8,-15,15,13,10,20,12,48,48,52,66,31,31,
31,44,44,29,39,18,74,1,29,-29,-43,-43,-56,-53,-53,-175,28,-22,16,-73,-22,-146]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e3 Rc8 11. f3 {White tried to play this variation
without a this quiet move:} (11. b4 $5 {For further details you can see my
comments to game: Seirawan,Y-Gelfand,B/Istanbul,2000/CBM 80(1/2-1/2)(67)})
11... c5 12. dxc5 {In my opinion,a little better is:} (12. Be2 $5 {See my
annotations to Mikhalchishin,A-Graf,A/Leipzig,2002/CBM 89(1/2-1/2)(37)}) 12...
Rxc5 {This capture much more logically,than for example:} (12... bxc5 $6 13.
Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. O-O d5 16. Bf2 a5 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rab1 $14 {Hoang
Thanh Trang-Ghorbani,M/Calcutta,2001(1-0)(68)}) 13. Bh4 d5 {It's necessary to
open a <->c.} ({It deserves serious attention:} 13... Rc8 $5 14. Be2 d5 15. O-O
Ba6 16. a4 Ne4 $1 17. Nxe4 Qxh4 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. b3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,
A-Epishin,V/Germany,2000}) 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 {White correctly are afraid to
keep his queen in <->c.} Qc7 $5 ({Also once was checked in the preceding game:
} 15... Re8 16. Be2 Qc7 17. O-O Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rfc1 {+/=/= Wang
Lei-Karpov,A/Beijing,1998(1/2-1/2)(34)}) 16. Bg3 ({Is a possible continuation
of the play:} 16. Be2 dxc4 $6 (16... e5 $5) 17. Nxc4 Rfe8 18. O-O Bd5 19. Rac1
$14 {Wiley,T-Vyskocil,N/Brno,2003(1-0)(39)}) 16... e5 17. Bd3 $146 {Probably
Veselin Topalov has prepared this continuation directly for this game.} ({On:} 
17. Be2 {I have found three games in Mega DataBase 2005. For an example we
shall consider most interesting of them:} Nh5 18. Bf2 d4 (18... dxc4 $5) 19.
O-O dxe3 20. Bxe3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nb3 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 Re3 $13 {For further
details you can see annotations to game: Chekhov,V-Onischuk,A/Deutschland,1996/
Inf 66/459(1-0)(Chekhov,V)(39)}) 17... Ba6 {/^a6-f1; קc4} 18. b5 ({After:} 18.
Rc1 $6 dxc4 19. Bxc4 (19. Nxc4 $4 b5 {צc1}) 19... Bxc4 (19... b5 $4 20. Bxf7+
Rxf7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. O-O $18) 20. Rxc4 $8 (20. Nxc4 $4 b5 {צc1}) 20... Qd6 {
Black has more comfortable position.}) 18... Bb7 {Black agree to lose two
tempos behind the control above a point "c5".} 19. O-O {At last,White have
hidden the king and now can quietly begin game on centre and queen side.} Qc5
$5 {Black has selected the most resolute continuation.} 20. Rfe1 $140 (20. Bf2
$143 e4 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Be2 Qg5 {/\Ng4 or Nc5-d3|^}) 20... e4 21. fxe4 dxe4
$132 22. Nb3 {With the help of tempos White improve a position of the pieces.}
({It was dubiously:} 22. Bf1 $6 {in view of:} Nh5 (22... Ng4 $143 23. Qd4) 23.
Bf2 Ne5 {/\Nd3|^}) 22... Qg5 23. Bf4 Qg6 24. Bf1 {All white's pieces are
located ideally. Veselin Topalov plans to begin movement of pawn "a" with
strong pressure on the queen side.Therefore Black are obliged to create
threats to the contender's K.} Rfe8 25. Rad1 Nf8 $1 {Successful regrouping of
forces.From a field "e6" the knight can be included in attacking actions of
his army on the king side.} 26. a4 Ne6 27. Bg3 Nh5 28. Bh4 $6 (28. Be5 $2 Ng5
$1 {/\Nf3 and even after:} 29. Kh1 {all the same very strongly:} Nf3 $1 30.
gxf3 exf3 {[%csl Gb7,Re5,Rh1][%cal Gf3f2]} 31. e4 Bxe4 $19) ({Can be
recommended:} 28. Bf2 $5 Ng5 29. Kh1 Nf6 {/\Ng4} 30. Bg3 $13) 28... Ng5 {
IM Nikolai Vlassov makes the following comments in www.chesstoday.net:
"Black's cavalry is trying to frighten the white king ". Further I shall
designate comments of Nikolai Vlassov- N.V.} 29. Kh1 Nf6 30. a5 $6 ({It
deserves more attention:} 30. Qf2 {with idea to prevent "Nf3".}) 30... Nf3 $1 {
N.V." And it suddenly turns out that those threats were not empty ".} 31. gxf3
{White accept a sacrifice of knight. I do not think that it was much better:} (
31. a6 Nxh4 (31... Ba8 $5) 32. axb7 Rc7 $15) 31... exf3 {[%csl Gb7,Re1,Rh1]
[%cal Gf3f2]} 32. Bf2 (32. Qf2 $4 {is refuted by:} Ng4 33. Qg3 $140 f2+) 32...
Rxc4 $1 33. e4 (33. Bxc4 $4 Qg2#) (33. Nd4 $5 Ne4 $36) 33... Rcxe4 34. Rxe4
Bxe4 {Behind knight Black already has PPP, with continuing attack.} 35. Nd2 (
35. axb6 axb6 36. Nd2 (36. Bxb6 $4 f2+) 36... Bd5 {/\Ng4 or /\Re2->}) 35... Bd5
$1 $40 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf6g4,Ge8e2] Peter Leko prepares the following
brilliant move.} ({Leads to favourable simplifications for White:} 35... Ng4 $2
36. Nxe4 Qxe4 37. axb6 axb6 38. h3 Nxf2+ (38... Qa4 39. Rd4 Nxf2+ 40. Qxf2 $16)
39. Qxf2 $16) 36. h3 Re2 $1 $17 ({N.V." It deserves attention:} 36... bxa5 $5 {
- the Pa5 could play an important role,distracting White's forces ".}) 37. Rc1
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc1c8]} h5 $5 (37... h6 $142 $1 {With the idea to not occupy
a field h5. This point intended for the knight (/\Nh5-g3->).}) 38. Qd4 $8 {
Immediately loses the following move:} (38. Rc8+ $2 Kh7 39. Qd4 $140 Re1 $1 {
/\Qg2#} 40. Kh2 (40. Bxe1 f2+ 41. Qxd5 Qg1#) 40... Rxf1 41. Bg3 Rh1+ 42. Kxh1
Qxg3 $19) 38... Qg5 ({N.V." Again interesting was:} 38... bxa5 {".}) 39. axb6 {
White had no other worthy alternative:} (39. Rd1 $143 bxa5 $1 {and absolutely
not clearly what to do further?}) (39. Rc2 $2 Re1 $1 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Kh2 (41.
Qd3+ Be4 42. Nxf3 Qf5 $19) 41... Rxf1 42. Qd3+ Ne4 43. Qxf1 Qxd2 44. Kg1 Be6
$19) 39... axb6 {Black correctly was afraid to take the knight:} (39... Qxd2 $2
40. Qxd2 Rxd2 41. Be3 Re2 $1 (41... Ra2 $2 42. bxa7 {[%csl Ga7,Gb5]}) 42. Bxe2
fxe2+ 43. Kg1 axb6 44. Kf2 (44. Bxb6 $143 Bc4 45. Bd4 Bxb5 46. Bxf6 gxf6 47.
Kf2 $11) 44... Be6 45. Bxb6 Bd7 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gf6e4]} 46. Rb1 (46. Kxe2
Bxb5+ 47. Kf3 $11) 46... Ne4+ 47. Ke1 Nc3 48. Rb3 Nxb5 49. Kxe2 $11) (39...
Rxd2 $2 40. Qe3 (40. h4 $2 Qh6 41. Rc8+ (41. Bd3 Rxd3 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qxd3+
Be4 44. Qd8 Qf4 $19) 41... Kh7 42. Bd3+ Rxd3 43. Qxd3+ Be4 $19) 40... Qxe3 (
40... Ne4 $143 41. Qxg5 Nxg5 42. Be3 f2+ 43. Kh2 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 axb6 45. Bxd2
Nxd2+ 46. Kxf2 {and in this endgame only White has some chances of a win.}) 41.
Bxe3 Re2 $1 {transfers to 39...Qxd2}) 40. Rd1 Qg6 ({It deserves serious
attention:} 40... Kh7 $5 41. Qd3+ g6 {/\Ng4}) 41. Kh2 Qg5 42. Kh1 {In the last
round Peter has made a fast draw against Judit Polgar and has occupied in
result a sole first place!!! I join to numerous congratulations to Peter Leko
with a brilliant victory in Wijk aan Zee 2005!  N.V. "The opponents agreed a
draw after this move - the tournament situation dictated caution to Leko.
Meanwhile here Leko had an excellent chance to end the fight for the first
place one day earlier:} (42. Kh1 Kh7 $1 {It's a zugzwang for White - he
doesn't have good moves:} 43. Kh2 {And here almost every road leads to Rome 
(Black's win). From fantastic:} g6 ({to the simple:} 43... Bb3 44. Nxf3 Rxf2+
45. Qxf2 Qf4+ 46. Qg3 Qxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Bxd1 $19) ({or} 43... h4 44. Kh1 Be4 $19)
44. Kh1 Ng4 $1 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Kg1 Rxf2 $1 47. Kxf2 $140 (47. Qxf2 $2 g3 {
[%csl Rf2,Rg1][%cal Gf3f2]}) 47... g3+ 48. Ke1 (48. Kg1 $2 Qh6 {/\Qh2# -+})
48... Qe7+ 49. Ne4 Bxe4 50. Kd2 g2 $1 51. Bc4 Qh4 $19 {and black's pawns will
soon become queens ".}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Balandin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 ({7 years ago i already commented this position, but there Black
played:} 8... Re8 $5 {Van Wely,L-Van der Wiel,J/Rotterdam,1998/CBM 066(1-0)
(Golod,V)(24)}) 9. Nd2 $6 $146 {New and a not very successful move. Its
weakness is that the bishop on g5 remains unprotected and Black can use it in
some variations. It seems that during the game White was afraid of the next
continuation:} (9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bd3 Ndf6 {
with complicated position. But anyway 9.e3 is the main theoretical line and
was much better than last move 9.Nd2.  After 9.e3 two options were tested: 9..
Re8 and 9..e5.}) 9... Re8 10. e3 {White keeps an open b1-h7 diagonal for his
light square bishop.} (10. e4 $143 e5 11. d5 h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Be3 $6 Ng4) (12.
Bh4 Nxe4 $15) 12... Nxf6 $11) 10... e5 11. dxe5 $5 {White hurries to decline
the tension in the centre in light of next variation:} (11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Ne4
13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rxe7 $11) 11... dxe5 ({Attention deserves:} 11... Nxe5
$5 12. Be2 h6 13. Bf4 (13. Bh4 $5 Bf5 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 13... Bg4 14. Bxe5 $140
$6 dxe5 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. O-O e4 $15) 12. Qc2 {Prepares 13.Bd3. Immediately
it's less good because:} (12. Bd3 e4 $1 13. Bc2 (13. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 $19) 13...
Qe6 $13) 12... b6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 {Another good option was:} (14... Nc5
$5 15. Bh7+ (15. Be2 $143 a5 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2][%cal Ga5a4]}) 15... Kh8 16. Be4
Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 15. Bf5 (15. O-O $142 Nc5 16. Be2 Rad8
17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qb2 $14) 15... Rad8 {It was interesting to check
taking the pawn. After:} (15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 {White has same compensation, but
not more than that.}) 16. O-O $14 g6 17. Bd3 $6 {Now Black develops an
initiative. More logical was to exchange the strong black's bishop:} (17. Be4
$5 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 g5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bg3 $14) 17... Nc5 18. Be2 g5 $1 (18...
Qe6 $6 19. b4 Nce4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qc3 $14) 19. Bg3 $140 Nfe4 $11 20. Rad1 (
20. Nxe4 $143 Bxe4 21. Qc3 f5 22. f3 Bd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Qc2 Red8 $11) 20...
Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Ne4 22. Rdd1 ({After:} 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd3 f5 {Black is O.K.})
22... a5 {In order to "close" the weak light squares Black could have played:}
(22... f5 $142 $5 $11) 23. Bg4 Nxg3 {Now Black initiates a couple of exchanges
and fully equalizes the position.} 24. fxg3 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 (25. Rxd1 Rd8 26.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 25... Rd8 26. Qc2 Bc8 27. Bh5 $2 {White continued to fight. It
is true, that after:} (27. Bxc8 $142 Rxc8 28. Qf5 Rd8 $11 {he has no chances
for win, but this was the best possibility. Now Black has a good chance to
take advantage.}) 27... Be6 28. Qe4 ({Or} 28. Qc3 Qc5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Qxc4
31. Qxe5 Rd2 $15) 28... Rd2 $2 {Instead of taking the pawn, Black gives up a
pawn.} (28... Qc5 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} 29. h3 (29. b4 $2 axb4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Qxe5
Qxc4 32. Qf6 Rd2 33. Qxh6 Qd5 34. Bf3 Qe5 $19) 29... Rd2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2
Bxc4 $17) 29. Qxe5 Qc5 $2 (29... Qd8 $142 30. c5 (30. h3 Bxc4 31. Rf6 Rd6 $11)
30... Qd5 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 bxc5 $11) 30. Qf6 $6 {Why return
the pawn?} (30. Qc3 $1 Qd6 31. Qf6 Qf8 32. c5 $1 Qg7 33. Qe7 Bc4 34. cxb6 cxb6
$8 35. Qe8+ Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rf2 $14) 30... Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rd7 32. Qxh6 {
After this move the game ended in draw.} Bxc4 33. Bg6 Bxf1 $8 (33... fxg6 $2
34. Rf8#) 34. Bh7+ Kh8 35. Be4+ (35. Bf5+ Kg8 36. Bh7+ (36. Bxd7 $4 Bb5 $19 {
[%csl Rd7,Rh1][%cal Ge3e1]}) 36... Kh8 $11) 35... Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Li, Wenliang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. b4 Ne4 (9... Nbd7 $5 {You can see my comments to Kramnik,V-Karpov,A/
Prague,2002/CBM 89(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(25)}) 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 {Another option
is to put the white bishop on d3.} f5 12. Bb2 (12. O-O $5 {was also checked
here:}) 12... a5 {The main alternative continuations are:} (12... Ng5) ({and} 
12... Qe7) 13. O-O Qe7 (13... Ng5 $143 {You can see annotations to: Sokolov,
I-Xu Jun/Biel,1993/Inf 58/580(1-0)(Sokolov,I)(62)}) 14. Rac1 $146 {The idea of
this move is not clear. I think that the other options were more logical:} (14.
Rfd1 $5 Ndf6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Ne4 17. Qc2 Qg5 18. d5 Rae8 19. Bf3 Qg6 20.
Rab1 axb4 21. axb4 Ng5 22. Be2 b5 23. Ra1 {+/=/= Shulman,Y-Gasimov,R/Holon,
1995(1/2-1/2)(54)}) (14. Ne1 $5) ({and} 14. Nd2 $5) 14... axb4 {Sure. Now
Black has the open a-file for his rook.} 15. axb4 c5 $11 {Another good move.
Black prevents c5 and confines the bishop on e2. To sum up: Black is O.K.
after the opening.} 16. Qb3 Ndf6 {Also was interesting to try:} (16... Qf7 $5
17. Ra1 (17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qxb7 Rfb8 19. Qc6 Rc8 (19... Ra2 $2 20. Bd3 Rbxb2
21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qxe4 $16) 20. Qb7 Rcb8 21. Qc6 Rc8 $11) 17... Qg6 {[%csl Gb7,
Yf3,Rg2,Gg6][%cal Ge4d2,Gd2f3]} 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1 Bc6 $11) 17. Ra1 {
By this move White indicates the problem of his 14th move. But it is now not
easy to recommend anything better.} (17. Rcd1 $143 Bc6 18. b5 Bb7 19. Nd2 Nxd2
20. Rxd2 Ne4 21. Rdd1 cxd4 22. Bxd4 (22. exd4 Nd2 $17) 22... Nc5 $15) (17. Rfd1
$6 Ng4 {[%csl Rf2]}) 17... Rxa1 18. Rxa1 ({In my opinion this was a little
better:} 18. Bxa1 Ra8 $140 19. Bb2 {and so on.}) 18... Ra8 {Black doesn't have
many dividends after:} (18... Ng4 19. Rf1 Qf7 20. h3 Ngf6 21. Ra1 $14) 19. Ne1
$6 {The only chance to fight for an advantage was:} (19. Rxa8+ $5 Bxa8 20. Ne1
Nd7 (20... Ng4 $4 21. Qa4 Bb7 22. f3 $18 {[%csl Re4,Rg4][%cal Gf3e4,Gf3g4]})
21. f3 Nef6 22. Qa3 Qf8 23. Nd3 $14 {White has more space on the board here,
but Black's position is tough with good hopes for draw.}) 19... Rxa1 {Now
Black is forced to a couple of exchanges, that lead to full equality.} 20. Bxa1
Ng4 21. Bxg4 (21. f3 $4 Qh4 $19 {[%csl Re1,Rh2][%cal Gh4h2,Gh4e1]}) (21. Nd3 $6
Qh4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. f3 Nd2 $1 24. fxg4 Nxb3 25. Bc3 fxg4 $15) 21... fxg4 22.
Nd3 h5 {Black wants to play 23...h4 and 24...h3 with idea on 25.g3 Ng5 with
good chances for attack.} 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 (24... dxc5 $144 25. Qd1
Qd8 26. Qe2 Qd7 {and both sides cannot improve their positions.}) 25. Nxc5 dxc5
{Bishops of opposite color is a sign for draw. But players choose to play a
bit more.} 26. Qd3 Qc7 {[%csl Gb7,Gc7,Rg2][%cal Gc7c6]} 27. Bc3 Qc6 28. e4 $11
{It's simplest way to draw. After exchange of queens, Black doesn't have any
chance to make use of extra pawn.} Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Be5 Bd3 31. Bd6 Bxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 {This continuation became popular after this game:
Kasparov,G - Grischuk,A/EUCuo 19th, Rethymnon,2003.} Ba6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2
dxc4 ({Previously this was checked out:} 12... Bxc4 $5 {You can see my
annotation to game: Dreev,A-Kulaots,K/Moscow,2004/CBM 100(1-0)(37)}) 13. Qa4
Qc8 $146 {It seems that Viorel Bologan wanted to check my analyses in practice.
I already analysed this continuation and think that this move is little bit
worse than 13...Bb7. For further information see my comments to Berkes,
F-Beliavsky,A/Paks,2004/CBM 102(1/2-1/2)(28)} 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 c5 16. O-O
{According to my analysis, much better for White was to play:} (16. dxc5 $5
Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 (17... bxc5 $143 18. O-O-O $14) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ke2 {
with obvious positional advantage for White in the endgame. But maybe Ivan
Sokolov thought that this advantage is not enough in order to win, and
therefore prefers to play with queens.}) 16... cxd4 17. Qxd4 h6 {+/=/= Here I
finished my analysis. Frankly speaking, in the game with opponents who are not
fighting players, agreement for draw in such position was only question of the
time. But Ivan Sokolov and Viorel Bologan are well-known in the chess world
for their fighting spirit. So, for them a game just started.} 18. Bh4 ({
Not easy to imagine how White could play for a win after taking on "f6":} 18.
Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 18... Qc6 $6 {A loss of tempo.} ({Much better immediately to
play} 18... Qc5 $5 {and Black havn't any problems.}) 19. Rad1 Rfc8 20. e4 $14 {
An inaccuracy for Black, lead to an advantage of White. Now Black needs to
defend against 21.e5} Qc5 (20... e5 $142 21. Qe3 Qe6 22. Rd2 Rc6 23. Rfd1 $14 {
<->d}) 21. f4 ({Deserves attention:} 21. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 22. e5 Nh7 (22... Ne8
$143 23. Rfe1 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 $14 {[%csl Re8]}) 23. f4 Nf8 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rf2
$14 {[%cal Gc3e4] But again Ivan Sokolov thought that it's not enough and
therefore, chose a more active move.}) 21... Qh5 ({The next line is too risky
for Black:} 21... g5 $6 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 (23... Rxc5 24. Bf2 Ra5 25.
h4 g4 (25... gxh4 $4 26. Bxh4 $18 Kg7 27. Rd3 $18 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6][%cal Gd3g3]})
26. Bg3 $16) 24. Rxf6 gxh4 25. Rf4 (25. Rh6 $2 Rd8 26. Rxh4 (26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Rxh4 Rd2 $13) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Rd8 28. Nf2 Rd2 $132) 25... h3 26. Rf3 hxg2
27. b4 Nb7 28. Rd7 Nd8 29. Kxg2 $16) (21... Qxd4+ $143 22. Rxd4 Nc5 23. Bxf6
gxf6 24. Rfd1 {+/=/+/-}) 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. e5 $14 Ne8 ({Leads to favourable
simplifications for White:} 23... Nh7 $6 24. Ne4 Rc2 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Rc1 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Nf8 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. h3 {+/=/+/-}) 24. Qe4 Qf5 (24... Rd8
$2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qb7 Qg6 27. Qxa7 Rd2 28. Qa8 Kf8 29. Nb5 {+/-/+-}) 25.
Qxf5 exf5 26. Rd7 (26. Nd5 Kf8 27. Ne3 g6 28. Rd7 Ng7 29. Rfd1 Ne6 30. g3 Nc5
31. R7d4 Ne6 32. R4d2 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 35. Nd5 $14) 26... Nc7
{It's the right time to return the knight to the game - "e6" square seems good
for him.} 27. g4 $6 {Play to win at any price! White sacrificed a pawn in
order to move his pawns forward on the kingside. But the black knight activity
neutralized all of White's plans.} ({After more "positional":} 27. Rfd1 $5 Ne6
28. g3 Nc5 29. R7d4 Ne6 30. R4d2 {Black had to continue to fight for the
equality.}) 27... fxg4 28. f5 Na6 29. f6 (29. e6 $6 fxe6 30. fxe6 $140 Nc5 31.
Rd6 (31. Nd5 $2 Nxd7 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. exd7 Rd8 35. Rd1 Kg6 $17 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Yg6f7,Yf7e7]}) 31... Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. e7 Re8 34. Nd5 Nd7
35. Kg2 $1 $44) 29... Nc5 30. Re7 Ne6 (30... Re8 $143 31. Nd5 Ne6 32. fxg7 Rxe7
33. Nxe7+ Kxg7 34. Nf5+ Kg6 35. Nd6 Ng5 36. Rf6+ Kh5 37. Kg2 $13) 31. Ne4 Rc7
32. Nd6 gxf6 (32... Rf8 $5 33. Rxc7 Nxc7 34. Nf5 Re8 35. Rc1 Ne6 36. fxg7 h5
37. h3 $1 $11) 33. exf6 $6 (33. Rxc7 $5 Nxc7 34. Rxf6 Ne8 35. Rf4 Nxd6 36.
Rxg4+ Kf8 37. exd6 Rd8 38. Rd4 f6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yf8f7,Yf7e6]} 39. Kf2 Kf7
40. Ke2 $11 {[%csl Ye2,Rh6][%cal Ye2d2,Gd4h4]}) 33... Rf8 34. Nxf7 Rxf7 35.
Rxe6 Kh7 {=/=/+ After couple of exchanges we have an approximately equal rook
ending. Black's pawn structure is a little better, thanks to a weak pawn on
"f6", but for a win, it's not enough.} 36. Rf2 Kg6 37. Kg2 h5 38. Kg3 $2 ({
White needs to exchange his kingside pawns:} 38. h3 $5 gxh3+ 39. Kxh3 {=/=/+})
38... Rcd7 $15 {Prevented White from playing "h3".} 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. a4 Rd4 $6 (
{In light of playing for win deserves serious attention:} 40... Rb3 $5 {
[%csl Rb2,Yb3][%cal Yb3h3]}) 41. a5 $1 bxa5 42. h3 gxh3+ 43. Kxh3 {With such a
pawn structure it is impossible to win. And after a few additional moves,
opponents agreed for draw.} Rg4 44. Ra6 Rg5 45. Kh4 Rg4+ 46. Kh3 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8
15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. Bf2 Red8 18. e4 N5f6 19. Be3 $5 {New and skilful
attempt of Merab Gagunashvili receive advantage in well known for him position.
By a loss of a tempo White aspires to put his bishop on "d4". In addition,
with this move, White frees "f2" square for knight in case of 19...g4.} ({
Previously twice was checked by GM Merab Guganashvili:} 19. dxc5 $6 {You can
see my annotations to Gagunashvili-Li Wenliang/Groningen,2004/CBM 99(1-0)(54))}
) ({and once} 19. O-O $5 a6 (19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 $14) (19... g4 $5 20. fxg4
Nxg4 (20... Nxe4 21. Bh4 cxd4 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 $13) 21. Bh4 cxd4 $1 22. Bxd8 Rxd8
$13) (19... Rac8 20. Rad1 a6 21. Be2 Kf8 22. Be3 Ke7 23. Nf2 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc2
25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Rc8 27. Nd1 Ne8 $5 28. Ne3 a5 $2 29. b4 $1 $16 {You can
see my annotations to Van Wely,L-Timman,J/Almelo,2004/CBM 101(1-0)(41)}) 20.
Bxd7 (20. Be2 $143 g4 21. fxg4 Nxe4 $13) 20... Nxd7 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5
23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Rc2 a5 25. Nf2 Ba6 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Rd8 28. Nc3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gagunashvili,M-Sprenger,J/Metz,2004/Inf 90/461 (60)}) ({Other moves,
that were checked in practice, are:} 19. O-O-O) (19. b4) ({and} 19. Rd1) 19...
cxd4 $5 $146 (19... Rac8 $143 20. Nf2 Ne8 21. h4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 f6 (22... Nc5 $5
{/\Nb3}) 23. Ng4 Kg7 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bc3 a6 26. Ba4 b5 27. Bc2 Nc5 28. Rh5 e5
29. Kf2 Ne6 $2 (29... Kf7 $142 30. Rah1 $16) 30. Rah1 $18 {L'Ami,E-Brandenburg,
D/Groningen,2004(1-0)(41)}) 20. Bxd4 {+/=/=} Ne8 {[%csl Rb5,Ye8][%cal Ye8d6,
Gf7f5] Good reaction of Black. He planned to play Nd6 with idea f5.} (20... a6
$143 21. Be2 Rac8 22. Nf2 $14) 21. Nf2 Nd6 22. Bxd7 (22. Bd3 $6 f5 $1 23. b4
Rac8 24. Rd1 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Nc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. bxc5 Rxc5 $15)
22... Rxd7 23. Ng4 {[%csl Gd4,Rd7,Rf6,Gg4,Rg8,Rh6][%cal Gg4f6,Gg4h6]} ({
Black easily equalizes the position:} 23. Bf6 Ne8 (23... Nc4 $2 24. Ng4 h5 25.
h4 $18) 24. Ng4 Kf8 25. Bc3 (25. h4 Nxf6 26. Nxf6 Rc7 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Nh7+
Kg7 29. Nxg5 Rc2 $11) 25... h5 26. Ne5 Rdd8 $11) 23... Ne8 (23... Nxe4 $143 24.
Bc3 Nxc3 ({or} 24... h5 25. Ne5 Nxc3 26. Nxd7 Nd5 27. Ne5 {+/=/=}) 25. Nf6+ Kg7
26. Nxd7 Nd5 27. Ne5 {+/=/=}) 24. Bc3 (24. Bf6 Kf8 {- see comments for move 23
of White.}) 24... h5 25. Ne3 ({Deserves attention:} 25. Nf6+ $5 Nxf6 26. Bxf6
Rc8 (26... g4 $143 27. h3 $14) 27. Bxg5 Rc2 28. O-O Rxb2 29. Rfd1 Bc6 (29...
Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1) 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Rc1 $14 {with a little advantage for White.
But Black has enough resources in order to do draw.}) 25... Rd3 {Useless
activity.} (25... Rad8 $142) 26. Ke2 ({After:} 26. Kf2 Rad8 27. h4 g4 28. Rad1
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 {+/=/= Black doesn't have serious problems.}) 26...
Ba6 (26... Rad8 $5) 27. Kf2 Kh7 28. h4 {[%csl Gh1,Rh7]} (28. Rad1 Rad8 29. Rxd3
Rxd3 30. Nc2 Bb7 $11) 28... g4 29. Rhe1 ({Too risky:} 29. fxg4 $6 Nd6 30. Kf3
hxg4+ (30... Bb7 $6 31. Rad1 Rxd1 (31... hxg4+ $2 32. Kf4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Nxe4
34. Rd7 $16) 32. Rxd1 Nxe4 33. Kf4 Nxc3 34. bxc3 $16) 31. Kf4 f6 32. e5 (32.
Bxf6 Rf8 33. e5 Rd4+ 34. Kg3 Ne4+ 35. Kh2 g3+ 36. Kh3 Rg8 37. Bg5 Nxg5+ 38.
hxg5 Rxg5 $15) 32... fxe5+ 33. Kxe5 Rxe3+ 34. Kxd6 Bb7 {=/+/=}) 29... Rad8 30.
Rad1 {Equivalent to agreement for draw. After couple of exchanges, limited
material and bishops of opposite colors guarantee a peaceful finish to the
game.} Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Nxd1 gxf3 33. gxf3 f6 $11 34. Ne3 Kg6 35. Ng2 e5
36. Bb4 Kf7 37. Ne3 Bb5 38. Nf5 Bd7 39. Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 $5 {[%csl Gb4,Re4]
[%cal Gc8b7,Gb7e4,Gf6e4]} (6... O-O $143 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O $14) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b3 $5 {White's plan is: Bb2,Rad1or Rfd1and d5.} c5 $5
({Is a possible continuations of the play:} 10... Qe7) (10... a5 $5) (10... Rb8
$5 {[%csl Rb7,Yb8][%cal Yb8b7,Gf6e4]}) (10... Re8) (10... Ne4 $6 11. Qc2 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf3g5]} Qc8 12. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) ({and} 10... Qc8 $6 11.
Bb2 Be4 12. Rad1 {Is the first game in this variation!!!} (12. Bh3 $5 c6 13.
Nd2 Bg6 14. Ba3 c5 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. e4 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. f4 $36 {Giorgadze,
T-Kavalek,L/Hannover,1983(1-0)(78)}) 12... Qb7 13. Bh3 Rad8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe4
Qxe4 16. f3 $1 Qg6 (16... Qxe2 $4 17. Rfe1 {[%csl Re2]}) 17. e4 {[%csl Gb2,Gc4,
Gd4,Ge4,Gh3] +/=/+/- Donner,J-Golombek,H/Venice,1950(1-0)(49)}) 11. Bb2 Qc7 $5
$146 ({Was checked in the previous games:} 11... Rc8 $5 12. Rfd1 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Gd4d5]} Qe7 $1 {קe2} (12... d5 $6 13. dxc5 $1 bxc5 (13... Rxc5 $4 14.
Ba3 Ne4 15. Qe3 $18) (13... Nxc5 14. Qe3 $14) 14. e3 $14) 13. d5 $5 $13 {
You can see comments to Greenfeld,A-Kurajica,B/Belgrade,1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,
V)(43)}) ({Pretty dubiously:} 11... Ne4 {because of:} 12. Qe3 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Gf3g5]} f5 13. dxc5 $1 {and white has a big positional advantage.} (13. Ng5 $2
cxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Bb2 f4 $1 {[%csl Rg5]} 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Qh3 $8 Qxg5 (
17... Nxg5 $2 18. Qc3 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rg7]}) 18. Qxd7 Nc5 19. Qh3 f3 $1 $17)) (
11... Qe7 $5) ({and} 11... cxd4 $6) 12. Rfd1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd4d5]} Be4 {
/^a8-h1.In my opinion,black have chosen the wrong plan.} ({It deserves
attention:} 12... Rfe8 {[%csl Re2]}) 13. Rac1 ({Now,not suitable moment for:} 
13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Qb7 (14... Rfe8 $5) 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rfe8 $13) 13...
Qb7 $6 {[%csl Gb7,Ge4][%mdl 16384] Black continue the incorrect strategy.} (
13... Rfe8 $5) 14. dxc5 $1 {בd;point d6.} dxc5 15. Rd2 $5 {<->d;/\Rad1 and
Rxd7(><g7)} ({Also good enough:} 15. Rd6 $5 {[%cal Gc1d1]} Rfd8 16. Rcd1 Ne8
17. Bf1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf3e5,Gf3g5]}) 15... Rfe8 16. Rcd1 $14 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Gd2d7]} Re7 ({A little worse is:} 16... e5 17. Bh3 Bc6 18. Qe3 $36) 17.
Bh3 Bc6 ({After:} 17... Bxf3 $6 18. exf3 {[%csl Gb2,Gh3] white has two bishops
and control over centre.}) 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 h6 20. g4 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} ({
Can be recommended:} 20. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) ({or} 20. f3 $5 {[%cal Ge2e4]})
20... Qc7 21. Rd6 $5 ({After:} 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kh7 24.
Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bg2 $14 {white save a positional advantage in the endgame.})
21... Ne8 22. g5 $6 {It is more logically to not spoil pawns chain:} (22. Rxc6
$5 Qxc6 23. Bg2 Qc8 24. Bxa8 (24. g5 $143 hxg5 (24... f6 $6 25. gxf6 gxf6 (
25... Nxf6 26. Bxa8 Qxa8 27. f3 $14) 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Qxh6 $40) 25. Bxa8 (25.
Qxg5 $6 {see the game.}) 25... Qxa8 26. Qxg5 f6 $11) 24... Qxa8 25. h4 $14 {
[%cal Gg4g5]}) 22... hxg5 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Bg2 Qc8 25. Qxg5 $6 {Too
optimistically.} (25. Bxa8 $142 Qxa8 26. Qxg5 f6 $11) 25... f6 26. Qg6 Rb8 27.
Be4 {[%csl Rg8]} f5 $6 {There is no sense to open the bishop "b2".Was more
essentially:} (27... Rd7 $5) 28. Bf3 Qc7 {[%cal Gb8d8]} 29. Kh1 {[%cal Gd1g1]
Now Ivan Ivanisevic has a sufficient compensation.} Rd8 30. Rg1 Rd2 31. Bc1 $1
Qd6 $5 ({Pretty dubiously:} 31... Rxa2 $6 {in view of:} 32. Bg5 Rb2 33. Rg3 $40
{/\Rh3,Qh5-h8(עg8)}) 32. Bxd2 Qxd2 33. Kg2 {/\e3,Rd1} Nf6 (33... Qxa2 $2 {
is refuted by:} 34. Rd1 Qxb3 35. Rd8 Qa4 36. e4 $1 {It's best move!} (36. Bh5
$5) 36... fxe4 37. Bh5 Kf8 38. Qxe4 $16) 34. e3 {[%cal Gg1d1]} Qd8 {[%cal
Ge7d7,Gd7d2] Queen has returned home,now a rook begin active actions.} ({
Again badly:} 34... Qxa2 $2 {because of:} 35. Rd1 Rf7 36. h4 $40 {[%cal Gh4h5,
Gh5h6]}) 35. Kh1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg6f6]} Kf8 36. h4 Rd7 $11 37. Qg3 $6 (37.
Rg2 $142 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6]}) 37... Qc7 38. Qg5 $6 ({After:} 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39.
Rd1 Rd7 {position of black,as the minimum,is not worse.}) ({It deserves
attention:} 38. Qh3 Rd2 $140 39. h5 Rxf2 40. h6 g5 $8 (40... Ng4 $4 {[%csl Rh1]
[%cal Gf2h2]} 41. Bxg4 Qc6+ 42. Bf3 $1 Rxf3 (42... Qxf3+ 43. Qxf3 Rxf3 44. Kg2
$1 $18 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Gh6h7,Gh7h8]}) 43. hxg7+ Ke7 $8 44. Qh4+ Kd6 (44... Kd7
45. Rd1+ $18) 45. Rd1+ Ke5 46. Rd5+ $1 exd5 47. Qe7+ (47. g8=Q $5) 47... Qe6
48. Qxe6+ Kxe6 49. g8=Q+ $18) 41. Rxg5 Rxa2 42. Rg6 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ (43...
Qe5 $2 44. Qg3 (44. h7 $143 Qb2+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ (45... Rg1+ $2 46. Kf4 Rxg6 47.
h8=Q+ $18) 46. Kg2 Qb2+ $11) 44... Ra2+ 45. Kh3 Qxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Kf7 47. Rg7+ Kf8
48. Rc7 Kg8 49. Re7 $14 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg3f4,Gf4e5,Gf4g5]}) 44. Kh1 Ra1+ $11)
38... Rd2 {[%csl Rf2]} 39. Kg2 Qe7 (39... Rxa2 $6 40. h5 $44 {[%cal Gh5h6]})
40. Qg3 e5 41. Rd1 Rxd1 $6 ({At last,it was necessary to take away this pawn:} 
41... Rxa2 42. Qg6 $140 f4 $15) 42. Bxd1 $11 Ne4 $6 ({It was a little better:} 
42... Qd7 43. Bf3 f4 44. exf4 e4 45. Be2 Qd2 46. Qe3 Qxa2 $11) 43. Qg6 Qf6 (
43... Qd7 $6 44. Bc2 $140 Nxf2 (44... Nd6 $142) 45. Qxf5+ (45. Bxf5 $2 Qd2 $40)
45... Qxf5 46. Bxf5 Nd1 47. Kf3 Nc3 48. a3 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf3f2,Gf2e1,Ge1d2]}
) 44. Qh7 Ke7 ({Leads to equality:} 44... Qe6 $5 45. Bc2 Nd6 46. Qh8+ Qg8 47.
Qh5 Qe6 {[%csl Ye6]}) 45. Bf3 Nc3 46. a3 Nb1 $6 (46... Kd7 $142) 47. Bh5 Nc3 {
It is better to recognize the mistake in time.} (47... Nxa3 $6 48. Qg8 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb6,Re7][%cal Gg8e8,Gg8b8]} a5 49. Qe8+ Kd6 50. Qb8+ Kd7 51. Qb7+ Kd8
52. Bf7 $36 {[%csl Rd8]}) 48. Qg8 Qf8 49. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096]} 50. Bg6 Nb1
$4 {This serious mistake leads a black to bad position.It was necessary:} (
50... f4 51. Kf3 (51. exf4 $6 Ne2 $1 52. Kf3 Nxf4 53. Bf5 Ke7 $11) 51... fxe3
52. Kxe3 {[%csl Rc3]} b5 $8 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 53. Kd3 b4 54. axb4 cxb4 55. c5 Ke7
$11) 51. Bxf5 Nxa3 52. Bd3 {[%csl Ra3,Yd3]} a6 53. Kf3 Ke7 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. f4
exf4 56. exf4 b5 $2 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 56... g6 $8 {[%csl Yg6]
[%cal Yg6f5]} 57. Ke3 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge3d2,Gd2c3,Gc3b2]} (57. f5+ $2 gxf5+
58. Kf4 Kf6 59. Bxf5 b5 60. Bd3 bxc4 61. bxc4 Nxc4 $1 62. Bxc4 Kg7 $11 {
[%csl Gc4,Yh8][%cal Yg7h8]}) 57... Kf6 58. Kd2 b5 59. Kc3 b4+ 60. Kd2 a5 61.
Ke3 Kf7 62. Kf3 (62. Ke4 Ke6 $140 63. f5+ gxf5+ 64. Kf4 Kf6 65. h5 a4 $1 (65...
Kg7 $2 66. Kg5 $1 {[%cal Gh5h6]}) 66. bxa4 b3 67. a5 b2 68. a6 Nxc4 69. Bxf5
Ne3 70. Bb1 Nd5+ 71. Kg4 Nc7 72. a7 Kg7 73. Kf3 Kh6 74. Bg6 b1=Q (74... Kg5 75.
Ke3 c4 76. Kd2 c3+ 77. Kc2 Kh6 78. Kb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gb4c5,Gc5b6]} b1=Q+ 79.
Bxb1 Kxh5 80. Kb4 Kg5 81. Kc5 Kf6 82. Kc6 Na8 83. Kb7 $18) 75. Bxb1 Kxh5 76.
Be4 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} Kg5 77. Ke3 Kf6 78. Kd3 Ke5 79. Bg2 Ke6 80. Kc4 Kd6 81. Bb7
$22 $18) 62... Kf6 63. Kg4 a4 64. bxa4 b3 65. a5 b2 66. a6 Nxc4 67. a7 Nb6 68.
h5 gxh5+ 69. Kxh5 c4 70. Bb1 c3 71. Kg4 {[%csl Ga7,Rb2,Rc3,Gf4]} Ke6 72. f5+
Kd5 73. Kg5 $1 {/\Kg6,f6 and so on.} (73. f6 $2 Ke6 74. Kg5 Kf7 75. Kf5 Na8 76.
Ke5 Nc7 $11 {[%csl Ra7,Yc7,Re5][%cal Yc7b5]}) 73... Kc6 74. f6 Kb7 75. f7 Nd7
76. Kf5 Kxa7 77. Ke6 Nf8+ 78. Ke7 {[%csl Yb1,Ge7,Rf8][%cal Gb1h7]}) 57. f5+ $1
Kf6 (57... Kd6 $144 58. h5 {[%cal Gf5f6]} bxc4 59. bxc4 Ke7 60. Kd5 {[%csl Rc5]
}) 58. Kd5 $18 bxc4 59. bxc4 a5 60. Kxc5 Ke5 61. h5 Kf6 62. Kd5 {[%csl Gc4,Gf5,
Gh5][%cal Gc4c5,Gc5c6]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 $6 {This move does not give big problems for Black.}
(10. Nf3 $5 {It's the main line.You can see my comments to Xu Jun-Wang Rui/
Yongchuan,2003/CBM 97(1-0)(39)}) 10... h6 $5 {Other alternatives, that were
checked in this position, are:} (10... a6) ({and} 10... Nc6) 11. Bh4 $146 (11.
Bxf6 $5 {You can see my annotations to game: Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Dortmund,1998/
CBM 66(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 11... a6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Nd5 {Maybe better was to
start from:} (13... Rc8 $5 14. Qd2 {and now:} Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Rfxd8
17. b4 $14) 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 ({Could be recommended:} 15. Bc7 $5 Nd5 16.
Bd6 Rfc8 (16... Nxe3 $143 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Kf2 $14) 17. e4 Ne3 18. Kf2 Nc4 19.
Bxc4 bxc4 20. Ke3 {with stable advantage of White.}) 15... Rfxd8 16. b4 $14 {
[%csl Ra6,Rb5][%cal Gd3a6] From opening game directly over to the ending. In
this position White keeps little, but long-time and stable advantage thanks to
better pawn structure and space advantage.} Kf8 {Black prefers a passive
defence. He could try to use his development advantage and create counterplay:}
(16... d5 $5 {/\e5} 17. f4 f6 $132 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6e5]}) 17. Kd2 Ke7 18.
Rhb1 Rdb8 19. g4 {In addition to this move White could choose between two
options:} (19. a4 $5 bxa4 20. Rxa4 {קa6 +/=}) ({or plan from a game:} 19. Rb2
$5 {[%cal Ga1b1,Ga3a4]}) 19... Bc8 (19... d6 $142) 20. Rb2 $6 {White plays
very inconsistently. Good continuation of his kingside pawn strategy was:} (20.
h4 $5 Bb7 21. f4 $16) 20... d5 {[%cal Gf7f6,Ge6e5,Ye7d6] Black chose to fixate
the pawn structure in the centre. From one side, he weakened "c5" square, from
another side now he could return to his plan with e5.} 21. Rab1 Bd7 22. Ne2 Kd6
23. Rc1 Rc8 ({For the present, not enough for equality:} 23... e5 24. Rc5 Re8
25. Nc3 exd4 26. exd4 $14) 24. Rc5 Nd8 (24... e5 $6 25. Rbc2 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4
27. exd4 $14) 25. Nc3 Nc6 26. Kc2 {Before starting any active operations in
the centre, White transfers his king to "b3".} Rcb8 (26... f6 $5) 27. Kb3 Nd8
28. e4 Nc6 29. Ne2 ({Interesting to check:} 29. e5+ $5 Ke7 30. Ne2 f6 31. Rbc2
Rc8 32. f4 g5 33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. f5 $14 {and White continues to keep his
advantage.}) 29... g5 30. Kc3 $6 ({Seems good enough:} 30. e5+ $5 Ke7 31. Rbc2
Rc8 32. Kc3 f6 33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. Kd2 Ne7 35. Ng3 $14) 30... f6 31. Kd2 Rh8 {
[%csl Rh2][%cal Gh6h5] Black's position in the centre is very tough and he
starts to think about counterplay.} 32. Ke3 h5 $11 33. gxh5 $2 {Confusion. It
seems that Merab Gagunashvili was in time-trouble and couldn't reform himself
for defense. During the next few moves his position totally collapses.} (33. h3
$142 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rh1 $11) 33... Rxh5 $15 {[%csl Rh2] Now Black has a strong
initiative on "h" file.} 34. Ng3 Rh4 35. Rbc2 Rah8 36. exd5 {White doesn't
want to suffer from a passive defense and tries to strain the game.} ({Another
option was:} 36. Nf1 $5) 36... Nxd4 37. dxe6 (37. Ne4+ $2 Rxe4+ 38. fxe4 (38.
Bxe4 Nxc2+ 39. Rxc2 exd5 $19) 38... Nxc2+ 39. Rxc2 exd5 40. Rf2 dxe4 41. Kxe4
Rh4+ 42. Ke3 Ke5 $19) 37... Nxc2+ 38. Rxc2 Bxe6 $17 39. Ne4+ Rxe4+ {It's not
clear why Black needed to return the material:} (39... Ke7 $5 40. Rc7+ Kd8 41.
Ra7 Rf4 42. Rxa6 Rh3 $17 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2]}) 40. Bxe4 f5 41. Bb7 $2 {Mistake.
The Bishop is placed badly on the queenside.} (41. Bd3 $8 $15) (41. Rc6+ $2 Kd7
$19) 41... Bc4 42. a4 (42. Kd4 $2 Kc7 43. Bd5 (43. Bxa6 Kb6 $19) 43... Rd8 44.
Rxc4+ bxc4 45. Kxc4 Rh8 $19) 42... Ke5 43. f4+ ({Also bad:} 43. Rg2 bxa4 44.
Rxg5 a3 45. f4+ Kf6 46. Rg1 Rb8 $19) 43... gxf4+ 44. Kf3 Rh7 $19 {Now the
white bishop is trapped.} 45. Bc6 (45. Bxa6 Bd5+ 46. Ke2 Rxh2+ 47. Kd1 Bb3 $19)
45... Rc7 46. axb5 axb5 47. Bxb5 (47. Ba8 Bd5+ 48. Bxd5 Rxc2 $19) 47... Bd5+
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 {Very agressive continuation. I don't think that Black need
this sharp move in the early stage of the game. Besides he has a good choice
between:} (9... c5 $5) (9... d6 $5) ({and} 9... d5 $5) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5
12. Bd3 $5 $146 {In early games White prefers first to protect "g2" pawn:} (12.
f3 $5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. Bd3 (14. Ne2 d6 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. O-O-O a6 17. f4
Rae8 18. Rh2 Qg7 19. Be2 $14 {Baburin,A-Tiviakov,S/Kilkenny,1998(1/2-1/2)(29)})
14... c5 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Qc3 (16. O-O-O cxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 18. Kb1 Na5 19. Qa4
Rc7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Rhd1 $11 {Baburin,A-Milov,V/Isle of Man,1995(1/2-1/2)(50)}
) 16... Rac8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. f4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Psakhis,L/Klaipeda,1988/
Inf 46/753(18)}) 12... d6 (12... Nxg3 $2 13. hxg3 Bxg2 14. Rxh6 Kg7 15. Rh2 Bb7
16. g4 $40 {[%cal Gg1e2,Ge2g3,Gg3f5,Gg3h5]}) ({Deserves attention:} 12... c5 $5
) 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 $14 {Now White's advantage is clear thanks to open file
"h" and weak position of black king.} Qf6 15. g4 $6 {Why not protect the king
and finish development first?} (15. O-O-O $5 c5 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Kb1 $14) 15...
Nd7 ({After:} 15... fxg4 16. O-O-O (16. fxg4 $143 Nd7 17. O-O-O c5 18. Rf1 Qg7
$11) 16... Nd7 (16... gxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 $14) 17. fxg4 {
we have position from a game.}) 16. O-O-O fxg4 17. fxg4 Qg7 $1 $11 {Good move.
With it Black frees the "f6" square for his knight and prepares a little
exchanging operation.} 18. Nf3 {Now it's not easy for White to find a move.
Could be recommended:} (18. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Gg1f3,Gf3d2]}) 18... Rxf3 $6 ({
Interesting to check taking on "g4":} 18... Nf6 $5 19. e4 $140 Nxg4 $15 {
[%cal Gg4e3,Ge3c2,Ge3d1] and not clear which compensation White has for the
pawn.}) 19. gxf3 Bxf3 20. Qh2 Bxd1 21. Kxd1 Nf6 22. Qxh6 Qxh6 23. Rxh6 Kf7 {
After couple of exchanges we have an approximately equal endgame. White's rook
is more active, but weakness of "g4" pawn gives Black good counterplay.} 24.
Ke2 c5 {Right decision - Black fixates white's pawns on the light squares.} 25.
Kf3 {After exchange of rooks opponents could agree for draw:} (25. Rg6 Rg8 26.
Rxg8 Kxg8 27. Kf3 $11) 25... a5 26. Rh2 Rd8 27. b4 $6 {White understood, that
he had no chances to win and aspires to exchange so many pawns as possible.
But better for him was to wait for black's active actions. After this move,
Black has good chances to start attacking white's pawns.} axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 $6
({Doesn't promise much for Black taking on "b4":} 28... cxb4 $6 29. Rb2 Rh8 30.
Bf1 $11) ({but after} 28... cxd4 $5 29. exd4 Ra8 30. Re2 Ra1 $15 {his active
rook gives him a serious advantage.}) 29. bxc5 Ra3 $4 {Tactical blunder. Black
missed that he couldn't stop the white pawn.} (29... bxc5 $142 30. dxc5 dxc5
31. Rb2 $11) {[%tqu "En","Black's previous move was a decisive blunder. Can
you find why?","","","c5c6","Now game is over - with an extra pawn White has
an easy win.",10]} 30. c6 $1 $18 {Now game is over - with an extra pawn White
has an easy win.} Ke7 31. Rh8 {[%cal Gc6c7]} Ra7 32. Rb8 d5 33. Rb7+ Rxb7 34.
cxb7 Nd7 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Bb5 Nb8 37. e4 (37. e4 $5 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. exd5
Kxd5 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Ke4 Kc7 42. Kf5 Kxb7 43. Kxg5 Nc6 44. Bxc6+ Kxc6 45. Kf5
b5 46. Ke4 $18 {[%csl Gd4,Ye4,Gg4][%cal Ye4d3]}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 ({Nowadays,more popular is:} 10. Qd3 {You can see my
annotations to Rowson,J-Beliavsky,A/Mallorca,2004/CBM 104(0-1)(51)}) 10... c5 (
{It deserves serious attention:} 10... h6 $5 11. Bh4 $140 c5 $13 {For further
details you can see my comments to game: Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi,1999/
CBM 74(0-1)(33)}) 11. Rd1 {Besides twice were checked up in previous games:} (
11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rac8 (13... h6 $5 14. Bh4 Rfc8 15. O-O d5 16.
Bg3 Qc6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 N7f6 19. Nxd5 Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bxc2 Rxc2
22. b4 Rd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Timman,J/Amsterdam,1996}) 14. O-O Ba6 $1 15.
Qa4 (15. Rfc1 $5 Bxc4 $140 16. Nd1 $11 Qb8 17. Bxc4 d5 18. b3 b5 $15) 15...
Bxc4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 $44 {Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Linares,1999/Inf 75/474(1/
2-1/2)(Ivanchuk,V)(60)}) 11... Qc7 $5 {I think,that Ruslan Ponomariov has
prepared this continuation directly ahead of this meeting,as he was familiar
with the following game:} (11... cxd4 $5 12. Rxd4 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qd1 d5 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Bc6 18. Be7 Rfc8 19. Bd6 Qb7 20. f3 e5 21. Rd2
b5 $11 {Sokolov,I-Stefansson,H/Calvia,2004(1/2-1/2)(32)}) 12. Nc3 a6 13. d5
$146 {White block a /^a8-h1 with idea to finish development: Be2 and 0-0.} ({
The same position,with rearrangement of moves,has met in one more game:} 13.
Be2 $6 h6 $1 (13... Bxg2 14. Rg1 $44) 14. Bh4 $6 (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. O-O $11)
14... Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. d5 Rfe8 $15 {Lafuente,P-Garcia Martinez,S/Havana,
2004(0-1)(24)}) 13... exd5 {It's the most logical reaction to novelty of White.
Black is obliged to prepare "b5",differently they will not receive a
counterplay.} 14. cxd5 ({Hardly it was better:} 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Rfe8 {
/\Re5 with easy and comfortable game.}) 14... b5 $132 15. Bd3 ({It was weakly:
} 15. Be2 $2 {in view of:} b4 {קd5}) ({Is more interesting alternative:} 15.
e4 $5 b4 (15... Rfe8 $144 16. f3) 16. Ne2 Rfe8 17. f3 Qb6 $13) 15... b4 16.
axb4 cxb4 17. Ne2 $6 {The pleased doubtful decision.After this move,Ivan
Sokolov already can not equalize a position.} (17. Ne4 $5 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 (18.
Nxf6+ $4 gxf6 19. Bxc2 fxg5 $19) 18... Rac8 (18... Rfc8 $5) 19. Bd3 Nxe4 20.
Bxe4 f5 21. Bb1 Rf7 (21... Nb6 $6 22. Be7 Rf7 23. Bxd6 Bxd5 24. Bxb4 Bxg2 25.
Rg1 $11) 22. f3 Nb6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Re8 25. O-O Re5 26. Bd2 $11) 17...
Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Bxd5 {Black lose of the pawn,but get rid of weakness :)} ({
There is no sense to worsen an coordination of the pieces:} 18... Nxd5 $6 19.
Be4 N7b6 20. Bf3 (20. Nf4 $4 Nxe3 $1 21. Bxb7 (21. Rxd6 Bxe4 22. fxe3 Rfc8 23.
O-O Nc4 $19) 21... Nxd1 22. Bxa8 Nxb2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra8,Rf4,Rg5][%cal Gh7h6]})
20... Rfe8 21. Rd4 $44) 19. O-O ({Leads to favourable simplifications for
Black:} 19. Bf5 h6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nf4 Bb3 22. Rxd6 Rfd8 $15) 19... Rfc8 20.
Nd4 {White try to make active his pieces.} ({A little prematurely:} 20. Bf5 Be6
21. Bb1 (21. Bxe6 $143 fxe6 22. Rxd6 Rc2 23. Nd4 Rxb2 24. Nxe6 a5 $17) 21... d5
22. Nd4 {=/+/-/+}) 20... a5 $15 21. Bf5 ({I do not think that it was much
better:} 21. Ra1 Rc5 22. Bh4 (22. Bf4 $143 Ne5) 22... h6 23. Rfd1 $15) 21...
Rc5 22. Bxd7 $1 {White had no other worthy alternative.} Nxd7 23. Be7 Ra6 24.
Rfe1 $1 {White have created threat: 25.e4 Bb7 26.Nf5 (קd6)} (24. Nf5 $2 {
is refuted by:} Bc4 {[%csl Rf1,Rf5]}) (24. Ne2 $6 a4 {/\a3}) 24... Be4 {
Black prevent a threat of White and,at the same time,translate his B on the
important /^b1-h7.} (24... f5 $2 25. Nxf5 $1 Bb3 $140 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Nxd6
Rc2 28. Nb7 a4 29. Bxb4 Rxb2 $44) ({In this position I would accept the
following decision:} 24... g6 $5 25. e4 $140 Ba8 26. f3 a4 {=/+/-/+}) 25. f3
Bg6 26. e4 $6 {White had a uneasy choice,and he did not manage to find the
best continuation:} (26. Ne2 $1 {קd6} Rcc6 (26... Rc2 $143 27. Bxd6 Rxb2 28.
Bxb4 $1 (28. Be5 $2 Rb1 $1 $19) 28... axb4 29. Rxd7 h6 30. e4 $15) 27. Nd4 Rcb6
28. Rc1 $44 {<->c}) 26... f6 27. Ne2 $6 {Now white's bishop is in the large
danger.} ({It was necessary:} 27. Nf5 Bxf5 (27... Rc2 $2 28. Bxd6 Rxb2 29. Bxb4
axb4 30. Rxd7 Bxf5 31. exf5 $132 {[%csl Gd7,Ge1,Rg8]}) 28. exf5 (28. Bxd6 $4
Rcc6 $19) 28... Rxf5 29. Bxd6 Ne5 {=/+/-/+}) 27... Rcc6 {/\Kf7(ץe7)} 28. Nd4
Rcb6 $17 29. Bd8 $4 {Painful blunder leading to immediate loss.} (29. Rc1 Nc5
30. Red1 a4 $140 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxc5 a3 $17) 29... Rb7 $2 {Ruslan
Ponomariov missed an excellent opportunity to receive a material advantage:} (
29... Rb8 $1 30. Bxa5 $140 (30. Ne6 Kf7 31. Bc7 Rc8 $19) (30. Bc7 Rb7 31. Rc1 (
31. Bd8 Nc5 {/\Rd7 -+}) 31... Nc5 32. Bd8 (32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxc5 Rxd4) 32...
Rd7 $19) 30... Nc5 $1 (30... Rxa5 $4 31. Nc6 Ra2 32. Nxb8 Nxb8 33. Rxd6 Na6 34.
Rc1 $13) 31. Bc7 Rb7 32. Bd8 Rd7 33. Bxf6 gxf6 $19) 30. Ne6 Bf7 (30... Ra8 $6
31. Be7 Re8 $140 (31... a4 $5 32. Bxd6 a3 $15) 32. Nd8 $1 {By such original
way,it is possible to protect of Be7.} Rb6 33. Bxd6 $1 Rxd8 (33... Rxd6 $143
34. Rxd6 Rxd8 35. Red1 Be8 36. Ra6 $11) 34. Bc7 Rc8 35. Rxd7 Rb7 36. Rd8+ Rxd8
37. Bxd8 a4 38. Ra1 Be8 $15) 31. Nc7 Raa7 32. Rxd6 $8 ({Immediately loses a
game the following move:} 32. Nd5 $2 {because of:} Ra8 33. Ne7+ (33. Be7 $2 Ne5
34. Bxd6 Nc4 $19) 33... Kf8 34. Nc6 Ne5 35. Nxe5 (35. Nxa5 $143 Rd7 36. Bb6 Ra6
37. f4 Ng6 $19) 35... dxe5 36. Rd6 a4 $19) 32... Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Rxc7 34. Red1 {
Besides White has two acceptable alternatives:} (34. Ra6 $5 Bb3 35. Rxa5 Ne5
$17 {/\Nd3 קb2}) ({and} 34. Ra1 $5 Ra7 (34... Kf8 $5 35. Rxa5 Ne5 $17) 35. Rd4
{/\Rxb4} b3 36. Rda4 Rc7 37. Rxa5 Be6 (37... Rc2 $4 38. Ra8+ Nf8 39. Rd1 {
/\Rdd8(פf8)} g5 40. Rdd8 Rxb2 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Rfb8 $16) 38. Ra7 Rxa7 39.
Rxa7 Nc5 $17) 34... Be8 35. Ra6 Rc5 (35... Rc2 $143 36. b3 $1 (36. Rxa5 Rxb2
37. Rb5 b3 $17) 36... Nc5 $140 37. Rxa5 Nxb3 38. Ra8 Kf7 {=/+/-/+}) 36. Ra7 {
White try to create a counterplay.} Kf8 37. Rd5 {קa2} ({Leads to immediate
disaster:} 37. Raxd7 $2 Bxd7 38. Rxd7 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Rxb2 $19) 37...
Rxd5 {In my opinion,this continuation is better,than:} (37... Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+
39. Kg3 Rxb2 40. Rdxa5 $17 {[%csl Ga5,Ga7,Rb4,Rf8][%cal Ga7b7]}) 38. exd5 Nb6
39. d6 $5 (39. Rxa5 $143 Ke7 $1 (39... Nc4 $2 40. Ra8 {/\Rb8 קb4} Ke7 (40...
Nxb2 $2 41. d6 Kf7 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Re7+ Kxd6 44. Rxe8 $14) 41. Rb8 Nxb2 42.
Rxb4 Nd3 $15) 40. Kf2 Kd6 41. Ra6 Kc5 42. Ra7 Bd7 43. Rb7 g5 $17) 39... a4 40.
Rb7 ({After:} 40. Kf2 $6 {Black can keep Pb:} b3 $17 ({The sacrifice of bishop
did not conduct to the purpose:} 40... Nc4 $2 41. d7 Bxd7 42. Rxd7 Nxb2 43. Ke3
a3 (43... b3 44. Rb7) 44. Kd4 $13)) 40... Nc4 $1 {It's absolutely correct
decision.} 41. Rxb4 $8 ({Previous move of Black,is directed against:} 41. d7 $2
Bxd7 42. Rxd7 Nxb2 {which considerably loses in force,as now white's K can not
help the his rook to stop the pawns of the contender.For example:} 43. Rb7 (43.
Kf2 $143 a3 44. Ra7 Nc4 {/\b3 -+}) 43... Nd3 44. Ra7 Nc5 $1 $19 45. Ra5 (45.
Kf2 $143 b3 46. Ke3 b2 47. Rb7 a3 48. Kd2 a2 $19) 45... b3 46. Rxc5 b2 47. Rb5
a3 48. Kf2 a2 49. Rxb2 a1=Q $19) 41... Nxd6 $17 42. Kf2 ({Now and on the
subsequent moves does not pass:} 42. b3 {in view of:} a3 43. Rb6 Nb5 44. Ra6
Ke7 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Yd7c7,Yc7b7,Ye7d7] with easy win.}) 42... Ke7 43. Ke3 Ke6
{Clearly,that in endgame it's necessary to move the kings in the centre.} 44.
Kd4 Nf5+ 45. Kc5 h5 $1 {Black's idea is: to create additional weakness on the
king side of contender,differently,it will be not simple to win this game.} 46.
Rb6+ Kf7 ({The attempt to escape in the centre from white's rook:} 46... Ke5 {
is senseless:} 47. Rb4 Ke6 48. Rb6+) 47. Rb7+ Kg6 {Black have hidden the king
and now can quietly consolidate his pieces.} 48. Rb4 (48. Rb8 $143 Bf7 {
[%csl Yf7][%cal Yf7b3]}) 48... h4 49. g4 Nh6 $1 {The fixing of pawn "h2" -
perhaps,sole way to struggle for a victory.} (49... hxg3 $6 50. hxg3 {For
White it's certainly favourable to exchange these pawns,than is less pawns-
the less problems for him.} Nxg3 $140 $4 51. Rg4+ Kf5 52. Rxg3 g5 $11) 50. h3
f5 51. Kd4 (51. Rb6+ Kg5 $140 52. Rb4 fxg4 53. fxg4 Ng8 $17 54. Rb7 (54. b3
axb3 (54... a3 $2 55. Rb7 a2 56. Rxg7+ Kf4 57. Ra7 Kg3 58. Rxa2 Kxh3 59. b4 $11
) 55. Rxb3 Nf6 {From my point of view,Black gradually win this endgame.}) 54...
g6 (54... Kg6 $5 55. b4 axb3 56. Rxb3 Nf6 $17) 55. Ra7 Nf6 56. Kd6 $140 $6 Nxg4
$1 57. Ra5+ Kf4 58. Ra8 Bb5 59. Ra5 Bd3 $1 60. Rxa4+ Be4 $19) 51... fxg4 52.
fxg4 Nf7 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gf7g5]} 53. Rb8 $2 {It was not necessary to make
this intermediate move.It's discrepancy,which allows to improve a position of
the black's bishop.} ({Also it was badly:} 53. Rc4 $2 Ng5 54. Rc3 Bb5 {/\Bf1
קh3 -+}) (53. Rb6+ $142 Kh7 (53... Kg5 $143 54. Ke3 Bd7 55. Ra6 {/\Ra5+}) 54.
b3 $1 (54. Rb8 $2 Bc6 {/\Bg2 קh3}) 54... a3 55. Ra6 Ng5 56. Rxa3 Nxh3 57. Ke3
g5 {with good chances to win.}) 53... Bd7 54. Rb7 {The rather doubtful
decision,but is very difficult to give good advice:} (54. Rb6+ Kg5 55. Rb7 Be6
{/\Bb3}) (54. b3 a3 55. Ra8 Ng5 56. Ra6+ Kh7 57. Rxa3 Nxh3 $19) 54... Be6 55.
Rb6 Kf6 {The black's pieces are consolidated.In the near future,will be lost
the Ph3 ... and together with him all game.} 56. Ra6 Ng5 57. Rxa4 Nxh3 58. b4 (
58. Ke3 g5 {/\Nf4 קg4}) 58... Nf4 59. b5 (59. Ke4 g5 {קg4}) 59... h3 $19 {
The Ph3 is much more dangerous,than Pb5.} 60. Ke3 (60. Ra1 Kg5 61. b6 Bd5 $19)
60... h2 61. Rxf4+ (61. Ra1 Bd5) 61... Kg6 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Ye6d5] The further
resistance is senseless. Despite the mistakes,this game was very interesting
and important for the theory of this variant.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e3
(8. Bg5 $5 {See comments to Van Wely,L - Timman,J/Breda,1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V) (32)}) 8... Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 {It's main line.} (9... Ne4 {See comments
to Bareev,E-Topalov,V/Sarajevo,1999/CBM 71(1-0)(Golod,V)(43)}) 10. Bb2 Qe7 11.
Be2 Ne4 $5 ({Another options is:} 11... c5 $5 {See comments to Timman,J-Karpov,
A/NLD/INA,1993/CBM 36 (1/2-1/2)(Ftacnik,L)(19)}) 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Rae8 {
From my point of view black is not have any problems in this position about
what once again and this game proves.} ({Less logical looks:} 13... Rf7 14.
Rad1 Raf8 15. d5 e5 16. b4 g5 17. Bd3 Ndf6 18. Ne1 $14 {Johansen,D-Teo Kok
Siong/Dubai,1986(1-0) (34)}) 14. Rad1 $146 ({Was checked in the previous game:
} 14. Ne1 Qh4 15. d5 {[%csl Rc7]} (15. f3 $5) 15... Ndf6 16. Rd1 Qh6 17. Bxf6
$6 Qxf6 18. Bf3 Ng5 19. Bh5 Re7 20. f4 Ne4 21. Bf3 exd5 22. cxd5 Ba6 23. Nd3
Qc3 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 $17 {Savon,V-Gurevich,V/Uzhgorod,1988(0-1) (42)}) 14... Rf6 {
At the black clear and simple plan of game:/\Rh6,g5-g4 or Rg6(><g2;/^b7-g2),
while white it is heavy to accept the decisions.} 15. c5 $6 {Hardly to be sure,
but can be was better:} (15. d5 Rg6 (15... Rh6 $5) 16. b4 $13) 15... Bd5 16.
Bc4 ({Very badly:} 16. Ne1 Rh6 $140 17. f3 $2 {because of:} Qh4 $1 18. fxe4 (
18. h3 $8 Ng3 19. Rf2 bxc5 $17) 18... Qxh2+ 19. Kf2 fxe4 $40 {[%csl Rf2]} 20.
Bb5 Rf8+ 21. Ke2 Rxf1 22. Kxf1 Rf6+ 23. Ke2 Qh5+ 24. Kd2 Rf2+ {[%csl Rc2]} 25.
Kc1 Rxc2+ 26. Nxc2 c6 $19) ({Also black increase pressure after:} 16. b4 Rh6
17. c6 Nf8 18. Bd3 g5 $40) 16... Rh6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. cxd6 cxd6 {Now at
presence pawns centre(Pd5,d6) and strong knight on point"e4", the attack black
becomes even stronger.} 19. Qc7 g5 $40 {[%mdl 128]} 20. Nd2 ({Is forced loses:
} 20. Qxa7 {in view of:} g4 21. Ne1 Qh4 22. h3 gxh3 23. g3 (23. Qxd7 Qxf2+ $3
24. Rxf2 h2+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kf1 Ng3#) 25... Ng3#) 23... h2+ 24. Kh1 Qxg3 $3 $19)
20... g4 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge7h4] Now it is not visible how to prevent
connection of the black queen.} 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rc1 Rf8 $5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Gf8f2,Ge7h4] The important attacking move.The rook takes under the control
point"f2".} ({And nevertheless,on my sight was stronger:} 22... Qh4 $5 23. h3 {
[%csl Rd7]} Nf6 24. Qxd6 gxh3 25. g3 (25. Qg3+ Qxg3 26. fxg3 h2+ 27. Kh1 Nh5 $1
{[%cal Gh5g3]} 28. Kxh2 $140 Nf4+ 29. Kg1 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 $17) 25...
Qh5 $17 {[%cal Gh5f3]}) 23. Rc2 $2 {Most probably,it is a decisive mistake.} ({
It is necessary:} 23. g3 $15) 23... Qh4 24. f4 ({Much worse:} 24. h3 gxh3 25.
f4 (25. g3 Qg4 {[%cal Gg4f3]} 26. Kh2 Qf3 27. Rg1 Nf6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf6g4]})
25... exf3 26. gxf3 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Rxf3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh1]} 28. Rxf3 $140 Qe1+
29. Kh2 Qg1+ 30. Kxh3 Rh6#) 24... gxf3 25. g3 ({Loses right away:} 25. gxf3
exf3 26. Qxd7 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 f2 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gh4e4]}) 25... Qe7 ({
From my point of view,a little better is:} 25... Qh3 $17 {[%cal Gd7f6,Gf6g4]})
26. Qxa7 Qe6 27. Rff2 Kh8 $17 {[%cal Gd7f6,Gf6g4] All the same there is no
satisfactory protection against direct threats black.} 28. Rc7 Nf6 29. Re7 Qg4
30. Rb7 Rg8 {/\31...Rxh2 with mate in some moves.} 31. Rb8 ({Does not rescue:} 
31. Kf1 {because of:} Qxg3 $1 {[%csl Rf1,Gh6]}) 31... Ne8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gh6h2]} 32. Rxe8 $8 Rxe8 33. Kf1 Qxg3 $1 {[%csl Rf1,Gh6]} 34. Qf7 Rg8 35.
Qf6+ $8 (35. Ke1 Qxf2+ $3 36. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 37. Kf1 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Rg2#) 35... Rxf6
36. hxg3 Rh6 37. Ke1 Rxg3 {Whole this game,despite the white mistakes ,Giorgi
Kacheishvili conducted very strong.} 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 5th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 Bb7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nf6 {This position
usually turns out thus: 2...Nf6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nf6.} 7.
Bg5 {Besides,white has two principales moves:} (7. f3 {See comments to
Bykhovsky,A-Manor,I/Tel Aviv,1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(28)}) ({and} 7. Nf3
$5) 7... h6 ({Also possibly:} 7... O-O $5 {You can see comments to: Schandorff,
L-Wedberg,T/Munkebo,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2)(Wedberg)(39)}) 8. Bh4 g5 $5 {[%mdl 4]}
(8... d6 $5 {It's main line!} 9. f3 Nbd7 (9... g5 $6 10. Bf2 Nbd7 11. e4 Nh5
12. c5 $1 Ndf6 13. c6 Bc8 14. O-O-O $16 {Hochstein,U-Wegge,M/Bochum-ch,1991
(1-0)(29)}) 10. e4 c5 (10... e5 $5 11. Bd3 (11. d5 $143 Nxe4 $5 (11... a5 12.
Be2 a4 (12... Nxe4 $5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bxc7 Nxe2 15. Nxe2 Ke7 16. Nc3 Rhc8 17.
Nb5 Rxc7 $1 18. Nxc7 Rc8 19. Nb5 Rxc4 $13) 13. Nh3 $2 (13. Bf2 $5) 13... Nxe4
14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bh4 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Ba6 $19 {Sobl,T-Gaprindashvili,V/WchJM-U14,
1995 (0-1)(24)}) 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bxc7 Ke7 14. bxc3 Rhc8 15. Bxd6+ Kxd6 $44)
11... Qe7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. b4 Rab8 {[%csl Yb7][%cal Yb8b7,Gf6e4]}
15. Rab1 $2 (15. Bf2 $5) 15... Nxe4 16. Qe1 Nef6 $17 {Zezelj,V-Kristovic,M/
Open/Zagreb,1998(0-1)(55)}) 11. Bg3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd6 dxe4 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Qe5+ Kd8 $13 {Pogorelov,R-Matamoros Franco,C/Sevilla,2001(1/
2-1/2)(33)}) ({Also it deserves attention:} 8... O-O) ({and} 8... c5) 9. Bg3
Ne4 {[%csl Rc3,Rg3]} 10. Qc2 ({Possibly and original deviation for white's
queen:} 10. Qf3 {[%csl Rb7]} d6 11. e3 Nd7 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Bd3
Nxg3 (14... Nec5 $5 $15) 15. Qxg3 Qf6 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O $11 {Tiihonen,
I-Peltonen,B/Helsinki,1997(1-0)(52)}) 10... c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Strong
novelty of Jan Ehlvest.} ({Was checked in the previous games:} 10... d6 11. f3
(11. e3 $143 Nd7 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Nc3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h5 $11 {Forintos,
G-Marinelli,T/Chianciano,1989(1-0)(48)}) 11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 (12... Nd7 $5
13. e4 Qf6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Ne2 Qg6 $11 {Kantsler,B-Ludwikowski,D/
Bratislava,1993 (1-0)(49)}) (12... c5 $5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nh3 Nc6 15. Qc3 Ke7
16. e3 Qd6 $11 {Tomaszewski,R-Pokojowczyk,J/Lubniewice, 1981(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 13.
e3 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Bd3 Qe5 $11 {Ostenstad,B-Malau,E/Jakarta,1997 (1-0)(39)
}) (10... h5 $143 11. Be5 f6 12. d5 fxe5 13. Qxe4 Qf6 14. Nf3 d6 15. h4 $13 {
Bode,U-Marinelli,T/Forli,1990(0-1)(36)}) 11. Be5 $6 ({It was better to play
more cautiously:} 11. e3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 cxd4 13. exd4 Qf6 14. Rd1 $11) ({
or unexpectedly to begin game on queen side:} 11. dxc5 bxc5 {[%csl Re1][%cal
Gd8a5]} 12. b4 $13) 11... f6 {Black weaken the king,but white considerably lag
behind in development.} 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. e3 ({Dubious:} 13. f3 Nd6 $140 14.
Qg6+ Kf8 $15 {[%csl Rc4] |^}) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2,Gc8] <->c
Jaan play rather logically and strongly.} 15. f3 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 15.
Nf3 $5 {=/=/+}) 15... Nd6 16. Bd3 f5 $15 17. Ne2 $6 {Again far not best move.}
(17. b3 $142 $5 {[%csl Yb3][%cal Gb3c4]}) 17... g4 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Gd8,Re1,Rf3,
Rg2] Now pressure black becomes even stronger.} 18. fxg4 ({Badly:} 18. Rf1 {
because of:} gxf3 19. gxf3 Qh4+) 18... Bxg2 19. Rg1 Qh4+ 20. Ng3 ({Much worse
is:} 20. Kd1 Bf3 21. gxf5 $140 Qxd4 $19) 20... Be4 $17 ({Also good enough:} 
20... Bh3 $5 21. Qf2 (21. gxf5 Bxf5 $17) 21... Bxg4 $17) 21. gxf5 $2 {Decisive
mistake.} ({More stubborn resistance after:} 21. Bxe4 $5 Rxc4 22. Qf2 fxe4 23.
Nxe4 Qxf2+ 24. Nxf2 Rf8 $17) 21... Rxc4 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Ge4] Apparently white
have missed from a kind this move.} 22. Qe2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd4 $19 24. Qc3 ({
A little bit better is:} 24. Qf3 Qxh2 25. Rg2 Qh4 $19) 24... Rf8 25. Rd1 Re4+
26. Kf1 Rxf5+ $1 {"Final chord!"} 27. Nxf5 $140 Qf4+ {Whole this game despite
the white's mistakes Jann Ehlvest conducted very strong.} (27... Qf4+ {with
mate in 2 moves:} 28. Kg2 Re2+ 29. Kh1 (29. Kh3 Rxh2#) 29... Rxh2#) 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 ({After:} 9. e3 {with rearrangement of moves we receive a position
from a game: Lautier,J-Bologan,V/Poikovsky,2004/CBM 100(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(65)})
9... c5 {Black had no other worthy alternative.} 10. d5 ({On:} 10. dxc5 $6 {
I have found fourteen games in Mega DataBase 2005.For an example we shall
consider two most interesting of them:} bxc5 11. O-O-O (11. Rd1 Nc6 (11... Nxe4
12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Rxd6 Nc6 14. Bg5 Na4 15. b3 $14) 12. Nh3 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 $1
13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Rxd6 Rfd8 $44) 12... Nd4 13. Nf2 h6 14. Be3 e5 $10 {Karpov,
A-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia,1989/Inf 49/657(1/2-1/2)(Zaitsev,I)(62)}) 11... Nc6
$1 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 e5 14. Qd2 Nd4 $11 {Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee,
2003/Inf 86/494(1-0)(Van Wely,L; Chuchelov,V)(49)}) 10... Nbd7 ({I can not
recommended in this position:} 10... exd5 11. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (11... Qxf6 $2 12.
Qxf6 gxf6 13. exd5 $16) 12. exd5 Re8+ 13. Kf2 Nd7 14. Ne2 $14 {Atalik,S-Justin,
M/Skofja Loka,1998/EXT 2002(1-0)(Atalik,S)(45)}) ({or} 10... Nxe4 $2 {Atalik,S}
11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Bh4 $1 (12. Be7 $2 Re8 13. Bxd6 exd5+ 14. Kd2 Na4 15. b3 dxc4
16. Bxb8 cxb3 $1 $17) 12... Na4 13. b3 Nc3 14. Kd2 (14. dxe6 $6 d5) 14... Nxd5
15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bxd6 Bxb3 (17... Rd8 $2 18. Bxb8 $18) 18. Kc3 $16
) 11. Qc2 ({On:} 11. Nh3 {you can find twenty two games in Mega DataBase 2005.
For further details,for an example,you can see comments to Salov,V-Granda
Zuniga,J/Amsterdam,1995/CBM 049(1/2-1/2)(Salov,V)(45)}) ({Once was checked in
the preceding game:} 11. dxe6) 11... exd5 ({It deserves serious attention:} 
11... b5 $1 {You can see comments to Xu Yuanyuan-Kaidanov,G/Qingdao,2002/Inf
86/495(0-1)(Kaidanov,G)(35)}) 12. cxd5 b5 13. Nh3 {White can finish
development,as black's pieces are located unsuccessfully and they will not
have time to attack the weak white's K.} (13. Bxb5 $4 {is refuted by:} Qa5+ {
[%csl Ga5,Rb5,Re1]}) 13... Qb6 {In my opinion,it's not enough for the equation.
Hardly it was better:} (13... h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Be2 c4 $6 (15... a5 $142 16.
O-O b4 $1 {/\17...Ba6}) 16. Qc3 Rfe8 17. Rd1 (17. Be3 $2 Nxd5 $17) 17... a5 (
17... Nxe4 $5 18. fxe4 Rxe4 19. Qg3 Rae8 20. Rd2 Kh8 $13) 18. Be3 Qd8 19. O-O
Qe7 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Nf2 $14 {For further details,you can see annotation to
Gurevich,M-Dgebuadze,A/Korinthos,1998/CBM 066(1-0)(Gurevich,M)(48)}) 14. Be2 a5
{It's necessary to create a counterplay on the queen side,differently Black
will be in a complete clip.} (14... h6 $5 15. Bh4 a5 16. O-O b4 17. Kh1 (17.
Nf2 $5) 17... Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nf2 Rc8 $13 {Sundararajan,K-Harikrishna,P/
Mumbai,2000/CBM 076(0-1)(36)}) 15. O-O b4 {[%cal Gb7a6] The Black's idea is
absolutely clear: to exchange the bad bishop.} 16. Nf2 $146 {Is paradoxical,
but this logical move is a novelty.The game,which have reached this position
was continued as follows:} (16. Kh1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 (17... Qxa6 $5 {/^a6-f1})
18. Nf2 Ra7 19. Nd1 h6 20. Bh4 Rb8 21. a4 Ne8 22. Ne3 $14 {Sundararajan,
K-Atanu,L/Mumbai,2000/CBM 076(1-0)(76)}) 16... Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 $1 {It's
important to keep the control above /^a6-f1.} (17... Rxa6 $143 18. Kh1 {
/\Nd1-e3-c4(f5)}) 18. Nd1 $14 h6 19. Bh4 {B does not want to occupy a point
intended for N:} (19. Be3 Ne5 {as now N on a field "d1" remains without
prospect.}) 19... Nh5 {Evgeny Alekseev does not want to think only about
defence,he searches a counterplay.With the help of this move Black exempts the
Nd7 from a duty to protect item "f6".} 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Rad1 (21. f4 $5 Ng6 $140
{(ץh4,Pf4)} 22. Bg3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rfe8 {[%csl Re4]} 24. b3 $14) 21... Nf4 {
[%csl Rd3,Re2,Ye5,Yf4][%cal Gf4e2,Ge2d4] Now both black's knights are directed
to contender's camp(><d3,><e2).} 22. Rd2 $6 {It's discrepancy,which allows to
improve a position of the Black's pieces.} (22. Nf5 $142 f6 (22... Rfe8 23. Qd2
$36) 23. Bf2 Qe2 24. Qxe2 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 $14) 22... c4 $132 {Now Black has,as a
minimum,an equal chances in the subsequent tactical complications.} 23. Bg3 {
White can not bear simultaneously both knights.} Nfd3 24. Bxe5 ({Leads to
benefit of the contender:} 24. Nxc4 $6 b3 (24... Qxc4 $2 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Rxd3
Nxb2 27. Rd4 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6]}) (24... Rfc8 $5 25. b3 $140 a4 $1 26. Qb1
axb3 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. axb4 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Qxb4 31. Rfd1 {=/=/+})
25. Qc3 (25. Qxb3 $2 Nc5) 25... Rac8 26. Rxd3 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxc4 28. Bxd6 (28.
Qxb3 Rfc8 $13) 28... Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Rfc8 $13) 24... Nxe5 25. f4 $1 {Differently,
White can not simultaneously protect all weaknesses in queen side.} Qb6 $1 {
/^a7-g1(פe3,Kg1)} 26. fxe5 {This move is much better,than:} (26. Re2 $6 Ng4
27. Rf3 Rfc8 28. Kh1 Nxe3 29. Rfxe3 Qd4 $36) 26... Qxe3+ 27. Rdf2 ({Absolutely
unjustified sacrifice of the pawn:} 27. Kh1 bxa3 28. bxa3 (28. exd6 $143 axb2
29. Re2 Qc5 30. Qxb2 Qxd6 {-/+/=/+}) 28... dxe5 {[%csl Ra3]} 29. Rdd1 Qxa3 30.
Qxc4 $15) 27... Rae8 28. axb4 {White have decided to get rid from contender's
pawns on the queen side.} (28. exd6 $2 Rxe4 29. axb4 axb4 {and Erwin L'Ami
remains with one ruins.}) 28... axb4 29. Qxc4 (29. exd6 $143 Rxe4 {transfers
to 28.exd6?}) 29... Rxe5 30. Qxb4 Qxe4 31. Qxd6 $11 (31. Qxe4 $143 Rxe4 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd5][%cal Ge4b4,Gf8b8]}) ({After:} 31. Qxd6 {drawn game is
inevitable:} Qxd5 (31... Rxd5 $5 32. Qg3 Rd3 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. Rxf4 f6 $11) 32.
Qxd5 Rxd5 33. b4 f6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3
$5 {White has two principal options:} (8. Bg5 $5 {You can see my annotations
to Van Wely,L-Timman,J/Breda,1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(32)}) ({and} 8. e3 {In my
opinion this move doesn't pose Black any serious problems. For further
information, you can see my comments to Georgiev,K-Kacheishvili,G/Istanbul,
2000/EXT 2001(0-1)(37)}) 8... Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. b4 (10. O-O {It's the main
line.You can see my annotation to Grigore,G-Firman,N/Bucharest,2003/CBM 94(1-0)
(40)}) 10... c5 11. O-O Qe7 $5 {Another widespread continuation is:} (11... Rc8
$5) 12. Bb2 {Also popular is the next move:} (12. bxc5 $5) 12... Rfc8 ({
This deserves serious attention:} 12... Rac8 $5) ({and} 12... cxd4 $5) 13. dxc5
{I like this plan for White more than:} (13. Rfd1 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rac1 Rab8 18. Qe5 Qb7 19. Bd4 Nb3 $11 {Gurevich,
M-Gofshtein,L/Hoogeveen,1999(1/2-1/2)(27)}) 13... dxc5 $140 {It is interesting
to check up:} (13... bxc5 $5 14. b5 Nb6 15. a4 a5 {with a complicated game.})
14. b5 a6 $6 $146 {It seems to me that Black's plan in the next game was much
better:} (14... Ne8 $5 15. Rfd1 f6 16. a4 a5 17. h3 Nf8 18. Nh4 Rd8 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. Ng2 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Ne3 Rd8 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Rd3 Rd6 25. Qd2 Qd7
$11 {Kalod,R-Berezjuk,S/Ostrava,2002(1/2-1/2)(55)}) 15. a4 a5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17.
Rd3 $14 {To sum up the opening: White has two bishops, more space on the board
and very comfortable play without risks. Black is doomed to a long defence.}
Ne8 {It's not easy recommend something good for Black. For example:} (17... Nf8
{[%cal Gb7e4]} 18. Rfd1 Be4 19. R3d2 Ng6 20. h3 $14) 18. Rfd1 Be4 (18... f6 $4
{is refuted by:} 19. Qd2 Bc8 $140 20. Ne5 fxe5 21. Bxa8 $18) 19. R3d2 Nf8 (
19... f6 $2 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Qd3 Rab8 22. Qxd7 $1 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Qf8 24. Bh3 $18
{Full domination of the white pieces!}) 20. Ne5 {Now White's knight will go to
c6.} Bxg2 (20... Rxd2 $144 21. Rxd2 (21. Qxd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 f6 23. Nc6 Qf7 24.
Qd3 $14) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 f6 23. Nc6 Qf7 {with a position from the game.})
21. Kxg2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 f6 23. Nc6 Qf7 24. f4 {Preventing e5.} h5 $6 {I don't
see this move necessary:} (24... Rc8 $142 {[%cal Yc8c7,Yc7d7]}) 25. Qf3 {
Despites a big spatial advantage, it's not so easy to force black's defence.
For example:} (25. e4 Rc8 26. Qe3 Rc7 27. e5 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qe2 h4 $13)
25... Rc8 26. Qe4 $2 {It's not a good square for the queen, as we'll see in
the game. Much better was:} (26. Bc3 $5 Rc7 27. Rd8 h4 (27... Rd7 $2 28. Rb8
Nd6 29. Rxb6 Nxc4 30. Rb8 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Gb5][%cal Gb5b6,Gb6b7]}) 28. g4 $16)
26... Rc7 27. Rd8 Rd7 28. Rb8 {After an exchange of rooks:} (28. Rxd7 Qxd7 {
Black has good chances for a draw. Therefore, White rejects this option and
starts a very sharp game.}) 28... Nd6 {Now we can understand the problem of
White's queen position.} 29. Qc2 (29. Qd3 $143 e5 (29... Nxb5 $2 30. Qb3 Nd6
31. Qxb6 Nxc4 32. Qxc5 Nxb2 33. Rxb2 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 30. Nd8 Qe8 31. Qd5+ Nf7
32. Nc6 Qxb8 33. Nxb8 Rxd5 34. cxd5 e4 $11) 29... e5 $5 {Black finds his
counterchances. But anyway his position remains difficult.} 30. fxe5 Nxc4 31.
Bc1 fxe5 (31... Nxe5 $143 32. Rxb6 Qd5+ 33. e4 Qd1 34. Qxd1 Rxd1 35. Bf4 $16)
32. Bg5 $5 ({This was interesting:} 32. e4 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Ye4d5,Yc2e2]} h4
33. Qe2 h3+ (33... Qe6 $5 34. gxh4 $140 Nd6 {[%csl Re4,Rg2][%cal Ge6g6]}) 34.
Kxh3 Nd6 35. Rxb6 Nxe4 36. Qxe4 Qf1+ 37. Kg4 Qxc1 38. Rb8 $16 {But one needs
good nerves to play a position with such a king.}) 32... Nd6 {It's not easy
for Black to start counterplay:} (32... h4 33. gxh4 Qe6 34. Qe4 Nd6 35. Qf3 Nf7
36. Rxb6 $16) 33. Rxb6 h4 (33... Qd5+ $142 34. Kg1 c4 35. Qd2 (35. Be3 $143 h4
$132) 35... Qe4 36. Nb8 (36. Ne7+ Rxe7 37. Bxe7 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 Nc8
40. Bc5 Nxb6 41. Bxb6 Qf5+ 42. Ke1 Qb1+ 43. Qd1 Qb4+ 44. Kf1 $16) 36... Rb7 37.
Rxd6 Rxb8 38. Qd5+ Qxd5 39. Rxd5 c3 40. Be3 $16) 34. Rb8 $2 {After this move
Black has counterplay, that is enough for a draw.} (34. Nxe5 $142 Qd5+ 35. Nf3
hxg3 36. hxg3 Ne4 37. Be3 g5 38. g4 Ne6 39. Qd3 $16) 34... Qd5+ 35. Kg1 Ne4 $4
{Probably, this blunder was made because of time-trouble.} (35... h3 $5 {
It's hard to say, why Black didn't play this natural move.} 36. e3 Qe4 37. Ne7+
Kh7 38. Qxe4+ Nxe4 39. Rxf8 Nxg5 40. Nc6 Rd1+ (40... e4 41. Ne5 Rd1+ 42. Rf1
Rd2 43. Rb1 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Nf3 45. Nxf3 exf3 46. b6 Re2 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf3f2]}
47. Kg1 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 $8 (48. Kf1 $4 Rxh2 49. Rb5 Rc2 $19) 48... Re2 $11) 41.
Rf1 Rd2 42. Rf2 (42. Nxe5 $2 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Ne4 44. Ng4 c4 $17) 42... Rd1+ 43.
Rf1 Rd2 44. Rf2 $11) 36. Ne7+ {White doesn't miss his chance.} Rxe7 37. Bxe7
Qd4+ 38. e3 Qa1+ (38... Qxe3+ 39. Kg2 $18) 39. Kg2 $18 h3+ 40. Kf3 Qf1+ 41.
Kxe4 Qg2+ 42. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 (9. b4 $5 Nbd7 10. f3 Re8 {See detailed commented game: Karpov,
A-Polgar,J/Hoogeveen,1999/CBM 74 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(39)} (10... c5 11. dxc5
bxc5 12. b5 Bb7 13. Nh3 h6 14. Bf4 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Iordachescu,V/
Kiev UKR 2000/The Week in Chess 284/ (16)})) (9. Bd3 {-mainline}) (9. Be2 Nbd7
10. Bf3 Rc8 11. b4 c6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Ne2 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Milos,G/
Bali INA 2000/The Week in Chess 286/ (25)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 $5 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Gc5d4,Ga8c8] This move idea is to open c-line for Ra8-c8 and pressure on
the Pc4.} 11. dxc5 $5 $146 {[%csl Re1]} ({Worth of attention was to complete
development by} 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Rd1 $1 (13. O-O $6 cxd4 14. Qxd4 (
14. Nxd4 d5 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) (14. exd4 b5 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) 14... Ne5 15. b3
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) 13... d5 (13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. b3
$132) 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 exd5 $11) (11. Nh3 $6 Rc8 12. O-O $2 (12. dxc5
$142) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 (13. Qxd4 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4]}) 13... Bxc4 14. Bxc4 d5
$17 {Johansson,V-Baginskaite,K/Yerevan,1996(0-1)(31)}) 11... Nxc5 $1 {[%csl
Rc4][%cal Ga8c8]} 12. Bc2 Rc8 (12... Nfe4 $2 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 $18) (12...
e5 $5 13. Ne2 b5 $11) 13. Nh3 $6 $15 (13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. b4 Nd7
16. Rd1 Ne5 $15) ({Right was} 13. Qd4 $1 Ncd7 14. Qxd6 Bxc4 15. Rd1 h6 16. Bh4
$132) 13... Ncd7 $1 {[%csl Rc4] Black successfully realized his Pc4 pressure
plan.} 14. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2d6]} h6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 Rc6 17. b3 b5 $1
{Black opens a6-f1 diagonal for his B and white will not be able to make
castle.} 18. cxb5 Bxb5 $15 {[%cal Gb5f1]} 19. a4 (19. Kf2 $1 Qc7 20. Ra2 Rc8
21. Bf5 Nc5 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} 22. Rd1 (22. Bxc8 Nfe4+ $19 {[%csl Rd2,Rf2]}) 22...
g6 23. Bc2 Nh5 $15) 19... Ba6 20. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Qc7 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc7c2]
} 21. Bf5 Bc4 $1 22. Nf2 {[%csl Re1] This position disadvantage is white K has
got stuck in the center...} (22. b5 $5 Rc5 23. e4 (23. Kf2 Be6 24. Bd3 Rc8 25.
Rhd1 Nb6 $17 {[%cal Gb6c4]}) 23... d5 ({Equal position after} 23... Be6 $6 24.
Bxe6 fxe6 25. O-O Rc2 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Bf2 $132) 24. Bf2 d4 25. Bh4 Re8 $15 {
[%csl Re1]}) 22... a6 (22... Be6 23. b5 Rc5 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. O-O $132) ({Or} 
22... Rc8 $5 23. Rc1 d5 24. f4 Re8 25. fxe5 Nxe5 $15 {[%csl Re1]}) 23. Ne4 (23.
e4 Rc8 $15 {[%csl Re1]}) 23... Rb8 24. Bh4 $6 $17 ({Why not} 24. Rc1 d5 25.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Kf2 Qe7 $15 {[%csl Rb4,Rf2]}) 24... Nxe4 25. Bxe4 d5 26. Bf5
Rcb6 27. Be7 $2 $19 (27. Rb1 $142 {[%csl Yb1][%cal Yb1b4]} Qd6 28. Bxd7 Qxd7
29. a5 Rb5 $17 {[%csl Rb4]}) 27... e4 $1 {[%cal Gc7e5]} 28. f4 {Position of
white looks OK, but...} (28. a5 $144 R6b7 (28... Rc6 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Bc5 exf3
31. gxf3 Qf5 $17 {[%csl Re1,Rf3]}) 29. Bxd7 exf3 30. gxf3 Qe5 $19) {[%tqu "En",
"?","","","d7e5","",0,"d7e5","",0]} 28... Ne5 $3 (28... Ne5 29. Bc5 (29. fxe5
Qxe7 $19 {[%csl Rb4,Re5]} (29... Qxe5 30. Rb1 Qxe7 $19)) 29... Nd3+ 30. Kd1
Nxc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 (11. cxd5 $5 {It's main line.
See comments to Kramnik,V-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund,2003/CBM 97(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)
(89)}) 11... c5 {Besides,in this position Black has another main alternative:}
(11... Rc8 $5 {You can see my annotations to game: Elbilia,J-Gershon,A/Bermuda,
1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(43)}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 ({Is a possible continuations of the
play:} 12... cxd4 $5 {You can see comments to Bareev,E-Kramnik,V/Novgorod,1997/
CBM 60(1/2-1/2)(Tsesarsky,I)(23)}) 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 ({Leads to favourable
simplifications for Black:} 14. Bxb6 $6 axb6 15. bxc3 Ra5 $1 16. Kd2 Rfa8 $11 {
[%csl Ra3] Kahn,E-Palkovi,J/Helsinki,1990(1/2-1/2)(62)}) 14... Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5
$8 16. Bb5 {[%csl Rd7,Re8]} g5 17. Bf2 {Also once were checked in the
preceding games: Kortschnoj: 'All this is well known already 15 years or
longer. First black played here Red8; after 18.e4 Nf6 19.dc Nc5 20.Bc5 bc
white has had some advantage, due to the week pawn c5. But most games ended as
draws. Still, black was looking for more active play...'} (17. Bxd7 $5 {
You can see annotations to game: Khenkin,I-Ulibin,M/Minsk,1990/CBM 17(Ftacnik,
L)(1-0)(43)}) ({and} 17. Bg3) 17... N5f6 {'!?' Kortschnoj. From my point of
view,this move is much worse,than:} (17... Red8 $5 {You can see my annotations
to game: Gagunashvili,M-Li Wenliang/Groningen,2003/CBM 99(1-0)(54)}) 18. dxc5 (
18. e4 $143 Rec8 (18... cxd4 $5 19. Bxd4 $140 e5 20. Be3 Rac8 {<->c}) 19. O-O
a6 20. Be2 e5 21. d5 g4 22. fxg4 Nxe4 23. Be3 $13 {Lev,R-Elbilia,J/Kfar Sava,
1993(1-0)(31)}) 18... Rec8 {Kortschnoj: 'An excellent defender, M. Adams,
played here 18...bxc5. The last black move in fact is a trap - if now 19.cxb6
then 19...g4 with advantage for black (the immediate 18...g4 would fail
because of 19.c6).'} (18... bxc5 $143 19. O-O-O (19. e4 $5 Rec8 20. Rc1 e5 21.
Be3 Nf8 $2 (21... Rab8 $5 {[%csl Rb2,Rb5]}) 22. Nf2 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5][%cal
Gf2d3] Chigladze,I-Urushadze,D/Batumi,2002(1-0)(32)}) 19... Re7 20. Bg3 $14 {
You can see comments to Gurevich,M-Adams,M/Reykjavik,1990/CBM 18(1/2-1/2)
(Ftacnik,L)(39)}) 19. e4 $5 $146 {'!' Kortschnoj.} (19. cxb6 $5 axb6 20. e4 Rc2
21. Bd4 $1 (21. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb5d3]}) 21... Rxg2 $140 $6 22. Nf2 {[%csl Rg2]
[%cal Ge1f1]} g4 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Nxg4 $16 {Dreev,A-Levitt,L/Reykjavik Summit,
1990(1-0)(51)}) 19... Nxc5 20. Rd1 {'+/=' Kortschnoj.} Bc6 $6 {This exchange
looks very logical,however in this position more important thing,is preventing
transfer of White's bishop to the long diagonal.} (20... Ba6 $143 21. Bxa6 Nxa6
22. Bd4 Kg7 (22... Nd7 $143 23. Nf2 {[%cal Yf2g4,Yg4f6]} f6 24. Ng4 Kg7 25. h4
$16 {[%csl Ra6] White is dominating all over the board.}) 23. Nf2 Kg6 24. h4
Rc2 $140 25. h5+ $1 Nxh5 26. Ng4 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg4e5,Yg6h5]} f6 27. Bxf6
Rxg2 28. Bc3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg4e5]} Rxg4 $8 29. fxg4 Ng3 30. Rh3 Nxe4 31. Be5
$16) (20... a6 21. Be2 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yf2d4] and 21...e5 you can see in
comments to 20...e5}) (20... Nb3 $5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Yb3d4,Gc8c2] Very logical
move, Black's idea is to prevent a occurrence of White's bishop on the /^a1-h8.
} 21. Ba4 (21. Bg3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg3e5]} Nh5 $1 22. Bd6 ({very dubiously:} 
22. Be5 $2 {in view of:} Rc5 {[%csl Rb5,Re5]} 23. Ba4 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga4b3]}
Rxe5 24. Bxb3 Rb5 25. Rd3 g4 26. fxg4 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Re4,Rg4]}) 22... Rc2 23.
O-O Rxb2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Nxf2 $44 {White has a strong counterplay for a pawn,
but I can't believe that is something that can provide an advantage to him.})
21... Nc5 22. Bc2 (22. Bb5 Nb3 $11) 22... Ncd7 23. Bb1 Bc6 {[%cal Yc6a4]} 24.
b3 (24. O-O Bb5 25. Rfe1 e5 $11 {[%csl Rb1,Rh3]}) 24... e5 25. Bg3 Bb5 26. a4
Ba6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc8c3]} 27. Nf2 Rc3 28. Bd3 (28. Nd3 $6 Rxb3 29. Nxe5 Nc5
$36 {[%csl Re1,Rg2][%cal Gb3b2,Gb2e2]}) 28... Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rac8 $11) (20... e5
21. Bg3 a6 22. Be2 Ncd7 23. Nf2 Rc7 24. Nd3 Re8 $14) 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Bd4 $14
{In this type of positions,White has a clear positional advantage because of a
strong bishop on the long diagonal a1-h8.} Nh7 $2 {What the knight has been
doing there?} (22... Kg7 $142 $1 23. Nf2 (23. O-O $143 Kg6) 23... Kg6 24. Ke2 (
24. h4 Rac8 {<->c}) 24... Rac8 25. Ke3 $14 {[%cal Yf2d3,Gd1c1]}) 23. Nf2 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Yh2h4]} h5 ({Hardly it was better:} 23... f5 24. h4 {<->h} Rac8
25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rh6 $16) 24. h4 $1 g4 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 $1 (26. Bxc5
$143 Rxc5 27. Nxg4 Rc4 28. Nf2 Nf6 29. e5 Nd5 $14) ({It deserves serious
attention:} 26. e5 $5 g3 27. Ng4 Nd3+ {[%csl Re1,Rh1][%cal Gc6c1]} 28. Ke2 Nf4+
29. Kf3 Nh5 30. Rc1 Rac8 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Rg3,Yh5][%cal Gf3g4,
Gg4h5,Yh5g3]}) 26... Nxe4 27. O-O {All White's pieces are located ideally.} Kf8
$2 {This move is connected to the elementary tactical miscalculation.} ({
It was necessary:} 27... f5 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. g4 Rd8 30. gxf5 e5 31. Be3 Rxd1
32. Rxd1 Nhf6 33. Rc1 $1 Rxc1+ (33... Rd6 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Kg2 $16
{[%cal Yg2f3,Yh6g4]}) 34. Bxc1 Kg7 35. Kg2 $16 {[%cal Yg2f3,Yh6g4]}) 28. Rxf7+
$1 Kxf7 29. Ne5+ {[%csl Rc6,Ge5,Rf7]} Ke8 30. Nxc6 $18 {The rest is a matter
of technique} Rc8 31. Nxa7 Rc2 32. Re1 Ng3 33. Bf2 (33. Rxe6+ $143 Kf7 {
[%csl Rb2,Rg1][%cal Gg3e2,Ge2d4,Yd4b2]}) 33... Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nf4 35. g3 Nd3 ({
Immediately loses a game the following move:} 35... Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nd3+ 37. Ke2
Nxe1 38. Kxe1 Nf6 39. Nc8 Nd5 40. Nd6+ Ke7 41. Ne4 $18) 36. Rxe6+ Kf7 37. Re2 {
[%csl Rb6,Ye2]} Rc1+ 38. Kg2 {The rest is easy without comments.} Nf6 39. Nb5
Ng4 40. Bxb6 Kg6 41. Nd4 Rb1 42. Nf3 Kf5 43. Bd4 Ra1 44. Bc3 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 (
7... b6 $5 {See comments to Van Wely,L-Timman,J/ Breda,1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(32)}) 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Rf6 13. d5 {
[%mdl 4]} (13. Bb2 $6 Rg6 $15) 13... exd5 (13... Rh6 14. dxe6 Nf8 15. Nd4 $5 (
15. c5 $5 Nxe6 16. c6 Bc8 17. Bb2 Qe8 18. Nd2 (18. Rad1 Qh5 19. h3 N6g5 20.
Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Bf3 Qg6 22. Kh2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Romanishin,O/YUG Cup f
Pula 1991 (22)}) 18... N6g5 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qc3 $14 {1-0 Schandorff,
L-Johansson,J/Stockholm Rilton Cup 1997 (37)}) 15... Qh4 16. h3 $14) (13... e5
14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 c5 16. f4 Qf8 17. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Schandorff,L-Christensen,
T/Copenhagen,1996 (48)}) ({Black leaves with at least equal position after} 
13... Rg6 $1 14. dxe6 (14. Bb2 c5 $1 (14... Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. g3 Ne5 17. f4
Qh4 18. fxe5 Rxg3+ 19. Kh1 $16 {1-0 Schandorff,L-Karason,A/Nordic GP Torshavn
FAI 1997 (29)}) 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bf1 Kh8 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Ne1 Ng5 19. Kh1 Rh6
20. Qc3 Qf7 21. f3 Rg8 22. Rd2 Qh5 23. h3 Ne5 {with strong initiative 0-1
Postny,E-Gershon,A/Ramat-Aviv/Modiin ISR 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (34)})
14... Nf8 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxf5 Nfxe6 18. Qc2 Be4 (18... Rxg2+ $5
19. Kxg2 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 {[%csl Ra1,Rf3]} 21. Rg1 Rf8 (21... Bxf3+ 22. Bxf3
Qxf3+ 23. Rg2 Ne4 $44) 22. Rb1 Bxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Rg2 Ne4 $44) 19. Qd1
Qf6 20. Ra2 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qg6+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 23. Rg1 Qh5 24. Rg2 Rxf3 25. Rb2
Qf5 $44 {0-1 Schandorff,L-Yakovich,Y/Gistrup 1996 (41)}) 14. Bb2 ({Or} 14. cxd5
Bxd5 15. Nd4 c5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Qxe4 Qf8 20. Bb2
Re8 21. Qc2 Ne5 $132 {1-0 Varga,P-Fancsy,I/Paks U20 boys 1994 (50)}) 14... Rh6
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Equal position also after} 14... Rf7 15. Rad1 c5 16. cxd5
Qe7 17. Qb3 Ndf6 18. Ne1 h6 19. g3 (19. f3 $132) 19... Ng5 20. h4 Nge4 21. Ng2
g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Donchenko,A-Kiselev,S/Moscow Tal ,EXT 1992 (43)}) 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. Bc4 $1 $44 {White now had to play for draw.} (16. Rad1 $143 $6 Be6 $15
(16... c6 17. Nd4 Qh4 18. h3 Rg6 19. Nxf5 Qg5 20. Bg4 $16)) 16... Bxc4 17.
Qxc4+ Kh8 18. Qf7 Ndf6 $8 19. Rac1 c5 (19... Rc8 $6 20. Rc6 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc7]
[%cal Gf1c1]}) 20. Rfd1 Qe8 21. Qb7 $1 Qb8 22. Qe7 $1 Qf8 23. Qb7 Qb8 24. Qe7
Qe8 25. Qb7 {Black can't imrove his position,white also had to agree to draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 {This continuation became popular in last time after
game Kasparov,G -Grischuk,A/EUCuo 19th, Rethymnon,2003.} Ba6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qd1
{Another possibility in this position is:} (12. Qc2 dxc4 $5 {You can see my
comments to Berkes,F-Beliavsky,A/Paks,2004/CBM 102(1/2-1/2)(28)} (12... Bxc4
13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 {with position from game.})) 12... Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14.
Qa4 h6 15. Bh4 c5 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 {With rearrangement of moves we
receive a position from a game Dreev,A - Kulaots,K/Moscow 2004/CBM 100(1-0)
(Golod,V)(37) ; that was continued 17...Nc5?!} Qc7 $5 (17... g5 $5 {was also
checked:} 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Rd1 (19. h4 $143 Nfe4 20. Nxe4 Qxd4 21. exd4 Nxe4 $11
{Onischuk,A-Grischuk,A/Poikovsky,2004(1/2-1/2)(25)}) 19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfd8
21. h4 Rxd4 22. exd4 Ncd7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Ke2 {+/=/= Dreev,A-Timman,J/
Reykjavik,2004(1-0)(40)}) 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qc4 $11 20. Bg3 $146 {A
logical move. The Bishop is useless on the h4-d8 diagonal and White puts him
on the diagonal h2-b8 with a few more options. It's not so easy to decide if
this move was much better than:} (20. f3 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. e4 Nh5 23. Bg3 (
23. Be1 $143 Nf4 24. Rad1 Nc4 25. g3 Ng6 26. Rb1 Nge5 27. Kf2 Rd8 $36 {
Beliavsky,A-Grischuk,A/Tripoli,2004(1/2-1/2)(50)}) 23... Nxg3 24. hxg3 Kf8 $11
{Van Wely,L-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo,2004(1/2-1/2)(50)}) 20... Qb3 {Here Black
has an interesting manoeuvre with his knight:} (20... Qxd4 $5 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22.
Rad1 Nb3 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb3a5,Ga5c4]}) 21. Qb4 $6 {Doubtful decision. In my
opinion White has good play with queens on the board:} (21. Rd2 $142 Rc4 22.
Qd6 Rac8 23. Rad1 $14) 21... Qxb4 {Maybe better was:} (21... Nc5 $5) 22. axb4
a5 {Prevented fixation of queenside's pawns on black squares after 23.b5. In
this way Black also guaranteed the point c5 for his knight.} 23. b5 {By this
move Evgeny Najer demonstrated his desire to play for win. A more peaceful
continuation was:} (23. bxa5 Rxa5 (23... bxa5 $144 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4]}) 24. f3
(24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Ra1 Nc5 26. Rxa5 Nd3 27. Rb5 Nxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxc3 $11) 24...
Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rc4 $11) {After the fixation of black's pawn on b6 White will
aspire to use his bishop. Besides Black have certain problems with
coordination of his pieces.} 23... Rc4 24. f3 Rb4 25. Ra2 (25. Rd2 $143 Nc5 26.
Rad1 Nd5 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Be5 (28. Rxd5 $6 Rxb2 29. Bc7 Rxb5 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31.
Rxc5 a4 $17) 28... Na4 29. Ra1 f6 30. Bd4 Rc8 $15) 25... a4 26. Bd6 {I don't
think, that White can pretend to much after:} (26. Rd6 $143 Rb3 27. e4 (27.
Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Nxa4 Rxb5 29. e4 Rb4 30. Nc3 Nc5 $11) 27... a3 28. Nd1 (28. e5
$143 Nd5 $1 29. Rxd7 Rxb2 30. Rxd5 $8 exd5 31. Bf2 Ra5 $1 $15) 28... Rxb5 29.
Rxa3 (29. bxa3 Nc5 $11) 29... Rxa3 30. bxa3 Rb1 $11) 26... Nc5 (26... Rb3 $143
27. e4 Nc5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rd6 $14) 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. e4 $14 {Finally White
receives advantage thanks to his better pawn structure and rook on the open
d-file.} Ne8 {Preventing white's rook to go to d6.} (28... Rb3 $2 29. Rd6 a3
30. Ra6 $16) (28... Kf8 $6 29. Rd6 Ke7 30. Rc6 Nd7 31. Ra6 $14) 29. Rd7 Rb3 {
[%cal Ga4a3]} 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Nxa4 Rxb5 32. Rd2 $6 {The best option was:} (
32. Rd8 Kf8 33. Rc8 Rb4 34. Nxc5 Rxb2 35. e5 $14 {But, frankly speaking, I
think that Black can keep this position. Apparently Evgeniy Najer thought in
such way, therefore he chose another continuation. The only problem, that
arises after the following move is that Black is completely O.K.}) 32... c4 $11
33. Nc3 Rb7 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke2 Ke7 {Both sides moved their kings near to the
centre.} 36. Kd1 Nc7 37. Kc1 Na6 38. Rd4 Rb4 39. Na2 Ra4 40. Kb1 {Keeping on
his strategy to play for a win. After:} (40. Nc3 Rb4 (40... Ra1+ $143 41. Kd2
Rg1 42. g4 Rg2+ 43. Ne2 Rxh2 44. Rxc4 $14) 41. Na2 Ra4 42. Nc3 Rb4 {Black
could force a draw.}) 40... Nc5 41. Nc3 $6 {A blunder, that leads to
unpleasant position. But anyway black's position is preferable here.} (41. Nc1
$142) {[%tqu "En","Find the best continuation for Black?","","","a4a1",
"Unexpected surprise.",10]} 41... Ra1+ $1 {An unexpected surprise.} 42. Kxa1
Nb3+ 43. Ka2 Nxd4 $15 {In this ending Black has a clear advantage thanks to
his active knight.} 44. Ka3 {Passive defence is not in favor of White.
According to the rules of endgame, he prefers to activate his king.} (44. Kb1
$143 Kd6 $15) 44... Nc2+ 45. Ka4 Ne1 46. Kb5 Nxg2 47. Kxc4 Ne1 48. f4 Nf3 49.
h3 g5 50. fxg5 {It was good moment to turn to defence:} (50. Ne2 $5 Kd6 (50...
gxf4 $144 51. Nxf4 Kd6 52. Kd3) 51. Kd3 gxf4 52. Nxf4 Ng5 53. h4 Nf3 54. h5
Ne5+ 55. Ke2 $11) 50... Nxg5 51. h4 {Unfortunately for White, an attempt to
run with his passed b-pawn seems inadequate:} (51. Kc5 $2 Nxh3 52. b4 Kd7 (
52... h5 $2 53. Kc6 Ng5 54. b5 Kd8 55. b6 Kc8 56. Na2 Nf3 57. b7+ Kb8 58. Nb4
Ne5+ 59. Kb6 Nc4+ 60. Ka6 Ne5 61. Kb6 $11) 53. b5 Ng5 54. Kb6 f5 (54... h5 $5)
55. exf5 exf5 56. Nd5 Ne4 $17) 51... Nf3 52. h5 (52. b4 $143 Nxh4 53. Kb5 Nf3
54. Kc6 h5 55. b5 Ne5+ 56. Kc7 Nc4 $19) 52... Ne5+ 53. Kb5 $2 {It seems, that
Evgeny Najer missed the plan of his opponent.} (53. Kd4 $5 {leads to equality.}
) {[%tqu "En","White's previous move was a blunder. Can you explain why?","",
"","e7f6","Brilliant idea. Black sacrifice his knight for passed pawn 'b' and
go with king to pawn 'h'. Surprisingly White is hopeless here.",10]} 53... Kf6
$1 {Brilliant idea. Black sacrifices his knight for the passed b-pawn and go
with king to the h-pawn. Surprisingly White is hopeless here.} 54. b4 {Maybe
it was better to go back:} (54. Kc5 Nd3+ 55. Kd4 Nxb2 {-/+/-+}) 54... Kg5 $19
55. Kc5 Nd3+ 56. Kc4 Nxb4 57. Kxb4 Kxh5 58. Kc4 Kg4 59. Kd4 Kf3 60. e5 h5 61.
Ne4 {White needs to return his knight for passed pawn "h". But after this
exchange the pawn's ending is lost for him.} h4 62. Ng5+ Kg2 63. Ke3 h3 64. Ne4
h2 65. Nf2 h1=Q 66. Nxh1 Kxh1 67. Kf4 Kh2 (67... Kh2 68. Kg5 Kg3 69. Kf6 Kf4 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gf4e5] and so on.}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0001 76th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 {This variation idea is to place black
PP on black squares in view of eventual Bb4 exchange.} 5. e3 (5. Bg5 $5 {
See comments to Ivanov,S-Chepukaitis,G/St. Petersburg,2000/CBM 77 (0-1)(Golod,
V)(60)}) 5... O-O 6. Bd3 c5 $1 {Good decision!} ({In this positions black
played also:} 6... e5 $6 7. Nge2 (7. Bd2 Re8 8. d5 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Menyhart,
T-Emodi,B/Debrecen Jubileum-C 1993/ (22)}) 7... Nc6 (7... Qe7 8. O-O Bxc3 9.
Nxc3 c6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. f3 $14 {1-0 Pisulinski,J-Kluss,K/Lublin B 1993 (39)})
8. d5 $1 {After this move White leaves with space advantage.} (8. O-O Bxc3 9.
bxc3 Qe7 10. f3 b6 $132 {1-0 Marini-Luckis/Mar del Plata 1947/ (53)}) (8. Bd2
Ba5 9. O-O exd4 10. exd4 Bb6 11. Nd5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
Bxh7+ Kh8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Marinelli,T-Bischoff,K/Mitropa Cup ITA-GER 1991 (30)})
8... Ne7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Nxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alatortsev,V-Zita,F/Moscow-Prague
1946/ (38)}) (6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 e5 8. dxe5 (8. Ne2 $14) 8... dxe5 9. Ne2 e4
10. Bc2 Qe7 11. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Koblentz,A-Chekhover,V/Moscow ch-URS 1945 (37)}
) (6... b6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 (9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 c5 11. b4 Qe7 12.
Bb2 Rac8 $132 {0-1 Shamkovich,L-Kaplan,J/Lone Pine op 1979 (87)}) 9... Bxc3 10.
Nxc3 $14 {1-0 Barbero,G-Rashkovsky,N/Bozen op 1992/(29)}) (6... Nbd7 7. Nge2 c5
8. O-O b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 (11... d5 $132) 12. Nxc3 a6 13.
Ba3 $14 {1-0 Marinelli,T-Iannaccone,E/Rome 1994 (73)}) 7. dxc5 ({Black is able
to equlize after:} 7. Nge2 Nc6 $5 8. O-O h6 (8... Qe7 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. a3 Ba5 11.
f4 $132 {1-0 Marinelli,T-Bogdanovski,V/San Benedetto 1990 (62)}) 9. a3 Ba5 10.
h3 Bc7 11. Nb5 (11. f4 $6 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb6 13. Be3 e5 14. Nb5 e4 15. Bxe4 Re8
16. Ng3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Nbxd6 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 $19 {0-1 Kakageldiev,
A-Kortchnoi,V/Leningrad 1969 (37)}) 11... Bb6 $1 $132 (11... cxd4 12. Nxc7 Qxc7
13. exd4 $14)) 7... d5 $5 $146 ({Why not} 7... dxc5 8. Nf3 Nc6 {and black can
see his future in blue colours.} 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 e5 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Ne4
Bf5 $1 $11 {0-1 Averbakh,Y-Kholmov,R/USSR (ch) 1970/Inf 10/ (21)}) 8. Nf3 Nc6 (
{Or} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. c6 $1 (10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Qxc5 $11) 10... bxc6
11. O-O $14) 9. O-O Bxc5 10. a3 Qe7 (10... d4 $6 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4
13. Nb5 Be5 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Bg5 $14) ({Worth of attention also:} 10... dxc4 $5
11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. Rd1 Rd8 $132 {with further position simplification.}) 11. b4 (
11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 $14 (12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 $14)) 11... Bb6
12. Bb2 Bd7 $2 ({Much better was:} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Rfd1 a6 (14...
Bd7 15. Na4 Bc7 16. Nc5 $14) 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Bc7 (16... b5 17. Bd3 Bb7
18. Ne4 $16) 17. Ne4 $14) 13. c5 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Na4 {+/=/+/-}) 13... Bc7
14. e4 ({Quite well was also} 14. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rh7][%cal Gb2f6,Gd3h7]} Bb8
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 $16 {with P up.}) 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 f5 (16... h6 17. b5 Nd8 18. c6 bxc6 19. bxc6 $16) 17. Bd3 {+/=/+/-} a6
({Or} 17... e5 18. b5 Nd8 19. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 20. Rae1 Nf7 (20... Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2
$16) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. f4 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Qf6 24. Re5 $16) 18. Rfe1 {[%csl Re5]}
Kh8 ({Black had to forget} 18... e5 {promotion:} 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nf3+ 21.
gxf3 $18 {[%cal Gc2g2]}) 19. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Re6]} Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Bc6 22. Rae1 {[%csl Re6]} Qg5 (22... Rf6 23. Bxf5 $18) 23. Be4 $1 a5 $2
$18 (23... Bxe4 24. R1xe4 Rae8 25. Rd4 $16) 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxe6 {[%csl Rc6]}
axb4 26. axb4 f4 27. Qe4 f3 28. g3 Qd2 29. h4 h6 30. Qxc6 Qc3 (30... Qxb4 {
[%tqu "En","?","","","e6h6","",10]} 31. Rxh6+ gxh6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8
34. Re7 $18) 31. Re8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. Nd2 (11. dxc5 $142 {It's a principal decision,
it is not possible to struggle for advantage by playing other moves. For
further information, you can see my comments to Gabriel,C-Wells,P/Pulvermuehle,
2000/CBM 75(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 11... Qc7 $146 ({The games, which have reached this
position were continued as follows:} 11... Rc8 $5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 Bb7 14.
Bd3 h6 (14... Re8 $143 15. O-O h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Nb3 Nd7 19.
Rfc1 d5 20. Be2 dxc4 21. Na5 Bd5 22. f3 Nb6 23. e4 Ba8 24. Nxc4 $14 {Bareev,
E-Tiviakov,S/Warsaw,2002(1-0)(52)}) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 (15... Nxf6 16. O-O d5 17. a4
Qd6 (17... d4 $5) 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 e5 20. Bf5 d4 21. Qd3 Rc7 22. e4 g6 23.
Bh3 Nh5 24. g3 Rf8 25. a5 $14 {Ambarcumjan,A-Yudasin,L/Los Angeles,2003(1/2-1/
2)(65)}) 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. f3 d5 18. Ke2 Rc7 19. Rhc1 Nd7 20. a4 Ne5 21. Ra3
Rd8 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bf5 g6 24. Bh3 f5 $11 {Bareev,E-Fedorchuk,S/Warsaw,2002
(1-0)(48)}) 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 $5) 13... d5 {It is questionable
whether Black can fully equalize after:} (13... h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bf4 $143 cxb4
15. axb4 Bb7 16. O-O Nd5 17. Qd3 Nxf4 18. exf4 Rfd8 $11) 14... Bb7 15. O-O a5
16. b5 a4 17. Rad1 $14) ({or} 13... Bb7 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Rfd8 16. Bd3 $14 {
But the move in the text also didn't solve all problems.}) 14. b5 Bb7 15. O-O
a6 16. a4 dxc4 17. Bxf6 $6 {A strange decision. It's not so clear what was
wrong in such continuation:} (17. Bf4 $5 e5 18. Bg3 axb5 19. axb5 Nd5 20. Qxc4
N7b6 21. Qc2 $14 {with obvious positional advantage for White.}) 17... Nxf6 18.
Nxc4 axb5 19. axb5 Nd5 20. Qe5 {White exchanges queens hoping to make use of
his passed b-pawn.} Qxe5 (20... Qd7 $2 21. e4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nf6 23. Nd6 {
+/=/+/-} Qc7 $140 $2 24. Ra7 Ne8 (24... Rb8 25. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb8,Rc7]
[%cal Yf7e5]}) 25. Nc4 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 {[%csl Rc5,Rf8][%cal Ge5d7,Gd7f8,Gd7c5]}
Nd6 27. Nd7 Ra8 $8 (27... Rc8 $2 28. e5) 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. e5 $18) 21. Nxe5
Nb6 22. f3 $14 {With the idea to confine Black's bishop.} f6 (22... Rxa1 $143
23. Rxa1 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. e4 {with good chances for a win.}) 23. Nc6 (23.
Nc4 $143 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Bd5 $11) 23... Bxc6 24. bxc6 Rxa1 25. Rxa1
Rc8 {Surprisingly white's passed pawn is weak and needs protection.} 26. Bb5
Rc7 {Preventing 27.Ra7.} 27. e4 (27. Ra6 $2 Nc8 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke2 Na7 30. Ba4
Ke7 31. Kd3 Kd6 $15) 27... Kf7 28. Rc1 (28. Kf2 $143 Nc8 29. Rc1 Nd6 30. Rxc5
Nxb5 31. Rxb5 Rxc6 $11) 28... c4 29. f4 e5 $1 {A good move. Black prevents
White from playing e5 and fixing his pawns on the light squares.} 30. fxe5 (30.
Bxc4+ Nxc4 31. Rxc4 exf4 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Kf3 Kd6 34. Kxf4 Rxc6 35. Rxc6+ Kxc6
36. g4 Kd6 37. Kf5 Ke7 $11) 30... fxe5 31. Bxc4+ Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Ke6 33. Rc3 Kd6
$11 {Frankly speaking, it's a drawish position. The only things that Black
needs, are attention and good technique.} 34. Rd3+ Ke6 35. Rh3 g6 36. Kf2 Kd6 {
According to the basic rule of endgame, Black activates his king.} (36... Rxc6
$143 37. Rxh7 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 (38. Kf1 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 Rc1+ $11) 38...
Rc3+ 39. Kg4 Kf6 40. Rd7 $14) 37. Kg3 Kc5 $1 {Using the bad position of
white's rook, Black himself starts to play for win.} (37... Kxc6 $143 38. Kg4
Kd6 39. Ra3 (39. Kg5 $5) 39... Rc2 40. Kf3 $11) 38. Kg4 Kd4 39. Kg5 Kxe4 40.
Rc3 Kd4 41. Rc1 e4 42. Kf4 {[%tqu "En","Find the best continuation for Black?",
"","","g6g5","Unexpected surprise.",10]} g5+ $1 {Unexpected surprise.} 43. Kxg5
({Sergei Shipov make the following comment on thw site "www.chesspro.ru" :} 43.
Kf5 $4 e3 44. Ke6 e2 45. Kd6 Rc8 46. Kd7 Rf8 47. c7 Kd3 48. Ra1 (48. c8=Q Rxc8
49. Kxc8 Kd2 50. Ra1 e1=Q 51. Rxe1 Kxe1 52. Kd7 Kf2 $19) 48... Kd2 49. Ra2+ Ke3
50. Ra1 Kf2 51. Ra2 Kf1 $19) 43... e3 44. Rd1+ (44. Kh6 $142 e2 45. Re1 Ke3 46.
g4 Kf2 47. Ra1 $11) 44... Kc3 45. Kh6 e2 46. Ra1 Kd2 {It leads immediately to
a draw. The only chance to play for win was:} (46... Rxc6+ $5 {Sergei Shipov
make the following comment in site "www.chesspro.ru" :} 47. Kxh7 Rc4 (47... Rd6
{[%cal Gd6d1]} 48. Re1 Kd2 49. Rxe2+ Kxe2 50. g4 $11) 48. h3 $1 (48. g3 $4 Rd4
49. h4 Rd1 50. Ra3+ Kd4 51. Ra4+ Kd5 52. Ra5+ Ke6 53. Ra6+ Kf5 54. Ra5+ Kg4 55.
Rg5+ Kh3 56. Re5 e1=Q 57. Rxe1 Rxe1 58. h5 Kg4 $19) 48... Rf4 (48... Kd2 49. g4
Rc1 50. Ra2+ Kd1 51. Rxe2 Kxe2 52. g5 $11) 49. g4 Rf1 50. Ra3+ Kd4 51. Ra4+ Ke3
52. Ra3+ Kf4 53. Ra4+ Kg5 (53... Kg3 54. Re4 e1=Q 55. Rxe1 Rxe1 56. g5 $11) 54.
Ra5+ Kh4 55. Rh5+ Kg3 56. Re5 e1=Q 57. Rxe1 Rxe1 58. g5 $11) 47. g4 e1=Q 48.
Rxe1 Kxe1 49. g5 $11 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5] After this move Maxim Sorokin decided
not to test Evgeny Bareev and agreed to a draw.} (49. g5 Kf2 50. h4 Kg3 51. h5
Kf4 52. g6 hxg6 53. hxg6 Rxc6 54. Kh7 Kg5 55. g7 Rh6+ 56. Kg8 $11 {[%csl Gg7]
[%cal Yg8f7,Yg8f8]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jelen, Igor"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 9. f3 (9. b3 $5 {You can see comments to Knaak,R -Sjodahl,P/Germany,
2000/CBM 76(1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 9... Nf6 10. Bd2 (10. e3 $5 {It's main line.
See comments to games: Sergienko,S-Volzhin,A/Samara,2000/CBM 78(1/2-1/2)(Golod,
V) and Ward,C-Adams,M/Southend,2001/CBM 83(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(34).}) 10... e5 $5
{It is rather logical,to make this move at the first convenient opportunity.} (
10... Qe7 $143 11. O-O-O {White's plan is very simple:e3, Bd3 and attack in
the king side.} Nbd7 ({More than enough interestingly:} 11... b5 $5 12. cxb5 (
12. e4 $5) 12... a6 $132) 12. e3 {See comments to Vera,R-Roeder,M/Santa Clara,
2000/CBM 78(1-0)(Golod,V)(27)}) ({Is a possible continuations of the play:} 
10... a5 11. Bc3 Qe7 12. O-O-O e5 13. e3 e4 14. Qd2 b6 15. Nf4 Nc6 16. Kb1 a4
17. h4 $14 {Dao Thien Hai-Pellaton,B/Bastia,1998(1-0) (32)}) ({and} 10... Nc6
11. e3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nf4 Qe8 15. h4 $14 {Flament,
F-Therkildsen,T/Le Touquet,2001(1-0)(27)}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e3 c5 $5 {[%mdl
32]} ({Also it deserves attention:} 12... Nc6 $5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Bc3 $6 (14.
Nf2 $142) 14... Qc5 (14... a5 $143 15. Kb1 Qc5 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Ng5
Qe7 19. f4 $14 {Del Rey,D-Ferrer Sanchez,P/Mancha,1998(1-0)(34)}) 15. Qf2 a5
$132 {Akesson,R-Hall,J/Ronneby,1998(1/2-1/2)(31)}) ({Four years earlier,
against Igor Jelen,was checked up next move:} 12... Qe7 $5 13. Be2 a5 14. b3 (
14. O-O Nc6 15. c5 f4 $132 {Nicoara,M-Rainfray,A/France,2000(0-1)(34)}) 14...
Nc6 15. O-O f4 16. Nf2 Nh5 (16... fxe3 $142 17. Bxe3 Nd4 $11) 17. Bd3 $14 {
Jelen,I-Oms Pallise,J/Groningen,1998(1/2-1/2)(89)}) 13. Be2 $146 {White do not
want to define in what side to hide the king.} ({Were checked in the preceding
games:} 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Bc3 (14. Bd3 $143 g6 15. Nf2 Nc6 16. Rde1 Be6 17.
Rhg1 $13 {[%cal Gg2g4] Gaprindashvili,V-Izoria,Z/Tbilisi,2000(1/2-1/2) (28)})
14... Nc6 15. Be2 a5 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Ng5 Ng4 18. fxg4 Qxg5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20.
Bd3 h6 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Qe4 $14 {Hillarp Persson,T-Zaja,I/Bozen,1998(1-0)(43)}
) 13... Nc6 14. b4 {[%csl Ye1][%cal Ye1g1] At last decision is accepted!} Qe7 {
[%csl Rb4]} 15. b5 ({Badly:} 15. Rb1 {because of:} f4 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb4,Yd2,
Re3][%cal Yd2b4,Yd2e3]}) 15... Nd8 16. O-O Nf7 {Now the black knight is
"parked on convenient parking".} 17. Nf2 Be6 18. Bc3 {+/=/=} Nd7 19. Nd1 {
Now the white's knight begins to maneuver.} Nd6 20. Nb2 f4 21. exf4 ({After:} 
21. e4 $6 {black can without handicapes,transfer N in centre:(Rfd8,Bf7,
Nf8-e6-d4).}) 21... Rxf4 (21... exf4 $6 22. Rfe1 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7,Ge1,Re6] and
the black pieces lose a covering.}) 22. Bd2 Rf7 23. Bd3 Nf5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Gf5d4]} 24. Rae1 ({From my point of view,it was better:} 24. Be4 {[%csl Ra8,
Rb7]} Nf8 25. Rae1 Nd4 26. Qc3 $14 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb2d3]}) 24... Raf8 ({
Can be recommended:} 24... Qh4 $5 25. Re4 (25. Be4 $143 Nd4 $11 {[%cal Gd7f6]})
25... Qe7 {+/=/=} (25... Qf6 $6 26. f4 $5 $36)) 25. Bc3 {[%csl Re5]} Qd6 26.
Rf2 $14 h6 27. Bxf5 {It's best decision!} ({After:} 27. Be4 Nd4 28. Bxd4 $140
cxd4 $1 (28... exd4 $2 29. Bxb7 Ne5 30. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%csl Re5,Re6]} Ng4 $140 (
30... Nxc4 $4 31. Nxc4 Bxc4 32. Qxc4 {[%csl Rg8]}) 31. Qxe6 Qxh2+ (31... Qxe6
$143 32. Rxe6 Nxf2 33. Bd5 Ng4 34. Re7 (34. fxg4 $4 Rf1#) 34... Ne3 35. Be6 g6
36. Rxa7 $18 {[%csl Gb5]}) 32. Kf1 Ne3+ (32... Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Kh8 34. Bd5 $18)
33. Ke2 Nxg2 34. Nd3 $18) 29. Bxb7 Qxa3 {black has a counterplay.}) 27... Bxf5
28. Qd2 {[%csl Gd2,Yd6,Re5][%cal Gd2d6,Yd6e5][%mdl 32]} Qe6 {It will be heavy
to protect of the black's weakness(קe5,<->d),after exchange of the queens.}
29. Qd5 $1 {White correctly show persistence.} Qxd5 30. cxd5 Nb6 $6 ({It was a
much better:} 30... c4 31. Rd2 {[%cal Gd5d6]} (31. Bxe5 $2 {is refuted by:}
Nxe5 32. Rxe5 c3 {[%csl Gc3]} 33. Na4 (33. Nc4 $2 c2 34. Rf1 Rc7 $19 {[%csl
Gc2,Rc4]}) 33... Rc8 {[%cal Gc3c2]} 34. Rf1 Rc4 {[%csl Ra4]} 35. Rc1 Rxa4 36.
Rxc3 Bd7 {-/+/-+}) 31... Rc8 $14) 31. Rxe5 Bd7 32. a4 Rf4 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Ya4b5]} 33. d6 {+/=/+/-} ({Weakly:} 33. Re7 {because of:} R8f7 {[%csl Ra4,Rd5]}
34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Nd3 Rxa4 36. Nxc5 Rc4 37. Ne4 Kg6 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5]} 38. Rd2
Bxb5 $13) 33... Nxa4 34. Nxa4 Rxa4 35. Rxc5 Rf7 36. Rb2 ({Also good enough:} 
36. Rd2 $5 Ra3 37. Kf2 Rb3 38. Rb2 Rxb2+ 39. Bxb2) 36... Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Rd1 38.
Be5 $6 ({Leads to big advantage:} 38. b6 $1 axb6 (38... a6 $2 39. Rc7 {[%csl
Rb7]} Be6 (39... Bc6 $2 40. Rxc6 bxc6 41. b7) 40. Bb4 $18 {[%cal Gb2e2]}) 39.
Rxb6 Bc6 40. Be5 $16) 38... b6 39. Ke2 {White have begun to repeat moves.
Instead of it white keeps good chance for win,after:} (39. Rc7 Rd5 $140 {
[%csl Rb5]} 40. Ra2 $1 (40. f4 $2 Rxe5 41. Rxd7 Rxf4+ 42. Kg3 Rd4 43. Ra2 Rxb5
44. Raxa7 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Ke1 Rxg2 $11) 40... Rxb5 (40... Rxe5 $143 41.
Raxa7 Rxb5 (41... Be6 $4 42. Rxf7 Bxf7 43. d7 Rd5 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. d8=Q Rxd8
46. Rxd8 $18) 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Rxd7 Rd5 44. Ke3 Kf8 45. Ke4 Rd2 46. g3 b5 (
46... Rxh2 47. Rb7 Rd2 48. Ke5 $18) 47. Ke5 Rxh2 48. Rb7 Ke8 49. Rxg7 $18) 41.
Raxa7 Rxe5 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Rxd7 Re6 {[%csl Ye6,Rf2][%cal Ye6e1,Ye6d6]} 44. f4
g6 45. g4 Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e8]} 46. Kf3 (46. f5 $2 gxf5 47. gxf5 Rf6 $11) 46...
Ke8 47. Rh7 Rxd6 48. Rxh6 $16) 39... Rg1 40. Kf2 Rd1 $6 (40... Rxg2+ $142 41.
Kxg2 bxc5 $14) 41. Ke2 $2 ({Again it was necessary:} 41. Rc7 {-see 39.Rc7})
41... Rg1 42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO GM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 $5 {Besides Black has two alternatives:} (10... c5
$5) ({and} 10... d5 $5 {You can see my annotations to game: Kasparov,G-Karpov,
A/Frankfurt,1999/CBM 72(1/2-1/2)(49)}) 11. Bh4 c5 $5 ({Also repeatedly were
checked up in previous games:} 11... Rc8 $5 {You can see comments to game:
Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Linares,1998/CBM 64(1/2-1/2)(Kostakiev,D)(52)}) (11... e5)
({and} 11... d5 $5) 12. e4 {It's main line.} ({Also deserves attention:} 12. e3
{You can see annotations to Dautov,R-Psakhis,L/Yerevan,1996/EXT 97(1/2-1/2)
(Psakhis,L)(41)}) 12... Re8 {Besides Black has two principales moves:} (12...
Rc8 $5 {and 12... cxd4!? You can see comments to CBM 65-7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nd2/
Opening,1998/CBM 65(Lukacs)(19)}) 13. Bd3 ({Once were checked in the preceding
game:} 13. Bg3) ({On:} 13. Bf2 {you can find three game in Mega Database 2004.}
) 13... e5 $146 {Black wants immediately to define a situation in the centre.}
({The games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 13...
Nf8 $5 {(1 time)}) ({or} 13... cxd4 $5 {(2 times)}) (13... Nxe4 $4 {is refuted
by:} 14. Bxe4 Qxh4+ 15. g3 {[%csl Rb7,Rh4]} Qf6 16. Bxb7 cxd4 17. Qc2 Rab8 18.
Bc6 $16) 14. dxe5 {This move does not put the large problems for Black.} (14.
d5 $5 Nxe4 $1 (14... Nxd5 $2 {[%csl Rc3,Rh4]} 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 $1 Na4 17.
b3 Nb2 18. Bc2 $18 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga1b1]}) 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bc7 e4 $1 17.
fxe4 Nxe4 (17... Ne5 $2 18. Bc2 {[%csl Rc3,Rd6]} Rac8 19. Bxd6 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5
(20... Nxc4 21. O-O-O Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxd6 23. Bf3 $16) 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Bxe5
Rxe5+ 23. Kd2 $16) 18. Nxe4 Nf6 {[%csl Rc7,Re4]} 19. O-O-O Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4
21. b3 Rg4 22. Bxd6 Rxg2 23. Rhe1 $44) 14... dxe5 ({It was very interestingly:
} 14... Nxe5 $5 {[%csl Gd8,Re1,Rh4][%cal Gf6e4]} 15. O-O d5 $1 16. cxd5 (16.
Bxf6 $2 d4 $1 {[%csl Rc3]} 17. Qc2 (17. Bxd8 $143 dxc3 $17 {[%csl Rd2,Rd3,Rd8]}
) 17... Qxf6 $15) 16... Nxd5 {[%csl Rc3,Rd3,Rh4]} 17. exd5 Qxh4 18. Bb5 Re7 {
[%cal Ga7a6]} 19. Rfe1 Ng6 $13) 15. O-O-O ({Leads to quieter game:} 15. O-O)
15... Nb8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb8c6,Yc6d4]} (15... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Gf8g6]} 16. g4
Ng6 (16... Nd5 $6 17. exd5 Qxh4 18. Ne4 $14) 17. Bg3 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Qd4 $5 $11
{[%cal Ga8d8]}) 16. Nf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1e3]} Nc6 ({Impossibly:} 16... Nd5 $4 {
in view of:} 17. Qxe5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Ge5,Re8,Gh4]}) 17. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3g4]}
Bc8 $6 ({Again it was badly:} 17... Nxe4 $2 {because of:} 18. Qe1 {[%csl Gd1,
Rd8,Re4,Rg8]} Ng5 (18... Nf6 $2 19. Bh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd8 Raxd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22.
Qh4 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Ge3g4]}) 19. Bh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd8 Raxd8 21. Bxg5 $1
hxg5 $140 22. h4 {[%csl Rh7]} g4 23. Nxg4 Nd4 {+/=/+/-}) ({Can be recommended:
} 17... Qd6 $5 18. Nf5 Qe6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6d4]}) 18. Kb1 {A little bit
passive continuation.Probably,it was better:} (18. f4 $5 Qd6 (18... exf4 $143
19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nd5 {[%csl Ra8,Re8,Rg8][%cal Gd5c7,Gd5f6]} Re5
22. Rhf1 {[%csl Rf4,Rf6]} Rg5 23. Rd2 $16) 19. fxe5 $1 Nxe5 (19... Qxe5 $143
20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rhf1 Kg7 23. Nd5 {[%csl Rf6] +/=/+/-}) 20. Bc2
$14 {[%cal Ge3d5]}) 18... Nd4 19. Rdf1 $5 {[%csl Gf1,Rg8,Gh1][%cal Gf3f4,Gg2g4]
White have decided to leave R on point "h1", that then to use her on a <-> "h".
} ({Pretty dubiously:} 19. h3 {[%cal Ge3g4]} Qd6 $140 20. Ng4 {in view of:}
Nxg4 (20... Nh5 $5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh5f4]}) 21. hxg4 f6 $15 {[%cal Gc8e6]})
19... Qd6 20. g4 a6 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gb6b5]} ({Probably,it was necessary to
use a weakness of the White's bishop.} 20... Rd8 $5 {[%csl Rd3,Gd6,Gd8]} 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 f6 $132 {[%cal Gb6b5,Gb5b4]}) 21. Rhg1 b5 22. g5 $132 Nh7 23.
Nd5 (23. gxh6 $143 Qxh6 {[%csl Re3,Rh4]} 24. Ng2 Bh3 $15) 23... hxg5 {This
move is slightly better,than:} (23... Bh3 24. Rf2 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 (25... Qg6
$143 26. f4 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf4f5]}) 26. Rxg5 Rab8 27. Rg3 {[%cal Gf3f4]}
Bd7 28. Qd2 $13 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf2g2]}) 24. Bxg5 Bb7 $6 ({After:} 24... Bh3
25. Rf2 Nxg5 26. Rxg5 {with rearrangement of moves we receive a position from
a 23...Bh3?!}) (24... Rb8 $5 25. Be3 bxc4 (25... Bd7 $143 26. f4 $1 $14) 26.
Bxc4 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $13) 25. Qd2 {[%csl Gd2,Gg1,Rg8][%cal Gg5h6]} Bxd5 26.
exd5 $1 $14 ({I can not recommended in this position:} 26. cxd5 $6 {in view of:
} c4 (26... Nxg5 $143 27. Qxg5 g6 28. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} c4 29. Bc2 b4 30. h5
$132 {[%csl Rg8]}) 27. Bh6 g6 (27... cxd3 $4 28. Bxg7 $18 {[%csl Gg1,Rg8]}) 28.
Bc2 c3 $1 {[%cal Ga8c8]} 29. bxc3 Nxc2 30. Kxc2 Qxa3 31. Ra1 Qd6 32. Kd1 {=/=/+
}) 26... bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rab8 {<->b; קb2} 28. Ka2 $6 {It was necessary to
decide on the more active continuation:} (28. Bh6 $1 g6 (28... Nf5 $143 29.
Rxg7+ $1 Kh8 $8 (29... Nxg7 $2 30. Rg1 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8][%cal Gh6g7]}) 30. Rxh7+
Kxh7 31. Bd3 {[%csl Rf5,Rh7]} Qg6 32. Be3 $40 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6,Rh7][%cal Gf1g1]})
29. f4 (29. h4 $143 Nf6 {[%csl Yf6][%cal Yf6h5]}) 29... e4 30. f5 {[%csl Rb8,
Rd6,Rg8][%cal Gh6f4]}) 28... Rb6 $13 (28... Rb7 $5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge8b8,
Yb7g7]}) 29. Qg2 Nxg5 {The game of Black corresponds to the requirements of a
position.} (29... Reb8 $143 30. Bc1 g6 31. h4 Qd7 $140 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7a4]}
32. d6 $1 {[%csl Gc4,Rg8][%cal Gg2g6]} Qxd6 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 $36) 30. Qxg5
Qf6 $6 (30... Qh6 $142 31. h4 Kf8 {[%cal Gb6g6] =/=/+}) 31. h4 a5 (31... Kf8 $5
) 32. Rg2 {[%cal Gf1g1] <->g} Nf5 $6 {Black obviously have lost a "string of
game".} (32... Kf8 $142) 33. Rfg1 Kf8 (33... Qxg5 $2 34. Rxg5 {[%csl Rf5,Rg7]}
Rf6 35. h5 $16 {[%csl Yf5,Gg1,Gg5,Rg7][%cal Gc4d3,Yf5g7,Gd3f5]}) 34. Qd2 $6 (
34. h5 $5 $14 {[%csl Yf5,Gg1,Gg2,Gg5,Rg7][%cal Gc4d3,Yf5g7]}) 34... Qxh4 $2 {
[%csl Rc4] The strange decision,probably connected to the tactical
miscalculation.} ({It's the most logical reaction to the previous move of
White:} 34... Reb8 $5 35. Qxa5 e4 {[%csl Rb2]} 36. Qxc5+ Kg8 $132 {[%csl Rb2,
Rf3][%cal Ge4f3]}) 35. Bd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Yf5,Rg7][%cal Gd3f5,Yf5g7]} Nh6 (35...
Nd6 $142 36. Qxa5 Reb8 37. Qxc5 Qa4 {[%csl Ra2,Rd3][%cal Ga4b3]} 38. Qc3 $16)
36. Qxa5 (36. Rxg7 $2 Qd4 $36 {[%csl Rb2,Rd2][%cal Gc5c4,Ge8b8]}) 36... Reb8
37. Qxc5+ Qe7 (37... Ke8 38. d6 Qf6 39. Re2 $18 {[%csl Re5,Re8]}) 38. Qxe7+ {
White has a absolutely winning position,but for realization of material
advantage is required the certain time.} (38. Qxe7+ Kxe7 39. b4 g6 40. Rc1 Kd6
41. Rc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Podlesnik, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 $5 (8... d6 $5 {See comments to Seirawan,Y-Gelfand,B/Istanbul,2000/CBM80
(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(67)}) (8... c5 $5 {See comments to Gershon,A-Aleksandrov,A/
Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(21)}) 9. Bh4 d6 ({Interestingly:} 9... d5
$5 10. cxd5 $140 Bxd5 {See comments to Pedersen,S-Gormally,D/London,1997/CBM
62(1-0)(Tsesarsky,I)(42)}) 10. Nf3 $5 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:
} 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 $5 {You can see comments to: Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/
Frankfurt,1999/CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)(43)} (11. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Polgar,
Z-Hracek,Z/Brno 1993/CBM 37(1-0)(Hansen,Cu)(30)})) 10... Nbd7 11. Nd2 ({
Repeatedly was checked in the previous games:} 11. Bd3) (11. Be2) ({and} 11. b4
) 11... c5 ({Also it deserves attention:} 11... Qe8 $5 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd8e8,
Gc7c5]} 12. f3 c5 13. Be2 (13. dxc5 $5) 13... Rc8 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. b4 Rc8 16.
O-O e5 17. Rfd1 $11 {Gershon,A-Pinter,J/Baden,2000(0-1)(72)}) ({and} 11... Rc8
$5 {[%csl Yc8][%cal Gc7c5] See comments to Kharlov,A-Kiselev,S/Vladivostok,
1994/CBM 43ext (1-0)(Chekhov,V)(38)}) 12. dxc5 {In my opinion,this move better,
than:} (12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. O-O Rac8 (14... e5 $5) 15. b4 d5 16. Rfc1
Qe5 17. Bxf6 (17. c5 $5) 17... Qxf6 18. cxd5 Qxd4 19. exd4 Bxd5 20. Ba6 Ra8 21.
Rc7 Nf6 22. Nf1 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Ne8 $11 {Barlov,D-Hulak,K/Zagreb,1987(1/2-1/2)(61)
}) ({or} 12. f3 Qc7 (12... Rc8 $5) 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. Bg3 Qc6 16. b3
Rac8 17. Qb2 Nh5 18. Kf2 f5 $132 {Tchaitchits,V-Mikhalev,A/Logrono,1998(1/2-1/
2)(55)}) 12... dxc5 $6 $146 (12... Nxc5 $142 13. b4 Ncd7 14. f3 Re8 15. Qb2 Ne5
16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bg3 e5 18. O-O d5 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Bf2 {+/=/=
Lutz,C-Karpov,A/Baden-Baden,1992(1/2-1/2)(34)}) (12... bxc5 $5 13. f3 {/\Be3
(Bd3),0-0 with positional advantage of white.}) 13. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Yd3][%cal
Yd3h7,Yd3b1] Now the white's bishop is on ideal place(diagonal b1-h7).} Qe7 ({
Pretty dubiously:} 13... Bxg2 {because of:} 14. Rg1 Bc6 15. O-O-O {[%cal Gf2f4]
} e5 16. Rg3 $40 {[%cal Gd1g1]}) 14. O-O-O a6 $6 ({Now,already,very weakly:} 
14... Bxg2 $2 {in view of:} 15. Rhg1 Bc6 16. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} e5 (16... Bxe4
$2 17. Bxe4 Rad8 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxf6 g6 20. Qc2 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4g6]}
) 17. Nd6 {[%csl Re7,Rg7][%cal Gd6f5]} Qe6 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nxh6+ $16) ({Can be
recommended:} 14... Rfe8 $5 {[%csl Rc3,Ye8,Rh4][%cal Gf6d5,Ye8e7]}) 15. f4 $1 {
/\Rhg1,g4-g5} Rfe8 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ye8e7,Gf6d5] Now this move considerably
loses in force, as white had time to make correct rearrangement of pieces:(Pf4,
Nf3).} (15... b5 $142) 16. Nf3 {[%csl Yf3][%cal Yf3h4]} Qf8 $6 ({Loses right
away:} 16... Bxf3 $6 17. gxf3 $140 Nd5 $2 {because of:} 18. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 (18...
Kxh7 19. Qd3+ {[%csl Re7,Rh7]}) 19. Bxe7 Nxc3 20. Rxd7 Ne2+ 21. Kd2 $18) (16...
e5 $2 17. Bf5 {[%csl Rd7,Gf5,Rf6,Yh4][%cal Gf5d7,Yh4f6]}) ({Again deserves
attention:} 16... b5) 17. Bc2 $16 b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Red8 18. Ne5 $16)
(17... Bc6 18. e4 $16 {[%csl Rd7]}) {[%tqu "En","?White can win some material
after one good move.","It is necessary to use a weakness of the black king!",
"","d1d7","",5]} 18. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 64]} b4 (18... Nxd7 19. Qd3 {[%csl Rd7,Rg8]
[%cal Gd3h7,Gd3d7]}) 19. Qd2 ({It was a little better:} 19. Qd3 Be4 20. Qd6
Nxd7 (20... Bxc2 $2 21. Bxf6 Ba4 22. Be7 {[%csl Rf8]}) 21. Qxf8+ Nxf8 22. Bxe4
$18 {[%csl Ge4,Yh4]}) 19... Nxd7 20. Qxd7 $18 Rab8 21. Rd1 {<->d;()} bxa3 22.
bxa3 Bxf3 ({Also loses:} 22... f6 23. Qd3 f5 24. Ne5 Be4 25. Qd6 $18) 23. gxf3
{[%csl Rf8][%cal Gd7d6]} g5 $2 {The next tactical blunder!} 24. fxg5 Red8 (
24... Qg7 $142 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gg7b2]} 25. g6 $1 f5 (25... Qb2+ 26. Kd2 fxg6
27. Rg1 g5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Rxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh7 {[%csl Rf8,Yh7][%cal Gg5g8,
Yh7c2]} Red8+ 31. Ke2) 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1 $18 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) {[%tqu "En",
"?Please enter a move for white.","","","g5h6","",5,"g5h6","",0]} 25. gxh6 $1 {
[%mdl 64] After this move black resigns,because of next variants:} (25. gxh6 {
[%csl Rd8,Rg8]} Qxh6 (25... Rxd7 $143 26. Rg1+ Qg7 (26... Kh8 27. Bf6+ Qg7 28.
Bxg7+ Kg8 29. h7#) 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Bf6 {[%cal Gh6h7,Gh7h8]}) 26. Bxd8 Qxe3+
27. Rd2 Qxa3+ 28. Kd1 Qxf3+ 29. Re2 Qf1+ (29... Rb2 30. Qd2 $18) 30. Kd2 Qf4+
31. Ke1 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qc1+ 34. Bd1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge2g2]}) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 ({Nowadays,less popular is:} 10. Qc2 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Ge2c3] You can see my annotations to games: Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/
Batumi,1999/CBM 74(0-1)(33)}) 10... Ba6 11. Nc3 ({Is a possible continuation
of the play:} 11. b4 $5 {You can see my comments to Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/
Rethymnon,2003/CBM 98(1-0)(63)}) ({and} 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7
14. Nc3 h6 $140 (14... Rfc8 $5) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6]
Berkvens,J-Buss,R/Zug,2003(1-0)(62)}) 11... d5 12. Qc2 {Besides White has two
main alternatives:} (12. Qd1 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. e4 $6 {[%cal Ge4e5]} (14.
Qe2 $142 {transfers to the main line.}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. f4 (16. O-O
$143 c5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} g5 $1 19. Bg3 Re8 {=/+/-/+} ({
Of course not:} 19... Nd3 $4 20. Bc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Yd8,Rf6][%cal Gc7d8,Yd8f6,
Gd5f6]})) 16... exd4 (16... exf4 $143 17. e5 $132) 17. Qxd4 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Gc5,
Rd3][%cal Gc5d3]}) ({and} 12. b3 {Of course this move can't be the right way
to play for an advantage:} c5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Nb5 dxc4 15. bxc4 cxd4 16. exd4
Bxb5 17. cxb5 h6 18. Bh4 Qc7 $11 {[%cal Gc7c2]}) 12... Bxc4 (12... dxc4 $143 {
This move should be checked up in the future games.} 13. Qa4 {[%csl Ga4,Ra6,
Rc4,Gf1]} ({It was badly:} 13. e4 {because of:} h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. d5 (15. e5 $2
cxd4 16. exf6 g5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rh4]} 17. Bg3 dxc3 18. Rd1 $1 cxb2 $17 19. Be5
$140 $2 {[%cal Ge5b2]} Nxe5 $1 {Nice sacrifice of queen. Black uses a White's
poor development!} 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 21. Qxb2 c3 $1 22. Qxc3 $140 Rac8 23. Qa1
Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Nd3 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rc2][%cal Gc8c1,Gc8c2]}) 15... exd5 16. Nxd5 (
16. exd5 $2 Ne5 $17 {[%csl Ya6,Rd5][%cal Ga6b7,Ge5d3]}) 16... g5 $15) 13... Qc8
14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 c5 16. O-O (16. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 (17... bxc5
$143 18. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rc5]}) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ke2 {with obvious
positional advantage of White in endgame}) (16. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18.
Qxc5 bxc5 19. O-O-O $140 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rf2] +/=/=}) 16... cxd4 (16... h6 $143
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Yf2f3,Gc3a4,Gf1c1] White has a stable advantage.}) 17. Qxd4 h6 {+/=/=})
13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qe2 c5 {Black had no other worthy alternative.} 15. Qxc4 h6
16. Bh4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 $6 ({The games,which have reached this position were
continued as follows:} 17... g5 $5 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Rd1 (19. h4 $143 Nfe4 20.
Nxe4 Qxd4 21. exd4 Nxe4 $11 {Onischuk,A-Grischuk,A/Poikovsky,2004(1/2-1/2)(25)}
) 19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfd8 21. h4 Rxd4 22. exd4 Ncd7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Ke2 {
+/=/= Dreev,A-Timman,J/Reykjavik,2004(1-0)(40)}) ({and} 17... Qc7 $5 18. O-O
Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qc4 20. f3 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. e4 Nh5 $11 {Van Wely,L-Ivanchuk,
V/Monte Carlo MNC,2004(1/2-1/2)(50)}) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Ke2 $5
$146 {[%mdl 4096]} ({The same position,with rearrangement of moves,has met in
one more game:} 20. O-O-O Rfc8 21. Kb1 f5 22. Rd4 Nb3 23. Rd3 Nc5 24. Rd4 Nb3
25. Rh4 Kg7 26. Ka2 Nc5 27. Rd1 {+/=/= Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Rethymnon,2003(1/
2-1/2)(42)}) 20... Rfd8 21. Rad1 {<->d} (21. g4 $143 {[%csl Yg4,Rh6][%cal
Yg4f5]} Nd3 22. Rab1 Rd7 {<->d} (22... Ne5 $6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge5c4]} 23. Rhd1
Rxd1 (23... Rac8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Yf2,Rg8][%cal Gc3e4,Yf2f3,
Yf3g4]}) 24. Rxd1 Nc4 25. Ne4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd1d7]} Nxb2 $140 26. Rc1 $1 {
[%csl Rb2]} Kg7 27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Rxa7 $14) 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Rhd1 Rad8 $11 {
[%csl Rb2]}) 21... Kf8 $6 (21... f5 $142 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {+/=/=}) 22. g4 $1 $14
{[%csl Yg4,Rh6][%cal Yg4f5] Position of White more preferably at the expense
of the best pawn chain.} Ke7 23. h4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. f4 a6 (25... Nb7 $142
26. Ne4 (26. h5 $143 Nd6 {[%csl Yd6,Re4][%cal Yd6e4,Ga7a6,Gb6b5]}) 26... f5 (
26... Nc5 $2 27. Rc1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb2b4]} Rb8 28. Nf2 {[%cal Gb2b4] +/=/+/-
}) 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Rf5]}) 26. h5 b5 $2 {Kaido Kulaots weaken
his best parking for the knight - point "c5". After this move it became almost
impossible to defend this position.} (26... Nb7 $142 {with the idea to
transfer N to point "d6".}) 27. Rc1 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc1,Rc8,Re7][%cal Gb2b4,
Gc3d5]} Kd7 28. Nd1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gb2b4,Gg4g5]} Ne4 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Nf2
Nd6 ({Immediately loses a game the following move:} 30... Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Kd7 32.
Kf3 Ke7 33. Ke4 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Gh5][%cal Ye4d4,Yd4c5,Gg4g5]}) 31. Kd3 Kd7
32. Ne4 Nc4 ({Hardly it was better:} 32... Ne8 33. Nc5+ Kc6 34. Nxa6 Nd6 35.
Nb4+ $19) 33. b3 $1 Nxa3 34. Nc5+ Ke7 35. Nxa6 $18 {[%csl Ra3]} e5 36. Nb4 f5
37. Nd5+ (37. Nd5+ {After this move Black resigns,because of next variant:} Kf8
(37... Ke6 38. g5 $18 {[%csl Gh5]}) 38. g5 (38. gxf5 $5) 38... Kg7 39. Ne7 e4+
40. Kd2 hxg5 41. fxg5 b4 {[%cal Ya3b5,Ya3b1,Yb1c3]} 42. Nxf5+ Kg8 43. Ne7+ Kg7
44. Nd5 Nb5 45. Nf6 Nd6 46. Ke2 Kh8 47. Kf2 $18 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf6e4,Yf2g3,
Yg3f4]}) 1-0

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2003.12.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Li, Wenliang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 (11. cxd5 $5 {It's main line.See comments
to Kramnik,V-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund,2003/CBM 97(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(89)}) 11... c5
{Besides,in this position Black has another main alternative:} (11... Rc8 $5 {
You can see my annotations to game: Elbilia,J-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/
2-1/2)(43)}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 ({Is a possible continuations of the play:} 12...
cxd4 $5 {You can see comments to Bareev,E-Kramnik,V/Novgorod,1997/CBM 60(1/2-1/
2)(Tsesarsky,I)(23)}) ({and} 12... exd5) 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 ({Leads to
favourable simplifications for Black:} 14. Bxb6 $6 axb6 15. bxc3 Ra5 $1 16. Kd2
Rfa8 $11 {[%csl Ra3] Kahn,E-Palkovi,J/Helsinki,1990(1/2-1/2)(62)}) 14... Rfe8
15. Bh4 Nd5 $8 16. Bb5 {[%csl Rd7,Re8]} g5 17. Bf2 {Also once were checked in
the preceding games:} (17. Bxd7 $5 {You can see annotations to game: Khenkin,
I-Ulibin,M/Minsk,1990/CBM 17(Ftacnik,L)(1-0)(43)}) ({and} 17. Bg3) 17... Red8 {
From my point of view,this move is better,than:} (17... N5f6 {See comments to
Gurevich,M-Adams,M/Reykjavik,1990/CBM 18(Ftacnik,L)(1/2-1/2)(39)}) 18. e4 N5f6
$5 ({In this position also once were checked the following moves:} 18... Ne7 {
;18...g4 and 18...Nc7}) 19. dxc5 $6 ({On:} 19. Rd1) ({or} 19. b4 {you can find
only one game (in each continuation)}) ({and after:} 19. O-O-O $5 {you can
find three games in Mega DataBase 2004.}) 19... Nxc5 $11 (19... bxc5 $143 20.
Rc1 $14) 20. Bxc5 $6 bxc5 21. Rc1 a6 ({Recently was checked up another
continuation:} 21... Rab8 $142 {[%csl Rb2,Rb5,Gb8]} 22. Be2 Bc8 $6 (22... Ba8
$1 {[%csl Rb2,Re1][%cal Gb8b2]} 23. Rc2 $140 Nxe4 $1 (23... Bc6 $5 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Gc6a4]} 24. b4 Nd7 $36 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gc6a4]}) 24. fxe4 Bxe4 {[%csl
Rc2,Rh1,Rh3][%cal Ge4c2,Ge4g2]} 25. Rc3 Rxb2 $15 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd8d2]}) 23.
Rc2 Bd7 24. Rd2 Ba4 (24... e5 $5 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd7e6]}) 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.
Nf2 Rb8 27. Bd1 Bb5 $6 (27... Bxd1 $142 28. Nxd1 c4 {[%cal Gf6d7,Gd7e5]}) 28.
Kd2 $14 {Gagunashvili,M-Guido,F/Saint-Vincent,2004(1-0)(58)}) 22. Be2 Rac8 23.
Nf2 $5 $146 ({The game,which have reached this position were continued as
follows:} 23. Rc2 Rd4 24. O-O Nd7 25. Rfc1 Rb8 26. Nf2 a5 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.
Nxd1 Kf8 29. Ne3 Bc6 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Nc4 a4 {+/=/= Lerner,K-Janjgava,L/New
York,1990(1/2-1/2)(36)}) 23... Rd4 (23... Kf8 $5 {[%cal Gf8e7]}) 24. Rc2 {
[%csl Yc2][%cal Yc2d2,Yc2b2] White prepare a next moves: 0-0,Rfc1 or Rd1.} Nd7
(24... Nh5 $5 25. O-O Nf4 26. Bc4 Rcd8 {<->d}) 25. O-O a5 26. Rd1 $1 {For
White it is certainly favourable to exchange these rooks,and after this it
will be a little bit easy to reach up to Black's weaknesses on the queen side.}
Rxd1+ ({Hardly it was better:} 26... e5 $6 27. Ng4 {[%csl Rf5,Rh6][%cal Gg4h6,
Gg4e3,Ge3f5]}) 27. Nxd1 {+/=/=} Bc6 {[%csl Rc2,Rd1][%cal Gc6a4]} 28. Nc3 {
White want to save the knight from exchange.} Rb8 29. Kf2 Kf8 {It is necessary
to move the kings in the centre.} 30. Ke3 Ke7 (30... f5 $5 31. g3 Ke7 {+/=/=})
31. g3 Rb7 ({Again it deserves attention:} 31... f5 {[%cal Ye7f6,Yf6e5]}) 32.
f4 gxf4+ $5 {Unessential,but correct decision.Probably it was a little worse:}
(32... Rb8 {/\a4 or Nb6}) 33. gxf4 Rb8 34. Bc4 Nb6 35. Ba2 Nd7 ({Leads to
equal RR endgame:} 35... f5 $5 36. e5 (36. exf5 exf5 $11) 36... a4 37. Rd2 {
[%cal Gd2d6]} Nd5+ $1 38. Nxd5+ Bxd5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Rxd5 Rb3+ 41. Ke2 Rxb2+
42. Rd2 Rb3 $11) 36. Kd3 Rg8 37. Bb3 {[%cal Gb3a4]} Nb6 {[%csl Yb6,Yc6][%cal
Yb6a4,Yc6a4]} 38. Ke3 (38. Ne2 $2 {is refuted by:} Bb5+ 39. Ke3 a4 $1 40. Ba2
$140 Rg2 $17 {[%csl Gb5,Rc2,Gg2,Rh2]}) 38... Nd7 ({Can it was necessary to
decide on the more reliable continuation:} 38... Rd8 $5 39. Rg2 Kf6 $11 40. e5+
$140 $6 Ke7 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb6d5]}) 39. Ba4 $1 {For White it is certainly
favourable to exchange these bishops.} Bxa4 (39... Rc8 $143 40. Bxc6 Rxc6 41.
Na4 $14 {[%csl Rc5]}) 40. Nxa4 Rb8 $6 ({It was a much better:} 40... Kd6 $1 41.
e5+ $140 Kd5 (41... Kc6 $2 42. Nxc5 Nxc5 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 $16 {[%csl Gb4,
Gc2,Rc5,Rc6]}) 42. Rd2+ Kc6 43. Rd6+ Kc7 44. Ra6 Rg2 45. Rxa5 Rxh2 46. Nxc5 Kb6
{[%csl Ra5,Rc5]} 47. b4 $8 (47. Nb3 $4 Rxb2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra5,Rb3][%cal Yb3a5]}
) 47... Nxc5 48. Rxc5 Rh3+ {[%csl Ra3]} 49. Ke4 Rxa3 $11) 41. Kd3 e5 $1 {
Black had no other worthy alternative.} (41... Rc8 $2 42. Kc4 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5]
[%cal Gc4b5]}) 42. f5 $14 Rb3+ (42... Kd6 $5) 43. Rc3 Rb8 44. Rc2 Rb3+ 45. Rc3
{Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} Rb8 46. Kc4 Nf6 $6 ({More
stubborn resistance after:} 46... Kd6 47. Rh3 Rh8 48. b3 $1 {/\Nb2,Kc3,Nc4} (
48. Rb3 $5 {(/\49.Nxc5 Nxc5 50.Rb6+)} Kc6 49. Rb5 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5]} Ra8 $14 50.
Nxc5 $5 Nb6+ $140 {[%csl Rb5,Gb6,Yc4,Gc6]} 51. Rxb6+ Kxb6 52. Nd7+ Kc7 53. Nxe5
Re8 54. Kd4 (54. Kd5 Rd8+ 55. Kc4 Re8 $11) 54... Rd8+ 55. Ke3 $14) 48... Kc6
49. Nb2 Nf6 50. Nd3 {[%csl Re5,Rf7]} Nd7 51. Rg3 $14) 47. Re3 {[%csl Rc5]} Kd6
{[%csl Rb2]} 48. b3 Nd7 (48... Rc8 $2 49. Rd3+ Ke7 50. Nb6 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5]
[%cal Gb6d5] +/-/+-}) 49. Rh3 {+/=/+/-} Rg8 $2 {Painful blunder leading to
immediate loss.} ({It was necessary:} 49... Rh8 50. Nb2 {/\Kc3,Nc4 +/=/+/-})
50. Rxh6+ f6 51. Nc3 Rg2 (51... Rg4 52. Kb5 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) (51... Rf8 $142
52. Nd5 Kc6 53. h4 $18 {[%csl Gh4]}) 52. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Rf6]} Rc2+ 53. Kb5 Rb2
54. Nxf6 {The further resistance is senseless.} (54. Nxf6 Nxf6 (54... Rxb3+
$143 55. Kc4 {[%csl Rb3,Rd6,Gh6][%cal Gf6d5,Gc4b3]}) 55. Rxf6+ {[%csl Rc5,Re5]}
Kd7 56. Kc4 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga3,Ra5,Gb3,Rc5,Ge4,Re5,Gf5][%cal Gf6e6]}) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 $5 {On my sight,now this continuation more promising
for white, than traditional main line:} (10. e3 $5 {See comments to Gelfand,
B-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee,2002/CBM 87(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) 10... exd5 11. e3 Re8
12. Bf2 $5 {MaximTurov, as well as I, continue to trust in this position.
Besides,white has two principales moves:} (12. Be2 $6 {See comments to Llanos,
G-Zontakh,A/Budapest,1999/CBM 72(0-1)(Golod,V)(31)}) ({and} 12. Nh3 $5 {
See comments to Khatov,A-Yakovich,Y/Novgorod,1997/CBM 60(1/2-1/2)(Fritz5.00)
(36)}) 12... c5 13. Bb5 Bc6 {Comments from 13...Bc6!? to 15...Bd7 of this game,
you can find in annotations to game:Turov,M-Pelletier,Y/Kharkov,2001/CBM 83(1/
2-1/2)(Golod,V)(56)} 14. Bd3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Ne2 {/\0-0 White want at
last to finish the development.} Nc6 17. Qc3 Ne5 18. O-O ({White don't have
time on:} 18. Bc2 $2 {because of:} Rc8 19. Qb3 Rc4 $1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gd7a4]}
20. a4 (20. Nc3 $143 d4 $1 {[%csl Re1]}) 20... Qc8 $17) 18... Rc8 ({It
deserves attention:} 18... Qc8 19. Qd2 $140 Bf5 20. Bb5 (20. Rac1 $5) 20... Nc4
$11 {1/2-1/2 Rubinetti,J-Tempone,M/San Luis,1990(20)}) 19. Qd2 ({The repeat to
moves happened in the following game:} 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qh4 Ne5 21. Qd4 Nc6 22.
Qh4 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Fochtler,E-Petran,P/Eger,1992 (22)}) 19... Nc4 $6 ({After:} 
19... Nxd3 $5 20. Qxd3 Qe7 21. Nd4 {white has a slight positional advantage.})
20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. e4 Be6 22. Qc3 $6 ({In my opinion,it was better to keep the
queens:} 22. Bd4 $5 {/\Rad1,Qc3/^a1-h8 and so on.}) 22... Nd7 $146 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5d3]} (22... Qd3 $5 {Black immediately use the previous
discrepancy of white!} 23. Nd4 {+/=/= You can see comments toTurov,M-Pelletier,
Y/Kharkov,2001/CBM 83(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(56)}) 23. Rfd1 ({Also it was possible
to deduce another rook on this place:} 23. Rad1) 23... Qe7 24. Rd2 $6 ({
Can be recommended:} 24. Bd4 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4,Rg7]} f6 $5 (24... f5 25. Ng3 (25.
exf5 $143 Bxf5 26. Ng3 Bd3 27. Re1 Qf7 $11) 25... fxe4 26. Nxe4 Bf5 27. Re1 $14
) (24... Qg5 $5 25. Be3 $140 Qe5 {[%csl Rc3,Ge5]}) 25. Nf4 Nc5 26. Nxe6 Nxe6
27. Be3 {+/=/=}) 24... Nc5 {[%csl Rb3,Rd3][%cal Gc5d3,Gc5b3,Gb3d2,Gb3a1]} 25.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Qd4 b5 ({Dubiously:} 26... Qxd4+ {in view of:} 27. Rxd4 {
/\Rad1,Nc3 with obvious positional advantage of white in the endgame.}) 27.
Rad1 a5 {[%cal Gb5b4] Black begin to get rid of weakness of the position: PP
chain in the queen side.} 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd6 ({Is a possible continuation
of the play:} 29. Nd4 $5 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Kf2) 29... f5 $1 {[%csl Re4] It
is necessary to undermine the strong centre of white.Apparently, already now,
Ruslan Pogorelov saw a final position in this game.} 30. Nd4 Bc8 $1 $11 ({
Weakly:} 30... Kf7 {because of:} 31. Rb6 {[%csl Rb5]} Rd8 32. Kf2 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Gd4e6]} Bc8 33. Ke3 $14) 31. Nc6 ({Leads to equality:} 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32.
exd5 Bd7 {[%csl Yd7]}) 31... fxe4 $1 32. Rd8 $140 (32. fxe4 $2 Bb7 33. Nxa5
Bxe4 $15 {[%csl Ra5]}) 32... Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Rxc8 b4 35. axb4 {After
this move Ruslan Pogorelov is agreed for draw, because of next variants:} (35.
axb4 axb4 36. Rb8 (36. fxe4 $4 c3 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc3c2]} 37. bxc3 bxc3 $19 {
[%csl Gc3,Rc8][%cal Gc3c2]}) (36. Na7 $4 Rxc8 37. Nxc8 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 $19 {
[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc3c2,Gc2c1]}) 36... Rxc6 37. Rxb4 exf3 (37... e3 38. Kf1 {
[%cal Gf1e2]} c3 39. bxc3 Rxc3 40. Rb2 g5 41. Ke2 Kg6 $11) 38. gxf3 c3 39. bxc3
Rxc3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2003.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Qf3 {After my games against Lev Psakhis in 1999 and Judit Polgar in 2000 this
idea became very popular. Probably, White can not expect a big advantage in
this variation.} Nc6 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 {Besides White has two principales moves:
} (10. h4 {You can see my comments to game: Golod,V-Polgar,J/ISR,2000/CBM 77(1/
2-1/2)(19)}) ({and} 10. Bxf6 {You can see my annotations to game: Dautov,
R-Gyimesi,Z/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(1/2-1/2)(24)}) 10... Na5 $5 $146 {[%csl Rc4]
This continuation is the next attempt to bring in a "new word " in theory of
this variation.} ({Also once were checked in the preceding games:} 10... Bb7 $5
{You can see my comments to Khalifman,A-Tiviakov,S/Dos Hermanas,2003/CBM 95
(1-0)(51)}) (10... Re8 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. b4 a6 13. Qd1 d6 14. Ne2 a5 15. b5 Nb8
16. Nc3 Nbd7 17. f3 e5 18. Be2 $14 {Van Wely,L-Milov,V/Bastia,2003(1/2-1/2)
(rapid)(55)}) ({and} 10... Qe7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd1 Nb8 13. Ne2 d6 14. Nc3 Nbd7
15. f3 c5 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. O-O d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qd2 {+/=/= Goldin,A-Milos,
G/Buenos Aires,2003(1-0)(69)}) 11. Rc1 c5 {[%csl Rc4,Rd4] Black wants
immediately to begin pressure on the centre.} 12. e4 $5 {[%csl Rd8,Rf6][%cal
Ge4e5] This move is the "harbinger" of active actions in this game.} ({Leads
to favourable simplifications for Black:} 12. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 $13 {
and now badly:} 14. b4 {in view of:} cxb4 (14... Nb3 $4 15. Rc3 Na1 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. Rc1 Nb3 18. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Rb3]}) 15. axb4 $140 Nxc4 $1 16. Bxc4 Rac8
17. Bxa6 Rxc1+ 18. Kd2 Ra1 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Gf8c8,Ya6c8]} 19. b5 d5 {[%csl Ga1,
Rh1][%cal Gf8d8,Gd8d7,Gd7c7,Gc7c1] with obvious advantage of Black in the
endgame.}) 12... g5 $6 {[%mdl 64] Black "accept a call".} ({Can it was
necessary to decide on the more reliable continuation:} 12... Bb7 $5 13. Bxf6 (
13. Bd3 $2 g5 14. Bg3 Nb3 {[%csl Rc1,Rd4]}) 13... Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. dxc5 (
15. d5 $6 exd5 16. exd5 Rfe8+ 17. Kd1 b5 $36 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5]}) 15... Bxe4 (
15... bxc5 $5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nc6 18. b5 Ne5 $13) 16. cxb6 axb6 17. f3 Bg6
$11) 13. Bg3 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 13. e5 $6 Bb7 (13... Nh7 $2
14. Bg3 cxd4 15. h4 Bb7 16. Qd3 $40) 14. d5 (14. Qxf6 $142 Qxf6 15. exf6 gxh4
16. dxc5 bxc5 $13) 14... exd5 $1 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. cxd5 gxh4 16. b4 {[%csl
Ra5]} Qg5 (16... Bxd5 $143 17. Qg4+ Qg5 18. Qxg5+ hxg5 19. bxa5 {+/=/+/-}) 17.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 18. fxe3 cxb4 19. axb4 Nb3 20. Rb1 Bxd5 21. e4 {[%csl Rb3,Yd5][%cal
Ge4d5,Yd5b3,Gb1b3]} Bxe4 22. Rxb3 f6 $14) 15. exf6 $140 dxc4 16. Qf5 (16. Qg3
Qxf6 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg8h8]} 17. f4 Qxb2 18. Ne2 f6 $17 {[%csl Yf6,Yg5,Rh4,
Yh6]}) 16... Re8+ 17. Ne2 d5 $36 18. Bxg5 $140 $2 Bc8 $1 19. Qf4 Re4 20. Qg3
Rg4 $17 {[%csl Rg3,Rg5]}) 13... Bb7 {[%csl Rd4,Re4]} ({It was weakly:} 13... d5
$6 {because of:} 14. cxd5 (14. exd5 $143 exd5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gf8e8]}) 14...
Bxf1 15. Kxf1 exd5 16. exd5 {[%csl Rf6]} cxd4 (16... Nxd5 $2 17. dxc5 $16) 17.
Ne2 $14) 14. b4 {White had no other worthy alternative.} Bxe4 (14... cxb4 $143
15. axb4 Bxe4 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. h4 $40) 15. Qd1 ({Now impossibly:} 15. Qe3 $2 {
in view of:} cxd4 16. Qxd4 $140 Nb3 {[%csl Rc1,Rd4]}) 15... Nc6 ({It deserves
attention:} 15... Nb7 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6][%cal Yb7d6,Yb7c5]} 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. f3
Bf5 18. h4 $44) 16. dxc5 e5 $2 ({In this position I would accept the following
decision:} 16... bxc5 17. Bd6 $140 {[%csl Rc5,Rf8]} cxb4 18. axb4 (18. Bxf8 $6
Qxf8 $15) 18... Re8 19. f3 Bg6 20. h4 $44) 17. f3 $6 $13 {This move does not
put the large problems for Black.} (17. cxb6 $5 axb6 (17... Qxb6 $143 18. c5 {
+/=/+/-}) 18. b5 $14) (17. h4 $5 $40 {[%csl Rg8,Gh1]}) 17... Bg6 18. b5 Nd4 $1
{Now Black has, as a minimum, equal chances in the subsequent tactical
complications.} (18... Na5 $143 19. cxb6 axb6 20. h4 $14 {[%csl Rg8,Gh1]}) 19.
Bxe5 Re8 ({Immediately loses a game the following move:} 19... Nc2+ $4 20. Rxc2
Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Re8 22. Qf5 Qe7 23. f4 $1 gxf4 $140 24. Nf3 $18 {[%csl Re5,Ge7,
Ge8,Yf3,Yf5][%cal Yf3e5,Yf5e5]}) 20. Qxd4 bxc5 ({Is more interesting
alternative:} 20... Qe7 21. Kd2 {[%csl Re7,Rf6][%cal Ge5f6,Gf6e7]} (21. f4 $2
bxc5 {[%csl Re1,Re5][%cal Gd7d6]} 22. Qd2 d6 23. Nf3 gxf4 24. Qxf4 Kh7 $15 {
[%csl Re1,Re5,Yh7][%cal Yh7h6]}) 21... Qxe5 $8 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. cxb6 axb6 $44)
21. Qxc5 ({Senselessly:} 21. Qd6 $2 {in view of:} Qe7 $1 {[%csl Yd6,Re1,Re5,
Ge7,Ge8][%cal Ge7d6,Ge7e5]}) 21... d6 ({Also good enough:} 21... Qb6 $5 22.
Qxb6 Rxe5+ 23. Qe3 (23. Kd2 $143 axb6 {[%csl Ra3]} 24. Ra1 Rc5 $44 {[%cal
Gd7d5]}) 23... Rxe3+ 24. Kf2 Rxa3 $11) 22. Qd4 Qc7 (22... Rxe5+ $6 23. Kf2 $14)
23. Ne2 dxe5 ({Hardly it was better:} 23... Rxe5 $6 {[%cal Ga8e8]} 24. Kf2 Rae8
25. Ng3 (25. Nc3 $142 {/\Be2 and Rhe1 +/=}) 25... Rxb5 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rf2]} 26.
cxb5 (26. Qxf6 $4 Qc5+ {[%csl Rf2]}) (26. Rd1 $143 Rbe5 27. Qxd6 Qa5 $1 $44 {
[%csl Rc5,Yd6,Rf2][%cal Ga5c5,Yd6c5]}) 26... Qxc1 27. Be2 (27. Qxf6 $4 Qe3#)
27... Qc5 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Rc1 Nd7 30. a4 {+/=/=}) 24. Qb2 {[%csl Rf6]} ({
Too passively, but reliably:} 24. Qe3 Qb6 $140 25. Rc3 Rac8 $44) 24... Re6 ({
Can be recommended:} 24... Nd7 $5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd7c5]}) 25. g3 (25. c5 $5
Rd8 $44) 25... Rd8 $5 {<->d} (25... e4 $2 {is refuted by:} 26. Bh3 {[%csl Gb2,
Re6,Rf6,Gh3][%cal Ye6f6,Gh3e6]} Qe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. f4 $16) (25... Qc5 $5 {
[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5g1]} 26. Bh3 Ree8 {[%csl Ye8][%cal Gb2b4,Rb4f8]} 27. Qb4
$140 Qe3 28. Qc3 Qc5 $44) 26. c5 e4 $1 {[%csl Re1] All Black's pieces have
occupied ideal positions and are ready to opening a position.} 27. Bh3 {
[%csl Re6,Rf6][%cal Ye6f6]} g4 $8 ({It was wrong decision:} 27... Qa5+ $2 28.
Qc3 Qxc3+ 29. Rxc3 Re5 30. f4 $16) 28. fxg4 e3 {[%cal Gd8d2] It is rather
difficult to continue a game without this move.} 29. g5 {[%csl Re6,Rf6][%cal
Gg5f6,Gh3e6]} Rd2 30. Qb3 Bd3 31. Nf4 Re4 $4 {Painful blunder leading to
immediate loss.} ({It was necessary:} 31... Ne4 32. Bg4 (32. Bxe6 $4 {[%tqu
"En","Find immediate win here!","","","c7f4","",10]} Qxf4 $1 {[%csl Re1]} 33.
Bxf7+ Kf8 $1 34. gxf4 Re2+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kd1 Nf2#) 35... Nd2+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37.
Kf1 Rf2#) (32. Nxd3 Nxg3 $1 {[%csl Re1,Rh1][%cal Gd2e2,Ge2d2]} 33. Bxe6 (33.
Rc2 $2 Nxh1 {[%csl Re1,Rh2][%cal Gc7h2]} 34. Rxd2 (34. Bxe6 $2 Qxh2 35. Bxf7+
Kf8 $19 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gh2g1]}) 34... exd2+ 35. Kd1 Re3 $17 {[%csl Rd1,Rh2,
Rh3][%cal Gc7h2,Ge3h3]}) 33... Re2+ 34. Kd1 Rd2+ 35. Ke1 Re2+ $11) 32... Rd6 $1
{[%csl Rc1]} 33. Qb4 (33. g6 $143 Rxg6 $1 34. Nxd3 (34. Nxg6 $4 Rxh2 $1 {
[%csl Re1,Rg3][%cal Gc7g3]} 35. Rg1 {[%tqu "En","Can you find a forced mate
here?","","","c7g3","",10]} Qxg3+ $1 36. Rxg3 Rh1+ 37. Rg1 Rxg1#) 34... Rxg4
$36 {[%csl Re1]}) 33... Nxg5 34. Nxd3 (34. Rg1 Bf5 $13 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Yg4f3]}
) 34... R6xd3 35. Qf4 Qd8 $13) 32. Nxd3 Rxh2 {[%csl Re1,Rg3][%cal Gc7g3]} 33.
Rg1 $18 Nd5 {[%csl Yb3,Re1][%cal Gc7a5]} (33... hxg5 34. b6 {[%csl Gb6,Gc5]})
34. b6 {[%csl Gb6,Gc5,Rd5] It's the most logical reaction to the previous move
of Black.} 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 ({Besides, white has three alternatives:} 9. Nf3) (9. Bd3) ({and} 
9. Nh3) 9... c5 {There is no sense to spoil the pawns structure.In my opinion,
it was better:} (9... Bb7 $5 {You can see comments to Turov,M-Charbonneau,P/
Montreal,2001/CBM 85 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(25)}) (9... d6 $6 10. f3 Nf6 11. Bd2 c5
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 Qe7 14. Nf4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 $14 {Linauskas,
D-Kaunas,K/Vilnius,1996 (1-0)(40)}) 10. f3 Nd6 {It's idea of the black.} ({
Now it is absolutely illogical:} 10... Nf6 11. b4 $14 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 11. b3 ({
It was possible to try to establish this pawn in point "b4":} 11. b4 $5 Qc7 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. Nf4 $14) 11... Bb7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bb2 {White's bishop has
established the full control over diagonal a1-h8.} Nc6 $146 ({Was checked in
the previous game:} 13... Qh4+ 14. Ng3 Ne8 15. b4 Nc6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bd3 Nf6
18. O-O d6 19. a4 $14 {Baburin,A-De Firmian,N/Copenhagen,2000(1/2-1/2)(30)})
14. Rd1 ({Now,already dubiously:} 14. b4 {in view of:} cxb4 15. axb4 $140 Qh4+
(15... Nxb4 $4 16. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rg7]}) 16. Ng3 f4 17. exf4 Nf5 $36 {
[%csl Rb4,Rg3]}) 14... Ne8 {[%csl Ye8,Rg7][%cal Ye8g7]} 15. Ng3 Bc8 $5 {
/\Rb8<->b;קb3} ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 15... d6 $5 16. Bd3
Qg5 17. Qd2 $14) 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Bc3 Qb6 {[%csl Rb3]} 18. Rb1 $14 {White do
not lag behind any more in development from black.} d5 19. O-O ({Not clear
endgame, arises the after:} 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxf5 (20. Bxf5 $143 Bxf5 21. Nxf5
c4 $36 {[%csl Re3,Yf5][%cal Gf8f5]}) 20... c4 21. bxc4 Qxb1+ 22. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 23.
Bxb1 Bxf5 24. cxd5 Bxb1 25. dxc6 Bc2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc2a4]} 26. Kf2 Ba4 27.
Rc1 $13) 19... Nd6 20. Kh1 $5 {[%csl Rg1,Yh1][%cal Yg1h1]} ({Also it deserves
attention:} 20. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc5] /\Ba1(קc5)}) 20... Bd7 $140 21. Nh5 {[%csl
Gc3,Gh5] White begin active actions on the king side.} Rf7 ({Pretty dubiously:
} 21... d4 {because of:} 22. exd4 cxd4 (22... Nxd4 $4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. c5 $18
{[%csl Rb6,Rd6]}) 23. Bd2 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Qd8 24. c5 $36) 22. Ba1 dxc4 ({After:
} 22... Qa5 $6 23. cxd5 exd5 24. b4 $1 {white has a strong initiative}) 23.
Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 {[%csl Ga1,Rg8,Gh5]} Ne7 25. Bxg7 $5 {[%mdl 64]} ({After:} 
25. Rfc1 $5 Nd5 {[%csl Re3]} 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Nxe3 28. Be5 {white save a
positional advantage.}) 25... Bb5 26. Qc3 $6 ({It was much better:} 26. Qf4
Bxf1 $140 27. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh5f6]} Bxg2+ (27... Ng6 28. Nf6+ Rxf6
29. Bxf6 Bxg2+ (29... Rb7 $143 30. Rxf1 Qxb3 31. h4 Qd3 32. Rc1 $40 {[%cal
Gh4h5]}) 30. Kxg2 {transfer to 27...Bxg2}) 28. Kxg2 Ng6 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. Bxf6
Qc7 31. h4 $14) 26... Nd5 $1 ({Leads to better endgame for Ivan Sokolov:} 26...
Bxf1 $6 27. Nf6+ (27. Rxf1 $2 Qxb3 $17) 27... Rxf6 $8 (27... Kxg7 $4 28. Nd7+
$18 {[%csl Rb6,Rg7]}) 28. Qxf6 Nd5 29. Qg5 Kf7 {[%cal Gb8g8]} 30. Rxf1 $1 (30.
Be5 $2 Bd3 31. Qg7+ Ke8 $17 {[%csl Rb1]}) 30... Rg8 31. e4 Rxg7 32. Qh5+ Kf8
33. exd5 Qxb3 34. dxe6 Qxe6 35. Qh4 {[%csl Rf8]}) 27. Qe5 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge5g3]} Qc7 ({At black there is no time for a capture a pawn:} 
28... Qxb3 $6 29. Qg3 (29. Qxe6 $4 Nxe3 $19 {[%csl Re6,Rf1]}) 29... f4 30. exf4
Qd3 31. Be5+ (31. Bd4+ $2 Qg6) 31... Kf8 32. Re1 {[%csl Rf8]} Rc8 (32... Rb6 $5
33. Qh4 $40 {[%csl Rf8]}) 33. Bd6+ (33. Ng7 $2 Qg6 34. Qxg6 hxg6 35. Nxe6+ Kg8
36. Rd1 Rd7 $15 {[%cal Gc5c4]}) 33... Ne7 34. f5 $1 Qxf5 35. Nf4 $16 {[%csl
Re6]}) 29. Qxe6 (29. e4 $2 {is refuted by:} Qxe5 30. Bxe5 Ne3 {[%csl Rf1][%cal
Gb8b3]}) 29... Qd7 {[%csl Re6,Rg7][%cal Gf7g7]} ({Badly:} 29... Rd8 {because
of:} 30. Ba1 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 30. Qa6 $2 {The inexplicable and not compelled
blunder. Leads to approximately equal endgame:} (30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. e4 {[%csl
Yd5,Rf6][%cal Yd5f6]} fxe4 32. fxe4 Rxg7 (32... Ne3 $143 33. Nf6+ Kxg7 34. Nxd7
Rxb3 (34... Rd8 $2 35. Nxc5 {[%csl Rd8,Rg7][%cal Gc5e6]}) 35. Nxc5 Rxa3 36. Rb1
$14) 33. Nxg7 Ne3 34. Re1 $8 Rxb3 35. Nf5 $1 $11 (35. Ne6 $143 c4 $15 {[%csl
Gc4]})) 30... Qb5 $2 {Probably,because of the zeitnot,contenders make this
mistakes.} ({Leads to big advantage for black:} 30... Rxg7 31. Qc4 (31. e4 $2
Rg5 $19 {[%csl Rh5]}) 31... Qf7 $17 (31... Rf7 $6 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. h3 $44 {
[%cal Gh5f4,Ge3e4]})) (30... Nxe3 $6 31. Re1 Nc2 $140 $6 32. Qc4 $1 Nxe1 33.
Nf6+ Kxg7 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Qc3+ Kf7 36. Qc4+ $1 (36. Qxe1 $2 Rbd8 {[%csl Re1,
Rh1][%cal Gd7d1]}) 36... Kf8 (36... Kf6 37. Qh4+ $11) 37. Qxc5+ Re7 38. Qxf5+
Ke8 39. Qh5+ $11) 31. Qxb5 Rxb5 32. Rd1 {[%csl Rd5,Rg8]} Rxb3 ({With
rearrangement of moves the same position turns out,after:} 32... Rxg7 33. Nxg7
(33. Rxd5 $2 Rxb3 34. g4 Rc7 $17 {[%cal Gc5c4]}) 33... Nxe3 34. Rd7 Rxb3 35. h4
Rxa3 $15) 33. h4 {[%csl Yh2]} Rxg7 (33... Rd7 $6 34. e4 fxe4 35. fxe4 Rxg7 36.
Nxg7 Ne3 37. Rd7 Ng4 38. g3 $11) 34. Nxg7 Nxe3 35. Rd7 Rb1+ $6 ({It was
necessary:} 35... Rxa3 $5 36. Nh5 $140 Ra6 $15 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6h6]}) 36.
Kh2 Rb2 37. Kh3 f4 ({Very weakly:} 37... Nxg2 38. Nxf5 $16) ({and} 37... Rxg2
38. Nxf5 {[%csl Ye3,Rg2]} Rf2 39. Kg3 Rg2+ 40. Kf4 Nxf5 41. Kxf5 $16) 38. Ne6 {
[%csl Rc5,Rf4]} Rxg2 39. Nxf4 Ra2 40. Rxa7 c4 $11 41. h5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gh5h6]} h6 42. Ne6 c3 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rf7 {[%cal Gf7f8]} c2 45. Rf8+ Kh7 46.
Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rf8+ Kh7 {Game was ended in the draw because players should be
glad to repeat the position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov Cup of Galychina"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2001.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 Qe7 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Besides this move,black has several options:} (7... c5 $5 {See
comments to Ragozin,E-Aseev,K/St. Petersburg,2000/CBM 76(1-0)(Golod,V) (37)}) (
7... Nh5 $5 $13 {[%cal Gd8h4] See comments to Timman,J-Nikolic,P/Wijk aan Zee,
2000/CBM 75(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(27)}) (7... Nbd7 $5 {See comments to Turov,
M-Zubarev,A/Kharkov,2001/CBM 83(1-0)(Golod,V)(49)}) (7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9.
Qxe5 Nc6 10. Qc3 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nh3 (12. Bc5 $5 Re8 13. Rd1 Qh4+ 14. Bf2
Qe7 15. e3 $14) 12... f4 13. Bf2 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qe7 $13 {Nemet,I-Vaganian,R/
Valenzia,1974/Inf 18/578 (0-1)(46)}) (7... d5 $5 {(againts 8.e4,though black
agree to lose tempo).See comments to Kasparov,G- Sax,G/Reykjavik,1988/Inf 46/
751(1-0) (Sax,Gy)(38)}) ({and} 7... Nc6) 8. e4 ({Pretty dubiously:} 8. Bg5 $6 {
in view of:} e5 9. d5 Re8 10. Qc2 (10. e4 $2 Nxe4 $17) 10... e4 11. O-O-O Nbd7
12. g3 h6 $15 {Varga,P-Besztercsenyi,T/HUN,1995(0-1)(37)}) 8... e5 9. d5 $5 ({
Also it deserves attention:} 9. Be3 $5 exd4 (9... a5 $143 10. Bd3 c5 11. d5 Ne8
12. g4 g6 13. O-O-O $14 {Vera,R-Tamai,R/Rome,1990 (1-0)(38)}) 10. Bxd4 Nc6 $5 (
10... Ne8 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 11. Bf2 (11. Bxf6 $143 gxf6 $13 {[%cal Gf6f5]} (11...
Qxf6 $2 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Be6 14. Kf2 a6 15. Nh3 {+/=/+/-
Stohl,I-Pachman,L/CZE,1995(1-0)(32)})) 11... d5 $140 (11... Ne8 $5 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Gf7f5]}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qc5 Nf4 $6 (13... Rd8 $142) 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15.
g3 Ne6 16. O-O-O $14 {Kottnauer,C-Mueller,H/Vienna,1949(1-0)(43)}) ({and} 9.
Ne2 $5 exd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qxd4 $143 Nc6) 10... d5 (10... c5 $6 11. Ne2 $14 {
[%csl Re1,Ye2]}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $132) 9... c6 $146 ({In my opinion,it was
better:} 9... Nh5 $5 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) ({Was checked in the previous game:} 
9... a5 $6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 b5 13. Bg5 (13. cxb5 $6 Nxe4 14.
fxe4 Qh4+ $132) (13. Qa7 $5) 13... c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. cxb5 Nxb4 16. Qb2 d5
17. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Rb4] Chekhova Kostina,T-Titorenko,N/Elista,1994 (0-1)(35)})
10. Ne2 $6 {It was better to not block a /^ f1-a6.} (10. Be3 $142 {[%csl Ge3,
Gf1]}) 10... b5 $1 $132 {Black at once use the previous discrepancy of white.}
11. b3 {[%csl Yb3,Yc4,Yd5][%cal Yb3c4,Yc4d5]} ({After:} 11. dxc6 $5 bxc4 12.
Ng3 Nxc6 (12... d5 $143 13. Bg5 $1 $14 (13. exd5 $143 Nxd5 14. Qxc4 Qd6 $44 {
[%csl Rc6]})) 13. Bxc4 Bd7 {[%cal Gf8c8]} 14. Be3 Rfc8 {black has a equal game.
}) 11... bxc4 12. bxc4 Qc7 $5 {[%csl Rc3,Gc7]} ({During a game I considered ,
as most unpleasant:} 12... Ba6 {[%cal Gf8c8] but,then has found worthy
objection:} 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Nf5 $36 {[%cal Gc1g5]}) 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Qd2 {
[%cal Ge2c3]} ({Can be recommended:} 14. Rd1 $5 {[%csl Rd6]}) 14... Ba6 15. Nc3
({It deserved the most steadfast attention:} 15. dxc6 $5 Nb6 (15... Qxc6 $143
16. Ng3 {[%csl Rd6,Rf5][%cal Ga1d1,Gg3f5]}) 16. Nc3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfb8 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb8b5]} 20. Rc1 Bb3 21. Qd3 a6 {[%cal
Ya6b5,Gb8b5]} 22. Rc3 Ba2 $13 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb8b5]}) 15... cxd5 $6 ({
Also dubiously:} 15... Rfc8 $6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Nb5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) ({
It was much better:} 15... Nb6 $5 16. c5 $6 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19.
dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rd1 Rfb8 {[%csl Gc4,Rf1][%cal Gc4f1] with clear advantage of
black.}) 16. cxd5 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 16. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 f5 {[%csl Rd5,Re4]} 19. Rc1 Qb8 $132) 16... Bxf1 17.
Rxf1 Rfc8 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} (17... Nb6 $142 $11 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb6c4]}) 18.
Nb5 $1 {Now I grasp the initiative.} Qb8 19. Rb1 Nc5 ({Weakly:} 19... a6 $6 {
because of:} 20. Nc3 Qc7 $140 21. Na2 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga2b4,Gb4c6]} (
21. Na4 $143 Rab8 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc7c4]})) 20. Ke2 (20. Kf2 $4 {is refuted
by:} Nfxe4+ {[%csl Rd2,Rf2]} 21. fxe4 Nxe4+ $19) 20... Qb6 21. Rfc1 Nfd7 22.
Kf1 Rab8 ({Again badly:} 22... a6 $2 {in view of:} 23. Nd4 Qd8 (23... exd4 $2
24. Rxb6 dxe3 25. Qa5 {[%csl Ya5][%cal Ya5b6]} Nxb6 26. Qxb6 $18) 24. Nc6 $16)
23. Rb4 h5 {[%csl Yh7] /\a6} 24. Kg1 $6 {[%cal Gb5d4] By this move I have lost
two important tempo!} (24. Qe2 $142 $14 {[%csl Re2,Yf1][%cal Yf1e2]}) 24... a5
25. Rbb1 $6 ({Good enough:} 25. Rb2 $5 Qa6 $140 26. a4 $1 {+/=/=} Nxa4 $140 $4
27. Nc7 Rxc7 (27... Rxb2 28. Nxa6 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Yd2][%cal Yd2c1]}) 28. Rxb8+
Nxb8 29. Rxc7 $18) ({After of the following tactical impact:} 25. Nxd6 $2 Qxd6
(25... axb4 $4 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. axb4 $18 {[%csl Rc5]}) 26. Rbc4 Rb7 27. Qxa5
Rbc7 {[%cal Gc5a6] white get a bad position.}) 25... Qa6 26. Qe2 a4 $1 {
[%csl Rb3]} 27. Rb4 Nb3 ({After:} 27... Rb7 $6 28. Nc3 Qxe2 (28... Rxb4 $5 29.
axb4 Nd3 $8 30. Nxa4 $1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Qc4 $44) 29. Nxe2 {I have a clear
positional advantage.}) 28. Rxc8+ (28. Rcc4 $142 Ndc5 29. Nc3 $13) 28... Rxc8
29. Rc4 ({Probably,it was better:} 29. Nc3 $5 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 Rc2 31. Ng3 Rc3 $1
$11) 29... Ndc5 (29... Rxc4 $143 30. Qxc4 Ndc5 $11) 30. Nc3 $6 (30. Rb4 $5)
30... Rb8 31. Kf1 Qa5 $138 {[%cal Gb3d4] The position of black remains a
little bit more preferable.That confirms the following variants:} (31... Qa5 {
/\Nd4(פc3;<->b;><b3)} 32. Qd1 {[%csl Yd1,Rd4][%cal Yd1d4]} f6 $5 {[%csl Yf6]
[%cal Yf6e5]} (32... Nd4 $2 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Qxd4 Rb3 35. e5 $1 $16) (32...
Qa6 $143 33. Qe2 Qa5 $11) 33. Ne2 h4 {=/=/+}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. Bb5 $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 15. e4 {See comments to Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/
Bermuda,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)}) 15... Rfd8 $5 {Besides black has
two options:} (15... N5f6 $6 {You can see comments to Kramnik,V-Adams,M/
Linares,1999/CBM 70(1-0)   (Golod,V)(38)}) ({and} 15... Rad8 $5 {See comments
to Jelen,I-Farago,I/Ljubljana,1997/CBM58 (1-0)     (Finkel,A)(61)}) 16. Ne2 ({
More basic continuation:} 16. e4 $5 {was checked up in the following games:
Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/London,2000/CBM 79 (½-½)(Golod,V)(38) and Golod,
V-Pilgaard,K/Ubeda,2001(½-½) (Golod,V)(72)}) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 $5 $11 ({
Also good enough:} 17... Nc5 $5 18. O-O Nc7 19. Bc4 e5 20. Nf5 Ba6 21. Bxa6
N7xa6 $11 {Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo,1998 (1/2-1/2)(28)}) 18. Be2 $146 (
18. Ba4 $143 Rac8 19. Ke2 Nc5 20. Bc2 a5 (20... e5 $5 $36) 21. Rhd1 Ba6+ 22.
Ke1 g6 $11 {Arlandi,E-Jenni,F/Charleville,2000(0-1)(61)}) 18... Rac8 {<->c
Black enter in game the last piece,and for white uneasy to finish he
development.} 19. Rd1 ({Badly:} 19. O-O {because of:} e5 20. Nf5 Rc2 {[%csl
Rb2,Re2]}) 19... Ne5 ({Pretty dubiously:} 19... e5 20. Nf5 Rc2 21. Nd6 $5 $36 {
[%csl Ra6,Yb7,Rd5,Gd6][%cal Yb7a6]} (21. Bh4 $143 f6 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Ne7+ Kh8
24. Nxd5 Rxb2 $13) (21. Rxd5 $143 Bxd5 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxd5 Rxb2 $13)) 20. O-O
{At last it is possible to finish development.} b5 21. Rd2 $6 ({Can be
recommended:} 21. Rfe1 Nc4 $140 $6 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 (22... bxc4 23. Ne2 $14 {
[%cal Ge3e4]}) 23. Nb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rc4,Rd8][%cal Ge3e4,Gb3a5]} Rdc8 24. Na5 R4c7
25. e4 $14) 21... Nc4 $5 {[%csl Rb2,Re3] Now this move wins in force.} 22. Bxc4
$8 bxc4 ({Much worse is:} 22... Rxc4 23. Nb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rc4,Rd8][%cal Gb3a5,
Ge3e4]} Rd7 24. e4 Nf6 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Na5 Rc7 27. Bg3 e5 28. Nxb7 Rxb7 29.
Rc1 {<->c +/=}) 23. Rc2 a5 $6 {[%cal Yb7a6,Ya6c4]} ({From my point of view,
leads to equality:} 23... Ne7 $5 {[%csl Ye7][%cal Ye7f5,Ge6e5]} 24. Rfc1 (24.
Bg3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rfc1 Rd3 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ $11
) 24... e5 25. Ne2 Bd5 26. e4 Be6 27. f4 f6 $11) 24. Ne2 f5 25. Nd4 $6 ({After:
} 25. e4 $5 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nf6 27. Bb6 Bxe4 28. Bxd8 Bxc2 29. Bxa5 {white
transfer to slight better endgame.}) 25... Rd6 26. Rfc1 Ba6 {[%csl Ya6][%cal
Ya6c4,Yc8c4] It is not necessary to overlook,that at white too there is a
weakness - pawn"b2".} 27. Bg3 Rb6 28. Kf2 a4 29. e4 {Opening of a position to
be made not at the most successful moment.} ({It deserves attention:} 29. Be5 {
+/=/=}) 29... fxe4 30. fxe4 Rf8+ $1 31. Nf3 Nf6 {[%csl Re4]} 32. Re1 $140 c3 $1
$11 33. Rxc3 (33. bxc3 $2 Bd3 {[%csl Rc2,Re4]}) 33... Rxb2+ 34. Kg1 Rc8 35.
Rxc8+ (35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Rd1 Ba6 37. Rd4 Bb5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Ba6 $5 {Besides,black has two principales alternatives:} (8... c5 $5 {
See comments to Kiriakov,P-Tunik,G/Yalta, 1995/CBM 47(1/2-1/2)(Shipov,S)(37)})
(8... Bb7 $5 {See comments to Georgiev,K-Karpov,A/ Tilburg,1994/CBM 44(0-1)
(Dautov,R)(40)}) 9. Nf3 (9. e3 {(it's main line)} d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 c5
12. b4 {See comments to Vera,R-Morovic Fernandez,I/Cienfuegos,1996/CBM 54 (1/
2-1/2) (Cifuentes,P)(26)} (12. O-O $143 {See comments to Lima,D-Garcia
Ilundain,D /Leon,1996/CBM 54 (0-1)(Kortschnoj,V)(33)})) 9... d6 (9... d5 $143
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 (11. Rc1 $5) 11... Qd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 (13. Qxc7 $4
Rc8 {[%csl Rc7]}) 13... c5 $11 {Sokolov,I-Gostisa,L/Maribor,1990(1/2-1/2)(51)})
10. Qc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] /\e4(in one tempo).} (10. e3 Nbd7 11. b4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5
13. b5 Bb7 14. Be2 a6 $11 {Elbilia,J-Palac,M/Montpellier,1997(1/2-1/2)(48)})
10... Nbd7 $5 $146 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 10... c5 $5 11. Rd1
Nbd7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. e3 (13. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 $140 14. b4) 13... Bb7 14. Be2 Nce4
15. O-O {+/=/= Lorscheid,G-Tibensky,R/Pardubice,1999 (1-0)(40)}) 11. e4 e5 12.
Bd3 ({In my opinion better is:} 12. d5 $5 {() +/=/=}) 12... exd4 $1 {It's
absolutely sound positional decision!} 13. Nxd4 {[%mdl 16]} Ne5 14. O-O ({
After:} 14. Be2 {black equalizes:} Bb7 15. f3 $140 Ng6 $11 {[%csl Rh4][%cal
Gg6h4,Gg6f4]}) 14... Ng6 $1 ({Much worse is:} 14... Nxd3 $6 15. Qxd3 {[%csl
Rf6,Gh4]} Bb7 16. f3 $14) 15. Bg3 $140 Nh5 {[%csl Rg3]} 16. Rad1 {() Now white
has a small positional advantage.} Bb7 17. Rfe1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 {+/=/=} Re8 19.
Qc3 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 19. Nb5 $5 {(or 19.Ne2)/\Nc3(><d5;b5);Bf1 with
slight positional advantage of white.}) 19... Qf6 {[%csl Rc3,Gf6]} 20. Nb5 $1 {
Differently after:20...h5 and 21...h4 black has a counterplay.} Qxc3 21. Nxc3
Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6] Now "e6"-ideal point for black's knight.} 22. Bc2 {[%csl Rc7]
} Ne6 23. f4 a5 24. Nd5 $6 {Again positional inaccuracy.} ({Can be recommended:
} 24. Ba4 $5 Red8 25. Nd5 {+/=/=}) 24... a4 $1 $11 {[%csl Ra3,Ga4,Rb2]} 25. e5
$5 ({It deserves attention:} 25. Kf2 $5 {and white's plan is: Re3;Ke1-d2-c3.})
25... dxe5 ({Pretty dubious:} 25... Bxd5 26. cxd5 Nc5 27. Kf2 $14) 26. Rxe5
Red8 27. f5 $6 ({From my point of view much better is:} 27. Kf2 $11) 27... Bxd5
({After:} 27... Nc5 $2 28. Nxc7 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rd8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Nxe8 {
white has a pawn up.}) 28. Rexd5 ({Badly:} 28. cxd5 Nc5 $140 29. Re7 Rac8 $15 {
} (29... Rd7 $2 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. d6 $14) {and now impossibly:} 30. f6 {
in view of:} gxf6 31. Bf5 $140 Kf8 {=/+/-/+}) 28... Rxd5 29. cxd5 ({After:} 29.
Rxd5 $6 Nc5 {black has a positional advantage.}) 29... Nc5 30. d6 $1 c6 31. Rd4
Kf8 32. Bd1 Ke8 33. d7+ Nxd7 ({Badly:} 33... Kd8 {because of:} 34. Bf3 {
[%csl Rc6]} Nb3 (34... Kc7 35. Bxc6 $16) 35. Rd6 $14) 34. Bxa4 Ne5 35. Kf2 Ke7
36. Bd1 c5 37. Rd2 Nc4 38. Rc2 Nd6 39. Bf3 (39. Bf3 Ra4 40. Re2+ Kf6 41. g4 Rd4
{=/=/+_|_}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Zrinjevac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 9. e3 Re8 (9... h6 $5 10. Bh4 Nbd7 {It's main line.}) 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4
{Comments to this part of the game(11-20 moves) you can find in annotations to:
Kramnik,V-Tiviakov,S/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72 (1-0)(Golod,V)(42)} Nbd7 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bf2 c4 16. b3 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bd1 Nb6 19.
Bc2 Bc6 20. a4 $14 g5 $6 $146 {[%cal Gc6d7,Gd7h3][%mdl 8] (weakness /^e5-h8;
Kg8)} ({Also dubious:} 20... Qd7 $6 {[%csl Ra4] You can see comments to
Kramnik,V-Tiviakov,S/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)(42)}) ({Can be
recommended:} 20... a5 $5) 21. Kh1 $5 {[%csl Yg1][%cal Yh3g1]} ({Is a possibe
continuation of the play:} 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. a5 Nc8 23. e4 Bxh3 24. gxh3 $36)
21... a5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge7b4] Absolutely illogically,after 20...g5.} ({
It deserves attention:} 21... Nc8 {/\Nd6,Bd7-f5;/^b1-h7}) 22. Rfb1 {[%csl Yb1]
Against- 22...Qb4.} Reb8 ({In my opinion,nevertheless,better is:} 22... Nc8 $5)
23. Ng1 Be8 {With the threat :Nxa4(at the first opportunity).} 24. Qd2 {
[%cal Gg1e2,Ge2c3]} Nbd7 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gb8b4]} 25. Rb5 $5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal
Gb5a5]} ({Also I save a big positional advantage after:} 25. Ne2 Rb4 26. Nc3
Rab8 27. e4 $14) 25... Rxb5 ({Slightly better is:} 25... Qd8 26. Ne2 $36 (26.
Be1 $6 Rxb5 (26... Qe7 $5 {[%csl Re3]}) 27. axb5 Nb8 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb5]})) 26.
axb5 a4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Bxa4 Nb6 ({Senselessly:} 28... Qa3 {because of:} 29.
Qa5 $1 $16 c3 $140 30. Be1 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Ge1]} c2 31. Bxc2 $18 {[%csl Ye1]
[%cal Ye1a5]}) 29. Qa5 Nxa4 $2 {Most probably,black blundered,because he
didn't see 31.Qa6 with the idea 32.Qxf6} ({It is necessary:} 29... Qb7 $1 {
[%csl Rb5]} 30. Bc2 $140 Nc8 31. Qd8 (31. Qa6 $2 Qxa6 32. bxa6 Bb5 {+/=/=})
31... Kg7 32. e4 $36) 30. Qxa4 $16 Qd7 (30... g4 $142) ({or} 30... Qe6) 31. Qa6
c3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] After this mistake,I have a forced win.} (31... Qe6 $142 $16
) 32. Qxf6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} c2 $140 (32... Qc8 $144 33. Bg3 c2 34. Be5 {[%csl
Rg8]} Kf8 35. Qxh6+ Ke7 (35... Kg8 36. Qg7#) 36. Qd6#) 33. Bg3 $1 {After this
move black resigns,because of next variants:} (33. Bg3 $1 Qe6 (33... c1=Q 34.
Be5 Kf8 $8 35. Qxh6+ Ke7 (35... Kg8 36. Qg7#) 36. Qxg5+ Kf8 (36... Ke6 37. Qf6#
) (36... f6 37. Qxf6#) 37. Bg7+ Kg8 38. Bf6+ Kf8 39. Qg7#) 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. b6
$1 (35. Ne2 Bxb5 36. Nc1 $18) 35... c1=Q (35... Bc6 36. Ne2) 36. b7 Qxe3 37.
b8=Q Kf7 38. Be5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5
14. Bf2 c5 15. e4 Nf4 {I recently analyzed this position and completely
changed my mind about this move. Now I consider it quite playable.} ({Other
knight retreats are also possible:} 15... Ne7 $5 {You can see my annotations
to game: Bareev,E-Onischuk,A/Moscow,2002/CBM 90(1-0)(45)}) ({and} 15... N5f6)
16. Be3 {+/=/= This move leads to a quieter game. Now White can hope only for
the minimal advantage. Ftacnik: 'Black plays without two bishops, but is well
advanced in his development. It is far from clear how white should get any
advantage.'} ({This leads to a complicated and sharp game:} 16. Bb5 $5 Rad8
$140 17. Ne2 $1 {You can see my comments to following games: Sokolov,I-Hansen,
C/Malmo,2001/CBM 84(1-0)(41) and Gustafsson,J-Emms,J/Germany,2003/CBM 93(1/2-1/
2)(38)}) 16... Ng6 17. O-O-O $5 $146 {White decided to hide his king away from
any future actions.} ({The games, which have reached this position was
continued as follows:} 17. Rd1 $5 {For further information, you can see my
comments to Kramnik,V-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund,2003/CBM 97(1/2-1/2)(89)}) ({and} 
17. Ne2 f5 (17... Rac8 18. Rd1 Rfd8 {and already here the contenders is agreed
to a draw: Xu Jun-Anand,V/Hyderabad,2002(18)}) 18. exf5 exf5 19. O-O-O Rae8 20.
Bf2 Ba6 21. Nc3 Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 Nf4 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. g3 {1/2-1/2
Bareev,E-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee,2004}) 17... Rac8 ({Black could have chosen a
different move order:} 17... cxd4 18. Rxd4 (18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bc3 Nc5 $132) 18...
Nc5 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Kb1 Rfd8) 18. Kb1 cxd4 {Ftacnik: 'Almasi will lose due to
a string of small concessions. It seems more logical to wait with exchange in
the center with 18..Rfd8.'} (18... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 19. Ne2 Ba6 20. Rd2 Bc4 $11)
19. Rxd4 (19. Bxd4 {Ftacnik} Nc5 20. Nh3 Rfd8 21. Nf2 e5 22. Be3 Nb3 $11) 19...
Nde5 {A bit passive decision.} ({This deserves more attention:} 19... Nc5 $5 {
with the intention of activating his pieces.}) (19... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 20. Bb5
Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ne2 a6 $11) 20. Nh3 Ne7 $6 {How long can that knight
jump here and there? Now Black lost an important resource "Nh4" attacking his
opponent's king side. And he lost a lot of time,which gives a chance to his
opponent to develop his king side. Don't forget, White has the BB pair, which
could help in the future! Ftacnik: 'Black plans the advance f7-f5 and thus
keeps the rook on f8. The balance was probably still at hand with the obvious
move 20...Rfd8.'} (20... Rfd8 $5 21. Rxd8+ (21. Bb5 Nh4 $5 $132 {[%csl Rg2]})
21... Rxd8 22. Be2 (22. Nf2 {Ftacnik} f5 23. h4 fxe4 24. fxe4 h5 $11) 22... Nh4
23. Rg1 f5 24. Nf2 g5 {with an equal game for Black.}) 21. Bb5 $14 {White is
provocating Black. Zoltan Almasi can't stand this bishop here any longer, and
must chase it away, this leads to weakened squares and loss of tempos.} Bc6 ({
Perhaps it was better to weaken the queenside a little instead:} 21... a6 22.
Be2 $140 f5 {Black gets some counterplay.} 23. Nf4 {Ftacnik} fxe4 24. fxe4 N7c6
25. Rd6 Na5 26. Rxe6 $14) 22. Ba6 Rcd8 23. Rc1 {<->c White managed to develop
all of his pieces. The following on turn - knight, which will go to "f2".} b5
$6 ({Too risky:} 23... f5 24. Nf4 $36 {קe6}) ({It was safer to exchange a
pair of rooks:} 23... Rxd4 24. Bxd4 N5g6 25. b4 $14 (25. Nf2 $14 {Ftacnik}))
24. Nf2 f5 25. exf5 (25. b3 {Ftacnik} fxe4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. fxe4 Kf7 $14)
25... Nd5 ({After:} 25... Nxf5 $143 {White only extended his advantage:} 26.
Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bf4 {[%csl Rc6,Re5][%cal Ye5c6]} Ng6 28. Bc7 Rd2 29. Rxc6 Rxf2
30. Rxe6 Rxg2 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Ra8 $16) 26. Rc5 $5 {White used the fact that
the knight on "e5" is undefended.} (26. Re4 $6 Nc4 27. Bxa7 Ra8 28. Rxe6 Rf6
$132) ({Also, I can recommend:} 26. Nd3 $5) 26... Nxe3 (26... exf5 $143 27. Bc1
Nc7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxb5 Nxb5 30. Rxe5 $16) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxe5 Nxf5 $2 {
While looking for counterplay, it was necessary to sharpen the game:} (28...
Nxg2 29. fxe6 Rd5 {the game is still far from over!}) 29. Rxe6 $16 {Black
can't trap the white bishop.} Nd4 ({Leads to favourable simplifications for
White:} 29... Rd2 30. Rxc6 Rxf2 31. Rc2 {[%csl Rb5]} Rxc2 $140 32. Kxc2 Ne3+
33. Kd3 Nxg2 34. Bxb5 {+/-/+-}) 30. Re3 Nf5 ({It seems that it was better to
move the king to the center first:} 30... Kf7) 31. Rc3 {White completely
consolidated his forces.} Rd6 32. Bc8 Nh4 33. Bh3 {Finally the bishop returned
to his camp. Now White has an extra pawn without any compensation for Black.}
Kh7 34. Rd3 {<->d} Rg6 $4 {Painful blunder leading to immediate loss.} (34...
Rxd3 35. Nxd3 {+/-/+- with a technically won endgame.}) 35. g3 $18 ({After:} 
35. g3 {the least, Black loses his exchange:} Nxf3 (35... Bxf3 36. gxh4) 36.
Bf5 Ne5 $140 37. Re3 $1 {and perhaps even more.}) 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch places"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2002.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Qc2 {[%cal Gg1e2,Ge2c3]} Nbd7 10. Ne2 Rc8 $6 $146 {Because of this
positional mistake,black lose a struggle for the centre.There were three
alternatives:} (10... Qc8 $5 {You can see comments to Kacheishvili,G-Milov,V/
Batumi,1999/CBM 74(0-1)(Golod,V)(21)}) (10... d5 $6 {Psakhis,L} 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Qc6 $36) ({and} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Rxd6 Nb7 $44 {Agrest,E-Kortschnoj,V/Malmo,1996(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 11. Nc3 Bb7 (
{Now in comparison with 10...Qc8,after:} 11... c5 {White has a easy way to big
positional advantage:} 12. d5 exd5 $140 13. Nxd5 (13. cxd5 $143 Bxf1 14. Kxf1
$13) 13... Bb7 14. Nxf6+ (14. Rd1 $5) 14... Nxf6 15. Qf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5,Rf6,Gg5]
} Re8 16. Bd3 {+/=/+/-}) 12. e4 $14 {[%csl Yc4,Yd4,Ye4] It is possible only to
dream of such position in a debut!} c5 ({Also leads to clear advantage of
white:} 12... h6 $5 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Be2 Nxg3 (15... Nf4 16. O-O-O $5
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh2h4]}) 16. hxg3 Kg7 $14) 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 {[%csl Rb7]
Now bishop"b7" not soon will enter game.} Re8 15. Be2 Qe7 16. f3 c4 ({Can be
recommended:} 16... h6 17. Bh4 {[%csl Yf2]} a6 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 18. a4 Qe5 {
with minimal counterplay.}) 17. O-O a6 18. a4 Ne5 19. Rae1 Ng6 20. Qd2 h6 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Bd1 {[%csl Yd1][%cal Yd1c2][%mdl 32] White skilfully translate the
pieces on the best positions.} Re7 23. Bc2 Rce8 24. Bd4 Nd7 ({It deserves
attention:} 24... Ne5 {with idea to provoke white on:} 25. f4) 25. Nd1 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc4,Rf5][%cal Gd1e3,Ge3f5,Ge3c4] Black can not simultaneously protect
two weaknesses.} b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ne3 f6 28. Nf5 Rf7 29. Qf2 $6 {[%csl Rd7,
Rg6][%cal Gf2g3]} (29. Qb4 $142 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6]}) 29... Nde5 $2 ({Most
probably more stubborn resistance after:} 29... Ne7) 30. Qg3 {[%csl Ye5,Rg6]
[%cal Gf3f4]} Kh7 31. f4 Nd3 ({Very badly:} 31... Nd7 {because of:} 32. e5 {
[%csl Gc2,Gg3,Rg6,Rh7]}) 32. Bxd3 cxd3 33. Rc1 {The important intermediate
move!} Qd7 34. Qxd3 $18 Ra8 35. Rf2 Rff8 36. Bc3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc3b4]} Ra4
37. b3 Raa8 38. Bb4 Ra6 39. g3 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Gf2c2,Gc2c7,Yg3f4] Full
domination,black doesn't have space for any movement.} Rfa8 40. Rfc2 Ra1 41.
Qd4 Rxc1+ 42. Rxc1 Ra2 43. Bxd6 {[%csl Rd7,Rg7][%cal Gc1c7] Further resistance
is impossible.} b4 44. Rc7 Qb5 45. Rxg7+ Kh8 46. Rxg6 {To be continuation...}
Rg2+ 47. Kxg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49. Nh4 Bc8+ 50. f5 Bxf5+ 51. exf5 Kh7 {
Last practical chance!} 52. Qa7+ {Good achievement of GM Alexander Chernin!} (
52. Qxf6 Qg4+ 53. Kxg4 $4 (53. Rxg4) 53... h5+ $11) 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 (10. e3 $5 {Is the main line.See comments to Piket,
J-Karpov,A/Monaco,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)  (Golod,V)(41)}) 10... exd5 11. e3 Re8
12. Bf2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Besides,white has two principales moves:} (12. Be2 $6 {
See comments to: Llanos,G-Zontakh,A/Budapest,1999/CBM 72(0-1)(Golod,V)(31)}) ({
or} 12. Nh3 $5 {See comments to Khatov,A-Yakovich,Y/Novgorod,1997/CBM 60(1/2-1/
2) (Fritz5.00)(36)}) 12... c5 13. Bb5 Bc6 $5 ({Is a possible continuation of
the play:} 13... Nc6 $5 14. Ne2 c4 $5 (14... Rc8 $143 15. O-O a6 16. Bd3 Ne7
17. Qd2 Qd7 18. b4 c4 19. Bc2 Nf5 20. Nc3 $14 {Kohlweyer,B-Heemskerk,W/
Groningen,1989 (1-0)(45)}) 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Na5 17. Qa2 Bc6 18. Bd3 Ba4 19.
Rb1 Rc8 $11 {Kaidanov,G-Rozentalis,E/Lvov,1987(1-0)(42)}) 14. Bd3 cxd4 15. Qxd4
Bd7 $5 ({Was checked in the five previous games:} 15... Nbd7 $5 16. Ne2 (16. b4
$143 Ne5 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. O-O Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bb5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Rfe1 $11 {
Nachev,S-Gorelov,S/Moscow,1996 (1/2-1/2)(27)}) 16... Nc5 17. Bc2 (17. Qc3 $6 d4
$1 18. Nxd4 Nd5 19. Qd2 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Nf4 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Nxc6 Qd7 $44 {
Kalesis,N-Shipov,S/Cappelle la Grande,1995(0-1)(56)}) 17... Bb5 (17... Rc8 $5
18. O-O Bb5 19. Rfe1 Nce4 20. Bb3 Bc4 $6 (20... Nxf2 $5 21. Kxf2 Bc4) 21. Ba4
Bxe2 22. Bxe8 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxf2 24. Rac1 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Qxe8 26. Kxh3 Qd7+ 27.
Kg2 Re8 28. Rg1 $16 {Granda Zuniga,J-Veingold,A/Cordoba,1995(0-1)(43)}) 18. Nc3
(18. Qd2 $6 Rc8 19. Nd4 Bc4 20. Bg3 Nh5 $1 21. Kf2 Qf6 $36 {Seirawan,Y-Karpov,
A/Rotterdam,1989(0-1)(42)}) 18... Bc4 19. O-O-O {+/=/= Beliavsky,A-Lautier,J/
Enghien-les-Bains FRA,1999(1/2-1/2)(81)}) 16. Ne2 {/\0-0 White want at last to
finish development.} Nc6 17. Qc3 Ne5 18. O-O ({White don't have time on:} 18.
Bc2 $2 {because of:} Rc8 19. Qb3 Rc4 $1 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 20. a4 (20. Nc3 $143 d4
$1) 20... Qc8 $17) 18... Rc8 ({It deserves attention:} 18... Qc8 19. Qd2 $140
Bf5 20. Bb5 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rubinetti,J-Tempone,M/San Luis,1990(20)}) 19. Qd2
$146 ({The repeat to moves happened in the following game:} 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qh4
Ne5 21. Qd4 Nc6 22. Qh4 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Fochtler,E-Petran,P/Eger,1992 (22)}) 19...
Nc4 $6 ({After:} 19... Nxd3 $5 20. Qxd3 Qe7 21. Nd4 {white has a slight
positional advantage.}) 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. e4 Be6 22. Qc3 $6 ({In my opinion,it
was better to keep the queens:} 22. Bd4 $5 {/\Rad1,Qc3/^a1-h8 and so on.})
22... Qd3 $5 {Black immediately use discrepancy of white.} 23. Nd4 $14 {
And nevertheless positional advantage on the party of white.} Qxc3 24. bxc3 Bd7
{[%cal Gd7a4]} 25. a4 {[%csl Ya4]} Re5 26. Nb5 $6 {All subsequent exchanges on
a hand black.} ({It was necessary:} 26. Rfb1 $5 Ra5 27. Rb4 $14) 26... Bxb5 27.
axb5 Rxb5 28. Rxa7 Rb3 29. Bd4 Ne8 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4][%cal Ge8c7,Gc7b5,Gb5c3,
Gb5d4] Now position of black as the minimum is not worse.} 30. Rd1 Nc7 31. Be5
({Also nor equalizes:} 31. Rb7 Ne6 (31... Nb5 $6 32. Bxb6 Nxc3 33. Rdd7 $13)
32. Bxb6 Nc5 $1 33. Rc7 Rxc7 34. Bxc7 Rxc3 35. Kf2 $15) ({It deserves
attention:} 31. Rc1 $5 Nb5 32. Rd7 {[%csl Yc1,Yd7][%cal Yc1c3,Yd7d4] =/=/+})
31... Nb5 32. Rb7 Re8 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Ye5][%cal Ge8e5,Ye5c3] This move better,
than:} (32... Nxc3 $143 33. Rdd7 Rf8 34. Bd6 (34. Bxc3 $6 Rxc3 35. Rxb6 Ra8 $36
{[%csl Rg1]}) 34... Ra8 35. h4 (35. Rxf7 $2 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 $8 (37.
Kg3 $2 Nxe4+ 38. Kf4 Nxd6 39. Rxg7+ Kf8 $19) 37... Nb5+ 38. Kf4 Nxd6 39. Rxg7+
Kf8 $17) 35... Ra1+ 36. Kh2 $13) 33. Rd5 Nxc3 34. Bxc3 Rxc3 35. Rdd7 $5 {
White prefer to receive counterplay, than passive defense:} (35. Rxb6 Ra8 {
[%csl Gc4,Rg1]}) 35... Rc1+ $1 ({Dubiously:} 35... Rf8 {because of:} 36. Rdc7 {
[%csl Rb6,Gb7,Rc4,Gc7,Rf7][%cal Gb7b6,Gc7c4,Gc7f7,Gb7f7]}) 36. Kf2 $140 Rc2+
37. Kg3 Re6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Ge6g6] To defend it is necessary actively!} 38.
Rxf7 Rg6+ 39. Kf4 Rcxg2 $15 40. Rfc7 Rxh2 (40... Rc2 $143 41. h4 $44) 41. Rxc4
Rh3 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg6f6]} 42. Rcc7 {[%csl Rg7]} Kh7 43. e5 Rh4+ 44. Ke3 Rb4
45. Rf7 h5 46. Kd3 {White prepare:e6(קg7)} h4 47. e6 Rxe6 48. Rxg7+ Kh6 49.
Rbf7 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf3f4]} (49. Rh7+ $5 Kg5 50. Rbg7+ Rg6 $140 51. Rxg6+
Kxg6 52. Rh8 {/\Ke3,f4(קh4)}) 49... Rg6 $2 ({Probably,it was better:} 49...
Rf6 $5 {with some chances to win.}) 50. Rh7+ Kg5 51. Rh8 $1 {[%cal Gf7h7]} Rf6
(51... Rd6+ 52. Ke3 Re6+ 53. Kd3 Rb3+ 54. Kd4 $11) 52. Rg7+ Kf5 (52... Rg6 53.
Rgh7 {[%csl Yg5,Rh4,Gh7,Gh8][%cal Gh7h5]}) 53. Rgh7 $11 {[%csl Rh4]} Rb3+ 54.
Kc4 Rxf3 55. Rxh4 Ke5 56. R4h5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Gurevich,M} e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 $5 {
It's main line,other lines are:} (13. Be7 $6 {You can see comments to Shipov,
S-Stefansson,H/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(46)}) (13. Bxc7 $5) ({
and} 13. bxc3 $6) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 Ne7 {[%mdl 4] Interesting idea of Vassily
Ivanchuk. Besides 14...f5 and 14...c5 repeatedly was checked in the previous
games.} 15. O-O-O $5 $146 {Most probably,this novelty is better than next
alternatives: '!?' Gurevich,M.} (15. e4 c5 (15... Rac8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) 16.
dxc5 (16. Bb5 $143 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rc1 Ne5
$36 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge5d3]}) 16... Nxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rc1 Rac8 $11) (15.
Rc1 c5 $1 16. Bb5 $140 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. b4 (18. Ke2 $5) 18... Rfc8 19.
dxc5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nce5 $36) ({or} 15. Bb5 $5 c6 16. Ba4 Rfd8 17. Ne2 {You can
see comments to Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco,2000/CBM 76(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)} (
{After:} 17. e4 {black has two principales decisions:} e5 ({and} 17... c5 $5
18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e5,Gc6a5,Ga5b3,Ge5d3]} 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Ne5 $44) 18. Ne2 exd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Nxd4 $6 Ne5 $36) 19...
c5 $13) (17. O-O-O c5 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Bc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sapunov,E-Yakovich,Y/Samara,2000 (22)})) 15... Rfd8 {[%csl
Yd8][%cal Gc7c5,Yd8d7]} ({It deserves attention right away:} 15... c5 $5 16.
Bb5 (16. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 $140 17. b4 $2 Na4 $17 18. Rd7 Rfd8 19. Rxb7 $2 Rac8+ 20.
Kb1 Nc3+ $19 21. Kb2 (21. Ka1 Rd2 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gd2a2]}) 21... Nd1+ $19)
16... Rfd8 17. Ne2 {+/=/=}) 16. Bd3 $5 {Probably this move a little better,
than 16.Bb5.} c5 $140 17. Ne2 {[%csl Ye2]} cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 ({Another
possibility is:} 18... Rac8+ 19. Kb1 Ne5 (19... Nc5 {Gurevich,M} 20. Bc2 e5 21.
Nf5 $14)) 19. Bc2 {+/=/=} e5 20. Nb5 $6 {'!' Gurevich,M.} ({More safely:} 20.
Ne2 Rac8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 {+/=/=}) (20. Nb3 {Gurevich,M} Nxb3+ 21. Bxb3
e4 22. f4 Rac8+ 23. Kb1 Bd5 $13) 20... Nd5 $6 ({Black equalizes after:} 20...
e4 $5 21. Nd4 $140 (21. Nd6 {Gurevich,M} exf3 22. b4 {( ! Ivanchuk)} fxg2 23.
Rhg1 Bf3 24. bxc5 Bxd1 25. Bxd1 bxc5 26. Nc4) (21. b4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 exd3 23.
Kd2 $5 (23. Nd4 Rac8+ 24. Kb1 Ba6 $5 25. b5 Rxd4 26. exd4 Bxb5 $13) 23... a5
24. Ra1 $14) 21... Nc6 $1 22. Bh4 f6 $11) (20... a6 {Gurevich,M} 21. Nc3 Rac8
22. e4 $14) 21. b4 Ne6 ({Badly:} 21... a6 $2 {in view of:} 22. Nd6 $1 Nb3+ (
22... Rxd6 $2 23. bxc5 Rf6 (23... bxc5 $2 24. e4 $18 {[%csl Rd6]}) 24. Rd2 Rc8
(24... bxc5 $2 25. Rhd1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 25. e4 Nf4 26. cxb6 Nxg2 27. Rg1 $16)
23. Bxb3 Rxd6 24. e4 Rc6+ 25. Kb2 {+/=/+/-}) 22. e4 Ndf4 23. Rxd8+ ({Dubious:} 
23. Nd6 Ba6 $140 24. b5 {because of:} Nd4 {[%csl Rd6]}) 23... Rxd8 24. Rd1 $1 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%mdl 4096] '+/=' Gurevich,M.} Ne2+ (24... Nxg2 $2 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8
26. Nxa7 {[%csl Rb6] +/-/+-}) (24... Rxd1+ {Gurevich,M} 25. Kxd1 Nxg2 26. Nxa7
$16) 25. Kb2 N2d4 26. Nxd4 ({Impossibly:} 26. Nxa7 $2 {because of:} Ra8 27.
Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Nb5 Rd8 $17) 26... Nxd4 27. Bb1 {'?!' Gurevich,M.}
(27. f4 $1 {Gurevich,M} f6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Bg3 Re8 30. Bb1 $16) 27... Kf8 {
'!' Gurevich,M.} ({After:} 27... f6 $6 {very strongly:} 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 (28...
exd4 29. Ba2+ Kf8 30. Bd5 $16) 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Kc2 Ba6 31. Kd2 Bf1 (31... Bc4
32. Bd3 b5 33. a4 Kf7 (33... a6 $2 34. Bxc4+ bxc4 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 $18 {
[%csl Gb5]}) (33... Bxd3 $2 34. Kxd3 bxa4 35. Kxd4 Kf7 36. Kc3 Ke6 37. Kb2 $18)
34. axb5 Bb3 35. f4 $16) 32. g3 Kf7 33. Bd3 Bh3 34. Bc4+ $16 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Gd2d3]}) 28. f4 $1 Ke8 ({Now also badly:} 28... f6 {in view of:} 29. fxe5 fxe5
30. Bg3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg3e5]} Re8 $140 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxd4 {+/=/+/-}) 29.
fxe5 Ne6 30. Rxd8+ ({Senselessly:} 30. Rd6 {because of:} Rxd6 $1 (30... Ng5 $6
31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Bh4 Kd7 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Kc3 {+/=/+/-}) 31. exd6 Kd7 32.
Bg3 (32. e5 Bxg2) 32... Ng5 $11) 30... Kxd8 {'+/=' Gurevich,M.} 31. Kc3 Nf4 32.
a4 $2 {Inexplicable move(probably of the zeitnot). '!?' Gurevich,M.} ({It is
necessary:} 32. g3 $5 Ne6 (32... Nh3 {Gurevich,M} 33. Be3 Ng5 34. Bxg5+ (34.
Kd4 Nf3+) 34... hxg5 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. Ba2 Bc6 $14) 33. h4 {and white save a big
advantage in the endgame.}) 32... Nxg2 33. a5 bxa5 $1 34. bxa5 (34. b5 $143 a6
35. b6 Nf4) 34... a6 35. e6 $5 {'(+)!?' Gurevich,M.} (35. Kd4 {Gurevich,M} Nf4
36. Kc5 Kc7 $11) (35. Ba2 {Gurevich,M} Ke7 36. Bd5 Bc8) 35... fxe6 $140 36. Kd4
{[%cal Gd4c5,Gc5b6,Gd4e5]} g5 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} 37. Ke5 {'(+)?!' Gurevich,M.}
({From my point of view a little better is:} 37. Kc5 $5 Kc7 (37... Nf4 {
Gurevich,M} 38. Kb6 Bc8 (38... Kc8 39. Bd4 $14) 39. Bd4 $14 {(/\Bb1-a2-c4-a6)})
38. Bd4 $44) 37... Ke7 38. Bc5+ Kd7 39. Bf8 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 39. Kf6
g4 $140 40. Bf2 $1 $14) 39... Nh4 $5 {'=' Gurevich,M.} ({Also good enough for
equality:} 39... Ne3 $5 {[%cal Ge3g4]} 40. h3 g4 {'=' Gurevich,M.} 41. hxg4
Nxg4+ 42. Kf4 h5 43. Bg7 $11) 40. Kf6 Nf3 41. Bxh6 Nxh2 42. Kxg5 Nf3+ $11 43.
Kf6 (43. Kf4 {Gurevich,M} Nd2 44. Bc2 Nxe4 $11) 43... Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4]} 44.
Bc1 Ng4+ 45. Kg5 Nf2 46. e5 ({Right away draw after:} 46. Kf4 Nxe4 47. Bxe4
Bxe4 48. Kxe4 Kc6 {[%csl Ya8,Re4][%cal Yc6b7,Yb7a8]}) 46... Be4 47. Ba2 Nd3 48.
Ba3 Nxe5 49. Kf4 Bd5 50. Bxd5 Ng6+ {Please pay your attention to the fantastic
work of the black's knight.} 51. Ke4 (51. Kg5 $144 exd5 52. Kxg6 Kc6 $11 {
[%csl Ga3,Ya8][%cal Yc6b7,Yb7a8]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2005.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nd7 11. f4 Ndc5 $5 {Comments to this part of the
game and also to:} (11... Qh4+ $5 {You can find in my annotations to game:
Carlsen,M-Aronian,L/Tripoli,2004/CBM 102(1/2-1/2)(31)}) 12. O-O Nxd3 ({The
main alternative is:} 12... Bxc3 $5 13. bxc3 $140 Qa5 ({After:} 13... Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 {with rearrangement of moves we receive a position from the game.}) 14.
Bxe4 ({Also twice were checked up in previous games:} 14. Bd2) (14. Rf3 $5 {
[%csl Rc3,Yf3][%cal Yf3c3]}) 14... Nxe4 15. a4 $6 (15. Bb2 $142) 15... Bd7 16.
Rf3 Rac8 17. Bb2 Rc4 $15 {Mohamed,E-Gross,D/Clichy,1998(0-1)(33)}) 13. Qxd3
Bxc3 {Only once Black declined the exchange on c3:} (13... Bc5 $6 14. Be3 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 $14 {Abou el Zein,E-Anka,E/Pardubice,1999 (1/2-1/2)(49)}
) 14. bxc3 Qc7 ({On:} 14... Qa5 $5 {you can find five games in Mega DataBase
2005}) ({This was also seen a couple of times:} 14... Re8) 15. Ba3 Rd8 $5 {
[%csl Rd3,Gd8] According to my database it's a novelty. In the previous game
Black chose:} (15... Re8 $143 16. Rac1 b6 17. c4 $1 (17. Nb5 $5 Qc6 $140 18.
Nd6 $14) 17... Ba6 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. h3 h5 21. Qe3 (21. Qf3 $5 {
[%csl Rd5,Rh5][%cal Gd1d5,Gf3h5]}) 21... Bxb5 22. Rxd5 Qf5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lomineishvili,M-Bojkovic,N/Tbilisi,1999}) 16. Rac1 ({After:} 16. Rf3 $6
{Black begins to gain some activity:} Bg4 17. Re3 Rac8 18. Rc1 Qc4 $36) 16...
Qc4 {The square c4 is the most suitable place for the black queen.} (16... b6
$6 17. Nb5 Ba6 (17... Qc4 18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20. Nd6 Nxd6 21. exd6 $14)
18. Nxc7 Bxd3 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rxd3 Rxc7 21. c4 d4 22. Bb2 $14 {[%csl Rd4]})
17. Qc2 $6 {White would have received positional advantage after the queen's
exchange:} (17. Qxc4 $5 dxc4 18. Nb5 {/\Nd6}) 17... Bd7 18. Rf3 Rac8 19. Re3
Re8 {=/=/+ Robert Fontaine consolidated his forces, now his position looks
better.} (19... Qa4 $6 20. Qxa4 Bxa4 21. c4 $1 {פe4} (21. Nf5 $143 Rc4 22. Rd3
Bc6 $11) 21... Nd2 22. cxd5 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Rxd5 24. Nf5 $36 {[%csl Rd5,Rg8]
[%cal Gf5e7]} Rd8 25. Nd6 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Rxc1 28. Nd6 $14) 20. Qb3 {
White probably realized that he made a mistake on the 17th move, and now
offers to exchange the queens himself.} b6 21. h3 f6 $1 {Black decided to
break through White's centre, instead of correcting his pawn structure on the
queenside:} (21... Qxb3 $6 22. axb3) 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Re5 Qd3 24. Qc2 $6 {
Another move with the queen to c2 but it is a mistake.} (24. Be7 $5 Bxh3 $140
25. Bxf6 (25. gxh3 $4 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 $8 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qxf4 29. Rce1
Ng4 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. Nf3 Qg3 $1 $19) 25... gxf6 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. Qf7 {צe8,Pf6} Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Qxf4+ 30. g3 $1 (30. Kxh3 $4 Rg8 $19 {/\Qg3#,
Qh6+}) 30... Qd2+ 31. Kxh3 Qh6+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33. Kf3 (33. Kh3 Qh6+ $11) 33...
Qe3+ 34. Kg2 (34. Kg4 $4 Rg8+ 35. Qxg8+ $8 (35. Kh4 Qxg3+ 36. Kh5 Qg5#) (35.
Kf5 Qe5#) 35... Kxg8 $19) 34... Qd2+ $11) 24... Qxc2 25. Rxc2 {The position
has become simplier, and now it will be much more difficult for Black to use
the minimal positional advantage.} Ba4 26. Rc1 $6 {In my opinion, it was
better to give away the e-file to Black:} (26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rc1 Bd7 {=/=/+})
26... Ne4 27. Bb2 Nc5 $15 28. Rxd5 $6 {Another dubious decision.} (28. Rxe8+
$142 Rxe8 29. Ba3 $15) 28... Nd3 29. Rb1 Nxf4 (29... Nxb2 $2 30. Rxb2 Rxc3 31.
Rd2 $11) 30. Rg5 Ne6 ({From my point of view, after:} 30... Ne2+ $1 31. Nxe2 (
31. Kh2 $143 h6 $1 (31... Nxc3 $2 32. Rc1 Ne4 (32... Nxa2 $4 33. Ra1 {[%csl
Ga1,Ra2,Ra4]}) 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Nf5 $1 Nxg5 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Nxc8 $11) 32. Rd5
(32. Rg4 Bd7 $1 $17) 32... Nxc3 33. Bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 31... Rxe2 32. c4 g6 {
=/+/-/+}) ({or} 30... Ne6 {Black could continue the game without the big risk
of losing:} 31. Rg3 Nxd4 (31... g6 $5) 32. cxd4 Re2 33. d5 g6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 {This continuation is more popular on
the following move,after:} (4... O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 {and so on.}) 5.
Bd2 {Very rare line.Besides,you can see my annotations to four another options:
} (5. a3 {Gurevich,M-Agrest,E/Istanbul,2003/CBM 96(1/2-1/2)(46)}) (5. e3 {
Bischoff,K-Speelman,J/Hastings,2001/CBM 81(1-0)(31)}) (5. Bg5 $5 {Golod,
V-Bogdanovski,V/Halkidiki,2002/CBM 91(1-0)(34)}) (5. Nf3 $5 {Grachev,
B-Kiriakov,P/Krasnodar,2002/CBM 91(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 5... c5 $5 {Black also has
several alternatives:} (5... Nc6 $5 {;5...Nbd7!?; 5...0-0!? and 5...c6.}) 6.
dxc5 dxc5 ({Once were checked in the preceding game:} 6... Bxc5 $6) 7. Nf3 ({
Recently was checked up another continuation:} 7. a3 $143 Ba5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. e3
b6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kalinitschew,S-Ikonnikov,V/
Dieren,2004(12)}) 7... Nc6 8. e3 e5 {Black grasps space,but weakens point "d5".
} 9. Bd3 {Also you can receive the same position in another variation of Nimzo
Indian: 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bd2 e5 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Qc2} Bxc3 {I am not
sure,that this best continuation.} ({On:} 9... O-O $5 {you can find two games})
({and after:} 9... Bg4 {you can find three games in Mega Database 2004.}) 10.
Bxc3 Qe7 11. O-O {White make castle and now can begin active actions at the
queen side and centre.} (11. Nd2 $143 O-O 12. a3 h6 13. O-O-O Nb4 $1 14. Qb1 (
14. axb4 $143 cxb4 {ץc3}) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Rd8 $11 {Lesiege,A-Vulicevic,N/
New York,1993(1-0)(38)}) 11... h6 {><g5} 12. a3 O-O {The same position,with
rearrangement of moves in opening,has met in two more games.} 13. h3 {White,in
turn, prevent a "Bg4".} (13. Nd2 $5 {/\Ne4} Be6 14. b3 Rad8 15. Ne4 Ne8 16. Ng3
Nd6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Rfe1 Qf7 19. f4 b5 $2 (19... exf4 $5 20. exf4 $140 b5 $1
$132) 20. Bxe5 {+/=/+/- Slutzky,L-Boensch,U/Herzliya,1993(1/2-1/2)(49)}) 13...
a5 $146 {><b4} (13... Nh5 $2 {is refuted by:} 14. Be4 (14. Bh7+ $5 Kh8 $140 15.
Be4) 14... Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxe5 {+/-/+- David,R-Stevanovic,I/Germany,
1994(0-1)(39)}) 14. b3 Rd8 {Black has created a threat: 15...Rxd3! /\16.Qxd3
e4 17.Bxf6 gxf6 (ףd3,Nf3).} 15. Be2 $14 Ne8 ({The plan of translation B on
point "e8" :} 15... Bd7 16. Rfd1 Be8 {is weak,because of:} 17. Qb2 e4 18. Nd2 {
קe4}) ({I can not recommended:} 15... a4 16. bxa4 e4 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Rab1 {
,because Black have no sufficient indemnification for pawn and White can begin
pressure on <->b.}) 16. Rfd1 {<->d} Rxd1+ ({In this position I would accept
the following decision:} 16... Bd7 $5 17. Nd2 $140 (17. Rd2 e4 18. Nh2 a4 19.
bxa4 Nd6 {/\Be6; קc4 +/=}) 17... a4 $1 18. bxa4 Nd4 19. exd4 exd4 {[%csl Ra4,
Rc3,Re2]} 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4 Bc6 22. Nxc5 dxc3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. a5 $14) 17.
Rxd1 e4 {This move not effective,as the white's knight begins to move on a
convenient route.} 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Nf1 b6 {In another way,position of Black
can become dangerous:} (19... Bg6 $6 20. Ng3 Rd8 21. Rd5 $1 (21. Rxd8 $143 Qxd8
$140 22. Nxe4 $6 Nd6 23. f3 (23. Bd3 $143 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd1+ 26.
Kh2 Qxb3 $11) 23... Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qg5 25. Qd3 Ne5 $44) (21. Bg4 $5 Rd3 22. Rxd3
exd3 23. Qb2 $14) 21... Nf6 $140 22. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Ne8 24. Rd5 {+/=/+/-}
) (19... a4 $6 20. bxa4 Nd6 21. Qb2 f6 22. Qb6 $1 (22. Ng3 $143 Be6 $140 23.
Rxd6 $6 Qxd6 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Nxe4 Rxb7 26. Nxd6 Rb1+ $1 27. Kh2 $140 Rc1 $132)
22... Nc8 23. Qb5 N8a7 24. Qb2 {+/=/+/-}) 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bg4 $1 {White by all
pieces surround of Pe4.} Rd8 (21... a4 $5 22. Rd7 Qg5 23. bxa4 Nf6 {with some
compensation behind pawn,but all the same,White has here appreciable advantage:
} 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qd1 $14 (25. Nxe4 $2 Qe5 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Rd5 Qe7 28. Rd6
Na5 $1 (28... Qxd6 $2 29. Nxd6 Bxc2 30. Nxe8 $16) (28... Bxe4 $2 29. Qxe4 Qxe4
30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxc6 Rxc4 32. Rxb6 Rxa4 {+/=/+/-}) 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. Nc3 $13)
) 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 ({Can be recommended:} 22... Nxd8 $5 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Qe6
25. Ng3 a4 26. bxa4 Nd6 27. Qd1 N8b7 28. Qd5 $14) 23. Bf5 {[%csl Re4]} Bxf5 24.
Nxf5 Qd3 $2 {Black not correctly have estimated all consequences of this move.}
({It was necessary:} 24... Ne7 25. Ng3 (25. Qxe4 $2 Nxf5 26. Qxf5 Qd1+ 27. Kh2
Qxb3 28. Qc8 Qxc3 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30. Qxf7 Qxa3 $11) 25... f5 26. Nh5 $14) 25.
Qxd3 exd3 26. a4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e1,Ge1d2] This move is
directed against following idea : 27...a4 28.bxa4 g6 29.Nxh6+ Kf8 /\30...Nd6
קc4 Now it's impossible! The black's Pd3 is cut off from the his forces and
will be gradually destroyed.} f6 (26... Nb4 27. Kf1 Na2 (27... Nc2 $2 28. Ne7+
Kf8 29. Nd5 {[%csl Rb6,Rd3][%cal Gd5f4,Gd5b6]}) 28. Bb2 $16 d2 $140 $6 29. Ke2
Nc1+ 30. Kxd2 Nxb3+ $2 31. Kc3 $18 {פb3}) 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke1 Ke6 29. e4 Nd6
30. Nxd6 (30. Nxg7+ $2 Kf7 31. Nf5 Nxe4 32. Bb2 $14) 30... Kxd6 31. Kd2 h5 (
31... Ke6 $5 32. f4 $140 g5 33. g3 (33. f5+ $4 Ke7 34. Kxd3 Ne5+ {and the
position of Black is impenetrable!}) 33... h5 34. Kxd3 $16) 32. f4 $1 Ke7 $140
33. f5 {Loek Van Wely prevent a progress "g5". Now Black are in a complete
clip.} Kd6 $6 ({Black could render a more stubborn resistance:} 33... Kf7 34.
Kxd3 $140 g5 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 36. Bd2 $1 {/\Bf4-c7(קb6)} (36. Ke3 $143 Nd8 {
/\Ne6}) 36... Nd4 37. Bf4 Ne6 (37... Nxb3 $2 38. Bc7 $18) 38. Bd6 $16 {
/\Bb8-a7(קb6)}) 34. Kxd3 Kd7 (34... Ne5+ $144 35. Ke3 Nc6 36. Kf4) ({Already
does not help:} 34... Ke7 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kf4 g5+ 37. fxg6+ Kxg6 38. e5 $1 $18)
35. Ke3 Ke7 36. g3 ({Immediate progress:} 36. g4 {also leads to same result.})
36... Kd7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ke8 (38... Kd6 39. g5 Ke7 40. g6 {/\Kf4 and e5;
קg7}) 39. e5 $18 Ke7 ({After:} 39... fxe5 40. Ke4 Nd4 41. Kxe5 Nxb3 42. Kd5 {
Black remains only with weaknesses.}) 40. Ke4 Nd8 41. e6 {The further
resistance is senseless.} Nb7 42. Kd5 Nd6 43. Bd2 g6 (43... Ne8 44. Bf4 {
[%csl Yf4][%cal Yf4b8,Gd5c6]}) 44. fxg6 Ne8 45. Bf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D (Women)"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Black "Wang, Lei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Qf3 $5 {[%mdl 4]} (8. e3 $5 {It's main line.See comments to Gabriel,C-Wells,P/
Pulvermuehle,2000/CBM 75(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(22)}) ({Besides,white has three
options:} 8. Nf3) (8. Rc1) ({and} 8. f3 $6 {See comments to Golod,V-Dgebuadze,
A/ Hoogeveen,1998/CBM 68 (1-0)(Golod,V)(52)}) 8... Nc6 9. e3 h6 ({
Interestingly from the beginning:} 9... Na5 $5 {You can see comments to
Beliavsky,A-Kortschnoj,V/Lviv,2000/CBM 77 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (33)}) 10. Bxf6 $5
(10. h4 $5 {See comments to next games:  Dias,P-Miralles,G/Escaldes,1998/CBM
68 (1/2-1/2)(Rodriguez,Am) (18) and Golod,V-Polgar,J/ISR,2000/CBM 77(1/2-1/2) 
(Golod,V)(19)}) 10... Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 16] After queens was exchanged
white always will have small positional advantage in middlegame.} 12. Nf3 $146
{This move was not played in the next game:} (12. Rc1 $5 Ne7 13. Ne2 f5 14. Nc3
Bb7 15. Rd1 d6 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. O-O Kf8 18. f4 {+/=/= Sokolov,I-Psakhis,L/
Vlissingen,2000 (1/2-1/2)(37)}) ({Also it deserves attention:} 12. b4 $5) 12...
Ne7 $5 {Black's plan is:c5,Rac8(or Rfc8) with pressure to pawn "c4" and play
in <->c.} 13. b4 ({From my point of view a little better is:} 13. O-O-O $5 {
[%csl Gd1,Rd7] against advance c5(קd7).}) 13... c5 {All the same it's right
answer on 13.b4} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bd3 $6 {After this move black has a easy
and clear plan of game.} ({More fundamentally:} 15. Rd1 d5 $1 (15... cxb4 $143
16. axb4 (16. Rxd7 $2 bxa3 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ga3a2]}) 16... Rfd8 $14 (16... d5
$2 17. b5 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4]})) ({leads to bad position:} 15... Rfd8 $2 16.
bxc5 Rac8 17. Nd2 $1 Rxc5 (17... f5 18. Nb3 {+/=/+/-}) 18. Ne4 Rc6 19. Rxd7 $1
Rxd7 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nxd7 $16) 16. cxd5 (16. bxc5 dxc4 17. Rd6 Bb5 18. Nd4
Rab8 $11 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf8c8]}) 16... Bxf1 17. d6 (17. Rxf1 cxb4 18. d6 Nc8
$1 19. axb4 (19. d7 Nb6 $11 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gf8d8]}) 19... Rd8 $11) 17... Nc8
$1 18. d7 Nb6 19. bxc5 Bb5 $1 20. cxb6 axb6 $11 {[%csl Ra3,Rd7]} 21. Rd6 $140
$6 Rfd8 22. Rxb6 Rxa3 $36 {[%cal Ga3a1]}) 15... Bb7 {/^a8-h1} 16. Ke2 a5 ({
Another alternative is:} 16... Rfc8) 17. b5 Kh8 $6 {Dubious,prophylactic move.}
({Can be recommended:} 17... Nc8 {/\Nb6,Rfc8,Kf8-e7(><d6)=}) 18. Rhb1 $6 {
Senseless move.} (18. Rhd1 $5 {/\g3,Nd2 and Be4}) 18... Nc8 19. Nd2 Nb6 {
It's ideal place for black's knight.} ({Badly:} 19... Bxg2 {in view of:} 20. f3
$5 {[%csl Rg2]} (20. Be4 $143 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nb6 (21... d6 $2 22. b6 $18) 22.
Nxf6 Kg7 23. Ne4 f5 $14) 20... Nb6 21. Rg1 Rg8 22. Ne4 $16) 20. g3 {+/=/=} Rfc8
21. Rc1 {Confirmation of my comments to 18.Rhb1} Rc7 22. Be4 d5 23. Bf3 $6 ({
From my point of view white save at advantage after:} 23. cxd5 exd5 (23... Bxd5
$2 24. Bxd5 $1 exd5 25. Nb3 $16) 24. Bf5 a4 25. Rc2 Bc8 $1 {+/=/=}) 23... a4
24. Rab1 {Probably with the idea:Rb2-c2(קc5).} Ra5 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga5b5]}
25. Rb2 Kg7 (25... f5 $5 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Yf5e4] against e4.}) 26. e4 dxe4 {
[%mdl 256] In my opinion this move much better,than:} (26... d4 27. Bg4 $14 {
[%csl Yg4]}) 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 f5 $1 29. Nd2 Rd7 {<->d} 30. Nf3 Kf6 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Yf6e5] +/=/=} 31. Rd2 Raa7 32. Rc3 Rxd2+ ({Black also
egualizes after:} 32... e5 $5 33. Rcd3 {[%cal Gd3d6]} Ke6 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35.
Rxd7 Nxd7 $11) 33. Nxd2 Rd7 34. Rd3 Ke7 ({Again it deserves attention:} 34...
Rxd3 35. Kxd3 e5 36. f4 e4+ 37. Ke3 h5 $11) 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Ke3 f6 37. Kf4
h5 38. h4 Ke7 39. Ke3 ({Also equlity after:} 39. f3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Kf7 40. g4
fxg4 41. fxg4 hxg4 42. Kxg4 Kg6 $11) 39... Nd7 $11 40. Kd3 Ne5+ 41. Kc3 Kd6 42.
Nf1 (42. Nf1 Ng4 43. f3 Ne5 44. Nd2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 15. Bb5 $5 {You can see comments
to games: Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/London,2000/CBM 79(1/2-1/2)  (Golod,V)(38) and
Golod,V-Pilgaard,K/Ubeda,2001(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(72)}) 15... Ne7 $5 {Besides
black has two options:} (15... Nf4 $6 {(I shall bring as an example freshest
game.)} 16. Bb5 Rad8 17. Ne2 $1 Nxg2+ $140 18. Kf1 f5 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Bxd5
21. Kxg2 Ne5 22. Ng1 g5 23. Re1 Ng6 24. h4 $16 {Sokolov,I-Hansen,C/Malmoe,2001
(1-0)(41)}) ({and} 15... N5f6 16. dxc5 $6 (16. Ne2 $5 $14) 16... Nxc5 17. Bxc5
$6 bxc5 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Bb5 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Rd6 $13 {James,D-Markowski,T/Lloyds
Bank op,1994(0-1)(41)}) 16. Bb5 (16. Ne2 $143 Rac8 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rfd8
19. Be2 Ng6 20. Kf2 Nf4 21. Rac1 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rcd1 $11 {Dive,R-Xu Jun/
Istanbul,2000(1/2-1/2)(49)}) 16... Nc6 $5 ({Worse is:} 16... Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6
18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 {and white has a slight advantage on the
endgame.}) 17. Ne2 ({Badly:} 17. d5 {because of:} exd5 18. exd5 Rae8+ 19. Ne2
Nce5 $36 {[%cal Ga7a6]} (19... Ncb8 $143) 20. f4 $140 $2 a6 $17) ({Can be
recommended:} 17. Rc1 $5 Rac8 (17... cxd4 $6 {is refuted by:} 18. Rxc6 $1 (18.
Bxc6 $6 Rac8 $11) 18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rad8 20. Ne2 {+/=/+/-}) 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19.
Bxc5 bxc5 20. Ne2 {with slight positional advantage of white.} (20. Rxc5 $2 Nd4
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 $36)) 17... a6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Was checked in the previous
game:} 17... Rfc8 {See comments to Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/
2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)}) 18. Bd3 ({Leads to equal position:} 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19.
dxc5 bxc5 {[%cal Gf8b8]} 20. Rc1 Rfc8 {[%csl Rb2,Rc5,Yc8][%cal Ga8b8]}) 18...
Rfd8 {[%csl Rd3,Gd8]} 19. O-O-O {Mikhail Gurevich repeatedly applied,with
success,this plan in typical positions.} cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 {
Black react correctly,differently it is possible to get in obvious bad
position.} 22. Bc2 ({Senselessly:} 22. Bxc5 $6 {because of:} Rdc8 $1 ({Much
worse is:} 22... Rac8 23. Bc2 $1 bxc5 $14 (23... Rxd1+ $143 24. Rxd1 bxc5 (
24... Rxc5 $2 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. e5+ $1 g6 27. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7,Rg6]}) 25.
Rd6 {[%cal Gc1d2,Gd2c3]})) 23. Bc2 Rxc5 $11 24. Rd7 $140 Rac8 25. Rxb7 Rxc2+
26. Kb1 Rxg2 27. Rxb6 a5 $15 {[%csl Gg7,Gh6][%cal Gh6h5,Gg7g5]}) 22... Rac8 {
[%cal Gc5b3]} 23. Bc3 ({Is a possibly continuation of the play:} 23. Be3) 23...
Bc6 {[%cal Gc6a4]} 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 {White transfer to endgame,where on
their party conclusive advantage at the expense of presence of two bishops.}
Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096]} f6 {/\Kf7-e7-d6} 27. Bd4 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5,Gd4]
[%cal Gd4c5,Gc1c2,Gc2c3]} Kf7 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. e5 $5 {[%csl Ye5,Re7][%cal Ye5d6]
} ({Is impossible to take benefit from:} 29. Bxc5+ bxc5 30. Kc3 (30. Be2 a5 $11
{[%csl Ya5,Yc5]}) 30... Bb5 $5 $11) 29... f5 30. Ke3 ({After:} 30. Bxc5+ bxc5
31. Kc3 Bb5 $8 (31... Bd5 $2 32. b4 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 32. b4 (32. g3 a5 $11 {
[%csl Ra5,Yb5,Rc5] and white can not anything make,for example:} 33. Bb3 (33.
f4 Kd7 34. Bb3 Ke7 35. Bc4 Bc6 36. Bd3 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Bd5 {[%csl Yd5]} 37. Bc4
Bc6 38. Ba2 Bb5 {and so on.})) 32... cxb4+ 33. Kxb4 f4 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gb5f1] black has a counterplay in the BB endgame.}) (30. b4 $143 Nd7 31. Be2 b5
{+/=/=}) 30... a5 $6 {Now black are not afraid: Bxc5,but have weakened queen
side.} (30... Nd7 $5 {[%csl Ya6,Yc6][%cal Yb6b5] /\b5}) 31. Kd2 {[%cal Gd2c3]}
(31. Be2 $5 {/^a6-f1}) 31... Bb5 {[%csl Yb5][%cal Yb5a6,Yb5f1] Now this
diagonal is occupied by the black bishop.} 32. Kc3 Kd7 33. b4 Na4+ 34. Kd2 ({
There is not enough for a win:} 34. Bxa4 Bxa4 35. Bxb6 axb4+ 36. Kxb4 (36. axb4
Bb5 37. Kd4 Kc6 {[%csl Yb5,Yc6]} 38. Bc5 g6 39. Bf8 h5 40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Kf4 Ke8
42. Kg5 Kf7 $11) 36... Bc2 37. a4 Kc6 $11) 34... axb4 35. axb4 Bc6 36. Ke3 b5
37. g4 fxg4 38. f4 $2 ({It was necessary:} 38. fxg4 {/\h4,Kf4and g5} g5 $5 {
/\Kc7,Nb6} 39. Kf2 Kc7 40. Kg3 (40. h4 $6 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6][%cal Gd4e3]} gxh4 41.
Be3 Nc3 $11 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gc3e4]}) 40... Nb6 41. Bc5 $14 {[%csl Re6,Rg5,Rh6]
[%cal Gc5f8]}) 38... h5 39. Kf2 Be4 40. Kg3 g6 {[%csl Ye4,Ye6,Yg4,Yg6,Yh5]
Black have constructed an impenetrable fortress.} 41. Kh4 Kc6 $11 42. Bb3 Bf5
43. Kg5 Nb6 44. Bxb6 $8 {Differently,can appear the large problems in struggle
for equality.} Kxb6 45. Ba2 {[%csl Ya2]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Qf6 $5 {Besides this Black has
two main alternatives:} (12... a5 {See comments to Sokolov,I-Xu Jun/Biel,1993/
CBM 37(1-0)(Ambroz)(62)}) ({and} 12... Rf6 $5 {You can see my annotations to:
Sokolov,I-Kristjansson,S/Selfoss,2002/CBM 92(1-0)(30)}) 13. Ne1 $5 {White
wants to get rid of the black knight, which is in the centre and then to play
on the queenside.} ({On:} 13. Bb2 {I have found five games in Mega DataBase
2005. For an example we shall consider the most interesting of them: Sokolov,
I-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee,1993/CBM 34(0-1)(Ftacnik,L)(33)}) ({Only once
was checked in the preceding game:} 13. Nd2) 13... f4 $146 {After this
inaccurate novelty, Black will have to fight for equality.} (13... a5 $5 14. f3
Ng5 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Rb1 Bd5 18. dxc5 Qe7 19. c6 (19. Nd3 $5)
19... Nb6 20. a4 e5 $11 {Kozul,Z-Shariyazdanov,A/Porec,1998(1/2-1/2)(62)}) 14.
Bd3 $1 $14 {[%csl Re4,Rf4,Rh7] This is the best way to show that Black's
novelty was bad.} (14. Nd3 fxe3 15. Bxe3 Qg6 {[%csl Gb7,Rg2,Gg6]} 16. f3 Ng5
17. Kh1 {+/=/=}) 14... fxe3 $1 {Otherwise, Rafael Leitao remains without a
pawn and without compensation for it:} (14... d5 $143 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxc7
$16) 15. Bxe3 (15. Bxe4 $4 {is refuted by:} Bxe4 16. Qb2 (16. Qxe4 $4 exf2+ 17.
Kh1 fxe1=Q 18. Rxe1 Qf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 16... exf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qg6 $17) 15...
Qh4 16. g3 ({Leads to minimal advantage for White:} 16. f3 Nef6 17. Qf2) 16...
Qg4 $1 (16... Ng5 $2 17. d5 {[%csl Rb7,Rh4][%cal Gg3h4]} Qh6 (17... Qg4 18. Be2
$16 {ףg4,Ng5}) 18. h4 Qf6 {צa1} 19. Rd1 Nf7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 $16) 17. f3
$2 {On the first glance, it seems that Black should resign here, but that's
not correct. Actually, better here was:} (17. h3 $1 Qxh3 (17... Qg6 $2 18. Ng2
{/\f3} Ndf6 $140 19. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Re4,Rg6][%cal Gf2f3,Gg4g5]}) 18. Bxe4 Nf6
$8 19. Bxb7 $140 Ng4 20. f4 $1 (20. Nf3 $4 Rxf3 21. Bxf3 $140 Qh2#) (20. f3 $2
Nxe3 21. Qf2 Nxf1 22. Bxa8 Nxg3 23. Qg2 Qh4 {and now the bishop on a8 can't
get back because of the Pf3:} 24. Be4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rf6 {[%csl Rg1,Rg2][%cal
Gf6g6]} 26. Nf3 Qxe4 27. Re1 Qd3 {-/+/-+}) 20... Nxe3 21. Qf2 Nxf1 22. Bxa8
Nxg3 23. Bg2 Qg4 24. Kh2 $1 (24. Qf3 $2 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Qh4+ $36) 24... Ne2 (24...
Nh5 $144 25. Bh3) 25. Bh3 Qxf4+ 26. Qxf4 Nxf4 27. Rd1 $14 {but, during the
game, it's hard to go for such a sharp game.}) 17... Ng5 $1 18. Bxh7+ {White
didn't have any other alternative:} (18. fxg4 $4 Nh3#) (18. c5 $6 bxc5 19. dxc5
(19. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 20. bxc5 Rxf3 $1 $40) (19. bxc5 Bxf3 $15) 19... Ne5 $40 20.
Bxh7+ $140 Kh8 21. Bxg5 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Qxa1 $15) 18... Kh8 $8 19. Be4 $6 (19. d5
$5 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rxf3 21. Bf4 Nf6 (21... exd5 $2 22. Bf5 {[%csl Rd7,Rg4]}) 22.
Rxf3 Qxf3 23. Bd3 exd5 $140 24. Rf1 Qh5 25. Bg6 Qh3 26. Bf5 Qh5 27. Bg6 $11)
19... Bxe4 20. Bxg5 $2 {After this mistake White will have to fight for escape
up to the end of the game.} (20. fxe4 $5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Nxe4 22. Kg1 Rf8 23.
Ng2 {=/=/+}) 20... Rxf3 $1 {Perhaps White missed the fact that his queen is
under attack after this capture.} 21. Qd2 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rf8+ ({This deserves
serious attention:} 22... a5) 23. Kg1 e5 $17 {White's King is open, and the
opposite bishops on the board only make Black's attack stronger.} 24. Be3 Nf6 (
24... d5 $1 {to expose the /^ a8-h1 diagonal, and to create so threats that
White will have a tough time dealing over with it.}) 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Ng2 Bxg2
{A controversial decision - Black wins a pawn, but loses his light-squared
bishop.} (26... Bb7 $5 {/\Ne4 and White will have a tough time with all of
Black's threats.}) 27. Qxg2 {Varuzhan Akobian consolidated his position - and
regardless of the missing pawn, it will be hard to break through his position.}
Qxc4 28. Rf1 $6 (28. Re1 $142 {/\Qe2}) 28... Kg8 $1 {[%csl Yg8][%cal Yg8f8,
Gc4d3,Gf6d5]} 29. Qb7 {White is trying to confuse his opponent, and it is
working.} (29. Rc1 $143 Qd3 30. Qd2 Qxa3 31. b5 (31. Rxc7 $6 Ng4 32. Qd5+ Kh8
33. Bc1 Qxb4 $19) 31... Ng4 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Bd2 Ne3 $1 34. Qc6 (34. Qxe5 $4 {
[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","","","a3c1","",10]} Qxc1+ 35. Bxc1 Rf1#)
34... Qd3 $19) 29... Qe4 $6 ({Leads to a very hard position for White:} 29...
Qd3 $1 {ץe3,Pa3; /\Nd5} 30. Bg5 Nd5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. g4 $1 {><f5} (32. Qxa7
$143 e4 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Qc8 e3 35. Qd7+ Kg6 36. Qg4 Qf5 $1 37. Qxf5+ Kxf5 $19)
32... Kf7 $1 (32... Qd4+ $143 33. Kf1 Qc4+ 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Qc8 $132 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Gc8f5]}) 33. Qc8 a5 $1 $17) 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {-/+/=/+
Exchanging all of the heavy pieces, and the pawn advantage on the kingside and
B / N in the endgame - allows White to hope for salvation.} 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kf3
Nf6 (33... Nd6 $142 {/\Nc4 (קa3)}) 34. g4 Ke6 35. h4 g6 $2 (35... Nd5 $5 36.
Bd2 {[%cal Gh4h5,Yg4g5]} c5 37. bxc5 bxc5 {with good chances to win this
endgame.}) 36. b5 $1 $15 {White blockades the queenside, thus getting himself
closer to his goal.} e4+ (36... Kd5 $5 {Probably this is the only chance to
win the game.} 37. a4 Kc4 38. Bg5 {[%csl Rc7,Gg4,Yg5,Gh4] but there were some
risks.}) 37. Kf4 Nd5+ 38. Kxe4 Nc3+ 39. Kd3 Nxb5 40. a4 Nd6 41. Bf4 {The
counterplay on the kingside gives White a draw.} a6 42. h5 $11 gxh5 43. gxh5
Kf5 44. Be3 {Anything, just not:} (44. Bxd6 $4 cxd6 45. Kd4 b5 46. axb5 axb5
47. Kc3 d5 {with mate in 19 moves :)}) 44... b5 45. axb5 axb5 ({This also
doesn't change anything:} 45... Nxb5 46. Kc4 {with an easy draw.}) 46. Kd4 Ne4
47. h6 {The "h" pawn is distracting black, while the white king gets to
black's pawns.} Nf6 ({After:} 47... Nf6 {soon all the pieces will disappear
from the board:} 48. Kc5 Kg6 49. Kxb5 Ng8 50. Kc6 Nxh6 51. Bxh6 Kxh6 52. Kxc7)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 $5 {It's the main line.Other possibilities are:} (9. Nf3 $5 {
See comments to Ivanchuk,V-Adams,M/Linares,1999/CBM 70 (0-1)(Golod,V)(40);9.f3;
9.Qc2 and 9.b4.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 $5 (10. b4 $5 {See comments to Jelen,
I-Gyimesi,Z/Baden, 1999/CBM 71(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(25)}) ({Also it deserves
attention:} 10. Nf3 $5) 10... Rc8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Besides,black has two
principales moves:} (10... h6 $5 {See comments to Schandorff,L-Ochsner,T/
Esbjerg,1997/CBM 60 (1-0) (Tsesarsky,I)(51)}) ({and} 10... c5 $5 {See comments
to DaoThien Hai- Nisipeanu,L/Balatonbereny,1996/CBM 55 (0-1) (Dautov,R)(67)})
11. Qc2 {In my opinion this move better,than:} (11. O-O) ({or} 11. b4) 11... h6
12. Bh4 c5 {[%csl Rc2,Gc8]} 13. Qa4 Bb7 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]} ({Very
interestingly:} 13... cxd4 $5 14. Bxf6 (14. Qxa6 $4 Nc5 $19) 14... Nc5 15. Bxd8
Nxa4 16. Bh4 Nxb2 17. Nc1 Nxd3+ 18. Nxd3 dxe3 19. fxe3 Rxc4 $13 {Wang
Lei-Torre,E/Quezon City,2000(1/2-1/2) (43)}) 14. O-O Qc7 $5 (14... a6) ({and} 
14... cxd4 {was checked in the previous games.}) 15. Nc3 {Probably,it's
slightly dubios move.} ({Can be recommended:} 15. Rfc1 $5 cxd4 (15... Qb8 $143
16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qd1 Qb7 18. Bf1 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nb5 $14 {Sasikiran,
K-Prasad,D/Mumbai,2000(1-0) (50)}) (15... Rfe8 16. Nc3 Qb8 17. Bf1 a6 18. Qd1
Qc7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 Bb7 22. Ra2 Nf8 23. Bg3 e5 24. Rd2 $14 {
Markus,R-Geanta,H/Balatonlelle,2000(1-0) (41)}) 16. exd4 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18.
Nc3 Nxc3 {+/=/=;1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Rozentalis,E/ Wattenschied,2000(18)}) ({or} 
15. Rac1 $5 cxd4 16. exd4 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. d5 (19. Ng3 $5)
19... e5 20. Qc2 {+/=/= Drasko,M-Vratonjic,S/Niksic,1997(1/2-1/2) (26)}) 15...
a6 16. Qd1 $5 $146 (16. Rad1 d5 17. Bg3 Qd8 18. cxd5 b5 19. Qb3 Nxd5 20. a4
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bd5 22. Qb2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Kortschnoj,V/Sarajevo,1998 (22)
}) 16... Rce8 $6 {Strange decision.} ({More logically:} 16... Rfe8 $5) ({
Also can be recommended:} 16... Qc6 17. f3 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 {
with approximately equal position.}) 17. Rc1 Qc6 18. f3 $8 ({Loses right away:
} 18. d5 exd5 $140 19. Bxf6 {because of:} dxc4 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Rf6,Rg2][%cal
Gc6g2]} 20. Be4 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 $19) 18... d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bf2 $14 ({
A little worse is:} 20. Nxd5 exd5 (20... Qxd5 $2 21. Be4 Qh5 22. Bxb7 Qxh4 23.
Bxa6 $16) 21. Re1 $11) 20... c4 $5 {On the face of it it's dangerous decision,
but differently after:} (20... Nxc3 21. Rxc3 {white has a clear positional
advantage.}) 21. Ne4 b5 22. b3 c3 $5 {This move leads to unclear position.} (
22... N7b6 $143 23. Nd2 Qd6 (23... c3 24. e4 Nf4 25. Nb1 $16 {[%csl Rc3]}) 24.
bxc4 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxa3 27. Ra1 $14) 23. Rc2 ({Badly:} 23. Qe1
Rc8 $140 (23... b4 $2 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Rc3]}) 24. Nxc3 Nxc3 25.
Be4 {in view of:} Ne2+ $1 26. Qxe2 Qxc1 27. Bxb7 (27. Rxc1 $2 Rxc1+ 28. Be1
Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rfc8 $17) 27... Qxa3 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 $15) ({From my point of view
white save at advantage after:} 23. Nc5 $5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 {[%csl Rc3,Yd5][%cal
Ge3e4]}) 23... a5 24. Qe2 b4 ({Mistaken protective move:} 24... Ba6 $2 {
because of:} 25. Rfc1 Rc8 26. Be1 {[%csl Ra6,Rc3,Gd3]}) 25. axb4 axb4 26. Bb5
Qc7 $8 27. Bg3 e5 $8 28. dxe5 Re6 $5 {[%mdl 512] In my opinion it's sound
decision.} (28... Ra8 $143 29. Nd6 (29. e6 $143 Ne5 30. f4 f5 $1 $13) 29... Bc6
30. Bc4 Qa7 31. Re1 {with obvious advantage of white.}) 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Nc5
Qc8 31. Nxe6 Ba6 $1 32. Qf2 Qxe6 $44 ({Very badly:} 32... Bxf1 $2 {because of:}
33. Nxf8 Bd3 34. Rc1 c2 (34... Kxf8 35. e4 Ne7 36. Qd4 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rd3]}) (
34... Qxf8 35. e4 Nc7 36. Qd4 Bb5 37. Qb6 Qc8 38. e6 $1 $18) 35. Qd2 Qc3 36.
Be1 $1 Kxf8 37. e4 Qxd2 (37... Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Nc3 39. Rxc2 $18) 38. Bxd2 Nc3 39.
Bxc3 bxc3 40. Kf2 $18 {[%csl Rc2,Yd3][%cal Gf2e3]}) 33. Ra1 Nc7 34. Rcc1 ({
Absolutely senselessly:} 34. Rca2 {in view of:} Bd3 35. Ra4 Qxb3 36. e4 {
[%csl Rb4][%cal Gf2b6,Gb6b4]} Ne6 {=/+/-/+} 37. Qb6 $2 Bb1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Gb3d1]} 38. Rxb4 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Nf4 $1 41. Qf2 (41. Bxf4 $2 Qe1#)
41... Ne2+ 42. Qxe2 (42. Kf1 $2 Bd3 $19) 42... Qxe2 43. Rbxb1 c2 $17) 34... Bd3
35. Qa2 $2 {Probably it's decisive mistake.} ({Also badly:} 35. Rd1 $2 Bg6 (
35... Rd8 $2 36. Qa2 $16 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8]}) 36. e4 Qxb3 37. Qc5 Ne6 38. Qd5 Qxd5
(38... Qc2 $4 39. Ra2 $18 {[%csl Rc2]}) (38... Qb2 $4 39. Ra2 $18 {[%csl Rb2]})
39. exd5 (39. Rxd5 $2 b3 $17) 39... Nc5 40. e6 fxe6 41. Bd6 Rc8 42. Bxc5 Rxc5
43. dxe6 c2 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Rc1 (45. Kf2 $144 c1=Q 46. Rxc1 Rxc1 47. e7 b3 $19
) 45... b3 46. Rb8 Rd5 $19 {[%cal Gd5d1]}) ({It is necessary:} 35. e4 $5 Qxb3
$140 36. e6 Nxe6 37. Bd6 Rc8 38. Qe3 (38. Qb6 $2 Rc4 39. Ra8+ Kh7 $17) 38...
Bc2 (38... Qc4 $2 39. Bxb4 $16) (38... Bb5 $2 39. Rab1) 39. Bxb4 Qxb4 40. Rxc2
Nd4 41. Rca2 c2 42. Kf2 Qb3 43. Qd2 Qb6 (43... Nxf3 44. gxf3 Qxa2 45. Rxa2 c1=Q
$11) 44. Qe3 $11) 35... Ra8 36. Qf2 (36. Qxa8+ Nxa8 37. Rxa8+ Kh7 {[%csl Rb3]}
38. Rd8 Bg6 $17) 36... Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Qxb3 38. e4 Qc4 $19 {[%csl Gb4,Gc3][%cal
Gb4b3,Gb3b2] It's difficult to give a good advise for white.Further resistance
is impossible.} 39. Bf4 (39. e6 Nxe6 40. Qa7 b3 $19) 39... b3 40. Bc1 Qb4 {
[%cal Gb3b2]} (40... Qb5 $144 {[%cal Gb3b2]}) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 (10. f3 {See comments to Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Dortmund,
1998/CBM 66(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 
11. Bh4) 11... Qxf6 12. Be2 (12. Qc7 {You can see comments to Georgiev,
K-Nikolic,P/Sarajevo,1998(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (31)}) 12... a6 $6 $146 {From my
point of view this novelty brings black one difficulties.Before with success
applied:} (12... Rc8 $5 13. Qd3 a6 (13... Bd5 14. Qxb5 Nc6 15. Qa6 Bb3 16. Nd2
Rcb8 17. Qd3 Ba4 18. Qa6 Bb3 $44 {Kumaran,D-Ashley,M/New York Marshall,1995(1/
2-1/2)(42)}) 14. O-O Nc6 $5 (14... Bxf3 $143 15. Bxf3 Ra7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4
$14 {Salov,V-Rivas Pastor,M/Madrid,1993(1-0) (31)}) 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Rfc1 Bd5
17. b3 Qe7 $11 {Allen,K-Marusenko,P/Port Erin,1999(0-1) (52)}) ({Weakly:} 12...
Qg6 {in view of:} 13. Qc7 $1 Bd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd6 {()} f5 17.
Rc5 Kh7 18. Rfc1 f4 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Bd3+ Kg8 21. e4 Ba2 22. Nf3 $16 {
Hjartarson,J-Arnason,J/Reykjavik,1984(1-0) (56)}) 13. Rc1 Qg6 $6 ({Leads to
bad position:} 13... Rc8 14. Qxc8+ $1 Bxc8 15. Rxc8+ Kh7 16. Bd3+ g6 17. O-O
Qe7 18. Rfc1 $16) ({Can be recommended:} 13... Nc6 $5) 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qc5 Na5
$2 {[%mdl 8192] Inexplicable mistake.Probably white expected only on 16.Qb6} ({
It deserves attention:} 15... Rfd8 $5) 16. Qc7 {[%csl Ya5,Rb7][%cal Ya5b7]} (
16. Qb6 $2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc4 18. Qc5 (18. Rxc4 $2 Rab8 $17 {[%csl Rb6,Rc4]})
18... d5 $11) 16... Bxf3 $8 ({Very badly:} 16... Nb3 17. Qxb7 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 {
+/-/+-}) 17. Bxf3 Nb3 18. Bxa8 $1 ({Much worse is:} 18. Rc3 {because of:} Nd2
19. Bxa8 Nxf1 20. Bb7 Nd2 {[%csl Rb2,Rg1][%cal Gg6b1]} 21. Rc1 {+/=/+/-}) 18...
Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxa8 20. Qxd7 $16 Qd3 21. g3 a5 ({More stubborn resistance after:
} 21... Rf8 $5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd3e2,Ge2b2]}) 22. h4 {[%csl Rg8]} b4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Again inexplicable tactical blunder.} (22... Rf8 $142 $16) 23. axb4
axb4 24. Qb7 {[%csl Ra8,Rb4]} Ra4 {Black protect pawn"b4",but now game is won
with the help of direct attack.} 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Qxf7 Ra1+ 27. Kh2 Qe4 ({
Loses right away:} 27... Qf1 28. Qg8+ Kg6 29. Qxe6+ Kh5 (29... Kh7 30. Qf5+ g6
31. Qf7#) 30. Qf7+ Kg4 (30... g6 31. Qf3#) 31. f3+ Qxf3 32. Qg6#) 28. f3 $1 $18
{Pawn"f3" distracts the black queen and it finishes a game.} Qxe3 (28... Qd3
$144 29. Qg8+ Kg6 30. h5+ $1 Kxh5 31. Qf7+ g6 32. g4+ Kh4 33. Qf6+ g5 34. Qxh6#
) 29. Qg8+ Kg6 30. h5+ $1 (30. h5+ $1 Kxh5 $8 (30... Kf6 31. Qf8+ Kg5 32. Qxg7+
Kxh5 33. Qg4#) 31. Qf7+ g6 (31... Kg5 32. Qxg7+ Kf5 (32... Kh5 33. Qg4#) 33.
Rf8#) 32. Rc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Soffer, Ram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 {
I expected this variant from my contender.} 8. Qf3 $5 {Probably,white can not
expect a big advantage in this variant.} Nc6 9. e3 Bb7 ({Interestingly from
the beginning:} 9... Na5 $5 {See comments to Beliavsky,A-Kortschnoj,V/Lviv,
2000/CBM 77(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(33)}) ({Also deserves attention:} 9... h6 {
See comments to Dautov,R-Gyimesi,Z/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(24)})
10. Qd1 $5 {Stohl's idea! The white's queen has finished the travel and has
returned on the "d1".} Nb8 $146 {It is hardly possible to count successful
this novelty.} ({Were checked in the preceding games:} 10... d6 11. Nf3 (11.
Ne2 $142) 11... Nb8 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. dxc5
bxc5 $11 {Yu Mingyuan-Petran,P/Budapest,2001(0-1)(62)}) ({and} 10... h6 $5 11.
Bh4 d6 12. Ne2 g5 (12... Nb8 $143 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. d5 $14) 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. f3
Nxg3 15. hxg3 {[%csl Rh6] <->h} Kg7 (15... Qf6 $5) 16. g4 $5 $14 {[%csl Rh6]
[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5] You can see comments to Stohl,I-Rozentalis,E/Germany,2001/
CBM 87(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)}) 11. Ne2 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Ge2c3] Bringing the
knight to the ideal position.} d6 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 
11... c5 $5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nc3 {+/=/=}) 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. d5 $1 $14 {[%csl
Rb7]} Re8 ({During the game I was afraid of} 13... Qe8 $5 14. Be2 $140 $6 (14.
Qd4 $1 $14 {(Soffer,R)}) (14. Rc1 $5 {[%csl Rc7]}) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 (15.
Bxf6 $143 Nxf6 16. cxd5 Qe5 {[%csl Rd5]} 17. Bf3 Ba6 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Ga6f1]}
18. Qa4 Bd3 19. Rd1 b5 $1 $36) 15... Ne4 $1 $11 {[%csl Rd5]}) 14. Be2 b5 $5 {
Black has conceded in the positional battle and now correctly begins tactical
actions.} 15. cxb5 (15. Nxb5 $6 exd5 16. cxd5 Re5 $132 {[%csl Rd5,Rg5]}) 15...
exd5 16. Bf3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] I wanted to win immediately Pd5.} ({After:} 16.
O-O h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd4 Re5 19. b4 {I save a big positional advantage.})
16... Qb8 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Gb8][%cal Gf6e4][%mdl 256]} 17. Bxf6 ({Dubiously:} 17.
O-O {because of:} Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rg5] and my Bg5 remains outside of game.})
17... Nxf6 18. O-O ({Clearly that it is impossible to take away a pawn "d5":} 
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Re5 $36 {[%csl Rb5]}) 18... a6 $1 {
This move is much better than} (18... Re5 19. b4 a6 $140 20. bxa6 Bxa6 $2 (
20... Rxa6 $142 21. b5 $14) 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxf1 24. Kxf1
$16 c5 $140 $6 25. Rd1 {[%csl Ra8,Rd6,Rg8]}) 19. bxa6 Bxa6 {[%csl Rb2,Rf1]} 20.
Nxd5 $8 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 $6 {I didn't see the 22th move of black and consequently
have choosen this continuation.} (21. Qxd5 $142 Ra7 $1 (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Rfb1
Qc3 23. Qxa8 $1 (23. Rc1 Qb2 {[%csl Ra1]}) 23... Rxa8 24. Bxa8 g6 25. a4 c5 26.
a5 Bd3 27. Rc1 Qb2 {[%csl Ra1,Gb2,Rc1][%cal Gb2c1,Gb2a1]} 28. g3 $1 $16 {
[%cal Ga8g2,Gg2f1]}) (21... Bxf1 $2 22. Qxa8 $16) 22. Rfb1 Bb7 23. Qd1 (23. Qb3
$143 Bxf3 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. gxf3 c5 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2]}) (23. Qd3 Bxf3 24.
gxf3 c5 $44) 23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 c5 $44 {[%cal Ga7b7]}) 21... Ra7 $8 ({Loses
right away:} 21... Qxb2 $4 {in view of:} 22. Rb1 $1 (22. Qf3 $143 {[%csl Ra8,
Re8]} Bxf1 23. Rxf1 (23. Bxf7+ $4 Kh8 24. Bxe8 Bc4 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Yc4,Re8,Rg1]
[%cal Yc4g8]} 25. Qf8+ Bg8 26. Rd1 Qe5 $19 {[%csl Re8]}) 23... Qxa3 24. Qxf7+
Kh8 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Qxc7 $16) 22... Qe5 (22... Qxa3 $144 23. Bxa8 Bxf1 $140
$2 24. Bc6 {[%csl Re8,Rf1]}) (22... Qc3 $144 23. Bxa8 Bxf1 $140 $2 24. Qa4 {
[%csl Re8,Rf1]}) 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 (23... Bxf1 $2 24. Bc6 {[%csl Re8,Rf1]}) 24. Qa4
$18) 22. Qf3 c5 $1 {[%csl Ya7,Rf7][%cal Ya7f7][%mdl 256] Only so,it's possible
to protect Pf7.} ({Badly:} 22... Rf8 $2 {because of:} 23. Rfd1 $1 (23. Rfb1 $2
Bd3 24. Rd1 Qxb2 {[%csl Ra1]} 25. Ra2 Qb5 (25... Qc3 $2 26. e4 {[%csl Rd3]} c6
$8 27. Qxd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 cxd5 29. Rxd5 $16) 26. a4 Qa5 $13 {[%csl Rg1]}) 23...
Qxb2 $140 24. Rab1 Qf6 $8 (24... Qxa3 $4 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rb8+) (24... Qe5 $4
25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rb8+) 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Bc6 {+/=/+/-}) 23. Rfd1 {After this
move Ram Soffer agreed for a draw because of these variations:} (23. Rfd1 Qxb2
24. Rab1 Qe5 $11 (24... Qxa3 $4 25. Ra1 Be2 (25... Qb2 26. Rxa6 $18 {[%csl Ya7,
Rf7]}) 26. Rxa3 Bxf3 27. Rxa7 Bxd1 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Bxe8 Kxe8 30. Rxg7 $18)) (
23. Rfb1 $143 Bd3 24. Rd1 Qxb2 {[%csl Ra1]} 25. Ra2 Qc3 $15 {[%cal Gc5c4]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 05th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 $5 {Comments to this part of the game
(9-11 moves) and also:} (11... c5 $5 {You can find in my annotations to game:
Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Frankfurt,1999/CBM 72 (1-0)(43)}) 12. Nf2 $5 ({Also were
checked up in previous games: 12.Rc1; 12.Bd3; 12.b3; 12.0-0-0!? and} 12. Bg3 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg3d6] This move is directed against progress "c5".} Qe7 13.
Be2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 (14... Rxc5 $5) 15. O-O d5 $11) 12... c5 13. Ng4 (13. dxc5
$143 Rxc5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. Qd2 d5 $11 {Arlandi,E-Ruck,R/Istanbul,2003(0-1)(28)})
13... d5 $5 $146 {Very intersting novelety of Viorel Bologan.Black sacrifices
a pawn for a long time compensation,that expresses in activity of his pieces.}
(13... Qc7 $6 {You can see comments to Mozetic,D-Kalesis,N/Karditsa,1994/CBM
43(1-0)(Ftacnik,L)(39)}) 14. cxd5 ({It deserves serious attention:} 14. dxc5 $5
Rxc5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rd1 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8]} Re8 $5 {[%csl Re3,Ge8]} 17. b4
$140 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3,Gd8,Rh4][%cal Gf6e4] Black threatens "Ne4".} 18. Bxf6 (18.
Be2 $4 Ne4 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bxd8 Nc3 $19 {[%csl Rd1,Rd8,Re2]}) 18... gxf6 19.
Qd4 {+/=/=}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd8 $8 Nxc3 16. Bxb6 $6 {White can't claim the
advantage by taking this pawn.Black's pieces are too active,while White's
pieces ones are still undeveloped.} ({It deserves more attention:} 16. Be7 $5
Rfe8 17. Bd6 (17. Bh4 Nd5 18. e4 Nf4 $13 {[%csl Gf4]}) 17... Nd5 {[%csl Gd5,
Re3][%cal Gf7f5,Gh6h5,Yg4e3,Gd5e3]} 18. Bb5 $5 {[%csl Rd7,Re8]} (18. e4 $143 f5
19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Ba6 fxg4 $8 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. dxc5 gxf3 24. gxf3
Nxc5 $11) 18... Bc6 (18... Red8 $5 19. e4 h5 20. exd5 hxg4 21. dxe6 fxe6 22.
Be7 gxf3 23. gxf3 cxd4 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Rf1 Ne5 $44 {[%csl Gd4]}) (18... Rcd8
$2 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Bxc5 $16) 19. Ba6 h5 $1 {[%csl Re3,Yg4]
[%cal Yg4e3,Gh5g4]} 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Ne5 (21. e4 $143 hxg4 22. exd5 Bxd5 23.
dxc5 gxf3 24. gxf3 Nxc5 {=/=/+}) 21... Nxe3 22. Kf2 Nc2 23. Rac1 Nxd4 24. Nxd7
Bxd7 $13 {Black has good material compensation for a quality,but it's still a
quality...}) ({Leads to unclear position:} 16. Bh4 Nd5 17. e4 Nf4 18. Bg3 Ng6 {
[%csl Re4,Rg4][%cal Gf7f5]}) 16... Nxb6 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc2 $44 {
<->c (עe1,Pg2)} 19. Nf2 {And nevertheless it was not necessary to hasten with
this move.} (19. Rg1 $5 {[%csl Yg1,Rg2][%cal Yg1g2,Gf1d3]} Rfc8 20. Bd3 Rb2 21.
Nf2 Rb3 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gb6d5]} 22. Kd2 Rb2+ 23. Ke1 Rb3 (23... Nd5 $143 24.
Nd1 Rb3 25. Kd2 $14) 24. Ke2 Rb2+ 25. Ke1 Rb3 $11) 19... Nd5 20. Nd1 {[%cal
Ye3e4,Yd1e3]} f5 $1 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Yf5e4] Black in turn prevent a "e4".} 21.
Rg1 ({Can be recommended:} 21. Rb1 $5 Bc6 (21... Ba8 $143 22. Rg1 Ra2 23. Rb3
$14 {[%csl Yb3][%cal Yb3a3,Yb3e3]}) 22. Rg1 Ra2 23. Rc1 Bb7 (23... Ba4 $5) 24.
Bc4 Rxa3 25. Kd2 $11) 21... Rfc8 22. Bd3 Rc1 {For Black it's certainly
favourable to exchange these rooks.} 23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Kf2 ({It was dubiously:
} 24. e4 {in view of:} fxe4 25. fxe4 (25. Bxe4 Ra1 $36 {[%csl Ra3]}) 25... Nf4
{[%csl Gb7,Yd3,Re4,Gf4][%cal Gf4d3]} 26. Kd2 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 Ra1 28. Re1 Bc6 $1
$15 {[%csl Ga1,Gc6,Rd1,Re1][%cal Gc6a4]}) 24... Ra1 25. Bc4 Rxa3 26. Re1 {
[%csl Rc5,Yd1,Re5][%cal Yd1b2,Yb2d3,Yd3c5,Yd3e5]} Ba6 27. Nb2 {The White
pieces are consolidated and now it will be complex to ram their position.} (27.
Bxd5 $143 exd5 28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Ra2+ 31. Kg3 Kf7 $15 {
[%csl Ga7] and only Black can play for a win here!}) 27... Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rc3
29. Na5 $6 (29. Ne5 $142 {[%cal Ye5d3]} a5 (29... Rc2+ 30. Re2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2
a5 32. Nc4 a4 33. Kd2 $11 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 30. e4 Nf4 (30... fxe4 31. fxe4 Nf6
32. Ra1 Nxe4+ 33. Ke2 {[%csl Ra5]} Nf6 34. Rxa5 $11) 31. g3 Nd3+ 32. Nxd3 Rxd3
33. Ra1 fxe4 34. fxe4 Rxd4 35. Ke3 $11 {[%csl Ra5,Ye3][%cal Ge3d4,Ye3e4]})
29... f4 {Probably,Black misses his chance.White weakened a point "d3" ,with
his last move,something that Black had use it:} (29... Nb4 $5 {[%csl Rd3,Re1,
Rf2][%cal Gb4d3]} 30. Re2 (30. Rb1 $6 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Nd5 $36 {[%csl Re3,Rg3]
[%cal Gg7g5]}) 30... Nd3+ 31. Kg3 g5 32. Nb7 Nc1 $1 {[%csl Ye2,Re3][%cal Gc3e3,
Gc1e2]} 33. Re1 Rc2 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gc1e2]} 34. h4 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 f4 {[%csl Rd4,
Ye3,Gf4][%cal Ye3d4,Gf4e3]} 36. hxg5 hxg5 $15) 30. exf4 Nxf4 31. Re4 $1 {
[%csl Re6,Yf4][%cal Ge4f4,Ge4e6,Yf4e6][%mdl 256]} (31. Kf1 $143 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Gg2g3,Gg3f4,Yf4e6]} Kf7 $15 {[%csl Yf7]}) 31... Rc2+ 32. Kf1 Nxg2 33.
Rxe6 Nh4 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2]} 34. d5 $15 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5d6] Joel does not
want to think only about defence,he searches a counterplay.} Nxf3 35. h3 Rd2
36. Nc6 {[%csl Ra7]} (36. Ra6 $4 {is refuted by:} Rxd5 37. Rxa7 Rh5 {[%csl Rh3]
[%cal Gf3g5,Gh5h3]} 38. Nc6 Ng5 $1 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Gg5h3,Yh5f5]} 39. Ne7+ $140
Kh7 40. Nf5 Ne6 {[%csl Ye6,Rf1,Rf5,Rh3,Gh5]}) 36... Rxd5 37. Re3 {[%csl Ra7,
Rf3]} Nd2+ $6 (37... Rc5 $142 38. Nxa7 Ng5 {[%csl Ra7]} 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Rb3 $15
{[%csl Yb3][%cal Ya7b5]}) 38. Ke2 Kh7 39. Nxa7 {In these types of endgames
practically it is impossible to use material advantage.} Nc4 40. Rc3 Ne5 (40...
Rc5 {[%csl Ra7]} 41. Kf2 {[%cal Ya7b5]} g5 42. Nb5 $15) 41. Nc6 Ng6 ({Leads to
absolutely equality:} 41... Nxc6 42. Rxc6 {[%cal Ye2f2,Yf2g2,Yc6c3,Yc3h3,Yg2h3]
}) 42. Kf3 Rf5+ 43. Kg3 Rg5+ 44. Kh2 Nh4 45. Nd4 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rf2 47. Kg1 Rd2
48. Nf3 Rg2+ {It's sole minimal practical chance for win in this game.} 49. Kf1
$8 (49. Kh1 $4 Rg3 {[%csl Rc3,Rf3,Rh1][%cal Gg3h3]}) 49... Rg3 50. Kf2 Rxf3+ (
50... Rxh3 $2 51. Ng5+ hxg5 52. Rxh3 $11) 51. Rxf3 Nxf3 52. Kxf3 Kg6 53. Kg4
Kf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Gf6e5]} 54. Kf4 $8 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Yf4e5,Yf4f5]} g5+ 55.
Kg4 {[%cal Gh3h4]} Kg6 $8 56. Kf3 h5 (56... Kf5 $144 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Kf3 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf3g4,Gg4h5]} Kf5 59. Ke3 h5 60. Kf3) 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. Kg3 Kf8
59. Kf2 $1 {[%csl Yf2,Gf8] White keeps the long opposition!!!} Ke8 60. Ke2 Kd8
61. Kd2 Kc7 62. Ke3 ({Everything,but not:} 62. Kc3 $4 g4 63. hxg4 h4 {[%csl
Gh4][%cal Gh4h3]} 64. g5 Kd6 65. g6 Ke7 $19 {[%csl Ye7]}) 62... Kd6 63. Kd2 Ke5
64. Ke3 {Drawn game is inevitable.} Kd5 65. Kd3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.04.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 9. f3 (9. b3 $5 {You can see comments to Knaak,R-Sjodahl,P/Germany,2000/
CBM 76(1-0) (Golod,V)(32)}) 9... Nf6 10. e3 {It's main line.Other
possibilities are:} (10. Bd2 $5 {See comments to Vera,R-Roeder,M/Santa Clara,
2000/CBM 78(1-0)(Golod,V((27)}) ({and} 10. Bg5) 10... e5 ({Other options are:} 
10... Qe7 $5 {See comments to Kharlov,A-Vyzmanavin,A/Novosibirsk,1995/ CBM 50 
(1-0)(Chekhov,V)(59)}) (10... c5 $5) (10... a5) ({and} 10... Nc6) 11. dxe5 (11.
Be2 $5 {See comments to Sergienko,S-Volzhin,A/Samara,2000/CBM 78(½-½) (Golod,
V)(39)}) 11... dxe5 12. Nf2 $5 {[%mdl 4]} (12. Be2 $5 {See comments to
Alterman,B-Gofshtein,L/Israel,1999/CBM69(1-0) (Alterman,B)(46)}) 12... Nc6 ({
Only some moves have followed in a game:} 12... Qe7 $5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O a5 {
1/2-1/2 Hoang Thanh Trang-Danner,G/Budapest,2001(14)}) 13. b4 ({Was checked in
the previous games:} 13. Bd2 $5 {/\0-0-0} Qe7 (13... f4 $5 14. O-O-O fxe3 15.
Bxe3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bd3 $1 {Vera,R-Williams,P/North Bay,1997/Inf 70/
(496) (Vera,R)(19)}) 14. O-O-O e4 $1 (14... Be6 $143 15. h3 a5 16. g4 Nd7 17.
Bd3 $14 {Dearing,E-Rayner,F/Scarborough,1999(1/2-1/2)(40)}) 15. f4 Be6 16. Rg1
Rad8 17. Be2 (17. h3 $5 h5 $140 18. g4 $13) 17... h5 18. g3 Rd7 19. h3 Rfd8 $13
{Hlian,E-Terterians,V/Podolsk,1992(0-1)(58)}) 13... f4 $5 $132 (13... Qe8 $143
14. Be2 Ne7 15. O-O Ng6 16. Bb2 Be6 17. a4 c6 18. b5 c5 19. a5 $14 {Arlandi,
E-Hulak,K/Makarska,1996(1/2-1/2)(63)}) (13... Be6 $5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Bb2 Ng6 16.
a4 Nd7 17. g3 f4 $132 {Konnov,O-Kuzuev,D/Orsk,2000 (1-0)(33)}) 14. Bd3 {/\0-0}
a5 $1 $146 {The next move of black considerably wins in force after that
inclusions.} ({Pretty dubious:} 14... e4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qh4+ 17. Qf2
Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 fxe3+ 19. Bxe3 Ne5 20. Bd4 (20. c5 $5) 20... Nxc4 21. Rhc1 b5
22. a4 c6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 $16 {+/=/+/- Kozul,Z-Zelcic,R/
Pula,1996(1/2-1/2)(83)}) 15. b5 $140 {It's much better,than:} (15. Rb1 $6 axb4
16. axb4 Qe7 {[%csl Rb4,Gc6,Re3,Ge7] and the position white cracks on
different flanks.}) 15... fxe3 16. Bxe3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 
17. Qb2 {+/=/=}) 17... Qxd4 (17... exd4 $143 18. O-O {/\Rfe1<->e +/=}) 18. O-O
Be6 $11 19. Rfd1 (19. Rad1 $143 Qc5 {[%csl Ra3]}) 19... Qc5 20. Kh1 Rad8 {
<->d;/\Rd4,Rad8} 21. Ne4 $1 {Only in such a way white save a equal position.}
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 {[%csl Rb7,Rh7]} Qxc4 ({Senselessly:} 22... h6 {because of:} 23.
Bxb7 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Bxc4 25. Bc6 {+/=/=}) 23. Bxh7+ ({Clearly that is bad:} 23.
Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Bxb7 Bxb5 $17) 23... Kh8 24. Rdc1 ({Also leads to equality:} 24.
Qxc4 Bxc4 25. Be4 b6 (25... Bxb5 $143 26. Bxb7 {+/=/=}) 26. Bc6 Be2 $1 {<->d}
27. Rdc1 $11 {[%csl Rc7]}) 24... Qxc2 ({Very riskyly:} 24... Qxb5 {because of:}
25. Be4 {[%csl Rb7,Rc7,Rh8]} c6 26. Rab1 Qa6 27. Qc5 $36 {[%csl Re5,Rh8]}) 25.
Bxc2 b6 26. Re1 ({Nothing changes:} 26. Be4 Rf7 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Yf7c7]}) 26...
Bf5 27. Rac1 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 27. Bb3 Rd3 28. Bc2 Rd5
29. Bxf5 Rxf5 $11) 27... Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Rf7 {[%csl Rh1]} 29. h3 Rd5 $11 30. Rec1
{The result of a game already at anybody does not cause doubt.} (30. a4 $143
Rd4 {[%csl Ra4]}) 30... Rxb5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Rb3 33. a4 Rb4 34. Rb7 {
[%csl Rb6]} e4 (34... e4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxb6 Rxa4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 14th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2004.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3 $5
{Very rare line.Besides,you can see my annotations to two another options:} (8.
Nge2 $5 {Hillarp Persson,T-Polgar,J/Sigeman & Co,2000/CBM 77(1/2-1/2)(29)}) (8.
cxd5 $5 {Carlsen,M-Aronian,L/Tripoli,2004/CBM 102(1/2-1/2)(31)}) 8... Ba5 $5 ({
On:} 8... Bxc3+ {I have found eleven games in Mega DataBase 2005.For an
example we shall consider two most interesting of them:} 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. cxd4
Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bd7 $5 12. Ne2 f6 13. exf6 $5 (13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Be3
Bc6 16. h4 $14 {[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3g3] You can see comments to game: Shariyazdanov,
A-Pikula,D/Biel,2002/Inf 86/491(1/2-1/2)(Shariyazdanov,A; Lisenko,A)(42)})
13... Nxf6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. c5 Nc6 17. Bd6 Rf7 18. f3 $14 {
Doroshkievich,V-Biriukov,O/St.Petersburg,2003(1-0)(59)}) 9. Bxe4 ({Leads to
favourable complications for contender:} 9. dxc5 $6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Bxe4
dxe4 12. Be3 Nxe5 $132 {Zimmerman,Y-Wells,P/HUN,1998(0-1)(39)}) 9... dxe4 10.
dxc5 Nc6 ({Once was checked in the preceding game:} 10... Qd4 $6) 11. b4 ({
Hardly it was better:} 11. Bf4 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Nge2 e5 14. Be3 Nd4 $132 {
Moen,A-Acs,P/Stockholm,2003(0-1)(42)}) 11... Bc7 12. Nxe4 Nxe5 ({Leads to
benefit of the contender:} 12... Bxe5 $6 13. Bb2 Nd4 14. Qd3 Nf3+ $140 15. Qxf3
Bxb2 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Ne2 {+/=/+/-}) 13. Be3 f5 {Black strengthen a position of
his pieces in the centre and,at case,prepare progress "f4".} 14. Rd1 Bd7 $5
$146 {Is paradoxical,but this logical move is a novelty.The game,which have
reached this position was continued as follows:} (14... Qh4 $5 15. Nd6 (15. Nd2
$6 Qg4 $36) 15... Bxd6 16. cxd6 Nxc4 17. Qc3 (17. Qe2 $5 {/\Rd4}) 17... b5 18.
Nf3 Qg4 19. h3 Qg6 20. O-O Bb7 21. Bc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zimmerman,Y-Lukacs,P/
Hungary,1999}) 15. Nd6 ({I can not recommended in this position:} 15. Ng5 Qf6
16. N1f3 Bc6 $13) ({or} 15. Bg5 $6 Qe8 $1 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. cxd6 (17. Rxd6 $143
Nf7 {[%csl Rd6,Rg5]}) 17... Ba4 18. d7 Bxc2 19. dxe8=Q Raxe8 $36) 15... Bc6 {
/^a8-h1(קg2)} 16. Kf1 $5 {It's rather difficult to continue a game without
this logical move.} ({It was impossible to take away the Pf5:} 16. Nxf5 $2 Qf6
{(פf5,Pg2)}) ({or Pb7:} 16. Nxb7 $2 Qe7 {(פb7,Pg2)}) ({Less essentially next
continuations:} 16. f3 Bxd6 17. cxd6 Qh4+ 18. Bf2 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. Bh4
$11) ({and} 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. f3 Rad8 $132 {<->d}) 16... Qh4 $1 {
Now Black has,as a minimum,an equal chances in the subsequent tactical
complications.} 17. Bd4 ({Leads to unclear position:} 17. b5 Be4 $1 18. Nxe4
fxe4 19. Rd4 $1 (19. g3 $143 Qh5 {[%csl Rd1]}) 19... Ng4 20. Rxe4 Qh5 $1 $13) (
17. g3 $2 {is refuted by:} Qh5 {[%csl Rh1]}) 17... Bxd6 $1 $11 ({It was very
dubiously:} 17... Ng4 {in view of:} 18. Nf3 $1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 {with obvious
advantage of White:} e5 20. Bb2 Nxh2+ 21. Ke2 e4 $140 $2 22. Rdg1 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc2c3]}) 18. cxd6 $140 Nxc4 $1 19. Qxc4 $140 {White had no
other worthy alternative!} Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qxd1+ 22. Kg2 Qg4+ 23.
Kf1 Qd1+ $11 {Black are obliged to repeat moves.} ({After:} 23... Rac8 $6 24.
Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Ne2 (25. Bc5 $6 Qd1+ 26. Qe1 $2 (26. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 26... Qd5 $1
27. f3 $140 Rfe8 $40) 25... Rce8 26. Qc4 Rxe2 27. Bxg7+ {Black should play
extreme precisely for the equation of a position:} Kxg7 $1 (27... Qxg7 $143 28.
Kxe2 (28. Qxe2 $6 Rg8 $44) 28... Qe5+ 29. Kf3 Qxd6 30. Qc3+ Rf6 31. Re1 $14)
28. Qxg4+ (28. Qxe2 Qh3+ 29. Ke1 Qc3+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ $11) 28... fxg4 29. Kxe2
Re8+ $1 30. Kd3 $140 Rd8 $11 {[%csl Rd6]}) 24. Kg2 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 {This game was
very interesting and important for the theory of this variant.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 $5 ({Another alternative is:} 10... c5 $5 11. f3
(11. dxc5 $143 {See comments to Dreev,A-Salov,V/President's Cup,1998/CBM65(1/
2-1/2)(Golod,V) (36)}) 11... Rc8 $5 {See comments to Dreev,A-Razuvaev,Y/St.
Petersburg,1998/CBM 67 (1-0)(Golod,V)(40)}) 11. b4 $5 $146 ({Was checked in
the three previous games:} 11. f3 c5 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O (13. dxc5 Rxc5 14.
Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,P-Polak,T/Olomouc,1999(14)}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 d5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Bf2 a5 18. Rab1 a4 $11 {Suvrajit,S-Kunte,A/Calcutta,
2000(0-1)(47)}) (11. Bd3 $6 c5 (11... Bxg2 $5 12. Rg1 Bb7) 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4
d5 $11 {Kahn,E-Szilagyi,P/Hungary,1996(1/2-1/2)(45)}) 11... Re8 {Boris Gelfand
does not hasten with 11...e5 or 11...c5,leaving itself additional
opportunities.} 12. Qb2 {White prepare f3 and e4.} ({At once badly:} 12. f3 {
because of:} Nd5 $1 13. Bxd8 (13. cxd5 Qxg5 $15) 13... Nxc3 14. Bg5 c5 $1 $36)
12... c5 ({After:} 12... h6 13. Bh4 e5 $6 14. d5 {white has a big positional
advantage.}) 13. dxc5 dxc5 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 13...
bxc5 $5) 14. f3 Qc7 {[%csl Yc7,Rd8,Gg5][%cal Yd8c7]} 15. Be2 Nh5 {/\f5 and e5}
({Nor equalizes:} 15... cxb4 $6 16. axb4 a5 17. O-O $14) (15... e5 $5) 16. O-O
f5 17. Rfd1 Nhf6 18. Nb3 e5 {Despite of pawns centre of the black,at white has
a positional advantage because of: 1) strong bishop"g5"; 2) opportunities of
capture of <->d.} 19. Rd2 Nf8 20. Rad1 $14 (20. Bxf6 $143 gxf6 21. Rad1 Qg7 {
[%csl Gb7,Gg7] <->g}) 20... Qf7 21. Rd6 {Not so it is clear the ambassador:} (
21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Na5 Ba8 23. Rd6 Ne6) 21... Ne6 22. Bh4 f4 23. exf4 ({Dubious:
} 23. Bf2 {because of:} e4 $132) 23... Nxf4 24. Bf1 cxb4 25. axb4 Qh5 ({
In my opinion,a little bit better is:} 25... Re6 $5) 26. Bg3 $1 ({Does not
promise anything good} 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 Qg5 {[%csl Rf6,Rg1][%cal Gg5f6,
Gb7f3]}) 26... Qg5 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gh5h4]} 27. c5 N6h5 28. Qf2 e4 {[%cal Ge4e3]
Boris tries to correct positional lacks through- tactics.} 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30.
Qg3 $1 Qe5 ({Loses right away:} 30... Nh3+ 31. gxh3 $1 (31. Qxh3 Qe3+ 32. Kh1
Qxb3 33. Qd7 $16) 31... Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qxb3 33. Rd7 g6 34. Qh4 $1 {[%csl Rg8]}
Qxf3+ 35. Bg2 Qh5 36. Qxh5 gxh5 37. Rxb7 $18) 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Rd7 Bc2 33.
R1d2 Bxb3 34. Qxb3+ Kh8 35. g3 {The checkpoint pawn"c5" provides till
advantage white.} Ng6 $6 ({It deserves attention:} 35... Ne6) 36. Re2 ({
Senselessly for white:} 36. R2d5 Qe1 37. Rd1 Qe5) 36... Qa1 37. Rd1 Qf6 38. Rf2
Qe5 39. Bh3 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Yh3][%cal Yh3c8] On this diagonal the white's bishop
helps to pawn "c5" to advance.} Rc7 40. Bd7 Rf8 41. Rxf8+ Nxf8 42. Qf3 Qf6 ({
Impossibly:} 42... Nxd7 $4 {because of:} 43. Qa8+) 43. Qxf6 gxf6 44. c6 $14 {
[%mdl 4096]} a6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Against 45.b5 (קc6)} 45. Be8 {[%cal Gd1d8]} ({
Weakly:} 45. Kf2 Kg7 46. Ke3 Kf7 $11 {[%cal Gf7e7]}) 45... Rc8 {Again only
protective move.} 46. Re1 Ng6 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gg6e5]} 47. Bd7 Rc7 48. Re8+ Kg7
49. Rc8 (49. Rb8 Ne5 50. Rxb6 Nxd7 51. cxd7 Rxd7 52. Rxa6 Rd1+ 53. Kg2 Rb1 {
with huge chances of rescue.}) 49... Rxc8 50. Bxc8 Ne7 51. Bb7 $1 {Differently,
after:} (51. Bd7 Nd5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga6a5,Ge7d6,Gg7f7,Gf7e7] black has a
advantage in the endgame.}) 51... Nd5 $140 52. Bxa6 f5 53. Bc4 Nc7 54. Bd3 (54.
b5 Kf6 55. Kf2 Ke5 56. Ke3 h6 57. h3 Ne8 {also it is not visible how further
to strengthen a position.}) 54... Kf6 {Now activity of the black king
compensates shortage of a material.} 55. g4 fxg4 56. Bxh7 Ke5 $1 {Now draw it
turns out so: the black's king takes away white's pawn"c6", should return to a
corner h8 and to give back knight for white's pawn"b4".} 57. Kf2 Kd5 58. Kg3
Kxc6 59. Kxg4 Kd6 {[%csl Yh7,Gh8][%cal Gd6e7,Ge7f8]} 60. Bd3 Ke7 61. Kf5 Kf8
62. Ke5 b5 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gc7a6]} 63. Kd4 Na6 64. Kc3 Nxb4 65. Kxb4 Kg7
66. Kxb5 Kh8 {It's theoretical draw.} 67. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nagykanizsa 1st"]
[Site "Nagykanizsa"]
[Date "2003.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 ({Besides
White has two principales moves:} 7. Nf3) ({and} 7. Bd3 $5 c5 8. Nge2 {You can
see my comments to Hillarp Persson,T-Polgar,J/Sigeman & Co,2000/CBM 77(1/2-1/2)
(29)} (8. cxd5 {You can see my annotations to game: Ahlander,B-Wedberg,T/
Stockholm,1999/CBM 73(1-0)(43)})) 7... Bxc3+ (7... Ba5 $4 {is refuted by:} 8.
b4 {[%csl Ga3,Ra5,Gb4,Gc4][%cal Gc4c5]}) 8. bxc3 c5 {Black had no other worthy
alternative.} 9. Bd3 $5 {Same position with rearrangement of moves also it is
possible to receive after: 7.Bd3 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3} ({Is a possible
continuation of the play:} 9. Bb2 $5 {See comments to Sarkar,J-Shahade,G/
Seattle,2003/CBM 93(1-0)(Atlas,V)(37)}) 9... Qa5 ({On:} 9... cxd4 $5 {you can
find sixteen games}) ({and after:} 9... Nc6 $5 {you can find four game in Mega
Database 2004.}) 10. Ne2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf2f3]} ({Twice:} 10. Bxe4) ({
and once:} 10. cxd5 {were checked in the preceding games.}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd5
({Badly at once:} 11. f3 {because of:} dxc4 12. Bxe4 $140 (12. Bxc4 $2 Nxc3 $17
{[%csl Ga5,Re1,Re5]}) 12... d3 {[%csl Rc2,Re2]} 13. Qa2 $1 dxe2 14. Qxc4 Qxe5
15. Ra2 Qh5 16. Rxe2 Nd7 $15) 11... exd5 12. f3 Nxc3 ({Recently was checked up
another continuation:} 12... Nc5 $5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. O-O (14. Bd2 $5) 14...
dxc3 15. Nxc3 Be6 16. f4 Nc6 (16... d4 $5) 17. f5 Kxh7 $2 (17... d4 $1 $15 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga5c3]}) 18. fxe6+ Kg8 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Bd2 $14
{Ivanisevic,I-Timoshenko,G/Chalkidiki,2002(1-0)(40)}) ({Senselessly:} 12... f5
{in view of:} 13. Nxd4 (13. fxe4 $2 fxe4 {[%csl Rd3,Gd4,Gd5,Ge4]} 14. Nxd4 exd3
15. Qxd3 Nc6 $15) 13... Nc5 14. O-O $14) 13. Nxd4 Nb5+ $5 $146 {This
continuation is the next attempt to bring in a "new word " in theory of this
variation.} ({The games which have reached this position were continued as
follows:} 13... Ne4+ 14. Ke2 Qc3 {[%csl Ra1,Rd4]} 15. Bxe4 Qxd4 (15... Qxa1 $6
16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Ra1] El Gindy,E-Simutowe,A/Abuja,2003(1-0)(29)
}) 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bb2 Qh4 18. Bd3 Nc6 $13 {Belozerov,A-Sakaev,K/Krasnoyarsk,
2003(1/2-1/2)(26)}) 14. Bd2 $8 Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ {White are obliged to go on this
forced variation.} Kh8 16. Bxa5 $8 (16. Qd3 $4 Qd8 $1 $19 {[%csl Re1,Rh7][%cal
Gd8h4]}) 16... Nxc2+ 17. Bxc2 {+/=/=} Nc6 $6 ({It deserves attention:} 17...
Be6 {[%csl Ra5,Re5][%cal Gb8c6]} 18. Bb4 Rc8 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bd6 Nc5 $132 {
[%cal Yc5b3,Yd5d4]}) 18. Bc7 ({Hardly it was better:} 18. Bc3 d4 (18... Rd8 $5
{[%csl Re5][%cal Gd5d4]}) 19. Bb2 {[%csl Rd4]} Re8 20. f4 f6 21. O-O fxe5 22.
fxe5 {[%csl Rh8]} Be6 $11) 18... Bd7 (18... Re8 $143 19. f4 f6 20. O-O $14 {
[%csl Rh8]} (20. O-O-O $5 $14)) 19. Bd6 ({In my opinion,it was better:} 19.
O-O-O $5 Be6 20. Bd6 $14 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gf4f5]}) 19... Rfe8 20. O-O-O ({Leads to
unnecessary complications:} 20. f4 Nd4 21. Bd3 Bf5 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Kf2 $140
Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rc2+ 25. Ke3 Nf5+ 26. Kf3 Rec8 $5 $13) 20... Nxe5 21. Rxd5 Rac8 {
[%csl Rc1,Rc2][%cal Gd7a4,Gd7f5]} 22. Kb1 {[%csl Rh8] This move is much better
than:} (22. Rxe5 $6 Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Bf5 {[%csl Rc2,Gc8,Gf5]} 24. g4 Rxc2+ 25. Kd1
Bd3 26. Re1 $11) (22. Bxe5 $6 Ba4 {[%csl Ga4,Rc1,Rc2,Gc8,Re5,Ge8]} 23. Rd2 (23.
Bxg7+ $143 Kxg7 24. Rd2 Re3 {[%csl Ra3,Rc2][%cal Ge3c3]} 25. Kb2 Rxc2+ 26. Rxc2
Bxc2 27. Kxc2 Rxa3 $15) 23... Rxe5 24. Rhd1 $11 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd2d8]}) 22...
Ng6 ({Immediately loses a game the following move:} 22... Nc4 $4 23. Rh5+ Kg8
24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Bxd7 $18) ({After:} 22... f6 23. Bxe5 Bc6 24. Ra5
Rxe5 25. Rxe5 fxe5 26. Re1 Re8 27. Be4 $1 $14 {White receives a obvious
advantage in R endgame.}) 23. h4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh4h5]} (23. Bxg6 $143 fxg6
24. Rd2 {+/=/=}) 23... Kg8 ({It was necessary to decide on the more active
continuation:} 23... Re2 $5 24. h5 (24. Bd3 Rxg2 25. h5 Nf8 26. Bxf8 {[%csl
Rd7]} Be6 {[%csl Rd5,Rf8]} 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. h6+ Kh8 $11) 24... Rcxc2 (24...
Ne7 $143 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rhd1 Be6 27. Rd6 {+/=/=}) 25. hxg6+ Kg8 26. Rh8+ $1
(26. Bf4 Be8 $11) 26... Kxh8 27. gxf7 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd5h5,Gf7f8]} Rb2+ 28.
Kc1 {[%tqu "En","How to get a draw with Black here?","","","h8h7","",10]} Kh7
$3 29. f8=Q $140 (29. Rh5+ Kg6 30. f8=Q Rbc2+ $11 {[%csl Gc2,Ye2][%cal Gc2d2,
Gc2b2,Gb2a2]}) 29... Rec2+ 30. Kd1 Rxg2 {[%cal Gg2g1,Gb2b1]} 31. Kc1 (31. Rh5+
Kg6 32. Kc1 Rbc2+ $11 {[%csl Gc2,Yg2][%cal Gc2b2,Gb2a2,Gc2d2,Gd2e2,Ge2f2]})
31... Rgc2+ 32. Kd1 Rg2 $11) 24. h5 Ne7 25. Re5 (25. Rc5 $5) 25... Nc6 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Be4 ({Probably it was a little better:} 27. Rd1 $5 {+/=/=})
27... Nd4 28. Rd1 ({Pretty dubiously:} 28. Bxb7 {in view of:} Bf5+ $36 {
[%csl Rb1][%cal Ge8e2]}) 28... Nb5 {[%csl Rb1,Rd1,Rd6][%cal Gb5c3,Gb5d6]} 29.
Bb4 Bc6 30. Bd3 {+/=/= From my point of view Viktor Erdos could continue the
game without big risk on a loss.} (30. Bxc6 $142 bxc6 {[%csl Ra3,Yb4,Rc3][%cal
Ga7a5,Gc6c5,Gb5a3,Gb5c3]} 31. Rc1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 {Earlier I considered,that this move looks more poorly than 15.Bb5,but
now I think that in this variant, white can receive only minimal advantage.} (
15. Bb5 $5 {You can see comments to games: Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/London,2000/
CBM 79 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(38) and Golod,V-Pilgaard,K/Ubeda,2001(1/2-1/2)(Golod,
V)(72)}) 15... Ne7 ({Pretty dubiously:} 15... Nf4 $6 {You can see comments to
Sokolov,I-Hansen,C/Malmo,2001/CBM 84(1-0)(Golod,V)(41)}) 16. Bb5 Bc6 {[%mdl 4]}
({In my opinion,it was a little better:} 16... Nc6 $5 17. Ne2 a6 {See comments
to Gurevich,M-Lutz,C/Essen,2001/CBM 83(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(45)} (17... Rfc8 {
You can see comments to Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2) 
(Golod,V)(27)})) 17. Bxc6 ({Weakly:} 17. Ba6 {in view of:} b5 {[%csl Ra6][%cal
Gd7b8]}) 17... Nxc6 18. Ne2 $5 $146 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 18.
dxc5 $5 Nxc5 19. O-O-O (19. Bxc5 $143 bxc5 20. O-O-O Rab8 $5 {/\Na5-c4 or Rb3,
Rfb8|^} (20... Nd4 $5 {[%csl Gd4]})) 19... Ne5 $11 (19... Rac8 $143 20. Ne2 Ne5
21. Kb1 {+/=/=}) 20. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Lerner,K/chT of Israel,2001(20):} ({
Much worse is:} 20. Bxc5 {because of:} Rac8 21. Ne2 Rxc5+ 22. Kb1 Rfc8 {
and in position of black there are no problems.} (22... Nc4 $5 $13 {[%cal
Gc5b5]})) {The provisional equality of a position confirms the following
variant:} 20... Rfd8 $5 (20... Ned3 $143 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ne2 {[%csl Gb1,Rg8]
+/=/=}) (20... Ncd3 $5 21. Bd4 (21. Be3 $4 Nxb2 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Re3,Ge5][%cal
Ge5c4]}) 21... Rfd8 22. Ne2 $140 Rxd4 $1 23. Nxd4 Nf2 24. Kc2 Rc8+ 25. Kb3 Nxd1
26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Kc3 Rc8+ 28. Kb3 $11) 21. Ne2 Nc4 22. Ka2 Nd3 23. Bd4 $140
Rxd4 {(an interesting idea which was mentioned by Kantsler,B after the game)}
24. Nxd4 Ndxb2 25. Rb1 Rd8 26. Nc2 Na4 27. Kb3 b5 $44) 18... Rfd8 $6 {After
this inaccurate move Boris Gelfand has a slight positional advantage in the
endgame. From my point of view,leads to equality:} (18... cxd4 $5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4
(19... Rac8 $5 $11 {Lerner,K}) 20. Bxd4 Rac8 21. Rf1 Rc2 22. Rf2 Rfc8 23. Bc3
Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Nc5 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rc3][%cal Gc5a4]}) 19. O-O-O {[%cal Gd4d5,
Gd4c5] +/=/=} ({Pretty dubiously:} 19. dxc5 {in view of:} Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5
$36 {[%csl Rb2,Rd3][%cal Gc6e5,Ga8b8,Gb8b2]}) 19... cxd4 {Already,it was
necessary to exchange the pawn "d4" at the centre.} 20. Nxd4 Nde5 {[%csl Yc6,
Ye5][%cal Ye5c6,Yc6e5]} ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 20... Rac8 {
[%csl Rc1,Gc8]} 21. Nxc6 (21. Kb1 $5) 21... Rxc6+ 22. Kb1 {[%csl Rd7]} Kf8 23.
Rd3 Ke8 24. Rhd1 Rcc8 {[%csl Yc8,Rd8][%cal Yc8d8,Ye8d8] +/=/=}) 21. Kb1 ({
There is no sense to hasten with general exchange:} 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Kf8) 21... Nxd4 22. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf8 {
[%csl Yf8][%cal Yf8e8] The time,to move the king in the centre.} 23. Rc1 Ke8 $5
{Black,already,see a position, which will be in a game,after 28-th move.} 24.
Rc7 $140 Rdc8 {[%csl Gc7,Yc8]} 25. Rb7 Rcb8 $8 ({Loses right away:} 25... Nc6 {
because of:} 26. Rdd7 Nd8 (26... Ne5 27. Re7+ Kf8 28. f4 $18 {[%csl Ye5,Rf7]
[%cal Gf4e5]}) 27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Rxa7 $18) 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Bg3 {[%csl Rb8,
Re5]} f6 $8 28. Bxe5 {Hardly,at white there is a best continuation.} fxe5 29.
Rc4 ({Senselessly:} 29. Rd6 Ke7 30. Rc6 Kd7 $11) 29... Kd7 30. Kc2 Rc8 $1 {
Black precisely have calculated consequences of this exchange!} 31. Rxc8 Kxc8
32. Kd3 Kd7 33. h4 g6 ({Badly:} 33... g5 $2 {because of:} 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Ke3
{[%csl Rg5][%cal Ge3f2,Gf2g3,Gg3g4] with good chance to win.}) 34. g3 g5 $1 {
Now,the white is not have point "g3" for the king.} 35. Ke3 ({It was necessary
to check up the defence of black,after:} 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Ke3 (36. Kc4 $144
Kc6 37. a4 a6 38. b4 b5+ 39. axb5+ axb5+ 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Kf2 Kf6
43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Kh3 Kh5 $11) 36... Ke7 37. f4 (37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Kg2 Kg6 39. Kh3
Kh5 $11) 37... gxf4+ 38. gxf4 Kf6 $11) 35... gxh4 36. gxh4 Ke7 $11 37. Kf2 Kf6
38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Kg4 Kg7 40. Kg3 (40. f4 exf4 41. Kxf4 Kf6 $11) 40... Kg6 41.
Kg4 (41. Kg4 Kg7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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 "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Qf3 Nc6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Qd1 d6 11. Ne2 Nb8 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 {I'm not sure
that White needs to sacrifice a pawn in such an early stage of the game.
Besides this move, White could choose between:} (13. d5 $5 {You can see my
annotations to Golod,V-Soffer,R/ISR,2002/CBM 89(1/2-1/2)(23)}) ({and} 13. f3 $5
) 13... c5 $6 $146 {A very solid move. In two previous games the following
moves were checked:} (13... h6 $5 14. Bh4 Bxg2 (14... c5 $143 15. d5 Qe7 16.
Be2 Rad8 (16... a6 $5) 17. O-O exd5 18. cxd5 a6 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Rfe8 21.
Rad1 $14 {Huang Qian-Zayac,E/Moscow,2004(1/2-1/2)(71)}) 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. Ne4 Kh8
17. Qf3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 $44 Rb8 19. Rxg7 (19. Bc6 $5) 19... Kxg7 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21.
Qf4 Kg7 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Qg3+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Herraiz Hidalgo,
H-Delgado,N/Havana,2003(24)}) ({Taking on g2 could be recommended to adepts of
"computer chess":} 13... Bxg2 $5 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Bh6 Ne8 {with a tough
position.}) 14. O-O $14 {White's advantage is clear thanks to the pair of
bishops and the space advantage.} Qe7 15. d5 $1 {[%csl Rb7] Ivan Ivanisevic
decided to close the centre in order to enlarge his space advantage and at the
same time neutralizing the black bishop on b7.} Rfe8 (15... exd5 $6 16. cxd5
Ne5 (16... h6 $143 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf5 Nf6 21. e4
Bxe4 22. Bxd6 Qb7 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qd6 $16) 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Re1
{[%cal Ge3e4,Gf2f4] +/=/+/-}) 16. e4 h6 17. Bh4 e5 $6 {A strategical mistake.
After this move White starts to realize the usual plan for such structures:
Rb1, b4 etc.. Black, without options to counterplay, is doomed to a long and
passive defence.} ({Much better was:} 17... Ne5 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Bg3 $14) 18.
Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} g5 19. Bg3 Kg7 (19... Nf8 $5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf8g6,Gg6f4]})
20. Qe2 Bc8 21. Bc2 Nf8 22. b4 Bd7 {During the last few moves both sides
regrouped their forces.} 23. f3 {The idea of this move is to include the
black-squared bishop to the game, but White missed a good option to enter with
his rook to the seventh rank:} (23. bxc5 $5 bxc5 ({or} 23... dxc5 24. a4 $16 {
[%cal Ga4a5]}) 24. Rb7 Reb8 25. Rfb1 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 $16) 23... Rec8 ({After:} 
23... Nh5 24. Bf2 Nf4 25. Qd2 $16 {White's advantage is also obvious.}) 24. Bf2
$16 Ng6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Qd2 $6 ({This natural continuation looks good enough:
} 26. Rb7 $5 Rcb8 27. Rfb1 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 $16) 26... Rcb8 {<->b} 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
$14 28. Nd1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gd2a5,Gd1e3,Ge3f5]} Qd8 $6 {So passive. Now it
was a good time to think about more active moves:} (28... Rb6 $142 29. Ne3 (29.
Qa5 $143 Bc8) 29... Nf4 $14) 29. g3 Qe7 (29... Bh3 $6 30. Re1 $140 g4 $2 31. f4
$16 {[%csl Rh3]}) 30. Ne3 Qd8 31. Qc3 Qb6 32. Kh1 {A very strange move. The
only explanation that I could suggest: By this move, Ivan Ivanisevic provokes
his opponent to play 32...Qb2 in order to exchange the queens. He correctly
assessed that it would have been much easier for him to break through black's
position after the exchange of the queens.} ({After:} 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Rxb8 Qxb8
{White continues to keep an advantage, but he still needs to think hard in
order to convert this advantage in to a point.}) 32... Qb2 $6 {In my opinion,
it was better for Black to avoid the exchange of the queens as it was
explained previously.} (32... Qc7 $5) (32... Qd8 $5) 33. Be1 Qxc3 34. Bxc3 $16
{The game transferred to the ending. Black needs a lot of patience in order to
defend this position, whereas White plays without any risk.} Kf8 35. Kg2 Ke7
36. Kf2 Nh5 37. Rh1 Ng7 38. Ke2 f6 39. Kd2 Kf7 40. Ba5 Rb7 41. h4 $1 {White's
pieces are placed perfectly and he starts active actions.} gxh4 $140 {In other
lines Black also has serious problems:} (41... h5 $6 42. Nf5 Bxf5 (42... Nxf5
43. exf5 Ne7 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 gxh4 46. Rxh4 $16) 43. exf5 Ne7 44. g4 gxh4
45. Rxh4 $16) (41... Bc8 42. Nf5 Nxf5 43. exf5 Ne7 44. g4 $16) 42. Nf5 Bxf5 (
42... Nxf5 $143 43. exf5 Ne7 44. g4 {[%csl Rh4,Rh6]} h5 $140 45. Rxh4 hxg4 46.
Rh7+ Ke8 47. fxg4 $16) 43. exf5 Nf8 ({Maybe better was to put the knight on e7:
} 43... Ne7 44. g4 h5 45. Rxh4 $16) 44. Rxh4 Rb2 {Finally Black could activate
his rook.} (44... h5 $2 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 {+/-/+-}) 45. g4 (45. Kc3 $143 Ra2
46. Kb3 Ra1 47. g4 Rf1 48. Be4 h5 49. Bd2 $16) 45... Ra2 46. Rxh6 Rxa3 47. Bd8
Ne8 (47... Nd7 $144 48. Be4 {/\g5}) 48. Be4 Rb3 $2 {Black missed a good chance
for some counterplay:} (48... Kg7 $142 49. Rh1 Nh7 50. Rb1 Ng5 {[%csl Rf3]} 51.
Rb7+ Kf8 52. Be7+ Kg8 53. Rd7 $16) 49. g5 fxg5 50. Bxg5 Rb2+ (50... Kg7 $2 {
loses immediately:} 51. f6+ Kf7 52. Kc2 Ra3 {[%tqu "En","Find the best
continuation for White?","","","e4g6","",10]} 53. Bg6+ $1 Nxg6 54. Rh7+ Kf8 $8
(54... Kg8 55. f7+ Kf8 56. Bh6+ Ng7 (56... Ke7 57. f8=Q+) 57. Rxg7 $18) 55.
Bh6+ Kg8 56. f7+ Kxh7 57. fxe8=Q Kxh6 58. Qc6 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6]}) 51. Kc3 Rg2
52. Bd8 Nd7 $2 {The final mistake. Probably Zoltan Gyimesi forgot that the
white rook could go to e6.} (52... Kg7 $5) 53. Re6 $18 {[%cal Ge6e7]} Rg7 ({
After:} 53... Ndf6 54. Bxf6 Nxf6 55. Rxd6 {White's position is also winning.})
54. Kb3 Kf8 $2 (54... a6 $142 55. Ka4 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6]}) 55. f6
Rg1 56. f7 $1 Ng7 (56... Kxf7 $2 57. Re7+ Kf8 58. Rxd7 $18) 57. Rxd6 Nb6 58.
Bxb6 axb6 59. Bg6 {[%cal Gd6d8] A very good positional game.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kramnik has entered in a match 4:3 before 8-th party.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 {This opening is applied in a match for the first time.} 4. Qc2 O-O 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12.
Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 {It's main line.} ({Also it deserves
attention:} 14... f5 $5 {/\e5-e4 See comments to Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista,
1998/CBM 65 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)}) 15. Bb5 $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 15. e4 {
See comments to Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)
(27)}) 15... Rfd8 $5 {Besides black has a two options:} (15... N5f6 $6 {
You can see comments to Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1-0)(Golod,V)(38)
}) ({and} 15... Rad8 $5 16. Ne2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 (17... e5 $5 18. Nc6 (18. Nf5
$5) 18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Nc5 20. Rd1 (20. Ke2 $5) 20... Ne7 21. Bb5 Rxd1+ 22.
Kxd1 Rc8 23. Re1 a6 24. Bf1 b5 $11 {Jelen,I-Podlesnik,B/Krsko,1997(1/2-1/2)(45)
}) 18. Be2 Nc5 19. O-O Na4 20. Rab1 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Ne7 $6 (22... b5
$5 {Finkel,A} 23. Rbd1 Ndb6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 $132) 23. Rbd1
$14 {See comments to Jelen,I-Farago,I/Ljubljana,1997/CBM58 (1-0)(Finkel,A)(61)}
) 16. e4 (16. Ne2 $143 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 (17... a6 $5 18. Ba4 Rac8 19. Ke2 Nc5
20. Bc2 a5 21. Rhd1 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 g6 $11 {Arlandi,E-Jenni,F/Charleville,2000
(0-1)(61)}) 18. O-O Nc7 19. Bc4 e5 20. Nf5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 N7xa6 $11 {Topalov,
V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo,1998 (1/2-1/2)(28)}) 16... Nc7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The
large hopes were assigned to this strong novelty.} ({Was checked in the
previous games:} 16... Ne7 17. Ne2 cxd4 $1 (17... Bc6 $6 18. Ba6 b5 19. a4 bxa4
20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Nd4 $14 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow,1998(1-0) (61)}) 18. Nxd4
a6 19. Be2 (19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. O-O-O Rad8 21. Nb3 Nc8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1
Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 f5 $11 {Pogorelov,R-Kolev,A/Salou,2000(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 19... Nc5
20. b4 Na4 21. O-O e5 22. Nb3 Nc3 23. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rd6 25. Rd2 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo,1999 (25)}) 17. Bxd7 {It's best move.Differently,
after:} (17. Ba4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 Ne6 {black has a small advantage.} (
19... Nc5 $5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Ne2 Ne6)) 17... Rxd7 18. dxc5 f5 $1 {In it all
sense-16...Nc7.} ({Much more poorly same idea with inclusion preliminary:} 
18... bxc5 19. Bxc5 f5) 19. cxb6 $6 {According to Shipov,S this move is a
mistake. He writes that White could to equalize (as a minimum) with the help:}
(19. e5 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Yf3,Yg2]} Rd5 20. cxb6 (20. Ne2 $143 bxc5 21. Rc1 Na6 22.
Bg3 Rad8 23. Nc3 Rd2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bc6 $15) 20... Rxe5+ 21. Ne2 Ba6 (
21... axb6 $6 22. Bd4 $1 Rb5 23. O-O e5 $140 24. a4 {[%csl Rb6,Re5]}) 22. O-O-O
Nd5 (22... Bxe2 $4 23. bxc7 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 {[%csl Gc7,Rg8][%cal Gd1d8]} Rd5 25.
Rxd5 exd5 26. Bxa7 $18) 23. Nd4 axb6 24. Rd2 $11) 19... axb6 20. Ne2 ({Shipov
makes the following comments in "Club Kasparov":} 20. e5 $2 Ra5 21. Bg3 Rad5
$15) (20. exf5 exf5 21. Be3 {[%cal Ge1f2]} Nd5 22. Bd2 f4 $36 {[%cal Gd5e3]}) (
20. Bxb6 $5 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. Nf3 $11) 20... fxe4 21. fxe4 ({Shipov.
"Dubious:} 21. O-O {because of:} exf3 22. gxf3 Rd2 $1 {"}) 21... Bxe4 22. O-O
$6 {Shipov." Again oversight.Now white get in a strip of difficulties.It was
necessary:} (22. Bxb6 $5 Nd5 (22... Bxg2 $143 23. Rg1) 23. Bc5 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bh3
$13 {[%cal Gh3f5] "}) 22... Rd2 {[%csl Rg2]} 23. Nc3 $6 ({Shipov."Can be
recommended:} 23. Rfe1 Rxb2 24. Bd4 $1 Rc2 (24... Rb3 $2 25. Nc1) 25. Bxb6 Nd5
26. Bf2 {=/=/+ "}) 23... Bb7 24. b4 ({Senselessly:} 24. Rad1 {because of:} Rxb2
$1 25. Rd7 Rc8 {and impossibly:} 26. Na4 Rc2 $140 27. Nxb6 {in view of:} Rf8 $1
{[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb7a6]}) 24... Rf8 $1 {Shipov."Probably,it's the best way to
support the initiative.Differently,at black there are no problems:} (24... b5
$6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rc2 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 28. Nd1 $11) (24... Nd5 $6 25. Ne4
$1 Rc2 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. b5 Bd7 28. a4 $11 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5,Rd7]}) (24... Rc2 $2
25. Rac1 $11 (25. Rfc1 $2 Rxa3 $17 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]})) (24... e5 $2 25. a4 Ne6
26. Rfd1 $14 {"}) 25. Ra2 ({Much better is:} 25. a4 Rc2 26. Nd1 (26. Rac1 $4
Rfxf2) 26... Nd5 27. a5 $132) 25... Rxa2 26. Nxa2 Nd5 {[%csl Gb7,Rg2][%cal
Gd5f4]} 27. Bd4 Ra8 $1 {[%csl Ra3]} ({Shipov."Leads to equality:} 27... Nf4 28.
Rf2 b5 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Bc5 Rf7 31. Bd6 g5 32. Ne2 $11 {"}) 28. Nc3 $6 $138 ({
Shipov:"Is a possibe continuation of the play:} 28. Rf3 g5 {[%cal Gd5f4]} 29.
Nc3 Nf4 30. Re3 Rxa3 (30... Bxg2 $6 31. a4) 31. g3 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Nh3+ 33. Ke2
Kf7 34. Bxb6 Rh1 35. Rd3 $132 {"}) 28... Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Rxa3 30. Bd4 {[%mdl
4096]} b5 31. Rf4 $1 {[%csl Rg2,Rg7][%cal Gf4g4,Gg4g7,Yg4g2]} Rd3 $2 ({Also
weakly:} 31... g5 $6 {Shipov.} 32. Rf6 Ra2 33. Rg6+ $1 Kf8 34. Rxe6 Rxg2+ 35.
Kf1) ({and} 31... Rb3 {Shipov.} 32. Rg4 (32. Be5 $2 h5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Yh5g4]}
) 32... g5 33. h4 Rxb4 34. hxg5 h5 35. Rf4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5g6,Gg6g7]} Rb1+
36. Kf2 Rc1 37. g6 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rxg2 39. Rf7 Bd5 40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Bf6 e5 42.
Bxe5 $11) (31... h5 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh5g4] Shipov.} 32. g4 h4 (32... Bf3 $5
33. gxh5 Bxh5) 33. g5 Ra2 34. Rxh4 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxg5 {keeping quite good
chances of a prize.}) 32. Rg4 g5 ({Leads to draw:} 32... Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34.
Ke3 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Bxg2 36. Be5 $11) 33. h4 Kf7 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kf2 $1 {
[%cal Gd4e3]} Rd2+ $6 ({A little bit better:} 35... Kg6 36. Ke2 Rb3 37. Be3
Rb2+ 38. Kf1 {[%csl Rg5]} Kf5 39. Rxg5+ Ke4 40. Bc5 Bd5 {=/=/+}) 36. Ke3 Rxg2
37. Rxg2 Bxg2 38. Be5 $1 {Shipov:"And only here champion has reflected. But
late! The position is perfect draw. To punch blockade of white on point" e5
and g3" black be not capable. Therefore,drawn game!"} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 Nbd7 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Besides this move black has several options:} (7... c5 $5 {See
comments to Ragozin,E-Aseev,K/St. Petersburg,2000/CBM 76(1-0)(Golod,V)(37)}) (
7... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Gd8h4] See comments to Timman,J-Nikolic,P/Wijk aan Zee,2000/
CBM75(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(27)}) (7... Qe7) (7... Nc6) (7... e5 $5 8. dxe5 dxe5
9. Qxe5 Nc6 10. Qc3 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nh3 (12. Bc5 $5 Re8 13. Rd1 Qh4+ 14. Bf2
Qe7 15. e3 $14) 12... f4 13. Bf2 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qe7 $13 {Nemet,I-Vaganian,R/
Valenzia,1974/Inf 18/578(0-1)(46)}) ({and} 7... d5 $5 {(againts 8.e4,though
black agree to lose tempo).See comments to Kasparov,G- Sax,G/Reykjavik,1988/
Inf 46/751(1-0) (Sax,Gy)(38)}) 8. e4 e5 ({Dubiously:} 8... Nh5 9. Nh3 (9. Be3
$5) 9... f5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. exf5 exf5+ 12. Qe3 $4 (12. Be2 $5) 12... h6 {
[%csl Re1,Re3,Yg5][%cal Yg5e3] Postl,A-Fauland,A/Austria,1991(0-1)(12)}) 9. Be3
({A little prematurely:} 9. d5 a5 10. Be3 a4 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Nc1 Nc5 13. Bd3
Nh5 $11 {Beutelhoff,J-Lomineishvili,M/Schwaebisch Gmuend,1997(0-1)(60)}) (9.
Bg5 $6 a5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bh4 (11. Be3 $5) 11... c6 12. Bf2 Re8 13. O-O-O $6 b5
$40 {Luukkonen,T-Raaste,E/Jyvaskyla,1999 (0-1)(33)}) 9... a5 $146 ({Was
checked in the previous game:} 9... exd4 $5 10. Bxd4 a6 11. Nh3 Qe7 12. Be2 Re8
13. Nf4 c5 14. Bf2 b5 $1 $13 {Kramnik,V-Vehi Bach,V/Groningen,1991(1-0)(64)}) {
White for the beginning strengthen the centre:} 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Ne2 {[%csl Yd1,
Ye2][%cal Ye2d4,Yd1d4]} c5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] In my opinion it's strategical
blunder.It deserves attention:} (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 $14 (12... Nc5)) ({or
} 11... Re8) 12. dxe5 $1 {Only so it is possible to use the previous mistake
of the black.} Nxe5 ({Also there is not enough of pleasure,after:} 12... dxe5
13. Qc2 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge2c3,Gc3d5]}) 13. Ng3 {Now huge positional advantage
of white does not cause in anybody of doubt.For the beginning,the white finish
development of the pieces.} a4 14. Be2 Ra6 {[%csl Ya6,Rb3,Rd6][%cal Ya6d6,
Ga6b6,Gb6b3]} 15. O-O Rb6 16. h3 {[%cal Gf3f4] At cases with threat: f4.} Qc7
17. Qd2 {White do not hasten with resolute actions, and improve an position of
the pieces.} ({Now dubiously:} 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bd3 Rb3 19. Qd2 Re8 $13) 17...
Rb3 18. Rf2 {[%csl Rb2,Yf2][%cal Yf2b2,Ge2f1]} Qb6 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Bg5 $5 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf6] Black can not protect all weakness.} Nfd7 $6 ({Loses right away:
} 20... Nxc4 $4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh6 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg3f5,
Gg3h5]}) ({Was necessary to decide on:} 20... Ne8 $1 21. Be7 $140 {[%csl Rf8]}
Bxc4 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44) 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4]} 23. Rc2 Nc6 {
[%cal Gc6d4]} ({Very weakly:} 23... Bxc4 {because of:} 24. Rxb6 Rxb6 25. Bxc4
Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxb2 27. Rxc5 Rb3 28. Be7 Re8 29. Rc7 $18) (23... Nexc4 24. Rxe6
fxe6 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxb2 27. Rxc5 $18) ({and} 23... Nbxc4 24. Rxe6 fxe6
25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxb2 27. Rxc5 $18) (23... h6 24. Bc1 $16) 24. Ne2 $1 $16
{Only so white not only keep but also increase the advantage.} Bxc4 $140 25.
Nc1 {[%csl Rb3]} Bxf1 26. Kxf1 f6 (26... Rb5 $143 27. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rc5]}) 27.
Bf4 Rb5 $6 ({A little bit better is:} 27... g5 $5 28. Bg3 (28. Nxb3 $143 axb3
29. Rxc5 gxf4 30. Rd3 Na4 $14) 28... Rb5 29. Bf2 f5 30. Bxc5 fxe4 31. Re6 Rf5
32. Bxb6 Rxb6 33. Rxe4 $16) 28. Be3 {[%csl Rc5]} Rc8 29. Nd3 ({Impossibly:} 29.
Bxc5 $4 {because of:} Ne5 {[%csl Rc5]} 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 $19 {[%csl Rc2]}) 29... c4
30. Nf4 c3 $2 {Black, were in a very heavy position,suppose a decisive mistake.
Probably,black blundered,because he didn't see 32.Nd5.} ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 30... Re8 31. Bxb6 Rxb6 32. Nd5 Rb3 33. Rxc4 Rxb2 34. Rxa4
$16) 31. Rxc3 Rxb2 32. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc8,Rg8]} Na8 $8 (32... Nxd5 $143 $2
33. exd5 Rb3 (33... Ne7 34. Rxc8+ Nxc8 35. Rd8+ {[%csl Rc8,Rg8]}) 34. Rxb3 axb3
35. dxc6 b2 36. Rd1 Rxc6 37. Ke2 $18) 33. Rdxc6 $1 {This most simple and
reliable decision!} Rxc6 $8 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 $18 {[%csl Ra4,
Ra8]} Kg6 37. Rc4 Nb6 (37... Rb3 $143 38. Kf2 Rxa3 39. Rc8 {[%csl Ra8]} Ra2+
40. Kg3 Re2 41. Ba7 {[%csl Ra8]} a3 42. Rxa8 a2 43. Bd4 $18) 38. Bxb6 Rxb6 39.
Rxa4 {The further resistance is useless.} Kg5 40. Kf2 h5 41. Ra5+ Kg6 (41...
Kh4 $2 42. g3+ Kxh3 43. Rxh5#) 42. h4 Kh6 43. Kg3 {/\Kh3(Kf4),g4} g5 44. e5 $1
gxh4+ 45. Kxh4 fxe5 46. Rxe5 {[%csl Rh5]} Ra6 47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. Rb5 Rxa3 49. f4
1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. d4 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. f3 (11. b4 $5 {See comments to Seirawan,
Y-Gelfand,B/Istanbul,2000/CBM 80(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(67)}) 11... c5 12. Be2 ({
In my opinion a little worse is} 12. dxc5 Rxc5 (12... bxc5 $6 13. Bd3 h6 14.
Bh4 Qb6 15. O-O d5 16. Bf2 a5 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rab1 $14 {Hoang Thanh
Trang-Ghorbani,M/Calcutta,2001(1-0)(68)}) 13. Bh4 Rc8 $5 (13... d5 14. b4 Rc8
15. Qb2 Re8 16. Be2 Qc7 17. O-O Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 {+/=/= Wang Lei-Karpov,A/
Beijing,1998(1/2-1/2)(34)}) 14. Be2 d5 15. O-O Ba6 16. a4 Ne4 $1 17. Nxe4 Qxh4
18. Nd6 Rc7 19. b3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Epishin,V/Germany,2000(19)}) 12...
d5 ({It deserves attention:} 12... Re8 {[%csl Rc3,Re7,Ye8,Rg5][%cal Gf6d5,
Ye8e7] See comments to Onischuk,A-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee,2000/CBM 75(1/2-1/2)
(Tiviakov,S)(25)}) 13. dxc5 Rxc5 ({After:} 13... bxc5 $6 14. O-O {white has a
slight positional advantage.}) 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 {It is necessary to leave by
the queen from <->c.} Qc7 16. O-O $6 $146 {Black receive a approximately equal
position,owing to this unsuccessful novelty.} (16. Bf4 $142 e5 17. Bg3 Nh5 (
17... Ba6 $5 18. b5 (18. Rc1 $5) 18... Bb7 19. O-O Rfe8 20. Rac1 Qc5 21. Bf2 e4
$5 {+/=/= Socko,M-Zatonskih,A/Leon,2001(1-0)(35)}) 18. Bf2 dxc4 $5 (18... e4 $6
19. f4 $14 {See comments to Dreev,A-Razuvaev,Y/St.Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(1-0)
(Golod,V)(40)}) (18... d4 19. O-O dxe3 20. Bxe3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 (21. Rfe1 $5)
21... exf4 22. Nb3 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 Re3 24. Rd2 Qe5 $6 (24... Rce8 $5 25. Rad1 Nf8
26. Nd4 Qe5 $132 {Onischuk,A}) 25. Rad1 $1 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 $14 {See comments to
Chekhov,V-Onischuk,A/Deutschland,1996/Inf 66/459 (1-0)(Chekhov,V)(39)}) 19.
Nxc4 Bd5 20. Nd2 f5 21. O-O Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Rfd1 Nhf6 24. Bb5 (24. Ba6 {
1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Petursson,M/Aruna,1997}) 24... Rfc8 25. Nf1 Nf8 26.
Ba6 R8c7 27. Be1 R3c6 28. Bb5 Re6 29. Bh4 $14 {Socko,M-Szymanska,M/Glogow,2001
(1-0)(46)}) 16... Qe5 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rg5] Now black can exchange the queens in
a favorable situation.} 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Rfc1 (18. cxd5 $6 Nxd5 {[%csl Re3,
Yg5][%cal Gh7h6,Yg5e3]}) ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 18. Rac1 $5
) 18... Ba6 {Alexander Graf entices of the black pawn on "b5" with the purpose
to receive the control above ><c5.} 19. b5 Bb7 20. cxd5 ({Very dubiously:} 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. f4 Nd7 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd7c5]}) 20... Nxd5 $5 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Gh7h6]} 21. e4 $140 h6 $1 22. exd5 (22. Bh4 $143 Nf4 23. Bf1
Nfd3 {<->c}) 22... hxg5 23. dxe6 fxe6 {Black have worsened pawns structure,
but have simplified a position.Now they have an opportunity to arrange the
conveniently pieces at the centre.} 24. Nc4 $1 {It is necessary to exchange a
strong knight of black.} Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Kf7 {[%csl Re6,Yf7,Rg5,Rg7][%cal Yf7f6,
Yf6e6,Yf6g7,Yf6g5]} 26. a4 Kf6 27. Kf2 Rc5 28. Be2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 30.
Ra1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} ({Also leads to equality:} 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. Bc4
{[%cal Gg2g3,Gf3f4]} Bb7 33. g3 Bd5 34. f4+ gxf4+ 35. gxf4+ Kd6) 30... Bd5 31.
a5 bxa5 $1 {This move is much better,than:} (31... Rc2 32. axb6 axb6 33. Ke3 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga1a6]}) 32. Rxa5 Rc7 {[%csl Yc7]} 33. Ra4 Ke5 34. Ke3 Rc3+ 35.
Kd2 Rc7 36. Ke3 {Not clearly,as white can strengthen the position.} Rc3+ 37.
Kd2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cogas Energie m"]
[Site "Almelo"]
[Date "2004.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.04.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 ({Is a possible
continuations of the play:} 12... cxd4 $5 {You can see comments to Bareev,
E-Kramnik,V/Novgorod,1997/CBM 60(1/2-1/2)(Tsesarsky,I)(23)}) ({and} 12... exd5)
13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 ({Leads to favourable simplifications for Black:} 14.
Bxb6 $6 axb6 15. bxc3 Ra5 $1 16. Kd2 Rfa8 $11 {[%csl Ra3] Kahn,E-Palkovi,J/
Helsinki,1990(1/2-1/2)(62)}) 14... Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. Bf2 (17.
Bxd7 $5 {You can see annotations to game: Khenkin,I-Ulibin,M/Minsk,1990/CBM 17
(Ftacnik,L)(1-0)(43)}) 17... Red8 ({From my point of view, worse is:} 17...
N5f6 {For further annotations you can see Sasikiran,K-Korotylev,A/Moscow,2004/
CBM 100(1-0)(Golod,V)(44)}) 18. e4 N5f6 19. O-O $5 $146 (19. dxc5 $6 {was
checked by GM Merab Guganashvili twice in last year:} Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21.
Rc1 $11 {You can see my annotations to Gagunashvili-Li Wenliang/Groningen,2004
(1-0)(54)}) 19... Rac8 ({It deserves serious attention in future:} 19... a6 $5
20. Bxd7 (20. Be2 $6 g4 $1 {Now this move works even better, than a move
before:} 21. dxc5 (21. Nf4 cxd4 $15 22. Bxd4 $140 $4 e5 $19) (21. fxg4 Nxe4 $15
) 21... gxh3 22. cxb6 hxg2 23. Kxg2 Nh5 $15) 20... Nxd7 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5
bxc5 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Nf2 {The position is almost equal,however it is easier
to play it for White.Black's weakness on c5 provides to white a long time
initiative.}) ({Also need to be checked:} 19... g4 $5 20. dxc5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,
Rd7][%cal Gc5c6]} (20. Nf4 $6 cxd4 21. Bh4 gxf3 22. gxf3 Rdc8 $15) 20... Nxc5 (
20... gxh3 $143 21. c6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Bb5 $1 ({Badly is:} 23. Rac1 $2 {
because of:} Ne5 24. Bb5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd2 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Gd2,Rf4][%cal Yf6h5,
Yh5f4]}) 23... Ne5 (23... hxg2 24. Kxg2 Rc2 (24... Ne5 {- see 23...Ne5}) 25.
Rad1 $1 {Now Black is under a deadly grasp.There is no mention to Pb2 at all.}
(25. b4 $143 Ne5 26. Rfc1 Rb2 $13) 25... Rxb2 26. a4 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6][%cal
Gd1d8,Yg2g1,Yf2d4]} a6 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28. Bb5 Nc5 29. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1g1,Gf2d4]}
Ra2 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31. Bd4 Nh5 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Rd7 Rf8 34. Bc4 Rxa4 35. Bxe6
$16) (23... Rc2 24. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6][%cal Gd1d8]}) 24. Be3 hxg2 25. Kxg2
Rc2+ 26. Rf2 Nfg4 $5 ({After:} 26... Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 $14 {White has a clear
advantage.}) 27. fxg4 Nxg4 28. Kf3 Nxf2 29. Bxf2 Rxb2 30. a4 $14 {There is no
doubt that white has an advantage here,but black still has some counterplay
because of his active rooks.}) 21. Nf4 gxf3 22. gxf3 Nb3 ({dubiously is:} 22...
Rd2 $2 {becouse of} 23. b4 $16) 23. Rae1 (23. Bh4 $144 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Nh7 (24...
Kg7 $5) 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Re1 $11) 23... Nd2 24. Bh4 Nxf1 25. Bxf1 Ne8 (25...
Kg7 $144 26. Re2 Nh7 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 $11) 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 $11) 20. Rad1 (20. Rac1
$5 {deserves future check up.}) 20... a6 21. Be2 Kf8 ({Worse is:} 21... g4 $6
22. fxg4 Nxe4 23. Bh4 Rf8 24. dxc5 Ndxc5 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Bd5
$14 {Two strong bishops pledge to white strong initiative.}) 22. Be3 (22. dxc5
$142 Nxc5 (22... bxc5 23. Be1 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ye1c3,Yh3f2]}) 23. Rxd8+
Rxd8 24. b4 $1 Na4 (24... Ncd7 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Be3 $14) 25. Rc1
Rd2 26. Kf1 Ne8 27. b5 $5 {Very intersting positional idea. Maybe it was
missed by Van Wely,but from my point of view,it looks very strong.} a5 28. Bd1
$1 (28. Bc4 $143 Nd6 29. e5 Nf5 $13) 28... Nb2 (28... Nc3 29. Ke1 {-transfers
to 28...Nb2 29.Ke1 Rd1}) 29. Ke1 Rxd1+ (29... Rd6 30. Be2 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Ge4e5,Yd6b6]} Kg7 31. Rc3 $16) 30. Rxd1 Nxd1 31. Kxd1 $16) 22... Ke7 23. Nf2 ({
Also there was possible:} 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc1 {with simular
ideas.}) 23... cxd4 24. Rxd4 ({Looks more trivial:} 24. Bxd4 $14 {[%cal Yf2d3,
Gd4c3]}) 24... Rc2 25. Rd2 Rxd2 (25... Rdc8 26. Rfd1 b5 $14) 26. Bxd2 Rc8 27.
Nd1 {White has small,but a stable advantage.He wants or to break Black's
kingside with h4 or to develop pieces play at the center with Ne3-c4, Be3 and
etc.} Ne8 $5 ({Gives nothing:} 27... Rc2 28. Bb4+ Ke8 29. Re1 $14 {[%cal Ye2d3]
}) (27... Ne5 $5 28. Ne3 Nfd7) 28. Ne3 a5 $2 {Jan Timman making to himself
unessential weaknesses: pawn on b6 and point "b5".} (28... Nd6 $142 29. Rd1 Ne5
{Blacks plan is to force exchanges by transfering the knight to c4.} (29... Nc5
$2 30. Ng4 $16) ({too risky is:} 29... f5 $6 30. Bb4 Nc5 31. e5 Nf7 32. Nc4 a5
33. Nxb6 axb4 34. axb4 $1 Na4 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Rxb7 $16) 30. Bb4 Rc6 31. g3 a5
32. Bc3 Ndc4 $14) 29. b4 $1 $16 {Good reaction!} axb4 (29... a4 30. b5 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Yd2b4,Ye2d1,Ye3c4]} Ne5 31. Bb4+ Kf6 32. g3 $1 Kg6 33. f4 Nd7
34. e5 $16 {Full domination of White's pieces on the board!}) 30. Bxb4+ Kf6 $2
{Gives up a pawn immediately.} (30... Nc5 $4 31. Nc4 $18 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Gc4b6]}) (30... Kd8 $142 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Ng4 h5 33. Ne5 f6 34. Nxc6+ Rxc6 35.
Bb5 Rc7 $16) 31. Bb5 $1 Nb8 32. Nc4 {[%csl Rb6]} Ba6 33. Nxb6 Rd8 (33... Bxb5
34. Nxc8 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 $18 {the rest -only matter of technique.}) 34. a4 Nc7
35. Bc3+ (35. Rb1 {also wins without problems.}) 35... e5 36. Rb1 Bxb5 37. axb5
Rd3 38. Ba5 h5 39. Rc1 $1 $18 Nxb5 40. Nd5+ Kg7 $2 {Painful blunder leading to
immediate loss,but nothing could save a Black here.} (40... Rxd5 41. exd5 Nd7
42. Rb1 $18) 41. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rb8]} 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 03rd"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2002.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 {Earlier I considered that this move looks more poorly than 15.Bb5, but
now I think that in this position white can receive only a minimal advantage.}
Ne7 16. Bb5 Bc6 (16... Nc6 $5 17. Ne2 a6 {See comments to Gurevich,M-Lutz,C/
Essen,2001/CBM 83(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(45)} (17... Rfc8 $143 {see comments to
Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)})) 17. Bd3 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] The next attempt in this position to receive something more
essential than a minimal advantage.} ({Weakly:} 17. Ba6 {in view of:} b5 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd7b8]}) ({The previous attempt of struggle for advantage:} 17.
Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne2 {You can see comments to Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee,2002/
CBM 87(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) 17... Ba4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge7c6,Ga4d1]} 18. Ne2
({Can be recommended:} 18. Rc1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Be3 Rfc8 21. Ne2 {with
minimal positional advantage of white.}) 18... Nc6 19. Rc1 ({Is a possible
continuations of the play:} 19. dxc5 Nce5 20. Ba6 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 $11 {
[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga8b8]}) ({and} 19. Nc3 Bb3 20. Bb5 Nxd4 $1 21. Bxd4 (21. Bxd7
$4 Nc2+ 22. Kd2 (22. Ke2 $143 Bc4+ 23. Kd2 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Rad8 $19 {[%csl Rd2,
Rd7]}) 22... Nxa1 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rxa1 Rad8+ $19) 21... cxd4 22. Ne2 Nc5 23.
Nxd4 a6 24. Be2 Rad8 25. Nxb3 Nxb3 26. Rb1 b5 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6e5]})
19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 (20. b3 $2 {[%csl Ya4,Rc6][%cal Ya4c6] is refuted by:} Nce5
21. Ba6 (21. Bb1 $143 Bxb3 22. f4 Ng6 23. Nxd4 Ba4 $17) 21... Nc5 $1 22. Rxc5
bxc5 23. bxa4 Rab8 $15 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb8b1,Gb8b6,Gb6a6]}) 20... Nc5 $1 {
An important intermediate move. Otherwise white gets a small advantage in the
endgame:} (20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 e5 22. Be3 Rac8 23. Ke2 {[%csl Gd3,Ge3] and so
on.}) 21. Be2 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Nb3 23. Rd1 ({Impossibly:} 23. Rc4 $4 {in view of:}
b5 {[%csl Yc4,Rd4][%cal Gb5c4]} 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rxa4 (25. Rxb3 $143 Bxb3 26.
Bxb5 Rfd8 $19 {[%csl Gb3,Rd1,Rd4,Gd8,Rh1]}) 25... bxa4 26. Bc3 $17) 23... Nc5
$1 ({Much worse is:} 23... Nxd4 24. Rxd4 {<->d}) 24. Rc1 ({Also leads to
equality:} 24. Rd2 Nb3 25. Rd3 Rfd8 26. Be3 (26. Bc3 $144 Nc1 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8
$11 {[%csl Rd1,Ye2][%cal Gc1e2]}) 26... Rdc8 {[%csl Rc2]} 27. Bd1 Nc5 28. Rd2 (
28. Bxc5 Bxd1 (28... Bb5 $5) 29. Kxd1 (29. Bxb6 $4 Bc2 $19 {[%csl Rb6,Rd3]})
29... Rxc5 $11 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 28... Bxd1 29. Kxd1 Nb3 30. Rd3 Na5 $11 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga5c4]}) 24... Nb3 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Rc1 {After 26...Nb3 the
game would end in a draw, because of three recurrences of a position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bremer SG"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nd2 a5 $5 {Black's idea is: "a4" with the block of the
Pb2. Besides Black has two main alternatives:} (10... Rc8 $5 {You can see my
annotations to game: Mikhalchishin,A-Graf,A/Leipzig,2002/CBM 89(1/2-1/2)(37)})
({and} 10... c5 $5 {You can see my comments to Seirawan,Y-Gelfand,B/Prague,
2002/CBM 89(0-1)(42)}) 11. f3 a4 $146 {[%csl Ra3,Ga4,Rb2]} ({The game which
has reached this position wase continued as follows:} 11... c5 $5 12. Bd3 h6
13. Bh4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Bc2 e5 16. Qc3 a4 17. e4 Bc6 18. Bf2 {+/=/=
Soffer,R-Yudasin,L/Israel,1999(1/2-1/2)(36)}) 12. Bd3 ({It deserves attention:
} 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nc5 $132 {[%csl Gc5]}) 12... c5 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rac1 {
+/=/= Last moves were made according to the standard chess norms.} Rfc8 {
><c4;<->c} 15. Qc2 $6 {White had a uneasy choice and he did not manage to find
the best continuation:} (15. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 $140 16. fxe4 f6 $5 (16... cxd4 $143
17. exd4 Nc5 $5 {[%csl Gc7,Rg1,Rg5]} 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 (19. cxd5 $2 Qd7 $17
{[%csl Rc1,Rc3,Rf1][%cal Gc5b3,Gc5e4,Gc5d3,Yb7a6]}) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Ba6 21.
Qg3 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Rg8]}) 17. Bh4 Re8 18. Bg3 {+/=/=}) 15... h6 $5 {It was
possible not to include this intermediate move and to play at once:} (15...
cxd4 $5 16. exd4 d5 (16... b5 $2 17. cxb5 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qxd4+ (18... Qxb5 $143
19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxd6 {[%csl Rb5,Rc8]} Rxc2 21. Bxb5 Rxb2 22. Rc7 {[%csl Rb7,
Rf7]} Bd5 23. Rfc1 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rf7,Rg8]}) 19. Be3 Qd5 20. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl
Rd5]}) 17. Qd1 Qd6 18. Qe2 Ba6 $11) 16. Bh4 $140 cxd4 17. exd4 d5 $11 {[%csl
Rf4]} ({Again it was very dubiously:} 17... b5 18. cxb5 Qb6 19. Nc4 Qxd4+ (
19... Qxb5 $143 20. Nxd6 Rxc2 21. Bxb5 Rxb2 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc7 {[%csl Rb7,
Rd7]} Ba6 24. Rxd7 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 $16) 20. Bf2 Qd5 21. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Rd5]})
18. Qd1 ({I can not recommended in this position:} 18. Bg3 {because of:} Qd8 {
/\Nh5 (ץg3,f4)}) 18... Qf4 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4,Rg1,Rh4][%cal Gf4e3,Ge3g1,Ge3d3]}
19. Bf2 $8 (19. Bxf6 $2 Nxf6 $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 19... Ba6 20. Qe2 (20. Re1 $5
dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5 $11) 20... dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5 22. g3 $6 {After this
inaccurate move White will have to fight for equality.} (22. Rc2 $142 Qg5 {
[%csl Re2,Rg2][%cal Gd5f4]} (22... Rc6 {[%cal Ga8c8]} 23. Rfc1 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 (
24. Rxc4 $4 Qxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Be1 Nf4 $19 {[%csl Rd3,Re1,Ye2][%cal
Gf4d3,Ye2d3,Ye2e1,Gc1e1]}) 24... Rac8 25. Qe1 $11) 23. Bg3 Nf4 $140 24. Bxf4
Qxf4 25. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rf4,Rg8]} Qxe4 26. fxe4 $11) 22... Qg5 {[%csl Rd3,Re2,
Rg1][%cal Gd5f4]} 23. h4 {The not compelled easing of the king side!} (23. Be3
$5 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 (24. f4 $143 Qd8 25. Qxe3 Nf6 $15) 24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Rd8 {=/+/=}) 23... Qd8 24. Nd6 ({Is a possible continuation of the
play:} 24. Rc2 Rc6 25. Rfc1 Rac8 $15) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 N7f6
27. Ne4 (27. Nb5 $143 Qd7 {[%cal Yf6e8,Ye8c7,Ye8d6]}) 27... Rc8 $1 {The
exchange of the rooks for the benefit of Ronald Schmaltz,as White's R occupies
more active position,than Black's R.} 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 $5 {[+]} ({After:} 28...
Nxf6 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qb5 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6]} Qa8 {[%csl Rf3]} 31. Kg2 Nd5 32. h5
{[%csl Rf7,Rg7,Gh5,Rh6] Black keeps only minimal positional advantage in
endgame.}) 29. Rc4 $6 (29. Rxc8 $142 Qxc8 $140 30. Be3 $1 {[%csl Ye3,Rh6][%cal
Ye3c1,Ge3h6]} Qc7 {[%csl Rg3]} (30... h5 $5) 31. Kf2 Kg7 (31... Nxe3 $5 32.
Qxe3 Qc2+ 33. Qe2 Qc1 {=/=/+}) 32. h5 {[%cal Gd3d2] =/=/+}) 29... Rxc4 30. Qxc4
Qd7 $15 31. Kf1 {[%cal Yf1e2] White have decided to move the king close to the
centre.In my opinion,it was better:} (31. g4 {[%cal Gf2g3] /\Bg3,Kf2}) 31...
Kg7 32. Ke2 f5 33. Be3 (33. g4 $5 fxg4 34. fxg4 Qd6 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gd6f4]}
35. Qxa4 Qf4 36. Qb3 Qxg4+ 37. Qf3 h5 $5 $15) 33... h5 $1 {[%csl Yf5,Yh5] Now
Alexander Baburin is completely without counterplay.} 34. Bd2 f6 35. Kf2 Kf7 {
Black gradually strengthens the position of his pieces and prepares for an
exchange of queens.} 36. Bf4 Ne7 37. Be3 b5 38. Qc5 Qd5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd5b3]
} 39. Qxd5 $2 {White exchanges the queens in the most improper place.} ({
Can be recommended:} 39. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2b4]}) 39... Nxd5 40. Bd2 Ke8 $138 41.
Kg2 {[%cal Gg2h3,Gg3g4]} Kf7 {[%cal Yf7g6]} 42. Kh3 Kg6 43. Bf4 ({It was
dubiously:} 43. g4 $6 {in view of:} e5) (43. Kg2 $5 e5 {=/+/-/+}) 43... b4 ({
After:} 43... Nxf4+ $2 44. gxf4 {drawn game is inevitable:} Kf7 45. Kg2 Ke7 46.
Kf2 Kd6 47. Ke2 Kd5 48. Kd3 e5 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. dxe5 Kxe5 51. Ke3 f4+ 52. Kd3
Kd5 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. Kd3 Kd5 $11 (54... b4 55. Ke4 {[%csl Gf3]})) 44. axb4 $2 {
After this inaccurate move White cannot expect for rescue.} (44. Bd2 $6 b3 $5
$17 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2][%cal Ge6e5,Ge5e4]}) ({It was necessary:} 44. Kg2 {=/+/-/+})
44... Nxb4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb4d3]} 45. Bd6 (45. Bd2 $2 Nd3 $1 46. Bc3 $140
Nf2+ 47. Kg2 Nd1 $19 {[%csl Ga4,Rb2,Yc3][%cal Gd1c3,Yc3b2,Gd1b2,Ga4a3,Ga3a2,
Ga2a1]}) 45... Nd3 46. Ba3 Ne1 $1 47. f4 Kf7 {[%cal Yf7e8,Ye8d7,Yd7c6,Yc6d5]
Already it is possible to not be afraid of progress "g4".} 48. Bb4 Nc2 49. Bc3
$2 {It's the last mistake in a hopeless position.} ({More stubborn resistance
after:} 49. Bc5 $8 Ne3 50. Ba3 (50. Kh2 $2 Nc4 51. Ba3 Nxa3 52. bxa3 Ke7 53.
Kg2 Kd6 54. Kf3 Kd5 55. Ke3 Kc4 $22 $19) 50... Ke8 (50... e5 $143 51. fxe5 fxe5
52. dxe5 Ke6 53. Bc5 Nd1 54. Bd4 Kd5 55. e6 Kxe6 56. Kg2 $17) 51. Kh2 Kd7 52.
Kg1 Kc6 (52... Nc4 $6 53. Kf2 {[%cal Yf2e2,Ye2d3]}) 53. Kf2 Ng4+ $1 54. Ke2 Kd5
55. Kd3 (55. Bc5 $2 e5 {[%csl Rc5]}) 55... Nf2+ {[%csl Rd4,Rg3][%cal Gf2e4]}
56. Kc3 $8 Ne4+ 57. Kb4 Nxg3 58. Kxa4 Ne2 59. b4 Nxf4 60. b5 e5 61. dxe5 fxe5
62. Ka5 Ne6 63. b6 f4 64. Ka6 (64. b7 $143 Nd8 {[%csl Ra5,Rb7][%cal Gd8c6]} 65.
b8=N f3) 64... Nd8 65. Bc1 f3 66. Be3 Ke4 67. Bc5 Kd3 $19 {[%csl Ge5,Gf3][%cal
Ge5e4,Ge4e3]}) 49... Ne3 $19 {[%csl Ga4,Rb2,Rc3][%cal Ge3d1] The rest is a
matter of technics.} 50. d5 (50. Bb4 Ke8 51. Kh2 Kd7 52. Kg1 Kc6 $19 {[%csl
Rb2,Rd4,Ye3,Rg1][%cal Gc6d5,Ge3d1]}) 50... exd5 51. Bd4 Nc2 52. Bb6 Ke6 53. Kg2
d4 54. Kf3 Kd5 ({After:} 54... Kd5 {White resigns because of this variation:}
55. Bd8 Kc4 56. Bxf6 Kb3 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb3b2,Ga4a3,Ga3a2]} 57. g4 fxg4+ 58.
Ke4 Kxb2 59. Be7 g3 $1 60. Kf3 $140 Ne3 {[%csl Ga4,Gd4,Ye3][%cal Ye3f5,Ga4a3]}
61. Bc5 Nf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "North Sea Cup 18th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 c5 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Nh3 $5 $146 {Novelty on the early stage of the game.White's idea
is very simple: Nf2 (to define a position of the knight) and e3 (taking
control under points d4 and e4). Comments to this part of the game(7-8 moves),
also 9.b4!?; 9.Bf4 /\Rd1(><d6)} ({and} 9. Bg5 $5 {you can find in annotations
to game: Ragozin,E-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg,2000/CBM 76(1-0)(Golod,V)(37)}) 9...
Nc6 10. Nf2 h6 11. e3 (11. g4 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4g5] It's very risky idea
and from my point of view, it is better to apply him in a rapid chess.}) 11...
a5 {[%csl Ya5,Yc5][%cal Ya5b4,Yc5b4] This move is directed against progress
"b4".} 12. Bd2 e5 {[%cal Gc8f5]} ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 
12... Qe7 {[%cal Gf8d8]}) 13. Bd3 $5 {Last moves were made according to the
standard chess norms.} Qe7 14. Qc2 {White takes the /^ b1-h7 and ><e4 under
control.} Be6 15. O-O {+/=/=} a4 $5 {[%cal Ya4b3]} ({In this position I would
accept the following decision:} 15... Rfd8 $5 {/\Rd7 and Rad8 <->d}) 16. Rfe1
Nd7 ({Again can be recommended:} 16... Rfd8) 17. Ne4 {It is necessary to
improve an location of the knight.} f5 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. Rad1 e4 $6 {Besides
this dubious move,Black has few alternatives:} (19... Nxc4 $2 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21.
Nxa4 {[%csl Rc4,Rc5][%cal Ga4b6]}) (19... Bxc4 $4 {is refuted by:} 20. Bxc4+
Nxc4 21. Nd5 Qh4 22. g3 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Yh4][%cal Gg3h4,Yh4c4,Gc2c4]}) (19...
Qf7 {[%csl Rc4]} 20. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxc5 Bb3 23. Bc3 {[%csl Rf7,
Rg8][%cal Gd3c4] +/=/=}) ({and} 19... Kh8 $5 $13) 20. fxe4 fxe4 ({Absolutely
unjustified sacrifice of the pawn:} 20... Bxc4 $2 21. Bxc4+ Nxc4 22. exf5 $16)
21. Bxe4 {White have calculated precisely all consequences of this move.} (21.
Nxe4 $6 Ne5 $36 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge6g4]}) 21... Bxc4 ({Impossibly:} 21... Nxc4
$4 {because of:} 22. Nd5 {[%csl Rc4]} Qd6 23. Qxc4 b5 {[%csl Rd5]} 24. Qd3 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd5f6]} Rad8 25. Bc3 $18 {[%csl Yd1,Yd3,Ye4]}) 22. Nxa4 Rxa4
$140 $8 ({Very badly:} 22... Nxa4 $2 {in view of:} 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. Bb1 $1 $16
{[%csl Gb1,Gc4,Rh8][%cal Gc4c2]}) 23. b3 Rxa3 ({It deserves attention:} 23...
Bxb3 24. Qxb3+ Qf7 (24... c4 $2 25. Bd5+ $1 {[%csl Ra4,Yb6][%cal Gb3b6,Yb6a4]})
25. Qxb6 (25. Qb1 $5) 25... Rxe4 26. Qxc5 Nd4 $1 $44 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gf7f2]})
24. bxc4 {BB/NN} Nb4 {It's discrepancy,which allows to improve a position of
the White's pieces.} (24... Ne5 $5) 25. Qb1 $1 $14 ({Leads to favourable
simplifications for Black:} 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Rd4 Kh8 (26... Rc8 $5) 27. Qd2
Rc3 $13) 25... Kh8 (25... Nxc4 $4 26. Bxb4 cxb4 27. Bd5+ {[%csl Rc4,Rg8]}) 26.
Rc1 {[%csl Yc1,Rc4][%cal Yc1c4]} Na4 {[%cal Gf8d8] Black wants immediately to
begin pressure on the White's pieces.} (26... Ra4 $5 {[%csl Rc4]}) 27. Rf1 {
[%csl Rh8] For White it is certainly favourable to exchange these rooks.} Rd8 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Gb4d3]} 28. Rcd1 ({After:} 28. Rf2 $6 {Curt Hansen equalizes a
game:} Nd3 29. Bxd3 Raxd3 $11) 28... Nc3 $2 {Probably this mistake connected
to the tactical miscalculation.} ({It was necessary:} 28... Rxd2 $1 29. Rxd2
Nc3 {[%csl Rb1,Re4]} 30. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf1f8]} (30. Qb2 $2 Nxe4 31.
Qxa3 Nxd2 $19) 30... Qxe4 31. Rf8+ $1 (31. Qxe4 $2 Nxe4 {[%csl Rg1]} 32. h3
Rxe3 33. Rff7 Rg3 $17) 31... Kh7 $140 32. Qf1 {[%csl Rg7] /\32.Rxg7+ Kxg7 33.
Qf6+ Kh7 34.Rh8#} Qb1 $1 (32... Qg6 $2 33. Rff7 Nc6 34. Rxb7 $16) 33. Qxb1+
Nxb1 34. Rff7 {[%csl Rb7,Rg7]} Kg6 35. Rxg7+ Kf6 $14) 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 $8 ({
Loses right away:} 29... Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Rxc3 (30... Qxe4 $2 31. Bxg7+ Kh7 (31...
Kxg7 32. Qd7+ {with mate in 7 moves}) 32. Qd7 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 31. Qg4 $1 {
[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg4g6]} Qe8 32. Qf5 Qg8 (32... g6 $2 33. Qf6+ {[%csl Rc3,Rh8]})
33. Ra1 $1 {[%csl Yg8,Rh8][%cal Ga1a8,Gf5h7]} Na6 34. Bxb7 Nb8 (34... Nc7 $2
35. Qe5 {[%csl Rc3,Rc7]}) 35. Rf1 $18) 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qb2 $1 {Krishnan
Sasikiran makes this move in the most suitable moment.} (31. Bg6 $143 Qg8 (
31... Rxe3 $4 32. Qf5 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf5f8]} Qg8 33. Qxc5 {[%csl Rb4,Re3]
[%cal Gc5e3,Gc5b4,Gf1f8]}) 32. Rf3 {[%cal Gb1f1]} Ra3 {[%cal Ya3a8,Ya8f8] +/=/
+/-}) 31... Rxe3 $2 {Black obviously have lost a "string of game".} (31... Rxc4
$142 {but,after:} 32. Qe5 $16 {[%csl Ge4,Ge5,Gf1,Rh8] White develop a strong
attack, all their pieces are ready for this purpose.}) {[%tqu "En","Please
enter the best move for White.","It is necessary to use a weakness of the
Black's king!","","b2d2","",10]} 32. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rd8,Re3,Gf1,Rh8][%cal Gf1f8]
} Rd3 $8 33. Bxd3 Qd4+ $2 {It's already decisive mistake.} (33... Nxd3 $2 34.
Qe3 {[%csl Rc5,Yd3][%cal Gf1d1,Yd3c5]}) ({It is sole practical chance on
rescue:} 33... Qxd3 34. Qf4 $40 {[%csl Rh8] +/-/+-} (34. Qxd3 $6 Nxd3 {[%csl
Rc4]} 35. Rf7 Ne5 36. Rxb7 Nxc4 37. Rc7 {[%csl Rc5] RPP/NPP})) 34. Qf2 $18 Nxd3
(34... Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 $1 Nxd3+ 36. Ke3 {[%csl Ye3]} Ne5 37. Rc1 {[%cal Ge3e4,
Ge4d5,Yc1c4]}) (34... Qxd3 35. Qxc5) 35. Qxd4 cxd4 36. Rf8+ $1 {The accuracy
is necessary up to the end.} Kh7 37. Rd8 Nf4 {[%cal Yf4e2]} 38. g3 Ne6 (38...
Ne2+ $144 39. Kf2) 39. Rd6 {[%csl Rd4,Ye6][%cal Gd6e6,Ye6d4,Gd6d4]} Ng5 40. Kg2
{[%csl Rb7,Gc4,Rd4][%cal Yg2f3] In this hopeless position Curt Hansen stopped
to resist.} 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 d5 $5 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 Re8 $5 (9... c6 $5 {You can see comments to Gurevich,M-Psakhis,
L/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(0-1)(Psakhis,L)(41)}) 10. Ne2 $5 $146 {Novelty on the
early stage of the game.White's idea is very simple: Ng3 (to define a position
of the knight),but probably in the beginning Bd3 or cxd5.} ({The games,which
have reached this position were continued as follows:} 10. Nh3 $5 c6 ({
comments to:} 10... h6 $5 {you can find in annotations to game: Gurevich,
M-Psakhis,L/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(0-1)(Psakhis,L)(41)}) 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 e5 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 $5) 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd8 16. Nf2 {+/=/= Golod,
V-Bauer,C/ICC,2003(1-0)(101)}) ({and} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Bf2 c5 $1 {
See comments to Seirawan,Y-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee,1992/CBM 28(1/2-1/2)(Ftacnik,L)
(46)}) 10... b6 ({It deserves attention:} 10... c6 {/\e5 immediately, or after
"h6".}) 11. cxd5 ({Now senselessly:} 11. Ng3 {because of:} h6 {[%csl Rg5]})
11... exd5 {More essentially next continuation:} (11... Nxd5 $5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3
13. Bxc7 Nd5 {[%csl Rc7,Re3]} 14. Bf4 {[%cal Yf4e3,Ye2f4]} Ba6 $1 $44 {[%csl
Rc2,Gd5,Ye2][%cal Ga6e2,Ye2f4,Ga8c8,Gc8c2,Ge6e5]} 15. Kf2 Rac8 $5 (15... Bxe2
$6 16. Bxe2 Nxf4 17. exf4 $14) 16. Bd6 Rc2 $44) 12. Ng3 Bb7 {White can finish
development, as Black's pieces are located unsuccessfully and they will not
have time to attack on Pe3 and Bg5:} (12... h6 $6 13. Bf4 $140 {[%csl Rc7]} c5
14. Bb5 Re6 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 15. O-O c4 16. Ba4 $14) 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bf4 {[%csl
Yd3,Gf4][%cal Yd3h7,Gf4c7] +/=/= White takes under control two important
diagonals.} Rc8 ({I can not recommended in this position:} 14... g5 15. Be5) ({
or} 14... c5 15. O-O $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg3f5,Gf5d6]} (15. Nf5 $143 cxd4 16.
Qxd4 Nc5 {[%csl Ra1,Rd4][%cal Gc5b3,Gc5e6]})) 15. O-O Nf8 ({Again pretty
dubiously:} 15... c5 $6 {in view of:} 16. Nf5 {[%csl Rd6]}) 16. Be5 ({Leads to
equality:} 16. Bf5 $6 Ne6 17. b4 Nd7 {[%csl Rf4]}) 16... N6d7 {[%csl Rc3,Re5]
[%cal Gd7e5,Gc7c5]} 17. Nf5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5,Rg7]} ({Hardly it was better:} 17.
Rac1 c5 $132 (17... Nxe5 $5 18. dxe5 Ne6 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 19. Nf5 a6 $11 {
[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6b5]})) 17... Nxe5 ({Leads to favourable complications for
White:} 17... Ne6 $6 18. Bg3 $140 c5 $2 19. Nd6 cxd4 20. Qd2 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8,
Re8]} dxe3 21. Qxe3 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Re8]}) 18. dxe5 Ne6 ({A little prematurely:
} 18... Qg5 19. Rad1 (19. f4 $2 Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 d4+ 21. Kf2 dxc3 22. bxc3 Rcd8
23. Bb5 (23. Rad1 $143 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Be4 {[%csl Rd3,Rf5]} 25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26.
Rg1+ Kh7 27. Rd4 Bb7 {=/=/+}) 23... Rd2+ {[%cal Ge8d8]} 24. Ke1 {[%csl Rd2,Re8]
} Red8 25. Nd6 {[%csl Rd2]} Bg2 $1 26. Kxd2 (26. Rg1 $2 Rb2 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6]})
26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 cxd6 28. exd6 Rxd6+ 29. Kc2 $11) 19... Ne6 20. h4 $1 Qd8
$140 21. Bb5 $1 c6 (21... Rf8 $2 22. Bc6 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 22. Be2 $14 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf5d6]}) 19. Bb5 $5 Rf8 (19... c6 $6 20. Bd3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gf5d6]}) 20. Rad1 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8][%cal Ge3e4]} ({Leads to benefit of the
contender:} 20. Bc6 $6 d4 $1 $11) 20... Qg5 21. g4 {[%cal Gh2h4]} ({In this
position I would accept the following decision:} 21. Bd3 $5 a6 {[%cal Ya6b5]} (
21... Rfe8 22. h4 Qd8 23. Bb5 $14) 22. f4 Qd8 23. Bc4 $36 {[%csl Rd5,Rd8]})
21... d4 $6 {[%mdl 512] Absolutely unjustified sacrifice of the pawn.} ({
Can be recommended:} 21... c5 $5 22. Nd6 $140 Rc7 {[%csl Yc7][%cal Gd5d4]}) 22.
Nxd4 {White has a big advantage in space,therefore does not have sense to
exchange the knights:} (22. exd4 $5 Bd5 {/\c5} (22... Nf4 23. h4 (23. Qe3 $5 {
[%cal Gh2h4]}) 23... Qd8 24. Qc1 Ng6 25. g5 $36) (22... g6 $143 23. h4 Qf4 24.
Ne7+ Kg7 25. Qd2 {[%cal Yd2g2,Yd2f4]} Qg3+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 $16) 23. Qe3
Qd8 24. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb5c6] +/=/+/-}) 22... Nxd4 (22... Qxe5 $2 {
is refuted by:} 23. Nxe6 Qxc3 (23... Qxe6 $143 24. Bd7 {[%csl Rc8,Re6]}) 24.
bxc3 fxe6 25. Bd7 $16 {[%csl Rc8,Re6]}) 23. exd4 ({Is a possible continuation
of the play:} 23. Qxd4 a6 (23... Rfd8 $5 24. Bd7 $140 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 26.
Rf2 Qxe5 $14) 24. Be2 (24. Bd7 $143 Rcd8 {[%cal Gg5e7]} 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Bf5
Rfe8 {[%csl Re5]} 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44) 24... Qe7 {[%csl Re5]} 25. f4 $14) 23...
Rfd8 {[%csl Rd4,Re5][%cal Gc7c5]} 24. Bc4 {[%cal Gd4d5]} (24. b4 $5 {[%csl Yb4,
Yd4][%cal Yb4c5,Yd4c5] is directed against progress "c5".}) 24... Bd5 25. Ba6
Rb8 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb6b5]} 26. Be2 (26. Qxc7 $6 Qe3+ 27. Rf2 b5 $44 {[%csl
Ra6]}) 26... c5 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Rd4,Re5][%cal Gc5d4]} 27. f4 Qh4 28. Qe3 {
It is necessary to improve an location of the queen.} ({Leads to favourable
simplifications for Black:} 28. dxc5 $6 bxc5 29. g5 $140 {[%csl Rh4]} (29. Qxc5
$6 Rxb2 $36) 29... hxg5 30. Qxc5 {[%csl Rd5]} Rxb2 31. Rxd5 Rxe2 $1 {[%csl Rg1]
} (31... Rxd5 $4 32. Qxd5 Rxe2 $140 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ {[%csl Re2,Rh7]}) 32.
Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Rh8+ $1 (33. Rf2 $4 Re1+ {[%cal Gh4g4]} 34. Rf1 $8 Qg4+ 35. Kf2
Re2#) (33. Qf2 $2 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 gxf4 {=/+/-/+}) 33... Kxh8 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35.
Qf5+ Kh8 36. Qc8+ $11) 28... Ba8 (28... a5 $5 {[%csl Ya5,Yb6,Yc5]}) 29. dxc5
bxc5 30. f5 $2 {By this move White lose all advantage.} (30. b3 $5 Rd4 31. Rxd4
(31. e6 $5) 31... cxd4 32. Qd3 $14) 30... Rxb2 {[%csl Re2]} 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.
e6 Qd4 $1 $11 ({Leads to unclear position:} 32... fxe6 $5 33. Qxe6+ Kf8 {
[%cal Gd8d4]}) 33. Qxd4 cxd4 (33... cxd4 {After this move Evgeny Bareev is
agreed for draw, because of next variants:} 34. Rf4 $5 (34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. Rxf3
fxe6 36. fxe6 Re2 37. Rd3 $11) 34... Rxe2 35. Rxd4 {[%csl Ra8,Ge6,Rg8][%cal
Gd4d8]} Rg2+ 36. Kf1 fxe6 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rxa8 Rxg4 39. Rxa7+ Kf6 40. fxe6
Kxe6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 $5 {Is the main line,
other alternatives are:} (6. Bg5 $5) (6. Bd2 $5) ({Dubious:} 6. g3) ({and} 6.
e3) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O $5 {Is the main move.} ({Black has several options:
} 7... a5 $5 8. b3 O-O (8... d6 $5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2
f5 13. O-O Ng5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Kuzmin,G/Irkutsk 1983/MCD (19)}) 9. Bb2
(9. e3 $5 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne1 $14 {
0-1 Polugaevsky,L-Speelman,J/London 1984/MCL (32)}) 9... c5 10. e3 Na6 11. Be2
Ne4 12. Qd3 d5 13. O-O a4 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Kurajica,B/Banja Luka 1983/MCL 
(36) +/=/=}) (7... c5 $6 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Qc2 d6 12. O-O
Nd7 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Frias,V-Burger,K/New York 1983/MCD (55)}) (7...
Nc6 $5 8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Be4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 Bh7 14.
Nd2 Rc8 15. b4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Gurgenidze,B/Riga 1985/URS-ch (28) +/=/=}
) ({Also was checked repeatedly in the previous games:} 7... Ne4 $5) ({and} 
7... d6 $5) 8. Bg5 $5 ({Besides,white has two principales moves:} 8. g3 $5) (8.
e3 $5) ({and also:} 8. b4) 8... h6 $5 ({Another alternative:} 8... d6 $5) 9.
Bh4 c5 $5 (9... d6 $5 {is the main move.}) ({Dubious:} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11.
Qc2 f5 12. e3 d6 13. O-O-O (13. Nd2 $143 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. O-O-O Nd7 16.
Rh2 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Stefansson,H/Reykjavic 1997/CBM 62 ext 
(30)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Ne1 Kg7 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 c5 18. Qc3 $14 {
1-0 Taimanov,M-Parma,B/URS 1964/MCD (58)}) 10. Rd1 $5 $146 ({Worse is:} 10.
dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. e3 Kf8 15. Be2 Ke7 $11
{0-1 Knechtel,R-Menacher,M/GER 1992/EXT 99 (40)}) ({and} 10. e3 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 d6 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Rad1 Nxg3 17. fxg3 {
1/2-1/2 Chabanon,J-Mednis,E/Cannes 1992/TD (17)}) 10... Ne4 $5 ({Badly:} 10...
g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 {[%csl Rg8] and white has a big advantage.}) 11. Qc2 (
11. Bxd8 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 $8 (12. Rd3 $2 Na4 $17) (12. Rc1 $2 Nxe2 13. Bxe2
Rxd8 $17) 12... Rxd8 13. e3 $15) 11... Qe8 $5 {/\f5(><e4)} ({Can be
recommended:} 11... Qc7 12. d5 $5 (12. e3 $5) 12... exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. e3 b5
$1 $13) 12. e3 f5 ({Possibly:} 12... d6 {with the idea:f5,Nd7-f6}) 13. Be2 (13.
Bd3 $5 {/\0-0,Ne1,f3}) 13... Nc6 $6 (13... d6 $5 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7f6]}) 14. dxc5
$1 $14 bxc5 (14... Nxc5 $143 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nd2 {and white has a positional
advantage.}) 15. Nd2 Ne5 (15... Ne7 $5 16. Bf3 {[%csl Re4]} Nxd2 17. Bxb7 Rb8
18. Rxd2 Rxb7 19. Bg3 $14 {[%cal Gg3b8]}) 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 (16... fxe4 $143 17.
O-O {+/=/+/-}) 17. Qc3 Ng6 $6 (17... Bxg2 $4 18. Rg1 {[%csl Rg8]} Nf3+ $140 19.
Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Qxg7#) (17... Nf7 $142 18. O-O $14) 18. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Re8,Rg6]
[%cal Gh5e8,Gh4d8]} f4 ({Badly:} 18... Rb8 {because:} 19. f3 Bc6 20. Bg3 $16 {
[%cal Gg3b8] (diagonal g3-b8)}) (18... Bxg2 $4 19. Rg1 Nxh4 20. Bxe8 Rfxe8 (
20... Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Nxg1+ 22. Rxg1 $18) 21. Rxd7 Nf3+ $140 22. Kd1 $18) 19. f3
Rf5 $6 {Adams decides to go for dubious complications as his position is
already very unpleasant.} ({Better is:} 19... Bc6 20. e4 $16 {and white has a
strong pressure on the centre and king side.}) 20. Bxg6 ({Senseless:} 20. Rxd7
$6 Qxd7 21. Bxg6 Bd3 22. Bxf5 exf5 {and only+/=}) 20... Qxg6 21. fxe4 $1 ({
Worse is:} 21. O-O Bc6 22. e4 Rh5 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bd6 {+/=/+/-}) 21... Qxg2 (
21... Rh5 $2 22. Bf2 Qxg2 $140 $2 23. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 22. Rf1 Rh5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (22... Rf7 $142 23. e5 (23. Rxf4 $2 Rxf4 24. exf4 Qg1+ 25. Ke2 (
25. Kd2 $2 Qxh2+ {[%csl Rh4]}) 25... Qg4+ 26. Qf3 Qxh4 $13) 23... Raf8 $16 (
23... Qxh2 24. Bf2 $16)) 23. Rxf4 $1 {(/\Bg3)} Qg1+ (23... g5 24. Rd2 $5 (24.
Rf2 $5 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxe4 26. Bg3 $18) 24... Qh1+ (24... Qh3 $143 25. Rxd7 e5
26. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd3d5]}) 25. Rf1 Qxe4 26. Bg3 $18) 24. Ke2
Qxh2+ 25. Bf2 $18 e5 (25... Rd8 $144 26. Rg1 Rg5 27. Rh4 $18) 26. Rf3 ({
Also wins:} 26. Rxd7 {[%csl Rg7]} Rg5 27. Rf3 $1 (27. Rh4 $143 Qg2 28. Qd2 Rf8
29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Rf7) 27... Qh5 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga8f8]} 28. Qd2 Rf8 29. Qd5+
Kh7 30. Rdf7 $18) 26... Rg5 27. Qd3 {[%csl Ra8,Rc5,Rd7,Rg8][%cal Gd3d5]} Rb8
28. Rd2 Qh5 29. Qxd7 Kh8 (29... Rf8 30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. Qh3 Qxh3 32. Rxh3 Rg2 33.
Rf3 $18) 30. Qh3 Qe8 31. Rf5 Rg6 32. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.13"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Sjodahl, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 $5 ({Other lines are:} 8. g3 $5 {See comments to Virovlansky,S-Ibragimov,I/
Nizhnij Novgorod,1998/CBM 66(0-1) (Golod,V)(54)}) ({and} 8. e3 $5 {You can see
comments to Kruppa,Y-Nosenko,A/Donetsk,1998/CBM 68 (1-0)  (Golod,V)(48)}) 8...
d6 $5 {Besides this move black has five options:} (8... Nc6 $5 {See comments
to Sokolov,I-De Firmian,N/ New York CITS,1996/CBM 52(1/2-1/2) (Dautov)(23)}) (
8... b6 $5 {See comments to Lima,D-IzetaTxabarri,F/ Leon,1996/CBM 54(1-0)
(Dautov)(47)}) (8... b5 $6 {See comments to Dragomarezkij,E-Malinin,Y/Moscow,
1999/ CBM 70(1-0)(Golod,V) (41)}) (8... d5 $6) ({and} 8... c5 $6) 9. b3 $5 $146
{[%mdl 8] A novelty on the early stage of the game.White's idea is very simple:
Bb2,0-0-0 and attack in king side. Repeatedly was checked in the previous
games:} (9. f3 $5 {You can see comments to Alterman,B-Gofshtein,L/Israel,1999/
CBM 69 (1-0) (Alterman,B)(46)}) 9... e5 ({Another alternative is:} 9... c5 10.
f3 Nf6 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. e3 {+/=/=} (13. Rd1 $143 Nd4 $36)) 10. Bb2
({Dubious:} 10. d5 {in view of:} c6 {[%csl Rd5]}) ({It deserves attention:} 10.
e3 exd4 (10... c5 $5) 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Bb2 $14) 10... Qe7 $5 {[%csl Re1,Ge7]} (
{Also possibly:} 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Bb2 Qe7 {+/=/=}) 11. O-O-O $6 ({
Much better is:} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e3 {+/=/=}) 11... a5 $6 {After this
positional inaccuracy black are getting in trouble,probably could be
recommended:} (11... exd4 $1 12. Bxd4 (12. f3 $6 Ng5 $1 $15) 12... Nc6 $11 13.
Bb2 $140 $6 f4 $36 {[%csl Ge4,Rf2,Yh3][%cal Yh3f2,Gc8h3]}) 12. e3 $14 Nc6 ({
Probably better is:} 12... c5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 13. Bd3 {[%csl Gc2,Gd3,Re4,
Rf5]} Ng5 ({It is desirable at first:} 13... Bd7 {and only after:} 14. f3 Ng5
$14) 14. Nxg5 $5 Qxg5 $140 15. h4 $1 Qh6 ({After:} 15... Qxg2 16. Rdg1 Qf3 17.
d5 (17. Rh2 $2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 (18. exd4 $4 Qf4+ {[%csl Rc1,Rh2]}) 18... exd4 19.
Rhg2 $15) 17... Ne7 18. Rh2 {[%csl Rf3]} (18. h5 $145 $1 {/\ Rh2, Rg3}) 18...
Qh5 (18... a4 $2 19. Be2 Qe4 20. Qd1 $16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge2d3]}) 19. Rg5 Qf7
20. Rhg2 {white has a strong attack behind pawn.}) 16. Kb1 {[%csl Yb1,Rc1]
[%cal Gh6c1]} e4 $5 ({Another options is:} 16... f4 $5) 17. Be2 $140 f4 {
[%csl Rb1,Rc2,Gc8]} 18. Bc1 {[%csl Yc1] In my opinion this move better than:} (
18. exf4 Qxf4 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc8f5]} 19. d5 Ne5 20. Bd4 $14) 18... Bf5 ({
Senselessly:} 18... f3 {in view of:} 19. gxf3 exf3 20. Bd3 $16) 19. Kb2 {
[%csl Rb1,Yb2,Gf5]} ({Impossibly:} 19. exf4 $2 e3 20. Bd3 Nxd4 $17) 19... Qg6
$6 ({From my point of view a little better:} 19... fxe3 20. g4 Bd7 21. Bxe3 Qe6
$14) 20. Rdg1 $5 {/\g4} h5 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Yh5g4]} ({Badly:} 20... f3 {
in view of:} 21. gxf3 exf3 22. Qd2 Bg4 (22... Qh5 23. Rg5 {[%csl Rf3]}) 23. Bd3
Qe6 24. Kb1 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Re6,Rg4][%cal Gd4d5]}) 21. Qc3 {[%cal Ge3f4]} fxe3
22. Bxe3 Kh7 $6 ({Also after:} 22... Rae8 $6 {very strongly:} 23. g4 $1 Bxg4 (
23... hxg4 24. h5 $16) 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. h5 Qf5 26. Rh4 Rf7 27. h6 $16 {
[%csl Rg8]}) ({Can be recommended:} 22... Bg4 23. f3 $140 Bd7 24. fxe4 Qxe4 25.
Bxh5 Bg4 {+/=/+/-}) 23. g4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 128]} Bxg4 ({Another possibility is:} 
23... hxg4 24. h5 Qf7 25. Bxg4 Ne7 $16 (25... Bxg4 26. Rxg4 Qf3 $2 (26... Ne7
$142 $16) 27. Rhg1 Rf7 28. h6 gxh6 29. Rg6 $18)) 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. h5 Qf5 $2 ({
It is necessary:} 25... Qf7 $16 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gc6e7,Ge7f5]}) 26. Rh4 Rf7 27.
Rhxg4 Re8 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 27... Qxh5) 28. Qd2 $5 Qxh5 $140
$2 {Loses right away.} (28... Ree7 $142 {[%csl Ye7,Yf7] +/-/+-}) 29. Qd1 $18 {
[%csl Gd1,Rh5,Rh7][%cal Gg4g7,Gg1h1]} Qf5 $8 (29... Rf3 $144 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31.
R7g5 Qh7 32. Rh1 Rh3 33. Rxh3 Qxh3 34. Rh5+) 30. Rf4 Qe6 (30... Qxf4 $144 31.
Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Qh5+ {[%csl Re8,Rh7]}) 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Rg6 (32. Rg6 Qd7 33. Rh4
{[%csl Rg8]} Kf8 (33... Rf3 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qxg7#) 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Bg5+ {
and mate in 4 moves.}) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Novikov, Mikhail V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 (5. a3 $5 {You can see comments
to Bykhovsky,A-Manor,I/Tel Aviv,1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(28)}) 5... Bb7 {
Besides Black has three alternatives: 5...Bxc3!?; 5...Nc6 and 5...c5?!} 6. Bd3
({I do not think that it was better:} 6. f3) 6... c5 {Rare and not so
successful continuation.It's more popular: 6...Bxc3!?. Also were checked up in
previous games: 6...Nc6?!; 6...d5?!; 6...h6?! and 6...0-0.} 7. d5 ({Does not
put the large problems for Black:} 7. a3) 7... b5 {[%csl Yc4,Rd5][%cal Gb5c4]
Black wants immediately to begin pressure on the centre.} ({Is a possible
continuation of the play:} 7... d6 {See comments to Jacimovic,D-Walsh,C/
Heraklio,1997/CBM 62(1-0)(Tsesarsky,I)(31)}) 8. b3 ({Also it deserves
attention:} 8. Nge2 $5 bxc4 9. Bxc4 exd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 (10... O-O 11. O-O $14)
11. Qb3 {[%csl Rf7]} Bxc3+ (11... Nf6 12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Bg5 $36) 12. bxc3 Nb6
13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. O-O Qf6 15. Bh5 $14 {Winants,L-Alexandria,N/Spijkenisse,1989
(1-0)(25)}) 8... bxc4 {Can it was not necessary to hasten with this exchange
of the pawns:} (8... O-O $5 9. Nge2 d6 10. O-O bxc4 11. bxc4 Nbd7 12. Nd1 $6 (
12. a3 $142 Bxc3 (12... Ba5 13. Rb1 $14) 13. Nxc3 Ne5 14. Be2 $14) 12... Ne5
$11 {Berger,V-Yates,F/London,1927(0-1)(50)}) 9. bxc4 exd5 10. exd5 {Position
of white more preferably at the expense of the best pawn chain and
unsuccessful location of Black's bishop "b4".} O-O 11. Nge2 d6 12. Bf4 $5 $146
{[%csl Rd6] The game of White corresponds to the requirements of a position.} (
12. O-O $143 Nbd7 13. f4 Re8 14. Ng3 Nf8 $2 (14... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc4]}) 15.
Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bc8 17. f5 $16 {Rodriguez Cespedes,A-Vilela,J/Camaguey,1987
(1-0)(34)}) 12... h6 $6 {Unessential move.Now White has an object (קh6) for
attack on king side.} ({From my point of view,it was a little better:} 12...
Re8) 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bd2 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 15. f4 Nb6 {It's very dubious idea.
Black have not time to create threats on the queen side.} (15... Re8 $142) 16.
g4 $1 Nf6 17. g5 {[%csl Rg8][%mdl 128] White develop the strong attack,all
their pieces are located ideally.} hxg5 ({Hardly is better:} 17... Nfd7 18.
gxh6 gxh6 19. Kh1 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf1g1]}) ({or} 17... Nh5 $6 18. gxh6
gxh6 (18... g6 19. Ng3 $1 $16) 19. Kh1 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf1g1]}) 18. fxg5
Nh5 $6 {Again dubious decision.} ({Can be recommended:} 18... Ng4 $5 19. Bf4
$36) (18... Nfd7 $2 {is refuted by:} 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Qe4 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Ge4h4]}) 19. Ng3 $1 {For White it is certainly favourable to exchange these
knights.} Nxg3 20. hxg3 $16 {<->h} Bxc3 (20... Rb8 $2 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Qe4 $18)
(20... g6 $6 21. Ne4 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 {[%csl Rf6]}) 21. Qxc3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gf1f2,Gf2h2]} Qd7 $2 {It already decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary:} 21...
Bc8 $5 $16 {[%cal Yc8h3]}) 22. Bf5 $1 Qa4 $140 {[%csl Rc4]} 23. Rf4 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gf4h4] Full domination.Black don't have the protection against numerous
threats.} Nd7 ({Also loses right away:} 23... Bc8 24. Bc2 Qe8 25. Rh4 f5 (25...
Qe5 $143 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Qf3 $1 $18 Qxa1+ $140 28. Bb1+ Kg8 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30.
Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qh7#) 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. Bh7+ Kf8 28. Bg5 $18) 24. Rh4 $18 Rfe8 (
24... Rfd8 $144 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. Bc2 Qa6 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Ne5 29. Rxe5+
dxe5 30. Qxe5+ {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc2f5]}) 25. Bh7+ Kf8 (25... Kh8 $2 26. Bc2+ {
[%csl Ra4,Rh8]}) 26. Bc2 Qa6 (26... Qb4 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Qe3+ {[%csl Rb4,Re7]})
27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Ne5 29. Rxe5+ {After this move Black resigns,because of
next variant:} (29. Rxe5+ dxe5 30. Qxe5+ Kd7 $8 31. Bf5+ Re6 32. Bxe6+ fxe6 33.
Qxg7+ Kd6 34. Bf4+ e5 35. Bxe5#) 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Horsens"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 {
In this variation White can hope only for the minimal advantage.} f5 15. Bb5 c6
16. Ba4 $5 {Comments to this part of the game (from 10.e3 to 15...c6) and also:
} (16. Bd3 $5 {you cand find in annotations to game: Schandorff,L-Olafsson,H/
Gentofte,1999/CBM 73(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(31)}) {Interestingly,that now Lars
Schandorff playes this position by Black's pieces.} 16... e5 {In my opinion,
it's best move.Besides,the games,which have reached this position were
continued as follows:} (16... b5 $6 {See comments to Lautier,J-Timman,J/Wijk
aan Zee,1994/CBM 39(1/2-1/2)(Chekhov,V)(59)}) (16... Rfd8 $5 {/\17...c5,18...
Rac8. See comments to Gurevich,M-Garcia Ilundain,D/Linares,1995/CBM 51(1-0)
(Gurevich,M)(32)(Gurevich,M)}) ({and} 16... Rac8 {[%cal Yb6b5,Gc6c5]}) 17. Ne2
Rae8 {Other moves did not meet in this position!} {Now White has three
possible ways by definition of a position of their king:} 18. O-O-O $6 {
This move does not put the large problems for Black.On this line in database
there are only two games.} (18. Kd2 $5) ({and} 18. O-O) 18... e4 19. Nc3 N7f6 {
[%csl Yf6][%cal Yf6d5]} ({From my point of view,it was a little better:} 19...
Nxc3 20. bxc3 $140 b5 (20... exf3 $5 21. gxf3 b5 22. Bb3+ Kh8 $11) 21. Bb3+ Kh8
22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. Bc2 Ree8 24. Rhf1 c5 $11 {Ahlander,B-Almasi,Z/Malmo,1994(1/
2-1/2)(35)}) 20. Rhe1 g5 $5 $146 {Black strengthen the pawns structure and,at
case,prepare progress "f4".} ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 20... Rc8
21. Nxd5 cxd5+ 22. Kd2 Bc6 23. Bb3 Bb5 24. Rc1 Bc4 25. Ba4 {+/=/= Lautier,
J-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee,1994(1/2-1/2)(82)}) 21. Bc2 ({Leads to equality:} 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 $8 {[%csl Re8]} 22. Kd2 f4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 {[%csl Rd4,Yd5,Ge4]}) 21...
Kg7 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 21... Nxc3 $5 22. bxc3 $140 c5 {
[%csl Rf3]}) 22. Nxd5 (22. Kd2 $143 Nxc3 23. bxc3 exf3 24. gxf3 c5 $36 {
[%csl Gb7,Rf3][%cal Gb7f3]}) 22... cxd5 ({Pretty dubiously:} 22... Nxd5 {
in view of:} 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Bg3 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg3e5]}) 23. Bg3 {[%cal
Yg3b8]} Nd7 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 24. f4 {Can it was necessary to decide on the more
active continuation:} (24. fxe4 dxe4 (24... fxe4 $143 25. Kd2 {+/=/=}) 25. d5
$13) 24... Kg6 $11 25. Kd2 Rc8 26. Ba4 Bc6 {Too passively,but reliably.} ({
Leads to more difficult game:} 26... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6h5]} 27. fxg5 $140 hxg5 28.
Rc1 {[%csl Ya4,Gg3]} Ng4 $13 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 27. Bb3 b5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yd7b6,
Yb6c4] Black wants immediately to begin pressure on the queen side,with the
idea to not give a his contender to occupy <-> "c".} 28. Rc1 Nb6 29. Rc5 Nd7
30. Rc3 (30. Rxd5 $2 {is refuted by:} Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Nb6 $17 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gb6c4,Gb6d5]}) 30... Nb6 31. Rc5 (31. Rec1 $143 Nc4+ 32. Kc2 Bd7 {[%csl Ya7,
Yb5][%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4]}) 31... Nd7 32. Rc3 Nb6 33. Rc5 {Drawn game is
inevitable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Nf4 $6 {Besides black has two options:} (15... Ne7 $5 {See comments to
next games: Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)
and Gurevich,M-Lutz,C/Essen,2001/CBM 83(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(45)}) ({and} 15...
N5f6) 16. Bb5 Rad8 17. Ne2 $1 ({Much worse is:} 17. g3 Ng6 18. Rd1 (18. Ne2 f5
$1 $36) 18... f5 19. exf5 exf5 $15 {See commens to Jelen,I-Onischuk,A/Vienna,
1996/CBM 53(0-1)(Chekhov,V)(34)}) 17... Nxg2+ $6 {Black resolutely enter in
tactical complication.} ({After:} 17... Nxe2 18. Kxe2 {white has a BB in
endgame.}) 18. Kf1 f5 $8 19. d5 $1 {In it and essence of a plan white, when
they played: 17.Ne2} ({Unexpectedly loses right away:} 19. Kxg2 $4 {in view of:
} fxe4 20. fxe4 (20. Nc3 e3 $1 21. Bxe3 Rxf3 $19 {[%csl Gb7,Gf3,Rg2]}) 20...
Bxe4+ 21. Kg3 (21. Kg1 Bxh1 {[%csl Rf2]}) 21... Rf3+ 22. Kg2 Rxa3+ $1 {[%csl
Ra1,Ge4,Rg2][%cal Ga3a1,Ga3h3]}) 19... fxe4 $2 $146 ({It was necessary:} 19...
exd5 20. exd5 {[%csl Rg2]} Bxd5 $2 {This natural,on the first sight the move,
is a gross blunder.} (20... Ne5 $142 $1 21. Kxg2 $140 Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Ge5,
Rf3,Rg2][%cal Gd5d2]} 22. Rhd1 (22. Rhe1 $2 Nxf3 $1 23. Kxf3 $140 Rd3+ 24. Kf4
Rf3+ 25. Ke5 Rxf2 $15) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxf3+ 24. Kf1 g5 {+/=/=}) 21. Kxg2
Ne5 22. Ng1 {[%csl Rf3,Yg1,Yg2][%cal Yg2f3,Yg1f3]} g5 23. Re1 Ng6 24. h4 $1 $16
{You can see comments to game: Sokolov,I-Hansen,C/Malmo,2001/CBM 84(1-0)(Golod,
V)(41)}) 20. dxe6 Rxf3 (20... exf3 $143 21. Nc3 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8,Rf8][%cal Ge6d7,
Ge6e7]}) 21. Kxg2 e3 ({Leads to hopeless position:} 21... Nf6 22. Rhd1 Rxd1 23.
Rxd1 e3 $140 $6 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Bg3 $18) 22. Bg3 $2 ({According to my
analysis, (to game:Sokolov, I-Hansen,C/Malmo,2001) it was necessary to play:} 
22. Bh4 Nf6 (22... g5 $143 23. Rhd1 Rf2+ 24. Kh3 $1 Bg2+ 25. Kg3 gxh4+ 26. Kxh4
$18) (22... Rff8+ $143 23. Kh3 Rf3+ 24. Ng3 g5 25. Bxd7 Rf4 {[%csl Rh3][%cal
Gf4h4]} 26. Nf5 $18) 23. e7 Ra8 (23... Rd2 $143 24. Bxf6 Rxf6+ 25. Kh3 Bc8+ 26.
Kg3 $18 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ge7e8]}) 24. Rad1 (24. Kg1 $6 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Gh4f6]}
g5 25. Bg3 Kf7 $14) (24. Rhd1 $5) 24... Rf4+ 25. Kh3 Bc8+ 26. Kg3 Rg4+ 27. Kf3
Rxh4 28. Bc6 $1 Bg4+ 29. Kxe3 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 22... Nf6 {[%csl Rg2]} 23.
Rhd1 Rd2 {Now black receive a some counterplay.} 24. Kg1 a6 {[%csl Ye2][%cal
Yb5e2]} 25. Bc4 $6 (25. Bd3 $142 Bd5 (25... Rxb2 $5 26. Rdb1 Rxb1+ 27. Rxb1 b5
28. Bg6 {+/=/+/-}) 26. Be1 Rxb2 (26... Rxd1 $143 27. Rxd1 Bxe6 28. Bxa6 $16)
27. Bc3 Ra2 (27... Rb3 $2 28. Bc2 {[%csl Rb3]}) 28. Bxa6 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Bxe6 $14
) 25... b5 26. Be1 $6 ({It was better to keep a bishop:} 26. Bd3 Bd5 (26... c4
$2 27. Bg6 {[%csl Rg8]}) 27. Be1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxe6 $13) 26... Rxd1 27. Rxd1
bxc4 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. e7 Bc6 $8 30. Rd6 Be8 $6 {The very dubious decision.What
for to give back pawn "a6"?} (30... Bb5 $142 {[%csl Yb5][%cal Yb5a6]}) 31. Rxa6
Kg6 ({Is a possible continuations of the play:} 31... Bd7 $5 {[%csl Yd7][%cal
Yd7c8,Yd7h3]}) ({and} 31... Kg8 $5) 32. Kg2 Rf5 33. Re6 {[%csl Re3]} Kf7 34.
Rxe3 Nd5 $6 (34... Ng4 $142 35. Re4 Ne5 (35... Bc6 $4 36. e8=Q+ Bxe8 37. Rxg4)
36. Rf4 (36. Ng3 $2 Bc6 37. Bc3 Rf4 $1 (37... Bxe4+ $2 38. Nxe4 {[%csl Rf5,Rf7]
[%cal Ge4d6]} Kxe7 39. Ng3 Ke6 (39... Rg5 $143 40. h4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yg5e5,
Gh4g5]}) 40. Nxf5 Kxf5 41. a4 $13) 38. Bxe5 Bxe4+ 39. Kg1 Rg4 $19) 36... Bc6+
37. Kg3 Rxf4 38. Nxf4 g5 {with some chances to win.}) 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. Kxf3
Kxe7 $6 {Apparently black have agreed with drawn result.} (36... Bc6 $142) 37.
Nc3 Bc6 $11 38. Nxd5+ Bxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Ba6 8. Qf3 {After my games against Lev Psakhis 1999 and Judit Polgar 2000
this idea became very popular. Probably, white can not expect a big advantage
in this variation.} Nc6 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Qd1 {White's queen has
finished the travel and has returned on the "d1".} d6 12. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2c3]} ({
After:} 12. Nf3 $6 Nb8 {(/\Nbd7,c5) Black receive a convenient game.}) 12...
Nb8 $6 ({In my opinion,it was better:} 12... g5 $5 13. Bg3 $140 Ne4 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Ge4g3] You can see comments to Stohl,I-Rozentalis,E/Germany,2001/CBM 87
(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)}) (12... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nc3 c5 15. b4
$14) 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Bd3 ({Also good enough:} 14. d5 $5 {with obvious
positional advantage of white.}) 14... c5 (14... Bxg2 {Ftacnik} 15. Rg1 Bb7 16.
Ne4 Kh8 17. b4 $44) 15. O-O Qe7 ({The main Black's idea in structures of this
type:} 15... cxd4 16. exd4 d5 {is pleased is bad,because of:} 17. cxd5 exd5 18.
Qf3 {[%cal Gf1e1]}) ({It deserves attention:} 15... a6 {/\Qc7}) (15... Qc7 {
Ftacnik} 16. b4 $14) 16. Rc1 $5 $146 ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 16.
Re1 Rfe8 17. d5 $5 Ne5 18. Bf1 Ba6 19. Qa4 (19. b3 $5) 19... Bb7 20. Qd1 Ba6
21. b3 $14 {Erdos,V-Schenk,A/Pula,2003(1/2-1/2)(27)}) 16... Rfc8 $6 ({I do not
think,that it was much better:} 16... Rfe8) ({or} 16... Rfd8) ({Can be
recommended:} 16... Rac8) 17. Re1 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc3,Gd1,Gd3,Ge1,Gh4] All
White's pieces are located ideally.} a6 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6b5] Black don't
have any clear plan,they wait and prepare for active actions on the part of
White.} 18. b4 {()} Rc7 19. bxc5 $1 bxc5 ({Hardly is better:} 19... dxc5 {
'!?' Ftacnik.} 20. d5 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge3][%cal Ge3e4]} (20. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Rd8
21. Red1 cxd4 22. exd4 Rcc8 23. Rc2 $14) 20... exd5 {Ftacnik} (20... Qd6 {
Ftacnik} 21. Bg3 Ne5 22. e4 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Re7 25. Qa4 $14) (20...
exd5 21. cxd5 (21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qd6 23. e4 Ne5 24. Bb1 g5 25. Bg3 b5 $14)
21... Qd6 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. e4 c4 24. Be2 g5 25. Qd4 $16) 21. cxd5 (21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Qd6 23. e4 Ne5 24. Bb1 g5 25. Bg3 b5 $14) 21... Qd6 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. e4
c4 24. Be2 g5 25. Qd4 $16) 20. d5 {Now,after exchange of the pawns "b", Black
are deprived a counterplay: "b5". Ftacnik: 'Khalifman is enjoying a bishop's
pair and very favourable solution of the central problems.'} Ne5 (20... exd5 {
Ftacnik} 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Ne5 (22... g5 23. Bg3 Nxd5 $2 24. Bc4 $18) 23.
Bf5 $14) 21. f4 {[%mdl 32]} (21. Bf1 $143 Ng6) 21... Ned7 $6 (21... Nxd3 $142
22. Qxd3 Re8 $14) 22. Bc2 Qf8 23. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b7] The game of White
corresponds to the requirements of a position.} Rb8 24. Qd3 exd5 25. cxd5 Ba8 (
{Pretty dubiously:} 25... c4 26. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4]}) 26. e4 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5]
Whites makes this move in the most suitable moment.} Rxb1 27. Bxb1 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Ge4e5]} c4 28. Qd4 {[%csl Yd5,Ye4,Yf4][%cal Ge4e5] It is impossible to
avoid approach of the White's pawns.} Qb8 (28... Nh5 $5) 29. e5 Ne8 30. Bf5 {
[%csl Gf5,Yh4][%cal Gf5d7,Yh4d8] Black takes under control two important
diagonals. Ftacnik: 'The difference in the activity of white and black pieces
is becoming enormous.'} Qb6 $6 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 30... Nf8)
31. Qxb6 $1 Nxb6 $140 32. Bd8 Rb7 33. e6 Rb8 ({Loses right away:} 33... fxe6
34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yc3b1,Gb1b6,Gd8b6]}) 34. Bxb6 (34.
Bh7+ $1 {Ftacnik} Kxh7 (34... Kf8 35. e7#) 35. exf7 Nxd5 (35... Nf6 36. f8=Q
Nbd7 37. Qe7) 36. fxe8=Q Nxc3 37. f5 $18) 34... Rxb6 35. e7 {[%cal Gf5d7] '?'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The former FIDE world champion has done everything in
exemplary manner, but in this phase the tactical acumen has badly failed him.
The proud e pawn could have immediatelly made a home run into queen.'} (35.
Bh7+ $1 {Ftacnik} Kxh7 36. exf7 $18) 35... Rb7 {[%cal Yb7d7]} (35... Rb8 $143
36. Bd7 f6 37. Be6+ Kh8 38. Re4 {[%csl Rc4]}) 36. Bc8 {[%csl Ra6,Re8][%cal
Gc8d7]} Ra7 37. f5 g6 38. f6 $1 Kh7 39. h4 h5 {Differently after 40.g4 and 41.
g5 Black will be in a complete clip.} 40. Be6 Kg8 (40... fxe6 $2 41. f7 Rxe7
42. f8=Q) 41. Bc8 {Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} Kh7 42. Kf2
g5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kxg5 45. Ne4+ Kh6 46. g4 $1 {The accuracy is necessary
up to the end. Ftacnik: 'The black king is in mating net and his pieces are
extremely passive.'} Bxd5 $140 47. Kf4 Kh7 48. Bf5+ Kg8 49. Nxd6 Bc6 50. Nxe8
Bxe8 51. Rd1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd1d8] Good achievement of Alexander Khalifman!}
1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last but one round. To keep any chance of getting
the first place, Veselin Topalov has to win this game, whereas the leader for
that moment, Peter Leko, needed only a draw. Since this game generated a lot
of interest, but was commented not only once, so in my comments, I will use
some comments of IM Maxim Notkin's (M.N.) "www.chesspro.ru", GM Mihail Marin 
(M.M.) "www.chessbase.com" and GM Konstantin Sakaev (K.S.) "www.e3e5.com".} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3
d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 d5 11. cxd5 {This exchange is usually effectuated after
the inclusion of the moves 11.e3 Re8.} exd5 12. e3 Re8 13. Be2 $146 ({The
apparently more ambitious} 13. Bb5 $5 {has been tried at the highest possible
level:} c6 14. Be2 Qe7 15. b4 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Kf2 Qd6 18. Nf1 a5 19. Ng3
Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rhc1 b5 22. bxa5 Rea8 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. g4 $14 {Kasparov,
G-Karpov,A/Frankfurt,1999/(1/2-1/2)(49)}) 13... Rc8 14. O-O ({M.N. "This
deserved attention:} 14. Bh4 $5 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gh4f2,Gf2e3]} Ne4 15. Bxd8
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rcxd8 17. Kf2 c5 18. a4 $14 {with a small advantage for White".})
14... Qe7 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge8e3,Gh7h6] Black uses the fact that the white
bishop is on "g5", and not on "h4" (what could have been after "h6" and "Bh4")
to pressure on "e3".} 15. Bb5 {The weakness on "e3" forces White to part with
one of his bishops. M.M. "Now that White has castled, the transfer of the
bishop to a4 looks entirely possible. Topalov seems not to be put off by
having to lose a tempo in order to carry out his plans".} c6 16. Ba4 h6 17.
Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {White didn't get any advantage out of the opening, but got good
space advantage and the weakness of the "c6" pawn allows White to play this
position without any risks. On the other hand, Black has a reliable position,
and a player on Leko's level should easily be able to make a draw here.} 18.
Rfe1 b5 $6 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6,Rd5] Unnecessarily weakening the pawn structure of
the queen side.} (18... Nd7 $5) 19. Bc2 c5 {Black gets rid of one weakness
while gaining another.} 20. Bf5 {Very resourceful bishop :)} Rc7 ({Another
option is:} 20... cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc7 22. Bd3 $14) 21. dxc5 Rxc5 {M.M. "Leko
understood that in this case the exchange of the queens with:} (21... Qxc5 22.
Qxc5 Rxc5 {would not bring him any closer to draw. White would transfer his
knight to d4 with:} 23. Nb3 Rc7 24. Nd4 {with a clear positional advantage. If
Black could retreat his b-pawn to b6, his position would most likely be
defensible, but the way it is he risks getting into a typical ending with a
bad bishop".}) 22. Qd4 $6 {It's generally known that the queen is not too well
suited for the purpose of the blockade.} ({It deserves more attention:} 22. Qb4
$5 {/\Nb3-d4 +/=}) 22... a6 23. a4 {M.M & K.S. "Another dubious decision.
Topalov opens the a-file for his rook, but in doing so he helps Black to get
rid of one of his pawns placed on the same colour as the bishops, thus
bringing him some positional relief. More naturally seems the game over the
dark squares.} (23. b4 $5 Rc7 24. Bd3 {[%cal Gd2b3,Yb3c5,Yb3d4] with
positional domination".}) 23... bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rc6 25. b4 Qe5 {M.M.&K.S. "A
strong defensive move, underlining White's lack of stability on d4. If White
could play now 26.Nb3, he would preserve his positional advantage intact, but,
unfortunately the bishop is hanging".} (25... Qc7 $143 26. Bd3 Nd7 27. Nb3 Ne5
28. Nc5 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Rg6 30. Qd4 $14) 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Bd3 Rb6 {M.M. "The
relative weakness of the b4-pawn partly compensates for the weak a6-pawn".} ({
K.S. "} 27... Re7 $5 28. Kf2 Nd7 {/\Ne5 ".}) 28. Kf2 ({M.N. "} 28. Nb3 $143 Bc6
29. Rxa6 Rxb4 {and Black should be able to maintain this position".}) 28... Bc8
{[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7a4]} (28... Bc6 $2 29. Rxa6 $18) 29. Rb1 {Defending the "b4"
pawn.} Bf5 {M.M. "By exchanging his "bad" bishop, Black makes further progress
in his way to equalize, although White still maintains some advantage because
of the active placement of his pieces and the better pawn structure".} 30. Bxf5
(30. Ke2 $5) 30... Rxf5 31. Ra5 {White uses Black's awkward rook position.} g6
(31... Re5 $2 32. Nc4 $18) ({K.S. "Doesn't solve all the problems:} 31... Rh5
32. h3 Rh4 33. f4 g5 $6 34. Nf3 Rh5 35. g4 Rxh3 36. Kg2 $16 {".}) 32. Ke2 {
M.M. "By unpinning the f-pawn, White intends to win space with g4,harassing
the enemy rook at the same time".} h5 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Yh5g4]} ({M.N. "} 32...
Nd7 $5 {".}) 33. g3 Kg7 34. h3 Nd7 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 ({K.S. "} 36. fxg4 $143
Re5 37. Nf3 Re4 38. Rxd5 Nf6 39. Rd4 Rxd4 40. Nxd4 Nd5 $11 {".}) 36... Re5 37.
Kf2 ({This didn't give anything:} 37. f4 Ree6 38. Rxd5 Nf6 39. Rg5 Ne4 40. Nxe4
Rxe4 41. Ra5 Rbxb4 42. Rxb4 Rxb4 43. Rxa6 g5 44. Kf3 gxf4 45. exf4 Rb3+ $11)
37... Rc6 38. Rb3 Rb6 (38... Rc2 $143 39. Ke2 Nb6 40. Kd3 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Nc4+
42. Kd3 Nxa5 43. bxa5 d4 44. exd4 Rxa5 45. Kc4 $14 {Material wise the position
is equal, however, the "d" pawn gives White some chances for a win.} Kf6) 39.
f4 Ree6 40. g5 {M.M. "Winning even more space and threatening to capture the
d5-pawn. The immediate:} (40. Rxd5 {would have led nowhere because of} Nf6 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg4][%cal Gf6d5,Gf6g4] ".}) 40... Red6 41. e4 Rb5 ({K.S. "} 41... f6
$6 42. exd5 (42. gxf6+ $143 Rxf6 43. Rxd5 Rxf4+ 44. Ke3 Rf7 45. Nc4 $14) 42...
Rb5 43. Rxb5 axb5 44. Rd3 Nb6 45. gxf6+ Kf7 (45... Kxf6 $2 46. Ne4+ $18) (45...
Rxf6 46. Ke3 $18 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ge3d4,Gd4c5,Gc5b5]}) 46. Ne4 Rxd5 47. Ra3 $18
{".}) (41... dxe4 $2 42. Nc4 $18) 42. Rxb5 axb5 43. Rd3 (43. e5 $6 Rc6 $13 {
/\ Nf8-e6, >< Pf4}) 43... Nb6 44. Nb1 {/\ Nc3 >< Pb5, Pd5} Rc6 45. exd5 ({
K.S. "} 45. Rc3 Rxc3 (45... Rc4 $6 46. Rxc4 bxc4 47. Ke3 $16) 46. Nxc3 dxe4 47.
Ke3 f5 48. gxf6+ (48. Kd4 Kf7 49. Nxb5 Ke7 $11) 48... Kxf6 49. Kxe4 (49. Nxe4+
Kf5 $11) (49. Nxb5 Nd5+ $11) 49... g5 $11 {".}) 45... Rc4 46. Kf3 Rxb4 47. Nd2
f6 48. Ne4 $1 {White's last hope is to concentrate his efforts to ensure the
advance of the d-pawn.} ({After:} 48. gxf6+ Kxf6 49. Ne4+ Kf5 50. Ng3+ Kf6 51.
d6 g5 52. fxg5+ Kxg5 53. d7 Nxd7 54. Rxd7 {This is a well known theoretical
position, and Black can easily make a draw here.}) 48... fxg5 49. Nxg5 Kf6 50.
Kg4 Nc4 51. Ne4+ (51. d6 $4 Ne5+ $19) 51... Ke7 ({M.N. "This also lead to a
draw:} 51... Kf7 $5 52. d6 (52. Kg5 $143 Nb6) 52... Ne5+ 53. fxe5 Rxe4+ 54. Kf3
Rh4 55. Rd5 (55. d7 Rh3+ 56. Ke4 Rxd3 57. Kxd3 Ke7 58. e6 g5 59. Ke4 b4 60. Kd5
b3 61. Kc6 b2 62. Kc7 b1=Q 63. d8=Q+ Kxe6 64. Qxg5 $11) 55... Rh8 56. Rxb5 Ke6
{it is unclear how white can improve his position".}) 52. d6+ Kd8 53. Kg5 Nb2
54. Re3 Rd4 $4 ({This lead to a draw:} 54... Kd7 $5 55. Kxg6 Nc4 56. Rf3 (56.
Rd3 Nxd6 $1 57. Rxd6+ (57. Nxd6 Rxf4 $11) 57... Ke7 58. Rb6 Rxe4 59. Rb7+ Kd6
60. f5 Kc5 $11) 56... Nxd6 57. Nxd6 Kxd6 $11 {Black sacrifices the rook for
the "f" pawn and compel of White to sacrifice his rook for the "b" pawn.}) {
[%tqu "En","Please find the move, which brings White a decisive advantage!","",
"","e4f6","",10]} 55. Nf6 $1 Rxd6 $140 56. Re8+ Kc7 57. Re2 $18 {[%csl Rb2,Rc7,
Rd6][%cal Gf6e8,Ge8c7,Ge8d6,Ge2b2] Now Black loses material.} Rd1 58. Rxb2 Rg1+
59. Kh6 {M.M. "White's task consists of capturing the g6-pawn without losing
his last pawn and prevent the b-pawn from becoming dangerous at the same time.
In fact, Topalov will simplify the problem. He will keep the b-pawn under
control by the permanent threat of sacrificing the knight for it, once the
capture of the g6-pawn will be ensured".} Kc6 60. Ne4 Kd5 61. Rb4 Kc6 62. Rd4
Rg4 63. Nf2 Kc5 64. Rd1 $1 Rg2 (64... Rxf4 $4 65. Nd3+) 65. Nd3+ Kc4 66. Ne5+
Kc3 67. Rc1+ Kb2 68. Rc6 Kb3 69. Rxg6 Rf2 70. Rg3+ Kc2 71. Nd3 {The further
resistance is senseless.} 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jelen, Igor"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 $5 (
{Other lines are:} 7... c5) (7... Bb7) 8. e3 {Other options are:} (8. f3 $6
$146 d5 $1 $11 {-see comments to Golod,V-Dgebuadze,A/Hoogeveen,1998(1-0)(Golod,
V)(52)}) (8. Nf3) (8. Rc1) 8... d6 (8... h6) (8... d5) ({and} 8... c6 {-was
checked in the previous game.}) 9. Bd3 $5 {Is the main line. Desides,white has
several options:} (9. Nf3 $5 {-see comments to Ivanchuk,V-Adams,M/Linares,1999/
CBM 70(0-1)(Golod,V)(40)}) (9. f3) (9. Qc2) (9. b4) 9... Nbd7 10. b4 $5 {
Other alternatives are:} (10. Ne2 $5) ({and} 10. Nf3 $5) 10... c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Nf3 $6 ({Better is:} 12. b5 {(Finkel,A:Weakness of pawn d6 and the fact
that black lightsquared bishop is restricted by white pawns make white chanses
preferable). You can see comments to CBM 63-7.Bg5 Ba6 8.e3 d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7/
Tampere,1998/CBM 63(Finkel,A)(16) and Dreev,A-Zvjaginsev,V/Groningen,1997/CBM
63(1-0)(Finkel,A)(34)}) (12. Ne2 $6 {Finkel,A} Ne5 13. O-O cxb4 14. axb4 Bxc4
$1 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Rxa7 Rxc4 17. Qb3 Qb6 $15 {[%csl Rb4] Linauskas
Dainius-Nikolenko Oleg/It (open), Katowice (Poland) 1995/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 12...
d5 $146 ({Can be recommended:} 12... h6 $5 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. O-O Qc7 15. b5 Ne4
16. Qc2 f5 $11 {Jelen,I-Soffer,R/Budapest,1998/EXT 99(0-1)(40)}) ({and} 12...
Qc7 $5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 d4 17. exd4 exd4 18. Qc2 Qc6
19. f3 a5 20. b5 Qb6 $11 {Alterman,B-Har Zvi,R/Tel Aviv,1996/CBM 52 ext(1/2-1/
2)(25)}) 13. cxd5 ({Slightly worse is:} 13. b5 {in view of:} Bb7 (13... dxc4 $6
14. Bxc4 (14. Bxh7+ $143 Kxh7 15. Qc2+ (15. bxa6 Ne4 16. Bxd8 (16. Qc2 $2 Qa5+
17. Kf1 f5 $15) 16... Nxc3 $11) 15... Kg8 16. bxa6 Qa5+ 17. Nd2 $11) 14... Ne4
15. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 16. Bxd8 Bxb5 (16... Rfxd8 $5) 17. Bxb5 Raxd8 (17... Rfxd8 $4
18. Bc6 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Re4]}) 18. Rc1 $14) 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Rc8 $13) 13...
Nxd5 ({Badly:} 13... cxb4 $2 {because of:} 14. axb4 Rc8 (14... Bxd3 15. dxe6
Nb6 16. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rd3]}) (14... Nxd5 $4 15. Qd2 {[%csl Ra6,Rd8]} f6 $8 16.
Bxa6 fxg5 17. Bb7 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rd5]}) 15. Qa3 Bxd3 16. dxe6 $1 $16 Nb6 17.
Rd1 {[%csl Rd3]} Nc4 18. Qxd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb2 20. Rd4 $1 (20. Rd2 $143 Ne4 $1
) 20... Rc1+ 21. Ke2 Rxh1 22. e7 {[%csl Ge7]} Ne8 (22... Re8 $2 23. Bxf6 gxf6
24. Rd8 $18) 23. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 24. Rd7 {+/-/+-}) 14. Bxd8 ({After:} 14. Bxh7+ $6
Kh8 $8 (14... Kxh7 $4 15. Qc2+ {[%csl Rd8,Rh7][%cal Gg5d8]}) 15. Qc2 f6 16. Bf4
cxb4 {[%csl Ga6,Re1] black has a strong initiative in the centre}) 14... Nxc3
15. Bxa6 Rfxd8 16. O-O ({By mistake:} 16. Rc1 {in view of:} cxb4 17. axb4 Na2
18. Rc4 Nb6 19. Re4 Nd5 {[%csl Rb4] and black has a positional advantage in
the endgame.}) 16... Rab8 (16... cxb4 $6 17. axb4 $140 Nd5 $2 18. Bb7 Rab8 19.
Bxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5]}) 17. Rfc1 cxb4 $2 ({In my opinion
equality after:} 17... Na4) 18. axb4 Nd5 19. b5 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra7] with the
idea Nd4-c6 or Rc7(קa7)} ({Right away draw after:} 19. Bc4 $6 N7b6 (19... Nxb4
$5 20. Rxa7 Rbc8 21. Raa1 $11) 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxa7 Rxb4 22. Ng5 Rf8 $11)
19... Rb6 $6 (19... Kf8 $142 20. Nd4 $140 Rb6 $14) 20. Nd4 (20. e4 $143 Nb4 21.
Rc7 Nxa6 22. bxa6 Nb8 $11 {[%csl Rg1]}) 20... Kf8 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 
20... Nb8 $5 21. Nc6 {[%csl Ra7,Rd8]} Nxc6 22. bxc6 Nc7 23. Bb7 Kf8 $1 (23...
a6 $143 24. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} Rd5 25. e4 $16) 24. Rxa7 Ke8 {[%csl Rb7]} 25.
Raa1 {[%cal Gc1d1] +/=/+/-}) (20... Ne5 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22. bxc6 {-see 20...Nb8})
21. Kf1 $2 {Stroke mistake!} ({It is necessary} 21. Rc8 $1 {[%csl Ra7]} Rxc8 (
21... Ke8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Nc6+ Kc7 24. Rc1 $16) 22. Bxc8 N7f6 (22... N5f6
23. Rxa7 e5 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Nc6 $16 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga7a8]} (25. Rxd7 $143
exd4 26. Rd5 dxe3 27. fxe3 {+/=/+/- R_|_})) (22... Nc5 23. Rxa7 e5 24. Nf5 $16)
23. Rxa7 e5 24. Nf5 g6 (24... Rxb5 25. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26. Nd6+ Ke7 27. Nxb5 $16)
25. Nh6 Ne7 26. Ba6 $16) 21... Nb8 $1 $11 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. bxc6 (23. Rxc6 $143
Ke7) 23... Rd6 ({Badly:} 23... Nc7 $2 24. Bb7 $140 Rb2 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gd8d2]
because of:} 25. Rd1 $16) 24. Bb7 Ne7 $1 25. Rxa7 (25. Rxa7 Nxc6 26. Ra8+ Ke7
27. Bxc6 Rdxc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 73rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Ne2 c5 13. Qb3 {[%mdl 4]} (13. Qd2 {
It's main line.}) (13. b4 d5 $1 $11 {See comments to Schandorff,L-Hansen,C/
Taastrup,1998/CBM 65 (1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(35)} (13... cxd4 $6 14. exd4 Re8 15.
O-O e5 16. Rac1 $14 {Baburin,A-Lesiege,A/Europe vs Americas, Mermaid Beach,
1998(1-0)(28)}) (13... d5 $11)) 13... d5 (13... cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. O-O {
See comments to the 14-th move.}) 14. cxd5 (14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 dxc4 (15...
Nb8 $2 16. c5 Bc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. b4 $16 {Bareev,E-Anka,E/FRA tt
Lyon-Strasbourg, 1994(1-0)(29)}) 16. Bxc4 a6 $11 (16... Nb8 $6 17. Qd3 $140 Bd5
$6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. Rad1 $16 {Polgar,
Z-Ioseliani,N/Monte Carlo,1993 (1/2-1/2)(61)}) (16... Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Bg3
Qa8 19. Nc3 a6 20. a4 Rfd8 {[%csl Gd5] Space advantage and par of BB of White
are compensate by isolated Pd4 and control on d5 square.} 21. Rfe1 Nf8 22. Rcd1
Kh8 $132 {Ivanov,S-Biriukov,O/St.Petersburg,1999 (1-0)(70)}) 17. a4 Rc6 (17...
Qe7 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qd3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Re8 22. Kf1 Qb4 $11 {
Abramov-Appolonov,S/Podolsk,1993(1/2-1/2) (43)}) 18. Rfe1 Qc8 19. Rac1 Nd5 20.
Bxd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxd5 22. Rxc8 Bxb3 23. Rc7 Nf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nc3 Rd8
$132 {Ivanov,S-Solozhenkin,E/City-Ch, St. Petersburg,1998(0-1)(58)}) 14... Bxd5
15. Qd1 $1 (15. Qa4 $143 cxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17. Qd1 b5 (17... Qc7 18. O-O Qb7
19. Re1 Nd5 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. Bf2 Nf8 $11 {Agdestein,S-Hjartarson,J/Groningen,
1993 (1/2-1/2)(73)}) 18. O-O Qb6 19. Bf2 Qb7 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qe2 Nbd5 $11 {
Sokolov,I-Adams,M/Preston,1989(1/2-1/2)(27)}) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 (16... e5
17. Nf5 Be6 18. O-O Nc5 19. Bc2 $14) 17. Ba6 Bc4 $6 $16 {Start of very sharp
and interesting game connected with material sacrifices.But this move allows
to white to receive an advantage.} (17... Rc5 $142 18. O-O Bc4 (18... Nc4 19.
Qe2 e5 20. Nb3 Rc7 21. Rfd1 $16) 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bf2 (
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rfd1 $14) 22... Nb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. b4 Rc8 25. Rac1 $14 {
Kiriakov,P-Abashev,D/Moscow,1996(1-0) (43)}) (17... Rc7 18. Bg3 Nfd7 19. Nb5
$16) 18. Bxc8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move was not played in the next game:} (
18. Bxc4 $6 Nxc4 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Gurevich,M/Sarajevo
BIH 2000/The Week in Chess 290 (20)}) 18... Nd3+ (18... Qxc8 19. Bxf6 (19. b3
$5 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 Ba6 21. Bxf6 Nf2 22. Qc1 Nxh1 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bxg5
hxg5 26. Rxh1 $16) 19... Nd3+ 20. Kd2 gxf6 21. Qc2 $16) 19. Kd2 Ne4+ $6 $18 ({
It is necessary:} 19... Qxc8 $5 20. Bxf6 Nf2 $5 (20... gxf6 21. Qc2 $16) 21.
Qc2 $1 (21. Qa4 Nxh1 22. b3 (22. Rxh1 gxf6 23. Rc1 b5 24. Qxa7 e5 25. Nxb5 (25.
b3 exd4 26. exd4 Re8 27. bxc4 Qe6 $19) 25... Qd8+ 26. Nd4 Be6 27. Ke2 exd4 28.
Qxd4 $44) 22... Bd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxh1 Qc7 25. Qb4 (25. e4 Bb7 $44) 25...
Rc8 26. Ke2 $14) 21... Nxh1 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxh1 Bd5 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1
$16) 20. fxe4 Qxh4 21. b3 $1 ({Much worse is:} 21. Bb7 $6 {[%csl Ye4][%cal
Gb7e4]} Nc5 22. Bc6 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rxc6 24. Nxc6 Nxe4+ 25. Kc2 Qf2+ 26. Kb1 Nd2+
27. Qxd2 (27. Ka1 Nb3+ 28. Kb1 Nd2+ $11) 27... Qxd2 28. Rxc4 Qxg2 $14) 21...
Nf2 22. Qf3 $2 {Now despite of rook lack black have enough compensation.} ({
Right was} 22. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ge1h4]} Rxc8 (22... Nxe4+ 23. Kc2 Qg4 24. bxc4 (
24. Bb7 Qxg2+ 25. Kc1 Bd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qe2 $1 Qxh1+ 28. Kb2 Nc3 $1 29.
Rxh1 Nxe2 30. Nxe2 $16) 24... Qxg2+ 25. Qe2 $18) 23. bxc4 Nxe4+ (23... Rxc4 24.
Ke2 $18) 24. Kd3 Nc5+ 25. Kc3 Qe4 26. Qe2 e5 27. Nb5 Na4+ 28. Kb3 Rxc4 29. Rac1
(29. Qxc4 Nc5+ 30. Kc3 Na4+ $11) 29... Nc5+ 30. Ka2 $18) 22... Nxe4+ 23. Kc2 $8
Bd5 (23... Bxb3+ 24. Nxb3 (24. Kxb3 Nd2+ $19) 24... Rxc8+ 25. Kb2 Nf2 26. Rhd1
(26. Rhf1 Rc2+ $3 27. Kxc2 Qc4+ 28. Kd2 $8 Ne4+ 29. Qxe4 (29. Ke1 Qc3+ 30. Ke2
Qc4+ $11) 29... Qxe4 $14) 26... Nxd1+ 27. Rxd1 $14) 24. Ba6 (24. Bd7 Nc5 $17)
24... Nc5 25. Qe2 e5 $1 {Right moves order} ({After} 25... Nxa6 $2 26. Qxa6 e5
{right is} 27. Ne2 $1 ({and not} 27. Nf3 $2 Qf2+ 28. Nd2 Be4+ 29. Kc1 $8 Qxe3
30. Ra2 (30. Qc4 Bf5 {[%cal Gf8c8]} 31. Kd1 Rd8 32. Ra2 Rd4 $19) 30... Bd3 $1
31. Qb7 $8 Qc5+ 32. Kb2 Qd4+ 33. Kc1 Qc3+ 34. Kd1 e4 $1 $19) 27... Qe4+ 28. Qd3
Bxb3+ 29. Kd2 $18) 26. Nf3 Qe4+ 27. Kb2 Nxa6 28. Nd2 (28. Qxa6 Qxe3 {[%csl Rb2,
Rb3][%cal Ge3f2]} 29. Rae1 $8 Qxb3+ 30. Kc1 Bc4 $19 {[%cal Gb3c3]}) 28... Qxg2
29. Qxg2 Bxg2 30. Rhg1 {[%mdl 4096]} Bd5 {This endgame may be evaluated as
equal.} 31. b4 {[%csl Ra6]} (31. e4 Bc6 32. b4 Rd8 33. Rg2 Rd4 34. Rag1 g5 35.
Re2 Bb5 $15) 31... Nc7 32. Rac1 Ne6 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Rd8 35. Kc2 (35. Rgc1
$44) 35... Kf8 36. a4 Ke7 37. a5 $6 {White try to open one more file for RR.} (
37. Rd1 $44) 37... bxa5 38. bxa5 Rd5 {...but weakenen Pa5.} 39. Ra1 g5 {
Black plan is to neutralize White play on the Q-side and to promote PP on the
K-side.} 40. a6 f5 41. Rb1 Ra5 (41... Nc5 42. Rb5 Kd6 43. Rb8 Nxa6 44. Rd8+ Ke6
45. Re8+ (45. Rc6+ Ke7 46. Rxd5 Nb4+ 47. Kb3 Nxd5 48. e4 fxe4 49. Rxh6 e3 50.
Kc2 a5 $15) 45... Kf7 46. Ra8 Rd7 47. Ra4 Nc5 48. R4xa7 $44) 42. Rb7+ Kd6 43.
Rxa7 Nc5 (43... Kd5 44. Rc3 $44) 44. Rb4 Kc6 (44... Kd5 45. Rb6 $44) 45. Rh7
Nxa6 46. Rxh6+ Kd5 47. e4+ fxe4 48. Rb2 $2 $17 ({Right was} 48. Rbb6 $1 Nc5 49.
Kd2 $44 {[%cal Gb6d6]} (49. Rhd6+ Kc4 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Rxh2 52. Rg6 Rg2 53.
Rbc6 Rg3+ (53... Kd5 54. Rxc5+ Kxc5 55. Kxe4 Re2+ 56. Kd3 $11) 54. Kf2 Rf3+ 55.
Ke2 Rf5 (55... Rg3 56. Kf2) 56. Ke3 $11 {[%csl Rc5,Re4][%cal Gc6c5]})) 48...
Nc5 {Now white rooks are disconnected.} 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. Ke2 Nb3 $1 51. Kf2 $2
$19 (51. Rb6 $1 Nd4+ 52. Kf1 e3 53. Rb1 Ke4 $17 (53... e2+ $5 54. Kf2 Ke4 (
54... Rh3 55. Kg2 g4 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd4f3,Ge2e1]} 56. Re1 Nf3 (56... Rxh2+
57. Kxh2 Nf3+ 58. Kg3 Nxe1 59. Kf2 Nf3 60. Kxe2 Ke4 61. Kf2 $44) 57. Rxe2 Rxh2+
58. Kf1 Rh1+ 59. Kf2 $44) 55. R6b2 Rh3 56. Kg2 g4 $17)) 51... Nd4 52. Kg2 e3
53. Rf6 e2 54. Rb1 Ke4 $1 (54... Nc2 $2 55. Kf2 Ra2 56. h3 (56. Kxe2 Na3+ $19)
(56. Re1 Nxe1 57. Kxe1 Ke4 58. Rb6 Ra1+ 59. Kxe2 Ra2+ $19 {[%csl Rh2]}) 56...
e1=Q+ 57. Rxe1 Nxe1+ 58. Kxe1 Ke4 $17) 55. Kf2 Rh3 56. Rh1 g4 57. Rg6 Rf3+ 58.
Kg2 Kf5 59. Rb6 Nc2 60. Rbb1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 (10. cxd5 $143 {-see comments to Llanos,G-Zontakh,A/
Budapest,1999/CBM 72(0-1)(Golod,V)(31)}) 10... Nbd7 {Besides,black has two
options:} (10... Re8 $5 {-see comments to Kramnik,V-Tiviakov,S/Las Vegas,1999/
CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)(42)}) ({and} 10... c5 $5 {-see comments to Karpov,A-Piket,
J/Monaco ,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 11. cxd5 $5 {Other lines are:} (
11. Nh3) ({and} 11. Bd3) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 $5 {Is the main line.
Besides,there are three alternatives:} (13. Be7 $6 {You can see comments to
Shipov,S- Stefansson,H/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(46) (Golod,V)})
(13. Bxc7 $5) ({and} 13. bxc3 $6) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 f5 $5 {/\e5-e4} ({In my
opinion slightly worse is:} 14... c5 {-see comments to Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/
Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27) and Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Linares,1999/
CBM 70 (1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) 15. Bb5 $5 {Is the best move. Other alternatives
are:} ({and} 15. Bd3) (15. Bc4 $143) {From 15.Bb5 to 19.exd4of this game,you
can see comments in the game: Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista,1998/CBM 65 (1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(23)} 15... c6 16. Bd3 e5 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. Rc1 $6 (18. O-O $142) 18...
exd4 19. exd4 Nf4 $146 {[%csl Rd3,Gf4,Rg2]} ({Correct way for eguality:} 19...
N7f6 {You can see comments to Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/ Elista,1998/CBM 65 (1/2-1/
2)(Golod,V)(23) and Piket,J-Karpov,A/Monaco,1999/CBM 70   (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)
(41)}) 20. Bc4+ $8 Kh7 ({Probably slightly better is:} 20... Kh8 {[%csl Rh7,
Yh8][%cal Rb1h7]}) 21. Kd2 Nxe2 ({It is impossible:} 21... Nxg2 $2 {because of:
} 22. Rhg1 {[%csl Rg2]} Rxe2+ $8 23. Bxe2 Nf4 $16) 22. Bxe2 {+/=/=} Nf6 {
This is logical move.Black's plan is:Nd5;Re6,Rfe8 or f4} 23. Rhe1 {[%cal Ge2d3]
} ({Badly at first:} 23. Bd3 {in view of:} Ne4+ $1 $15 {[%csl Rf2,Gf8]}) 23...
Nd5 24. Bd3 ({Can be recommended right away:} 24. Bc4 {[%csl Re5]}) 24... g6 $5
{[%mdl 256] /\Kg7-f7<->e} ({After:} 24... Rxe1 $6 25. Rxe1 Bc8 26. Bg3 {
[%csl Gd3,Gg3] white has big advantage in the endgame.}) 25. Bc4 {[%csl Gc1,
Rc7][%cal Gc4d5]} ({In my opinion better is:} 25. Bg3 {[%cal Gg3b8]} f4 $140
26. Bf2 {/\Re4and Rce1+/=}) 25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1 ({Another possibility is:} 26.
Bxe1 Kg7 27. Bg3 (27. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 28. Bg3 Rc8 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Bd6 Re8 $11)
27... f4 28. Bf2 (28. Bxd5 $6 fxg3 29. Be4 gxh2 30. Rh1 $11) 28... Rd8 29. Re1
Kf6 30. Re5 a5 {+/=/=_|_}) 26... Kg7 27. Re5 $6 (27. Re6 $142 Kf7 28. Rd6 {
[%csl Rd6,Rg6] +/=/=}) 27... Kf6 {with the idea Rd8(><d5),Bc8-e6} 28. Bh4+ $6 {
The last inaccuracy!} ({It is necessary:} 28. g4 $1 {with small chance for win.
}) 28... g5 29. Bf2 Rd8 $11 30. Re1 Bc8 31. Bxd5 (31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Re8 Bd7 33.
Ra8 a5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Virovlansky, Semen"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nf3 {Opening survey see in Bareev-Piket,Bosnia 1998} Nf6 (
10... d6) (10... Qc8) 11. O-O (11. b4 $146 {see Bareev-Piket Bosnia,1998})
11... Qe8 $146 (11... Be4 {is the main line.}) 12. Bf4 (12. d5 $5 exd5 13. Nd4
Ne4 (13... Na6 14. Nxf5 Ne4 15. Ne3 $1 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ Rf7 17. Nd5 $14) 14. cxd5
Bxd5 (14... Na6 15. Nxf5 $1 Bxd5 16. Rd1 Bb7 (16... Rxf5 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxe4
$16) 17. g4 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gc1b2] /\b4;Bb2}) 15. Qxc7 Nc6 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Qf4
$14) 12... Be4 13. Qd2 d6 14. b4 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Nc6 15. Rac1 (15. c5 e5 $1)
15... h6 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 16. c5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc6e7,Ge7d5]} (16. Qb2 $5 {
[%cal Gf1d1]}) 16... Rd8 (16... g5 17. b5 $5 Nxd4 $5 (17... Ne7 $140 $2 18.
cxd6) (17... Na5 18. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 (18... Nb3 19. Qb2 Nxc1 20. Bxh6 $36 {
[%csl Rc1]}) 19. Qxg5+ Kh7 20. Qh4+ $11 (20. cxd6 $36)) 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2
bxc5 (19... gxf4 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Rc6 $36 (21. gxf4 $5)) 20. Bxg5 Ne4 21. Qa2
Nxg5 22. f4 cxd4 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Rxc7 $44) 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qb2 Ne7 {
[%cal Ge7d5]} 19. Rc7 $6 (19. b5 $1 {[%cal Ga3a4]}) 19... Rd7 (19... Nfd5 $142
$1 20. Rxa7 $140 $2 (20. Rcc1 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Nd5 $17 {[%cal Ge8h5]}) 20... Nc8
$1 {[%csl Ra7]} 21. Ra6 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Qb5 $19 {[%csl Ra6]}) 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 $15
21. Rc1 Ned5 22. Bd2 (22. b5 $5) 22... b5 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd5b6,Gb6c4,
Gb6a4]} 23. Be1 {[%cal Gf3d2]} Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4,Gb6a4]} 24. Nd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2
Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Re1]} 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Qa2 Rc8 (27... f4 $5 28. f3 Ne3+ 29.
Kg1 fxg3 30. hxg3 Qf7 {[%csl Rg1]} (30... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6d5]})) 28. f3 Nf6 {
[%csl Re3]} 29. Kg1 (29. Bf2 $5) 29... Nd5 30. Nd2 (30. e4 $2 fxe4 31. fxe4 Nf6
{[%csl Ra3,Re4][%cal Gd7b7]}) 30... Ndb6 (30... Nce3) 31. Nf1 Qb7 {[%csl Ra3]
[%cal Gb7a6]} 32. Ne3 Qa6 (32... Nxe3 $2 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qxe3) 33. Rc3 $8 (
33. Nxc4 $2 Rxc4 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Re1][%cal Ga6a4]}) 33... Kf8 (33... Kf7 $5)
34. Ng2 {[%cal Gg2f4]} Nd5 35. Rd3 Kg8 {/\e4} 36. e4 $6 fxe4 37. fxe4 Nf6 {
[%csl Re4]} 38. Qe2 (38. Nf4 $142 Qb7 $1 39. e5 $1 (39. Qe2 Qxe4 $1) 39... dxe5
40. dxe5 Qe4 41. Bf2 Qxe5 $17) 38... Qb7 {[%csl Re4]} 39. Nf4 (39. d5 $2 exd5
40. exd5 Re8 {[%csl Rd5,Rg1]}) (39. e5 $142 dxe5 40. dxe5 Nd5 {[%csl Re1,Rg2]})
39... Qxe4 40. Qxe4 Nxe4 41. Nxe6 Nf6 $1 $17 {[%cal Gf6d5] /\Nd5} 42. Bf2 (42.
d5 Ne5 $1 (42... Re8 $6 {[%cal Gf6d5]} 43. Bc3 $1 Nxd5 $140 44. Nxg7) 43. Rd1 (
43. Rc3 Rxc3 44. Bxc3 Nxd5 $17) 43... Rc2 $1 {[%cal Ge5f3]} (43... Nf3+ $143
44. Kg2 Nxe1+ 45. Rxe1 Nxd5 46. Nd4 a6 47. Re6 $132) 44. Nd4 Ra2 $17 {[%csl
Rd5,Rf3,Rg1][%cal Ga7a6]}) (42. Nf4 $142) 42... Nd5 {[%csl Re6]} 43. Nf4 Nxf4
44. gxf4 d5 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4,Rd4,Rf2,Rf4,Rh2]} 45. Kg2 Rc6 {[%cal Gc6a6]}
46. Be3 $8 Kf7 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Bc1 Kf5 49. Rd1 (49. Rb3 Re6 $19 {[%cal Ge6e1,
Ge6e4]}) 49... Nxa3 $5 (49... Nd6 $5 $19 {[%cal Gc6c3,Gd6e4]}) 50. Bxa3 (50.
Re1 Rc3+ 51. Kf2 Nc4 $19) 50... Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Rxa3 52. Re1 Kxf4 53. Re5 Ra2+ 54.
Kh3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 c5 (8... d6 {See comments to Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/ Frankfurt,1999/CBM 72 
(1-0)(Golod,V)(43)}) 9. Nf3 {Besides,white has two principales moves:} (9. dxc5
{You can see comments to games:Lautier,J -Karpov,A/Las Palmas,1994/CBM 42(1-0)
(Lautier)(31) and Gulko,B-Aleksandrov,A/ Groningen,1997/CBM 63(1/2-1/2) 
(Psakhis)(27)}) ({and} 9. f3) 9... h6 $5 {Another options is:} (9... cxd4 $5) (
{or} 9... d6 $5) 10. Bh4 cxd4 ({Other alternative are:} 10... d6 11. Rd1 $5 (
11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 $11 {Eslon,J-GarciaTrobat,F/Javea,1992(1/
2-1/2) (21)}) (11. d5 $6 exd5 (11... g5 $5) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14.
O-O-O d4 (14... Nd7 $142) 15. exd4 Be4 16. Bd3 {+/=/+/- Gschwendtner,M-Stoer,A/
Bayern,1997 (1/2-1/2)(41)}) 11... Qe7 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. b4 cxd4 $6 (
14... e5 $5) 15. Qxd4 Nf8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nd4 $14 {Seirawan,
Y-Andersson,U/Niksic,1983/Inf 36/613(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 11. Nxd4 d5 ({Dubious:} 
11... Nc6 {in view of:} 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 (13. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6
15. Rd1 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ba6 {with advantage of white in the endgame.})
13... d6 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Rad1 Nxg3 17. fxg3 {1/2-1/2 Chabanon,
J-Mednis,E/Cannes,1992 (17)}) 12. cxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Rg2]} ({Slightly worse is:} 
12... Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 (14. Bxb6 $5 axb6 15. bxc3 e5 $44) 14... Re8
15. Bh4 Ne4 16. f3 g5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 {+/=/= Kakageldyev,A-Kiselev,S/
Azov,1991 (1/2-1/2)(26)}) 13. f3 Nbd7 14. e4 $146 (14. Bb5 $5 {and(14.b4!?)
you cand find in annotations to 15.Bb5!? in the game:Seirawan,Y-Adams,M/
Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2) (Tisdall,J)(21)}) ({Also can be recommended:} 14.
Rc1 $5) 14... Rc8 $6 ({From my point of view this move:} 14... Nxe4 $1 {
[%csl Rc3,Gd8,Rh4] brings black at least equality:} 15. Bxd8 $8 Nxc3 16. Be7 (
16. Bh4 $2 Na4 $17) 16... Rfe8 17. Bd6 Na4 ({badly:} 17... e5 {in view of:} 18.
Nf5 {[%csl Rc3,Rd5][%cal Gf5e7]} Be6 19. Ne7+ Rxe7 20. Bxe7 Nd5 21. Bd6 $14)
18. Nb5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gb5c7]} (18. Bb5 $2 Nxb2 $1 19. Bxd7 $140 Red8 $19 {
[%csl Rd6,Rd7,Gd8]}) 18... Rac8 $5 (18... Ndc5 $5 19. Nc7 Nxb2 20. Nxe8 Rxe8
21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Kd2 Ba2 24. Rc1 c4 $11) (18... Red8 $143 19. Nc7
Rac8 20. Be7 {transfer to 18...Rac8 (variant 19...Red8)}) 19. Nc7 Rxc7 (19...
Red8 $6 20. Be7 Nxb2 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rc1 {+/=/=}) 20. Bxc7 Nxb2
21. Rb1 (21. Bb5 $143 Rc8 $15) 21... Rc8 (21... Nc4 $5) 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Rxb2
Ra8 24. Bb5 Nc5 $11 {[%csl Ra3]}) 15. Qe3 $140 ({Very weakly:} 15. Qd2 {
because of:} Nxe4 $1 $17) 15... Bc4 ({After:} 15... Bb7 16. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5,Gh4]
white has a better position,because of advantage two bishops.} (16. Be2 $2 Ng4
$1 $17)) 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. b3 $5 {This move better than:} (17. O-O {because of:
} Ng4 $1 18. Qe1 Qc7 {[%csl Rd4,Rh2]} 19. fxg4 (19. Bg3 $2 Qc5 $17) 19... Rxd4
20. Be7 Rc8 21. Qf2 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7]} Rxe4 22. Qxf7+ Kh7 $13) 17... Rc8 ({
Now impossibly:} 17... Ng4 $4 18. fxg4 Qxh4+ 19. g3 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rh4]}) 18.
O-O $14 Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c3]} ({Senselessly:} 18... Ng4 {in view of:} 19. Qe1 {
[%csl Ye1,Rh4][%cal Ye1h4]} Ngf6 (19... g5 $143 20. fxg4 (20. Bg3 $5) 20...
gxh4 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Qe3 Kg7 23. e5 {/\24.Rf5->}) 20. e5 g5 21. exf6 gxh4 22.
Rd1 $1 (22. Qxh4 Qxf6 $11) 22... Qxf6 $140 23. Nxe6 $14 {[%csl Rd7]}) 19. Rac1
Qb7 20. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb5d6]} Rxc1 ({Dubious:} 20... Qa6 {because of:}
21. a4 {[%csl Ya4,Rd6][%cal Ya4b5] +/=/+/-}) 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Nd6 {Ivanchuk
transfers to slightly better endgame.} (22. Rxc8+ $143 Qxc8 23. Nxa7 Qa6 {
[%csl Ra3,Ra7]} 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 (24... Qxa7 $2 25. Bb2 $18) 25. Nc6 Qxa3 26. Qxb6
Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 22... Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qa6 $1 {With the idea
24...Qd3} 24. Qc8+ {Obligatory move.} Qxc8 25. Nxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096]} a6 26.
Kf1 {[%csl Ye1,Yf2][%cal Yh4e1,Gf1e2,Ge2d3]} b5 {[%csl Ya6,Yb5,Gh4]} 27. Ne7+
$6 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 27. Bf2 Kf8 28. Ke2 $14) 27... Kf8 28.
Nc6 Nc5 $1 29. b4 $140 Ncd7 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gb6c4,Gd7b6]} 30. Bf2 ({Can be
recommended:} 30. Bxf6 gxf6 (30... Nxf6 $2 31. Nb8 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 31. g4 {or
} (31. Ke2 {with slight advantage of white.})) ({Also probably better right
away:} 30. Bg3) 30... Ng8 {[%cal Gg8e7]} 31. Bg3 {Againts:31...Ne7?? in view
of: 32.Bd6+-} Ke8 {[%csl Ye8,Rf8][%cal Yf8e8] Black's plan:Nb6-c4(קa3) or Ne7}
32. Bd6 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Rg8] Differently,after:} (32. Bc7 {good enough:} Ne7)
32... Nb6 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gb6c4]} 33. Nb8 Nc4 34. Bc5 Nxa3 35. Nxa6 Nf6 {
By the exact play in the endgame Beliavsky equalizes.} 36. Bd4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 $5 (9. Nf3 $5) (9. Nh3 $5) 9... h6 $5 (9... a5 $5) (9... Bb7 $5
) (9... Nc6 $5) (9... d6 $5) 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 $143 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Ne2
(12. O-O-O $143 Rd8 13. Ne2 Kf8 $11 {[%cal Gf8e7,Gd7d6] /\Ke7,d6}) 12... Rd8
13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Be2 Kf8 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Nd6 Rab8 $11 {0-1 Atalik,S-Epishin,V/
Las Vegas 1998 (29)}) 10... d6 $5 (10... a5 $143 11. Bd3 d6 (11... Bb7 $5 12.
f3 d6 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rad1 d5 16. Kh1 $13 {1-0 Flear,G-De Sousa,J/
FRA-chT 1993 (34)}) 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. O-O d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bh7+
$1 Kh8 17. Rxd5 Qxh4 18. Rxd7 Bc8 19. Rc7 Kxh7 20. Rxc5 $16 {1-0 Flear,
G-Garcia Padron,J/Fuerteventura 1992 (29)}) (10... Nc6 $6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Nf3
Qa5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. b4 cxb4 15. Qxf6 bxa3+ 16. Kf1 Nb4 17. h4 $40 {1-0
Schoen,W-Smagin,S/Dortmund op-A 1993 (25)}) 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nf3 $5 (12. Ne2
$143 $5 Rb8 13. Rd1 (13. f3 Re8 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rab1 Ba6 16. Rfd1 d5 17. b3 e5
18. Bf2 e4 19. fxe4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Qc6 $44 {Alterman,B-Stefansson,H/ISL-ISR
1996/0-1 (76)}) 13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 Qxh4 15. Bc2 Rb6 16. O-O Ba6 17. b3 Qe7 18.
Rd2 Nf6 19. Rfd1 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Ng3 g6 $11 {Marcetic,N-Zafirovski,M/
JUG-chT 1997/1/2-1/2 (70)}) 12... Bb7 13. O-O a5 {><b4} 14. Nd2 Qb6 $5 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd8,Gh4]} 15. f3 Rfe8 $5 $146 (15... d5 $5 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. b3 Rfc8
18. Rab1 Qd8 19. Rfc1 Qe7 20. Bh4 Bb7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bf5 $14 {Gurevich,
M-Stefansson,H/Viking op 1997/0-1 (83)}) 16. Rfe1 $5 (16. b3 $6 a4 $1 17. b4
$140 $2 cxb4 {[%csl Re3]} 18. axb4 Qxe3+ 19. Bf2 Qe5 20. Bd4 Qh5 $15) 16... d5
$5 $13 17. Qc2 $5 (17. b3 d4 $5 (17... e5 $6 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc2 a4 $6 20.
bxa4 Bc6 21. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Ga4] /\a5}) 18. Qc2 e5 $13) 17... Rab8 (17... Bc6
$5 {><b7,/\Re(a)b8-b7}) 18. Rab1 Bc6 19. Bf2 a4 $5 {+/=/+/-} (19... Ne5 $6 20.
Bf1 $14 {/\Bg3}) 20. Rec1 $5 {[%csl Rc5]} Qa7 21. h3 {[%csl Rg1,Yh2,Gh3][%cal
Gh3g4]} d4 $5 (21... Rb7 $5) 22. Re1 (22. exd4 $6 cxd4 23. Rd1 Rec8 $15) 22...
e5 $5 (22... dxe3 $143 23. Bxe3 Red8 24. Bf1 $14) 23. Bf5 Re7 $5 {/\g6} (23...
g6 $6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 (25... Kh8 $143 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ $40)
26. Bh4 Re6 27. Qxh6+ Kf7 $13) 24. Bh4 Rbe8 (24... g6 $4 25. Bxd7 $18 {[%csl
Re7,Rf6]}) 25. Rbd1 Qb6 {[%csl Gb6,Rf6] /\g6} 26. Nf1 g6 27. Bd3 {+/=/+/-} (27.
Bxd7 $143 Bxd7 28. Nd2 Re6 $11) 27... Kg7 28. Ng3 Re6 (28... g5 $140 $4 29.
Nf5+) 29. Rd2 $5 {><b2;/\Rf2} Rb8 30. Rf2 Qc7 31. Qc1 Ree8 32. Nf1 {[%csl Rc7,
Re5][%cal Gh4g3]} Rb6 $6 (32... Qb7 $5) 33. Bg3 Qb7 $6 (33... Qc8 $5 {[%cal
Ge5e4]} 34. exd4 $1 $14) 34. exd4 cxd4 $4 (34... exd4 $8 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. Re2
$1 {/\Bf4|^}) 35. c5 $1 {[%csl Rb6]} Rb3 $140 (35... e4 $143 36. fxe4 (36. cxb6
exd3 37. Rxe8 Nxe8 38. Qc4 Qxb6 39. Qxd3 $18) 36... Rb3 37. Bc4 Rxg3 38. Nxg3
$18) 36. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Rb3]} Nh5 (36... Nxc5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Nd3 39.
Bxd3 Rxd3 40. Rd2 $18) 37. Bxb3 Qxb3 (37... Nxg3 $143 38. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 39. Nxg3
$18) 38. Bh2 Qd5 39. Rd2 {/\Ne3} f6 (39... Nxc5 $2 40. Ne3 Qd6 41. Nc4) (39...
Qxc5 $4 40. Rc2 {[%csl Rc6]}) 40. Ne3 Qb3 (40... Qxc5 $143 41. Rc2 Qf8 42. Rxc6
dxe3 43. Qxe3 $18) 41. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6]} Rc8 (41... Ra8 42. f4 Nxf4 43. Bxf4
exf4 44. Rxd4 Nxc5 45. Qxf4) 42. Nd6 Rf8 43. f4 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Re5]} d3 (43...
Qd5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Qc4 $18) 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Bxe5+ Nxe5 46. Rxe5 Ng3 47.
Re7+ Kg8 (47... Kf6 48. Re3 {[%csl Rb3,Rg3]} Ne2+ $140 49. Rdxe2 dxe2 50. Rxb3
axb3 51. Qe3) (47... Kh8 $2 48. Rf2 $1 {[%csl Rf8,Rh6]}) 48. Qc4+ Qxc4 49. Nxc4
h5 (49... Ne2+ 50. Kh2 Rf2 51. Ne3 $18) 50. Rxd3 (50. Rxd3 Rf1+ 51. Kh2 h4 52.
Rd8+) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 (9. Nf3 $5 {See comments to Seirawan,Y-Gelfand,B/Prague,2002/CBM
89(0-1)(Golod,V)(42)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Qb3 h6 $5 {
Comments to this part of the game(9-12 moves) and also:} (12... cxd4 $5 {
You can find in annotations to game: Grigore,G-Pinter,J/Budapest 2000/CBM 78
(0-1)(Golod,V)(41)}) ({Besides Black has two options:} 12... Ba6 $5) ({and} 
12... d5 $5 {See comments to Adianto,U-Karpov,A/ Jakarta,1997/CBM 63(1-0)
(Ftacnik)(61)}) 13. Bh4 d5 $5 {Also were checked up in previous games: 13...
Qc7; 13...Re8 and} (13... cxd4 $5 {See comments to Ivanov,S-Solozhenkin,E/St.
Petersburg,1998/CBM 65(0-1)(Solozhenkin,E)(58)}) 14. O-O $6 {On this line you
can find four games in Mega Database 2003,and all of them were finished in a
draw.} ({In my opinion,it was much better:} 14. cxd5 $5 {See comments to
Bareev,E-Leko,P/Moscow,2002/CBM 91(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(38)}) 14... Ba6 $5 {
[%csl Ga6,Rc4,Gc8,Gd5][%cal Gc5d4] Also once were checked in the preceding
games: 14...Re8 and 14...cxd4.} 15. Rfc1 $2 $146 {The strange decision,
probably connected to the tactical miscalculation.} ({The games,which have
reached this position were continued as follows:} 15. Bxf6 $142 Nxf6 16. Qa4
Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc2 $15 {=/=/+ Veremeichik,V-Shipov,
S/Minsk,1997(1/2-1/2)(34)}) (15. Rac1 $2 b5 {[%csl Rb3,Yb5,Yc5,Rd3,Yd5][%cal
Gb5c4,Gd5c4,Gc5c4] 1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Zpevak,P/CZE,1996(15)}) (15. Qa4 $2 {
is refuted by:} cxd4 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7c5]} 16. Qxa6 $140 Nc5 $17 {
[%csl Ra6,Rd3]}) {[%tqu "En","?White's last move was a blunder.How can Black
exploit it.","","","b6b5","",10]} 15... b5 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Yb5,Yc5,Rd3,Yd5][%cal
Gc5c4,Gb5c4,Gd5c4]} 16. cxb5 {This move is much better,than:} (16. Bc2 $2 bxc4
$17 17. Qa4 $140 Qb6) 16... c4 17. Bxc4 {Again it's best decision!} (17. Qa4
$143 cxd3 {[%csl Re2]} 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Qxa7 Qb6 20. Qxb6 (20. Qa4 $143 e5)
20... Nxb6 {[%cal Gb6c4] =/+/-/+}) (17. Bxf6 $143 Nxf6 (17... Qxf6 $4 18. Qa4
cxd3 19. Qxa6 {[%csl Rc8]} Rxc1+ 20. Nxc1) 18. Qa4 cxd3 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. Qxa7
Qd7 $17) 17... dxc4 18. Qa4 $1 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 18. Rxc4
$6 Qb6 {[%csl Rb3]} 19. Nc3 (19. Rxc8 $143 Rxc8 20. a4 Bb7 21. a5 Qd6 $17)
19... Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxd5 (22. a4 Bb7) 22... Qxb5 {=/+/-/+
}) 18... Bb7 19. Qxa7 Qc7 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc8a8]} ({Leads to favourable
complications for White:} 19... Bd5 $6 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc8a8]} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 (
20... Nxf6 21. e4 $13 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Ya7c5]}) 21. Qa6 f5 22. Qd6 $44) 20. Qa4
$6 {It's discrepancy,which allows to improve a position of the Black's pieces.}
({Can be recommended:} 20. Bg3 $1 e5 $8 21. dxe5 $140 Nh5 {[%csl Rg3][%cal
Gc8a8]} 22. e6 Nxg3 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Nxg3 (24. hxg3 $6 Nb6 {[%csl Ra7][%cal
Gc8a8]} 25. Qa5 $8 Re8 $17) 24... Nc5 {[%csl Ra7,Rb3][%cal Gc8a8,Gc5b3]} 25.
Rxc4 $140 Qe5 {[%csl Rb2,Re3][%cal Gb7f3]} 26. Rc3 Bxf3 $15) 20... e5 21. Qd1
$6 ({Pretty dubiously:} 21. Bg3 {in view of:} Nh5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5
$17 {[%csl Rb2,Re3]} 24. Rc3 $140 $2 Nf6 {[%csl Rc3,Re3][%cal Gf6d5]} 25. e4
Nxe4 $1 26. Rxc4 (26. Re3 $2 Qc5 {[%csl Re3,Rg1]}) (26. fxe4 $2 Qxe4 $19 {
[%csl Re2,Rg2]}) 26... Nd2 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 $19) ({It was necessary:} 21. e4 $5 {
[%cal Yh4f2,Yf2d4]} exd4 22. Nxd4 Nc5 (22... Nb6 $2 23. Qc2 $13) 23. Qxc4 Qb6
$36 {[%csl Rc4,Rg1][%cal Gc5e4]}) 21... e4 $1 22. f4 ({Probably, it was a
little better:} 22. Nc3 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Yc3d5]} Rfe8 {[%csl Re3]} 23. f4)
22... Nd5 {[%csl Re3]} 23. Qd2 Qd6 $17 24. Be1 $6 ({More stubborn resistance
after:} 24. a4) 24... N7b6 {[%cal Yb6a4]} 25. a4 $140 c3 $1 {[%csl Yb6,Yd5,Re3]
[%cal Gb6c4] Black develop the strong initiative,their knights are located
ideally.} 26. Nxc3 (26. bxc3 $143 Nc4 {[%csl Rd2,Re3]}) 26... Nc4 27. Nxe4 ({
I do not think that it was much better:} 27. Qe2 Ncxe3 28. a5 Nf5 {[%csl Rd4,
Rf4][%cal Gf5d4,Gd5f4]}) 27... Qe7 {[%csl Re3,Re4]} 28. Rxc4 {It is rather
difficult to continue a game without this move:} (28. Qd3 $2 Nxb2 29. Qd2 Qxe4
30. Qxb2 Nxe3 $19 {[%csl Rg2]}) (28. Qc2 $4 Ndxe3 {[%csl Rc2,Re4]}) 28... Rxc4
29. Nc5 ({Hardly it was better:} 29. b3 Rc7 30. Nc5 Nxe3 31. b6 Rxc5 $1 32.
dxc5 Nxg2 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 29... Nxe3 {[%csl Rg2]} 30. Bf2 (30. Nxb7 $2 Rc2 {
[%csl Gc2,Ge3,Ge7,Rg2][%cal Ge7b7]}) 30... Nxg2 31. Nxb7 (31. b3 $144 Rxc5 32.
dxc5 Rd8 {[%csl Rf4,Rg1]} 33. Qc2 Nxf4 34. c6 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Bc8 $19 {[%csl Rg2]}
) 31... Qxb7 32. b3 Qe4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gc4c2,Gg2f4] White can not find
protection against numerous threats.} 33. bxc4 Nxf4 {[%csl Rg1]} 34. Be3 ({
Also right away loses the game:} 34. Bg3 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Re8+ 37. Be5
Qxa1 $19) (34. Kf1 $2 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qh1+ 36. Bg1 Qxg1#) (34. Qxf4 $5 Qxf4 35. a5
Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qc3 {[%csl Ra1,Rc4]} 38. Ra4 Qc2 39. Rb4 Re8 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge8e2]} 40. b6 Re2 $1 41. b7 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 $8
Qd2+ 44. Kf3 Qxb4 45. a6 Kf8 $19 {[%csl Yb4,Yf8][%cal Yf8e7,Ye7d7,Yd7c7] the
king approaches to Pb7 and Black gradually win this position.}) 34... Nh3+ 35.
Kf1 Qf3+ 36. Ke1 (36. Bf2 Re8 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gf3h1]}) 36... Re8 $1 {
It's exactest way to finish a game.} 37. Ra3 $140 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Nf4+ 39. Kf2
Qg2+ (39... Qg2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Black "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 $5 (7.
Bg5 {-is the main line.}) 7... Bb7 8. g3 $5 ({Besides,white has few options:} 
8. e3 $5 {See comments to Kramnik,V-Nikolic,P/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM(1/2-1/2)
[Kostakiev](63)}) (8. Bg5 $5 {See comments to Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Linares
1998/CBM 64/(1/2-1/2)[Kostakiev](52)}) ({and} 8. b4 $5) 8... d6 $5 ({Another
line is:} 8... c5 $5) 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 {In my opinion 10...h6-
superfluous move.Better is:10...Qe7!? or 10...c5!? Also possibly:10...a5 and
10...Ne4} 11. b4 {[%cal Gc1b2]} Qe7 12. Bb2 Be4 $5 {><e4; with the idea:c6,d5
or Rac8[Rfc8],c5} ({Worse is:} 12... Ne4 {in view of:} 13. Qe3 $14 {[%csl Rb7,
Re4][%cal Gg2b7]}) 13. Rfe1 $5 (13. Rfd1 $5 Rfc8 $5 (13... c6 $143 14. Bf1 $1 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Gf3d2]} Rfc8 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Bg2 d5 17. a4 a6 18. Re1 a5 19.
bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rec1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Salov,V/Szirak 1987/CBM 03 (53)})
14. Rac1 a5 15. Qe3 (15. b5 $5) 15... axb4 16. axb4 Ra2 17. Qb3 Rca8 18. Ne1
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c6 20. Nc2 R2a7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Forintos,G-Hauchard,A/FRA 1998/CBM
64 ext (39)}) 13... c6 $6 $146 {/\d5} (13... Rfc8 $142 $5 {-was checked in the
previous game.} 14. d5 $6 (14. Rad1 $5) 14... c5 $1 15. dxc6 $6 (15. dxe6 $142)
15... Rxc6 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rcc8 18. Qb3 e5 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Ne3 b5 $1 $17
{[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7b6] 0-1 Sjoberg,M-Almasi,Z/Hilversum 1993/CBM 39 (35)}) 14.
Bf1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf3d2]} d5 ({After:} 14... b5 $5 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Bg2 {
white has a positional advantage.}) 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. f3 $5 {/\e4} b5 $5 ({
Can be recommended:} 16... Rfe8 {with the idea after:} 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 e5
19. d5 $14) 17. c5 Qd8 $6 {[%mdl 16384] After this move white has a big
positional advantage.It is necessary:} (17... Rfe8 18. e4 $140 $6 (18. a4 $5
$14) 18... dxe4 19. fxe4 $6 (19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Qd2 Red8 {+/=/=}) 19... e5 $13)
18. a4 $1 ({Slightly worse is:} 18. e4 {because of:} a5) 18... a6 19. e4 Qc7 $6
(19... dxe4 $5 20. fxe4 e5 $1 {[%csl Rd2]} (20... Re8 $6 21. Bg2 $16) 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nf3 $14) 20. Ra3 ({Also possibly:} 20. e5 {with full domination.})
20... dxe4 {is the best move,differently 21.e5} 21. fxe4 Rab8 (21... Rfe8 22.
Bg2 {+/=/+/-}) (21... e5 $2 {is refuted by:} 22. dxe5 Ng4 $140 $2 (22... Nh5
$142 {+/-/+-}) 23. e6 $18 {[%csl Rg7]} Nde5 (23... Ndf6 24. h3 $18) 24. h3) 22.
axb5 ({Badly right away:} 22. Bg2 {in view of:} a5 $132) 22... axb5 23. Bg2
Rfd8 ({Can be reccomended:} 23... Ra8 24. Rea1 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Rd8 26. Ra6 {
[%cal Gc3a3] +/=/+/-}) 24. Nb3 {White's plan is:Ra6,Na5(קc6)} Nf8 25. Ra6 Ra8
$8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Na5 {[%csl Ya5,Ga8,Rc6] /\d5} N8h7 $6 (27... Qd7 $5) 28.
d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd5c6,Gd5e6,Gd5d6]} exd5 29. exd5 cxd5 30. Bxd5 {[%csl Rg7]}
Rd8 (30... Ra6 $143 31. c6 Ng5 32. Bg2 Ne6 33. Qe5 Qa7+ 34. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Gc6]
}) 31. Bg2 ({Senseless:} 31. Nc6 {because of:} Rd7 (31... Rxd5 $4 32. Ne7+ Kf8
33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Qxg7#)) 31... Ng5 32. Qe5 Qd7 $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 32...
Qxe5 33. Bxe5 Re8 34. c6 $16) 33. Nc6 $5 {/\Ne7 and c6-c7-c8Q} Re8 $6 (33...
Nh3+ $1 34. Bxh3 $8 (34. Kh1 $4 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nd3) (34. Kf1 $4 Bd3+ 35. Re2 Re8
$19) 34... Qxc6 35. Bg2 Qd7 {[%cal Gd8e8] +/=/+/-}) 34. Ne7+ Kh7 $2 {Loses
right away.} (34... Kf8 $8 35. Nxg6+ fxg6 36. Qc3 $16) 35. c6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal
Gc6c7]} Nh3+ (35... Qa7+ $144 36. Bd4 Qa4 37. c7 Qc2 38. c8=Q Rxc8 39. Nxc8
Qxc8 40. Qxb5 $18) 36. Bxh3 Qxh3 37. c7 $18 Qd7 ({After:} 37... Bh5 {[%cal
Gh5f3,Gh5g4,Gg4c8] white has a forcing win:} 38. Qc3 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc7c8]
} (38. c8=Q $4 Rxc8 39. Nxc8 Bf3 $1 40. Re2 $8 Bxe2 41. Qxe2 Qxc8 42. Qxb5 $14)
38... Bg4 39. Qd3+ $1 Kh8 (39... Bf5 40. c8=Q $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rh3,Rh7][%cal
Gc8h3,Gd3h7]} Rxc8 41. Qxf5+ Qxf5 42. Nxf5 $18) 40. Bxf6 gxf6 41. Qd8 $18) 38.
Qc3 {[%cal Gc7c8]} Bf5 $8 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Nxc8 Qxc8 41. Qxc8 Bxc8 42. Bxf6 $1
{The rest is the matter of technics.} gxf6 43. Kf2 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ge1c1,
Gc1c5,Gf2e3,Ge3d4]} Kg6 44. Ke3 h5 45. Kd4 Be6 (45... Kf5 46. Kc5 Bd7 47. Re7)
46. Rc1 f5 47. Rc5 Bd7 48. Rd5 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} (48. Rd5 $1 Be8 (48... Be6 49.
Rxb5) 49. Rd8 Bc6 50. Rd6+) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 $5 {Besides,white has two options:} (11.
Nh3) ({and} 11. Bd3) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Be7 $6 {There are three
alternatives:} (13. Bxc7 $5) (13. bxc3 $6) ({and} 13. Bh4 $5 {(is the main
line).See comments to games: Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista,1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(23); Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27);
Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1-0)(Golod,V)(38) and Piket,J-Karpov,A/
Monaco,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41).}) 13... Rfe8 14. Bh4 $5 (14. Bb4 $143
Nd5 {[%csl Rb4,Re3]} 15. Bd2 (15. e4 Ne3 16. Kf2 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 f5 $1 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Panno,O-Dokhoian,Y/Moscow 1989/TD (28)}) 15... e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17.
O-O-O c5 18. e4 Ne7 19. Bc3 N7c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jimenez,F-Rodriguez,A/Pamplona
1990/EXT 97 (51)}) 14... Nd5 15. Bf2 ({Dubious:} 15. Kf2 {in view of:} e5 16.
e4 Nf4 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Rc1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 c6 {=/=/+; 0-1 Sjoberg,M-Farago,I/
Zalakaros 1992/EXT 97(25)}) 15... e5 $5 {Besides this move:} (15... f5 $5 16.
Bb5 c6 17. Bd3 (17. Bc4 $5) 17... c5 18. Bb5 Red8 19. Ne2 Rac8 20. Rc1 a6 21.
Bxd7 Rxd7 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Korneev,O/Karvina 1992/
EXT 97 (23)}) ({and} 15... Rac8 16. e4 Ne7 17. Rc1 $6 (17. Rd1 $142) 17... f5
18. Bb5 Red8 19. Bc4 Kf7 20. e5 c5 21. Ne2 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bd5 $15 {Sherbakov,
R-Karpov,A/Moscow 1993/EXT 97(0-1)(40) - was checked in the previous games.})
16. e4 $5 $146 ({Slightly worse is:} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. O-O-O c5 18. Kc2 Bc6 19.
e4 Nc7 20. Ne2 Rad8 {-with equal position. Sherbakov,R-Timman,J/Moscow1993(1/
2-1/2)(39)}) 16... exd4 $140 17. O-O-O ({Very badly:} 17. Bxd4 $2 {because of:}
f5 {[%csl Re4]}) 17... Nf4 $5 {[%cal Gf4e6]} 18. Bxd4 Rad8 {/\19...Ne6 and 20..
.Nc5 or 20...Ne5} 19. Ne2 ({Can be recommended:} 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nh3 $5 (20.
Ne2 {-transfers to 19.Ne2}) 20... Ne5 21. Be2 c5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 {
with slight positional advantage for white.}) 19... Ne6 20. Be3 (20. Bc3 $143
Ndc5 {[%cal Gc5a4]}) 20... Ba6 $6 {After this inaccuracy white transfers to
better endgame.} ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 20... Ndc5 $5) ({or} 
20... Ne5 $5) 21. Nf4 Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 $14 {_|_} Nxf4 23. Bxf4 {[%mdl 4096]} Nc5
{[%cal Gc5d3,Gc5e6,Gc5b3]} 24. Kc2 {[%csl Yc2,Rd3]} (24. Bxc7 $2 {is refuted
by:} Rc8 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc5e4]}) ({Also dubious:} 24. Rxd8 $6 Rxd8 $140 25.
Bxc7 $2 Rc8 26. Bg3 $8 Nxe4+ 27. Kd1 Rd8+ 28. Kc1 Nxg3 29. hxg3 $11) 24... Ne6
25. Be3 h5 $5 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Yh5g4] This move against-26.g4;/\h4-h5(clamp in
the king side for black).} (25... c5 $6 26. Kc3 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 26. Kc3 $5 ({
After:} 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 {white has a minimum chance for
win.}) 26... c6 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yc6d5]} 27. a4 $5 {/\Kc4,b4,b5} ({Maybe
better from the beginning:} 27. b4) 27... Nc7 {[%cal Gc7d5]} (27... Kf8 $142 {
[%cal Gf8e7]}) 28. Bf4 Ne6 29. Be3 Nc7 30. Kc4 ({Badly:} 30. b4 $2 {because of:
} Nd5+ {[%csl Rb4,Re3]}) 30... b5+ $6 (30... Kf8 $142 {[%cal Gf8e7]}) 31. axb5
({Dubious:} 31. Kc5 $6 {in view of:} Na6+ $1 (31... Ne6+ $143 32. Kxc6 Rb8 $5
$13 {[%cal Ge8c8]} (32... bxa4 $2 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Bxa7 Rd2 35. Rf2 $16)) 32.
Kxc6 Rb8 $36 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 31... cxb5+ 32. Kb4 (32. Kc5 $1 Ne6+ $140 33. Kb4
{[%csl Ra7,Rb5] +/=/+/-} (33. Kxb5 $2 Rb8+ 34. Ka4 Rxb2 35. Rf2 $11)) 32... Ra8
{[%cal Ga7a5]} 33. Ra1 $5 ({Interestingly,but senseless:} 33. Rd7 a5+ 34. Kc5
Rec8 35. Rfd1 $13) 33... f5 {[%csl Re3]} (33... Nd5+ $2 34. exd5 Rxe3 35. Rfe1
$1 Rxe1 (35... Rd3 36. Rad1 $16) 36. Rxe1 $16) 34. Rfc1 Re7 {[%cal Gf5e4,Ye7c7]
} ({Again badly:} 34... Nd5+ $2 35. exd5 Rxe3 36. Re1 $16 (36. Rc7 $143 Re2 $14
)) 35. Bc5 $6 ({Good enough:} 35. Bxa7 fxe4 $140 36. Bc5 $1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 $16)
35... Rd7 {[%csl Rb2,Rg2,Rh2][%cal Gd7d2]} 36. exf5 Rd2 37. Rxa7 $2 (37. Bxa7
$142 Nd5+ (37... Rxb2+ $4 38. Ka3 $18 {[%csl Rb2,Rc7]}) 38. Kxb5 Rxb2+ 39. Kc4
$16) 37... Nd5+ 38. Kxb5 Rxb2+ 39. Kc4 Rxa7 40. Bxa7 Ne7 $14 {[%csl Rf5,Rg2]}
41. f6 $2 (41. g4 $142 Rxh2 42. Bc5 Kf7 43. Re1 $14) 41... gxf6 42. Bd4 (42.
Rg1 Nf5 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2][%cal Gf5h4]}) 42... Rxg2 43. Bxf6 Kf7 $11 44. Be5 Ng6
45. Bc7 Rf2 46. Rc3 Nh4 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 $5 {Besides,black has two options:} (10... c5 $5 {
-see comments to Karpov,A-Piket,J/Monaco,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) ({
and} 10... Nbd7 $5 {(is the main line).You can see comments to Piket,J-Karpov,
A/Monaco,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) 11. Nh3 $5 {Other alternatives
are:11.Bd3;11.Rc1;11.cxd5} Nbd7 12. cxd5 $5 (12. Rc1) (12. Be2) ({and} 12. Bd3
{-was checked in the previous games.}) 12... exd5 (12... Nxd5 $143 13. Bxd8
Nxc3 14. Bh4 Nd5 15. Kf2 $14 {1-0 Onischuk,A-Bako,V/Budapest 1992/CBM 30 ext 
(39)}) 13. Be2 ({Another alternative is:} 13. Bf2 $5) 13... Qe7 14. Bf2 c5 15.
O-O c4 $6 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 15... Rac8) ({Also possibly:} 
15... cxd4) 16. b3 $5 (16. Rfb1 $5 b5 17. b3 Nb6 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. a4 Nc8 20.
Bd1 Nd6 21. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Alexandria,N-Maric,A/Kuala Lumpur 1990/TD (60)}) 16...
b5 17. bxc4 $146 {This is move undoubtedly better than:} (17. Rfe1 $6 Nb6 18.
bxc4 bxc4 19. Bd1 Bc6 20. Nf4 (20. Bh4 $2 Ne4 $1 $11) 20... Qd7 21. Rb1 Ba4 22.
Bxa4 Nxa4 23. Qa5 Rab8 {=/=/+; See comments to Hracek,Z-Lutz,C/Rimavska Sobota,
1991/CBM 24(0-1)(Ftacnik)(46)}) 17... bxc4 ({After:} 17... dxc4 $6 18. e4 Nb6
19. Bd1 {[%csl Yd1][%cal Yd1a4] (/\Rab1,d5)-white has a positional advantage,
thanks to a strong pawn chain on the centre.}) 18. Bd1 $1 {[%mdl 32] with the
idea a4,after 18...Bc6 and 19...Nb6} Nb6 19. Bc2 Bc6 20. a4 $14 Qd7 $6 {
[%csl Ra4]} ({Can be recommended:} 20... a5 $5) 21. a5 Nc8 $8 (21... Na4 $4 {
is refuted by:} 22. Qa3 $18 {[%csl Ra4]}) 22. Bh4 $1 {/\Nf2} Nh7 23. Nf2 Nd6
24. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Gg4e5]} Nf5 ({Another possibility is:} 24... Nb5 25. Qd2 Qe6
26. Ne5 $14) 25. Bf2 f6 26. h3 $1 {[%csl Yh2][%cal Yg4h2,Gf1e1,Ge3e4]} Nd6 ({
Interestingly:} 26... Ng5 {[%csl Re4,Yg5]}) 27. Rfe1 Rac8 28. e4 $1 Nb5 ({
After:} 28... dxe4 $6 29. d5 $1 Bxd5 30. Rad1 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6] white has a
strong pressure.}) 29. Qd2 h5 ({Also possibly:} 29... dxe4 $5 30. fxe4 Ng5 31.
d5 $140 h5 {[%csl Re4,Rg4]} 32. Nh2 Ba8 $14 {[%cal Gb5d6]}) 30. Ne3 dxe4 31. d5
f5 $2 ({It is necessary:} 31... c3 32. Qd1 Ba8 33. fxe4 {[%csl Rh5]} Ng5 $14)
32. Nxf5 $1 Qxd5 $2 {Again mistake.} (32... Qxf5 $142 33. dxc6 (33. Bxe4 Qd7 $1
(33... Rxe4 $143 34. fxe4 Qd7 35. Qd1 Ba8 36. Qxh5 Nf6 37. Qf3 $16) 34. Qc2 {
[%csl Rh7]} (34. Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qc2+ g6 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. dxc6 Qxc6 {+/=/=})
34... Rxe4 35. fxe4 Ba8 36. Rad1 $14) 33... Nf6 {+/=/+/-}) 33. Qxd5+ Bxd5 34.
Ba4 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga4,Rb5,Rc8,Re8,Gf5]} a6 ({Loses right away:} 34... Bc6 35.
Bxb5 Bxb5 36. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rb5,Rc8,Re4,Re8]}) 35. Bxb5 axb5 36. fxe4 $1 {
This move better than:33.Nd6 because of:Nf6} Bc6 (36... Rxe4 $2 37. Rxe4 Bxe4
38. Ne7+ {[%csl Rc8,Rg8]}) (36... Bxe4 37. Nd6 Nf6 38. Bh4 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Re4,
Re8,Yf6]} (38. a6 $5) 38... Bc6 39. Bxf6 gxf6 (39... Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Ra8 41. Bc3
$18) 40. Rxe8+ Rxe8 41. Nxe8 Bxe8 42. a6 Bc6 43. a7 Ba8 44. Rb1 $18) 37. Nd6
Nf6 38. a6 $5 ({Good enough:} 38. e5 Rcd8 39. Nxe8 Nxe8 40. e6 $18) 38... c3 (
38... Nxe4 $144 39. Nxe8 Rxe8 40. a7 Kf7 41. Ra6 {[%cal Ga6b6,Gb6b8]} Ba8 42.
Rb6 Re5 43. Rb8 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rb5]}) 39. a7 c2 40. e5 Ne4 41. Nxe8 Rxe8 42.
Rec1 {[%csl Ga7,Rc2]} 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Nosenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 $5 ({Other lines are:} 8. g3 $5 {-see comments to Bareev,E-Piket,J/Sarajevo,
1998(cbm66) 1/2-1/2(Golod,V)(27)}) ({and:} 8. Nh3 $5) 8... b6 {Is the main
line.} ({Worse is:} 8... c5 {in view of:} 9. f3 $1 (9. Nf3 $143 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7
11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 Ne7 13. b4 {1/2-1/2 Dorfman,J-Romanishin,O/Polanica Zdroj
1993/CBM 37 (22) +/=/=}) (9. Bd3 $143 Qg5 10. g3 b6 11. f3 Qf6 $1 12. Nh3 Nd6
13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rf1 Nc6 15. Ng1 Rb8 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Be2 Bb7 18. b3 Qh6 19.
Bd1 Ne4 20. Rb2 $10 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Wells,P/Linares 1995/CBM 51/[Giese] (25)
[#]}) 9... Qh4+ 10. g3 Nxg3 11. Qf2 f4 12. exf4 Nf5 13. Qxh4 Nxh4 14. dxc5 a5 (
14... Nc6 $5) 15. b3 Nc6 16. Kf2 Rb8 17. Rb1 b6 18. cxb6 Rxb6 19. Be3 Rb7 20.
c5 Rb8 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Be4 Ne7 23. Ne2 Nd5 24. Bd2 $16 {1-0 Karpov,A-Piket,J/
Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (51)}) 9. Ne2 $5 ({Besides, white has three
alternatives:} 9. Nf3) (9. Bd3) (9. Nh3) 9... Bb7 (9... d6 $6 10. f3 Nf6 11.
Bd2 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 Qe7 14. Nf4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 $14 {1-0
Linauskas,D-Kaunas,K/Vilnius 1996/CBM 53 ext (40)}) 10. f3 {is the better move!
} ({Dubious:} 10. Ng3 {because of:} Qh4 $1 {[%csl Rg3]} 11. Nxe4 (11. Bd3 d6
12. d5 Nc5 13. O-O Nxd3 14. Qxd3 exd5 $17 {[%csl Rd3,Rf1][%cal Gb7a6] 1/2-1/2
Kahn,E-Murzin,L/Budapest 1996/EXT 98 (67)}) 11... Bxe4 12. Qd2 Rf6 13. h3 Rg6
14. Rg1 Nc6 15. b4 Re8 $36 {0-1 Lev,R-Greenfeld,A/Tel Aviv 1996/CBM 52 ext (35)
}) 10... Nf6 ({Another line is:} 10... Nd6 $5 11. Nc3 (11. Bd2 $2 {see
comments to Beliavsky,A-Lobron,E/Dortmund,1995/cbm48(1-0),(Von Gleich);(51)})
11... Nc6 12. b4 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 f4 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 fxe3+ 17.
Bxe3 Rxf5 18. Rhe1 {+/=/= Balanel,I-Tsvetkov,A/Marianske Lazne 1951/EXT98(1-0)
(57)}) (10... Qh4+ $2 11. g3 Qh5 12. Bg2 Ng5 13. Nf4 Nxf3+ $140 $2 14. Kf2 $18)
11. Nc3 Kh8 $6 $146 ({Better is:} 11... c5 $5 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gc5d4]} 12. d5
$5 (12. b4 $5) 12... Kh8 $1 13. e4 $1 {See comments to Azmaiparashvili,Z-Adams,
M/Madrid 1996/cbm53(1/2-1/2),(Azmaiparashvili);(46)} (13. dxe6 $143 {
(Azmaiparashvili)} dxe6 14. Be2 $10)) 12. Be2 {+/=/= White's plan is:0-0,e4.}
c5 $1 {Is the best move(><d4)} 13. dxc5 $5 ({After:} 13. O-O {black equalizes}
Nc6 14. d5 $5 (14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rd1 Qe7 $11) 14... Ne5 (14... Ne7 $143 15.
dxe6 dxe6 16. Rd1 $14) (14... exd5 $143 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Qxf5 d6 17. Qc2 Nxd5
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. e4 $14) 15. f4 Nf7 $11) 13... bxc5 $140 14. b4 Nc6 $5 ({
Dubious:} 14... cxb4 15. axb4 a5 16. b5 d6 17. Qd3 $1 $14 {/\Ba3(><d6)}) 15. b5
Ne7 ({Also possible:} 15... Ne5 16. O-O d6 17. Rd1 $14) ({and:} 15... Na5 16.
O-O d5 17. cxd5 (17. Rd1 $5) 17... exd5 (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Rd1 $16) 18. Bd3 f4
$1 $13) 16. Bb2 Qc7 $5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} ({Badly:} 16... d5 17. O-O d4 18. Na4 Qd6
19. exd4 cxd4 20. c5 Qf4 21. c6 $16) 17. O-O Rac8 $6 ({Better is at once:} 
17... f4 $5 18. exf4 Qxf4 19. Rad1 Nf5 20. Qd2 {+/=/=}) 18. Rad1 f4 ({After 17.
..Rac8, logical move is:} 18... d5) 19. exf4 (19. e4 $6 {(weakness:d4)} e5 $13)
19... Qxf4 20. Qd2 $1 $14 Qxd2 (20... Ng6 $6 {is refuted by:} 21. Ne4 $1 d5 (
21... Nxe4 $143 22. fxe4 Qxd2 (22... Qxe4 $4 23. Bf3 $18) 23. Rxd2 Rxf1+ 24.
Bxf1 $16) 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Rfe1 {+/=/+/-}) 21. Rxd2 d5 22. cxd5 ({Dubious:} 
22. Bd3 {because of:} d4 (22... Rfd8 $6 23. Re2 $16) 23. Nd1 Nh5 24. Nf2 (24.
Re1 Nf4 25. Bf1 Nf5 $13) 24... Nf4 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf5 $13) 22... exd5
23. Rc1 {/\Na4(קc5,Pd5)} Nf5 $6 (23... d4 $1 24. Na4 Nd7 25. Rdc2 Rf5 {+/=/=})
24. Nd1 $5 {(><e3)/\a4,Ba3(><c5)} Nd7 $6 {[%csl Ya4,Yc4][%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4,
Gb6a4]} (24... Rfe8 $5) 25. a4 Nb6 26. Ba3 $1 {Is the better, than:} (26. a5
Na4 27. Ba3 Nd4 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2][%cal Gd4b3]} 28. Nb2 Nxb2 $2 (28... Nb3 $2 29.
Nxa4 Nxd2 30. Nxc5 Rfe8 31. Kf2 {+/=/+/-}) 29. Rxb2 Rfe8 30. Bf1 c4 {+/=/=})
26... Nxa4 27. Nb2 {[%csl Rc5]} Nxb2 $6 (27... Nb6 $5 28. Rxc5 $14 Rxc5 $140 $6
29. Bxc5 Rc8 $2 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Na4 $18 {[%csl Rb6]}) 28. Rxb2 c4 $2 (28...
Nd4 29. Rxc5 Rfe8 30. Bf1 Ne6 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 $14 {is a possible continuation of
the play.}) 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Bxc4 $5 $16 ({Better is:} 30. Ra1 $1 {[%csl Ra7]}
c3 31. Rba2 Nd4 32. Rxa7 $1 (32. Bd3 $143 Nb3 $1 33. Rxa7 $140 Nc5 34. Bc2 d4
35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Kf2 $16) 32... c2 (32... Nxe2+ 33. Kf2 $18) 33. Bd3 Nb3 34.
Bxc2 Nxa1 35. Rxa1 $18) 30... Rc8 $8 ({Loses:} 30... dxc4 31. Rxc4 {[%csl Ra7]}
Nd6 32. Rc7 {(/\Rd2;Rd7)} Rb8 (32... h6 $2 33. Rd7 Rf6 34. Rd2 $18 {[%csl Rb7,
Rd6]}) 33. Rd2 Ne8 (33... Nxb5 $2 34. Rxb7 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 34. Rcd7 {[%cal
Gd7d8]} Kg8 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8 Kf8 37. Rd7 $18) 31. Rbc2 Nd4 (31... Ne3 $143
32. Bxd5 Rxc2 (32... Nxc2 $143 33. Bxb7 Rc3 (33... Rb8 $4 34. Rxc2 Rxb7 35.
Rc8#) (33... Rc5 $4 {(c7)} 34. Be4 $18) (33... Rc4 34. Bd5 Rc3 35. Be4 {
-see 33...Rc3(after 34.Be4)}) 34. Be4 (34. Kh1 $143 Ra3 $8) 34... Nd4 35. Rxc3
Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nxc3 37. Bc6 $18) 33. Rxc2 Nxc2 (33... Bxd5 34. Rc8+ Bg8 35. Ra8
$18 {[%csl Gb5]}) (33... Nxd5 34. Re2 $1 {[%csl Rh8]} (34. Ra2 $5) 34... Nf6 (
34... Kg8 $2 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rb8 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) 35. Re7 Bd5 36. Rxa7 $18 {
[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb5b6]}) 34. Bxb7 {+/-/+-}) (31... dxc4 $5 32. Rxc4 Rb8 (32...
Rxc4 $2 33. Rxc4 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 33. Rc7 h6 34. Rd7 $16 {/\Rcc7(קa7)}) 32.
Bd3 {White transfers to winning endgame.} Nxc2 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 ({Senseless:} 
33... Kg8 34. Kf2 {and so on.}) ({Loses:} 33... Rb8 {in view of:} 34. Rc7 {
[%cal Gc7h7,Gc7a7,Gf2e3,Gg1f2,Ge3d4]}) 34. Bxc2 d4 $8 {(><e3)} 35. Kf2 {
/\Ke2-d3(קd4)} Bd5 $8 (35... a6 $2 36. b6 $18 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gc2e4]}) 36.
Ke2 Bc4+ 37. Bd3 Bd5 38. Kd2 {/\Be2,Kd3(Pd4)} g5 $2 {Probably because of the
zeitnot black makes this mistake.} (38... Be6 $142 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ge6d7,
Ge6f5]} 39. Be2 Bd7 (39... Bf5 $142 40. g4 Bb1 41. h4 {+/-/+-}) 40. Bc4 Bf5 41.
g4 Bg6 (41... Bb1 42. h4) 42. h4 Bb1 (42... h5 43. g5 Bf5 44. f4 $18) (42... h6
43. h5 Bb1 44. Bf7 $1 $18 {/\Bg6,Kd3}) 43. h5 h6 44. Bd5 $18 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Gd5e4]}) 39. Be2 $18 Kg7 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Kxd4 Bb7 42. Bd3 h5 43. Be4 Bc8 44.
Kd5 {/\Kd6-c7-b8(קa7)} Be6+ 45. Kd6 {[%cal Yd6e5]} Bc4 46. Bc6 h4 47. g3 hxg3
48. hxg3 1-0

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 $5 7. Bg5 Qe7
$5 (7... Nc6 $5 8. Nf3 Re8 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be2 a5 12. b3 Bg4 13. Qb2
Qd6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Gerusel,
M-Unzicker,W/West Berlin 1971}) (7... Nbd7 $5 8. e3 c5 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Bb7
11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 d5 $5 $13 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Andersson,U/BL 9798 1998 (37)}) (
7... b6 $5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nd2 a5 13. O-O
Ra6 14. b3 Qa8 15. f3 Rb8 $11 {0-1 Sirotkina,N-Brodsky,M/Chigorin mem open, St
Petersburg RUS 1997 (54)}) (7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. e3 Qf6
12. Bd3 (12. Ne2 $5 e5 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 $14) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14.
O-O-O (14. Qc3 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc2 Be6 $15 {Ahlander,B-Chernyshov,K/
Berliner Sommer 1995/EXP 47/1-0 (88)}) 14... Nc6 (14... e4 $11 {Aseev}) 15. d5
Ne7 16. f4 $5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,S-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg-ch 1997 (23)}) (7...
Re8 $5 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Bd3 e5 11. Ne2 e4 12. Bc2 Bf5 13. h3 Nbd7 14. g4
(14. Qa5 c5 $1) 14... Bh7 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Bg3 (16. Qa5 $5 {Salov}) 16... a6
$1 17. Qa5 c5 $1 18. Nc3 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rd2 Rxc4 22. Rhd1
$44 {1-0 Salov,V-Kosashvili,Y/EUCup Gr7 1993 (82)}) 8. Nf3 $5 (8. e3 $5 e5 (
8... b6 $5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. b4 Rac8 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Rfc1
cxd4 15. exd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Rechlis,G/ISR-chT 1996 (26)}) 9. O-O-O
$143 (9. Bd3 $5 {Alterman} h6 10. Bh4 exd4 11. Qxd4 g5 12. Bg3 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne4
14. Bxe4 $1 (14. Qc2 $2 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nc5 16. Ne2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Nxe2 18. Qxe2
Bf5 $10) 14... Qxe4 15. f3 Qg6 (15... Qe7 $1 16. h4 Re8 17. Kf2 Ne5 $13) 16.
Ne2 b6 $2 (16... Re8 17. h4 $36) 17. h4 $16 {1-0 Alterman,B-Finkel,A/ISR-chT
1996 (32)}) 9... Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Nf8 12. f3 c6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 d5
$13 {1-0 Kahn,E-Kaunas,K/Budapest FS10 IM-A 1993 (36)}) 8... Re8 $5 (8... Nbd7
$5 9. e3 e5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. O-O Ng6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. c5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bd3 Nf8 {1/2-1/2 Chekhova Kostina,T-Sirotkina,N/RUS-chW 1994}) 9.
e3 e5 $5 $146 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. Be2 $5 (10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2
Sherbakov,R-Sher,M/Anapa 1991}) 10... b6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Rxe7 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. a4 a5 16. Nb1 Bc6 17. Bd1 f5 18. Na3 Nf6 19. Nb5 $11 {
Onischuk,A-Seils,J/BL2-N 1995/1-0 (83)}) 10. Be2 $142 {/\0-0} Bf5 $6 {[%csl
Rb7]} (10... e4 11. Nd2 $140 Nd5 $5 12. Bxe7 $142 (12. cxd5 Qxg5 13. Qxc7 Qxg2
14. Rf1 Qxh2 $2 (14... Qg6 $13 {[%cal Gc8h3]}) 15. Nxe4 Bh3 $140 $4 16. Ng5 $18
{[%csl Rf7,Rh2][%cal Gg5f3,Gc7f7]}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rxe7 $14) (10... Nbd7
$5) 11. Qb3 $5 {><b7} Nbd7 $1 12. O-O (12. Qxb7 $140 Reb8 13. Qxc7 Rxb2 $44 {
[%csl Re2][%cal Gb2e2]}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal
Ye7c7]} 14. Qxb7 $6 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qxb7 $2 (15. Rad1 $11) 15... Reb8 16.
Qa6 (16. Qc6 Be4 17. Qa4 Rxb2 18. Rfe1 Qc5 $17) 16... Rxb2 $36) 14... Reb8 15.
Qc6 exd4 $1 16. Nxd4 $140 Be4 17. Qa4 Rxb2 $15) 13... a5 $6 (13... b6 $5 $14)
14. Qxb7 g5 $1 (14... Rab8 $2 15. Qxc7 Rxb2 16. dxe5 (16. Rfe1 $5 e4 {[%csl
Rf3]} 17. Nd2 $1 Rxd2 18. Qxa5 {[%csl Re2,Rf5]} Rxe2 19. Rxe2 $14) 16... dxe5
17. Rfe1 a4 18. Bd1 $16 {[%csl Ra4]}) (14... Reb8 15. Qxc7 (15. Qc6 $16 {
[%csl Ra8]}) 15... Rxb2 $2 (15... g5 $1 {see 14...g5}) 16. Bd1 $16) 15. Bg3
Reb8 $8 (15... Rab8 $2 16. Qxc7 Rxb2 17. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]} e4 $140 $2 18.
Bxd6 Qe6 19. Ne5 $18) 16. Qxc7 $1 (16. Qc6 $143 Be4 (16... Qd8 $5) 17. d5 (17.
Qxc7 $4 Rb7 $19 {[%csl Rc7]}) 17... Qd8 $14) 16... Rxb2 $2 (16... Rc8 $1 17.
Qb7 Rcb8 18. Qc6 Be4 19. Qa4 (19. d5 $4 Nc5 {[%csl Rc6]}) 19... Rxb2 20. Qd1
$142 $14 (20. Rfe1 $2 Bc2 21. Qc6 Be4 22. d5 (22. Qa4 Bc2 $11) (22. Qc7 $4 Rb7
$19) 22... Rab8 $13) (20. Bd1 $4 Nb6 $19)) 17. Rfe1 $16 Be4 (17... Ne4 $5 18.
dxe5 (18. c5 $5) 18... Nxg3 $8 19. hxg3 dxe5 20. Rad1 $16) 18. c5 $1 {[%csl
Rd6,Re5]} dxc5 (18... Ne8 $2 19. cxd6 Qe6 (19... Nxd6 20. Nxe5 $18) 20. Qc1 Rc2
21. Qd1 $18) 19. Nxe5 cxd4 20. exd4 Qd8 21. Qc3 $1 {><b2;/\Bc4} Rc2 22. Qb3 {
[%csl Rf7]} Nxe5 (22... Qe7 23. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Ye4][%cal Gb3c2]} a4 (23...
Rb8 24. Ng6 $1 $18) 24. Qb1 Rb8 25. Qd1 $18) 23. Bxe5 a4 24. Qh3 $18 {[%csl
Re4,Rh6][%cal Ge2d1,Gh3h6]} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 (7. c5
Nd5 8. Qc2 Bb7 (8... f5 $5) 9. Nh3 $6 (9. e4 $5) 9... f5 10. f3 $2 Qh4+ 11. g3
Qxd4 $17 (11... Qe7 $2 12. Bg2 Nf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Schandorff,L-Sammalvuo,T/KS
open, Copenhagen DEN 1998 (43)})) 7... c6 8. Bg5 (8. f3 cxb5 9. e4 a6 10. Bd3
Nc6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Bc2 {[%cal Gc3d3]} d6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Bb1 $14 {
0-1 Stefansson,H-Greger,R/Politiken Cup, Copenhagen DEN 1998 (52)}) 8... cxb5
9. e3 Bb7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bxb5 Bb7 $44) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1
a6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qc7 Bd5 14. Ne2 Bc4 15. Ng3 Bxf1 16. Nxf1 Qd8 17. Nd2 Nc6
18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Ke2 Kf8 20. Rc2 Ke7 21. Rhc1 Rdb8 22. Nb3 Ra7 23. Rc5 Kd6
24. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Winants,L/AKN Open, Haarlem NED 1998 (32)}) 10.
f3 (10. Nf3 {is the main line.See comments to Georgiev,K-Nikolic,Pr Bosnia 1998
}) 10... h6 (10... a6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Rfxd8 16. Rfb1 Ne7 17. a4 Nd5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Be4 (19. Ra7 $5) 19... f5
20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxb5 Bc4 22. Rb2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Drasko,M-Barlov,
D/JUG-ch 1995}) 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 $5) 11... Qxf6 12. Nh3 Rc8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bd3
d6 (14... d5 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 15. f4 {[%csl Rb7,Rc5,Re5]}) 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rad1 {
[%cal Gd3b1,Gf3f4,Ge3e4]} Nb6 (16... e5 $142 $5 17. Bb1 (17. dxe5 Nxe5 $36) (
17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxb5 Nb6 $1 19. Be2 Bb3 $1 $15) 17... Nb6 (17... d5 $5)) 17. f4
$1 {[%cal Gd3b1,Ge3e4]} Rc7 (17... Nc4 $5 18. Qe2 d5 19. Nf2 Qe7) 18. Bb1 {
[%cal Ge3e4]} Nc4 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. e4 Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 21. f5 {[%cal Gf5f6] /
\f6} (21. e5 $5 $40 {[%cal Gh3f2,Gf2g4,Ge2d3]}) 21... exf5 $8 22. Rxf5 Re8 {
[%csl Re4]} (22... d5 23. e5 Nd6 24. Rff1 $1 (24. Rf4 Ne4 {[%cal Gc7c1]}) 24...
Ne4 25. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5] /\N:d5} (25. Nf2)) 23. Nf2 Bc8 24. Rf3 {[%cal Gf3g3,
Ge2h5]} a5 $5 25. Rg3 {[%cal Ge2h5]} f5 (25... Qh4 $5) 26. Qh5 f4 $5 (26...
fxe4 $2 27. Bxe4 {[%csl Rg8]}) (26... Nxb2 $1 27. Rf1 f4 28. Rf3 {[%cal Gh5b5,
Gf3f4]} (28. Rg6 $5) 28... Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d2]} 29. Ba2 $13) 27. Rc3 $1 {[%csl
Re8][%cal Gb2b3,Yc3c7,Gh5b5]} (27. Rf3 Nxb2 (27... Ne3 28. Re1 {[%csl Rb5,Rf4]}
) 28. Re1 (28. Rf1 Nc4 $1) 28... Nc4 $1 29. Qxb5 Bd7 30. Qh5 Qf6 {[%csl Rd4]})
27... b4 (27... Be6 $5 28. b3 Bf7 $8 (28... b4 $2 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 bxa3
31. Ba2 $18 {[%cal Gd1d3]}) 29. Qxb5 Rb7 (29... Nxa3 30. Qxa5 Rxc3 31. Qxc3
Nxb1 32. Rxb1 $16) 30. bxc4 $1 Rxb5 31. cxb5 $14) 28. Rxc4 $1 Rxc4 29. Ba2 Be6
30. Bxc4 (30. d5 $4 Bf7) 30... Bxc4 31. Qxa5 d5 $1 32. e5 (32. exd5 $4 Qe1+ 33.
Rxe1 Rxe1#) 32... Rb8 $1 (32... bxa3 $5 33. Qxa3 Qxa3 34. bxa3 Ra8 35. Ra1 Ra4
{[%csl Ra3,Rd4]}) 33. axb4 f3 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 34. Qc5 $1 (34. gxf3 Qg5+ 35. Kh1
(35. Ng4 h5) 35... Qe3 $40) (34. Qa3 $2 Be2 $1 35. Re1 Qg5 36. g3 Rc8 $1 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc8c1]}) 34... Qg5 35. g3 Kh8 $5 (35... Kh7 $142 $1) 36. b3 $6
(36. Qd6 Rg8 $1 {[%cal Gc4e2] /\37...Be2 38.Ra1 Rc8!(Rc1)} 37. e6 Be2 (37...
Re8 $5) 38. Ra1 Qd2 $1 (38... Rc8 $2 39. Qf4 $1) 39. Qc5 (39. Qxd5 Rc8 $1 40.
h3 Rc1+ 41. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf1 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ $11) 39... Qxb2 40.
Re1 (40. Rc1 Re8 $1) 40... Qd2 41. Ra1 (41. Rb1 Qe3 $1 42. Qxd5 $140 $2 Rc8 $1
43. h4 (43. e7 $8) 43... Bd3 $1 $19 (43... Rc1+ $2 44. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf1
46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qe4+ $11)) 41... Qb2 $11) 36... Bxb3 37. Rd3 $6 (37. Rb1 Ba2 (
37... Bc4 $5) 38. Ra1 (38. Rd1 Bb3) (38. Rc1 Bc4) 38... Bc4 $13 (38... Qd2 $5))
37... Bc4 38. Rd1 (38. Rxf3 $4 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 $140 Qf1#) 38... Qe3 $1 {[%cal
Gb8a8,Ga8a2]} 39. Qd6 $1 Ra8 40. Qc6 $1 (40. b5 $2 Bd3 $3 $19 {[%csl Gf5][%cal
Ga8a2] /\Ra2}) 40... Ra2 41. Qc8+ Kh7 (41... Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44.
Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ (45. Qf5+ $4 Ke7 $19) (45. e6+ $4 Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kh7) 45... Kg6
46. Qe6+ Kh7 $8 47. Qf5+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 $5 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga6c4]} 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 $5 $146 {[%cal Ge2f3,Gf3a8]} ({Another
continuations are:} 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 (11... c5 12.
dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Kb1 $14) 12. b4 (12. O-O-O $2 c5 13.
d5 (13. dxc5 $2 Rxc5 14. Rxd6 Qc7 $17) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 b5
$17 {Tisdall,Jonathan D-Aagaard,Jacob/Politiken Cup,1996(0-1)(28)}) 12... c5
13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Bb7 $132) 10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 $11 (12. Rd1 Rc8
13. Ne2 (13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Bg3 (14. Qd4 Qc7 15. b3 Ra5 16. a4 d5 $15) 14... Ne5
$15) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. b3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 d5 $15 {Comp Pentium
Fritz4-Kasparov,G/London, 1995(0-1)(46)})) (9. b4 $5 {See comments to Karpov,
A-Polgar,J/Hoogeveen,1999/CBM 74(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(39)}) (9. Nf3 {See comments
to Gabriel,C-Wells,P/Pulvermuehle,2000/CBM 75 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (22)}) (9. Qc2
{[%cal Gg1e2,Ge2c3] See comments to Kacheishvili,G-Milov,V/Batumi,1999/CBM 74 
(0-1)(Golod,V) (21)}) (9. Bd3 $5 {See comments to Jelen,I-Gyimesi,Z/Baden,
1999/CBM 71(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(25)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Gf3b7] With
this manoeuvr was connected previous move of white.} Rc8 11. b4 $5 (11. Ne2 $2
c5 $15 {[%csl Rc4]}) 11... c6 $5 {[%mdl 256] Black is preparing c6-c5 or e6-e5.
White BB par is not important in closed positions like this one.} ({White
prevented:} 11... c5 $4 {in view of:} 12. b5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 $18 {[%csl Ra6]})
12. Qb3 (12. Ne2 Qc7 {[%cal Gc6c5]} (12... d5 13. c5 $14) {After} 13. O-O {
black have number of ways to equalize:} c5 (13... e5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3 (15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Ng3 Rcd8 $11) 15... exd4 16. Qxd4 c5 $11) 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5
Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 17. Ng3 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfd1 d5 $132)
12... Qc7 13. Ne2 e5 $1 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ge5e4] Black play against Bf3!} (13...
c5 $5 $132) (13... d5 14. cxd5 (14. c5 $6 e5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17.
Nd4 bxc5 18. bxc5 $15 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ga6f1]}) 14... cxd5 15. b5 Bb7 16. Rc1
Qd6 17. O-O $14) 14. Bxf6 {White simplifice the game.To keep par of BB was not
effective:} (14. e4 $6 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rfe8 $15) (14. Ng3 $2 exd4 15. exd4 Rfe8+
16. Be2 d5 $17) (14. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 (14... dxe5 15. e4 h6 $5 (15... c5 $6 16. b5
Bb7 17. Nc3 h6 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 (19... Bxd5 20. exd5 e4 21. Be2 $14)
20. exd5 Nf6 21. O-O $14) 16. Be3 Rfd8 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6] with plan to remove
Nd7 to e6} 17. O-O Nf8 18. Rfd1 Ne6 $132) 15. b5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Nxf3+
17. gxf3 gxf6 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. Qc3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gc3f6]} Qe7 20. Nf5 Qe5 21.
Qxe5 dxe5 22. Ke2 (22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Ke2 $11) 22... Rc7 $11 (22...
Rfd8 23. Rhd1 cxb5 24. Nd6 (24. cxb5 Rc2+ 25. Kf1 Rg8 26. e4 Bc8 27. Rac1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Bxf5 29. exf5 Kg7 $11) 24... Rxd6 25. Rxd6 bxc4 26. Rd7 $16)) 17. Nd4
Rfe8 $132) 14... Nxf6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ng3 e4 $1 {A little tactical trick!}
17. Be2 (17. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qe5 {[%cal Ge5e4,Ge5a1]} 19. Qb1 Bxc4 $17 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Gc4f1]}) 17... c5 $11 {Black solved all of opening problem.} (
17... Rfd8 $11) 18. Qa4 (18. b5 $6 Bb7 19. O-O Qe5 (19... Rfd8 20. Rfd1 $11)
20. a4 h5 21. a5 h4 22. a6 hxg3 (22... Ba8 $5) 23. axb7 gxh2+ 24. Kh1 Rcd8 25.
Rxa7 Rd2 $132) 18... Bb7 19. O-O ({Loses right away:} 19. Qxa7 $4 Ra8) 19...
Bc6 (19... a6 20. Rfd1 $11) 20. b5 Bd7 21. Rfd1 Rcd8 22. Ra2 (22. Qc2 Qe5 23.
a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} h5 $1 24. a5 h4 $132) 22... Be6 23. Rad2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 g6 25.
Qc2 {Black neutralized the white opening idea successful.} (25. Qd1 Qe5 $11) (
25. Qc2 Qe5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen 3rd"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 $5 (
{Other lines are:} 7... c5) ({and} 7... Bb7) 8. e3 d6 9. b4 {Besides,white has
several options:} (9. Nf3 $5 {See comments to Ivanchuk,V-Adams,M/ Linares,1999/
CBM 70(0-1)(Golod,V)(40)}) (9. f3) (9. Qc2) (9. Bd3 $5 {Is the main line.See
comments to Jelen,I-Gyimesi,Z/Baden,1999/CBM 71 (½-½)(Golod,V)(25)}) 9...
Nbd7 10. f3 $5 $146 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yf3e4][%mdl 8]} (10. Bd3 $5 {Is the first
game in this variation (9.b4)} c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b5 Bb7 13. f3 d5 14. Ne2
Qb6 15. O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 17. Qb3 $13 {Johansen,T-Gausel,E/Oslo,1998(0-1)
(43)}) 10... Re8 ({Also possibly:} 10... c5) ({Dubious:} 10... Ne4 {in view of:
} 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 $140 12. Bh4 $1 {[%csl Rc3] and because of bad knight(c3)
white has a big advantage.} (12. Bxc7 $143 Rfc8 13. Bxd6 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 $44
)) 11. Nh3 {[%csl Yh3][%cal Yh3g5]} (11. Bd3 $6 e5 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 12. d5 $140
$2 e4 $15) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 {with the idea c5;d5 or Ne4} ({Again dubious:} 
12... Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bxc7 (14. Bh4 $5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 14... Rac8 15. Bxd6
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Kd2 $16) 13. Bf2 d5 $5 {[%csl Ga6,Gd5]} ({Another
alternative is:} 13... c5 $5 14. dxc5 bxc5 (14... dxc5 $143 15. e4 {+/=/=}) 15.
b5 Bb7 16. Rd1 (16. Be2 d5 17. O-O e5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc2 e4 $13) 16... d5
17. Be2 e5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qd2 $13) 14. b5 ({Worse is:} 14. c5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1
bxc5 16. bxc5 (16. dxc5 $143 e5 $15) 16... e5 {[%csl Rf1] =/=/+}) 14... Bb7 15.
cxd5 ({Badly:} 15. c5 {because of:} c6 {[%csl Rc3,Gc8]}) 15... Nxd5 $1 {
Differently after:} (15... exd5 16. Bd3 c5 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qb2 {white has a
positional advantage.}) 16. Qb2 $140 e5 {[%csl Re1]} 17. e4 ({Much worse is:} 
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rd1 Qe7 $36) 17... exd4 18. Bxd4 {[%csl Rg7]} Nc5 $1 {
[%mdl 576] Is the best practical chance.} ({After:} 18... N5f6 19. Be2 {
white has a big positional advantage.}) 19. Bxc5 {This move better than:} (19.
Bxg7 $6 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qh4+ $44 {[%csl Re1]}) ({and} 19. O-O-O $2 {because of:}
Na4 $1 20. Qb3 $140 {[%csl Ra4,Rd5]} c6 {[%csl Rc1,Gc8]} 21. exd5 (21. Qxa4 $4
cxb5+ {[%csl Ra4,Rc1,Gc8]}) 21... cxb5+ 22. Kb1 Bxd5 $17 23. Qxb5 $140 Bxf3 $1
24. gxf3 (24. Qxa4 Bxd1 25. Qxd1 Re4 26. Ba6 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Bxc8 Qe4+
$19 {[%csl Rb1,Rg2]}) 24... Nc3+ 25. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 26. Kb2 (26. Ka2 Qxf3 $19 {
[%csl Rc3,Rh1]}) 26... Re1 $1 {[%cal Gd1b1]} 27. Bxe1 (27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. Bxd3
Rxh1) 27... Qc2+ 28. Ka1 Qc1+ 29. Ka2 (29. Qb1 Qxa3+ 30. Qa2 Rc1#) 29... Rc2+
30. Kb3 Rb2+ 31. Ka4 Qc2+ 32. Qb3 Qxb3#) 19... bxc5 20. O-O-O {[%csl Gd1,Rd5,
Rd8]} c6 $8 21. bxc6 {Besides this move can be recommended:} (21. Bc4 {(right
away)}) ({or after:} 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Bc4) 21... Bxc6 22. exd5 ({Dubious:} 22.
Bc4 {in view of:} Rb8 23. Qa1 (23. Bxd5 $6 Rxb2 24. Bxf7+ (24. Bxc6 $4 Qf6 $19
{[%csl Rc1][%cal Gf6c3]}) 24... Kxf7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Kxb2 Rd2+ 27. Kc3 Rxg2 {
=/=/+}) (23. Qc2 $2 Qa5 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ga5a3]}) 23... Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25.
Rd6 Bb5 $11) 22... Qa5 {with the idea 23...Rb8 weakness(Kc1;Pa3)} 23. dxc6 {
Is the obligatory move.} (23. Nf4 $2 Rb8 24. Qa1 Rb3 $1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gb3c3,
Gb3a3] with strong attack.}) (23. Nf2 $144 Rb8 24. Qa1 Rb3 $1 $17) 23... Rb8
24. c7 $6 ({In my opinion better is:} 24. Qa1 Rb3 $8 ({Loses:} 24... Re3 $2 {
[%cal Ge3c3]} 25. Bd3 c4 (25... Rb3 $143 26. Bc2 Rxa3 27. Qb1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}
Ra1 $140 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxa1) 26. c7 Qxc7 27. Bc2 Qc5 28. Rhe1 Rxa3 29. Qe5
$18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 25. Bd3 Rxa3 26. Qb2 Ra2 $1 {[%csl Rc1]} (26... c4 $2 27.
Rhe1 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Rg8]} Ra1+ 28. Bb1 Rxb1+ (28... Qxe1 $2 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30.
Kd2 c3+ (30... Raxb1 31. Qxb1 $1 Rxb1 32. c7 c3+ 33. Kc2 Rb2+ 34. Kxc3 $18) 31.
Qxc3 Raxb1 32. Qc2 $18) 29. Kxb1 (29. Qxb1 $4 Qc3+ 30. Qc2 Qa1+ 31. Qb1 Qc3+
$11) 29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Qc1 Qb4+ 32. Kc2 Qa4+ 33. Kc3 Qxc6 34. Qf4
$16 {[%csl Rc4] _|_}) 27. Rhe1 {[%csl Rg8]} Rc8 $1 {[%csl Rc1]} 28. Qb3 Ra3 29.
Qb2 Ra2 $11) 24... Rxb2 25. Kxb2 Qb6+ $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 25... Qxc7 26.
Bc4 Qe5+ 27. Kc2 Rb8 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qxh2 30. Bf1 $11) 26. Ka2 Qe6+ 27.
Kb2 c4 $5 {[%csl Rb2]} ({After:} 27... Qb6+ 28. Ka2 Qe6+ {equality}) 28. Rd8
Qb6+ 29. Kc3 ({Loses right away:} 29. Ka1 $2 Rxd8 30. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 $19 {
[%csl Ra1,Rc4,Yd8]}) ({Also good enough for equality:} 29. Kc2 Qb3+ 30. Kd2 c3+
(30... Qb2+ 31. Kd1 $11) 31. Kd3 c2+ 32. Kd2 c1=Q+ 33. Kxc1 Qxa3+ 34. Kc2 Qa2+
{and see game after:35...Qa2+}) 29... Qb3+ 30. Kd4 $11 (30. Kd2 {transfer to
29.Kc2}) 30... Qb6+ ({Senselessly:} 30... Qd1+ 31. Kc5 Rxd8 32. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8
33. Kxc4) 31. Kc3 (31. Kd5 $144 Qe6+ 32. Kc5 Qb6+ $11) 31... Qa5+ 32. Kc2 Qa4+
33. Kd2 (33. Kc3 Qb3+ {and see game after:29...Qb3+}) 33... c3+ ({Also draw
after:} 33... Qa5+) 34. Kxc3 Qxa3+ {[%csl Ga3,Rc3,Rc7]} 35. Kc2 Qa2+ 36. Kc1 (
36. Kc3 $2 Qa5+ 37. Kc2 Rxd8 38. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 $15) 36... Qa3+ 37. Kc2 Qa4+ 38.
Kc1 (38. Kb2 $144 Qb4+ 39. Kc2 (39. Ka2 $2 Qa5+ {[%csl Rd8]}) 39... Qa4+ $11)
38... Qa1+ 39. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. g3 {Besides
this move,White has few alternatives:} (7. Bg5 $5 {See my comments to
Stefansson,H-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik,2003/CBM 94(0-1)(44)}) (7. f3 $5 {See my
comments to Golod,V-Sulypa,A/Lvov,2001/CBM 87(1/2-1/2)(31)}) ({and} 7. Nf3 {
See my comments to Mikhalchishin,A-Graf,A/Leipzig,2002/CBM 89(1/2-1/2)(37)})
7... e5 $5 {Also were checked up in previous games: 7...Qe7!?; 7...Re8!?; 7...
Nbd7; 7...Bd7; 7...a5; 7...Ne4 and 7...c5.} 8. dxe5 ({I do not think that it
was much better:} 8. Bg2) ({or} 8. Nf3 $6 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 $1 $36 {Marin,
M-Psakhis,L/Tallinn,1989(0-1)(42)}) 8... dxe5 9. Bg2 ({Pretty dubiously:} 9.
Qxe5 {in view of:} Nc6 10. Qc3 $140 Ne4 {with strong initiative.}) 9... Re8 ({
Is a possible continuation of the play:} 9... Qe7) 10. Nf3 $5 {Also were
checked in the preceding games: 10.h3!? /\Be3,><g4; 10.Bg5?!; 10.b4; 10.Be3
and 10.b3.} Nc6 11. Be3 ({Senselessly:} 11. Bg5 {because of:} h6 12. Rd1 Qe7
$11 {[%csl Ye7][%cal Ye7f6]}) 11... a5 {[%csl Ya5][%cal Ya5b4] This move is
directed against progress "b4".} ({On:} 11... Bg4 $5 {you can find two games
in Mega Database 2003.}) 12. Rd1 $5 $146 ({The games,which have reached this
position were continued as follows:} 12. b3 Ng4 (12... Qe7 $5 13. O-O h6 14.
Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Renet,O/Linares,1995(14)}) 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. h3 e4 $5 15.
hxg4 exf3 16. Bxf3 Qg6 17. Be3 Bxg4 $11 {Wiley,T-Baklan,V/Metz,2003(0-1)(60)})
12... Qe7 13. O-O h6 {[%cal Gf6g4] /\Ng4 and probably e4-e3.} ({It was
dubiously:} 13... Ng4 {in view of:} 14. Bg5 f6 $140 15. Bc1 {[%csl Gc1,Yd1,Yf1,
Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]} e4 16. Nd4 $14) 14. h3 {[%csl Yh3]} Bf5 {Last moves were
made according to the standard chess norms.} 15. Qb3 $6 {It's discrepancy,
which allows to improve a position of the Black's pieces.} ({Can be
recoomended:} 15. Nd2 $5 a4 16. g4 Bg6 17. c5 {[%cal Gd2c4]} e4 $13) 15... a4
$1 {This move is much better,than:} (15... Be4 {[%csl Rb7,Ye4]} 16. Qb5 b6 $140
17. c5 {+/=/=}) ({or} 15... b6 $6 16. c5 $36 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf3h4]}) 16. Qc3
({Leads to favourable complications for Black:} 16. Qxb7 $6 Be4 $1 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Ge8b8]} (16... Na5 $143 17. Qb5 Be4 18. Qxa4 Reb8 $44 {[%csl Ra4]}) 17.
Nd2 Bxg2 (17... Reb8 $6 18. Qxa8 Rxa8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra6 21. c5 $13 {
[%csl Ge3,Ye4]}) 18. Kxg2 Qe6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb7] /\19...Reb8 20.Qxc7 Ne8 (ףc7)
} 19. Qxc7 $140 $4 Rec8 20. Qb6 Rcb8 21. Qc5 (21. Qc7 Ne8 {[%csl Rc7]}) 21...
Ra5 $19 {[%csl Rc5]}) 16... Bh7 {This move is directed against progress "g4",
which now considerably loses in force.} ({From my point of view,it was better:
} 16... Ne4 $5 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Rd5 $140 Be6) 17. g4 Be4 {The bishop makes in
succession 2-nd move.} ({It deserves attention:} 17... Ne4 $5) 18. Rfe1 Qe6 (
18... Rad8 $5) 19. g5 $1 {Differently,position of Black can become preferable.}
(19. Kh2 $143 Nh7 {=/=/+}) 19... Bxf3 {Black had no other worthy alternative:}
(19... Nh7 $6 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Kh2 $14 {[%csl Rg8]}) 20. exf3 ({Absolutely
unjustified sacrifice of the pawn:} 20. Bxf3 $2 hxg5 {[%csl Rh3]}) 20... hxg5
21. Bxg5 {BB/NN} Qf5 (21... Nh7 $143 22. f4) ({Leads to unclear position:} 
21... Nh5 $5 22. f4 {[%csl Re6]} Qg6 23. Be4 $1 f5 $140 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Kh2
exf4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rg1 $13 {[%csl Rh5]}) 22. f4 {It is necessary to open /
^ a8-h1 for the second bishop.} exf4 {[%csl Rg5] It was logical to play on the
equation of a position,after previous move: 21...Qf5.} (22... Nh7 $6 23. Be4
Qe6 24. f5 Qc8 25. Qg3 $14) 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 {For Black it is certainly
favourable to exchange QQ.} (23... gxf6 $6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Kh2 $14 {[%csl
Rg8]}) 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 {Position of White is a little better at
the expense of the best pawn chain.} 26. Rxe8+ (26. Kg2 $143 Re5 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Ga8b8]}) 26... Rxe8 27. Kg2 ({Leads to equality:} 27. c5 Rb8 (27... Re4
$143 {[%cal Ge4c4]} 28. Kg2 Rc4 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6][%cal
Ga8a6]}) 28. Rd2 Rb3 {[%cal Yb3h3]} 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rd4 Rxb2 31. Rxa4 Rc2 32.
Ra5 Kg6 $11) 27... Rb8 {[%csl Rb2]} 28. Rd7 ({Hardly is better:} 28. Rd2 Rb3 {
[%cal Yb3h3]}) 28... Rxb2 29. Rd8+ (29. Rxc7 Rb3 30. Rxc6 Kg7 $11 {[%csl Ra3]})
29... Kg7 30. Ra8 Rb3 31. Rxa4 Rc3 $1 $11 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4] Black perfectly use
weakness of the White's pawns.} 32. h4 c5 33. Ra7 Rxc4 34. Rxc7 Ra4 {Drawn
game is inevitable.} 35. Rxc5 Rxa3 36. Rf5 {[%csl Rf4]} Kg6 37. Rxf4 f5 38. Rf3
{Interestingly,that the contenders continue a game up to the naked kings...}
Ra4 39. Kg3 Rg4+ 40. Kh3 f6 $22 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg6h5]} 41. Rg3 Kh5 {[%csl
Rh4]} 42. Rxg4 fxg4+ 43. Kg3 f5 44. f3 (44. Kf4 $144 Kxh4 45. Kxf5 g3 (45...
Kh3 46. Kf4 Kg2 47. Kxg4 Kxf2) 46. fxg3+ Kxg3) 44... f4+ 45. Kxf4 gxf3 46. Kxf3
Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 $5 (
{Other variations are:} 7... c5) (7... Bb7) 8. f3 $6 $146 (8. e3 $5 {-is the
main line,other options are:}) (8. Nf3) (8. Rc1) 8... d5 $1 $11 ({Worse is:} 
8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 $14) 9. e3 ({Dubious:} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6
$15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nh3 {[%cal Yh3g5]} h6 $5 11. Bh4 c5 ({Can be
recommended:} 11... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 12. cxd5 (12. b4 $2 Ne4 $1 $17) 12...
Bxf1 13. Rxf1 (13. dxe6 $4 Bxg2 14. exd7 Qxd7 15. Rg1 Nd5 $1 $19) 13... exd5
14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Kf2 c5 $15) 12. dxc5 bxc5 (12... Nxc5 $2 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Qxf6 gxf6 15. cxd5 $16) 13. cxd5 (13. Rd1 $143 Qb6 $36 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga8b8]}
) 13... Bxf1 14. Rxf1 ({This move:} 14. dxe6 $4 {is refuted by:} Bxg2 15. Rg1
Bxh3 16. exd7 g5 $1 $19) 14... exd5 ({Worse is:} 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16.
Ba5 $14) 15. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 $5 (15... Qxf6 $5 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. Nf4 $1 (17. O-O-O
$143 g5 $1 {=/+/=}) 17... g5 (17... Rfe8 18. O-O-O $11) 18. Nd3 c4 19. Nb4 a5
20. Nc2 {with equal odds in the endgame.}) 16. Qxc5 Qb8 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rh2]} (
16... Rc8 $2 17. Qxa7 $1 {[%cal Ge1f2,Gf2g1]} Rc7 18. Qd4 Rc4 19. Qd2 $16) 17.
Qd4 {-is the better move} Rc8 $5 (17... Qxh2 $143 18. Kf2 Rfc8 19. Rac1 $14)
18. Nf4 Rc4 19. Qd2 Qe5 ({Can be recommended:} 19... Qb3 $5 20. Rf2 $5 (20. Rc1
$143 Rac8 $5 $44 (20... Rxf4 $2 21. Rc3 $1 (21. exf4 Re8+ 22. Kf2 Qb6+ 23. Kg3
$16) 21... Ne4 22. Rxb3 Nxd2 23. Kxd2 {+/-/+-})) 20... Rac8 {[%csl Rc2]} 21.
Re2 (21. Rd1 $2 Rc2 22. Qd4 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Rc4 $36) 21... Rc2 22. Qd4 Rxe2+ 23.
Nxe2 Rc2 24. Rc1 $11) 20. Kf2 Rb8 $5 ({Good enough:} 20... g5 $5 21. Nd3 (21.
Ne2 $143 Qxh2 22. Ng3 Rg4 $1 (22... Rac8 $5 23. Rh1 Rc2 24. Rad1 Qxh1 25. Nxh1
Rxd2+ 26. Rxd2 $11) 23. fxg4 $8 Nxg4+ (23... Qxg3+ $4 24. Kxg3 Ne4+ 25. Kh2
Nxd2 26. Rf6 $18) 24. Kf3 Ne5+ 25. Kf2 (25. Ke2 $2 Qxg2+ 26. Kd1 Qxg3 $17)
25... Ng4+ $11) 21... Qxh2 22. Rh1 Qd6 {[%csl Yd6,Rh6]} 23. b3 $1 {+/=/=}) 21.
b4 g5 22. Ne2 a5 $6 ({Better is:} 22... Qxh2 $5 23. Rh1 Qd6 24. Nd4 h5 $13) 23.
Kg1 $6 (23. Rab1 $5 $14) 23... axb4 24. axb4 Rcxb4 25. Nd4 {+/=/=} Rb2 26. Qd3
g4 $5 (26... h5 $5 27. Rae1 (27. Nc6 $4 Rxg2+ $3 28. Kxg2 Rb2+ 29. Rf2 $8 Rxf2+
30. Kxf2 Qxh2+ $1 (30... Qxa1 31. Qf5 $15) 31. Ke1 Qg1+ 32. Qf1 Qxe3+ 33. Kd1 (
33. Qe2 Qc3+ $19 {[%csl Rc6]}) 33... Qb3+ $1 34. Kd2 Qb2+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ $19))
27. Rae1 ({Badly:} 27. Nc6 $4 {in view of:} Rxg2+ $3 28. Kxg2 Rb2+ 29. Rf2 $8
Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxh2+ $5 (30... Qxa1 31. Qf1 $5 $17 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 31. Ke1 Qg1+
32. Qf1 Qxe3+ 33. Kd1 Qb3+ 34. Kd2 Qb2+ 35. Ke3 Qc3+ 36. Kf2 Qxc6 37. fxg4 $17)
27... Ra8 $5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ga8a2]} 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Ra3 30. Re1 h5 $6
$138 (30... gxf3 $5 31. Qxf3 Ne4 $11) 31. Qf2 h4 $2 (31... gxf3 $142) 32. fxg4
$1 Nxg4 33. Qxh4 Nxe3 34. Nf3 $1 $16 {(with a strong attack)} Qe4 ({Loses:} 
34... Qg7 $2 35. Qd8+ Kh7 (35... Qf8 36. Qg5+ Qg7 37. Rxe3 $1 Qxg5 $140 38.
Re8+ Kg7 39. Nxg5 $18) 36. Ng5+ {[%csl Ra3]} Kg6 37. Qd6+ Kxg5 38. Qxa3 d4 $18
{and see the game after-43...d4}) (34... Qf5 35. Qe7 Nc4 36. Ng5 $40 {[%cal
Ge1f1]}) (34... Qc3 $142 $5) 35. Qg5+ Kf8 {-is best move.} (35... Kh8 $143 36.
Ne5 $1 Qf5 37. Qe7 $18) (35... Kh7 $143 36. Ne5 $1 $40) 36. Qf6 $5 (36. Ne5 $2
Qf5 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Nc6 Qe4 $1 $14 (38... Qf2+ 39. Kxf2 Ng4+ 40. Kg1 Nxh6 41.
Ne7+ Kg7 42. Nxd5 $16 {_|_})) 36... Qg6 $2 (36... Kg8 $142 $16) 37. Qh8+ {
[%csl Ra3,Re3]} Qg8 (37... Ke7 $5 38. Qe5+ Qe6 $8 39. Qc7+ Kf6 (39... Kf8 $2
40. Ng5 Qe7 (40... Qe8 41. Qd6+ Qe7 42. Nh7+ Ke8 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Qxe7+ Kxe7
45. Nxd5+ $18) 41. Nh7+ Ke8 42. Qc8+ Qd8 43. Nf6+ (43. Qc6+ $5 Ke7 $8 44. Rb1
$1 $18) 43... Ke7 44. Qc5+ Qd6 (44... Kxf6 45. Qxa3 $18) 45. Nxd5+ $1 $18) 40.
Qb8 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Re3,Rf6]}) 38. Qh6+ Qg7 $8 39. Qd6+ Kg8 ({Also loses:} 
39... Ke8 40. Qc6+ $1 Kd8 (40... Ke7 41. Rxe3+ $1 Rxe3 42. Qc5+) (40... Kf8 41.
Qc8+ $1 Ke7 42. Rxe3+ $1 Rxe3 43. Qc5+) 41. Rxe3 Rxe3 42. Qb6+ Kd7 43. Qxe3 $18
) 40. Qd8+ $1 Kh7 (40... Qf8 $143 41. Qg5+ Qg7 (41... Kh7 42. Rxe3 Qc5 43. Kf2
$18) 42. Rxe3 $1 Qxg5 $140 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Nxg5 $18) 41. Ng5+ $1 {[%csl Ra3]}
Kh6 42. Qd6+ Kxg5 43. Qxa3 $18 d4 44. Qe7+ $1 {/\Qe4} Kg4 (44... Kg6 45. Ra1
$18) 45. Qe4+ Kg5 46. g3 $5 f5 47. Qf4+ Kg6 48. Rb1 {(><b7;/\Rb6+)} Qa7 49. Qb8
$1 Qa2 {After this move,I have a forcing win.} (49... Qxb8 50. Rxb8 f4 (50...
d3 51. Rd8) 51. gxf4 Kf5 52. Rf8+ Ke4 53. Kf2 $18) 50. Rb6+ Kh5 $8 (50... Kg5
51. Qf4+ Kh5 52. Qh4#) 51. Qh8+ Kg4 $8 (51... Kg5 52. Qh4#) 52. Qxd4+ {Please
pay your attention to the fantastic work of the white queen.} (52. Qh4+ Kf3 53.
Qf4+ Ke2 54. Qf2+ {[%csl Ra2]}) (52. Qxd4+ Kf3 53. Qf4+ Ke2 54. Qf2+) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Qf3 {After my games against Lev Psakhis,1999 and Judit Polgar,2000 this idea
became very popular.Probably,White can not expect a big advantage in this
variant.} Nc6 9. e3 Re8 {This continuation is the next attempt to bring in a
"new word " in theory of this variant. Repeatedly were checked up in previous
games:} (9... h6 {See comments to Khalifman,A-Tiviakov,S/Dos Hermanas,2003/CBM
95(1-0)(Golod,V)(51)}) ({Is more interesting alternative:} 9... Na5 $5 {
You can see comments to Beliavsky,A-Kortschnoj,V/Lviv,2000/CBM 77(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(33)}) ({Before with me played:} 9... Bb7 {You can see annotations to
game: Golod,V-Soffer,R/ISR,2002/CBM 89 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)}) 10. Nh3 $5 $146
({Were checked in the preceding game of Eduardas Rozentalis:} 10. Rc1 $5 Bb7 {
[%csl Rf3]} 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3 (13. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ye2c3]})
13... Ne7 14. c5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 $11 {Pajeken,W-Rozentalis,E/Germany,2002(0-1)
(36)}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 {Position of White more preferably
at the expense of the best pawn chain, but after exchange of the queens,White
should play extreme precisely to receive a advantage.} 13. b4 Bb7 14. Nf4 {
[%csl Yc3,Yf4] In my opinion, fields "c3" or "f4" - it's "best parkings" for
White's knight.} f5 15. Be2 $14 {()} Ne7 16. f3 d6 ({Is a possible
continuation of the play:} 16... Ng6 $5 17. Nh5 {[%csl Rf6]} Kf8 18. h3 $14 {
[%cal Gg2g4]}) 17. Kf2 c5 $5 {Differently,Black will be in a complete clip,
after: Rhg1/\g4.} 18. Rhd1 Red8 {[%csl Ya8,Yb7,Yd8,Ye7] All Black's pieces
have occupied ideal positions and are ready to opening a position.} 19. dxc5
dxc5 20. Rxd8+ $6 {It's discrepancy, which allows to receive a equality for
contender.} ({Can be recommended:} 20. bxc5 bxc5 $140 (20... Rxd1 $2 21. Rxd1
bxc5 $140 $2 22. Rd7 {[%csl Rb7,Re7]}) 21. Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rc5]} Rac8 (21... Rdc8
$6 22. Rab1 Ba6 (22... Rab8 $2 23. Nxc5 $1 Rxc5 24. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gd7,Re7]
}) 23. Ne5 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd1d6,Gd6a6]} Rd8 24. Nd7 Rac8 25. Rd6 $36) 22.
Nxc5 (22. Rab1 $5 Ba6 23. Ne5 $14) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxf3 (23... Rxc5 $144
24. Rd7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nc6 26. f4 $14) 24. gxf3 (24. Bxf3 $143 Rxc5 25. Rd7 Nc6
{[%csl Gc6][%cal Gc6e5]} (25... Ng6 $5) 26. Rc7 $140 Ne5 27. Rxc5 $6 (27. Rxa7
$142 Rxc4 $11) 27... Nd3+ 28. Ke2 Nxc5 29. Kd2 e5 30. Kc3 a5 {[%csl Ya5,Yc5,
Ye5][%cal Ya5b4,Ye5d4]}) 24... Rxc5 25. Rd7 $14 {-this line transfers to 23...
Rxc5.}) 20... Rxd8 21. Nd3 ({Now leads only to equality:} 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Nd3
Rc8 23. Rb1 Ba6 24. Ne5 Rd8 {[%csl Yd8][%cal Gf7f6]} (24... f6 $2 25. Nd7 {
[%csl Rf6]} Kf7 $140 $2 26. Nb8 {[%csl Ra6]})) 21... Rc8 22. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]} (
{After:} 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rb1 Ba6 {We can receive the same position, as in
previous variant.}) 22... cxb4 $1 23. axb4 Rc7 {The game of Black corresponds
to the requirements of a position.} (23... Rxc4 $4 {is refuted by:} 24. Nc5 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc4]}) 24. Ra1 Nc8 25. Ra4 (25. c5 $5 Bd5 26. Rc1 Ne7 {+/=/=}) 25...
Kf8 26. b5 ({A little bit better is:} 26. c5) 26... Nd6 $11 {[%csl Rc4] It is
necessary to improve an location of the knight.} 27. Nc1 ({Senselessly:} 27.
Ne5 {because of:} f6 {[%csl Rc4,Ye5][%cal Ye5c4,Gf6e5]}) 27... Bc8 28. Na2 Bd7
29. Nb4 Ke7 (29... Nxc4 $4 30. Na6 Bxb5 (30... Nb2 $143 31. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rb2,
Yc7,Rd7][%cal Ya6c7,Yc7d7]} Rb7 $140 32. Rb4 {[%csl Rb2]}) 31. Nxc7 Bxa4 32.
Bxc4 Ke7 33. Na6 $16 {[%csl Ya6]}) 30. Na6 {Please pay your attention to the
fantastic work of the White's knight.} ({After:} 30. Na6 {the contenders is
agreed for draw, because of next variants:} Rc8 31. Nb4 $5 Rc7 (31... Nxc4 $4
32. Bxc4 Rxc4 $140 33. Nc6+ {[%csl Rc4,Re7]} Bxc6 (33... Rxc6 $143 34. bxc6
Bxc6 35. Rxa7+ {[%csl Rb6,Rc6,Rf7][%cal Ga7a6]} Bd7 $8 36. Kg3 {+/-/+-}) 34.
Rxc4 Bxb5 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Rxa7 Bc4 $16 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gb6b5]}) 32. Na6 Rc8
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragozin, Evgeni"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 c5 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Besides this move black has seven options:} (7... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Gd8h4]
See comments to Timman,J-Nikolic,P/Wijk aan Zee,2000/CBM75(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)
(27)}) (7... Qe7) (7... Re8) (7... Nbd7) (7... Nc6) (7... e5 $5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9.
Qxe5 Nc6 10. Qc3 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nh3 (12. Bc5 $5 Re8 13. Rd1 Qh4+ 14. Bf2
Qe7 15. e3 $14) 12... f4 13. Bf2 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qe7 $13 {Nemet,I-Vaganian,R/
Valenzia,1974/Inf 18/578(0-1)(46)}) ({and} 7... d5 $5 {(againts 8.e4,though
black agree to lose tempo).See Kasparov,G-Sax,G/Reykjavik, 1988/Inf 46/751(1-0)
(Sax,Gy)(38)}) 8. dxc5 ({Dubious:} 8. e4 {because of:} cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 {
with the idea 10...d5}) 8... dxc5 9. Bg5 $5 $146 {A novelty on the early stage
of the game.White's idea is very simple: e3(control over point d4), Bd3,Ne2
and 0-0 or 0-0-0.} ({Besides:} 9. b4 Nbd7 (9... Qe7 10. e3 e5 11. Bb2 Re8 12.
Ne2 cxb4 $5 13. axb4 $140 b5 14. cxb5 Nd5 15. Qd2 Qxb4 16. e4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2
Nb6 $11 {Mitev,G-Genov,P/BUL-ch,1991(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 10. Bb2 b6 11. h4 $6 (11.
e4 $5) 11... Bb7 12. h5 h6 $15 {Kelecevic,N-Duer,A/AUT-chT,1991 (0-1)(55)}) ({
and} 9. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ga1d1] (was checked in the previous games)} Qe7
10. Rd1 Ne8 11. e4 Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]} 12. e5 f6 13. Bd3 $6 (13. exf6 $142) 13...
Qc7 14. Nh3 fxe5 15. Bg3 Nf6 16. O-O Nh5 17. Rfe1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nd4 {=/=/+
Ruzele,D-Kurajica,B/Yerevan,1996(0-1) (45)}) 9... Nc6 {(><d4,e5) In my
opinioin it's best move.} 10. e3 ({Gross yawn:} 10. e4 $2 Nxe4 $1 11. Qxg7+ (
11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Bc7 Nd4 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Re1][%cal Gd4c2]} 13. Rc1 Na4 $17)
11... Kxg7 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 13. fxe4 Rd4 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 10... e5 ({Now already
badly:} 10... Ne4 {in view of:} 11. Bxd8 (11. Qxg7+ $143 Kxg7 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 13.
fxe4 Ne5 14. Nf3 Kf6 $1 $44) 11... Nxc3 12. Bc7 Na4 $8 13. b3 Nb6 14. Bd6 $16 {
[%csl Rc5,Rf8]}) 11. Bd3 ({Worse is previously:} 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bd3 {because
of:} Ne4 13. Bxe4 (13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxf8 Nxd1 15. Kxd1 Kxf8 $11) 13... Qxg5
$13) 11... Be6 12. Ne2 {+/=/=} h6 $5 (12... e4 {is refuted by:} 13. Bxf6 Qxd3
14. Bxg7 Qxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Bxc4 $14) 13. Bxf6 ({Dubious:} 13. Bh4 {in view of:}
Ne4 14. Bxe4 (14. Bxd8 $143 Nxc3 $15) 14... Qxh4+ 15. g3 $11) 13... Qxf6 14.
Ng3 {There are two options:} (14. O-O $5) ({and} 14. O-O-O $5 Qg5 $140 15. f4
$1 Qxg2 16. Ng3 $36) 14... Rac8 $5 {<->c} 15. O-O ({It deserves attention:} 15.
O-O-O) 15... Qe7 ({Dubious:} 15... g6 {(/\h5-h4) because of:} 16. f4 $36) 16.
Be4 {[%csl Gc3,Yc6,Re5][%cal Ge4c6,Gc3e5]} Bd7 {[%csl Re5,Ye7][%cal Gf7f5]} ({
Very interestingly:} 16... Rfd8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qxe5 f6 19. Qe4 (19. Qc3 $6
Rcd6 $36) 19... Qd7 {with quite good compensation behind pawn.}) 17. Rad1 f5
18. Bc2 {White's plan is: Rd2,Rfd1 and play on <->d} ({Probably could be
recommended:} 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Rf2 {[%cal Gf2d2] +/=/=}) 18... g6 {><f5;/\Rfd8,
Be6 or Be8} 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Ba4 (20. Rfd1 $144 Be8 (20... Be6 $143 21. Ba4 {
[%csl Yc6,Re5][%cal Ga4c6]}) 21. Ba4 {transfer to 20.Ba4}) 20... Be8 {By the
exact play in the middlegame Konstantin Aseev equalizes.} 21. Rfd1 {White's
menace is: Rxd8(twice), Bc6(קe5)} Rxd2 22. Rxd2 ({Much worse is:} 22. Qxd2 Rd8
23. Qc2 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bf7 $11 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Gf7c4]}) 22... b6 $5 ({Good
enough for equality:} 22... Bf7) 23. Rd5 $140 Bf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bxc6 Rxc6
25. Rxe5 {It's third and the last move of the white rook.} Qd8 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gd8d1] Now black has a good compensation behind pawn.} 26. h3 $6 {
[%csl Yh2][%cal Yg1h2]} ({From my point of view a little better is:} 26. Nf1
Rd6 $44) 26... Rd6 (26... Qh4 $6 27. Kh2 Rd6 28. b4 $14) 27. Nf1 ({After:} 27.
e4 {very strongly:} f4 (27... Rd3 $2 28. Rd5 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kf2 $14)
28. Ne2 Rd1+ (28... Rd3 $2 29. Rd5 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kf2 $14) 29. Kh2 Qh4
$40 {[%csl Rh2]}) 27... Rd1 {/\Qd3(weakness pawns of queen side)} 28. Qc2 Qd6
$1 29. f4 $140 (29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Bxd5 $15 {_|_}) 29... Qd3 $15 30. Qxd3
Rxd3 31. Kf2 $2 ({It is necessary:} 31. e4 Bxc4 $140 32. Kh2 $1 $15) 31... Rb3
$17 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Rc4]} ({Weakly:} 31... Bxc4 {in view of:} 32. Ke1 {=/=/+}
Rb3 $140 $4 33. Nd2 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4]}) 32. Nd2 Rxb2 33. Ke1 Ra2 {[%csl Ra3]} 34.
g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Kf8 $5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Yf8e7]} 36. f5 Rxa3 37. f6 {Black
lost on time in absolutely winning position:} (37. f6 Rc3 38. Re7 Bxc4 39. Nf3
{[%cal Gf3e5]} Rc1+ $1 40. Kf2 (40. Kd2 Rf1 41. Ne5 Rxf6 {[%csl Re7]} 42. Rxa7
Bb5 $19) 40... Rf1+ 41. Kg2 Be2 42. Ne5 Rxf6 43. Rxa7 Ke8 $19) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Nd2 ({The another main continuation is:} 9. e3) 9... Bb7 10. f3 c5
11. e4 cxd4 (11... Re8 $5 {can also be recommended.}) 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 a5
$5 $146 {[%cal Yd7c5,Ya5a4] Black wants to play 14...a4, to fixate white's
pawns on the queenside and provide black's knight a good place on "c5". The
downside of this move is the weakened "b5" square.} ({The attempt to open the
center right away, deserves some attention. However, White keeps the advantage
due to the bishop pair:} 13... Rfe8 14. O-O d5 {Schwarz will klare
Verhältnisse im Zentrum schaffen, obwohl er durch die Öffnung des Spiels bei
etwas passiverer Stellung jetzt einem anhaltenden leichten Druck unterworfen
wird.} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Bb5 Re6 18. Rfe1 dxe4 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20.
fxe4 Ne5 21. Bf4 $14 {Sokolov,I-Sadkowsky,D/Antwerp,1996(1-0)(50)}) ({or} 13...
d5 $5 14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,
T-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik,1997(16)}) 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 {+/=/=} e5 {Black is
trying to create some counterplay, while White hasn't regrouped his pieces yet.
} (15... a4 $143 16. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Ra4,Rd6][%cal Gc3a4,Yd2b1,Yb1c3,Yc3b5]})
16. Qc3 a4 (16... Nh5 $5 17. Rfe1 Nf4 18. Bf1 a4 19. Bf2 Nc5 $132) 17. Rad1 Nh5
18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Nf1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5][%cal Yf1e3,Ye3f5,Ye3d5]} f5 {The game of
Black corresponds to the requirements of a position.} 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3 (
21. g4 $2 Rf4 {>< Bh4} 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. Bg3 Ne6 $1 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 $36) 21... Rf4
22. Bg3 $6 {A little bit strange decision, it was more logical to keep the
bishop.} (22. Bf2 $5) 22... Rf7 $6 {A returned courtesy from Black. Why not
take the bishop?} (22... Nxg3 $5 23. hxg3 Rf6 $13) 23. Bd3 Nf4 $2 {Black
didn't take white's dark squared bishop, for the 2nd time, and soon gets in a
tough position.} (23... Nxg3 $5 24. hxg3 Raf8 25. Bb1 Rf6 $13) 24. Bb1 Raf8 25.
Qc2 $14 {/^ b1-h7 >< Kg8} e4 26. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (26... Nxd5 $2 27. cxd5 $16 {
[%csl Re4,Rg8]}) 27. cxd5 Nfd3 28. Re3 b5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc7b6,Cf3e4]} 29. h3
{Black's pieces are "hanging" and thus Alexander Goldin decides to get his
king to safety, first of all. Instead, he could have just taken the pawn, as
Black didn't have any concrete threats against White.} (29. fxe4 $5 Qb6 (29...
Ne5 $5) 30. e5 $1 dxe5 31. Bxe5 Rf2 (31... Nxe5 $4 32. Qh7#) 32. Qc3 Nxe5 33.
Qxe5 $16) 29... Qb6 30. Kh2 b4 (30... Re7 $142 {/\Ne5 +/=/+/-}) 31. fxe4 $16 b3
$6 ({Also, after:} 31... Ne5 32. axb4 Nb3 ({or} 32... Qxb4 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34.
Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 $16) 33. Qc3 Rc7 34. Qe1 $16 {Black is still in a tough
position.}) 32. Qc3 Ne5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Qxe5 Nd7 35. Qg3 $6 (35. Qd4 $142 {
/\e5} Rf2 36. e5 $1 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxb2 38. e6 $18) 35... Rf1 $2 {The last
resort for Black to continue the fight was to blockade white's pawns:} (35...
Ne5 $1 36. d6 (36. Rc3 $2 Rf1 37. Rxf1 Rxf1 38. Qxe5 Qg1+ 39. Kg3 Qf2+ 40. Kg4
(40. Kh2 Qg1+ 41. Kg3 Qf2+ $11) 40... Qxg2+ 41. Rg3 (41. Kh4 $4 Rf4+ $1 42.
Qxf4 (42. Kh5 $2 g6+ 43. Kxh6 Rh4+) 42... g5+ 43. Kh5 gxf4 44. Kxh6 Qxb2 $19) (
41. Qg3 $2 Qe2+ 42. Rf3 $8 Rxb1 $40) 41... Qe2+ 42. Kh4 g5+ 43. Rxg5+ hxg5+ 44.
Qxg5+ Kf7 45. Bd3 $1 Qxd3 $140 46. Qh5+ Ke7 47. Qe5+ {with perpetual check}) (
36. Bd3 $5) 36... Rf1 37. Rxf1 Rxf1 38. d7 Nxd7 39. Bd3 $16) 36. Rxf1 Rxf1 37.
Bd3 $18 Rd1 38. e5 {The rest is easy without comments.} Qd4 39. e6 Nf6 40. Qb8+
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 ({
Other alternatives are:} 7. Bg5 {See comments to Cramling,P-Kortschnoj,V/
Marbella,1999/CBM 74(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)}) ({and} 7. Nf3 $5 {See comments to
Van Wely,L-Timman,J/ Breda,1998/CBM 65 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (32)}) 7... Nh5 $5 {
[%cal Gd8h4][%mdl 4] Besides this move black has several options:} (7... c5 $5)
(7... Qe7) (7... Re8) (7... Nbd7) (7... Nc6) (7... e5 $5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxe5
Nc6 10. Qc3 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nh3 (12. Bc5 $5 Re8 13. Rd1 Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qe7 15.
e3 $14) 12... f4 13. Bf2 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qe7 $13 {Nemet,I-Vaganian,R/Valenzia,
1974/Inf 18/578(0-1)(46)}) ({and} 7... d5 $5 {(againts 8.e4,though black agree
to lose tempo).See comments to Kasparov,G- Sax,G/Reykjavik,1988/Inf 46/751(1-0)
(Sax,Gy)(38)}) 8. g4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] It is a new interesting idea of Jan
Timman.} (8. g3 $5 f5 9. Nh3 Qe8 10. b3 e5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. d5 Nd8 13. f4 Nf7
14. Bg2 {+/=/= Ivanchuk,V-Nikolic,P/Monte Carlo,1999 (0-1)(34)}) (8. e4 Qh4+ 9.
g3 $4 (9. Kd1 $5 f5 10. Nh3 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gc1g5]} h6 11. g3 Qd8 12. exf5
exf5 13. Bg2 $13) 9... Nxg3 10. hxg3 Qxh1 11. Nh3 e5 12. g4 exd4 13. Qb3 {
[%cal Yb3f3]} Nd7 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Qd1 Re8 16. Qe2 Bxg4 17. Nf2 Qxf3 18. Nxg4 {
0-1 DeTeresa,A-Rodriguez,A/ Malaga,1991 (18)}) 8... Qh4+ 9. Kd1 Nf6 ({It is
impossible:} 9... Ng3 $2 {because of:} 10. Qe1 Nf5 $8 11. gxf5 Qxd4+ 12. Qd2
Qxc4 13. fxe6 Bxe6 $16) 10. Nh3 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gc1g5]} h6 11. g5 e5 $1 {
[%csl Rh3] Black reacts hit for hit. In my opinion it's the best continion of
the game.} ({Weakly:} 11... Ne8 12. gxh6 e5 {[%csl Rh3]} 13. hxg7 Nxg7 14. Bg5
Qxd4+ 15. Qxd4 exd4 16. Rg1 f6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. e4 $16) 12. gxf6 Bxh3 ({Loses:} 
12... exd4 $2 {in view of:} 13. Qe1) 13. fxg7 Re8 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Qe3 {
White wants get to the black's king,but to pass black's queen is impossible.} (
15. Rg1 $6 Qxh2 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. d5 Nd4 $15) 15... Nd7 16. d5 Kxg7 17. Bd2 {
/\Kc2 and Rag1 or Rhg1} Kh7 18. Kc2 Rg8 19. Rhg1 a6 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5][%cal Gb7b5]
} 20. b4 Rg6 ({Now dubious:} 20... b5 {because of:} 21. Qd3+ {[%csl Rb5,Rh7]})
21. Qd3 Rag8 22. Rg3 Qh5 ({It leaded to unclear game for both sides:} 22...
Qxh2 23. Rag1 {[%cal Gd3f5]} Qh5) 23. f4 {with the idea 24.Rh3 Qg4 25.f5()} f5
24. Rh3 Qg4 25. Rg3 Qh5 {For black is better to repeat moves than go to
another position:} (25... e4 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. Rh3 Qg4 28. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3,Rh7]})
26. Rh3 Qg4 27. Rg3 Qh5 $11 {Game was ended in the draw because players didn't
want to risk.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 24696]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 Bb7 ({Another line is:} 7... c5) 8. e3 d6 9. Nf3 (9. f3 $5 {See
comments to Schandorff,L-Hansen,C/Taastrup 1998(cbm 65),1/2-1/2 (35) Golod,V})
9... Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 (10... e5 $5) 11. f3 (11. dxc5 $143 {See comments to
Dreev,A-Salov,V/President's Cup 1998(cbm65),1/2-1/2 (36) Golod,V}) 11... Rc8 $5
({Black has several options:} 11... h6 $5) (11... cxd4 $5) (11... d5 $5 {
(see comments to Dreev,A-Salov,V)}) 12. Be2 (12. dxc5 $5 Rxc5 13. Bh4 d5 14. b4
Rc8 15. Qb2 Qc7 16. Bg3 e5 17. Be2 Nh5 18. Bf2 {See the game}) 12... d5 13.
dxc5 Rxc5 (13... bxc5 $143 14. O-O {White has a slight positional advantage})
14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 Qc7 16. Bf4 $5 (16. O-O $143) 16... e5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bf2
e4 $6 $146 {After this move white has strong centre and play on the king side}
(18... d4 19. O-O dxe3 20. Bxe3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nb3 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 Re3 24.
Rd2 Qe5 25. Rad1 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 $14 {1-0 Chekhov,V-Onischuk,A/BL2-N 1996 (38)})
(18... dxc4 $5 19. Nxc4 Bd5 20. Nd2 f5 21. O-O Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Rfd1 Nhf6
24. Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Petursson,M/Aruna 1997}) 19. f4 $14 dxc4 {
[%cal Gc4c3]} (19... Nhf6 20. O-O $14 (20. Rc1 $144)) 20. Nxc4 (20. Bxh5 $2 c3
21. Qc2 Nf6 (21... cxd2+ 22. Qxd2 Nf6 23. Be2 Rfd8 $17)) 20... Bd5 $5 {(<->c)}
21. Nd2 Nhf6 22. O-O Qc2 23. Qxc2 (23. Qd4 $6 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 Bb7 $36 {/\Nf8})
23... Rxc2 24. Rfd1 Rfc8 $6 (24... h5 $5 25. h3 Rfc8 26. g4 $2 (26. Bb5 $5 $14)
26... hxg4 27. hxg4 Be6 $1 28. f5 Bd5 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 29. Bg3 Bb7 $15 {[%cal
Gf6d5]}) 25. g4 $1 {White has strong initiative in the king side} h6 $6 (25...
Be6 $5) 26. g5 $1 {[%cal Ge2g4]} hxg5 27. fxg5 Nh7 28. Bg4 Nhf8 $6 (28... Rd8
$5 29. Nf3 $5 Ndf8 30. Nd4 Rc3 31. h4 $14) 29. Bg3 {[%cal Gg3b8,Yg4c8]} R8c3 $5
(29... Re8 $5 30. Rac1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 {+/=/+/-}) 30. Bf5 $1 {[%csl Re4]} Rb2 $2
(30... Rxe3 $142 31. Nf1 {[%csl Rd5,Re3]} Rd3 $8 (31... Rxg3+ $2 32. Nxg3 Ne5
33. Rxd5 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Nxh2+ 35. Ke1 Nf3+ 36. Kd1 Rg2 37. Ne2 $18) 32. Rxd3 exd3
33. Ne3 Ra2 (33... Be6 $2 34. Bxe6 Nxe6 35. Nxc2 dxc2 36. Rc1 Nd4 37. Kf2 $18 {
[%cal Gf2e3]}) 34. Rxa2 Bxa2 35. Bxd3 Ne6 36. h4 {+/=/+/-_|_}) 31. Nxe4 Bxe4 $8
32. Bxe4 Rxe3 33. Re1 $1 $16 {(<->e)} Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Ne6 (34... a5 $5) 35. g6 {
[%csl Re6,Rf7,Rg8][%cal Ge4d5,Gd5g8]} Nf6 $6 (35... Rd2 $5) 36. Bd3 $1 {
[%csl Re6,Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gd3c4,Rc4g8]} Nd4 $4 (36... Rd2 $5 37. Bc4 (37. gxf7+
Kxf7 38. Bc4 Nd5 39. Re5 $16) 37... Ng5 38. Re3 $16) 37. Bc4 $1 $18 Nf3+ (37...
Kh8 38. Re8+ $5 (38. gxf7) 38... Nxe8 39. gxf7 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Rb1+ 41. Kg2) 38.
Kh1 Rd2 (38... Nxe1 39. gxf7+ Kf8 40. Bd6#) 39. Re7 b5 40. Rxa7 $1 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Ga7a8]} (40. Rxa7 Rd8 41. gxf7+ Kh7 (41... Kf8 $143 42. Bd6+ Rxd6 43.
Ra8+) 42. Bd3+ {/\Bd6}) 1-0

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Wang, Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 (10. f3 {See comments to Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Dortmund,
1998/CBM 66(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) 10... a6 ({Leads to more interesting game:
} 10... h6 $5 {You can see comments to Seirawan,Y-Shabalov,A/Seattle,2000/CBM
80(1-0)(Golod,V)(30)}) 11. Bd3 {In my opinion,this continuation is much better,
than: 11.Be2} h6 {Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:11...Qc8;
11...Nc6; 11...d6 and 11...Bxf3.} 12. Bh4 ({Leads to absolutely equality:} 12.
Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gb7f3]}) 12... d6 {[%cal Yb8d7]} ({Also were
checked in the preceding games:} 12... Nc6) 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfc1 $5 $146 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc3c7]} ({On:} 14. a4) ({or} 14. Qb4 {you can find two games 
(in each continuation)}) ({and after:} 14. Bg3) (14. Nd2) ({or} 14. Rfd1 {
you can find only one game (in each continuation) in Mega Database 2003.})
14... Rc8 $140 15. Qb4 {[%csl Ra6,Gb4,Rb5,Rd6] From here White's queen can
press on the centre and queen side.} Qb6 $6 {It not the best place for Black's
queen.} ({In this position I would accept the following decision:} 15... Rxc1+
$5 16. Rxc1 Qb8 {[%csl Yb8][%cal Yb8d6]} 17. Bg3 $140 e5 (17... Ne8 $143 18. e4
$14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 18. Ne1 Nh5 {[%csl Rg3] +/=/=}) 16. Bg3 $14 {[%csl Gb4,
Rd6,Gg3]} Be4 {Black wants to worsen a location of the White's bishop "d3" and
only then to take on "f3". From my point of view,it was not necessary to make
this intermediate move.} (16... Bxf3 $142 17. gxf3 e5 18. a4 $14) 17. Be2 {
[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rd6][%cal Ga3a4]} {Black can not simultaneously protect all
weaknesses and consequently should agree to the next positional concession:}
Bxf3 ({After:} 17... d5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bg3 {White has a big
positional advantage.} (20. Bd6 $4 a5 {[%csl Yb4,Rd6][%cal Gb6d6,Ga5b4]})) 18.
gxf3 {[%csl Rd6,Yd7,Ge2,Yf6,Gg3] BB/NN} (18. Bxf3 $143 d5 {[%csl Rg3][%cal
Yf6e4,Ge4g3]}) 18... e5 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 18... d5 19.
b3 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5][%cal Ga3a4]} ({leads to favourable simplifications for
Black:} 19. a4 $6 bxa4 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Bxa6 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Ra8 23. Bd3 (23.
Bb5 Ra5 24. Bd3 {+/=/=}) 23... Nc4 24. Rc2 {+/=/=} (24. Bxc4 $6 Rc8 $13 {
[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc8c4]}))) 19. dxe5 dxe5 ({Very weakly:} 19... Nxe5 20. a4 {
[%csl Rb6]} Nd5 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qb4 $16) 20. a4 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5]
White perfectly use weakness of the Black's pawns on the queen side.} Rxc1+ (
20... Nh5 $2 21. axb5 Nxg3 22. hxg3 axb5 23. Qxb5 $16) (20... Nd5 $6 21. Qb3
Nc7 22. axb5 axb5 23. f4 $36 {[%csl Ge2,Yg3]}) 21. Rxc1 Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23.
Ra1 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga1a5] The game of White corresponds to the
requirements of a position.} ({Leads to favourable complications for Black:} 
23. f4 $6 Nd5 $1 24. Qb3 $140 exf4 $1 25. Qxd5 Nf6 {[%csl Rd5,Rg3]} 26. Qd4
Qxd4 (26... fxg3 $4 27. Rc8+ {[%csl Rb6,Yb8,Gc8,Gd4,Rg8]} Kh7 $8 28. Bd3+ g6
29. Rxb8 {[%csl Rf6]} Qxb8 (29... gxh2+ $144 30. Kh1 Qxb8 31. Qxf6) 30. Qxf6
gxh2+ 31. Kg2 $18) 27. exd4 fxg3 28. hxg3 Rd8 {[%csl Rd4]} 29. Bxb5 Rxd4 30.
Rc2 $14) 23... Qc7 {A little bit passive continuation.} (23... Nd5 $142 24. Qd2
(24. Qa5 $5) 24... Qc6 25. Ra7 $36) 24. Rd1 ({Again I can not recommended in
this position:} 24. f4 $6 {[%csl Rb8,Rc7,Yg3] because of:} Nd5 {[%csl Rb4]
[%cal Ge5f4]} 25. Qa5 $140 Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Re2]} (25... Qxa5 $143 26. Rxa5
exf4 27. exf4 $14 {[%csl Rb5]}) 26. fxe5 (26. Bxb5 $6 exf4 27. exf4 Nc5 $44)
26... Qxe2 27. e6 {[%csl Rb8,Rd7]} fxe6 28. Bxb8 Nxb8 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qxb8
Qxb2 $44 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Yb5b4,Yb2g7]}) 24... Qc2 25. Kf1 {[%csl Yf1][%cal
Yf1e2]} ({Also deserves attention:} 25. Rd2 Qc1+ (25... Qa4 26. Qd6) 26. Kg2
Qc6 27. Rd6 Qb7 $14) 25... Qa4 $2 {Probably this mistake connected to the
tactical miscalculation.} ({It was necessary:} 25... Rb6 $5 26. Ke1 Qc6 $14 {
[%csl Rb5,Yb6,Yc6][%cal Yb6b5,Yc6b5]}) 26. Qd6 {[%csl Re5]} Re8 (26... Rc8 $142
27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 b4 {+/=/+/-}) ({Badly:} 26... e4 $2 {in view of:} 27.
Qc6 {[%csl Rb5,Rb8,Rd7]}) 27. Qc6 {[%csl Rb5,Rd7]} Nf8 (27... Rb8 $2 28. Rxd7
Nxd7 29. Qxd7 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb2 31. Bd3 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Yd3e4,Ye4d5,Gd7f5]
} Qc3 (31... b4 $143 32. Qf5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf5h7]}) 32. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Rb5,
Rb8,Gd3,Gd6,Re5,Gg3] and so on:} Rc8 33. Bxe5 Qc5 34. Qd7 b4 35. Qg4 {[%csl
Rc8,Rg7]} g5 (35... g6 $2 36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Bd6+) 36. Bd4 Qc7 37.
h4) 28. Rc1 $1 $16 {<->c;><c5 White correctly do not hasten to take away of
the pawn "b5" and, for the beginning, improves a location of their pieces.} (
28. Qxb5 $143 Qxb5 29. Bxb5 Rb8 30. Bd3 Rxb2 31. Bxe5 Rb6 32. Rc1 $16 {_|_})
28... Ng6 {The rather doubtful decision,but is very difficult to give good
advice:} (28... N8d7 29. Qxb5 (29. Bd3 $5 $16 {[%cal Gd3f5]}) 29... Qxb5 30.
Bxb5 Rb8 31. Bxd7 Nxd7 32. Rc7 {[%csl Yd7,Re5,Gg3][%cal Gg3e5,Ye5b2,Yc7d7,
Yd7e5]} Rd8 33. b4 $16) 29. Qxb5 Qa8 30. b4 {[%csl Gb4]} h5 {Wang Rui had a
rather uneasy choice between it and another continuation:} (30... Rb8 31. Qc4
Nh5 32. b5 {[%csl Gb5,Yc4,Ye2]}) 31. h4 e4 32. Qc6 $1 {/^a8-h1 The accuracy is
necessary up to the end.} Qd8 (32... Qa3 33. b5 Ne5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. b6 $18 {
[%cal Gb6b7,Gb7b8]}) 33. b5 exf3 34. Bxf3 Qd3+ 35. Be2 Qf5 36. b6 $18 {The
rest is the matter of technics.} Nxh4 37. b7 ({A little worse is:} 37. Bxh4
Qh3+ 38. Ke1 Qxh4 39. b7 {[%csl Ye8][%cal Gc6e8,Gb7b8]} Qb4+ 40. Kf1 $18) 37...
Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Kh7 (38... Nf5 39. Qxe8+ Nxe8 40. b8=Q) 39. Qh1 $1 {[%csl Rh4]
[%cal Gb7b8]} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 $5 ({Other lines are:} 8. g3 $5 {See comments to Virovlansky,S-Ibragimov,I/
Nizhnij Novgorod,1998/CBM 66(0-1) (Golod,V) (54)}) ({and} 8. Nh3 $5 {See
comments to Dragomarezkij,E-Malinin,Y/Moscow,1999/ CBM 70(1-0) (Golod,V)(41)})
8... b6 9. Bd3 {[%mdl 4] Unassuming move which is not giving special advantage.
Besides, white has three alternatives:} (9. Ne2 $5 {(and also 8...c5) you cand
find in annotations to game:Kruppa,Y-Nosenko,A/Donetsk, 1998/CBM 68(1-0)(Golod,
V)(48)}) (9. Nf3) ({and} 9. Nh3) 9... Bb7 10. Ne2 $5 ({Dubious:} 10. f3 {
in view of:} Qh4+ 11. g3 $140 Qf6 {See comments to Alterman,B-Sokolov,I/
Tilburg,1994/CBM 44(0-1)(Dautov,R)(40)}) ({Other possibilities are:} 10. Nf3 {
See comments to Khatov,A-Malinin,Y/ Novgorod,1997/CBM60(1-0)(Tsesarsky,I) (50)}
) ({and} 10. Nh3) 10... Qh4 $1 {It's best move!} (10... d6 $143) (10... Nf6
$143) ({and} 10... d5 $6 {-was checked in the previous games.}) 11. O-O ({
Another alternative is:} 11. Ng3 {See Candela Perez,J-Pogorelov,R/Albacete,
1997/Inf 70/497 (0-1)(Pogorelov,R)(37)}) 11... Rf6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf6h6]} 12.
f3 ({It deserves attention:} 12. d5 $5 Rh6 (12... exd5 $5) 13. h3 Na6 14. b4
Rf8 15. Bxe4 $6 (15. Nd4 $5) 15... fxe4 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Bb2 $14 {Gladyszev,
O-Anka,E/Budapest,1996(0-1) (32)}) 12... Rh6 13. h3 ({Impossibly:} 13. fxe4 {
because of:} fxe4 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Rh2]} (13... Qxh2+ $2 14. Kf2 fxe4 15. Bxe4
Qh4+ 16. Ng3 Rf6+ (16... d5 $2 17. Rh1 Qf6+ 18. Bf3 $18) 17. Kg1 (17. Bf3 $4
Rxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qh2+ {[%csl Rc2]}) (17. Ke2 $5) 17... Rxf1+ (17... Bxe4 $2 18.
Qxe4 Qxg3 19. Qxa8 $18) 18. Kxf1 d5 19. cxd5 Qxg3 $13 (19... exd5 $4 20. Qxc7
Ba6+ 21. Kg1 dxe4 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Ne7+ Kf8 $8 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. Qd5+ Kxe7 26.
Qxe4+ $18)) 14. h3 exd3 15. Qxd3 Bxg2 $1 16. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 17. Kf2 $8 Rf6+ $1 18.
Nf4 $140 Rxf4+ $19 {[%csl Rd3,Gh3]}) 13... Ng5 ({Dubious:} 13... d6 {in view
of:} 14. d5 Ng3 15. Nxg3 Qxg3 16. Qf2 $14 {Kaszowski,D-Liwak,P/Czestochowa,
1998 (1-0)(59)}) 14. e4 {[%csl Gc1,Rg5,Rh6][%cal Gc1h6]} ({Very badly:} 14. Nf4
{(Pogorelov,R) because of:} Qg3 15. Kh1 (15. e4 $142 Nc6 $17) 15... Bxf3 $1 16.
Rxf3 Nxf3 17. gxf3 g5 $19) 14... Nc6 15. Bxg5 $5 ({In my opinion much worse is:
} 15. d5 {in view of:} Rg6 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg5h3]} ({loses right away:} 
15... Ne5 $4 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. f4) ({and} 15... fxe4 $4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 (16...
exd3 $2 17. cxb7 {[%csl Ra8]}) (16... exf3 $2 17. cxb7 Rf8 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19.
Rxf3 {[%csl Gb7]}) 17. Bxg5 exd3 18. Bxh4 dxc2 19. Bf2 $18) 16. Kh2 Ne5 17. Nf4
Rf6 $15) 15... Qxg5 16. Qc1 Qh4 $5 $146 ({It also deserves attention:} 16... f4
$5 {Hoang Th Trang-Vincze,I/Hungary,1997 (1/2-1/2)(16)}) ({After:} 16... Qxc1
17. Raxc1 {white has a slight advantage in the endgame.}) 17. Qe3 {[%csl Ye3]
[%cal Ye3d4,Ge4f5]} Rf8 $11 ({Senselessly:} 17... e5 18. d5 f4 19. Qf2 Qxf2+
20. Kxf2 $14 {()}) 18. exf5 (18. f4 $6 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Na5 {=/=/+}) ({Probably
could be recomended:} 18. e5 $13) 18... exf5 19. d5 f4 20. Nxf4 $6 ({Also
dubious:} 20. Qe4 {because of:} Nd8 21. Nd4 Qg5 $36 {with the idea 22...Rxh3
or 22...Ne6}) ({Most probably equality after:} 20. Qf2 Ne5 21. Qxh4 Rxh4 22.
Rfd1 Re8 23. Kf2 a5) 20... Qxf4 ({From my point of view better is:} 20... Rxf4
$5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 {[%cal Gh6e6] =/=/+ /\22...Qg3 and 23...Rxh3 or 22...Re6<->e})
21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. dxc6 Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096]} 23. Rf2 {[%csl Yf2][%cal Yf2c2]} ({
Weakly:} 23. Rfe1 {because of:} Rd6 24. Rad1 Ba4 $1 (24... Rfd4 $143 25. Be2
Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 $11) 25. Rd2 Rfd4 26. Re3 Kf8 $15 {[%csl Yd2,Rd3,
Gd4,Gd6,Ye3]}) 23... Rd6 24. Bf1 Kf7 {=/=/+} ({A little worse is:} 24... Re6
25. Rd1 (25. Re2 $5) 25... g5 26. b4 d6 $11) 25. Re1 Re6 26. Rxe6 ({Dubious:} 
26. Rfe2 {[%csl Rc4,Yf1] in view of:} Rd4 $1 (26... Rxe2 $143 27. Bxe2 Rd4 28.
Rd1 $11) 27. Kf2 Rxe2+ 28. Bxe2 Rd2 $15) 26... Kxe6 27. Re2+ Kf7 (27... Kd6
$144 28. Rd2+ Ke5 29. Re2+ Kf6 (29... Kd4 $2 30. Re7 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7]}) 30. Rd2
$11) 28. Rd2 $11 g5 29. Kf2 h5 30. Ke3 Ke6 {Black's plan is: Ke5 and g4} 31.
Bd3 Ke5 32. Re2 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 33. Kd2+ ({Probably a little better is:} 33.
Bg6 $5 h4 $140 (33... Rxc4 $4 34. Kd3+ Kf6 (34... Kd5 $2 35. Bf7+ {[%csl Rc4]})
35. Kxc4 Kxg6 36. b4 $16) (33... Kf6 34. Bd3) 34. Kd3+ Kf6 35. Be4 $11) 33...
Kd4 34. Re3 {/\ Be2 and Rd3+ or Rd7} g4 35. Be2 ({Can be recommended:} 35. fxg4
$5 hxg4 36. Rg3 gxh3 37. gxh3 $11) 35... gxf3 36. gxf3 a4 37. Re7 {[%csl Rc7,
Rd7,Ge7,Rh5][%cal Ge7h7]} Rf6 (37... Rh4 38. Bf1 $11 {[%csl Rd7]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 (
7... O-O {See comments to Anand,V-Adams,M/Tilburg,1998(1-0)(Golod,V)(32).}) 8.
Qc2 f5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nd7 {Another variant is coming to this
position: 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 d6 and so on.} 12. b4 Rf6 $5 {
Besides,black has two principales options:} (12... Qf6 $5 {See comments to
Sokolov,I-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee,1993/CBM 34(0-1)(Ftacnik,L)(33)}) ({and} 
12... a5 {See comments to Sokolov,I-Xu Jun/Biel,1993/CBM 37(1-0)(Ambroz)(62)})
13. d5 {Sample idea.By the price of sacrificing a pawn,white are opening a
diagonals and lines for their pieces.} exd5 ({It was interestingly:} 13... Rg6
$5 {See comments to Postny,E-Gershon,A/Ramat Aviv/Modiin,2000/CBM 81(0-1)
(Gershon,A)(34)}) 14. Bb2 Rg6 {If I would play for black I would prefer:} (
14... Rh6 $5 {See my commments to game: Postny,E-Psakhis,L/Ramat,Aviv/Modiin,
2000/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(25)}) 15. Rad1 $146 {This move is much better,than:} (15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18. Qf7 Qe8 19. Qxf5 Qe7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Qxe4 Re8 {+/=/=;1/2-1/2 Varga,P-Palkovi,J/Budapest,1995(21)}) 15... dxc4 16.
Bxc4+ Kh8 17. Bd5 $1 $14 {It was necessary to exclude white square bishop of
black from the game.} c6 $6 {Strategical risky decision,even despite,that
after exchange of bishops:} (17... Bxd5 18. Rxd5 $14 {[%csl Rf5] it is
impossible to protect a pawn "f5".}) 18. Bxc6 (18. Bxe4 $143 fxe4 19. Qxe4 d5
20. Qf4 $14) 18... Rc8 19. b5 Ng5 $6 ({I can recommend:} 19... a6 $14) 20. Qxf5
({Also good enough:} 20. Nd4 $5) 20... Bxc6 21. bxc6 Rxc6 22. Nh4 $1 Rh6 $8 {
Now black pieces holds pretty lubberly positions.} (22... Re6 $4 {is refuted
by:} 23. f4 Rc5 24. Rd5 $18 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 {[%csl Gd5,Re6,Yg5][%cal Yg5e6]}) 23.
g3 ({It does not look bad:} 23. f4 $5 Ne6 (23... Rxh4 $2 24. fxg5 {[%csl Gf1,
Rh8][%cal Gf5d7]}) 24. Nf3) 23... Rc5 24. Rd5 Ne6 ({It is hardly better:} 24...
Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Nc5 26. Nf5 Rg6 27. Rd1 $16) 25. Rfd1 Qe8 26. Qe4 $16 {Position
of black is obviously deteriorating.} Rxd5 $6 ({It was a little better:} 26...
Nf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Rxd6 Kg8 $16) 27. Qxd5 Nec5 ({It is also does not help:} 
27... Nf6 28. Qxd6 Ne4 29. Qd7 Qf8 30. Nf5 $1 $18 Qxf5 $140 $4 31. Qxg7+ $1
Nxg7 32. Rd8+) 28. Nf5 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rg7]} Rg6 29. Nxd6 Qe6 {It is last
mistake in hopeless position.} 30. Qa8+ (30. Qa8+ Qg8 31. Nf7#) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 {This continuation became popular lately after the
game Kasparov,G -Grischuk,A/EUCuo 19th, Rethymnon,2003.} Ba6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2
h6 13. Bh4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qa4 c5 16. Rd1 ({This leads to a small
advantage for White:} 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6
20. O-O-O Rfc8 $1 21. Kb1 f5 22. Rd4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Rethymnon,2003
(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 16... Qc8 17. O-O $5 $146 {This is an important move to
strengthen the position and was recommended by Suat Atalik in the below
mentioned game with Alik Gershon. After this move White has a small but solid
advantage.} (17. Qxc4 $143 cxd4 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Kd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 23. Kc2 f5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 $11 {Atalik,
S-Gershon,A/Athens,2004/CBM 103 ext(1/2-1/2)(62)}) 17... Qb7 {[%csl Ya8,Yf8]
[%cal Yf8a8,Ya8f8] The idea of this move - to connect the rooks.} ({The
recommendation of GM Atalik does also not lead to equality:} 17... cxd4 $6 18.
Rxd4 Ne5 $140 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f4 Ng4 21. Rf3 f5 22. Rxc4 ({or} 22. h3 $5 Nf6
23. Rxc4 $14) 22... Qd8 23. h3 Nf6 24. e4 $14) 18. Qxc4 $14 Rac8 (18... cxd4 $6
19. Qxd4 {/\e4 ()}) 19. Qe2 c4 $6 {A dubious decision. Alexei Shirov "invites"
White to start an attack on the kingside, thinking he could retaliate all the
threats. At the same time, he advances the pawns on the queenside, which will
allow him to get some counterplay. The further events of game have shown, that
Alexei has obviously underestimated White's attacking chances.} (19... Ne4 $5
20. Qf3 f5 21. Bg3 Ndf6 22. Be5 Qf7 $14 {White continues to have the advantage,
but nothing concrete yet.}) 20. e4 b5 21. f4 a5 22. e5 Nd5 23. f5 $40 b4 (23...
exf5 $2 24. Qf3 N7b6 25. Nxb5 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb5d6]}) 24. axb4 axb4 25.
Nxd5 Qxd5 (25... exd5 $6 26. Be7 Rfe8 27. f6 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 26. f6 {Ivan
Sokolov could have won a pawn, but he preferred to continue the attack.} (26.
Be7 $5 Rfe8 27. Bxb4 exf5 28. Rxf5 Rcd8 29. Bc3 {+/=/+/-}) 26... g6 27. Qe3 Kh7
28. Bg5 Rh8 (28... hxg5 $4 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qh6 $18) 29. Bxh6 Kg8 30. Bg7 $6 {
It was bad to let the rook go to "h5".} ({A more serious problem for Black was:
} 30. h4 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh4h5]}) 30... Rh5 31. Rc1 ({The try to win the
game immediately does not succeed:} 31. Rf3 $2 Nxe5 {>< Rd1} 32. Rh3 Nd3 $19 {
That's why White removes his rook from the ties, however this gave Black a
chance to regroup his pieces.}) 31... Nb6 32. Rf3 Rd8 33. Rd1 c3 34. bxc3 {
Quite an unexpected decision.} (34. Rh3 $2 c2 35. Rc1 Rxh3 36. gxh3 Nc4 $19) ({
As GM Sergei Shipov said on "www.chesspro.ru" both sides could have continued
fighting.} 34. bxc3 $5 Nc4 (34... bxc3 $2 35. Qxc3 Rxe5 36. Rh3 Rh5 37. g4 $18)
35. Qe1 Nxe5 36. Rg3 b3 37. Rb1 (37. c4 $143 Nxc4 38. Rxb3 Nd6 $13 {[%csl Rg7]}
) 37... Nc6 38. Qd1 Na5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 $5
{Besides this move black has several options:} (7... Qe7 $5 {See comments to
Van Wely,L-Van der Wiel, J/Rotterdam,1998/CBM 66(1-0) (Golod,V) (24)}) (7...
Nc6 $5) (7... h6) (7... Re8 $5) ({and} 7... b6) 8. Nf3 {This move seems more
realistic than:} (8. e3 $5 {See comments to Cramling,P-Kortschnoj,V/ Marbella,
1999/CBM 74 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)}) 8... h6 {Besides, black has four
principales options: 8...b6;8...Re8;8...Qe7 and 8...Qe8.} 9. Bh4 (9. Bxf6 $143
Nxf6 10. e3 b6 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 $6 Bb7 12. Qc2 c5 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8 {
=/=/+ Pacsay,L-Sax,G/Balatonbereny,1985 (1/2-1/2)(45)}) 11... c5 12. O-O Bb7
13. b4 Rc8 $11 {Hera,I-Horvath,C/HUN,1999(0-1)(40)}) 9... g5 $6 {[%mdl 4]} ({
Other alternatives are:} 9... Qe8 $5 10. e3 Ne4 (10... b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. f3 c5
13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Be2 {+/=/= Umanskaya,I-Pudkova,T/Podolsk,1990 (1-0)(69)}) 11.
Qc2 f5 12. Nd2 (12. Bd3 $143 Ndf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. O-O a5 15. b4 Bd7 16. b5 b6
$11 {Hoang ThanTrang-Eperjesi,L/Budapest, 1995(1-0)(63)}) 12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2
e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f3 Be6 16. Qc3 a5 17. c5 {+/=/= Keatinge Clay,A-Eperjesi,
L/ Budapest,1999(1/2-1/2)(64)}) (9... b6 $5 10. Nd2 (10. e3 $143 Bb7 11. Be2
Qe7 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nd2 Ndf6 $11 {Guerra Bastida,
D-Rodriguez,A/Malaga,1991 (1/2-1/2)(32)}) 10... Bb7 11. f3 c5 12. e4 Rc8 13.
dxc5 Rxc5 14. Qd4 Qb8 15. Be2 {+/=/= Kortschnoj,V-Kosten,A/Hastings,1988 (1-0)
(31)}) ({and} 9... Qe7 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 a5 (11... Re8 $5 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8g6]})
12. b3 Re8 13. Qc2 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. d5 $14 {Fischer,J-Kiefer,G/Badenweiler,
GER,1985 (1-0)(40)}) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 b6 $146 (12... Ndf6 {
(was checked in the previous game):} 13. Bd3 h5 $2 {>= 13...b6} 14. h4 $1 Nxg3
15. fxg3 g4 16. Ng5 $1 Nh7 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. O-O $16 {See comments to
Beliavsky,A-Van der Wiel, J/Amsterdam,1989/CBM14(1-0) (ChessBase)(25)}) 13. Nd2
{White wants to exchange the strong black's knight.} Nxg3 ({A little worse is:
} 13... Ndf6 14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Kg7 16. Bd3 $14) 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. Be2 Bb7 16.
Bf3 $1 {Now white wants to exchange or make black to cover bishop b7.} c6 ({
Interestingly:} 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 $140 c5 18. O-O-O cxd4 19. exd4 b5 $132 {
[%csl Rc1]}) 17. O-O-O $14 g4 18. Be2 c5 19. d5 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 19.
f3 $5 {[%csl Rg8]}) 19... exd5 20. cxd5 c4 $2 {Serious gross positional
mistake. It was necessarily:} (20... Bxd5 $1 21. Bc4 {[%csl Rd6]} (21. Nc4 $143
Bxg2 22. Rxd6 (22. Rh2 $2 Be4 $1 23. Qa4 $140 {[%cal Ga4d7,Gc4d6,Gd1d6]} b5 $3
(23... d5 $2 24. Qxd7 $14) 24. Qxb5 Rfb8 25. Qxd7 (25. Qa5 d5 $19) (25. Qa4
$144 Rxb2 $19) 25... Rxb2 $19 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gf6c3]}) 22... Bxh1 23. Rxf6
Rxf6 $15) 21... Be6 22. Ne4 fxe4 23. Rxd6 Rae8 24. Rxd7 (24. Qxe4 $2 Ne5 $19)
24... Bxc4 25. Qxc4+ Qe6 26. Qxe6+ Rxe6 $15 {[%csl Rf2] _|_}) 21. Nb1 {[%cal
Gb1c3]} (21. Nxc4 $2 Rac8 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb6b5]} 22. Qb3 (22. Qa4 $2 Nc5 23.
Qxa7 b5 $19) 22... Nc5 (22... Rc5 $5) 23. Qb4 Ne4 24. Rhf1 Rc5 $17 {[%csl Rd5]}
) 21... b5 22. Nc3 $16 Ba6 ({Senselessly:} 22... b4 {because of:} 23. axb4 a5
$140 24. b5 $16) 23. Rh4 {[%cal Gd1h1] The white's pressure is getting
stronger and stronger.} Nc5 (23... Qg7 24. Rdh1 Rf6 25. f3 $40) 24. Rdh1 Kg7
25. Kb1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc5b3,Gc5d3,Yc1b1] Prophylactic move.Now from threat:
Bg4 black has no satisfactorily protection.} Rab8 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 26. Bxg4 $1
Nd3 (26... fxg4 $143 27. Rxg4+ Kh8 (27... Kf7 28. Rf4 $18) 28. Rg6 $18) 27.
Rxh6 Qxh6 28. Rxh6 Kxh6 29. Be2 Nxf2 $2 {Deciding mistake,more stubborn
resistance after:} (29... b4 $142 30. axb4 Rxb4 31. Nd1 Rfb8 {+/-/+-}) 30. Bxc4
Ng4 31. Bd3 Ne5 (31... b4 $144 32. Bxa6 bxc3 33. Qxc3 $18) 32. Ne2 $18 Rbc8 33.
Qd1 Ng4 (33... Nxd3 $142 34. Qxd3 Rc5) 34. Nf4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd1h1,Gf4e6]
Now the material lose is unavoidable,that is why black resign.} 1-0

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1998.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 $5 (9. Nf3 $5 {-see comments to Dreev,A-Salov,V/Elista,1998/CBM65
(1/2-1/2);[Golod,V];(36),and also Dreev,A-Razuvaev,Y/St.Petersburg 1998/CBM67
(1-0);[Golod,V];(40)}) 9... Nbd7 (9... h6 $5 {-see comments to Schandorff,
L-Hansen,C/Taastrup,1998/CBM65(1/2-1/2);[Golod,V];(35)}) 10. Bd3 $5 ({Comments
to this part of the game(10-12 moves) and also} 10. Nh3 $5 {you can find in
annotations to Vera,R-Bacrot,E/Havana,1998/CBM65(1/2-1/2);[Golod,V];(41)})
10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 Rc8 (12... e5 $5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rd1 Ne6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O (16. Rxd6 $2 Qh4+ $36 {[%csl Rc4]}) 16... d5 17. Qd3 e4 18.
fxe4 dxc4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Bass,L-De la Cruz Lopez,J/Madrid 1993/EXT 97 (37)}) 13.
Bxf6 $5 ({Worse is:} 13. Nh3 Ncd7 14. O-O (14. Qd2 Rxc4 15. Bb3 Rc5 16. Qxd6
Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. O-O h6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bg3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Sands,
D-Cooper,A/GBR 1998/EXT 99 (21)}) 14... d5 15. b3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bd5 17. Bxh7+
Kh8 18. Qe1 Bxc4 19. Qh4 Bxf1 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ {1/2-1/2 Hsu Li Yang-Wu
Shaobin/Karpov GM, Singapore SIN 1997}) 13... Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O $5
$146 (15. Rd1 {was checked in the previous game.} Nd7 {[%csl Rc4]} 16. Rxd6 Ne5
17. b3 b5 18. Ne2 bxc4 19. Kf2 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shemeakin,
A-Polak,T/Hlohovec 1995/EXT 97 (64)}) 15... Rfd8 $5 ({A little worse is:} 15...
d5 {in view of:} 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2c3] and white has a slight
positional advantage in the endgame.}) 16. Nh3 $5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh3f4,Gf4h5]
} ({Badly:} 16. Ne2 {because of:} Ba6 17. b3 d5 {[%csl Rc4,Re2][%cal Ga6e2] =/
+/-/+}) 16... e5 $5 {(><f4;/\d5)} ({Good enough:} 16... d5 $5 17. cxd5 (17. Nf4
$2 dxc4 18. Nh5 f5 $17) 17... Bxd5 18. Nf4 Nb3+ 19. Kb1 Bc4 $11) 17. Kb1 (17.
e4 $2 Ne6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge6d4]} 18. b3 Nd4 $1 (18... b5 $143 19. cxb5 Nd4
20. Rxd4 $8 (20. Rd2 $4 Nxb3+ $19) 20... exd4 21. Rd1 Rc3 (21... d5 22. Rxd4
dxe4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bxe4 $13) 22. Rxd4 Rdc8 23. Rc4 (23. Rd2 $143 Rxb3 24.
a4 $15) 23... R8xc4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Kd2 $44) 19. Kb2 b5 20. Bd3 bxc4 21. Bxc4
d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 {=/+/-/+}) 17... a5 $5 $11 {(><b4;/\d5)} ({Dubious:} 17... d5
$5 18. cxd5 $1 (18. Bf5 Ne6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf2 Bb3 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ne4
Kg7 $11) 18... Bxd5 19. b4 Ne6 20. Kb2 $14 {white has a better endgame ,in
view of a feeble pawn chain of black.}) 18. Nf2 ({Senseless:} 18. Rd2 {because
of:} Ne6 $11 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd6d5]}) 18... d5 19. cxd5 ({Also equality after:
} 19. Bf5 Ne6 20. cxd5 Bxd5) 19... Bxd5 20. Ng4 (20. b4 $2 axb4 21. axb4 Na6
$36) 20... Kg7 $8 21. Bxh7 $5 Bb3 {[%csl Rd1,Rh7]} 22. Bc2 {is the better move.
} ({After:} 22. Rxd8 $6 Rxd8 23. Bc2 Rd2 24. Bxb3 Nxb3 {[%csl Rb2,Rg2] black
has a full compensation for a pawn.}) 22... Bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Nd3+ $1 {/\f5(פg4)}
24. Kb1 f5 25. Rd2 $8 {[%csl Rd3,Rd8][%cal Gh1d1]} fxg4 26. Rhd1 Rh8 $11 {
[%csl Rh2]} 27. Rxd3 Rxh2 28. R1d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Rishon Le Zion Kasparov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{This was the last but one round game of the Israeli League.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 $5 8. Qf3 $5 {
[%csl Ra8,Gf3,Rf6,Gg5][%cal Gf3a8,Gf3f6,Gg5f6][%mdl 4]} (8. e3 $5 {It's main
line.See comments to Gabriel,C-Wells,P/Pulvermuehle,2000/CBM 75(1/2-1/2) 
(Golod,V)(22)}) ({Besides,white has three options:} 8. Nf3) (8. Rc1) ({and} 8.
f3 $6 {See comments to Golod,V-Dgebuadze,A/ Hoogeveen,1998/CBM 68 (1-0)(Golod,
V)(52)}) 8... Nc6 9. e3 h6 $5 ({Interestingly from the beginning:} 9... Na5 $5
{You can see comments to Beliavsky,A-Kortschnoj,V/Lviv,2000/CBM 77 (1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V) (33)}) 10. h4 $5 ({After:} 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. b4 {
I have a slight positional advantage in the endgame.}) 10... Re8 ({It deserves
attention:} 10... Na5 $5 11. Rc1 c5 12. d5 $13) ({Was checked in the previous
game:} 10... Bb7 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 11. Bxf6 $6 (11. O-O-O $5 Rb8 {[%csl Yb8][%cal
Yb8b7,Gc6d4]} (11... Re8 $5) 12. Qh3 $5 (12. Bxf6 $143 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14.
Bd3 Ne7 15. Ne2 Kh8 {+/=/=}) 12... Re8 13. Ne2 Na5 14. Nc3 c5 15. d5 $13) (11.
Qh3 $5 $13 {[%csl Rg8,Gh1,Gh3] An interesting idea which was mentioned by
Smirin,I after the game:}) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Psakhis,L/
London,1999(12)} (12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. b4 (13. Bd3 $5 a5 14. Ne2 $11) 13... Ne7
14. Ne2 a5 15. b5 Kh8 $11 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf8g8]})) 11. Rc1 $5 $146 {[%csl
Yc1] From my point of view this move better,than:} (11. b4 {See comments to
Dias,P-Miralles,G/Escaldes,1998/CBM 68(1/2-1/2)(Rodriguez,Am) (18)}) 11... Bb7
{[%csl Gb7,Rf3]} 12. Bxf6 {Most probably,this obligatory move.} ({Pretty
dubious:} 12. Qh3 Kf8 $1 {[%csl Yf8,Rg8][%cal Yg8f8,Gh6g5]} 13. Nf3 (13. Bxf6
Qxf6 {=/=/+}) 13... hxg5 14. hxg5 Ng8 15. Qh8 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh1h7]} Nce7 (
15... f5 $5 16. Rh7 Qe7) 16. Bd3 (16. Rh7 $2 Nf5 $17 {[%csl Yf3,Rg5][%cal
Gb7f3]}) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rh7 Qe7 20. f4 $44) 12...
Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 {+/=/=} d6 $5 {Black's plan is:Nb8-d7} (14... Ne7
$143 15. Ne2 c5 16. Kd2 $14) 15. Ne2 Nb8 {[%cal Gb8d7]} 16. Nc3 ({Senselessly:
} 16. c5 bxc5 (16... dxc5 $5 17. dxc5 Rd8 18. Bb1 $11) 17. dxc5 Nc6 18. cxd6
cxd6 19. Ba6 Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 $11) 16... Nd7 17. Be4 $6 {After this
inaccuracy black equalizes. Probably could be recomended:17.Kd2!? or 17.Ke2.}
Bxe4 ({Badly:} 17... c6 $2 {in view of:} 18. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc3e4,
Gc3b5]} (18. Nb5 $2 d5 19. Nd6 dxe4 20. Nxb7 f5 21. Nd6 Red8 $11) 18... d5 $8 (
18... Kf8 $2 19. Nb5 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6][%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6]} cxb5 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21.
Bc6 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Rd7]}) 19. cxd5 cxd5 (19... exd5 $143 20. Ne2 $16 {[%cal
Ge2f4]}) 20. Kd2 {+/=/+/-}) 18. Nxe4 f5 ({Too actively:} 18... e5 19. d5 $140
f5 $6 {because of:} 20. Ng3 f4 21. Nf5 Kh7 22. Ke2 Rg8 23. Rhg1 $14) 19. Nc3
$11 (19. Nc3 a6 {[%csl Ya6,Rb5][%cal Ya6b5]} 20. Kd2 Kf8 {/\Ke7,Rg8=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2003.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 {This logical move extremely seldom was met in
this position. Also there are five main alternatives. You can see comments to
them in the following games:} (10... h6 $6 {In my opinion,it's superfluous
move.Grigore,G-Cosma,I/Bucuresti,1998/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(48)}) (10... Be4 {
Horvath,G-Lugovoi,A/Halkidiki,2002/CBM 92(1-0)(Golod,V)(56)}) (10... Qe7 $5 {
Mikhalevski,A-Tunik,G/Beersheba,1996/CBM 53(0-1)(Dautov,R)(86)}) (10... c5 $5 {
Tyomkin,D-Shabtai,R/Jerusalem,1996/CBM 56(1/2-1/2)(Kanstler,B)(43)}) ({and} 
10... a5 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A/Biel,1992/CBM 31(0-1)(Ftacnik,L)(56)}) 11. Qc2
Rb8 $146 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Yb8b7]} ({Were checked in the preceding games:} 11...
f5 $6 12. Ng5 Nxg5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 (14. Bc6 $5) 14... h6 15. f4 Nh7 16. e4
{+/=/+/- Avramov,A-Dimitrov,P/Bankia,1991(1/2-1/2)(54)}) ({and} 11... h6 {
[%csl Yh6][%cal Yh6g5]} 12. Nd2 $6 (12. b4 $5) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 e5 $11 {Torres Sanchez,J-Vivo Teruel,J/Valencia,1994(1/2-1/2)(34)}) 12.
Ne1 {White at once begins active actions.} ({Is a possible continuation of the
play:} 12. b4 {with the next plan: Bb2, Ne1 and f3.}) 12... Nef6 $6 {Too
passively. Black completely refuses the struggle for the centre.} ({Can be
recommended:} 12... f5 $5 13. f3 Nef6 14. e4 (14. b4 $5) 14... fxe4 15. fxe4 e5
16. d5 c6 $132 {[%csl Rc4,Gc6,Rd5][%cal Gb6b5]}) 13. e4 {[%csl Yc4,Yd4,Ye4]} c5
({It deserves attention:} 13... e5 14. d5 $140 c6 15. b4 cxd5 16. cxd5 Ba6 (
16... Rc8 $143 17. Qe2 Nb8 18. Be3 $14 {[%csl Ya3,Yb4]}) 17. Nd3 Qc8 $1 $11)
14. d5 ({Hardly it is enough for achievement of advantage:} 14. dxc5 bxc5 (
14... Nxc5 $143 15. b4 Ncd7 {[%cal Gb8c8]} (15... Ncxe4 $4 16. f3 {[%csl Re4]})
(15... Bxe4 $4 16. Bxe4 Ncxe4 17. f3 {[%csl Re4]}) 16. Bf4 $14) 15. b4 Qc7 $11)
14... b5 $1 {Differently, it will be possible to struggle only for equality.}
15. b3 ({Leads to more interesting game:} 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. cxb5 a6 $44) 15...
bxc4 16. bxc4 Ba6 {Black begin to attack point c4.Task of white: to protect
the pawn "c4" and fields of intrusion on <-> b.} 17. Nd3 Re8 ({For the benefit
of white the next tactical complications:} 17... Nb6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. e5 Ng4
20. exd6 Bxc4 21. Rd1 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxf2 23. Qxc5 $14) 18. Bf4 e5 $6 {It was
not necessary to close the centre.} (18... Nb6 $142) 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Nb2 $14
Re7 21. Rae1 (21. f4 $5) 21... Reb7 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb6d5]} 22. Bc1 {[%csl
Yc1,Rc4][%cal Yc1b2,Yb2c4] Now all weakness of white are reliably protected
and it is possible to think about "f4".} Ne8 23. f4 Re7 (23... exf4 $143 24.
gxf4 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 24. f5 $1 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gg4g5] This move is much better
than:} (24. fxe5 dxe5 (24... Rxe5 $2 25. Bf4 Re7 (25... Nd7 26. Nd3 $1 $16) 26.
e5 $16) 25. Be3 Nd6 $1 26. Bxc5 $140 Rc7 $44) 24... Reb7 {<->b} 25. Rf3 {
[%cal Yf3b3,Gf3g3]} Nd7 26. Bf1 {[%csl Yf1]} Qa5 27. Ree3 {In camp of white
there are no more objects for an attack.} Nef6 28. h3 Nh5 {><f4} 29. Rf2 Ndf6
30. Kg2 Nd7 {Black have recognized an inaccuracy of their line and have
returned the knights on their initial place.} ({Pretty dubiously:} 30... Qd8 {
in view of:} 31. Be2 {/\Nd3 and g4(פh5).}) 31. Be2 Nhf6 32. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]}
g5 $2 {The not compelled easing of the king side.} (32... h6 $142 33. h4 Nh7
$14 {[%cal Ya5d8]}) 33. fxg6 $16 fxg6 ({Much worse is:} 33... hxg6 34. Ref3 Qd8
35. Nd1 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7][%cal Gc1g5]}) 34. Ref3 Qe1 $2 {It was impossible to
think up more worse move.} ({Also badly:} 34... Rf8 35. Bh6 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) ({
and} 34... Qd8 35. Nd1 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Ne8 36. Bh6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf3f8]} Nc7
37. Qa4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga4d7,Gf3f8]}) ({More stubborn resistance
after:} 34... Ne8 35. Bh6 Ng7 36. Na4 $16 (36. Rf7 $143 Nb6 {[%csl Yb7]})) 35.
Nd3 Qa5 36. Rxf6 Nxf6 37. Rxf6 $18 Rb3 38. Bh6 Qc3 ({Hardly is better:} 38...
Rxa3 39. Qb2 {[%csl Rg8]} Re8 (39... Rd8 40. Rxd6) 40. Re6 Rd8 41. Rxd6 Rxd6
42. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge5e8,Ge5g7,Ge5d6]}) ({or} 38... Qxa3 39. Rxd6
Qa4 40. Rxa6 Qxa6 41. Nxc5 Qa3 42. Nxb3 Rxb3 43. Bc1 $18) 39. Qd1 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gd1f1]} Qa5 $2 ({Also loses right away:} 39... Qxc4 40. Qf1 Qxe4+ 41. Kh2
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf6f8]} Qxe2+ 42. Qxe2 Bxd3 43. Qf3 $18) ({and} 39... Rd8 40.
Qf1 Rbb8 41. Rf7 Qc2 42. Qf6 Qxe2+ 43. Nf2 {[%csl Rg8]}) 40. Qxb3 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gf6f8]} 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 h6 7. Nf3 b6 (7...
d5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. b4 c6 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 a5 12. Bd3 f5 13. O-O $14 {1-0 Dias,
A-Nagashima,C/Sao Paulo op 1995 (49)}) (7... d6 8. g3 Nbd7 (8... a5 9. b3 Re8
10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Bg2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nd2 Qc8 15. Rfc1 Bh3 16. Bh1
Qg4 17. e4 Ng6 18. Qe3 Qh5 19. f3 Nd7 20. b4 f5 $13 {0-1 Alterman,B-Kosashvili,
Y/Rishon le Zion 1994 (56)}) 9. Bg2 Qe7 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 c5 12. Bb2 Rb8 13.
dxc5 dxc5 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. b5 $16 {1-0 Botsari Miladinovic,
A-Nikolaou,G/Aegina op 1996 (28)}) (7... Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. b4 d5 11.
c5 Ne7 12. Ne5 c6 13. O-O b5 14. f3 $16 {1-0 Sisaettoe,O-Kangasmaa,M/FIN-chJ
U14 1996 (23)}) 8. b3 $146 (8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2
{1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Dorfman,J/ch-FRA, Meribel FRA 1998}) 8... Bb7 9. Bb2 d6 10.
e3 (10. g3 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Ng5 $5 14. Qd1 (14.
Nd2 Nh3+ (14... f4 15. e4 c5 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 15. Kh1 (15. gxh3 $4 Qg5+) 15...
Qh4 16. Bf3 (16. f3 $5 Ng5 17. Bd3) 16... Bxf3 (16... Nxf2+ $2 17. Rxf2 Qxf2
18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bc6 $16) 17. Nxf3 Qh5 18. Qd1 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Qxd1 (19... Qxg5
20. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3c6]}) 20. Raxd1 hxg5 $14) 14... Qe7 15. Kh1 Rae8 16. Rc1
f4 $5 17. exf4 (17. Nxg5 $143 Qxg5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 fxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxe3 21.
fxe3 Nf6 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 17... Rxf4 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. f3 $8 Rh4 {[%cal Gg5g3]}
(19... e5 $5 20. d5 Ref8) 20. Qe1 Nf6 21. g3 Rh3 22. Kg1 e5 $5 (22... Qe3+ 23.
Kg2 Qxb3 24. Kxh3 Qxb2 $44) (22... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Gh5g3]} 23. f4 Qg6 {[%cal
Yb7h1]} 24. Rc3 $1 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 25. Qd1 $1 h5 $5 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gh5h4]}
(25... Rf8 26. Re3) (25... Ne4 26. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ge2d3,Ge2g4]} (26. Qc2 Rf8 27.
Re3 (27. Rcf3 {[%cal Ge2d3] /\Bd3} Rxf4) 27... Rh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4f4]} 28. Ref3
Rfxf4 $3 29. Rxf4 Rxh2 $3 30. Rf8+ $1 (30. R1f3 Qh5 $1 31. Rxe4 (31. Rf8+ $2
Kh7 32. Rh8+ Kxh8 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Bxh5 Rxc2 $19) 31... Qh3 $1 32. Bd3 Rh1+ 33.
Kf2 Rh2+ $1 (33... Qh2+ 34. Ke3 Re1+ 35. Be2 $8 (35. Kf4 $2 Qh5 $3 36. g4 g5+
37. Kg3 Qh4+ 38. Kg2 Qh1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40. Kf2 Rg2+ 41. Ke3 Rxc2 42. Bxc2 Qe1+)
35... Bxe4 36. Qd2 $1 Bxf3 37. Qxe1 Bxe2 38. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 39. Kd2 $14) 34. Kg1 (
34. Ke3 $2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Qg2 $1 36. Rf2 Qxg3+ 37. Ke2 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Qxb3 $17)
34... Rh1+ $11) 30... Kh7 31. Rh8+ $3 (31. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 31...
Kxh8 32. Rf8+ Kh7 33. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1 Qg6 $1 (34... g6 35. d5 (35. Rh8+ Kxh8
36. d5+ e5 37. Qxe4 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 35... Nf2+ 36. Rxf2 Qxf2 37. Qe4 e5
38. Qf3 $14) 35. Bd1 $1 (35. Kh2 Qg3+) 35... Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Ng4+ $1 37. Kg1 Be4
$1 38. Qd2 Ne3+ 39. Kf2 Nxd1+ 40. Qxd1 Qg2+ 41. Ke3 Bf5 $1 42. Qc1 Qg3+ 43. Ke2
(43. Kd2 Qd3+ 44. Ke1 Qg3+ $11) 43... Qg2+ 44. Ke1 Qg3+ $1 $11) 26... Nxg3 (
26... Rf8 $4 27. Bg4) 27. hxg3 Rxg3+ 28. Kf2 Rxe3 29. Kxe3 Qg3+ 30. Kd2 Bg2 31.
Rg1 Qxf4+ 32. Kc3 Qf2 $14)) 23. dxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Gf6h5]} 24. Rf2 $5 {[%cal
Ge2f1]} (24. c5 {[%cal Gc5c6]} Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5g3]} 25. Rc4 Nxg3 26. hxg3
Rxg3+ 27. Kh2 Rg2+ 28. Kh1 Rg3 {[%cal Gg5h5]} 29. Kh2 Rg2+ $11) 24... e4 $2 (
24... Nh5 $1 25. Bf1 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gh3g3]} 26. Rd1 {[%cal Gb2c1]} Rxg3+ (
26... e4 27. fxe4 Rxe4 28. Qc3) 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Bg2 (28. Rg2 Qxf3 $1 {
[%cal Gf4g2]} 29. Qd2 Nh3+ 30. Kh2 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf3h5]} 31. Kg1 $1 Nh3+ $11)
28... Bxf3 $1 29. Rc2 Qg5 30. Rdd2 e4 $1 31. Kf1 Qh5 $1 $40 {[%cal Ge4e3]}) 25.
Bxf6 $1 (25. Bf1 $5 Rh5 (25... exf3 $2 26. Bxf6 Rxg3+ (26... Rxe1 27. Bxg5 $18)
27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Rg2 $1) 26. f4 Qf5 $1 {[%cal Gf6g4,Ge4e3]} 27. Qc3 Qc5 $1
28. b4 e3 $1 29. Re2 (29. bxc5 $2 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rxh2+ (30... Ne4+ $19) 31. Bg2
(31. Kg1 Rh1+ 32. Kf2 Ng4#) 31... Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rh2 $1 $19 {[%cal Gh2h1,Gf6g4]}
) 29... Qe7 30. Rce1 Ng4 31. Bg2 c5 $1) 25... Qxf6 26. fxe4 (26. Bf1 $5 Rh5 27.
fxe4) 26... Qg6 27. Qf1 $1 Rh4 28. Bd3 $2 (28. c5 $3 $16 {[%cal Gc5c6] /\c6;/
\Bc4} Bxe4 (28... Qxe4 $2 29. Bc4+ $1 Bd5 (29... Kh8 30. Rf8+ Rxf8 31. Qxf8+
Kh7 32. Bg8+ Kg6 33. Qf7+ Kg5 34. Qxg7+ Kf5 35. Rf1+ $18) 30. Bxd5+ Qxd5 31.
gxh4 $18) (28... Rhxe4 29. Bc4+ Kh7 30. Bd3 $16) (28... Kh7 29. c6 $16 Bxc6
$140 $2 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. gxh4 $18) 29. Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 (29... Kh7 30. Rxe8 Qxe8
31. gxh4 Qg6+ 32. Kf2 $18) 30. Bc4+ Kh7 (30... Rf7 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qxf7+
Kxf7 33. gxh4 $18) 31. Qxf8 $18) 28... Bxe4 {[%cal Gg6g3]} 29. Re1 $4 (29. Rf3
$5) 29... Qxg3+ $1 30. Rg2 Qd6 $1 31. Qe2 Qd4+ $2 (31... Rf4 32. Bxe4 Qd4+ 33.
Kh1 (33. Rf2 Rexe4 $19) 33... Rexe4 34. Qd1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Qd3 $19) (31... Bc6
$1 32. Qxe8+ (32. Qf2 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qxd3 34. Qe6+ (34. Qxh4 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+)
34... Kh8 35. Qxc6 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ $1 $19) 32... Bxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Bg6+
Kf6 $19) 32. Qf2 (32. Qe3 $2 Bxd3 33. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 Re2+) 32... Qxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 (33. Rxf2 $2 Rg4+) 33... Rf8+ 34. Kg3 Bxg2 35. Kxh4 Rf4+ 36. Kg3 Rf3+ 37.
Kxg2 Rxd3 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. b4 (39. Re7 Rxb3 40. Rxc7 Rxa3 $19) 39... Rc3 (39...
Rxa3 $142 40. b5 (40. Re7 Ra4 41. c5 (41. Rxc7 Rxb4) 41... c6 $1 $19) 40... Ra4
41. Re4 a6 42. bxa6 Rxa6 43. Re7 c5 44. Re6 Ra4 $19) 40. Rb8 Rxc4 41. Rb7 a6 $2
{Probably there is a mistake in the notation.} (41... a5 $142 {is much better.}
42. bxa5 bxa5 $19) (41... a6 $2 42. Ra7) 0-1

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Nf3 (9. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Gg1e2] Is the main line.}) 9... Nbd7 10. b4 {
[%mdl 4]} ({Other alternatives are:} 10. Nd2 $5 {See comments to Ivanchuk,
V-Adams,M/ Linares,1999/CBM 70(0-1)(Golod,V)(40)}) ({and} 10. Bd3 $5) 10... c5
(10... h6 $143 11. Bh4 $140 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4
16. Qd2 $14 {Hillarp Persson,T-Ochsner,T/Copenhagen, 1997(1-0)(41)}) 11. dxc5 {
It's a principal decision,differently it is not possible to struglle for
advantage:} (11. Qb3 Qc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14. b5 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Bb7 16.
Rab1 a6 17. a4 Ne4 $13 {Vasilescu,L-Iordachescu,V/Bucharest,1999 (0-1)(44)})
11... bxc5 12. b5 (12. Bd3 $143 Qc7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3
d4 $11 {Alterman,B-Har Zvi,R/Tel Aviv,1996(1/2-1/2) (25)}) 12... Bb7 13. Bd3 a6
$5 {Besides,black has several options:} (13... d5 $5 14. O-O (14. Rd1 $5) 14...
Re8 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Than Trang-Gonzalez Garcia,J/
Budapest,1997(16)}) ({and} 13... Qb6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bxe4 (15. Qc2 f5 $13)
15... Bxe4 16. Nd2 $14 Bg6 (16... Bb7 17. a4 a5 18. e4 Rfe8 19. f3 $14 {
Arlandi,E-Agopov,M/Batumi,1999(1-0)(46)}) 17. a4 {See comments to Dreev,
A-Zvjaginsev,V/ Groningen,1997/CBM 63(1-0)(Finkel,A)(34)}) ({and} 13... h6 $5
14. Bh4 Qe7 15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 $13 {Krush,I-Levitt,J/London,1999(0-1)(33)})
14. O-O ({Dubious:} 14. a4 {in view of:} axb5 15. axb5 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Qa8 17.
Qxa8 Rxa8 18. O-O h6 (18... Be4 $1 $15 {Finkel,A}) 19. Bh4 Kf8 20. Rd1 Ke7 21.
Nd2 g5 22. Bg3 Nh5 23. Kf1 Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 Ne5 25. Be2 d5 26. Nb3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2
Leitao,R-Milos,G/Sao Paulo,1999}) 14... axb5 15. cxb5 Bxf3 $146 (15... Ra4 {
(was checked in the previous game.)} 16. Bc2 Ra5 17. Rfd1 Rxb5 18. Rxd6 $13 {
Mariano,E-Aagaard,J/Groningen,1998(0-1) (46)}) 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 Ra4 {
[%csl Ya4][%cal Ga4h4] With help of this move black blocks white pawn(a3) and
also rook can join in the game on 4-th horisontally.} ({Much worse is:} 17...
Ne4 18. Qxe5 (18. Bxd8 $4 Nxc3 $19 {[%csl Rd8,Re2]}) 18... Nxg5 19. Qg3 $13) (
17... h6 $5 18. Bh4 {+/=/=} (18. f4 $143 Ned7 (18... Ne4 $6 19. Qxe5 Nxg5 20.
Qb2 $14) 19. Bh4 Ne4 20. Qc4 Qxh4 21. Qxe4 d5 $13)) 18. f4 ({Possibly it would
be a little better:} 18. Qc2 Qa8 19. Rfd1 Rd8 {+/=/=}) 18... Ned7 19. Bd1 {
However white is drawing (a4).} Ra5 20. a4 Qa8 21. Bc2 Qf3 22. Qxa5 {Making
this move Gabriel is agreed for draw,though from my opinion he could be
continueing the game:} (22. Rfd1 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 00 75th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2000.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg5 ({Other lines are:} 
6. g3 {See comments to Greenfeld,A-Kurajica,B/ Belgrade,1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,
V)(43)}) (6. a3) ({and} 6. Bd2) 6... h6 {Besides black has several options:} (
6... b6 $5 {Beliavsky,A-Komarov,D/Jugoslavija,1995/Inf 64/483(0-1)(Komarov,D)
(29)}) (6... Qe7 $5) (6... O-O) ({and} 6... c5) 7. Bh4 {This move better than:
7.Bd2 or 7.Bxf6.} b6 $5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8b7]} ({Other alternatives are:} 
7... Qe7 $5 8. e3 b6 (8... g5 $5 9. Bg3 b6 10. Be2 $6 (10. Bd3 $142) 10... Bb7
11. O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qc2 h5 $36 {Korhonen,E-Luik,H/Helsinki,1993(1/
2-1/2)(35)}) 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 $11 {
Bondarevsky,I-Lisitsin,G/Leningrad,1938 (0-1)(60)}) ({and} 7... O-O 8. e3 Re8
9. Be2 c6 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 exd4 12. a3 $14 {Mueller,A-Buchenau,F/Germany,
1992(1-0) (27)}) 8. Nd2 $5 $146 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yd2e4][%mdl 8]} (8. e4 $5
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 e5 10. c5 $13 {Smorodsky,A-Pavlov Pianov,N/Moscow, 1927(1/2-1/2)
(76)}) (8. e3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 g5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tyrtania,
M-Ostermeyer,P/GER-chT, 1989(11)}) ({and} 8. a3 $6 {(was checked in the
previous games)} Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Bb7 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 Ne4
14. Qc2 O-O-O $15 {Singer,R-Horvath,G/Zalakaros,1992(0-1) (27)}) 8... Bb7 9. e3
({It is clear that:} 9. e4 {dubious in view of:} c5) 9... a6 {[%csl Rb5][%cal
Gc7c5,Ya6b5]} 10. f3 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 $6 ({From my opinion it would be
better to play:} 12. axb4 dxc3 13. bxc3 {with slight positional advantage of
white.}) 12... Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. Be2 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd6d5]} 15. Qd3
Qe7 16. O-O d5 $1 {Make made the game equal.} 17. cxd5 Bxd5 (17... exd5 $6 18.
Rfe1 $14) 18. Qxa6 Rc2 {[%csl Rb2,Rd2]} 19. Qd3 ({Dubious:} 19. Ne4 {because
of:} Rxb2 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Ra8 23. Qxb6 Qxa3 $36) 19...
Rxb2 20. Qc3 Ra2 $8 21. Rxa2 Bxa2 22. Bb5 $5 {with the idea 23.Qc7(פd7)} Bd5
23. Qc7 {[%csl Gb5,Gc7,Rd7,Yf6][%cal Gh4f6]} Qxa3 $1 {Black made obsolutely
right desicion that they made a sacrifice knight for two pawns.} (23... Rd8
$143 24. f4 {()}) 24. Bxd7 Qe3+ 25. Rf2 Nxd7 26. Qxd7 Ra8 27. Nf1 Qxd4 $11 {
[%mdl 1024] That position could be considered as dynamical equal position.} 28.
g4 {Probably this is the best desicion making more spaces for white.} (28. Bg3
$143 Ra1 $36) 28... b5 $6 ({It deserves attention:} 28... Ra3 {[%csl Rf3]}) 29.
Qxb5 Bxf3 30. h3 Bd5 ({Also possibly:} 30... e5 $5) 31. Qe2 Ra1 32. Kh2 $14 Bc6
33. Be7 Qd5 34. Ng3 Rd1 35. Bb4 Rd3 36. Bd2 g5 $6 {This move is a little
dubious because it makes weaker black's king and point f6 and g7.} 37. Bc1 Qd6
38. Be3 Qd5 39. Bc1 Qd6 40. Be3 Qd5 41. Qb2 $1 ({After:} 41. Bc1 {It turns in
tree times repetable position.}) 41... Qd6 ({Impossible:} 41... Rxe3 {in view
of:} 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Nh5+ Kh7 44. Rxf7+ Kg6 45. Qg8#) 42. Rd2 Rxd2+ 43. Qxd2
$2 {After this move black gets drawish endgame.They shouldn't have exchanged
queens:} (43. Bxd2 Qd5 44. Bc3 {/\Bh8->}) 43... Qxd2+ 44. Bxd2 Kh7 $11 {_|_}
45. Ne2 Kg6 46. Nd4 Bd5 47. Kg3 f5 48. Nf3 Bxf3 $1 {This is the forced way to
drawn.} 49. Kxf3 fxg4+ 50. Kxg4 h5+ 51. Kg3 Kf5 52. Kf2 (52. Bc1 $144 h4+ 53.
Kf3 e5 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gg5g4]}) 52... h4 53. Kf3 e5 (53... e5 54. Bc1 e4+ 55. Kf2
g4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 {Is the main line.} 9. b3 Ne4 (9... Nbd7 $5 {
-is the main line.See comments to Timman,J-Karpov,A/FIDE-ch,NLD/INA,1993/CBM
36(1/2-1/2)(Ftacnik)(19)}) ({Slightly worse is:} 9... a5) 10. Qc2 f5 ({In my
opinion better is:} 10... Nd7 $5) 11. Bb2 (11. Be2 Nd7 (11... Ng5 $5) 12. O-O
Ng5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. d5 Qg6 15. Bb2 a5 16. Rad1 e5 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Kozul,
Z-Grosar,A/Nova Gorica 1997/CBM 56 ext (58)}) 11... Ng5 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Ftacnik: 'Black wants to benefit from pressure along a8-h1 diagonal, but the
idea is tactically unsound.'} (11... Nd7 $142 12. Bd3 $5 {-transfers to 9...
Nbd7} (12. Be2 $5 {/\0-0,Ne1,f3}) (12. Rd1 $5)) 12. d5 $1 {-is the best
reaction to-11...Ng5} ({Senseless:} 12. Be2 $6 {in view of} Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 $11)
12... exd5 $140 ({Dubious:} 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 exd5 14. Rg1 $40) ({After:} 
12... e5 $6 13. Be2 {white has a big positional advantage.}) 13. O-O-O c5 $2 ({
Can be recommended for black:} 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Kh8 (14... d5 $2 15. Nxg5
Qxg5 16. Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rg8]} Kh8 17. h4 Qh5 (17... Qxg2 $2 18. Rdd1 $1 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh1g1]} Qxh1 19. Rxh1 Bxh1 20. Qc3 Rf6 $8 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22.
Bxf6#) (17... Qg6 $2 18. h5 $18) 18. Rh3 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh3g3]} Bxd5 19.
Rg3 $1 $18) 15. Qc3 $1 (15. Nxg5 $6 Qxg5 16. h4 Qh6 $13 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7e5,
Gd7f6]}) 15... Qe7 $8 16. Qxg7+ Qxg7 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nxg5 $14 Kg6 $140 19.
Ne6 Rc8 20. Nf4+ Kf6 21. Nd5+ {with a positional advantage in the endgame.})
14. cxd5 Ba6 ({After:} 14... Nd7 15. Bd3 {[%csl Rf5] white has a strong
initiative.}) ({Dubious:} 14... Ne4 {in view of:} 15. g4 $40) 15. h4 $1 Nxf3 (
15... Ne4 $5 16. g4 $1 {[%csl Re4,Yf5][%cal Gg4f5] (Huzman,A)} Nxf2 17. Qxf2
fxg4 (17... Bxf1 $4 18. Rhxf1 fxg4 19. Qg3 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 18. Bxa6 Rxf3 ({
Identically-} 18... Nxa6 19. Qe2 Rxf3 20. Qxa6) 19. Qe2 Nxa6 20. Qxa6 {+/=/+/-}
) 16. gxf3 Bxf1 17. Rdxf1 $16 {with the idea Rfg1,Rg5,Rhg1->} Nd7 18. Rfg1 {
Ftacnik: 'From higher point of view black is quite lost. White will increase
pressure along a1-h8 diagonal and g file. In proper moment the h file can be
open with the march of h pawn.'} Rf7 (18... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 Ng4 20. f3 Nf6
21. Qxf5 $18) 19. Rg5 c4 (19... g6 $143 20. Rhg1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]}) (
19... Qf8 $143 20. Rhg1 Ne5 21. f4 Ng4 22. e4 $1) 20. bxc4 Rc8 21. Rxf5 $1 (21.
Rhg1 $6 Ne5 22. Kb1 $14) 21... Rxc4 $6 ({Slightly better is:} 21... Rxf5 22.
Qxf5 Rxc4+ 23. Kb1 $16) 22. Qxc4 Rxf5 23. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 64] After this move
white has a forcing win! Ftacnik: 'Beautiful idea opens access to black king.'}
Kxg7 $8 24. Qg4+ Kf6 $8 25. e4 Re5 (25... Qc7+ $144 {-see 26...Qc7+}) 26. f4
Qc7+ (26... Rxe4 $2 27. Qg5+ {[%csl Rd8]}) ({Also loses:} 26... Re7 27. Rg1 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg4f5]} Kf7 28. Qh5+ $1 Kf8 $8 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ Ke8 31.
Rg8+ $18) ({Slightly better:} 26... Re8 27. Rg1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg4g7,Gg4f5]}
Qc7+ 28. Kb1 Ke7 29. Qg5+ Nf6 $8 30. e5 $18) 27. Kb1 Qc3 {Ftacnik: 'An act of
desperation, since the retreat of the rook will cost the life of her royal
master.'} (27... Rxe4 28. Rg1 {[%cal Gg4g7]} Re7 29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ {
and mate in 8}) (27... Re7 28. Rg1 {and mate in 5}) (27... Re8 $142 28. Rg1 Ke7
29. Qg5+ Nf6 30. e5 $18) 28. fxe5+ Nxe5 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rg1+ Ng6 31. Qe7+ Kg8
32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ $138 Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qb5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc3,Rg7]
[%cal Gb5b2]} Kf7 36. h5 Ne5 37. Qb2 Qf3 (37... Qd3+ 38. Qc2 Qxa3 39. Qc7+ {
[%csl Rf7]}) 38. Qc2 Kf6 39. Ka2 b5 40. Rg3 Qf4 41. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2e3]} Qc1 42.
f4 $1 Qxf4 43. Rg2 {[%csl Rf4,Rf6][%cal Gg2f2]} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Estremera Panos, Sergio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 9. cxd5 {Unassuming move which is not giving special advantage.} (9. e3
$5 {Is the main line.See comments to Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69
(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27) and Elbilia,J-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(43)}) 9... exd5 ({It's pretty interesting:} 9... Qxd5 $5 10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. e4 $1 (11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Qxf6 Qxc5 14. Qh6 Qc2 $44 {
Avshalumov,A-Karpman,V/Belgrade,1988 (0-1)(33)}) 11... Qd6 (11... Qd7 $5 12.
Rd1 f5 $13) 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Bc4 $16 {Avshalumov,A}) 10. e3 {Besides this move
white has two principales moves:} (10. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 11. Qxc7 Ba6 12. Qe5 Qc6
13. Nh3 Qc2 14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. e3 Rad8 $36 {Sapis,W-Gizynski,T/Wisla,1992(0-1)
(40)}) ({and} 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. e3 Re8 13. Bf2 c5 14. Bb5 Bc6 15. Bd3
c4 16. Bb1 Nbd7 17. Ne2 {+/=/= Chabanon,J-Kogan,A/Oakham,1990 (1-0)(42)}) 10...
Re8 {[%csl Re3,Ge8]} ({Slightly worse is:} 10... Nbd7 $5 11. Bd3 $5 (11. Nh3
$143 Re8 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Bf2 c5 $11 {Oblitas,C-Rubinetti,J/Buenos
Aire,1991(1-0) (67)}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Bf5 Qe8 14. Rd1 a5 15. Ne2 Ba6
16. Kf2 $14 {Chernin,A-Kiss,A/HUN,1999(1-0)(37)}) 11. Ne2 $146 {[%cal Ge2g3]} (
{Probably better is:} 11. Bb5 c6 12. Ba4 Nbd7 (12... h6 $5 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Bf2
Nbd7 15. Rd1 a5 16. Ne2 b5 17. Bb3 $11 {Taskovits,I-Doery,J/HUN,1993(1/2-1/2)
(59)}) 13. Nh3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Qd6 16. Rfe1 Red8 17. b4 Rac8 18. Rac1
{+/=/= Andruet,G-Renet,O/Marseille,1989 (1/2-1/2)(26)}) 11... Nbd7 $11 12. Ng3
h6 $1 {Black moves away bishop from /^d8-h4 where it connected queen of black.}
13. Bf4 (13. Bh4 $4 g5 {[%csl Rh4]}) (13. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 {/\c5=/+}) 13... c5 14.
Bb5 $2 {A little optimistic.More safely would be:} (14. Rd1 c4 15. Be2 Nf8 $13
{[%cal Gf8g6]}) 14... a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bd1 ({After:} 16. Bc2 Rc8 {white's
pieces are getting under black rook.}) 16... cxd4 $1 17. Qxd4 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c4]
} 18. O-O $6 ({Also dubious:} 18. Be2 {in view of:} Nc5 {[%cal Gc5b3,Gc5e6]}) (
{and} 18. b3 Nc5 $17 {[%cal Gc5e6]}) ({Can be recommended:} 18. Kf1 $15) 18...
Rc4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 2048]} 19. Qa7 ({After:} 19. Qd2 {very strongly:} Qb6 {
[%csl Rf4,Rg1] with the idea Rf4 or g5} 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Kh1 g5 22. b3 Rcc8 23.
Bg3 Qxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bf2 Rd3 $17) 19... Bc8 20. Be2 ({Another
alternative is:} 20. Bb3 g5 21. Bd6 (21. Bxc4 $5 gxf4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg3]} 22. Nf5
bxc4 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ Kg6 25. e4 $17) 21... Nb6 22. Bb4 $2 (22. Bxc4 Qxd6
$17 {[%csl Ra7,Rc4][%cal Ge8e7]}) 22... Rxb4 $1 23. axb4 Re7 {[%csl Ra7]} 24.
Qb8 Nfd7 25. Qa7 (25. Qd6 Re6 {[%csl Rd6]}) 25... Ne5 26. Rxa6 (26. Qb8 Nc6 $19
) 26... Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Nc6 $19) 20... g5 $1 21. Bd6 ({Also it didn't decide any
problems:} 21. Bxc4 gxf4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg3]} 22. Nf5 bxc4 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Nf5+
Kg6 $17) 21... Nb6 22. Bb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Gross blunder.} ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 22. Bxc4 Qxd6 {[%csl Ra7,Rc4][%cal Ge8e7]} 23. Bxb5 axb5 $17
(23... Re7 $143 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxa6 Qc5 $15)) 22... Rxb4 $1 {Nice move, now
queen a7 will be caught.} 23. axb4 Re7 {[%csl Ra7]} 24. Qb8 (24. Rxa6 Rxa7 25.
Rxa7 Qe8 $19 {[%csl Re3]}) 24... Nfd7 25. Qa7 (25. Qd6 $144 Re6) 25... Ne5 {
[%csl Ra7]} (25... Ne5 26. Qb8 Nc6 $19 {[%csl Rb8]}) 0-1

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 13380]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 $5 c5 $5 ({
Other lines are:} 5... d6 $5 {See comments to Short,N-Karpov,A/Dortmund,1997
(cbm60),(Tsesarsky),1-0 (44)}) (5... d5 $5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nd7 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bf1 Qh5 14. Bg2 Nb6 15. O-O
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bh3 17. f5 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Koeln GER 1998 (43)}) (5...
Nc6 $6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. c5 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12.
Bd2 $14 {1-0 Estrada,W-Recalde,E/Asuncion 1960/MCL 07 (43)}) 6. a3 $6 ({
White has several options:} 6. dxc5 $6) (6. d5 $6) (6. e5 $5 {(is the main
line)}) (6. Nf3) (6. Be3 $6) 6... Qa5 $1 ({Dubious:} 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bd3 $5 (8. f4 $143 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 b6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bh4
Qc7 14. Bd3 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bf2 Nf4 17. g3 Ng6 18. O-O Nf6 {1/2-1/2
Menyhart,T-Tengely,S/Debrecen 1995/EXT 95ch (18)}) 8... e5 9. d5 Qa5 10. Ne2 a6
11. Rb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lagunow,A-Breyther,R/BL2-N 1994/BL2 (37)}) 7. e5 $2 $146 {
(this move is bad because of 7...cxd4)} (7. dxc5 $2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Qxe4
$2 (9. Bd3 $15) 9... Qxc3+ 10. Kd1 Qxa1 $19 {1-0 Clarke,T-Nicholson,J/IRL-ch
1994/EXT 97 (34)}) (7. Nf3 $2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Bb2 $6 (9. Bd3 f5 $15) 9...
f5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Haffner,E-Kaster,M/Kettig 1994/GER
09 (45)}) ({Can be recommended:} 7. axb4 $5 Qxa1 8. bxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 b6 10. e5
$44 {1-0 Menyhart,T-Egri,L/Debrecen 1995/EXT 95op (33)}) 7... cxd4 $17 8. exf6
(8. axb4 Qxa1 9. exf6 dxc3 {See the game after: 9...Qxa1}) 8... dxc3 9. axb4 (
9. b3 $5 gxf6 10. Ra2 Be7 11. Bd3 f5 12. Bh6 Rd8 $17) 9... Qxa1 10. bxc3 ({
Possibly:} 10. fxg7 Kxg7 (10... Re8 $143 11. bxc3 $15) 11. Qxc3+ f6 $17) (10.
Bd3 $2 cxb2 11. Qxb2 (11. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 12. fxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 11... Qxb2 12. Bxb2
g6 {-/+/-+}) 10... e5 $6 (10... gxf6 $5 11. Bd3 f5 12. Nf3 a5 $1 $17 {[%csl
Ga8]}) 11. Nf3 $6 ({Better:} 11. Bd3 g6 (11... e4 $6 12. Bxe4 Re8 13. Ne2 g6
$15) 12. Nf3 Qa6 $5 {-/+/=/+}) 11... d5 $5 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc8f5]} 12. cxd5 $6
(12. fxg7 $5 Rd8 $1 (12... Re8 $6 13. cxd5 Bf5 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Nh4 $1 $13) (
12... Kxg7 $2 13. cxd5 Bf5 14. Qd2 $36) 13. cxd5 Bf5 14. Qd2 Rxd5 $1 15. Qxd5
Qxc1+ 16. Qd1 (16. Ke2 Nc6 $36 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 16... Qxc3+ 17. Qd2 Qa1+ 18. Qd1
Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 f6 $17) 12... Bf5 13. Qd2 (13. Qb2 $143 Qxb2 14. Bxb2 gxf6 $17)
13... Rc8 $1 {[%csl Rc3]} 14. c4 Nd7 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5,Rf6][%cal Gd7f6,Gb6c4,
Gb6d5,Yd7b6]} 15. Be2 (15. fxg7 $2 Nb6 16. c5 (16. Qb2 Qxb2 17. Bxb2 Nxc4 18.
Bxc4 Rxc4 $19) 16... Nxd5 $1 $19) 15... Nxf6 16. O-O {/\Bb2} Ne4 17. Qe3 Qc3
18. Bd3 Bg6 $5 {/\Nd6} ({Good enough:} 18... Nd6 $5 19. Bxf5 Qxe3 20. fxe3 $142
Nxf5 21. e4 (21. Nxe5 $6 f6 $1 22. Rxf5 (22. Nd3 Rxc4 $1 23. Rxf5 Rc3 $19)
22... fxe5 $17) 21... Nd4 $5 $17 (21... Nd6 22. c5 Nxe4 23. Nxe5 a5 $17)) 19.
Nh4 $5 {[%csl Rg6]} Nd6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. c5 Nf5 22. Bxf5 (22. Qd2 $143 Qxd2
23. Bxd2 a5 $17) 22... Qxe3 23. Bxc8 $6 (23. fxe3 gxf5 24. Rxf5 a5 25. Ba3 axb4
26. Bxb4 Ra4 $19) (23. Bxe3 $5 gxf5 24. f4 e4 $17) 23... Qb3 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5]}
24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. c6 (25. Bc6 $143 Qxb4 26. Be3 f5 27. f3 Kf7 $19) 25... Qxd5
26. Be3 {[%csl Ra7]} (26. c7 $143 Qxb7 27. cxb8=Q+ Qxb8 28. Bd2 $19 {_|_})
26... a6 27. Bxa6 $6 ({Slightly better:} 27. Bc5 $5) (27. h3 $5) 27... Qxc6 28.
b5 Qc4 {[%csl Ra6,Gc4]} 29. Rc1 Qe2 {[%csl Ra6,Ge2]} 30. h3 f5 $1 $19 {Black
has strong pawn chain in the king side} 31. Ra1 {[%cal Gb5b6]} (31. Kh2 f4 32.
Ba7 Rd8 $19) 31... Ra8 32. Bb6 Qb2 33. Ra4 f4 34. f3 g5 $1 {(/\g4;עg1)} 35.
Kh2 g4 $1 36. hxg4 (36. fxg4 f3) 36... Kf7 {[%cal Ga8h8]} 37. Re4 Qa1 $1 {
[%csl Yg1,Yh1,Rh2][%cal Ga8h8,Ga1h1]} 0-1

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1998.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4124]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 c5 ({Another line is:} 7... Bb7) 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 $5 ({White has
several options:} 9. Nf3 $5) (9. Nh3 $5) 9... d6 $5 {This is the usual move.} (
{Black has few options} 9... a5 $5) (9... Bb7 $5) (9... Nc6 $5) (9... h6 $5 {
(see comments to Kiriakov,P-Epishin,V,Maikop1998(cbm66),1-0(50) Golod,V)}) 10.
O-O-O $5 {There are other lines.See comments to Drasko,M-Knezevic,B,Belgrad,
1998(cbm64),1-0(42)Gershon,A} Ne4 $142 {Other moves are not actual.} 11. Qd3
Nxf2 (11... Qxg5 $2 12. Qxe4 d5 13. cxd5 Bb7 14. Nh3 $1 $16 {/\Nf4(><d5)}) (
11... Nxg5 $2 12. h4 $36 {and} Ne4 {worse, because of} 13. Qxe4 Qb6 (13... d5
$2 14. cxd5 Bb7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Bc4) 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Rxd6 $1 Nc6 (15... Bxa8
16. Rxb6 axb6 17. Nf3 $16) 16. Qxf8+ Kxf8 17. Nf3 $16) 12. Bxd8 $8 Nxd3+ 13.
Bxd3 Rxd8 14. Be4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb7 $5 (15... f5 $143 16. Bf3 e5 17. d6 (17. e4
$143 Nd7 18. exf5 Nf6 19. g4 Bb7 {+/=/=}) 17... e4 18. Be2 Kf7 19. Nh3 $1 $14)
16. Ne2 exd5 $5 $146 (16... Nd7 $143 {in view of} 17. dxe6 Bxe4 18. e7 $1 Re8
19. Rxd7 f6 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. h4 h6 22. h5 Bh7 23. Rh4 $16 Kf7 24. Rc4 Rxe7 25.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rxc5 Kd6 27. b4 Re8 28. Kd2 Re5 29. Rxe5 Kxe5 30. a4 Bg8 31. b5
Bb3 32. a5 Bc4 33. b6 axb6 34. axb6 Bd5 35. e4 Bb7 36. Ke3 Bc6 37. Nf5 Bxe4 38.
g4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Panno,O/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 97 (38)}) 17. Nc3 (17. Nf4
$144) 17... Nc6 $5 (17... Nd7 $6 18. Bxd5 Rab8 (18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $14 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Gh1d1]}) 19. Rhf1 $5 {[%csl Rf7]} Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $14) 18. Bxd5
$140 (18. Nxd5 $6 Rab8 $11) (18. Rxd5 $6 Na5 19. Rxd8+ (19. Rxc5 $4 Nb3+ 20.
Kc2 Nxc5 $19) 19... Rxd8 $11) 18... Na5 19. Bxb7 (19. Rhf1 $5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5
Nb3+ $5 (20... Rab8 $142 $5) (20... Nc6 $6 21. Rf2 $5 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gf2c2]}) (20... Kf8 $6 21. Nc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 $14) 21. Kc2 Nd4+ 22. exd4 Rxd5
23. dxc5 Rxc5+ 24. Kb1 Rc7 25. Rd6 Kf8 {+/=/=}) 19... Nxb7 $11 20. Rhf1 $5 {
/\Rf4(f5)} (20. Rd5 Rxd5 21. Nxd5 Rd8 22. Rd1 Kf8 $11) 20... Kf8 21. Kc2 Rac8
$5 {/\22..Ke723.Nd5+Ke6(><c7)} 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rf5 Ke7 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Ge7e6]} 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Rg5 Kf8 (25... g6 $2 26. Re5+ Kd7 (26... Kf8 27. g4 $5
h6 28. Kc3 $14) 27. g4 $1 $14) 26. Rd5 (26. Kc3 $5 Re8 27. Nxc5 (27. Kd3 Rd8+
28. Kc4 Rb8 $1 $11) 27... h6 $5 28. Rd5 (28. Nd7+ $4 Ke7 29. Rd5 (29. Rb5 Nd6
$19) 29... Rd8 $19) 28... Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxe3+ 30. Kd2 Rb3 31. Kc2 Re3 $1 $11 (
31... Rb7 $143 32. b4 $14)) 26... Ke7 27. Re5+ Kd7 28. g4 f6 (28... f6 29. Rh5
h6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 14460]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 c5 ({Another line is:} 7... Bb7) 8. e3 $5 (8. dxc5 {See comments to
Kasparov,G-Timman,J(3round),Prague1998(cbm67),1/2-1/2 (28) Golod,V}) 8... d6 ({
Black has several options:} 8... h6 $5) (8... Bb7 $5) (8... Nc6 $5) (8... cxd4
$5) 9. Bd3 $5 ({worse:} 9. f3 Nbd7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nh3 Qb6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bh4
d5 14. Bf2 Ba6 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Be2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. O-O Qb3 {And black
is better,0-1 Maksimenko,A-Dautov,R/Leningrad 1989/TD 89\09 (28)}) (9. dxc5 $5
bxc5 (9... dxc5 $143 $14) 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Qd3 {See-8.dxc5}) 9... cxd4 $6 $146
{After this move white has strong pawn centre} ({Better:} 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 Ba6
11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Ng3 $6 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 $15 {0-1 Sleisz,T-Mochalov,
E/Eger 1993/EXT 93op (60)}) 10. exd4 d5 $6 (10... Bb7 $5 11. Nf3 h6 {/\d5}) 11.
cxd5 $1 Qxd5 {[%csl Rg2,Rg5]} (11... exd5 $6 12. Nf3 $5 (12. Ne2) 12... Re8+
13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. O-O Nxe5 $6 15. dxe5 d4 16. Qe1 {(/\17.Bf6 gxf6 18.Qe4)} Bb7
17. f3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge1,Yg3,Yh4][%cal Ge1g3,Ge1h4]}) (11... Nxd5 $2 12. Bxh7+
Kh8 $8 (12... Kxh7 13. Qh3+) 13. Qg3 $1 f6 14. Bg6 $18) 12. Bxf6 $1 (12. Nf3 $2
Ne4 13. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 14. Qe3 Bb7 {=/=/+}) 12... gxf6 (12... Qxg2 $5 13. Be2 $1 {
[%cal Ge2f3]} (13. Bf1 $2 Qxh1 14. Qg3 Qe4+ (14... g6 $5) 15. Ne2 Qg6 16. Qxg6
hxg6 17. Bg2 gxf6 18. Bxa8 $17) (13. Ne2 $4 Qxh1+ 14. Kd2 Qxa1 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7
16. Qh3+ Kg8 17. Qg3 Qxb2+ 18. Kd1 Qb1+ 19. Kd2 Qg6 $19) (13. Nh3 $2 Qxh1+ 14.
Kd2 Qxh2 $1 $17 (14... Qxa1 $2 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (15... Kh8 $4 16. Bc2 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gc3g3,Yc3d3]}) 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. Ng5 Qxb2+ 18. Kd1 Qb3+ 19. Qxb3 gxf6 20.
Qg3 fxg5 21. Qxg5+ $11)) (13. O-O-O $4 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Gf8c8]} 14. Ne2 Rc8 15.
Rhg1 Rxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxf2 17. Rxg7+ Kf8 $19) 13... Bb7 {This is the best move!}
(13... Ba6 $143 14. Kd2 $1 gxf6 (14... Qxf2 15. Rf1 Qg2 16. Be5 $16 {[%cal
Gc3g3]}) (14... Qxh1 $2 15. Qg3 g6 16. Bf3 $18) 15. Nh3 Kh8 16. Rag1 Qd5 (16...
Qc6 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxa6 Nxd4 $18) 17. Bf3 $16) (13... Qxh1 $4 14. Qg3 g6 15.
Bf3 $18) 14. Bxg7 Qxh1 (14... Rc8 $143 15. Qxc8+ Bxc8 16. Bf3 Qxg7 (16... Bb7
$2 17. Bxg2 Bxg2 18. Be5 Bxh1 19. f3 $16 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ge1f2,Gg1e2]}) 17.
Ne2 $1 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ye2][%cal Ye2d4] (white has strong initiative)}) 15. Qg3
Qg2 (15... Qe4 $144 16. Bh6+ Qg6 17. Bxf8 Qxg3 (17... Kxf8 18. Rc1 $14) 18.
hxg3 Kxf8 19. Rc1 $14) 16. Bxf8+ Qxg3 (16... Kxf8 17. Rc1 $14) 17. hxg3 Kxf8
18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Ne2 $14) 13. Ne2 $1 $14 {/\Ng3(f4),Be4} Rd8 $4 {
This move is very weak} (13... Bb7 $5 $14) (13... Ba6 $6 14. Nf4 Qb7 $8 (14...
Qg5 15. Be4 Rc8 (15... Qxf4 16. Bxa8 Rc8 17. Qd2 $18) 16. Qf3 $18) 15. O-O $40)
14. Ng3 Qxd4 (14... f5 $144 15. Be2 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rd5][%cal Ge2f3]} (15. Nh5 $2
Qxd4) 15... Bb7 (15... Qxd4 $2 16. Bf3 $1 (16. Qxd4 $5 Rxd4 17. Bf3 Rd5 18.
Bxd5 exd5 $18) 16... Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rd5 18. c4 Re5+ 19. Kd2 $18) 16. Bf3 Qd7
17. Nh5 Qe7 (17... Kf8 18. Qb4+ $1) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. d5 $18) (14... Bb7 $144
15. Be4 Qd7 16. Nh5 $1 $18) 15. Be4 Qxc3+ $8 16. bxc3 Rd5 17. Rd1 $1 $18 ({
Worse} 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rd1 {because of} Be6 $16 (18... Bb7 $2 19. O-O $18)) (
17. c4 $6 Re5 18. O-O-O Rxe4 19. Nxe4 Kg7 $16) 17... Bb7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 (18...
exd5 $143 19. O-O $18) 19. Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Nd7 $8 20. c4 Bc6 21. Rxd7 $1
Bxd7 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 (22... Kf8 23. Nxd7+ Ke7 24. Ne5) 23. Nxd7 f6 {[%cal Ga8d8,
Yf6e5]} 24. Ke2 Rc8 {/\Rc7;Kf7-e7(פd7)} 25. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Rc7 (25...
Kf7 26. c5 Ke7 27. cxb6 Rxc1 28. bxa7 Rc8 29. Nb8 $18) 26. Nb8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] For a victory in Dortmund 2003, Vladimir Kramnik should necessarily
win this game.In cases of Black's win or drawn game Viorel Bologan became the
winner of tournament.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 c5 $146 {Novelty on the early stage of the
game! Black's idea is very simple: to exchange the pawns on point "d4" on next
move (this idea has no the special sense,after 10.Rd1) and also to not define
a position of Nb8.} (9... Nbd7 $5 {It's main line. You can see comments to
Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi,1999/CBM 74(0-1)(Golod,V)(33)}) 10. dxc5 $5 {
Probably,it's most basic continuation.} ({After:} 10. Rd1 Qe7 (10... Ne4 $2 {
is refuted by:} 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 cxd4 (12... Rxd8 $142 13. dxc5 bxc5 14.
Nb5 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6][%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6]}) 13. Be7 (13. Rxd4 $143 Rxd8 14. Nb5
d5 $1 {[%cal Gb8c6]}) 13... dxc3 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. b3 $16 {[%csl Rc3][%cal
Gd1c1]}) 11. dxc5 dxc5 {White have lost the opportunities to make castle in
the long party.}) 10... dxc5 ({It was dubiously:} 10... bxc5 {because of:} 11.
Rd1 {[%csl Gc3,Gd1,Rd6,Rf6,Gg5]}) 11. Qc2 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Ge2c3] The queen
concedes the her place to the knight.} h6 {Preventive move.It is rather
difficult to continue a game without this move.} 12. Bh4 Qe7 $5 13. O-O-O $140
Rd8 {<->d Black can not create threats to the White's king, and consequently
Viorel Bologan prefers to exchange a rooks.} 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Nc3 $14 {
[%csl Yf1,Gh4] White has a more preferable position,at the expense of
advantage of two bishops.} Nbd7 16. f3 Ne5 {Black's idea is: Ng6 with the
purpose to remove the bishop from a diagonal "d8-h4".} 17. Bg3 Nc6 {Already
there is no sense to play "Ng6", because the B has left from a /^d8-h4.} 18.
Be2 Qe7 19. Bh4 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg2g4] White's idea is: g4 (capture of
space and preparation for attack on the Black's king).} Ne5 {[%csl Yb7,Ye5,Rf3]
Black, in turn, prevent progress "g4".} 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Nb5 $5 {White's knight
provokes movements of pawn "a7" with the purpose to create of weakness in camp
of the contender.} Nc6 (21... Rxd1+ $6 22. Qxd1 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]}) 22. Rf1 ({
It deserves attention:} 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $140 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 $14 {
with obvious positional advantage in endgame.}) 22... g5 $5 {Viorel does not
want to think only about defence,he searches a counterplay.} 23. Bg3 (23. Bf2
$5 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 23... Nh5 24. Bf2 Ng7 {[%csl Yg7][%cal Gf7f5] Here Black's
knight reliably covers the king and also opens a road for Pf7.} 25. Rd1 f5 26.
Qa4 Rxd1+ {Black fairly do not want to move the Pa7:} (26... a6 $6 27. Nc3 {
[%csl Rb6] /\Qb3,Na4(קb6)}) 27. Qxd1 {[%csl Rd6]} Ne8 {[%csl Ye7,Ye8][%cal
Ye8d6,Ye7d6] The game of Black corresponds to the requirements of a position.}
28. h4 Kg7 29. Kb1 ({Can be recommended:} 29. hxg5 hxg5 $140 30. Qh1 {<->h ; /
\Qh5 or Qh2} Nf6 (30... Qf7 $143 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Yf7h5]} 31. Qh2 {[%csl Yf2]
[%cal Yf2e1,Ye1c3]} a6 {קb6} 32. Nc3 Qf6 33. Na4 Qd8 34. Bg3 $1 {+/=/+/-}) 31.
Qh2 e5 32. Qg3 {[%csl Rg5,Rg7]} Kg6 $14) 29... e5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ka1 $6 ({
From my point of view,it was much better:} 31. Nc3 Nf6 32. Nd5 Qd6 33. Qc2 {
[%csl Rf5]}) ({or} 31. Be1 $5 {and White's plan is: Nc3-d5 and Bc3 (/^a1-h8)})
31... Bc8 $1 {Chess Express #53: "Bologan has time to reposition his bishop
with Bb7-c8-e6,which strengthens the king side and attacks c4".} 32. g3 {
[%cal Gf3f4]} Be6 33. f4 {And nevertheless it was not necessary to hasten with
this move:} (33. Nc3 $5 {/\Nd5 +/=/=}) 33... Qd7 34. Qxd7+ ({Leads to more
complex game:} 34. Qc2 g4 35. Be1 a6 36. Nc3 Nf6 $13) 34... Bxd7 35. Be1 Nf6 $1
$11 {[%csl Re4,Yf6][%cal Yf6e4] It is necessary to improve an location of the
knight.} 36. fxe5 Ne4 37. b3 Nxe5 38. Nc3 {It was last move in the game. I
join to numerous congratulations to Viorel Bologan with a brilliant victory in
Dortmund 2003!} (38. Nxa7 $2 {is refuted by:} g4 $17 {[%csl Ye1,Ge4,Ge5,Rg3]
[%cal Ge5f3,Gf3e1,Ye1g3]}) ({After:} 38. Nc3 {the contenders is agreed for
draw, because of next variants:} Bc6 39. Nxe4 Bxe4 40. Bc3 Kf6 41. Kb2 Ke6 42.
Kc1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Llanos, Guillermo"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 {[%mdl 4]} (10. e3 $5 {Is the main line.See comments
to Piket,J-Karpov,A/Monaco,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41)}) 10... exd5 11.
e3 $5 {Besides:11.Rc1;11.Bf6;11.Bf2;11.Nh3-was checked in the previous games.}
Re8 12. Be2 $6 ({In my opinion slightly better:} 12. Bf2 $5 c5 13. Bb5 cxd4 14.
Qxd4 Bc6 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bb5 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. O-O-O {+/=/=
Beliavsky,A-Lautier,J/Enghien-les-Bains FRA,1999(1/2-1/2)(81)}) ({or} 12. Nh3
$5 {-see comments to Khatov,A-Yakovich,Y/Novgorod,1997/CBM 60(1/2-1/2)(Fritz5.
00)(36)}) ({Also dubious:} 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Kb1 c6 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15. Bf2 c5 16.
Ne2 c4 17. Bc2 b5 $36 {Gomez Esteban,J-Wehmeier,S/Olot 1994/EXT 97(0-1)(42)}) (
{and} 12. Bb5 {-see comments to Seirawan,Y-Topalov,V/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 52(1/
2-1/2)(Dautov)(42)}) 12... Qe7 $5 {[%csl Re3] /\c5 and Nc6 with the pressure
on point d4} ({Slightly worse is:} 12... Nbd7 13. Nh3 g5 $5 (13... c5 $5 14.
O-O Qe7 15. Bf2 Rac8 $5 (15... cxd4 $143 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Rfe1
$14 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Emms,J/Gausdal 1993/TD (40)}) 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb5 Nce4
18. Qd3 Nxf2 19. Nxf2 Bc6 20. Ba6 Bb7 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Kouatly,
B-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik 1993/CBM 35 (22)}) 14. Bf2 c5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rad1 a6
17. Bd3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne5 19. Bf5 Rc4 20. Qd2 Bc8 $13 {0-1 Gladischev,O-Anka,E/
Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (34)}) 13. Bf2 c5 14. Kf1 $2 $146 (14. Bb5 $142 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nc6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. a4 Nd7 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Ra3 $11 {1-0 Pardo,M-Kropff,
R/Maringa 1991/EXT 98 (42)}) 14... Nc6 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga8c8]} 15. Re1 ({
Loses right away:} 15. Nh3 {in view of:} cxd4 {[%csl Re2,Ge7,Ge8]}) ({Can be
recommended:} 15. Bd3 {with the idea Ne2=/+}) 15... Rac8 16. Qd2 (16. Bd3 $2 {
is refuted by:} cxd4 17. exd4 $140 Ne5 $1 18. Qb3 (18. Rxe5 $2 Rxc3 19. Rxe7
Rxd3 20. Rxe8+ (20. Rxb7 $2 Rd1+ 21. Be1 Rexe1+ 22. Kf2 Rf1+ $19 {[%csl Rg1]})
20... Nxe8 $17 {[%csl Rb2]}) (18. Qd2 $2 Nxd3 19. Rxe7 (19. Qxd3 Qc7 $40) 19...
Rxe7 $40) 18... Nxd3 19. Rxe7 Ba6 (19... Rxe7 $5) 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $40 21. Qa4
Nc5+ 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23. Ne2 Rc2 {=/+/-/+}) 16... Na5 {/\17...cxd4;17...Nc4 or
17...Nb3} 17. dxc5 $6 {Nevertheless better is:} (17. Nh3) ({or} 17. Bd3) 17...
Qxc5 $17 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ga5c4]} 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Qe2 ({Also loses:} 19. Bxc4
Qxc4+ 20. Ne2 Ba6 {[%csl Re2]} 21. Kg1 $140 Qc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Nd4 Rxb2 $19)
19... Nxe3+ $1 20. Bxe3 d4 $19 21. Bd2 (21. b4 $144 Qd5 $19) 21... Rxe2 22.
Nxe2 Nd7 $5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd7e5]} ({Good enough:} 22... Qd5 $5) 23. Rc1 Qd6
24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Kf2 (25. Bf4 Ne5 26. b4 Qf6 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 $19 {[%csl Re3]
[%cal Ge5e3]}) 25... Ne5 26. Be4 d3 27. Rc1 ({Slightly better is:} 27. Bb4 Qf6
28. Ng3 Qf4 {[%cal Ge5g4]} (28... Nc4 $5) 29. h3 Nc4 {[%cal Gf4e3]} 30. Rd1
Nxb2 31. Rd2 Qf6 $19 {[%cal Gf6d4]}) 27... Bd7 28. Bb4 Qf6 29. Nc3 (29. Ng3
Ng4+ 30. Ke1 (30. Kf1 Qxb2 $19) 30... Qd4 31. fxg4 Qe3+ {[%csl Rc1]} 32. Kd1
Ba4+ {[%csl Rd1]}) 29... Qf4 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ge5g4]} 30. Re1 a5 31. g3 $2 ({
More stubborn resistance after:} 31. Be7 Ng4+ 32. Kf1 d2 33. Rb1 Be6 34. g3 Qe3
35. fxg4 Bxg4 $19) ({Everything else loses right away:} 31. Bd6 $2 Ng4+ {
[%csl Rd6]}) (31. Nd5 $2 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 axb4) 31... Qd2+ {[%csl Rb4,Rf2]} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Nf4 $6 {Besides Black has two options:} (15... Ne7 $5 {You can see
annotations to games: Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(27) and Gurevich,M-Lutz,C/Essen,2001/CBM 83(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(45)}) (
{and} 15... N5f6) 16. Be3 {+/=/= This move leads to quieter game. Now White
can hope only for the minimal advantage.} ({Can it was necessary to decide on
the more active continuation:} 16. Bb5 $5 Rad8 $140 17. Ne2 $1 {You can see
comments to games: Sokolov,I-Hansen,C/Malmo,2001/CBM 84(1-0)(Golod,V)(41) and
Gustafsson,J-Emms,J/Germany,2003/CBM 93(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(38)}) 16... Ng6 17.
Rd1 $146 ({The game,which have reached this position were continued as follows:
} 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Rd1 Rfd8 {and,already here, the contenders is agreed for
draw: Xu Jun-Anand,V/Hyderabad,2002(18)}) 17... cxd4 $1 ({After:} 17... Rfd8
18. Ne2 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Ye2d4] White has an additional opportunity: to take
"Nd4" in future.}) 18. Bxd4 {From this move I shall use also comments of
Grandmaster Sergei Shipov to this game in the site : www.worldchessrating.ru/ 
Further I shall designate comments of grandmaster Sergei Shipov - S.S.} Nde5 ({
S.S."Opening of game by a way:} 18... f5 $2 {here unsuccessfully in view of":}
19. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4,Re6,Rg8]}) 19. Nh3 {Vladimir Kramnik had a choice between
it and another continuation:} (19. Ne2 Nc6 $5 (19... Rfd8 $143 20. Nc3 Nc6 21.
Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23. Kc1 {+/=/=}) 20. Bc3 Rfd8 $11) 19... Rac8 $5 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c2]} 20. Bc3 {[%csl Yc3] It is necessary to take under the
control point "c2".} Rfd8 21. Be2 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Nc4 $1 {[%csl Yb2,Rc3,Gc8,Re3]
[%cal Gc4e3,Gc4a3,Yb2a3,Yb2c3] Differently,White will keep advantage of two
bishops in endgame.} 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 $11 24. Ke2 f6 25. Rd1 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8] <->d}
Rc7 {S.S. "On a board - equality! But, certainly, up to a drawn game still far.
Vladimir,as in anything it happened, continues to struggle. Arkadij continues
to defend a position".} 26. g3 ({Senselessly:} 26. Rd8+ {because of:} Kf7 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Yg6e7,Ye7c6] /\Ne7-c6 and Black expel or exchange this rook.})
26... Kf7 27. Nf2 Nf8 $5 {[%cal Yc7d7]} ({Is a possible continuation of the
play:} 27... Ne7 $5 {and Black's plan is: Nc6,Bc8 and Rd7<->d.}) 28. Ke3 Rd7
29. Nd3 ({S.S. "On:} 29. Rc1 {Black can play:} e5 $5 {and then Ne6 with easy
game".}) 29... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rd1,Gd7] This move is compels of White ,early or
late, to exchange the rooks.} ({Now after:} 29... e5 $5 {White has two
possible ways to continue a game:} 30. f4 (30. Bxe5 $5 Rxd3+ 31. Rxd3 fxe5 $13)
30... exf4+ 31. gxf4 Re7 32. e5 $11) 30. f4 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4] S.S."Capture of
space and restriction of the Black's knight".} h5 ({I can not recommended in
this position:} 30... Bxd3 31. Rxd3 $140 Rxd3+ 32. Kxd3 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%cal
Gd3c4,Gc4b5]} Nd7 33. Kc4 a6 34. a4 $14) 31. Rd2 Ke8 ({It deserves attention:} 
31... Bb5 {[%csl Yb5][%cal Yb5d7] /\Ng6-e7}) 32. Bb4 Ng6 33. Ne1 Rxd2 34. Kxd2
h4 {S.S." Basically, the correct direction of actions - than is less pawns,
the less problems".} 35. Nf3 hxg3 36. hxg3 Kd7 $138 ({Probably,after:} 36...
Ne7 $6 37. Nd4 $1 Kd7 $140 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Nc6+ Kd6 40. Nxa7 Kc7 41. a4 Kb7
42. Nb5 Bxb5 43. axb5 Kc7 44. e5 $1 {[%csl Yb2] White has a some chances to
win the PP endgame.}) 37. Ke3 Bb7 $11 {Black don't have any clear plan, they
wait and prepare for active actions on the part of White.} 38. Nd2 a5 $2 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb6] Unessential move.Now the contender has an object for attack on
queen side.} (38... Nh8 $2 {[%cal Yh8f7] is refuted by:} 39. Bf8 {[%csl Rf6,
Rg7,Rh8]}) ({It was necessary:} 38... Ne7 $11) 39. Bc3 Ne7 40. Bd4 {White
wants to worsen a location of the Black's knight:} Nc8 {and only then to play:}
41. g4 {S.S. " It is already serious.Black has a weakness on both flanks. I
already have believed in this moment in a future victory of the champion... "}
Ba6 ({Hardly is better:} 41... a4 42. g5 $36 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6,Gd2,Gd4,Rf6,Rg7]})
42. b3 Ke7 43. a4 b5 $1 {S.S. "Here and up to the end of game Arkadij plays in
protection perfectly.The passive defense is already too dangerous:} (43... Kd7
44. g5 Ke7 45. Nc4 Bxc4 46. bxc4 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Yc8] and chronic weakness of
pawns of queen side, and also passivity of Black's knight should have an
effect".}) 44. Bc5+ Kd7 45. axb5 Bxb5 46. Bf8 {Differently,Black will withdraw
the knight from point "c8" - Ne7 and will cover a /^a3-f8.} g6 47. Nf3 {
White's idea is: to create of additional weakness in camp of the contender: 48.
Bg7 Ke7 49.g5 (קg6).} Ke8 ({S.S. "Also leads to endgame without pawn":} 47...
Na7 48. Nh4 g5 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. Nf3 Nc6 51. Bg7 {[%csl Rg5,Yg7][%cal Yg7e5,
Gf3g5]} (51. Nxg5 $2 Ne5 $11 {[%csl Rg4]} 52. Kf4 $140 $4 Ng6+ {[%csl Rf4,Rf8]}
)) 48. Bc5 a4 {Black lose of the pawn, but get rid of weakness "Pa5".} 49. Nd4
{[%csl Rb5,Gd4,Re6][%cal Gd4b5,Gd4e6]} Bd7 50. bxa4 Bxa4 ({Unexpectedly at
once loses a game:} 50... e5 $4 51. fxe5 fxe5 {[%csl Rg4]} 52. Nf3 $1 Bxa4 (
52... Bxg4 53. Nxe5 {[%csl Rg4,Rg6][%cal Ga4a5]} Bd7 54. a5 $18 {[%cal Ga5a6,
Ga6a7]}) 53. g5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf3e5,Ge5g6]} Bd1 (53... Bb3 54. Nxe5 Bf7 55.
Kf4 $22) 54. Nxe5 Bh5 55. Kd4 {[%cal Yd4d5,Yd5e6,Ye6f6]} Ne7 $140 56. Bxe7 Kxe7
57. Kd5 $22 $18) 51. Nxe6 $14 Bd7 52. Nc7+ Kf7 53. g5 {[%csl Rg6] S.S. "The
fixing of pawn "g6" - perhaps, sole way to struggle for a victory".} fxg5 54.
fxg5 Ne7 55. Bxe7 {It is sole practical chance to win a game.} Kxe7 {[%csl Re5]
S.S. "On the first sight, this endgame rather difficult for Black. However, it
keeps.For this purpose it is necessary to make many - many exact moves! The
main idea - the struggle for a point "e5". If the White's king can penetrate
on this point, it will be equivalent to a victory".} 56. Nd5+ Kd6 57. Kd4 Be6
58. Nf4 Bf7 59. Nd3 {After some moves,from a hopelessness, Vladimir Kramnik
will be compelled to play: "e5".} Ke6 60. Nc5+ Kd6 61. Nb7+ Kc7 $8 {
Differently,White will occupy a point "e5".} 62. Nc5 Kd6 63. Nd3 Ke6 64. Kc5
Be8 65. Kc4 Bf7 66. Kd4 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Yd4c5,Yc5c4,Yc4d4] S.S. "Triangle of
the king - method of psychological influence on the contender" :)} Kd6 67. Nf4
Be8 68. e5+ {White had no other worthy alternative.} Kc6 $1 {[]} ({Loses a
game right away:} 68... Ke7 $4 69. Kd5 (69. e6 $2 Kd6 $11) 69... Bf7+ 70. e6 {
/\Ke5 and Nd5+ with easy win.}) 69. Ke4 Kc5 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Yc5d5] []} (69...
Kc7 $4 {is refuted by:} 70. Kd5 {[%cal Yd5e6]} Kd7 71. e6+ Ke7 72. Ke5 $18 {
[%cal Gf4d5,Ye5f6]}) 70. Ne6+ Kc4 $1 {Again Black make a only move.} (70... Kc6
$4 71. Ng7 {/\72.e6 and 73.Ke5 +-}) 71. Nc7 ({Immediately leads to drawn game:
} 71. Ng7 Bc6+ 72. Kf4 Kd5 $22 {[%csl Rg7]} 73. Nf5 (73. e6 Kd6 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Yc6d5]}) 73... gxf5 74. Kxf5 Bd7+ 75. Kf6 Be6 76. g6 Bg8 $11 {[%csl Yd5,
Yg8]}) 71... Bc6+ 72. Kf4 Kc5 $1 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Yc5d6] Again it is necessary
to take under the control point "d6".} 73. Na6+ Kb6 {S.S."Surprisingly, but
fact - to keep a defense on queen side, Black's king should maneuver on the
large space of a board, up to fields c4 and b6.} 74. Nb4 ({S.S."The sacrifice
of knight did not conduct to the purpose":} 74. e6 Kxa6 75. Ke5 Kb6 76. Kf6 Kc5
77. Kxg6 Kd6 78. Kf6 (78. Kf7 Bd5 {[%csl Yd5,Yd6,Re6,Rf7]}) 78... Be8 79. e7
Bh5 $11 {[%csl Yd6,Yh5]}) 74... Be8 75. Ke4 (75. e6 $2 Kc5 {[%cal Yc5d6]} 76.
Nc2 Kd5 $11 {[%csl Re6]}) 75... Bf7 76. Nd3 ({Nothing changes,after:} 76. Kd4
Kb5 77. Nd5 Kc6 78. Nf4 Kd7 {[%csl Yd7,Yf7]}) 76... Kc6 77. Nf4 Kd7 78. Kd4 Ke7
79. Kc5 Kd7 80. Kd4 ({On:} 80. Kb6 {is quite enough for drawn game:} Ba2 81.
Nxg6 $140 Ke6 {[%csl Re5,Ge6,Rg5,Yg6][%cal Ge6f5,Gf5g6,Yg6e5]}) 80... Ke7 81.
Nd5+ Ke6 82. Ke4 Kd7 83. Nf4 Ke7 84. Kd4 Kd7 {S.S. "The defense of Black is
impenetrable!".} 85. e6+ Bxe6 86. Ke5 Bf5 $11 87. Kf6 Ke8 88. Nxg6 Bb1 {
Drawn game is inevitable.} 89. Kg7 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 $5 {[%mdl 4]} d5 $5 {Besides
black has several options:} (5... c5 $5 {-see comments to Chiburdanidze,M-
Kortschnoj,V/Roquebrune,1998/CBM67(0-1) (Golod,V)(37)}) (5... Nc6 $6 6. Nf3 d6
7. Be3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. c5 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 $14 {1-0
Estrada,W-Recalde,E/Asuncion 1960/MCL 07 (43)}) ({and} 5... d6 $5 {- you can
see comments to Short,N- Karpov,A /Dortmund,1997/CBM60(1-0) (Tsesarsky)(44)})
6. e5 (6. cxd5 $144 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 c5 {-transfers to 6.e5}) 6... Ne4 7.
Bd3 {This move better than:} (7. Nf3) ({and} 7. a3) 7... c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
Nge2 cxd4 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 9... Nc6) 10. Nxd4 Nd7 $5 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gd7e5,Gd7c5]} 11. f4 Qh4+ ({Another alternatives is:} 11...
Ndc5 12. O-O Bxc3 (12... Nxd3 $6 13. Qxd3 Bc5 14. Be3 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 $14 {Abou el Zein,E-Anka,E/Pardubice,1999 (1/2-1/2)(49)}) 13. bxc3 Qa5 $5
(13... Nxd3 $143 14. Qxd3 Qa5 15. Be3 b6 16. Rfc1 Ba6 17. Qd1 Rac8 18. Qg4 $40
{Mohamed,E-Neiman,E/Clichy,1998(1-0) (33)}) 14. Bxe4 (14. Bb2 $5) (14. Rf3 $5)
14... Nxe4 15. a4 $6 (15. Bb2 $142) 15... Bd7 16. Rf3 Rac8 17. Bb2 Rc4 $15 {
Mohamed,E-Gross,D/Clichy,1998(0-1)(33)}) 12. g3 Qh3 ({Loses right away:} 12...
Nxg3 $4 {because of:} 13. Qf2 {[%csl Gf2,Rg3,Rh4]} Nc5 14. Bc2 Nce4 15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. Qxg3 $18) 13. Bf1 ({Badly:} 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 {with strong
initiative behind pawn.}) 13... Qh5 14. Bg2 Nb6 {[%cal Gc8h3]} ({After:} 14...
Qg6 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qa6 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Ga6f1]} 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Nxe2 {
-white has a positional advantage in the endgame. Mohamed,E-Gelfand,B/Cap
D'Agde,1998 (1/2-1/2)(55)}) 15. a3 $6 $146 ({Good enough:} 15. O-O $5 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 Bh3 17. f5 $14 {Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Koeln,1998(1-0)(51)}) 15... Bxc3+ ({
Badly:} 15... Bc5 {in view of:} 16. Nxd5 $1 (16. Be3 $143 Nc4 17. Bg1 {+/=/=})
16... Bxd4 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Qxe4 Rd8 19. f5 $16 {[%csl Rh5] with the idea 20.
Bf3 Qh3 21.Bg4}) 16. bxc3 Bh3 ({Interesting possibility:} 16... Bf5 {[%cal
Ge4g3]}) 17. O-O ({Dubious:} 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Rac8 $36) 17... Bxg2 18.
Qxg2 $5 $13 (18. Kxg2 $143 Rac8 $15 {[%csl Rc3]}) 18... f5 $6 {Besides black
has two options:} ({Also dubious:} 18... Nxc3 19. g4 $1 Qh4 (19... Qh6 $2 20.
f5 g5 $8 (20... Qh4 $2 21. f6 $18 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gd4f5,Gd4f3]}) 21. f6 $40 {
[%cal Gd4f5]}) 20. Nf5 Qd8 21. Bb2 $44) ({Probably strongly:} 18... Rac8 19. g4
Qh4 20. Nf5 Qd8 {[%csl Rc3] =/=/+}) 19. exf6 Nxf6 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 
19... Rxf6 $11) 20. f5 $1 {White's plan is:Ne6;h3,g4 or Be3-d4 with strong
pressure in the centre and king side.} Rac8 ({Probably better is come back:} 
20... Ne4 $5 21. g4 Qh4 22. Ne6 Rf7 {with counterplay.}) 21. Ne6 {[%mdl 2048]}
Rfe8 $6 {Again inaccuracy:} (21... Rf7 $142 22. Be3 $13 (22. h3 $143 Ne4 23. g4
Qh4 $13)) 22. Be3 $1 $14 {[%csl Ge6,Rg7][%cal Ge3d4][%mdl 2048]} Rxc3 23. Bd4
Rc4 $6 {[%csl Rd4,Ye6][%cal Ge8e6,Gc4d4]} ({Slightly better is:} 23... Rc6) 24.
Rad1 {[%csl Yd1]} Rec8 25. h3 $1 {[%mdl 128] /\g4-g5->} Rc2 $140 26. Rd2 Rxd2
27. Qxd2 h6 ({Loses:} 27... Qxh3 $4 {in view of:} 28. Qg5 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal
Gd4f6]} g6 (28... Nh5 29. f6 $18 {[%cal Gf6f7]}) (28... Ne8 29. Nxg7 h6 30. Qg6
$18) (28... Qg4 29. Bxf6 $18) 29. Nf4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf6]} (29. Bxf6 $2 Rc2 30.
Rf2 $8 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Qh2+)) (27... Nc4 28. Qg2 Qf7 29. g4 $40 {[%csl Rg7][%cal
Gg4g5]}) 28. Qg2 {[%csl Yg2][%cal Gg3g4,Yg2h3]} Qf7 29. g4 Re8 $2 {Decisive
mistake.} ({Also badly:} 29... Nbd7 30. h4 Nf8 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Nh5 33. g6
Qd7 34. Qg5 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}) ({More stubborn resistance after:} 29... Qe7 30.
h4 Rc4 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Ge7,Rg1][%cal Gc4d4]} 31. g5 $140 (31. Rf4 $2 Qxa3 32. g5
hxg5 33. hxg5 Rc1+ $36) 31... hxg5 32. Qxg5 (32. hxg5 $2 Rxd4 33. gxf6 (33.
Nxd4 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qxd4 35. gxf6 Qxf6 $11) 33... Qxf6 34. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1
Qh4+ 36. Kg1 $11) 32... Nbd7 33. Rf3 $36) 30. h4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Rxe6 $8 {
Differently 31.g5} 31. fxe6 Qxe6 32. g5 $16 hxg5 $6 ({Slightly better is:} 
32... Ne4) 33. Qxg5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd4f6]} Nbd7 ({Worse is:} 33... Ne8 {
in view of:} 34. h5 Qe4 (34... Nc4 35. h6 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Gg5,Rg7]}) 35. Bc3 $1
$18 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gf1e1]}) 34. h5 {[%cal Gh5h6]} Qg4+ $2 (34... Qf7 $142 35.
h6 $140 Kh7 36. hxg7 Qxg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bxa7 {+/-/+-}) 35. Qxg4 Nxg4 36.
Rc1 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7][%cal Gc1c7]} Ndf6 (36... a6 $144 37. Rc7 Ndf6 38.
Rxb7 Nxh5 39. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} Ngf6 $140 40. Ra7 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 37. Bxf6
Nxf6 38. Rc7 b5 (38... a5 $144 39. Rxb7 Nxh5 40. Ra7 Nf4 41. Kf2 $18 {[%cal
Gf2e3,Gf2f3]}) 39. Rxa7 Ne4 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge4d6,Ge4d2,Gd2c4,Gd6c4]} 40. Kf1
Kh7 41. Ke2 Nd6 42. Kd3 Nc4 43. Ra6 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5][%cal Gd3d4,Gd4d5,Gd5c5,
Gc5b5,Ya6h6]} 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jelen, Igor"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8248]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O $5 (
6... Nbd7 $5 7. e3 (7. a3 $5 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5
12. Nh3 Qc7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rad8 15. Rad1 $14 {Zitin,Y-Kanatov,A/
WchJM-U14 1994}) 7... Qe7 (7... e5 $5 8. Nge2 exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. c5 c6 11. a3
Ba5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 Re8 14. f3 Bc7 $13 {Tolush,A-Smyslov,V/ URS-ch14 1945/
0-1 (41)}) 8. Nge2 c6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 $6 (9... Nxc5 $5) 10. O-O-O Ne5 11.
Ne4 g5 12. Nxc5 gxh4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bd7 15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Nc3 Rab8 17.
Qxa7 Nc6 18. Qc7 $16 {Flohr,S-Lisitsin,G/ URS-ch13 1944/ 1-0 (42)}) 9. a3 $5 (
9. f4 $143 d5 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. c5 g5 $1 13. Bf2 Ng4 14. g3 Nxf2 15.
Kxf2 Qf6 16. Bg2 e5 $1 $15 {Kamishov,M-Lisitsin,G/ Trade Unions 1938/ 0-1 (52)}
) 9... Ba5 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O-O d5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
Bg3 b5 16. h4 $40 {Stahlberg,G-Villegas,B/ Mar del Plata 1943}) (6... Nc6 $5 7.
e3 g5 8. Bg3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qf6 12. Nf3 (12. Ne2 $5
$14 {[%cal Ge2c3]}) 12... Bd7 $11 {Wegner,H-Schmittdiel,E/ GER-ch 1989}) (6...
c5 $5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 $14 O-O 11. f3 Re8 12. O-O-O
e5 13. Nh3 a5 14. Be2 Ra6 15. Qc2 $14 {Bareev,E-Timoshenko,G/ URS-sf Moscow-ch
1989}) 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 {[%cal Gg1e2]} Bxc3+ $1 (8... e5 $143 9. Nge2 Bxc3+
10. Nxc3 exd4 11. exd4 Re8+ 12. Ne2 d5 13. c5 Nf8 14. O-O Ng6 15. Bg3 Ne4 16.
Nc3 Bf5 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qb3 $14 {Doroshkievich,V-Giterman,S/ URS-chT 1968})
9. Qxc3 b6 $5 $146 {/\c5, Bb7, ><e4} (9... e5 $5 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O a5 12.
Rad1 Qe7 13. Bb1 Nf8 14. Rd2 Ng6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. f3 g5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bf2
g4 $13 {Skomorokhin,R-Volkov,N/ URS-ch otbor 1989}) 10. Ne2 $5 $14 {/=} (10.
Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 $13) 10... c5 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8a6,Ga8c8]} (
10... Bb7 $5 {[%csl Re4]} 11. f3 c5) 11. O-O (11. Bg3 $5 {[%csl Rd6,Yh2][%cal
Gh2h3,Yg3h2]} Qc7 $140 12. h3 {[%csl Yh2][%cal Yg3h2]} Bb7 13. O-O Qc6 14. f3)
11... Ba6 12. Rac1 $5 {[%cal Gf1d1]} (12. b3 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga1d1]}) 12...
Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Gd4d5]} (14. b3 $5 {/\Qb2+/=}) 14... cxd4
15. exd4 (15. Nxd4 $143 Ne5 $36) 15... Qf8 $5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gh4e7] /\ Rc7,
R ac8, ><c4} 16. b3 $14 Rc7 17. Nc3 (17. Re1 $5) 17... Rac8 18. a4 $5 {[%cal
Gc3b5]} (18. Re1 $5) 18... Nh5 $5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg7g5]} (18... g5 $6 19. Bg3
Nh5 $4 20. c5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6][%cal Gd3a6,Gg3d6,Gc5d6]} Bxd3 (20... Nxg3 21.
Bxa6 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Rg3]}) 21. Bxd6 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rd3]}) 19. Nb5 $6 (19. f3 $5
g5 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. Bf1 $14) 19... Bxb5 20. axb5 g5 $1 21. Bg3 (21. Be2 $143
Ndf6 (21... Nf4 $6 22. Bg3 (22. Bf1 Nh5) 22... Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 $14) 22. Bxh5
Nxh5 23. Qe2 $13) 21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 d5 $1 23. f4 $6 {><d4, f4, Kg1} (23. Re1
$142 Qd6 24. Qe3) 23... Qg7 $11 {[%csl Rd4]} 24. Qe3 Nf6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Gf6g4,Gg7d4]} 25. Be2 $5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gc4c5]} (25. Qe5 $5 Ng4 26. Qxg7+
Kxg7 27. Re1 $11) 25... Ne4 26. b4 $5 {[%cal Gc4c5]} (26. Bd3 $5 f5 $1 $13 (
26... Nd6 $2 27. c5 $14)) 26... gxf4 27. gxf4 Qg3 $5 (27... Ng3 $143 28. c5
Nxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Qg3 30. Rf1 $14) 28. Qf3 $4 $138 (28. Rd3 $1 Qxe3+ (28... Qg7
29. c5 $14) 29. Rxe3 Nd6 30. c5 Nf5 31. Rd3 $14) 28... Qxf3 29. gxf3 (29. Bxf3
Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 $19) 29... Ng3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc4,Re2][%cal
Gd5c4,Gc8c4,Gg3e2]} 30. Bd3 dxc4 (30... dxc4 31. Bf1 $8 Nxf1 (31... c3 $5) 32.
Kxf1 c3 $19 {[%csl Rb4,Rb5][%cal Gc7c4]}) 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. b4 {In the last two years,White do
not make this move,as he does not give a advantage.} ({In my opinion,it was
better:} 12. Qc2 {You can see comments to Goloshchapov,A-Ehlvest,J/Ohrid,2001/
CBM 84(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(39)}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 ({I do not think that it
was much better:} 13. Nxd4 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga8c8]}) ({or} 13. Qxd4 Qc7 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge6e5]} (13... Ne5 $5) 14. Rc1 e5) 13... Rc8 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Ga6c4] Black have created threat:14...Bxc4 /\15.Bxc4 d5 (><c4).} 14. Qb3 e5 15.
Rc1 $5 ({Impossibly:} 15. d5 {in view of:} e4 {[%csl Rc4]} 16. Bxe4 $140 g5 {
[%csl Re4,Rh4]} (16... Bxc4 {[%cal Gf8e8]})) (15. f3 $6 {Does not put the
large problems for Black:} exd4 16. O-O Ne5 17. b5 Bb7 18. Nxd4 d5 $36) ({
Also it deserves attention:} 15. b5 {See annotations to games: Baburin,
A-Rozentalis,E/Copenhagen,1996/CBM 54(1/2-1/2)(Dautov,R)(31) and Ivanov,
S-Yudasin,L/St.Petersburg,1996/CBM 56(1/2-1/2)(Shipov,S)(63)}) 15... d5 $5 {
Besides Black has two principales options:} (15... exd4 $5 {See comments to
Vera,R-Morovic Fernandez,I/Cienfuegos,1996/CBM 54(1/2-1/2)(Cifuentes,P)(26)}) (
{and} 15... e4 {See annotations to games: Vera,R-Izeta Txabarri,F/Leon,1996/
CBM 54(1-0)(Tsesarsky,I)(38) and Gershon,A-Stefansson,H/Paget Parish,2001/CBM
81(1/2-1/2)(Gershon,A)(42)}) ({Senselessly:} 15... Re8 $6 16. O-O $140 e4 {
in view of:} 17. Bb1 d5 $140 18. b5 $1 Bb7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qa4 $14 {[%csl
Ra7]}) 16. cxd5 ({Pretty dubiously:} 16. b5 $6 {because of:} Bb7 {[%csl Rg2]}
17. O-O $140 exd4 $36 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 16... Rxc1+ ({Leads to equality:} 16...
Bxd3 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Qxd3 e4 19. Qb5 Qb7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. O-O Qxd5 22. Qxd5
Nxd5 23. Rc1 $11 {Andrews,T-Kobese,W/Philadelphia,1998(0-1)(51)}) 17. Nxc1 Bxd3
{It became already clear,that Black have decided all opening problems.} 18.
Nxd3 $6 $146 ({It was checked in the previous game:} 18. Qxd3 $5 exd4 (18...
Qc7 $5 {[%csl Rc1,Rd5][%cal Ge5e4]}) 19. O-O Qa8 20. Qxd4 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Blagojevic,D-Nikcevic,N/Cetinje,1996(21)}) 18... e4 19. Ne5 {White had
no other worthy alternative:} (19. Nb2 $143 Qc7 20. O-O Rc8 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gc7c2] <->c}) (19. Bxf6 $143 Qxf6 (19... Nxf6 $143 20. Ne5) 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Qxe5 22. O-O Rd8 23. Rd1 b5 {=/=/+}) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 (20. Bxf6 $143
Qxf6 (20... Nd3+ $2 21. Qxd3 $16) 21. dxe5 Qxe5 {and see comments to 19.Bxf6})
20... Qxd5 21. Qxd5 (21. Qg3 $2 Nh5 22. Qg4 Qxe5) 21... Nxd5 22. Kd2 {It is
rather difficult to continue a game without this move:} (22. O-O $6 Rc8 23. Rd1
Rc3 $1 $15 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc3d3,Gd5f4]}) 22... g5 23. Bg3 Rd8 {[%csl Rd2]
[%cal Gd5b4]} 24. Kc2 (24. Ke2 $4 Nc3+ 25. Ke3 (25. Ke1 Rd1#) 25... Rd3#) 24...
Rc8+ {Can it was necessary to decide on the more active continuation:} (24...
e3 $1 25. Re1 (25. f3 Kf8 $15 {[%cal Yf8e7]} (25... Nf4 $143 26. Bxf4 Rd2+ 27.
Kc3 gxf4 28. g3 {=/=/+})) 25... Rc8+ 26. Kd3 exf2 27. Rf1 Rd8 $15 (27... Rc3+
$6 28. Kd4 Ne3 29. Kxc3 Nxf1 30. Bxf2 Nxh2 31. Kc4 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%cal Gc4b5,
Gb5a6]} Ng4 32. Bd4 $13)) 25. Kb2 b5 {[%csl Yb5,Rg3][%cal Ya7a6] It's
discrepancy,which allows to improve a position of the White's pieces.} ({
Can be recommended:} 25... e3 $5) 26. h4 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6] White have created
threat:27.hxg5 /\hxg5 28.Rh5(קg5).} Kg7 {[%cal Yg7g6]} 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Re1 (
{Leads to favourable complications for Black:} 28. Rd1 $2 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4,
Gb6a4]} 29. Kb3 $140 $6 Na4 30. Rd7 Rc3+ 31. Ka2 e3 $1 32. e6 e2 33. f3 Re3 34.
Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Be1 Nc3+ $1 36. Kb2 $140 Rxe6 {[%csl Rf7]} 37. Rxa7 Nd1+ 38. Kc2
Ne3+ {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge3g2]} 39. Kd2 Nxg2 $17) 28... Rc4 {[%csl Yc4,Yd5,Yg7]
[%cal Yg7g6,Yg6f5] All Black's pieces are located ideally.} 29. Rd1 Nc7 $6 {
[%cal Yc7e6]} ({From my point of view,it was better:} 29... Nb6 $5 {[%cal
Gb6a4]}) 30. Rd7 a6 31. Rd6 e3 {At last,Black have decided on this move.} 32.
f3 $1 {This move is much better,than:} (32. Rd3 $6 exf2 33. Bxf2 Ne6 {[%csl
Ra3,Ya6,Rb4,Yb5,Re5,Yf7]}) ({or} 32. fxe3 Rg4 $15 {[%csl Rg2]}) 32... Ne6 33.
Rd3 ({It is impossible to take away the pawn "a6":} 33. Rxa6 $2 Nd4 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Gc4c2,Gc2g2]} 34. e6 fxe6 35. Be5+ Kf7 $19 {[%cal Ge3e2]}) 33... Nf4 $1 (
{After:} 33... e2 34. Re3 {Black can not receive even the minimal advantage:}
Nd4 35. Be1 Rc2+ 36. Kb1 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Kg6 (36... Rc8 $11 {[%csl Ra3,Re1,Re3]
[%cal Gd4c2]}) 37. Re4 Rc4 38. Bf2 Kf5 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxe2 Rd5 $11) 34. Rxe3
Nxg2 35. Rc3 $4 {After exchange of the rooks,Black receive a very good chances
to win this game.} ({Leads to equality:} 35. Rd3 Nf4 36. Rd6 $11) 35... Rxc3
36. Kxc3 Nh4 $1 37. Kd4 $4 {Probably,this mistake was made in zeitnot.} (37.
Bxh4 $4 gxh4 {[%cal Gh4h3,Gh3h2,Gh2h1]}) ({It was necessary:} 37. f4 Nf5 $1 (
37... Kg6 $143 38. fxg5 (38. Kd3 $144 Kf5) 38... Nf3 39. Kd3 Kf5 {[%csl Re5,
Rg5]} 40. Ke3 Nxe5 41. Kd4 $15 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5][%cal Gd4c5,Gc5b6]}) 38. Bh2 g4
39. Kd3 Kg6 40. Ke4 g3 41. Bg1 Nh4 {[%cal Yg6h5,Yh5g4]} 42. Be3 (42. Bc5 $143
g2 $22 {[%cal Yg6h5,Yh5g4]}) 42... Kh5 43. f5 $140 Kg4 44. f6 (44. e6 Nxf5 45.
exf7 Nd6+ {[%csl Re4,Rf7]}) 44... Ng6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yg6f8,Yf8e6,Yg6f4,Yf4e6,
Ge6g5]} 45. e6 fxe6 46. f7 g2 47. Bc5 Kg5 48. Be7+ Kh5 49. Bc5 Nf8 $1 {[%csl
Gg2][%cal Gg2g1]} 50. Kf3 Kg6 51. Kxg2 Kxf7 $19) 37... Nf5+ 38. Kc5 Nxg3 39.
Kb6 Ne2 (39... Ne2 {After this move White resigns,because of next variant:} 40.
Kxa6 Nd4 41. Kb6 Kg6 42. Kc5 Nxf3 43. Kxb5 g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Karr, Jean Philippe"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Besancon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 $5 (9... d6 {See comments to Kharlov,A-Podlesnik,B/Ljubljana,
2002/CBM 88(1-0)(Golod,V)(25)}) ({It was interestingly:} 9... d5 $5 10. cxd5
$140 Bxd5 {See comments to Pedersen,S-Gormally,D/London,1997/CBM 62(1-0)
(Tsesarsky,I)(42)}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. f3 d5 {It's position,with rearrangement
of moves,also it is possible to receive,after: 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 c5 11.
dxc5 bxc5.} 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {The position has become simpler, and now White can
not receive, even the minimal positional advantage.} 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O
Nd7 $5 {Comments to this part of the game (from 12.Bxf6 to 14...Nd7) and also:}
(14... dxc4 $5 {you cand find in annotations to game: Karpov,A-Piket,J/Monaco,
1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) ({weakly:} 14... Rd8 {in view of:} 15. cxd5
Rxd5 (15... exd5 16. Nh3 $14) 16. Rxd5 exd5 (16... Bxd5 17. Ne2 $14) 17. Bd3 {
and White has a positional advantage in the endgame.}) 15. cxd5 Bxd5 ({Again
it was weakly:} 15... exd5 16. Nh3 Nb6 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Rhe1 Re5 19. Nf2 $14 {
Khanukov,B-Perman,T/Saint Vincent,2001(1-0)(49)}) 16. Ne2 Rfd8 $11 ({Is a
possible continuation of the play:} 16... Ne5 $5 17. Nc3 Bb3 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be2 Kf8 $11 {Sokolov,I-Kamsky,G/Groningen,1995(1/2-1/2)(51)})
17. Nf4 $6 $146 ({Two games,which have reached this position were continued as
follows:} 17. Nc3 Bb3 18. Rd2 Nb6 (18... f5 $5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Nc3
Ne5 22. Be2 Nc6 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6d4] Ilincic,Z-Gligoric,S/Podgorica,
1996(1/2-1/2)(44)}) 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be2 f5 21. Bd1 Bd5 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Re3]
[%cal Gb6c4,Gd8b8] 1/2-1/2 Drasko,M-Gligoric,S/Podgorica,1996(21)}) 17... Bb3
18. Rd2 ({For Black it is certainly favourable to exchange this rooks:} 18. Rd3
$6 c4 $1 19. Rd2 $140 Nc5 {[%csl Rb2]} 20. Be2 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 Rd8+ {<->d} 22.
Kc1 f5 $15) 18... c4 19. Be2 ({Leads to favourable complications for Black:} 
19. Ne2 $6 Nc5 20. Rxd8+ $140 Rxd8 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nxb3 Nxb3+ 23. Kc2 Rd2+ 24.
Kc3 Rd1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb3d2,Gd1c1]}) 19... Nc5 {[%csl Rc1]} 20. e4 ({
Leads to very difficult endgame for White:} 20. Bd1 $2 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 Rd8+ 22.
Kc1 (22. Ke2 Rb8 {[%csl Rb2]}) 22... e5 23. Nh5 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rb2]
} (24... Nf2 $143 25. Bxb3 Nxh1 26. Bxc4 $15) 25. Be2 (25. Nxf6+ $2 Kg7 26.
Nh5+ Kg6 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rh5]}) 25... f5 {=/+/-/+}) 20... Kf8 21. Bd1 ({From my
point of view,it was a little better:} 21. g4 $5) 21... Rdc8 22. Bc2 {[%csl
Ya3,Yb2,Yc1,Yc2,Yd2] White too early have begun to build a fortress .} ({
It deserves attention:} 22. Kb1 {/\Bxb3}) 22... Rab8 23. Kb1 {White don't have
any clear plan,they wait and prepare for active actions on the part of Black.}
Na4 {The game of Black corresponds to the requirements of a position.} 24. Ne2
$6 ({Can be recommended:} 24. Ka1 c3 $140 25. bxc3 Nxc3 (25... Rxc3 $143 26.
Rb1 {[%csl Rb8]}) 26. Rc1 Rc4 $36 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gc4a4]}) 24... c3 $1 $15 {
[%csl Rb1] Black perfectly use weakness of the White's king.} 25. Nxc3 $4 {
It already rough tactical miscalculation.} ({It was necessary:} 25. bxc3 Nxc3+
26. Nxc3 Rxc3 27. Kb2 Re3 {[%csl Ra3]} 28. Ra1 e5 $15) 25... Bxc2+ {After this
move White resigns,because of next variants:} (25... Bxc2+ 26. Kxc2 (26. Rxc2
$144 Nxc3+ {[%csl Rb1]}) 26... Rxb2+ {[%csl Rc3]}) 0-1

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Ba6 $5 8. Qf3 $5 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'It is not exactly a novelty,
but a new move. I have met it first time a couple of years ago in a training
game against J.Piket.'} (8. e3 $5 {It's main line.See comments to Gabriel,
C-Wells,P/Pulvermuehle,2000/CBM 75(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(22)}) ({Besides,white
has three options:} 8. Nf3) (8. Rc1) ({and} 8. f3 $6 {See comments to Golod,
V-Dgebuadze,A/ Hoogeveen,1998/CBM 68 (1-0)(Golod,V)(52)}) 8... Nc6 9. e3 Na5 $5
$146 {Interesting novelty of Viktor Kortschnoj.} ({Three times was checked in
the previous games:} 9... h6 $5 {See comments to Golod,V-Polgar,J/ISR,2000/CBM
77(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V) (19)}) 10. Rc1 $140 c5 11. d5 {Apparently,this
obligatory move. Differently,after:11...cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 black has a strong
pressure on pawn"c4".} ({Leads to bad position for white:} 11. b4 $2 cxb4 12.
axb4 Nxc4 $1 13. Bxc4 (13. Rxc4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6
17. Be2 Rc1+ 18. Bd1 Rb1 $17 {[%csl Rb4]}) 13... Rc8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6
gxf6 16. Bxa6 Rxc1+ $17) 11... exd5 12. Bxf6 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'This is an exact
order of moves! After'} ({Black equalizes easily after:} 12. cxd5 $6 Bxf1 13.
Kxf1 {Kortschnoj: 'black could play'} (13. Bxf6 $2 Bxg2 $17) 13... Ne4 $1 {
[%csl Rf1,Rf3,Rg5][%cal Ge4d2,Ge4g5] '!?' Kortschnoj.} 14. Qxe4 (14. Bxd8 Nd2+
15. Ke2 Nxf3 {Kortschnoj: 'with an about equal endgame.'} 16. Nxf3 Raxd8 17. b4
Nb7 $11) 14... Qxg5 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Rc3 $11 (16. Qe5 $6 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rfe8 18.
Nf3 (18. Nxd7 $4 Rad8 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rc3 Nd2+ 21. Ke2 Ne4 $19) 18... Re4 $36))
12... Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. cxd5 {[%mdl 16]} Bxf1 15. Kxf1 {Now Alexander
Beliavsky has a small positional advantage in the endgame. '+/=' Kortschnoj.}
Rfe8 16. Ne2 {[%csl Rd5,Ye2][%cal Ye2f4,Yf4d5]} ({In my opinion slight worse
is:} 16. Nf3 Re4 17. Ke2 (17. Nd2 Re5 18. e4 f5 $1 19. f4 Ree8 $13) 17... Rae8
$11) 16... Re5 17. Nf4 Nb3 $1 18. Rc3 $140 {Kortschnoj: 'It was more important
to protect the d-pawn. Now black will manage to solve his problems.'} ({
Possibly it would be a little better:} 18. Rc2) ({or} 18. Rd1) 18... c4 {
[%csl Yb3,Rc4]} 19. g4 {()} ({Impossibly:} 19. Rxc4 $4 {because of:} Nd2+)
19... b5 20. Kg2 (20. Nh5 {Kortschnoj} f5 21. h3 Kh8 22. Nf6 Kg7 23. g5 Nd2+
24. Kg2 Ne4 {- black is doing very well.}) 20... f5 21. h3 ({Can be
recommended:} 21. g5 $5 {+/=/=}) (21. g5 {Kortschnoj was more promising. After
several passive moves of white black seize some initiative.}) 21... Nc5 22. Rd1
$6 ({It deserves attention:} 22. Kf3) 22... fxg4 23. hxg4 f5 $1 {Make made the
game equal.} 24. gxf5 Rxf5 {'=/+' Kortschnoj.} 25. Rh1 {A little optimistic.
More safely would be:} (25. f3 $5 $11) 25... Raf8 {[%csl Rd5,Rf2,Yf4][%cal
Gc5d3]} 26. Rc2 Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Yf4][%cal Gd3f4] Black wants to exchange the
strong white's knight.} (26... a5 {Kortschnoj was suggested by Beliavsky as an
improvement...}) 27. Nxd3 cxd3 28. Rd2 $8 Rg5+ $1 ({Badly right away:} 28...
Rxd5 $2 {in view of:} 29. Rhd1 Rg5+ 30. Kf1 Rgf5 31. f4 $14) 29. Kf1 $8 ({
Loses immediately:} 29. Kh2 $4 Rf6 $19 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf6h6] (mate in next
move)}) ({and also} 29. Kh3 $4 Rf6 30. Kh4 Rg2 $1 {and mate in 2 moves:} 31.
Kh3 (31. Kh5 Kg7 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf6h6]} 32. Rxd3 Rh6#) 31... Rg7 {[%csl Rh3]
[%cal Gf6h6]} 32. Rxd3 Rh6#) 29... Rc8 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gc8c1]} ({Leads to
draw:} 29... Rxd5 30. e4 Rd4 31. Rh3 Rxe4 32. Rhxd3 $11 {[%csl Rd7]}) 30. Rd1
$1 ({After:} 30. f4 $4 {black has a forced transition to winning pawns endgame:
} Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rxh1 32. fxg5 Rh2+ 33. Ke1 Rxd2 34. Kxd2 Kg7 35. Kxd3 Kg6 36. e4
Kxg5 37. Ke3 Kf6 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd5,Re4,Gh7]}) 30... Rxd5 $6 (30... Rc2 $142 31.
Rh3 $140 Rf5 32. f4 Rxd5 33. e4 Rd4 34. Rdxd3 Rxe4 35. Rxd7 Rxf4+ 36. Kg1 $15 {
with good odds for draw.}) 31. Rh3 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge3e4]} d2 ({Also equality
after:} 31... Rc4 32. e4 $1 Rxe4 33. Rhxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Re7 35. Rd5 a6 36. Rd6
$11 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5]}) 32. Ke2 Rc2 33. Rf3 $1 {After this move Kortschnojl is
agreed for draw, because of next variants: Kortschnoj: 'Here black played'} (
33. Rf3 $1 {[%csl Gd1,Rg8][%cal Gd1g1]} Kg7 $5 {Kortschnoj: 'and draw was
agreed.'} (33... Kh8 34. b3 $44 {[%csl Rd2,Rh8]}) (33... h5 34. Rg1+ Kh7 35.
Rf7+ Kh6 36. Rf6+ Kh7 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Rf8+ $11) (33... Rd6 {Kortschnoj}) 34.
e4 (34. Rg1+ $2 Kh6 35. Rh1+ Kg6 36. Rg1+ Rg5 {=/+/-/+}) 34... Rd6 (34... Re5
35. Kd3 $1 Rc4 (35... Rxb2 $4 36. Kc3 Ra2 37. Kb3 $18 {[%csl Ra2]}) 36. Rf4 {
[%csl Rd2,Rg7][%cal Gd1g1]} d5 37. f3 $11) 35. Rd3 $1 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 Rc6 {
[%cal Gc6d6]} (36... Rxb2 $4 37. Kc3 Ra2 38. Kb3 {[%csl Ra2]}) 37. Ke3 $1 Rc2 (
37... Rd6 $6 38. e5 Re6 (38... Rd5 $2 39. Ke4 Rc5 40. Rxd2 $16) 39. f4 d6 40.
Ke4 $14) 38. Kd3 Rc6 39. Ke3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 $5
8. e3 $5 {-is the main line,other options are:} (8. Nf3 $5) (8. Rc1 $5) (8. f3
$6 {-see comments to Golod,V-Dgebuadze,A/Hoogeveen,1998(1-0) (Golod,V)(52)}) ({
and} 8. Qf3 $5 {see comments to Dias,P-Miralles,G/Escaldes,1998/CBM 68(1/2-1/2)
(Rodriguez,Am)(18)}) 8... d6 $5 (8... h6) (8... d5) ({and} 8... c6 {-was
checked in the previous game.}) 9. Nf3 $5 {Desides,white has several options:}
(9. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Gg1e2] -is the main line.}) (9. f3) (9. Qc2) (9. b4) 9...
Nbd7 10. Nd2 $5 ({Also possibly:} 10. Bd3 $5) ({and} 10. b4 $5) 10... c5 $5 {
[%cal Ga8c8]} (10... h6 $143 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. f3 Bb7 14. g4 Qc7 15.
Bg3 e5 16. Rg1 Bc6 (16... Rfd8 $5 17. O-O-O b5 $1 $132) (16... Rad8 $6 17.
O-O-O $14) 17. O-O-O Rfe8 18. h4 Qb7 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh3 $14 {1-0 Hillarp
Persson,T-Rozentalis,E/Koge 1997/EXT 98 (33)}) (10... Rc8 $5 {Tsesarsky} 11. b4
$6 (11. Qc2 $5 Bb7 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Bh4 d5 15. b4 Rc8 16. Qb2 Re8
17. Be2 e5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. O-O Nf8 20. Bb5 $14 {1-0 Kelecevic,N-Wirthensohn,
H/SWZ 1997/EXT 99 (38)}) (11. Bd3 $132) 11... c5 $15 {-see comments to
Pedersen,S-Lalic,B/London,1997/CBM62(0-1)(Tsesarsky)(35)} (11... h6 $143 12.
Bh4 Bb7 13. f3 e5 14. Bd3 exd4 15. Qxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 c5 17. Qb2 $14 {1-0
Kiriakov,P-Savon,V/Sochi 1997/EXT 99 (38)})) 11. dxc5 bxc5 {Is the best move!}
12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 $6 $146 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge5g6]} (13... Bb7 $5 14. O-O
a5 15. Rad1 {+/=/=; 0-1 Ostenstad,B-Har Zvi,R/Eikram mem op, Gausdal NOR,1996
(40)}) 14. Bc2 $14 ({Slightly worse is:} 14. Be2 {(><h5)} Ng6 (14... Rb8 $6 15.
b4 $1 $14) 15. Bg3 e5 {+/=/=}) 14... Ng6 15. Bg3 ({Senseless:} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6]} Bxc4 18. Nxd6 (18. b3 Bb5 19. Nxd6 Bc6
$11) 18... Bd5 $11) (15. Bxg6 $143 fxg6 16. e4 g5 17. Bg3 $13) 15... Nh5 $5 ({
Also can be recommended:} 15... Qb6 $5) 16. f3 {[%cal Gg3f2]} Nxg3 17. hxg3 f5
$1 {/\Qf6} ({Dubious:} 17... Rb8 {because of:} 18. g4 $36 {(><f5,h5)} (18. Bxg6
$143 fxg6 $13)) 18. O-O-O $5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yc1b2]} ({Worse is:} 18. g4 {
in view of:} Qf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 $11) 18... Qf6 ({After:} 18... Ne5 19. g4 $1 f4
(19... fxg4 20. f4 Nf7 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Ne4 $16) 21. Qd3 Re8 $8 22. Qh7+ Kf8
23. Bg6 $1 $36 {/\Ne4(קd6)}) 20. exf4 Rxf4 21. Qe3 {white has a strong
initiative on the centre and on the king side.}) 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nb3 $1 {
[%csl Rd6]} e5 $8 (20... Rd8 $2 21. Nxc5 Bxc4 22. Nb7 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rd8]}) (
20... Bxc4 $2 21. Rxd6 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Gb3,Rc5,Gd6]}) 21. Na5 {White's plan is:
Rd2,Rhd1(קd6)} Rb8 ({Badly:} 21... Rc8 $2 22. Rd2 $140 Kf8 23. Rhd1 Ke7 {
[%csl Ye7] because of:} 24. Ba4 $1 $16 {/\Nc6}) (21... Kf7 $5 22. Rd2 $140 Rb8
23. Rhd1 Rb6 $14 {[%csl Yb6,Rd6,Yf6][%cal Yb6d6,Yf6d6]}) 22. e4 $1 f4 $6 ({
In my opinion it is obligatory:} 22... fxe4 23. Bxe4 (23. Nc6 $2 Rb6 24. Bxe4
Bxc4 25. Nxa7 Ne7 {=/=/+}) 23... Ne7 {and white has a slight positional
advantage.}) 23. g4 Rb6 $6 24. Rd2 Nf8 $6 (24... Nh8 $5 {/\Nf7(><d6)}) (24...
Ne7 $5 {><c6}) 25. Rhd1 Kf7 26. Ba4 $1 {with the idea Bc6 or Nc6} Ke7 $2 (26...
Ng6 $142 27. Kc2 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gc2c3] /\Kc3;Bc6} (27. Nc6 $6 Bxc4 28. Rxd6
Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Be6 $14) 27... Ne7 28. Kc3 $14) 27. Nc6+ {[%csl Rd6]} Rxc6 $8 28.
Bxc6 Bxc4 29. Kc2 $16 {/\Kc3,b4(קa7)} a5 $8 30. Kc3 Bf7 31. b4 axb4+ 32. axb4
cxb4+ 33. Kxb4 {[%cal Gd1a1,Ga1a7]} Ne6 {[%cal Ge6d4]} (33... Nd7 $143 34. Ra1
Be6 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. Rc2 Rb8+ ({Loses right away:} 36... Rc8 $2 37. Bxd7 $1 Rxc2
38. Ba4+ {[%csl Rc2]}) 37. Bb5 {/\Ka5,Rcc7+-}) 34. Rxd6 Nd4 ({Badly:} 34... Nf8
$2 {in view of} 35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36. Bd5 $18) 35. Rd7+ Kf8 (35... Ke6 $2 36. Kc5
$18 {[%csl Re6]}) 36. Rd8+ $138 Ke7 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Ba4 $18 Rb6+ 39. Ka5 Rb8 (
{Senseless:} 39... Rb2 {in view of:} 40. Rc1 {[%csl Rf8]} Rb8 41. Ra7 $18) 40.
Ra7 {Ivanchuk lost on time in the absolutely winning position.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Horvath, Gyula"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be4 (10... h6 {(In my opinion it's superfluous move.)
See comments to Grigore,G-Cosma,I/Bucuresti,1998/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(48) It
was better:10...Qe7!? or 10...c5!?}) 11. b3 ({Maybe there is a reason to move
this pawn on two field forward:} 11. b4 Qe7 (11... c6 $5 12. Bh3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
d5 14. c5 (14. Bf4 $5 {/\Rfc1 or Rac1}) 14... bxc5 15. bxc5 e5 $132 {Sjoberg,
M-Engqvist,T/Stockholm,1993(1/2-1/2)(52)}) 12. Bb2 c5 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Rac1 d5
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. b5 $14 {Kelly,B-Turner,M/Bunratty,2001(1/2-1/2)
(38)}) 11... c6 $146 ({it were checked in the preceding game:} 11... Re8 $5 12.
Bb2 a5 13. Bh3 h6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Rfe1 c5 16. b4 Qc7 17. e4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1
19. Bxa1 e5 20. d5 {+/=/= Mikhalevski,A-Riemersma,L/Hania,1993(1-0)(56)}) 12.
Bb2 Qb8 {I don't really understand why the queen was moved by this way.Maybe
for the start would be good to:} (12... d5 {and then decide where to move
queen.}) 13. Bh3 {Usual method for this positions,white doesn't want to
exchange white squares bishops so to free "Nf3".} d5 {Otherwise white are
making:Nd2 and will prepare:e4.} 14. Rac1 Qb7 15. Qe3 {Here queen holds more
useful position and if needed,could be immediately moved on king side.It does
not make feeling black well,because their queen is located pretty far.} h6 {
[%csl Yh6][%cal Yh6g5]} 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Bg2 $14 {Finally the
bishop can come back.} Rac8 ({I can recommend:} 18... a4 19. b4 b5 {but even
here,after:} 20. c5 {white save a positional advantage.}) 19. Qf4 Rfe8 20. g4
$5 {Gyula Horvath occupy space and start to think about active actions:h4,Bf3,
Kg2,Rh1 and so on.} b5 {Black can not play passively,otherwise white step by
step will crush them.Maybe it was necessary to propose a exchange of queens:} (
20... Qc7 $5 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. h4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc4d5,Gg4g5,Gg2d5]})
21. c5 b4 22. a4 e5 $2 {Too optimistically!} (22... Qc7 $142) 23. dxe5 $140 Qb8
24. Nf3 Ne4 {קc5;/\f6(ףf4).} 25. Qe3 {By this way white decide both problems
at the same time.} f6 26. Nh4 $1 {Otherwise black will have perfect
compensation over the pawn.} Bh7 $8 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. exf6 Nxf6 ({It is clear,
that impossibly:} 28... Bc2 $4 {in view of:} 29. f7+ $1 Kxf7 30. Qf3+ {[%csl
Rc2]}) 29. Qg3 $6 {I think,that one more pawn could be taken:} (29. Bxf6 Bh7 (
29... Bc2 $2 30. Be7 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 $18 {[%csl Yh4][%cal Yh4f5,Yh4g6]}) (29...
gxf6 $143 30. Qxh6 Qe5 31. Nf3 Bxf3 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. exf3 $18) 30. Qd2 gxf6 31.
Qxh6 Qe5 32. e3 {+/-/+-}) 29... Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 Nxg4 (30... Re6 $5 31. Bd4 {
+/=/+/-}) 31. f3 Ne3 32. fxe4 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxe4 34. Nf5 $16 Rxe2 (34... Rf8
$143 35. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6,Yd4][%cal Yd4e2,Gd4c6]}) 35. Bxg7 h5 36. Bh6 Kh7 37.
Bf4 Kg6 38. Nd4 {White has perfectly located their pieces.} Re4 39. Bd6 h4 40.
gxh4 Rxh4 41. Kf2 Re4 42. Rd3 Rg4 43. Rg3 $1 {Rc8 is attached to pawn ''c6''
and that's why after second black's rook was exchanged,white with no
difficulties will win the game.} Kh5 ({Also loses:} 43... Rxg3 44. Kxg3 Kg5 45.
Kf3 Kg6 46. Kg4 Kf6 47. Kf4 Kg6 (47... Kf7 48. Kf5 $22) 48. Nf5 {/\Ne7+-}) 44.
Nf5 Kg5 45. Ne7 $18 Rxg3 46. Kxg3 Re8 47. Kf3 {[%csl Yf3][%cal Yf3e3]} Rf8+ 48.
Ke2 Rh8 49. Nxc6 Kf5 50. Nxa5 {Further resistance has no reason.} Ke4 51. c6
Rg8 52. c7 d4 53. Nc4 d3+ 54. Kf1 Rh8 55. Bxb4 Kf3 56. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Karpov-Piket Match"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Piket} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
Bb7 8. f3 h6 $5 (8... d5 $5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 $5 {-see comments to Elbilia,
J-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(43)}) 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 c5 $5
(10... Nbd7 $5 {(is the main line)-see comments to Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/
Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27),and Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista,1998/
CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)}) 11. dxc5 $5 ({Another alternative is:} 11. cxd5
$5 g5 $5 (11... Nxd5 {Dautov} 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Be7 (13. Bxb6 $1 $14 {Golod,V})
13... Re8 14. bxc3 (14. Bxc5 $2 Nd5) (14. Bh4 $2 Nd5 15. e4 $2 Ne3 $17) 14...
Rxe7 $10) (11... cxd4 $2 12. Qxd4 g5 13. Bg3 exd5 14. Bxb8 $1 Rxb8 $140 15. h4
$16 {1-0 Balogh,A-Rouleau,P/Montreal 1996/EXT 99 (40)}) 12. Bf2 Nxd5 13. Qd2
cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6 $5 $13 {(Dautov)} (14... e5 $143 15. h4 (15. dxe5 $5 Re8 16.
Bg3 Nc6 17. Bb5 $14) 15... exd4 16. hxg5 Re8+ 17. Ne2 d3 $1 $132 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 65 ext (48)})) 11... bxc5 12. Bxf6 $5
{Besides,white has several options:} (12. cxd5 $5 {Dautov} g5 $1 (12... exd5 {
Luther} 13. Qxc5 Nc6 $44) 13. Bf2 Nxd5 14. Qd2 (14. Qxc5 $5 Qf6 $5 15. Qd4 Qxd4
16. exd4 Rc8 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. b4 Rd8 $44) 14... Qf6 $5 (14... Nb6 $143 15. Qc2
Kg7 16. h4 f6 17. hxg5 fxg5 18. Ne2 N8d7 19. O-O-O Qe8 20. Ng3 $16 {1-0 Jelen,
I-Podlesnik,B/Grize 1996/EXT 97 (27)}) (14... Nc6 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Nc3 c4 17.
Nxd5 Qxd5 18. e4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rfd8+ 20. Kc3 Nd3 21. Be3 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo MNC 1999 (21)}) 15. h4 Rd8 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg8f8,
Gf8e7]} (15... Nc6 $6 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Qc2 Qg7 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20.
bxc3 Ne5 21. e4 Qf6 22. Rb1 $16 {Sadler,M-Luther,T/Cuxhaven,1994/Inf 61/(578)
(22)}) 16. Qc2 Qe5 17. e4 Nc6 18. Be2 $6 (18. hxg5 $5 hxg5 19. Bxc5 $13) 18...
Nf4 19. g3 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 $15 {Dzevlan-Luther/Budapest
Kasparov/1991}) (12. O-O-O $143 Nbd7 13. Nh3 Qb6 14. Nf2 Bc6 15. Be2 Rab8 16.
Rd2 a5 17. Qc2 Rfc8 $10 {Mohr-Gruenberg/Bad Lauterberg/1991}) (12. Bd3 $143 d4
13. exd4 cxd4 14. Qc2 Nbd7 (14... e5 $5) 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. O-O e5 17. Bf2 Nc5 18.
b4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qe7 20. Ng3 Rfe8 $11 {1-0 Grigutavicius,D-Bacrot,E/Paris 1996/
Juniors}) 12... Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] 'N!' Piket.} (
14. Rc1 {[%csl Rc5] Dautov} Nd7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 (15... exd5 $2 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17.
Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxc5 $16) 16. Bb5 $5 (16. Ne2 $6 {-see comments to Lautier,
J-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas,1995/CBM(0-1)(Gelfand)(73)}) 16... Rfd8 17. Ne2 (17.
Bxd7 $143 Rxd7 18. Rxc5 Bb3 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Ne2 Rd2 $15) (17. e4 $143 Bb3 18.
Ne2 (18. Rc3 c4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Ne5 21. Rc2 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 $36)
18... Rab8 19. Nc3 (19. Bxd7 $143 Rxd7 $15) 19... Ne5 20. Ke2 $140 $2 Bc4+ 21.
Bxc4 Rxb2+ $17) 17... Rab8 18. a4 (18. Nc3 $5 {Dautov}) 18... a6 19. Bxa6 Rxb2
$10 {-see comments to Bareev,E-Luther,T/Tilburg,1994/CBM 44(1/2-1/2)(Dautov)
(24)}) (14. Ne2 $6 Nd7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O-O Ne5 $5 (16... Rfd8 $5 17. Nc3
Bb3 18. Rd2 Nb6 $5 (18... f5 $5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Nc3 Ne5 22. Be2 Nc6
23. Bd1 Nd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ilincic,Z-Gligoric,S/Podgorica 1996/CBM 53 (44)}) 19.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be2 f5 21. Bd1 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Drasko,M-Gligoric,S/Podgorica 1996/
CBM 53 (21)}) 17. Nc3 Bb3 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be2 Kf8 21. Rf1 f5
22. e4 f4 {=/=/+;1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Kamsky,G/Groningen 1995/CBM 51 (51)}) (14.
cxd5 $6 exd5 $5 {Dautov(><e3)} (14... Bxd5 $5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. e4 Bb3 17. Rc3 c4
18. Ne2 $6 (18. f4 $5 {[%cal Gg1f3,Gf3d2]}) 18... Nd7 19. Nd4 Rab8 20. Kd2 Ba4
21. Kc1 Nb6 $15 {0-1 Andersson,J-Lampen,T/Vantaa 1996/EXT 99 (30)}) 15. Bd3 (
15. Rc1 $144 c4 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Kd2 Rad8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Bc8 $10) (15.
Ne2 $5) 15... Nc6 16. Ne2 Ne5 $10) 14... dxc4 $1 ({Dubious:} 14... Rd8 {
because of:} 15. cxd5 Rxd5 (15... exd5 16. Nh3 $14) 16. Rxd5 exd5 (16... Bxd5
17. Ne2 $14) 17. Bd3 {and white has a slight advantage in the endgame.}) (14...
Nd7 {Piket} 15. cxd5 Bxd5 (15... exd5 16. Nh3) 16. e4 Bc6 17. Rd6 Ne5 $5 (17...
Rac8 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Ne2 $16) (17... Rfc8 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Ne2 $16 (19. Rxc6
Rxc6 20. Bb7 Rac8 $13))) 15. Bxc4 Nc6 {/\Ne5} 16. Nh3 $5 {[%csl Yc4,Ye2] +/=/=}
({Slightly worse is:} 16. Ne2 {in view of:} Ne5 17. Ba2 Rfd8 $11 {[%cal Gg8f8,
Gf8e7]} (17... Ba6 $143 18. Nf4 $14)) (16. Rd7 $2 {is refuted by:} Ne5 17. Rxb7
Nxc4 18. e4 Rfb8 $15 {[%csl Rb2]}) 16... Ne5 17. Be2 Bd5 ({Also can be
recommended:} 17... Rfd8 18. Nf4 Kf8 {/\Ke7+/=/=}) 18. Rd2 f5 $5 {(><e4)} 19.
Nf2 (19. Re1 Rab8 20. Nf2 {transfers to-19.Nf2}) 19... Rab8 20. Re1 ({
Senseless:} 20. Rc2 {because of:} Rfc8 21. Rc3 Bb3 $11) (20. Kb1 $5 {Piket})
20... Rfc8 {[%csl Gc5,Yc8][%cal Yc8c5] /\c5-c4} 21. Nd1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd1c3]
} ({Interestingly} 21. f4 $5) (21. f4 {Piket} Nc6 22. g4 Na5) 21... Bc4 $5 22.
f4 (22. Bxc4 $143 Nxc4 23. Rc2 (23. Rd7 $143 Ne5 {[%csl Rc1,Re1][%cal Ge5d3]})
23... Ne5 $11) 22... Bxe2 23. Rexe2 Nc6 $5 {[%csl Ra7,Yc6][%cal Yc6a7,Gg8f8,
Gf8e7]} 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Red2 Ke8 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2,Rd7][%cal Gc6d4,Gd4b3]} ({
After:} 25... Rd8 $2 26. Rc7 {white has a big advantage.}) (25... Rb6 {Piket})
26. R2d6 Rb3 {[%csl Re3] '!' Piket.} (26... Rb6 $2 {Piket} 27. Rxa7) 27. g3 (
27. Kc2 $142 c4 28. Nc3 $36) 27... a6 (27... h5 $5 {Piket}) 28. Kc2 c4 {
with the idea:29...Rd3!/\30.Rd3 cxd3 31.Rxd3 Nb4+(צd3)} 29. Rd2 ({Dubious:} 
29. Nc3 {in view of:} Ne7 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc8b8]} (29... Rcb8 {Piket}) 30. Ra7
$140 $2 Rcb8 31. Nd1 Nc8 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]} 32. Rdxa6 Nxa7 33. Rxa7 $17) (29. h3
{Piket} Rd3 $1) 29... h5 $5 {[%csl Gh5,Rh6][%cal Gh6h5]} 30. R7d6 Rc7 {[%cal
Ge8e7]} 31. Nc3 Ke7 32. Rd1 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 32. e4 $5) 32... Rb6 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc6b4]} 33. Kc1 Rb3 34. Kc2 Rb6 35. Kb1 $138 Rb3 36. Ka1 {
'?!' Piket.} (36. Ka2 $144 Rb6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc6b4]}) 36... Nb8 $5 {<->b}
37. R6d4 ({Badly:} 37. Kb1 {in view of:} Rcb7 {[%csl Rb2,Rc3][%cal Gb3c3,Gb3b2]
} 38. Na4 Rxa3 39. Nc5 Rb5 $17) 37... Rb6 38. e4 (38. Ka2 $5) 38... fxe4 39.
Rxe4 (39. Nxe4 $142 Nd7 {+/=/=} (39... Rd7 $6 40. Nc5 Rdd6 41. Kb1 Rbc6 42.
Rxd6 Rxd6 43. Rxd6 Kxd6 44. Ne4+ $16 {[%csl Rc4,Rh5]})) (39. Rd5 {Piket} Rcb7)
39... Rd6 $11 40. Rxd6 (40. Rd5 {Piket} Nd7) (40. Nd5+ {Piket} Kd8) 40... Kxd6
41. Kb1 (41. f5 $5 {Piket}) 41... f5 $1 42. Rd4+ Ke7 {Black's plan is:Nd7-b6
(קc4) or Nd7-f6-g4} 43. Kc2 Nd7 44. Nd1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd1e3]} (44. Na4 $142
{Piket} Nf6 45. Nb6 Ng4 46. h4 Ne3+ 47. Kc3 Nf1 48. Rxc4 Rb7 $14 (48... Rxc4+
49. Nxc4 Nxg3 50. Kd4 $16 Ne2+ 51. Ke3)) 44... Nb6 45. Ne3 a5 $1 {(><b4)} 46.
Kc3 Na4+ 47. Kc2 Nb6 48. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 $5 (
{Other lines are:} 7... c5) ({and} 7... Bb7) 8. e3 c5 $6 $146 {[%mdl 16384]} (
8... d6 $5 {Is the main line.See comments to Karpov,A-Polgar,J/Hoogeveen,1999/
CBM 74 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(39)}) 9. dxc5 {This move-right reaction! to 8...c5}
bxc5 10. Bd3 $5 $14 {With the idea 11.0-0-0 and strong attack in the king side.
} ({Much worse is:} 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Nf3 Bb7 $11 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Yg8f8,Yf8e7]}) 10... d5 $6 ({Also dubious:} 10... Nc6 $6 {
in view of:} 11. b4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gb4b5]} cxb4 12. axb4 Bb7 13. Nf3 {
+/=/+/-}) (10... Bb7 $142 11. Nf3 $14) 11. O-O-O {[%csl Gd1,Rd8]} Nbd7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Evident tactical blunder. Probably black blundered because he
didn't see13.dxe6 with winning pawn.} ({Again can be recommended:} 11... Bb7
$14) 12. cxd5 Bxd3 $8 (12... Nxd5 $4 {is refuted by:} 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 (13... Kxh7
$143 14. Qc2+ {[%csl Rd8,Rh7]}) 14. Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Yd5g5]} f6 (14...
Qc8 15. Rxd7 Qxd7 16. Bc2 $18) 15. Rd6 $18) 13. dxe6 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd3,Rd7]} c4
({Or:} 13... fxe6 14. Rxd3 Qb6 15. Nf3 Nd5 16. Qc2 $16) 14. exd7 Qxd7 $2 {
Again inexplicable mistake.} ({More stubborn resistance after:} 14... Ne4 $1
15. Bxd8 $8 Nxc3 16. Rxd3 $1 ({Badly:} 16. bxc3 $2 Rfxd8 17. Nf3 {because of:}
Rxd7 18. Ne5 $140 (18. Nd4 $2 Rb8 $36) 18... Rb8 $1 19. Nxd7 (19. Rxd3 $2 Rdb7
$1 {[%csl Rc1]} 20. Nxc4 (20. Rdd1 $2 Rb1+ 21. Kd2 R8b2+ 22. Ke1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1
Rb1+ $17 {[%csl Rh1]}) 20... Rb1+ 21. Kd2 Rxh1 $15) (19. Nxd3 cxd3 $132 {
[%cal Gd7b7,Gb8b3]}) (19. Nxc4 $4 Rb1+ 20. Kd2 Bf1+ {[%csl Rd1]} 21. Kc2 Rdxd1
$19) 19... Rb1+ 20. Kd2 Rb2+ 21. Ke1 (21. Kc1 Rb1+ $11) 21... Re2+ 22. Kf1 Rd2+
23. Ke1 Re2+ $11) 16... cxd3 $8 (16... Na2+ $2 17. Kb1 cxd3 18. Be7 d2 19. Nf3
$18) (16... Ne2+ $2 17. Nxe2 cxd3 18. Bc7 $18) 17. Be7 Ne4 18. Nh3 $1 (18. Nf3
$6 Nxf2 19. Rf1 Ne4 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Ne5 Ke7 $16) 18... Rfd8 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20.
f3 Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. Kd2 Rxd7 23. Rc1 $18 {[%csl Rd3]}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne2
$5 {/\Nf4(><d3)or Nd4} ({A little worse is:} 16. Qxf6 Qb5 17. Nf3 c3 $1 18.
Qg5+ Qxg5 19. Nxg5 {+/-/+-}) 16... Rab8 17. Nf4 Rfc8 ({Wealy:} 17... Qf5 {
because of:} 18. g4 Qe5 (18... Qe4 $143 19. Nh5 $18) 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Nxd3
cxd3 21. Rxd3 $18) 18. Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6,Rg8][%cal Gh5f6]} Qa4 ({Slightly
better is:} 18... Qe6 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 21. Nd5 Rb3 22. Rhe1 Rcb8 23.
Nb4 (23. Rd2 $4 Rxa3 {[%csl Rc1]}) 23... Bg6 (23... a5 $2 24. Nxd3 cxd3 25. Rd2
$18) 24. e4 {[%csl Ye4,Gg6]} c3 (24... a5 $143 25. Nc6 $18) 25. bxc3 Rxc3+ 26.
Kb2 Rc4 27. Kb3 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. f3 {+/-/+-_|_}) 19. Nxf6+ Kf8 20. Nd5
$18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gc3h8]} Ke8 $8 21. Rd2 {[%cal Gh1d1]} ({Dubious:} 21. Qe5+
Kd7 $140 22. Qe7+ $4 (22. Rd2 $5) 22... Kc6 {[%csl Rc1,Rd5][%cal Ga4c2]} 23.
Rd2 Kxd5 $15) ({In my opinion a little better is:} 21. e4) 21... Kd7 ({Another
alternative is:} 21... Rb3 22. Qe5+ (22. Qf6 $2 Qxa3 $40 {[%csl Rc1][%cal
Ga3a1]}) 22... Kd7 23. Nc3 $1 (23. Qe7+ Kc6 24. Nb4+ Kb6 25. Qf6+ Kb5 $16)
23... Qc6 24. Rhd1 $18 {[%cal Gd2d3]}) 22. Rhd1 Rb3 23. Qd4 {[%csl Ra4,Rc8,Gd4,
Rd7][%cal Gd5b6]} Qxa3 ({Also loses:} 23... Ke8 24. Qe5+ Kd7 25. Nc3 Qa6 (25...
Qc6 26. Rxd3+ cxd3 27. Rxd3+) 26. Rxd3+ cxd3 27. Qd5+ {[%csl Rb3,Rd7]}) (23...
Qc6 24. Nb6+ Kc7 25. Nxc8 Kxc8 26. e4 $18) ({and} 23... Ke6 24. f4 $5 Qxa3 $140
25. f5+ Kd7 (25... Kxf5 26. Rf2+ Ke6 27. Rf6+ Kd7 28. Nb6+ {[%csl Ra3,Rd7]}) (
25... Bxf5 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Nc3+ {[%csl Ra3,Rd7]}) 26. Nc3+ Qd6 27. Rxd3 $1
cxd3 28. Qa4+ {[%csl Rb3,Rd7]}) 24. Nc3+ $1 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Yc3b1]} (24. bxa3
$4 Rb1#) 24... Qd6 $140 $8 25. Rxd3 $1 cxd3 26. Qa4+ {[%csl Rb3,Rd7] To my
regret whole this game and especially its opening Andrei Istratescu conducted
very weakly.} 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 $5 (10... e5 $5) 11. f3 (11. dxc5 $143 bxc5 12.
Bd3 (12. f3 $143 a5 13. Bd3 a4 14. O-O Qa5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bf4 d5 17. e4 e5 18.
Bg3 d4 19. Rfb1 Ra6 20. Be1 Qc7 21. b4 axb3 22. Rxb3 Bc6 23. Qb2 Rfa8 $15 {
Remlinger,L-Ekstroem,R/American op 1995/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 12... Qb6 (12... Bxg2 $6
13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Bh6 g6 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 $14) 13. O-O a5 14. Qc2 Rab8 15. Rfd1 Bc6
16. Rab1 a4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rfe8 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg3 $14 {
Ostenstad,B-Johannessen,L/NOR-ch 1996/1/2-1/2 (73)}) 11... d5 (11... h6 $5 12.
Bh4 Rc8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. Be2 d5 17. O-O Qe5 18. Qxe5
Nxe5 19. Rfc1 $14 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Nd5 22. e4 Ne3 23. Bb3 Ba6 24.
Bf2 Nc4 25. a4 Nd2 26. Bd1 Bd3 27. Be3 Nc4 28. Rc3 Rfd8 29. Rac1 a6 30. Bb3 b5
31. axb5 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Wojtkiewicz,A/POL-chT 1995}) (11... Rc8 $5 12. dxc5
Rxc5 13. Bh4 d5 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 Qc7 16. Bg3 e5 17. Be2 Nh5 18. Bf2 d4 (18...
dxc4 $5 19. Nxc4 Bd5 20. Nd2 f5 21. O-O Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Rfd1 Nhf6 24. Ba6
{1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Petursson,M/Aruna 1997}) 19. O-O dxe3 20. Bxe3 Nf4
21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nb3 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 Re3 24. Rd2 Qe5 25. Rad1 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 $14
{1-0 Chekhov,V-Onischuk,A/BL2-N 1996 (38)}) (11... cxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2
e5 14. Qd3 d5 (14... Nc5 $5 15. Qc3 Ne8 16. O-O Ne6 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. Rad1 f5 $13
) 15. O-O Rac8 (15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 e4 17. Qd6 $14) 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bh4 dxc4 (
17... Ba6 18. b4 Rfd8 19. Qf5 $14) 18. Nxc4 Bd5 $6 (18... e4 19. Qd6 exf3 20.
gxf3 Ba6 21. Rfd1 $14) (18... Rfd8 $5 19. Qd6 Ba6) 19. e4 $1 $14 {Shirov,
A-Onischuk,A/Fontys 1997/1-0 (50)}) 12. cxd5 $5 $146 (12. dxc5 bxc5 (12... Nxc5
$2 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 h6 16. exf6 hxg5 17. fxg7 Re8 18. Bb5 Rc8
19. Rd1 $16) 13. Bd3 Qb6 (13... h6 $5 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3) 14. O-O h6
15. Bh4 a5 16. Bf2 (16. b3 $143 a4 17. Rab1 axb3 18. Qxb3 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 Ba6 $13
) 16... a4 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rab1 $5 (18. cxd5 $143 exd5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4
Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rab8 $11) 18... Ba6 19. Qc2 {+/=/= Kramnik,V-Anand,
V/Linares 1998/1/2-1/2(34)} (19. Bf1 $5)) 12... exd5 (12... Nxd5 $2 13. Bxd8
Nxc3 14. Bxb6 {+/=/+/-}) 13. Bb5 (13. Bd3 $143 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 $15 {[%csl Re3]
[%cal Ge8e3]}) 13... Qc8 $5 {/\Ba6} 14. Rc1 (14. O-O a6 $5 (14... Ba6 $2 15.
Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Bxf6 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yd7c5,Yd7f6]}) (14... Bc6 $5) 15. Ba4
b5 16. Bb3 c4 17. Bc2 Re8 $14) 14... Ba6 15. a4 $5 $13 (15. Bxa6 $6 Qxa6 16.
Bxf6 (16. Kf2 $5 {/\Rhe1}) 16... Nxf6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 $4 Rac8 $19 {
[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc8c1]}) 15... Bxb5 16. axb5 a6 $5 (16... cxd4 $144 $5 17. exd4
$8 (17. Qxc8 $4 Raxc8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. exd4 $2 (19. Kf2 $17) 19... Rc1+ $19)
17... Re8+ 18. Kf2 Qd8 $5 $13 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gf6g4] /\Ng4+}) 17. Bxf6 $5 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Yd7c5,Yd7f6]} (17. bxa6 $143 Qxa6 18. Kf2 $15 (18. Bxf6 Nxf6
19. dxc5 bxc5 $17 20. Qxc5 $4 Rac8 $19)) (17. O-O $143 axb5 18. Bxf6 b4 $1 19.
Qc2 Nxf6 (19... gxf6 $5) 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 $11) 17... Nxf6
18. dxc5 (18. bxa6 $2 Qxa6 19. Kf2 $15) 18... bxc5 $5 (18... Qxc5 19. bxa6 Rxa6
20. O-O $11) 19. Qxc5 $5 (19. bxa6 $2 Qxa6 20. Kf2 Rfc8 $15) (19. O-O $5 Re8
$11 {[%csl Re3]}) 19... Qe6 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rc5,Re3][%cal Ga8c8,Ge6e3]} (19...
Qxc5 $6 20. Rxc5 Rac8 $5 (20... axb5 $143 21. Ke2 $14) 21. Rxc8 (21. Rc6 axb5
$11) 21... Rxc8 22. Ke2 (22. bxa6 $4 Rc1+ 23. Ke2 Rxh1 24. Nf1 (24. a7 Ra1 $19)
24... Nd7 $19 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd7b6,Gb6a8]}) 22... axb5 23. Ra1 $14 {><b5})
20. O-O axb5 $11 {[%csl Rb5,Re3] ><b5=><e3} 21. Qd4 (21. Rfe1 $5) 21... Ra4 22.
Qd3 (22. b4 Re8 23. Rfe1 Qe5 $5 $11 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4][%cal Yd4b4,Ge5d4,Ga4b4]})
22... Qe5 $6 (22... Ra2 $5) (22... Rfa8 $5) 23. Rc2 Re8 {[%csl Re3]} 24. Re1
$14 {[%csl Rb5]} h5 $6 (24... Ra2 $6 25. Nb3 $1 {/\25...Rb2? 26.f4!+/-} (25.
Qxb5 $6 Rb8 26. Qc5 Raxb2 27. Rxb2 Qxb2 $1 (27... Rxb2 $143 28. Nc4 $1 {
[%csl Rb2,Re5][%cal Gc4b2,Gc4e5]} Rc2 29. Nxe5 Rxc5 30. Rb1 $14) 28. Rb1 Qe5
29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 $11) 25... b4 26. Nd4 $14) (24... d4 $5) 25. Qxb5 Raa8 $5 {
[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga8b8]} (25... Rea8 $143 26. Nf1 $16) (25... Ra2 $143 26. Qb3
Rea8 27. Rec1 $16 {[%cal Gc2c8]}) 26. Qc5 (26. Qd3 $5) 26... h4 $5 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gh4h3]} 27. h3 $5 $16 (27. b4 $143 h3 28. g3 Ra3) 27... Nh5 {[%cal Gh5g3]
} (27... d4 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Nc4 $16) 28. Nf1 Ng3 (28... Ra2 29. b4 Rxc2 30.
Qxc2 $16) 29. Rd2 $5 {[%csl Rd5]} (29. Nxg3 $143 hxg3 $5 {עg1} (29... Qxg3 30.
Rd1 Re5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ga8e8]})) 29... Rad8 30. Qd4 (30. b4 $142) 30... Qg5
31. Qg4 $5 {[%csl Rg3,Rg5]} Qh6 (31... Qxg4 32. hxg4 Nxf1 33. Kxf1 Rb8 34. Ree2
$16) 32. Nxg3 hxg3 33. Qxg3 (33. Rd3 $5 {><g3}) 33... Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 35.
Qf2 Qe5 36. f4 (36. Qd4 Qg3) 36... Qf5 $16 {Draw was agreed as it had
garanteed qualifing for Dreev.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 {White's plan is: Qc2,Ne4(control over point e4).Besides,white
has two principales moves:} (9. f3 $5 {See comments to Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/
Frankfurt,1999/CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)(43)}) ({and} 9. Nf3 $5 {See comments to
Dreev,A-Razuvaev,Y/St. Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(1-0) (Golod,V)(40)}) 9... Nbd7 {
/\c5(><d4) and so on.} 10. Qc2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge2c3]} h6 $5 $146 ({Good
enough:} 10... c5 {(was checked in the previous games).} 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4
Qc7 13. Bd3 Rac8 (13... h6 $5 14. Bh4 Rfc8 15. O-O d5 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. cxd5 Nxd5
18. Be4 N7f6 19. Nxd5 Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bxc2 Rxc2 22. b4 Rd8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Timman,J/Amsterdam,1996 (22)}) 14. O-O Ba6 15. Qa4 (15. Rfc1
$5 Bxc4 $140 16. Nd1 $11) 15... Bxc4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 $44 {Ivanchuk,
V-Topalov,V/Linares,1999(1/2-1/2) (60)}) 11. Bh4 $140 c5 {Just so!} ({After:} 
11... e5 $2 12. d5 {white has a big positional advantage.}) 12. dxc5 $6 {
[%mdl 16384]} ({In my opinion better is:} 12. Rd1 $11) 12... bxc5 {This move
better than:} (12... dxc5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nc3 Rfd8 $11) ({or} 12... Nxc5 $6 13.
Rd1 Qe7 $140 (13... g5 14. Bg3 Nce4 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. Nd4 $14) 14.
Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 (14... gxf6 $14) 15. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd6]} (15. Rxd6 $4 Ne4 $19 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf2]})) 13. Nc3 ({Another alternative is:} 13. Rd1 Qb6 (13... d5 $5
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nf4 {[%csl Rd5]} d4 (16... Nb6 $5) (16... Rab8
$5 {[%csl Rb2]}) 17. Bb5 $13) 14. Nc3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qd2 {[%csl Yd1,Yd2]
/\Be2,0-0 with equal game.}) 13... d5 14. O-O-O $6 {[%mdl 16384] Again
strategical blunder. Much better is:} (14. Rd1 Qb6 {-transfer to 13.Rd1}) 14...
Qb6 $15 15. Bg3 ({Can be recommended:} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 $15) 15... Bc6 $5
{[%cal Yc6a4] /\16...d4} ({Badly right away:} 15... d4 {because of:} 16. exd4
cxd4 17. Na4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 16. f4 $6 {[%mdl 16384] ><e4;g4} ({Also dubious:} 
16. f3 {in view of:} d4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Bf2 e5 $36) ({Probably better is:} 
16. Bd3 d4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qc2 e5 $15) 16... Ng4 $1
{[%csl Re3]} ({Dubious:} 16... d4 $2 {because of:} 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Bf2 {
[%csl Rb6,Rd4]} Nc5 19. b4 (19. Bxd4 $4 Nb3+) 19... Qa6 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3]} 20.
Bxd4 (20. Qa2 dxc3 21. Bxc5 Rfd8 $13) 20... Qxa3+ 21. Qb2 Nb3+ 22. Kc2 Nxd4+
23. Rxd4 Qxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Rfd8 $11) 17. Bf2 ({Very weakly:} 17. Qe2 {because of:}
d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Qxg4 dxc3 $19) ({After:} 17. Qd2 $6 Rab8 {[%csl Rb2,Yd2,
Re3][%cal Gg4e3,Yd2b2,Yd2e3] black has a strong initiative.}) 17... Ndf6 {
With the idea:18...Nxf2 19.Qxf2 Ng4 and 20...d4|^} 18. Bg1 (18. h3 $143 Nxf2
19. Qxf2 Rfd8 {/\20...Rab8(קb2) and 21...d4-/+}) 18... Rfd8 $5 19. h3 $140
Nxe3 $1 20. Bxe3 d4 {[%csl Rc3,Re3]} 21. Bd3 $2 ({It is necessary:} 21. Bd2
dxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Ne4 $15) 21... dxe3 $17 22. Rde1 (22. Qe2 $2 Rab8
$19 {[%csl Rb2,Rg2]}) ({More stubborn resistance after:} 22. Rhe1) 22... Nh5 $1
{[%csl Rf4]} 23. Rxe3 ({Loses right away:} 23. Rhf1 Ng3 24. Rg1 Qc7 {[%csl Rf4]
} 25. Rxe3 Qxf4 26. Rge1 Rd4 $19) ({and} 23. f5 Nf4 {[%csl Rd3,Ge3,Rg2]} 24.
Rxe3 $140 Nxg2 25. Rg3 Ne3 $1 26. Rxe3 Bxh1 $19) 23... Nxf4 {[%csl Rg2]} 24.
Bh7+ Kh8 25. Rf1 ({Slightly better is:} 25. Be4) 25... Nxg2 26. Rg3 Qc7 $19 {
[%csl Rg3,Rh7][%cal Yc7f7]} 27. Ne2 Qe5 ({Also win:} 27... f5) 28. Qc3 {
[%csl Rg7]} (28. Rxf7 {is refuted by:} Ba4 $1 29. Qxa4 (29. b3 Ne3 30. Qc3 Rd1+
31. Kb2 Nxc4+ $1 32. bxc4 Rb8+ {[%csl Rb2,Re2] and mate in 5 moves.}) 29...
Qxe2 30. Rfxg7 (30. Rd3 Ne3 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rd3,Rh7][%cal Ge2e1]}) 30... Qe1+
31. Kc2 Ne3+ 32. Rxe3 (32. Kb3 Qd1+ {[%csl Ra4]}) 32... Rd2+ 33. Kb3 Rb8+ 34.
Ka2 Rbxb2#) ({Also loses:} 28. Rg1 Rab8 $1 29. R3xg2 $140 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Bxg2 31.
Rxg2 Rd2 $19) 28... Qxc3+ 29. Nxc3 Kxh7 30. Rxf7 Rg8 {[%csl Rg7,Yg8][%cal
Yg8g7] The rest it is of no importance.} 31. Rc7 Rac8 32. Rgxg7+ Rxg7 33. Rxc8
Bf3 {Whole this game despite the white's mistakes Judit Polgar conducted very
strong.} 0-1

[Event "Karpov-Piket Match"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Piket} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 $5 {Besides,white has two options:}
(11. Nh3) ({and} 11. Bd3) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 $5 ({There are
three alternatives:} 13. Be7 $6) (13. Bxc7 $5) (13. bxc3 $6) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2
f5 $5 {/\e5-e4} ({In my opinion slightly worse is:} 14... c5 {-see comments to
Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)and Kramnik,
V-Adams,M/Linares,1999/CBM70 (1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) 15. Bb5 $5 {Is the best move.
Other alternatives are:} (15. Bc4 $143) ({and} 15. Bd3 {From 15.Bd3 to 20...
Re7of this game,you can see comments in the game:Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista,
1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)}) 15... c6 16. Bd3 e5 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. Rc1 $6
(18. O-O $142) 18... exd4 19. exd4 N7f6 $11 20. O-O (20. Kd2 $2 Ne4+ $1 $15 {
[%csl Rd3,Rf2]}) 20... Re7 21. Rfe1 $5 $146 {[%csl Rf5][%mdl 8]} (21. Bg3 $143
{[%cal Gg3d6]} Rd8 22. Rfe1 f4 $1 23. Nxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/
Elista,1998/CBM 65(Golod,V)(23)} (23. Nxf4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxd4
26. Re7 Rxd3 (26... Bc8 $2 27. Be4 $14) 27. Rxb7 $11)) 21... Rfe8 $5 {[%csl
Re2]} ({Worse is:} 21... f4 22. Nc3 Ne3 (22... Rfe8 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Ne4 $14)
23. Ne4 {or 23.Nd1+/=}) 22. Nc3 ({Senseless:} 22. Ng3 {in view of:} g6 {
[%csl Yf5,Rg3,Yg6]}) 22... g6 $5 ({Good enough for equality:} 22... Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bc8) ({Worse right away:} 22... f4 {because of:} 23. Rxe7
Rxe7 24. Ne4 $36 {[%csl Ge4]}) 23. Bc4 $5 {/\Bg3(><e5)} (23. Rxe7 {Piket} Rxe7
24. Re1) 23... f4 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gf4e3,Gf4g3]} 24. Rxe7 $5 ({Can be
recommended:} 24. Bd3 Rxe1+ (24... Kg7 $143 25. Ne4 {+/=/=}) 25. Bxe1 Kf7 26.
Ne4) 24... Rxe7 $140 25. g3 {[%csl Rf4,Rg8][%cal Gg3f4]} Kg7 {Is the better
move,than:} (25... g5 $6 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Bh4 Rg7+ 28. Kf2 $36) ({and} 25...
fxg3 26. Bxg3 $1 $14 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg3e5]}) 26. Nxd5 (26. Ne2 $5 {Piket
Nikolic}) 26... Nxd5 ({After:} 26... cxd5 $2 27. Bd3 {white has a big
advantage in the endgame.}) 27. Bxd5 $1 {only chance srruggle for advantage.}
cxd5 28. gxf4 Rf7 $1 {[%csl Gc1,Rf4][%cal Gf7f6,Gf6c6]} (28... Ba6 {Piket} 29.
Rc3 $14) 29. Bg3 (29. Be3 $144) 29... Rf6 {[%cal Gf6c6] '?!' Piket.} 30. Rc7+
Rf7 31. Rc3 Rf6 32. f5 $5 {Differently draw right away.} Rxf5 33. Bb8 {[%csl
Ra7,Rb6]} a6 34. Bc7 {'?' Piket.} (34. Be5+ {Piket} Kg8 35. a4 $1 g5 $5 (35...
b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kf2) 36. Kf2 (36. Rb3 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rxb5 Ba6))
34... b5 35. Be5+ Kg8 36. Kf2 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8c8]} 37. Rc7 Rf7 38. Rc5 Rf8 39.
Ke3 ({Also equality after:} 39. Rc2 Rc8 40. Re2 Kf7 $11) 39... Rc8 40. Rxc8+ (
40. b4 Kf7 41. h4 Ke6 $11) 40... Bxc8 {[%csl Yc8,Ge5]} 41. Kd3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 {
Relatively rare move.} (7. Bg5 $5 {Is the main line,another possibilities is:7.
Nf3!?;7.g3;7.b4.}) 7... Bb7 8. b3 $5 {[%cal Gc1b2] Besides,white has several
options: 8.b4!?;8.Nf3!? and 8.f3} d6 ({Another alternative is:} 8... d5 $5 9.
Nf3 Nbd7 10. Be2 dxc4 (10... Rc8 $5 11. O-O c5 $10 {Nikitin,A}) 11. bxc4 c5 12.
O-O Rc8 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 $5 $10 {See comments to Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/
USSR(ch),1988/Inf 46/752 (1/2-1/2)(Karpov,An) (30)}) 9. Bb2 ({In my opinion a
little worse is:} 9. f3 {(/\ Bd3, Ne2)} c5 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. Bd3 e5 11. Bf5 Re8
12. Ne2 e4 13. f4 d5 $11 {Arlandi,E-Greenfeld,A/Haifa(EU-chT),1989 (0-1)(31)})
10. dxc5 (10. Bb2 $143 Qe7 11. Nh3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qh4 Nbd7 14. e4 Rfc8
15. Qf2 Nc5 16. Qe3 b5 $36 {Akhsharumova,A-Suba,M/Hastings,1988 (1/2-1/2)(74)})
10... bxc5 11. Bd3 a5 12. Ne2 Nbd7 (12... Nc6 $142) 13. a4 Ne5 14. Bc2 Nc6 15.
Bb2 Nb4 16. Rd1 Re8 17. O-O d5 $13 {Seirawan,Y-Ehlvest,J/Rotterdam,1989(1/2-1/
2)(24)}) 9... Nbd7 10. f3 $146 {[%csl Gb7,Yf3] /\Bd3,Ne2,0-0 and so on.} (10.
Rd1 {-was checked in the previous game of the Eu-chT Batumi,1999} Ne4 11. Qc2
f5 12. Nh3 Qh4 $132 {Kozul,Z-Kacheishvili,G (1/2-1/2)(71)}) 10... c5 {[%cal
Gc5d4] Is the best move.} ({Dubious:} 10... e5 11. d5 $140 e4 12. Ne2 {/\13.
Nd4 or Ng3 with positional advantage of white.}) 11. Bd3 (11. dxc5 $143 bxc5
12. Rd1 Qb6 {[%csl Rb3] =/=/+}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 ({Much worse is:} 12. Qxd4
d5 $36) 12... Rc8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} ({Also good enough:} 12... d5 13. Ne2 ({Badly:
} 13. c5 $2 {in view of:} Rc8 14. b4 $140 e5 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $36) 13... Rc8
14. Qd2 {-transfer to 12...Rc8}) 13. Qd2 ({Weakly right away:} 13. Ne2 {
because of:} b5 $36) 13... d5 $11 14. Ne2 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qc7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} ({
In my opinion slightly better is:} 15... Re8 {/\e5}) 16. O-O e5 17. Bf5 ({
Worse is:} 17. d5 {because of:} Ba6 {[%csl Rc4]} 18. Rac1 Nc5 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2]
[%cal Gc5b3]} 19. d6 (19. Bc2 $5) 19... Qc6 (19... Qxd6 $4 20. Bxh7+ {[%csl
Rd6]}) 20. Bxe5 $140 Nb3 21. Qg5 Qc5+ $1 22. Kh1 h6 23. Qf5 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Rce8
25. Bxf6 (25. f4 $4 Bc8 $19 {[%csl Rf5]}) 25... Qxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxe2 27. Be7 Re8
(27... Rb8 $5 $15) 28. d7 R2xe7 29. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 30. Kg1 Re5 $15 {_|_}) (17.
Rfe1 $5) 17... Rcd8 $5 {[%csl Rc4,Rc8,Yd8][%cal Yc8d8]} ({Loses right away:} 
17... Qxc4 $2 18. dxe5 {[%csl Rd7,Yf6][%cal Ge5f6]} Qd5 19. Rad1 Rc7 (19...
Rfd8 20. Qf4 $18) 20. Qf4 Nh5 (20... Qc5+ 21. Bd4 $18) 21. Qg4 $18) ({Also can
be recommended:} 17... exd4 $5 18. Bxd4 Rcd8 19. Rad1 $13) 18. Qc2 exd4 19.
Nxd4 (19. Bxd4 $143 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4] =/=/+}) 19... Ne5 20. c5 $1 {
Differently,after:} (20. Rac1 $6 Qc5 21. Qf2 Rfe8 {black has a positional
advantage.}) 20... Ba6 $1 {This move better than:} (20... Qxc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5
22. Nb3 $44 {[%csl Rc5,Re5]}) ({or} 20... bxc5 21. Nb5 Qb8 (21... Qb6 $2 22.
Bxe5 Qxb5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rab1 $16) 22. Rfe1 $44 (22. Nxa7 $5 {[%csl Re5]}) (
22. Qxc5 $4 Rd5 23. Qb4 Nc6 $19 {[%csl Rb5,Rf5]})) 21. Rfc1 Nc4 22. Ne6 $1 {
[%mdl 64] Beautiful tactical trick!} (22. Bd3 $143 Nxb2 23. Bxa6 bxc5 $1 (23...
Rxd4 24. Qxb2 Qe5 {[%cal Gd4d1]} (24... bxc5 $4 25. Qxd4 $18 {[%csl Rc7]}) 25.
Qe2 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 $11) 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Qxb2 Nd7 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra6,Yd7][%cal
Yd7c5]}) 22... fxe6 $8 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxc4 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
Gross tactical blunder.} ({It is necessary:} 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bxc4 (26...
Rd2+ 27. Kg1 $8 (27. Kg3 $2 Nh5+ 28. Kh4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxb2 30. Kxh5 Rxg2 $19)
27... Bxc4 (27... Rxb2 $143 28. Bxa6 $11) 28. Bxf6 {-transfer to 26...Bxc4})
27. Bxf6 Rd2+ 28. Kg1 (28. Kg3 gxf6 29. Rxc4 b5 $36 {[%csl Rg3]}) 28... gxf6
29. Rxc4 Re8 $15 {[%cal Ge8e2]}) 25... Rc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Probably black
blundered(as well as white), because he didn't see 26...Rd1+ (after 25...Bxc4
26.Qxc4) or because of zeitnot.} ({Win right away:} 25... Bxc4 26. Qxc4 $140 (
26. Bxf6 $144 gxf6 (26... Rxf6 $4 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 27. Qxc4 Rd1+ $1 28. Rxd1 Qxc4
29. Rd8+ Qg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $15) 27. Qxc4 Rd1+ $1) 26... Rd1+ $1 {[%csl Rc4,
Rh1][%cal Yc1d1,Yc1c4][%mdl 64]} 27. Rxd1 Qxc4 $19) 26. Bb3 Qe3 {[%csl Rb3,Rc2]
} ({Senselessly:} 26... Qb5 27. Qd1 $140 Rcd8 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Qd1 $11 (29. Bc3
$5 {[%csl Gb3,Gc3]})) 27. Bc3 (27. Qd1 $4 {is refuted by:} Rcd8 {[%csl Rb3]}
28. Qc2 $140 Rd2 29. Qc3 Qf2 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rg2]}) 27... Bc4 ({Dubious:} 27...
Rc5 {/\28...Rfc8 in view of:} 28. Qd2 {+/=/=}) 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qd2 Qxd2 {
Black transfers to equal endgame.} 30. Bxd2 {[%mdl 4096]} Rfc8 31. Kg1 {
/\32.Kf2 and merely afterward: Rxc4.} Kg8 {[%cal Gg8f7]} 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Rxc4
Rxc4 34. Rc1 (34. Ke3 $143 Nd5+ 35. Kd3 b5 {=/=/+}) 34... Rxc1 35. Bxc1 Ke6 {
[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge6d5,Gd5c4]} (35... Nd5 $143 36. Ke2 b5 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Kd4 {
with slight advantage of white.}) 36. Bb2 Ne8 $5 {[%csl Ye8][%cal Ye8g7,Ge6d5]}
37. Ke3 Kd5 38. g4 {White's plan is:f4-f5,g5,Kf4 and f6.} b5 ({Perilously:} 
38... Kc4 39. f4 $140 Kb3 $2 {[%csl Ra3]} 40. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6,Gd4]} Kxa3
41. f5 h6 42. h4 Kb4 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kc4 45. Bxg7 $1 $18 (45. f6 $2 gxf6
46. gxf6 Nd6 $17)) 39. f4 g6 {/\40...Nd6(><f5)} 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Nd6 42.
Kf4 Nc4 43. Bc1 $8 {[%csl Ra3,Yc1][%cal Yc1a3]} a5 44. Kg5 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46.
h4 ({Also draw after:} 46. Kh6 Ke5 47. Kxh7 Kxf5 48. Kg7 b3 (48... Ne5 49. h4
Kg4 50. Kf6 Nd3 51. Bd2 b3 52. Bc3 Kxh4 53. Kf5 $11 {[%cal Gf5e4]}) 49. h4 Kg4
50. Kf6 Kxh4 51. Ke6 Kg4 52. Kd5 Na5 53. Kc5 $11 {[%cal Gc5b4]}) 46... b3 47.
h5 {[%csl Gh5,Rh7][%cal Gg5h6,Gh6h7]} Ke5 (47... b2 $144 48. Bxb2 Nxb2 49. Kh6
Ke5 50. Kxh7 Kxf5 51. h6 Nd3 52. Kg7 Ne5 53. h7 Ng6 $11) 48. Bf4+ Kd5 49. Bc1
Ke5 50. Bf4+ (50. Kh6 $144 Nd6 (50... Kxf5 51. Kxh7 b2 52. Bxb2 Nxb2 53. Kg7
Nd3 54. h6 Ne5 55. h7 Ng6 $11) 51. Kxh7 Kf6 52. Kg8 Nxf5 53. Bb2+ Kg5 54. Kf7
Kxh5 55. Ke6 Ne3 56. Ke5 Nc4+ 57. Kd4 Nxb2 58. Kc3 $11 {[%csl Rb3]}) 50... Kd5
{Despite the tactical mistakes the game very interesting.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 $5 (11. Nh3) (11. Bd3) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd8
Nxc3 13. Bh4 $5 (13. Be7 $6) (13. Bxc7 $5) (13. bxc3 $6 Rfxd8 14. Bd3 c5 15.
Ne2 Rac8 16. Kf2 Kf8 17. Rhc1 Ke7 18. e4 Rc7 19. Ke3 Rdc8 20. Kd2 Nb8 21. Rab1
Ba6 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. g3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Nxc1 {1/2-1/2
Botsari Miladinovic,A-Bojkovic,N/Subotica iztW 1991}) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 (14.
Kf2 $143 f5 $1 15. Bb5 c6 16. Bc4 e5 17. Ne2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 $11 {
Dragomarezkij,E-Moizhess,I/Moscow-ch 1992/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 14... f5 $5 {/\ e5-e4}
(14... c5 15. e4 (15. Bb5 N5f6 (15... Rad8 $142 16. Ne2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18.
Be2 Nc5 19. O-O Na4 20. Rab1 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Ne7 23. Rbd1 $14 {
Jelen,I-Farago,I/Ljubljana 1997/1-0 (61)}) 16. Ne2 a6 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bc2 cxd4
19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. O-O-O g6 21. e4 Rc7 22. Kb1 Rfc8 23. Rc1 $14 {Ljubojevic,
L-Kramnik,V/Amber-rapid6th 1997/0-1 (63)}) 15... Ne7 (15... Nf4 16. Bb5 Nf6 $5
(16... Rfd8 17. Ne2 (17. g3 $5 Ng6 18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nde5 20. Rd1 Rxd4 21.
Bxd4 Nxf3+ 22. Ke2 Bxe4 23. Bc3 $13) 17... Nxe2 18. Kxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20.
Rac1 Nb8 $1 21. Be3 (21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Nxa6 24. Bc3 Nc5 25.
Ke3 Kf8 $10) 21... Nc6 22. Rc3 (22. Rhd1 $5) 22... a6 $1 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2
Brunner,L-Almasi,Z/Horgen-B 1995 (41)}) (16... Rad8 $5 17. g3 (17. Ne2 $5 Nxe2
$2 18. Kxe2 $14) 17... Ng6 18. Rd1 f5 19. exf5 exf5 $13 {0-1 Jelen,I-Onischuk,
A/Vienna op 1996 (34)}) 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nh5 20. Be3 f5 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 {+/=/=;1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Van der Wiel,J/
Antwerpen 1993 (41)}) (15... N5f6 $143 16. dxc5 (16. Ne2 $14) 16... Nxc5 17.
Bxc5 $6 bxc5 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Bb5 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Rd6 $13 {0-1 James,D-Markowski,
T/Lloyds Bank op 1994 (41)}) 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. O-O cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5
20. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Polugaevsky,L/New York op 1989}) (14... Rac8 15.
Ne2 $5 (15. e4 Ne7 16. Bb5 c6 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bc2 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Ne2 Rfd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 a6 23. Kd2 Ng6 24. Bg3 Nd7 25. Rd1 Kf8 {+/=/=
Tunik-Brodsky/Kstovo op/1994}) 15... c5 16. e4 Ne7 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5
19. Rd1 Nb3 20. Be3 (20. Bxg7 $4 Kxg7 21. Rd7 Nc6 22. Rxb7 Nc5 $19) 20... Rfd8
$11 {Ruzele,D-Onischuk,A/EUCup Gr3 1994/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (14... Rfc8 15. e4 Ne7
16. Bb5 $5 (16. Ne2 c5 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Be3 Na5 $132) 16... c6 17.
Ba4 b5 18. Bb3 c5 19. Ne2 c4 (19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Bc2 $14) 20. Bc2 a5
21. Kd2 $1 f5 $6 (21... b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rhc1 $14 {/\ Bd1, Ra8}) 22. exf5
exf5 23. Rhe1 {/\ Nf4} Kf7 $8 24. Nc3 $5 Ba6 $8 (24... b4 25. Nb5 Ra6 26. axb4
$16) 25. Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Onischuk,A/Philadelphia 1994 (55)} (25. b4
axb4 26. axb4 Rd8 {/\ Nf6-d5})) 15. Bb5 $5 (15. Bc4 $143 c5 $5 (15... Rae8 16.
Ne2 N7f6 17. O-O-O Kh8 18. Rhe1 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 $16 {
0-1 Hebert,J-Mikanovic,G/Quebec Inv 1997 (44)}) (15... Rac8 $5 16. Ne2 c5 17.
e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Ba2 N5f6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 $10) 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Bb5 (17.
Bb3 $5 c4 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bc2 a5 20. Nc3 b4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ra7
Bc6 24. O-O b3 25. Bb1 g6 $14 {Ziegler,A-Barkhagen,J/SVE-ch 1997/1/2-1/2 (66)})
17... Rfd8 $5 (17... Bc6 $5 18. Ba6 Rce8 (18... Rb8 $5 19. Bd3 b5 20. dxc5 Nxc5
21. Bc2 Na4 22. b3 Nac3 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Rf8+ 26. Ke1 Ne3 27.
Nxc3 Nxc2+ 28. Kd2 Nxa1 29. Rxa1 Rd8+ 30. Ke3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Sax,G/BL9293
1993 (33)}) 19. Rc1 (19. Bc4 $14) 19... b5 20. dxc5 e5 21. a4 Nb4 22. axb5 Nxc5
23. O-O Nbxa6 24. bxc6 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Petursson,M/Reykjavik 1992}) (17...
Rf7 18. O-O a6 19. Bd3 b5 20. Rac1 (20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Nf4 22. Nxf4 Rxf4 23.
Be3 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 c4 25. Bc2 Nf6 $10) 20... c4 21. Bc2 e5 (21... a5 $6 22. Nc3
b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Nb5 $14) 22. dxe5 (22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 $1 exd4 24. Bxd4
$14 {^^}) 22... Nxe5 23. Rfd1 Re8 24. Nc3 $14 {Gurevich,M-Karpov,An/
Linares1991,/47/}) 18. Rd1 a6 19. Bd3 b5 20. O-O c4 21. Bc2 a5 22. e4 fxe4 23.
fxe4 N5f6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Drasko,M-Georgiev,K/JUG-Cup qual 1991 (46)}) (15. Bd3 e5
(15... c5 $6 16. Bb5 N5f6 17. Ne2 a6 18. Bd3 g6 19. O-O e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Bc2 Kg7 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Rfc8 24. Bb3 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. e4 Nxb4 27.
exf5 b5 28. f4 Ned3 29. Bd4+ Kh7 30. fxg6+ Kxg6 31. Rad1 $13 {1-0 Ivanov,
S-Cosma,I/Berliner Sommer 1993 (42)}) 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. O-O exd4 18. exd4 N7f6 (
18... Re7 $143 19. Rfe1 Rf6 20. Nc3 Kf8 21. Rxe7 Kxe7 22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Bc4 $14
{1-0 Jelen,I-Palac,M/Bled op 1996 (36)}) 19. Rfe1 f4 20. Bg6 Re7 21. Nc3 Rd7
22. Bf5 Rdd8 23. Re5 Rfe8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Bg6 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Ng8 27. Nb5 $1 (
27. Bh4 $6 Nge7 28. Be4 g5 29. Bf2 Nxc3 30. Bxb7 Nd1 31. Re2 Nxb2 32. h4 Rd1+
33. Kh2 Nd3 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kh3 Rf1 36. Bd4 Nf5 37. Rd2 Ne3 {0-1 Salov,
V-Anand,V/Paris Immopar rapid 1991}) 27... Nge7 (27... a6 $2 28. Nd4 Rb8 29.
Ne6+ Ke7 30. Nxg7 $18) 28. Be4 Nc6 29. Bxd5 (29. e6 $5) 29... Rxd5 30. Nxc7
Rxe5 31. Ne6+ Ke7 32. Nxg7 $16 {1-0 Oskulski,J-Gorny,A/corr 1996 (47)}) 15...
c6 16. Bd3 (16. Bc4 $5 Kh8 $5 {/\e5} (16... c5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Bb5 N7f6 (18...
Rfd8 19. O-O a6 20. Ba4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Bc2 a5 23. Rfe1 Ba6 24. Rad1 g6
25. Bg3 a4 26. Rd2 Bc4 27. Kf2 Nf6 28. Red1 Rd5 29. Ne2 Nb3 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31.
Bb1 $14 {Sadler,M-Hjartarson,J/Linares op 1995/1/2-1/2 (53)}) (18... Bc6 $5 19.
Bxc6 Rxc6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. O-O-O Ne5 22. Nf4 c4 23. Kc2 Nd3 $1 $36 {0-1
Pribyl,M-Stohl,I/BL9596 1996 (45)}) 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Bd3 Rcc8 21. Nd4 Rfe8 22.
O-O Rcd8 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Rfd1 $14 {Ruzele,D-Urday,H/Berliner Sommer 1995/1/2-1/
2 (52)}) 17. Ne2 e5 18. O-O Rae8 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Nf4
Rfe8 23. h4 $14 {1-0 Sadler,M-Reeh,O/Arnold Cup 1994 (45)}) (16. Ba4 $5 e5 $5 (
16... b5 17. Bc2 (17. Bb3 $6 {Dautov} c5 18. Ne2 c4 19. Bc2 e5 20. e4 fxe4 21.
fxe4 Nf4 22. Nxf4 Rxf4 23. d5 Nf6 24. g3 Rxe4+ 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rd1 Nf6 $10)
17... b4 $6 (17... c5 $2 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. e4 $18) (17... e5 18. Ne2 $16) (
17... Rac8 $5 18. b4 a5) (17... N7b6 $6 {Dautov} 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Nf6 20.
Nf3 $16) 18. Ne2 bxa3 19. Rxa3 $16 {Lautier,J-Timman,J/Wijk cm6 1994/1/2-1/2 
(59)}) (16... Rfd8 $5 {[/\17...c5,18...Rac8<=>[+]]} 17. Ne2 c5 18. O-O-O $5 (
18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rc1 Rc8 $10 {(/\21...c4<=><<)}) (18. O-O $5 Ba6
19. Rfe1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Bc2 $14) 18... Rac8 19. Kb1 g6 $1 {[/\20...cxd4
21.Nxd4 Nc5 22.Bc2 e5<=>[+]]} (19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Bc2 $14) (19... Ba6
20. Rhe1 $14) 20. Rhe1 {^^_|_/} cxd4 21. Nxd4 (21. exd4 {/\ ><e6/} Kf7 $10)
21... Nc5 22. Bc2 e5 $10 23. Ne2 $6 (23. Nb3 $5 {/\ e4/} Ne6 $6 24. e4 fxe4 25.
Rxe4 $1 Nef4 26. Rxe5 Nxg2 27. Rg1 Ndf4 28. Bxg6 Bxf3 29. Be4 Bxe4+ 30. Rxe4
$16) 23... Ba6 $1 {[/\24...e4,25...Bd3]} (23... e4 $5 24. Nd4 Ba6 $132 {/\ Nd3/
}) 24. Nc1 (24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Nc3 Nd3 $132) 24... Kg7 $5 {[/\25...
Kf6]} (24... e4 25. Bg3 $5 $14 {(/\26.Be5,27.b4)}) (24... Nf6 $5 25. Bg3 e4 26.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Be5 Kf7 $14) 25. Bh4 $5 (25. e4 $5 fxe4 26. Bxc5 $14 {/\ Be4/})
25... Rd7 (25... g5 $6 26. Bxf5 Nxe3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxe3 gxh4 29. Rxe5 Kf6
30. f4 Rd2 $44) (25... Nf6 26. Bg3 e4 27. Be5 $14) 26. e4 fxe4 27. Bxe4 (27.
fxe4 Nf4 $132) 27... Bc4 (27... Nf4 $5 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Bg3 Nc5 30. Bc2 Kf6
31. Rd1 $36) 28. Bc2 (28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxe5 Be4+ $19) 28... Re8 (28... Nf4 $5
29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. Rd1 Be6 $14) 29. Ka1 $1 {[/\30.b4,31.Kb2]} (29. Bf2 Nf4 30.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 31. g3 $14) (29. b4 $2 Nc3+ $19) (29. Bg3 Rde7 $14) 29... g5 $6 $138
(29... Nf4 30. Rxd7+ Nxd7 31. Rd1 Nf6 $10) 30. Bf2 Kf6 $2 (30... Nf6 31. Rxd7+
Ncxd7 $16 {^^ ><e5/}) 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Ba4 {( Gagarin);1-0 Gurevich,M-Garcia
Ilundain,D/Linares zt 1995}) 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. O-O-O $5 (18. Kd2 exd4 (18... b5
19. Bb3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Ba2 Na4 22. Rhc1 Kh8 23. Rc2 g5 24. Rd1 $14 {
1-0 Akesson,R-Wedberg,T/SVE-chT 9596 1996 (49)}) (18... Re7 {/\ c5~~}) 19. Nxd4
Ne5 20. Rhc1 Rf6 21. b4 Rd8 22. f4 Ng4 23. Bg1 Rf7 24. Bxc6 $14 {Rychagov,
A-Arbakov,V/Moscow-ch op 1995/0-1 (63)}) (18. O-O $6 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxe3 20.
Rfe1 f4 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nxc6 Ne5 $10) 18... e4 19. Nc3 (19. fxe4 $2 fxe4 $15)
19... N7f6 (19... Nxc3 $1) 20. Rhe1 Rc8 $5 {/\ c5} (20... Kh8 $5) (20... Re6 $5
) 21. Nxd5 cxd5+ 22. Kd2 Bc6 $10 23. Bb3 Bb5 24. Rc1 Bc4 (24... a5 $142 {/\}
25. Bg3 Bc4 26. Bc2 Rc6 27. Be5 Rfc8) 25. Ba4 a5 $2 (25... Bd3 $8 {/\} 26. Bc6
Bc4) 26. b3 $1 $16 {Lautier,J-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee (m8) 1994/1/2-1/2 (85)})
16... e5 (16... c5 $143 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. O-O c4 19. Bc2 $14) 17. Ne2 Rae8 18.
Rc1 $6 $146 (18. O-O exd4 $142 (18... e4 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Bc4 N7f6 (20... b5
21. Bxd5+ $5 cxd5 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. Nf4 $14) 21. h3 Bc8 22. Nf4 Kh7 23. Nxd5
Nxd5 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. Rac1 Rf6 26. Bg3 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Psakhis,L/
Israel (ch) 1994 (52)}) 19. exd4 Nb8 (19... f4 $6 20. Rfe1 $14 {/\ Rac1 ץb7})
20. Nc3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rac1 Rf7 24. Rc2 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Nxc7
26. Bg3 Ne6 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Re5 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Leitao,R-Lima,D/BRA-ch 1996})
18... exd4 19. exd4 N7f6 $11 20. O-O (20. Kd2 $2 Ne4+ $1 $15 {[%csl Rd3,Rf2]})
20... Re7 (20... g6 $5 $11 21. Rfe1) 21. Bg3 {[%cal Gg3d6]} Rd8 22. Rfe1 f4 $1
23. Nxf4 (23. Nxf4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxd4 26. Re7 Rxd3 (26... Bc8 $2
27. Be4 $14) 27. Rxb7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Breda m"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. d4 b6 8. Bg5
$5 (8. g3 $5 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ng5 $1
Nxg5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bc6 Nf7 15. Qa4 $16 {Agzamov,G-Govashelishvili,G/URS-chT
1975/1-0 (48)}) (10... a5 $5 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be4 $5 (12... Rfe8 $143 13.
Rfe1 c5 14. Rad1 d5 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 dxc4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19.
Rd4 c3 20. Bxc3 Nd5 21. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Kholmov,R/URS-FL 1984 (42)}) 13.
Rfe1 c5 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. a4 Rac8 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Rc1 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nd2
Qe6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,V-Razuvaev,Y/URS Spartakiad 1979}) (10...
c5 $5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Qd4 Rc8 14. Bb2 e5 15. Qd3 Ba6 16. Rac1 Qc7
17. Bh3 Bxc4 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Qe3 b5 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. a4 Qb7 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23.
f3 h6 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. a5 Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Granda Zuniga,J-Anand,V/Wijk 1989}) 11.
b3 e5 12. d5 a5 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Qc2 b5 16. Nf5 Qf8 17. f4 $40 {
1-0 Uhlmann,W-Larsen,B/Hastings 1972 (32)}) 8... Bb7 9. Nd2 Nbd7 (9... h6 $5
10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Re8 14. Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3
cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 $11 18. O-O Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20. Qd4 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22.
Rfd1 Qe6 23. Nf1 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. b3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.
Ng3 Be6 29. Ne2 Nc6 30. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Almasi,Z/Vienna op 1996}) 10. f3
d5 (10... c5 $5 11. e4 Re8 (11... cxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 exd5
15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8) 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Be3 e5
16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. b4 a5 18. Rfb1 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Hillarp Persson,T-Backe,P/26th Rilton Cup, Stockholm SWE 1998 (40)}) (10... h6
11. Bh4 c5 $5 (11... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 12. e4 c5 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Bxd8
Nxc3 14. Bh4 Na4 15. b3 $18) 13. Bd3 (13. dxc5 $143 Nxc5 14. Qd4 e5 15. Qg1 Ne6
16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Kb1 Rc7 18. Bf2 $13) (13. Bf2 $143 Qe7 14. Be2 Nh5 15. g3 f5
$36) 13... d5 (13... cxd4 $5 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6
gxf6 18. g3 d5 $11) (13... Nxe4 $4 14. Bxe4 Qxh4+ 15. g3 $18) 14. exd5 (14. e5
$143 g5 15. Bf2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 $13) (14. Bg3 $2 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 $17 {[%csl Rd4,Re4]}) (14. dxc5 $2 Nxe4 $1 15. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 16.
g3 Qe7 17. Nd6 Rxc5 18. Nxb7 Rc7 $17) 14... exd5 15. O-O {+/=/=Kasparov,
G-Kramnik,V/Linares 1998/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (11... e5 $5) (11... d5 $5) 12. e4 (12.
e3 $143 Qc7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. b4 Qh5 $15) 12... cxd4 (12... Re8 13. Bf2 cxd4
14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. Bg3 Ne5 16. h3 Rad8 17. Be2 Nh5 18. Bh2 Ng6 $15 {0-1
Lorscheid,G-Stocek,J/FSGM June, Budapest HUN 1998 (41)}) 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Be2
Rac8 15. O-O Qc5 16. Bf2 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rc7 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 $14 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Psakhis,L/Informal Game g/5, ICC 1998 (48)}) 11. e3 Re8 $5 $146 (
11... c5 $5 12. dxc5 bxc5 (12... Nxc5 $2 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 h6 16.
exf6 hxg5 17. fxg7 Re8 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Rd1 $16) 13. Bd3 Qb6 (13... h6 $5 14.
Bh4 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3) 14. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Linares 1998
(33)}) (11... Rc8 $143 $146 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Bf5 Rce8
16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Kf2 Re7 19. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Timman,J/
Breda m(5) 1998 (38)}) 12. Bd3 $5 {/\0-0} h6 13. Bh4 e5 $1 {+/=/=} 14. O-O (14.
dxe5 $143 Nxe5 15. Be2 Ne4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc3,Rh4][%cal Ge4c3,Gd8h4]}) 14...
exd4 (14... c5 $5 15. Rfe1 $5) 15. exd4 dxc4 (15... c5 $5 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Bg3
cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 $11) 16. Nxc4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc4e5]} Nf8 $5 {[%cal Gf8e6]}
17. Ne5 Ne6 $5 {><d4;/\Nd5} (17... Nd5 $6 18. Bxd8 Nxc3 19. Bh4 (19. Bxc7 $6
Nd5 20. Bd6 Ne6 {/\Rad8=}) 19... Nd5 20. Rfe1 $14) 18. Bc4 $5 (18. Ng4 $143 Nd5
$1 (18... Ng5 $6 19. Nxf6+ (19. Bxg5 $2 hxg5 20. Ne5 c5 $1 $36) 19... Qxf6 20.
Bg3 $14) 19. Bxd8 (19. Qe1 $2 Ne7 $1 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 19... Nxc3 20. Bxc7 Nd5
21. Bg3 Nxd4 {+/=/=}) 18... Nd5 $1 19. Bxd8 $8 (19. Qe1 $6 Qd6) (19. Bxd5 $2
Qxd5 20. Bf2 Nf4 $17) 19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Bxc7 $6 Nd5 $8 (20... Na4 $2 21.
Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rfc1 $1 Nxb2 23. Rab1 Na4 24. Rb4 f6 25. Rxa4 fxe5 26. Bxe5 $16)
21. Bd6 (21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rac1 (22. Bd6 $2 Rad8 23. Bb4 Nxd4 $17 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gd4c2]}) 22... f6 23. Ng6 Nxd4 24. Rcd1 Bf7 $11) 21... Red8 $1 (21...
Rad8 $2 22. Bb5 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 22. Bb4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Rxd4 $11 {[%cal Gb7d5]}
) 20... Raxd8 {+/=/=} 21. f4 $5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf4f5]} (21. Rfe1 $144 $5 Bd5
22. Bb5 Re7) 21... Bd5 $8 (21... f6 $2 22. Rae1 (22. f5 $1 Bd5 23. Bb5 {
[%csl Re6,Re8]} fxe5 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 (24... Nf4 $2 25. Bb5 $18) 25. fxe6 exd4 26.
Rad1 Bxe6 (26... Bc4 27. Rf4) 27. Rxd4 {+/=/+/-})) 22. Bb5 Re7 23. Bc6 $5 (23.
Nc6 $143 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rd6 $11) (23. f5 $5 $14 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 23... Nf8 $2 (
23... a5 $5) 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Nc6 (25. Rfe1 $6 Rd6 $11) 25... Re6 26. c4 $6 (
26. Nxa7 $1 Re3 $5 (26... Ra5 27. f5 $1 {[%csl Yc6,Yc8,Re6][%cal Ga7c8,Ga7c6]}
Rd6 28. Nc8 Rd7 29. Rfe1 $1 f6 30. Re3 Kf7 31. Rae1 Rxa3 32. g4 $14 (32. Re7+
$5 Kg8 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Re7 Ra8 35. Rxd7 Rxc8 36. g4 $14 (36. d5 $5))) 27.
Rfc1 $5 $11 (27. Rac1 $2 Ra5 28. Nc6 Rxa3 $15) (27. Nc6 Rd6 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29.
Ne7+ Kh7 30. gxf3 {+/=/=})) 26... Rdd6 27. d5 Re4 $11 28. Rac1 a6 29. g3 Nd7 $5
{/\Kf8} 30. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Kf8 32. Kf2 {(32.Kf2 b5! 33.cbab 34.Nb4Nb6 35.
Rc1=)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Black "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 c5 $5 {Other alternatives are:}
(5... d6 $5 {See comments to Short,N-Karpov,A/Dortmund,1997/CBM 60 (1-0)
(Tsesarsky)(44)}) (5... d5 $5 {See comments to Ahlander,B-Wedberg,T/ Stockholm,
1999/CBM 73(1-0)(Golod,V)(43)}) ({and} 5... Nc6 $6) 6. a3 $6 {Besides black
has several options:6.e5!? (is the main line);6.Nf3;6.d5?!; 6.dxc5?! and 6.
Be3?!} Qa5 $1 {Comments to this part of the game: from 6...Qa5+ to 7.axb4 you
cand find in annotations to game:Chiburdanidze,M- Kortschnoj,V/Roquebrune,1998/
CBM 67 (0-1)(Golod,V)(37).} 7. axb4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Is the best move! Badly:7.
e5 because of cxd4-/+. See comments to Chiburdanidze,M- Kortschnoj,V/
Roquebrune,1998/CBM67(0-1) (Golod,V) (37).} Qxa1 8. bxc5 {Instead of the
exchange white has a some initiative and strong pawns centre.} (8. dxc5 $2 {
is refuted by:} Na6 {[%csl Ga6,Rb4]}) ({Very interestingly:} 8. e5 $5 cxd4 (
8... cxb4 $143) 9. exf6 dxc3 10. fxg7 Kxg7 11. Qxc3+ (11. bxc3 $5) 11... f6 12.
Bd3 Nc6 13. Nf3 Qa4 14. Bd2 $44) 8... Nc6 9. Nf3 e5 $6 $146 ({Probably better
is:} 9... b6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Be2 (11. cxb6 Nb4 12. Qd2 axb6 $15) 11... bxc5 12.
dxc5 f6 $15 {Menyhart,T-Egri,L/Debrecen,1995(1-0)(33)}) 10. dxe5 ({More worse
is:} 10. d5 {in view of:} Nb4 $1 (10... Nd4 $6 11. Nxd4 (11. Qd1 $2 Nb3 {
[%csl Rc1]} 12. Qxb3 (12. Be3 $2 Qxb2 $19) 12... Qxc1+ $17) 11... exd4 12. Nb5
Nxe4 {[%csl Rc1]} 13. Bd3 Qa5+ 14. Kd1 Nf6 $13) 11. Qd1 (11. Qd2 $2 Na6 $17 {
[%csl Rc5]}) 11... Re8 $15) 10... Ng4 {[%csl Re5]} 11. Be2 $5 $44 {/\0-0} ({
Senselessly:} 11. Nd5 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 {with better position of black.})
11... Qa5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga5c5]} (11... Ngxe5 $143 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O Qa5
14. Be3 {and white gets same position without move h3.}) 12. h3 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Be3 b6 $6 ({After:} 14... Qa1+ 15. Nd1 (15. Nb1 $144 Qa5+ $11) (15.
Bc1 $143 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) (15. Bd1 $2 Nxc4) 15... Qa5+ 16. Nc3 {equality}) (
{Can be recommended:} 14... Qb4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge5c4]} 15. b3 (15. O-O $2
Nxc4 16. Nd5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qa5 $8 $17) 15... b6 $1 16. f4 Ng6 17. cxb6 axb6 18.
O-O Bb7 $13) 15. cxb6 axb6 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 15... Qa1+) 16.
O-O {White gets a more comfortably position.} Bb7 $6 ({Also dubious:} 16... Re8
{in view of:} 17. Nd5 {[%csl Ra8,Re8][%cal Gd5c7]}) (16... Nc6 $5) 17. Qb3 {
[%csl Rb6]} Ba6 $6 {Again inaccuracy.} ({It is necessary:} 17... Rfb8 {[%csl
Rb3,Gb8]} 18. Qxb6 (18. Bxb6 $2 {is refuted by:} Ba6 $1 19. Bxa5 (19. Nd5 Qd2
$17 {[%csl Rc4,Ye2][%cal Gd2e2]}) 19... Rxb3 $17) 18... Qxb6 19. Bxb6 {[%cal
Gb6c7]} Bxe4 $1 20. Bc7 $140 Bd3 21. Bxd3 (21. Bxb8 $144 Rxb8 $8 22. Bxd3 Nxd3
{[%csl Rb2] transfer to 21.Bxd3}) (21. Bxe5 $6 Bxe2 22. Re1 $8 (22. Bxb8 $2
Bxf1) (22. Nxe2 $2 Re8 23. f4 f6 {[%csl Re2,Re5]}) 22... Bxc4 (22... Rxb2 $2
23. Nxe2 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge5b2] +/=/+/-}) 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 $11) 21... Nxd3 22.
Bxb8 Rxb8 {[%csl Rb2]} 23. Rd1 $5 Nxb2 $140 24. Rb1 {[%csl Gb1,Rb8]} Rb4 {
[%cal Gb2d3]} 25. Nd5 Rb3 26. c5 $14) 18. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rb6]} ({Badly:} 18.
Bxb6 {because of:} Rfb8 19. Nd5 Qd2 {[%csl Rc4,Ye2]}) 18... Rfb8 ({Also after:
} 18... Rab8 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nxb6 {white has a material advantage.} (20. Bxb6 $4
Nd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb3,Rb6,Re2,Rg1]})) 19. Bf4 $1 ({More worse is:} 19. Nxb6 Ra7
$13) 19... d6 ({Loses:} 19... f6 $2 {in view of:} 20. Nc7 {[%csl Ra6,Ra8,Rg8]
[%cal Gc4c5]}) (19... Re8 $143 20. Nc7 $16) 20. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 $140 21. Ne7+ {
[%csl Ra5,Rb8,Ge7,Rg8][%cal Ge7c6]} Kh8 (21... Kf8 $143 22. Nc6 Qc5 (22... Qd2
23. Nxb8 Rxb8 24. Bg4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rf8][%cal Gb3a3]}) 23. Nxb8 Rxb8 24. Rd1
$16) 22. Nc6 $16 Qd2 ({Slightly worse is:} 22... Qc5 23. Nxb8 Rxb8 24. Rd1 $16
{[%cal Gd1d8]}) 23. Nxb8 Rxb8 $8 ({Loses right away:} 23... Qxe2 $4 24. Qxb6 {
[%csl Ra6,Rh8][%cal Gb6d8]}) 24. Bf3 {[%cal Gf1d1]} ({Also good enough:} 24.
Bd3 $5 {/\Rd1} Rd8 25. Rd1 $5 (25. Qxb6 Qxd3 26. Qxa6 Qxe4 27. b4 $16) 25...
Bxc4 (25... Qg5 26. Be2 $16 (26. Qxb6 Bxc4 27. Bc2 $16)) 26. Qa4 {[%csl Rc4,
Rd2]} b5 $8 (26... Bb5 $2 27. Qa1 $1 {[%csl Ya1,Rd1][%cal Ya1d1]} Qxd3 $8 (
27... Qb4 $4 28. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qxb5 30. Qd8+) 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 29. Qa7 $18 {
[%csl Rb6,Rf7]}) 27. Qa1 $1 {[%csl Ya1,Rd1][%cal Ya1d1]} Qg5 (27... Qxd1+ 28.
Qxd1 Bxd3 $16 {_|_}) 28. Bxc4 bxc4 (28... Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 bxc4 30. Qc2 $16 {
[%csl Rc4] Q_|_}) 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qa6 $16 {[%csl Rc4] Q_|_}) 24... Qd4 25.
Rc1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Rc8 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 25... Ra8) 26. Qa3 {This move
better than:} (26. c5 {[%csl Rf7]} bxc5 (26... Rxc5 $4 27. Rd1 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}
) 27. Qxf7 Qxb2 (27... Bd3 $5 $16) 28. Rxc5 Qb8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $16) 26... Ra8
$8 (26... Bxc4 $4 27. b3 {[%csl Rh8]} Be6 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qf8#) (26... Bb7
$2 27. Rd1 Qc5 (27... Qxc4 $4 28. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rh8][%cal Gd1d8]}) 28.
Qxc5 bxc5 $8 29. Rd7 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]} Ba6 $8 30. b3 Rb8 (30... f6 $2 31. Ra7 {
[%csl Ra6,Ga7,Yc8,Rh8][%cal Ga7a6,Ga7a8]}) (30... Kg8 31. Ra7 {[%csl Ra6,Ga7,
Yc8,Rg8][%cal Ga7a6,Ga7a8]}) 31. Rxf7 Kg8 32. Ra7 $18) 27. c5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 {
with the idea 29.Qxa6(עh8) or 25.Ra5(ץa6)} Rb8 $2 ({It is necessary:} 28...
Rg8 29. Rc7 Bc4 30. b4 $16) 29. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rf7]} Bc4 $2 (29... Bd3 $142
30. Rxf7 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf7f8]} Rg8 31. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 30. Qb4 $1 {
[%csl Rb8,Rc4,Rh8]} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 (9. Nf3 $5) 9... Nbd7 $5 (9... h6 $5) 10. Nh3 $5 (10. Bd3 $5 h6 (
10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Qb3 (12. b4 $6 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 cxd4 (16... Nxe2 $5 17. Kxe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. Rac1 {
1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Huzman,A/Zonal 1.1 1998}) 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Rc1 Nxe2 19. Kxe2
Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Kf8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ke3 f5 23. g4 fxg4 24. fxg4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1
Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Kf4 f6 28. h4 Ke7 29. g5 hxg5+ 30. hxg5 fxg5+ {1/2-1/2
Atalik,S-Wells,P/Geza Maroczy GM, Szeged HUN 1997}) (12. Qd2 $5) 12... h6 (
12... d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 (14. Qd1 $5) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 $14 Bc6 (15...
Qc7 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Bb5 Qc2 18. Bxd7 Bb3 19. Qxa7 $14) 16. Qd1 b5 17. O-O Qb6
18. Rc1 Nd5 (18... a5 19. Kh1 b4 20. Qe1 $14) 19. Kh1 a5 20. Qe1 $1 $14 {
Adianto,U-Karpov,A/Jakarta m 1997/1-0 (61)}) 13. Bh4 cxd4 (13... d5 $143 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4 17. O-O a6 $6 18. Rc1 b5 $6 19. Bxc4 Rxc4
20. Rxc4 bxc4 21. Qa4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Georgiev,K/Burgas/1992/ (31)}) 14.
exd4 d5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb8 17. Rac1 $5 (17. Rad1 Bd5 18. Rc1 Bxc4 19.
Rxc4 Qd5 20. Rfc1 $11 {0-1 Hoang Thang Trang-Horvath,A/FSGM Dec, Budapest HUN
1997 (60)}) 17... Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Qf2 $14 {
1-0 Hoang Thang Trang-Held,M/FSIM A Oct, Budapest HUN 1997 (35)}) 11... Nxc5
12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Nh3 Ncd7 14. O-O d5 15. b3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bd5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18.
Qe1 Bxc4 19. Qh4 Bxf1 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ {1/2-1/2 Hsu Li Yang-Wu Shaobin/
Karpov GM, Singapore SIN 1997}) 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. b4 $5 (13. Qb3 $6
cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. a4 Rc6 18. Rfe1 Qc8 19. Rac1 Nd5
20. Bxd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxd5 22. Rxc8 Bxb3 $15 {Ivanov,S-Solozhenkin,E/St
Petersburg-ch 1998/0-1 (58)}) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Re8 15. O-O e5 16. Rac1 e4
17. fxe4 g5 18. Bg3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxd6 Bxg2 21. Ng3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Re6
23. Nf5 Kh8 24. d5+ Qf6 25. Nd4 Rxd6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Nf5 Kh7 28. Qc2 Kh8 29.
Qe4 {1-0 Baburin,A-Lesiege,A/Europe vs Americas, Mermaid Beach BER 1998}) 10...
Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5]} (10... c5 $5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. O-O Rae8 14.
Rad1 Bc6 15. Bc2 h6 16. Bh4 e5 17. Nf2 e4 18. f4 $14 {Van Wely,L-Timman,J/
Hoogovens USA, Merrillville USA 1997/0-1 (71)}) 11. O-O-O $5 $146 (11. Bd3 $5
h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qe7 15. Be2 e5 $6 (15... Ba6 {>=} 16. Rac1
d5 17. b3 e5 $15) 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nc5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 (18... Rcd8 $5) 19. e4
Ne6 20. Bf2 Nh5 21. Rfe1 $14 {0-1 Petursson,M-Salov,V/Manila (izt) 1990 (49)})
(11. Be2 $143 h6 $10) 11... c5 12. dxc5 (12. d5 $6 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Bxf6 (
14. Bh4 $2 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 (15. Qe1 $143 Qc7) 15... Qxh4 16. Rxd6 Qe7 $15) 14...
Qxf6 (14... Nxf6 $5) 15. e4 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 f5 $15) 12... Rxc5 $5 (12... Nxc5
13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Qxf6 $6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Rxd6 b5 $1 $14)) (12... d5 $5 {
[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc8c1]}) 13. Rxd6 Qe7 $5 {[%cal Gf8c8,Gc8c1]} (13... Qc7 $143
14. Rd2 Rc8 15. e4 $14 {[%cal Gg5e3,Gc1b1,Gf1e2,Gh1c1]}) 14. Rd2 Rfc8 15. Kb1 {
[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc8c1]} (15. Be2 $6 Ne5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc4]}) 15... a5 $1 $44 {
/\Ba6;><c4} (15... b5 $2 16. b4 R5c7 17. c5 $16 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 16. Be2 Ba6 17.
Rhd1 (17. Rc1 $142 $5 Ne5 (17... Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 $14)
18. b3 $14 b5 $140 19. Qxa5) 17... Bxc4 $1 18. Bxc4 (18. Rxd7 {[%csl Gd7,Re7]
[%cal Gg5e7,Gd7e7]} Bxe2 $8 19. Rxe7 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bxd1 21. Bxf6 (21. e4 $5 $13
) 21... gxf6 22. Kb2 Ba4 $11) 18... Rxc4 {+/=/=} 19. Qb3 (19. Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 $140
20. Rd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qxc4 h6 $15 {[%csl Rb1,Rg2,Rh2]}) 19... Qe8 $5
{[%csl Re7][%cal Gg5e7] /\R4c6,Nc5} 20. e4 {[%csl Rd5]} R4c6 21. Bxf6 (21. Nf4
$5 Nc5 22. Qe3 Nfd7 23. Ne2 f6 24. Bf4 $14) 21... Nxf6 22. Nf4 {><d5;/\e5} Qe7
$11 {[%csl Ye8][%cal Gf6e8]} 23. e5 Ne8 24. Ne2 $5 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge2d4,
Yc6b6,Gd4c6]} Qg5 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rg2]} 25. Nd4 Rc5 26. Qxb6 Qxe5 (26... Rxe5
$143 27. Rc2 $14 {[%cal Gd4c6,Gc6e7]} (27. Qa6 Rd8 $13)) 27. g3 h6 $5 {[%csl
Yg8,Gh7]} 28. f4 Qe4+ 29. Ka2 a4 $1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga4b3]} 30. Qa6 $5 $11 {
[%csl Ra4,Yd3,Ye2][%cal Ga6e2,Ga6a4]} Ra8 (30... Qd5+ $5 31. Kb1 Rc4) 31. Qe2
Qd5+ (31... Qxe2 $2 32. Nxe2 $14 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge2c3]}) 32. Kb1 Nf6 {
[%csl Re4]} 33. Nc2 $5 {/\Rd8+} (33. Nf3 Qf5+ 34. Ka2 Rac8 (34... Nd5 $143 35.
Nd4 Qf6 36. Rc2) 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Qd3 $11) 33... Qb7 34. Rd8+ (
34. Nb4 $5) 34... Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kh7 36. Rd4 {[%csl Ra4]} Qc6 (36... Nd5 {
[%csl Rb1,Re2][%cal Gd5c3]} 37. Qe4+ g6 38. Nb4 Rb5 39. g4 $1 $13 {[%cal Gf4f5]
}) 37. Qd1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc2b4]} e5 $11 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. Nb4 Qe8 {[%cal
Ge5e1]} 40. Qc2+ g6 41. Nd3 Re4 (41... Re4 42. Rxe4 Nxe4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 $5 {[%mdl 4]}
7. cxb5 c6 8. f3 $5 {Besides,white has few options:} (8. e3 {-see comments to
Ostenstad,B-Tisdall,J/Ostlandsserien,1994/ CBM68(0-1)(Tisdall)(28)}) (8. Bg5 $5
{Is the main line.You can see comments to Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Dortmund,1998/CBM
66(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(41) and Georgiev,K-Nikolic,P/Sarajevo,1998/CBM66 (1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(31)}) (8. bxc6 $5 {-see comments to Polugaevsky,L- Dzindzichashvili,
R/Reykjavik,1990/CBM18 (1/2-1/2)(Ftacnik)(26)}) (8. a4 $6) (8. g3 $6) ({and} 8.
Nf3) 8... Nd5 ({Considerably worse is:} 8... cxb5 9. e4 a6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2
(11. Bf4 $6 Bb7 12. Bd6 Re8 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Ne5 $8 15. dxe5 $1 Rxc3 16.
Rxc3 $44 {Panno,O-Abregu,M/Buenos Aires,1989/Inf 48/(718)(16)}) 11... Bb7 12.
Bc2 (12. b3 $5 Rc8 13. Qb2 $16 {Panno,O}) 12... d6 13. O-O (13. Be3 $142) 13...
Rc8 14. Qd3 Qc7 $11 {Stefansson,H-Greger,R/Copenhagen,1998 (0-1)(52)}) 9. Qd3 {
This move better than:} (9. Qc2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxd4 11. e4 Nb6 (11... Ne3 $2 12.
Qd2 $2 (12. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Re3]}) 12... Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nxf1 14. Kxf1 cxb5
15. Bb4 Re8 16. Bd6 $15 {Hardy,R-Cherniaev,A/London,1999(0-1)(38)}) 12. Qf2
Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 cxb5 14. Bxb5 d5 $11 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18.
Be3 Nxe3 {1/2-1/2 Tyni,J-Raaste,E/FIN-chT,1993(18)}) ({and} 9. Qd2 $6 f5 10.
Nh3 (10. e3 cxb5 11. Bd3 $10 (11. Bxb5 $6 Nxe3 $1 $15)) 10... cxb5 11. e3 (11.
e4 $143 fxe4 12. fxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Nf2 Nc6 15. O-O Qb6 $1 $15) 11... Nc6
12. Bxb5 (12. Bd3 Na5 $15) (12. b4 $5 $15) 12... Na5 $36 {Mohr,S-Christiansen,
L/BRD,1989/Inf48/718 (0-1)(Christiansen,L)(22)}) 9... cxb5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (
9... f5 $5 {-was checked in the previous games.} 10. e4 fxe4 $5 (10... Nc7 $5
11. Nh3 Qh4+ $5 (11... cxb5 $2 12. Bg5 $1 Qe8 $140 13. Bf4 {[%csl Rc7]} fxe4
14. fxe4 Qd8 15. Qg3 $16 {Janjgava,L-Lalic,S/London,1990(1-0)(21)}) 12. g3 fxe4
13. Qxe4 (13. fxe4 $5) 13... Qxe4+ 14. fxe4 Nxb5 15. Bxb5 (15. Be3 $5) 15...
cxb5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Nf2 Nc6 $11 {Lauber,A-Tisdall,J/Hallsberg,1996(0-1)(33)})
(10... Nb6 11. exf5 Rxf5 12. Qe4 cxb5 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Qg4 Rf8 15. Bh6 Rf7 16.
Bg5 Qa5+ 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Gurevich,D/New
York,1989/ CBM12(60)}) 11. fxe4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nf3 Bb7 $44 {1/2-1/2
Bursztyn,A-Volman,H/Netanya,1993 (26)}) 10. e4 ({Badly:} 10. Qxb5 {in view of:}
Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxd4 $36) 10... Ne7 $5 {This move logically,than:} (10... Nb6) (
10... Nc7) 11. Nh3 ({In principle:} 11. Qxb5 Ba6 (11... f5 $5) (11... Nbc6 $5 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 12. Qc5 $5 d6 $5 $44 (12... Bxf1 $6 13. Kxf1 f5 14. Bg5 d6 15. Qc4
{+/=/+/-})) 11... Nbc6 {[%csl Rd4]} 12. Be3 d5 13. Rd1 {[%csl Yd1] with the
idea Be2,0-0 or e5} ({Dubious:} 13. e5 Nf5 $140 14. Bf2 {in view of:} Qa5+ $1 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 13... e5 $1 {[%csl Gc8,Gd5,Ge5,Rh3] Correct way for eguality!} 14.
Nf2 ({Badly:} 14. dxe5 Bxh3 $140 15. exd5 $2 {because of:} Nxe5 16. Qe4 Nc4 $1
17. gxh3 (17. Bxc4 $4 Bf5 18. Qe5 bxc4 19. d6 Bc2 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd1][%cal
Ge7g6]}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nxd5 $40) 14... exd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 ({Probably
worse is:} 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 a6 {with slight
advantage of white.}) 16. Qxd4 Be6 $11 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 17. Be2 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 ({
Senselessly:} 18. b4 Qxa3 19. Qc5 (19. Ra1 $6 Qb3 {[%cal Ge7c6]}) 19... Rae8 $1
(19... Rfe8 $143 20. Bxb5 Rac8 21. Qd4 Red8 22. O-O a5 $11) 20. Bxb5 $140 Rb8
21. O-O a5 $36) 18... Qb6 19. Qd4 Qa5+ 20. Qd2 Qc7 ({In my opinion better is:} 
20... Qb6 21. Qd4 Qa5+ $11) 21. O-O ({Another possibility is:} 21. Bxb5 Rfd8
22. Bd3 dxe4 23. fxe4 Rd4 {with full compensation behind pawn.} (23... Qe5 $5))
21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf5 23. Kh1 {[%csl Rb5]} (23. Bxb5 $4 Qb6+ {[%csl Rb5,Rg1]}
) 23... Qb6 ({Can be recommended in the beginning:} 23... Rfd8) 24. Qf4 Rfd8
25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Nd4 ({Also eguality after:} 26... Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 h6) 27.
Bf1 h6 28. Qe3 b4 (28... b4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Qc3 a5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
f3 $5 {This idea more often was applied on the previous move.Besides White has
two main alternatives:} (8. Nf3 $5 {See comments to Mikhalchishin,A-Graf,A/
Leipzig,2002/CBM 89(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(37)}) ({and} 8. e3 $5 {You can see
annotations to game: Stefansson,H-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik,2003/CBM 94(0-1)
(Golod,V)(44)}) 8... c5 $6 {The too risky decision.Repeatedly were checked up
in previous games:} (8... d5 $5 {(also you can receive the same position with
rearrangement of moves: 7.f3 d5 8.Bg5 Nbd7) See comments to Gurevich,M-Psakhis,
L/Ohrid,2001/CBM 84(0-1)(Psakhis,L)(41)}) (8... b6 $5) ({and} 8... h6 $5) 9.
dxc5 $5 {In my opinion,this continuation is better,than:} (9. e4 e5 (9... Nxe4
$2 10. Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Be7 Re8 12. Bxd6 Na4 13. b3 {[%csl Ya4,Rc5][%cal Gb3a4,
Ya4c5]}) (9... Re8 $143 {[%csl Re1,Ye8][%cal Gf6e4]} 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. e5 $1
Ne4 $140 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bc7 $1 Na4 14. O-O-O {+/=/+/-}) 10. dxe5 (10. d5 $5)
10... dxe5 $13) 9... Nxc5 ({On:} 9... dxc5 $5 {you can find two games in Mega
Database 2003.}) 10. Rd1 $5 $146 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg5f6]} ({The same position,
with rearrangement of moves,has met in two games:} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. b4 Na4 12.
Qb3 Bd7 13. e3 $14 {Van Scheltinga,T-Stahlberg,G/Birmingham,1951(1/2-1/2)(40)})
(10. Nh3 $6 Ncd7 (10... e5 $5) 11. e3 Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Rac8 {
+/=/= Duebon,P-Wetzel,G/Hassloch,1998(1/2-1/2)(35)}) ({Leads to favourable
simplifications for Black:} 10. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. b4
Na4 $13) 10... e5 ({Is more interesting alternative:} 10... a5 $5 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Ya8a6,Ya6d6]} 11. Bxf6 {[%csl Rd6]} gxf6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Na6 {
[%csl Rb4]} (13... Na4 $143 14. Qd4 {[%csl Rd6]} Ra6 $140 $6 15. c5 {[%csl Ra6,
Rd6,Rd8][%cal Ge2e4]}) 14. c5 d5 15. e4 Qe7 $14 {[%csl Re1]}) 11. b4 $14 Ne6 ({
Very dubiously:} 11... Na4 {in view of:} 12. Qc2 {[%csl Ra4,Gc2,Gc4,Gd1,Rd6,
Rd8,Gg5]}) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 $5 {The passive defense is already too dangerous,
after:} (12... gxf6 13. e3 {[%cal Yg1e2,Ye2g3] White receive a big positional
advantage.} (13. Nh3 $5 {[%cal Yh3f2,Yf2e4]})) 13. Rxd6 b6 $6 {It was
necessary to decide on the more active continuation:} (13... Qe7 $5 14. Rd5
$140 (14. Qxe5 $143 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qxc4 $44) 14... e4 $1 $14) 14. e3 Bb7 15. Nh3
Qg6 ({After:} 15... Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Be2 {[%cal Ye1g1,Yh1f1] White can
finish the development,and the material advantage (P) gradually will decide a
game.}) 16. Kf2 $1 {From my point of view,it's best move in this position!} (
16. Qxe5 $143 Qb1+ 17. Kf2 Qa2+ {[%csl Ra3,Rf2]} 18. Be2 Qxa3 19. b5 {+/=/+/-})
(16. e4 $6 Qh5 {/\Rfd8 (><d4) with some compensation over pawn.}) 16... Qh5 ({
Hardly it was better:} 16... Qb1 17. Rg1 $16 {[%cal Gf1e2]} (17. Qxe5 $143 Qa2+
{[%csl Ra3,Rf2] -this line transfers to 16.Qxe5})) 17. Be2 Qh4+ {Abhijit Kunte
had a rather uneasy choice between it and another continuation:} (17... e4 18.
f4 (18. Nf4 $143 Nxf4 19. exf4 $14) 18... Qh4+ 19. Kf1 $1 (19. Kg1 $143 Rfd8
20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nf2 Qf6 $1 $14 {[%csl Yc3,Rd2,Gd8,Gf6][%cal Yc3d2]}) 19...
Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nf2 {/\g3,Kg2 +/-}) 18. Kf1 Rfd8 $6 {Absolutely
unjustified sacrifice of the second pawn.} (18... e4 $142 19. f4 {/\Nf2,g3}
Rfd8 {and this line transfers to 17...e4}) 19. Qxe5 Rxd6 20. Qxd6 Rd8 21. Qg3
$16 {[%cal Yf1f2] The important intermediate move! Now White can finish the
development.} Qf6 ({Probably,it was necessary:} 21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rd2 23. Kf2
Ra2 24. Rd1 Rxa3 25. Nf4 $16 {<->d;עg8}) 22. Kf2 Qb2 ({Senselessly:} 22... Rd2
{in view of:} 23. Rd1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg3b8]}) 23. Ng5 $1 {For White it is
certainly favourable to exchange these knights.} (23. Nf4 $143 Nf8 {[%csl Ra3]}
) 23... Nxg5 $6 ({Also dubiously:} 23... Rd2 $6 {in view of:} 24. Re1 {[%csl
Rg8]} Nf8 $140 (24... Nd8 25. Qc7 {[%csl Rb7,Gc7,Rf7][%cal Gg5f7,Yd8f7,Yd8b7]})
25. Qb8 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rf8][%cal Gg5h7]}) (23... Nf8 $142 24. Qc7 {[%csl Rb7,
Rf7]} Rd7 25. Qb8 h6 (25... Qxa3 $143 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Bxd1 Bc6 28. Nxh7 Qxb4 (
28... Kxh7 29. Qxf8 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7][%cal Yf8b4,Gd1c2]}) 29. Nxf8 Qxf8 30.
Qxa7 $18) 26. Nh7 $1 Kxh7 27. Qxf8 Qxa3 28. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7]} Rxd1 29.
Bxd1 Qb2+ 30. Be2 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rf7][%cal Gf8b8] +/-/+-}) 24. Qxg5 Rd2 ({
I do not think that it was much better:} 24... f6 25. Qb5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Yb5e8,Gc4c5]} Kf8 (25... Qxa3 26. Rd1 {[%csl Rg8] <->d}) 26. a4 $5 Rd2 27. Re1
{[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga4a5,Gc4c5]} Bc8 28. Qc6 $18) 25. Re1 h6 (25... g6 26. Qe7 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb7]}) ({Loses a game right away:} 25... Qxa3 $2 {in view of:} 26.
Qe5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rg8][%cal Ge5b8]}) 26. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rf7][%cal
Ge7e8]} Bc6 $8 (26... Ba6 $2 27. b5 {[%csl Ra6]}) 27. Qxa7 {The rest is the
matter of technics.} b5 {[%csl Re2]} ({After:} 27... Qe5 28. Qxb6 (28. Rd1 $5
Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Qxh2 30. Qxb6 Qh4+ {[%csl Rc4,Rf2]} 31. Ke2 Qxc4+ 32. Kd2 Bb5 (
32... Qd5+ 33. Qd4) 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Bc2+ g6 35. Qd3 $18) 28... Qxh2 {The
accuracy is necessary up to the end:} 29. e4 (29. Qxc6 $4 Qh4+ {[%csl Re1]} 30.
Kf1 (30. g3 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ $11) 30... Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ $11) 29... Qh4+ 30.
Kf1 $18 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Yb6g1]}) 28. cxb5 Bd5 (28... Bxb5 $2 29. Qb8+ {
[%csl Rb5,Rg8]}) 29. b6 {[%cal Gb6b7,Gb7b8]} Kh7 (29... Bc4 $2 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31.
Qe4+ {[%csl Rc4,Rh7]}) {Now White has two possible ways to win a game:} 30. Qe7
({or} 30. b7 Bc4 31. b8=Q Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 33. Kg3 $8 Qe1+ 34. Kf4 Qh4+ (
34... g5+ 35. Ke5 {[%csl Ya7,Yb8][%cal Ya7d4]}) 35. g4 Qxh2+ 36. Ke4 Qc2+ 37.
Ke5) 30... f5 ({Again impossibly:} 30... Bc4 $2 {because of:} 31. Qe4+) 31. b7
Bc4 32. b8=Q Bxe2 33. Qg3 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Yf2g1]} 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 $5 {Besides,white has two options:} (11.
Nh3) ({and} 11. Bd3) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 $5 ({There are three
alternatives:} 13. Be7 $6) (13. Bxc7 $5) (13. bxc3 $6) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 {
Is the main line.} ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 14... f5 $5 {
/\e5-e4-see comments Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista 1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)
(23)}) 15. Bb5 $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 15. e4 {-see comments to Teplitsky,
Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)}) 15... N5f6 $6 {Besides
black has a two equal options:} (15... Rfd8 $5 16. e4 $5 (16. Ne2 $143 cxd4 17.
Nxd4 Nc5 18. O-O Nc7 19. Bc4 e5 20. Nf5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 N7xa6 $11 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23.
Nc6 Re8 24. b4 Re6 25. bxc5 Rxc6 26. cxb6 axb6 27. e4 Nc5 28. Rfc1 Rac8 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (28)}) 16... Ne7 17.
Ne2 cxd4 $1 (17... Bc6 $6 18. Ba6 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Nd4 $14 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow RUS 1998 (61)}) 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Be2 Nc5 20. b4
Na4 21. O-O e5 22. Nb3 Nc3 23. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rd6 25. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo MNC 1999 (25)}) ({and} 15... Rad8 $5 16. Ne2 cxd4 17.
Nxd4 a6 (17... e5 $5 18. Nc6 (18. Nf5 $5) 18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Nc5 20. Rd1 (20.
Ke2 $5) 20... Ne7 21. Bb5 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rc8 23. Re1 a6 24. Bf1 b5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Jelen,I-Podlesnik,B/Krsko 1997/CBM 61 ext (45)}) 18. Be2 Nc5 19. O-O
Na4 20. Rab1 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Ne7 $6 (22... b5 $5 {Finkel,A} 23. Rbd1
Ndb6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 $132) 23. Rbd1 $14 {Jelen,I-Farago,I/
Ljubljana,1997/CBM58 (1-0)(Finkel)(61)}) 16. Ne2 a6 17. Ba4 cxd4 $146 {[%mdl 8]
} (17... b5 $5 {-was checked in the previous game.} 18. Bc2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8
20. O-O-O g6 21. e4 Rc7 22. Kb1 Rfc8 23. Rc1 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Kramnik,V/
Amber-rapid6th 1997/(0-1)(63)}) 18. Nxd4 Nc5 $6 {/\e5} ({Can be recommended:} 
18... Rac8 $5 {with the idea 19...Rfd8 and after this 20...Nc5}) 19. Bc2 $14 e5
$6 (19... Rac8 $142) 20. Nf5 Rfd8 ({After:} 20... e4 {strongly:} 21. b4 $1 Ne6
(21... Nd3+ $143 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Kd2 {[%csl Rd3]}) 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. fxe4 $5
$14) (20... Rad8 21. Bh4 $36) (20... Ne6 $5 21. e4 b5 $14) 21. Bh4 $1 {[%csl
Rf6,Yg7,Gh4][%cal Gf5h6,Yg7h6,Yg7f6,Gh4f6]} Nd3+ $2 (21... Ncd7 $142) 22. Ke2
$1 $16 {This move better than:} (22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Bxf6 (23. Nxh6+ gxh6 $1 24.
Bxf6 Rxe3+ 25. Kf2 Rd3 26. Rad1 (26. Bxe5 $143 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Kh7 $44) 26... Rxd1
27. Rxd1 e4 $14) 23... gxf6 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 $44) 22... Nxb2 $6 ({Slightly better
is:} 22... e4 $5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 (25... exd3+ $143
26. Kd2 $18) 26. Rad1 Rb3 (26... Rad8 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Rc1 $16) 27. Rd2 Re8 (
27... exf3+ $143 28. gxf3 Re8 29. e4 $16) 28. f4 Bc8 29. h3 $16) 23. Rhb1 $1
Nc4 $140 24. Bd3 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7,Rc4]} Nd6 ({Loses right away:} 24... Rxd3 25.
Kxd3 b5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Ke2 $5 {/\a4+-} (27. a4 $143 Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Bc8 $1 $16)
) 25. Nxh6+ Kf8 ({Badly:} 25... gxh6 26. Bxf6 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rd8,Re5]}) 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxb6 Bc8 (27... Rab8 $6 {is refuted by:} 28. Rab1 Nb5 $140 29.
Bxb5 $1 Bxf3+ (29... axb5 $143 30. Ke1 $5 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Rb8]} (30. Rxf6 $143
Bd5 $16)) 30. gxf3 Rxb6 31. Bd3 {+/-/+-}) 28. Rc1 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6][%cal Gc1c6]}
Be6 29. Rcc6 Ke7 30. e4 $5 {(><d5,f5)and weakness- pawn chain of black in the
king side.} (30. Rxa6 $143 Rxa6 (30... f5 $4 31. Rxd6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Ra8,
Yd6][%cal Ya6d6,Ga6a8]}) 31. Rxa6 Rh8 (31... f5 $5) 32. Ra7+ Kd8 33. Nf5 $1 Nc8
(33... Nxf5 $4 34. Ra8+ Bc8 35. Bxf5 $18) (33... Bxf5 $4 34. Bxf5 $18 {[%csl
Rd6,Rh8][%cal Ga7d7,Ga7a8]}) 34. Rb7 Rxh2 35. Kf2 Rh1 $16) 30... Nb5 (30... a5
$5) 31. Ke3 $1 Nxa3 $140 32. Nf5+ Kf8 (32... Bxf5 33. exf5 Nb5 34. Rb7+ $18)
33. Bxa6 $18 {[%csl Ra3]} Rd1 34. Be2 Ra1 (34... Rh1 $5) 35. Rb2 Rd8 (35...
Bxf5 36. exf5 Rh1 37. Rb7 (37. h3 $5) 37... Rxh2 38. Rxf6 Rh7 39. Rc6 $18) 36.
h4 {[%csl Ra3,Gg2,Gh4][%cal Gh4h5,Gg2g4]} Nb1 37. Kf2 Nd2 $2 {The latter fault}
({Also badly:} 37... Bxf5 38. exf5 $18 {[%csl Rb1,Rf6][%cal Gc6c1,Gc6f6]}) (
37... Na3 $142 $18) 38. Rd6 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Rf8]} (38. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 $140 39. Rb8+
Rd8 40. Rxd8#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Black "Malinin, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 $5 ({Other lines are:} 8. g3 $5 {-see comments to Virovlansky,S-Ibragimov,
I/Nizhnij Novgorod,1998/CBM 66(0-1)(Golod,V)(54)}) ({and} 8. e3 $5 {-see
comments to Kruppa,Y-Nosenko,A/Donetsk,1998/CBM 68(1-0) (Golod,V)(48)}) 8... b5
$6 $146 ({Black has several options:} 8... d6 $5 {-see comments to Pelletier,
Y-Adams,M/Lucerne,1997/CBM 62(1/2-1/2)(Tsesarsky)(50)}) (8... Nc6 $5 {-see
comments to Sokolov,I-De Firmian,N/New York CITS,1996/CBM 52/(1/2-1/2)(Dautov)
(23)}) (8... d5 $6) (8... c5 $6) ({and} 8... b6 $5 {-see comments to Lima,
D-Izeta Txabarri,F/Leon,1996/CBM 54(1-0)(Dautov) (47)}) 9. f3 $5 ({Slightly
worse is:} 9. cxb5 {in view of :} c6 $5 (9... a6 $143 10. f3 Nd6 (10... Nf6 11.
Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 $16) 11. Bg5 $16) 10. f3 Nd6 $14 (10... Nf6 {-transfers to 9.f3}
)) 9... Nf6 ({In my opinion better is:} 9... Nd6 $5 10. Bg5 (10. c5 Nf7 11. e4
Nc6 12. Be3 a6 $14) 10... Qe8 11. cxb5 Nxb5 12. e3 c6 $14) 10. cxb5 $14 ({
Senseless:} 10. e4 {because of:} fxe4 11. fxe4 bxc4 12. e5 (12. Bxc4 $143 d5
$13) 12... Nd5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bxc4 Bb7 $132) 10... c6 (10... a6 $143 11. Bf4
d6 12. Rc1 $16) 11. bxc6 ({Badly:} 11. e3 cxb5 $140 12. Bxb5 $4 Qa5+ {[%csl
Rb5,Re1]}) 11... Nxc6 12. e3 Nd5 $5 ({Also possibly:} 12... Bb7 $5 13. Bd3 Rc8
14. Qd1 $1 {+/=/+/-}) 13. Bd3 f4 $6 ({Also dubious:} 13... Ba6 14. O-O Bxd3 ({
Loses:} 14... Ncb4 $2 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qb3 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4]} Bxd3 17. Qxb4 Bxf1
18. Kxf1 $18) 15. Qxd3 $16) ({Can be recommended:} 13... Bb7 $5 {/\Rc8}) 14.
O-O $5 (14. Bxh7+ $143 Kh8 15. Be4 $6 (15. O-O $5) (15. Bg6 $5 {/\0-0}) 15...
fxe3 (15... Qh4+ $2 16. Qf2 $18) (15... Ba6 $2 16. Bxd5 $18) 16. Bxd5 Qh4+ $1 (
16... Qa5+ $2 17. Qc3 Qxd5 18. Bxe3 $18) (16... exd5 $2 17. Bxe3 Re8 18. Kd2
$16) 17. g3 Qxh3 18. Bxc6 dxc6 19. Qe2 a5 $1 20. Bxe3 Ba6 $44 {[%csl Ga6,Re1]})
(14. Nxf4 $143 Nxf4 ({Loses right away:} 14... Nxd4 $2 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Ng6+
Kxh7 17. Nxf8+ $18) 15. exf4 Nxd4 (15... Qh4+ $143 16. g3 Qh3 17. Be3 Bb7 $16)
16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qd3 Qb6 $1 $132 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc8a6]}) 14... fxe3 ({
Worse is:} 14... Nxe3 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxe3 fxe3 17. Be4 Nxd4 $140 18. Qc5 {
[%csl Rd4,Rh8][%cal Gc5d4,Gc5h5]} Ne2+ (18... d5 19. Qxd4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 $16)
19. Kh1 d5 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxe3 $16) 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Nxd4 (
16... Ba6 $2 {is refuted by:} 17. Bxd5 $1 Bxf1 (17... exd5 $143 18. Bxe3 $1
Bxf1 $140 19. Ng5 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 18. Bxc6 Rc8 (18... dxc6 19. Kxf1 Qxd4 20.
Ng5 Rf5 21. Qe2 $5 (21. Ne4 $5) 21... Rxg5 22. Bxe3 Qf6 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxe6
$18) 19. Bxe3 $1 Rxc6 $140 20. Qg6 Rf6 21. Qh5+ $18) 17. Qa4 ({Badly:} 17. Qd3
$2 {because of:} Qb6 18. Bxd5 $5 (18. Bxe3 $6 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 d5 20. Bd3 e5 $36)
18... e2 19. Be3 exf1=Q+ 20. Rxf1 Ba6 $1 (20... exd5 $143 21. Bxd4 $36) 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 exd5 $11) 17... Qb6 $5 {[%csl Gb6,Rg1]} (17... Qh4 $2 {
[%cal Ge3e2] is refuted by:} 18. Qxd4 $1 e2 $140 19. Bg5 $1 exf1=Q+ 20. Rxf1
Qh5 21. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge4g6]}) ({Very interestingly:} 17... Ne2+
18. Kh1 $140 Qh4 $1 $14) 18. Re1 (18. Bxd5 $143 e2 19. Be3 exf1=Q+ 20. Rxf1
exd5 21. Bxd4 Qg6 $13) 18... Nf5 $2 {After this move white has big advantage.}
({Can be recommended:} 18... e2 19. Nf2 Ba6 $14) 19. Bxf5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga4h4]}
Rxf5 (19... exf5 20. Qh4+ Kg8 (20... Qh6 $143 21. Qxh6+ gxh6 22. Bxe3 $18 {_|_}
) 21. Ng5 Qh6 22. Qd4 $1 Bb7 23. f4 {[%csl Re3] /\Be3+/-}) 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Ng5
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh4h7]} Rxg5 $6 ({Slightly better is:} 21... e2+ 22. Kh1 Nf6
23. Rxe2 Ba6 24. Be3 $1 Qb3 $140 25. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Yf6,Rg8]} Bd3 (25... Bxe2 $2
26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ $18) 26. Ree1 {+/-/+-}) 22.
Qxg5 e2+ 23. Kh1 Ba6 24. Qg4 $5 {White's plan is:Bh6 or b4,Bb2,Rac1} Rf8 25. b4
Qf2 $2 {Stroke fault!} (25... Ne3 $8 {[%csl Ra1,Re1][%cal Ge3c2]} 26. Bxe3 (26.
Qe4 $2 Nd1 $36 {[%csl Re4,Rh1]}) (26. Qg6 $6 Nd1 27. h3 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 Qd6+ $1
29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Nd3 $14) 26... Qxe3 $16) 26. Bb2 {[%csl Rf2,Rg8][%cal
Gg4g7,Gb2d4]} Rf7 (26... Nf6 $144 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 $18) 27. Bd4 Qf1+ $8 (
27... Ne3 $143 28. Qg5 $18 {[%csl Re3][%cal Yg5g2,Gg5e3]}) 28. Rxf1 exf1=Q+ 29.
Rxf1 Bxf1 30. Kg1 $18 {The rest is the matter of technics.} Bd3 31. Bxa7 e5 32.
Qg5 Bf5 33. Bc5 {/\a4-a5 or b5,b6} Nf4 34. Bd6 {[%csl Re5]} (34. Qd8+ Kh7 35.
Bd6 Nd3 {transfers to-34.Bd6}) 34... Nd3 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 ({Loses
right away:} 36... Kg6 37. g4 Be6 38. Qh5+ Kf6 39. g5+ Kf5 40. g6+ {[%csl Rf7]}
) 37. Qc4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gb4b5]} g5 38. b5 Kg7 39. b6 Rf6 40. b7 Rxd6 41.
b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 08th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2000.06.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 $5 ({Other lines are:} 8. g3 $5 {See comments to Golod,V-Tsesarsky,I/ISR,
2000(1-0) (Golod,V)(66)}) ({and} 8. e3 $5 {See comments to Kruppa,Y-Nosenko,A/
Donetsk,1998/CBM 68 (1-0)  (Golod,V)(48)}) 8... d6 $5 {Besides this move black
has five options:} (8... Nc6 $5 {See comments to Sokolov,I-De Firmian,N/ New
York CITS,1996/CBM 52(1/2-1/2) (Dautov)(23)}) (8... b6 $5 {See comments to
Lima,D-IzetaTxabarri,F/ Leon,1996/CBM 54(1-0)(Dautov)(47)}) (8... b5 $6 {
See comments to Dragomarezkij,E-Malinin,Y/Moscow,1999/ CBM 70(1-0)(Golod,V) 
(41)}) (8... d5 $6) ({and} 8... c5 $6) 9. f3 $5 ({Another alternative is:} 9.
b3 $5 {You can see comments to Knaak,R -Sjodahl,P/Germany,2000/CBM 76 (1-0)
(Golod,V)(32)}) 9... Nf6 10. Bd2 {[%mdl 4]} (10. e3 $5 {It's main line.See
comments to Sergienko,S-Volzhin,A/Samara,2000/CBM 78(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)}) ({
Another possibility is:} 10. Bg5) 10... Qe7 $146 ({Was checked in the previous
game:} 10... a5 11. Bc3 Qe7 12. O-O-O e5 13. e3 e4 14. Qd2 b6 15. Nf4 Nc6 16.
Kb1 a4 17. h4 $14 {Dao Thien Hai-Pellaton,B/Bastia,1998(1-0) (32)}) 11. O-O-O {
White's plan is very simple:e3,probably Bd3 and attack in the king side.} Nbd7
({More than enough interestingly:} 11... b5 $5 12. cxb5 (12. e4 $5) 12... a6
$132) 12. e3 ({Senselessly and badly:} 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 e5 $1 14. d5 $140
Nc5 $15 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8d7,Gd7a4]}) 12... b6 {/^a8-h1(control over point
e4)} 13. Nf4 Bb7 {[%cal Ge6e5] with the threat 14...e5.} 14. d5 $1 {Probably
it's best move.Differently,after:} (14. Bd3 $6 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh3 e4 {
black has a better position.}) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 ({Badly:} 15... Nxd5 $2
{because of:} 16. Bc4 Qe5 (16... c6 $143 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 b5 19. Ba2 Rac8
20. Kb1 $18) 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 N7f6 21. exd5 $16
) (15... Bxd5 $4 {is refuted by:} 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Ge3e4]}) 16. Bc3 Rf7 $5 ({In my opinion it deserves attention:} 16... g5 17.
Ne6 $140 (17. Nh3 $143 h6 (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rg8][%cal
Ge3e4]}) 18. f4 Neg4 $13 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge7e3]}) 17... Nxd5 18. Nxf8 Nxe3 19.
Qb3+ Kxf8 20. Re1 Nxf1 21. Rexf1 (21. Qc2 $143 Ba6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qxf5+ Qf7
$13) 21... Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Re8 23. h4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf8]}) 17. h4 Ng6 $2 {[%mdl
16384]} ({Can be recommended:} 17... Ned7 $5 $13 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ga8e8]}) 18.
Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qd2 {[%csl Gd2,Rd5]} Re8 ({Now impossibly:} 19... Nxd5 {in view
of:} 20. Bc4 c6 $8 (20... Nxe3 $2 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Re3,Rg7]
[%cal Gd1e1,Gc3d2]} Nxd1 $8 (22... Qe5 23. Qxe5 dxe5 24. Rd7+ $18) 23. Qxg7+
Ke8 24. Qxg6+ Kd7 (24... Qf7 25. Re1+ Be4 $8 (25... Kf8 $2 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27.
Qh8#) 26. fxe4 $1 Nxc3 (26... Qxg6 27. exf5+ Kf8 28. fxg6 $18) 27. exf5+ Kf8
28. bxc3 $18)) 21. h5 $40) ({Loses right away:} 19... Bxd5 $4 20. Bxf6 $18 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 20. Bb5 $1 Nd7 ({Another options is:} 20... Rd8 21. h5 $1 Nxh5 (
21... gxh5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxh5 $40 {+/-}) 22. Rh3 {with the idea g4 and
Rdh1->}) 21. Bxd7 ({Also good enough:} 21. h5 $5) 21... Qxd7 22. h5 $40 {
[%mdl 128] +/-} gxh5 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 22... g5 23. h6 g6 24.
e4 $16 {[%csl Rg8]} (24. Qd4 $143 Kh7)) 23. Rxh5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1h1]} Kf8
$6 ({It is necessary:} 23... Rfe7 24. Rdh1 Rxe3 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. R1h7 Rxc3+ (
26... Kg6 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Rxe8 Qxc3+ 29. bxc3 Rxe8 $16 {_|_}) 27. Qxc3 Rg8
28. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7]}) 24. e4 $1 $18 f4 (24... fxe4 $2 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26.
Qg5+ Rf6 27. Qxg7+ Rf7 28. Qg5+ Rf6 29. Qxf6#) 25. Qf2 {[%csl Ye7,Rf8][%cal
Gf2h4,Yh4e7]} Qd8 (25... g5 26. Rxg5 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gd1h1]}) 26. Rh8+ Ke7
27. Qh4+ {Whole this game and especially its final part Reynaldo Vera
conducted very strong.} (27. Qh4+ Rf6 (27... Kd7 28. Qg4+ Ke7 29. Qe6#) (27...
g5 28. Qxg5+ Kd7 29. Qg4+ Ke7 30. Qe6#) 28. Bxf6+ Kf7 (28... gxf6 29. Qh7#) 29.
Bxd8 {and mate in 5 moves.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
a4 $5 {Rare and not so successful continuation.In this line you can find only
four games in Mega Database 2003.Besides this move,White has few options:} (8.
Bg5 {It's main line.You can see my comments to games: Kramnik,V-Adams,M/
Dortmund,1998/CBM 66 (1/2-1/2)(41) and Georgiev,K-Nikolic,P/Sarajevo,1998/CBM
66 (1/2-1/2)(31)}) (8. f3 $5 {See comments to Kiriakov,P-Wells,P/Hastings,2002/
CBM 87(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(44)}) ({and} 8. e3 {See comments to Ostenstad,
B-Tisdall,J/Ostlandsserien,1994/ CBM68(0-1)(Tisdall,J)(28)}) 8... a6 $1 {
><b4;<->b. Black wants immediately to begin pressure on the quuen side.} ({
It was checked up in previous games:} 8... Bb7 9. Nf3 cxb5 (9... a6 $6 10. bxa6
Nxa6 11. Bg5 {+/=/+/- Botsari,A-Amura,C/Jakarta,1993(0-1)(38)}) 10. axb5 Ne4
11. Qd3 Qf6 12. e3 $14 {Rajkovic,D-Milanovic,D/Cetinje,1992(0-1)(32)}) 9. bxa6
({I can not recommended in this position:} 9. b6 $6 a5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Bf4 Nb4
{[%csl Rb6]} 12. Bc7 (12. Bd6 Re8 {[%csl Rb3,Rb6][%cal Gd8b6]}) 12... Qe7 13.
Nf3 Nfd5 $13 {Guliev,S-Yevseev,D/Koszalin,1999(1/2-1/2)(21)}) 9... Ne4 $1 $146
({The game,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 9...
Bxa6 $143 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 $6 (12. b4 $5) 12... Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Qa5
14. Bd2 Qa6+ 15. Kg1 Qe2 $132 {Botsari,A-Gavrilakis,N/Athens,1994(0-1)(26)})
10. Qc2 d5 ({Is a possibly contination of the play:} 10... f5 $5 11. Nh3 $140 {
/\f3} Nxa6 $13 {[%cal Ga6b4]}) 11. e3 Nxa6 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga6b4] It became
already clear, that Black have decided all opening problems.} ({It deserves
attention:} 11... Bxa6 $5 $44) 12. Bxa6 $5 {This move is much better,than:} (
12. Bd2 $6 c5 $1 $44 13. Bxa6 $140 $6 Bxa6 14. dxc5 Bc4 $36 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Ge4c5]} {and now impossibly:} 15. b3 $4 {in view of:} (15. b4 $144 $4 Qf6 {
[%csl Ra1,Rf2]}) 15... Qf6 {[%csl Ra1,Rf2]}) 12... Bxa6 $140 13. Ne2 {[%cal
Ye1g1,Yh1f1]} c5 $5 $44 {Viorel Iordachescu had a rather uneasy choice between
it and another continuation:} (13... Bxe2 $5 14. Qxe2 (14. Kxe2 $143 Qh4 {
[%csl Rf2,Rh1]} 15. Ke1 Rfb8 $44) 14... Qa5+ (14... c5 $5) 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16.
Qxd2 Rfb8 $11 {[%csl Rb2]}) 14. dxc5 ({Less essentially next continuation:} 14.
f3 cxd4 {[%cal Gd4d3]} 15. exd4 (15. Nxd4 $2 Rc8 {/\Qh4;עe1.}) 15... Rc8 (
15... Qa5+ $6 16. Bd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rfb8 19. Rhb1 Rb4 20. b3 {
+/=/+/-}) 16. Qd1 Nd6 17. O-O Qf6 $44 {[%csl Rd4]}) 14... Qa5+ ({Can it was
necessary to decide on the more active continuation:} 14... Bxe2 15. Kxe2 (15.
Qxe2 $6 Qb8 16. O-O Nxc5 $11 {[%csl Ra4]}) 15... Rc8 {[%csl Rc5]} 16. f3 (16.
b4 $2 Qf6 {[%csl Ra1,Rf2]} 17. Ra3 Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 Qh4 {[%cal Ge4f2]} 19. Rf1
Qxh2 $15 {[%csl Rd1]}) 16... Rxc5 $1 (16... Nxc5 $143 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qb2 Nd6
19. a5 $14) 17. Qd3 Qg5 $13) 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxc5 17. O-O {At last,White
have removed the K from the centre.} ({Pretty dubiously:} 17. Nd4 Rfb8 (17...
Qd6 $5 {[%cal Gf8b8]}) 18. Rc1 Qd6 {[%csl Yb8,Re1][%cal Ga6f1]}) ({or:} 17. b4
Qd6 {[%csl Ra1,Rb4]} 18. Nd4 Rfb8 {[%csl Ra1,Ga8]} 19. Nc2 (19. Rb1 $2 Bc4 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb1]}) 19... Bc4 $36) 17... Rfb8 18. Rfb1 Qb4 ({Leads to favourable
simplifications for White:} 18... Bxe2 $6 19. Qxe2 Qb4 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ga8a4]}
20. b3 Rc8 21. Qe1 $1 $14) 19. Nc3 Bc4 $44 20. Qd4 {White had no other worthy
alternative.} Qb3 21. h3 {[%csl Yh2]} h6 {[%csl Yh7]} 22. a5 f6 {Last moves
were made according to the standard chess norms.} 23. Ra3 Qb4 {[%csl Ra5]} 24.
Ra4 Qb3 25. Qc5 {White have decided to continue the game and to not repeat
moves:} (25. Ra3 Qb4 26. Ra4 Qb3 $11) 25... e5 $6 {It's discrepancy, which
allows to receive a material advantage for contender.} ({It was necessary:} 
25... Bd3 $1 26. Rba1 (26. Ra3 Qc4 {[%csl Yb1,Rb2][%cal Gd3b1,Yb1b2]}) 26...
Qxb2 $11 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb8c8]} 27. Nxd5 $140 $6 Bb5 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rd5]} (
27... exd5 $2 28. Qxd5+ {[%csl Rd3,Rg8]}) 28. Ne7+ (28. R4a2 $2 Qe5 29. Ne7+
Kf7 {[%csl Re7]}) 28... Kf7 29. Nc6 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 $44) 26. Ra3 {White did not
use discrepancy of the contender:} (26. a6 $1 Rxa6 (26... Bxa6 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5
28. Nxd5 Bd3 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd1 e4 $14) 27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28. Nxd5 (28. Qxd5+ $2
Qxd5 29. Nxd5 Bd3 30. Rd1 Bc4 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Gb8,Gc4,Rd5]}) 28... Bd3 {[%csl
Rb2]} 29. Ra1 Bc4 (29... Be4 $6 30. Nc3 Qxb2 31. Ra7 {[%csl Rg8]} Bb7 (31...
Kh7 $2 32. Nxe4 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxe4 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qc7+ $16 {[%csl Rb8,Rg7]})
32. Kh2 $36 {[%csl Rg8]}) 30. Nc3 Bf7 31. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Yd1d2,Yd2b2]
}) 26... Qc2 ({Hardly it was better:} 26... Qb7 27. Rd1 {[%csl Rd5]}) 27. b4 $6
({Leads to equality:} 27. Rba1 {[%csl Rd5]} Rxb2 $1 28. e4 $140 d4 29. Qxc4+
Kh7 30. Rf1 dxc3 31. Rxc3 Qd2 {[%csl Ra5]}) 27... Rc8 28. Qb6 Kh8 $6 ({Leads
to favourable complications for Black:} 28... d4 $1 29. exd4 $140 Bf7 {[%csl
Rb1,Yc3][%cal Gc8c3]} 30. Qb7 exd4 31. Qe4 Rxc3 32. Qxa8+ Rc8 {[%csl Ra8,Rb1]}
33. Qxc8+ Qxc8 34. b5 Bg6 $15) 29. b5 $6 ({It was much better:} 29. Rba1 {
-this move is directed against progress "d4".}) 29... Rab8 $2 {Again Voirel
Iordachescu missed an excellent opportunity to receive a material advantage:} (
29... d4 $1 30. exd4 $140 Bg8 {[%csl Rb1,Yc3][%cal Gc8c3,Yc3b1]}) 30. Qd6 Rd8
31. Qc5 $2 {The mistake follows a mistake.} ({It was necessary to protect a
rook:} 31. Qb4 $16 {[%cal Yb4b1]}) 31... Rbc8 32. Qb4 d4 33. exd4 exd4 34. Nd1
(34. Na4 Rd5 35. Qb2 Qxb2 36. Nxb2 Bxb5 $11) 34... Rd5 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd5b5]
Black have calculated precisely all consequences of this move.} 35. b6 $6 {
The pleased doubtful decision,but White still has a equality.} (35. Qb2 $5 Qf5
$11 {[%csl Rb1,Rb5][%cal Yf5c8,Gd5b5]}) 35... Rb5 {[%csl Rb1,Rb4]} 36. b7 $8
Rb8 (36... Re8 $2 {is refuted by:} 37. Qxb5 Bxb5 38. Rxb5 Qxd1+ 39. Kh2 Qc1 {
[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc1f4]} (39... Rb8 $4 40. a6 {[%cal Ga6a7]}) 40. b8=Q Rxb8 41.
Rxb8+ Kh7 42. Rbb3 {[%cal Ga5a6]} Qf4+ 43. Rg3 $16) {[%tqu "En","?Please enter
the best move for White.","It is necessary to use a weakness of the Black's
king!","","b4b5","",0,"b4d6","",10]} 37. Qxb5 $4 {It already decisive mistake.}
(37. Qd6 $1 Rxb1 (37... Qxb1 38. Qxb8+ Kh7 39. Qc7 Rxb7 40. Qxc4 Qxd1+ 41. Kh2
Qd2 $11) 38. Qxb8+ Kh7 39. Qc8 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2 Qg1+ $1 41. Kg3 $140 Qc1 {[%csl
Ra3]} 42. Qf5+ $11 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf5c8]}) 37... Bxb5 38. Rxb5 Qxd1+ 39. Kh2
{[%csl Ya3,Ga5,Yb5,Gb7][%cal Ga5a6,Ga6a7]} Qc1 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Rb7,Rh2][%cal
Gc1c7,Gc1a3]} 40. Rab3 Qc6 $6 {[%cal Gd4d3]} ({It at once wins a game:} 40...
d3 $1 41. Rxd3 (41. a6 $143 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qa4 {[%csl Ra6,Rb3,Rb5][%cal Gd3d2]})
41... Qc7+ 42. g3 Rxb7 43. Rxb7 Qxb7 $19 {[%csl Ra5,Rf2]}) 41. Rb6 Qc7+ (41...
Qa4 $2 42. a6 Kh7 43. R3b4 Qa5 44. R4b5 Qa2 45. Rb2 $11 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Yb2b1,
Yb2b5,Ga6a7]}) 42. g3 d3 43. a6 $8 (43. Rxd3 $2 Rxb7 $19) 43... d2 44. a7 d1=Q
45. a8=Q $1 {It is sole practical chance of rescue.} ({After:} 45. axb8=Q+ Qxb8
{[%cal Yh8g8,Yg8f7,Yf7e7,Ye7d7] the king approaches to Pb7 and Black gradually
win this position.}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for Black.","","",
"d1d8","",0,"c7c1","",10]} 45... Qdd8 $6 {[%csl Ra8,Rb6]} ({Immediately wins a
game the following move:} 45... Qcc1 $3 46. Qxb8+ Kh7 $19 {[%csl Rh2][%cal
Gd1h1,Yd1g1]} 47. Qh8+ $8 Kxh8 48. b8=Q+ Kh7 {with mate in 5 moves.}) 46. Qa6 {
[%csl Yb7]} Qc5 {[%csl Rf2]} 47. Rb2 (47. Kg2 $142 Qd1 48. Qf1 (48. Qa8 $2
Qcd5+ {[%csl Ra8]}) 48... Qxf1+ 49. Kxf1 {-/+/-+}) 47... Qcd4 $6 ({Can it was
necessary to decide on the more active move:} 47... Qd1 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf2,Rh2]
[%cal Gc5c1]}) 48. R6b4 Qe5 49. Rc2 {[%cal Yb4c4,Yc4c8]} Qee7 50. Rbb2 {
[%csl Yb2,Yc2] The White's parts are consolidated and now it will be complex
to ram their position.} Qed7 (50... Qd5 $142 {[%csl Rb7,Rh2][%cal Ge7e1]}) 51.
Qa7 $1 Kh7 $4 {"Final chord".} ({After:} 51... Qf8 52. Rd2 Qf5 {Black keeps a
good chances to win.}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for White.","",
"","c2d2","Drawn game is inevitable.",10]} 52. Rd2 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Gd2,Yd7,Yd8]
Drawn game is inevitable.} Qxd2 (52... Rxb7 $144 53. Rxd7 Rxd7 $11) 53. Rxd2
Qxd2 54. Qxb8 Qxf2+ $11 {[%csl Rh2]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flamenco Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Marbella"]
[Date "1999.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.10.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 $5
{Besides this move black has several options:} (7... Qe7 $5 {See comments to
Van Wely,L-Van der Wiel, J/Rotterdam,1998/CBM 66(1-0)   (Golod,V)(24)}) (7...
Nc6 $5) (7... h6) (7... Re8 $5) ({and} 7... b6) 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 ({Other
alternatives are:} 9... Ba6) ({and} 9... c5) 10. f3 c5 11. Ne2 ({In my opinion
slightly worse is:} 11. dxc5 {See comments to Lev,R-Wells,P/Herzliya, 1998/CBM
68(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(28)}) 11... Rc8 ({Also} 11... h6) ({and} 11... cxd4 {
repeatedly was checked in the previous games.}) 12. b4 $6 {[%mdl 4] Besides
white has few options:} (12. O-O) (12. Qd2 {See comments to Toth,C-Razuvaev,Y/
Dortmund,1992/CBM 29(0-1)(Dautov)(30)}) (12. Qb3 {See comments to Adianto,
U-Karpov,A/ Jakarta,1997/CBM 63(1-0)(Ftacnik)(61)}) 12... h6 {Is the best move!
} ({Senselessly:} 12... Ba6 {because of:} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Bb7 15. O-O $14
{Sokolov,I-Van der Wiel,J/NLD-ch,1995(1-0) (32)}) (12... cxd4 $6 13. exd4 Ba6
14. Qb3 d5 15. c5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 e5 17. O-O exd4 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxd4 {
+/=/= Ivanov,S-Kveinys,A/Augustow,1996(0-1) (37)}) 13. Bh4 $140 d5 ({Again
dubious:} 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Ba6 15. Qb3 d5 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e5 18. O-O
exd4 19. cxb6 Ne5 20. Qxd4 Nc6 21. Qd2 Qxb6+ 22. Kh1 $14 {Kharlov,A-Eismont,O/
Kazan,1995(1-0)(35)}) 14. bxc5 $146 ({Dubious:} 14. dxc5 $6 {in view of:} bxc5
15. b5 $140 Ne4 $1 (15... Nb6 $6 16. O-O Ne4 17. Qe1 g5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bg3
Nxg3 20. Nxg3 d4 21. Nf5 $14 {Stohl,I-Polak,T/Zlin,1995(1/2-1/2)(43)}) 16. Bxd8
Nxc3 17. Ba5 (17. Be7 $143 Rfe8 18. Bd6 $6 (18. Nxc3 $142) 18... dxc4 19. Bxc4
Nb6 20. Bd3 Nca4 $15 {Wang Lei-Peptan,C/Erevan,1996(0-1)(57)}) 17... Ne5 18.
Bxc3 (18. Kd2 $6 Na4 19. Rhb1 Nb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nc1 (21. Kc3 $142 $15)
21... Rfd8 $17 {Skomorokhin,R-Almasi,Z/HUN-chT,1995 (0-1)(73)}) 18... Nxd3+ 19.
Kd2 dxc4 20. Kc2 e5 {=/=/+ Kelecevic,N-Ekstroem,R/SWZ-chT,1995 (1-0)(79)}) ({
After:} 14. cxd5 {black equalizes:} Nxd5 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 cxd4 (16... Nxe2
17. Kxe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Huzman,A/Dresden,1998 
(19)}) 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Rc1 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Kf8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22.
Ke3 $11 {Atalik,S-Wells,P/Szeged,1997(1/2-1/2)(30)}) 14... bxc5 15. cxd5 {
Is the obligatory move.Differently after:} (15. O-O $6 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Ba6 17.
Qxa7 (17. Rfc1 $143 e5 (17... Nc5 $5) 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxa7 $4 Ra8 {[%csl Ra7]}
19. Bxf6 gxf6 $19) 18... exd4 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 $15) 17... Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 {
black has a positional advantage.}) 15... Nxd5 {[%csl Rc3,Rh4]} ({Badly:} 15...
c4 {because of:} 16. Bc2 Nxd5 (16... exd5 17. Rb1 $14) 17. Bxd8 Nxc3 18. Nxc3
Rfxd8 19. Rb1 $14) 16. Bxd8 $8 (16. Bh7+ {is refuted by:} Kh8 (16... Kxh7 $4
17. Qd3+ {[%csl Rd8,Rh7]}) 17. Bxd8 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Rfxd8 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rh7]
[%cal Gc5d4]}) 16... Nxc3 17. Bh4 ({Also equality after:} 17. Ba5 Nxe2 18. Kxe2
cxd4 19. exd4 Nf6) ({Dubious:} 17. Be7 {in view of:} Rfe8 18. Bd6 cxd4 19. Nxd4
(19. exd4 $2 e5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re1]}) 19... Nc5 {=/=/+}) 17... cxd4 18. exd4 ({
Much worse is:} 18. Nxd4 Ne5 $36) 18... Na4 ({Can be recommended:} 18... Nb6)
19. Rb1 Ndb6 20. Kd2 $5 $11 {/\Rhc1} Bd5 21. Rhc1 Nc4+ ({A little worse is:} 
21... Bc4 22. Rc2 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Rxc2 24. Kxc2 Nd5 (24... Rc8+ $143 25. Kb3 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 25. Rb7 Rc8+ 26. Kd3 Rc7 $11) 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Nc3 Nxc3 (23...
Nb6 $2 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Bc5 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6]}) (23... Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Bd5 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.02.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d5 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 $5 {Besides,white has two
options:} (11. Nh3) ({and} 11. Bd3) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 $5 ({
There are three alternatives:} 13. Be7 $6) (13. Bxc7 $5) (13. bxc3 $6) 13...
Nd5 14. Bf2 {from 14.Bf2 to-16.Bb5 of this game,you can see comments in the
game:Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista 1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23).} c5 {
Is the main line,other lines are:} (14... f5 $5 {/\e5-e4[14...Rac8;14...Rfc8];
see comments to Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista 1998/CBM 65(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)})
15. e4 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 15. Bb5 $5 Rfd8 {[N!?Kramnik,V]} (
15... Rad8 $142 {Jelen,I-Farago,I/Ljubljana 1997/1-0 (61)}) (15... N5f6 {
Ljubojevic,L-Kramnik,V/Amber-rapid,6-th 1997/0-1 (63)}) 16. e4 $5 (16. Ne2 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. O-O Nc7 19. Bc4 e5 20. Nf5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 N7xa6 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23.
Nc6 Re8 24. b4 Re6 25. bxc5 Rxc6 26. cxb6 axb6 27. e4 Nc5 28. Rfc1 Rac8 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (28)}) 16... Ne7 17.
Ne2 Bc6 18. Ba6 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Kramnik,V/Moscow RUS 1998 (61)}) 15... Ne7 $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 15... Nf4
) ({and dubious:} 15... N5f6 {(see comments to Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S)}) 16. Bb5
Nc6 $5 ({Worse is:} 16... Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
{and white has a slight advantage on the endgame.}) 17. Ne2 ({Badly:} 17. d5 {
because of:} exd5 18. exd5 Rae8+ 19. Ne2 Nce5 $36 {[%cal Ga7a6]} (19... Ncb8
$143) 20. f4 $140 $2 a6 $17) ({Can be recommended:} 17. Rc1 $5 Rac8 (17... cxd4
$6 {is refuted by:} 18. Rxc6 $1 (18. Bxc6 $6 Rac8 $11) 18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rad8
20. Ne2 {+/=/+/-}) 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Ne2 {with slight positional
advantage of white.} (20. Rxc5 $2 Nd4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 $36)) 17... Rfc8 18. O-O ({
Now also dubious:} 18. d5 {in view of:} exd5 19. exd5 Nce5 {[%cal Ga7a6]})
18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 {+/=/=} 20. Rac1 $5 $146 (20. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,
M-Polugaevsky,L/New York op 1989(20)} {(} Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rac1 Rac8 $11
{)}) 20... Nxd4 ({Worse is:} 20... Ne5 21. Rcd1 a6 22. Be2 Na4 23. Rd2 $14 Nc4
$140 $4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. b3 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4][%cal Gb3c4,Gb3a4]}) 21. Bxd4
Nb3 {[%cal Gb3c1,Gb3d4]} 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bc3 $5 ({After:} 23. Be3 Rc2 $1 (
23... e5 $6 24. Rd1 $14) (23... Rd8 $143 24. Kf2 {+/=/=}) 24. Rf2 $140 (24. Rd1
$2 Rxb2 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Rd7 Na5 $15 {[%cal Ya5b7,Gb2b5]}) 24... Rc7 {equality}
) 23... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Gb3d4]} 24. Ba4 $6 (24. Kf2 $142) 24... Nd4 25. Kf2 (25.
Rd1 $2 Ne2+ 26. Kf2 Rxd1 27. Bxd1 Nxc3 28. bxc3 e5 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Ge7d6,
Gd6c5] =/=/+}) 25... Bc6 $1 26. Rd1 $6 ({Dubious::} 26. Bd1 {in view of:} Nb5 {
[%csl Rc3,Rd1][%cal Gb5c3,Gd8d1]} 27. Bb4 $140 $2 (27. Be5 $142 f6 28. Bf4 Nd4
{=/=/+}) 27... a5 $17) ({Logically:} 26. Bxc6 $1 Nxc6 27. Rc1 e5 $5 {with
minimum chances for a win of Yan Teplitsky.}) 26... Bxa4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 {This continuation is more popular on
the following move,after 4...0-0.} 5. Bg5 $5 {I chose between two alternatives
(5.Bg5 and 5.Nf3). I recently have commented on a game of my contender (in 5.
Nf3) and was afraid,that he can strengthen game of black.} Nbd7 6. e3 c5 $1 {
Differently white will receive a advantage,after 7.Nge2 /\a3.} (6... b6 $143 {
You can see comments to Kramnik,V-Yermolinsky,A/Wijk aan Zee,1999/CBM 69(1-0)
(Golod,V)(40)}) 7. Bd3 Qa5 {[%csl Rg5]} 8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 ({After:} 
9... dxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 {white has a small positional advantage.})
10. exd4 (10. Nxd4 $143 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 $11 {
Lima,D-Hracek,Z/Moscow,1994(0-1)(31)}) 10... d5 $6 $146 {This positional
concession can be justified only by concrete game.} ({Was checked in the
previous game:} 10... Bd7 $5 11. O-O $140 Rc8 (11... Bxc3 $5 12. Nxc3 $140 Qb6
{[%csl Rd4]}) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Qb6 $1 $13 {[%csl Rd4] Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Kurajica,B/Strumica,1995(1-0)(39)}) 11. c5 $1 ({Leads to equality:} 11. cxd5
exd5 (11... Nxd5 $5) 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Be7 $11 (13... Bd6 $143 14. Nb5 $36))
11... b6 $140 12. c6 {In it essence of my idea!} Ba6 ({Is a possible
continuation of the play:} 12... a6 {[%csl Ya5][%cal Gb6b5,Ya5d8]}) 13. O-O Rc8
$6 ({In my opinion,it was better:} 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 a6 15. a3 Bxc3 $8 16.
Nxc3 b5 17. b4 Qc7 18. a4 bxa4 (18... Qxc6 $2 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Qxa8 21.
Qxb5+ $16) 19. Rxa4 Qxc6 20. Rfa1 {[%csl Ra6] and black still it is necessary
to equalize a position.}) 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb2b4]} Bxd3 ({
Hardly is better:} 15... b5 16. Na2 $1 {(during a game I did not see this move)
} (16. b4 $143 Qb6 17. a4 Rxc6 (17... Qxc6 $5 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19. Qd2 $14) 18. Qd2
$1 $36 {[%csl Rb5]} (18. axb5 $2 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Rxc2 21. Rxa7 O-O
$11)) 16... Qb6 17. Nb4 {+/=/+/-}) 16. Qxd3 b5 $8 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 $6 ({Probably,
it was better:} 17... Qc7 18. Rac1 Qxc6 (18... O-O 19. Na4 {[%csl Yb5,Yc1,Gc6]}
) 19. Qxc6+ Rxc6 20. Nxd5 Kd7 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxc6 Kxc6 23. Rc1+ {+/-/+/=_|_
}) 18. Nxb5 Rxc6 19. Nxa7 (19. Rfc1 $2 Kd7 20. Nxa7 (20. Rxc6 $143 Kxc6 21.
Nxa7+ $140 $4 Kb6 {[%csl Ra7]}) 20... Rb6 {[%csl Ra7,Rb2][%cal Gh8a8]}) 19...
Rb6 20. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga7b5]} ({It is bad to keep of the superfluous pawn:} 20.
Rfb1 Kd7 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gh8a8]} 21. a4 Rb4 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. b3 Ne4 $44) 20...
Rxb2 $140 (20... Kd7 21. Nb5 $16) 21. Rfb1 $16 {[%csl Ga4,Re8]} Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1
Ke7 {Differently,king of black- outside of game.} 23. Rb7+ Nd7 24. a5 Ra8 ({
It deserves attention:} 24... g5 {[%csl Yg5][%cal Yg5f4,Yg5h4]}) 25. a6 g5 (
25... Kd6 $5 26. f4 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7,Rh7]}) 26. Nc6+ $1 {I translate my
knight on more strong "parking".} Kd6 27. Nb4 f6 $6 (27... Rc8 $142 28. h4 $5 {
[%csl Yh2][%cal Ga6a7]}) 28. a7 Rc8 29. h4 $1 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Ra1 31. hxg5 fxg5
32. g4 $1 {[%csl Rg5,Rh7]} h6 ({Also loses:} 32... Ra3 33. Kg2 $140 Ra1 {
[%cal Ya1h1] because of:} 34. Kf3 e5 $140 35. Nxd5 $1 exd4 36. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7
37. a8=Q Rxa8 38. Nb6+ Kc6 39. Nxa8 Kb7 40. Ke4 Kxa8 41. Kxd4 Kb7 42. Ke5 Kc6
43. Kf5 h6 44. Kg6 $18 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6]}) 33. Kg2 $22 {[%csl Ya1][%cal Gg2f1]}
Ra4 34. Kf1 $138 {In this hopeless position,my contender has lost "on time".} (
{For example:} 34. Kf1 Ke7 (34... Ra1+ $143 35. Ke2 Ra3 36. Kd1 Ra1+ (36... e5
37. dxe5+ Nxe5 38. Rb6+ Kc7 39. Na6+ (39. Nxd5+ $5 Kd7 40. Rxh6 $18) 39... Kxb6
40. a8=Q Nc6 (40... Rxa6 $4 41. Qb8+ {[%csl Rb6,Re5]}) 41. Qf8 Rxa6 42. Qxh6
$18 {[%csl Rg5]}) 37. Kc2 Ra4 38. Kb3 Ra5 39. f3 $22 {A nice example of
zugzwang.Black's pieces can't move at all.}) 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Kd1 e5 (36... Ke7
$2 37. Kc2 Kd6 38. Kb3 Ra5 39. f3 $22) 37. dxe5+ Ke6 (37... Nxe5 $2 38. Rb6+
Kc7 39. Na6+ (39. Nxd5+ $5 Kd7 40. Rxh6 $18) 39... Kxb6 40. a8=Q Nc6 41. Qh8
Rxa6 42. Qxh6 $18 {[%csl Rg5]}) 38. Nd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 $5 {Besides this move,Black
has few options:} (5... c5 $5 {See comments to Doroshkievich,V-Shishkov,A/St.
Petersburg, 1999/CBM 74(1-0)(Golod,V)(30)}) (5... d5 $5 {See comments to
Hillarp Persson,T-Polgar,J/Sigeman & Co,2000/CBM 77(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)}) ({
and} 5... Nc6 $6) 6. a3 $5 {Also were checked up in previous games: 6.Bd3?!; 6.
Nf3 and 6.e5!?} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 {From my point of view,this move is much
better,than: 7...h6?!; 7...Nbd7; 7...Ne8?! or 7...c5.} 8. Bd3 {Less
essentially next continuations: 8.Nf3; 8.dxe5?!; 8.f3 and 8.d5?!} c5 $5 {
It was checked in the previous games: 8...Qe7?!; 8...Re8!?; 8...b6?! and} (8...
Nc6 $143 {You can see comments to Short,N-Karpov,A/Dortmund,1997/CBM 60(1-0)
(Tsesarsky,I)(44)}) 9. Ne2 ({On:} 9. d5 {you can find four games in Mega
Database 2003.}) 9... Nc6 10. d5 ({It deserves attention:} 10. O-O exd4 11.
cxd4 cxd4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Nxd4 {+/=/= Ivanisevic,I-Barlov,D/
Belgrade,1999(1-0)(43)}) 10... Ne7 ({Senselessly:} 10... Na5 {in view of:} 11.
Rb1 b6 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Qa2 $14 {[%csl Ya2,Yd3][%cal Ga3a4]}) 11. f3 Ng6 $5 $146
({The games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 11...
h6 12. h4 Nh7 13. g4 Ng6 14. h5 Nh8 15. Ng3 f6 16. Kf2 Nf7 $11 {Hillarp
Persson,T-Astrom,R/Sweden,2000(1/2-1/2)(53)}) ({and} 11... Nd7 $6 12. h4 Nb6
13. g4 f6 14. Ng3 Kf7 15. g5 $36 {Capablanca,J-Ragozin,V/Moscow,1935(1-0)(49)})
12. h4 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nh5 14.
Qd2 $13) 12... Nh5 {[%csl Rf4,Yg6,Yh5][%cal Yh5f4,Yg6f4]} 13. g3 {[%csl Yg3]
[%cal Yg3f4] White's plan is: Be3,Qd2(><f4) and g4.} ({Leads to benefit of the
contender:} 13. g4 $6 Nhf4 14. h5 (14. Nxf4 Nxf4 {=/=/+}) 14... Ng2+ (14...
Nxd3+ $5 15. Qxd3 Ne7 $11 {[%csl Rc4]}) 15. Kf2 N6f4 $13 {[%cal Gf4d3,Gf4e2,
Yg2f4]}) 13... b5 $5 {Differently,Black will be in a complete clip.} 14. cxb5
$140 c4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Very interesting sacrifice of the pawns.} ({It was
badly:} 14... a6 15. c4 $16 {[%cal Ya3a4,Yc1d2]}) 15. Bxc4 f5 16. Bg5 (16. Be3
$6 Nxg3 17. Bg5 (17. Nxg3 f4 $36 {[%csl Re3,Rg3]}) 17... Qc7 {[%csl Rc4]} 18.
Nxg3 Qxc4 19. h5 Nf4 $44) ({Can be recommended:} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 e4 (
17... Bxd3 $2 18. Qxd3 $16) 18. fxe4 Bg4 $44 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg6e5]}) 16...
Qb6 17. exf5 $6 ({Leads to absolute equality:} 17. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Yc2,Yd3][%cal
Ge4f5] (it is rather difficult to continue a game without this move)} f4 $1 18.
g4 Ng3 19. Rh2 (19. Rg1 $4 Nxe2 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gb6g1]} 20. Kxe2 Qe3+ {
[%csl Rf3]}) (19. Rh3 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 $1 $13 {[%csl Gc8,Rh3,Gh5][%cal Gh5g4]}
) 19... Nxe2 20. Bxe2 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} Qg1+ {[%csl Ra1,Rh2]} 21. Bf1 $8
{[%cal Yc2h2]} Qe3+ {[%csl Rc3,Rf3]} 22. Be2 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Qg1+ $11) 17...
Bxf5 18. Qd2 $2 ({It was necessary:} 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 e4 {[%cal Ga8e8]}
20. fxe4 Ne5 {[%csl Rb5,Re1]} 21. Qe3 Nf3+ 22. Kd1 Qxb5 $36) ({or} 18. Qb3 e4
19. g4 exf3 20. gxh5 (20. gxf5 $143 fxe2 {[%csl Gb6,Re1,Gf8]}) 20... fxe2 21.
Bxe2 (21. hxg6 $4 Bc2 {[%csl Re1,Ge2][%cal Gb6f2]}) 21... Be4 $40 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Gg6e5]}) 18... e4 $1 {[%csl Ya8,Yb6,Re1,Ge4,Yf5,Yf8,Yg6,Yh5][%cal Ya8e8]
Black develop the strong initiative,all their pieces are located ideally.} 19.
f4 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 19. Qd4 $6 exf3 20. g4 $140 (20.
Qxb6 axb6 {-/+/-+}) 20... f2+ $1 21. Qxf2 (21. Kxf2 Bxg4+ 22. Ke1 Ne5 $19)
21... Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bxg4+ 23. Ke1 Ne5 $19 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) (19. Nd4 Ne5 $36) ({
or} 19. g4 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4,Rf3][%cal Ge5f3,Ge5c4]} 20. Nd4 Nxc4 21. Qa2 Ne5 $40
{[%csl Re1]}) 19... Rac8 $17 ({Also good enough:} 19... h6 $5 {[%csl Rg5]}) 20.
Qd4 ({Also leads to big advantage of Black:} 20. Ba2 h6 {[%csl Rg5]}) 20...
Qxd4 $5 ({Probably,it was a little better:} 20... Bg4 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rg3][%cal
Gg4e2,Ye2g3,Gh7h6]}) 21. Nxd4 Rxc4 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. g4 Rxg5 $1 24. fxg5 (24.
hxg5 $143 Nhxf4) 24... Nhf4 $19 {[%cal Gc4c3] The rest is the matter of
technics.} 25. a4 (25. h5 $144 Ne5 {[%cal Gc4c3]}) 25... Rxc3 26. a5 (26. Kd2
$142 Nxd5 {[%csl Rd2]}) 26... Rc2 27. b6 $2 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 
27. Kd1 Rb2) 27... Ng2+ (27... Ng2+ {After this move White resigns,because of
next variants:} 28. Kf1 (28. Kd1 $144 Ne3+ 29. Ke1 Ne5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge5f3,
Ge5d3]}) 28... Ne3+ 29. Ke1 $8 (29. Kg1 Rg2#) 29... Ne5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge5f3,
Ge5d3]}) 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 {
Hansen: An interesting alternative to the the standard 6.-, b6.} 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 {Hansen: Accepting the pawn sacrifice is considered dangerous because of
Black's lead in development.} (8. bxc6 {Hansen,LB} Nxc6 $44) 8... cxb5 9. e3
Bb7 10. Nf3 (10. f3 {See comments to Kramnik-Adams,Dortmund/1998/;CBM 66})
10... h6 (10... Nc6 11. Bxb5 (11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qe2 Nb3
15. Rd1 Nc1 16. Qd2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 b4 18. O-O Qb6 19. Qb3 a5 20. axb4 Bd5 21.
Qa4 axb4 $15 22. Qxd7 $4 Rc7 23. Qa4 Ra8 {0-1 Savic,M-Milanovic,D/JUG-chT 1993}
) 11... Rc8 12. Qd2 (12. Be2 Na5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd3 Bd5 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. b4
$16 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxg2 $4 18. Rg1 Qxh2 19. Kd2 $18 {1-0 Lahlum,H-Greger,R/
Politiken Cup, Copenhagen DEN 1998 (31)}) 12... Qb6 13. Bxc6 Rxc6 14. Bxf6 Rfc8
$5 15. O-O (15. d5 Rc2 16. Bd4 Qa6 17. Qd1 Bxd5 18. Bc3 Bb3 19. Nd4 Rxb2 $44)
15... gxf6 16. Rfc1 Qc7 $14 {1-0 Dive,R-Gunter,D/Hastings Masters 1995 (38)}) (
10... a6 11. Bd3 d6 12. O-O (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qc7 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxf3 15. Rg1
Nc6 16. Qxd6 Rac8 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. Qg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Kristensen,B/
Nordic Grand Prix 1997 (60)}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qe1 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16.
Qb4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Ne6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Jeremic,V-Papa,S/
Eu Youth bu14, Mureck AUT 1998 (56)}) (10... a6 {Hansen,LB}) 11. Bxf6 $5 (11.
Bh4 a6 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Na6 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 Nc7 16. Bd3 d6 17.
Ng1 f5 18. Ne2 a6 19. f3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qf6 21. O-O Nd5 22. Qd2 f4 $15 {1/2-1/2
Forintos,G-Zsinka,L/HUN-chT1 1995 (47)}) 12. Bd3 Nc6 (12... d6 13. O-O g5 14.
Bg3 Nh5 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Bb1 Ne7 17. Qc7 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rb8 19. Nd2 Qxc7 20.
Rxc7 Nd5 21. Rd7 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc1 Nb6 24. Rc7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26.
Be4 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 Wiedenkeller,M-Jepson,C/SWE-ch 1992}) 13. O-O Na5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. e4 Kg7 16. Rae1 Rg8 17. Qc1 Rc8 18. Qf4 Qc7 19. Qh4 Nc4 20. Re2 $14
Qd8 21. Qf4 Qc7 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Qf4 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Thorsteins,K-Adorjan,A/
Akureyri 1988}) 11... Qxf6 12. Qc7 (12. Be2 Qg6 (12... Rc8 13. Qd3 a6 (13...
Bd5 14. Qxb5 Nc6 15. Qa6 Bb3 16. Nd2 Rcb8 17. Qd3 Ba4 18. Qa6 Bb3 19. O-O Rb6
20. Qd3 Rab8 21. Qc3 Qg6 22. Bd3 f5 23. f3 Qg5 24. Rfe1 Ne7 25. Qa5 Nd5 26. Nf1
$16 {1/2-1/2 Kumaran,D-Ashley,M/New York Marshall 1995 (42)}) 14. O-O Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Ra7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 $14 {1-0 Salov,V-Rivas Pastor,M/Madrid 1993 (31)}
) 13. Qc7 Bd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd6 f5 17. Rc5 Kh7 18. Rfc1 f4 19.
Nh4 Qf6 20. Bd3+ Kg8 21. e4 Ba2 22. Nf3 $16 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Arnason,J/
Reykjavik 1984 (56)}) (12. Rc1 Na6 13. Bxb5 Rac8 14. Qd2 Qg6 15. Be2 Rxc1+ 16.
Qxc1 Rc8 17. Qd1 Qxg2 18. Rg1 Qh3 19. Rg3 Qf5 20. Ne5 Qc2 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Nd3
d6 23. Kd1 Rc8 24. Kd2 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Seirawan,Y/Reykjavik Summit 1990
}) (12. Bxb5 {Hansen,LB} Rc8 $1 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxf3 15. Rg1 Nc6 $11)
12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 (13... Qxf3 $5 14. Rg1 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gf1b5]} Nc6 $1 15.
Bg2 $6 (15. Qxd7 $142 {see 13..Nc6}) 15... Qg4 16. Qxd7 (16. Kf1 $6 Rac8 17.
Qxd7 Ne5 $1 18. Qxb5 (18. dxe5 Rfd8) 18... Rc2) 16... Rac8 17. h3 Qg5 (17...
Qg6 $5) 18. Kf1 Rfd8 19. Qb7 Nxd4 $1 20. Bh1 $1 (20. Be4 $2 Qh4 $1 21. exd4 Rb8
$1 22. Qc6 $140 Rdc8) (20. exd4 $2 Rc1+ 21. Ke2 Rc2+ 22. Kf1 Qd2 23. Qf3 Rc1+
$19) (20. h4 Qxh4 21. exd4 Rc2 22. Qf3 Qxd4 $17) 20... Qh4 21. exd4 Qxh3+ 22.
Ke1 (22. Bg2 Qd3+ 23. Ke1 Rc2 24. Qf3 Qd2+ 25. Kf1 Rc1+ $19) 22... Rc2 $40) 14.
Qxd7 (14. f4 $6 {Hansen,LB} Rac8 (14... Qe7 15. Bxb5 Rfc8 16. Qb7 Rab8 17. Qa6
$13) 15. Qxd7 (15. Qb7 b4 $13) 15... Rfd8 16. Qb7 Nxd4 $1 17. exd4 Qxd4 $19 {
>< Ke1}) 14... Qxf3 15. Rg1 Rfd8 $146 (15... Rad8 16. Qc7 (16. Bg2 $140 $4 Qxg2
) 16... Rc8 17. Qg3 Qxg3 (17... Qf6 $6 18. Bxb5 Rfd8 19. Kf1 Nxd4 $2 20. exd4
Rc2 21. Rd1 Rxb2 22. Be2 Rd5 23. Qc3 Rb8 $18 {0-1 Djukic,Z-Kengis,E/Pula op
1990 (40)}) 18. hxg3 a6) 16. Bg2 $1 Rxd7 (16... Qxg2 $4 17. Qxd8+ $18) 17. Bxf3
$14 Rc8 18. Rc1 Rdc7 19. Kd2 $2 (19. b4 $4 Nxd4 $1 20. Rxc7 Nxf3+) (19. Rc5
$142 $1 a6 {[%cal Gc6a5] /\Na5} (19... b4 20. Kd2 $1) (19... Na5 20. Rxb5 Rc1+
21. Bd1) 20. b4 $5 (20. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Gg1c1]} Na5 21. b4 $1 (21. Rgc1 $4 Nb3 $1
22. Rxc7 Nxc1+) 21... Nb3 (21... Nc4 $2 22. Bb7 $3 Rxc5 23. dxc5 $16) 22. Rxc7
Rxc7 {[%cal Gb3c1,Gc7c2]} 23. Rb1 $1 Rc3 (23... Rc2+ $2 24. Kd3 $1 Rd2+ (24...
Rxf2 25. Be2 Nxd4 26. exd4 $16) 25. Kc3 (25. Ke4 $2 Rxd4+ $1) 25... Rxf2 26.
Bb7 Nd2 $140 27. Rb2) (23... Nc1+ $6 24. Kd2 Na2 {[%cal Gc7c3]} 25. Ra1 Nc3 26.
Rc1 Nd5 27. Rc5 $1 (27. Rxc7 Nxc7 $14) 27... Rd7 28. Rc6 $16 (28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29.
Rc6 $14)) 24. Be4 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge2d1,Ge4c2] /\Kd1,Bc2} (24. Bb7) (24.
Kd1 Nxd4 $1 25. Bb7 Nf5 $1 (25... Rd3+) 26. Bxa6 Nd6) 24... f5 $1 (24... Kf8 $2
25. Kd1 {[%cal Ge4c2]} a5 26. Bc2 $1 (26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Rxb5 Rxa3) 26... a4 27.
Bxb3 $1 axb3 28. Rb2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d2]}) (24... a5 $2 25. Kd1 $1 (25. bxa5
f5 (25... Nxa5 $2 26. Rxb5 f5 (26... Rxa3 $4 27. Rb8#) 27. Bxf5 $1 exf5 28.
Rxa5 $18) 26. Bh1 (26. a6 fxe4 27. a7 Nxd4+ 28. exd4 Rxa3 29. Rxb5 Rxa7 30. Re5
$11) 26... Nxa5 27. Rxb5 Rxa3 28. d5 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra5]}) 25... a4 26. Bc2 $1
g5 27. Bxb3 axb3 28. Rb2 $1 {[%cal Gd1d2]}) 25. Bb7 Nc1+ $1 (25... a5 26. Ba6
$18) 26. Kd2 Na2 27. Bxa6 (27. d5 Rxa3 $1 (27... Rc7 28. Bxa6 Nc3 29. Rb2 exd5
30. Kd3 $1) 28. dxe6 Kf8 $13) 27... Rxa3 28. Bc8 (28. Bxb5 $4 Nc3) 28... Kf7 {
[%cal Ga3a4]} 29. d5 $1 exd5 30. Bxf5 Kf6 31. Bd3 Nc3 32. Rc1 Ne4+ 33. Bxe4
dxe4 34. Rc5 Ra2+ 35. Ke1 $14) 20... Nb8 $1 21. Kd2 Nd7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1
$1 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5]}) (19. Bxc6 $142 {Hansen,LB} Rxc6 20. Rxc6
Rxc6 21. Kd2 $11 {This R-ending should be a draw, although Black has the
marginally better pawn structure, as the White h-pawn is isolated and
therefore a potential weakness.}) 19... Na5 $1 20. Rxc7 $8 Rxc7 21. Rb1 {
[%cal Gb2b3]} Kf8 (21... Nb3+ $5 22. Kd1 $1 (22. Kd3 Nc1+ 23. Kd2 (23. Ke4 Nb3
{[%cal Gb3d2]} 24. Kd3) 23... Nb3+) (22. Ke1) 22... a5 23. Be2 $1 Rb7 $8 (23...
b4 $2 24. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5a4]} Rb7 25. a4 $1 {[%cal Gb5c4]} Rc7 26. Bd3 $1 $18
{[%cal Gd3c2]}) 24. Kc2 a4 25. Kc3 $1 Rc7+ (25... b4+ 26. axb4 Rc7+ 27. Bc4 $1
Nd2 $1 (27... Rxc4+ $2 28. Kxc4 Nd2+ 29. Kd3 Nxb1 30. b5 $18) 28. Kxd2 Rxc4 29.
Ra1 $1 Rxb4 30. Kc3 $1 Rb3+ 31. Kc2 Rb4 32. Ra3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc2c3]}) 26. Kb4
Nd2 $1 (26... Rc2 27. Bxb5 Rxf2 (27... Nd2 $2 28. Bd3 $1) 28. Kxa4 $16) 27. Rd1
(27. Re1 Rc2 28. Bxb5 Rxb2+ 29. Kxa4 Ne4 $132) 27... Ne4 (27... Nc4 28. Rc1 $1
Rb7 $1 29. Rc2 $1 Nd6 30. Rc6 $1 Nc4 31. Bxc4 (31. Kc3 $5) 31... bxc4+ 32. Kc3
$1 Rb3+ 33. Kc2 $16) 28. Bxb5 Rc2 29. Rb1 $1 $14) 22. b3 {Hansen: >< Na5; /\
Be2 >< b5.} Ke7 23. Be2 (23. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1c2,Gb1g1]}) 23... a6 24. h4 g5
25. hxg5 hxg5 26. a4 b4 $1 {[%cal Gc7c3] Hansen: This temporary pawn sacrifice
leads to a draw.} (26... bxa4 $6 27. bxa4 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 27. Bxa6 Rc3 28.
Bc4 (28. Be2 Rxb3 $1 29. Rxb3 Nxb3+ 30. Kc2 Na5 $11) 28... Kd6 29. e4 Nxc4+ 30.
bxc4 Rxc4 31. Kd3 (31. Kd3 Rc3+ 32. Kd2 Rc4 33. Kd3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 $5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8b7]} 5. a3 (5.
e4 $5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. Bd3 $5 (7. e5 $143 Ng8 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. h4
Nbc6 11. Rh3 d6 12. Rg3 g6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,
S-Staniszewski,P/Polish Team-ch, Krynica POL 1997 (28)}) 7... d6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9.
O-O h6 10. f4 e5 11. Ba3 Qd7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 Ne7 14. c5 c6 15. d6 Ng6 16.
Ng3 Nf4 17. Nf5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O-O 19. Nxg7 Rhg8 20. Nf5 Nh5 21. Qh3 {1-0
Lima,D-Miranda,M/Olicio Gadia mem, Rio de Janeiro BRA 1997}) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Bb7 7. f3 (7. Bg5 $143 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Ne2
O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. b4 Rab8 {[%csl Yb7][%cal Yb8b7,Gf6e4]} 15. Rab1 $2 (15.
Bf2 $5) 15... Nxe4 16. Qe1 Nef6 $17 {Zezelj,V-Kristovic,M/Open, Zagreb CRO
1998/0-1 (55)}) 7... d5 $5 (7... d6 $5 8. e4 $5 (8. Bg5 Nbd7 $5 (8... h6 9. Bh4
g5 $6 10. Bf2 Nbd7 11. e4 Nh5 12. c5 $1 Ndf6 13. c6 Bc8 14. O-O-O $16 {1-0
Hochstein,U-Wegge,M/Bochum-ch 1991 (29)}) 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. d5 a5 (11...
Nxe4 $5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bxc7 Ke7 14. bxc3 Rhc8 15. Bxd6+ Kxd6 $44 {Golod,V})
12. Be2 a4 (12... Nxe4 $5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bxc7 Nxe2 15. Nxe2 Ke7 16. Nc3 Rhc8
17. Nb5 Rxc7 $1 18. Nxc7 Rc8 19. Nb5 Rxc4 $13 {Golod,V}) 13. Nh3 $2 (13. Bf2 $5
) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bh4 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Ba6 $19 {0-1 Sobl,
T-Gaprindashvili,V/WchJM-U14 1995 (24)}) 8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 O-O 11. Ne2
Nh5 12. O-O Re8 13. b4 Qe7 14. Be3 Nf8 15. c5 $14 {Poschel,P-Suraci,A/USA-ch
1948/1-0 (45)}) (7... Nh5 $6 8. Nh3 f5 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4
Qe7 13. Bb2 Nhf6 14. Rad1 Rae8 15. Nf4 g5 16. Nd3 Ba8 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. a4 $14
Qg6 19. b5 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Qb3 Re7 23. c5+ Bd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5
25. Qxd5+ Qf7 26. Qd4 Re5 27. cxd6 f4 28. gxf4 gxf4 {1-0 Lobo,R-Gold,D/Las
Vegas op 1992}) (7... c5 $5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Bg5 Nc6 $5 (9... h6 $143 10. Bh4 a5
11. e3 d6 12. O-O-O Ra6 13. Nh3 Nbd7 14. Be2 Qa8 15. Rd2 Rb6 16. Rhd1 $14 {
Candela Perez,J-Padron,J/ESP-chT 1994/1-0 (49)}) 10. e3 a5 11. Bd3 a4 12. Ne2
d6 13. O-O Ne5 14. Rad1 Ba6 15. Nc1 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Be2 Rfb8
19. Rxd6 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxb2 21. Qe4 Rc8 22. Be2 Ng6 23. Rfd1 Rb1 {1/2-1/2
Denayer,E-Cekro,E/Antwerpen op 1994}) 8. e3 $5 $146 (8. Bg5 $5 Nbd7 9. e3 O-O
10. Ne2 Rc8 11. Qd2 Qe8 12. Nc3 e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qe6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16.
Bd3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Nb3 18. Bxb3 Bxb3 19. O-O Rfd8 20. Qe1 $11 {1-0 Ljubojevic,
L-Fehr,D/Zuerich sim 1988 (40)}) 8... O-O 9. cxd5 $6 (9. Nh3 $6 c5 $1 $36) (9.
Bd3 $5 {/\Nge2,0-0}) (9. b3 $5 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 9... Nxd5 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Gf7f5,Gf5e4]} (9... exd5 $143 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 c5 12. O-O Re8 $11) 10. Qc2
(10. Qb3 $143 f5 $36) 10... f5 $13 11. Bd3 (11. Bc4 $5) 11... Nd7 $5 {[%cal
Gc7c5]} 12. Ne2 Qh4+ $5 (12... c5 $5 13. O-O $140 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c2]})
13. Ng3 (13. g3 $6 Qh3 $1 (13... Qg5 $2 14. e4 Ne3 15. Qxc7 $16) (13... Qh5 $6
14. O-O $14) 14. Ng1 Qh5 15. e4 N5f6 $36) 13... c5 $1 $15 14. Qf2 $1 {><d4;/
\0-0,Ne2} cxd4 $5 {/\Nf4} (14... Rac8 $6 15. O-O cxd4 16. exd4 Rc7 17. Re1 $14
{[%csl Re6]}) 15. exd4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 $5 (16. Bc2 $6 Rac8 $6 (16... Ba6 $1 {
[%cal Ga6f1]} 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Ne2 Qd6 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. O-O
$11) 16... Qxf4 17. Ne2 (17. O-O $5) 17... Qd6 18. O-O e5 $6 (18... Rac8 $5 $15
) 19. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 (20... Qxe5 $143 21. Nd4 $36) 21. Rfd1 $11 {
/\Bd5} Qf6 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc4 $5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc4b2,Gf6b2]} (23...
Rad8 $143 24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nc4 {[%csl Rb2]} 26. Nd4 $13 {[%csl Rf5]}) 24.
Qd4 $1 Qxd4+ (24... Rac8 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Rc1 Rff8 $11) 25. Rxd4 Rac8 (25...
Nxb2 $4 26. Ra2 $18 {[%csl Ga4,Rb2,Gc4,Gd1,Gd3,Yd4][%cal Gb2c4,Gb2d3,Gb2d1,
Gb2a4]}) 26. b4 $5 $11 {[%cal Ga1a2,Ga2e2]} Ne3 27. Ra2 Rfe8 28. Kf2 Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Paris NAO"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.05.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.05.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 (10... Nbd7 $5 {It's main line.}) 11. Nh3 $5 {
Comments to this part of the game(11-20 moves) you can find in annotations to:
Kramnik,V-Tiviakov,S/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72 (1-0)(Golod,V)(42)} Nbd7 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bf2 c4 16. b3 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bd1 Bc6 19.
Bc2 Nb6 20. Qa5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] White prevents the progress "a5".} ({The
games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 20. a4 $5
Qd7 $6 {[%csl Ra4]} ({Can be recommended:} 20... a5 $5) (20... g5 $6 {[%cal
Gc6d7,Gd7h3] (weakness /^e5-h8; Kg8)} 21. Kh1 $5 $14 {[%csl Yg1][%cal Yh3g1]
You can see comments to Golod,V-Shariyazdanov,A/Neum,2000/CBM 79(1-0)(Golod,V)
(33)}) 21. a5 Nc8 $8 (21... Na4 $4 {is refuted by:} 22. Qa3 $18 {[%csl Ra4]})
22. Bh4 $1 {/\Nf2} Nh7 23. Nf2 $14 {See comments to Kramnik,V-Tiviakov,S/Las
Vegas,1999/CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)(42)}) 20... Qd7 {[%cal Gc6a4]} 21. a4 $14 {
This move is directed against Ba4.} Nc8 {Black don't have any clear plan,they
wait and prepare for active actions on the part of White.} 22. Nf4 {It is
necessary to improve an location of the knight.} Nd6 23. Ne2 Reb8 24. Rfb1 {
<->b} Rxb1+ {Black had no other worthy alternative:} (24... Qe7 25. Nc3 $5 {
and absolutely not clearly,what to do further?}) 25. Rxb1 Nb7 ({Hardly is
better:} 25... Qe7 26. Nc3 Re8 27. Nd1 {[%csl Yd1][%cal Gf2g3,Yd1e3]}) 26. Qd2
{[%csl Rb7][%cal Ye2c3]} Qe7 ({Pretty dubiously:} 26... a5 $6 {[%csl Rb4][%cal
Yf6e8,Ye8c7,Yc7a6,Ya6b4] in view of:} 27. Nc3 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Nd6 $140 28. e4 $1
dxe4 29. d5 $16) 27. Qb4 {For White it is certainly favourable to exchange QQ.}
Nd6 (27... Qxb4 $143 28. Rxb4 {/\Nc3 and e4}) 28. Nc3 {It's ideal "parking"
for White's knight.} Re8 29. Re1 {[%csl Yb4,Yc2,Yc3,Ye1,Yf2][%cal Ge3e4] All
White's pieces are located ideally.} Qd8 {The rather doubtful decision,but is
very difficult to give good advice.} 30. Bh4 ({It was a much better:} 30. Qc5
$1 {[%csl Ra7,Gc5,Rc6]} Qd7 $140 {[%cal Yd7a7,Yd7d6]} 31. Bh4 {[%csl Rd5,Yf6]
[%cal Gh4f6]} g5 32. Bg3 Re6 33. Be5 $16) 30... Nb7 31. Bg3 ({A little
prematurely:} 31. e4 $6 dxe4 {[%csl Rd4]} (31... a5 $143 32. Qb2 g5 (32... dxe4
$2 {is refuted by:} 33. d5 $1 Bxd5 34. Rd1 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5,Yf6][%cal Gh4f6,
Gc3d5]}) 33. Bf2 $16) 32. Qxc4 Na5 33. Qc5 exf3 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. gxf3 $14)
31... Nh5 32. Bf2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} a5 {In my opinion,this move is better,than:} (
32... Nf6 $6 33. e4 $1 a5 (33... dxe4 $2 34. fxe4 {[%csl Rc4,Gd4,Ge4]}) 34. Qb2
dxe4 35. Bxe4 {+/=/+/-}) 33. Qa3 (33. Qb2 $143 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb2d4]} Nd6 34.
e4 $140 Nf4 $14) 33... Nf6 34. Bg3 (34. e4 $6 dxe4 35. Bxe4 (35. fxe4 $2 Ng4
36. d5 Nxf2 37. Kxf2 (37. dxc6 $4 Qb6 {[%csl Gb6,Gf2,Rg1][%cal Gf2h3]} 38. Kf1
Ng4 $19) 37... Qh4+ {[%csl Re1]} 38. Kf1 Bd7 $15) 35... Nd5 $14) ({In this
position I would accept the following decision:} 34. h3 $5 {[%csl Rg4,Yh3]
[%cal Yh3g4,Ge3e4] +/=/+/-}) 34... Nh5 35. Bf2 Nf6 36. Bg3 {In interests of
his team Alexsander Khalfman decided to repeat moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 d6 5. Qc2 $5 ({Other alternatives are:} 
5. Bg5) (5. g3) (5. Qb3) (5. e3) (5. a3 $6) 5... Nbd7 $5 (5... Nc6 $5 6. Bg5 (
6. g3 $5) 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 {= 1-0 Eliskases,E-Schmitt,L/Bad Oeynhausen 1938/HCL (51)}) ({and
} 5... c5 $6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O e5 $6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Nd5
{+/- 1-0 Vladimirov,B-Barstatis,R/Leningrad 1962/MCD (29) -was checked in the
previous games.}) 6. g3 $5 ({Also possibly:} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 b6 8. g3 Bb7
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 $5 {= 1/2-1/2 Rogers,
I-Speelman,J/Salamanca ESP 1998 (19)}) ({and} 6. Bd2 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bd3 e5 9.
O-O-O O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Re8 12. Rhe1 a5 13. b3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. f3
Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. a4 Qg5+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 {= 1/2-1/2 Borisenko,
G-Lisitsin,G/Leningrad 1956/URS-ch (22)}) 6... b6 $5 ({Worse is:} 6... O-O 7.
Bg2 e5 8. O-O {+=}) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 $5 {N} ({Another line is:
} 9... O-O 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Ne4 $5 {Besides,there are two options:} (11... a5
$5 12. Rad1 Be4 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Dokhoian, Y-Vyzmanavin,A/
Irkutsk 1986/TD (24) +/=/=}) (11... c5 $143 12. Rad1 Rfc8 $6 (12... Ne4 $5) 13.
d5 $1 e5 14. Nh4 Ne8 $2 (14... g6 $142) 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. f4 a6 17. Nxd6 $1 Nxd6
18. fxe5 {+- 1-0 Atalik,S-Vehi Bach,V/Groningen 1996/EXT 98 (21)}) 12. Qc2 f5
13. d5 exd5 14. Rad1 c5 15. cxd5 Qf7 $6 (15... Rae8 $5) 16. Nh4 Rae8 17. f3 $36
{1-0 Ricardi,P-Giaccio,A/Buenos Aires ARG 1998 (34)}) 10. b3 $5 {White's plan
is:Bb2,Rad1or Rfd1and:d5} ({Worse is:} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 {=}
) 10... O-O 11. Bb2 Rc8 ({Dubious:} 11... Ne4 {because of:} 12. Qe3 f5 13. dxc5
$1 {and white has a big positional advantage.} (13. Ng5 $2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
Bb2 f4 $1 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Qh3 $8 Qxg5 (17... Nxg5 $2 18. Qc3 {+=}) 18. Qxd7
Nc5 19. Qh3 f3 $1 {-/+})) 12. Rfd1 $5 ({After} 12. Rad1 {can be recommended:}
d5) 12... Qe7 $1 {><Pe2} (12... d5 $6 13. dxc5 $1 bxc5 (13... Rxc5 $4 14. Ba3
Ne4 15. Qe3 {+-}) (13... Nxc5 14. Qe3 {+=}) 14. e3 {+=}) 13. d5 $5 ({Another
alternativ is:} 13. Qe3) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 Qxe2 $1 (14... b5 $6 15. Nh4 $36)
15. Rd2 {~=} ({Badly:} 15. Re1 {because of:} Qa6 16. Re7 (16. Bf1 b5 17. a4
Bxd5 18. Bxb5 Qb7 {-/+}) 16... b5 $1 17. Rxd7 $140 {??} b4 {-+}) 15... Qe7 $5 (
{In my opinion good enough:} 15... Qa6 $5 16. Bf1 $1 (16. a4 $6 Rfe8 17. Bf1
Qa5 18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. Bc4 Re7 {=/+/-/+}) (16. Bh3 $143 Rcd8 {=+}) (16. Nh4 b5 {
=+}) 16... b5 17. a4 b4 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bb5 {~=}) ({Dubious:} 15... Qe4 $6 16.
Re1 Qb4 (16... Qg6 $2 17. Nh4 $36) (16... Qg4 $143 17. h3 Qb4 18. Qxb4 cxb4 19.
Re7 $36) 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Re7 {~=}) 16. Re1 Qd8 17. Nh4 {is the best move.}
Re8 18. Rde2 Rxe2 $5 ({Can be recommended:} 18... Re5) 19. Rxe2 $140 Ba6 20.
Re1 ({Worse is:} 20. Re3 {in view of:} Ne5) 20... Qf8 {/\Re8} (20... Ne5 $5)
21. Nf5 Re8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 (22... Nxe8 $6 23. Qe3 $36 {/\Ne7-c6(weakness><c6;
Pa7)} (23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nf5 Nef6 {=+})) 23. Nxd6 Qe2 24. h3 (24. Nc4 $5 Qd1+
25. Bf1 h6 {=} (25... Qxd5 $2 26. Nxb6 $1 axb6 27. Bxa6 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29.
Qf3 {+=})) 24... Bd3 $1 25. Nc4 {with the idea Ne5 or Ne3} Be4 26. Bf1 Qh5 27.
Ne3 $6 ({Better is:} 27. d6 Qd1 28. Qe3 {+=}) 27... Qg6 ({Dubious:} 27... Bxd5
{because of:} 28. g4 Qg6 (28... Qg5 29. f4 Qg6 30. Nf5 $36) 29. Nf5 $36) 28.
Qc4 h5 29. Be2 $6 (29. Qa4 $142 h4 30. g4 {+/=/+/-}) 29... Bb1 $6 ({Loses:} 
29... Bxd5 $2 {in view of:} 30. Nxd5 Qb1+ (30... Nxd5 31. Qxd5 Qb1+ 32. Bf1
Qxb2 33. Qxd7 {+-}) 31. Bc1 $1 (31. Qc1 Qxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Nxd5 33. Bxh5 {+=})
31... Nxd5 32. Bd3 Qa1 33. Qxd5 Qxc1+ 34. Kg2 Nf8 (34... Nf6 35. Qd8+) 35. Bc4
Ne6 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qxa7 {+-}) (29... h4 $1 {with the idea after:} 30. g4 Bxd5
$1 31. Nxd5 Qb1+ 32. Bc1 (32. Qc1 $143 Qxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Nxd5 {=+}) 32... Nxd5 33.
Bd3 Qa1 34. Qxd5 Qxc1+ 35. Kg2 Nf8 36. Bc4 Qf4 37. Qb7 {=}) 30. h4 $6 (30. Qa4
$5) 30... Be4 31. a4 (31. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 $140 32. d6 {+=}) 31... Kh7 ({Loses:} 
31... Bxd5 $2 {in view of:} 32. Nxd5 Qb1+ 33. Bc1 $1 Nxd5 34. Bd3 Qa1 35. Qxd5
Qxc1+ 36. Kg2 Nf8 37. Bc4 Ne6 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qxa7 {+-}) 32. Kh2 ({Good
enough:} 32. d6) 32... Bb1 33. Bf3 $6 (33. Qa6 $142) 33... Bd3 $5 {/\34...Be4
(><Pd5)} 34. Qc1 (34. Qf4 $142) 34... Be4 35. Qd1 Bxf3 36. Qxf3 Qe4 37. Kg2 $6
$138 (37. Qd1 $142 {+=}) 37... Kg6 $6 $138 (37... Qxf3+ $2 38. Kxf3 Kg8 (38...
Ne8 39. Nc4 {+=}) 39. d6 $1 {+=} Ne8 $140 40. Ke4 Nxd6+ 41. Kd5 {and white has
a winning endgame.}) (37... a6 $1 38. Bxf6 $140 Nxf6 39. Qxe4+ Nxe4 40. Kf3
Nd2+ 41. Kf4 Nxb3 42. d6 Nd4 43. d7 Ne6+ 44. Ke5 b5 $132) 38. d6 Qe6 $5 (38...
Qxf3+ $6 39. Kxf3 Ne8 (39... Nf8 40. Kf4 Ne6+ 41. Ke5 Nd8 42. d7 $1 {+/- K})
40. Ke4 $1 (40. Nc4 $2 Kf5) 40... Nxd6+ 41. Kd5 Ne8 42. Kc6 {+/-}) (38... a6 $5
) 39. Qf4 Qe8 $4 {loses right away} (39... Qe4+ $8 40. Qf3 (40. Qxe4+ $143 Nxe4
41. Nc4 Nef6 $1) 40... Qe6 {=}) 40. Qf5+ Kh6 41. Bxf6 $5 ({Better is:} 41. Ng4+
$3 hxg4 (41... Nxg4 $2 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qxg7#) 42. Bc1+ g5 43. hxg5+ Kg7 44.
gxf6+ Nxf6 $8 (44... Kf8 45. Bh6+ Kg8 46. Qg5+) 45. Qg5+ {+-}) 41... Nxf6 (
41... gxf6 42. Qf3 $1 {+-} (42. g4 $143 hxg4 43. Nxg4+ Kg7 44. Nxf6 Nxf6 45.
Qg5+ Kh7 46. Qxf6 Qe4+ 47. Kh2 Qd5 {+/-})) 42. g4 $1 hxg4 ({Also loses:} 42...
Nxg4 43. Nxg4+ hxg4 44. d7 Qa8+ $8 (44... Qd8 45. Qg5+) 45. Kg1 f6 46. h5 {+-})
43. d7 $1 (43. d7 $1 Qa8+ (43... Qd8 $143 44. Nxg4+ Nxg4 45. Qg5+) 44. Kg1 g3
45. f3 $5 {+-} (45. Ng4+ Nxg4 46. Qxg4 {+-} (46. Qg5+ $4 Kh7 47. d8=Q gxf2+ 48.
Kf1 Qh1+ {-+})) 45... Nxd7 46. Ng4#) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 08th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 $5 ({Other
options is:} 5... c5 $5 {See comments to Doroshkievich,V-Shishkov,A/St.
Petersburg, 1999/CBM 74(1-0)(Golod,V)(30)}) (5... d6 $5 {See comments to Short,
N-Karpov,A/Dortmund,1997/CBM 60 (1-0)(Tsesarsky)(44)}) 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nge2 $5 {Besides,white has several alternatives:} (8. a3 Ba5 (8... Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 cxd4 (9... Nc6 10. Bb2 $1 (10. Nf3 $2 cxd4 11. Bxe4 (11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2
Nxd2 13. Nxd2 dxc4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 $17) 11... dxe4 12. Qxe4 dxc3 13. Ng5 g6 14.
Nf3 f5 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. O-O Qa5 $17 {Zitin,Yuri-Veingold,Aleksandr/Keres mem,
1998(0-1)(43)}) 10... f5 $132) 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Nc6 (11... f6 $6 12. Nf3
Nc6 13. Rb1 $14 {Berkovich,D-Tangborn,Eric/Kobanya,1992 (1-0)(48)}) 12. Bxe4
dxe4 13. Bb2 Qa6 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Rc1 $11 (15. c5 $2 b6 16. Qxe4 Bb7 17. Qg4
bxc5 $17 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb7g2] Zimmerman,Yuri-Belichev,Nikolai/Budapest,1999
(0-1)(27)})) 9. Bxe4 (9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 Nxe5
$132 {Zimmerman,Yuri-Wells,Peter/HUN,1998 (0-1)(39)}) 9... dxe4 10. dxc5 Qd4 (
10... Nc6 11. b4 Bc7 12. Nxe4 Nxe5 13. Be3 f5 $44 {Zimmerman,Yuri-Lukacs,Peter/
HUN,1999 (1/2-1/2)(21)}) 11. Nge2 Qxc4 12. O-O Qd3 (12... Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Qxc5
14. Qxe4 Nc6 $11) 13. Qa4 Bc7 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Qb4 Qa6 16. Qxe4 Bc6 $44 {
Olivera,Alfredo-Karastoichev,Emil Stefanov/Buenos Aires ol,1939(0-1)(24)}) (8.
dxc5 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd7c5]} (8... Nc6 $2 9. Nf3 f5 $5 (9... Qa5 10.
O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rb1 dxc4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Qe4 Nxe5 (14... Re8 15.
Qh4 $18 {Issakainen,Ari-Liitiainen,Elia/Helsinki op,1999(1-0)(22)}) 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Qh3 Rd8 18. Be4+ Kg8 19. c6 $16) 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O
Bxc3 12. bxc3 $16) 9. Nf3 Ndxc5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 b6 13. Ba3
Re8 14. Rfd1 Ba6 $19 {Kaidanov,Grigory S-Kharitonov,Andrei Y/Smolensk,1986(0-1)
(20)}) (8. cxd5 $5 {See comments to Ahlander,B-Wedberg,T/Stockholm,1999/ CBM
73(1-0) (Golod,V)(43)}) 8... f5 (8... Nc6 $5 9. cxd5 exd5 {+/=/=}) 9. cxd5 $146
{Except of this move white have also.} (9. a3 $5 Ba5 (9... Qa5 10. Rb1 Bxc3+
11. bxc3 cxd4 12. Rb5 $14) 10. Bxe4 (10. cxd5 $2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd5 $17 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc5c4]}) 10... fxe4 11. O-O (11. dxc5 $2 d4 12. b4 Bc7 13. Nxe4
d3 $17) 11... Nc6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxe5 15. Qb3 Nc4 16.
Nxe4 Qe7 $132) (9. exf6 $5 Qxf6 (9... cxd4 $1 10. Nxd4 Nxf6 11. Nb3 $132) 10.
O-O cxd4 11. cxd5 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 $14) 11... Nxf2 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Nf4
$36 {[%cal Gf4g6]}) 9... cxd4 10. Bxe4 $1 ({Badly:} 10. a3 $2 Ba5 $140 11. Nxd4
{because of:} Qxd5 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4]}) (10. Nxd4 $6 Qxd5 11. Nf3 Nc6 $15)
10... fxe4 11. Nxd4 $1 (11. Qxe4 $2 exd5 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd1 d4 14. a3 Be7 $15
) 11... Qxd5 (11... exd5 12. O-O Bc5 (12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxe4 $1 $14)
13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Nc6 (14... Bxe3 15. fxe3 $14 {[%cal Gf1f8,Gb3d4]} Rxf1+ 16.
Rxf1 Nc6 17. Rd1 $14) 15. Bxb6 axb6 $132) 12. Be3 {White solved opening
problems and equalized.} Nd7 13. O-O {[%csl Re4]} Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxe5 $44 {
Black with P over, but white have enough compensation.} 15. Rfd1 (15. Rad1 $5)
15... Qc4 ({It deserves attention:} 15... Nd3 16. f3 Qe5 17. fxe4 Nf4 18. Qc2 (
18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rf1 Qxe4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. Rf7 Qb1+
24. Rf1 Qg6 $17) 18... Nd5 19. Bf2 Nf6 20. Rac1 Qxe4 21. Re1 Qd5 (21... Qxc2
22. Rxc2 $44 {[%csl Re6]}) 22. Qc4 {[%csl Re6]} Ne4 23. Nxe6 $1 $11) 16. Qxc4
Nxc4 17. Nb5 b6 (17... a6 18. Nc7 Nxe3 (18... Rb8 $2 19. Ba7 $18) 19. fxe3 (19.
Nxa8 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 e5 21. Nb6 Be6 22. b3 Kf7 $15) 19... Ra7 20. Rac1 $11) 18.
Nc7 Rb8 19. b3 Rb7 (19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 e5 21. Rd5 Bb7 (21... Rb7 22. Rc1 $44)
22. Rxe5 Rbc8 23. Nb5 $132) 20. Nb5 (20. Rac1 Rxc7 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 $11)
20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 {White keep enough compensation.} Rd7 (21... e5 22. Nd6 Rd7
23. Nxe4 Rfd8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Ng3 (26. Ng5 Rd2 27. e4 h6 28. Rc7
hxg5 29. Rxb7 Rxa2 $15) 26... Kf7 (26... Rd2 27. e4 $1 $11) 27. Rc2 Ke6 28. Kf2
$11) 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Nd6 Bc8 (23... Bc6 24. Rc1 $44) 24. Rc1 Ba6 25. Nxe4 {
The material equality is restored.} Rf5 26. b4 Re5 27. Nd6 Rd5 {Avoiding a
trap:} (27... Rxe3 $2 28. b5 Rd3 29. Rc6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxb5 31. Rxe6 $16) 28.
b5 Rxd6 29. bxa6 (29. bxa6 Rd7 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Kf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 $5 (8... h6 $5 {See comments to Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Elista1998/CBM 65(1/
2-1/2)[Golod,V] (23)}) 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 $5 {Besides,white has a several
alternatives:} (10. Bd3) (10. cxd5) ({and} 10. Ne2) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 $5 ({
Another line is:} 11... c5 $5) 12. cxd5 $6 $146 (12. c5 $142 {-was checked in
the previous games.} bxc5 $5 (12... c6 $5 13. b4 (13. Bg3 $5) 13... e5 $1 14.
Bg3 (14. dxe5 $6 Ne4) 14... Qe7 15. Kf2 Rce8 16. Re1 Nh5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Petursson,M-Arnason,J/Espoo 1989/CBM 14 (34)}) 13. dxc5 c6 14. Bg3 Ra8 $5 (
14... a5 $6 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Qb3 Ba8 17. Rc1 Nb8 18. Bd3 e5 19. Nf2 $1 (19. O-O
e4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rf4 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Rozentalis,E/
Daugavpils 1989/CBM 16 (22)}) 19... e4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Bb1 Na6 22. O-O $16 {
1-0 Hort,V-Winants,L/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (29)}) 15. Bd6 Re8 16. b4 $5 (16. Bd3
a5 17. O-O Ba6 18. Nf2 e5 19. b4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb6 $1 $13 {0-1 Mohr,S-Wahls,M/
BL8889 1989/GER-chT (28)}) (16. Nf2 $6 a5 17. Bd3 a4 18. O-O Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6
20. Nd3 Ra8 21. Nb4 Qc8 22. Rfb1 e5 23. b3 Re6 $15 {0-1 Etchegaray,P-Veingold,
A/Zaragoza 1993/EXT 97 (38)}) 16... e5 17. Bd3 d4 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. e4 Ne3 20. g3
Nf6 21. Nf2 Re6 22. Nd1 Ne8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lev,R-Greenfeld,A/ISR-ch 1992/TD (42)}
) 12... Nxd5 $5 ({Dubious:} 12... exd5 {because of:} 13. Bd3 Re8 14. O-O $1 c5
(14... Rxe3 $2 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxe3 $16) (14... Ne4 $6 15. fxe4
Qxh4 16. exd5 (16. e5 $2 c5 $36) 16... Bxd5 (16... Rxe3 $2 17. Bh7+ Kxh7 18.
Qxe3 Bxd5 19. Nf4 $16) 17. e4 $1 $14 Bxe4 $140 $4 18. Rf4 {[%csl Re4,Rh4]}) 15.
Rae1 {and white has a slight positional advantage.}) 13. Bxd8 $8 Nxc3 14. Bh4 (
{Senseless:} 14. Be7 {because of:} Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5 $8 (15... Na4 $4 16. Bb5
$18 {[%csl Ra4,Rd7]}) 16. Bf2 c5 $36) 14... Nd5 $8 15. Bf2 ({Badly:} 15. e4 {
in view of:} Ne3 {[%cal Ge3c2]} 16. Kf2 (16. Rc1 c5 $36) 16... Nxf1 17. Rhxf1
g5 $1 18. Bg3 f5 $15 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf5f4,Gf5e4]}) 15... c5 $11 16. Bb5 (16.
e4 $6 N5f6 {=/=/+}) 16... Bc6 $5 ({Besides,can be recommended:} 16... N5f6 $5
17. e4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bc3 a6 20. Be2 Rfe8 $11 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5a4]}) ({and
} 16... N7f6 $5 17. e4 Nc7 18. Be2 (18. Ba4 $5) 18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rfd8 20.
Bc3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 17. Ba6 Rcd8 18. e4 $5 (18. dxc5 $143 Nxc5 19. Be2 f5
$5 $11) 18... Nc7 19. Be2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 {/\Ne6(><c5,d4)} 21. Be3 Ne6 22. Kf2
$6 ({Slightly better is:} 22. Rc1 $5) 22... Ndc5 23. Rhd1 Ba4 $6 ({Good enough:
} 23... Nd4 24. Bxd4 $6 (24. b4 $142) 24... exd4 25. b4 (25. Nf4 $2 Ba4 {/\d3})
25... Na4 26. Nf4 Nc3 27. Rd2 Rfe8 {=/=/+} (27... Bxe4 $6 28. fxe4 Nxe4+ 29.
Ke1 Nxd2 30. Kxd2 Rfe8 31. Rc1 $14)) 24. Rd5 Bb3 $5 {[%mdl 512]} ({Dubious:} 
24... Rxd5 {because of:} 25. exd5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 $1 exd4 27. b4 Nb3 28. Rd1 Rd8
29. Nf4 g5 30. Nh5 $14 {with the idea:Rd3,Bd1 or Bc4-Bxb3)}) 25. Rxe5 f6 ({
Badly:} 25... Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Nf4 Nxf4 28. Bxf4 {and white have a
material advantage in the endgame.}) 26. Rh5 (26. Rf5 $2 g6 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28.
Bxh6 Rf7 {=/=/+}) 26... g5 $1 27. Ng1 $5 {[%cal Gg2g4,Yg4h5]} (27. Rxh6 $6 {
is refuted by:} Kg7 28. Rh5 Kg6 29. g4 (29. f4 $2 Nxe4+ 30. Kg1 Ng7 $17 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 29... Ng7 30. Nxg5 Nxh5 31. gxh5+ Kxh5 32. Nh3 $44) 27... Kg7 28.
g4 Na4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ye6d4,Ye6f4,Gd8d1] Black has a strong pressure on the
queen side in the centre,for a pawn.} ({Dubious:} 28... Kg6 {[%cal Ge6g7] in
view of:} 29. Rc1 $5 $14 {[%cal Gh5h3]} (29. h4 $6 Ng7 30. hxg5 fxg5 {[%cal
Gc5e4]} (30... Nxh5 31. gxh5+ Kxh5 32. gxh6 $14) 31. Bxc5 bxc5 (31... Nxh5 $4
32. gxh5+ Kxh5 33. Bxf8 $18) 32. Rh2 Rd2 33. Rc1 Ne6 $13)) 29. h4 Kg6 {קg5;/
\Nb2} ({Worse is:} 29... Nxb2 {because of:} 30. e5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf6,Rg5]}) 30.
hxg5 fxg5 31. Rc1 $2 ({Strongly:} 31. Kg2 $1 Nxb2 $140 $2 (31... Rc8 $5 $14)
32. Rb1 Nd1 {(Nc4)} 33. Rxb3 Nxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Nf4+ 35. Kg3 Nxh5+ 36. gxh5+ Kxh5
37. f4+ Kg6 38. f5+ $16) 31... Nxb2 {[%cal Gb2d3,Gb2d1]} 32. Rb1 ({Weakly:} 32.
Rc6 {in view of:} Rc8 $1 (32... Nd3+ 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 34. Ne2 $16 {/\Nd4 or Ng3-f5
}) 33. Rxc8 (33. Rd6 Rfd8 $36) 33... Rxc8 $15) 32... Nd1+ 33. Bxd1 Bxd1 34. Ne2
$5 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gh5h1]} (34. Rc1 $143 Rd3 35. Rc6 Re8 $15) 34... Rd3 35.
Rh1 Ba4 $6 ({Logically:} 35... Bxe2 36. Kxe2 Rxa3 37. Ra1 Rxa1 38. Rxa1 Rf7 {
with chances for a win.}) 36. Ng3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg3f5]} Rxa3 37. Nf5 Rh8 38.
Ra1 $11 Rxa1 $8 39. Rxa1 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6]} b5 {Only move, other wise white can
get a big advantage.} 40. Bxa7 h5 41. gxh5+ Rxh5 42. Ne7+ (42. Bb8 $5 {[%cal
Yb8h2]}) 42... Kf7 43. Nd5 Nf4 (43... Nf4 44. Nc3 Rh6 $11 {[%cal Gh6a6]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 (5... h6 $5 {See comments
to Jelen,I-Kurajica,B/Dresden,1998/CBM 65(0-1)[Golod,V](30)}) 6. e3 $5 ({
Other options are:} 6. Nf3) (6. a3) (6. e4 $6) 6... b6 $5 {Besides,6...Bxc3+;6.
..c5;6...h6;6...0-0;6...Qe7-was checked in the previous games} 7. Nge2 $5 ({
Another alternativ is:} 7. Bd3 $5 Bb7 8. f3 Bxc3+ (8... c5 $142 9. Nge2 cxd4
10. exd4 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Be7 $11 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Chernin,
A/Madrid 1988/EXT 97 (95)}) 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Bg3 e5 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. O-O-O g6 15. Bc2 $14 {is the first(!!!) game in this variation:
Alekhine,A-Nimzowitsch,A/New York(1-0) 1927/HCL (81)}) 7... Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9.
Nxc3 h6 ({Worse is:} 9... O-O 10. f3 Qe7 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O h6
14. Bh4 Ne5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Drasko,
M-Mijailovic,Z/Nis 1993/EXT 97 (65)}) 10. Bh4 O-O $5 ({Another options is:} 
10... g5 $5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Qa4 $5 (13. Nb5 $143 Ndf6 14. c5 Nxg3
15. hxg3 dxc5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. f3 Kf8 18. Nc3 Kg7 $6 (18... Nd5 $5) 19. Na4
$36 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Aleksic,N/Roma 1990/TD (41)}) 13... Kf8 14. e4 Kg7 15.
Be2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 c5 17. d5 e5 18. Bg4 Nf6 19. Bf5 $14 {1-0 Flear,G-Aleksic,N/
Aosta 1990/EXT 98 (60)}) 11. f3 (11. Rd1 $143 Qe7 12. f3 d5 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Qb3 Rfe8 $11 {1-0 Kelecevic,N-Berset,P/Neuchatel 1996/EXT 97 (34)})
11... c5 $5 $146 (11... Re8 $5 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8g6]} 12. Be2 Nf8 13. O-O-O Ng6
14. Bf2 e5 15. d5 Nd7 16. h4 a5 17. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pils,W-Grillitsch,K/
AUT-chT9495 1995/CBM 45 ext (24)}) 12. dxc5 $1 ({After:} 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. dxc5 (
13. d5 $2 exd5 $17 {[%csl Re3]}) (13. Bd3 $143 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 $11) 13... bxc5
{black has a equal game.}) 12... dxc5 $6 ({In my opinion} 12... bxc5 {[%csl
Gc5,Gd6,Ge6] is better and black has a strong pawn chain in the centre.}) 13.
O-O-O $14 Qe7 ({Badly:} 13... Qc7 {in view of:} 14. Bg3 e5 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Nd6
$36) 14. Be2 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Ye2f3] ><f3,with the idea g4->} Rfd8 $5 {/\Ne5
or Nf8-g6} ({Dubious:} 14... Rad8 {because of:} 15. Nb5 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]}) 15.
g4 Ne5 ({Worse is:} 15... Nf8 16. Bg3 {and black has a lack of space.}) 16.
Rxd8+ $5 (16. f4 $2 Ng6 (16... Bxh1 $2 17. fxe5 {[%csl Rf6,Rh1]} Qc7 18. exf6
Qxh2 19. Be1 $14) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {=/=/+}) 16... Rxd8 $140 17. Rf1 {[%csl Yf1]
[%cal Yf1f3] /\f4 or Bg3} Bc6 (17... Ng6 18. Bg3 Bc6 {-see the game after-18...
Ng6}) 18. Bg3 (18. f4 $143 Ng6 19. Bg3 e5 $5 (19... Qb7 20. Rd1 $14) 20. f5 Nf8
21. h4 N8h7 $13) 18... Ng6 19. Bd3 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 19. h4 {/\h5+/=})
19... Qd7 $1 20. Be2 {is the best move!} ({Dubious:} 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Rd1 (21.
g5 $6 hxg5 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qxg6 Bxf3 25. Qxg5 (25. Be5 g4 $15)
25... Qd3 26. Be5 Qf1+ 27. Kd2 Ne4+ $5 28. Nxe4 $8 Qd1+ 29. Kc3 Qc1+ 30. Kb3 (
30. Kd3 Qf1+) 30... Bd1+ 31. Ka2 Qxc4+ 32. Ka1 Qc1+ $11) ({Loses:} 21. Qxg6 $4
Qd2+ 22. Kb1 Be4+ $3 23. Nxe4 (23. fxe4 Qd3+ $19) 23... Qd3+ 24. Ka2 Qxc4+ 25.
b3 Qe2+ $19) 21... Qe8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 {+/=/=}) 20... Qb7 $6 (20... Qe7 $5 {
/\e5+/=}) 21. h4 {[%mdl 128]} Nh7 22. Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 32] <->d} Re8 ({After:} 
22... Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qe7 24. h5 Ngf8 25. Qd6 {white has a big advantage in the
endgame.}) 23. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5d6]} Bxb5 $6 ({Slight better is:} 23... Qe7 24.
h5 Ngf8 25. Bd6 Qb7 {+/=/+/-}) 24. cxb5 $16 Nf6 (24... Nhf8 25. h5 (25. g5 $5
$40) 25... Ne7 26. e4 $16) 25. g5 hxg5 ({Badly:} 25... Nh5 {in view of:} 26.
Be1 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf3f4]} hxg5 27. hxg5 Ne5 28. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 29. fxe4 g6
$8 30. Bc3 f6 (30... Ng3 31. Bxe5 Nxe2+ 32. Kd2 $18 {[%csl Re2]}) 31. gxf6 Nf7
32. Rg1 $18) 26. hxg5 Nd5 ({Also badly:} 26... Nh5 {because of:} 27. Be1 $1)
27. Qd2 {><f4;/\e4} Qe7 $6 (27... Nde7 $5 {with the idea after28.e4 e5!}) 28.
e4 Nc7 29. f4 {[%mdl 128]} e5 $6 (29... Rc8 $142 30. f5 exf5 31. exf5 Ne5 32.
g6 $40) 30. f5 Nf4 (30... Nf8 31. g6 $18) 31. Bxf4 $1 exf4 32. g6 $18 {[%csl
Rf7,Rg8][%cal Ge2c4,Gc4g8]} Qxe4 ({Loses right away:} 32... fxg6 33. Bc4+ Kf8
$8 34. Qh2 $1 Qf6 (34... Qxe4 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7#) 35. Rd7 $18 {[%csl Rf8]
[%cal Gh2h8]}) ({Also loses:} 32... Kf8 33. Rh1 fxg6 (33... Kg8 34. Bc4 $18) (
33... Qxe4 34. Qd6+ Kg8 $8 35. gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qxc7+ Kg8 (36... Re7 $143 37.
Bh5+ $18) 37. Rh2 f3 38. f6 $1 $18) (33... Qd8 34. Qxd8 Rxd8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36.
f6+ $1 gxf6 37. g7 $18 (37. Rxd8 $18)) 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 $8 (35...
Kf6 $2 36. Qxf4+ Ke6 (36... Kxg6 37. Qf5#) 37. Bg4#) (35... Ke6 $2 36. Bc4+ Ke5
37. Rh5+ $18) 36. Bh5+ $18) 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Bh5+ Kf8 ({Badly:} 34... Kf6 {
because of:} 35. Qd6+ Kxf5 36. Bg6+ (36. Qg6+ $5 Ke5 37. Qxg7+ Ke6 $8 (37...
Kf5 38. Bg4#) 38. Bg4+ Qf5 39. Qd7+)) 35. Qd6+ $5 Qe7 (35... Re7 $143 36. f6
Qe3+ 37. Kb1 gxf6 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Ne8 40. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 41. Bf7+ Kh7 (
41... Kf8 42. Be6#) 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qh6#) (35... Kg8 $2 36. Qxc7 $18) 36. Bxe8
Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Kxe8 (37... Nxe8 38. Rd7 {[%csl Ra7]}) 38. a4 Ke7 39. Rg6 Nd5 (
39... Kf7 40. Kd2 Nd5 41. Rd6 Ne7 42. Rd7 Kf6 43. Rxa7 Nxf5 44. a5 $18) 40. Kd2
Ne3 $138 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1998.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 (8. f3 $5) 8... d6 9. f3 (9. Nf3 $5) 9... h6 $5 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. Bd3 (10.
Nh3 c5 (10... Rc8 $5 11. O-O-O c5 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Rxd6 Qe7 14. Rd2 Rfc8 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Bacrot,E/Capablanca mem Elite 1998 (41)}) 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Bd3
Qc7 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Bc2 h6 16. Bh4 e5 $14 {Van Wely,L-Timman,J/
Hoogovens USA, Merrillville USA 1997/0-1 (71)}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. Ne2 Rc8
12. Qb3 (12. Qd2 $5) 12... h6 (12... d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 (14. Qd1 $5)
14... cxd4 15. exd4 Bc6 (15... Qc7 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Bb5 Qc2 18. Bxd7 Bb3 19.
Qxa7 $14) 16. Qd1 b5 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rc1 Nd5 (18... a5 19. Kh1 b4 20. Qe1 $14)
19. Kh1 a5 20. Qe1 $1 $14 {Adianto,U-Karpov,A/Jakarta m 1997/1-0 (61)}) 13. Bh4
cxd4 (13... d5 $143 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4 17. O-O a6 $6 18.
Rc1 b5 $6 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 bxc4 21. Qa4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Georgiev,
K/Burgas/1992/ (31)}) 14. exd4 d5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb8 17. Rac1 $5 (17.
Rad1 Bd5 18. Rc1 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Qd5 20. Rfc1 $11 {0-1 Hoang Thang Trang-Horvath,
A/FSGM Dec, Budapest HUN 1997 (60)}) 17... Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Nc6 20.
Nc3 Nd5 21. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Hoang Thang Trang-Held,M/FSIM A Oct, Budapest HUN
1997 (35)}) 11... Nxc5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Nh3 Ncd7 14. O-O d5 15. b3 dxc4 16. bxc4
Bd5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qe1 Bxc4 19. Qh4 Bxf1 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ {1/2-1/2 Hsu
Li Yang-Wu Shaobin/Karpov GM, Singapore SIN 1997}) 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 $5 {
[%csl Rc4,Rd4][%cal Ga8c8]} 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. b4 $5 (13. Qb3 $143 cxd4 14. exd4
d5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 $11 17. a4 Rc6 18. Rfe1 Qc8 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. Bxd5
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxd5 22. Rxc8 Bxb3 $15 {Ivanov,S-Solozhenkin,E/St Petersburg-ch
1998/0-1 (58)}) 13... d5 $1 $11 (13... cxd4 $6 14. exd4 Re8 15. O-O e5 16. Rac1
e4 17. fxe4 g5 18. Bg3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxd6 Bxg2 21. Ng3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1
Re6 23. Nf5 Kh8 24. d5+ Qf6 25. Nd4 Rxd6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Nf5 Kh7 28. Qc2 Kh8
29. Qe4 {1-0 Baburin,A-Lesiege,A/Europe vs Americas, Mermaid Beach BER 1998})
14. dxc5 $6 (14. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 cxd4 (16... Nxe2 $5 17.
Kxe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Huzman,A/Zonal 1.1 1998})
17. exd4 Nf6 18. Rc1 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Kf8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ke3 f5
23. g4 fxg4 24. fxg4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Kf4 f6 28. h4 Ke7 29.
g5 hxg5+ 30. hxg5 fxg5+ {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Wells,P/Geza Maroczy GM, Szeged HUN
1997}) 14... bxc5 15. b5 $2 (15. cxd5 $142 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Nc5 17. O-O Bxd5 18.
Rfd1 Nxd3 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Than Trang-Lukacs,P/Budapest FS02 GM 1996}) 15... Nb6
$6 (15... Ne4 $1 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Ba5 (17. Be7 $6 Rfe8 18. Bd6 dxc4 19. Bxc4
Nb6 20. Bd3 Nca4 21. Be5 c4 22. Bc2 Rc5 23. Bd4 Rxb5 $17 {Wang Lei-Peptan,C/
Erevan olw 1996/0-1 (57)}) (17. Nxc3 $5 Rfxd8 $15) 17... Ne5 $1 18. Bxc3 (18.
Kd2 $143 Na4 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga4b6]} 19. Rhb1 Nb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nc1
Rfd8 $17 {Skomorokhin,R-Almasi,Z/HUN-chT1 1995/0-1 (73)}) 18... Nxd3+ 19. Kd2
dxc4 20. Ba5 f5 21. Kc3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Wedberg,T/26th Rilton Cup,
Stockholm SWE 1998 (32)}) (15... e5 $5 16. cxd5 g5 17. Bf2 c4 18. Bf5 Nxd5 19.
Qd2 Nc5 $36 {0-1 Skomorokhin,R-Moizhess,I/Moscow op 1995 (33)}) 16. Bxf6 $5 (
16. O-O $5 Ne4 17. Qe1 g5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 d4 21. Nf5 Qf6
22. exd4 Rce8 23. Qf2 cxd4 24. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Polak,T/Zlin 1995 (42)
}) 16... Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 (18. Rc1 $2 Rfd8 $15) 18... Rfd8 $1 $146 (
18... Bxd5 $6 19. Nc3 Bc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Ke2 $14 Rfd8 22. Rhd1 f5 23. a4 Kf8
24. Rac1 Na5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nb1 Rd5 27. Nd2 {Sorokin,M-Atalik,S/
Cheliabinsk-A 1991/1-0 (54)}) (18... exd5 $6 19. Ng3 $14) (18... Nxd5 $6 19.
Kf2 $14) 19. Nc3 $5 (19. a4 $143 c4 $1 20. Bc2 Nxd5 {[%csl Re3]} 21. Be4 f5 22.
Bxd5 Rxd5 $17) 19... Bxd5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gd5b3,Gc5c4]} (19... c4 $5 {/\Nd5})
20. Ke2 Bb3 21. Rhc1 $5 $11 {><c2;/\a4-a5} c4 (21... Nd7 $143 22. Ne4 c4 23.
Bc2 $13) 22. Bc2 Nd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7c5]} (22... Kf8 23. a4 Nd7 24. Ne4) 23. Ne4
$1 {[%csl Rb3,Rc5][%cal Ge4d2,Ge4c5,Gd2b3]} (23. Bxb3 $6 cxb3 24. Rab1 Nc5 $15)
23... f5 24. Nd2 Bxc2 (24... Nc5 $6 25. Bxb3 $1 Nxb3 $8 (25... cxb3 $6 26. Rab1
{[%csl Rb3]}) (25... Rxd2+ $2 26. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 27. Kc3 Kg7 28. a4 Kf6 29. Rab1
Nxc1 30. Rxc1 {+/=/+/-}) 26. Nxb3 cxb3 27. Rab1 $1 $14) 25. Rxc2 Nb6 (25... Rc5
$143 26. a4 Nb6 27. Rac1 $14) 26. a4 Rd5 $5 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5]} 27. Nb1 $11 {
[%cal Gb1c3]} (27. a5 $6 Nd7 28. Nxc4 Ne5 29. Rac1 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4
Rxb5 $15) 27... Kf8 28. Nc3 Rd3 29. e4 $1 {><d5;/\a5} (29. Rac1 $143 {[%cal
Ga4a5]} Nd5 $5 (29... Rcd8 $5) 30. Nxd5 (30. Nd1 $6 Ra3 31. Rxc4 Ra2+ 32. Kf1
Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rd2 $44) 30... exd5 31. Rd1 $13) 29... fxe4 30. fxe4 Ke7 (30...
Nd7 $144) 31. a5 Nd7 32. Ra4 $5 {[%csl Rc4]} (32. Rd1 $143 Ne5 $15) 32... Ne5
33. b6 axb6 34. axb6 Rb8 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3][%cal Ye5c4,Ye5d3]} 35. Rxc4 $1 (35.
Rxc4 Nxc4 36. Kxd3 Nxb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 ({Another try is} 8... c5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5
Bxd5 13. f3 Nbd7 14. e4 Rc8 15. Qe3 Bc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. b3 Rc8 18. O-O $14 {
Ivanchuk,V-Beliavsky,A/Batumi 1999.}) 9. Ne2 ({White has also played} 9. f3
Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5 (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Qb3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Qd1 $14 {Bareev,E-Volokitin,A/Warsaw 2002}) 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bh4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5
14. Nc3 Re8 15. Be2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qe7 17. Kf2 Ne4+ 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe7 exf3
20. gxf3 Rxe7 21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Rd4 $14 {Bareev,E-Volokitin,A/Warsaw 2002.})
9... Nbd7 (9... c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Rxd8+
Qxd8 15. Nc3 Nbd7 16. f3 $14 {was seen in Kramnik,V-Bologan,V/Dortmund 2003.})
10. Qd3 ({The main alternative is} 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 (11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4
Qc7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. O-O Ba6 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Linares 1999}) 11... Qc7
(11... Rc8 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rc5 14. Bh4 Qa8 15. Be2 d5 16. b4 Rcc8 17. O-O
$13 {Bareev,E-Efimenko,Z/Turin 2006}) 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 a6 14. Be2 h6 15.
Bh4 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bh3 17. Ne4 $44 {Morozevich,A-Beliavsky,A/Heraklion ETC 2007.}
) 10... a5 $5 ({Black seems to be fond of either} 10... Ba6 11. b4 (11. Nc3 d5
12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5 (14... h6 15. Bh4 c5 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17.
Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. O-O-O Rfc8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/
Rethymnon ECC 2003}) 15. Rd1 cxd4 (15... Qc8 $6 16. O-O Nd5 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 18.
Qxc3 Qb7 19. f3 h6 20. Bh4 Rfc8 21. e4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf8 23. Rd2 $14 {Navara,
D-Pelletier,Y/Fuegen 2006}) 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Bh4 Qh5
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxc4 $11 {Shirov,A-Naiditsch,A/Sochi 2006}) 11... c5 12. b5
Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd1 g5 19.
Bg3 axb5 20. Nxb5 d5 21. O-O $14 {Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Rethymnon ECC 2003}) ({
or} 10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Rd1 (13. Be2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd1
Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Bg4 $44 {Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2002}) 13... Rfd8
14. Be2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rd4 (18. Nb5 d5 19.
cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc7 Bb3 21. Nxa8 Bxd1 22. Bxd1 Rxa8 23. Bc2 Rc8 24. Kd2 Kf8 $11 {
Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Wijk aan Zee 2003}) 18... Nb3 19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Kd1 d5 21. Kc2
Na5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Rcd8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Kc2
Rc5+ 28. Kd3 $14 {Bareev,E-Leko,P/Monte Carlo 2003. But the text-move chosen
by Ruslan is a good example of playing the opening according to the opponent's
strength.}) 11. Nc3 a4 12. Be2 ({The alternative is} 12. Bh4 Ra5 13. f3 Qa8 (
13... c5 14. Be2 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. O-O Re8 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. Qd2 Bxe2 19.
Rxe2 $14 {Masse,H-Mikanovic,G/Toronto 2004}) 14. Be2 (14. O-O-O d5 15. Qc2 Rd8
16. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Arencibia,W/Havana 2004}) 14... d5 15.
cxd5 Ba6 16. Qd2 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. O-O c5 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rad1 Nb3 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Re8 24. Rfd1 $14 {Farrell,N-Aloma
Vidal,R/Calvia 2007}) 17. Bd1 Bc4 18. Kf2 Re8 19. Re1 b5 20. Kg1 $14 {
Khismatullin,D-Kiriakov,P/Tomsk 2004.}) 12... Ra5 13. h4 $5 ({A new move.
Instead of transposing to the above comments on White's 12th move with 13.Bh4,
he has also tried the less ambitious} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Qg5 15. f3 c5 16.
Bd1 cxd4 17. exd4 Rfa8 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Qe2 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11 {
Sutter,O-Pelletier,Y/Switzerland 2005.}) 13... Qa8 (13... Bxg2 $2 14. Rg1 Ba8
15. O-O-O {gives White a strong attack and should be avoided.}) 14. Bxf6 $6 ({
This move has nothing in common with the previous one (13.h4!?).} 14. f3 {
is preferable.}) 14... Nxf6 15. f3 e5 16. O-O-O $6 (16. d5 {looks safer.})
16... e4 $1 17. Qc2 (17. fxe4 $6 Nxe4 {can only be helpful to Black.}) 17...
exf3 18. gxf3 Bxf3 19. Rhg1 {Black sacrificed a pawn in order to get some
attack against the black king. But still it seems that Black's defence will
not be broken easily and then the extra-pawn will carry the day.} Be4 20. Bd3
Bg6 21. Rdf1 Qd8 22. Qg2 Qe7 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. e4 $6 ({Black seems to be doing
OK even after} 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. e4 Rh5 {but White had to try it.}) 24... Rh5
25. Rf4 c5 $1 26. d5 Re5 {Now Black is a healthy pawn-up, combined with a
positional advantage due to the control of the dark squares and the weak white
e4-pawn. It seems that another Goliath-David battle will soon finish in favour
of the stronger side, contrary to history...} 27. Rf5 Nh5 28. Rxe5 dxe5 $6 (
28... Qxe5 {was rather natural and strong.}) 29. Qg4 Nf4 30. Bc2 f6 $6 (30...
Ra8 31. Kb1 h5 32. Qg3 Kg8 {was the right track for Black.}) 31. Re1 $6 ({
White had to go for} 31. Bxa4 f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Qg3 $13 {.}) (31. Nxa4 $2
Bh5) 31... Ra8 32. Kd2 Bh5 33. Qg3 Be8 34. Rg1 Bd7 35. Bd1 g6 36. Bg4 Kg7 37.
Bxd7 Qxd7 {Black is clearly winning. A healthy extra pawn and a safe king. But
still several technical difficulties have to be overcome.} 38. Rf1 Rf8 39. Re1
h6 $6 ({As} 39... h5 40. Rg1 {does not help much, I think that Black ought to
open the f-file by}) (39... f5 {. Then he would have good chances to convert
his material advantage.}) 40. Kc2 g5 41. Rh1 Kg6 42. Rh2 h5 43. Kb1 Kh6 44. Nd1
Qh7 45. Nc3 Qg6 46. Ka2 Ra8 47. Rd2 gxh4 48. Qxh4 Qg5 49. Qh1 Qg4 50. Rh2 Kg6
51. d6 Kf7 $2 ({Black's chosen plan with the expansion of his kingside pawns
was a dangerous one. He should now have second thoughts about his strategy and
draw with} 51... Rd8 52. Nd5 Rxd6 (52... Nxd5 53. Rg2 Nf4 54. Rxg4+ hxg4 55.
Qh4 Rxd6 56. Qxg4+ Kf7 57. Qc8) 53. Nxf4+ Qxf4 54. Rxh5 Rd2 55. Rh8 Rxb2+ $11 {
.}) 52. Nd5 Rh8 (52... Nxd5 53. cxd5 Rh8 54. Rg2 Qc8 55. Qf1 h4 56. Rg5 $1 $18
{.}) 53. Ne3 $2 ({White throws away his chances. He should continue with} 53.
Nxb6 Qe6 54. Qd1 h4 55. Qxa4 Qxd6 56. Nd5 $16 {.}) 53... Qe6 54. Nf5 Qxc4+ 55.
Ka1 Ke8 56. d7+ Kxd7 57. Qd1+ Kc6 58. Qd6+ Kb5 $2 ({Again the 'playing the
opponent' strategy. Black had to be satisfied with a draw:} 58... Kb7 59. Qd7+
Kb8 60. Qd6+ {.}) 59. Qd7+ Ka5 60. Nd6 Qf1+ 61. Ka2 Ra8 62. Rc2 $1 Qd3 63. Rc3
({Not bad also was the straightforward} 63. Rxc5+ bxc5 64. Qc7+ Ka6 65. Qc6+
Ka5 66. Nb7# {.}) 63... Qe2 64. Rc4 {As mate follows, Black resigned. A
painful defeat. White attacked the black king on the kingside but finally
mated him on the queenside!} 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gagarin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 11. cxd5 (11. Nh3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 c5 $13) (
11. Bd3 {Gagarin} Nbd7 12. cxd5 (12. Ne2 c5) 12... Nxd5 $1 (12... exd5 13. Ne2
c5 14. O-O $14) 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bxc7 Nd5 $44 {@/}) (11. Rc1 $5 {Gagarin})
11... exd5 12. O-O-O $6 {TN} (12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 c5 $1 15. Ne2 (15.
dxc5 d4) 15... c4 16. O-O a5 $132 {Timman,J-Hracek,Z Prague-m(01) 1995} (16...
a5 {Gagarin} 17. b4 Nc6 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Qe7 20. Bxf6 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxe3
22. Nf4 gxf6 23. Nxd5 Re2 24. Be4 Raa2 $17 {Timman,J-Hracek,Z/Prague/1995/0:1/
33/})) 12... c5 $1 {[/\13...Nc6]} (12... Nbd7 13. Bd3 (13. Bb5 {Gagarin} c6 14.
Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 $13) 13... c5 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Kb1 $13 Rxe3 $2 16. Bxf6
Nxf6 17. Bh7+ $16) (12... Qe7 $5 {Gagarin} 13. Re1 c5 $13 {/\ Nc6/}) 13. dxc5 (
13. Kb1 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 $36) (13. Bb5 {Gagarin} cxd4 14. Qxd4 (
14. Rxd4 Nbd7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxe8 (16. Kb1 $15) 16... Rc8 17. Bb5 Rxc3+ 18.
bxc3 Qe7 19. Kb2 Qxe3 $15) 14... Re6 $13) 13... Nbd7 $1 (13... bxc5 {Gagarin}
14. Bb5 Re6 15. Qxc5 a6 16. Ba4 Nbd7 $44) 14. Bb5 Rc8 (14... Re6 $13 {Gagarin})
15. Kb1 (15. c6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Re6 17. Kb1 Rcxc6 18. Qd2 Qe8 $36) (15. Bxf6 $6 {
Gagarin} Nxf6 16. Bxe8 Rxc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Bb5 Qb6 $15) 15... Rxc5 (15...
Re6 $5 $13 {Gagarin /\ Rc5/}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Qb3 g5 $1 17. Bf2 Qc8 $1 $36 {
(/\18...Ba6)} 18. h4 g4 19. Ne2 $2 Rxb5 $1 20. Qxb5 Ba6 $17) (16. Qd3 {Gagarin}
Re6 $13) 16... Nxf6 17. Qd3 (17. Qb3 Re5 18. Ne2 (18. Nh3 Qe7 19. Rhe1 Bc8 $5
$36 (19... d4 20. exd4 Rxe1 21. dxc5 Bd5 22. Qd3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxc5 $15))
18... Qe7 $17 19. Rd3 a6 $19) 17... Re5 $1 18. Ne2 (18. Nh3 Qe7 19. Rhe1 Bc8 $1
(19... d4 20. exd4 Rxe1 21. dxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 bxc5 $10) 20. g4 Nxg4 21. fxg4
Bxg4 $17) 18... Qe7 $2 (18... Ne8 $1 19. Nd4 (19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Nd4 Rxe3 $17)
19... Nd6 {(/\20...Nxb5 21.Nxb5 Ba6)} 20. Ba4 Nc4 21. Rhe1 (21. Bc2 g6 22. Rhe1
Qe7 $17) 21... g6 $36 {(/\22...Qe7)}) (18... a6 $6 {Gagarin} 19. Bxa6 (19. Ba4
$6 Qe7 20. Ng3 b5 21. Bc2 Rc6 $15) 19... Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Rxe3 21. Nd4 $14) 19.
Nd4 g6 (19... Rxe3 $2 20. Nf5 $18) 20. Rhe1 $14 (20. Rde1 $1 {(/\21.g4,22.
h4->>>)}) 20... h5 $5 (20... a5 $5 {Gagarin} 21. g4 Ne8 22. Nb3 Rc7 23. Rc1
Rxc1+ 24. Kxc1 Nc7 $15) 21. h4 $2 (21. g3 $5 $36 {(/\22.h3,23.g4)}) (21. g3 $5
{Gagarin /\ Qd2, f4 צe5/}) 21... Qd6 $1 {[/\22...Re7,23...Qg3<=>>>]} 22. Qe2 (
22. Nb3 {Gagarin} Rc7 23. Rc1 Ree7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Qd4 $10) 22... Re7 23. Qf2
$1 $10 Qe5 24. Re2 (24. Rc1 {Gagarin} a5 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. g3 Ne8 $10) 24... Kg7
25. Rde1 Rc8 26. Rc2 Rc5 27. Rec1 Rec7 28. Nb3 (28. Bd3 {Gagarin} Bc8 $10)
28... Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 Bc8 $5 31. Nd4 Bd7 (31... Qh2 {Gagarin} 32.
Ne2 Bd7 $10) 32. Bf1 (32. Bd3 {Gagarin} Qh2 33. Ne2 Qc7+ 34. Kd2 Qe5 35. Nd4 a5
$10) 32... Kg8 (32... Ne8 $5 {(/\Ne8-d6-b7-c5)}) 33. b3 Ne8 34. Bd3 Nc7 35. Kb2
(35. g3 {Gagarin} Ne6 36. f4 Nxd4+ 37. exd4 Qe7 $10) 35... Ne6 36. Bc2 Kf8 37.
Bd3 $138 Qf6 38. Kc3 Qe7 39. Kb2 Qf6 (39... Kg7 {Gagarin} 40. g3 Qf6 41. Ka2
Nc5 42. Qe2 Ne6 43. Qf2 Nc5 $10) 40. Kc3 (40. f4 {Gagarin} Nxd4 41. exd4 Bf5
42. Bxf5 Qxf5 $10) 40... Qe5 41. Bc2 (41. Bc2 {Gagarin} a5 42. f4 Qf6 43. Kb2
Kg7 44. g3 Bb5 45. a4 Nxd4 $10) (41. f4 {Gagarin} Qf6 42. g3 Qe7 43. Nxe6+ Bxe6
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 23rd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Ba6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5
15. Rd1 $5 {TN} (15. Qxc4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 (16... h6 17. Bh4 Qc7 (17... g5 18.
Bg3 Nc5 19. Rd1 (19. h4 Nfe4 20. Nxe4 Qxd4 21. exd4 Nxe4 22. Bh2 Rad8 23. hxg5
hxg5 24. Rc1 Kg7 25. f3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Grischuk,A/Poikovsky 2004/CBM
100 (25)}) 19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfd8 21. h4 Rxd4 22. exd4 Ncd7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24.
Ke2 Rc8 25. Kd3 $14 {1-0 Dreev,A-Timman,J/Reykjavik 2004/CBM 099 ext (40)}) 18.
O-O Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Grischuk,A/Tripoli 2004/CBM
102 (50)}) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Ke2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Nb3 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 $14 {1-0 Flear,G-Wirig,A/Port Barcares FRA 2005/The Week
in Chess 549 (59)}) 15... cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 $5 17. Qxc4 (17. Rxc4 Qe5 18. Bf4
Qf5 19. Bd6 (19. O-O Nc5 20. Qb5 e5 21. Bg3 Rad8 $132) 19... Ne5 $1 20. Bxe5
Qxe5 21. O-O a6 $132) 17... Qxc4 (17... Qb7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Qe2 Rc5 20. Bh4
$14) 18. Rxc4 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Ke2 Ne5 {[/\21...Nc4<=><<]} 21. Bxf6 $5
gxf6 22. Rc1 f5 23. h3 (23. f4 Ng4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Rd1 Kf8 $11) 23... h5 24. Na2
(24. f4 Nd7 25. Rd1 Nf6 $11) 24... Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Kf8 $5 $11 (25... Nc4 26. Nd3
e5 $6 27. b3 Nxa3 28. Nxe5 $16) 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Ne2 Nd7 28. Nd4 (28. Nf4 Nf6
29. Kd3 Kd6 $11) 28... a6 29. Ne2 Kd6 30. Nf4 Nf6 31. f3 Kc5 32. Nd3+ Kd6 33.
Nb4 a5 34. Nd3 b5 35. Nf4 Kc5 36. b3 Kd6 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Kd2 Kd6 39. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2000.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Nf3 c5 11. d5 $5 {TN} (11. O-O cxd4 (11... Rc8 12. d5 exd5
13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe7 15. Rad1 c4 16. Qd4 Qe4 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8
19. h3 Ne5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Palac,M/Lucerne 1997/CBM 62 (38)}) 12. exd4
Rc8 13. Qb4 d5 14. b3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bb7 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bh4 Nh5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Dao Thien Hai-Levitt,J/Calcutta 1998/CBM 62 ext (25)}) 11... exd5
12. cxd5 Bb7 $5 13. O-O-O (13. e4 $2 Qe8 $17) 13... Qe8 (13... Bxd5 $2 14.
Bxh7+ $16 Kxh7 15. Rxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd3+ $18) 14. Qc4 $5 {[/\15.Qh4->>>]} (14. Qc2
h6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. e4 c4 $1 $17) 14... Bxd5 15. Qf4 $1 Be4 (15... Bb3 $5 16.
Bb5 $5 Bxd1 17. Bxf6 $36 Bxf3 18. Qg5 Nxf6 $1 19. Bxe8 Ne4 20. Qf5 $13) 16.
Qxd6 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 c4 $6 (17... Rc8 18. Rhd1 c4 19. Rc3 $14) 18. Rd4 Rc8 19. e4
$5 {[/\20.e5]} h6 (19... c3 20. e5 Nc5 (20... cxb2+ 21. Kb1 $18) 21. exf6 Nb3+
(21... Qe2 22. bxc3 Ne4 23. Qb4 $16) 22. Kb1 Nxd4 23. fxg7 Qe4+ 24. Ka2 Rfe8
25. Qxd4 $16) (19... h6 {[#]}) 20. Bxh6 $1 Nc5 (20... gxh6 21. e5 Nc5 22. exf6
Nb3+ 23. Kb1 Nxd4 24. Qg3+) 21. Bxg7 $1 Nb3+ (21... Kxg7 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qh4+
Kg8 (23... Nh7 24. Ng5) 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Qxf6 Nb3+ 26. Kb1 Nxd4 27. Ng5+ Kg8
28. Qh6 $18) 22. Kb1 Nxd4 23. Qxf6 $16 Qxe4+ 24. Ka2 Nxf3 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26.
gxf3 Qg6 27. Qc3 b5 28. Rd1 {[/\ Rd1-d4-g4 ->]} Qg7 29. Rd4 f5 30. Qd2 Rf7 31.
Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qf4 Rf6 33. Qd4 Kg6 34. Kb1 $5 Qe7 $138 35. Rg8+ Kf7 36. Ra8 Rd6
37. Qh8 Qd7 $2 38. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gagarin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 (13.
Bxc7 {Gagarin} Nd5 14. Bd6 Nxe3 $10) (13. Be7 {Gagarin} Rfe8 14. Bb4 Nd5 $10)
13... Nd5 14. Bf2 f5 (14... Rfc8 $5 {Gagarin} 15. e4 Ne7 16. Bb5 $5 c6 17. Ba4
b5 18. Bb3 c5 19. Ne2 c4 20. Bc2 a5 21. Kd2 $1 $14 {Gurevich,M-Onischuk,Al/
Philadelphia/1994/0,5/56/}) (14... c5 {Gagarin} 15. e4 Ne7 (15... Nf4 16. Bb5
Nf6 (16... Rfd8 $5) 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Van
der Wiel,J/Antwerpen/1993/0,5/42/}) 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. O-O cxd4 19.
Nxd4 Nc5 20. Nxc6 $10 {Gurevich,M-Polugaevsky,L/New York/1989/0,5/20/}) 15. Bb5
(15. Bc4 Rac8 16. Ne2 c5 17. Bb5 Rf7 18. O-O a6 19. Bd3 b5 20. Rac1 c4 21. Bc2
e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rfd1 Re8 24. Nc3 $14 {Gurevich,M-Karpov,An/Linares/1991/0,
5/47/}) (15. Bd3 e5 $132) 15... c6 16. Ba4 (16. Bd3 $5 {Gagarin} e5 17. Ne2
Rae8 18. O-O $14 {Alterman,B-Psakhis,L/ISR(ch)/1994/0,5/52/}) 16... Rfd8 $5 {
TN [/\17...c5,18...Rac8<=>[+]]} (16... e5 $1 {Gagarin} 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. O-O-O
e4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 $1 (19... N7f6 20. Rhe1 Rc8 $5 21. Nxd5 cxd5+ 22. Kd2 Bc6 $10 {
Lautier,J-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee (m/8)/0,5/85/}) 20. bxc3 {Ahlander,B-Almasi,Z/
Malmo/1994/0,5/30/} exf3 $1 21. gxf3 b5 22. Bb3+ Kh8 $15 {Almasi/}) (16... b5
$2 {Gagarin} 17. Bc2 b4 18. Ne2 bxa3 19. Rxa3 N7b6 20. Bb3 a5 21. Kd2 $1 $16 {
Lautier,J-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee (m/6)/1994/0,5/59/}) 17. Ne2 c5 18. O-O-O $5 (
18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rc1 Rc8 $10 {(/\21...c4<=><<)}) (18. O-O $5 {
Gagarin} Ba6 19. Rfe1 cxd4 (19... N7f6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rac1 $14 (21. Nf4 $5
$14)) (19... Rac8 20. Rac1 $14) (19... Bxe2 20. Rxe2 cxd4 21. exd4 $14) 20.
Nxd4 Nc5 21. Bc2 $14) 18... Rac8 19. Kb1 g6 $1 {[/\20...cxd4 21.Nxd4 Nc5 22.
Bc2 e5<=>[+]]} (19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Bc2 $14) (19... Ba6 {Gagarin} 20.
Rhe1 $14 (20. Nf4 $5 $14)) 20. Rhe1 {^^_|_/} cxd4 21. Nxd4 (21. exd4 {/\ ><e6/}
Kf7 $10 (21... N7f6 {Gagarin} 22. Bb3 Kg7 23. Bg3 g5 $1 $10 {/\ Ne3/} (23...
Ne3 $2 24. Nf4 $1 Nxd1 25. Nxe6+ Kg8 26. Nxd8+ Bd5 27. Bxd1 Rxd8 28. Re7 $18)))
21... Nc5 22. Bc2 e5 $10 23. Ne2 $6 (23. Nb3 $5 {/\ e4/} Ne6 $6 (23... Na4 $5)
(23... e4 24. Nxc5 (24. Bg3 {Gagarin} exf3 25. gxf3 Ne6 26. e4 fxe4 27. Bxe4
$14 {|^/}) 24... Rxc5 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rd4 $14) (23... Na4 $6 24. Bg3 f4 25.
exf4 exf4 26. Bf2 Ndc3+ 27. bxc3 Nxc3+ 28. Kb2 Nxd1+ 29. Bxd1 $14) 24. e4 fxe4
25. Rxe4 $1 (25. Bxe4 Nef4 26. g3 Nh3 27. Be3 Kg7 $10) 25... Nef4 26. Rxe5 (26.
g3) 26... Nxg2 27. Rg1 (27. Bxg6 $2 Nc3+) 27... Ndf4 28. Bxg6 Bxf3 29. Be4
Bxe4+ (29... Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Bxd1 31. Nd4 $14) 30. Rxe4 $16) 23... Ba6 $1 {
[/\24...e4,25...Bd3]} (23... e4 $5 {Gagarin} 24. Nd4 (24. b4 exf3 25. gxf3 Ne6
26. Rg1 Kf7 $13 {/\ Ng5 ><f3/}) 24... Ba6 $132 {/\ Nd3/}) 24. Nc1 (24. e4 fxe4
25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Nc3 Nd3 $132) 24... Kg7 $5 {[/\25...Kf6]} (24... e4 25. Bg3 $5
$14 {(/\26.Be5,27.b4)}) (24... Nf6 $5 {Gagarin} 25. Bg3 e4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Be5 Kf7 $14) 25. Bh4 $5 (25. e4 $5 {Gagarin} fxe4 26. Bxc5 $14 {/\ Be4/}) 25...
Rd7 (25... g5 $6 26. Bxf5 Nxe3 (26... gxh4 27. Bxc8 Bxc8 28. e4 $18) 27. Rxd8 (
27. Bxc8 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxc8 $17) 27... Rxd8 28. Rxe3 gxh4 29. Rxe5 Kf6 30. f4
Rd2 $44) (25... Nf6 {Gagarin} 26. Bg3 e4 27. Be5 $14) 26. e4 fxe4 27. Bxe4 (27.
fxe4 Nf4 $132) 27... Bc4 (27... Nf4 $5 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Bg3 (29. Rd1 {Gagarin
} Nc5 $14) 29... Nc5 (29... Nxg2 30. Rg1 Ne3 31. Bf2 $16) 30. Bc2 Kf6 31. Rd1
$36) 28. Bc2 (28. Bxd5 Bxd5 (28... Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxe5 $16) 29. Rxe5 (
29. Bg3 e4 $10) 29... Be4+ $19) 28... Re8 (28... Nf4 $5 {Gagarin} 29. Rxd7+ (
29. Rxe5 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Nxg2 31. Bg3 $14) 29... Nxd7 30. Rd1 Be6 $14) 29. Ka1 $1
{[/\30.b4,31.Kb2]} (29. Bf2 Nf4 (29... Rc7 30. Bd4 Kf6 $14) 30. Rxd7+ Nxd7 31.
g3 $14) (29. b4 $2 Nc3+ $19) (29. Bg3 {Gagarin} Rde7 $14) 29... g5 $6 $138 (
29... Nf4 30. Rxd7+ Nxd7 31. Rd1 Nf6 $10 (31... Nf8 $14 {Gagarin})) 30. Bf2 Kf6
$2 (30... Nf6 {Gagarin} 31. Rxd7+ Ncxd7 $16 {^^ ><e5/}) 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Ba4
1-0

[Event "Ghent op 20th"]
[Site "Ghent"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5 11. Qc2 $5 {TN} (11. b4 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4
Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. b5 (15. Rc1 e4 16. Bb1 d5 17. b5 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4
Bb7 $132 {0-1 Pedersen,S-Aagaard,J/London Drury Lane (8) 1997 (66)}) 15... Bb7
16. O-O exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Nf5 {1-0 Baburin,A-Wirthensohn,H/Grand-Prix
Suisse (1) 1993 (33)} Nc5 $5 19. Qc3 d4 $132) (11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Rc1 Qb7 13. O-O
cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Hellsten,J/Erevan Olm (2)
1996 (24)}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 d5 (13... Rc8 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. O-O
$14) 14. cxd5 (14. b3 Rc8 $132 15. O-O $2 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 $17)
14... Rc8 15. Qb3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 exd5 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Nc3 $14 a6 {
[/\b6-b5-b4]} 20. a4 $1 {[/\a6]} Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ (21... Ne4 $5 22. f3 $5 (
22. Nxe4 Rxe4 $132) 22... Nxc3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxc3 $14) 22. Rxe1 Re8 23.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe2 Nef6 25. f3 $5 {[/\26.g4,Bg3,h2-h4 |^>>]} (25. Qe7 $6 Qc6
$11 {(/\26...Qe6)}) 25... Qc8 26. g4 Qb7 (26... Qc4 27. Qxc4 dxc4 28. Kf2 Kf8
29. Ke3 $16 {(/\30.d5, 31.Ke4)}) 27. Kg2 Qc8 28. Kf1 (28. Bg3 Nf8 29. Be5 Ng6
$132) 28... Qb7 29. Kg1 Qc8 30. Kg2 Qb7 31. Kf2 Qc8 32. Ke1 $1 {[/\33.Kd1,34.
Bg3,h2-h4|^>>]} Qb7 33. Kd1 Qc8 34. Bg3 Qb7 35. h4 Nf8 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5
N6d7 (37... N6h7 38. f4 Ne6 39. Qe5 $16) 38. f4 Ne6 39. Qe3 $5 {[/\40.f5]} (39.
Qf3 Nxd4 40. Qxd5 Qxd5 41. Nxd5 b5 $14 {(/\Kg8-h7-g6<=>>>)}) 39... g6 40. Qf3
Nxd4 41. Qxd5 Qxd5 42. Nxd5 $14 {[><a6,b6,Kg8]} Ne6 43. Bf2 Kf8 (43... f6 $1
44. Be3 (44. gxf6 Kf7 $11 45. Bh4 Nec5 $132) 44... fxg5 45. fxg5 Kf7 46. b4 b5
47. a5 (47. axb5 axb5 48. Nc3 Ne5 49. Nxb5 Nd3 50. Nd6+ Ke7 $11) 47... Ne5 48.
Ke2 Ke8 $11) 44. Ke2 Ke8 45. Kf3 {[/\46.Nxb6]} b5 (45... Nec5 46. Nxb6 Nxb6 47.
Bxc5 Nxa4 48. Bd4 $18) 46. axb5 axb5 47. Ke4 $16 Ndc5+ 48. Bxc5 Nxc5+ 49. Kd4
Ne6+ 50. Ke5 Kd7 51. Nb4 $5 {[/\Nd3,b2-b4]} (51. Kf6 Ke8 52. f5 gxf5 53. g6 Kf8
54. Nb6 (54. gxf7 Nd8 $11) 54... Nc5 $11) 51... Nc5 52. Kd5 Ne6 53. Nd3 Kc7 $2
(53... Ke7 54. Ke5 $16 (54. b4 $2 f6 $11)) 54. b4 $18 Kb6 (54... Kd7 55. Nc5+
Ke7 (55... Nxc5 56. Kxc5 $18) 56. Nxe6 fxe6+ 57. Ke5 $18) 55. Kd6 Nd4 56. Ke7
1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Lanzarote"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "La Caja de Canarias"]
[BlackTeam "Alzira Hiraturas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. Nh3 (9. e4 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003/The Week
in Chess 429 (49) -86/494}) 9... Nbd7 (9... h6 $5 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. e3 c5 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O a4 15. Rfd1 Ra6 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Qd2 e5 18. Qc2 Nh5
19. Be1 f5 20. Bc3 g5 21. Nf2 Ng7 22. b4 axb3 23. Qxb3 Bc6 24. a4 f4 25. exf4
gxf4 26. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Illescas,M-Kolev,A/Lanzarote - Canarias 2003 (26)}) 10.
e4 c5 (10... h6 11. Be3 c5 12. O-O-O {1-0 Gurevich,M-Epishin,V/Hoogeveen NED
2001/The Week in Chess 363 (88)}) 11. Rd1 $5 {TN} (11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13.
Be2 h6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Rd1 Rae8 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Qc1 Neg4+ 18. fxg4 Nxe4+ 19.
Kg1 Nf6 20. Kf2 Ne4+ 21. Kg1 Nf6 22. Kf2 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 $17 {0-1 Dziuba,
M-Azarov,S/Nakhchivan AZE 2003/The Week in Chess 451 (64)}) 11... h6 12. Be3 (
12. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 $17) 12... Qc7 (12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne8 (13... d5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. e5 $16) 14. Be2 $14) 13. Be2 Rac8 14. d5 $14 b5 $5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 $5
Rfe8 17. O-O $5 (17. cxb5 d5 $132) 17... Nb6 (17... bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nf8 19. Rd3
$16) (17... Nb6 {[#]}) 18. Qd2 $1 (18. cxb5 d5 $132) 18... d5 (18... Nxc4 19.
Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qxd6 $16) (18... Rcd8 19. cxb5 d5 20. Qc2 $16) 19. cxd5 exd5 20.
Bxb5 $16 dxe4 (20... Re7 21. exd5 Nbxd5 22. Bc4 Rd8 23. Qf2 $16) 21. Bxe8 Rxe8
22. fxe4 Nc4 23. Qc3 Rxe4 (23... Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxe4 25. Qg3 $18) 24. Bc1 $18
Qc6 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Qc2 Qb6 27. Rdd1 Kg8 28. Nd5 $1 Qe6 (28... Bxd5 29. Rxd5
Qe6 30. Rxc5 $18) 29. Rxf6 $1 (29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Nxf6+) 1-0

[Event "Korinthos op 2nd"]
[Site "Korinthos"]
[Date "1998.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 $5 {TN} (11. Nh3) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 b5 $1
13. Nh3 h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Be2 c4 $6 (15... a5 $5 16. O-O b4 $1 $13 {with idea
17...Ba6}) 16. Qc3 (16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Be3 Nb3 18. Qc3 (18. Bxb6 Nxd2 19. Kxd2
axb6 $13) 18... Qa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. Bd1 $14) 16... Rfe8 17. Rd1 (17. Be3 Nxd5
$17) 17... a5 (17... Nxe4 $5 18. fxe4 Rxe4 19. Qg3 Rae8 20. Rd2 Kh8 $13) 18.
Be3 Qd8 19. O-O Qe7 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Nf2 $14 Ng6 22. Rfe1 (22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23.
Qxf6 gxf6 24. Rfe1 $14) 22... Nf4 23. Bf1 N6h5 24. g3 (24. b3 $1 $16) 24... Qg5
25. Ng4 f5 $5 (25... Ng6 26. b3 $16) 26. gxf4 Nxf4 27. exf5 $1 (27. h4 Qxh4 28.
Nh2 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 fxe4 30. fxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxd5 32. Rde1 Rf8 $1 $13) 27... h5
28. h4 Qxh4 29. Nh2 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Bxd5 31. Re3 $1 Nd3 32. Rexd3 (32. Qd2 $1 $16
Nf2+ 33. Qxf2 Qxf2 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Bxf2 $18) 32... cxd3 33. Qxd3 $16 Bc4 34.
Qd2 Bb3 35. Ra1 Rac8 36. Bd3 Qh4 (36... Bd5 37. Rg1 Bxf3+ 38. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 39.
Kh2 Rc7 40. f6 $40) 37. Bf2 Qf6 38. Rg1 Bc4 39. Be4 $138 (39. Rg6 Qe5 40. f6
Bxd3 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Qh6 $18) 39... Rxe4 40. fxe4 Qe5 41. Qd4 Qxd4 42. Bxd4
$18 Bd3 43. Rxg7+ Kf8 44. f6 Bxe4+ 45. Kg1 Rc4 46. Be3 d5 47. Bh6 Ke8 48. Re7+
(48. Re7+ Kd8 49. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 50. f7) 1-0

[Event "Neckar op-A 9th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qd3 d5 $5 {TN} (11... f5 12. b4 Qf6 13. Bb2
Rae8 14. Qb3 Qg6 15. Qa4 Nd2 {[#]} 16. d5 Nxf1 17. Qxd7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 exd5 19.
Bd4 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 f4 23. c6 $13 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Grosar,
A/Portoroz 1997/EXT 99 (45)}) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 {[/\14.Bb2,15.Rac1]} Nd6 $5
{[/\14...Nc4]} 14. a4 a6 (14... Nc4 15. Nd2 $14) 15. Bb2 (15. Qc2 $5 b5 16. Bd3
Nf6 17. Ne5 $14) 15... b5 16. a5 Nc4 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. f3 Ned6 (19...
Qg5 20. h4 $1 (20. fxe4 dxe4 $17) 20... Qxh4 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Qb1 $14) 20. Bd1
(20. Rae1 $142 {(/\Be2-d1-c2|^>>)}) 20... Qe7 (20... Qg5 $5 21. Re1 (21. f4 Qf5
) 21... f6 $132 22. Ng4 Rae8 23. Bc2 g6 {(/\24...Bc8<=>>>)}) 21. Bc2 g6 22.
Rae1 $14 f6 23. Ng4 f5 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Qe2 $5 {[/\Qe2-f2-h4|^]} Rae8 26. Qf2
Nxe5 27. dxe5 Nc4 28. f4 Qe7 $5 {[/\29...c5<=><<]} 29. Ra1 $5 {[/\30.Rfb1,
Bc3-d4-c5]} c5 30. Rfb1 Rf7 31. Qe1 (31. bxc5 $5 Qxc5 32. Bd4 Qc7 33. Rc1 {
(/\Qf2-e1-b4)}) 31... cxb4 32. Bxb4 Qe6 33. Qf2 Rc8 34. Re1 Rg7 35. Rad1 Nb2
36. Rd4 Rgc7 37. Bb3 Nc4 38. Bd1 $5 {[/\39.h3,40.g4]} g5 $5 39. h3 Rg7 40. Rf1
Rcc7 41. Be2 Rcf7 42. Rdd1 Rd7 (42... gxf4 43. exf4 d4 44. Bf3 Bxf3 45. Qxf3
$16 Ne3 $2 46. Qa8+ $18) 43. Kh2 $2 Qg6 $2 (43... gxf4 44. exf4 d4 45. Rg1 Ne3
$17) 44. g3 h5 45. Bd3 Rdf7 46. Rg1 Qh6 47. Be2 Kh7 48. Bf1 Rg6 49. Bg2 $16
Rfg7 (49... Rd7 50. e4 fxe4 51. Bxe4 $18) 50. Bxd5 Bxd5 51. Rxd5 h4 52. gxh4 g4
53. Bf8 $1 (53. hxg4 Rxg4 54. Rxg4 Rxg4 55. Rd7+ Kg8 56. Be7 $16) 53... g3+ 54.
Rxg3 Rxg3 55. Qxg3 Rxg3 56. Bxh6 Rxe3 57. Bg5 $18 Kg6 58. Rc5 $138 (58. Rd7
Nxa5 59. h5+ Kxh5 60. Rd6 $18) 58... Nxa5 59. Kg2 Re4 60. Rc7 b4 61. Ra7 Nc4 (
61... Rc4 62. Rxa6+ Nc6 63. e6 $18) 62. h5+ (62. h5+ Kxh5 63. Rxa6) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 c5 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. d5 Ne5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bh4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 exd5 {TN} (18... a6 19. O-O Rdb8 20.
a4 e5 21. Bd3 Nf8 22. g4 Qh4 23. f3 Bc8 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. b3 Nd7 26. Rb1 $14 {
1-0 Sokolov,I-Sokolov,A/Clermont-Ferrand FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 444 (28)})
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe6 $5 {[/\21...Ne7,22...d5]} 21. O-O (21. g4 $5 b5 $5 (
21... Ne7 22. Rdh5 {/\23.h5|^}) 22. g5 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Ne7 24. gxh6 (24. Rd1 d5
25. Be2 hxg5 $13) 24... Nxd5 25. hxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. e4 Rab8 28. Bxd5
Qf6 $13) 21... Ne7 22. Rd2 Rd7 $5 (22... d5 23. Rfd1 Rd6 24. cxd5 $16) 23. Rfd1
Rad8 24. Qb3 $1 {[н/\25.Bf3]} (24. Bf3 d5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qc4 Nf6 $11) 24...
g6 25. Bf3 h5 26. Rd3 Qf6 27. R1d2 Kg7 28. Qd1 $14 Qe6 29. b3 a5 30. g4 $1 hxg4
31. Bxg4 f5 32. Bf3 Qe5 (32... a4 33. bxa4 Qxc4 34. Rxd6 $16) 33. g3 Kh7 34.
Bg2 Kg7 35. a4 $5 (35. f4 $5 Qf6 36. Bf3 g5 37. e4 $36) 35... Kh7 36. Qf3 Kg7
37. Rd1 Rf8 38. Qe2 Rfd8 39. Qd2 Kh7 40. Bf3 Kg7 41. Kg2 Qf6 (41... d5 $5 42.
Bxd5 (42. cxd5 g5 43. Kg1 Rd6 $132) 42... Nxd5 43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. cxd5 Rd6 45.
Qd3 $16) 42. e4 $5 Nc6 43. exf5 Ne5 44. Re3 gxf5 45. Bd5 Rh8 46. Kg1 Re7 47.
Bg2 Rd8 48. Qd5 Rdd7 49. Bh3 (49. Rde1 $5 {н/\50.f4}) 49... Rd8 50. Kg2 f4 $5
51. gxf4 Ng6 52. Rxe7+ Qxe7 53. Qg5 $1 Kf7 (53... Qxg5+ 54. fxg5 Nf4+ 55. Kg3
Ne2+ 56. Kg4 Rf8 57. Rxd6 Rxf2 58. Kh4 $16) 54. Kg3 Rg8 55. Bg4 $16 Kf8 56.
Qxe7+ $138 (56. Rd5 $1 $18) 56... Nxe7 57. Kh3 Rg6 58. f5 Rh6+ 59. Kg3 Nc6 60.
Kf4 Nd4 61. Rd3 Rh2 62. Kg5 $1 Rxf2 63. Rh3 $40 Kg7 64. Re3 Nc6 (64... Rg2 65.
Re7+ Kg8 66. Rd7 $1 Nf3+ 67. Kf4 Ne5 68. Rxd6 Nxg4 69. Rg6+ $16) 65. Re6 Ne5
66. f6+ Kf7 $6 (66... Kf8 67. Bh5 Nf7+ 68. Bxf7 Kxf7 69. Rxd6 $18) 67. Re7+ Kg8
68. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 h6 (11... c5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Ng3 (13.
O-O h6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Rae1 a5 16. g4 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 g6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Bb5 Rfd8
20. Rc1 Nf8 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 d4 23. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sergeev,V-Yakivchik,
M/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 100 ext (74)}) 13... h6 14. Bf4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16.
Nf5 Qd8 17. Be5 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bc8 19. Rc1 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nd7 21. Bd4 Nc5 22.
O-O $14 {1-0 Rychagov,A-Sergeev,V/Vladimir RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 515 (40)}
) 12. Bh4 Qe7 (12... Re8 13. Ne2 c5 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bf2 Rac8 16. Qd2 Nf8 17.
Rfe1 Ne6 18. Ng3 Qf8 19. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Kiriakov,P-Chandler,M/Port Erin IOM
2004/The Week in Chess 517 (38)}) 13. Ne2 c5 14. Bb5 (14. Bf2 Rac8 15. O-O cxd4
16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Rad1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfe8 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Rfe1 a6 21. Bh4 b5 22.
Bf2 Qe5 23. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Diotallevi,M-Spooner,M/ICCF Email 2003/ICCF Telechess
CBM 102 (79)}) 14... Rad8 {N} (14... Qd6 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Bd3 Rfe8
18. Ng3 Qf8 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. Bf2 Nf8 21. Ng3 $14 {time! [Schachwoche 22/89].
0-1 Mohr,S-Conquest,S/Gausdal 1989/EXT 97 (99)}) 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Bf2 Rc8 17.
Qd2 Bc6 (17... a6 18. Bd3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 $14) 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Bd3 c4 (19... Nf8
$5 {(/\20...Ne6)}) 20. Bc2 b5 {[/\21...b4<=><<]} 21. Ng3 Qf8 (21... g6 22. e4
dxe4 23. fxe4 $36) 22. Be1 $1 {[/\23.Qf2,24.Bb4xb4,a5]} (22. Qb4 $5) 22... Re6
23. Qf2 g6 24. Bb4 Qg7 25. Rae1 $14 Rbe8 26. Bd2 {[/\Ng3-e2-f4]} Nb6 $5 {
[/\27...Na4<=><<]} 27. Ne2 Na4 28. Nf4 R6e7 29. Bb4 Rd7 30. Rb1 $1 {[/
\Nf4-e2-c3]} Nh7 31. Ne2 h5 32. Nc3 Nxc3 33. Bxc3 Qh6 34. Rbe1 {[/\35.e4]} f5
35. h4 Nf6 36. Qg3 Kf7 37. Bd2 Qg7 38. Qf4 Kg8 39. Bb4 {[/\Bb4-d6-e5]} Re6 40.
Re2 a6 41. Kf2 $1 {[/\Kf2-e1-d2;Rf1-h1-h3-g3|^>>]} Rd8 42. Rh1 Kh7 43. Ke1 (43.
Rh3 $6 Ng4+ $5 44. Ke1 $2 (44. fxg4 fxg4 $17) 44... Nxe3 $17) 43... Qh6 44. Qg5
$1 Rde8 (44... Qxg5 45. hxg5 Ne8 46. g4 $1 $40) 45. Kd2 {[/\Rh1-h3-g3]} Kg7 $6
46. Bxf5 $1 Qxg5 47. hxg5 gxf5 48. gxf6+ Rxf6 (48... Kg6 49. Be7 $16) 49. Rxh5
$16 Bd7 50. Ba5 Rh6 51. Rxh6 Kxh6 52. Re1 Rh8 (52... Rg8 53. Rh1+ Kg7 54. Bc7
$16) 53. Kc3 {[/\Kc3-b4-a5]} Kg6 54. Kb4 Kf7 (54... Rh2 55. Rg1 {(56.Bc7)}) 55.
Bc7 Rg8 56. Re2 Rg6 57. Bf4 {[xh6,/\58.g3,59.Rh2]} Rg8 58. Ka5 Rc8 $5 {/\59...
c3;} (58... Rg6 59. g3 $16) 59. Rc2 (59. Kxa6 c3 60. bxc3 Rxc3 61. Ra2 Rc4 62.
Kb6 Ke6 $16) 59... Rc6 60. g3 $18 {[/\61.Kb4,52.Rh2]} Be8 61. Kb4 Kg8 62. Rh2
a5+ 63. Kxa5 c3 64. bxc3 Rc4 $5 (64... Rxc3 65. Kb4 Rc4+ 66. Kb3 $18) 65. Rh6 {
[/\Rh6-e6-e5]} Ra4+ 66. Kb6 Rxa3 67. Re6 Kf7 (67... Bh5 68. g4 fxg4 69. fxg4
Kf7 70. Rd6 Bxg4 71. Rxd5 $18) 68. Re5 Rxc3 69. Rxf5+ Ke6 70. Re5+ Kf7 71. Rxd5
b4 72. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 (72... Rd3 73. Rc4 b3 74. Rb4 $18) 73. dxc5 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Andernach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 c5 {TN} 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 d5 $5 13. Qb3 $5 (13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Be7 Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Rfe8 17. Bh4 cxd4 18. Bb5 g5 $11) (
13. Rfd1 $6 cxd4 14. Qxd4 (14. Nxd4 Ne4 $5 $132) 14... e5 15. Qc3 e4 16. Bc2
Rc8 $132) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qe7 (16... Rc7 $5 {
With idea 17...Qa8} 17. Bg3 Rc6 18. Bb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa8 (19... a6 20. Bxd7
Nxd7 21. Rc7 $14) 20. Rc7 $14) 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 Qf8 (18... a6 19. d5 $36)
19. a4 $5 {With idea a4-a5-a6} (19. h3 $5 $14) 19... g5 $5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nb5
$1 Nxg3 22. Qxg3 Nf6 $1 (22... a6 $2 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxa6 $16)
23. Nxa7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Rxa4 25. b3 Raa8 (25... Ra2 26. Qc7 Rb8 27. Nd6 (27. Ra1
$5 $14) 27... Nd5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Ra1 (29. Nxf7 $2 Rb7 30. Nxh6+ Qxh6 31.
Qd8+ Qf8 $19) 29... Rba8 $1 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 $13) 26. Nc7 $5 Rac8 $2 (26... Ra2 $1
27. Rxe6 $5 (27. Bxe6 Rxd4 $132 28. Qe5 Rf4 $17) 27... Ne4 $1 (27... fxe6 28.
Nxe6 $18) (27... Nh5 28. Qe3 $1 Nf4 29. Re7 Nxg2 30. Qe5 $16) 28. Qe5 $1 (28.
Qe3 Nxf2 $1 29. Rg6+ (29. Re7 Ng4 $1 $19) 29... Kh7 30. Rxb6 Bxg2 $1 31. Bd3+ (
31. Ra6 Nh3+ $19) 31... Nxd3 32. Qxd3+ Kg8 33. Rc2 Rxd4 $1 $17) 28... fxe6 29.
Bxe6+ Kh7 30. Bf5+ Kg8 31. Ne6 (31. Be6+ $11) 31... Rc8 $1 32. Bh7+ Kf7 33.
Bg6+ (33. Rc7+ Rxc7 34. Qf5+ Nf6 $19) 33... Kg8 $5 (33... Kxg6 34. Nxf8+ Rxf8
35. Qe6+ $36) 34. Bh7+ Kf7 $11) 27. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 (
29... Bxc8 30. Rc6 b5 31. Qe5 $18) 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 (30... Bxc8 31. Qb8 $1 Nd7 32.
Qc7 $16) 31. h4 $5 (31. Qd6 Kg7 32. Qxb6 Nd5 $16) 31... gxh4 32. Qxh4 Ng8 (
32... Kg7 33. Re7+ Kg6 34. Qg3+ Ng4 35. f3 Qc1+ 36. Re1 $18) 33. d5 $1 Qc5 (
33... Bxd5 34. Qd4+ $18) 34. Re8 $1 Qc1+ (34... Qxd5 35. Qxh6#) 35. Kh2 Qc7+
36. g3 Qg7 37. d6 Kh7 (37... Bc6 38. Rd8 b5 (38... Kh7 39. Qc4 $1 Bd7 40. Qe4+
Kh8 41. Qe7 $18)) 38. Qc4 $1 (38. Qc4 Nf6 (38... Qg6 39. Qxg8+ Qxg8 40. Rxg8
Kxg8 41. d7 $18) 39. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2006.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 9. b4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Be2 Nb6 (12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bd5
(13... Ne4 14. O-O Nb6 15. Qb5 a6 16. Qa5 Nd5 17. Rfc1 Rc8 (17... Qxa5 18. bxa5
$14) 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rc4 $1 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Leko,P/Wijk
aan Zee NED 2006/The Week in Chess 586 (47)}) 14. Qc3 Qb6 15. O-O cxb4 16. axb4
Rfb8 17. Ra4 Nc5 18. bxc5 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Rxb2 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rxa7
Rb7 23. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 Dobrov,V-Belov,V/playchess.com 2005/Mega2006 (23)}) 13.
cxd5 cxb4 14. axb4 Nbxd5 15. Qa3 Qe7 $5 {TN} (15... a6 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rfb1
Rfc8 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. Rb3 Nc7 20. Qb2 Bd5 21. Rba3 Rab8 $132 {0-1 Van Wely,
L-Ponomariov,R/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 579 (72)} 22. Ra4 $5)
16. b5 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 (17. Bxa3 Rfc8 $132) 17... Rfc8 18. O-O $5 (18. Nd4 Nb6 $5
$132) 18... Rc2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Rxe2 $5 20. Bd4 Nc7 (20... Rc2) 21. Ra5 a6
(21... f6 22. Rc1) 22. b6 Nb5 $13) (19... Nxf6 20. Bd3 $36 {(/\21.Rfa1)}) 20.
Nd4 Rc3 (20... Rb2 21. Bf3 $36) 21. Ra5 $1 {[/\22.Rfa1|^;xa7;} (21. Rfa1 Rxa3
22. Rxa3 Kf8 $5 {/\Kf8-e7-d6<=>} (22... Nc7 23. Nc6 a6 24. b6 $1 $36)) 21...
Nc7 22. Rfa1 e5 (22... a6 23. Bf3 (23. bxa6 $5) 23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 $16 Rc5 25.
b6 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Nd5 (26... Ne8 27. Nb3 Nd6 28. Nc5 $16) 27. Rxd5 $3 exd5 28.
Nc6 $18) 23. Nf5 Rc2 24. Bf1 $16 Be4 (24... a6 25. Nd6) 25. Nd6 Bd5 26. Rxa7
Rd8 (26... Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rc1 28. b6 $18) 27. Nf5 (27. b6 Rxd6 28. bxc7 (28.
Rxc7 Rb2) 28... Rdc6 $13) 27... Be6 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. b6 Ne8 30. Ra8 $6 (30. Rb1
$5 Ba2 $140 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. b7 Rb8 33. Nc6 $18) 30... Rxa8 31. Rxa8 Nd6 32.
Rg8+ Kh6 33. Rd8 Nb7 34. Rb8 Nc5 35. f3 Rb2 $44 {[/\36...Nd7]} 36. h4 Nd7 37.
Rh8 $5 {[/\38.Bd3]} f5 $138 (37... Nc5 $5) 38. Bd3 Kg7 39. Rd8 Kf6 40. Nxf5 $1
Nc5 $1 41. g4 Nxd3 42. Rxd3 Bxf5 43. gxf5 Kxf5 $2 (43... Rxb6 44. e4 Rb2 $1 (
44... h5 $5) 45. Rd6+ Kg7 46. h5 f6 47. h6+ Kxh6 48. Rxf6+ Kg5 49. Re6 Kf4 $11)
44. Rd7 $1 $16 Kg6 $2 (44... Ke6 45. Rb7 h5 46. Rb8 $16) 45. b7 $18 {[/
\Kg1-b1-c8]} f6 46. Kf1 h6 47. Ke1 Kf5 (47... Kh5 48. Rg7 Kxh4 49. Kd1 h5 50.
Kc1 Rb6 51. Kc2 Kh3 52. Kc3 h4 53. Kc4 Kh2 54. Kc5 Rb1 55. Kc6 h3 56. Kc7 Rc1+
57. Kd8 Rb1 58. Kc8 Kh1 59. b8=Q Rxb8+ 60. Kxb8 h2 61. e4 f5 62. Rh7 $18) 48.
Re7 $1 e4 49. fxe4+ Kg4 50. Kd1 Kxh4 51. Kc1 Rb6 52. Rg7 h5 53. Kd2 Kh3 54. Kd3
h4 55. Kd4 Kh2 56. Kc5 Rb2 57. Kc6 Rc2+ 58. Kd7 Rd2+ 59. Kc8 Rc2+ 60. Rc7 Rb2
61. b8=Q Rxb8+ 62. Kxb8 Kg3 63. Rf7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 {Golod,V} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 11. Bd3 {'!?' Golod,V. Golod,V: 'Besides
White has three principales options:11.Rc1; 11.cxd5 and'} (11. Nh3 $5 {(Golod,
V) See comments to Kramnik,V-Tiviakov,S/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)(42)
}) 11... Nbd7 12. Ne2 ({Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} 12.
cxd5 {Golod,V}) ({and} 12. Nh3 {Golod,V}) 12... c5 ({Is a possibble
continuation of the play:} 12... e5 $5 {Golod,V}) 13. cxd5 (13. O-O {(Golod,V)
does not put large problems for Black.}) 13... cxd4 ({It was dubiously:} 13...
exd5 {Golod,V} 14. O-O Qe7 (14... Rxe3 $2 15. Bxf6 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gd3h7]})
15. Bf2 Rac8 16. Qd2 c4 17. Bc2 b5 18. Rae1 $14 {Rychagov,A-Petrov,M/Moscow,
1995(1-0)(36)}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 ({Again I do not think that it was better:} 14...
exd5 {Golod,V} 15. O-O $14 {[%csl Yc3,Re3,Rg8]}) 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 {
Golod,V: 'After exchange of the queens, White should play extreme precisely to
receive a minimal advantage. '} Ne5 {'!' Golod,V. Golod,V: 'It's best move.'} (
{Weakly:} 16... Nd5 $2 {Golod,V} 17. Bb5 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gb5d7,Yh4d8]} Nxe3 {
[%csl Re1,Rh4][%cal Ge3g2]} (17... Bc8 18. Kf2 {[%cal Ga1c1] +/=/+/-}) 18. Kf2
e5 19. Ne2 Nf5 20. Bxd7 Nxh4 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Nc3 {+/=/+/-}) 17. Bf1 ({
Pretty dubiously:} 17. Bc2 {(Golod,V) in view of:} Nd5 {[%csl Rb2,Re3][%cal
Ge5c4,Gd5e3]}) 17... Nd5 18. Bg3 {'!' Golod,V. Golod,V: 'Differently,Black
easily equalizes a position:'} (18. Bf2 {Golod,V} Rac8 $11 (18... Red8 $5))
18... Nxe3 $5 {'N?' Golod,V. Golod,V: 'Leads to favourable complications for
White. The strange decision, probably connected to the tactical miscalculation.
Though it was rather difficult to calculate all variants.'} (18... Ng6 19. Kf2
Red8 20. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2003/The Week in
Chess 438 (20)} (20. Bc4 Rac8 21. Rac1 Nde7 22. Be2 e5 23. Nb3 Bd5 24. Nd2 Be6
25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bd3 Nf5 27. Ke2 Nxg3+ 28. hxg3 Ne7 29. g4 f6 30. Ne4 Kf8 $11
{1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2003/The Week in Chess 438 (45)})
) 19. Bxe5 f6 (19... Red8 $5 20. Kf2 Nxf1 21. Rhxf1 Rd5 (21... f6 22. Nxe6 Rd2+
23. Ke3 Rxg2 (23... Rd5 24. Bxf6 Re8 25. Bc3 Rxe6+ 26. Kf2) 24. Rg1 $16) 22.
Rfe1 f6 23. Bxf6 (23. Nxe6 fxe5 24. Rad1 Rc8 $11) 23... gxf6 24. Nxe6 Rd2+ $132
) 20. Bg3 Rad8 (20... e5 {'!?' Golod,V.} 21. Nb5 Nc2+ 22. Kf2 Nxa1 23. Bc4+ Kf8
24. Rxa1 $16 {Golod,V: '+/=/+/-'}) 21. Bb5 $1 Rxd4 (21... Re7 22. Kf2) 22. Ke2
$1 (22. Bxe8 $2 Nc2+ 23. Ke2 (23. Kf2 Rd2+ 24. Kg1 Nxa1 $19) 23... Ba6+ 24. Kf2
Rd2+ $19) 22... Nc2 (22... Nxg2 23. Bxe8 Ba6+ 24. Kf2 Rd2+ 25. Kg1 Rxb2 (25...
Ne3 26. Bf2) 26. h4 $18) 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Bd3 $16 Rcd8 (24... Rxd3 25. Kxd3
Ba6+ 26. Kd2 Nd4 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bb8 $1 a5 (28... a6 29. Ba7 $18) (28... Nc6
29. Rc1 Bb7 30. Bxa7 $1 Nxa7 31. Rc7 $18) 29. Ba7 $18) 25. Bxc2 Ba6+ (25...
Rd2+ 26. Ke3 Rxg2 27. Rhd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Rxb2 29. Rc7 Bd5 30. Rxa7 $18) 26. Ke3
Rd2 27. Rhd1 $1 $18 {Golod,V: 'White has precisely calculated all consequences
of this move.'} (27. Rhe1 Rxg2 28. b4 g5 $16) 27... Re2+ 28. Kf4 e5+ 29. Kg4
Bc8+ (29... Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Rxg2 31. Rc7 Rxb2 32. Bc2 $18) 30. Bf5 h5+ (30...
Rxd1 31. Rxc8+ Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Kh5 $18) 31. Kxh5 Rxd1 32. Rxc8+ Kf7 33.
Rc7+ Ke8 34. Kg6 {'+-' Golod,V.} Rxg2 35. Kxg7 Rd6 36. Rxa7 Rxb2 37. Bh4 Rg2+
38. Bg6+ Kd8 39. Bxf6+ Kc8 40. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 (11. O-O-O d5 12. c5 Bc6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14.
Kb1 $13 {Gelfand,B-Anand,V/München/1991/}) (11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4
Nfe4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Be7 Rfe8 16. bxc5 Rxe7 17. cxd6 Rd7 $15 {Fochtler,
E-Csiszar,Cs/Eger Agria open/1992/}) 11... c5 (11... Re8 12. Ne2 e5 13. O-O-O
c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Rc8 $13 {Chabanon,JL-Lejeune,JP/french tch/1992/}) 12.
Ne2 cxd4 (12... Rc8 13. O-O (13. b4 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 $13 {Sorokin,
M-Atalik,S/Cheliabinsk/1991/}) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. b3 (15. e4 Ng6 16.
Bf2 Nd7 17. b3 Nde5 18. Rad1 {Forintos,Gy-Parma,B/Siegen ol/1970/}) 15... Nxd3
16. Qxd3 Ba6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd6 Rfd8 $44 {Serrer,C-Cordes,H/BL/1986/}) 13.
exd4 Rc8 (13... d5 14. c5 $13 {Shipov,S-Korneev,O/USSR/1991/}) 14. b4 (14. Qd2
Ba6 15. Rc1 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Qxd3 Nxd5 $15 {Dokuchaev,
A-Magerramov,E/Moscow6/1991/}) 14... e5 15. O-O b5 16. c5 exd4 17. Nxd4 a6 (
17... dxc5 18. Nf5 c4 $6 19. Bc2 Bd5 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Rd6 $16 {Gulko,
B-deFirmian,N/USA-ch/1989/}) 18. Nf5 dxc5 19. Rad1 cxb4 20. Qxb4 {/\Ne7+//\Nd6,
Bf5 <->d} Kh8 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Bf5 {/\23.Nxb7 Rxb7 24.Bxf6 +-} Bc6 23. Bxd7 Bxd7
24. Ne4 $18 a5 25. Qb2 (25. Qd4 Be6 26. Bxf6 (26. Qxd8 $6 Rfxd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8
28. Nxf6 Rd3 $14) 26... gxf6 27. Qb2 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 $16) 25... Qb6+ 26. Bf2 Qc6
27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. Qd2 Bf5 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Rd4 {Hansen,Cu} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Merrillville"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1997.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 (11... bxc5 12. Be2 {Has been played
in quite a few games. Two of the most wellknown are:} Qb6 (12... a5 13. Rd1 h6
14. Bf4 d5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Bg3 Ba6 17. Rf2 $1 $14 {Karpov,An-Andersson,U/
Haninge (05) 1990}) 13. O-O d5 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Nf2 h6 16. Bh4 Ba4 17. Rd2 Bb3
18. Ng4 $5 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,An/Las Palmas (09) 1996}) 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. O-O
Rae8 14. Rad1 $14 {^^} Bc6 15. Bc2 h6 16. Bh4 e5 {Black is trying to restrict
the white bishops without weakening his position.} 17. Nf2 e4 18. f4 {The
advance of the e-P has given Bc2 less space. However white has gotten control
of the /^ a1-h8 and has some good posibilies of building op on the K-side with
g2-g4 or to build up in the <->-d. Because of the Bh4 it is difficult for
black to oppose white with his Rs in the <->-d.} b5 19. b3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Re6
21. Rd2 Rd6 {Clever play. One R is exchanged without moving Nd7/Nf6. The 2 Ns
are optimal placed for defence and should if possible stay where they are.} 22.
Rfd1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Re8 24. g4 Nh7 {[%cal Yh7f8,Yf8g6,Yf8e6] Black does not
want to wait for an eventual g4-g5 - possibly prepared by Bh4-g3, and h2-h4 -
but tries to get counterplay by Nh7-f8-g6.} 25. Bg3 Nb6 26. g5 (26. h4 $5 {
/\Kh2+g4-g5}) 26... hxg5 27. fxg5 Qe7 28. h4 Nf8 29. Rd6 Bb7 30. a4 {White has
a big ()(spaceadvantage) but he still has not consolidated his postion. He
needs to activate Nf2, Bc2 and protect the c4-P.} (30. Ng4 Ng6 {/\Nxh4}) 30...
Ng6 31. a5 (31. Rd1 $5 Qe6 $132) 31... Nxh4 32. Bxh4 (32. axb6 Nf5) 32... Qxd6
33. axb6 axb6 34. Kg2 Qe6 $6 {In the following moves white manages to improve
the position of his pieces considerably. He plays Bh4-g3 and Kg3. Maybe black
should have tried to prevent that by} (34... Qg6 $5 {/\Kg8-h7 + Re8-h8 !?}) 35.
Bg3 Ba6 36. Bb3 Rd8 37. Bf4 Rd7 38. Kg3 Rd8 39. Qc2 Bb7 40. Ba4 Ba6 41. Bb3 Bb7
42. Qb1 Re8 43. Ba4 Rf8 44. Bc2 Qxc4 $6 (44... Re8 {Passive but the
gamecontination is bad}) 45. Nxe4 Rd8 (45... Qd5 46. Qxb6) 46. g6 $1 {/\gxf7+
and Bb3} Bxe4 47. Bxe4 Qe6 48. Bf5 Qc6 (48... Qf6 49. Qe4 $36 {/\Kg4}) 49. Qa2
c4 50. gxf7+ Kxf7 51. Qh2 Rf8 52. Qh5+ Ke7 53. Bg5+ Rf6 54. Qg6 Kf8 55. Bxf6
gxf6 56. Qh6+ Ke7 57. Qg7+ Kd8 58. Qf8+ Kc7 59. Qe7+ Kb8 60. Kf4 $2 {White is
a piece up and certainly better. Could he win? Well of course one should not
be too critical in the suddendeath part of the game. Probably the two players
were short of time. However I would still like to point that the textmove is
principally wrong. The white K should head in another direction:} (60. Kf2 $1 {
[%cal Yf2e1,Ye1c3] /\Ke1-d2-c3 +- This manouvre seems to win quite easily. Not
only is the idea in itself very strong. Black does not seem to have any
construktive move:} b5 (60... Qc7 61. Qe8+ Ka7 62. Be4 Qh2+ 63. Bg2 $18) 61.
Bd7 Qd5 (61... Qc7 62. Qe8+ Kb7 63. Bxb5 Qh2+ 64. Ke1 $18) 62. Qd8+ Ka7 63.
Qc7+ $18) 60... b5 61. Qd8+ Ka7 62. Be4 Qc5 63. Qxf6 b4 64. Qd4 Kb6 65. Bf5 b3
66. Ke4 Kb5 67. Qc3 Qe7+ 68. Kf3 Qd6 69. Be4 Qe6 70. Qd4 Kb4 $14 71. Qb6+ $4
Qxb6 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3
Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 (9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a6 (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bd3 a5 (
12... Ng5 13. d5 Nc5 14. b4 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 exd5 (15... e5 16. Nd2 f4 17. exf4
Rxf4 18. h4 Nf7 19. g3 Rf6 20. Ne4 Rf5 21. Bc1 Qd7 22. g4 Rf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24.
Ng5 Re8+ 25. Kd2 {1-0 Ree,H-Douven,R/Amsterdam OHRA-B 1989}) 16. cxd5 f4 17. h4
Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 fxe3 19. fxe3 Rf7 20. O-O-O c6 21. Rhg1 cxd5 22. Rxg7+ Rxg7 23.
Bxg7 Rc8+ 24. Bc3 $16 {Bouwmeester-Rittner/cr 1987}) (12... Rf6 13. d5 $5 Rg6
14. Nd4 (14. dxe6 Rxe6 $2 15. Nd4 $16) (14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 $17) 14...
Ndc5 15. Bf1 exd5 16. cxd5 f4 $17 {Liebowitz,EE-Tears,CF/cr 6 North American
Inv Ch CCYB 9/315 1989}) (12... Qe8 13. O-O Qh5 14. d5 $5 exd5 15. Nd4 Ne5 16.
Be2 Qg6 17. f3 Nc5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Rad1 $44 {Bareev,E-Timman,J/Tilburg 53/
534 1991 (59)}) (12... Ndf6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne4 $6 (15... c5
$10) 16. Qe2 c5 17. f3 Nf6 (17... Ng5 $5) 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rab1 Rc7 20. Rfd1 $14
{Bareev,E-Karpov,An/Linares 57/531 1993}) (12... Qe7 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rad1 Rf6
15. d5 Rg6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc5 18. Qc2 exd5 19. cxd5 Rf8 20. Kh1 Rxf3
21. gxf3 Qf7 $17 {Langeweg,Kick-Lobron,Eric/Donner op (08) 1995}) 13. O-O Ng5
14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qg6 16. d5 Nc5 17. Rf3 Qe8 18. Rg3 Rf7 19. Qc3 Qe7 20.
dxe6 Nxe6 21. Qc2 $16 {Bouwmeester-Hyldkrog/cr 1986 (41)}) (10... c5 11. Be2
cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. f3 h6 17. Rfd1 Ne6 18.
Nf1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 b5 20. Qb4 Nc5 21. cxb5 Nd5 22. Qc4 Nb6 23. Qb4 Nd5 24. Qc4 {
1/2-1/2 Gabriel,C-Hracek,Z/Altensteig (09) ;CBM 49_08 1995}) 11. Be2 Ne4 12.
Qc2 f5 13. O-O Ng5 14. Ne1 f4 {Hulak,K-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk 35/(631) 1983}) (9.
Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 (10... e5 $5 11. Bf5 Qe7 (11... e4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. b4 Qe7
14. Bb2 $14 {/\ d5, Rae1, f3 /^a1-g7}) 12. b4 g6 $6 (12... Be4 $1 13. Bh3 Bxf3
14. gxf3 Nh5 $1 {/\ f5} 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. dxe5 Qh3 $10) 13. Bc2 $1 (13. Bh3 Ne4
{/\ f5=/+ ץh3}) (13. Bxd7 Nxd7 $10) 13... Bxf3 $5 14. gxf3 c5 15. dxc5 (15.
Bb2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nh5) 15... dxc5 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Bd3 Qh3 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Rad1
Re6 20. Kh1 $1 (20. Rd2 g5 $1 {/\ Ne4, Rh6-+}) 20... Qh4 21. Qe1 $1 {/\ Rg1-g3}
a5 22. b5 Rd8 $5 23. Rg1 Ne8 {Xu,Jun-Rodriguez,Am/Luzern 48/721 1989 (40)} 24.
Rd2 $14) (10... c5 11. b4 (11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Qd2 Qf6 $17 {Raeber,M-Wirthensohn,H/Zuerich op 1993 (28)}) 11... cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Qb3 $14 {Kozul,Zdenko-Jukic,Mirko/Cetinje tt (01)
1990/}) (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nd2 Qh4 13. f3 Ng5 14. Rf2 Rf6 15. Nf1 Rg6
16. Kh1 Rf8 17. Qe2 e5 $15 {Sieglen,J-Luther,M/Godesburg 1993 (40)}) 11. b4 c5
(11... e5) 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rfd8 14. Qh4 h6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 {
+/= Chekhova,T-Dautov,R/Rostock 40/(701) 1985}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 f5
11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Rae8 (13... Rf7 14. Rad1 Raf8 15. d5 e5 16. b4
g5 17. Bd3 Ndf6 18. Ne1 g4 19. f3 gxf3 20. gxf3 Ng5 $13 {Johansen,D-Teo,KS/
Dubai olm (05) 1986 (34)}) 14. Ne1 Qh4 15. d5 Ndf6 16. Rd1 Qh6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
$15 {Savon,V-Gurevich,V/URS-OT56 Uzhgorod 1988 (42)}) (9... c5 10. O-O Qe7 11.
dxc5 dxc5 12. b3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Bb2 e5 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Nd2 Nef6 17. Nf1
Rfe8 18. Ng3 $14 {Dragomarezkij,E-Kholmov,R/Moscow4 1991 (42)}) 10. O-O Qe7 (
10... c5 11. b3 (11. b4 Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. a4 Rf6 16.
Ne1 $2 Rh6 $40 {Sarmiento,B-Kurajica,B/Las Palmas-B(5) 1994 (30)}) 11... Qe7 (
11... Qc7 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rac1 Be4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. d5 $14 {Kumaran,D-Votava,J/
Matinhos WJC 1994 (40)}) (11... Re8 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Nd2 e5 14. d5 b5 15. Bd3
bxc4 16. bxc4 Ba6 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. Bc3 $14 {Kumaran,Dharshan-Taylor,P/Hastings
Masters (02) 1995}) 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rfd1 (13. Rad1 d5 $1 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe5
(15. Qb4 $5) 15... Rfd8 (15... Nxb3 $2 16. cxd5 {/\} Bxd5 17. Rxd5 $18) 16. Nd4
(16. cxd5 Bxd5 $10 {Karpov,An}) 16... Qf8 $1 $15 17. f3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd5 19.
Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Karpov,An/Jakarta (m/21) 59/(581) 1993} (19. Nf5 $6 Ncd7
20. Qg3 Bxc4 21. Rxd7 exf5 $17) (19. Bxd5 Nxd5 $17)) 13... Rfe8 14. Rac1 a6 15.
b4 {1/2-1/2 Meduna,E-Lechtynsky,J/Augsburg 1989}) (10... Ne4 11. Qd3 f5 12. b4
Qf6 13. Bb2 Rae8 14. Qc2 Qg6 15. Rad1 Ndf6 16. d5 Ng4 $13 {Gurevic M.-Salov,
1988}) 11. b4 c5 (11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Nd2 c5
16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. f3 $14 {Shariazdanov,A-Lugovoi,A/URS-chJ Alma-Ata 1991}) 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bb2 e5 16. Nd2 (16. Ne1 Qg5 17. Qd3 Rf6 18.
f3 Rg6 19. Rd1 Re8 $17 {Forintos,Gy-Schneider,L. A/Reykjavik 33/666 1982 (30)})
16... Ng5 {[%cal Yb7h1] /^a8-h1} 17. f3 f4 {[%csl Rd4,Re3] ><e3,><d4} 18. Qc3
Ne6 $15 19. Rae1 Rf6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Yf6h6,Ye7h4] /\Rh6,Qh4,קh2} 20. Bd3 Raf8
(20... Rh6 $5 21. Rf2 Qh4 22. Nf1) 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 {[%csl Rh2][%cal
Yd2f3,Yf3h2]} (22. Nxe4 Rh6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ye7h4,Yh4h2] /\Qh4 ->}) 22... Nb6
{[%csl Gb6,Rb2,Rc4] קc4,ץb2} 23. Bc1 fxe3 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxe3 Nd4 {
[%cal Yd4c2] /\Nd4} 26. Qd3 Rg6 (26... Qf7 $5 {[%cal Yf7c4,Yf7f2] /^f7-c4,<->f}
) 27. Re3 Qe6 {[%cal Ye6g4,Yg4g2,Yg4d1] /\Qg4} 28. h3 h6 29. Bb2 Na4 30. Bxd4
$6 (30. Bc1) 30... cxd4 31. Rf3 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Gc5,Rc4,Re4] קe4,קc4} 32. Qf1
{[%cal Yf3f8]} Qe7 33. Kh2 Kh7 (33... Qg5 34. Qf2) 34. Qf2 Qg5 35. Kh1 Rf6 $5
36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. h4 Qg6 {[%csl Rc4,Re4,Rh4]} 38. Qf3 {[%cal Yg2g4] /\g2-g4} h5
{[%csl Rg4][%cal Yh6c1] ><g4,/^h6-c1} 39. Kg1 Qh6 40. Qf5+ Kg7 41. Nf1 Qg6 (
41... d3 $5 42. Qf3 (42. Qf2 Qg6 43. Nd2) 42... d2 $19 {[%cal Yc5e4] /\Nxe4})
42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 {Hecht: S-S bei je 6 Bauern zentrale schwarze Freibauern vs
weißen entfernten Freibauern am D-Flügel; später : S - 3 Bauern} 43. Ng3 Na4
44. Kf2 $8 (44. Nf5 Nb2 45. Nxd6 d3 $19) 44... Nb2 45. Nf5 Nxc4 46. a4 d5 (
46... d3 {Hecht} 47. Ne7+ Kf7 48. Nc6 d2 49. Ke2 Nb2 50. Kxd2 Nxa4 51. Nxa7 $10
) 47. Ne7+ Kf7 48. Nxd5 Nd2 49. a5 Nxe4+ 50. Ke2 {[%cal Yb5b6,Ya7b6,Ya5a6] /
\51.b6 axb6 52.a6} Nd6 (50... Nc5 51. a6 {[%cal Yb5b6]}) 51. Nc7 {[%csl Rf7]} (
51. b6 axb6 52. a6 Nb5 $17) 51... e4 52. b6 d3+ 53. Kf2 axb6 54. a6 $10 Nc8 (
54... Nc4 $2 55. Nd5 $18) 55. Nb5 Ke6 56. Ke3 f5 57. a7 Nxa7 58. Nxa7 f4+ 59.
Kd2 Kd5 (59... Kf5 60. Nc8 (60. Nb5 Kg4 61. Nd6 f3 62. gxf3+ Kxf3 63. Nf5 Kf2
64. Ne3 b5 $19) 60... b5 61. Nd6+ $10) 60. Kc3 Ke5 61. Nb5 Kf5 62. Nd6+ Ke5 63.
Nc4+ Kf5 64. Nd6+ Ke5 {dynamisches Gleichgewicht} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Golod,V} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 $5 {
This move has often been played by de Firmian and I. Sokolov. Black counters
White's two Bs through healthy play in the centre and particularly the
diagonal h1-a8.} 7. Qc2 f5 8. g3 (8. Nh3 b6 (8... d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Nf2 a5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 f4 $5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. exf4 exf4+ 17.
Be2 Re8 18. Rd2 $13 {Ziegler,A-Gavrikov,V/Gothenburg/1998}) 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3
Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Qe8 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Bb2 $14 {Nikolov,S-Cebalo,
M/Bled open/1998}) 8... b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nf6 $1 {Allowing the white
squared B on b7 free line of fire.} (10... d6 {Golod,V} 11. O-O (11. Ng5 $5 Qf6
12. O-O) 11... Nc6 12. b4 Qe7 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 Nd8 15. a4 Nf7 16. Ba3 e5 17.
e3 $14 {1-0 Jakab,A-Papa,S/Eu Youth bu14, Mureck AUT 1998 (36)}) (10... Qc8 {
Golod,V} 11. O-O d6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bb2 Ndf6 14. c5 Qe8 15. Rac1 Rc8 $13 {
0-1 Halldor,P-Yee,L/Int Open 1998 (36)}) 11. b4 (11. Bg5 $5 Be4 12. Qd2 Qe8 13.
Rc1 d6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. O-O Nd7 16. b4 e5 $14 {Atalik,S-Xu Yuhua/Beijing/1997}
) (11. O-O Qe8 (11... Be4 {Golod,V} 12. Qc3 (12. Qd1 a5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne7
15. Rc1 h6 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Rfd1 a4 18. b4 d6 19. b5 Qe8 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2
Ng6 22. Qd3 Nh7 23. f4 Nf6 24. d5 Ne4 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Qd4 Rf7 $13 {0-1
Onischuk,A-Kurajica,B/Moscow olm 1994 (53)}) (12. Qd2 a5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne7
15. a4 h6 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Ra6 20. a5 Qa8 21. Bc3
Rb8 22. axb6 Rbxb6 23. h3 Rb3 24. Rdc1 Nd7 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. Ba5 Qb7 27. Qd1
Ra3 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Qxa1 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Bc3 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,
M-Wells,P/Isle of Man op 1995 (71)}) 12... Qe8 (12... d6 13. b4 (13. Bh3 Qe8
14. Ng5 Bb7 15. Qe3 Ne4 16. Bg2 Qg6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. f3 $14 (19.
Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 Nc6 21. Be3 a5 $11 {0-1 Alzate,D-Rodriguez,A/Erevan olm 1996
(50)})) 13... Nbd7 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Bf1 $5 h6 (15... Bb7 $142) 16. Ne1 Bb7 17.
f3 a5 $1 18. Nd3 $1 (18. b5 $6 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 $15) (18. Bb2 b5 $1 19. cxb5
Nd5 20. Qd2 axb4 21. axb4 f4 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Ng2 Qg6 $44) 18... axb4 19. axb4
b5 $5 (19... Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qa8 21. Bd2 Qxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. b5
$14) 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nf4 $1 (21. cxb5 Qa4 22. Nb2 (22. Re1 Nd5 23. Qb2 Qxb5
$10) 22... Qxb5 23. e4 Qc6) 21... Qa4 22. Re1 bxc4 (22... e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 (
23... dxe5 24. Ne6 (24. Nd3 $1 $14) 24... Re8 $1) 24. cxb5 (24. c5 g5 25. cxd6
cxd6 26. Ne6 Rc8 27. Qd4 Bd5) 24... Rf7 $1 $10) 23. Qxc4 (23. Nxe6 $6 Re8 24.
Nxc7 Rc8 25. Qxc4+ Nd5 26. Qb5 $16) 23... Bd5 $1 (23... Nd5 24. Nxe6 N7b6 25.
Qd3 Rf6 (25... Re8 26. Nf4 Nxb4 27. Qxf5 Nc2 28. Rd1 Ne3 $17) 26. Nf4 Nxb4 27.
Qc3 Rf7 (27... Nc2 $1 28. Rd1 (28. Qxc7 $5 Nxe1 29. Qxb6 Qc6 30. Qb3+ Kh7 31.
Be3 $44) 28... Ne3 29. Bxe3 $2 (29. Rd3 $10) 29... Qxd1 30. Qxc7 Qb3 $1 31. Bc1
Nd5 32. Qd8+ Kh7 $17) 28. Be3 $1 N6d5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Qd2 Nxe3 $10 {1/2-1/2
Alterman,B-Adams,M/Erevan olm 1996 (37)}) 24. Qxc7 Qxb4 25. Rd1 Qb6 $10) (12...
a5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. h3 (16. Bf1 f4 17. d5 fxg3 18. hxg3
exd5 19. cxd5 Nexd5 20. Qc4 c6 21. Bxf6 b5 22. Qd4 Nxf6 $17 {0-1 Mozetic,
D-Drasko,M/JUG-ch 1995 (35)}) 16... h6 {1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,P-Savon,V/Pardubice
op 1995}) 13. b4 (13. Ne1 d6 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd3 Nxd3
18. Bxe4 Nf4 19. Bd5+ N4xd5 20. cxd5 Qf7 21. Rfd1 Rae8 22. Qc4 f4 23. Qxf4 Rxe2
24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 $15 {0-1 Harestad,H-Ibragimov,I/EUCup Gr3 1996 (43)
}) (13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ne4 15. Qe3 Qg6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5
d6 19. f3 exf3+ 20. Rxf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Varga,P-Anka,E/Mediflora GM 1995 (43)})
13... d6 14. Bb2 (14. a4 a5 15. b5 Nbd7 16. Ba3 Qh5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Qc4 N7f6 19.
cxd6 cxd6 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Qb3 f4 22. Rc6 fxg3 23. hxg3 Ng4 24. Rfc1 Bxf3 25.
exf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Nde3+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. fxg4 Rxf2+ 30. Kd3 Rf3
31. Rc8 Nxg4+ {0-1 Amura,C-Sorokin,M/Buenos Aires op 1996}) 14... Nbd7 15. d5 (
15. Rac1 a5 16. b5 Qh5 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. a4 Ba8 19. Rcd1 Kh8 20. Bc1 e5 21. Qc2
Be4 22. Qc3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ne4 25. Qc2 Ne5 $11 {0-1 Savchenko,
S-Zelcic,R/Nova Gorica op 1997 (40)}) (15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5
18. Rad1 Qe6 19. f3 Rae8 20. Rd2 Rf7 21. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Rabinovich,A-Shishkov,A/
EU-chJM 1997 (37)}) 15... e5 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. f3 Qg6
(19... Qh5 20. Qe3 exf3+ 21. exf3 Rf6 22. Rf2 Raf8 23. Raf1 g5 24. Bc1 h6 25.
Qe4 Qg6 26. h4 Qxe4 27. fxe4 g4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kahn,E-Horvath,C/Spring op 1996 
(33)}) 20. Rac1 a5 21. Qb3 axb4 22. axb4 Rf5 23. Ra1 Raf8 24. Qe3 Rf4 25. Rac1
exf3+ 26. exf3 b5 27. cxb5 Rxb4 28. Ba3 Rxb5 29. Rxc7 Nf6 30. Rc6 Nxd5 31. Qd2
Nf4+ 32. Kh1 Rd5 33. Qc1 Nh5 34. Qc4 Qe6 35. Bxd6 Nxg3+ 36. hxg3 Qh3+ 37. Kg1
Qxg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 Touzane,O-Zelcic,R/18th Mitropa Cup, Portoroz SLO
1998}) 12. Bf4 Be4 13. Qd2 d6 14. b4 Nc6 15. Rac1 h6 16. c5 $5 {Giving up the
d5 square. I am not sure that this is the right plan.} Rd8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18.
Qb2 Ne7 19. Rc7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Rc1 Ned5 $15 {Virovlansky,S-Ibragimov,I/
Niznij Novgorod/1998}) 11... Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Bb2 a6 $1 {Black intends to
fight for ther d5 square by b6-b5 - a typical plan in such positions.} 14. Rc1
(14. a4 a5 $1 15. b5 Nb4 $132) 14... b5 $1 15. O-O Qe7 $11 16. Rfe1 Rfb8 17.
cxb5 Rxb5 (17... axb5 $5 {Golod,V} 18. Ne5 $140 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5
{[%csl Gd5]}) 18. Rc5 Rb7 (18... d6 $5 {[%cal Ga6a5] Golod,V}) 19. Ng5 $1 Bxg2
(19... a5 {Golod,V} 20. Bxe4 (20. b5 $5) 20... Nxe4 (20... fxe4 21. Nxe6 Qxe6
22. Qxe6+ dxe6 23. Rxc6 axb4 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Bc3 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Re6]}) 21.
Nxe4 fxe4 22. b5 $14) 20. Kxg2 Qd6 $1 (20... Kh8 $2 21. Nxe6 $1 $16) (20... h6
$2 {Golod,V} 21. Nxe6) (20... a5 {Golod,V} 21. Nxe6 (21. b5 $5 Qd6 22. Qf3 $14)
21... Qxe6 22. Qxe6+ dxe6 23. Rxc6 axb4 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Bc3 Rb3 26. Bd2 $14 {
[%csl Rc7,Re6]}) 21. Rxf5 (21. Qf3 $3 {[%cal Gg5e6,Gd4d5] Golod,V} Rab8 (21...
Rb6 $2 22. d5 $1 exd5 (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Qh5 $18) 23. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (23... Qxf6
24. Qxd5+ $18) 24. Rxd5 Qe7 (24... Qf8 25. Nxh7 $1 $18) 25. Qxf5 $1 $18) (21...
Nd8 22. d5 $1 a5 (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Qh5 h6 24. Qg6 $18) 23. dxe6 dxe6 (23...
axb4 24. Bxf6 $1 $18) 24. Be5 Qd2 25. Nxe6 $1 Qxe1 26. Nxd8 $16) (21... a5 22.
d5 exd5 $2 (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Qh5 $18) 23. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Qxf5
$1 $18) 22. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 (22... Nxb4 $2 23. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 24. axb4 $18 {[%csl
Rf5,Rg7]}) 23. d5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 $1 Ne7 25. Qxe6+ dxe6 26. Be5 $16 {[%cal Ge1c1]
}) 21... Nxd4 (21... Nxb4 $2 {Golod,V} 22. axb4 (22. Rc5 $2 Rab8 $1) 22... Rxb4
23. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3a8]} Rf8 24. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Ne4 Qd5 26. Ba3
$18) 25. Qh5 h6 26. Ne4 Qc6 $140 27. d5 $1 $18) 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qg4 (
23... Qxd1 $2 {Golod,V} 24. Qxd1 exf5 25. Qb3+ $1 d5 26. Qc2 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gc2f5,Gc2c6,Gc6e6]}) (23... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Ga6a5,Gc7c5] Golod,V}) 24. Re5 Rb5
$11 25. h3 Qh5 26. Qf3 (26. Nxe6 $2 {Golod,V} Qxe5 27. Nxc7+ d5 28. Nxa8 Rb8
$19) (26. Rxb5 {Golod,V} axb5 27. Nf3 $11) 26... Qxf3+ (26... Rxe5 $143 $6 {
Golod,V} 27. Qxa8+ Qe8 28. Qxe8+ Nxe8 29. Nf3 Rd5 (29... Rxe2 $2 30. Rxd7) 30.
Rxd5 exd5 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. Kf3 $14) (26... Qe8 {Golod,V} 27. Qc3 $5 Nd5 $140 28.
Rdxd5 $1 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qd3 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gd3d5]}) 27. Nxf3 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Iliushkin, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Bb7 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Qe7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 c5 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Qd3 Ne8 16. Ne1 Ndf6 17. b5 Be4 18. Qd2 e5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. f3 Rd8 21. Ng2
Nc7 22. Ne3 exf3 23. exf3 Qf7 24. Rf1 Ne6 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. f4 Qh5 27. Qg2 exf4
28. gxf4 Rde8 29. Rde1 Re7 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Nd5 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Nxd5 33. Qxd5+
Qxd5 34. cxd5 Rxf4 {[#] abgeschnittener weißer König} 35. Ra1 (35. Rf1 $142 Re4
36. Rb1 d3 37. Kf2) 35... Kf7 36. a4 Kf6 37. a5 Ke5 38. b6 axb6 39. axb6 Rf8
40. Rc1 d3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nh3 Nbd7 13. Be2 e5 14. O-O Rfe8
15. Rd2 Nf8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bh4 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rxe7 20. Nf2 Bc6 21.
Bd3 Rd7 22. Be4 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 f6 {Vielleicht zu passiv. Mein
Vorschlag lautet f5:} (24... f5 $5 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Rd5 g6 27. Nb5 (27. f4 $2
exf4 28. exf4 Ne6 29. g3 Nc7) (27. e4 $5 fxe4 (27... f4 28. g3 $16) 28. fxe4 (
28. Nxe4 Rxd5 29. cxd5 Kf7 30. c4 $14) 28... a6 29. Nb7 Rd7 30. Nd8 b5 $13)
27... Rd7 28. Rxd7 (28. Rxe5 a6 $19) 28... Nxd7 29. Nxa7 {mit guten
Remischancen trotz des Minusbauern wegen der schlechten weißen Bauernstruktur
am Damenflügel.}) 25. g4 Ne6 26. Kf2 Rd8 27. Rd5 Kf8 28. h4 Ke7 (28... Ke8 29.
Nd6+ Ke7 30. Nf5+ Ke8 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6]}) 29. Ng3 g6 30. h5 $1 Kf7 31. Ke2 gxh5
32. gxh5 Rg8 $6 {Ich hätte den Übergang ins Springerendspiel gewählt:} (32...
Rxd5 $5 33. cxd5 Ng7 34. e4 (34. c4 f5 35. f4 e4 $11) 34... c4 35. Ke3 b5 36.
f4 Ke7 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Kf3 a5 39. Kg4 Kd6 {wegen der Möglichkeit b4 kommt
Weiß nicht weiter}) 33. Kf2 Ng5 34. Rd7+ Ke6 35. Rxa7 f5 36. Rb7 Nh3+ 37. Kg2
f4 38. Rxb6+ Kf7 39. Rg6 $18 Rd8 40. Kxh3 fxg3 41. Kxg3 Rd3 42. e4 Rxc3 43. Kg4
Rxc4 44. Kf5 Rc3 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Kxe5 Rxa3 47. f4 c4 48. Rg6+ Kh7 49. Rc6 c3
50. f5 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eriksson, Johan"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. Nf3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qe2
Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 20. Qh3
Nxd3 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qxd3 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxd6 Rxc3 25. Bb8 a6 26. g3
Rc8 27. Bf4 b5 28. Rd7 h6 29. h4 Rc6 30. Kg2 h5 31. Rd8 Re6 32. Rb8 Kh7 33. a4
bxa4 34. Rb4 Nf6 35. Rxa4 {[#] Die Leichtfiguren heben sich in ihrer Wirkung
auf, wobei der Springer bei bauernarmer Stellung kaum Stützpunkte hat,
insbesondere nicht in der Nähe des Freibauern.} Kg6 36. Ra5 Ne4 37. Be3 f6 38.
Kf3 Nc3 39. Rc5 Nb5 40. Kf4 Rd6 41. g4 hxg4 42. Kxg4 Kf7 43. Rc8 (43. h5 $142 {
und die logische Konsequenz von 41.g4}) 43... Rd1 {Es folgt eine längere
Lavierphase, in der Weiß schwindlig gespielt wird und der Bh4 fällt.} 44. Rb8
Rg1+ 45. Kf4 Kg6 46. Ra8 Ra1 47. Kg4 Rg1+ 48. Kf3 Ra1 49. Kg4 Ra4+ 50. Kh3 Nd6
51. Bc5 Nf5 52. Rh8 Rc4 53. Bb6 Rc6 54. Ba5 Rc2 55. Bb6 $2 (55. Kg2 $142) 55...
Rb2 56. Bc5 Rb5 $1 57. Rc8 Rb3+ {[%csl Rh4]} 58. Kg4 Nh6+ 59. Kf4 Rh3 60. Ra8
Rxh4+ 61. Kf3 Ra4 62. Ra7 Nf7 63. Kg2 Ng5 64. Bf8 Ne6 65. Bd6 Kf5 66. Bg3 g5
0-1

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a playoff g25'/10"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Qb3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Qd1 cxd4 16. exd4 Bc4 17. O-O Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qb3 Ng6 20. Bg3 Nd5 21.
Rac1 Qg5 22. Qd3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 h5 24. Rf1 h4 25. f4 Qf6 26. Be1 Ngxf4 27. Nxf4
Nxf4 28. Qf3 Qxd4+ 29. Bf2 Qc4 30. Bxh4 Nxg2 31. Be7 Nh4 32. Qf2 Qg4+ 33. Kh1
Qe4+ 34. Kg1 f5 35. Qxh4 Qxh4 36. Bxh4 Rc8 37. Bg3 Rc5 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Rd7+ Kf6
40. Be1 Rc1 41. Kf2 e5 42. Bc3 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Re2 44. Rxa7 g5 45. Rb7 f4 46.
Rxb6+ Kf5 47. Rb5 g4 48. Bxe5 Rxe5 49. Rxe5+ Kxe5 {[#] Weiß versäumt den
Gewinn mittels Umgehung} 50. Kf2 Kd4 51. b4 Kc4 52. Kg2 (52. Ke2 $142) 52...
Kd3 53. Kf2 Kc4 54. Ke2 $1 Kb5 55. Kf2 (55. Kd3 $1 f3 56. Ke3 Kc4 57. Kf2 Kd4
58. h3 gxh3 59. Kxf3 $18) 55... Kc4 56. Kg2 $18 {Rapidschach - fehlende Zeit.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Bf2 c5 13. Bb5 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6
15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bb5 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. O-O-O Nb3+ 20. Bxb3 Bxb3
21. Rd2 Nd7 22. Kb1 Nc5 23. Nxd5 Qg5 24. e4 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxg2 26. Rg1 Qxf3 27.
Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rdg2 Qxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rxf7 Re2 32. Rb7 Rxh2
33. Rg6 Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Rxa7 {[#] Mit dem horizontal abgesperrten König
und dem schwächlichen Bc5 hat Schwarz Probleme. Doch da ist noch der
h-Freibauer...} Kf8 36. Rc7 Rh5 37. Kc2 Ke8 38. Kc3 Kd8 39. Rf7 Kc8 40. Kc4 Rh2
41. b3 Rc2+ 42. Kd3 Rc1 43. a4 {[#] Schwarz löst das Problem in das
Remisendspiel T+c+a vs T auf, bei dem sogar der h-Bauer überflüssig ist.} c4+
44. bxc4 Ra1 45. Ra7 Kb8 46. Ra5 Kb7 47. Kc3 Kb6 48. Rb5+ Ka6 49. Kb4 Rb1+ 50.
Kc5 Ra1 51. Rb6+ Ka7 52. Rb4 Rg1 53. Rb3 Rg5+ 54. Kb4 Kb6 55. Rf3 Rg6 56. Rf5
Re6 57. Rd5 Rg6 58. Rh5 Rf6 59. Rh1 Rg6 60. a5+ Ka6 61. Rh4 Rf6 62. Rd4 h5 63.
c5 Rf1 (63... Rh6 $2 64. Rd6+ Rxd6 65. cxd6 Kb7 66. a6+ $18) 64. Rd6+ Kb7 65.
Rb6+ Kc7 66. Rh6 Rb1+ 67. Kc4 Rc1+ 68. Kb5 Rb1+ 69. Ka6 Ra1 70. Rh8 h4 71. Rxh4
Kc6 72. Rc4 Ra3 73. Rc1 Ra2 74. Rc3 Ra4 75. Rc1 Ra2 76. Rb1 Kxc5 77. Rc1+ Kd6
78. Kb5 Rb2+ 79. Ka4 Ra2+ 80. Kb4 Rb2+ 81. Ka3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxf2 12. Bxd8 Nxd3+ 13. Bxd3 Rxd8 14.
Be4 d5 15. cxd5 f5 16. Bf3 e5 17. e4 Nd7 18. exf5 Nf6 19. g4 Bb7 20. Nh3 Bxd5
21. Bxd5+ Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Re1 Re8 24. Nf2 g6 25. Ne4 gxf5 26. gxf5 Rf8
27. Ng3 Nf4 28. Kc2 Rf6 29. Rxe5 Rh6 30. Nf1 c4 31. Re4 Nd5 32. Rxc4 Rh5 33.
Kd3 Rxf5 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. Kxe3 {[#] Neben der Bedrohung des Ba7 besitzt Weiß
noch die startegische Drohung, den schwarzen König vom Damenflügel mittels Tf4
(später Td4, um den eigenen König zum Damenflügel zu bringen) abzusperren.
Gegen letzteren Plan ist Schwarz hilflos, so daß die weiße Bauernmehrheit am
Damenflügel entscheidet.} a5 36. Rg4+ Kh8 (36... Kf7 37. Rf4 $18) 37. h4 h5 38.
Rf4 Rd5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Kg7 41. Ke4 Rd2 42. Ke5 Rd1 43. Rd4 Rb1 44. Kd6
Kf7 45. Kc6 Rc1+ 46. Kd7 Kf6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 47. Kd6 $1 Kf5 (47... Rb1 48. Kc5
Ke5 (48... Rc1+ 49. Rc4 Rb1 50. b5 Ke7 51. Kc6 $18 {[%cal Rb5b6,Rc4c5,Rc5h5]})
49. Rd5+ $18) 48. b5 Rb1 49. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 e4 15.
Bc2 exf3 16. gxf3 Re8 17. e4 Qe7 18. Bd6 Qe6 19. Ne2 Bxe4 20. Nf4 Bxc2+ 21.
Nxe6 Rxe6+ 22. Kf2 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rae8 24. Rd2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd8 Re2+
27. Kf1 Rxd8 28. Kxe2 a5 29. Qb3 Rd6 30. Qb5 g5 31. Qa6 Nh5 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33.
Qc7 Nf4+ 34. Kf1 Rf6 {[%csl Rf3]} 35. h4 g4 36. Kg1 gxf3 37. Kf1 f2 38. Qe5 (
38. Qb8 $142) 38... Ng6 39. Qg3 h5 40. Qg5 (40. a4 $142) 40... Rf4 41. b3 Rxh4
42. Qd8 (42. Kxf2 Rh3 {[%csl Rb3]}) 42... Rf4 (42... a4 $5) 43. Qxb6 Rf5 44.
Qxa5 Ne5 45. Qxc5 Kg6 $2 (45... Ng4 $19 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg4h2,Rg4e3]}) 46.
Qd6+ f6 47. b4 Ng4 48. Qg3 Kg5 49. b5 h4 50. Qh3 Re5 51. Qc3 h3 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Black "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. f3 Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6
15. O-O d5 16. Bf2 a5 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rab1 a4 19. Nf1 Rb8 20. Bc2 Qa6 21. cxd5
exd5 22. Ng3 g6 23. Nh1 Bb5 24. Bh4 Bc4 25. Nf2 Bb3 26. Nd3 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 g5
28. Be1 Rbc8 29. Bc3 d4 30. exd4 Nd5 31. dxc5 Ne3 32. Qf2 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Qc4 34.
Nb4 Rfd8 35. c6 Ne5 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Qb6 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Ng4+ 39. fxg4 Qf4+ 40.
Ke2 Qf1+ 41. Ke3 Qf4+ 42. Ke2 Qxg4+ 43. Kf2 Qf4+ 44. Ke2 Qf1+ 45. Ke3 Qg1+ 46.
Ke2 Qxb6 47. Kxd1 {[#] Eigentlich sollte Schwarz beginnend mit Dg1+ oder f5
mittelfristig gewinnen - doch es kommt ganz anders.} Kf8 48. Kd2 Ke8 49. Kd3
Qb5+ 50. Ke3 Kd8 51. Bf6+ Kc8 52. Kd4 Qf1 53. Nd5 Qf2+ 54. Kc4 Qxg2 55. Kc5
Qxh2 56. Nb6+ Kc7 57. Nc4 {Irgendwie hat Schwarz das Endspiel vermurkst.
Jedenfalls kommen wir nun zum Thema:} g4 58. Be5+ Qxe5+ 59. Nxe5 {[#]
Technisches Endspiel, das infolge Zuzwang leicht für Weiß gewonnen ist !?} f5
$2 {Aber nur nach diesem Fehler!} ({Um den Springer zu binden muss sofort der
g-Bauer losrennen} 59... g3 60. Nf3 g2 61. Ng1 h5 62. Kd5 h4 63. Kc5 f5 64. Kd5
f4 65. Ke4 Kxc6 66. Kxf4 Kd5 67. Kf3 Kc4 68. Kxg2 Kb3 $11) 60. Ng6 $1 g3 61.
Nf4 h5 62. Ng2 $22 f4 (62... Kc8 63. Kd6 Kd8 64. c7+ Kc8 65. Kc6 h4 66. Nxh4 g2
67. Nxf5 g1=Q 68. Nd6#) 63. Nxf4 h4 64. Nh3 g2 {nun zu spät} 65. Ng1 Kc8 66.
Kb6 Kb8 67. c7+ Kc8 68. Nh3 1-0

[Event "ISL-ISR"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Rb8 13. f3 Re8 14. O-O Qb6
15. Rab1 Ba6 16. Rfd1 d5 17. b3 e5 18. Bf2 e4 19. fxe4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Qc6 21.
Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Ng3 Re8 23. Nf5 Ne5 24. Bg3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Bb7 26. Rd5 Qb6 27. Rd1
Bxe4 28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Qe1 Qb3 30. Rd2 Bd3 31. Qd1 Bxc4 32. Qxb3 Bxb3 33. Ne4
Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Bd5 35. Bd6 Nd7 36. e4 Bc6 37. Kf2 f6 38. Nb3 c4 39. Na5 Bxe4 40.
Nxc4 Kf7 41. Ne3 Ke6 42. Bb4 f5 43. Bc3 Ne5 44. g3 g5 45. h3 h5 46. Bd4 a6 47.
Bb6 Nd3+ 48. Kg1 Ne5 49. Kf2 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Nd1 Nc4 52. Bc5 Ke5 53. Nc3
Bf5 54. Kg2 Bd7 55. h4 Bc6+ 56. Kf2 Kf5 57. Ne2 Kg4 58. Be7 Ne5 59. Nd4 Bd5 60.
Bd6 Ng6 61. Nc2 Nxh4 62. Nb4 Bc4 63. Nc6 Kf5 64. Ne5 Bd5 65. Be7 Ng2 66. Nd3 h4
67. Kg1 Be4 68. Bd6 Bxd3 69. Kxg2 {[#] ungleiche L, keine Blockade der weit
vorgerückten Bauern f+h möglich, Taktik+Technik, falscher a-Randbauer ohne
Bedeutung} Bb5 70. Kh3 (70. Bc7 Kg4 71. Bd6 Bc6+ 72. Kh2 (72. Kf2 h3 73. Kg1
Kg3 $19) 72... h3 73. Bc5 Bd7 74. Be7 Kf3 75. Bg5 Ke4 76. Kg1 f3 77. Bh4 Ke3
78. Bg3 Ke2 $19) 70... Kg5 71. Be7+ (71. Bxf4+ Kxf4 72. Kxh4 a5 $19 {xa3; der
wK kommt nicht nach a1}) 71... Kh5 72. Bc5 (72. Bxh4 Bd7+ $19) 72... Bd7+ 73.
Kg2 h3+ 74. Kf1 Kg4 75. Kg1 Kg3 76. Bf2+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Duppel, Matthias"]
[Black "Volke, Karsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stuttgart"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
f3 Nd5 9. Qd3 f5 10. e4 Nc7 11. a4 Bb7 12. e5 cxb5 13. axb5 a6 14. Nh3 Nxb5 15.
Bg5 Qb6 16. Be7 Rc8 17. Bc5 Rxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Be2 Nd4 20. Rd1 Nbc6 21. Rd2
Rc8 22. Bd1 Qxe5+ 23. Kf2 Qc5 24. Qe3 e5 25. Re1 f4 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Kf1 Na5 28.
Qd3 Nc4 29. Rf2 h6 30. b3 Ne3+ 31. Kg1 Rc1 32. Qd2 Rb1 33. Kh1 a5 34. Ng1 Qb4
35. Qxb4 axb4 36. Rd2 Bc6 37. Nh3 g5 38. Nf2 Kg7 39. Nd3 Kf6 40. Kg1 Nxb3 41.
Bxb3 Rxb3 42. Nc5 Rc3 43. Nxd7+ Bxd7 44. Rxd7 b3 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rb6 Nc4 47.
Rb8 b2 48. Kf2 Kd6 49. Re2 Kc5 50. Rbxb2 Nxb2 51. Rxb2 {Bauern auf einem
Flügel "3-4" bei ordentlichem Raumvorteil, was zum Materialvorteil noch einen
Postionsvorteil sichert.} Kd4 52. Rd2+ Rd3 53. Re2 h5 54. h3 Kd5 (54... g4 55.
hxg4 hxg4 56. fxg4 e4 57. Ra2 Rg3 58. Ra4+ Kd3 59. Ra3+ Kd2 60. Ra2+ Kd1 $1 (
60... Kc1 61. Ra4 e3+ 62. Ke1 $1 Rxg4 63. g3 $1 $11) 61. Ra1+ Kc2 62. Ra4 e3+
63. Ke1 Rxg4 64. g3 Rxg3 65. Rxf4 Kd3 $19 {Macht den Unterschied zwischen 60...
.Kd1! und 60....Kc1? klar.}) 55. Ra2 Rb3 56. Ra5+ (56. Ra8 {wäre die logische
Verteidigung, um zusätzlich zu den Schachs von hinten oder von der Seite auch
noch den Angriff auf die Bauern g5 oder h5 zu haben.} {Der Versuch} g4 57. hxg4
hxg4 58. fxg4 e4 59. Rd8+ (59. Rf8 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 Kd4 61. Rxf4 Kd3 62. Rf8 Rb1+
63. Kf2 e3+ 64. Kg3 e2 {geht allerdings zugunsten von Schwarz aus.}) 59... Ke5
60. Re8+ Kd4 61. Rd8+ Kc3 62. Rc8+ Kd2 63. Rd8+ Rd3 64. Re8 {sieht deshalb am
besten aus, weils sich die schwarzen Figuren gegenseitig behindern.}) 56... Kd4
57. Ra4+ Kd3 58. Re4 $6 {scheitert in Verbindung mit dem nächsten Zug an einer
taktischen Feinheit. Grund: der Turm steht im Schlagbereich des schwarzen
Königs.} (58. Ra8 $1 {kennen wir schon.}) 58... Rb2+ 59. Kf1 (59. Kg1 $8 Rb1+
60. Kh2 $8 Rb5 61. Ra4 {musste versucht werden.}) 59... Rb1+ 60. Kf2 g4 61.
hxg4 hxg4 62. Rxe5 {einsichtig und humorvoll} (62. g3 Rb2+ 63. Kf1 gxf3 64.
Rxe5 fxg3 $19) 62... g3# 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nh3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 c5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. dxc5 d4 14. Qc2 Ne5
15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd5 18. f3 bxc5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Nf2 Qe6 21.
e4 Red8 22. Qb5 Qb6 23. a4 Ba6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Bc7 Rdc8 26. Bxb6 Rab8 27. a5
Nd7 28. b4 Nxb6 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. Red1 Rc4 32. Rd2 Rcb4 33. Rad1
Rb1 34. Ng4 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 d3 36. Rd2 Kg7 37. Kf2 Rb3 38. Ke3 h5 39. Nf2 h4 40.
g3 hxg3 41. hxg3 Rb1 42. Nxd3 Bxd3 43. Rxd3 {Ein wichtiger Faktor ist der
schwache Pg5.} Rb2 (43... f6 $1 $14) 44. e5 Rb4 $6 (44... f6 $5 45. Rd7+ Kg6
46. Rd6 Kf5 47. exf6 (47. Rxf6+ Kxe5 48. Rf8 Rb3+ 49. Kf2 Rb2+ 50. Kg1 g4 $14)
47... Kg6 (47... Rb3+ 48. Rd3 Rxd3+ (48... Rb7 49. Rd6 Rb3+ 50. Kd4 Rxf3 51. f7
Kg4 52. Rd7 Kxg3 53. Ke5 g4 (53... Kg2 54. Rd2+ Kg1 55. Ke6 g4 $10) 54. Rd3 Kg2
55. Rxf3 gxf3 56. f8=Q f2 57. Qg7+ Kh1 58. Qh6+ Kg2 59. Qg5+ Kh1 60. Qc1+ Kg2
61. Qd2 Kh1 62. Kf4 f1=Q+ 63. Kg3 Qg1+ 64. Kh3 Qe3+ $10) 49. Kxd3 Kxf6 50. Ke4
Ke6 51. g4 $18) 48. Ke4 Re2+ 49. Kd5 Re3 $10) 45. Rd7 Kf8 (45... Kg6 46. g4 Ra4
47. Rd4 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 Rb3 49. Rd6+ Kg7 50. Rd3 Rb5 51. Kf5 Ra5 52. Rd7 $18) 46.
g4 Ra4 47. Rd4 Ra5 48. Ke4 Ke7 49. Rb4 Ra3 50. Rb7+ Ke8 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Rb4
Ra5 (52... Rc3 53. Rb7+ Ke6 54. Rb6+ Ke7 55. Rf6 Ra3 56. Rf5 Ra4+ 57. Ke3 Ra3+
58. Kf2 Ra2+ 59. Kg3 $18) 53. Rb3 Kf8 54. Kf5 Kg7 55. Rd3 Rb5 56. Rd7 Ra5 57.
Re7 Kf8 (57... Ra3 58. Kxg5 Rxf3 59. e6 Kf8 60. Rxf7+ Rxf7 61. exf7 Kxf7 62.
Kh6 Kg8 63. Kg6 $18) 58. Kf6 Ra6+ 59. e6 fxe6 60. Rxe6 Ra5 (60... Ra3 61. Kxg5
Rxf3 62. Rf6+ Rxf6 63. Kxf6 $18) 61. Re5 Ra3 62. Rf5 (62. Kxg5 Rxf3 63. Rf5+
Rxf5+ 64. Kxf5 Kf7 $10) 1-0

[Event "Verbandsliga Sued Baden 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Buss, Ralph"]
[Black "Siegel, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Herbrechtsmeier,C"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.10.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Horben"]
[BlackTeam "Zaehringen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O f5 12. b4 Rf6 {Hauptvariante! Df6 oder a5
sind Alternativen.} 13. d5 e5 $6 {13...Tg6 14.Sd4! bzw. 13...exd5 wurden
einige Male gespielt, aber mit wenig Erfolg.} 14. Nh4 $1 (14. Nd2 Nxd2 $2 (
14... Rh6) 15. Bxd2 c5 16. f4 Qf8 17. Bc3 cxb4 18. axb4 {1-0 Schandorff,L 
(2485)-Christensen,T (2405)/Copenhagen 1996 (48)}) 14... g6 15. f3 Ng5 16. f4
Ne4 17. Bb2 c6 (17... Qe7 18. Nf3 Rff8 {0-1 Yakovich,Y (2560)-Vijayalakshmi,S 
(2414)/Paris FRA 2005 (43)} 19. Rad1) 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Rad1 Re8
21. Rfe1 Rff8 22. c5 $2 {Vergibt den Vorteil, besser 22.Db3.} bxc5 23. fxe5
Nxe5 24. bxc5 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 $2 {Schwaecht die Koenigstellung.} Qg5+ 26. Kf1 d5
27. Qd3 $2 (27. Ba1 Qxe3 28. Bd4 Qg5) 27... f4 $2 ({Es gewinnt} 27... Qh4 28.
Kg2 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxe1+ $1 30. Rxe1 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 Nxd3 32. Bxd3 Rb8) 28. Qd4 Rf6
$4 (28... Qh6 {war erzwungen:} 29. fxe4 f3 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qh8+ {
mit einem Dauerschach}) 29. exf4 Qxf4 30. Kg1 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Ng3+ 32. hxg3 Qxg3
33. Qg1 Qh3+ 34. Qh2 Qxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Rfe6 36. Rd2 a6 37. Kg3 R8e7 38. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Washington op 6th"]
[Site "Rockville"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shmeliov, Denis"]
[Black "Hevia Alejano, Carlos Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Hevia,C"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Preparing for the game I saw my opponent played exclusively the Classical
line 4.Qc2 against the Nimzo-Indian.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 {
Not a common way to face Qc2 but I was hoping to lead my opponent into
unexplored territory.} 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Be2 d6 (7... exd5 {leads to the
same position as the text move.} 8. exd5 O-O 9. Nf3 d6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3)
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 {Just before the game, I
looked up with the computer how to play that line but I didn't go too deep.
Luckily for me my opponent opted for the only line I had seen with the engine.
Black wants to eliminate White's pair of bishops and play with the knights,
that are stronger in closed positions. White has more space and therefore
better coordination between pieces. The position is balanced.} 12. Qxf5 ({
I only analyzed the capture with the engine, so I started to wonder how to
react after} 12. Qb2 {which seemed logical. White just wants to develop pieces
without losing the pair of bishops.} Nbd7 (12... Be4 13. h3 Re8 14. Be3 Nbd7
15. Rfe1 h6 $11) 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bf1 Qf8 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. a4 a5 {
The position remains equal.}) 12... Qxe2 13. Bh6 {The logical follow-up to the
previous move, otherwise it was better to keep the bishops.} Qe4 14. Qxe4 (14.
Qf4 Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Qg6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qg4 Qd8 $1 19. Qg3 Nf6 20.
Nh4 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qg3 $11) (14. Qg5 Qg6 15. Qxg6 fxg6 $1 16. Bf4 Ne4 17.
g3 Nd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Kg2 Ndf6 $11) 14... Nxe4 15. Rfe1 f5 16. Bf4 Nd7 17.
Ng5 $6 {The beginning of the problems. White forced a line which ended in a
position where Black's play was easier.} ({The engine's suggestion is} 17. Nh4
g6 (17... g5 18. f3) 18. f3 Nxc3 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Kf2 b5 $3 (20... Ne5 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Ke3 $16) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. axb5 Nb6 23. Bxd6 Nxc4 24.
Bxc5 Nxb5 25. Bxa7 Rd8 {leads to simplifications and an equal position.}) (17.
h4 $11 {was also good enough.}) 17... Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne5 19. Be7 Rfc8 $1 {
A key move which my opponent missed. At this point, I had more than 80 minutes
(since I had reviewed all that with the engine), while my opponent was already
falling into time trouble. The idea of the last move was to get with the rook
ro the 7th rank to stop and attack the passed d-pawn.} (19... Rfe8 20. Bxd6
Nxc4 21. Bc7 Kf7 22. d6 Ne5 23. Kf1 Nd7 24. Reb1 Re5 25. a4 Rd5 26. a5 Re8 27.
axb6 axb6 28. Bxb6 Rxd6 29. Bc7 $11) 20. Bxd6 Nxc4 {Now Bc7 is not possible
and Be7 is met with ...Rc7-Rd7, blocking and attacking the passed pawn.} 21.
Bg3 (21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rad1 Rd7 $15) (21. Be7 Rc7 22. d6 Rd7 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Kf1
Kf7 25. h4 Na5 $15 {The passed pawn doesn't represent a danger and the knight
is way better than the bishop. Black can slowly improve his position.}) 21...
Rd8 22. Rad1 Rd7 $15 {Sticking to the plan. Black's position is better thanks
to the strong knight which occupies its ideal square.} 23. Bh4 Kf7 24. Re6 Rg8
{Bringing the last piece to play. Now White has a problem with the bishop.} 25.
f4 h6 26. Rde1 Rxd5 27. Re7+ Kg6 28. Rxa7 Kh5 ({Not} 28... Rd3 {because} 29.
Re6+ Kh5 30. Be1) 29. Bf2 Rd3 30. Rc1 $6 {Staying passive in the endgame is
almost never the right decision.} ({The correct way was} 30. h3 Rxc3 31. Re6
Rd3 32. a4 $15 {and the active white rooks should give eventually enough
compensation to equalise.}) 30... Rgd8 $19 {Now the position is hopeless for
White. The knight is by far superior to the bishop and Black's pawn structure
is much better and limits the bishop's activity.} 31. h3 R8d7 {To exchange the
only active white piece.} 32. Ra4 Rd1+ ({A stronger try was} 32... Nb2 33. Ra6
Rd2 34. Rf1 Nd3 35. Rxb6 Rxa2 $19 {with the idea Re7-e2.}) 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.
Kh2 Nd2 {Now the safety of the white king becomes a problem too.} 35. Ra7 g5
36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Rh7+ Kg6 38. Rb7 Nc4 39. Ra7 Rd2 40. Bg1 Rc2 41. a4 Ra2 {
Not allowing simplifications after a5.} 42. Ra6 Kh5 ({It was better to play} 
42... Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ra6 Ke5) 43. Ra8 f4 44. Kh1 Ra3 $6 {Giving some
active chances in the kingside.} ({I should have played} 44... Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf5
46. Rf8+ Ke4 47. Rg8 Rxa4 48. Rxg5 Ra3 49. h4 Rxc3 50. h5 Rg3 51. Rg6 Kf5 52.
Rh6 Rg8) 45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. h4 gxh4 $2 {An error that could have cost me half
point. My opponent was in time trouble, so I wanted to press him even more by
playing fast.} (46... Rxa4 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. hxg5 Ra3 49. g6 Rxc3 50. g7 Kg6 {
would lead to a better version of the position from the game.}) 47. Rxh4 Kg5
48. g3 $1 {I completely missed that move, which simplified the position and
gave White huge chances of salvation. Objectively the position remains winning
for Black, however now it requires additional precision, as a bishop sacrifice
for the pawns becomes an idea for White.} Nb2 49. Rxf4 Nxa4 50. Kg2 Nxc3 51.
Rf8 Ne4 52. Rg8+ Kf6 53. g4 b5 54. g5+ Kf5 $2 {After this mistake, Black is
not in time to protect his pawns on the board.} ({The correct move was} 54...
Kf7 55. Rb8 Rb3 $19) 55. g6 Rg3+ 56. Kh2 Rxg6 57. Rb8 $2 {It was necessary to
sacrifice the bishop immediately, but my opponent was in huge time trouble, so
he kept playing fast, logical moves. Now the defensive task is harder.} ({
The draw could have been obtained by} 57. Rf8+ $1 Ke6 (57... Kg4 58. Bxc5 $1
Nxc5 59. Rb8 Nb7 60. Rxb7 Rg5 61. Kg2 Kf4+ 62. Kf2 Ke4 63. Ke2 Kd4 64. Kd2 $11)
58. Rb8) 57... c4 58. Rxb5+ Kf4 59. Bd4 $2 {A decisive mistake, allowing Black
to setup a mating net and advance the pawn safely.} ({After} 59. Rb8 Nd2 60.
Bf2 Nf1+ 61. Kh1 Kf3 62. Rf8+ Ke2 63. Bd4 {White should be able to hold the
game.}) 59... Nd2 60. Be5+ Kf3 61. Rb8 Nf1+ 62. Kh1 Ng3+ 63. Kg1 (63. Bxg3 Rxg3
$19) 63... Ne2+ 64. Kh1 Rh6+ 65. Bh2 c3 66. Rc8 Rh5 67. Rc6 Ng3+ 68. Kg1 Ne4
69. Bc7 Rg5+ 70. Kh2 Rc5 {After the exchange of rooks Black just needs to
bring the king to d1 and the knight to c4.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.27"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. O-O a5 (12... Qb6 {-66/458})
13. Nd2 Ra6 $146 (13... a4 {-53/535}) (13... Re8 {65/(518)}) 14. f3 Qa8 (14...
a4 $5) 15. b3 $5 (15. Rfd1 $14) 15... Rb6 16. Bc2 Bc6 (16... d5 $6 17. cxd5
exd5 (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Qd3 f5 19. Nc4 $16) 18. Bf5 $16) 17. Rac1 Rfb8 (17...
a4 $6 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Rc8 20. Qa3 $16) 18. a4 (18. Rfd1 $2 a4 $15) 18...
Rb4 19. Nb1 d5 20. Na3 $6 (20. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 21. cxd5 Bxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Qxc5
Rc8 23. e4 Nf4 24. Qe3 e5 $44) 22. Nd2 Qa7 $13) (20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Qd3 f5 $13 (
21... Nf8 22. e4 Rd4 23. Qe2 Nb4 24. Be3 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Rdb4 26. Nd2 c4 27. Bf4
$14)) 20... e5 $1 21. Nb5 $6 (21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Qd3 e4 $5 (22... Nf8 23. Nc4 f6
24. Bh4 Rd8 $13) 23. fxe4 N5b6 $44 24. e5 $140 Be4) (21. Bxf6 $1 d4 22. exd4
cxd4 $1 23. Qe1 Nxf6 24. Qxe5 d3 $44) 21... dxc4 22. bxc4 e4 23. f4 Ne8 $1 $15
{[xPa4,c4]} 24. Bb3 (24. f5 Nb6 25. f6 Rxc4 26. Qe5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Nd7 28. Qg3
Rxb5 $15) 24... Nb6 25. Be7 (25. Qc2 Bxb5 26. axb5 Nd6 $17) 25... Nxa4 26. Bxa4
(26. Qc2 Qb7 $1 27. Bh4 Nb6 28. Be1 Rxc4 $1 29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Bxb5 31.
Qxc5 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 a4 $17) 26... Rxa4 27. Rb1 $1 Bxb5 28. cxb5 (28. Rxb5 Rxb5
29. cxb5 Rb4 $1 30. Qxc5 Qb8 $15) 28... Rb4 29. Qxc5 R8xb5 30. Qxb5 Rxb5 31.
Rxb5 Nc7 32. Rb2 h6 33. Bd6 Na6 34. Ra1 (34. Rb6 $2 Qa7 35. Rfb1 Nb4 36. Rb8+
Kh7 $17) 34... Qc6 35. Be5 Nb4 36. Bd4 Qc4 37. h3 Nc6 38. Bb6 Qc3 $6 (38... Kh7
$15) 39. Rbb1 Kh7 40. Kh2 $2 (40. Rc1 Qb2 41. Rab1 Qa2 42. Ra1 Qb2 43. Rab1 $10
) 40... Qd3 $15 41. Rd1 Qa6 42. Rdb1 $6 (42. Bc5 Qb5 $15) 42... g5 $1 43. fxg5
hxg5 44. Ra3 f6 45. Rc3 Ne5 $17 46. Kh1 Kg6 47. Bd4 Nc6 48. Bc5 g4 $1 49. hxg4
Ne5 50. g5 $2 (50. Ra3 Nxg4 51. Rba1 Qe6 $17) 50... Kxg5 51. Bd4 Ng4 52. Kg1
Qd6 $19 53. Kf1 Qg3 54. Rb2 Nh2+ 55. Ke2 Qxg2+ 56. Kd1 Qf1+ 57. Kc2 Nf3 58. Ba7
Ne1+ 59. Kb3 Nd3 60. Rbc2 Qb1+ 61. Ka3 Qa1+ 62. Kb3 a4+ 63. Kc4 Qf1 64. Rh2 Qb1
65. Bd4 Qb7 66. Bc5 (66. Rg2+ Kf5 $19) 66... Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Aruna"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Ne2 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O
Qxc3+ 14. Nxc3 f5 15. h3 $1 Ba6 16. g4 Ne5 17. Bc2 Bb7 18. Rhg1 fxg4 19. f4 $1
{1-0 Alterman,B-Ehlvest,J/Groningen PCA 1993/CBM 39 [Dautov] (48)}) 10. Bxf6 {
This continuation is very tame and does not seem to be in the spirit of the
dangerous Swede either, who has become somewhat of a celebrity for his many
"lucky" wins. In this tournament however, his luck deserted him.} Qxf6 11. Qxf6
gxf6 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Ne2 Nc6 (13... Kf8 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Kc2 a5 16. a4 Rb8 17.
b3 Ke7 18. g3 Ne5 19. Bg2 Bd7 20. Nd3 Rb6 21. Nc1 Rdb8 {0-1 Wegner,H-Savon,V/
Belgorod 1991/EXP 23 (26)}) 14. Nc3 Kf8 15. Kc2 Ke7 {It is possible to find
many games with this kind of an endgame. Most strong players have realized,
that it is very difficult for White to squeeze anything out it so it is seldom
seen in grandmaster practice. One exception is Alterman-Ehlvest/Groningen/PCA/
1993/CBM39/I59/582, where White scored a fine victory. In this game however,
Black was not as well developed as here, which made a difference.} 16. Be2 Rb8
17. b3 f5 18. f4 Bb7 19. h3 Ba8 20. Rb1 $6 (20. g4 $2 Na5 $19) (20. Rhg1 $11) {
Now, Black finds a very good plan to defend against White´s advance on the
K-side and prepare his own offensive in the center, at the same time.} 20...
Kf6 $1 21. g4 Ne7 22. Rhg1 (22. Rhd1 $11) 22... d5 23. cxd5 $6 (23. Bd3 $11)
23... exd5 24. Bd3 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Ne2 Be4 $1 27. Kd2 Nd5 28. Rgc1 Rb6 $1
29. b4 (29. Rc4 Nc3 $1 (29... Bxd3 30. Kxd3 Re6 31. Rxd4 Nxf4+ 32. Nxf4 Rxd4+
33. Kxd4 Re4+ $11) 30. Rb2 Bxd3 31. Kxd3 Nd1 32. Rb1 Nf2+ 33. Kd2 Nxh3 $15) (
29. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 30. Nxd4 Nxf4 31. Ke3 Ke5 $1 32. Nc6+ Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Rd3+ 34.
Kf2 e3+ 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Rc7 Rf2+ 37. Kg1 Nxh3+ 38. Kh1 e2 39. Rbc1 Rf1+ 40. Kh2
Ng5 41. Kg2 Ne6 $1 $19) 29... Bxd3 30. Kxd3 Re6 31. Nxd4 $4 $138 (31. Kd2 fxg4
(31... Re3 $2 32. Nxd4 Rxh3 33. Rc6+) 32. hxg4 Ne3 $15 (32... d3 33. Nd4 Re4
34. Rc6+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Rh1 Re2+ 37. Kd1 $13)) 31... Nxf4+ 32. Kc4 Re4 (
32... Re4 33. Kb5 Rdxd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nh3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. f3 a5 12. e3 d6 13. O-O-O Ra6 14. Be2 Nbd7
15. g4 $5 (15. Nf2) 15... Qa8 16. e4 e5 17. g5 (17. Rhg1 Rb8 18. g5 hxg5 19.
Rxg5 Ne8 $13) 17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rb8 19. Rhg1 Ne8 $13 20. Nf2 Rb6 21. Rd2 Bc6
22. Bd1 Nf8 23. Ng4 Ne6 24. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 $2 (24... gxf6 $2 25. Bh6+ Kh7 26. f4
$1 $18) (24... Kf8 25. Nh7+ (25. Nxe8 $2 Bxe8 $17 {><d4}) 25... Kg8 26. Nf6+
$10) 25. Bxf6 Kf8 26. Rxg7 $1 (26. Bxg7+ Nxg7 27. Rxd6 Bxe4 $1 28. Rxb6 (28.
Qxe5 $2 Bg6 $17) 28... Rxb6 29. fxe4 (29. Qxe5 $2 Bg6 $19) 29... Qxe4 $13)
26... Nxg7 27. Qe3 Qa6 28. b3 $4 (28. Qh6 $1 Ke8 (28... Qxc4+ 29. Rc2 $18) 29.
Rxd6 Ne6 30. Qh8+ Nf8 31. Bg7 Qxc4+ (31... Ke7 32. Bxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxe5#) 32.
Bc2 Qf1+ 33. Rd1 Qxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Ke7 35. Bxe5 $18) 28... Ne6 $4 (28... Ba4 $1
29. Qh6 Ke8 $1 30. Qxg7 Qxc4+ $1 31. Rc2 (31. bxc4 Rb1#) 31... Qxb3 $19) 29.
Qh6+ Ke8 30. Rxd6 $18 Ba4 $8 31. Qh8+ Nf8 32. Bg7 Rxd6 (32... Ke7 $2 33. Bxf8+
Rxf8 34. Qxe5#) (32... Qxc4+ 33. Bc2 Qf1+ 34. Rd1) 33. Qxf8+ Kd7 34. Qxb8 Rg6 (
34... Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Qxc4 36. Qb7+) 35. Qxe5 Rg1 36. Qd5+ (36. Qxc5 $1 Rxd1+ (
36... Rxg7 37. Qd4+) 37. Kxd1 Bxb3+ 38. Kd2) 36... Ke8 37. Qe5+ Kd7 38. Qd5+
Ke8 39. bxa4 $2 Rxg7 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41. Qb8+ (41. Qxc5+ Kg8 42. Qd4 Rg2 $132)
41... Ke7 42. Qe5+ Kf8 43. Qb8+ Ke7 44. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 (12... cxd4 {Dautov}
13. exd4 Rc8 14. b4 e5 15. O-O b5 $6 16. c5 exd4 17. Nxd4 a6 (17... dxc5 18.
Nf5 c4 $6 19. Bc2 Bd5 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Rd6 $16 {Gulko,B-De Firmian,N/USA-ch/
1989/}) 18. Nf5 dxc5 19. Rad1 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Kh8 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Bf5 Bc6 23.
Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Ne4 $18 {Polgar,Zs-Hracek,Z/Brno 1993}) 13. b4 $1 cxd4 $2 (13...
Ba6 $6 14. dxc5 bxc5 (14... dxc5 15. b5 Bb7 16. O-O $16) 15. b5 Bb7 16. O-O d5
17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. a4 a5 19. Be1 $1 Ra8 20. Bf2 $16 {Sokolov,I-Van der Wiel/
NED-ch/1995/by transposition.}) (13... d5 $5 14. dxc5 (14. cxd5 {Dautov} Nxd5
15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Rc1 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Nd5 $10 {
Georgiev,K-Hracek,Z/Altensteig 1995}) 14... bxc5 15. b5 Nb6 (15... Qb6 $5) (
15... Ne4 $1 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 $10) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19.
Nc3 Bc4 $2 (19... Bb3 $5) (19... Rfd8 $5) 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Ke2 Rfd8 22. Rhd1
f5 23. a4 $16 {Sorokin-Atalik/Cheliabinsk/1991}) 14. exd4 Ba6 $6 {N} (14... d5
15. c5 $16) (14... b5 15. c5 $16) (14... Qc7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rac1 $14) (14...
e5 {Dautov -12...cxd4}) 15. Qb3 $16 Qc7 (15... d5 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 bxc5 18.
dxc5 $16) 16. Rc1 e5 (16... d5 {Dautov} 17. b5 (17. c5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 bxc5 19.
bxc5 Qa5+ $132) (17. cxd5 $5 Qxc1+ 18. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 19. Kf2 Rxh1 20. Bxa6 Nxd5
21. Qa4 $5 N7f6 22. Bb7 $14) 17... Bb7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 (18... Nxf6 19. c5 bxc5
20. dxc5 $16) 19. Qb4 (19. O-O Qd6) 19... dxc4 20. Rxc4 Qb8 21. O-O $14) 17.
O-O Rfe8 (17... exd4 $2 {Dautov} 18. Nxd4 d5 19. cxd5 Qf4 (19... Qxc1 20. Bxa6
Qc3 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Nb5 $16) 20. Nc6 $1 Qe3+ 21. Bf2 Qxd3 22.
Ne7+ Kh7 23. Qxd3+ Bxd3 24. Nxc8 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 $16) 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Bf5 Ra8 20.
Nc3 {/\Nd5} g5 (20... exd4 {Dautov} 21. Nd5 (21. Nb5 Qc6 22. Qd1 $16) 21...
Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qb7 23. Qc6 Rab8 24. Qxd6 Re5 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc6 $16) (20...
Bc6 {Dautov} 21. b5 $5 Bb7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 (22... Qd8 23. Bxd7 $16) 23. cxd5 Qb7
24. Rc6 $16) 21. Bg3 Bc6 (21... exd4 {Dautov} 22. Nb5 Qc6 23. Qd1 $16) 22. Qb3
Rad8 23. Rfd1 Nh5 24. Nb5 Qb8 (24... Bxb5 $2 {Dautov} 25. cxb5 Qb7 26. Be4 Qb8
27. Bg6 $18) 25. dxe5 (25. c5 $5 Bxb5 26. Bg6 $40) 25... Nxg3 26. hxg3 Bxb5 (
26... Nxe5 27. Nd4 $16 {xf5} (27. f4 $5 {Dautov} Bxb5 28. cxb5 Nd7 29. Rc6 $16)
) (26... dxe5 {Dautov} 27. Rd6 $3 Bxb5 28. Rxh6 Ba6 29. Qe3 f6 30. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6
31. Qxg5+ Kf7 32. Qg6+ Ke7 (32... Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kf7
36. Bg6+ $18) 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Qxf6+ Kc7 35. Qf7+) 27. cxb5 Rxe5 28. Bb1 Rde8 (
28... Nf6 {Dautov} 29. f4 Ree8 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. Rf1 Re6 33. Qf5
$16) 29. Rc6 $18 Re1+ 30. Kh2 R8e3 31. Qc2 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Ne5 33. Rxd6 Qc7 (
33... Kg7 {Dautov} 34. Qd4 $18) 34. Qd4 Qe7 (34... Qc1 35. Be4 $18) 35. Be4
Rxa3 36. Rd5 $1 f6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Artur Yusupov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 {8.g3!?} d6 9. Be2 {>=9.b4!?} Nbd7 10. O-O {>=9.b4} Ne4 11.
Qc2 f5 $15 12. Ne1 (12. b4 Rf6 13. Bb2 Rh6 $40) 12... Qh4 $1 13. f3 Ng5 $36 14.
f4 (14. Bd1 {/\Qf2} Rf6 15. Qf2 Qh6 $36 {15...Qh5!? 16.Nd3 e5 17.d5-/+}) 14...
Ne4 15. Nf3 Qh6 {15...Qe7!?(/\h6,g5)16.b4=/+} 16. Bd3 Ndf6 17. Qe2 Ng4 18. Qe1
$6 {>=18.b4 /\Bb2} Rae8 $1 {/\e5;18...Nc5? 19.dc Bf3 20.h3+-} 19. b4 {19.Qh4
Qg6-/+} e5 20. fxe5 {20.h3? Ngf2->} dxe5 21. h3 Nef2 $5 {21...ed /\Qd6} 22. Be2
$8 {22.Rf2? Nf2 23.Qf2 e4-+} Bxf3 $17 (22... exd4 $5 23. e4 $3 {23.hg de! 24.
Rf2 ef 25.Kf2 (25.Qf2 Qf6!-+) Qf6 26.Bg5 Re2!-+; 24.Nh2 Qh3!! 25.Rf2 ef 26.Qf2
Qc3-+} Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25. Qh4 Qxh4 26. Nxh4 Bxe4 27. Bxg4 $15) 23. Bxf3 e4
$2 $138 (23... Nd3 $1 24. Qc3 (24. Qg3 Nxc1 25. hxg4 {25.Bg4 Nb3 26.Rab1 Nd2-+}
Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 $1 {26.Kh1 Re6 27.g5 Nd3-+;26.Qf2 Qf2 27.Rf2 Nb3-+} e4 27. Raxc1
exf3 28. Qxf3 Qxd4 29. gxf5 Re5 $17 {King,Jacobs}) (24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. e4 {
25.Qg3 Nc1 26.Rac1 Ne3-+} Nxe1 26. Bxh6 Nxh6 27. Raxe1 exd4 28. e5 $1 $17 {
28.ef Re1 29.Re1 Nf5 30.Rf1 Rf6-+}) 24... Nxc1 25. Rfxc1 $5 {25.hg fg 26.Rac1
g3! 27.Bd5 Kh8 28.Rf7 Rf7 29.Bf7 Rf8-+; 26.Bg4 Rf1 27.Kf1 Qh1 28.Kf2 Rf8 29.
Bf3 Qh4 30.Kf1 e4-+} Qxe3+ {25...Ne3 26.de-/+} 26. Qxe3 Nxe3 27. dxe5 Rxe5 28.
c5 {28.Rc3 c5 29.bc bc 30.Rb1-/+} bxc5 29. Rc3 $1 $17) 24. Bd1 $1 $138 (24. Be2
Nxh3+ $1 25. gxh3 Qxh3 26. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kf2 {27.Kh1 Qh3 28.Kg1 Re6-+} f4 28.
exf4 e3+ 29. Bxe3 Rxf4+ 30. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Kg2 Rxe1 32. Raxe1 Qg4+ $19 {
/\h5,><d4,a3,c4}) (24. hxg4 fxg4 25. Qxf2 gxf3 $40 {/\Rf5,Re6}) 24... Nxd1 {
24...Nh3? 25.gh Qh3 26.Ra2+-} 25. Qxd1 Nxe3 26. Qe2 f4 27. Bxe3 fxe3 28. Rxf8+
Rxf8 29. Re1 $10 Rd8 30. d5 c6 31. dxc6 Qxc6 32. Qxe3 Qxc4 {32...Re8?! 33.Qd4}
33. Qxe4 {Artur Yusupov} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Shabtai, Ran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 (9... Qe7 10. b3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. d5 exd5 14.
cxd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxe2 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rd2 Qg4 $10 {Kanstler,
B-Finkel,A Beer Sheva 1996 1/2-1/2 23}) 10. O-O c5 (10... Qe7 11. b3 (11. b4 c5
12. Bb2 cxd4 $6 (12... Rfc8 13. Rfd1 d5 $13) 13. Qxd4 Rfc8 14. Rfd1 Ne8 15. e4
Rc7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nexf6 19. f3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Andersson,
U Skelleftea 1989 1/2-1/2 32}) 11... Ne4 $6 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ng5 $1 Ndf6 14. Nh3
c5 $6 (14... Nd7 $32 15. f3 $14) 15. f3 cxd4 16. fxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 $16 {
Mikhalevsky,A-Tunik,G Beer Sheva 1996 0:1 86}) 11. b3 (11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b3 cxd4
13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rfc8 15. Qf3 Ne5 16. Qe3 Neg4 17. Qf4 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 d5
19. Kg1 Ne5 20. Qg2 Nc6 21. Nb5 Qa6 $6 (21... Qe7 $32) 22. Bb2 $14 {Gavrikov,V.
N-Kosten,A.C Palma de Mallarca (GMA) 48/716 1:0 46}) 11... Qe7 12. Bb2 cxd4 (
12... Rfc8 13. Rfd1 d5 $13) 13. Nxd4 (13. Qxd4 Nc5 $13) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Rac8 (14... Rfc8 $32) 15. Qe3 $5 {Nf5} d5 (15... Ne5 16. Rfd1 $16) 16. cxd5 (
16. Nf5 $2 Qd8 17. Nd6 Rc6 $17) 16... Nxd5 17. Qf3 Ne5 18. Qe4 (18. Nf5 $6 Nxf3
19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Kxf3 Rc2 $10) 18... Nc6 19. Rac1 Qb7 $6 (19... Nxd4 $32 $14)
20. Kg1 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxc1 $6 (21... Qe7 $32) 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rc4 $1 Qd7 (
23... Rxc4 $4 24. bxc4 $18) (23... b5 $2 24. Qe5 $1 (24. Rxc8+ $2 Qxc8 25. Bxa7
Qc1+ $10) 24... Nf6 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qxb5 $16) 24. Qg4 $1 g6 $8 (24... f5 $4
25. Rxc8+ $18) (24... f6 $2 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. e4 $16) 25. Bb2 $2 (25. Qh4 $1 {
e4} Rxc4 (25... f5 $6 26. Bb2 $16) 26. bxc4 Nc7 $8 (26... Ne7 27. Qf6 Kf8 28.
Qg7+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ $18) 27. Qf6 Kf8 28. c5 $1 {29.Qh8 Ke7 30.Bf6#} (28. Qh8+ $6
Ke7 29. Bf6+ Kd6 30. Qxh7 Kc5 $13) 28... Ne8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. cxb6 axb6 31.
Bxb6 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ (32... Qxe2 $2 33. Qd4 Nd6 34. Qh4+ (34. Bc5 $18) 34...
f6 (34... Kd7 35. Qd8+ Kc6 36. Qc7+ Kd5 37. Qc5+ $18) (34... Kf8 35. Qd8+ Ne8
36. Bc5+ $18) 35. Qxh7+ $18) 33. f3 Qb5 34. Bf2 Qxe2 35. Qxh7 $16) 25... Rxc4
26. Qxc4 f6 $1 27. Qd3 (27. e4 Nf4 $1 28. Qf1 (28. gxf4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qg4+ 30.
Kf1 Qd1+ $10) (28. Bxf6 Qd1+ 29. Qf1 Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Nf4+ $10 31. gxf4 Qg4+) 28...
Nh5 $10) 27... Qe7 28. Qd4 Kg7 29. Qa4 $6 (29. e4 $5 Nc7 30. Qa4 $14) 29... Qc7
30. Qe8 Qc2 $1 31. Qd7+ Kh6 32. Qxe6 Qxb2 33. Qxd5 Qxe2 34. Kg2 Qe7 35. a4 Kg7
36. h4 h5 37. Qc6 Qb4 (37... Kh7 $32 $10) 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39. Qa8 g5 $8 40. Qh8+
Kg6 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Qf7 Qe4+ 43. Kh2 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Qd3 $1 $146 {This novelty might well put 6...b5 out of use. White seems to
have a decent positional plus after both 8...d5 and 8...cxb5 Durch diese
Neuerung könnte 6...b5 durchaus aus dem Verkehr gezogen werden. Sowohl nach 8..
.d5 als auch nach 8...cxb5 scheint Weiß über ein ordentliches positionelles
Plus zu verfügen.} (8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 a6) 8... d5 (8... cxb5 9. e4
$14 {with two bishops and a solid centre. mit dem Läuferpaar und einem soliden
Zentrum.}) 9. Bg5 cxb5 10. Nf3 a5 11. e3 (11. Ne5 {is attractive, but might
not be enough after ist verlockend, reicht aber vielleicht nicht aus nach} Qb6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qg3+ Kh8 14. Nf3 b4 15. e3 bxa3 16. Qh4 axb2 17. Qxf6+ Kg8
$11) 11... Ba6 12. b4 {Now the main strategical point of the position becomes
clear: White tries to lock in the black bishop in this amusing cage, created
by his own pawns on b5, d5, e6. Black has to hurry up with his counterplay.
Nun wird der strategische Hauptpunkt der Stellung klar: Weiß versucht, den
Läufer von Schwarz in diesem amüsanten Käfig einzusperren, der aus seinen
eigenen Bauern auf b5, d5 und e6 besteht. Der Nachziehende muss sich mit
seinem Gegenspiel beeilen.} axb4 13. axb4 Nc6 $6 (13... Qd6 $5 {was perhaps
the lesser evil: war vielleicht das geringere Übel.} 14. Bxf6 (14. Rb1 Ne4 15.
Bf4 Qe7 16. Nd2 Nc6 $13) 14... Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 gxf6 17. Bxb5 Bb7
18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Ne1 $5 (20. Rc7 Ba6 21. Bxa6 (21. Ba4 Bc4 22. Rb7
Na6 23. Kc3 Rc8 24. Bd7 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Nxc7 26. Kb4 Kf8 $11) 21... Nxa6 22. Rb7
Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. Kc3 Nc6 $11) 20... Rc8 (20... Ba6 21. Ba4) 21. Rxc8+
Bxc8 22. Kc3 Kf8 23. Kb4 Ke7 24. Kc5 Ba6 25. Bd3 (25. Bxa6 Nxa6+ 26. Kb6 Nb4) (
25. g4 Bxb5 26. Kxb5 Kd6 27. Nd3 Nc6) 25... Bxd3 26. Nxd3 $14) 14. Rb1 Qd6 (
14... Nxb4 $2 {looks dangerous, but does not suffice: sieht gefährlich aus,
reicht aber nicht:} 15. Rxb4 Qa5 16. Qb1 $1 Ne4 17. Bd3 $1 ({but not} 17. Be7
Rfc8 18. Bd3 Ra7 $1 19. Bc5 Rxc5 20. dxc5 Nc3 21. Qb2 Na2 22. O-O Nxb4 $13)
17... Nc3 18. Qb2 Na2 19. Be7 $18) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd2 Rfb8 (16... e5 17. Be2
Kh8 18. O-O Rg8 19. Rfc1 $16) 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Bc8 18. Bd1 e5 19. O-O Bf5 20.
Rb2 Be4 $132) 17... Bc8 18. O-O (18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Kg7 20. O-O Bb7 21. Rb3
Ne7 $13) 18... Ra4 {White has failed by one move to achieve full positional
control (after Rfc1-c5 Black's position would be resignable), and now has to
change the character of the game drastically in order to keep the initiative. 
Weiß hat es um einen Zug nicht geschafft, die vollständige positionelle
Kontrolle zu erringen (nach Rfc1-c5 wäre die schwarze Stellung aufgabereif)
und muss nun den Charakter der Partie drastisch ändern, um die Initiative zu
bewahren.} 19. e4 $1 (19. Rfc1 Rxb4 20. Rxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxc8+ Kg7
$11) 19... dxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne7 21. Rfc1 $16 {The structure and the bishop on c8
are no longer so much of a problem for Black; but his king's vulnerabilty
gives White a steady plus. Die Struktur und der Läufer auf c8 stellen für
Schwarz kein so großes Problem mehr dar, doch die Anfälligkeit seines Königs
gibt Weiß ein beständiges Plus.} Kg7 (21... Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qh6 Rxb4 24.
Rxb4 Qxb4 25. Qxf6 Qb2 26. Qg5+ Ng6 27. h4 $16) 22. Rc5 Nd5 (22... Ng6 23. Rh5
$16) (22... f5 $5 23. Qg5+ (23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Ne5 Be8) 23... Ng6 24. Bc6 Bd7 25.
Bxd7 (25. d5 Rxb4) 25... Qxd7 26. d5 $36) 23. Bxd5 (23. Ne5 $2 fxe5 24. Qg5+
Kf8 (24... Kh8 $2 25. Qh6 f5 26. Bxd5 $18) 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Qxh7
Rxb4 28. Rbc1 Bd7) 23... exd5 24. Nh4 $1 Bd7 25. Rc3 $6 {In approaching
time-trouble I am losing the thread. Bei herannahender Zeitnot verliere ich
den Faden.} (25. Qd3 $142 Rba8 (25... Kh8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 (26... Qe6 27. Ne3 Qe4
28. Qxe4 dxe4 $16) 27. Qxf5 Qe6 28. Qf4 $16) 26. Qg3+ Qxg3 27. fxg3 $16) 25...
Kh8 26. Rg3 (26. Qh6 Rg8 27. h3 Rg5 28. Rf3 Ra6 29. Re1 Qxb4 30. Rfe3 Qd6 31.
Nf5 Qb8 32. Rg3 Rg8 33. Rxg8+ Qxg8 34. Ne7 Qg7 35. Qf4 Ra8 $14) 26... Rg8 27.
Qh6 Ra6 $6 (27... Rxg3 $142 28. hxg3 Kg8 29. Qd2 $14 (29. Kh2 Ra2 30. f3 Ra8))
28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. h3 $16 {White is better in this position, not only because
the black king is still open, but mainly because the exchange of major pieces
would bring about a winning ending with knight against a bad bishop. Black's
blunder puts a sudden end to this interesting game: In dieser Position steht
Weiß besser, nicht nur, weil der schwarze König nach wie vor entblößt ist,
sondern auch, weil der Abtausch von Schwerfiguren ein gewonnenes Endspiel mit
Springer gegen den schlechen Läufer herbeiführen würde. Der schwarze Bock
bereitet dieser interessanten Partie ein jähes Ende:} Qe7 $2 30. Rb3 $18 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Rb8 12. Rd1 (12. O-O Qb6 13. Rab1 a5 $1
(13... Qb3 $6 14. Bc2 Qxc3 15. Nxc3 Ba6 16. Rfd1 $16 {Kiriakov,P-Aseev,K/
Elista RUS-ch/1994/1:0/42/}) 14. b3 Bb7 15. f3 d5 $13) 12... Ne4 (12... Qb6 13.
Rd2 Ba6 14. Bf4 $1 $14 e5 15. Bg3 Qc6 16. O-O Rb6 17. Nc1 Bb7 18. f3 e4 $2 (
18... Re8 $5) 19. Bb1 $16 {Lautier,J-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee/1994/0:1/63/}) 13.
Bxe4 Qxg5 14. b3 {N/} (14. Bc2 Qe7 15. O-O Rd8 $10) 14... Rb6 (14... Qe7 $5 15.
Qd3 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rd8) 15. O-O Ba6 $6 (15... Qe7 16. b4 Nf6 17. Bf3 cxb4 18. axb4
Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 $10) (15... Qe5 $5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Bf3 Bd7 $13) 16. Bc2 Qe7
17. Rd2 Nf6 (17... d5 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nf4 Bb7 $13) 18. e4 Bb7
$16 (18... e5 $5) 19. Ng3 (19. e5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. exd6 Rxd6 22. Rfd1 Rfd8
$10) 19... g6 $6 (19... Ng4 $5) 20. Re1 $6 (20. Rfd1 $5 e5 21. b4) (20. e5 $1
dxe5 21. Qxe5 $16) 20... Ng4 $6 (20... e5 21. Red1 Rc8 $1 22. b4 a6 {
/\Nf6-d7-f8-e6/}) 21. Red1 e5 22. h3 $6 (22. b4 $5) 22... Nf6 23. Qe3 Nd7 24.
Ne2 Rd8 $6 (24... Rc8 25. Nc3 Nf8 26. Na4 Ra6) 25. Nc3 Nf8 26. Na4 Rc6 27. b4
$1 cxb4 (27... Ne6 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8
32. Qxc5 Qd2 33. Qxe5 Qxc2 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qxb7 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ $10) 28. c5
Ne6 $2 (28... bxa3 29. Qxa3 Ne6 30. Rxd6 (30. cxd6 Qg5 $17) 30... Rcxd6 31.
Rxd6 Rxd6 32. cxd6 Qd8) 29. axb4 Nd4 (29... dxc5 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Nxc5 Bc8
32. Bb3 $14) 30. Rxd4 $1 exd4 31. Qxd4 $16 a6 (31... Ba6 32. Nc3 $16) (31...
Rcc8 32. cxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxc2 35. Nc5 $18) 32. Nb6 Qg5 (32...
Rxb6 33. cxb6 $18) 33. Nc4 Rc7 34. cxd6 $18 Rcc8 35. Bb3 Qf4 36. Ne5 $1 Qxe4
37. Qxe4 Bxe4 38. Nxf7 Kg7 (38... Rf8 39. d7 $18) 39. d7 Rb8 40. Nxd8 Rxd8 41.
Ba4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 (7...
h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 (12. Nf3 Bb7 13. O-O
a5 14. Nd2 Ra6 15. Rad1 Qa8 16. f3 Rb6 17. Nb1 $13 {Lautier,J-Epishin,V/FRA/
1994/1:0/60/}) 12... Qb6 13. Rd1 Ba6 $5 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rd2 d5 16. Rfd1 Rab8
17. Qc2 $14 {Lautier,J-Epishin,V/Las Palmas/1994/1:0/54/}) (7... Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. f3 a5 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bh4 a4 $5 13. O-O-O Re8 14. Be2 e5 15.
Nf2 Qb6 $13 {Lautier,J-Karpov,A/Las Palmas/1994/1:0/31/}) 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6
10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Rb8 $146 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 13. Bg3 Rb6 $6 (13... Qb6
14. O-O Nh5 15. Rab1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. b3 Qc7 19. Rfe1 $14 {
Sokolov,I-Kamsky,G/Madrid/1994/0,5/61/}) 14. O-O Nh5 15. b4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6
17. b5 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 $16 {Sokolov,I-Salov,V/Madrid/1994/1:0/54/})
12. O-O Qb6 13. Rab1 Qb3 $6 (13... a5 $5 14. b3 Bb7 15. f3 d5 $13) 14. Bc2 Qxc3
(14... Qb6 15. b4 $16) 15. Nxc3 Ba6 (15... Nb6 16. b3) 16. Rfd1 $1 Bxc4 (16...
Rb6 17. b3 Rfb8 18. Rd2 Kf8 19. Rbd1 Ne8 (19... Ke7 20. Ne4 $18) 20. Ne4 f6 21.
Nxd6 $18) 17. Rxd6 Rb6 $6 (17... Bb3 $32 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Bb5 (19. Be2 Nc4 20.
Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nf6+ (23. Nxc5 Ba2 24. Rbd1 Rxb2 $10)
23... Kg7 24. Nd7 Rfd8 $13)) 18. Rxb6 $1 axb6 (18... Nxb6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne4
Nd7 21. Rd1 Bd5 22. Nc3 Nb6 $14 (22... Bc6 $2 23. Be4 Ne5 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Ne4
$16) (22... Nb6 23. e4 $16)) 19. Rd1 $14 Rb8 20. b3 Ba6 (20... Bd5 21. Bf4 Ra8
22. e4 Bb7 (22... Bc6 23. Rd6) 23. a4 {/\F3,Nb5+/-/}) 21. Bf4 Ra8 (21... e5 22.
Bg3 g6 23. Rd6 $16) 22. a4 Kf8 23. e4 $6 {><d4} (23. Bd6+ Ke8 24. b4 cxb4 25.
Bxb4 Rc8 $132) (23. g4 $5 Bb7 24. g5 Nd5 25. Bd6+ Kg8 26. Ne4 $14) 23... e5 24.
Be3 Ke7 25. f3 Rc8 26. g4 Nf8 (26... Bb7 $5 {/\Nf8-e6-d4}) 27. Bg5 (27. g5 N6d7
28. Nd5+ Ke8 $13) 27... Ke8 $4 (27... Bb7 $1 28. f4 (28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Ke6
30. Rd2 Ke7 31. Rd5 Ke6 $10) 28... Ne6 $13) 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rd6 $18 Rd8 30.
Rxb6 Rd2 31. Rxa6 Rxc2 32. Nd5 Ne6 33. Ra8+ Kd7 34. Ra7+ Kc6 35. Rxf7 Nd4 36.
Rxf6+ Kb7 37. Rf7+ Ka6 38. b4 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 cxb4 (39... c4 40. b5+ Ka5 41. Ra7#)
40. Nxb4+ Ka5 41. Nd3 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 e5 {Many games have been played this way. The theory considers the position
to be equal. Still, I believe 8...c5 or 8...b6 are more solid.} 9. dxe5 dxe5
10. Bd3 a5 {Already at this moment I disliked the black position. In order not
to get totally outplayed I have conceived now a pawn sacrifice. The move a7-a5
at this stage is a novelty, as well as the following manoeuvre, carried out by
black.  Golod,V: 'Standard reception for positions of a similar type.'} ({
Were checked in the preceding game:} 10... Qe7 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bc2
a5 14. O-O Nc5 15. b4 $14 {Peter,A-Horvath,S/HUN 1994,(1-0)(56)}) 11. b3 Nc5
12. Bc2 Qd6 (12... Qe7 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Nd2 {+/=/=}) 13. f3 Re8 14. Ne2 Qc6 15.
O-O a4 16. b4 Nb3 17. Bxb3 axb3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. b5 Qc5 20. Qxb3 Be6 21. Rfc1
Red8 {I have not considered this sacrifice to be sufficient to equalize
chances. My aim was to divert white from developing his strategic initiative.
That's why, being satisfied now to occupy the central file, I miss the
strongest move} (21... c6 $1 {after which white would have had difficulties to
maintain his material gain.}) 22. Ng3 {I was more afraid of} (22. a4 {with
threats a4-a5 or Qa3. The only reasonable answer would be} c6 $1 {and if} 23.
Qa3 {then} Qxa3 24. Rxa3 Ra5) 22... f5 23. Kh1 (23. a4 $5) 23... Rd6 {Now and
then c7-c6 is worth of consideration. Golod,V: 'In exchange behind the pawn,
black has the following trumps: 1) the best accommodation of pieces; 2)
weaknesses in the camp of white. '} 24. h3 Rad8 25. Rc3 R6d7 {Golod,V:
'Black's plan is: Kh8, f6, Rg7 and so on.'} 26. Rf1 {'?!' Golod,V. Again Golod,
V: 'Loss of a tempo.'} (26. a4 {was strong. The only what black could answer
was} b6 27. Qa3 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rxa1 29. Qxa1 Rd2 {still with chances to save the
game.}) (26. Rac1 $142) 26... Rd2 27. Rfc1 Qe7 28. Nf1 R2d7 29. Qc2 Qh4 30. Qe2
Kh8 31. R3c2 Rd6 32. Rc3 R6d7 {A taciturn offer of a draw. Perhaps white still
has somewhat better chances, but in anticipation of a serious time trouble, he
had to accept the offer.} 33. c5 $6 {For long time he avoided any pawn move on
the queen side. But now this pawn move looks senseless.} c6 34. bxc6 bxc6 35.
R3c2 Qa4 {35...f6 with the idea to move rooks to the g-file was stronger.} 36.
Qf2 f6 37. Rc3 Rg7 38. e4 {The point of the move - to cut the black queen off
the king side.} fxe4 39. f4 $4 {Something happened. All of a sudden white
declines from a well planned} (39. Qh4 $1 {Then, after} Rg6 40. fxe4 {he would
have had a clear advantage.}) 39... Qd4 $1 {Now black seizes the initiative.}
40. Ne3 Rdg8 41. f5 (41. Qh4 {would hold the position. White overlooks a
strong blow.}) 41... Rxg2 $1 42. Qh4 {The position after} (42. Qxg2 Rxg2 43.
Kxg2 ({or} 43. fxe6 Rg8 44. Rb3 Qd8 45. Nf5 Qd2) 43... Bb3 {is bad for white.
He tries to create counter-threats to the black king, but fails.}) 42... Qd2
43. Qxf6+ R8g7 44. Qxe5 (44. Ng4 {fails to} Rh2+) 44... R2g3 0-1

[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 h6 (7... Ba6 8. e3 d6 9. Qc2 $5 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Kortschnoj,V/Malmo (03) ;
CBM 54_06 1996 (22)}) 8. Bh4 Ba6 (8... c5 {Tsesarsky} 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 d6
11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nf3 (12. Ne2 Qb6 13. O-O Ba6) 12... Bb7 13. O-O a5 14. Nd2 $10
{Lautier,J-Epishin,V/FRA/1994/1:0/60/}) 9. e3 (9. Nf3 {Tsesarsky} d5 10. cxd5
exd5 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 c5 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 Nc6 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. e3 Bb7 18. Bg2 d4 $1 $10 {Sokolov,I-Costica,L/Maribor/1990/0,5/51/})
9... d6 (9... d5 $5 {Tsesarsky} 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 exd5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
Ne2 Rc8 14. Rc1 c6 15. f3 Nd7 16. Kf2 Qd6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rc3 c5 $10 {Chekhov,
V-Costica,L/Pula op/1990/0,5/42/}) 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 (11. b4 $5) (11. Nf3 {
Tsesarsky} c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8) 11... c5 12. O-O $6 (12. b4 Rc8 (12...
cxd4 {Tsesarsky} 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. f3 exd4 16. b5 Bb7 17. O-O Ne5 18.
Nxd4 d5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 Nd7 21. Qb4 Bxd5 22. Rad1 $10 {Flear,
G-Rozentalis,E/Chiasso op/1991/0,5/23/}) 13. Qb3 d5 14. b5 Bb7 15. O-O $10)
12... Rc8 13. Qb3 (13. b3 $5 {Tsesarsky} cxd4 (13... Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Be7
Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 $16) (13... Bb7 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. Rad1 d5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb4
$10) 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Bb7 (15... d5 16. cxd5 e5 17. Qb2 $16 (17. Qa4 Bxd3
18. Rxd3 (18. Rac1 Bxe2 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 $17) 18... Qc2 19. Nc1 Qxc1+ $19)) 16.
Bg3 Qc6 17. f3 d5 $13) 13... d5 14. Bxf6 (14. Rac1 $2 {Tsesarsky} b5 $1 (14...
cxd4 $2 15. exd4 (15. Nxd4 $6 Ne5 16. Nb5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxc4 18. Rxc4 dxc4 19.
Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. a4 Rc8 $15) 15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Rxc4 Bxc4
18. Qxc4 Qa8 19. Rc1 Qd5 $10) 15. cxb5 c4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Qxc4
$17) (14. Qa4 $8 {Tsesarsky} Bxc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 $14 Rc2
$6 (17... Nc5) (17... g5 18. Bg3 Rc2 19. Rab1 e5 20. Qd3 Rc5 21. Rbc1 Rd5 22.
Qc2 $14) 18. Rab1 $1 Rc5 (18... Qa8 19. Nc3 $16) (18... Rxe2 $2 19. Qd3 $16)
19. Rfd1 $14) 14... Nxf6 (14... Qxf6 $5 15. Qa4 Nb8 $15) 15. Rfc1 $2 (15. dxc5
$142 Rxc5 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxd5 $15) (15. Qa4 $142 $8 {Tsesarsky} Bxc4
16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxa7 (17. Qxc4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc2 19. Rfd1 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxb2
$17) 17... Ra8 18. Qb7 Qd6 (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4) 19. Rac1 $10) 15... b5 $1 $17
16. cxb5 c4 17. Bxc4 (17. Qa4 {Tsesarsky} cxd3 18. bxa6 dxe2 19. Re1 Rc4 20.
Qb3 Qb8 $19) 17... dxc4 18. Rxc4 (18. Qa4 {Tsesarsky} Bb7 19. Nf4 (19. Rxc4 $4
Qd5 $19) 19... Qb6 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qe2 Be4 $17) 18... Qd5 19.
Rb4 (19. Rc3 {Tsesarsky} Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxb5 $19) 19... Bb7 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rb3 (21. Ra4 $142 Rc2 22. Rxa7 Rb8 $17) 21... Rc2 22. Nc1 Rfc8 23. Nd3 Nxe3 $1
(23... g5 $17) 24. Ne1 (24. fxe3 {Tsesarsky} Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rxh2 26. Re1 Rcc2
$19) 24... Nxg2 25. Nxc2 Rxc2 26. b6 axb6 27. Rxb6 Bd5 28. a4 Nf4 29. a5 Nh3+
30. Kf1 Bf3 $1 $19 31. Rb3 Rxf2+ 32. Ke1 Re2+ 33. Kf1 Rxh2 (33... Rxh2 34. Rxf3
Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Rxa1 36. Ra3 (36. Rxh3 {Tsesarsky} Rxa5 $19) 36... Rxa3 37. bxa3
Nf4+ 38. Kd2 Nd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 (8. Nh3 $5) 8... b6 9. Nh3 $5 Bb7 10. f3 (10. Bd3 $2 Nc5 11. dxc5 Bxg2 12.
Rg1 Bxh3 $15) 10... Qh4+ (10... Ng5 11. Nf4 $14) 11. g3 Qe7 12. Bd3 (12. Bg2 $5
) 12... Ng5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. O-O Qh5 $10 15. e4 fxe4 (15... Nc6 16. Be3 $14)
16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc6 18. Bf4 Rac8 $2 (18... Qf5 19. d5 (19. Bxc7 Qxe4 20.
fxe4 Rfc8 $15) (19. Rae1 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 d5 21. Rxe6 Nxd4 22. Re7 dxc4 23. Bxc7
Rae8 $10) 19... e5 20. dxc6 (20. Be3 Ne7 $10) 20... exf4 $10) 19. Rae1 Qf5 20.
d5 $1 $14 Nd8 21. Kg2 h6 $6 (21... c6 22. d6 c5 $14) 22. Rf2 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Kf7
$2 (23... c6 $1) 24. Rfe2 Re8 25. Bd2 Nb7 26. Rf4+ $1 $16 Kg8 27. Rg4 h5 $6 (
27... exd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxh6 Kh7 30. Bxg7 Rg8 31. Bc3 Rxg4 32. fxg4 dxc4
33. h4 $16) (27... Kh7 28. Bc3 Re7 29. dxe6 dxe6 30. Rxe6 $16) (27... Kh7 28.
Bc3 g6 29. Rf4 $16) 28. Rg5 exd5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bc3 d4 31. Bxd4 Re7 32.
Rxh5 Na5 33. Rxa5 $4 (33. c5 Nb3 34. cxb6 (34. Re5 $1 $16) 34... Nxd4 35. bxa7
Re8 36. Rd5 Nc6 37. Rxd7 Nxa7 38. Rxc7 Nb5 $16) 33... bxa5 34. Kf2 Re6 $1 35.
h4 (35. Bxa7 Rc6 36. c5 a4 $17) 35... g6 36. g4 a4 37. c5 Kf7 38. Kg3 (38. Be3
Rc6 39. Bd4 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd5 $17) 38... Re1 39. Kf4 Rd1 40. Ke4 Rh1 41. c6 (41.
Bf2 Rh2 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Ke2 Kd5 44. Kf1 Rh1+ $19) 41... dxc6 42. Bxa7 Rxh4 43.
Bd4 Ke6 44. Kf4 Rh3 45. Bc3 c5 46. Kg5 Kf7 (46... Rxf3 47. Kxg6 Rg3 48. g5 Rg2
49. Bf6 $10) 47. f4 (47. Kf4 $142) 47... Rf3 48. f5 (48. Be5 $142 c6 49. Bc3
Rd3 50. Be5 Rd5 51. Kh6 c4 52. Bc3 c5 53. Be5 Rd4 54. Kg5 c3 55. bxc3 Rd1 56.
f5 Ra1 $17) 48... gxf5 49. gxf5 c4 50. Kg4 Rf1 51. Kg5 c5 52. Kg4 Ke7 53. Kg5
Rg1+ 54. Kf4 (54. Kh6 Kd6 55. Kh5 Kd5 56. Kh6 Rg2 $1 57. Kh5 Ke4 58. f6 Kf5 59.
Kh4 Ke6 60. Kh5 Kf7 61. Kh4 Rg6 $19) 54... Kd6 55. Ke4 Rg4+ 56. Kf3 Rh4 57. Kg3
Rd4 $17 58. Kf3 Kd5 59. Ke3 Rd1 60. f6 Rf1 61. Ke2 Rf4 62. Ke3 Rf5 63. Kd2 Ke4
64. Ke2 Rf4 65. Kd2 Rf2+ 66. Ke1 Ke3 67. Be5 Rf5 68. Bc3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Hyderabad WIPRO"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2000.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. d5 $5 {A typical push in the queen's indian,
but,strangely enough, it had never been played before. It is important to
mention, that after a "natural" 11.0-0 black plays Be4 and solves most of his
opening problems.} exd5 12. Nd4 Nc6 {By analogy with other queen's indian
variations, it seems to be the best move.} 13. Nxf5 dxc4 14. O-O $1 {
Remarkable: white is in a hurry to complete his development! After 14.Q:c4+ d5
or Kh8 black would be still a bit ahead in development.} d5 {Black is playing
for advantage. 16...Na5 looked more solid, trying after exchange of
light-squared bishops to reach an equal game.} 15. Bg5 Ne7 16. Rad1 c6 (16...
Nxf5 $5 17. Qxf5 c6 18. e4 (18. Be4 $2 Qd7 $17) 18... h6 (18... Qe8 19. exd5
Nxd5 20. Qg4 $44) 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxd5+ Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 $11)
17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. e4 $44 b5 20. e5 Rff8 21. f4 c5 {Here I would
prefer 21...Nf5 - just to change a pair of minor pieces.} 22. e6 Qe8 23. Nf3
Qg6 $2 {But this move is equal to a blunder!} (23... d4 $1 {was very strong.}
24. Ng5 {would be parred by} d3) 24. Qe2 Rae8 25. Nh4 Qf6 26. f5 Bc6 27. Rf4 a5
$2 {And here d5-d4 was absolutely necessary.} 28. Bf3 b4 29. Bh5 Rb8 30. Bf7+
Rxf7 (30... Kh8 31. Ng6+ Nxg6 (31... hxg6 32. Rh4+ $18) 32. fxg6 Qe7 33. Rh4 h6
34. Rxh6+ $18) 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Ng6 $1 bxa3 33. bxa3 c3 34. Ne5+ (34. Re1 $1
$16) 34... Kf8 35. Nxc6 $4 (35. Ng4 Qd6 36. f6 Ng6 37. fxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rf6 Qc7
39. Rdf1 d4 40. Qe6 $18) 35... Nxc6 36. Rxd5 Nd4 (36... Rb1+ 37. Rf1 $16 (37.
Rd1 Nd4 38. Rfxd4 Qxd4+ $19)) 37. Qc4 Qe7 38. Rf2 Qe1+ $4 {Presumably, both
players are in severe time trouble.} ({After} 38... c2 39. Rxc2 (39. Rxc5 Rb1+
40. Rf1 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 c1=Q+ 42. Qxc1 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Nf3+) 39... Qe1+ 40. Kg2
Qe4+ 41. Kh3 Qxc2 42. Rxd4 Qxf5+ {black was winning.}) 39. Kg2 Qe4+ {As far as
I understand,black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kadimova, Ilaha"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Kosintseva,N+T"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. O-O Rf6 {In this line of the Nimzo-Indian
Defence White seeks play in the centre by: b4, Bb2 and after that is trying to
make d5 and c5 advances, sometimes even at the price of a pawn with the idea
of opening the diagonals for the bishops. Black needs to oppose this plan
somehow, and one of the possible plans is the rook transfer via f6 on the
kingside, and after that transfer of the other black pieces, trying to create
threats against White's king.} 12. b4 Rh6 13. g3 $6 {An unnecessary precaution
which leads only to the weakening of the white kingside.} ({Principled was} 13.
d5 {similar to the game Kramnik - Polgar,2005, with the only difference being
that in the aforementioned game black rook stays on g6. The rook on h6 gives
Black some more tactical nuances linked with the Qh4 thrust, which looks
dangerous. That is why it is very difficult for White to go into the
complications, especially if the position was not analysed at home.} Nd7 $1 {
It is important to develop the pieces, not to take pawns:} (13... exd5 $6 14.
Nd4 (14. cxd5 $5) 14... Qh4 15. h3 Rg6 (15... Ng5 16. Nxf5 $18) 16. Nxf5 Qf6 (
16... Qg5 17. Bg4 h5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 (18... hxg4 19. Qxe4 gxh3 20. Ne7+ $18) 19.
f3 hxg4 20. fxe4 $16) 17. Nd4 Nc6 (17... c5 18. cxd5 Ng5 (18... Bxd5 19. Bd3
Qe5 (19... Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Nd2+ 21. e4 Qg6+ 22. Kh2 Nxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Bxe4 24. Qb3+
$18) 20. Ne2) 19. Bd3 Nxh3+ 20. Kh2 Nf4 (20... Qe5+ 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 cxd4
23. Bxg6 $18) 21. exf4 (21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Nb3 Bxd5) 21... Rh6+ 22. Kg1 Qh4 23.
f3 $18) 18. Nxc6 (18. cxd5 Nxd4 19. exd4 Bxd5 20. Bh5 Rxg2+ $1 21. Kxg2 Nd2+
22. f3 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Bxf3 $13) 18... Bxc6 19. Bb2 Qg5 20. Bg4 dxc4 (20... h5
21. f4) 21. Qxc4+ d5 22. Qd4 $14) 14. Nd4 $1 {and as the analyses showed the
complications after:} (14. dxe6 $5 Nf8 {If I can trust my database, this
position has appeared twice in practice and after that followed:} 15. c5 $5 (
15. Nd4 $5) 15... Nxe6 16. c6 Bc8 17. Bb2 Qe8 18. Rad1 (18. Nd2 N6g5 19. Nxe4
fxe4 20. Qc3 Qe7 21. f4 exf3 22. Bxf3 Be6 23. Be2 Kh8 24. Qd4 Rg8 25. Rf4 Nf7
26. Raf1 Ne5 27. Qe4 Ng6 28. Rf6 Re8 29. Qd4 Rg8 30. Qe4 Re8 31. g3 d5 32. Qd4
Rg8 33. R6f2 Qe8 34. b5 Qe7 35. Bd3 Qe8 36. Bc2 Bc8 37. Rf7 {1-0 Schandorff,
L-Johansson,J/Stockholm 1996/CBM 057 ext (37)}) 18... Qh5 19. h3 N6g5 20. Nxg5
Qxg5 21. Bf3 Qg6 22. Kh2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Romanishin,O/Pula 1991/TD (22)}
) 14... Qh4 15. h3 Ng5 {are in White's favour.} 16. e4 $1 (16. Nxe6 $4 Nxh3+
$19) 16... f4 {Menacing Nh3} (16... Rg6 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. g3 fxe4 (18... Qh4
19. Bg4 $1 Qf6 20. exf5 Rxg4 21. Nxe6 $36) 19. Bg4 $5 (19. Nxe6 $5 Qe5 20. Bg4)
19... Nf8 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Bxe6+ Rxe6 22. dxe6 Qe5 23. c5 $14) 17. Bg4 Ne5 18.
Bxf4 $1 {On the other hand, White also does not need to lust after material.} (
18. Bxe6+ $6 Nxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 (19... Nf3+ 20. Kh1 $18) 20. dxe6 f3 $44) 18...
Nxg4 (18... Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Nxg4 20. Bxh6 Qxh3 21. f3 $18) 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20.
hxg4 Qxg4 (20... Qh4 21. f3) 21. f3 Qh4 22. Nxe6 $14) 13... Nd7 14. Bb2 ({
Here on:} 14. d5 {Black can reply:} c5 (14... exd5 15. Nd4 $5 (15. cxd5 $5)
15... c5 (15... Qg5 16. cxd5 (16. f3 $2 Nxg3 $19) (16. f4 $2 Qg6 $17) 16...
Bxd5 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Qc6 $16) 16. Nxf5 Rf6 17. Nh4 $36) (14...
Ndf6 15. Nd4 exd5 16. f3 Ng5 17. e4 $16) (14... Nf8 15. Nd4 Qg5 16. Bd3 $36)
15. Bb2 ({with the idea on:} 15. dxe6 Nf8 $1 16. Bb2 Nxe6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 $132) (
15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bb2 (16. Nd4 $2 Qh4 $1 17. gxh4 Rg6+ 18. Kh1 Nxf2#) 16... e5
17. Rfd1 Qf6 $132 18. c5 $6 bxc5 19. bxc5 Ndxc5 20. Bc4+ Kh8 $15) 15... Qe7 16.
Rad1 Rf8 $13) 14... Ndf6 15. d5 Ng4 ({The capture on d5 does not promise
anything; after:} 15... exd5 16. Nd4 {White is ready to push back her
opponent's pieces with f3.}) 16. Rad1 $2 {White is waiting, she had to open up
the position and give life to her bishops:} (16. dxe6 $1 Qe8 (16... Nxh2 $2 {
doesn't work} 17. Nxh2 Qg5 {because of the only but sufficient} 18. Bf3 $1 $18)
({and also} 16... Ng5 $2 17. Qxf5 $18) 17. c5 Qg6 (17... bxc5 18. bxc5 dxc5 (
18... Nxc5 19. Qxf5 $16) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2+ $16) (17... Qh5 18. Nh4) 18. c6
({on} 18. cxd6 {there is a counter-blow} Nxh2 19. Ne5 (19. Qxc7 Nxd6 $1) 19...
Ng5 $1 20. e4 (20. f3 Qh5 $40) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 fxe4 $19 22. Nxg6 Nhf3+ 23.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Rh2#) 18... Bc8 19. e7 Be6 20. Bc4 (20. Bd3 Re8 $13) 20...
Re8 $14 (20... d5 21. Bb3 Rh3 22. Rad1 Qh5 23. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25.
Bxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxh2 27. Ne5 $16)) 16... Qe8 17. Nh4 ({Now} 17. dxe6 {
is not enough; after:} Qg6 $1 {White can escape the various mating ideas
connected with Nh2 and Ne3 only with the help of heavy material losses.} 18.
Rd5 Nxh2 (18... c6 $5) 19. Nxh2 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nxg3 21. Bf3 Nxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rc8
$17) 17... Rxh4 {Otherwise White will push back Black's knights by f3.} 18.
gxh4 (18. Bxg4 {does not work-} Rxg4 19. f3 {because of the intermediate} Nxg3
20. fxg4 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 exd5 $17) 18... Qg6 19. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+ 21. Kg1
exd5 22. cxd5 Ba6 23. Rfe1 $2 {White does not want to give back the material
and keeps the extra exchange. But her pieces are awkwardly placed, and for the
moment she lacks the resource Qd1,which can help her drive back the queen from
the f3 square.} ({Necessary was:} 23. Rde1 {preparing Qd1, and after:} Bxf1 24.
Rxf1 f4 (24... Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 25. Qd1 (25. exf4 Re8 26. Qd1 Qxf4 $36)
25... Qxd1 (25... Qh3 26. f3 Ng3 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qxh4+ 29. Kg2 Qg3+ 30.
Kh1 $11) 26. Rxd1 fxe3 27. fxe3 {despite White's bad pawn structure, I doubt
that Black will be much better in the arising endgame, since there is also a
weakness on c7 in her camp. One sample line could be} a5 28. Rd4 (28. Rc1 $6
axb4 29. axb4 Ra2 30. Bd4 Nd2 31. Rxc7 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Nxh2+ 33. Ke1 Nf3+ 34. Kd1
Nxd4 35. exd4 Rh2) 28... Nf6 29. Rd2 axb4 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. axb4) (23. Qxc7 {
did not work either, because of} Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Be2 $1 $19) 23... Rf8 $6 {
This move does not spoil the chances, but significantly complicates the
finding of the right plan:} ({I had at my disposal a tactical idea, which
unfortunately I noticed only a move later:} 23... Bb5 $1 {preparing Ba4:} 24.
Rd2 (24. Rd4 c5 $1 25. dxc6 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Bxc6 $19) 24... c5 $5 $36 25. dxc6 $4
Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Bxc6+ $19) (23... g5 24. h5 g4 25. a4 Bc4) 24. a4
Bc4 $2 ({During the game I thought that on} 24... f4 $1 {there is the sudden}
25. h3 $1 {and if Black stays there is ef and Re3 and Black's attack
evaporates. But my home analyses helped me to find the striking} Bf1 $1 (25...
Qxh3 26. Qxe4 $18) (25... fxe3 26. Rxe3 $16) (25... Bc8 26. exf4 Rxf4 27. Re3
$16) 26. Rxf1 fxe3 27. Bd4 (27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kg2 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ $19) 27...
e2 28. Qxc7 Nf6 29. Rde1 exf1=Q+ 30. Rxf1 Nh5 $17) 25. Rd4 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+
27. Kg1 Qg4+ {With the time deficit (we both had only seconds left) and after
spending the greatest part of the time seeking resources after 27...Rf6 I
could not find anything. So I repeated the position for the third time and
agreed to a draw.} (27... Rf6 {did not work} 28. Rxc4 Rg6+ 29. Kf1 Rg2 30. Rxe4
fxe4 31. Re2 {and king runs away.} Rg5 32. Ke1 Rxd5 33. Bd4 c5 34. Qc4 Qf7 35.
Rc2 $16) ({After} 27... b5 28. Rxc4 $8 (28. axb5 Bxb5 29. h3 Rf6 $19) (28. h3
Rf6 29. h5 Qxh5 30. Rxe4 Rg6+ 31. Kh2 Qg5 32. Rg4 fxg4 $17) 28... bxc4 {
Black ran no risk at all and could carry on fighting for an advantage;} {
but after:} 29. Bd4 $1 (29. Qe2 $6 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 c3 31. Ba1 Nf6 32. Bxc3 Nxd5
33. Rc2 Rc8 34. b5 c5) 29... f4 (29... g5 30. Qe2) 30. Qe2 fxe3 31. Qxf3 Rxf3
32. Bxe3 {I guess that the position is close to equal, despite the weaknesses
in White's pawn structure. They could be fully compensated for by the pawn
weaknesses in my own camp. Here is a sample line:} Nc3 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. Rc1 Nxd5
35. Rxc4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4376]} 1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13.
Bd3 d5 $1 $146 (13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Be2 (15. O-O Ng6 16. Bf2 Qe7 17.
Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. a4 a5 {Gerstner,W-Farago,I/BL2-S9697 1997/BL2-S/1/
2-1/2 (51)}) 15... Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. g3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20.
Kf2 Ne5 $14 (20... Rfd8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Than Trang-Eperjesi,L/It (cat.2)
Budapest (Hungary) 1994 (24)}) (20... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 21. Rhd1 Ne5 22. b3 dxc4
23. Nxc4 Bd5 24. Nd2 Be6 25. Ne4 Bxb3 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2
Hoang Than Trang-Eperjesi,L/Budapest FS07 IM 1994/EXT 94 (37)}) 21. cxd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Hoang Than Trang-Lin Ye/Izt (w) Kishinev (Moldova) 1995 (23)} (21. cxd5
Bxd5 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Be6 24. Ne4 Kg7 {Hoang Than Trang-Lin Ye/Kishinev
izt-W 1995/EXT 95/1/2-1/2 (80)})) (13... Nxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} 14. Bxe4 Qxh4+ 15.
g3 $18) 14. exd5 (14. e5 g5 (14... Ne4 $1 {Ftacnik} 15. Bxd8 (15. Nxe4 Qxh4+
16. g3 Qh5 17. Nd6 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxe5+ 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 $15) 15... Nxc3 16. Be7
Rfe8 17. bxc3 (17. Bd6 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 $15) 17... Rxe7 18. cxd5 Bxd5 $15) 15.
Bf2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 $15) (14. Bg3 $6 {Ftacnik} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 $19) (14. dxc5 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 16. g3 Qe7 17.
Nd6 Rxc5 18. Nxb7 Rc7 $17) 14... exd5 15. O-O {[#]} (15. cxd5 {Ftacnik} Re8+
16. Kf1 g5 17. Bf2 Nxd5 $17) 15... cxd4 (15... dxc4 $5 16. Nxc4 cxd4 $15) 16.
Qxd4 Nc5 (16... dxc4 $5 17. Bxc4 Re8 $132) 17. Bxf6 (17. Bf5 $5 {Ftacnik} Ne6 (
17... dxc4 $2 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bxc8 $16) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rad1
(19. Rfe1) 19... Qc7 $14) 17... Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bf5 $14 {Kasparov must
be better, but the damage is limited due to the active black pieces.} Rcd8 20.
Rfe1 (20. b4 $6 {Ftacnik} dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nb3 22. Rae1 Ba6 $15) 20... Ba6 (20...
d4 $6 {Ftacnik} 21. Re7 $14) 21. Rac1 (21. Re7 {Ftacnik} dxc4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23.
Bxe4 Rfe8 24. Rxa7 Bc8 25. Rc7 f5 26. Bc2 b5 $11) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nb3 (
22... Rd5 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. Bb1 Rfd8 $13) 23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Bh3 (24. Bb1 {Ftacnik}
Rfe8 25. Kf2 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Re8+ $132) (24. Bd3 Nb5 (24... b5 $142 25. Ne3 b4
26. Bxa6 bxc3 27. bxc3 $44 {Kramnik}) 25. Rb3 Nd4 26. Rc3 Nb5 $11) 24... Rfe8
25. Kf2 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Ne2 (27... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 28. Ke3 $1) (27...
f5 $1 28. Ne3 $8 f4 29. Nc2 $11 {Kramnik}) 28. Re3 (28. Rc2 {Ftacnik} Nf4 $1
$11) 28... Rd8+ 29. Kxe2 Bxc4+ $11 30. Ke1 Kf8 31. Bf5 {True sign of a poor
form, black would still have to labour for the half point after more exact 31.
Rc3.} (31. Rc3 {Ftacnik} Re8+ (31... b5 32. b3 $1 Rd3 33. Rxd3 Bxd3 34. Kd2 $16
) 32. Kf2 Re2+ 33. Kg3 Be6 34. b4 $14) 31... Re8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Kd2 Ke7 34.
Ke3 Bd5 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. Be4 Be6 (36... Bxe4 {Ftacnik} 37. Kxe4 Ke6 38. g4 $16)
37. Bd3 Bc8 38. Bc4 Ke7 (38... Be6 {Ftacnik} 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. g4 $1 $14) 39.
Ke4 (39. Kd5 {Ftacnik} Be6+ 40. Kd4 Bc8) 39... Bb7+ 40. Bd5 Bc8 41. Kd4 Bd7 42.
Kc4 (42. Bb7 {Ftacnik} Kd6 $11) 42... Be8 43. b4 Bd7 (43... Kd6 {Ftacnik} 44.
Kd4 f5 $1 $11) 44. f4 f5 {Ftacnik: White will bot be able to penetrate with a
king any further.} 45. Bf3 Kd6 46. Bh5 f6 47. Bd1 Bc6 48. g3 Bd7 49. Bc2 Ke6
50. a4 Kd6 51. a5 Ke6 52. Kd4 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 {Botvinnik's idea} Nbd7 10. Nh3 $5 {Alternative is
} (10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 (11... h6 {Dolmatov} 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. b4 d5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. b5 Nb6 $6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc3 $14 {
Sorokin,M-Atalik,S/Cheliabinsk/1991/}) 12. Qb3 cxd4 13. exd4 d5 $6 14. O-O dxc4
15. Bxc4 h6 16. Bh4 Nb8 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Rfe1 {White's position is preferable,
Sokolov,I-Almasi,Z/It Groningen NED 1995}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 Qb6 (
12... d5 {Dolmatov} 13. O-O-O $6 Qb6 14. Rd2 Rfe8 15. Rhd1 Bc6 16. Kb1 Rab8 17.
Bh4 Ba4 18. Rc1 Rec8 $17 {Xu,J-Stefansson,H/1994/}) (12... a5 $5 13. O-O (13.
Rd1 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bf4 $5 e5 $5 $10) 14... Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfxd8
17. Rxd6 Ne5 18. Rxd8+ (18. Rb6 Ba6 19. f4 Nd3+ $36) 18... Rxd8 $44 {Zaitsev,
I-Kimelfeld,R/USSR/1990/}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 (14... a4 15. Rfd1 Ra6 16. Bf2
Qb8 17. Nf4 Rb6 18. Rd2 Rc8 19. Bd1 Bc6 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Bg3 e5 22. Ne2 Nf8 {
1/2-1/2 Drasko,M-Levin,F/Podgorica (12)/1993 (28)}) 15. Rfd1 d5 16. Rd2 (16.
Bf2 $5 {/\ Nf4+/=}) 16... Rfe8 (16... Bc6 $1 17. Bf2 Rfb8 $1 {/\ Qb3=/+} 18.
Bd1 $1 e5 $6 (18... a4 $5 {/\ Qa5, Nb6}) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Ba4 Qe6 $1 (20...
Bc6 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. Rad1 $14) 21. Rad1 $1 Nb6 $1 22. Bc2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxh3 24.
Qxe5 $1 $8 Re8 $1 {Georgiev,Ki-Razuvaev,Y/Elenite/1992/1-0 (60)}) 17. Rad1 Rac8
18. Bf2 Qa7 19. Nf4 Bc6 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Ne2 Qb6 23. Bf5 {1/2-1/2
Drasko,M-Kolev,At/Ubeda op/1996 (38)}) 13. O-O d5 (13... a5 {Ftacnik} 14. Rfd1
Ba6 15. Rd2 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. Bf2 Rb8 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Qc1 Bxe2
21. Rxe2 Qb5 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. e4 N5b6 {1/2-1/2 Burijovich,L-Adla,D/Mar del
Plata op (02)/1994 (32)}) 14. Rad1 (14. cxd5 {Ftacnik} exd5 15. b4 c4 16. Rfd1
Rfe8 17. Qd4 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Kf2 Qc7 20. Nf4 Re5 21. Rac1 Rae8 22. Rc3 g5
23. Nh3 Bc8 24. Bf1 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Nh5 {0-1 Kumaran,D-Almasi,Z/WchJM-U18
Bratislava (09)/1993/ (38)}) 14... Bc6 (14... h6 {Dolmatov} 15. Bf4 a5 16. Bg3
Ba6 17. Rf2 Ra7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 $14 {Karpov,A-Andersson,U/
Haninge/1990/} (20. Rxe2 {Ftacnik} Qb5 21. Rc2 Rb7 22. Nf2 {/\ Ne4} N5f6 23. e4
$16 {1-0 Karpov,An-Andersson,U/Haninge/1990/ (35)})) (14... a5 {Ftacnik} 15.
Rd2 Rab8 16. Bh4 Bc6 17. Bf2 a4 18. Nf4 Qc7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nd3 Rb3 21. Qc2
Qa5 22. Nc1 Rb6 23. Na2 Rfb8 {Perez,Rol-Bitoon,Ri/Greenhills op (06) 1996/0-1 
(56)}) 15. Nf2 (15. Rd2 $5 {Dolmatov} h6 16. Bh4 Rab8 17. Bg3 Rb7 18. Nf4 $14)
15... h6 16. Bh4 Ba4 (16... Rab8 {Ftacnik} 17. Rd2 a5 $10) 17. Rd2 Bb3 18. Ng4
$1 {The original idea. Opening the f-file, White is preparing an attack on
King side} (18. Rc1 {Dolmatov} Rfc8 $15) 18... Nxg4 (18... Nh7 {Ftacnik} 19.
Rc1 f5 20. Ne5 $14 d4 $140 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxe5 23. c5 $16) 19. fxg4
Rab8 (19... f6 $2 {Karpov} 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bf3) 20. g5 (20. cxd5 $142 {Karpov
} exd5 21. Rf5) 20... hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rb7 {>< f7, g7} (21... Qc6 $6 {Dolmatov}
22. Bf3 $13 (22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bh4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Nb6 26. Qf4 Rb7
$17)) 22. Be7 $2 {This is unnecessary move. White simly loses a tempo xf7} (22.
Bh4 $142 {Karpov}) 22... Re8 23. Bh4 Nf8 (23... a5 {Ftacnik} 24. Bh5 $1 Nb8 25.
Rdf2 $14) 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Bh4 Rdd7 (25... Re8 26. Rf3 $1) (25... d4 {Ftacnik}
26. exd4 (26. Bxd8 dxc3 27. Bxb6 cxd2 28. Bxc5 Rd7 29. Bd4 e5 30. Bxe5 d1=Q 31.
Bxd1 Bxd1 $15) 26... cxd4 (26... Rxd4 27. Bf2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 $14) 27. Qd3 Rc8)
26. cxd5 Rxd5 (26... exd5 $5 {Dolmatov} 27. Rc1 (27. Bg4 {Ftacnik} d4 (27...
Rd6 {Karpov} 28. Qe5 $132) 28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Qd3 Ba4 31. Rf2 $10)
27... Ne6 (27... Qh6 28. Bf2 Ne6 $10) 28. Qe5 Rb8 29. Bg4 Re8) 27. e4 Rxd2 28.
Qxd2 Ba4 (28... Nd7 $5 {Karpov /\ e5}) 29. Bh5 $1 (29. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Rd7 $10)
29... Be8 (29... Qxb2 $2 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Be7 $16) (
29... g6 $1 {Ftacnik} 30. Qh6 (30. Bf6 Nh7 31. e5 Qxb2 32. Qd8+ Nf8 33. Bf3 Rd7
$17) 30... Nh7 31. Bd1 (31. e5 Qxb2 32. Bxg6 (32. Bf6 $2 Nxf6 33. exf6 Qd4+ 34.
Kh1 Qxf6 $19) 32... fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Rg7 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 $17) 31... Qxb2 32. Bxa4
Qd4+ 33. Bf2 Qxa4 34. Bxc5 Qxe4 $15) 30. Bf2 Qb5 $2 {It is hard to explain why
Karpov missed the simple} (30... Qxb2 31. Qxb2 (31. Qd8 Bb5 32. Re1 (32. Bxc5
$2 {fails to} Bxf1 33. Qxf8+ Kh7 34. Kxf1 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Qg5+ 37.
Bg4 Rb3+) 32... Rd7 33. Qe8 Rc7 (33... c4 {and now correct is 34.Qb8. If} 34.
Bc5 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rd2+ 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Bxe8 38. Bxc4 Bc6 39. Kf3 a5 40.
Ke3 Nd7 {and Black is a pawn up}) 34. Qd8 Rd7 {draw}) 31... Rxb2 32. Bxc5 Rb5
$1 33. Bxf8 (33. Rc1 {Dolmatov} Nd7 34. Bd6 Rxh5 35. Rc8 Nf6 (35... Kh7 $1 {
Karpov} 36. Rxe8 Nf6 37. Re7 Nxe4 $17) 36. e5) 33... Kxf8 {and Black has a
better endgame}) 31. Qd8 {After the game, Kasparov mentioned that 31.Qd6 was
even better} (31. Qd6 $142 {Kasparov}) 31... Bc6 32. Bg3 {Ftacnik: White can
not claim advantage, since his pieces are not so well coordinated and
weaknesses b2,e4 still loom. Ftacnik: Weiss kann kaum behaupten, Vorteil zu
haben, weil seine Kräfte nicht besonders gut koordiniert sind und die
Schwächen b2 und e4 bleiben.} Rd7 {This loses. Black could of continue with 32.
.. c4, for instance 33.Bd6 Qxh5, and Black stood even better because White's
attack is over! 32... Qb6 also deserves attention} (32... c4 {Dolmatov} 33. Bd6
Qxh5 (33... Qb6+ 34. Qxb6 axb6) 34. Qxf8+ (34. Bxf8) 34... Kh7 35. Rf3 c3 (
35... Rb3 36. Qxf7 Qxf7 37. Rxf7 Rxb2 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Be5+ Kg6 40. Bxb2 Bxe4
41. Kf2) 36. b4 (36. bxc3 $2 Rb1+ $19) (36. Rh3 $2 Qxh3 37. gxh3 cxb2 $19) (36.
Rxc3 $2 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Rxb2+) 36... c2 37. Bf4 e5 $11) (32... Bxe4 $5 {Ftacnik}
33. Bc7 (33. Bd6 Qxb2 34. Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Bf3 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Qd3 38.
Rf2 Rb2 39. Kg2 (39. Rxb2 $4 Qf1#) (39. Bg3 $4 Rxf2 40. Bxf2 Qf1+ 41. Bg1 Qxf3#
) 39... Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Qd2+ $10) 33... f6 34. Bd6 Qxb2 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 36. Bf3
Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Bxf3 38. gxf3 $14) (32... Qb6 33. Qxb6 axb6 $15) 33. Qe8 $1 {
Excellent move! Now White has all the chances} Qxf1+ ({If} 33... f6 {then} 34.
Bd6 Rxd6 35. Bf7+ Kh7 36. Qxf8 Rd2 37. Qg8+ Kh6 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Qh5#) (33...
g6 34. Bd6 $1 {wins} ({Of course not} 34. Bxg6 $2 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rd1+ 36. Ke2
Bxe8 37. Kxd1 Nxg6 {and now Black is winning!}) (34. Bd6 {Dolmatov} Qxf1+ 35.
Kxf1 Rxd6 36. Qb8 $18 (36. Qe7 {Ftacnik} Rd7 37. Qxc5 $16))) 34. Kxf1 Rd1+ 35.
Bxd1 Bxe8 36. Bf2 Bb5+ (36... Nd7 37. Ba4 {the pin is unpleasant} a6 (37... f6
{Ftacnik} 38. Bxc5 (38. Bxd7 Bxd7 39. Bxc5 a6 40. Kf2 $14) 38... Nxc5 39. Bxe8
Nxe4 40. Ke2 $16) 38. Ke2 {White is much better}) (36... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 37. Bxc5
a5 38. Bc2 $18) 37. Be2 (37. Ke1 {Ftacnik} Nd7) 37... Bxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Nd7 39.
Kd3 {Black cannot protect his weak pawns. The game is over.} a6 40. Bg1 (40.
Kc4 {Dolmatov} Nf6 (40... Ne5+ {Ftacnik} 41. Kxc5 Nd3+ 42. Kb6 Nxf2 43. Kxa6
Nxe4 $19)) 40... f5 (40... Ne5+ {Ftacnik} 41. Kc3 Nd7 42. Kc4 Nf6 43. Kxc5
Nxe4+ 44. Kb6 $18) 41. exf5 exf5 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kxc5 Nd3+ 44. Kb6 (44. Kb6 {
Ftacnik} Nxb2 45. Kxa6 Nd3 46. a4 Ne1 47. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4
(7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 c5 9. b4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. d3 Rfc8 13. b5 $5 {
Kramnik-Illescas/Dos Hermanas (5)/1997/CBM 59/}) 7... Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7
10. d4 (10. Be2) 10... Ne4 11. Qb3 $5 $146 (11. Qc2) 11... a5 (11... f5 12. Be2
Qe7 13. O-O Rae8 14. d5 $5) 12. Be2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Ndf6 (14...
Ng5 15. d5 $1 Nxf3+ (15... exd5 16. cxd5 Qa8 17. Qc3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 f6 19. O-O
c5 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. e4 d5 22. b5 Bb7 23. Qc7 Rf7 24. Bd4 {1-0 Wedberg,
T-Akesson,R/Gausdal Int (06)/1982 (35)}) 16. Bxf3 $14 (16. Bxf3 {Ftacnik} e5
17. e4 Qe7 18. O-O Bc8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Ra1 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Nf6 23. Bc1
Ne8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Ra8 {1-0 Mohr,S-Barbero,G/Budapest Compack/1988 (41)})) (
14... b5 $6 {Ftacnik} 15. cxb5 Ng5 16. Qc3 $1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 f5 18. d5 e5 19.
f4 $8 (19. e4 $2 f4 {/\ Nb6-/+ >< Ba1}) 19... Bxd5 20. Rg1 Rf7 21. Bb2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Georgiev,Ki/Leningrad/1987 (50) <-> g, /^ a1- h8}) 15. O-O
Qd7 16. b5 Ra8 17. Bb2 c6 $2 (17... Qd8 {/\18... Ra7, 19... Qa8}) (17... Qd8 {
Ftacnik} 18. Qc2 Ra2 19. Ne1 Nd7 20. f3 Qg5 21. fxe4 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 Bxe4 23. Qc3
Qxc3 24. Bxc3 Ra3 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Garcia Gonzales,G/Potsdam (10)/1985 (30)})
18. bxc6 Qxc6 {/\19... Nd2} 19. Rc1 $1 Nd7 (19... Nd2 20. Qb4 $16 (20. Qd3 $14
{Ftacnik})) (19... Ng4 20. d5 $1 Qc7 (20... exd5 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Bc4 Qf5 23.
Qxb6 Bd5 24. Qd4 Ngf6 25. Bd3 $16) (20... Qc8 21. Rf1 $1 (21. dxe6 {Ftacnik}
fxe6 22. Rf1 $14) 21... Qc7 22. Nd4 $1 $16 Nd2 $2 23. Qc3 $1 Nxf1 24. Nb5 $18)
21. dxe6 fxe6 (21... Ngxf2 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxb6 $18) 22. c5 $1 Nxc5 (22...
Bd5 23. Qxb6 $16) 23. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxg4 Ra2 26. Qe6 $18) 20.
Ne1 Qa4 (20... d5 {Ftacnik} 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Nd3 $14) 21. Qxa4
Rxa4 22. f3 Nef6 (22... Ra2 {Ftacnik} 23. Rc2 Nef6 24. e4 $14) 23. Bd1 $1 (23.
Ra1 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 Ba6 $14) 23... Ra2 (23... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 24. Nd3 h6 25. e4 $14
) 24. Nd3 Kf8 25. Bb3 Ra8 26. e4 Nb8 (26... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 27. Kf2 $14) 27. c5
$5 {Instructive moment, black pieces are badly coordinated for the opening of
the position. Ein instruktiver Augenblick, schwarze Figuren sind schlecht
koordiniert fur die Stellungseroffnung.} (27. Kf2 Nc6 28. Ke3 Na5 29. Ba2 $16)
(27. e5 {Ftacnik} dxe5 28. Nxe5 Nc6 $14) 27... bxc5 (27... dxc5 {Ftacnik} 28.
dxc5 Nfd7 29. cxb6 Nxb6 30. Rc7 $16) 28. dxc5 dxc5 (28... d5 $2 {Ftacnik} 29.
Bxf6 gxf6 30. exd5 Bxd5 (30... exd5 31. Nb4 $18) 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Nb4 $18) 29.
Nxc5 Bc8 (29... Bc6 30. g4 $5 $36 {/\g4-g5}) 30. e5 $1 Ne8 $2 {[#]} (30... Nd5
31. Bxd5 (31. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Nb6 $14) 31... exd5 32. Nd3 $5 $16) (30... Nfd7 {
Ftacnik} 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32. Rxc8+ $18) 31. Ba4 $1 {/\32.Ba3; 32.Rd1} Nc7 (31...
f5 {Ftacnik} 32. Rd1 (32. exf6 Nxf6 33. Bb3 $16) 32... Na6 33. Bc6 Rb8 34. Ba3
Nxc5 35. Bxc5+ Kf7 36. Rd8 Nc7 37. Bd6 $18) (31... g6 {Ftacnik} 32. Rd1 Na6 33.
Bc6 Rb8 34. Ba3 $18) 32. Ba3 Kg8 33. Ne4 $1 Rxa4 (33... Nba6 34. Bd6 (34. Bc6 {
Ftacnik} Rb8 35. Rd1 $16) 34... Ra7 (34... Nd5 35. Bc6) (34... Bb7 35. Bxc7
Bxe4 (35... Rc8 36. Nd6) 36. fxe4 Rc8 37. Bb5 $1 Rxc7 (37... Nxc7 38. Bd7) 38.
Rd1 $1 $18) 35. Bb5 $1 $18 {/\36.B:a6+-}) (33... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 34. Bd6 Rxa4 35.
Rxc7 Ba6 36. Re7 $18) 34. Rxc7 Ba6 (34... Bd7 35. Bd6 {/\36.Rb7} Ra1+ 36. Kf2
Rb1 37. Nc5 $18) 35. Nc5 $1 (35. Nc5 Rc4 (35... Rxa3 36. Nxa6 $18) 36. Nxa6)
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 $6 {Hardly a good
plan here.} (6... Nbd7 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 7. a3 (7. dxc5 dxc5 $1 (7... Bxc5 8. g3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O h6 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Be1 $14 {
1-0 (52) Lysyj,I (2628)-Zhigalko,A (2582) St Petersburg RUS 2012}) 8. e3 (8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qe7 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. e3 Rfd8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. f4 Nf6 16. g4 e5 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Ng4 19. Rdg1 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf2
21. Qf5 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 Rd8 23. h4 Qd7 $11 {1/2 (27) Kakageldyev,A (2415)
-Kholmov,R (2550) Talsi 1979}) (8. a3 Ba5 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. g3 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12.
O-O Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. Qc1 Qc7 15. Qe3 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. f3
Nb8 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qh4 Nh7 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qh4 Nh7 23. Qf4 Rfe8 24. Qg4 f6 25.
Ng6 Nc6 $11 {0-1 (60) Forintos,G-Kholmov,R Budapest 1970}) 8... Nc6 9. a3 Ba5
10. O-O-O (10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O Bc7 12. Rad1 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bc1 a6 15. Bb2 h6
16. Ne2 Rad8 $11 {1/2 (20) Foisor,O (2495)-Vyzmanavin,A (2485) Moscow 1987})
10... Qe7 11. Bd3 Bd7 (11... h6 $142 12. Rhg1 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 e5 $11) 12. Rhg1
Rfd8 13. g4 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Ne4 Bc7 16. Be2 $40 {0-1 (38) Flohr,S-Smyslov,V
Moscow 1951}) 7... Bxc3 (7... Ba5 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. b4 $5 (
11. dxe5 $5 dxe5 12. Ng5) 11... cxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Nb5 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Nf8 (
14... exd4 $142 15. exd4 Nf8 $11) 15. Nxa7 (15. c5 $1 exd4 16. Nxd6 dxe3 17.
fxe3 Rxe3 18. N2e4 $40) 15... Bd7 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Nb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bc6 $11 {
1/2 (24) Bagirov,V-Kholmov,R Tbilisi 1974}) 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 $5 {
A double-edged move, after which Black should urgently create counterplay,
otherwise the weakness of his d6 pawn will be painful.} 10. Nf5 (10. Nf3 Be6
11. e4 Nbd7 12. Be2 a5 $11 {A.Jussupow}) 10... Nc6 $6 (10... Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8
12. e3 $6 (12. Ne3 Be6 $132) (12. g4 $5) 12... d5 13. f4 $6 Nc6 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. Be2 Be6 16. O-O dxc4 $17 {0-1 (38) Beliavsky,A (2620)-Jussupow,A (2655)
Linares 1992}) 11. Rd1 Be6 $6 {[%mdl 512] Black sacrifices a pawn but should
not get enough compensation.} (11... Bxf5 $142 12. Qxf5 Qc7 {[%cal Ya8d8,Yd6d5,
Yc6e7]}) 12. Nxd6 Nd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd6 14. Bc3 Qa6 (14... Qc7 15. e3 Bxc4 $2 16.
Bb4 Rfc8 17. Bxc4 a5 (17... Qxc4 $2 18. Rd8+) 18. Bd6 (18. Bxf7+ $5 Qxf7 19.
Bc3 {[%csl Re5]}) 18... Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Bxe5 $16) 15. e3 $6 {After this
move White's king remains in the centre, and his king's rook out of play.} (15.
Bxe5 $142 Bxc4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Yh1h3]}) 15... Bxc4 16. Bxe5
Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Rfe8 $44 {[%csl Re1,Rf1]} 18. Bd4 Rac8 (18... Nd5 $5 {[%cal
Rd5f4]}) 19. Qb3 (19. Qd3 Qd6 $5) 19... Qa5+ 20. Bc3 Qa6 (20... Qg5 $5 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 $44) 21. f3 {White decides to give up the pawn but evacuate his king and
obtain a small advantage (B vs N in an open, although symmetrical position).}
Rxe3+ 22. Kf2 Rce8 23. Qb4 h6 $6 (23... Qe6 $142 24. Qd4 (24. Qxb7 $4 Rxc3 25.
bxc3 Qe3+ 26. Kg3 Ne4+) (24. Rd6 Qf5 25. Kg1 Re2 $132) 24... Re2+ 25. Kg1 Qf5
26. Rf2 (26. Qxa7 $4 Qc2) 26... Rxf2 27. Kxf2 h6 28. Kg1 b6 $14 {/=}) 24. Rd6
Qe2+ 25. Kg1 R3e6 (25... Rd3 $5 26. Re1 $1 (26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxb7 (27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Qxb7 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qf2 30. Qa6 Re1 31. Qc8+ $11) 27... Nd5 28. Qxa7
Nxc3 29. bxc3 Qxc3 {, and Black should not lose}) 26... Qc2 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28.
Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Qxb7 Qe3+ 30. Kf1 Qd3+ 31. Ke1 Qe3+ 32. Kd1 Qg1+ 33. Be1 Qd4+ 34.
Bd2 Qg1+ 35. Kc2 Qxg2 36. b4 $16) 26. Rf2 $1 Qe3 27. Bd2 Qe5 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29.
Qxb7 {Black has won a pawn once again, this time in a safe position.} Qd4 30.
Bc3 Qe3 31. g3 h5 32. h4 Qd3 $2 {There was no reason to give up another pawn.}
(32... Qc5 $142) 33. Qxa7 Nd5 34. Qd4 Qg6 35. Kh2 Rd6 36. Rd2 Rd7 37. Qe4 Qc6
38. a4 Rd6 39. Qd4 f6 40. a5 Qb5 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e4 c5 $6 {A second-rate
move.} (6... d5 {and}) (6... Bb7 {are more common continuations.}) 7. e5 (7.
dxc5 Bxc5 (7... Bxc3+ $5 8. bxc3 e5) 8. e5 Ng4 9. Qe4 $6 {leads to big
complications, quite satisfactory for Black:} (9. Bd3 $142 Nc6 $1 $13) 9...
Nxf2 10. Qxa8 Nc6 11. Rg1 Qe7 {[%cal Rc8a6]} 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bh4
Ng4 15. h3 {0-1 Toth,B (2405)-Olafsson,H (2370)/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 1997 (36)
} Bxg1 16. hxg4 Be3 $17) (7. a3 {is not dangerous either:} Bxc3+ $1 (7... cxd4
8. axb4 dxc3 9. e5 $36) (7... Ba5 8. e5) 8. bxc3 Bb7 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5
11. e5 Ne4 {, and Black is more or less OK}) 7... Ne8 (7... cxd4 8. a3 $1 (8.
Nxd4 Ne8 9. Bd3 (9. Qe4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qe2 e5
$132 {1/2 Kouatly,B (2460)-Miralles,G (2365)/Montpellier 1985/EXT 1999 (35)})
9... f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bg5 (11. O-O Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Rad1 Rc8 {1/2 Brglez,R (2285)-Horvath,S (2320)/Austria 1995/EXT 1998 (25)}
16. a3 Be7 17. Bg3 $14 {/=}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. O-O-O {1-0 Gausel,E 
(2490)-Bern,I (2360)/Gausdal 1995/EXT 1998 (62)} Qc8 14. Kb1 $14) 8... Bxc3+
$142 (8... dxc3 9. axb4 cxb2 (9... Ne8 10. Qxc3 (10. Bd3 $1) 10... f6 11. Be2
Bb7 12. O-O fxe5 13. Nxe5 d6 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nd4 $16 Nc7 17. Bh6
Re8 18. Ra3 Kh8 19. Rfa1 Rg8 20. f3 a6 21. b5 a5 22. b4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24.
Ra7 Rc8 25. Bg7+ Kg8 26. Bxf6 Kf7 27. Bg5 e5 28. Nf5 {1-0 Erdos,V (2597)
-Bruedigam,M (2317)/Deizisau 2011/CBM 141 Extra}) 10. Bxb2 Ne8 11. Bd3 f5 12.
exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng5 (13. b5 $5 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8]} Bb7 14. Ng5) 13... h6 14. Nh7 Nc6
$1 (14... Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6 Rf6 19.
Bg6+ Kg8 20. Ra3 $18) 15. Nxf8 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Qxf8 17. O-O Bb7 18. Ba3 a5 19.
Bxb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. f3 $16 {1-0 Sakalauskas,V (2437)-Sulskis,S (2570)/
Vilnius 2004/CBM 100 ext (62)}) 9. bxc3 Ne8 10. Bd3 (10. cxd4 $5 Bb7 11. Be2
$14) 10... h6 11. Bh7+ (11. a4 $5) 11... Kh8 12. Be4 Nc6 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Be3
d6 $132 {1/2 Corke,A (2216)-Pokorna,R (2338)/Rijeka 2006/CBM 111 ext (58)}) 8.
d5 (8. Bg5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. dxc5 {1-0 Tomaszewski,R (2405)-Szymczak,Z (2335)
/Gdynia 1985/EXT 2001 (41)} Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Bd3 h6 $44) (8. Bd3 {
may be the most accurate:} f5 (8... h6 $5) 9. Bg5 (9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O cxd4
11. Ne4 h6 12. Nxd4 Na6 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. Rfe1 $14 {
1/2 Panno,O (2485)-Galliamova,A (2400)/Aruba 1992/CBM 033 (49)}) (9. d5 $5)
9... Qc7 10. d5 d6 11. O-O-O (11. O-O $142 $16) 11... Bxc3 (11... dxe5 $142 12.
Nb5 Qb7 13. Nxe5 a6 14. Nc3 b5) 12. Qxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 $16 {1-0 Vera Gonzalez
Quevedo,R (2535)-Aleksic,N (2445)/Porto San Giorgio 1998/EXT 2000 (23)}) 8...
exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Bg5 (10. Bd3 $5 dxe5 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Bd3 Nd6 13. O-O $14
{[%csl Rh8]}) 10... f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O $5 (12. Be2 $14 {[%cal Ye1g1]})
12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 {Black has survived the most difficult times and
obtained a decent position. However, he now once again plays inaccurately.} (
13... Na6 $142 {[%cal Ya6c7] to cover the e6-square.}) 14. Re1 Bxf3 (14... Nbd7
15. Nh4 $1 Bh5 16. Nf5 Bg6 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Rxe7 Bxc2 19. Kxc2 Rae8 20. Re6 $1
Ne4 21. Be3 $14) 15. gxf3 Nbd7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bf4 c4 $1 {Black correctly looks
for queenside counterplay but has he got enough time?} 18. Bf5 Nc5 (18... Nxd5
19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Rhg1+ Kh8 21. Qd2 Qh4 22. Qxd5 $16 Qf4+ $140 23. Kb2 Qxf5
24. Re6 Qf4 25. Qd4+ $1 $18) 19. Rhg1 {[%mdl 128]} Kh8 20. Rg6 Rf7 21. Reg1 $6
(21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rxh6+ Nh7 23. Rxh7+ Rxh7 24. Bxh7 Qf6 {, and Black
consolidates his position.}) (21. Qd2 $142 $1 Qf8 $1 22. Qd4 $16 (22. Bxh6 $143
Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 cxd3)) 21... Qf8 22. Be3 Nxd5 $2 {Greediness is punished! Black
could have successfully defended by means of} (22... Nh5 $1 23. Be4 (23. Be6
Rf6) 23... Nf4 (23... Nd7 $5)) 23. Bd4 (23. Bxc5 dxc5 (23... Rxf5 24. Bd4) 24.
Be6 {, winning an exchange, was also possible, e.g.} Nf4 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Rxg7
Nd3+ 27. Kb1 Qxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qa4 $1 {, and Black's fortress can hardly
be held.}) 23... Nf6 24. Qd2 Re8 25. Rxg7 Qxg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Qf4 Nd3+ 28.
Bxd3 cxd3 29. Kd2 Kg6 30. Kxd3 Re6 31. h4 Rfe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rh7 $1 {
was the only way to avoid further material losses although White should win in
the long run.}) 32. h5+ $1 Kf7 33. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Re5 34. Qg6+ Ke6 35. f4 {
The capitulation was a bit premature. Black probably didn't see the only
defence} (35. f4 Rd7 $8 (35... Rf5 $2 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 37. f5+ Ke5 38. f4+) {
although his position after} 36. fxe5 (36. Qxh6 $5 Rf5 37. Qg6 Rxf4 38. h6)
36... dxe5 37. Qxh6 exd4 38. cxd4 Rd5 39. Qe3+ Kf7 40. h6 {is surely lost.})
1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 {A rare plan in the
4.Qc2 system.} O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11.
Rd1 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. c5 Bf5 16. Rd6 Bxe4 17. Bxe4
Rfd8 18. Rad1 $14 {1-0 (59) Rajlich,I (2399)-Lomineishvili,M (2437) St
Petersburg 2009}) 8... c6 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 c6 10. a3 Bc5 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Na4
Qe7 13. Nxc5 dxc5 {1/2 (46) Foisor,O (2495)-Hergott,D (2320) Saint John 1988}
14. Nf3 $14) 9. Rd1 Re8 (9... Qe7 $5 {is probably more accurate} 10. dxe5 $140
Nxe5) 10. dxe5 $1 {Otherwise 10...e4.} (10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 e4 12. Ne1 h6 13.
Bf4 Nf8 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Be3 d5 16. b3 Be6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Kh2 h5 $36 {0-1 (43)
Vitiugov,N (2594)-Tomashevsky,E (2646) Moscow 2007}) 10... dxe5 11. a3 (11. Ng5
h6 12. Nge4 {is positionally wrong: White should not trade knights as Black's
minor pieces get in each other's way.} Qc7 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5
16. Nd2 Nf6 17. e4 a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 Qf7 $132 {0-1 (46) Paulsen,D (2240)
-Kuzmin,G (2545) Dortmund 1981}) 11... Bxc3 (11... Bf8 {deprives Black's
d7-knight of a comfortable square.} 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 $14) 12. Qxc3 Qe7 13. b4
{A courageous move, active but weakening the c4-pawn (square).} Nb6 14. Be3 $6
(14. a4 $5 e4 $140 15. Ng5 h6 16. a5 Nbd7 17. Nh3 $14) 14... Ng4 15. Nd2 ({
It is hard to say whether White missed} 15. Bc5 $2 Na4 $1 {or simply made a
mistake in evaluation but after the exchange of his important dark-squared
bishop the position roughly equalises.}) 15... f5 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 e4 (
17... Qf7 $5 18. Rac1 Be6) 18. Rac1 $6 (18. c5 Nd5 19. Qd4 {[%cal Yd2c4,Yc4d6]}
b5 $5 {leads to complex play. After the passive text move Black seizes the
initiative.}) 18... Be6 19. Qc3 (19. c5 Nd5 20. Qd4 Rad8 21. Qe5 Nc7 $1 {
, and White's knight can't get to c4 anymore.}) (19. f3 exf3 20. exf3 {(S.
Zagrebelny) is hardly enough: after} Qf6 21. Bf1 Bf7 22. Qf2 Na4 {White's
position is very unpleasant.}) 19... Rad8 20. Bf1 (20. c5 Nd5 21. Qe5 {was
relatively better after all.}) 20... c5 $6 {Black fails to demonstrate
prophylactic thinking (how to anticipate White's idea 21.e3 ?) and misses a
strong resource:} (20... Bf7 $1 21. e3 {(what else?)} Bh5 22. Re1 Nd7 $17 {
[%cal Yd7e5] (indicated by S.Zagrebelny and other commentators)}) 21. bxc5 Na4
22. Qb4 Nxc5 23. Nb3 {After this the position nearly equalises.} Rxd1 24. Rxd1
Na6 (24... Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Rc8 26. e3 {is hardly enough, too.}) 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26.
e3 Kf7 27. Be2 b6 28. Rd8 Nc5 29. Nd4 (29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Rb8 {was good enough.
But after the text move White obtains a strong outpost on d4, compensating for
Black's c5 stronghold.}) 29... Kf6 30. Kf1 Rd7 31. Rf8+ Bf7 32. Ke1 g6 33. h4
h6 34. Rc8 Be6 35. Rf8+ Rf7 36. Rh8 Rc7 37. Nb5 Rd7 38. Nd4 h5 {Otherwise
h4-h5 could be an issue.} 39. Rf8+ Bf7 40. Rc8 Ke5 41. Ra8 a6 42. Rc8 Rd6 43.
Nc6+ Kf6 44. Nd4 Be6 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Ra8 Rd7 47. Rb8 (47. Kd2 {was simpler.})
47... Rb7 48. Rxb7+ {Why? White's rook was more active, and Black couldn't
make any progress. The minor piece endgame should also be drawn but it
requires accuracy from White as Black has ways to improve his position.} Nxb7 {
[%mdl 4096]} 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Kc3 Bf7 51. Nb3 Ke5 52. Bf1 a5 53. Be2 Be6 54. Bf1
Bd7 55. Be2 Ba4 56. Nd4 Nc5 57. Kb2 Be8 58. Kc3 Bf7 59. Nc6+ Kd6 60. Nd4 Nd7 {
Black finds a plan: ...Ke5, Nc5 and ...a4 with a semblance of zugzwang.} 61.
Nb5+ Kc5 62. Nd4 Ne5 63. Nb3+ Kc6 64. a4 $6 {A move, which amazed spectators
and commentators. In normal circumstances a strong GM would never make such a
move (creating a new serious weakness in his camp) even at gunpoint. GM
Teimour Radjabov was probably in extremely bad shape. Meanwhile, the zugzwang
was just an illusion; White simply needs to realise that he can play f2-f3 at
some point:} (64. Nd4+ Kd6 65. Nb3 a4 66. Nd2 Kc5 {Zugzwang?} 67. f3 $1 (67.
Bd1 Ng4 68. Bxa4 Nxf2 {is indeed risky}) 67... exf3 68. Nxf3 Nxf3 (68... Nxc4
69. Bxc4 Bxc4 70. Ne5) 69. Bxf3 Bxc4 {- White loses a pawn but after} 70. e4
Be6 71. exf5 Bxf5 72. Bg2 {Black can never break through.}) (64. Kd4 Kd6 65.
Nd2 Nc6+ 66. Kc3 {[%cal Yf2f3] was possible, too.}) 64... Kd7 65. Nd4 Kd6 66.
Nb5+ Kc5 67. Nd4 Be8 68. Nb3+ (68. Kb3 Bd7 {This is indeed zugzwang!} 69. f3 (
69. Bf1 Ng4) (69. Nc2 Nd3) 69... exf3 70. Nxf3 Ng4 $19 {is now a completely
different story!}) 68... Kd6 69. c5+ Kc7 $1 (69... bxc5 70. Nxa5 Bxa4 71. Nc4+
{is a draw.}) 70. Kd4 Nc6+ 71. Kc3 Ne7 $1 72. cxb6+ Kxb6 73. Nd2 Bxa4 74. Nc4+
Ka6 $1 75. Na3+ Kb7 76. Nc4 Ka6 77. Na3+ Ka7 $1 {Black holds his extra pawn
and gets fair winning chances.} 78. Kd4 (78. Nc4 Bb5) 78... Nc6+ 79. Kc5 Ne5 (
79... Nb4 $5 80. Nb5+ Kb7 81. Nc3 Bb3) 80. Nc4 $2 {Probably the decisive
mistake.} (80. Kd4 $1 {was the right way although even after} Nd3 {
(recommended by Alexey Dreev during a live broadcast)} (80... Nc6+ 81. Kc5 Nb4
{is possible, too}) 81. Bxd3 exd3 82. Kxd3 Bb3 {we can't assume it is a clear
draw.}) 80... Nd3+ 81. Kd4 ({Now} 81. Bxd3 exd3 82. Kd4 Bc2 83. Kc3 a4 {
is hardly enough for a draw - both White's pieces are paralysed, and Black's
king goes forward.}) 81... Nc1 $1 ({White probably expected something like} 
81... Nxf2 82. Nxa5 Nh1 83. Ke5 Nxg3 84. Bc4 Kb6 85. Nb3 {with good chances to
recapture one of Black's pawns and survive}) 82. Bf1 Bb5 83. Nxa5 $2 {
Desperation under time pressure.} (83. Kc3 a4 84. Kb2 Nd3+ (84... Nb3 $5) 85.
Bxd3 exd3 86. Nd2 Kb6 {leads to a setup mentioned in the comment to White's
81st move.}) 83... Bxf1 84. Nc6+ Kb6 85. Ne7 Nd3 86. Nxg6 Kc7 87. Ne7 Bh3 88.
Nd5+ Kd6 89. Nf6 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Ba5 $1 {
[%cal Ya5b6] A curious idea by Kramnik. It was examined in annotations to Al
Sayed - Eljanov by GM M.Marin (CBM 134).} (7... e5 {is hardly enough for
equality, e.g.} 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 dxc3 12. bxa5 Ng4 13.
Qxc3 f5 14. f3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bb2 Rf7 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. O-O-O
$14 {1-0 Fier,A (2604)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2555)/Sao Paulo 2009/CBM 132
Extra (57)}) 8. a3 (8. O-O Bb6 9. d5 (9. Be3 Ng4) 9... Nb4 10. Qd2 exd5 11.
cxd5 (11. Nxd5 Nfxd5 12. cxd5 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 f5 $15 {V.Kramnik}) 11... Ng4 12.
Bb1 (12. h3 Ne5 13. Bb1 Bxh3 $1) (12. Nf4 Nxd3 13. Nxd3 f5 14. h3 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Bf5 16. Ng5 Ne3 $1 17. fxe3 Qxg5 $19 {0-1 Vavrak,P (2466)-Groszpeter,A (2525)/
Szombathely HUN 2010/The Week in Chess 850 (49)}) 12... Qh4 13. Qf4 f5 14. exf5
$2 (14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. Nxg3 fxe4 16. Ngxe4 Bf5 $17 {V.Kramnik}) 14... Bxf5 15. h3
Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Qg5 Bc5 $19 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2776)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Nice
2009/CBM 129 Extra (20)}) (8. d5 Nb4 9. Qd2 c6 (9... exd5 $5 10. cxd5 Ng4 11.
Bb1 Qh4) 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 d5 13. e5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. Qg3 {
1/2 Al Sayed,M (2504)-Eljanov,P (2729)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134/[Marin,M] 
(63)} Qc7 $1 16. Ba3 Nxe5 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 $36) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 {1-0 Shabalov,A
(2611)-Ajrapetjan,Y (2525)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (47)} Bb6 $1 $15) 8... Bb6 9. e5
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (9. Be3 Ng4 $1 10. b4 e5 11. Nd5 Bxd4 $19 {0-1 Porte,H (2115)
-Hammer,J (2583)/Helsingor 2009/CBM 131 Extra (25)}) (9. d5 Ne5 10. Na4 exd5
11. cxd5 Ba5+ $5 12. b4 $140 Bd7 $1) 9... dxe5 10. Bg5 $5 {Unusual but
probably the best.} (10. c5 exd4 11. Na2 Ne5 $1 12. cxb6 axb6 $17 {[%cal Yc7c5]
}) 10... h6 (10... exd4 $6 11. Ne4) (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qg4 13.
c5 Qxg2 14. O-O-O $16) (10... Bxd4 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. O-O $44) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12.
c5 exd4 13. Ne4 {That's the difference from the immediate 10.c5.} Qg6 (13...
Ba5+ $5 14. b4 Qg6 15. bxa5 Qxg2 16. N4g3 f5 $13) 14. cxb6 f5 $6 (14... Qxg2 {
doesn't work now due to} 15. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 16. Qc5 $1 Rg8 (16... Rd8 17. bxc7)
17. Rg1 Qxh2 18. Nxg8 Kxg8 19. bxc7 Qxc7 20. Nxd4 $18) (14... axb6 $1 {is
still quite good for Black.}) 15. N4g3 (15. bxc7 $1 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Qf6 17. O-O
$14) 15... e5 $6 {Too aggressive.} (15... axb6 $142) 16. bxc7 e4 17. Bc4+ Kh7
18. O-O (18. Qd2 $142 $1 d3 19. Nf4 $16) 18... d3 19. Bxd3 (19. Qd2 $5 dxe2 20.
Nxe2 Ne5 21. Qb4) 19... exd3 20. Qxd3 f4 $6 {The resulting endgame is clearly
better for White as Black can't recapture the c7-pawn without concessions.} (
20... Qf7 $142 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxc7 23. Rfe1 $14 {Black's position is
weakened but he can fight on.}) 21. Qxg6+ Kxg6 22. Ne4 f3 23. N2c3 (23. gxf3 $5
Rf7 (23... Rxf3 24. Nd6) 24. Kg2 Rxc7 25. Rac1 $16) 23... Rf7 24. Nd5 Be6 25.
Nec3 Nd4 (25... Bxd5 $1 26. Nxd5 Ne7 27. Nc3 $1 $16) 26. Rfe1 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 $1
Kh7 28. gxf3 Nxc3 29. Nxc3 Bd7 30. Rac1 Bc6 31. Nb5 a6 32. Nd4 Rxc7 33. Nxc6
bxc6 {Finally White has got a rook ending with an extra pawn and gradually
converts his advantage.} 34. Rc5 Rf8 35. Kg2 Rf6 36. Rec1 Kg8 37. b4 Kf7 38. a4
Rb7 39. R1c4 Rb6 40. h4 Ke7 41. h5 Rb8 42. Kg3 Rb6 43. f4 Rd6 44. a5 Rb5 45.
Rxc6 Rxh5 46. Rc7+ Kf6 47. Rb7 Rhd5 48. Rcc7 g5 49. Rh7 gxf4+ 50. Kxf4 Rf5+ 51.
Kg3 Rg5+ 52. Kf3 Rf5+ 53. Kg2 Ke5 54. Rbd7 Rg6+ 55. Kf1 Rgf6 56. Rhe7+ Kf4 57.
Rd4+ Kg5 58. Rg7+ Kh5 59. Rg2 Re6 60. Rd3 Rg5 61. Rd7 Re4 62. Rb7 Rb5 63. Rxb5+
axb5 64. Rg3 Rxb4 65. Ra3 Rb1+ 66. Kg2 b4 67. Ra4 b3 68. a6 b2 69. Ra5+ Kh4 70.
a7 Rd1 (70... Rg1+ 71. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 72. Kh2 $18) 71. a8=Q b1=Q 72. Ra4+ Kg5 73.
Qg8+ Kf6 74. Ra6+ Ke5 75. Qe6+ Kd4 76. Ra4+ Kc3 77. Rc4+ Kd3 78. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 c5 $6 {About this
dubious system - see CBM 91, annotations by GM V.Golod to Hillarp Persson -
Agrest.} 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a6 (8... Qe7 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Re8 12.
b4 e5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. b5 Qe6 16. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Soppe,G-Giaccio,
A/Cordoba 1998/EXT 1999 (73)}) 9. Rd1 (9. a3 $5 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2]
V.Golod}) 9... cxd4 $146 (9... Qc7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Re8 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2
Bb7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b4 $5 cxb4 16. axb4 Qb8 17. Qa3 $14 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,
T-Agrest,E/Skara 2002/CBM 091/[Golod,V] (50)}) 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. b3 (11. a3 {
deserved attention here, too, although Black could now play} Bc5) 11... d5 $6 {
It's not easy for Black to develop his queenside. Still, it was probably
better to keep the position closed:} (11... Nc5 {[%cal Yc8d7]}) 12. Na4 $1 {
[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. bxc4 $16 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gd1d8,Gg2a8]
Any Catalan player would be glad to get such a position from the opening!} Re8
15. Rb1 Bf8 16. Bd2 e5 17. Nb3 e4 {Shutting up the terrible bishop. However,
White's other pieces are strong enough to keep the black pieces down.} 18. c5
Nd5 19. Be1 N7f6 20. Na5 {[%csl Rb7]} Ra7 {[%csl Ra7]} 21. e3 Bd7 22. Nc3 Bc6
23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Ba5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Re4] Finally, White has got
a strong bishop pair. Black can capture the c5 pawn but he has many more weak
pawns (a6,c6,e4).} g6 26. Bf1 Raa8 27. Rbc1 Bh6 28. Rc2 Rab8 29. Bc4 Nb4 30.
Bxb4 {It is well-known that one of the advantages of the bishop pair is that
one of the bishops can be traded at an appropriate moment.} Rxb4 31. Rd7 Rf8
32. Bxa6 {Despite the opposite-coloured bishops, Black's position is hopeless.
His pawns are on light squares and he can hardly protect them. And don't
forget about White's passed a-pawn!} Rfb8 33. Bc4 R4b7 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Be6
Bg5 36. Rd4 Re7 37. Bb3 Bf6 38. Rd6 Kg7 39. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 {This line (quite
harmless for Black) was examined in CBM 49 (Timman-Hracek) and CBM 52 
(Seirawan-Topalov).} Ne4 $6 {This leads to simplifications and equality. Black
has several other good options, after which it is not easy for White to hold
his ground:} (13... Nbd7 14. Ne2 Qe7 $1 (14... Ba6 $143 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2
b5 17. Bc2 c5 18. Rd1 Qa5+ 19. Kf2 c4 20. Rhe1 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Ra1 a5 23.
Ra4 Qb5 24. Rea1 Nb6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. R4a2 a4 27. f4 $16 {1-0 Kalesis,
N-Mastrovasilis,A/Athens 2006/CBM 114 ext (57)}) 15. Bf2 Ba6 $1 (15... b5 16.
Bc2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. O-O Rac8 19. Qd2 Nfd7 20. Nd4 a6 21. Rfe1 Ne5 22. b3
$14 {1-0 Sjoberg,M-Hultin,J/Gothenburg 1997/CBM 057 (43)}) 16. b4 Bxe2 $5 (
16... Rec8 17. Qb2 Bc4 $1 18. Bb3 b5 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. O-O a5 21. Nc3 Rcb8 22.
Rab1 axb4 23. axb4 Rb7 24. Rfe1 Qf8 $1 25. e4 Rab8 26. b5 dxe4 27. fxe4 cxb5
28. Qb4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Topalov,V/Amsterdam 1996/Inf 66/[Seirawan,Y] 
(42)}) 17. Kxe2 b5 18. Bb3 Nb6 $5 (18... Qd6 19. Bg3 Qe6 20. e4 Nb6 21. e5 Nh5
22. Kf2 Nc4 23. a4 f6 24. Rhe1 Nxg3 25. hxg3 fxe5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. dxe5 Qb6+
28. Kf1 Rad8 29. f4 Kh8 30. Bc2 Re7 31. Qd3 g5 32. Qf5 Kg8 33. Qd3 Kh8 {
1/2-1/2 Mazzeo,A-Sakai,K/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 100}) 19. Qxc6 Nc4
20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rhc1 a5 22. Qc5 Qe6 23. bxa5 Rab8 24. Rc2 Rec8 25. Qa7 Qf5
26. Rac1 Rb1 27. e4 dxe4 28. Rxb1 exf3+ 29. Kf1 Qxc2 30. Qb7 Ng4 31. Qb2 Qg6
32. Bg3 c3 33. Qb7 Qc2 {0-1 Mazzeo,A-Mueller,W/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess
CBM 100}) (13... b5 14. Bc2 c5 $5 15. Ne2 c4 16. O-O a5 17. b3 (17. b4 Nc6 18.
Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Qe7 20. Bxf6 Qxe3+ $1 21. Qxe3 Rxe3 $36 {0-1 Timman,
J-Hracek,Z/Prague 1995/CBM 049/[Dautov] (33)}) 17... Qd6 $6 (17... Nc6 $5 18.
bxc4 dxc4 {/\Ba6,b4} 19. e4 $2 (19. a4 $2 b4 20. Qxc4 Rxe3 $17) 19... Nxe4 20.
fxe4 Qxh4 $17 {Dautov}) 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Rab1 Ra7 20. Ng3 g6 21. e4 Qf4 22.
Bxf6 Qxf6 23. e5 Qh4 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rb5 Rd8 26. Rfb1 Rd7 27. Ne2 Qg4 28. Qe3
Ne7 29. Ng3 Rc7 30. Rf1 Qd7 31. f5 Qxb5 32. Qxh6 Nxf5 {1-0 Butterworth,J-Mayes,
S/IECC 2001/Telechess CBM 89}) (13... a5 $5 14. Ne2 Ba6 15. Qd2 Qe7 {1/2-1/2
Schuurman,P-Wells,P/Hoogeveen 2005/EXT 2006}) 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd8 16.
Ne2 Ba6 17. Nf4 Bc4 18. g4 b5 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. h4 g6 21. Kf2 Kg7 22. e4 dxe4 23.
fxe4 c5 24. Ke3 Rac8 25. g5 a5 {Black's queenside pawns fully compensate for
White's pawn centre.} 26. Rhg1 h5 27. Rgd1 cxd4+ 28. cxd4 Nb6 29. Rdc1 b4 30.
axb4 axb4 31. Rab1 Ba2 32. Rxb4 Nc4+ 33. Ke2 Rxd4 34. Bd3 Ne5 35. Rxc8 Rxb4 36.
Ke3 Bc4 37. Bc2 Bb3 38. Bd3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Ne7 16. O-O-O $6 {A dubious novelty in a well-known theoretical
position. The white king is completely misplaced on the queenside. It is
amazing that White now loses without making obvious mistakes!} (16. Bb5) (16.
Ne2) 16... Rac8 17. Kb1 ({I can hardly imagine that} 17. dxc5 {was a lesser
evil:} Nxc5 18. Kb1 (18. Bxc5 Rxc5+ 19. Kb1 Rfc8 $36) 18... Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8
20. Ne2 Nd3 21. Bg3 f5 $1 $36) 17... c4 $1 {[%cal Yf7f5][%mdl 32] This
blockading motif is not new in this pawn structure but quite unusual for this
particular opening.} 18. Ne2 $6 {Ignoring Black's positional threat.} (18. Re1
$142 $1 {although the initiative belongs to Black anyway:} Rfe8 $1 {renewing
the ...f7-f5 threat.} (18... f5 $5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Rxe6 Bd5 $44) 19. Ne2 (19.
g3 f5 20. Bg2 Nf6 21. Nh3 fxe4 22. fxe4 g5) 19... f5 20. Nc3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 (21.
fxe4 Nf6) 21... Bxe4+ 22. fxe4 Nf6 {and the white centre is rather weak.})
18... f5 $1 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Be2 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,
Gf5]} 23. h4 b5 {Starting a deadly queenside attack.} 24. Rhf1 Rf7 25. Rc1 a5
26. Kc2 Ra7 27. Ra1 Rd7 28. Rfd1 Ne7 29. Be1 Nf5 30. Bf2 Rdc7 31. Kd2 Ne7 32.
Re1 Kf7 33. Bd1 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Be2 (35. h5 c3+ 36. Kc1 b3 {is quite
gloomy, too.}) 35... c3+ 36. bxc3 bxc3+ 37. Kc2 Bb3+ $1 38. Kc1 (38. Kxb3 c2
$19) 38... Nd5 39. Ra3 Rb7 40. Bd3 Nb4 41. Be4 Bd5 42. Re3 c2 $1 43. Rec3 Rxc3
44. Rxc3 Na2+ 45. Kxc2 Nxc3 46. Kxc3 {Black's attack has brought him a
decisive material advantage.} Rb3+ 47. Kc2 Bc4 48. Bg3 Re3 49. Be5 Re2+ 50. Kc3
Bd5 51. Bxd5 exd5 52. g3 Re3+ 53. Kb4 g6 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 {This line was examined in CBM 110,
annotations to Dreev-Bologan, and CBM 111, annotations to Bocharov-Smirnov by
GM V.Golod. In this typical position, after the central tension is discharged
one way or another, White will keep a small plus due to his bishop pair but
the good position of Black's pieces reduces that advantage to a minimum.} 12.
a4 {Practice has also seen:} (12. Bb2 {is harmless since b2 is not necessarily
the best square for this bishop:} cxd4 (12... Ne4 $5 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Qb1 dxc4 16. bxc4 cxd4 17. exd4 Ng5 $11 18. Nd2 $2 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Nf4 20. Bf3
Ne5 $1 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. f3 Ned3 $17 {0-1 Samuelsen,C (2055)-Rowson,J (2494)/
Torshavn 2000/CBM 078 ext (68)}) 13. exd4 dxc4 14. bxc4 b5 (14... Qc7 15. a4
Nd5 16. cxd5 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 Rxc3 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. a5 Rf4 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rfd1
Bd5 22. Ne1 Nb8 23. Rdb1 Nc6 24. Rxb6 Kf7 25. Nf3 {1/2 Bellmann,H (2496)
-Behling,H (2323)/corr 2001/Telechess 86/[Bellmann]}) 15. c5 a6 (15... Nd5 16.
Qd2 Bc6 $1 $11 {[%cal Ya7a5] A.Nikitin}) 16. a4 Nd5 17. Qd2 b4 (17... Bc6 $5
18. axb5 axb5 $10 {A.Karpov, I.Zaitsev}) 18. a5 $1 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Qf4 20. Bf1
Rfd8 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Ra4 (22. g3 $5 {A.Karpov, I.Zaitsev}) 22... Nd5 23. Nd2
$1 Rc7 $1 24. Raa1 Nb8 $1 $10 {1/2 Karpov,A (2725)-Kasparov,G (2760)/Moscow
1988/URS-ch (30)}) (12. Rd1 cxd4 13. exd4 (13. Qxd4 $5 {V.Golod}) 13... Ba6 14.
a4 Qc7 15. Ba3 (15. a5 $5 b5 16. c5 b4 17. Qe3 {V.Golod}) 15... Rfe8 $6 (15...
Rfd8 $142 16. Be7 Re8 $11 {V.Golod}) 16. Bf1 (16. Ne5 $5 {V.Golod}) 16... dxc4
17. bxc4 e5 18. Re1 Ng4 19. h3 exd4 20. Qxd4 Ngf6 21. Nh4 (21. Bd6 $142 Qc6 22.
Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 $14 {V.Golod}) 21... Rxe1 $6 (21... Nc5 $5 22. Nf5 Nce4 $13 {
V.Golod}) 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nf5 $14 {1/2 Dreev,A (2694)-Bologan,
V (2682)/Stepanakert 2005/CBM 110/[Golod,V] (46)}) 12... Qc7 (12... cxd4 13.
exd4 Ba6 $6 (13... Qc7 $142 {V.Golod}) 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rac1 $14 Rc7 (15... dxc4
16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Qe3 e5 18. d5 Nc5 19. a5 $1 $16 {V.Golod}) 16. Qb2 Ne4 17.
Rfd1 Qa8 18. Rc2 Rec8 19. Rdc1 dxc4 $6 20. bxc4 Re8 21. h3 h6 22. Bb4 Nef6 23.
a5 $1 $16 {1-0 Bocharov,D (2592)-Smirnov,P (2637)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/
[Golod,V] (33)}) (12... a5 $5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ba3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Ng4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Ngf6 19. Ke2 $14 {1/2 Rodshtein,M (2457)-Ivanov,S (2538)/
Stockholm 2006/CBM 110 ext (46)}) (12... dxc4 $5 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15.
Bb2 cxd4 16. exd4 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 a5 19. Nd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rdc1 (21. Ra3 $5) 21... Nc5 22. Ra3 Bc6 23. Bc3 Nxa4 24. Be1 $44 {1/2 Carlsen,
M (2772)-Bacrot,E (2721)/Dortmund GER 2009/The Week in Chess 766 (39)}) 13. Rd1
(13. Bb2 Rfd8 (13... dxc4 $5 14. Bxc4 $5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {A.Mikhalevski}) 14.
Rfc1 $1 Qb8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. b4 Rcc8 17. Qd4 $1 $14 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19.
Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qd4 Be4 21. Ne1 $1 a5 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Nd3 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rc2 25.
bxa5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 $1 Rd2 27. g3 $16 {1/2 Mikhalevski,A (2464)-Palac,M (2573)/
Paris 2000/EXT 2001 (67)}) 13... Rfe8 14. Bb2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne4 (15... Bd5 $5 {
deserves attention, forcing the exchange of bishops. However, GM Evgeny
Alekseev, a Nimzo-Indian specialist, definitely knows what he is doing.}) 16.
Qc2 Ndf6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 {The symmetry of the pawn structure gives Black good
chances to equalise.} 18. Qe2 (18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qe7 $11) 18...
Qh5 19. h3 Rc5 20. Rac1 h6 (20... Rec8 $5) 21. Nd4 (21. b4 Rcc8 22. Ba6 Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Qd5) 21... Qh4 {A small inaccuracy. Surprisingly, the black queen
soon becomes quite passive here.} (21... Qg5 $142) 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Nd4 Qh4 24.
f3 $1 Nd6 (24... Ng3 $6 25. Qf2 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4]}) 25. Bb5 (25. Bd3 $5 Rg5 $140
26. Ba3 $36) (25. Nb5 $5 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Ra8 28. e4 $14 {[%csl Rb7]
}) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxb5 27. Qxb5 (27. Nxb5 $5 Ba6 28. Rc7 Ra8 $14) 27...
Rd8 28. Qe5 Qg5 {Finally trading this queen.} 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. e4 Rd7 {
[%mdl 4096] White still keeps a small plus in this endgame (first of all, his
bishop is more active) but it is not enough to win.} 31. Nb5 a6 32. Na3 Nh5 33.
Be5 f6 34. Bb8 (34. Bc7 Rd3) 34... Nf4 35. Bxf4 (35. Rc7 Rxc7 36. Bxc7 Bc6 37.
Bxb6 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Nc1) 35... gxf4 36. Nc4 Rc7 37. Rd1 b5 38. Na5 Bc8 39. axb5
axb5 40. b4 e5 41. Rd6 Kf8 42. Rb6 Bd7 43. Nb3 Ra7 44. Nc5 Be8 45. h4 Ke7 46.
Kh2 Kf8 47. Kh3 Bh5 $6 {A risky sortie. Black had nothing to worry about after}
(47... Ra1 {, e.g.} 48. Kg4 Rg1 49. Kf5 Rxg2 50. Rb7 Bh5 {, and White must
force a draw by} 51. Ne6+ Kg8 52. Rb8+ Kh7 53. Nf8+ Kh6 54. Nd7 Bg6+ 55. Ke6
Kh7 56. Nf8+ Kh6 57. Nd7) 48. Rb8+ $1 (48. Rxb5 $143 Ra1 49. Kh2 Ra2 50. Ra5 (
50. Ne6+ $2 Kf7 51. Nxf4 Bxf3) 50... Rb2 51. Nd3 Rd2 $11) 48... Kf7 $1 (48...
Ke7 $143 49. Rxb5 Ra1 $140 50. Kh2 Ra2 51. Ra5 Rb2 52. Nd3 Rd2 53. Nxe5 $1) 49.
Rxb5 Ra1 50. Kh2 Ra2 51. Kg1 Ra1+ 52. Kh2 Ra2 53. Ra5 Rb2 54. Nd3 Rb3 (54...
Rd2 {is now met by} 55. Rd5 {[%cal Rd3e5]}) 55. Rd5 $6 {After this move
White's pieces are tied up, and Black easily reaches the draw.} (55. Nxf4 $142
$1 Bxf3 $1 56. gxf3 exf4 57. Kg2 Rxb4 58. Kh3 {- White wins the f4 pawn and
can torture Black in the "3 vs 2" rook endgame for quite a while.}) 55... Kg6
56. Kg1 Kh6 57. Rd8 Kh7 58. Rd7 Kg8 59. Rd8+ Kh7 60. Rd7 (60. Kf2 Bf7 $11 {
[%cal Yf7c4]}) 60... Kg8 61. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne2 f5 {Black should energetically exploit his development
advantage; therefore this immediate attack is more logical than "theoretical"
moves} (16... Rac8 {and}) (16... Rfd8) 17. Ng3 (17. exf5 Nxf5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19.
Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Nf4 g5 {1/2-1/2 Runting,T-Asquith,J/BFCC Email 2002/
ICCF Telechess CBM 104} (21... g5 22. Nd3 c4 23. Ne5 Bd5 24. Bxc4 Ne3 25. b3
Nxg2+ $11)) (17. Nf4 $6 fxe4 18. Nxe6 Rf6 19. Bc4 Bd5 $1 20. Nc7 Bxc4 21. Nxa8
exf3 $40) 17... fxe4 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 {[%csl Re1]} 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21.
Bc3 Ng6 22. Bb5 Nc5 23. O-O Ba6 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 $11 25. Rxd8+ $6 {[%mdl 32] This
surrender of the open file starts a series of inaccuracies which lead to
serious trouble.} (25. Nh5 e5 26. Kf2 Nc5 27. Ke3 $11) 25... Rxd8 26. b4 $6 {
Weakening his own position. There was still nothing wrong with} (26. Nh5 e5 27.
Kf2 Rf8+ 28. Ke1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nc5 30. Ng3 $11) 26... Nc7 27. a4 b5 $1 28. a5
Ne8 {[%cal Ye8d6,Yd6c4]} 29. Ne2 $6 (29. Rf3 $5 Rc8 (29... Nd6 30. Rd3) 30. Nh5
e5 31. Rd3) 29... e5 {[%csl Rc3,Re2]} 30. Rc1 Nf6 31. Ng3 h5 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Rh5h4]} 32. h3 $6 (32. h4 $5 {looks extremely ugly but it was probably the
only defense!} Rd3 (32... Re8 33. Be1) (32... Rc8 33. Bd2 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Nxh4
35. Bg5 Ng6 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Nxh5 Kf7 38. Ng3 $15) 33. Be1 Nf4 34. Kf1 $15)
32... a6 $6 (32... Rc8 {was already possible:} 33. Bd2 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 h4 35.
Nf5 Nxe4 36. a6 {[%cal Rc1e3]} Nc3 37. Bd2 Nd5 38. Nd6 Nc7 39. Bc3 Kf8 {
with decent winning chances. Black, however, looks for a more comfortable win.}
) 33. Kh2 $2 {Black's "don't hurry" approach pays off! I suppose, White was
under time pressure already.} (33. Be1 $1 Nf4 34. Kf1 {was the only, quite
difficult defense.}) 33... Rc8 $1 34. Bd2 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 h4 36. Nf5 Nxe4 {
...and White has no counterplay whatsoever!} 37. g3 hxg3+ 38. Nxg3 Nxg3 39.
Kxg3 Kf7 40. Kg4 Ne7 {White resigned without checking GM P.Leko's endgame
technique.} 0-1

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 {
Rustam Kasimdzhanov's pet move instead of the normal} (8. cxd5 {or}) (8. Nge2)
{However, everything transposes to well-known positions.} 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7
10. Bf4 Qh4 $5 {A rare continuation.} (10... Ndc5 {is common. Here is a recent
example from Kasimdzhanov's praxis:} 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14.
cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. a4 Qb4 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rdb1
Qe7 21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. exd6 Qb7 23. f3 e5 24. Qd2 e4 25. f4 Qa6 26. a5 bxa5 27.
Rxa5 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Efimenko,Z/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129}) {It was
obvious that Rustam had prepared an improvement but Etienne Bacrot deviates
earlier.} 11. g3 Qh3 $146 (11... Qh5 {gave Black a satisfactory position in
the following game but his opponent didn't play in the best manner:} 12. Bxe4 (
12. O-O $5 {needs checking}) 12... dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nc5 15. Qe2 Qg6
16. Rd1 Bd7 17. f3 $6 (17. O-O $142) 17... Ba4 18. Ra1 Rac8 19. O-O Qd3 20.
Rab1 b6 21. Bg5 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Nd3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Krush,I-Friedel,J/Berkeley 2008/
CBM 127 Extra (37)}) 12. O-O-O {Very aggressive.} (12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 Nxc3
14. bxc3 Bc5 {doesn't look dangerous for Black, e.g.} 15. Bf5 Qh5 16. Bg4 Qg6)
12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3+ 14. Kb1 Nb6 {White now probably got scared that his
king was not quite safe. So he decided to repeat moves:} 15. Bf1 Qh5 16. Be2
Qg6 17. Bd3 (17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Nb5 Bc5 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f3 (21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxf2) 21... Bf5+ 22. Bd3 Bh3 $13) 17... Qh5 18. Be2 (18. g4
$5 Qxg4 19. Qd2 $44 {[%cal Yh1g1,Gg1g7,Yd1g1] was definitely worth trying!})
18... Qg6 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 d5 $5 {
An original concept by GM Gyula Sax. Black wants to prove that this change of
the pawn structure makes White's f2-f3 favorable for Black.} 8. cxd5 (8. Bg5 {
is another popular move.}) 8... exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Qd3 f5 {is more logical but
still White keeps a small edge:} (9... b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Qb3 (11. Qc2 $5 Bxf1
12. Kxf1 Ne7 13. Ne2 Nbc6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. g3 f5 16. Kg2 fxe4 17. fxe4 e5 18. d5
Na5 19. Rhf1 $14 {1/2 (35) Lazarev,V (2361)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2554) Rasht 2015})
11... Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nf6 (12... Ne7 $5) 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 c5 15. Kf2 cxd4 16.
Bxd4 Qe7 17. Rac1 $14 {1-0 (48) Vidit,S (2625)-Swayams,M (2491) Kottayam 2014})
10. e4 (10. Nh3 {1/2 (27) Flumbort,A (2503)-Idani,P (2473) Budapest 2012} Nc6
$5) 10... Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nh3 Nc6 14. O-O-O fxe4 15. fxe4 Rf7
16. Qe3 Na5 17. b4 Nc6 18. Bc4 Ne7 19. Nf4 $14 {1-0 (58) Ralls,R (2359)-Egorov,
V (2181) Lechenicher SchachServer 2014}) 9. e3 (9. Bg5 Re8 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 c5
$1 12. Ne2 {1-0 (36) Hambleton,A (2461)-Sundararajan,K (2428) Forni di Sopra
2013} c4 $5 $13) 9... a5 (9... Bf5 $5 10. Ne2 $5 (10. g4 $2 Ne4 $1 11. fxe4
Qh4+ 12. Kd1 Bxe4 13. Qxc7 Bxh1 $19 {0-1 (38) Li,Z (2261)-Khenkin,I (2659)
Cammeray 2013}) 10... Nbd7 11. g4) 10. Bd2 b6 11. Rc1 c6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Ne2
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd7 {Black has traded White's strong bishop but his c6-pawn is
now quite weak. He must prepare ...c6-c5 now but it takes a lot of time.
Actually, f2-f3 proves quite useful for White.} 15. O-O Na6 16. Be1 $1 c5 17.
Bh4 $14 c4 {Black releases pressure in the centre, and White easily pushes
e3-e4.} 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. e4 Nac7 20. a4 {This move is unnecessary.} (20. Nc3 b5
21. Rfe1 $36 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 20... Nd6 21. Nc3 b5 (21... Rae8 $142 22. Rce1 b5)
22. axb5 Ndxb5 23. exd5 $2 {There was no point to give up the d5 square.} (23.
Na4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra4b6,Ya4c5]}) 23... Nxd5 {Black is absolutely fine now.} 24.
Ne4 Qc6 25. Nc5 Nb6 26. Rfe1 Rfe8 27. Re4 a4 28. Rce1 Nd6 29. Re5 h6 30. Be7
Nbc8 31. Qf4 $4 {[%mdl 16384] White underestimates Black's queenside pawns and
loses.} (31. Bxd6 Nxd6 32. Qb4 $11) 31... Nxe7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 c3 $1 34.
bxc3 a3 35. Re1 a2 36. Ra1 Qb5 37. Qc1 Qe2 $19 {[%cal Yd6c4,Yc4e3]} 38. Nb3 Nc4
39. Qe1 Qb2 (39... Qb2 40. Nc5 Ne3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 {This line was examined in CBM 105 (I.
Sokolov-Ponomariov) and CBM 118 (Eljanov-Naiditsch). White has a bishop pair
but he has yet to develop his kingside.} Qc7 (11... Qe7 {and}) (11... cxd4 {
are also seen in practice.}) 12. Nc3 cxd4 (12... a6 {is quite decent:} 13. d5 (
13. Be2 $6 h6 $1 14. Bh4 $6 (14. Bxf6 $11) 14... Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. d5 Rfe8
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 exd5 19. Qg4 g6 20. cxd5 Kg7 21. Bd3 Ne5 $17 {0-1
Lafuente,P-Garcia Martinez,S/Havana 2004/CBM 100 ext (24)}) 13... exd5 14. cxd5
b5 15. Bd3 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Ne2 $6 (17. Ne4 $142 $13 {V.Golod}) 17... Qxc2
18. Bxc2 Bxd5 19. O-O $6 (19. Bf5 $15 {V.Golod}) (19. f3 $5 $132 {>< d6, R.
Ponomariov}) 19... Rfc8 20. Nd4 a5 21. Bf5 Rc5 22. Bxd7 $1 Nxd7 23. Be7 Ra6 24.
Rfe1 $1 Be4 $1 25. f3 Bg6 $15 {0-1 Sokolov,I-Ponomariov,R/Wijk aan Zee 2005/
CBM 105/[Golod,V] (61)}) 13. Rxd4 a6 (13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 $1 15.
e4 Bb7 16. Be2 $14) 15. Bd3 h6 $4 16. Nxd5 Qxc2 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Bxc2 Ne5 19.
Rh4 Nd7 20. O-O f6 21. Bxh6 {1-0 Iljin,A-Bogner,S/Hengelo 2007/CBM 119 ext})
14. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 512] The same sacrifice as in Lafuente-Garcia but in a much
better version!} (14. Qd1 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Bc6 18. Be7
Rfc8 19. Bd6 Qb7 20. f3 e5 21. Rd2 b5 22. Qe2 a5 23. Qe3 b4 24. Be2 Bb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Stefansson,H/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (32)}) 14... h6 15. Bh4
Bxg2 $6 {This is now very risky as White's d4 rook joins his attack. In the
following game Black didn't equalize either:} (15... d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc4
Qb8 18. Bg3 Qd8 19. O-O b5 20. Rd4 Rc8 21. Qd1 Qb6 22. Ne4 Ba8 23. Nd6 Rcd8 24.
e4 N5f6 25. e5 (25. b4 $1 $14) 25... Nd5 26. Qd2 f5 $5 {1/2-1/2 Vijayalakshmi,
S-Rozentalis,E/Triesen 2007/CBM 118 ext (51)}) 16. Rg1 Bh3 $6 {This obvious
move is a mistake (perhaps even decisive!).} (16... Bb7 $142 17. Qd2 d5 18. Bg3
Qc5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rh4 $44) 17. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 128] That's the point! White
exchanges his passive knight for one of the defenders of the black king!} Nxe4
18. Qxe4 Bf5 (18... Ne5 19. Bf6 Ng6 20. Qf3 $1 e5 ({or else:} 20... gxf6 21.
Rh4) (20... Bf5 21. e4) 21. Rh4 Bd7 22. Qh5 {and Black can hardly survive}) 19.
Qg2 Bg6 (19... g5 $2 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5+ Bg6 22. Qh6 $18 {[%cal Rd4h4]})
20. Be7 d5 {Black gives up an exchange hoping to get some compensation.} (20...
Rfe8 21. Bxd6 Qd8 22. Bd3 $1 {and White wins at least a pawn.}) 21. Bxf8 Nxf8
22. h4 $1 {White's attack, however, continues!} Qe5 23. Qg3 (23. h5 Be4 24. f3
Bc2 25. cxd5 exd5 26. f4 Qf6 27. Qxd5 {was quite strong but the exchange of
queens is good enough.}) 23... Qf6 (23... Qxg3 24. Rxg3 dxc4 25. Rxc4 $18) 24.
h5 Bf5 25. Qc7 $5 {Paralysing the black rook.} (25. cxd5 $5 {was possible, too,
} exd5 $140 26. Qf3 $1) 25... b5 (25... dxc4 $142 26. Bxc4 b5) 26. Qc6 Rd8 27.
cxd5 $18 {The rest is clear.} Kh7 28. Qxa6 Qe5 29. d6 Qh2 30. Rf1 e5 31. Rb4
Rc8 32. Qxb5 Rc1+ 33. Kd2 Rc2+ 34. Kd1 Nd7 35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheboksary"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
e3 {A quiet continuation but Black has opportunities to complicate the game
anyway.} cxb5 9. Bxb5 Ne4 10. Qb3 Ba6 $5 11. Qa4 (11. Bxa6 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Qxa6+
13. Ne2 Rc8 $44 {[%csl Rf1]}) 11... Qg5 12. Bf1 $8 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nc6 14. f3 f5
$6 {[%mdl 512] An interesting idea with a piece sac but it fails in this game.}
(14... Nd6 15. Ne2 Rab8 16. e4 Qe7 17. h4 f5 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. e5 Nc8 20. Qc2 {
1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,E-Dizdar,G/Abu Dhabi 2001/EXT 2002}) 15. Nh3 Qh4 16. Qd1 Na5
$2 {Consequently but admitting his mistake by} (16... Nf6 {was apparently
better. Then, however, White consolidates his position by means of} 17. Nf4 $14
) 17. fxe4 fxe4+ 18. Kg1 Nb3 19. Rb1 Rf3 20. Bd2 (20. gxf3 Qxh3 21. Qf1 $1 (21.
fxe4 $6 Rf8) (21. f4 Rc8 22. Bd2 Rc2 $1 23. Qxc2 Qg4+ $11) 21... Qh5 22. f4 Rc8
23. h3 $1 {[%cal Yh1h2] was quite good, too}) 20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxh3 $1 {
Black finds a fantastic idea, which, however, doesn't work if White plays
correctly.} (21... Raf8 22. gxf3 Qxh3 23. Qg2 $18) 22. gxh3 Rf8 $1 (22... Qg5+
23. Kf2 Rf8+ 24. Ke1 Qh4+ (24... Rf3 25. Kd1 Rxe3 26. Kc2 $18) 25. Kd1 Rf2 26.
Qc3 Qh5+ 27. Kc1 $18) 23. Re1 (23. Qe1 $142 $1 Qh6 (23... Qxh3 24. Qg3 Qh5 (
24... Qf5 25. Kg2 {[%cal Yh1f1]}) 25. Rf1 $18) (23... Qh5 24. Rc1 Rf3 25. Rc8+
Kf7 26. Rc2 Qxh3 27. Rf2 $18) 24. Rc1 $1 Rf3 25. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 26. Rc2 {[%cal
Rc2f2]} Rxe3 27. Rf2+ Ke8 28. Qb4 Rf3 29. Rxf3 exf3 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Ke3 $1
Qg5+ 32. Kd3 Qg6+ 33. Kc3 Qg2 34. Rc1 f2 35. Qc4 $18) 23... Rf6 24. Re2 Qxh3
25. Rg2 $6 {This seriously complicates White's task.} (25. Rf2 $142 $1 Rg6+ (
25... Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Qg4+ 27. Qg2 Qd1+ 28. Qf1 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 Qf3+ 30. Ke1 Qxe3+
31. Kd1 $18) 26. Rg2 Rxg2+ (26... Rf6 27. Qe1 {[%cal Yg2g3]}) 27. Qxg2 Qxe3+
28. Qf2 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Qc1+ 30. Qe1 Qf4+ 31. Ke2 Qf3+ 32. Kd2 $18) 25... h5 $1 {
[%cal Yh5h4] Suddenly it's not easy for White to get out of the corner!} 26.
Qe2 (26. b4 Rf3 27. b5 $2 (27. Qd1 $1 h4 28. Qd2 $1) {is premature due to}
27... Rxe3 28. Rg3 $6 Rxg3+ 29. hxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Qg2 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qh4+ $11 {
It is now clear that White should first provoke ...h5-h4.}) (26. Qc3 $5 {
[%cal Yd4d5] was another, more complicated way. Here are some variations:} Kh7
(26... h4 27. d5 $1 e5 28. b4 Rf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4g4]} 29. Qc8+ (29. b5 $2 Rg4 30.
Qd2 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 32. Qf2 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 h3+) 29... Rf8 30. Qc5 a6 31. a4)
(26... d5 27. b4 Rf3 28. Qc7 Rf7 29. Qg3) 27. b4 (27. Qe1 h4 28. Rg3 Qf5) 27...
h4 (27... Rf4 28. Qe1 $1) (27... Rf3 28. d5 g6 29. Qe5 $18) 28. d5 $1 e5 (28...
exd5 29. b5 {[%cal Ya3a4,Ya4a5]}) 29. a4 Rf4 {[%cal Rf4g4]} (29... d6 30. Qc1)
30. Qd2 $1 {returning to the main plan} (30. b5 $2 Rg4 31. Qd2 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2
Qxe3+ 33. Qf2 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 h3+ $1) 30... Rg4 (30... Rf3 31. b5 Rxe3 $140 32.
Rg3 $1 $18 {see below}) 31. Rxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Qg2 Qd1+ 33. Qf1 Qg4+ 34. Kf2 Qf3+
35. Ke1 Qxe3+ 36. Qe2 Qc1+ 37. Qd1 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 h3 (38... Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qf3+ 40.
Kd2 Qd3+ 41. Kc1 Qc3+ 42. Kb1 Qxb4+ 43. Ka2 Qc4+ 44. Qb3 $18) 39. Qe2 Qc1+ 40.
Qe1 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 Qf3+ 42. Kd2 Qd3+ 43. Kc1 Qa3+ 44. Kc2 Qa2+ 45. Kc3 Qa3+ 46.
Kc4 Qd3+ 47. Kc5 $18) 26... h4 {(done!)} 27. Rg5 {A senseless move. It was
time to play} (27. b4 $1 Rf3 $140 28. Qd2 $1 Rxe3 29. Rg3 $1 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3
Qxg3+ 31. Qg2 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 $18 {as Black has no check on h4!}) 27... g6 $2 (
27... Rf1+ {doesn't work yet:} 28. Qxf1 Qxe3+ 29. Qf2 Qxg5+ 30. Kf1 Qc1+ 31.
Qe1 Qf4+ 32. Ke2 Qf3+ 33. Kd2 $18) (27... Kh7 28. Rg3 $1 Qf5 29. Rg4 $18) ({
Quiet waiting, e.g.} 27... Rf7 {, was the best. The problem is that White
can't move his b-pawn yet (see game). Therefore he must come back:} 28. Rg2 {
and then push his queenside pawns. If} Rf3 {then, of course,} 29. Qd2 Rxe3 $140
30. Rg3) 28. b4 $4 {[%mdl 64]} (28. Rg2 {[%cal Yg2f2] was now easily winning:}
Rf3 29. Rxg6+ Kh7 30. Qg2 $18) 28... Kg7 $2 (28... Rf1+ $1 {now lead to a draw:
} 29. Qxf1 Qxe3+ 30. Qf2 Qxg5+ 31. Kf1 Qc1+ 32. Qe1 (32. Kg2 h3+) 32... Qf4+
33. Ke2 Qf3+ 34. Kd2 Qd3+ 35. Kc1 Qxa3+ {(this is the difference!)} 36. Kc2
Qa2+ 37. Kd1 Qb3+ 38. Kc1 Qa3+ 39. Kc2 Qa2+ 40. Kc3 Qa3+ $11 41. Kc4 $4 Qd3+
42. Kc5 Qa6 {and White is mated!}) 29. b5 $2 (29. Rg2 Rf3 30. Qd2 $1 {was
still winning.}) 29... Kh6 $4 (29... Rf1+ $1 $11) 30. Rg3 {Uffff... At last
White definitely wins!} Qf5 31. Rg4 h3 32. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 {This
interesting pawn sacrifice was examined in several CBM issues, most recently
in CBM 124, annotations to Wang Yue - Mamedyarov.} 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3
Bb7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 {is more passive.}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. O-O
Nbd7 14. Qb4 {Probably the most accurate move order. White immediately attacks
the d6-pawn.} (14. Bg3 Rc8 15. Qb4 Be4 16. Be2 Rc2 17. Rfe1 Nd5 18. Qxd6 Qc8
19. a4 Rxb2 20. Bf1 N7b6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne5 Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 $132 {1/2
Howell,D (2620)-Jones,G (2655)/North Shields ENG 2012/The Week in Chess 925 
(32)}) (14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qe1 Be4 16. Bf1 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Rdc1 e5 $11 {
1/2 Kruppa,Y (2552)-Stanec,N (2530)/Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext (30)}) (14. a4
bxa4 15. Rxa4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. Qb4 Nc5 20. Nb3 g5
21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Ra5 Ne4 $1 23. Rxc5 (23. Bxe4 Rc1 $1) 23... Nxc5 24. Rc1 Rc8
25. Bg3 Rc7 $11 {1/2 Schmidt,T (2455)-Rost,D (2502)/ICCF Email 1999/CBM 114 
(30)}) (14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Qb4 Nd5 17. Qb3 N7f6 18. Bb1 a5 19. Rxc8
Rxc8 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Re1 a4 $11 {1-0 Bryzgalin,K (2473)-Polschikov,A (2395)/
Taganrog 2011/CBM 143 (59)}) (14. Rfc1 Qb6 (14... Rc8 15. Qb4 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1
Qb8 (16... Bxf3 $5 17. gxf3 Nd5 {V.Golod}) 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Re1 (18. Rxc8+ Qxc8
19. Bxd6 Qc1+ 20. Ne1 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Nb6 {should be a
draw}) 18... Be4 19. Bf1 Rc6 20. Nd2 Qb6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa4
Ndf6 $11 {1/2 Moreno Ruiz,J (2536)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2601)/Arenal d'en
Castell 2011/EXT 2012 (30)}) 15. Bg3 (15. Qc7 Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Rxc1+
18. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {0-1 L'Ami,E (2628)-Nakamura,H (2751)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM
141 (43)}) 15... Nh5 16. Qc7 Nxg3 17. Qxd7 Nh5 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rab8 20.
Rac1 Nf6 21. Nd2 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Kf8 23. Na5 Ne8 24. R7c3 Ke7 25. f3 Kd7 $11 {
1/2 Wang Yue (2689)-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Baku 2008/CBM 124/[Krasenkow] (48)})
14... Qb6 15. Bg3 Be4 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 e5 17. a4 $1 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Ra5 $14 {1/2 Ballo,E (2195)-Traudes,W (2195)/Germany 1998/EXT 1999 (57)}) 16.
Be2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Ne8 (17... d5 18. Rc3 (18. Ne5 $14) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rc6
20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Bd3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qb7 24. b3 $14 {1/2 Arlandi,
E (2434)-Tukmakov,V (2595)/Geneve 2001/EXT 2002 (55)}) 18. Nd2 (18. Ne1 $5 Rxc1
19. Rxc1 Bb7 20. f3 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. e4 Bb7 23. Kf1 Qc6 24. Qa5 Nb6 25. b3
f5 26. d5 Qc7 27. dxe6 fxe4 28. fxe4 Nd5 $1 29. Qxc7 Ndxc7 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bxe5
Nxe6 $14 {1/2 Sarkar,J (2414)-Yang,D (2493)/Saint Louis USA 2012/The Week in
Chess 943 (60)}) {However, GM Vassily Ivanchuk shows that White needn't fear ..
.Be4-c2.} 18... Bc2 $6 (18... Bb7 $5) 19. h3 Rab8 20. a4 $1 bxa4 $2 (20... Ndf6
$1 $14) 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Bxa6 Rc7 23. Bb5 f6 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxd6 Rc6 26.
Bc5 {White has won a pawn; besides, Black's a4-pawn is weak.} Bg6 $2 {After
this move the a4-pawn is lost, too, and Black's position becomes absolutely
hopeless.} (26... Bd3 $1 27. Rc3 Bb5) 27. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Ra8 29. Rcxa4
Rxa4 30. Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096]} Bd3 31. Ra3 Be2 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kg8 34. Rb7
Ra6 35. Bb4 $6 {A strange move.} (35. b4 $142 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. e4) 35...
Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Rc1 37. h4 h5 38. Bc3 Bc4 39. Rc7 Bd3 40. Rc5 Rc2 41. Kg3 Be2 $2 (
41... Be4 $1 {was much stronger, preventing e3-e4 and setting up a nice trap:}
42. Rxh5 $2 e5 43. dxe5 Bg6 44. Kg4 Rxf2 45. exf6 Bxh5+ 46. Kxh5 gxf6 {, and
it is unclear whether White can win. Therefore after 41...Be4 more efforts
were required from White to convert his material advantage.}) 42. e4 {Now
everything is easy.} Kf7 43. d5 exd5 44. Rxd5 (44. exd5 {was even simpler.})
44... Bg4 45. f3 Be6 46. Rxh5 Bc4 47. e5 Kg6 48. Rh8 Bf1 49. exf6 {Concluding:
White keeps some pressure in this line.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 {
This is more aggressive than the "normal"} (7... Bb7) 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Nd2 $5 Rb8 (10... Z0 {White was threatening} 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6
13. Ne4) (10... d5 $6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bc7 Na4 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Bd6 Rd8 16. Bxc5 {and White didn't get a sufficient compensation for the pawn:}
Ba6 17. e3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rd5 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Ke2 Kf8 21. Rfc1 Ne5 22. Rc3 {
1-0 Jovanic,O-Rukavina,D/Velika Gorica 2006/CBM 113 ext (54)}) 11. e3 d5 $1 (
11... d6 {is more solid and quiet but hardly fits Black's aggressive approach 
(7...c5, 10...Rb8):} 12. Be2 (12. Rd1 $6 e5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Bf3 Nd4 15. Bxf6
Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qxf6 {[%cal Rc8g4]} 17. Nd2 Qg6 $36 {0-1 Meenakshi,S-Tirto/
Kuala Lumpur 2005/CBM 108 ext (54)}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15.
O-O-O f5 16. h3 e5 17. g4 Kh8 18. Nf1 Rd8 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. Rhg1 Bf3
22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Rb6 24. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Vidarte Morales,A-Ramirez Gonzalez,
J/Spain 1994/EXT 2003 (37)}) (11... h6 12. Bf4 (12. Bxf6 $142 Qxf6 13. Qxf6
gxf6 14. O-O-O) 12... d6 13. Be2 e5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. O-O Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,
E-Contin,D/Filettino 1994/EXT 2000}) 12. O-O-O $4 $146 {[%mdl 16384] Castling
"into attack" is not a wise idea!} (12. Bd3 {is equally passive:} d4 $1 13.
exd4 Qxd4 (13... cxd4 $5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O Ne5 $36) 14. Qxd4
Nxd4 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. O-O a5 (16... Ne5 $142 $1 $36) 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bd6 Rb6 19.
Bc7 Ra6 20. Ne4 a4 (20... e5 $1) 21. Nd6 Rf8 22. Nb5 $14 {1-0 Dao Thien
Hai-Libeau,R/Muenster 1993/CBM 038 ext/[Bulletin] (63)}) (12. Bxf6 $142 Qxf6 (
12... gxf6 $6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qxc5) 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. b3 {
Of course, Black has an active position and his destroyed pawn structure is
impossible to use but it was definitely better for White than the text move. If
} Na5 {then} 16. b4 $1 $11) ({By the way,} 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 {
doesn't work now as the b2 pawn is hanging.}) 12... d4 13. Qc2 (13. exd4 {
was hardly a lesser evil:} Nxd4 14. Nf3 e5 $1 15. Nxe5 Rb3 {etc.}) 13... h6 14.
Bh4 e5 $1 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Rhg1 $6 {An attempt to create an attack by g2-g4?!
Easy to criticize but what to do instead? I don't see any way to stop Black's
attack along the b-file in the long run.} Bg4 $5 17. Rde1 (17. f3 Bd7) 17...
Rb7 18. Be4 Rfb8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. b3 Bh5 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rxe5 Bg6 23. Rf5 (
23. Qb2 Rxb3 $1 24. Nxb3 Qxc4+ $19) 23... Qe6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Bindlach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 {About this line - see CBM 105,
annotations to I.Sokolov-Ponomariov by GM V.Golod. Generally, if White
successfully completes his development, his position will be slightly better
due to his bishop pair.} Qe7 {Other options:} (11... Qc7) (11... Rc8) (11...
cxd4) 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 (13... Rac8 $6 14. d5 $1 {leads to a structure,
which is favourable for White. Black lacks a "Benoni" bishop, and the other
one is quite passive on b7:} exd5 (14... e5 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. f3 a6 17. a4 Nf8
18. g4 g5 19. Bg3 Kg7 20. h4 Ng6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bf5 $16 {1-0 Turova,I-Porat,
I/Budapest 2005/CBM 109 ext (38)}) 15. cxd5 a6 16. a4 Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Bg3
Rfe8 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rfe1 Bc8 21. e4 Qc7 22. b3 Nf8 23. f4 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4
25. e5 $1 $16 {1-0 Bu Xiangzhi-Ghaem Maghami,E/Doha QAT 2006/The Week in Chess
633 (44)}) 14. Rxd4 Rfd8 $6 {A "soft" move, which contributes nothing to
exploiting Black's development advantage.} (14... Rac8 $5 15. f3 d5 $5 16. cxd5
exd5 17. Bf2 Ne5 18. Be2 Nc4 $132) 15. f3 Nf8 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bf2 d5 {Too late.
White has already consolidated his position.} 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
O-O e5 21. Rdd1 Qe6 (21... e4 22. f4 $1) (21... Rac8 22. Qa4) 22. Ba6 Bb3 $6 {
The bishop can achieve nothing there. It will just be left hanging.} (22... e4
23. f4 Ne7 {was appropriate, with chances to create a blockade and equalize.})
23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qc3 Ba4 (24... Bd1 $5 {, cutting off the white rook, was
the only way to justify 22...Bb3.}) 25. Rc1 e4 26. f4 b5 $4 {[%mdl 16384]
Terrible, decisive weakening.} (26... Ne7 {was still necessary:} 27. Qc7 (27.
Bh4 Rd6) 27... Rd7 28. Qc4 Bb3 29. Qxe6 Bxe6 30. Be1 $14) 27. Qa5 $1 Rd5 (27...
Qd7 28. Bb7 $1) (27... Qb6 {is quite gloomy, too, after} 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Bb7
({or even} 29. Rc8 $5)) 28. Bb7 Rd3 29. Qxa7 {With an extra pawn, bishop pair
and Black's Ba4 out of play White easily wins:} Kh7 30. h3 f5 31. Bc8 Qf6 32.
Rc7 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rf1 34. Bxf5 $1 Rxf2 35. Bxe4 Rd2 36. Rf7 Qxb2 37. Qb6 Rxg2+
38. Bxg2 Nh4 39. Qc6 Bc2 40. Rf8 Bd3 41. Qa8 Ng6 42. Re8 Bf1 43. f5 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-56,-56,-58,-43,-28755,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qc2 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 {This is fairly
harmless.} (7. Bh4 $5 {is more challenging.}) 7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3
dxc4 (9... c6 {is more common.}) 10. Qxc4 Nc6 {A bit provocative. If Black
fails to push ...e6-e5, he risks ending up in a passive position. And if he
does push ...e6-e5 then after d4-d5 his c7 pawn gets under attack.} (10... Bd7
$6 11. Qxc7 (11. e3 Rc8 12. Qb4 Bc6 13. Be2 Bd5 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. O-O a5 16. Qa4
c6 17. Nd2 Qg5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 cxb5 $11 {1/2 (41) So,W 
(2770)-Aronian,L (2792) Leuven 2016}) 11... Bc6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Be2 Qf5 14. Qd6
$16 {1/2 (54) Andraschko,F (2173)-Dehaybe,A (2149) Lechenicher SchachServer
2012}) (10... c6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qc3 c5 13. Bg2 b6 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Qc7 Nxe5 16.
Bxa8 Ba6 $44 {1/2 (56) Zhao,X (2499)-Tan,Z (2508) China 2017}) 11. Qc3 (11. Rd1
Rd8 12. e4 e5 $1 13. d5 Bg4 14. dxc6 $2 Bxf3 15. Rd3 b5 $1 16. Qc2 Rxd3 17.
Qxd3 {1/2 (49) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Nakamura,H (2769) Stavanger 2018} Rd8 $1 18.
Qxf3 Qxc6 $19) (11. e3 e5 (11... Re8 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. b4 a6 15. a4
Red8 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne7 18. Ne5 $14 {1/2 (72) Dragun,K (2530)-Lysyj,I 
(2666) Warsaw 2013}) 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qxc7 e4 14. Nd4 Nxd5 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Be2
Rac8 17. Qa4 a6 18. O-O b5 $11 {1/2 (69) Erenberg,A (2386)-Svane,R (2573)
Karlsruhe 2017}) 11... Re8 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 12. Ne5 (12. Rd1 $5 e5 (12... Qg6 13.
g3 Qe4 14. Bg2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. O-O $14 {1-0 (34) Bindrich,F (2598)
-Bromberger,S (2535) Germany 2017}) 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 (14. e4 c6 15. Bc4 Bg4 (
15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nd7 17. O-O Nb6 18. h3 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Be6 $11 {1/2 (53)
Bindrich,F (2604)-Bosiocic,M (2597) Austria 2017}) 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3
18. gxf3 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ke2 Reb8 22. Rd2 Rb3 23. Rc1 Rab8
$11 {1/2 (43) Ivanchuk,V (2732)-Wei,Y (2740) Hoogeveen 2017}) 14... c6 15. Be2
cxd5 16. Rxd5 Nc6 17. O-O Bg4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rc5 Qe7 21. b4 $14 {
1/2 (90) Grischuk,A (2761)-Nakamura,H (2785) Paris 2017}) 12... Rb8 $5 {
A typical idea in such situations: Black anticipates the opening of the b-file
after Ne5xc6 b7xc6.} ({But} 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 $11 {is simpler. If} 14.
Rc1 {then} Bd7 $1) 13. g3 $6 (13. e3 $5 {, and Black has hardly anything
better than} Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7) 13... Rd8 14. e3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qf3 16. Rg1 Qc6
(16... Bd7 $5 17. Be2 (17. Bg2 Qh5 {[%cal Rd7b5]}) (17. Qxc7 Rbc8 18. Qa5 Be8
$40 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gd8d1,Gc8c1]}) 17... Qc6 $11) 17. Qxc6 bxc6 $11 18. Rb1 (
18. b4 c5 19. b5 Bd7 20. O-O-O $11) 18... c5 19. Be2 Kf8 20. f3 Ke7 21. Bc4 Rb6
22. Ke2 Bd7 23. b3 Rdb8 24. Rbc1 Bb5 25. Rgd1 Ra6 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 {[%mdl 4096]}
27. Rd3 $6 (27. a4 Rxb3 28. Rxc5 $11) 27... Rxa3 28. Rcd1 Ra2+ 29. Ke1 Rb8 $6 (
29... f5 $1 $15 30. Rd7+ $140 Kf8 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. R1d7+ Kg6 33. Rg8 Rxb3 34.
Rgxg7+ Kh5 35. Rd2 Rxe3+ 36. Kf2 Rxf3+ $1 37. Kxf3 Rxd2 $17) 30. Rd7+ Kf8 31.
Rxc7 Kg8 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 Rxb3 34. Rxc5 Rb2+ 35. Kd3 Rxh2 36. g4 Ra2 37.
Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Kg6 39. f4 $6 (39. e4 $11 {[%cal Yf3f4]}) 39... Rg2 40. Ke4
Rxg4 41. Kf3 Rg1 42. Rxa7 {This endgame is still drawish but requires accurate
play from White.} h5 43. Ra8 Kh7 44. Rf8 Kg6 45. Rh8 Ra1 46. Kg2 Ra5 47. Kf3
Rb5 48. Re8 Rb7 49. Rh8 Ra7 50. Kg2 f6 51. exf6 gxf6 52. Re8 Kf7 53. Rh8 Ra5
54. Kf3 Kg7 55. Re8 e5 56. Ke4 h4 57. fxe5 fxe5 58. Kf5 (58. Kf3 {is simpler:}
Kf6 59. Rh8 Ra4 60. e4 $11) 58... h3 59. Re7+ Kh6 60. Re8 (60. Kg4 $1 h2 61.
Re6+ Kg7 62. Re7+ Kf6 63. Rh7 Ra2 64. e4 $11) 60... Ra7 61. Rb8 h2 62. Rb6+ $1
{The only move now.} (62. Rb1 $2 Rg7 63. Rh1 Rg5+ $1 64. Kf6 (64. Ke4 Rh5 65.
Kf3 Kg5 $19) 64... Rh5 65. e4 Kh7 66. Kf7 Rh6 67. Ke7 Kg7 $19) 62... Kh5 63.
Rb1 Kh4 (63... Rg7 64. Rh1 $11) 64. e4 Re7 65. Ra1 Re8 66. Rb1 Kg3 67. Rb3+ Kg2
68. Rb2+ Kh3 69. Rb3+ Kh4 70. Rb1 Rh8 71. Kxe5 Kg3 72. Rh1 $1 (72. Kf5 $2 Rh5+
73. Kg6 Re5 74. Rb3+ Kh4 75. Rb1 Rg5+ $19) 72... Kg2 (72... Kf3 73. Kf5 Rh5+
74. Kg6 $11) 73. Rxh2+ $1 (73. Ra1 h1=Q 74. Rxh1 Rxh1 75. Kf5 (75. Kf6 $144)
75... Rf1+ $1 76. Kg6 Kf3 77. e5 Re1 $1 78. Kf6 Ke4 $19) 73... Rxh2 74. Kf6 Kf3
75. e5 Kf4 76. e6 Rh6+ 77. Kf7 Kf5 78. e7 Rh7+ 79. Kf8 Kf6 80. e8=N+ {This is
an "easy" theoretical draw but...} Kg6 81. Nd6 Rd7 82. Ne8 Rf7+ 83. Kg8 Ra7 84.
Kf8 Rd7 85. Kg8 Rf7 86. Nd6 Rd7 87. Ne8 Kf5 88. Kf8 Kg5 89. Kg8 Kg6 90. Kf8
Rf7+ 91. Kg8 Rf1 92. Ng7 $6 {[%csl Rg7] Very inaccurate but not losing when
Black's rook is on f1.} (92. Nd6 $4 Kf6 $19) (92. Nc7 $1 Kf6 93. Kf8 $11) 92...
Kf6 93. Nh5+ $1 (93. Kf8 Rf2 $1 94. Ne8+ Ke6+ 95. Kg8 Ke7 96. Ng7 Re2 $1 97.
Kh7 (97. Nh5 Re5 $1 98. Ng7 Rg5 $19) 97... Kf6 $1 98. Nh5+ Kg5 99. Ng7 Re7 $19)
93... Kg5 (93... Kf5 $2 94. Ng3+) 94. Ng7 Kg6 95. Ne8 Rf3 $5 96. Ng7 $4 {
Now losing - in a spectacular way, though.} (96. Nc7 $1 Kf6 97. Kf8 $11) 96...
Kf6 97. Nh5+ Ke6 $2 (97... Kf5 $3 98. Ng7+ (98. Kg7 Kg5) 98... Ke5 $3 99. Ne8 (
99. Nh5 Rh3 100. Ng7 Kf6 {- see game}) 99... Ke6 $1 100. Ng7+ (100. Kh7 Kf7
101. Nd6+ Ke7 102. Ne4 Rf4 $1 103. Ng5 Kf6 $19) 100... Ke7 $1 101. Kh7 (101.
Nh5 Rf5 102. Ng7 Rg5 $19) 101... Kf6 $1 {- game}) 98. Kh7 $2 (98. Kg7 $1 Kf5
99. Nf6 Rb3 100. Ne8 Ke6 101. Kg6 Rg3+ 102. Kh6 $11) 98... Kf5 99. Ng7+ Kf6
100. Nh5+ Kg5 101. Ng7 Rh3+ 102. Kg8 Kf6 103. Ne8+ Ke6 (103... Ke7 $1 104. Ng7
Rh1 105. Nf5+ Kf6 106. Nd6 Rd1 107. Ne8+ Ke7 108. Ng7 Re1 $1 $19 {, winning in
the same way as in annotation to move 93.} (108... Rd5 $5 109. Kh7 Kf8 $1 $19))
104. Ng7+ (104. Nc7+ Kd6 105. Ne8+ {, and Black must play} Ke7 $1 {- see above}
) 104... Ke7 $5 105. Nf5+ Kf6 106. Nd6 Rh5 107. Nf7 (107. Ne8+ Ke7 108. Ng7 Rg5
$19) ({in case of} 107. Ne4+ {White's knight, parted with his king, will be
lost, e.g.} Ke6 108. Kg7 Re5 109. Nd2 Kf5 110. Nc4 Re7+ 111. Kh6 Kf4 112. Kg6
Rc7 113. Na5 Ke4 {etc.}) 107... Rd5 $1 108. Nh6 (108. Kf8 Rd7 $19) 108... Rd8+
109. Kh7 Rd7+ 110. Kg8 (110. Kg8 Kg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 {Black demonstrates the most
accurate order of moves.} (11... Qc7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 a6 {- see CBM 121,
game Morozevich-Beliavsky.}) 12. Rxd4 h6 $1 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Nc3 d5 {This is
now more appropriate than without ...h7-h6 Bg5-h4.} 15. Bg3 (15. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 (
15... Bxd5 $143 16. f3) {as now} 16. Bd3 {doesn't attack the h7-pawn.}) 15...
e5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is stronger than} (16... Nxd5 17. Rc4
Qb8 (17... Qd6 $5) 18. Be2 N7f6 19. O-O Ba6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rd4
Bxf1 23. Rxd5 Ba6 24. Bxe5 Qc8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bxa8 Qxa8 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,
E-Grischuk,A/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122 (72) - Black survived in this
endgame.}) 17. Be2 Rac8 {Black plays safely but apparently it was quite
possible to take the pawn:} (17... Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bd5 (18... Qb7 $5) 19. Rh4 $44
Rfd8 20. Rxh6 $140 Be4 $1) 18. e4 Bc6 19. f3 Nh5 20. Rd2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nf6 $11
22. O-O Qe7 23. Rfd1 Bd7 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Qd3 Be6 26. Qd6 Bb3 27. Nb5 Qxd6 28.
Rxd6 Bxd1 (28... Rc5 $5 29. R1d2 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Bc4 $132) 29. Nxc7 Ba4 30. Rd3
Rb8 31. b3 Bd7 32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. Bxb5 Rc8 34. Ba6 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Rd8+ Ke7
37. Ra8 Rc7 38. g4 h5 39. gxh5 Nxh5 40. Bc4 Nf4 41. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 {A popular
pawn sacrifice but White returns it immediately.} 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3
a6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 {This line was examined by
GM V.Golod in his annotations to Xu Jun - Wang Rui (CBM 97).} 14. Rfc1 (14.
Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qe1 Be4 16. Bf1 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Rdc1 e5 19. Nb3 Bc2 20. dxe5
dxe5 21. Na5 Bg6 22. b4 e4 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Ne5 26. Nb3 Kh7
27. Qc5 Nfd7 28. Qxb6 Nxb6 29. Nc5 Nbc4 30. Nxa6 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Stanec,N/
Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext}) (14. Bg3 Rc8 15. Qb4 Nd5 16. Qd2 N7b6 17. e4 Nf6 18.
Bh4 e5 19. Rfe1 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Lang,M-Berezovsky,I/Wuerttemberg 1999/EXT 2000}) (
14. a4 bxa4 (14... Rc8 15. Qa3 b4 16. Qxb4 Bxf3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. gxf3 Rc6 19.
f4 Rb8 20. Qd2 e5 21. Be4 $16 Rcb6 $2 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. a5 Rb4 24. Bc6 Nxe5 25.
fxe5 Qxe5 26. Rad1 Rg4+ 27. Kh1 Rxb2 28. Qxd6 Qh5 29. Bf3 {1-0 Gabriel,
C-Gschnitzer,O/Germany 2001/CBM 082 ext}) 15. Rxa4 Qb6 (15... Nb6 16. Ra3 Nbd5
17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Ne1 f5 20. Qe2 Ng7 21. f3 f4 22. exf4 gxf4 23. Bf2
a5 $13 {0-1 Brunner,N-Taunay,J/Hyeres 2002/EXT 2003 (44)}) (15... e5 16. dxe5
dxe5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. Qb4 Nc5 20. Nb3 g5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Ra5 Ne4
23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bg3 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,T-Rost,D/ICCF Email
1999/CBM 114 (29)}) 16. Rfa1 Rfc8 17. Qa3 a5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. b4
Qc6 21. b5 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. Rxa5 Rc2 25. Rd1 Rc1 26. Ra1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Rc2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Blomstrand,G-Thorn/Lynn,J/ICCF 1998/ICCF Telechess
CBM 98 (37)}) (14. Qb4 $5 Qb6 15. Bg3 Be4 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 e5 17. a4 $1 (
17. Rac1 $143 Rac8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Qb7 20. Qxd6 Nc4 $132 {0-1 Sollars,
R-Durand,J/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 105 (29)}) 17... Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra5
Qc6 20. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ballo,E-Traudes,W/Germany 1998/EXT 1999 (57)}) 16. Be2
Rfc8 17. Rfc1 d5 18. Rc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rc6 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Bd3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3
Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qb7 24. b3 $14 Nb6 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Bxc7 Nfd7 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2
Ke7 29. Kd2 Na8 30. Bg3 f6 31. Kc3 e5 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Tukmakov,V/Geneve
2001/EXT 2002 (55)}) (14. Rac1 $5 Rc8 (14... Qb6 $5) 15. Qd2 (15. Qb4 $142)
15... Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. Bg3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 e5 19. Kg2 Re8 20. Bf5 Nb6 21. b3
e4 22. fxe4 g6 23. Bh3 Nxe4 $13 {1-0 Sanchez Botella,L-Damaso,R/Benidorm 2006/
CBM 115 ext (39)}) 14... Qb6 $1 (14... Rc8 15. Qb4 Qb6 $6 (15... Rxc1+ $5 16.
Rxc1 Qb8 {Golod}) 16. Bg3 Be4 17. Be2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 e5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. a4
Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 $1 $14 {1-0 Xu Jun-Wang Rui/Yongchuan
2003/CBM 097/[Golod,V] (38)}) 15. Bg3 (15. Qc7 Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Ne4
18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 d5 20. b3 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rc5 Bd3 23. f3 Rxc5 24.
dxc5 Nc8 25. e4 dxe4 26. fxe4 Na7 27. Kf2 Nc6 28. Ke3 Bc2 29. Bd6 f5 30. exf5
exf5 31. b4 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Sundararajan,K-Tilak,S/Pune 2006/EXT 2007}) 15... Nh5
16. Qc7 Nxg3 17. Qxd7 Nh5 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 {Black successfully localizes
this invasion.} Rab8 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Nd2 Rfc8 (21... Nd5 22. Rd7 Rfd8 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 {was possible, too} 24. e4 $140 Nf4) 22. Nb3 Kf8 23. Na5 Ne8 24.
R7c3 Ke7 25. f3 Kd7 {The c-file is protected. White starts lengthy manoeuvrong
but it doesn't bring him any benefit.} 26. Kf2 Rc7 27. e4 Ba8 28. Ke3 Rbc8 29.
Rxc7+ Nxc7 30. Rg1 h5 31. h4 Rg8 32. g3 Rc8 33. Ra1 Rg8 34. b3 Rc8 35. Rb1 Rb8
36. Rc1 Rg8 37. Rc2 Rb8 38. Rh2 Rh8 39. Rh1 Ke7 40. a4 Rb8 41. axb5 Nxb5 42.
Ra1 Nc7 43. Ra2 Kd7 44. g4 Rh8 45. g5 g6 46. f4 Rb8 47. Rc2 d5 {...} 48. e5 (
48. f5 $6 dxe4 49. fxe6+ fxe6 50. Bxe4 Nd5+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nc3 Rac8 $6 {This system was
examined in CBM 118, annotations to Eljanov-Najditsch. Here are some recent
examples:} (12... h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 (13... a6 14. dxc5 (14. f3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5
16. Bf2 c4 17. Be2 b5 18. O-O Bc6 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Nb6 $13 {0-1 Arun
Prasad,S (2423)-Adhiban,B (2401)/Chennai 2008/CBM 122 Extra (61)}) 14... bxc5
15. f3 Rfd8 16. Be2 Nf8 17. O-O Ng6 18. Bf2 d5 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21.
Bg3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. e4 Nh5 24. Ne2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qg5 27.
Kf2 Bc6 28. Rd6 Qe5 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Baburin,A (2526)-Short,P 
(2300)/Dublin IRL 2008/The Week in Chess 714 (54)}) 14. Rxd4 Ne5 (14... Rfc8
15. f3 Ne5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Rd2 Na5 18. Qa4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bf2 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb5 Rc5 23. Qa4 Rc4 24. Qb5 Rc5 25. Qa4 Rc4 {1/2 Zhou Jianchao 
(2604)-Meier,G (2556)/Martuni 2008/CBM 125}) (14... Rfd8 15. f3 {-see below 12.
..cxd4} (15. Be2 g5 (15... Nc5 16. O-O e5 17. Rdd1 Qe6 18. f3 g5 19. Bg3 d5 20.
cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qc3 f6 23. b4 $16 {1-0 Drozdovskij,Y (2587)
-Kravtsiv,M (2549)/Beijing CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 728 (36)}) 16. Bg3 e5 17.
Rd2 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bh3 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Qe3 21. Bf2 Qxf4 22. Rd4 Bf5 23. Rxf4
Bxc2 24. Bd4 Nh7 $15 {1/2 Golod,V (2586)-Firman,N (2526)/Germany 2007/CBM 123 
(57)}) (15. Qd1 Ne5 16. Bg3 Rd7 17. Nb5 Rad8 18. Nxa7 Ne4 19. Nb5 Nxg3 20. hxg3
d5 $44 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Leko,P (2755)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (42)}))
15. Be2 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxd6 Rfd8 17. Nb5 Rxd6 18. Nxd6 Bc6 19. Nb5 Ng4 20.
Nd4 Be4 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. f3 Nd3+ 23. Kd1 Bg6 $40 {0-1 Gladyszev,O (2497)
-Naumkin,I (2494)/Cutro ITA 2008/The Week in Chess 704 (37)}) (15. Qd1 Rfd8 16.
f3 Ng6 17. Bg3 e5 18. Rd2 e4 19. f4 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Bh2 d5 $36 {1-0 Romanchuk,
V (2295)-Oleksienko,M (2592)/Alushta UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 708 (61)})
15... Ng6 (15... Bxg2 $5 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Rf4 Ned7 {should be checked}) 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $2 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Nh4 21. e4 Ng6 22.
Qa4 Nf4 23. Bf1 $16 {1-0 Leitao,R (2601)-Tsuboi,E (2334)/Americana BRA 2007/
The Week in Chess 683 (34)}) (12... cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rfd8 (13... e5 14. Rd1 Qe6
15. Nb5 Ne8 16. e4 h6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. f3 Qg6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Qf2 f5 21. exf5
Qxf5 22. Be2 Nf4 23. O-O Rf6 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Shishkin,V (2543)
-Socko,M (2479)/Polanica Zdroj 2007/CBM 120 ext (54)}) (13... Rac8 $5 14. Nb5
Rc5 15. Bh4 Rh5 16. Qd1 e5 17. Qxh5 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Bd3 Be4 20. Qd1 d5
21. O-O Bxd3 22. Qxd3 dxc4 $11 {1/2 Lysyj,I (2593)-Le Quang,L (2540)/Moscow
2008/CBM 123 (63)}) 14. f3 (14. Qd1 Ne5 15. f3 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bf2 d5 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Be2 Rd8 22. Qa4 Qf6 $132 {1/2
Drozdovskij,Y (2581)-Karpov,A (2655)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 708 (27)
}) 14... h6 (14... Nf8 15. Be2 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19.
Nb5 Rad8 20. Qd2 d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Qb4 Qg5 23. Kf2 a5 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. e4 $14
{1/2 Karpov,A (2670)-Leko,P (2755)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (59)}) (14... Ne5 $5
15. Be2 Ng6 16. O-O h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1/2 Roussel Roozmon,T (2489)-Polak,T 
(2553)/Brno 2008/CBM 125 Extra}) 15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bf2 e5 $146 (17...
d5 {-Eljanov-Naiditsch}) 18. Rd1 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. O-O Qe6 22.
Qa4 Bb3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Rd2 25. Qa6 Rxb2 26. Rc1 e4 $1 $11 {0-1
Zakhartsov,V (2537)-Kravtsiv,M (2549)/Lviv UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 730 (47)}
) 13. d5 $1 {That's why 12...Rac8 is inaccurate.} h6 14. Bh4 exd5 (14... e5 15.
Bd3 Rfe8 16. f3 a6 17. a4 Nf8 18. g4 g5 19. Bg3 Kg7 20. h4 Ng6 21. hxg5 hxg5
22. Bf5 Rb8 23. Rd2 Rh8 24. Rdh2 Rxh2 25. Qxh2 Rh8 26. Qg2 $14 {1-0 Turova,I 
(2385)-Porat,I (2328)/Budapest 2005/CBM 109 ext (39)}) 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd5 $143
Bxd5 16. cxd5 c4 17. Be2 b5 18. O-O Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. f3 Nec5 21. e4 Rfe8
22. g4 Ne5 $13 {1-0 Gladyszev,O (2485)-Berend,F (2343)/Nancy 2008/CBM 122
Extra (64)}) 15... a6 16. a4 c4 $146 {This novelty (an attempt to "justify" 12.
..Rac8) doesn't change the evaluation of the position.} (16... Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6
18. Bg3 Rfe8 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rfe1 Bc8 21. e4 Qc7 22. b3 Nf8 23. f4 $36 Bg4 24.
Bxg4 Nxg4 25. e5 $16 {1-0 Bu Xiangzhi (2671)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2581)/Doha 2006/
CBM 115 ext (45)}) 17. Rd4 Ne5 18. Qd1 (18. Be2 $142 $14) 18... Rc5 (18... b5
$5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21. Nc3 Rb8 $44) 19. Be2 g5 20. Bg3 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. O-O b4 23. Na4 Ra5 (23... Rxd5 $142 24. Nb6 Rxd4 25. exd4 Ng6 26. Nxc4
Ne4 27. Re1 $14) 24. Nb6 c3 (24... Qc7 25. Nxc4 Rxd5 26. f3 $16) 25. Bxe5 dxe5
26. d6 Qe8 (26... Qd8 27. Rxb4 $16) 27. d7 Qd8 28. Rxb4 cxb2 29. Rxb2 $16 {
[%csl Gd7] White has gained a pawn but surprisingly, it is still difficult for
him to win this position.} Qc7 30. Qb3 Be4 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Bc4 $6 {Not the
best square for the bishop.} (32. Qb4 Rc5 33. f3 Bf5 34. Rbd2 $16) 32... Bg6
33. Rbd2 Kg7 34. h3 Rc5 35. Qb4 Ne4 36. Rb2 Rc6 37. Nd5 $6 Qd6 $2 {Missing a
miraculous rescue;} (37... Qxd7 $1 38. Bb5 Rb8 $1 39. Qa4 (39. Qa3 Qd6 40. Bxc6
Qxa3 41. Rxb8 Qa2 42. Rf1 Nd2 43. Re1 Ne4 $11) (39. f3 Nf6 40. Qd2 Qb7 $1)
39... Qb7 {-White can't win material!}) 38. Bb5 Rxd7 $2 (38... Qxb4 $142 39.
Nxb4 Rc7 (39... Rd6 $2 40. Rxd6 Nxd6 41. Rd2 $1 Nxb5 42. Nc6 $18) 40. Nd5 (40.
Bc6 $5 Nc5 41. Rd6 $16) 40... Rb7 41. Rb4 Bf5 42. Bc6 Rxb4 43. Nxb4 Nc5 (43...
Nf6 44. Na6 $1 Bxd7 45. Rd6 $18) 44. f4 $1 $16) 39. Bxc6 Qxc6 40. Qb5 $18 {
White converts his extra exchange without major problems.} Qxb5 41. Rxb5 h5 42.
f3 Ng3 43. e4 Ne2+ 44. Kf2 Nf4 45. Ne3 Rxd1 46. Nxd1 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Ne3
gxf3 49. gxf3 f6 50. Nd5 Nh5 51. Ke3 Bf7 52. Rb1 Be6 53. Kd3 f5 54. Rb7+ Kf8
55. Ke3 Ng3 56. Nf6 fxe4 57. fxe4 Nf1+ 58. Ke2 Bc4+ 59. Ke1 Ne3 60. Kd2 Nf1+
61. Ke1 Ne3 62. Nd7+ Ke8 63. Nxe5 Ba6 64. Ra7 Bc8 65. Kf2 Nd1+ 66. Kf3 Be6 67.
Nc6 Kf8 68. Nd4 Bf7 69. Nf5 Bb3 70. Kf4 Nf2 71. Nd4 Bf7 72. e5 Nd3+ 73. Kf5 Nb4
74. Ne6+ Ke8 75. Nc7+ Kd8 76. Na6 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 {
For this line - see CBM 130, annotations to Kasimdzhanov - Bacrot, and CBM 140,
annotations to Zhao Xue - Chiburdanidze by GM A.Mikhalchishin.} cxd4 9. Nxd4
Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 (10... Ndc5 {is more common (and better, according to
Mikhalchishin) - see Mamedyarov - Ganguly. However, the present game seems to
prove equality for Black after the text move.}) 11. g3 Qh5 (11... Qh3 12. O-O-O
Nxc3 (12... Bxc3 $5 13. bxc3 Nb6 (13... Ndc5 14. Bf1 Qh5 15. f3 Ng5 16. h4 Nxf3
17. Be2 {1-0 Howell,D (2625)-Adair,J (2212)/Sheffield ENG 2011/The Week in
Chess 874}) 14. Bf1 (14. Nf3 Bd7) 14... Qh5 {needs checking}) 13. bxc3 Ba3+ 14.
Kb1 Nb6 15. Bf1 Qh5 16. Be2 Qg6 (16... Qh3 17. Nf3 dxc4 $5 (17... Qf5 18. Qxf5
exf5 19. cxd5 $16) (17... Nxc4 18. Ng5 Qh6 19. h4 Be7 20. Ka1 Na3 (20... b5 21.
Bd3 {A.Mikhalchishin}) 21. Qc1 Bd7 22. h5 Nc2+ 23. Kb1 Na3+ 24. Kb2 Bb5 25.
Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Ka1 g6 27. hxg6 Qxg6 28. Nxh7 $16 {1-0 Ganguly,S (2634)-Meier,G 
(2664)/Paks 2009/CBM 133 (38)}) 18. Nh4 Nd5 19. Rd4 $1 Be7 $1 20. Bg5 $1 Bxg5
21. Bg4 Qxg4 22. Rxg4 Be7 23. Rxc4 b5 24. Rd4 Bb7 $44 {1-0 Zhao Xue (2474)
-Chiburdanidze,M (2502)/Antakya 2010/CBM 140/[Mikhalchishin,A] (40)}) 17. Bd3 (
17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Nb5 Bc5 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. cxd5 exd5 $132 {0-1 Savina,A (2383)
-Kovanova,B (2376)/Olginka 2011/CBM 141 Extra (38)}) 17... Qh5 18. Be2 (18. g4
$5 Qxg4 19. Qd2 $44 {[%cal Yh1g1,Gg1g7,Yd1g1]}) 18... Qg6 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Be2 {
1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)-Bacrot,E (2728)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 130/[Krasenkow]})
12. O-O (12. Be2 Qg6 13. a3 Bc5 14. Rd1 f6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe6 Bxf2+ $1 17.
Kd2 Re8 18. Nc7 fxe5 19. Nxa8 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc5 $36 {1-0 Parligras,M (2626)
-Naiditsch,A (2716)/Sarajevo BIH 2011/The Week in Chess 861 (46)}) (12. h4 f6
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 fxe5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. cxb4 Nf6 18. Qc5 Bg4
19. Be2 exd4 20. Qxh5 Bxh5 21. Be5 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Rfe8 $11 {1/2 Sethuraman,S 
(2547)-Venkatesh,M (2434)/New Delhi 2010/CBM 139 Extra (26)}) (12. Bxe4 dxe4
13. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nc5 15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. f3 $6 (17. O-O Rac8 $44
) 17... Ba4 18. Ra1 Rac8 19. O-O Qd3 $15 {1/2 Krush,I (2452)-Friedel,J (2498)/
Berkeley 2008/CBM 127 Extra (37)}) 12... g5 $1 13. cxd5 Bxc3 (13... gxf4 14.
Bxe4 Nxe5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. f3 (16. h4 $5) 16... Nc4 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. Rf2 Ba5
19. Nce2 Nd2 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qd3+ Kh8 22. Qg6 Bd7 $11 {1/2 Ivanisevic,I 
(2614)-Almasi,Z (2685)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 (40)}) 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Bxe4 dxe4
16. e6 gxf4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Nf6 17. Bd6 Re8 18. exf7+ Qxf7 19. f4 exf3
20. Nxf3 $14 {[%csl Rg8] 1/2 Medvegy,Z (2527)-Manik,M (2397)/Banska Stiavnica
SVK 2011/The Week in Chess 870 (29)}) 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6
$11 {Both kings are now equally unsafe.} 20. Nf5 Rae8 21. Ne7+ Kg7 22. Qd4+ f6
23. Rae1 (23. Qxd7 Qc5+) 23... Bh3 24. Rf4 Rd8 25. Rh4 Qf3 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27.
Rexe4 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Be6 31. c4 Re8 32. Nd5 Rc8 33. Nf4
Bxc4 34. Rd7+ Bf7 35. Rxa7 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxc3 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3
Be7 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qg3 Re8 17. Rd3 Bd7 18. Re3 Bf8 19. Qh4 Rac8
20. Rg3 Qxa2 21. Bh6 $40 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2755)-Leko,P (2755)/Moscow 2007/
EXT 2008 (36)}) 13. bxc3 b6 {Or else:} (13... Qh4 14. Qe3 b6 {1/2 Rezan,S 
(2423)-Zelcic,R (2539)/Zadar 2010/CBM 139 Extra (63)} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. c4 $16)
(13... Nc5 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19.
c4 d4 20. Qd3 Be6 21. Bc1 a5 22. f4 $14 {1/2 Gharamian,T (2560)-Spoelman,W 
(2448)/Tilburg 2008/CBM 126 Extra (31)}) (13... Qa5 14. Rfc1 (14. cxd5 $142
exd5 15. Rfc1) 14... Qa6 15. Nb5 dxc4 (15... Bd7 $1 16. Nc7 $140 $2 Qb6) 16.
Qxc4 Bd7 17. a4 Qc6 18. Qe2 a6 19. Nd4 Qd5 20. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Krush,I (2458)
-Rubenchik,R (2299)/Philadelphia 2009/CBM 133 Extra (38)}) (13... Bd7 14. cxd5
exd5 15. c4 Qa5 16. Nb3 dxc4 17. Qxd7 cxb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. Be3 Qxb3 20. Rab1
Qc4 21. Rxb7 Nc3 22. h3 Rad8 $11 {1/2 Shishkin,V (2513)-Warakomski,T (2499)/
Baia Sprie 2010/CBM 136 Extra (38)}) 14. cxd5 (14. Nc6 Qd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
Nb4 Bb7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11 {1-0 Eljanov,P 
(2716)-Karjakin,S (2727)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126 Extra (64)}) 14... Qxd5 (14...
exd5 {is quite good and perhaps better than the text move as Black,
controlling the c8-h3 diagonal, can easily parry any kingside attack:} 15. Rfd1
(15. Rfe1 Qd7 $1 16. Re3 Qa4 17. Qd1 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nc5 19. Nb5 Be6 20. Bg5
Rfc8 21. Be7 a6 22. Bxc5 axb5 23. Bxb6 {1/2 Saric,S (2452)-Bellia,F (2399)/
Milan 2010/CBM 139 Extra}) (15. Rad1 Qd7 $1) 15... Qd7 (15... Bg4 16. f3 Nc5
17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qc8 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rb5 $14 {1/2 Shishkin,V
(2516)-Itkis,B (2430)/Kiev 2010/CBM 136 Extra (30)}) (15... Re8 16. Rac1 Qd7
17. Qb1 Qg4 18. Be3 Nc5 19. f3 Qh5 20. Bf4 Bd7 $11 {1/2 Bhat,V (2547)-Kaidanov,
G (2577)/Saint Louis 2010/CBM 137 (65)}) 16. Ne2 $6 (16. a4 $5) 16... Rd8 17.
f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Ba6 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. Rd4 Re8 21. Nh5 f6 $132 {1/2 Hernandez
Carmenates,H (2570)-Guerra Mendez,J (2450)/Balaguer ESP 2011/The Week in Chess
872 (34)}) (14... Nc5 $143 15. Qg3 Ne4 16. Qe3 exd5 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Nf5 Qe8 $2
19. f3 Nc5 20. Nxg7 Qd7 21. Bg5 f5 22. Bf6 Qf7 {1-0 Krush,I (2452)-Socko,M 
(2434)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126 Extra}) 15. Rfd1 (15. c4 $6 Nc5 16. Qg3 {1/2 Saric,
S (2330)-Pikula,D (2512)/Mataruska Banja 2007/CBM 118 ext (30)} Qxd4 17. Bh6 g6
18. Qf3 Qh4 $1) (15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. f3 Nc5 17. Qe3 Qc4 18. Rad1 Rac8 $132 {
1-0 Karpov,A (2651)-Mamedyarov,S (2742)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126 Extra (29)}) (15.
Rad1 Bb7 (15... Nc5 16. Qg3 Qe4 17. Rfe1 Qg6 18. Qh3 f5 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nd6 $14
{1/2 Vavrak,P (2487)-Jenni,F (2516)/Rogaska Slatina 2009/CBM 130 Extra (54)})
16. c4 Qa5 (16... Qd7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rd2 f6 20. Rfd1 $14 {1/2
Bromberger,S (2504)-Rohit,G (2457)/Budapest 2008/CBM 127 Extra (47)}) 17. Nb5
Nc5 18. Qg3 Be4 19. Be3 Qxa2 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Nd6 Bg6 22. Qe3 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qb6
24. Ra3 a5 $132 {1/2 Neubauer,M (2452)-Lenic,L (2598)/Rijeka 2009/CBM 133
Extra (30)}) 15... Bb7 (15... Nc5 16. Qg3 Qe4 17. Nb3 (17. Nb5 Bb7 18. Nd6 Qg6
19. f3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bc6 21. c4 h6 22. g4 Nb7 23. Rd2 Nxd6 24. exd6 f6 25. a4
e5 26. Be3 {1-0 Krush,I (2455)-Kosintseva,N (2533)/Moscow 2010/CBM 138 Extra 
(42)} Kf7 $11) (17. f3 Qg6 18. Nb5 Ba6 (18... Bb7) 19. Nd6 Nd3 {0-1 Krush,I 
(2455)-Kosintseva,T (2515)/Moscow 2010/CBM 138 Extra (47)} 20. c4 $14 {[%csl
Ra6]}) 17... Ba6 (17... Bb7 18. f3 Qf5 19. Bh6 Qg6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Nxc5 bxc5
22. Be3 Rfc8 23. Rab1 Bd5 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. Rb5 $14 {1/2 Ushenina,A (2448)
-Kosintseva,N (2493)/Ohrid 2009/CBM 132 Extra (54)}) 18. Rd4 Qg6 19. Nxc5 bxc5
20. Ra4 Bd3 21. Be3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rfc8 23. Ra5 $14 {1-0 Cmilyte,V (2504)
-Kosintseva,N (2567)/Tbilisi GEO 2011/The Week in Chess 862 (73)}) (15... Rd8
$5 16. c4 Qb7 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. f3 Nc5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 a6 21. bxa6 Qxa6 22.
Rd6 Rdc8 $11 {1/2 Inarkiev,E (2676)-Gashimov,V (2730)/Poikovsky 2009/CBM 131 
(26)}) 16. c4 Qa5 (16... Qd7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Rd6 Qc8 {
1/2 Brunner,N (2450)-Van Wely,L (2675)/Mulhouse FRA 2011/The Week in Chess 865
(38)} 21. Be3 $14) (16... Qd8 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qh4 (18... Qb8 19. Nb5 Bc6 20.
Nd6 Nb7 21. Bg5 Nxd6 22. exd6 Bd7 23. Be7 $14 {1/2 Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2503)
-Panchanathan,M (2556)/Badalona ESP 2011/The Week in Chess 875 (33)}) 19. Nb5
h6 (19... f5 $2 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. Rd4 Bc6 23. Be5 Qf8 24. Bxg7 {
1-0 Fridman,D (2637)-Wells,P (2526)/Liverpool 2008/CBM 126 Extra}) 20. Nd6 Bc6
21. Rd4 Qh5 22. Bg3 Qg5 23. Qe2 $14 f5 $2 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rg4 Qh5 26. Qe5 $18
{1-0 Zontakh,A (2532)-Lomako,P (2431)/Lipetsk 2010/CBM 137 Extra (39)}) 17. f3
(17. Nb5 $143 Bc6 18. a4 Qb4 19. Be3 (19. Nd6 Rad8 20. f3 Nxd6 21. exd6 {
1/2 Javakhishvili,L (2473)-Kosintseva,T (2513)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (54)} Rfe8
$11 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 19... Rfc8 20. Rdb1 Qe7 21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. exd6 Qb7 23. f3 e5
24. Qd2 e4 25. f4 Qa6 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2687)-Efimenko,
Z (2688)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129}) 17... Nc5 18. Qe3 {Suddenly it turns out
that Black's king is poorly protected!} Qa4 (18... Rfc8 19. Nb5 Bc6 20. Nd6 Rc7
21. h4 Nd7 22. Kh2 Qc5 23. Qe1 h5 $2 24. Qg3 Nf8 25. Qg5 Ng6 26. Bg3 $16 {
[%csl Rh5] 1-0 Krush,I (2473)-Van der Wiel,J (2490)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122 
(36)}) 19. Bg5 (19. Nb5 $5 {may be simpler:} Qxc4 20. Nd6 Qc2 (20... Qa4 21.
Rd4 Qd7 22. Ne4 Qe8 $2 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Bh6 Kh8 25. Bg7+ {1-0 Abbasov,F (2565)
-Ibrahimov,R (2568)/Baku 2009/CBM 128 Extra}) 21. Rac1 (21. Bg5 $5 $44) 21...
Qxa2 22. Bh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Nd7 (23... Qa4 $1 {, and White must apparently give
a perpetual}) 24. Nxb7 Nxe5 25. Nd6 Rfd8 26. Rd4 Qa3 27. Rcd1 $16 {1/2 Grachev,
B (2652)-Korotylev,A (2597)/St Petersburg 2009/EXT 2010 (35)}) 19... Qxc4 20.
Ne2 Ba6 $6 {A dangerous loss of time.} (20... Rfc8 21. Rd4 (21. Nf4 Na4) 21...
Qc2 22. Rad1 $44 (22. Nf4 Na4 $1)) 21. Nf4 {[%mdl 128]} ({After} 21. Bf6 h6 {
Black somehow holds his ground:} 22. Nf4 Rfc8 23. Rd4 Qc2 24. Nh5 Qb2 $1 25.
Re1 (25. Rad1 Qe2 $1 26. Qxe2 Bxe2 27. R1d2 Bxf3 $1 28. gxf3 gxf6 29. Nxf6+ Kf8
) 25... Nd3 26. Bxg7 Nxe1 27. Nf6+ Kxg7 28. Nh5+ Kh7 29. Nf6+ $11) 21... Rac8
$2 (21... Rfc8 $142 $1 $13 {as} 22. Rd4 Qc2 23. Nh5 Qe2 {is now OK for Black.})
22. Rd4 Qc2 23. Nh5 Qe2 $2 {This leads to a material loss. Black could have
escaped by subtle tactical means:} (23... Qb2 24. Rad1 Qe2 25. Qxe2 Bxe2 26.
R1d2 Bd3 $1 27. Be7 (27. R2xd3 $6 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 h6 29. Be7 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rfc8)
27... Rfe8 28. Bxc5 Bg6 $1 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11) 24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. Be7 {The poor
rook is trapped!} f5 {Desperation.} (25... Rfe8 $2 26. Nf6+ $1) 26. exf6 Rf7
27. Nxg7 {The conclusion: 14...Qxd5 is quite risky, and 14...exd5 should be
probably preferred.} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
e3 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qb3 {For this old line - see Kramnik - Karpov
in CBM 59.} (11. Qc2 {is a more "traditional" continuation.}) 11... f5 (11...
a5 $5 {is the alternative plan; however, the opening of the a-file rather
helps White:} 12. Be2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Ndf6 (14... Ng5 15. d5 $1
Nxf3+ (15... exd5 16. cxd5 Qa8 17. Qc3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 f6 19. O-O c5 20. dxc6
Bxc6 21. e4 $16 {1-0 Wedberg,T-Akesson,R/Gausdal Int (06)/1982 (35)}) 16. Bxf3
e5 17. e4 Qe7 18. O-O Bc8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Ra1 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Nf6 23.
Bc1 Ne8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Ra8 $16 {1-0 Mohr,S-Barbero,G/Budapest Compack/1988 (41)
}) (14... b5 15. cxb5 Ng5 16. Qc3 $1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 f5 18. d5 e5 19. f4 $1 Bxd5
20. Rg1 Rf7 21. Bb2 $14 {1/2 Nogueiras,J-Georgiev,Ki/Leningrad/1987 (50)}) 15.
O-O Qd7 16. b5 (16. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Yf3e1,Rf3e5] V.Kramnik}) 16... Ra8 17. Bb2
Qd8 (17... c6 18. bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rc1 $1 Nd7 20. Ne1 Qa4 21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22. f3
Nef6 23. Bd1 $1 Ra2 24. Nd3 Kf8 25. Bb3 Ra8 26. e4 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2740)
-Karpov,A (2760)/Dos Hermanas 1997/CBM 059/[Kramnik] (35)}) (17... Qe8 $5 {
V.Kramnik}) 18. Qc2 Ra2 19. Ne1 Nd7 20. f3 $14 Qg5 $6 21. fxe4 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2
Bxe4 23. Qc3 $16 {1/2 Chekhov,V-Garcia Gonzales,G/Potsdam (10)/1985 (30)}) 12.
Be2 (12. d5 e5 13. Be2 g5 14. Rd1 g4 15. Nd2 Qh4 16. g3 Qg5 17. h3 Ndf6 18. Qc2
Bc8 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. h4 Qg7 $13 {0-1 Seres,L (2483)-Kallio,H (2502)/Budapest
2002/CBM 088 ext (40)}) 12... Rf6 (12... Qe8 $5 13. O-O Rf6 14. d5 e5 15. Rad1
(15. Qc2 $142 Rh6 16. Nd2) 15... Qh5 16. Qc2 Rh6 17. h3 Qg6 18. Kh1 Ndf6 19.
Bd3 Rf8 20. Nh2 Kh8 $36 {0-1 Benderac,A (2334)-Savic,M (2542)/Sarajevo 2008/
CBM 124 Extra (23)}) (12... Qe7 13. O-O Rae8 14. d5 $5 {V.Kramnik}) 13. d5 Rg6
$6 (13... e5 $142 {but White keeps a small plus after} 14. Qc2 {[%cal Yf3d2]})
14. dxe6 Nf8 (14... Rxe6 15. Nd4 Re5 (15... Rf6 16. c5+ d5 17. c6 $1 $18) 16.
f4 Qh4+ 17. g3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qxh1+ 19. Kd2 Qg2 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Rf1 $16) 15.
c5 $1 {[%mdl 96]} Nxe6 (15... d5 16. c6 $1 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Rxe6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19.
Rd1 Rd6 20. Be5 $16 Rd7 $140 21. Bb5) 16. cxd6 cxd6 {After this White gets a
superior pawn structure but} (16... Nxd6 {, creating a "hole" on e5, was
hardly better.}) 17. Nd4 d5 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Rd1 Qh4 (19... Qe8 $142) 20. g3
Qh6 $2 {After this move White gains material by means of a simple exchange
sacrifice.} (20... Qh3 {leads to the same}) (20... Qe7 $142 $16) 21. Rxd5 $1
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 {[%cal Rd5a8,Re2c4]} Rae8 23. Bb5 Nxf2 $5 (23... R8e7 24. Bd7)
24. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 Rc8 26. Rc1 {Simpler than} (26. Bc1 Rc2+ 27. Kh3) 26...
Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Qe4+ 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Kf2 $18 {[%mdl 4096] _|_ Two bishops are
much stronger here than a rook and a pawn. White's plan is now to weaken
Black's pawns on the queenside.} g6 30. Be3 Kf7 31. Bd3 Re7 32. a4 $1 Rc7 33.
a5 bxa5 34. bxa5 {[%csl Ra7]} Kf6 35. h4 Ke6 36. a6 {White must now bring his
bishop to b7 winning Black's a7 pawn.} Kd5 $6 {Black helps his opponent and
hastens his defeat.} 37. Be2 Ke4 38. Bf3+ Kd3 39. Bb7 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sieglen, Joachim"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Kveinys,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 h6 8. e3
Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bf5 e4 14. Nd2 Re8 15.
Bb2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qc2 a5 18. Nxe4 (18. b5 Nd3 $2 (18... Qc5 $1 19. a4 g6
20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxc4) 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 (20...
Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxd3 $16) 21. Qxd3 Rg4 22. f3) 18... axb4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6
20. f4 b3 21. Qe2 (21. Qxb3 Qc6 22. Rf2 Qxc4) 21... Qxf5 22. fxe5 Qe6 23. Rd4
Ra4 24. Rdf4 Ba6 25. Qh5 Rxc4 (25... Rf8 26. Rf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 Qxc4 28. Rg6+
fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qxh6+) 26. Rxf7 Rg4 27. R1f2 c5 28. h3 Rg5 29. Qf3 Bc4
30. Rf8+ Rxf8 31. Qxf8+ Kh7 32. Qf4 Qg6 $4 33. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Qb6 (12... Rb8 {Dautov
} 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. O-O Nh5 15. Rab1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. b3 Qc7 $10
{Sokolov,I-Kamsky/Madrid/1994}) (12... Ne5 {Dautov} 13. Bc2 Ba6 14. b3 Ng6 15.
Bxf6 (15. Bg3 $142 $1) 15... Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. O-O-O Kf8 {
+/=/= Lautier-Karpov/Dos Hermanas/1994}) 13. Rd1 Ba6 $5 $146 (13... Rb8 {Dautov
} 14. Rd2 Ba6 15. Bg3 $5 e5 16. O-O $14 {><d6}) 14. O-O Rfc8 (14... Rab8 {
Dautov} 15. Rd2 (15. Bg3 $5 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxb2 18. Qxc5 $16) 15...
Ne5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nc1 $1 {/\Be2} Nxd3 18. Nxd3 Qb3 19. Qxf6 Bxc4 20. Nf4
$16) 15. Rd2 d5 16. Rfd1 Rab8 (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Bxc4 Ne4 18. Qc2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2
$16) (16... dxc4 $2 17. Bb1 Qb7 (17... Rc7 $2 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rd8+ $18) 18.
Qc2 {/\ Rd7!} Nf8 (18... g5 19. Bg3 $16) (18... g6 19. Nf4 $16) 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. Ng3 $16) 17. Qc2 (17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qc2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c4 20. Qc2 Qb3 $1 21.
Qxb3 (21. e4 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 N5b6 $10 {/\ Nc5}) 21... cxb3 (21... Rxb3 $6 22. e4
N5f6 (22... N5b6 23. Nd4 Rd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. f3 $14) 23. f3 $14) 22. Nd4 $10
(22. e4 N5b6 23. Rxd7 $2 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Rc2 $17)) (17. Nc1 $6 {Dautov} d4 $1)
17... Rb7 (17... d4 $2 {Dautov} 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 $16) (17... Qb3 {Dautov}
18. Qxb3 Rxb3 19. Nc1 $1 Rb6 20. cxd5 exd5 (20... Bxd3 21. dxe6 $16) 21. Bf5
Rc7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxb2 26. Rxc5 $16) 18.
Nc1 $5 (18. cxd5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c4 20. Qc2 Nxd5 21. e4 N5f6 $14) 18... d4 (18...
Rbc7 $14 {/\ d4}) (18... Rbb8 {Dautov} 19. cxd5 Bxd3 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxa6 Qxa6
21. e4 $18) (19... exd5 20. Bf5 $16) 20. Nxd3 exd5 21. Bg3 Ra8 22. Nf4 d4 23.
exd4 cxd4 24. Qd3 $16) 19. exd4 cxd4 20. b4 (20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. b4 e5 22. c5
Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe6 24. f4 Ng4 $1 $132) 20... Bxc4 $1 $8 (20... e5 21. c5 (21.
Qa2 $1 {Dautov /\b5} Rbc7 (21... e4 22. c5 Qc6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. Rxd4 $18) 22.
c5 Qc6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. Re2 $14) 21... Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qe6 (22... Qc6 23. Nb3
Qa4 24. Na5 Nxc5 25. Qf5 Rbc7 26. Qxe5 Nce4 27. Rxd4 Rc1 $17) 23. f4 $16) 21.
Bxf6 $1 (21. Bxc4 Rbc7 22. Rxd4 e5 (22... Ne5 $4 23. Rd8+ Ne8 24. Qa4 $18) 23.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+ Kf8 25. Rd6 Qxd6 $1 26. Rxd6 Rxc1+ 27. Rd1 R8c3 $1 28. Qa4
Rxa3 $1 (28... Nb6 $19 {Dautov}) 29. Qxd7 $8 Nxd7 30. Rxc1 $10) 21... gxf6 $8 (
21... Nxf6 $4 22. Bxc4 Rbc7 23. Rxd4 e5 24. Rd8+ $18) 22. Bxc4 Ne5 23. Rxd4
Rbc7 24. Qe4 $1 (24. Qd2 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxh6 Qxf2+ $1 27. Kxf2 Ng4+ $10
) 24... Rxc4 25. Ne2 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 $14 {>< >>} Qb5 (26... Qa6 27. Qe3 $14 {/\}
Rc2 $2 28. Qxh6 $1 $18) (26... Rd8 $5 $14) (26... Qc6 {Dautov} 27. Qe3 Kg7 28.
h3 $16) 27. h3 Ng6 28. Qe3 Kg7 29. Ng3 a6 $6 $138 (29... a5 30. Qf3 f5 $14) 30.
Rd6 Rc4 $6 31. Qf3 $2 $138 (31. Rb6 $16 {>< a6, h5}) (31. Rb6 $6 {Dautov} Qd5
32. Rxa6 Nf4 33. f3 Qg5 34. Kh2 $2 Rc2 $19) 31... Nf4 $1 (31... f5 $6 {Dautov}
32. Nh5+ Kh7 33. Rd7 Rc1+ (33... Ne5 34. Qg3 Rg4 35. Rxf7+ Nxf7 36. hxg4 $18)
34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Nh8 $8 (35... Kg8 36. Qa8+ Nf8 37. Rd8 $18) (35... Rc7 36.
Nf6+ $18) 36. Qb7 Rc2 (36... Kg6 37. Nf4+ Kg7 38. Nd3 $18) 37. Rxf7+ Nxf7 38.
Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Nf6+ Kg6 41. Qg8+ Kxf6 42. Qh8+ $18) 32. Qg4+ Kh7
33. Rd8 Ng6 $6 (33... Qg5 $1 34. Qxg5 (34. Ra8 $4 Nxh3+ $1 35. Qxh3 Rh4 $19)
34... fxg5 35. Ra8 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 $10) 34. Qf3 Qe5 35. Kh2 Rc3 $2 (35... f5
$132) (35... Rc2 $16 {Dautov}) 36. Qb7 $1 Kg7 (36... Qc7 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Nh5
$1 Rc3 (38... f5 $2 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Ne8+ $18) 39. Nxf6+ Kg7 40. Nh5+ Kh7 41.
a4 $16) 37. Rd7 Nh8 38. Qxa6 h5 39. h4 Rc2 (39... Qf4 40. Qxe6 Qxh4+ 41. Qh3
$16) 40. Qa7 Qf4 41. Qd4 $16 Ng6 42. Qxf4 Nxf4 43. Ne4 Re2 (43... f5 {Dautov}
44. Ng5) 44. Nd6 Kg6 45. Rxf7 Nd5 (45... Rxf2 $2 46. Rxf6+ $1 $18) 46. Rf8 $1 (
46. b5 Rxf2 47. a4 $2 Ra2 48. Ra7 Ne3 $1 {/\} 49. b6 $4 Ng4+ 50. Kg3 (50. Kh3
Ra3+ 51. g3 Ra2 $19) 50... Ra3+ 51. Kf4 Re3 $19 {/\ e5#}) 46... Rxf2 47. b5 Rf4
(47... Ra2 48. Rg8+ $1 Kh7 49. Rg3 $16) 48. Kh3 $1 Rd4 {/\ Nf4, /\ Rd3} (48...
Ra4 {Dautov} 49. Rg8+ Kh7 50. Rg3 $18) 49. g3 $8 f5 (49... Ra4 {Dautov} 50. Rb8
Rxa3 51. b6 Nxb6 52. Rxb6 $18) (49... Ne3 {Dautov} 50. b6 Rd1 51. g4 hxg4+ 52.
Kg3 Rxd6 53. b7 $18) 50. Rc8 $1 {/\ Nc4, b6} f4 $138 (50... Ne7 51. Rc7 $18) (
50... Ne3 $5 {Dautov} 51. Rc3 (51. b6 $2 Rd1 52. Kh2 Ng4+ 53. Kg2 Rd2+ 54. Kf1
Nh2+ 55. Ke1 Nf3+ $10) 51... Nd1 52. Rc6 Ne3 53. Nc8 Kf6 54. Rc3 Nd1 55. Rc2
Ne3 56. Re2 Rd3 57. b6 $18) 51. Nc4 $18 Kf5 52. b6 Nxb6 53. Nxb6 Rd3 54. Rf8+
1-0

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. Nh3 $5 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 c5 11. Be2 $5 (11. d5 {Ftacnik} exd5 12.
cxd5 h6 13. Bf4) 11... h6 12. Be3 Rc8 (12... d5 $5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne8 15.
O-O Nc7 16. dxc5 (16. f4 $6 Ne6 17. f5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Qe3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4
Nxe5 21. f6 (21. Qxe5 Re8 22. Qg3 Rxe2 23. f6 Qf8 $17) 21... gxf6 22. Nf4 Rc2
23. Rae1 Qd6 $1 24. Nh5 Qc5 $17) 16... Ne6 17. cxb6 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nxe5 19. f4 $1
(19. bxa7 d4 20. Bf4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Qb6 22. Bd3 g5 23. Ne2 Rc3 $1 $44) 19... Nc4
20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. f5 (21. bxa7 $2 d4 22. Bf2 Qd5 {/\ Rfc8 -/+}) 21... Rg4 $1 (
21... Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. bxa7 d4 24. Rad1 $16) 22. fxe6 (22. Qe2 $2 Qh4 23.
fxe6 Qxh3 24. exf7+ Kh8 {/\ d4 ->}) (22. Nf2 $2 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 d4+ {/\ Qd5 -+})
22... d4 23. exf7+ (23. Nf4 $2 fxe6 24. Qxd4 Qg5 $17) 23... Rxf7 (23... Kh7 $2
24. Nf4 dxe3 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. g3 $16 {/\ Ne6}) 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 (24... Rxg2+ $2
25. Qxg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Kxf7 27. Rf1+ Kg8 28. Bd2 $16) 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Nf4 g5
27. Qe2 Qc8 $1 28. Ng6 $1 (28. Bxd4 $6 gxf4 29. Rf2 f3 $15) 28... Qe6 $1 29.
Ne7+ (29. Rf8+ Kh7 $19) 29... Kh7 30. Rf7+ $8 Qxf7 31. Qxg4 dxe3 32. Qf5+ Qxf5
33. Nxf5 e2 34. Kf2 axb6 35. g3 $14) 13. O-O Ba6 {/\ d5} (13... d5 $6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. e5 Ne8 16. f4 Nc7 17. f5 Re8 18. Bf4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qe7 20. Rae1 Nxe5 (
20... Qc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Bh5 $16) 21. Bh5 Nb5 22. Qe3 Qh4 23. Bxe5 Qxh5 24.
Qg3 $16) 14. Rfe1 $1 Re8 (14... d5 $2 15. cxd5 Bxe2 16. dxe6 $16 (16. dxe6 $1 {
Ftacnik} Ba6 17. exd7 $16)) (14... cxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qxd6 Bxc4 17. Rad1 $14)
15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Rad1 Qb8 $2 (16... cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qxd6 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4
20. Nf2 $14) 17. Nf2 cxd4 (17... b5 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Qa5 $1) 18. Qxd4 Ne5 19.
b3 Red8 20. Qb2 $1 $16 {/\ Bd4} Rd7 $2 (20... b5 $2 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxa7 Qxa7
23. Bxb5 $16) (20... Ne8) 21. Bd4 b5 22. c5 $1 Rxc5 23. f4 $1 (23. Bxc5 {
Ftacnik} dxc5 $16) 23... Ng6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ng4 $18 Rdc7 (25... Rd8 {Ftacnik
} 26. Qxf6 Rh5 27. f5 $1 $18) 26. Nxf6+ Kf8 27. Rxd6 Qc8 28. Red1 Ke7 29. Qd4
e5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. b4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. O-O a5 14. Nd2 Ra6
15. Rad1 Qa8 16. f3 Rb6 17. Nb1 $5 {/\ Qc2, Nc3} d5 18. Bf2 (18. Qc2 $6 d4 $1
$15) (18. cxd5 $1 exd5 (18... Nxd5 $6 19. Qc1 $16 {/\ e4}) 19. Bf5 $14) 18...
a4 19. cxd5 (19. Qc2 $6 Ne5 $15 {/\ Ba6}) 19... exd5 20. Bf5 Rb3 21. Qc1 Ba6
22. Rfe1 Qb7 $5 (22... Rfb8 23. Bg3 R8b7 (23... R8b6 24. Nc3 Bc4 25. Bc2 Rxb2
26. Nxa4 $16) 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 (24... Rxd7 $2 25. Qxc5 Rxb2 26. Be5 Rb5 27. Qd4
$16) 25. Nc3 (25. Rxd5 Rxb2 26. Rxd7 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Rxd7 $10) 25... Rxb2 (25...
Bc4 $2 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxb2 28. Rxd7 $18) (25... Nb6 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27.
Rxd5 Rxb2 28. Rxc5 $14) 26. Nxa4 (26. Nxd5 $14) 26... Rb1 $1 $13) 23. Nc3 $1
Rxb2 24. Nxa4 Rb5 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Nc3 Rb3 27. Nxd5 c4 $1 {/\ Nc5-d3} 28. e4
Ne5 29. Bc5 Re8 30. Nb4 (30. Qf4 $6 Nd3 31. Qg3 Re6 $1 (31... Nxc5 $2 32. Nf6+
Kf8 33. Qd6+ Qe7 34. Nxe8 Kxe8 35. Qc6+ Kf8 36. Qa8+ Qe8 37. Rd8 $18) 32. Bd4
Rg6 33. Qh4 Nxe1 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nxg6 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 fxg6 $15) 30... Nd3 31.
Nxd3 cxd3 $10 32. Qe3 Rc8 {/\ d2} 33. Rd2 Rb2 34. Red1 Qb3 (34... Rxd2 $1 35.
Rxd2 Qb1+ 36. Kf2 Qc1 $1 37. Bb4 Qh1 38. Kg3 (38. h3 $2 Rc1 39. Kg3 Rc6 $1 40.
f4 Rg6+ 41. Kf3 Qh2 42. Qe1 (42. Qf2 f5 $1 43. exf5 Rxg2 44. Qxg2 Bb7+ $19)
42... Bb7 43. f5 Rg5 $17) 38... Rc6 39. f4 {/\ f5} Rg6+ 40. Kh3 Bc8+ 41. f5 Rg5
42. g4 $5 {/\ Kg3, h4} f6 43. Kg3 (43. Rxd3 $6 h5 $1 $40) 43... h5 44. h3 hxg4
45. hxg4 $13 {/\} Bb7 $6 46. e5 $1) 35. h3 Rc6 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. Bb4 Qb2 38. e5
Re6 $6 (38... Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Rc2 $10) 39. f4 $14 f6 $2 {Zeitnot} (39... Re8 $14)
40. Qe4 $1 $16 fxe5 $2 {Zeitnot} (40... Qb3 $2 41. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 42. Rxd3 Qa4
43. Rd8+ $18) (40... Re8 41. Qd5+ Kh7 42. Qd7 $16) 41. Qd5 $18 Bc4 (41... Kf7
42. f5 $18) 42. Qxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxb2 e4 44. Rbd2 Rf6 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Kf2 g5 47.
f5 Rxf5+ 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Rf2 Rxf2 50. Kxf2 Rc2+ 51. Rd2 Rc1 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. Rf2
Rg1 54. Bd2 Ke5 55. a4 h5 56. a5 g4 57. hxg4 hxg4 58. a6 g3 59. Bc3+ Kd5 60.
Ra2 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. f3 a5 11. Nh3 h6 (11... a4 12. O-O-O Re8 $2 13.
Nf4 $1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nh5 $18) (11... d6 {Dautov} 12. Be2
Nbd7 13. O-O a4 14. Rad1 Ra6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rd2 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. Nf2 Rb3
$13 {Benjamin-Tiviakov/Groningen/1993}) 12. Bh4 a4 $5 $146 {/\ Qa5} (12... d6 {
Dautov} 13. O-O-O Ra6 14. Be2 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nf4 f5 17. Be2
Nd7 18. Rd2 Ne5 19. Rhd1 Rd8 $10 {Polgar,Zsu-Polugaevsky/Monaco rapid/1993})
14... Nbd7 15. g4 Qa8 16. e4 e5 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rb8 19. Rhg1 Ne8 20. Nf2
Rb6 21. Rd2 Bc6 22. Bd1 Nf8 $13 {Xu Jun-Hjartarson/Biel izt/1993}) 13. O-O-O (
13. Nf2 Qa5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. O-O-O Rd8 $10) 13... Re8 $1 (13...
d5 $2 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nf4 Rd8 17. Nh5 (17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bc4 (
18. Nh5 Rd6 $1) 18... d4 19. exd4 cxd4 $14) 17... f5 (17... Nd7 18. cxd5 Bxd5
19. Bb5 $16) 18. cxd5 exd5 (18... Bxd5 $2 19. e4 $18) 19. Bd3 $16) (13... Ra6
14. Nf2 d6 (14... Nd5 $2 15. cxd5 Qxh4 16. Bxa6 $18) 15. Ng4 Nbd7 16. Be2 $14 {
/\ Rd2, Rhd1}) (13... d6 $2 {Dautov} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Nh5 Nd7 17.
Qe1 Kh8 18. Qg3 Rg8 19. Qxd6 $18) 14. Be2 (14. Nf2 Nd5 $1 15. cxd5 (15. Rxd5 $2
Qxh4 16. g3 Qe7 $17) 15... Qxh4 $10) (14. Qc2 e5 15. Qf5 Ra6 (15... Qe7 $2 16.
Bd3 Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 (17... Qxf5 18. Bxf5 gxf6 19. Bxd7 $16) 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19.
Nf2 $16) 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 $10) 14... e5 (14... Ne4 $6 {Dautov} 15. Qe1
g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. Qxg3 $16 {/\Nf4}) 15. Nf2 (15. Rd6 Ne4 $1 16. Qe1 Qc7 17.
Rd1 Nd6 $1 {/\ Nc6-a5, >< c4} 18. Qd2 Re6 $13) (15. Rd2 Ne4 $1 16. Bxd8 Nxc3
$10) 15... Qb6 (15... Nd5 $2 16. Rxd5 Qxh4 17. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 18. Qxe5 Nc6 (18...
Qxf2 $4 19. Qe8+ Kh7 20. Bd3+ g6 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Bxg6 Qxe3+ 23. Kb1 $18) 19.
Qg3 Qe7 20. Ng4 Kh8 21. Qc7 (21. Qf4 Re8 $132 {/\ h5}) 21... Ra7 (21... Rb8 22.
Rd1 $1 h5 23. Rxd7 Qe8 (23... Qg5 24. f4 $18) (23... Qe6 24. Bd3 $1 g6 (24...
hxg4 25. Qxb8+ Nxb8 26. Rd8+ $18) 25. Rxf7 $18) 24. Rxf7 hxg4 25. Rxg7 Qxe3+ (
25... Qf8 26. Rh7+ Kg8 27. Bd3 {/\ Rh8+-} Qf6 28. Be4 $18) 26. Kb1 Qh6 27. Rd7
$18 {/\ Bd3, /\ Rd6}) 22. Qf4 $1 $16 (22. Rd1 $2 h5 23. Rxd7 Qe8 24. Ne5 (24.
Rxf7 $2 Ba8 $1 $19) 24... Qxe5 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bd3+ f5 $17) (22. e4 Ba6 23.
Qf4 Rb7 (23... Nd4 $2 24. Qb8+ $18) 24. Ne3 Nd4 $132)) 16. Nd3 (16. Rd2 d5 $1
17. Bxf6 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 (18... exd4 $5 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qc2 Nc6 $44) 19. Qb4
Qxb4 20. axb4 gxf6 $13) (16. Qc2 Qe6 $1 (16... g5 $2 17. Bg3 d5 18. h4 g4 19.
cxd5 $16) 17. Rd2 (17. Bd3 $2 e4 $1 $15) 17... d6 18. Rhd1 Ra6 $13) 16... g5 (
16... d6 $2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nf2 $16 {->>>}) (16... e4 $2 17. Nf2 $16) (16...
Nc6 $2 {Dautov} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nf2 $16) 17. Bg3 d6 18. h4 g4 (18... Nbd7 $2
19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nf2 {/\ Qd3-f5} (20. Rh6 Kg7 21. Rdh1 Rh8 $10) 20... d5 (
20... Kg7 $6 21. Qd3 Ra6 22. Qf5 $18) 21. Rh6 (21. cxd5 {Dautov} Nxd5 (21...
Bxd5 22. Ng4 Bb3 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Bxe5 $16) 22. Qc2 Nf8 23. Ng4 $16) 21...
Kg7 22. Ng4 $16) (18... Qb3 {Dautov} 19. Qxb3 axb3 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Kb1 Ra6
22. Nc1 Rb6 23. Rd3 e4 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Bxd6 exf3 26. gxf3 Ne4 27. Rd1 Nxd6
28. Rxd6 $16) 19. h5 (19. Nf2 $2 Nh5 20. Nxg4 Nxg3 21. Nf6+ Kf8 $19) (19. fxg4
$2 Ne4 20. Qe1 Nc6 {/\ Na5->}) 19... Nbd7 20. Nf2 (20. Rh4 Kh8 $1 (20... d5 $2
21. Nxe5 d4 22. Nxd7 $1 (22. exd4 $2 cxd4 23. Nxd7 dxc3 24. Nxb6 cxb2+ 25. Kb1
(25. Kd2 Rad8+ 26. Bd3 Rxd3+ 27. Kxd3 Rd8+ 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Kc2 Be4+ 30. fxe4
Rxd1 31. Kxb2 Rd2+ $17) 25... Ra6 26. c5 Rxe2 $15) 22... Nxd7 23. Rxg4+ Kh8 (
23... Kf8 24. exd4 Rxe2 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Bh4+ $18) 24. exd4 Rxe2
25. dxc5+ Qf6 26. Rxd7 Qxc3+ 27. bxc3 $18) 21. Nf2 gxf3 22. gxf3 Rg8 $36 {
>< Rh4}) (20. e4 $1 Nf8 {/\ Ne6-d4} (20... gxf3 $6 21. gxf3 Kh7 (21... Nf8 22.
Bh4 N6h7 23. Rdg1+ Kh8 24. Qd2 $16) 22. Bh4 Rg8 23. Bf1 $1 $16 {/\ Bh3-f5, Qd2}
Nxh5 $2 24. Qd2 $1 {/\ Be7} Rg6 25. Bh3 $18 {/\ Bf5}) (20... Kh7 $6 21. Bh4 Rg8
22. Nf2 gxf3 23. Qxf3 $1 $16) 21. Bh4 Nxh5 (21... N6h7 $6 22. Nf2 $1 gxf3 23.
Qxf3 Ne6 24. Ng4 $16) 22. fxg4 (22. Bf2 Ng7 23. Rxh6 Nge6 24. Rdh1 Ng6 $13)
22... Ng7 (22... Nf4 $2 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. Bf6 $18 {/\ Rh6}) 23. Bf6 Nh7 24.
Rxh6 Nxf6 25. Rxf6 Re6 (25... Bxe4 $2 26. Nxe5 $16) (25... Ne6 $2 26. Qd2 $1
Kf8 (26... Nd4 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Rh6 Nxe2+ 29. Kd2 $18) (26... Bxe4 27. Qh6 Bxd3
28. Rh1 $18) 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Rdf1 $16) 26. Rdf1 Rf8 $14) 20... d5 (20... gxf3
{Dautov} 21. gxf3 Kh8 22. Qd2 Re6 23. e4 Rg8 24. Rdg1 Kh7 25. Bf1 $16 {/\Bh3})
21. Rh4 (21. cxd5 $2 Nxd5 22. Qd2 c4 $1 $17 {/\ c3}) (21. Nxg4 $6 {Dautov} Nxg4
22. fxg4 d4 23. Qd2 Nf6 $44 24. exd4 Ne4 25. dxc5 $2 Qb3 $19) 21... d4 22. Qd2
gxf3 23. gxf3 Rab8 $2 $138 (23... Nh7 $1 24. Rg4+ (24. e4 $6 Ng5 (24... Kh8 25.
Ng4 Ng5 $13) 25. Ng4 (25. Nh3 f6 $15) 25... Kh7 $15 {>< Rh4}) (24. f4 $2 e4 $1)
(24. exd4 $2 cxd4 25. Ng4 Ng5 $132) (24. Ng4 Ng5 25. Rg1 Kh8 $13) 24... Kh8 25.
e4 (25. Bh4 $2 Ndf6 (25... Nhf6 {Dautov} 26. Rgg1 Nxh5 27. f4 $40) (25... Rg8
26. f4 $16) 26. Rg2 Nxh5 $17) 25... Qe6 $1 (25... Ndf6 $2 26. Qxh6 $18) (25...
Rg8 26. Bh4 $14) (25... Ng5 26. Bh4 f6 27. Rg3 Rg8 28. Rdg1 Kh7 29. Ng4 Qd8 (
29... Rg7 $2 30. Nxh6 $1 Kxh6 31. Bxg5+ fxg5 32. Rxg5 $18) (29... Qe6 $2 30.
Nxh6 Kxh6 31. Bxg5+ fxg5 32. Rxg5 Kh7 33. Rg6 $18) 30. Bd3 $14 {/\ f4}) (25...
Ra6 $5 {/\ Ndf6}) 26. Bh4 Ndf6 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rg3 Bc8 $5 (28... Qe6 29.
Rdg1 $13) 29. Nd3 Qd6 30. Rdg1 (30. Nxc5 $2 Qxc5 31. Qxh6 Qf8 $19) 30... Ra6 (
30... Ng5 $2 31. Rxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 $18) 31. f4 $5 exf4 32. Nxf4 Ng5 33. Bd3
Qe5 34. Nd5 $13) (23... Qa5 {Dautov} 24. Qc2 Rad8 (24... dxe3 25. Ng4 $40) 25.
Ng4 Kg7 26. Rg1 $16) 24. Rg1 Kf8 (24... Kh8 $2 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Qxh6+ Nh7 27.
Bxe5+ $1 $18) 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 27. Nd3 $16 Ba6 $6 (27... Rg8 $142
$132 {<->g}) 28. Qd2 (28. Nxe5 $2 {Dautov} d3) 28... Kd8 $6 (28... Bxc4 $2 29.
Nxe5 $1 $18 (29. Nxe5 {Dautov} d3 30. Re1 Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Rbc8 32. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 33.
Bc3+ $18)) (28... Rg8 29. h6 $16) 29. Rd1 $1 $18 {/\ Ne5} Nc5 (29... Bxc4 30.
Nxe5 $1 Bxe2 (30... Nxe5 31. Rxd4+ $18) 31. Rxd4 $1 (31. Nxf7+ {Dautov} Ke7 32.
Qxe2+ Kxf7 33. Qc4+ Qe6 34. Qxe6+ Kxe6 35. Bxb8 Rxb8 36. Rhxd4 $16) (31. Qxe2
Nxe5 32. Rhxd4+ Ned7 33. Qd2 Qc5+ 34. Kb1 Qf5+ 35. Ka1 $40) 31... Qc7+ (31...
Bxd1 32. Rxd7+ Kc8 33. Qc3+ $18) 32. Kb1 Bxd1 33. Nxf7+ $18) 30. Nxc5 Qxc5 31.
Qg5 Qb6 $138 (31... Qb6 32. Rd2 {/\ Be5} Qe6 33. Rhxd4+ exd4 34. Bxb8 $18 {
/\ Qa5}) (31... Bxc4 {Dautov} 32. Rhxd4+ Bd5+ 33. Rc4 $18) (31... Qe7 {Dautov}
32. Rhxd4+ exd4 33. Bxb8 Kc8 34. Bf4 Qxe2 35. Qxf6 Qxc4+ 36. Kb1 Kb7 37. Rc1
Qd3+ 38. Ka1 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 d6 11. O-O-O a5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Ra6 14. Nf4 Nd7
15. Nh5 Kh8 16. Be2 Rg8 17. g4 a4 18. Rd2 Rxg4 19. fxg4 Bxh1 20. g5 Be4 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. Rxd3 e5 23. gxf6 Qg8 24. Qd2 Nb6 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Qf3 Rb6 27. e4 $6 (
27. Ng3 Qg6 28. Rd2 $16) 27... Qg1+ 28. Rd1 Qxh2 29. Rd2 Qg1+ 30. Rd1 $2 (30.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kxd1 $15) 30... Qg5+ $19 31. Kc2 Rb3 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Kxd3 h6 34.
Qf5 Nb6 35. Qxg5 hxg5 36. Ng3 Kh7 37. Nf5 Kg6 38. Nxd6 g4 39. Nb7 $6 (39. Ke3
Kxf6 40. Kf2 $19) 39... Nxc4 $1 $19 40. Nxc5 Nxb2+ 41. Ke2 Kxf6 42. Kf2 Kg6 43.
Kg2 Kh5 44. Nd7 Nd3 45. Nb6 Nc5 46. Nc4 Nxe4 47. Nxe5 f5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Likavsky,T"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O {Is the Nimzo-Indian still half dead?
You could easily have such an opinion, because Black used to succeed well
during the last few years. White has tried many lines. 5.e4 is just one of
them ... and nothing is new - Black is ok!} 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 $1 {Take the the pawn now! But like Andrei (or Arnie): I'll
be back - in the centre!} ({The main move was a certain} 9... Nd7 {after which
White has had some victories, e.g.:} 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxc3
13. bxc3 b6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qa4 19.
Bg5 Qxc4 20. Ne2 Ba6 21. Nf4 Rac8 22. Rd4 Qc2 23. Nh5 Qe2 24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. Be7
f5 26. exf6 Rf7 27. Nxg7 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Ganguly,S (2627)/Ningbo 2011/
CBM 144}) 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Nf3 (11. Bd3 $4 dxc4 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4]}) (11. O-O Qh4
$1 12. Ncb5 Qxh7 13. Nc7 Nc6 14. Qxh7+ Kxh7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nxa8 Na6 $17 {
[%csl Ra8]}) (11. Be3 dxc4 12. O-O Qh4 (12... Nbd7 $5) 13. Ncb5 Qxh7 {also
looks at least ok for Black.}) 11... d4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (11... dxc4 $143 12.
O-O Nd3 13. Be4 Nc6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Qe2 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Qa5 17. Bb1 g6 18. h4
Kg7 19. h5 Rh8 20. hxg6 f6 21. exf6+ Bxf6 22. Ne4 Qh5 23. Ng3 Qh6 24. Qxc4 {
1-0 Li,C (2646)-Ni Hua (2646)/Xinghua Jiangsu 2011/CBM 142}) 12. Bg5 $1 {
[%cal Ga1d1,Ye1c1]} ({I had watched this other game of Andrei (I was playing a
few tables away from him), but never thought I would write about it...} 12. O-O
$2 d3 $1 {[%csl Gd3,Rh7][%cal Rc2h7]} 13. Qd1 d2 $1 {[%csl Gd2,Rh7][%cal Rc1g5,
Rf3g5,Gd8g5] 0-1 Baramidze,D (2607)-Volokitin,A (2695)/Austria 2012/CB16_2012 
(14)} (13... Kxh7 $4 14. Ng5+ {[%cal Gd1g4,Gd1h5]})) 12... f6 $1 (12... dxc3
$143 13. bxc3 f6 14. cxb4 (14. exf6 $5) 14... fxg5 15. bxc5 $16) (12... d3 $2
13. Bxd8 dxc2 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bxc5 $16) (12... Qc7 $143 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 $16)
13. exf6 $2 {Giving g7 to the black king and f6 to the black queen.} (13. O-O-O
$142 fxg5 14. Rxd4 $13 {with a very very complicated - possibly equal position,
e.g.:} Bd7 (14... Nbd7 15. Qg6 Qe8 16. Nxg5 Nxe5 17. Rh4 Nxg6 18. Bxg6+ Kg8 19.
Bh7+ $11) 15. Qg6 (15. h4 $5 Bxc3 (15... g4 $5) 16. bxc3 (16. hxg5 Bxd4 17.
Bg6+ Kg8 18. Qd1 Nd3+ 19. Kb1 Rf7 20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Bxf7 Nxf2 22. Qxd4 g6 23.
Qh4+ Kg7 24. Qh6+ Kxf7 25. Qh7+ $11) 16... Nc6 (16... g4 $5 17. Rxg4 $13) 17.
hxg5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qxg5+ $11) 15... Qe8 16. Nxg5 Qxg6 17. Bxg6
Bxc3 18. Rh4+ Kg8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6+ $11) (13. Rd1 $5) 13... gxf6 $17 14.
Bf4 $6 (14. O-O-O fxg5 $17) 14... d3 $19 (14... dxc3 $6 15. bxc3 Ba5 16. Rd1
$17) 15. Qd1 Kxh7 16. O-O (16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Nxd3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3+
Qg6 $19) 16... Nc6 $2 {Unnecessary difficulties in a winning position.} (16...
Bxc3 $142 17. bxc3 Rh8 $19) 17. Nh4 $17 {[%cal Gd1h5]} Qe8 {[%cal Ge8h5]} (
17... Rf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bh6 $132) {A pretty mess all the time but after
some inaccuracies by both players Black will get a much better endgame.} 18.
Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d6,Gb5c7]} (18. Bd6 $1 Rg8 19. Nb5 $15) 18... e5 19. Nd6 Qd7 20.
Nhf5 Kh8 $1 (20... exf4 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ $11)
21. Bh6 Rf7 $2 (21... Qh7 22. Nxc8 Qxf5 $15) 22. a3 Ne4 23. Qh5 Rh7 24. axb4
Nxd6 25. Nxd6 Ne7 26. Bg7+ $6 {Is White playing for a win? This is not a good
way if he really is...!} (26. c5 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ga1e1]} Ng8 27. Qg6 $1 Nxh6 28.
Qxf6+ Qg7 29. Qd8+ Qg8 30. Qf6+ Qg7 31. Qd8+ Qg8 32. Qf6+ Qg7 $11) (26. Ne8 $5
Qf5 27. Bg7+ Kg8 28. Nxf6+ Kxg7 29. Qxh7+ Qxh7 30. Nxh7 Kxh7 $44 {[%csl Yd3]
[%cal Gc8f5]}) 26... Kxg7 27. Qf7+ $6 ({Still not too late for} 27. Ne8+ Kh8 (
27... Kf8 28. Qxh7 Kxe8 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kf7 (31... Kg8 $2
32. Qxf6) 32. Qh7+ $11) 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Nxf6+ Kg7 30. Nxd7 Bxd7 $36 {
[%csl Yd3][%cal Gd7f5] and White can continue without great fear despite the
trumps of Black.}) 27... Kh6 28. Qxf6+ Ng6 29. f4 Qe7 30. fxe5 Qxf6 $1 31. exf6
(31. Rxf6 Re7 $17) 31... Bg4 $17 32. Rf2 Rd7 33. c5 Ne5 34. Kf1 Nf7 35. Nc4 (
35. Nxf7+ $5) 35... Re8 36. Rxa7 (36. Kg1 Rd4 37. b3 a6 $19) 36... Re4 37. Nd2
Rxb4 38. b3 Rc7 39. Ra4 Rxa4 40. bxa4 Rxc5 $19 {The game is over. White will
just save the draw after immense help from his opponent in the end.} 41. Rf4
Rf5 42. Rxf5 Bxf5 43. Kf2 Kg5 44. Ke3 Kxf6 45. g4 Bxg4 46. Kxd3 Ne5+ 47. Kc3
Ke6 48. Kb4 Kd5 49. Kb5 Nd7 50. Nb1 Kd4 51. h4 Be2+ 52. Kb4 Nf6 53. Nd2 Nd5+
54. Ka3 Ne3 (54... Bd1 55. Nb3+ Kc3 56. Nc5 Ne3 57. Nxb7 $2 Bb3 58. a5 Nc2#)
55. Kb4 Nc2+ 56. Kb3 Bd1 57. Nb1 Ne3+ 58. Kb4 Nd5+ 59. Ka3 Nc3 (59... Kd3 60.
Kb2 Bxa4 61. h5 $19) 60. Nd2 Bxa4 (60... Ne4 61. Nxe4 Kxe4 62. a5 Be2 $19) 61.
h5 Bc2 62. Nf3+ Kc4 63. Ne5+ Kd5 64. Ng4 Bf5 65. h6 Ke6 66. Kb4 Nd5+ 67. Kc5
b6+ 68. Kb5 Kd6 69. Kc4 Bg6 70. Kd4 Ne7 (70... b5 $142 $19) 71. Kc4 Nd5 72. Kd4
Nc7 $4 {A long game in a long tournament...} (72... b5 $142 73. Ne5 Ne7 $19)
73. Nf6 $11 Ne6+ 74. Kc4 $1 Kc6 (74... Ng5 75. Kb5 Kc7 76. Nd5+ $11) 75. h7 b5+
76. Kb4 Bxh7 77. Nxh7 Nc7 78. Nf6 Na6+ 79. Ka5 b4 80. Kxa6 b3 81. Ne4 b2 82.
Nc3 b1=Q 83. Nxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 (7. a3 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 (9. Bb2 {Un coup très laid mais relativement ... efficace
dans la pratique}) 9... Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ (11... f6 12. O-O (12.
f3 $6 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 fxe5 $15) 12... fxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4
Nc6 16. Bb2 {[%csl Gb2]} Qb6 {Kekelidze,M (2454)-Arutinian,D (2576) GEO-ch KO
67th 2008 (2.3) 1/2} (16... e5 $5)) 12. Kf1 Nb4 (12... f6 {La grande ligne} 13.
Bxe4 dxe4 14. exf6 Rxf6 (14... Qf5) 15. Be3 (15. Qxe4 Qa4 $44) 15... b6 $1 16.
Qxe4 (16. g4 Bb7 17. Kg2 Raf8 $36) (16. g3 $6 Qf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5e4,Gf5h3]} 17.
Kg2 Qf3+) 16... Bb7 (16... Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ga4c6,Ga4c4]})) 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. f3
f5 {[%cal Gf8f1]} (14... Bd7 $5 $146 {Une tentative intéressante d'essai
d'amélioration de la ligne f5 pour essayer de profiter du vis-à-vis R et Kf1}
15. Qb1 {Par rapport а la ligne principale f5, les Noirs ont développé une
pièce supplémentaire} (15. fxe4 dxc4 $1 16. Qb1 (16. Bxc4 $2 Rac8 {[%cal Gb7b5]
}) 16... Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ga6c4,Ga6f1] La pointe de la variante} 17. Bc2 f6 {
[%csl Rf1]} 18. exf6 Rxf6+ 19. Ke1 {[%cal Gh1f1]} Ba4 $5 (19... Raf8 20. e5 {
[%cal Gc2h7]} Rf2 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be3 $14) 20. Rf1 (20. Bxa4 Qxa4 21. Nc3 Qe8
22. Rf1 Qf7 (22... Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qg6) 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Be3 Rf8 25. Kd2 $13)
20... Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 c3 $1 $40 {[%csl Re2,Rf1][%cal Ga6f1]}) (15.
c5 $6 {Evite le coup intermédiaire dc4 mais c'est trop lent et les noirs ont
un temps de plus par rapport а la ligne principale f5} f5)) 15. Qb1 {
Shariyazdanov,A (2562)-Rashkovsky,N (2511) Oberwart op 2002 (8) 1-0}) 7... c5
8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 $5 {[%csl Rd4,Re1][%cal Gd8h4,Gh4d4,Gh4h7] Trés peu
joué mais les Noirs ont des compensations et cette idée commence a connu un
succés grandissant en 2011 et 2012.} (9... Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5d3,Gd7e5] La
grande ligne} 10. Bf4 Ndc5 {[%cal Gc5e4,Gc5d3]} (10... Qh4 11. g3 Qh5) 11. O-O
Nxd3 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 $1 {[%csl Ga4]} 13. Be2 Na4 {[%csl Rc3]} 14. cxd5
exd5 15. c4 Rc8 16. Rab1 Nb6 {Sarkar,J (2385)-Gelashvili,T (2611) World op
39th 2011 (2) 0-1} (16... Nac3 17. Rxb7 dxc4 18. Rxa7 Ba4 $1 $36 {Les pièces
Noires sont très dynamiques})) 12. Qxd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Qg3 Re8 17. Rd3 Bd7 18. Re3 Bf8 19. Qh4 Rac8 20. Rg3 Qxa2 21. Bh6 Kh8
22. Qg5 g6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. h4 {Morozevich,A (2755)-Leko,P (2755)/Moscow 2007/
1-0 (36)}) (9... dxc4 10. Bxe4 Qxd4 11. Bf4 (11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 Qxe5 $132)
11... h6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Rad1 $1 {Kuljasevic,D (2464)-Savic,M (2536) Zupanja
op-A 2nd 2008 (7) 1-0}) 10. Bxh7+ (10. O-O Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 $11 {Miron,L 
(2501)-Rajkovic,D (2411) Tivat Vukmanovic Memorial op 2011 (8) 1/2}) 10... Kh8
11. Be3 (11. Nf3 dxc4 (11... d4 $5 12. Bg5 f6 $1 (12... dxc3 $6 13. Bxd8 (13.
bxc3 $1 {Hélas, les Blancs ne sont pas forcés de prendre la Qd8} Qa5 14. cxb4)
13... cxb2+ 14. Ke2 bxa1=Q 15. Rxa1 Rxd8) (12... Qc7 13. a3 Ba5 (13... Nc6 14.
axb4 Nxb4) 14. b4 dxc3 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rfe1 $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Gb4c5,
Ge1e4,Ge4h4]}) (12... Qa5 $2 13. Nxd4) 13. exf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O Qe7) 12. O-O Nd3
13. Be4 Nc6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Qe2 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Qa5 17. Bb1 g6 18. h4 Kg7 19. h5
Rh8 20. hxg6 f6 21. exf6+ Bxf6 22. Ne4 Qh5 23. Ng3 Qh6 24. Qxc4 {1-0 Li,C 
(2646)-Ni Hua (2646)/Xinghua Jiangsu 2011}) (11. O-O $6 Qh4 {[%csl Rd4,Gh4,Rh7]
} 12. Ndb5 (12. Ncb5 $8 Qxh7 (12... Nbd7 13. cxd5) 13. Qxh7+ Kxh7 14. Nc7 Nba6
15. Nxa8 dxc4 16. Be3 $1 Bd7 17. Nc7 Nxc7 18. Nc2 {Un sauvetage miraculeux
mais très difficile à jouer devant l'échiquier}) 12... Nbd7) 11... dxc4 $1 {
[%csl Gd3][%cal Gc5d3] Les Noirs obtiennent une case forte pour le N} 12. Be4
$6 $146 (12. h4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe6 Ncd3+ 15. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 (16.
Rxd3 cxd3) 16... Bxe6 17. Qe4 Qa5 $132 {[%csl Gb4,Rc1,Ge6,Rh8]}) (12. O-O-O
Nbd7 $13 (12... Qh4)) (12. O-O $6 Qh4 13. Ncb5 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Qxh7 14. Qxh7+
Kxh7 15. Nc7 Nba6 16. Nxa8 Nd3 $15) 12... Qh4 $1 {[%csl Re4] Gagne un tempo
important pour dévier le B du contrôle de la case "d3"} (12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Qh4 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc5d3]}) 13. Bf3 (13. O-O-O $13) 13... Nd3+ $36 {
[%csl Gd3]} 14. Kf1 Nd7 (14... Nxe5 15. g3 Qh7 16. Qxh7+ Kxh7 17. Kg2 Nbd7 18.
Rad1 Nxf3 (18... Nc5 19. Nc2) 19. Nxf3) 15. g3 Qd8 16. Bg2 $6 {[%csl Rf1]} (16.
Kg2 {Les Blancs sont en retard de développement} N7xe5) 16... N7xe5 $40 {
[%csl Gd3,Ge5]} 17. Qe2 (17. f4 $2 {Il est difficile pour les Blancs de
déloger les N centraux} Ng4) 17... f5 18. h3 Qa5 19. Nc2 Bc5 20. Rb1 Bxe3 (
20... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Gd8d3]}) 21. Nxe3 Qc5 22. f4 Nc6 (22... Bd7 $1 {[%csl Rf1]}
23. fxe5 f4 {[%csl Re3,Rf1,Gf8][%cal Gf8f1]} 24. Bxb7 Rab8 $19) 23. b3 cxb3 $1
24. Qxd3 Rd8 25. Qe2 Qxc3 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 26. Rxb3 Qc5 27. Kf2 Nd4 28. Qh5+ Kg8
$13 29. Rd1 Bd7 $1 30. Rxb7 Rab8 31. Rxb8 {La dernière faute} (31. Rdb1 $8)
31... Rxb8 {[%cal Gb8b2]} 32. Rd2 Qc3 33. Nf1 Rb1 34. Rd1 Qc2+ 35. Ke1 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Vuilleumier, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 (8. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4]} h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12.
Qxc7 Ba6 $32)) 8... d6 (8... h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 e5) 9. Ne2 {
[%cal Gc3c2,Ge2c3,Ge1c1] Une ligne récente un peu lente} (9. f3 {La grande
ligne}) 9... Nbd7 (9... h6 $5 {Dans une partie de N II jouée il y a quelques
années, j'avais choisi cette ligne secondaire solide} 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Qd3 c5
12. Rd1 $6 (12. Nc3 $142 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qc2 Ng6 $11) 12... Qc7
13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Bg3 Qa8 17. Bc7 Bxg2 $15 {Colson,A 
(2202)-Primel,D (2072) FRA-chT2 West 0607 2006 (9.5) 1/2}) 10. Qd3 (10. Qc2 {
[%cal Ge2c3,Gf1d3]} c5 {[%cal Ga8c8] C'est l'inconvénient du choix Qc2 par
rapport а Qd3 car après c7c5 et Rc8, le ooo thématique serait risqué} 11. Rd1 {
[%cal Gd1d8]} Qc7 $11) 10... Re8 (10... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4,Ga8a5,Ga5g5] Un
nouveau plan intéressant pour gagner un tempo sur le Bg5} 11. Nc3 a4 12. Qc2 (
12. f3 Ra5) 12... Ra5 $132 {[%cal Ga5g5]} 13. Bxf6 (13. Bh4 Qa8 $132 {[%csl
Rg2] Un coup multifonction pour déclouer la Q tout en faisant pression sur "g2"
}) 13... Nxf6 14. Nxa4 Be4 $1 {Un joli coup intermédiaire} 15. Qd1 {[%csl Rd1]}
Qa8 {Nakamura,H (2565)-Milov,V (2574) Santo Domingo op 2003 (5) 0-1}) 11. Nc3 {
87} Qe7 {88} (11... h6 12. Bh4 Nf8 13. O-O-O Ng6 14. Bg3 Nh5 $11 (14... a5))
12. e4 (12. Be2) (12. f3 e5) 12... h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. d5 Nf8 {[%csl Rh4][%cal
Gf8g6]} (14... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gd7c5]}) 15. f3 Ng6 16. Bf2 {Comme souvent les
Blancs ont une meilleure structure et des bonnes perspectives а long-terme
mais ils n'ont pas terminé le développement.} Nd7 17. g3 (17. b4) 17... Nc5 18.
Qc2 {62} a5 {74 Les deux adversaires sont bien préparés et ils ont joué
rapidement l'ouverture.} 19. Be2 Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8d7,Ga5a4]} 20. h4 {[%cal
Ge1c1]} (20. O-O-O Bh3 $11 {[%csl Rh2]}) 20... Bd7 21. O-O-O a4 22. Kb1 Qf8 (
22... Nb3 23. h5 Nf8 24. Rhg1 Nh7 (24... Nd4 $5 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Qe5 {
[%csl Re2][%cal Ge5h5,Ge5d4]})) 23. f4 $5 (23. h5 {Plus solide} Ne7 24. f4)
23... exf4 24. h5 f3 $1 25. Bxf3 Ne5 $44 {[%csl Rc4,Ge5]} 26. Be2 Bg4 $5 {
Propose l'échange du mauvais B des Blancs mais en contre-partie, il sera
difficile de défendre la faiblesse "c4"} 27. Rh4 Bxe2 28. Nxe2 Nf3 29. Rf4 Ng5
30. Nc3 Nh3 31. Rh4 Nxf2 $1 {Les Blancs ont perdu le bénéfice de la paire de B
et la structure noire est maintenant nettement meilleure} 32. Qxf2 Re5 $17 33.
Qf3 Qe7 34. Rf4 Re8 35. Re1 Qd7 36. g4 R8e7 37. Ka2 Qe8 (37... Nb3 38. Nxa4 Nd2
39. Qd3 Qxa4 40. Qxd2 Qxc4+) 38. Re3 Qc8 39. Qe2 Qa6 40. Nb5 Nb3 41. Qc2 Qa5
42. Re2 Kf8 $3 {[%cal Gf8d8,Gd8c8,Gc8b7] Un joli plan de défense de la
faiblesse "c7"} 43. Kb1 Ke8 44. Qd3 Kd8 45. Kc2 Kc8 46. Nc3 Nc5 47. Qf3 f6 {
Les Blancs n'ont plus rien а l'aile-roi} 48. Qh1 Kb7 49. Nb5 Nb3 50. Qd1 Qa6
51. Qe1 Qa8 52. Re3 Qe8 53. Nc3 Nc5 54. Kb1 f5 $1 {Une fois que le K Noir a
trouvé refuge а l'aile-dame, le suisse peut se permettre le luxe de jouer sur
les deux ailes} 55. gxf5 Qxh5 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Gh6h1]} 56. Qf1 Qe8 57. Ka2 $2
$138 (57. Qg2) 57... Nxe4 58. Nxe4 Rxe4 59. Rexe4 Rxe4 60. f6 Rxf4 61. Qxf4 Qf7
62. fxg7 Qxf4 63. g8=Q Qxc4+ 64. Ka1 h5 65. Qe6 h4 66. Qf5 Qd4 67. Qf3 Qg1+ 68.
Ka2 Qg3 69. Qh5 h3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O (4... c5) (4... d5) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 (7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Be2 Ne4 (11...
c5) 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Rae8 14. Ne1 Qh4 15. d5 (15. b4 $5 $146 Rf6 (15... Ndf6
16. f3 Ng5 17. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4]}) 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. c5 $1 $36 {[%cal
Gc5c6]}) 15... Ndf6 16. Rd1 Qh6) 7... Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11.
cxd5 (11. Nh3 c5 (11... Rc8) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 (
15. Bxd7 Rfxd8 16. Bf5 Nb5 17. Rd1 Nd6 $11 {Ulibin}) 15... Rfxd8 16. Kd2 Nf6
17. Bd3 Ne8 18. Nf4 {Shabalov,A (2425)-Ulibin,M (2445) URS-ch U26 Tbilisi 1989
1/2} (18. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]})) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 (13. Be7 Rfe8
14. Bb4 Nd5 15. e4 Ne3 16. Kf2 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 f5 $132 {Panno,O (2495)-Dokhoian,
Y (2575) GMA op Moscow 1989 (4) 1/2}) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 f5 $5 (14... c5 {
L'alternative} 15. e4 Ne7 (15... Nf4 $13) 16. Bb5 Nc6 (16... Bc6) 17. Ne2 a6 (
17... Rfc8) 18. Ba4 (18. Bxc6 Bxc6) 18... b5 19. Bc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rac8 21.
O-O-O $1 {Le problème majeur des Blancs dans cette variante Qc2 est le léger
retard de développement et dans cette position la paire de B commence а jouer.
J'ai néanmoins raté ensuite la nulle en zeitnot} Nde5 22. Nb3 a5 23. Nc5 $14 {
Lazarev,V (2441)-Primel,D 1er open Rohde 2001 (3) 1-0}) 15. Bb5 $5 {Une idée
interessante pour gêner le Bb7} c6 {[%csl Rb7]} 16. Bd3 (16. Ba4) (16. Bc4)
16... e5 $1 {[%cal Ga8e8,Ge8e1,Ge5d4] Les Noirs doivent joeur de manière
dynamique avant que les Blancs n'aient le temps de terminer le développement.}
17. Ne2 Rae8 {[%cal Ge8e1]} (17... e4 $5 $146 {Aucune partie ne semble avoir
suivi ce coup selon les bases mais il mériterait un essai pratique même s'il
donne la case "f4"} 18. Bc4 {[%cal Gc4g8]} (18. fxe4 $6 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe3 $1
20. Bxe3 Rae8 {[%csl Re1,Re3] Illustrant le problème de développement des
Blancs}) 18... Kh7 (18... Rae8 19. Nf4) 19. Bxd5 (19. Nf4) 19... cxd5 20. Nf4
Rac8 $32) 18. O-O (18. O-O-O $5 $146 {Si les Noirs veulent attaquer sur la
colonne "c", ils vont devoir perdre deux tempi avec c6c5 et Re8c8.}) 18... exd4
$11 {[%csl Re3]} 19. exd4 {[%csl Rd4]} Nb8 {[%cal Gb7a6] Un coup multifonction:
- Avec un P isolé, l'échange ne peut pas être mauvais pour les Noirs. - Le Nd7
manque de cases centrales} (19... N7f6 $143 {Quelques parties jouées par
correspondance ont suivi cette ligne mais les Blancs sont un peu mieux.} 20.
Rfe1 f4 21. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Ge4];Jaworski,M (2458)-Lepikhov,A (2611) Krzyszton
mem corr 1999 1/2}) 20. Nc3 (20. Rac1 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Nxa6) 20... Ba6 (20... Nf4
$6 21. Bc4+) 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rac1 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Gc1][%cal
Gc1c7] Maintient le N а la bande} f4 $146 {Semble un peu trop lent} (23... Rf7
$142 24. Rc2 Rc7 25. Rxc7 ({RR} 25. Rfc1 Rec8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Re1 f4 28. g3
Rc2 29. gxf4 Nc7 30. f5 Rxb2 31. Re7 Nb5 32. a4 Nc3 33. Rxa7 Ra2 34. Rc7 Nd1
35. Bh4 Ne3 36. f6 Nf5 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kg8 39. Rc8+ Kf7 {L'Ami,E (2586)
-Spoelman,W (2461)/Vlissingen 2006/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 25... Nxc7 26. Bg3 Ne6 {
[%csl Rd4]} 27. Re1 (27. Be5 Rc8 $132) 27... Kf7 28. Re5 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]} Nxd4
{1/2-1/2 Leitao,R (2475)-Lima,D (2430)/Americana 1996}) (23... Re2 24. b4 Rf7 {
Volek,S (2308)-Bucek,J (2379) CZE-ch21 final email 2009 1/2}) 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25.
Rc6 $1 Rc8 26. Rec1 (26. Rce6 {[%cal Ge6e7]} Rfe8 (26... Rc2 27. Re7+) 27. Rd6
{[%csl Rd5]}) 26... Rxc6 {Malgré un jeu ouvert, le B n'est pas trés bon а
cause de la faiblesse "d4"} 27. Rxc6 Ke7 28. Be1 Kd7 29. Rg6 Rf7 30. Bb4 $1 Nc7
(30... Nxb4 31. axb4 Re7 32. Kf2 $11) 31. Rd6+ $1 Ke8 32. a4 $1 {La position
Noire est très passive} Rd7 33. Rc6 Kf7 34. Bd6 {[%csl Rc7,Rf4]} Ne6 35. Be5
$14 {[%csl Ge5] Le mauvais B a réussi а s'activer} Ke7 36. b4 Rd8 37. a5 Kd7 (
37... bxa5 38. bxa5 Rd7 39. a6 {[%csl Ra7]}) 38. b5 $1 Rc8 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40.
axb6 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 axb6 44. Rxb6 {[%csl Gb5]} Rc2+ 45.
Kd3 $1 Rxg2 46. Bd6+ Kf7 (46... Kd7 {Semblait mieux résister} 47. Bc5 Ng5 (
47... Rxh2 48. Rd6+ {[%cal Gb5b6]}) (47... Rb2 $2 48. Rd6+ {[%csl Gc5][%cal
Gb5b6]}) 48. Rd6+ Kc8 49. Rxd5 Nxf3) 47. Rb7+ {Gagne un tempo important} Kg6
48. b6 Rb2 49. Be5 {[%csl Rg7]} (49. Bc5) 49... Kh5 50. Kc3 Rb5 51. Rb8 Ng5 52.
Bxf4 Nxf3 53. Be5 g5 54. Bc7 $1 {Libère la R de la protection du P passé et le
problème majeur des Blancs de la R mal placée, sera résolu.} g4 (54... Kg6) 55.
Ra8 Nxh2 56. Bxh2 $6 $138 (56. Ra4 $142 $1 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Ga4b4]} Kh4 57. Rb4
$18) 56... Rxb6 57. Rd8 Kh4 $13 {[%cal Gg4g3]} 58. Be5 Rg6 {On se souvient
tous de l'adage donné par TARRASCH: "Il faut toujours placer la R derrière le
P passé" Il se moquait un peu du fait que cette recommandation était prise
trop souvent au sens dogmatique (même si on reprochait aussi а l'allemand son
caractère dogmatique!) et il avait reçu une fois une lettre d'un amateur se
plaignant du fait qu'il avait perdu en suivant son conseil. Le Dr lui avait
répondu; "Il faut toujours placer la R derrière le P passé... sauf si c'est
une faute!"} (58... Kh3 $5 59. Rh8 (59. Rg8 h5) 59... Kh4 {[%cal Gh6h5]} (59...
g3 $2 60. Rg8) 60. Kd3 h5 (60... g3 61. Rg8 Rb3+ 62. Ke2 (62. Kc2 Rf3 $132 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gh4h3,Gh6h5]}) 62... h5 $132)) 59. Rxd5 h5 {[%csl Gg4,Gh5]} 60.
Rd6 Rg8 61. Ra6 g3 62. Ra1 Kg4 (62... g2 $6 63. Rg1 Kh3 {[%csl Ge5] Il est
difficile de progresser pour les Noirs} 64. d5 Rf8 65. d6 Rf1 66. Bd4 $1) 63.
d5 Kf5 64. Bc7 h4 (64... g2 $2 65. Bh2) 65. d6 Ke6 66. Re1+ Kd7 67. Re7+ Kc6 $8
(67... Kc8 $2 68. d7+ Kxc7 69. Re8) 68. d7 h3 $2 {la cadence trop rapide ne
permet pas de jouer "proprement" les finales.} (68... g2 $8 69. Bh2 Rd8 70. Rh7
Rxd7 71. Rxh4 Rg7 72. Bg1 Kd5 73. Kd3 Rf7 {[%cal Gf7f1]} 74. Rg4 Rf3+ 75. Ke2
Rb3 76. Rxg2 Rb2+ {[%cal Gb2g2]}) 69. Re8 Kxd7 70. Rxg8 h2 71. Rg7+ Kc6 72. Rh7
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O (4... d6 5. Nf3 (5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5)
5... O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd2 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. O-O cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Ba6 $6 15. a4 {Bagirov,V-Platonov,I URS-ch38
Riga 1970 (2) 1-0}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 {[%cal Gd8e7,Ge6e5] Une variante
assez venimeuse car les Noirs peuvent sacrifier le P "e5" dans certaines
lignes avec d'énormes compensations} (6... b6 {La grande ligne}) (6... Ne4 7.
Qc2 f5 8. Nf3 d6 9. b4 Nd7 10. e3 a5 11. Bb2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 c5)
7. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4] Une varainte ambitieuse mais un peu lente} (7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Ne2 c5 11. b4 (11. Qc2) 11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8
$11 {[%cal Gc8c3];Baburin,A (2593)-Kunte,A (2465) London MSO Masters 1999 (3)
1/2}) (7. Nf3 Nc6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 8. b4 e5 $1 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11.
Qxe5 Re8 12. Qb2 Ne4 (12... a5) (12... Ng4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Rd1 Qe7 (14... Qxd1+
15. Kxd1 Nxf2+ $13) 15. Bc1 Bf5 $44 {[%csl Re1] C'est assez désagréable а
jouer pour les Blancs devant l'échiquier}) 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. f3 g5 15. Bc1 Nd6 {
Flohr,S-Milner Barry,P London 1932 (5) 1-0}) (7. g3 e5 (7... Qe7 8. Nf3 Re8 9.
Bg2 e5 10. O-O c5 11. dxe5 dxe5) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg2 (9. Qxe5 Nc6 10. Qc3 Ne4
11. Qd3 (11. Qc2 Bf5 $40) 11... Bf5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 $40) 9... Re8 $11) 7... Qe7
{[%cal Ge6e5]} (7... c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd2
Qa4 13. e3 e5 14. Ra1 Re8 15. Ne2 Bf5 16. b3 Qa6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Be2 Qb6 19.
O-O a5 20. Rfd1 Nh7 21. Be1 Ng5 22. Rd5 Ne6 {Kramnik,V (2772)-Ivanchuk,V (2786)
/Dresden 2008/1/2-1/2 (54)}) (7... Nh5 {[%cal Gd8h4,Gf7f5]} 8. Nh3 (8. g4 Qh4+
9. Kd1 Nf6 10. Nh3 {[%cal Gc1g5]} h6 11. g5 $1 $14 {Timman,J (2655)-Nikolic,P 
(2659) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2000 (4) 1/2}) 8... e5 $1) (7... d5 $5 {Bareev,E 
(2734)-Gelfand,B (2700) Enghien les Bains 2003 (2) 1/2}) 8. Bg5 $6 {[%csl Re1]
Un coup naturel mais qui risque d'accélérer le retard de développement des
Blancs.} (8. e4 $142 {Probablement le coup le plus solide pour les blancs} e5
9. Ne2 {Golod,V (2582)-Krayz,A (2339) ISR-ch Haifa 2010 (1.3) 1-0} (9. Be3 exd4
10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. g4 {[%csl Rf6];Stohl,I (2530)
-Pachman,L (2320) CZE-chT 9495 1994 (8) 1-0} (13. O-O-O $5)) (9. d5 {Solide
pour éviter les problèmes tactiques au centre mais la fermeture du jeu ne va
pas avantager la paire de B} c6 {Golod,V (2517)-Sulypa,A (2513) Lvov Cup of
Galychina 2001 (1) 1/2} (9... Nbd7) (9... Nh5 {[%cal Ge7h4,Gh5g3]} 10. Be3 a5
11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Nc5 13. Bc2 a4 $132))) (8. Nh3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nf2 Nc6
$32) 8... Re8 (8... e5 {Plus naturel} 9. d5 Re8 {[%csl Re1]} 10. Qc2 e4 $36 {
Varga,P (2440)-Besztercsenyi,T (2275) HUN-chT Hungary 1995 1/2} 11. O-O-O Nbd7
12. g3 h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Kb1 c6 15. Bc3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nbd7 18. Bh3
Nc5 19. Qb5 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nfxd7 22. Nf2 b5 23. Rd4 Nf6 24. f4 Nb3
25. Rdd1 e3 {Varga,P (2440)-Besztercsenyi,T (2275)/Hungary 1995/1/2-1/2 (37)})
(8... h6 9. Bh4 e5 $15 {[%csl Re1]} 10. e4 exd4 (10... Re8) (10... a5 {[%csl
Rb3][%cal Ga5a4]} 11. Ne2 a4 12. Qc2 {[%cal Ge2c3]} exd4 13. Nxd4 Nbd7 14. Be2
Nc5 $11 {[%csl Gb3]}) 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Bxf6) (8... Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 a5 11.
b3 Re8 12. Nh3 h6 13. Be3 Nf8 14. Be2 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Nh5 16. O-O-O Ng6 17. c5
Nhf4 18. Bf1 Rec8 19. Kb2 b6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qd2 a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Bb5 {
Shen,Y (2450)-Xu Yuhua (2477)/Beijing 2008/1/2-1/2 (88)}) (8... h6 9. Bh4 e5)
9. e3 $146 (9. Rd1 {Lupor,S (2262)-Mainka,R (2510) Bad Woerishofen op 26th
2010 (8) 1/2}) (9. O-O-O e5 10. e3 Ne4 $1 {Un thème classique dans cette
variante Capablanca}) 9... e5 $1 $11 {[%cal Ge7e1]} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 Nbd7
(11... Nc6 $5 12. b4 (12. O-O-O) 12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 (13... Be6 14. b5 Nb8 15.
Qxe5) 14. Bf2 e4 15. b5 Ne5 $36 {[%csl Ge5]}) 12. Ng3 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Bf5 (
14. Nf5 Qf8 15. O-O h6 {[%csl Rg6]} 16. Bh4 g6 {[%csl Rf5]}) 14... Qf8 {
C'est pas trés actif mais le coup naturel Rad8 renforçait le clouage du Bg5} (
14... Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d7]} 15. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8,Gf5,Gg5][%cal Gg5d8]})
15. O-O-O $5 Bc6 16. Nh5 $1 Nxh5 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxd7 $36 {[%csl Gd7][%cal
Gh1d1]} f6 19. Bh4 g5 $6 {Trés risqué} 20. Bf2 (20. Qd3 Ng7) 20... Red8 $1 21.
Rxd8 $1 (21. Rxc7 $2 Qd6 {[%csl Rc7]} 22. Rb7 Qc6 23. Re7 Qd6 {En valeur
absolue, le coup 21. Rc7 n'est pas bon car la R est enfermée mais avec 150
points de moins au classement ELO, les Blancs peuvent aussi forcer la nulle...}
) (21. Rhd1 $143 {Ce coup nautel mène а une finale égale mais la poussée g5 a
affaibli l'aile-roi et les Blancs préfèrent une R pour y a attaquer.} Rxd7 22.
Rxd7 Rd8 23. Qd2 Rxd7 24. Qxd7 Qd6 $11) 21... Rxd8 22. h4 gxh4 23. Bxh4 (23.
Rxh4 Ng7 24. Qc2 f5 25. g4 (25. e4 Qf7 (25... f4 26. Rg4) 26. exf5 Nxf5 27.
Rg4+ Kh8 28. Qe4 $16)) 23... Ng7 24. Qc2 {[%csl Rh7] Un coup naturel mais qui
donne pas grand-chose} (24. f4 $142 $5 {Il faut essayer d'ouvrir au maximum
l'aile-roi} Rd6 (24... exf4 $6 25. Bxf6) 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Qxe5 Qf5) 24... Qf7
25. g4 $14 {[%csl Gf5,Rg7,Gh5]} (25. f4 $1 {[%cal Gh4d8]} Rd6 (25... exf4 26.
exf4 Ne6 27. Qf5 {[%csl Rf6]} (27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8) 27... Rf8 28. g4 (
28. Bf2 {[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3g3]})) 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Bg3 {[%cal Gg3e5,Gc2h7]} Qf5
28. Qxf5 Nxf5 29. Bxe5) 25... Rd6 26. Qe4 (26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 $11) (26. Kb1
Qg6 $11 {[%cal Gg6b1]}) 26... Ne6 27. Rd1 Nc5 $132 28. Qc2 (28. Qa8+) 28... e4
$1 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. fxe4 Qe6 31. Bg3 Qxg4 $15 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Gh7h1]} 32.
Bxd6 Qg1+ 33. Kd2 Qg2+ 34. Kc1 $2 (34. Kd1 $8) 34... Qh1+ 35. Qd1 Nd3+ 36. Kc2
Qxd1+ 37. Kxd1 Nxb2+ 38. Ke2 Nxc4 39. Bb8 a6 40. Kd3 b5 41. Kc3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 $5 {A half-waiting move, Black is inviting White to show his
cards.} 10. Ne2 {Sticking to the modern plan based on Qc2 and Nc3.} (10. Nf3 {
puts less pressure on Black.} d6 11. Nd2 (11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Be2 c5
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Nce4 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb2 e5 {Jacimovic,D (2415)
-Abramovic,B (2475)/Prilep 1992/EXT 2002 (1/2, 64)}) (11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O g5
13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 e5 15. d5 f5 $132 {Cacho Reigadas,S (2400)-Illescas
Cordoba,M (2620)/Linares 1995/CBM 051 (0-1, 37)}) (11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O c5 13.
b3 Qc7 14. Rad1 a6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rd2 e5 17. Bf5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 $11 {
Olafsson,H (2470)-Farago,I (2520)/Osterskars 1995/EXT 97 (1/2, 21)}) 11... e5
12. d5 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 (13... Bxc6 $5 14. f3 Nbd7 15. Be2 Rc8 16. O-O d5 $132)
14. Be2 Rc8 15. Qd3 g5 16. Bg3 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf5 Nf4 $5 19. Bxf4 exf4
20. Bd3 $36 {Hillarp Persson,T (2460)-Wedberg,T (2540)/Skara 2002/CBM 091 (1/2,
35)}) (10. f3 d5 {transposes to a completely different group of variations, in
which ...Re8 is useful anyway.} 11. Nh3 (11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 c5 {Gurevich,M 
(2634)-Kosten,A (2545)/France 2003/CBM 095/[Gurevich,M] (1-0, 40)}) 11... Nbd7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 c5 {Khalifman,A (2702)-Kramnik,V (2789)/Internet 2003/
CBM 096/[Golod,V] (1/2, 36)}) 10... Qe7 $146 {Another waiting move.} (10... c5
{may be simpler.} 11. Bxf6 (11. dxc5 $5 {is more restrictive, transposing to
the game continuation more forcefully.}) 11... Qxf6 12. dxc5 bxc5 ({Black
could avoid the pawn weaknesses with} 12... Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 bxc5 {White cannot
consolidate his knight on d6 after} 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Nd6 Reb8 16. O-O-O Bc6 17.
f3 Rb6 18. Be2 Kf8 19. Rd2 Ke7 $11 20. Rhd1 $2 Ba4 $19) 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O
Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e7] Pogorelov,R (2420)-Suba,M (2542)/La Roda 2009/CBM 129 Extra 
(1-0). Despite his kingside weaknesses, Black's position looks quite solid.})
11. Qc2 ({White could also wait with} 11. Rd1 $5) 11... c5 12. Rd1 (12. Nc3
cxd4 13. exd4 d5 $15) 12... d5 13. cxd5 ({One critical continuation may be} 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Nc3 {. Although Black is practically a tempo up (...Re8) by
comparison with the Morozevich-Moiseenko game from the same tournament, its
usefulness is far from obvious.}) 13... exd5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b4 $6 {White is
pushings things too far. He forces the opening of the queenside in a way that
will expose his queen.} (15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qxc5 Qxb2 17. Qb4 Qxb4+ 18. axb4 {
is a risk-free way of getting out of the opening. Although he has no immediate
problems, Black still needs to find a way to prove 100% equality, because he
cannot get rid of his isolated pawn easily.}) 15... Nd7 16. Qb2 (16. bxc5 bxc5
17. dxc5 Rac8 $36) 16... Bc6 17. Rd2 a5 18. bxc5 $6 {Missing Black's answer.} (
18. b5 Bb7 $132) 18... Rab8 $3 $36 (18... bxc5 19. dxc5 $11) 19. cxb6 (19. Qc1
bxc5 $36) 19... Nxb6 20. Qa1 Nc4 $40 21. Rd1 Rb2 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Qxb1 Nxa3
24. Qd3 Qd6 25. Nc3 Qb4 26. Qd2 Rc8 27. Ba6 Nc4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qb2 Bb5 30.
Qxb5 Qxb5 31. Nxb5 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Al Sayed, Mohammed"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Ba5 {
This is another move employed by Kramnik recently. It appears that the bishop
does not need to capture on c3. It may also clear the b4-square for the knight
and head for b6, putting pressure on White's over extended centre.} 8. d5 (8.
O-O Bb6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ng4 12. Bb1 Qh4 13. Qf4 f5 $36 {
Carlsen,M (2776)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra (0-1, 20)}) 8... Nb4
9. Qd2 c6 ({Black could also play after Kramnik's model:} 9... exd5 10. cxd5
Ng4 11. Bb1 Qh4 {The natural} 12. Qf4 {leads to a transposition after} Bb6 13.
O-O f5) 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 d5 $36 {Black is better developed and
has the initiative in the centre.} 13. e5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. Qg3 Bc7 16. Bf4
Qb8 17. Nd4 Bxe5 18. Nxc6 Bxf4 19. Nxb8 Bxg3 20. Nxd7 Rfd8 21. Nc5 Be5 22. Rac1
Bc8 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rfe1 f6 25. Nd3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Bf5 27. Nf4 Rac8 28. Rxc8
Bxc8 29. Re7 d4 30. Kf1 d3 31. Ke1 d2+ 32. Kd1 Bf5 33. Rc7 g5 34. Ne2 h5 35.
Rc5 Bd3 36. Nc3 Bf1 37. Rd5 Rxd5 38. Nxd5 Bxg2 39. Nc3 Kf7 40. b4 h4 41. Kxd2
f5 42. Ke2 Bb7 43. f3 Ke6 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. a4 a6 46. a5 Bc6 47. h3 f4+ 48. Kf2
Kd4 49. Ne4 Kc4 50. Nxg5 Bd7 51. Nf7 Kxb4 52. Ne5 Bxh3 53. Ng6 Kxa5 54. Ke2 Kb4
55. Kd2 Kb3 56. Kc1 Bf5 57. Nxh4 Bh7 58. Ng2 a5 59. Nxf4 a4 60. Ne6 Kc3 61. Nd4
Bd3 62. f4 Kxd4 63. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 ({White has faced constant
problems proving an advantage after} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 {, see for
instance the recent game Carlsen,M (2835)-Kramnik,V (2801)/Moscow 2012/CBM 149/
[Marin,M] (1/2, 23)}) 5... d5 ({The other possible approach is} 5... d6 {
Al Sayed,M (2504)-Eljanov,P (2729)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134/[Marin] (1/2,
63)}) 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 {The most active way to dveelop the knight.} (
8. Nge2 {gives Black a wider choice.} Nc6 (8... f5 {1/2 Hillarp Persson,T 
(2545)-Polgar,J (2655)/Malmo 2000/CBM 077/[Golod,V] (29)}) (8... cxd4 {
transposes to 8.Nf3}) 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxe4 Qxe5 13.
Bf4 Qh5 $11 {Zhigalko,S (2658)-Alekseev,E (2670)/Moscow 2012/CBM 147 (1/2, 22)}
) 8... cxd4 (8... Nc6 {is less effective here:} 9. O-O Bxc3 (9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4
cxd4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 $14) 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. Ba3 Re8 12. cxd4 Qa5 13. Qb2
b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Re3 $16 {Holt,C (2417)-Gerzhoy,L (2496)/
Philadelphia 2011 (1-0, 38)}) 9. Nxd4 Nd7 {The most natural developing move,
putting pressure on e5.} (9... dxc4 {has been played several times, but never
at GM level.} 10. Bxe4 Qxd4 11. Bf4 h6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rad1 Qc5 {Gavrish,L 
(2184)-Bernadskiy,V (2358)/Chervonograd 2009 (0-1, 52)} 14. Qe2 $5 {[%csl Gg8]
[%cal Ge4b1] /\Bb1 ->}) ({The experiemental} 9... Nc5 $5 {puts White to the
test seriously, as in 1/2 Jones,G (2635)-Volokitin,A (2695)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM
148/[Likavsky,T] (83)}) 10. Bf4 Qh4 ({For} 10... Ndc5 {see Mamedyarov,S (2765)
-Ganguly,S (2627)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 27)}) 11. g3 Qh5 (11...
Qh3 {Zhao Xue (2474)-Chiburdanidze,M (2502)/Antakya 2010/CBM 140/
[Mikhalchishin,A] (1-0, 40)}) 12. O-O {White continues to play natural moves,
which is probably the best.} (12. Be2 $6 Qg6 (12... Qh3) 13. a3 Bc5 14. Rd1 f6
$132 {Parligras,M (2626)-Naiditsch,A (2716)/Sarajevo 2011/CBM 142 Extra (1-0,
46)}) (12. Bxe4 $6 dxe4 13. Qxe4 f6 14. exf6 (14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Ndxe2 g5 16.
Be3 Nxe5 $17 {Saric,S (2473)-Papp,G (2551)/Hungary 2011/CBM 144 Extra (0-1, 76)
}) 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 e5 $17) (12. h4 {Sethuraman,S (2547)-Venkatesh,M (2434)
/New Delhi 2010/CBM 139 Extra (1/2, 26)} Nxe5 13. Be2 Ng4 $132 ({Or} 13... Qg6
14. Bxe5 f6 $1 {Before initiating the exchanges, Black needs to drive the
bishop away from the indirect defence of the c3-square.} 15. Bc7 Nxc3 16. bxc3
Qxc2 17. Nxc2 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Bxa1 19. Nxa1 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd7) 14. f3 $2 e5 $1
15. fxg4 Bxg4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Bxe5 Rae8 $19) (12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nxc3 $6 {
This loses too much time, something Black cannot afford since he is
underdeveloped anyway.} (13... Nxe5 $5 {needs to be tested.}) 14. bxc3 Bc5 15.
Rfe1 f6 $6 16. Qb3 $1 $16 {L'Ami,A (2376)-Brynell,S (2500)/Hoogeveen 2012 (1/2,
61)}) 12... g5 $5 {Black is far behind in development and his best chance is
to play against White's active, but somewhat exposed, pieces.} (12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 g5 {is also possible, transposing to a line below, but it makes more
sense to refrain from (or at least delay) the exchange on c3.}) 13. cxd5 $5 {
In his turn, White should look for such intermediate moves, the only ones that
may help him take advantage of his better development.} (13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bd2
Qg6 15. Qxe4 {Fedorovsky,M (2395)-Halkias,S (2588)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148 (1/2,
32)} Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Nxe5 $11) 13... gxf4 ({For} 13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 exd5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 {see Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Efimenko,Z (2706)/
Ningbo 2011/CBM 144/[Krasenkow] (1/2, 35)}) 14. dxe6 $5 $146 {The series of
intermediate moves will continue for a while.} (14. Bxe4 Nxe5 15. dxe6 Ng4 16.
Nf3 Bxe6 $36 {unnecessarily speeds up Black's development, Kulaots,K (2574)
-Naiditsch,A (2698)/Belfort 2012 (0-1, 29)}) 14... Nxc3 15. exd7 (15. bxc3 Nxe5
16. exf7+ (16. cxb4 Bxe6) 16... Rxf7 17. cxb4 Bh3 18. Rfe1 fxg3 19. hxg3 Rd8
$44 {For just a pawn, Black has achieved a perfect regrouping and dangerous
pressure.} 20. Qc5 $2 {loses in an instructive way:} Bg2 $1 $19 21. Kxg2 Rxf2+
22. Kxf2 Nxd3+) 15... fxg3 {Black rightly considers that later he may simply
not have the time to carry out this exchange.} ({Here is such a line:} 15...
Bxd7 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qd1 $5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rxc3 19. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f4]
Black cannot avoid the loss of a pawn.} Rc5 20. Bxh7+ $1) 16. hxg3 Bxd7 17.
bxc3 Rac8 18. Bf5 (18. Qd1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rxc3 20. Ne2 {is harmless because of}
Rc7 {as there is no pawn hanging on f4.}) 18... Bxc3 (18... Rxc3 19. Qe4 $36)
19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxe5 $11 {The tactical phase has come to
an end and White's advantage is purely symbolic. A draw is the most probable
result.} 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Kg7 24. Qd3 Qf6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. Bf3
Qg6 28. Qxd4 $5 {An amusing way to offer a draw.} Qxb1 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qe5+
Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Starting with today, my comments will become less comprehensive. I have a
good reason for that: quite soon, I will participate in the Spanish team
championship, where the expected rating average of my opponents corresponds
->to the 18th cathegory. One does not play against Svidler and Ivanchuk every
day, and I feel I should be doing some preparation for this special occasion.
However, I will analyze the most interesting games from the remaining rounds
in Elista in greater detail for the next issue of ChessBase Magazine.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Against Judit, Bareev displayed excellent preparation in
the Quen's Indian. For some reason, he applies another treatment to Judit's
countryman.} Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 ({Leko's
play against Gurevich in the lines starting with} 8. f3 {was quite convincing.
Besides, Bareev is a specalist of the system introduced by the text move.})
8... d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 {Clearing the c3-square for the knight. This is
the third move with the queen already, but White's strong pawn centre is
supposed to compensate for his delay in development.} Ba6 11. Qc2 {This move
has been seen rarely here, but the position usually arises from a different
move order: Black plays 7...Ba6 without losing a tempo with ...Bb7 and White
retreats the queen to c2 skipping Qd3.} ({There has been some theoretical
discussion after} 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 {but Black has generally ben doing fine.
Here is a typical example.} Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5 15. Qxc4 cxd4 16.
Qxd4 h6 17. Bh4 Qc7 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qc4 20. e4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. f3
Nh5 23. Be1 Nf4 24. Rad1 {Beliavsky,A (2667)-Grischuk,A (2719)/Tripoli 2004/
CBM 102 (1/2-1/2, 50). White's centralisation is matched by Black's active
knights.}) 11... Qc8 $5 {A rather sophisticated move. Black intends to attack
the enemy centre with ...c5 and answer dxc5 with ...Qxc5.} ({It should be said
that after the more popular} 11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 {or even 12...Nxc5,
Black's results have not been too bad either.}) 12. b4 {This looks like a
consistent continuation from strategic point of view, but does very little for
the development of the kingside.} (12. Nc3 {was investigated in the notes to
Kacheishvili,G (2577)-Milov,V (2626)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/[Milov,V] (0-1, 22).
Since then, the following game has been played:} c5 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc5
15. Bh4 d5 $6 (15... Rfc8 16. Be2 e5 {[%csl Yc4]}) (15... e5 $5 16. Rd2 Rac8 {
[%csl Yc4]}) 16. Qa4 Bb7 (16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rxd7 b5 19. Qd1 Nxd7 20.
Qxd7 $16 {Black's compensation does not seem to be sufficient, because his
queenside pawns are not easy to advance, while the minor pieces are quite
stable.}) 17. cxd5 {[%csl Yd7]} exd5 18. Be2 $16 {Sokolov,I (2662)-Ibrahimov,R
(2511)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (1/2-1/2, 57)}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Bb7 {
The mutual losses of time tend to compensate each other. However, the fact
that White has been forced to block the queenside can be regarded as an
achievement for Black, whose advantage in the centre will persist untill deep
in the endgame.} 15. a4 $146 ({This move is more useful than the previously
played} 15. f3 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Be2 Qa5+ $6 {This
check only helps White activate his king and annihilate his slight delay in
development.} (19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 a6 $15) 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2
Rfd8 22. Kc3 a6 23. a4 a5 24. Rhd1 $14 {[%csl Yc3] Krush,I (2399)-Psakhis,L 
(2599)/Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 42)}) 15... d5 16. a5 Rb8 {White's
advantage of space on the queenside looks impressive, but his kingside is
underdeveloped.} 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Be2 Qe5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. O-O h5 21. h4 Rfd8
$11 {Black has a good control in the centre and faces no serious problems.} 22.
Rad1 g6 23. Bf3 d4 $5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rfe1 Qc7 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Qd3 Ng4 28.
Nf1 Ne5 29. Qe2 Ng4 30. a6 {White avoids the repetition of moves mainly
because of the unfavourable match situation.} Rbb8 31. Qd3 Rbc8 32. Re4 e5 33.
f3 Nf6 34. Ree1 Nd7 35. Nd2 Nc5 36. Qa3 Re8 {White's position is difficult.
His queenside pawns are blocked, while the enemy centre is quite threatening.
Bareev recurs to desperate means.} 37. Nb3 Nxb3 38. Qxb3 Qxc4 39. Qxc4 Rxc4 40.
Rc1 {The permanent possibility of creating a far advanced passed pawn offers
White reasonable saving chances.} Rc3 41. Kf2 Rec8 42. Ra1 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 R2c5
44. Reb1 Kg7 45. b6 axb6 46. Rxb6 R5c7 47. Rd6 Rc1 48. Ra5 R8c5 49. Ra4 R1c4
50. Ra1 Rc1 51. Ra4 R1c4 52. Ra1 Rc1 {With the intention of eternally pursuing
the white rook or, in case of exchange, place his own rook behind the passed
pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 $5 {A rare continuation.} ({
The main line goes} 12. Rd1 {Bareev,E (2675)-Naiditsch,A (2641)/Khanty
Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/[Golod,V] (1-0, 53)}) 12... bxc5 13. Nc3 d5 (13... Qe7
14. f3 Ne5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Bd3 Rad8 18. O-O-O f5 {1/2 Sarkar,J 
(2382)-Ehlvest,J (2587)/Kerhonkson 2003/EXT 2004}) 14. Rd1 (14. O-O-O {
Kacheishvili,G (2577)-Polgar,J (2671)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/[Golod,V] (0-1, 33)})
14... Qa5 (14... Qe7 {, transposing to a line from the game Johannessen-Stocek,
without the only relatively useful ...Rfe8, from the same tournament, deserves
attention.}) 15. Be2 {Black seems to have an active position and the relative
weakness of the light squares in White's camp look quite inviting. However,
the h4-bishop is very strong, imobilising Black's knights, an aspect that
should not be underestimated.} Ba6 16. O-O Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nb1 Qb5 19.
Nd2 Rab8 20. Rb1 Nb6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Rfc1 f5 24. Nd6 Qb3 25. Nxc4
$14 {Play has settled down finally. White has the better structure on both
wings, which ensures him a stable advantage.} Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Rb3 27. Nd2 Rd3 28.
g3 Rd8 29. Nc4 Nb6 30. Na5 c4 31. Nc6 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd7 34. Ne5
Rc7 35. Kf1 Rc5 36. Nf3 Kf8 37. Nd2 Ke7 38. Ke2 Rb5 39. Kd1 Kd6 40. Kc1 Rc5 41.
e4 Ke5 42. f4+ Kd4 43. exf5 exf5 44. Kd1 Rc8 45. Nf3+ Ke3 46. Ne5 f6 47. Re2+
Kd4 48. Nf3+ Kd3 49. Ne1+ Kd4 50. Nc2+ Kc5 51. Ne3 Re8 52. Nxf5 Rxe2 53. Kxe2
Na4 54. Nxh6 Nxb2 55. h4 c3 56. Nf5 Kd5 57. h5 Ke6 58. h6 1-0

[Event "ASEAN GM 2nd"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3
Nxc5 9. Nge2 Nce4 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14.
Rxc3 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Rd3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Kg7 18. c5 Rb8 19. Rd6 b6 20. cxb6
Rxb6 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Bb5 Bb7 23. f3 Bc6 24. Be2 f5 25. Kd2 Kg6 26. Kc3 Ra8
27. Rd1 Ra4 28. Rd2 Kf6 29. Bd1 Ra5 30. Rd4 Rc5+ 31. Kd2 Rd5 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33.
a4 Ke7 34. b4 Kd6 35. Kc3 Bb7 36. Bc2 Kc7 37. Kd4 d6 38. Bb3 e5+ 39. Kc3 {
[%cal Ra4a5] White has the better chances because of the possibility of
creating a remote passed pawn on the a-file. Weiß hat die besseren Chancen
aufgrund der Möglichkeit, einen entfernten Bauern auf der a-Linie zu bilden.}
d5 $2 {[%csl Re5] After this careless move, the weakness of the dark squares
will prove of decisive importance. Black should have started a counterplay
against the weak white kingside pawns with, for instance Nach diesem
unachtsamen Zug wird sich die Schwäche der dunklen Felder als entscheidend
erweisen. Schwarz hätte ein Gegenspiel gegen die schwachen weißen
Königsflügelbauern einleiten sollen, zum Beispiel} (39... g4 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2]
[%cal Rb7g2]}) 40. Bc2 Bc8 41. Bd3 Kd6 42. f4 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Re5] Ensuring the
further infiltration of the king via d4. Sorgt dafür, dass der König über d4
weiter eindringen kann.} Bd7 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Bc6 46. a6 Ba8
47. Bb5 Ke4 (47... Kd6 48. Kd4 $18) 48. Kd2 d4 (48... Ke5 49. Bd7 h5 50. Kd3 h4
51. gxh4 gxh4 52. Bc8 Kd6 53. Kd4 Kc6 54. Bb7+ $18) 49. Bd3+ Ke5 50. exd4+ Kxd4
51. Bxf5 Bxg2 52. Bc8 Bf1 (52... Bc6 53. Bb7 Kc5 54. g4 $1 (54. Ke3 $4 h5 $11)
54... Kb6 55. Bxc6 Kxc6 56. Kd3 $18) 53. a7 Bg2 54. Ke2 $1 Kc5 (54... h5 55.
Kf2 Ba8 56. Bh3 {[%cal Yh3g2]} Kc5 57. Bg2 h4 58. g4 Kb6 59. Bxa8 Kxa7 60. Bg2
Kb6 61. Ke3 Kc5 62. Ke4 $18 {[%cal Re4f5,Rf5g5]}) 55. Bg4 Kb6 56. Bf3 Bxf3+ 57.
Kxf3 Kxa7 {In spite of massive simplifications the remote passed pawn has done
his job by distracting the enemy king. Trotz massiver Vereinfachungen hat der
entfernte Freibauer seine Mission vollbracht; er hat den feindlichen König
abgelenkt.} 58. Kg4 Kb7 59. Kh5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 {A typically
problematic Nimzo Indian position. Will the white hanging pawns be a strenght
or a weakness? Will the bishop's pair compensate or overweight the relative
weakness of the c4-square? As in most of the 4.Qc2 lines, the exposed position
of the white queen complicates White's concrete problems while trying to give
a favourable answer to the strategig issues above.} 14. Bb2 $146 (14. Rd1 {
may be more subtle.} Rfd8 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 $13 {maintains
the integrity of the white pawns, since} Nd5 $6 {, as analyzed in the main
game, fails to} 17. Qd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Gf4] Black has just lost time. Still,
the position after 16.exd4 may be critical for the evaluation of the variation.
}) 15. Bb2 cxd4 (15... Bxf3 {can be answered with} 16. Bxf3 $1 {, avoiding
kingside pawn weaknesses.} cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Rad1
Rdc8 {It is best to get out of the pin at once. For White, it is risky to
capture on d7, since his back rank is vulnerable and the b2-bishop unstable.}
21. g4 $1 $36 {The threats of g5 or simply Rxd7 are annoying. White will most
likely win the e5-pawn, achieving material equality and maintaining two strong
bishops.}) 16. exd4 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 $14 {Finally, White has
sterngthened his centre and can look forward with optimism, Carlsen,M (2772)
-Bacrot,E (2721)/Dortmund 2009/CBM 131 (1/2, 39)}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 {
Since there is no pressure along the d-file, White cannot sacrifice the
c4-pawn.} cxd4 16. Qxd4 (16. exd4 Nd5 $1 $132 {[%cal Gd5f4]}) 16... e5 17. Qh4
Rfe8 18. Kh1 Nf8 $15 {Black's knights are quite strong, because of White's
pawn weaknesses. Black can parry an eventual kingside attack with ...Ng6,
while the white queenside pawns are vulnerable.} 19. Qh3 a5 20. Rfd1 Rcd8 21.
Qf5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 N8d7 23. c5 Nxc5 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Kg1 g6 26. Qc2 Rd6 27. Rc1
Qe7 28. Ba3 Nfd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxc5 Rc6 31. Qe4 Qc7 32. f4 Rxc5 33. Rxc5
bxc5 34. fxe5 c4 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe4 c3 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kf8
40. Qd4 c2 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Kd8 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qg7+ Kc8 45. Qh8+ Kb7
46. Qb2+ Ka6 47. Qc1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{1, 2, 3, ... bisher war das Punktesammeln perfekt verlaufen, doch von Merab
erwartete ich einen ruhigen Dc2-Nimzoinder und folglich ein Remis ohne große
Aufregung.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. Nh3 {Eine Überraschung, die mich schon sofort aus dem "Buch" warf.
Allerdings haben solche Überraschungen auch eine angenehme Seite: statt in
einer der Hauptvarianten eine Weile um den Ausgleich kämpfen zu müssen und
dann nach bestandener "Theorie-Prüfung" aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach ins
Remis entlassen zu werden, kann sich nach solch frühen Abweichungen ein
interessanter Kampf um die Initiative/Vorteil entspinnen, in dem die Chancen
des Schwarzen wenigstens nicht schlechter sind. Denn eines ist klar: mit einem
exzentrischen Zug wie 8.Nh3 gibt Weiß zugunsten des Überraschungseffekts
seinen Anzugsvorteil auf.} h6 9. Bh4 c5 $6 ({Laut Auskunft der MegaBase greift
Schwarz hauptsächlich zu} 9... d5 {und nach} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5
d4 $1 {wird klar, dass es das richtige Vorgehen ist: Der schwarze
Entwicklungsvorsprung kommt durch die Stellungsöffnung voll zur Geltung.}) 10.
dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxf6 $2 {Mit dem Läuferpaar trennt sich Weiß auch von seinen
Chancen auf Vorteil.} (11. f3 $142 Nc6 12. e3) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. e3
$6 {Nichtsahnend fuhr Merab schablonenhaft mit der Entwicklung fort.} ({
Weiß konnte folgendermaßen eine vernünftige Koordination herstellen:} 13. Nf4
Rc8 14. O-O-O {(Der König kann hier die Verteidigung des Damenflügels
maßgeblich unterstützen.)} Kf8 15. Rg1 $1 (15. Rd3 Ke7 16. Rh3 {ist riskant}
Nc6 17. Rxh6 Ne5 $36) 15... Ke7 16. g4 {(fixiert h6 und erlaubt die
Aktivierung des Turmes über die 3. Reihe)} Nc6 17. Bg2 {(Es ist wichtig den
ansonsten nutzlosen Läufer gegen eine der potenziell überlegenen schwarzen
Leichtfiguren zu tauschen)} Na5 (17... Rab8 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rg3) 18. Bxb7
Nxb7 19. Rg3 Na5 20. b3 Rab8 21. Kc2 Rb7 22. Re3 Rcb8 23. Rdd3 {Weiß hält das
Gleichgewicht.}) 13... Rc8 $1 {Dieser unscheinbare Turmzug war aus meiner
Sicht der wichtigste Moment in der Partie: Von c8 aus wird der R, wie später
ersichtlich, das Auflösen des anfälligen weißen Damenflügels durch b2-b4
unterdrücken während der König, sobald er nach e7 überführt ist, die übrigen
Figuren von jeglichen Verteidigungsaufgaben befreit.} 14. Be2 Kf8 15. O-O Nc6 (
15... Ke7 $2 16. b4) 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Nf4 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge5c4,Gc8c4,
Rb2b4]} 18. Rac1 a5 {Die Schwäche auf b2 ist nun fixiert und damit der
schwarze Vorteil gefestigt.} 19. Nd3 Rab8 20. f4 $6 {Eine passive, schlechtere
Stellung verteidigend muss man unbedingt vermeiden weitere Schwächen zu
schaffen. Nun entsteht ein positionelles Loch auf e4.} (20. f3 Bc6 21. Rd2 Nxd3
22. Bxd3 Rb3 23. Re1 Rcb8 24. Ree2 f5 $15 (24... Bb7 25. Bb1)) (20. Rd2) 20...
Nxd3 21. Bxd3 Bc6 22. Rd2 Rb3 23. Rf1 $6 (23. Re1 Rcb8 24. Ree2 f5) 23... f5
24. Rff2 h5 $6 ({Nach} 24... Bb7 $1 25. Rfe2 Ba6 $19 {bricht Weiß sofort
zusammen.}) 25. Rfe2 Rcb8 26. Bb1 Be4 $1 27. Bxe4 fxe4 {Nun ensteht eine
gewinnbringende Bauernlawine im Zentrum.} 28. Kf2 f5 29. Kg3 Rd3 30. Kh4 ({
zunächst ist Rybka sehr optmistisch für Weiß (=) nach diesem Tausch,
allmählich erkennt aber auch die Engine, dass die Bauern nach} 30. Rxd3 exd3
31. Rd2 Rb3 32. Kh4 d5 33. cxd5 exd5 34. Kxh5 c4 35. Kg5 Rxb2 $19 {
durchbrechen,was für Menschen natürlich offensichtlich ist :)}) 30... Rbb3 31.
Kxh5 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. g4 {Ich verpasste nun den thematischen Durchbruch
mit e5 und fand stattdessen einen komplizierteren aber ebenso ausreichenden
Gewinnweg.} Rd3 (33... e5 $19) 34. Rg2 Rh3+ (34... e5 $19) 35. Kg6 (35. Kg5 Rh8
36. h3 Rxh3 37. gxf5 Rh8 $19) 35... fxg4 36. f5 Rf3 $1 37. fxe6 Kxe6 $19 38.
Kg5 Ke5 39. Kxg4 Rf7 40. h4 e3 41. h5 Ke4 42. h6 Kd3 43. Kh5 e2 44. Rg3+ Kd2
45. Rg2 Kd1 46. Rg7 Rxg7 47. hxg7 e1=Q 48. g8=Q Qh1+ 49. Kg6 Qg2+ 50. Kf7 Qxg8+
51. Kxg8 Kc2 52. Kf7 Kxb2 53. Ke7 Kxa3 0-1

[Event "Regina Helena Marques 9th"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdalla, Luiz Guilherme"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2012.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {My opponent was not used to playing this
line, so I thought I might surprise him as well with a less popular idea.} d6
$5 {An interesting way to fight the Capablanca/Classical variation. I met this
move in the Cappelle Open earlier in 2012 against Georgy Timoshenko, who
managed to get a good position.} 5. e4 $6 {I don't like this move, even though
I played it against Romanov, also in 2012, but in Cannes (couple of weeks
before Cappelle).} (5. a3 {one of the main moves} Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nbd7 {I guess
Black is rushing to play e5, thus taking advantage of the immediate better
development} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 e5 (8... Rb8 $5 {This funny-looking move is
possible, to follow with b6, Bb7. Seen once in Dearing - Conquest, 2003} 9. b4
b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bb2 a5 13. Rfd1 $14 {Now White wants to play d5
at some point, and if Black plays Be4, then a typical Bh3 (or Bf1), followed
by Nd2 and e4. In these kind of positions, the sacrifice with ...axb4 14.axb4
b5!? 15.cxb5 Nb6 is normally playable, trying to close the b2-B and bringing
the d7-N via b6 to the c4-d5 squares.}) 9. Nf3 (9. dxe5 $1 {possibly the best,
trying to open lines for the c1-B} dxe5 $6 (9... Nxe5 {this small positional
concession should be chosen, because 9...dxe5 would give strong play for White
in the a1-h8 diagonal later. Besides, White has yet to face some problems to
be able to castle, and Black is coming fast with Re8, Bg4, and the immediate
Nf3 allows the strong N transfer to c5:} 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Nc5
13. b4 $1 {has to be played now to avoid a5-a4} (13. O-O a5 {with a fine
position, Re8, Qf6, Bh3 to come}) 13... Qf6 14. Bb2 Nd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qxb2 16. O-O
g6 $14 {when Black is close to solving all his problems with Bf5, Rb8, but
White retains a small edge.}) 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. O-O $14 {/+/-, similar to the
game, but now e4 is not going to happen, and Bb2, together with Rd1, b4 will
be annoying}) 9... e4 $5 {At first, I thought this was good for White, because
of the weakening of some dark-squares, but after all Black gets a decent space
advantage and also avoids dxe5 once for all.} 10. Nd2 Re8 11. O-O c6 12. Re1
Nf8 13. Nf1 h6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Mekhitarian,K (2512)-Timoshenko,G (2551)/Cappelle
2012 (23); and I feel Black was able to solve all his opening problems and
Be6-Qd7-Bh3 could even harrass White a little bit.}) (5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 {
is another possibility, trying to play it like the Rubinstein (4.e3) variation,
but without the immediate d5-c5 disturbing White's centre} c5 7. Nge2 (7. Nf3 {
to be watched...})) 5... c5 $1 {Following Romanov's idea. Cannes is a very
strong tournament, but the games played there don't go to the database, that's
why you can't find it. Black simply starts harassing White's vulnerable centre}
6. dxc5 {I don't know exactly what to suggest instead of this, but it seems
Black is already fine.} (6. d5 $6 {played by me, already a dubious move,
because Black has a strong response now:} Qe7 $1 $15 {And suddenly, White is
facing strategic problems, and is already worse, since the simple threat of ...
exd5 is very strong. And naturally, 7.dxe6 leaves Black in a fine position
already, since the N is quickly going to c6, and the pressure on the e4-P is
also annoying.}) 6... dxc5 (6... Bxc5 $5 {was another sound option, playing a
Hedgehog-style structure, with the B outside the pawn chain, and having
Nc6-Nd4 coming pretty quick.}) 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Nf3 (8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 {a
positional triumph for White, but Black takes advantage of his better
development:} O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 f6 12. exf6 e5 $1 $13 {and again, White
should be careful not to end up worse.}) 8... Nc6 9. Qe4 $6 {Now this helps me
on activating my pieces. More logical was:} (9. Bf4 Qa5 $1 {Nd4 becomes a
threat already. For example:} 10. a3 (10. Rd1 $5) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nd4 12.
Qd3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nf8 $1 $36 {Important move to reorganise forces, now Black
has a strong idea of Ng6, followed by Bd7-Bc6, 0-0 and Rad8, creating pressure
on many weak pawns.}) 9... f5 $1 $15 {Weakens my structure, but it is all
based on concrete and active ideas, therefore well justified.} 10. exf6 Nxf6
11. Qd3 Qe7 $5 {I don't know if keeping the Qs is the best option - the solid
alternative was also quite interesting, and perhaps better:} (11... O-O $5 12.
Qxd8 Rxd8 $15 {/-/+ and once again Black proves he can stay quite active, with
e5, Nd4 coming, as well as b6-Bb7.}) 12. Bg5 {This has to be played, otherwise
...e5 comes and the threats of e4, Bg4, Rd8, Nd4 are too strong to be parried.}
O-O 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Qc2 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Bxc3 (15... h6 $1 {could be a small
improvement, as you'll be able to notice in the 19th move analysis} 16. Bh4
Bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Bd3 e4 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4
Qxc3+ 23. Kb1 $15 {and now compared to the game (had White played 19.Bxf6), h6
helps on hiding Black's K.}) 16. bxc3 e5 17. Bd3 e4 18. Re1 Bf5 (18... Qf7 {
I thought about this for a while, but it was nonsense:} 19. Bxe4 (19. Bxf6 $2 {
I was mostly happy with this analysis, but of course he was not going into this
} exd3 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. Qxd3 {pretty, but not good enough} gxf6 $19) 19... Nxe4
20. Rxe4 {I thought I could bother my opponent on the white squares, but the
board is wide open for that, and I'm not getting Be6 (or Bf5) and h6 in time.}
Bf5 21. Rf4 $1 $13) 19. Nh4 $2 (19. Bxf6 $1 {was the last chance for a
consistent position} Qxf6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qxc3+ 22. Kb1 $13 {looks a
little bit scary, but White also has Qe2 and Re8+ threats (Black's K is not
that safe either). Now it is clearer why 15...h6 would help. For example, Qe2
already threatens Re8+ with mate to follow.}) 19... Qe5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nxf5
{At this point, I wasn't so sure how to proceed, because all the options had
to be considered, and I hadn't seen anything decent after 23.Qh3.} exd3 $1 (
21... Qxc3+ 22. Bc2 Rd8 $2 {was one of my ideas, but it took me a bit to
realise I'm just losing here after} (22... Nb4 {and apparently Black still
gets away with a draw}) 23. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 24. Nd5 {I kept on analysing, but it
didn't make sense anymore} Qxc4 25. Rxe4 Qxd5 26. Qf3+ $18) (21... Rd8 22. Rxe4
Qxc3+ 23. Qc2 Qa3+ 24. Qb2 Qxd3 {could be attractive, but fails drastically :)}
25. Qxg7#) 22. Qxd3 Rd8 23. Qc2 $4 {Under time pressure, White collapses and
loses on the spot.} (23. Qh3 {was the correct move, and I was only looking at
Ne5, which brings me a comfortable endgame, but nothing more than that} Ne5 (
23... g6 $1 {was the fine move, according to our computer friend - it takes
advantage of the fact that White can't go Ne3 right away, because of the c3-P}
24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 Qf4+ 26. Ne3 Qxf2 27. Rd1 $1 $15 {but even here, Black
will need to work hard to create something, since his K is also weak}) 24. Rd1
Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Nxc4 {perhaps with a tiny advantage, because of the better
structure, but very close to equality.}) 23... Nb4 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 (5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6
bxc6 8. a3) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 (6... d5 7. Bg5 (7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9.
Bf4 Bf5 10. Qxc7) 7... c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qg3 Nc6 10. O-O-O e5 11. Nf3 Ne4 12.
Bxd8 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Rxd8 $11 {Morozevich,A (2750)-Karpov,A (2619) Wch Blitz 5th
2009 (25) 1-0}) 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. O-O Be4 (11...
Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 12. Bb2 Qb8 {[%cal Gb8b7]} 13. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Gf3d2] Une
manoeuvre classique pour éviter l'échange des B après Nd2} (13. a4 Rd8 14.
Rfe1 h6 15. Bh3 Bh7 16. Nd2 c6 17. Bg2 d5 {1/2-1/2 (17) Maiorov,N (2552)
-Zhigalko,S (2682) Minsk 2014}) 13... b5 14. Nd2 bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 $146 (15...
Bg6 16. Bg2 d5 17. Rac1 c6 18. Ba1 Ra7 19. f3 Re8 20. e4 Kh8 21. Rfe1 a4 22.
Qe3 Rb7 23. g4 dxe4 24. g5 Nh5 25. fxe4 Qf4 26. e5 Rc7 27. Bc3 Rb8 28. Re2
Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Nf4 30. Bh1 Bf5 31. Rf1 Ng6 32. Ba5 Ra7 33. Bb4 c5 34. dxc5
Ndxe5 35. c6 Rc8 36. c7 Raxc7 37. c5 h6 38. gxh6 gxh6 39. Rf2 Ng4 40. Rxf5 Nxe3
41. Rh5 Kh7 42. Rh3 Nd5 43. Ne4 Ngf4 44. Rf3 f5 45. Nf6+ {Manoeuvre,A (2111)
-Saiboulatov,D (2370) France 2009 0-1}) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Nxc4 $1 18. Qxc4
Qxb2 19. Rfc1 d5 $1 20. Qd3 (20. Qxc7 Qxe2 $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 20... c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 $36 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Ne4 24. Rc7 Rfc8 25. Rac1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 g6 27.
Bg2 Nd2 28. Rc2 Nb1 $1 29. a4 Rb8 30. Rc6 Nd2 31. f4 $6 {[%csl Re3]} Nb3 32.
Rc3 Rb4 33. e3 Nd2 34. Rd3 Nc4 $19 35. e4 Nb2 36. Rd2 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 $5 {Les Noirs
ont des bons résultats avec ce gambit.} (6... c5 7. Nf3) 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 {
L'acceptation du gambit est risquée} (8. bxc6 Nxc6 9. Bg5 Bb7 $44) 8... cxb5
9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 {93} h6 {88 Les deux adversaires sont bien préparés et ils
jouent vite l'ouverture} (10... a6) 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Qd3
a6 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Rfc1 Bd5 $11) 11... g5 (11... Nc6 12. Bxb5) (
11... a6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Qd2 (13. O-O d6 14. Rac1 Rc8 $11)) 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2
(13. Qd3 f5 14. Nd2 a6 15. Nxe4 (15. Rc1 Nxg3) 15... Bxe4 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Bd6
Na5 {Turov,M (2630)-Naiditsch,A (2708) EU-ch blitz Warsaw 2012 (4) 0-1} (17...
Rf7 18. f3 Bd5 19. Rc1 Na5 $11 {[%cal Ga5c4,Ga5b3]})) 13... Na6 {[%csl Rc2,Re1]
[%cal Ga8c8]} 14. b4 (14. Nd2 Rc8 $44) 14... Rc8 15. Qb2 {74} h5 $5 $146 {
[%csl Rg3] Paradoxalement, le K Noir est moins exposé par cette avance que le
K Blanc} (15... Nc7 16. Bd3 {Drozdovskij,Y (2603)-Naiditsch,A (2700) World Cup
ACP 3rd rapid 2009 (1.1) 1/2-1/2}) 16. Nd2 (16. h4 $5 {Probablement un moindre
mal pour les Blancs} Nxg3 17. fxg3) 16... h4 $36 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bd6 Rc2 $40
19. Qb3 Qf6 {[%csl Ra1,Rf2] Suite illisible et gain Noir au 26ème coup} 0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 (5... d5) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
e5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 (10... Ne7) 11. O-O (11. Ng3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Re8
13. O-O b6 14. Nf5 Nf8 15. Ne3 Ng6 16. Re1 Nf4 17. Bf1 Rf8 18. f3 g6 19. g3 Nh5
20. Bd3 Kh8 21. Rb2 Bh3 22. Ng4 f6 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Qb1 Rae8 25. Rbe2 Qf7 26.
Bh6 Rg8 27. Bd2 Rgf8 28. Rg1 Re7 29. Ree1 Qe8 30. Qd1 Ng7 31. Bh6 Bxg4 32. fxg4
g5 33. h4 Qg6 34. Bxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rgf1 h6 36. Rf2 Kg8 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rh2 Rh7
39. Rh5 Qe8 40. Kg2 Kg7 {Topalov,V (2752)-Vallejo Pons,F (2697) Leon 2012 1-0 
(61)}) 11... b5 $1 12. Ng3 (12. cxb5 c4) 12... bxc4 13. Be2 Nb3 $146 {Un thème
tactique joué également sur la variante Saemisch pour échanger le Bc1 qui est
potentiellement dangereux} (13... h6 14. Be3 g5 15. h4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. f3
Bd7 18. Kf2 f6 19. Rh1 Rf7 20. Rh2 Rh7 21. Rah1 g4 22. h5 Rb8 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24.
Rh4 Bd7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qb6 27. Rg4+ Kf7 28. Qa4 Qb2+ 29. Kf3 Rb5 30. Rc1
a6 31. Qd1 Nb3 32. Rc2 Qxa3 33. Rxc4 Rg7 34. Bxh6 Rh7 35. Be3 Rxh5 36. Kg3 Rh7
37. Rh4 Rxh4 38. Kxh4 Qa4+ 39. c4 Na5 40. Qh5+ Ke7 41. Qh7+ Kd8 42. Qg8+ Kc7
43. Qf7+ {Hayrapetian,H (2406)-Idani,P (2448) Yerevan 2012 1/2-1/2}) 14. Rb1
Nxc1 15. Rfxc1 Bd7 $11 16. Bxc4 Qc7 17. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Gf5] Menace non seument
d'échanger le mauvais B des Blancs mais aussi d'affaiblir la case "f5"} g6 18.
Qd2 Bxb5 (18... Rab8 19. a4) 19. Rxb5 Rab8 20. Rcb1 Rxb5 21. Rxb5 Rb8 22. Qb2
Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sumets, Andrey"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {01H30} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
(7. f3) (7. Nf3) 7... Bb7 8. f3 h6 (8... c5) (8... d6) 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7
11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5 (14... c5 {La grande ligne})
15. Bb5 c6 16. Bd3 Rae8 $32 17. Ne2 e5 18. O-O exd4 (18... e4 19. fxe4 fxe4 20.
Bc4 $14 {Alterman,B (2585)-Psakhis,L (2605) ISR-ch Tel Aviv 1994 (9) 1/2}) 19.
exd4 Nb8 $5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 20. Nc3 (20. Rac1 Ba6 $11) 20... Ba6 21. Bxa6 Nxa6
22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rac1 {Toujours théorique!} Re2 (23... f4 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. Rc6
Rc8 26. Rec1 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Ke7 28. Be1 Kd7 29. Rg6 Rf7 30. Bb4 Nc7 31. Rd6+ Ke8
32. a4 Rd7 33. Rc6 Kf7 34. Bd6 Ne6 35. Be5 Ke7 36. b4 Rd8 37. a5 Kd7 38. b5 Rc8
39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. axb6 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 axb6 44. Rxb6 Rc2+
45. Kd3 Rxg2 46. Bd6+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. b6 Rb2 49. Be5 Kh5 50. Kc3 Rb5 51.
Rb8 Ng5 52. Bxf4 Nxf3 53. Be5 {Feller,S (2657)-Volokitin,A (2677)
Aix-les-Bains 2011 1-0 (72)}) 24. Rfe1 $146 (24. b4 Rf7 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Rfc1
Rb2 27. h4 h5 28. Be1 f4 29. Kf1 Rd7 30. Rf8 Nc7 31. Rxf4 Nb5 32. a4 Nd6 33.
Rc6 Rb1 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 Nc4 36. Re6 Nxa5 37. Rf5 g6 38. Rg5 Nb3 39. Rgxg6
Nxd4 40. Rh6+ Kg7 41. Reg6+ Kf7 42. Rg5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Volek,S (2308)-Bucek,J 
(2379) ICCF email 2009}) 24... Rxb2 25. Re7 Rf7 26. Rc8+ Rf8 27. Rc1 Rf7 28.
Rc8+ Rf8 29. Rc1 Rf7 {La nulle arrangeait les deux adversaires qui jouaient а
la table 1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Polaczek, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 $6 {In seinem Buch
"Nimzo-Indian Defence. Classical Variation" nennt Sokolov diesen Zug "sehr
riskant". Gegen jemand mit 250 Elopunkte weniger will er es aber versuchen.} d5
6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 (7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ndxc5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd3
12. Qxd3 b6 $1 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Ba6 $17 {Kaidanov-Kharitonov,Smolensk 1986}
) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 (9... Qa5 10. Ne2 (10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Bd2
Qa6 12. Qa2 Nc6) (10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 cxd4) 10... cxd4 11. O-O dxc3 12. Be3
Nc6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. f3 Nd2 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 cxd2 $17 {
Kelecevic-Abramovic, Yugoslavia 1984}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. cxd4 f6 $1 {Schwarz
will das weisse Zentrum schnellstens vernichten.} 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Be3 Nc6 14.
Ne2 Bf5 15. O-O Nd6 $1 16. Nf4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf7 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Rc5 Nf5 20.
g3 {Um nach ...Sxe3 mit der Dame zuruecknehmen zu koennen. Falls der f-Bauer
zurueckschlaegt, ist nach ...g5 mit folgendem tausch auf f1 der Gewinn
problematisch.} Rd6 21. Rfc1 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Re8 23. Qd3 Re4 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25.
Qxe4 Rxd4 26. Qe3 {Die Stellung ist jetzt ausgeglichen, aber nach dem
Mittelspiel haben die Goetter natuerlich das Endspiel gesetzt. Es beginnt nun
eine Lavierphase, in der Weiss versuchen wird den gegner um zu stossen.} Rd8 {
Es drohte Txc6} 27. h4 Re8 28. Qc5 Re5 29. Qc3 Re7 30. h5 Rd7 31. Kg2 Re7 32.
Rb1 Qf5 33. Rd1 Qf7 34. h6 gxh6 35. Rd6 Rd7 36. Rxh6 Qg7 37. Qc4+ Qf7 38. Ne6 {
Notwendig um weiter zu kommen, aber der Textzug gibt Polaczek eine
ausgezeichnete Chance die Stellung weiter zu vereinfachen.} Rd4 $2 {Schade;
mit einem Scheinopfer haette Schwarz warscheinlich das remis geschafft. Jetzt
geht es schnell bergab.} (38... Qf3+ $1 39. Kxf3 Ne5+ 40. Ke4 Nxc4 41. a4 (41.
Rf6 Nd6+ 42. Ke5 Nf7+ $10) 41... b6 42. f4 Nd6+ 43. Kf3 Nf7 $10) (38... Rd6 $5)
39. Qc5 Rg4 (39... Rd7 40. Qg5+ Kh8 41. Rf6 $18) 40. Ng5 $1 Qc4 41. Qf5 $1 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Taizhou"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 {A very aggressive line, which
was recovered from obscurity 10 years ago. I remember especially the great
efforts of Aleksandr Beliavsky, who did a lot of important analysis here.} ({
A more classical way is} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {which would be much more
appropriate for Ushenina's style. Her trainers are completely unexperienced in
women's chess, so their decision to recommend her to play this line was
suicidical in my opinion.}) 5... d5 ({A wrong idea here is} 5... c5 6. e5 cxd4
7. a3 Ng4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. Qe2 cxb2 10. Bxb2 f5 11. h3 Nh6 12. g3 d5 13. Bg2
dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nc6 15. b5 Ne7 16. Ne2 Nd5 17. O-O {with serious pressure,
Ushenina,A (2496)-Olafsson,F (2440)/Marianske Lazne 2008}) ({There is a very
passive setup after} 5... d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 c5 9. d5 (9. Ne2 Nc6
10. d5 Ne7 (10... Na5 11. O-O b6 12. f4 Ba6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Bxc4 15. Ng3
$40) 11. O-O (11. f3) 11... Ng6 $132) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 Nh5 $146 (10... h6) (
10... Re8) 11. O-O Qh4 12. g3 Qe7 13. f3 (13. g4 $6 Nhf6 14. Ng3 Nxg4 15. Nf5
Qf6 16. h4 Kh8 17. Be2 Qg6 18. Kh1 $44) 13... g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Rae1 (15. g4
$5 f6 16. Ng3 Rf7 17. Qd2 b6 18. Kh1 Nf8 19. Rg1 $14) 15... f6 16. f4 {with a
huge space advantage, Beliavsky,A (2646)-Miroshnichenko,E (2667)/Oesterreich
2009.}) 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 (7. a3 {is premature:} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4
10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 f6 (11... f5 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. g3 Na6 14. Kg2 Nb4 15. axb4
Qxa1 {with very unclear play, Xu Yuanyuan (2420)-Hou,Y (2220)/Beijing 2005})
12. cxd5 exd5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. h3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qe3 Qd5 20. Re1 Rf6 21. Bc3 Raf8 {White still has development
problems, Zhu Chen (2477)-Hou,Y (2591)/Antakya 2010.}) 7... c5 8. Nf3 (8. Nge2
Nc6 9. cxd5 ({Still playable is} 9. O-O $1 cxd4 10. Nxe4 $146 (10. cxd5) 10...
dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Qe2 Nxd3 16. Nxd3
Bd7 17. b3 (17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qg5 19. Nd3 Bc6 20. f4 Qf5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22.
Ne5 $14) 17... Bc6 18. Bb2 Qf6 19. f4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Kg8 21. Qf2 {Black did not
fully equalise, Beliavsky,A (2646)-Nemeth,M (2472)/Magyarorszag 2009}) 9...
exd5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 (11... Nxf2 $5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14.
Qc5 (14. Qb3 Nh3+ $1 15. gxh3 d3 16. Bxd3 Nxd3 17. Rd1 Bf5 18. Be3 Be4 $44)
14... Nfd3 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 $11) 12. Bxe4 Qxe5 13.
Bxh7+ (13. a3 Ba5 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Bf4 (16. f3) 16... Qf6 17. f3
Be6 18. Qc5 $14) 13... Kh8 14. Bf4 Qf6 (14... Qh5 $2 15. Be4 Be6 16. Bxc6 bxc6
17. Nxd4 Bd5 18. Bg3 f5 19. f3 $16) 15. Be4 Bg4 (15... Re8 $5) 16. f3 (16. Bg3)
16... Bh5 $146 (16... Bd7) (16... Be6) 17. Qc4 (17. Rad1 $5 $14) 17... Rfe8 18.
Bg3 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxd4 Ba5 20. Bg3 Bb6 21. Bf2 $14) 18... Bg6 19. Nf4 $2 (
19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bf2 d3 $140 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Nf4
$16) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rxe4 {ans the position is extremely unbalanced,
Sanikidze,T (2522)-Beliavsky,A (2646)/Budva 2009.}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10.
Bf4 Ndc5 {The most solid positional way - White tried to create a strong
centre, but the black knights control the most important strategic points.} ({
This new idea was introduced recently by the greatest modern opening inventor.
} 10... Qb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6
16. Rfe1 Qxc4 17. Bxe5 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 fxe5 19. Rxe5 {This endgame is not as
unpleasant as it looks at first for Black and ended in a draw in Anand-Kramnik,
Moscow 2013.}) 11. O-O Bxc3 ({Clearly weaker is} 11... Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Be7 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb3 Qa4 17. Qg3 Qe4 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19.
Qxg5 Re8 20. Re1 Qg6 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Re3 Rac8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. f4 b5 25. Rae1
Qb6 26. f5 {White threatens a terrible attack, Gordon,S (2524)-Beliavsky,A 
(2646)/Gibraltar 2009.}) 12. bxc3 Bd7 ({Another real option here is a bit safer
} 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 (14... Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Qg3 Qe4 17.
Nb3 Bb7 18. f3 Qf5 19. Bh6 Qg6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Be3 Rfc8 23.
Rab1 Bd5 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. Rb5 Rac8 26. Ra5 {Ushenina,A (2448)-Kosintseva,N 
(2493)/Ohrid 2009; with pressure in an opposite-coloured bishop ending.}) 15.
Rad1 Qd7 {gave Black an easy play in Holt-Onischuk, US Championship 2013.}) 13.
Be2 Na4 ({This was another big critical point, where there are completely
different ways to proceed:} 13... Qa5 14. cxd5 (14. Rac1 Na4 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
f3 Nec5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Bg3 Qc6 19. Bf2 Rac8 20. Bd4 Qg6 21. Qd2 b6 22. Rfe1
Rfd8 23. Bf1 Bf5 24. Red1 {White keeps pressure with the bishop pair,
Lenderman,A (2601)-D'Costa,L (2416)/Philadelphia 2013.}) 14... Qxc3 15. Qxc3
Nxc3 16. d6 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Na4 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Be3 b6 23. Bd4 {Black still has to fight for a draw in this
endgame, Fridman,D (2630)-Efimenko,Z (2680)/Dresden 2008.}) (13... Ba4 14. Qc1
h6 15. f3 Ng5 16. Qa3 Rc8 17. Rab1 dxc4 18. Rb4 Qd7 19. Rxc4 b6 20. Rb1 Nh7 21.
Rbb4 Bc6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd4 Qe7 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. Rbd1 Rfc8 26. c4 {White
kept controlling the important central file, Shishkov,A (2382)-Ehlvest,J (2596)
/Vaksali 2012.}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. c4 Rc8 {Strangely Ushenina sank into
thought here, despite the fact that this position had been seen in tournament
practice before. It means that her knowledge here was very small. And
preparation for a match and for this specific game was not on the level of a
World Championship match.} 16. Qb3 ({Before, other serious options were tried
here:} 16. Rab1 $6 Nb6 17. f3 Nc5 18. Nb5 (18. cxd5 $142 Nxd5 19. Qd2) 18...
Bxb5 19. cxb5 (19. Rxb5 $142) 19... d4 20. Bd3 Ne6 21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4
23. Bg3 Qd5 24. f4 Rfc8 25. Rf2 Nc5 {0-1 Sarkar,J (2385)-Gelashvili,T (2611)/
Philadelphia 2011}) (16. Rfe1 b5 (16... Qh4 $142 17. g3 Qe7) 17. f3 Nec3 18.
Bd3 ({Much better was} 18. cxb5 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Rc4 20. Qd2) 18... Rxc4 19. e6
fxe6 20. Be5 Qh4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 $2 (21... bxc4 $142) 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Bxc3 {
with a winning position, Holt,C (2499)-Lenderman,A (2581)/Richardson 2012.})
16... dxc4 $5 $146 {For the first time it is Hou Yifan who uncorks an idea
that is good and new.} ({Previously Alekseev had proven that immediately
placing the knight on c3 also gave equality:} 16... Nac3 17. cxd5 Ba4 18. Qxb7
Rc7 (18... Nxd5 19. Be3 Rc7 20. Qa6 Nec3 21. e6 Qe8 22. Bg4 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8
24. Rfe1 Qg6 25. Qa5 Nb6 26. Rac1 Bc6 27. Bh3 Ncd5 28. Ne6 {1-0 Gavilan Diaz,M
(2255)-Granda Zuniga,J (2636)/Roquetas de Mar 2013/Mega2013 Update 02}) 19. Qa6
Qxd5 20. Be3 Qxe5 {Gundavaa,B-Alekseev, E Kazan 2013; and only Black can be
better, although the game was eventually drawn.}) 17. Bxc4 $2 {A clear mistake.
} ({It was necessary to enter the complications} 17. Qxb7 Nac5 (17... Nec3 18.
Bf3 Rc7 19. Qb4 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Qxd4 21. g3 {is slightly better for White}) 18.
Qb2 (18. Qxa7 $2 {is too greedy, the queen runs out of squares} Ra8 $1 $19)
18... c3 19. Qc1 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qc2 Qd4 {leads to a very good position
for Black, just if there is no problem with the knight on e4.}) 17... Nac3 $1 {
Very strong coordination of black pieces starts here.} 18. a4 $2 ({The first
move to calculate was} 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. e6 {"I need to check this line with
my computer to have a final conclusion," said the World Champion (Now former!).
} Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qf6 {we obtain a position, where the black pieces are placed
very dangerously. At the same time White's knight and bishop are in danger.
But the move in the game loses on the spot.}) 18... Bxa4 $1 19. Rxa4 Nxa4 20.
Nf5 ({After} 20. Qxa4 Nc3 $1 {two white pieces are hanging, and one of them
will fall:} 21. Qb4 (21. Qxa7 Rxc4 22. Be3 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Ne2+)
21... Qxd4 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxd4 Ne2+ {the same tactics decides.}) 20... Nac3
{White simply doesn't have enough compensation for the material she has lost.}
21. e6 $6 {Ushenina's last gamble, as normal moves promised just suffering for
a few more moves.} (21. Re1 b5) 21... Rxc4 $1 {Simple and powerful - at
certain moments in this match Hou played like a machine.} 22. Qxc4 b5 23. Qb3 (
{Nothing is changed by} 23. e7 bxc4 24. exd8=Q Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Rxd8 {and the pawn
is unstoppable.}) 23... Qd3 {Improving the queen and creating simple threats.}
24. exf7+ Rxf7 {The impression is, that in such kind of positions Ushenina is
300 Elo points weaker than Hou!} 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 {The most aggressive setup in
such a positional opening, it was extremely popular a few years ago, but since
then Black has found ways to stop White's initiative. Especially valuable and
important here are the games of the great Alexander Beliavsky (4 times Soviet
Champion!), who has played it with both colours.} d5 ({Maia's style would
usually be a safe defensive way of development} 5... d6 6. Bg5 ({More risky,
but maybe more dangerous for Black is} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 c5 9. d5 (
9. Ne2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 (10... Na5 11. O-O b6 12. f4 Ba6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5
Bxc4 15. Ng3 $40) 11. O-O (11. f3) 11... Ng6 $132) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 Nh5 (10...
h6) (10... Re8) 11. O-O Qh4 12. g3 Qe7 13. f3 (13. g4 $6 Nhf6 14. Ng3 Nxg4 15.
Nf5 Qf6 16. h4 Kh8 17. Be2 Qg6 18. Kh1 $44) 13... g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Rae1 (15.
g4 $5 f6 16. Ng3 Rf7 17. Qd2 b6 18. Kh1 Nf8 19. Rg1 $14) 15... f6 16. f4 Rf7 (
16... exf4 17. gxf4 Rf7 18. Ng3 Nf8 19. e5 $1 fxe5 20. Bg5 $16) 17. f5 Nf8 18.
g4 a6 (18... g5 19. Kg2 Bd7 20. h4 gxh4 21. Rh1 $16) 19. a4 b6 20. Ng3 Bd7 21.
Ra1 $16 ({or even immediately} 21. h4 $16 {Beliavsky-Miroshnichenko,Austria
2010})) 6... Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5) 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 ({In the game between two World
Champions we saw} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 f6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. h3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qe3 Qd5 20. Re1 Rf6 21. Bc3 Raf8 22. Kg1 Bg6 {and White had
to fight for a draw, Zhu Chen-Hou Yifan, Antakya 2010.}) 7... c5 8. Nf3 ({
Here White sometimes develops this knight in a slightly more defensive way:} 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O $1 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 (11... Nxf2 $5 12.
Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Qc5 (14. Qb3 Nh3+ $1 15. gxh3 d3 16. Bxd3 Nxd3 17.
Rd1 Bf5 18. Be3 Be4 $44) 14... Nfd3 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Nxd4 Nxe5
$11) 12. Bxe4 Qxe5 13. Bxh7+ (13. a3 Ba5 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Bf4 (16.
f3) 16... Qf6 17. f3 Be6 18. Qc5 $14) 13... Kh8 14. Bf4 Qf6 (14... Qh5 $2 15.
Be4 Be6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd4 Bd5 18. Bg3 f5 19. f3 $16) 15. Be4 Bg4 (15...
Re8 $5) 16. f3 (16. Bg3) 16... Bh5 $146 (16... Bd7) (16... Be6) 17. Qc4 (17.
Rad1 $5 $14) 17... Rfe8 18. Bg3 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxd4 Ba5 20. Bg3 Bb6 21. Bf2
$14) 18... Bg6 19. Nf4 $2 (19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bf2 d3 $140 22. Rxd3
Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Nf4 $16) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rxe4 21. Nd5 $2 (21. Nd3
Qe6 22. Qb5 Qe7 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Rae1 $44) 21... Qe6 22. Qb5 a6 $1 23. Qxb7
Ra7 $17 24. Qb6 Qxd5 25. Rac1 Re2 26. Bf2 Bc3 $1 (26... Rxb2 27. Rxc6 Re7 28.
Qxa6 Qe4 $15) 27. bxc3 d3 {Sanikidze-Beliavsky, Budva 2009. with a very
dangerous passed pawn.}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxe4 (10. cxd5) 10... dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe5
12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Qe2 Nxd3 16. Nxd3 Bd7 17. b3 (17. Bf4
Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qg5 19. Nd3 Bc6 20. f4 Qf5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Ne5 $14) 17... Bc6
18. Bb2 Qf6 19. f4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Kg8 21. Qf2 Bc7 22. Rfe1 Bb6 23. Ne5 Ba5 24.
Rf1 ({It was possible to sacrifice the exchange} 24. Bxd4 $1 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Qf5
26. Bxa7 $16) 24... Bc3 25. Qc2 (25. Ba3 Rfe8 26. Bc5 d3 27. Bxa7 Qf5 $44)
25... Qf5 26. Qc1 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 d3 28. Qf2 Be4 $13 {Beliavsky,A -Nemeth,M ,
Hungary team,2009}) (8. cxd5 {or}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 (10...
Ndc5 {is much more common and simply better. The games of the top players
confirm this evaluation, that Black holds the position, despite some small
problems. Here is an example from Kasimdzhanov's practice:} 11. O-O Nxd3 12.
Qxd3 Nxc3 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. Nb5
Bc6 18. a4 Qb4 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rdb1 Qe7 21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. exd6 Qb7 23. f3 e5
24. Qd2 e4 25. f4 {White kept the initiative thanks to the strong passed pawn
in Efimenko-Kasimdzanov.}) 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Rfd1 (14. Rad1) (14. Qg3) 14... Qa5
15. cxd5 (15. Qg3 $142 Kh8 16. cxd5 (16. Nb3) 16... exd5 17. Bg5 $14) 15...
exd5 16. Nb3 (16. Qg3 $5) 16... Qa4 17. Qg3 Qe4 18. Bg5 (18. f3 Qg6 19. Qxg6
hxg6 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rd3 Rac8 $44) 18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Re8 20. Re1 Qg6 21. Qd2
(21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Nd4 Rec8 24. Rb1 b6 $15) 21... Be6 22. Re3 Rac8
23. Nd4 Bd7 24. f4 b5 25. Rae1 $14 {Gordon,S -Beliavsky,A ,Gibraltar 2009}) 11.
g3 Qh3 (11... Qh5 {Krasenkow: 'gave Black a satisfactory position in the
following game but his opponent didn't play in the best manner:'} 12. O-O ({
Of course, the materialistic approach has to be considered and tested more in
practice} 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nc5 15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Rd1 Bd7 17.
f3 $6 (17. O-O $142) 17... Ba4 18. Ra1 Rac8 19. O-O Qd3 20. Rab1 b6 21. Bg5
Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Nd3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Krush,I-Friedel,J/Berkeley 2008}) 12... g5 ({
Another interesting possibility has to be tested} 12... Bc5 13. Bxe4 Bxd4 14.
cxd5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rad1 {with better development for White.}) 13. cxd5
gxf4 14. Bxe4 ({There is the very interesting and sharp} 14. dxe6 fxg3 15. hxg3
Ng5 16. Be2 Nh3+ 17. Kg2 Qxe5 18. exd7 Bxd7 19. Qe4) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe6 fxe6
16. f3 Nc4 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. Rf2 Ba5 $2 ({It was much better try to exploit
unpleasant pin} 18... Na5 19. Qd1 Rd8 20. Nce2 Qb6) 19. Nce2 Nd2 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Qd3+ {and here} Kh6 {looked dangerous, but it is not easy for White to
attack.}) 12. O-O-O (12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bc5 {doesn't look
dangerous for Black, e.g.} 15. Bf5 Qh5 16. Bg4 Qg6) 12... Nxc3 (12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nb6 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Be2 f6 16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. exf6 Qxf6 19.
Qxe4 Qxc3+ 20. Qc2 Qa1+ 21. Qb1 Qf6 22. Qb2 Qf7 {Krush,I-Koneru,H, Moscow 2010.
} {and here it was necessary to play} 23. Bd6 {and Black's bad development
allows us to evaluate the position as clearly better for White.}) 13. bxc3 Ba3+
14. Kb1 Nb6 15. Bf1 Qh5 16. Be2 Qh3 $2 (16... Qg6 17. Bd3 Qh5 {happened in
Kasimdzasnov-Bacrot, Nalchik 2009, with repetition. It is the best way for
Black.}) 17. Nf3 dxc4 ({I like more another capture, which at least tries to
bring the knight closer to the kingside:} 17... Nxc4 18. Ng5 Qh6 19. h4 Be7 20.
Ka1 Na3 $6 (20... b5 {would be slightly better:} 21. Bd3) 21. Qc1 Bd7 22. h5
Nc2+ 23. Kb1 Na3+ 24. Kb2 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Ka1 g6 27. hxg6 Qxg6 28. Nxh7
Rfc8 29. Rh6 Qe4 30. Ng5 Qc4 31. Rdh1 d4 32. Ne4 Nxc3 33. Qc2 d3 34. Nf6+ Kf8
35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. R1h7+ Kg6 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. Nh5# {1-0 Ganguly,S (2634)-Meier,G
(2664)/Paks 2009/CBM 133}) 18. Nh4 Nd5 19. Rd4 $1 (19. Bf1 $2 {was wrong now:}
Qg4 20. h3 Qxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Nxc3+) 19... Be7 $1 ({Another losing try was} 19...
Bc5 20. Rxc4 b5 21. Rxc5 Nxf4 22. Qe4 Bb7 23. Qxb7 Nxe2 24. Qe4 g5 25. Nf3 Qg2
26. Re1) 20. Bg5 $1 {White continues her attempts to trap the queen, but
things are not so simple.} Bxg5 21. Bg4 Qxg4 22. Rxg4 Be7 23. Rxc4 b5 24. Rd4
Bb7 25. Rhd1 Rfc8 {Black has just two pieces for the queen, the compensation
looks to be not so brilliant. But the pieces are very well placed plus White's
king is not so safe. All these factors force Zhao to simplify the position
with some positional sacrifices.} 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Nf5 Bf8 (27... Bc5 $142 {
[%cal Gc5e3]}) 28. Ne3 Bf3 29. Rd4 Rc5 ({Maybe it was better to concentrate on
an attack on the queenside} 29... b4 30. c4 a5) 30. Qd2 $1 {White desperately
needs exchanges and for this reason is continuing to give up material.} Rxe5 ({
Or} 30... Rac8 31. Kb2 Rxe5 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Qxd8 {with a similar position.
Sooner or later White will consolidate her position, despite Black's
counterplay.}) 31. Rd8 a5 32. Rxa8 Bxa8 33. Qd8 Be4+ 34. Kb2 a4 $2 ({The
correct prophylactic move order} 34... Rh5 35. h4 a4 {maintained equality.}) ({
Another option} 34... b4 35. cxb4 Rb5 36. a3 axb4 37. a4 Rc5 38. a5 {left
White with a strong passed pawn.}) 35. Qd4 {Now Black loses a piece and the
game.} a3+ 36. Kc1 f6 37. f4 Bc5 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 (39... Kf8 40. fxe5
Bxe3+ 41. Kd1 Bf5 42. exf6 gxf6 43. Qxb5 {it would be not possible to hold for
long.}) 40. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 19th"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 {Quite a popular positional
setup, but from my point of view a more correct one was the principled} (5...
d5 {But Dzagnidze wanted to avoid it, as Ushenina played it in the match
against Hou Yifan.}) 6. a3 {Here there are a few moves, the most sharp plan
starts with} (6. e5 $5) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 Nc6 ({Another line is} 
8... c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. d5 (10. O-O exd4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5
14. Nxd4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Rad1 a6 17. Rfe1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 {Ivanisevic,I 
(2457)-Barlov,D (2471) Belgrade 1999, with small edge.}) 10... Ne7 11. f3 Nd7
12. h4 Nb6 13. g4 f6 14. Ng3 Kf7 15. g5 Ng8 16. f4 Ke8 17. f5 Qe7 18. Qg2 {
Capablanca,J-Ragozin,V Moscow (Russia) 1935, with an attack.}) 9. Ne2 b6 10.
O-O Nd7 11. f4 Ba6 12. Rf3 ({GM Golod proposes that White has a clear
advantage after the simple} 12. Be3 Na5 13. c5 $1 {destroying the pawn
structure:} Bc4 (13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 exd4 15. cxd4 $16 bxc5 (15... dxc5 16. d5
$16) 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qc3 c6 19. Rab1 Re8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Ng3
$16 {[%csl Ra5,Ye4,Yf4]}) 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Ng3 {Short,N (2660)-Karpov,A (2745)
Dortmund 1997, with a developing attack.}) 12... Na5 13. Ng3 {Here White has
tested a few interesting ways:} (13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Ng3 Bxc4 15. Nf5 Kh8 16. Rh3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nb3 18. Qg3 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qg6 20. Ne7 Qxe4 21. Re1 Qc2 22. dxe5
Rae8 23. Qh4 Ndc5 24. Rf1 Ne6 {1-0 (24) Eljanov,P (2742)-Carlsen,M (2802)
Moscow 2010}) (13. c5 $5 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 bxc5 (14... Qh4 {Ftacnik} 15. Bd2 Qg4
16. Re1 Nc4 17. Rg3 $14) 15. dxe5 c4 $1) 13... Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Nf5 g6 $2
{A mistake in a critical position for the whole variation.} ({The correct
defensive setup was} 15... Kh8 $1 16. Rh3 g6 17. Qe2 b5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qg4
Nf6 20. Qh4 Nh5 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. Rf1 Qg8 24. Ne3 Re8 {1/2 (24)
Horvath,J (2500)-Medvegy,Z (2547) Hungary 2014}) 16. Nh6+ Kg7 17. f5 {Now the
attack becomes dangerous.} f6 $2 ({A better chance was desperately trying to
create counterplay with} 17... Qh4 18. Rg3 d5 $16) 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Rg3 Rh8
20. Qe2 Rxh6 (20... b5 {was simply bad:} 21. Qh5 Nf8 22. Nf5+ $18) 21. Bxh6+
Kxh6 22. Qxc4 Kg7 23. Rf1 Rc8 24. dxe5 (24. h4 {was a simplistic approach:} Qe7
25. h5 g5 26. Qc6 $18) 24... Nxe5 25. Qe6 Rb8 26. h4 $1 {This addition to the
attack decides.} Qf8 27. h5 Re8 ({What to do?} 27... g5 {doesn't work either:}
28. h6+ Kg6 29. Qf5+ $18) 28. Qf5 Qf7 ({Black could prolong the agony a bit:} 
28... g5 29. Rxg5+ fxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kh7 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Kh2 a5 33. Kh3 a4 34.
Qe7+ Rf7 35. Qe6 Rg7 36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. h6 $18) 29. Rf4 ({Or} 29.
hxg6 Qe7 30. Rh3 $18) 29... g5 30. Rxg5+ Kh6 31. Rg3 Rf8 32. Rh4 Qd7 33. Qg6+
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 c5 10. Rd1 {More usual is the direct extraction of the plan - the
transfer of the knight to c3:} (10. Qc2 Bb7 11. dxc5 $5 ({The usual move is} 
11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 cxd4 (12... a6 13. Qd2 $5 (13. d5) 13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. f3 Bc6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Na4 19. Rc1 $16) 13. Rxd4 a6 14.
Be2 h6 15. Bh4 Bxg2 $146 (15... d5) 16. Rg1 Bh3 (16... Bb7 17. Qd2 d5 18. Bg3
Qc5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rh4 $44) 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 $2 (18... Ne5 $1 19.
Bf6 Ng6 20. Qf3 gxf6 ({b)} 20... e5 21. Rh4 Be6 22. Qh5 $40 Rfe8 23. Bd3) 21.
Qxh3 Kh7 22. Bd3 f5 $1) 19. Qg2 Bg6 (19... g5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5+ Bg6 22.
Qh6 Nf6 23. Rh4 $18) 20. Be7 $16 d5 (20... Rfe8 21. Bxd6 Qc8 22. h4 $18) 21.
Bxf8 Nxf8 22. h4 Qe5 23. Qg3 $1 Qf6 24. h5 Bf5 25. Qc7 b5 26. Qc6 $1 $18 {
1-0 Morozevich,A (2755)-Beliavsky,A (2646)/Hersonissos 2007}) 11... Nxc5 12.
Nc3 Rc8 13. Rd1 d5 (13... Nce4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bh4
Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 g5 18. Bg3 d4 19. Qf5 Re8 20. Be5 {Navara,D (2719)-Gelashvili,T
(2575)/Ermioni GRE 2006; with advantage.}) 10... Qc7 ({Possible is first} 10...
h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qb7 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Rxd4 d5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6
17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rad8 19. dxe6 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxg2 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qe5
Qg6 23. e4 Nd7 24. Qd5 Kh7 25. f3 Nc5 26. Qc4 Qh5 27. Qe2 Ne6 {Georgiev,K 
(2665)-Safarli,E (2524)/Plovdiv BUL 2008; with good compensation for the pawn.}
) 11. Bf4 $5 {A complete novelty! White usually conducts his own plan -
transfer of the knight to c3.} (11. Qc2 Ba6 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ba6 13. Bxf6
Nxf6 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Be2 Bb7 16. O-O Rd8 17. b4 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 d5 20.
Rc1 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb8 22. b5 Ne4 23. Qc2 Nc5 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. bxc6 Qc7 26. Be2
e5 27. Bf3 {Laznicka,V (2681)-So,W (2667)/New Delhi 2011. The pawn on c6 will
create huge problems to Black.}) 12. Nc3 Rac8 (12... cxd4 13. Rxd4 d5 (13... h6
14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Nxd6 Rfd8 18. Qd1 e5 19. Rd2 Ne4 20.
Nxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Rd8 23. Qc1 Bc6 24. Be2 Qh4+ 25. g3 Qh3 {
Bartel,M (2608)-Moiseenko,A (2646)/Crete GRE 2007. Once more with compensation
for the pawn.}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. d6 Qc6 17. Kxf1 Rfd8 18. Qa4
Rxd6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Ke2 Kf8 21. g4 (21. Rhd1 Ke7 22. f4 Rac8 23. g4 R8c7 24.
g5 Nd7 25. Nb5 Rb7 26. b4 e5 27. Rd5 exf4 28. Nd4 Rc3 29. exf4 {Georgiev,K 
(2654)-Aroshidze,L (2539)/Barbera del Valles ESP 2011; with a serious space
advantage.}) 21... h6 22. h4 Ke7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Ne8 25. Rh8 {Laznicka,V 
(2595)-Khairullin,I (2544)/Moscow RUS 2008. White has a slight advantage.}) 13.
Be2 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. O-O cxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Rd2 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19.
Qd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd6 Qc7 21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd8 {Roiz,M (2668)-Alekseev,E 
(2662)/Saratov RUS 2011. Black solved his opening problems more than
successfully.}) 11... e5 ({This is clearly more logical than the alternative} 
11... Bb7 12. dxc5 Ne4 13. Qc2 bxc5 14. f3 e5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 e4 $1 17.
f4) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg3 Ne4 ({White's main problem is the lack of proper
development as the bishop pair can't guarantee a good game.} 13... Bb7 14. f3
Rfd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Nc3) 14. Qc2 f5 15. f3 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 Nf6 $5 {A very
interesting pawn sac, but it was also possible to develop the initiative in a
more direct way:} (16... e4 17. Be2 Ne5) 17. Nxf5 e4 18. Nd6 exf3 19. gxf3 Qe7
20. Qc3 Nh5 21. Be2 Bh3 $6 {Risky.} (21... Rd8 {was better:} 22. Ne4 Bb7 23.
Ng3 Qg5) 22. Rd5 $2 ({White could achieve an advantage after the transfer of
his own king to the safe flank:} 22. f4 Qh4+ 23. Kd2 Qf2 24. Rhe1 Rad8 25. Kc1
Nf6 26. Qe5 $1 Rd7 27. Kb1 Rfd8 28. Ne4) 22... Nf6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Rae8
25. Kf2 $4 ({A terrible mistake, but Black had good compensation for the pawn
after the best} 25. e4 g6 26. Rg1 Nd7 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qd2 Ne5) 25... Ne4+ $1
26. fxe4 Qxe4 27. Rf3 Rxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 $5 {
This move has become popular recently mainly thanks to the efforts of Korchnoi
and Rozentalis. Black`s idea is to play d7-d6, Nbd7 and c7-c5 that makes it
sometimes inconvenient for White to protect his c4 -pawn.} 8. e3 d6 9. Qc2 ({
Quite a rare move in this position that first was tried out in the game
Agrest-Korchnoi, Malmo,1996. The alternatives are 9.Nf3 and 9.Bd3. For example:
} 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. b4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Be2 d5 14. b5 Bb7 15. O-O
Qb6 {was O`K for Black in Antonsen-Rozentalis, Koge 1997}) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 {
That is the idea behind White`s 9th move. Puting his Knight to c3, White takes
control over square e4 and makes it more difficult for Black to play d6-d5 in
the future} Qc8 $1 {In my opinion, this move, introduced to the tournament
practice by Lev Psakhis is stronger than immediate 10...c5. Black frees
himself from an unpleasant pin.} ({In the above mentioned game Agrest-
Korchnoi was:} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Rxd6 Nb7 {and here} 16. Nd5 $1 ({instead of} 16. Rd7 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 16...
Qe5 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxc8 Nxd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Be2 {followed by 0-0 would
have led to the position where Black had no compensation for the pawn.}) 11.
Nc3 {Here we deviated from the game Ekstroem- Psakhis,Elista(ol),1998 where
was played 11. 0-0-0 d5 (11...c5!?) with the complicated battle.} c5 {Now
Black is prepared to take on c5 with the Queen.} 12. O-O-O ({Nothing is
achieved by} 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Re8 15. Kg1 h6 16. Bh4 (16. Bf4
Ne5) 16... c4 {where White is the one who has to think about the equality.})
12... cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc5 14. Bxf6 {Very unambitious move although it is
difficult to suggest anything better. May be 14.h4!? but I do not think that
White stands any better here.} (14. Bh4 $2 {is met by} e5) 14... Nxf6 15. Be2
Rac8 16. Rhd1 $6 {Carelessly played. It was a good time to take the King out
of the c-file.} ({After} 16. Kb1 e5 {White has two options:} 17. Rd2 (17. Rh4
d5 $1 18. b4 $5 (18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. cxd5 Rxc2 20. Kxc2 Bxe2 $17) (18. cxd5 Bxe2
19. Qxe2 Nxd5 $15 {><Rh4}) 18... Qd6 19. c5 bxc5 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nxd5 e4 22.
Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qb3 (24. Rc1 Qxa3 25. Qc3 Qa4 $19) 24... cxb4 25.
axb4 Rb8 26. Rc1 (26. Rd1 Qe2) 26... Qd6 27. Rc4 a5 $17) 17... Bxc4 $11) 16...
d5 17. cxd5 $2 {Probably the decisive mistake} (17. Qa4 $5 Bxc4 (17... Qa5 18.
Qxa5 bxa5 19. b3 $14) 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxa7 Ra8 $140 20. Qxa8) 17... Bxe2 18.
Qxe2 Nxd5 $17 19. R1d3 (19. R4d3 Nxc3 (19... Qa5 20. Qd2 b5 21. Kb1) (19... Qc4
20. Qd2 Qh4 21. h3 Nxc3 $15) 20. Rxc3 Qg5 21. f4 Rxc3+ 22. bxc3 Qc5 $17) 19...
Qd6 $3 (19... b5 20. Kb1 b4 21. axb4 (21. Nxd5 Qc1+ 22. Ka2 Rc2 $19) 21... Nxb4
22. Rd2 (22. Rd1 Rb8 23. Qc4 Qf5+) 22... Nc6 (22... Qa5 23. Qb5) (22... a6 $5)
(22... Rb8 23. Qc4 Qa5 24. Rd7 $13) 23. Rc4 Qb6 24. Na4 Qb8 25. Rdc2 $13) 20.
Qh5 (20. h3 Nxc3) (20. Kb1 Nxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Qxh2 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qc2 Qb8) 20...
Rc5 $1 $19 21. b4 (21. Rh4 h6 22. Kd2 (22. Qg4 Rfc8) 22... Nxc3 23. Rxd6 Rxh5
24. Rxh5 Ne4+ $19) 21... Nxb4 $1 (21... Rcc8 $2 22. Kd2 $14) (21... Nxb4 22.
Qxh7+ (22. axb4 Qxd4 23. Qxc5 Qxd3) 22... Kxh7 23. Rh4+ Kg8 24. Rxd6 Na2+ $19)
0-1

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 {this strange looking move has become popular now and it occurred
(with a slightly move order) in the 2 recent Kasparov`s games.} ({Both} 9. Bd3)
({and} 9. Nf3 {look normal and natural and lead to the well-knoown positions.})
9... Bb7 10. Qd3 ({After} 10. Qc2 c5 {the white queen could become vulnerable
on the "c"-file.}) 10... a5 $5 $146 {As far as I know, the new idea in this
position. Instead of playing in the centre by e6-e5 or c7-c5, Black intends to
put his pawn on a4 first and activate the rook on a8.} (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12.
Nc3 Qe7 13. Be2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 (14. exd4 $5) 14... e5 15. Qd1 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 {
with the unclear position in Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2002}) (10... Ba6 11.
b4 (11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 h6 15. Bh4 c5 {led to
equality in Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G Rethymnon 2003}) 11... c5 12. b5 Bb7 13. Nc3
a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Be2 {with a slight advantage for White , Kasparov,
G-Grischuk,A Rethymnon 2003}) 11. Nc3 (11. b3 $5 {was worth consideration
although it meant that White couldn`t castle long anymore which is important
as a part of the White`s plan. It could follow, for example:} h6 12. Bh4 c5 13.
Nc3 Qe7 {with the idea 14...cd and 15...e5.}) 11... a4 {Now the rook a8 is
ready to come into play.} 12. Qc2 Ra5 {with a tempo!} 13. Bxf6 {Giving up the
bishop and the hopes for the opening advantage.} ({But also in case of} 13. Bh4
Qa8 $1 {The queen escapes to a good square. The pawn on a4 is protected and
Black, having a very flexible position, can start to play in the centre by
choosing between e6-e5, d6-d5 and c7-c5.} 14. f3 d5 $5 {with a good position
for Black.}) 13... Nxf6 14. Nxa4 $6 ({Safer was not to give the g2-pawn:} 14.
f3 Qd7 15. Bd3 d5 16. O-O {with approximately equal chances.}) 14... Be4 {
...first chasing the queen to a less good square.} 15. Qd1 Qa8 {...and now
taking a pawn back.} 16. Nc3 ({or} 16. f3 Rxa4 17. fxe4 Qa5+ $1 (17... Nxe4 18.
Bd3 f5 19. O-O Nf6 {is also possible but 17...Qa5 is stronger}) 18. b4 (18. Qd2
Qg5 19. Bd3 Nxe4 $17) 18... Qg5 19. Qf3 (19. Qxa4 Qxe3+ $19) 19... Rfa8 {
White has too many weaknesses} 20. h4 Qg6 21. Bd3 Rxa3 22. Rd1 e5 {with a big
advantage}) 16... Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rf5 $15 {due to uncertain
position of the white king Black has a small advantage.} 19. Rg2 g6 (19... c5
$5) 20. Kg1 {this wasn`t necessary} ({may be it was better to take more
control in the centre by playing} 20. Qd3) 20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Rc1 c5 {
Finally starting a counterplay in the centre. White`s problem is that the rook
g2 has to protect the king and can`t fully participate in the upcoming
developments on the other parts of the board.} 23. Rg4 Qc6 24. b4 (24. e4 {
looks active but after} Rh5 25. Rg3 Rh4 26. d5 Qd7 {Black is ready to start an
active play on the kingside whereas the white pawns on the queenside are
passive.}) 24... Ra8 25. b5 Qb7 (25... Qc7 26. a4 (26. Rc3 cxd4 27. Qxd4 (27.
exd4 $2 Rxb5) 27... Rc5)) 26. a4 {allows Black to activate his pieces.} (26. e4
Rh5 27. dxc5 (27. Rc3 cxd4 $1 28. Qxd4 Qc7 {and the white pawns are weak})
27... dxc5 28. Rc3 {White keeps control over all his pawns and the important
"d"-file and has good chances to hold the balance, for example:} Re5 29. f3 Qe7
30. Rd3 Rg5 (30... f5 $5) 31. Rg3 $11) 26... h5 27. Rg3 Qe4 $17 28. Rc3 $2 {
A blunder but the position was already very difficult anyway.} (28. dxc5 Rxc5
29. Qxd6 Rxa4 30. Qxb6 Rcxc4 31. Rd1 Rab4 $17) 28... cxd4 29. f3 ({or} 29. exd4
Rxa4 $1 30. Qxa4 (30. Rce3 Qa8) 30... Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Rxf2+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kh4
Rf4+ 34. Kg5 Kg7 {with mate}) 29... Rxf3 {and Hikaru resigned as he loses too
many pawns.} 0-1

[Event "Seville op 39th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Montecatine,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Tras 17.Tad1 la posición era incómoda por la presión en d6 y h6. La
ruptura 21.e5 acrecentó las debilidades y el trabajo posicional de Turov fue
muy correcto.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. f3 a5 11. Bd3 d6 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. O-O Ra6
14. a4 h6 15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. Rad1 $14 Nb4 18. Bb1 g5 19. Bf2 Nh5 20.
e4 Qe7 21. e5 Rc8 22. g4 Ng7 (22... Nf4 23. Nxf4 gxf4 24. exd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6
Qxd6 26. Qf6 $18) 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. Bg3 (25. Qf6 Qd2 26. Nc1 Qf4
27. Qxf4 gxf4 28. Kg2 $16) 25... Qe7 26. Qe3 f6 (26... Ne8 27. f4 Rd8 $14) 27.
f4 Qd7 28. Nc3 Qd4 29. Qxd4 cxd4 30. Nb5 $16 (30. fxg5 $5 hxg5 31. Nb5 $16)
30... gxf4 31. Bxf4 {Diagrama [#]} e5 $2 (31... Rxc4 32. Nd6 Rc7 33. Bxh6 Nd5
$16) 32. Bxh6 $18 Rxc4 33. Nd6 Rc7 34. g5 (34. Rxf6) 34... fxg5 35. Ne8 Re7 $6
(35... Rc8 36. Nxg7 Ba6 37. Re1 d3 38. Bxg5 Kxg7 39. Rxe5 $18) 36. Nxg7 Rxg7
37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Rf5 d3 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Parnu Training Tournament"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1947.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 h6 (6... cxd4 7. exd4
Nc6 8. Nf3 d5 9. a3 Be7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bc1 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Bb7 $10 {
Korchnoi,V-Short,N/Barselona/1989/0,5 (20)/}) 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nf3
Be7 10. Rd1 d5 11. a3 b6 12. Bd3 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Nxd5 Bxh4 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 exd5 17. O-O Bf6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Qa4 Rc7 20. Rc1 Qd6 $10 {
Finegold,B-Schmittdiel,E/Dortmund/1990/}) 12... dxc4 (12... Bb7 $1 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O Re8 16. h3 Rc8 $15 {Marinetti,T-Dokhoian,Y/Rome/
1990/0:1 (39) Inf 49/647/}) 13. Bxc4 Na5 (13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Ncxe7 15. O-O $10)
14. Ba2 Ba6 (14... Bb7 $5) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bb1 $5 Re8 16. Ne5 $36) 15... Bxf6 16.
b4 Nc4 $2 (16... Rc8 17. Bb1 g6 18. bxa5 Qc7 19. Rc1 e5 $44) 17. b5 $18 Bb7 (
17... Nxa3 18. Qa4 $18) 18. Bxc4 Rc8 (18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rc8 20. Ne4 $18) 19.
Be2 Qc7 20. Rc1 e5 (20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Bg5 22. Bc6 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 $18) 21. Nxe5
Bxg2 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. O-O Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxe2 25. Qb4 $18) 22. Rg1
Bb7 23. Qf5 Qd6 (23... Bg5 24. f4 Bh4+ 25. Kd2 $18) 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. Kd2 Rcd8
26. Rxg7+ $1 Bxg7 (26... Kxg7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qxf7#) 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rg1 (
28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nf7+ $18) 28... Re7 (28... Qf6 29. Qxf6 Bxf6 30. Nf7#) 29.
Ng6+ Qxg6 30. Qxg6 Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Qh8+ Rg8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35.
Bc4 1-0

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1984.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1984.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. b4 (9. Be2) 9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Be2 $6 (12. Bd3 Ndf6
13. O-O Ng4 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Ne4 $13 {Ree,H-Tarjan,J/Luzern/
1982/}) 12... Ng5 $1 13. Qd1 (13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Rg1 f4 $17) 13... Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 Be4 $1 $15 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. d5 (16. Qg4 Qf6 17. O-O Qf5 18. Qxf5 Rxf5 19.
Rfd1 $15) 16... e5 17. Qg4 (17. O-O Qh4 $17) 17... Nf6 18. Qe6+ Rf7 $1 19. O-O
(19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nd7 $1 {/\Nc5-d3/}) 19... Qf8 20. f4 $2 (20. Qh3 $15)
20... exf3 21. Rxf3 (21. gxf3 Re8 22. Qh3 h6 {/\Nh7-g5/}) 21... Qc8 $1 22.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 (23. b5 Ne4) 23... c5 $5 (23... c6 24. c5 cxd5 25. cxd6
Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Nd7 $19) 24. b5 (24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. Rf2 Rfc7 26. Rfc2 Ne4 $17)
24... a6 $1 25. bxa6 Ra7 26. Rf2 Rxa6 27. Rb1 Ne4 28. Rc2 Rf8 29. Bc1 (29. Rf1
Rf6 $1) 29... h5 $1 30. Bb2 (30. Rcb2 Rxa3 31. Rxb6 Rd3 $19) (30. Rb3 h4 31.
Rcb2 g5 32. Rxb6 Rxa3 33. R6b3 Ra4 $19) 30... Ra4 31. h4 $2 Rf6 $19 32. Kh2 Rf2
$1 33. Rbc1 Rd2 $2 34. Kh3 Rd3 35. Re1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheboksary"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 {Diese Variante gilt bekannterweise als harmlos.
Zwar habe ich mal in einer Partie 10...a5 riskiert, aber für diesen wichtigen
Wettkampf gegen die Russen von Elara Cheboksary war eher Vorsicht angesagt.}
Ba6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5 15. Rd1 Qc8 {Von Hracek
2005 gegen Roiz in die Praxis eingeführt. Schwarz soll mit dem Abtausch auf d4
besser warten, damit Weiß seine Türme nicht zu aktiv einsetzen kann.} 16. O-O (
16. Qxc4 cxd4 {erst jetzt, wo Damentausch "droht")} 17. Qxd4 Qa6 18. Qd3 Qxd3
19. Rxd3 Ne5 20. Rd4 Rfc8 $11 {Roiz-Hracek, EuCup St. Vincent 2005}) 16... Nd5
$5 (16... Qb7 17. Qxc4 Rfc8 18. Qe2 c4 19. e4 b5 20. f4 {geschah in
Golod-Alekseev, Biel Open 2006. Weiß erhielt nach meinem Geschmack zuviel
Aktivität im Zentrum.}) 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qb7 ({Nach} 18... cxd4 $6 19.
Qxd4 {verfügt der Springer über kein sicheres Feld, da} Nc5 {wegen} 20. b4 {
unbequem ist.}) 19. f3 h6 20. Bh4 Rfc8 21. e4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf8 23. Rd2 ({
In Betracht kam auch} 23. Be1 {, auch wenn Schwarz nach} Rc7 24. Bc3 f6 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc7d7,Ga8d8,Rf8e6,Re6e5] kaum Probleme haben sollte.}) 23...
Rc7 24. Rfd1 Rac8 (24... Rd7 25. Qe3 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 {ist weniger genau, aber
vermutlich immer noch im grünen Bereich.}) 25. Bg3 Rc4 26. Qe3 Rc1 27. h4 ({
Dies gibt Schwarz die Chance, direktes Gegenspiel auf diesen Bauern zu starten,
was wohl das Remis erzwingen wird. Aber auch} 27. h3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 {kann den
Nachziehenden nicht wirklich unter Druck setzen.}) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qe7 29.
Qd4 Ng6 $1 30. h5 ({Zwar bedroht Schwarz den Bauern h4 wegen Qd7 (und Übergang
in ein günstiges Endspiel) nicht. Aber es fällt schwer, einen konstruktiven
Plan vorzuschlagen. Das direkte} 30. Qd7 $2 {scheitert hier übrigens an} Rc1 $1
) 30... Nf8 31. Qe3 (31. Bf4 Qh4) 31... Qe8 $5 {Mit den Absichten f6, oder
Zugwiederholung mittels 32...Rd8 33.Rc1 Rc8.} 32. Qb3 f6 33. Bd6 Rd8 34. Bxf8
Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. g3 Bb7 {Es scheint mir besser, den Läufer dort zu entwickeln als
auf a6.} 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bd5 12. Qc2 ({Die Dame ist exponiert auf der
c-Linie, aber Schwarz hat auch nach} 12. Qa4 c5 {kaum Schwierigkeiten.}) 12...
c5 13. dxc5 $6 ({Dieser Zug hilft der Weiterentwicklung der schwarzen Kräfte.
Besser sieht} 13. Bg5 Rc8 $11 {aus , wie in S.Ivanov-Beliavsky, Vrnjacka Banja
1999}) 13... Nxc5 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qe7 ({Als Alternative zu diesem
logischen Zug gibt es auch} 15... Qe8 $5 16. Qb1 Qa4 17. Rd4 Qa6 $11) 16. Qb1 (
16. b4 Bb3 17. Bd6 Bxc2 18. Bxe7 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nce4 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11) 16...
Rfd8 17. Be5 (17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Kxg2 Nd5 $36) 17... h6 (17...
Nfe4 18. Nd4 f6 19. Bf4 Qe8 $132) 18. Rfe1 (18. b4 Na4 $11) 18... a5 19. b4
Nce4 20. Qb2 axb4 21. axb4 $6 ({Der Damentausch war der sicherste Weg, um den
Ausgleich zu sichern:} 21. Qxb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Nd7 23. Ba1 Rc4 $11) 21... Rc4
22. Bxf6 ({Nach} 22. Rd4 Rdc8 (22... Ra8 23. Rxc4 Bxc4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6
Nxf6 26. Ne5 Bd5 $11) 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Rb1 b5 {steht Schwarz zwar aktiver,
aber viel ist natürlich noch nicht passiert.}) 22... Qxf6 ({Schwarz gewinnt
nach} 22... gxf6 23. Rd4 Rdc8 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 {einen Bauern, aber Weiß rettet
sich mittels} 25. Rb1 Nc3 26. Nd2 $1 Nxb1 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Qxb1 Bxe2 29. Qe4
Bb5 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qf4) 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nd2 Rd4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4
27. e3 Rxb4 $6 ({Hier hätte Schwarz seinen Gegner im Turmendspiel länger
quälen können:} 27... Rc4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rb1 b5 {Obwohl die weißen Kräfte
passiv sind, wird Schwarz kaum gewinnen können, z.B:} 30. Rb2 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7
32. Ke2 Rc4 33. Kd3 f5 34. f3 Kd6 35. h3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne2 a5 11. Bxf6 $6 ({Dieser Tausch war später unter
besseren Bedingungen möglich. Nach} 11. f3 d6 12. O-O-O {sollte Schwarz} Ra6 {
ziehen. Dies war die Idee hinter meinem 10. Zug: d6 muss gedeckt werden, damit
auf Lxf6 wie in der Partie Dxf6 geschehen kann. Denselben Turmzug hätte ich
auch nach dem sofortigen 11. 0-0-0 gespielt.}) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13.
O-O-O Rd8 14. Nc3 d6 (14... Kf8 $2 15. Na4) 15. Bd3 Kf8 {Schwarz braucht
seinen König auf e7, um die Drohung 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 zu entschärfen.} 16.
Bxh7 ({Dieser Zug ist die Ursache der weissen Schwierigkeiten. Carlsen dachte
lange nach und schätzte die Stellung als ausgeglichen ein. Deshalb versuchte
er dieses originelle Figurenopfer. Nach} 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Ke7 $11 {und}) (
16. Rd2 Ke7 17. Rhd1 Ra6 18. f3 h6 $11 {hat Schwarz in der Tat keine Probleme.}
) 16... f5 17. e4 Kg7 18. exf5 Kxh7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rhe1 {Weiss gewinnt den
e-Bauern zwangsläufig (20. ... e5? 21. Rxe5), wonach er 3 Bauern für die Figur
besitzt. Zum Glück kann Schwarz g2 erobern, sodass die weissen Bauern
ungefährlich sind.} Bxg2 21. Ne4 $2 ({Carlsen übersah einfach meinen 22. Zug!
Sonst hätte er sich wohl mit} 21. Rxe6 Nc6 22. Rdxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 {zufrieden
gegeben. Schwarz kann in diesem Endspiel mittels} Rf8 (23... Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8
$11) 24. Na4 Rf5 $15 {/= auf einen leichten Vorteil hoffen, aber das
natürliche Ergebnis sollte natürlich Remis sein.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 {
(/\ 23.Rg1, 24.Rh4)} Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ga7g7]} 23. Rxe6 Rad7 {Schwarz behält
hiermit seinen Materialvorteil.} 24. Rd3 Nc6 25. Rh3+ Kg8 26. Rhh6 Ne5 27. f4 (
{Ein tückischer Versuch, die restlichen schwarzen Bauern zu eliminieren, sei
es zum Preis aller weissen Bauern.} 27. b3 Kg7 {verliert auf die Distanz.})
27... Nxc4 28. b3 Nxa3 29. Rhg6+ (29. Reg6+ Rg7 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Nb5 $1
$19) 29... Kh8 30. Rh6+ Kg8 31. Rhg6+ Kh8 32. Rh6+ Rh7 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6
Rxh2 35. Ra6 (35. Rc6 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Rc3 $19) 35... Nb5 36. Rxa5 Nd4 {Knapp
scheitert die weisse Absicht. Der Bauer c5 ist wegen der Gabel auf b3 tabu.}
37. Kb1 (37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Kf6 39. b4 c4 40. Rc8 Rc2+ 41. Kd1 c3 42. b5 Rd2+
43. Ke1 Re2+ 44. Kf1 c2 $19) (37. Ra3 Kg7 38. Kb1 Kf6) 37... Nxb3 38. Rb5 c4 {
Wieder ist die schwarze Aufstellung perfekt: Rxc4 kann wegen Nd2+ nie
geschehen.} 39. f5 Kg7 40. f6+ (40. Rb6 Rf2 41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. Rb6+ Ke5 $19)
40... Kxf6 41. Rf5+ {Carlsen versucht es noch mit einem Patttrick, aber der
schwarz König entschwindet auf die 2. Reihe.} Ke6 42. Re5+ Kd6 43. Rd5+ Kc6 44.
Rd6+ Kc5 45. Rc6+ Kd5 46. Rd6+ Ke4 47. Re6+ Kd3 48. Re3+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bg5 Nxc5 8.
Nd2 {With this rather artificial idea, I. Sokolov was successful against Ribli
at the Manila Olympiad in 1992.} h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 g5 $1 11. Bg3 exd5 12.
a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne6 (13... b6 {I. Sokolov-Ribli, Manila ol. 1992.}) 14. Be5
Ng4 15. Bd4 {White is trying to keep positional control, but he is too far
behind in development.} Bd7 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. h3 (19.
h4 $5 Qc8 $1) 19... Nf6 20. Nd4 Ne4 $1 $15 21. e3 Qf6 22. f3 Ng3 23. Rg1 Re8
24. Kf2 {[%tqu "En","Can you find the clearest winning route for Black here?",
"Whites' knight on d4 is holding his position together. You must remove it!",
"Offer to exchange knights","g3f5","",12,"g3e4","",0]} Nf5 $1 (24... Ne4+ $5
25. Ke1 Nd6 $1 {and next move Nd6-c4 with a winning game}) 25. Re1 Nxd4 26.
exd4 (26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Rc2+ 28. Re2 Rexe2+ 29. Bxe2 Bb5 30. Re1 Rxb2 $19)
{[%tqu "En","Can you find a clear win for Black in this position?","Do not
allow him to reduce the pressure by exchanging rooks on the e file","Can you
give him a check with your rook?","c5c2","GREAT! you found it!  Ivan the
terrible is really shaking his head now!",18]} 26... Rc2+ $1 $19 27. Re2 (27.
Qxc2 Qxd4+ 28. Kg3 Rxe1 29. Kh2 Bb5 30. Bxb5 Qxg1+ 31. Kg3 h5 $19) 27... Bf5 $1
(27... Bb5 $5 28. Qxc2 Qxd4+ 29. Kg3 Bxe2 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Kh1 Qc4 $19) 28.
Qxc2 Qxd4+ 29. Kg3 Bxc2 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. Kh2 Qxb2 32. Re7 a5 33. g3 Qxa3 34.
Rxb7 a4 35. Bb5 Qe3 36. Rg2 Bd1 37. f4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Karpov-Piket Match"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Piket,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 {8...h6 9. Bh4 d5 Piket - karpov Monaco'99 match [5]} 9. e3 Nbd7 10. cxd5
exd5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 c5 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bf2 a5 $5 (15... Rac8
16. Qd2 (16. Rad1 $5) 16... Bc6 17. Nc3 Nf8 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Bh4 {
Kasparov-Timman Linares'93}) 16. b4 $1 (16. a4 $5) (16. Rae1 c4 17. Bb1 b5 18.
Ng3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qd2 Ba6 21. Nf5 Qf8) (16. Rad1 c4 17. Bb1 b5 18. Ng3
b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qd2 (20. Qc2) 20... Ba6 $6 21. Rfe1) 16... axb4 (16...
cxb4 17. axb4 Rec8 $5 18. Qb2 Qxb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rb1 Ra3 22.
Nc1 $16) 17. axb4 c4 $5 (17... cxb4 18. Qc7 $1 Rab8 19. Ng3 Rec8 20. Qf4 $1 $36
) 18. Bc2 b5 19. Qb2 $1 (19. g4 Nb6) (19. Ng3 Nb6) 19... Bc6 20. Nc3 Nb6 21.
Ra5 $1 Na4 $1 (21... Rxa5 22. bxa5 Na8 (22... Na4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. Qb6 Qd6 $8
25. a6 (25. Bg3 Qa3) (25. Nxa4 Nd7 26. Qa6 Ra8 $19) 25... Rb8 26. Qa5 $16) 23.
Nxb5 $1 $16 Qb7 (23... Rb8 24. Qa3) 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Bg3 Qxb5 26. Bxb8) 22. Bxa4
bxa4 23. Rc5 $5 (23. Ra1 Rxa5 24. bxa5 Qa7 $1 $11) 23... a3 24. Qd2 (24. Qc2 $5
{/\ e4}) 24... Rec8 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bg3 Nd7 27. Ra1 $5 (27. b5 Nxc5 28. dxc5 a2
29. Ra1 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Rxc5 31. Nc3 Qf6 $13) (27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. b5 Rcc8 29. Nxd5
$13) (27. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 c3 $17) 27... Nxc5 28. dxc5 Re8 $5 (28... Qb7
29. Rb1 (29. Qd4 Qxb4 30. Qf6 Re8) 29... Qa6 30. Be5) 29. Kf2 Qf6 $6 $138 (
29... Qb7) 30. Ra2 Reb8 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 32. Ne2 $6 (32. b5 $142 $1 Bxb5 33. Nxd5
Qe5 34. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 35. exd4 Bc6 36. Nb6 $1 $16 (36. Ne7+ $4 Kf8 37. Nxc6 Rb2+)
) 32... c3 $8 33. Qxc3 (33. Nxc3 Rxb4 34. Rxa3 Qe5 $13) 33... Qxc3 34. Nxc3
Rxb4 35. Rxa3 Rc4 36. Ne2 Rxc5 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Ra7 Bc8 40. g4 Kf6
41. h3 h5 42. gxh5 Bxh3 43. h6 Be6 44. Ra6 (44. Nxe6 fxe6 (44... Kxe6 45. Ra8
$18) 45. h7 Rc8 46. Kg3 Rh8 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Re7 Kf6 49. Rd7 Kg6 50. e4 Rxh7 $11
) 44... Rc4 45. Ke2 Rc8 46. f4 gxf4 47. exf4 Rh8 48. f5 Ke5 $1 49. fxe6 fxe6
50. Nf3+ Kf6 51. Nd4 Ke5 52. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 ({
The main line is} 7. Bg5) 7... Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5
12. b4 Qe7 (12... c5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rab1 Rab8 16. Ba1 cxd4 17.
exd4 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. d5 f4 20. f3 exd5 21. Rfd1 Nb6 22. cxd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Schandorff,L-De Firmian,N/Copenhagen 1996/CBM 54 (63)}) (12... Qf6 13.
Ne1 a5 14. f3 Ng5 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Rb1 Bd5 18. dxc5 Qe7 19. c6 Nb6
20. a4 e5 21. Bb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Shariyazdanov,A/Porec 1998/EXT 99 (62)})
({The main and the most aggressive line is} 12... Rf6 {. For instanse: see the
commented game Postny,E-Psakhis,L/ISR-ch 2000/CBM 81 [Golod,V]}) 13. Nd2 $146 {
White is immediatly starting to harass black's centralized knight.} (13. Bb2
Rae8 14. a4 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. cxd5
$14 {0-1 Novikov,M-Mishuchkov,N/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 58 (51)}) (13. Ne1 c5
14. f3 Nef6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Rb1 Bc6 17. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Grigore,G-Doroshenko,M/
Bucharest 1995/EXT 98 (40)}) 13... Qg5 14. d5 Rae8 $2 {This careless move is a
serious mistake.} (14... exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Nef6 17. Bxd5+ Nxd5 18. Qc6
N7f6 19. Bb2 $44) (14... Nxd2 15. Bxd2 e5 $14) 15. f4 $1 (15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qa4
Ne5 17. Qxa7 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. gxf3 Qxa1 20. Qxb7 Qa2 21. Re1 exf3 22. Bd3
Qxf2 23. Rg1 $14) 15... Qh4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bb2 $6 {White is not taking any
risk, but objectively speaking, it is not clear, what was wrong with 17.Qa4.} (
17. Qa4 {[%csl Ra7,Rd7]} Nf6 (17... Qf6 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Qxa7) 18. Qxa7 Rb8 19.
dxe6 Ng4 20. h3 $16) 17... Re7 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Qc3 (19. Qa4 $6 Bc8 20. Qxa7
Rh6 21. h3 Qg3 $132) 19... Rg6 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Qe1 $14 {It case of the
exchange of queens, white will be better thanks to the pair of strong bishops.}
Qh6 {Black rightly avoids the exchange of queens.} 22. c5 $1 dxc5 (22... Ng4 $5
23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rc1 Rf7 $14) 23. bxc5 Nd7 $6 (23... Ng4 $142
24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. h3 Bc8 $14) 24. cxb6 axb6 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5d3]} (24... cxb6 25.
Bd4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Qa5 $16) 25. Bd4 $1 $16 Rd6 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Qc3 c6 (
27... c5 $2 28. Be5 Nxe5 29. Qxe5 Rfd8 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Bc4 $18) 28. a4 $1 Ra8
29. Ra1 c5 $6 {This is a risky move. Now the black bishop is no longer well
protected and can become a tactical target.} (29... Qg6 $5) 30. Be5 Nxe5 (30...
Re6 31. Rfd1 Nxe5 32. fxe5 $18) 31. Qxe5 Qe6 (31... Kh8 32. Rfd1 Rad8 33. a5
$16) (31... Qg6 {[%cal Ga8e8]} 32. a5 bxa5 (32... Rxa5 33. Rxa5 bxa5 34. Rd1
$18) 33. Rfd1 Re8 34. Qc3 $16) 32. Rfd1 Rad8 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (32...
Qxe5 $4 33. fxe5 Rdd8 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bc4 Rad8 36. Rd1 $18) ({The best
defense was:} 32... Kf7 $1 33. a5 $1 bxa5 (33... Rxa5 $6 34. Rxa5 bxa5 35. Qh5+
$16 Kg8 $2 36. Bg4 Qf7 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Qb8+ Qf8 40. Be6+ {mating.
}) 34. Qc3 {The position is in white's favour, but black has some counterplay.}
) 33. a5 $1 bxa5 34. Rxa5 Bb3 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 (35... Rxd6 $2 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37.
Qh5+ $1 Qg6 38. Qxc5 $18) 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxc5 Rd2 38. Bf1 Bc2 39. Bc4+ Kf8
40. h4 Bd3 (40... Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Re1 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 (43... Kf8 44.
Rf7+ $18) 44. h5 Kf5 45. Kh3 {and black's king in the mating net.}) 41. Rf5+
Ke7 42. Re5+ Kf8 43. Rf5+ Ke7 44. Bg8 $1 {Nice move. White is capturing both
black's kingside pawns.} Re2 45. Rf7+ Kd6 46. Rxg7 Rxe3 47. Bxh7 Bc4 48. Bg8
Bd3 49. Rg5 $1 Re1+ 50. Kh2 Rf1 51. Kg3 e3 {The last chance...} 52. Rd5+ Kc7
53. Rxd3 e2 54. Re3 e1=Q+ 55. Rxe1 Rxe1 56. Kg4 {Of course, white is winning
easily. Surpisingly, black continued to fight for twenty more moves, probably
due to (mutual?) time-trouble.} Kd6 57. h5 Rg1 58. g3 Ke7 59. Bd5 Kf6 60. Kf3
Kg7 61. Kf2 Rd1 62. Bf3 Rd2+ 63. Ke3 Ra2 64. g4 Kf6 65. g5+ Kf5 66. Be4+ Ke6
67. h6 {The winning process is irreproachable.} Rh2 68. Kd4 Rh5 69. Bf3 Rh2 70.
Bg4+ Kf7 71. Ke5 Rg2 72. Be6+ Kf8 73. Kf6 Rh2 74. Kg6 Rf2 75. h7 Rh2 76. Bg4 {
[%cal Rg4h5]} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {
In this opening variation White is counting on his pair of bishops and a
slight superiority in the center. On the other hand, black's setup is rather
flexible and out of weaknesses.} b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 ({Another main line is} 8.
e3) 8... h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14.
Bf2 {Both players, especially Kramnik, have big experience in this theoretical
endgame. The position is very close to be equal. White's only trump is the
pair of bishops.} c5 (14... f5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Bd3 c5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. O-O cxd4
19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Rfc1 Ncxe3 22. Nxe6 Rfe8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nd4 Bd7
25. Bxe3 Nxe3 $11 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2815)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Moscow 1998/CBM 067
ext (62)}) 15. e4 (15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. e4 Nc7 $1 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. dxc5 f5 $1 19.
cxb6 axb6 20. Ne2 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. O-O Rd2 23. Nc3 Bb7 $15 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V (2770)-Kasparov,G (2849)/London 2000/CBM 080 (38)}) 15... Ne7 ({
A bit worse is:} 15... Nf4 $6 16. Be3 Ng6 {The knight on g6 is misplaced.}) 16.
Ne2 {The knight is heading to b5 via c3.} ({The exchange of light-squared
bishops promises nothing for White:} 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne2 cxd4 19.
Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rac8 21. Kd2 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2739)
-Leko,P (2713)/Cannes 2002/CBM 088 (26)}) 16... Rac8 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5
{[%csl Yb3]} 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Be3 (20. Bb5 Nb3 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Nc6 23.
Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Kc2 Na5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L (2679)-Leko,P (2749)/Wijk aan
Zee 2005/CBM 105 (38)}) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 e5 22. b4 $1 $146 {This plan was
probably prepared by Kramnik at home. White is driving away the black knight
from its active position and preparing to hide his monarch on b2. Black is not
able to make use of his temporary advantage in development.} (22. Kc2 Na4 23.
Bb5 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bc6 25. a4 f5 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rd1 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rc7 29. Rd6
Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z (2602)-Almasi,Z (2646)/Szekesfehervar HUN 2006/The
Week in Chess 592 (38)}) 22... Ne6 23. Kc2 Nc6 (23... f5 {does not really
bother White.} 24. Kb2 $14) 24. Kb2 Kf8 (24... Ncd4 25. Nb5 $1 $14) 25. Bc4
Ncd4 26. Bxe6 $1 Nxe6 27. Nb5 Ra8 {The only way to protect the Pa7.} 28. a4 (
28. Nd6 Ba6 29. b5 Rd8 $1 (29... Bc8 $6 {is too passive.}) 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31.
bxa6 Rd3 32. Re1 Nc7 33. Rc1 Nxa6 34. Rc3 $14) 28... Ba6 $2 {Surprisingly,
this move is the source for Black's troubles.} ({Much stronger would have been
} 28... Bc6 {. In this case White is not able to perform the manoeuvre
Nb5-a3-c4, because the Pa4 is hanging.}) 29. Na3 $1 Rc8 30. b5 Bb7 {Now it's
clear that 28...Ba6 was a mistake. Black actually lost two tempoes.} 31. Rc1
Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Ke7 ({An attempt for immediate active counterplay does not work:
} 32... f5 33. exf5 Nf4 34. g3 Ng2 35. Bf2 Bxf3 36. Nc4 e4 37. Kd2 $18 {
[%csl Rg2]}) 33. a5 bxa5 34. Bxa7 {[%csl Ra5,Gb5,Re5][%cal Ga3c4]} f5 $1 {
The only chance. Passive defense would lose for sure.} (34... g6 35. Nc4 $18 {
[%csl Ra5,Re5]}) (34... a4 35. Nc4 f6 36. Kb2 Nf4 37. g3 Nd3+ 38. Ka3 f5 39.
Nd2 $18) 35. exf5 Nf4 36. g3 Nh3 37. Nc4 Ng5 {It's already clear that Black
will have to sacrifice his bishop for "b" pawn. The main question is: will
Black manage to exchange or capture white's remaining kingside pawns?} 38. Nxa5
(38. f4 $2 exf4 39. gxf4 Nf3 40. Nxa5 Bd5 41. b6 Kf6 42. Nc4 $1 (42. b7 Bxb7
43. Nxb7 Kxf5 $11) 42... Ke7 $1 (42... Kxf5 $4 43. Ne3+ $18) (42... Nxh2 $6 43.
Nd6 h5 44. b7 Bxb7 45. Bb6 $1 {threatening 46.Bd8 mate!}) 43. h3 (43. Na5 Kf6 {
is a repetition.}) 43... Kd7 {with good drawish chances.} (43... Ng1 $2 44. b7
$18 {[%cal Ga7g1]})) 38... Bd5 $2 {Looks like the decisive mistake. It's
understandable that Leko wanted to take on f3 with the knight, but, in fact
the move in the text loses a vital tempo.} (38... Bxf3 39. b6 (39. Be3 Nf7 40.
b6 Nd8 $11 {[%cal Ge7f6] stopping the pawn.}) 39... Kf6 40. Kd2 $1 {The most
troublesome move for Black.} (40. g4 Nf7 41. b7 Bxb7 42. Nxb7 Kg5 $11) (40. b7
Bxb7 41. Nxb7 Kxf5 $11 {White's pieces are in offside, Black will easily
neutralize all white's remaining pawns.}) 40... Kxf5 41. Ke3 Kg4 (41... Bd5 42.
b7 Bxb7 43. Nxb7 Kg4 44. Bb8 Kh3 (44... Nf3 $145 $1 45. Nc5 h5 46. Ne4 Nxh2 47.
Bxe5 g5 $11) 45. Bxe5 Kxh2 46. Nd6 $18) 42. Bb8 Kh3 (42... Nf7 43. b7 Bxb7 44.
Nxb7 Kh3 45. Nd6 Nxd6 46. Bxd6 Kxh2 47. Bxe5 Kh3 48. Kf4 g6 49. Kf3 g5 50. g4
Kh4 51. Bh2 Kh3 52. Bg3 h5 53. gxh5 $18) 43. Bxe5 Kxh2 44. Kf2 (44. Bf4 Kg2 $11
) 44... Bd5 45. b7 Bxb7 46. Nxb7 Kh3 47. Nc5 h5 48. Bf4 Kg4 (48... Nf7 49. Kf3
g5 50. Bc7 g4+ 51. Kf2 h4 52. Ne6 hxg3+ 53. Bxg3 {and 54.Nf4 mate.}) 49. Bxg5
Kxg5 50. Kf3 Kf5 {White cannot win this.}) 39. b6 Nxf3 40. h3 $3 $18 {A
brilliant decision based on precise calculation. Leko obviously underestimated
this move.} (40. b7 $2 Bxb7 41. Nxb7 Nxh2 {Black's knight is quite active in
this case; White won't be able to keep all his pawns.}) (40. h4 $2 Kf6 41. b7
Bxb7 42. Nxb7 Kxf5 $11 {[%cal Gf5g4]}) 40... Ng5 41. b7 Bxb7 42. Nxb7 Nxh3 43.
Bb6 $1 Kd7 $6 {Good or bad, the only chance was 43...Kf6.} (43... Kf6 44. Nd6
Kg5 45. Bd8+ $1 (45. Kd2 $2 Kg4 46. Ke3 Kxg3 47. Ke4 Ng5+ 48. Kxe5 h5 49. Ne8 (
49. Ne4+ Kg4 (49... Nxe4 $2 50. Kxe4 h4 51. Bd4 h3 52. Bxg7 h2 53. Be5+ $18)
50. Nxg5 Kxg5 51. Ke6 h4 52. Bc7 h3 53. Bh2 Kg4 $11) 49... h4 50. Nxg7 h3 51.
Bc7 Kg2 52. Kf6 Ne4+ 53. Kg6 Ng3 54. f6 h2 55. f7 h1=Q 56. f8=Q Qb1+ $11) 45...
Kg4 46. Be7 Kxg3 47. Bf8 h5 48. Bxg7 Ng5 49. Bxe5+ Kg2 50. f6 h4 51. Nf5 h3 52.
Nh4+ Kg1 53. Bf4 Nf7 54. Kd2 $18) 44. Be3 $1 {The point of 40.h3. Black's
knight is easily cut off by the white bishop. The rest is easy.} Ke7 45. Nc5 g6
46. fxg6 Kf6 47. Bxh6 Kxg6 48. Be3 {[%mdl 4096] Perfect endgame technique by
Kramnik!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 a5 8. b3
b6 9. e3 {White is playing not so aggressive, but solid scheme, preparing for
a long-term struggle.} Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bb2 Rf6 {
Typical manoeuvre. Black's rook is going to harass white's king.} (13... Ndf6
14. Nd2 Qe8 15. f3 Ng5 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. f4 Nh3+ 18. gxh3 Qg6+ 19. Kf2 Qg2+ 20.
Ke1 Qxh3 21. Be2 Qxh2 22. Bxh5 Qxh5 23. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Semkov,S-Tal,M/Albena
1984/EXT 99 (36)}) (13... Qe7 14. Ne1 Ng5 15. f3 e5 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. d5 Ng5 18.
b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Ra8 21. Nc2 Nf7 22. Bd3 g6 23. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Palatnik,S-Szekely,P/Lvov 1986/EXT 97 (57)}) 14. d5 (14. b4 Rh6 15. Rad1 g5 $6
16. g3 Kf7 17. d5 e5 18. Ne1 $16 {1-0 Tikovsky,A-Sajtar,J/Prague 1943/EXT 98 
(28)}) 14... Rg6 15. Rad1 {This position arised in one of the games of Granda
Zuniga with white's turn to move. He continued Nf3-d4 with the advantage.} e5
16. b4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 (17. Ne1 Qh4 18. f3 Rh6 $1 19. fxe4 $2 (19. h3 $8) 19...
Qxh2+ 20. Kf2 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf6 $19) (17. Nd2 $5) 17... Rf8 18. Bf1 Bc8 19. Nd2
{Sooner or later, white has to get rid of black's centralized knight. On the
other hand, black is already well-prepared for the counterplay on the kingside.
} Qh4 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Qe2 Ndf6 22. Nxe5 $2 {This combination has clear
refutation.} (22. Nd2 Qh4 (22... Ng4 $6 23. h3 Rh6 24. f4 $14) 23. Nf3 Qh5 $11)
22... Qxe2 $2 {Missing much more attractive continuation.} (22... Ng4 $1 23.
Nxg4 (23. h3 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Nexf2 $19) 23... fxg4 24. Rd4 {[%tqu "En","Find the
best attacking continuation.","","","e4g5","Black's attack is irresistible.
White is simply defenseless against the threat 25...Nf3.",10,"g6h6","",0]} Ng5
$1 {Black's attack is irresistible. White is simply defenseless against the
threat 25...Nf3.} (24... Rh6 $2 25. h3 Rxf2 26. Rxe4 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 $13)) 23.
Bxe2 dxe5 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bxe5 {It's hard to evaluate this position. In my
opinion black is slightly better, on the other hand, it's much harder to play
this position as black, also from the psychological point of view.} Nd7 $6 {
Balashov wants to liberate the rook from g6.} ({Probably stronger was} 25...
Re8 26. Bd4 (26. Bf4 $2 Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]}) 26... Ba6 27. Rc1 Kf7) 26. Bf4 Rgf6
$6 (26... Ba6 $142 $13) 27. Rc1 axb4 28. axb4 {White is now ready to play
c4-c5.} h6 29. h4 Ne8 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Ba6 (31... R6f7 32. Red1 Ndf6 33.
Bc4 $16) 32. c6 Nb8 33. Ra1 (33. Rb1 Bxe2 34. Rxe2 Nxc6 35. dxc6 Rxc6 {is very
similar to the game.}) 33... Bxe2 34. Rxe2 Nxc6 {This sacrifice is practically
forced.} 35. dxc6 Rxc6 36. Ra7 {The position is materially balanced, but white
has significant advantage. His pieces are much more active, and can attack the
weaknesses in opponent's camp.} Rf7 37. Rd2 Re7 38. Rd5 Rf6 39. h5 Kf7 40. Rc5
g5 $6 {Black is losing his patience.} ({Can be recommended} 40... c6) 41. hxg6+
Kxg6 42. Kf2 Rfe6 43. Ra1 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Very nice plan of transfering the
rook to the kingside.} Rd7 44. Rh1 h5 45. Rh3 Rf7 46. Rg3+ Kh7 47. Rg5 Ng7 48.
Be5 {Black is not able to hold his weaknesses anymore.} Rg6 (48... Kh6 $142 {/\
} 49. Rxg7 $2 (49. Rg3 $18) 49... Rxe5 $1) 49. Rxg6 Kxg6 50. Rc6+ Kh7 51. Kg3 {
White's pieces are totally dominating.} Ne8 52. Kf4 Nd6 53. Kg5 Re7 54. Bf4 Kg8
55. Bxd6 $1 {The right time to go for winning rooks endgame.} cxd6 56. Rxd6
Rxe3 57. Kxh5 Re2 58. g3 Re3 59. Kg6 (59. Kg6 Kf8 60. Rf6+ $18 {[%cal Gf6f5]})
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 {The main alternatives are: 8.Nf3, 8.Nh3 and 8.g3.} b6 9. Nh3 (9. Ne2 {
- see the annotated game Sokolov,I-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 
[Golod,V]}) 9... Bb7 (9... c5 10. f3 Nd6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 Qh4+ 13. Nf2 Nc6
14. O-O a5 15. Nd3 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 Nxc4 17. Nxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kaidanov,
G-Shabalov,A/Connecticut 2002/CBM 87 ext (41)}) 10. f3 Qh4+ {Useful check,
since the queen will be quite active on h4.} 11. Nf2 (11. g3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Ng5
13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. O-O Qh5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc6 $11 {0-1
Ziegler,A-Kortschnoj,V/Malmo 1996/CBM 54 (68)}) 11... Ng5 $1 $146 (11... Nxf2
12. Qxf2 Qe7 13. Bd3 d6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qc2 Qf7 16. b4 e5 17. Bb2 Rae8 18. c5
e4 19. Bb5 Bd5 20. f4 c6 21. Be2 b5 $11 {1-0 Vigorito,D-De Firmian,N/
Philadelphia 1997/EXT 2000 (40)}) 12. b3 $4 {White is overlooking the threat.}
({Possible was} 12. Bd3) 12... d6 $4 {Black does not see it either!} (12...
Nxf3+ $1 13. gxf3 Bxf3 14. Rg1 Qxh2 15. Rg5 h6 16. Rg6 Kf7 $19 {[%csl Rg6]})
13. Bb2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Calmly continuing the development and...losing.} ({
Again} 13. Bd3 {or any other move, which is losing.}) {[%tqu "En","Find the
winning combination.","","","g5f3","Now Kiriakov have noticed the winning
combination and executed it.",12]} 13... Nxf3+ $1 {Now Kiriakov have noticed
the winning combination and executed it.} 14. gxf3 Bxf3 15. Rg1 Qxh2 16. Rg5 h6
17. Rg6 Kf7 {The white rook is simply trapped, and Black remains with decisive
material advantage.} 18. Rxe6 Kxe6 19. c5 (19. d5+ Kd7 20. Bxg7 Rf7 {is also
hopeless for White.}) 19... d5 20. Rc1 c6 21. a4 Rf6 22. b4 Kf7 {Black has big
material advantage for nothing, and the rest of game needs no commentary.} 23.
b5 Kg8 24. Qb3 Re6 25. Nh3 f4 26. Rc3 bxc5 27. dxc5 Nd7 28. bxc6 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2003.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 {This is the most aggressive
way to meet white's last move. Karpov as black prefered 5...d6 against I.
Sokolov few rounds before.} 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 ({The main alternative is} 7. Bd3)
7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 (9. Bb2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 (10... Qa5+ 11. Ke2 f6
12. f3 Ng5 13. h4 Nf7 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Kf2 Nc6 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18.
Ne2 $16 {1-0 Giorgadze,G-Illescas Cordoba,M/Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (32)})
11. Bd3 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Rc8 13. f3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. c5 Bb5 16. Bc3 Bxd3+ 17.
Qxd3 Qa4 18. Kf2 Nbd7 19. Ne2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Sasikiran,K/Raipur
2002/CBM 87 ext (22)}) 9... cxd4 (9... Qa5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3
Nxc3 13. Nxd4 Ne4+ 14. Ke2 Qc3 15. Bxe4 Qxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bb2 Qh4 18. Bd3
Nc6 19. Kf1 Bd7 20. Re1 Rfe8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Belozerov,A-Sakaev,K/Krasnoyarsk
2003/CBM 98 (26)}) (9... Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nb4 13. axb4
Qxa1 14. f3 f5 15. Qb1 Qxb1 16. Bxb1 a5 17. b5 a4 18. fxe4 fxe4+ 19. Ke1 $16 {
1-0 Shariyazdanov,A-Rashkovsky,N/Oberwart 2002/CBM 89 ext (28)}) 10. cxd4 (10.
cxd5 exd5 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Bf5 15. O-O Nd6 $11 {
1-0 Sokolov,I-Polaczek,R/Antwerp 1996/EXT 97 (41)}) 10... Qa5+ 11. Kf1 {
White is losing his right to castle, but is hoping to make use of his pair of
bishops, as well as better control over the centre.} Bd7 (11... f5 12. exf6
Nxf6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. cxd5 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 exd5 16. Bb4 Re8 17. f3 Nc6 18. Ne2 Bd7
$11 {0-1 Belozerov,A-Lahno,K/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (67)}) (11... Nc6 12. Ne2
Bd7 13. Rb1 f6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rb5 Qd8 16. Rxd5 $18 {1-0 El Gindy,E-Pavlovic,
M/Linares 2003 (27)}) (11... Qc3 12. Rb1 Qxd4 13. Bb2 Qc5 14. f3 f5 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kf7 18. cxd5 Qxc2 19. dxe6+ Rxe6 20. Bxc2 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Mishra,N/Raipur 2002/CBM 87 ext (38)}) 12. Ne2 Ba4 $146
(12... f6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Be3 Bc6 16. h4 Nd7 17. Rh3 Rc8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Pikula,D/Biel 2002/EXT 2003 (42)}) 13. Qb2 Nc6 $1 14.
cxd5 (14. Qxb7 $4 Rab8 15. Qd7 Rfd8 $19 {[%csl Rd7]}) (14. f3 f6 $1 {[%csl Rf1,
Gf8][%cal Gf8f1]} 15. cxd5 (15. fxe4 $2 fxe5+ $17 16. Kg1 $4 Qe1#) 15... exd5
16. e6 f5 $15 {[%csl Re6]}) 14... exd5 15. Be3 (15. f3 f6 {- see 14.f3.}) (15.
Qxb7 $2 a6 $1 {[%cal Gf8b8]} (15... Nxd4 16. Qb4 (16. Nxd4 $2 Qc3 $17) 16...
Qxb4 17. axb4 Bb5 $11) 16. Bxe4 (16. Qb2 Rab8 17. Qa2 Bb3 18. Qb2 Bd1 $1 19.
Qa2 Bxe2+ $19 {[%csl Rd4]}) 16... dxe4 $17) (15. Bf4 f6 $36) 15... f6 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Kg1 Bb5 $6 ({More to the point is} 18... Rd8 {putting
pressure on white's Pd4.}) 19. Ng3 Bd3 20. Rc1 Raf8 $6 {There is no real point
for doubling the rooks on the "f" file, the Pf2 is very well protected.} (20...
Rd8 $142) 21. h4 b6 $6 {Another dubious move, weakening the Nc6.} (21... R6f7
$142) 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. h5 h6 24. Rh4 Rd6 ({Very beautiful variation is:} 24...
Nxd4 $2 25. Bxd4 Qg5 {[%csl Rc1,Rh4]} 26. Rc7 $3 Qxh4 {[%tqu "En","Please
enter a move for white.","","","c7g7","",10]} 27. Rxg7 $1 {[%cal Gg7g6]} Rc8 (
27... Kxg7 28. Nf5+ $18 {[%csl Rg7,Rh4]}) 28. Rg8+ $1 (28. Qb2 $1 $18) 28...
Rxg8 29. Qf7 Rg7 30. Bxf6 Qg4 31. Qxa7 $18) 25. Rf4 $1 $16 {Suddenly, all
white's pieces are very well coordinated. Black is in serious trouble.} (25.
Nxe4 $2 Nxd4) (25. Rxe4 $2 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxd4) 25... Rxf4 (25... Rfd8 26. Rf7
Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Nf5 $40) 26. Bxf4 Rf6 27. Be3 Ne7 28. Rc7 Qd5 (28... Nd5
$2 29. Rd7 $18) 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxa7 {White is a pawn up, but it's hard for
him to achieve progress.} Rf8 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. Kh3 Nf4+ 33. Kh2 {Karpov does
not want to take any risk.} (33. Kg4 Nd5 $1 (33... Nxg2 34. d5 {[%csl Gd5]} (
34. Nf5 $4 Be2+))) 33... Nd5 34. Rd7 Nf6 35. Rd6 Ra8 36. Rxb6 Rxa3 {Black has
reasonable chances for a draw.} 37. Kh3 Ra5 38. Kh4 Rd5 39. Rb7 (39. Bxh6 Rxd4
$16) 39... Bc2 40. Bf4 $2 {This just leads to exchange of pawns, which will
make black's defensive task much easier.} (40. Rc7 Bd1 41. Rc5 {and white is
keeping chances for a win.}) 40... Rxd4 41. Rxg7+ $6 {This leads to a drawish
position by force.} (41. Be5 Rd5 $1 (41... Rd7 42. Rb2 Bd3 43. Bxf6 gxf6 44.
Nf5 $16) 42. Bxf6 gxf6 {In this position white still keeps practical winning
chances.}) 41... Kxg7 42. Nf5+ Kh7 43. Nxd4 Bd1 {[%csl Rh5]} 44. Nf5 Bxh5 45.
Nxh6 Nd5 46. Bc1 e3 $1 {Transforming the position to a drawish endgame with
opposite colour bishops.} 47. fxe3 Kxh6 48. e4+ Kg6 49. exd5 Bd1 $1 50. g4 Bb3
51. d6 Be6 52. Bg5 Bc8 53. Be7 Bd7 54. Kg3 Bc8 55. Kf4 Bd7 {This endgame a
theoretical draw.} 56. g5 Kf7 57. Ke5 Be8 58. Kd5 Ba4 59. Bd8 Ke8 60. Ba5 Kf7
61. Bc3 Be8 62. Bb2 Ba4 63. Bc1 Be8 64. Bb2 Ba4 65. Kc5 Ke6 66. g6 Kd7 67. g7 (
67. g7 Bb3 {followed by 68...Bg8, building fortress.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 h6 {
This rare move prevents white's possibility of Bg5.} 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. b3 (11. b4 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Rfe1 {- see the game Grigore,
G-Cosma,I/Bucharest 1998/CBM 69 [Golod,V]}) 11... Re8 $146 {This move has the
same value as 11...Qe7.} (11... Qe7 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. b4 c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Qd2 Rb6 18. b5 d5 19. a4 d4 20. a5 Rd6 21. Ba3 e5
$15 {0-1 Ramirez,A-Uralde,O/ARG 2001/EXT 2003 (28)}) 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Rad1 ({
Comes into consideration} 13. Rfe1 {/\14.Bf1 and 15.Nd2.}) 13... Qe7 {This is
a typical position for this opening. White has some more space and a pair of
bishops. On the other black's position is very flexible and out of weaknesses.
Usually black has no problem of equalizing.} 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. b4 c5 (15... d5
$6 16. c5 $14) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bf1 Nb6 18. Ba1 d5 (18... cxb4 19. axb4 Rc8
20. Nd2 $14) 19. cxd5 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 Nfxd5 {[%csl Rb4]} ({More
precise was to take with the other knight} 21... Nbxd5 $11) 22. Rd4 $1 Nf6 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 $14 Bb7 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {The material has been
radically reduced, but white still keeps some pressure, using his bishops pair.
} 27. f3 Nd5 28. Nc2 Ba6 29. Bd4 f6 30. Bh3 Kf7 31. Kf2 Nc7 32. e4 Bd3 (32...
Nb6 $5 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 33. Na3 a6 (33... Nb5 $6 34. Ke3 Nxd4 35. Kxd4 Be2 36.
f4 $16 {[%csl Gd4]}) 34. Ke3 Bb5 35. Nxb5 axb5 36. Bf1 {Black's knights are
limited in actions. White's advantage became more clarified now. On the other
hand it should not be enough for a win.} Ke7 37. f4 Nd6 38. h4 Kd7 (38... h5 $2
{[%csl Rh5]} 39. Be2 g6 40. Bxf6+ Kxf6 41. e5+ Ke7 42. exd6+ Kxd6 43. Bd3 $18)
39. g4 $2 {This move spoiles white's advantage.} Nf7 40. Bc5 (40. Bb6 g5 $1 41.
hxg5 hxg5 42. Bxc7 Kxc7 43. fxg5 fxg5 44. Bxb5 e5 $11 {[%cal Yf7d6,Yc7b6]})
40... g5 $11 {Now black is completely safe, since both kingside and queenside
are closed.} 41. h5 e5 42. fxg5 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 {This line became fashionable lately.} Nbd7 10. Qd3 (10. Qc2 {
- see the annotated game Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 [Golod,V]})
({The following game was played in the same tournament:} 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4
12. Bxd8 Nxd2 13. Bxc7 Nxc4 14. Nc3 Rfc8 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Bxc4 Bxb5 17. Bxb5
Rxc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kacheishvili,G-Almasi,Z/Rethymnon 2003 (23)}) 10... Ba6 {
A concrete approach. Black is trying to make the immediate use of white's last
move.} (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 (11... Re8 12. Nc3 a5 13. Be2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Qc2 c6 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. Bf5 Ra7 18. O-O-O b5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Zoler,D/
Rethymnon 2003 (40)}) 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Rd1 (13. Be2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd1
Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM 92 no vc 
(64)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Be2 (14. d5 Ne5 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Bg3 exd5 17. cxd5 Nh5 18.
Be2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 a6 20. a4 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Gelashvili,T/Izmir 2003 (54)})
14... cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nb5 (18. Rd4 Nb3 19.
Rh4 Kg7 20. Kd1 d5 21. Kc2 Na5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1
{+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Leko,P/Monte Carlo 2003 (79)}) 18... d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5
20. Nc7 Bb3 21. Nxa8 Bxd1 22. Bxd1 Rxa8 23. Bc2 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Karpov,
A/GMA, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003 (60)}) ({Possible is the immediate} 10... c5 {
- see the game Gurevich,M-Mchedlishvili,M/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 [Gurevich,M]})
11. Nc3 $146 {This novelty does not yield white an opening advantage.} ({
Just a few rounds before Kasparov as white played against Grischuk:} 11. b4 c5
12. b5 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd1 {
and eventually won in a tough battle.}) 11... d5 12. Qc2 (12. b3 c5 $132) 12...
Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 h6 15. Bh4 c5 {Black has solved his opening
problems, but white still can hope to make use of the pin along the h4-d8
diagonal.} 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 {Forcing white to simplify the position.}
({Possible alternative is} 17... Qc7) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. O-O-O
Rfc8 {[%cal Gc5e4] Possible was 20...Rfd8, but Kasparov as usual tries to play
more dinamically even in such a boring positions.} 21. Kb1 f5 22. Rd4 Nb3 23.
Rd3 Nc5 24. Rd4 Nb3 {Draw?} 25. Rh4 {Ivanchuk avoids the three throw
repetition.} Kg7 26. Ka2 Nc5 27. Rd1 a6 {Covering the b5 square against
white's possible knight jump.} (27... Rd8 $6 28. Rhd4) 28. Rhd4 (28. g4 $6 f4
$1 29. exf4 Rd8 {[%csl Yh4] and black is getting strong counterplay along the
"d" file.}) 28... b5 29. g4 $1 (29. b4 Ne4 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Kb2 f5 $11) 29...
fxg4 (29... e5 $6 30. Rd5 fxg4 31. Rxe5 $14) 30. Rxg4+ Kf8 31. Rh4 Ke7 $1 32.
Rdd4 (32. Rxh6 Rd8 33. Rh4 Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Rd8 35. Rd4 Rh8 36. h4 e5 37. Rd5 Nd7
$11 {[%csl Rh4]}) 32... Rg8 33. Rxh6 (33. b4 Nb7 $5 34. Rxh6 Nd6 35. Rh5 Rg2
$44) 33... Rg2 {The activity of black's pieces compensates the lack of pawn.}
34. f4 Rd8 35. f5 (35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. f5 Nd3 $11) 35... Rxd4 36. exd4 Nd3 37.
fxe6 fxe6 38. d5 {Numerous pawns exchanges leads to inevitable draw.} Rxb2+ 39.
Ka1 exd5 40. Nxd5+ Kd7 41. Nf4 Rd2 42. Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 ({More aggressive
alternative is} 5... d5) 6. a3 (6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Nd4
10. Qe4 c5 11. h3 f5 12. Qd3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nh6 14. Be2 $14 {1-0 Karpov,
A-Almasi,Z/Monte Carlo 2001/CBM 81 ext (38)}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 Nc6
(8... c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. f3 Nd7 12. h4 Nb6 13. g4 $14 {1-0
Capablanca,J-Ragozin,V/Moscow 1935/HCL (49)}) 9. Ne2 b6 (9... Na5 10. O-O c5
11. f4 b5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. cxb5 c4 14. exd6 cxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxc1 17.
Rfxc1 $16 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,V-Kurajica,B/Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (24)}) 10.
O-O Ba6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Be3 Na5 13. c5 $1 Bc4 (13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 exd4 (14...
bxc5 15. dxe5 Nb6 $14) 15. cxd4 dxc5 (15... bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5
18. Qc3 c6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Ng3 $36 {1-0 Soppe,G-Monier,R/Buenos Aires 1998/
CBM 67 ext (26)}) 16. dxc5 $6 (16. d5 $5 $44) 16... Nxc5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.
Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1 Nb3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sarkar,J-Browne,W/Seattle 2003 (35)}) 14.
cxd6 cxd6 15. Ng3 {It's curious that the opponents are following the game
Short-Karpov (see below). Objectively speaking, the position looks much more
attractive for white. On the other hand, it seems that Karpov believes in
black's defensive resources and this time, Karpov indeed, defended this
position more successfully.} Qc7 16. Nf5 f6 $146 (16... Kh8 17. Rf3 Rac8 18.
Raf1 f6 19. Bf2 b5 20. Bg3 a6 21. h4 Bf7 22. Be1 Nb6 23. Qf2 Nac4 24. Rg3 g6
25. Nh6 Be6 26. f5 $16 {1-0 Short,N-Karpov,A/Dortmund 1997/CBM 60 [Tsesarsky] 
(44)}) 17. Rf3 Rf7 $1 {This is good defensive plan. It is important for black
to protect Pg7. Still, white has nice attacking prospects on the kingside.} 18.
Raf1 Kh8 19. h4 Rc8 (19... d5 $6 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. exd5 $16) 20.
h5 Be6 21. Ba6 (21. fxe5 fxe5 22. h6 g6 {leads to similar position, that
arised in the game a bit later.}) 21... Rcf8 (21... Qxc3 $2 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23.
Nxd6 $18) (21... Bxf5 $2 22. Bxc8 Bg4 23. Rg3 $16) 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. h6 g6 24.
Ng7 (24. d5 Bxf5 25. exf5 g5 $1 26. Bxg5 Nf6 {and black has good compensation
for the pawn.}) 24... Bc4 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Bxf7 27. d5 Qd8 $2 ({Much
stronger was} 27... Kg8 {Black's queen is putting pressure on c3.} 28. Be2 {
[%cal Ge2g4]} Qd8) 28. Qf2 {Now white's queen joins the attack and black finds
himself in serious trouble.} Qe7 29. Bb5 Nc5 30. Qf3 Kg8 31. Qg4 Qc7 32. Qh4
Nab7 33. Bc6 Qc8 (33... Na5 $2 34. Bxc5 {followed by 35.Qf6+-.}) 34. Kh2 (34.
Qf6 Qd8 (34... Nxe4 35. Bxb7 $18) 35. Ne8 Qxf6 36. Nxf6+ Kh8 37. Kf2) 34... Qd8
35. Bg5 Qc8 $6 ({More stubborn was} 35... Qc7 36. Be7 $140 $2 Nxe4) 36. Be7 {
Black is not able to defend his weak dark squares.} g5 37. Bxg5 Bg6 38. Be7 $6
(38. Ne6 $6 Nxe6 39. Bxb7 Qxb7 40. Be7 {[%cal Gh4f6]} Kf7 41. dxe6+ Kxe6 42.
Qf6+ Kd7 43. Qxd6+ Ke8 {and white still has a lot of work to do in order to
win this endgame.}) ({The most convincing and elegant way to a win was:} 38.
Be8 $3 Bxe8 (38... Nxe4 39. Bxg6 $18) (38... Bxe4 39. Be7 $18 {[%cal Rh4f6]})
39. Nf5 Qc7 40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Qf2+ Bf7 42. Qf6 Ke8 43. Qh8+ Kd7 44. Qxh7 $18)
38... Nxe4 39. Bxb7 $2 {This move spoiles all of white's advantage.} (39. Nh5
$1 Kf7 (39... Qf5 {[%tqu "En","Find the winning move.","","","c6d7","",10]} 40.
Bd7 $1 Qxh5 (40... Qxd7 41. Nf6+ Nxf6 42. Qxf6 $18) 41. Be6+ Kh8 42. Qxh5 Bxh5
43. Bf8 {mating.}) 40. Nf6 Qc7 41. Nxe4 Qxe7 42. Qf2+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. Bxb7
Qxb7 45. Nd7 $18) 39... Qxb7 40. c4 (40. Bxd6 Nxd6 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qxd6 Qe7
$11) 40... Qc7 {The critical f6 square is under control, so black is safe now.}
41. Ne6 Qd7 42. Bf8 Kf7 43. Bg7 Ke8 44. Qg4 Qf7 45. Qh4 Qe7 46. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassov, Liuben"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {01h40} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 {une ligne rare} (5. Bg5
{la grande ligne}) 5... Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. g3 (8. e3) (8. Bg5) 8...
c5 $1 $11 {[%cal Gb7h1] 01h34} 9. dxc5 bxc5 (9... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ge4c3,Ge4c5]})
10. Bg2 a5 {01h27} (10... d6) 11. b3 Nc6 $146 (11... Qb6 $1 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rd1
d5 (13... e5 $5 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 14. Nxe5 Nd4 $44 {[%csl Rc3,Re2][%cal Gd4e2]})
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. e3 d4 17. Bb2 dxe3 18. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V 
(2665)-Ehlvest,J (2605)/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 026}) 12. O-O d6 (12... Ne4 13. Qc2
f5 $132) 13. Bb2 Ra6 $6 {[%csl Ra6] un coup bizarre} (13... Qb6 $142 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Rd2 e5 $1 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rad1 h6 {50mns} (15... e5 {
[%cal Gc6d4]} 16. e3 Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6]} 17. Nh4 {[%csl Gf5]} Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+
19. Kg1 Ne6 $132) 16. Rd2 a4 17. bxa4 Na5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rb1 Bc6 (19... Qg6
20. Qxg6 fxg6) 20. Ne1 Bxg2 {40} 21. Kxg2 Nc6 22. Nf3 Qe7 (22... Nd4 23. Nxd4
cxd4 24. Rb4) 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Rb5 Na5 25. Qc2 Rda8 $6 {25} 26. Qe4 Nc6 27. Rdb2
Nd8 (27... f5 $142) 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Rxb8 Qc7 30. Qb1 $16 {[%csl Ra6] La Ra6
n'a pas bougé depuis le 13ème coup...} Kf8 {21} 31. Qb3 Ra7 {Reconnaissant que
Ra6 était douteux} 32. h4 Ke7 33. Rb5 Nc6 {16} 34. e3 Qc8 35. Qb2 Qa8 {10} 36.
Kg1 Rxa4 $2 (36... e5 37. Rb6 Nd8 $132) (36... g6) 37. Rb7+ $40 {[%csl Re7]}
Kf8 38. Qb6 Ra7 39. Rxa7 Nxa7 40. Qxd6+ Kg8 41. Ne5 Qb7 42. Qxc5 f6 43. Ng6
Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qxg6 45. Qxa7 Qc2 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Kg2 Qxc4 48. a4 e5 49. a5 f5
50. a6 f4 51. exf4 exf4 52. a7 fxg3 53. Qf3 gxf2 54. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:31"]
[BlackClock "0:03:45"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} (2... g6 {Le second répertoire du breton}) 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} d6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:17] Une ligne
secondaire} (4... O-O 5. a3 (5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4
Nd7 (9... Nc5 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Nf3 d4 12. Bg5 f6 $13)) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 Bb7 (7... Ba6) (7... c5) (7... h6) 8. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4]} h6 9. Bh4 d5 (
9... d6 10. e3) 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
(14... f5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Bd3 (16. Ba4 e5 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. Kd2 $13 {Miron,L 
(2544)-Jianu,V (2560) Condom op 12th 2013 (5) 1/2}) 16... e5 17. Ne2 Rae8 (
17... e4 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Rae8 $36 {[%csl Re1]})) 15. e4 (
15. Bb5) 15... Ne7 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 $32) (
4... d5) 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} (5. a3) (5. Bg5) 5... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (
5... Nc6 {Plus courant} 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} (8...
a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]})) 6. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:47][%cal Ga2a3] Un coup un peu trop
lent qui ne pose pas trop de problèmes aux Noirs pour égaliser} (6. g3 $142
b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 $14 {Topalov,V (2793)-Grischuk,A (2779)
Thessaloniki FIDE GP 2013 (1) 1/2}) 6... b6 {[%emt 0:08:21] La ligne
secondaire Bd2 a surpris un peu les Noirs qui commencent а réfléchir} 7. e3 {
[%emt 0:33:31] Curieusement, l'ukrainien va dépenser plus d'une 1/2 h sur
cette position théorique et c'est le signe d'une préparation non réussie} (
7. e4 $142 Bb7 8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc5 13. O-O
Nh5 14. b4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf4 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Nd2 f5
20. b5 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Rae1 Rf7 23. Re3 Raf8 24. Qe2 Qh6 25. f3 Bg6 26.
g3 Bf5 27. h4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rf5 29. Kg2 Qg6 30. Qe3 Rf4 31. Rf2 R8f5 32. Kh2
Rxe4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Fridman,D (2648)-Fedorchuk,S (2660) Beer Sheva 2013}) 7...
Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 9. Bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:09:43]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:10:29]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:02:
17]} (10... f5 $5 {Thématique dans ce genre de structure} 11. d5 Ndc5 $132)
11. bxc3 $146 {[%emt 0:00:09] Bizarre après avoir joué Qc2} (11. Qxc3 Nf6 12.
O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 O-O 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Bf1 Qg5+ 16. Bg2 f5 17. f4 Qg6 18. Kf1
Rae8 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. b4 Qh5 21. h3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Kg2 Qf3+ 24. Kf1 Rf6
25. Re2 Qh1# {0-1 (25) Nowak,T-Lankof,P Leba 2009}) 11... Qe7 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:
15:10][%cal Ge6e5,Ge5e4]} (11... Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Rab1 {[%cal
Gc4c5]} Qe7 $132) 12. Be4 $5 {[%emt 0:09:59]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 13. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} 14. Qc6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:48]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:22:12]} (15... a5) 16. Qxd7 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03][%cal Ga7a5]} 17. a5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:46]} (
17. O-O $143 a5 $15 {[%csl Ra4]}) 17... Rfb8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 18. axb6 {
[%emt 0:01:40]} Rxb6 $5 {[%emt 0:04:01][%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a5]} (18... axb6 {
Plus naturel mais les R Noires sont assez mal placées} 19. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Rb8]
}) 19. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 20. Ra2 {[%emt 0:04:32]} a5 {
[%emt 0:03:06]} 21. Rha1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rba6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. Rb1 $14 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} R8a7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} (22... Ke7 23. Rb7 R6a7) 23. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:02:25]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 24. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:
22]} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} a4 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 26. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ra5 {
[%emt 0:04:08] (=)} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:04:42] Les Blancs ont plus d'espace et ils
préfèrent continuer mais les chances de gains sont assez minimes.} g5 $1 {
[%emt 0:06:40]} 28. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (28. hxg5 hxg5) 28... gxh4 {[%emt 0:
01:32]} 29. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 30. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03] Il restait moins de 2 mns aux Noirs pour passer le
contrôle de temps} 31. g5 $6 {[%emt 0:06:01] L'inconvénient est de permettre
aux Noirs de se débarasser de la faiblesse "h6"} (31. Rah2 a3 32. Rxh6 a2 33.
Rh7+ Kf6 {[%cal Gf6e7]}) 31... hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:46][%csl Gh7]} 33. Rh1 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]}
34. c5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke7
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. Nxd7 {
[%emt 0:04:28]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
46]} 39. Kc4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:13][%cal Gc4b4]} R5a6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:51] Empêche
Kb4} 40. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00][%csl Re3]} 41. Rh1 {[%emt 0:
02:15]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 42. Ra3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 43.
Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:15]} R7a6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 44. Kd3 {[%emt 0:04:38]} c5 $1 {
[%emt 0:07:13]} 45. c4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} (45... cxd4 $143
46. exd4 {[%csl Gc4]}) 46. Kc3 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 47. Rh1 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} R5a7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 48. Rh6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:06][%csl Re6]
[%cal Gh6c6]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 49. d5+ {[%emt 0:02:02]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:04]
} 50. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} exd5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 51. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rae8
$1 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 52. Kc4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 53. Rxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} (53. Rxa4 R8e4+ 54. Kb5 Rb3+) 53... Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 54.
Kxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 55. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kc8 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} 56. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:02:48]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Monroy, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 (7. Bg5
{plus courant} Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3) 7... Nbd7 8. g3 (8. Bg5) 8... b6 9. Bg2
Bb7 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be4 {[%cal Ge4g6,Gd6d5] Un thème courant
mais Ne4 gagnant un tempo sur la Q pour jouer f5 et éviter la batterie sur g7
semble plus précis. Be4 permet également d'activer le B avant de jouer d6d5} (
12... Rfe8 {Kortschnoj,V (2575)-Karpov,A (2715) Biel 1992 (10) 0-1}) (12... Ne4
$5 {[%cal Ge4c3]} 13. Qc2 f5 {Riazantsev,A (2527)-Shengelia,D (2415) EU-ch 3rd
Batumi 2002 (4) 1/2}) 13. Rfd1 c6 (13... h6 14. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Gf3d2] Avec
l'idée Nd2 sans permettre l'échange des B} Rfe8 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. f3 $14 {
Kortschnoj,V (2610)-Akopian,V (2708) Carlsbad Czech Coal 2007 (3) 1/2}) 14. Bf1
d5 $5 $146 ({RR} 14... Rfc8 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Rac1 Qf8 17. Bg2 d5 18. Nf1 b5 19.
Qd2 a4 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Rc4 24. Ne3 Ne4 25.
Bxe4 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Bxe4 28. Nd1 Bc2 29. Nc3 {Bernasek,J (2535)
-Polak,T (2538)/Havlickuv Brod 2008/CB10/1/2-1/2 (36)}) 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Bg2 {
[%cal Gd1e1,Ge2e4]} Rfc8 17. Re1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} c5 $1 {[%cal Gc8c3] Il faut
réagir au centre avant la percée e2e4} 18. dxc5 (18. cxd5) 18... Nxc5 {[%cal
Gc5e4]} 19. Qe3 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb6]} Ra7 20. b4 $5 (20. Rac1) 20... Na4 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. cxd5 exd5 {[%csl Ra4,Rd5]} 23. Nb3 {[%csl Gd4]} Rac7 24. bxa5 $1 Rc3
$6 (24... bxa5 $142) 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Nxd4 $16 {[%csl Gd4]} bxa5 27. Bxd5 Nb6 (
27... Rd8 28. e4 $16) 28. Bf3 Nc4 29. a4 Nd2 30. Bb7 R8c5 $2 31. Red1 {[%csl
Rd8]} 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 $5) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O c5 $5 (10... a5 11. b3 Ra7 12. Bb2
Qa8 13. Ne1 c5 14. f3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Rd8 17. Qh4 e5 18. Rd1 Bc6 19.
f4 Be4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bxe4 Ncxe4 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxe5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Pogorelov,R-Suba,M/Ibercaja-A 1996 (41)}) (10... Ne4 $5 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nd2 Qh4
13. f3 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Rf6 15. Be1 Qh6 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bc3 Re8 18. Bc2 Qh5 19. Ba4
Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Huss,A-Razuvaev,Y/Bern op 1998 (19)}) 11. b3 $5 (11. b4 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Qb3 d5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Jukic,M/
Cetinje tt 1990 (62)}) 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 cxd4 (12... d5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Qd2
Rfd8 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. a4 Ng6 $13 {1-0 Alvarado,F-Kurajica,M/Palma
de Mallorca op 1995 (54)}) 13. Nxd4 {N/} (13. exd4 $6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 (14...
b5 $5) 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Bc1 e5 $36 {0-1 Raeber,M-Wirthensohn,H/Zuerich op 1993 
(28)}) 13... Nc5 14. Be2 (14. Be2 e5 15. Nf3 $13) 14... e5 $1 15. Nf3 (15. Nf5
Nfe4 (15... Qd7 16. Ng3) 16. Qc2 Qg5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 d5 $11) 15... Nfe4 (
15... b5 $5 16. cxb5 $140 Na4 {[%csl Rb2,Rc3]}) 16. Qc2 Ng5 17. Nd2 (17. Ne1 $5
Nh3+ 18. Kh1 (18. gxh3 Qg5+ 19. Bg4 f5 20. f4 exf4 21. exf4 Qg6) 18... Qh4 19.
f3 Ng5 $13) 17... Nge4 $1 $11 18. Nxe4 $6 (18. Nf3 $11) (18. Bd1 Qg5 $36 (18...
b5 $5)) (18. Rad1 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Qg5 20. g3 Ne4 $13) 18... Bxe4 19. Qc3 Qg5 20.
f3 Bd3 $1 21. f4 $6 {[%csl Re4]} (21. Rf2 $5 $11 Qxe3 $140 $2 22. b4 $18) 21...
Qg6 22. Bxd3 Qxd3 (22... Nxd3 $4 23. f5 $18) 23. Rab1 $5 (23. fxe5 Qxc3 24.
Bxc3 dxe5 25. Rab1 Rfd8 26. Bxe5 Rd3 $15) 23... f6 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} 24. Rfd1 Qf5
(24... Qe4 $5) 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Qd2 $1 Rf6 27. Rf1 Qd3 $1 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29.
Rxf6 $6 (29. Rfd1 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Gc5,Re4]}) 29... gxf6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2
Nc5 32. Bc3 Rg8 $1 33. g3 (33. Kf3 $5) 33... Ke6 34. Bb4 Ne4 35. Kf3 f5 {
[%cal Gg8g4,Gh7h4]} 36. a4 a5 37. Be1 h5 $17 38. b4 axb4 39. Bxb4 (39. Rxb4 Ra8
40. h3 (40. Rxb6 Rxa4 41. Rb4 Ra2 $19) 40... Ng5+ $5 (40... Ra6 41. g4 hxg4+
42. hxg4 Nc5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 $17 {[%csl Ra4]}) 41. Kg2 Ra6 {[%cal Gg5e4,Ge4c5]})
39... Ra8 $138 40. Ra1 $138 Rc8 41. Rc1 Kf6 {[%cal Rd6d5,Gc8c1]} 42. h3 d5 43.
g4 Rxc4 (43... fxg4+ 44. hxg4 h4 45. Be1 Kg5 46. Bb4) 44. Rxc4 dxc4 45. gxf5 $2
$138 {Much stronger was} (45. gxh5 $142 {but both we had big time troubles
something like from move 30 and hadn,t idea that we made 40 moves- we suspect
it , but and Leonid and me believed in our blitz skill. Alas...} Kg5 (45...
Ng5+ 46. Ke2 Nxh3 $2 47. Bd6 {[%csl Rb6]}) 46. Bf8 $1 Kxh5 (46... c3 47. Ke2 c2
48. Ba3 f4 49. exf4+ exf4 50. Bc1 $11) (46... Nc3 47. h6 Kg6 48. Bd6 e4+ (48...
Nxa4 49. Bxe5 b5 50. e4 $11) 49. Kf4) 47. Bg7 c3 48. Bxe5 c2 49. Bb2 Nc5 50.
Ke2 (50. Ba3 Nxa4 (50... Nd3 51. e4 fxe4+ 52. Kxe4 c1=Q 53. Bxc1 Nxc1 54. Kd5
$11) 51. Ke2)) 45... Kxf5 $19 {Now everything is very simple} 46. Ke2 Ke6 47.
a5 bxa5 48. Bxa5 Ng5 49. h4 Ne4 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Ke2 Kg4 52. Bc7 Kxh4 53. Bxe5
Kg4 (53... Kg4 54. Bc7 h4 55. Be5 h3 56. Bh2 c3 57. Kd3 Kf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
f3 d5 (8... h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. e3 Qe8 11. Bd3 e4 12. Bc2 d5 13. b3 Qe6 14. Ne2
exf3 15. gxf3 Re8 16. Kf2 b6 17. Nf4 Qc6 {Keatinge Clay,A-Eperjesi,L/
Budapest-6 IM-B 2000/The Week in Chess 292/0-1 (38)}) 9. e3 c6 $146 (9... Re8
$5 10. Nh3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Bf2 c5 13. Ne2 b6 14. Ng3 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nc5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. Qb2 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Be2 Qd7 21. O-O
Rc7 22. Nf5 Rec8 23. Qe5 Rc2 24. Rxc2 {Seirawan,Y-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee 1992/ /1/
2-1/2 (46)}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. Nf2 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 c5 14. Nf4 cxd4
15. Qxd4 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qd2 a5 18. b5 Nc5 19. Rd1 Nb3 20. Qb2 a4 {
Kasparov,G-Sax,G/Reykjavik 1988/Inf 46/[Sax,Gy]/1-0 (38)}) 12... e5 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qxf6
Nxf6 20. Kd2 Rac8 21. Rc1 Kf8 22. Nd3 Ke7 23. g4 Kd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,
J-Psakhis,L/Moscow GMA 1990 (29)}) 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Ne2 h6 (11... e5 $6 12. cxd5
Nxd5 $140 $2 13. Bxh7+ $1 $18) 12. Bh4 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... exd4 $5 14. Qxd4
Qa5+ 15. b4 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 Ne5) 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd8 16. Kf2
c5 17. Rac1 (17. Rhd1 $5) 17... b6 18. Rhd1 Bb7 19. Bb5 (19. Bf5 cxd4 20. cxd4
exd4) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 exd4 21. Nxd4 (21. exd4 Nf6 22. Rc7 Bd5 $11) 21...
Nc5 22. Nf5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Kf8 24. g4 $5 (24. e4 $142 {[%cal Gf2e3]} Bxe4 $140
$2 25. fxe4 Nxe4+ 26. Kf3 Nc3 27. Bc6) 24... a6 $1 25. Bc4 $6 (25. Be2 Rc8)
25... b5 26. Be2 (26. Ba2 Rc8 27. h4) 26... Re8 27. Rd6 $6 (27. e4 $5 Bc8 28.
Rd5 Na4 $13) 27... Rc8 $1 28. h4 (28. e4 $2 Bxe4) 28... Bc6 $11 {[%cal Ga6a5,
Gb5b4]} 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Rd5 $138 (30. Rb6 Ke7) (30. e4 $2 Bxg4 $1) 30... Ke7
$15 31. Nf5+ $6 (31. e4 Na4 {[%cal Gc8c3]}) 31... Bxf5 32. gxf5 Na4 33. Rd3 (
33. Ke1 Rc2 34. Bd1 $140 Rc1) (33. f6+ gxf6 34. Rh5 Kf8 35. Rxh6 Kg7 36. Rh5
Rc3 $19) 33... Rc2 34. Ke1 Nc3 35. Bf1 (35. Bd1 Rc1 (35... Nxd1 36. Kxd1 $17)
36. Kd2 Rxd1+ 37. Kxc3 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Kf6 39. e4 g5 $19) 35... a5 36. Rd2 $6 (
36. e4 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Rd2 (38. Rd4 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 b3 40. Rb4 b2) 38... Rc1+
39. Kf2 b3 40. Bd3 b2 $1 $19) 36... Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Nb1+ 38. Kd3 (38. Kc2 Nxa3+
39. Kb3 Nc4 40. Bxc4 bxc4+ 41. Kxc4 Kf6 42. e4 Ke5 43. Kb5 Kf4 44. Kxa5 f6)
38... Nxa3 39. Kd4 (39. e4 $1 b4 40. f4 a4) 39... Nc2+ 40. Kd3 Ne1+ 41. Ke2 (
41. Ke4 b4 42. Bc4 a4 43. f4 b3 44. Kd4 Nc2+) 41... a4 $1 (41... a4 42. Kxe1 a3
) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Damaso, Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 $5 7. Qc2 f5
8. Nh3 Nc6 (8... d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 Qe7 11. Bd3 a5 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14.
b4 axb4 15. axb4 Nbd7 16. Qb2 $14 {Kharlov,A-Vyzmanavin,A/Novosibirsk(04)/1995/
CBM-50/}) (8... b6 9. f3 Nd6 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b4 Nf7 14.
Bh4 a5 15. b5 d6 16. Be2 Nd7 $13 {Sorokin,M-Milos,G/Villa Gesell/1996/0,5/43/})
9. e3 (9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 $5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 d6 13. Be2 g5 $10 {Kharlov,
A-Makarichev,S/Moscow(RUS-cht)1994/0,5/21/}) 9... b6 {N/} (9... d6 $5 10. f3
Nf6 11. Nf2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Be2 a5 14. b3 Bd7 15. O-O Ng6 $10 {Sokolov,I-De
Firmian,N/New York/1996/0,5/23/}) 10. f3 Nf6 11. Be2 Bb7 (11... Ne7 $5 12. O-O
d6) 12. b4 Ne7 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. O-O $14 Qe7 (14... d6 $5 15. Rfe1 Qd7) 15. Rfe1
c5 (15... d6 16. Bd3) 16. bxc5 (16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rab1 $14) 16... bxc5 17. Rab1
Rab8 (17... d6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Red1 $36) 18. Bd3 Nh4 (18... d6 19. dxc5 dxc5
20. Nf4 $5 e5 (20... Nxf4 21. exf4 $16) 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxf5)
19. d5 $1 (19. Qf2 Ne4 $5 20. Qe2 Nf6) 19... exd5 (19... Ng6 20. Nf4) (19... e5
20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Qxf5 e4 22. Qe5 $16) 20. Nf4 $1 (20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. cxd5 Bxd5
22. Bc4 Qc6) 20... d4 (20... dxc4 21. Bxc4+ (21. Qxc4+ Kh8 $1 (21... Qf7 $2 22.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 23. Be5 d6 24. Bxd6 Rd8 25. Bc4 $18) (21... Rf7 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23.
Qxc5 Rc8 24. Qxa7 Bxf3 25. Rec1 $1 Rxc1+ (25... Ra8 26. Bc4 $1 $18) 26. Rxc1
Bc6 27. Bc4 d5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (30... Kxf8 31. Qb8+
Kf7 32. Qc7+ Ke8 33. Qc8+ $16) 31. Nxd5 $16) 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Nh3
$5) 23. Qxc5 Bxf3 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Qxa7 Qd8 (25... Ra8 26. Rb1 $5) 26. g3 $5)
21... Kh8 (21... d5 $2 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxb7 dxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8
26. Qxc5 $16) 22. Qf2 Ne8 (22... Ng6 $4 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Qh4+) 23. Qg3 $44)
21. Qf2 $1 $16 (21. exd4 Qd6 22. Nd5 (22. Qd2 Bxf3 $5) 22... Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bxd5
24. dxc5 Qf4 25. Qf2 $14) 21... Ne4 $5 (21... Ng6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. exd4 Qd6
24. Bf1 $16) 22. fxe4 (22. exd4 $1 Qg5 $5 (22... Nxf2 23. Rxe7 Nxd3 24. Nxd3
Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Ba1 $18) 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxf4 25. Bc1 $1 Rxf2 26.
Bxg5 $18) 22... fxe4 23. Bf1 $2 (23. exd4 $1 Qg5 24. Bxe4 Rxf4 25. Bc1) 23...
g5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qd2 Bf7 $2 (25... Rxf1+ $1 26. Rxf1 Bxc4 $17) 26. exd4 Bg6
(26... Nf5 $5 27. dxc5 (27. d5 $44) 27... Qxc5+ 28. Kh1) 27. Rbd1 (27. dxc5
Qxc5+ 28. Bd4 Qd6) 27... Nf5 28. dxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kh1 Ne3 $2 (29... Rf7 $1 30.
Qc3 Ng7 $13) 30. Qc3 $1 Rxb2 $8 31. Rxd7 $1 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Bxf7 33. Qxb2 Nxf1 (
33... Ng4 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. h3 Nf2+ 36. Kh2) 34. Rxf1 Bxc4 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qb7+
Kg8 (36... Kg6 37. Qxe4+) 37. Rc1 $1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. f3 Nc6 (10... h6 {Finkel,A} 11. Bh4 Nc6 12.
O-O-O Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 d5 $6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxc5 Ne5 17. Qd4 Qc7
18. Nh3 $16 {Hjartarson,J-Speelman,J/Reykjavik/1991/}) (10... Re8 $5 {Finkel,A}
11. Nh3 h6 12. Bh4 e5 $6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Nf2 Qb6 15. Qc2 a4 16. Qf5 $16 {
Malaniuk,V-Forintos,G/MK Cafe, Koszalin POL 1997 (39)}) (10... a5 $5 {Finkel,A}
11. Nh3 h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. O-O-O Ra6 14. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {
Polgar,Z-Polugaevsky,L/Monaco rapid 1993/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 11. Nh3 h6 (11... d5 {
Finkel,A} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qxc5 Re8 $5 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Re5
$1 $132 {Silman,J-Browne,W/Philadelphia 1991 (20)}) 12. Bh4 Ne4 $1 {It is
interesting that this variation great popularity in games between woman , move
in text much stronge than} (12... Qa5 $6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. b4 $1 cxb4 15. axb4
Nc6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bd3 (17. Bxf6 {Finkel,A} gxf6 18. Nf4 a6 19. bxa6 Bxa6 $11 {
Onischuk,A-Kiriakov,P/EUchJ Vejen 1993 (25)}) 17... Rfc8 18. Ke2 $1 $16 d5 19.
Rhc1 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dokhoian,Y-Khalifman,A/
Deutschland 1994 (47)}) (12... d6 13. Nf2 Qa5 14. Bxf6 (14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. b4 $5
) 14... gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Babu,N-Tilak,S/IND-ch
Kasaragod 1996}) (12... Rc8 {Finkel,A} 13. O-O-O Ne4 14. Qe1 $1 (14. Bxd8 Nxc3
15. Rxd7 Rfxd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. bxc3 Ne5 $17) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3
Qa5 (16... Qe7 17. Nf2 Kg7 18. Qc3+ $16) 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nf2 Kg7 (18... d5
19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxh6 c4 21. e4 $16) 19. Rxd7 Rfd8 20. Rxd8 (20. Rd3 Ba6 $132)
20... Rxd8 21. Kc2 (21. b4 $2 cxb4 22. axb4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Rc8 $15) 21... Ba6
22. Kc3 $16 {Yrjola,J-Gausel,E/Nordic zt 1992/1/2-1/2 (55)} (22. b3 Rb8)) {
few next moves are forced.} 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bc7 Rfc8 15. Bd6 Na4 {[%csl Gd6,
Rh3]} 16. b3 ({Deserves attention} 16. b4 $5 Nd8 17. Nf4 a6 18. Nd3 cxb4 19.
axb4 Bc6 20. Ne5 Nb7 21. Nxc6 dxc6 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Rb1 Na4 $13 {with
complicated position  1/2-1/2 Alexandria,N-Litinskaya,M/Malayzia iztW 1990 (60)
}) 16... Nb6 17. Be2 (17. Bd3 Na5 18. Bc2 Ba6 19. O-O-O Nb7 20. Bg3 d5 21. cxd5
exd5 22. Nf4 Rd8 $13 {0-1 Alexandria,N-Demina,J/Malayzia iztW 1990 (48)}) (17.
Nf2 $5 Na5 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Be2 f6 20. Bg3 d5 21. cxd5 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 exd5 23. e4
$14 {0-1 Botsari-Zayac/Moscow olw 1994 (79)}) (17. Bxc5 Na5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19.
Rb1 d5 $44) 17... Na5 18. Rb1 Ba6 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gd7d5]} 19. e4 (19. Nf2 $5 f6
20. Bg3 d5 21. cxd5 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 exd5 23. e4 $5 (23. e4 {Finkel,A} c4 $1 $13 {
Botsari,A-Zayac,E/Moscow ol 1994/0-1 (79)})) ({Finkel: Deserved attention} 19.
Kf2 $5 {Finkel,A} Nb7 (19... g5 20. f4 f6 21. Bf3 Bb7 22. g4 Kg7 23. Rhd1 $14)
20. Rhd1 Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Kf8 22. Rbd1 Ke7 23. Nf4 $14 {with slightly better
chanses.}) 19... f6 20. Kf2 g5 {[%csl Rd6,Rh3][%cal Ge6e5] Finkel: Threatening
to cut off the bishop by e5.} (20... e5 21. f4 $14) 21. Bg3 Nc6 $1 {[%cal
Gc6d4]} 22. Ng1 Nd4 23. h4 $1 $11 d5 {Finkel: This typical breakthrough in the
center solves all opening problems.} 24. cxd5 Nxe2 25. Nxe2 exd5 26. hxg5 hxg5
27. exd5 {Interesting from theoretical point of view game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 (10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. O-O a5 14.
Qc2 Rab8 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. Rab1 a4 $10 {Ostenstad,B-Johannessen,LE/NOR-ch Alta/
1996/0,5/73/}) 10... h6 (10... c5 11. e4 (11. e3 Rc8 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Bh4 d5
14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 $14) 11... cxd4 {N} (11... Re8 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 $5) 12... e5
$1 {Flear/} (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Nxe4) (12... Nd5 $5 13. cxd5 (13. Bxd8 {Flear/}
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Raxd8 $15) 13... Qxg5 14. dxe6 Qxg2 $5 (14... fxe6 15. O-O Nf6
$14) (14... Rxe6 $1 15. O-O $13) 15. O-O-O {Flear,G-Levitt,J/Hastings II/1991/
1:0/43/}) 13. dxe5 (13. d5 Nxd5) 13... dxe5 { []f8-e6-d4}) 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13.
Be2 Rfe8 14. O-O d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 Qd6 {Sokolov,I-Sadkowsky,D/
Antwerpen op/1996/1:0/39/}) 11. Bh4 c5 (11... Rc8 12. e4 e5 13. Bd3 Nxe4 14.
Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bh4 e4 16. Bc2 exf3 17. bxc3 Rce8+ 18. Kd1 fxg2 19. Rg1 Re3 $132
{Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,An/Moscow 5'/1993/0:1/32/}) (11... d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3
Re8 14. Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. O-O Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7
20. Qd4 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Nf1 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. b3 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ng3 Be6 29. Ne2 Nc6 30. Nd4 {Lerner,K-Almasi,Z/
Wien op-1/1996/0,5/30/}) 12. e3 (12. e4 Re8 (12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. b3 Ng6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 $13 {Dao,T-Kindermann,S/Munster/1993/1:0/45/}) (
12... Rc8 13. Bd3 (13. Bf2 Qe7 14. Be2 Nh5 15. g3 f5) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5
15. Be2 Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. g3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Kf2 $14)
13. Bd3 (13. Bf2 Rc8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bd3 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 $13 {Kortchnoi,
V-Ljubojevic,L/Tilburg/1989/0,5/36/}) 13... Nf8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16.
Qxf6 gxf6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Kf2 $14) 12... Qc7 $5 {N/} (12... Rc8 13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. b4 Ncd7 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. Be2 d5 17. O-O $14 {Chekhov,V-Wojtkiewicz,A/POL
(t-ch)/1995/0,5/31/}) 13. dxc5 Qxc5 (13... bxc5 $5 14. O-O-O d5) 14. b4 Qh5 $5
(14... Qc7 15. Be2 (15. Bd3 $2 Nd5)) 15. Bg3 e5 (15... d5 16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. g4
Qg6 18. Bd3 Qg5 19. Bf4 Qh4+ 20. Bg3 Qg5) 16. Be2 (16. e4 Qg5 (16... a5 $5) 17.
Qd3 Nh5) 16... Qg5 $1 17. O-O (17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 Qf5 (18... Qg6 19. O-O) 19.
O-O d5 $13) 17... Nh5 18. Bf2 (18. f4 $2 Nxg3) 18... f5 $132 (18... d5 19. cxd5
Bxd5 20. Rac1) 19. Rfd1 Rf6 $5 20. Bf1 Rg6 21. Kh1 Kh8 (21... f4 22. Qd3 Ng3+
$140 23. Bxg3 fxg3 24. h3 $14) (21... Kh7 $5) 22. c5 $5 (22. e4 f4 23. Kg1 Nf8
24. a4 Bc8 $1) 22... bxc5 (22... Ba6 23. f4 (23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 bxc5) 23...
exf4 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Nh4 (25. h3 Ng3+ 26. Bxg3 (26. Kg1 $2 Ne2+ $19) 26... Qxg3
) 25... Bxf1 26. Nxg6+ Qxg6 27. Rxf1 bxc5 28. exf4 $14) 23. Nc4 Qe7 $8 24. bxc5
$6 (24. Na5 Rb8) (24. Qd2 $5 Ba6 (24... d5 25. Na5 Ndf6 26. bxc5) 25. Nxe5 dxe5
26. Qxd7 Qxd7 (26... Qg5 27. b5 $1 $18) 27. Rxd7 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 cxb4 29. axb4
Rb6 30. e4 Rxb4 31. exf5 a5 $13) 24... Nxc5 25. Na5 (25. e4 fxe4 26. Rxd6 (26.
Nxd6 exf3 27. Nxb7 fxg2+ 28. Bxg2 Rxg2 $1 29. Kxg2 Qxb7+ 30. Qf3 Nf4+ 31. Kg3
Ne4+ $19) 26... Rxd6 27. Bxc5 (27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxc5 Qc7 $17) 27... Rd3 $1 28.
Bxd3 Qxc5 29. fxe4 Nf4 $15) 25... Rc8 (25... Bc8 $5 $15) 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Qb4
Qc6 28. Rac1 (28. Bb5 Qc7) 28... Nf6 29. Qd2 Nfd7 (29... e4 $5 30. f4 $1 $15 (
30. Be2 exf3 31. Bxf3 (31. gxf3 Nce4 $1 32. Qe1 Qxc1 33. fxe4 Nxe4 $19) 31...
Nfe4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 $17) (30. Qe2)) 30. Bh4 $1 {xg6} Nb6 31. Be7 Nba4 (31... Nb3
$5 32. Rxc6 Nxd2 33. Rxb6 (33. Rxc8+ Nxc8 34. Rxd2 Nxe7) 33... Nxf1 34. Rb3 Nd2
$1) (31... Qb7 32. Bxd6 Nb3 33. Rxc8+ Nxc8 34. Qb4 Nxd6 35. Rxd6 Qxb4 36. Rd8+
Kh7 37. axb4) 32. Bc4 (32. Bxd6 $2 Rd8 $19) 32... Qe8 (32... Qb7 33. Bf7 Rxg2
34. Qxg2 Qxe7 35. Qg6) 33. Bh4 Nb6 34. Ba2 $44 e4 35. f4 Nd3 36. Rxc8 Nxc8 (
36... Qxc8 37. Bf7 Rg4 38. Bg3 Qc5) 37. Bc4 $1 $10 Nb6 (37... Nc5 38. Qd5) 38.
Bxd3 exd3 39. Qxd3 Qc6 40. Bg3 Rf6 41. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Qc2 (9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b5 Bb7 13. f3 d5 14. Ne2
Qb6 15. O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 $11 {0-1 Johansen,T-Gausel,E/NOR-ch Oslo 1998 
(43)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 Qc8 {N} (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rd1 h6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxd6 (15. b4 $5) 15... Nb7 16. Rd7 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.
Be2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. O-O Rc7 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. h3 Rxd1+ {1/2-1/2 Agrest,
E-Kortchnoi,V/Malmo 1996}) (10... d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc6 $1 $36) 11. O-O-O (
11. Nc3 c5 (11... d5 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Bxf1 13. dxe6 Bxg2 14. exd7 Nxd7 15.
Rg1 Qb7 16. Qf5 $5 $16) 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. O-O-O Rac8 $132) 12. O-O-O (12. d5
exd5 13. cxd5 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 a6 $13) 12... cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc5) 11... d5 (11... c5
$5 12. Nc3 $140 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc5 $13) 12. cxd5 (12. Nf4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14.
Qxc4 Qb7 $11) 12... exd5 13. Nc3 (13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Nf5 Qe8 $5 15. Rhxf1 Qe6 $11
) 13... Bxf1 14. Rhxf1 Re8 15. Qf5 (15. f3 $1 h6 $140 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e4 $14)
15... c6 16. Kb1 Qb7 (16... b5 $143 $6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Rc1 $14
) 17. f3 b5 18. e4 g6 (18... a5 $5 19. e5 $140 b4 20. Na4 Nh5 21. g4 g6 22. Qd3
Ng7 $132) 19. Qf4 $6 (19. Qh3 $1 a5 (19... dxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22.
Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 23. Qxh7+ Ke6 24. Qxg6+ Kd5 25. Qf5+ $18) 20. e5 b4 (20... Nh5)
21. exf6 $5 (21. Na4) 21... bxc3 22. Rf2 Re6 $8 (22... Qb3 $2 23. Qh6 Qxd1+ 24.
Ka2 $18) (22... Nf8 23. f4 cxb2 24. Qh6 Ne6 25. Rf3 $18) 23. f4 Nxf6 24. Bxf6 (
24. f5 Ne4 $1 $19) 24... Rxf6 25. Qxc3 Qb5 (25... Re8 26. Qxa5 Qe7 27. Ka1 $14)
26. Re1 $14) 19... Nh5 20. Qc1 (20. Qd6 Re6 21. Qb4 a5 22. Qb3 Nb6 $132) (20.
Qh4 a5 21. Na2 b4 22. a4 c5 $5 $13) 20... a5 $36 21. exd5 (21. g4 Ng7) 21...
cxd5 22. a4 $8 bxa4 23. Nxa4 Rec8 24. Nc5 (24. Qd2 Qb3 25. Nc5 (25. Nc3 a4 26.
g4 Ng7 27. Qc2 Qb7 $16) 25... Nxc5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Be7 Rc4 $17) 24... Qb5 $1
25. Rf2 (25. Be7 Qe2 (25... a4 $5 $40) 26. Bd6 Qxg2 $16) (25. g4 Ng7 26. Be7
Ne6) 25... a4 (25... Nxc5 $2 26. Rc2 $1) 26. Be3 Nb6 (26... a3 $5 27. b3 $5
Nxc5 28. dxc5 Qxb3+ 29. Ka1 Rcb8 $1 30. Ra2 $1 (30. Bd4 Qb2+ $1) 30... Qb2+
$140 31. Qxb2 axb2+ 32. Kb1) 27. Ka1 Nc4 28. Qc3 Ng7 $1 29. Re1 Ne6 $17 30.
Rfe2 $1 (30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rc1 Qb3 $1 32. Bf4 a3 $1 33. Qxb3 axb2+ 34. Kb1 Ra1+
35. Kc2 bxc1=Q+ 36. Bxc1 Na5+ $19) 30... Rc6 (30... Nxe3 $5 31. Rxe3 Nxc5 32.
dxc5 Rxc5 $17) 31. Bh6 Na5 $1 32. Ka2 Nb3 33. Re5 (33. Be3 Rd8 34. Bf2 Nbxc5
35. dxc5 d4 $19) 33... Nbxc5 (33... Nbxd4 $2 34. Rxe6 fxe6 (34... Nxe6 35. Rxe6
Qb3+ $1) 35. Qxd4) 34. dxc5 Rxc5 35. Qa3 Rc2 $138 (35... Qb3+ $5 36. Qxb3 (36.
Ka1 Rc2) (36. Kb1 Qxa3 37. bxa3 Rb8+ 38. Ka1 Rb3 $19) 36... axb3+ 37. Kb1 (37.
Kxb3 $4 Nd4+ 38. Kb4 Rc4#) 37... Rc2 38. Rxd5 Rxg2 $17) 36. Kb1 Rac8 $2 (36...
Rxg2 $19) 37. Rd1 $1 R2c5 38. f4 Qc4 $138 (38... Nd4 $1 39. Rde1 (39. Rxd4 Qf1+
40. Ka2 Rc1 $19) (39. Qh3 Rb8 40. Qa3 Rc2 41. Rxd4 Rxb2+ 42. Ka1 Qf1+ $19)
39... Rc1+ $1 40. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Kxc1 Nb3+ 42. Qxb3 axb3 $19) 39. Rde1 $2 (39.
Qd3 $8 a3 (39... Qxd3+ 40. Rxd3 Rc1+ 41. Ka2 R1c2 42. Rexd5 Rxg2 43. Rd2 $15)
40. Qxc4 Rxc4 41. Rdxd5 (41. bxa3 Rb8+ 42. Ka1 Rc3 43. Ka2 Rc2+ 44. Ka1 Rxg2
$19) 41... Rc1+ (41... Rb8 42. Rb5 Rb4 43. Rxb4 Rxb4 44. Re2 $11) 42. Ka2 axb2
43. Kxb2 R1c2+ 44. Kb3 Rxg2 $17) 39... Rb8 $19 40. f5 (40. R5e3 d4 41. Rd3 Qc2+
42. Ka1 Rcb5 43. Rb1 Nc5 $19) 40... Qc2+ 41. Ka1 Rb3 42. Rc1 (42. fxe6 Rxa3+
43. bxa3 Qc3+) (42. Qa2 a3 43. Rb1 Rxb2 44. Rxb2 axb2+ 45. Qxb2 Ra5+) 42...
Rxa3+ 43. bxa3 Qb3 44. Rxc5 Qxa3+ 45. Kb1 Qb4+ $1 (45... Qb4+ 46. Ka2 Qxc5 47.
fxe6 Qc2+ 48. Ka1 Qc3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 {Un ordre de coups assez douteux} 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 e6 5. e4
$1 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 {La position est proche
d'une variante Saemisch mais les Blancs ont économisé le coup a3} (9... Na5
10. f4 Qd7 11. e5 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. exd6 cxd6 15. f5 Qc6 16. Bg5
Rd7 17. Rae1 Nxc4 18. Kh2 Re8 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. Qe2 b5 21. a4 a6 22. axb5 axb5
23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bxh7 Rh8 25. Bg6 Qd5 26. h4 Nf5 27. Nf4 Nxd4 28. Nxd5 Nxe2
29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. Bxe7 Nxc3 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Bxf8 Ne5 33. Bc2 Ng4+ 34. Kg1 Nd5
35. Be4 Ngf6 36. Bf3 Kd7 37. Bxg7 Ke7 38. Rf1 Ne8 39. Bf8+ {Semcesen,D (2490)
-Karttunen,M (2434) Porto Carras 2011 1-0}) 10. f4 Nd7 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3
Ne7 13. c5 $146 (13. Ng3 c5 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. d5 O-O {1-0 (15) Kostic,B-Mueller,
H Bardejov 1926}) 13... O-O 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Ng3 c5 17. Bc4 $16
Qe8 18. Bb5 (18. Rad1) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Bc6 20. Be2 (20. Rad1) 20... cxd4
21. Qb4 Nc5 22. Qxd4 Ng6 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Qc3 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Rc8 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5
15. Be2 e5 16. Qf2 Ne6 17. O-O g5 18. Bg3 Nd4 19. Rfd1 Nh5 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Qf1
Qf6 22. Bf2 Nde6 23. Bc2 Qg6 24. g3 Nh5 25. Qe2 g4 26. fxg4 Nf6 27. h3 Ng5 28.
Kh2 d5 29. Be3 d4 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Rf5 Rh8 33. Kg2 Nd7 34. Nf3 f6
35. h4 Qh6 36. Rf1 Rh7 37. b4 Kh8 38. Rh1 gxh4 39. Rxh4 $2 (39. Nxh4 Qe3 40.
Qxe3 $18) 39... Qe3 $16 40. Qxe3 dxe3 41. Bd3 Ba6 42. Rxh7+ Kxh7 43. g5 Bxc4
44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. gxf6 e2 46. Kf2 Rxe4 47. f7 Kg7 48. Ke1 Kf8 49. Ng5 Rg4 50.
Nh7+ Ke7 51. Rg5 Rxg5 52. Nxg5 a5 53. b5 Kf6 54. Ne4+ Kxf7 55. Kxe2 Ke6 56. g4
Kd5 57. Kd3 Nf8 58. g5 Ne6 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. g6 a4 61. Nd2+ Kd5 62. Nb1 Nd4 63.
Kd3 Ke6 64. Nc3 Kf6 65. Ke4 Nc2 66. Nb1 Nd4 67. Nc3 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. d4 {
Transpose d'une anglaise vers une Nimzo} b6 8. Bg5 (8. g3) (8. e3) 8... Bb7 9.
e3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Bd3 (11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Bh4 d5 14. b4 Rc6 15.
Qb2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc7 17. Bg3 e5 18. Bb3 Ba6 19. Kf2 Rc8 20. Rhd1 Bd3 21. Kg1
Bc2 22. Rdc1 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 Rc3 24. e4 h6 25. Be1 Rc2 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. Qxc2
Rxc2 28. a4 Nf8 29. a5 Nh5 30. Bf2 Rb2 31. Bxb6 Rxb3 32. Bxa7 Rxb4 33. a6 Nd7
34. Bc5 Rb8 35. a7 Ra8 36. Rb1 Kh7 37. Be3 Nhf6 38. Rb7 g5 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. g4
Kf8 {Ponomariov,R (2714)-Harikrishna,P (2727) Beijing 2014 1/2-1/2}) 11... c5
12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 (13... Re8 14. Bg3 {Biriukov,N (2286)-Baklan,V (2618)
UKR-chT Alushta 2007 (7) 0-1}) 14. exd4 d5 15. b3 (15. Qb3 e5 16. Bf5 dxc4 {
Salov,V-Sokolov,A EU-Cup Burevestnik-Trud final 1984 (1.5) 0-1}) 15... dxc4
$146 {Les Noirs veulent jouer contre les P pendants} (15... Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb8
17. Qb2 {Conquest,S (2445)-Horvath,C Oakham YM 1988 1/2}) 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Rfe1
$1 (17. Bg3 Qc6 $132 {[%csl Rg2]}) 17... Nh5 $146 (17... Nd5 18. Qb2 Nf4 19.
Bf1 Rfe8 20. Bg3 Rcd8 21. a4 e5 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. a5 Bc6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. d5
Bb7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Nf3 Qd6 28. Qb5 Re7 29. Rb1 g6 30. h4 h5 31. Qa4 Re8 32.
Ng5 Re7 33. Qa7 Bc8 34. Qa8 Re8 35. Qc6 Qxc6 36. dxc6 Nc5 37. Rxb6 Kf8 38. g3
fxg3 39. fxg3 Ke7 40. Bg2 f6 41. Rb5 Ne6 42. Ne4 Ba6 43. Ra5 Nc7 44. Nc5 Bxc4
45. Ra7 Ra8 46. Rxc7+ Kd6 47. Rg7 {Schakel,C (2307)-Fernandez Fornes,J (2303)
ICCF email 2010 1-0 (65)}) (17... Rfe8 18. Bg3 Qc6 19. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Ge5]})
18. f3 Rfe8 19. Qb2 Qf4 (19... Nf4 20. Bf1 e5 $132) 20. Bf2 $1 Red8 21. Bf1 {
Le jeu est ouvert et la paire de B domine les N qui manquent d'activité
centrale} Qc7 22. a4 Bc6 23. Qa2 Nf8 24. a5 $16 Rb8 25. Qa3 $1 Ng6 {Une
réaction probablement trop tardive} 26. Ne4 Qd7 27. Nc3 Qc7 28. Rad1 $1 $36
bxa5 $2 $138 29. Qc5 Rb3 30. Nb5 Qb7 31. Qxh5 Bxf3 32. gxf3 a6 33. Nc3 Rxc3 34.
Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 (5. e4 {La mode actuelle}) 5...
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 (6... b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5
Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 (14... f5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Bd3 e5 17.
Ne2 Rae8 18. O-O) 15. e4) (6... Qe8 $5 7. f3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7
11. Ne2 {Akhsharumova,A (2385)-Lalic,S (2340) Thessaloniki ol (Women) 1988 1-0}
(11. c5 $5)) 7. e3 (7. Nf3 b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. b4 Qe7 12.
Bb2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxc4
18. Rac1 Rcc8 19. f3 h6 20. Kf2 Rfd8 21. Qf4 Nd5 22. Qd4 Nf6 23. Qf4 Nd5 24.
Qd4 Nf6 25. Qf4 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (25) Ponomariov,R (2714)-Harikrishna,P (2727)
Beijing 2014}) 7... b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 $146 (9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. b4
d5 12. Nh3 Nbd7 13. O-O cxb4 14. axb4 dxc4 15. e4 Qc7 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4
Rfc8 18. Be2 Rc2 19. Re1 Ne5 20. b5 Nc4 21. Ra4 Nb6 22. Ra5 Nfd7 23. Be3 Ne5
24. Bf1 Nec4 25. Bxb6 Nxb6 26. Rea1 Nc8 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. Rd7 Rb8 29. Rd8+ Ke7
30. Rg8 g6 31. Rxa7 Rc1 32. Nf4 Kd6 33. Ra2 e5 34. Rd2+ Kc7 35. Nd3 Rb1 36.
Nxe5 Ra8 37. Kf2 {1-0 (37) L'Ami,E (2618)-Ernst,S (2555) Germany 2015}) 10. Nh3
c5 11. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 (11... bxc5 $5 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 12. O-O a5 13. Rd1 Qb6 $11 {
[%cal Gf8d8]}) 12. b4 {Gagnant un tempo important et la reprise 11. bc5
donnait une position plus déséquilibrée avec des chances réciproques} Ncd7
13. Bb2 Qe7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Qd2 Rc7 16. Rac1 Ne8 (16... Rac8 17. Nf2 Ba6 18.
c5 $1 Bxe2 19. cxd6) 17. Nf2 Rac8 {Un plan naturel mais assez passif et les
Noirs manquent un peu de contre-jeu} 18. Rfd1 Ndf6 19. e4 $14 Ba6 20. e5 $1
dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rd7 22. Qe1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Nd7 24. Bb2 $16 Bb7 25. Qd2 Bc6 26. Ng4
Rd8 27. Qe3 f6 28. Rd1 Nf8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Bc3 Nc7 31. f4 Ng6 32. g3 Ne7 33.
Qd3 Qxd3 34. Bxd3 {Les Blancs ont une bonne finale} h6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. b5 $1 {
Les N Noirs sont mal placés pour profiter de l'affaiblissement de la case "c5"
} Bb7 37. a4 Nf5 38. Bb4 Ke8 39. Ne3 Ne7 40. Ba3 a6 41. c5 $36 bxc5 42. b6 Ncd5
43. Nc4 Kd7 44. Na5 c4 $2 45. Be4 1-0

[Event "Vienna Bawag"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Black "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5
8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne7 10. e4 O-O 11. O-O Ng6 (11... Nh5 12. b4 b6 13. bxc5
bxc5 14. f4 exf4 15. e5 $1 $16 {1-0 Doroshkievich,V-Romanishin,O/URS-ch43
Erevan ;URS-ch 1975 (52)}) 12. b4 b6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. f3 (14. Rb1 $142) 14...
Nh5 15. Rf2 Rb8 16. Rb1 Rxb1 17. Bxb1 Qb6 $6 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Ng3 Nxg3 (19...
Nhf4 $5 20. Bf1 Rb8 $132) 20. hxg3 f5 21. Rb2 Qa6 $6 (21... Qc7 $142) 22. Qb3
fxe4 (22... f4 $5 23. Qb7 Bc8 (23... Qa3 $2 24. Qxd7 Qxd3 25. Rb7 Qd1+ 26. Kh2
fxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qh4+ 29. Qh3 $16)) 23. Bxe4 Bf5 $2 (23... Rf7) 24.
Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qb5 $1 $16 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 Rf7 {King: White has played well,
preventing counterplay on the kingside, and is set to mop up on the queenside.
For the moment Black holds everything, but the advance of the a-pawn tips him
over the edge.} 27. a4 Rd7 28. a5 Kf7 29. Rb8 h6 30. a6 Ne7 31. Bd2 Ng8 32. Ba5
Nf6 33. Rb7 Ke7 34. Bb6 $1 $18 Ne8 (34... axb6 {King} 35. Rxd7+ (35. a7 $2 Rxb7
36. a8=Q Rd7 $10) 35... Nxd7 36. a7) 35. Bxa7 Nc7 36. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Stern, Rene"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin Tegel"]
[BlackTeam "Bindlach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. e3 b6 8. Ne2
Nbd7 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qd2 Ne5 15.
Rc1 Ba6 16. c5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 bxc5 18. bxc5 Rc6 19. Kf2 Qc7 20. cxd6 Rxd6 21.
Bd4 Qd7 22. Qc3 Neg4+ $1 {Very ingeniously played. Black tries to confuse
matters, since white has not completed his development yet (Rh1!). Sehr
einfallsreich gespielt - Schwarz versucht, die Dinge zu komplizieren, da Weiß
ja die Entwicklung noch nicht abgeschlossen hat (Rh1!).} ({With Mit} 22... Rc6
23. Qb3 Rb6 $1 24. Qc2 (24. Bxb6 $2 {fails to schietert an} Qd2+ 25. Ne2 Nd3+
26. Kg3 axb6 $17) 24... Rc6 $11 {Black could have forced a repetition of moves.
hätte Schwarz Zugwiederholung herbeiführen können.}) 23. fxg4 ({After Nach} 23.
Ke2 {Black could simply continue his attack with könnte Schwarz einfach mit}
Rd8 $1 24. fxg4 e5 {seinen Angriff fortsetzen.}) 23... e5 24. Bc5 (24. Bxe5
Nxg4+ 25. Ke2 (25. Kg1 Rd3) 25... Qb5+ {and Black wins back the piece on e5.
und Schwarz gewinnt auf e5 die Figur zurück.}) 24... Rd3 $2 ({Correct was
Korrekt war} 24... Rd2+ $1 {e.g. , z.B.} 25. Ke1 (25. Kg1 Rc8) 25... Rd8 26.
Bd4 Rxg2 27. Bxe5 Nxg4 {with unclear play. mit unklarem Spiel.}) 25. Qb4 Nxg4+
26. Ke2 $2 {Returning the favour. Gibt das Kompliment zurück.} ({Following Nach
} 26. Kg1 $1 {Black can do hardly anything to prevent White from consolidating
with 27.h3/28.Kh2. kann Schwarz wenig tun, um Weiß daran zu hindern, sich mit
27.h3/28.Kh2 zu konsolidieren.}) 26... Rd8 27. Ne4 (27. Rhe1 {[%tqu "En","With
his last move White has overprotected the point e3. How do you continue with
Black?","A rook check on d2 would only drive the white king into (relative)
safety on f1. But if Black could give a queen check on this square, the king
would be forced to go to f3.","Deflect the white queen from d2!","d3b3",
"Splendid!  You have seen that after White takes this rook, his king will be
forced to go to f3. Thereafter, Black can give checkmate in a few moves...",10,
"De","Mit seinem letzten Zug hat Weiß den Punkt e3 überdeckt. Wie setzen Sie
mit Schwarz fort?","Ein Turmschach auf d2 würde lediglich den weißen König
nach f1 treiben und damit in (relative) Sicherheit. Aber wenn Schwarz auf
diesem Feld ein Damenschach geben könnte, müsste der König nach f3 gehen.",
"Lenken Sie die weiße Dame von d2 ab!","d3b3","Fabelhaft!  Sie haben gesehen,
dass Weiß nach dem Schlagen des Turms mit dem König nach f3 gehen muss. Danach
kann Schwarz in wenigen Zügen mattsetzen...",10]} Rb3 $1 {, and now after ,
und nun setzt Schwarz nach} (27... Rxe3+ 28. Bxe3 Qd3+ 29. Kf3 {und e3 ist
gedeckt.}) (27... Rd2+ 28. Kf1) 28. Qxb3 {mates in just a few moves: in
wenigen Zügen matt:} ({the most stubborn ist am hartnäckigsten ist} 28. Qa5
Qd3+ 29. Kf3 f5 30. Rcd1 Nxh2+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Kg1 Nf3+ $1 33. gxf3 Rxd1 $17)
28... Qd2+ 29. Kf3 Nxh2+ 30. Ke4 Qxg2+ 31. Kxe5 Qxg3+ 32. Ke4 Qf3+ 33. Ke5 Ng4#
) {[%tqu "En","How can Black crown his attack?","Actually, the black rook on
d3 is only in the way...","Enable the black queen to give a deadly check on
d3!","d3e3","Strong!  After the fall of the point e3, the white king loses
every protection.",10,"De","Wie kann Schwarz seinen Angriff krönen?","Der
schwarze Turm auf d3 'stört' eigentlich nur...","Ermöglichen Sie der schwarzen
Dame ein tödliches Schach auf d3!","d3e3","Stark!  Nach dem Fall des Punktes
e3 verliert der weiße König jeglichen Schutz.",10]} 27... Rxe3+ $1 {Clearing
the square d3 with tempo. Räumt mit Tempo das Feld d3.} 28. Bxe3 (28. Kf1 Qd1+
$1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qe1 Rdxe1#) 28... Qd3+ 29. Kf3 Qxe3+ 30. Kxg4 {[%tqu
"En","Mate in four!","","","f7f5","Correct.",10,"De","Matt in vier!",".","",
"f7f5","Korrekt.",10]} f5+ $1 31. Kxf5 ({Or Oder} 31. Kh4 Qf4+ 32. g4 Qxg4#)
31... Qf4+ 32. Ke6 Qf7+ {and White resigned in view of 33.Ke5 Rd5++. und
angesichts von 33.Ke5 Rd5++ gab Weiß auf .} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. b4 Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 {An interesting
constellation - pawn majority on the queenside versus centre. Eine
interessante Konstellation - Damenflügel- gegen Zentrumsmajorität.} e5 14. Nd2
e4 15. Be2 Re8 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. h3 ({Here or on the following
moves, interesting was Interessant war hier oder in Folge auch} 18. Qa5 {
, opening the diagonal for the bishop b2 and sometimes threatening to take the
pawn a7. , was die sofort die Diagonale für den Läufer b2 öffnet und
gelegentlich droht, den Bauern a7 zu schlagen.}) 18... Qf5 19. Nf1 (19. Qa5)
19... d5 20. cxd5 (20. Ng3 Qg6) 20... Nxd5 $2 {Allowing a surprising
combination. Lässt eine überraschend Kombination zu.} (20... Bxd5 {was
indicated, with a dynamically balanced position. war angezeigt, mit dynamisch
ausgeglichener Stellung.}) {[%tqu "En","With his last move, Black seems to
have firmly grasped the initiative. Yet White has a powerful counterblow here.
Do you see it?","With his queen and bishop, White has a powerful battery on
the diagonale b2-g7, pinning the knight on e5 due to the threat Qxg7 mate. A
bishop move to g4 would skewer the queen on f5 and the rook on c8.  But of
course first of all, we have to deal with the attack on our queen...","What is
the most direct way to get rid of the attack on our queen?","d1d5","The start
of a combination which in the end nets White a whole piece.",20,"De","Mit
seinem letzten Zug scheint Schwarz die Initiative fest in die Hand genommen zu
haben. Doch Weiß hat hier einen kraftvollen Gegenschlag. Sehen Sie, welchen?",
"Mit Dame und Läufer hat Weiß eine mächtige Batterie auf der Diagonalen b2-g7.
Der Springer auf e5 ist gefesselt wegen der Drohung Dxg7 matt. Ein Läuferzug
nach g4 würde Dame f5 und Tc8 aufspießen. Aber zunächst einmal muss man
natürlich die Bedrohung der Dame abwehren...","Wie lässt sich der Angriff auf
die Dame am direktesten abschütteln?","d1d5","Der Auftakt zu einer Kombination,
die Weiß am Ende ein Figur einträgt.",20]} 21. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 {[%tqu "En",
"Please show that you played the last move Rxd5 with the right intention.",
"The knight on e5 is pinned due to the mate threat on g7.","Look out for a
move which skewers the black queen and rook.","e2g4","Of course!",15,"De",
"Bitte zeigen Sie, dass Sie den letzten Zug Txd5 mit der richtigen Absicht
gespielt haben.","Der Springer auf e5 ist gefesselt.","Suchen Sie einen Zug,
der die Dame und Turm von Schwarz aufspießt.","e2g4","Na klar!",15]} 22. Bg4 $1
{The point: White finally wins a piece. Die Pointe: Weiß gewinnt am Ende eine
Figur.} Qg5 23. Bxc8 {The rook c8 is overloaded, it can't take the bishop c8
and guard the knight e5 at the same time. Der Turm c8 ist überlastet, er kann
nicht auf c8 nehmen, ohne die Deckung des Se5 aufzugeben.} Nf3+ (23... Rxc8 24.
Qxe5) 24. Kh1 Rxc8 25. gxf3 exf3 26. Ng3 Qh6 {[%tqu "En","Black is threatening
Qxh3+ and mate on g2. How do you react?","The black queen is tied to the
defence of the point g7.","Watch out for a move which protects the pawn h3 and
at the same time threatens something.","g3h5","Attack is the best defence!",15,
"De","Scharz droht Dxh3+ und Matt auf g2. Wie reagieren Sie?","Die schwarze
Dame ist an die Verteidigung des Bauern g7 gebunden.","Suchen Sie einen Zug,
der den Bauern h3 abschirmt und gleichzeitig etwas droht.","g3h5","Angriff ist
die beste Verteidigung!",15]} 27. Nh5 $1 {The final point: White not only
protects h3, but also launches a deadly counterattack against g7. Der
Schlussakkord: Weiß deckt nicht nur den Punkt h3, sondern leitet einen
tödlichen Gegenangriff gegen g7 ein.} f6 {and Black resigned in view of the
killing 28.Rg1. und Schwarz gab gleichzeitig auf, denn 28.Tg1 ist tödlich.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Bb2 d5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15.
Qa4 cxb4 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. axb4 Rfc8 18. b5 (18. Qxa7 $4 {[%tqu "En","30
second to find what?","","","b8a8","Trapping the queen!",5,"De","30 Sekunden,
um was zu finden?","","","b8a8","Und die Dame ist gefangen!",5]} Ra8) 18... Rb7
19. Rc1 Rbc7 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Ra1 h6 22. Bf1 Qd8 23. Qd1 Qc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25.
Qxc1 Qxc1 26. Bxc1 {In this endgame White is slightly better: he has the two
bishops, and since his pawn on b5 is blocking the two black pawns on the
queenside he is practically one pawn up on the other wing. In diesem Endspiel
steht Weiß etwas besser: Er hat das Läuferpaar, und da sein Bauer b5 die
beiden schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel lahmlegt, hat er am anderen Flügel
praktisch einen Bauern mehr.} f5 27. Ba3 Kf7 28. Bb4 g5 29. Ne1 e5 30. f3 Nef6
31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Bc3 Ke6 $6 ({Better was Besser war} 32... Nc4 33. Kf2 Nd6 {
threatening 34...Bc4. mit der Drohung 34...Lc4.}) 33. Nc2 Kd6 34. Bb4+ Kd7 35.
Nd4 f4 (35... Be6 36. Bf8) 36. exf4 gxf4 {Now Black's kingside pawns are weak.
Nun sind die schwarzen Königsflügelbauern weich.} 37. Bd2 Nh5 {Knight on the
edge... Springer am Rand...} 38. Ne2 Nd3 {[%tqu "En","How would you continue
with White?","The black knight on d3 restricts White's play, yet it is
unprotected. If White could take it, his bishops would dominate the board,
particularly in view of weak of Black's weak kingside.","Force the exchange of
the knight d3!","d2c3","The game continuation, which lets Black back into the
game.",0,"e2g3","Excellent!  After this both black knights are attacked, and
after the forced capture on g3 White takes on d3 with huge advantage.",15,"De",
"Wie würden Sie mit Weiß fortsetzen?","Der schwarze Springer auf d3 schränkt
das weiße Spiel ein, doch er ist ungedeckt. Wenn Weiß ihn beseitigen könnte,
würde sein Läuferpaar das Brett beherrschen, vor allem im Hinblick auf den
schwachen schwarzen Königsflügel.","Erzwingen Sie den Abtausch des Sd3!",
"d2c3","Die Partiefortsetzung, die Schwarz wieder in die Partie lässt.",0,
"e2g3","Ausgezeichnet!  Danach sind beide schwarzen Springer angegriffen, und
nach dem erzwungenen Schlagen auf g3 nimmt Weiß auf d3, mit riesigem Vorteil.",
15]} 39. Bc3 $2 ({With Mit} 39. Ng3 $1 fxg3 (39... Nxg3 40. Bxd3 Nh5 41. Bg6
$16) 40. Bxd3 {White could have forced a very welcome knight exchange, which
in the end would have won the h6 pawn. hätte Weiß einen sehr willkommenen
Springertausch forcieren können, nach dem letztlich der Bauer h6 fallen würde.}
) (39. Nc3 {would yield nothing because of wäre dagegen unergiebig wegen} Bc4)
39... Bc4 $4 {Now another knight move decides the day. Nun entscheidet ein
anderer Springerzug den Tag.} (39... Kd6 $1 {would have brought Black back
into the game. hätte Schwarz wieder ins Spiel gebracht.}) {[%tqu "En","With
his last move Black has attacked the pawn on b5. How should White continue?",
"The bishop on c4 is unprotected.","Find a move which forces the knight on d3
to leave the diagonal f1-c4.","e2c1","Very nice!  Black's knight on d3 is
attacked twice, so it has to leave the diagonal f1-c4 after which the bishop
on c4 falls.",10,"De","Mit seinem letzten Zug hat Schwarz den Bauern auf b5
angegriffen. Wie soll Weiß fortsetzen?","Der Läufer auf c4 ist ungedeckt.",
"Finden Sie einen Zug, der den schwarzen Springer auf d3 zwingt, die Diagonale
f1-c4 zu verlassen.","e2c1","Sehr schön!  Der schwarze Springer auf d3 ist
zweimal angegriffen und muss daher die Diagonale f1-c4 aufgeben, wonach der
Läufer auf c4 fällt.",10]} 40. Nc1 $1 {Clearing the short (and very crowded!)
diagonal f1-c4, after which White's bishop pair absolutely dominates the two
black knights. Räumt die kurze (und sehr volle!) Diagonale f1-c4, wonach das
weiße Läuferpaar das schwarze Springerpaar eindrucksvoll dominiert.} Nxc1 ({
The attempt to unpin the knight with Der Versuch der Entfesselung mit} 40...
Ne5 {(with the idea 41.Bxc4 Nxc4) simply fails to (mit der Idee 41.Bxc4 Nxc4)
scheitert einfach an} 41. Bxe5 {, since the Bf1 is protected. With the white
king on h1, for example, this would be a nice counter trick! , da der Bf1
gedeckt ist. Mit dem weißen König auf h1, beispielsweise, wäre dies ein
schöner Gegentrick!}) 41. Bxc4 {Now both black knights are trapped on the edge
of the board! Nun sind beide schwarzen Springer am Brettrand gefangen!} Kd6 {
Too late... Zu spät...} 42. Bd4 a5 43. bxa6 1-0

[Event "Bern"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Summermatter, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g3 (7. b4 d6
8. Bb2 Bb7 9. g3 c5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,An Wch-KK5 Lyon 1990 CBM/
21 50/12}) 7... Bb7 8. Bg2 d6 (8... c5 9. O-O d6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. d3
{Damljanovic,B-Paunovic,D JUG-ch 1989 CBM/13}) 9. O-O Nbd7 10. d4 (10. b4 $5)
10... Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Army"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanov, Timur"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b3 {Mit
diesem Zug hat Weiss zwei Ideen: 1.Er will den c4P unterstuetzen. 2.Er will im
Zentrum spielen und dort Raumvorteil erreichen.} Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. g3 (9. e3 e5
10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Re8 $5 12. Rae1 Ne4 13. Qc2 Ng5 14. Qf5 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. d4 Qf6 $10 {Kramnik,V-Kortschnoj,V/Luzern chT/1993/}) 9...
Nbd7 10. Bg2 c5 (10... Ne5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $14 {Vaganian,
R-Anand,V/Wijk/1989/CBM11/}) 11. O-O Qe7 (11... Qc7 $5) 12. d4 (12. d3 $5 {
/\ e4}) 12... Rac8 (12... cxd4 $2 13. Qxd4 $14 {>< d6}) 13. Rad1 {Weiss will
d5 durchsetzen.} d5 $1 {Dieser Zug ist fuer derartige Stellungen besonders in
dieser Variante typisch.} 14. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 {Droht /\ cd4,Bxb3.} 15. Nd2 {
Was sonst?} cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Nd5 20. Qf3 (
20. Qd4 f6 $5 {Mit komplizierter Stellung.}) 20... Rfd8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4
Qe7 23. Rc1 h6 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qb7 Rd8 (27... Rd8
28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxa7 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 2048]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 {That was already a big surprize for me,since
Zahar's favourite is 2...g6.} 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 {That line is not very popular nowdays,but it was
used by very strong players like Kasparov,Kramnik and Ivanchuk.} c5 $5 {
An interesting alternative to the main 9...Nbd7.Sometimes it can transpose to
9...Nbd7,but the difference is that black's knight can sometimes be placed on
c6 as well(for example, after e2-e4!)} ({The main is:} 9... Nbd7 10. f3 h6 (
10... Rc8 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Be2 d5 15. O-O Ba6 16. a4 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Qxh4 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. b3 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Epishin,V/Germany 2000/
CBM 76 (19)}) (10... d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e3 Re8 13. Bb5 c6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. O-O Re7 17. f4 c5 18. Nf3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Narciso Dublan,
M-Komarov,D/France 2001/EXT 2002 (19)}) 11. Bh4 c5 (11... d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13.
e3 Re8 14. Bf2 c5 15. Bd3 a5 16. O-O c4 17. Bc2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nguyen Anh
Dung-Piket,J/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (27)}) (11... Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Bd3 cxd4
14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. O-O Ng6 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nde5 18. Bf1 Qg5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Kruppa,Y-Grigoriants,S/Kiev 2001/EXT 2002 (23)}) 12. e4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14.
Be2 Qc5 15. Nb3 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. O-O $14 {1-0 Kruppa,Y-Tunik,G/Alushta
2000/EXT 2001 (47)}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Nbd7 {Now there is no reason to put
the knight on c6,so the placement of black pieces is typical for that pawn
structure.} 12. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3c2] In my opinion,that is the best position of
Bd3,since it can be transfered on c2.} (12. f3 Qb6 13. Bd3 a5 14. O-O a4 15.
Rfd1 Bc6 16. Bh4 Rfb8 17. Rab1 Qa5 $11 {1-0 Drasko,M-Stojanovic,Z/Jahorina
2000/EXT 2001 (29)}) 12... h6 {That is always a bid question-if that move is
useful or not,sice white wants to prevent d6-d5-d4,puting the bishop on f2
anyway.} 13. Bh4 Qb6 ({after} 13... Bxg2 $6 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. O-O-O {[%cal Gd3e4,
Gd2e4] white's initiative is very dangerous.}) (13... a5 $5 14. O-O a4 15. Bc2
Qb6 {[%cal Gb7c6]}) 14. O-O ({possibly was:} 14. f3 d5 15. Bf2 {preventing
d5-d4.}) 14... d5 15. cxd5 $5 $146 {That natural move is a novelty.I think
that white should try to open the position,since he has a pair of bishops.} ({
after} 15. f3 a5 (15... d4 $6 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Qc2 a5 18. b4 $1 $36) (15... e5
16. Qc2 d4 17. exd4 exd4 18. b4 a5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rab1 Qc6 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22.
Qxb3 Ba6 23. Rfc1 Rfe8 24. Bf2 $14 {1-0 Erdos,V-Farago,I/1st GM, Nagykanizsa
HUN 2003 (33)}) 16. Bf2 a4 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bf1 {
white has a slighty better chanses in Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Linares 1998 [Gershon]}
) 15... exd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Be2 $14) 16. Bf5 {[%csl Gf5] My idea
was to put pressure on black's central pawns,using the fact that he couldn't
place his rooks comfortably due to pressure of my strong bishops.} d4 17. exd4
cxd4 18. Qh3 ({white's chanses are slighty better in the endgame which can
arise after:} 18. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 (18... Qc6 19. f3 Qd5 20. Be4 $1 Nxe4 21. fxe4
Qc6 22. Qxd4 $14) 19. axb4 g6 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Nb3 $14) 18... Ne5 19. Bg3 $6 {
I have completely overlooked black's next move! There was no reason for that
retreat!} ({after} 19. Rae1 $142 Rae8 20. f4 $1 Ng6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Nc4 Qc7
23. Ne5 $132 {there is a very complicated position in which white's chanses
are not worse.}) 19... Qb5 $1 {Now the queens gets an ideal place on d5.} 20.
a4 ({now} 20. Rae1 {is too late:} Nd3 $1 21. Re7 Bc8 $17 {[%csl Gd3]}) ({after
} 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rfe1 Qf4 22. Qd3 Rfe8 {black is also better.}) 20... Qd5
21. Rfe1 Neg4 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Rh3] A very strong move! My queen has no squares
now.} 22. Bd3 ({after} 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Re7 f5 $17 {black has a great
advantage.}) 22... Bc8 {It looks very strong,but actually that leads to a
force draw!} ({There was an interesting alternative:} 22... Rfe8 $142 23. Bf4 {
(otherwise there is no way to activate the queen)} Qa5 $1 {[%csl Re1][%cal
Ya5e1]} 24. Rec1 $1 (24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bb5 Rd8 $15) 24... Bd5 25. Bb5 Re6 {
with a very complicated play.}) 23. Ne4 $1 Nxf2 (23... Re8 $2 24. f3 $1) 24.
Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxh6 Nxd3 26. Bh4 $1 {Suddenly black cannot defend on f6 and
the draw is unavoidable!} Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Bb7 28. Re2 {Black has an extra rook,
but he cannot sucrifice his queen.} Qf5 29. Bxf6 Qb1+ 30. Kf2 Qh7 31. Qg5+ Qg6
32. Qh4 Qh7 33. Qg5+ Qg6 34. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 {For some reasons, Ruslan deviates
from the main theoretical lines.} 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 e5 8. d5 {
This continuation looks most ambitious - White gets a definite space advantage,
even though Black doesn't experience problems with development of minor pieces.
} ({The following alternatives don't offer much:} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Re8 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bg4 $11 {Dreev,A (2667)
-Harikrishna,P (2726) Dubai 2014}) (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qe7 11.
Be3 Re8 12. h3 a5 13. Rfe1 h6 $11 {Tkachiev,V (2644)-Quesada Perez,Y (2626)
Istanbul 2012}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O a6 $146 {This natural move is a novelty. The
main idea behind it is securing a retreat for the bishop.} (9... Bf5 10. e4 Bd7
11. Ne1 Bc5 12. Nd3 Bb6 13. b4 $14 {Navara,D (2663)-Agrest,E (2592) Gothenburg
2005}) (9... h6 $5 10. Na4 Ba5 11. a3 Bf5 12. Qd1 b5 $132 {Sumets,A (2534)-De
Vreugt,D (2427) Barcelona 2008}) 10. a3 Bc5 {A logical continuation of
Ruslan's approach.} ({Still, possible was also} 10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2
f5 13. b4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Qe8 $132 {with complex strategic battle.}) 11. Bg5 {
The Bg5 doesn't really bother Black in this situation.} (11. b4 Ba7 12. a4 Bg4
(12... a5 13. bxa5 Bc5 14. Bd2 $14) 13. a5 Qd7 $132) 11... Ne8 {Freeing a way
for the f-pawn.} ({Another possible retreat was:} 11... Nh5 $5 12. b4 Ba7 13.
e4 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ng6 $132) 12. b4 Ba7 13. e4 h6 14. Be3 f5 {The
most ambitious choice.} ({A more quiet character of play would arise after} 
14... Bxe3 $5 15. fxe3 Bd7 16. Nh4 a5 $132) 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. exf5 Bxf5 {
This is the most natural way of recapturing the pawn - Black is fighting for
control over e4-spot.} ({However, there was nothing wrong also with} 16... Nxf5
$5 17. c5 Nf6 18. Rad1 Ra8 $11) 17. Qd2 Nf6 $6 {Only this move seems
inaccurate - Ruslan shouldn't let White to open-up the f-file so easy.} ({
Correct was} 17... Bh7 $1 18. Ne1 (18. Nh4 Ra8 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21.
gxf4 Qd7 $11) 18... Ra8 19. Nd3 a5 $1 20. Rae1 axb4 21. axb4 Ra3 $132) 18. Nh4
$1 Bh7 19. f4 $1 exf4 20. Rxf4 $6 {Returning the favoure.} ({GM Nisipeanu
could have benefited from getting control over d4-spot:} 20. Qxf4 $1 Ra8 21.
Qd4 Nd7 22. Ne2 $14) 20... g5 21. Rf2 gxh4 22. Qd4 $6 {This inaccurate move is
inviting some troubles.} ({Instead,} 22. Raf1 $1 Ng6 23. Ne4 {would lead to a
draw by force:} (23. Qd4 $5 hxg3 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 gxh2+ 26. Kh1 Ra8 27.
Be4 Qe8 28. c5 $44) 23... Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qe7 26. Bxg6 Bxg6 27.
Qxa7 Bd3 28. Rf4 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 h3+ 30. Kxh3 Bf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 32. Kh4 Qxc4+
$11) 22... Ra8 23. Rxf6 Nf5 24. Qg4+ Kh8 {White was able to regain the piece,
but now Black's king is much safer!} 25. Re6 $5 {Accordingly to his style,
Liviu Dieter prefers to sac a pawn in order to keep his pieces active.} (25.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Rf1 hxg3 27. hxg3 Qg8 $15) 25... hxg3 26. hxg3 Rg8 27. Qf4 Rxg3
$1 {The correct choice.} (27... Nxg3 {wouldn't offer much:} 28. Ra2 Qg5 29.
Qxg5 Rxg5 30. Rxh6 Kg7 31. Re6 $11) 28. Ne4 Rg6 29. Rf1 $2 ({It was much
better to play} 29. Rxg6 Bxg6 30. Rf1 Qh4 31. c5 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Rd8 {would
transpose to text.}) 29... Qh4 $2 ({Luckily for GM Nisipeanu, Ruslan fails to
punish him for inaccurate play. It looks like after} 29... Qg8 $1 30. Rf2 Qg7
31. Rxg6 Qxg6 32. Kh2 Rg8 33. c5 Rg7 {the game would be almost over - Black is
just a pawn up in a better position.}) 30. Rxg6 Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Bxg6 32. c5 {
Black is still better, but the activity of pieces offers White decent drawish
chances.} Rd8 33. Nc3 (33. Bh3 Ne7 34. cxd6 cxd6 35. Be6 b5 $17) 33... Kg7 34.
c6 b5 $2 {Alas, Ruslan is far from his best.} ({Of course, he had to play} 
34... b6 $1 35. Bf1 Ra8 36. a4 Ne7 $17) 35. a4 bxa4 36. b5 $1 {Possibly, this
important resourse was underestimated by Ruslan. Now White gets a sufficient
counterplay.} ({Something like} 36. Nxa4 Ne3 37. Nc3 Rf8 $19 {would be
terrible for White.}) 36... axb5 37. Nxb5 a3 38. Ra4 ({Possible was also} 38.
Nxc7 Rb8 39. Ra4 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rb2 41. Rxa3 Nh4 42. Rg3 Kf6 43. Ne6 Nxg2 44.
Rxg2 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Be4+ 46. Kg3 Bxd5 47. Nd4 $11) 38... Ne3 39. Nxc7 Kf6 40.
Bf3 Rc8 41. Rxa3 (41. Kf2 Nd1+ 42. Bxd1 Rxc7 43. Rxa3 Be4 {woould also lead to
a draw.}) 41... Rxc7 42. Rxe3 {Suddenly the symbolic advantage is on White's
side now due to a strong Pc6!} Re7 43. Rc3 (43. Kf2 Rxe3 44. Kxe3 Ke7 $11)
43... Bf5 44. Kf2 Ra7 45. Kg3 Kg5 46. c7 Bc8 {The rook is tied with protecting
the Pc7, so Black is out of danger.} 47. Rc6 h5 48. Rxd6 h4+ 49. Kf2 Rxc7 50.
Rc6 Rxc6 51. dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {I wanted to bring some surprise for
Zbynek, since I have never played this line before. Unfortunately, he was
prepared well for it!} O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 ({I have
tried} 8. Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 {but I hardly can be satisfied with my results in this
line.}) 8... d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Ba6 $1 {This line has gained real
popularity in the last few years. Black's last move is the strongest one.} 11.
Nc3 ({Another continuation here is:} 11. b4) 11... d5 {This allows black to
simplify the position and to neutralize white's space advantage.} (11... h6 12.
Bh4 d5 13. Qc2 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qa4 c5 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Qxc4 cxd4 18. Qxc8
Raxc8 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Kd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 23. Kc2 f5 24.
Rd1 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Gershon,A/Athens GRE 2004 (62)}) 12.
Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5 15. Rd1 {This fresh move was played by
Mikhail Gurevich in Warsaw 2005. Unfortunately, black doesn't face real
problems.} ({As the practice shows, black has a clear way of equalizing after:
} 15. Qxc4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 h6 17. Bh4 Qc7 ({not} 17... g5 $6 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Rd1
Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfd8 21. h4 $14 {1-0 Dreev,A-Timman,J/Reykjavik ISL 2004/The
Week in Chess 488 (40)}) 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qc4 20. f3 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22.
e4 Nh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/The Week in
Chess 491 (50)}) 15... Qc8 $146 {In my opinion, this new move is not worse
than 15...cxd4.} ({Black has solved his problems after:} 15... cxd4 16. Rxd4
Qc7 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ (19. Rd4 $5) 19... Rxc8 20. Ke2 Ne5
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rc1 f5 23. h3 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Cheparinov,I/Metz
FRA 2005 (39) but it seems that white's chances in this endgame were slighty
better.}) 16. Qxc4 ({As my opponent noticed after the game, black successfully
solves all his problems also after:} 16. O-O Nd5 (16... cxd4 17. Rxd4 Ne5 $6
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 $36) 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 (17... cxd4 $6 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Nxd5
exd5 20. Rxd4 $16) 18. Qxc3 Qb7 $11) 16... cxd4 17. Qxd4 ({I could transpose
to Gurevich-Cheparinov after} 17. Rxd4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Rfc8 {, but I tried to
make some changes!}) 17... Qa6 {Preventing white from castling.} 18. Qd3 (18.
e4 $6 Rac8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Nxe5 $36) (18. f3 Rac8 19. Kf2 Rc5
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 18... Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Ne5 20. Rd4 Rfc8 21. Bxf6 ({After} 21.
Kd1 {black has a strong reply:} Nd5 $1 (21... Nc4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Kc2 $14)
22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Nc4 $11 {winning the pawn back. Black's activity is
sufficient for equality here.}) 21... gxf6 22. Kd2 f5 23. h3 {Taking control
of the g4-spot and preparing a g2-g4 advancement at some point.} ({Maybe more
accurate would be:} 23. Rd1 $5 {but it doesn't change the valuation of this
line much.}) 23... Nc4+ 24. Kc2 b5 $1 {Securing the statement of the Nc4 and
intending to push the queen-side pawns at some moment. Black has completely
equalized.} 25. Rc1 {Here the draw was agreed.} ({The following variations
prove, that black is O.K:} 25. Rc1 Rab8 26. Kb3 (26. Kb1 b4 (26... a6 27. Ne2
Kf8) 27. axb4 (27. Na2 bxa3 28. Rdxc4 Rxb2+ 29. Ka1 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxf2 $15) (
27. Nd1 $4 Nxa3+ 28. bxa3 bxa3+ $19) 27... Rxb4 28. Ka1 Rbb8 $11) 26... a6 $11
(26... a5 $6 27. Ka2 b4 $6 (27... Ne5 $14) 28. Na4 $16)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Qf3 Nc6 9. e3 Bb7 10. O-O-O ({Practise shows, that White can't expect too much
in the endgame:} 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Nc3 f5
(14... c5 $11 {was exualizing immediately- Turov.}) 15. Be2 Ng6 ({now,} 15...
c5 {is bad, because of} 16. d5 exd5 17. Bf3 $16) 16. O-O f4 17. e4 f5 18. Bd3 (
{after} 18. exf5 Nh4 $1 {Black gains serious initiative.}) 18... fxe4 19. Bxe4
Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Re7 22. Nd2 Nh4 23. Re4 {1/2:1/2, Turov 2550 -
Rozentalis 2588, Montreal Int 2001}) 10... Qe7 {Novelty.} (10... Na5 {was
played earlier.}) 11. Bd3 Na5 12. Qf4 (12. d5 $2 exd5 13. cxd5 Qc5+ {is bad
for White;}) (12. Qh3 {meats} h6) ({but} 12. Qg3 Rfe8 {leads to an unclear
position.}) 12... h6 13. h4 $6 {Too optimistic.} (13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 {
with an equal endgame.}) 13... Qd6 $1 14. Bxf6 ({Black is fine also in case of
} 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {and white pawns c4 and g2 are under fire}) ({or
} 14. Bxh6 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Bxg2 16. Rh2 Be4 $15) 14... Qxf4 15. exf4 gxf6 16. Ne2
d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 $15 18. Kb1 ({I think, White should have played} 18. f5) 18...
f5 19. Rc1 c6 (19... c5 $2 {would be wrong:} 20. dxc5 Nb3 21. Rcd1 Nxc5 22.
Bxf5) 20. b4 Nb3 (20... Nb7 {is too passive:} 21. Nc3 {and White is fine.}) 21.
Rc3 $1 (21. Rc2 {gives Black an advantage after} a5 22. Kb2 axb4 23. axb4 Ra4
$17) 21... a5 22. b5 c5 ({Black doesn't achieve anything, in case of} 22...
cxb5 23. Kc2 $1 ({but not} 23. Bxb5 Nd2+ 24. Kb2 Ne4 $17) 23... Rac8 24. Bxb5
Rxc3+ 25. Kxc3 Rc8+ 26. Kd3 Be4+ 27. Ke3 {and black knight is stuck on b3.})
23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bc2 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Kf8 $2 {Simple waste of time.} ({Black
should have doubled the rooks at once} 25... Rd6 {with slightly better chances.
}) 26. f3 Rd6 27. g4 {White's starts his counter-play on the kingside. The
position is equal.} fxg4 28. fxg4 Rad8 29. Kc1 a4 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 Bb3 32.
Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Re3 Rd5 34. g6 (34. Nc3 {would be wrong,} {as Black gains an
initiative after} Rd4) 34... fxg6 35. Nf4 Rd4 36. Nxg6+ Kg7 37. Rg3 Kh6 (37...
Kf6 38. Rf3+ Kg7 39. Rg3 $11) 38. Ne5 Rf4 (38... Rxh4 $2 39. Nf7+ {with mate.})
39. Rg6+ Kh5 40. Rg8 Rf1+ 41. Kd2 Kxh4 42. Rh8+ Kg5 43. Rg8+ Kh4 ({An attempt
to escape just looses:} 43... Kh6 $2 44. Bg6 $18) 44. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michiels, Bart"]
[Black "Klein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 $5 {is a fighting move.} (5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 {leads to normal lines.}) 5... c5 6. d5 (6. e5 cxd4 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ng8 9. cxd4 $14) 6... Qe7 7. Bd2 $6 (7. Be2 {looks the most
logical to meet exd5 with exd5.}) 7... exd5 $1 8. Nxd5 (8. cxd5 $6 Bxc3 9. Bxc3
Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Nb4 11. Qb1 Rg8 12. Bc3 Bb7 $17) 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Bxd2+ {
Something has gone horribly wrong with White. He is forced to recapture with
the king now.} 10. Kxd2 O-O $15 {Black has a clear advantage. In the game
ahead there were many ups and downs but Bart did not play well at all and that
gave David his first of the tournament. It must be mentioned that Michael
played the opening in an atrocius manner.} 11. Nf3 d6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qc3 Nd7
14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nh4 Qa4 17. f3 Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5
f6 21. Rhg1 Ra7 22. Ra1 b4 23. Qc4 Qe8 24. Rg3 Qe5 25. Kc2 a5 26. Rag1 a4 27.
R3g2 Rb8 28. Kd3 Qf4 29. Ke2 Re8 30. Qb5 Qe5 31. Ke3 Rae7 32. Kf2 Qxb2+ 33. Kg3
Qe5+ 34. Kh3 Kf8 35. Qxa4 g5 36. Qc2 Ra8 37. Qb2 Ra3 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Kg4 Re7
40. h4 Rg7 41. Kh5 h6 42. Rf2 Kf7 43. e5 fxe5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 46.
Kxg5 Ra8 47. f4 Rg8+ 48. Kh6 e4 49. Kh7 Rg3 50. Rh2 e3 51. f6 e2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group7"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1993.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1993.10.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Tel-Aviv ASA Phoenix"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Re8 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Bd3 e5 11. Ne2 e4 12. Bc2 Bf5 13. h3 Nbd7 14. g4 (14. Qa5
c5 $1) 14... Bh7 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Bg3 (16. Qa5 $5) 16... a6 $1 17. Qa5 c5 $1
18. Nc3 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rd2 Rxc4 22. Rhd1 $44 Rc5 23. Qb4
Qc7 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qxc5 h5 $1 $8 28. g5 Nd7 29.
Qd6 Bf5 30. h4 Qa5 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Qe1+ 33. Qd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kxd1 b6 35.
Ke2 Kf8 36. f4 exf4 37. exf4 g6 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. f5 Ne5 40. b3 gxf5 41. Ng3 f4+
$1 $8 42. Kxf4 Ng6+ 43. Ke4 Nxh4 44. Nxh5 $14 Kd6 45. Nf6 Ng6 46. Nd5 b5 47.
Nf4 Ne7 48. b4 Nc6 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Nd5+ Kd6 51. Nf4 Ke7 52. Ne2 Nb8 $3 53. Nc3
$5 (53. Ke5 Nd7+ 54. Kd5 Nb6+ 55. Kc5 Nd7+ 56. Kc6 Ne5+ 57. Kb7 Nc4 58. Kxa6
Nxa3 59. Nd4 Kf8 60. Nxb5 Nc2 61. Ka5 Nxb4 62. Kxb4 Kg7 63. Nd6 Kg6 64. Ne4 Kf5
$10) 53... Nc6 54. Nd5+ Kd6 55. Ne3 Ke7 56. Nc2 $1 Kd7 (56... Nb8 $2 57. Ke5
Nd7+ 58. Kd5 Nb6+ 59. Kc5) 57. Kf6 Ke8 58. Ne3 a5 $8 59. bxa5 Nxa5 60. Nd5 $1
Nb3 61. Nc7+ Kf8 62. Nxb5 Nc5 $1 63. Nd6 Nd7+ 64. Kf5 Ke7 65. Nc4 Nc5 66. Ne5
Ne6 $1 {Black's defensive idea consists in placing the knight on h7 and
attacking the 'a' pawn with his king} 67. Nf3 $1 (67. a4 $2 Nxg5 68. Kxg5 f6+
$10) 67... Nc5 68. Ke5 Ne6 $1 69. Kd5 (69. a4 $2 Nxg5) 69... Kd7 $1 70. Ke5 Ke7
71. Kf5 Ng7+ $1 {Black doesn't want to repeat the moves in view of the
possibility 71...Nc5 72. Nd4!,maintaining the pressure} 72. Kg4 Kd6 73. Nd2 Kd5
$1 74. Kf4 Kd4 $2 {this is a little bit too active; Black had to defend his
position by means of 74...Ne6+ 75.Kf5 Nf8} 75. a4 Ne6+ $1 (75... Kc5 76. Nb3+
Kb4 77. a5 Kb5 78. Ke5 Ne8 79. Kd5 Ng7 80. Kd6 Nf5+ 81. Ke5 Ng3 82. Nd2 Nh5 83.
Nc4 $18) 76. Kf5 Nf8 $1 {The most stubborn defense; still, miraculously White
has the way to win! [#]} 77. Ne4 $3 (77. a5 Kc5 78. Nc4 Nh7 $1 (78... Kb5 $2
79. Nd6+ Kxa5 80. Nxf7 Kb6 81. Nd8 $1 $18) 79. Kg4 Kb5 80. Kh5 Nf8 81. Ne5 Kxa5
82. Nxf7 Ne6 $1 83. g6 Nf4+ $10) 77... Ne6 $1 (77... Kd5 78. Kf6 $3 (78. a5 Kc6
$1 $10) 78... Kxe4 (78... Nh7+ 79. Kxf7 Nxg5+ 80. Nxg5 Kc5 81. Ne4+ Kb4 82. Nc3
$1 $18 {in this line becomes evident a very important feature of this endgame:
white pawns turn out to be quite close to each other - they are separated only
by  two knight moves}) 79. Kxf7 Nd7 80. Ke7 $1 Ne5 81. Ke6 $3 $18 {a sort of a
study!}) (77... Nh7 78. a5 Kd5 79. Nf6+ $18) 78. a5 $1 (78. Kf6 $4 Kxe4 79. g6
fxg6 80. Kxe6 Kd4 $10) 78... Kd5 $8 79. Kf6 $3 (79. a6 $2 Kc6 80. g6 Ng7+ $1
81. Kf6 fxg6 82. Kxg7 Kb6 83. Nc5 g5 $10) 79... Kc6 (79... Nxg5 80. Kxg5 Kc6
81. a6 Kb6 82. Nc5 $18) (79... Kxe4 80. a6 $1 Kf4 (80... Nc7 81. Kxf7 Nxa6 82.
g6 $18) 81. g6 $1 $18) 80. Nd2 $1 $18 {it's amazing, that white's winning
manoeuvre consisted in Nd2-e4-d2!} Kd6 {after 80...Kb5 81.Nb3 Black has no
defense against g5-g6} 81. Nc4+ Kd5 82. Nb6+ Kc6 (82... Kd6 83. a6 $18) 83. g6
$1 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 $1 $146 {
Julio introduces very interesting novelty-he refrains from playing h7-h6 
Schwarz zögert absichtlich mit h6 und will zuerst wissen, wohin der weiße
König rochiert.} (12... a6 13. Bd3 h6 (13... Qe7 {Dautov} 14. O-O $14) 14. Bf4
Qe7 15. O-O $14 {Kasparov-Hjartarson,Reykjavik 1988}) (12... h6 13. Bf4 Re8 (
13... Qe7 14. O-O-O a6 15. g4 Nh7 16. Rg1 {/\g5->}) 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. Nf2 $14 {
Agdestein-Short,Belgrade 1989; White will develop powerful attack by means of
g2-g4-g5. It's easy to see that with the pawn on h7 this plan is impossible} (
15. g4 {Dautov} Bc8 16. Kb1 $2 (16. Nf2 $142) 16... Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxg4 $15 {
Hjartarson-Timman/Belgrade/1989})) 13. Be2 $2 {doesn't pose any problems for
Black} (13. Bb5 $5 Nxd5 14. Qd2 Qc8 $1 (14... f6 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17.
Qxd5 fxg5 18. Nxg5 Ne5 19. f4 $16) 15. O-O-O Nc7 $132 (15... Nc7 {Dautov} 16.
Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nb5 $10)) (13. O-O-O {Dautov} c4 $1 14. Kb1 b5
15. g4 a5 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Be2 Ba6 18. g5 Nfd7 {Hier sieht man deutlich, wie
problemlos das schwarze Spiel ohne die Schwächung h7-h6 ist.} 19. Bd2 Nc5 $1
20. Nf2 b4 $19 {Videki,S-Arkhipov,S/Kecskemet 1990}) (13. Bd3 $2 {Dautov} Bxd5
$17) 13... h6 14. Bf4 (14. Be3 $2 {Dautov} Bxd5) (14. Bh4 $2 {Dautov} Nxe4) (
14. Bd2 $6 {Dautov} Qe7 {/\Nxd5}) 14... Qe7 15. Qd2 Nh5 $1 {again
staightforward and correct decision, there is no need to muddle the waters by
the piece sac:} (15... Nxe4 16. fxe4 Qxe4 17. Kf2 g5 18. Bg3 $16) 16. O-O (16.
Be3 {Dautov} f5 $15) 16... f5 $1 17. Bb5 (17. Bd3 {Dautov} fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxf4
19. Nxf4 Qg5 20. Rf2 Nf6 $15) (17. Rae1 {Dautov} g5 18. Be3 f4 19. Bf2 Ne5 $15)
17... fxe4 18. fxe4 (18. Rae1 {Dautov} Nxf4 19. Nxf4 e3 20. Qd3 a6 21. Bxd7
Qxd7 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Re8 24. Qd2 Qf7 $15 {><d5}) 18... a6 $1 (18... Rf8
$5 {Dautov} 19. Bc6 Rab8 {/\Ne5}) 19. Bc6 (19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxh6 Rxe4 (20...
Nf6 $5) 21. Qg5 Re5 22. Qg6 Qe8 $17) 19... Bxc6 20. dxc6 Ne5 21. Rad1 Rac8 (
21... Nxf4 $2 {Dautov} 22. Nxf4 Rac8 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. c7 $16) 22. Bxe5 $6 {
White's position may easily become dangerous due to the unfortunate location
of Nh3} (22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nc4 $17 (23... Nc4 {Dautov} 24. Rd7 Rxc6 $15))
(22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Qh7 $17) (22. Qe2 $1 $10 {was the only way to keep
balance}) 22... dxe5 (22... Qxe5 $4 {Dautov} 23. Rf5 $18) 23. Qe2 (23. Qd6 {
Dautov} Nf6 24. Nf2 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd6 Rec8 $15) 23... Nf6 24. Qxa6 Rxc6
25. Qb5 $6 (25. Nf2 $142) (25. Qc4+ {Dautov} Kh7 26. Nf2 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28.
Rd1 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 $10) 25... Qe6 26. Nf2 Ra8 $1 27. Rd2 $6 $138 {in
time-trouble White goes downhill} (27. Rfe1) 27... Ra5 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Qe2 Ra4
$1 {this is the point - what to do now against the threat Ra4-d4?  /\Rd4} 30.
Qf3 Rc7 (30... Rd4 {Dautov} 31. Rxd4 exd4 (31... cxd4 32. Nd3 $10) 32. e5 Nd7
33. Qe4+ Qg6 34. Qd5 $13) 31. Rfd1 Rd4 32. R1xd4 $6 (32. b4 $8 {was a must
already; now black pawns in the center become too strong}) 32... exd4 33. Qf4
Rd7 $1 (33... Re7 $2 {Dautov} 34. Rd6 Qa2 35. h3 Qxb2 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Rd8+ Re8
(37... Ng8 $2 38. Qf8) 38. Rxe8+ Nxe8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Qxe8 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+
$10) 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Qf5+ Qxf5 36. exf5 {S-S bei 5-5 Bauern, zentraler
schwarzer Freibauer bei abgeschnittenem eigenem König} c4 (36... g6 $5 {Hecht}
37. g4 gxf5 38. gxf5 Kg7 39. Ne4 Nf6 40. Nd6 Ng4 $13) 37. Ne4 Ne5 {/\Nd3} 38.
Nd2 b5 (38... c3 $5 39. bxc3 dxc3 40. Nb3 c2 41. Nc1 Nc4 42. a4 Nb2 43. Kf2
Nxa4 44. Ke3 h5 $1 $17) 39. Kf1 Nd3 $2 {Julio still had plenty of time, so
it's difficult to explain this terrible mistake} (39... c3 40. bxc3 dxc3 41.
Nb3 Nc4 42. Ke2 Nxa3 43. Kd3 b4 44. g4 $44 (44. g4 {Dautov} Kg8 45. h4 Kf7 46.
g5 h5 $17)) (39... Kg8 $1 $17 {simple advance of the black king may prove
decisive}) 40. Nf3 c3 41. bxc3 dxc3 42. Nd4 b4 43. axb4 $1 {it was still not
too late to lose the game after} (43. Ke2 $4 c2 $1 44. Nxc2 b3 45. Kxd3 b2 $1
$19) 43... Nxb4 44. Ke2 $10 Kg8 45. Nb5 {narrow escape} 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-POL m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2014.06.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.06.08"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 ({Zuletzt war} 5... Qxd5 {
populärer.}) 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 ({Nach} 7... Nbd7 8. e3 c6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10.
O-O Re8 11. Nd2 {entsteht eine Position, die dem Abgelehnten Damengambit
zugerechnet wird.}) 8. Bh4 g5 ({In einer Partie des Mannschaftskollegen von
Swiercz geschah} 8... c5 9. dxc5 Na6 10. e3 Nxc5 11. Be2 g5 12. Bg3 Nfe4 13.
Nd4 Qf6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. Qb2 Bg6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Rac8 19. Bd5
b6 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. f3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qe5 23. Qf2 Rc3 24. e4 Rd3 25. Rad1 Rxd1
26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rd2 Rd6 28. g4 Kh7 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. gxf5 Qe5 32.
Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (32) Wojtaszek,R (2724)-Gharamian,T (2655) Saint Quentin 2014}) 9.
Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Nd7 ({Ein neuer Zug an dieser Stelle.} 11... c5 {
Bisher spielte man} 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Bd6 Re8 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Nd4
Bg6 17. Nb3 Qf6 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qe2 b6 20. Qb5 Red8 21. Rfd1 Nxc5 22. Nxc5
Rxd6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qf5 Rc4 26. h4 gxh4 27. Qg4+ Qg6 28. Qxh4
Rxc3 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Rd4 Rxa2 31. Rxe4 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Ra5 33. Re8+ {0-1 (33)
Baert,A (2104)-Pogonina,N (2495) Caleta 2014}) ({Oder} 11... c6) 12. O-O Bxc3 (
12... Nxg3 $5) 13. bxc3 c5 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. Bxe4 (15. cxd4 $4 Rc8 $19) 15...
dxe4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rab1 {Schwarz hat Schweirigkeiten, seinen
b-Bauern zu decken, da der Lg3 am Damenflügel einige Felder kontrolliert.} Nb6
19. Qb4 Nd5 ({Besser war} 19... Rc2 $5 20. Qxb6 (20. Rfd1 Nd5 21. Qxb7 Nc3)
20... Qxb6 21. Rxb6 Rxd2) 20. Qxb7 Nc3 21. Rb6 $16 {Der weiße Vorteil ist
offensichtlich.} Be6 $2 (21... Kg7 22. Be5+ $19) ({Besser war} 21... Qd7 22.
Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Bd6 $16) 22. Be5 {Droht Txe6 und Matt auf g7.} Re8 23. Rxa6 Bd5
$2 {Verliert sofort} (23... Ra8 24. a4 {mit deutlichem Vorteil.}) 24. Rg6+ (24.
Rg6+ Kf8 (24... fxg6 25. Qg7#) 25. Qb4+ Re7 26. Rxh6 f6 27. Rh8+ Bg8 28. Bxf6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bb7 8. Bd3
b5 $5 9. Qb1 cxd4 10. cxd4 bxc4 11. Qxb7 cxd3 {[#]} 12. Qxa8 {Qualitätsopfer
mal anders.} Qb6 13. Nf3 $2 ({Nöig war} 13. e5 Nd5 {und nun gab es die
Möglichkeit} 14. Ra2 $1 {Falls (um nach b2 zu kommen)} Qb1 (14... O-O 15. Rb2
d2+ 16. Kxd2 Qxd4+ 17. Ke1 Qc3+ 18. Kd1 Qd4+ $11) {dann folgt das verblüffende
} 15. Ra1 $1 Qb6 (15... Qxa1 16. Qxb8+ Ke7 17. Qd6+ (17. Qxh8 $4 Qxc1#)) 16.
Ra2 $11) 13... O-O 14. Be3 (14. O-O Nc6 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Rfe1 f6 20. h3 Kf7 21. Kh2 g5 22. Re4 Qb6 23. Kg1 h5 24.
Kf1 Qb2 25. Rae1 Qxa3 26. Rb1 Nb6 27. Kg1 Qa2 28. Rc1 Qd5 29. Ree1 g4 30. hxg4
hxg4 31. Nh2 Nc4 32. Rcd1 Nd4 33. Nxg4 Nxd2 34. Rxd2 Qg5 35. Re3 Qxg4 36. Rexd3
Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nf4 38. Rxd7+ Kg6 39. f3 Qh4 40. Rd8 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qxg2+ 42. Ke3
Qg1+ 43. Kxf4 Qg5+ 44. Ke4 f5+ {0-1 (44) Xiong,J (2544)-Moradiabadi,E (2587)
ICC INT 2015}) 14... Na6 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. O-O {[#]} Nxe4 {Auch hier ist die
Dame besser als die beiden Türme.} 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nxd3 Nc3 19. Kh1 f6 20.
Rfc1 Nd5 21. a4 g5 22. a5 h5 23. Rc4 g4 24. Bh6+ Kf7 25. Rc8 Nab4 26. Nc5 h4
27. Re1 Nc6 28. Rh8 Nxd4 29. Nxd7 h3 30. Nf8 {[#]} hxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qc6 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Seirawan,Y"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{It is a great pleasure and a honor to play Judit Polgar, the greatest female
player in the history of the game! Before the game began it was announced that
Judit was celebrating her birthday. I must say that in the thousands of
tournament games I've played, I simply can't recall playing an opponent on
their birthday. It must have happened -- but this was the first time I was
aware of it. After the generous applause had died down, Judit, smiling at me,
gestured towards my pieces and "invited" me to offer "any one of them" as a
"present." Hmm. I thought about that one for a moment and hesitated. After all
hadn't the great Bobby Fischer offered "Knight odds" to any female player? (An
offer he withdrew when challenged.) Certainly, Bobby wasn't thinking about
such a great player as Judit when making his challenge! Anyway, after
reflection, I of course, reached across the board and removed her g8-knight!
Judit burst into laughter, "Oh my! You are not a gentleman!" She exclaimed I
had to solemnly agree. I would also like to take this moment, to sincerely
thank GM Benjamin Finegold for having assisted me in my preparations for the
games in Ningbo. Ben was simply terrific. In a cruel irony, our preparations
seemed to be wasted as my opponents ducked, dodged and weaved their way past
our well-prepared plans. No matter! For each game, I went to the board in a
highly motivated mood. Thank you Ben!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {So far, so good. Our expectation was for 6...b6, with
lengthy variations dead ahead.} d6 $5 {Definitely throwing a wrench into what
I had in mind. The text introduces an entirely different plan of development
for Black. With the text Black aims for a possible ...e6-e5, central break,
even at the cost of a pawn in order to develop the bishop along the c8-h3
diagonal. The drawback to this otherwise flexible system is that if Black
reverts back to a bishop's fianchetto, she may want to challenge White in the
center with ...d6-d5, in which case a tempo might be lost.} 7. Bg5 {There was
a great temptation to play 7.g3, fianchettoing my own bishop and hence ruling
out ... Black's own fianchetto. Nice plan but I couldn't make up my mind
whether I wanted to face Black's activity:} (7. g3 e5 $1 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg2 (
9. Qxe5 {This brazen grab made me recall the wise words of my trainer, IM
Nikolay Minev, "White will die with a full stomach."} Nc6 10. Qc3 Ne4 11. Qd3
Bf5 12. Bh3 Qf6 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Nf3 Rad8 15. Qb1 Nd4 {and I had "seen"
enough.}) 9... Qe7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 {when in this particular position I
wasn't satisfied with my development. In particular, I couldn't reconcile how
great an asset my two bishops are as the role of the c1-bishop has to be
solved.}) 7... Nbd7 8. e3 ({My preparations (against an immediate fianchetto
by Black) had focused on lines with f2-f3, in order to build a big center.
Against Black's current setup, it simply makes no sense.} 8. f3 $6 h6 9. Bh4 e5
10. e4 Re8 {Preparing the capture of the e4-pawn. I saw a line that went:} 11.
Bf2 d5 $5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Qxd4 N5b6 $5 (14... N5f6 15. O-O-O Qe7
16. Qc3 c5 $5) 15. O-O-O Qe7 {when I had a sinking feeling in my stomach that
I was seriously lagging in development. Unfortunately, in my 'mind's eye' I
hadn't realized that I had stopped the perceived threat of ...Nd7-c5, which
simply puts a piece en prise.}) 8... b6 {A key alternative for Black was to
decisively deal with the pin by expanding on the kingside.} (8... h6 $5 9. Bh4
g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Kg7 {Black might
not be thrilled about the safety of her king but on the other hand Black's
play is relatively simple, to play ...Nd7-f6 and to just bring out the
queenside pieces. The kingside "weaknesses" are not so easy to exploit. As
Viktor Kortschnoj would say, "A weakness is only a weakness if it can be
attacked." For the moment, Black's h6-pawn certainly appears safe enough.}) 9.
Ne2 Ba6 {Going for what I've dubbed the "extended fianchetto." Since the
diagonal b7-h1, will become blocked, Black aims for immediate play against the
c4-pawn with ...c7-c5 and opening the c-file.} 10. Qc2 c5 $5 {Fixing the
structure -- but not necessarily for my own advantage. Here I was tempted to
play 11.Rd1, keeping the center flexible and by implication suggesting I'll
castle short, which is several tempi away. I couldn't reconcile whether my
rook would be good or merely a target on the d4-square:} 11. dxc5 (11. Rd1 cxd4
12. Rxd4 h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Nc3 Rac8 {when Black is harmoniously developed and
prepared to break in the center with either ...d6-d5 or ...e6-e5, with nice
play.}) 11... bxc5 12. Nc3 Qb6 {As a consequence of blocking the c-file I've
had to allow the opening of the b-file. Now it is my turn to face a very
consequent decision, where to put my king? Castling long? That would be like
waving a red flag to Judit to come and get me. On the other hand, the king is
a strong piece and can help protect the b2-pawn. It is sure to lead to an
interesting double-edged position!} 13. O-O-O ({The alternative:} 13. Rd1 Rab8
14. Rd2 d5 $5 {This is the tempo loser mentioned earlier but it certainly
seems well timed to me.} 15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5
Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Rxb2 20. g4 f6 $1 21. Bf4 Ne5 {had that depressing air of a
variation that hoovers all the pieces off the board leading to a forcing draw.}
) 13... Bb7 {For the next few moves, both players will face some awkward
decisions. On the one hand the text costs Black a tempo but by making this
supportive move, Judit keeps some central flexibility. Black could easily
conjure up a promising initiative if she can manage ...d6-d5-d4, chasing away
the c3-knight. My main alternative was for Black to double or treble on the
b-file while I'd do the same on the d-file:} (13... Rab8 14. Rd2 Rb7 15. Be2
Rfb8 16. Rhd1 Ne8 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 Qa5 {which leads to a fascinating
strategic position. Both players have trumps, for the moment, the g3-bishop
looks "offside" but Black's rigid center should mean some kind of White
advantage. Also, the role of the a6-bishop feels stranded as well.}) 14. e4 $1
{Another key decision. White puts an immediate stop to any plans of advancing
the d6-pawn but as Viktor Kortschnoj oftentimes reminds me, "pawns don't move
backwards." The text offers Black a magnificent d4-outpost which will act as a
magnet attracting a black knight. A new strategic battle flares up, Judit will
maneuver to get to the d4-square, I'll try to stop her while trying to tie up
her forces to the defense of the d6-pawn.} Rab8 15. Rd2 Rfc8 16. Be2 Ne8 17. f4
Nf8 {Both players are going through a maneuvering phase trying to maximize
their pieces. On the surface it may appear as if Black's pieces are going
backwards, but appearances can be deceiving. Black is doing her best to
maneuver a knight to the c6-square, the gateway to the central outpost. The
text envisions a ...Nf8-g6-e7 (e5)-c6-d4, journey.} 18. Rhd1 f6 19. Bh4 Ng6 {
Here comes the knight!} 20. g3 $6 {Sometimes we can be too clever for our own
good. The text caught my attention for two reasons. Firstly, I reasoned that
if my bishop was captured, that would put an end to any ambitions of bringing
a knight to the d4-square and simply open the g-file. Secondly, by refusing to
make the "natural" retreat 20.Bg3, I wouldn't step in front of my g2-pawn. (I
felt its burning ambition to advance.)  Actually, my "main" move leading up to
this position had been: 20.Bg4!?} (20. Bg4 $5 f5 $8 {Black has no choice.
Capturing the h4-bishop will leave the knight high and dry.} (20... Nxh4 $6 21.
Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxc8 Bxc8 23. f5 {when the h4-knight will be trapped.}) 21. exf5
Nxh4 22. fxe6 {White has two pawns for a knight as well as excellent
coordination. I couldn't come to a firm conclusion about the position and so I
ducked the line. Playing "solid" for the team...} Ng6 $5 23. Bf5 Rc7 24. Bxg6
hxg6 25. Qxg6 {This position struck me as promising. Now three pawns for the
knight, but I began to have some doubts. After 25...Bc6, Black's counterplay
down the b-file, freezes my rooks and Black may be able to quickly reset with .
..Ne8-f6 and ...Bc6-e8, with unclear consequences.} Bc6 $13 {The final "nail"
for this variation for me, is that I saw ...Qb6-a6, in the not too distant
future, when White wouldn't have a convenient way to defend the c4-pawn.})
20... Rd8 $1 21. Bg4 e5 22. Be6+ Kf8 23. f5 Ne7 $1 {At the time, I thought
this move best. It perfectly fits with Black's plan to occupy the magnetic
d4-square with a knight. On the other hand, while Judit was thinking, I began
to wonder whether the dangers on the g-file were really that severe?} (23...
Nxh4 $5 24. gxh4 Bc6 25. h5 h6 {Suddenly I had my doubts that it had been so
clever to allow the doubling of the h-pawns after all. In any case, as
expected, Judit played the most principled variation.}) 24. g4 h6 $1 {An
important move as it will cost White a number of tempi to get in the g4-g5
break. A false reading of the position is that, "yes but after White plays
g4-g5, won't more lines be opened?" Such an objection requires precise
calculation as well as an intuitive feeling that Black can withstand such an
assault. Judit understood that timing was far more important.} 25. Bf2 {
There is no going back now and I must allow a knight to appear on the
d4-outpost.} (25. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 26. exd5 Ba6 27. Qa4 Nc7 28. Rc2 Qb3 29. Qxb3
Rxb3 30. Be1 Na8 $1 31. Ba5 Nb6 $15 {In this position it is interesting to
note that the "powerful" e6-bishop may end up playing no role whatsoever.}) ({
Trying to stop the d4-occupation in another way wasn't attractive:} 25. Bd5 $5
Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rd7 {when Black's position looked perfectly okay
to me.}) 25... Nc6 26. Nd5 Qa5 27. h4 $1 Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. g5 $1 Bxd5 $1
30. exd5 {Up till now I thought that we had both played a good game but now
Judit committed a griveous error.} hxg5 $4 {Unnecessarily opening up the
kingside. Put another way, Black is facing the problem of the g-file being
opened (only) and therefore should make plans to evacuate her king. That means
moving the d8-rook out of the way.} (30... Rb7 $1 31. Rd3 Rdb8 32. gxh6 gxh6 (
32... Rxb2 $2 33. Qxb2 Rxb2 34. h7 $1 $18) 33. b4 Qa6 34. Rg1 Ke7 $1 35. Kb2 $1
$14 {I'd evaluate this highly unusual position as only slightly better for
White with all three results possible.}) 31. hxg5 fxg5 $2 {Same mistake as
before, unneccessarily opening up the kingside. Once more, 31...Rb7, and
hanging tough was necessary but in this case the damage of an open h-file has
been committed.} (31... Rb7 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Rh1 Rdb8 34. Rg2 {Now the
difference of two open files on the kingside is clear. White's rooks are ready
to flood into Black's position. By the way, in this line, it is important to
note that the b2-pawn is taboo.} Rxb2 $4 35. Rg8+ Ke7 36. Rh7+ Kd8 37. Rd7+ Kc8
38. Rxe8+ Qd8 39. Rexd8#) 32. f6 $1 {A sweet clearance sacrifice. I knew there
was a reason why I liked the queen on c2, in the Nimzo-Indian!} Rxb2 {Spoiling
my fun. Judit wasn't interested in helping me celebrate her birthday. Clearly
the normal alternative is a total disaster.} (32... Nxf6 33. Qg6 Rd7 34. Rh1
Ke7 35. Qxg7+ Kd8 36. Qxf6+ Kc7 37. Bxd7 $18) 33. Kxb2 $6 {I was too intent on
a g6-invasion, in fact a b7-invasion is simply stronger.} (33. Qxb2 $1 Nxf6 34.
Qb7 $1 Qxa3+ 35. Kb1 $18) 33... Nxf6 34. Ka2 Qc7 35. Rg2 {My engines enjoy
pointing out my human weaknesses that I missed "stronger" continuations.
Perhaps so, but to my mind, capturing the g5-pawn and doubling on the g-file
seemed the most natural and straight-forward win.} Rc8 36. Bxc8 Qxc8 37. Rxg5
Nxd5 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39. Rxf5+ Nf6 40. c5 Ke7 41. c6 Nd5 42. Rg1 d3 43. Kb3 Ke6
44. Rfg5 {After the game, Alexander Grischuk came up to me to say, "I was
watching the last stages and noted your remarkable composure at the board. An
exchange ahead and so sure. Then I looked again, and saw that you had two
rooks for the knight!" - "Yes," I said, "the extra rook, certainly helped my
composure!"} 1-0

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nh3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 (9... d6) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Nbd7 (11... c5 12. Bd3 (12.
dxc5 g5 13. Bg3 d4 $1 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Re8+ $44) 12... g5 (12... Nc6 13.
dxc5 (13. O-O $2 cxd4 14. exd4 g5 $1 15. Qc1 Nh5 16. Re1 Qf6 $17 {Georgiev,
Kir-Karpov,A/Tilburg/1994/}) 13... d4 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. O-O bxc5 16. Bf5 (16.
Bh7+ $5 Kh8 17. Bf5) 16... Qd5 17. f3 dxe3 $132 {Sokolov,I-Nijboer,F/NED/1994/}
) 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qa4 d4 16. O-O Qd5 17. Rfd1 $2 (17. Bc4 Qe4 18.
Rae1 {/\f3+/-/}) 17... Ne5 18. Bf1 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 $8 Ne4 $15 {Chernin,A-Farago,I/
Graz/1994/}) (11... Re8 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O (13. dxc5 d4) 13... c4 $5 14. Bc2
Nc6 $1 15. f3 b5 16. Nf2 Qd6 17. Rad1 a5 18. e4 b4 $13 {Hracek,Z-Ulibin,M/
Oakham/1990/}) 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O Re8 {N/} (13... Rc8 14. dxc5 $1 (14. f3 Qe7
15. Bf5 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd2 d4 $1 $10 {Georgiev,
Kir-Kalesis,N/Komotini/1993/}) 14... bxc5 15. Bf5 Rc6 (15... g5 16. Nxg5 $1
hxg5 17. Bxg5 $18) 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 $16 {Agdestein,S-Yusupov,A/Reykjavik/
1990/}) (13... g5 $5 14. Bg3 Re8) 14. Rfe1 (14. Bf5 $5 g5 $8 15. Bg3 Ne4 16.
Qd3 $14) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Qc2 (16. Bxe4 $6 dxe4 $15) 16... Rc8 17. Qd1
Nxg3 $1 (17... Ndf6 18. Be5 $1) 18. hxg3 Qf6 $2 (18... Nf6 $10) 19. Qg4 $1 Qd6
(19... Rcd8 20. Nf4 $36) 20. Qf5 Nf6 21. f4 $16 g4 (21... gxf4 $5) 22. Nf2 h5
23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Bf5 $1 {/\Nd3-e5/} Rcd8 25. dxc5 $1 (25. Nd3 c4 $1 26. Ne5 Bc8
$13) 25... bxc5 26. Rad1 Qb6 27. Nd3 Rd6 28. Ne5 Red8 (28... Qxb2 $2 29. Rb1
Qc3 30. Rxb7 $1 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Re7 32. Qh6+ $18) (28... Qc7 29. Rc1) (28... Bc8
$32) 29. Qh6+ Kg8 (29... Ke8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qg7 Rf8 32. Ng6+ $18) 30. Qg5+ (
30. Bg6 Rf8 $8 31. Bxh5 Ne4 $1 $19) 30... Kf8 31. Bg6 $1 fxg6 (31... Ne4 32.
Qh6+ Ke7 33. Qg7 $18) 32. Qh6+ (32. Qxg6 Qc7) 32... Ke7 $8 33. Qg7+ Ke6 34.
Qf7+ Kf5 35. Qxg6+ Ke6 36. Qf7+ Kf5 37. e4+ $1 $18 dxe4 38. Rxd6 (38. Rxd6 Qxd6
39. Nc4 Qd4+ 40. Ne3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 (11. Rd1 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. Ne2 (12. Nf3
Bb7 13. O-O a5 14. Nd2 Ra6 15. Rad1 Qa8 16. f3 Rb6 17. Nb1 d5 $1 $10 {Lautier,
J-Epishin,V/FRA/1994/}) 12... Qb6 (12... Rb8 13. Bg3 (13. Rd1 Ne4 $1 $10) 13...
Qb6 (13... Rb6 $6 14. O-O Nh5 15. b4 $1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. b5 Qxc3 18. Nxc3
Rd8 19. Rfd1 $16 {Sokolov,I-Salov,S/Madrid/1994/}) 14. O-O Nh5 $1 15. Rab1 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Ne5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. b3 $14 {Sokolov,I-Kamsky,G/ESP/1993/}) 13. O-O {N/
} (13. Rd1 {/\13...Rb8 14.Rd2/} Ba6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rd2 d5 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17.
Qc2 Ne5 $1 (17... Rb7 18. Nc1 d4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. b4 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22.
Bxc4 Ne5 23. Rxd4 Rbc7 24. Qe4 Rxc4 25. Ne2 $14 {Lautier,J-Epishin,V/Las
Palmas/1994/}) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. cxd5 Nc4 21. Nf4 Qxb2 $1 $13 {
Mozetic,D-Epishin,V/Tilburg/1994/}) 13... Ba6 (13... Rb8 14. Rab1 Qb3 $2 (14...
Ba6) 15. Bc2 Qxc3 16. Nxc3 $16) 14. b3 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Rab1 Rb7 (16...
d5 17. Bg3 Rb7 18. f3 $14) 17. Bg3 $1 d5 (17... e5 $2 18. f3 $16) 18. h3 (18.
f3 $32 $16 Qc6 (18... dxc4 19. bxc4 Qc6 20. Qa5 $16) 19. Qa5 Qb6 20. Qd2 $1)
18... Qc6 $1 19. f3 (19. Qa5 dxc4 20. bxc4 Ne4 $1 $10) 19... Nb6 (19... dxc4 $5
20. bxc4 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qa4 $1) 20. Qa5 dxc4 21. Qxa6 cxd3 22. Rxd3 Rd7 $10 23.
Rbd1 (23. Rc3 Nfd5) 23... Rcd8 (23... Rxd3 24. Rxd3 c4 25. bxc4 Qxc4 $10) 24.
e4 c4 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rc1 $1 Nxe4 $1 (26... Rd2 27. Rxc4 $1 $16) 27. fxe4 (
27. Rxc4 Rd1+ (27... Nc5 $1 28. b4 Qa4 $1 29. Qxa4 Nbxa4 $10) 28. Kh2 Nd2 $2
29. Rxc6 Nf1+ 30. Kg1 Nxg3+ 31. Kf2 Nh1+ 32. Ke3 Nd5+ 33. Ke4 Nf6+ 34. Ke5 $1 (
34. Kf4 $2 g5+ 35. Ke5 Nd7+ $10) 34... Nd7+ 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Ke3 $18) 27... Qxe4
28. Rxc4 $1 (28. Kf1 Rd2 29. Re1 cxb3 30. Qxa7 b2 31. Qxb6 Rxe2 $19) 28... Rd1+
(28... Nxc4 29. Qxc4 $16) (28... Qxe2 29. Rc8+ $18) 29. Kh2 (29. Kf2 $2 Qf5+
30. Rf4 Qc5+ 31. Rd4 $8 Rxd4 32. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Kf1 Nd5 $40) 29... Qb1 30. Rc1
(30. Bf2 $2 Rh1+ 31. Kg3 Qd3+ 32. Kh4 g5+ $19) (30. Bb8 $2 Rh1+ 31. Kg3 Qe1+
32. Kf3 Rf1+ 33. Ke3 Nd5+ $19) 30... Rxc1 31. Nxc1 Qxc1 32. Qxa7 Nd5 33. a4 Ne3
34. Bf2 $8 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 Ng3+ (35... Nd2+ 36. Kh2 Qc3 (36... Nxb3 $2 37. Qb8+)
37. a5 Qxb3 38. a6 Qd1 $10) 36. Kh2 Nf1+ 37. Kg1 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 (6... d6 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. f3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bxf6 (12. e4 $2 Nxe4 $1)
12... gxf6 13. Nh3 e5 14. e3 Rb8 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Nf2 $14 {Sjoberg,M-Tolnai,T/
Kecskemet/1991/0.5/47/}) 7. Bg5 d6 {/\ Nbd7,c5,Ba6<=>/} (7... Bb7 8. f3 h6 9.
Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 Nbd7 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Bf2 Ba6
16. b4 Rec8 17. Qb2 Bc4 18. Bb3 b5 $13 {Seirawan,J-Topalov,V/Amsterdam/1996/0.
5/42/}) (7... c5 8. dxc5 $1 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. O-O Rb8
13. Rab1 Bb7 14. Nd2 a5 15. b3 d5 $6 (15... Rfc8 $14) 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rfc1
$16 {Dautov,R-Lutz,C/Nussloch/1996/1:0/29/}) 8. e3 (8. f3 $5 Nbd7 9. Nh3) 8...
Nbd7 9. Bd3 (9. f3) 9... c5 10. Ne2 (10. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 $1 11. Bc2 Ba6 $36) 10...
Ba6 11. b4 (11. O-O) (11. b3) 11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 (13. Qxd4 Ne5 14.
b5 Bb7 15. O-O Nxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 $10) 13... Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. b5 (15. d5 $2 e4
$17) 15... Bb7 16. O-O d5 $1 (16... exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Nf5 $1 Rc5 19. Bc2 Ne5
20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Bxf6 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rxc4 25. Bd3 $16
{Baburin,A-Wirtensohn,H/Wohlen/1993/1:0/34/}) (16... e4 17. Bb1 Qc7 18. Ba2 d5
19. Qa4 Qb8 (19... dxc4 $6 20. Bg3 $1 Qd8 21. Qxa7 Bd5 22. Qa4 $16) 20. Bg3 Qa8
21. Nc3 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 dxc4 23. Bxc4 $14 {Baburin,A-Rosehtalis,E/Copenhagen/
1996/0.5/31/}) 17. Bf5 $2 (17. cxd5 Bxd5 (17... exd4 $5) 18. Qa4 e4 (18... Qc7
$2 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxa7 $16) 19. Bb1 Qc7 $13) 17... Rxc4 18.
Bxf6 Nxf6 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Qb2 Re8 $15 {>< e5/} 22. Rfe1 (22. f4
$2 Qc5+ 23. Nd4 Nc3 $19) 22... Qc7 (22... Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Ng3 g6 25.
Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rd7 Bc8 27. Rxa7 Rxb5 $15) 23. Ng3 Rxe5 24. Nxe4 (24. f3 $2 Qc5+)
24... Rxf5 (24... dxe4 $2 25. Rd7 Qb8 26. Rxb7 $1 $18) 25. Ng3 Rc2 (25... Rf6
$2 26. Nh5 Rg6 27. Qxg7+ $3 Rxg7 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Re8+ Rg8 30. Rxg8#) 26. Re8+
Kh7 27. Re7 $8 Qc5 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Rc1+ 30. Nf1 Bc8 31. f3 (31. Rxa7 $2
Re5 $19) 31... a6 32. Kf2 $1 (32. a4 axb5 33. axb5 Rb1 $17) 32... axb5 33. Ne3
Rf6 34. Rxd5 Ra1 35. Rd3 $1 (35. Rxb5 Rxa3 36. Nd5 Ra2+ $17) 35... Ra2+ 36. Kg3
Be6 37. h4 {/\ h5,Re8,Rde8/} h5 38. Rb7 Bc4 39. Rc3 Re2 (39... Rc6 40. Rxf7)
40. Rc7 $1 (40. Nxc4 bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rg6+ 42. Kf4 Rexg2 43. Rxf7 R6g4+ $1 44.
fxg4 Rxg4+ $17) 40... Ba2 41. Rc2 Rxe3 (41... Rxc2 42. Rxc2 Be6 43. Rc6) 42.
Rxa2 Rb3 43. Rd2 $1 Rxa3 44. Rd5 Kh6 45. Rxb5 Rg6+ 46. Rg5 (46. Kh3 Ra2) 46...
f6 47. Rxg6+ Kxg6 48. Rb7 Rb3 49. Kf4 $10 Rb4+ 50. Ke3 Rb2 51. g3 Rb3+ 52. Ke4
Kh6 53. Rf7 Rb4+ 54. Kf5 Rd4 55. Rb7 Rb4 56. Rb8 Rb5+ 57. Ke4 g5 58. hxg5+ fxg5
59. Rd8 h4 60. Rd6+ Kg7 61. gxh4 gxh4 62. Kf4 Rb4+ 63. Kg5 (63. Kg5 h3 64. Rg6+
$1 Kf7 65. Rh6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Black "Kalinin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 $5 d5 (
7... Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. f3 $5 c5 (9... a5 10. b5 $1 Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. Bd3 exd4
13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 c6 $6 15. O-O-O $1 $16 {Mitenkov,A-Tunik,G/Cherepovets/
1993/1:0/38/}) 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 (12... e5 $5) 13. Ne2 e5
14. Qd2 exd4 (14... e4 $5) 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxd4 d5 17. Nf5 $1 $36 {>< g7
Shishkin,V-Mitenkov,A/Katowice/1993/1:0/32/}) (7... c5 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bb7
10. e3 Qe7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b5 d6 (12... d5 $5 $132) 13. Nh3 Nd7 14. f3 Nef6
15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. O-O $14 {Mitenkov,A-Eismont,O/Moscow/1995/0,5/31/}) 8. e3 (8.
c5 Ne4 (8... Ba6 $5) 9. Qb2 $1 e5 $2 (9... Ba6 $2 10. b5 $1) (9... a5 $1 $13)
10. cxb6 exd4 11. bxc7 Qxc7 12. Nf3 Qc3+ 13. Qxc3 dxc3 14. Nd4 $16 {Lechtynsky,
J-Cvetkovic,S/Trnava/1989/1:0/36/}) 8... c5 $1 (8... Ba6 9. b5 $1) 9. dxc5 Ne4
10. Qc2 bxc5 11. Bd3 (11. Nf3 $5 Nc6 (11... cxb4 12. axb4 Nc6 13. b5 $1 $36) (
11... Bb7 $5) (11... Nd7 $5) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. bxc5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2
Qxc5 16. Be2 $14) 11... cxb4 12. axb4 (12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qc7 $1 14. Qxa8
Nc6 15. axb4 Bb7 16. Qxf8+ Kxf8 17. Nf3 Nxb4 18. O-O $10) 12... Nc6 13. Ba3 (
13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qc3 (14. Qxe4 $2 Nxb4 15. Qxa8 Qd3 $1 $17) 14... f6 $1 {
/\ Ne5|^/}) (13. Rb1 a5 $1 $36) 13... Ne5 $2 (13... Qf6 $1 14. Rc1 $1 (14. Rd1
Nxf2 $1 15. Qxf2 Qc3+ $36) 14... Ne5 $1 15. Nh3 $1 (15. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 16. Qxe4
Bb7 $1 17. Qxb7 Nd3+ $40) 15... Bb7 $10) 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qf6 (15... Nd3+
$2 16. Ke2 Qf6 17. Nf3 $18) (15... Qc7 $5) 16. Bb2 Nd3+ $8 17. Qxd3 Qxb2 18.
Rb1 Qf6 19. Ne2 $16 Bb7 20. O-O Rfd8 21. Qc3 Qg6 (21... Qxc3 $5 22. Nxc3 Rdc8
23. c5 a5 $132) 22. Nf4 Qg5 23. f3 Rac8 24. Nh3 $1 Qh5 25. Ra1 a6 26. e4 Rd7
27. Nf2 Qg5 28. Rfd1 Rxd1+ (28... Rdc7 29. c5) (28... Rcd8 $16) 29. Rxd1 a5 $2
30. b5 $1 h6 (30... Qxb5 $2 31. cxb5 Rxc3 32. Rd8#) 31. Rc1 Qc5 32. Qxa5 $18 f5
$1 33. exf5 exf5 34. Qd2 Bd5 35. b6 $2 (35. h4 $1 Bxc4 36. b6 Qxb6 (36... Qb5
37. Qd4 $18) (36... Re8 37. Qc3 $18) 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Qd5+ $18) 35... Bb7 $1
$16 (35... Bxc4 $2 36. b7) 36. Qd7 Qxb6 37. Qxf5 Qe3 38. Rf1 (38. Qc2 $16)
38... Re8 39. h3 Ba6 40. Qd5+ Kh8 41. Ra1 Bc8 42. Qd3 Qc5 43. Ra8 $2 (43. Qd5
$16) 43... Re1+ 44. Kh2 Qc7+ $1 45. g3 Rc1 46. Ra4 Qc5 $2 (46... Qc6 $1 47. Rb4
$140 Qc5 48. Qd2 Rxc4 $1 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd3+ Bf5 51. Qxc4 Qxf2+ 52. Kh1 Qxf3+
53. Kh2 Qf2+ $10) 47. Kg2 Bb7 48. Qd2 $1 Bxf3+ (48... Rxc4 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50.
Qd3+ $18) (48... Qc6 49. Qxc1 Qxf3+ 50. Kf1 Qg2+ 51. Ke2 Bf3+ 52. Ke3 Qxg3 53.
Ne4 $1 $18) 49. Kxf3 Qc6+ 50. Ne4 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Qxe4+ 52. Kxf1 Qf3+ 53. Ke1 Qh1+
54. Kf2 Qh2+ 55. Ke3 Qxg3+ 56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[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 "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {I wasn't upset by Volokitin's choice of Nimzo
as I myself started employing it recently as Black.} 4. Qc2 {After an
unfortunate opening outcome against Ivan Sokolov in last Poikovsky (I drew
that game with Black but a certain portion of luck was needed) I decided to
give a closer look at the whole 4.Qc2 system and realized that there are still
some hidden nuances. It is also true that I employed it when occasionally
playing 1.d4 in 1997 and 2000.} O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 {
I consider this move to be more critical than 8.f3 that Eljanov played a day
earlier against me or 8.Nf3 and 8.Nh3 that I faced in former times.} d6 9. Ne2
Nbd7 10. Qd3 {Following Ivan's play.} c5 (10... Ba6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13.
Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 c5 15. Rd1 $1 {would be Ivan's idea (as he said he prepared
it together with Suat Atalik) that made me suffer in Poikovsky but then get an
important point as White against Naiditsch in Dagomys. For some misterious
reason Black is always short of achieving complete equality and has to deal
with some unpleasant practical problems.}) 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Be2 $5 {A novelty
which was not really prepared (just thought about) before the game. Such an
intuitive pawn sacrifice is more typical of my old play but... why not again!
I felt that my attacking possibilities should compensate the disadvantage and
after all wasn't it Tal who said 'First sacrifice, then calculate'?. Of course,
it is also worth to mention that White gets the open 'g' line, something that
in Tal's hands already meant the victory! Well, not in my hands this time...} (
12. Rd1 {is what they play here but how White can castle queenside then?})
12... Bxg2 {I would think twice or thrice before such a greedy move but as I
remember from his game against Shabalov (Calvia 2004) Andrei Volokitin likes
to grab material. And it is also possible that a cautious play like} (12...
Rfd8 13. O-O {would not equalise entirely.}) 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. O-O-O Rfc8 {
Apart from being an exceptionally good calculator, Volokitin also posseses a
strong practical skill - he often makes unexpected moves. In this case I am
not sure of its value though, as White's answer could be in his plans anyway,
so putting the rook on c8 might be a waste of tempo. I anticipated} (14... Kh8
{and was going to decide whether to go for a slightly better endgame after} 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rd7 {or try to create
the attack on the kingside. But Black's move left me only with the second
option!}) 15. d5 $1 ({The inclusion of} 15. Bh6 g6 {would be unnecessary as
the bishop is very strong on g5 and sooner or later Black will weaken his
kingside anyway.}) 15... exd5 (15... Ne5 {is just a pseudo-activity as after}
16. Qc2 exd5 17. cxd5 {Black would also have to deal with the threat of 18.Ne4.
}) 16. cxd5 a6 17. Qf5 ({A clear indication of my shaky form in Dagomys was
that only after making my moves (almost in every game I played relatively fast)
I noticed interesting alternatives which then would drive my concentration
away as I would just calculate them instead of thinking about the actual
position! OK, in this game the excuse is that the alternatives are really
fascinating such as} 17. Bg4 $5 Ne5 18. Qc2 {and Black faces a tough choice.
He should probably play} Nexg4 (18... Re8 {what I 'considered' during the game
after playing 17.Qf5, is probably dangerous due to} 19. Bf5 $1 Nf3 20. Bxf6
Qxf6 21. Rg3 $1) 19. Rxg4 Qe5 (19... Re8 $2 20. Rf4) 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qe7
22. Rdg1 g6 {but then White still continues his attack getting back the pawn
after} 23. Rf4 f5 24. Rxf5 Rf8 25. Rfg5 $1 {and Black has to be very careful,
for example a natural move} Rae8 {loses brilliantly to} 26. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 27.
Rxg6+ Kh8 28. Nxd6 $1 {and Black can't defend or move.... his rook on e8 as he
gets mated then!}) 17... b5 18. Bd3 g6 ({The only move as} 18... Qe5 19. Bf4
Qxf5 20. Bxf5 {would lead to a hopeless endgame.}) 19. Ne4 $1 {This natural
queen sacrifice took me a lot of time spent... for} (19. Qh3 {which looks
tempting (after all the attack continues!) but offers Black just enough
counterplay after} b4 20. Ne4 c4 21. Bc2 c3 $1 ({not} 21... b3 22. Qh4 $1 bxc2
23. Rd4 $1 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Nc5 26. Qf5 $1 $16) 22. Qh4 $1 (22. b3
$6 bxa3 23. Kb1 (23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Kb1 Qd7 25. Qh6 Ne8) 23... Qxe4 $1 24. Bxe4
Nxe4 $15) (22. bxc3 b3 23. Qh4 bxc2 24. Rd4 Nxe4 25. Bxe7 Nxc3 26. Kxc2 Ne2+
27. Kd1 Nxg1 28. Qg4 Ne5 29. Qxg1 Nf3 30. Qg4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Rc7 $13) 22...
cxb2+ 23. Kb1 b3 $1 (23... Rxc2 $2 24. Bxf6 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 26. Rxc1 Nxf6
27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rc7+ Kf8 31. Rxb7 gxh5 32. axb4
$16) {and even though White's position looks very attractive after} 24. Bd3 Kg7
{, I don't see anything better than a move's repetition.}) 19... gxf5 20. Bxf6+
$2 {Oh dear... Right after this natural capture I saw} (20. Nxf6+ $1 {which
would be not only much more brilliant but also stronger e.g.} Nxf6 (20... Kg7
21. Ng8 $5 ({fritzy, of course! However the human continuation} 21. Nh5+ Kf8
22. Bxf5 $1 (22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bxf5 Rh8 $14) (22. Bh6+ $5 Ke8 23. Rg8+ Nf8 24.
Bxf5 $14) 22... Qe5 23. Bxd7 Rc7 24. Bf4 Rxd7 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. e4 $1 $16 {
is also very promising}) 21... Qxg5 (21... Qe8 22. Bh6+ Kh8 23. Nf6 Nxf6 24.
Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bxf6+ Kf8 26. Bxf5 Qd8 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxh7 Ke7 29. e4 $16) 22.
Rxg5+ Kh8 23. Ne7 $1 $16) (20... Qxf6 21. Bxf6+ Kf8 22. Bh4 $18) 21. Bxf6+ Kf8
22. Rg8+ $1 {(for some misterious reason I missed this move when thinking
about 19.Ne4! and not checking things up after 19...gxf5)} Kxg8 23. Bxe7 f6 {
(the only defence)} 24. Bxf5 Kf7 25. Bxd6 Re8 26. Bxc5 $1 Bc8 (26... h5 27.
Be6+ Rxe6 28. dxe6+ Kxe6 29. Rd6+ $16) 27. Bxh7 Rh8 28. Bc2 Rxh2 29. Rg1 Rh6
30. Kd2 $16 {and White should win this endgame.}) 20... Kf8 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22.
Ng3 {This is what I meant when playing 19.Ne4. White is also better here but
not as much as after 20.Nxf6+!} Nf6 $2 {However now Black gets into trouble
again. It was also bad to continue} (22... Bxd5 $2 23. Nxf5+ Ke6 24. Bc2 $1 Nf6
25. e4 $1 Bxe4 26. Nxd6 Bxc2 27. Kxc2 {and White wins but after}) (22... Ne5 $1
{Black would be only slightly worse e.g.} 23. Bxf5 (23. Nxf5+ Kd7 24. Be4 $14 {
would be another option to consider}) 23... Rh8 24. Bh3 $1 $14) 23. Nxf5+ Kd7
24. e4 $1 Rg8 25. Nh6 $1 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 {Now White is more or less winning and
I had more or less enough time. But it wasn't my day. I should also mention
that once again in trouble Volokitin starts defending very accurately.} Rf8 27.
Rg7 Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kd7 29. Kd2 Bc8 30. b4 $5 {Afterwards I felt frustrated about
this move that loses a tempo gives Black the passed pawn. However getting the
d4 square is also important, so now I feel it's not a bad decision. There was
no forced win after} (30. Ke3 Kc7 31. Nh6 Bd7 $16 {or}) (30. f3 h5 31. Ke3 Ne8
32. Rh7 Kd8 33. Rxh5 (33. Ng3 Nf6 34. Rh6 Ke7 $16) 33... Bxf5 34. Rxf5 Ke7 $16)
30... c4 31. Bc2 h5 32. h4 $2 {But this is a terrible mistake. I calculated
the line that actually happened in the game up to the 40th move and for some
misterious reason I decided it was winning for White. But it is not. Meanwhile
the quiet} (32. f3 h4 33. a4 $1 {would create another weakness on b5 and bring
White the decisive advantage.}) 32... Kc7 33. Nh6 Ng4 34. Nxf7 $6 {I could
still be better after} (34. Nxg4 hxg4 $1 (34... Bxg4 35. Ke3 $16) 35. Bd1 Kd8
36. Bxg4 Bxg4 37. Rxg4 {but after} Rh8 $1 $14 {Black's drawing chances would
already be very good due to the strong c4 pawn.}) 34... Nxf2 35. Ne5+ Kb6 36.
a4 $1 a5 $1 37. bxa5+ Kxa5 38. Nc6+ (38. Rf7 Rxf7 39. Nxf7 bxa4 40. Nxd6 Ba6) (
{or} 38. Nf7 Ng4 39. axb5 Kb4 $1 {would be very unclear}) 38... Kb6 39. a5+ Kc5
40. Rc7 {Here Volokitin spent almost all his remaining time and suddenly played
} Ng4 $4 ({while it was already downing at me that after} 40... Bg4 {I would
probably have nothing better than moves' repetition with} 41. Na7+ Kb4 42. Nc6+
{etc.}) 41. Kc3 $4 {Oh, no! Playing instantly with the time-control already
reached just because I thought I was winning on spot. Which would actually be
the case after} (41. Bd1 $1 {and Black wouldn't get any compensation for the
piece he can't avoid losing.}) 41... Rf3+ 42. Kb2 Rf2 {Now Black threatens 43..
.Ne3, so having thought for nearly an hour (a bit late, wasn't it?) I splitted
the point for good.} 43. Ne5+ Kb4 44. Nc6+ Kc5 45. Ne5+ Kb4 {All the six games
of the match ended in a draw, so we became champions but it was still very
difficult to avoid the frustration with the game where at least three times I
missed a clear improvement on what I played.  Now looking back I can console
myself with the thought that I also made some good and creative moves unlike
in the middle of the event when I made several insipid draws.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tyomkin,D} c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7.
Qc2 O-O (7... Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. c5 a5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13.
Ne5 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,G-Kumaran,D/Oviedo rapid 1993 (34)}) (7... dxc4 $6
8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. d5 $1 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bg5 $44 Bxb3
$4 14. axb3 Be7 15. Rfd1 $18 {1-0 Zifroni,D-Karolyi,T/Tel Aviv ISR 1999 (20)})
8. Bg5 (8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. a3 Be7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Rd1 Qc8
14. Bd3 g6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tirard,H-Zelcic,
R/FIJ97 B16 1997 (43)}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 $5 $146 (9... b6 10. cxd5 Bb7 $5 11.
Be2 (11. dxe6 Bxf3 $36 {[%cal Gd8d4]}) 11... Bxd5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7
14. c4 Be4 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Qe3 $14 {0-1 Serra Olives,T-Magem Badals,J/Linares
ESP 1998 (41)}) 10. Rd1 Be7 11. a3 b6 (11... Nh5 $5 12. Bxe7 (12. Bg3 Nxg3 13.
hxg3 Bf6 14. c5 a5) 12... Qxe7 13. Qd2 $11 {[%csl Gf4]}) 12. Bd3 Bb7 (12... Ba6
$5 13. Qa4 dxc4 {This is quality sacrifice.} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Be4 Na5 16. Bxa8
Qxa8 $132 {Black has a sharp play with pair of bishops and the pressure over
big diagonal a8-h1.}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O Re8 (15... Na5 $142
$11 {[%csl Yb7,Gc4][%cal Ga5c4] looking for outpost-c4 for the knight.After
exchange the knight on-c4 black takes dxc4 and gets strong bishop on big
diagonal.}) 16. b4 $1 {capturing the space on the queenside.Now black hasn't
possibility to transfer the knight to-c4.} Rc8 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Rc7 19. Qb3
Ne7 20. Bb1 $14 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf1e1,Yf3e5,Gb3c2] White pieces take
comfortable places,black bishops are passive.With the last move white prepares
the attack to the black king.} Ba6 $1 21. Rfe1 (21. b5 Bc8 {[%csl Gf5]}) 21...
Bc4 22. Qc2 g6 23. Ne5 Kg7 (23... Bxe5 $2 24. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5][%cal
Ye5e6,Gc2d2]}) 24. Qd2 Qc8 $1 {aimed against Ng4.} (24... Z0 $140 25. Ng4 Bg5
26. f4) 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. h3 {[%cal Ge5g4]} Bg5 (26... a6 $142 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 27.
Ng4 Bg5 28. f4 Bh4 $14) 27. f4 Bh4 28. Red1 a6 (28... Bb3 29. Rf1) 29. g4 $1 {
continuing with the same strategy.The last move gains more space on the
kingside,f4-f5 break always threatens.} Bb3 30. Rf1 Nc6 31. Nf3 Be7 32. Rce1
Re8 $2 ({Correct move was:} 32... Bf6 33. f5 $140 g5) {Now white is starting
decisive break:} 33. f5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Bf6 $138 (33... g5 {[%tqu "En","How to
break the defense?","","","e1e7","",10]} 34. Rxe7 $1 Rcxe7 (34... Nxe7 35. f6+
$1 Kh8 36. Nxg5 $1 $18) 35. f6+ (35. Nxg5 Kg8 36. f6 $16) 35... Kxf6 36. Qd3
Rc7 37. Nd2+ (37. Ne5+ Ke7) 37... Ke7 38. Nxb3 Nxb4 $8 39. Qf3 Rxc3 40. Qf6+
Kd7 41. Bf5+ $18) 34. fxg6 fxg6 ({Black had more persistent way:} 34... Rxe1
35. Rxe1 Ne7 (35... fxg6 36. Qd3 Ne7 37. Rxe7+ Bxe7 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Qxh6+ $18
) 36. Ne2 fxg6 (36... Nxg6 37. Ng3 $16 {[%cal Yg3f5,Yg3h5]}) 37. Nf4 $16) 35.
Qd3 Rxe1 (35... Ne7 36. Rxe7+ $1 $18) 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Solozhenkin,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qb3 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15.
O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 $146 (16... Nb8) (16... Qc7) 17. a4 Rc6 $5 18. Rfe1 (18.
Rac1 Qa8 {/\Rfc8,Ne8}) (18. Nc3 $5) 18... Qc8 19. Rac1 Nd5 $1 $11 20. Bxd5 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Bxd5 22. Rxc8 (22. Qb4 Qb7 23. Qc3 Nb8 $11) 22... Bxb3 23. Rc7 Nf6 24.
Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nc3 Rd8 26. Rb7 Rxd4 27. Rxb6 (27. a5 $5 b5 28. Rb6 Bc4 $132)
27... Bxa4 28. Rxa6 Bc2 29. Rb6 $6 (29. Kf2 Rb4 30. Ra2 $11) 29... f5 $1 30. g3
(30. b4 Rc4) 30... Kg7 $15 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Rxh2 33. b4 h5 34. b5 e5 $1 {
/\35...h4 36.gh4 f4 mate} 35. f4 Rg2 $1 36. Kf3 (36. fxe5 Rxg3+ 37. Kd2 Rg2+
38. Ke3 (38. Ne2 f4 39. Ke1 f3 40. Nf4 Rh2) 38... h4 39. Ra6 (39. e6 h3 40. e7
h2 41. e8=Q h1=Q 42. Qe5+ Kh7 $19) 39... Rg1 $1 40. Kf2 (40. Ra2 Rc1 41. Kf2 (
41. Ne2 h3) 41... h3 42. Kg3 f4+ 43. Kxh3 Bf5+ $19) 40... Rg3 41. Ra3 (41. Ne2
Rb3 42. b6 Be4) 41... f4 42. b6 Be4 $19) 36... Rd2 37. Rc6 e4+ 38. Ke3 Rd3+ 39.
Kf2 (39. Ke2 Rxg3 40. b6 Bd3+ {/\41... Ba6}) 39... Rf3+ 40. Kg2 Bd3 41. b6 Bf1+
$1 42. Kh2 Ba6 43. Nb5 $5 (43. Kg2 Rd3) 43... Rf2+ $1 (43... e3 $2 44. Nd4 $1
Rf2+ 45. Kg1 (45. Kh3 $2 e2 46. Rc1 Rf1 47. Nxe2 Bxe2 48. b7 Rf2 $19) 45...
Rf1+ 46. Kh2 e2 47. Nxe2 Bxe2 48. Rc2 $11) (43... Bxb5 $2 44. Rg6+ $3 $11 (44.
b7 $2 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 (45. Kh3 Bf1+) 45... Rf1+ 46. Kh2 (46. Kg2 Rb1) 46... Bxc6
47. b8=Q e3 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qb8+ Kh7 $19)) 44. Kg1 Rf1+ $3 $19 45. Kg2 (45.
Kh2 e3 $19) 45... Bxb5 46. b7 Rb1 47. b8=Q Bf1+ 48. Kf2 Rxb8 49. Kxf1 Rb3 50.
Kg2 Rf3 51. Kh3 Rf2 52. Rc8 e3 53. Re8 e2 54. Re5 f6 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. Re6 Kf7
57. Re3 h4 58. gxh4 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 $5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 a5 11. Bd3 d6 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bf4 $5 (
14. Bh4 Ne5 {Ljubojevic}) 14... d5 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. O-O dxc4 $6 {
><c5, ><a5} (17... Ba6 18. cxd5 (18. b3 $6 a4 $1) 18... Bxd3 19. Rxd3) 18. Bxc4
Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Ba6 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Kf2 $1 (21. Bf2 $2 Qg5 $1) 21... Qg5 $5 22.
Qd2 {/\ e4} f5 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 (23... Rad8 $5 {Rf8 is good for the f-file, but
a5 and c5 are weak.}) 24. Qc1 Qf6 25. Kg1 Rac8 $138 (25... Kh7 $5 26. e4 fxe4
27. fxe4 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Nf4 29. Rf2 e5 30. Rxd8 (30. Rdf1 Nd3 $1 31. Rxf6 Nxc1
32. R6f2 Nd3) 30... Rxd8 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. h3 $1 (32. Rxf4 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 (33.
Kh1 Qxb2 $1) 33... Qxe4 (33... Rf8 $2 34. Qd2 $1) 34. Qc2 (34. Qxc5 Rd1+ 35.
Rf1 Rd2 36. Rf2 Rd1+ $10) 34... Rd3 $5 $13) (32. Qxf4 $4 Rd1+ 33. Rf1 Qxf4)
32... Qe5 $6 (32... g5 33. Qxc5 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd4 $1) 33. Qxf4 $1 (33. Rxf4 $6
Rd4 34. Qe3 $2 (34. Rf1) 34... Rd1+ $13) 33... Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf4+ 35. Rxf4 Rd2
36. Rf5 Rxb2 (36... c4 37. Rc5 Rc2 $132) 37. Rxc5 Re2 $132 38. Rc4 $1 (38. e5
$2 a4 $1 $14 39. Kg3 Re3+ 40. Kf4 $1) 38... Re3 39. Ra4 $1) 26. e4 $1 fxe4 27.
fxe4 Ne7 28. Bd6 Ng6 29. Ng3 Rd7 30. e5 Qf4 31. Qc2 Qg5 32. Ne4 Qf5 33. Qf2
Nxe5 $2 $138 {>< Ba6} (33... Nf4) 34. Qxf5 exf5 35. Nxc5 Rxd6 $6 (35... Nd3 36.
Rxd3 (36. Nxd7 Nxe1 37. Rxe1 (37. Nc5 Rc6 38. Nxa6 Rxa6 39. Be5 Nc2 40. Rd7 g5
$13 (40... Rg6 $2 41. Kf2 $18)) (37. Nb8 $1 {Controlling c6} Bb7 38. Rxe1 Rc2
39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Re7 Be4 41. Be5 Rxg2+ 42. Kf1 h5 43. Nd7 Kh6 44. b4 $18) 37...
Rd8 38. Re7 Bb5) 36... Bxd3 37. Nxd7 Rd8 38. Re7 Bb5 $1 $13) 36. Rxd6 Rxc5 37.
Rxa6 Nd3 38. Rb1 $1 Rb5 39. Rd6 Rb3 40. Rd5 a4 41. Rxf5 Nxb2 42. Rf4 Nd3 43.
Rxb3 axb3 44. Rf5 $1 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Migot, Tangi"]
[Black "Stany, George Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Stany,GA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:59"]
[BlackClock "0:03:34"]

{This was the final round of Sautron Open and a win would have helped me to
gain few rating points and tie for first place as well.} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]
My opponent has generally played 1.e4 and occasionally played 1.d4 so it was
understandable that he was not very well prepared in the opening} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bb4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:08] I liked his opening choice because (a) I was surprised, (b) I
had never faced this line so far in a tournament game; therefore, had very
less idea about the theory, and (c) It is a dynamic move and suits our current
tournament situation.} d5 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:00:48]
During the game 8.a3 looked natural and I was out of theory from here.} Bxc3+ {
[%emt 0:13:39]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} (9... cxd4 {
Generelly top players have gone with cd4 first, then Qa5 followed by f6 later.}
10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Ne2 f6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Be3 b6 16.
h4 Bb7 17. Rh3 Ne7 18. Kg1 Rc8 19. Bg5 Rf7 20. Rc3 Nf5 21. Rb1 h6 22. Rb5 Qa6
23. Rb4 Bc6 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Bd7 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qxc8+ {1/2-1/2 (27)
Bartel,M (2658)-Tomashevsky,E (2740) Moscow 2012}) 10. Ne2 {[%emt 0:14:51]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. Bxe4 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:09:53]} ({I was expecting} 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Nxd4 Nb5+ (13... Ne4+ 14. Ke2 f5 $13) 14. Bd2 Nxd4
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxa5 Nxc2+ 17. Bxc2 Nc6 18. Bb4 Nxb4 19. axb4 f6 20. exf6
Rxf6 21. Kd2 Bd7 22. Rhe1 a6 23. Re7 Rd8 24. Rae1 Kg8 25. h4 Kf8 26. h5 Be8 27.
Rxb7 Bxh5 28. Rh1 Rh6 29. g4 Be8 30. Rxh6 gxh6 31. Rb6 Kg7 32. Bd3 Rd7 33. Bxa6
Rf7 34. Rb7 Bd7 35. b5 Kf6 36. b6 Ke6 37. Bb5 {1-0 (37) Karpov,A (2619)
-Pelletier,Y (2578) Cap d'Agde 2013}) 11... dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd7 $1 {[%emt 0:03:28]} (12... Nc6 13. Bf4 dxc3 14. O-O {
and white is doing fine}) 13. O-O {[%emt 0:09:19]} (13. Bf4 {Doesn't work now
due to} Nc5 14. Qxd4 Nb3) 13... Qxe5 {[%emt 0:06:47]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:06:00]}
(14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. cxd4 Nxc4 {is clear lost for White}) 14... dxc3 {[%emt 0:03:
07]} 15. Bf4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:18] The only way for White to survive is by
hindering Blacks development and also by putting pressure with continuous
threats} Qf5 {[%emt 0:07:27] I thought my Queen would be safest on g6 square} (
15... Qa5 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Nxc3) (15... Qf6 16. Nxc3 Nb6 17. Ne4 Qg6
18. Nd6) 16. Ng3 {[%emt 0:05:01]} (16. Nxc3 Nb6 17. Nb5 e5 18. Bg3 Qxf3 19.
gxf3 Nxc4) 16... Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 17. Bd6 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:
05] and no more threats!} 18. Ne4 $6 {[%emt 0:02:07] Ne4 is tempting but it is
misplaced here, Now it helps Black to gain control over a8-h1 diagonal as
happened in the game} (18. Rfc1 c2 19. Ra2 e5 20. c5 {was the best way to
fight although Black is still better after e4 followed by Nf6} e4) 18... Nb6 {
[%emt 0:16:43]} 19. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:24:42]} (19. c5 Nc4 {was my idea} 20. Nxc3 (
20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Rxc3 Nxd6 22. Nxd6 Bc6 $17) 20... Nd2) 19... Nxc4 {[%emt 0:03:
12]} 20. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} b5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:18] My opponent missed this
move} 21. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (21. a4 Bb7 $19) 21... Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:35] Now
I am two pawns up and clearly winning} 22. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:
01:05]} 23. Na6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:32] Thanks to my well placed
Queen on g6 White can never play Nc7} 24. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (24. Qd4 Ba8 25.
Qxa7 e5 $19) 24... h5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 25. f3 {[%emt 0:03:11]} (25. h4 f5 26.
Qb1 Nd2 27. Qb4 Ne4) 25... Bxf3 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 26. Ra2 {[%emt 0:10:15]} (26.
gxf3 h4 27. Kg2 hxg3 28. hxg3 Ne3+ $1 {I thought my opponent would fall into
this but he escaped} 29. Rxe3 Rc2+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kh3 Qh6+ 31. Qh4 Qxe3) 30...
Qxg3) 26... Bd5 {[%emt 0:09:04]} 27. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:54]}
28. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:19] Forcing the exchange. Once the
queens are off the board it was easy to convert the material into a win.} 29.
a4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 30. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 31. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Na3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 32. Rb2 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 33. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 34.
Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 35. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Ne2+ {
[%emt 0:00:49]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Kxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 39. Rdd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nh3 $6 (8. f3) 8... h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 c5 $1 (11... Nbd7 12. Bd3
$14) 12. dxc5 $6 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. dxc5 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 bxc5 15. Rb1 Bc6 $10) (
12. Bd3 $5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 g5 14. Bg3 (14. Nxg5 $2 Nc6) 14... Nc6 15. Qa4 d4 16.
O-O-O $13) 12... g5 $1 {N} (12... d4 13. Bxf6 dxc3 14. Bxd8 cxb2 15. Rb1 Rxd8
16. Rxb2 Nd7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. f3 Rxa3 $10 {Vajser-Lobron,Paris 1990}) 13. Bg3
$8 (13. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Ne4) 13... d4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Re8+ 16. Be5
$8 (16. Kd2 Nc6 17. Bb5 Ne4+ (17... Rad8 $5) 18. Kd3 Rad8 $40) 16... Nbd7 17.
O-O-O Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. cxb6 Be4 (19... axb6 $5 20. f3 $8 g4 21. Nf2 $1 (
21. fxg4 Nxg4 $40 {xe4,e3,g2,h3}) 21... gxf3 22. gxf3 Bxf3 (22... Rc8+ 23. Kb1
Bxf3 24. Rg1+ Kf8 25. Bh3 $132) 23. Rg1+ Kf8 24. Rd4 $13 {/\Rf4}) 20. b4 (20.
b7 $2 Rc5+ 21. Kd2 Rd8+ 22. Ke3 Re8 $17) 20... axb6 21. Kb2 Rc8 22. Ba6 $1 $8 (
22. f3 $6 Rc2+ 23. Kb3 Bf5 24. Bd3 Rxg2 $17) (22. Rc1 Rd8 $40) 22... Rc2+ (
22... Ra8 $6 23. Rhe1 $5) 23. Kb3 Rc7 (23... Nd5 24. Rhe1 $8 Rc3+ $10) 24. Rhe1
$5 (24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxg2 26. Ng1 Rf5 $17) 24... b5 $6 {/\Re6,xb5} (24...
g4 25. Nf4 Bc2+ 26. Kb2 Bxd1 27. Rxe5 Rc2+ 28. Ka1 $1 Rxf2 29. Re1 Bb3 30. Rf1
$1 Ra2+ 31. Kb1 Rxa3 32. Kb2 Rxa6 33. Kxb3 $132) (24... Ng4 $5 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26.
Rg1 $6 $44) (24... Bd5+ 25. Kb2 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bxg2 27. Ng1 Ng4 28. f3 $1 Nxh2
29. Re2 Bf1 30. Rxh2 Bxa6 31. Rxh6 $10) 25. Rc1 $6 (25. f3 $1 Bc2+ 26. Kb2 Bxd1
27. Rxe5 Rc2+ 28. Ka1 Rxg2 29. Bxb5 Rxh2 (29... Bxf3 30. Rf5 Bg4 31. Rxf6 Bxh3
32. Rxh6) 30. Ng1 $132) 25... Bxg2 $2 (25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxg2 27. Ng1 (27.
Bc8 $5) 27... g4 $1 $15) 26. Rxe5 Rxc1 27. Nxg5 $16 Rb1+ (27... hxg5 $2 28.
Rxg5+ $18) (27... Bd5+ 28. Kb2 Rh1 (28... Rf1 $6 29. Bxb5) 29. Nf3 $1 $8 (29.
Rf5 $2 Kg7 30. Nf3 Be4 31. Rf4 Rb1+ 32. Ka2 Nd5 $1 $19) 29... Bxf3 30. Rf5 Rb1+
31. Ka2 Bd5+ 32. Rxd5) 28. Kc2 Rh1 29. Rf5 Ne4 (29... Kg7 30. Nf3 $16) 30. Nxf7
Kg7 31. f3 $6 $138 (31. Bxb5) 31... Nf6 32. Nd6 (32. Nxh6 $2 Rxh2 33. Rxf6
Bxf3+) 32... Rxh2 33. Kb3 h5 34. Bxb5 h4 35. Rg5+ Kf8 36. Rg6 Nh5 (36... Ke7
37. Nf5+ Kf7 38. Nxh4) 37. Nf5 Bxf3 (37... h3 38. Bd7 $1 {/\Be6,Rg8} Nf4 39.
Rf6+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ Kg7 41. Ng4 $18) 38. Bc4 $138 {Stohl,I} (38. Bc4 Bd1+ (38...
Ke8 39. b5 Kd7 40. b6 $18) 39. Kc3 Rc2+ 40. Kd4 Rxc4+ 41. Kxc4 h3 42. Ng3 h2
43. Nh1 Bf3 44. Nf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 {The main line and probably the
strongest one. The disadvantage of the line is that Black has too many
interesting options, that promise him an equal game.} Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 (6... d5
7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc3 {a very rare line} h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Na6 (13... c5 $5 14. O-O Nd7) 14. O-O c5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16.
Ne5 cxd4 $6 17. Qxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qd7 $16 {
1-0 (50) Nakamura,H (2786)-Kramnik,V (2793) Antalya TUR 2013}) (6... b5 {
This gambit line was often played by Naiditsch} 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3
Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 (11... a6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Qb6 15.
Qc7 Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. h3 Ne4 21.
Bh2 Kf8 $11 {L'Ami,E (2628)-Nakamura,H (2751) Wijk aan Zee 2011 0-1 (43).}) 12.
Bg3 Ne4 13. Qd3 (13. Qc2 Na6 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 Nc7 (15... h5 $5 16. h4 g4 17.
Ne5 d6 18. Nd3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Nc7 $15) 16. Bd3 f5 17. O-O d6 18. Nd2 h5 $6 (
18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qe7 $11) 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. h3 h4 21. Bh2 Qd7 22. Rac1 $14
Na8 $6 23. Qb1 d5 24. f3 $16 {Drozdovskij,Y (2603)-Naiditsch,A (2700) Odessa
2009 1/2 (64)}) 13... a6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Rc1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. Qc3 Qc8 18.
Qxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Bd3 Ra7 {Dreev,A (2654)-Naiditsch,A (2708) Warsaw
2012 1-0 (51)} 21. f4 $5 Rc7 22. Kf2 $14) 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 {or} (9.
Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 (10... c5 11. Nc3) 11. Bh4 c5 12. Rd1 (12. dxc5 {see the
game Morozevich,A-Moiseenko,A EU-ChT 2011 1-0 (58) annotated by Marin}) 12...
cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Nc3 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Rc4 Qb8 17. Be2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3
Bd5 19. Bg3 e5 20. Rc7 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. O-O Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 {1/2 (23)
Inarkiev,E (2693)-Jakovenko,D (2724) Poikovsky 2013}) 9... h6 (9... Nbd7 10.
Bd3 Rc8 11. Rc1 c5 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 d5 15. cxd5 Rxc1+ 16. Nxc1
Qc8 17. O-O Nxd5 18. e4 $6 (18. Nb3 $5 e5 (18... Ba6 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Be4 $14)
19. Qa4 Nxe3 $6 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Be7 $16) 18... e5 19. Qf2 Nf4 20.
Rd1 Nc5 21. Bf1 Ba6 $11 {Danielian,E (2470)-Koneru,H (2607) Tashkent 2013 0-1 
(58)}) 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 {Other moves were also at the centre of discussion.
} ({A very rare line.} 11. O-O-O {See the game Gelfand,B (2700)-Anand,V (2635)
Munich 1991 1-0 (59) commented by Gelfand}) ({Up to the moment Black is OK
after} 11. Nh3 Re8 12. Be2 e5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bf2 Nf8 15. Kh1 Ng6 16. b4 a5 17.
e4 Nh5 18. dxe5 Nhf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bd1 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 dxe5 23.
c5 Qg5 $6 (23... Nd3 $11) 24. Bg3 Ra8 25. Qc3 Ba6 26. Rg1 $14 {1-0 (77)
Eljanov,P (2761)-Polgar,J (2682) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 11... c5 12. Ne2 Rc8
13. Qb3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 ({According to Houdini} 14... cxd4 $5 {is not worse
than 14...Bxd5. The only game, that I managed to find in the database continued
} 15. exd4 $8 (15. Nxd4 $6 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qxd5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $15) 15... Bxd5 16.
Qa4 Bc6 17. Qd1 b5 18. O-O Qb6 $132 {Brittner,S (2182)-Uribe,M (2364) Bled
2002 0-1 (37)}) 15. Qd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4 17. O-O Bxd3 {The most reliable way.}
(17... a6 18. Rc1 b5 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 bxc4 21. Qa4 $14 Qb6 22. Qxc4 Qxb2
23. Qxa6 Nd5 24. Bf2 Nc5 25. Qd6 Nd3 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxd5 Nxf2
29. Qc5 $6 (29. Qe6 $3 {I believe that human players can't find such kind
moves.} Nd3 30. Qd6 Ra8 31. Qxd3 Rxa3 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Re1 Ra2 34. Qd3+ Kh8 35.
Qf1 $16) 29... Nh3+ 30. Kh1 (30. gxh3 Rf6 31. Qh5 Qe2 $44) 30... Nf2+ 31. Kg1
Nh3+ 32. Kh1 {1/2 (32) Sokolov,I (2625)-Georgiev,K (2610) Elenite 1992}) 18.
Qxd3 {White keeps some pressure in this line. Nevertheless, the most likely
outcome of the game is a draw.} Ne5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Bf2 $146 {A novelty that
can't change the long established verdict that the line is very drawish.} (20.
Bg3 Nd5 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Qd2 Rfd8 23. e4 (23. Rc1 $5 Qb7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1
a6 26. e4 {White has a tiny edge.}) 23... Nf6 24. Bf2 Qd7 25. Be3 Qa4 {1/2 (25)
Khalifman,A (2667) -Lutz,C (2595) New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 20... e5 21. Nb5 Qe7
22. Rfd1 {Due to his bishop, White is slightly better. Black should avoid the
queen exchange.} Rfd8 23. Be1 (23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 a6 25. Rc7 (25. Nc3 e4
26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 exf3 28. gxf3 Ne5 $11 {Black's position is at least not
worse}) 25... Qe6 26. Nc3 b5 27. e4 Nf4 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. Ra7 Qd2 $15) 23... Nd5
24. Nc3 ({Of course not} 24. e4 $4 {due to} Ngf4 25. Qf2 Ne3 $3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Qxe3 Qg5 $19) 24... Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxd1+ {A premature rook exchange.} ({
I think Black should have changed the pawn structure in the centre:} 25... e4
$5 26. f4 (26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rd1 $11) 26... Qe6 27. Kf2 Ne7 $11) 26. Rxd1 Rd8
27. Rd2 Rd7 (27... Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qg5 (28... e4 $2 29. Qd4 f6 30. Qd5+ Kh7 31.
f4 $16) 29. a4 Qf5 30. Kf2 f6 {White's advantage is insignificant.}) 28. Qd1
Nf8 29. Bb4 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qd7 31. Bd6 Ng6 {A bit passive.} (31... Ne6 $5 {
He could find a little tactical trick} 32. Qd5 Qc8 $1 {and White has to accept
the draw:} 33. Bxe5 (33. Qxe5 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kg3 $2 (35. Kf1 $11) 35...
Qe1+ 36. Kh3 Qf2 $17) 33... Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kf1 Nc5 36. h3 Qb1+ 37. Kf2
Nd3+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxe3 40. Bg3 $11) 32. Kf2 f6 33. Qd5+ Kh7 34. Qd3 f5
35. h3 a5 $6 {A strange move. Black's b-pawn has clearly been exposed as a
weakling.} 36. a4 Nh4 37. b3 Qe6 38. Qd1 Qg6 $2 {It is unclear what Arkadij
overlooked, but after the obvious reply he is a piece down.} 39. g3 $1 Nxf3 $8
40. Kxf3 Qh5+ 41. g4 $8 Qxh3+ {Despite the extra bishop, It is still not easy
to win the game.} 42. Ke2 (42. Kf2 $1 Qh2+ 43. Ke1 Qh1+ 44. Kd2 Qd5+ 45. Kc1
Qc6+ 46. Kb1 $16) 42... Qxg4+ 43. Kd2 {Usually three pawns are sufficient
compensation for the bishop. However, in this case, the bishop is much
stronger.} Qe4 44. Qc2 Qg2+ 45. Kc1 Qg1+ ({Nor does} 45... Qf3 {bring any
relief:} 46. Kb2 e4 47. Qc8 h5 48. Bf4 Qe2+ 49. Ka3 Qg4 50. Qe6 Qg6 51. Qe7 $16
) 46. Kb2 e4 47. Qc8 Qg6 (47... Qg5 48. Bf4 Qf6+ 49. Qc3 $1 Qg6 (49... Qxc3+
50. Kxc3 g5 51. Bc7 h5 52. Kd2 $18) 50. Qc7 h5 51. Qe7 $16) 48. Be5 h5 49. Qd8
$16 Qg2+ 50. Ka3 Qg1 $6 (50... Qg6 {allows him to continue the resistance} 51.
Bd4 Qh6 52. Qf8 Qg6 53. Qe7 $16) 51. Qxb6 f4 52. Qb7 $1 $18 (52. Bxf4 $4 Qa1#)
52... fxe3 53. Qxe4+ Kh8 54. Bd4 Qc1+ 55. Bb2 Qc5+ 56. Ka2 Qg5 57. Bc1 h4 58.
Bxe3 Qh5 59. Bf4 Qg4 (59... h3 60. Qe6 h2 61. Qc8+ Kh7 62. Qc2+ $18) 60. Qe3 h3
61. Qg3 Qe2+ 62. Ka3 Qe7+ 63. Bd6 Qd7 64. Be5 Kg8 65. Bc3 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Rfxd8 14. f3 (
14. d5 Nf6 15. e4 exd5 16. exd5 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. f3 d5 $11 {Ki.
Georgiev-Kulaots, Gothenburg 2005}) 14... Kf8 15. Kf2 a6 16. Be2 c6 17. b4 Ke7
18. g4 d5 19. Rb1 dxc4 20. Bxc4 a5 21. Rhc1 (21. b5 c5 $11) 21... axb4 22. axb4
Ra3 23. h4 (23. Ra1 Rda8 24. Rxa3 Rxa3 $11) 23... Nf6 24. Be2 (24. g5 hxg5 25.
hxg5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 $132 {/\ Ba6}) 24... Rc8 (24... Nd5 25. Nxd5+ cxd5 (
25... exd5 26. b5 $14) 26. Rc7+ Rd7 {/\ Kd6} 27. Rc2 Kd6 28. Rbc1 Rb3 29. Bb5
Rd8 (29... Re7 $143 $2 30. Rc6+ $1 $18) 30. Rc7 Rxb4 31. Ba6 $1 Ba8 32. Rxf7
$14) 25. Ra1 (25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nd5 27. Nxd5+ cxd5 $11) 25... Rca8 26. Rxa3
(26. Rab1 Rc8 {repetition of moves}) 26... Rxa3 27. b5 Nd7 (27... c5 28. dxc5
bxc5 29. Nb1 Rb3 30. Rxc5 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Rxb1 32. Rc7+ $14) (27... Kd7 28. bxc6+
Bxc6 29. e4) 28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. e4 Rb3 30. Nb1 (30. d5 Bb7 $11) 30... Ba4 31.
Nd2 Rb2 32. Ke3 Rc2 33. Rxc2 Bxc2 34. Bb5 g5 35. h5 (35. hxg5 $1 hxg5 36. e5
Nf8 37. Nc4 $14) 35... f6 36. Nf1 Bd1 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Ne3 Bb3 39. Kg3 Nf8 40.
Kf2 Nd7 41. Ke2 Nb8 42. Kd3 Nc6 43. Kc3 Na5 44. Kb4 Ba2 45. Bf1 Bb3 46. Bd3 Kd7
47. d5 Kd6 48. Kb5 Kc7 49. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salvermoser, Bernd"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Teske} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {Eine sehr ehrgeizige, aber auch
gefährliche Variante. Weiß möchte die schwächung seiner Bauernstellung
vermeiden und das Läuferpaar kassieren, bleibt aber etwas in der Entwicklung
zurück.} O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. f3 $6 {Weiß verzögert erneut die
Entwicklung und fordert das Schicksal heraus.} (7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 {blockt den
weißfeldrigen Läufer erst ab, wenn er tatsächlich auf der langen Diagonale
erscheint.}) 7... d5 $1 {Logisch, daß Schwarz bei großem Entwicklungsvorsprung
und klar besserer Königsstellung sofort das Zentrum öffnet.} 8. cxd5 (8. e3 c5
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxc5 Ba6 $44 {Schwarz hat zwei Entwicklungszüge
Vorsprung.}) 8... Nxd5 9. Qd2 f5 {Unterbindet e2-e4 und droht gegelegentlich
selbst f5-f4, um die weiße Entwicklung zu erschweren.} 10. e3 f4 11. Qf2 $2 (
11. exf4 {ist besser.} Nxf4 12. g3 (12. Ne2 $6 Nxe2 13. Bxe2 Nc6 {kostet den
Bd4.}) (12. Qf2)) 11... fxe3 12. Bxe3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxe3 14. Bxc6 Qxd4 15. Bxa8
Rd8 16. Bc6 Ba6 17. Ba4 Rd5 18. f4 Qe4 19. Ne2 Nxg2+ 20. Kf1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Oslo"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Tiller"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 e5 8.
O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Qc2 e4 12. Be2 c6 13. g4 d5 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Nb6 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. Qc5 Nfd5 18. Bg3 Na4 19. Qc2 (19. Nxc8 Qxc5+ 20.
dxc5 Raxc8 21. Bd6 {Og hvit har fordel da det planlagte b6 strander pÅ 22.Ba6})
19... b5 20. Qxe4 Be6 21. Nf5 Qb4 22. Qc2 Qa5 23. Qd2 b4 24. e4 {[#]} Nac3 {
Spillerne kom i pÅspillet frem til at 24.- Ndc3 trolig vant i alle varianter.}
25. exd5 Nxa2+ 26. Kb1 Rab8 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc6 Qa4 30. Nxb8 b3
31. dxe6 Nb4 32. e7+ Ke8 33. Bb5+ Qxb5 34. Qc3 Qb7 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Timman,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 (7. Bg5)
7... Bb7 8. b4 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 $6 (10... Ne4 $142 11. Qc2 f5) 11. Be2
Ne4 12. Qd3 $1 (12. Qc2 Ng5 $10) 12... Qe7 (12... Ng5 $2 13. dxc5 Nxf3+ 14.
gxf3 dxc5 15. O-O-O Nf6 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Rhg1 $18) 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Nf6 (15... Qg5 16. f3) 16. Rfd1 (16. f3 e5 $14) 16... Rac8 17. Rac1 Ne4
18. Qe1 Qg5 19. Bf1 cxd4 20. Rxd4 $6 (20. exd4 $1 $16) 20... e5 21. Rdd1 Nf6 (
21... h5 22. f3 Nf6 23. e4 h4 24. c5 $5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Nd7 $14) 22. c5 $1 (22.
Kh1 h5 $15) 22... bxc5 23. bxc5 d5 24. Qa5 (24. Qb4 $5 Bc6 25. f4 $14 exf4 26.
Qxf4 Qxf4 27. exf4 Ne4) (24. c6 $5 Bxc6 25. Qa5 Nd7 (25... Ne4 $2 26. Bxe5 $1)
26. Qxa7 Qg6 $10 {/\27... Ta8, 28... Tdc8}) 24... Bc6 (24... Rd7 $2 25. Bb5 Bc6
26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Qb5 $16) 25. Qxa7 d4 26. exd4 Nd5 $1 {/\Ta8} 27. Qa6 $8 Nf4
28. g3 (28. Rc3 $2 Bxg2 29. Rg3 Qh5 $1 $18 30. Qf6 Ng6) 28... Qg4 (28... Bf3
29. dxe5 $1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 $14) 29. d5 $1 $8 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31.
c6 (31. Bxe5 $2 Nh3+ 32. Bxh3 Qxh3 33. Qf1 Qf5 34. Qe2 Re8 $19) 31... Nh3+ (
31... h5 32. c7 $2 (32. Rc5 $1) 32... Qf3 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kh6 $19) 32.
Bxh3 Qxh3 33. Qf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After reading the opening article in the previous CBM, I felt I should take
this game out and dust it off. I did not see it mentioned in the article, and
Informator refused it saying it was of insufficient theoretical interest. This
saddened me, as I think it is both an interesting and entertaining game. Now,
after seeing the CBM article, it may be that of theoretically importance as
well...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7.
cxb5 c6 8. e3 cxb5 9. Bxb5 Ne4 10. Qb3 Na6 (10... Qg5 $5 $44) 11. Qa4 Nc7 $5 {
[%mdl 8]} 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Nf3 (13. Ne2 $5) 13... f5 14. O-O Rf6 15. Qa5 $1 {
[%cal Ga5c7,Ga5e5,Gc7h2]} Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} 16. dxc5 $1 {[%cal Ga5b4,Gb4h4]}
Bxf3 17. Re1 (17. gxf3 $4 Rg6+ 18. Kh1 Qg5 $19) 17... Rg6 18. g3 Qh4 19. Qb4 $1
(19. Bf1 Rh6 $3 $19 20. gxh4 (20. h3 Qxh3 $1) 20... Rg6+ 21. Bg2 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1
Rxh2) (19. e4 f4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. e5 Qh4 $1 $19 22. Bxg6 (22. Bf1 Rh6 $1)
22... Qh3) 19... Qh5 20. e4 f4 $6 $138 {with both sides already running very
short of time, I opted for maximum complications but this is objectively
incorrect. After} (20... fxe4 $44 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 (22. Qxe4 Qxc5 $13)
22... Nd5 $36 {Black's active forces and light-squared domination give him
full value for the sacrificed pawn.}) 21. Bxf4 Rf8 22. Qd2 (22. Bxc7 $4 Qxh2+
$1) 22... e5 23. Be3 Rg4 $1 {/\ Rh4!} 24. Be2 Bxe4 25. Rad1 $2 $138 (25. c6 $1
$16 {would give white the upper hand in very pleasing fashion. This thematic
sacrifice not only increases the scope of the Be3, it clears the c-line in
order to hunt down black's powerful light-squared bishop. So if} Bxc6 26. Rac1
{when white can sacrifice on c6 and then regain the exchange safely on g4.}) (
25. Qxd7 $2 Qh3 26. Bf1 Rxg3+ $1) 25... Bc6 $1 $17 {Cementing black's position
and securing the powerful bishop. Now the pressure on the light squares is
irresistible.} 26. Qd6 $6 Qh3 $1 27. f3 (27. Bf1 Rxg3+ 28. fxg3 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1
Qg2#) 27... Rxf3 $1 28. Bxf3 Bxf3 (28... Bxf3 29. Rd2 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Qh1+ 31.
Kf2 Qg2# {is a nice thematic finish to the game long theme of attacking along
this color scheme of squares.}) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. f3 Rc8 12. Be2 Re8 $1 $146 (12...
d5 {- 73/605}) (12... Qc7) 13. dxc5 (13. O-O Nd5 (13... h6 14. Bxf6 $15 (14.
Bh4 Nd5 $1 (14... d5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Bf2 a5 $11 {Suvrajit,
S-Kunte,A/Calcutta 2000}) 15. Bxd8 (15. cxd5 Qxh4 $15) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3
Rexd8 $15)) 14. cxd5 (14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rexd8 $15) 14... Qxg5 $15) 13...
Rxc5 14. Bxf6 {[1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,P-Polak,T/Olomouc 1999]} (14. Bh4 $142 Nd5 (
14... d5 $5) 15. Qxg7+ (15. Qd4 $2 Nxe3 $1 $19) (15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bxb6 Nxb6
17. bxc3 $11) 15... Kxg7 16. Bxd8 Nxe3 17. Kf2 Rxd8 (17... Nc2 18. Rac1 $11)
18. Kxe3 $11) 14... Nxf6 15. b4 (15. O-O d5) 15... Rc7 16. Qb2 (16. O-O d5 17.
Qb2 {- 16.Qb2 d5 17.0-0} (17. Qb3 d4 $15)) 16... d5 17. O-O dxc4 18. Bxc4 $1 (
18. Nxc4 Nd5 $15 {><e3}) 18... Nd5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 (19... Qh4 $6 20. Rac1 {/\Bd5}
(20. Bxd5 $5)) (19... Qg5 $142 20. Ne4 (20. Qb3 Rec8 $15) 20... Qe7 $15 {/\Rfc8
}) 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. Bf1 Rec8 22. e4 $11 Kf8 23. a4 Rc2 24. Nb3 Rb2 25. Reb1
Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huila Centenary op"]
[Site "Neiva"]
[Date "2005.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2005.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Rf6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bb2 Rg6 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18. Qf7 (18. Qd5 Ndf6 $1 (18... c5 19. Nh4
$5 $14) 19. Qxf5 Qe7 20. Rac1 c5 21. bxc5 bxc5 $11 22. Nh4 (22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23.
Qd5 Re8 24. Rc4 h6 25. Rb1 Qf7 26. Qxf7 Rxf7 27. Rc2 Ree7 28. Kf1 g5 29. Rb8+
Kg7 30. Ne1 Rb7 31. Re8 Nf6 32. Rd8 Rfd7 33. Rxd7+ Nxd7 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. Kd2 Ne5
36. Nd3 Rb3 37. Nxe5 Kxe5 38. Rc3 Rb1 39. Rc1 Rb8 40. Kd3 Rb3+ 41. Rc3 Rb1 42.
Rc4 Kd5 43. Ra4 Rb2 44. e4+ Ke6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. h3 h5 47. f3 Rxg2 48. Rxa7 Rb2
49. a4 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 Kd4 51. Ra6 Rb2+ 52. Kd1 Ke5 53. Ra8 Rh2 54. a5 Rxh3 55. a6
Rh1+ 56. Ke2 Ra1 57. a7 Kd4 58. e5 d5 59. e6 Ra6 60. Kd2 Rxe6 61. Rg8 Ra6 62.
a8=Q Rxa8 63. Rxa8 Ke5 64. Rh8 h4 65. Rf8 Ke6 66. Ke3 Ke5 67. Re8+ Kf5 68. Rc8
c4 69. Rf8+ Ke5 70. f4+ gxf4+ 71. Rxf4 {1-0 Popov,V-Alekseev,E/St Petersburg
2004/CBM 102 (71)}) 22... Rg4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Nf3 Rf8 25. h3 Re4 26. Rc3 Nd7
27. Qd5 Nb6 28. Qg5 {1/2-1/2 Venclik,S-Dietrich,S/SEMI 1997/Telechess CBM 93 
(28)}) 18... c5 $1 $146 (18... Qe8 19. Qxf5 Qe7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Qxe4 Re8 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Rac1 c5 25. Rfd1 h6 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Rd7 a6 28.
Rc3 Rc6 29. Kf1 c4 30. f4 Rb5 31. Ke2 a5 32. e4 Rb3 33. Kd2 b5 34. Kc2 a4 35.
e5 Re6 36. Rd6 Re7 37. e6 Kg8 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. f5 g6 40. Rd7 {1-0 Muhvic,
D-Lovric,B/Kastav 2000/CBM 076 ext (40)}) (18... Ng5 19. Qxf5 Qe7 20. Nh4 Re6
21. Qd5 Rg8 22. Nf5 Qf7 23. f4 Nf6 24. Qb7 Nge4 25. Rac1 Qh5 26. Nd4 Re7 27.
Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Qxc7 Ng4 29. Nf3 Nxe3 30. Re1 Nd5 31. Qxa7 Nef6 32. Ng5 h6 33.
Nf7+ Kh7 34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Nxd6 Qh4 36. g3 Qh5 37. Qxb6 Ng4 38. h4 Qd5 39. Qc5
Qf3 40. Qc2+ g6 41. Re7+ Rg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qc7+ Kh8 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qb7+
{1-0 Matveeva Svetlana (RUS)-Trofimov Sergey (RUS)/Moscow (Russia) 2005 (45)})
19. Qxf5 (19. Rad1 $5) (19. Rfd1 $5) 19... Qe7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Qxe4 Re8 22.
Rad1 (22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 $11 {_|_}) (22. Rfd1 Rg4 $5 23. Qd5 (23. f4
Nc4 $1 24. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qf2 $15) 23... Nc4 $11) (22. bxc5 bxc5 $11 (22...
Qf7 $5)) 22... Nf7 (22... Qf7) (22... Qf8) 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Rd3 {(/\f3, e4)} (
24. Rd5 $5) 24... Rge6 $11 {_|_} 25. Rc1 Kg8 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke2 Rh6 $1 {(׻)}
28. h3 Rg6 $1 29. g3 (29. Kf1 {(/\f3, e4 [+])} Rge6 $5 $11) 29... Ng5 30. h4 (
30. Rh1 Ne4 (30... Rf7 $5) 31. g4 Rf7 32. Rh2 c4 $5 (32... Re6 $5 33. f3 $140
Ng5 $11) 33. Rd4 c3 34. Bc1 Re6 $13) 30... Ne4 31. Kf3 (31. Ke1 Rf7 32. Rc2 $11
) 31... Ke8 {(/\Kd7-c6, ><d5)} 32. Rd5 Kd7 33. b5 {(><b5)} Rge6 34. Kg2 (34.
Rf5 $5 $11 {/\Rf8}) 34... Nf6 35. Rf5 $6 (35. Bxf6 $142 Rxf6 $11) 35... Ne8 $15
{(/\Nc7, ><b5)} 36. Kf3 (36. Rf8 Nc7 37. a4 Re4 $5 $15) 36... Re4 $6 $138 (
36... Nc7 $142 37. a4 a6 38. bxa6 Nxa6 $15) 37. Rf4 R4e6 38. Rd1 (38. h5) (38.
a4) (38. Ra4 $1 Kc8 39. Rd1 $11) 38... Nc7 39. a4 Ke8 $5 (39... a6 40. bxa6
Nxa6 $15 {/\Kc6}) 40. e4 a6 41. bxa6 Nxa6 42. Bc3 Nc7 43. h5 Kd7 (43... b5 44.
axb5 Nxb5 $11) 44. Rg4 $138 g6 45. h6 $2 {(><h6)} (45. hxg6 hxg6 $15) 45... Kc6
$17 46. Bg7 d5 47. exd5+ Nxd5 48. Rg5 $6 (48. Rd2 $142) 48... Nf6 49. Rd8 (49.
Bxf6 Rxf6+ 50. Kg2 Re2 51. Rf1 Ra2 $17 (51... c4 $17)) 49... Ne8 (49... Rf7 $17
) 50. Bh8 (50. Bc3 Nd6 $17) 50... Nd6 51. Rg4 Nf7 52. Rc8+ Kb7 53. Rf8 Nxh6 54.
Rh4 Nf7 $19 55. Rf4 Nd6 56. Rd8 Kc6 57. Bf6 Ra7 58. g4 h6 59. Bc3 $6 (59. g5
$142 hxg5 60. Bxg5 Ra5 $19 {(/\c4)}) 59... g5 60. Rff8 Rxa4 61. Bd2 Nc4 (61...
Ne4 62. Be3 Nf6 $19) (61... b5 $19) 62. Kg3 Ra2 63. Bc3 Nd6 64. Bg7 Ra7 (64...
b5 $19) 65. Rg8 Rf7 66. Rdf8 Ra7 67. Rh8 $4 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 (12... Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3
14. Be7 Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. Bf2 N5f6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. O-O-O Re7
20. Bg3 a6 21. Bc4 Bc6 {Gurevich,M-Adams,M/Reykjavik tt/1990/} 22. Rd6 $16) 13.
Qxd4 e5 (13... Bxd5 14. e4 g5 $2 (14... e5 $1) 15. exd5 gxh4 16. dxe6 $16 {
1-0 Kahn,E-Koch,T/Budapest IM 1991 (21)}) 14. Qd1 {N} (14. Qd2 Bxd5 15. Nf2 (
15. Bb5 Be6 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Nf2 Rac8 22. Nd3 e4 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd4 (24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. fxe4 Qe6 $11)
24... exf3 25. gxf3 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Iashvili,A-Shipov,S/Belgrade IKO 1992 (50)}) (
15. b4 e4 16. Bb5 exf3 17. O-O fxg2 18. Rf4 Ne5 (18... Bb7 19. Rd4 Ne5 20. Rxd8
Nf3+ 21. Kf2 Ne4+ 22. Ke2 Nfxd2 23. Rxd2 Nc3+ 24. Kf2 Nxb5 $19) 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. Qf2 (20. e4 Be6 21. Qxg2+ Kh7 $19) 20... Be6 $17 {0-1 Haila,A-Marttinen,P/
cr Finland 1995 (39)}) 15... Be6 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4
Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 $10 {Kramnik,V-Timoschenko,G/URS-chJ Kherson/1991/}) (14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qxe5 Nxd5 (15... Re8 16. Qd4 Qxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. e4 Rc8 18. Rd1
Qh4+ 19. g3 Qe7 20. Bg2 $14) 17. Be2 Rad8 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. e4 $16) 16. e4 Ne3
17. Qc3 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 Qh4+ (18... Rc8 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Nf4 g5 21. Nh5 Qxh2 22.
Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qd4 Rfd8 24. Nd7+ Kh7 25. Qf6 Qh5 26. Qe5 $11) 19. Rf2 Bc8 20. Kf1
Bxh3 21. gxh3 Rac8 $17 {0-1 Gretarsson,H-Ovseevich,S/WchJM-U14 1991 (76)}) (14.
Qa4 Bxd5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nf2 Qc5 17. Be2 Qxe3 18. Ng4 Qb3 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.
Qa6 $17 {0-1 Kahn-Tangorn/Budapest, SW 1992 (23)}) 14... Bxd5 15. Bb5 (15. Nf2
Be6 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Rc8 (17... Qe7 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Qe2 Rac8 (19... Bb3 20.
Ng4 $14) 20. Rfd1 $14) (17... Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bb3 19. Bxb3 Nxb3 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Rd3 (21. Ng4 Kg7 22. Rd6 Rfd8 $15) 21... Nc5 22. Rd6 Ne6 23. Ne4 Kg7 24.
Ke2 Rfc8 25. Rhd1 Rc2+ 26. R1d2 Rac8 27. g4 $14) 18. O-O Bc4 19. Re1 g5 (19...
Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nd5 21. b4 Ne6 22. Ne4 g5 23. Bg3 Ba2 (23... f6 24. Nd6 Nc3 25.
Nxc8 Nxd1 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27. Nf5 $18) 24. Rd2 $16) 20. Bg3 Qe7 (20... Re8 21. Bf5
Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Rc6 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bxe5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,P-Onischuk,A/
URS-chJ Jurmala 1992 (64)}) 21. Bf5 Rc6 22. Rc1 Bb5 $11) 15... Be6 (15... Nc5
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. O-O $14) 16. Nf2 (16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $10) 16... Nc5
17. O-O (17. b4 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 a6 19. Be2 (19. bxc5 axb5 20. cxb6 Rfb8 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Ne4 Rxa3 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxb6 26. O-O Kf6 $15)
19... Na4 20. Bxf6 (20. Rd6 Nd5 21. Kd2 Rfc8 22. Ne4 Nac3 23. Nxc3 Nxc3 24. Bd3
Nb5 25. Rxb6 Nxa3 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Bxa6 Rc2+ 28. Kd3 Rxg2 29. Bg3 Rb2 $11)
20... gxf6 21. Ne4 Kg7 $11 {Ftacnik,L 1/2-1/2 Mohr,S-Nagatz,F/Bad Lauterberg
1991 (44)}) (17. Qxd8 $5 Rfxd8 18. b4 a6 (18... Ncd7 19. Nd3 g5 20. Bg3 e4 21.
fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bc7 Re8 (22... Rdc8 23. Bc6 $1 $16) 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. O-O $14) 19.
Be2 Ncd7 (19... Na4 $2 20. Ne4 Nxe4 (20... g5 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23.
Bg3 Kxh5 24. Bxe5 $16) 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe4 $16) 20. O-O-O (20. Rd1 a5 21.
Ne4 g5 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bg3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 axb4 25. axb4 Nd5 26. Bxe5 Nxb4
$11) 20... g5 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. Kb2 a5 (22... f5 23. Rd6 Kf7 24. Rhd1 (24. Nd3
Ke7 (24... f4 25. exf4 exf4 26. Bf2 Ke7 27. Rc6 Rac8 28. Rhc1 Rxc6 29. Rxc6
Nhf6 30. Bxb6 Nxb6 31. Rxb6 Bf5 32. Rb7+ Kf8 33. Kc3 Nd5+ 34. Kb3 Bxd3 35. Bxd3
Nxb4 36. Bc4 Nc6 37. Kc3 Na5 38. Rh7 Nxc4 39. Rh8+ Ke7 40. Rxd8 Kxd8 41. Kxc4
Kc7 42. Kc5 $18) 25. Rc6 a5 26. b5 (26. Be1 Nhf6 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. h4 Rab8+ $15
29. Kc2 Bb3+ 30. Kc1 Ba4 31. Rc4 Bb3 32. Rc3 Nd5 33. Rc6 Ba4 $17) 26... Nxg3
27. hxg3 Rh8 28. Rc7 Kd6 29. Rhc1 Bd5 $15) 24... Nxg3 (24... f4 25. exf4 exf4
$19) 25. hxg3 Ke7 26. e4 (26. Rc6 a5 27. Rdd6 Nf8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bd3 Rd6 30.
Rxd6 Kxd6 31. e4 f4 32. gxf4 exf4 $11) 26... fxe4 27. Nxe4 a5 28. b5 (28. Bb5
axb4 29. axb4 Ra2+ $15) 28... Nc5 29. Rxd8 Na4+ 30. Kc2 (30. Ka1 Rxd8 31. Rh1
Nc5 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. b6 (33. Rxh6 $1 Rd2 34. b6 Ra2+ 35. Kb1 Rxe2 36. Rxe6+
Kd7 (36... Kxe6 37. b7 Re1+ 38. Kc2 Re2+ 39. Kc3 Re3+ 40. Kc4 $18) 37. Re7+ $1
(37. b7 Kc7 38. Re7+ (38. Rb6) 38... Kb8 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rxg2 41. fxe5 c4
42. e6 Re2 43. a4 c3 44. Kc1 Ka7 45. Kd1 Rd2+ 46. Kc1 (46. Ke1 Rd6) 46... Re2
$11) 37... Kc8 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Rxg2 40. fxe5 Re2 41. e6 c4 42. Rc7+ Kb8
43. e7 c3 44. Rd7 $18) 33... Rb8 34. Rxh6 Rxb6 35. Bc4 Rd6 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11)
30... Rxd8 31. Rxd8 (31. Rh1 Rh8) 31... Kxd8 $11) 23. b5 f5 24. Rd6 Kf7 25. f4
Nxg3 26. hxg3 Ke7 27. Rdd1 Rh8 28. g4 fxg4 29. Nxg4 gxf4 30. exf4 exf4 31. Nxh6
Nf6 $11) 17... Nb3 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nd5 21. Ng4 (21. e4
Ne3 22. Rd3 Rc8 23. Rxe3 Rc1+ 24. Nd1 Rxd1+ 25. Re1 Rd2 26. Re2 Rd1+ 27. Re1 (
27. Kf2 Nd4) 27... Rd2 $11) 21... f6 22. Bc6 (22. Bc4 Nc7 23. Bxe6+ (23. Rd7
Bxc4 24. Rxc7 b5 25. Rxa7 h5 (25... Rd8 26. Rxg7+ $18) 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Re7
$17) 23... Nxe6 24. Rd6 (24. Rd7 h5 25. Nf2 g5 26. Re7 Nec5 $19) 24... Nec5 25.
f4 exf4 26. exf4 Re8 27. Kf1 $11 (27. Bxf6 h5)) 22... Nc7 23. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1997.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Ochsner, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 (8. Rc1 h6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. e3 Ne7 13. Nf3 c5 14.
Be2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rac8 $10 {Lerner,K-Rozentalis,E/Lvov/1990/0,5/42/}) (8. Nf3
c5 (8... d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 $14) 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Qxf6 bxa3+ 15. Ke2 Qc5 $2 (15... Nb4 $1 16. Rxa3 (16.
Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qh6 Qf5 $19) (16. Ne5 Qd8 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.
Rxa3 d5 $11) 16... Qxa3 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qf6+ $11) 16. Rhc1 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7
18. Rxa3 $16 {Hansen,L-Farago,I/Denmark/1990/1|0/31/}) 8... d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10.
Ne2 (10. Nf3 $143 c5 11. b4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Rc1 e5
16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. O-O Nxg3 19. hxg3 e4 20. Bxe4 Bxc4 21. Qb2 b5 $15
{Lautier,J-Korchnoi,V/SUI/1994/0|1/39/}) 10... h6 (10... c5 11. Qc2 (11. b4 h6
(11... Rc8 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. b5 Bb7 14. O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Kohlweyer,B-Hobuss,
U/Open, Geneva SUI 1997 (43)} (14. O-O $14) (14. f3 $14)) 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4
Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Rc1 (15. b5 Bb7 16. O-O e4 (16... exd4 $6 17. Nxd4 d5 18.
Nf5 Rc5 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Rfe1 (21. Nd6 $16) (21. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 22.
Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Rae1 $18 (26. Qh6+ $11))
21... Qc7 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Bxf6 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rxc4 25. Bd3 $16 {Baburin,
A-Wirthensohn,H/Wohlen/1993/1-0/34/}) 17. Bb1 Qc7 (17... d5 18. cxd5 g5 19. Bg3
Bxd5 20. Qb2 $14) (17... Re8 $5) 18. Ba2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Baburin,A-Rozentalis,E/
Copenhagen PC 1996 (31)} (18. Rc1 $1 d5 19. Bg3 Qd8 (19... dxc4 20. Qa4 Qd8 21.
Qxa7 Bd5 22. a4 $14) 20. Qa4 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Qxa7 Qa8 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24.
Nc3 $14)) 15... e4 (15... exd4 16. O-O Ne5 17. b5 Bb7 18. Nxd4 d5 $10 {Vera,
R-Morovic Fernandez,I/Capablanca mem-A (00) ;CBM 54 1996}) 16. Bb1 d5 17. b5
dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. O-O Qa8 $132 {0-1 Pedersen,S-Aagaard,J/
Drury Lane, London ENG 1997 (66)}) (11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 $6 h6 (12... Ne4 $2 13.
Bxd8 (13. Bxe4 Qxg5 14. b3 cxd4 15. exd4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 d5 17. cxd5 Nf6 18. Bf3
Bxe2 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nf4 $14) 19. Kxe2 Nxd5 $11) 13... Nxd2 14.
Be7 Nb3 15. Rc3 Rfe8 16. Bxd6 $16) 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 e5 15. b3 e4 16. Bb1
d5 17. cxd5 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 Qe7 $15 {Olsen,P-Rozentalis,E/Copenhagen PC (01) ;
CBM 54 1996}) (11. dxc5 Nxc5 $5 (11... bxc5 $132) 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Qd4 h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b3 b5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Korchnoi,V/Moscow PCA
blitz 1995 (62)}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 d5 14. cxd5 Rc8 15. Qb3 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 exd5 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rac1 Qb7 $11 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Johansen,D/20th
Open, Gent BEL 1997 (55)}) 11. Bh4 c5 (11... Rc8 12. b4 Ne4 13. Bxd8 (13. Bxe4
Qxh4 14. Bc6 Nb8 15. Bf3 c6 16. O-O d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,S-Korchnoi,V/It, St
Petersburg RUS 1997 (26)}) 13... Nxc3 14. Bh4 Nxe2 15. Kxe2 f5 16. f3 e5 17.
Rhc1 Rce8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Skomorokhin,R-Chernin,A/Open, Biel SUI 1997 (29)}) 12.
b4 (12. O-O Rc8 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Qa4 Bb7 16.
Bf5 g5 17. Bg3 Rc7 18. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Hoang Thang Trang-Kachiani,K/32nd ol 
(women), Yerevan ARM 1996 (42)}) 13... Rc8 14. b3 d5 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxh4
17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Be2 Rfe8 $15 {0-1 Olsen,P-Hyldkrog,L/Copenhagen PC 1996 (33)})
13. Qb3 d5 14. Qa4 cxd4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxa6 Nc5 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qb4 Nxd3 19.
Qd2 dxc4 20. exd4 Kh7 $17 {0-1 Hoang Thang Trang-Lukacs,P/FSGM April, Budapest
HUN 1997 (39)}) 12... Rc8 13. dxc5 dxc5 (13... bxc5 14. b5 Bb7 15. O-O Re8 (
15... d5 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Bxd8 (17. Bxe4 Qxh4 18. Ng3 $5 Nf6 19. Bf3 $11) 17...
Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Rcxd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Lalic,B/Linares 1997 (41)}) 16. Rfd1
Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Than Trang-Aagaard,J/Budapest FS08 GM 1996}) 14. b5 Bb7 15.
f3 $14 {^^} Qe7 (15... Nd5 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Be7 Rfe8 18. Bd6 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 $14
e5 $140 $2 20. Bf5 $18) 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bc2 Nf8 (17... a6 18. a4 (18. bxa6
Bxa6 19. Rfd1 Ra8 20. Rab1 Bb7 $132) 18... a5 19. Rad1 $14) 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ $6
19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Kf1 (21. e4 Ng6 22. Bf2 (22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6
gxf6 24. f4 $11) 22... Nd7 23. Bg3 Qg5 24. Qd3 $14) 21... N8d7 22. Qd3 Qe7 23.
Nc3 Nf8 (23... a6 24. a4 axb5 25. axb5 (25. cxb5 Nf8 (25... Ne5 26. Bxf6 Qxf6
27. Qd6 $16) 26. e4 Ng6 27. Bg3 Nh5 28. Bd6 Qg5 29. g3 Qf6 30. Kg2 Qd8 31. Kg1
e5 32. Nd1 Nf6 33. Ne3 Ne8 34. Nc4 $14) 25... Qf8 26. Na4 $14) 24. Bg3 Qe8 25.
a4 Qa8 26. Ke2 N6d7 27. Qd6 Qd8 28. Kd2 $16 (28. Ne4 Ba8 29. a5 Bxe4 30. Bxe4
bxa5 31. Bc6 a4 32. Qd1 a3 33. Qd3 a2 34. Qa3 Nb8 35. Qxa2 $16) 28... Qa8 29.
Qc7 Qc8 30. Qxc8 Bxc8 31. Be4 f5 32. Bc6 e5 (32... Kf7 33. Bc7 $16) 33. Bd5+
Kh7 34. f4 e4 35. Bh4 g5 (35... g6 36. g4 Kg7 37. Bd8 $16) 36. fxg5 Ng6 37. Bg3
hxg5 38. Be6 $1 f4 $2 (38... Ne7 $1 39. Bd6 Ne5 $3 40. Bxf5+ (40. Bxe5 Bxe6 41.
Bf6 Ng6 42. g4 $11) 40... Bxf5 41. Bxe5 Nc8 42. h3 Kg6 43. Nd5 (43. g4 Be6 44.
Nd5 Kf7 45. Kc3 $16) 43... Be6 44. Kc3 $16) 39. Bf2 $18 {[%csl Re4]} Ngf8 40.
Bf5+ Kg7 41. exf4 gxf4 42. Nxe4 Bb7 43. g3 $1 Ne5 (43... f3 44. Nd6 Ba8 45. h4
$18) 44. Nd6 fxg3 45. Bxg3 Kf6 46. Bh4+ Kg7 47. Kc3 Bg2 48. Nc8 Bf1 49. Nxa7
Nxc4 50. Nc8 Kf7 51. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O $2 {[%csl Ge4] The entire
strategy centers around box e4 .Surrender of this point delivers a distinct
advantage to White.} 5. e4 $16 d6 6. a3 (6. e5 dxe5 (6... Nfd7 7. a3 (7. Bd3 $6
dxe5 $1 $17) (7. Nf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. Ng5 (9. Bf4 f6 $132) 9... g6 10. f4
Nd4 11. Qf2 c5 12. Be3 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf5 16. Ne4 Qg7
17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 b6 19. Qe5 $14) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 c5 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5
Nc6 10. Nf3 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Be3 $14) 9. exd6 cxd4 10. Qxd4
Nc6 11. Qc3 Nc5 12. Be2 (12. Be3 Qxd6 (12... Ne4 13. Qd3 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rd8 17. c5 $16) 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. b4 $16) 12... e5 13. Nf3
Nd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Bd1 Qxd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Mikenas,V-Konstantinopolsky,A/URS-ch18
Moscow 1950 (37)}) 14... exd4 15. Qg3 Ne4 16. Qf4 Re8 17. O-O Nxd6 18. Bd3 $16)
7. dxe5 Ng4 (7... Nfd7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. a3 (9. Ng5 g6 10. f4 Re8 (10... Nd4 $5)
11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 (12... Qxf6 13. Nge4 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Nxc3 e5
16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Nb5 $14) 13. Bd3 Nd4 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 Qe7 18. Kb2 $132 {1-0 Souza Mendes Joao-Charlier/Ch Brazil (match),
Brazil 1943 (51)}) (9. Bf4 Qe7 10. Ng5 g6 11. a3 Nd4 12. Qd3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 c5
14. Ne4 Qh4 15. g3 Qg4 16. Nd2 g5 17. h3 Qh5 18. g4 Qh6 19. Bg3 b5 20. b4 Bb7 {
1/2-1/2 Matos,V-Costa,P/POR-chJW U18 (01) 1994}) 9... Be7 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 g4
12. Nd2 Ndxe5 13. O-O-O f5 14. Bxe5 $6 (14. h3 $1 Bg5 (14... Nd4 15. Qb1 f4 16.
hxg4 Ng6 17. Bh2 e5 18. Bd3 $16) 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Kb1 Nd4 17. Qd3 e5 18. Nf3
Bf6 19. Nxe5 $1 $16) 14... Nxe5 15. Nf3 (15. h3 $5) 15... Bg5+ 16. Kb1 Qf6 17.
Nxe5 (17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. h3 $5) 17... Qxe5 $132 {0-1 Souza Mendes,J-Reinhardt,E/
Mar del Plata 1946 (54)} (17... Qxe5 18. g3 a6 19. h3 h5 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Rh5
Bf6 22. Bd3 b5 {Souza Mendes,J-Reinhardt,E/Mar del Plata (12)/1946/0-1 (54)}))
8. Nf3 (8. Bf4 Qd4 9. Bg3 Nxe5 10. Rd1 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qc5 12. Qe4 Nbc6 $17 {
0-1 Bronstein,D-Grigorian,K/URS-ch39 Leningrad 1971 (40)} (12... Nbc6 13. Be2
Qa5 14. Qe3 Ng6 15. f4 Nge7 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. Qd3 b6 18. Bf2 Ba6 19. Qc2 Nd6 20.
O-O h6 21. Nd4 Ne7 22. Nb3 Qa4 {0-1 Bronstein,D-Grigorian,K/URS-ch39 Leningrad/
1971 (40)})) 8... Nc6 9. Bf4 f6 10. Rd1 Qe8 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3
Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 13. Kc1 Nxh1 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Bxc7 (15. Be3 $1 {[%csl
Rh1]} e5 16. Bd3 Bh3 17. gxh3 Rxf3 18. Be4 Rf1+ 19. Kc2 Re8 (19... Raf8 20.
Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qxe5 $16) (19... Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 c6 22. Bxh7+ $16)
20. Bxh7+ Kf7 (20... Kxh7 21. Qd3+ $18) 21. Be4 $16) 15... Nf2 $14) 11... Qe8
12. Bd3 Qh5 13. exf6 e5 14. f7+ Rxf7 15. Bg3 $132) (10... Qe7 11. exf6 Qxf6 12.
Bg5 Qf7 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. h3 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Nge5 16. Be3 Nxf3+ 17. Kf1 e5 18. h4
Nfd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qb1 Bg4 {0-1 Jezek,J-Pachman,L/CSR-ch Prague (03)/1953 
(25)}) 11. Qe4 fxe5 12. Bg3 Nf6 13. Qe3 e4 14. Nd2 Qg6 15. Be2 e5 16. O-O Bxc3
17. bxc3 Bg4 $132 {1-0 Wood,B-Koenig,I/Hastings4950 1949 (51)} (17... Bg4 {
Ftacnik} 18. Rfe1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rad8 20. Bh4 {Wood,B-Koenig,I/Hastings4950 (05)
/1949/1-0 (52)})) (6. Bd3 e5 (6... Nc6 7. a3 Nxd4 8. Qd1 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 $17
{0-1 Fugulyan,G-Doroscenko,M/ATI-Homorod,II-C 1993 (89)} (9... Nc6 {Ftacnik}
10. f4 e5 11. f5 Nxe4 12. Qg4 Nf6 13. Qh3 e4 14. Be2 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. g4
Qe5 17. Rb1 h5 18. gxh5 Bxf5 19. Qg3 Qxg3+ 20. hxg3 Rab8 {Fugulyan,
G-Doroscenko,M/Odorheiu Secuiesc op (05)/ 1993/0-1 (89)})) 7. Nge2 exd4 (7...
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Ng6 11. f3 Nh5 12. Be3 Nhf4 13. Nxf4 Qg5 14.
Rf2 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. c5 Qe3 17. Re1 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 dxc5 19. Rc2 Bd7 20.
Rxc5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Mikenas,V-Van Scheltinga,T/Buenos Aires ol prel-C (03)/
1939 (40)}) 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ (8... Re8 9. f3 c6 (9... d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bc5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qf2 Qf6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Be2 $14) 10. Be3 d5
11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxe4 13. fxe4 Qe7 14. Bg5 Bg4 15. Rdf1 Nbd7 16. h3 Be6
17. e5 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 Nxe5 19. Bxf6 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 gxf6 21. Rxf6 $132) (8... Nc6 {
Ftacnik} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Ng4 11. Na4 Qh4 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Bg3 c5 14. e5
Nxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Rb8 {Eliskases,E-Bogoljubow,E/Noordwijk (07)/1938/1/
2-1/2 (65)}) 9. Qxc3 Re8 10. f3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 c5 13. Ne2 Nb4 14. Bc4
Be6 15. O-O N8c6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Rd1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Be3 $14 {1-0
Anton,A-Volchok,A/cr 1977 (62)}) (6. Bd2 Bxc3 $2 7. Bxc3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. e5
Nfd7 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. g4 $1 $16 {1-0 Lunacek,J-Sidow,B/
corr EU/M/GT2 (FS-273/65) 1964 (20)}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 (8. dxe5 $2
dxe5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 h6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Rd1 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Kalunga,W-Chaourar,
N/Dubai olm 1986 (31)} (12... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Ba3 Rxd1+ 15. Bxd1
Qe6 16. Rb1 b6 17. Nd2 Bxd1 18. Qxd1 Na5 19. Qe2 c5 {0-1 Kalunga,W-Chaourar,N/
Dubai olm (04)/1986 (31)})) 8... Nc6 (8... b6 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. Ng3
Nc6 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Bc1 Nd7 15. f5 Ngf8 16. f6 $1 Nxf6 17. Bg5 N8d7
18. Nh5 Kh8 19. Rf3 Rg8 20. Raf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Leitao,R-Urday,H/Schahin Cury,
Americana BRA 1997 (49)}) 9. Ne2 b6 $146 (9... Nh5 10. Be3 Na5 11. f3 b6 12. g4
Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nh7 15. h4 Ba6 16. Ng3 Bxc4 17. g5 $1 exd4 (17... hxg5
18. hxg5 Nxg5 (18... f6 19. Rxh7 Kxh7 (19... Bxd3 20. Rh8+ Kf7 (20... Kxh8 21.
Qh2+ Kg8 22. g6 Rf7 23. Nf5 $18) 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qxd3 $18) 20. Qh2+ Kg8 21.
g6 $18) 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qh2 Qe3+ 21. Be2 Qxc3+ 22. Kf2 Qxd4+ 23. Kg2 f6 24.
Nf5 $18) 18. cxd4 d5 19. gxh6 $16 (19. e5 $6 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc4 21. gxh6 $14 {
1-0 Prof.Dr.Schafer-Koch/corr 1959 (53)})) 10. O-O Ba6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc6a5]
A.Karpov tries to Attack P c4 /\Na5} 11. f4 Nd7 (11... exf4 12. Bxf4 $16) 12.
Be3 Na5 13. c5 $1 {Maybe this very strong move wasn't avaluated properly by
Karpov...} (13. Qa4 $2 c5 $1 $132) 13... Bc4 (13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 exd4 (14...
dxc5 15. dxe5 $16) (14... bxc5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rad1 Nf6 (16... exf4 17. Bxf4
Nf6 18. Qa6 $18) 17. Qa6 $18) 15. cxd4 bxc5 (15... dxc5 16. d5 $16) 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qc3 c6 (18... Nb7 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Ng3 Rfe8 21. Nf5 Qf8
22. e5 $16) 19. Rab1 Re8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Ng3 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Ye4,Yf4]}) (13...
exd4 14. cxd4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 $16) 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Ng3 (15. fxe5 $5 dxe5 16.
Ng3 Rc8 17. Nf5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 $16 {[%cal Ge3h6]}) 15... Qc7 16. Nf5 Kh8 (16...
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc4 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bh6 $18) (16... g6 {Ftacnik} 17. Nh6+ Kg7
18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Ng4 $40) 17. Rf3 Rac8 18. Raf1 f6 (18... g6 19. Ne7 Bxd3 20.
Qxd3 Qxc3 21. Qd1 Rcd8 (21... Rce8 22. dxe5 $1 $16 Rxe7 $140 $2 23. Bd4 $18)
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bh6 (23. Nd5 Qb2 24. Bh6 $16) 23... Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 exd4 25.
Rxf7 $18 {[%cal Gh6g7]}) (18... Bxd3 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxd3 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21.
fxe5 dxe5 22. Bh6 $1 Rxf3 23. Bxg7+ Kg8 24. Rxf3 $18) 19. Bf2 (19. Bc1 $142 $5
d5 (19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 exd4 21. Qxd4 (21. cxd4 Rfe8 22. Rg3 g6 23. Nh6 Re7 24.
f5 g5 {[%tqu "En","","","","c1g5","",10]} 25. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 26. f6 Nxf6 (26...
Ree8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Rxg5+ Kxf7 29. Qh3 $1 $18) 27. Rxf6 Kg7 (27... Qb7 28.
Rxg5 $18) (27... Rg7 28. Qf1 Qe7 29. Rf7 $18) 28. Rxg5+ Kxf6 29. Qf3+ Kxg5 30.
h4+ Kg6 31. Qg3+ Kf6 32. Qg5+ Ke6 33. Qf5#)) 20. Bxc4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxc4 22.
Ne7 $1 {[%cal Ge4h7]} f5 $8 (22... Rce8 23. Qxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rh3#) 23. Nxf5 $16)
19... b5 (19... Bb3 20. Qd2 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Nxd6 exf4 23. Be1 Rc7 24.
Bb5 (24. Rxf4 Nc6) 24... Bg8 25. Bxa5 bxa5 26. Rxf4 $16) 20. Bg3 (20. Ne7 Rce8
21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Nd5 Qa5 $11) (20. Be1 {Ftacnik}) 20... a6 21. h4 $5 Bf7 $6 {
[%csl Rh5]} (21... Bxd3 $142 22. Qxd3 Nc4 23. Ne7 (23. h5 $1 Rf7 24. h6 g6 25.
Ng7 (25. Ne3 Nxe3 (25... exf4 26. Nd5 Qa5 27. Bxf4 Rff8 28. Bc1 $16) 26. Qxe3
Rff8 27. R1f2 exd4 28. Qxd4 (28. cxd4 f5 $17) 28... Qc5 29. f5 $16) (25. Nxd6
$2 Qxd6 26. fxe5 Qb6 27. R1f2 Rff8 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 30. Qf3 Ng8 31.
Bh4 Qe6 (31... Nxh6 32. Bf6+ Kg8 33. Bg5 $16) 32. Qf4 $17) (25. fxe5 dxe5 $1 (
25... gxf5 26. e6 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Nd2 28. Qf5 Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Re7 30. exd7 Rf8 31.
Bh4 Ref7 32. Re3 $1 $18) (25... fxe5 26. Ng7 Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Nd2 28. Qf7 Qc4 (
28... Nxf1 29. Ne8 $1 $18) (28... Rg8 29. Ne6 $1 Qc8 30. Ng5 $18) 29. Qxc4 bxc4
(29... Rxc4 30. Rf7 $18) 30. Rf7 Nxe4 31. Rxd7 Nxg3 32. Ne6 exd4 33. Ng5 Rf8 (
33... Nf5 34. Ne4 (34. g4 dxc3 35. gxf5 c2 36. Rxh7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Nh7+
Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 $11) 34... Kg8 (34... Rf8 35. Nf6 $1 $18) 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36.
Nxh7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. h7 $18) 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. cxd4 c3 37.
Rh7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 $16) 26. Ne3 Nxe3 (26... Nxa3 27. Nd5 Qd6 28. Nxf6 $1 $18) 27.
Qxe3 Rcf8 $132) (25. Nh4) 25... exf4 26. Ne6 $1 (26. Bxf4 Re7 27. Bc1 Qc6 28.
Rf4 d5 29. exd5 Qxd5 $17) 26... Qa5 27. Nxf4 Qxa3 28. Nd5 Rcf8 29. Bh4 f5 (
29... Nce5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rxf6 $18) 30. Be7 fxe4 31. Bxf8 (
31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 exd3 33. Bf6+ Nxf6 34. Nxf6 Qc1+ $19) 31... Rxf3 (31...
exd3 32. Rxf7 $18) (31... exf3 32. Bg7+ Kg8 (32... Rxg7 33. hxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qxf3
$18) 33. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 34. Qxf3 $18) 32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Rxf3 $1 exf3 34. Qe4 $1
$18) 23... Nc5 $1 24. dxc5 Qxe7 25. cxd6 Qxd6 (25... Nxd6 26. fxe5 fxe5 27.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Bxe5 Nc4 30. Qd5 (30. Bd4 Qxa3 31. Qf3 Qe7 32. e5
h6 33. e6 (33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ (34. Qxa6 Qxh4 35. Bf2 Qh5 36. Qxb5 Qd1+ $11)
34... Kh8 (34... Kg8 35. e6 a5 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qd5 Nd6 (37... Qxh4 38. Qf5+
$18) 38. g3 $1 (38. Bc5 Qxh4 39. Bxd6 (39. Qd3+ Qe4 $11) 39... Qe1+ 40. Kh2
Qh4+ $11) 38... Nb7 (38... Qc7 39. Kh2 Ne8 40. Qxb5 $18) 39. Qf5+ (39. Qxb5 a4
40. c4 (40. Qd7 Qxd7 41. exd7 a3 42. c4 Kg6 (42... a2 43. c5 Nd8 44. Kf2 Kg6
45. Ke3 Kf7 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. Bxg7 (47. Kd5 Kxd7 48. Bxg7 h5 $11) 47... h5 48.
Kf5 Kxd7 49. Kg6 Ne6 50. Ba1 Nxc5 51. Kxh5 Nb3 52. Bb2 $16) 43. c5 Nd8 44. Kf2
Kf7 45. Kf3 g6 $15) 40... a3 (40... Qxe6 41. Qxb7 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 $18) 41. c5 Nd8
42. Qd7 Qxd7 43. exd7 Kg6 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Kf3 g6 46. Ke4 Ke6 $17) 39... Kg8 40.
Qxb5 Nd8 (40... a4 41. Qxa4 $18) 41. Qxa5 (41. Qd7 Qxd7 42. exd7 a4 $15) 41...
Nxe6 42. Qe5 $16) 35. e6 a5 36. Qf5 Kg8 37. g3 (37. g4 a4 38. g5 hxg5 (38... a3
39. g6 Nd6 $8 (39... a2 40. Qf7+ Qxf7 41. exf7+ Kf8 42. Bc5+ $18) 40. Qd5 Nb7
$8 41. Qxb5 a2 42. Qa4 Nd8 43. Qxa2 Qxe6 44. Qxe6+ Nxe6 45. h5 Nf4 46. Kf2 Nxh5
47. Kf3 Nf6 48. Bxf6 gxf6 49. c4 $18) 39. hxg5 a3 40. g6 Nd6 41. Qh5 Qxe6 42.
Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qxg7+ Ke8 44. Qh8+ Kd7 45. Qh7+ Kc6 46. g7 a2 47. g8=Q (47. c4
Qg4+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh3 Qxd4 50. cxb5+ Kxb5 51. g8=Q Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ 53.
Kh3 Qf3+ 54. Kh2 $11) 47... a1=Q+ 48. Kh2 $11) 37... a4 38. Qxb5 Qxe6 39. Qxa4
Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) 33... Qxe6 34. Qf8+ Qg8 35. Bxg7+ Kh7 36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37.
Bxh6 a5 $15) 30... Nxe5 (30... Ne3 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (31... Qxg7 32. Qd8+ Qg8 33.
Qd4+ Qg7 34. Qxe3 $18) 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. Qxe3 Qxa3 34. Qh6 $16) 31. Qxe5 h6 32.
a4 bxa4 33. c4 (33. Qa5 a3 34. e5 Qf4 35. Qxa3 Qxe5 $11) 33... Qb4 $11) 26.
Qxd6 Nxd6 27. fxe5 Nxe4 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Be5 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Kg8 $11) 22. Be1
Nb6 (22... exd4 23. Nxd4 (23. cxd4 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 25. Bxa5 d5 $11) (23. Ne7
$1 Rce8 24. cxd4 Qxc2 25. Bxc2 Rxe7 (25... Nc4 26. Nf5 $16) 26. Bxa5 $16) 23...
Nc5 $15) (22... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 23. a4 $14) 23. Qf2 Nac4 24. Rg3 g6 (24... Bg6
25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. f5 $16) 25. Nh6 Be6 (25... exf4 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf4 $16)
(25... Nxa3 $2 {Ftacnik} 26. fxe5) 26. f5 gxf5 $8 27. Nxf5 Rg8 (27... Nxa3 28.
Rg7 Nd7 (28... Rf7 29. Rxf7 Bxf7 30. Nh6 $18) 29. Qg3 $1 (29. Qe3 Bxf5 30. Qh6
Rg8 31. Rxg8+ Rxg8 32. Rxf5 Nc4 33. h5 Rg4 $11) (29. Re7 Rce8) 29... Rg8 $8 30.
Qg4 Bf7 31. Bd2 Bg6 32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Ne7 Rg7 34. Nd5 Qa7 35. Bh6 Rg8 36. Qe6
Re8 37. Qxd6 $18) 28. Nxd6 $1 $18 Rcf8 (28... Rxg3 29. Nxc8 Rxd3 (29... Rg6 {
Ftacnik} 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. h5 Rh6 32. d5 Qxf2+ 33. Bxf2 Bg4 34. Bxc4 bxc4 35.
Be3 Rxh5 36. Rxf6 $18) 30. Qxf6+ Qg7 31. Qxe6 $18) (28... Qxd6 {Ftacnik} 29.
Qxf6+) (28... Nxd6 {Ftacnik} 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. Rxg7 Qxg7 31. Qxe6 Rg8 32. Qxe5
Qxe5 33. dxe5 $18) 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 (29... Bxg8 {Ftacnik} 30. Nf5 $16) 30. Nf5
Qd7 31. Qg3+ Kh8 (31... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 32. Nh6+ Ke8 33. d5 $18) 32. d5 Bxf5 33.
Rxf5 Nd6 (33... Nxa3 {Ftacnik} 34. Qf3 Qd6 35. h5 Nd7 36. Bh4 $16) 34. Rf1 Nbc4
35. h5 Qg7 36. Qh4 Rg8 (36... Nxa3 {Ftacnik} 37. h6 Qg6 38. Rf3 $16) 37. Qxf6
Ne3 (37... Qxf6 {Ftacnik} 38. Rxf6 Rg4 39. Bxc4 Nxc4 40. Rxa6 Rxe4 41. Bf2 $18)
38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 (38... Rxg7 {Ftacnik} 39. Rf8+ Rg8 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Bf2 $18)
39. Rf3 Nec4 40. Bh4 Kh6 (40... Nxa3 {Ftacnik} 41. Bf6+ Kh6 42. Be7 Ndc4 43.
Rf6+ Kxh5 44. Be2+ $18) 41. Be7 Kxh5 42. Rf6 Rg6 (42... Ne8 {Ftacnik} 43. Be2+
Kg5 44. Rf8+ $18) 43. Rf5+ Nxf5 (43... Kh6 {Ftacnik} 44. Bf8+) 44. exf5 Rg4 (
44... Rb6 {Ftacnik} 45. f6 Nd6 46. Bxh7 $18) (44... Rg4 {Ftacnik} 45. Be2 $18)
1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d5 (8... Ba6 9. e3 (9. Rc1 d6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. e3 Rc8 12. b4 d5 $1 13. cxd5
Bxf1 14. dxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Kxf1 c5 $1 16. bxc5 (16. Ne2 cxb4 17. axb4 Rxc1+ 18.
Nxc1 Qc7 19. Qd1 Nd5 20. Kg1 Nxb4 21. h3 $132) (16. Qh3 cxb4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18.
Ra1 bxa3 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Qf5 (20. Qb3 Ne4 21. Bxd8 Nd2+ 22. Ke1 Nxb3 23. Rxa3
Nxd4 $1 $17) 20... Qe7 21. g4 $13) 16... bxc5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne2 cxd4 19.
Rxc8 Qxc8 20. exd4 Qc2 $17 {0-1 Rydholm,L-Kupsys,A/cr Betinsch memo 1993 (40)})
(9. Nf3 d6 (9... d5 $1 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 c5 14.
Qf3 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 Nc6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. e3 Bb7 18. Bg2 d4 19. O-O dxe3 20. fxe3
$132 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Gostisa,L/Maribor 1990 (50)}) 10. e3 Nbd7 11. b4 c5 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 (13. Be2 $5) 13... Bb7 14. Be2 a6 15. O-O axb5 16. cxb5 Ra4
17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Qc2 Qa5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Elbilia,J-Palac,M/Montpellier-Masters
1997 (47)}) 9... d6 (9... d5 10. Nf3 (10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 exd5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Ne2 (13. Qxc7 $1 Nc6 14. Ne2 (14. Qg3 Rac8 15. Qf3 Qg6 16. Qxd5 Qd3+ 17.
Ne2 Na5 18. Qh5 Rc2 $17) 14... Rac8 15. Qf4 Qg6 16. Qf3 Qc2 (16... Rfd8 17. Nc3
Na5 18. Nxd5 Rd7 19. Nb4 $16) 17. Qxd5 Qxb2 18. Qa2 Qb5 19. Rb1 Qa6 (19... Qd3
20. Qb3) 20. Kg1 $16) 13... Rc8 14. Rc1 c6 15. f3 Nd7 16. Kf2 Qd6 17. Qd2 Re8
18. Rc3 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Gostisa,L/Pula op 1990
(42)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 c5 $11) 12.
cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 (13. dxe6 $1 Ba6 14. exd7 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd7 16. Qxd7 (16.
Bxf6 Qb5 17. Qd2 gxf6 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. f4 $14 (19. O-O-O Rac8+ 20. Kb1 $14))
16... Nxd7 17. Rd1 $16) 13... exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Rab1 a5 17. b3
Rab8 18. Rfd1 Rb7 $11 {1/2 - Shishkin,V-Mazalon,M/MK Cafe op 1997/EXP 59 (41)})
10. Rd1 (10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Yrjola,
J-Olafsson,H/Espoo zt 1989}) 10... Ne4 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Rc1 (12. bxc3 Rxd8 13.
Nf3 Nd7 $11) 12... Na2 13. Ra1 Rxd8 14. Rxa2 c5 15. Nf3 $11 {1/
2Azmaiparashvili,Z-Garcia Ilundain,D/San Roque 1996/CBM 57/ - (67)}) 9. e3 (9.
cxd5 exd5 10. e3 g5 11. Bg3 c5 12. Nf3 (12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc3 Bb7
15. Ne2 d4 16. exd4 Re8 17. O-O Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Qd3 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Re8+ Qxe8 23. Qxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Barbero,G/Budapest tt
1989 (41)}) 12... Ne4 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Be2 Bg4 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qd1 $132 {
1/2 - Dive,R-Barbero,G/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/ - (61)}) 9... Bb7 10. cxd5 (
10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Rac1 a6 $132 (14... Bxf3
15. gxf3 g5 (15... cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. b4 Nd7 20.
Ba6 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 $16) 16. Bg3 Nd5 17. Qd2 Qf6 $132)) 10... Bxd5 11. Nf3 (11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxc7 Nc6 $44) 11... Nbd7 12. Ne5 $5 (12. Be2 c5 $11) 12... Nxe5 (
12... g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 c5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f3 (16. Bd3 f5 17. Be5 cxd4
18. Bxd4 Rac8 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 (20. O-O $4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bc4 $19) 20...
Rxc5 21. O-O $11) 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 cxd4 18. e4 Rac8 19. Qd2 Bb3 20. Rxh6 f6
$17) 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bxc7 (15. Bh4 Na4 16. O-O-O (16. Rc1 Nxb2
17. Rc2 Na4 18. Rxc7 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17) 16... a5 17. f3 Nc5 18. Be7 Nb3+
19. Kc2 Rfe8 20. e4 Bc6 21. Bh4 (21. Kxb3 Rxe7 $11) 21... Nc5 22. Rd4 g5 23.
Bf2 Red8 24. Bc4 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Nb7 26. Rd1 Rd8 $11) 15... Rfc8 16. Bd6 $132 Na4
17. Ba6 (17. b4 Rc3 18. Kd2 (18. f3 Rxe3+ 19. Kd2 (19. Kf2 Rc3 20. Bb5 Rc2+ 21.
Kg3 Nc3 22. Ba6 Ne2+ (22... b5 23. Kh3 Ne2 24. Bxb5 Nf4+ 25. Kg3 Nxg2 26. Bc5
h5 27. h4 g5 $8 28. hxg5 h4+ 29. Kg4 $16) 23. Bxe2 Rxe2 24. Rhc1 $11) 19... Rb3
20. Bb5 Rb2+ 21. Kd3 Bb3 $15) 18... Rac8 $15) 17... Rc2 18. O-O (18. Bd3 Rxb2
19. e4 Bb3 $15) 18... Rxb2 19. Rfc1 Rb3 (19... b5 $6 20. Rc7 Bc4 $6 21. h4 Nb6
(21... Nc3 22. a4 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Rxc4 Ra2 25. g4 $16) 22. a4 Nd5 23.
Rb7 Nc3 24. axb5 Bd5 (24... Bxb5 25. Kh2 $18) 25. Rd7 Nxb5 26. Rc1 $16) 20.
Rab1 $2 (20. Rc7 Rc3 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 $16) (20. Bb4 Nb2 21. Rc7 Nd3 22.
Bd6 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 $16) 20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Nc5 $2 (21... Nc3 $1
22. Rc1 Rc8 $3 23. Kf1 (23. Bxc8 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxc1 25. Bb8 Bc4+ 26. Kg1 (26.
Ke1 Nd3+ 27. Kd2 a5 28. f4 b5 29. Bd6 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. f5 b3 32. fxe6 fxe6
33. Bxe6+ Bxe6 34. Kxd3) 26... Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nc3 28. Bxa7 Nb5 29. Bxb6 Nxa3 $14)
23... Rc6 $11) 22. Bxc5 $16 bxc5 23. f3 Rd8 24. Rc1 Rb8 (24... c4 25. e4 $16)
25. e4 Bc6 (25... Rb6 26. exd5 Rxa6 27. d6 Kf8 28. Rxc5 Ke8 29. Rc8+ Kd7 30.
Rc7+ Ke8 31. Re7+ Kf8 32. Rc7 Ke8 33. Rc8+ (33. Rc3 $18) 33... Kd7 34. Rf8 f6
35. Rf7+ Kd8 36. exf6 (36. f4 fxe5 37. fxe5 Rxa3 38. Rxg7 (38. Re7 a5 39. Rxe6
Rd3 40. Re7 Rd5 41. Kf2 a4 42. Ke3 a3 43. Ke4 Ra5 44. Rxg7 a2 45. e6 Re5+ $3
46. Kf4 Rxe6 47. Ra7 Re2 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. h4 Rxd6 50. Rxa2 Ke7 $11) 38... Ra5
39. Rh7 Rxe5 40. Rxh6 a5 41. Rh7 Rd5 42. h4 Rxd6 43. Ra7 Rd5 44. Kf2 $18) 36...
gxf6 37. Rxf6 Kd7 38. Rxh6 Rxa3 39. h4 $18) 26. Rxc5 Rb6 27. Be2 (27. Bc4 $16)
27... Kf8 (27... g5 $5 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke3 f6 30. Bc4 Kf7 $16) 28. Kf2 Ke7 29.
Ra5 Rb7 30. Ke3 Kd8 (30... Kd7 31. Kd4 Ke7 32. h4 Rd7+ 33. Ke3 Rb7 34. f4 Kd7
35. g4 Ke7 36. Bd3 (36. Kd4 Rd7+ 37. Ke3) 36... Kd7 37. Kd4 Ke7 38. f5 Rd7+ 39.
Ke3 Rb7 40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 $18) 31. Kd4 Rb2 32. Bc4 $1 Rxg2 $2 (32... Rb7 $16
) 33. Rxa7 $18 Bd7 (33... Rd2+ 34. Kc5 $18) 34. Kc5 Rc2 (34... Rxh2 35. Kd6
Rd2+ 36. Bd5 $1 exd5 (36... Bc8 37. Rxf7 Ke8 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Rc7 Ba6 40. Kxe6
$18) 37. Rxd7+ Kc8 38. Ke7 $1 d4 39. Kxf7 $1 Rf2 40. e6 Rxf3+ 41. Kxg7 $18 (41.
Ke8 d3 42. e7 g5 43. Rd4 g4 44. Rc4+ Kb7 45. Kd8 $18)) 35. a4 Rxh2 36. a5 Rh1
37. a6 Ra1 38. Kd6 Rd1+ 39. Bd5 Bc8 40. Rxf7 Ke8 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. a7 1-0

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3
Bb7 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 (9. dxc5 Ne4 (9... bxc5 10. Bg5 Ne4 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Be7
Re8 13. Bxc5 Na4 14. Be3 (14. Bd4 e5 15. Bc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Na6 $44) 14... Nxb2
15. Rb1 Nd3+ 16. Kd2 Bxf3 17. exf3 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Prentic,
I-Svicevic,R/JUG-chT2 1994 (23)} (19. Rb7 Nxe3 20. fxe3 $14)) 10. Qc2 Nxc5 (
10... bxc5 11. Bg2 f5 (11... Qa5+ 12. Nd2 f5 13. O-O d5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. b3
$14) 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. b3 Rab8 15. Bb2 d6 16. Ba1 $14 {1-0 Sapis
Witalis-Ostrowski Leszek/It (open), Polanica Zdroj (Poland) 1995 (54)}) 11. Bg2
Be4 12. Qc3 Nc6 (12... Qf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. b4 Nb3 17.
Rc3 Nbd4 18. Kd2 b5 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rhc1 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Dokhoian,Y-Smagin,S/Erevan 1988 (27)}) 13. Be3 a5 14. O-O Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16.
Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rd6 Rab8 18. Rfd1 $14 {0-1 Kaposztas,M-Farago,I/HUN t-ch 1996 
(34)}) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qh4 Na5 12. Bd2 (12. b4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nxc1 14.
Rxc1 Rc8 15. O-O Qe7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 d6 18. Nf3 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,
J-Gruenfeld,Y/New York op 1994}) 12... Rc8 $11 (12... Nb3 13. Rd1 Nxd2 14. Rxd2
d5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 $11) 13. Bxa5 bxa5 14. O-O (14. Qd4 $2 Qc7 (14... Qb6 15. Qxb6
(15. Rd1 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 $17) 15... axb6 16. b3 a4 17. Rb1 Be4 18. Rb2 axb3
19. Rxb3 Rxc4 (19... d5 $5) 20. Rxb6 Ra8 21. O-O Rca4 $17) 15. Qxa7 Bxf3 16.
Qxc7 Bxg2 (16... Rxc7 17. Bxf3 Rxc4 18. Kd2 Rb8 19. Rab1 d5 20. Rhc1 $11) 17.
Qxa5 Bxh1 18. f3 Bg2 19. Qc3 $13) 14... Qb6 15. b4 $1 d6 16. bxa5 (16. b5 Rc5
17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 d5 19. Ne5 (19. Nd2 Ne8 20. e4 Nd6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bf1
a4 23. Bd3 h6 24. Rc2 Bb7 $15) 19... dxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxb5 21. Rb1 Qxc4 22. Qxc4
Rxc4 23. Bxb7 $11) 16... Qxa5 $15 17. Qd4 (17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qd4 Qa4 19. Rac1
Rd7 $15 (19... Qxa3 20. Ra1 Qc5 21. Rxa7 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24.
Rxd6 $1 $11)) 17... Rfd8 18. Rfb1 (18. Rfd1 $5 $15) 18... Be4 19. Rb4 (19. Rb5
Qc7 20. Rc1 Bd5 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 d5 23. Rbb1 (23. c5 e5 24. Qb2 Qc6 25.
Nf3 d4 26. Kg1 Nd7 $15) 23... e5 $1 $15) 19... h6 20. Nd2 (20. Rb5 Qc7 (20...
Qa4 21. Rb4) 21. Rb2 $15) 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 d5 $5 22. cxd5 (22. e3 Rd7 (22...
dxc4 23. Nxc4 Qa6 $19)) (22. Qc3 Rd6 $15) (22. Qe5 $1 Qc5 $140 23. cxd5 Rxd5 (
23... Qxd5+ 24. Qxd5 (24. Nf3 Qxe5 (24... Rc2 25. Rd4 Qa8 26. Rad1 $11) 25.
Nxe5 $11) 24... Nxd5 25. Rc4 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Rc8 $15) 24. Qb2 Qc2 25. Nf3 $11)
22... Nxd5 23. Rb7 (23. Qe5 Rc2 24. Nb3 Qa6 $1 $17 (24... Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26.
Rd4 Rc2 27. e4 $11)) (23. Rb2 Nc3 24. Qb4 Qa6 $15) 23... Nf6 24. Nb3 $8 Qh5 $1
(24... Qf5 25. Qe3 Nd5 $15) (24... Rxd4 25. Nxa5 Rd7 $11) 25. Qf4 $2 (25. Qxa7
$1 Ra8 26. Qb6 (26. Qc5 Qxe2 27. Qe7 Qh5 28. Rc1 Nd5 29. Qc5 Qe2 30. Kg1 $8 (
30. Rc4 Ne3+ $19) (30. h4 Nf4+ $19) 30... Qa6 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxa3 $17)
26... Qxe2 27. h3 Qe4+ 28. Kh2 Qf3 $17) 25... Qxe2 26. Rxa7 $6 (26. Rc1 $5 Qd3
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17) 26... Qb2 27. Qf3 $8 Rb8 $1 $19 (27... Rc3 $1 28. Rb1 $1 (
28. Qb7 Rf8 $19) 28... Qxb1 (28... Qc2 29. Na1 Qxb1 30. Qxc3 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Rd2
$17) 29. Qxc3 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 Qf5+ 31. Kg2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Ne4+ 33. Ke3 Nxc3 $17)
28. Rb7 $5 Rxb7 29. Qxb7 Ng4 $19 30. Qf3 $8 Nxf2 $1 31. Qxf2 Qxb3 {Hecht:
schwarzer Mehrbauer, offene weiße Königsstellung sowie schwarzer König im
Quadrat des a-Bauern ermöglichen Schwarz schlußendlich den Generalabtausch.}
32. Rf1 (32. a4 {Hecht} Rd3 33. a5 Qd5+ 34. Kg1 Rd2 35. Qf1 Rg2+ 36. Qxg2 Qd4+
37. Qf2 Qxa1+ {[%csl Ra5]}) 32... Rd7 33. Qc5 Qb7+ 34. Kg1 Rd2 35. Rf2 Qb1+ 36.
Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Rf1 Qe2 39. Rf2 Qxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Kf8 42.
Ke3 0-1

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
g3 b6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. b4 a5 11. f3 Nf6 12. b5 Nd4 13. Qd3 e5 14. Bb2
$18 {1-0 Lim,J-Jones,L/WchJ-U18 Singapore 1990 (25)}) (8... Nc6 9. Nf3 d6 10.
Bg2 e5 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 a5 $13) 11... dxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5
13. O-O $14) 12. O-O $14 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Christiansen,L/Tilburg 1994 (38)}) (
8... Qf6 9. e3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Nf3 Ng5 12. Qe2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Be4 14. Bd2 d5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bc3 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Dunne,R-Hopper,P/Glenalmond Glorney Cup
1996 (53)}) 9. Bg2 c5 (9... Bb7 10. Nf3 (10. b4) 10... Nf6 (10... Qe7 11. O-O
c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b4 $1 $14 {1-0 Bareev,E-Romanishin,O/Beograd 1993 (35)}) (
10... d6 $1 {/\ Nd7, c5}) 11. O-O Be4 12. Qd1 (12. Qc3 a5 (12... d6 13. b4 Qe8
(13... Nbd7 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Bf1 $5 h6 (15... Bb7 $142) 16. Ne1 Bb7 17. f3 a5 $1
$132 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Adams,M/Erevan olm 1996 (37)}) 14. Bb2 (14. a4 a5 15.
b5 Nbd7 16. Ba3 Qh5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Qc4 N7f6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rac1 (20. Bxd6
Rac8 21. Qb3 Rc3 22. Qd1 Rfc8 23. Be5 Rc2 $17) 20... Rad8 $15 {0-1 Amura
Claudia N-Sorokin Maxim/It (open), Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1996 (31)}) 14...
Nbd7 15. d5 (15. Rac1 a5 16. b5 Qh5 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. a4 Ba8 $132 {0-1
Savchenko,S-Zelcic,R/2nd op, Nova Gorica SLO 1997 (40)}) 15... e5 16. Ng5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. f3 Qh5 20. Qe3 exf3+ 21. exf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kahn,
E-Horvath,C/Budapest Spring op 1996 (33)}) (12... Qe8 13. Ne1 d6 14. b3 Nbd7
15. Bb2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Bxe4 Nf4 19. Bd5+ N4xd5 20. cxd5 Qf7
(20... Qxe2 21. Rae1 Qb5 22. Re7 $132) 21. Rfd1 Rae8 22. Qc4 (22. e3 $11) 22...
f4 $36 {0-1 Harestad,H-Ibragimov,I/EUCup Gr3 London 1996 (43)}) 13. b3 Nc6 14.
Bb2 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. h3 (16. Bf1 f4 17. d5 fxg3 18. hxg3 exd5 19. cxd5
Nexd5 $17 {0-1 Mozetic,D-Drasko,M/Novi Sad 1995 (35)}) 16... h6 {1/2-1/2
Kiriakov,P-Savon,V/Pardubice op 1995}) (12. Qd2 a5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15.
a4 h6 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. b4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sadler Matthew-Wells Peter
K/it open 1995 (71)}) 12... a5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Qd2 Qb8
17. Rfd1 a4 (17... Qb7 $5) 18. b4 d6 19. b5 Qe8 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 $14 {
0-1 Onischuk,A-Kurajica,B/Moscow olm UKR-BIH 1994 (53)}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nf3
Nc6 12. O-O Qe7 $6 $146 (12... Rb8 $1 13. Bf4 d6 14. Rfd1 Qf6 15. Bxd6 (15. b3
Bb7 16. Rab1 (16. Bxd6 $4 Nxd6 17. Rxd6 Qxa1+ $19) 16... e5 17. Bc1 Nd4 (17...
a5 $11) 18. Nxd4 cxd4 $132) 15... Rxb2 16. Qa4 $8 Bb7 (16... Nxd6 17. Rxd6 Ne5
18. Rad1 f4 $36) 17. Rd3 (17. Bxf8 Nc3 $19 {[%csl Ra4]}) (17. Rac1 Rc8 $15)
17... Rc8 18. Qd1 (18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19. Be5 Nxf2 (19... Qe7 20. Bxb2 Nd6 $17) 20.
Bxf6 Nxd3 21. Bxb2 Nxb2 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rd8 $17) 18... Nc3 19. Qf1 Nxe2+
20. Kh1 e5 $17 {1-0 Ahlander,B-Wells,P/Berliner Sommer 1995 (31)}) 13. Nd2 $1
d5 $5 (13... Nd4 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Nb3 18. Rb1
$16) (13... Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bb7 15. Bc3 d6 $14) 14. cxd5 (14. b4 $5 Nd4 (14...
cxb4 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. Qc4 Nc3 17. d6 Ndxe2+ 18. Kh1 Qxd6 19. Bxa8 Bd7 (19...
Nxc1 20. Rfxc1 Qxd2 21. Qxb4 $18) 20. Bg2 Nxc1 21. Raxc1 Qxd2 22. Qxb4 Rc8 23.
Rfd1 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nxd1 25. Qe7 $18 (25. Qd2 Ba4)) 15. Qd3 Qf6 (15... Bb7 16.
bxc5 $14) 16. cxd5 Nxe2+ $2 (16... exd5 17. Bb2 (17. Rb1 c4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19.
Qe3 c3 $1 $17) 17... Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qxb2 19. Rfb1 (19. bxc5 Be6 20. Rfe1 $11)
19... Qc2 20. Rc1 Qb2 21. bxc5 (21. Rcb1 $11) 21... Be6 22. Re1 Rac8 23. Nxe4
Qxe2 24. Nf6+ $5 Rxf6 25. Rxe2 Rxc5 26. Rd1 Kf7 27. Re5 $11) 17. Qxe2 Qxa1 18.
Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 (19. Qxe4 cxb4 20. axb4 Qf6 $11) 19... Bb7 (19... cxb4 20.
dxe6 Rb8 21. e7 Re8 22. Bxh7+ $18) 20. dxe6 Bxe4 21. e7 Rf7 22. Qxe4 (22. Bb2
Qa2) 22... Re8 23. Bg5 Qxa3 24. Qc6 Rfxe7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Qd5+ $18) 14...
exd5 15. Nxe4 $5 (15. Nf3 $142 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. b3 $14) (15. b4 Nd4 16. Qd3
Qf6 {- See Previous Variations}) 15... fxe4 16. Be3 c4 17. Rad1 $14 (17. Rfd1
Be6 18. b3 Na5 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bd4 $14) 17... Be6 18. b4 (18. b3 Na5 19. b4
Nb3 20. f3 exf3 21. exf3 a5 $132) 18... Rfe8 19. Bc5 Qg5 20. f3 (20. f4 $6 Qf5
21. b5 Na5 $11) 20... Rad8 (20... a6 21. fxe4 d4 22. e5 (22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4
Qe3+ $19) 22... Qe3+ 23. Rf2 Rf8 $8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rdf1 Nxe5 26. Qe4 $18) (
20... exf3 21. exf3 $14) 21. Qc3 (21. Qa4 $1 Rc8 (21... Bd7 22. b5 Ne7 23. fxe4
Bg4 24. Rf2 Qh5 (24... c3 25. Qb3 $18) 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxc4
Bxe2 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. exd5 Bxb5 $16) 22. fxe4 d4 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Bxd4 $16)
21... exf3 22. Qxf3 (22. exf3 $14) 22... a6 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 h6 (24... g5
25. Rf2 Kg7 $14) 25. a4 Rd7 (25... Rb8 26. Bxd5 (26. Rxd5 Nxb4 $11) 26... Bxd5
27. Rxd5 Nxb4 28. Rd7 Rxe2 29. Bd4 $18) 26. Rdf1 (26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Na5 28.
Rdf1 Nb3 29. Rf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxf8+ Kh7 31. Bf2 Rb7 $11) 26... Kh7 $2 (26... Ne7
27. e3 Ng6 28. Rd4 Ne5 $14) 27. h4 $2 (27. Rxc4 $1 Rb7 (27... dxc4 28. Bxc6 $1
(28. Be4+ Kg8 29. Bxc6 Bh3 30. Bxd7 (30. e4 $2 Bxf1 31. Bxd7 Rxe4 32. Kxf1 c3
33. Bf5 c2 34. Be3 (34. Bxe4 c1=Q+ 35. Kg2 a5 $19) 34... Rxe3 35. Bxc2 $19)
30... Bxd7 $11 {[%csl Ra4,Re2]}) 28... Bh3 29. Bxd7 (29. e4 $2 Bxf1 30. Bxd7
Rd8 31. Bf5+ g6 32. Kxf1 gxf5 $19) 29... Bxd7 30. Rf7 $1 Bxa4 31. Bd4 Rg8 (
31... Kg6 32. Rxg7+ Kf5 33. Kf2 $16) 32. Rc7 Bb5 33. Kf2 $16) 28. Rd1 dxc4 29.
Bxc6 Rbb8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 $16) 27... Rb8 $11 28. e4 (28. Rf8 Rbb7 29. Rb1 $11 (
29. a5 Nxb4 30. Ra8 c3 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. Rxa6 Bg4 $15)) 28... Nxb4 29. Rb1 $8
a5 30. exd5 $8 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxc4 Rc8 33. Rbc1 $8 Nd3 34. Bf2 (34. Ba3
Re8 35. R1c2 $11) 34... Rf8 35. Rd1 (35. R1c2 $11) 35... Rf3 36. Rc3 (36. Rd2
Rdf5 37. g4 Rxf2 38. Rxd3 R5f4 39. Rdd4 $11) 36... g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rd2 (
38. g4 Kg7 39. Rd2 $11) 38... g4 39. Re2 $4 (39. Kg2 Nf4+ 40. gxf4 Rxd2 41.
Rxf3 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Ra2 $19) (39. Rc7+ $1 Kh6 40. Re7 Kg6 41. Re6+ Kf5 42. Re8
$11) 39... Nxf2 40. Rxf3 $2 (40. Rc7+ Kg6 41. Rxf2 Rxg3+ 42. Kf1 Rgd3 $17)
40... Nh3+ $19 41. Kh2 (41. Kg2 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Ng5+ $1 (42... Ng1+ $4 43. Ke4
Rd1 (43... Nxe2 44. Kxd5 $11) 44. Rc2 $11 {[%cal Gc2c5,Gc5a5]}) 43. Kf4 Kg6 $19
) 41... gxf3 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Kxh3 Rd1 (43... Rh5+ 44. Kg4 f2 45. Re6+ Kf7 $19)
0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 (8... Nc6 9. e3 (9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 d6 13. Be2 b6
(13... g5 $6 14. Nh3 Nh5 15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 Qh4+ 17. Nf2 Ng4 18. g3 Qe7 19.
O-O $16 {Kharlov,A-Makarichev,S/RUS/1994/0|1/40/}) 14. O-O Qe7 15. b4 a5 $132)
9... d6 10. f3 (10. Bd3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. O-O $1 (12. b4 $5 Ng6 13. O-O (13.
Bb2 $2 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. g3 (15. O-O e4 16. Be2 Nh4 17. g3 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3
exf3 19. Rfd1 Qg4 20. Qc3 Rf7 21. Kh1 Qh3 22. Rg1 Rf6 $1 23. g4 (23. Qd3 Qxh2+
24. Kxh2 Rh6#) 23... fxg4 24. Rg3 Qh5 $17) 15... f4 16. exf4 (16. gxf4 exf4 17.
O-O-O fxe3 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kb1 Qh3 (19... a5 $5) 20. Bxg6 (20. Rdg1 Qxd3 21.
Qxd3 Bf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. h4 Raf8 $17) 20... hxg6 21. Ka2 Bf5 22. Qd2 Rae8 $17
{Flear,G-De Firmian,N/Antwerpen op (7) ;TD 94/02 1994}) 16... exf4 17. O-O Bf5
18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Rae1 Raf8 $15) 13... Qh4 14. f4 $14) 12... Ng6 13. b4 a5 14.
Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Bd7 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. f4 $14 {1-0 Skomorokhin,
R-Nemet,I/Open, Biel SUI 1997 (45)}) 10... Nf6 (10... Ng5 11. Nf2 e5 12. d5 Ne7
13. Bd2 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Be2 Be6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Bc3 Na5 18. b3 b5 $1 19.
f4 $1 Nf7 20. fxe5 bxc4 21. b4 Nb3 22. Rad1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,
P-Prokopchuk,E/1/2 final Russia Cup, Perm RUS 1997 (64)}) 11. Nf2 (11. Bd3 Qe8
12. O-O Ne7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Nf2 Qh5 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. b4 $14 {Brunner,L-Nemet,
I/SUI-chT (07) ;EXP 49 1995 (25)}) (11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Qe7 14.
O-O Kh8 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. b4 Rae8 17. Nf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-De Firmian,N/4th
World Team Ch, Lucerne SUI 1997 (38)}) 11... e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Be2 $132 {
- Sokolov,I-De Firmian,N/New York CITS 1996/CBM 52/[Dautov] (23)} (13. Bd3 $5
a5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Bd2 Kh8 16. O-O $14 {/\b4})) (8... b6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 Bb7
11. Be2 (11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Ne7 13. b4 Qe8 14. Bb2 Qh5 15. Rae1 $14 {Arlandi,
E-Cebalo,M/Reggio Emilia/1994/0|1/36/}) 11... d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. b4 Qe7 14.
Bb2 g6 15. Rad1 e5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. c5 $1 bxc5 18. bxc5 Rab8 19. Ba1 dxc5 20.
dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qc3 Rfe8 22. e4 fxe4 23. f4 Ned7 24. Rxd7 (24. Bc4+ $18) 24...
Qxd7 25. Qxf6 $18 {1-0 Kelecevic,N-Lawitsch,G/AUT-chT2W 9697 1997/EXT 97 (27)})
(8... d5 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 c6 11. Bd2 (11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. b4 Nf8 14.
Bd2 $14 {1-0 Rothman S-Spedale M/Ch Amateur Team, USA 1990 (37)}) 11... a5 12.
Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Nf2 Nf8 15. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Gabriel,C-Mantzouneas,N/
Open, Bad Woerishofen GER 1997 (40)}) (8... c5 9. f3 Nf6 (9... Nd6 10. dxc5
Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxc4 12. Qxc4 Nxc4 13. b3 Na5 14. Rb1 $14) 10. dxc5 a5 11. Bf4 Na6
12. Bd6 $16 {1-0 Kelecevic,N-Saesseli,K/Mendrisio op 1988 (47)}) 9. e3 $6 (9.
f3 $142 Nf6 10. e3 e5 (10... a5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O (12. b3 $14) 12... a4 13.
b4 axb3 14. Qxb3 b6 15. Bb2 Na5 16. Qc2 c5 $132 {Tomicic,Z-Hulak,K/Djakovo op
1994/EXT 94op/0-1 (40)}) (10... Qe7 $5 11. Bd3 a5 12. Bd2 b6 (12... a4 $5) 13.
O-O Bb7 (13... a4 $5) 14. b4 $14 {1-0 Kharlov,A-Vyzmanavin,A/Novosibirsk 1995 
(58)}) 11. dxe5 (11. Be2 exd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. f4 Nf6 15. Nf2 d5
16. O-O Re8 17. b4 dxc4 18. Bxc4+ Be6 19. Bxe6+ Rxe6 20. Bb2 Qd5 $17 {0-1
Baumegger,S-Zelcic,R/op 1997 (47)}) 11... dxe5 12. Nf2 (12. Be2 a5 13. b3 Nc6
14. O-O Qe7 15. Nf2 Be6 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Qc3 Rf6 18. Kh1 (18. Rad1 $14) (18. f4
$14) 18... Rh6 19. f4 Qh4 20. Nh3 Nf6 21. b4 (21. fxe5 Ne4 22. Qc2 $16) 21...
Ne4 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 $14 {1-0 Dragomarezkij Evgeni-Pogorelov Ruslan/It 
(cat.8), Moscow (Russia) 1996 (42)}) 12... Nc6 13. b4 (13. Bd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O e4
15. f4 Be6 16. Rg1 Rad8 17. Be2 h5 18. h3 $1 (18. g3 $2 Rd7 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Qb3
(20. g4 $1 $16) 20... Qc5 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. cxb5 Ne7 23. Bc3 Nfd5 24. Bd4 c5 25.
bxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxh5 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxe3 $17 {Hlian,E-Terterians,V/RUS-chT 1992/
EXT 92ch/0-1 (58)}) 18... h4 19. g3 hxg3 20. Rxg3 $16) 13... Qe8 (13... f4 14.
Bd3 e4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 fxe3+ 19. Bxe3 Ne5
20. Bd4 Nxc4 21. Rhc1 b5 22. a4 c6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Kozul Zdenko-Zelcic Robert/It (open) Pula (Croatia) 1996 (83)}) 14. Be2
Ne7 15. O-O Ng6 16. Bb2 Be6 17. a4 c6 18. b5 c5 19. a5 Qe7 20. Rfd1 $14 {
Arlandi,E-Hulak,K/Makarska 1996/EXT 97/ - (63)}) 9... e5 $1 $132 10. dxe5 dxe5
11. Be2 (11. b4 a5 $132) (11. b3 Qf6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Be2 Ndc5 $132) 11... a5 (
11... Qh4 12. O-O Nd6 13. f4 $14) 12. b3 (12. O-O $6 a4 13. f3 Nc5 14. Rd1 Qh4
15. Bd2 Nb3 16. Rab1 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Be6 18. Qb4 b6 19. Nf2 Nd7 20. Rd2 Nc5 $15)
12... Nc5 (12... Nc6 13. Bb2 Qh4 14. O-O Be6 15. f3 Nd6 16. f4 $16) 13. Bb2 (
13. O-O $2 f4 $1 $15) 13... Nc6 (13... f4 $2 14. exf4 Bxh3 15. gxh3 exf4 16.
Rg1 Rf7 17. Qc3 Qf8 18. O-O-O $16) 14. Rd1 (14. O-O $2 f4 $1 15. Rad1 Qh4 16.
exf4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Rxf4 $17) 14... Qe7 (14... Qh4 15. Rd5 $1 (15. O-O $2 f4 $17
) 15... Nd7 (15... Qe7 16. O-O $132) 16. O-O $132) 15. Ng1 $1 (15. O-O f4 $17)
(15. f3 f4 $17) 15... f4 $1 $17 16. e4 a4 $2 (16... Nd4 $1 17. Bxd4 exd4 18.
Rxd4 (18. Nf3 Nxe4 19. Rxd4 Bf5 20. Qb2 Qf6 21. Qc1 (21. O-O $140 c5 $19) 21...
c5 22. Rd5 Rae8 $17) 18... Ne6 19. Rd2 Qxa3 $17) (16... Ra6 $1 17. Nf3 Rb6 18.
Nd2 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. O-O Rd8 21. Bf3 Qe5 $17) 17. b4 $132 Nb3 18. Nf3 Bg4
$5 (18... b6 $132) 19. Nxe5 $2 $17 (19. O-O Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ncd4 21. Qc3 Rad8 22.
Rfe1 Qh4 23. c5 $132) 19... Nxe5 20. Rd5 $5 Bxe2 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 (21. Bxg4
Nxb2 $19) 21... Kh8 22. h3 c6 23. Re5 Qh4 24. Qc3 Rf6 25. Re7 $16) (20... f3
21. Rxe5 Qh4 22. g3 $16) 21. Rxe5 Qh4 (21... Qd6 $2 22. Kxe2 Rae8 23. Rxe8 (23.
Rd1 f3+ $1 24. gxf3 Qf6 25. Rxe8 Qxf3+ 26. Kf1 Rxe8 27. e5 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxh2
$17) 23... Rxe8 24. f3 (24. Rd1 Qg6 25. Kf1 Rxe4 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Qd3 Re7 $14)
24... Nd4+ 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Qc1 $16) 22. Qxe2 (22. Kxe2 $5 c6 $1 (22... Rad8
$2 23. Rd5 c6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Qg4+ 26. Ke1 Re8 (26... Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxg2
28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kf8 30. Qc8+ $18) 27. f3 Qh4+ 28. Qf2 Qxh2 29. Rd7 Qh1+
30. Qf1 (30. Ke2 Qb1 $17) 30... Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Rxe4+ 32. fxe4 Qg4+ 33. Qf3 Qxd7
34. Qxf4 $14) 23. Rd1 (23. Bc3 Rad8 24. Kf1 f3 $15) 23... Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8
$17) 22... Rad8 23. Rd5 (23. Rh5 Qe7 24. Rd5 (24. f3 Rd2 $17) 24... c6 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 $17) 23... c6 24. Rxd8 $6 (24. Rh5 $5 Qe7 $8 25. c5 (25. Bc3 Nc1 $17)
25... Rd2 (25... f3 26. gxf3 Nd2 (26... Rd2 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Be5 (28. Bc3 b5
29. cxb6 Qd6 30. Bxg7+ $8 Kxg7 31. Rg1+ Kh8 32. Qc3+ Rf6 33. Rd5 cxd5 34. b7
Rd4 35. Qc6 $1 Rxb4 $1 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. axb4 Rb6 $19) 28... Qd8 29. O-O Nd4
30. Kh1 $1 (30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Qe6 Rxf3 32. Qg6 h6 33. Re5 Rf8 34. Re6 (34. Re1
$4 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Qf3+ $19) 34... Qd7 35. Kg2 (35. Rd6 Rxd6 36.
Qxd6 (36. cxd6 Rf6 $17) 36... Qg4+ 37. Qg3 Qxe4 $11) 35... Rd3 36. Rg1 (36. f4
Rxa3 $17) 36... Rxa3 $15) 30... Nxf3 31. Bc3 Rd1 32. Rh3 $16) 27. Rh3 $18) 26.
Qc4+ Kh8 $2 (26... Qf7 $1 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7 28. Be5 Ra2 29. O-O Rxa3 30. Rd1 h6
31. f3 (31. Rf5 Rxf5 32. exf5 Ra2 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. h4 (34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Rxg7
Re2 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Be1 a3 $19) 34... Re2 35. Bxf4 a3 36. Bd6 Re8 37. Rxe8 Kxe8
38. Be5 Kf7 $19) 31... Ra2 32. Rh4 a3 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Bxf4 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Nxa1
36. Be5 Nc2 37. Bc3 a2 $19) 27. Bc3 Ra2 28. O-O f3 (28... Rxa3 29. Qe2 f3 30.
Qb2 fxg2 31. Re1 $18) 29. Re5 Qd8 30. Qe6 Rxa3 31. Qe7 Nc1 $1 32. Rxc1 Rxc3 33.
Qxf8+ Qxf8 34. Rxc3 fxg2 35. Rf3 $16) 24... Rxd8 $19 25. Bc3 (25. O-O Rd2 $19)
25... Nc1 $1 26. Qc2 $8 Nd3+ $6 (26... f3 $1 27. gxf3 (27. Qxc1 Qxe4+ 28. Qe3
Qb1+ $19) (27. g3 Qe7 28. e5 (28. O-O Qd7 $19) 28... Nd3+ 29. Kf1 Qe6 30. h3
Nxe5 (30... Qxc4 31. Kg1 Nxe5 32. Kh2 Rd3 33. Rc1 Nd7 $17) 31. Kg1 Nxc4 32. Kh2
Qe2 33. Qxe2 fxe2 34. Re1 Rd3 $19) (27. Rg1 Qxh2 28. Kf1 Ne2 $19) 27... Nd3+
28. Kf1 $8 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 (29. Ke2 Qg2 30. Rf1 Nf4+ 31. Ke1 (31. Ke3 Rd3+ $19)
31... Qxf3 32. Rg1 Rd3 $19) 29... Nf4 $19) 27. Kf1 f3 28. Rg1 $8 g6 $1 (28...
Qxh2 29. Qd2 (29. gxf3 Qh3+ 30. Ke2 Nf4+ 31. Ke1 Qxf3 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rg1 Rd3
$19) 29... fxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Qh1+ 31. Rg1 Qh3+ 32. Rg2 Rd7 33. Qe3 Nxf2 $1 $17)
29. c5 (29. gxf3 Qh3+ 30. Ke2 Nf4+ 31. Ke1 Qxf3 32. c5 Rd3 33. Bb2 Qxe4+ 34.
Kf1 Qf3 $19) 29... Nf4 (29... Qxe4 30. gxf3 $8 Qxf3 31. Rg3 Qh1+ 32. Rg1 Qxh2
$19) 30. Be5 (30. gxf3 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Qxf3 32. Qa2+ Kf8 33. Qc2 Rd3 $19) 30...
fxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Nxg2 $4 (31... Qh5 $19) 32. Qc4+ (32. Kxg2 Qg4+ 33. Bg3 Qe6 $44)
32... Kf8 33. Kxg2 Qg4+ (33... Re8 34. Bd6+ Kg7 35. f3 $44) 34. Bg3 Re8 35. f3
Qe6 36. Qc1 Kg8 37. Bd6 Rd8 (37... b5 $44) 38. Kg3 Rd7 39. Qg5 b6 40. Qh6 Rf7 (
40... Rxd6 41. cxd6 Qxd6+ 42. Qf4 Qd4 $11) 41. Qg5 Rd7 42. Qh6 Qe8 $6 (42...
Rf7 $11) 43. Qe3 b5 44. e5 Qe6 $4 (44... Rf7 45. e6 Rf6 46. e7 Kg7 $11) 45. Qe4
$18 h5 (45... Qd5 46. Qxd5+ (46. e6 Rxd6 47. cxd6 Qxd6+ 48. Kg4 Kg7 49. e7 Qd7+
50. Kg3 Kf7 51. h4 Ke8 52. h5 Qd6+ 53. Kg4 c5 54. bxc5 gxh5+ 55. Kh3 Qxc5 $17)
46... cxd5 47. e6 Rd8 48. Kf4 $18) 46. Qxc6 $4 (46. h4 $1 Rf7 (46... Qd5 47.
Qxd5+ cxd5 48. e6 Rd8 49. Kf4 $18) 47. Qxc6 Qb3 48. Qe4 $16) 46... h4+ 47. Kg2
(47. Kxh4 $4 Rh7+ 48. Kg3 Qh3+ 49. Kf2 Qxh2+ 50. Ke3 Qg1+ $19) 47... Qa2+ 48.
Kh3 Qe6+ 49. Kg2 Qa2+ 50. Kh3 Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Nf3 (8. e3 d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 exd5 12. Ne5 $1 $14 {
Bareev-Farago,I/Roma/1990/ ->CBM 18}) 8... d6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6
$6 (10... d6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be2 Nbd7 $132) 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 $1
cxb4 14. Qxf6 bxa3+ $2 (14... b3+ $5 15. Ke2 Qc5 16. Rhc1 $132) 15. Ke2 Qc5 (
15... Qb4 16. Rhb1) 16. Rhc1 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Rxa3 $16 {1-0 Hansen,
L-Farago/Tastrup/SW,13,13 1990 (30)}) 9. e3 (9. e4 $5 Nxe4 (9... h6 10. Bxf6
Qxf6 11. Bd3 $5) 10. Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Bxc7 Ne4 12. Nd2 (12. Bd3 $2 d5) 12... Nxd2
(12... Rc8 13. Nxe4 Rxc7 14. Nxd6 Rc6 $1 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Bxa6
Nxa6 18. O-O $1 $14) 13. Kxd2 Nc6 (13... Rc8 $2 14. Bxd6 Bxc4 15. Rc1 Ba6 16.
Be2 $1 $16) 14. Kc3 (14. Bxd6 Rfd8 15. c5 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 Nxd4 $17) 14... d5 (
14... Rac8 15. Bxd6 Rfd8 16. c5 $16) 15. c5 $6 (15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 exd5
17. Kd3 Rac8 18. Bf4 $10) 15... Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 $11 {= Pelletier,Y-Tukmakov,V/
Neuchatel 1995 (17)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 (
12... bxc5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O a5 15. Rad1 (15. Qc2 $14) 15... Nd5 $5 16. Qxg7+
$2 (16. cxd5 Qxh4 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bc4 Qg4 (18... d5 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7
21. Qxc5 $16) 19. f3 Qg6 20. Qb3 $16) 16... Kxg7 17. Bxd8 Nxe3 18. Be7 Rfe8 19.
fxe3 Rxe7 20. Be4 Ne5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne4 Nxc4 $17 {0-1 Ostenstad,B-Har Zvi,
R/Eikram mem op, Gausdal NOR 1996 (40)}) 13. f3 Bb7 14. g4 Qc7 15. Bg3 e5 16.
Rg1 Bc6 17. O-O-O Rfe8 18. h4 $16 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Rozentalis,E/Open,
Koge DEN 1997 (32)}) (10. b4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd2
d5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 d4 17. exd4 exd4 18. Qc2 Qc6 19. f3 a5 20. b5 Qb6 21.
Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Har Zvi,R/Tel-Aviv Cup 1996 (25)}) 10... c5 11.
O-O Rc8 (11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 (12... Rc8 $5 {/\ 13...cd4 14.ed4 b5} 13. d5 $5
exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 $14) 13. exd4 Rc8 14. b3 $6 (14. Qb4 $1 e5 15. Nd2
exd4 16. Qxd6 Nc5 17. Qxd8 Rcxd8 18. Bf5 $14) 14... b5 $1 $10 {1-0 Sokolov,
I-Kortchnoi,V/Antwerpen 1995 (42)}) 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 $14 Qe7
15. Rfd1 (15. Rad1 c4 (15... Qe4 16. Qb3 (16. Bf4 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Ne4 18. Nd2 c4
19. Rd4 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf6 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. f3 $14) 16... Rfe8 17. Bf4 c4 18.
Qa4 Nc5 19. Qxa7 Nd3 20. Qxb6 Nxd5 21. Qxd6 Rcd8 22. Qa6 (22. Nd2 Qf5 23. Qc6
Nxb2 24. Rb1 c3 25. Nf3 Rc8 $11) 22... Ra8 23. Qb5 (23. Qd6 Red8 24. Nd2 (24.
Qc6 N5xf4 $3 25. Qxe4 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxd1+ $19) 24... Qe8 $19)
23... N5xf4 24. exf4 Reb8 25. Nd2 (25. Qh5 Qxf4 $11) (25. Qd7 Qxf4 26. Rd2 h6
27. Qd5 Ra6 (27... Rd8 $11) 28. g3 $14 {0-1 Bacrot Etienne-Korchnoi Viktor/
Match (team), Cannes (France) 1996 (50)}) 25... Rxb5 (25... Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxb5
27. Nxc4 Rb3 28. Rd2 Nxf4+ 29. Kg1 Kf8 30. Re1 $16) 26. Nxe4 Rxb2 27. Nd6 Nxf4
28. Nxc4 Rc2 29. Nb6 Rb8 30. Rfe1 Ra2 31. Nc4 Rc2 32. Ne3 $14) 16. Qd4 Rc5 17.
Nd2 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nxc4 Rfc8 20. b3 b5 21. Nb2 Rxd5 22. Qb4 Rc2 23. Nd3
Qe4 $132) 15... c4 16. Qc2 (16. Qd4 h6 17. Bh4 Rc5 18. Rac1 b5 $132) 16... Rc5
17. Rd4 Rfc8 18. Rad1 $6 (18. e4 $5 c3 (18... b5 19. Nh4 g6 (19... Qe5 20. Nf5
$18) (19... h6 20. Nf5 Qf8 21. Bd2 $14) 20. f4 $14) (18... h6 19. Bd2 Ne5 20.
Nh4 Nd3 21. Nf5 Qe5 22. f3 Nd7 (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Rxd5 $1 (23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24.
Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qd4+ $19) 23... Rxd5 24. Bc3 $18) 23. Bc3 $14) 19. b3 h6 20.
Bf4 Re8 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rc4 (23. Rd3 Rec8 24. g3 b5 25. Nh4 a5
26. Nf5 Qd7 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Rc4 29. f3 $14 Qa7+ (29... Rxb4 30. Rxc3 Qa7+
31. Kg2 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qa2+ 33. Kh3 Rb2 34. Rh1 Qb3 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf8 Nh5 37.
Nh4 (37. Ne7 Nf4+ 38. Kg4 (38. gxf4 Qxf3+ 39. Kh4 Qxf4+ 40. Kh3 Qf3+ 41. Kh4
g5#) 38... h5+ 39. Kf5 Ng6 40. Qg8+ Kh6 41. Nxg6 fxg6+ 42. Kxe5 Qc3+ 43. Kd6
$14) 37... Rb1 (37... Qe3 38. Qxf7 Qg5 39. Qf5+ (39. Ra1 Rxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Qxg3+
41. Kh1 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kf1 Nf6 $44) 39... Qxf5+ 40. Nxf5 $16) 38. Rxb1
Qxb1 39. Qxf7 Qf1+ 40. Kg4 $18) 30. Kg2 $14) 23... Rxc4 24. bxc4 Qxa3 $15)
18... h6 19. Bh4 (19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. e4 $11 (20. Nh4 g6) 20... c3 21. b3 $132)
19... b5 20. b4 $2 (20. e4 $1 a5 21. Nd2 Ne5 (21... Qe5 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Nd2 $11
) 22. Bg3 Nh5 23. Nf1 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Qd7 27. Rd5 Rxd5
28. Rxd5 Nf4 29. Rd2 Nd3 30. Ne3 b3 31. Qc3 Qxd6 32. Nxc4 Qe6 (32... Qd4 $2 33.
Rxd3 Qxc4 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 (34... Kh7 35. Rxc8) 35. Qxc4 Rd1+ 36. Qf1 Rxf1+ 37.
Kxf1 $18) 33. Qxd3 Qxc4 34. Qd7 Qc1+ 35. Rd1 Rc2 36. g3 Qxb2 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38.
Qxf7 Rc1 39. Qf5+ $11) 20... cxb3 $17 {[%csl Rh4]} 21. Qxb3 g5 22. Bg3 Ne4 23.
Nd2 (23. Qd3 Ndf6 $17 {[%csl Rg3]}) 23... Ndf6 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 {[%csl Rg3]} 25.
Qd3 (25. Qb4 f5 $17) 25... Rc4 26. Rxc4 (26. a4 $5 Rxa4 (26... Rxd4 27. Qxd4
Rc4 28. Qd3 Qd7 (28... Nc5 29. Qb1 b4 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. exd4 Nxa4 32. Qxb4 Qc7
33. h4 Nc3 34. Bxd6 Nxd5 35. Bxc7 Nxb4 36. hxg5 hxg5 $11) 29. axb5 Qxb5 $17)
27. Qxb5 Rxd4 28. exd4 Nc3 29. Qa6 Re8 30. Rf1 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxg3+ 32. fxg3 Qe2
33. Qa1 (33. Qxe2 Rxe2 34. h3 Rd2 35. Ra1 Rxd4 36. Rxa7 Rxd5 $17) 33... a5 $17)
26... bxc4 (26... Rxc4 27. a4 $17) 27. Qc2 c3 28. Rd4 $2 (28. Rb1 Rc5 (28...
Nd2 29. Rb4) 29. Qb3 c2 (29... Nd2 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Rc1 (31. Bxd6 Nxb1 32. Bxe7
c2 $19) 31... Ne4 32. Qb1 f5 $17) 30. Rc1 Nxg3 31. hxg3 Qc7 $15 (31... Qe4 32.
f3 $11)) 28... Qb7 $1 $19 29. h4 (29. Rb4 Qxd5 30. Rd4 (30. Rxe4 Qd2 $19) 30...
Qf5 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 c2 $19) (29. Rxe4 Qb2 $19) 29... Qb2 30. Qxe4 c2 31.
Bxd6 (31. Qg4 c1=Q+ 32. Kh2 Qbb1 $19) 31... c1=Q+ 32. Kh2 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Nf3 (8. e3 d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 exd5 12. Ne5 $1 $14 {
Bareev-Farago,I/Roma/1990/ ->CBM 18}) 8... d6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6
$6 (10... d6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be2 Nbd7) 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 $1 cxb4
14. Qxf6 b3+ $5 (14... bxa3+ $6 15. Ke2 Qc5 $8 16. Rhc1 $132 {Ftacnik,L 1-0
Hansen,L-Farago,I/Tastrup 1990 (30)}) 15. Ke2 Qc5 $132) (8... c6 9. e3 d5 10.
Ne5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,P-Yudasin,L/RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem 1997})
9. Nd2 (9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. b4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bd3 (12. b5 Bb7 13. Bd3
d5 14. O-O Re8 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Thang Trang-Gonzalez
Garcia,J/FSGM Dec, Budapest HUN 1997}) 12... Qc7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bf4
(15. Bxf6 cxb4 16. axb4 Nxf6 $132) 15... e5 16. Bg3 d4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,
B-Har Zvi,R/Tel-Aviv Cup 1996 (25)}) 10... c5 11. O-O h6 (11... Rc8 12. d5 exd5
13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe7 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 c4 16. Qc2 Rc5 17. Rd4 Rfc8 18.
Rad1 h6 19. Bh4 b5 $132 {0-1 Schandorff,L-Rozentalis,E/Sigeman and Co, Aarhus
DEN 1997 (31)}) 15... Qe4 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 c4 18. Qa4 Nc5 19. Qxa7 Nd3 20.
Qxb6 Nxd5 21. Qxd6 Rcd8 (21... Red8 $5) 22. Qa6 $44 {0-1 Bacrot
Etienne-Korchnoi Viktor/Match (team), Cannes (France) 1996 (50)}) 12. Bh4 cxd4
13. exd4 Rc8 14. b3 b5 15. Nd2 $132 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Kortschnoj,V/Antwerp op
1995/EXT 95op (42)}) (9. e4 $5 Nxe4 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bd3 $5) 10. Bxd8
Nxc3 11. Bxc7 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 (12... Rc8 13. Nxe4 Rxc7 14. Nxd6 Rc6 $1 15. c5
bxc5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. O-O $1 $14) 13. Kxd2 Nc6 (13... Rc8 $2 14.
Bxd6 Bxc4 15. Rc1 Ba6 16. Be2 $1 $16) 14. Kc3 (14. Bxd6 Rfd8 15. c5 Bxf1 16.
Rhxf1 Nxd4 $17) 14... d5 (14... Rac8 15. Bxd6 Rfd8 16. c5 $16) 15. cxd5 (15. c5
$6 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 b5 $1 (16... Rfc8 17. cxb6 Na5 18. Kb4 $1) 17. Bd6 $1 (17. f4
$6 f5 $1 $15 {= Pelletier,Y-Tukmakov,V/Neuchatel 1995}) 17... Rfd8 18. a4 b4+
19. Kd3 $10) 15... Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 exd5 17. Kd3 Rac8 18. Bf4 $10) 9... Nbd7 10.
e3 Rc8 (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 (12... bxc5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O a5
15. Rad1 $132 {0-1 Ostenstad,B-Har Zvi,R/Eikram mem op, Gausdal NOR 1996 (40)})
13. f3 Bb7 14. g4 Qc7 15. Bg3 e5 16. Rg1 Rfd8 (16... Rad8 17. O-O-O) (16... Bc6
17. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Rozentalis,E/Koge op 1997/EXT 97 (32)})
17. O-O-O b5 $1 $132) 11. b4 $6 (11. Bd3 $132) 11... c5 $15 12. dxc5 (12. Bd3
d5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Be7 Rfe8 18. Rfc1
Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxe7 20. Rxc3 cxb4 $17) 12... bxc5 13. b5 Bb7 14. f3 (14. Bd3 h6
$15) 14... d5 15. a4 (15. Rc1 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Bd3 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 $17) (15.
Bd3 h6 $15) 15... h6 16. Bh4 (16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 d4 $17) 16... Re8 (16... Ne4
$2 17. Bxd8 Nxc3 18. Ba5 d4 19. Nb3 $16) 17. Bd3 d4 $1 (17... Ne4 $2 18. Bxd8
Nxc3 19. Ba5 $16) 18. Qc2 $6 (18. exd4 $142 e5 $1 (18... Nd5 19. Bxd8 (19. Bh7+
Kh8 20. Bxd8 Nxc3 21. Ba5 cxd4 22. Bc2 Ne5 $17) 19... Nxc3 20. Ba5 cxd4 21. Ra3
Ne5 (21... Nc5 22. Bc2 $14) 22. Bf1 $1 $14) 19. dxc5 (19. d5 $6 e4 $1 20. O-O (
20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 22. Kf1 Rxe4 $17) 20... exd3 $17) 19... e4 (19...
Nxc5 20. Bf5 Qd4 21. Qxd4 exd4+ 22. Kf2 $16) 20. O-O exd3 21. c6 Bxc6 22. bxc6
Nc5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 $15) 18... Ne5 $6 (18... dxe3 $1 $17 19. Nb3 $5
(19. Ne4 Bxe4 (19... Qc7 20. O-O Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qe5 23. Rae1 Qxe4
24. fxe4 Ne5 25. Rxe3 Nxc4 26. Rc3 Nd6 27. e5 Nf5 28. Bf2 Nd4 29. Re1 Red8 $17)
20. Bxe4 (20. fxe4 Ne5 $19) 20... Ne5 21. O-O (21. Rd1 Qa5+ $19) 21... Qd2 $17
(21... Qd4 22. Rfd1 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd7 f5 26. Bc2 Ra8 $17
)) 19... Qc7 (19... Ne5 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Qe2 Red8 22. Qxe3 Nfg4 23. Bxe7 Nxe3
24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxd8 Nxg2+ 27. Kf2 Nf4 28. Nxc5 Bxf3 29. Ra1
$16) 20. Qe2 (20. Bg3 e5 (20... Ne5 21. Qc3 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 e5 23. Qxe3 Nh5 24.
O-O Nxg3 25. hxg3 e4 26. f4 Red8 27. Rad1 Rd6 $132) 21. Qe2 Nh5 22. Qxe3 Nxg3
23. hxg3 e4 $17) 20... Qe5 21. O-O Nh5 $17) 19. e4 $15 (19. Bg3 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3
e5 (20... dxe3 21. Qxe3 Qd4 22. Kf2 Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 e5 24. Rhe1 $11) 21. e4 Nh5
$17) 19... Ng6 (19... Qa5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ra3 (21. O-O Qc3 $19) 21... Qb4 22.
Qa2 f5 $2 23. O-O fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Qa5 26. Rh3 $16) 20. Bf2 Nd7 21.
g3 $2 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gb7g2]} (21. O-O Nf4 22. Bg3 Qg5 23. Rfe1 Ne5 24. Bf1
Red8 25. Rad1 Nh5 26. Bf2 Rd7 $15) 21... Nde5 $17 22. Bf1 (22. O-O Qg5 23. Rfd1
Nf4 24. Bf1 h5 (24... f5 25. Kh1 $16) 25. h4 Qg6 26. Qb3 (26. Kh1 Nxf3 $1 27.
gxf4 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Qxe4+ 29. Kh2 Qh1+ 30. Kg3 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 e5 32. f5 (32. fxe5
Qh1+ 33. Kg3 Re6 $19) 32... e4 $17) 26... d3 27. Qc3 Nxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Qxe4 29.
gxf4 Qxf3 $19) 22... f5 $1 23. f4 $2 (23. Bg2 $142 d3 $17 (23... Qa5 24. O-O
Qc3 25. Qxc3 dxc3 26. Nb1 Nxc4 27. Nxc3 $132)) 23... Ng4 $19 (23... fxe4 $1 $19
24. fxe5 (24. Nxe4 d3 $19) 24... e3 25. Qxg6 Qa5 26. Rd1 exf2+ 27. Kxf2 Bxh1
28. Bh3 Kh8 29. Bxe6 Qb6 30. Bf5 Qxg6 31. Bxg6 Rxe5 32. Rxh1 Rf8+ 33. Nf3 Re3
34. Bh5 g6 $19) 24. Bg2 (24. Bd3 Ne3 25. Bxe3 (25. Qb3 e5 $19) 25... dxe3 26.
Nb3 e5 27. O-O (27. exf5 Nxf4 $19 (27... Bxh1 $19)) 27... exf4 28. exf5 (28.
gxf4 Nxf4 $19) 28... fxg3 29. fxg6 gxh2+ 30. Qxh2 (30. Kxh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qh1#)
30... Qg5+ $19) 24... e5 (24... d3 25. Qc3 Nxf2 (25... fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxf2 27.
Kxf2 (27. Bxb7 Nxh1 28. Bxh1 Nxf4 $19) 27... Bxe4 28. Nxe4 e5 29. Rad1 exf4 30.
Rxd3 Qe7 31. Re1 $132) 26. Kxf2 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Qh4+ 28. Ke3 (28. Kg1 Qxf4 29.
Re1 Rf8 30. h3 (30. Qxd3 Rcd8 $19) 30... Rcd8 31. e5 Qg3 32. Re2 f4 $19) 28...
e5 29. Kxd3 Qf2 30. Rhg1 Bxe4+ 31. Bxe4 (31. Nxe4 Rcd8+ $19) 31... fxe4+ 32.
Kc2 e3 33. Rad1 Rcd8 34. fxe5 Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Qxg1 (35... exd2 36. Rd1 Qxh2 37.
Rxd2 Qxe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Rd7 h5 40. Rxa7 h4 41. b6 $16) 36. Re2 Rd8 37. Kb2
$8 Qd1 38. Qc2 $8 Qd4+ 39. Qc3 Qd2+ $1 40. Qc2 (40. Rxd2 exd2 $19) 40... Qb4+
41. Ka2 Rd4 $19 (41... Rd2 42. Rxd2 Qxd2 43. Kb3 Qb4+ 44. Ka2 Qe1 $19)) 25. O-O
(25. fxe5 d3 26. Qc3 fxe4 $19) 25... exf4 26. exf5 Bxg2 (26... fxg3 27. Bxb7 d3
28. Qb2 gxf2+ $19) 27. Kxg2 fxg3 28. hxg3 N6e5 $2 $17 (28... Qg5 $1 29. Nf3 (
29. fxg6 Re2 30. Nf3 Ne3+ 31. Kg1 Nxc2 (31... Rxc2 32. Nxg5 Nxf1 $19) 32. Nxg5
Nxa1 $19) 29... Nf4+ $3 30. Kg1 (30. gxf4 Ne3+ 31. Kh3 Qg2+ 32. Kh4 Qg4#) 30...
Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Nhxf2 32. Nxg5 Ne3+ 33. Kxf2 Nxc2 34. Rac1 Ne3 $19) 29. Rae1 $2 (
29. Bg1 Ne3+ 30. Bxe3 dxe3 31. Nb3 Ng4 $17) (29. Ne4 Nxf2 30. Nxf2 d3 31. Qc3
$17) 29... Nxf2 $19 30. Rxf2 (30. Kxf2 Ng4+ 31. Kg1 Ne3 $19) 30... Ng4 31.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qe4 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Qxe4 34. Nxe4 Re8 35. Nd2 d3 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 b6 (8... Nc6 9. f3 Nd6 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Rd1 Nf7) 9. f3 Nd6 $6 {Dubious
move! Before this game I was sure, this move gives to Black good counterplay...
} 10. Bg5 $1 (10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Nf7 (13... Rb8 14.
Bd2 a5 $132 {1-0 Narciso Dublan,M-Pogorelov,R/Andorra la Vella AND 1999 (40)})
14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Rab1 a5 $132 {1-0 Kelecevic,N-Wintzer,J/Bern op 1996 (31)})
10... Qe8 11. Bf4 $1 {This move is novelty. Bf4 supports c4-c5 or d4-d5
promotions.} ({Not such strong is} 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 (12. Rd1 Nf7 13. Bh4 cxd4
14. exd4 d6 15. Be2 e5 $14) 12... bxc5 13. b4 (13. Be2 Nc6 $14) 13... Nf7 14.
Bh4 a5 (14... d6 15. Be2 e5 $14) 15. b5 d6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. O-O (18.
Bg3 Qe7 19. Qd3 $14) 18... Nb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M-Milos,G/Villa_Gesell
1996/Inf 66 (43)} (18... h6 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. Qd3 d5 $14)) 11... Nc6 12. Rd1 $1
e5 ({In case of} 12... a5 13. d5 $1 {White leaves with advantage:} Nd4 14. Rxd4
e5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Qc3 a4 17. e3 $16) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. c5 $1 {Destroing
Black's defence.} Ndf7 {I decided to sacrifice P because in other case White
has great advantage and Black hasn't active plan.} ({Or} 14... Nb7 15. cxb6
cxb6 16. e3 $16) 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Qxc7 Ba6 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 17. e3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1
Rc8 19. Qxb6 $18 {White has already 2 PP over, his K left in the center, but
how Black can arrange Attack?} Rc6 20. Qb3 $2 $16 ({Much better was} 20. Qd4
$18) 20... Nc4 21. Rf2 Qe6 22. Re2 h6 {Now we can see certain connection
between Black forces and clear plan - g7-g5.} 23. Qd3 ({I case of} 23. e4 Re8
24. Qd3 g5 25. Bg3 f4 26. Bf2 Nce5 $17 {we have exactly position from the game.
}) 23... g5 24. Bg3 Re8 25. e4 f4 26. Bf2 $2 $17 {I am sure, Ronen overlooked
a little tactical trick.} ({During the game I was afraid of} 26. Bxf4 $1 gxf4
27. Nxf4 Nfe5 28. Nxe6 Nxd3+ 29. Rxd3 dxe6 $16) 26... Nce5 27. Qd5 Nxf3+ $1 28.
gxf3 Qxh3 29. e5 Rce6 (29... Qxh2 30. Bd4 Qh1+ 31. Kd2 Qh3 $15) 30. Bd4 d6 $1
31. Bc3 dxe5 32. Qe4 g4 $1 33. fxg4 Ng5 34. Qg2 Qh4+ 35. Qf2 Qxg4 36. Qg2 Qh4+
37. Qf2 Qh5 ({Black get serious advantage after} 37... Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Qh5 {
[%cal Ge5e4]} 39. Rd3 e4 $17) 38. Rd5 Nf3+ ({Quite strong is} 38... Rg6 39. Kd1
(39. Bxe5 Nf3+ $19) 39... Ne4 40. Qf1 (40. Qe1 f3 $19) 40... Nxc3+ 41. bxc3 Qf5
$17) 39. Kd1 Rg6 40. Kc2 Qf5+ 41. Kb3 Qf7 $4 {Terrible nistake based on wrong
variations calculation...} ({Still keep advantage} 41... Qh3 $1 $17) 42. Qxf3
e4 43. Qh5 f3 44. Red2 (44. Rf2 $1 $18) 44... e3 45. R2d4 f2 46. Rf4 Qe6 47.
Qf5 Qxf5 48. Rdxf5 Rd8 49. a4 Rg1 50. a5 Rd3 51. a6 Rxc3+ 52. bxc3 e2 53. a7
Rb1+ 54. Ka2 $1 (54. Kc4 $143 Ra1 55. Rg4+ Kh7 56. Rf7+ Kh8 57. Rd4 Kg8 58. Rb7
(58. Rxf2 e1=Q 59. Rg4+ Kh7 60. Rf7+ Kh8 61. Rf8+ $11) 58... f1=Q 59. Rd8+ Qf8
60. Rxf8+ Kxf8 61. Rb1 Rxa7 62. Re1 Re7 63. Kd3 $16) 54... Ra1+ 55. Kxa1 e1=Q+
56. Kb2 Qd2+ 57. Kb3 Qd1+ 58. Kc4 Qa4+ 59. Kd3 Qd1+ 60. Ke3 Qe1+ 61. Kd4 Qd2+
62. Kc4 Qa2+ 63. Kd3 Qxa7 64. Rxf2 {White wins this position very easily...}
1-0

[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 (9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. b4 (11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. b3
b5 14. Qb4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc6 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 $10 {Ziegler,A-Hellsten,J/
Copenhagen op/1995/0:1/43/}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15.
Rc1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. O-O Nxg3 19. hxg3 e4 $8 20. Bxe4 Bxc4 21.
Qb2 b5 $10 {Lautier,J-Korchnoi,V/SUI-cht/1994/0:1/39/}) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 (10.
Nf3) (10. b4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. O-O cxb4 14. axb4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4
Rc8 16. Rxa7 Rxc4 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Bxf6 Rxb4 19. Qa3 gxf6 20. Ra6 Qb7 {
Linauskas,D-Nikolenko,O/Katovice op/1995/0,5/43/}) 10... c5 11. b4 (11. dxc5
Nxc5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Qd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b3 b5 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. cxb5 Bxb5
$15 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Korchnoi,V/Moscow PSA 25'/1995/0,5/62/}) 11... cxd4 12.
exd4 Rc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 e5 15. Rc1 (15. f3 exd4 16. O-O Ne5 17. b5 Bb7 18.
Nxd4 d5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 Nd7 21. Qb4 Bxd5 22. Rad1 $10) (15. b5 Bb7 16.
O-O exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Nf5 Rc5 19. Bc2 $13 Ne5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22.
Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Bxf6 Qxg3 24. hxg3 $14) 15... e4 16. Bb1 $6 (16. Bxe4 $5 g5 (
16... d5 $2 17. Bxd5 g5 18. Bf3 $16) (16... Re8 17. Bd3 d5 (17... b5 18. c5 $16
) 18. b5 Bb7 19. O-O $16) 17. Bf3 d5 (17... b5 18. Bg3 g4 $5 (18... bxc4 19.
Qa4 Nb8 $8 20. b5 Qd7 21. Bc6 $5 Rxc6 (21... Nxc6 22. Qxa6 Nb8 23. Qxd6 $16)
22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxd6 Re8 25. Kd1 Rd8 26. Bc5 Ne4 27. Ke1 Ne5
28. dxe5 Nxc5 29. Rb1 Nd3+ 30. Kf1 Nxe5 31. Nc3 Rd3 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. Re1 $44)
19. Bd5 (19. Bxg4 $6 Nxg4 20. Bxd6 Re8 21. Qg3 Qg5 22. Bf4 Qg6 $15) 19... Nb6
20. Qb1 Nbxd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O $14) 18. b5 Bb7 19. Bg3 Re8 (19... Rxc4 20.
Rxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qe7 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. O-O $16) 20. Qb2 Ba8 21.
h4 $14) 16... d5 17. b5 $1 (17. cxd5 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1 Qc8 $1 19. Ne2 Bc4 20. Qc2
Bd3 (20... Bxe2 $2 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Kxe2 Nxd5 23. Bxe4 $16) (20... Bxd5 $5) (
20... Qa6 $5) 21. Qb3 Bc4 $10) 17... dxc4 (17... Bb7 18. O-O (18. cxd5 Rxc1+
19. Nxc1 Bxd5 $140 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 $15) 18... dxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd5 20.
Rxc8 Qxc8 $15) 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. O-O Qa8 (20... e3 $2 21. fxe3 Qe7
22. Qb3 Re8 23. Bf2 Ne4 24. Ba2 $16) 21. Qc7 Rc8 (21... g5 $5 22. Bg3 e3 23.
fxe3 Bxg2 24. Rf2 Be4 25. Ba2 Qb7 $13) 22. Qd6 a6 (22... Rd8 23. Re1 e3 24. Qg3
exf2+ 25. Qxf2 Be4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Nf4 Qf5 28. a4 $14) 23. Ng3 (23. Bxf6 Nxf6
24. Qxb6 axb5 (24... Nd5 $2 25. Qd6 $16) 25. Qxb5 e3 26. fxe3 Bxg2 27. Rxf6
gxf6 28. Qf5 Bf3 29. Qh7+ (29. Ng3 $6 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Bh1 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+
Ke7 33. Nf5+ Kd7 34. Qxa8 Bxa8 35. Bd3 $10) 29... Kf8 30. Ba2 Qb7 31. Qxh6+ Kg8
32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 $10) 23... g5 24. Nf5 gxh4 25. Qf4 Rc3 $8 (25... Rc4
26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Nxf7 $16) 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 (26... Kg7 27. Nf5+ Kg6 $8 (27... Kf8
28. Qh6+ $18) 28. Nxh4+ Kh7 29. Nf5 $40) 27. Nxf7 Qf8 $6 (27... Rxa3 28. bxa6 (
28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Ne8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ $10)
28... Bc6 29. Qxh4+ Kg7 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Ng8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Rd1 Qe8 34.
Qh4+ Kg7 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 $16) 28. Qxh4+ (28. Ba2 $5 Bd5 29. Qxh4+ Kg7
30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Qg5+ Kxf7 32. Qxd5+ Ke8 33. Qxe4+ $18) 28... Kg6 (28... Kg7
29. Ba2) 29. Ne5+ Nxe5 (29... Kf5 30. Nxd7 (30. f3 $5) 30... Nxd7 31. Qh7+ Ke6
32. Bxe4 $18) 30. dxe5 Nh7 31. bxa6 Bc6 32. Bxe4+ Bxe4 33. Qxe4+ Qf5 34. Qb7
Rxa3 35. a7 Qf8 36. h4 b5 37. Rc1 Qg8 38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Rf6 {Larsen and later Smyslov
made this line popular for Black;} 13. d5 Rg6 14. Nd4 $1 {The only way for
White to fight for the opening advantage. White allows Black to get his queen
to g5, while White manages to repulse Black's attack there. Kramnik was
definitely familiar with this line, not sure about Judit..} Qg5 {That's a
novelty, and definitely an improvement of Matveeva-Maric game where Black got
in trouble very soon.} (14... exd5 15. f3 Qg5 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. Bxc4+ d5 18. Bb5
c6 19. fxe4 $16 cxb5 20. exf5 Rc8 21. Qf2 Rf6 22. Bb2 Rf7 23. Ne6 Qg4 24. h3
Qh5 25. Bd4 g6 $2 26. Qg3 Rc2 27. Nd8 {1-0 Matveeva,S-Maric,A/Budva 2003/CBM
096 ext}) 15. g3 exd5 {15...Nf8 is the way to keep tension in the centre,
although this doesn't bring black an equal play.} (15... Nf8 16. Bb2 $14) 16.
cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 {Exchanging Black's bishop, White gets access to Black's
queenside.} Bxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Qc6 $1 {Important accuracy- Black's rook is
worse on d8 than on a8;} (19. Qxc7 Ne5 {same as in the game, but Black's queen
doesn't need to guard the rook;}) 19... Rd8 20. Qxc7 Ne5 {Black pawns are
targets, but he still has some hopes on the kingside;} 21. Ra2 $1 {Bringing
the rook to a defense- white intends f4 now. Immediate f4 would lead to a draw
only.} (21. f4 Qxg3+ $1 22. hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kh1 (23. Kh2 Ng4+) 23... Rh3+ 24.
Kg1 $11) 21... Rf8 (21... Ng4 22. Nf3 $16) (21... Nd3 22. Qxa7 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 f4
24. exf4 Qxf4 25. Qc7 Rg8 26. Rd1 {and again Black fails to create any serious
threats against the white king;}) 22. f4 {This move freezes Black's attack, as
well as Ra2 joins the defense;} Qg4 23. Qe7 (23. fxe5 $2 Nxg3 24. Rg2 Ne2+)
23... Rg8 24. Rg2 Nd3 (24... Nc4 25. Qxa7 {The same idea as in the game -
Black doesn't have anything on the kingside, so white can safely grab pawns;} (
25. Qf7 d5 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. Nxf5 $16)) 25. Qxa7 {White is safe on the
kingside, so Vlad simply picks Black pawns;} h5 (25... Qh3 26. Qa6 (26. Qxb6 $4
Nxg3 {and Black even wins here!} 27. Rxg3 (27. hxg3 Rh6) 27... Rxg3+ 28. hxg3
Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 g5 $19) (26. Qb7 $5 {the move which wasn't
mentioned by any other commentators of this game.} h5 27. Rd1 {[%cal Gb7g2]
and again black doesn't have anything;}) 26... Nxc1 (26... Nxg3 27. Qxd3 Nxf1
28. Qxf1 $18) 27. Rxc1 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rxg3 29. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kf1 Qxe3 31. Ne2
$1 $16) 26. Qa6 {My Fritzy doesn't understand why Kramnik didn't grab another
one....} (26. Qxb6 h4 27. Qb5 hxg3 28. hxg3 Nxc1 29. Nxf5 $1 $18) 26... Nxc1
27. Rxc1 h4 28. Qe2 {An extra pawn for Kramnik in endgame means a point in the
crosstable in the most cases;} Qxe2 29. Rxe2 hxg3 30. Nxf5 gxh2+ 31. Kh1 Rg1+
32. Rxg1 hxg1=Q+ 33. Kxg1 {White has an extra pawn, all black pawns are weak...
And Vlad is sitting in front of you... sounds bad.} Ra8 34. Ra2 Nc3 (34... Kg8
35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Nd5 b5 37. Kg2 {[%cal Gg2f3]}) 35. Rh2+ Kg8 36. Rg2 Kf7 (36...
Rxa3 37. Rxg7+ Kf8 38. Rb7) 37. Nxd6+ Ke6 38. Nc4 b5 39. Na5 Kf6 40. Rd2 $1 {
following with Rd3. Vlad makes it looking easy.} g5 {Pawn exchanges are
favoing the weaker side, but here nothing can help Black;} 41. Rd3 Ne4 42.
fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Rd5+ Kg4 45. Rd4 Kf5 46. Nc6 Rg8+ 47. Kf1 Ra8 48.
Ne7+ Ke5 49. Nc6+ Kf5 50. Ne7+ Ke5 51. Ng6+ Kf5 52. Nh4+ Ke5 53. Nf3+ Kf5 54.
Nh4+ Ke5 55. Nf3+ Kf5 56. Rd5+ Kf6 (56... Kg4 57. Kg2 Rxa3 58. Ne5+ Kf5 59.
Nc4+ Ke6 60. Rxb5 $18) 57. Rd3 Rh8 58. Ke2 Ke7 59. Nd4 Rh2+ (59... Rh5 60. Kf3
Nf6 61. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3c5]}) 60. Kf3 Nd6 61. Rc3 Rh3+ 62. Kg4 {The pawn b5
falls as well.... One more very long and exhausting game for both players in
Sofia; From Sofia reports: "Both players looked very tired at the press
conference and agreed that one additional day of rest would have been a good
idea."} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest RAT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Qa4 cxd4 14. Bxf6 $5
Nc5 $3 (14... Qxf6 15. Qxd7 dxe3 16. fxe3 Qxb2 17. Kf2 $16) (14... gxf6 15.
exd4 $40 Nb8 $145 16. Qb3 (16. Nf4 f5 $5) (16. Rd1 Qc7 17. b3 Kh8 $13) 16... d5
17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qxd5 19. h4 $1 Nc6 20. Rh3 Rfd8 21. Rd1 $14 {Iordachescu
}) 15. Bxd8 Nxa4 16. Be7 $146 Rfe8 17. Bxd6 Nxb2 18. Nc1 (18. Be4 d3 19. Nd4
d2+ 20. Ke2 Rxc4 (20... e5 21. Nc6 Rxc6 (21... Nxc4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc8+
Nxd6+ 24. Bd3 Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Rxc8 26. Kxd2 Ne4+ 27. Ke2 $16) 22. Bxc6 Re6 (
22... Rd8 23. Bxe5 Bxc4+ 24. Kf3 d1=Q+ 25. Rhxd1 Nxd1 26. Ba4 $18) 23. Kxd2 (
23. Bxe5 d1=Q+ 24. Rhxd1 Bxc4+ 25. Kf3 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxc6 $11) 23... Rxd6+ 24.
Kc3 Rxc6 25. Kxb2 $16) 21. Kxd2 e5 22. Bc6 Rd8 23. Bc7 exd4 24. Bxd8 Rxc6 (
24... dxe3+ 25. Kxe3 Rxc6 $44) 25. exd4 Nc4+ 26. Kc2 (26. Ke1 Re6+ 27. Kd1 (27.
Kf1 Nd2+ 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 29. gxf3 Rg6+) 27... Rd6 $40) 26... Ne5+ 27. Kb3 Bc4+ 28.
Kc3 Bf1+ $36) 18... Red8 (18... dxe3 19. Be2 $14) 19. Be5 Nxd3+ (19... Bxc4 20.
Bxc4 Nxc4 21. exd4 $16 (21. Bxd4 {Iordachescu} e5 22. Bc3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxc3
24. Kf2 Rc2+ 25. Ne2 Rdd2 26. Rhe1 Ra2 $11)) 20. Nxd3 dxe3 (20... f6 $3 21.
Bxd4 e5 22. Nb4 Bxc4 23. Bb2 a5 24. Na2 Bxa2 25. Rxa2 Rc2 $17) 21. Nb2 (21. Nb4
{Iordachescu} exf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bxc4 $15) 21... f6 (21... Rd2 22. fxe3 Rxg2 23.
Kf1 (23. Rc1 f6 $15) 23... Rg5 24. Bf4 Rgc5 25. Rc1 $11) (21... exf2+ {
Iordachescu} 22. Kxf2 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Rhd1) 22. Bc3 exf2+ (22... Bxc4
23. fxe3 (23. Rc1 Bd5 24. O-O (24. f3 Rc6 25. Ke2 Rdc8 26. Nd1 Bb3 27. Kd3 e2
28. Nb2 b5 29. Kd2 a5 30. Nd3 Bd1 $15) 24... exf2+ 25. Kxf2 $11) 23... Bd5 24.
Rc1 (24. Nd1 Bb3 $17) 24... Bxg2 25. Rg1 Be4 26. Rg4 $11 (26. Ke2 $6 $15)) 23.
Kxf2 Bxc4 24. Rhc1 Bb3 25. Ke3 e5 26. a4 Kf7 (26... a5 {Iordachescu} 27. Bd2
Kf7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Ke6 31. Kd3 $11) 27. a5 Ke6 28. axb6 (
28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra6 Rc6 (29... Rd6 $2 30. Bxe5 $3 $16) 30. Bd2 Rdd6 31. Rxc6
Rxc6 32. g3 (32. Ba5 Bd5 33. Rxb6 Rxb6 34. Bxb6 Bxg2 $15) 32... Bd5 33. Na4 b5
34. Nc5+ Kf5 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. h3 h5 $11 (36... Bg2 37. g4+ Kg6 38. h4 h5 39.
g5 Kf5 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 {Before the game I spent a lot of time on figuring out the right
move order, but didn't find a clear answer however. It's interesting to see
how Sascha putting his finger immediately where it hurts most!} (9. b4 {
with a delay of the kingside development, has its consequences , too.}) 9...
Ne4 10. Qc2 Ng5 $5 {I vaguely remember Vladimir Chuchelov playing this move in
some blitz games against me. The good thing was that he good butchered very
badly, the bad thing was that is was just blitz, and worse: my memory was
letting me down.} 11. h4 $5 {The coffeehouse is opened!} Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qf6 13.
Rh3 e5 14. d5 c6 15. e4 Qe7 16. Be3 f5 $2 {A bad move accompanied with a draw
offer.} ({The offer was worth considering after} 16... cxd5 {although I must
admit that during the game I thought it would be dangerous for Black after} 17.
exd5 {but analysing it now, it all looks very double-edged} (17. cxd5 Ba6)
17... Nd7 18. O-O-O b5 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Rhg3 Rg8 21. Qb3 (21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Bg5 h6
) 21... a6) 17. exf5 (17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. exf5 Bc8 {and Black is taking over.})
17... Bc8 (17... cxd5 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. h5 $1 h6 (19... d4 20. h6) 20. Rg6 d4 21.
Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rxh6+ Kg8 23. Rg6+ Kh8 24. Qd2 $40) 18. Bd3 Qf7 19. Rg3 Kh8 20.
O-O-O Bxf5 21. Bxf5 $2 {Looks tempting, but hard calculation would have
brought the point home immediately.} (21. Rdg1 $1 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Rg8 (22... c5
23. Rxg7 Qxg7 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Qe4 $18) (22... cxd5 23. Rxg7 Qxg7 24. Rxg7
Kxg7 25. Qxd5 Nd7 26. Qb7 Rfd8 27. Bg5 $18) 23. Bh6 g6 24. h5 {with a crushing
attack}) 21... Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. dxc6 Rf6 (23... Nxc6 24. Rxd6 Na5 25. Rd7
g6 26. Rc7 $18) 24. Bg5 $6 (24. Rdg1 Nxc6 25. Rxg7 Rc8 $16 (25... Nd4 26. Bxd4
exd4 27. Rd7 Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Rxa7 $18)) (24. c7 Na6 25. Rdg1 Rf7 26. Bh6
g6 27. h5 Rxc7 28. hxg6 Rxc4+ 29. Kb1 {were both promising possibilities})
24... Re6 25. c7 Na6 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Nxc7 28. Bxd6 (28. Rxd6 Re4 29. Rc6
Rxf4 (29... Ne6 30. Be3) 30. Rxc7 Rxh4 {and Black might hold.}) 28... Ne8 {
White has still a big advantage, but Black at least avoided an immediate
defeat.} 29. Bb4 (29. Re3 Rxd6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxd6 {I tried to evaluate
this rook's endgame, but finally I decided to play on with equal material, but
with better pieces, avoiding a possibble draw in the rook's endgame.}) 29...
Re4 30. b3 (30. h5 Rxc4+ 31. Bc3 h6 32. Rd7 Nf6 $1 33. Rdxg7 Rxc3+ $1 34. bxc3
Nxh5 {just saves Black again.}) 30... Rxh4 31. Rd7 $6 (31. Bc3 $142 Rf4 32. Rd7
h5 33. Bxg7+ Nxg7 34. Rgxg7 Rxf2 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rxh5 Re8 37. Rhd5 $16) 31...
Rh1+ (31... Rf4 32. Bc3 Rxf2 (32... h5 $8) 33. Rdxg7 Rf1+ 34. Kd2 Nxg7 35. Rxg7
Rf2+ 36. Ke3 Rc2 37. Bd4 $18) 32. Kd2 (32. Kc2 Rh2 33. Rf7 Nf6 34. Rgxg7 Rxf2+
35. Kd1 Rd8+ 36. Ke1 Rc2 37. Rxa7) 32... Nf6 33. Rgxg7 Nxd7 34. Bc3 h6 (34...
h5 35. Rg1+ Kh7 36. Rxh1 Kg6 37. b4) 35. Rg1+ Kh7 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rg1+ Kh7 38.
Rxh1 Nc5 39. Kc2 Rf8 40. Bd4 Rf5 41. b4 Ne6 42. Be3 h5 43. Kd3 Kg6 44. Rg1+ $2
{This time the transposition to the rook's endgame was a safe bet:} (44. Ke4
Ng5+ (44... Kf6 45. f4 $1 $18) 45. Bxg5 Rxg5 46. f4 Rg3 47. c5 bxc5 48. bxc5
Rxa3 49. Rc1 Rb3 50. c6 Rb8 51. c7 Rc8 52. Ke5 $18) 44... Kf6 45. Rg8 Ke5 46.
Re8 $2 (46. Rh8 Nf4+ 47. Kc3 {and White's queenside will soon become more
important than Black's h-pawn.}) 46... h4 47. f4+ (47. Rh8 Nf4+ 48. Kc3 Ng2 (
48... Nh5 49. Re8+ Kd6 50. Re4) 49. Bd4+ Ke4 {is already getting too tricky})
47... Kf6 48. Ke4 (48. Rh8 Nxf4+ 49. Ke4 Ng6 50. Bd4+ Kg5 51. Rh7 $13) 48...
Rh5 49. Bg1 (49. f5 {was White's last chance.} Ng7 (49... Rxf5 50. Rh8 $16) 50.
Rf8+ Ke7 51. Ra8 h3 52. Rxa7+ Kf8 53. Ra8+ (53. Bf4 $4 Rh4) 53... Kf7 54. Bf4
h2 (54... Rh4 55. Ke5 h2 56. Bxh2 Rxh2 57. Ra7+ Kf8) 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Bxh2 Rxh2
) 49... h3 50. Bh2 Rh7 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Kg3 Rg7+ ({Due to White's great play,
just a look at the harmony of White's king and bishop, black could already get
some nasty ideas, such as playing for a win. To back those ideas, he should
start with} 52... Rc7 53. Rh8 (53. Kxh3 Rxc4 54. Re7 Rc3+ 55. Kh4 Rxa3 56. Rf7+
Kg6 57. Rd7) 53... Rxc4 54. Rh5+ Kg6 55. Kg4 $2 (55. Rh4) 55... Nxf4 56. Rg5+
Kh6 57. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 58. Kxf4 h2) 53. Kxh3 Nxf4+ 54. Bxf4 Kxf4 55. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Thiruvarur"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 {I was quite inspired to take
this line after watching the Kramnik-Yermolinsky game.} O-O (5... Nbd7 6. e3 b6
7. Nge2 Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13.
O-O-O Qe7 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. g4 $36 {1-0 (40) Kramnik,V (2751)-Yermolinsky,A 
(2597) Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 6. e3 b6 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 (8. O-O-O {I was
considering this move for a while but I wanted to get a better version by
pushing the bishop to a5.} Bb7 ({I was mainly considering} 8... cxd4 {but I
simply underestimated how strong Ne4 is. Black's pieces aren't co-ordinated at
all} 9. Ne4 $1 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh6 dxe3 12. fxe3 $44 {White's position
looks quite pleasant.}) 9. d5 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 $14) 8... Bxc3+ (8... Ba5 9. O-O-O
$36 {and a free initiative for White.}) 9. Nxc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb7 11. Be2 $1 {
Ideally I would like to have the bishop on d3, but in lot of cases White needs
to support the d4-pawn with Rd1.} (11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 $132) (11. O-O-O Nbd7
) 11... h6 (11... Bxg2 $6 {Taking this pawn is more dangerous than the b2-pawn
in Najdorf :))} 12. Rg1 Bb7 13. O-O-O {with a big attack on the kingside.}) 12.
Bh4 Nbd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. b4 $14 {The opening is over and White has a dream
position without Black committing any mistakes. Apparently all natural looking
moves aren't nice :)} Rfc8 15. Qb3 a6 (15... Ba6 16. Rfe1 {The bishop isn't
doing much on a6.}) 16. Rfe1 {I love the luxury of making such small moves :)}
Qf8 (16... Rc7 17. Bg3) 17. Rac1 {I was basically waiting for my opponent to
go ...Rc7 so that I get Bg3 with a tempo. Although all alternatives are good.}
(17. a4 $14) (17. Bg3 {Here I didn't like} Ne4 $1) 17... a5 {I was a bit
surprised by this, but actually I don't see any good alternatives.} (17... Rc7
18. Bg3 $1 Rac8 19. c5 {and now White is creating some concrete problems for
Black.}) 18. Bg3 (18. Bxf6 axb4 $1) (18. bxa5 {was also possible} Rxa5 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Nb5 $16) 18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qb2 {Maybe a bit slow, but still
the position remains quite unpleasant.} (20. d5 $6 {looks too hasty} exd5 21.
cxd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nf6 {and the black pieces were getting some targets.}) (20.
Bf1 $1 Bb7 21. c5 $1 $36) (20. Bf4 $14 {with the idea of Qg3 is also possible.}
) 20... Bc6 $2 (20... Nf6 {was better although White still keeps a huge edge
after} 21. f3 $16) 21. d5 $1 exd5 22. cxd5 Ba4 (22... Bxd5 $142 23. Rcd1 (23.
Qd4 Be6 24. Bxd6 Qd8 25. Rcd1 $16 {I love how centralised the white pieces are
:)}) 23... Nf6 (23... Be6 24. Bxd6) 24. Bh4 Be6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd3 $40 {
was my intention} (26. Qxf6 $16)) 23. h3 $1 $16 {I quite like this move.
Although the engine doesn't agree. In lot of lines the back rank was a problem
and now Black lacks good counterplay and slowly his position falls apart.} (23.
b5 Nc5) 23... axb4 24. axb4 (24. Rxc8 $1 {is more accurate maybe, but I wanted
to box Black's pieces in with axb4} Qxc8 (24... Rxc8 25. Qxb4) 25. Qxb4 $16)
24... Ne5 $6 (24... Nf6 $142 25. Qd4 $16) 25. b5 $1 Ra5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rc6
$18 {And now the rest, just for the sake of completeness.} Rd8 28. Bc4 Qe7 29.
Rxe5 Qh4 30. d6 Ra7 31. Qe2 Kf8 32. Rc7 Rxc7 33. dxc7 Rc8 34. Qd3 Bc2 35. Qd7
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Drnovsek, Gal"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 {Ein schlauer Zug. Schwarz vermeidet
einigen Varianten.} ({Zum Beispiel nach} 4... O-O 5. e4 {oder} (5. Nf3)) 5. e4
{Nur dieser Zug kann Probleme stellen.} c5 6. d5 {Prinzipiell.} ({Der Zug} 6.
e5 {ist nicht gefährlich für Schwarz:} cxd4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ng8 9. cxd4
Bb7 {mit Gegenspiel für Schwarz, dies war meine Partie- Arnaudov-Volokitin,
2014.}) 6... Qe7 7. Be2 ({Dieser Zug stellt weniger Probleme als der Zug} 7.
Nge2 $1) 7... d6 ({Schwach ist} 7... O-O $4 8. e5 $18) 8. Be3 {Dieser Zug
sieht etwas seltsam aus.} ({Nach dem natürlichen Zug} 8. Nf3 O-O {ist die
Hauptvariante} 9. O-O Bxc3 $1 10. bxc3 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 $1 {mit gutem Spiel
für Schwarz.}) 8... O-O 9. h3 $6 {Zu langsam.} ({Zuerst hätte Weiß die
Entwicklung beenden müssen:} 9. Nf3 {und jetzt wäre nach} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 exd5
11. exd5 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5 {die Stellung ungefähr ausgeglichen.
Weiß hat das Läuferpaar, Schwarz die bessere Struktur.}) 9... exd5 10. exd5
b5 $1 {Die typische Reaktion auf den Entwicklungsrückstand des Weißen.
Schwarz attackiert sofort das Zentrum.} 11. Nf3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Ba6 $1 {Ein
kritischer Moment. Ich schwankte hier zwischen den Zügen 12...La6 und 12...
Nbd7. 12... La6 schien mir letzlich logischer.} ({Nach} 12... Nbd7 13. O-O Nb6
14. Bd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 c4 ({nach} 15... Nbxd5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Bh4 {
hat Weiß klare Kompensation.}) 16. Be2 Nfxd5 17. Bd4 {hat Weiß positionelle
Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 $2 {Ein ernster Fehler.
Weiß verliert ein wichtiges Tempo. Er hätte rochieren müssen.} (14. O-O $1 {
und jetzt hätte Weiß nach} Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd5 16. Ng5 $1 Nf6 17. Bf4 {
Figurenaktivität und damit Kompensation.}) 14... Nc7 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3
Ncxd5 $17 {Schwarz hat den Bauer gewonnen und steht besser. Alle seine Figuren
sind aktiv, Weiß hat keine Kompensation.} 17. c4 Nxe3 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Rxe3
Qd7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rd1 Rd8 {Also, Schwarz hat einen Mehrbauern. Der
Gewinnplan besteht darin, die Schwerfiguren abzutauschen oder den Vorstoß d5
durchzudrücken. Weiß muss umgekehrt versuchen, Leichtfiguren (die Springer)
abzutauschen.} 22. Qa3 {Der Zug ist gegen d5 gerichtet.} Rb8 $6 {Dieser Zug
gefällt mir nicht.} ({Es wäre besser, einfach} 22... h6 $1 {zu spielen und
dann nach} 23. Ne5 (23. Qa6 {ist unggefährlich wegen} Qc7 {und d5}) 23... Qe6
$1 $17) 23. Qc1 $6 {Ohne Idee.} ({Viel stärker war} 23. Ne5 $1 Qc7 {und jetzt
kann Weiß die Springer tauschen:} 24. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 25. hxg4 {Ohne Springer ist
die Verteidigung für Weiß viel leichter.}) 23... h6 $1 {Ein nützlicher Zug.}
24. Qf4 Rb6 25. Kh2 Qc6 {Mit der Idee Qe4.} 26. Qe3 $6 {Dieser Zug lässt
Schwarz seinen Plan verwirklichen.} ({Der einzige Zug war-} 26. Re1 {und jetzt
hätte Schwarz nach} d5 27. cxd5 Qxd5 $17 {sehr gute Gewinnchancen, aber Weiß
kann sich noch wehren.}) 26... Qe4 $1 27. Qa3 $2 {Dieser Zug verliert sofort.}
({Hartnäckiger war} 27. Qc3 Qe2 $1 28. Rd2 Qe6 {und Schwarz muss allmählich
gewinnen.}) 27... Qxc4 $1 28. Qxa7 Rb2 $1 $19 {Gewinnt noch mehr Material.} 29.
Qe7 Rxf2 ({Noch stärker wäre} 29... Qf4+ $1 30. Kg1 Ne4 $19) 30. Qxd6 Qxa2 {
Schwarz hat zwei Mehrbauern . Die Stellung des Weißen ist hoffnungslos.} 31.
Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ g6 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Qd5 {Weiß gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4
7. Qc2 f5 8. e3 b6 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. f3 Nd6 (10... Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh5 12. Bg2 Ng5 13.
Nf4 Nxf3+ 14. Kf2 $16) 11. Bd2 $2 (11. Nc3 c5 {Schwarz hat vollen Ausgleich.})
11... c5 (11... Qh4+ 12. g3 (12. Ng3 $2 f4 $1 13. exf4 Nf5 $19 14. O-O-O Nxg3
15. Be1 (15. hxg3 Qxh1 16. Bd3 Qh2) 15... Qxf4+ 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. Be1 Qh6+ 18.
Bd2 Qh5) (12. Kd1 $8 {verliert nicht sofort. Über die weißen
Mittelspielchancen mit einem Kd1 muß jedoch kein Wort verloren werden.} c5 13.
dxc5 bxc5 $17) 12... Qh5 13. Nf4 Qxf3 14. Bg2 Qg4 {merke: Der Bb7 ist durch
Nd6 gedeckt.}) 12. dxc5 bxc5 {Auch hier steht Schwarz gut.} 13. O-O-O Nc6 14.
Nf4 Qe7 15. Bc3 Rf7 16. Be2 a5 17. Qd2 Nc8 18. Rhg1 Nb4 {King By now a
familiar motif (compare with the couple of games where Black scarificed with ..
.Ng4 in order to open the h-file). The problem here is that White is in no way
obliged to capture the knight, but may continue with his own plans.} 19. Kb1 e5
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nb6 22. e4 d6 23. Rgf1 Qe8 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Qa4 $4 (
25... fxe4 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Rh4 Rh7 29. Rxh7 Kxh7 30. Qf4 N4xd5 {
Der weiße Angriff schlägt nicht durch.}) 26. Rf3 Re8 27. Rdf1 Rxe4 28. Rxf5
Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Qe8 {In beiderseits rasender Zeitnot überschlagen sich nun die
Ereignisse.} 30. Qg5 Re7 (30... g6 {Selbstmord auf Raten.} 31. Qf6 Rd4 32. Bxd4
cxd4 33. Rf1 $16) 31. axb4 axb4 32. Bb5 Re1+ 33. Bxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Ka2 b3+ 35.
Kxb3 c4+ 36. Ka2 (36. Bxc4 $18 Qd1+ 37. Kc3 Qe1+ 38. Kc2 Qe4+ 39. Bd3 $18)
36... Qa5+ 37. Kb1 Qe1+ 38. Ka2 (38. Kc2 Qe4+ 39. Kc3 $18) 38... Qa5+ 39. Kb1
Qe1+ 40. Qc1 Qe4+ 41. Ka2 Qxf5 42. Qe3 Nxd5 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qe6+ Qf7 45. Qxf7+
Kxf7 46. Bxc4 Ke6 47. b4 Ke5 48. Bxd5 Kxd5 {Hecht 3-3 P, entfernter Freibauer}
49. Kb3 {der entfernte Freibauer (Pb4 ) macht das Rennen.} Kd4 (49... Kc6 {
Hecht} 50. Kc4 Kc7 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. b5 Kc7 53. b6+ Kxb6 54. Kxd6 $18) 50. Ka4 d5
51. b5 (51. b5 {Hecht} Kc5 52. Ka5 d4 53. b6 d3 54. b7 d2 55. b8=Q d1=Q 56.
Qc7+ Kd4 57. Qd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8248] This was a tiebreak game played with the time limit 15 minutes
per player and 10 seconds extra per move.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2
b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5
12. Ne2 Rc8 13. b4 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Ne4 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Be7 Rfe8 18.
Bd6 Na4 19. O-O-O {Between the tiebrek games there was a ten minutes break.
Just enough to rush back to the room and quickly run through the previous game
on the computer. I immediately steered to this position to see what Fritz5 had
to say about the next move. It gave me clearance. On the way back I bumped
into Helgi Olafsson who suggested the same thing as an improvement. But none
of us really thought I would get a second chance.} Ndb6 $1 $146 20. Be5 {
My opponent was still blitzing out his homework.} a6 $5 {Helgi Olafsson had
suggested the plan Ra8 and then a6, but I think this is the right way to go.
Now my opponent started thinking for the first time in this game.} (20... Ra8
21. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 dxc4 (22... a6 23. Ba5 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. b6 $14)
23. Bc2 Nd5 24. Kd2 Rad8 25. Ba5 Rd7 26. Ke2 {This is not so clear. Black is a
P up, but risks ending up in some ending like in my previous encounter with
the same opponent.}) 21. cxd5 {White gets greedy and tries to win a P, but
maybe he should stick to the idea of sacrificing instead. Now Black gets a
fantastic position.} (21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 dxc4 23. bxa6 Bxa6 24. Bc2 (24. Be4
$5) 24... Nd5 25. Kd2 Red8 26. Ba5 Rd6 27. Ke1 Ra8 $17) 21... exd5 22. bxa6 Bc6
{Played to create two connected passed P:s. Risky, but the time limit seemed
to call for drastic measures.} (22... Rxe5 $1 {the really serious move to play}
23. axb7 Rb8 $17) 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bg3 Rxe3 25. Bf2 Ree8 26. Ng3 d4 27. Nf5 Re6
28. Rhe1 Kf8 29. Bg3 (29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Nxh6 c4 $13) 29... Rd8 30. a7 (30. Rxe6
$142 fxe6 31. Nxh6 c4 32. Bg6 Rd7 $13) 30... c4 31. Be4 d3 32. Bc7 Rd7 33. Bb8
Nc5 $19 (33... Nc3 $19) 34. Bxc6 Rxc6 (34... d2+ $1 $19) 35. Re5 {Now my
opponent was down to his last 10 seconds on every move. I had over 5 minutes
left. Rather than think for a couple of minutes and clinch the win, I tried to
win by blitzing. A serious mistake with the new time limits with increment.} c3
$4 (35... Nb3+ 36. Kb1 (36. Kb2 Na4+ 37. Kb1 Nc3+ 38. Kb2 Nxd1+ 39. Kb1 Nc3+
40. Kb2 Na4+ 41. Kb1 Nb6 $19) 36... c3 $19) 36. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 37. Bd6+ Rxd6 38.
Nxd6 Rd5 39. Ne4 $1 {Unbelievable, but Black has nothing left of his advantage.
.and White had started getting more time on the clock.} Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4144]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 c5 (9... Nbd7 10. f3 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7
13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,
T-Stefansson,H/Reykjavic 1997/CBM 62 (16)}) 10. dxc5 (10. f3 h6 (10... Nbd7)
11. Bh4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qc3 e5 14. e3 Rc8 15. Qd3 g5 16. Bg3 d5 17. h4 e4
$13 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Nisipeanu,L/Berlin 1997/EXP 59 (53)}) 10... bxc5 11.
e3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 a5 (12... Bxg2 13. Rg1 $40) 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rad1 (14. Qc2 Rab8
15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. Rab1 a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ostenstad,B-Johannessen,L/NOR-ch 1996/
EXT 96ch2 (73)}) 14... a4 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh4 Rab8 17. Nb1 $1 Bc6 18. Rd2 {
White has found a nice way to regroup his forces.} Rb7 19. Bg3 (19. Nc3 Rfb8
20. Nb5 d5 $132) 19... Ne5 $5 (19... e5 20. Nc3 Rfb8 21. Nb5 Bxb5 (21... d5 22.
Nd6 Rc7 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Nc4 $16) 22. cxb5 d5 23. Rfd1 e4 (23... c4 24. Bf5
$16) 24. Be2 Ra8 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 $13) 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nc3 Rd8 (21...
Rfb8 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 $16) 22. Rfd1 Rbd7 23. Be2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25.
Qxd2 Qb3 $1 $11 26. f3 Ne8 $1 {/\Kf8-e7,Nd6} 27. Nd1 Qb6 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Qc3
Qc7 30. Ke1 f6 31. Qd2 (31. Qc2 e4 $11) 31... Nd6 32. Nc3 e4 33. f4 Ke7 34. Kf2
Qb6 35. Qc2 Qa5 36. Nb1 g5 37. g3 Qa8 38. Qc3 Be8 39. Nd2 Bc6 40. Bd1 Qa6 41.
Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was a tiebreak game with time limit 25 minutes per player plus 10
seconds increment per move.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne2
Rc8 13. b4 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 {White plays in a truly positional way, but
I believe this is too time consuming.} Ne4 $1 {There are several interesting
alternatives, but it's my impression that this is best.} 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Be7
(17. Ba5 Ne5 $1 18. Bxc3 (18. Kd2 $143 Na4 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga4b6]} 19. Rhb1
Nb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nc1 Rfd8 $17 {Skomorokhin,R-Almasi,Z/HUN-chT1 1995/0-1 
(73)}) 18... Nxd3+ 19. Kd2 dxc4 20. Ba5 f5 21. Kc3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,
R-Wedberg,T/26th Rilton Cup, Stockholm SWE 1998 (32)}) 17... Rfe8 18. Bd6 Na4 (
18... dxc4 19. Bxc4 (19. Bh7+ $5) 19... Nb6 20. Bd3 Nca4 21. Be5 (21. O-O-O $5)
21... c4 22. Bc2 Rc5 23. Bd4 Rxb5 $17 {Wang Lei-Peptan,C/Erevan olw 1996/0-1 
(57)}) 19. O-O-O {This was obviously preparation, since my opponent was still
blitzing out his moves.} Nab6 $6 (19... Ndb6 $1 {See the game
Schandorff-Wedberg, same tournament, same day.}) 20. Nc3 $1 dxc4 21. Bc2 Nd5 {
This far I was blitzing too. Not because I had prepared this line, but just
too keep up with the pace of my opponent.} 22. Nxd5 $1 {Time to think - and
realise that Blacks position is not that impressive.} Bxd5 (22... exd5 23. Bf5
Rcd8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxc5 $14) 23. e4 Bb7 24. Bg3 $16 {Blacks problem is the
passive B on b7.} Nf8 25. Rd6 Red8 26. Rhd1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 f6 28. Bb1 Kf7 29.
Ba2 Ke7 30. Bxc4 e5 31. Rd2 Ne6 32. Kb2 Nd4 33. Kc3 g5 34. a4 Rb8 35. h4 (35.
a5 $6 Bc8 36. Rb2 Kd6 $13 {><b5}) 35... Kd6 36. Rd1 Rh8 37. Rh1 (37. a5 $5)
37... h5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Bf2 h4 40. Be3 g4 41. fxg4 Bxe4 42. Bg5 Bxg2 43.
Rxh4 Rxh4 44. Bxh4 Bf3 45. g5 Bh5 46. Bf2 Bg6 47. Be3 Nf5 48. Bc1 Nd4 49. Bd2
Nf3 50. Be3 Nd4 51. Bg8 $2 (51. Bd3 $1 {I was quite relieved everytime my
opponent missed this move. The point is to get the g-P moving. If Black plays
e4 the N on d4 is no longer a tower of power.} e4 (51... Nf5 52. Bf2 Kd5 53. a5
e4 54. Bc4+ Kd6 55. Bg1 $18) 52. Bc4 Nf3 53. a5 $18) 51... Nf5 52. Bf2 Ne7 53.
Bc4 Nd5+ 54. Kb3 Nb6 55. Bg8 Nd5 56. a5 Bd3 57. b6 $2 $11 (57. Bf7 $142 $1)
57... axb6 58. Bxd5 Kxd5 59. axb6 c4+ 60. Kc3 Kc6 61. Kb4 Kb7 62. Kc3 Kc6 63.
Bg1 Kb7 64. Bc5 Kc6 65. Be3 Kb7 66. Bg1 Kc6 67. Kb2 Kb7 68. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0102 77th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Golod,V} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 $5 {
This slightly unlikely looking gambit still succeeds in giving a rather
reckless impression, at least to the uninitiated. In fact it stands at least
on the border-line of respectability. I had been toying with giving it a try
for quite a while, and there seemed no better moment than as a response to a
run which had yielded a mere half a point from the previous 6 games, against
an opponent who had impressed as highly solid and positionally sound. In any
case, anything played by the new industrious Mickey Adams of recent times is
well worth a closer look.} 7. cxb5 c6 8. f3 $5 {This in turn is at least
arguably the sharpest reply. White would like to establish a strong pawn
centre, at the same time avoiding facing the kind of light-square bind typical
of black's strategy in the Nimzo as a whole, and this gambit in particular. I
certainly do not want to give a major theoretical survey here, but the
following might illustrate a few basic ideas:} (8. bxc6 {acceptance is
regarded as a bit risky. In lines such as} Nxc6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Be2
Na5 $1 12. Qb4 Rb8 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gb7f3] black's development plus translates
into plausible light square threats.}) (8. Bg5 $5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 (10.
Nf3 h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 $5) 11... Qxf6 12. Be2 Rc8 (12... Rc8 13. Qd3 a6 14.
O-O Nc6 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Rfc1 Bd5 $11 {0-1 Allen,K-Marusenko,P/Port Erin 1999/
CBM 74 (52)})) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nh3 (12. Bxb5 Qg5 13. Bf1 Qh4+ 14. g3
Qh5 15. Be2 Rc8 $44 {- Kramnik.}) 12... Rc8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bd3 d6 15. O-O Nd7
16. Rad1 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66 (41). with
reasonable play} (16... e5 $5)) 8... Nd5 $1 {It really has to be a strategy of
disruption, gaining time on the white queen (standard Nimzo procedure) and
contesting even now the e4 square.} (8... cxb5 9. e4 {would give black little
to offer against either white's bishop pair or his central control.}) 9. Qd3 f5
{[%csl Ge4] as usual in this opening the light squares are key, and e4 the
chief among them.} 10. e4 Nc7 $5 $13 {- I.Sokolov.} 11. Nh3 Nxb5 $5 $146 {
[%cal Gc8a6,Ga6f1] Strangely this seems to be a new move. My intention was to
promote both mobilisation and light-square counterplay by playing a quick ...
Ba6, hopefully worrying white's queen into conceding another tempo. It seemed
that to capture with the pawn would lead to more static structures, and that
in principle this would favour white's desire to consolodate.} ({My first
thought though was} 11... Qh4+ {but once I saw that} 12. g3 fxe4 {is met with}
13. fxe4 $1 (13. Qxe4 {Golod,V} Qxe4+ 14. fxe4 Nxb5 15. Bxb5 $6 (15. Be3 $5 {
Golod,V}) 15... cxb5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Nf2 Nc6 $11 {Lauber,A-Tisdall,J/Hallsberg,
1996 (0-1)(33)}) 13... Rxf1+ 14. Rxf1 Qxh3 15. Qf3 $18 {I rightly lost
interest!}) 12. Be3 {Solid.} ({I was more afraid of} 12. Bg5 $5 Qb6 (12... Qa5+
13. b4 Qb6 14. Be7 fxe4 15. fxe4 Rf7 (15... Qxd4 {but not} 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17.
Bxf8 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Bd6 $16 {[%csl Ra1]}) 16. Bc5 Qd8 17. a4 Nc7 $14 {
and while black's position might have a certain 'hypermodern' appeal based on
his opponent's slight overextension, it all looks a little artificial.}) 13.
Be7 Nxd4 14. Bxf8 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Qxb1 17. Bd6 Nxa3 18. Qxa3 Ba6 19.
Qc1 Qa2+ 20. Ke1 {and black's compensation seems to fall short.}) 12... Ba6 13.
Qc2 fxe4 {I started (surprise, surprise) to consume a lot of time around here.
My instinct is still that black should have fair counterchances and the chance
to place his still flexible centre pawns so as to enhance his light-square
aspirations, but it is not automatic. Meanwhile in a mistaken bid to succeed
with piece-play I began looking at too many increasingly unlikely tactical
solutions.} ({If} 13... Qa5+ 14. Qd2 (14. b4 Nxa3) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 fxe4
16. fxe4 Nd6 17. Bd3 $14) 14. fxe4 Qh4+ {Not necessarily the right direction
for the queen. On reflection my desire to delay the d-pawn looks quite strange.
Better is} (14... d5 $5 15. Rd1 $5 (15. exd5 exd5 16. Ng5 g6 $132) (15. e5 $2
Qh4+) 15... Nd6 (15... Qa5+ 16. Rd2 $1 (16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nd6 $132 {
[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd6e4,Gd6c4,Gd6f5]}) 16... Nd6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Ng5 $1 {
[%csl Re6,Rh7]} Nc4 19. Re2 $1 $16) 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 {bares similarity with the
game, but black has extra flexibility. For example after} 17. Qxc6 Nc4 18.
Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Bf4 $5 Qa5+ $132 {seems to offer interesting play.}) (14... Qf6
15. O-O-O $14 (15. e5 $4 Qxf1+)) 15. Nf2 d5 $5 16. Rd1 $1 {A fine move which I
had underestimated.} Nd6 $5 {Time for some super-honest annotations. Having
broadly failed in my quest for a 'tactical' solution I now believed that this
sacrificial course was the only plausible way to avoid a lifeless position
with positional defects.How much did I see? Well, the broad outlines of
black's counterplay were clear enough (just as well, as the following moves
were perforce played at great speed), but in fact I was more concerned that
Kiriakov would bail out at some stage with a positional plus leaving a black
position difficult to handle in zeitnot. Of course, neither of us had seen 25
Qxa7!} 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qxc6 $1 (18. O-O Rac8 $13 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd6e4,
Gd6f5,Gd6c4] is OK. Black's strategy has worked to the extent that he has
enough light-squares ( a good choice for the knight on d6! ) to compensate his
suspect pawn structure.}) 18... Nc4 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. g3 $1 (20. Qg4 $4 Nxe3)
20... Qh5 21. Bf4 Rae8 $1 $138 {The only chance. The rest of the game is
exciting and fast moving, and black's ridiculous time trouble only added to
the general excitement.} 22. Qxa6 g5 $1 23. Be5+ $1 {I will probably stand
accused of trying to elevate a random mess by attempting to explain it in
thematic positional terms, but I was heartened by the fact that when white
attempts to consolidate safely, he still faces some attack on the light
squares.} (23. b3 $6 gxf4 24. bxc4 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rxe4+ $40) (23. g4 Qf7 24. Bg3
Qf3 $17 25. O-O $140 $4 Ne3 $19) 23... Rxe5 $8 24. dxe5 Qf3 $40 {[%csl Ra6,Gc4]
[%cal Ya6c4]} 25. Rd2 $6 {Strangely in this critical position white had a long
pause for thought, but both of us came to the conclusion that black's attack
was just about sufficient despite the rook minus.} ({It is difficult to
demonstrate of course, but I have a strong feeling in this situation ignorance
is bliss. If I had seen 25 Qxa7, my whole attack would have been conducted
with less conviction, and my opponent perhaps alerted to white's best defence.
As it was, although black's play is justified in large measure by the
exclusion of the white queen from the action, the simple defensive capture} 25.
Qxa7 $1 {by which white returns material for the sort of consolidation I had
long feared eluded us both. It looks good, eg.} Ne3 26. Rf1 $1 (26. Rd2 Ng2+
27. Kf1 Ne3+ 28. Ke1 Ng2+ $11) 26... Nxd1 (26... d4 27. e6 Ng2+ 28. Kd2 Qe3+
29. Kc2 d3+ 30. Nxd3 Rc8+ 31. Nc5 $1 Rxc5+ 32. Kb1 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Qxa7 34. Rf7
$18 {[%csl Rh8]}) (26... Nxf1 27. Rd3 $1 {[%csl Ge3]} Qg2 28. Qc5 $16) 27. e6
Ne3 28. e7 Re8 (28... Rc8 $6 29. Qc5 $1 $18) 29. Qd7 $1 ({oddly, rather less
clear is} 29. Qc5 dxe4 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qxg5+ (31. Qxe4 Qxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe7 33.
Nxg5 (33. Nc5 $5 $14) 33... Nxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Rb7 35. b4 Ra7 $13) 31... Kf7 $13)
29... Qf7 30. Rg1 {and black is struggling to prove full compensation,
although white's task still requires care.}) 25... Nxd2 26. Qe2 dxe4 $1 27.
Qxf3 {Now it should be headed for a draw.} ({Especially given the clock
situation I was more concerned about} 27. Kxd2 $1 e3+ 28. Qxe3 Rd8+ 29. Nd3
Qxh1 30. e6 $132 {[%csl Yd3][%cal Ye6e7] Interestingly Kiriakov saw this, but
didn't like the exposed position of his king here.}) 27... Nxf3+ 28. Ke2 {
Golod,V: 'After this mistake black has a forced way to equality.'} ({It can be
recommended:} 28. Kd1 {Golod,V} Re8 29. Nxe4 Rxe5 30. Nc3 Kg7 31. h3 {+/=/+/-})
28... Nd4+ 29. Ke3 Nc2+ {and that I thought was that, but when you have
mustered half a point from the previous 6 games, very little is taken on trust!
} 30. Kxe4 $5 (30. Ke2 Nd4+ 31. Ke3 Nc2+ $11) 30... Rxf2 31. Kd3 Kg7 32. Rc1 (
32. h4 {shouldn't be too threatening. Even} Nxa3 $5 {probably draws.}) 32...
Rxh2 $1 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Kxc2 h5 $1 {and the pawn ending is drawn, reasonably
self-explanatory and easy to negotiate with a hanging flag!} 35. Kd3 Kf7 36.
Ke4 Ke6 37. b4 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. a4 h3 40. Kf3 Kxe5 41. b5 Kd5 42. a5 Kc5
43. b6 axb6 44. axb6 h2 {A very exciting struggle, which unfortunately
reawakened my appetite for chess a little too late to resue my result!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires sim"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.09.06"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4200]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 c5 8. e3 d6 9. dxc5 bxc5 {Il s'agit d'une variante classique de la
défense Nimzo-indienne. Les Blancs occupent le centre avec les pions et
disposent aussi de la paire de Fous. Mais les Noirs comptent sur le contrôle
des cases blanches (point e4, diagonale a8-h1) pour obtenir du contre-jeu.} 10.
O-O-O $1 {Un nouveauté théorique qui remplace avantageusement le coup habituel
10.Bd3} Ne4 {[#] Voilà qui paraît bon.} ({Supposons} 10... Ne4 11. Bxd8 Nxc3
12. Rxd6 {, il suivrait} Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4,Rf2,Rh1][%cal Ye4d6,Ye4f2,Yf2h1]
gagnant du matériel.}) 11. Qd3 $3 {[%csl Rd6] Une réplique ahurissante et
vraiment admirable.} ({Remarquez que le coup apparemment plus solide} 11. Qc2 {
, n'aurait pas atteint son but, car après} Nxg5 12. h4 {les Noirs auraient pu
continuer soit par} f5 ({soit avec} 12... Nh3 13. Nxh3 Qe7) 13. hxg5 Bb7 {
obtenant une bonne partie dans les deux cas.}) ({Or après} 11. Qd3 {, la
menace contre d6 réduit le choix des Noirs.}) 11... Nxf2 {Forcé:} ({si} 11...
Nxg5 12. h4 {[%cal Rh4g5,Rd3d6]}) 12. Bxd8 Nxd3+ 13. Bxd3 Rxd8 14. Be4 {
[%cal Re4a8] La pointe des coups précédents. Les Noirs sont contraints de
lâcher du lest.} d5 $8 15. cxd5 Bb7 (15... f5 16. Bf3 e5 17. d6 e4 18. Be2 Be6
19. Nh3 $16 {[%cal Yh3g5,Yh3f4]}) 16. Ne2 {[%csl Ya8,Yb8,Gc1,Rc5] La position
s'est éclaircie et on peut d'ores et déjà conclure а un avantage blanc: ils
jouissent d'une avance en développement, leur Roi est plus rapproché du centre
et le pion c5, isolé sur le flanc-Dame, est vulnérable.} Nd7 {Un coup
maladroit.} ({Toutefois,} 16... exd5 17. Nc3 Nd7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 {
n'était guère plus attrayant.}) 17. dxe6 Bxe4 18. e7 $1 {Un joli contre-pied.}
({Plus faible serait} 18. exd7 Bxg2 19. Rhg1 Bf3 20. Rge1 Bg4 {etc.}) 18... Re8
19. Rxd7 f6 {[%csl Re7][%cal Yg8f7] La réponse naturelle. Le grand-maître
Oscar Panno, ancien candidat au titre mondial, projette de jouer ...Kf7, pour
capturer le dangereux pion passé au plus vite.} ({Nous avons pourtant passé
beaucoup de temps а analyser les conséquences de} 19... Bxg2 {Une fois la
solution trouvée, tout paraît simple.} 20. Rg1 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Ge8][%cal Ye2g3,
Yg3f5,Yf5d6,Yg3e4,Ye4d6,Ye2c3,Yc3e4,Yc3b5,Yb5d6,Yd6e8] la suite adéquate car
le plan des Blancs consiste surtout а transférer leur Cavalier vers d6} (20.
Rhd1 {[%csl Gd8] préparant 21.Rd8} f6 $1 (20... Bf3 $2 {serait un coup dans
l'eau, car après} 21. Rd8 f6 22. e4 $3 {pour libérer le Ne2 du clouage et
attirer le Fou sur une case exposée.} Bxe4 23. Ng3 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yg3f5,
Yf5d6] les Blancs gagneraient en conduisant ce Cavalier vers d6.}) 21. Ng3 g6 {
et les Noirs tiennent bon.}) 20... Bc6 ({si} 20... Be4 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Rgd1 {
[%csl Gd8,Ge8][%cal Yd7d8,Ye7e8,Yd1d8] suivi de 23.Rd8}) ({ou} 20... Bh3 21.
Rc7 f6 22. Nc3 {[%csl Gd6,Ge8][%cal Yc3e4,Yc3b5,Ye4d6,Yb5d6,Yd6e8] et le
Cavalier arrive а destination via b5 ou e4.}) 21. Rc7 Rec8 (21... Bf3 22. Ng3)
22. Rxc8+ (22. Rd1 Rxc7 23. Rd8+ Be8 24. Rxa8 Rxe7) 22... Rxc8 23. Rd1 Re8 24.
Rd6 $1 Bf3 {et maintenant:} 25. Ng3 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Ge8][%cal Yg3f5,Yf5d6,Yd6e8]}
(25. Rd8 Bc6 26. b4 ({un faux espoir serait} 26. Ng3 f6 27. Nf5 Kf7 $1 28. Nd6+
Kxe7 $17 {et les Noirs prennent le dessus.}) 26... f6 (26... cxb4 27. Nd4 Ba4
28. Nf5) 27. bxc5 Kf7 28. Nd4 Be4 29. Nb5 Rxe7 30. Nd6+ Kg6 {et le pion passé
en c5 favorise les Blancs.}) 25... f6 ({si} 25... g6 26. Rd8 Bc6 27. Ne4 {
[%csl Rf6]} Kg7 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6,Ge7] et gagne}) 26. Nf5 Kf7 ({
ou} 26... a5 27. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Yf5d6]} Bg4 $8 28. Rd8 Kf7 29. Nd6+ Kxe7 30.
Rxe8+ Kxd6 31. Ra8 {[%csl Ra5]}) 27. Rd2 Rxe7 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. Kc2 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Yc2c5] et les Blancs devraient l'emporter.}) 20. Ng3 Bg6 ({Le pion g2 ne
pouvait toujours pas être pris:} 20... Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bc6 (21... Bh3 22. Rb7 {
le plus précis} (22. Rc7 Rac8 23. Rxa7 Kf7 24. Ne4 Rc6) 22... Rab8 (22... Kf7
23. Ne4 Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rxg7+ Ke6 26. Rxh7 {et les Blancs auront
bientôt deux pions de plus.}) ({ou} 22... Reb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.
Ne4) 23. Rxa7 Kf7 24. Ne4 Rb6 25. Nxc5 {avec gain facile.}) 22. Rc7 Rec8 23.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nd6 Ra8 26. Rg4 {[%csl Rc5,Gd6,Ge7][%cal Yg4c4] et
le soldat avancé étant enfin en sécurité, les Blancs gagnent tranquillement.})
21. h4 $1 {[#] Un coup d'apparence anodine, mais extrêmement instructif.
Kasparov a pour but de bloquer les pions du flanc-Roi afin de créer des points
d'appui au profit du Cavalier et de combattre ainsi le Fou efficacement.} h6 {
Pour reculer le Fou en h7 et garder le contrôle sur f5.} ({Si} 21... h5 22.
Rhd1 Kf7 23. R1d5 {etc.}) 22. h5 Bh7 23. Rh4 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yh4c4] La
goutte d'eau qui fera déborder le vase. La Tour se dirige vers c4 pour
molester le pion c5.} Kf7 24. Rc4 Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rxc5 {[%csl Yf5,Yg3,
Yg7]} Kd6 27. b4 $18 {La cause est entendue. Mais ne ratez surtout pas
l'occasion d'admirer la technique du champion. Elle vaut le détour.} Re8 28.
Kd2 Re5 29. Rxe5 Kxe5 30. a4 Bg8 31. b5 Bb3 ({Une variante instructive serait} 
31... Bd5 32. e4 $1 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Kxe4 34. Kc3 {et les Blancs gagnent car le
pion h5 surveille deux fantassins а la fois (g7 et h6). Par exemple,} Kd5 35.
Kb4 Kd6 36. a5 ({ou} 36. Ka5) 36... Kc7 37. Kc5 Kb7 38. g4 Kc7 39. b6+ axb6+
40. axb6+ Kb7 41. Kb5 Kb8 42. Kc6 Kc8 43. b7+ $1 ({beaucoup plus rapide que} 
43. Kd6) 43... Kb8 44. Kb6 f5 45. gxf5 g6 46. hxg6 h5 47. g7 {et mat au coup
suivant.}) 32. a5 Bc4 {Précipite les événements.} ({Toutefois} 32... f5 {
n'aurait pas sauvé les Noirs:} 33. Ne2 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Gd4,Rf5][%cal Ye2d4,
Yd4f5,Yd4c6,Yc6a7]} Bd5 34. g3 Bf3 35. Nd4 Bb7 36. Kc3 Bd5 37. Nc6+ Bxc6 38.
bxc6 Kd6 39. Kd4 Kxc6 (39... a6 40. c7) 40. Ke5 Kb5 41. Kxf5 Kxa5 42. e4 Kb6
43. e5 a5 44. e6 Kc7 45. Kg6 {et les Blancs arrivent les premiers.}) 33. b6
axb6 34. axb6 Bd5 35. e4 $1 Bb7 36. Ke3 Bc6 37. Nf5 Bxe4 38. g4 $1 {[%csl Yf6,
Yg7,Yh6][%cal Yh5h8] [#] Nous sommes enfin en mesure d'apprécier les effets du
21e coup blanc. Tous les pions Noirs sont condamnés.} (38. g4 Bd5 39. Nxg7 Kd6
40. Nf5+ Kc5 41. Nxh6 Kxb6 42. Nf5 Kc5 43. Ne7 $1 Bb3 44. h6 Bc2 45. Nf5 $1 {
[%csl Gh8][%cal Yh6h8] et le pion va а Dame.}) 1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 26th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 c5 11. e4 $6 {N} (11. O-O-O $6 h6 12. Bh4 d5 $1 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Nf2 Rfe8 16. Be2 Rab8 17. Rc1 {Bischoff-Almasi/
Altensteig/1994 Bischoff-Almasi/Altensteig/1994} Ba6 $1 18. Rhd1 dxc4 19. e4
Nd5 $1 20. exd5 exd5 $40 {Dautov}) (11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 $11 (12. O-O-O $6 d5
13. Be2 Qb6 14. Rd2 Rfe8 15. Rhd1 Bc6 16. Kb1 Rab8 17. Bh4 Ba4 18. Rc1 Rec8 19.
Bd1 $2 Qa6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nf4 Bxd1 $15 {Xu Jun -Stefansson Moskow 94 olm}))
11... h6 12. Be3 cxd4 $1 13. Qxd4 (13. Bxd4 Rc8 14. Z0 $140 b5) 13... d5 $1 14.
cxd5 (14. e5 Ne8 15. Rd1 Qb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8e5,Ye8c7]} 16. cxd5 (16. Bf4 f6 $1
17. exf6 e5 $19) 16... exd5 $1 (16... Bxd5 $6 17. Bf4) 17. f4) 14... exd5 15.
e5 Ne8 16. Bb5 $1 (16. Bd3 Nc7 $17 {[%cal Rc7e6,Rd7e5]}) 16... Nc7 17. Bxd7
Qxd7 18. O-O Rfe8 $1 19. a4 $2 (19. Bf2 $142 Qf5 20. Bg3 Ne6 21. Qd2 d4 $15)
19... Qf5 $1 $17 20. f4 Ne6 21. Qd1 d4 22. Bd2 (22. Bxd4 Qe4 $19) 22... Rac8
23. Ra3 Rc2 $2 (23... d3 $1 24. Nf2 Red8 25. g4 Nxf4 $1 26. gxf5 Ne2+ 27. Qxe2
dxe2 28. Re1 Rxd2 29. Re3 Rxb2 $19) 24. Nf2 Rc4 $1 (24... Rxb2 $2 25. Nd3 Qe4
26. Rf2 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 (27. Nxb2 Nh3+ 28. Kf1 (28. Rxh3 $1 $18 {I blunded this
move when I played 24...Rc2}) 28... Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxg2+ 30. Ke1 Bf3 $19) 27...
Rb1 28. Bc1 Rc8 29. Nd3 Ba6 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qe3+) 25. Qe2 Rec8 26. Qd3
Qxd3 27. Nxd3 Rc2 28. Rf2 Be4 (28... Nc5 $2 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Ba5) 29. b4 R8c4
30. h3 (30. f5 Bxf5) (30. Re2 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Nxf4) 30... Nc7 31. Re2 $2 (31. Be1
Nd5) (31. Kf1 R2c3 32. Bxc3 Bxd3+ $19) (31. Ne1 $8 Rb2 32. Nd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3
Nd5 $17) 31... R4c3 $1 32. Bxc3 Rxe2 33. Nf2 (33. Bxd4 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rd2 $19)
33... dxc3 34. Rxc3 Nd5 35. Rc4 $138 Bf5 $138 36. Rd4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Ne3 38. g4
Be6 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. f5 Bd5 41. Nd3 Rd1 42. Nf4 Bb3 43. Ra8 Rd4 44. e6 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. bxc3
(14. Bxc7 $6) (14. Bh4 Nd5 15. e4 $140 $2 Nf4 $17) 14... Rexd8 15. O-O-O (15.
Ne2 Ne5 $1) 15... c5 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Kb2 Kf8 $1 18. Bb5 Ke7 19. e4 a6 $15 20.
Bxd7 (20. Ba4 b5 21. Bb3 Nb6 $15) 20... Rxd7 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxd7+ Kxd7 23.
Nf4 Rb5+ 24. Kc2 Ra5 25. Kb3 g5 $1 26. Nh5 (26. Ne2 g4 $1 $15) 26... Ke7 27.
Re1 Rb5+ $1 28. Kc2 Bc6 $1 29. c4 Re5 $1 30. Kb3 b5 $1 (30... f5 $6 31. Ng3 $11
) 31. cxb5 Rxb5+ 32. Kc3 a5 $1 33. e5 Rc5+ $1 (33... a4 $2 34. Nf6 Rb3+ 35. Kd4
Rxa3 36. Rc1 $13) 34. Kb3 Bd5+ 35. Ka4 (35. Kb2 Rb5+ 36. Kc2 Rb3 $19) 35... Rc2
$1 36. Rg1 Re2 37. Kxa5 Rxe5 38. Kb4 Re2 39. a4 Rb2+ 40. Kc5 Ra2 41. Ng3 (41.
Kb5 Kd6 $17) 41... Rxa4 $1 42. Nf5+ exf5 43. Kxd5 Kf6 $19 44. g3 (44. Rb1 Ra2
45. Rg1 Rd2+ 46. Kc4 Ke5 47. Kc3 Ra2 48. Kd3 Kf4) 44... Ra2 45. h4 Rf2 46.
hxg5+ hxg5 47. f4 gxf4 48. gxf4 (48. Kd4 Kg5) 48... Rxf4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 {Delayed Dutch Defense.}
13. Rad1 Rae8 (13... c5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5
18. Rd2 Nc5 {I'm sure Fabiano was not too excited with the prospects of
holding such a position.}) 14. d5 $1 {Textbook play from Sam.} exd5 15. cxd5
Ndf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 (16... Qxf6 17. Nd4 Bxd5 18. Qxc7 {is mildly unpleasant for
Black.}) 17. Rd4 Rf7 18. e3 a5 19. a3 Ba6 20. Rc1 g5 21. Rdd1 Bb7 22. Rd4 h5 $6
{A rather nervous attempt to get something out of nothing.} ({Repeating the
moves with} 22... Ba6 {would be a silent draw offer with some rating points to
be sacrificed. Besides, nothing stops White from trying for more with, say,}
23. b4) 23. Rc4 Bxd5 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Bxb3 27. Nd4 Be6 28.
Bf1 {Too straightforward.} ({A little subtlety was required:} 28. Bf3 $1 g4 (
28... h4 $4 29. Bh5) 29. Be2 {would take care of Black's only chance of
counterplay - pushing f5-f4.}) 28... Kf8 29. Rb7 f4 $1 30. exf4 gxf4 31. f3 (
31. Rxb6 Bf7 32. gxf4 Nd2 33. Bb5 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Nc4) 31... Nd2 32. Bb5 Bd5 {
Having found a target on f3 Black is out of danger now.} 33. Rxb6 Re3 34. Rxd6
Nxf3+ 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Rxd5 Nxb5 37. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice Czech op-A"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golichenko, Ilja"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Ba6 {Here the bishop has more active possibilities
than on b7.} 11. Ne2 (11. Nf3 $5) 11... Rc8 (11... c5 {also was possible, and
after} 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qa4 cxd4 14. Bxf6 Nc5 $1 {(as we will see, I have
applied a similar idea in the game)} 15. Bxd8 Nxa4 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. Bxd6 Nxb2
18. Nc1 Red8 19. Be5 Nxd3+ 20. Nxd3 dxe3 {[%emt 0:33:20] Black has obtained 3
pawns for the piece, Van Wely-Iordachescu, Neum.}) 12. O-O (12. b4 c5 13. dxc5
bxc5 14. b5 Bb7 15. O-O Ne5 {with mutual chances.}) 12... c5 13. Qb3 d5 14. Qa4
(14. Rac1 {is wrong:} b5 {!} 15. cxb5 c4) 14... cxd4 (14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4
16. Qxc4 Qc7 {and the position is close to equality (Volzhin-Szabo, Budapest
2000), but Black already claims on more than equality.}) 15. Bxf6 Nc5 $5 (15...
gxf6 {was not worse:} 16. exd4 (16. Qxa6 Nc5 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qb4 Nxd3 19. Qd2
dxc4 20. exd4 Kh7 {[%emt 0:33:17] , and Black is a pawn up, Hoang-Lukacs,
Budapest.}) 16... Bxc4 (16... dxc4 17. Qxa6 Nb8 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qh5 cxd3 20. Nf4
Kh7 21. d5 {, and White has a strong initiative for the pawn.}) 17. Bxc4 Rxc4
18. Qxa7 Rc2 19. Rfe1 Rxb2 20. Rab1 {and White has little compensation for the
pawn.}) 16. Bxd8 (16. Qxa6 gxf6 {led to 15...gxf6 16.Qa6 by transposition.})
16... Nxa4 17. Be7 Rfe8 18. Bb4 Nxb2 19. Bc2 d3 (19... dxe3 20. fxe3 Nxc4 21.
Bd3 Bb7 22. Kf2 {led to unclear play, for example:} Ne5 23. Bb5 Ng4+ 24. Kg1
Nxe3 25. Bxe8 Nxf1 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxf1+ Kg8 28. Nf4) 20. Rfb1 dxc2 (20...
dxe2 21. Rxb2 Rxc4 22. Bb3 Rc7 23. f3 Rec8 24. Re1 Rc1 25. Kf2 {was also
unclear.}) 21. Rxb2 Rxc4 22. Rc1 (22. Nc1 $2 d4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. f3 Rd1+ 25.
Kf2 Rc8 {and Black is clearly better.}) 22... Rxb4 {Black has nothing better,
and a position with another equal material correlation arises.} 23. axb4 Bxe2
24. Rbxc2 Bc4 25. f3 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Ra1 a4 28. Rc3 Bb3 29. Rc7 g5 30. Kf2
Rd8 31. Ke2 d4 32. e4 (32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Ke3 Rd8 {with equality.}) 32... d3+
33. Kd2 Kg7 (33... Bc2 $1 {was more accurate.}) 34. Rb1 {Now this rook
inevitably penetrates to 7th rank.} Kg6 35. Rc3 Bc2 36. Rb7 f5 37. Rc6 Re8 $2 {
A terrible mistake. I completely forgotten about} (37... Bb3 38. exf5+ Kxf5 39.
Rc5+ Kg6) 38. g4 $1 {Suddenly I found out myself in trouble.} fxg4 39. fxg4 Kf6
$2 {Decisive mistake.} (39... h5 40. h3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Bb3 42. Kxd3 Rd8+ 43. Ke3
Rd1 44. Rcc7 Kf6 45. Rf7+ Ke5 46. Rb5+ Kd6 47. Ra7 Re1+ {left some chances to
save this ending.}) 40. Rc5 Kg6 (40... Re7 41. e5+ Kf7 42. Rcc7 Rxc7 43. Rxc7+
Kg6 44. Rc6 Kf7 45. Ra6 {also should not to save the game.}) 41. e5 h5 42. h3
hxg4 43. hxg4 Bb3 44. Rcc7 {After doubling of rooks Black's position is
hopeless.} Rg8 45. Re7 Kh6 46. Ra7 Kg6 47. Kxd3 Kh6 48. Kc3 Rc8+ 49. Kb2 Rg8
50. Ka3 Kg6 51. Rf7 Kh6 52. Rf6+ Rg6 53. Rxg6+ Kxg6 54. Rxa4 {!} Bd1 (54...
Bxa4 55. Kxa4 Kf7 56. Kb5 Ke7 57. Kc6 {winning.}) 55. Rd4 Bf3 56. Kb4 Kf7 57.
Kc5 Ke7 58. Rd2 Bxg4 59. Rg2 Bf3 60. Rxg5 Kf7 61. Kd6 Bd5 62. Rg4 Bb3 63. Rf4+
Ke8 64. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 27th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2011.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
f3 h6 (8... b6 9. e4 c5 10. Nh3 h6 11. Be3 Ba6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14.
Qd2 Ne8 {...1/2-1/2 Khismatullin-Zakhartsov, Voronezh 2009}) 9. Bh4 b6 10. e4
c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Rd1 {?!} (13. Ne2) 13... Rb8 (13... d5 $1 {
was very strong:} 14. Ne2 (14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Re8+ 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Qc1 Nxd5
{with a tremendous advantage in development.}) 14... d4 15. Qc2 a5 {with
Black's advantage.}) 14. Rd2 Ba6 ({Again missing} 14... d5 $1 15. Ne2 (15. cxd5
exd5 16. exd5 Nxd5) 15... d4 16. Qc2 e5) 15. Ne2 Qb3 $2 {A very bad idea.} (
15... Rfe8 {would be a last opportunity to prepare d5:} 16. O-O d5 {Strangely
enough, I had not paid attention to this idea 3 moves before.}) 16. Qxb3 Rxb3
17. Nc1 Rb6 18. b3 {Now White has a simple game. His b-pawn is protected,
whereas Black's pieces are tied down to the defence of the d6-pawn.} Bb7 19.
O-O a5 $2 {A decisive positional mistake, linked to the miscalculation on the
next move.} 20. a4 Rc8 {I had intended to play} (20... d5 21. exd5 exd5 22.
cxd5 Bxd5 {, overlooking} 23. Bb5 {!} (23. Bc2 c4 {with counterplay}) 23... Bc6
24. Be2 {with a big advantage.}) 21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. Bc2 Ne8 23. Ne2 {The white
knight inevitably penetrates on the outpost b5 (19...a5?), exerting additional
pressure on d6.} f6 24. Nc3 Ke7 25. Nb5 Ne5 26. f4 Ng6 27. Bg3 e5 28. f5 Nh8
29. Bf2 Nf7 30. h4 Ra6 31. g4 Bc6 32. Be3 Bb7 33. Kf2 Ba8 34. Kf3 Rb6 35. Rg1 {
Preparing the breakthrough g4-g5.} Kf8 36. Rdg2 Ra6 37. Rh1 Bb7 38. g5 hxg5 39.
hxg5 fxg5 40. Bxg5 Nxg5+ 41. Rxg5 Kf7 42. Rhg1 Rb6 43. Ke3 Kf8 44. Bd1 Ba6 45.
f6 $1 Rb7 (45... gxf6 46. Rg8+ Ke7 47. Rh1 Kf7 48. Rhh8 {and White wins.}) (
45... Nxf6 46. Rxg7) 46. fxg7+ (46. Rh5 {would win faster:} Kg8 (46... gxf6 47.
Rh8+ Ke7 48. Bh5) 47. Bg4 Nxf6 48. Be6+ Rf7 49. Nxd6 Nxh5 50. Bxf7+ Kf8 51.
Bxh5) 46... Rxg7 47. Rxg7 Nxg7 48. Nxd6 Rc6 49. Rf1+ Kg8 (49... Ke7 50. Rf7+
Kxd6 51. Rxg7) 50. Nf7 Re6 51. Ng5 Rg6 52. Nf3 {Winning the 2nd pawn.} Rg3 (
52... Re6 53. Rg1 Kf8 54. Rg5) 53. Kf2 Rg4 54. Bc2 Ne6 55. Nxe5 Rf4+ 56. Ke1
Rxf1+ 57. Kxf1 Bb7 58. Nf3 Kf7 59. Kf2 Ke7 60. Ke3 Ba8 61. Bd1 Bb7 62. Ne5 Ng5
63. Bf3 Kd6 64. Nd3 Nxf3 65. Kxf3 Bc8 66. e5+ Kc6 67. Kf4 Bh3 68. Kg5 Bg2 69.
e6 Kd6 70. Kf6 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Eriksson, Anders"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 {
Det hela började i mitten av nittiotalet med att den store Dc2-specialisten
Ivan Sokolov spelade det mot Kortjnoj. Därefter började Kortjnoj spelade det
själv, och cirkusen var igång. På senare tid har draget avtagit i intresse.
Draget är mer praktiskt än teoretiskt till sin natur. Svart har en enkel plan.
Tornet skall till c8 och damen kommer att bli utsatt. Förbluffande nog är det
svårare än man kan tro att handskas med denna enkla plan. Men om man har gjort
sitt hemarbete (och kommer ihåg det!) så skall vit kunna få någon form av
press.} 8. e3 d6 ({Att spela upp d-bonden direkt ger vit enklare spel:} 8... d5
9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 exd5 12. Ne5 $1 $14 {som i Bareev-Farago,I,
Rom, 1990.}) 9. Bd3 {Är någon form av huvuddrag i ställningen.} Nbd7 {[#]} 10.
Ne2 (10. b4 {Är ett kompromisslöst drag som tvingar svart att spela:} c5 11.
dxc5 bxc5 {Och här är nog} 12. b5 {bäst, men när den lilla skärmytslingen är
över får vi en ställning där vit inte har så många dynamiska bönder kvar 
(löparna älskar dynamiska bönder.)} Bb7 13. Nf3 {Och nu menar Ftacnik att:} a6
$5 {Ger svart det lite bättre spelet.} 14. a4 axb5 15. axb5 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Qa8
17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. O-O Be4) ({and} 10. Nf3 $5 {Har jag själv spelat vid två
tillfällen utan att kunna det speciellt bra.} c5 11. O-O ({Det senaste modet i
varianten är:} 11. d5 $5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bb7 $5 13. O-O-O (13. e4 $2 Qe8 $17)
13... Qe8 ({Det krävs inget taktiskt geni för att upptäcka att bonden inte är
gratis:} 13... Bxd5 $2 14. Bxh7+ $16 Kxh7 15. Rxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd3+) 14. Qc4 $5 {
Vit har många grabbar på kungsflygeln och nu skall även damen dit.} Bxd5 15.
Qf4 {Vit har spel för en bonde i partiet M Gurevich - V Milov, Amsterdam 2000})
11... Rc8 12. b3 cxd4 13. exd4 b5 {Tematiskt och bra.} 14. Qb4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 (
15. bxc4 $6 d5) 15... Rc6 $5 (15... Bxc4 $5 16. bxc4 Rc6 17. Rac1 ({Här borde
jag insett faran och spelat} 17. Nd2 {med någon form av balans.}) 17... Qc7 {
Och härifrån blev jag totalt utspelad av Sune Berg Hansen i Exclesior Cup 1998.
}) 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Qc7 18. Nd2 {Och här kändes som om vits ställning
skall kunna gå och hålla även om jag förlorade mot Hellsten i copenhagen open
1995.}) 10... c5 11. Qb3 ({Det är viktigt att gå undan med damen med en gång:} 
11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb3 d5 13. Rfc1 $2 b5 $1 {En typisk framstöt med vilken Robert
Åström sopade brädet med när han mötte bulletinredaktören i något Blixt-SM.}
14. cxb5 c4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qa4 Bb7 $17 {Dao Thien Hai-Nisipeanu,L, Ungern,
1996}) 11... Qc7 12. Rc1 Qb7 13. O-O cxd4 14. Bxf6 ({Hellsten är den store
experten på varianten i vårt avlånga land. Han var sträng när Arlandi gjorde
ett fingerfel i OS i Armenien 1996.} 14. exd4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6
$15 {Svart har en långsiktig fördel.}) 14... Nxf6 15. Nxd4 {Pia har gått förbi
alla blindskär, men någon fördel har det inte blivit.} Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17.
a4 {Vit startar en damflygeloffensiv på bred front.} Qb8 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. Qa3 a5
{Svart vill inte låta vit spela varken a5 eller b4 hur som helst.} 20. b4 axb4
21. Qxb4 Nd7 {Vit har lyckats med något; att skapa en svaghet på b6. Baksidan
av myntet är det fina c5-fältet för svarts springare.} 22. Rb1 Be4 {Svart
skjuter men knallpulver.} ({Men att ladda den stora bössan är inte ofarligt.
Vad händer om svart angriper c4-bonden?} 22... Rc5 23. Nb3 Rc6 24. Be2 Ba6 25.
Bf3 Rxc4 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 {Vit har det bättre spelet.}) ({Kanske skulle
svart avvaktat med:} 22... h6) 23. Rb2 Nc5 24. f3 Ba8 25. Ra1 Nd7 {Ja, då var
det bara att gå hem igen.} 26. a5 bxa5 27. Qa3 Qa7 28. Nb5 Qa6 29. Nxd6 Rb8 30.
Nb5 {[#] Vit har fått ett litet grepp om svart. A-bonden får be en bön.} Qb6 ({
Eftersom svart var strategiskt förlorad på damflygeln skulle han satsat på
motspel på andra sidan:} 30... e5 31. Qxa5 Qg6 {Vilket hade försvårat vits
vinstföring betydligt.}) 31. Qc3 Nc5 32. Qxa5 Qxa5 33. Rxa5 h5 34. Raa2 ({
Man skulle även kunnat fixerat bonden på vitt fält:} 34. h4) 34... h4 35. Nd4
Rxb2 36. Rxb2 h3 37. Rb5 hxg2 38. Kxg2 Rc8 39. Nb3 Nd7 40. Kf2 Kf8 41. e4 Bc6
42. Ra5 Ke7 43. Ra7 g5 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Nd4 Ne5 46. c5 Be8 47. Ra5 Nd7 48. c6
Ne5 49. Rc5 Rc7 50. Bb5 Ng6 {[#]} 51. Ba4 ({Helst skulle man vilja placera
löparen på b7, men det går ej på grund av:} 51. Ba6 e5 $1) ({En idé är att
flytta om springaren lite grann:} 51. Nc2 Ke7 52. Nb4 f6 53. Na6 Rc8 54. c7
Bxb5 55. Rxb5 {Jag tror att Pia hade analyserat hit men var osäker på om det
verkligen var vinst. Svart har fått upp en form av blockad, men det är i
princip bara springaren som är rörlig så därför borde det nappa förr eller
senare.} Kd7 56. Kd4 Ne5 57. Rb3 Rh8 58. Rb8 Rc8 59. Kc5 f5 (59... Nxf3 60. Kb6
{Följt av Sc5 schack.}) 60. exf5 exf5 61. Kd5 Nxf3 62. Nc5+ Kxc7 63. Rb7+ Kd8
64. Ne6+ Ke8 65. Kd6 {Och vit vinner.}) 51... Ne5 52. Bb5 (52. Nc2 Ng6 53. Nb4
{Fungerar ungefär som ovan.}) 52... Ng6 53. Nb3 e5 54. Na5 {Här står
springaren betydligt mindre flexiblet än på b4.} Ke6 55. Nc4 f6 56. Rd5 Ke7 57.
Rc5 Nf8 58. Nb6 Ne6 $2 ({Svart var mycket nära halvan. Jag misstänker att det
ännu en gång var tidsnöden som spökade för Anders. En en gång besannas
visdomsorden: "Det är oftast de sämsta dragen som avgör partierna, ej de bästa.
" Det är märkligt med dessa tidsnödsnarkomaner. Förnuftet säger ju alldeles
tydligt att man förlorar många onödiga poäng när man kommer i tidsnöd. Men
ändå fortsätter de att ta drogen! De kan fundera en halvtimme på om vilket
torn som skall till d1. Ett sådant beslut kan vara värd 0,1 bondpoäng. Men
sedan när det verkligen gäller skall partiavgörande beslut tas på sekunder.
Obenägheten för denna kategori människor att ta sitt förnuft till fånga gör
mig pessimistisk beträffande människans allmäna förmåga till förändring. Det
tycks mig som om det är endast undantagen som klarar av att sluta upp med
beteenden som är destruktiva.} 58... Kd6 $1 {Vinner tillbaka bonden.}) 59. Nd5+
Kd8 60. Rc3 Rc8 61. c7+ 1-0

