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

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

[Event "ESP-chT Honor final 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.09.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc2 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Rb1 b6 12. b3 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15.
Bf4 Be5 16. Qd2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Rbd1 Rd8 19. Rd2 a6 20. Nc3 Be6 21. h3
Nf6 22. Rfd1 Ne8 23. a4 f6 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. f4 Bf7 26. Kh1 Rbc8 27. Ne2 Rb8 28.
Nc3 Rbc8 29. Re1 Qf8 30. Qh4 Qg7 31. Rd3 Rb8 32. Nd5 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. cxb5
Rxb5 35. e5 dxe5 36. Nxf6 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Rxb3 38. Nxe8 Bxe8 39. Bc4 Rb7 40. Qd8
Qe7 41. Qa8 e4 42. Bd5 Ra7 43. Qb8 e3 44. Bc6 Kg7 45. Qxe8 Qxe8 46. Bxe8 Ra3
47. Kh2 Kf6 48. Kg3 Kf5 49. Kf3 e2+ 50. Kf2 Kxf4 51. Rxe2 c4 52. Bc6 c3 53. g3+
Kg5 54. Be4 h5 55. Bc2 h4 56. g4 Kf6 57. Re3 Kg5 58. Rf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bb4 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Rc1 Qc7 10. e3 b6 11. Qd4 Rg8 12. Qxf6 Bb7 13. Qh4 Nc6 14. a3 Be7
15. Qxh7 O-O-O 16. Nd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qe5 18. dxc6 dxc6 19. Be2 c5 20. Nd4 Kb8
21. Nf3 Qxb2 22. Qb1 Qf6 23. Kf1 b5 24. a4 b4 25. h4 Rd2 26. Rc4 Rb2 27. Qa1
Qg6 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[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 "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 Qc6 12. Qxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nf3
Ne7 15. e3 Bb7 16. Be2 Rfc8 17. O-O Kf8 18. Rc1 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nd2 Rab8
21. Rc2 f5 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. b3 Bd5 24. Rc3 Ng8 25. f3 Nf6 26. Kf2 Nd7 27. h3 Ke7
28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Rh8 30. Rh1 f5 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Rh4 h5 33. b4 cxb4 34.
axb4 Rh6 35. Nf1 Be6 36. Rc7 Ra8 37. b5 Kd8 38. Rc6 Rc8 39. Rd4 Rb8 40. Ng3 Rb6
41. Rdd6 Rg6 42. Bc4 Bf7 43. Rxb6 axb6 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 45. Bxf7 Rf6 46. Bxh5 f4
47. Bg4+ Kc7 48. Ne4 fxe3+ 49. Kxe3 Rf8 50. f4 Ra8 51. Be6 Ra4 52. f5 Rb4 53.
f6 Kd8 54. Nd6 Rb1 55. Ke4 Re1+ 56. Kd5 Rd1+ 57. Kc6 Rc1+ 58. Bc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. Be3 a6 8. c5 b5
9. cxd6 exd6 10. Nf4 b4 11. Nce2 Re8 12. Ng3 Nd5 13. Bc1 Qh4 14. Nfe2 Nb6 15.
Be3 a5 16. Rc1 h6 17. Nf4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Qa4 dxe4 21. f4 Qd8
22. f5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Nd7 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Qxd6 Nf6 27. Qxd8 Raxd8
28. Ke2 Nd5 29. Rhd1 a4 30. Rd2 a3 31. bxa3 bxa3 32. Rc6 Rb8 33. Rc5 Nxe3 34.
Kxe3 h5 35. Ne2 Bh6+ 36. Nf4 Bxf4+ 37. Kxf4 e3 38. Re2 Rb2 39. Kf3 Reb8 40.
Rcc2 Rxc2 41. Rxc2 Rb2 42. Re2 Kg7 43. Kxe3 Kf6 44. Kd3 Rb1 45. d5 g5 46. Kc3
Rb8 47. d6 Rd8 48. Rd2 Rd7 49. Kb4 Ke6 50. Kc5 Ra7 51. d7 Rxd7 52. Rxd7 Kxd7
53. Kb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. e4
e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nd2 Nde5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5
15. Nxc4 Qc5 16. Qb3 e5 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. a3 Be6 19. Na4 Qd4 20. Rc3 b5 21. Rd1
Bxc4 22. Qc2 Bd3 23. Rcxd3 Qxa4 24. Qxc6+ Kf7 25. Qc3 Rhd8 26. Qxe5 Rxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rd8 28. Rc3 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd4 30. Qf4 Rd2 31. Rf3 Rxb2 32. Qf5 g6 33. Qf4
Bd6 34. Qh6 Rxf2 35. Qxh7+ Ke6 36. Qxg6 Rxf3 37. Bxf3 Qf2+ 38. Bg2 a5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Nb6 9. Ne5 Ng4 10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. Bxb7 O-O 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bh3
15. e4 Bxd4 16. Bg5 Qc8 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Nb5 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Rxe7 20. Nc3 Re5
21. Rad1 Nd7 22. Rd4 c6 23. Rxc4 Re6 24. Nd5 Qa6 25. Ne3 Rf6 26. Qc2 Ne5 27.
Rd1 Nxc4 28. Qxc4 Qb6 29. Qc3 Rf3 30. Re1 h5 31. Qd2 Qc5 32. Qe2 Rf6 33. Qd2
Qg5 34. Nc4 Qc5+ 35. Ne3 Kh7 36. Qc3 Qg5 37. Ng2 Bxg2 38. h4 Qg4 39. Qxf6 Qh3
40. Qxf7+ 1-0

