[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. g4
h6 9. h4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Rhe1 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Qf6 Rh5 19. Rd2 Kf8 20. Bf3 Ng8 21.
Qf4 Rh6 22. h5 Qc5 23. Rg1 Ke7 24. Rg5 e5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. hxg6 Rxg6 27. Rxg6
fxg6 28. Qxg6 Rg8 29. Qh6 Rg1+ 30. Bd1 Rg2 31. Qh4 b5 32. Bf3 Rg1+ 33. Rd1
Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Qc4 35. Ne3 Qxa2 36. Nf5+ Ke6 37. Qh3 Qa1+ 38. Kd2 Nxe4+ $2 {
After this White gets a winning attack with the (in)famous queen and knight
duo. Danach erhält Weiß gewinnbringenden Angriff mit dem berühmt berüchtigten
Dame/Springer Duo.} (38... Bxe4 $3 39. Nd4+ Kd5 40. Qe6+ Kxd4 41. Qxf6 Bxf3 42.
Qxd6+ Bd5 43. c3+ Ke4 44. Qg6+ Kf4 45. Qf6+ Kg4 46. Qg6+ Kf4 $11) 39. Bxe4 Bxe4
40. Ne3+ $1 $18 Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qxd6+ Kf7 43. Ng4 Qg1 (43... Qxb2 44.
Nxe5+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Qf7+ Kh8 49. Qf6+ Kg8 50.
Qg5+ Kf8 (50... Kh8 51. Qh4+ Kg7 (51... Bh7 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qf8+)
52. Qxe4 $18) 51. Qf4+ $18) 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qg5+ Kf8 46. Qh6+ $6 (46. Qf6+ $5
Kg8 47. Nh6+ Kh7 48. Nf7 $18) 46... Kf7 47. Nxe5+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qf7+ Kh8
50. Qf4 Qg2 51. b4 Bd5 52. Ke3 Kg7 53. Qg4+ Qxg4 54. Nxg4 Be6 55. Kf4 Kg6 56.
Ne3 Kf6 57. Ke4 Bf7 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. Kc5 Ke5 60. Kb6 Be8 61. Kxa6 Ke4 62. Kb6
Kd4 63. Ka5 Bd7 64. Kb6 Be8 65. Nf5+ Ke5 66. Ne7 Kd4 67. f4 Kc4 68. Nc6 Kd5 69.
Ne5 Kd4 (69... Ke4 70. Kc5 Kxf4 71. Nc6 Bg6 72. Nd4 $18) 70. c3+ Kd5 (70...
Kxc3 71. Kc5 Kd2 72. f5 Ke3 73. f6 $18) 71. Nf3 Ke4 72. Nd4 Kxf4 73. Nxb5 Ke3
74. Nd6 Ba4 75. Kc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O Ba7 8. Be3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. d4 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Bg7 12. e5 O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Bd3 {A
tricky move.} ({If} 14. Qe2 {then} b5 $1 15. Bd3 b4 16. Na4 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5
18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. h4 Bb7 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rac8 22. Re2 Rd5 23. Rae1 Qa5
24. Qf4 Qxa2 25. Qxb4 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Re4 Rc2 28. R1e2 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Bf8 {
1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Dobrov,V/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (44)}) ({Meanwhile,
to} 14. Qc2 {Black plays} b6 $1 (14... b5 {is not good anymore:} 15. Bd3 Bb7 (
15... b4 $2 16. Ne4 $16) 16. Be4 Rab8 17. Rad1 a6 18. h4 c5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20.
d5 Nf8 $6 21. d6 Qe8 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Zakharevich,I-Novikov,M/St Petersburg
2003/EXT 2004 (38)}) 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Ba2 Nf8 18. Qe2 (18. h4 $142
Rc7 19. Rd2 Rcd7 20. Red1 $11 {Dautov}) 18... Rc7 19. Rd2 Rcd7 20. Red1 g5 21.
h3 Ng6 $15 {0-1 Dautov,R-Slobodjan,R/Germany 1997/GER-chT/[Dautov] (41)}) 14...
b6 ({And now to} 14... b5 {White plays} 15. Qc2 {transposing to the 14.Qc2
b5?! line} ({but not} 15. Be4 $2 Nxe5)) (14... Nb6 {is not good either after}
15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Rc1 {1-0 Sellos,D-Collard,O/France 1994/EXT 99 (35)}) 15. Qe2 {
[%cal Ya1d1,Yd3a6,Yh2h4]} Rb8 (15... Bb7 16. Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc6]} (16. Be4)) (
15... a5 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Be4 Rab8 (17... Ba6 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. h4 $16 {
Beliavsky Alexander G-Pavasovic Dusko/Krsko (m/1) 1997/[Beliavsky,A]}) 18. h4
Rdc8 19. g3 Ba8 20. Rcd1 Rd8 21. Qe3 Rbc8 22. Qf4 (22. h5 $142) 22... b5 23.
Qe3 Nb6 24. h5 g5 25. Rc1 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk 1995/
CBM 050}) (15... a6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Rac1 Rdb8 18. Qe3 c5 $6 19. d5 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe6 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Re8
26. Rce3 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd8 28. g3 Kg7 29. Rxb6 Rd2 30. a4 $16 {1-0 Shimanov,
A-Yagupov,I/St-Petersburg RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 625 (43)}) 16. Rad1 ({
Even here} 16. Ba6 {deserved attention.}) 16... Bb7 17. Be4 Nf8 {The other,
more active plan is apparently more appropriate here:} (17... b5 18. h4 Nb6 19.
Rc1 (19. h5 $5) 19... a6 20. Nb1 Rdc8 21. Qe3 Nc4 22. Qc3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxe4 24.
Rxe4 Qxc5 25. b3 Nd6 $1 $11 {1-0 Lputian,S-Yevseev,D/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext 
(43)}) 18. h4 Rd7 19. Rd2 c5 20. dxc5 (20. Bxb7 cxd4 (20... Rbxb7 21. d5 exd5
22. Nxd5 Qe6 23. Red1 $14) 21. Nxd4 Rbxb7 22. Qe4 $14) 20... Qxc5 21. Bxb7
Rbxb7 22. Ne4 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qe7 $6 {Underestimating the danger Black faces in
the middlegame.} (23... Qd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 {gave Black better chances to
equalize.}) 24. g4 $1 {[%cal Yg4g5,Ye4f6][%mdl 32]} f5 $6 {A positional
capitulation but Black had serious problems after} (24... Nd7 25. Qd4 Nc5 26.
Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Qd7 28. Qe3 {, too}) 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Kg2
$16 Kh7 (27... h5 $5) 28. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} Qxh4 (28... Rc7 $142) 29. Rh1 Qf6
30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qe3 Rh7 32. Rc1 {White should try to exchange queens and not
rooks but alas, Black forces the latter.} Qh4 33. Kf3 Qd8 34. Ke2 Rc7 35. Rxc7
Qxc7 {[%mdl 4096]} 36. Qc3 $1 {Still, the exchange of queens is White's
imperative. Black must avoid it making further concessions, up to material
losses.} Qb7 (36... Qxc3 37. bxc3 g5 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. Kd4 Nh7 40. c4 Nf6 41. f3
{[%cal Yc4c5]}) 37. Ke3 Qe7 38. b4 g5 39. b5 Kh7 40. a4 Kg8 41. Nc6 Qf7 42. Qe5
Ng6 43. Qxg5 Kh7 44. Ne5 Nxe5 45. Qxe5 Qe7 46. Kf4 Qf8+ 47. Kg3 Qe7 48. Qe4+
Kg7 49. f4 Qd7 50. Kh4 Qd8+ 51. g5 Qd7 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53. g6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nb6 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Qd2 f6 14. O-O Be6
15. c3 Rc8 16. h4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Nc1 b4 19. cxb4 h5 20. Bf3 g5 21. hxg5
fxg5 22. Nd3 g4 23. Bg2 h4 24. gxh4 g3 25. b3 Na3 26. Rac1 Rcg8 27. Qe3 Qxe3
28. fxe3 Bd7 29. Rc7 Rxh4 30. Rfc1 Rhh8 31. Ra7 Nb5 32. Rb7 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8
34. Bf3 Bh3 35. Be2 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Nc1 Nxe4 39. Bf3 Nc3 40.
Kxg3 d5 41. Kf2 Kd6 42. Ke1 d4 43. Kd2 e4 44. Bh5 Ke5 45. Bf7 Bg4 46. a4 Nb1+
47. Kc2 Na3+ 48. Kd2 dxe3+ 49. Kxe3 Nc2+ 50. Kd2 Nxb4 51. Kc3 a5 52. Bc4 Bh5
53. Bb5 Kd5 54. Bc4+ Kc5 55. Bg8 Bg4 56. Bf7 Nc6 57. Bg6 Bf3 58. Na2 Ne5 59.
Bxe4 Bxe4 60. b4+ axb4+ 61. Nxb4 Nd7 62. Nd3+ Kb6 63. Kd4 Bh1 64. a5+ Kxa5 65.
Ne5 Nf6 66. Nd3 Kb5 67. Nf2 Ba8 68. Nd3 Kc6 69. Ne5+ Kd6 70. Nc4+ Ke6 71. Ne3
Ng8 72. Nc4 Ne7 73. Ne3 Bf3 74. Nc4 Nf5+ 75. Kc5 Be2 76. Nd2 Ke5 77. Nc4+ Kf4
78. Nd6 Ng7 79. Kd4 Bf3 80. Nc4 Ne6+ 81. Kc3 Bd5 82. Nb6 Bb7 83. Nc4 Ba6 84.
Nd2 Ke5 85. Nc4+ Kd5 86. Nb6+ Kc6 87. Nc4 Kc5 88. Ne3 Ng5 89. Nd1 Ne4+ 90. Kc2
Kd4 91. Kb3 Nc5+ 92. Kc2 Bc4 93. Kd2 Ne4+ 94. Ke1 Be6 95. Nf2 Ng5 96. Kd2 Bc4
97. Nd1 Nf3+ 98. Kc2 Be6 99. Nb2 Bf7 100. Na4 Ne1+ 101. Kd2 Nf3+ 102. Kc2 Ne5
103. Nc3 Bg6+ 104. Kb3 Kd3 105. Kb4 Be8 106. Nb5 Nd7 107. Nc7 Bg6 108. Ne6 Ke3
109. Nc5 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 fxe4 22. dxe4 Bf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 24. Kg3 Rfxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. f3 Re5
27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 a5 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8.
Nf3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Rab1 Rfe8
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. h3 Qa5 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Rbc1 b5 19. Qh4 Na6 20. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Rc8 15. Bf3 Bf8 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Rc2 Ng5 19. Bg2 Ne6 20. Ne5 d4 21.
Nd3 c4 22. bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qd2 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bb3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxa7 Rc2 27.
Qe1 Bc4 28. Ba3 Qb6 29. Ra8 Ra2 30. Bxf8 Bb5 31. Qb4 Qc7 32. Qe1 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[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 Nc6 10. Nf2 e5 11. e3 Bf5 12. Be2 a5 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bd1 Rfd8
15. Bd2 Nd7 16. O-O a4 17. b4 Nb6 18. Be1 Be6 19. Be2 Rdc8 20. Ne4 cxb4 21.
axb4 f5 22. Ng3 f4 23. exf4 Nd4 24. fxe5 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Bxc4 26. Qe3 Nd5 27.
Qe4 Nxb4 28. Kh1 Nd3 29. Bc3 b5 30. Ng3 Nc5 31. Qg4 Qe6 32. Nf5 g6 33. Nh6+ Kg7
34. Qh4 Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Nb3 36. Be1 a3 37. f4 a2 38. f5 gxf5 39. Nxf5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Bd2 h6 12. Ng3 d6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Ba2 Rad8 15.
Nh4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 Nf4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Bb3 Nbd5 21. Ra7
Bc6 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Kh8 24. Ra6 f5 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Bb7 27. Kxh3 Bxa6
28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Bb7 30. f3 Bd6 31. Be6 Qe7 32. Re1 Qf6 33. Kg2 f4 34. g4
g6 35. c4 bxc4 36. Bxc4 h5 37. gxh5 Qg5+ 38. Kh1 Qxh5 39. Rf1 Re8 40. d4 Kh7
41. Bd3 c5 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. Be2 Qe5 44. Bd3 Qd5 45. Kg2 Qg5+ 46. Kh1 Qg4 47.
Ba6 Ba8 48. Bd3 Re5 49. Bxg6+ Kxg6 50. Bc3 Rg5 51. Qd3+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Na4 dxc4 12. Nxb6 Ra7 13. Nxc4 Be6 14. Ne3 Ne4
15. Nc2 Nc7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. a3 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Nd6 19. Ne5 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21.
e3 Bb3 22. Rac1 c5 23. Rd3 Ba4 24. b3 Be8 25. Rcd1 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxa3 27. Nc2
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Ra2 29. Rd8 Kf8 30. Nb4 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 e6 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Rb8 Ra7
34. Be2 Bc3 35. Nd3 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Bc6 10. Re1 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qc8 12. Bh3 d6 13. Nd2 Qb7 14. Nc4 Bd5
15. f3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nbd7 17. b4 a5 18. b5 a4 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Qd3 d5 21. Rab1
Nc4 22. Rec1 Ne8 23. Bb4 Ned6 24. e4 Rfd8 25. e5 Nxb5 26. f4 c6 27. Bc5 Rdb8
28. f5 Qd7 29. Rf1 Nc7 30. f6 Na6 31. Be7 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Qa7 33. Kh1 Re8 34. Qc3
h6 35. Bf1 Nc7 36. Bc5 Qa8 37. fxg7 Rb8 38. Bd3 Kxg7 39. Bc2 Rxb1+ 40. Bxb1 Qg8
41. Qf3 Qd8 42. Qd3 Qg8 43. Be7 Ne8 44. Qf3 Kh8 45. Qf4 Qg7 46. Bc2 a3 47. Bd8
Kg8 48. h4 Qf8 49. Kh2 c5 50. Kh3 cxd4 51. Qxd4 h5 52. Ba4 Ng7 53. Bf6 Qb4 54.
Bd1 Qe1 55. Bxh5 Nxh5 56. Qg4+ Kf8 57. Qxh5 Qh1+ 58. Kg4 Qd1+ 59. Kg5 Qd2+ 60.
Kg4 Ne3+ 61. Kf4 Nf5+ 62. Kg4 Qe2+ 63. Kg5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was the last round. I had +2 and chances to get a medal, my opponent was
at the bottom of the crosstable, but still, in the last round everything is
possible.  Es war die letzte Runde. Ich hatte +2 und Chancen auf eine Medaille,
mein Gegner befand sich am Ende der Tabelle, aber trotzdem, in der letzten
Runde ist ja alles möglich.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {
Black shows his aggressive plans for the battle. Schwarz zeigt seine
aggressiven Pläne für die Schlacht.} a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2
O-O 10. O-O-O a5 {Quite a rare variation. This line became popular a few years
ago, thanks to Vallejo Pons; he played it successfully at the highest level. 
Eine recht seltene Variante. Populär wurde dieses Abspiel vor ein paar Jahren
dank Vallejo Pons, der es erfolgreich auf höchster Ebene anwandte.} 11. a4 {
Für den heutigen Tag beschloss ich, ein weniger forciertes Abspiel anzuwenden.
Weiß stoppt sofort die schwarze Aktivität am Damenflügel, auf Kosten des
Feldes b4.} ({The main line is Das Hauptabspiel ist} 11. Bb5) 11... Nc6 12. g4
Nb4 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 $146 {Only now do we have a novelty. Erst jetzt haben
wir eine Neuerung.} ({White got a better position after Eine bessere Stellung
erreicht Weiß nach} 14. Qf2 Nd7 15. Rd2 b6 16. Bb5 Qc7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5
$14 {...1/2-1/2, Margoline Boris 2400 - Dao Thien Hai 2475 , Budapest 1994 It 
(46)}) 14... d5 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn in order to take over the
initiative. Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, um die Initiative zu übernehmen.} ({
Also interesting is Interessant ist auch} 14... Qc7 $5) 15. g5 Nh5 ({A serious
alternative is Eine ernste Alternative ist} 15... Ne8 $5 {(/\Nd6-c4)} 16. exd5
Bf5 17. Rc1 {Here it is more important to have a knight on b3 than a rook on
d1. Hier ist es wichtiger, einen Springer auf b3 zu haben als einen Turm auf
d1.} (17. Na1 $6 Nd6 $36) 17... Nd6 18. Nc5 $5 (18. h5 $6 {Shows how dangerous
Black's initiative can be. Zeigt, wie gefährlich die schwarze Initiative sein
kann.} Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. h6 Qd7 $1 21. hxg7 {, and now Black has the
combination , und nun hat Schwarz die Kombination} Rxc3 $1 (21... Ra8 $5 {
is also possible. ist auch möglich.}) 22. gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 23. Qxc3 (23. bxc3 $143
$2 Qxa4 24. cxb4 Qxb3+ 25. Ka1 Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Bxb4 $19) 23... Qxa4 24. Rcg1 Bxc2+
25. Kc1 Na2+ 26. Kxc2 Nxc3 $17) {The position is complicated, for example Die
Stellung ist kompliziert, z.B.} 18... b5 $5 19. Rh2 $5 ({After Nach} 19. axb5
$6 {Black gets the initiative erhält Schwarz die Initiative} Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Bxc5
21. Rhe1 Qd6 $36 {(/\Rfd8; /\Rb8, Qb6)}) 19... Bxc2+ $5 {This is good for
White, but it is not easy to suggest anything better. Dies ist gut für Weiß,
doch es fällt nicht leicht, etwas Besseres vorzuschlagen.} 20. Rxc2 Nxc2 (20...
Nf5 $143 $6 21. Nb7 $1 $16 {(/\d6)}) 21. Qxc2 b4 22. Ne2 Nf5 23. Qxf5 Bxc5 24.
Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Nc1 Qxd5 26. Bd3 g6 27. Qe4 $16) 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Na1 $1 ({
Here Hier führt} 17. Rc1 $6 {leads to complications: zu Komplikationen:} Ng3 $1
18. Bh3 (18. Rg1 $2 Nxf1 19. Rgxf1 Qd7 $17 {The bishop on f5 is terribly
powerful. Black has a strong attack. Der Läufer auf f5 ist schrecklich stark.
Schwarz hat starken Angriff.}) 18... Bxc2+ $1 19. Rxc2 Nxc2 {where Black is at
least OK. und Schwarz steht zumindest ordentlich.}) 17... Ng3 $6 {This allows
White to exchange the f5-bishop. Dies erlaubt Weiß, den f5-Läufer zu tauschen.}
({More in line with the plan is Mehr im Einklang mit dem Plan ist} 17... Qd7 $5
{taking the h3-square under control. , um das Feld h3 unter Kontrolle zu
nehmen.} 18. d6 $1 {White should change something Weiß sollte irgendetwas
ändern.} ({After the simple nach dem einfachen} 18. Bb5 Qd6 19. Rhe1 ({or} 19.
Ne4 Qg6 20. Rhe1 Rfd8 $13) 19... Rfd8 $44 {Black has full compensation for the
pawn. hat Schwarz volle Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 18... Bd8 19. Bb5 Qe6
20. d7 $1 Rxc3 $1 21. Qxc3 Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Nd5 (22... Qxa1+ $143 23. Kd2 Qa2 24.
Qxe5 $16) 23. Qxe5 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxb2 26. Qc3 Qa2 27. Rhe1 {
This looks better for White, but the position is very sharp. Dies sieht besser
aus für Weiß, aber die Stellung ist sehr scharf.}) 18. Bh3 ({Of course not
Natürlich nicht} 18. Rg1 $2 Nxf1 19. Rgxf1 {and Black has the initiative, for
example und Schwarz hat die Initiative, zum Beispiel} Qd7 $5 {(/\Rc3)} 20. d6
Bd8 21. f4 Qe6 $40 {(/\Rc3)}) 18... Bxh3 ({The move Der Zug} 18... Qd7 {
doesn't work: funktioniert nicht:} 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 {Black wins the pawn back,
but White gets a strong initiative. Schwarz gewinnt den Bauern zurück, doch
Weiß erhält eine starke Initiative.} 20. Rhe1 $1 Qxf3 21. d6 Bd8 22. d7 Rc4 23.
Qf2 $1 $16) 19. Rxh3 Nf5 {(/\Nd6-c4)} 20. f4 $1 {Opens the centre and the 3rd
rank for the rook. Öffnet das Zentrum und die 3. Reihe für den Turm.} Bd6 ({
Nor is Auch} 20... Nxe3 {any better: ist nicht besser:} 21. Qxe3 exf4 22. Qxf4
$16) 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4 Re8 ({If} 22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Qd7 {then} 24. d6 $1
Qxa4 ({or} 24... Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxh4 26. Nb3 $16) 25. Ra3 Qd7 (25... Qb5 26. d7
$18) 26. Rxa5 $16) 23. d6 $2 {White just gives the pawn back. I thought that
there are enough resources to protect it on d6. Unfortunately this is not the
case. Weiß gibt einfach den Bauern zurück. Ich dachte, es gäbe genug
Möglichkeiten, ihn auf d6 zu decken. Leider ist dies nicht der Fall.} ({
It's quite obvious what White should do; there's one bad piece - Na1, and it's
time to improve it. Es ist recht offensichtlich, was Weiß tun sollte; es gibt
eine schlechte Figur - Na1, und es ist Zeit, sie zu verbessern.} 23. Nb3 $1 Nd6
({or} 23... b6 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Nd4 $16) 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qf4 $1 $16 {
An important move, if Black could now play Qe7, it would be some compensation
because all his pieces are active; but then a5 would be hanging. Ein wichtiger
Zug; wenn Schwarz jetzt Qe7 spielen könnte, hätte er etwas Kompensation, weil
alle seine Figuren aktiv sind; dann aber würde e5 hängen.} Re7 $2 26. Nxa5 $18)
23... Qd7 $1 {The d6-pawn is doomed.  Der d6-Bauer ist verloren.} 24. Bxe5 Rxe5
25. Qf4 Rce8 {Here, I understood that the pawn was lost, and started to look
for how to get some initiative instead.  Hier verstand ich, dass der Bauern
verloren ist, und begann zu überlegen, wie ich stattdessen etwas Initiative
bekommen könnte.} 26. Qg4 $5 ({Obviously worse was Offensichtlich schlechter
wäre} 26. Nb5 $2 Ne3 $1 $17 27. Rdh1 $2 Ng2 $1 $19) ({On playing d6, I was
planning to play here Als ich d6 spielte, wollte ich hier} 26. Rh2 $6 {(/\Rhd2)
simply protecting the pawn, fortsetzen, um den Bauern einfach zu decken, doch
Schwarz hat starkes Gegenspiel nach} {but Black has strong counterplay after}
Ne3 $1 {for example , zum Beispiel} 27. Re2 R5e6 28. Rdd2 Ned5 $1 29. Qg4 Qxd6
$36) 26... R8e6 $6 ({Black could take over the initiative after Schwarz konnte
die Initiative übernehmen nach} 26... Re1 $1 {(/\Qd6)} 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Rxh1
Qc6 $1 {Nice move! Now Black takes the pawn immediately. Schöner Zug! Nun
kassiert Schwarz den Bauern sofort.} 29. Rc1 Nxd6 $36) 27. Nb3 Rxd6 28. Rhh1
$36 {Black took back the pawn, but there are weaknesses which he has to defend.
Schwarz hat den Bauern zurückgewonnen, aber er hat Schwächen, die er
verteidigen muss. Nach langem Nachdenken macht er einen Fehler.} {After long
thought, Black makes a mistake.} g6 $2 ({The following combination doesn't
work: Die folgende Kombination funktioniert nicht:} 28... Nxc2 $6 29. Qf4 $1 ({
of course not natürlich nicht} 29. Kxc2 $4 Ne3+) 29... Nce3 30. Qxe5 Nxd1 31.
Ne4 $1 Rd5 32. Qb8+ Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34. Nxa5 $16) ({Black has to defend the
8th rank and the queenside; the most simple way is Schwarz muss die 8. Reihe
verteidigen und den Damenflügel; am einfachsten geht dies mit} 28... Nc6 $5 $13
{It's not easy to move back the active knight. Es fällt nicht leicht, den
aktiven Springer zurückzuziehen.}) 29. Nxa5 $1 {Here we both had about 10
minutes left till the time control, and on the next move, my opponent spent a
big part of his time. Hier hatten wir beide noch etwa 10 Minuten bis zur
Zeitkontrolle, und im nächsten Zug verbrauchte mein Gegner einen Großteil
seiner Zeit.} Nd5 ({Of course not Natürlich nicht} 29... Nxc2 $2 30. Nc4 $18)
30. Ne4 $6 {A serious inaccuracy. Eine ernste Ungenauigkeit.} ({White should
just simplify the position: Weiß konnte die Stellung schlicht vereinfachen:} 
30. Nxd5 $1 Rexd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Nb3 $16) 30... Nfe3 $2 {Now White gets a
big advantage. Instead, Black had even two acceptable continuations. Nun
erhält Weiß großen Vorteil. Stattdessen hatte Schwarz sogar zwei annehmbare
Fortsetzungen.} (30... Rxe4 $5 31. Qxe4 Ng3 32. Qc4 ({We both overlooked that
after Wir übersahen beide, dass nach} 32. Qe5 Nxh1 33. Rxh1 {Black has Schwarz}
Nb4 $1 $13 {hat.}) 32... Nxh1 33. Rxh1 Nb6 $14 {White has just a slight edge.
Weiß hat gerade ein leichtes Plus.}) ({Maybe a stronger move was Ein stärkerer
Zug war vielleicht} 30... Ra6 $1 {The problem is obviously the fork: Das
Problem ist offensichtlich die Gabel:} 31. Nc5 {and now und nun} Qc7 $1 32.
Nxa6 Qxa5 $13 {and the knight is trapped. und der Springer ist gefangen.}) 31.
Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Rd4 $1 $16 {A clear extra pawn in the endgame. Ein klarer
Mehrbauer im Endspiel.} Nc3+ $6 (32... b6 $142 33. Nc4 $5 Nxc4 34. Rxc4 $16)
33. bxc3 Rxd4 34. cxd4 Rxa5 ({Or Oder} 34... Rxe4 35. Re1 $18) 35. Re1 Nd5 $6 (
35... Ng4 {was necessary. war erforderlich.}) 36. c4 $1 $18 {The threat Nf6,
Re8 decides. Die Drohung Nf6, Re8 entscheidet.} Nc7 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nxh7+ Kg7
39. Re7 $1 Ne6 40. d5 Nc5 41. Nf6 {After the time control. Black resigned.
Nach der Zeitkontrolle. Schwarz gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game we had a free day. This was the 9th round, just 3 games till
the end; we both had 50%, it was no longer time to play, it was time to start
fighting.  Vor dieser Partie hatten wir einen freien Tag. Dies war die 9.
Runde, nur noch 3 Partien bis zum Ende; wir lagen beide bei 50%, es war nicht
länger Zeit zu spielen, es war Zeit zu kämpfen.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {
Yan's main weapon.  Yans Hauptwaffe.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {Yan had
already played this position. Yan hatte diese Stellung bereits gespielt.} 13.
Qe3 ({In his previous game White chose In seiner vorigen Partie wählte Weiß} 
13. Qf2 Qb6 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Ne2 b4 16. Ng3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qd4 Ra7 19.
Bd3 Raf7 20. Nh5 Rh6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Be2 Qd6 23. g5 Rxh5 24. Bxh5 Rxf4 25. Qa7
$16 {...1-0, Filippov Anton 2500 - Nepomniachtchi Ian 2506 , Moscow 11. 2.2006
It (open) "Aeroflot" (A2)}) 13... Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Qe7 $146 {This is a novelty.
Dies ist eine Neuerung.} ({Black has tried Schwarz versuchte bereits} 14... Bb7
) ({and und} 14... Qb6) {The centre is closed, White has an advantage in space
and should try to start an attack on the kingside. Black has a solid pawn
structure; the main problem for him is the bad bishop, which will try to
exchange after b4, a5, Ba6 and then he will try to build an initiative on the
queenside.   Das Zentrum ist geschlossen; Weiß hat Raumvorteil und sollte
versuchen, einen Angriff am Königsflügel zu starten. Schwarz hat eine solide
Bauernstruktur; sein Hauptproblem ist der schlechte Läufer, welchen er nach b4,
a5, Ba6 nach Möglichkeit abtauschen wird abzutauschen, um anschließend zu
versuchen, Initiative am Damenflügel zu entfalten.} 15. Bd3 b4 ({Black can't
exploit the awkward location of the rook on d4: Schwarz kann die ungewöhnliche
Postierung des Turmes auf d4 nicht ausnutzen:} 15... Nb8 $6 16. f5 $1 $16) 16.
Ne4 $1 ({On Auf} 16. Ne2 {Black can try kann Schwarz} Nb8 $5 {versuchen.})
16... a5 ({Of course, Black can't take Natürlich kann Schwarz nicht nehmen:} 
16... dxe4 $2 17. Qxe4 $18 {(xa8,xh7)}) 17. Nd6 f5 {Black has to make a
prophylactic move. Schwarz muss einen prophylaktischen Zug machen.} ({If Falls
} 17... Ba6 $2 {then White has a combination: , dann hat Weiß eine Kombination:
} 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh3+ Kg8 20. f5 {(/\Rh4)} Nxe5 21. Rh4 g6 $5 {The only
chance Die einzige Chance.} 22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Qh6+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ $1 g5 (24... Kg7
25. f6+ Qxf6 26. Qh7#) {and now und nun} 25. Rh6+ $1 Ng6 ({or} 25... Kg7 26.
Rh7+ Kf6 27. Qh6+ Ng6 28. Qg7#) 26. Qd4+ $1 e5 27. Qb6 $1 $18 Kg7 28. fxg6 fxg6
29. Nf5+) 18. g4 $5 {White immediately starts active play. Weiß leitet sofort
aktives Spiel ein.} ({Simple and strong was Einfach und stark war} 18. h3 $1
Ba6 19. g4 $16) 18... fxg4 19. Be2 $6 {The idea of this manoeuvre is to avoid
the exchange of this bishop, but it gives time to Black. Die Idee dieses
Manövers ist, den Tausch dieses Läufers zu vermeiden, doch dies verschafft
Schwarz Zeit.} ({The move Der Zug} 19. h3 {doesn't lead to success because of
führt nicht zum Erfolg wegen} g3 $1 20. Qxg3 Ba6 $13) ({But White can prevent
g4-g3 by Doch Weiß kann g4-g3 verhindern durch} 19. Qg3 $5 Ba6 20. h3 $1 {
with a strong initiative. For example mit starker Initiative. Zum Beispiel}
Bxd3 21. Rxd3 gxh3 22. Qxh3 $16 h6 23. Rg3 $40) 19... Nc5 $1 20. Bxg4 Nb7 $1 {
Black exploits White's delay and exchanges the strong white knight.  Schwarz
nutzt die Verzögerung von Weiß aus und tauscht den starken weißen Springer.}
21. Nxb7 {White continues to play on the "bad" bishop. Weiß spielt weiter auf
den "schlechten" Läufer.} ({Interesting was also Interessant war auch} 21. Nxc8
$5 Raxc8 22. Qh3 Rc6 23. f5 $1 exf5 24. Bxf5 Rh6 25. Qf3 Qxe5 26. Rxd5 $36)
21... Bxb7 $6 {The first of a series of mistakes. The bishop should defend the
e6-pawn. Der erste in einer Reihe von Fehlern. Der Läufer sollte den e6-Bauern
decken.} (21... Qxb7 $142 {(/\Qb6, Ra7-f7)}) 22. Rg1 $14 Rf7 $6 {Black
probably wants to double rooks. Schwarz will wahrscheinlich die Türme
verdoppeln.} ({The move Der Zug} 22... Kh8 $5 {looks natural. sieht natürlich
aus.}) 23. Qh3 Re8 $2 {This is a big mistake. Dies ist ein schwerer Fehler.} ({
Necessary was Notwendig war} 23... Bc8 {with an acceptable position. mit
annehmbarer Stellung.}) {Now White starts an attack. Nun startet Weiß einen
Angriff.} 24. f5 $1 Qc5 $6 {It's already hard to recommend what Black should
do. Es ist bereits schwer zu empfehlen, was Schwarz tun sollte.} ({Material
was lost after Material geht verloren nach} 24... Qg5 25. Rdd1 exf5 26. Bh5 $16
) ({Maybe Vielleicht} 24... exf5 $5 25. Bxf5 Qxe5 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 {but it's
unbelievable that after , allerdings ist es schwer zu glauben, dass nach} 27.
Rdd1 $40 {Black can save the game with such a king. Schwarz die Partie mit
einem solchen König retten kann.}) 25. Rdd1 $6 {Doesn't spoil things, but
White could win immediately. Verdirbt nichts, aber Weiß konnte sofort gewinnen.
} (25. fxe6 $1 {(/\Bf5)} Qxd4 ({or} 25... Rc7 26. Bf5 $1 Qxd4 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 {
and now und nun} 28. e7+ $1 Kxe7 29. Qxg7+ Kd8 30. Qf6+ Rce7 31. Qd6+ Rd7 32.
Qxd7#) 26. exf7+ Kxf7 {Here White already has a choice. Hier hat Weiß bereits
die Wahl.} 27. Qh5+ $5 Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Qf5 $18) 25... Rc7 {
What else? Was sonst?} 26. f6 $1 {This decides. Dies entscheidet.} Qxc2+ 27.
Ka1 Bc8 ({If Falls} 27... Qc6 {then , so} 28. Be2 $1 $18 {(/\Bd3;/\Qh6)}) 28.
Bh5 $1 $18 Rd8 ({If Auf} 28... g6 {White has the combination hat Weiß die
Kombination} 29. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 30. Qh6 Rh7 31. f7+ $1 Rxf7 32. Rxg6+ Qxg6 33.
Qxg6+ $18) ({The main idea is illustrated by this variation: Die Hauptidee
veranschaulicht diese Variante:} 28... Rf8 29. f7+ Kh8 ({If Falls} 29... Rfxf7
{then , so} 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qh5+ $1 $18) ({or oder} 29... Rcxf7 30. Bxf7+
Rxf7 (30... Kxf7 31. Rc1 $18) 31. Rc1 $18) 30. Bg6 $1 $18) 29. Qh4 ({Also
winning is Es gewinnt auch} 29. f7+ Kf8 30. Qh4 $18) 29... Rf8 30. f7+ Rfxf7
31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 ({Or Oder} 31... Rxf7 32. Rc1 $18) 32. Qg5 {(/\Rc1)} h6 33. Qd8
{(/\Rdf1)} Ba6 {The final nicety. Die letzte Feinheit.} 34. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 35.
Rg1+ {Mate is unavoidable. Black resigned. Matt ist unvermeidlich. Schwarz gab
auf.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8.
Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bg2 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. O-O d5 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Bh3 Rac8 18. Rab1 Ne7 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Nd4
Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Rc4 22. Bb4 Rf7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. f5 Qxa2 25. Rxb7 Qa5 26. Qf1
Rf7 27. Qe2 Rxc2 28. fxe6 Rf8 29. Qe3 Bc8 30. e7 Re8 31. Rf1 Qa6 32. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. O-O e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Rxf5 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. Bg5 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qb6+ 16. Rf2 Ne8 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Rxb7 Nd6 19. Rb3 f5 20. exf5 e4 21.
Be2 Rxf5 22. Bh4 Rcf8 23. Qe1 Ne5 24. c4 a5 25. h3 h5 26. Bg3 Ndxc4 27. Bxc4+
Nxc4 28. Qe2 Qd4 29. Rb1 Rxf2 30. Bxf2 e3 31. Be1 Nd2 32. Bxd2 exd2+ 33. Kh1 g6
34. Rd1 Rf2 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. c4 Kh6 37. Qe8 h4 38. c5 Kh5 39. Qe6 Qxc5 40. Qg4+
Kh6 41. Qxh4+ Kg7 42. Qe4 a4 43. a3 Kh7 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qe4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
a6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Rg1 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qf2 b5 15. Bd3
Qb7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rge1 Be7 18. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Bg6 15.
Ng5 Re8 16. f4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Kh1 Be7 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. h3 Qc7
22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Rg1 Qc7 24. Rgc1 Qd7 25. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
h6 9. d4 d6 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Ng3 c5 15. b3
Nc6 16. h3 Qc7 17. d5 Ne7 18. Be3 Nh7 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. b4 a5 21. Nh5 c4 22. Reb1
Reb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 ({This is not a bad move, but generally speaking this is a good moment for
forcing White make a decision about his bishop with} 8... b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2 {
is more passive and allows} d5) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5) 9. d4 {This might seem as
a loss of tempo if compared to the main lines of the Ruy Lopez, but we shall
see soon that things are far from one-sided.} ({The slower} 9. Nbd2 {is more
consequent with White's opening choice.} Bf8 10. Nf1 (10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 b5
12. Bc2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Nb4 18. Bb1
c5 $132 {Vallejo Pons,F (2677)-Cabrera,A (2502)/Albox 2005/CBM 106 ext (0-1,
66)}) 10... Bd7 (10... g6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Ng3 Bg7 13. d4 b5 14. Bc2 Qb8 15. Bg5
h6 16. Be3 a5 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. d5 Ne7 19. b3 c6 20. c4 Nc8 21. Bd3 cxd5 22. cxd5
Nb6 23. Rac1 Nbxd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Bd4 Rxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 Qd8 29. Qf4 Be8 30. h4 $16 {Ye Jiangchuan (2540)-Graf,A (2565)/Kuala
Lumpur 1993/EXT 98 (1-0, 47)}) 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bc2 Ng6 14. d4 c5 15.
Be3 Bc6 16. Nd2 (16. d5 Bd7 17. b4 $14) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 d5 $11 {Dvoirys,S 
(2525)-Arbakov,V (2450)/Smolensk 1991/EXT 2000 (0-1, 55)}) 9... Bd7 (9... b5
10. Bc2 (10. Bb3 {would make White's loss of time quite real compared to C91.
Black has got the generally useful tempo ...Re8 for free.}) 10... Bg4 {This
looks like the most consistent move, but it is not entirely clear whether it
is the best.} (10... exd4 {should be avoided because it helps White clear the
c3-square for his knight.} 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Nc3 $14 {Sutovsky,E (2674)
-Stefansson,H (2579)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110/[Erenburg] (1-0, 44)}) ({
However, Black could ignore the fact that White has not played h3. After all,
he might have to play it at a later stage anyway, for such purposes of playing
Nh2 and then the loss of tempo could make itself felt.} 10... h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8
12. Nf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Schoeneberg,
M-Vogt,L/Erfurt 1973/EXT 99}) 11. d5 Na5 {This position can be reached via C91
move order if Black plays the rare 11...Re8 instead of the more common ...c6.
The loss of time caused by the d-pawn is neutralised by the fact that the
bishop has retreated to c2 in one move only.} (11... Nb8 12. a4 Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5
14. Nbd2 Qc8 15. Nf1 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Nh4 $14 {Lutikov,
A-Fahnenschmidt,G/Hamburg 1965/EU-chT (1-0, 38)}) 12. h3 $6 ({After this move,
...Re8 becomes fully justified.} 12. Nbd2 {would be much stronger, intending
to answer} c6 $6 {with} 13. b4 $16) 12... Bd7 {Now, everything is OK for Black.
If he had played ...c6 instead of ...Re8, White could have played 13.Nxe5 now,
because the e7-bishop has no squares to retreat after 13...dxe5 14.d6. This is
why in C91 Black retreats with his bishop to c8 (if he does not want to give
it away with ...Bxf3).} 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nf1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2
Schoeneberg,M-Knaak,R (2450)/Goerlitz 1972/EXT 2002}) 10. d5 {In the structure
arising after this move, Black usually looks for counterplay based on the
advance of the f-pawn. Therefore, the rook does not stand too well on e8. If
Black will later play ...Rf8, we could safely state that d2-d3-d4 has
eventually yielded White an... extra-tempo. However, if Black will find a
favourable (useful) way to play ...Kh8 and ...Rg8, things would be more or
less "normal" from the point of view of the consumed tempi.} ({In case of the
more restrained} 10. Nbd2 {Black could put up pressure on the e4-pawn with} Bf8
{, preventing the immediate transfer of the knight to f1-g3. In this case, the
presence of the rook on d8 would be relatively useful. Besides, after} 11. d5 {
Black has} Ne7 {/\...Ng6 already, achieving a comfortable kingside regroupment.
}) 10... Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 {If compared with a King's Indian, White will find
it more difficult to carry out his queenside attack with c4-c5, because the
black bishop supports the d7-knight in his efforts to protect the c5-square.}
12. c4 g6 {[%cal Yf6h5,Yh5g7,Gf7f5] The regrouping initiated with this move is
typical for the Old (or Czech) Benoni.} 13. Nc3 Nh5 14. Rb1 Ng7 15. b4 b6 {
This move speaks about Black's desire to play on both wings.} ({Otherwise, he
could have played} 15... f5 {[%cal Yf5f4,Yg6g4,Yg8h8,Ye8g8]}) 16. a4 (16. Nd2
$5 {[%cal Yd2b3,Yc1e3]}) 16... a5 $1 {Now, Black gets some stability on the
queenside.} 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Ba3 Nb7 20. Bb4 Ra7 21. Ra1 Qd7 22.
Nb3 Rea8 {Black has regrouped in a harmonious way and should count on equality.
} 23. Qd2 f5 (23... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Ye7g5,Yf7f5]} 24. f4 $5 (24. a5 $6 {loses a
pawn to} bxa5 25. Nb5 Bg5 $1 {because the only ay to maintain the queen on the
e1-a5 diagonal} 26. Qc3 $2 {is bad in view of} axb4 $19) 24... Nh5 {and White
has problems maintaining things under control on the kingside with all his
pieces massed on the other wing.} (24... exf4 $6 25. Nd4 $14)) 24. f4 {The
standard reaction, preventing Black from winningmore space on the kingside.}
Bf6 25. exf5 gxf5 26. fxe5 dxe5 $13 {White has an advantage of space, but the
pair of central pawns offers Black good counterplay in the centre and,
eventually, against the poorly defended white king.} 27. Rf1 Nd6 {The desire
to install this knight on such a stable square is understandable, but maybe it
would have made sense postponing the moment when the c5-square is left without
defenders.} (27... e4 $5 28. Nd4 $2 Bxd4+ 29. Qxd4 c5 $19) (27... Be7 $5) 28.
c5 bxc5 29. Nxc5 Qf7 30. a5 Rb8 31. Rab1 e4 32. a6 Qe7 $2 (32... Be5 33. N3xe4
Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Qh5 35. Ng3 Bxg3 36. hxg3 Rxa6 37. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Gg7][%cal
Ya1h8]}) (32... Nc4 33. Qe2 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 Ne3 $132) 33. N5xe4 $1 Rba8 (33...
fxe4 34. Bxd6 $18 {[%csl Gb8]}) 34. Nc5 $18 Bg5 35. Rfe1 Bxd2 36. Rxe7 Rb8 37.
Ba3 Rxb1+ 38. Nxb1 Ba5 39. Kf1 Nge8 40. Ke2 Bb6 41. Nc3 Nf6 42. Ne6 Nfe8 43.
Na4 Rxa6 44. Bxd6 Nxd6 45. Nxb6 Rxb6 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. Rxc7 h6 48. Kf3 Rb2 49.
Kf4 Re2 50. h3 Kg8 51. Rg7+ Kh8 52. Rg6 Re4+ 53. Kg3 Re3+ 54. Kh4 Nf7 55. Rf6
Kg8 56. Rxf5 Rd3 57. Nf4 Re3 58. g4 Kg7 59. Nh5+ Kg8 60. Rf6 Kf8 61. Ng3 Kg7
62. Nf5+ Kxf6 63. Nxe3 Ng5 64. d6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 (10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Qb8 18. Rad1 Rc6 $11 {Khairullin,
I-Andriasian,Z/Yerevan/2006/}) (10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. cxb3
Qe8 14. Ne1 b5 15. Nd3 a5 16. b4 a4 $132 {Khairullin,I-Alekseev,E/Moscow/2006/}
) 10... b5 {It makes sense for black to play actively in order to get some
compensation for the weakness of the d5 square.} (10... h6 11. a3 Be6 12. Nd5
b5 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. c4 $1 Nbd7 17. b4 Nb6 18. Rc1 bxc4
19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nxc4 Qb5 21. Na5 $14 {Short,N-Anand,V/Monte Carlo/1993/}) (
10... Na5 11. Bf1 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 b5 14. b3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. h3
Nxf2 $6 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Kxf2 Qb6+ 19. Kg3 $16 {Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/Linares/
1994/}) 11. Bb3 $146 (11. Bf1 Rb8 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. a3 Bb7 15. Qd2
Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Qe3 Bc6 19. Bd3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Ehlvest,
J/Horgen 1995}) 11... Rb8 12. Bg5 Nd7 $5 {Black prefers to exchange bishops as
his knight can hope to defend the wekaness on d5 or even occupy the d4 square.}
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 (14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rad1 b4 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qe3 Be6 $11)
14... Qd8 15. c3 (15. Ne3 Nc5 16. Bd5 (16. h3 h6 17. Rc1 Be6 $11) 16... Nb4 $1
$132) 15... Nc5 16. Bc2 a5 (16... b4 $6 17. Ba4 $1 Ne7 18. cxb4 Nxa4 19. Nxe7+
Qxe7 20. Qxa4 $14) 17. b4 (17. a3 f5 $5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. b4 Ne6
(20... e4 $6 21. bxc5 exf3 22. cxd6 Qg5 23. Ne3 $16) 21. a4 $14) 17... axb4 18.
cxb4 Ne6 {Khairullin snesibly prefers to centralize the knight and not to use
it only for control of the d5 square.} (18... Na6 19. Qd2 Be6 20. a3 Nc7 21. h3
$13) 19. Bb3 Ned4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Ne3 (21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Bd7 23. Ra7 $11)
21... Be6 22. Bd5 Rc8 (22... Qg5 $5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rfc8 $15) 23. a4 {
White needs some activity otherwise black could become unpleasant with f7-f5
advance.} bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qg5 25. Rf1 (25. Kh1 $6 Bxd5 26. exd5 (26. Nxd5 $2 Nc2
$19) 26... f5 $15) 25... Rb8 (25... Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nc3 27. Qb3 Qh6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6
$11) 26. Kh1 (26. Qa6 Rxb4 27. Qxd6 Rbb8 $11) 26... Qh4 27. Rae1 Rfc8 28. Rb1
h6 $5 {The position is about equal and black pieces well placed. He is using
the moment to get a a retreat for the king from the basic rank.} 29. b5 (29.
Qa6 Qd8 30. Qd3 Qb6 31. Rfd1 $11) 29... Bd7 30. Qa7 Bxb5 31. Nf5 $6 {Jakovenko
is getting too ambitious in the moment, when thinking about keeping balance
was more appropriate.} (31. Qxf7+ Kh7 32. Rxb5 Nxb5 (32... Rxb5 33. Nf5 Qf6 34.
Qxf6 gxf6 35. Nxd6 Rxd5 36. Nxc8 (36. exd5 Rd8 37. Ne4 Kg6 $11) 36... Rc5 37.
Ne7 $14) 33. Be6 Qf6 (33... Rf8 34. Bf5+ Kh8 35. Qg6 $14) 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35.
Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 31... Nxf5 32. exf5 (32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Rxb5 Rxb5 34. Qxf5 Rbb8
$17) 32... Qf6 (32... Bxf1 $2 33. Rxb8 $16) 33. Rb3 {White is not happy with a
win of an exchange as only black could have played for win.} (33. Bc4 Bxc4 34.
Rxb8 Qxf5 $15) 33... Ra8 $1 (33... Qxf5 34. Rfb1 Qf4 35. h3 Kh7 36. Rb4 $132 (
36. Rxb5 $2 Rxb5 37. Rxb5 Rc1#)) 34. Qxf7+ Qxf7 35. Rxb5 (35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36.
Rxb5 Ra2 37. g4 Rcc2 $15) 35... Ra2 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rd5 $2 {Under pressure
the favourite makes a grave mistake and will pay the heavy price.} (37. g4 Rd2
$15) 37... Rxf2 $1 38. Kg1 (38. Rxf2 $2 Rc1+ $19) 38... Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Ke7 40.
Ke2 Rc5 {On top of everything even f5 pawn is rather exposed. The win for
black would be reasonably easy matter.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 {White
plays in the spirit of the Arhangelsk variation, with the difference that Re1
and ...Bb7 have not been played. In principle, I believe that his small
details tends to favour Black. The rook is useful on e1, because it protects
the e4-pawn, while the presence of the bishop on the c8-h3 diagonal creates
the permanent threat of ...Bg4. If White prevents it with h3, then Black could
switch to the Arhangelsk with ...Bb7, when h3 would hardly be more useful than
Re1.} (7. a4 {is a more frequent choice.}) 7... d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6
{White intends to take advantage of the absence of the bishop from b7 by
radical means. However, giving up the dark-squared bishop is a double-edged
decision, especially that the d4-square is submitted to strong pressure.} ({
In case of the more natural} 10. Bh4 {Black can safely play} g5 {, because he
has not castled yet and the sacrifice on g5 would hardly offer White attacking
chances.} 11. Bg3 O-O {With the dark-squared bishop placed on any virtually
other square than g3, the weakness of the black kingside would incline the
balance to White's favour. The way it is, White cannot play the generally
desirable h4 because of ...Nh5 followed by g4, while the bishop also blocks
one of the main routes of the queen's knight to the f5- and h5-squares.} 12.
Nbd2 (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxe4 {[%csl Gf2]} 16.
Bd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Bb7 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rad8 20. Rc1 Rd7 21. f3 Rfd8 $11 {
Hracek,Z (2605)-Adams,M (2680)/Germany 1997/GER-chT (1/2-1/2, 32)}) (12. Re1 {
gives Black a choice between} Bb7 {, transposing to a genuine Arhangelsk and
12...Bg4.}) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Nf3 Bb6 16. Qc2 Nh5 (
16... Bb7 $5) 17. Bd5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rb8 19. e5 Kg7 20. Rad1 dxe5 21. Bxf7 Qf6
$15 {The weakness of the f2-square restricts White's active possibilities,
putting her compensation under some doubt, Polgar,J (2630)-Adams,M (2655)/Dos
Hermanas 1995/CBM 047 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 10... Qxf6 11. Bd5 {This is the idea
behind White's previous move. However, the pin of the knight is just temporary.
} Bd7 {This is the most convenient answer.} (11... Bb7 {eliminates one pin,
just to allow another one. Black's position is acceptable anyway and the
practical results have been quite OK for him, but White has some chances to
maintain the pressure.} 12. a4 O-O 13. dxe5 (13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Rfb8 $5 {
[%csl Gb7]} (14... b4 15. Nc4 Ba7 16. Qd3 Rab8 17. Rad1 b3 18. e5 $36 {
Georgiev,K (2610)-Fernandez Garcia,J (2210)/Komotini 1992/EXT 2000 (1/2-1/2,
50)}) 15. Nc2 (15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxd4 18. Nfxd4 Bxd5 19.
exd5 Bxd4 $15) 15... bxa4 $5 (15... Qd8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qd3 $14 {Korneev,O 
(2590)-Fernandez Garcia,J (2465)/Linares 1996/CBM 051 ext (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 16.
Rxa4 a5) 13... dxe5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na3 Rad8 16. Qe2 (16. Nxb5 Ne7 $17) 16...
Bc8 (16... b4 $5) 17. Bxc6 (17. Nxb5 $6 {is risky because of} Ne7 $15 18. Bc4
Ng6 19. g3 Bg4 20. Kg2 Rd2 $1 $19) ({However, it remains an open question how
should Black continue after} 17. Qxb5 $5) 17... Qxc6 18. Nxb5 Bg4 19. Na3 f5
$44 {Smeets,J (2531)-Mamedyarov,S (2674)/Instanbul 2005/CBM 109 ext (1/2-1/2,
28)}) 12. dxe5 $6 $146 {This early release of the tension in the centre would
be justified only if White would get an advantage of development, but this is
hardly the case. However, Black does not seem to have problems after more
consistent continuations either.} (12. Na3 Rd8 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Qd3 (14. Qd2
Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Ne7 16. Ne3 c6 17. Bb3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ng6 19. Bc2 Nf4 20. Rad1 g6
21. Kh1 Qg5 22. g3 Ne6 $13 {Filipenko,A (2380)-Arbakov,V (2415)/Cheliabinsk
1989/EXT 2000 (1/2-1/2, 56)}) 14... Ne7 15. Bb7 (15. Ne3) 15... a5 (15... Ng6
16. Bxa6 Nf4 17. Qe3 Bh3 18. Nce1 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qg4 20. Kh1 Qxh4 21. gxh3 $15 {
Adams}) 16. Ne3 exd4 17. cxd4 a4 $11 {Mortensen,E (2455)-Adams,M (2680)/Koge
1997/EXT 2000 (0-1, 41)}) (12. a4 Rb8 13. Bxc6 $6 {This and the last move are
obvious concessions.} Bxc6 14. a5 $6 Ba7 15. Qd3 O-O {Black has very little to
complain about. In the long run, the pair of bishops should offer him an
advantage.} 16. Nbd2 g5 $6 {However, this unprepared action will only leave
Black with weaknesses.} ({He should have continued the mobilisation of his
forces with} 16... Rbd8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 {and for White it would have not been
easy to maintain the tension in the centre.} 18. Nf1 Bb7 19. b4 exd4 20. cxd4
c5 $36 {[%csl Ya7,Yb7]}) 17. h3 h5 $6 18. Qe3 g4 19. dxe5 Bxe3 20. exf6 Bf4 21.
hxg4 hxg4 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Rad1 Bg5 24. Nf5 $14 {White finally got some clear
idea of play. The f5-knight is strong, while the g4-pawn is vulnerable.
Oleksienko,M (2509)-Calistri,T (2382)/Guingamp 2006/CBM 111 ext (1-0, 38)})
12... dxe5 13. a4 Rd8 $15 {Black has cleared the d6-a8 diagonal, leaving the
enemy bishop exposed on d5.} 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qe2 g5 $5 {
With the rook on h8 still and the centre open, this action is much sounder
than in the game Oleksienko-Calistri.} ({Actually, the simple} 16... O-O $15 {
[%csl Yb6,Yc6] would also leave Black with very comfortable play.}) 17. b4 (17.
h3 h5 $17 {[%cal Yh8h1,Gg5g4]}) 17... g4 18. Nfd2 h5 {[%cal Yh5h4,Yg4g3]} 19.
c4 {White has to react somehow in order to question the stability of the enemy
bishops. Otherwise, he would be simply crushed on the kingside.} bxc4 20. Nxc4
Bxe4 $1 ({In fact there is nothing wrong with} 20... Bd4 $15) 21. Ra3 (21. Qxe4
$2 Qxf2+ $1 $19) (21. Nxb6 Bd3 $17) 21... Bxb1 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Rxb1 O-O {
The relative weakness of the black kingside does not offer White adequate
compensation for the pawn, mainly because the weakness of the back rank leaves
the white king in a delicate situation, too.} 24. Re3 Rfe8 25. f3 Rd4 26. fxg4
hxg4 {It is hard to say which king is more exposed now.} 27. b5 Qe6 28. h3 f5
29. Re1 Kg7 30. hxg4 Rxg4 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxe5+ Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Kf6 34. Re8 (
34. Rd5 Ke6 35. Rd8 Rb4 {is very much the same.}) 34... Rb4 35. Kf2 Kg5 36. Re6
Rxb5 {White has managed to simplify the position, but has to struggle still.}
37. g3 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rb3+ 39. Kf2 b5 40. Rb6 Rb1 41. Kf3 b4 42. Kf2 {By this
moment, White probably made up his defensive plan. Theking protects the g-pawn,
while the rook not only controls the passed pawn, but prevents the enemy king
from marching on to the queenside as well. Everything is logical, but there is
one flaw in this plan as we shall see.} Kg4 43. Rg6+ Kh5 44. Rf6 Kg5 45. Rb6
Rb3 46. Kg2 $2 {The decisive mistake. This is the worse possible moment to
move the king away from the centre.} ({There was nothing wrong with activating
the rook with} 46. Rb8 {and only after} Kf6 {restrict the king with} 47. Rb5 {
. I do not see how Black can make progress after} Ke6 48. Kg2 Rb1 49. Kf3 b3
50. Kg2 $11) ({Or if White really wants to maintain the control of the 6th
rank,} 46. Ke2 {is entirely possible as well and if} Kg4 {then} 47. Rg6+ Kh3
48. Rg5 {with an immediate draw.}) {Since the further advance of the b-pawn
does not offer Black winning chances, it might seem that White could count on
a draw. However, Innarkiev finds a remarkable winning idea.} 46... f4 $3 {
With the tablebases at one's disposal, this move is easy to spot, but in an
over-the-board game it surely requires good endgame knowledge to understand
that Black is winning only by exchanging these pawns. The idea is to simply
get rid of the own weakness and clear the king's way to the queenside.} 47.
gxf4+ Kxf4 48. Kf2 {It is too late to activate the rook already.} (48. Re6 Rb2+
49. Kf1 b3 50. Ke1 Rh2 51. Rb6 b2 52. Kd1 Ke3 53. Rb8 Kd3 54. Rd8+ (54. Ke1
b1=Q+) 54... Kc3 55. Rc8+ Kb3 56. Rb8+ Ka2 57. Ra8+ Kb1 $19) (48. Rh6 Rb2+ ({
Avoiding} 48... Ke3 $4 49. Rh3+ $11) 49. Kf1 Ke3 50. Rh3+ Kd2 51. Rh2+ Kc1 $19)
48... Rb2+ 49. Ke1 Ke3 50. Kd1 Kd3 51. Kc1 Kc3 52. Rh6 Kb3 53. Rh3+ Ka2 54. Rh4
Rb1+ 55. Kd2 b3 56. Ra4+ Kb2 57. Ra8 Ra1 58. Rb8 Ra7 59. Kd3 Rd7+ 60. Ke3 Kc2
61. Rc8+ Kb1 62. Rb8 b2 63. Rb6 Ra7 64. Kd2 Ka1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qe8 14. Ne1 b5 15.
Nd3 a5 16. b4 a4 17. Ne1 Bb7 18. Qxb5 Bxe4 19. Qxe8 Rfxe8 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. a3
f5 22. Rac1 Rec8 23. Nd3 Kf7 24. f4 Ke6 25. g4 fxg4 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. b5 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rd8 29. Nb4 Bg5 30. Bxg5 Nxg5 31. Kf2 Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Nd6 33. b6 Rb8 34.
Rc6 Kd7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rc6 Kd7 37. Rc7+ Ke6 38. Rc6 Rb7 39. Nd3 Rb8 40. Nb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bh6 c5 14. b3 c4 15.
Bf1 Bb7 16. Re3 Bc6 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Nb2 Bc5 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Nd1 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Ne1
h5 9. c3 Qb6 10. b3 h4 11. Nd3 c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. b4 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Bd4 Qc7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 h3 18. g3 Qc6 19. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.
Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Bd6 16. O-O-O Ke7 17. Rd3 Rac8 18. Rhd1 Rc6 19. g3 Rg8 20.
Kc2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Qc7 8.
Re1 Bd6 9. g3 Ne7 10. Bf1 Be5 11. Ne2 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. Qb3 {An
aggressive alternative to the classic} (7. Qd3) 7... Bc5 (7... Na6 $6 8. Bg2 d5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bc5 12. Qb5+ Kf8 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nxc5 Nxc5
15. Ba3 b6 16. Rab1 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Hoelzl,F/Balatonlelle 2002/EXT 2004}) (
7... Nc6 $6 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 $6 9. Qxb4 a5 10. Qa3 Qxh1 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. Nc7+ Kd8
13. Nxa6 bxa6 14. Qxa5+ $18 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M-Malakhov,V/Khanty Mansyisk 2005/
CBM 111 (48)}) 8. Bf4 {A relatively new, sharp approach} (8. Be3 {doesn't
bring White any advantage:} a6 (8... d6 $5 9. Bg2 a6 10. Nc2 (10. Na4 Ba7 11.
Nc2 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rb8 15. Qd3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
Nc3 d5 $13 {1-0 Ward,C-Arkell,K/Swansea 1995/EXT 97/[Bulletin] (48)}) 10... O-O
11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 (12. Rac1 Rb8 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16.
Bg2 Bb7 17. Qd3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Rfd8 20. f3 Qc5 $11 {0-1 Navas,
N-Csom,I/Dubai 1986/TD (45)}) 12... Rb8 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Rd2 b5 15. Ne3 Bb7
16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rad1 Ne5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Alburt,L/Reykjavik 1986/EXT
2000 (39)}) 9. Na4 (9. Nc2 b6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Na4 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Rb8 13. Qc3 O-O
14. O-O b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxc6 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Qa7 18. Bc2 d5 $44 {0-1 Popov,
N-Tseshkovsky,V/Yerevan 1977/MCD (37)}) (9. h3 Nc6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc5 Na5
12. Qb4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 b6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Na4 bxc5 18.
Nxc5 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qa3 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Nxa6 Ra8 23. Rb6 Ne4 {
1/2-1/2 Komljenovic,D-Garcia,G/Linares 1997/CBM 058 (25)}) 9... d6 10. Nxc5
dxc5 11. Nf3 e5 (11... O-O 12. Bg2 Ng4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Bg5 Re8 16.
h3 Ngf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rd2 Bd7 19. Qc2 Bc6 20. Rad1 Red8 {1/2-1/2 Gorelov,
S-Yermolinsky,A/Aktjubinsk 1985/MCD}) 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15.
Nd2 Rb8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 {
1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext}) 8... d6 $6 (8... e5 $5
9. Ncb5 (9. Ndb5 $5 $13) 9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Nf5 d5 (11... Bxf2+ $5 12.
Kd1 O-O 13. Nbd6 $44) 12. Nbd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Bb4 Be6
16. Nc8+ Ke8 17. Nxb6 Ra6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. f3 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Bxa2
22. Bh3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Botsari,A-Lalic,S/Pula 1997/CBM 057 ext (23)}) 9. Ndb5 Qc6
10. O-O-O $4 {[%mdl 512] There was no need to sacrifice material.} ({After} 10.
Rg1 $1 {Black apparently faces serious problems, e.g.} e5 (10... a6 11. Bg2 Qd7
12. Qa4 O-O 13. O-O-O e5 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Nd5 $16) 11. Bg2 Bxf2+
(11... Qd7 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O-O $16) 12. Kxf2 Qb6+ (12... Qc5+ 13. Be3 Ng4+
14. Ke1 Nxe3 15. Ne4 $1 Qb6 16. Nexd6+ Ke7 17. Qc3 $16) 13. Kf1 exf4 (13... Ng4
14. e3 exf4 15. Nd5) 14. c5 $1 dxc5 15. Na4 $16) 10... Qxh1 11. Bxd6 (11. Nc7+
Ke7 12. Nxa8 Na6 $17 {[%csl Ra8]}) 11... Na6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Qa3
b6 {Well, White is a rook down and where is his compensation?} 15. b4 Ncd7 16.
b5+ Kd8 (16... Nc5 {was possible, too.}) 17. Bh3 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Kxc7 {and
Black gradually brought home his material advantage:} 19. Qe7 Rf8 20. e4 Ng8
21. Qg5 Bb7 22. Qxg7 Rad8 23. Kc2 Kb8 24. f3 Nc5 25. Bf1 f5 26. exf5 exf5 27.
Nd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Nf6 29. Bc4 Nb7 30. Qh6 Nd6 31. Kb3 Rf7 32. Qh4 Nxc4 33. Qxc4
Nxd5 34. Qd3 f4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. a3 Rf7 37. h4 Rdd7 38. h5 Nc7 39. Qe4 Nxb5
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rac1 a5 14. Qc2
Ba6 15. Rfd1 Bb4 16. Bd4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxe2 18. Re1 Bb5 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Re1
Qd7 21. h4 f6 22. Kh2 Nd6 23. Bh3 f5 24. Re5 a4 25. Qe1 Re8 26. Qe3 Rxe5 27.
Qxe5 Bd3 28. Bc5 Ne8 29. Qe3 Bc2 30. Qc3 Bd1 31. Qd4 Bc2 32. Qd2 Bb1 33. a3 Qe6
34. Qd1 Qe4 35. Bg2 Qc4 36. Bb4 Be4 37. f3 c5 38. Qxa4 Kf8 39. fxe4 cxb4 40.
exd5 f4 41. Qxb4+ Qxb4 42. axb4 fxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Nd6 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. Bf1 Nf7 46.
b5 Kd6 47. b6 g6 48. Bd3 Ne5 49. b7 Nxd3+ 50. Ke3 Kc7 51. Kxd3 Kxb7 52. b4 Kb6
53. Ke4 h6 54. Ke5 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. d6 g4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O h6 8.
Ne1 Nc6 9. Nc2 Bd7 10. h3 Nh7 11. e4 Qc8 12. Kh2 Ne7 13. Ne3 Kh8 14. b3 a6 15.
a4 a5 16. Ra2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Bxf4 Bc6 21. g4
Rf7 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qe8 24. Raf2 b6 25. Bg3 Rxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Nf6 27. Qf3
Qe4 28. Kg2 Qxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Kg8 30. Re3 Kf7 31. Bh4 g5 32. Bf2 Nd7 33. Rf3+ Kg6
34. Re3 Kf7 35. Rf3+ Ke6 36. Re3+ Ne5 37. Bg3 Rh8 38. Re1 h5 39. Re2 hxg4 40.
hxg4 Re8 41. Re1 Re7 42. Bf2 Kd7 43. Re4 Nd3 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7 45. Be3 Kf6 46.
Bd4+ Ke6 47. Be3 Kf6 48. Bd4+ Ne5 49. Kg3 c5 50. Bxe5+ Kxe5 51. Kf3 d5 52. cxd5
Kxd5 53. Ke3 c4 54. b4 Ke5 55. b5 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Bg5+ f6 15. Nxd5+ exd5 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Be3 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 Rhc8 19. Rhc1 a5 20.
Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. a5 $5 {A relatively rare move. In this variation,
White would be very happy to be allowed to play Nh3-f2, but needs to wait
until Black develops his own queen's knight to do so. However, playing a
waiting game is not easy for White, because this implies staying with his king
in the centre for a long time.} b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Nge2 {Not very consequent.
White has allowed Black open the queenside for nothing. However, other moves
do not promisse an advantage either.} (13. Bd3 $6 Nbd7 14. Nh3 Ne5 15. Nf2 {
White has achieved his goal, but at the price of giving up his important
bishop.} Nxd3+ 16. Nxd3 a5 17. O-O Ba6 18. Rf2 Nd7 $15 {All Black's pieces are
optimally placed, Kraidman,Y (2415)-Har Zvi,R (2350)/Tel Aviv 1992/CBM 029 ext
(0-1, 47)}) ({The most consistent continuation is the slightly paradoxical} 13.
Be2 {, which deprives the knight from the e2-square, but keeps Black under
some incertitude at the same time.} h5 (13... Nbd7 $6 {is exactly what Black
shouldnot do.} 14. Nh3 Ne5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. O-O $14 {Istratescu,A (2578)
-Radovanovic,D (2331)/Chania 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 28)}) 14. Bd1 {This move
actually marks the deviation from the initial plan, but staying with the king
in the centre for too long would probably be dangerous.} Nbd7 15. Nge2 (15. Nh3
$2 Ne5 {[%csl Gc4,Gh3]}) 15... Ne5 16. b3 a5 $1 $10 {[%cal Yc8a6,Ga6f1] By
transferring his bishop to c2, White intends to inhibit the thematic break ...
f5. However, in doing that he weakens the control of another crucial diagonal.}
17. O-O Ba6 18. Bc2 Qc7 (18... Nfd7 $2 19. h3 {/\f4|^} c4) 19. Ra4 $6 (19. Rfc1
Nfd7 20. Kh1 c4 21. Bd4 {Christiansen,L (2575)-Marin,M (2475)/Szirak 1987/CBM
03/[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 31)} cxb3 22. Bxb3 Nc5 23. Ba4 Reb8 24. Qg5 {/\f4<=>})
19... Nfd7 20. Rfa1 $6 Bxe2 $1 (20... Nb6 $6 21. Rxa5 $1 Nbc4 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23.
Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 24. Rxa6 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 $14) 21. Nxe2 (21. Qxe2 $6 Nxf3+ $17) 21...
Nb6 $1 22. R4a2 (22. Rxa5 $2 Nxf3+ $1 23. gxf3 Bxa1 $19) 22... a4 23. Nc3 (23.
bxa4 Nec4 24. Qd3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Nxd5 $19) 23... Qb7 $1 24. Bf2 (
24. bxa4 $2 Nec4 25. Qe1 Nxe3 $19 26. Qxe3 $2 Bd4) (24. Nxa4 $2 Nxa4 25. Rxa4
Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Bxa1 $19) 24... axb3 25. Bxb3 (25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxa8+ Qxa8 27.
Bxb3 Qa3 $36) 25... Rxa2 26. Bxa2 (26. Qxa2 Nxf3+ $17) (26. Rxa2 Nbc4) 26...
Qa6 27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Bb3 (28. f4 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. e5 Nxf4 31. Rxb6 Bxe5 32.
Be1 Bxc3 33. Bxc3 Ne2+ $19) 28... Nbc4 29. Qe2 (29. Bxc4 Qxc4 $17) 29... Na3 $1
30. Rd1 (30. Qxa6 Rxa6 31. Ra1 Nd3 32. Bc4 $5 Nxc4 $1 33. Rxa6 Bxc3 $19) 30...
Qxe2 (30... c4 31. Ba2 Nd3 $17) 31. Nxe2 c4 32. Ba2 Nb5 33. Bb1 Ra1 34. Bc2 $2
(34. Bd4 $8) 34... Ra2 35. Rc1 Nd3 {, 1-0 Genov Petar (2485)-Mihail Marin 
(2511) Solsona 2004,} 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Nf4 d2 $19) 13... Nbd7 14. Na4 Qc7 15.
Nec3 {White is just two moves away from castling, but the placement of his
knights is hardly adequate.} Rb8 16. Be2 Ne5 17. O-O Rb4 {Although there was
no immediate danger of a white knight's transfer to c4, Black takes under
strict observation this important square. His quenside play is simple and
efficient.} 18. Ra3 Bd7 19. Rfa1 (19. Bxa6 $2 Ra8 $1 $17 {[%csl Ya4,Ya6]})
19... Reb8 20. Nd1 (20. Bxa6 c4 $44 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Ge5d3]}) 20... Nc4 (20...
Bb5 $5 {[%csl Yc4] would have been simpler. After the exchange of the
light-squared bishops, Black would install his knight to c4 with all the
comfort.}) 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nac3 Bc8 {[%csl Ga6]} 23. Na2 {White has moved
around with his knights a lot, without achieving anything concrete yet.} Nd7
$132 {In spite of the slightly awkward placement of the rook on c4, Black has
good counterplay.} 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. Qe2 Ne5 26. h3 g5 27. b3 f5 28. Nb2 Bxe3+
29. Qxe3 f4 30. Qe1 Rd4 31. Nc4 Qe7 32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Qc3 h5 34. Qa5 Qe7 35.
Nc3 Rdb4 36. Re1 g4 37. e5 dxe5 38. d6 Qxd6 39. Ne4 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Bf5 41. Nf6+
Kh8 42. Qc7 R4b7 43. Qxe5 Qxe5 44. Rxe5 g3 45. Re1 Rxb3 46. Rxa6 c4 47. Raa1 c3
48. Rac1 c2 49. Nxh5 R3b4 50. Kg1 Bg6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
O-O Rb8 9. Re1 b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Qc2 h6 12. h3 Re8 13. g4 e5 14. g5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 Nf8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nh4 g6 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. Bh4 Nf4 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. Bg5
Ne6 22. Bh4 Nf4 23. Bg5 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 Be2 20. Re1 Nc4
21. Qc5 Rfd8 22. Rab1 h6 23. h3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc4 25. a4 a5 26. Qc5 Be6 27. h4
Rd2 28. Qxc6 Rc8 29. Qb5 Rxc3 30. Qxa5 Rcc2 31. Qa7 Ra2 32. Ra1 Qe2 33. Rxe2
Rxa1+ 34. Kh2 Rxe2 35. a5 Kh7 36. Bh3 Raa2 37. Bxe6 Rxf2+ 38. Kh3 fxe6 39. Kg4
Rae2 40. a6 Rxe4+ 41. Kh3 Ree2 42. h5 Rf5 43. Qb8 Rxh5+ 44. Kg4 Re4+ 45. Kf3
Ra4 46. Qb6 e4+ 47. Ke3 Rha5 48. Qxe6 Rxa6 49. Qf5+ Rg6 50. g4 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f5 14. Qe3 c5 15.
Rfe1 Rae8 16. Ng5 e5 17. d5 e4 18. Bf1 Ne5 19. f4 exf3 20. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Qxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1 23. Bc3 Re7 24. Bd2 f4 25. Bd3 g6 26. h3 Bc8 27. Bc2 Rff7
28. Bd3 Kf8 29. a3 a5 30. Qf1 Ke8 31. Be2 Kd8 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Re4 34. Qf3
Rfe7 35. g5 Kc7 36. Qg4 Rd4 37. Bc3 Rd3 38. Bf6 Rg3 39. Qh4 Rd7 40. Kf1 b5 41.
cxb5 Kb6 42. a4 Kb7 43. Kf2 Bc7 44. Qh1 Rxb3 45. Qd1 Re3 46. Kf1 c4 47. Kg1 c3
48. Qb3 Bb6 49. Kh2 f3 50. gxf3 Rxf3 51. Qc4 Rc7 52. Qe4 Re3 53. Qg2 c2 54. d6+
Ka7 55. d7 Rc4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 b4 10. Nce2 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Ng3 Qc7 {The natural square for the
queen as it is not necessary to aim for d6-d5 plan.} (12... Be6 13. h4 d5 (
13... Qc7 $5) 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Bd3 a5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5
O-O-O 19. Nf5 g6 20. Ng7 $1 $14 {Naiditsch - Palac/Warsaw/2005/}) 13. O-O-O a5
14. Kb1 a4 15. Nc1 Be6 {Black is ahead with initiative on the queenside, but
his king still sleeps in the center.} 16. Bb5 Qb7 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 18. Nd3 d5
$146 (18... Rb8 19. Nxb4 Qb5 20. a3 d5 21. Qd3 $6 (21. exd5 Bxb4 (21... Nxd5
22. Qxd5 $1 Bxd5 23. Rxd5) 22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. axb4 Nxd5 24. Bc5 $14) 21... Bxb4
22. Qxb5+ Rxb5 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Kd7 26. Bd2 Rc4 {0-1
Quezada,Y-Dominguez,L/Santa Clara 2006/ (51)}) 19. Nxb4 $2 {Quite illogical
and risky decision as white is opening up the b file for the attack against
his own king. Much better was to grab the pawn in the center.} (19. Nxe5 $1 Qc7
20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bd4 $14) 19... Bxb4 20. Qxb4 d4 21. Bf2 Nd7 $1 (21... a3 22.
b3 Rc8 23. Rd2 $14) 22. Nh5 (22. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Rb8 24. Qa3 Nb6 $36)
22... Rg8 {The threat of Rb8 and Nb6-c4 is so serious, that Najer decides to
rip open the center.} 23. Bxd4 $5 (23. Bh4 f6 24. Qa3 Rb8 $15) 23... exd4 (
23... Rb8 $2 24. Qc3 $14) 24. Qxd4 Rc8 $1 25. Rd2 (25. Nxg7+ $2 Rxg7 26. Qxg7
Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 Qc4 $1 28. b3 axb3 29. Rc1 Qxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kb2 Rc2+ 32.
Kb1 Rxa2 $17) 25... Qc4 26. Qxc4 (26. Nxg7+ $2 Rxg7 27. Qxg7 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 Qa1#
) 26... Rxc4 27. Rhd1 Ke7 28. h3 g5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Grigoriants choses a very
intriguing line, which enables the opponent to eat lots of pawns.} (28... Nc5
29. Nf4 a3 30. b3 Rc3 31. Rf1 Rb8 $15) 29. Rxd7+ Bxd7 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Nf6+
Ke6 32. Nxg8 Rc8 $1 {The key move as black will finally penetrate the position
with his rook.} (32... Ke5 33. Nxh6 Rc7 34. Nf5 Kf4 35. Nd4 $11) 33. Nxh6 Rh8
34. Nf5 Rxh3 35. Kc1 $2 {Najer was in terrible form at russian championship.
In this moment he should have tried for the fortress.} (35. c3 Ke5 36. Nd4 Rh2
$1 (36... f6 37. b4 $1 Rh2 38. a3) 37. a3 (37. b4 a3 38. Nb5 Kf4 39. Nxa3 Kxf3
40. Nc4 Kxg4 41. b5 Kf4 42. b6 g4 43. b7 Rh8 44. Nd6 Rb8 $19) 37... Kf4 38. Kc1
(38. b3 axb3 39. a4 Ke3 40. a5 Kd3 41. Nxb3 (41. a6 Kxc3 42. Nb5+ Kb4 43. a7
Ra2 $19) 41... Kxc3 42. Nc5 Rb2+ 43. Kc1 Ra2 44. Kd1 Rxa5 45. Nd7 Kd3 $19)
38... f6 39. Kb1 Ke3 40. Kc1 Kd3 41. Kb1 Rh1+ 42. Ka2 Rf1 $19 {It seems, that
black pieces were just too strong for comfort and white would end up in a rare
zugzwang.}) 35... Ke5 36. c4 Rxf3 37. c5 Kxe4 $1 38. Kc2 (38. c6 Kd3 $1 39. b4
a3 $19) 38... Kd5 (38... Kd5 39. c6 Rf2+ 40. Kc3 Kxc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b5 8.
Be3 Bb7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. a3 Nf6 11. Bf3 Rc4 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. O-O Bc5 14. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. c3 f6 20. Qxd5
exd5 21. Rad1 fxe5 22. Rxd5 exf4 23. Rxd7 Re4 24. Kg1 Re2 25. Rf2 Re1+ 26. Rf1
Re2 27. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qc7
15. Kb1 f5 16. Rg1 Bd8 17. h4 Qb8 18. f4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Bb6 21.
Rg3 Ne5 22. h5 g6 23. Be2 Ra7 24. Rh3 Rg7 25. a3 Qd8 26. Rdh1 Qe7 27. c3 gxh5
28. Rxh5 Ng6 29. Qh2 Rff7 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Qe4+ 32. Ka1 Rc7 33. Rh6 Rc2
34. Rxh7 Rxe2 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qh6+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qg7+
Kd8 40. Rc1 Ne7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 dxe4 11. b3 Qe7 12. d3 exd3 13. a4 O-O 14. Ba3 c5 15.
Qxd3 Rab8 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 b6 18. Bb2 Nf8 19. a5 Nd5 20. Rfe1 Nc7 21. Qe4
Nb5 22. Be5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. a6 f6 26. Bf1 fxe5 27. Bxb5 Qd5
28. Qh4 Ng6 29. Qa4 Kf7 30. Bd3 Ne7 31. Qh4 Nf5 32. Qh5+ Kf6 33. g4 e4 34. Bc4
Qd1+ 35. Bf1 g5 36. Qe8 Nd4 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Qg8+ Kf6 39. Qf8+ Kg6 40. Qg8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. f5 Nf6 8. d3 O-O
9. fxg6 fxg6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Ne4 Rf8 14. a3 Qe7 15. c3
a6 16. Qe1 a5 17. Qg3 Kh7 18. Nfg5+ hxg5 19. Rxf8 Bxf8 20. Nxg5+ Kg8 21. Rf1
Bh6 22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Rf6 Qxf6 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Qf2+ Kg7 26. Qxc5 Bd7 27. Kf2
Rf8+ 28. Ke1 Rf7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bg5 31. b5 Be7 32. Qb6 Nd8 33. Ke2 Bf6
34. g3 g5 35. Bb3 Be8 36. g4 Rd7 37. Bc4 Bg6 38. Qc5 Re7 39. Qc8 Re8 40. Qc7+
Bf7 41. Kf2 Rh8 42. Kg2 Kh6 43. Qd6 Bg6 44. b6 Be8 45. Bd5 Bg6 46. Bf3 Rg8 47.
c4 Be8 48. c5 Kh7 49. Kh3 Kh8 50. Be4 Bc6 51. Bxc6 bxc6 52. Kg2 Kh7 53. b7 Nxb7
54. Qxe6 Bd8 55. Qxc6 Rg7 56. Qe4+ Kg8 57. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d3 {
Usually, White connects the early development of the queen to e2 (known as the
Worrall attack) with a4 or c3 and d4 followed by Rd1. If he intends to play
with a restrained centre, then more flexible is 5.d3, refraining from defining
the queen's position too soon.} Re8 {This move is aimed to prepare the
thematical opening of the centre with ...d5.} ({The immediate} 8... d5 {
is possible, but Black might have feared} 9. Bg5 {, when Black has to release
the tension in the centre already. However, Black managed to hold his own in
Tiviakov,S (2590)-Adams,M (2680)/Groningen 1997/CBM 063/[Wedberg] (1/2-1/2, 38)
}) ({The solid continuation} 8... d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {, in the spirit
of the Chigorin Ruy Lopez is also playable.} 11. Nf1 Re8 12. h3 Nc6 13. g4 d5
14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16. Nf5 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Ciocaltea,V (2450)-Nikolic,Z 
(2460)/Nis 1981/MCD}) 9. Bg5 $6 {This is peecisely What Black was counting on.
The bishop has nothing to do on the h4-d8 diagonal if Black has not played ...
d5 yet.} (9. Nbd2 {fails to bother Black. He can safely play} d5 {now, without
fearing Bg5.} 10. h3 Bf8 11. g4 Bb7 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Ng3 {. White
has managed to put the enemy kingside under some pressure, but Black's action
in the centre is more rapid and has a more concrete form.} c4 15. O-O cxd3 16.
Bxd3 Nc4 $15 {Sumaneev,D (2435)-Notkin,M (2515)/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (1/2-1/2, 26)}
) ({The critical test for Black's last move is the natural} 9. Ng5 $1 d5 $2 (
9... Rf8 {is safer, but leaves White with some initiative after} 10. f4 {
anyway.}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxf7 $1 {Given his opponent's high rating,
Nepomniachtchi probably did not take such radical means into account too
seriously. This sacrifice is typical for certain lines of the Two Knights Game.
} Kxf7 12. Qh5+ $2 (12. Qf3+ $1 Ke6 13. c4 bxc4 14. dxc4 Bb4+ {. A necessary
check, in order to clear the e7-square for the knight.} 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2
Nde7 17. O-O-O $16) 12... Kf8 13. Qf3+ $2 Nf4 14. Qxc6 Qxd3 $19 {Pina,S (2303)
-Pilgaard,K (2437)/Padron 2002/CBM 089 ext (0-1, 21)}) 9... d6 ({Actually,} 
9... h6 {would be a more restrictive move order.} 10. Bxf6 $6 ({This is rather
pointless. White gets nothing by giving up the pair of bishops so easily.} 10.
Bh4 d6 11. Nbd2 Na5 {would transpose to the game.}) 10... Bxf6 11. Bd5 Rb8 12.
Nbd2 Ne7 13. Bb3 d5 14. O-O c5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. a4 d4 $6 (16... Qc7 $15) 17.
cxd4 exd4 18. Ne1 Nc6 19. Qh5 c4 20. axb5 (20. dxc4 Na5) 20... Re5 $6 (20...
axb5 21. dxc4 Na5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. cxb5 Re7 24. Nd3 $44) 21. Qe2 Na5 22. Bxc4
axb5 23. f4 Re7 24. Ba2 $16 {Kharitonov,A (2235)-Allen,K (2210)/IECC Email
1999/Corr 2002 (1-0, 41)}) 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 ({Now, White could consider} 11.
Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bd5 {more seriously, because Black needs one extra-tempo in
order to get out of the pin. However, this hardly offers White an advantage.}
Bd7 13. O-O Rb8 $11) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yf1e3]} Nh5
{This move is typical for the Old Indian defence. Here, it serves Black even
better, because his centre is not under pressure.} 14. Bg3 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Ne3 Nf4 $15) 14... Be6 15. Ne3 {The white queen's knight has completed its
regroupment. With his next few moves, Black will take the f5- and d5-squares
under control, casting some doubt above White's whole concept.} Bf6 16. O-O g6
17. a3 Nc6 18. Qd1 Ne7 19. d4 $6 {White should not start playing on dark
squares, since the exchange on g3 is inevitable and he will miss his bishop
badly.} (19. Bb3 {[%csl Yd5] might be better, although I prefer Black after}
Nxg3 20. hxg3 d5) 19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 exd4 21. cxd4 Bg7 (21... Qb6 22. e5 dxe5
23. dxe5 Rad8 24. Qe2 Bg7 $15 {/\...Nc6, ><d4, Pe5.}) 22. Qd2 d5 23. Rad1 Rc8
24. e5 Nc6 25. Rfe1 Qc7 (25... cxd4 $1 26. Nxd4 (26. Nf1 Bg4 $17 {[%csl Ge5]})
26... Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qg5 $17 {[%csl Gc2,Ge5]} 28. f4 $140 Qxg3) 26. dxc5 d4 $132
27. Nf1 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxc5 29. Rc1 Bxe5 30. Bxg6 Qd6 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Bd3 Bd7
33. Re4 Bg7 34. Rf4 Bc6 35. Nh2 Qe6 36. Qc2 Qe1+ 37. Nf1 Bd5 38. Qc5 Qe6 39.
Rf5 Bc4 40. Rf3 Bxd3 41. Rxd3 Qc4 42. Qf5 Re1 43. f4 Qc2 44. g4 Re2 45. Rg3
Qxf5 46. gxf5 Kf8 47. Rd3 Rxb2 48. Nd2 Ke7 49. g4 Kd6 50. Kf2 Kd5 51. g5 hxg5
52. fxg5 f6 53. g6 Ke5 54. Ke2 Kxf5 55. Kd1 Ra2 56. Kc1 b4 57. axb4 Kxg6 58.
Nf3 f5 59. Kb1 Rf2 60. Kc1 f4 61. Kd1 Kf5 62. Ra3 Kg4 63. Ne1 f3 64. Nd3 Rf1+
65. Kd2 Bh6+ 66. Kc2 f2 67. Rxa6 Rc1+ 68. Nxc1 Bxc1 69. Ra1 f1=Q 70. Rxc1 Qc4+
71. Kd2 Qxb4+ 72. Kd3 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qe5 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 d6 12. Nb3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. h3
Nc6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qg3 Rfe8 18. Kb1 a5 19. Rhe1 a4 20. Nc5 Ra5 21.
Nd7 Nh5 22. Bxe7 Nxg3 23. Bb4 Ra7 24. Bc5 Ra5 25. Bb4 Ra7 26. Nc5 Nh5 27. Bb5
Nf4 28. g3 Nxh3 29. f4 Raa8 30. Nxb7 Rec8 31. Nd6 Nf2 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Rd2 Ne4
34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Bxc6 e3 36. Rd4 e2 37. c4 Rb8 38. Kc1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 {The so-called "Worrall
Attack" is basically a positional line. However, thanks to Tiviakov's efforts,
White has found ways to display some aggresivity as well.} Be7 ({The main
alternative is} 5... b5 {, forcing the bishop to retreat to b3, where it will
be slightly exposed. The drawback of this move is that after} 6. Bb3 Be7 {
White can start undermining the black queenside with} 7. a4 {although after} b4
{the position is about equal anyway.}) 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 $5 {Hoping to take
advantage of the move order chosen by Black. The bishop is less active, but
also safer on c2.} d6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 $5 {White plays for piece activity
mainly.} ({The strategically more consistent} 9. cxd4 {offers Black
counterplay in the centre after} Bg4 {[%csl Gd4] for instance>} 10. Be3 (10.
Qe3 $5 $13 {Tiviakov}) 10... d5 11. e5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Ne4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd3 f5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nbd2 O-O $15 {Levitina,I (2280)-Akhmilovskaya,E 
(2295)/Moscow 1979/MCD (0-1, 29)}) 9... Bb7 10. Nf5 {White is playing for
attack.} ({The apparently more modest} 10. O-O {deserves attention.} O-O 11. a4
Re8 12. Nf5 (12. axb5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 $132 {[%csl Ye4]}) 12...
Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. axb5 Qxf5 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Nd2
$14 {White-s more compact pawn structure offers him some long term but minimal
advantage. However, Black should be able to hold his own because of his pair
of bishops, Socko,B (2485)-Dubiel,J (2360)/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97 (1-0, 26)})
10... O-O 11. Bg5 {White has displayed his pieces actively, but is slightly
behind in development. This is probably a crucial moment for the assessment of
the whole variation.} Nd7 $5 $146 {Being slightly ahead in development, Black
is interested in exchanging White's active pieces.} (11... Re8 12. Nd2 Bf8 {
is rather slow and allows White to get castled and obtain attacking chances.}
13. O-O-O h6 (13... Ne5 14. g4 c5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Rhg1 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g5
Nd7 19. Nh6+ $1 $40 {Tiviakov,S (2590)-Iuldachev,S (2525)/Jakarta 1997/CBM 058
ext (1-0, 25)}) 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Ng3 Qc8 16. f4 Ng6 17. h4 Ng4 18. h5 Nxe3 19.
Qxe3 $16 {Tiviakov,S (2655)-Yemelin,V (2500)/Elista 1995/CBM 050/[Hecht] (0-1,
69)}) 12. h4 {A very ambitious move, which neglects the development of the
queenside, however.} (12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Nd2 {would be a more simplistic
approach, but Black would have good counterplay after} Qe8 14. O-O-O f5 15.
Rhe1 f4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ye7g6]}) 12... Bf6 $1 ({Black has no reasons to
complicate his life with} 12... Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nd2 $44 {[%csl Yh7]
[%cal Re1c1]}) 13. Nd2 b4 {After activating his bishop, Black puts the enemy
queenside under pressure, inhibiting White's long castle.} 14. Rh3 Kh8 15. f4 {
With his king in the centre and his rooks not connected, White's attack is
less afficient.} bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Rb1 Bc6 $11 {Black has a solid position
with chances for counterplay in the centre.} 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. e5
Nfd5 21. Rh1 Nxf4 22. Qe4 Neg6 23. h5 dxe5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc6
Qg5 27. Be4 Rad8 28. Rb2 Rd6 29. Qxc7 Rfd8 30. Nf1 Ne6 31. Qb8 Rd1+ 32. Kf2
Qf4+ 33. Bf3 Rxb8 34. Rxb8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. Ng3 h6 37. Ne4 Ne6 38. Re1
Kh7 39. g3 Qf8 40. Re2 Qc8 41. Bg4 Qc4 42. Bxe6 Qxe6 43. Ke3 a5 44. Rd2 a4 45.
Nd6 Qh3 46. Ne4 Qf1 47. Re2 g5 48. c4 Qc1+ 49. Kd3 Qd1+ 50. Nd2 Qg1 51. Re3 Qa1
52. Re2 Qxa2 53. Rxe5 Qa3+ 54. Kc2 Qxg3 55. Re6 Qf2 56. Re5 g4 57. c5 Qd4 58.
Rf5 Kg6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd2 d6 7. O-O-O Nf6 8.
h4 Be6 9. Nh3 Qe7 10. Nf4 h5 11. Bb5 O-O 12. f3 Ne5 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nexg4
15. Qg1 Nh5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Be2 Ngf6 18. Rf1 Qe5 19. Rh3 Rae8 20. Bxh5 Nxh5
21. Rd3 c6 22. Qxa7 b5 23. Qb7 Qc5 24. Rdf3 Qc4 25. b3 Qd4 26. a3 Qc5 27. Kd1
f5 28. exf5 Rf7 29. Qa6 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Qa5 Ng3 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1
Qd4+ 34. Bd2 Qg1+ 35. Be1 Qd4+ 36. Bd2 Nf1 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qg5 Nxd2 39. Qxf5+
Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Ne2 Qxh4 42. Qxd6+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qf5+ Ke7 45. Kxd2
Qh6+ 46. Nf4 Qh2+ 47. Kd3 Qg3+ 48. Ke2 Qh2+ 49. Kf3 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qg1+ 51. Kh5
Qh2+ 52. Nh3 Bb2 53. a4 bxa4 54. bxa4 Qe2+ 55. Kg6 Qe6+ 56. Qxe6+ Kxe6 57. Nf4+
Kd6 58. Kf5 Bc3 59. Ne2 Ba5 60. Nc1 Kc5 61. Na2 Be1 62. Nc1 Ba5 63. Nd3+ Kc4
64. Ne5+ Kc3 65. Nxc6 Bb6 66. Ke4 Kxc2 67. a5 Bxa5 68. Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O {White is playing with a clear goal of using his
development advantage in order to cause the maximal demage.} Nd7 (10... b5 11.
e5 dxe5 12. Qf3 exd4 13. Qxa8 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Ng3 Bc5 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Qe4
Bb7 18. Qe2 Qf4 $11 {1/2 Abergel,T (2474)-Bellaiche,A (2472)/Paris 2006/ (27)})
11. f4 Nc5 12. f5 Bd7 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe5 $6 14. b4 Be7 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Ndb5 Kd7 17. Na3 Bf6 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2695)-Paragua,
M (2617)/Turin 2006/ (24)}) (12... Be7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 (14. e5 $5 Nxb3
15. axb3 Qxe5 16. Ncb5 (16. Re1 Qf6 $13) 16... d5 17. Re1 Qb8 18. Nc3 $13)
14... g6 15. Rad1 $14) 13. fxe6 $146 {[%mdl 4] The first independent move
hopes to open up the position for the beter access f white pieces.} (13. Kh1
O-O-O 14. a3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be7 16. b4 Qe5 17. a4 Kb8 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Nf3 Qh5
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc8 22. b5 a5 23. Qd2 $11 {0-1 Nisipeanu,L-Naiditsch,A/
Sarajevo 2006/ (58)}) 13... fxe6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qf3 O-O-O (15... Nxb3 $2 16.
Qf7+ Kd8 17. Qf6+ Kc7 18. Nd5+ $1 exd5 19. axb3 Qd2 20. Qxh8 $16) 16. Qf6 Nxb3
$1 {Svidler playes with fire, but his counterattack comes in the right moment.}
17. Qxh8 (17. axb3 Qe5 18. Rad1 $11) 17... Nxa1 18. Rxf8 Rxf8 (18... e5 19. b4
$1 Qb6 (19... Rxf8 20. Qxf8+ Qd8 21. Qxd6 Qc7 22. Qf8+ Qd8 23. Qc5+ Qc7 24. Nf3
Nxc2 25. Nxe5 $14) 20. Kh1 $1 Rxf8 21. Qxf8+ Qd8 22. Qxd6 Qc7 23. Qf8+ Qd8 24.
Qc5+ Qc7 25. Nf3 Nxc2 26. Nxe5 $14) 19. Qxf8+ Kc7 20. Kf1 {The big critical
moment, when Rublevsky might have tried the irrational attacking sacrifice 20.
Nxe6+?! with vey unclear consequences. With best human play is the game
position probably equal.} (20. Kh1 Qb6 (20... Qg5 21. Qf1 $1) 21. Qg7 Kb8 $1
22. Qxd7 Qxd4 23. Qxe6 Nxc2 $11) (20. Nxe6+ $6 Bxe6 21. Qe7+ Bd7 22. Nd5+ Kc6
23. c3 $5 (23. b4 $5 Qxa2 $1 24. b5+ Kc5 $1 25. Qxd7 Qb1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ $15)
23... Nc2 24. Nf6 $1 (24. h3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kh2 $2 Ne3 $1 26. Nf6 Qe5+ $19)
25... Qf2 26. Qd8 (26. Nf6 Bxh3 $1) 26... Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxe4 28. Ne7+ Kc5 29.
Qxd7 Ne3 $15) 24... Bc8 (24... Qc7 25. Nd5 Qb8 26. Qf6 $11) 25. Nd5 Qc5+ 26.
Kh1 Kb5 27. Qd8 $13) 20... Qb6 (20... Qc5 $5 21. Qf6 Qe5 $11) 21. Qg7 (21.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 22. Qe7+ Kb8 23. Qxe6 Ka7 $11) 21... Kb8 $1 (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Nd5+
$1 exd5 (22... Kb8 23. Qh8+ Ka7 24. Nc6+ $18) 23. Ne6+ $18) 22. Nce2 {White
his hoping to get some plus and avoids possible perpetual.} (22. Qxd7 Qxd4 23.
Qd8+ Ka7 24. Nb5+ axb5 25. Qa5+ $11) 22... Qc7 (22... Bc8 $5 23. e5 (23. Qxh7
e5 $1 24. Nb3 Nxc2 25. Qxg6 Ne3+ 26. Ke1 Bg4 $36) 23... Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.
exd6+ (25. c3 dxe5 26. Nf3 Nc2) 25... Kxd6 26. c4 e5 27. Nf3 Nc2 $11) 23. c3 (
23. Qf8+ Ka7 24. Qf2 Qb6 $11) 23... e5 24. Nf3 Nc2 {Reportedly Rublevsky spent
a lot of time calculating the consequences of 24...Be6 line.} (24... Be6 25.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Nc1 a5 $13) (24... Bb5 25. Qg8+ Ka7 26. Qd5 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Bxc4
28. b3 Bd3 29. Ng5 Kb6 $11) 25. Qxh7 Ne3+ $1 (25... Bb5 $2 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27.
Kf2 $16) 26. Kf2 $6 (26. Ke1 Ka7 (26... Nxg2+ 27. Kf2 Nf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Nd4
$14) 27. h4 (27. Qxg6 Qb6 28. b4 Ng4 $15) 27... Qc6 28. Qxg6 Qb6 $13) 26...
Nd1+ 27. Kg3 $2 (27. Ke1 Nxb2 28. Qxg6 Bb5 $15) 27... Bb5 $1 {After few
inaccuracies white will have to fight for his dear life in the worse endgame.}
28. Qxc7+ (28. Qg8+ Ka7 29. Neg1 Qc5 30. Qxg6 Qf2+ 31. Kg4 Nxb2 $15) 28... Kxc7
29. Nc1 Nxb2 30. Nd2 Bc6 $5 31. Kg4 Nd1 (31... d5 $1 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Kg5 Bxg2
$15) 32. Ne2 (32. c4 $5 Nc3 33. Kf3 Ba4 34. h4 $132) 32... Bb5 $1 33. c4 (33.
Ng3 Nxc3 34. a3 Bd3 $17) 33... Ne3+ 34. Kg5 Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Bxc4 36. Nc3 $2 {
It seems a bit absurd but the passive line 36.Nc1!? was preferable and
sufficient for the draw.} (36. Nc1 $5 d5 37. exd5 Bxd5 (37... e4 38. Kxg6 e3
39. h4 Bxa2 40. h5 Bxd5 41. h6 $11) 38. Kxg6 Bxg2 39. h4 $11) 36... b5 (36...
Kc6 $5 37. h4 (37. Kxg6 Kc5 38. h4 Kd4 39. h5 Kxc3 40. h6 Bd3 $1 41. Kf5 d5 $19
) 37... Kc5 38. g4 Kd4 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 Kxc3 41. h6 Bg8 42. Kg6 d5 43. Kg7
dxe4 44. Kxg8 e3 45. h7 e2 46. h8=Q e1=Q $19) 37. a3 a5 (37... Kc6 $5 38. Kxg6
Kc5 39. Nd1 Kd4 40. h4 $15) 38. Kxg6 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Nd1 Bf1 $6 {Svidler
had a good chance to try various unpleasant ideas for his opponent, while the
text line makes it quite easy for Rublevsky to save his skin.} (40... Bd3 $5
41. Kf5 Bc2 42. Nb2 Kc6 43. h4 Kc5 44. h5 Kd4 45. h6 Bxe4+ 46. Kf6 Kc3 47. Na4+
Kb3 48. Nb6 Ka2 49. g4 (49. Ke6 Bh7 $17) 49... b3 50. Nc4 Bh7 (50... d5 $2 51.
Nd2 Bh7 52. Kxe5 $18) 51. g5 d5 52. Ne3 Bc2 53. Nxc2 bxc2 54. h7 c1=Q 55. h8=Q
$11) 41. Ne3 Bd3 (41... Bxg2 $2 42. Nxg2 b3 43. Ne3 b2 44. Nd5+ Kc6 45. Nc3 $18
) 42. Nd5+ Kd7 43. Nxb4 Bxe4+ 44. Kf6 Bxg2 45. Nd3 e4 (45... Be4 46. Nxe5+ $11)
46. Ne1 $1 Bh3 47. Kg5 {The scare is over for white as he can build up the
fortress on the squares d4 and e3.} (47. Kg5 d5 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. Nc2 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Qh5 Be8 16. Rad1 Kb8 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Qh4 Be7 19. g3 h5 20. Qf4 Qxf4
21. gxf4 Rg8+ 22. Kf1 f5 23. Re3 Bc5 24. Ke2 Rg4 25. Kf3 Bb6 26. h3 Rg8 27.
Ree1 h4 28. Rg1 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Bc6+ 30. Ke3 a5 31. Rg5 a4 32. Bc4 Be4 33. Bd3
Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxf3 7. gxf3 bxc6
8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Ne7 10. Nc3 d6 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O-O Kh8 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Bb3
Rae8 15. e5 Nc8 16. exd6 cxd6 17. e4 f5 18. Rhe1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 g6 20. Rde1
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. d3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. Bg5 e6 11. Re1 d6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc5
15. Qd3 Be7 16. b4 Qg5 17. Re3 Kf8 18. Rg3 Qh6 19. Nb3 Rd8 20. Qd4 d5 21. Qa7
Ba8 22. Qxa6 Rg8 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxg3 25. Nxe7 Rg5 26. Qb7 Qh3 27. Nc5
Kg7 28. g3 Rh5 29. Qg2 Qg4 30. Nd3 Qc4 31. Qf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 a5 8.
Bd3 d6 9. Qg3 Ne7 10. O-O h5 11. Nc4 h4 12. Qf4 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Bd2 a4
15. b4 Bd4 16. c3 Ba7 17. a3 Ng6 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Be3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Ne5 21. Ba2
g5 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. Rf1 h3 24. f4 hxg2 25. Kxg2 gxf4 26. Rxf4 Ke7 27. Rh1 Raa8
28. h4 Rh7 29. h5 Rg7+ 30. Kf1 Rg3 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Rh8 33. Rf5 Ng4 34.
Rf4 Ne5 35. Rf5 Ng4 36. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 Rb8 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. Bh6 Nd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 e5 15. Kh2
Nh5 16. f5 h6 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. a3 Bd7 19. axb4 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 axb4 21. Ra7 Ra8
22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 g5 25. d4 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h3 h5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Rhe1 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Na5 Qa7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. f5 Bd7 20. c4 h4 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Bc2 O-O 23. Qxd6 Qd8 24. b4 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Bd3 Rfc8 27. Rc1 Kf8
28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Nb3 Ke7 30. Nd2 Nh5 31. Nf3 Kf6 32. Nxh4 Kg5 33. Nf3+ Kf4 34.
Kb2 f6 35. Nd2 Kg3 36. Re2 Bc6 37. Nf1+ Kh4 38. Re3 Rd7 39. Nd2 Rd6 40. Nf3+
Kg3 41. Nxe5+ Kf4 42. Ng4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 13. c3 Rb8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15.
Bd2 Bc8 16. Rc1 b3 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxb3 Bg4 19. N1d2 Nd7 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Bc4
Qxa4 22. b3 Qb4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 a5 25. d4 Nd7 26. Ra1 Bf6 27. Ra4 Qb6 28.
dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Qd2 Ra8 31. Rd1 Ra7 32. Kh1 Rd8 33. Qe1 Rc8 34. g3
g6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Rd5 Rc5 37. Qe3 Rb7 38. Rxc5 dxc5 39. Qd2 Ra7 40. Qd5 Bc3
41. Ra2 Qb7 42. Qxb7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Bb7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qe2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rhf1 O-O 19. g3 b4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 a5 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Be3 Ne7 25. Nb5 Nf5 26. Bf2 Rc6 27. g4
Rfc8 28. Rd2 Rc4 29. b3 Qxb5 30. bxc4 Qa4 31. Qd3 Qxa2 32. Kd1 Ne7 33. Qb3 Qxb3
34. cxb3 d5 35. c5 Kf7 36. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 {Svidler chooses an ambitious line.} ({
The following theoretical lines are more popular and less committing:} 4. Ngf3
Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3) (4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3) 4...
c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 {White forced Black to lose his right to castle, but his central
pawns chain is about to fall apart. The move in the text is preferable than 5..
.g6, not to weaken dark squares.} 6. dxc5 (6. c3 $6 Nc6 {with an idea 7...cxd4
and 8...Nb4.}) 6... Nc6 7. Qg3 ({The alternatives are:} 7. Ngf3) (7. Ndf3) 7...
Nh6 $5 $146 {This move appeares to be a novelty. At first sight it does not
look bad, black's knight is intending to jump on f5 harassing white's queen.
On the other hand, the previously played 7...f6 is more tempting and critical.}
(7... f6 8. Ngf3 Nh6 9. Nb3 (9. Bd3 Nf7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. O-O $6 (11. c4 $142)
11... e5 12. Nh4 e4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd4 15. Qd3 Ne6 $17 {1-0 Nevednichy,
V (2583)-Pelletier,Y (2603)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (30)}) 9... Nf5 10. Qf4 g5
11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qe2 (13. Be2 $13) 13... Bf6 14. Bd2 Kg7 15. g3
h6 16. Bg2 b6 17. O-O a5 $17 {0-1 Wang Yu A (2396)-Lputian,S (2614)/Beer Sheva
ISR 2005/The Week in Chess 575 (41)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Ngf3 Nf5 9. Qf4 g5 (9... Bxc5
$6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd3 $16) 10. Qa4 Qc7 {[%csl Re5]} 11. Bd3 {is very
complicated and deserves to be checked in the later games.}) 8... Bh4 9. Qf4
Bg5 10. Qg3 Bh4 {The young Russian star does not mind to repeat moves against
Peter Svidler.} 11. Qf4 (11. Qh3 Nxe5 {[%cal Gc8h3] is worse, since the queen
on h3 is vulnerable.}) 11... Bg5 12. Qa4 {Probably White is not better here,
but the tournament situation forced Svidler to push hard for a win.} Nxe5 13.
Ngf3 Nxd3+ $6 {It's logical to eliminate white's light-squared bishop, however,
this exchange improves white's pawnstructure, so the Pc5 will never fall...} (
13... Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 e5 $1 {The point of 13...Nxf3.} 16. Nxe5 (
16. Rd1 $5 Qe7 17. Be2 e4 18. Nd4 Qxc5 19. O-O $44) 16... Qg5 (16... Qe7 $4 17.
O-O Qxe5 18. Rfe1 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 17. f4 (17. O-O $2 Bh3 18. Nd7+ Ke7 19.
Rfe1+ Kd8 20. g4 Nxg4 (20... Bxg4 $2 21. f4 Bxd7+ 22. fxg5 Bxa4 23. gxh6 gxh6
24. c4 $14) 21. f4 Qh4 22. Re2 Nxh2 $1 23. Ne5 (23. Rxh2 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25.
Kg1 Qe3+ $19 {[%cal Ge3c1,Ge3g1]}) 23... Nf3+ $1 24. Nxf3 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxf3+
26. Kh2 Bg4 $17) 17... Qxg2 18. Rf1 Qxh2 19. c6 Kg8 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Qd7 Rb8
22. Qc7 Qh4+ 23. Kd2 Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {White has not more than reasonable
compensation for the pawn.}) 14. cxd3 {White's position should be preferable
thanks to some space advantage and more harmonious development. Moreover,
Black will have to lose some time to settle his king.} Be7 15. b4 $6 {This
move creates a target for Black, which was ignored for some reason...} (15. Nb3
Nf5 16. O-O $14) 15... f6 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 15... Bd7 16. Qb3 a5 {
ruining the white pawn chain on the queenside.}) 16. O-O Nf5 ({Dangerous for
Black is:} 16... e5 17. Qb3 (17. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 17... Be6 18. d4 e4 19.
Nxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Qxe6 exf3 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rfe1 $1 Rg8 23. d5 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1
$36 {[%cal Gd5d6]}) 17. Bb2 h5 18. Rac1 {White is trying to push b4-b5 gaining
even more space, while Black is fighting against it.} Bd7 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. Nd4 {
Exchanging Black's only active piece.} Nxd4 21. Bxd4 h4 $6 {This pawn will
become a target in future.} ({An immediate} 21... Qe8 {should have been
preferred.}) 22. h3 Qe8 (22... e5 $2 23. Bb2 Be6 (23... d4 24. f4 {and black's
pawns chain is collapsing.}) 24. d4 e4 25. Nxe4 $18) 23. f4 Qg6 24. Kh1 Rh5 {
Black managed to somehow complete the development, but actually, he has no
active plan at all. On the other hand, White is going to regroup his pieces
and put pressure on Pe6. White is considerably better.} 25. Nf3 a6 26. Rce1 Bd8
27. Bg1 $1 {The d4 square belongs to the knight.} Kg8 28. Nd4 Qf7 29. Qd1 $1 {
[%csl Rh5] Threatening 30.Nxe6.} g6 30. Bh2 Bc7 $2 {Black certainly
underestimated White's reply...} (30... b6 31. c6 $1 Bxc6 32. Nxe6 Be7 33. f5
$1 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Qd2 {with clear advantage, as Black has numerous
pawn weaknesses. Still, this would have been the least of the evils.}) {
[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","","","f4f5","A profound pawn
sacrifice, based purely on strategical aspects.",15]} 31. f5 $3 {[%mdl 32] A
profound pawn sacrifice, based purely on strategical aspects.} exf5 {The
alternatives are not better.} (31... e5 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 34. Qxh5
exd4 (34... Re8 35. Nf3 $18) 35. Qxd5+ Qf7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 (36... Qg7 37. Qxg7+
Kxg7 38. Re7+ $18) 37. Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Qd8+ $18) (31... Bxh2 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33.
Kxh2 {[%csl Gd4] White's position is strategically won thanks to superb Nd4,
pawns majority on the queenside and the control over the "e" file.}) (31...
gxf5 32. Bxc7 Rxc7 33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxh5 $18) 32. Bxc7 Rxc7 33.
Re3 {Now we can see all the benefits that White achieved by the pawn sacrifice.
The knight on d4 is clearly dominating over the passive bishop. The "e" file
is under white's control, and black's rook on h5 is out of play. Moreover, the
Pd5 is a clear target and will fall in the long run. Black's position is
objectively lost.} Rh8 (33... Rh7 {covering e7 square, would have been a bit
more resistant.}) 34. Rfe1 Bc8 35. Qf3 Kh7 36. b5 $1 Qf8 (36... axb5 37. Nxb5
Rd7 38. Nd6 $18) 37. b6 Rg7 38. Qxd5 {White's position is overwhelming. But,
we also have to praise Yan Nepomniashchy, that continued to fight and use all
possible practical chances until the bitter end.} Qd8 39. Qc4 g5 40. Ne6 Bxe6
41. Rxe6 Rf8 42. Rd6 Qb8 43. Qd5 Kg6 44. Rf1 (44. Ree6 $1 Rgf7 45. Qe5 Qc8 46.
Rd5 $18 {[%csl Rf5] was more convincing.}) 44... Qc8 45. Re6 f4 46. Qe4+ Kh6
47. d4 Rd7 48. Re1 Kg7 49. a3 {White is not in a hurry to make the decisive
breakthrow.} Qd8 (49... Rff7 50. Re8 Rd8 51. Rxd8 Qxd8 52. d5 $18) 50. d5 $1
Rdf7 (50... Rxd5 51. Re7+ Rf7 52. Rxf7+ Kxf7 53. Qh7+ Kf8 54. c6 Rd1 (54...
bxc6 55. b7 $18) 55. Qh8+ Kf7 56. Qh5+ $18 {[%cal Gh5d1,Gh5f7]}) 51. d6 Qc8 52.
Qd5 f3 $1 {The last practical chance.} 53. gxf3 Qd7 54. Kg2 $6 {Giving to the
opponent unnecessary chances.} (54. f4 $1 Qa4 55. fxg5 Qxa3 56. gxf6+ Kh6 57.
Qf5 $18) 54... Qa4 55. Re7 Qf4 {Suddenly, Black's queen became very active.}
56. Kf1 Qh2 57. Qf5 Qh1+ 58. Kf2 Qh2+ 59. Kf1 Qh1+ 60. Ke2 Qh2+ (60... Rxe7+ $1
61. dxe7 Qg2+ 62. Ke3 Re8 63. Qd7 Kf7 64. Qd5+ Kg7 (64... Kxe7 65. Kd3+ Kf8 66.
Qd6+ $18) 65. Qxb7 Qg3 {was forcing White to find some precise moves on the
way to a win.}) 61. Kd1 Qb2 62. R1e3 Qd4+ 63. Ke2 Qb2+ 64. Kf1 Qc1+ 65. Kg2
Qd2+ 66. Re2 {The checks are finally over.} Qd1 67. Qc2 Qd4 68. d7 g4 (68...
Rxe7 69. Rxe7+ Rf7 70. Rxf7+ Kxf7 71. c6 bxc6 72. b7 $18) 69. Qe4 gxf3+ 70.
Qxf3 f5 71. Qxf5 Kh8 72. Qh5+ Kg7 73. Rxf7+ (73. Rxf7+ Rxf7 74. Qg5+ {and the
"d" pawn queens.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na6 12. Kb1 Nc7 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Ba4 d5 15.
Bxc7 Qxc7 16. exd5 Rfd8 17. dxe6 Rxd2 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxd2 Rd8 20. a3 Kg6
21. Bb5 Bxa3 22. Bd3+ Rxd3 23. cxd3 Bb4 24. Nde4 Qd7 25. Rhf1 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 b5
27. Rfe1 b4 28. Ne4 Qd4 29. Ng3 a4 30. Ne2 Qd6 31. d4 a3 32. g3 Kh6 33. dxe5
Qxe5 34. Nd4 Qa5 35. Re3 axb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 a6 4. Nxc4 b5 5. Ne3 Bb7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 e6 8. a4
Nbd7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. Qb3 Qa6 12. O-O c5 13. Qc3 Be7 14. b3 O-O
15. Bb2 Bc6 16. Ra1 Qb7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxg2 Rd8 20. d3 Bf8 21.
Ne1 Nd5 22. Qa5 Rb8 23. Nf3 f6 24. Qa7 Qxa7 25. Rxa7 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Ne5 7. e4 Nf6 8. Qe2
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. N1xd2 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 e5 14. f5 a5
15. g4 a4 16. Nc1 Nd4 17. Qg2 Qc6 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Bxe2 Nd7 20. Rc1 b6 21. Rc3
Nc5 22. Rh3 Bb7 23. Bf3 Nd3 24. g5 Qc5 25. Qg1 Nf2 26. Rg3 Qd4 27. Qc1 Nxh1 28.
Bxh1 Rfc8 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Ba6 31. Bf3 b5 32. Be2 bxc4 33. Bxc4 Kf8 34.
Kc2 Ke7 35. Kd3 Rc5 36. Ke3 Bxc4 37. Nxc4 Rac8 38. b3 axb3 39. axb3 d5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8.
Ne1 Bd6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. b3 Bh3 12. Ng2 Ne6 13. Ba3 Nd4 14. Rad1
Qe7 15. f3 f5 16. e3 Nb5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Qxb5 f4 19. Rf2 Kh8 20. gxf4 exf4
21. e4 Rf6 22. d4 Rb8 23. Qa5 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 cxd4 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Qg5 Qf7 27.
Qe5 Rbd8 28. Rd3 Re6 29. Qc5 Qd7 30. Qg5 Rf8 31. Qc5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3
f6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. d3 Be6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nd2 b6 13. Qa4 b5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Nce4
Nd5 16. Rfc1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nd8 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxc8 Qxc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. axb4
f5 22. Nc3 a6 23. Nd5 Bd6 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Nb3 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxb4 27. Ra1 a5 28.
Nxa5 Bc5 29. d4 Bb6 30. Nb3 Kd7 31. Ra6 Kc7 32. Nc5 h5 33. Nd7 Rh6 34. Nxb6
Rxb6 35. Ra7+ Kd6 36. Bb3 Ne6 37. Rf7 exd4 38. Rxf5 dxe3 39. Rxh5 Nc5 40. Bg8
Rb8 41. Bf7 Ne6 42. Kg2 b4 43. Bg6 Rf8 44. Rb5 Rf2+ 45. Kh3 Rxe2 46. Rxb4 Rf2
47. Kh4 e2 48. Re4 Kd5 49. Re3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 {As an anti-Slav move order, this move is
well suited, because it inhibits the capture on c4. However, for the Catalan
Opening, to which play will transpose now, it can be said that the position of
the knight is defined too soon.} Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b6
{For this structure, the knight would be more atively played on c3, because it
would put the d5-square under some pressure, thus cusing Black some
difficulties with the thematic pawn break ...c5. In the Catalan, White usually
makes some useful moves (Rd1, b3) waiting for Black to define the position of
his queen's bishop. Against ...Ba6, he would play Nbd2, indeed, but then
Black's control over the d5-square would also be weakened, while against ...
Bb7, the knight should go to c3.} 9. e4 {There is also a reversed side of the
whole issue: with the knight on c3, White would need to spend a tempo on b3
before playing e4, because otherwise ...dxc4 would be sort of unpleasant.} Nxe4
{But this is a significant concession already. Now, it will make no difference
where the knight had been developed to.} ({It is generally considered that} 
9... Bb7 {offers Black a good game, because} 10. e5 Ne8 {is not dangerous for
Black. In order to generate kingside threats, White will have to spend
considerable amount of time to transfer his king's bishop to the b1-h7
diagonal. This would also imply a preliminary exchange on d5, in order to
avoid problems on the long diagonal. Black would get his counterchances along
the c-file.}) 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1 {In the next phase of the
game, the main theme will be Black's desire to carry out the freeing move ...
c5 under favourable circumstances.} Qc8 (12... Nf6 $6 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. c5 $14 {
[%csl Gb7] The passivity of the b7-bishop and White'sadvantage of space are
more relevant than the relative weakness of the d5-square.}) 13. Ne5 $6 {
This mov leads to premature simplifications, making a draw the most probable
result. White disposes over at least two ways ofgihting for an advantage.} (13.
Qc2 $5 {removes the queen from the exsposes central square, preparing d5 as an
answer to ...c5. Besides, the advance of the white c-pawn is supported in
certain cases.} c5 (13... h6 14. Bf4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 $14 {Bukic,E 
(2455)-Urzica,A (2250)/Pula 1975/MCD (1/2-1/2, 66)}) (13... Rd8 14. Bg5 Nf6 15.
c5 $14 {Stempin,P (2420)-Matlak,M (2375)/Porabka 1986/EXT 97 (1/2-1/2, 27)})
14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bd6 (15... Rd8 16. Bf4 Nf8 17. Ng5 Bd6 18. Be3 Be5 19.
Rac1 h6 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. f4 Bd6 {Kustar,S (2335)-Kozlov,O (2405)/Harkany 1993/
EXT 97 (0-1, 32)} 22. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 16. b3 Re8 17. Bb2 f6 (17... Qd8
18. Re1 h6 19. Qf5 Nf8 20. Nh4 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxg7 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Kxg7
24. Nf5+ Kf6 25. Nd6 $16 {Birnboim,N-Manevich,V/Tel Aviv 1978/EXT 2005 (1-0,
42)}) 18. Nh4 Qc7 19. Nf5 Ne5 20. Re1 Rad8 21. Rad1 $14 {Hausner,I (2440)
-Mueller,K (2380)/Hamburg 1990/EXT 97 (0-1, 93)}) (13. Bf4 {is a normal
developing move, maintaining White's advantage of space.} c5 (13... Re8 14. Qc2
Bf6 15. c5 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Timoscenko,G/Vilnius 1969/MCD (1/2-1/2, 28)}) 14. d5
Re8 15. Qc2 {. Finally, White had to retreat with the queen to c2 anyway. The
fact that White has provoked ...Re8 is probably not too relevant, because
Black would play it later anyway. Thus, we can state that 13.Qc2 and 13.Bf4
are more or less equivalent.} exd5 16. cxd5 Bf6 17. Rd2 (17. Bh3 Qd8 18. Qa4
Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. d6 Qf6 $132 {[%cal Yb7h1] Radulov,I (2405)
-Gaudineau,E (2240)/Val Thorens 1998/EXT 2000 (1-0, 30)}) (17. Ng5 $5 $14)
17... Nf8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Qa4 (19. h4 $5 $14) 19... Ng6 20. Be3 Qf5 21. Qb5 Be7
22. a4 Rab8 23. a5 $14 {[%csl Yd5] Goldin,A (2570)-Akopian,V (2590)/Los
Angeles 1991/EXT 2000 (0-1, 48)}) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rb8 15. Qg4 Rd8 16. Bh6
Bf8 17. h4 Qc7 $146 {Technically speaking, this is a novelty.} ({However,} 
17... c5 {led to similar play in the game Barshevich,V (2235)-Gladischev,O 
(2335)/Alushta 1997/EXT 2000 (1-0, 33). Only Black's further inaccuracies led
him to defeat.}) 18. Bg5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Qe4 h6 22. Bf4 Be7
23. h5 Rb8 24. b3 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {White's advantage of space does not
offer him real chances for success. There are certain lines of the Caro-Kann
where the same structure with the same material situation arises on board. The
significant difference is that in the CK the black king finds itself on the
queenside, being more exposed and leaving the other wing relatively vulnerable.
For instance, the incursion of the white queen to h7 could be rather
unpleasant for Black. This small detail marks the difference between +/= in
the CK and = here.} 26. Be3 Qd7 27. Kg2 a5 28. a4 Be7 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ Kg8
31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qf3 Kg8 33. Qe2 Bd8 34. f3 Bc7 35. Bf2 Qc6 36. g4 Bb8 37. Bg3
Bc7 38. Qd3 Qe8 39. Kf2 Qc6 40. Ke3 Kh8 41. Kf2 Kg8 42. f4 Qe8 43. Qe4 Qd7 44.
Ke2 Bd8 45. Bf2 Be7 46. Be3 Qd8 47. Qc6 Kh7 48. Qg2 Qd7 49. Qe4+ g6 50. Qh1 Bf8
51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg6+ Kxg6 53. Qe4+ Kg7 54. fxg5 Qd8 55. Qh1 Kg8 56. Qe4 Kg7
57. Qh1 Kg8 58. Qg2 Kg7 59. Qh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 e5 13. Bb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15.
a4 Qe7 16. a5 Nd7 17. b5 Ne5 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nd5 Qa3 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6
Rb8 22. Qc1 Bb2 23. Qc2 Bf5 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxb3 26. Rc7 Rfe8 27. Ne7+ Kg7
28. Qg4 Qd3 29. Nc6 Rb5 30. Rd7 Qf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxa7 Re6 33. Rb7 Rxc6 34.
Rxb2 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3
Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qb3 c5 11. d5 f5 12. O-O-O Ng6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7
15. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 a6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Ba7 15.
Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf3 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Rcd1 Rd7 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qc2 c5 23. Na4 Rd5 24. Ba3 Rg5 25. Bc1 Rh5 26. Be3 Qd6 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. Qd3 Rd8 29. Rfe1 Rd5 30. Nb2 Nh5 31. Nc4 Qf6 32. Qe4 Nf4 33. Ne5 d3
34. Nf3 R5d6 35. Kh1 d2 36. Rf1 Rd5 37. h4 Ne6 38. Qe3 Qf4 39. Qxf4 Nxf4 40.
Ng1 Rd3 41. g3 Nd5 42. Ne2 Re8 43. Nf4 Nxf4 44. gxf4 Re4 45. Kg2 Rxf4 46. Rh1
Kh7 47. Kf1 Re4 48. Rg1 Rd6 49. f3 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Qd3 g6 13. Qf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bd7 15. Rd1 Na5 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Nh5 f5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Rc8 20. Qg3 Qc7
21. Rd3 Bb5 22. Rf3 Nc4 23. Bb3 Nd2 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qxc3
27. Qd1 Ba4 28. Qe1 Qxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rc2 30. h4 Rd2 31. Re5 b6 32. h5 Bb3 33. h6
Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rxd4 36. Re7 Rh4+ 37. Kg3 Rxh6 38. Rxa7 g5 39. a4
Re6 40. a5 bxa5 41. Rxa5 Rf6 42. f4 h6 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. g4 Kg6 46.
gxf5+ Rxf5+ 47. Rxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
N5f6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 a6 14. Bc2 h6 15.
Nh4 Qc7 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Be3 Ne5 18. b3 Rad8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Qf3 b5 21. Nf5 Bf8
22. Rac1 g6 23. Ng3 Nb6 24. f5 g5 25. Nge4 Nfxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qf2 c4 28.
bxc4 Nxe3 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Bb3 Qe5 32. cxb5 Bxa3 33. bxa6 Bxa6
34. Rc6 Bb7 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Rb6 Ba8 37. f6+ Kg6 38. Bc2+ Kh6 39. Rxe3 Qxe3
40. Qxe3 Rxe3 41. Rb8 Be4 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Re8 Bxc2 0-1

