[Event "Rilton Cup 34th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Furhoff, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bh4 e5 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. e4 Bc5 {even though this is a
veru atypical opening, this is actually the first new move.} 6. f4 $6 {This
leaves the White position way too loose. Better was something like 6.Nc3 with
even chances.} Ng6 7. Qh5 (7. Bg3 h5 $5) 7... Qe7 8. Bd3 (8. Nc3) 8... Nh6 (
8... Bd4 $5 9. Nc3 (9. c3 $2 Bxg1 10. Rxg1 Qd6 $17) 9... Qb4 10. Rd1 N8e7 $15)
9. Nc3 c6 10. Bxf6 $6 (10. Nge2 O-O $15) 10... Qxf6 11. Qxc5 Nxf4 12. O-O-O d6
$15 13. Qa3 Ng4 $1 14. e5 $2 (14. Nge2 Nf2 15. Rhf1 N4xd3+ 16. cxd3 Qg5+ 17.
Rd2 Nxd3+ 18. Kc2 Ne5 $15) 14... Qh6 $1 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Nh3 (16. exd6 Nf2)
16... Nxh3 17. gxh3 Nxe5 $5 $17 (17... Nf2) 18. Be4 $6 d5 19. Bd3 Bxh3 $19 20.
Rhg1 Bg4 21. Rc1 Rf2 22. h3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qxh3 24. Na4 Re8 25. Ka1 h5 26. Qd6
Qxd3 27. Qc5 Qe3 28. Qb4 Re4 29. Qa5 Qd2 30. Qxa7 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Nova Gorica op 04th"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kutuzovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 {I Consider this the best.} Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6.
Nh3 $1 {N This logical move believe or not have never been played in this
position.} Bd6 7. g3 O-O (7... Be5 8. Bd2 exd5 9. Bg2 c6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
cxd5 12. Bg5) 8. Bg2 Na6 (8... Be5 9. Bd2) 9. Nb5 $1 Qe7 10. O-O Nc5 11. b4 Na6
$2 (11... Nce4 $1 12. f3 (12. Nxd6 Nxd6 13. c5 bxc5 14. bxc5 Nde4 15. c6 dxc6
16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Qc2 $44) (12. Bb2 $2 exd5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. f3 Nc3 15. Bxc3
Qe3+ 16. Nf2 Qxc3 17. cxd5 Bxd5 $15) 12... Be5 13. Rb1 (13. fxe4 Bxa1 14. Nxc7
(14. e5 $6 Ne4 $1 (14... Bxe5 15. d6 Bxd6 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bg2 $13) 15. Bxe4
fxe4 16. Bg5 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Qf7 18. Qxa1 Qh5 $1 {double attack.} 19. Bh4 Qxe2
20. Nxc7 Rc8 21. d6 Rf8 $17) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxa8 Bxa8 $13) (13. Ra2 Nc3 (13...
a6 14. fxe4 axb5 15. exf5) (13... c6 14. fxe4 cxb5 15. exf5 exd5 16. cxd5) 14.
Nxc3 Bxc3 15. e4 (15. Qd3 Be5 16. f4 Bd6 17. Nf2 a5 $132) (15. f4 Ne4 16. Nf2
exd5 17. cxd5 $13 a5 $2 18. Qb3 a4 19. Qc4) 15... a5 $132) 13... Nc3 14. Nxc3
Bxc3 15. Qd3 Be5 16. f4 Bd6 17. Nf2 exd5 $2 18. c5) 12. Bb2 $16 Ne4 $2 (12...
e5 13. Qc2) 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 $1 $18 fxe4 15. fxe4 exd5 16. exd5 Rae8 17. Nf2
Nb8 $5 18. Qd2 $1 (18. c5 $6 bxc5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. d6 cxd6 21. Bxb7 Qe2 {
would have led to unnecessary complications due to /^a7-f2.}) 18... Qe2 {
What else?} 19. Qxe2 Rxe2 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. b5 $1 {xNb8,Bb7} Rc2
23. Ne4 Rg6 24. Rae1 {Black decided to resign under this mating attack.} 1-0

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op-A"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lajthajm, Borko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 $5 Bb4 5. Rc1 Nf6 $146 ({I simply did not
want to play} 5... f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Rxc3 O-O 9. Nh3 d6 10. f3 $13)
6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Rxc3 O-O (7... Ne4 8. Rc2) 8. f3 d5 (8... Nh5 9. Be3) 9. c5 bxc5
10. Rxc5 c6 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Rc3 Re8 13. Qb3 Qb6 $5 (13... Qc8 {preparing e5 or
c5 is also possible.}) 14. Ne2 c5 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Kf2 c5 17. Ng3
$13 (17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Ng3 $13)) 15. dxc5 Qxb3 (15... Nxc5 16. Qxb6 axb6 17.
Bd6 Na4 18. Rb3 Rec8 19. Kd2 $14) 16. Rxb3 Nxc5 17. Rc3 Na4 18. Rc7 Ba6 $5 (
18... Rab8 {is a good alternative to the text.}) 19. b3 Nb6 (19... e5 $6 20.
Bg5 Nb6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ng3 $16) 20. Kd2 d4 $1 21. e4 (21. exd4 $2 Nfd5 $19)
21... e5 22. Bg3 Nfd7 {Just like Capablanca said place your pawns on the color
of your opponent's bishop.} 23. Nc1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rec8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Nd3
f6 $1 {Keeping the game complicated.} (26... Rc3 $2 27. Rc1) (26... Nc5 27.
Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Kxc1 f6 30. Be1 $11) 27. Rc1 (27. f4 f5 $1) 27...
Rxc1 28. Kxc1 Kf7 29. a4 $6 {The start of a risky plan with a4 followed by
Kb2-a3-b4 which keeps the king far away from the center.} Ke6 30. Kb2 f5 $1 {
Black takes over the initiative by the central pushes.} 31. a5 Nc8 32. exf5+
Kxf5 33. Bh4 Nd6 (33... g5 $5 34. g4+ Kf6 35. Bg3 Ke6) 34. g4+ Ke6 35. Ka3 Kd5
$1 $138 {I have allowed my king to be pinned} (35... e4 36. fxe4 Nxe4 37. Kb2
$1 {and the king comes on time.} (37. Kb4 Ne5)) 36. Nb4+ Kc5 37. Be7 Nf6 38.
Ka4 $2 (38. Kb2 Nfe8 39. Nd3+ Kd5 40. Kc2 {is the only idea to backpedal with
the king.}) 38... e4 $1 (38... Nd5 $2 39. Nd3+) 39. Bxf6 (39. fxe4 Nfxe4 40.
Nd3+ Kd5 $17) 39... gxf6 40. fxe4 Nxe4 41. Nd3+ Kc6 $1 (41... Kd5 42. Kb5) 42.
Kb4 (42. b4 Nc3+ 43. Kb3 Kd5) 42... Nd2 $1 {I have relieved after I have
played this move.} 43. a6 $6 (43. Ka4 Kd5 $17) 43... Kd5 44. h3 $1 Ke4 $2 {
A bad mistake!} (44... Nf3 45. Kb5 Ne5 46. Nb4+ Ke4 47. Kc5 d3 48. Nxd3 Nxd3+
49. Kc6 (49. Kd6 Kf4 $1 50. Kc6 Kg3 $19) 49... Ke5 $1 (49... Kd4 $2 50. Kb7)
50. Kb7 Kd6 $19) 45. Nc1 $6 ({He missed a beautiful draw with.} 45. Nc5+ Ke3
46. Kb5 Ne4 47. b4 $1 d3 (47... Nxc5 48. bxc5 d3 49. c6 d2 50. c7 d1=Q 51. c8=Q
$11) 48. Nxd3 Kxd3 49. Kc6 Nc3 50. b5 Na4 51. Kb7 Kc4 52. b6 $1 Nxb6 53. Kxa7
Nd7 54. Kb7 Nc5+ 55. Kb6 Nxa6 56. Kxa6 Kd4 57. Kb6 Ke4 58. Kc6 Kf4 59. Kd5 $1
Kg3 60. Ke4 Kxh3 61. Kf4 $3 $11) 45... Nf3 46. Kc5 Ne5 47. Na2 $2 {Misplacing
the knight instead of trying to sacrifice it.} (47. b4 $1 d3 (47... Nd3+ 48.
Nxd3 Kxd3 49. b5 Ke3 50. b6 axb6+ 51. Kxb6 d3 52. a7 d2 53. a8=Q d1=Q $11) 48.
Nxd3 Nxd3+ 49. Kc4 $3 Nxb4 (49... Nf4 50. Kc5 Nd5 51. b5 $11) 50. Kxb4 Kd5 51.
Kb5 Kd6 52. h4 Kd5 53. Kb4 Kc6 54. Kc4 Kb6 55. Kd5 Kxa6 56. Ke6 Kb5 57. Kxf6 a5
58. Kg7 a4 59. Kxh7 a3 60. g5 a2 61. g6 a1=Q 62. g7 {is the famous theoretical
position.} Qb1+ 63. Kh8 Qb2 64. Kh7 Qc2+ 65. Kh8 Qc3 66. Kh7 Qd3+ 67. Kh8 Qd4
68. h5 Qf6 69. Kh7 Qf5+ 70. Kh6 Qg4 71. g8=Q Qxg8 $11) 47... d3 (47... h5 $6
48. b4 (48. gxh5 $2 f5 49. b4 f4 50. b5 f3) 48... hxg4 49. hxg4 Ke3 50. Nc1 d3
51. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 52. Kc4 $1 Ke4 53. b5 Ne5+ 54. Kc5 $11) 48. Nc3+ Ke3 49. Nd5+
Kf3 $6 {Not the most convincing winning try.} (49... Ke2 50. Nc3+ (50. Nf4+ Kf3
) 50... Kd2 51. Ne4+ Ke3 52. Ng3 h5 $1 {I have seen this idea opening the road
for the f pawn but could not have calculated it to the bone.} 53. gxh5 Kf3 54.
Nf1 Ke2 55. Ng3+ Ke1 56. Nf5 d2 57. Ne3 f5 $19) 50. Nc3 (50. Kd4 d2 51. Nc3 (
51. Ne3 $2 Ke2) 51... Kg2 52. Ke3 Kxh3 53. Kxd2 Kxg4 54. Nd5 Kf5 55. b4 Ke6 56.
Nc7+ Kd7 57. Nd5 $11) 50... d2 51. Kd6 $2 {Missing the same idea twice, White
is doomed to lose the game.} (51. Kd4 Kg2 52. Ke3 Kxh3 53. Kxd2 Kxg4 54. Nd5
Kf5 55. b4 Ke6 56. Nc7+ Kd7 57. Nd5 $11) 51... Nd3 52. Kd5 (52. Kc7 Nb2 53. Kb7
Ke3 $19) 52... Nb4+ 53. Kc4 Nxa6 $138 {I was happy to get rid of the naughty
passer but the decision is debatable.} (53... Na2 54. Nd1 Ke2 55. Nb2 Nc1 56.
Na4 Kd1 $1 57. b4 Kc2 58. Nc3 Nd3 59. b5 Nb2+ 60. Kb4 Na4 61. Nd5 Kd3 $19) 54.
Kd3 Nc5+ 55. Kxd2 $2 {He missed the following} (55. Kc2 Ke3 56. Nd5+ Ke2 57.
Nf4+ Ke1 58. Ng2+ Kf2 59. Nf4 Ne6 $1 $19) 55... Ne4+ $1 $19 {And finally now
White is stone cold lost in a king and pawns endgame.} (55... Nxb3+ $2 56. Kd3
Nc5+ 57. Kd4 Ne6+ $19) 56. Nxe4 Kxe4 57. Ke2 a5 (57... Kf4 58. b4 Kg3 $19) 58.
Kd2 Kf3 59. Kd3 (59. Kc3 Kg3 60. Kc4 Kxh3 61. Kb5 Kxg4 62. Kxa5 h5 ({or} 62...
f5 $19) 63. b4 h4 64. b5 h3 65. b6 h2 66. b7 h1=Q 67. b8=Q Qa1+ 68. Kb6 Qb2+
$19 {and the x-ray on the b-line is the crux of the minor piece exchange which
decides the game.}) 59... Kg3 60. Ke4 Kxh3 61. Kf4 Kg2 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Filipovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "S Saraj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 b6 {A speciality of IM Branko Filipovic. He feels at home in such
positions. Personally I do not like such offbeat openings.} 2. c4 e6 3. a3 Bb7
4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Bd6 $5 {One of the main lines in this opening.} (6...
b5 $6 7. Nxb5 exd5 8. Bf4 Na6 9. Bg2 c6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 dxc4 12. Qa4 $1
$16) (6... g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nh3 O-O 9. O-O a5 (9... Na6 10. b4 $1 Nxd5 $140 $6
11. Nxd5 exd5 (11... Bxa1 $2 12. Bg5 $18 (12. Ne7+ Qxe7 13. Bxb7 Rad8 14. Bxa6
$16)) 12. Bxd5+ Bxd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 $14) 10. Rb1 Na6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qc8 (
12... e5 13. e4 c5 14. dxc6 dxc6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Be3 $16) 13. Nb5
(13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 c5 16. dxc6 (16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Bg2 Ra4 18.
Rxb6 Rxc4 19. Bb2 $11) (16. b5 Nc7 (16... Nb4 17. Nf4 Qe8 18. Bd2 exd5 $140 19.
Bg2 $16) 17. Nf4 $16) 16... Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. b5 Qe4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bxc5
bxc5 21. Qxd7 Qg4 22. Kg2 Qe4+ 23. Kg1 $11) 13... Ne4 14. Ng5 $40) 7. Bg2 ({
White gains nothing with} 7. Nb5 $6 Be7 ({or even} 7... Be5 8. Nf3 (8. f4 Bd6)
8... a6) 8. Bf4 Na6 9. Bg2 O-O) 7... Be5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Nh3 {This type of
development for the knight is recommended.} (9. Nf3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 $13) 9...
Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 $14 {A critical position.} a5 $146 {This came as a
surprise. A loss of tempo in such a suspicious position looked to me crucial.}
(11... Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rad1 {Kir.Georgiev-Sharif,France 2003.} Qf6 14.
Bc1 $14) 12. Rad1 Qe8 {Now the other tactical trick with d5xe6 and e6xd7 is on.
} (12... Qe7 {The problem with this move is that black is always sitting on}
13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nce4 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc5 Bxd2 16. d6 cxd6 17. Bxb7 Ra7
18. Bg2 Ba5 19. cxd6 $16) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 exd5 18. cxd5
$16) 13. b4 (13. dxe6 $6 {Too early to release tension.} dxe6 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nd6 $36) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Bxc3 15. bxc5 $6 {Too tactical!
It looked as if some advantage would appear out of this smart-ass move.} (15.
Bxc3 Nce4 16. Ba1 $1 exd5 17. Nf4 c6 (17... Qf7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Qxc7 Ra2 $140 $2 21. Bxg7 $3 Kxg7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qe5+ Qf6 24. Qxd5 $18) 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 (18... cxd5 19. Qc7) 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qc7 $14) 15... Bxd2 16. Rxd2
exd5 $1 (16... bxc5 17. Rb1 $1 {A necessary move which is based on calculation
which I came up earlier in the game.} (17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. exd7 $4 Qe4 $19) 17...
Rb8 (17... Ra7 18. dxe6 Bxg2 19. exd7 Qa8 20. d8=Q Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Kxg2
Qa8+ 23. f3 Ra2 24. Rb2 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 $14) 18. dxe6 Bxg2 19. exd7 Rxb1+ 20.
Qxb1 Nxd7 21. Kxg2 $14) 17. cxb6 $6 {Opening of the c line is no good for
white. I was too optimistic for my chances.} (17. cxd5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19.
Rd4 Qe5 $11) 17... Ne4 18. Rd3 (18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. bxc7 Rc8 $11) (18. bxc7 Nxd2
19. Qxd2 Rc8 20. Nf4 $15) 18... cxb6 19. cxd5 Qe5 $1 {Draw offer} 20. f4 {
It took me some moves and time to understand that white is worse. Black has
very fine control over the queenside and my minor pieces on the other wing do
not participate in the game. Meanwhile he has two files a and c and c3 square
in his nights and a6-f1 diagonal in his bishops disposal.} Qd6 21. Nf2 {
There would occur a serious disturbance on the line c in case of other moves} (
21. Ng5 Rfc8 $40) (21. Bxe4 Rfc8 22. Qd2 fxe4 23. Rd4 Ra5 $40) 21... Rfc8 $17 (
21... Bxd5 $6 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Rd4 Qc6 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4
$14) 22. Qb2 Qc5 23. Qd4 {First here on this square should step my queen.} (23.
Qe5 $6 Re8 24. Qd4 Ra2 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Rc3 d6 $17) 23... Nc3
24. Re1 {After this black will charge withsome tactics but the alternatives
are not making much sense.} (24. Qe5 Ba6 25. Re3 Re8 26. Rxc3 Qb4 27. Qxf5 Qxc3
28. d6 $44 {provides white with some compensation but probably not enough.}) (
24. Bf3 Qxd4 (24... Ra2 25. Qe5) 25. Rxd4 Ra5 26. e4 fxe4 27. Nxe4 $13 {
is no clear at all but black has the upperhand.}) 24... Ra1 $1 {I have seen
that,however my prepared move was losing in two.} 25. Nd1 (25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26.
Kxe1 {everything looks in order for white but...} Qa5 $1 $19 {is extremely
annoying.}) 25... Ba6 $1 $19 {Black is winning now.} (25... Nxd5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5
27. Kf2 b5 28. Bxd5+ Rxd5 29. Ne3 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Rxd3 31. exd3 g6 32. Nc2 $11 {
White is ready to create and impregnable fortress.}) 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd2 Rxd1
$4 $138 {And unexpected misappreciation of the possibilities.} (27... Bxe2 28.
Nxc3 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rxc3 30. Kxe1 Bc4 $19 (30... Bd3 $6 31. d6)) 28. Rdxd1 Nxd1
29. Rxd1 Bxe2 30. Re1 $17 {Now in this very stage of the game I have
understood that to lose this game will be not that easy meanwhile I started to
lick my chops for some bishop endings, pawn down but very strong one of my own
on d6.} Rc2 31. d6 Rd2 $4 {Another mistake in a winning position which was not
noticed by anyone.} (31... Kf7 32. Bd5+ Kf6 33. Bg8 h6 (33... Rd2 34. Bxh7 Bf3
35. Re8 g6 36. Bg8 Rxd6 37. Kf2 Be4 $19) 34. Ra1 Bc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 $19) 32. Bb7
Kf8 33. Bc8 g6 $2 {The final mistake now after this players should divide the
points.} (33... Bb5 $8 34. Rb1 (34. Re5 Bc6 35. Rxf5+ Ke8 $17 {is dangerous.})
34... Bc6 35. Rxb6 Rxd6 36. Rb2 $15 {is probably a draw but on the other hand
if there is any chance it lies in this ending since the game continuation
leads jsut to a draw.} (36. Bxd7 $4 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Bxd7 $19)) 34. Bxd7 Rxd6 35.
Bxf5 Rd2 36. Be4 $11 {Now there is no win for any of us.} b5 37. Rb1 Rd1+ 38.
Kf2 Rxb1 39. Bxb1 Bg4 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Bd3 Bd7 (41... b4 42. Kd4 Be6 43. h4 Kf6
44. h5 gxh5 45. Bxh7 $11) 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. h4 Be8 44. g4 h6 {Noone is in danger
of losing the game since the material left over the board is ridicuouslu
miniscule for a possible advantage.} 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Ke6 47. Kc5 Ke7 48.
Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 {An invitation to French.} 2. c4 ({In the play-off games for the
trophy I have chosen} 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7.
Nc2 Be7 8. g3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 $1 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Be6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Bd4
Rfd8 14. Rc1 Bh3 (14... Rac8 15. e3) 15. e3 $11 {Atalik-Yermolinsky Reno
(play-off(01) 10').The game was drawn after a lot of adventures.}) 2... Bb4+ 3.
Nd2 $5 b6 4. Ngf3 {I was already planning for Qb3 but waiting also for Bb7.} (
4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Bb7 6. Qg5 $5 Qxg5 7. Bxg5 c5 $1 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 $13
{Black has enough counterplay based on white's weaknesses on the queenside
especially c4.}) (4. Qb3 c5 5. a3 Ba5) 4... Bb7 5. Qb3 $1 Bxd2+ (5... c5 6. a3
{and now black does not have} Ba5 $2 7. dxc5 Na6 8. cxb6 $18) 6. Bxd2 (6. Nxd2
f5 (6... Nf6 7. f3 $5) 7. e3 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Be2 $14) 6... d6 7. g3 ({I
really did not like the idea of closing the center with} 7. d5 $5 e5 (7... exd5
$6 8. cxd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 $14) 8. e4 Nf6 $13) (7. c5 $6 {a la Ivan Sokolov} Nf6 8.
cxd6 cxd6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qa3 Ne4 11. e3 g5 $1 $36) 7... Nf6 (7... Nc6 $6 8. d5)
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rad1 $11 {Basically one can say that white's
opening strategy succeded on the other hand the resulting type of positions do
not really annoy black at all.} Qe7 (10... a6 $5 11. Qe3 $5) (10... Ne4 $6 11.
Be3 f5 12. Ng5 {is what white really wants to see.}) 11. Rfe1 a6 $5 {A very
deep concept.} 12. Bg5 {I have chosen the most solid possible answer.} (12. Qd3
Be4 13. Qe3 b5 14. b3 bxc4 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bb4 $11) 15. bxc4 c5 16.
Qa3 $1 cxd4 17. Bb4 Nc5 18. Rxd4 a5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Red1 Qc7 $11) (12. Qc2
Be4 13. Qc1 b5 14. b3 c5 $132) (12. Qe3 $5 $13) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 (13...
Qxf6 $2 14. Ne5 dxe5 (14... Bxg2 $2 15. Nxd7 Qe7 16. Nxf8 $18) 15. Bxb7 Rab8
16. Bc6 Rfd8 17. e3 $16) 14. d5 e5 {Now the position is closed but not in the
way white wanted to have it.} 15. e4 (15. Bh3 $6 e4 (15... Bc8 16. Bxc8 Raxc8
17. e4 g6 $13) 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. Qe3 Qh5 18. Kg2 Rfe8 19. Nc2 Re5 20. Qf4 Bc8 21.
Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Ne3 a5 $36) ({I have spent a lot of time to make} 15. c5 $2 {
work.} dxc5 16. Nh4 e4 (16... Rfd8 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. e4 Bc8 $17) (16... Kh8 $6
17. Nf5 Qd7 18. e4 Ne8 19. f4 $44) 17. d6 cxd6 (17... Qd7 $5 {even this is
possible.}) 18. Ng6 Qc7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 $19) 15... Rab8 $5 {The first real
surprise for me.} ({I was counting on the stereotyped} 15... Bc8 16. Nd2 h5 $5
(16... a5 17. f4 $1 (17. Nf1 $6 Nd7 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qg5 $36) 17... exf4 18.
gxf4 Nh5 19. Rf1 Qh4 20. Qe3 $14) 17. Nf1 (17. f4 Bg4 18. Bf3 $11) 17... h4 18.
f4 Bg4 19. Bf3 $11) 16. Nd2 c5 {Black first fixes the queenside after which he
will return to the kingside and try to open the position there where his
chances are.} 17. dxc6 $8 {Practically forced.} (17. Qxb6 $6 Bxd5 18. Qa5 ({
The second pawn is taboo.} 18. Qxa6 $4 Ra8 19. Qb6 Rfb8 $19) 18... Be6 19. b3
Qd8 20. Qc3 Qb6 $15) (17. Qc3 Bc8 $15) 17... Bxc6 18. Nb1 {I believe the
knight belongs yet to the queenside.} (18. Nf1 Rfd8 (18... Qb7 19. Rxd6 Bxe4
20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rd5 Nc5 22. Qc3 f6 23. Ne3 Ne6 24. Nf5 $14) 19. Ne3 g6 (19...
Nxe4 $2 20. Qc2 $18) (19... Bd7 20. Qa3) 20. f3 $11) ({Alex was concerned with
} 18. Qa3 $6 Nd7 (18... Rfd8 19. Qxa6 Qc7 20. Qa3 Ra8 21. Qc3 Rxa2 22. Ra1 Rda8
$132) 19. Nb3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qxa6 Qc7 $40) 18... b5 $1 {Now we have a
punch to punch type of game which Alex enjoys!} (18... Rfd8 19. Nc3 b5 20. cxb5
axb5 21. Qb4 Qe6 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Red1 $14) 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. Qc2 $1 (20. Qa3 $6
Qb7 21. Nc3 Rxb2 22. Rxd6 Rc2 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxa2 25. Qxa2 Qb4 $11)
20... Rb6 21. Nc3 (21. Na3 $6 Rc8 (21... Bb5 22. Re3) 22. Re3 Qb7 23. Nc4 Bb5
$17) 21... Rfb8 22. b3 {Sooner or later white has to throw this in.} (22. Rb1
Bd7 $1) (22. Re2 $6 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Qc7 25. h3 Bd7 26. Rc1 Be6 27.
Rbc2 Qa5 $36 {and black's queen is very active.}) 22... Bb7 {Black is ready to
switch his forces to c line.} ({maybe it is too early for the immediate switch
with} 22... Rc8 $5 23. Rc1 (23. Na4 $6 Rbb8 $1 (23... Rb7 $6 24. Re3 Bd7 (24...
Rbc7 25. Nb6) 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. Nxc3 Rc7 27. Qd3 $16)) 23... Bd7 24. Qd2 (24.
Qd3 $6 Rbc6 25. Re2 Be6 26. Rec2 Qc7 $36 (26... Qa7 $5)) 24... Rbc6 25. Nd5
Nxd5 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. exd5 $13) 23. Na4 (23. Qd3 $6 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rbc6 25. Rc2
Qc7 26. Rec1 Qb6 $36) 23... Rc6 24. Qb1 {I need to control the c line.} (24.
Qd3 $2 Rbc8 $40 (24... a5 {or})) 24... a5 (24... Rbc8 25. Nb2 a5 26. Nc4 a4 27.
Ne3 $14) (24... Bc8 25. Rc1) 25. Bf1 $1 {The bishop has done its job on the
fianchetto post. White's success in defence may lead him to take the upper
hand because of the better structure. Now we enter into a new phase of the
game where both sides should be ready to calculate tactical shots.} Rbc8 (25...
Ba6 $6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rc1 $1 $16 {and white grabs the line.} (27. Qd3 Rc6
28. Rc1 Rbc8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Nb2 d5 $1 31. exd5 Rd6 32. Nc4 Rxd5 33. Qe3 $14)
) 26. Bb5 ({White has to be careful with the exchange sac!} 26. Bc4 $2 Rxc4 27.
bxc4 Rxc4 28. Qb5 Qc7 $1 (28... Rxe4 $2 29. Rxe4 Nxe4 30. Rb1 $18) (28... Rb4
$2 29. Qxa5 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Nc3 $16) 29. Rxd6 Rxa4 30. Rxf6 Rxe4 31.
Rxe4 Bxe4 32. Rb6 Qc3 (32... Qc2 33. Qf1 Qxa2 $15) 33. Qe2 Qa1+ 34. Qf1 Qxa2
35. Rb5 Qa3 36. Qd1 Qc3 $15) 26... R6c7 $8 ({However the double exchange sac
is too much.} 26... Rc2 $2 27. Nb6 R8c3 28. Bd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Qc7 30. Nc4 Rxc4
31. bxc4 Nxe4 32. Rb3 $16) 27. Bd3 (27. Qd3 Rc2 (27... d5 $6 28. exd5 Nxd5 29.
Qf5 $40) 28. Bc4 Rxa2 29. Nc3 Rb2 30. Na4 $11) 27... Bc6 28. Nc3 Bd7 29. Bc4
Be6 30. Nb5 {I wanted to keep things complicated!} (30. Nd5 Nxd5 (30... Bxd5
31. Bxd5 Rc2 $140 $2 32. Bc4 $18) 31. Bxd5 Rc5 $11 {is too simple.}) 30... Rd7
{Draw offer} 31. Rc1 (31. Qd3 $6 d5 32. exd5 Bxd5 $36) 31... Rdd8 32. Nc3 ({
Having short on time Alex was concerned about} 32. Qd3 d5 33. exd5 Bxd5 {
This is safe.} ({However I was worried about} 33... Nxd5 $5 34. Rxe5 Nf4 35.
Qe3 Nh3+ 36. Kf1 $1 (36. Kh1 $2 Qb7+ 37. f3 Ng5 $17) (36. Kg2 $6 Ng5 37. g4 Qd7
38. Bxe6 Nxe6 39. Rc4 $1 (39. Rxc8 Qxc8 $40) 39... Rxc4 40. bxc4 Qc8 41. Qe4
Rd2 $40) 36... Ng5 37. Bxe6 Rxc1+ 38. Qxc1 Qb7 39. Bd5 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Qxd5 41.
Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qc2+ g6 43. Nc3 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qxh2 45. Qd3 Qh5+ 46. Kd2 Qh2 $11)
34. Bxd5 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 (35. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 $19) 35... Nxd5 36. Rd1 Rd7 37. Qc4
Nf6 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Nc3 $11) 32... Bxc4 $138 {Alex played this a little bit
too quick!} ({I was worried about the other moves.} 32... Rc5 $6 33. Red1 $1 (
33. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 34. Na4 (34. Qd3 $6 Rdc8 35. Ne2 d5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. exd5
exd5 $17)) (33. Na4 Rc7 34. Bxe6 fxe6 $15) 33... Rdc8 34. Na4 $5 (34. Qd3 Qd7
$13) 34... R5c6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Nb6 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 38. Qxc1 Qb7 39. Qc8+
$1 Qxc8 40. Nxc8 {This ending is bad for black.} d5 41. exd5 exd5 42. Ne7+ Kf7
43. Nc6 $16) (32... Rc6 33. Qd3 Rdc8 34. Ba6 R8c7 35. Bc4 $11) 33. bxc4 Rc5 34.
Nd5 Nxd5 {Black has to eliminate the knights otherwise white's position has
more prospects} (34... Qe6 $6 35. Qd3 Rdc8 {after} 36. Ne3 $14) 35. cxd5 Rdc8
36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Rc1 $11 Qc7 38. Rxc5 Qxc5 39. a4 $5 {From this moment on
everything leads to a draw!} (39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qe8 (40. Qb7 f6 41. Qc6 Qa3 42.
Qd7 $11) 40... f6 (40... Qb4 41. Qxf7 Qxe4 42. h4 $11)) 39... Qb4 (39... f5 40.
Qb8+ (40. exf5 Qxd5 41. Qb5 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qd2 43. Qe8+ $11) 40... Kh7 41. Qf8
fxe4 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qxe4 Qb4 44. Qg6 $11) 40. Qc2 g6 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. f3 {
A good game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {The Owen defense - typical for this guy thinking that if he
does something irregular he will win easily.} 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6.
g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bd2 {All these were
played before even in my games.} Qe7 (11... a5 {is Atalik-B.Filipovic,Neum
2004.}) 12. Rad1 Rae8 13. Nf4 ({It is too early for} 13. b4 $6 Nce4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 exd5 17. cxd5 Qf7 $36) 13... Qf7 $6 {I have
thought that he blundered. Indeed he went slightly wrong.} ({My anticipation
centered around} 13... a5 14. b4 $1 ({Too early to open the game with} 14. dxe6
$6 dxe6 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Nd3 (16. Qa4 $6 Nc5 17. Qc6 Nb3 $17) 16... Bd6) 14...
axb4 15. axb4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. Nd3 Bf6 19. b5 Nxd2 20. Rxd2
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 $14) 14. dxe6 $6 {I have thought that this will give me some
advantage. Now I am not that sure.} (14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. dxe6 dxe6
17. b5 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 e5 20. Qh4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 c6 22. Rd6 cxb5 23.
cxb5 $11) ({I have a feeling that} 14. Be3 $142 $1 {is the move.} Bxf4 15. Bxf4
e5 16. Bc1 $16) 14... dxe6 15. Nd3 {I have thought this will give me some
serious advantage, maybe it was too much of expectation.} Bd6 16. Nxc5 {
This is the natural move, playing for c6 square looks slow and could become
even dangerous.} (16. Bxb7 $6 Nxb7 17. Qa4 e5 $132) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 bxc5 $6
{This is an unforced error difficult to understand the logic behind it.} (17...
Bxc5 18. b4 Bd6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bc1 (22. Be3 $2 f4 23.
gxf4 Ng4 24. f5 Qh5 25. h3 Rxf5 $19) 22... Qe6 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. Bg5 (24. Be3 $2
d5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxa6 f4 27. Bc1 Qc6 28. f3 Nc7 $19) 24... Rc8 25. Bxf6
Rxf6 26. Rc1 $11) 18. f3 $1 {A prophylactic move. Exchanging two minor pieces
would lead nowhere.} (18. Nb5 a6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Bc3 Ne4 21. f3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3
$14) 18... Qh5 19. Be3 $5 (19. Be1 $142 e5 (19... a6 20. Bf2 e5 21. e4 (21. Na4
{is another idea.} Nd7 (21... f4 22. Nxc5 e4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 $16 {
and black has no compensation.}) 22. b4 $1 $16 {and white is on the top.})
21... f4 22. Rd3 $16) 20. e4 $1 f4 21. g4 Qg6 22. Nd5 h5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Kh1
$1 $40) 19... e5 20. Nb5 (20. b4 $5 cxb4 21. Nb5 f4 (21... bxa3 22. Nxd6 (22.
c5 Be7 23. Nxc7 Rc8 24. Ne6 Rfe8 25. Ng5 h6 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. c6
Bf8 29. Rb1 $13 {looks messy.}) 22... cxd6 23. Rxd6 Rb8 24. Bc1 $13) 22. Nxd6 (
22. Bf2 $5 bxa3 23. c5 Be7 24. Nxc7 Rc8 25. Ne6 Rfe8 {is not the same as the
previous line.} 26. Qc4 Qf7 27. Qa6 $44) 22... cxd6 23. Bf2 bxa3 24. Rxd6 e4
$13) 20... f4 $8 {This is what I was expecting.} (20... Re6 21. b4 cxb4 22. c5
Be7 23. Qc4 Qf7 24. axb4 $16) 21. Nxd6 $5 {Again another sharp decision. I was
counting on some endgame with R+B+2Ps against 2Rs.} ({I had to bite the bullet
and play coldbloodedly} 21. Bf2 $142 e4 (21... Re6 22. b4 e4 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24.
gxf4 Qf5 (24... exf3+ 25. exf3 $16) 25. Kh1 Qh3 26. fxe4 Nxe4 (26... Ng4 27.
Bg1) 27. Qd3 $8 Qh5 28. Bg1 $16) 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rxd6 (23. gxf4) 23... Qf5 (
23... Qg6 24. Qd1 $16) 24. Qb1 $1 $16 {But all these lines requires a lot of
exact calculation with which I could not come up in this part of the game.} (
24. Kg1 $2 Qh3 25. gxf4 e3 26. Bg3 Nh5 $19) (24. Qd1 $1 $16)) 21... cxd6 22.
gxf4 exf4 $5 {This was a big surprise.} (22... e4 23. Rxd6 exf3+ 24. Rxf3 Ne4
25. Rd5 Qg6+ 26. Rg5 {After which of course I have missed that} Qc6 $1 {
leads to an immediate draw.} (26... Nxg5 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. fxg5 $14 {I was
expecting this to happen over the board.}) 27. Rd5 Qg6+ $11) 23. Bf2 $2 {
After almost 30 minutes of thought I have decided for the howler!} (23. Bxf4
Ng4 24. Rd5 $1 {is the great move I have missed.} ({Just like in my game with
Gelashvili from Greek league of two years ago I could have settled for a draw
with my king up the board but without particular danger.} 24. h3 $6 Rxf4 25.
hxg4 Rxg4+ 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kf2 {is the position I have reached and I could
not be sure ofthe fact that he can not push his rook in the attack.} Qh4+ (
27... Rf8+ $4 28. Ke1 Qh4+ 29. Kd2 Qg5+ 30. Kc3 $18) (27... Re6 $4 28. e3 (28.
Ke1 Qg3+ 29. Kd2 Qe3+ $11) 28... Qh3 29. Qd3 $18) (27... Re5 $4 28. e3 $18) 28.
Kf3 (28. Kg2 Qg5+ (28... Re3 $4 29. Rf3) (28... Re4 $4 29. Rf3 Rg4+ 30. Kf1
Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Ke3 Qg5+ 33. Kd3 d5 34. Rdf1 $1 Rd4+ 35. Kc3 Rxc4+ 36.
Kb3 $18) (28... Re6 $4 29. Rf3 Rg6+ 30. Kf1 Qh2 31. Ke1 Rg1+ 32. Kd2 Qh6+ 33.
Kc3 $18) (28... Qg4+ 29. Kf2 $11 {is similar to the lines with Qg5.}) 29. Kf2
Re5 (29... Rf8+ $4 30. Ke1 $18) (29... Re6 {Now only} 30. Rd3 $2 {loses} (30.
Ke1 Qg3+ 31. Kd2 Qe3+ $11) (30. Qd3 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf2 $11) (30. Rh1
Qe3+ 31. Ke1 Qg3+ 32. Kd2 Qe3+ $11) 30... Qh4+ 31. Rg3 Qh2+ (31... Rf6+ 32. Kg2
Rxf1 33. Rxg7+ (33. Kxf1 Qxg3 34. Qf5 g6 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. b4 $17) 33... Kxg7
34. Kxf1 Qf4+ $17) 32. Rg2 Rf6+ 33. Ke1 Qxg2 34. Rxf6 gxf6 $19) 30. Rh1) 28...
Re6 (28... Re5 $4 29. e4 Rg5 30. Rd2 Rg3+ 31. Ke2 $18) (28... Qh5+ 29. Kf2 $11
(29. Kg3 Qe5+ 30. Kf3 Qh5+ $11)) 29. e4 Rf6+ 30. Ke2 Qh2+ 31. Kd3 Qh3+ 32. Ke2
$11) (24. Qd2 $6 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxe2+ 26. Kg1 Nxh2 (26... Ne3 $2 27. Rxd6 h6 28.
Rd8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ Qg6+ 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. Rc1 Rxb2 32. Rc8 $18) 27. Rxd6 h6 $1
(27... Nxf1 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kxf1 $14) 28. Rf2 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Ng4
(29... Nxf3 30. Qxf3 Qg5+ 31. Kh2 Qh4+ 32. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 30. Qf8+ Kh7 31. fxg4
Qxg4+ 32. Kh2 Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Qh1+ 34. Kg3 Re5 35. Rd5 Re3+ 36. Rf3 Qg1+ 37. Kh3
Qh1+ 38. Kg3 $11) 24... Qh4 (24... Rxf4 25. Rxh5 Ne3+ 26. Kg3 Nxc2 27. Kxf4
Rxe2 28. Rd1 g6 29. Rg5 Nd4 30. Rd5 $16) 25. Rf5 Rxf5 26. Qxf5 Rxe2+ 27. Kg1
Nh6 (27... Nf6 28. b4 Re1 29. Qg5 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 $16) 28. Qc8+ Kf7
29. Qc7+ Re7 30. Qxd6 Nf5 31. Qd5+ Kf6 32. Qd2 Nd4 33. Be3 $16) 23... Re6 24.
Qd2 $6 {One mistake follows the other after the long thought I have taken two
moves before this.} (24. b4 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Nd7 26. Qd2 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Nb6 28. Qd3
$17) 24... Nd7 25. Qd5 $4 {And the final punch I have absolutely overlooked
that this simply drops a pawn.} (25. b4 Nb6 26. Qd3 Rfe8 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Rd2
Rh6 29. h4 Qg6+ 30. Kh2 $17) 25... Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Nb6 $17 {I have lost a pawn
as simple as this. However white's position despite of all the abuse I have
generated is still very resilient.} (26... Rxe2 $2 27. Rxd6 Nb6 (27... Ne5 28.
Re1 Rxe1 29. Bxe1 Nxc4 30. Rd7 Rf7 31. Rd8+ Rf8 32. Rd7 $11) 28. b3 Rb2 29. Rd3
$13 {looks like what I was dreaming about.}) 27. Rd2 Nxc4 28. Rc2 Ne3+ (28...
Ne5 $6 29. b4 $15) 29. Bxe3 Rxe3 (29... fxe3 $6 30. b4 Rf5 31. Rfc1 Ree5 32.
Rc4 $132) 30. b4 $1 {The start of a tough defence.} Rf5 (30... Rxa3 $6 31. bxc5
dxc5 32. Rxc5 Re8 33. Kf2 Ra2 34. Re1 a5 35. Rc4 $1 $132) 31. bxc5 Rxc5 (31...
dxc5 $2 32. Rfc1 Rxa3 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 $11) 32. Ra2 $8 {Somehow I can
not effort losing two pawns in this endgame so passive defense is required!} (
32. Rxc5 $2 dxc5 33. Rc1 Rxe2+ 34. Kh3 Re5 $1 (34... Re3 $2 35. Kg4 Rxa3 36.
Rxc5 Ra4 37. Kf5 h6 38. h4 Kh7 39. Rc7 a5 40. Ra7 Ra1 41. Kxf4 $11) 35. Kg4 g5
36. h4 h6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Rd6 $1 (39. Rd7+ Ke6 40. Rxa7 c4 41.
Rc7 Kd5 42. a4 Kd4 $19) 39... a5 40. a4 Re6 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Rc7 Re5 43. Rc6+
Ke7 44. Rg6 Kd7 45. Rxg5 Kd6 $1 (45... Rxg5+ 46. Kxg5 Kd6 47. Kxf4 Kd5 48. Ke3
Kc4 49. f4 Kb3 50. Kd2 Kb2 51. Kd3 Kb3 $11) 46. Rg6+ Kd5 47. Kxf4 c4 48. Ra6
Re1 $3 49. Rxa5+ Kd4 50. Ra8 c3 51. Rc8 (51. Rd8+ Kc4 52. Rc8+ Kb3 53. Kg5 c2
54. f4 c1=Q 55. Rxc1 Rxc1 56. Kf6 Re1 57. f5 Kc4 58. Kg7 Kd5 59. f6 Ke6 60. f7
Rg1+ $19) 51... Kd3 52. Rd8+ (52. Kg5 c2 53. f4 c1=Q 54. Rxc1 Rxc1 55. f5 Ke4
56. f6 Ke5 57. f7 Rf1 58. Kg6 Ke6 $19) 52... Kc4 53. Kg5 c2 54. f4 c1=Q 55.
Rc8+ Kd5 $19) 32... Re6 {Right idea he wants to squeeze me on the other flank
as well.} 33. Kf2 Rh6 34. Rh1 Ra5 35. a4 {Otherwise Ra5-a4 will confine my
pieces to utmost.} Kf7 (35... g5 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Rb1 $132) 36. h4 a6 (36... Kf6
37. Rd1 d5 38. Rb1 Ra6 (38... Rxh4 39. Rb5 Ra6 40. Rxd5 $132) 39. Rb5 Ke6 40.
Rd2 Rxh4 (40... Rd6 41. Rb7) 41. Rbxd5 Rh2+ 42. Ke1 Rxa4 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Rd7+
Ke8 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. R8d7+ $11) 37. Rb2 $3 {Endings do have their own rules,
it is time for active play now albeit some moves ago it would turn out to be
detrimental.} Rxa4 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rd7 ({I was not so sure about this endgame.
} 39. Rd1 Rxh4 40. Rxd6+ Ke5 41. Rdd7 Rh2+ 42. Kg1 Rh6 43. Rxg7 Ra1+ 44. Kg2
Rg6+ 45. Rxg6 hxg6 46. Kf2 Ra2 $17) 39... Rd4 40. Ra7 g6 41. Rxa6 $17 {Now
when all the pawns were reduced to the same flank I was relieved.} Rh5 42. Ra7
h6 43. Rh7 Rd2 44. Rh8 Kg7 $6 {After this I will immediately force the draw.
He had to look for his chances into the other ending.} (44... Re5 45. Rf8+ Kg7
46. Rxf4 Rexe2+ 47. Kg3 d5 48. Ra4 Kf6 49. Ra6+ Kf5 50. Rg1 $132) 45. Re8 g5
46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Re4 d5 48. Re5 d4 49. hxg5 Rxg5+ 50. Rxg5 hxg5 51. Rh7+ $1 $11
{This saves the day for white since the pawn ending is a draw.} Ke6 $6 {
Still he has to check if I could have kept the opposition correctly since in
the rook endgame there is nothing to write home about.} (51... Kg6 52. Re7 d3
53. Kf1 Kf6 54. Re4 dxe2+ 55. Rxe2 Rxe2 56. Kxe2 Ke5 57. Ke1 (57. Kd3 Kd5 58.
Kc3 Ke5 (58... g4 59. fxg4 Ke4 60. Kd2 f3 61. Ke1 $11) 59. Kd3 Kf5 60. Ke2 Kf6
61. Kf2 Ke5 62. Ke1 (62. Ke2 Kd4 63. Kd2 Kc4 64. Kc2 $11) 62... Kd4 63. Kd2 $11
) 57... Kd5 58. Kd1 $11) 52. Kf1 d3 53. exd3 Rxd3 54. Ke2 Re3+ 55. Kf2 Ra3 56.
Rg7 Kf6 57. Rg8 Ra5 58. Kg2 Re5 59. Kf2 {Another save in the endgame for me
with some luck.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sherwin, James T"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bristol"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 $6 {This move expands whites
center unnecessarily.} Nf6 6. Bxb4 $5 {A new conception.} (6. Bd3 {Usual is} e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Bxb4 (9. Qa4+ b5 10. Qxb5+ Nbd7 $17) 9... axb4 10.
Nf3 Qxb2 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. O-O Nd7 $15) 6... axb4 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 Nc6
(8... Na6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O e5 $11) (8... c5 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. Qe3
Nc6 12. Bd3 Qc7 $17) 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 (10. exd5 $2 Re8+ 11. Be2 Na5 12. Qxb4
Qe7 13. Ng1 c6 $17) 10... Na5 11. Qxb4 Re8 12. Bb5 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxc6
bxc6 $36) 8... Qe7 9. Be2 {Probably the most accurate.} (9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5
Nfd7 11. Bd3 h6) 9... e5 10. dxe5 $2 {But this exchange is too much.} (10. O-O
exd4 (10... c5 11. d5 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. a3 Na6 $15) (10... Re8 11. dxe5 (11. d5
Nfd7 12. Ne1 Nc5 13. Nd3 Nba6) 11... dxe5 12. c5 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bd7) 11. Nxd4 Re8
12. Rfe1 Na6 (12... Nbd7 13. Qb3 (13. Nf5 Qe5 14. Ne3 Nc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5
Bd7) 13... c5 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rxa3 17. Qxa3 Ne5 18. Ne3 $11)
13. Bf1 Nc5 {with an easy game for black.}) 10... dxe5 11. O-O c5 $1 $15 12.
Rfe1 Nc6 13. Nb3 b6 $1 ({I was not so sure about the standart knight
implantation in d4.} 13... Ne8 14. Nfd2 Nc7 15. Nf1 Ne6 16. Ne3 Ncd4 17. Nxd4
Nxd4 18. Qd3 $15) 14. Nfd2 Bb7 15. Nf1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 $17 (16... Bxe4 $2 {
is absolutely unnecessary.} 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. Qc1 $44) 17. Bd3 Nd7
18. Qd2 Ra7 $1 (18... Nc5 $5 19. Qxb4 f5 {looks tremendous too.}) 19. Ng3 Rfa8
20. Nf5 Qf8 21. Bb1 g6 22. Ng3 Nc5 $19 {With a total dominance.Now white has
rightfully decided to sac the exchange.} 23. Qxb4 Ra4 24. Qd2 ({b6 pawn is
poisonous.} 24. Qxb6 $2 R8a6 25. Qc7 f6 $19 {and the queen falls.}) 24... Nb3
25. axb3 Rxa1 26. h4 h5 $1 {And important move outproduct of calculation.} 27.
Nf1 (27. Qg5 $2 Qd8 $1 28. Qxe5 d3 29. Rd1 d2 $19 {decides the game at once.})
27... Qd8 {I was too materialistic in the second part of the game!} (27... Qe7
28. g3 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Bxe4 30. Re1 f5 (30... Qb7 31. f3 Bxf3 32. Rxe5 Qd7 $19)
31. Qh6 Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nd2 Kf6 $1 34. Nxe4+ fxe4 35. Rxe4 Ra1+ 36. Kg2
d3 $19) 28. g3 Qd7 29. f3 Qh3 30. Qg5 Re8 31. Qf6 (31. Nd2 Kg7) 31... Re6 32.
Qg5 Kg7 33. Qd2 Rf6 34. Qe2 Rd6 35. Qd3 Rd8 36. Rd1 Ba6 $6 {In time trouble
black misses an important theme.} (36... f5 $142 $1 37. exf5 Qxf5 $19) 37. Qd2
Rc8 {I have wanted to rewind.} (37... b5 38. Bd3 Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Ra8 40. Qe1 (40.
cxb5 Bb7)) 38. Qb4 Rc6 39. Qe7 Re6 40. Qd8 $2 {Notorious 40th move.} (40. Qd7
g5 $1 41. hxg5 h4 42. g6 $1 Kxg6 43. Qd8 Kh7 44. Qxh4+ Qxh4 45. gxh4 Rh6 46.
Ng3 Rxh4 47. Nf5 Rh5 48. Nd6 Kg7 49. f4 exf4 50. Nf5+ Kf6 51. Nxd4 Bb7 52. Rf1
Rh3 $19) 40... Rf6 $19 {Now it is completely over.} 41. Bc2 (41. Qe7 Rxf3 42.
Qxe5+ Kh7 43. Qxd4 Bb7 $19) 41... Ra2 42. f4 Rxb2 (42... exf4 43. Qxd4 (43. e5
Re6) 43... fxg3 44. Qc3 Qxh4 45. Nxg3 Qg5) 43. Rd2 Bb7 {This the best but
almost anything wins here.} (43... exf4 44. e5 (44. Qxd4 fxg3 45. Ne3 Ra2 $19)
44... Re6 45. Bf5 Qxf5 46. Rxb2 Qxe5 $19) 44. Qe7 d3 {Curtains.} (44... Bxe4 $2
45. Rh2) 45. Qxe5 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2015.08.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Bokros, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.08.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kraljevo Sloga Turist"]
[BlackTeam "Krajisnik Krajina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 b6 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Bb7 {I have found this move
risky. With queens of White would not feel that he is lagging in development.}
(5... Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 {brings the game into the realm of
Bogo-Indian.}) 6. Qg5 $5 Qxg5 7. Bxg5 d6 8. f3 h6 9. Bd2 $5 (9. Bh4 {looks
more normal but I wanted to keep the bishops away from the scene of action not
to be forced to exchange them.}) 9... Nd7 (9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bc3 Nf6
12. e3 $14) 10. e3 Ngf6 11. Ne2 e5 (11... c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 d5 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Ba6 $14) 12. Nc3 a6 (12... exd4 13. exd4 d5 14. cxd5 $14
) 13. Kf2 O-O 14. b4 a5 $6 {This is one of the milestones in Black's coming
difficulties.} 15. Be2 (15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Nb5 Rfc8 $16) 15... axb4 16. axb4
Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. d5 $1 $16 {In spite of too many exchanges
Black is in dire straits.} (19. Nb5 Ne8) 19... Kf8 20. e4 $6 ({I have missed
the opportunity to prevent c5.} 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Na7 $1 (21. e4 c5) 21... Bb7
$16) 20... Ke7 21. h4 (21. Nb5 c5 $1) 21... Bb7 22. Nb5 (22. Nd1 Bc8 23. Ne3 {
looks promising than what I did.}) 22... c5 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Nc3 Kd8 25. Be3 (
25. g3 Kc7 26. Ke3 {is another set up to push f4.}) 25... Kc7 26. Bd1 Nf8 27.
Ba4 $2 {Any plan White should devise should most likely be based on keeping
the pair of bishops.} (27. g3 Ng8 28. Ke2 Ne7 29. Bc2 $16) 27... Bxa4 28. Nxa4
N8d7 29. g4 {The continuation of my plan.} (29. Ke2 Kc6 (29... Nh5 $2 30. Nc3
Nf4+ 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nd5+ Kb7 33. Kd3 Ne5+ 34. Kd4 $18) 30. Nc3 Kb7 31. Kd3
Nb8 32. Bd2 Na6 33. Nd1 h5 $132) 29... h5 $1 30. g5 (30. gxh5 Nxh5 31. Nc3 Nhf6
$14) 30... Ng8 31. Nc3 Ne7 $14 32. Kg3 {White's advantage seriously diminished
since he is hooked on h4.} Kc6 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. exd5+ Kc7 35. f4 f5 $1 $11 36.
gxf6 gxf6 37. Kf3 f5 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Bg5 (39. c5 bxc5 (39... Nf6 40. cxb6+
Kb7 41. d6) 40. bxc5 Nf6 41. Bf4 $1 $11 {is another way to finish the game as
a draw and I have seen that during the game.}) 39... Kd6 40. Bd8 b5 41. cxb5
Kxd5 42. Bc7 Nf8 $1 (42... f4 43. Ke2 Nf8 {comes to the same.}) 43. b6 Kc6 44.
Bxe5 Kxb6 45. Kf4 Ng6+ 46. Kxf5 Nxh4+ 47. Kg5 Nf3+ 48. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qa5 8.
Qc2 d6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. c5 dxc5 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. e5 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Nfd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Ng5 Nb6 19. Qxe6 Nd8 20. Qe4 Qc6 21.
Qe5 Qf6 22. Qxc5 O-O 23. Be3 Rc8 $4 ({Although this rook move looks quite
natural, in fact, it's a very bad slip. Correct was Dieser Turmzug wirkt zwar
ganz natürlich, ist aber tatsächlich ein ganz grober Bock. Korrekt war} 23...
Nc6) {[%tqu "En","Black's last move was a big mistake. How would you prove
it?","Exploit the disharmony in the placement of Black's pieces and find a way
to win material.","Use your b1-rook for the decisive blow!","b1b6","This
terrific blow yields White a decisvie material advantage.",5,"De","Der letzte
schwarze Zug war ein schwerer Fehlgriff. Wie würden Sie dies nachweisen?",
"Nutzen Sie die Disharmonie in der Platzierung der schwarzen Figuren zum
Materialgewinn aus.","Versetzen Sie mit Ihrem Turm b1 den entscheidenden
Schlag!","b1b6","Dieser Kraftzug verschafft Weiß entscheidenden
Materialvorteil.",5]} 24. Rxb6 $3 {[%csl Rc8,Rf6,Rf8][%cal Ge3c5,Gc5f8] A
beautiful refutation of Black's careless rook move! Eine wunderschöne
Widerlegung des sorglosen schwarzen Turmzugs!} Rxc5 (24... axb6 {fails to
scheitert an} 25. Qxc8) 25. Rxf6 exf6 ({Or Oder} 25... Rxf6 26. Bxc5 {, and
White is a piece up. und Weiß hat eine Figur mehr.}) 26. Bxc5 fxg5 27. Bxf8
Kxf8 28. Rd1 {The ending is hopeless for Black. Das Endspiel ist hoffnungslos
für Schwarz.} Ke7 29. f3 Nc6 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ke3 b6 32. Ke4 h6 33. a4 Na5 34.
Rd8 Nb7 35. Re8+ Kd6 36. Rg8 Nc5+ 37. Kd4 Nxa4 38. Rxg6+ Ke7 39. Rxh6 a5 40. c4
Kf7 41. g3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Ne2 (6. Nc3 f5 7. Nge2
Nf6 8. exf5 Bxg2 9. Rg1 Bf3 10. Rg3 Bb7 11. fxe6 dxe6 12. Qa4+ Bc6 13. Qc2 Bd6
$13 {1/2-1/2 Schneider,A-Forintos,G/Budapest 1979/MCD-ch (13)}) (6. Nf3 Nf6 7.
a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 O-O 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 c6
$6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nf1 Nf8 16. Ne3 Qb7 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. f3 $16 {1-0
Malisauskas,V-Litus,V/Katowice 1991/EXT 91op (31)}) 6... Bxd2+ $146 (6... f5 7.
exf5 Bxg2 8. Rg1 Bb7 9. Nbc3 Nc6 10. fxe6 dxe6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Qc2
(13. Qd2 $5) 13... O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Qd2 g6 16. Qe3 $14 {0-1 Vasiliev,
R-Lempert,I/Moscow 1990/EXT 90 (28)}) 7. Qxd2 Nh6 (7... Nf6 8. e5 Ne4 9. Qc2
$16) 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 (9... f5 10. exf5 (10. e5 d6 $132) 10... Nxf5 11. d5
$1 $36 (11. Bxf5 Rxf5 12. Ng3 (12. d5 $5) 12... Rf8 13. Rae1 d6 $13)) 10. f4
Nd7 (10... f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. d5 $1 $16) 11. d5 $1 {[%cal Ge2d4,Gd4c6]} e5
12. f5 $14 f6 (12... Nc5 $2 13. f6) 13. b4 Nf7 14. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2a4]} Kh8 {
[%cal Gf8g8,Gg7g6]} 15. Ba4 a6 (15... Rg8) 16. Rab1 Rg8 17. Rb2 (17. Bxd7 Qxd7
18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 c6 20. Na4 Rab8 $1 {nothing for white.}) 17... Nf8 18. Qe3
{[%cal Gc4c5]} a5 $1 (18... g6 $6 19. c5 {with big advantage.}) 19. a3 axb4 20.
axb4 g6 21. Ng3 ({Now} 21. c5 {is not so good in view of} bxc5 22. bxc5 Ba6 {
and black gets good contrchances.}) 21... Bc8 22. Bc6 Ra3 23. Qc1 $1 gxf5 24.
exf5 (24. Rbf2 Rxc3 $1 (24... Rb3 $2 25. Qc2 $1 Ra3 (25... Rxb4 26. Na2 $18)
26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rg6 28. Nb5 $18) 25. Qxc3 f4 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Nh6 {
[%cal Gh6g4,Gg4e3,Gg8g5]} 28. Qh3 Ng4 29. Re2 Ne3 30. Rxe3 fxe3 31. Qxe3 Qg7
$14) (24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Ng5 26. Kh1 Ng6 $132) 24... Ng5 $6 (24... Ra6 $8
25. Nce4 Ng5 26. c5 $16) 25. Ba4 $1 {[%csl Ra3]} Bd7 (25... h5 26. Re2 Rxc3 27.
Qxc3 h4 28. Ne4 $18) 26. b5 Be8 27. Re2 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 h5 (28... Nd7 $142 29. h4
Nf7 (29... Nc5 30. hxg5 Nxa4 31. Qc2 Rxg5 32. Ne4 $18) 30. Ne4 Nh6 31. Bd1 {
and white's win only the question of time.}) 29. Rf4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh5][%cal
Gf4h4]} c6 $6 30. dxc6 (30. bxc6 Qa7 31. Bb5 exf4 32. Qxf6+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7
34. Rxe8 $18) 30... Qa7 31. Rf1 d5 (31... Qxa4 $2 32. Ra1 $18) 32. Rxe5 $1 Nfh7
(32... fxe5 33. Qxe5+ Kh7 (33... Qg7 34. Qxe8 (34. f6 Qf7 35. cxd5 $18) 34...
Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qxc4 36. Qxh5+ Nfh7 37. Qe2 $1 $18) 34. Qxe8) 33. Rxd5 h4 34. Ne2
h3 35. g3 Bf7 (35... Qxa4 36. Ra1 Nf3+ 37. Kf2 $18) 36. Rd4 Re8 (36... Qxa4 37.
Ra1 Nf3+ 38. Kf2 $18) 37. Bd1 Ne4 38. Qb2 Nc5 39. Nf4 Qe7 40. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Cutro 05th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "1999.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 g6 6. Nbc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Qd2
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nf7 14. a3 Na6 15. b4
c5 16. Nb5 Nc7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Bd3 Nxb5 19. cxb5 O-O 20. Rab1 Bh6 21. Qc3 Rc8
22. f4 c4 23. Bc2 Qe7 24. Rf3 Qd6 25. f5 Ng5 26. Rff1 a6 27. b6 Kh8 28. Bg3 Nf7
29. Kh1 Rg8 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rf3 Bg7 32. Rbf1 Rgf8 33. Bh4 f5 34. exf5 Bxd5
35. Rh3 Kg8 36. f6 Bh6 37. Bxg6 Ng5 38. Bxg5 Bxg5 {[%tqu "En","White's attack
is near its conclusion - how would you finish it?","Black's king is stripped
of its pawn shield. If you can shift you queen to the kingside, that would be
too much for Black!","The h3-rook must give way to White's queen and to do it
without allowing Black any time.","h3h8","",3,"h3h8","",0]} 39. Rh8+ $1 (39.
Rh8+ Kxh8 40. Qh3+ Bh6 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexey2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Vladivostok DVGU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 d6 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
Qc2 Nxe4 9. Bd3 Nf6 {This is a difficult system to play - for a pawn White
gets a long-lasting pressure, while Black may hope to defend and then
capitalise on his material advantage.} 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Kg7 12. Rae1 Qd8 13.
Re3 Nbd7 (13... e5 $5) 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. h3 Ng8 16. Bh4 Ndf6 17. Ng5 $1 Bd7 18.
Rg3 Rf8 {[%tqu "En","White has mobilised all his pieces. How can he use them
now?","First of all, White needs to make holes in Black's pawn shield on the
kingside - it's too hard to attack a monolith.","White should not be afraid to
sacrifice some material, as he enjoys a great advantage in force on the
kingside. Besides, some of Black's pieces won't join the action for a long
time.","g5h7","This is a classical example of how destroying the opponent's
pawn cover greatly increases the power of one's attacking pieces. This is an
intuitive sacrifice, as White is unlikely to calculate everything. Instead, he
should trust that with so many of his pieces near the vulnerable enemy king,
his attack will be victorious.",10]} 19. Nxh7 $3 Kxh7 20. Bxg6+ Kh8 21. Bd3 $18
{Now all White needs is to shift his queen to the kingside. Black is helpless.}
Nh5 (21... e5 $2 22. Qc1 $18) 22. Rg5 Ng7 (22... Ngf6 23. Qd2 $18 Ng7 24. Rg3
Ng8 25. Qg5) 23. Qd1 f6 (23... Nf6 24. Qf3 Rg8 25. Qf4 $18) 24. Rh5+ $1 (24.
Rh5+ Nxh5 25. Qxh5+ Nh6 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "Balatonbereny op"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Straeter, Timo"]
[Black "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 $5 {[%csl Yd4,Rb2]} 5. Qc2 {[%csl Gb2,
Yc8]} cxd4 (5... d6 $5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nc6 $132 {
[%csl Yd4,Ye5]}) 6. cxd4 Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]} 7. e3 Nf6 {[%csl Yd5,Ye4]} 8. Nc3 d6
{[%csl Ye5]} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qd2 Ne4 $5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 $143 $10 13.
d5 $6 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Yg7b2]} (13. Rfc1 Rfc8 (13... Nb4 14. a3 Nd5 15. Bg3
Rfc8 16. Ne1 $14) 14. Ne1 e5 $5 {[%csl Rd4]} (14... Bd5 15. Nd3 $143 $10) 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bg3 {[%csl Yd6,Ye5]} Rd8 17. Qc3 Rac8 $13) 13... Bxf3 $5 {
Ein freiwilliger Abtausch des Läufers g4, mit der Idee die Kontrolle über der
Felder d4 und e5 zu versichern.} 14. Bxf3 Ne5 (14... Na5 $5 {[%csl Yc4]} 15.
Be2 Rfc8 16. Rab1 (16. Rfc1 Qxb2 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 $17) 16... Nc4
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rfc1 Rac8 $143 $36 {[%csl Yd5]}) 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Nd7
17. b3 h5 (17... a5 $5 18. Bg4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc5 $143 $36) 18. Rc2 Rc5 (18...
Nc5 19. Rfc1 (19. b4 Ne4 20. Qd3 Qxb4 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rb1 Qxb1+ 23. Qxb1 Nc3
24. Qxb7 (24. Qd3 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Rc1+ 26. Qf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 $17) 24... Nxe2+
25. Kf1 Rc2 26. Qxe7 Nc3 $5 $132 (26... Nxf4 27. Qe8+ $1 Kh7 28. exf4 $16))
19... a5 20. h3 Qb4 $132) (18... a5 $5) 19. b4 $6 (19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. h3 a5 $143
$36) 19... Rxc2 20. Qxc2 {[%csl Yb4]} a5 $5 (20... Qxb4 $2 21. Rb1 $16 {
[%csl Rb4,Rb7]}) 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 $15 {[%csl Ya1,Yb4][%cal Ya8a2,Yg7b2]}
Qxb4 $6 (22... Nf8 $6 23. Rb1 (23. e4 Qxb4 24. Rb1 Ra1 $17)) (22... Bf6 $5 {
[%csl Ge7,Yb4,Yg5]} 23. h3 (23. Rb1 $2 g5 24. Bg3 h4 $17) (23. e4 Qxb4 24. Qc7
Nc5 $17) 23... Qxb4 24. Qc7 (24. Rb1 Qxb1+ 25. Qxb1 Ra1 26. Qxa1 Bxa1 $17)
24... Nc5 $17) 23. Qc7 Nf6 $6 (23... Qa4 $5 24. Qxb7 (24. Rb1 Bf6 $5 25. Bb5 $2
Qxb5 $1 $17 26. Rxb5 $2 Ra1+ $19) 24... Rb8 (24... Bf6 $2 25. Bb5) 25. Qc6 (25.
Qc7 Bf6) 25... Nc5 $10) 24. Qxe7 Nxd5 25. Qxd6 Qa5 $6 (25... Qxd6 26. Bxd6 Ra1
27. Bf3 $16) 26. Qd7 $1 $36 {[%csl Yb7,Yd5,Yf7]} Nxf4 27. exf4 Qb4 28. f5 $1 {
[%csl Yb7,Yf7,Yg6]} Ra5 $6 (28... Ra1 29. fxg6 (29. Qe8+ Qf8 $10) (29. Qc8+ Kh7
30. fxg6+ fxg6 31. Bc4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qb1+ $10) 29... Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 fxg6 $10)
29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Bd3 {[%csl Rg6]} Qb6 $2 (30... Kh7 $142 31. Qf7 $36) 31. Bxg6
$1 (31. Bxg6 Qxg6 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 d6 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
Qc2 Nxe4 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O (10... Bg4 11. Ng5 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Qa6 13. a3 Bf5
14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Rb5 h6 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Ehrenfeucht,W/POL-chT
Lubniewice 1995/EXT 95ch}) 11. Bg5 $146 (11. Re1 Qd8 12. Bg5 Kg7 13. Qd2 Ng8
14. Re4 f6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rh4 Rf7 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. f4 exf4 20.
Bxf4 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Bg5 Rf7 23. Re6 Qf8 24. h3 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,
R-Chekhov,V/URS-ch58 Moscow 1991/URS-ch}) (11. Nh4 Nbd7 12. f4 b5 13. cxb5 c4
14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Rxe7 Rxc4 18. Rxb7 Qxb5 19. Ba3 Qa6
20. Rc7 Nfxd5 21. Rxc4 Qxc4 22. Qf3 Nxc3 23. Bb2 Rc8 24. Re1 Nbd5 25. Qg4 Nf6 {
Tal,M-Chekhov,V/URS-ch58 Moscow 1991/URS-ch/0-1 (41)}) (11. Ng5 b5 12. cxb5 a6
13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Re1 Ra7 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. f3 Bc8 18. Bc4 Nb8 19. f4
h6 20. Ne4 Nbd7 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Bd3 Kg7 23. c4 f5 24. a4 Nb8 25. Bc3+ f6 26.
h3 Qd7 27. Qb2 Rb7 28. Qd2 Na6 29. a5 Nb4 30. Bf1 Qc7 31. Kh2 Rf7 32. Re8 Re7
33. Re1 Rxe8 34. Rxe8 Qxa5 35. Rxc8 {1-0 Carlson,M-Berglund,J/Rilton Cup9495
1994/EXP 45}) 11... Kg7 12. Rae1 Qd8 (12... Re8 13. Re3 {/\Rfe1 -> Pe7}) 13.
Nd2 (13. Qd2 Ng8 $1) 13... Nbd7 14. f4 a6 15. Rf3 (15. f5 Ne5 16. fxg6 fxg6 $15
) 15... Ng8 $1 16. Bh4 $44 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Turnov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Orsag, Milan"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. h4 Bxc3+ {Baburin:
Exchanging on c3 (c6) in such positions is a very good way of imbalancing the
position and creating play with mutual chances. Now White has to play actively,
as his pawn structure on the queen side is seriously compromised. Mit diesem
Abtausch strebt Schwarz eine Blockadestellung an, in der die weißen Läufer
schwer aktiv werden können.} 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. h5 Rg8 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. f3 Qa5 10.
Qc2 d6 11. Bg5 $5 {/\12.Bf6 gf6 13.Rh7} Nbd7 12. e3 Ne5 $5 {Der Vorposten auf
e5 (Springer e5) übt auf die weiße Stellung starken Druck aus.  Der
Doppelbauer auf der c-Linie ist verwundbar und wird zum Objekt eines
Gegenangriff.} (12... Nb6 13. Bxf6 (13. Rb1 Bd7 $132 {/\0-0-0, Rh8}) 13... exf6
14. Rh7 Bd7 $132 {/\0-0-0}) (12... b6 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Nf4 Ne5 15. Bxf6 exf6 16.
Ne6 Rc8 17. Qb3 $36) 13. Be2 {Weiß bereitet f3-f4 vor.} (13. Rb1 Nh5 $5) (13.
Bxf6 exf6 14. Rb1 (14. Rh7 Bd7 $132) 14... b6 $5 15. Rh7 (15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3
Qa4 $15) 15... Ba6 $36) 13... Bd7 14. Bxf6 (14. a4 $5) 14... exf6 15. f4 (15.
a4 $5) 15... Ba4 $5 {Um das Feld d7 für den Springerrückzug freizumachen.} 16.
Qb2 Nd7 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. Nf3 O-O-O 19. Kf2 $6 (19. Rh6 $5 Be8 20. Kf2 Rg7 21.
Qc2 Na4 22. Rc1 Rdd7 23. Rh8 Rde7 24. Rf8 Rgf7 25. Rg8 (25. Rh8 Rh7) 25... Rh7
26. Rf8 Qd8 $36) 19... Rde8 $6 (19... Rh8 $5 20. Rh4 (20. Nh4 $6 Be8) 20...
Rxh4 (20... Rde8 21. Bd3 Qa6) 21. Nxh4 Be8 22. Bd3 (22. g4 fxg4 23. e4 Qa4 $17)
22... Qa6 23. Qb3 Bf7 $36 {[%csl Yc4,Rd5]}) 20. Rh6 $5 {[%csl Rg6] /\Nh4->Pg6}
(20. Rh7 Rh8 $5 21. Rg7 (21. Rbh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Bd7 $17 {/\23...Na4}) 21...
Reg8 22. Rf7 Rf8 23. Rg7 Be8) 20... Re7 {/\21...Be8} 21. Bd3 {/\22.Rg6} Be8 {
/\ Na4} (21... Qa6 $2 22. Rxg6 $1) (21... Bd7 22. Nh4) 22. Qc2 Kb8 23. Nd2 {
/\e3-e4} Na4 24. Rc1 Qd8 (24... Rgg7 25. Rh8 Rh7 26. Rf8 $132) (24... a6 25. e4
$132) 25. Rch1 Nb6 26. e4 Reg7 27. exf5 $6 gxf5 28. Bf1 Bd7 $15 29. R1h3 Re8 (
29... Rg4 $5 30. g3 R4g7 (30... Na4 31. Bd3) 31. Bd3 Qe7 {/\32...Re8} 32. Nf3
Re8 33. Qd2 Na4 $36) 30. Qd3 (30. Bd3 Qe7 $1) 30... Na4 31. Re3 Rge7 32. Rhh3
a6 33. Qc2 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Kxe3 Qa5 36. Nb1 (36. Kd3 b5 $36) 36... b5 $5
{->Pc4} 37. Bd3 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4]} 38. Nd2 Kc7 $15 39. Kf3 Qa4 {[%csl Yd5,Rc4]}
40. Qb3 bxc4 41. Bxc4 Qa5 42. Kf2 (42. Ke3 Bb5 $17) (42. Bd3 Nxd5 $17) 42...
Bb5 43. g3 $6 (43. Be2 $142 Na4 (43... Bxe2 $6 44. Kxe2 $14 {nebst 45.c4}) 44.
Nb1 c4 $1 45. Qc2 (45. Bxc4 $2 Qb6+ 46. Kf3 Nc5 $19) 45... Bd7 $15) 43... Na4 {
[%csl Rc3]} 44. Nb1 $6 (44. Bxb5 axb5 45. Nb1 c4 $15) 44... Bxc4 45. Qxc4 Nb6
46. Qe2 (46. Qb3 c4 $17) 46... c4 $17 0-1

[Event "RUS-sf"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Permiakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kron, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]} 5. dxc5 (5. d5 Nd4 6. Nxd4
cxd4 $13) 5... Qa5+ 6. Nfd2 (6. Bd2 Qxc5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 Qb6) (6. Nbd2 Nf6 7.
Bd3 Qxc5 8. Nb3 Qh5) 6... Nd4 $5 {[%csl Yb3,Ye2]} 7. Nc3 (7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. O-O d6
9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. h3 Bd7 15. f4
Bc6 16. b4 e6 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. bxa6 Bxa6
22. b4 Rec8 23. Na4 Rcb8 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Na4 Rcb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,
T-Ivanov,Ale/Vladivostok op (02) 1995}) 7... Qxc5 8. Nb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 b6 $146 (
9... Nf6 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Rfd1
Rfc8 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. c5 $1 Ba4 19. Nxa4 Qxa4 20. cxd6 Nxe4 21. d7
$16 {[%csl Gd7] o^d,Szekely,P-Knezevic,B/Paris op/1995/}) (9... Qc6 $5 10. Be3
$6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxe4 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Nf6 14. Rxa7 Rxa7 15. Bxa7 d6 16.
Bd3 Bf5 17. Kd2 Kd7 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Bxf5+ gxf5 20. h3 $2 Ra2+ $15 21. Kd3 Ne4
22. Rf1 e5 23. b4 Ke6 24. g4 f6 25. h4 {[#]} Rb2 $1 26. g5 Ra2 $1 27. gxf6 Nxf6
28. f3 Rh2 29. Bg5 Rh3 30. Kc2 h6 31. Bxh6 Rxh4 32. Bg5 Rxc4 $19 33. Rh1 Nd5
34. Rh6+ Kd7 35. Bd2 b5 36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Kb3 f4 $1 38. Be1 e4 39. fxe4 Rxe4 40.
Bd2 Ne3 41. Rf7 Kd5 {0-1 Prizant,M-Ekebjaerg,OC/corr/1989/94}) 10. Be3 Qc6 {
[%csl Rc4,Re4]} (10... Qb4 $2 11. Ra4 $1 Bxc3+ 12. Ke2 Qd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 14.
bxc3 $16) 11. Be2 (11. Bd4 f6 $5 12. Be2 Nh6 13. O-O Nf7 $13) 11... Bb7 12. f3
h5 {Schwarz ist bestrebt, den Druck auf Diagonale h1-a8 zu verstärken.} (12...
Nf6 $6 13. e5 $36) (12... f5 $5) 13. Qd2 h4 $5 14. Nb5 {[%csl Ra7]} (14. h3 $6
Nf6 15. e5 Nh5 $132) 14... h3 (14... a6 15. Nc3 Bh6 16. Qd4 $16) 15. g3 a6 16.
Nc3 {[%csl Yb6] (/\ 17.Nd5; /\17.Na4)} (16. Nd4 Qc7 (16... Bxd4 $2 17. Qxd4 $16
) 17. Ra4 $5 {[%csl Rb6] (/\ 18.Rb4)}) 16... e6 {[%csl Gd5]} 17. Na4 {[%csl
Rb6]} f5 {[%csl Re4,Rf3,Rg2]} (17... b5 $2 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rc1 Qa6 20. Nc5
$16 (20. Nb6 $16)) 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nxb6 Rd8 (19... f4 $5 20. gxf4 (20. Nxa8
fxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxa8 $15) (20. Bxf4 $2 Qxb6) 20... Rd8 (20... Ne7 $5 21. Nxa8
Bxa8 22. O-O-O Nf5 $13) 21. f5 $5 (21. Rg1 Bf6 22. O-O-O Ne7 $44 {[%csl Yf5]})
21... exf5 22. O-O-O $16) 20. c5 {[%csl Ya6,Yb4] (/\ 21.b4; /\ 21.Ba6 )} f4 21.
Bxf4 (21. gxf4 $6 Ne7 {[%csl Yf5]} 22. Bd4 (22. Nc4 d5 $5 (22... Nf5) 23. Nd6+
(23. cxd6 Nf5 $13) 23... Rxd6 24. cxd6 Nf5 $13) 22... Rg8 23. Rg1 Nf5 $13)
21... Qxc5 22. Nc4 {[%csl Yd6]} d5 23. b4 Qe7 {[%csl Gd6,Ye5]} (23... dxc4 24.
Qxd8+ (24. bxc5 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bxb2 26. Rb1 c3 $15) 24... Kxd8 25. bxc5 Bxb2 26.
Rb1 c3 27. Kf2 $16) 24. Na5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7]} (24. Ne5 $6 {[%csl Ra6,Rg6] Es
kommt vor, daß ein scheinbar auf der Hand liegender Zug sich als falsch
erweist.} Qd6 $5 {[%csl Ga6,Re5]} 25. Ng6 (25. Qc3 $2 d4 $19) 25... e5 $1 26.
Nxh8 (26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Qe3 Rh5 $17) 26... exf4 $17) 24... e5 25. Bg5 Bf6 26.
Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Nxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxa6 $16 Kf7 29. O-O Qe7 30. Rfa1 Rd7 31. Bd3 Rb7
32. Qg5 Rg8 33. Qf5 Rc7 34. Re1 e4 35. fxe4 Ra7 36. Rea1 (36. Rxa7 Qxa7+ 37.
Kh1 dxe4 38. Bxe4 $16) 36... Rga8 37. e5 $18 Rxa6 38. Bxa6 Qa7+ 39. Kh1 Qe3 40.
Qxf6+ Kg8 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Qg4+ Kh8 44. Qxh3+ 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ $5 {Die
strategische Idee von Schwarz besteht darin, die Figureneinwirkung auf die
zentralen Felder (insbesonderes e4!) im Sinne der Nimzowisch-Indischen
Verteidigung zu verstärken. Der Abtausch auf c3 zerstört dabei die Elastizität
der weißen Bauernkette und schafft Bauernschwächen..} 6. bxc3 {The main
advantage of such strategy is that it creates a lot of imbalance in the
position: each player has his own advantages & disadvantages now, which
requires energetic play, a draw is less likely now.} f5 {[%csl Ye4]} 7. g3 Qa5
{[%csl Rc3]} 8. Qd3 $146 (8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 (9... Ne4 $6 10. Ng5 $5 Nxg5
11. Bxg5 h6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. e4 Qa6 15. Rfe1 Nxc4 16. Bf4 Na5 17.
Qd1 $36 {-> Pe7}) 10. O-O (10. Bh6 Nb6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. O-O Ng4 13. Bf4 h6 14.
e4 $6 g5 15. Be3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O-O 17. Rae1 Rhf8 18. Bg2 Ba4 $36 {Kraai,
J-Ivanov,I/Chicago op/1991/}) 10... Nb6 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Ng5 $1 Nxc3 12. Bb2
Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 Nd4 14. Qe3 $1 $16) 11. Bh6 $5 {/\ Bg7} Ne4 (11... Rg8 12. Nd2 {
/\ e4} Qa4 13. Rfb1 Bd7 14. Bg5 Kf7 15. e4 $5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 $14)
12. Nd2 Nxd2 (12... Nxc3 13. Rfe1 Nba4 14. e4 {-> Pe7,Ke8}) 13. Bxd2 Qa4 14.
Rfe1 $1 Qxc4 15. e4 fxe4 16. Rxe4 (16. Bxe4 $6 Qxb3 17. axb3 Kf7 18. c4 Nd7 19.
Re3 $44 {Gurevich,M-Huzman,A/Wijk op/1993/}) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Bf5 (17...
Nxd5 $6 18. Rae1 e5 19. Rxe5+ $1 dxe5 20. Rxe5+ Ne7 21. Bg5 $16) 18. Re2 Kf7
19. Rae1 Rhe8 20. Bg5 Nc8 21. Re3 $44 {Gurevich,M}) 8... Nd7 9. Bg2 Ngf6 {
[%csl Ye4]} 10. O-O Ne4 $5 (10... Nb6 {[%csl Yc4]} 11. Nd2 (11. Bg5 Ne4) (11.
Bh6 Bd7 12. Nd2 O-O-O $13) 11... Bd7 12. e4 O-O-O $13) 11. Bf4 {Baburin:
Defending the c3-pawn with 11.Bd2 will make the protection of the c4-pawn very
difficult, as Black can try to win it after Qa4 & Nb6 or Qa4, b6 & Ba6.
However, after the text White does not get compensation for the pawn.} (11. Bd2
$6 Nb6 $36 {[%csl Rc4]}) (11. Bb2 Nb6 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4]}) 11... Qxc3 12. a4
Qg7 (12... Qxd3 $6 13. exd3 Nef6 14. Rfe1 $44 {[%csl Re7]}) (12... Ndf6 13. a5
Bd7 $6 14. Ra3 $16) 13. Rab1 {[%csl Yb7]} Ndf6 (13... Nb6 $2 14. a5 $16) 14.
Rb3 (14. Ne1 h6 15. h4 Nh5 16. Bc1 O-O $15) (14. Qe3 $2 Ng4 15. Qc1 Nc3 $17)
14... Rb8 (14... O-O 15. Qe3 $5 {[%csl Yh6]} Ng4 16. Qc1 $44) (14... e5 $6 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Ng5 $36) 15. Bc1 (15. Rfb1 $6 Ng4 $36 {[%csl Rf2]} (15... g5 $6
16. Bc1 f4 17. gxf4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Rg8 19. Bg3)) (15. Qe3 $6 h6 (15... Ng4 16.
Qc1 $44) 16. h4 Ng4 17. Qc1 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 $17) (15. h3 e5 $5 16. dxe6 Bxe6)
15... O-O 16. Ne1 h6 17. f3 (17. h4 e5 $5) 17... Ng5 18. Bb2 e5 19. dxe6 {
[%csl Rd6]} Bxe6 $15 {[%csl Yc4,Yd5,Ye4]} 20. h4 (20. Qxd6 $6 Bxc4 $17) 20...
Ngh7 21. Qxd6 Bxc4 22. Rc3 Qf7 (22... Bxe2 $2 23. Qe6+) 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. exd3
b6 25. Rc4 (25. Qf4 $5 Nd5 26. Qxh6 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 Rbd8 28. Rd1 Nf6 $17) 25...
Rbd8 26. Qf4 Rxd3 27. Rfc1 Nh5 28. Qxh6 {[%csl Yg7]} Nxg3 {[%csl Ye2]} 29. Re1
Nh5 30. Bf1 Rxf3 31. Rc2 {[%csl Yc4]} Rg3+ 32. Kh2 Rg4 33. Rg2 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2
N5f6 $17 35. Re3 $2 (35. Rc1 $142) 35... Ng4 36. Qf4 Nxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Nf6 38. Kg1
Kh7 39. Bg2 Ng4 40. Qc3 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. Nc3 (5. exf5 $5) 5... Bb4 (5... fxe4)
6. d5 (6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. f3 fxe4 9. fxe4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Nf3 Nf6
12. O-O $146) 6... fxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bf3 (8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nge2 Qe8 10. Bf3 Qg6
$13) 8... e5 (8... O-O 9. dxe6 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 11. Qe2 $14) (8... O-O 9. dxe6
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. Qg3 Nxc4 13. Bh6 Qe7 $13) (8... exd5 9. cxd5
O-O 10. Nge2 $14) 9. Bd2 (9. Nge2 $2 e4) 9... O-O 10. Nge2 (10. Nh3 $5) (10.
Qc2 $5) 10... c6 11. O-O (11. a3 $5) 11... cxd5 12. Nxd5 $6 (12. cxd5 $1 Na6
13. Ng3 Nc7 $2 14. d6) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxd5+ Bxd5 14. cxd5 (14. Bxb4 Bxc4 15.
Bxf8 Qxf8 16. b3 Be6 17. Nc3 Nc6 $44) 14... Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Na6 (15... d6 16.
Rac1 Nd7 17. Rc6 Nb8 18. Rc4 $16) 16. d6 (16. Rac1 $5) 16... Nc5 17. Qd5+ Kh8
18. b4 (18. Qxe5 Re8 19. Qh5 Qf6 $44) 18... Ne6 19. Qxe5 a5 (19... Qh4 20. Qb5
$16) 20. b5 $2 (20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qh4 23. f4 $16) 20... Qh4
21. Qe3 (21. f4 Rae8 $44) 21... Qc4 22. Rfc1 (22. a4 Nc5 $44) 22... Qxb5 23.
Nd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rf6 25. Rab1 Qe2 26. Rb2 (26. Qxb6 Qxa2 27. Qb8+ Rxb8 28.
Rxb8+ Qg8) 26... Qe6 $10 27. Qxb6 (27. Rd1 b5) 27... Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. g3
Kg8 30. Rc4 Rd5 31. h4 Ra6 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Re2 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lempert, Igor"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 (4. dxc5 Na6 (4... Qa5) 5. Bd2 $6 (5. Be3
Nf6 6. Bd4) 5... Nf6 6. g3 Nxc5 7. Bg2 d6 8. b4 Ncd7 9. Rc1 O-O $15 {Lima,
D-Gurevich,D/Biel(izt)/1993/0:1 (31) Inf 58/65/}) 4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. e4
$6 (6. h4 Nf6 $1 7. h5 Rg8 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Nf3 d6 10. Ng5 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 $10
{Dautov,R-Vokac,M/Dortmund(op)/1992/1:0 (47) Inf 54/49/}) (6. Nf3 d6 7. g3 Qa5
8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bh6 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qa4 $13 {
Gurevich,M-Huzman,A/Wijk aan Zee(op)/1993/1:0 (50) Inf 56/58/}) (6. h3 d6 7.
Nf3 Qa5 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. Bh6 $1 Nbd7 10. e3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Qa4 13. Qb3
Ne4 14. Bxe4 $1 $14 {Alburt,L-Vigorito/New York/1993/1:0 (28) Inf 57/55/}) 6...
fxe4 7. h4 Qa5 (7... Nf6 $5 8. h5 Rg8 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Bg5 d6 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12.
Ng3 Ne5 $15 {Arbakov,V-Nesterov,J/Tiraspol/1994/0:1 (34)/}) 8. Qb3 (8. h5 $5
Qxc3+ (8... d6 9. Bd2 $14) 9. Bd2 Qg7 $8 10. Ne2 (10. d6 Nc6 $1 11. Ne2 Nf6 12.
Bc3 e5 $13) 10... d6 11. Bc3 Nf6 12. Nf4 $44) 8... Nf6 9. Be2 d6 10. h5 Rg8 $1
11. Nh3 Nbd7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 (13. Ng5 $5 Nb6 (13... Ne5 14. Bf4 Nd3+ 15.
Bxd3 exd3 16. O-O-O $13) 14. Be3 Bd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O $15) 13... Nb6 14. Ng5 Bd7
15. Kd2 $5 (15. O-O-O) 15... O-O-O 16. Rh6 (16. Rh4 $5) 16... Rdf8 17. g3 Ng4
$1 18. Rh7 (18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Nxe4 Qa6 $17) 18... Nxf2 $5 (18... Re8 19. Nxe4
$13) 19. Rxe7 Re8 20. Rxe8+ $2 (20. Bxd6 $5 $8 Rxe7 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. d6 $13)
20... Rxe8 $17 21. Rf1 (21. Bxd6 Ba4 22. Qb1 (22. Qb2 Nd3 23. Bxd3 exd3 24.
Kxd3 Qa6 $19) 22... e3+ $19) 21... Ba4 22. Qb1 Nd3 $8 23. Nxe4 (23. Bxd3 exd3
24. Qxd3 Nxc4+ $1 25. Qxc4 Bb5 26. Qb3 Bxf1 $19) 23... Rxe4 24. Qxd3 $2 (24.
Bxd3 Nxc4+ 25. Bxc4 $8 Rxc4 26. Rf3 $17) 24... Rd4 $1 0-1

[Event "Tiraspol"]
[Site "Tiraspol"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Titov, German1"]
[Black "Nesterov, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 Qa5+ $5 5. Bd2 (5. Nc3 d6 (5... Nf6 6. Bd2
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nb3 (8. Nc2 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Bd7 $14 {Cvitan,
O-Christiansen,L/Novi Sad(ol)/1990/0:1 (44) Inf 50/61/}) 8... Qc7 9. Rc1 d6 10.
Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. f3 O-O 13. Nd5 $16 {Smyslov,V-Ostojic,P/Venezia/1974/
Inf 18/64/}) (5... Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. Bd2 d6 (7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 d6 9. Bd3 Nf6
10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O $14 {Petrosian,T-Gheorghiu,F/Manila/1974/}) 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9.
Na4 Qd8 10. c5 $1 dxc5 11. Nxc5 $14 {Khasin,Al-Micic,T/Pula/1989/0,5 (36) Inf
36/72/}) 6. d5 (6. Rb1 $1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nb3 $1 Qd8 10. Be2 O-O
11. O-O $14 {Serper,G-Ruban,V/Novosibirsk/1993/ Inf 58/68/}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
Nf6 8. Qc2 Nxe4 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 (11. Re1 Qd8 12. Bg5 Kg7 13. Qd2
Ng8 $10 {Vaganian,R-Chekhov,V/USSR(ch)/1991/ Inf 52/61/}) 11... Nbd7 12. f4 $6
b5 13. cxb5 c4 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Rxe7 Rxc4 18. Rxb7
Qxb5 $17 {Tal,M-Chekhov,V/USSR(ch)/1991/}) 5... Qb6 6. Bc3 (6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nd5
Qd8 8. Bf4 d6 9. Nxd4 e6 $13) 6... Nc6 (6... Nf6 7. d5 O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Be2 e5
10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Bh6 12. Ne1 Ng7 13. f4 Bh3 14. Rf2 f5 15. Nd3 $14 {Csom,
I-Harloch/Banja Luka/1974/ Inf 18/66/}) (6... cxd4 7. Bxd4 Bxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9.
Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nb5 Rb8 11. N1c3 Nf6 12. Nc7+ Kf8 13. N7d5 Kg7 14. f3 d6 $14 {
Govedarica,R-Biyiacas/Vrnjacka Banja/1976/}) 7. d5 (7. dxc5 $5 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3
Qxb2 9. Nd5 Kf8 $6 (9... Nf6 $5 10. Bd3 (10. Nc7+ $2 Kd8 11. Nxa8 Nxe4 12. Be2
Nc3 $19) 10... O-O 11. O-O $14) 10. Be2 Qa3 11. O-O Qxc5 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. Rab1
Qa5 14. Qb2+ f6 15. e5 $16 {Pavlovic,M-Vaulin,A/Podgorica/1993/1:0 (32) Inf 57/
56/}) 7... Nd4 8. e5 (8. Na3 e5 $8 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Nb5 (10. e5 $5) 10... e5
11. b4 Bg4 12. bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nbxd4 $13 {Makarov,M-Vaulin,A/Podgorica/1993/})
8... Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 f6 (9... Nh6 $5) 10. Qe2 (10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O
d6 13. Qe2 Bg4 $10) 10... fxe5 11. f4 (11. Bxe5 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O-O d6
14. Bg3 Bf5 $10) 11... d6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Nf6 (13... Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qf6
15. Qe2 Nh6 16. Nc3 Nf5 $13) 14. Nc3 O-O 15. h3 e6 $1 $13 16. d6 Bd7 17. O-O-O
Bh6+ $5 (17... Bc6 18. Qe3) 18. Kb1 Bc6 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Bh2 (20. Bg3 $5) 20...
Be3 $5 21. Bg3 Bd4 22. Nb5 (22. Bd3 $5 Rf7 23. Rhf1 Raf8 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Ne4
$5) 22... Bxb5 $8 23. cxb5 Rae8 24. Bc4 Kg7 25. Rhf1 Rf6 26. Qe4 (26. Qe2 $5)
26... a6 $1 $132 27. Rxf6 Nxf6 (27... Bxf6 $6 28. Qe2 $14) 28. Be5 $1 (28. Qe2
e5 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Bxa6 Qxd6 $17) 28... axb5 $8 (28... Bxe5 29. Qxe5 axb5 30.
d7 Rd8 31. Bxe6 $16) 29. d7 Rd8 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Qxe6 $8 Nxd7 $1 32. Qe7+ Kh6
$8 (32... Kh8 $2 33. Rf1 bxc4 34. Rf7 Nf8 35. Rxf8+ $18) 33. Qh4+ Kg7 34. Qe7+
Kh6 35. Qh4+ (35. Be6 $6 Nc5 36. Bg4 Qd6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. e4 (4. Nf3) 4... d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
e5 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 cxd4 (9... Bg4 $5) 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. O-O Bc5 12. Bg5 Qb8
$6 (12... Nge7 $1 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 $14) 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bh4 Qa7 15. Nb3 g5
16. Bg3 Nge7 17. e6 $1 Bxe6 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Rac1 Qa7 20. Bd6 $1 O-O 21. Bc5
$1 b6 $2 (21... Qb8 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Nxd4 $18) 22. Bd6 $1 (22.
Bxc6 $16) 22... Rad8 23. Rxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxf8 g4 25. Bxc6 gxf3 26. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. d5 Qh4 4. Nc3 (4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. dxe6 fxe6
8. Be2 Qg6 9. Nh4 Qh6 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. g3 g5 $17 {Ogaard-Miles, Reykjavik 1978})
4... Bb4 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. g3 Qe4
$1 (10... Qe7 $6 11. Bg2 Bb7 $2 12. d6) 11. f3 Qg6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. O-O-O d6 14.
g4 Nd7 15. h4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 $10 17. e4 Nd7 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Be2 $14 Ng6 20.
Kd2 Nf4 21. Bd3 Ba6 $6 (21... a6 $5) (21... e5) 22. Ke3 Ng2+ 23. Kd2 Nf4 24.
Rh2 $1 Rae8 $6 25. b3 Re7 $2 26. Ke3 e5 27. Ne2 Nxd3 (27... Nxe2 28. Kxe2 {
/\b4,c5}) 28. Rxd3 Ra8 $2 (28... g6 {/\..f5}) 29. Ng3 Bc8 30. b4 a5 31. a3 axb4
32. axb4 Ra4 33. Rb2 Re8 34. Rc3 Bd7 35. c5 Rea8 (35... g6 $5) 36. cxd6 $1 cxd6
37. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Ra3 39. Rbc2 Kf8 40. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. Rc6
Rxb4 43. Rxd6 Ke7 44. Rc6 Kd7 (44... g6 $1 45. f6+ Kd7) 45. h5 $1 $18 Rb2+ 46.
Kg3 Rb1 47. h6 g6 48. fxg6 hxg6 (48... Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Rxg6 50. Rxg6 $18) 49. Rc2
$1 Rg1+ 50. Rg2 Ra1 51. Rh2 Ra8 52. Kg4 f6 53. Rb2 Kc7 54. Rc2+ Kb7 55. d6 b5
56. d7 1-0

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sher, Miron Naumovich"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Nh3
Qa5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Nf4 Nb6 11. Ne6 Rb8 12. O-O Bd7 13. a4 Kf7 14. Bd2 (14.
Ng5+ Kg7 15. e4 (15. Ne6+ Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qa6 17. Bg5 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. a5
h6) 15... h6) 14... Qa6 15. a5 Qxc4 16. Rfb1 Qxb3 17. Rxb3 Nbxd5 18. Ng5+ Kg7
19. c4 Nc7 20. Rab1 $2 (20. Bxb7 Nb5 (20... e5 21. Rab1 h6 22. Nf3 e4 23. Ne1))
20... b6 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rxb6 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 h6 24. Rb7 Rc8 25. Nh3 Ne6 26.
Bc3 Rc7 27. Rb2 Ra7 28. Bd5 g5 29. f4 Kg6 30. fxg5 (30. Rb8 g4 31. Bxf6 Kxf6
32. Nf2) 30... hxg5 31. Bd2 g4 $1 32. Nf4+ (32. Bxe6 gxh3 33. Bxd7 Ra1+ 34. Be1
Rxe1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Bc6 Ng4+ 37. Kf3 Rf1#) 32... Nxf4 33. Bxf4 Be8 $1 34. Be6
Bf7 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Kg2 Ra4 37. Rc2 Ne4 38. Bc1 e5 39. h3 gxh3+ 40. Kxh3 Ke6
41. e3 Ra8 42. Bd2 Nxd2 43. Rxd2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Bohm, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. f3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qh4+ 6. g3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Qh6 8.
Nc3 (8. Qf2) 8... Qxd2+ 9. Kxd2 d6 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. f4 $1 Na6 12. Nf3 f6 13. a3
$6 (13. Rhe1) 13... O-O-O 14. b4 $6 (14. Rhe1) 14... c5 $1 15. Rab1 $2 h6 16.
d5 $6 (16. h4) 16... Nc7 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. b5 Rde8 19. Rhe1 $6 g5 20. Nd5 gxf4
21. Nxf6 Ref8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 $2 (22... Ng6 23. Rf1 Ng5 24. gxf4 Nxf4 $10) 23.
exd5 Ng5 24. Nh4 $1 fxg3 25. hxg3 Kd8 26. Kc3 $6 (26. Rf1 $1) 26... Rf6 27. Rf1
Rhf8 28. Nf5 Re8 $2 (28... Nf7) 29. Rbe1 Bc8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Re1+ Kd8 32.
Ne7 Bd7 33. Nc6+ Bxc6 $2 (33... Kc7 $5 34. Re7 Rf3 35. Nxa7 Rxg3 36. a4 $10)
34. bxc6 Nf7 35. Rf1 $1 Rxf1 36. Bxf1 Ne5 37. Kd2 Ng4 38. Be2 Nf6 39. Ke3 Ne8
40. Kf4 Ng7 41. Bd3 a6 42. a4 Ne8 43. Kf5 Nc7 44. g4 b5 45. axb5 $4 axb5 46.
Kg6 (46. cxb5 Nxd5 47. Ke6 Nf4+ 48. Kxd6 Nxd3 49. b6 Kc8 50. b7+ Kb8 51. Kd7
Ne5+ $1 $19) 46... bxc4 47. Bxc4 Na8 48. Kxh6 Nb6 49. Ba2 c4 50. g5 c3 51. Bb1
Nxd5 52. g6 Ne7 53. Kg5 Kc7 54. Kf6 Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. e4 d5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 a4 16. Rad1 Ra5 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qb7 Qc8 19. Qc6 Qd7 20. Qb7 Qc8
21. Qc6 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. d5 exd5 24. Re7 Nf6 25. Rxc7 h6 26. Ne5 dxc4 27.
Nxc4 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Rd7 Nf6 30. Rd4 Rc8 31. Kf1 b5 32. Ne3 Rc5 33. Rd8+
Kh7 34. Ke2 Kg6 35. Kd3 h5 36. h3 h4 37. Kd4 Rc7 38. Rd6 Re7 39. Nd5 Re4+ 40.
Kc5 Re5 41. Kc6 (41. Kxb5 $5 Rxd5+ 42. Rxd5 Nxd5 43. Kxa4 {is interesting.})
41... Rg5 42. Ne3 Re5 43. Rd4 Ne4 44. Ng4 Re6+ 45. Kxb5 f5 46. Nh2 Nxf2 47. Rd2
Ne4 48. Rc2 Kf6 49. Kxa4 g5 50. b4 Ke5 51. b5 Kf4 52. Kb4 g4 53. a4 gxh3 54.
gxh3 Rd6 55. Ka5 Rd1 56. b6 Kg3 57. Ka6 Nd6 58. a5 f4 59. Ka7 f3 60. Nxf3 Kxf3
61. Rc6 $1 Rd5 {[#]} 62. Rxd6 Rxa5+ 63. Kb8 Ra3 64. b7 Kg2 65. Kc7 Rc3+ 66. Rc6
Rb3 67. Rb6 Rc3+ 68. Kd7 Rd3+ 69. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana op 9th"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scekic, Milos"]
[Black "Lazovic, Gordan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. f5 $5 Ne5 5. Bf4 d6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Bxe5 dxe5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 (8... Nd7 9. Nf3 f6 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. fxg6 $18) 9. Qe2 $1
c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 $5 (10... Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nd2 $16) 11. Bc4 g6 12. Nf3
Bh6 $8 13. Nbd2 (13. Nxe5 $2 Qa5+) (13. O-O Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Qxb2 {/\Qc2}) 13...
Ng4 (13... Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 gxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 $44) 14. Bb3 (14. h3 Ne3 $1 15.
Nxe5 Nxc2+ 16. Kf2 (16. Kd1 Ne3+ {/\Nc4}) 16... Nxa1 17. Nxf7) 14... gxf5 15.
h3 Ne3 16. Nxe5 Bf4 (16... Qc7 $6 17. Nxf7 Qg3+ 18. Qf2 Nxg2+ 19. Kf1 Qxf2+ (
19... Ne3+ 20. Ke2 $18) 20. Kxf2 Bxd2 21. Nxh8 Nf4 22. Rad1 $18) 17. Qh5 $8 Be6
(17... O-O 18. Nxf7 Bg3+ 19. Ke2 $18) 18. Bxe6 Nxg2+ 19. Kf1 $8 Qxd2 20. Qxf7+
(20. Nc4 Ne3+ 21. Nxe3 Bxe3 22. Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Qxf5 Kg7 24. e5 $13) 20... Kd8
21. Nxc6+ Kc7 22. Qxe7+ Kxc6 23. Bd5+ $1 Kb6 (23... Kb5 24. a4+ $1 $18) 24.
Qb7+ (24. Qf6+ Kc5 $8 (24... Kc7 25. Qc6+ $18) 25. b4+ $1 Qxb4 26. Qc6+ Kd4 27.
c3+ Qxc3 28. Rd1+ Bd2 $1 29. Qxc3+ (29. Kxg2 $2 Rhg8+) (29. Ke2 Nf4+) 29...
Kxc3 30. Kxg2 Rad8 $11) 24... Kc5 25. Qc6+ (25. b4+ Qxb4 (25... Kd4 26. Qg7+
$18) 26. Qxb4+ Kxb4 27. Kxg2 (27. Bxa8 Ne3+ $1 $11) 27... Rad8 28. Rab1+ Kc3
$11) 25... Kd4 26. Qc3+ (26. c3+ $2 Ke3) 26... Qxc3 27. bxc3+ Kxc3 28. Kxg2
Rad8 $11 29. Rhf1 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Be5 31. Rad1 Rhg8+ 32. Kh1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rg3
34. Bf5 h6 35. Rd5 Bf4 36. a4 Rg5 37. Be6 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-ch int"]
[Site "Arosa"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b5 $6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5 Bxe4 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ba4 Nbd7 12. c5 Qa5 13. b4 $1 Qc7 (13... Qxb4
14. Rab1 Qxc3 15. Rxb7 $18) 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 a6 16. a3 Qb8 17. h3 Bf8 18.
cxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 Nb6 21. Qf3 Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Ra7 23. Nc5 Ba8 24.
Qd3 Nd5 25. g3 f6 26. Nc4 Qd8 27. Re1 Qb8 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Nxe6 Qc8 30. Nc5
Re7 31. Kg2 h5 32. Nd6 Qd8 33. Nf5 Re8 34. Qf3 g6 35. Nh4 Kg7 36. Qd3 f5 37.
Nf3 h4 38. Re1 hxg3 39. fxg3 Rxe1 40. Nxe1 {time} 1-0

[Event "Zonal Randers Preliminaries B"]
[Site "Randers"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Nc3 Ng4 12. Bg5 Bg7 13. Rae1 h6 14. Bd2 Be5 15.
g3 Bg7 16. f4 (16. h3 {/\ e5}) 16... e5 17. f5 Bd7 18. Qc1 Kh7 19. Be2 Nf6 20.
g4 Ng8 21. fxg6+ (21. g5 $5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 23. fxg6+) 21... fxg6 22. Rf7 Rf8
23. Ref1 Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Qe8 25. Qf1 a6 26. a4 b6 27. b3 Ra7 28. Kg2 Rb7 29. Kg3
Bc8 30. Rf2 g5 31. Nd1 Ne7 32. h4 gxh4+ 33. Kxh4 Ng6+ 34. Kg3 Nf4 35. Ne3 Qg6
36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. exf5 Qg5 38. Qh1 Bf6 39. Rh2 Rg7 40. Kf3 Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Bayern 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Kostic, Vladimir G"]
[Black "Wockenfuss, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pang/Rosenheim SG"]
[BlackTeam "Milbertshofen (SG Schwabing)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Kf1 Be7 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qb3
c6 15. h4 a5 16. a3 Ra7 17. Bh3 Rae7 18. Kg2 Qc7 19. Rhe1 g6 20. h5 f5 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Bd2 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 Kg7 25. Bd2 Qe7 26. Re1 Qf7 27. Rh1 Rh8
28. Bg5 Qd7 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxg4 Qf7 (30... Qe8 $142) 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. Qe3 Kg7
33. Be6 Qe8 34. f4 Nd7 (34... Qh8 35. Bg4 Qg8 36. Qh3 $18) 35. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Zhao Xue opened the game with 1.Nf4 b5!?, a speculative move at best. That
being said the game did follow the Kramnik-Carlsen game from 2011... granted
it was a rapid. At some point the Indian player must have made a mistake
because by move 15 it was clear that Zhao Xue had enough pressure on the c4
pawn to maybe even claim a slight advantage. The Chinese player had no
problems taking this pawn for free and it seemed that she was cruising to
victory, but her technique let her down. She played rather passively but
always hanging on to her extra pawn. The mistake came late in the game when
she played the inexplicable 41...g5? which allowed her opponent to threaten
checkmate on g7 forcing Zhao Xue to give a perpetual. 41...e5 would have won
the queen endgame without problems.} 1. Nf3 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5 Bxe4 4. d4 e6
5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Qd3 d5 12.
Ne5 Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bc2 g6 15. b3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18.
Qg3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Bxc4 20. h4 Nc5 21. h5 Bd3 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. Re3 Bxc2 24.
Rxc2 Rd4 25. Rc1 Rbd8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Ne2 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Nd7 30.
Nf4 Nf8 31. Nh5 Nh7 32. Qg4 Ra1 33. Rb3 Qf8 34. a4 Ra3 35. Rxa3 Qxa3 36. Nf6+
Nxf6 37. exf6 Qd3 38. Qh4 Qd5 39. g4 Qe5+ 40. Kg1 Qf4 41. Kg2 g5 $2 (41... e5
$1 $19) 42. Qh6 Qe4+ 43. Kg3 Qf4+ (43... Qg6 {was Zhao Xue's original idea,
but it is not good enough.} 44. Qxg6+ fxg6 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Kxf4 {and the
endgame is drawn as Black can never bring the king closer to her extra pawns.})
44. Kg2 Qxg4+ 45. Kf1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qd5+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 Qc4+
50. Kg1 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qc6+ 52. Kg1 Qc1+ 53. Kg2 Qc6+ 54. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O $146 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. f4 a5
15. Be1 b6 16. Bg3 e6 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Re8 19. b3 Nf6 {The wrong plan by
Black. During the press conference Alexander Morozevich pointed out that the
game was completely lost for Black after this move.} 20. Bf2 Nh5 21. Qd2 Be5
22. Rbe1 ({White could have gained an advantage after} 22. Bh4) 22... Qd8 23.
fxg6 hxg6 24. Re4 Bd7 $2 {From now on things go bad for Morozevich.} 25. Bh4
Qc7 26. g4 f5 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Qh6 e4 29. d6 $1 (29. Qxg6+ Ng7 30. Nxb6 {
was also possible, though less compelling.}) 29... Qb7 ({In case you were
wondering:} 29... Qxd6 30. c5 Qb8 31. Qxg6+ Ng7 32. gxf5 exd3 33. f6 $18) 30.
Nxb6 Re6 31. gxh5 g5 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. Qxf5 Rg8+ 34. Kh2 exd3 35. Bf6+ Rxf6 36.
Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Nd5 Bxh3 38. Kxh3 Qd7+ 39. Kh2 d2 40. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb4 (3... Bb7) 4. Qd3 {unusual} Nf6 (4... Bb7 5. Qg3
$5 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Rxg2 8. Bxg2 Bxg2 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qg7 $1 $18) 5. e4 c5
6. dxc5 $6 (6. d5 $5 exd5 7. exd5 $10) 6... Bb7 $1 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nge2 Qh4 $1 $17
9. Be3 (9. g3 Nxc5 $1) 9... Nxc5 10. Qd4 Be4 $1 {/\11...Nd3+,11...Nc6} 11. Ng3
Nc6 12. Qd2 Bg6 13. Bg5 (13. f4 Ne4 $1) 13... Qd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Rc1 (15.
O-O-O $4 Ncb3+ 16. axb3 Nxb3#) 15... Na4 $1 $19 16. Bd2 Nxb2 17. Nce4 Bxd2+ $2
(17... Ba3 $1 $19) 18. Kxd2 Na4 19. c5 $1 {Bf1->a6} Nxc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rxc5
Ke7 22. Kc3 $1 Nf5 (22... Nc6 23. Bb5 {/\Bxc6}) 23. Nxf5+ Bxf5 24. Ba6 Be4 25.
Kd4 Bd5 (25... Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bc6 27. Rxg7 Rag8 28. Rxg8 Rxg8 {-/+/-+}) 26. Bc4
Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rhc8 28. Rhc1 Rxc4+ 29. Rxc4 Rb8 30. Ra4 Rb2 31. Ke3 Rb5 32. Rxa7
(32. f4 a5 $1) 32... Rxe5+ 33. Kd2 Rd5+ 34. Ke3 h5 35. a4 Kd6 36. Ra8 g5 37. a5
Kc7 38. f3 Kb7 39. Rd8 $1 $8 g4 $2 $10 {Allows White a new passed pawn.} (39...
f5 $5) (39... h4 $5) 40. fxg4 $1 hxg4 41. Kf4 f5 42. h4 $1 gxh3 43. gxh3 Rxa5
44. Rxd7+ Kc6 45. Rd1 Rd5 46. Ra1 Rd4+ 47. Kg5 Kd5 48. Rg1 (48. h4 $2 Rg4+ $1)
48... f4 49. h4 e5 $10 50. h5 Ke6 51. h6 Rd8 52. h7 Rh8 53. Kh6 f3 54. Rg8
Rxh7+ 55. Kxh7 Kf5 56. Kh6 Kf4 57. Kh5 f2 (57... e4 58. Kh4 $10 {/\Rf8+}) 58.
Rf8+ Kg3 59. Rg8+ Kf3 60. Rf8+ Kg2 61. Rg8+ Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 09th"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 (3... Bb7 4. a3 Nf6 (4... f5 $5) 5. d5 $5 {()} (5.
Nf3 {-E12})) 4. Qc2 Bb7 (4... Nf6 $6 5. e4 $16) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 f5 (6...
Nf6 {-E32}) 7. f3 Nf6 (7... d6 8. b3 $14 {/\Bb2} (8. e3 Qh4+ $5 9. g3 Qh5 10.
Bg2 Nf6 $13)) 8. e3 O-O 9. Qc2 $5 (9. Bd3 Ng4 $5 10. Ne2 Qh4+ 11. g3 (11. Ng3
$2 Nxh2 12. Kf2 Ng4+ $1 13. fxg4 fxg4+ $17) 11... Qh3 12. Nf4 Qh6 13. e4 g5 $13
{<=>}) 9... c5 (9... Nh5 10. Bd3 Qh4+ 11. Qf2 Qxf2+ 12. Kxf2 $14 {_|_}) 10. Bd3
Nc6 $6 (10... cxd4 $142 11. exd4 d5 12. c5 (12. Ne2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd5 14. Bd3
Nc6 15. Be3 Rc8 $36) 12... bxc5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Ne2 a5 $1 $13 {/\Ba6}) 11. Ne2
Nh5 (11... cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. O-O d5 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 a5 16. Bd2 $36 {
/\b4}) 12. O-O Qf6 13. b3 $1 d6 (13... cxd4 14. Bb2 Ne5 (14... e5 $6 15. exd4
exd4 16. Rad1 $16 {/\Qd2,Bc2}) 15. Nxd4 $5 (15. Bxd4 Qg5 $1) 15... Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 $14 {><h5,><d7,><d6}) 14. Bb2 Qg5 15. Bc1 $6 Qf6 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. Rf2 $1 (
17. Qd2 f4 18. exf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Be4 Na5
$10) 17... Rae8 (17... Qxe3 $2 18. Bc1 $18) 18. Rd1 Kh8 19. Qd2 {/\Bc2,b4|^<<}
Ne7 (19... e5 20. d5 Ne7 21. f4 $16) (19... f4 $6 20. exf4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Qxf4
22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Be4 $16) 20. Nf4 Nxf4 $2 (20... Ng6 $142 21. Nxg6+ Qxg6 22.
Bc2 $14) 21. exf4 $16 Qg6 22. dxc5 dxc5 (22... bxc5 23. b4 $36) 23. Bc2 Nc6 $8
24. Qe3 Rd8 25. Rfd2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 $1 (26. Qxd2 Nd4 $132) 26... Rd8 27. Rxd8+
Nxd8 28. b4 $1 (28. Qe5 $2 Bxf3) (28. Qd3 Nc6 29. Qd6 Qf7 $14 {/\Qe7}) 28...
cxb4 29. axb4 h5 $6 (29... Qf7 $142 $16) (29... Nc6 30. b5 Ne7 (30... Na5 31.
Qc3 $18 {/\c5}) 31. Kf2 $18 {/\Qe5,c5}) 30. Kf2 (30. Qd4 $1 Nf7 (30... Nc6 31.
Qd6) 31. Kf2 Bc6 32. b5 Be8 33. Bd3 $18 {><g6,/\c5}) 30... Qf7 31. c5 Qe7 (
31... bxc5 32. Qxc5 a6 (32... Bd5 33. b5 $18 {/\Bd4}) 33. Qd6 Nc6 34. Bb3 $18)
(31... Qd7 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Qxb6 $1 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Qxc2 35. Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Bxg7
$18) (31... Qc7 32. Be5 Qc8 33. Qd4 $18) (31... Nc6 32. b5 Nb4 33. c6 $1 Nxc2
34. cxb7 Qxb7 35. Qc3 $18) 32. cxb6 Qxb4 33. Qe5 $18 Qe7 (33... Qxb6+ 34. Bd4)
34. bxa7 Nc6 35. Qe3 (35. Qb8+ $6 Kh7 36. a8=Q Bxa8 37. Qxa8 Qc5+) 35... Ba8
36. Bb3 Qb7 $138 (36... Qxa7 37. Qxa7 Nxa7 38. Bxe6 $18) 37. Qxe6 Qxa7+ 38. Kg3
{/\Qg8#,Qh6#} 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 (5. Be2) 5... Qa5 6. Rb1 {! V.
Kramnik} Bg4 (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nb3 $1 Qd8 10. Be2 O-O 11.
O-O b6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Na1 $5 a5 15. Nc2 Kh8 16. b3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5
18. f4 Bb7 19. a3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Rbd1 Qc7 22. Bg4 $1 Rab8 23. a4 $16 Ba8
24. Be6 Nd8 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Bd5 Rf5 28. Be6 Rff8 29. Bd5 Rf5 30.
g4 $1 Rff8 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Qd5 Rbc8 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. f5 Be5 35. Kg2 Kg7 36.
Rfe1 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rh8 39. Bg1 Kf6 40. Rxe4 Rcc8 41. Rd3 Rcg8 42. Rh3
Rxh3 43. Kxh3 Rb8 44. Bf2 e6 45. Bh4+ Kf7 46. Re3 exf5 47. gxf5 Rh8 48. Kg4
Rg8+ 49. Kf3 Rh8 50. Kg4 Rg8+ 51. Kf3 Rh8 52. Re4 Bf6 53. Bxf6 Kxf6 54. Kg4 Kf7
55. Re6 Rd8 56. Kf4 d5 57. cxd5 Rxd5 58. Rxb6 Rd3 59. Ke5 Re3+ 60. Kd4 Rf3 61.
Rb5 Ke7 62. Kc4 Rf4+ 63. Kc3 Rf3+ 64. Kb2 {1-0 Serper,G-Ruban,V/Novosibirsk
1993/CBM 036}) (6... Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. b4 $1) 7. d5 Bxc3+ $5 $146 (
7... Nd7 8. Bd2 Ne5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nf6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nb5
Qb8 13. f4 Ned7 14. Qe3 O-O 15. h4 a6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. h5 e6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19.
dxe6 Rxe6 20. Qh3 Nf8 21. f5 $16 Re8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qg2 Qc7 24. Kf1 Qf7 25.
Kg1 Ne6 26. Rh3 Nd4 27. Bd3 Nh5 28. Nd5 Re6 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. f4 b5 31. Rg1 b4
32. Qg4 Nf6 33. Qh4 Rb8 34. f5 gxf5 35. Qh8# {1-0 Tratar,M (2452)-Belotelov,D 
(2291)/Pula 2004/CBM 100 ext}) 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3
$5 Nd7 14. f4 Rae8 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. f5 a6 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. fxg6 $1 hxg6 19.
Ng5 {/\Qh3} Nf6 20. Rbe1 $44) 8. bxc3 Nf6 $1 (8... b6 $6 9. Rb3 $1 Qa6 (9...
Qa4 10. Qd3) 10. Ra3 Qc8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 $16) 9. Rxb7 $2 (9. Qc2 $1 {
B.Gelfand} Nxe4 10. Rxb7 (10. Qxe4 $2 Bf5) 10... Nf6 (10... Bxf3 $2 11. gxf3
Nf6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bh3 Qa6 14. Qb1 $1 {/\Bxf6} (14. Qb3 Nb6) 14... Nb6 15.
Bxf6 Qxb7 (15... exf6 $2 16. Qe4+) 16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Bxh8 Kg8 18. Bd4 cxd4 19.
cxd4 Qc7 20. Qc6 $16) 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Bh6 $13) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nxe4 $6 10. Bd3
Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Bf5 12. Ne1 $1 {/\Bb2} f6 13. Bb2 Qd2 14. Qxd2 Nxd2+ 15. Ke2 $16)
10. Qc2 Bxf3 $2 (10... Nb6 $1 11. Bg5 (11. e5 Nfd7 $1 12. exd6 exd6 13. Qe4+
Ne5 $1 14. Be2 (14. Nxe5 $2 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 Qa1+) 14... Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 Qa1+ 16.
Bd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qxa2 $19) 11... Nfd7 (11... Bc8 $2 12. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 13. e5
dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bb7 15. Qd2 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Bxf6 Rhe8+ 18. Be2 $44) 12.
Nd2 h6 $1 13. Be3 O-O-O $17) 11. gxf3 Nb6 12. Bg5 Nfd7 13. Bh3 Qa6 (13... f6
14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Rb5 Qa6 16. Bf4 $13) (13... O-O-O $2 14. Rxb6 axb6 15. Bxe7
Rde8 16. Bxd6 $16) 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Rb5 ({Si} 15. Qb3 $6 f6 16. Be3 Nb6 17.
Qb5+ $2 Qxb5 18. cxb5 Kd8 19. a4 Nc4 $1 {/\Na5}) 15... Ne5 16. Qe2 $8 ({Contra
} 16. f4 Nxc4 {y si ahora} 17. Qb3 {el negro tiene la sorprendente réplica} Na3
$1 {que le da ventaja, por ejemplo:} 18. Rb8+ (18. Rb7 f6 19. Bh6 Nc2+ 20. Kd2
Nb4) 18... Rxb8 $1 19. Qxb8+ Kd7 20. Qb2 $8 ({Erróneo es} 20. Qxh8 $2 Qd3 $1
21. f3 $8 Qe3+ 22. Kd1 Nc4 $1 23. Kc2 Qe2+ 24. Kb3 Na5+ $1 25. Ka3 Qb5 $19)
20... Nc4 $17) 16... Qa4 17. O-O (17. Rb7 f6 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Bh6 Nb6 $11 (19...
Qa6 $6 20. Rb3 Kf7 21. O-O $14)) 17... f6 18. Bf4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. Rfb1 {
1/2-1/2 Cifuentes Parada,R-Lacasa Diaz,Jose/ESP-chT Honor 2005} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lisbon Masters"]
[Site "Lisbon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Santos, Jose Pereira"]
[Black "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Costa,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. g4 Qa5 $146 (6... fxg4
7. h3 g3 8. fxg3 Qa5 (8... d6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Bg2 Qa6
13. a4 Bf5 14. Nf3 Nbd7 15. Bh6 O-O-O 16. a5 b6 17. O-O $14 {Gurevich,
Dmitry-Dzindzichashvili,Roman/Berkeley ch-US (01) 1984}) 9. Qd3 d6 10. e4 (10.
g4 Nd7 11. Nf3 Ngf6 12. Bd2 b6 13. e4 Ba6 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O h6 16. a4 g5
$15 {Santos,A.P-Rocha,S/ Lisboa Mestres (08) 1994}) 10... Nf6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12.
Nf3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. O-O Qd6 16. Rab1 b6 17. Rb2 h6 18. Be3
Bd7 19. Qc2 g5 $10 {San Segundo,P-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York op (2) 1990}) 7.
Qd3 d6 8. g5 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. f3 $6 (11. Bh3) (11. Bg2) 11... h6
12. gxh6 Nxh6 13. Rg1 Nf7 14. f4 Rh6 (14... g5 $5) 15. h3 Qa4 16. Kf2 O-O-O $17
17. e3 e5 18. Qb1 e4 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Rg3 (20. Rb1 $5) 20... Rg8 21. Be2 Na4 22.
Nb1 Qd8 23. Bd2 g5 24. fxg5 Rxg5 25. Rxg5 Qxg5 26. Bf1 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ (5... Bxg2 6. Qh5+ g6 7.
fxg6 Bg7 8. gxh7+ Kf8 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Qh4 Bxh1 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Nb4 13. Bg6
Ke7 14. a3 Na6 15. Nh5 Qf8 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. O-O-O d5 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Nf1 Bh6 20.
Nfg3 Bxg5+ 21. Qxg5 $40 {Lukacs,P-Forintos,Gy/Dubna 1979}) 6. Kf1 Nf6 (6...
exf5 7. c5 $1 bxc5 8. a3 c4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Bg5 Kd8 13.
Nh4 $1 $16 {Seirawan,Y-Schüssler,H, Malmö 1979}) 7. c5 bxc5 8. a3 c4 9. Bxc4
Ba5 10. fxe6 (10. Nf3 $5 O-O 11. Nc3 d5 12. Bd3 $16) 10... dxe6 (10... Bb6 $6
11. exd7+ Qxd7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qe2+ Kf8 14. Be3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4
Qxd4 17. Nc3 Re8 18. Qd3 Qe5 19. Rd1 g6 20. Qd4 $16 {Arlandi-Sulava /Asti 1995}
) 11. Qa4+ $1 {N} (11. Bxe6 Qe7 $1 12. d5 $6 Nxd5 $1 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 $17 14. Ne2
Qf7 15. Nbc3 Bb3 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Qb5 Rae8 $19 {Sideif Sade,
F-Lempert,I/Nabereznye Chelny 1993}) 11... Nc6 12. Nf3 (12. Bb5 Qd5 13. Qxa5
O-O 14. Nc3 Nxa5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $36) 12... Qd6 $2 (12... O-O 13. Nc3 (13. Bxe6+
$6 Kh8 $44) (13. Ng5 Kh8 14. Nxe6 Qe7 15. Nc3 Ng4 $44) 13... Kh8 $1 (13... Nd5
14. Bg5 $16) (13... Bb6 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. d5 $16) 14. Bb5 (14. Bg5 Bb6 $13)
14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Bxd4 17. Ke2 $1 e5 $1 (17... Bb6
18. Rd1 $14) 18. Rd1 Qe8 $132) 15... Qd5 $44) 13. Nc3 O-O-O $2 14. Nb5 Qd7 15.
Nxa7+ Nxa7 16. Qxa5 Nc6 (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 $18) 17. Qa4 Rhf8 18. Bg5 h6 19.
Re1 e5 (19... Rde8 $142) 20. d5 Nxd5 $2 (20... hxg5 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Bxc6
23. Nxe5 Bb7 24. Ng6 Rfe8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 (25... Rxe8 26. f3 $18) 26. Ke2 $18) (
20... Nd4 21. Qxd7+ Rxd7 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ke2 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5
26. Kd3 $16) 21. Bxd8 Rxf3 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ $1 (4... f5 5. e4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 fxe4
7. h4 Nf6 8. h5 gxh5 $2 (8... Rg8 $142 $13) 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. Qxh5+
Kd8 12. Ne2 d6 13. Qf7 $40 {Farago,I-Davies,N Balatonbereny 1985,Inf.40/69}) 5.
bxc3 f5 6. h4 $6 (6. f3) (6. d6 {! Piket} Qa5 7. Nf3 Nc6 $13) (6. f3 $142 Qa5
7. Bd2 (7. Qc2 $5 Nf6 8. Rb1 d6 9. Bh6 Nbd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 Ne5 12. Nf3
Nfg4 $13) 7... Nf6 8. Qc2 d6 9. e4 fxe4 10. fxe4 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. Be2 Nde5
(12... Nge5 $5 13. Ng5 {Piket} (13. O-O $5) 13... Nb6 $132) 13. O-O Bd7 14. h3
Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Nf6 16. Kh2 O-O-O 17. f4 $36 {[+] Piket,J-Dzindzichashvili,R
Luzern 1989,Inf.48/65}) 6... Nf6 7. h5 Rg8 $1 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Nf3 d6 (9... Qa5
10. Bd2 d6 11. Ng5 Nbd7 12. Qb1 Nb6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Bd3 {1/2:1/2 Finegold,
B-Vokac,M Praque Bohemians-A 1990}) 10. Ng5 Qa5 11. Qb3 (11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. f3 $6
Ne5 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Bd7 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nf7 Rdf8 18. Nxe5
Ba4 $17) 11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 Rb8 $2 {/\b5} (12... Nb6 $142 13. e3 Bd7 14. Bd3
O-O-O $22 15. f3 Rh8 16. Kf2 Qa6 $1 {/\Nd5,Ba4-/+}) 13. e3 b5 (13... a6 $5 14.
a4 b5 (14... Nb6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Bc2 Na8 17. e4 $16) 15. cxb5 Bb7 16. e4 fxe4
17. Bd2 Nxd5 18. Nxe4 $16) 14. cxb5 Bb7 15. e4 $1 $8 (15. O-O-O $2 a6 16. a4 (
16. c4 axb5 17. cxb5 c4 $1 $40) 16... c4 17. Bxc4 Rc8 $40) (15. Rd1 $2 Nb6 16.
e4 fxe4 17. Bd2 c4 $1 $17) 15... fxe4 16. Bd2 {/\c4+/-} c4 $1 17. Bxc4 Nc5 18.
Qc2 (18. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 19. cxb4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nxd5 22. Nxe4 N3f4+
23. Kf3 Nd3 $14) 18... Rc8 (18... Qc7 $5) 19. O-O Ncd7 20. Bb3 Qxb5 21. c4 $16
Qa6 22. Bc3 {/\Ne4+-} Rxc4 $8 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qb2 $6 (24. Rab1 $1 Qxd5 (24...
Bxd5 $142 25. Rfc1 Nc5 26. Rb4 $18) 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 (25... exf6 26. Nxe4 $18) 26.
Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 27. Rb1 Qa8 28. Qc7 Nd7 29. Rb7 Qd8 30. Qc6 $18) 24... Qxd5 25.
Rfd1 Qxg5 26. Qxb7 e3 (26... Kf7 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Rxd6 Qh4 29. Qb3+ Kg7 30.
Re6 $18) (26... Qh4 27. Qc8+ (27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Rac1 Ng4 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Qd5+
Kf6 31. Qd4+ Kf7 $13) 27... Kf7 28. Qc4+ Kf8 (28... d5 29. Rxd5 $1 $18) 29.
Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Rab1 $40) 27. Qxa7 $138 e2 $2 (27... exf2+ 28. Qxf2 Ng4 29. Qg3
$16) (27... Nc5 28. Qa8+ Kf7 29. Qf3 $16) 28. Rd3 $18 Kf7 29. Re1 Rh8 30. Re3
Qf4 31. Rg3 $8 Rh5 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. Rxe3 e5 34. R3xe2 Ke6 35. a4 Nd5 36. Rc2
Nc5 37. a5 Nd3 38. Ra1 N3f4 39. Be1 Rh7 40. a6 Ra7 41. Ra3 Kd7 42. f3 Ne6 43.
Bf2 Ra8 44. a7 Ndc7 45. Rb2 Nd8 46. Rb8 Nc6 47. Rab3 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt 10th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 (6. Ne2 Qf6 7. e5
Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qh6 9. Qxh6 Nxh6 10. Be4 O-O-O 11. Nbc3 d6 12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O
Ne7 14. Rac1 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Kb7 $11 {Ippolito,D-Speelman,J/Internet ICC blitz
2000}) 6... Qf6 $6 {Die neueste Erfindung von Johnathan, der die
Eröffnungsphase häufig originell gestaltet. Schwarz provoziert die Bewegung
der weißen Zentrumsbauern um sie besser angreifen zu können. Diese Idee
erscheint jedoch verdächtig, da Weiß seinen Zentrumsvorteil mühelos halten
oder sogar ausbauen kann.} 7. d5 $1 (7. e5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qh6 9. Nc3 Qxd2+ 10.
Kxd2 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Rae1 O-O 13. h3 a6 14. Re3 Nh5 15. Rhe1 Nf4 16. Bf1
Ne7 $132 {Olafsson,H-Speelman,J/Internet ICC blitz 2000}) 7... Bxd2+ (7... Qxb2
$4 8. dxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxb4 Qxa1 10. Bc3 $18) 8. Qxd2 Nce7 ({Ich habe haupsächlich
mit} 8... Ne5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 {gerechnet. Nach} 10. Nc3 {/\f4,Nb5} a6 (10... c6 $2
11. f4 Qc7 12. e5 $1 $16 {/\Ne4-d6}) 11. Qe3 $14 {/\f4 mit der Idee f4 findet
die schwarze Dame keine Ruhe.}) 9. Nc3 {/\Nb5} a6 10. O-O Qh6 (10... d6 11. Bc2
$16 {/\Ba4}) 11. Qc2 Nf6 {Schwarz hat keine Wahl. Um seine Entwicklung zu
beenden und kurz zu rochieren ( die lange Rochade wäre angesicht des schnellen
b4+c5 reiner Selbstmord) muß er einen Bauernopfer in Kauf nehmen, wonach er
aber auf eine gewisse Kompensation hoffen kann.} (11... d6 $2 12. Qa4+ $16) (
11... Ng6 12. e5 N8e7 13. Be4 $16) 12. e5 ({Eine gute, wenn nicht bessere
Alternative zum Bauerngewinn bestand in} 12. a4 $1 O-O (12... a5 $2 13. Nb5 Rc8
14. d6 $18) 13. a5 $16 {mit einer deutlichen Schwächung der schwazen
Damenflügelstruktur.}) 12... Nh5 13. Be4 O-O (13... exd5 14. cxd5 (14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. cxd5 $16) 14... O-O 15. d6 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 cxd6 17. Nxd6 $16) 14. dxe6
Bxe4 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxe4 Raf8 17. Nd4 {Gespielt mit der Absicht, das
wichtige Feld f4 mittels g3 oder Nde2 unter Kontrolle zu nehmen und eventuell
selbst f2-f4 zu spielen.} ({In Frage kam} 17. Rad1 $5 Ng6 $1 {ist am besten.} (
17... Rxf3 $2 18. gxf3 Nf4 19. Kh1 Rf5 {Die Drohung Rh5 scheint sehr
gefährlich, aber...} 20. Ne2 $1 Nxe2 21. Rxd7 $1 {, und Weiß greift den
gegnerischen König als erster an.} Rh5 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. e6+ Qxe6 24. Rf8+ $18)
(17... Rf4 18. Qe3 Qg6 (18... Nf5 19. Qd2 $16) 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. Qd3 Rg4 21. Nd5
$1 Kh8 (21... Rxg2 $2 22. Nh4 $1 $18) 22. Rg1 $16) 18. Nd5 (18. Nd4 $6 c5 19.
Nde2 Re8 {><e5}) 18... Nhf4 19. Nd4 $14 {Hat Schwarz genug Kompensation für
den Bauern?}) 17... Qd2 $1 {Schwarz gewinnt erst den Bauern zurück...} (17...
Rf4 $2 18. Qe3 c5 19. Nde2 Rxc4 20. Qxh6 gxh6 21. Rad1 $16) 18. Nde2 Nf4 $1 {
und opfert ihn erneut!} (18... Qxb2 19. Rad1 Ng6 20. g3 Qb4 21. f4 $14 {
gefiel Speelman weniger, da seine Springer sehr eingeengt sind.}) 19. Rad1 Qxb2
20. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qxc3 22. e6 Rf5 23. Rxe7 Qf6 24. Rxc7 Re5 25. Qb2 $6
$138 ({Weiß sollte die Damen auf dem Brett behalten:} 25. Qd3 Qxe6 (25... Rxe6
26. c5 $16) 26. Qg3 Qf6 $14) 25... Rxe6 26. Qxf6 Rfxf6 {Das Endspiel ist
remislich, da die weißen Bauern a2 und c4 zu schwach sind.} 27. Ra7 a5 28. h3 (
28. f3 $142 $1 $14 {/\Rd1}) 28... h6 29. Rd1 Rd6 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Rf4 32.
Rc7 Rd4 33. c5 bxc5 34. Rxc5 Rd1+ $1 (34... Ra4 $2 35. Rc2 $16) (34... a4 35.
Rc2 $16) 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Rxa5 Rxf2 $11 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Ra3 Kh7 39. Kf3 Kg6 40.
g3 Kh5 41. Ra5+ Kg6 42. h4 Rc3+ 43. Kf4 Rc4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. Ra3 Kh5 46. Rd3
Ra4 47. a3 g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 $1 (48... Kxg5 49. Kd5 h5 50. Kc6 Ra8 51. Kb5 Rb8+
52. Kc4 Ra8 53. Kb3 Rb8+ 54. Ka2 Ra8 55. Rd4 $16) 49. Kd5 Kg4 50. Kc6 Ra8 (
50... Ra8 51. Kb5 Rb8+ 52. Kc4 Ra8 53. Kb3 Rb8+ 54. Ka2 Ra8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dorfman,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 (3. Bd2) (3. Nd2) 3... c5 4. d5 (4. e3) (4. dxc5
Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 $15) 4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. e4 $1 Nf6 (6... Qxc3+ 7. Bd2
Qe5 8. Bd3 {/\ Nf3}) 7. Bd2 $1 d6 (7... Nxe4 8. Qg4 Nxd2 9. Qxg7 Rf8 10. Kxd2 {
/\ Nf3-g5-h7}) 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 (9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 c4 $17) 9... Re8 10. Qc2
$2 (10. Bg5 $1 exd5 (10... Ng4) (10... Nbd7 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Ng4) 11. Bxf6
dxe4 12. Bc2 gxf6 13. Qxd6) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. f4 (12. O-O $142)
12... Nb6 13. Kf2 (13. O-O Nbxd5 14. cxd5 c4 $17) 13... Nbxd5 $1 14. cxd5 c4
15. Bxh7+ (15. Bf5 Qxd5 (15... Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne4+ 17. Ke1 Qb6 18. Rf1 Nxd2) 16.
Nd4 (16. Bxc8 Rxe2+ $1 17. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 18. Ke3 Rxc8 $19) 16... Bxf5 17. Qxf5
Re2+ $3 18. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 19. Kd1 Qxh1+ 20. Be1 Re8 $17) 15... Nxh7 16. Be3 Nf6
17. Bd4 Ne4+ 18. Kg1 Bf5 19. Qb2 Qxd5 $17 20. h3 Re6 21. Kh2 Rae8 22. Rad1 Qa5
$1 23. Rhf1 b6 24. Ng1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Nf3 Bd3 $6 (26... Re2 $1 27. Rd2
Bd3 $19) 27. Nd4 (27. Rfe1 Be2) 27... Bxf1 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxf1 Qd5 $19 30.
Rf2 Re3 31. Qa3 a5 32. Qa4 Rxc3 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qd8 f6 35. Qxb6 Rd3 36. Qc7 c3
37. Qc8 Rd2 38. Qg4 Rxf2 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40. Qxf2 Qe4 41. Kg3 c2 42. Qd2 d5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 $5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Nf3 {
is the other move.}) 6... Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qh4 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bg5 Ne4 11.
Rd1 Qf5 12. e3 (12. Be3 e5 {would be unclear.}) 12... Nxg5 13. Nxg5 (13. Qxg5
Qxg5 14. Nxg5 Ke7 $11) 13... Qa5+ 14. Rd2 h6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Be2 e5 17. Bc4 $6
({It seems like after the simplest idea} 17. O-O Be6 18. Rdd1 Rfd8 19. Rc1 {
White would be slightly better.}) 17... Bf5 18. Nd6 $2 {The aggressive option,
but it simply does not work.} (18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 {
is a draw.}) 18... Rad8 19. b4 Qxa3 20. O-O (20. Nxf5 $4 Qc1+ $19) 20... Bg6 (
20... Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rb1 $1 {is unclear.} ({And not} 22. Qg4 $2 Qxb4 23.
Qxe6+ Kh7 {followed by ...Rf6-+.})) 21. Rfd1 {All the following moves are
forced!} Kh7 (21... Qxb4 $4 22. Nxf7 $1 $18) 22. b5 Nd4 (22... Na5 23. Be2 {
would give White very big compensations.}) 23. exd4 (23. Ne4 Nf5 24. Qxd8 Rxd8
25. Rxd8 Qa4 $5 26. Rc1 Nxe3 $19) (23. Nxf7 Bxf7 $1 (23... Nf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxd2
25. Rxd2 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qxd2 {is also better for Black but after} 27. Qe7 {
White has some chances.}) 24. Bd3+ (24. Bxf7 $2 Ne2+ $19) 24... Kh8 25. Qe4 Bg8
26. exd4 Rxd4 $19) 23... Qxd6 24. dxe5 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. h3 Rfd8 27. Qe7
R8d7 28. Qf8 {A good practical try. White needs to get the black rook away
from the d2-square, otherwise Black is just winning.} (28. Qa3 Rc7 $17) 28...
Rd8 (28... Rc7 $1 {would win, but after} 29. e6 {I simply missed that I can
play} f6 {and Black wins:} 30. Bb3 $8 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rb1 {(now I'm just chasing
the white bishop)} 32. Bc4 Rc2 33. Bd5 Rxb5 34. Bf3 Re5 35. e7 Rc7 $19) 29. Qe7
R2d7 30. Qa3 Rc7 31. Be2 $1 {Now White is able to play Bf3 and I think I am
not better anymore. But this is the result of missing move 29...f6 after 28...
Rc7.} Rd2 {I thought I had more chances to "trick" my opponent (who was in
time trouble) after this move.} (31... b6 32. f4 {is, I think, OK for White.})
32. Bf3 b6 33. Bc6 Rd8 34. f4 Bd3 35. Qc3 (35. Qc1 $1 Kg8 36. Qe3 {is OK for
White.}) 35... Kg8 36. Qd2 $6 ({It was the last moment to play} 36. Qe1 $1 {
(/\Qe3) with the idea of} a6 37. e6 $1 $132) 36... a6 37. f5 Rcc8 38. e6 Bxb5 (
38... fxe6 $6 39. Qe1 $1 $11 (39. fxe6 $2 Bxb5 $19)) 39. exf7+ Kh7 40. Bxb5 (
40. f8=N+ Rxf8 41. Bxb5 axb5 42. Qd3 Rf6 43. Qxb5 {is a small improvement over
the game, since I'd have had a b-pawn and not a-pawn.}) (40. Bd5 Bc6 (40... Bc4
41. f8=N+ Rxf8 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. f6 $1 {should be a draw:} b5 44. Qd3+ Kg8 45.
Qd5+ Rf7 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qxa6 Rxf6 48. Qxb5 $11) 41. Bxc6 Rxd2 42. Be8 {
is back into the game.}) 40... Rxd2 41. Be8 Re2 42. f8=Q Rexe8 43. Qf7 Rf8 44.
Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qxb6 Rf6 (45... Rxf5 46. Qxa6 {is the theoretical draw.}) 46. Qa5
Rb8 47. Qe5 Rb5 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. g4 $6 (49. Qe4 {was necessary, so as not to
weaken the white king:} a5 50. Qc2 $5 Rbb6 (50... Rb4 51. Qc5 Rb1+ 52. Kh2 a4
53. Qa3 $11) 51. Qa4 Ra6 52. Kh2 {and I simply don't see exactly how to
improve my position since any move from the rook on f6 will lead to some queen
move on e4 or c2. This may simply be a draw. Of course the main point is that
the f5-pawn is untouchable due to Qe4.}) 49... Rfb6 50. Kg2 (50. Qe4 {does not
help White since after} Rb4 {the White queen cannot stay on the b1-h7 diagonal.
This is the main problem of having played g4. Now my opponent did his best: to
hide his king on h4. But Black has extra possibilities compared to the line
after 49.Qe4.}) 50... a5 51. Kg3 Rb4 (51... a4 $2 52. f6 $1 Rb3+ 53. Kg2 {
is a draw.}) 52. Kh4 a4 53. Qa8 $2 {This move is not flexible enough.} (53. Qe7
$8 Rc4 (53... a3 54. f6 Rb7 55. Qf8 $1 {is a draw!} (55. Qe5 $2 g6 $19)) 54.
Kh5 {and it is not so easy, for Black, to improve the position. This may be a
draw.}) 53... Rd6 {Now the white queen has no decent square any more and White
is lost.} 54. Qf3 (54. Qa5 $2 Rb3 $19) (54. Qe8 Ra6 {[%cal Gb4b6,Gb6f6] will
be similar to the game.}) 54... Rf6 55. Qa3 Rd4 56. Qa1 $6 (56. Qe3 Rdd6 {
followed by ...Ra6 and Black will be winning in the long-term, though
computers always find crazy defensive moves and would make a draw against any
human there...}) 56... Rf4 $1 {[%csl Rf5]} 57. Qb1 (57. Kg3 Rb4 $19) (57. Kh5
Rb6 $19) 57... a3 $1 58. Qb3 (58. Kg3 Ra4 $19) 58... R6xf5 59. Qxa3 Rf3 60. Qe7
$8 Re5 $5 {The simplest, though according to Houdini Black has many ways to
eventually mate.} 61. Qd7 (61. Qb7 Ree3 62. Qb1+ Rd3 $44) 61... Ree3 62. g5
Rf4+ (62... Rf4+ 63. Kh5 Rxh3+ 64. Qxh3 g6#) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:24] A sequence of moves known
to English chess fans as the 'Sniper'...} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} d6 {[%emt 0:
01:27]} (4... b5 $5 {probably transposes to a Benko Gambit:} 5. cxb5 a6 6. e4 (
6. bxa6 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bxa6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 {is a main line}) 6... axb5 7. e5
b4 $13 {This position is sufficiently modern for the most exacting taste, and
I think Black is probably fine if he continues with ...Nh6 and/or ...Ba6,
developing as many pieces to the side as possible.}) 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} e6
{[%emt 0:04:39]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:36]} ({Pertinent:} 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6
8. h3 b5 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. a3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. b4 Bb7
15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Nh5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Be3 Qd8 21.
Bg5 Qb6 22. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Matlakov,M (2714)-Zvjaginsev,V (2661) Sochi 2017}
) 6... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} ({I was always taught
that if White is able to recapture with the e-pawn, i.e.} 7. exd5 $14 {then
the Benoni construction has basically failed and White is better.}) 7... Bg4 {
[%emt 0:04:25]} ({A good question to ask is why not} 7... Nf6 {Maybe} 8. h3 (8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O ({Or} 9. h3 b5) 9... Bg4 {is main line theory.}) 8... O-O 9. O-O
{might have been something Black didn't like - the move order certainly raises
unusual questions. Play could continue} b5 $6 (9... c4 10. Bc2 b5 $132 {
is better}) 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Nc3 $14 {when the position resembles
the line which refutes 1.d4 b5.}) 8. Nbd2 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
05:15]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:15:46]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:
30]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 15. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:13:50]}
Nxe8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 16. Bg5 $146 {[%emt 0:11:28] It's just a bishop pair,
and Black lacks the usual compensations that the Benoni offers.} (16. Qb3 Qc7
17. Be3 Nd7 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Qa3 Qd8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Bb3 Rxc1+ 23.
Bxc1 Qc7 24. Bd2 a6 25. a4 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. g4 Ng7 28. Kg2 h5 29. f4 Bf6
30. a5 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qd7 32. Bd1 Ne8 33. Be2 Nc7 34. Qc4 Nb5 35. Be3 Qe8 36.
Kf3 Nc3 37. g5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Khismatullin,D (2601)-Andreikin,D (2625) Voronezh
2009}) 16... Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 17. Nd4 {[%emt 0:08:05]} (17. Re1 {was more
natural for me.}) 17... Qb6 {[%emt 0:17:10] Probably relying on ...Nxe3, but
White's next makes this irrelevant.} ({After the natural} 17... Nbd7 18. Ne6 $5
{could be the point, but the story doesn't necessarily end here:} fxe6 19. dxe6
d5 20. Bxd5 Nf8 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bc6 $44) 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:11:04]} Ng4 $6 {
[%emt 0:02:40] Not a great move, but the position wasn't fun anyway.} 19. Qe4 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:22:10]} (19... Nxe3 20. Qe8+ Bf8 21. fxe3 {
leaves Black completely helpless against Rf1 and Ne6 ideas, despite the
initially optimistic prognosis of the machine. For instance} Qc7 22. Ne6 fxe6
23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Qc8 $18 {with Rf1-f7 to come.}) 20. Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:25] The
position, and this move in particular, give me flashbacks to the game
Hawkins-Fernandez, 4NCL 2016, when I tried some kind of KID/Benko mashup.} Nbd7
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 22. Bxb6 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Bxa7 $16 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne5 {
[%emt 0:05:20]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 25. bxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:
52]} 27. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra8
{[%emt 0:04:29]} 29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Re2 {
[%emt 0:03:42]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} ({If Black has to defend passively with} 
30... Ra8 {then he is not long for this world, but there might not have been
anything objectively better.}) 31. Re8 $18 {[%emt 0:00:58] A well-calculated
way to clinch the game in tactics rather than technique.} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
32. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:23]} (32... Rb4 33. a4 $1 {doesn't
change much.}) 33. f4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 34. Bf6 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} Re4 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 35. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]}
36. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:02] Directed against White's most
obvious idea of Nc8-e7, but there are others.} 37. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} h5 {
[%emt 0:01:56]} (37... Kg7 38. Ne8+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. d6 $18) 38. Bh6 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. g4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} 40. Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:06] This move looks like it
threatens perpetual check, but in fact it doesn't even do that. Black is
beyond saving, of course.} 41. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:02:04]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42.
Rf8+ {[%emt 0:03:34] Probably the idea was Nf7 next and then the white king
trivially dodges the checks using f3.} 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch14 playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1959.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "Flesch,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1959.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. e3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 $1 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 f6 7. f4 $6
exf4 8. exf4 Nh6 $1 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Rd1+ Kc7 11. Bd4 Bd6 12. Nge2 Re8 13. Kd2
Nd7 14. h3 Nh6 15. Bd3 (15. g4 $5) 15... Nc5 $1 16. Bxh7 Bf5 $1 17. Bxf5 Nxf5
18. Rhf1 Ne4+ 19. Kc1 b5 $1 20. Rd3 b4 21. Nd1 c5 22. Bf2 Rad8 $1 23. g4 c4 $1
24. Rd5 (24. Rf3 Nd2 $3 25. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 26. Ke1 Bd2#) 24... Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Ne3
26. Nxe3 Rxe3 27. c3 $2 (27. Kd1 Rxh3) (27. Rh5 Rxe2 $19) 27... bxc3 28. Ra5
Kb6 29. Ra4 cxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Bc5 31. Rxc4 Rd2+ 32. Rc2 Ba3+ 33. Kb1 Rd1+ 34. Nc1
Ree1 35. Rb2+ Bxb2 36. Rxb2+ Kc5 37. Rc2+ Kd4 38. Kb2 Re7 39. Nb3+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 Nc6 $5 5. Qc2 (5. d5 Nce7 6. e4 exd5 7.
cxd5 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 $14) 5... Nf6 6. g3 $5 (6. e4 d5 7.
cxd5 exd5 8. e5 Ne4 $13) 6... d6 7. Bg2 e5 8. d5 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Nb8 10. O-O $5
(10. e4) 10... Bg4 11. e4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nf1 Nc5 15. Ne3
g6 16. Bg2 Qe7 17. b3 Rfb8 (17... c6 $10) 18. Rab1 h5 $6 19. a3 $14 Ra7 (19...
a4 20. b4 Nb3 21. Qc3 Nd4 22. Rd2 $14) 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Rdc1 (21. Rbc1) 21...
axb4 22. axb4 c5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qd2 c5 25. b5 Nb6 26. Ra1 $16 Rba8 27. Rxa7
Rxa7 28. Rd1 Rd7 (28... Ne8 29. Nd5) 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. Ra6 Qd8 31. Bf3 Kf8 32.
Bg2 Qb8 33. h4 Ne8 34. Qa2 Nc7 35. Ra3 Qd8 (35... Ne6 36. Nd5) 36. Bh3 Rb8 37.
Qd2 Ra8 38. Rd3 Ne8 39. Qc3 Qf6 (39... Ra4 $2 40. Qxe5) 40. Kg2 Ra2 41. Rd2
Rxd2 $5 (41... Ra4 42. Nd5 Nxd5 43. Rxd5 Qe7 44. Rd1 Qa7 $16) 42. Qxd2 Qd8 43.
Qa5 Nf6 44. f3 Qb8 45. Kf1 Kg7 46. Ke2 Ne8 47. Kd3 Nc7 48. f4 $1 exf4 49. gxf4
Kh7 50. Qa1 Qh8 $2 (50... Nxc4 51. Nxc4 Qxb5 52. Qb2 $16) 51. Qxh8+ $18 Kxh8
52. e5 dxe5 53. fxe5 Kg7 54. Nd5 $1 Ncxd5 (54... Nbxd5 55. cxd5 Nxb5 56. Kc4
Nd4 57. Kxc5 Nf3 58. Kd6 Kf8 (58... Nxh4 59. e6) 59. e6 fxe6 60. dxe6 Nd4 61.
e7+ Kf7 62. Bd7) 55. cxd5 Kf8 (55... Nxd5 56. Kc4 Nb6+ 57. Kxc5 Na4+ 58. Kc6)
56. d6 Ke8 57. Ke4 Kd8 58. e6 fxe6 59. Bxe6 Ke8 60. Ke5 Kd8 61. Bf7 c4 (61...
Kd7 62. Bxg6 Nc4+ 63. Kd5 Nxd6 64. b6 c4 65. Bxh5 c3 66. Bg4+ $1 Ke7 67. Bd1)
62. Bxg6 c3 63. Kd4 Kd7 64. Kxc3 Nd5+ 65. Kb3 Nf6 66. Kb4 Kxd6 67. Ka5 Kc7 68.
b6+ Kd6 69. b7 Kc7 70. Ka6 Kb8 71. Bf7 Ne4 72. Bxh5 Nc5+ 73. Kb6 Nxb7 74. Bg4
$1 Nd8 75. h5 Nf7 76. Be6 Ng5 77. h6 Nh7 78. Kc6 Nf6 79. Kb6 Ka8 80. Ka6 Kb8
81. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4 8.
Nf3 Nxd2 $6 (8... O-O $5) 9. Nxd2 O-O (9... e5 $6 10. Nf3 $1 O-O 11. Nxe5 $1
Nxe5 12. dxe5 $16) 10. Nf3 Ne7 $6 {><e7} (10... Qe7 $5 {/\ Rd8, e5}) 11. Bd3
Bd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O a5 14. Rfc1 (14. Rac1 $142) 14... c6 (14... Rc8 15. Qd2
$1) 15. c5 (15. e4 $142 $1 $16) 15... Qc7 (15... f5 $142 $1 $14) 16. Qe2 (16.
e4 $1 $16) 16... f5 $8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. f4 $1 Ng6 19. Nf3 Ne7 20. h3 $1 Bh5 21.
g4 Bg6 22. Rf1 (22. Kh1 $6 fxg4 $1 23. hxg4 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 g5 $1 $13) 22... Qd8
23. Rf2 Qe8 24. Ne5 Bh7 25. Rg2 Kh8 (25... Ng6 26. Nf3 $1 $16) 26. Kh2 Ng6 27.
Nf3 Qe7 28. Rag1 Nh4 (28... Rf6 $5 $16) 29. Nxh4 Qxh4 30. gxf5 (30. g5 $6 g6 $1
$14) 30... exf5 (30... Bxf5 $2 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Rxg7 Rg8 33. Qg2 $18) 31. Rxg7
Rg8 32. Rxg8+ (32. Qe1 Qxe1 (32... Qf6 33. Rxb7 $1) 33. Rxg8+ Rxg8 34. Rxe1 Rb8
$1 $132) 32... Rxg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Qd2 $18 {><a5} Bg6 35. Kg2 Qe7 36. Qe1
$1 Kg7 37. Kf1 Qd8 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Kd1 Ke6 40. Be2 Kf7 41. Kc2 Kg7 42. Bd3 Kf7
43. Kb1 Ke6 44. Ka2 Kf7 45. Qc3 Kf6 46. Qb3 (46. Kb3 $5 Be8 47. Ka4 b5+ 48.
cxb6 Qxb6 49. Qc5 $1 Qxb2 50. Kxa5 $18) 46... Qe7 47. Be2 Bf7 48. Bd1 Kg7 49.
Bc2 Kg6 50. Qd3 Be6 51. Qc3 Qh4 (51... Qc7 52. Bd1 $18) 52. Qxa5 Qxh3 53. Qc7
Qxe3 54. Qxb7 Qxf4 55. Qxc6 Kf6 56. Qe8 Qc7 57. a4 Bf7 58. Qb5 Be6 59. a5 f4
60. Qb6 Qd7 61. a6 f3 62. a7 f2 63. a8=Q (63. a8=Q f1=Q 64. Qf8+ Qf7 65. Qbd8#)
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAN"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Be5 11. Nf4 Qe7 (11... a5 12. Be3 exd5 (12... Qe7 $2 13.
Bxc5 Qxc5 (13... bxc5 14. d6 $18) 14. Nd3 $18) 13. Nfxd5 $13) 12. Bd2 c6 $6 {
Black is not grasping the importance of slowing down white's expansion on the
queenside.} (12... a5 13. Rad1 (13. b4 $6 Nce4 (13... axb4 14. axb4 Nce4 15.
Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. dxe6 $14) 14. dxe6 dxe6 $15) 13... a4 $13) 13. dxe6
dxe6 (13... Nxe6 14. Nd3 Bc7 15. e3 $14) 14. Rad1 Rad8 (14... a5 15. b4 $14)
15. b4 Bxc3 (15... Na6 16. e4 $1 $14) 16. Bxc3 Nce4 17. Ba1 $1 {[%mdl 32] The
diagonal a1-h8 can not be used immediatelly, but Sokolov will clearly
illustrate how painfully the opponent misses his dark squared bishop.} c5 (
17... a5 18. f3 Ng5 19. Nd3 $14) 18. Qb2 cxb4 19. axb4 Rc8 20. Qe5 $1 Rfe8 (
20... Rxc4 21. Qxe6+ (21. f3 Ng5 22. h4 Nf7 23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Re8 $11)
21... Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rb8 23. b5 $14) 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 (21... fxe4 $5 22. Rd4 (22.
Rd6 Rxc4 23. Rxe6 Qd7 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $13) 22... Qc7 (22... Qxb4 $2 23. Rd7 $16)
23. Rd6 $14) 22. f3 Bb7 (22... Bc2 23. Rd6 Rxc4 24. Rxe6 Qf7 25. Qb5 Rec8 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rd6 $16) 23. Rd6 Rxc4 $6 (23... Rc6 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. b5 Ba8 26.
Rd1 $14) 24. Rxe6 Qf7 (24... Qd7 25. Qxf5 Bc8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Qxd7 Bxd7 28.
Rb1 $16) 25. Rd1 Rxb4 (25... Bc8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qb8 Nd7 28. Qxa7 Rxb4 29.
Qa2+ $18) 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (26... Qxe8 27. Qc7 $18) 27. Rd8 {White pieces are
openly attacking the kingside of the endangered Rahman.} Bc6 (27... Kf8 $2 28.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxg7#) 28. Kf2 Rb5 (28... Rb1 29. Bb2 h6 (29... a6 $2 30. Nd5
$18) 30. Nd5 Kh7 31. Ne7 Ba4 32. Rd2 a5 33. Nxf5 $16) 29. Qd6 Rc5 (29... Bb7
30. Rxe8+ $1 Qxe8 31. Qc7 Qf7 32. Qb8+ Qf8 33. Qxb7 $18) 30. Ne6 Rc1 (30... Rd5
31. Qxc6 $18) 31. Nxg7 $1 (31. Nxg7 $1 Rxa1 32. Nxe8 Bxe8 33. Qe5 Kf8 34. Qxa1
$18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 $5 (4. d5) 4... Na6 5. Bd2 $6 (5. Be3 $5
Qa5 6. Bd4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. e4 $14) 5... Nf6 6. g3 Nxc5 7. Bg2 d6 $1 {><d7}
8. b4 Ncd7 9. Rc1 O-O {/\ Nb6 ><c4} 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Nb6 $1 13.
Nh3 Be6 14. Nd5 Nxc4 $1 (14... Nbxd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 $1) 15. Qxc4 Nxd5 (
15... Rc8 $4 16. Qxc8 $18) 16. Bxd5 (16. Ng5 Rc8 $1 17. Qh4 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 Nf6
19. Bxb7 $2 Qc7) 16... Bxh3 17. Bxb7 Ra7 $5 (17... Rb8 18. Bc6 $5 Rc8 19. b5
Bg2 20. Rg1 Bxc6 21. bxc6 $13) 18. Bc6 $2 (18. Bf3 $1 {/\ Qh4}) 18... Rc7 19.
b5 (19. Qh4 Rxc6 20. Qxh3 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Bc3+ 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Qb6) 19...
Bg2 20. Rg1 Bxc6 21. Ba5 (21. bxc6 Qa8 {/\ Rfc8}) 21... Bxb5 $1 22. Bxc7 (22.
Qxc7 Qa8) 22... Qd7 23. Qb4 Rc8 24. Qa5 Bd4 25. Kd2 Bxf2 $19 26. Rgf1 Bc5 27.
Bb6 Rb8 28. Bxc5 dxc5+ 29. Ke1 Bxe2 30. Rf4 (30. Kxe2 Rb2+ 31. Ke3 Qe6+ 32. Kf3
Qe2+ 33. Kf4 Rb4+ $19) 30... Bb5 31. Kf2 e5 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 (3. d5 $5 Ba6 4. e4 exd5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qc2
c6 8. Bd3 $14 {Miles-Christiansen, USA (ch) 1977}) 3... Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 $5 (4...
Bb4+ 5. Bd2 $14 (5. Kf1 $5)) 5. exf5 $1 (5. Qh5+ g6 6. Qe2 Nf6 $10) (5. Nc3 Bb4
6. Qe2 Nf6 {Speelman-Knott}) (5. d5 $5 fxe4 6. Bxe4 Qh4 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bf3 Bb4+
9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. dxe6 Nc6 $1 $13) (5. Qe2) 5... Bxg2 (5... Bb4+ $5
6. Kf1 (6. Nc3 $2 Bxg2 7. Qh5+ Kf8 $1 $19) 6... Nf6 7. Bg5 $1 O-O 8. Nf3 $14) (
5... Qh4 $5 $44) 6. Qh5+ g6 (6... Ke7 7. Qg5+ $18) 7. fxg6 Bg7 (7... Nf6 $2 8.
g7+ Nxh5 9. gxh8=Q Bxh1 10. Qxh7 $18) 8. gxh7+ Kf8 9. Ne2 $3 (9. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8
10. Qg6 (10. Qg4 Bxh1 11. Bg5 Qe8 $1 $17) 10... Bxh1 11. Bg5 Qf8 $17) (9. Nf3
$6 Nf6 10. Qh4 Bxh1 11. Ne5 d6 $3 12. Ng6+ Kf7) 9... Bxh1 10. Bg5 $1 (10.
hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 $17) (10. Nf4 Ne7 $17) 10... Nf6 (10... Ne7 $2 11. Nf4 Qe8 12.
Ng6+ Nxg6 13. Bxg6 Qc8 14. Qh4 $1 $18) (10... Bf6 $2 11. hxg8=Q+ $16 (11. h4 $1
) 11... Rxg8 12. Qh6+ Kf7 13. Qh7+ Rg7 (13... Kf8 14. Bh6+ Bg7 15. Bxg7+ Rxg7
16. Qh8+ $18) 14. Bg6+ Kf8 15. Bh6 Nc6 16. Nf4 {/\ Nh5 +-}) 11. Qh4 Nc6 (11...
d6 12. Nf4 Ke7 13. Qh3 Qc8 14. Nh5 $44 (14. Nd2 $44)) (11... d5 12. Nf4 $44)
12. Nf4 (12. Nd2 $5 {/\ 0-0-0}) 12... Kf7 $2 (12... Nb4 13. Bg6) (12... Nxd4
13. Ng6+ Ke8 14. Qxd4 Rxh7 15. Ne5 $1 Rh3 $1 16. Bg6+ Kf8 17. Nc3 $1 d6 (17...
c5 18. Qd6+ Qe7 $2 19. Nxd7+ $18) 18. O-O-O $16) (12... e5 $5 13. Ng6+ Kf7 14.
dxe5 Re8 15. h8=N+ (15. f4 d6 16. Nc3 dxe5 17. O-O-O $13) (15. Qf4 $6 d6 16.
h8=Q (16. h8=N+ Kg8) 16... dxe5 $3 $13) 15... Bxh8 16. Nxh8+ Rxh8 17. Qf4 Nxe5
$19) (12... e5 $1 13. Ng6+ Kf7 14. dxe5 Re8 $1 15. f4 $3 d6 16. Nc3 dxe5 17.
O-O-O Bf3 18. Be2 $1 $16) 13. Bg6+ Ke7 14. Nh5 Qf8 15. Nd2 $16 e5 (15... d5 16.
O-O-O Be4 17. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 18. Nxg7 Qxg7 19. Bxe4 $18) (15... Nb8 16. O-O-O Bb7
17. Re1 $18 (17. d5 $18)) 16. O-O-O Nxd4 17. Rxh1 Ne6 18. f4 $1 $18 (18. Re1
Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Kd8 $2 20. Rxe5 Kc8 21. Rf5) 18... d6 19. Ne4 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Bh6
21. Qh4 $1 Bg7 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Rf1 Kd7 24. Nexf6+ Bxf6 25. Nxf6+ Kc8 26. Be4
c6 27. Qh3+ Kb7 28. Bxc6+ (28. Bxc6+ Ka6 (28... Kxc6 29. Qd7+ Kc5 30. Qd5+ Kb4
31. Qb5#) 29. Bb5+ Ka5 30. a3) 1-0

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. b4 $6 (7. g3 O-O
8. Bg2 $13) 7... a5 $1 8. b5 (8. Rb1 axb4 9. axb4 Na6 $15) 8... Ne4 9. Na4 (9.
Bb2 Bf6 10. Rc1 exd5 11. cxd5 O-O $36) 9... Bf6 10. Rb1 Qe7 11. Qc2 d6 12. e3
Nd7 13. dxe6 Ndc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd2 (15. Qxf5 $2 Be4 16. Qh5+ g6 $19) 15...
Qxe6 16. Nb3 Qe4 $1 (16... Be4 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bd3) 17. Qa2 (17. Qxe4+ Bxe4
18. Nxc5 Bxb1 $19) 17... O-O-O 18. Bd2 Rhe8 19. Rc1 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 (20...
Qxd3 21. f3 (21. Rg1 a4 22. Na1 Bh4 23. Qc2 (23. g3 Bf3) 23... Rxe3+ 24. Bxe3
Qxe3+ 25. Kd1 (25. Kf1 Bxf2 26. Rh1 Be4 $19) 25... Qd4+ 26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Kxd2
Bg5+ $19) 21... Bh4+ 22. g3 (22. Kd1 Rxe3 $19) 22... Bxf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Ba6 {A very rare move. The normal continuation is Bb7}
4. Qc2 (4. e4 $142 d5 (4... Qh4 $2 5. Nc3 f5 6. Nf3 Qg4 7. h3 Qg6 8. Ne5 Qf6 9.
exf5 exf5 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Bf4 $18 {1-0 Izeta Txabarri,F-Petit,E/Benasque 1997/
EXT 98 (27)}) 5. Nd2 dxc4 (5... c6 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc4 9. Nxc4
Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Rac1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lytchak,
A-Bunzmann,D/Apolda 1997/EXT 99 (20)}) 6. Bxc4 $2 (6. Nxc4) 6... b5 7. Be2 Qxd4
8. Ngf3 Qd8 9. a4 b4 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Ne5 a6 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rd1
Qc8 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 e5 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. Nc4 Be7 $17 {0-1 Hastings,
J-Ehlvest,J/Philadelphia 1993/EXT 99 (36)}) 4... c6 5. Bf4 {Trying to prevent
black from playing d7-d5, however, the B is awkwardly placed on f4} (5. e4 d5
6. Nf3 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 $11) 5... f5 (5... d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 (6... cxd5 7. Bxb8
Rxb8 8. Qa4+ {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ga4e8,Ga4a6] the point of white's 5th move}) (
6... exd5 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Qxc6+ $18) 7. e4 (7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. e4 Qa5+ 9. b4 Bxb4+
10. axb4 Qxa1 11. Qxc6+ Ke7 12. Qc7+ Kf6 $11) 7... Qd7 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf3 $14)
6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 $2 {Now black's K becomes
extremely weak.} (9... Bb7 $142 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nh3 Na6 12. O-O $14) 10. Bxd5
exd5 11. Qxf5 {[%csl Re8]} Bf6 12. Qxd5 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd5g8]} Nc6 (12...
Bxb2 13. Ra2 $18) (12... Qc8 $2 13. Qxa8 {[%csl Yc1][%cal Gf4c1]} Bb7 14. Qxb8
$18) 13. Nc3 Bxc3+ (13... Qe7 $5 14. Ne4 Bxb2 15. Ra2 Be5 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 (16...
Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qe6 18. Rd2 $14) 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 $14) 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Qb3
Ng6 (15... d5 $4 16. Qa4+ {[%csl Ra6]}) 16. Be3 $6 {I gave most consideration
to the other, more challenging move. However, with so little time on the clock
I decided to play safe} (16. Bd6 Qf6 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Kb2 Qxf2 (18... Bc4 19.
Qc2 Qxf2 20. Nf3 Kd8 21. Nd4 $36) 19. Nh3 Qxe2+ 20. Ka1 Qc4 21. Rhe1+ Kd8 22.
Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Ng5 $44) 16... Qf6 17. Nf3 Qc6 $1 18. O-O {Otherwise white
threatens not to castle at all} Bxe2 ({Here I was, somewhat conserned about:} 
18... Bb7 {[%cal Gg6e5]} 19. Bd4 O-O-O (19... Rf8 20. Bxg7 Rxf3 21. exf3 Qxf3
22. Rfe1+ Kd8 23. Qg8+ Kc7 24. Qc4+ Bc6 25. Kf1 $18) 20. c4 (20. Bxg7 $2 Rhg8
$40) 20... Rde8 21. Rfe1 {and white seems to survive black's pressure along
the long /^}) 19. Nd4 Bc4 $8 (19... Qc4 20. Rfe1 Qxb3 21. Nxb3 Bc4 22. Bxb6+
Kf7 23. Nd2 $16) 20. Nxc6 Bxb3 21. Nd4 Bc4 22. Rfe1 O-O {Now the position is
slightly better for white, due to the badly placed night on g6 and a weaker K
of black's. Of course, it is hardly enough for a win} 23. f4 {[%csl Rg6]} Rac8
24. Bf2 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yf4f5,Ge1e3]} Rf7 {[%cal Gg6e7,Ge7d5]} 25. Rad1 {
[%csl Rd7]} Ba6 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3]} 26. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3g5,Yf2d4]} h6 (
26... Rxc3 27. Ng5 Re7 (27... Rf8 28. Rxd7 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf2d4,Yg5e6]})
28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Rxd7 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Bf1+ 31. Kf3 Rc3+ 32. Be3 Nc6 33. Kf2 Bc4
34. Bd4 $36) 27. Bd4 {[%cal Gf3e5] White has succesfully regrouped his pieces.}
d6 28. Re6 Ne7 29. Nh4 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6]} ({of course not:} 29. Rxd6 Be2 $19)
29... Nd5 30. Rxd6 (30. Ng6 Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ $11) 30...
Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. f5 {Exploiting the weakness of black's K}
h5 (33... Rxa3 34. g4 Rf6 (34... Ra4 35. h3 Rf6 36. Rb8 h5 37. Rdd8 Kh6 38. Nf3
$1 $18) 35. Ra8 (35. Rb8 Rc6 (35... h5 36. g5 Rc6 37. f6 $18 {[%cal Gd1d7]})) (
35. Ng6 Rxg6 36. fxg6+ Kxg6 37. R1d6+ Kh7 38. R6d7 $11) 35... Bd3 36. Re1 Bc4
37. Ree8 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 g5 39. Ng6) 34. R1d7 $1 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Ng6 {
[%csl Rh7]} Rc8 (36... Kh6 37. Nf4 Rc8 38. Rd7) 37. Rd7 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Bc8 39.
Rf7 Rc2+ (39... Bxf5 40. Nf8+ Kg8 41. Rxf5 $18) 40. Kg1 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 $138 Rc2+
42. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gf4g5,Gf7f8,Gf8h8] Activity is much more important
than a pawn} Rxh2 43. Nh4 {[%cal Gf5f6]} (43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Kg5 Rf3 45. Rf8
Rxg3+ 46. Kxh5 Rh3+ 47. Kg4 $4 (47. Kg5 Rg3+ 48. Kf4 Bxf5 49. Kxg3 Kxg6 50. Ra8
a5 51. Ra6 Bc2 52. Rxb6+ Kf7 53. Rc6 Bb3 54. Kf4 a4 $11) 47... Bxf5+ $1 48.
Rxf5 Kxg6 $19) 43... Kh6 44. Rc7 Ba6 45. Rxa7 Bb5 46. Re7 {[%cal Ge7e6,Ge6b6]}
Rb2 47. Re6+ Kh7 48. Kf4 (48. Rxb6 $4 Be2+ $19) 48... Be2 49. Kg5 Bg4 50. Ng6
$138 (50. Re8) 50... Rf2 51. Nh4 Rb2 52. Re8 Rb5 53. Rf8 {[%cal Gh4g6] The
rest is easy} g6 $8 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Kxg6 Rb3 56. Ra7 Kf8 57. Ra8+ Ke7 58. f6+
Kd7 59. f7 1-0

[Event "Winterthur op2"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2002.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 b5 {Normunds' pet line.
This move leads to complex irrational positions, but objectively speaking,
white is better.} (6... Na6 {is the normal continuation here.}) 7. Nxb5 exd5 8.
Bf4 $1 {To my opinion, this move poses the most problems to black's set up.} ({
another move that was tested here is:} 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. Bg2 a5 11.
O-O O-O (11... c6 12. Nc3 Be4 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,P-Miezis,N/Seefeld 2001/EXT
2002 (12)}) 12. Bg5 c6 13. Nc3 Be4 14. Rc1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Miezis,N/
Tallinn 2001/CBM 83 ext (20), with an unclear position}) 8... Na6 9. Bg2 c6 ({
in an older game, Miezis tried:} 9... Ne4 10. cxd5 Bc5 11. Nh3 Qf6 12. O-O Bb6
13. b4 O-O 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rad1 {and black was simply a pawn down in: 1-0
Gretarsson,H-Miezis,N/Reykjavik ISL 2002/The Week in Chess 383 (38)}) 10. Nd6+
Bxd6 11. Bxd6 dxc4 $146 (11... Qb6 {is an interesting alternative to the text}
12. cxd5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nh3 c5 15. Be5 O-O 16. Nf4 Rf5 17. Bc3 Nc7 $13 {
1-0 Van Wely,L-Lputian,S/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369 (30). (29)}) 12.
Qa4 $1 {an important move. White must prevent black queen from checking on a5,
thus disorganizing white pieces.} (12. Qd4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 O-O-O $13) 12... Nd5 (
12... Qb6 13. Nf3 Qxb2 14. O-O $40) 13. Nf3 Qf6 14. Be5 Qe7 15. Qxc4 O-O $2 {
After this natural move, black is strategically lost. White has a pair of
strong bishops, and, what is more important, the knight on a6 gets cut off.} (
15... Nc5 {was essential} 16. b4 Ne4 17. O-O O-O {we get the same position as
in the game, only that the black knight is on e4 rather than on a6. The
difference is quite obvious.}) 16. b4 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7]} Kh8 17. O-O d6 {
the only way to create counterplay} 18. Bb2 Nb6 19. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gf4h4]
with a nasty threat of Ng5 and Qh4. Forces black knight back to d5} Nd5 (19...
Qxe2 20. Qd4 Rf7 21. Ng5 Rd7 22. Qh4 $18) 20. Qd2 Nac7 21. Rac1 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Yg2c6,Yc1c7,Gf3d4,Yd4c6]} Nf6 $6 (21... a5 {would require more accuracy
from white.} 22. Nd4 axb4 23. axb4 c5 24. Nxf5 $1 Rxf5 25. e4) 22. Nd4 {
now, white wins a pawn by force, and with it the game} Ne4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 (23...
fxe4 24. Nxc6 {the opposite color B only play in white's favor here.}) 24. Nxc6
$1 {the most straightforward way.} Nb5 {losing a piece.} (24... Bxc6 $142 25.
f3 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxc7 Rf7 28. Rfc1 $18) 25. f3 Qe6 26. Na5 $1 {[%csl
Rb5]} Bd5 27. a4 {the rest is agony, and could be spared.} f4 28. axb5 fxg3 29.
hxg3 Qg6 30. Kg2 Rf5 31. Rc7 Rg5 32. Qf4 Rg8 33. e4 Be6 34. Nc6 Qh6 35. Rh1
Rxg3+ 36. Qxg3 Qd2+ 37. Qf2 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Alushta1"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Lempert, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. d5 (4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d5 (5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qc2 c5 7. d5
d6 8. f4 $6 (8. Nf3 $14) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ng4 12. h3
c4 $1 $15 {Rohde Jensen-Tyshkovec/corr/1987/0:1 (40) Inf 57/54/}) 5... Qe7 6.
Be2 $6 (6. Nge2 Nf6 7. f3 exd5 8. cxd5 c6 9. dxc6 dxc6 $10) 6... Nf6 7. f3 exd5
8. cxd5 c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Nh3 d5 $1 $15 {Polgar,Zsu-Speelman,J/NED/1993/0:1 
(18) Inf 57/53/}) (4. Bd3 $1 Nc6 5. Ne2 $1 (5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nc3 Nxd3
8. Qxd3 Ng6 9. a3 {Sosonko,G-Miles,A/Tilburg/1985/0,5 (9)/}) 5... Nb4 6. O-O
Nxd3 7. Qxd3 d6 8. Nbc3 Nf6 9. d5 Be7 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. b3 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13.
Ba3 $14 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk/1993/1:0 (36) Inf 58/64/}) 4... exd5 (
4... Nf6 5. Bd3 (5. e5 $5) 5... b5 (5... exd5 $5) 6. cxb5 exd5 7. exd5 Bxd5 8.
Nf3 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Qe7+ 10. Be3 $1 Ng4 11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qxe3+ 13. Kh1 Be6 14.
Qc2 c6 15. Ne4 $14 {Gulko,B-Ornstein,A/tallinn/1977/ Inf 23/110/}) 5. exd5 (5.
cxd5 Qh4 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. O-O-O $13) 5...
Bb4+ 6. Bd2 (6. Nc3 $6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7+ $15) 6... Qe7+ 7. Be2 (7. Qe2 Bxd2+
8. Nxd2 c6 $10) 7... c6 8. Nh3 $1 (8. Nf3 cxd5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 O-O $15) (8.
dxc6 dxc6 (8... Nxc6 $5) 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O $10) 8... Nf6 9. O-O O-O (9...
cxd5 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Nf4 Na6 12. Nc3 $16) 10. Bf3 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Na6 12. Nc3 (
12. d6 $5 Qe5 13. Nc3 $14) 12... Qb4 $1 (12... Nc5 13. b4 Na6 14. a3 $16) (
12... cxd5 13. Nf4 Nc7 14. Rad1 $16) 13. b3 cxd5 14. Rad1 Ne4 $1 15. Bxe4 dxe4
16. Nf4 Rad8 17. Qd4 $44 f5 (17... Nc5 18. Ncd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qa3 20. b4 Ne6
21. Qxe4 $14) (17... Rfe8 18. Ncd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qa3 20. Rfe1 $44) 18. Nb5 Qc5
$8 19. Nxa7 $14 g5 $6 (19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc5 21. Nb5 $16) 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc7 23. Rd2 f4 $6 (23... d5 $2 24. Nc6 Rd6 (24... Rd7 25.
cxd5 $16) 25. Ne7+ (25. cxd5 $1 Kg7 26. Nb4 Kf6 27. Rc1) 25... Kf7 26. Nxd5
Nxd5 27. cxd5 Rfd8 28. Rfd1 Kf6 29. Kf1 Ke5 $10) (23... Ra8 $5 24. Nb5 Nxb5 25.
cxb5 Ra3 $1 $14) 24. Re1 Rfe8 25. a4 d5 26. Nc6 Rd6 27. Nb4 d4 $6 (27... Red8
28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Red1 e3 $8 30. fxe3 fxe3 31. Rxd5 e2 32. Re1 Rxd5 33. Nxd5
Rxd5 34. Rxe2 Rd3 $16) 28. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 29. Rxd4 e3 $6 (29... Kf7 30. cxd5 Kf6
31. Rexe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxd5 33. Kf1 $16) 30. fxe3 fxe3 31. cxd5 Re5 32. Rd3
Rdxd5 (32... Kf7 $5) 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxe3 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rb1 $6 (35... Rd6 $5)
36. Kf3 Rb2 37. h3 Kf7 38. g4 h6 39. Rc3 Ke7 40. Ke4 Kf7 41. Kd5 Rf2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Cacco, Christian"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liege"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 g6 {I didn't want to go for quiet positions, which are achieved by: 1...
Nf6 or 1...d5 in my opponent's repertoire.} 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. e3 {I was
ready to play such a position.} Nf6 5. c3 Qc7 {[%csl Yc7][%cal Yc7c5]} ({
Before that, this was seen once:} 5... cxd4 $5) 6. Na3 $146 {Christian Cacco
is preparing "e4". The move made in the game, doesn't look very good. But in
my view, it seems more logical than:} (6. Ne2 $143 O-O $140 7. Nd2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Kh1 Bc6 10. e4 e6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 $15 {Dryja,P-Zielinska,M/Lubniewice,2002
(0-1)(32)}) 6... d5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Rd8 $11 {It became already clear, that
Black has decided all opening problems.} 9. h3 {As we found out later, this
was the beginning of a rather complicated plan, which was to relocate the
bishop to "g3".} (9. dxc5 $143 Qxc5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qa5 $36) 9... a6 {
><b5; /\b5} ({It was possible to get by, without this preventive move:} 9... b6
$5) 10. Bd2 ({This deserves serious attention:} 10. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 11. e4 Nc6 12.
Be3 Qd6 $11 13. Bb6 $140 $6 Rd7 {ץb6}) 10... b5 11. g4 Bb7 12. Be1 {My
opponent is making great moves on his part of the board :)} Nbd7 {It was
necessary to decide on the more active continuation:} (12... e5 $5 13. f3 Qe7
14. Bg3 Nc6 $15 {()}) 13. f3 Rac8 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Nc2 a5 {/\b4 Black's
position is better due to a better pawn structure.} 16. a3 $5 Ne8 $140 (16...
a4 $142 {with a blockade of White's pawns of the queenside.}) 17. b4 cxb4 18.
cxb4 (18. axb4 $143 a4 {o^}) 18... e5 (18... Nd6 {/\Nc4} 19. bxa5 $1 Qxa5 $140
20. Bxd6 exd6 21. g5 {/\f4 ~~}) 19. Bh4 $1 {I saw this option, only after I
made my previous move.} Bf6 ({Leads to a quieter game:} 19... f6 20. dxe5 Nxe5
21. Ned4 Nc4 $11) 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Bxf6 Nexf6 22. Nb4 ({A little prematurely:
} 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. g5 Ne8 24. Ned4 Nd6 $36) 22... Re8 (22... Ne8 $142 {
/\Nd6-c4}) 23. Qd3 exd4 $6 (23... Nb6 $142 {/\Nc4} 24. g5 Nfd7 $13) 24. exd4 $2
{White did not use my discrepancy:} (24. Nxd4 Rc4 (24... Nc5 $2 25. Qxb5 Qxb5
26. Nxb5 Rxe3 27. g5 Ne8 28. Rac1 {+/=/+/-}) 25. Rfe1 (25. g5 $143 Nc5 26. Qd2
Nh5 $13) 25... Nc5 26. Qd2 {+/=/=}) 24... Nb6 $36 {[%csl Ra3,Re3][%cal Gb6c4,
Cg4g5,Cg5f6,Ge8e3] Now Black develops a strong initiative, some of his pieces
are ready for this purpose.} 25. Rfe1 $6 Nc4 $140 26. Kf2 $2 {Absolutely
unexpectedly White gives away his queen for his opponent's R + N} Re3 27. Qxe3
Nxe3 28. Kxe3 Nd7 $17 29. Red1 Qd8 {I get my queen to the kingside, and bring
my knight to an ideal spot - on "c4", as well.} 30. Kf2 Nb6 31. Bf1 ({I do not
think that this was much better:} 31. f4 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qe7 $17 {פe2, ><e3; /
\Nc4}) 31... Qh4+ 32. Kg2 Nc4 33. Rd3 Re8 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gc4e3] White's
position gets worse with every move.} 34. Nc2 Bc8 {My main goal is - to get my
light squared bishop into the game. Please pay attention to how I manage it.}
35. Nc3 Qg5 36. Kg3 (36. Nxb5 $6 h5 {with the threat: 37...hxg4 /\38.hxg4 Bf5!}
) 36... h5 $1 37. f4 (37. h4 $143 Qd8 38. Nxb5 hxg4 $19 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Cf3g4,
Gd8d7,Gd7b5,Gd7g4]}) 37... h4+ 38. Kf3 Qd8 $19 {I expected this move, when I
made 36...h5!} 39. Ne3 {White could not take away "Pb5":} (39. Nxb5 $2 Qa5 40.
a4 $8 (40. Rb1 $2 Nd2+) (40. Nc3 $2 Nd2+ $1 (40... Nb2 $5 41. Nb4 Nxd3 42. Bxd3
Qb6 43. Ne2 Qe6 $19) 41. Kf2 Nxf1 42. Rxf1 Ba6 $19) 40... Nd2+ (40... Ba6 $5)
41. Kf2 Nxf1 42. Kxf1 Ba6 $19) 39... g5 $1 {עf3 I made this move in the most
suitable moment.} 40. Bg2 {/\Nexd5} (40. f5 $2 Qd6 41. Ne2 Qh2 {/\42...Rxe3 43.
Rxe3 Nd2#} 42. Ra2 Bb7 $19 {[%csl Gb7,Rf3][%cal Gc4e5]}) 40... Nxe3 $1 {
After all the exchanges on "e3" I win Pf4, and shortly, the game.} (40... Nb2
$143 41. Rd2 Rxe3+ 42. Kxe3 Nc4+ 43. Kd3 Nxd2 44. Kxd2 Qd6 {-/+/-+}) 41. Rxe3
Rxe3+ 42. Kxe3 gxf4+ 43. Kd3 (43. Kxf4 $4 Qc7+) 43... Ba6 {[%csl Rc3,Rd3][%cal
Gb5b4]} 44. Kc2 Qf6 {קd4; /\f3} 45. Rd1 (45. Bxd5 $142 Qxd4 $140 46. Rd1 Qe3
47. Rd3 Qe7 {קa3; /\b4 -+}) 45... f3 46. Bf1 f2 $1 47. Nxb5 {Other
alternatives are also forced losses:} (47. Nxd5 Qc6+ 48. Nc3 b4 49. axb4 Bxf1
50. Rxf1 Qg2 $19) ({and} 47. Nb1 b4 $1 48. axb4 Bxf1 49. Rxf1 Qxd4 50. Nd2 (50.
Nc3 Qe3 {/\d4}) 50... Qe3 51. b5 d4 52. b6 Qc3+ 53. Kd1 d3 {[%csl Rd1][%cal
Gc3a1,Cf1f2,Gc3c2]}) 47... Qc6+ 48. Nc3 Bc4 {/\Qa6} 49. Kd2 (49. Bg2 Qa6 {/\f1Q
}) 49... Qh6+ $1 {The final chord!} 50. Kc2 $140 (50. g5 Qxg5+ 51. Kc2 Bxf1 52.
Rxf1 Qg2) 50... Qa6 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ {A favourite of my good friend Grandmaster Keith Arkell,
who tends to favour very solid setups with Black.} 3. Nd2 {This would
certainly be my choice if I was ever to face this opening, keeping as much
funk in the position as possible.} ({After the standard} 3. Bd2 {the almost
inevitable exchange of bishops will take some of the sting out of the position
for White. You could argue that this opening and the Bogo-Indian represent
some kind of Anti-chess, aiming to exchange pieces at the first available
opportunity. You might not be a million miles off, but then as Black the first
task in chess is to equalise. As such an exchange arguably brings him closer
to this goal, it's a valid strategy.}) 3... b6 ({With} 3... f5 $140 $5 {
Black can grab some central squares, in typical Dutch fashion. One of the
typical strategies White will employ in the main-line Dutch Stonewall is to
try and exchange his opponent's dark-squared bishop. With this bishop already
on b4, Black will either have to exchange it off or lose time. However this is
more of a hybrid Dutch than a Stonewall, as in the Stonewall the Black pawn
goes to d5, weakening the e5-square, which needs the protection of the
dark-squared bishop.} 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 a5 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5 Ra7 9.
Nd3 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 Bb7 11. Bxb7 (11. f3 $5) 11... Rxb7 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bb2 d6 14.
d5 $1 e5 15. f4 $1 e4 16. Ne1 {Now the knight is heading for the d4-square,
eyeing up f5 and e6, so White was better in the game Nielsen,P (2662)-Nikolic,
P (2638) Barcelona 2012.}) 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 f5 {This is the main
advantage of playing ...Bb4 check before developing the Knight to f6, as Black
can play ..f5, further increasing his influence over the e4-square. This is
more of a Nimzowitschian strategy than the Nimzo itself!} 7. g3 (7. e3 $5 {
is another typical option.} Nf6 8. b4 a5 9. b5 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12.
a4 Qe8 13. Ne1 g5 $5 {with unbalanced play in the game Ding,L (2702)-Ivanchuk,
V (2766) Beijing 2012.}) 7... Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qe8 (9... a5 10. b3 d6 11.
Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Ra7 13. Rfd1 Qa8 $1 {was a clever way to re-organise in the
game Krejci,J (2486)-Sedlak,N (2592) Aschach 2011.}) 10. b4 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12.
Rac1 Be4 13. a4 $6 ({In such positions both players have many strategic ideas
and plans to choose from. one typical idea is} 13. d5 $5 {to try and bring
alive the bishop on b2, and also free the important square on d4 for the
knight.} exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 {which at first glance just looks like a pawn down
for White, until you see the very powerful} 15. Rc4 $1 $36 Kh8 (15... N7f6 16.
Bxf6 Nxf6 (16... Rxf6 $2 17. Rxe4 $1) 17. Rxc7 {and White regains his pawn
with advantage;}) 16. Ng5 $1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 N7f6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rxc7 $16) (
13. Ne1 $6 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 {is something that White will generally try to avoid,
as the exchange of light-squared bishops makes his kingside more vulnerable.})
({So to that end another typical plan might be to play something like} 13. Bh3
{quite a sly idea, as White plans Ne1, followed by f3, but not allowing the
exchange of bishops. The problem is that in this particular position is that
it simply runs into} Qh5 $1) 13... a5 14. b5 Qh5 15. Ba3 Bb7 16. Qc2 Be4 17.
Qd2 Bb7 18. Qc2 $6 {More or less offering a repetition, but Grischuk wants
more.} f4 $1 $36 19. gxf4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Kh1 Qxf4 23.
Rcd1 Rf5 {Black now has a very nice position, with very good attacking chances,
as with the exchange of light-squared bishops the White king is very
vulnerable. However it is never that easy to just mate the top players, and
Gelfand offers stubborn resistance.} (23... e5 $5 24. c5 $1 dxc5 25. dxc5 Nxc5
26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Qe4+ 28. f3 Qxe2 29. Rde1 {only leads to rough equality.
}) 24. f3 Rh5 25. e3 $1 Qh4 (25... Qxe3 $4 26. Bc1) 26. Qf2 Qf6 27. Rg1 Rf8 28.
Rg3 Rf7 29. Rdg1 Nf8 30. Qc2 Ng6 31. c5 {The game at this point was reaching a
crescendo as both players were entering desperate time-trouble, which may
explain the many almost comical blunders that now ensue. White's king looks
the more vulnerable, but appearances can be deceptive. The two white rooks on
the g-file, combined with the seemingly dormant bishop on a3, form a latent
trap into which Grischuk quickly falls.} Nh4 $2 {Grischuk as is his style,
puts his store in an all-out assault on the white king, but this proves to be
a huge blunder. He should have taken care of the queenside situation first.} (
31... dxc5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. Bxc5 Rf5 34. f4 {would have led to unclear play.})
32. cxd6 $1 Qd8 {A depressing retreat, Grischuk must have realised that
something had gone terribly wrong.} ({After} 32... Nxf3 {the cold-blooded} 33.
dxc7 {pours cold water over Black's attacking prospects.}) 33. dxc7 $2 (33.
Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qxc7+ Qxc7 36. dxc7 {would have ended the
game on the spot. Although this may seem harsh, maybe this is the difference
between Gelfand and Carlsen. We have become used to seeing how ruthless
Carlsen is in such situations, when he gets a chance, but Gelfand by contrast
almost lets Grischuk back in the game.}) 33... Rxc7 34. Qe4 $1 Qd5 35. Qf4 (35.
Qg4 $5 {introduces a massive threat of taking on g7, forcing Black into a very
poor ending after} Nf5 36. e4 Nxg3+ 37. Rxg3 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qa2+ 39. Kh3 Qxa3
40. Qxe6+ Rf7 41. Qxb6 Qxa4 42. Qb8+ Rf8 43. Qe5 g6 $16) 35... Qd8 36. e4 Ng6
37. Qd6 $2 (37. Qg4 Rh4 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Bd6 Rc2 40. R3g2 {should be easily
winning, but short of time Gelfand starts to see ghosts, and offers the
exchange of queens, to try and reduce any potential danger.}) 37... Qc8 $2 (
37... Qxd6 38. Bxd6 Rc4 {and White would have to show some serious technique
to win this game.} 39. Ra1 Kf7 {and it's not at all easy for White to make
progress, as the rook on c4 is very strong.} 40. Rgg1 Rxd4 $1 41. Bc7 Ne5 42.
Bxb6 Nxf3 43. Ra2 Rxe4 44. Rf1 Rf5 45. Bxa5 Ke7 46. Bc3 {and although White is
certainly much better, it's far from over.}) 38. d5 $6 ({The cold-blooded} 38.
Qxb6 $1 Rc2 39. R3g2 {was good enough.}) 38... Rc2 $2 (38... exd5 $1 39. exd5
Qd7 $1 40. Qxd7 Rxd7 41. d6 Rf5 {creates a kind of blockade for Black, where
again White would have great difficulty making progress, but it wasn't easy to
understand all this with your flag hanging.} 42. Rc1 {and probably White will
win in the end with Black having to suffer for many moves, so perhaps it was
better to get it over with quickly.}) 39. R3g2 Rxg2 40. Rxg2 exd5 41. Qc6 $1 {
The time control had been reached and Grischuk realised the hopelessness of
his situation, so he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Grover,S"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the last round of Tata Steel, the tournament hadn't gone so well for
me, so right now I just wanted to finish the game as quickly as possible and
go home!} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {I was a little surprised at the choice of his
opening, though I prepared the same line against Elizabeth Paehtz.} 3. e4 Bb7
4. Bd3 (4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 {leads to a lot of complications, and I was too
tired to think at this position :)}) 4... Nc6 (4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2) 5. Ne2 Nb4 6.
Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Ne7 {I had forgotten my prepration after this point.} 8. d5
{Stopping d5.} d6 9. f4 Qd7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Qg3 $5 (11. a4 a5 12. Nd4 {is
another way to go}) 11... Be7 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Ne5 14. b4 $2 ({Initially I
was going to play} 14. Qxg7 $6 O-O-O 15. b3 h5 $1 {is what I had missed before,
sadly Black gets a lot after this} 16. Qg3 Rdg8 17. Qh3 Rg4 {with many threats
to come.}) (14. b3 {Was better, followed by a4-a5.}) 14... O-O-O $1 {While
analysing, I had totally forgotten about this move.} 15. Be3 (15. c5 $2 dxc5
16. Qxe5 Rhe8 $1 {With an almost winning position for Black.}) 15... Nxc4 16.
Bd4 Rde8 (16... Rhg8 $5 {was better perhaps, with the idea of- Ne5,Bf6,g6.})
17. Qxg7 Bd8 $2 (17... Rhg8 $1 18. Qxf7 c5 $1 19. Bf2 (19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Bf2
Nd2) 19... cxb4 20. Ne4 Bd8 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $19) 18. Qg3 $5 Rhg8 19. Qd3 Ne5 20.
Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nd4 {The computer likes Black's position here, I honestly don't
see why :)} Bg5 22. Kh1 Be3 {I remember at this point, My opponent got into
severe time trouble.} 23. Nf3 Ree8 24. a4 a6 25. Rae1 Bh6 26. b5 a5 {White is
already much better, I honestly dont know how!} 27. Ne4 Qd8 28. h3 Kb8 29. Re2
Ka7 30. Qc4 Bg7 31. Rc1 Kb8 32. f6 Bh6 33. Rcc2 {In the future, this move will
turn out to be a blunder!} (33. Rc3 {was more prophylactic!}) 33... Qd7 34. Nd4
Bf4 35. Nc6+ Bxc6 36. bxc6 Qc8 37. Rb2 $6 {In time pressure, I totally forgot
about his following move, if the rook had been on c3, Rg2 would have never
been possible.} (37. Rc3 $1) 37... Rxg2 $1 38. Rxg2 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Be3+ 40. Nf2
(40. Rbf2 $2 Ka7 $1 41. Rg3 Rxe4 42. Rxh3 Bxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Rxc4) 40... Bxf2+ 41.
Rbxf2 Re1+ 42. Rf1 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 Qh6+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 44... Qg5+ 45.
Kh3 Qh5+ 46. Qh4 {This was the only way to escape from the perpetual checks.}
Qxh4+ 47. Kxh4 Rxf1 48. Rg8+ Ka7 49. Rc8 Rxf6 $8 50. Kg5 $5 (50. Rxc7+ Kb8 (
50... Ka6 $4 51. Rc8 $1 Ka7 52. Rd8 $18) 51. Rb7+ Kc8 52. Kg5 (52. Rxb6 Rf4+
53. Kg5 Rxa4 $11) 52... Rf2 $11) 50... Rg6+ (50... Rf2 51. Rxc7+ Kb8 52. Rd7 $1
f6+ (52... Ra2 $2 53. Kf6 $1 Rxa4 54. Ke7 $18) 53. Kh6 Rf4 54. Kg7 Rxa4 55.
Kxf6) 51. Kf5 h5 52. Rxc7+ Kb8 53. Rxf7 Rh6 $4 (53... Rg8 $1 54. Rb7+ (54. Ke6
Rh8 (54... h4 $2 55. Rh7 $18) 55. Kxd6 h4 56. Kd7 h3 57. c7+ Kb7 58. d6 h2 59.
Rf1 Rh7+ $11) 54... Kc8 55. Rxb6 h4) {Before even thinking a second, I played}
54. Kg5 $4 (54. Rf8+ $1 Kc7 55. Re8 $3 {Its really sad that I missed this.} h4
56. Kg5 Rh7 57. Kg6 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 54... Rh8 {and now it's a clear draw.}
55. Kh4 Re8 56. Rd7 Re4+ 57. Kh3 Rxa4 58. Rxd6 Rc4 59. Rd7 Kc8 60. Rb7 Rc5 61.
Rxb6 Rxd5 62. Ra6 Kc7 63. Kh4 Rc5 64. Kh3 Kd6 65. Kh4 Re5 66. Kh3 Rf5 67. Kh4
Kc7 68. Kh3 Rf3+ 69. Kh4 Rf5 70. Kh3 Re5 71. Kh4 Rd5 72. Kh3 Rd3+ 73. Kh4 Ra3
74. Kxh5 a4 75. Kg4 Kd6 76. Kf4 Ra1 77. Ke3 a3 78. Kd2 a2 79. Kc2 Rh1 80. Rxa2
Rh2+ 81. Kb3 Rxa2 82. Kxa2 Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zoler, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Nce7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 d6 (6... f5 7. e4
Nf6 8. exf5 d6 9. g4 h5 10. g5 Ne4 11. f6 gxf6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Bxh5+ Kd7 $44 {
0-1 Bykhovsky,A-Zoler,D/Tel Aviv 1996/EXP 55 (41)}) 7. e4 f5 8. Qh5+ $5 {TN} (
8. Bd3 fxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Qc2 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Ne2 Bf5 $15 {1-0 Hoi,
C-Furhoff,J/Copenhagen 1993/EXT 93op (26)}) 8... Kf8 (8... g6 9. Qh4 fxe4 $13)
9. f3 $1 Nf6 10. Qh4 Ng6 11. Qf2 Kf7 $6 (11... fxe4 12. fxe4 Kf7 $1 13. Nf3 Rf8
14. Bd3 Kg8 $13) 12. exf5 $1 Bxf5 13. g4 Bd7 14. h4 Re8 15. h5 Nf4 16. O-O-O
$36 {With idea 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.g5} Ba4 17. Re1 b5 (17... c6 $5) 18. Nh3 $1 (18.
Bxf4 exf4 19. g5 Nd7 20. g6+ Kg8 21. gxh7+ Kh8 $132) 18... Nxh3 19. Rxh3 Qd7 $5
(19... bxc4 20. g5 Nxd5 21. Bxc4 c6 22. f4 $36 (22. g6+ $5 $36)) 20. Rh4 $1 (
20. g5 Qf5 21. Be3 Nd7 $132) 20... bxc4 (20... h6 21. Bh3 $1 Qe7 22. g5 $40)
21. g5 Nxd5 (21... Qf5 22. Rxc4 $16) 22. Bxc4 Qc6 23. Kb1 $44 Bb5 24. Ba2 Kf8
$5 (24... Kg8 25. g6 $36 h6 26. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 27. Qd2 $16) 25. f4 e4 $2 $138 (
25... Qb6 $5 26. Rh2 $1 Bd3+ 27. Ka1 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 c6 29. fxe5+ Ke7 30. Bxd5
cxd5 31. Bb4 $16) 26. Qd4 $1 $18 Bd3+ 27. Ka1 e3 (27... Nb6 28. h6 Qd7 29. g6
c5 30. hxg7+ $18) 28. h6 $1 Re5 29. hxg7+ Ke7 30. fxe5 exd2 31. exd6+ Kxd6 32.
Rh6+ Bg6 33. Qxd2 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Stohl} b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 f5 5. d5 {[5.Nf3-64/79]} Nf6 (5...
Be7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Ne4 9. Bd2 Bf6 10. Rc1 Nd6 11. b3 e5 12. O-O
Na6 13. Ne1 Qe7 {1-0 Gastgofer V - Chernyshov Konstantin/Ch Russia club (4)
1995 (41)} 14. Nd3 $14) 6. g3 Na6 (6... Bd6 {Stohl This usually only
transposes.} 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. O-O a5 10. Nd4 Na6 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bb2
Nfe4 13. Ndb5 Be5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Na6 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 fxe4 18. Rxb2
exd5 19. cxd5 Qe5 20. Rc2 Bxd5 21. Nxc7 Nxc7 22. Rxc7 Bc6 $1 $17 {Apel,S-Lau,R/
Dresden op/1995/}) (6... b5 $6 {Stohl} 7. Nf3 bxc4 8. dxe6 dxe6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10.
Qxc4 Nc6 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. b4 Ne7 13. O-O Ned5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Nd4 Qf7 {Mohr,
S-Bischoff,K/BL 9596/1995/} 16. Rfd1 $36 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7,Re6] ק}) (6... g6 {
Stohl} 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nh3 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bf4 exd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12.
Rc1 Nfe4 13. Be5 Bh6 14. e3 d6 15. Bd4 Ba6 16. b4 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3
Ne4 19. Ba1 Qe7 20. Rc2 Rf7 21. Nd4 Bg7 22. Nb5 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 $44 {Kharitonov,
A-Morozevich,A/Moscow PCA-op 25'/1994/}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Na6 (9... a5 10. c5
Kh8 11. cxb6 cxb6 12. Bf4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16.
Rad1 Bxb2 17. Rd3 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Re3 Qf7 20. Qb5 $36 {Cramling,P-Gulko,B/
ESP-chT Oropesa del Mar/1996/}) 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Bb2 exd5 13. cxd5
Nd6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rbc1 Re8 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. a4 a6 18. e3 Rc8 19. Nf4 Ne5 20.
Nce2 Ne4 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxc7 $1 $18 {Hjartarson,
J-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik Olafsson/1995/}) 7. Bg2 (7. b4 $6 {Stohl Denying
Black's N c5, but costs valuable time.} c5 8. dxc6 dxc6 9. Bg2 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1
Ng4 11. Nh3 Ne5 12. Ng5 O-O-O+ 13. Kc2 Re8 14. Kb3 h6 15. Nh3 Nc7 16. Bb2 Ng4
17. e4 c5 18. b5 Be7 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. f3 Ne5 21. Nf2 g5 22. Ne2 Rhf8 23. Bc3
fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Ng4 $17 {Lazarev,V-Lempert,I/Bled op/1994/}) 7...
Nc5 8. Nh3 {Stohl: White's N heads for f4, an important stronghold in this
type of positions.} (8. Nf3 {Stohl is weaker, e.g.} Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3
Bc5 11. Nd4 O-O 12. dxe6 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne4 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. exd7 Bxd4 16. cxd4
Qxd4 17. f3 Nc5 $10 {1/2,Apel,S-Blauert,J/2.BLN 9495/1995/}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O (
9. Nb5 {Stohl} Be5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Nce4 13. f4 O-O $1 14. fxe5
Ng4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nf4 exd5 17. cxd5 Rxf4 18. gxf4 Qh4+ 19. Kd2 Bxd5 20. Kc3
Qh3+ 21. Kb2 Ne3 22. Qd4 c5 $40 {Rychagov,A-Lempert,I/Moscow Alekhine mem op/
1996/ Black's original setup can't be refuted by such wild means.}) 9... Be5
10. Qc2 (10. Nb5 {Stohl is an ambitious attempt, but Black can hold his own by
good defence.} O-O (10... a6 11. f4 Bxb2 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Bxb2 O-O 14. Nf2
exd5 15. cxd5 Rae8 16. a4 d6 17. Rb1 Re3 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Be5 Rxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5
21. Rxb6 Bxd5 22. Rd1 Nxa4 23. Rxa6 $18 {Aleksandrov,A-Matveeva,S/St.
Petersburg op/1994/}) 11. Bf4 d6 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Nce4 14. dxe6 Qe7 15. Qc2
a6 16. Nc3 Qxe6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Ng5 Qg4 19. Nh3 a5 20. Rad1 Qh5 21. f3 axb4
22. axb4 Ra3 23. fxe4 Re3 24. Qc1 Rb3 25. Qd2 Bc8 26. Nf2 Be6 $44 {|^,Shneider,
A-Lempert,I/St.Petersburg op/1993/}) 10... O-O (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O (11...
exd5 12. cxd5 O-O 13. Rd1 $14) 12. Nf4 $14) 11. Bd2 {TN(?) Gurevich comes up
with a new move, as Lempert's games show Black can hold his own against other
tries.} (11. Rd1) (11. Rd1 {Stohl} Qe7 12. Be3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rac1 c5
$1 (14... exd5 15. cxd5 Bd6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Rf5 18. Qxe4 Qf6 19. h4 g6
20. Bd4 Qf8 21. Qc2 Bxd5 22. e4 Rxg5 23. hxg5 Be6 24. Bf6 $18 {Gelfand,
B-Hamdouchi,H/Etoiles/1994/}) 15. dxe6 $6 (15. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 16. Ng5 {is the
critical alternative.}) 15... dxe6 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Rd3 e5 18. Be3 g5 19. Rcd1
Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qd3 h6 23. g4 Qxd3 24. exd3 Nd6 25. Bxb7
Nxb7 26. f3 e4 $1 $17 {Sher,M-Lempert,I/Erevan op/1996/}) (11. Nf4 {Stohl} Qe7
12. Be3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rad1 c5 15. Bc1 g5 16. Nd3 Bd4 17. e3 Bg7 18. f3
Nd6 19. e4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 g4 21. exf5 gxf3 $1 (21... exd5 22. fxg4 Nxc4 23. Nf4
Qf7 24. b3 Nd6 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qc7 Qe7 27. Nxd5 $18 {Petrosian,A-Hachian,M/
ARM-ch/1994/}) 22. Bxf3 Rxf5 23. Nf4 Raf8 24. Bg2 exd5 25. cxd5 Qg7 26. b4 R8f6
27. bxc5 bxc5 $13 {Naumkin,I-Lempert,I/Moscow/1994/}) 11... exd5 {A
double-edged decision, Black will compensate his pawn weaknesses by active
piece play.} (11... Nce4 {Stohl} 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bb4 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qf6 $132) (
11... Qe7 $5 $13 {Stohl}) 12. Nxd5 (12. Qxf5 {Stohl} Qe8 $5 (12... Bxc3 13.
Bxc3 Nfe4 $10) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 $15) (12. cxd5 $2 {Stohl} Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxd5 $17)
12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 (13. Bxd5+ {Stohl} Bxd5 14. cxd5 Qf6 $132) 13... Qf6 $6 (
13... Ne4 $5 14. Bb4 (14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxb2 16. Ng5 g6 $13) 14... Re8 15.
Rfd1 Qf6 $132) 14. Bg5 $1 (14. Bc3 $6 {Stohl} Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rae8 $36 {[%csl
Gc5][%cal Ge8e2] <->e,><c5}) (14. Rab1 {Stohl} Ne4 15. Bb4 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 c5 $1
17. dxc6 dxc6 $13) 14... Qf7 15. Bf4 $14 (15. Rad1 {Stohl} Ne4 $36) 15... Bxf4
16. Nxf4 g5 $5 17. Nh3 (17. Nd3 Bxd5 18. Nxc5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ $13) 17... h6
18. b4 Ne4 $5 (18... Na6 19. Rad1 {(/\20.f4)}) 19. Qxc7 Bxd5 {An interesting
position. Black's pawn structure is very shaky, but his pieces are active and
he has prospects both on the K-side and on the c-file. Also White's Nh3 is
especially poorly placed.} 20. Rad1 $6 (20. Qe5 Rae8 21. Qd4 Bc6 22. Rac1 $14)
(20. Rac1 {Stohl} Bc6 $5 $132 {[%cal Rf7a2,Rf8c8] /\Rfc8,Qa2}) 20... Qe6 $1 {
[/\21...Rfc8-+] /\Rfc8-+} (20... Rfc8 21. Qe5 $14 (21. Qe5 {Stohl} Bb3 22. Bxe4
fxe4 23. Rd6 $40)) 21. Qc1 Rac8 22. Qe3 Nc3 $1 $132 (22... Rc3 23. Rd3 $13) 23.
Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd3 Nc3 25. Rd2 (25. Qxd7 $2 {Stohl} Qe4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc3d1,
Rc3e2] /\Ne2#,Nd1}) 25... Rfe8 (25... Ne4 $2 {Stohl} 26. Qxd7 $16) 26. Re1 (26.
e3 Ne4 27. Rdd1 Rc7 $36 {(/\28...f4)}) (26. Qxd7 {Stohl} Nxe2+ 27. Kg2 g4 28.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Ng1 $10) 26... Ne4 (26... d5 27. f3 Qe3+ 28. Nf2 $13) 27. Rc2 f4
(27... Rxc2 {Stohl} 28. Qxc2 f4 29. Kg2 $8 fxg3 30. hxg3 d5 $10) 28. Rxc8 {
White practically must force a draw.} (28. Kg2 $2 Qxh3+ $1 29. Kxh3 Nxf2+ 30.
Kg2 Nxd3 $19) 28... Rxc8 29. f3 $1 $10 (29. Kg2 {Stohl} Qxh3+ $19) 29... Qxh3 (
29... fxg3 30. Qxe4 Qxh3 31. Qg6+ Kh8 $10) (29... Nc3 $6 {Stohl} 30. Nf2 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg6,Rh6] ׻}) 30. Qxe4 fxg3 31. Qg6+ Kh8 (31... Kf8 {Stohl} 32. Qf6+
Ke8 33. Qe5+ Kf7 34. hxg3 $10) (31... Kh8 {Stohl} 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. Nf3 $5 d6 7. g3 Qa5 8.
Qb3 $5 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 (9... Ne4 $6 10. Ng5 $14) 10. O-O Nb6 (10... Ne4 11. Ng5
Nxc3 (11... Qxc3 12. Nxe4 Qxb3 13. Nxd6+ exd6 14. axb3 $16) 12. Bb2 Nxe2+ 13.
Kh1 Nd4 14. Qe3 $36) 11. Bh6 $5 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 (12... Nxc3 13. Rae1 Nca4 14.
e4 $40) 13. Bxd2 Qa4 14. Rfe1 $1 Qxc4 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 $6 (16. Rxe4 Qxb3
17. axb3 Bf5 (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Rae1 $16 {/\ 19.c4}) 18. Re2 Kf7 19. Rae1 Rhe8
20. Bg5 Nc8 21. Re3 $36) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Kf7 18. c4 Nd7 $5 $13 {/\ 19...Nf6
} 19. Re3 $5 Nf6 20. Bg2 Bd7 21. h3 h5 22. Bc3 b6 23. Rae1 Rhe8 (23... Rae8
$142) 24. Rf3 $5 {/\ 25.Rxe7|^} Rf8 $1 25. Bd2 Rae8 26. Bh6 Rh8 27. Bg5 Rhf8
28. Rfe3 (28. Bh6 $10) 28... e5 29. dxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Bxe6 31. Re3 Bf5 32.
Rf3 $5 {/\ 33.Bxf6, 34.g4} Kg7 33. Re3 Kf7 34. Rf3 Ne4 $5 35. Bh6 Rh8 36. Bc1
Nf6 $4 $138 (36... Re8 $1 $15 37. g4 $6 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nf6 39. gxf5 Re1+ 40. Kh2
Rxc1 41. fxg6+ Kxg6 42. Rd3 Rb1 $17) 37. Bb2 $18 Re8 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 39. g4 hxg4
40. hxg4 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Ke5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Rd3 Re2 44. Kg3 Rb2 45. f4+ Ke6 46.
Bb7 a5 47. Bc8+ Ke7 48. Bxf5 a4 49. bxa4 Rb4 50. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.12.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bg5 $5 {TN} (6. e4 O-O 7.
Be2 Bb7 8. d5 Na6 9. Bd2 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. O-O c5 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. b4 Nc7
14. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Novikov,I-Kengis,E/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (45)}) 6... h6 7.
Bh4 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 a6 $5 {[/\ 12...b5 <=> <<]}
12. d5 $5 Bxc3 (12... b5 $5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxg6 Bxf3 16. gxf3
Ne5 17. Qe4 $14) 13. Qxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 g5 15. Bg3 Nxd5 16. Qc2 $44 N5f6 17. h4
g4 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Rhg1 Be4 20. Bd3 Qe7 (20... Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nc5 22. Qf5 $40)
21. Bf4 Nc5 (21... h5 22. f3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 $44) 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Bxh6 Qxc2+
24. Kxc2 Rfe8 25. f3 $14 {[/\26.Bg5|^>>]} Ne6 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. fxg4 Rg8 28. g5
Ne4 29. Rdf1 f6 30. Ne7 $1 Rge8 31. Nd5 $16 fxg5 32. hxg5 Kg6 33. Nf6 Nxf6 34.
Rxf6+ Kh7 35. Rh1 Kg8 36. g6 Re7 37. Rhf1 Rae8 38. Rf7 d5 39. Kd2 Kh8 40. R1f5
c6 41. Kd1 Kg8 42. R5f6 $18 Kh8 43. Kc1 (43. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 44. Rf8+ Rxf8 45. g7+
$18) 43... Kg8 44. Kd2 Kh8 45. b3 Kg8 46. Kd1 Kh8 47. Rf5 Kg8 48. Kd2 Kh8 49.
Kc3 Kg8 50. a4 Kh8 51. Kb4 Kg8 52. Ka3 Kh8 53. Kb2 Kg8 54. Ka2 Kh8 55. Ka3 Kg8
56. Kb4 Kh8 57. a5 b5 58. Kc3 Kg8 59. b4 Kh8 60. Rxe7 Rxe7 61. Rf7 (61. Rf7 Re8
62. Ra7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ghent op 22nd"]
[Site "Ghent"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mestrovic, Zvonimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 Bg7 5. e3 e5 $1 {TN} (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. h4 Bf5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 e6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O $36 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Henley,
R/Hastings 1982/MCD (37)}) 6. Nf3 (6. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 (6... d6 $6 7. exd6 Bxb2 8.
Nd2 $36) 7. Nc3 c6 {(/\ 8...d5, 8...Qb6, 8...Qa5)} 8. Qd6 $1 Qa5 (8... Qe7 9.
O-O-O Qxd6 10. Rxd6 Ne7 11. e4 $14) 9. O-O-O Ne7 10. e4 f5 $13) 6... d6 (6...
exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. exd4 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Qb4+ 10. Nc3 $13) 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. O-O-O+ Kc8 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 Nge7 13. Nde4 $5 b6 14. Ba6+
Kb8 {[/\ 15...Nb4]} 15. a3 Bc8 $1 16. Bc4 (16. Bxc8 Kxc8 17. f3 f5 18. Nf2 h5
$13) 16... f5 17. Nd2 Bb7 $6 (17... h5 $1 $13) 18. h5 $1 $14 {[/\ 19...Bh4, 20.
f3 |^>>]} a6 19. Bh4 Rf8 20. f3 Ka7 21. Rhf1 gxf3 (21... f4 22. e4 g3 23. Nd5
$14) 22. gxf3 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rg1 {[/\ 25.Rg7]} b5 25. Ba2 Rd8 26. Rg7
Rfd6 27. Nf1 $1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 f4 29. e4 Nd4 30. Nc3 Nec6 31. Nd2 b4 32. Nd5 (
32. axb4 Nxb4 33. Bb3 $14) 32... bxa3 33. bxa3 Ne2+ 34. Kb2 (34. Kd1 Ncd4 $132)
34... Nb8 (34... Ng3 35. Rxc7 Nxh5 36. Rh7 (36. Nc4) 36... Rd6 37. Nc4 Re6 38.
Nb4 $36) 35. Rxc7 Rd7 (35... Nd7 36. Nb3 Kb8 37. Rc4 {(/\ 38.Na5->)}) 36. Rxd7
Nxd7 37. Ne7 $16 Ng3 38. Ng8 Nxh5 39. Nxh6 Nhf6 40. Nf7 Kb6 41. Be6 $1 (41.
Nc4+ Kc5 42. Ncxe5 Nxe5 43. Nxe5 Kd4 $16) 41... Kc5 42. Bxd7 Nxd7 43. Kc3 $18 {
[/\44.Nc4]} Bc6 44. Nc4 Nf6 45. Nfxe5 Bxe4 46. fxe4 Nxe4+ 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Nf3
Nf2+ 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Ncd2 Nd1+ 51. Kb3 Ne3 52. Ne4+ Kd5 53. Ned2 Kc5 54. c4 a5
55. Ne4+ Kc6 56. Nf2 Kb6 57. Nd3 Ng2 58. Kc3 Kc6 59. a4 Kb6 60. Kd4 Kc6 61. c5
Ne3 62. Nfe5+ 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK-2"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Ne4 7. Bd2 {N} (7. Qc2
Be7 8. Bg2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 (11. Be3 d6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. h4
Nd7 14. Qc2 Be4 15. Qa4 e5 $132 {Miladinovic,I-Mariano,N Matinhos WJC 1994})
11... c5 12. e3 Nc6 13. Bb2 Qe7 $13 {Twardon,M-Kengis,E Katowice op 1993}) 7...
Be7 8. Bg2 Bf6 9. Rc1 (9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Na5 $132) 9... Nc6 $5 (9... Bxd4 $6
10. Nxd4 Nxc3 11. Bxb7 $1 Nxd1 12. Rxd1 e5 $5 (12... c6 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bb4
$16) (12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Bxc6+ Kf7 15. Bc3 $18) 13. Nxf5 (13. Ne6 $5
dxe6 14. Bxa8 $44) 13... Nc6 (13... O-O 14. e4 Nc6 15. Bc3 $36) 14. Nxg7+ Kf7
15. Bc3 (15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Bc3 Qc8 $1 17. Bxe5 Rg8 $17) 15... Nd4 16. e3 $36
Rb8 17. Bd5+ Kxg7 18. exd4 $44) 10. Be3 (10. d5 Na5 $15) (10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4
Bxd4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 $15) 10... O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 {[/\14.Bg5]
} Rb8 $1 {[/\14...b5<=><<]} (13... h6 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 $14) 14. Bg5 Bxg5 (
14... b5 $5 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. c5 $10) 15. Nxg5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b5 $13 17. c5 (17.
b3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb3 19. Rc3 Qa8+ 20. Nf3 Rfb8 $15) (17. b4 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd5
$13) 17... Nd5 18. Nf3 f4 19. Qd3 b4 20. a4 Qe8 $5 {[/\Qe8-h5,Rf8-f6-h6->>>]} (
20... b3 21. Ra1 $5 $14 {(/\22.Ra3)}) 21. Ne5 $1 {[/\22.c6 d6,23.Nd7]} d6 22.
cxd6 cxd6 23. Nf3 {[<->c]} (23. Nc6 $6 Rb7 $15) 23... Qh5 $2 (23... h6 $5 24.
Qe4 (24. b3 Nc3 $15) 24... Rf6 {(/\25...Qxa4)} 25. Qc2 $1 Qh5 26. Qe4 {(/\27.
Rc6)} Qe8 $1 27. Qc2 (27. b3 Nc3 $15) 27... Qh5 28. Qe4 $10) (23... Qxa4 $2 24.
Ng5 $16) 24. Qe4 $1 (24. Rc6 fxg3 25. hxg3 Qg4 $40) 24... Rf6 25. Rc6 $1 $14 {
[/\26.Rfc1<=>]} Rbf8 (25... Rd8 26. Rfc1 Rh6 27. Rc8 $16) (25... fxg3 26. fxg3
Qf5 27. Qxf5 Ne3+ 28. Kf2 Nxf5 29. e3 Rbf8 30. Ke2 $16) (25... Rh6 26. Rfc1
Qh3+ 27. Kg1 fxg3 28. fxg3 Rf8 29. Rc8 $16) 26. Rxd6 Rh6 (26... fxg3 27. fxg3
$16) 27. h4 $1 (27. Rxe6 $4 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qxe6 $19) 27... Rg6 28. Rxe6 fxg3 29.
Re5 $2 (29. Rxg6 Nf4+ 30. Kxg3 Nxg6 31. e3 $18) 29... gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Nf6 $132 {
[#]} 31. Qd5+ $8 (31. Rxh5 $2 Nxe4+ 32. Ke1 Rc6 $19) 31... Nxd5 32. Rxh5 Nf6 $1
(32... Nf4 33. Re5 $16) 33. Rb5 Ng4+ 34. Ke1 Ne3 35. Rf2 (35. Rh1 Rg2 $132)
35... Nc2+ (35... Rc8 $5 36. Ne5 $13 (36. Kd2 Nc4+ 37. Kc1 Nd6+ 38. Rc5 Rxc5+
39. dxc5 Ne4 $15)) 36. Kd2 (36. Kf1 Ne3+ 37. Ke1 Nc2+) 36... Nxd4 37. Rxb4 Rd6
(37... Rg4 $5 38. Rb7 Nxf3+ 39. Rxf3 $10) 38. Kc3 Nxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Rxf3+ 40. Kc2
$10 h5 $6 $138 (40... Rc6+ 41. Kb1 Rc7 $10) 41. Re5 $1 $14 Rc6+ 42. Kb1 g6 (
42... Rh6 43. Rb7 a6 44. Rg5 Rf7 45. Rxf7 Kxf7 46. Ka2 $14) 43. Re7 a6 $4 (
43... Rf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Rxa7 Rc4 47. a5 Rxh4 48. a6 (48. Rb7
Ra4 49. b4 h4 50. Kb2 g5 (50... h3 51. Kb3 Ra1 52. Rh7 $18) 51. Kb3 Ra1 $10)
48... Ra4 49. b3 Ra5 50. Kb2 h4 51. b4 Ra4 (51... Rh5 52. Rc7 h3 53. a7 h2 (
53... Rh8 54. Rh7 Ra8 55. b5 $18) 54. a8=Q $16) 52. Kb3 Ra1 53. Kb2 $10 (53. b5
g5 54. Kb4 (54. Rh7 Kg6 55. Rh8 Kg7 56. Rh5 Kg6 $10) 54... Kg6 $1 (54... h3 55.
Rh7 g4 56. Kc5 Kf5 (56... g3 57. Rxh3 g2 58. Rg3 g1=Q+ 59. Rxg1 Rxg1 60. a7 $18
) 57. Kb6 (57. b6 $4 Ra5+ $19) 57... Kf4 58. Ka7 Kg3 (58... g3 59. Rh4+) 59. b6
Kh2 60. b7 Rb1 61. b8=Q+ Rxb8 62. Kxb8 g3 63. a7 g2 64. a8=Q (64. Rg7 g1=Q 65.
Rxg1 Kxg1 66. a8=Q h2 $10) 64... g1=Q $16) 55. Rc7 h3 $132)) 44. Rb8+ Rf8 45.
Rbb7 Rf4 46. a5 $1 $16 {[/\47.b4,48.Re8+,49.Rxf8,50.b5+-]} Rc5 47. b4 Rcc4 48.
Re8+ Rf8 49. Rxf8+ Kxf8 50. b5 $1 $18 axb5 51. a6 Rxh4 52. a7 Ra4 53. Rb8+ Kg7
54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Rxa8 h4 56. Kc2 g5 57. Kd3 h3 58. Ke4 g4 59. Kf4 h2 60. Ra1
Kf6 61. Rh1 (61. Re1 $1) (61. Rh1 Ke6 62. Rxh2 Kd5 63. Kxg4 b4 64. Kf3 Kd4 65.
Ke2 Kc3 66. Kd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:09:39"]
[BlackClock "0:15:43"]

{[%evp 0,72,32,27,44,6,35,32,58,46,52,22,20,20,50,51,35,9,20,4,27,27,15,-4,13,
9,15,6,34,18,33,12,33,19,10,9,9,9,0,9,31,46,46,-26,-26,0,0,5,1,1,1,34,39,33,31,
28,28,28,28,22,22,20,17,18,19,18,18,18,18,18,12,13,13,13,13]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4
Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 ({Alexei Kornev, A practical white repertoire with 1,d4
and 2.c4, Chess Stars 2014; verspricht Weiß Vorteil nach} 4. Nc3 $5) ({während
Lars Schandorff, Playing 1.d4, The indian Defences, Quality Chess 2012, für} 4.
e4 $5 {plädiert.}) 4... d5 {Eine Spezialität von Evgeny Romanov, in erster
Linie gegen 5.g3 gerichtet.} ({Wiacheslav Eingorn, A rock solid chess opening
repertoire for Black, Gambit 2012, hält} 4... d6 $5 {für eher angebracht.}) 5.
Bxb4 $5 {Diese Fortsetzung ist relativ selten zu sehen, Schwarz hat danach
kaum Probleme Ausgleich zu erreichen, aber Alina Kashlinskaya rechnet damit,
dass Anish Giri mehr erreichen will.} (5. e3 Nf6 {ist öfter anzutreffen,} 6.
Nc3 (6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. a3 Be7 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 Nbd7 12.
Bc1 Re8 13. Bb2 Ne4 $11 {Sarana-Romanov, St Petersburg 2018}) 6... O-O 7. a3
Bxc3 (7... Be7 $5 {kommt in Betracht}) 8. bxc3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. c4 Ba6 11.
Qc2 c6 $5 ({jedoch nicht} 11... c5 $6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 d4 14. O-O $16 {
Fridman-Romanov, GER BL 2014/15}) 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15.
cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd5 $11 {Moreno Ruiz- Carrasco Martinez, ESP ch 2011}) 5...
axb4 6. e3 b6 (6... Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2 $5 (8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O c5 $11 {
Antic/Maksimovic, The modern Bogo, New in Chess 2014}) 8... b6 9. O-O {ist
Zugumstellung}) 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 (9... c5 10. Qb3 Nc6 {
reicht zum Ausgleich,} 11. Rfc1 Na5 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nxc4 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 Bb7 16. Be2 Rc8 $11 {, aber Giri versucht das Spiel zu komplizieren.})
10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Rfc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 $5 ({Dieser Zug verpricht etwas mehr
Dynamik, als das statische} 12. Nxc4 Bd5 (12... Nbd7 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rxa3
15. Qxa3 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 c5 $11) 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. a3 bxa3 15. Nxa3 c5 $11) 12...
c5 (12... Nbd7 {könnte nach} 13. Bb5 Rfc8 14. Bc6 Bxc6 15. Rxc6 Nb8 16. Rcc1
Nbd7 $11 {zur Zugwiederholung führen.}) 13. Bb5 ({Zum Ausgleich reicht} 13. a3
cxd4 (13... bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nbd7 15. Rca1 $11) 14. Nxd4 bxa3 15. Rxa3 (15. bxa3
Nbd7 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. axb4 Ne5 18. Be2 g5 $11) 15... Nbd7 16. Rca1 $11) 13...
Ne4 ({Vorsichtiger war} 13... Nbd7 $5 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Rxa3 16. bxa3 $11)
14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. dxc5 $5 ({Eine Kampfansage, statt sich mit} 15. Nd2 Bd5 16.
Bc4 (16. Qd3 Rd8 17. f3 h6 18. a4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Nd7 20. a4 cxd4 21. exd4 Nf6
$15) 16... Rd8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qc2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nc6 $11 {zufrieden zu geben.
}) 15... bxc5 16. Qc4 Qb7 17. Qxc5 ({Etwas komlizierter wäre es für Schwarz
nach} 17. a4 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rxa3 19. bxa3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. a4 {gewesen,
doch reicht} Rd8 22. a5 h6 23. a6 Rd2 24. Qf1 (24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. exf4 Ra2 $11)
24... Nc6 25. Qg2 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ $11 {zum remis.}) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra5
19. Bc6 Qa6 ({Möglich war sowohl} 19... Qc7 20. Bb5 (20. Qc4 Nxc6 21. Qxc6 Qe5)
20... Qb7 $11) ({als auch} 19... Nxc6 $5 20. Qxc6 Qe7 21. f4 Qh4 $11 {mit
genügend Spiel für den Bauern.}) 20. Qc4 Nxc6 21. Qxc6 Qe2 22. Rc2 Qd3 23. Qe4
Qxe4 (23... Qd6 24. Rac1 $14) 24. fxe4 b3 25. Rc3 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 bxa2 27. Ra3
Rb8 28. Rxa2 g5 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. Kd3 g4 32. Kc3 Rc8+ 33. Kd3 Rd8+
34. Kc3 Rc8+ 35. Kd3 Rd8+ 36. Kc3 Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. e4 (6. Nf3 d6 7. g3 (7.
Bf4 h6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. h3 b5 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. O-O a6 14.
a4 Nxa4 15. cxb5 axb5 16. c4 Bd7 17. e4 $40 {Stohl,I-Horvath,J Ost-chT 1994})
7... Qa5 8. Qb3 $5 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 (9... Ne4 10. Ng5 $1 $14) 10. O-O Nb6 11.
Bh6 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 (12... Nxc3 13. Rae1 Nca4 14. e4 $40) 13. Bxd2 Qa4 14.
Rfe1 $1 Qxc4 15. e4 $44 {Gurevich,M-Huzman,A Wijk ann Zee 1993 56/58 [Gurevich,
M]}) (6. h4 Nf6 7. h5 Rg8 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Nf3 (9. f3 Qa5 10. Qc2 d6 11. Bg5
Nbd7 12. e3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. f4 Ba4 $1 16. Qb2 Nd7 $15 {
Orsag,M-Vokac,M Turnov ch-CZ 1996}) 9... d6 10. Ng5 Qa5 11. Qb3 (11. Bd2 Nbd7
12. Qb1 Nb6 13. e4 Qa4 (13... fxe4) 14. exf5 Bxf5 (14... Nxc4) 15. Qb3 O-O-O
$13 {Plischki,S-Bangiev,A Ol-nand 1995}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 {Dautov,R-Vokac,M
Dortmund 1992 54/49 [Dautov,R]} Nb6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O $15) 6... fxe4 (
6... d6 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Bd3 $1 Qd7 9. Nf3 e5 (9... Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 $16)
10. Ng5 Ne7 11. f4 $1 O-O 12. O-O Na6 13. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 (13... Qxf5 14. g4) 14.
g4 Rxg5 15. fxg5 $18 {Lukacs,P-Nikolaidis,I Budapest 1995 65/45 [Lukacs,P]}) 7.
h4 (7. f3 Nf6 8. fxe4 d6 9. Bd3 Qa5 (9... Nbd7 10. Nf3 Ng4 $1 11. h3 (11. Bf4
O-O) 11... Nge5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Nf6 $1 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. Qe3 O-O $6 (15...
Nh5 $1 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 O-O 18. Bh6 Rf7 $13) 16. Bd2 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 {
1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Seal,G Budapest 1995 65/(45) [Lukacs,P]} 18. h4 $1 Qc7 (18...
Nh5 19. Qd3) 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Bg5 $16) 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Ne5 12. O-O Nxf3+
13. Rxf3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. e5 $1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Rfe3 Qd6
19. Rxe5 Rf8 $1 20. Rxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qc1 $1 Rf7 $2 (21... Rc8 $1 $13) 22. d6
Qxe1+ $2 (22... Qe6 $16) 23. Qxe1+ Kf8 24. Qe5 $18 {Onischuk,Al-Sokolov,A
Viernheim 1995 65/(45)}) 7... Qa5 (7... Nf6 8. h5 Rg8 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Nh3 $44)
8. h5 $5 Qxc3+ $8 9. Bd2 Qg7 $8 10. Ne2 $6 {during the game I felt this was
not the best move,and indeed black has I think a good position after this move,
I was fearing white would play 10.Nh3 which may cause black much more serious
problems} (10. Nh3 $1 d6 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. h6 Qf8 13. Bc3 {and it is not
pleasure to play this position with black}) 10... d6 11. Bc3 Nf6 {now white
does not have a knight to come to g5!} 12. Rb1 (12. Ng3 Bf5 13. Rb1 b6 $13 (
13... e3 14. Rb2 (14. Nxf5 $2 exf2+ 15. Kxf2 gxf5) (14. Rxb7 exf2+ 15. Kxf2
Ng4+ 16. Qxg4 Qxc3 $36 {[%csl Rf2]}) 14... exf2+ 15. Rxf2 $44)) 12... Nbd7 13.
Ng3 Ne5 14. Be2 $2 {after this move black has a much better position,white's
last chance was 14.Bxe5 with a very unclear position,but after black playes
0-0 white a cery difficult task to prove he has enough compensation for his 2
pawns} (14. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 15. Qa4+ Bd7 (15... Kf7 16. h6 $1 Qf8 17. Qa3 (17. Be2
$44) 17... e6 18. Be2 $13) 16. Qa3 $13) 14... O-O 15. Rb3 {white wants an
active rook on the third rank,so black immediately close the rank for this
rook!} e3 $1 (15... gxh5 {this move is also quite good but I like e3 more,
since it is a correct idea just to black the rank} 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nxh5 (17.
Qd2 $5) 17... Nxh5 18. Bxh5 Kh8 19. Rg3 Qf6 $17) 16. fxe3 Nxh5 17. Nxh5 gxh5
18. Rxh5 Rf5 $4 {a serious mistake,which does not loss yet,but throwes away my
advantage,I have missed a very simple move by white in one of the variations,
but if I would have played very simple simply take on g2 probably black is
winning without any special problems,at this momenet a time trouble began....}
(18... Qxg2 {what can be more simply than that} 19. Bxe5 {I see nothing else
since black was threatening Nxc4 winning immediately} dxe5 20. Kd2 (20. Rxe5 $4
Qg3+) 20... Rf2 $19) 19. Rxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxb7 {of course I saw this position,and
here I prepered to play 20...Nd3 and after 21.Qxd3 Qg3 with a queen for two
bishops but I missed 21.Kd2 by white,simply forgot about this move that's not
very nice in a time trouble!!} Rf8 $2 {as normal in chess and many other
things in life after one mistake comes another one and onthoer one.....} (20...
Qxg2 $5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Bf3 (22. Rxe7 $2 Rb8 $1 $19) 22... Qxa2 (22... Qg3+
23. Kd2 (23. Ke2 e4) 23... e4 24. Be2 Rb8 25. Qb1 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Bg4 $11) 23. d6
$1 (23. Rxe7 $2 Rb8 $19) (23. e4 Bg6 $17 {[%cal Gf8f1]}) 23... e6 $132) 21. Kd2
$1 Be4 (21... a6) 22. Qe1 $2 {[%cal Ge1h4]} (22. g4 Rf2) (22. Qg1 $1) 22... Qg5
$2 {this is just unbelieveable from some unknowen reason black does not want
to take the "g2" pawn even if it is the best move in the psoition and a
winning one??!!} (22... Qxg2 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe7 Bf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3e2,Yf8f2]}
25. Qf1 Qh2 26. Re8 $8 (26. Kd1 Bxe2+ 27. Qxe2 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Rf2) 26... Rxe8 27.
Qxf3 {[%csl Ge5,Rg8]} e4 $1 28. Qg4+ Kh8 $17 {/-+}) 23. Rxa7 Bxg2 24. Qg1 $1
Nf3+ (24... Rf1 25. Qh2 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 (26... Bxf3 27. Ra8+) 27. Rxe7 $1 {
tranposes to the game after Rf2}) 25. Bxf3 Rxf3 26. Rxe7 $1 Rf1 27. Qh2 Rf2+
28. Kc1 {black's flag fell here,black has force way to try a keep playing 28...
Be4 29.QxR QxR but this position seems much better for white maybe even
winning but black still has some chances} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nbd2 a6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Rc8 9. a3 Nge7 10. d5 exd5 11. Re1 d4 12. e5 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Ng3 Qf6 16. Bd2 g6 17. Bb4 d6 18. a4 Rc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rc1 d5 21. b3 Qb6
22. Bxe7 Bxe7 23. bxc4 Kf8 24. a5 Qc5 25. Qb3 Ba8 26. cxd5 Qxa5 27. Qc4 Bf6 28.
d6 Kg7 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. Nxf6 Kxf6 {[#] Starker
Verteidigungsläufer und langsames Verstärken der weißen Stellung, um zu einem
guten Zusammenspiel der Türme zu kommen.} 33. Red1 Ke5 34. Ra6 Bd5 35. Re1+ Kf6
(35... Kf5 $142) 36. Rb6 (36. d7+ $5 Be6 37. Rd6 Ke7 38. Rxd4 Rxd7 {und
Schwarz wird sich halten können}) 36... Rd7 37. f3 Bc4 38. Kf2 d3 39. Re4 g5
40. Ke1 Be6 41. Kd2 Bc4 42. h4 gxh4 43. Rxh4 Ke5 44. Ke3 f6 45. Rh5+ Ke6 46.
Rh6 Rf7 47. g4 Kd5 48. Rh5+ Ke6 49. f4 Rd7 50. Rh6 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rh7]} Rd8 (
50... Rf7 51. g5 Kf5 52. Rxf6+ Rxf6 53. gxf6 Kxf6 54. f5 {[%cal Rb6b8]} Bd5 55.
d7+ Ke7 56. Rd6 $18) (50... Kd5 51. Rxf6 Kc5 52. Ra6 b4 53. Rf5+ $18) (50...
Rxd6 51. Rxf6+ Kxf6 52. Rxd6+ Kf7 53. f5 Ke7 54. Rb6 Kf7 55. g5 Kg7 56. Rb7+
Kg8 57. f6 $18) 51. Kd2 $5 (51. d7+ $1 Kxd7 (51... Kd5 52. Rh5+ $18) 52. Rxh7+
Kc8 53. Kd2 Re8 (53... Rf8 54. Rg7 $22 $18) 54. Rxf6 $18) 51... Kd5 52. Ra6 $6
(52. Rxf6 $1 Re8 53. Kc3 Re2 54. Rf5+ Ke6 55. Re5+ $18) 52... b4 53. Ra4 Rxd6
54. Rxb4 Ra6 {Der schreckliche Freibauer ist weg und alle schwarzen Steine
sind aktiv.} 55. Rb2 Ke4 56. Rxh7 Kxf4 57. Rb4 Ra2+ 58. Kd1 Ra1+ 59. Kd2 Ra2+
60. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Bc3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nc2 Nbd7 11. Ne3 Nc5 12. Qc2 e5 13. O-O a5 14. Kh1 Bd7
15. b3 Rac8 16. Rae1 Bc6 17. Bf3 Ne6 18. Bg4 Nxg4 19. Nxg4 Nd4 20. Qd3 a4 21.
Ne3 Qa7 22. f4 exf4 23. Nd5 Rfe8 24. Nxf4 b5 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 axb3 27.
axb3 f5 28. Re3 bxc4 29. bxc4 Qc5 30. Rfe1 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Be5 32. Qd3 Ra8 33.
Rb1 Ra7 34. Qe3 Kg7 35. h3 Re7 36. Qd3 Bf6 37. Rf1 Qb6 38. g4 Ne2 39. Bxf6+
Kxf6 40. gxf5 Re3 41. fxg6+ Ke7 42. Rb1 Rxd3 43. Rxb6 hxg6 44. Rb7+ Kd8 45. Ne4
Ng3+ 46. Nxg3 Rxg3 47. Kh2 Rc3 48. Rg7 Rxc4 49. Rxg6 $18 {Vertikale Sperre für
den sK, horizontale Sperre für den wK.} Ke7 50. Re6+ Kd7 51. Rf6 Ke7 52. Rf5
Rc3 53. h4 Rb3 54. h5 Ra3 55. h6 Ra8 56. h7 Rh8 57. Rh5 {Die Türme gehören
hinter die Freibauern: der Rh5 steht hinter dem Ph7.} Kf6 58. Kg3 Kg7 59. Kg4
Kg6 60. Rh1 Kf6 61. Kf4 (61. Rh6+ Ke5 62. Kg5 Kxd5 63. Kf6 Ke4 64. Kg7 Rxh7+
65. Rxh7 d5 66. Kf6 d4 67. Re7+ (67. Rh4+ Ke3 68. Ke5 d3 69. Rh3+ Ke2 70. Kd4
d2 71. Rh2+ Ke1 72. Ke3 d1=N+ $10) 67... Kf3 68. Ke5 d3 $10) 61... Kg6 {
Der Kf4 schickt sich an, die schwarze Position am Q-Flügel zu umgehen.} 62. Ke4
Kf6 63. Kd4 Kg7 64. Kc4 Rc8+ (64... Rxh7 65. Rxh7+ Kxh7 66. Kb5 Kg7 67. Kc6 $18
) 65. Kb5 Kh8 66. Kb6 Rc5 67. Rh5 Rc8 68. Rh6 Rb8+ 69. Kc6 Ra8 70. Rh1 {
Zugzwang} (70. Rxd6 Kxh7 71. Re6 Kg7 72. d6 Kf7 73. Re1 $18) (70. Rh1 Ra6+ 71.
Kc7 $18 {Zugzwang}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Meshkov, Yuri A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. e4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Qd8 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 d6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Rac1 Nc5 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3
Nd4 15. Qd1 a5 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Kh1 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Rc3 Re8
21. f4 Ng4 22. Rg3 Qc8 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. f5 a4 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. h4 axb3 27. Qxb3
Nh5 28. Rgf3 Qg4 29. Qe3 Be5 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Qd3 Kh7 32. Rf7+ Bg7 33. Re1 Ra4
34. Re6 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Nf5 36. Re4 Qg3+ 37. Qxg3 Nxg3 38. Kxg3 Kg8 39. Rfxe7 Rxe7
40. Rxe7 Rxc4 41. Rxb7 Rc5 42. b4 Rxd5 {[#] Thema: Freibauer} 43. b5 Be5+ 44.
Kf3 Rd3+ 45. Be3 d5 (45... Bd4 46. Ke4 Rxe3+ 47. Kxd4 Rg3 48. b6 $18) 46. Ke2
Rb3 47. Bc5 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rb2+ 50. Kd1 d4 51. Re7 Bf6 52. Re8+ Kg7
53. b6 d3 54. Rc8 Kf7 (54... Bc3 55. Bf8+ Kf7 56. Rxc3 Kxf8 57. Rc6 Kg7 58. g4
Kf7 59. g5 $22 {[%csl Rd3,Rg6]}) 55. Rc7+ Ke6 56. Rc6+ Kd5 (56... Kf5 57. Rxf6+
Kxf6 58. Bd4+ $18) 57. Rxf6 Kxc5 58. Rxg6 Kd4 59. h5 Rb1+ 60. Kd2 Rb2+ 61. Kc1
(61. Kc1 d2+ 62. Kxb2 d1=Q 63. Rd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Mario Covas 1st"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. d5 Ne7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. Bd3 Na6 7. Nge2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. f4 d6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1
Rfd8 16. Nb5 Ndf8 17. Ned4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Qc3 f6 21. g3 Qe8
22. Bc1 Bc8 23. Ne3 exf4 24. gxf4 Nh4 25. Qe1 Qh5 26. Qg3 axb4 27. axb4 Nfg6
28. Rde1 f5 29. Bb2 Ra2 30. Bd4 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Nf5 32. Nxf5 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 Qxf5
34. Re7 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. f5 Ne5 37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Qxe5 Qd6 39. Qe8+ Qf8
40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. f6 gxf6 42. Qxf6+ Qg7+ 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Re1 Kf7 45. Re6 Ra4
46. Rc6 Rxb4 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 Rxh2 49. Rxc7+ Ke8 50. Rb7 Rh6 51. Kd4 Kd8
52. Kc3 Kc8 53. Rf7 Rh1 54. Kb4 Rb1+ 55. Ka4 h5 56. Rh7 Rb2 (56... h4 57. Rxh4
Kb7 58. Rh7+ Ka6 59. d6 $1 (59. Re7 $2 Rd1 $1 (59... b5+ $2 60. cxb5+ Rxb5 61.
Re6+ $1 (61. Ra7+ $2 Kb6 $1 (61... Kxa7 62. Kxb5 Kb7 63. d6 Kb8 64. Kb6 Kc8 65.
Kc6 $18) 62. Rb7+ Kxb7 63. Kxb5 Kc7 $11) 61... Rb6 62. d6 Ka7 63. d7 Rb8 64.
Re8 $18) 60. Kb4 Rb1+ 61. Kc3 Rc1+ 62. Kd3 Rd1+ 63. Kc2 Rd4 64. Kc3 Rd1 {
und der Widerstand versteift sich.} 65. Re4 Kb7 (65... b5 $2 66. Kc2 Rh1 67. c5
$18) 66. Kc2 Rh1 67. Re7+ Kc8) 59... Rd1 ({Achtung:} 59... b5+ 60. cxb5+ Kb6
61. Rh8 Rd1 62. Rb8+ Ka7 63. Rd8 Kb6 64. Kb4 Rb1+ 65. Kc4 Rd1 {und Weiß kommt
nicht weiter}) 60. d7 Rd3 ({Achtung:} 60... b5+ 61. cxb5+ (61. Kb4 bxc4 $11)
61... Kb6 $11) 61. Kb4 Rd1 62. Kc3 Rd6 (62... Ka5 63. d8=Q Rxd8 64. Ra7#) (
62... b5 63. c5 b4+ 64. Kc2 $1 Rd5 65. Rh6+ Kb7 66. Rd6 $18) 63. c5 $1 bxc5 64.
Rh6 $18) 57. Rxh5 Rb1 58. Rh7 Rb2 59. Rh1 Kc7 60. Ka3 Rd2 61. Kb4 Rb2+ 62. Kc3
Rg2 63. Rh7+ Kc8 64. Re7 Rg4 $2 (64... Rg1 $1 65. Kd4 Rd1+ 66. Ke5 Rc1 $132)
65. Kb4 Kd8 (65... Rg1 $142 66. Kb5 Rg4 67. c5 $1 bxc5 68. Kc6 Rg8 69. d6 c4
70. Rc7+ Kb8 71. Rb7+ Ka8 72. d7 c3 73. Rb3 c2 74. Rc3 Kb8 75. Rxc2 Rg6+ 76.
Kd5 Rg5+ 77. Ke6 Rg8 78. Kf7 Rh8 79. Rh2 $18) 66. Rb7 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaganskiy, Gleb"]
[Black "Polyakov, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. c5
dxc5 9. dxc5 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nd4 Rfd8
15. f4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 bxc5 17. dxc5 e5 18. f5 Nf4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Qc2 Bc6 21.
h4 Rab8 22. g3 Nh5 23. Kh2 Rb4 24. a3 Ra4 25. Rfc1 g6 26. Bd5 Bb5 27. fxg6 hxg6
28. c6 a6 29. Bc5 Qe8 30. Rd1 f5 31. Bf7 Rxd1 32. Bxe8 Rxa1 33. Qb2 Rxe4 34.
Qxa1 f4 35. gxf4 Re2+ 36. Kh3 Bd3 37. Qxe5+ Rxe5 38. fxe5 Nf4+ 39. Kg3 Ne6 40.
Be7 Kg7 41. Kf2 Be4 42. Ke3 Bd5 43. Kd3 a5 44. Ke3 Kh6 45. Bd7 Kg7 46. Bxe6
Bxe6 {Um nur eine Linie getrennte Freibauern} 47. Kd4 Kf7 48. Bd8 a4 49. Kc5
Bc8 {Schwarz erreicht nicht die nötige Koordinierung seiner
Verteidigungsfiguren.} (49... Ke8 50. Bxc7 Bf5 51. Kd6 Bg4 52. e6 Bf3 53. Ba5
Bg2 54. e7 Bf3 55. Bb4 Bg2 56. Kc7 Bf3 57. Kb6 Bg2 58. c7 Bh3 59. Kb7 $18) 50.
Bxc7 Ke6 51. Bd6 Ba6 52. Kb6 Bc4 53. c7 Kd7 54. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Orel"]
[Site "Orel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Lempert, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5
fxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Nf3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. O-O
Qf4 15. Qe2 Rf5 16. Nd2 Qh6 17. Ne4 Raf8 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Rd3 g5 20. Rh3 Qg7
21. Qd1 Ng6 22. Rg3 h6 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Ng3 R5f7 25. Nh5 Qg6 26. Ng3 Kh7 27. Qb1
Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Kg6 29. Rb5 Nh5 30. Nxh5 Kxh5 31. f3 Kg6 32. h3 Rf5 33. Ree5 a6
34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Rxf5 Kxf5 {7-7 P, schlechte weiße Bauernstruktur, Raum,
Durchbruch im Zentrum} 36. Kf2 h5 37. g3 (37. g4+ hxg4 38. hxg4+ Kf4 39. Ke2 d6
40. Kf2 e5 41. Ke2 e4 $19) (37. Ke3 h4 $19 {und weiter wie im Text}) 37... h4
38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Ke3 d5 40. cxd5 (40. c5 bxc5 41. dxc5 e5 42. c6 a5 43. a4 Kg5
44. Ke2 Kf4 45. Kf2 e4 46. fxe4 dxe4 $19) 40... exd5 41. a3 a5 42. f4 (42. a4
c6 43. f4 b5 $19) 42... a4 43. Kf3 c6 $1 44. Ke3 c5 (44... c5 45. dxc5 (45. Kf3
cxd4 46. cxd4 b5 47. Ke3 b4 $19) 45... bxc5 46. Kf3 d4 47. c4 d3 48. Ke3 d2 49.
Kxd2 Kxf4 50. Kd3 Kg3 51. Ke4 Kxh3 52. Kf3 Kh2 53. Kf2 h3 54. Kf1 Kg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O Nd7
9. Re1 h6 10. Be3 g5 11. Rc1 Ng6 12. b4 O-O 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Nb3
Qe7 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Na4 Rac8 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. Qb3 Rfd8 21. Red1
Bd4 22. Be2 Qf6 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Nb2 Qe5 25. Qa4 Nf4 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. f3 a5 28.
g3 Ng6 29. Nd3 Qc7 30. Qb5 Ba8 31. Bg2 Rb8 32. Qa4 Bc6 33. Qc2 Ne5 34. Nxe5
Qxe5 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36. Bf1 Qd6 37. c5 Qe5 38. Bd3 f5 39. Re1 fxe4 40. fxe4 Rf8
41. Rf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Kf7 43. Ke1 Ke7 44. Kd2 h5 45. Kc1 Kd8 46. Kb1 Kc7 47.
Ka2 a4 48. Kb1 Kd8 49. Ka2 Ke7 50. Kb1 h4 51. gxh4 gxh4 52. Qf2 Qxc5 53. Qxh4+
Kd7 54. Qh7+ Kd6 55. Qg7 Qc3 56. Bc2 Qe1+ 57. Kb2 Qc3+ 58. Kb1 Qc4 59. Qg3+ Kd7
60. Qg7+ Kc8 61. Qg8+ Kb7 62. Qd8 Qc5 63. h4 e5 64. Qf6 Qxa3 65. Qxe5 d3 {
[#] Abwicklung in ein gewonnenes Läuferendspiel nach Einladung durch den
Gegner.} 66. Qb2+ $4 (66. Bd1 $1 d2 67. Qb2+ Qxb2+ 68. Kxb2 Bxe4 69. Kc3 a3 70.
Kb3 $11) 66... Qxb2+ 67. Kxb2 a3+ $1 (67... a3+ 68. Kxa3 (68. Kb3 a2 $1 (68...
Ba4+ $2 69. Kxa3 Bxc2 (69... dxc2 70. Kb2 Kc7 71. h5 $11) 70. Kb2 $11) 69. Kxa2
dxc2 70. Kb2 Bxe4 $19) (68. Kc1 a2 69. Kb2 dxc2 $19) 68... dxc2 69. Kb2 Bxe4
$19) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 57th"]
[Site "Plock"]
[Date "2000.05.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. g3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nc6 8. Bg2
Nge7 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Bd5 Be6
15. Qb3 Bxd5 16. cxd5 b6 17. Rfd1 Rd6 18. a4 a5 19. Qc4 f5 20. Ra3 h5 21. Rb3
Kh7 22. Rb5 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. Rb3 e4 25. Re3 Rad8 26. f3 Qe5 27. fxe4 Re8
28. Rf1 Qd4 29. Qxd4 cxd4 30. Rd3 Rxe4 31. Rfd1 Rxe2 32. Rxd4 Rxb2 33. Rc1 Kg7
34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. dxc6 Rc2 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. c7 Ke6 38. Rg7 Kd6 39. Rxg6+ Kxc7
40. Rg5 Ra2 41. Rxh5 Rxa4 42. Rxf5 Rg4 43. Kf2 a4 44. Ke3 Kc6 45. Kd3 b5 {
[#] Thema: Übergang ins Bauernendspiel, wobei die vereinzelten Freibauern den
verbundenen infolge Mattangriff unterliegen.} 46. Rf4 (46. Rf6+ Kc5 47. Rf5+
Kb4 48. Rf4+ Rxf4 49. gxf4 a3 50. Kc2 Kc4 51. Kb1 b4 52. Ka2 Kc3 53. f5 b3+ 54.
Kxa3 b2 $19) (46. Rf3 $142 {mit der Idee h4}) 46... Rxf4 47. gxf4 Kd5 48. h4 (
48. Kc3 Ke4 $19) 48... b4 49. h5 a3 (49... Ke6 50. h6 Kf6 51. f5 a3 52. Kc2 a2
53. Kb2 b3 54. Ka1 $11) 50. Kc2 Kc4 51. h6 b3+ 52. Kb1 (52. Kc1 Kc3 53. h7 b2+
54. Kb1 Kb3 55. h8=Q a2#) 52... Kc3 53. h7 a2+ 54. Ka1 b2+ 55. Kxa2 Kc2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 bxc4 8. Nh3 Na6
9. O-O Nc5 10. dxe6 Bxg2 11. exd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Kxg2 Nb3 14. Rb1 Bd6
15. Ng5 Rhe8 16. Rd1 h6 17. Nf3 Ne4 {#} 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. e3 g5 20. Nd2 Nxd2
21. Bxd2 g4 22. h3 gxh3+ 23. Kxh3 Rg8 24. Bc3 Ke6 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 c5 27.
Bc3 Be5 28. Bxe5 Kxe5 29. Rc1 Kd5 30. Rc2 Rb8 {[%csl Re3,Rf4][%cal Yd5c4,Yc4d3,
Yd3e4,Ye4e3,Ye3f4] [#] Thema: Passiver König (W) gegen im Zentrum aktiven
König (S)} 31. g4 c3 $1 32. bxc3 (32. Rxc3 Rxb2 33. gxf5 (33. f4 fxg4+ 34. Kxg4
c4 35. Kf5 Rb3 36. e4+ Kd4 37. Rc1 Rxa3 38. e5 $11) 33... Rxf2 34. Kg4 h5+ 35.
Kg5 h4 $15) 32... fxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Kc4 34. f4 Kd3 35. Rh2 Ke4 $1 36. Rxh6 (36.
Rh3 Rg8+ 37. Kh5 c4 38. a4 a5 $11) 36... Rg8+ 37. Kh5 {Blendet den weißen
König vom weiteren Spielgeschehen aus.} Kxe3 38. Rc6 (38. f5 Kf4 $11) 38...
Kxf4 39. Rxc5 Ke3 40. Rc7 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-GER m"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1999.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.10.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. h4 Qa5 7. h5 d6 8. Qb3
gxh5 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Nf4 Nbd7 11. Nxh5 Nxh5 12. Rxh5 Nf6 13. Rh4 Bd7 14. f3
O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rdg8 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Qc2 Kb8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Kf2
Qe7 21. Qd2 Qe5 22. Qf4 Rg7 23. e3 Kc7 24. Bd3 Rhg8 25. Rh2 Re8 26. Qxe5 fxe5
27. Rch1 Ree7 28. f4 exf4 29. exf4 a6 30. Rh6 Ref7 31. Kf3 b5 32. a3 bxc4 33.
Bxc4 Bb5 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. R1h5 c4 36. Rg5 Rxg5 37. fxg5 Kb6 38. Rxd6+ Kc5 39.
Ra6 Kxd5 40. Ra5 Kc6 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Kb5 43. Rb4+ Kc5 44. Kf4 Rd7 45. g3
Rd1 46. Kxf5 Rd3 47. Kg4 Rxc3 48. Rb7 {[#] Nach dem Gewinn des Bh7 wirkt die
horizontale Sperre entscheidend. Dass weiß nur einen Doppelbauern hat, hindert
ihn nicht am Gewinn.} Kd6 (48... Rd3 49. Rxh7 Rd6 50. Rc7+ Kd4 51. Kf5 c3 52.
g6 $18) 49. Rxh7 Ke6 (49... Rb3 50. g6 Rb8 51. g7 Rg8 52. Kf5 c3 53. Kf6 c2 54.
Rh1 Rc8 55. Rc1 $18 {[%csl Rc2]}) 50. Rc7 $1 {Die horizontale Sperre
entscheidet.} Rd3 51. g6 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bistric, Faruk"]
[Black "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo"]
[BlackTeam "Sokolac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 Bg7 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nfd2 Qxc5 7. Be2 Nd4 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nb3 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Qc7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5
O-O 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Rc2 e6 18. Rd1 exd5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxd5
Rac8 21. Rcd2 Qa4 22. Ra5 Qc6 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. Rxa7 Re7 25. g3 h5 26. Kg2 h4 27.
Ra4 hxg3 28. hxg3 Kg7 29. Qd5 Rh8 30. Qxd6 Qc8 31. g4 Qe8 32. Ra5 Rxe4 33. g5
Re2+ 34. Kg3 Be5+ 35. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 36. Qxe5+ Rxe5 37. Kf4 Rf5+ 38. Kg4 Ra8 39. f4
Rxa2 40. Rd7 Rb5 41. Nd4 Rbxb2 42. Ne6+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rd7 Ra8 45. Rxf7+
Kh8 46. Rf6 b5 47. Rxg6 Rh2 48. Nc7 Rb8 49. Na6 Rf8 50. Nc5 Rc8 51. Nd3 Rb8 52.
Nb4 Rg2+ 53. Kh5 Rb7 54. Rc6 Rd2 55. f5 Rh7+ 56. Kg6 Rd8 57. f6 Rg8+ 58. Kf5
Rh5 59. Ke6 Rhxg5 60. Nd5 Rb8 61. Rc1 Rh5 62. f7 b4 63. Nf6 Rb6+ 64. Ke7 Re5+
65. Kf8 Rb8+ 66. Ne8 Kh7 67. Rh1+ Kg6 68. Rg1+ Kf5 69. Rf1+ Kg4 70. Kg7 Rexe8
71. fxe8=Q Rxe8 {Einfache Technik bei abgeschnittenen Königen, wobei der
Verteidigerturm nicht gleichzeitig den Bauern kontrollieren und den König
abschneiden kann.} 72. Rf7 (72. Rb1 $142 Rb8 73. Kf6 Kf4 74. Ke6 Ke4 75. Kd6 b3
(75... Kd3 76. Kc7 Kc2 $1 77. Rh1 Re8 $19) ({aber nicht} 75... Kd4 $2 76. Kc7
$1 Rb5 77. Kc6 Rc5+ 78. Kb6 Rc4 79. Kb5 $11) 76. Kc5 Kd3 $19) 72... Re4 (72...
Rb8 $144 $19 {Turm hinter den Freibauern}) 73. Rf1 (73. Rb7 Kf4 74. Kf6 Ke3 75.
Kf5 Kd3 $19) 73... b3 74. Rb1 Rb4 75. Kf6 Kf4 76. Ke6 Ke4 77. Kd6 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Orel"]
[Site "Orel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Lempert, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O Na6 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. b4 Nd3 13. exd3 Bxc3 14. Nf3 Bf6 15.
dxe6 dxe6 16. Re1 Ng7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd6 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Rb3 b5 21. Bb2
f4 22. Qe4 fxg3 23. hxg3 a6 24. Nc6 Rde8 25. c5 Qd7 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Ne5 Qd5
28. Rb2 Rff8 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Rbe2 Nf5 31. Nc6 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rf6 33. Ne7+ Nxe7
34. Rxe7 c6 35. Ra7 h5 36. f4 Re6 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Rxa6 Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. Rd7
Kf5 41. Kf3 Rf6 42. Rd6 Re6 43. Rxe6 Kxe6 {6-5 P, rückständiger weißer
Mehrbauer, Plan: Auflösen aller K-Flügelbauern, K-Marsch zum Q-Flügel} 44. g4
hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kf6 46. d4 Kf7 47. f5 Kf6 48. fxg6 Kxg6 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. Ke3 Ke6
51. Kd3 Kf6 52. Kc3 Kf5 53. Kb2 $1 (53. Kb3 Ke4 54. a4 bxa4+ 55. Kxa4 Kxd4 56.
Ka5 Kc4 57. b5 d4 58. bxc6 d3 59. c7 d2 60. c8=Q d1=Q 61. Qe6+ Kc3 62. c6 $18)
53... Ke4 54. a4 1-0

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Ballmann, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 $2 {Ballmann is a dedicated Benko-Gambit adherant,
but at this point it would have been wise to give it a rest, because now White
manages to get very favourable version of this popular gambit.} 4. cxb5 a6 5.
e4 axb5 {Perhaps it was better to delay this swop and play Lg7 and see what
intentions White has with his light-square Bishop.} 6. Bxb5 Bg7 7. Ne2 $1 Qa5+
8. Nbc3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 {9...Da6 intending d6 and Sd7 may have been better.
Black said he feared possible a4 and Sb5, but at least White will not be able
to go on the offensive in the center as happens in the game.} 10. O-O d6 11. f4
$1 {Black's serious lack in development allows White to attack in the center
and prevent castling.} Nf6 12. e5 dxe5 (12... Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Nf6 15.
f5 {with an irresistable attack.}) 13. fxe5 Nd7 (13... Ng4 14. e6 fxe6 15. Nf4
$1 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Nxe6 Nc7 19. Qf3 {wins for White.}) 14.
e6 fxe6 15. Bg5 (15. dxe6 Nf6 16. Rxf6 Rd8 $1 {was less clear.}) 15... Nf6 16.
Nf4 Nc7 (16... exd5 17. Ne6 $1 Kf7 18. Qxd5 $18) 17. d6 exd6 {[#]} 18. Nxe6 $1
Nxe6 19. Qe2 (19. Bxf6 $2 O-O 20. Qxd6 Bxf6 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 {gives Black some
hope of survival.}) 19... Kd7 (19... O-O 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Bxf6 {just loses a
piece.}) 20. Bxf6 Rhf8 21. Ne4 {White has multible threaths in this position
and it is impossible to cover them all.} Kc7 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 {[#]}
24. Nxd6 $1 Kxd6 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Qe4+ Kb5 27. Qd3+ c4 28. Qd5+ {Black
resigned, since after} Ka6 (28... Kb6 29. Qd6+) 29. Qxc4+ Kb6 30. Rd6+ Kb7 31.
Rd7+ Kb8 32. Qb3+ {he gets mated.} 1-0

[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Qc7 5. Na3 $5 {N} (5. e4 $2 cxd4 6. cxd4
Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxc1+ 8. Ke2 Nf6) (5. Nf3 Nf6 $10) 5... Nf6 6. e4 d6 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O $14 Nc6 $6 9. d5 Ne5 10. f4 Ned7 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Re1 b5 14. cxb5
c4 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Ne8 (16... Nxe5 $2 17. Rxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4) 17. d6 $1
exd6 18. exd6 Qd8 $8 (18... Qxd6 19. Bf4 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Rb6 21. Nxc4 $18) (
18... Nxd6 19. Bf4) (18... Qa5 19. Nxc4) 19. Nd5 $1 (19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. Nd5)
19... axb5 (19... Bb7 20. bxa6 $18) 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nc6 Qb6+ 22. Be3 Qa6 23.
Nxb8 (23. Nc2 $5 $16) 23... Nxb8 24. Bd4 (24. Nc2 $5 Bxb2 (24... Nxd6 25. Nb4)
(24... Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Nxd6 26. Bc5) 25. Bd4+ Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4+ Kg8 27. Rad1) 24...
Nf6 (24... Qxd6 25. Nxb5 $18) (24... Nxd6 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Nc2
$16) 25. Rf1 (25. Re5 $5) 25... Bf5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. g4 Bxb2 28. gxf5 Qxa3 29.
fxg6 hxg6 30. Rb1 (30. d7 Qe7) 30... Nd7 31. Qc2 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Bd4 33. Rfd1 Ne5
34. Qe4 Nd3 35. Rxd3 $10 cxd3 36. Qxd3 Qxd6 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Qxb5 Kg7 39. Qc4
Qe5 40. a4 Bb6 41. Rf1 Rd7 42. Qb5 Qd6 43. Bc6 Bc7 44. Qb2+ Qd4 45. Rf2 Qxb2
46. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toledo"]
[Site "Toledo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 (5... d5 $10) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
e3 (7. d5 Bxb2 8. Bxb2 Qxb2 9. Nbd2 Nd4 $13) 7... Qa6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bf1 Qa5 10.
Bd2 d6 11. a3 Bg4 12. h3 (12. b4 $5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $14) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O
14. Bg2 Qa6 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 e6 (16... Rfc8 $5 $14) 17. Bxc6 $1 $16 bxc6
18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rc2 c5 (19... Rc7 $2 20. Nb5 $18) (19... a5 20. Na4 Ra6 $16)
20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rhc1 Rac8 22. b4 Rc4 23. Kd1 a6 24. Ne4 d5 $2 (24... Rxc2 25.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Kxc2 $16) 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Nxc4 Ne4
28. Ke2 Nxd2 29. Nxd2 Bb2 30. Rb1 (30. Rb1 Bxa3 31. Nc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 Qa5 {->A40} 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. Nb3 Qb6 7. cxd4
Nf6 ({Die Erfahrungen mit dem soliden} 7... d5 {waren bislang nicht schlecht.})
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 (9... a5 10. Nc5 Qa7 11. Bg5 d6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Bg7
14. e3 b5 $11 {Saidy,A-Ivanov,A/Philadelphia 1995}) 10. d5 $5 $146 ({Mit den
Alternativen kam Schwarz bislang recht gut zurecht:} 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be4
12. Bxe4 (12. f3 Bc6 13. e4 Ba4 14. Be3 Na6 15. Bh3 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,
N-Khalifman,A/Maikop 1998}) 12... Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Be3 Qa6 {
Georgiev,K-Dzindzichashvili,R/Thessaloniki 1984 Die schwarze Stellung ist sehr
solide.}) (10. Nfd2 Bd7 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Nca5 d5 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15.
Rc1 $13 {Vucic,M-Ivanov,A/New York 1991}) (10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Ne3 e5
13. d5 Ne7 14. a4 Nf5 15. b3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Bf5 $132 {Honos,A-Horvath,C/Hungary
1996}) 10... Bd7 11. Be3 Qa6 12. Bd4 Qa4 13. Re1 Na6 14. e4 Nc7 15. e5 Nfxd5
16. exd6 exd6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng5 Bc6 19. Re4 Qb5 (19... Qa6 20. a4) 20. a4
Qb6 21. a5 Qa6 22. Nd4 Rae8 (22... h6 23. Bf1 b5 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 (24... hxg5 25.
Rc1 $16) 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Qd4+ Nf6 (26... Kg8 27. Rh4 h5 28. Bg2 $44) 27. Rf4
Ncd5 28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30. Bxb5 $16) 23. Bf1 b5 24. Rh4 $5 {Romanishin
mag die Qa6 nicht aus ihrer mißlichen Lage befreien.} ({Immerhin hätte} 24.
axb6 Qxb6 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Rxa7 $16 {den P bei bleibender
Initiative zurückgewonnen.}) 24... h6 25. Ne4 ({Nicht zwingend ist} 25. Nf5+ $6
gxf5 26. Qh5 Re6 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Qxh6+ Kf7 {und der Kf7 ist nicht recht zu
packen.}) 25... Rxe4 (25... Bd7 {war vielleicht schlauer}) 26. Rxe4 Nc3 27. Qc1
$1 Nxe4 (27... Bxe4 28. Qxc3 $18) 28. Nxc6 $44 Ne6 29. Nb4 Qb7 (29... Qc8 30.
Qe3) 30. Bg2 Rc8 (30... f5 $142) 31. Qe1 Rc4 $2 ({Einzig} 31... d5 {leistete
Widerstand:} 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. a6 Qa8 34. Rd3 $44) 32. b3 $18 Rd4 (32... Rxb4 33.
Qxb4 $18) 33. Nc2 d5 34. Nxd4 Nxd4 35. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 $6 {I can't possibly find such move to be in the
spirit of the position. The combination of e6 and g6 is rarely a good thing,
especially this early in the opening.} (3... Nf6 $142 4. e4 d6 {King's Indian})
4. Nf3 Ne7 5. h4 $1 {A natural response to the Ne7 + g6 - Bg7 setup, commonly
seen in Benoni positions.} h6 6. Bf4 (6. h5 g5 7. Nxg5 $5 {A move which
definitely crossed my mind during the game. It makes perfect sense as White's
controlling the centre and is ahead in development. However, I decided that
there's no need for such rough early aggression - especially in a team
competition.} hxg5 8. Bxg5 f6 9. Bf4 $44 {[%csl Gd4,Re8,Gf4,Rg7][%cal Gh5h6]})
6... d6 7. e4 Nd7 8. c5 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf4c7] Maybe not the best move in
the position, but definitely the best practical one. It creates problems my
opponent did not forsee while keeping the solid positional advantage.} (8. e5
$6 {An option that would have won me a great spatial advantage, but ironically
lost the control over it.} dxe5 9. dxe5 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O Nc6
$15) 11... Nc6 12. g3 Qe7 13. Bg2 Rd8 14. O-O O-O $132) 8... e5 $6 (8... dxc5
9. Nb5 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Be6 13. Qc2 b6 14. Rd1 Qc8 15.
f4 h5 16. Be2 $16) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 $16 {With a huge spatial advantage,
better piece placement, and the ability to deny any sort of potential
counterplay, I felt that I should soon be winning this game.} Nc6 11. Bc4 (11.
Qa4 $142 O-O 12. O-O-O $16) 11... Nd4 $6 {A desperate attempt born of a
disadvantage in time .} (11... Nf8 12. Qxd8+ Nxd8 13. O-O-O Nfe6 $132 {Still
at a disadvantage, but at least the queens are gone...}) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4
Ne5 {Practically, the only correct move in the position.} 14. Bxe5 $6 {By far
the last move I wanted to make in this position. However, I had already spent
about 20 minutes with no result - even though I knew there was something I was
missing.} (14. f4 $1 {Ironically, the only real move I considered! I am not
sure why I didn't go through with it.} Nf3+ 15. gxf3 Bxd4 (15... Qxd4 $6 16.
Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Nb5 $18) 16. Qa4+ c6 17. O-O-O Kf8 18. Ne2 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20.
Qb3 Bxc5 21. Bxf7 Qxf7 22. Qc3 $18) 14... Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxe5 16. Ke2 $6 {
... and then I thought to myself - king in the centre should be best in any
endgame. Apparantly, I was wrong as it is also a waste of time.} (16. f4 $5 {
The best move according to the computer! However, not a move a sane chess
player would consider after the recent 14.Bxe5 fiasco...} Bxf4 17. O-O Be3+ 18.
Kh2 O-O 19. b4 $16) (16. Rd5 f6 17. g3 Ke7 18. Rd3 c6 19. f4 Bc7 20. b4 $16)
16... c6 17. Ke3 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rxh8+ $6 (19. g3 $142 g4 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8
21. Kf4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge4e5]} Bg7 22. e5 $16) 19... Bxh8 20. Rh1 Bg7 21. g3
b5 $1 {A fast and secure way to activate Black's rook!} 22. Bb3 $6 (22. cxb6 $1
{Though it is the best move in the position, it wasn't one I took seriously.}
axb6 23. f4 $16) 22... a5 23. a4 Rb8 $2 {The final mistake! This move doesn't
only create a passed c-pawn for me, but it also gives me control of d5 which
means the sudden activation of all my minor pieces.} (23... b4 $1 24. Ne2 Ba6
25. Nd4 Rd8 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. Nxc6 Bxc5+ 28. Kf3 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Bb6 30. Bb3 f6
$132) 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Bd5 a4 26. f4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge4e5]} gxf4+ 27. gxf4
a3 28. e5 f6 (28... axb2 29. Rb1 f6 30. Kd4 fxe5+ 31. fxe5 b4 32. Na4 Ke7 33.
Rxb2 $18) 29. e6 {Overall, a game that could have gone much more smoothly
given the terrible opening choice by GM Dizdarevic.} (29. e6 axb2 30. f5 $18 {
[%csl Rg7]}) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Ne7 4. Nf3 (4. Qc2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 h6 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. c5 b6 11. Nf3 $6 (11. b4 $142) 11... bxc5 12.
dxc5 f6 13. b4 e5 14. Bc2 Bf5 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. O-O d4 17. Qb2 Nbc6 18. b5 e4 $5
{0-1 Gelfand,B-Andersson,U/Osterskars m 1995/CBM 49 (52)}) 4... c5 5. g3 b6 6.
Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Rd1 Nc8 12. Rb1 Bc6
13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Ng5 (16. Nxd6 $5 Ne5 (16... Rd8 17.
Rb7 Qxd6 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Rxd6 Nxd6 20. Qh5 $16) 17. Rb7 Nxd3 (17... Qc6+ 18.
Qe4) 18. Rxc7 Nxc1 19. Nxc8 $14) (16. Bf4 e5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Be3 $13) 16... g6
17. Qe4 Re8 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rxb8 Nxb8 21. Qf4 f5 22. Nxd6 e5 23.
Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qf3 e4 25. Qf4 Nd7 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Nb6 28. h4 Kf7 29. Bg5
Rc7 30. h5 gxh5 (30... Nxc4 31. Rf6+ Kg7 32. h6+ Kg8 33. Bf4 Rd7 (33... Rc8 34.
Ra6 Ra8 35. Rc6 $16) 34. Rc6 $16) 31. Kh3 Nxc4 32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Kh4 Rf7 34. Rc6
Ne5 $4 35. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3
d6 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Be2 f5 13. O-O Qe8 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Bg3
e5 16. f3 f4 17. exf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. d5 Nc5 20. g3 Qg6 21. Bd1 Bc8 22.
Bc2 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rae1 Raf8 25. Qe3 Rf4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 h5 {
Gulko seizes his chance. Because of the pins and other tactics, White cannot
prevent the pawn from advancing all the way to h3. One feels the ball should
have hit the back of the net in this game, but somehow White scrapes a draw
after extra time.} 28. Kg2 h4 29. Qd3 h3+ $1 30. Kg1 (30. Kxh3 Rf2 $19) 30...
Qg4 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Re3 Rf8 33. Qc2 Qg5 34. Qe2 Kh7 35. Rc3 Kg6 36. Rd3 Qh5
37. Qe1 Qg4 38. Re3 Kh5 39. Qd2 Rf3 40. Qe2 Rxe3 41. Qxe3 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qd4 43.
Ke2 Qxb2+ 44. Ke1 Kg6 45. Qf3 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qg5 48. Ke2 Kh7 49. Qf1
Qg4+ 50. Qf3 Qg6 51. Kd3 Kg8 52. g4 Qg5 53. Qf5 Qc1 54. g5 Qxa3+ 55. Kc2 Qb3+
56. Kd2 Qb2+ 57. Kd1 Qd4+ 58. Kc2 Qxc4+ 59. Kd2 Qb4+ 60. Kc2 Qc4+ 61. Kd2 Qb4+
62. Kc2 Qb3+ 63. Kd2 Qb2+ 64. Kd1 Qb5 65. g6 Qd3+ 66. Kc1 Qc3+ 67. Kd1 Qd3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 (4. f3 e5 $5 5. d5 {Obviously not the most
severe test of 4...e5,} ({though,} 5. dxe5 Nc6 {gives Black compensation.})
5... Bc5 {I rather like Black's position (that doesn't mean he stands better).
The queenside is secure and he can prepare to play the pawn break ...f5 just
like in a King's Indian; and before White can castle he must deal with that
bishop.} 6. Nc3 a5 7. Nge2 Na6 8. g3 Ne7 9. Bh3 O-O 10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. Nec3 Nc8 {
Obscure. Black is doing just fine if he sticks to more traditional strategy:} (
{The immediate} 11... f5 {is also possible.}) 12. a3 Be7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Be3
Ba6 15. b3 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 b5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Rf2 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Bd6 20. f4 $6 {
0-1 Pytel,K-Piasetski,L/Buenos Aires olm 1978 (46)} ({Instead,} 20. Qd3 $1 Nb6
21. Qb5 Qe7 22. Rc2)) (4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 e5 $5 6. d5 Nb4 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbc3
Nxd3 9. Qxd3 Ng6 10. Ng3 Be7 11. Nf5 O-O 12. g3 d6 13. h4 Bf6 14. Kg2 Bc8 15.
Rh1 Re8 16. Bd2 a6 17. a4 $14 {Lobron,E-Speelman,J/BL9697 1997/0-1 (44)}) 4...
Bb4 5. f3 e5 6. dxe5 Qh4+ {That is a more familiar motif from this opening:
the queen was going to e7 anyway, so gives a check on h4 first to weaken the
diagonal. However, this doesn't turn out well, through White's excellent play.
Instead I would suggest the immediate 6...Bxc3+ 7 bxc3 Nc6, leaving the option
of ...Qh4+ open. Then Black can consider playing the knight to e7. That would
avoid some of the problems encountered in the game where Black found it
difficult to force through ...f5. (He did force it, but at a price).} 7. g3
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Ne2 {White rightly returns the pawn. Trying
to hold onto it with 10 f4 could potentially be fatal.} Nxe5 11. Nd4 O-O-O 12.
Be2 g6 13. Kf2 f5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. Re1 gxf5 16. Qa4 c5 17. Qxa7 cxd4 18. cxd4
Rdf8 19. Bf4 Nc6 20. Qxb6 Qd8 21. Qb2 d6 22. Rab1 Rf7 23. Bd3 Nh5 24. Bxf5+ Kb8
25. Bd2 Rhf8 26. Be4 Qc8 27. Kg1 Nf6 28. Bf4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Ka8 30. Bxd6 Rd8 31.
Bf4 Na7 32. d5 Rg8 33. Qa3 Qh3 34. Rbe1 Rff8 35. Re7 Rxf4 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37.
Rxe8+ Bc8 38. gxf4 Qf5 39. Qe3 Qb1+ 40. Kf2 Qxa2+ 41. Qe2 Qa1 42. Qe5 Qa2+ 43.
Qe2 Qa1 44. Qe5 Qa2+ 45. Kg3 Qxc4 46. d6 Qf7 47. f5 Qh5 48. Qe4+ Kb8 49. Qb4+
Ka8 50. d7 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Be3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. h4 h5 10. Qd2 Ne7 11. g4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Bf4 dxc4 14. Be5 Kf8 15.
Bxc4 Ned5 16. g5 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Kg8 20. Rh3 Kh7 21. f4
Qe7 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Rc3 {The weakness of the pawn on c6 is sufficient to give
White a clear advantage.} Rc7 24. Bb5 Rhc8 (24... c5 25. d5 exd5 26. Rxd5 {
White's bishop can work against Black's pawn structure without hindrance.}) 25.
Bxc6 Bf8 26. Kb1 Qd8 27. d5 exd5 28. Rxd5 Qe7 29. Rd6 Rd8 30. Rcd3 Rcc8 31. Qd2
Rxd6 32. exd6 Qe6 33. d7 Rd8 34. Bg2 Qf5 35. Bh3 Qe4 36. a3 Bd6 37. Qe3 Qxe3
38. Rxe3 Kg7 39. Re8 Bc7 40. Kc2 f5 41. gxf6+ Kxf6 42. Kd3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Qa5 $6 {Das ist ein eher seltener
Zug. Man spielt ihn dann, wenn man aus der Eröffnung heraus auf Gewinn spielen
will.} 6. Be3 (6. d5 $5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxc3+ (7... Nf6 8. Nd2 (8. Qc2 Nxe4 $1 9.
Qxe4 Qxc3+ $17) 8... Qxc3 9. Rb1 $44) 8. Bd2 Qg7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O $44) 6...
Nf6 (6... Nc6 $6 7. d5 $1 (7. dxc5 $6 dxc5 (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc5 (8... Qxc3+
9. Bd2 Qa3 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. Qc2 $14) 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Bd3 $14) 8. Qd2 Bg4 $15) (
7. Qd2 Bg4 (7... Nf6 8. d5 $16) 8. d5 Bxf3 (8... Ne5) 9. gxf3 (9. dxc6 Bxc3 10.
bxc3 (10. cxb7 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Qd8 12. bxa8=Q Qxa8 13. gxf3 Nf6 $15) (10. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bxe4 12. cxb7 Bxb7 $17) 10... Bxe4 11. cxb7 Bxb7 12. Bg5 $15)
9... Nd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 (10... cxd4 11. Nb5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Kd8 13. Kd3 $16) 11.
f4 Nf6 12. Bd3 $132) 7... Ne5 (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 $16) 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Qd2 $14)
7. Qd2 (7. Bd3 $6 cxd4 8. Bxd4 (8. Nxd4 Ng4 $15) 8... Nc6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2
Qb6 11. O-O Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Qd8 $15) 7... Ng4 (7... cxd4
8. Nxd4 Ng4 9. Bg5 $1 $14) (7... Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. Be2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc2+ 11.
Kd1 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nxa1 13. Nc3 $1 $16) 8. Nd5 Qxd2+ (8... Qd8 9. Bg5 f6 (9...
Nc6 10. h3 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ exf6 12. Be3 $14) 10. Bh4 $14) 9. Bxd2 Na6 10. h3 (10.
Bc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 $11) 10... Nf6 (10... e6 11. hxg4 exd5 12. cxd5 Bxg4 (
12... cxd4 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. g5 $14) 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Nh2 Bd7 15. dxc5 dxc5
16. Bc3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rb8 18. O-O-O $14) 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. e5 dxe5 (12... Bg7
13. exd6 exd6 14. O-O-O $1 cxd4 15. Bf4 $14) 13. dxe5 Bg7 {Diese Stellung
entstand fast forciert als Folge der schwarzen aggressiven Spielweise in der
Eröffnung. Das wesentliche Merkmal hier ist die Lage des Läufers g7. Weiß muss
versuchen, die schwarzen Befreiungsversuche auf dem Königsflügel zu
unterbinden, während Schwarz seinerseits um jeden Preis zu einem Gegenspiel
kommen muss.} 14. Bd3 $1 {Ein sehr starker Zug, der die Entwicklung des
Läufers auf f5 und weiter e4 verhindert.} Be6 15. b3 O-O-O 16. Ke2 f6 {
Prinzipieller Zug.} (16... Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. Be4 $1 $16 {
es sieht zwar so aus, als ob Schwarz das Läuferpaar hätte, und Weiß gar nichts,
aber so ist es nicht. Die weißen Figuren stehen ideal postiert, der Zug Bd5
droht, wonach Weiß starke Zentrumsbauern bekommen wird. Schwarz hat gar kein
Gegenspiel.}) 17. Rad1 g5 (17... fxe5 18. Ng5 Bg8 (18... Bf5 19. Bxf5+ gxf5 20.
Nf7 $16) 19. Bc3 $14) 18. Bc3 Nb4 $2 {Ein Fehler, der die Verwirklichung der
weißen Pläne zulässt, andererseits ist für Schwarz schon guter Rat teuer.} (
18... h5 19. Be4 g4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Ne1 $16) 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20.
Be4 $16 Kb8 $1 {Fast der einzige Zug.} (20... fxe5 21. Nxg5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bg8
23. Bd5 Bf6 24. Ne4 $16) (20... Kc7 21. Rxd8 (21. Bd5 Bc8 22. e6 Rd6 23. Nd4
Ra6 24. Rd2 f5 $1 $13) (21. Nd4 Bc8 $13) 21... Rxd8 22. Bxh7 g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4
24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Be4 $16) (20... g4 21. Nd4 $1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 $16) 21. Rxd8+ (
21. Nd4 Bc8 22. e6 $2 Rxd4 $1 23. Rxd4 f5 $17) (21. Bd5 Bc8 22. e6 Rd6 23. Nd4
Ra6 24. Rd2 f5 25. Nxf5 Bc3 26. Rc2 Bxe6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6+ 28. Ne3 Rd8 $132) 21...
Rxd8 22. Rd1 $2 {Ein Fehler, der die Gewinnchancen praktisch annulliert.} (22.
Bxh7 $1 g4 (22... fxe5 23. Nxg5 $18) 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Be4 $16 {
Schwarz wird wohl demnächst auf f3 tauschen müssen und versuchen, das Endspiel
mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern und Türmen zu halten, aber es ist sehr schwer,
die Chancen stehen ca. 80:20 für Weiß.}) 22... Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Bg8 24. Bd5 e6 (
24... Bxd5 25. cxd5 h6 (25... fxe5 26. Nxg5 $18) 26. e6 Kc7 (26... f5 27. d6
Bf6 28. Ne5 $1 $18) 27. Nd4 Bf8 28. Nf5 $18) 25. exf6 (25. Be4 f5 26. Bd3 h6
$15) 25... Bxf6 (25... exd5 26. fxg7 dxc4 27. bxc4 Bxc4 28. Nxg5 Bxa2 29. Nxh7
$18) 26. Be4 {Dieses Endspiel ist nicht zu gewinnen, denn Schwarz schafft es,
sehr schnell ein Gegenspiel am Damenflügel zu bekommen. Cheparinov verteidigte
die Stellung mit brillianter Technik.} b6 27. Ke2 Kc7 28. Ne1 Kd6 29. Nd3 a5
30. Kf3 h5 31. Bg6 Bc3 32. Ke2 a4 33. Bxh5 e5 $1 {Das ist die Idee des Ganzen.
Schwarz hat zwar den Bauern opfern müssen, dafür spielen jetzt beide Läufer
mit plus die weißen Bauern am Damenflügel sind geschwächt.} 34. Bf3 Bh7 35. Bd5
axb3 36. axb3 Bxd3+ $11 {Eine forcierte Abwicklung in ein remisliches
Läuferendspiel.} 37. Kxd3 Bd4 38. f3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. Bb7 Bf2 41. Bc8 Bc5
42. Kd5 Bf2 43. Kc6 Ke7 44. g3 Kf6 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Be3 47. Bd7 Kg7 48. Kd5
Bf4 49. Ke4 {Weiß kann die schwarze Festung nicht knacken, deswegen} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 {Stohl} Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 Nf6 6.
Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Re1 h6 12. Be3 Nd5 13.
Rc1 Bb4 14. Re2 Ne7 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 a5 17. Ba2 Nd7 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. Bb1 Qd7
20. Rc1 Rfd8 $13 {Danielsen,H-Olafsson,H/Akureyri/1994/}) (3. e4 {Stohl} Bb7 4.
d5 exd5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7+ 7. Be2 c6 8. Nh3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 Bxd2
11. Qxd2 Na6 12. Nc3 Qb4 13. b3 cxd5 14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nf4 Rad8
17. Qd4 f5 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. Nxa7 g5 20. Nd5 $36 {Moskalenko,V-Lempert,I/
Alushta1/1994/}) 3... Bb7 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 g6 (6... Bc5 {Stohl} 7. Bg2
O-O 8. e3 a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. h3 h5 13. h4 $6 Ng4 14.
Bd2 e5 15. e4 f4 $1 16. gxf4 Qe7 17. Qd3 Qxh4 18. Qh3 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 Nb3 $19 {Ivanov,Vi-Lempert,I/Moscow/1994/}) (6... Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5
8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nf4 Qe7 12. Be3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Rad1 c5 15. Bc1 g5 16. Nd3 Bd4 17. e3 Bg7 18. f3 Nd6 19. e4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 g4 21.
exf5 gxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxf5 23. Nf4 Raf8 24. Bg2 $14 {Naumkin,I-Lempert,I/Moscow/
1994/}) (6... a5 {Stohl} 7. Bg2 Na6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxd6
Qxd6 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Nb5 d6 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Qc2 Qf7
18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Nd4 Re7 20. Rcd1 Qh5 21. Bc1 $14 {^^,Gurevich,M-Teske,H/BL
9192/1991/}) 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. e3 (8. Nh3 {Stohl} O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qc2 Nc5 11.
Be3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nce4 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. b4 Qf6 17.
Bd4 Qd6 18. e3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Re5 20. Rcd1 Qf6 21. f4 Re7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nf2
$16 {Epishin,V-Muhutdinov,M/Moscow Tal/1992/}) (8. Nf3 {Stohl} O-O 9. O-O Na6
10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Nb5 d6 12. dxe6 Nfe4 13. Nbd4 Qe7 14. Be3 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 Qxe6
16. Bd4 Bh6 17. b3 c5 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. e3 d5 $132 {Baburin,A-Lempert,I/
Budapest Festival/1991/}) 8... O-O 9. Nge2 e5 (9... c6 $1 10. O-O cxd5 11. cxd5
Na6 $10) 10. O-O d6 11. e4 $14 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. Nc3 (14. b4
{Stohl} a5 15. Be3 $14) 14... Bc8 15. Bg2 (15. h4 $5 Nf6 16. Bg5 $14) 15... Nf6
16. h3 Rf7 $1 17. Be3 Qf8 18. Qd2 a5 19. b4 (19. b3 $5 $14 {Stohl /\Rfc1,b4})
19... Ba6 20. Nb5 (20. b5 {Stohl} Bc8 $10) 20... Kh8 $1 {/\ Ng8, Bh6} 21. Rfc1
(21. bxa5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rxa5 23. a4 Ng8 24. Rfc1 Bh6 $10) (21. Rfb1 {/\ ba5}
Bxb5 22. cxb5 Ng8 $10) 21... Ng8 22. Ra2 Bh6 23. Rac2 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 axb4 25.
axb4 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Ra7 $10 27. Qc3 $1 {/\ f4} (27. h4 {Stohl} Nh6 28. Bh3 Nf5
$10) 27... Qg7 28. Ra1 Rxa1+ 29. Qxa1 h5 $1 30. Qc1 Qf6 {/\ h4} (30... Nh6 $142
{Stohl /\Nf5-d4=}) 31. h4 Qf5 (31... Kg7 {Stohl} 32. Bh3 $36) 32. Kh2 $8 {
/\ Bh3} Nf6 33. Bh3 (33. Rxc7 $2 {Stohl} Ng4+ $36) 33... Ng4+ (33... Qe4 {Stohl
} 34. Be6 $40) 34. Bxg4 hxg4 (34... Qxg4 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Ra2 Rf8 $10) 35. Kg1
Kg7 36. Qd2 g5 $5 (36... Qe4 37. Rc1 $10) (36... e4 {Stohl} 37. Rc4 $16) (36...
Kh7 {Stohl} 37. Rc4 Qf3 $5 $14) 37. hxg5 (37. Qxg5+ $6 {Stohl} Qxg5 38. hxg5
Kg6 $10) 37... Kg6 38. Rc4 Rh7 $6 {Zeitnot} (38... Qxg5 $2 39. Qc2+ (39. Qe2
$36 {Stohl ע}) 39... Kh6 40. Rxc7 $18) (38... Qb1+ 39. Kg2 (39. Rc1 Qe4 {
/\ Rh7}) 39... Rh7 40. Qc2+ Qxc2 41. Rxc2 Kxg5 42. Kf1 Kf5 43. Rc4 $10) 39. Qd1
$1 Kxg5 (39... Qf3 40. Qc2+ $1 (40. Qxf3 {Stohl} gxf3 41. Rh4 Re7 $13) 40...
Qf5 41. Rxc7 $18) 40. Qc1+ Kg6 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 $4 (41... Qe4 $1 42. Rxh7 $8 Kxh7
43. Qc7+ Kg8 $1 44. Qxb6 (44. Qxd6 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Ke1 Qe4+
48. Kd2 Qd4+ $10) 44... Qb1+ 45. Kg2 (45. Kh2 Qh7+ $10) 45... Qe4+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+
47. Ke1 Qc3+ 48. Ke2 Qc2+ 49. Ke3 Qc3+ 50. Ke2 $10 (50. Ke4 $4 Qf3#)) 42. Qxc7
$18 Qb1+ (42... Kg5 43. Qd8+ $1 (43. Qxb6 $2 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qh7+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ $10
) 43... Qf6 44. Qxb6 $18) 43. Kh2 Qxb4 44. Qxb6 Kf5 45. Qa7 $1 (45. Qc6 {Stohl}
Qd4 $1 46. Qc2+ Kg5 $14) 45... Qxb5 46. Qh7+ Kf6 (46... Kg5 47. Qe7+ Kf5 48.
Qxd6 {See the game}) 47. Qh6+ Kf5 (47... Ke7 {Stohl} 48. Qe6+ $18) 48. Qxd6 Qe2
(48... Ke4 $142 49. Qg6+ (49. Qe6 $2 Qe2 (49... Qxd5 $2 50. Qxg4+ Kd3 51. Qd1+
$18) 50. Qf7 Qc4 $1 51. Qd7 (51. Qg8 Qe2 $1 $10) 51... Qe2 $1 $10) 49... Kxd5
50. Qxg4 $18 {/\ Qf5, g4}) 49. Qf8+ Kg5 50. d6 Qd2 51. Qg7+ Kf5 52. Qf7+ Kg5
53. d7 Qd4 (53... e4 {Stohl} 54. Qf4+ $18) 54. Qg7+ Kh5 (54... Kf5 {Stohl} 55.
Qf8+ {/\d8Q}) 55. Qh7+ Kg5 (55... Kg5 56. d8=Q+ $1 Qxd8 57. Qh4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Yrjola, Jouni"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 $6 (4... f5) 5. Ne2 $1 g6 (5... Nb4 6.
O-O Nxd3 7. Qxd3 d6 8. Nbc3 Nf6 9. d5 $1 Be7 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. b3 (11. f4 exd5
12. cxd5 h5 $6 13. a4 h4 14. h3 O-O 15. b3 $16 {Anastasian,A-Kengis,E/Katowice/
1993/}) 11... c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Ba3 $1 $14 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk/
1993/}) 6. Nbc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Qd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Nf4 a6 13. Be2 $1 $16 Nd8 14. Bg4 Ne6 15. b4 Rad8 16. Nce2 (16. a4 $5)
16... Bc6 17. Qc2 Bb5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxc7 Nf5 20. Qxd7 (20. Qxb6 Rb8 21. Qa5
Nxe3 22. fxe3 h5 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Bf3 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Bxe2 26. Rc7 Qe8 $13)
20... Rxd7 21. Rfe1 Bc4 22. Nf4 Kf7 23. a3 Ra8 24. Be2 b5 25. Nd3 a5 26. Nc5
Rda7 27. a4 $2 (27. Bg4 $5) 27... Bxe2 28. Rxe2 axb4 29. axb5 Rb8 30. Rb2 Rxb5
31. Kf1 Rc7 32. Rcb1 $6 (32. Nd3) 32... Bxe5 $1 $15 33. Na6 Ra7 34. dxe5 Rxa6
35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. Rxb4 Nxe3+ 37. fxe3 g5 38. g4 Kg6 39. h3 h5 40. Kf2 Rc6 41.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Telljohann, Sven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 ({RR} 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3) 4... d6
5. e4 (5. Qc2 $5 e5 6. Nc3 f5 7. e4 h6 {[%csl Gg5]} 8. g3 $1 {[%cal Gf1h3,
Gf3h4]} Ne7 {[%cal Ge7g6,Ge7f5]} 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Bd3 $14 (10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bd3
e4 12. Be2 Nd7 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gd7e5]}) 10... f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. e5 $1 {
[%csl Rg6]} g5 13. exd6 (13. e6 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Gd7]} gxh4 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. Bd2 a6
16. O-O-O $44) 13... Qxd6 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. d6 Nec6 16. Ng6 Rf7 17. h4 Bf5 18.
Ne7+ Nxe7 19. dxe7 Rxe7 {Lasinskas,P (2234)-Telljohann,S (2408)/ Germany 2003/
EXT 2005/0-1 (34)}) (5. Nc3 Bxc3+ $1 6. bxc3 f5 (6... Qa5 7. Qb3 f5 8. e3 (8.
g3) 8... Nf6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nd2 Bd7 (11... Qa6 12. Bc2 (12. f3 $2
Nfxd5 {[%csl Rd3]})) 12. f3 Ba4 (12... O-O-O 13. e4) 13. Qb2 O-O-O (13... Qa6
14. e4) 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Rdf8 16. e5 $1 Ng4 (16... dxe5 17. Nb3 Qa6 18.
Nxc5) 17. exd6 exd6 18. Nb3 Qa6 19. Bf4 $2 Nxd5) 7. g3 (7. h4 Nf6 8. Bh6 (8. h5
Rg8 9. hxg6 hxg6) 8... Qa5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13.
Rfe1 Qa4 14. Nd2 Qxc2 $15 {Doric,D (2420)-Sulava,N (2489) CRO-chT 15th 2006 (7)
0-1}) (7. Qa4+ $5 Bd7 8. Qb3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Nf6 (9... Na6 10. e4 $14)) (7. Qc2 Nf6
(7... Qa5) 8. Bh6 Qa5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. h3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Qa4 13. Qb3 Ne4
14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. f3 $1 $14 {Alburt,L (2535)-Vigorito,D New York
op 1993 (4) 1-0}) 7... Qa5 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nd2
Bd7 12. Re1 Ba4 13. Qb2 O-O 14. e4 $6 fxe4 15. Bf1 (15. Nxe4 Nxc4) 15... Qa6
16. Nxe4 Nxc4 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Re6 Nxb2 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Bxb2 Bb5 (20...
Rad8 21. c4 {[%csl Gb2]}) 21. Rxd6 Rad8) 8... Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 $1 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Gd7b6]} 10. O-O Nb6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga5a6]} 11. Nd2 Qa4 (11... Bd7 12.
Re1 O-O-O $132 13. Rb1 Rhe8 (13... Qa4 14. Qb3 Rhe8 15. e4) 14. Nb3 Qa4)) 5...
Bg4 (5... e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 8. a4 Bg4 (8... Nf6 {Retombe sur une
grande ligne de la Benoni} 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Be2) 9. Be2 Nf6 (9... Nd7 10. O-O
Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qe7 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qe7 13. a5 O-O 14. Re1 Rab8 15. Qc2 Ne8
16. Be2 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7a6]} 17. h3 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Bf1 Rfb8 $132)) 10. Bf4)
6. Be2 a6 ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Ngf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3
a6 12. Be2 Rb8 13. a4 Kh7 14. f4 Ne8 15. Rf3 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qd2 Ndf6 18.
Rh3 Ng8 19. Rf1 Qb6 20. Bg4 d5 21. cxd5 {Trifunovic,P-Wade,R/Palma de Mallorca
1966/EXT 1998/1-0 (31)}) 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Ng5 $146 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (9.
Bg5 O-O {Belov,V (2620)-Williams,S (2452) Hastings Masters op 2005 (6) 1-0}) (
9. a4 O-O {Toth,A (2419)-Kulaots,K (2530) Paks Cup GM 7th 2003 (8) 1/2}) 9...
Bxe2 10. Qxe2 h6 11. Nh3 O-O 12. f4 Ne8 13. a4 Nc7 14. a5 (14. e5 $5 dxe5 15.
f5 {[%cal Gc3e4]}) 14... Rb8 15. Ra3 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Nd1 e6 18. Rg3 (18.
f5 Ne5 19. Rg3 $14 {[%csl Rg6]}) 18... exd5 19. exd5 Qe8 20. Qc2 f5 {[%csl Re6]
} 21. Nhf2 (21. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Gg3e3,Ge3e8]} Qf7 22. Re3 Bd4) 21... Qf7 22. Rf3
{[%csl Rf3]} Nf6 23. Ne3 h5 24. g3 Re8 25. h3 Ne4 26. g4 h4 27. gxf5 gxf5 28.
Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Kh1 Qh5 30. Qg2 Ne8 31. Qg5 Qxg5 {Les derniers coups ont été
joués avec moins d'une minute pour les deux adversaires} (31... Rb3 {La
variante sauvegardée а tort par le plateau DGT qui "oublie" le coup 31 Qg5
jouée dans la partie.} 32. Bd2 Rxb2 33. Be1 Rb3 34. Ng2 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Rxc4 36.
Bxh4 a5) 32. fxg5 Rb3 33. Bd2 Rxb2 34. Be1 Rb3 35. Ng2 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Rxc4 37.
Bxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 $5 {Nigel plays this once in a while, probably aiming to start the
over-the-board play as soon as on the second move. I am not sure about how
this opening should be called, but it can lead to positions which are
characteristic for different systems of development.} ({For instance, the game
structure will be similar to that from the Accelerated Bogoindian variation
examined in one of my recent surveys:} 1... e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6
5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. Bxb4 axb4 8. d5) 2. c4 (2. d5 {would lead to some sort
of mirrored Alekhine Defence. Here is a typical example from Nigel's practice:}
Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. dxe6 dxe6 (4... fxe6 {Volkov,S (2629)-Savchenko,B (2569)/
Moscow 2006/CBM 112/[Stohl] (1-0, 37)}) 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. f4 Nc6 7. c3 (7. Nf3
Nf6 8. Bd3 Bc5 9. c3 {Miles,A (2565)-Mestrovic,Z (2435)/Lone Pine 1978/MCL 
(1-0, 35)}) 7... Bc5 8. Nf3 a5 9. a4 Nh6 {The reader may be familiar with this
way of developing the king's knight from my aforementioned article.} 10. Bd3 f6
11. Ke2 Ke7 12. Na3 Bd7 13. Nc4 Nf7 {Black's position is slightly restrained,
but his pieces are harmoniously developed and the threat ...g5 creates chances
for counterplay.} 14. h4 h5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 b6 17. Rhg1 g5 18. g3 g4 19.
Nd4 Nd6 {Gordon,S (2533)-Short,N (2687)/Sheffield 2011/CBM 143 Extra (1/2, 53)}
) ({The best way to avoid early central tension is} 2. Nf3 {Black seems to
have nothing better than transposing to a Chigorin Defence with} d5 {, having
avoided some of the most dangerous white systems.}) ({Personally, I would be
more worried about} 2. e4 {I guess I would choose} e5 {with an open invitation
to the Scotch game, but what about:} 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 (4. Bf4 Ng6 5. Bg3 Nf6
6. Bd3 {Shabalov,A (2601)-Benjamin,J (2577)/Seattle 2000/CBM 080/[Mueller,
Karsten] (0-1, 27)}) 4... Qf6 5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Bd3 {Hector,J (2538)-Gausel,E 
(2533)/Aarhus 2003/CBM 098/[Mueller,Karsten] (1-0, 47)}) 2... e5 3. d5 (3. dxe5
Nxe5 {leads to a Budapest gambit structure. Black doesn't need to spend time
with his king's knight for retrieving the e5-pawn, so that his play is
relatively easy.} 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 c6 7. Be2 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O
Ba5 10. Qc2 Bc7 11. Nxe5 $6 (11. Nd4) 11... dxe5 12. e4 Bb6 $15 {Zedek,A (2275)
-Sadler,M (2560)/Ischia 1994/EXT 98 (0-1, 33)}) 3... Nce7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. g3 {
A solid way of developing.} ({Since Black intends to develop his bishop to
either b4 or c5,} 5. a3 {makes some sense. In practice it has been rarely seen.
In the following game Black didn't make use of the extra-tempo too effectively:
} f5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. g3 Be7 8. h4 $14 {Cramling,P (2535)-Wallin,P (2095)/
Norrkoeping 1998/EXT 2000 (1-0, 22)}) (5. e4 {seems to be playing into Black's
hands:} Bb4 6. Nge2 a5 7. Be3 d6 8. a3 Bc5 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. g3 Nh6 11. Bg2 O-O
12. O-O f5 $132 {Enders,P (2535)-Sadler,M (2665)/Germany 1998/GER-chT (0-1, 40)
}) 5... a5 $146 {A new move in this position , although the idea is typical
for the structure in general. I am not sure which were Nigel's reasons to
advance his a-pawn at this height of the game.} ({True,} 5... Bb4 {offered
White an advantage after} 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. h4 Ne4 10. Qc2
f5 11. Bg2 d6 12. Nh3 h6 13. h5 Ne7 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qg2 Bg4 17.
f3 Bxh5 18. Ng5 $1 $14 {Agrest,E (2465)-Miles,A (2565)/Muenster 1993/EXT 99 (1/
2, 41)}) ({I did not find any drawbacks of} 5... Bc5 {, though. For instance,}
6. Na4 ({If} 6. Bg2 {, the least Black could do is transposing to the game with
} a5) 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 f5 10. h4 h6 11. e4 Nf6 12. Bd3
Ne7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Rf1 a6 15. f3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 $36 {Tsatsalashvili,K 
(2231)-Gvetadze,S (2377)/Tbilisi 2009/CBM 128 Extra (0-1, 56)}) 6. Bg2 Bc5 7.
Na4 {I assume that Koneru did not anticipate her later problems with
re-locating the knight.} (7. Nf3 d6 8. h4 {deserves attention.}) 7... Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 d6 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. b3 {This leaves White with a backward pawn on a2.} ({
The position was not ripe for getting rid of it, though.} 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3
Bd7 12. Qb3 Ra6 13. Nc3 Qa8 14. Rxa6 Qxa6 {It looks quite probable that Black
will keep the control of the a-file, while on the kingside his position is at
least not worse.}) 10... Bd7 11. Nb2 Ra3 12. Nf3 (12. c5 dxc5 13. Nc4 {looks
premature. After} Ra6 $15 {Black's position is quite stable.}) 12... Qa8 {
In principle, Black has little to complain about. However, the big fight is
just about to start.} 13. Qb1 $5 {White has spotted Black's only (relative)
weakness, the b4-pawn. Her plan of attacking it while keeping the a2-pawn
defended looks rather unnatural, but is not easy to meet in practice.} ({
The exchange of the weak pawns with} 13. Nd2 Rxa2 14. O-O Nf6 15. Nd3 Qa5 16.
Rxa2 Qxa2 17. Nxb4 Qa5 18. Nd3 O-O {once again leaves Black with a comfortable
position.}) 13... Nf6 14. O-O Bg4 {In principle, Black would be glad to give
up his bishop for a knight, in order to get better chances for a blockade on
dark squares. It is not clear yet, though, which of the knights is more
dangerous and should be eliminated. I assume that the last move was also
aiming at preventing the knight transfer to d3.} ({A simpler plan would have
been} 14... O-O 15. Ne1 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Nc2 Ra7 18. Re1 Rb8 $133) 15. Nd1
$1 {The reserve knight prepares to attack the b-pawn. Although Black has two
tempi at his disposal, the threat is by no means easy to parry.} O-O 16. Ne3
Qa5 {Defending the pawn and preparing an interesting exchange sacrifice.} 17.
Nc2 Bf5 {The bishop changes its target right in time.} 18. Nfe1 {But now the
king's knight becomes the reserve one, and quite effectively!} Ra8 19. e4 {
All forced.} Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxa3 Nd2 22. Qc2 $6 ({For some hidden
reasons,} 22. Qd3 {was better.} bxa3 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Nc2 e4 ({The point is
that Black cannot react as in the game with} 24... Qa5 $2 {because of} 25. Rfd1
$18 {The f3-square is defended and the knight is trapped.}) 25. Nxb4 exd3 26.
Rfd1 Ne5 27. Nxd3 Nexc4 $45 {Black's compensation is out of question, but
White has her trumps, too.}) 22... bxa3 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Nd3 Qa5 25. Rfd1 Nf3+ {
With the white queen on c2, the knight has a wonderful trayectory for his
retreat.} 26. Kg2 Nd4 27. Qd2 Qa6 $15 {The tactical phase is over. Black has
two pawns for the sacrificed exchange and a very compact structure (no pawn
missing yet!) I assume that the following phase was played in mutual time
trouble. For a while, the evaluation will oscilate between slight advantage
for Black and counterplay for White.} 28. Nb4 Qxc4 (28... Qa4 $5 $15) 29. Rac1
Qb5 30. Rxc7 h6 31. Qc3 Ra4 32. Rxd4 $5 {Eliminating the monster knight.} exd4
33. Qf3 Qe8 34. Rxb7 (34. Qf5 Ra8 (34... Rxb4 35. Rc8 Qxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37.
Qa8 d3 38. Qxa3 Rd4 39. Qb2) 35. Nc2 Ne5 36. Nxd4 Qa4 $132) 34... Ne5 35. Qb3
Ra8 $17 36. Na6 Qd8 (36... d3 $1 $19) 37. Nc7 Rc8 38. Nb5 d3 39. Nxa3 d2 (39...
Qf6 $19) 40. Nb1 Nc4 41. Qd3 Qa5 42. Re7 $2 Qb4 $1 43. Qf5 Rf8 44. Qc2 Rb8 45.
Nc3 (45. Qf5 Ne5) 45... Qb2 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB GpB"]
[Site "Sabadell"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cerdanyola Valles"]
[BlackTeam "Foment Martinenc"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 {When preparing for
the game, I noticed that Fernando once delayed the development of his knight
and understood that I had to take into account Nge2 (although it did not
happen actually in his game). The move was not covered in the second
Accelerated Bogo article so I had to find a plan.} Bb7 {Probably not the best
move order.} ({I discarded} 6... d5 {because of} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 $1 {
I prefer playing ...d6 and ...Nbd7 against Nf3.} O-O 9. O-O Ba6 $5 (9... Bb7 {
is quite playable, actually, but just not entirely to my taste, see L'Ami,E 
(2628)-Anand,V (2810) Wijk aan Zee 2011 CBM 141 [Marin,M]}) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11.
Ne5 Re8 12. Rc1 $14 {We can see that the knight stands well on f3 in this
structure, better than in the main game anyway.}) (6... O-O $5 {is more
restrictive.} 7. e4 {The only way to cross Black's intentions.} (7. Nf3 {
Peralta,F (2565)-Mellado Trivino,J (2422) Sabadell 2009 (1/2, 47)}) (7. Nge2 d5
8. a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 {reaches a similar position to that in the game, with
the extra possibility of ...Ba6.}) 7... Bb7 8. e5 (8. Nge2 e5 $5 {as indicated
below.}) {and now the safest is} 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne4 $11 {, although
adventurous players would consider grabbing the h1-rook.}) 7. Nge2 $5 (7. f3 {
is too slow.} d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 (11... Ba6 $5
) (11... c5 $5) 12. a3 c5 13. Bb5 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. Qf5 Re7 16. Qg5 Nf8 17.
Qh4 Qc7 18. Kh1 Bc6 {1/2 (18) Llanos,G (2385)-Adla,D (2470) Montevideo 1992})
7... O-O $146 ({In the event of} 7... Bxg2 $5 $146 {I did not like the idea
that, by comparison with a NI line, the insertion of the moves Bd2 and ...a5
rather favours White, who will castle long.} 8. Rg1 Bf3 9. Rxg7 Nh5 10. Rg1 Qh4
11. Qc2 Nc6 {This may not be that clear, actually.}) (7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
Qc2 Be7 (9... c5 $5) (9... Ba6 $5) 10. g4 $5 Nxg4 11. Rg1 Nxh2 12. O-O-O g6 13.
Rg3 Bh4 14. Rh3 Ng4 15. Rdh1 g5 16. Rf1 {and White won a complicated game in
Shirov,A (2615)-Hansen,L (2525) Kerteminde 1991}) 8. a3 (8. e4 e5 $5 9. dxe5
Ng4 10. f4 $140 Bc5 $44) 8... Bxc3 9. Nxc3 d5 (9... Bxg2 10. Rg1 Bb7 11. e4 $40
) (9... c5 {fails to transpose to the game because of} 10. d5 $5 (10. O-O d5)
10... exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qh5 f5 $8 14. Bxf5 $16) (
11... Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 $16) 12. Qc2 $14) 10. O-O $6 ({The critical
continuation is} 10. cxd5 $1 exd5 11. b4 {, restricting Blacks queenside
activity.} (11. O-O Ba6 $1) {for instance} 11... axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1
Nc6 14. Qb2 Qe7 15. Ne2 Na7 16. b5 Ra8 17. O-O Nc8 18. Bb4 Nd6 $14 {and Black
has chances to hold a worse position. Not that I would like to get here,
anyway.}) 10... c5 $1 {Now everything is OK for Black. The c3-knight obstructs
the d2-bishop and prevents the safe defence of the c4-pawn.} 11. dxc5 (11. cxd5
cxd4 $1 12. exd4 Nxd5) 11... bxc5 12. Ne2 {Aiming for a harmonious regrouping,
but losing more time.} ({The other way to activate the knight would be} 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 Qd6 $1 (13... Nbd7 14. b4 $5) 14. Rc1 Nbd7 $11) 12... Nbd7 (
12... Nc6 $5 {may have been even better.} 13. Bc3 e5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. f3 c4
16. Bc2 Qc5 $36) 13. Bc3 a4 {By this moment in the game, I was quite happy.
Black has blocked the enemy queenside and can look for a way of trading the
light-squared bishops.} 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Rac1 dxc4 {A good moment to release
the tension.} 16. Bxc4 Qc6 17. f3 Ng4 {Black fights for the initiative, but
the bishop pair should not be underestimated.} 18. Bd3 $1 Nxe3 $2 {Missing
several tactical points.} (18... f5 $1 19. Qd2 (19. Be4 Qc7 $1 $15 20. Bxb7 $2
Qxh2# {I did not notice this "small" detail.}) 19... Nde5 $132) 19. Bxh7+ Kh8
20. Qd2 $1 (20. Be4 $2 Qxe4 $1) 20... Kxh7 (20... Nxf1 21. Bxg7+ $1 ({
Initially, I calculated only} 21. Qh6 $2 e5 $1) 21... Kxg7 22. Qg5+ Kxh7 23.
Rc4 $18) 21. Qxe3 $14 {White has got the better structure and his bishop is
targetting the black kingside. Fernando played the next phase of the game very
well, increasing his advantage with every move.} f6 22. Nf4 e5 23. Rfd1 Rf7 (
23... exf4 24. Qd3+ Kg8 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 $16) 24. Nd5 Rc8 25. Qd3+ g6 (
25... Kg8 26. Qc4 Qe6 27. Nxf6+ $1 $16) 26. Qc4 Kg7 27. Ne3 Nf8 28. Qg4 Qe6 (
28... Rd7 $5 29. Rxd7+ Qxd7 30. f4 Qxg4 31. Nxg4 $16) 29. Qxa4 $16 {
Eliminating the pride of my opening strategy.} Rd7 30. Rxd7+ Qxd7 31. Qxd7+
Nxd7 32. Rd1 Nf8 33. f4 exf4 34. Ng4 f3 (34... Re8 35. Kf2 $1) 35. Rd6 $1 (35.
gxf3 Bxf3 36. Bxf6+ Kf7 37. Ne5+ Kxf6 38. Nxf3 Rb8 $14) 35... fxg2 36. Rxf6 Kg8
37. Nh6+ Kh7 38. Rf7+ Kxh6 39. Rxb7 Ne6 40. Kxg2 Rf8 41. Bd2+ (41. a4 Nf4+ $14)
41... Kh5 42. Re7 Rd8 43. Be3 Rd6 44. Kf3 {Threatening mate.} g5 45. Ke4 Kg4 {
By this time, White was living on the 30'' increment.} 46. a4 (46. Ke5 Rd3 47.
Rxe6 Rxe3+ 48. Kd5 Rb3 49. Re2 {looks like winning, too.}) 46... Ra6 47. a5 Nf4
48. Bd2 (48. Bxf4 gxf4 49. Rg7+ Kh5 $14) 48... Rh6 49. Bc3 $4 (49. Bxf4 gxf4
50. Rg7+ $1 $18) 49... Rxh2 $1 $19 {It is my turn to threaten mate, suddenly.}
50. Ke5 $8 Ng6+ 51. Kf6 Nxe7 52. Kxe7 Kf5 {I took a minute to adapt to the new
situation, but then had no time left to check the variations accurately.} (
52... Rh6 53. Be5 Ra6 54. Bc7 Kf3 $19) 53. Kd7 g4 54. Kc6 g3 55. Be1 Rxb2 $2
$11 (55... g2 56. Bf2 Rh1 57. a6 Rf1 $1 58. Bxc5 (58. Be3 Ke4) 58... Rc1 $1 {
This last trick is easy to miss with the seconds running out.}) 56. Bxg3 c4 57.
a6 c3 58. Be1 c2 59. Bd2 Ra2 60. Kb7 Ke4 61. a7 Kd3 62. Bg5 Ke2 63. a8=Q Rxa8
64. Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 d5 $5 {I must confess that, when writing
my article on the accelerated Bogo-Indian (CBM 141), I did not consider this
to be a serious candidate, and preferred to focus on play on the dark squares.}
5. a3 {The most ambitious answer.} (5. Nf3 Nf6 {would transpose to a normal
Bogo-Indian, with possible lines such as:} 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O (8. cxd5
{avoids the pin along the a6-d3 diagonal, but opens the other diagonal for the
black bishop.} exd5 9. O-O Bg4 $5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Bxd3 13. Nxd3
c5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nbd7 16. f3 Re8 17. Kg2 h6 18. Rb1 Rc8 19. Rb5 Rc6 20.
Qb1 Qc7 21. Nf4 Nf8 22. Qb3 g5 23. Ne2 Ng6 $36 {Fressinet,L (2698)-Istratescu,
A (2645)/Caen 2011/CBM 144 (1/2, 35)}) 8... Ba6 (8... Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 {
L'Ami,E (2628)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141/[Marin,M] (1/2, 31)})
9. b3 (9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rfd1 Rc8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 c5 {Andreikin,D (2495)
-Stocek,J (2585)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108/[Mueller,Karsten] (0-1, 79)}) 9... Qe7 10.
Ne5 {Ehlvest,J (2600)-Kveinys,A (2510)/Moscow 1994/CBM 045/[Notkin] (1-0, 32)})
5... Bxc3 6. bxc3 $1 $146 {Played in the spirit of the Saemisch attack. The
insertion of the moves Bd2 and ...a5 may favour either side, depending on the
concrete plan choices. In principle, ...a5 is more of a weakening after the
opening of the b-file, but the bishop may have wished to get to b2, in order
to support Botvinnik's plan based on e3, Bd3, Ne2, f3 and e4.} (6. Bxc3 {
leaves White exposed on the light squares.} Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Ba6
10. cxd5 (10. b3 a4 $1) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 exd5 12. O-O Re8 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14.
Rfd1 {1/2 Mirzoev,A (2468)-Dgebuadze,A (2544)/Livigno 2011/CBM 144 Extra}) 6...
Ne7 $1 {Preventing the effective activation of the bishop.} (6... Nf6 7. Bg5 $5
) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 b6 {Preparing the thematic bishop exchange.} 9. Nf3 {
This looks sound, but White had no concrete reasons for deviating from
Botvinnik's setup:} (9. Bd3 $5 Bf5 (9... O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Ne2 $14) (9... Ba6
10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Rb1) (9... c5 10. Ne2 $14) 10. Bxf5
Nxf5 11. Qg4 Qd7 12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Ne2 $14) 9... O-O 10. c4 Ba6 11.
Qc2 c5 {Black needs to react in the centre, but he has to take pawn weaknesses
into account.} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 h6 14. cxd5 (14. O-O dxc4 (14... Bxc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ne5 $14) 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Rfd1 Nb6
19. Rac1 N8d7 20. Bc3 Rfd8 21. Kf1 $14 {would lead to play similar to that in
the line suggested below.}) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne5 Re8
18. Nc4 a4 {White has the better structure, which ensures him a long term
strategic advantage. His main concern now is choosing a location for the king.}
19. Ke2 {This looks double-edged. The game has not reached an endgame yet; we
may rather speak about a queenless middlegame.} ({I would consider} 19. O-O Nc6
20. Rfc1 Rab8 21. Rc2 $14 {Black seems to have problems defending his pawn
weaknesses:} Rb3 (21... Red8 22. Nb2) 22. Nd6 Re6 23. Nf5) 19... Nc6 20. Kf3 {
White has to take his king away from the main theatre of operations.} (20. Kd3
$2 Rad8 21. Kc2 Re4 $36) 20... Rab8 (20... Reb8 $5 {/\...Rb3 may have been
more accurate. The remaining rook would be usefl on a8.}) 21. Rab1 Kf8 22. Rhc1
Rb3 23. Rxb3 axb3 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Ke4 Nf6+ 26. Kd3 g5 (26... Rd8+ 27. Ke2 Rb8
28. f3 {may transpose to the game after} g5 29. Kd3 Nd5) 27. f3 Nd5 28. g3 $6 {
An unnecessary weakening of the light squares.} ({The position was ripe for} 
28. e4 Nf4+ 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Kc3 Nd4 31. a4 $14) 28... Rd8 ({Black rightly
refrains from} 28... Nb6 $2 29. Nxb6 Rxb6 30. Bc3 $16 {[%cal Gd3c4]}) 29. Ke2
Rb8 30. g4 $2 (30. Kd3 Rd8 $11) (30. e4 Nd4+ 31. Kd3 Nc7 32. f4 $13) 30... Nb6
$1 {But now, with the king one step farther from the centre, this turns the
tables. Another one-tempo tragedy...} 31. Nxb6 Rxb6 $15 32. Bc3 (32. Kd3 Ne5+
$17) 32... c4 {Once the passed pawns have been connected, Black has a great
position.} 33. Rc1 Ne7 34. Bb2 Rc6 35. Bd4 Nd5 36. Kd2 Ke7 37. h3 Kd7 38. f4
gxf4 39. exf4 Nxf4 40. Rf1 Ne6 41. Bh8 Ng5 42. Kc1 c3 43. h4 Ne4 44. Rxf7+ Ke6
45. Rf8 Rb6 46. Rf1 Rb8 47. Bg7 Rg8 48. Re1 Kd5 49. Rd1+ Kc5 50. Rd7 b2+ 51.
Kc2 Nd2 52. Rxd2 b1=Q+ 53. Kxb1 cxd2 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Sants op 13th"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2011.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matnadze, Ana"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Qc2 $5 {The subtle
variation initiated by this move somehow escaped my attention when writing the
second article on the accelerated Bogo-Indian.} ({I mainly focused on} 6. a3
Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nf6 8. b3 O-O 9. e3 b6) 6... Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 {This move,
which I decided upon over the board, looked like the most logical answer:
Later I found out that it has been played by grandmasters already.} ({In the
event of} 8... b6 {Ernazarov,N (2383)-Pena Gomez,E (2269) ICCF Email 2001 (1-0,
40) I mainly feared} 9. d5 $5 {, shaking my structure.}) 9. d5 $146 {Played
without hesitation, but probably not the best. Black gets easy play now.} ({
I planned to meet} 9. O-O {with} Bxc3 $1 {, as White cannot find an optimal
way to re-capture. There was a game with this line, actually.} 10. bxc3 (10.
Bxc3 Nb4 11. Bxb4 axb4 $11) (10. Qxc3 e5 $5) 10... Qe8 11. Ne1 Qh5 12. f3 e5
$132 {Jaroshenko,S-Lev,D Odessa 2000 (1/2, 26)}) (9. O-O-O Bxc3 $1) (9. a3 Bxc3
10. Bxc3 {is the most consistent try.} Ne7 {This has been the grandmaster
choice so far, but the move order may not be the best.} ({Since he will
combine ...Ne7 with ...Bd7 anyway, Black should develop first, maintaining
flexibility.} 10... Bd7 {The plans based on 0-0-0 can be met with ...Ne7 and ..
.b5 as below, while} 11. O-O {can be met differently:} a4 {With the king safe
on g1, b4 was becoming a threat.} 12. Nd2 d5 $5 13. f3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd5 15.
Bd2 Qf6 {Black has chances for a blockade on light squares and e3-e4 is not
easy to carry out.}) 11. O-O (11. Rg1 Bd7 12. h3 Qe8 13. g4 b5 $13 {Piskov,Y 
(2420)-Moskalenko,V (2435) Norilsk 1987 (1/2, 27)}) (11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Rhg1 b5
13. cxb5 Qe8 14. h3 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Qxb5 16. g4 Ned5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Nh4 Ne4
$17 {Bareev,E (2535)-Eingorn,V (2545) Minsk 1987 (0-1, 41)}) 11... a4 12. Nd2
Qe8 13. f4 $6 {Too slow.} (13. e4 $1 $36) 13... b5 14. cxb5 {Kraidman,Y (2420)
-Soffer,R (2365) Tel Aviv 1989 (1/2, 24)} Bd7 $11) 9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 (10. Be2
Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 e5 $11) 10... dxe5 11. O-O-O {Quite ambitious.} (11. dxe6 e4 12.
Be2 Bxe6 13. a3 Bc5 14. Na4 (14. O-O c6) 14... Bd6 15. Bc3 Nd7 16. c5 Be5 $11)
11... e4 12. Be2 Qe7 13. h3 {In such positions, g4 is a common idea, but here
Black has an adequate antidote.} exd5 14. Nxd5 ({I considered meeting} 14. cxd5
{with} c6 $5 15. dxc6 Be6 {, but other plans are possible as well.}) 14... Nxd5
15. cxd5 Bd6 $1 {Black has blocked the centre quite safely and has pawn play
on both sides.} 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. g4 ({I was unsure whether Black can open the
position in any way after} 17. g3 a4 18. a3 $11 {White seems quite solid.})
17... f4 $1 18. exf4 ({The last chance to maintain approximate equality was} 
18. Rd4 Qh4 $5 (18... Rae8 19. Bxa5 {may generate some complications.}) 19.
Rxe4 Qxf2 $132) 18... Rxf4 $15 19. Bd4 a4 20. Rhe1 (20. a3 $5 b5 21. Kb1 b4 $36
) 20... a3 $36 21. b3 c5 $1 {The most difficult move of the game. Having
achieved some progress on the wings, Black has to undertake action in the
centre as well.} 22. dxc6 (22. Be3 {leaves Black with a dangerous queenside
majority, while White is completely without counterplay. I anticipated the
following line:} Rff8 23. Bf1 Be8 ({The computer prefers} 23... c4 $1 {based on
} 24. bxc4 Ba4 $17) 24. Bg2 Bg6 $15 {planning ...b5, ...c4, etc.}) 22... Bxc6
23. Bc4+ $6 (23. Be3 Rff8 $15) 23... Kh8 24. Bb6 $6 {The last moves are not
connected with any plan and allow me start the decisive attack.} Bc5 $1 $17 {
Weakening the f2-pawn.} (24... Rf3 25. Bd5 $5) 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Re2 (26. Re3
Raf8 27. Rd2 Rxf2 $1 $19) 26... Rf3 (26... Raf8 $6 {would offer saving chances
after} 27. Bd5 $1 $15) 27. Kb1 (27. h4 b5 28. Bd5 Rc3 $19) 27... Rxh3 28. Red2
(28. Bd5 Rc3 29. Qxe4 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Rc1+ $1) 28... Rf8 29. Bd5 (29. Rd8 Rhf3
30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Qd2 h6 32. g5 Rxf2 $1 $19) 29... Qxc2+ 30. Rxc2 $6 (30. Kxc2
Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxf2+ $19) 30... Rd3 $1 $19 31. Rxd3 exd3 32. Rc5 d2 33. Kc2 Rd8
0-1

[Event "Benasque op 31st"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2011.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 {The most aggressive
continuation, which gives Black the opportunity to play for a blockade in the
centre and on the queenside.} e5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Qe7 {Sometimes I forget my
own recommandations!} ({I considered that the text move defines the queen's
intentions too soon and took} 7... Nf6 $1 {as the best move. During the game,
I did not even consider it!} 8. f3 {White has to maintain the possibility of
capturing on d4 with the queen.} ({I probably thought that I have to prevent} 
8. dxe5 {someway, failing to notice that} Nxe4 {solves the problems for Black.}
) 8... exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O {"The position is similar to the tabyia arising after
a completely different beggining: 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Nf6
6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.f3. White has the space advantage and the bishop pair, but his
development has been delayed. One additional detail by comparison with the
aforementioned English line is that the b3-square has been weakened, offering
Black the possibility of blocking the queenside."} 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12.
Ng3 Nc5 $132 {Tisdall,J (2465)-Kortschnoj,V (2655) Haifa 1989 EU-chT}) 8. Bd3 (
{In the article, only} 8. d5 {was mentioned, like in Kortschnoj,V (2640)
-Dolmatov,S (2565)/Madrid 1988/EXT 1997 (1/2, 44) After the game move, too, we
will see that the queen is not too well placed on e7.}) 8... Nf6 9. f3 exd4 10.
Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bf2 $1 {><c5. White improves the position of the bishop.} ({
Retreating it mechanically to c3 would offer Black excellent chances for
successful blockade on c5:} 11. Bc3 O-O $132) 11... O-O 12. Ne2 {Like in the
Sämisch KI, White's natural development is affected by the presence of the
pawn on f3, but once he succeeds, Black risks getting into trouble.} Ne5 $1 {
Playing against the exposed bishop. If White is allowed to play Nc3 and Be2,
his space advantage and bishop pair would offer him the better position for
nothing.} 13. O-O Be6 14. Rc1 ({During the game I was kind of afraid of} 14.
Nf4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bh4 $2 {, but it seems that White does not get
enough of an attack:} Ne3 17. Qc1 Nxf1 18. Nh5 Qe5 $17) 14... Nfd7 15. Nd4 $5 (
{I was expecting} 15. Nf4 {and was prepared for a continuation like} Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 a4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bd4 (18. c5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rxc5 c6 21. Nf4 Qxd3
22. Nxd3 Rfd8 $15) 18... f6 19. Rfe1 b6 {with similar play to that in the game,
actually.}) 15... Nxd3 {Playing for a solid position.} ({If I had been more
ambitious, I would have considered} 15... Qg5 $5) 16. Qxd3 Nc5 {Actually,
there was no need to hurry with the occupation of the c5-square.} (16... a4 $5
{was playable too, since after} 17. Nb5 {I could play} Nc5 $1 {anyway, for
instance} 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Nc3 $6 c6 $1 {White's knight is restricted and the
c4-pawn is vulnerable, which at least compensates for the mobile kingside
majority.}) 17. Qc2 a4 {Both sides have carried out the first part of their
plans. White has more space, but Black is absolutely stable on the queenside.
In the event of simplifications, the c4-pawn may become weak.} 18. Rfe1 $1 {
Playing for development. Concrete action would not bring in much.} (18. Nxe6
Nxe6 $11) (18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nb3 20. Rcd1 Qf6 $13) 18... Bd7 {Being
slightly underdeveloped, I have to play again and again with the same pieces.}
(18... f6 {allows} 19. Nf5 $14 {, for instance} Qf7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Ne3 {
safely defending c4.}) 19. Rcd1 (19. Nf5 {is inoffensive now:} Bxf5 20. exf5
Qf6 {In this case, the queen is a good blocking piece!} 21. Bxc5 (21. Rcd1 Nb3
{prevents Bd4.}) 21... dxc5 22. Rcd1 h5 $11) 19... Qf6 $6 {This actually loses
a tempo.} ({The optimal regrouping was} 19... b6 $1 {I was afraid of} 20. Nf5 {
, failing to notice that} Qe8 $3 {keeps everything under control.} (20... Bxf5
21. exf5 $40 {><d4, /\Bd4}) 21. Ne3 (21. Bd4 f6 22. Ne3 Qf7 23. Nd5 Bc6 $11)
21... f6 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Bd4 Qf7 24. Qf2 Bc6 $11 {[%cal Gc8e8,Gf6f5] This
regrouping is more harmonious than that from the game.}) 20. Ne2 $1 b6 21. Bd4
Qe7 {Another necessary loss of time.} (21... Qd8 22. e5 $36) 22. Nc3 f6 23. Nd5
{With 7 minutes left on his clock (I had 38), my opponent offered a draw.} ({
Even after having lost so much time with the queen, Black's position seems
entirely viable:} 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Qf2 (24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. f4 Re8 26. Qf2 {
is the line I was afraid of, when accepting the draw, but Black can resist:}
Rb8 27. e5 fxe5 28. fxe5 Be6 $11 {and White has no obvious ways of increasing
his pressure. The apparent weakness on d6 reminds me of some positions of the
Steinitz RL, which I examined in two earlier articles.}) 24... Be6 25. Qg3 (25.
f4 c6 {><e4, c4}) 25... Nb3 26. Bc3 Na5 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 a6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. c3 d6 7. O-O c5 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. a4 (9. b3 $5 Be7 (9... Nbd7 $2 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5+ Be7 12. c4 $16) 10.
a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 O-O 12. Bb2 d5 $132) 9... c4 (9... bxa4 10. d5 $1 exd5 11.
exd5+ Be7 12. c4 $16) 10. Bc2 $14 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf1 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14.
h4 e5 $6 (14... h6 $5) 15. d5 $16 g6 (15... g6 16. h5 Bf8 (16... Nc5 17. Nh2
Rab8 (17... Bf8 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Qf3 Nfd7 20. Ng4 $16) 18. f4 $16) 17. Nh2 Bg7
18. Bg5 h6 19. Be3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT "]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bucharest Apa Nova"]
[BlackTeam "Techirghiol Victoria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 e6 {A slight surprise. I had prepared a bit against the Queen's Indian
and the Benoni, my opponent's main openings. When I saw his first move I
suspected he wanted to go for the accelerated Bogo-Indian 2...Bb4+. During the
same championship and even earlier I had noticed that some of my national team
colleagues had adopted openings from my recent repertoire, possibly influenced
by my corresponding articles for CBM, too, but it felt a bit strange that
somebody would think of trying one of them against myself! These thoughts took
me a few minutes before I decided to go:} 2. c4 b6 {This second surprise
changed the course of my thoughts completely, actually complicating matters a
lot. I had just published a CBM article on 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3/d2 b6 4.e4,
transposing to a 4.Nc3/Nd2 Owen, looked at from Black's point of view. After a
few more minutes I decided it was impossible not to remember what the critical
line was so I occupied the centre with:} 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 ({In the
introduction to my article I had mentioned that the suggested move order (Bb4+
before ...b6) has the advantage of avoiding the critical} 4. Bd3 f5 (4... Bb4+
{is best met with} 5. Kf1 $1 {defending g2 and leaving the b4-bishop out of
play. A recent example went} Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Kg2 Nbd7 10.
Qe2 c5 11. d5 $14 {So,W (2744)-Jobava,B (2713) Bergamo 2014 (1-0, 37)}) 5. exf5
Bxg2 6. Qh5+ {I had had a look at this line and knew that despite the
computers' initial scepticism (-/+) the position was at least dangerous for
Black. But even though this kind of sharp play is not typical for Constantin,
I did not decide to go for it without some concrete preparation.}) 4... Bb4 {
When trying to make my choice, I had a strange feeling. I was sure I could
step by step remember the main lines recommended in the article if I was
playing with Black, but from the other side of the board it felt impossible to
"see" farther than 1-2 moves. Eventually I came up with the move against which
I knew that the critical Black answer involves sacrificing one or two pawns,
something I felt Costica would not be keen to play.} 5. f3 {After moving I
looked at the clock and realised I had spent almost 30 minutes already!! In
order to shake myself out of this slowness, I went out for a cigarette and
from the first puffs I guessed my opponent's reply, making all my earlier
hesitations pointless. By the time I returned to the game I had made up my
plans for the next phase of the game, which I played relatively quickly.} Bxc3+
({The aforementioned line goes} 5... f5 $1 6. exf5 Nh6 $1) 6. bxc3 {My
opponent's inclination to play solid structures did a bad service to him this
time. If comparing with the Sämisch Nimzo-Indian, White has a few additional
trumps. He has not wasted time with a2-a3 and the pawn will prove useful on a2
later. Moreover, he will develop his knight on the best square (f3) after
occupying the centre, something impossible in the NI.} Ne7 {The only detail
slighty favouring Black: he can develop his knight without blocking the f-pawn,
so as to meet the f3-f4-f5 attack with ...f7-f6 or even ...f7-f5.} ({With the
bishop on f1 still,} 6... Qh4+ 7. g3 Qh5 {runs into} 8. Nh3 $14) ({Keeping the
h4-d8 diagonal free would not have altered White's plan too much:} 6... d6 7.
Bd3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qh5 9. h4 $14 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gg1h3]}) 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qe2 $146 {
Later I regretted I did not stop for a minute to ask myself whether this
prophylactic move, defending g2 in order to prepare f3-f4, was necessary.} (8.
f4 $1 {was more flexible, avoiding the early queen commitment.} f5 $140 (8...
Nbc6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O $6 11. Ba3 Ba6 {Neuman,P (2471)-Lipka,J (2441)
Slovakia 2013 (½-½, 41)} 12. d5 $1 $16 Na5 $2 13. c5 $1 Bxd3 14. c6 $1 $18) (
8... O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O $14) 9. Qe2 (9. Qh5+ Ng6 10. exf5 Bxg2 11. fxg6 h6
$1 $13) 9... O-O (9... fxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 {[%csl Ga8,Ge6] xRa8, Pe6})
10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Nd7 12. exf5 exf5 13. Nh4 $36) ({I was a bit surprised to
find out that one of my favourite players had switched to the Sämisch type of
development with} 8. Ne2 e5 (8... c5 9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 O-O 11. f5 Nc6 $132) 9.
Be3 O-O 10. Ng3 Nbc6 11. f4 exf4 (11... f5 $5 $132) 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Na5
14. O-O Ba6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Nf5 {Things start looking bad for Black now.} Qa4
17. Rf3 Bxc4 18. Rh3 Rfe8 19. Qh5 Nf8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh6+ Kf6 {In Karpov,A 
(2740)-Brix,G Hockenheim (simul) 1994 (1-0, 48) the then still World champion
overlooked a simple mating sequence} 22. Bg5+ Kg7 (22... Ke6 23. Qg4+) 23. Qh6+
Kg8 24. Bf6 {and had to play more than 25 moves to win.}) 8... Qd7 {A very
flexible move, which does not discard any of Black's intentions yet.} ({
While my opponent was thinking, I considered} 8... c5 9. f4 Nbc6 10. Nf3 $14) (
{and} 8... e5 9. f4 exf4 10. Nh3 $1 Ng6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 O-O
14. Qg4 Qe7 15. Rae1 $36 {[%csl Gg8] xKg8}) 9. f4 Nbc6 10. Nf3 {Black has
finished his neutral moves and has to make the decision about where to castle.}
O-O-O $2 {Optically, it may seem that White's pieces are optimally placed for
a kingside attack, but the game proves that the queenside is the most
dangerous area for the black king. Moreover, the f7-pawn will be vulnerable in
some lines.} ({Even though} 10... O-O {would not solve Black's problems, it
would have made White's task to start a successful attack more difficult.} 11.
O-O Na5 {for instance:} 12. e5 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gf3g5]} h6 13. Nh4 {[%cal Gf4f5]}
Rae8 14. Ba3 $14 {with pressure on all the sectors of the board.}) 11. O-O h6 (
11... Rhe8 12. Ng5 $16) (11... Rde8 {d<->} 12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. dxc5 $16) (11...
Kb8 $5) 12. d5 {I did not hesitate much when playing this active and
reasonably strong move.} ({With more time on the clock I would have considered
completing the development with} 12. Be3 {but intuitively I was not sure if I
should commit my bishop so early. Later in the game I made use of it on a more
active diagonal.}) 12... Na5 13. Nd4 Ba6 $6 {Justifying my plan.} (13... Qa4 $2
14. c5 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd3b5] /\ Bb5}) ({While my opponent was thinking I
considered the main line to be} 13... Rhe8 {[%cal Ge8e2] (Taking advantage of
the somewhat premature queen development)} 14. Nb3 ({Actually} 14. Qh5 $5 {
[%csl Gf7] may be simpler and better, revealing the Achilles heel in Black's
optically impressive regrouping.}) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 {I was not sure
about this position, but apparently White can keep the initiative:} 16. Qc2
Nxb3 (16... Nf6 17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. e5 $16 {[%cal Gd3f5] /\ Bf5}) (16... Ne7 17.
Nxa5 bxa5 18. Rb1 $40) 17. axb3 Ne7 18. Rxa7 Kb8 19. Qa2 $14) 14. Nb3 {Another
quick move - I wanted to make use of my pawn on a2.} ({But} 14. a4 $1 {was a
simpler continuation, without the need of sacrificing a pawn and any chances
for counterplay for Black.} c5 (14... Kb8 15. Ba3 {/\ Bb4}) 15. Nb5 $14) 14...
Qa4 (14... Nb7 15. a4 $40) 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. a4 $1 {[%csl Ga5] x Qa5. After
the game, my opponent confessed that after this move he felt like resigning at
once, but analysis proves this too pessimistic.} Rhe8 $6 {Too slow.} (16...
Qxc3 $2 17. Bd2 $18 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) ({Black should have cleared matters in the
centre at once:} 16... exd5 $1 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 f5 19. c4 fxe4 20. Qxe4
$14 {For instance:} Rhe8 21. Qd3 Ng8 22. Bb2 Nf6 23. Bc3 Qc5+ 24. Bd4 Qa5 25.
Rfb1) 17. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Ga3b4] /\ Bb4} Qxc3 (17... c5 $2 18. Rfb1 {/\ Rb4} Bb7
19. Rb5 Qa6 20. a5 $18) 18. Bb2 Qa5 19. Bxg7 Kb8 $5 {Preparing some
counterplay along the c-file.} (19... exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 f5 22. exf5 (
22. Rad1 fxe4 23. Qxe4 $16) 22... Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. f6 $16) (19... h5 20.
Bf6 $16) 20. Bf6 (20. Bxh6 {(+- according to Ionescu)} f6 $1 $14 {x Bh6}) 20...
Rc8 (20... exd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd8 Nc3 23. Qc2 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd8 25. Rfc1
Nxa4 26. Qb3 Nc5 (26... b5 27. Rcb1 $18) 27. Qb2 Na4 28. Qd4 b5 29. Rc6 $16) (
20... Rd7 21. Rfc1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Re2e8,Re6d5,Re4d5] <->e}) 21. Qc2 $6 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c2] x Qc2. By now I had started experiencing serious time
problems and my play became less precise.} (21. Kh1 $5 $16 c6 $140 $6 22. c5 $3
Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxc5 {Without check!!} 24. Rfc1 Qb4 25. Rc4 Qa5 26. dxe6 $18 {
x Pd6}) 21... c6 $6 (21... exd5 $1 22. cxd5 c6 $14) 22. dxe6 (22. e5 Ng8 $5)
22... fxe6 23. f5 $5 ({After the exchange on c6, the pin along the f1-a6
diagonal became irrelevant so there was no need to keep the bishop defended
anymoe. Strongest would have been} 23. Qb2 $1 d5 ({I missed that} 23... Bxc4 $2
{is not a threat:} 24. Bxc4 Qc5+ 25. Qd4 $1 $18) 24. Qa3 Ng8 25. Bc3 Qc5+ 26.
Qxc5 bxc5 27. Be5+ Ka8 28. Rac1 $18) 23... d5 24. Bxe7 $2 $138 {At this height
of the game I had few minutes left, getting soon to the stage of 30 seconds
per move. My opponent joined me in the time trouble slightly later.} (24. cxd5
$1 cxd5 25. Qe2 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 $16 dxe4 $2 27. Qd6+ Rc7 28. Rac1 Nd5 29. Be5 $18
) 24... Rxe7 25. f6 Rd7 (25... Rf7 $5) 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qe2 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 d4 (
28... Qc5+ 29. Kh1 d4 30. a5 $1 b5 31. a6 $16 {[%csl Gb7] x Kb8}) 29. Rac1 $1
$36 Rf8 $138 30. Qa3 (30. Rc6 $1 Qe5 (30... e5 31. Qa3 Rff7 32. Rd6 $16 {
x Pf6, Kb8}) 31. a5 $1 Qxa5 32. Rxe6 $16 {o^f6, e4}) 30... Rdd8 31. Qg3+ (31.
Qe7 $5 Qe5 32. a5 $1) (31. Rc6 $5) 31... e5 (31... Ka8 32. e5 $16) 32. Rf5 Ka8
33. Rxe5 Qxa4 34. Qf3 (34. Re7 $1 d3 35. Qc7 Rb8 36. Rd7 $18 Rxf6 $140 37. Rd8)
34... d3 35. Re6 $2 ({I was disappointed that my initially intended} 35. Re7 $2
{threatening mate fails to} Qd4+ {[%csl Gf6] X Pf6}) (35. Rf5 $1 d2 36. e5+ Kb8
37. Rd1 $16 Rd3 $140 38. Qxd3 $1 Qxd1+ 39. Rf1 Qe1 40. Qd6+ Kb7 41. h3 d1=Q 42.
Qxd1 Qxe5 43. Qd7+ Qc7 44. Qe6 a5 45. f7 $16) 35... d2 36. e5+ Kb8 37. Rd1 Rd3
38. Qe2 $2 (38. Qf1 $13) 38... Rfd8 $2 (38... Qd4+ 39. Kf1 (39. Kh1 Re3 40. Qf1
Qg4 $19 {/\ Rxe6, /\ Qxd1!}) 39... Qd7 $1 $17) 39. f7 Re3 40. Qxd2 $1 {I stood
up and went out with the distinct feeling that I was winning. While smoking I
managed to work out mentally all the checks needed to secure the win. In the
meanwhile, Ionescu played} Rxd2 $138 {but failed to press his clock in time.
For a while he tried to make use of the fact that "he overstepped the time
limit AFTER moving", which has no legal ground, but calmed down only when
Constantin Lupulescu, who happened to be around, showed him the winning lines.
But by the time I returned to my board, the scoresheets were signed already
and my opponent congratulated me on the win.} (40... Qxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 42.
Kf2 $18) (40... Rxd2 41. f8=Q+ Kb7 42. Re7+ Ka6 (42... Kc6 43. Qe8+) 43. Qc8+ (
43. Qf1+ $18) 43... Kb5 44. Qe8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b5 2. e4 a6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 d6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nf1
Ngf6 9. Ng3 e5 (9... Be7 10. a4 c4 11. Bc2 O-O 12. h4 $16) 10. a4 c4 11. Bc2 g6
{><f5} 12. b3 $1 $16 cxb3 (12... Qc7 $142 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. O-O Be7) 13. Bxb3
Bg7 14. Ba3 Qc7 (14... Qe7) 15. O-O h5 (15... Qxc3 16. Qa2 $16) 16. Qa2 Nb6 {
[#]} (16... O-O-O 17. h4 $1 $16 {><f7, עc8}) (16... O-O 17. Ng5 Nb6 18. dxe5)
17. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 18. Bxf7+ Kf8 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Bxg6 $1 (20. exf6 Qxf6 {
/\h4, /\Nxa4, <=>}) 20... Ng4 21. Nf5 (21. Nf5 Qc7 22. Qa3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Sitges op 25th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "1999.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. d5 e6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. Nh3 e5 8. O-O d6
9. Nc3 O-O 10. b4 Nd7 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qd3 h6 13. Bd2 a6 14. Rad1 (14. f3 $16 c6
15. Nf2) 14... c6 15. f3 cxd5 16. cxd5 b5 17. a4 Nb6 $1 18. a5 Nc4 19. Bc1 Rc7
20. Nf2 f5 $6 21. Ne2 Qa8 22. f4 Bc8 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qb3 Nc4 25. Nf4 Qa7 26.
Qd3 (26. Kh1 Bd4) 26... Nb2 (26... Ne5) 27. Bxb2 Bxb2 28. Kh1 Be5 29. Ne6 Bxe6
30. dxe6 Rc4 31. exf5 Rxf5 32. Ne4 Qc7 33. Qd2 (33. g4 Rd4 34. gxf5 Rxd3 35.
Rxd3 gxf5) 33... h5 (33... Kg7 34. g4 Rd4 35. gxf5 Rxd2 36. f6+ Bxf6 37. Rxd2
Nf5 38. Nxf6 Kxf6 39. Re2 Ke7) 34. Rxf5 Nxf5 35. Qg5 Kg7 (35... Qg7 36. Rf1
Rxb4 37. Qd8+ (37. Rxf5 gxf5 38. e7 Rb1+ 39. Bf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kg2 fxe4 41. e8=Q+
Rf8 42. Qe6+) 37... Kh7 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39. Nf7+ Kh7 40. e7) 36. Rf1 Qe7 37. Rxf5
Qxg5 38. Rf7+ Kh6 39. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Qe7 {Already the game has a
unique character. Knights before bishops? Keep the queens on the starting
squares?} 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bxc7 Nc6 9. Bg3 {Forced, as d6, incarcerating
the bishop, was threatened.} g4 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. Qd1 {It seems Black has
easily got away with opening eccentricities. He has more pieces out, and a
more overtly aggressive position. But there is no obvious safe haven for the
king, whilst the knight on d4 is liable to be kicked. It soon becomes clear
who is in control.} h5 12. e4 Qg7 (12... e5 13. h3 h4 14. hxg4 $1 {is the
problem. The black rook needs protection. But Ivanchuk gets an extra tempo to
consolidate.}) 13. h3 h4 14. Bf4 e5 (14... g3 {seems less weakening, though
I'd still rather be White.}) 15. Be3 g3 16. f3 {White's central bind is
cemented and Black's weaknesses show up rapidly.} Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne6 18. c5 $1
Nh6 (18... bxc5 19. Nc4 {and Nd6 is unstoppable.}) 19. Nc4 O-O 20. Nd6 Bc6 21.
Qd2 Kh7 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bc4 {Black's resignation is perhaps a little
premature but things are very bleak. White will simply castle, win the b-pawn
and promote the a-pawn, making use of the wedge like knight on d6. Black has
no counterplay.} 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 (4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. d5 fxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
$36) 4... f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 {com lances pouco usuais, as
Pretas conseguem posição muito confortável, com peças ativas e pressão no
centro.} 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 (10. Na4 Nfe4 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 O-O
13. Be3 Ne4 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Ng5 Nd6 17. c5 bxc5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7
19. Qb3 Nd8 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. Bg5 Qe8 22. Rfe1 Nf7 23. e4 Rb8 24. Qc4 fxe4 {
Solozhenkin,E-Sharif,M/Bordeaux FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 336/1/2-1/2 (42)})
10... O-O 11. Nf4 $5 (11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be3 Rab8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Nf4 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd3 Bf6 18. f3 Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 d5 21. f4 dxc4
22. Qxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rf7 24. b5 Re8 25. Rcd1 e5 26. Rd7 Qe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28.
Kf3 exf4 29. gxf4 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Re7 31. Rxe7 Bxe7 32. a4 Kf7 33. Bd4 Bd6 34. e4
g6 35. h3 Ke6 36. Bc3 Bc7 37. Bb4 Bd8 38. e5 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Morozevich,A/
Frankfurt 2000/CBM 78/[Stohl] (38)}) 11... Qe8 12. Bd2 (12. Be3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3
Nce4 14. Qc1 exd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 16. Bd4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. f3 Nf6 19. e4
fxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qc2 c5 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 cxd4 25.
Qd5+ Qf7 26. Qxd4 Rc2 {Borsuk,A-Miloradovic,J/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (43)})
12... c6 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. Rad1 Rf7 15. b4 Ncd7 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4,Rb7,Gc4,Gf4,Gg2]
as Brancas concluíram a abertura com peças mais ativas e melhor coordenadas,
alguma vantagem de espaço na ala da Dama e possibilidade de ruptura por 'e4'.}
16. Nd3 Rd8 17. Qa4 $1 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 {[%csl Ye5]} Ne4 19. Ba1 c5 $5 {a posição
das Pretas está inferior, portanto o sacrifício do Peão para deixar a Dama
branca temporariamente fora de jogo e tentar alguma compensação está
justificado.} (19... a6 $5 {[%csl Rb6]} 20. f3 Nd6 21. Qb3 $16) 20. Qxa7 Bc6
21. b5 Ba8 22. Qa6 $6 ({o mais agressivo e provavelmente mais exato era} 22.
Qc7 $1 {[%csl Yd6,Ye5,Yf4]}) ({o mais prudente seria} 22. Qa4) 22... Nd6 $5 (
22... Nd2 23. Rxd2 $1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 $1 Ra8 25. Nxc5 $1 Rxa6 26. Nxa6 $16) 23.
Bc6 Nxc4 24. Qa4 Na5 $2 (24... Nd6 $5) 25. Ne5 $18 Nxc6 26. Nxf7 Nd4 27. Rxd4
Qxf7 (27... cxd4 28. Nxd8 $18) 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Rd2 (29. Rfd1 $5 Bd5 30. Qf4 g5
(30... e5 31. Bxe5 $1 $18) 31. Qd2 Kf7 (31... Qxd6 $2 32. Qxg5+ $18) 32. Rxd5
exd5 33. Qxd5+ $18) 29... Bd5 30. f3 Ra8 31. Qd1 Ra7 32. Re1 Nf6 33. e4 fxe4
34. fxe4 Bc4 (34... Nxe4 35. Rxd5 $18) (34... Bxe4 35. Bxf6 $18) 35. a4 $2 (35.
Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 36. a4 $18 {e as Brancas venceriam facilmente.}) 35... e5 $1 {
criando uma situação de bloquei difícil de ser vazada.} 36. Rd6 Nd7 37. Re3 h6
(37... Bxb5 38. axb5 Rxa1 39. Qxa1 Qxd6 40. Qa2+ Kf8 41. Rf3+ Nf6 42. Qc4 {
e dificilmente as Brancas poderiam vencer.}) 38. Bc3 Kh7 39. Rd2 Nf6 40. Re1
Nd7 41. Qc2 Bf7 42. Ra1 c4 $5 {[%csl Gb3,Gc4,Gc5,Gd3]} 43. Rdd1 (43. a5 Qc5+)
43... Bg6 44. Qf2 Rb7 45. Qe1 Qc5+ 46. Qf2 Qe7 47. Rab1 {й difícil encontrar
um plano ganhador para as Brancas.} Bxe4 48. Bb4 Qe8 49. Rbc1 Bd3 50. Qf3 e4
51. Qf5+ Qg6 52. Qxg6+ Kxg6 {as Brancas agora precisam se preocupar em salvar
a partida!} 53. Bc3 Nf6 54. Bd4 Nd5 55. Ra1 e3 56. Re1 e2 (56... Nb4 $5) 57.
Ra2 Re7 58. Kf2 Rf7+ 59. Kg2 Re7 60. Kf2 Rf7+ 61. Kg2 Re7 62. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 {Ce système n'a pas très bonne réputation
théorique mais le français a écrit une monographie sur la défense 1.c4 b6}
4. Bd3 (4. d5) 4... Nc6 (4... f5 {[%cal Gb7g2] Plus risqué}) 5. Ne2 Nb4 6.
Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Bb4 (7... Ne7 8. O-O d6) (7... g6 8. h4 Nf6 9. e5 Nh5 10. d5
d6 11. g4 Ng7 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bf6 Rhg8 16. Nb5 dxe5
17. Bxe5 Ne8 18. Qb3 exd5 19. cxd5 Kb8 20. Nec3 Bd6 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. f3 h5 23.
Qb4 Rge8 24. Bf6 Rc8 25. Rhe1 Ba6 26. Qf4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29.
Bd4 Nd6 30. a4 Bc8 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. Be5 Nf5 33. a5 Qe7 34. axb6 axb6 35. Ne4
Kb7 36. d6 Qxh4 37. Qxh4 {Smirnov,P (2610)-Bocharov,D (2620) Novosibirsk 2012
1/2-1/2}) 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Ne7 10. d5 {[%csl Rb7] La poussée thématique
pour enfermer le Bb7} O-O 11. Bg5 $146 (11. Be3 f5 12. f3 fxe4 13. fxe4 Rxf1+
14. Rxf1 Ng6 15. b3 Qe7 16. Bd2 c6 17. Qd4 e5 18. Qd3 Rf8 19. Rxf8+ Nxf8 20.
Be3 c5 21. Qf1 d6 22. Qf5 a6 23. Qg5 Qc7 24. h4 Bc8 25. h5 h6 26. Qg3 Kf7 27.
a4 Qd7 28. Qh4 Ke8 29. Ne2 Qg4 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. Ng3 Nd7 32. a5 bxa5 33. Bd2 a4
34. bxa4 Nb6 35. Kf2 Nxc4 36. Bc3 Kf7 37. Nf1 Bxh5 38. Ne3 Nxe3 39. Kxe3 Bd1
40. a5 Kg6 {Feller,S (2570)-Chernyshov,K (2534) Harkany 2009 0-1}) 11... f6 12.
Bf4 d6 $1 13. dxe6 Bc8 14. Bg3 Bxe6 $132 15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. b3 f5 17. exf5 Nb4
18. Qd2 Bxf5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Black "Gross, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD/Meins"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "St Ingbert"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{SPRINGER-TANGO} 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 ({Ob} 2. d5 {vorzuziehen ist, mag
Geschmackssache sein, jedenfalls soll Weiß hier nach} Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 Ng6 5.
dxe6 dxe6 {bzw. fxe6 jeweils mit dem Standardaufbau} 6. Bd3 {nebst Nf3,Qe2,Nc3,
Bd2,0-0-0 und meist plus g2-g3 leichten Vorteil erhalten.}) 2... e5 ({Oder} 
2... Nf6 {, und wir haben die Ausgangsstellung des sogenannten "Black Knights
Tango" (Tschebanenko), der auch zu Bildern wie in unserer Partie führen kann.})
({Im übrigen hatte Schwarz noch die Wahl, mit} 2... d5 {zur
Tschigorin-Verteidigung überzuleiten.}) 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 (4. e4 Ng6 5. Be3
Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. f3 Qe7 8. Ne2 Bc5 $13 {R. Stern - I. Teran Alvarez,
Rotterdam 1998, 0:1/53.}) 4... Ng6 5. a3 $5 {Die geläufigeren Fortsetzungen
sind 5.g3, 5.e4 und 5.Nf3. Mit dem interessanten Textzug beugt Weiß Bb4 vor
und macht im Folgenden die Aktivierung des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers überhaupt
problematisch.} a5 (5... Nf6 6. Nf3 d6 7. e3 $14) 6. Nf3 Nf6 (6... Bc5 $6 {
kann mit} 7. Ne4 $1 {angesprungen werden, z.B.} Qe7 (7... Be7 {/Ba7} 8. d6) 8.
h4 $1 h5 9. Bg5) 7. Rb1 {[#]} Bc5 $2 ({Das spielt dem Gegner nur in die Hände,
einsichtiger war jetzt das passive, aber feste} 7... d6 {, obwohl nach z.B.} 8.
Qc2 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 $14 a4 (10... c6) 11. h4 {der Anziehende etwas mehr
vom Spiel hatte, G. Meins - M. Muse, Bundesliga 1995/96, 1:0/43.}) 8. b4 Ba7 $2
({Die Konstellation Ba7/Ra8 erweist sich als unglücklich. Trotz Tempoverlust
war} 8... axb4 9. axb4 Be7 10. e3 d6 {das geringere Übel.}) 9. d6 $1 {Ein
geschicktes Hemmungsopfer lähmt den Damenflügel: Als Preis für seinen
Läuferausfall wird Schwarz sobald nicht zu d7-d6 kommen.} O-O 10. Bg5 axb4 $2 {
Die Öffnung der a-Linie - wenngleich nach ...a5 eine fast automatische
Reaktion - erweist sich nun als fatal.} (10... cxd6 11. e3 $16) 11. axb4 {[#]}
cxd6 {Alternativen, z.B.:} ({Angesichts seiner schon mißlichen Lage wäre
Schwarz mit} 11... e4 $5 {(12.Nxe4?? Nxe4) nebst wilden Komplikationen
vielleicht besser beraten gewesen, um bei Gelegenheit ebenfalls mit einem
Hemmungsopfer, nämlich e4-e3, zu stören. Dennoch sollte Weiß seinen Vorteil
behaupten können, z.B.:} 12. Nd5 $5 (12. Nd4 e3 $5 (12... c5 13. bxc5 e3 14.
Bxe3 Bxc5 15. Ne6 $1 dxe6 16. Bxc5 $16) 13. fxe3 (13. Bxe3 $6 Ng4 $1) 13... h6
(13... c5 14. Nf5 h6 15. Ne7+ Nxe7 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qh5 19.
Nc7 Rb8 20. Ra1 $18) 14. dxc7 Qxc7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qb3 Qe5 17. Nd5 Bxd4 18.
exd4 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. e3 $16) 12... c6 (12... exf3 $2 13. Bxf6 $18) 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nc7 Rb8 (14... exf3 $2 15. Nxa8 $18) 15. Nd4 $16 e3 16. fxe3 Bb6
17. c5 Bxc7 18. Nf5 $1 b6 19. Qd4) (11... c5 12. Nd5 cxb4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ra1
$16) (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. dxc7 Qb6 14. e3 Qxc7 15. Ra1 $16) 12. e3 ({
Wirft die positionelle Drohung Nd5 auf, aber bloß nicht} 12. Nd5 $4 Ne4 (12...
Bxf2+) 13. Be3 (13. Bxd8 Bxf2#) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 f5) 12... h6 (12... d5 13.
Nxd5 d6 14. Nd2) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ra1 $1 {Macht die schlechte Koordination
der schwarzen Figuren deutlich.} e4 (14... Ne7 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Be2) 15. Nd5 ({
Zielstrebiger als} 15. Nxe4 {, was freilich auch gut war.}) 15... Qd8 (15...
Qb2 16. Nd4) 16. Nd4 {"White Knights Tango"! [#]} Bxd4 ({Verzweiflung, aber
nach} 16... Ne7 {siegt Weiß wahlweise:} {oder} 17. Nb5 (17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nb5
Qf6 (18... d5 19. c5) 19. Ra4 {pariert ...Bxe3 und droht Qa1+-}) 17... Nxd5 18.
cxd5 (18. Qxd5 $2 Qf6) 18... Qf6 19. Ra4 $18) 17. Rxa8 $18 Be5 18. Be2 Ne7 19.
O-O Kh7 20. g3 f5 21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Qd5 Qd8 23. c5 Qf6 24. cxd6 Bxd6 25. Rc1
Qb2 26. Qd1 f4 27. exf4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 18th"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The main duel with the medal winner happened in the last round.} 1. d4 e6 2.
c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 ({Maybe it really is better to avoid
exchanging the pieces, as this process makes Black's life easier!} 5. Kf1 Be7
6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Kg2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. d5 Re8 12. Rd1 {
(37) So,W (2744)-Jobava,B (2713) Bergamo 2014, with some space problems for
Black.} Bf8 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bc2 a6 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Rd2 Ne5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18.
Bxe5 dxe5 19. Ba4 {So,W (2744)-Jobava,B (2713) Bergamo 2014, with a clear
advantage.}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 {This capture has been criticised, but the
other one does not promise too much either.} (6. Qxd2 f5 7. Nc3 fxe4 8. Bxe4
Bxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10. Ng3 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7
15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Rd2 Rf7 {Bacrot,E (2718)-Ivanchuk,V (2704)
Beijing 2014, and Black got a tenable position without real problems.}) 6... d6
{An old solid setup, slightly passive but nowadays similar variations are
becoming popular.} 7. Ngf3 ({A more agressive attitude was} 7. Ne2 c5 (7... Nd7
8. O-O e5 9. f4) 8. d5 e5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. g3 Ng6 12. f4 exf4 13.
gxf4 Qf6 14. Qf3 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Nde5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qf4 Qxd3 18. Nb5 {
Bunzmann,D (2390)-Oral,T (2455) Budapest 1998, with strong threats.}) 7... Nd7
8. O-O e5 9. d5 (9. c5 dxc5 10. dxe5 Qe7 11. Nc4 Nh6 12. h3 O-O-O 13. a4 $13)
9... a5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 h6 13. Nb3 f5 ({It was possible to
consider} 13... axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qa7 (17. Rd1
Qc7) 17... Nc8 $13) 14. exf5 Nxf5 (14... axb4 {seemed to be safer:} 15. axb4
Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nxf5 17. Qc3 Nh4 $11) 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Rb1 Bc8 ({It was
interesting to sacrifice a pawn here:} 16... Ba6 17. Nxa5 Nc5 18. Qe2 Nh4 $13)
17. a4 ({The knight transfer to e4 was not bad:} 17. Nbd2) 17... Nh4 ({There
was also the interesting materialistic option:} 17... Nb6 18. Qd3 Nxa4 19. Ra1
Bd7 20. c5 Be8 $1) 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. f4 (21. g3 Qd4 22.
Qxd4 exd4 23. Bf5 Kh8 $11) 21... Rae8 (21... exf4 $5 22. Nf3 (22. Ne4 $2 Ng4
23. h3 Ne5 $19) 22... Qg4 23. Nd4 Rab8 24. Ne6 f3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rfc8 {
[%csl Gc4] x Pc4}) 22. g3 (22. fxe5 $142 dxe5 23. h3) 22... Qh5 23. Ne4 $2 {
White wants to launch an attack, but a much more solid try was} (23. fxe5 Rxe5
24. Rf5 $11) 23... Ng4 $2 (23... exf4 {was much better:} 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25.
Rxf4 Rxf4 26. gxf4 Bc8 $17) 24. h4 $1 g6 25. Rbe1 ({A more precise move was} 
25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Qc3 Nd7 $11) 25... Bc8 $2 (25... exf4 {was very good:} 26.
Bd1 Re5 27. Qc3 g5 28. Nf2 Bc8 $15) 26. fxe5 $2 ({The pin} 26. Bd1 $1 {would
be very dangerous.}) 26... Nxe5 27. Qc3 Kg7 28. c5 $1 Rf3 29. Qb2 $2 (29. Rxf3
Qxf3 30. Re3 Qf8 $11) 29... Ref8 $6 ({Big problems for White would arise after
} 29... Bf5 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 31. Bd1 Qd3 32. Bc2 Qc4 $17) 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 31. cxd6
cxd6 32. Bd1 Qd3 33. Bc2 Qf3 34. Bd1 Qd3 35. Bc2 Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.11.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 b6 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 {A strange choice by
Muzychuk. White gets the bishop pair for nothing and the results in MegaBase
are simply catastrophic for Black.} Bb7 6. e3 ({It was possible to try to
control the e4-square immediately by} 6. f3 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6
10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nd8 13. a4 Nf7 14. Ba3 d6 15. c5 $1 {Ivanchuk,V 
(2787)-Graf,A (2574)/Merida 2007; opening the position for the bishop pair.})
6... Nf6 (6... d6 7. b3 Nd7 8. Bb2 Ngf6 9. f3 d5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2 c5 12. O-O
Re8 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bc2 cxd4 15. e4 Bb7 16. Nxd4 b5 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Qf2 Rac8
19. Rac1 a6 20. Ne2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 {Gurevich,M (2633)-Winants,L (2497)/
Charleroi 2001. With a huge advantage in the endgame.}) 7. f3 ({Not bad is} 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rad1 c5 14.
Ne1 cxd4 15. exd4 Rac8 16. f3 Nef6 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Nc2 f4 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Bf1
Rfe8 21. a4 e5 {Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2490)-Ibragimov,I (2605)/Buenos Aires
2005. Black has some chances for counterplay.}) 7... d5 8. b4 ({Also possible
was the slightly more timid treatment} 8. b3 O-O 9. Nh3 c5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Be2
Qe7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Rfe1 cxd4 14. exd4 Rac8 15. Bf1 Qd6 16. Qe3 Rc7 17. a4
dxc4 18. bxc4 Rcc8 19. Nf2 Ba6 20. Rec1 {1-0 Cebalo,M (2485)-Ellers,H (2405)/
Biel 1997/CBM 060 ext (26)}) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 ({Simple devlopment
was possible} 10. Nh3) 10... Re8 {Black prepares the counterstrike in the
centre, e6-e5.} ({It was possible to play more actively:} 10... a5 11. b5 Rc8
12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5) 11. Nh3 ({It was possible to fight against the black
plan in a different way:} 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Nxe4
15. fxe4 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Bxe4 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf3) 11... Rc8 ({It was better to
conduct the prepared plan} 11... e5 12. cxd5 e4 13. Nf2 Bxd5 14. Be2 c6) 12. c5
$1 {Now Black will suffer because the lack of space.} c6 13. Be2 bxc5 ({
Still it was necessary to continue with her own plan:} 13... e5 14. O-O Qe7 15.
Nf2 e4 16. f4 {with a big space advantage.}) 14. dxc5 $5 {A very aggressive
approach, the more normal continuation} (14. bxc5 e5 15. O-O e4 16. f4 {
led to the same advantage for White.}) 14... e5 15. O-O Nf8 16. Nf2 Rc7 ({
It was better to try to control the a-file:} 16... a5) 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. g3 ({
It was very good was to try to create a passed pawn on the other side:} 18. a4)
18... Nh5 19. Qf5 {White repeats the position just one time.} Nf6 20. Qc2 Nh5
21. f4 $1 exf4 $2 {Desperation, but after the retreat the position was
completely passive.} (21... Nf6 22. Bd3 $16) 22. exf4 Nhxf4 {Black bluffs, but
in vain.} ({Once more it was necessary to retreat:} 22... Nf6 23. Bd3 Nf8 24.
a4) 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Bg4 Ba6 25. Rfe1 Rce7 26. Qd2 $2 ({The only mistake, the
correct move was} 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qd2 Qg5 28. Kh1 Re2 29. Re1 $1) 26... h5 $2
({Correct was} 26... Ne2+ 27. Bxe2 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qd4 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 f6 {
with the unpleasant threat of ...Qf5.}) 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxf4 Qe1+ 29. Rxe1
1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Qc2 {A relatively rare variation. White avoids
the main lines and at the same time supports the centre trying to keep his
light-squared bishop. Now also the g2-pawn is protected. Compare with 4.Bd3} ({
In the main line} 4. Bd3 {White has to consider} {both} f5 {[%csl Rg2]} ({and} 
4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb4d3]})) 4... Qh4 5. Nd2 Bb4 6. Bd3 Qg4
$1 ({In November 2003 Jessy played} 6... Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 f5 {which I met with} 8.
d5 {and after} fxe4 9. Bxe4 exd5 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nf6 12. Nf3 Qe4+ 13.
Qxe4+ Nxe4 {0-1 Mikhalevski,V-Kraai,J/Burbank USA 2003/The Week in Chess 473 
(57). (57) Black equalized.}) 7. Kf1 Qg6 $6 {A very strange decision. Black
wastes important time in the opening and also places the queen on the diagonal
of the white light-square bishop.} ({In all previous games} 7... f5 {was
played. Here are a few examples I managed to find:} 8. f3 ({Also two other
options were tested.} 8. Ngf3 Bxd2 9. Ne5 Qh4 10. Nf3 Qh5 11. Bxd2 Nf6 12. exf5
Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. Re1 Rhe8 16. Re2 Qh3+ 17. Ke1 Qxf3 {
0-1 Quinn,M-Speelman,J/Dublin 1993/CBM 34 ext (31) Black obtained an advantage
and eventually won.}) (8. h3 {This way White leaves the f3-square for his
knights. Compare to 8.f3.} Qg6 9. Ngf3 Bxd2 10. Ne5 Qf6 11. Bxd2 Ne7 12. Nf3 h6
13. Re1 O-O 14. d5 Na6 (14... e5 $2 15. exf5 d6 16. g4 $16 {1-0 Zaremba,
A-Grayland,S/IECC 2001/Telechess CBM 89 (24). (23)}) 15. Bc3 Qf7 16. Ne5 Qe8
17. exf5 $5 {with better chances for White.} (17. b4 {1/2-1/2 Parker,J-Sher,M/
Copenhagen 1996/CBM 55 (45)})) 8... Qh4 9. exf5 Qxd4 10. Ne2 Qh4 11. fxe6 Nf6
12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nde4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc6 15. exd7 Nh5 16. Bd5+ {1/2-1/2 Levitt,
J-Ehlvest,J/New York 1994/EXT 97 (16). and in this complicated position a draw
was agreed.}) 8. Ndf3 $1 {A multi-purpose move. White prevents f5 by closing
the b7-g2-diagonal, takes his knight away from a possible exchnage of the
b4-bishop and thus creates a threat of c5 and also the black queen starts to
feel uncomfortable.} f6 {Black prepares retreat of the queen to f7 and covers
the f6-square, however his dark-squared bishop will be in trouble.} 9. c5 $1 {
Closing the way back. Now a3 followed by b4 is threatening.} Ba5 $1 {A
fantastic defense.} ({If Black starts with} 9... bxc5 $2 {and only after} 10.
dxc5 {plays} Ba5 ({Also other defenses fail.} 10... c6 11. Qb3 $1 Ba6 (11...
Na6 12. Bd2 $1 (12. Ne2 $5) (12. a3 $5)) 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qc4) (10... Na6 11.
Be3 $1 {with Qa4 to follow.} (11. Qa4 $5 Bxc5 12. Bxa6)) (10... d6 11. Qa4+ Nc6
12. Bb5 Qxe4 13. Nd2 $18 {In all cases White wins.}) {then} 11. b4 $1 Bxb4 12.
Rb1 Nc6 13. a3 {and White wins a piece.}) 10. Qa4 $2 {A serious positional
mistake. I wanted to win a piece and have completely forgotten about the
position. This piece will cost me all my advantage.} (10. Ne2 $5) (10. a3 $5
bxc5 11. dxc5 c6 12. Ne2) 10... Bxe4 $1 {Black sacrifices a piece and obtains
a serious initiative and three pawns.} (10... Bc6 $2 {doesn't save a piece and
so only helps White.} 11. Qa3 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. b4 $16) 11. Bxe4 Qxe4 12.
b4 {The bishop on a5 is traped, but all central pawns fall down like autumn
leaves.} Nc6 $1 {This is the move I missed.} (12... Qd3+ 13. Ne2 Qc4 14. Bd2)
13. bxa5 bxc5 {Now also the d4-pawn is pinned and attacked.} 14. Ne2 ({Fritz 8
recommends} 14. Qc4 $5 cxd4 15. Bb2 {with the idea to meet e5 with} e5 16. Re1
Qg4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4) 14... e5 $1 ({In case of preliminary
} 14... cxd4 15. Nfxd4 e5 {I would have} 16. Qc2) 15. Ba3 {I've decided to
finish development creating on the way some threats to the d4-pawn.} ({I could
force a draw by repeating the moves with} 15. Nd2 Qh4 16. Nf3 (16. Rb1 $5 cxd4
17. Rb7 $13) 16... Qe4 17. Nd2) 15... cxd4 16. Re1 {Creating a threat of Nexd4.
} Qd3 $1 {Pinning the e2-knight black prevents the threat.} (16... Rb8 $2 17.
Qd1 $1) 17. Kg1 {Unpinning the e2-knight and renewing the threat.} Kd8 ({
In case of} 17... Nge7 $5 {I would prevent castling by means of} 18. Bxe7 $1
Nxe7 19. Qb4 $1) (17... Kf7 $5) 18. h4 $1 {My only counterplay. I need to
bring into play the h1-rook.} (18. Nc1 $5 {[%cal Gc1b3]}) 18... Rb8 19. Rh3 Qb5
$1 {After 10...Bxe2 and up to this moment both sides played the best way, but
now comes another serious positional mistake which can be hatdly explained.
Moreover I saw the right move, but for some reason preffered} 20. Qxb5 $2 {
I was already in a serious time-trouble and was attracted by 21. Bf8.} ({
It was necessary to keep the queens to maintain the attack. On the other hand
with the move in text White creates a positional threat of Nexd4 with a severe
pressure.} 20. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Ge2d4]} Qd5 21. Bf8 Qf7 22. Bc5 $36 {[%cal Ge2d4]}
) 20... Rxb5 $15 21. Bf8 h6 (21... h5 $5 {was a possible alternative.}) 22. h5
{My idea is to exploit the weakness of the g6-square.} ({At the same time} 22.
Bxg7 Rh7 23. Rg3 Nce7 {is in Black's favour.}) 22... Rh7 23. Rg3 Rxa5 (23...
Ke8 {deserved a serious attention with the idea} 24. Bxg7 $2 Kf7 {traping the
bishop.}) 24. a3 Ke8 25. Bb4 {Now I got the b4-square for the bishop.} Rd5 {
Black keeps the central d4-pawn which looks logical.} (25... Nxb4 26. axb4 Rb5
27. Nexd4 Rxb4 28. Nf5 {is playable for White.}) 26. Nh4 a5 27. Bd2 Rb5 $1 {
Now also the b-file is in Black's hands.} 28. f4 $1 {An attempt to create some
counterplay.} (28. Rd3 Nge7 29. Ng3 {is Fritz's suggestion.}) 28... Nge7 (28...
Rb2 $5) 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ng6 {An important moment. The rook on h7 is
misplaced. If Black wants to bring it back into play he has to exchange the
g6-knight which allows the white pawn to g6.} Nxg6 31. hxg6 Rh8 32. Rd3 $5 {
White creates a one-move threat and regroups the pieces.} (32. Rf3 $1 {looked
strong.} Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rf1+ Ke8 ({In case of natural} 34... Kg8 {
White creates a very dangerous initiative.} 35. Rf7 $3 Rb2 36. Ng3 $1 Rxd2 37.
Nf5 {and White wins.}) 35. Bxh6 Ne7 $1 36. Bxg7 Nxg6 {and Black's still on top
thanks to a strong pawn chain in the centre.}) 32... Rf8 $2 {I couldn't
believe my eyes when I saw this move on the board. Black has decided to set a
trap, but after my reply he understood that it doesn't work.} (32... Kd8 33.
Ng3) 33. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 ({Black was staking on} 33... Rd5 34. Nxc6 $1 Rxd3 {
, but missed} 35. Rxe5# $1 ({Frankly speaking I intended to play} 35. Nxe5 {
which is also strong, but of course can't compare to the mate in one.})) 34.
Rxd4 Rf6 {At this moment Black realized that he's not better anymore and
offered a draw which for his surprise I've declined despite much less than a
minute left on my clocks.} (34... d6 $142) 35. Rc4 Rxg6 $2 {The c-pawn had to
be protected.} (35... c6) (35... Kd8 36. Rg4) 36. Rxc7 $16 {Eventually White
got very good chances to win the game.} d6 37. Bc3 Rd5 $2 {Jessy loses the
thread.} 38. Rb1 {Now also the b-file is in White's hands.} Kd8 39. Ra7 (39.
Rf7 $5) 39... Kc8 40. Bxa5 Rc5 {Now I finally had some time to think of the
position and came with} 41. Rb2 $1 {First of all I have to prevent counterplay.
} d5 42. Bb4 $1 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 $18 {White's threatening Rf2 and so Black decided
to trade the rooks. However he failed to do so as a mutual agreement is
required:).} Rc7 {loses a pawn, but it's not easy to give a better advice.} 44.
Ra5 $1 {White keeps the rooks and wins a pawn.} ({For example} 44. Ra5 Rd7 45.
Rc2+ (45. Bf8 $5 {[%cal Ga5c5]}) (45. Rd2 $5) 45... Kb7 46. Rcc5) 1-0

[Event "Heviz Palace"]
[Site "Heviz"]
[Date "2008.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 c5 {A very rare continuation. Black transposes to the
Benoni positions with the inclusion of b6 and a3.} (3... f5 {1-0 Postny,E 
(2598)-Del Rio Angelis,S (2504)/Andorra 2007/CBM 119 ext/[Postny] (28)}) (3...
Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S (2541)-Mamedyarov,S (2660)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Atalik]
(59). is the main line.}) 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 {No more than three games have
reached this position.} 6. Nc3 (6. e4 Bg7 7. Bd3 Ne7 (7... Nf6 $5 8. e5 Nxd5 9.
Be4 Nc7 10. Bxa8 Nxa8 $44) 8. h4 h6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Qd2
h5 13. Nf3 $16 {1-0 Huzman,A (2580)-Luther,T (2550)/Ljubljana 1995/CBM 051 (31)
}) 6... d6 7. Nf3 ({In a preceding game White played} 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. h3 Bg7 9.
e3 O-O 10. Be2 Na6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kertesz,A (2350)-Teske,H (2480)/Germany 1993/
GER-chT2 (67)}) 7... Nf6 {Here I had to choose a Benoni line in which the
inclusion of moves b6 and a3 will be in White's favour and I think I made a
good choice.} 8. Bg5 $1 Bg7 9. Nd2 {I decided to start with this move as it
looked to me more flexible as the e-pawn can go to both e3 and e4.} h6 10. Bh4
O-O ({After} 10... g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Qa4+ $1 Qd7 13. Qe4+ $14 {White forces
the king to move since} Qe7 $2 {loses a pawn to} 14. Bxd6 $16) 11. e4 Ba6 (
11... a6 {was worth a try.}) 12. Bxa6 $1 {Inviting the knight to an
unfortunate square a6.} Nxa6 13. O-O Qd7 $1 14. a4 $5 {Although White gives up
the b4-square he gets in exchange the c4-square and prevents b5.} (14. Qf3 Ne8
{[%cal Gb6b5]} ({In the event of} 14... Ng4 $6 15. h3 {The knight starts to
feel uncomfortable.} Ne5 16. Qe2 c4 (16... g5 17. Bxg5 (17. f4 $5 Ng6 18. Bg3
gxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 $16) 17... hxg5 18. Qxa6 g4 19. Qb5 $14) 17. f4 Nd3
18. Nxc4 $16) 15. Qd3 Nac7 $14) 14... Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e5] Black transfers the
knight to e5 in order to exchange the newcomer on c4.} 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. Qd2 {Now we can sense that the knight on a6 has no future.} Bg7 (17...
Kh7 18. f4 Bg7 (18... Bd4+ 19. Bf2 $14) 19. f5 Bd4+ (19... Be5 20. Rf3 $36) 20.
Bf2 Be5 21. Be3 $36 {[%cal Gf1f3,Ga1f1] is also in White's favour.}) 18. f4 $5
{[%cal Gf4f5] This way I'm forcing the weakening of Black's position since
allowing f5 should be in White's favour.} f5 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. fxe5 g5 $6 {
Too optimistic.} (20... Bxe5 $1 {was necessary and after} 21. Qxh6 Qg7 22.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rad1 $14 {White is just slightly better.}) 21. e6 Qe7 22. Rfe1
$1 {This is almost a forced piece sacrifice.} ({In case of} 22. Bf2 $6 Rad8 {
my central pawns could become targets.}) 22... Rad8 (22... gxh4 $6 23. d6 Rfd8
24. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Gd6,Ge6] is obviously in White's favour.}) 23. Nb5 $1 {
[%cal Gd5d6] Preparing d6.} (23. Rad1 {leads to an equal rook endgame.} Rd6 24.
Nb5 gxh4 25. Qf4 Rfd8 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Qxf5 Nc7 28. Rf1 Bd4+ 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30.
Qg6+ Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rf7+ Kg6 33. Rxc7 d3 34. Kf2 Rxd5 35. Rd7 Re5 36.
Rxd3 Rxe6 $11) 23... gxh4 $6 {Black underestimates the danger.} (23... Bd4+ {
was necessary.} 24. Bf2 (24. Nxd4 $2 cxd4 $15) 24... Rxd5 25. a5 $1 Nc7 (25...
Rb8 $5) 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra7 $14) 24. d6 Rfe8 25. a5 $1 {
[%csl Ra6] Suddenly the queen's rook enters the game.} (25. Rad1 $5 {was also
interesting.} Qf6 (25... Qg5 26. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Ge6e7]} f4 (26... Kh7 27. e7 Rb8
28. Qe6 Bf6 29. Re2 $16 {[%cal Gd1f1]}) 27. Qb3 $1 (27. e7+ Qxd5 28. exd8=Q
Bd4+ $1 29. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Nxd4 Rxd8 31. Nf5 Kf7 $11) 27... Bd4+ $1 28. Kh1 Kh8
29. e7 Rg8 30. Qf3 Rde8 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Rxd4 $16) 26. Qe2 Qg6 27. d7 Re7 28.
Nxa7 {[%cal Ga7c6]} Nc7 29. Nc6 Rxe6 30. Qc4 Qf7 $1 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxe6+
Nxe6 33. Nxd8 Nxd8 34. Rd6 Bxb2 35. Rxb6 $16) 25... Nb4 (25... Nc7 {is
strongly met by} 26. Qf4 $1 Nxe6 27. dxe7 Nxf4 28. exd8=Q Rxd8 29. a6 $1 {
White's a-pawn becomes a serious asset.} Rd2 30. Nxa7 Bd4+ (30... Bxb2 31. Nc6
Bxa1 32. Rxa1 Nd5 33. a7 Nc7 34. Re1 $1 Kf8 35. Re7 Na8 36. Rb7 Ke8 37. Rb8+
Kd7 38. Rxa8 Ra2 39. Rd8+ Kxc6 40. a8=Q+ $18) 31. Kh1 Nd3 32. h3 $1 Nxe1 33.
Nc6 Rxg2 34. Rxe1 Rxb2 35. Ra1 $1 Re2 36. a7 $18) 26. axb6 a6 $1 (26... axb6
27. Ra7 Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. e7 Nc6 30. exd8=Q Rxd8 31. Rb7 $18) 27. Qxb4 $4
$138 {A serious mistake in time trouble.} (27. Re2 $1 {[%cal Ge2d2] Protecting
the queen retained a clear advantage.} axb5 (27... Rxd6 28. Qxd6 axb5 29. Qd7
$1 Bf8 30. b7 {[%cal Ga1a8]} Rb8 31. Qxe7 Bxe7 32. Ra8 Nc6 33. Rf2 Kf8 34.
Rxf5+ Ke8 35. Rd5 $18) 28. dxe7 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Bd4+ (29... Rxe7 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31.
Rd7 $18) 30. Kf1 Rxe7 (30... Kg7 31. b7 Nc6 32. Ra8 Nb8 33. b4 $1 Kf6 34. bxc5
Be5 35. Rd8 Kxe7 36. Rc8 $18 {[%cal Gc5c6,Gc6c7]}) 31. Ra7 Kf8 (31... Rxe6 32.
b7 Nc6 33. Ra6 Re7 34. Rxc6 Rxb7 35. b4 $1 $16) 32. b7 Nc6 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Rc8
Rxb7 35. Rxc6 $16) 27... cxb4 $2 $138 {Black returns the favour.} ({After the
correct} 27... Rxd6 $1 28. Nxd6 cxb4 29. Nxe8 Bd4+ $1 (29... Qxe8 30. b7 Bd4+
31. Kh1 h3 $1 32. Rac1 $1 hxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Bc3 $13) 30. Kh1 h3 $1 {[%csl Rh1]}
31. Nc7 (31. Re2 Qxe8 32. b7 Qb5 $1 33. b8=Q+ (33. Rae1 Kf8 $1 $19) 33... Qxb8
34. e7 hxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qa8+ 36. Kg3 Qe8 37. Rxa6 Kh7 $19) 31... hxg2+ 32. Kxg2
Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Qf4 $1 34. Re2 (34. Rg1+ Bxg1 35. Kxg1 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Re1
Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Ke7 $19) 34... Qf3+ 35. Rg2+ Kf8 36. Nxa6 b3 37. Nb8 Ke8 38. Nd7
h5 $19 {White is in trouble.}) 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxa6 (29. Na7 $5 {is more
precise.} Rb7 (29... Ree8 30. Rxa6 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Rb8 32. e7 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Bxb6
34. Nb5 Bc5 35. Re5 Bxe7 36. Nc7 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) 30. Rxa6 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Bxb6 (
31... Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Bxb6 33. e7 Re8 34. Nb5 Bc5 35. Re5 Bxe7 36. Nc7 $18 {
[%csl Re7]}) 32. Nc6 Re8 33. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Rxe6 34. Nd8 $1 {[%csl Rb7,
Re6]} Bxd8 35. Rxe6 $18) 29... Bxb2 30. Ra7 $6 ({The immediate} 30. Na7 $1 {
[%cal Ga7c6] was very strong.} Rde8 (30... Rb7 31. Nc6 Re8 {See 30...Rde8.})
31. Nc6 Rb7 32. Rb1 Bc3 33. Kf1 $1 Kf8 (33... Rxe6 34. Ra8+ $1 Kg7 35. Ra7 $1
Rxc6 36. Rxb7+ Kf6 37. Rc7 $1 Rxb6 38. Rxc3 $18) 34. e7+ Kg7 35. Ke2 Bf6 36.
Kd3 Bxe7 37. Ra7 $1 Rxa7 38. bxa7 Bc5 39. Ra1 $1 Ra8 40. Kc4 Be3 41. Kxb4 $16)
30... Bf6 31. Kf1 $1 b3 $2 {As usual, time trouble seriously affects the play
of both players.} (31... Rb8 $1 {was necessary and after} 32. Nc7 Rxb6 33. Ra8+
Kg7 34. Nd5 Rexe6 35. Ra7+ $1 Kf8 36. Nxb6 Rxb6 37. Rc1 Bc3 38. Rd1 Ke8 39.
Rdd7 $14 {I'm not sure White can win this position.}) 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Na7 $1
$16 {Finally.} Bc5 $2 {A decisive mistake.} (33... Rd4 {was a better defence,
although I believe White should be able to win anyway.} 34. Rb1 $1 (34. Nc6 $2
{leads to a draw.} Rf4+ 35. Ke2 (35. Kg1 $2 Bc5+ 36. Kh1 Re4 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38.
b7 Bd6) 35... Re4+ 36. Kf3 Rxe1 37. Nxe7+ Kg7 38. b7 b2 39. b8=Q b1=Q 40. Qg8+
(40. Qxb1 Rxb1 41. Nxf5+ $11) 40... Kf6 41. Qf7+ Ke5 42. Ng6+ Kd6 43. Qd7+ Kc5
44. Qc7+ Kb5 45. Qb7+ Kc5 $11) 34... Rf4+ 35. Ke2 Re4+ 36. Kf3 Bd6 (36... Rxe6
37. Nc8 $1 Bf6 38. Rxb3 Be5 39. Re3 f4 40. Re4 Kf7 41. Na7 $1 Bd6 (41... Bb8
42. Rxe6 Kxe6 43. Nc6 $18) 42. b7 $18) 37. Rxb3 Bxh2 38. b7 Rxe6 39. b8=Q+ Bxb8
40. Rxb8+ $16) (33... Bd6 34. b7 Bxh2 35. e7 Re8 36. Nc8 Kf7 37. Rb1 Bb8 38.
Rxb3 Ke6 39. Rd3 $18) 34. e7 $1 ({Black was expecting} 34. Nc6 $6 Rd2 35. b7 $2
(35. Rb1 $1 h3 36. gxh3 Bxb6 37. Rxb3 Bc5 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. e7 Bxe7 40. Nxe7 Kf6
41. Nc6 Rxh2 42. Rb3 $16 {and White still retains good chances for a win.})
35... Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Re2+ 37. Kf1 $11) 34... Re8 35. Nc8 $1 $18 {An unbelievably
good square for the knight, which not only protects the passed pawns, but also
covers the d6 and a7-squares from where the b-pawn can be stopped.} Rxc8 (35...
Bxb6 36. Nd6 $1 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 b2 38. Re1 $18) 36. e8=Q+ Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ Kf7 38.
b7 {An interesting fighting game despite or thanks to a big number of mistakes.
} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 (5... d5 6. f3 (6. Nf3
$14) 6... Nc6 7. O-O-O O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qe7 11. f4 Rd8 12.
Nf3 Nb4 $13 {Milov,V-Andersson,U, Groningen(tie-break),1997}) 6. e4 O-O 7.
O-O-O Nc6 8. d5 (8. f4 $6 e5) 8... Ne7 9. f4 exd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12.
Nf3 Qb6 (12... Qa5 13. Kb1 Be6 14. a3 $14) 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Bd3 Be6 (14... Nb4
$5) 15. f5 Bd7 16. g4 Ne5 $6 (16... Nb4 17. h3 Bc6 18. Rhe1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 (
19... d5 20. exd5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Qf1 $16) 20. Qd4 $14) 17.
Nxe5 Rxe5 18. g5 $6 (18. Qf4 Bc6 (18... Rc8 19. g5) 19. g5 Nd7 20. Bc4 $16)
18... Ng4 19. Rdf1 Rc8 20. Rf3 Ree8 (20... Rec5 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Rg3 Ne5 23. f6
Rxd5 24. exd5 g6 25. Ka1 $16) 21. Rg3 Ne5 (21... Nf2 22. Re1) (21... Qf2 22.
Rd1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Ne5 24. Bc2 $16) 22. Nd5 Qd4 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. gxf6+ Ng6 25.
fxg6 $2 (25. Rf1 Bb5 (25... Rxe4 26. Qh6) 26. fxg6 Bxd3+ 27. Rxd3 Qxe4 28.
gxf7+ (28. g7 Re6 29. a3 Qg6) 28... Kxf7 29. a3 $16) 25... fxg6 $2 (25... hxg6
26. Rf1 (26. Qg2 Qxf6 27. h4 Re5 28. h5 g5 $17) 26... Rxe4 $1 27. Qh6 Qxf6 $3 {
This variation was pointed out by Alon Greenfeld immediately after the game.
Now it's clear why the 25th white's move was a mistake.}) 26. Rf1 Rf8 (26...
Rxe4 27. Qg5) (26... Be6 27. e5 $1) 27. e5 $1 Qxe5 28. Bxg6 $1 Rxf6 (28... hxg6
29. Rxg6+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ $18) 29. Re1 $1 Qxe1+ 30. Qxe1 hxg6 31. a3 Bf5+ 32. Ka1
Re6 33. Qd1 Rc5 34. h4 Bc2 35. Qd2 Be4 36. Qh6 Ree5 37. Rg1 a5 38. Re1 $1 $18
d5 (38... Bf5 39. Rf1 $18) (38... Bd3 39. Rd1 Bc2 40. Rf1 Re8 41. Qd2 $18) 39.
Qf4 (39. Rf1 $142 Rc8 40. Rf6 Re7 (40... Rce8 41. h5 $1 gxh5 42. Rf1 $18) 41.
h5 Rh7 42. Qg5 $18) 39... Rf5 40. Qd6 Rc6 41. Qb8+ (41. Qd8+) 41... Rf8 42.
Qxb7 Rfc8 43. a4 Rc4 44. Qd7 Kh8 45. b3 Rc2 46. Re2 R2c7 47. Qd6 Kh7 48. Kb2
Rb7 49. Re3 (49. Qa6 $5 Rcb8 50. Re3 Bf5 51. Qf6 Be4 52. Rg3 $18) 49... Rc2+
50. Ka3 Rcc7 51. Qd8 Re7 52. h5 $6 (52. Qxa5 d4 53. Rg3 d3 54. h5) 52... gxh5
53. Qxa5 Kg6 54. Qc3 h4 55. a5 Rbc7 56. Qe1 Rh7 57. Rh3 Ra7 58. b4 Kg5 59. b5
Rae7 60. Qg1+ Kf4 61. a6 Bf5 62. Rb3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM Legacy"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 ({Its been more than a couple of years since Nakamura
tried the English Defence in a serious game. One of his previous games went} 3.
Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 Ne7 6. Bd3 f5 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. fxe4 O-O 9. Be3 {Now
before giving up his dark squared B for the N Nakamura made a nice and typical
change in the pawn structure...} e5 $1 10. d5 Na6 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nc8 13.
a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A (2660)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Saint
Louis 2012/CBM 149 (41)}) ({Another encounter saw -} 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5.
exf3 c6 6. d5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. dxe6 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bg2 $5
Qxe6 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Akobian,V (2625)-Nakamura,H 
(2775)/Saint Louis 2012/CBM 149 (30). White had the double Bs while Black had
the better pawn structure.}) 3... Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 ({Refraining from the sharp} 
4... f5) 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. O-O g6 7. Nbc3 Nxd3 8. Qxd3 Bg7 9. d5 {[%csl Rb7,Gc4,
Gd5,Ge4][%cal Ge2d4,Gc1e3,Ge3d4] Now a popular approach, this central advance
not only grabs space, but also shuts the eyes of the B on b7. Moreover White
plans to use the d4-square for his N or B soon.} d6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Be3 O-O (
11... Qd7 12. Nd4 O-O-O {looks risky in view of} 13. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 14.
Rfb1 $40 {[%cal Gb2b4] It is clear that White is very fast in starting play
near the Black K.} (14. b4 $5 $40)) 12. Nd4 $146 (12. g4 f5 $5 13. exf5 gxf5
14. dxe6 Bc8 (14... fxg4 15. f5 $13) 15. Bd4 $1 Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng3 $1
$16 {[%csl Rg7] 1-0 Janssen,R (2290)-Dambacher,M (2135)/Leiden 1998/EXT 2002 
(38). The Black K's vulnerability gave White a clear edge.}) (12. Ng3 Bc8 (
12... Qd7 13. f5 $1 $36 exf5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Rxf5 $16 {[%csl
Rf7,Rh7] Black's shattered P structure on the >> gave White a typical
advantage. 1-0 Gordon,S (2521)-Shaw,J (2469)/Halifax 2008/CBM 127 Extra (36)})
13. Rae1 Bd7 14. e5 $5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nf5 16. Bf2 dxe5 17. fxe5 Re8 18. Nxf5
Bxf5 19. Qd4 $14 {with a slight edge for White due to the central Ps but Black
keeps his chances with the ^^. 1-0 Hoang Thanh Trang (2450)-Seres,L (2428)/
Budapest 1999/CBM 072 (34)}) 12... e5 13. fxe5 (13. Nf3 $5 exf4 (13... f5 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Ng5 $36) (13... Ba6 14. f5 $36) 14. Bxf4 Qd7 15. Qd2 $14 {
[%cal Gf4h6]}) 13... dxe5 14. Nf3 Ba6 ({Worth considering was} 14... Nc8 {
[%cal Gc8d6] /\...Nd6.}) 15. b4 (15. a4 $5 Nc8 16. a5 Nd6 $14) 15... h6 {
[%cal Gg6g5,Ge7g6] Nakamura had probably made up his mind about putting his N
on the >>.} ({Black had another opportunity to go for} 15... Nc8 $5 16. b5 Bb7
17. c5 bxc5 18. Bxc5 Nd6 $13) 16. b5 Bc8 17. c5 g5 (17... bxc5 $6 18. Bxc5 $16
{[%cal Gc5f8] prevents Black's intended N manoeuvre for a while.}) 18. Rad1 ({
The tempting} 18. d6 {does not promise much.} bxc5 {[%cal Gd8d3]} 19. Bxc5 cxd6
20. Qxd6 (20. Bxd6 $6 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 $15) 20... Ng6 $132) ({But, White had a
stronger alternative in the immediate} 18. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Ng6 19. a5 {
, for example} bxc5 20. Bxc5 Re8 21. Qe3 a6 22. b6 cxb6 23. axb6 Bb7 24. Nd2
$16 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4a5,Gd2b3,Gb3a5]}) 18... Ng6 19. a4 bxc5 ({Black could have
put his N on 'the' square with} 19... Nf4 $5 {but there isn't much to follow
it up with. For example} 20. Qc4 {[%cal Gg2g3,Rf7f5,Gc4g8]} Kh7 (20... g4 $2
21. Nxe5 $16) (20... Bg4 21. h3 $16) 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Ra8] It is
clear that White has more pieces where the action is going on.}) 20. Bxc5 Re8
21. Qe3 a6 22. d6 (22. b6 $5 cxb6 23. Bxb6 $14 Qd7 (23... Qe7 24. d6 Qd7 25.
Nd5 $36) 24. Nd2 Nf4 25. Nc4 Bb7 26. Bc5 $16 {[%cal Gc4b6]}) 22... Be6 (22...
cxd6 23. Bxd6 Qa5 24. Nd5 axb5 25. Nc7 Bb7 26. axb5 $16) (22... axb5 23. Nxb5 (
23. axb5 $5 {is similar to the game.}) 23... cxd6 24. Bxd6 Rxa4 25. Nc7 {
[%csl Re8]} Bd7 (25... Rf8 26. Bxe5 Qe7 27. Bd6 $16) 26. Nxe8 Qxe8 27. Ra1 $14)
23. Nd5 Bxd5 (23... cxd6 24. Nb6 ({Winning the exchange does not bring any
advantage as after} 24. Bb6 Qd7 25. Nc7 axb5 26. axb5 Rec8 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28.
Bc5 Bf8 $11 {[%cal Gg5g4,Gg6f4,Ga8b8,Ge6c4] Black's active minor and major
pieces look to round up White's b-P at the same time creating threats on the >>
}) (24. Bxd6 g4 $1 25. Ne1 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nf4 27. Rd2 Qa5 $11) 24... Rb8 25.
Rxd6 Qc7 26. Rc6 Qb7 {White seems slightly better. Play could continue} 27. Bd6
axb5 28. axb5 Ne7 (28... g4 29. Nd2 Ne7 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Rd6 Qc7 32. Ndc4 Bxc4
33. Nxc4 Qxc4 34. Qa7 $16) 29. Bxb8 Nxc6 30. bxc6 Qxb8 31. Rc1 $14) 24. Rxd5
axb5 25. d7 $5 (25. axb5 cxd6 26. Rxd6 $14) 25... Re6 26. axb5 g4 (26... Rb8 $5
) 27. Ne1 Nf4 28. Rd1 (28. Rd2 $5 Bf6 $14 {[%cal Gf6g5,Gg5d2,Gf6e7,Ge7c5]})
28... Rb8 29. Nd3 $6 {Missing or probably misjudging Black's simplifying idea.}
({White would have retained a big advantage after} 29. Qf2 $142 {[%cal Ge1d3] ,
for example} Rxb5 (29... Bf6 30. Nd3 Bg5 31. Kh1 {[%cal Gg2g3]} Kh8 (31... Rf6
32. Nxe5 Nd3 33. Rxd3 Rxf2 34. Bxf2 $18 {[%cal Ge5c6]}) 32. Nb4 (32. Nxf4 $5
$18) 32... Rxb5 33. g3 Nh3 34. Qxf7 $18) 30. Nd3 {[%cal Gf2f7]} Bf6 31. Kh1 $16
{[%csl Gd7] Black's pieces are stuck and he has no reasonable way of getting
rid of the d7-P.} (31. Nxf4 $6 exf4 {[%cal Gb5c5]})) 29... Qxd7 $8 (29... Nxd3
$2 30. Qxd3 $18) (29... Ng6 30. Nb4 Rxb5 31. Qf2 Nf4 32. Nd5 Kh7 33. Be7 $18) (
29... Rxb5 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Qxf4 $18 {[%csl Gd7,Rd8,Rf7,Rg4]}) 30. Nxf4 exf4
31. Rxd7 (31. Qxf4 Qe8 32. Qxc7 (32. Qxg4 Rxb5 $11) 32... Rc8 33. Qa5 Re5 $11)
31... fxe3 32. Rfxf7 Be5 (32... Bc3 $5 33. Bxe3 Rxe4 34. Bc5 Rc4 (34... Be5 $5)
35. Rf5 (35. Rxc7 $2 Rxc5 $19) 35... Re8 $11 36. Rxc7 $2 Bd4+) 33. Kf1 (33.
Bxe3 Rxb5 $11) 33... Rf6+ $1 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Bxe3 Rxb5 36. Bxh6 (36. Rxc7 Rb4
{would transpose to the game.}) 36... Rb4 37. Rxc7 Rxe4 38. Bd2 ({There was no
point in} 38. Kf2 {as White would have to just return after} Bd4+ {[%cal Gd4e5,
Ge5c7,Ge5g3]}) 38... Ra4 39. Bc3 Rf4+ 40. Ke2 Bxc3 41. Rxc3 Kf7 42. Ke3 Rf1 43.
Rc6 g3 $1 {Nicely done by Nakamura. With the opposing K in front of the pawns,
the doubled pawns do not win in the R_|_.} 44. hxg3 (44. h3 Rf2 $11) 44... Rf5
45. g4 Ra5 46. Kf4 Kg7 47. g5 Ra2 48. g3 Ra4+ 49. Kf5 Ra5+ 50. Kg4 Ra1 51. Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. d5 Nf6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 exd5 6. cxd5 Bxf1 7. Kxf1 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Kg2 c6 11. Nge2 Na6 12. Ra2 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nc7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. Nf4 d5 16. b3 $14 d4 17. exd4 Nb5 $2 (17... Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rd2 Rfd8
20. Rhd1 Bf6 21. Rd7 $14) 18. d5 $1 $16 Nc3 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Bxc3 Qxc3 21. Re1
Rfd8 22. Re3 Qc5 23. b4 Qc4 24. Rd2 Rd6 25. Re7 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Qf3 Bf8 {
[%tqu "En","Can you find the winning move?","His weak spot is f7!  You do not
have to move the attacked rook!","Take a pawn with your knight and attack f7",
"f4g6","",10]} 28. Nxg6 $1 $18 Bxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. Qe4 Qc5 32.
Qxh7 Rxd5 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Re2+ Kd6 35. Qf8+ Kc6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nf3 g6 $5 7. dxe6 {N} (7. g3
{Fioramonti-Khenkin, Geneva open 1995}) 7... dxe6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bf4 Bd6 10.
Bg3 $5 (10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Nb5 Ne8 $10) 10... f4 $2 (10... Ke7) 11. Bh4 Ke7 12.
e3 $1 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Rag8 14. Be4 $1 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe3 16. fxe3 h6 17. Nd4 $1
$16 g5 18. Nc6+ Kf7 19. Nxd6+ cxd6 20. Bg3 e5 21. Nxa7 Ke6 22. Ke2 Ra8 23. Nb5
Rhc8 24. Rac1 Ne4 25. Be1 h5 26. Bb4 Rc6 27. b3 g4 28. Be1 Ndc5 29. Rb1 Rf8 30.
Rf1 $1 Rxf1 31. Kxf1 d5 32. cxd5+ Kxd5 33. Rd1+ Ke6 34. Rc1 $1 Nd6 35. Nd4+ $1
$18 exd4 36. exd4 Nb5 37. dxc5 bxc5 38. Bf2 Kd5 39. Rd1+ Ke4 40. a4 Nc3 41. Rd8
Nd5 42. Re8+ Kf5 43. a5 Ra6 44. Bg3 h4 $8 45. Be1 Nb4 46. Rh8 Kg6 47. Rxh4 Kg5
48. Rh8 Rxa5 49. Bd2+ Kf6 50. Bxb4 cxb4 51. Rb8 Ra2 52. Rxb4 Kf5 53. Rc4 Rb2
54. b4 Kg5 55. h3 g3 56. Rg4+ Kf5 57. Rxg3 Rxb4 58. Rf3+ Kg5 59. g3 Rb2 60. Rf2
Rb3 61. Kg2 Ra3 62. h4+ Kg4 63. Rf4+ Kh5 64. Kh3 Rb3 65. Re4 Ra3 66. Re5+ Kg6
67. Kg4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Nf6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ng3 d6 11. Be2 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bc6 13. Nh5 Nxh5 14. Bxh5 Rg8
15. Bxg7 Qh4 $2 16. Qxd6 $1 $18 Qxc4 (16... Qxh5 17. Bf6 Rxg1+ 18. Kd2 $18) 17.
Rd1 Bd5 18. Rg4 Qa6 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qc7+ Ke8 21. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.11.24"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {The opening choice of my opponent was a surprise to me.} 3.
a3 {I decided to go for the solid system.} (3. e4 {is a more principled
continuation.}) 3... Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 {Blocking the long diagonal in order
to develop the bishop on g2.} Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6 {This
somewhat unusual way of development is standard for this line. So far my
opponent had played very quickly.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 {This is the most
logical - to cover the e4 square and prepare Rd1.} (10. Nb5 {is a worthy
alternative.}) 10... a5 (10... Be5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 e5 14. Nd3
e4 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. b4 $14 {1-0 (52) Farago,I (2465)-Greenfeld,A (2552)
Dresden 2013}) 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Rb1 Rae8 $6 $146 {Played after a very long
period of thought. It makes sense to bring the last piece into play, but the
move has a concrete tactical drawback.} (12... exd5 13. cxd5 Nfe4 (13... Nce4
14. Nxe4 fxe4 {is perfectly playable for Black.}) 14. Nb5 a4 15. Be3 Ra5 16.
Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 fxe4 19. Nf4 $14 {1-0 (40) Kozul,Z (2595)
-Hamdouchi,H (2455) Biel 1993}) 13. Be3 $2 {As bad as it is inconsistent! I
thought that 13.b4 didn't really work, but then what was the point of my
previous move?! It was, obviously, impossible to calculate everything, but I
should have relied on my intuition.} (13. b4 $1 axb4 14. axb4 Nce4 (14... Na6
$6 15. Nb5 exd5 (15... Nxb4 16. Rxb4 (16. Qb3 $1 Na6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 (17... Nc5
18. Nxe8 Nxb3 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxb3 $18) 18. Qxb6 Nc5 19. Ba3 Ba8 20. dxe6
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxe6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 {with a healthy pawn up.}) 16... Bxb4
17. d6 Bxd6 18. Bxb7 $16) 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. cxd5 Nxb4 18. Qb3 Nbxd5 19. Nf4 $16
{[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc1a3]}) 15. c5 $1 Be5 (15... bxc5 $2 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
fxe4 18. bxc5 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6]}) 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Ng5 Qe7 19.
Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 (20... Bxg3 $2 21. Bg2 $1 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ng4+ 23. Kg1
Qh4 24. Qb3+ Re6 25. Qg3 $18) 21. Qxe4 Rxf2 $1 22. cxb6 (22. Bf4 $6 Rxe2 $1 23.
Qxe2 Bd4+ 24. Be3 Bxe3+ 25. Kg2 bxc5 26. Qc4+ Qe6 27. Qxe6+ dxe6 {Here Black's
chances for a draw are very good.}) 22... Rf7 (22... cxb6 23. Bf4 Rxe2 24. Qxe2
Bd4+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Kg2 $16) 23. bxc7 Bxc7 24. Qxe7 Rfxe7 25. e3 Bb6 $14)
13... Nce4 $1 14. Nxe4 fxe4 (14... Nxe4 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. Bxb7 f4 $15) 15. dxe6 (15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 exd5 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18.
cxd5 Rf5 $15 {[%csl Rd5] winning the pawn back.}) 15... Qxe6 16. c5 {Somehow
my position had got a bit cramped, so it's the only reasonable way to create
any activity.} ({After} 16. Nf4 Qe7 {I didn't see my next useful move.}) 16...
bxc5 17. Bxc5 (17. Ng5 $6 {looks promising, but this time I correctly
evaluated that the resulting mess is not in my favour.} Qe5 $1 18. Bf4 Qf5 19.
Bh3 Qg6 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 (21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qa6 Nd5 24. Bxd6
e3 25. Qd3 exf2+ 26. Kh1 Qxg5 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 $17) (21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Qxb7 Qxg5
23. Bxd7 Re7 24. Rxd6 Qh5 $36) 21... Rb8 22. Qa6 Bxf4 23. gxf4 h6 $17) 17...
Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qe5 $15 (18... e3 $2 19. Bxb7 Qxh3 20. f3 {parrying all the
threats.}) 19. Rbc1 Bc6 {This is a natural "human" move. The grabbing of the
Pb2 would be typical computer stuff.} (19... Qxb2 $6 20. Rb1 (20. Qxc7 $2 Rc8
21. Qf4 Qxe2 $17) (20. Nf4 $5 Bc6 21. Bh3 {with some compensation for the pawn.
}) 20... Qxe2 21. Bf1 Qg4 22. Nf4 e3 23. Be2 exf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Qxe2
26. Nxe2 Bf3 27. Re1 $13) 20. b4 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 {I expected
22...Rb8. The move in the text gave me a tempo to create some active play.} (
22... Rb8 23. Rd4 Rb6 24. Ng5 Re8 $15) 23. g4 $5 {Interesting idea, trying to
drive away the black knight from f6 and target the Pe4 later on.} ({After} 23.
Ng5 Rfe8 {I didn't like my position, even though that after} 24. f3 {White
should equalise.}) 23... Rfb8 (23... Nxg4 $1 24. b5 Ra5 25. Rg5 Bxb5 26. Rb1 {
I calculated till this point, and was satisfied, but an engine can see a bit
further:} d5 $1 27. Rxg4 Bxe2 {and with three healthy pawns for a piece, Black
is playing for a win. Especially that after} 28. Rg3 h6 {White's knight is
miserable.}) 24. g5 Ne8 25. b5 (25. Nf4 Rxb4 26. Bh3 Nd6 27. Bxd7 $1 Bxd7 28.
Rxc7 Rd8 29. Rxd6 Rb1+ 30. Kg2 Bh3+ 31. Kxh3 Rxd6 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rc7+ $11)
25... Ra5 $6 (25... Rxb5 26. Rxb5 Bxb5 27. Bxe4 $11) 26. bxc6 $1 {This
exchange sacrifice is good, but also practically forced.} Rxc5 27. cxd7 Nd6 28.
Bxe4 Rd8 (28... Kf7 29. Bxh7 Ke7 {was another option. A similar exchange of
black's h-pawn for my d-pawn occurred later in the game.}) 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30. Be6
Ke7 31. Bg4 h5 $6 {In mutual time-trouble the play of both sides wasn't
optimal, of course.} (31... Nc4 $142 32. Rc1 Kd6 33. Rd1+ Ke7 $11) 32. Bxh5 $6
{I didn't want to give away my strong passed pawn, but I thought that it's
dangerous to open the g-file.} (32. gxh6 $1 gxh6 33. Nf4 Rg5 (33... h5 34. Bh3
$14) 34. h3 Rxd7 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Rc1 $1 $14 {Attacking the pawn and
threatening Nf4-e6.} ({The immediate} 36. Ne6 $2 {is bad in view of} Rxg4 37.
Nxd8 Rc4 $1 {[%csl Rd8]} 38. e4 Nxe4 39. Nb7 $15)) 32... Rxd7 33. Bg4 Rd8 34.
Rd3 Nf7 35. Rxd8 $2 {Blaming myself for missing opponent's last move, I
swapped rooks, and immediately realised that I should have done everything to
keep the rooks on the board.} (35. Re3+ Re5 36. Rc3 $11) 35... Kxd8 {Now the
endgame is difficult for White. My knight is misplaced, while black's c-pawn
is a real factor.} 36. f4 Ke7 37. Kf2 Rc3 (37... Nd6 {would be also unpleasant.
}) 38. Ke1 $2 ({There was nothing better than} 38. Ng1) 38... Rc1+ 39. Kd2 Rh1
40. e4 Rxh2+ 41. Ke3 {First time trouble finished. I have neither the exchange,
nor the initiative, but still chances for a draw if I manage to roll my pawns
forward.} c5 $2 ({After} 41... Ra2 42. Nf2 Ra3+ 43. Nd3 c5 44. Ke2 c4 45. Nb4 {
and even if White will hold the endgame, it will be very close.}) 42. Nf2 {
Now the rook is stuck on h2.} Nd6 ({After} 42... c4 43. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1c3]} Rc2
44. Kd4 {Black's pawn is going nowhere.}) 43. e5 Nc4+ 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Kg3 Nf1+
46. Kf3 c4 47. f5 c3 48. f6+ gxf6 49. gxf6+ (49. exf6+ $1 {would lead to a
more clear-cut draw.} Kf7 50. Bf5 Rh4 51. Nd3 Nd2+ 52. Kg3 Re4 $1 $11) 49...
Kf7 50. e6+ (50. Bf5 $1 Nd2+ (50... Rh4 51. Ne4 Nd2+ 52. Nxd2 cxd2 53. Ke2 Rh2+
54. Kd1 $11) 51. Kg3 Rh5 52. Kg4 c2 53. Bxc2 Rxe5 54. Kf4 Ra5 55. Ng4 $11)
50... Kxf6 51. Ne4+ Ke5 52. Nxc3 {Ok, I captured the last pawn, but still have
to suffer a bit. I thought, only a bit...} Rh8 53. Nd1 Rg8 54. Bh3 Nd2+ 55. Ke2
Ne4 56. Nf2 Nc3+ 57. Kf3 Rf8+ 58. Kg2 Nd5 {All Black's pieces are ideally
placed, so I have to be careful.} 59. Kg3 Rg8+ 60. Kf3 Ra8 61. Ng4+ Kd4 62. Nh6
Ra3+ 63. Kg4 Ke5 64. Nf7+ {I give up the pawn, but it doesn't change the
evaluation.} (64. Kh4 Kf4 {[%csl Rh4] is too risky.}) 64... Kxe6 65. Ng5+ Ke5
66. Nf3+ Ke4 67. Ng5+ Ke3 68. Bg2 Nf4 69. Be4 Ne2 70. Bc6 Ra1 71. Nf3 Rc1 72.
Bb5 Nc3 73. Bc6 Nd1 $1 {From the practical point of view my opponent played
this part of the game very well.} 74. Ba8 Ra1 75. Bc6 Ra5 76. Nh4 $2 {I can't
explain why I put my knight here and not on g5.} (76. Ng5 Nf2+ 77. Kh4 {
would keep the position drawish.}) 76... Nf2+ 77. Kg3 Rg5+ 78. Kh2 Ng4+ 79. Kh3
Ne5 80. Ng2+ Kf2 81. Kh4 {At this stage it was the last remaining game of the
match, with the score standing at 4-3 in favour of my team. So, to lose in
such a situation would be extremely unpleasant.} Rg7 $6 ({The simplest was} 
81... Rg3 $1 82. Bd5 Nf3+ 83. Bxf3 Rxf3 $19 {But, in our third bout of time
trouble we both missed this idea.}) 82. Ba8 Ra7 $2 {Missing the win, this time
a very difficult one, I must say.} (82... Nf3+ $1 83. Bxf3 Kxf3 84. Ne1+ Kf4 $1
(84... Ke2 $2 85. Nc2 Rd7 86. Kg5 Kd2 87. Nb4 Rd6 88. Kf5 Kc3 89. Ke5 $11) 85.
Nd3+ Ke4 $1 86. Nf2+ Kf3 87. Nd3 Re7 88. Kg5 Re3 $1 89. Nb2 Ke4 90. Nc4 Rd3 91.
Kf6 Rd4 92. Na5 Ra4 93. Nb7 Ra6+ 94. Kg5 Ke5 $1 (94... Kd5 $2 95. Nd8 $11) 95.
Nd8 (95. Nc5 Ra5 96. Nb3 Rd5 97. Kg4 Ke4 $19) 95... Rf6 $1 96. Nb7 Rf8 97. Nc5
Rd8 98. Kg6 Rd5 99. Nb3 Ke4 100. Kf6 Ke3 101. Ke6 Rb5 102. Nc1 Kd2 103. Na2 Rb2
$19 {If someone can work this all out at the board - he is a genius!}) 83. Bd5
Ra5 (83... Nf3+ 84. Bxf3 Kxf3 85. Ne1+ $11 Kf2 86. Nd3+ Ke3 87. Ne1 $1 $11 (87.
Ne5 $2 Kf4 88. Nd3+ Ke4 89. Nf2+ Kf3 90. Nd3 Re7 {would transpose to the
variation from the previous commentary.})) 84. Nf4 Ke3 85. Kg3 Ra4 86. Ng2+ Kd4
87. Be6 Ra3+ 88. Kf2 Nd3+ 89. Ke2 Nc5 90. Bf5 Ke5 91. Bc2 {Now I am safe.} Ne6
92. Kd2 Kd4 93. Nh4 Ra2 94. Nf3+ Kc4 95. Ne5+ Kd5 96. Nd3 Kd4 97. Nc1 Rb2 98.
Nd3 Rb8 99. Nc1 Nc5 100. Ne2+ Kc4 101. Ke3 Rh8 102. Bf5 Re8+ 103. Kf3 Rf8 {
There are only eleven moves left before I could claim a draw by the "fifty
moves rule", so my opponent decided to offer it already. A very tough fight
which lasted for over seven hours!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 Qb6 (4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 {leads to
a classical Sicilian Maroczy that Black wants to avoid in current game.}) 5.
dxc5 Qxc5 {In this line Black is trying to get an improved version of Maroczy
type position.} 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 {Black delays the development of his
kingside knight in order to prevent from white's queenside knight to be easily
developed to it's natural c3 square. Therefore, White has to look for other
ways to his queenside development.} 8. a3 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]} 9. Ra2 {Moving the
rook out of the bishops' x-ray and preparing b2-b4 expansion.} (9. Qc2 Bg4 10.
Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Qa4+ Qc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Saravanan,V (2405)-Nevednichy,
V (2577)/Kavala 2008/CBM 125 Extra (48)}) 9... Bg4 10. b4 {This is consequent,
even though risky from strategical point of view, as I will have to push b4-b5
later on and lose control over the important c5 square.} (10. Be3 Qc7 11. b4 {
appeared on practice as well. I wasn't sure if it is necessary to include the
move Bc1-e3 right now.}) 10... a5 ({An attempt to grab a pawn does not work:} 
10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 $14 Qc6 13. Nc3 Nxc4 $2 14. b5 Qc5 15. Nd5 $18
{[%cal Ga2c2]}) 11. b5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rc2 {White has to be
quick before Black completes the development and seizes control over the dark
squares.} Nf6 (14... b6 $2 15. Nc3 e6 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Nxb6 $3 Rxb6
19. c5 Rb8 (19... dxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb8 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxb6 $18) 20. b6 Qc6 21.
cxd6 Qxe4 22. Bb5+ Ned7 23. Rc7 $16) 15. c5 Rc8 $1 $146 {Strong innovation
that my opponent performed after not less than 40 minutes of meditation. This
move puts on question the whole plan adopted by me in this opening line. In
fact, Romanian grandmaster improved his own play!} ({In the preceding game
Nevednichy got a worse position after} 15... dxc5 $6 16. Rxc5 Qb8 17. Nd2 O-O
18. h3 Nfd7 19. Rc2 Qd6 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. Be2 g5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rc7 b6 24. Qc2
$16 {0-1 Flumbort,A (2509)-Nevednichy,V (2523)/Paks 2007/CBM 119 ext (41)}) 16.
Bd4 {The only way to fight for an advantage.} (16. Nd2 O-O 17. Be2 dxc5 18.
Rxc5 Qd6 $1 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f4 Qxa3 21. Ba7 $1 Ned7 22. Nc4 Qa2 23. e5 Rxc4
24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Qd8+ Bf8 27. Qxa5 Nd5 $44 {A typical computer
line which would be extremely difficult to calculate for a human player.}) (16.
Rc1 dxc5 17. Rxc5 Qb8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $11) 16... O-O (16... Nfd7 $2 17. c6 bxc6
18. Rxc6 $1 {This is the trick I was building on.} Nxc6 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. bxc6
Rxg7 21. cxd7+ Qxd7 22. Qd4 $16 {Materially speaking the position is balanced.
However, in this middlegame position white's light pieces are clearly better
than black's awkwardly placed rook.}) 17. Bxe5 {Giving the dark-squared bishop
for the pawns majority on the queenside.} dxe5 18. Qc1 {I wanted to prevent
the black bishop to come out via h6 square.} Rfd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ (19... Rd4 $6 {
is just a waste of time.} 20. c6 $14) 20. Qxd1 e6 $1 {My opponent found the
right way to bring his bishop into action. Unfortunately, there is no such
possibility for my bishop, therefore I have to count on my passed pawn.} 21. c6
Bf8 22. Nd2 (22. h3 Qb6 23. cxb7 Qxb7 24. a4 Nd7 $11 {The control over the
dark squares gives Black sufficient counterplay against white's strong passed
pawn.}) 22... Rd8 (22... Bxa3 {It is obviously very risky to grab such a pawn
in time-trouble, but the concrete variations show that Black holds even after
this:} 23. b6 $1 {This was my idea.} Qe7 $1 (23... Qxb6 $2 24. Nc4 Qb4 (24...
Qxc6 25. Nxa3 Qe8 $16) 25. cxb7 $1 (25. Nxa3 $2 Rxc6 (25... Qxa3 $2 26. cxb7
Rf8 27. Rc8 $18) 26. Rxc6 bxc6 $13) 25... Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Qxb7 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28.
h4 $16) 24. c7 (24. Nc4 Rxc6 25. Nxa3 Qxa3 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. h4
Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 24... Bc5 25. Nc4 Nd7 26. Rd2 Nxb6 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Nxb6
Rxc7 29. Na8 Rc6 30. Rd7 Qf8 31. Rd8 Qe7 $11) 23. Qb1 bxc6 24. b6 (24. Rxc6 $2
Qd7 25. Nc4 {[%tqu "En","How should Black continue?","","","f6e4","exploiting
the vulnerable 1st rank in white's position.",5]} Nxe4 $1 $17 {exploiting the
vulnerable 1st rank in white's position.}) 24... Qb7 25. Nc4 Bc5 26. h3 Bd4 27.
Nxa5 {Now I have to go for massive simplifications, otherwise I would be just
worse.} Qxb6 28. Qxb6 Bxb6 29. Nxc6 Ra8 30. Nxe5 (30. Ra2 $6 Ra4 $15 {[%csl
Re4]}) 30... Rxa3 31. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kolosowski, Mateusz"]
[Black "Tazbir, Marcin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Prokonex"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. g3 Bb4 (5... a5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Na4
Bb4+ 8. Bd2 d6 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. b3 Bd7 11. Nb2 Ra3 12. Nf3 Qa8 13. Qb1 Nf6 14.
O-O Bg4 15. Nd1 O-O 16. Ne3 Qa5 17. Nc2 Bf5 18. Nfe1 Ra8 19. e4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Nxe4 21. Nxa3 Nd2 22. Qc2 bxa3 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Nd3 Qa5 25. Rfd1 Nf3+ 26. Kg2
Nd4 27. Qd2 Qa6 28. Nb4 Qxc4 29. Rac1 Qb5 30. Rxc7 h6 31. Qc3 Ra4 32. Rxd4 exd4
33. Qf3 Qe8 34. Rxb7 Ne5 35. Qb3 {Koneru,H (2589)-Short,N (2677) Caleta 2012
0-1}) (5... Bc5) 6. Qb3 a5 7. h4 $146 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} (7. a3 Bc5 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. d6 cxd6 10. Nc3 b6 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. h4 h6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
15. Nf3 Nf8 16. g4 Ne6 17. Rg1 Nf6 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh5 20. g6 f5 21. Rh1
f4 22. Bd2 Rb8 23. Qc2 Rh6 24. e3 Bf6 25. O-O-O Qc8 26. Qf5 Qxc4 27. Rxh5 Rxh5
28. Qxh5 b5 29. exf4 b4 30. fxe5 bxc3 31. Bxc3 dxe5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Rb5
34. Qd6 Qf4+ 35. Qxf4 Nxf4 36. Bxg7 Nxg6 {Hort,W (2032)-Voss,N DESC email 2003
1-0 (74)}) 7... d6 8. h5 $14 N6e7 9. a3 Bc5 10. e4 Nf6 11. Bd3 $6 (11. h6)
11... h6 $1 12. f3 Nxh5 $1 13. Nge2 Nf6 14. g4 Nd7 15. Ng3 Rg8 (15... Bb6 {
[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5b3,Gc5d3]}) 16. Bd2 (16. Nf5) 16... Bd4 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Rb1 a4 {
[%csl Rb2,Rb3]} 19. Nce2 Nb3 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qd1 Ng6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5
Nf4 24. Be4 (24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Kf2 $13 {[%cal Gh1e1]}) 24... Qf6 25. Kf2 Nb3
26. Be3 Nc5 27. Bc2 h5 $1 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Bxa4+ Ke7 30. Bc2 hxg4 31. fxg4 Rh8
32. Qf3 g5 33. Rbd1 Qb6 34. f6+ Kxf6 35. Qe4 Ng6 36. Kg3 (36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qxg5
Qxb2 38. Rd2 Rxh1) 36... Kg7 37. Rdf1 Rxh1 38. Qxh1 Rh8 $40 39. Qe4 Qd6 40. Rf5
Qe7 41. Rf2 b6 42. b4 cxb4 43. axb4 Rh6 44. Qe3 e4 45. Qxe4 Qd6+ 46. Kg2 Nf4+
47. Kf1 Qf6 48. Rd2 Nxd5+ 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Kf1 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} f5 {[%emt 0:
00:43]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} (3. g3 {La grande ligne}) 3... Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} (4. Nf3 d5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3) 4... b6 {[%emt 0:01:
20] Une ancienne ligne passée un peu de mode} (4... Bb4) 5. e3 {[%emt 0:01:13]}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} ({RR} 6. f3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. b4 d5 10. O-O Kh8 11. Rb1 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b5 Re8 15.
Bd2 Nf8 16. Kh1 Nh5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Ng1 Ne4 19. Nf3 Ne6 20. Na2 a5 {Rustemov,A 
(2589)-Ulibin,M (2586)/Biel 2004/EXT 2005/1-0 (58)}) 6... g6 $146 {[%emt 0:06:
10] Comme son adversaire jouait vite et s'était préparé sur une de ses
anciennes parties, le Russe décide de dévier le premieraprès quelques minutes
de réflexion.} ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Nf4 a6 9. Be2 g5 10. Nd3 Bxg2 11.
Rg1 Bb7 12. Rxg5+ Kh8 13. Bd2 h6 14. Rg1 Bxh2 15. Rf1 Bg2 16. O-O-O Bxf1 17.
Rxf1 Rg8 18. Qd1 Ne4 19. Rh1 Qh4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Ne5 {Wojtaszek,R (2599)
-Ulibin,M (2521)/Stockholm 2009/CBM 128 Extra/1-0 (39)}) 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:36]
} Bg7 {[%emt 0:04:40] Le mélange des deux systèmes est un peu bizarre et dans
une système de Léningrad, le plan des Noirs vise plutôt а jouer sur cases
noires au centre par d6e5.} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:04:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:32]} 9. b4
$1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} a5 {[%emt 0:07:09]} 10. b5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:
02][%csl Rc7]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:04:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:
01:26]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:14][%cal Ge6e5]} 13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:09:34][%cal Ge3e4,
Ge2f3]} e5 $11 {[%emt 0:07:32]} 14. Rae1 {[%emt 0:01:06][%cal Ge1e7]} Kh8 $6 {
[%emt 0:05:40] Pas forcément indispensable} 15. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:17][%cal Gc4c5]
} c5 {[%emt 0:18:52]} 16. d5 {[%emt 0:16:25][%csl Rb6,Rb7,Rd6]} (16. bxc6 Bxc6
17. Rb1 {[%csl Rb6]}) 16... e4 {[%emt 0:01:38][%cal Gd7e5]} 17. f3 $1 {[%emt 0:
01:58]} exf3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 18. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:59][%cal Ge3e4]} Rae8 {
[%emt 0:09:26]} 19. e4 {[%emt 0:03:44][%cal Ge1e7]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:07:53] Le
russe a désormais moins de 05 minutes pour passer le contrôle de temps.} 20.
Qb1 $1 {[%emt 0:05:34][%cal Gb1e1,Ge4f5,Ge1e7,Gb1a1]} f4 $8 {[%emt 0:01:31]}
21. Qa1 $36 {[%emt 0:02:18] Les Blancs ont un bon avantage d'espace et en
zeitnot, la position Noire n'est pas facile а jouer.} g5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 22.
Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:07][%cal Ge4e5]}
Nh7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (23... Ng4 $142 {[%cal Gg4e5]} 24. Bxg7+ Qxg7 25. Qxg7+
Kxg7 26. Nxg5 {Le GMI a manqué de temps pour calculer au delà ce de coup
intermédiaire} Nde5 27. Ne6+ Bxe6 28. dxe6 Ne3 29. Nxb6 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Rxe6) 24.
e5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:56][%csl Re7]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (24... dxe5 25. Nxb6 $1
Nxb6 26. Nxe5 {[%csl Re7,Rh8][%cal Ge5g6]}) 25. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} 26. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 27. Bh5 $16 {
[%emt 0:00:15][%csl Gb5,Rd6][%cal Gb5b8]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Na4 {
[%emt 0:04:19]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 29. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:
00:32]} 30. Qxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:
04][%csl Ra5,Gb5,Rd6][%cal Ge1e7,Gg1f2]} Kf6 $4 $138 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (31...
Nf6 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Be2 {[%csl Gb5,Rc4][%cal Ge2c4,Gb5b6,Gb6b7]} Rf7 34. Rxf7
Kxf7 35. Kf2 Ke7 $132) 32. h3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 33. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke5 $4 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} (34... Bxe4) 35. Ng3+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Nxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:
00:58]} 38. Bxe8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Luch, Michal"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Ne2 (7. Nd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Qc7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Rb8 11. O-O b6 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Na3 Rbe8 14. Rd1 Bb7
15. a5 a6 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. c4 e6 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Nc3 Rfe8 20. f3 Nfd7 21.
Bf4 Ne5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 R6e7 24. Rd2 h6 25. h4 Bc8 26. Rc1 Qb8 27. Kh2 f5
28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nc4 fxe4 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. fxe4 Rf8 32. Rf2 Qb7 33. Rcf1 Ree8
34. Rf6 Rxf6 35. Rxf6 Qg7 36. Rxd6 Bg4 {Karpov,A (2674)-Istratescu,A (2617)
Bucharest 2005 1-0}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 b5 10. Be3 $146 (10. f4 Rb8 11.
g4 Ba6 12. b3 b4 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. cxb4 Qxb4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2
Nc3 18. Nxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxe7 Nf6 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Qe2 Rbe8 22. g5 Rxe7 23. Qxe7
Nh5 24. Qxd6 Qd2 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Rf1 Ng7 27. Rf2 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Re8 29. Qc3 Nf5
30. Qd2 Qa1 31. d6 Rd8 32. d7 Qd4 33. Bc6 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Nd4 35. Be4 {1/2-1/2 
(35) Meshkov,Y (2385)-Romashin,E (2179) Minsk 2005}) 10... Bb7 11. Nd2 {
[%cal Ga2a4]} e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Nd5 14. exd6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qb6 17. Nf4 Qxd6 18. Nb3 (18. a4 $5 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 18... Qc6+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+
20. Rxf3 c4 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 21. Na5 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5d3,Gc5e4,
Gc5e6,Ga8d8] Les pièces Noires sont mieux coordonnées} 22. Rd1 e5 23. Rd5 $2
(23. Nd5 $8) 23... Rac8 24. Ne2 Rxf3 25. Kxf3 Rf8+ 26. Nf4 (26. Kg2 Nd3 {
[%csl Re2,Rg2][%cal Gf8f2]}) 26... Nd3 27. Rxb5 exf4 28. gxf4 a6 29. Rb6 Nxb2
30. Rxb2 Bxc3 31. Nxc4 Bxb2 32. Nxb2 Rc8 33. Nd3 a5 0-1

[Event "Vaujany op 5th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2014.07.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Joie, Sebastien"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. b4 $5 $146 {Probablement une
préparation maison} (5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. N2b3 Qc7
10. e4 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 (12) Dizdarevic,E (2541)
-Chatalbashev,B (2545) Maribor 2015}) 5... cxb4 6. cxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Nc3
Nf6 (8... Bxd4 $6 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 {Gagne un P mais les Blancs ont des bonnes
compensations}) 9. e4 O-O 10. Rb1 $44 Qd8 11. e5 (11. Bg2 d6 12. O-O {Etait
plus tranquille mais les Blancs doivent probablement continuer de suivre le
plan préparé avant la ronde.}) 11... Ne8 12. h4 $5 d6 $1 {[%csl Re1] Le
centre n'étant pas bloqué , il faut y réagir pour espérer y trouver du
contre-jeu} 13. h5 Bf5 $1 {Le GMI sent le danger et il rend du matériel pour
sortir d'urgence une pièce en défense des cases Blanches de l'aile-roi} 14.
Rxb7 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. hxg6 Bxg6 17. Bg2 Rb8 $11 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 {[%csl Re5]}
19. O-O Nc7 (19... Nxe5 $143 {Prématuré} 20. Nxe5 (20. Bf4 Nxf3+) 20... Bxe5
21. Nd5 {[%csl Re7]}) 20. Nh4 Nxe5 21. f4 $6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gf4f5] Trés
risqué} Nc4 22. f5 Qb6+ 23. Kh2 Bh5 $1 {[%csl Rd2] La pointe!} 24. Qxh5 Nxd2
$17 25. Rf4 $2 (25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 {[%cal Gf5f6] Et la position n'est pas
encore très claire}) 25... Bxc3 26. Rg4+ Bg7 27. Qg5 Qb2 28. f6 Ne6 29. Qh6
exf6 0-1

[Event "Vaujany op 5th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Petre, Nad Titus"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 f5 4. Bf4 (4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Qb3 e6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Ne5 Na5 11. Qa4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. b4 Nb7 14. Qa6
Nd6 15. Qd3 Nde4 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4
cxd4 21. cxd4 Rab8 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 d6 24. Nf3 Rc8 25. Qb3 h6 26. Re2 Qe8
27. Bf4 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Qb7 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Be5 Ra6 32. Rb2 Rb6 33.
Rxb6 axb6 {Bogdanovski,V (2412)-Nestorovic,L (2337) Veliko Gradiste 2015 1/2-1/
2}) 4... Nf6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h3 $146 (8. Bd3 e6 9. e4 fxe4
10. Nxe4 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nf4 13. Bf1 a5 14. h4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16.
Bxf4 Rxf4 17. h5 Ne7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nfg5 Nf5 20. Qe2 b5 21. g3 Rxe4 22. Nxe4
Rb6 23. Rh3 b4 24. g4 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. f4 a4 27. cxb4 Bxd4 28. Rhd3 Bf6
29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Qd3 d5 31. Qxg6+ Bg7 32. Qc2 Qb8 33. Qd2 Qa8 34. a3 d4 35.
Qd3 Qg2 36. g5 Qf2 37. Rf1 Qh2 {Schaefer,J-Schubert,C (2295) Hessen 1999 1-0})
8... e6 9. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Gg2g4]} d6 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. g4 $13 (11. O-O-O) 11...
Kh8 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. O-O-O {La position est trés compliquée
avec des chances réciproques} Qe8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 d5 17. Bd3 Ne4 $132
18. Rdf1 c5 {[%cal Gc5d4,Ga8c8] Les Noirs commencent à prendre l'initiative}
19. dxc5 bxc5 20. h4 Bc6 21. Nb1 $2 {Trop lent} (21. h5) 21... Rb8 $40 22. Nh3
$2 {Les Blancs ont perdu le fil de la partie} Rf7 {[%cal Gf7h7,Gf7b7]} (22...
Ba4 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. h5 Rfb6 $19) 23. h5 Rfb7 $19 24. Bxe4 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2
26. Kxb2 Qxe4 27. a3 d4 28. Ng5 Qe7 29. Rc1 h6 30. Nh3 Qb7+ 31. Ka1 dxc3 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:13:11"]
[BlackClock "0:22:08"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b6 {[%emt 0:
00:00] Une variante qui n'a pas très bonne réputation théorique} (2... Bb4+)
3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} f5 {
[%emt 0:01:04] Très risqué mais le MI veut pêcher en eaux troubles} (4...
Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. b3 Na6 10. Bb2 Nc5 11. Bc2
Qb8 12. Nde2 a5 13. Qd4 h6 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Rad1 d6 16. e4 h5 17. Rfe1 h4 18.
Nf1 Nh5 19. Qe3 Bf6 20. Qf3 g6 21. g4 hxg3 22. Nxg3 Nxg3 23. Qxf6 Nh5 24. Qg5
e5 25. Nd5 Ne6 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Nf4 28. Re3 Qc8 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qxd6
Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 Qg1+ 33. Kd2 Qxf2+ 34. Kd1 {Schleining,Z (2377)-Graf,
F (2481) Saarbruecken 2013 0-1}) 5. f3 {[%emt 0:11:09]} Qh4+ $5 $146 {[%emt 0:
10:17]} (5... Nf6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 fxe4 10. fxe4 c5 11.
Bg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rad1 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Qe5 17.
Bf4 Qh5 18. Bd6 Ng4 19. h3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rd8 21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Qe3 e5 23. Bh2
Bh6 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. Nd5 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Ne8 28. Kg1 Nd6 29. Kf1 c4
30. Bb1 Rc8 31. a4 a6 32. Bg1 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra3 Bf8 35. Bh2 {Olivares,F
(2305)-Alvarez Pedraza,A (2486) Havana 2014 1/2-1/2}) 6. g3 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 8. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. Nh3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:12][%cal Gh3f4,
Gf4h5]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 10. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:00]
[%cal Ge6e5]} 11. Nf4 $14 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Qe2 $1 {
[%emt 0:06:01][%cal Ge3e4]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} fxe4
{[%emt 0:01:01]} 14. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08][%cal Ge4e5]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15.
Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} exd4 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 16. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} O-O-O {
[%emt 0:03:22]} 17. O-O $13 {[%emt 0:01:23][%csl Re4]} Ne5 $6 {[%emt 0:02:09]
Un coup naturel mais le GMI va trouver immédiatement la réfutation} (17...
Kb8) 18. c5 $1 {[%emt 0:07:08]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:08:21]} (18... bxc5 19. Bxe5 $36)
19. cxb6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:02:10][%csl Ga5] Trop lent} (20... Bxd5 {Un moindre mal mais jouer
sans le B ne peut que retarder l'échéance.} 21. exd5 Kb8 22. Qb5 (22. a5 Nc6)
22... Qd7) 21. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 22. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:
01:12]} Re5 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 23. Bh3+ {[%emt 0:09:56]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 24.
b4 $1 {[%emt 0:10:40]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 25. Rac1+ $40 {[%emt 0:07:54]} Kb8
{[%emt 0:11:11]} 26. Nd7+ {[%emt 0:02:05]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Rxf7 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:
58]} 29. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Qxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be4 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 32. Bd7 {
[%emt 0:04:15]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 33. e6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:20]
} 34. e7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Michiels, Bart"]
[Black "Galyas, Miklos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. b4 Nc6 8.
Qb2 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Rd1 Qf5 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Rxd8+
Nxd8 15. g4 Qb5 16. Bg2 Nc6 17. Nd4 Qd5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. O-O Ba6 20. Qc2 f5
21. Rd1 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Rd7 a5 24. Bd4 axb4 25. axb4 Ra2 $2 (25... Nf6
26. Bxc6 Nxd7 $14) 26. Bxe4 $18 fxe4 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Rxh7 Bxe2 29. g5 Rd2 30.
Bf6 Bf3 31. h4 e3 32. fxe3 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Be4 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. h5 e5 36. Rh7+ $2
(36. Rd8 Rh2 37. Rd7+) 36... Bxh7 $18 37. Kxg2 Be4+ 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Kg4 Bc2 40.
Bg7 (40. Bd8 Bd1+ 41. Kh4) 40... Bd1+ $18 41. Kh4 Bc2 42. g6 Kf5 43. Bxe5 $1
Bd1 44. e4+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 g6 {Before this game, when I prepared, I have seen
some games for this "new" system.  Main game is : Xu.J-Short.N 0-1 Shenyang
World Cup 2000...} 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Ne7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Be3 Bb7 9. Qd2
h6 10. O-O f5 $6 (10... g5 {...Short played g5, but I prepared something there
too.}) 11. Rae1 $5 {Rook on f1 will probably play at the g file after Bxf3.} (
11. Rfe1 $5) 11... Nf6 12. exf5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 $5 (13. fxe6 $5 {I wanted to
play this first, but then I decided that gxf3 will be probably better, I have
not seen Over The Board how to play after Bg4!? then after d5, Bf5 or h5 and
then 0-0. But probably it was possible to play this too.} Bg4 $5 14. d5 Bf5 $5
$13 (14... h5 15. Bg5 O-O $13)) 13... Nxf5 14. Kh1 $5 {Interesting move now my
idea of Rae1 is known. Rook f1 goes to g1 and attacking on g6 not possible 0-0
because of Bxf5 and Bh6.} O-O $2 (14... Nh4 $6 15. Bf4 g5 (15... O-O 16. Rxe6
g5 17. Bg3 Nxf3 18. Qe3 g4 19. d5 Nd7 20. Be2 (20. Rxh6 $3 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Rf7
22. Bg6 $5 Rg7 23. Bf5 Nd4 24. Be6+ Nxe6 25. dxe6 Nf8 26. Bh4 $1 Qe8 27. Bf6
Nxe6 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 29. Rg1 $1 Qf7 30. Rxg4 Re8 31. Kg2 $1 $18) 20... h5 21. h3
$1 $16) 16. Rxe6+ Kf7 17. Rfe1 $5 (17. d5 $1 gxf4 (17... Re8 $8 18. Bg3 $18)
18. Qxf4 $18) 17... Nxf3 18. Re7+ $2 (18. Bg6+ Kxg6 (18... Kf8 19. Qd1 Nxe1 20.
Bg3 $4 (20. Bd2 $1 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Kf7 22. Qe2 Re8 23. d5 Kg8 24. f4 $1 $40) 20...
h5 $1 $17) 19. Qd3+ Kf7 20. Qxf3 gxf4 21. Qxf4) 18... Kf8 $1 $19 (18... Kg8 $4
19. Qe3 $1 $18)) 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxh6 $16 Qd7 17. Rg1 Qf7 18. Qg5 Rae8 19.
Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qxg6 Qxg6 21. Rxg6 Re1+ 22. Kg2 Nh5 23. Bd2 $1 $18 Re8 24. Rg5
Nf6 25. Rxf5 {Absoulutely winning position in which I made big problems for
my-self!} c6 26. Bf4 $5 (26. d5 $5 cxd5 27. cxd5 {And now all the pawns of
Black is on the Black squares Bishop on d2 will have very pretty meal on d6 a7
and b6!  But ofcourse Bf4 is not bad at all.}) 26... Kf7 27. Bxd6 Kg6 28. Rf4
$2 {For me it is question mark because I found big troubles after this move.} (
28. Re5 Rd8 29. Re6 $5 Kf5 {I does not found Bc7!! Just this move which
attacks rook on d8 and pawn on c6.} 30. Bc7 $3 Rxd4 31. Rxc6 $18) 28... Bh6 29.
Rh4 Bg5 $1 {The best defence!} 30. Rh3 Bc1 31. Rg3+ Kf7 32. b4 (32. b3 {
I was thinking I am doing better move than b3 and played... But b3 is better I
missed later one move of my opponent!} Bb2 33. Ne4 $1 Bxd4 $4 (33... Nxe4 34.
fxe4 Rxe4 35. d5 $18) 34. Ng5+ $18 {Then just Ne6 check and Nxd4.}) 32... Bxa3
33. Ne4 {Position is winning but still I have difficulties!} a5 $1 {That what
I missed when played b4! Now it is very dangerious that pawn on b4 is attacked
and a4 with Bb2 and a3 is somewhere will be really unpretty!} 34. bxa5 $6 {
I was thinking that 5 pawns against one bishop is really strong in this
endgame but the problem is that black can play c5 somewhere and my center
getting blockated!} (34. Be5 Nxe4 35. fxe4 Bxb4 36. Rg7+ Ke6 $4 (36... Kf8 $8
37. Ra7 {Rook on a7 controlling a pawn and now whites pawns on h2 or on f2 can
go forward with the big effect!} (37. Rb7 $5)) 37. f4 $18 {Next f5 mate is the
threat! after Be7 just f5 and f6, after Re7 f5+ and f6.}) 34... Nxe4 35. fxe4
Bxd6 36. Rf3+ $6 (36. e5 $5 Bc7 37. a6 Ra8 38. Ra3 b5 39. cxb5 cxb5 40. Kf3 $1
$18 {And here I think I was winning! But I played absoulutely another way
which seemed to be winning too!   In this position whites king is going to e4
and then just d5 and f4 with super strong center and absoulutely winning
position!}) 36... Ke6 37. axb6 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 c5 $6 (38... Bxh2 39. c5 Rg1+ 40.
Ke2 Rc1 41. Rh3 $18) 39. e5 (39. dxc5 Bxc5 40. b7 Rb8 41. Rb3 (41. Rf5 $1 Kd6
42. Rf7 Bb6 (42... Ke6 $1 43. Rh7 (43. Rc7 Bd6 44. Rc6 Kd7 45. Rb6 Kc7 46. Rb1
Bxh2 47. Kg2 Bd6 48. Kh3 Rh8+ (48... Rxb7 49. Rxb7+ Kxb7 50. Kg4 Kc6 51. f4 (
51. Kf5 Kc5 52. e5 Bc7 53. Ke4 (53. f4 Kxc4 54. Ke6 Kd4 $1 $11) (53. e6 Bd8 54.
Ke5 Kxc4 55. f4 Kc5 56. f5 Kc6 57. f6 Kc7 $3 58. Kf5 Kd6 $11 {See 51.f4-}) (53.
Kf6 Bd8+ 54. Ke6 Kxc4 55. f4 Kd4 56. f5 (56. Kd7 Bh4 $11) 56... Bc7 $1 57. f6
Bxe5 58. f7 Bg7 $11) 53... Kxc4 54. f4 Kc5 55. f5 Kc6 56. f6 Kd7 $11) 51... Kc5
52. e5 Bc7 53. Kf5 (53. e6 Bd8 54. Kf5 Kxc4 55. Ke5 Kc5 56. f5 Kc6 $1 (56...
Bc7+ 57. Kf6 $18) 57. f6 Bc7+ (57... Kc7 $3 58. Kf5 Kd6 $11) 58. Kf5 Kd6 59. e7
Kd7 60. Kg6 Ke8 61. f7+ Kxe7 62. Kg7 $18) 53... Kxc4 54. e6 Bd6 55. Ke4 Kc5 56.
f5 Kc6 57. f6 Bb4 $3 58. Kf5 Kd6 $11) 49. Kg4 Kb8 50. f4 Rg8+ 51. Kf3 Rf8 52.
f5 $16) 43... Be7 44. Rh6+ Ke5 45. Rb6 Bd8 46. Rb1 (46. Rb5+ Kxe4 47. Ke2 Kd4
48. c5 Kc4 49. Rb1 Kxc5 50. Rc1+ Kb6 51. Rc8 Kxb7 52. Rxb8+ Kxb8 $11) 46...
Kxe4 47. Ke2 Kd4 48. Kf3 Be7 49. Rd1+ Kxc4 50. Rd7 Bd8 51. Ke4 Kc5 52. Ke5 Kc6
53. Ke6 Bc7 $11) 43. h4 Bc7 44. h5 Rxb7 45. h6 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Rb8 47. e5+ Kc6 48.
f4 $18) 41... Ke5 42. f3 (42. h4 Kd4 $1 (42... Kxe4 $5 $11 {But here draw is
more difficult!} 43. h5 Kd4 44. h6 Kxc4 45. Rb1 Bd6 46. h7 $2 Rh8 $11 47. Rd1 (
47. Ke2 Rxh7 48. b8=Q Bxb8 49. Rxb8 Re7+ 50. Kf3 Kd5 51. Rb3 Rf7+ 52. Kg2 Kd4
53. Re3 Rg7+ 54. Kf3 Rf7+ 55. Ke2 Rf4 $11) 47... Kc5 48. Ke2 Kc6 49. Kf3 Bb8
50. Rh1 Kxb7 51. Kg4 Kc6 52. Kg5 (52. f4 Ba7 53. f5 Bd4 54. Kg5 Rf8 55. Rh6+
Kd5 56. Ra6 Bh8 57. Kg6 Ke5 58. Re6+ Kd5 $11) 52... Ba7 53. f4 (53. f3 Be3+ 54.
Kg6 Bd4 55. f4 Rf8 $11) 53... Be3 $1 54. Rh3 Bd2 55. Rh4 Kd5 56. Kf5 (56. Kg6
$4 Rxh7 $3 $11 57. Kxh7 Ke4 $11)) 43. h5 Kxc4 44. Rb1 Bb4 45. Rc1+ Bc3 $11)
42... Kd4 43. Ke2 Kxc4 44. Rb1 Bb4 45. Rc1+ Kb5 46. Rc7 Kb6 47. Rf7 Rxb7 48.
Rxb7+ Kxb7 49. f4 Kc6 50. h4 Kd7 51. h5 Ke6 52. Kf3 Kf6 (52... Kf7 $5 53. Kg4 (
53. e5 Kg7 54. f5 Kh6 $11) 53... Kg7 54. Kg5 Be7+ 55. Kf5 Kh6 56. Kg4 Bb4 57.
e5 Bc3 58. e6 Bf6 59. Kf5 Be7 $11) 53. Kg4 $13) 39... Be7 40. Rb3 $2 (40. Rg3
$1 {I have seen this move over the board but I does not seen Rg6- Kf7 - Rc6-
cd and here Ke2! then just pawns going f4 and c5 and f5!+-} Rb8 41. Rg6+ Kf5 (
41... Kf7 42. Rc6 cxd4 43. Ke2 $18) 42. Rg7 Bf8 43. Rc7 $5 cxd4 44. c5 Kxe5 45.
b7 Kd5 46. c6 Bd6 47. Rc8 Bxh2 48. c7 $18) 40... cxd4 41. b7 Rb8 42. Rb5 Bg5 $1
43. h4 $1 {Only chance I think for a win which worked well!} Bf4 (43... Bxh4 $1
{Was really better My opponent was afraid that I will compare my pawns by f4
after Ke2 but it is not more dangerious than in game ! There I just activated
my h pawn!} 44. Ke2 $8 {Only move to try for a win! Now I want f3 then Kd3 and
if it will be possible then Ke4! And f4 as ideal. somewhere c5 is a threat!
Pawn on d4 is very bad placed for Black!}) 44. Ke2 Bxe5 45. h5 Bc7 46. Kd3 Kd6
47. h6 Rh8 48. Kxd4 Kc6 (48... Rxh6 49. b8=Q Rh4+ 50. Kd3 Bxb8 51. Rxb8 Rf4 52.
Rb2 Kc5 53. Rc2 Rf8 54. Ke3 Re8+ 55. Kf3 Rf8+ 56. Kg2 Rg8+ 57. Kf1 Rf8 58. Re2
(58. Rc1 Rh8 59. Ke2 Re8+ 60. Kd3 Rd8+ 61. Ke4 Re8+ 62. Kf4 Rf8+ 63. Kg3 Rg8+
64. Kh4 Rh8+ 65. Kg5 Rg8+ 66. Kh6 Rf8 67. Rc2 {Black is in Zugzwang!} Rh8+ (
67... Kd4 68. c5 Kd3 69. Rc1 (69. Ra2 $1 Rc8 70. f4 Rxc5 71. Ra4 $1 Ke3 72. Kg6
Rc6+ 73. Kg5 Rc7 74. f5 $18) 69... Kd2 70. Rg1 (70. Rf1 Ke2 71. Rg1 Kxf2 72.
Kg7 Rc8 73. Rg5 Ke3 74. Kf6 Kd4 $11) 70... Rxf2 71. c6 Rf6+ 72. Rg6 Rf7 $11)
68. Kg7 Rh4 69. Kg6 Rh2 70. Kg5 Rg2+ 71. Kh4 Kd4 72. Kh3 Rg6 73. c5 Kd3 74. Rc1
Kd2 75. Rc4 Kd3 76. Rg4 Rc6 77. Rg5 Ke4 78. Kg3 Rf6 79. Kg2 Rc6 80. f3+ Kf4 81.
Rg4+ $18) 58... Kxc4 59. Rd2 Kc3 60. Rd7 Kc4 61. Ke2 Re8+ 62. Kf3 Rf8+ 63. Kg3
Rg8+ $11) 49. h7 Bb8 50. Rh5 Kxb7 51. Kd5 Kc7 52. Ke6 Ba7 53. f4 Bd4 54. f5 Rd8
55. c5 Bh8 56. f6 {Ok , We came to the position which is really interesting!
Now white's idea is to put rook on g7 or g8 in the pretty for it moment! Let's
see what happens!} Rd1 57. Rg5 Re1+ 58. Kf7 Rf1 $4 (58... Rh1 59. Rg7 $18) (
58... Rd1 $1 59. Rf5 (59. Rg7 Kc6 60. Kf8 Rd8+ 61. Ke7 $11) (59. Kg6 Kd7 60.
Re5 Rf1 61. Rf5 Rg1+ 62. Kf7 Kc6 63. Ke8 Re1+ 64. Kf8 Rg1 65. f7 Bg7+ 66. Ke8
Re1+ 67. Kd8 Rd1+ 68. Kc8 Ra1 $11) (59. Re5 $3 {This pretty move I have seen
over the board at the moment of the game, and was very happy that I found this
move/possibility. This nice move making all black hopes impossible!} Rh1 (59...
Rf1 60. Re7+ Kc6 61. Kg8 Bxf6 62. Re6+ Kxc5 63. Rxf6 Rxf6 64. h8=Q $18) (59...
Rd8 60. Re6 $1 Rc8 61. Ke7 Rb8 62. Rd6 $1 Ra8 63. f7 Bg7 64. Rd7+ Kc6 65. Rd8
$1 $18) 60. Re7+ Kc6 61. Kg8 Bxf6 62. Re6+ $18) 59... Rd3 60. Kg6 Rg3+ $11) 59.
Rg7 $3 $18 Bxg7 60. Kxg7 Rg1+ 61. Kh6 Rh1+ 62. Kg6 Kd7 (62... Kd8 63. c6 Rg1+
64. Kf5 Rh1 65. f7 Ke7 66. c7 $18) 63. c6+ Ke6 64. c7 Rg1+ 65. Kh6 Rh1+ 66. Kg7
Rg1+ 67. Kf8 {Here Black resigned.  The last possibility Rc1 I was calculating
over the board and there I found forcing variation to win, ofcourse just Queen
against rook but there is more better really beautiful forcing variation!  67..
.Rc1 68.h8Q-Rxc7 69.Qh3+-Kxf6 70.Qh6+!-Kf5 71.Qd6!! And position is winning
rook have no place to go only move is 71...Rc8+ 72.Kf7 +-!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Qa5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Qa4 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. e3 O-O-O
15. Bd3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 e5 17. f4 e4 18. Be2 h6 19. Kf2 g5 20. h4 Rdg8 21. Rh1
gxf4 22. exf4 Rg7 23. h5 Rhg8 24. Rhg1 Qa6 25. a4 Be8 26. Be1 Nd7 27. Ke3 Nf6
28. Rh1 Qa5 29. Bf2 b6 30. Rh3 Kd8 31. Be1 Ke7 32. Bf2 Kf8 33. Be1 Re7 34. Rh1
Rgg7 35. Ra3 Kg8 36. Bf2 Kh8 37. Be1 Rg8 38. Bf2 Reg7 39. Rh3 Qa6 {Black has
obtained what must be a strategically winning position. All of his pieces are
better and White's structure is shattered. And yet Eljanov has been unable to
find a way in, and it is not easy to find at all. Karjakin, however, cracks
under pressure.} 40. Qd1 $2 Ng4+ $1 {It seems silly to give up this knight,
but Black gets to take all the pawns.} 41. Bxg4 fxg4 42. Rh1 Qxc4 43. Qe2 Qxd5
{Two pawns are two pawns.} 44. Rd1 Qe6 45. c4 Rd7 46. Rd5 Bf7 47. Be1 Qe8 48.
Rf5 Kh7 49. Bc3 Be6 50. Rf6 Rf7 51. Rg6 {Trying to create complications,
Karjakin gives away yet another pawn.} Rxg6 52. hxg6+ Kxg6 53. Ra1 h5 54. Rd1
Rd7 55. Qh2 Qd8 $2 (55... Bxc4 56. Qh4 Qd8 57. f5+ Kxf5 58. Qxh5+ Qg5+ 59.
Qxg5+ Kxg5 {is just winning for Black, but it is easy to be scared of ghosts.})
56. Ba1 d5 $2 {This move is hard to understand. He should simply take the free
pawn when he can.} (56... Bxc4 57. Qb2 {i guess this was the point of ba1, but
it comes with no threat at all.} d5 58. Qe5 d4+ $19) 57. cxd5 Rxd5 58. Qb2 Rd3+
59. Ke2 Qd4 60. Qxd4 cxd4 61. Rxd3 Bc4 62. Bxd4 exd3+ 63. Ke3 {Opposite
colored bishop endgames aren't easy, but luckily for Eljanov this one is
winning.} Kf5 64. Bc3 a5 $1 65. Be1 Ke6 (65... Bb3 66. Kxd3 Bxa4 67. Bf2 Bb5+
68. Kd4 (68. Kc3 Ke4 $19) 68... Be8 69. Kd5 b5 {and this is just over. White
will eventually have to bring back the king and let the Black king in, or he
will have to bring back the bishop after which h4 is a lethal breakthrough in
the kingside.}) 66. Bc3 Kf5 67. Be1 Kf6 68. Bd2 Kg6 69. Bc3 Kf5 $4 {Trying to
gain time, Eljanov misses the fact that this is a three-fold repetition.
Karjakin correctly claimed it and won the match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Bf3
Qc7 9. Ndb5 Qe5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Nd5 d6 14. b3 Qe6 15.
Re1 h5 16. Bg5 Nh7 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Bc3 Qd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd2 e6 21. Qb2+
Kg8 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6 a6 24. Nc3 Qe7 25. e5 Qxf6 26. exf6 Na5 27. Bxb7
Nxb7 28. h4 Nc5 29. Rcd1 Rc6 30. f3 Nd7 31. Ne4 Nc5 32. Nc3 Nd7 33. Ne4 Nc5 34.
Kf2 Nxe4+ 35. Rxe4 b5 36. Ke3 d5 37. cxb5 Rc3+ 38. Kf4 axb5 39. Rb4 Rc2 40. g3
Rxa2 41. Rxb5 Re2 42. Rd3 Re8 43. Rc3 Kh7 44. Rc7 $4 {Surprisingly enough,
this winning attempt costs White the game. Dieser Gewinnversuch kostet
überraschend die Partie.} (44. g4 $11) {[%tqu "En","How would you react to
White's 44.Rc7?","The white king only has one square, the rook on b5 is
unprotected.","Think of a scenario where Black could checkmate the white king
- or use the fifth rank in his favour.","g6g5","Wow!  After this White is
suddenly left with a sad choice - losing a rook or getting checkmated!",20,
"De","Wie würden Sie auf das weiße 44.Tc7 reagieren?","Der weiße König hat nur
ein Feld, der Turm auf b5 ist ungedeckt.","Stellen Sie sich ein Szenario vor,
wo Schwarz den weißen König mattsetzt - oder die fünfte Reihe zu seinen
Gunsten nutzt.","g6g5","Wow!  Danach steht Weiß plötzlich vor einer traurigen
Wahl - Matt oder Turmverlust!",20]} 44... g5+ $1 {A real bomb - White gets
mated or loses a rook! Eine echte Bombe - Weiß wird matt oder verliert einen
Turm.} 45. Kxg5 (45. hxg5 {[%tqu "En","White's king is caught in a mating net.
Tighten it!","After the immediate 45...e5+?, the white king could escape to f5.
","","h7g6","Precisely!   Now after 46.g4 h4! there is no reasonable defence
against the threat 47...e5 mate!",10,"De","Der weiße König zappelt in einem
Mattnetz. Ziehen Sie es zu!","Nach dem sofortigen 45...e5+?, könnte der weiße
König nach f5 fliehen.","","h7g6","Genau!   Nun gibt es nach 46.g4 h4! keine
vernünftige Verteidigung mehr gegen die Drohung 47...e5 matt!",10]} Kg6 $1 46.
g4 h4 $1 {and there is no reasonable defence against the threat 47...e5 mate!
und es gibt keine vernünftige Verteidigung mehr gegen die Drohung 47...e5 matt!
}) {[%tqu "En","How can Black exploit the fifth rank?","Now there is no mate -
but Black can win a rook!","","e2e5","Yep!  Black's rook enters the fifth rank
with tempo, introducing the manoeuvre to win the white rook b5. Have you seen
how?",10,"De","Wie kann Schwarz die fünfte Reihe nutzen?","Nun gibt es kein
Matt - aber Schwarz kann einen Turm gewinnen!","","e2e5","Treffer!  Der
schwarze Turm betritt mit Tempo die fünfte Reihe und leitet so das Manöver ein,
das letztlich den weißen Turm b5 abholt.  Schon gesehen wie?",10]} 45... Re5+
$1 46. Kf4 Rf5+ {Forcing the king into a discovered attack. Zwingt den weißen
König in einen Abzugsangriff.} 47. Ke3 {[%tqu "En","","","","d5d4","",10]} d4+
$1 {The point - Black wins the rook on b5! Die Pointe - Schwarz gewinnt den
Turm b5!} 48. Kxd4 {and White resigned. und Weiß gab gleichzeitig auf.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 {Als Französisch-Experte hat Short natürlich keine Angst vor 2.e4.} 2.
c4 b6 3. e4 {Das ist in der Tat die prinzipielle Erwiderung, aber der Aufbau 3.
a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 - mit der Idee d4-d5 - ist vielleicht populärer.} Bb7 4. Bd3 (4.
Nc3 Bb4) 4... Bb4+ (4... f5 $6 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. c5 bxc5 9.
a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Nd5 11. Nf3 $1 Rxf5 12. b4 Nxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Bb2 a5 $5 15.
h4 $1 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Short,N/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Stohl] (46)}) (4... Nc6)
5. Bd2 Nc6 (5... Qe7) 6. Ne2 {Diese Entwicklung des Springers ist nicht
schlecht, aber 6.Nf3 ist natürlicher. Der Vorteil des Textzugs besteht darin,
dass Weiß in der Folge f2-f4 ziehen kann.} (6. d5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne5 8. Nc3 Nh6
9. f4 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 f5 11. e5 g5 12. Nge2 Qe7 13. O-O-O O-O-O {1-0 Boden,
S-Owen,J/London 1858/EXT 99 (30)}) (6. Nf3 Qf6 (6... Nh6 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2
O-O 9. Nc3 f5 10. Rad1 Qf6 11. e5 Qg6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Be2 Rac8 14. Nh4 Qe8 15.
f4 Nf7 16. Nf3 h6 17. Nd4 {1-0 Jelen,I-Praznik,A/Ljubljana 1998/EXT 99 (42)})
7. d5 $1 (7. e5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qh6 9. Nc3 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12.
Rae1 O-O 13. h3 a6 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Speelman,J/Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001 
(43)}) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nce7 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O Qh6 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. e5 (12. a4
$1 O-O (12... a5 $2 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. d6 $18) 13. a5 $16) 12... Nh5 13. Be4 {
1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Speelman,J/Lippstadt 2000/CBM 78/[Dautov] (50)}) 6... Qf6 {
Das ist die Idee des schwarzen Spiels - nun hängt der Pd4.} 7. Bxb4 (7. e5
Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qh6 9. Qxh6 Nxh6 10. Be4 O-O-O 11. Nbc3 d6 12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O
Ne7 {0-1 Ippolito,D-Speelman,J/Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) (7. d5 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 Ne5 $11) 7... Nxb4 8. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 {Weiß hat ein ausgesprochen
starkes Zentrum, aber die schwarze Stellung ist elastisch.} a6 {Das ist ein
für solche Stellungen typischer Sicherungszug - Schwarz verhindert das
mögliche Nb5.} 10. O-O Ne7 (10... O-O-O) 11. f4 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4,Gf4]
[%mdl 4] Weiß hat großen Raumvorteil. Eine andere Frage ist, wie er hier
weiter vorgehen soll.} Qg6 {Schwarz die Rochade vorerst noch zurück und
bereitet den Zug f7-f5 vor.} (11... O-O 12. d5 $14) (11... O-O-O) 12. f5 $1 (
12. d5 f5 $5 (12... O-O-O)) 12... exf5 (12... Nxf5 $4 13. Nf4 $18) 13. Nf4 Qg5
14. exf5 {Die Diagonale des Bb7 ist zwar geöffnet, aber das weiße Figurenspiel
scheint mir gefährlicher.} O-O-O (14... Nxf5 15. Ncd5 (15. Nfd5) 15... O-O (
15... O-O-O 16. Qxf5 $18) 16. Qxf5 $18) (14... Qxf5 15. Qxf5 Nxf5 16. Nfd5 {
[%cal Rd5c7,Rc7e8,Rc7a8,Rf1f5]} Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd4 18. Rae1+ Ne6 19. Nxc7+ Ke7
20. Nxa8 $16) (14... O-O 15. f6 $36) 15. Ne4 Qh6 (15... Qxf5 16. Nd5 Qe6 17.
Ng5 $18) (15... Qh4) 16. Ng3 $13 (16. c5) 16... d5 (16... g5 17. f6 gxf4 (17...
Ng6 18. Nd5 Nf4 19. Nxf4 gxf4 20. Qd2 Qxf6 21. Rxf4 $14) 18. fxe7 Rdg8 19. Qd2
Qd6 20. Qxf4 Qxe7 21. Qxf7 Qb4 22. b3 h5 $44) 17. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} (17. Rae1
Qd6) 17... g5 $2 {Meines Erachtens wäre dieser Zug zu einem früheren Zeitpunkt
stärker gewesen. Zwar führt die Partiefortsetzung auch zu Komplikationen, aber
Weiß scheint mir hier die Initiative zu behalten.} (17... Rhe8) 18. f6 {
[%mdl 64]} gxf4 (18... dxc4 19. Qxc4 Nc6 20. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Rd5e7,Re7c8]}) (
18... Qxf6 19. Nxd5 Qd6 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Rxf7 $18) 19. fxe7 Rd7 (19... Rde8 20.
Nf5 Qg6 21. c5 $16) 20. Nf5 $16 {[%csl Gf5]} dxc4 21. Qd2 $2 (21. Rxc4 Qg5 22.
Qh3 Kb8 23. Re1 Re8 $13) (21. Qxc4 Qg6 22. Qe2 $16) 21... Qg6 22. Rxf4 $14 b5 (
22... Bd5) 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 Re8 25. Rc5 (25. Rc3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gc3g3,Gg3g6]
}) 25... Bd5 (25... Rd5) 26. Qc2 Kb7 $11 (26... Be6 27. Nd6+ Rxd6 28. Rxc7+ Kb8
29. Qc5 $18 {[%cal Rc5a7,Ra7b8]}) 27. b4 (27. Qf2 $11) 27... c6 $1 (27... Be6
28. Rxc7+ Rxc7 29. Nd6+ Kb8 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Nxe8 Rxe7 32. Nf6 $11) 28. h3 Be6
29. Qc3 (29. Qf2 $5) 29... Bd5 (29... Bxf5 30. Rcxf5 Rexe7 31. Rf6 Qb1+ 32. Kh2
Rc7 33. d5 $1 cxd5 34. Qd4 $16) 30. Qc2 Be6 31. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain II"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 (3. e4 {Mit diesem Zug - der eigentlich die
Hauptforsetezung darstellt - kann Weiß die Variante 3...c5 4.d5 Bxc3 vermeiden.
}) 3... c5 4. d5 (4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 $11) 4... Bxc3+ {Diese originelle
Variante führt zu zweischneidigem taktischen Spiel. Schwarz gibt das
Läuferpaar auf, dafür sind die weißen c - Bauern auf ewig schwach.} 5. bxc3 f5
{Schwarz möchte den Zug e4 verhindern und anschließend mit Nf6 die Herrschaft
über das Feld e4 erobern.} 6. e4 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern und öffnet die
Stellung - und das ist angesichts des Läuferpaares prinzipiell eine gute Idee.}
(6. h4 Nf6 (6... Qa5 7. h5 d6 8. Qb3 gxh5 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Nf4 Nbd7 11. Nxh5 Nxh5
12. Rxh5 Nf6 13. Rh4 Bd7 14. f3 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rdg8 16. Bxf6 {1-0 Jussupow,
A-Nikolaidis,I/Corfu 1999/CBM 74/[Hecht] (51)}) 7. h5 Rg8 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. g4 $5
(9. Nf3 d6 10. Ng5 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 {Dautov,R-Vokac,M Dortmund 1992 54/
49 [Dautov,R]} Nb6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O $15) (9. Qc2 d6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11.
Bf4 Qa5 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. e3 Na4 14. Rc1 b5 $13) 9... fxg4 10. d6 Qa5 11. Qd3 Nc6
12. Bf4 b6 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. dxe7 d5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 c4 17. Qe3 Qxd5 18.
Rh7 g5 19. Bc7 Rg6 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. Qd2 {1-0 Bunzmann,D-Gdanski,J/Saint Vincent
2000/CBM 78 (21)}) 6... fxe4 7. h4 (7. f3 Nf6 8. fxe4 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3
Ng4 $13) 7... Qa5 {Das ist ein sehr riskanter Zug - Schwarz versucht, einen
weiteren Bauern zu erobern und vernachlässigt daher die Entwicklung (speziell
des Königsflügels).} (7... Nf6 8. h5 Rg8 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. d6 $13) 8. h5 Qxc3+
9. Bd2 Qg7 10. Rc1 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Weiß bereitet 11.Bc3 vor, aber dieser Plan
braucht Zeit. Besser wäre 10.Nh3.} (10. Ne2 $6 d6 11. Bc3 Nf6 12. Rb1 (12. Nf4
$44) 12... Nbd7 13. Ng3 Ne5 14. Be2 $2 (14. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qa3
$13) 14... O-O {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Har Zvi,R/Israel 1997/CBM 59/[Har Zvi] (28)}) (
10. Nh3 $142 $1 d6 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. h6 Qf8 13. Bc3 $44 {Weiß hat zwar in der
Tat schon zwei Bauern weniger, aber sein positioneller Druck ist gefährlich.})
10... d6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 $1 {Schwarz entwickelt sich mit Tempo - jetzt sehen wir
den Unterschied zwischen der Partiefortsetzung (10.Rc1 d6 11.Nh3 Bxh3!) und
der oben vorgeschlagenen Variante 10.Nh3 d6 11.Ng5.} 12. Rxh3 Nf6 $15 {Schwarz
hat zwei Bauern mehr, aber die Lage ist noch nicht ganz klar, denn Weiß hat
durch das Läuferpaar etwas Initiative. Zudem muß Schwarz noch einen sicheren
Platz für seinen König finden.} (12... Nd7 $5 $17) 13. Rb1 b6 14. Be2 $2 {
Dieser schablonenhafte Entwicklungszug ist nicht die beste Möglichkeit für
Weiß.} (14. Qa4+ $1 {Weiß kann nun den Pb6 dank der Fesslung zurück gewinnen.}
Nbd7 (14... Kd8 15. Rxb6) 15. hxg6 hxg6 (15... Qxg6 {[%cal Gg6b1]} 16. Rxb6)
16. Rxh8+ Qxh8 17. Rxb6 $132) 14... Nbd7 15. Bc3 (15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rxh8+ Qxh8
$19 {[%cal Rh8h1]}) 15... gxh5 $17 {[%mdl 1024]} 16. Qa4 {[%csl Yc6][%cal
Ra4c6]} (16. Bxh5+ Kd8 $17) 16... Kd8 $1 {[%csl Gd8] Der schwarze König
befindet sich in Sicherheit auf d8.} 17. Qc6 Rb8 (17... Rc8 $1) 18. Qa4 Ra8 (
18... Qxg2 $19) 19. Qc6 Rc8 20. Qb7 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8f2,Gg7g2] Natürlich gibt
Schwarz sich nicht mit Zugwiederholung zufrieden - er hat drei Bauern und
spielt auf Gewinn. Außerdem ist es nun Schwarz, der Angriff gegen den
feindlichen König bekommt.} (20... Qxg2 $19) 21. Qxa7 $6 (21. Kf1 Qf7 $19 {
[%cal Rf6g4,Rf8f1]}) 21... Qxg2 $19 22. Bf1 Qg5 {Weiß hat keine Kompensation
für das Material, sein König befindet sich zudem in großer Not.} 23. Re3 (23.
Rg3 Ng4 $19) 23... Ng4 24. Bh3 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 (5. dxc5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc5 7.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ne5 Be6 9. g3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 11. Bg2 Nf6 $5 (11... Bxc4 12.
Rb1 Ba6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Bxb7 Bxb7 15. Rxb7+ Rc7 16. Rb8 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Kxc8 18.
Bxc5 Nf6 19. Bxe7 Nd5 20. Bc5 {1-0 Ulibin,M-Belkhodja,S/Dubai UAE 2002/(29)})
12. Rb1 $6 (12. Bxb7 $5 Rab8 13. Ba6 Ne4 $44) 12... b6 $1 13. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44 {
0-1 Bacrot,E-Topalov,V/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77/[Ribli] (33)}) 5... Bxc3+ {Schwarz
gibt das Läuferpaar auf und verschlechtert die weiße Bauernstruktur.} 6. bxc3
f5 {Dieser Zug ist gegen e2-e4 gerichtet.} 7. Qa4+ {Mit diesem Damenschach
stört Weiß die normale schwarze Entwicklung. Nach 7...Nd7? kommt 8.Ng5.} (7. h4
Nf6 8. Ng5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne5 11. h5 Rg8 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14.
f3 Bd7 15. f4 Nf7 16. Nf3 Kd8 17. Bd3 Kc7 {0-1 Burmakin,V-Solak,D/Nova Gorica
SLO 2002/ (34)}) (7. g3 Qa5 8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Bh6 (10. O-O Nb6 11. Nd2
(11. Bh6 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qa4 14. Rfe1 Qxc4 15. e4 $44) 11... Bd7 12.
e4 O-O-O 13. Re1 Rhe8 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qc2 Qa4 16. Qd3 Kc7 17. Rb1 e6 {
0-1 Krainski,A-Markowski,T/Glogow 2001/EXT 2002 (46)}) 10... Rg8 11. O-O Nb6
12. a4 Bd7 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Bg5 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nf7 16. e4 O-O-O 17. exf5 g5 18. Be3
Bxf5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. cxb5 {1-0 Ivanov,S-Markowski,T/Glogow 2001/EXT 2002 (28)}
) (7. h3 Qa5 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. Bh6 Nbd7 10. e3 Nb6 11. Bd3 $14) 7... Kf8 (7... Bd7
8. Qb3 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Borik,O-Pekarek,A/CZE 1993/TD (8)}) 8. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h6
{Schwarz vermeidet das Motiv Bh6+ und bereitet die Entwicklung des Springers
auf f6 vor.} (8... Nf6 9. Bh6+ Kg8 10. e3 $14) 9. Bf4 Nf6 {[%cal Gf6e4,Gf6g4]}
10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qc7 $13 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und Raumvorteil, aber
Schwarz hat eine feste Stellung, weil die weißen Bauern auf der c-Linie
potenziell schwach sind.} 12. Qc2 b5 $5 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6d5] Schwarz opfert
einen Bauern und öffnet die Stellung, bekommt aber den d5-Bauern. Anderseits
bin ich nicht ganz sicher, ob diese Spielweise wirklich die beste Möglichkeit
für Schwarz ist.} (12... Kg7) 13. cxb5 c4 (13... Nxd5 14. h5 g5 (14... Nxf4 15.
exf4 $16) 15. Bh2 {[%cal Gc2f5]} e6 16. e4 $16) 14. Be2 Nb6 (14... Nxd5 $5 15.
h5 (15. Bh2 $13) 15... g5 16. Bh2 N7f6 17. Nd2 $13) 15. Nd2 Nbxd5 (15... a6 $13
) 16. Bh2 e5 (16... a6 17. bxa6 Bxa6 18. h5 $16) 17. Bxc4 Bb7 {Schwarz hat
einen Bauern weniger, aber seine Bauernmasse steht stark im Zentrum.} 18. O-O
Kg7 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c2]} 19. Bxd5 (19. a4 $5 $14) 19... Bxd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Gd5h1] Nun hat Schwarz außerdem einen starken Läufer auf der großen Diagonale,
demgegenüber steht der weiße Läufer viel schlechter.} 20. c4 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Nd7
22. a4 (22. h5 $5 Be6 23. hxg6 Kxg6 $14) 22... Be6 23. a5 $14 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5,
Gc4]} (23. h5 g5) 23... g5 24. h5 (24. hxg5 hxg5 $132 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Gh8h2]})
24... Nc5 25. Rcb1 {[%cal Gb5b6]} Rb8 26. Qb2 {[%cal Gb5b6,Gb2g7]} Kh7 27. b6
Qf7 (27... axb6 28. axb6 Qf7 29. Ra7 Rb7 30. Rba1 $14) 28. Qc2 Rhc8 $44 {
[%cal Gc8c2] Schwarz hat aktives Gegenspiel am Damenflügel.} (28... axb6 29.
axb6 Rb7 $14 (29... Qxh5 30. Ra7+ Kg6 (30... Rb7 31. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga7h7,
Gc2h7]}) 31. Nf3 $16)) 29. Nf3 (29. bxa7 Qxa7 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 $44) 29... axb6 (
29... Bxc4 $5 30. bxa7 Rxb1+ 31. Rxb1 (31. Qxb1 Nb3 32. Ra2 Bd5 {[%cal Rc8c1,
Rc1g1,Rc1b1]} 33. Rc2 Ra8 $13) 31... Bd3 32. Qd1 Bxb1 (32... Qxa7 33. Rb6 Rd8
$13) 33. Qxb1 Ne4 $19 (33... Qxa7 34. Qxf5+ $18 {[%cal Rf5h7,Rf5c8]})) 30. Rxb6
(30. axb6 Bxc4 31. Ra7 Rb7) 30... Rxb6 31. axb6 Rb8 (31... Bxc4 $2 32. Ra7 Nb7
33. Bxe5 dxe5 (33... Be6 34. Bc3 $18) 34. Nxe5 $18) 32. Ra7 Rb7 33. g4 {
[%cal Gc2h7] Ein überraschender Zug - Weiß möchte am Königsflügel aktiv
spielen. Dieser Zug führt zu Komplikationen, aber die schwarze Stellung ist
voll verteidigungsfähig.} (33. Rxb7 Qxb7 34. Qb1 Nd7 $11) 33... Rxa7 34. bxa7
Qxa7 35. gxf5 Bf7 36. Qd1 (36. f6+ Kg8) 36... Bxc4 (36... Bxh5 $2 37. Nxg5+ $18
) 37. Bxe5 $5 $13 {[%mdl 512] Weiß opfert die Figur und befreit sich von
seinem schlechtem Läufer.} dxe5 38. Nxe5 {[%csl Gd1,Ge5,Rh7]} Bf7 (38... Be2
39. Qd6 Bxh5 40. f3 $13) 39. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4a7]} Nb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Ein
unglaublicher Fehler!} (39... Bxh5 40. Nd3 Qd7 41. Nxc5 Qxf5 $11) 40. Qxa7 $18
1-0

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {Diese Variante war in den 70er Jahren bei den englischen
GMs populär.} 3. Nf3 (3. a3 {Das wäre die Hauptfortsetzung für Weiß.}) 3... Bb7
4. a3 {Weiß möchte 5.Nc3 nebst 6. d5 spielen - mit Übergewicht im Zentrum.} f5
(4... Nf6 {Durch Zugumstellung gelangt man so in die die Grundstellung a3 -
Variante der Damenindischen Verteidigung.}) 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d5 {Nun ist der Bb7
ist abgeschlossen, und Weiß hat bequemes Spiel.} Be7 (6... g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Rb1 $14) 7. g3 (7. b4 $6 a5 $1 8. b5 Ne4 9. Na4 Bf6 10. Rb1
Qe7 11. Qc2 d6 12. e3 Nd7 13. dxe6 Ndc5 {0-1 Krasenkow,M-Bischoff,K/Brno 1994/
CBM 43/[Ftacnik] (20)}) 7... Ne4 8. Bd2 {Dieser Zug scheint mir logischer als
der Tausch des Ne4.} (8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. Ne5 O-O (9... Bf6 10. Ng4 exd5 11. cxd5
Na6 12. Bg2 Nc5 13. Rb1 a5 14. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Romero Holmes,A/Wijk
aan Zee 1995/CBM 46 (45)}) 10. Bg2 Bc5 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 Qe8 13. Nc4 a5 14.
b3 b5 15. Be3 Be7 16. d6 Bf6 17. dxc7 bxc4 18. cxb8=Q Rxb8 19. Rc1 c3 20. Bd4
Rc8 {0-1 Wells,P-Kengis,E/Dresden 1996/CBM 53 ext (39)}) 8... Bf6 {Wir haben
eine ähnlcihe Stellung erreicht, wie in der Variante mit 4.g3 Bb7 der
Damenindischen Verteidigung (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7).} (8...
Bc5 9. e3 a5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nd3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e5 15.
Nb5 Qe7 16. e4 f4 17. b4 axb4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. axb4 f3 20. Bh1 c6 {0-1
Adorjan,A-Miles,A/Biel 1983/MCL (56)}) 9. Rc1 (9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 exd5 11.
cxd5 Bxd5 12. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Bg2 Na6 16. Nh4 Bxg2
17. Nxg2 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Ionescu,C-Speelman,J/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (41)}) 9... a5
$6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht. Es ist klar, dass Schwarz Na6 spielen und
sich gegen b2 - b4 verteidigen möchte, aber dieser ganze Plan scheint mir zu
langsam. Schwarz sollte besser sofort mit 9...c6 aktives Spiel im Zentrum
suchen.} (9... c6 $5 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O O-O (12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2
Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. h4 Na5 18. b4 Nb3 19. Rc2 Nd4
20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Na2 d3 {1/2-1/2 Gutman,G-Bokros,A/Pardubice CZE 2001/(48)})
13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. Rcd1 (16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Rfd1 g5 18.
e3 g4 19. Ne1 Ne5 20. Ne2 Nf7 21. Nf4 Ng5 {0-1 Gormally,D-Speelman,J/Torquay
1998/CBM 66 ext (31)}) 16... Qe8 17. Nb5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. b4 g6 20. Qb3
Rc8 21. Rc1 Kh8 22. Rc2 e5 $13 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Romero Holmes,A/Villarrobledo
2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) 10. Bg2 Nd6 $6 {Schwarz greift den Pc4 an, aber der
Springer steht unnatürlich auf d6.} (10... Na6 $5) 11. b3 $14 {Weiß hat
Raumvorteil im Zentrum, seine Figuren stehen gesund.} Na6 12. O-O a4 $6 {
Schwarz setzt auf Komplikationen, aber sein König steht noch in der Mitte.} (
12... O-O $142 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb5 $14) 13. Nxa4 exd5 14. cxd5 b5
$8 {Das ist die einzige Gegenchance für Schwarz - sonst hat er einfach nur
einen Bauern weniger.} (14... Bxd5 15. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) 15. Nc3 b4 16.
axb4 Nxb4 17. Nb5 $5 {Weiß gibt den Bauern zurück, bekommt dafür aber
dauerhafte Initiative.} (17. Ne1 $16 {Dieser ruhige Springerzug verteidigt den
Mehrbauern.}) 17... Nxd5 (17... Nxb5 18. Bxb4 $16) 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Be1 {
[%csl Rd6,Rd7][%cal Gd1d6] Es droht 20.Nh4 mit Materialgewinn - die schwarzen
Leichtfiguren (Bb7, Nd5) hängen in der Luft.} Qb6 (19... Qe7 20. Nh4 Qe6 (20...
Bxh4 $2 21. Bxd5 $18) 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. e4 $16) (19... Qb8 20. Nd4 $16) 20. Nd2
$1 {[%cal Gd2c4][%mdl 2048] Ein starker und vielschichtiger Zug - Weiß öffnet
die Diagonale des Bg2, und der Springer gelangt nun nach c4.} Qb5 (20... Nc3
21. Rxc3 Bxc3 22. Nc4 $18) 21. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} Be7 22. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 (22...
Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Nb6 $18) 23. Nb6 Qxb6 24. Qxd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rd5f5,
Rd5a8] Die weiße Dame beherrscht das Brett - Schwarz muss schon einen Bauern
geben.} Rb8 25. Ba5 $1 (25. Qxf5 Qxb3 $14) 25... Qa6 (25... Qxb3 26. Rc8+ $18)
26. Qxf5 $16 Rf8 (26... Rb5 27. Rc8+ Qxc8 28. Qxb5 $18) 27. Qd5 g6 28. b4 {
Weiß hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern.} Qa8 (28... Qxe2 29. Rce1 Qa6 30. Bc7 (30.
b5 Qxb5 (30... Rxb5 $2 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Re1+ Kf6 33. Bc3#) 31. Qxd6 Rf7)
30... Rb5 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Bxd6 Rf7 $16) 29. Qd3 {Weiß tauscht seine aktive
Dame schon deswegen nicht, weil sich der gegnerische König in der Mitte
befindet.} (29. Qxa8 Rxa8 $16) 29... Rf5 30. Bc7 Rxb4 31. Bxd6 Rb6 (31... Bxd6
32. Qxd6 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Rfd1 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern
weniger, aber sein größtes Problem ist seine katastrophale Königsstellung.} Qb7
34. Rc4 {Weiß kann entweder 35.Re4+ oder 35.Rd4 ziehen.} Re6 35. Rd4 d5 36. e4
$1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Dieser schöne Zug gewinnt die Partie.} Rxe4 (36... dxe4 37.
Rd7+ Kf6 (37... Ke8 38. Qd4 $1 (38. Qc3 Qxd7 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 $11) 38... Qb6 39.
Qh8+ Rf8 40. Rd8+ $18) 38. Qc3+ $18) 37. Rxe4+ dxe4 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Rd6+ Ke5
40. Rb6 $1 (40. Rb6 Qd5 (40... Qa7 41. Qd6#) 41. Qh8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sinanovic, Muhamed"]
[Black "Sandler, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. d5 O-O 8. Bg5 $6
f6 9. Bf4 c6 $5 {Continuing in provocative style.} (9... e5 10. Be3 f5 {
looks fine for Black.}) 10. d6 Nc8 11. b4 $2 c5 $6 12. Rb1 $6 cxb4 13. axb4 f5
$4 ({Neither player realised that Black was missing a great chance to break
out of White's bind with} 13... g5 $1 {(also playable on move 11). The main
point is that 14.Bg3 or 14.Be3 allows 14...f5 so White probably needs to
sacrifice a pawn with} 14. Bd2 Nxd6 15. Bd3 {but his compensation is
negligible. After missing this opportunity, Black never gets another chance
and his queenside pieces suffocate.}) 14. e5 h6 ({Perhaps Sandler had
originally intended to play} 14... g5 {here, hoping for} 15. Bxg5 $2 Bxf3 $1
16. Qxf3 Qxg5 17. Qxa8 Nc6 {with some compensation for the exchange since the
e5 pawn cannot be held.}) ({However Sinanovic had prepared} 14... g5 15. Nxg5
$1 Bxe5 16. Qh5 $3 Bxc3+ 17. Kd1 {when White has a winning attack.}) 15. h4 Nc6
16. Be2 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rb8 20. g3 Kh7 21. Kf1 Na7 22. Na4
Qe8 23. Kg2 Qf7 24. Rbc1 Rfe8 25. Rhe1 Qg8 26. Qd4 Nc8 27. Bd2 Qf8 28. Bxb4
axb4 29. c5 bxc5 30. Qxc5 b3 31. b6 b2 32. Rb1 Nxd6 {Pointless, but it is
understandable that Black wanted to enjoy a few moves of freedom before
resigning.} 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. exd6 Rec8 35. b7 Rc2 36. Red1 e5 37. Bd5 e4 38.
Nb6 e3 39. Nxd7 Rxb7 40. Bxb7 e2 41. Re1 Bc3 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. d7 Ba5 44. Ne8+
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 {That was already some surprize for me,since
Aleksei had only opted for 3.Nc3.} a5 4. e4 {A very ambitious way to fight for
the opening advantage-white seizes a lot of space.} ({Another common line here
is-->} 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5) 4... d5 5. cxd5 (5. e5 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7.
Bc3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 Ra8 13. Re1
Qd7 14. Re4 a4 15. Rc1 a3 16. b3 Ncb4 $15 {0-1 Sapunov,E-Ibragimov,I/Moscow
1999/CBM 75 (40)}) 5... exd5 6. e5 Ne7 {That is a flexible square for the
knight-later it can be placed either at g6 or at c6. It's also important,that
7.Bd3 can be met by 7...Bf5,while the knight keeps ''f5'' square under control.
} 7. Nc3 {A principal continuation-now black cannot avoid the exchenge of his
dark-squared bishop.} ({The alternative is:} 7. Nf3 c5 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2
cxd4 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Nh4 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Graf,A-Hillarp Persson,T/Benidorm ESP 2003/The Week in Chess 473
(79)}) 7... c5 {Ofcourse,black should attack white's pawns centre as soon as
it possible.} (7... O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. h3 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Be2
Be4 $132 {0-1 Arlandi,E-Buhmann,R/Pula 2003/CBM 94 ext (45)}) 8. a3 Bxc3 (8...
cxd4 $6 {can be strongly met by:} 9. axb4 dxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbc6 11. Nf3 $1 ({
only not} 11. b5 $2 d4 12. bxc6 dxc3 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. bxc3 Ng6
$15) 11... Bg4 12. b5 Nb4 13. Be2 $14) 9. bxc3 Nbc6 10. Bb5 $146 {I don't like
that move,as it actually forces white to exchange his light-squared bishop.} ({
More logical looks:} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 $5 Bf5 12. Nf3 $14) 11... c4
12. a4 Rb8 13. f4 b5 14. axb5 Rxb5 15. Nf3 Rb3 16. Qc1 Qb6 $132 {0-1 Arlandi,
E-Kosten,A/Geneve 1993/EXT 97 (53)}) 10... Qb6 11. Qa4 ({Black has no problems
after:} 11. Qb3 O-O (11... cxd4 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. cxd4 O-O $11) 12. dxc5 Qxc5
13. Nf3 d4 $132) 11... Bd7 {Creating a concrete threat of 12...Nxe5.} ({
Also possible would be:} 11... O-O $5 12. Ne2 Nf5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 $132 {with a
complicated play.}) 12. Rb1 {That move doesn't make sence,since black has some
development advantage.} ({I would prefer:} 12. Nf3 $5 Nxe5 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4
Nxe5 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. O-O $44) 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16.
O-O $44 {with a reasobalbe compensation for the pawn due to weakness of Kd7.})
12... O-O ({Good enough was also:} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rxb7+ Ke6 $132 {and black is at least not worse.}) 13. Ne2 $2 {
Missing black's 14th move.} ({The right way was:} 13. dxc5 $142 Qxc5 14. Nf3
Ng6 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Be3 Qe7 $132 {[%cal Gf5e4] however black has
a nice piece play.}) 13... Na7 $1 14. dxc5 $8 Qg6 $1 {[%csl Rb1,Rb5][%cal
Gg6b1] That intermediate move was probably overlooked by Aleksei-white cannot
avoid a loss of exchange.} 15. Bxd7 Qxb1+ 16. Nc1 {That looks very passively,
but i can hardly recommend something better.} ({For instance,} 16. Qd1 Qe4 17.
O-O Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qe4 19. Bd6 Rfd8 $17) ({or} 16. Bc1 Nac6 17. e6 fxe6 (17...
Qg6 18. exf7+ Qxf7 19. O-O Ne5 $15) 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. O-O Qd3 (19... Qg6 $143
$6 20. Bh3 $15 {and black's advantage is not that obvious.}) 20. Re1 Rf6 21.
Bh3 Raf8 $17) 16... Nac6 17. e6 Qg6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg6g2]} 18. exf7+ ({
Hardly better was:} 18. Qg4 Ne5 19. Qxg6 (19. exf7+ Qxf7) 19... N7xg6 20. exf7+
Kxf7 $17) 18... Rxf7 19. Qg4 ({Even worse would be:} 19. O-O Ne5 20. Be3 N7c6
21. Bh3 Nc4 $19 {[%csl Ra4,Gc4,Rf1,Gf7,Gg6] with a full domination of black's
pieces.}) 19... Nf5 $1 {That forces white to exchange his bishop.} 20. Qxg6
hxg6 21. Bxc6 (21. Be6 Re8 $19) 21... bxc6 $17 {Now the endgame is very hard
for white-he has no counterplay,so black may just improve his position.} 22.
Kd1 {Trying to prevent the penetration of black's rook.} (22. f3 Rb8 $19) 22...
Re8 23. Kc2 (23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxa5 Nd4 25. Re1 (25. f3 Rd7 $19) 25... Ra8 $19)
23... Nh4 {Provoking the weakening of king-side pawn structure.} 24. g3 $2 $138
{That natural move is a decisive mistake!} ({The only chance was creating some
counterplay:} 24. Nd3 $142 $1 Nxg2 25. Rb1 (25. h4 Re4 26. Bg5 Re2+ 27. Kd1 Ra2
$19) 25... Nh4 26. Rb6 Nf3 27. Be3 $17 {and black's task is still not that
easy.}) 24... Nf3 25. Be3 ({Hopeless would be also:} 25. Bf4 Ne1+ $1 26. Kd1
Ng2 27. Nd3 Nxf4 28. gxf4 (28. Nxf4 Rb7 $19) 28... Rb7 29. Kd2 Rb3 $19) 25...
Ne5 $19 {Finally the knight finds an ideal square. White cannot avoid a
decisive penetration of black's rooks.} 26. Bd4 (26. Nb3 Nc4 $19) 26... Nc4 {
[%csl Gc4][%cal Gf7b7,Gb7b2]} 27. a4 Rb7 {White cannot avoid an additional
loss of material.The rest is clear.} 28. Nd3 Re2+ 29. Kc1 Ra2 30. Re1 Ra1+ 31.
Kc2 Na3+ 32. Kd2 Ra2+ 33. Ke3 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2000.04.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 d5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Nge2 Bxe2 10. Bxe2 Qe7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b4 a6 13. Rab1 c6 14. Bd3
Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. h3 g6 17. a4 b5 18. a5 Re6 19. Rec1 Kg7 20. Rc2 Rae8 21.
Na2 Nh5 22. Be2 Nhf6 23. Bf3 h5 24. Nc1 Nh7 25. Nd3 Ng5 26. Bd1 Ne4 27. Qc1 Nb8
28. Bf3 Ng5 29. Qd1 Rf6 30. Ne5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Rbc1 Qf5 33. h4 Nxf3+
34. Qxf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. e4 $1 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gd1d8]} dxe4 37. Rd1 Rd3
38. Rxd3 exd3 39. Rd2 Kf6 40. Rxd3 Ke7 41. Re3+ Kd8 42. f4 Nd7 43. f5 Nf8 44.
Re5 Kd7 45. Kf2 $2 {According to Mathew this is where White's winning chances
disappear.} (45. fxg6 fxg6 46. Rg5 $1 {seems to leave Black defenceless
against White's king infiltration because the knight is tied to g6 and the
black king can't help it because it needs to cover the queenside. Nonetheless,
it's not so easy to win because the White can king cannot cross d4 to get to
c5 due to Ne6+ and if the rook retreats along the g-file the king can mabye
come to f6 to free the knight. However, it does seem to be winning e.g.} Ke7
47. Kf2 Kd7 48. Ke3 Ke7 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Rg1 Kd6 51. Rd1+ Ke6 (51... Ke7 52. Ke5
Nd7+ 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Rf1 Ke6 55. Rf3 Kd6 (55... Nf6 56. Kc5 Nd7+ 57. Kd4 Nf6
58. Re3+ Kd6 59. Rg3 Ng4 60. Rf3 Ke6 61. Rf8 {etc.}) 56. Rf7 c5+ 57. bxc5+ Nxc5
58. Rf6+) 52. Rd8 Nd7 53. Ra8 Nf6+ 54. Kd4 Nd5 55. Kc5) 45... Nh7 $1 46. fxg6
fxg6 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Nf8 49. Re8 Ne6+ 50. Kc3 g5 51. hxg5 Nxg5 52. Rd8+ Kc7
53. Rh8 Ne6 54. Rxh5 Kd6 55. Rh6 Kd5 56. Rh8 c5 57. Ra8 cxb4+ 58. Kxb4 Nc7 59.
Ra7 Kc6 60. Kb3 Kd6 61. Kc2 Kd7 62. Rb7 Kc8 63. Rb6 Nd5 64. Rh6 Ne3+ 65. Kb3
Nc4 66. Kb4 Kb7 67. Rh7+ Kb8 68. Rg7 Ka8 69. Re7 Kb8 70. Rh7 Ka8 71. Kc5 Kb8
72. Rh8+ {[%mdl 4096]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 {This is known as the English Defence and is usually
employed by GMs as a fighting weapon as it leads to unclear or imbalanced
middlegames.} 3. d4 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 {This is the more solid approach as it
takes the sting out of Black's typical undermining move f7-f5.} ({The most
popular move here is} 5. Bd3 {but recent practice is seeing Black getting good
play after} f5 6. Qh5+ (6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Bg5 fxe4 8. Bxe4 Bxe4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10.
Qxe4 Nc6 $11) 6... g6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5 fxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11.
Qxe4 Nc6 $11) 5... Ne7 {Preparing ...f5.} 6. Bd3 e5 $5 {Knowing that Georg is
a theoretician, there is a good chance that this is still part of Black's prep.
} ({The more logical follow up is} 6... f5 {but it's unpleasant to meet} 7. Bg5
$1 h6 8. Bh4 g5 $6 (8... Qc8 9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10. exf5 $16) 9. Bf2) 7. Nge2 $146 {
This is the new move or deviation of the game.} ({If} 7. a3 {Black gets a nice
version of a Sämisch Nimzo-Indian after} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nbc6 $1 9. Ne2 d6 10.
O-O O-O $11 {[%cal Gc6a5,Gb7a6,Gf3f4,Gf7f6] ½-½ (86) Klekowski,M (2509)
-Teclaf,P (2373) Katowice 2018}) 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Nbc6 {Black has found a
good placement for his minor pieces and White isn't able to pose any serious
problems so we can say that the opening is a success for Black.} 9. Nde2 Ne5 (
9... Bc5 $5 10. Na4 (10. a3 a5 11. Na4 d6) 10... d6 $11) 10. a3 Bxc3+ {Black
doesn't mind trading as he has less space.} 11. Nxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4
N7g6 (13... Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Ng6 15. Bg3 {transposes.}) 14. Bg3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 d6
16. Nd5 Qd7 {Black has achieved a very solid position.} (16... a5 $5 17. O-O-O
a4 18. Kb1 Ne5 $11) 17. O-O-O Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ (18. cxd5 b5 $1 19. Kb1 b4 $1 20.
axb4 (20. Rc1 Rab8) 20... a5 $40) (18. exd5 b5 $5 $40 (18... Rab8 $40 {[%cal
Rb6b5]})) 18... Qf7 19. Kc2 Ne7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {White has no edge in this
ending despite his bishop due to lack of open lines. Black was never in any
danger playing the ensuing ending especially for an endgame specialist like
Georg.} 21. Kc3 a5 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Rd2 h5 24. h4 g6 25. Rhd1 Nc6 26. Rd5 Re6
27. Bf4 Ne7 28. R5d2 Nc6 29. Rd5 {Wojtaszek couldn't find any way to make
progress without weakening his position, and therefore decided to propose a
peace treaty here, which was willingly accepted by his opponent.} Ne7 30. R5d2
Nc6 31. Rd5 {A nice opening choice as Black by GM Meier against such a
well-prepared opponent and defending champion of the event!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Boris Gelfand is one of those few players at the top level who is a pure
Queen's Pawn player. He invariably opens his game with 1.d4.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6
{With Jobava at the board you can always hope for interesting and unorthodox
play. The Owen Opening with e6 and b6 is not an uncommon opening at club level
but at the highest levels of chess it remain a rare guest.} 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3
Bb4+ 5. Bd2 (5. Kf1 $1 {is a potentially very dangerous move as proved by
Wesley So against Baadur Jobava. The point is that you make the bishop on b4
look pretty silly and at the same time avoid piece exchanges.} Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Nf3 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Kg2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 $14 {1-0 (37) So,W (2744)-Jobava,B (2713)
Bergamo ITA 2014. White has developed his pieces and avoided exchanges. Just
what was required.}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 $6 {This looks a little passive. After
all in such structures White's knight would definitely be more useful on c3
than on d2. Hence Qxd2 was the more logical move in my opinion.} (6. Qxd2 d6 (
6... f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. f3 fxe4 9. fxe4 O-O 10. Nf3 $14) 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. f4 Qh4+ (
8... e5 $5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 $14) 9. g3 Qe7 10. Nf3 $14 {Wojtaszek, R-David,
A 1-0 (35)}) 6... d6 7. f4 (7. Ngf3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ng6 $132 {Black has
a very decent position.}) 7... Nd7 $146 {Black has a very comfortable position.
The main reason for the same is that one pair of pieces have been exchanged.
If instead the dark-squared bishops remained on the board, say the black
bishop on e7 and White's one on e3, then White would have a clear advantage
because Black would be quite cramped. Now he already has good squares for his
remaining pieces.} (7... c5 $6 8. d5 $1 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Qg4 g6 11. Ne2 $16
{would give White a good advantage.}) (7... e5 $5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd7 {
[%cal Gg8f6,Ge8g8] Black has a harmonius development.}) 8. Qg4 $6 {This quuen
sortie was completely unnecessary. Black's next few moves are very easy. He
develops his knight with a tempo to f6 and then picks the pawn on g2 with his
rook which gives him very nice counterplay.} ({On the other hand} 8. Ngf3 {
is not so dangerous:} Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 e5 $1 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d5 Ng6 $11
{Black has a fine position.}) 8... Ngf6 $1 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Rxg2 (10... e5 {
was very interesting.} 11. Ngf3 Ng4 12. Qxh7 Ndf6 13. Qh3 exf4 $13 {with very
active pieces for Black.}) 11. Ngf3 (11. Ne2 $142 {[%csl Ye1][%cal Ge2f4] It's
not so easy to decide where the knight will be better placed. Nf3 looks
perfectly natural, but Ne2 would be a more useful move as the f4-pawn would be
defended.}) 11... Qe7 (11... Rg6 {was a possibility} 12. Qh3 (12. Qh4 Rg4)
12... Rg4 {[%csl Rf4] It is not surprising that the f4-pawn is weak, what
surprises me is that it can be attacked in such a kind of position! The
difference can be clearly seen here. The picture would have been different had
the knight been on e2.} 13. Qh6 (13. f5 $6 exf5 14. exf5 Qe7+ {[%csl Re1]} 15.
Kd1 (15. Be2 O-O-O $19) 15... O-O-O {[%csl Rd1]} 16. Kc2 d5 $1 $15) (13. O-O-O
Rxf4 14. Rhg1 e5 {[%cal Ge5d4,Gd8e7,Ge8c8]} 15. c5 $1 Qe7 $13 {[%cal Ge8c8]})
13... Rg6 14. Qh3 $11 {A draw is a good result for Black but not if the Black
player is Baadur Jobava. He hardly ever agrees to quick draws.}) 12. Qh3 Rg7
13. O-O-O Ng4 $1 {The safety of the king can wait here, activating the knight
is the need of the moment. The family of the central pawns have left enough
weak squares behind. Jobava doesn't let go of the opportunity to pressurise
these dark squares at the right time.} (13... O-O-O 14. Rhg1 Rdg8 15. Rg5 $1
$14 {With the rook posted on the g5-square, Black is cramped and lacks active
plans.}) 14. Qg3 (14. Rhf1 Qf6 $1 $15 {[%cal Gg4e3,Gf6f4]} (14... Ne3 $6 15.
Rg1 $1 $11)) (14. Rdf1 O-O-O 15. Rhg1 Rdg8 $13 {[%csl Ge3,Gg4]}) (14. Qg2 Rg8
$1 (14... O-O-O $5 15. h3 Nge5 16. Qxg7 Nxd3+ 17. Kc2 Nf2 {Black wins back the
exchange but White is just fine. He can play Ng5 here and keep an edge.} 18.
Ng5 $5 $14) 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Qe2 O-O-O $132) 14... Ndf6 $1 {Suddenly the threat
of ...Nh5 is pretty strong.} 15. Ng5 $6 (15. Qe1 Nh5 16. f5 e5 $15 {[%cal
Gh5f4]}) (15. Rdg1 {was relatively the best.} Nh5 16. Qe1 Nxf4 17. Bc2 {
[%cal Gh2h3]} Rg8 $1 18. h3 Nf6 19. Rxg8+ Nxg8 20. Ba4+ c6 $15 {Though a bit
worse, White can try for some practical compensation as Black lags behind in
development.}) (15. h3 Nh5 $1 16. Qe1 Nxf4 $17) 15... h6 16. Nh3 (16. h3 hxg5
17. hxg4 gxf4 18. Qxf4 (18. Rh8+ Kd7 $19) 18... Rxg4 19. Qf3 O-O-O $17) 16...
O-O-O {Black's 0-0-0 brings his last piece, the a8-rook, into the game. Now
Black's pieces co-ordinate perfectly and the king is also safe. Gelfand is in
big trouble.} 17. Rde1 Nh5 {Though Black's knights are on the rim, it is
White's position that is dim! The queen has only one logical square to go to
and that is f3.} 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. Re2 $6 (19. Qf1 Nxf4 $1 20. Nxf4 Nf2 $1 $15 {
[%cal Gf2d3,Gf2h1] Forking the h1-rook and the d3-bishop.} 21. Bc2 Nxh1 $15 (
21... Qxf4 $2 22. Re2 $18)) 19... Kb8 {Though directly playing ...f5 was
better, this is a very human move moving the king to safety from any possible
checks in future.} (19... f5 $1 {was worth considering.} 20. Nf2 Nxf2 21. Rxf2
Rg4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf4] The f4-pawn falls.}) 20. Bc2 f5 $1 21. Qf1 Nhf6 (21...
d5 $1 {[%cal Gb7a6,Ga6f1] was extremely strong as after} 22. cxd5 (22. exd5
exd5 $19) 22... Ba6 $1 $19 {Black is just winning.}) 22. Nf3 (22. Rg1 Nxe4 23.
Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxh2 $1 $19) 22... Qh5 23. exf5 exf5 24. d5 {Shutting in
the bishop but at a very severe cost. Now the e-file falls into White's hands.}
Re8 $5 (24... Ba6 {also is very strong as after} 25. b3 Nxd5 $1 26. cxd5 Ne3
27. Qf2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Nxc2 $19 {Black has a winning position.}) 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8
26. Qd3 (26. Bxf5 $4 Ne3 27. Qd3 Nxf5 28. Qxf5 Qe3+ $19) 26... Re7 $1 {The
bishop on b7 is shut in for the time being but all the rest of the pieces are
playing very nicely.} 27. Rf1 Ne3 28. Rf2 Ba6 $1 29. Bb3 (29. b3 Nfxd5 $19)
29... Nexd5 30. Qxf5 Bxc4 $1 {To beat the solid Gelfand with Back is a big
achievement by Jobava and it was not out of well known theoretical lines. The
e6 followed by b6 setups give Black an original position which hasn't been
analysed in too much depth. Jobava played the entire game flawlessly and was
able to beat Gelfand without much difficulty.} (30... Bxc4 31. Bxc4 Re1+ 32.
Kc2 (32. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kc2 Ne3+) 32... Ne3+) (30... Re1+ {is also winning.}
31. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Bd1 (32. Kc2 Nb4#) 32... Bxc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {The English Defence. Once again Adhiban chooses a system
which is not theoretically popular.} 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Now this has a flavour of the
Nimzo-Indian + the Queen's Indian.} 4. Qc2 Bb7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 f5 {And now
we have some sort of a Dutch!} 7. Nh3 {Wojtaszek develops his knight on h3 so
that he can keep the e4-square under control with the move f3.} Nf6 8. f3 O-O
9. e3 Nh5 10. Be2 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 {Overall White has a very harmonious position
with the centre, and the bishop pair. But Black's play is easy. He just
develops ...d6-Nbd7 and breaks in the centre with ...e5.} d6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2
e5 14. d5 f4 {Adhiban decides that it is best to close down the position
against White's bishops.} 15. e4 a5 16. g3 Qe7 (16... fxg3 17. hxg3 Qg5 18. f4
Qxg3 19. Rxh5 Qg1+ 20. Kd2 (20. Bf1 Rxf4 $19) 20... Qxf2 21. Rf1 $13) 17. g4
Nhf6 18. Qc2 c6 $1 {The white king doesn't really have a safe spot to go to
and hence Adhiban opens up the position in the centre.} 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 Ra8 {Black's pieces are activated without any
issues.} 23. Bb2 Nf8 $1 {The knight will make its way via e6 to d4.} 24. Qd2
Ne6 25. O-O h5 26. Rd1 Ra2 27. b5 $6 (27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxb2 29. Rxe6 Bd7
$1 30. Rd6 Rxe2 31. g5 Nh7 32. Rxd7 Nxg5 $11 {when the position is around even.
}) 27... Bd7 28. c5 {This was Wojtaszek's plan. To get the bishop to c4.} Nd4
$1 29. c6 (29. Bc4+ d5 $1 30. exd5 Nxf3+ $19) 29... Be6 {True the pawn on c6
is strong. It is even protected. But the knight on f6 is going to come around
to c7 and blockade the pawn. The other knight will also jump in and the
b5-pawn would become quite weak. Although at first look this seems like better
for White, it is in fact the other way around.} 30. g5 Ne8 31. h4 Nc7 {The
right idea, but the wrong timing.} ({Black would have been better served first
swinging his queen over to a7} 31... Qa7 32. Kg2 Nxe2 33. Qxe2 Qa4 34. Rc1 {
and only now play} Nc7 $1 {after which he has successfully infiltrated the
white position and has ensured that the b5-pawn will fall without giving up
his other advantages.} 35. Rc2 Qb3 36. g6 Kf8 37. Qd2 Ke7 38. Nd3 Qxb5 39. Nb4
Ra4 $17) 32. Kg2 Bb3 (32... d5 $5) (32... Ncxb5 $2 33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Qb4 Nd4
35. Bxd4 $16) (32... Qe8 $1 33. Bd3 Ncxb5 34. Bxb5 Nxb5 $17) 33. Rc1 Nxe2 34.
Qxe2 Ba4 {Black goes after the b5-pawn, but now the d6-one is also equally
weak and Black loses control.} 35. Qc4+ Qf7 36. Qb4 {White is already pretty
fine, because the d6-pawn is falling.} Bxb5 37. Nd1 $1 {The bishop on b2 is
defended and the d6-pawn is attacked.} Kh7 (37... Qe6 38. Nc3 $16) 38. Qxd6 $18
{In a matter of few moves the position has turned into a clearly better one
for White.} Be2 39. Qxe5 $1 Ra5 40. Qd6 (40. Qd4 $1 Ne6 41. Qxb6 $18 Rb5 42.
Qf2 Bxd1 43. Rxd1 $18) 40... Ra2 {Forty moves have been made. Now White is
clearly winning and also has a lot of time in hand.} 41. Qb4 (41. Qd7 $1 {
Not an easy combination to see.} Qxd7 42. cxd7 Ne6 43. g6+ $3 {The only move
to win.} Kh6 (43... Kxg6 44. Rc6 $18) (43... Kg8 44. Rc8+ $18) 44. Rc2 $1 Bxd1
45. Bxg7+ $18) (41. Rc2 {is the simpler way to win.} Bxd1 42. Qxd1 Qb3 43. Qc1
Ne6 44. Rd2 $18) 41... b5 42. Nf2 Ne6 43. Ra1 Rxa1 44. Bxa1 {White is still
better, but nowhere close to what he was four moves ago.} Qa7 45. Qd2 Qe3 46.
Qxe3 fxe3 47. Be5 $6 (47. Nh3 b4 {Maybe Wojtaszek was afraid of this position,
but it should be a draw.}) 47... b4 48. c7 exf2 49. Kxf2 Ba6 {Black has won a
piece but White has two pawns in return and a very strong structure. The game
should be objectively drawn.} 50. Ke3 g6 51. Kd2 (51. f4 b3 52. Kd2 Bc8 53. Kc3
Nc5 54. Bd4 Nxe4+ 55. Kxb3 $19 {This is also losing as the knight will pick up
the h4-pawn and the pawn will queen.}) 51... Kg8 52. Kc2 Bc8 53. Kb3 Nc5+ 54.
Kc4 (54. Kxb4 Nd3+ $19) 54... Na6 55. Bd6 Be6+ 56. Kd4 (56. Kb5 b3 $19) 56...
Kf7 57. f4 b3 58. Kc3 Ke8 59. c8=Q+ (59. f5 gxf5 60. exf5 Bxf5 61. Kxb3 {
would have given better drawing chances.} Kd7 62. c8=Q+ Kxc8 63. Kc4 Kd7 64.
Kd5 $11) 59... Bxc8 60. Kxb3 Kd7 61. Ba3 Bb7 62. f5 (62. e5 Nc7 $19) 62... Bxe4
63. f6 Bd5+ 64. Kc3 Nc7 65. Kd3 Ke6 66. Bc1 Nb5 {Black has complete control on
the light squares and Wojtaszek saw no reason to continue the fight.} 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bd3 Nbc6 14. Rac1
Qd6 15. Rc3 h5 16. h4 g6 17. Rfc1 Kg7 18. a3 Rhc8 19. Kg2 a5 20. Qg5 Rh8 21.
Bb5 Rac8 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Bb5 f6 {The reason why I would like to show you this
game is because simply unbelievable things start happening from this point
onwards, right until the end of the game.} 24. Qf4 $5 {A bold decision
accepting the tripled pawns.} (24. Qe3 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4] was objectively
stronger and would have retained the advantage for White but this is nowhere
near as creative as what was played in the game.}) 24... Qxf4 25. gxf4 $5 {
[%csl Gf2,Gf3,Gf4] The tripled pawns look hideous, but the c-file is beckoning
the white rooks.} Nd8 26. Rc7 Kf8 27. Rd7 Rh7 (27... Nf5 28. Rcc7 Nxh4+ 29. Kh3
Nf5 30. Bd3 Ke8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Rg7 $16 {is a horrible position for Black.
None of his pieces are playing and the white rooks wreak havoc on the seventh
rank.}) 28. f5 $1 Rf7 $1 {A great defensive move found by the world female
number one.} (28... exf5 29. Nf4 $18) (28... gxf5 29. Nf4 $18) 29. fxg6 Nxg6
30. Rcc7 Nxh4+ 31. Kh3 Nxf3 32. Kg3 Ng5 {Black is two pawns up, but wait, dear
folks, this is just the beginning.} 33. Nf4 {The knight comes in, threatening
to take back one pawn with Nxh5.} h4+ 34. Kxh4 Nf3+ 35. Kh5 {The king now
joins the attack.} Nxd4 {Another important pawn bites the dust and the b5
bishop is hanging.} 36. Kg6 {But who cares!} Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Nxb5 {Black is not
only two pawns up but now has an extra piece as well.} 38. Kxf6 $1 {Ng6
followed by Re7 or Rg7 is a deadly threat. And imagine having absolutely no
time as we are nearing the 40th move.} Nc6 39. Nxe6+ Ke8 (39... Kg8 40. Rg7+
Kh8 41. Ng5 Nd8 (41... Rf8+ 42. Nf7+ Rxf7+ 43. Rxf7 $14) 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+
$11) 40. Rxd5 {The knight on b5 surprisingly lacks good squares to go to!} Rb7
$6 ({It was time to take a draw and go back home!} 40... Nba7 41. Nc7+ Kf8 42.
Ne6+ Ke8 43. Nc7+ Kf8 44. Ne6+ Kg8 45. Rg5+ Kh8 46. Rh5+ Kg8 47. Rg5+ $11 {
[%csl Ge6,Gf6,Gg5] The black king alone cannot escape the trio of white king,
rook and knight.}) 41. Rxb5 Rf7+ 42. Kg5 Rxf2 43. Rxb6 {White is the one who
can press now, as he is a pawn up. But this is very drawish.} Ne5 44. b3 Kd7
45. Nc5+ Kc7 46. Re6 Nc6 47. Re3 {The players agreed to a draw. I think it was
a piece of brilliant attack and defence by both sides, especially from the
player with White.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Solin 7th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Schluricke,R"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. b4 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bb5+ Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. c4
O-O 9. Bb2 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bc3 Bc8 15.
e4 Nh5 16. Ba5 Nf4 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Nf1 f5 19. N3d2 Qe7 20. Rb3 Kh8 21. Kh1 h5
22. Ne3 Bh6 23. a4 h4 24. Bc3 h3 25. g3 Nh5 26. exf5 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxf5 28. Qd1
Qg5 29. Qe2 Kg8 30. a5 Nc8 31. f3 Nf6 32. Ba4 Rxb3 33. Bxb3 Qh6 34. Nf1 Ne7 (
34... Ng4 $1 35. fxg4 $140 $2 Bxg4 {[%cal Yf8f1]} 36. Kg1 (36. Qe1 $2 Rxf1+ 37.
Qxf1 Qxe3 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 38. Bd1 Bxd1 39. Qxd1 Qe4+)) 35. Bd2 Qh5 36. Bd1 (36.
g4 Nxg4 37. Ng3 Qh4 38. fxg4 Bxg4) 36... Bd7 37. Rb3 Ba4 38. Rb7 Bxd1 39. Qxd1
Rf7 40. Kg1 (40. Rxa7) 40... e4 41. Rb3 exf3 42. Qxf3 Ng4 43. Qe2 Nf5 44. Rb8+
Kg7 45. Bc3+ Nd4 46. Bxd4+ cxd4 47. Re8 Qf5 48. Re4 Ne5 49. Rf4 d3 50. Qf2 Qd7
51. Rxf7+ Qxf7 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7 53. Nd2 Ke7 54. Kf2 Ng4+ 55. Kf3 Nxh2+ 56. Kf4
Kf6 57. g4 g5+ 58. Kg3 {Wahrscheinlich ist hier bei Schwarz das Blättchen
gefallen, eigentlich steht Schwarz auf Gewinn.} (58. Kg3 Nxg4 59. Kxh3 Ne5 $19
60. Kg2 Kf5 61. Kg3 a6 62. Kg2 Kf4 63. Kf2 g4 $19) 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 (2... d5 {wäre die Tschigorin-Variante des Damengambits.})
3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 ({Auch nach} 4. e4 Ng6 5. Nc3 Bc5 {hat Schwarz gute
Ergbenisse erzielt.}) 4... Ng6 5. a3 {Wurde bisher selten gespielt.} ({
Häufiger geschah hier} 5. g3) ({oder} 5. e4) 5... f5 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 ({"Normal" war} 10... Bxf6 11. Qh5 O-O 12.
Nh3) 11. Ng3 Nf4 12. Bf5 $6 ({Die Maschine empfiehlt} 12. Be4 $5 f5 13. Nxf5
Nxg2+ 14. Kf1 Nf4 15. Ne2) 12... Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Qd7 14. Nxe7 $2 (14. g4 h5 $13)
14... Nxg2+ {Ein unangenehmer Zwischenzug.} 15. Kf1 Nf4 {Der Se7 hat keinen
Rückzug, läuft also nicht weg.} 16. Rc1 Kxe7 17. Rc3 Rag8 $17 {Die Partie
ist gelaufen. Der schwarze König steht sicher, der weiße nicht. Schwarz hat
seine Truppen schon in Position gebracht. Der weiße Königslügel schläft
noch. [#]} 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 h5 20. Ke1 (20. Rg3 h4 $19) 20... Qf5 21. Kd2
Rg4 22. Kc1 Rhg8 23. Rf1 b6 24. h3 Rf4 25. Qe3 Rg2 26. Rc2 Rf3 27. Qh6 {[#]}
Qg5+ (27... Qg5+ 28. Qxg5 fxg5 {Der weiße h-Bauer fällt und der schwarze
h-Bauer läuft durch. Der schwarze König kann zudem beliebig in die weiße
Stellung spazieren.}) 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f5 {[#] Schwarz
verfolgt ein interessantes strategisches Konzept, vermutlich inspiriert durch
die Partie Karjakin-Eljanov, die kürzlich beim Worldcup gespielt wurde.} 7. h4
(7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Qa5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Qa4 13. Bf1
Ne4 14. e3 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 (69) Karjakin,S (2762)-Eljanov,P (2717) Baku 2015})
7... Nf6 8. Bh6 Qa5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e3 Rg8 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. f3 Qa4
14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. Kf2 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qb5 Qc2 18. Rhd1 Qxc3 19. Rac1 Qa3
20. Qb1 Na4 21. Qc2 Rd7 22. Nb1 Qb4 23. Rd3 Nb6 24. Rb3 Qa4 {[#] Die
Weltranglistenerste steht mit dem Rücken zur Wand.} 25. Qb2 ({Stärker war
sofort} 25. Nc3 {z.B.:} Qc6 (25... Qa5 26. Nb5 a6 27. Ra3 Qb4 28. Rb1 {mit
Damenfang.}) 26. Nb5 Kb8 27. Qc3 Nh5 28. Nxa7 Kxa7 29. Qa5+ Kb8 30. Rxb6 $18)
25... Rf7 26. Nc3 Qc6 27. Nb5 Kb8 {[#]} 28. Nxd6 Ne4+ $1 {Ein schöner
Gegenschlag, der Schwarz wieder ins Spiel bringt.} 29. fxe4 (29. Nxe4 fxe4 30.
f4 Nc8 $13) 29... Qxd6 30. Bf4 ({Mit} 30. exf5 {bewahrt sich Weiß noch etwas
Vorteil.}) 30... fxe4 31. g3 (31. Kg1 Rxf4 32. exf4 Qxf4 {mit unklarer
Situation.}) 31... Ka8 32. Kg2 Qc6 {[#]} 33. Rxb6 $2 {Weiß möchte auf Matt
spielen, doch das lässt sich abwehren.} (33. Rb5 Rc8 34. Qc3 $15) 33... Qxb6
34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Rc3 {Matt in 1.} Rxf4 36. exf4 Rd8 {Schwarz hat die d-Linie
und einen Mehrbauern und steht besser, aber nicht unbedingt auf Gewinn. Den
technischen Teil meistert Hou souverän.} 37. Rc2 h5 38. Kf2 Ka7 39. Ke3 Rd4
40. Rc3 Bf7 41. Ra3+ Kb8 42. Rc3 Kc7 43. Rc2 Be6 44. Rc3 Kd6 45. Rc2 b5 46.
cxb5 Ra4 47. Rd2+ Bd5 48. f5 gxf5 49. Bxh5 Ke5 50. Rc2 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 b6 52. Be2
Bxa2 53. h5 Bd5 54. Rc1 e3+ 55. Ke1 Ra7 56. Bc4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 Bb7 5. f3 f5 {Morozevich ist offenbar auf
Krawall aus.} 6. exf5 Nh6 7. fxe6 Nf5 8. Bf4 dxe6 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. O-O-O {[#]}
Bxc3 $6 (10... Nfxd4 {1/2-1/2 (56) Sadler,M (2665)-Kengis,E (2590) Koge 1997})
11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nh3 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 {Der erste "neue" Zug in einer theoretisch
bekannten Variante.} (13... Qh4 14. Bg5 Qh5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. fxe4 Nh4 17. Bxh4
Qxh4 18. Rhe1 g5 19. Qb5 h6 20. Qe5 Rae8 21. Rf1 Qg4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. d5 Qe2
24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kg7 27. Qe5+ Kg6 28. Qe6+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Muhvic,D (2210)-Markovic,I (2230) Opatija 1995}) 14. dxc5 Qf6 15. Qc2 Rac8 {
[#] Die Engines sehen Weiß im Vorteil, aber wer möchte gerne diese Position
gegen Morozevich spielen?} 16. g4 Nh4 (16... Bxf3 $5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rhe1
Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxc5 $16) 17. Bxh7+ (17. Rhf1 Ng6 18. Bd6 $16) 17... Kh8 18. Rd7
e5 19. Rd6 Qf7 {[#] Übersieht den weißen Schlag.} (19... Qe7 20. Bg5 Qf7 21.
Rhd1 $16) 20. Rh6 $1 {Und Ende. Der Turm kann nicht genommen werden. Es droht
ein tödlicher Läuferabzug.} Nxf3 (20... gxh6 21. Bxe5+) 21. Bg6+ gxh6 22.
Bxf7 exf4 23. Qg6 Rc6 24. Be6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rohan, Ahuja"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:47"]
[BlackClock "0:05:34"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. Bg2 (5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3
Nf6 8. Bg2 Qa6 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 b6 11. b3 Ba6+ 12. Ke1 Nb4 13. Kd1 Ng4 14.
Rf1 Bxf1 15. Bxf1 Nxf2+ 16. Ke2 Ng4 17. Ba3 Nc2 {0-1 (17) Gunina,V (2506)
-Malakhov,V (2707) Moscow 2013}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nc6 9.
Nc3 Qc5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qb3 (11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. Qc2 b5 $15) 11...
Qh5 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Qa3 Bh3 14. Qxa7 e5 15. f3 b6 16. Qa4 Rfc8 17. Bxh3 Qxh3
18. Be3 h5 19. Bf2 (19. Bg5 $14) 19... h4 20. Rd6 (20. Qc2 $11) 20... hxg3 21.
hxg3 e4 $17 22. Rxc6 Re8 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxf6 Rxe2 25. Rf4 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qh2+
27. Ke3 {[#] Sobald der Te8 ins Spiel kommt, ist die Partie vorbei.} b5 $1 28.
cxb5 Re8+ 29. Re4 (29. Kd3 Qe2#) 29... Bh6+ 30. Kd4 Qd2+ 31. Kc5 Rc8+ (31...
Rc8+ 32. Kb6 Qd6+ 33. Kb7 Qc7+ 34. Ka6 Ra8#) 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 $5 {Transposing to a Leningrad
where Black has the extra move a7-a5.} a4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. d5 d6 9. e3
exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Ne2 Nxd5 13. O-O c4 14. Bc2 {14.Bxc4?? N5b6
- +} Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qxc3 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. Bb4 Qe5 19. Bxa4 b5 20.
Bd6 Qg5 21. h4 Qf5 22. Bc2 Qe6 23. Qd4 Nf6 24. Rab1 $2 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Ra6 $19 26.
Bc5 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bd7 28. a4 Rc6 29. Ba3 Rb6 30. Bc5 Rc6 31. Ba3 Rb6 32. Bc5
Rb8 33. Bd6 Rb6 $4 34. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Skalkotas, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Lupu, Mircea Sergiu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 $5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Qa4 Qxa4 9. Nxa4 d6 10. b3 Nf6 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nb2 O-O 13. Nd3 $14 Rfc8 14. Bd2
a5 15. Rc1 b6 16. Be2 Be8 17. Kf2 Rc7 18. a4 Rac8 19. g4 Nd7 20. h4 Rb7 21. Rb1
Nc5 22. h5 e5 23. h6 Bf6 24. Kg3 Bd8 25. g5 Rcb8 26. Rhc1 f5 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28.
Nf2 Bd8 29. Rd1 Rf7 30. Rf1 Rbb7 31. Nd3 g5 32. Rg1 Kf8 33. Nxc5 bxc5 34. Kf2
Rf4 $1 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Bd3 Bg6 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Kd2 Kf6 39. Kc2 {39.e5+!?} Re7
40. Rbf1 Re5 41. Kd2 Be8 42. Rf2 Kg6 43. Rh2 Bd7 44. Bf1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 Qa5 $6 6. Bd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Qd8 9. Be2 $14 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Be3 b6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nd4 Ne5
{More logical, because of White`s space-advantage, is 14. - Nxd4. Instead
Black goes for a Hedgehog-position with some tempi down.} 15. b3 Ned7 16. Rac1
a6 17. Rfd1 e6 18. Bf1 Qe7 19. Bg5 {To make d6-d5 more difficult. Another plan
is a later a2-a4-a5 breaking up Black` s Queenside.} Rfd8 20. Nde2 Ne5 21. Qe3
Qc7 22. Na4 Bc6 $2 23. Bxf6 $1 {Not 23.Nxb6 Nfg4.} Bxf6 24. Nxb6 Rb8 25. Nd5
$18 exd5 26. cxd5 Qb7 27. dxc6 Nxc6 28. Nc3 Ne7 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rbc8 31.
Bc4 Qb4 32. Rcd1 Rc5 33. g3 Qa3 34. Rxc5 Qxc5 35. Qxc5 dxc5 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37.
Bxa6 Bf6 38. Kf1 Kf8 39. Bc4 Bc3 40. Ke2 g5 41. Kd3 Bb4 42. a4 f6 43. e5 fxe5
44. Ke4 Bc3 45. Kd5 Ke7 46. Kxc5 h5 47. b4 Kd7 48. b5 Bd4+ 49. Kd5 Bg1 50. a5
Bxh2 51. b6 Bg1 52. Bb5+ Kc8 53. Kc6 h4 54. gxh4 gxh4 55. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Ochoa de Echaguen, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. f4 Bd7 11. fxe5 Nh6 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Qd2 Qc5 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Ng5 Ne3 17. Qf2 Nd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Ne4 Rhd8 20. Bxd4
Qxd4 21. Nc3 Qd2+ 22. Kb1 Qc2+ 23. Ka1 Nxc4 24. Rb1 Nd2 25. Qa7 Nb3+ 26. Ka2
Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Qb3 {Threatening 28. - Qa2+.} 28. Rd1 c6 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qxa5+
Kc8 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. Qa5+ Kc8 33. Qa8+ Kc7 34. Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sideif Sade, Fikret Israfil O"]
[Black "Lempert, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 (3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 a5 (6... Bc5 7.
Bg2 O-O 8. Nh3 a5 9. O-O Na6 10. e4 $14 {Pagden-Plaskett, Lloyds Bank 1982}) 7.
Bg2 Na6 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Rb1 exd5 13. cxd5 $14
{Kozul,Z-Hamdouchi,H, Biel izt 1993}) 3... Bb7 4. Bd3 (4. d5 Nf6 $5 (4... Bb4+
5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Kxd2 Nf6 (8... f5 $1 9. f3 Na6 10. Nc3
Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O $15 {Williams-Miles, BBC Master Game 1976}) 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bd3
O-O 11. Nf3 c6 $10 {Timman,J-Spassky,B, Tilburg 1983}) 5. Bd3 b5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7.
Qf3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 exd5 9. exd5 Qe7+ 10. Kf1 O-O 11. d6 {11. Nge2} Qxd6 12. Qxb7
Bxc3 {13.Be3 Qb4} 13. Be2 Ba5 14. Qxa8 Qb4 $1 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. a3 Qb3 17. Qxf8+
Kxf8 18. g3 Qc2 $1 {Galliamova Ivanchuk,A, Muhutdinov,M, Nabereznye Chelny 1993
}) 4... f5 (4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 (5. Kf1 f5 6. exf5 {main-line}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bc2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 {Sokolov,I-Speelman,J,
Biel izt 1993}) 5. exf5 Bb4+ (5... Bxg2 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 Bg7 8. gxh7+ Kf8 9.
Ne2 $16 {Browne,W-Miles,T, Tilburg 1978}) 6. Kf1 (6. Bd2 $2 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Bxg2
8. Qh5+ Kf8 $19) 6... Nf6 (6... exf5 7. c5 $1 {7. Bxf5?! Nf6} bxc5 8. a3 c4 (
8... Ba5 $2 9. dxc5 Qf6 10. Ra2 $1 {(Seirawan,Y)} c6 11. b4 Bd8 12. Re2+ Ne7
13. Bb2 $18) 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Bg5 $1 Kd8 $1 13. Nh4 $1
$16 {Seirawan,Y-Schüssler,H, Malmö 1979}) 7. c5 $1 bxc5 8. a3 c4 {8. - Ba5 9.
dxc5 +/=/+/-} 9. Bxc4 Ba5 10. fxe6 dxe6 11. Bxe6 {11. Nc3!? +/=} Qe7 $1 12. d5
$6 {12.Bc4} Nxd5 $1 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 $17 14. Ne2 Qf7 15. Nbc3 Bb3 16. Qd3 O-O 17.
Be3 Nc6 18. Qb5 Rae8 $19 19. Bc5 Bc4 $1 20. Qxc6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxe2 22. Kg1
Rxf2 $1 23. h4 Rb2 24. Rd1 Qh5 25. Rd4 Rf1+ {25.Kh2 Qe5 - +} 0-1

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schuh, Hubert"]
[Black "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. g3 $5 {White can get a small advantage in
various ways (4.e4 is normal).} (4. Bf4 $2 Qb4+ 5. Bd2 {5.Qd2 Qxb2 6.Qc3 Bb4 -
+} Qxb2 6. Bc3 Bb4 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Qc1#) 4... Nxe5 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Nf6
7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qd4 Qe6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 $14 {Black has
a backward d-pawn.} Rd8 13. Rd3 Qf5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. b3 h6 16. Qe3 Ne8 17. Qd2
Rd7 18. Bg2 Bf8 19. h4 {19.e4} Rad8 20. Qe3 Qa5 21. Qd2 f6 22. Ne4 Qh5 23. Be3
Bf5 24. Rd4 d5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Bf3 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Qg6 28. h5 Qf7 29. Qc3 $2
Bxe4 $19 30. Bxe4 c5 31. Bg6 Qd5 32. e4 cxd4 0-1

[Event "FRA-NED"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ (4... Bxf3 5. exf3 d5 6. Nc3 dxc4 $6 7.
Bxc4 c6 8. d5 $1 exd5 9. Nxd5 Ne7 10. Nf6+ $6 gxf6 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qxd8 Nd5
$10 {Draw agreed. Bilek-Schüssler, Helsinki 1978.}) 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 d5 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. f4 c6 10. b3 Qd6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Rad8
14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Qb8 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Nd4 Nc7 19. Bf1 Qb7 20.
Bd3 Rfe8 21. Re1 a6 22. g4 Nb5 23. Nf3 d4 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ne4 f5 26. Bxb5 cxb5
27. Nd6 Qf3 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rf8 30. Rxe6 Nd5 31. gxf5 Nxf4 32. Re4 Nd3
33. Rd1 (33. Rc2 Nxc5) 33... Nxc5 34. Rexd4 Rd7 35. b4 Na4 36. Nxb5 Rxd4 37.
Nxd4 Rd8 38. Rd3 Kf7 39. Ra3 Rxd4 40. Rxa4 a5 $1 41. Rxa5 Rxb4 42. Kg2 Kf6 43.
Kg3 Rc4 44. a4 Rb4 45. h4 h5 46. f3 Rc4 47. Ra7 Rc1 48. Ra6+ Kxf5 49. Ra5+ Kg6
50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. a5 Ra1 52. Rb5 g6 53. f4 Ra3+ 54. Kf2 Kg7 55. f5 Rh3 56. Rb4
Ra3 57. Rb5 Rh3 58. Rb1 Rxh4 59. fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {This is considered inaccurate because of White`s reply.} 3.
e4 $1 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 $5 (4... f5 5. exf5 Bxg2 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 $16) (4...
Bb4+ 5. Bd2 {5.Kf1!? (Seirawan,Y)} Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 $14) 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. O-O Nxd3 7.
Qxd3 d6 8. Nbc3 Nf6 9. d5 $5 $14 Be7 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. b3 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13.
Ba3 $1 a6 14. Rad1 Bb7 (14... Rd8 15. Qg3) 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 (16. Qxg7 $2
Rg8 17. Qh6 Nxe4 $15) 16... g6 $2 {16. - 0-0 +/=} 17. e5 Nh5 $2 (17... dxe5 18.
Bxe7 (18. Ndb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb8) 18... Qxe7 19. Rxe5 $14 O-O) 18. Bxd6 $1 Qd7
(18... Qxd6 19. exd6 Nxg3 20. hxg3 $1 $18 Bxd6 21. Nxe6) 19. Qg4 Bxd6 20. exd6
O-O 21. Na4 $18 Rae8 (21... Qxd6 22. Nxe6 $18) 22. Nc2 Qd8 23. d7 Re7 24. Qd4
Bc6 25. Nxb6 e5 26. Qc5 Re6 27. Nb4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxb6 29. Nc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6
Qh4 31. Qf3 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Rd8 33. c5 e4 34. Qxe4 Qxc5 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 {Critical is 3.e4!. The variation 3. - Bb7 4.Bd3 f5!?
5.exf5! Bxg2 6.Qh5+ is probably good for White.} g6 {Alternatives are 3. - d5
and 3. - Nf6, transposing to a Queen`s Indian.} 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Ne7 6. h4 $5 {
6.Nf3 + =, 6.d5!?} d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e5 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bg5 Bxb5 11. Nxb5
O-O 12. Nf3 Nbc6 $10 13. h5 a6 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nf5 17. Qd2
Qe8 18. O-O d4 19. Nd5 Qxe5 20. Nxb6 Ra7 21. Rfe1 Ne3 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. Rxe3
Qd4 24. Qa5 Qxb2 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Na4 Qa2 27. Nc3 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 $6 {A good rule is not to play c7-c5xd4 in
combination with Bxd2+ (giving up the B - pair) if Black in this way doesn `t
gain the time necessary to gain the initiative.} 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6.
Qxd4 Nf6 7. b4 Nc6 8. Qc3 d5 9. e3 d4 {9. - e5!?} 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Bb2 e5 12.
O-O-O O-O 13. Ne2 Ng4 14. Qg3 Qg5+ 15. Rd2 Nf5 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Bc3 e4 $4 18.
Qxg4 Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Nd4 20. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 d5 5. f4 (5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 $6 7.
Bxc4 c6 8. d5 $1 exd5 9. Nxd5 Ne7 $5 10. Nf6+ $2 {10.Nxe7 +/-} gxf6 11. Bxf7+
Kxf7 12. Qxd8 Nd5 {Draw. Bilek,I-Schüssler,H, Helsinki 1978. (13.0-0 Bg7 14.
Qd6 Bf8=)}) 5... e6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Bd6 {7. - Nh6 +/=/=} 8. f5 $1 exf5 9. c4
dxc4 {9. - Ne7 10.cxd5} 10. d5 $1 Ne7 {10. - c5} 11. dxc6 Nbxc6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13.
Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Rb8 (14... O-O 15. Qxc4+ Kh8 16. Rc1 Ne5 $13) 15. Nc3 a6 16.
Qxc4 Ne5 17. Qb3 Qc4 18. Rfd1 Bb4 {18. - Bc7 +/=} 19. Qa4+ b5 20. Qxa6 Bxc3 21.
Rac1 Kf7 22. Rxc3 $16 Qe2 23. Rcc1 Rhd8 24. Re1 Qxb2 25. Bc5 Nc8 26. f4 Rd2 27.
Bh1 Ng4 28. Qe6+ Kg6 29. h3 Nf2 30. Bxf2 Rxf2 31. Qe8+ Kh6 32. g4 $1 $18 fxg4
33. hxg4 Rh2 34. g5+ fxg5 35. fxg5+ Kxg5 36. Rc5+ Kh6 37. Re6+ g6 38. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Prague Bohemians-A"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 {This move, once suggested by Keres, has been
played a lot recently by Eingorn and Balashov. It leads to similar positions
as the Bogo-Indian, but one advantage is that (after d6, e5) h6 is possible.
For 4. e4 d5 see game 773.} 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Bxb4
axb4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. Qe3+ Ne7 12. Qb3 c5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. a3 Nc6
15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Nxb4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Qd1 Rd8 19. Ra8 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21.
h4 Nc6 22. h5 gxh5 23. Qc3+ f6 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. b3 Nf7 26. Nc3 Bg4 27. Ra7 Rd7
28. Bd5 Ng5 29. Ra8 Rd8 30. Ra7 Rd7 31. f3 Bf5 32. Kg2 Bh3+ 33. Kh2 Bf5 34. Ra8
Rd8 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. f4 Nf7 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. Qd5+ Kg6 39. e4 Bg4 40. f5+ Kh6
41. Qf7 h4 42. gxh4 Bh5 43. Qxb7 d5 44. Qxd5 Qb8+ 45. e5 Qxb3 46. Qd2+ Kg7 47.
exf6+ Kxf6 48. Ne4+ Ke5 49. Nxc5 Qxc4 50. Nd7+ Kxf5 51. Qg5+ Ke4 52. Nf6+ Kf3
53. Qxh5+ Kf2 54. Qf5+ Ke2 55. Qg4+ Qxg4 56. Nxg4 Kf3 57. Kh3 Kf4 58. Nf6 h6
59. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Toledo"]
[Site "Toledo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Be2 {6.Nxe5 + =} Nxf3+
7. Bxf3 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 $14 Be6 12. Qb3 {12.Be2}
Nd7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Nd5 Qc8 15. Rac1 Kh7 16. Rd2 Nc5 17. Qd1 Bd7 18. Qc2 f5
19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qd1 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bd4 Qd7 23. f3 Ree8 24. h4 Qf7 25.
Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Qd4+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 c6 30. Ne3 Rf8 31.
Rd1 Rf6 32. Nxf5 {32.g4? Be4, 32.Rc1 + =} gxf5 33. Re1 Kg7 34. Re7+ Rf7 35.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Kf4 Kg6 38. b4 Kf6 39. a4 Kg6 40. a5 a6 41. g3 Kf6
42. g4 Kg6 $1 43. g5 hxg5+ 44. hxg5 d5 45. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 (3. Nd2 {Schussler} c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5.
Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. b4 $5 a5 10. b5 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12.
Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxg2 $2 14. Rg1 $16 {Gulko,B-Romero Holmes,A, Leon 1992. CBM
31 game 364.}) 3... Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e4 (6. Nf3 {Schussler} Nh6 {
6. - Nf6 7.d5 +/=} 7. d5 O-O 8. g3 Na6 9. Bg2 Nf5 10. O-O Nd6 11. Qd4 $14 {
Hansen,Cu-Miles,A, Biel (06) 1992. CBM 31 game 177.}) 6... Nh6 7. Bd3 (7. f4 $1
$16) (7. f4 {Schussler} f5 8. e5 Nf7 9. O-O-O g5 10. Nf3 Rg8 11. Be2 Na6 12. h3
gxf4 13. Qxf4 Qe7 14. g4 $16 {Karpov,An-Miles,A, Biel 1992. CBM 31 game 184.})
7... O-O (7... f5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O $14) 8. f4 $1 Qh4+ (8... f5 9. Nf3 fxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nc6 11. O-O-O $1 Nf5 12. Bb1 $16) 9. g3 Qh5 10. Be2 Qg6 11. Nf3 $16 f5 (
11... Bxe4 12. Ne5 Bxh1 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. d5 $1 Bg2 15. g4 f5 16. g5 Nf7 17.
O-O-O $16) 12. e5 Nc6 13. O-O-O a5 14. h3 $1 {/\ 15.g4! fg4 16.hg4 ->} Qf7 (
14... Qxg3 15. Rdg1 Qf2 16. Rh2 $18) 15. Rhg1 a4 $2 (15... Kh8 $2 16. d5 Nb4
17. Ng5 Qe7 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Qd7 $18) (15... Qe7 16. g4 Kh8 17. g5 Ng8 18. d5
Nb4 19. a3 Na6 20. d6 cxd6 21. exd6 Qd8 22. Ne5 Nc5 23. Qe3 $16) 16. d5 Na5 17.
Nxa4 Qe7 (17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxa4 19. Bb3 $18) 18. d6 Qd8 (18... cxd6 19. Qxd6
Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxf3 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxa4 22. Bb3 Ra5 23. Nd4 $18) 21. Bxf3
Nxc4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxb6 Rxa2 24. Nxc4 Ra1+ 25. Kc2 Rxg1 26. Rxd7 Rxg3 27.
b4 Rf3 28. b5 Rxf4 29. Kb3 Nf7 30. b6 Rxc4 31. b7 $18) 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. Qxd7 (
20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 $18) 20... Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Bc6 22. Nxb6 Bxd7 23. Nxd7 $18
Rfd8 24. Nb6 Ra7 25. Rd1 Nf7 26. Nd4 Rb8 27. c5 Nd8 28. b4 Nac6 29. Nxc6 Nxc6
30. b5 Nd8 31. Bc4 Kf7 32. Rd7+ Rxd7 33. Nxd7 Rc8 34. b6 Nc6 (34... Ke7 35. Bb5
$18) 35. Bb5 (35. b7 $2 Rc7 36. Bb5 Nb8 $1 37. Nxb8 Rxb7) 35... Nb8 36. Kb2 Ke7
(36... Nxd7 37. Bxd7 Rxc5 38. b7 $18) 37. Nxb8 Rxb8 38. a4 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Romero Holmes Stohl} e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 (4. Nc3 $5 {Stohl}
Nf6 5. e3 (5. Bg5 $5 $14) 5... b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nge2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Be7
10. g4 $1 Nxg4 11. Rg1 Nxh2 12. O-O-O g6 13. Rg3 Bh4 14. Rh3 Ng4 15. Rdh1 g5
16. Rf1 Nxf2 17. Rf3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 $44 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rf1f7] -><->f,עe8,
Shirov,A-Hansen,LB/Kerteminde /1991/}) 4... d6 5. g3 $6 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 (7.
O-O Nxd4 $1 (7... Nge7 8. Be3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qb3 Ng4 12. Bd2
Bxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. Qc3 Re8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Qd2 Ne5
19. b3 a4 20. Nc3 axb3 21. axb3 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 $14 {Farago,I-Horvath,G/HUN-ch/
1995/}) 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qxd4 Qf6 $5 (10... Nf6 11. c5 $13) 11.
Qd2 (11. Qe3+ {Stohl} Qe7 12. Qb3 c5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. e3 O-O 15. a3 bxa3 16.
Rxa3 Rxa3 17. Qxa3 h6 18. Qa7 Bf5 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. Qb6 Ra8 21. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2,
Sosonko,G-Landenbergue,C/Cannes op/1995/}) 11... c5 12. Rd1 Ra6 $13) 7... Bxd2+
8. Nfxd2 (8. Nbxd2 {Stohl} Nb8 9. O-O Nh6 10. e4 O-O 11. b3 Na6 12. a3 Bd7 13.
Ne1 c6 14. Nc2 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nc5 16. Ne3 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1
Na6 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 $10 {[%csl Rd6] Stohl /Meduna,E-Eingorn,V/
Haifa ETC/1989/ Black achieved an ideal position for this line: he made both
freeing moves c6 and f5 and has sufficient piece play to compensate the weak
d6-pawn.}) 8... Nb8 (8... Nce7 {Stohl} 9. Nc3 f5 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Ng6 12.
e3 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Nh6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Qd4 Ng4 16. Re1 O-O 17. h4 h5 18. Ng5 Bd7
19. Bf3 Rae8 20. Kg2 $14 {Vladimirov,E-Prie,E/Leon/1991/}) 9. Nc3 Nh6 (9... f5
$6 {Stohl} 10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. e5 $1 $36 {[%csl Yd4,Yd5,Ye4,Ye5] /\[+]}
dxe5 13. Qh5+) (9... Nf6 {Stohl} 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Na6 $132) 10. a3 (10. c5 $6
{Stohl} dxc5 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Ne4 b6 13. d6 c6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Bh3 Bc8 16. Bg2
O-O $5 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. Ne3 Nf6 22. a4 Qxd6
23. O-O Rfd8 24. Re1 Qe6 25. Qb1 Rd6 26. Ra3 Rbd8 {0-1 Gual-Illescas/Alicante
op/1989/}) 10... O-O 11. b4 f5 12. Rc1 $6 (12. c5 $142 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14.
Qxa1 Nd7 $13) (12. O-O $13) 12... Na6 (12... Nd7 $5 13. c5 $140 $6 axb4 14.
axb4 dxc5 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Nb5 Na6 $15) 13. Qb3 e4 (13... f4 $6 {Stohl} 14.
Nde4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc4c5] ><e4,/\c5-><<}) (13... Bd7 $142 $5 $13 {Stohl})
14. O-O axb4 (14... Ng4 15. h3 Ne5 $1 $13 (15... Nxf2 $2 16. Kxf2 e3+ 17. Kxe3
Qg5+ 18. Kd3 $18)) 15. axb4 c5 $5 {Stohl Black should not play on the flank,
where White is dominant.} (15... Nf7 $142 {[%cal Yf7e5] Stohl  /\Ne5}) (15...
Qg5 {Romero Holmes /\ Ng4}) 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. b5 (17. c5+ Nf7 (17... d5 {
Romero Holmes} 18. b5 $1 Nxc5 19. Qb4 Qb6 20. Nxd5 $16) 18. Rfd1 Rb8 $13) 17...
Nc5 18. Qb4 Qb6 $1 (18... cxb5 {Stohl} 19. cxb5 {[%csl Gb5,Rd6] o^b5,><d6}) 19.
Nb3 {[%cal Rb3d4] /\Nd4 with the idea to force cxb5.} Nxb3 (19... Nf7 $5 20.
Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qb3 (21. Na4 Qa5 $13) 21... Be6 $13) 20. Qxb3 Be6 $6 (20... Nf7
$8 {Stohl} 21. Ra1 Be6 $132 {+/=}) 21. c5 $1 Bxb3 22. cxb6 c5 $6 (22... cxb5
23. Nxb5 Rfb8 (23... Rab8 {Stohl} 24. Rc6 Nf7 25. Nc7 $5 $16 {[%csl Gb6] o^b6})
24. Rc3 Ba2 25. Nc7 Ra4 26. Rc6 Bc4 $14) 23. f3 d5 $2 (23... Rab8 $8 24. fxe4
Rxb6 25. exf5 (25. Rb1 $1 {Stohl} c4 26. Ra1 $40 {[%cal Ya1a6,Ye4f5,Yg2c6,
Yc3d5] /\Ra6,ef5,Bf5,Nd5 etc.}) 25... Rxf5 (25... Nxf5 $2 26. Nd5 $18) 26. Ra1
$1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rb8 $1 $8 (27... Nf5 28. Ra6 Rb8 29. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 Ne7
31. b6 d5 32. Bxd5+ $18) (27... Bc4 28. Ra8+ $1 Kf7 29. Ra4 $1 Bxb5 30. Rf4+
Kg6 $8 31. Nd5 Rb7 32. Be4+ Kh5 33. Nf6+ $18) 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Bxa8 Nf7 30. b6
Ne5 31. Ne4 Nd7 32. b7 $16) (23... exf3 {Stohl} 24. Bxf3 Rab8 25. b7 $18) 24.
fxe4 dxe4 25. b7 $1 Rab8 {[#]} (25... Rae8 26. Ra1 $1 {/\ 27.Be4+-} Bf7 $8 27.
g4 $1 g6 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Na4 Bc4 (29... Bd5 30. Nxc5 Rf7 31. Ra7 $18) 30.
Nxc5 Bxe2 31. Rf2 Bxb5 32. Rb2 Bc6 33. Ra6 $18) 26. Nxe4 $1 {Stohl The passed
pawn decides the game, the piece sacrifice is only temporary.} fxe4 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 (27... Rxf8 {Stohl} 28. Rxc5 $18) 28. Bxe4 Nf7 (28... Ke7 29. Ra1 (29.
Rxc5 {Stohl} Kd7 30. b6 Nf7 31. Rc8 $1 Rxc8 32. Bf5+ $18) 29... Kd8 30. Ra8 Kc7
31. b6+ $18) 29. Ra1 Ne5 30. Ra8 Nd7 31. Bc6 Ke7 32. Bxd7 Rxb7 33. Bc6 $18 Rb6
{[%csl Rb6] צb6} 34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Rd7+ Ke5 36. Kf2 Kf6 (36... c4 37. Ke3 (37.
Rxg7 {Stohl} c3 38. Ke3 $18) 37... c3 38. Rxg7 $18) (36... Ba4 $2 {Stohl} 37.
Rd5+) (36... Bc4 {Stohl} 37. Rxg7 Bxb5 38. Bxb5 Rxb5 39. Rxh7 $18) 37. Rb7 Rxb7
38. Bxb7 Ke5 39. b6 Kd6 40. Be4 h6 41. Ke1 (41. Ke3 $18 {Stohl}) 41... Be6 42.
Kd2 Bc4 43. e3 Be6 44. Kc3 Bf7 45. Ba8 {[%cal Re3e4,Ra8d5] /\e4,Bd5+-} Bg8 46.
e4 Be6 47. Bd5 (47. Bd5 {Stohl} Bh3 (47... Bc8 48. b7) 48. e5+ $1 Kxd5 49. b7
$18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Short,N"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {I mistakenly make the habit of practising what I preach.
This opening was recommended in the Sunday Telegraph just the other week. It
seemed like a good idea for an early morning game.} 3. a3 g6 {Caused much
merriment but I don't exactly see why a3 should be a more useful move than g6.}
4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Ne7 6. f4 d5 $1 {Striking back at the broad pawn centre.} 7.
cxd5 exd5 8. e5 c5 {Immediately undermining the central wedge.} 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10.
Be3 O-O 11. Be2 ({After} 11. dxc5 Bg4 $1 {was the idea and after} 12. h3 Bxf3
13. Qxf3 d4 14. Rd1 bxc5 {the outcome is distinctly murky.}) 11... Nf5 12. Bf2
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ncxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15. O-O f6 $1 {Breaking the pride of white's
pawn formation and liberating the g7 bishop.} 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {
With superior development and a passed d-pawn the position is slightly
favourable for Black.} 18. Qd2 ({Not} 18. Nxd5 $2 Qf7 19. Nc3 (19. Bc4 Rad8)
19... Ne3 {winning an exchange.}) 18... Rad8 19. Bg4 Ne3 {A clever little
tactical shot although there was something to be said for the direct 19...d4.}
20. Qxe3 ({Jon Speelman suggested the intrigueing} 20. Ne4 $5 {Raise your hand
if you had seen that!}) 20... Bxg4 21. Qd2 d4 22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Nf2 Bf5 {The
d-pawn is a real thorn in White's position. Its every advance creates major
difficulties.} 24. Rac1 Qd5 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. h3 d3 {A somewhat double-edged
advance as the pawn becomes an object of attack on this square but I wanted to
increase the tension in my opponents time-trouble.} 27. g4 $1 {A very bold
advance considering the dangers on the a8-h1 diagonal but counterplay had to
be found.} Be4 28. Re3 Bh1 $3 {I would have been very proud of this move had
it not been for the fact that I had failed to observe that this piece was en
prise on h1! I went to make this move but quickly returned the bishop to e4
before I let go. My ears went a distinct shade of red and for a brief moment I
contemplated resigning before I temporarily regained my sanity. Quite by
chance everything still works perfectly. Who says there is no luck in chess?}
29. Rg3 {The only move.} ({If} 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nxh1 Re2) ({or} 29. Nxh1 Qd4
30. Rce1 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 (31. Qxe3 d2 $1) 31... Re8 32. Kf2 Qxf4+ {and in all
cases Black wins.}) 29... Bf3 30. Rc3 $2 {A blunder in time-trouble.} ({
Correct was} 30. Rc7 $1 {which offers hope of survival.}) 30... Be2 $4 {
A gross error made by someone clearly suffering from severe brain damage.} ({
The obvious} 30... Re2 $1 31. Qxd3 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Nxd3
Rh1# {would have wrapped things up neatly. My mental state deteriorated when I
saw this variation immediately after making my move.}) 31. f5 Qd6 32. Kh2 gxf5
$6 {Going to pieces. This is terribly risky.} 33. gxf5+ Kh8 34. Rc4 $1 Qf6 35.
Ne4 Qe5 36. Ng5 {By now I was running short of time too. The threats have
proliferated.} Rf8 37. Rh4 Rd7 38. Re4 Qc5 39. Ne6 Qc2 {Made in desperation.}
40. Qh6 {The 40th move made with seconds to spare.} ({I had seen that} 40. Rxe2
dxe2 41. Qxc2 e1=Q {was good for me}) ({but thought that after} 40. Qxc2 dxc2
41. Nxf8 {I was sunk until Stuart Conquest mentioned} Rd2 $3 {winning,
afterwards.}) 40... Bf3+ 41. Kg1 Rxf5 $1 {Suddenly and fortuitously it is all
over. White will be mated first.} 42. Rf4 Qd1+ {White resigned. Mate comes on
h1 in three moves at most.} 0-1

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 f5 (5... Qh4+ 6. g3 Qh5 7. Nh3 e5
8. d5 Ne7 9. Nf2 O-O 10. Be2 Qg6 11. Nd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 d6 13. g4 Nd7 14. Be3
Nc5 15. Nf2 f6 16. h4 Qe8 17. Rb1 a5 18. Rh2 Ng6 19. Qd2 Ba6 20. h5 Nf4 21.
Bxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Qa4 23. Qd2 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rb2 a4 26. Qd4 a3 27. Rc2
Qb5 28. c4 Qa4 29. Nd3 Qe8 30. Rhe2 Ra4 31. Kf2 g5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Kg2 g5 34.
Re1 Nxd3 35. Qxd3 Qe5 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Qb3 Raa8 38. Qc3 Rh8 39. Rxh8 {1/2-1/2
Sashikiran,K-Speelman,J/ch-GBR, Torquay ENG (05) 1998}) 6. exf5 Qh4+ $6 (6...
Nh6 7. fxe6 Nf5) 7. g3 Qf6 8. fxe6 Ne7 9. Bh3 h5 $5 (9... dxe6 10. Nge2 Qxf3
11. Rf1 Qh5 12. Nf4 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 $16) 10. Bf4 (10. Nge2 h4) 10... dxe6 (10...
h4 11. Be5) 11. Qd2 Nbc6 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 (13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qe2 Ba6)
13... g5 14. Be3 (14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 g4) 14... g4 15. fxg4 hxg4 16. Bxg4 (16.
Bg2 Nb4 17. Qd2 Qg6 18. b3 Nd3+) 16... Nb4 17. Qxb4 Bxh1 18. Nh3 (18. h4 Rg8
19. Bh5+ Kd7) 18... Qg6 $1 19. Bg5 c5 $1 20. dxc5 (20. Qd2 Rd8 (20... O-O-O)
21. d5 (21. Rxh1 Rxd4 22. Qe2 Rxh3 (22... Re4 23. Nf4) 23. Bxh3 Qxg5+) 21...
Bxd5) 20... Rxh3 21. Qd2 Rh7 22. Rxh1 (22. Qd7+ Kf8 23. Rf1+ (23. Bxe7+ $2 Rxe7
24. Rf1+ Rf7 25. Qd6+ Kg7 26. Qd4+ e5 27. Qxe5+ Rf6 (27... Kh6) 28. Qe7+ Rf7
29. Qe5+) 23... Nf5 24. Qd6+ Kf7 (24... Kg8 25. Rxf5 Rxh2 26. Bd8) (24... Kg7
25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. h4 Bb7 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Bxf5 Re8) 25. h4 Be4 26. Qe5) 22...
Qe4 23. Rd1 $4 (23. Qd1 $1 Qxc4+ 24. Kb1 Qxc5 (24... Qe4+ 25. Ka1 Rd8 26. Bh5+
$18) (24... Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 $16) 25. Bh5+ Kf8 (25... Rxh5 26. Qxh5+ Kd7 27.
Rd1+ Nd5 28. Qf7+ $18) 26. Rf1+ Nf5 27. g4 Rxh5 28. gxh5) 23... Qxg4 24. Qd7+
$6 (24. b3 Nc6 $19) 24... Kf8 25. Bf4 $6 (25. Bxe7+ Rxe7 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Qxe7
Qxc4+ 28. Kd2 Qxf1 29. Qg5+ (29. Qxe6+ Qf7 30. Qg4+ Kf8) 29... Kf7 30. Qh5+ Ke7
31. Qh7+ Qf7 32. Qh4+ Ke8 33. Qh8+ Qf8 34. Qh5+ Kd7) (25. h4 Qxc4+ 26. Kb1 Qe4+
27. Ka1 $19) 25... Rxh2 $1 26. c6 Qe2 27. Bd2 Qxc4+ 28. Kb1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 09th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1998.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. d5 e6 4. e4 $5 (4. a3) 4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+
7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Nxd2 (8. Kxd2) 8... f5 $5 9. exf5 $2 (9. f3 $1) 9... exd5 10.
Ngf3 Ne7 11. g4 h5 $1 12. Rg1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 (13. h3 $5 hxg4 14. hxg4 b5 (14...
d5 $5 {so that if} 15. Ng5 (15. Nd4 Na6 $1 16. Ne6 g6 17. f6 Kf7 $1 $19) 15...
Na6 16. O-O-O Nc5 {White has some pressure for the pawn})) 13... hxg4 14. Rxg4
Nbc6 15. Bd3 (15. Rxg7 Nxf5) 15... O-O-O 16. b4 $1 (16. a3 $5) 16... Rdf8 (
16... a5 $5 17. bxa5 $1 (17. b5 Nb4 18. Bb1 Rdf8) 17... Nxa5 18. Rxg7) 17. b5
Nd8 18. Nh4 (18. Nd4 Rxh2 $17) 18... Nf7 19. f4 $8 Nd6 (19... Nh6 20. Rg5 $1)
20. O-O-O Ndxf5 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Ng6 Ne3 23. Rdg1 Nxg4 24. Rxg4 Kd8 (24... Bd5
$4 25. Ne7+) 25. Nc4 Bd5 26. Nce5 Be6 (26... Bxa2 27. Nxh8 Rxh8 28. Rxg7 Be6
29. f5 $1 Rg8 $1 {(Rahman) - I'd missed this} 30. Rxg8+ Bxg8 31. f6 Ke8 {
is presumably -+}) 27. Rg3 Rhg8 28. Ra3 $1 {I'd missed this} d6 $2 (28... Rf5
29. Rxa7 Bd5 $1 $19) 29. Nc6+ Kd7 30. Nxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxa7 Rxf4 32. Nb8+ (32.
Ra8 Bd5 33. Rd8+ Ke6 34. Re8+ Kf6 35. Rf8+ Kg5 $19) 32... Kc8 33. Nc6 Rf1+ $1
34. Kb2 Rf2+ 35. Kb1 (35. Kc3 $2 Rxa2 $1 $19) (35. Ka1 $5) 35... Bf5+ 36. Kc1
g6 37. a4 $2 {time trouble} (37. h4 $1) 37... Rxh2 38. Ra8+ Kd7 39. Rd8+ Ke6
40. Re8+ Kf6 $5 (40... Kd5) 41. Rf8+ Kg7 $6 (41... Kg5 42. Rf7 Rc2+ 43. Kd1 Rc4
44. a5 $1 (44. Kd2 Bc2 45. a5 bxa5 46. Rxc7 Ba4) 44... bxa5 45. Rxc7 Be4 {
I decided that in this position, I'd prefer the king on f6 nearer to the one
final enemy troublw maker so so I could simply capture on c6 after 46 Rc8} 46.
Rc8 {but of course eg} a4 47. Na7 Rxc8 (47... Rb4 $19) 48. Nxc8 a3 49. Kc1 d5
50. Nd6 Bd3 51. b6 Ba6 {will presumably be easily winning with so many passed
pawns}) 42. Re8 Rc2+ 43. Kd1 Rc4 44. Re7+ (44. a5 bxa5 45. Re7+ Kf6 46. Rxc7
Be4 47. Rc8 Bxc6 $19 {is trivial}) 44... Kf6 45. Rxc7 Bc2+ 46. Kd2 Bxa4 47. Rd7
$1 Ke6 48. Re7+ Kf5 49. Kd3 Rc5 (49... Bxb5 $2 50. Nd4+ Kf6 51. Re6+ $1 (51.
Nxb5 $2 Rc5) 51... Kf7 52. Rxd6) 50. Nd4+ Kg5 $8 51. Rb7 (51. Ne6+ $2 Kf6 52.
Nxc5 Bxb5+) 51... Bxb5+ 52. Kd2 (52. Ke3 Re5+) 52... Rd5 53. Ke3 Kg4 $1 54.
Rxb6 Bc4 $1 (54... Bf1 55. Rb4) 55. Rc6 (55. Rb4 Re5+ 56. Kf2 d5) 55... Bf1 56.
Rc1 Re5+ 57. Kf2 Re4 $1 58. Rd1 Bc4 59. Rd2 d5 60. Nc2 Kf4 61. Ne1 d4 $5 62.
Ng2+ Kg4 63. Ne1 Rf4+ 64. Kg2 $2 (64. Kg1 $3 Kf5 $1 {and Black must win but
not directly as in the game} (64... Kg3 65. Rg2+ Kh3 66. Rh2+ Kg4 {and if he
wishes White can repeat with} 67. Rd2)) 64... Bf1+ $1 65. Kg1 (65. Kh2 Re4 $1
$19) 65... Kg3 $1 $19 66. Ng2 (66. Rb2 d3 67. Rd2 (67. Rh2 g5 {zugzwang} 68.
Rh5 d2 (68... g4 69. Re5 d2)) 67... Be2) (66. Nd3 Bxd3 67. Rxd3+ Kg4 $19) (66.
Nc2 d3 67. Ne3 Be2 68. Rb2 Rf3) (66. Rh2 d3) 66... Bxg2 67. Rxg2+ Kf3 68. Kf1 (
68. Rxg6 Ke2 $19) 68... Ke4+ $1 69. Ke2 Kf5 $19 70. Rg1 g5 71. Ra1 g4 72. Ra5+
Ke4 73. Ra3 Rf3 74. Ra4 Kf4 75. Rxd4+ Kg3 76. Ra4 Kh3 77. Re4 Rf8 78. Ke1 g3
79. Re7 g2 0-1

[Event "NED-chT"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. d5 $5 (5. Bd3 f5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qe2
Nf6 $13) (5. Qc2 Qh4 $5) (5. f3 $5) 5... Qe7 6. Be2 $6 (6. Nge2 Nf6 (6... exd5
7. exd5 Nf6 $13) 7. f3 exd5 8. cxd5 c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 $6 (9... dxc6 $10) 10. a3
Bxc3+ (10... Bd6 $13) 11. Nxc3 d5 $6 12. Nxd5 $1 (12. Bg5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Rd8)
12... Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rd8 (13... O-O 14. Bg5) 14. Qg5 $1 f6 15. Qh5+ $1 g6 16.
Qh6 Nd4 17. Kf2 $16) (6. Be3 $5) 6... Nf6 7. f3 $146 (7. Bg5 $5 h6 8. Bh4 (8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Rc1) 8... g5 (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa3 10. Qd4 (10. f3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1
$44) 10... Nxe4 11. Qxg7 Rf8 $13 (11... Qxc3+ $2 12. Qxc3 Nxc3 13. Bf6 Nxe2 14.
Bxh8 Nxg1 (14... Nf4) 15. Rxg1 d6 $16)) (8... exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11.
Kf1 $13) 9. Bg3 Nxe4 10. Qd4 Nf6 11. O-O-O $44 (11. Be5 c5 $1 $8)) (7. Qd4 exd5
8. exd5 Qe4 {Tartakover-Reti Goteborg 1920}) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6
10. Nh3 d5 $1 11. exd5 O-O-O 12. Bg5 (12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 (13. dxc6 Rxd1 14.
cxb7+ Kxb7 15. Bxd1 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 $17) 13... Rxd5 14. Qc2 (14. Qe1 Re5 15. Nf4
g5 $19) 14... Qc5+ 15. Nf2 Nd4 $19) 12... Rhe8 $1 (12... Qc5 $5) 13. Bxf6 (13.
Nf4 Qe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 (14... Qxf6 $5)) 13... gxf6 $1 (13... Qxf6 14. O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Nf2 Qe5 $1 {xRa1} 17. dxc6 $5 (17. Bc4 Na5 $17) 17...
Rxd1 18. cxb7+ Kxb7 19. Raxd1 (19. Bxd1 Qxa1) 19... Qxe2 20. Rd7+ Ka6 21. Rxf7
Re7 $19 (21... Qxa2 $5)) 14. Nf4 (14. Kf1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxe2+ 17.
Kg1 Qe3+ $5 18. Kf1 (18. Nf2 Qe1+ $1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 18... Qe2+ $1 19. Kg1 Ne5
20. Qd6 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxf3) 14... Qe5 15. Qd2 (15. Qc1 Nd4 (15... Rxd5 $1 16.
O-O Rc5 {and eg:} (16... Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Be3 18. Nfxd5) 17. Nd3 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Bxc3
(18... Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxc3 $19) 19. Nxc5 Bxb2 20. Nb3 Qe5 $18) 16. O-O Bxc3 (
16... Kb8 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. g3 Qe3 $5 $44) 17. Bd3 $3) 15... Bxc3 $1
(15... Nd4 16. O-O-O $1) 16. bxc3 Nb4 17. Kf2 $2 (17. O-O-O Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5
19. Bd3 Red8 20. f4 (20. Rhe1 Rxd3 21. Rxe5 Rxd2 $19) (20. Qe2 Rxd3 21. Qxd3
Rxd3 22. Rxd3 $19) 20... Qd6 21. Kc2 (21. Bf5+ Kc7 22. Qc2 Qxf4+ 23. Kb2 Rxd1
24. Rxd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qxf5) 21... Rxd3 (21... Qa3 $19) 22. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 23. Rxd3
Be4 24. Rhd1 b5 $1 $19 {intending ...Kc4}) (17. Rd1 Nxd5 18. Nd3 Qxe2+ $5 (
18... Qc7 19. Kf2 (19. c4 $1 Ne3 20. Rc1 Rxd3 $5 21. Qxd3 Nxg2+ 22. Kf2 Qc5+ (
22... Nf4 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Rhe1) 23. Kxg2 Rg8+ 24. Kf1 Qg5 25. Kf2 $1 $8 Qg2+
26. Ke3 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Rd8) 19... Nxc3 20. Rc1 Rxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Nxe2 22. Rxc7+ Kxc7
23. Kxe2 Ba6 $19) 19. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Nxc3+ 21. Ke3 Nxd1+ 22. Rxd1 $17) (
17. Rc1 Nxd5 (17... Qxf4 $4 18. cxb4+) 18. Nd3 Qe7 19. Kf2 (19. c4 Nf4 $1) (19.
g3 Nf4 20. gxf4 Bxf3 21. O-O Bxe2 $19) 19... Nf4 $1 20. Rhe1 Nxd3+ (20... Qc5+
$1 21. Kf1 (21. Nxc5 Rxd2 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 (23. Ke3 Rxe2+) 23... Rxe4 (
23... Rxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Nd3+ 25. Ke3 Nxc1 26. Rc2) 24. Kf3 Rdxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 $1
(25... Nxe2 $6 26. Rc2 $1 f5 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Kd7 $13) 26. Kxf4 Rxg2 $19)
21... Rxe2 22. Qxf4 (22. Rxe2 Nxd3) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Ba6+ 24. c4 Rd4 $19)
21. Bxd3 Qc5+ 22. Kf1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd5 24. Rd1) 17... Nxd5 18. Nd3 Nxc3 $1 (
18... Nxc3 19. Rhe1 (19. Bf1 Qd4+ 20. Kg3 Re3 21. Kh3 Kb8) (19. Qxc3+ Qxc3 20.
Rhc1 Rxe2+ 21. Kxe2 Rxd3) 19... Qd4+ (19... Qxe2+) 20. Kf1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Nxe2
22. Kxe2 Ba6 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 (4. d5 {is the most principled move, with
possible transpositions into a Fianchetto King's Indian or Benoni.}) (4. c3 Qa5
$5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e4 e5 10. Na3 a6 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Qb3 b5 $5 14. Ncxe5 c4 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. g4 Bxe5 17. gxh5 Nc6 18.
Bg5 Rd3 19. hxg6 Bg4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. f4 f6 $44 {Khachian,
M-Minasian,A/Los Angeles/2003/}) 4... Na6 {After this game Black will start
having second thoughts about this automatic move.} ({Simpler is} 4... Qa5+ $142
5. c3 Qxc5 6. Bg2 Nf6 $11 {/~~}) 5. e4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({The automatic} 5.
Bg2 Nxc5 6. O-O Nf6 $11 {leads only to an approximately equal position.
Kurajica takes his chance to grab central space.} (6... d5 7. c4 d4 $13)) 5...
Nxc5 6. e5 {[%csl Ge5] ()[+] This P seriously cramps Black's position, taking
away the most natural square for the Ng8 and shutting in the Bg7. It's also
not so easy to get rid off.} b6 7. Bg2 Ba6 (7... Bb7 8. O-O $14) 8. Nc3 Rc8 ({
White's remarkable idea required more energetic measures:} 8... d6 $142 $5 9.
exd6 (9. Bf4 $5 Ne6 10. Nd4 Nxf4 11. Bc6+ Kf8 12. gxf4 Rc8 $13) 9... Bxc3+ 10.
bxc3 Qxd6 (10... exd6 $5) 11. Qxd6 exd6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Nf6 $1 (13...
Ne4 14. Ng5 $14) 14. Rxd6 Rxd6 15. Bxd6 Nfe4 $44) 9. Bf4 Ne6 10. Qd2 Nxf4 11.
gxf4 Nh6 (11... d6 12. O-O-O dxe5 13. Qe3 $5 (13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. fxe5 $36)
13... Qc7 14. Nxe5 $32 {->}) 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhg1 Rc4 (13... d6 14. exd6 Bxc3
15. d7+ $16) 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15. Rxg2 $36 {White has more () and Black has
problems with his ><d7 and activating his minor pieces.} Qc8 (15... O-O 16.
Qxd7 Qxd7 17. Rxd7 Rxf4 18. Nd5 $16) 16. Rg3 (16. Nge4 $6 Nf5 {[%csl Rg2]
leaves the Rg2 waylaid for the time being.}) 16... O-O (16... Nf5 17. Rd3 $40 {
/\} d6 18. exd6 Bxc3 (18... Nxd6 $2 19. Rxd6 exd6 20. Qxd6 $18) 19. d7+ Qxd7
20. Qxc3 $1 Rxc3 21. Rxd7 Rc8 22. Rxa7 $16) 17. b3 $6 {Weakens the <<.} (17.
Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Rxf4 (18... Nf5 19. Rf3 $16) 19. Nf3 (19. Nd5 Rxf2 20. Nxe7+
Kh8 $132) 19... Ng4 $5 (19... Nf5 20. Nd5 $1 Nxg3 21. Nxf4 Nf5 22. Nd3 $16) 20.
Rxe7 Rd8 $14) (17. Nd5 Nf5 18. Ra3 Qc5 $1 $13) 17... Rc6 18. Nd5 Nf5 19. Rh3 h6
20. Ne4 d6 21. exd6 (21. Ng3 Re8 $1 {/\} 22. exd6 $2 Nd4 $19) 21... exd6 22.
Ng3 (22. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Ye4g3,Yd5e3] /\Ng3,Ne3}) 22... Re8 (22... Qa6 $5 23. Kb1
(23. c4 $5 $13) 23... Re8 24. Nxf5 Re2 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Rhxd3 Rcxc2 27. Nxg7
Rb2+ 28. Ka1 Rxa2+ $11) 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Qd3 Qd7 $6 (24... Qxd3 $142 25. Rhxd3
Re2 26. R3d2 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Kf8 $132 {/=}) 25. Re3 $14 Rxe3 (25... Kh7 $142) 26.
fxe3 Rc5 27. e4 Qe6 28. a4 $14 {[%csl Rc1,Gd5,Rg7] /+/-,עc1 White's Nd5 is
stronger than Black's B despite the long open diagonal. However, White must
always beware of tactical tricks.} Kh7 29. Rd2 (29. c4 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Qf6 31.
Rf1 Qb2+ 32. Kd1 Qxh2 33. e5 $16 {was also possible, but White doesn't want to
allow any possible complications.}) 29... h5 30. c4 Rc8 31. Kc2 Kh8 32. Rf2 Re8
33. Re2 $1 (33. Nc7 $6 Qf6 34. Nxe8 (34. e5 $2 Rxe5 $19) 34... Qb2+ 35. Kd1
Qxf2 $36) 33... Qg4 $5 {Black desperately seeks <=>.} (33... Rc8 34. Kd2 $16)
34. h3 Qg1 35. Nc7 $1 Rd8 36. Nb5 Qa1 37. e5 d5 $2 (37... Qa2+ 38. Kd1 Qa1+ 39.
Kd2 (39. Kc2 Qa2+ $11) 39... Qb2+ (39... Bh6 40. Re4 Qb2+ 41. Kd1 $16) 40. Ke3
Qc1+ 41. Rd2 Qh1 42. Nxd6 Kg8 $5 $14 (42... Qxh3+ 43. Ke2 Qg2+ 44. Kd1 $16))
38. Nc3 $6 (38. Rd2 $16) (38. Nd6 $5 $16) 38... d4 39. Nd5 Bf8 $1 40. Qd1 Qa2+
$2 (40... d3+ 41. Qxd3 Qa2+ 42. Kd1 Qa1+ 43. Kd2 Bb4+ 44. Ke3 Bc5+ 45. Kd2 $11
(45. Ke4 $2 f5+ $1 46. exf6 Re8+ 47. Ne7 (47. Kf3 Qf1+ $19) 47... Qxf6 $19))
41. Kd3 Qa3 42. e6 $1 $16 fxe6 43. Rxe6 Rd6 44. Re8 (44. f5 $1 Rxe6 45. fxe6
$16) 44... Kg7 45. Ke4 (45. Kxd4 $5 Kf7 46. Rc8 $14) 45... Kf7 46. Re5 $2 (46.
Rc8 $142 Re6+ 47. Kd3 $36) 46... Bg7 47. Qxd4 Rd7 (47... Bxe5 48. fxe5 Rc6 49.
Nb4 $5 $40) 48. f5 (48. Qe3 $5 Bxe5 49. fxe5 $44) 48... Qd6 49. fxg6+ Qxg6+ (
49... Kxg6 $2 50. Nf4+ $18) 50. Kf3 Bxe5 51. Qxe5 Kf8 (51... Qd3+ 52. Kg2 Qg6+
53. Kf3 $11) ({The only way to continue the fight was} 51... Rd6 $5 {/\} 52.
Qf4+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kh7 $15 {but Black's K is probably too exposed to give him
realistic winning chances anyway. Vallejo allows repetition, I guess that due
to the ridiculous FIDE tempo both players were already half-dead by now.}) 52.
Qh8+ Kf7 53. Qe5 Kf8 54. Qh8+ Kf7 55. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Black "Van Mil, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Heiligenhaus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 {A rare move, the more usual ways
to handle this line are} (5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 $14 {or}) (5. Be2 Bg4
6. Be3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Na3 $5 $14 {In both cases
White has an edge.}) 5... e5 (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 {-E90 leads to King's Indian
positions.}) 6. d5 Nd4 ({A playable alternative is} 6... Nce7 7. Be2 (7. Nc3 f5
8. exf5 gxf5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 Ng6 15. g4 Kh8 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Rhg1 Ng8 18. Qe3 Nf4 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. h4
Qe8 21. Bf1 {1/2,Ilic,Z-Drechsler,C/Lenk/1991/} Qh5 $36) (7. g4 $5 $13) 7... h6
8. g4 c5 9. Nc3 g5 10. h4 f6 11. hxg5 fxg5 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Ng3 Nf6
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qe7 17. Qc2 e4 18. Be3 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Rde8 $13 {
Moldovan,G-Bartha,A/Miercurea Ciuc/1998/}) 7. Nxd4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 40] A new
idea, White doesn't mind Black getting a [+]o^ and decides to play "around" it.
An interesting strategical concept.} (7. Be3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Ne7 (8... f5 9. exf5
gxf5 10. Nc3 (10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Qh4 Qe7 13. Bh6 Rg8 14. Bxg7+ Rxg7
15. Qh6 f4 16. Bd3 e4 17. Bc2 Qe5 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. g4 Bg6 {Kalcheim,
G-Tseitlin,M/ISR-chT/2002/} 20. Rhe1 $16) 10... Nf6 11. g4 O-O $6 (11... fxg4
$142 $13) 12. gxf5 e4 13. Qf4 Nh5 14. Qg4 Rxf5 15. Rg1 Qe7 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Bg5
Nf6 18. Qh4 Rf8 19. Bg4 Rxg5 20. Qxg5 h6 21. Qh4 Bxg4 22. Rxg4 e3 23. f3 Re8
24. Rg6 Nxd5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Re6 $16 {Knaak,R-Zaja,I/Jyvaskyla/1994/}) (8...
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. g4 Bd7 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Be2 Rfb8 14. Rdg1 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. h4 b4 17. Nd1 c6 18. Bg5 cxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Qg3 Bb5 21. Bxb5
Rxb5 $17 {Erhan,R-Ionescu Brandis,I/ROM-chW/1994/}) 9. g4 O-O 10. Rg1 f5 11.
gxf5 gxf5 12. Qg2 Rf7 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Be2 Nf4 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Bf1
fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Qe3 b5 20. O-O-O bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rb8 $40 {Ortega,R-Liebert,
H/Polanica Zdroj/1967/}) 7... exd4 8. Bd3 Ne7 {Here the N will be misplaced
and to get it to a decent square Black will have to weaken his >>.} (8... Nf6
$142 $5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Nd7 $132) 9. Nd2 c5 (9... O-O 10. Nf3 f5 11. O-O $14
) 10. Nf3 h6 (10... f5 {leads to the position from the previous note, but
nevertheless seems less passive.}) 11. Bd2 g5 (11... O-O 12. b4 (12. Qc1 Kh7
13. h4 f5 14. h5 g5 $13) 12... b6 13. O-O $14) 12. b4 b6 13. bxc5 bxc5 (13...
dxc5 14. e5 $16 {[+]}) 14. Rb1 $36 O-O 15. O-O Ng6 16. Ne1 $1 Qe7 $6 (16... f5
17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 (18. Qc2 Qd7 19. f4 $5 $36) 18... Rxf5 19. Nd3 $14 {/+/-
}) ({More logical was} 16... Ne5 $142 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Ba6 19. Nf3 $14) 17.
Rb3 Be5 {Black prevents a possible f4, but the B doesn't belong on this square.
} 18. Qh5 Bg7 ({Consistent, but insufficient was} 18... Kg7 19. g3 Qd7 20. Kh2
(20. f4 Qxh3 21. Qxh3 Bxh3 22. fxe5 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Nxe5 $13) 20... Nh4 21. Rh1
$1 {[%cal Rd3e2,Re2g4] /\Be2-g4+/-}) 19. Nf3 Qf6 (19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21.
Re1 $16 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ye4e5] ><f4,/\e5}) 20. g3 $16 {Prevents Nf4 for ever.
White controls the only open file and will gradually prepare f4, Black has no
active <=>.} Re8 (20... Bxh3 $6 {loses a P to} 21. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Rfb8
23. Nxh3 $16) 21. Kg2 (21. Bc2 $142 $5) 21... Qd8 22. Re1 $6 (22. Ra3 $1 $36)
22... Qd7 $1 {Suddenly Black has tactical chances.} 23. Ra3 {[%cal Rd3c2,Rc2a4]
/\Bc2-a4} (23. Kh2 Qa4 $13 {/\Ba6<=>} (23... Nh4 24. Ng1 $16)) 23... Ne5 $2 (
23... Nh4+ $1 24. Nxh4 (24. gxh4 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Bg4 26. Bf1 Qxf3 $1 $15) 24...
Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Bg4 (25... gxh4 26. Qxh4 Qxh4 27. gxh4 $14 {/+/-}) 26. Bf1 Qxf1+
27. Kxf1 Bxh5 28. Nf5 Bf8 $13) 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bc2 Rb8 (25... Qe7 26. Qd1 Qd7
27. Rh1 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4+/-}) 26. Rb3 Rxb3 27. axb3 $16 {White has further
improved his P-structure, for the second time in the game he plans a b4 break.}
Qe7 {[%cal Rg5g4] /\g4} 28. Qd1 Qd7 29. Rh1 Re8 (29... Qe7 30. Qb1 $5 $16 {
/\b4,f4} (30. b4 f5 $132)) 30. b4 Qc7 (30... cxb4 $6 31. Ba4 Qe7 32. Bxe8 Qxe4+
33. Qf3 Qxe8 34. Bxb4 $16 {/+-}) 31. bxc5 Qxc5 (31... dxc5 32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4
$16) 32. Bd3 {[%csl Ra7,Rd4,Rd6] ><a7,d6,d4} Bd7 (32... Qa3 $5 33. Bc1 Qc3 $16)
33. Qb3 a5 $6 (33... Ra8 34. Qb7 (34. f4 $5 gxf4 35. gxf4 a5 36. Qb7 $16) 34...
Qc8 35. Qxc8+ Bxc8 36. Ra1 $16 (36. h4 g4 37. Bf4 $16)) 34. Qb7 Rd8 (34... Bc8
35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. cxb5 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Gb5] o^b,><a5}) 35. Ra1 $18 a4 (35... Bc8
36. Qb5 $18 (36. Qb3 $18)) 36. Bb4 Qc8 37. Qxc8 Rxc8 (37... Bxc8 38. Rxa4 $18)
38. Bxd6 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4] [+]} Bf8 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. e5 Rd8 (40... Re8 41.
f4 $18) 41. Kf3 Re8 42. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 {Savchenko is a talented and original player, but in his quest to
achieve lively positions he sometimes goes too far. Especially with Black this
can be extremely dangerous:} (1... b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nd2 c5
6. dxc5 Na6 7. Ngf3 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxc5 11. Qh4 e6 12.
Qh5+ g6 13. Qe5 Rg8 14. O-O a6 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6
Rf8 19. Qh4 Qd8 20. Qxh7 Qf6 21. Qh6 Rc8 22. c3 $16 {Kharitonov,A-Savchenko,B/
RUS-ch U20 Cheboksary/2006/}) 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. dxe6 {White is content
with a small advantage. More ambitious is} (4. f4 Ng6 {, but even here the
most reasonable choice is probably} 5. dxe6 dxe6 (5... fxe6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Nc3
$36) 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4] ()[+]}) 4... fxe6 ({Safer is} 
4... dxe6 $142 {, but even here Black has some problems coordinating his
forces, especially finding the best way to reconnect his R.} 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.
f4 (6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Be2 Ne7 8. Nf3 N7g6 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 f6 11. Bg3 Bd7 12.
O-O-O Ke7 13. f4 Nf7 14. Bc4 {Pribyl,J-Dobrovolsky,L/Stary Smokovec/1982/} Bb4
$5 $14) 6... Nc6 (6... Ng6 7. Nf3 $14 {-4.f4}) 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bc5 9. c3 a5
10. Ke2 e5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5+ Ke8 13. Bf4 Nf2 14. Rf1 Nxd3 15. Kxd3 Be6 16.
Nbd2 h6 17. Be3 $14 {/~~} Bxe3 $2 18. Kxe3 a4 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 Ke7 21. b4
b6 22. b5 Na5 23. Nd4 $16 {Miles,A-Mestrovic,Z/Lone Pine/1978/}) 5. Nc3 (5. f4
$5 {()} Nf7 (5... Ng6 $5) 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. a3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 a5
11. c4 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17.
Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rb8 20. Qd3 c5 21. Bxg6 $40 {Kuijf,H-Zagema,W/
NED-chT/1993/}) 5... b6 (5... Ng6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. h4 Qf6 8. Bg5 Qf7 9. Qd2 d6 10.
h5 N6e7 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Bb5+ $16 {Veingold,A-Manninen,M/FIN-chT/2000/}) (5...
Nf6 $2 6. f4 Ng6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. Bd3 N8e7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Qh5 h6 12.
Bxg6 Nxg6 13. Nge4 Nh4 14. Nxc5 Nxg2+ 15. Ke2 Nxf4+ 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Raf1 $18
{Vokac,M-Turner,J/Pribram rpd/1995/}) 6. Nf3 (6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Bg3 Bb7 8. h4 h5 $6
9. Be2 Bb4 10. Bxh5 Bxe4 11. Qg4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Kf7 13. Nf3 Rxh5 14. Qxh5 Nf6
15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Rh2 Bc6 18. Nxe6 $16 {Burmakin,V-Ulko,J/Moscow/
1995/}) (6. f4 $36) 6... Nxf3+ (6... Nf7 7. Bc4 Bb7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. e5
Ng4 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. O-O-O $1 {[%cal Rb3e6] /\Be6} Qe7 13. Nd4 Ngh6 14. Ne4 O-O
15. h4 a5 16. c3 a4 17. Bc2 a3 18. b3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nf5 20. Qd3 Rad8 21. g4 d6
22. gxf5 exf5 23. Ng3 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxh1 {Crouch,C-Karpatchev,A/Cappelle la
Grande op/1993/} 25. Nxf5 $1 $18 {/\} Qxe5 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh7#) 7. Qxf3 Bb7
(7... Qf6 $5 8. Qg3 Bd6 9. f4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3
Qf7 14. O-O-O O-O-O {Hille,R-Gross,G/BL2W 0102/2002/} 15. Rhf1 $16 {[%csl Gc3,
Gd3,Ge4,Gf4] [+]^^}) 8. Qh5+ $5 $146 {[%csl Re8] Black's main problem is his
vulnerable >> and Volkov's move highlights this. Moreover, it's not easy to
get the black K into safety.} (8. Qg3 Nf6 9. Bd3 $16 {Spacek,P-Gross,G/Trier/
1997/}) 8... g6 9. Qe5 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7] ׻} Nf6 $8 (9... Qf6 10. Qxc7 $18) 10.
Bb5 {[%cal Re5e6] /\Qe6} (10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Qg3 Nh5 $132) 10... c6 (10... a6 11.
Bg5 $16 (11. Bxd7+ $5 Qxd7 12. Bg5 $36)) 11. Be2 Qe7 {[%cal Yd7d6] /\d6} (11...
Be7 12. Bh6 $40) (11... Bg7 $5 12. Qd6 c5 $16) 12. Qg3 {[%cal Re4e5,Rc1g5] /
\e5,Bg5|^} e5 (12... d6 $142 13. e5 (13. Bg5 e5 $14) 13... dxe5 14. Qxe5 Bg7
$14) 13. f4 $1 exf4 (13... d6 14. O-O $16 {is unpleasant, but opening the
position is even more dangerous.}) 14. Bxf4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. O-O-O $32 {
[%cal Rh1e1] /\Rhe1->} O-O-O (16... Be7 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. Bh6 Rf7 (18... Bh4 19.
Qb3+ d5 20. g3 $18) 19. Ba6 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 Bxa6 21. h4 $16 {->}) 17. Bg4 $40 {
[%mdl 128] Black's K is under heavy pressure and Volkov energetically winds up
his attack.} h5 18. Bb8 $5 (18. Rhe1 Qxf4+ (18... Qa4 $2 19. Bxd7+ $1 Rxd7 20.
Re8+ $18) 19. Qxf4 Bh6 20. Bxd7+ Rxd7 21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Qxh6 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1
Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Rd6 $16 {simplifies the position and gives Black more chances to
plod on.}) 18... Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Bf4 $8 20. Bxf4 hxg4 21. Rhe1 (21. Bb8 d6 22.
Rxd6 $40) 21... Qf5 22. Bb8 $1 {A nice echo to move 18.} d6 23. Bxa7 $18 {
[%cal Ra7b6,Rd1d6] /\Bb6,Rd6} Qa5 24. Qxg4+ Rd7 (24... Qf5 25. Qd4 {/\} b5 $6
26. Bb6 $18) 25. Qd4 (25. Re7 Qf5 26. Qd4 Rf8 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Bxb6 $18 {
is also good, but White for the time being wants to keep more pieces on the
board.}) 25... Qh5 26. Bxb6 Qxh2 27. Qe4 {[%cal Re4e8,Re4g6] /\Qg6,Qe8!} Kb8
28. Qxg6 Bc8 29. Bg1 Qh6 30. Qe4 c5 31. g4 Qh1 32. Qf4 Qh6 33. g5 Qh4 34. Be3
Kc7 (34... Qxf4 35. Bxf4 Kc7 36. Re6 $18) 35. g6 Bb7 $2 (35... Qxf4 $142 36.
Bxf4 $18) 36. g7 Qxf4 37. gxh8=Q 1-0

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 (3. Nd2 d5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Be2
Ne4 8. O-O f5 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 a5 12. a3 Bc5 13. b4 Bd7 14.
Qc2 axb4 15. cxd5 Qe7 16. Bc4 bxa3 17. Qxe4 Ra4 18. Qd3 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20.
Bxb7 c6 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Bxc6 Rh4 $44 {/\Bc4,Bjornsson,B-Arnason,T/Reykjavik op/
1994/}) 3... Qe7 4. e4 $5 (4. Nf3 f5 (4... Nf6 {-E12}) 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 d6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Nc6 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. c5 O-O
14. Rac1 b6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Qa3 Nf7 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. e4 f4 19. Rc3 Rfc8 20.
Nc4 $14 {Fernandez,E-De la Villa,JM/ESP-ch/1991/}) 4... d5 (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 d5
6. e5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qb4 9. Bb3 Nge7 10. O-O Qxd2 11. Nbxd2 Bd7 12.
Rfd1 Nb4 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nc4 Bb5 15. Rac1 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 h6 17. Kf1 O-O-O 18.
Bd3 Rd7 19. Be4 Rhd8 20. Rd2 Kb8 $15 {Umanskaya,I-Ibragimov,I/Komotini GP/1993/
}) (4... Nf6 5. e5 (5. Bd3 $5) 5... Ne4 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Bxe4 Bxe4 9.
Nc3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Bb7 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2
Nd7 16. f4 Rac8 17. a4 f5 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. a5 b5 20. a6 Ba8 21. b3 Qh6 $13 {
Garcia Palermo,C-Hernendez/Bayamo/1983/}) 5. e5 Bxd2+ (5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7.
Qxd2 (7. Nbxd2 $5 $14) 7... dxc4 8. Nc3 (8. Bxc4 Qb4 $10) 8... Nh6 9. d5 Nxe5
$5 10. Nxe5 exd5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. O-O-O c6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Nd4 Rae8 15. g3 b5
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Nf7 19. e6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 $13 {Timman,
J-Spraggett,K/Montpellier ct/1985/}) 6. Nxd2 dxc4 (6... c5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 (7...
cxd4 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ $16) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5 $36) 7. Bxc4 Bd7 8. Qg4 $1
$36 g6 (8... f5 $5 9. Qg3 (9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qg3 $14) 9... Nc6 10. Ne2 $36) 9.
Ne2 Bc6 10. Nc3 (10. O-O $142 $14) 10... Nh6 (10... Nd7 11. Nde4 $14) 11. Qh3 (
11. Qf4 g5 $5 $132) 11... Nf5 12. O-O $5 Nxd4 $5 (12... Nd7 13. d5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 $36) 13. Nde4 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nf5 15. Nb5 $1 Bxe4 $2 (15... O-O $2 16. Rxd7
$1 $18) (15... Bxb5 $8 16. Bxb5 O-O-O $13 {/\} (16... c6 17. Qc3 $5 Kf8 $13 (
17... cxb5 $2 18. Rxd7 $1 $16)) 17. g4 Qh4 $1 18. Qg2 Nxe5 $1) 16. Nxc7+ Kf8
17. Nxa8 Kg7 18. Bb5 (18. Nc7 $2 Rc8) 18... Nc5 (18... Nxe5 $1 19. Qc3 f6 (
19... Qf6 20. Nc7 {/\Ne8}) 20. Nc7 Rc8 21. Rac1 {/\Ne6} Nc6 (21... Nd6 $2 22.
Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Nxe6+ $18) 22. f3 $5 $14 (22. Re1 Rxc7 23. Rxe4 Nd6 24. Rb4 $1 $8
)) 19. b4 $1 Na6 (19... Rxa8 $142 $5 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxe5
23. Rac1 $36) 20. Rd7 Qxb4 21. Bxa6 Rxa8 (21... bxa6 22. Nc7 $40) 22. Bf1 Qb2
23. Re1 Bc6 (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Bd3 $18) 24. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 25. Qxh7+ Ng7 (25...
Kf8 $5 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxa8 Qxa2 $16) 26. Bd3 $18 Rg8 $6 (26... Rf8 27. Bxg6+
$18) (26... Qd2 27. Bxg6+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Kd8 29. Rf1 $18) 27. Qxg6+ (27. Qxg6+
Ke7 28. Qf6+ Ke8 (28... Kd7 29. Qf7+) 29. Bg6+ {/\Qf7}) 1-0

[Event "Tiraspol"]
[Site "Tiraspol"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Nesterov, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Belov Ernst} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 (4. dxc5 {Ernst} Na6 {
Lima-Gurevich,D/Biel(izt)/1993/} 5. Be3 Qa5 6. Bd4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. e4 $14)
4... Bxc3+ $5 5. bxc3 f5 6. e4 (6. g4 fxg4 7. h3 d6 (7... g3 8. fxg3 Qa5 9. Qd3
d6 10. e4 Nf6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. O-O Qd6
16. Rab1 b6 17. Rb2 h6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Qc2 g5 20. Rfb1 Rb8 $10 {San Segundo,
P-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York op/1990/}) 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. Bg2 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qa6 11.
Qb3 Kd8 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Bh6 Rg8 14. Nh3 Nbd7 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Rh4 Bd7 17. Ne6+
Bxe6 18. dxe6 Kc7 19. Rb1 Rab8 $15 {Michenka,J-Vokac,M/Bratislava ch-CS/1991/})
(6. h4 Nf6 (6... Qa5 {Belov} 7. h5 d6 8. Bd2 gxh5 9. e3 Nf6 10. Ne2 $1 Nbd7 11.
Ng3 Ne5 12. Nxh5 Ne4 13. Be2 $16 {Knaak,R-Zapata,A/Cienfuegos/1984/}) 7. h5 Rg8
8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Nf3 (9. Qa4 $6 Qb6 10. Nf3 Qa6 11. Qb3 d6 12. Ng5 Nbd7 13. Ne6
Qa5 14. f3 Ne5 15. Rb1 Nf7 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. e4 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 fxe4
20. Bxf6 exf6 21. fxe4 Kf7 $15 {Franic,M-Vokac,M/Prague T7/1990/}) 9... d6 10.
Ng5 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Rb8 (12... Nb6 $5 $132) 13. e3 b5 14. cxb5 Bb7 15.
e4 $1 fxe4 16. Bd2 $1 c4 17. Bxc4 Nc5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. O-O Ncd7 20. Bb3 Qxb5 21.
c4 $16 {עe8,Dautov,R-Vokac,M/Dortmund Op-A/1992/}) (6. Nf3 $5 d6 7. g3 (7. Bf4
h6 (7... Nf6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Qa5 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Ng5 Nxg5 13.
Bxg5 Nxc4 14. h4 h6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. e4 Qa4 17. Qb1 O-O-O 18. Bh3 $2 Na3 $17 {
Eisenbeis,N-Chatalbashev,B/Baden Baden op/1993/}) 8. e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Qc2
Nbd7 11. h3 b5 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. O-O a6 $6 (13... Qa4 $132) 14. a4 $1 Nxa4 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. c4 Bd7 17. e4 $40 {Stohl,I-Horvath,Cs/OST-BL 9394/1993/}) 7...
Qa5 8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O (10. Bh6 Nb6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. O-O Ng4 13. Bf4
h6 14. e4 $6 g5 15. Be3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O-O 17. Rae1 Rhf8 18. Bg2 Ba4 $36 {
Kraai,J-Ivanov,I/Chicago op/1991/}) 10... Nb6 11. Bh6 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2
Qa4 14. Rfe1 $1 Qxc4 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxb3 17. axb3 Kf7 18. c4 Nd7 19. Re3
$44 {Gurevich,M-Huzman,A/Wijk op/1993/}) (6. f3 {Belov} Qa5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Qc2
d6 9. e4 fxe4 10. fxe4 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. Be2 Nde5 13. O-O Bd7 $13 {Piket,
J-Dzindzichashvili,R/Luzern/1989/0,5 (40) Inf 46/65/}) (6. Qa4 {Belov} Nf6 7.
Nh3 O-O 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ng4 $14 {Fojgel,I-Vigorito,A/USA/1992/
Inf 55/58/}) (6. h3 {Belov} d6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. Bh6 $1 Nbd7 10. e3 Nb6
11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Qa4 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 $1 $16 {Alburt,L-Vigorito,A/USA/
1993/1:0 (28) Inf 57/55/}) 6... fxe4 7. h4 Nf6 (7... Qa5 $142 $5 8. Qb3 (8. h5
$5 Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 $44) 8... Nf6 9. Be2 d6 10. h5 Rg8 11. Nh3 Nbd7 12. hxg6 hxg6
13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Kd2 O-O-O 16. Rh6 Rdf8 17. g3 Ng4 18. Rh7 Nxf2 19.
Rxe7 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rf1 Ba4 22. Qb1 Nd3 $40 {Lempert,I-Rausis,I/Moscow/
1994/}) 8. h5 Rg8 (8... Nxh5 $2 9. Rxh5 gxh5 10. Qxh5+ Kf8 11. Bh6+ $18) (8...
gxh5 {Ernst} 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. Qxh5+ Kd8 12. Ne2 $16 {Farago,
I-Davies,N/Balatonbereny/1985/}) 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Bg5 $6 (10. d6 $1 exd6 (10...
Nc6 $142 $5 $132) 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Bxd6 Qa5 13. Rc1 b6 14. g4 Kd8 15. g5 Ne8 16.
Qd5 Nxd6 17. Qxg8+ Kc7 18. Rh7 Qxa2 19. Rd1 e3 20. fxe3 Ne4 21. Ne2 Nxg5 22.
Rg7 Nf3+ 23. Kf2 Nfe5 24. Bh3 $16 {Kishnev,S-Bischoff,K/SWZ-chI/1992/}) (10.
Nh3 {Belov} d6 11. Ng5 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Be2 Bd7 $17) 10... d6
11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 (12. Nf4 {Belov} Ne5 13. Qc2 Bf5 $17) 12... Ne5 $17 (12...
Nb6 $6 {Belov} 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Qxe4+ $16) 13. Bxf6 (13. Qc2 Bf5
$17) 13... exf6 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 (15. f4 {Belov} fxe4 16. fxe5 Qg5 $1 $17)
15... Qe7 16. Be2 (16. Qe2 f4 (16... Nd3+ {Belov} 17. Kd1 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Nf4+
19. Kf3 g5 $15) (16... Bd7 17. O-O-O f4 18. Ne4 O-O-O $13) 17. O-O-O (17. Ne4
Bf5 18. Rh7 $1) 17... Bf5 $17) 16... f4 17. Ne4 (17. Nf1 $2 {Belov} f3 18. gxf3
Nxf3#) (17. Nf3 $1 {Belov} Bd7 (17... Nxc4 $4 18. Qa4+ $18) (17... Nxf3+ 18.
gxf3 Bf5 19. Qd2 O-O-O 20. O-O-O $13) 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 O-O-O 20. O-O-O g5
$15) 17... Bf5 18. Rh7 $5 (18. f3 Bxe4 19. fxe4 O-O-O $19 {עe1,Be2}) 18... Nf7
$8 (18... Qxh7 $2 19. Nf6+) 19. Qa4+ (19. Nd2 O-O-O $17) 19... Kf8 $1 (19...
Bd7 $6 20. Qc2) (19... Kd8 {Belov} 20. Nxd6 $1 $16) 20. f3 (20. Nd2 Re8 $19 (
20... Bd3 {Ernst} 21. Qd1 Re8 $19)) 20... g5 $1 21. Rh1 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Qxe4 $19
23. O-O-O $6 (23. Rg1 {Belov} Re8 $19) (23. Kf1 {Belov} g4 24. Qd1 Ne5 $19)
23... Qxe2 24. Rde1 Qd3 25. Qd7 Qxc3+ 26. Kb1 Rh8 $1 27. Rxh8+ (27. Qe7+ Kg8
$19) 27... Qxh8 28. Re7 (28. Qxb7 {Belov} Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $19) 28... Qh1+ $1
(28... Qf6 $19) 29. Kb2 Qxg2+ 30. Ka3 Qf3+ 31. Ka4 b5+ $1 32. cxb5 (32. Kxb5
Rb8+ 33. Kc6 Ne5+ $1 (33... Rb6+ {Belov} 34. Kc7) 34. Rxe5 Rb6+ 35. Kc7 dxe5
36. Qf5+ Kg7 $19) 32... Qxd5 33. a3 a5 $1 {/\Qc4#} 34. bxa6 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik. McShane} e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 $5 Bb7 {Very natural.} ({
But maybe Black should more seriously consider the immediate} 4... Bxc3+ $5 5.
bxc3 Bb7 6. Ne2 $5 (6. Nf3 f5 7. Ba3 (7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Ba3 Ne4 9. O-O Qf6 10. Nd2
d6 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc3 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Qg4 Qe5 16. Rfd1 Ne7
17. Rac1 Bd5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bb4 c5 20. Bc3 Qf5 21. Qg3 Rxa2 $17 {Lautier,
J-Bricard,E/FRA-chT/1992/}) 7... Qf6 8. c5 Ne7 9. Be2 Nbc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O
Rf7 12. c4 Ng6 13. Qd2 Nce7 14. Bb2 f4 15. d5 e5 16. Bd3 d6 17. c6 Bc8 18. Ne1
Bg4 19. exf4 Nxf4 20. f3 Bh5 21. Be4 Qg5 22. Kh1 Bg6 $15 {Meulders,R-Timman,J/
Brussels/1987/}) (6. f3 Qh4+ (6... f5 $5) 7. g3 Qh5 8. e4 f5 9. exf5 Qxf5 10.
Bd3 Qh5 $2 (10... Qf7 $142 $5 $132) 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qe2 Qf7 13. Nh3 h6 14. O-O
g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Qf6 17. Nxe6 Kd7 18. Rae1 Nc6 19. f4 Nh6 20. d5 Na5
21. Qh5 $40 {Neiman,E-Bricard,E/Narbonne/1997/}) 6... d6 7. Ng3 Ne7 8. e4 O-O
9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qg4 Qf6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Rae1 g6 15. Ne4
Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Rac8 17. Bb7 Rce8 18. Bc6 $36 {Pritchett,C-Arkell,K/BCF-ch/1988/}
) 5. Nge2 {An idea better known from the Nimzo-Indian. Before occupying the [+]
White wants to finish his development harmoniously and avoid the doubling of
the c-pawns.} f5 (5... Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 $1 $14 {[+]-E44}) 6. a3 Bd6 {
'?' McShane.} (6... Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1] /\f3,Bd3+/=,^^}) ({Less
logical is} 6... Be7 7. d5 Nf6 (7... e5 $6 8. e4 f4 9. g3 fxg3 10. hxg3 d6 11.
Be3 Bg5 12. f4 Bh6 13. Bh3 Bc8 14. Be6 Nd7 15. Qa4 Kf8 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Bxc5
bxc5 18. Kb1 exf4 19. gxf4 Nf6 20. e5 Nd7 21. Rh5 Ke7 22. Qc2 Ke8 23. Rdh1 Nf8
24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Qe4 Kd8 26. e6 Ke8 27. Qf5 Ng6 28. Qf7+ Kd8 29. Rxh6 gxh6 30.
f5 {1-0,Petrosian,T-Bohm,H/Lone Pine/1978/}) 8. g3 (8. Nd4 $5 Qc8 9. Be2 O-O
10. O-O c6 11. Bf3 c5 12. Nde2 e5 13. g3 d6 14. e4 Ba6 15. Qd3 Nbd7 16. b3 fxe4
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bf5 Qe8 20. Nc3 Qh5 21. f4 $36 {Groszpeter,
A-Hansen,L/Copenhagen/1988/}) 8... c6 (8... b5 9. Nxb5 exd5 10. Bg2 c6 11. Nbd4
dxc4 12. Qc2 (12. Nxf5 $1 $36) 12... g6 13. Qxc4 a5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rd1 d5 16.
Qa4 O-O 17. Nf4 Nbd7 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Qc2 Nce4 20. Be1 Rfc8 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bf2
c5 23. Nde2 g5 $13 {Eingorn,V-Rivas Pastor,M/Bor/1986/}) 9. Bg2 cxd5 10. cxd5
e5 11. O-O d6 12. f4 e4 13. b4 Na6 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. Bh3 g6 17. Rc1
O-O 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Qb3+ Rf7 21. Nxe4 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Ncxd5 23. Ng5
Rff8 24. e4 Ne3 25. Rfe1 Nfg4 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bxg4 Bxg5 28. Bf3 {1-0,
Lombardy,W-Regan,K/Pasadena/1978/}) (6... Be7 $142 {McShane}) 7. b4 $5 {
'!' McShane. McShane: 'White only gets away with all these pawn moves because
he has more space and is gaining tempi by attacking the black pieces.'} (7. d5
Nf6 8. g3 Na6 (8... a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Nd4
Nce4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Qc2 e5 17. Nb5 Qf7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rd2
Bc6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. a4 Qe6 22. Ba3 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. b4 $14 {Gurevich,
M-Kengis,E/Tilburg/1992/}) 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Nce4 12. Rb1 exd5 13.
Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qe7 15. Bb2 a5 16. Nc3 axb4 17. axb4 Rae8 18. Qd4 Rf7 19.
Ba1 Be5 20. Qd3 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Qd6 $1 $15 {><d5,Gulko,B-Speelman,J/Copenhagen/
1996/}) 7... Nf6 $146 (7... a5 8. c5 Be7 9. Rb1 (9. Bb2 $142 Nf6 10. Nf4 {
leads to the game position.}) 9... axb4 10. axb4 Nf6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Bc4 g5 13.
Nfe2 bxc5 14. dxc5 $6 Nc6 15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 Qe8 17. Rf1 Kh8 18. Rf3 Nxb4 19.
Rxb4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qh5 $40 {Plachetka,J-Kengis,E/Vienna/1990/}) 8. c5 {[%csl
Gb4,Gc5,Gd4] ()<<} Be7 9. Nf4 {McShane: 'White has won the opening battle by
gaining so much space that it is hard for Black to fully develop. Black can't
even move his d-pawn.'} a5 10. Bb2 $14 axb4 $6 {Premature, as White himself
couldn't resolve the tension advantageously.} (10... O-O $142 11. Be2 $14 (11.
Bc4 $5)) 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 (12. Qxa1 $143 $6 Nc6 13. b5 Nb4 14. Qa7 Qa8
$15) 12... Nc6 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This move will cost black a great deal
of pawn structure value.'} (12... O-O $5 13. Bc4 $14) 13. b5 Na5 14. c6 {
'!' McShane. '!' Ftacnik.} Bc8 $8 (14... dxc6 15. Nxe6 $16) 15. cxd7+ Qxd7 16.
Be2 {McShane: 'Satisfied with the weaknesses he has provoked, White returns to
normal development.'} Bd6 $5 (16... Bb7 17. O-O O-O 18. Nd3 $36) 17. Nh5 $1 (
17. Nd3 Bb7 18. O-O {is also quite pleasant for White, but Sokolov is more
ambitious.}) 17... Nd5 (17... Nxh5 18. Bxh5+ g6 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21.
O-O O-O 22. Qf3 $36 {was maybe safer, but White has a permanent advantage.})
18. O-O {White plays for an attack.} (18. Nxd5 exd5 19. O-O O-O 20. Bc3 {
/\Qb1,Bb4|^ was also possible.}) 18... Bb7 19. e4 fxe4 $6 {Now White gets an
attacking position for free.} (19... Nxc3 $142 20. Bxc3 fxe4 $5 (20... Bxe4 21.
d5 {'!' McShane.} e5 22. f3 $1 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bxd5 24. Nxg7+ $40 {McShane: 'and
the g-pawn will fall with an obvious advantage to White.'} (24. Bxe5 $5 $16) (
24. Bxe5 {McShane and the g-pawn will fall with an obvious advantage to White.}
)) 21. d5 e5 22. Bg4 $44 (22. Ng3 O-O 23. Nxe4 Be7 $5 $132)) 20. Nxe4 O-O (
20... Bb4 {Ftacnik} 21. Bg4 O-O 22. Ng5 Re8 23. Qe2 $14) 21. Bg4 Qxb5 $2 {
Only this is a serious mistake, allowing White to activate his forces. Ftacnik:
'Plaskett accepts the rotten deal, since the exchange of the b5 pawn for the
e6 one clearly favours white.'} (21... g6 $5 22. Nhg3 $36 (22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23.
Ng3 Nf4 $36) (22. Ng5 Qe7 $1 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 $13)) (21... Re8 {Ftacnik} 22. Qe2
$14) 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Re1 $16 {[%mdl 2176] -> White's attack is very strong,
his pieces coordinate well to create dangerous threats.} Bb4 (23... Nf4 24.
Nxd6 cxd6 25. d5 $40) (23... Re8 $6 24. Ng5 $18) (23... g6 $8 24. Nxd6 (24. Ng5
$5) 24... cxd6 25. Ng3 $40) 24. Qg4 g6 $8 25. Qg5 $1 $18 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'What are all black light pieces doing on the queenside?'} Bxe1 (25... Nc4 26.
Qh6 $1 gxh5 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. Nxh7 $18 (28. d5 $18)) 26. Qe5+ Rf6 (26... Nf6 27.
Qxb5 Nxh5 28. d5+ Ng7 29. Qb2 $18) 27. Nexf6 Nc4 {'[]' Ftacnik.} 28. Qxe1 gxh5
29. Bd7 (29. Bd7 Qa5 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Nxh5+ Kh6 32. Qe6+ $1 Kxh5 33. g4+ Kg5
34. h4+ $1 Kf4 (34... Kxh4 35. Qh6#) 35. Qf5#) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{One of the most unbelievable games I have seen in a long time. It is very
hard to understand what was going on all the time, with the material balance
disrupted from the very beginning.} 1. d4 {Dautov} e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3
f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 ({Not much better is the other move} 6... exf5 7. c5
$1 bxc5 8. a3 c4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Qb3 (10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Nh3 $5 Nc6 12. Bf4 Na5
13. Ba2 Ba6+ 14. Kg1 Bc4 $2 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qe2+ {1-0,Kaiser,W-Carton,P/
GER-CupT/1993/}) (10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Bg5 (12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Bd2 Ne4 14.
h4 a6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Be1 a5 17. d5 Ne7 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. h5 Bxd5
21. h6 g6 22. Kg1 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Ned5 24. Bc3 Qa6 25. Qa2 Qe6 26. Ng5 Nxc3 $1
27. Nxe6 Nxa2 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Ra1 Re8 $17 {Grant,J-Williams,S/England/1998/})
12... Kd8 13. Nh4 g6 14. d5 Bc5 15. Na4 $6 Bxf2 16. Nf3 Bb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18.
d6 cxd6 19. Qd4 Rf8 20. Re1 Be4 21. Qxb6+ Ke8 22. Bf4 Nc6 23. Qc7 $44 {
Seirawan,Y-Schussler,H/Malmo/1979/}) 10... Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nf3 c6 (12...
Nf6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Re1+ Kd8 16. Bxf6+ gxf6 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. g3 Nc7
19. Kg2 f4 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Qf5 $16 {Summerscale,A-Williams,S/
Torquay/1998/}) 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Qc4 (14. Qa2 $5 $40) 14... Nc7 15. g3 Qa6 16.
Qxa6 Nxa6 17. d5 Ne7 18. dxc6 dxc6 19. Kg2 O-O 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Be3 $14 {
Christensen,L-Nielsen,L/DEN-chB/1992/}) 7. Be2 $1 {This creative move by
Beliavsky has put a cloud over Black's line, which even this game doesn't
disperse.} O-O (7... Bd6 8. Bh5+ Kf8 9. fxe6 dxe6 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Qe8 12.
Nge2 Rd8 13. Qa4 Kf7 14. Nb5 Rf8 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Bg5 Kg8 17. Re1 Qg6 18. h4
Ne4 19. Rh3 Na5 20. d5 Nxg5 21. hxg5 exd5 22. cxd5 Qxg5 23. Qe4 h6 24. b4 Rde8
25. Qd3 Bc8 26. Rh5 $1 $16 {Meessen,R-Bunzmann,D/Leuven/1998/}) 8. c5 Nc6 $6 {
'?' Dautov.} ({Short's original method of sacrificing the piece seems more
promising than this newer idea.} 8... bxc5 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Nd5 11. Nf3 (11.
fxe6 $5 {Dautov} Qf6 12. Nf3 c6 13. Qc2 dxe6 14. h4 e5 15. Nbd2 Bxd2 16. Bxd2
a5 $44 {Khenkin-Bunzmann/Bad Wiessee 1998}) 11... Rxf5 {'!' Dautov.} 12. b4
Nxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Bb2 {'+/-' Dautov. Dautov: 'Beliavsky,A-Short,N/
Groningen (m/1) 1997'} a5 15. h4 Rd5 16. Qb3 Na6 17. Nc3 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Rf5 19.
Rh3 Qe7 20. Kg1 Raf8 21. Rf1 d6 22. Ng5 $36 {Beliavsky,A-Short,N/Groningen/
1997/}) 9. a3 (9. Nf3 $5 $16) 9... Nxd4 10. axb4 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 $5 {'N?!'
Dautov. White quite logically wants to develop his N to the narural f3-square.}
({But also playable seems to be} 11. Nxe2 Ng4 12. Ng3 $1 (12. Qd4 $143 Qh4 13.
h3 Rxf5 14. g3 Qe7 {'©' Dautov. Dautov: 'Ippolito,D-Hodgson,J/Mermaid Beach
1998'} 15. hxg4 Rd5 16. Rh5 Rxd4 17. Nxd4 Qf6 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Nc3 Qxg4 20. Rh4
Qg6 21. Rd1 a5 $132 {Ippolito,D-Hodgson,J/Mermaid Beach/1998/}) (12. h3 {Dautov
} Qh4 13. Qe1 Ne5 $1 (13... Rxf5 $2 14. f3 $18) 14. Ng3 Qc4+ 15. Kg1 Nd3 16.
Qc3 Qd5 17. Rh2 exf5 $44) 12... Qh4 13. Qd2 exf5 14. Qf4 Rae8 15. h3 Qe7 16.
Bd2 Ne5 17. Rxa7 {'+-' Dautov. Dautov: 'Vaisser,A-Sulava,N/Bastia FRA 1998'}
Bd5 18. Nc3 Nd3 19. Qe3 Qf7 20. Qd4 Bc4 21. Kg1 Nxb4 22. Rxc7 Nc6 23. Qf4 bxc5
24. Kh2 Be6 25. Be3 $18 {Vaisser,A-Sulava,N/Bastia/1998/}) 11... Nd5 12. fxe6
dxe6 (12... Qf6 $5 {Dautov} 13. exd7 Rad8 $44) 13. b5 $6 ({White is a clear
piece up but he must still overcome technical problems and also some nasty
tricks:} 13. c6 $6 Bxc6 $1 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Qxc6 $2 Ne3+ $1 16. Ke2 $8 Qd1+
17. Kxe3 Rae8+ $19) (13. Nf3 $142 $5 Nxb4 14. Nc3 a5 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 $18)
15. Kg1 $5 $18 {should be sufficient to win without complications.}) 13... a6
$5 {'!' Dautov.} (13... bxc5 {Dautov} 14. Nf3 $18) 14. Nf3 (14. c6 axb5 $1 15.
Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Nf3 Nb4 $132) (14. bxa6 Bxa6 (14... Nb4 $5 15. a7
Ba6 $1 16. Rxa6 Nxa6 $14 {<=>}) 15. Rxa6 Rxa6 16. Qxa6 Ne3+ 17. Ke2 Qd1+ 18.
Kxe3 Qxc1+ {'->' Dautov.} 19. Nd2 Qxc5+ 20. Kd3 Qd5+ {/\Qg2+/=}) 14... axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 $32 {<=>} 16. h4 $5 {Dautov: '/\Kg1-h2'} (16. Ng5 $2 Nf4 $1 17. Bxf4
Bxg2+ 18. Kg1 Bxh1 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 $15) (16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Nf4 18. Nf7+ $2
Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Bxg2+ 20. Ke1 (20. Kg1 Nh3#) 20... Qe4+ 21. Be3 Qxb1+ 22. Kd2
Qd3+ 23. Ke1 (23. Kc1 Ne2#) 23... Qe2#) 16... Qa1 (16... bxc5 {Dautov} 17. Kg1
$16) 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Ne5 (18. Ng5 {Dautov} Nf6) 18... Nf6 $8 (18... Ne3+ $2
19. Kg1 Bd5 20. Qe7 $18) (18... Qxb1 $2 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Qg8+ Rxg8
22. Nf7#) 19. Nf7+ (19. h5 Be4 $8 (19... Qxb1 $2 20. Ng6+ $1 $18) 20. Nf7+ (20.
Qe7 $6 Re8 (20... Kg8 $2 21. h6 gxh6 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ $18) 21. Nf7+ Kg8
$36) 20... Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Qxb1 22. Qf8+ Ng8 23. Qf4 Qd3+ 24. Kg1 Qd1+ 25. Kh2
Qxh5+ $11 (25... Qxh5+ {Dautov} 26. Kg1 Qd1+ $11)) 19... Kg8 $6 (19... Rxf7
$142 $1 20. Qxf7 Qxb1 21. Qf8+ Ng8 22. Qf4 bxc5 23. Kg1 Nf6 24. Kh2 $14 {/+/-})
20. Ne5+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nd6+ Kh8 23. Qe7 Kg8 (23... Ra8 $2 {Dautov} 24.
Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nd8 $1 Bd5 26. Ne6 Nh5 (26... Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qf5 $18) 27.
Nxc7 Qxb1 28. Qe3 Bc4+ 29. Kg1 Rf8 30. cxb6 $18) 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qe7 Kg8 26.
Qe6+ Kh8 27. Nxb7 $1 Qxb1 28. Qe1 Ne4 {'?' Dautov.} (28... Qd3+ $1 {Dautov} 29.
Kg1 Qd5 30. Bg5 Re8 $1 (30... Qxb7 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qe7 Qb8 33. cxb6 cxb6 34.
Rh3 Qd8 35. Re3 $16) (30... Rg8 31. f3 Qxb7 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qe6 $16) 31. Qb4
Qxb7 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qxb5 Qe4 $44) 29. Rh3 $2 $138 (29. f3 $142 Ng3+ 30. Qxg3
Qxc1+ 31. Qe1 Qc4+ 32. Kf2 {'!' Dautov.} (32. Kg1 Rb8 $14) 32... Rb8 (32... Qd5
{Dautov} 33. c6 $1 Qxc6 34. Qe7 Re8 (34... Kg8 35. Rd1 $18) 35. Qxe8+ Qxe8 36.
Rd1 $18) 33. cxb6 (33. Qe7 $5 Rxb7 34. c6 (34. Rd1 h6 35. Rd8+ Kh7) 34... Rb8
35. Qxc7 Re8 36. Kg3 $16) 33... Rxb7 34. Qe8+ Qg8 35. Qxg8+ Kxg8 36. bxc7 Rxc7
37. Re1 $16 {_|_R}) 29... Rxf2+ 30. Kg1 Rc2 $2 $138 {[%mdl 8192] '(+)??'
Dautov.} (30... Qc2 $142 $1 31. Rg3 (31. Be3 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Re2 $36) (31. Rf3
Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 h6 $13) (31. Rc3 {Dautov} Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rf2+ 33. Kg1 $11) 31...
Re2 32. Qf1 Rf2 33. Qe1 $11) 31. Rf3 {'+-' Dautov.} (31. Rc3 $1 $18) 31... Nf6
(31... g6 $2 32. Rf8+ Kg7 33. Bh6+ $18) (31... h6 $2 32. Rf8+ Kh7 33. Qxe4+ $18
) (31... Kg8 32. Rf1 $18 (32. Rc3 $5 $18)) 32. Qe8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] '??'
Dautov.} (32. Rxf6 $2 gxf6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qd7+ Kg8 (34... Kg6 $2 35. h5+ Kxh5
36. Qxh7+ Kg4 37. Qg6+ Kh4 38. Qxf6+ {/\Qg5#}) 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Qxc7+ Kg8 $11)
(32. Rf1 $18) (32. Rc3 $18) 32... Ng8 $1 33. Nd8 (33. Rf8 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Rh1+
35. Kg3 Qd3+ 36. Rf3 (36. Kg4 Qc4+ $17) 36... Qd4 $40) 33... Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 h6
35. cxb6 cxb6 36. h5 Re1 (36... Rh1+ {Dautov} 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Qxe1 Rxe1 39.
Rb3 $11) 37. Re3 {'?' Dautov.} (37. Qg6 {Dautov} Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Qxg6+ (38... Qe1+
39. Rf2 Qe5+ 40. Rf4 Qe3+ 41. Rf3 $11) 39. hxg6 Nf6 40. Ra3 Re1 41. Nf7+ Kg8
42. Nd6 $11) 37... Rh1+ $6 {'?' Dautov.} (37... Rxe3 $142 38. Qxe3 Nf6 $17) 38.
Kg3 Qf5 39. Qg6 $1 Rf1 (39... Qxg6+ 40. hxg6 Nf6 41. Re6 Rh5 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43.
Rxb6 Kf8 $11) 40. Re8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] The final act of the tragedy.} (40. Qxf5
$142 Rxf5 41. Re5 $1 Rxe5 42. Nf7+ Kh7 43. Nxe5 Nf6 44. Kh4 $15 {/= White
still should be able to draw this endgame.}) (40. Re4 $1 $15 {Dautov}) 40...
Qf4+ (40... Qf4+ 41. Kh3 Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {This slightly irregular move order has already been around
for some time, it's first propagator being Miles in the late seventies.
Nowadays it has a theory of it's own, it's main exponents are currently
Speelman, Gulko and Kengis.} 3. a3 {This rather tame move can hardly threaten
Black's setup, as now it's possible to transpose to Queen's Indian positions. 
(E12)} ({White must look for a refutation in the sharp and principled lines
such as} 3. e4 $5 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 $142 (5. Nc3 Bb4 6. d5 fxe4 7. Bxe4 Qh4
$1 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Bf3 O-O 10. dxe6 Nc6 11. g3 (11. exd7 Nd4 $40) 11... Qd4 12.
Bd2 Ba6 13. exd7 Bxc4 14. Qe3 Qxd7 15. O-O-O Rae8 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Qh4 Qe6 18.
Kb1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxa2+ 20. Ka1 Bb3 21. Re1 b5 22. Rxe5 Qa6+ 23. Kb1 Qa2+ 24.
Kc1 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 Rd8 26. Bd4 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxb2+ 28. Ke3 Qc1+ {0-1,Marchand,
F-Gulko,B/Geneva op/1997/}) 5... Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. c5 bxc5 8. a3 c4 9. Bxc4
Ba5 10. fxe6 dxe6 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Nf4 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 15. Kg3
Bb6 16. Rf1 g5 17. Bxe6+ Kg7 18. Nh5+ Kh6 19. Nf4 Na6 20. h4 gxf4+ 21. Bxf4+
Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Qe5 23. Qc3 $16 {Kragelj,I-Schneider Zinner,H/Feldbach op/1997/})
3... Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 (4... Nf6 5. d5 $5 (5. Nf3 {-E12}) 5... exd5 6. cxd5 b5 $5
7. e4 b4 8. axb4 Bxb4 9. Bd3 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3
d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Na5 18. Qb4 Bxf3 19. Qxa5 Be2
20. Re1 Bc4 21. Be3 a6 22. Bd4 Qxa5 23. Rxa5 Reb8 24. h3 Rb5 25. Rea1 $14 {
_|_^-,Baburin,A-Speelman,J/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 5. d5 {The main move.} (5. f3
Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bd6 11. Bc2 Qb8 12. h3
Ne7 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. Rb1 cxd4 15. exd4 Qd8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Bb8 18. c5 Qe8
19. b4 Nh4 20. Rf2 h6 21. Bf4 Bxf4 $132 {1/2,Piket,Je-Adams,M/Linares/1997/})
5... Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O (9. Qc2 Be5 10. Nf4 O-O 11. O-O
{only transposes into the same positions.}) 9... Be5 10. Qc2 {A critical
moment for the evaluation of the whole line. As Black's results after quiet
play have been satisfactory, maybe this is the place, where White should act.}
({An interesting try is} 10. Nb5 $5 O-O (10... a6 11. f4 Bxb2 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7
13. Bxb2 O-O 14. Nf2 exd5 15. cxd5 Rae8 16. a4 d6 17. Rb1 Re3 18. Qd2 Qe7 19.
Be5 Rxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxb6 Bxd5 22. Rd1 Nxa4 23. Rxa6 Nc5 24. Bxd5+ Nxd5
25. Rc6 $16 {Aleksandrov,A-Matveeva,S/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 11. f4 (11. Bf4
d6 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Nce4 14. dxe6 Qe7 15. Qc2 a6 16. Nc3 Qxe6 17. Nxe4 fxe4
18. Ng5 Qg4 19. Nh3 a5 20. Rad1 Qh5 21. f3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra3 $44 {Shneider,
A-Lempert,I/St.Petersburg op/1993/}) 11... Bd6 12. Nf2 $5 $14) 10... O-O 11.
Be3 $146 (11. Bd2 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16.
Nxf4 g5 17. Nh3 h6 18. b4 Ne4 19. Qxc7 Bxd5 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Qc1 Rac8 22. Qe3
Nc3 $11 {Gurevich,M-Kengis,E/Bonn GSK-3/1996/}) (11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be3 Nce4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rac1 c5 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Rd3 e5 18. Be3 g5 19. Rcd1
Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qd3 h6 23. g4 Qxd3 24. exd3 Nd6 25. Bxb7
Nxb7 26. f3 e4 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Rc4] ׫_|_,Sher,M-Lempert,I/Erevan op/
1996/}) (11. Nf4 Qe7 12. Be3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rad1 c5 (14... a5 $5 15.
Bc1 Rae8 16. Kh1 Qf7 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 c5 21. bxc5
bxc5 22. Bb2 Qc7 23. f3 Nf6 24. Qc3 e5 $132 {Franic,M-Doric,N/CRO-ch Porec/
1994/}) 15. Bc1 g5 16. Nd3 Bd4 17. e3 Bg7 18. f3 Nd6 19. e4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 g4 21.
exf5 gxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxf5 23. Nf4 Raf8 24. Bg2 exd5 25. cxd5 Qg7 $13 {Naumkin,
I-Lempert,I/Moscow/1994/}) 11... Nce4 $1 {Black reacts well to White's new
move. Occupying the e4 outpost immediately enables him to develop his Q to the
active f6-square instead of e7.} 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rfd1 (13. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 14.
Qxe4 Bxb2 15. Ra2 (15. Ng5 Rf5 $17) 15... Bf6 $36 {Of course White can't
exchange his important B if he doesn't get any lasting advantage instead.}) (
13. Rad1 Qf6 14. b4 a5 $132 {[%cal Ga8a1] <->a}) 13... Qf6 14. Rab1 exd5 (14...
c5 $2 15. dxc6 $1 Bxc6 16. f3 Nc5 17. f4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $1 (18. fxe5 $2 Qxe5 19.
Bxc5 (19. Bf4 Be4 $19) 19... Be4 20. Bd4 Qxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Bxc2 22. Rc1 Ba4 $17)
18... Bc7 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxd7 $16) (14... a5 $6 15. f3 Nc5 16. f4 Bd6 17. b4
axb4 18. axb4 Ne4 19. c5 $36) 15. cxd5 Rae8 16. Qb3 Bd6 {Probably not
necessary.} ({Interesting was} 16... Kh8 $142 $5 17. f3 Nd6 {/\} 18. f4 $2 Bxb2
$1 19. Rxb2 Rxe3 $1 $17) 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bf4 c5 (18... Bxf4 $5 19. Nxf4 c5 20.
h4 $13) 19. Ng5 $5 Qg6 20. Nxe4 fxe4 (20... Bxf4 $142 21. Nd2 $142 $1 (21. Nxc5
$2 Bxc1 22. Nxd7 Rf7 $19) (21. gxf4 $6 {White's >> pawns are compromised and
he has no play in the center.} fxe4 $36 (21... Rxe4 $5)) 21... Bxd2 22. Rxd2 d6
$11) 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rc2 Kh8 $6 (22... Re5 $1 {[%cal Rb7d5] /\Bd5} 23. Rcd2
Rxf2 $1 24. Kxf2 e3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Kxe3 Qe5+ (26... Qh6+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2 $4
28. Rh1 $18) (26... Qf6 $5) 27. Kf2 d6 $11) 23. Qe3 Qe5 (23... Bxd5 $2 24. Rcd2
Re5 25. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 $18) 24. Rcd2 d6 25. b4 {The pawn structure is
rather typical for this line, the weakness of the advanced outposts on d5 and
e4 is approximately balanced.} c4 $2 {A horrible mistake, which costs Black a
pawn and the game.} ({More careful moves lead to equality.} 25... Rf6 $5 $11) (
{or} 25... Re7 $11) 26. Rd4 $16 Ba6 (26... c3 27. Rxe4 Qh5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29.
Qxc3 Qxe2 30. Bf3 $16) 27. Rxe4 Qh5 28. Bf3 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qf7 30. Qd4 Qe8 (
30... b5 $142 $16) 31. Rc1 h6 32. Rc3 Qg6 33. Rc1 $138 Qg5 34. Rc3 b5 (34...
Qg6 35. e4 {[%cal Yf3d1,Yd1c2,Rf2f4,Re4e5] /\Bd1-c2,f4,e5->[+]}) 35. Qxa7 Qd2
36. Qe3 Qb2 37. Qc1 (37. Qe7 $143 $6 Rc8 $132) 37... Qa2 38. Rc2 Qb3 39. Rc3
Qa2 40. Kg2 Bc8 41. Rc2 (41. Qc2 $1 Qa1 42. e4 {[%csl Ra1] was even stronger,
with Black's Q cut off White wins easily.}) 41... Qb3 42. Rc3 Qa4 (42... Qa2
$142 $5) 43. Qe3 Bf5 44. Qe7 Rf6 45. e4 Bg6 46. e5 $18 Rxf3 (46... dxe5 47. d6
e4 48. d7 exf3+ 49. Rxf3 $18) 47. Rxf3 (47. Kxf3 $2 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Be4+ 49. Kh3 (
49. f3 Qd2+ 50. Kh3 Bf5+ 51. g4 Qxc3 $11) 49... Qh5+ 50. Qh4 Qxe5 $44) 47...
Be4 48. exd6 Bxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 (50. Kf4 $6 Qd4+ {helps Black.}) 50...
Qxd5+ 51. f3 Qf5 (51... Qd2+ 52. Kh3 $18) 52. d7 {Wins simply, but even faster
was} (52. g4 $5 Qc2+ 53. Kg3 $18) 52... Qc2+ 53. Kh3 Qf5+ 54. Kh4 g5+ 55. Kh5
Qxf3+ 56. Kxh6 Qc6+ 57. Kxg5 Qd5+ 58. Kg6 Qd3+ 59. Kf7 Qh7+ 60. Ke6 Qe4+ (60...
Qe4+ 61. Kd6 Qd4+ 62. Kc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 (3. g3 $6 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7.
Nxd2 Nf6 8. f4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Ne5 Rc8
14. Qe2 d6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Bh3 Rfe8 17. Rc3 Rcd8 18. Rfc1 g6 19. Qc2 c5 20. Rd1
Nc6 21. Re3 d5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Ree1 Ncb4 $15 {Yermolinsky,
A-Speelman,J/Hastings/1996/}) 3... Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 f5 (5... Qh4+ $5 6. g3
Qh5 (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qh5 8. Nh3 f5 9. Nf4 Qf7 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. O-O Nbc6 12.
Qe2 O-O 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. c5 Na5 15. Rae1 Nec6 16. Rf2 Rad8 17. e5 Ne7 18. g4
Kh8 19. h4 Nac6 20. h5 g5 21. hxg6 Nxg6 22. Nxg6+ Qxg6 23. Rg2 $40 {Zilberman,
N-Bricard,E/Manila olm/1992/}) 7. Bd2 f5 8. exf5 Qxf5 9. Nb5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Na6
11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Bd3 Qf6 13. Nh3 Qxf3 14. Ng5 Qh5 15. Rhf1 h6 16. Nf7 O-O 17.
g4 Qh4 18. Qc2 Nf5 19. gxf5 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Rxf7 22. fxe6 Rxf1 23.
Rxf1 dxe6 $132 {Ree,H-Miles,A/Amsterdam IBM/1978/}) 6. exf5 Nh6 (6... exf5 7.
Nge2 (7. Bf4 $5 Nf6 8. Bd3 $14) 7... Qh4+ 8. g3 Qh5 9. Bg2 Bxf3 10. Nf4 Bxd1
11. Nxh5 Bxh5 12. Bxa8 c6 13. Bf4 d6 14. d5 Kd7 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Be2 17.
dxc6+ Nxc6 18. Rfe1 Bxc4 19. Rad1 d5 20. Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Re8 $18 {
Azmayparashvili,Z-Yewdokimov,O/St.Barbara/1992/}) 7. fxe6 (7. Bxh6 Qh4+ 8. g3
Qxh6 9. Qd2 $5 (9. Qd3 O-O 10. Nge2 Rxf5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Rae1 Raf8
14. a3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Rh5 16. h4 g5 17. hxg5 Rxg5 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rg7 20.
Ne2 Ng6 21. Qe4 Nh4+ 22. Kf2 Nf5 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Rg2 c5 $15 {Lanchava,
T-Grabuzov,S/Pardubice op/1993/}) 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 exf5 12.
Re1+ Kf7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Nh3 Nc6 15. g4 fxg4 16. fxg4 Rae8 17. Rhf1+ Kg7 18. Nf4
Na5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 c6 21. dxc6 dxc6 22. g5 Nb7 23. Be4 $36 {[%csl Ge4,
Rb7] _|_פb7,Sokolov,An-Litus,V/Moscow VDFSO/1992/}) (7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxf5
9. Nh3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qf6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ra2 Na5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4
Qf7 16. Re2 Ba6 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 d5 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. g4 Nh4 21. f4 d5 22.
Ng3 Rae8 23. f5 exf5 24. gxf5 $40 {[%csl Rh4] פh4,Neverov,V-Lempert,I/St.
Petersburg op/1993/}) 7... Nf5 (7... O-O 8. Be3 (8. Nh3 $2 Qh4+ 9. Nf2 Ng4 $1
10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Qd2 Rae8 12. d5 Bc5 13. Nce4 Nxf2 14. Nxc5 Nxh1+ 15. g3 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Qxg3+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 bxc5 19. exd7 Rd8 20. dxc6 Bxc6 $19 {
Arbakov,V-Mihalko,J/Budapest Festival/1991/}) (8. Bxh6 Qh4+ 9. Kd2 Qxh6+ 10.
Kc2 dxe6 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nc6 13. Nge2 Rad8 14. Kc2 Nxd4+ 15. Nxd4 Rxd4
16. Bd3 a6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Ne2 R4d6 19. Ng3 a5 20. a3 Bc5 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22.
Bxe4 Rxd1 {1/2/Stanke,J-David,Ad/2.BLN 9394/1994/}) 8... Nf5 9. Qd2 dxe6 10.
Bd3 Nc6 11. Nge2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qh6 14. a3 Be7 15. Ne4 Rad8 16. Rd1
Rd7 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Bc2 Na5 19. Ba4 $1 $16 {Kristensen,K-Andersen,I/
Copenhagen OBRO/1993/}) 8. Bf4 $1 (8. exd7+ $6 Nxd7 9. Bf4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qe7+ 11.
Be2 g5 12. Qd3 Rf8 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. Qb1 Nxd4 16. Nd5 Rxd5 {
0-1/Hager,F-Lempert,I/DataGeneral 5'/1992/}) (8. g3 dxe6 9. a3 Be7 10. d5 Bf6
11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Ne2 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O O-O 16. Be4 Bc6
17. Bf4 Na6 18. Nd4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Ne7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Bxc7 Qg6 22. e5 Ne4 $44 {
Sergeev,V-Muhutdinov,M/St.Petersburg op/1993/}) (8. Nge2 O-O (8... dxe6 9. Qa4+
Nc6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nfxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qh4 14. Qe4 Qh5 15. Qxe6+
Kh8 16. Qd5 Rf5 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Be2 Ba6 20. Bxb4 Rfxd5 21. Qxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxd5 $16 {Stone,R-Hergott,D/CAN-ch/1995/}) 9. Qd3 (9. Qb3 c5 10. exd7
Nxd7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nf4 Qh4+ 13. Kd1 Nd4 14. Qa4 Rxf4 15. g3 Qh5 16. Bxf4 Qxf3+
17. Kd2 Qxh1 18. Rd1 Qxh2+ 19. Kc1 Ng6 {0-1/Ree,H-Morozevich,A/Tilburg/1994/})
(9. Bf4 dxe6 10. Qd2 Qh4+ 11. Ng3 Bd6 (11... Nc6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Bg5 Qxd4 14.
Qc2 Ne3 15. Rxd4 Nxc2 16. Rd7 N2d4 17. Rxc7 Na5 18. Be7 Rf7 19. Rxb7 Bxe7 20.
Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Bd3 Rc8 22. b3 b5 23. Nf5 Rd7 24. Nd5 $44 {Harasta-Prie,E/
Cappelle op/1989/}) 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Nce2 Nc6 14. O-O-O Ncxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Qxh1 17. Nxe6 Rf6 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. Re1 Qg5 20. Bd3 Raf8 21. Kc2 Rh6 22.
Qf2 Bc8 $15 {Panno,O-Miles,A/Buenos Aires Clarin/1979/}) 9... Qh4+ 10. Kd1 dxe6
11. Kc2 Nc6 12. d5 Ncd4+ 13. Kb1 Rae8 14. g3 Nxg3 $1 15. Nxg3 Rxf3 16. Qe4
Qxe4+ 17. Ngxe4 exd5 18. Nd2 Rf2 19. a3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne2 21. Bxe2 Rexe2 22.
Ra2 d4 23. Rf1 Rxf1 24. Nxf1 Be4+ 25. Ka1 Re1 {0-1/Gislason,G-Budnikov,A/
Reykjavik op/1994/}) 8... O-O $6 $146 {An unfortunate novelty, which gives
White time to evacuate his K from the centre and also protect the Pd4
sufficiently. Black's subsequent attempts to complicate only shorten the game
drastically.} (8... Qh4+ 9. g3 Qf6 10. exd7+ Nxd7 11. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
O-O-O 13. Bd3 $16) (8... dxe6 $142 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. O-O-O $5 (10. d5 exd5 11.
O-O-O Bxc3 12. cxd5 Qf6 13. dxc6 Bxb2+ 14. Kb1 Bc8 (14... Bxc6 15. Bb5 Ne7 16.
Bxc6+ Nxc6 17. Nh3 Kf8 18. Rhe1 Bc3 19. Re4 b5 20. Qb3 Na5 21. Qd5 Qc6 22. Bxc7
Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc4 24. Bd6+ $14 {Josephsen,N-Nielsen,L/DEN-chB/1992/}) 15. Bxc7
Ba1 16. Qa3 Be6 17. f4 Ne3 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Bf5+ 21. Bd3 Qb5+
22. Ka1 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 $18 {->,Lev,R-Kengis,E/London Lloyds/1991/}
) 10... Nfxd4 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Kb1 e5 13. Be3 a6 14. Rd2 Qc8 15. Bd3 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 Nxf3 17. Rf2 Ne7 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Ng5 22.
Nxg5 hxg5 23. Rhf1 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Qe8 25. Kb2 $14 {Conquest,S-Plaskett,J/
Hastings II/1987/}) 9. Qd2 dxe6 (9... Qh4+ 10. g3 Qf6 11. O-O-O $16) 10. O-O-O
Nc6 11. d5 $16 Na5 (11... exd5 12. Qxd5+ Qxd5 13. Nxd5 $18) 12. Nh3 $1 (12.
dxe6 Qf6 $14) 12... Qe8 (12... Qf6 $142 13. Ng5 exd5 14. cxd5 $16) (12... Ba6
13. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Ya2a3,Rd5e6] /\a3,de6}) 13. Re1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qa4 15. b4 $1
$18 Qxa2 $8 16. bxa5 exd5 (16... bxa5 17. Bd3 $18) 17. Bd3 d4 18. Qb2 Qa4 (
18... Qxa5 19. Re5) 19. Ng5 bxa5 20. Ne6 (20. Qxb7 $5 {[%cal Rb7d5] /\Qd5+-})
20... Rfb8 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 (22... Qf6 23. Nd7 $18) (22... Qg6 23.
Nxb7 $18) (22... Qxb5 23. cxb5 Nd6 24. Re7 $18 {->}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 (4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 $5 d6 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 (12. b3 $5 $14 {
[%csl Gc3,Gd3] ^^}) 12... Ne5 13. Bc2 $2 Nxc4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd3 Qh4 16. f4
b5 17. a4 Bd7 18. axb5 Ne3 19. Rfe1 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Qxf4 $17 {Sokolov,I-Adams,M/
Wijk/1996/}) 4... d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 (7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Bg4 9. dxe5
dxe5 10. O-O Qxd2 11. Nbxd2 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 a4 13. Rab1 f6 14. b4 axb3 15. Rxb3
Na5 16. Rb4 Ne7 $15 {Grunin,A-Gavrilov,A/Pardubice op/1994/}) 7... Bxd2+ (7...
Nce7 8. Bxb4 $1 (8. O-O Nf6 (8... Bxd2 9. Qxd2 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Ne1 O-O 12.
Nd3 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. h3 Be6 15. b3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nb2 Nd4 18. e3 Nf5
19. Nba4 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Rac1 Ne8 22. Nb6 Ra6 23. Nd5 Kf8 24. Kh2 $16 {
Magerramov,E-Osnos,V/Rostov op/1993/}) 9. Ne1 Bc5 10. Nd3 Ba7 11. Nc3 h5 12. h3
e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxh3 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Nf4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 h4 18. Rh1
O-O-O 19. e4 hxg3 20. fxg3 Rxh1 21. Qxh1 g5 22. Nd3 Ng6 23. Qf1 Re8 $15 {
Lautier,J-Motwani,P/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 8... axb4 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11.
Ne1 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nd3 Rb8 14. c5 Ba6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Ndc5
Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxe2 20. Re1 Bc4 21. Rxe5 Kf8 22. Re1 Ra8 23. Ra1
Ned5 24. a3 $14 {Portisch,L-Kortschnoj,V/Skelleftea WCup/1989/}) 8. Nfxd2 (8.
Nbxd2 Nb8 9. O-O Nh6 10. e4 O-O 11. b3 Na6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Ne1 c6 14. Nc2 cxd5
15. cxd5 Nc5 16. Ne3 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Na6 20. exf5 Nxf5
21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qa3 Nc7 23. Be4 Nb5 24. Qa5 Qd7 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Qa4 Rf7 $10
{Meduna,E-Eingorn,V/Haifa ETC/1989/}) (8. Qxd2 Nb8 9. Nc3 Nh6 10. O-O Na6 11.
Ne1 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. Rae1 Qf6 16. e3 b6 17. b3 Kh8
18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. a4 Rfb8 21. Nc1 Re8 22. Re2 Ng8 23. Na2 $13 {
1/2/Pinter,J-Eingorn,V/Dortmund/1988/}) 8... Nb8 $1 {On e7 the Knight's
perspectives are limited, from b8 it heads for the importsant c5-square.} (8...
Nce7 9. Nc3 f5 10. f4 $5 exf4 11. gxf4 Ng6 12. e3 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Nh6 14. Nf3 Qe7
15. Qd4 Ng4 16. Re1 O-O 17. h4 h5 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Bf3 Rae8 20. Kg2 Qf6 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 c6 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Ne2 $1 $40 {Vladimirov,E-Prie,
E/Leon/1991/}) 9. Nc3 Nd7 (9... Nh6 10. a3 (10. c5 dxc5 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Ne4 b6
13. d6 c6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Bh3 Bc8 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. Nc4
Nd4 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. Ne3 Nf6 22. a4 Qxd6 $17 {Gual-Illescas/Alicante op/1989/})
10... O-O 11. b4 f5 12. Rc1 Na6 13. Qb3 e4 14. O-O axb4 15. axb4 c5 (15... Nf7
$5 $132) 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qb4 Qb6 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 $14 {
Shirov,A-Romero Holmes,A/Leon/1995/}) 10. a3 f5 11. b4 Nh6 (11... Ngf6 $5 12.
Nb3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 O-O $13) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 (13. Nb3 $142 $5
axb4 (13... b6 14. bxa5 bxa5 15. c5 $36) 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 $14 {[%cal
Ya1a5,Yc3b5] /\Qa5,Nb5|^<<}) 13... b6 {A typical King's Indian situation. But
there are two important differences-Black has managed to exchange his bad
dark-squared B, on the other hand with the P on e2 and f2 it is harder for him
to find targets on the King-side.} (13... Nf7 14. Nb3 (14. c5 dxc5 15. bxc5
Nxc5 16. Nb5 Na6 17. Nc4 Bd7 $15) 14... axb4 15. axb4 $13) 14. Nb5 Ba6 15. Qc2
(15. bxa5 $2 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Rxa5 $17 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Yd7c5] ><a3,/\Nc5}) 15...
Rf7 16. bxa5 bxa5 $8 (16... Bxb5 17. cxb5 Rxa5 18. Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rxb5 (
19... Rxa3 20. Nc4 Rc3 21. Rc6 $16) 20. Nc4 Rc5 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. a4 $36 {
[%csl Ga4] o^a}) 17. a4 (17. Nb3 $6 a4 18. Nd2 Nc5 $15) 17... g5 18. Nb3 f4 $5
19. Qd2 g4 20. Rc2 (20. Nxa5 Nc5 21. Nc6 Qf6 22. Qc2 Bc8 $5 $44 {[%csl Rg2]
[%cal Rc8f5,Rf4f3] |^/\Bf5,f3,ץg2}) (20. Qxa5 $2 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Rb8 $19) 20...
Kh8 (20... f3 $2 21. exf3 gxf3 22. Bh3 $16) 21. e4 $2 {[%csl Rg2] ץg2 A
horrible move, which buries White's B and K for life.} (21. Nxa5 Nc5 22. Nc6
Qf6 23. a5 $13) (21. Rb1 $5 $132) 21... Rf6 22. Nxa5 (22. f3 $142 $5) 22...
Bxb5 $2 {This gives White play on the c-file. Black should have waited with
this exchange, there was no hurry.} (22... f3 $142 $17 {()}) 23. cxb5 (23. axb5
f3 $17) 23... f3 24. Bh1 Nf7 25. Nb7 (25. Nc6 Qg8 26. a5 Ng5 27. Re1 $17) 25...
Qb8 26. Rfc1 $1 Rxa4 (26... Qxb7 27. Rxc7 Qb8 (27... Qb6 28. Rxd7 Rxa4 29. Rc8+
Kg7 30. Qg5+ Rg6 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qf5+ $18) 28. Rxd7 Rxa4 29. b6 $1 $18) 27.
Rxc7 Nb6 {[%csl Rg1,Rh1] עg1,Bh1} 28. Na5 $2 (28. Qc2 $142 $1 {[%cal Rc2c6] /
\Qc6 This threat is surprisingly strong and despite being practically a piece
up, it's very difficult to find a defence for Black.} Rc4 $2 29. Rxc4 Nxc4 30.
Qxc4 Qxb7 31. Qc8+ $1 Qxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. b6 $18) (28. Qe3 Rd4 {[%cal Rb8c7]
/\Qc7!}) 28... Qa8 29. R7c6 (29. Nc6 Ra1 $40) 29... Qa7 $6 (29... Qxa5 $1 30.
Qxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxb6 Ng5 $19) 30. Qe3 (30. Nb3 $142 Ra3 $5 (30... Ra2 31. Qe3)
31. Qe3 Qa4 $40) 30... Qxa5 31. Rxb6 (31. Qxb6 Qxb6 32. Rxb6 Ng5 $19 {-29...
Qa5!}) 31... Ra3 32. Rb8+ $8 Kg7 33. Qe1 Qa7 34. Rbc8 Ra2 $19 35. R8c6 (35.
R8c4 Qb6 {[%cal Rf7g5,Yb6b5] /\Qb5,Ng5}) 35... Qd4 36. b6 $6 (36. Qe3 Qxe3 37.
fxe3 Ng5 38. R6c2 Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Nxe4 40. b6 Nc5 $19 {ץh1}) 36... Ng5 37. R1c2
Nh3+ 38. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 00 75th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2000.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Ne7 $5 (5... Nf6 {-E12 Speelman
strives for an original position.}) ({Another atypical approach is} 5... f6 $5
6. Bd2 (6. Bh4 Ne7 7. e3 Ng6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. h4 Ne7 10. Bd3 f5 11. Kf1 Bxc3 12.
bxc3 h6 13. h5 d6 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Nd2 Bc6
19. Qa3 Nd7 20. Nf3 a5 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Rb2 Kh7 23. Bf4 Qc8 24. Rh2 Rf7 25. Rh1
Qb7 $15 {Kranz,A-Topalov,V/Dornbirn op/1990/}) 6... f5 7. a3 (7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 d6 12. Nd2 Qg5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Be2 Nd7
15. Bg4 Rae8 16. d5 Nc5 17. b4 Nd3 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. dxe6 Nxc1 $11 {1/2,
Kanikevich,A-Kengis,E/Sydney Cepacol/1991/}) 7... Be7 (7... Bxc3 $142) 8. e3
Nf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. d5 g6 12. h4 $5 b5 13. h5 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Qxb7 Nc6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qb5 Rf7 20. Bc3 Bf6 21.
Qxc4 Bxc3+ 22. bxc3 Qe7 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rd5 d6 25. Qf4 Ne5 26. Ng5 $36 {
Milov,V-Yewdokimov,O/Zuerich op/1993/}) 6. Qb3 $146 (6. e3 f6 7. Bf4 g5 $6 8.
Nxg5 fxg5 9. Qh5+ Ng6 10. Be5 O-O 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. h4 Qf7 13. hxg5 Bxg2 14.
O-O-O Bxh1 15. Rxh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Bf6 a5 18. d5 Nce7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20.
Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Rh7+ $16 {Martin Canfran,R-Fluvia,J/Paretana/2000/})
(6. Qd3 f5 7. g3 Be4 8. Qe3 h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3
Nd7 13. Nh4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qf6 15. f4 O-O 16. Rfe1 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Rf7
19. e4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 exf4 21. Qf3 Raf8 22. Rxf4 Qe7 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Qxf7+
Rxf7 25. Nf4 Ne5 $11 {Chabanon,J-Bezsilko,P/Val Thorens/1988/}) 6... h6 7. Bd2
(7. Qxb4 $6 hxg5 $36 {<->h} 8. Nxg5 $4 Nec6 $19) 7... a5 (7... c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9.
Bxc3 $14 {/\} O-O $6 10. dxc5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 bxc5 12. Rg1 $40) 8. a3 Bxc3 9.
Bxc3 O-O 10. e3 d5 {Black has various possibilities of handling his [+]P, a
possible alternative was} (10... d6 11. Bd3 a4 12. Qc2 c5 $5 $132) 11. cxd5
Nxd5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O $14 {[%csl Rb5] ><b5 White has some edge due to the
weakness of b5, which discourages the logical c5 advance.} Nxc3 14. bxc3 (14.
Qxc3 $5 $14) 14... e5 $1 $132 15. Rfd1 (15. dxe5 Qe7 $11) (15. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Qg5 $36) 15... Qe7 16. Bb5 ({More chances to fight for an advantage were
offered by} 16. Nd2 $142 Rad8 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 e4 19. Nd2 $11 {[%csl Gc1,
Gc2,Gc3,Gc4,Gc5,Gc6,Gc7][%cal Yc3c5] /+/= White's pawns structure is more
flexible, his following plan: opening the c-file with c4-c5.}) 16... Rad8 17.
Qa4 Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Nf6 {Now White's pawns are compromised as well and any
central advance would weaken them further. Therefore White has to behave
passively.} 19. Qc2 Rd6 20. Kh1 Rfd8 $11 21. Be2 g6 22. a4 Kg7 23. Rab1 {
/\Rb5 As White wants to activate his R and attempt to force an exchange on d4,
Black decides for another structural change.} c5 $5 {[%mdl 16]} (23... exd4 $2
24. cxd4 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3] [+]}) 24. dxe5 {This is possible only if c5 is
unavailable to Black's pieces.} (24. dxc5 $2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxc5
$15 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3,Re3,Rf2,Rf3,Rh2] ק White would have a lot of isolated
pawns, let's also remember Capablanca's rule-a Q usually cooperates better
with a N, than with a B. (With the R it's the opposite.)}) 24... Qxe5 {[%cal
Rf6d5] /\Nd5,><c3} 25. c4 $8 (25. f4 $2 Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19) 25... Rxd1+ 26.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qb2 28. Kg2 Ng8 (28... Qb4 29. Qc2 $11 {Although White's B
has limited scope, Black has no way to attack the weak ><a4,c4.}) 29. Bd3 Qc3 (
29... Nf6 $11) 30. Qb1 Ne7 31. Be4 Qxc4 ({Black's Q would have no constructive
moves after} 31... Qb4 32. Qc2 (32. Qa1+ f6 $15) 32... f5 33. Bd3 Kf7 34. h4
$132) 32. Qb2+ Kf8 $1 (32... Kg8 $2 33. Qxb6 {/\Qd8} f5 34. Bc6 $14 {[%csl Rg8]
עg8}) 33. Qxb6 Qxa4 34. Qd8+ {White rightly prefers to take the more distant
Black o^.} (34. Qxc5 $143 Qb4 $15 {[%csl Ga5] o^a}) 34... Qe8 35. Qxa5 Qc8 36.
Qc3 h5 37. h3 Qc7 38. f4 Qd6 39. Qh8+ Ng8 40. Qe5 Qe7 $5 (40... Qxe5 41. fxe5
Kg7 42. f4 f6 43. exf6+ Nxf6 44. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yh3h4] /\h4,><g6
might cause Black some discomfort.}) 41. Kf3 Qxe5 $1 {The right moment, Black
gets rid of his weaknesses.} 42. fxe5 Kg7 43. Ke2 (43. Kf4 f6 44. Bd3 Ne7 $11)
43... f6 44. exf6+ ({Needlessly risky, although still drawish is} 44. e6 $6 {
[%csl Re6] ק} f5 45. Bc2 Kf6 46. Kd3 (46. h4 c4 $17) 46... g5 47. Kc4 Kxe6 48.
Kxc5 Ke5 {[%csl Rf2,Rh3] ׻} 49. Kc4 Nf6 50. Kd3 h4 51. Ke2 $11) 44... Nxf6 45.
Kd3 g5 $11 46. Bf3 Kg6 (46... g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Bg2 Kg6 $11) 47. Kc4 Kf5 48.
Kxc5 g4 49. hxg4+ (49. Bg2 Ne4+ $11) 49... hxg4 50. Bxg4+ (50. Bg2 Ne4+ 51.
Bxe4+ (51. Kd4 $11) 51... Kxe4 52. Kd6 Kf3 53. e4 $1 {[]} Kxe4 (53... Kxf2 54.
e5 $11) 54. Ke6 Kf3 55. Kf5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 {This time Short plays a more usual move,
but Piket demonstrates a comprehensive and consistent strategy, which limits
Black's options.} ({Only weeks before in Batumi Short against the same
opponent successfully played the extravagant and provocative} 3... g6 4. Nc3
Bg7 5. e4 Ne7 6. f4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e5 c5 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2
Nf5 12. Bf2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ncxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15. O-O f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Bg4 Ne3 20. Qxe3 Bxg4 21. Qd2 d4 22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Nf2 Bf5
24. Rac1 Qd5 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. h3 d3 27. g4 Be4 28. Re3 Bh1 $1 $17 {Piket,
J-Short,N/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 4. d5 Nf6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 g6 (6... Ne4 7. Nf3
Bc5 8. O-O Qf6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Nbd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Rb1 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Re3
14. Qc2 Rxe2 15. Qxc5 bxc5 16. Rxe2 Bxd5 17. b3 Nc6 18. Bb2 Qd6 19. Rbe1 $36 {
Jakobsen,O-Ward,C/Copenhagen/1998/}) ({This game shows Black should probably
try to solve the development of Nb8 with} 6... a5 $5 {first.}) 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Nh3 $5 ({White's move is more ambitious than} 8. Nf3 Na6 9. Rb1 Nc5 10. Nd2 Ng4
11. Qc2 Bd4 12. Nd1 exd5 13. Bxd5 Qe7 14. b4 c6 15. Bg2 Ne6 16. Nb3 Bg7 17. h3
Ne5 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 Nf7 20. Bb2 d5 $1 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nc3
Qe3+ 24. Kh2 Rac8 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Rd3 Nh5 27. Qd2 Nf6 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5
Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rfe8 $44 {Chernin,A-Kharlov,A/New York op/1998/}) 8... O-O 9. O-O
a5 (9... Na6 10. Rb1 (10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Rd1 exd5 12. cxd5 a5 13. Be3 Nfe4 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra1 20.
e3 $16 {Vojinovic,G-Filipovic,B/YUG-chT Niksic/1996/}) (10. b4 $5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Bxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. Ra2 (14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Rad1 Rf7 16. Bf4 c6
17. Qd3 h6 18. Bd6 Qe4 19. Nf4 Qxd3 20. Nxd3 Re8 21. b5 Nb8 22. e3 Kg8 23. Nb4
Bf8 24. Rd3 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 c5 26. Na6 Nxa6 27. bxa6 Re4 $132 {Farago,I-Varga,Z/
Pecs/1998/}) 14... c5 $2 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Qb7 cxb4 17. Qxa6 b3 18. Rb2 h6 19.
Nf3 Bxb2 20. Bxb2+ Kg8 21. Ne5 d6 22. Nd3 Rac8 23. Qb5 Qe6 24. Rc1 g5 25. Qxb3
$18 {Yuferov,S-Lempert,I/Moscow/1990/}) 10... Nc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Bb2 exd5 $6
13. cxd5 Nd6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rbc1 Re8 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. a4 a6 18. e3 Rc8 19. Nf4
Ne5 20. Nce2 Ne4 21. Nd3 $16 Qe7 $2 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxc7 $1
Rxc7 25. d6 Qg7 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. dxc7 Qxc7 28. Qf7 Rd8 29. Nf4 {1-0,
Hjartarson,J-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik/1995/}) 10. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 32] As Black's
Nb8 has only one square available, White prepares to limit it's scope. A very
effective strategy.} (10. c5 Kh8 11. cxb6 cxb6 12. Bf4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16. Rad1 (16. Qd2 $5 $36) 16... Bxb2 17. Rd3 Bf6 18.
Rfd1 Qe8 19. Re3 Qf7 20. Qb5 Rfe8 21. Qxb6 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 Rd8 23. Qc5 Qe7 24.
Rd5 $14 {Cramling,P-Gulko,B/ESP-chT Oropesa del Mar/1996/}) 10... Na6 11. b4
axb4 12. axb4 c5 $146 ({In spite of the result no better for Black is} 12...
Qc8 13. Qb3 c6 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nf4 (16. Na4 $5 $16) 16... Rfe8
17. Na4 e5 18. Bxb6 Qf7 19. Nd3 e4 20. Ndc5 $16 Bc8 21. Nxa6 $2 Bxa6 22. Rfc1
Ng4 23. f3 Ne5 24. b5 Bc8 25. f4 cxb5 26. Qxb5 Bd7 27. Qd5 Be6 28. Qb5 Nxc4 29.
Bc5 Nd2 {0-1,Tyomkin,D-Shabalov,A/Hamburg Wichern op/1999/}) 13. bxc5 (13. dxc6
$143 Bxc6 $132) 13... Nxc5 14. Be3 Ra5 (14... Rc8 15. Na4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb6]
><b6}) 15. Nf4 Ba6 (15... Ng4 16. Bxc5 $1 (16. Bd2 e5 17. Nd3 e4 (17... Nxd3
18. exd3 $36) 18. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 (18... Nxd3 19. Bxa5 Nb2 20. Rxb2 Bxb2 21. Bc3
$16) 19. Bxa5 exd3 20. Bxb6 Qe7 $1 (20... Qc8 21. e3 $19) 21. e3 (21. exd3 Nxf2
$1) 21... Nxf2 22. Rxf2 (22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd2 Bh6 $1 $36) 22... Qxe3 23. Bxc5
Qxc5 24. Bf3 Bxd5 $5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 $11) 16... Rxc5 17. Na4 Rxc4 18. Nxb6 Rd4
19. Qb3 $36) 16. dxe6 {With this move White practically wins a P and despite
numerous exchanges Black's task remains unenviable.} Bxc4 (16... dxe6 $2 17.
Bxc5 bxc5 18. Nxe6 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 $18) 17. exd7 Nfxd7 (17... Ncxd7 18. Ncd5 $1
$36 {resembles the game position.} (18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxb6 Nh5 $1
21. Nxh5 Bxc3 22. Nf4 Be5 $14) (18. Qd6 $5 $36)) 18. Bd5+ Bxd5 19. Ncxd5 Be5 {
With his weakened >> Black welcomes exchanges, as he can't protect the Pb6
anyway.} (19... b5 $143 $6 20. Qc2 b4 $8 $16) 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22.
Bxc5 $5 (22. Rxb6 Ne4 $14) 22... Na4 {Decentralization can hardly be the most
sutiable way to fight for a draw.} (22... Rxc5 $2 23. Ne6 $18) (22... Nd5 $142
23. Nd3 (23. Nxd5 Rxd5 $14) (23. Rbd1 $2 Rxc5 24. Ne6 Rdc8 $11) 23... Bg7 {
and White's technical task is still far from easy, e.g.} 24. Bb6 $5 Nxb6 25.
Rxb6 Ra2 26. Re1 Bc3 27. Rc1 Bd4 28. Re6 Kf7 29. Rcc6 $14 {/+/-}) 23. Bb4 Rb5
24. Nd3 Bc3 25. Be7 $1 (25. Bxc3 $2 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Nxc3 27. Rb2 Nxe2+ $11) 25...
Rdb8 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. Rc1 Kf7 28. Bg5 Ke6 {Black sends his K to extricate the
exposed pieces on the <<, but keeping it at home seems more prudent.} (28...
Rb7 $5 29. Kf1 Bg7 30. Bd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra4] פ}) 29. Kf1 Rb3 30. h4 Ra3 31.
Rc2 Kd5 $6 32. Bd2 Kc4 33. Bxc3 Nxc3 {Hecht: '[#] 4-3 Bauern auf einem Flügel
bietet stets Gewinnchancen. Hier macht sich für Schwarz die ungünstige
Königsstellung negativ bemerkbar. Taktik!'} (33... Rxc3 34. Rxc3+ Nxc3 35. Nf4
$18 {_|_ Endgame theory considers such positions won for White. Here the
dirtect threat is Ne6-f8, attacking the exposed P. It's obvious the K has
wandered too far.}) 34. Kg2 Kd4 (34... Kd5 35. Nf4+ Kd6 36. Rb2 Ra7 37. Rb6+
Ke7 38. h5 g5 39. Rh6 $18) 35. Nf4 Ke5 36. Rb2 Ra7 37. Rb6 $1 Re7 38. Rc6 $18
Ne4 $2 (38... Nd5 39. Rc5 $18) (38... Na4 {[%csl Ra4,Re5] doesn't lose
immediately, but with the trapped K and waylaid N Black's position remains
hopeless.} 39. h5 $5 (39. e3 $18) 39... g5 40. Nh3 g4 41. Nf4 $18 {[%csl Rf5]
><f5}) (38... Na4 {Hecht oder Sb1 waren nötig, um den sofortigen Verlust zu
vermeiden. Weiß spielt dann erst ruhig e3 sowie Kf3 und darf dann an h5 denken.
}) 39. f3 Nd6 (39... Nf6 40. Nd3+ (40. Rxf6 {Hecht} Kxf6 41. Nd5+ $18) 40...
Kd4 41. Rxf6 Rxe2+ 42. Nf2 $18) (39... Nd2 40. Rc5+ Kd4 $8 (40... Kd6 {Hecht}
41. Rd5+ $18) (40... Kf6 41. Nd5+ $18) 41. Rd5+ Kc3 42. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 43. Nd5+
$18) 40. Rc5+ (40. Rc5+ Kf6 (40... Kd4 41. Rd5+) 41. Nd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Sautron"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nc6 $6 4. Nf3 (4. d5 Nd4 {enables Black to occupy the
[+] outpost, or at least get a protected o^ on d4, giving him <=>:} 5. Ne2 $5 (
5. Nc3 c5 6. Nge2 e5 (6... a6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe6 dxe6 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. Ng3 h5 11.
h3 h4 12. Nge2 b5 13. Rd1 e5 14. Nc1 Bd7 15. Bd3 Qc8 16. f4 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18.
exd5 e4 19. Bxe4 O-O 20. Kf2 Re8 21. Bd3 a5 22. Ne2 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 $44 {
Zakharevich,I-Eliseev,A/St Petersburg/2002/}) 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Nb5 d6 9. Bd3 a6
10. Na3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ng4 $1 16.
Qd2 Ne5 17. Be2 Qf6 18. Rab1 Qg6 19. b4 b6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bd1 Ra7 22. Ba4
Rf8 23. Rb6 h5 $36 {Eriksson,J-Cicak,S/SWE-ch Skara/2002/}) 5... c5 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 (6... cxd4 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O Nf6 9. b4 d6 10. c5 O-O 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nc4 f5
13. f3 f4 14. a4 g5 15. a5 Rf6 16. a6 $5 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. b5 h5 19. Bd2 g4
20. Qc2 Rg6 21. Nxb6 $1 gxf3 22. Rxf3 Bg4 23. Rf2 Qxb6 24. Qc6 $18 {Haba,
P-Gross,S/CS-ch Bratislava/1991/}) 7. Nd2 d6 8. Be2 (8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nf6 10.
e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 (11... Ne4 $5 $11) 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Bg5 Nb6 15.
Qd2 Bg4 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc8 20. b4 b6 21. bxc5
Qxc5 22. Be3 Qd6 23. c5 bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qd7 25. Qa5 $36 {Cebalo,M-Ciuffoletti,P/
Saint Vincent/1999/}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Rb1 O-O $13 {1/2,Radziewicz,
I-Kachiani Gersinska,K/EU-chTW Leon/2001/}) 4... d6 (4... e5 5. Bg5 $1 (5. d5
Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Bd3 $14) (5. Be3 d6 6. d5 Nce7 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5<=>}) 5...
Nge7 (5... f6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. dxe5 $5 fxe5 (8... dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.
Nd5 Ne6 11. Nxf6+ $16) 9. h3 Nf7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Be2 a6 13. Nd5
$14 b5 14. c5 $1 Ne7 15. g4 Bxd5 16. exd5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 e4 18. Ng5 Bh6 19. h4
$16 {Janosevic,D-Nunn,J/Birmingham/1975/}) 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Nc3 h6
(8... c6 $6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Qd6 $1 h6 11. Bf6 Bxf6 12. Qxf6 O-O 13. O-O-O Kh7 14.
h4 d5 15. Be2 Qe8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nf5 18. g4 Ng3 19. Rhe1 Qd8 20. Qxd8
Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Rxd8 22. Re7 Bxg4 23. Rde1 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Re7 Rd8 26.
Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Re7 $18 {Georgiev,V-Appel,R/BL 0001/2001/}) 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 Bg7
11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O $36 g5 13. Rad1 Ng6 14. Nb5 O-O 15. c5 Bxa2 16. cxd6 cxd6
17. Nxd6 Bb3 18. Ra1 Be5 19. Nxb7 Qb8 20. Nc5 Rd8 21. Qa5 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bc2 23.
Qa2 $18 {Uhlmann,W-Westerinen,H/Lugano olm/1968/}) 5. d5 {()} Nb8 (5... Ne5 6.
Nxe5 Bxe5 (6... dxe5 7. Nc3 f5 8. exf5 gxf5 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Qe2 c6 11. g3 cxd5
12. Nxd5 e6 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Bg2 a6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. O-O-O Rb8 $16 {1/2,Atalik,
S-Summerscale,A/Hastings/1995/}) 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 $14) 7... Bg7 (7... e6 8. Nd2
exd5 9. cxd5 Nf6 $6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O O-O 13. Be2 f5 14. f4 Nf7
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bd2 c5 17. Bc3 Qh4 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. g3 Qh6 21.
b3 $40 {[%cal Ga1h8] /^a1-h8,Ibragimov,I-Delithanasis,D/Ano Liosia/1995/}) 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 $14 {()} e6 11. Bg5 c6 12. Qd2 cxd5 13. cxd5 e5 14.
a4 a6 15. a5 Bd7 16. Na4 Bxa4 17. Rxa4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Rac4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4
Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 h6 24. Be3 Nd7 25. b4 $16 {Kasparov,
G-Lefstein,B/Catonsville sim/1997/}) 6. h3 $14 {White prevents Bg4, Black now
has trouble finding a suitable sqaure for the Bc8.} (6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Be3 c6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. b3 a6
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 c5 $1 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44 {
Ovsejevitsch,S-Istratescu,A/Korinthos op/2000/}) (6. Be2 Bg4 $1 7. O-O Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Qd2 c6 12. Rac1 a6 13. a3 a5 14. Bg4 Nc5
15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Kh1 Qb3 20. f4 Nb6 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. c5 Nc4 23. cxd6 {Ruderfer,M-Timoscenko,G/Kiev/1970/} exd6 $17)
6... e5 (6... c6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 $5 {-see Neverov-Rossi}) 8... O-O 9.
O-O a6 $6 (9... Nfd7 $142 $15) 10. Be3 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4
14. Rxb4 Bd7 15. Bxb5 Na6 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Bd4 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Rb1 Nb4 20.
a4 Rfc8 21. Ng5 Bc4 22. Re1 h6 23. Nf3 Nd3 24. Re3 Nf4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qxd6
Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 Bxc3 28. e5 Rd8 29. Qe7 Be6 30. Qh4 Rac8 31. Qxh6 Rc5 32. Rc1
Bd2 33. Rxc5 {1-0 Fridman,D-Appel,R/Essen 2001/CBM 83 (33)}) (6... Nf6 7. Bd3 (
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. O-O (12. g4 $5 $14)
12... Bd7 13. b3 Qc8 14. a3 Nh5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Na6 18. Rb1
f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bh6 Qe8 $13 {Berebora,F-Nurkic,S/Split/1999/}) 7... O-O 8.
Nc3 c6 9. O-O a5 10. Re1 Na6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 e5 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bc2 Qb8 17. Na4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bb6 e4 20. Nd4 Bd7 21.
Bxa5 dxc4 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Nxc4 Rc8 24. b3 $16 {Neverov,V-Rossi,C/EU-ch Ohrid/
2001/}) 7. g4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 32] White strategically limits Black's >> play,
connected with f5-this now only opens the position for White's ->.} (7. Bg5 f6
8. Bh4 Nd7 9. Nc3 b6 $2 (9... h5 $5 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. b4 Nf7 $14 {[%cal Yg7h6] /
\Bh6<=>}) 10. Be2 Nh6 11. O-O a5 12. a3 O-O 13. Qc2 g5 14. Bg3 Rf7 15. b4 Bf8
16. Nd2 Nb8 17. Rfc1 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 c5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Nb5 g4
22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Nb3 $16 {Marcus,H-Kaufmann,H/Freudenstadt/1996/}) 7... c5 $6
{[%mdl 16384];Averbakh,Y-Panno,O ARG-URS Buenos Aires 1954 (3) 1-0 This is not
ideal, with a blockaded [+] Black's possibilities of <=> are nearly
nonexistent. The whole concept is considerd dubious for Black since the game} (
7... h5 8. g5 $36 {()}) (7... f6 $5 {[%cal Yg7h6] /\Bh6+/=}) (7... f5 8. gxf5
gxf5 9. Rg1 $36) 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne8 11. a3 $16 a5 $6 {[%csl Rb5]
׫} 12. Qd2 Na6 13. O-O-O Bd7 (13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Ng5 $16
) (13... f6 $142 14. Rdg1 Rf7 15. h4 Bf8 {/\Ng7+/-}) 14. Rdg1 f6 15. h4 Rf7 16.
Qd1 $5 {Frees d2 for the Be3. Bacrot's following play (g5) indicates he knew
the famous Averbakh game.} (16. g5 f5 17. Qd1 $16) 16... Nec7 (16... h6 17. g5
fxg5 18. hxg5 h5 19. Nh4 $18) 17. g5 f5 (17... Qe8 18. h5 $40 {+-}) 18. h5 f4 (
18... fxe4 19. Nh4 $1 (19. Nxe4 Bf5 $16) 19... Bf5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nxf5 gxf5
22. g6 Rd7 23. Bf1 $40) 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Rh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h8,Gh1h8] Very
systematic-White first occupies the <->h by his major pieces (the Q behind the
R, as recommended) and only then opens it.} Rb8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rgh1 Bg7 23.
R1h2 $1 $18 Rf8 24. Qh1 Kf7 {It's too late to escape.} 25. Rh7 Rh8 (25... b5 $2
26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Qh6 $18) (25... Rg8 26. R2h6 $1 $18 {[%cal
Rh6g6] /\Rg6!}) 26. Rxh8 Bxh8 27. Nb5 (27. Rh7+ $18 {wins as in the game.})
27... Nxb5 28. cxb5 Nc7 29. Rh7+ Bg7 $8 30. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Qh7+
Kf8 33. Nh4 Be8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 (34... Ke7 35. Qg7+ Bf7 36. Nxg6+ Ke8 37. Qf8+ $18
) 35. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rh8g7] /\Qg7#} (35. Nf5 gxf5 (35... Bxb5 36. Nh6+ Ke7 37.
Qg7+ Ke8 38. Qf7#) (35... Ne6 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. dxe6 gxf5 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qf6#)
36. Bh5+ Ke7 37. Qg7+ Bf7 38. Qxf7#) 1-0

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 (4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 {-B38}) 4...
d6 5. e4 e6 $5 {A rare, but clever move order, often used by Topalov (albeit
mostly in rapid games). Black leaves the deployment of his Ng8 still undefined.
} 6. h3 (6. Nc3 exd5 ({An interesting alternative is also to keep the tension
with} 6... Ne7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O e5 $5 9. a3 f5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. f3 $6 f4 12.
Nd3 h5 13. b4 b6 14. a4 $6 a5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Nb5 Nb8 $1 17. Kh1 g5 18. Ba3
Na6 $17 {Pelletier,Y-Minasian,A/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 7. cxd5 (7. exd5 Ne7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 $5 $11) 7... a6 {transposes into the Benoni (A70), an
integral part of Black's repertoire.} 8. a4 (8. Bf4 b5 9. h3 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O
11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Ra7 13. a3 Rae7 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. b4 Nbd7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17.
Bh2 c4 18. Bc2 Ne5 $1 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3 $6 (20. Kh1 {/\Bg1,f3+/=}) 20...
Qxe3 21. fxe3 Rb8 22. a4 Bc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra1 Ne8 25. Ra5 Reb7 26. Bg3 f6
27. Rb1 Bf8 28. Be1 Be7 29. Nd1 Bd8 $15 {Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo blind/
2001/}) 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf6 (10... Nd7 11. O-O Ne7 $5 12. a5 O-O
13. g3 h6 14. Bg2 Kh7 15. Bd2 f5 16. f3 b6 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Qc2 fxe4 19. fxe4
Ne5 20. h3 Ng8 $15 {Danilov,N-Kiik,K/Tallinn/2001/}) 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. O-O O-O
13. a5 (13. Bf4 $142 $1 $36) 13... Nbd7 14. Bf4 Rab8 15. Qc2 Ne8 (15... h5 $5 {
[%cal Yf6h7,Yh7g5,Yf6g4] /\Ng4,Nh7-g5<=>}) 16. Rfe1 Nc7 17. Be2 b5 18. axb6
Rxb6 19. Ra2 Rfb8 20. Bd2 Bd4 21. Nd1 Qf6 22. Kh1 $14 {Lautier,J-Topalov,V/
Monte Carlo blind/2000/}) (6. Bd3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 $5 Nd7 10.
Qb3 Qc7 11. O-O Ne7 (11... Ngf6 $142 $13) 12. Ne1 Ne5 13. h3 Nxd3 14. Nxd3 Be2
15. Re1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. a5 Nc8 18. Nc4 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Na5 f5 21.
Nc6 $14 {Krivoshey,S-Priehoda,V/Komarno op/1997/}) 6... exd5 7. exd5 ({More
ambitious, but allowing transposition into playable Benoni lines is} 7. cxd5
Ne7 {This is risky, but also interesting and unclear} (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Bd3 b5 $1 {-A70}) 8. Nc3 O-O (8... f5 9. Qa4+ $5 Bd7 10. Qb3 $14) 9. Bf4 (9.
Bd3 $142) 9... h6 10. g4 $5 g5 $1 11. Be3 Ng6 12. h4 Bxg4 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Be2
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. Bg4 Nde5 17. Bf5 Re8 18. Qh5 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Ngf4 20. Qg4
Qf6 $13 {Vallejo Pons,F-Topalov,V/ESP-chT Barcelona/2000/}) 7... Nh6 $5 (7...
Ne7 8. g4 $5 h5 (8... O-O $142 $13) 9. Rg1 hxg4 10. hxg4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12.
Ng5 Rh4 13. f3 Kf8 14. Kf2 a6 15. a4 b6 16. Be2 Ra7 17. Rh1 Rxh1 18. Qxh1 Bd7
19. Bf4 Be8 20. Bd3 $16 {->,Mikhalevski,A-Malisov,B/ISR-ch/1996/}) 8. Qe2+ (8.
g4 O-O 9. Nc3 f5 10. g5 Nf7 $132) 8... Kf8 (8... Qe7 9. Nc3 Qxe2+ (9... Nf5 10.
g4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 $16) 10. Bxe2 $14 {[%csl
Rd6] _|_><d6}) (8... Kd7 $5 9. Qd3 (9. Qc2 Re8+ 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nf5 $132)
9... Re8+ (9... Kc7 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb3 $14) 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Bg5
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 f6 $13) 9. Bg5 (9. Bf4 f5 10. Ng5 Nf7 11. Qd2 (11. Ne6+ Bxe6 12.
dxe6 Ne5 (12... Qe7 13. Nc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 g5 15. Bh2 Nd8 16. O-O-O f4 17. h4
$40) 13. Nc3 Nbc6 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 Qh4 $132) 11... Qe7+ 12.
Be2 Ne5 13. O-O h6 14. Ne6+ Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nbc6 16. Nc3 Qxe6 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Be3
Kg8 19. Rae1 Kh7 20. b4 cxb4 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bf3 Qf7 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5
25. Bd5 Qc7 26. Bxc5 $11 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Monaco/2002/}) 9... f6 10. Bf4
Nf7 11. Nc3 g5 $5 (11... f5 12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Bd3 $14) 12. Bd2 (12. Be3 f5 $13)
12... h6 13. g3 (13. O-O-O $5 Na6 14. Re1 $14) 13... Na6 14. Bg2 Bf5 $1 {
Black first finishes the development of his << pieces. Although his position
seems weakened, there is no straightforward way for White to exploit this.} (
14... f5 15. O-O Bf6 16. Ne1 $5 $14 {[%cal Ye1d3,Yf2f4] /\Nd3,f4}) 15. O-O Qd7
16. Kh2 (16. Rfe1 Nb4 17. g4 Bd3 18. Qe6 Qxe6 19. dxe6 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 $132)
16... Re8 17. Qd1 (17. Be3 $142 Kg8 (17... Nb4 18. Ne1 $14) 18. a3 Kh7 19. Nb5
$14) 17... Bd3 18. Re1 Bxc4 19. b3 Bd3 (19... Bb5 20. Nxb5 $5 (20. a4 Bd3 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Qxd3 Nb4 $36) 20... Qxb5 21. Qc2 $44 {[%cal Rb1h7]
גb1-h7}) 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bxg5 Be2 $1 (21... fxg5 22. Qxd3 Nb4 23. Qd2 Bxc3
24. Qxc3 Qe2 25. Re1 (25. Nd4 Qe5 26. Ne6+ Ke7 $11) 25... Qd3 26. Qf6 Nxd5 27.
Qe6 $40) (21... hxg5 22. Qxd3 $36 {[%csl Rf5] ><f5}) 22. Nxe2 (22. Qxe2 $6 Qxe2
23. Nxe2 fxg5 $15) 22... hxg5 (22... fxg5 23. Rc1 Bf6 24. Nd2 $13 {/+/=}) 23.
Qd2 f5 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Kg1 Nc7 (25... Bf6 26. h4 $1 gxh4 27. Nf4 Kg8 28. Ne6
$40) 26. h4 Bh6 27. hxg5 (27. Qc2 g4 28. Nh2 Qf6 $11) 27... Nxg5 28. Qd3 Nxf3+
29. Qxf3 Qf6 30. g4 (30. Bh3 $2 Bd2 $15) (30. Nf4 $5 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 $14 {
[%csl Rf8] עf8}) 30... Bd2 31. Rd1 Bg5 32. Ng3 (32. gxf5 Ke7 $44) (32. Qxf5
Qxf5 33. gxf5 Rh4 $11) 32... fxg4 (32... f4 33. Ne4 (33. Nf5 Ne8 34. Re1 Ng7
$11) 33... Qh6 34. b4 $5 {/\} cxb4 35. Nxg5 Qxg5 36. Rd4 $16) 33. Qxg4 Bf4 34.
Re1 Be5 35. Re3 Rh4 36. Qc8+ Ne8 37. Ne4 (37. Qxb7 Bxg3 38. Rxg3 Qa1+ 39. Bf1
Qd1 40. Kg2 (40. Qxa7 Qh5 41. Bg2 Qd1+ $11) 40... Rf4 $44 41. Rh3 Qd4 42. Rf3
Qe4 43. Be2 Rf6 $1 44. Qb5 Qxd5 $11) 37... Qg6 38. Kf1 (38. Qxb7 $5 Rg4 (38...
Bh2+ 39. Kf1 Bf4 40. Re1 Rh2 41. Bf3 $16) 39. Ng3 Nf6 (39... Qb1+ 40. Bf1 {/\}
Qxa2 41. Rf3+ Rf4 (41... Nf6 42. Rxf6+ Bxf6 43. Qc8+ $18) 42. Nf5 $1 $18) 40.
Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qxa7+ Kh6 $132) 38... Bf4 $11 39. Rh3 Rxh3 40. Qxh3 Be5 41. Bf3 (
41. Bf3 b5 42. Qc8 Qh7 43. Ke2 (43. Ng5 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Qg6 45. Qg4 Nf6 $11) 43...
Qc7 44. Qf5+ Qf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dhaka"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Gunawan, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxc5 (5. d5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Be2
e5 8. O-O d6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. h3 h5 11. Bd3 Ng4 $2 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Nxd4 exd4 14.
hxg4 hxg4 15. g3 f5 16. exf5 Qh7 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Be4 $18 {Sher,M-Meyer,H/
Geneva op/1995/}) 5... Qa5+ 6. Nfd2 $5 (6. Nc3 $5 Nf6 (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxc5
(7... Qxc3+ 8. Bd2 $36) 8. Be3 $13) 7. Bd3 (7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qb6
10. Rb1 d6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. b4 Qd8 15. f3 Nd7 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Qd4+ f6 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Qxb6
axb6 23. Nc7 Bxa2 24. Nxa8 Bxb1 25. Nxb6 Nxb6 {1/2-1/2 Cvetkovic,Sr-Ivanovic,B/
JUG-ch 1990}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Qxc5 9. h3 d6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. a3 Be6 12. b4 Qc7
13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. b5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Na5 17. Qa4 b6 18. Nd4 Nd7 19.
Nc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Nc5 21. Qc2 $16 {Velicka,P-Rumjancev,G/Budejovice op/1993/})
6... Qxc5 (6... Nd4 7. Nc3 (7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. O-O d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11.
axb3 a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. h3 Bd7 15. f4 Bc6 16. b4 e6 17. Rac1 Rfe8
18. Rfd1 b6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. bxa6 Bxa6 22. b4 Rec8 23. Na4 Rcb8 24.
Nc3 Rc8 25. Na4 Rcb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,T-Ivanov,Ale/Vladivostok op (02) 1995
}) 7... Qxc5 8. Nb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Nf6 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2
O-O 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. c5 $1 Ba4 19. Nxa4
Qxa4 20. cxd6 Nxe4 21. d7 $16 {[%csl Gd7] o^d,Szekely,P-Knezevic,B/Paris op/
1995/}) 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Be2 (8. c5 $6 Qd8 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge4,Ge5][%cal Yb7b6]
followed by b6 and counterplay in the center.}) 8... d6 9. O-O Qd8 (9... Be6
10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13. Nc3 Rfc8 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. f4
a5 17. Kh1 a4 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5
23. e5 b6 24. Be2 f5 25. Rfd1 Bh6 $132 {Olafsson,F-Larsen,B/Buenos Aires/1990/}
) 10. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Ge4] ()} Bxc3 $6 {[%csl Ra1,Rb2,Rc1,Rc3,Rd2,Rd4,Re3,
Re5,Rf4,Rf6,Rg5,Rg7,Rh6] גa1-h8,c1-h6, a very risky decision, more solid was}
(10... Nf6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 $14) 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Bh6 $1 $36 (12. f3 $6 {
is too passive-} Be6 13. Bh6 Nd7 $132) 12... Nxe4 (12... Be6 $142 13. Nd4 (13.
c5 $5 $36) 13... Qd7 {/\ 0-0-0}) 13. Bf3 Nxc3 $6 (13... Nf6 14. Bg7 Rg8 15.
Bxf6 exf6 16. Re1+ $40) (13... Bf5 $2 14. g4 Nxc3 15. Qe1 $18) (13... Nc5 14.
Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qe2 $36) (13... f5 $142 $5 14. Qe2 $44) 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qf3
Na4 $8 16. Rfe1 {[%cal Rh6g5] /\Bg5+-} Qc7 (16... Nb6 17. Nd4 $1 Bd7 18. Bg5
$18 {[%csl Re7] ><e7}) 17. c5 $1 Be6 (17... Nxc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qf6 Rg8 20.
Rxe7+ $1 Qxe7 21. Qxc6+ $40 {[%csl Re8] עe8,->^-}) 18. Qf4 $18 Nb6 (18... Nc3
19. Qd4 $18) 19. cxb6 axb6 (19... Qxb6 20. Nd4 {[%csl Rd6,Re6][%cal Yd4e6,
Yf4d6] /\ Ne6,Qd6}) 20. Nd4 Bd5 (20... Bd7 21. Qf6 $18) (20... Bc8 21. Qf6 Rg8
22. Nxc6 $18) 21. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7,Rb5d6]} (21. Nb5 cxb5 $8 22. Qd4 O-O-O
23. Qxd5 $18 {[%cal Ra1c1,Rd5b5,Rd5f7] /\ Rac1,Qf7,Qb5}) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {This line is becoming increasingly popular lately, with
people like Shabalov, Bunzmann and Hodgson playing it quite often others
follow suit. To gain something from the opening White must go for the sharp
lines, and this is sometimes against the nature of players who enjoy nursing a
slight edge without any risk.} 3. e4 (3. a3 {is getting out of fashion as too
slow:} Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Be7 $5 6. g3 Bf6 7. Bd2 (7. Bg2 $6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6
9. Nh3 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. a4 Nc5 12. a5 Nfe4 13. Ba3 Re8 14. f3 Nf6 15. Bxc5
bxc5 16. e4 exd5 17. exd5 Ba6 18. Qd3 Qe7 19. Qxf5 Bxc4 20. Rfd1 Qe3+ 21. Kh1
Re5 $17 {Milov,V-Bunzmann,D/Polanica Zdroj/1999/}) 7... c6 $1 8. dxe6 dxe6 9.
Bg2 Nd7 10. Nh3 Ne5 11. b3 Qd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Qxd7+ Rxd7 15. Bxf6
Nxf6 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Rxd7 Nexd7 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nd3 Rd8 20. e4 {Gabriel,
C-Bunzmann,D/BL 9798/1998/} c5 $11) 3... Bb7 4. Bd3 ({Another ambitious
alternative is} 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. exf5 exf5 7. Nh3 (7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Bg5
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nc6 11. Nc1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 f4
15. Bf2 Nf6 16. Nb3 a5 17. O-O-O Ba6 18. Rhe1 Rde8 19. Nd2 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8
21. Rh1 Kd8 22. Kc2 d6 23. g4 Ke7 24. h4 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Gf2] _|_,^^,Seirawan,
Y-Gulko,B/USA-ch Salt Lake City /1999/}) (7. Qd3 Qe7+ 8. Nge2 d5 9. cxd5 Nf6
10. Qxf5 Nbd7 11. Qe6 Nxd5 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc3 Bh4+ 15. Kd1
Bb7 16. Nb5 O-O-O 17. Nxa7+ Kb8 18. Nb5 Rhe8 19. Kc2 Nf6 20. g3 Bxf3 21. Rg1
Re1 22. gxh4 Nd5 {Pelletier,Y-Tischbierek,R/Zuerich/1999/} 23. Nc3 Ne3+ 24.
Bxe3 Rxa1 25. Bd3 $18) 7... Nc6 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Qe2+ Kf7 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3
h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Qb2 g5 14. Bf2 Na5 15. Re1 Qf8 16. Re5 f4 17. Rf5 Rg8 18.
Bd3 Ba6 19. Nxf4 gxf4 20. Bh4 Rg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. h4 $1 $40 {Piket,J-Timman,
J/Wijk aan Zee/1999/}) (4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8.
Nxd2 f5 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. f3 fxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. Ne2 exd5 14.
cxd5 Na6 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Bc4 Kf8 17. Rhe1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nc5 19. Rd1 Rf4 20. Bf1
Ke7 21. Be2 Rh4 22. h3 a5 23. Kc2 g5 24. b3 Kd8 25. a3 h6 26. Bf1 Rf4 $11 {
Morovic Fernandez,I-Hergott,D/Linares MEX/1994/}) 4... f5 {The main line.} ({
A somewhat passive, but interesting alternative was shown by Bischoff:} 4...
Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nh6 $5 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O f6 9. Re1 Nf7 10. Nf1 Nc6
11. Rc1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. Qd2 c5 14. Bf1 Qc7 15. Red1 d6 16. d5 e5 17. Ne1
Bc8 18. Nd3 Nh6 19. Re1 Bd7 20. Be2 a5 $11 21. f4 $2 exf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23.
Qxf4 Rae8 24. Bd3 Re5 25. Rf1 Qd8 $17 {Ellers,H-Bischoff,K/Schwerin/1999/}) 5.
exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Nf3 {White gives up the idea of trapping the Bb4 and
aims simply to finish his development and make use of his extra pawn. Perhaps
this attempt will replace the double-edged 7.Be2!? line.} O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nc3
Qe8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9... exf5 $143 $6 10. Bxf5 Nc6 11. Bg5 $1 Qe8 12. Bxf6
Rxf6 13. Be4 Ba6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Re1 Qh5 16. Qb5 Qh6 17. Qg5 Raf8 18. Bd5+ Kh8
19. Ne4 Rf4 20. Qxh6 gxh6 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. b4 a6 23. Re3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25.
g3 R4f5 26. Be4 Nxd4 27. Bxb7 Nxf3 28. Kg2 $16 {Sherbakov,R-Volzhin,A/Koszalin/
1999/}) (9... Nc6 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. fxe6 dxe6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxf6
Rxf6 15. Ne4 Rf4 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxf3 18. cxd6 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc6 20. Kg1
Nd5 21. h3 cxd6 22. Kh2 Rf8 23. f3 a5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rhe1 Qe8 26. Qd2 $16 {
Goldin,A-Gofshtein,L/Rishon Le Zion/1998/}) 10. Bg5 {In the following
complications Black has little to fear.} (10. fxe6 $142 dxe6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12.
Qe2) ({or} 10. Nb5 $5 {promise White more chances to achieve an advantage.})
10... exf5 11. Bxf5 (11. d5 Ne4 $132) 11... Qh5 $1 12. h4 (12. Bc2 Bxf3 13.
Qxf3 Qxg5 14. Qxa8 Nc6 $40 (14... Qd2 $17)) (12. Bxf6 Qxf5 $36) 12... h6 13.
Kg1 $1 {[%mdl 512] This piece sacrifice is more or less forced.} (13. Bxf6 Qxf5
14. Be5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc6 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Re5,Rf2,
Rf3,Rh4] ק}) 13... Bxf3 ({Not so clear, but nevertheless seemingly better was
} 13... hxg5 $5 14. hxg5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxg5 16. c5 $1 (16. Ne4 Qf4 $8 (16...
Nxe4 $2 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bxe4+ Kg8 19. Bd5+ $18) 17. Qh3 (17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.
Bh7+ (18. Qxa8 Rxf5 19. Qxb8+ Rf8 $19) 18... Kf8 (18... Kf7 $5) 19. Bg6 Rxg6 (
19... Qxf3 $2 20. Rh8+ Ke7 21. Re8#) 20. Qxa8 c6 $19 {/\} 21. Rh8+ Kf7 22. Rxb8
Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qxg2+) 17... Nxe4 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. Bxe4 Ke8 $1 $17) (16. Qxa8 Qxf5
$17) 16... Nc6 ({/\} 16... bxc5 17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qxa8 Rxf5 20.
Qxb8+ Rf8 21. Qb3+ $16) 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Bc4+ Ne6 19. cxd6 cxd6 $13) 14. Qxf3
Qxf3 (14... hxg5 15. hxg5 {-13...hg5}) 15. gxf3 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne8 $8 17. Bh7+
Kf7 18. Nd5 $44 {White's piece play just about suffices to compensate the
piece.} g6 (18... Nc6 $2 19. g6+ Ke6 20. Re1+ $18 {/\} Kf5 21. Rh5#) (18... Rh8
$6 19. Bg6+ Kxg6 20. Rxh8 c6 (20... Nc6 21. Re1 $16) 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Rxe8 $14
{/+/-}) 19. Rh6 Kg7 (19... c6 $6 20. Bxg6+ Kg8 (20... Kg7 21. Ne3 $1 $40) 21.
Bxe8 cxd5 22. Rg6+ Kh7 23. Re1 $16) 20. Bxg6 Nc6 21. Rd1 Rd8 {Winning attempts
can be very risky for Black:} (21... Ne7 $2 22. Nxe7 Bxe7 23. Be4 {/\Rh7,Ba8})
(21... Rh8 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. f4 $44) (21... Rxf3 22. Be4 Rf7 (22... Rb3 23. Ne3
$36) 23. Rd3 $44) 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. Nxe7 Bxe7 24. Be4 Rh8 25. Rdh1 {Now either
both R will be exchanged, or White will have to give a perpetual.} ({Some slim
winning chances could have been preserved by} 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. f4 Nd6 27. Bd3
Kg7 28. Re1 $5 $14 (28. Kf3 Rh8 $132)) 25... Rxh6 26. Rxh6 Nd6 27. Rh7+ (27.
Bd3 Rh8 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. f4 Kg7 30. Kf3 a5 31. Kg4 Ne8 {/\} 32. Bf5 Nd6 $11)
27... Kf8 28. Rh8+ (28. g6 $2 Bf6 $17) 28... Kg7 29. Rh7+ Kf8 30. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queens-Kings"]
[Site "Jinan"]
[Date "2002.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2002.07.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Ba6 $5 {Salov,V (2665)-Short,N (2690) Madrid 1997 (6)
1/2 This rare move is an old idea of Short, which he first played in 1978. He
has tried a similar idea more recently.} 4. e4 {Very logical, but perhaps not
the best.} ({The old game mentioned above went} 4. Qa4 Nf6 (4... f5 $5) 5. Nc3
Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d5 Qc8 (7... c6 $142 $132) 8. e4 exd5 9. e5 $1 Ne8 10. Nxd5
Bd8 11. Bd3 c6 12. Nb4 Bb7 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O a5 15. Na2 Na6 16. Be3 Nc5 17.
Bxc5 bxc5 18. Nc3 Nc7 19. Rad1 $16 {Botterill,G-Short,N/BCF-ch Ayr/1978/}) ({
Possibly better than the text is} 4. Qc2 $5 c6 (4... d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5
7. e4 Qb7 8. Bxa6 Qxa6 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nf6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Ne4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Kf8 15. O-O-O Re8 16. Qg4 Re2 17. Rd2 Nf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh4
Rxd2 20. Kxd2 Kg7 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. Re1 Rg8 {Malakhatko,V-Pilavov,G/Alushta/
2001/} 23. Qd7 Bf4+ 24. Kc3 $18) 5. Bf4 f5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. d5 cxd5 9.
cxd5 {Gershon,A-Djuric,S/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/} Bb7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nh3 Na6 12. O-O
$14) 4... d5 5. cxd5 (5. Nd2 dxc4 (5... c6 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc4
9. Nxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Rac1 $14 {(), Lytchak,
A-Bunzmann,D/GER-ch U20/1997/}) ({The simplest solution is} 5... dxe4 $5 6.
Nxe4 Bb7 $11 {with a position from the Rubinstein French, where White made the
rather useless moves a3 and c4, while Black has solved the development of his
Bc8.}) 6. Bxc4 (6. Nxc4 $142 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 $13) 6... b5 $1 7. Be2 Qxd4 8. Ngf3
Qd8 9. a4 b4 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Ne5 a6 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rd1 Qc8 15.
Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 e5 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. Nc4 Be7 19. f3 Nb3 $17 {Hastings,
J-Ehlvest,J/Philadelphia/1993/}) 5... Bxf1 6. Kxf1 exd5 7. Qe2 $146 (7. e5 c5
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. dxc5 bxc5 {1/2, Rajkovic,D-Ivanisevic,I/Kladovo/
2001/} 11. Nb5 Ng6 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxd5 Ngxe5 $11) 7... Be7 (
7... Ne7 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 c6 10. Nc3 $32 {+/=}) 8. Nc3 {Now Black will
overcome any opening problems.} ({More ambitious, but unclear was} 8. e5 Qd7
$13 {[%cal Yb8c6,Yc6d8,Yd8e6] /\Nc6-d8-e6}) 8... dxe4 9. Qxe4 c6 10. Bg5 $1 {
A natural attempt to disrupt Black's development, otherwise only White can
have problems.} (10. Nf3 $143 Nf6 11. Qe2 O-O $11 {/=/+}) 10... h6 11. Bxe7
Nxe7 12. Re1 (12. Nf3 O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ne5 Qc8 $5 $11 {/\Nd7}) 12... Kf8 $1
(12... Nd7 $2 13. Qxc6 $16) 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. g3 (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qd2 $5
16. e6 Rd8 17. exf7 Qd3+ $11) 14... Nf6 15. Qc2 (15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Kg2 g6 {
/\Re8,Kg7=}) 15... g6 16. Kg2 Kg7 $11 {Both sides have castled artificially
and with both ><d4 and ><c6 weak the position is balanced.} 17. Qa4 Re8 18. Re2
b5 $5 {Black doesn't want to get into an unpleasant pin on the <->e and
defends actively.} (18... Qd6 19. Rhe1 a5 20. Ne5 $14 {[%cal Ra4b3,Re5c4] /
\Qb3,Nc4}) 19. Qa6 (19. Qc2 Nf5 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Re1 Qd7 $11) (19. Qb3 Nf5 $11
{/\} (19... Ned5 20. Ne5 $14) 20. Ne5 $6 Qc7 {[%csl Rd4] ><d4}) 19... Qb6 {
Forcing off the Q releases most of the tension.} 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rhe1 Kf8 22.
Rc2 (22. Ne5 $6 Rad8) ({It was better to do nothing, e.g.} 22. Kf1 Rad8 23. h3
Nf5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Ke2 $11) 22... Rad8 23. Na2 Rd6 24. Rec1
(24. Nb4 $5 Nfd5 $11) 24... Nd7 $6 (24... Nfd5 $142 25. Ne5 Rc8 {/\f6=/+}) 25.
Ne5 $6 {Now Black gets the initiative due to the passive Na2.} ({Logical was} 
25. Nb4 Nb8 (25... c5 26. Na6 $1 (26. dxc5 $2 bxc5 $11) 26... cxd4 27. Nc7 Rc8
28. Nxb5 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 d3 30. Rd2 $16) 26. h4 $11 {/+/=}) 25... Rxd4 26. Nxc6
Nxc6 27. Rxc6 Rd2 $36 28. R1c2 Ree2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Nc3 (30. Rc7 Ne5 31. Nb4
Ng4 $17 {/\} 32. Rc2 $4 Ne3+ $19) 30... Rxb2 31. Nd5 Ne5 32. Rxb6 (32. Rc3 Rd2
33. Nxb6 Nd3 $15 {/-/+}) 32... Ng4 33. h3 $2 (33. Kg1 $1 Nxf2 (33... Rxf2 $2
34. Ne3 {loses material}) 34. a4 Nh3+ (34... Ng4 35. Rxb5 Ra2 36. a5 Nxh2 37.
Nb4 $132) 35. Kh1 Ng5 36. Rxb5 Rd2 37. Ne3 Nf3 38. Nf1 Rf2 39. Rb1 $15 {
and the o^a4 will divert Black's R from the second rank.}) 33... Nxf2 34. a4 $6
{A blunder, but White was probably lost anyway.} (34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Nc7 Ne4+ 36.
Kf3 Nd6 (36... Ng5+ 37. Kf4 Nxh3+ 38. Ke5 $15 {/<=>}) 37. Rb6 Rb3+ {/\Nf5,Ne4-+
}) 34... Nd3+ 35. Kf3 bxa4 $19 {With 2 extra P the rest is a matter of
technique.} 36. Ra6 Rb3 (36... Nb4 37. Ra8+ Kg7 $19) 37. Ra8+ (37. Rxa4 Nc5+
$19) 37... Kg7 38. Nc7 a3 39. h4 a2 $1 40. Ke4 Nb4 (40... f5+ 41. Kd4 Nc1 42.
Ke5 Re3+ $19 (42... Rb1 $2 43. Ne8+ Kf7 44. Nd6+ Ke7 45. Ra7+ $11 Kd8 $4 46.
Ke6 $18)) 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nf6+ Ke7 43. Nd5+ (43. Ke5 Nc6+ $19) 43... Nxd5 44.
Kxd5 Rxg3 45. Rxa2 Rg4 46. Rh2 h5 47. Ke5 f5 48. Rh1 Re4+ 49. Kd5 Kf6 50. Rh2
g5 (50... Ra4 51. Rh1 f4 {/\Kf5-+}) 51. hxg5+ Kxg5 {R_|_ with extra f and
h-pawns are drawish, but only if the K of the weaker side is not cut off.} 52.
Rg2+ Kf4 53. Rh2 Kg4 54. Rg2+ Kf3 55. Rg5 f4 56. Rxh5 Re1 57. Kd4 Kg4 58. Rh8
f3 59. Rf8 Kg3 60. Rg8+ Kh2 61. Rf8 Kg2 62. Rg8+ Kf1 63. Kd3 f2 64. Kd2 Re5 {
Black has reached the classical Lucena position.} (64... Re5 65. Rg7 Rd5+ 66.
Kc2 Ke2 67. Re7+ Kf3 68. Rf7+ Ke3 69. Re7+ (69. Kc3 Rd3+ 70. Kc2 Rd4 {[%cal
Rd4f4] /\Rf4}) 69... Kf4 70. Rf7+ Rf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Karayannis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Northern CA of DEI"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 f5 {Black's move gives the game an independent
character, but it's hardly better, than the more usual alternatives.} (3... Nf6
4. Ngf3 {-E11 transposes into a Bogo-Indian.}) ({The same goes for} 3... c5 4.
a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nf6 {-E11}) ({or} 3... d5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Ngf3 Nf6
{-E11} (5... dxc4 $5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Qd5 8. Qc2 Nf6 (8... Nxd4 $142 9. Nxd4
Qxd4 10. e3 $13) 9. e3 b5 10. a4 Rb8 11. Be2 $6 (11. axb5 $36) 11... a6 12. O-O
Ne4 13. Rfb1 e5 14. axb5 axb5 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Qxb3 17. Rxb3 {Markos,
J-Mrva,M/SVK-ch Kaskady/2002/} b4 $15)) 4. a3 Bxd2+ (4... Be7 5. e4 $14) 5.
Bxd2 Nf6 (5... b6 6. e4 $5 fxe4 7. Qg4 $14) 6. f3 $146 {[%csl Ge4] White
strives for more influence in the [+]. He uses to his advantage the fact, that
his N is not on f3 yet, so he can control the e4-square.} ({A solid and
promising setup is also} 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 O-O (7... e5 $142 $5 $132) 8. Qc2 Qe7
9. Ne2 b6 10. f3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. b4 Qc7 13. b5 Ne7 14. a4 e5 15. a5 Rb8 16.
d5 Bd7 17. Ng3 g6 18. f4 Rbe8 19. Bc3 h5 20. Qb2 Nc8 21. Rae1 Kh7 22. Qb1 Ne7
23. e4 $16 {Uhlmann,W-Pachman,L/Dresden/1956/}) (6. g3 Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bg2 d6
9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qc2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Ne4 $5 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6
15. O-O Bh3 16. Qxb7 Rae8 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qd3 {Babu,N-Ravisekhar,R/IND-ch/
1988/} Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qe6 $132) 6... O-O 7. Nh3 d6 8. Bc3 Qe7 9. g3 {A somewhat
slow move.} (9. Nf4 $5 Nc6 (9... e5 $6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb4 c5 12. Nd5 $16)
10. e3 Re8 11. Be2 $14 {[%csl Gc3,Ge2] ^^}) 9... e5 10. Bg2 c5 (10... exd4 $5
11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 d5 $32 {<=>}) 11. dxe5 {White wants to open
the position for his ^^.} (11. d5 f4 $5 12. Nf2 Bf5 $132) 11... dxe5 12. O-O
Nc6 (12... f4 $5 13. Qe1 Nc6 (13... Bf5 14. e3 Bd3 15. exf4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 $44)
14. e3 fxe3 15. Qxe3 Nd4 16. Rae1 Re8 $11 {/~~}) 13. e3 Be6 14. Qe2 $14 {
[%csl Gc3,Gg2] White has stabilized the position and the ^^ offers him
slightly better prospects.} Rad8 (14... Qf7 15. b3 Qh5 16. Nf2 {[%cal Yf2d3] /
\Nd3+/=}) 15. b3 h6 16. Nf2 Bf7 $6 (16... a5 {strives for <<<=> and also
forestalls a future b4 break (see later in the game).} 17. g4 (17. f4 exf4 18.
gxf4 a4 {[%cal Ye7f7] /\Qf7~~}) (17. Nd3 a4 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 $1 $13)
17... a4 $5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. bxa4 Be6 $132 {[%csl Rc4] ><c4}) 17. g4 $1 $36 (
17. f4 $2 exf4 {/\} 18. gxf4 Nd4 $36) 17... Qe6 (17... fxg4 18. fxg4 $36) (
17... f4 $142 18. exf4 exf4 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ne4 b6 22. Rad1 $5
$14) 18. Rad1 b6 (18... f4 19. exf4 exf4 20. Qxe6 Bxe6 21. Nh3 $16 {[%csl Rf4]
><f4} (21. Rfe1 $5 $36)) (18... Bg6 $142 $5) 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. gxf5 Qxf5 21.
Rd1 {[%csl Re5][%mdl 4096] ><e5 White gradually exchanges the unnecessary
pieces and heads for an advantageous _|_.} Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Bh5 23. Qd3 $1 Ne7 (
23... Qxd3 $2 24. Nxd3 {[%csl Re5] ><e5}) (23... Qe6 24. f4 $1 {/\} exf4 25.
Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qd5+ Bf7 27. Qxc6 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 fxe3 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ $18)
24. b4 (24. Qd8+ Kh7 $1 {/\} (24... Kf7 25. Nd3 $40) 25. Qxe7 Qb1+ 26. Bf1 Qg6+
27. Ng4 $8 Nxg4 28. fxg4 Qxg4+ 29. Bg2 Qd1+ 30. Bf1 Qg4+ $11) 24... cxb4 (24...
Kf7 25. e4 $5 Qg5 26. Bd2 Qg6 27. f4 $36) (24... Qe6 25. Ne4 $16) 25. axb4 Qe6
26. Ne4 Bf7 27. Bf1 (27. Nd6 $143 Bg6 $14) 27... Nxe4 {Black only helps White
to reach the _|_.} (27... Bg6 $142 28. Qd8+ (28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. f4
Be4 $1 $132) 28... Kh7 29. Qd6 $1 $16) 28. Qxe4 Qg6+ 29. Qxg6 Nxg6 30. Bd3 $18
{[%csl Re5,Rg7] ><e5,g7 Black's forces are tied down to the defence of his
weaknesses, he has no active <=>.} Kf8 31. Kf2 (31. Bxg6 $2 Bxg6 32. Bxe5 Bd3
33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Bb5 $14 {^- is premature, the drawish tendencies of ^-
are well-known.}) 31... Ke7 32. c5 $1 (32. Kg3 Kd6 33. f4 exf4+ 34. exf4 Ne7
35. Bxg7 Bxc4 $1 $16) 32... bxc5 33. bxc5 Ke6 (33... Kd7 34. Bxg6 (34. Bb5+ $5
Kc8 35. c6 $18 {[%csl Gc6] o^c}) 34... Bxg6 35. Bxe5 {[%cal Re5g7] /\Bg7+-})
34. Bc4+ (34. c6 $5 Kd6 35. Be4 {[%cal Rc3b4] /\Bb4+-}) 34... Ke7 35. Bb5 $18
Be6 (35... Be8 36. c6 Ke6 (36... Kd6 37. Bb4+ Kc7 38. Ba5+ Kd6 39. c7 Bd7 40.
Ba6 Ne7 41. Bb4+ $18) 37. c7 Bd7 38. Bd3 Ne7 39. Bc4+ Kf6 40. f4 $18) 36. Bd3
Bf7 37. Kg3 $5 {Black is tied down and White doesn't need to force matters.} (
37. Bxg6 Bxg6 38. Bxe5 Kf7 39. e4 $18) (37. c6 $18) 37... h5 38. f4 exf4+ 39.
exf4 {[%cal Rc3g7,Rf4f5] /\f5,Bg7} Nf8 40. c6 (40. Bxg7 $2 Ne6 {/\Nc5+/=})
40... g6 (40... Ne6 41. f5 Nc7 42. Be5 Kd8 43. Bxg7 {[%cal Rg3h4,Rh4g5] /
\Kh4-g5+-}) (40... Kd6 41. Bb4+ $18) (40... Bd5 41. Bb4+ Kf7 42. c7 Bb7 43.
Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Bf5 $18) 41. Bb4+ Ke8 42. c7 Be6 43. Bb5+ (43. Bb5+ Kf7 44. Bc4
$1 $18 {and the Pc7 queens.}) 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. Nh3 $146 (6.
h4 Nf6 7. h5 Rg8 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Nf3 Qa5 $5 10. Qc2 d6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Nb6
13. e4 Bd7 14. Bd3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O-O 17. Bd3 Rde8 18. O-O Qa4
$15 {Potapov,A-Golod,V/Pardubice op/1994/}) (6. d6 $6 Nc6 7. dxe7 Qxe7 8. Bf4
Ne5 9. e3 d6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Be2 Bc6 14. O-O Kg7 15.
Nd2 Rae8 16. Re1 Qe6 17. Bxf6+ Rxf6 18. h3 Qe7 19. Rb1 Re6 20. Nf1 f4 $1 $36 {
Kelecevic,N-Kamber,B/Ticino op/1993/}) (6. g3 Qa5 7. Qb3 Nf6 8. Bg2 d6 9. Nh3
Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ng5 Qa4 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Ne4 14. f3 Nf6 15. Rb1 Rb8
16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Qxc4 18. e5 $1 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 dxe5 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Rb5 Nbd5
22. Rxc5 $44 {Alterman,B-Reinderman,D/Tilburg/1994/}) 6... Nf6 7. f3 d6 8. Nf4
Qa5 (8... g5 $6 9. Ne6 Bxe6 10. dxe6 f4 11. e3 $16) 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. h4 (10. Ne6
{Ftacnik} Ne5 11. Bg5 Bxe6 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. dxe6 (13. Qxb7 $2 Qxc3+ 14. Kf2
O-O 15. dxe6 Qxa1 $19) 13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 $17) 10... Ne5 11. e3 Bd7 12. a4
(12. Be2 b5 $5 13. cxb5 c4 14. Qb4 Qxb5 $13) (12. Qxb7 {Ftacnik} Qxc3+ 13. Kf2
Qxa1 $1 14. Qxa8+ Kf7 15. Qxh8 Ne4+ $1 16. Kg1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qxh8 18. fxe4 Qc3
$19) 12... Rb8 (12... O-O-O $5 {/\Rde8,e6<=>}) 13. Bd2 Kd8 14. Be2 (14. Nd3 $5
$13) 14... Kc7 15. Kf2 (15. Kd1 {Ftacnik} h6 16. Kc2 $13) 15... h6 16. Qc2 (16.
Nd3 Nxd3+ 17. Bxd3 e5 $15) 16... Rhg8 $1 (16... g5 $2 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Ne6+
Bxe6 19. dxe6 $16 {><f5}) 17. Rhb1 (17. Ne6+ $5 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qa6 $15) 17... g5
18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19. Rb5 (19. dxe6 g4 {/\} 20. Qxf5 gxf3 21. gxf3 Rbf8 $36 (21...
Rbf8 {Ftacnik} 22. Kf1 Qa6 $1 23. Rb5 Nfg4 $40)) 19... Qa6 20. dxe6 g4 21. Rab1
gxf3 22. gxf3 Qc6 $36 23. Qxf5 Ne4+ $1 (23... Rbf8 $6 24. Rxb7+ Qxb7 25. Rxb7+
Kxb7 26. Qb1+ $14) 24. fxe4 (24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. fxe4 Rbf8+ 26. Bf3 $8 (26. Ke1 {
Ftacnik} Rg1+ 27. Bf1 Rgxf1+ 28. Ke2 R8f2#) 26... Rxf3+ 27. Ke2 (27. Ke1 Rg1+
28. Ke2 Rg2+ 29. Kd1 Nxc4 30. Rxb7+ Kc6 $19) 27... Rg2+ $19) (24. Ke1 {Ftacnik}
Rg1+ 25. Bf1 Ng3 $19) 24... b6 $3 (24... Rbf8 25. Rxb7+ Qxb7 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27.
Ke1 $5 (27. Bh5 {Ftacnik} Rxf5+ 28. exf5 $132) 27... Rxf5 28. exf5 $15 {/\e4<=>
}) 25. Bh5 $8 (25. Ke1 {Ftacnik} Rbf8 26. Qh3 Rg1+ 27. Bf1 Qxe4 $19) 25... Rbf8
26. Bf7 Rg7 27. Ke2 (27. Ke1 Rgxf7 28. exf7 Rxf7 $40) (27. a5 {Ftacnik} Rgxf7
28. exf7 Rxf7 29. axb6+ axb6 30. Qxf7 Nxf7 31. Rxb6 Qxe4 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Rb8+
Kd7 34. R1b7+ Ke6 $19) (27. Qh5 {Ftacnik} Qxe4 28. Rg1 Rfxf7+ 29. exf7 Rxf7+
30. Ke1 Rf5 $40) 27... Rgxf7 (27... Nxf7 $2 28. exf7 Rgxf7 29. Qd5 $16) 28.
exf7 Rxf7 29. Qh3 (29. Qxf7 Nxf7 $19 {עe2,P}) 29... Qxe4 {/\Qd3,Nf3,Rf1} (
29... Qxe4 30. Rf1 (30. Re1 Qd3+ 31. Kd1 Rf2 32. Rb2 Nxc4 $19) (30. Kd1 Qd3 $19
) 30... Qxc4+ 31. Ke1 Nd3+ 32. Kd1 Rxf1+ (32... Rf2 $1 $19) 33. Qxf1 Qxa4+ 34.
Ke2 Qxb5 $19) 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 (3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
Nge7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 O-O 11. h4 Nce7 12. h5 Nh8 13. Nd2 Nf7 14. g4
e5 15. f4 d6 16. a4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qd7 18. Rf2 Rae8 19. Rg2 h6 20. Nf3 Ng5 $15 {
[%csl Rc4,Rd4,Re4] ה,Bischoff,D-Bischoff,K/GER-ch/Altenkirchen/1999/}) 3...
Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ {Bischoff is definitely a different type of player as Shabalov,
one of the main exponents of the 2...b6 line in it's sharpest form:} (4... f5
5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. c5 bxc5 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. b4 $6
(11. Nf3 $142 $1) 11... Qf6 12. Ra2 Bd5 13. Rb2 Nc6 14. bxa5 Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8
16. Bd3 Qa1 17. Ne2 Bb3 18. Qe1 Nxc5 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne5 21. Qc3 Qxb1 22.
Qxe5 Bc4 23. Qc3 Qa2 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Rb1+ 26. Be1 Rb2 27. fxe6 Bxe2+ 28.
Kg1 Rb1 {0-1,Ippolito,D-Shabalov,A/Linares op/2000/}) 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nh6
{[%mdl 32] Black after the positionally desirable exchange of the dark-squared
B strives to place his P on the dark-squares. An interesting strategical fight
ensues, in which Black has a better B, but White has considerably more space
and chances to be active on both flanks, if the [+] is blockaded. Overall, his
chances are to be preferred if he acts energetically enough.} (6... d6 7. Ne2
c5 8. d5 e5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. g3 Ng6 12. f4 $36 exf4 $6 13. gxf4 Qf6
14. Qf3 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Nde5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qf4 Qxd3 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Nxd6 Ng6
20. Qf2 $16 {Bunzmann,D-Oral,T/Budapest/1998/}) 7. Ngf3 ({A more aggressive
attempt seems more promising:} 7. Qh5 $142 $5 {()>> White wants to disrupt
Black's plans and gain some more space.} Qf6 8. Ngf3 (8. e5 Qf4 9. Ne2 Qg4 10.
Qxg4 Nxg4 11. f3 Nh6 12. g4 Nc6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Rhg1 d6 15. g5 Ng8 16. exd6
Rxd6 17. Rg4 {Flear,G-Wauthier,P/Brocco op/1991/} Nge7 18. Rf4 Nd8 $11) 8...
Nc6 9. e5 Qf4 10. g3 Qg4 11. Qxg4 Nxg4 12. O-O f6 13. h3 Nh6 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
a3 Nf7 16. b4 O-O-O 17. Rfe1 Ng5 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nb8 21. d6
$1 $36 {Petursson,M-Wauthier,P/Brocco op/1991/}) 7... O-O 8. Qc2 $146 (8. O-O
f6 $5 (8... f5 $143 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. Bb1 fxe4 12. Nxe4 exd5 13. Neg5
dxc4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bb1 b5 16. a3 Nd3 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Rf5 19. Rc5 $40
{Byrne,S-Sandler,L/Sydney/1995/}) 9. Re1 Nf7 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. Rc1 Ne7 12. Ng3
Ng6 13. Qd2 c5 14. Bf1 Qc7 15. Red1 d6 16. d5 e5 17. Ne1 Bc8 18. Nd3 Nh6 19.
Re1 Bd7 20. Be2 a5 $11 21. f4 $2 exf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Rae8 24. Bd3 Re5
25. Rf1 Qd8 26. Rc2 Qe7 27. Rcf2 Be8 28. Qd2 Bg6 $17 {Ellers,H-Bischoff,K/
Schwerin/1999/}) 8... f6 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Ne7 11. Rfe1 c5 12. d5 {()} (12. b4
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ng6 $132) 12... e5 (12... Nf7 $6 13. e5 $16) 13. b4 {This
wouldn't have run away. More incisive was} (13. Nh4 d6 14. g3 $5 {[%cal Yf2f4]
/\f4+/=}) 13... d6 14. bxc5 (14. g3 Bc8 15. Nh4 f5 $11) 14... dxc5 $5 {Black
allows White a protected passed pawn, but he will be able to blockade it
effectively.} (14... bxc5 $143 15. Rab1 $14) 15. a4 a5 $13 (15... Nf7 $6 16. a5
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6] ׫}) 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. g3 Nf7 18. Nb1 {The maneuvring starts,
both players gradually improve their pieces. White still remains the active
side due to his extra (), but he can make no clear inroads} Bd7 19. Nc3 Qc7 (
19... Nd6 20. Rab1 Nec8 21. f4 Ne8 $5 {[%csl Rb4] ><b4} 22. Nf3 Bg4 $132) 20.
f3 Nc8 21. Kh1 Ncd6 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. f4 Rb7 (23... Qd8 $11 {immediately with
the same idea Ne8-c7-a6-b4 was also possible.}) 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. Qg2 Ne8 $1 26.
Nf3 Bg4 27. Nh4 Bd7 28. h3 Qb8 29. Rf1 Nc7 30. Be2 Qc8 31. Kh2 Na6 32. f5 $5 {
White blockades the position even further, a committal decision.} ({But after} 
32. Nf3 Qe8 33. Ra1 (33. Bd1 Nb4 34. Nd2 Nd6 $11) 33... Nb4 34. Rfc1 Nd6 {
White would be more or less forced to close the [+] anyway.} 35. f5 (35. fxe5
$6 fxe5 36. Nd2 Rf6 $15) 35... g6 $5 $132) 32... Nd6 33. g4 Qe8 34. Nb5 $6 {
After this concession Black takes over. White exchanges a good N, which
protected e4, his B remains a cripple.} ({Necessary was} 34. Ra1 Nb4 35. Rfc1
$11 {[%cal Yh4f3,Yh3h4,Yg4g5] /+/=,/\Nf3,h4,g5}) 34... Bxb5 {[%csl Re2] ץe2}
35. axb5 (35. cxb5 Nb4 36. Rbc1 Rc7 (36... c4 $6 37. Bxc4 Rc7 38. Bb3 Qc8 39.
Rc6 $1 $16) 37. Bc4 g5 $1 38. fxg6 $8 hxg6 $15) 35... Nb4 {[%csl Ga5][%cal
Ra5a2] o^a} 36. Ra1 $5 {This exchange sacrifice is the only way of preventing
Black from invading into White's position.} (36. Rb3 Ra7 (36... a4 37. Ra3 Ra7
38. Rfa1 Qa8 39. Bf1 {[%csl Ra4] ><a4}) 37. Ra1 Nc2 38. Rd1 g5 $1 $36) 36...
Nc2 37. Bd3 Nxa1 (37... Nd4 38. Qg3 {[%cal Yh4g2,Yg2e3,Ya1a4] /\Ng2-e3,Ra4
with an impregnable position.}) (37... Ne3 38. Qe2 Nxf1+ 39. Qxf1 $15 {is
similar to the game.}) 38. Rxa1 Qe7 (38... a4 $5 39. Rxa4 Rb8 40. Ra6 Qd8 {
[%cal Yb8a8] /\Ra8=/+}) 39. Ra4 Kf7 40. Nf3 Ke8 41. Qg3 g6 42. fxg6 hxg6 43.
Ra2 g5 $6 {This throws almost all winning chances Black has. Although now his
N will reach f4, he will have no effective pawn break at his disposal.} (43...
f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Nxe5 $132) (43... Kd8 $15 {[%cal Yd8a7] /-/+,/
\Kd8-c7-b8-a7 Blacks' plan is to hide his K first and then start action on the
>>.} 44. g5 Nf7 $5 45. Nh4 Rg8 {and the position gradually opens up.}) (43...
Nf7 $5 {with the same idea is maybe even more prudent.}) 44. Ra4 $1 Rh8 45. Nd2
Ra7 46. Nb1 $1 Kd7 ({The last reasonable try was} 46... f5 $5 47. exf5 (47.
gxf5 Rh4 $19 {[%cal Rg5g4,Rd6e4] /\g4,Ne4}) 47... e4 48. Bf1 Qf6 $36) 47. Nc3
Kc7 48. Nd1 Rh6 49. Nf2 $11 {Now White has built a fortress, by putting his B
on f1 he protects ><h3 and just shuffles his pieces around.} Kb8 50. Bf1 Qe8
51. Kg1 Rah7 52. Kh2 Nf7 (52... Kc7 53. Kg1 (53. Qf3 f5 $5 $15) 53... Kd7 54.
Kh2 {and Black can't realize an effective f5 break:} f5 $6 55. exf5 (55. gxf5
$5 $13) 55... e4 56. Ra3 $44) 53. Qf3 Qd8 54. Qg3 Nh8 55. Nd1 Ng6 56. Nf2 Nf4
57. Qe3 Qd6 58. Qg3 Rh4 59. Qe3 Rh8 60. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. Nh3 $5 {A rare, but original
continuation, which perhaps deserves to appear more often.} g6 $146 {A novelty.
In all the previous games Black developed his Ng8 to its most natural square.}
(5... Nf6 6. f3 {is the most consistent move, White limits the scope of the
Bb7 and frees f2 for his N, later he can decide between Nf2 or Nf4.} (6. Bg5 $6
h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf4 Bd6 9. Qd2 g5 10. Nh3 Bf8 (10... e5 $5 $36) 11. e3 Bg7
12. f3 d6 13. Nf2 Nd7 14. Be2 a6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 c5 18. Qb2
cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe7 20. Rd2 Ne5 $15 {Sokolov,I-Bischoff,K/Garmisch act/1994/}) (
6. Nf4 Bd6 7. Nb5 Bxf4 $5 8. Bxf4 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. O-O
g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. f3 O-O-O 15. b4 h4 16. Be1 g4 17. f4 g3 18. h3 Ng4 19. Bd2
Nf2 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. a4 $132 {Krasenkov,M-Romero Holmes,A/Yucatan/1999/}) 6...
Nc6 $5 {was played in the very first game with 5.Nh3!?. Black solved his
opening problems in an interesting manner, but went on to lose the thread and
the game later on.} (6... Be7 7. e3 (7. Nf2 O-O 8. e3 Qe8 9. Bd3 Qh5 10. O-O
Bd6 11. f4 Qg6 12. d5 Kh8 13. Qf3 exd5 14. cxd5 a5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nfxe4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Qh6 18. Be3 Na6 19. g3 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Re7 21. Bf2 Qf6 22. Rad1 Qf7 23.
Bc2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bc5 25. Qd3 g6 26. h4 Qf6 27. Qe4 c6 $132 {Thorsteinsson,
T-Vidarsson,J/Arborg/1998/}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 a5 9. O-O Nc6 (9... Na6 10. b3 Qe8
11. Nf4 Qf7 12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ncxd5 exd5 15. e4 c6 16. exd5 cxd5 17.
Nd3 Bd6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. Bd4 Ba6 21. b4 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 axb4 23.
axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nb3 25. Rd1 $14 {Murshed,N-King,D/Dhaka/1993/}) 10. b3 Qb8
11. Bb2 Nd8 12. Qc2 Nf7 13. Rad1 c5 14. d5 Re8 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. f4 exd5 17.
Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxe3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 {Marin,M-Ftacnik,L/Bled olm/2002/} 20.
Qxf5 Qe8 21. Kf1 $36) (6... g6 7. e3 (7. Nf2 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O
Qe7 11. b4 a6 12. Bc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bb3 Rad8 16. f4 Na7
17. Nd3 Nb5 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. a4 Qe6 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Ba3 Rfd8 22. Rac1 b5 $5 $11
{Sinanovic,M-Nikolac,J/Pula CRO Cup/2001/}) (7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O
10. Be3 (10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. a4 h6
16. b3 d6 17. Nf2 Bc8 18. a5 b5 $1 19. Ba3 $13 {1/2, Bykhovsky,A-Botvinnik,I/
Tel Aviv/2000/}) 10... Qe7 11. Bf2 d6 12. d5 Nd8 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15.
Be3 Bc8 16. Nf2 Nf7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. b4 h5 19. Rfc1 h4 20. c5 Nh5 21. Ne2 Bb5
22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Bh6 $132 {Chernin,A-Romero Holmes,A/Madrid op act/2002/})
7... Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 a5 11. b5 d6 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Rae8
14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Bc1 e5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. a4 Re7 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20.
Nf4 Rfe8 21. Ncd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. Bc4 Bc8 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Bb7 26.
Bb2 R5e7 27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bb3 g5 29. Qc3 f4 $11 {Kruppa,Y-Lysyj,I/St.
Petersburg/2002/}) 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Qe7 11. Re1 Nd8 $1 12.
Bb2 Nf7 13. Bf1 c5 $1 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb1 d6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Ba1 Bc6 18.
Nf2 Rad8 19. Qc2 Ng5 20. Be2 e5 21. Rbd1 e4 22. f4 Ne6 $11 {/=/+,Portisch,
L-Miles,A/Malta olm/1980/}) 6. f3 Bg7 7. e3 Ne7 (7... Nf6 $142 {-5...Nf6}) 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 $6 (9... Nbc6 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 $14 {()<<}) (9... a5 $5 10.
Nf4 Qe8 11. Nb5 Na6 $13 {[%cal Yg6g5] /+/=,/\g5<=>}) 10. d5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb7,
Gc4,Gd5][%mdl 512] ()[+],ץb7 Aggressive and consistent. White sacrifices a P 
(a very poisoned one indeed!) to strengthen his grip in the [+].} exd5 {
Black has problems developing his <<, so he should have thought twice about
opening the position.} (10... Be5 $142 11. Nf4 $5 g5 12. Nd3 $14) (10... Bxc3
$2 11. bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 {-10...ed5}) (10... Qe8 11. Nb5 Na6 12. e4 $5 $16)
11. cxd5 (11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Re8 $132) 11... Bxc3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A grave
strategic mistake, albeit in a difficult position. Now White's attack along
the בa1-h8 decides as by itself.} (11... Na6 12. Nf4 (12. Bc4 d6 13. Nf4 Nc7
$14) 12... Nc8 13. d6 $5 Kh8 14. Bc4 $36) (11... Nc8 $142 $5 {[%cal Yc8d6,
Yb8a6] /\Nd6,Na6+/=}) 12. bxc3 Bxd5 (12... Nxd5 $4 13. Bc4 $18) 13. c4 Bf7 14.
Bb2 $40 h6 (14... d5 15. Ng5 $1 (15. Qe1 Nbc6 16. Ng5 d4 17. Qh4 h5 $132) (15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qc1 $36) 15... f4 (15... Nbc6 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qc1 $40) 16. cxd5
fxe3 (16... Qxd5 17. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 (17... Qxd1 18. Nh6#) 18. Qc2 $18) (16...
Bxd5 17. e4 h6 18. exd5 hxg5 19. d6 $18) 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. d6 $18) 15. Qe1 $1
Kh7 (15... d5 16. Qh4 h5 17. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h6,Rf4e5,Rh3g5] /\Qe5,Qh6,Ng5+-}
(17. Qf6 d4 18. exd4 Nec6 $16)) 16. f4 (16. Bf6 $5 g5 17. f4 $18 {->}) 16...
Nec6 $6 (16... d5 17. Rd1 Nbc6 {[%cal Yd5d4] /\d4 was the only way to prolong
the game.}) 17. Qc3 $18 Rg8 18. Rf3 Be6 $2 (18... Qh4 $8 19. Ng5+ hxg5 20. Rh3
Qxh3 21. gxh3 $18 {[%cal Rc3f6] /\Qf6}) 19. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 20. Rh3# 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 (3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+
8. Qxc3 O-O 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rae8 14.
Rac1 e5 15. c5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 dxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. b4 Ne6 20.
Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Qxc7 $14 {Llanos,G-Fiorito,F/Trelew Clarin op/1995/}) 3... Bb7 4.
Nc3 f5 (4... Nf6 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 Bd6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Be5 9. Nh3 c5 10. O-O
Re8 11. Re1 d6 12. e4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. f4 Ba6 15. g4 g6 16. g5 Nh5 17.
Bf3 Ng7 18. Nf2 Bc4 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 f6 21. h4 $36 {(),Vareille,F-Bauer,C/
FRA-ch Chambery/1994/}) 5. d5 (5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d5 g6 (6... Be7 7. g3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
fxe4 9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Ng4 exd5 11. cxd5 Na6 12. Bg2 Nc5 13. Rb1 a5 14. Be3 Qe7
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na4 18. Qd4 Qe5 19. Rc1 Bxd5 20. Qxe5+ fxe5
21. Rxc7 Ke7 22. Kd2 Rhc8 23. Rhc1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gg2] _|_^^,Van
Wely,L-Romero Holmes,A/Wijk op/1995/}) 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. e4
$6 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 16.
Rb1 Qd4 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Bd3 Bxd5 19. Rd1 Qg4 20. Bf1 Rxf2 $1 21. Qd3 Rxf1+ 22.
Qxf1 Bd4+ {0-1,Fioramonti,H-Khenkin,I/Geneva op/1995/}) 5... Nf6 6. g3 (6. Nf3
g6 7. dxe6 $5 dxe6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bg3 f4 11. Bh4 Ke7 12. e3 Nbd7
13. Bd3 Rag8 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe3 16. fxe3 h6 17. Nd4 g5 18. Nc6+ Kf7 19.
Nxd6+ cxd6 20. Bg3 e5 21. Nxa7 Ke6 22. Ke2 $16 {Petursson,M-Gretarsson,H/
Reykjavik Olafsson/1995/}) 6... g6 (6... Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 (8. Nf3 Nce4 9.
O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. Nd4 O-O 12. dxe6 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne4 14. Qc2 Qf6 15.
exd7 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd4 17. f3 Nc5 {0,5/Apel,S-Blauert,J/2.BLN 9495/1995/})
8... Bd6 9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rac1
exd5 15. cxd5 Bd6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Rf5 18. Qxe4 Qf6 19. h4 g6 20. Bd4 Qf8
21. Qc2 Bxd5 22. e4 Rxg5 23. hxg5 Be6 24. Bf6 $18 {Gelfand,B-Hamdouchi,H/
Etoiles/1994/}) (6... a5 7. Bg2 Na6 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Rd1
Qe7 12. Rb1 exd5 13. cxd5 Nfe4 14. Nb5 a4 15. Be3 Ra5 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bxe4
Qxe4 18. Qxe4 fxe4 19. Nf4 Rb5 20. Ng2 Nb3 21. Bf4 Bxd5 22. Bxd6 Rc8 23. Bb4
$16 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6,Rd7,Re4] ק,Kozul,Z-Hamdouchi,H/Biel izt/1993/}) 7. Bg2 Bg7
8. Nh3 $1 (8. e3 O-O 9. Nge2 e5 10. O-O d6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4
Nd7 14. Nc3 Bc8 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. h3 Rf7 17. Be3 Qf8 18. Qd2 a5 19. b4 Ba6 20.
Nb5 Kh8 21. Rfc1 Ng8 22. Ra2 Bh6 23. Rac2 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 axb4 25. axb4 Bxb5 $10
{Lautier,J-Topalov,V/Linares/1994/}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Na6 (9... a5 $5 10. Rb1 (
10. dxe6 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 dxe6 $10) 10... Na6 $14) 10. Rb1 $146 (10. Qc2 $5 Nc5
11. Be3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nce4 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. b4 Qf6
17. Bd4 Qd6 18. e3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Re5 20. Rcd1 Qf6 21. f4 Re7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23.
Nf2 c5 24. Rxe4 cxb4 25. Qb3 Rc3 26. Qxb4 Rxe3 27. Ng4 {1-0,Epishin,
V-Muhutdinov,M/Moscow Tal/1992/}) 10... Nc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Bb2 exd5 $6 (12...
Qe7 $5 13. Nf4 $14 (13. Nb5 Rfc8 (13... d6 $2 14. f3 $18) 14. f3 Nd6 15. Nxd6
cxd6 $132)) (12... Nd6 13. Qb3 $36) 13. cxd5 Nd6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rbc1 Re8 (
15... c5 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4e6] /\Ne6->}) 16. Rfd1 Ng4 (16... Nfe4
$2 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Qxc7 $18) 17. a4
a6 18. e3 Rc8 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Nce2 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc7][%cal Gc1c7] <->c,><c7,
Bb7,>>,(),} Ne4 (20... Qe7 $142 21. Nd3 $16 (21. Rc2 $5 $16)) 21. Nd3 Qe7 $2 (
21... Nxd3 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qxd3 Qe7 24. Rc4 $40) (21... d6 22. Nef4 {
[%csl Re6] ><e6}) 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxc7 $1 $18 {This nice
temporary sacrifice destroys Black's position.} Rxc7 $8 25. d6 Qg7 26. Bxe5
Qxe5 (26... Rxe5 27. dxc7 d5 28. Qc3 $18) 27. dxc7 {The black Bb7 is helpless,
compared to White's N.} Qxc7 28. Qf7 Rd8 $8 (28... Qe5 29. Rxd7 $18) 29. Nf4 {
[%cal Rf4e6] /\Ne6!} (29. Nf4 Qc8 30. Ne6 $1 dxe6 31. Qf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament Gp2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 {[%mdl 2] This was a last round game, in which
Morozevich had to win, while a draw was sufficient for Bareev. Black therefore
tries to complicate matters as soon as possible.} 4. c3 {White on the other
hand strives for a simple position.} (4. dxc5 Na6 $5 5. e4 Nxc5 6. Ne2 d6 7.
Nbc3 Nf6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 Rc8 11. h3 b6 12. Nd4 a6 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Be3 Kh7 15. g4 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. f3 e5 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. Qf2 Qb7 20. Nxc5 bxc5
21. b3 d5 $1 $36 {Hoffmann,A-Stohl,I/Albena/1989/}) ({The most ambitious for
White is} 4. d5 d6 5. c4 {with possible transpositions into a King's Indian,
Benoni, or even Dutch Defence.} (5. e4 b5 $5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Nbd2 O-O
9. Qe2 a5 10. c3 a4 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Rb1 Ne8 13. c4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4
e6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 exd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qd3 Ng4
22. Bf4 Rb6 $11 {Stryjecki,M-Hebden,M/Cappelle la Grande/2002/})) 4... Qa5 $5 (
4... cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 $11 {leads to sterile positions of the Fianchetto
Gruenfeld (D79), Black of course ism't interested. He chooses arguably the
most sensible attempt to achieve a complicated position.}) (4... Qb6 5. Nf3 (5.
d5 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Ne2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 d6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12.
Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Na3 Rae8 14. Qb5 Qc7 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Re7 18.
Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Kf1 a6 20. Qc4 Nd7 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Be5 $11 {
Zvjaginsev,V-Losev,D/Moscow/1989/}) 5... d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Na3 O-O 8. Re1 cxd4
9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Qh4 Nc6 11. h3 d5 12. c4 Ne5 13. Be3 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Be6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Bxc5 Rfe8 18. Bd4 Bd5 19. Be5 Rac8 20. Red1 e6 21.
Ne1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nd5 $11 {Manninen,M-Kiik,K/FIN-ch op Naantali/2000/}) (4...
Qc7 5. Na3 $1 Nf6 6. e4 d6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 $6 10. f4 Ned7 11.
c4 a6 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Re1 b5 14. cxb5 c4 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. fxe5 Ne8 17. d6
exd6 18. exd6 Qd8 19. Nd5 $16 {Averbakh,Y-King,D/New York WFW/1990/}) 5. Nd2 {
Pigusov,E (2525)-Bareev,E (2555) GMA op Moscow 1989 (4) 1/2 A rather passive
move, although White keeps the position symetrical, his N lands on b3, where
it has little scope. But interestingly enough Bareev had already played it
with opposite colours (and White had the extra Nf3).} (5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Nf3 (6.
Be3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Na3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd4 d6 (10... d5 $11) 11. Nab5 Qd7
12. h3 Nxd4 (12... a6 $5 $13) 13. Nxd4 d5 14. a4 e5 $6 15. Nb5 b6 16. Qb3 Bb7
17. Rfd1 h6 18. Na3 Rfd8 19. Nc2 Ba6 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Nb4 Bc4 22. Qd1 a5 23.
Nc2 Qc7 24. Na3 Ba6 25. Qb3 $36 {Kengis,E-Loeffler,S/Gausdal/1991/}) 6... Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. Qa4 (8. Be3 Qc7 9. Na3 a6 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Bb6 Qb8 12. Nd4 Re8 13.
Nac2 e5 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Qa4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Ne3 Nd7 18. Ba5 Bc5 19. Ng4
Be7 20. Ne3 Bg5 21. Nf1 Rc8 22. Nd2 Be7 $11 {Wichmann,C-Hennig,D/BL 9697/1997/}
) 8... d5 $6 (8... Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 $132) 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12.
Be3 Qa5 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rb5 Rxa2 18.
Rxa2 Bxa2 19. Na3 Rd8 20. Rxb6 Rd1+ 21. Bf1 Bd5 22. Nc2 Nd7 23. Rb4 Rb1 24. Ne3
Bc6 25. Nd2 Re1 26. f4 $16 {Delchev,A-Chatalbashev,B/BUL-ch/1994/}) (5. Nf3
cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 d6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd2 Rac8 12. Re1
Rfe8 13. Kh2 Ne5 14. Qe2 b5 15. N2b3 Qa4 16. Nd2 a6 17. f4 Nc6 18. e5 dxe5 19.
Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. fxe5 Nd5 22. Bd4 Qa5 23. Qf3 {Iotti,P-Bellini,F/
Reggio Emilia/2001/} Rd8 $13) (5. d5 d6 6. Nf3 (6. Nd2 Nf6 7. e4 O-O 8. Ne2
Nbd7 9. O-O Qa6 10. f4 c4 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Qe2 Nd3 13. N2f3 Bd7 14. a3 Qb6 (
14... e5 $142 $1 $36) 15. Kh1 e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Ng4 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Nd2
e5 20. Nxc4 Qc5 21. Nxe5 Ndxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Nxe5 24. Bf4 {Bunzmann,
D-Glek,I/Budapest/1998/}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Na3 Nbd7 10. h3 b5
11. e4 a6 12. Nc2 Bb7 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 e5 15. Bd2 c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Qc7
18. Nh2 Nc5 19. Rb1 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 Ncxe4 $1 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 f5
24. Bg2 Qf7 25. Bc1 e4 $13 {Karpov,A-Topalov,V/Dortmund/1999/}) 5... cxd4 6.
Nb3 {[%csl Rb3]} Qb6 7. cxd4 Nf6 (7... a5 8. a4 Nc6 9. Nf3 d5 10. O-O Bg4 11.
Be3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. Qd3 Nge7 14. Qb5 Qa6 15. g4 h5 16. h3 hxg4 17. hxg4
Kf8 18. Kg2 b6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Rad1 f6 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 g5 23. Bd2 Ra8
24. Rc1 Rc8 $11 {Zara,D-Timman,J/EU-chJ Groningen/1968/}) 8. d5 {[%csl Gd5]
[%cal Gh8a1] Gains (), but also opens the a1-h8/^.} ({More circumspect was} 8.
Nf3 $11) 8... d6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Na6 $1 $146 (10... Bd7 11. Be3 Qa6 (11...
Qb5 $142 $5 12. Nfd4 Qa4 {[%cal Yb8a6,Ya6c5] /\Na6-c5<=>}) 12. Bd4 Qa4 13. Re1
Na6 14. e4 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+]} Nc7 15. e5 $1 Nfxd5 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Ng5 Bc6 19. Re4 Qb5 20. a4 Qb6 21. a5 Qa6 22. Nd4 Rae8 23. Bf1 $40 {
Romanishin,O-Lobron,E/EU-ch Saint Vincent/2000/}) 11. Nfd4 ({The manoeuvre
from the previous note is now less effective:} 11. Be3 Qb5 12. Nfd4 Qa4 $132 {
[%cal Ya6c5,Yf6g4] /\Nc5,Ng4}) 11... Bd7 12. Bd2 {[%cal Rd2a5] /\Ba5+- White
already experiences some problems with finishing his << development.} (12. h3
Rfc8 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Nc2 Qa4 $1 {/\} (14... Qc4 15. Na3 Qa4 16. Bd4 Nb4 17. e4
$13) 15. Bd4 Nc7 16. e4 Nb5 $36) 12... Nc5 (12... Ba4 $143 13. Ba5 Qxa5 (13...
Bxb3 14. Nxb3 Qb5 15. Bc3 $14) 14. Nxa5 Bxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rfc8 $11) 13. Ba5 (13.
Rc1 Rfc8 $15) 13... Qa6 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Nxc5 (15. Rfc1 $142 $5 Nxb3 (15... Ng4
16. Bc3 Ne5 17. Qe3 $5 $13) 16. axb3 (16. Nxb3 Rxc1+ $1 17. Nxc1 {leads to the
game position}) 16... Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. e3 b6 20. Bc3 $11)
15... Rxc5 {Logical and good, but a playable alternative was} (15... dxc5 $5
16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Bc3 Be4 $15) 16. Nb3 (16. Bb4 Rxd5 $5 (16... Rc7 $11 {/=/+})
17. Bxd5 Nxd5 $44) 16... Rc4 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ $1 18. Nxc1 {An ugly recapture,
but White can hardly afford} (18. Rxc1 b6 19. Bc3 Qxa2 20. Nd4 Nxd5 21. Nf5 (
21. Nb3 e6 $5 $15) 21... Bxc3 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Nxe7+ Kf8 24. Bxd5 Bxb2 (24...
Re8 $5) 25. Rc7 Re8 $17) 18... Ng4 $5 {This is more ambitious than} (18... Rc8
19. Bc3 Qc4 $36) 19. Nd3 (19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qd2 Ne5 $15 {/= gives
Black a pleasant position, in which he can play for a win without risk.}) 19...
Rc8 20. h3 Ne5 21. Bc3 (21. Nxe5 Bxe5 $36) 21... Nc4 ({Less complicated was} 
21... Nxd3 $142 $5 22. exd3 Bf5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15 {[%csl Rd3,Rd5] ק}) 22. Qg5
$5 (22. Qe1 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 (23. bxc3 Qa5 $17) 23... Ne5 $36 {can lead to the
position from the note above, so Bareev lashes out.}) 22... Bxc3 23. Qxe7 (23.
bxc3 f6 $15 {/-/+}) 23... Nxb2 (23... Bb5 24. bxc3 Re8 25. Qc7 {/\} Rxe2 26. a4
$1 Bxa4 27. Bf1 Rd2 28. Re1 $36) (23... Qa4 24. bxc3 Re8 25. Qf6 Rxe2 26. Nf4
$132) (23... Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Ne5 25. Nd3 Re8 26. Qf6 Nxd3 27. exd3 $13 {[%csl
Gf6,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Ya1c1,Yc1c7] /\Rc1-c7,׻}) 24. Qxd7 Rf8 25. Rc1 $6 (25. Nxb2
Bxb2 26. Rf1 Be5 $5 (26... Qxe2 27. Qxd6 Bd4 28. Qb4 $11) 27. e3 Qxa2 28. Qxb7
a5 $15 {[%csl Ga5] o^a}) (25. Be4 $5 Qc4 (25... f5 $2 26. Qe6+ Kg7 27. Nf4 $1 {
/\} fxe4 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Ne6 Ra8 30. Ng5 $18) 26. Qe7 f5 27. Nxb2 Qxe4 (27...
Bxb2 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rg7] עg7}) 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Rb1 $11)
25... Nxd3 26. Rxc3 (26. exd3 Qxa2 $1 $17 {/=/+}) 26... Ne5 27. Qc7 (27. Qe7
Qxe2 28. Rc7 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxf3 31. Qe3 Qxd5 $17) 27... Qxe2 28.
Re3 (28. Bf1 Qe4 $40) 28... Qxa2 29. Bf1 (29. Qxd6 $2 Nc4 $19) (29. Qxb7 $142
a5 $17) 29... Qxd5 $19 30. Bg2 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd2 32. Kg1 Nd3 (32... b5 $1 {/\}
33. Qxa7 Rc8 $19 {->}) 33. Rf3 Ne1 (33... Qc1+ 34. Qxc1 Nxc1 35. Ra3 b5 36.
Rxa7 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 $5 $17 (37. Kf1 Nc3 38. Rc7 b4 39. Rb7 Ra8)) 34. Rf6 Qd1 $138
({Simpler was} 34... Nxg2 35. Rxd6 Qe2 36. Kxg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qf3 38. Rd7 b6 $1
$19 {/\} 39. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 {In time-trouble Morozevich move by move completely
ruins his position.}) 35. Bxb7 d5 $6 (35... Nd3+ 36. Kg2 Kg7 $1 37. Qc3 (37.
Qxd6 Qa1 $1 $19) 37... Ne5 38. Rf4 Rb8 $19 {was still sufficient to win.}) 36.
Kh2 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qb3 $1 37. Qe7 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Ne5 $17) 37. Qe5
Kg8 (37... Rd8 38. Re6+ Kg8 39. Qxe1 $18) 38. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Rf7] /\Bf7} Nd3
39. Qe7 Qe1 40. Bxf7+ (40. Bxf7+ Kg7 41. Be6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qb6 $5 5. dxc5 Qxc5 {[%mdl 32] Black has
been quite successful with this modification of the Maroczy Dragon. By
postponing the development of the Ng8 he prevents White's Nb1 from reaching
its ideal square c3, by playing Bg4 and Nc6 first he fights for control of d4 
(a square usually reserved for White's N in the Maroczy!). But White has ways
of countering this plan-Andersson shows a strategy of playing around d4 on the
flanks, which culminates in a >>->.} 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 d6 7. h3 Be6 (7... Nc6 8.
a3 Be6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qa6 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Nbd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4
Ne5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Nf6 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Rac1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 a4 20. e5 $36
{Andonov,B-Chatalbashev,B/Struga/2002/}) 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Qc7 11.
Be3 Nc6 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Rc1 a6 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rc3 Qb7 17. f3 Nh5
18. Qf2 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nxb5 Rxa2 $132 {
Mastrovasilis,A-Petrov,M/Halkidiki/2002/}) (6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 (7... d6
8. Qd4 $1 $14) 8. Qd5 d6 $13) 6... d6 7. O-O Nc6 (7... Bg4 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Nd4
Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 Qb6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Nc3
O-O 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rae8 18. Re1 a5 19. Rde4 Qc7 20. b3 a4 21. g3 axb3
22. axb3 $36 b5 23. cxb5 Qb7 24. b6 $1 $16 {Emms,J-Davies,N/Tel Aviv/1990/}) 8.
a3 (8. Nfd2 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Nc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13. Kh1 b6 14.
Bg5 Ne5 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. f4 Nd7 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Bf3 Rfe8 20. Nxc5
dxc5 21. Qxf6 Bxe4 22. f5 Qe5 $15 {Pigusov,E-Markowski,T/Koszalin op/1999/}) (
8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Ng5
Nc5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bg4 h5 17. Bxc5 hxg4 18. Be3 gxh3 19. gxh3 a6 20. Kg2 Kh7
21. c5 Rad8 22. cxd6 exd6 23. Rd2 d5 $1 24. exd5 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bxb2 $11 {
Lautier,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo blind/1997/}) 8... Bg4 9. Be3 ({Another
promising alternative, which gives White a pleasant space advantage, is} 9. b4
Qb6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Ra2 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O $142 (12... a5 $6 13. b5 (13. Nd5 O-O
14. Bb6 {/\b5+/=}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 $1 (14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 O-O $13 {/=/+}
16. c5 $2 Rc8 17. Bd4 Ned7 $1 18. Na4 dxc5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Rd2 e6
$17 {Ponomariov,R-Shabalov,A/Bad Wiessee op/1999/}) 14... Ne5 15. c5 $1 Qc8 (
15... dxc5 16. Rd2 $40) 16. f4 Ned7 17. Rc2 Nxc5 18. e5 Nfd7 19. exd6 exd6 20.
Qxd6 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxc2 22. Bg4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Rc1 {1-0,Rotstein,A-Sulava,
N/Arco op/2001/}) 13. Qb3 (13. Rd2 Nd7 14. Qb3 a5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 axb4 17.
axb4 b6 $6 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. f4 $16 Ra1 22. e5 $1 Rxd1+
23. Qxd1 Nxb4 24. Bf3 Qb8 25. Qa4 dxe5 26. Rxd7 exf4 27. Bf2 e5 28. Nd6 {
1-0,Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo act/1999/}) 13... a5 14. Rd2 axb4 15. axb4
Qb8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Ne8 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. Bg4 e6 21. Nb5 Ra1
22. Rxa1 Bxa1 $14 {Luther,T-Dautov,R/Essen/2002/}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 ({White
has little after the softer} 10. Ra2 Qc7 11. Nfd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nf6
14. Nc3 O-O {1/2,Gulko,B-Yudasin,L/Beersheba/1993/} 15. Nd5 Qd7 {/\e6=}) 10...
Qd8 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Be2 Nc5
17. b4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Black's plan works well after the slower} 17. f3
$143 Ne6 18. Kh1 Ned4 19. f4 a6 20. Bg4 e6 21. Rf2 h5 22. Be2 Qh4 $132 23. Kh2
Nxe2 24. Rxe2 Na5 25. b3 b5 26. g3 Qe7 27. Bb6 Nb7 28. Bd4 bxc4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7
30. b4 $44 {Chernin,A-Markowski,T/CERA Bank op/1998/}) 17... Ne6 ({The more
consistent} 17... Bxc3 {gives White a choice:} {More energetic is} 18. Rxc3 $5
(18. bxc5 Bb2 19. Rb1 Bxa3 20. cxd6 Bxd6 (20... b6 $5 21. Bh6 Bxd6 22. Bxf8
Qxf8 $44) 21. c5 Be5 22. Rxb7 Bd4 $5 $14) 18... Nxe4 19. Rc2 $44 {[%csl Ge2,
Ge3,Rg7,Rh6] ^^,׻ with excellent compensation.}) 18. Nd5 h5 $6 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5]
Only weakens Black's >>.} (18... Ned4 19. Bg4 f5 (19... e6 20. b5 $18) 20. exf5
gxf5 21. Bh5 $16 {/\b5+-}) (18... Ncd4 19. Bd3 $36) (18... Bb2 $143 19. Rb1 {/\
} Bd4 $6 (19... Bxa3 $2 20. Rb3 $18) 20. b5 $16) (18... Bd4 $5 $14) 19. Kh1 b6
20. f4 $36 Ned4 21. b5 $1 $16 {() Resolves the [+] situation in White's favour.
} Nxe2 22. Qxe2 (22. bxc6 $4 Ng3+) 22... Nd4 (22... Na5 23. f5 $1 {/\Bg5} e6 (
23... Nb3 24. Rce1 e6 25. f6 $18) 24. f6 exd5 25. fxg7 $16 {->}) (22... Nb8 $5
23. f5 Nd7 $16) 23. Bxd4 (23. Qd1 Ne6 24. f5 $40 {was also strong, but why
complicate matters-Andersson chooses the simplest way.}) 23... Bxd4 24. e5 $1
$40 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5] Compared with the dominant Nd5 the Bd4 has been left
stranded.} e6 (24... dxe5 25. fxe5 Bc5 26. Rcd1 Qe8 27. Rf3 {[%cal Rd1f1,Re2d2,
Rd2g5] /\Qd2-g5,Rdf1+- and with the unassailable Nd5 White just piles up
against Black's K.}) 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Rcd1 Bc5 (26... dxe5 27. fxe5 Rc5 28. Qe4
$5 Rxc4 29. Rd3 {/\} Rh8 30. Rfd1 Bxe5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Nxh5+ $18) 27. Rd3 $18
{->} Rh8 (27... Qe7 28. Nxh5+ $1 gxh5 29. Qxh5 $18) 28. Ne4 d5 $8 29. cxd5 exd5
30. f5 Qh4 $6 {This shortens Black's suffering, as he loses his Q. But the
position was hopeless anyway.} (30... gxf5 31. Rxf5 $18 (31. Ng3 $18)) (30...
d4 31. f6+ (31. Qf3 $18) 31... Kg8 32. Ng5 {[%cal Re5e6] /\e6+-}) 31. f6+ {
[%csl Rh4] ףh4} Kh7 32. Rxd5 Rhe8 (32... Rhd8 33. Qd3 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Kg8 35. e6
$18) 33. Kh2 {/\g3} 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Be2 {A
continuation of a theoretical discussion about the merits of this weird move.
In this game the better prepared player scores a resounding victory, which
shows the drawbacks of White's idea-Black has a large lead in development and
the placement of White's K prevents him from deploying his forces freely.} O-O
(7... Bd6 {saves the B, but with also Black's K misplaced he has hardly any
compensation for the pawn.} 8. Bh5+ Kf8 9. fxe6 dxe6 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Qe8
12. Nge2 Rd8 13. Qa4 Kf7 14. Nb5 Rf8 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Bg5 Kg8 17. Re1 Qg6 18.
h4 Ne4 19. Rh3 Na5 20. d5 Nxg5 21. hxg5 exd5 22. cxd5 Qxg5 23. Qe4 h6 24. b4
Rde8 25. Qd3 Bc8 26. Rh5 $16 {Meessen,R-Bunzmann,D/Leuven/1998/}) 8. c5 bxc5 {
The players willing to play this line are returning to the move from the
original 1997 Beliavsky-Short game.} (8... Nc6 $143 9. a3 Nxd4 10. axb4 Nxe2
11. Nxe2 (11. Qxe2 Nd5 12. fxe6 dxe6 13. b5 (13. Nf3 $5 $16) 13... a6 14. Nf3
axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. h4 Qa1 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Ne5+
Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nd6+ Kh8 23. Qe7 Kg8 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qe7 Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kh8
27. Nxb7 Qxb1 28. Qe1 Ne4 {Dautov,R-Tischbierek,R/GER-ch Bremen/1998/} 29. f3
$16) 11... Ng4 12. Ng3 $1 (12. Qd4 Qh4 13. h3 Rxf5 14. g3 Qe7 15. hxg4 Rd5 16.
Rh5 Rxd4 17. Nxd4 Qf6 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Nc3 Qxg4 20. Rh4 Qg6 21. Rd1 a5 $132 {
Ippolito,D-Hodgson,J/Mermaid Beach/1998/}) 12... Qh4 13. Qd2 exf5 14. Qf4 Rae8
15. h3 Qe7 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Rxa7 Bd5 18. Nc3 Nd3 19. Qe3 Qf7 20. Qd4 Bc4 21. Kg1
Nxb4 22. Rxc7 Nc6 23. Qf4 $18 {Vaisser,A-Sulava,N/Bastia act op/1998/}) 9. a3
Ba5 10. dxc5 Ne4 (10... Nd5 11. Nf3 Qf6 $5 (11... Rxf5 12. b4 Nxb4 13. axb4
Bxb4 14. Bb2 a5 15. h4 Rd5 16. Qb3 Na6 17. Nc3 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Rf5 19. Rh3 Qe7 20.
Kg1 Raf8 21. Rf1 d6 22. Ng5 h6 23. g4 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Short,N/FIDE WCh
Groningen/ 1997/}) 12. Qc2 h6 13. h4 c6 14. fxe6 dxe6 15. Nbd2 Bxd2 16. Bxd2
Nd7 17. Kg1 a5 18. Rf1 a4 19. Rh3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Bc1 Ra5 22. Rg3 Nxc5
23. Qd2 Ra7 24. Qc2 Ra5 25. Rg6 Qf5 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Nd4 Ne7 28. Rg3 Rd5 29.
Bxh6 g6 30. Be3 e5 31. Nxc6 {1-0,Galianina,J-Matveeva,S/Moscow/1999/}) (10...
c6 $2 11. b4 Bc7 12. fxe6 $16 {The Bb7 is incarcerated and Black has no
compensation.}) 11. b4 $6 {Already this is probably too greedy.} (11. Nf3 $5 {
/\} Qf6 (11... Rxf5 12. b4 {-11.b4 Rf5}) (11... Nxc5 12. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4] /
\b4+-}) 12. Qa4 Nxc5 13. Qxa5 Nb3 14. Qb5 Nxa1 15. Qxb7 Qxf5 16. Nc3 $16) 11...
Qf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 136] Shabalov, who allegedly analyzed the position for a
whole week, creates a surprisingly strong coctail from the various ideas,
mentioned in all the relevant games. Black's attack is very dangerous.} (11...
Rxf5 12. Nf3 Nc6 (12... Qf6 13. Ra2 Bd5 14. Rb2 {is different to the game, as
after capturing bxa5 Black will not have the play on the b-file.} (14. Bb2 $5))
13. bxa5 (13. Bb2 $5 $16) 13... Ne5 14. Be3 $6 Ng4 15. Nbd2 Nxe3+ 16. fxe3 Rd5
17. Rc1 Nxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Qg5 19. Bf3 Qxe3 20. Qe1 Ba6+ 21. Nc4 Qxc5 22. Qb4 Rf8
$1 $19 {Georgiev,V-Damaso,R/Algarve/1999/}) 12. Ra2 Bd5 $1 ({Insufficient is} 
12... Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Qxf5+ 14. Nf3 Qxb1 15. Rb2 $16) 13. Rb2 Nc6 14. Nf3 ({
Probably more testing, but also extremely precarious for White was} 14. bxa5
$142 $5 Rab8 (14... Qxf5 $6 15. Nf3 Rab8 (15... g5 16. h3) 16. Nbd2 Nc3 17. Qc2
$16) 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. Nd2 (16. Be3 Qa1 17. Bd3 Bc4 $1 $19) 16... Qxf5 (16...
Nc3 17. Qc2 Na2 18. Bc4 $16) 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. f3 (18. Nf3 Rb1 $17) 18... Qe5
$44 {->}) 14... Rab8 15. fxe6 {[%cal Gf8f1] Opening an attacking file for
Black, but it's very difficult to recommend anything better, White's pieces
are in a desperate tangle, e.g.} (15. Qc2 Qxf5 {/\} 16. bxa5 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 (17.
Bxb2 Ng3+ $19) 17... Rb8 18. Qa1 Rxb1 $1 $19) 15... dxe6 16. h4 {After this
White is much worse, perhaps a better chance was} (16. Rc2 Qf5 $5 $40 {[%cal
Rd5b3] /\Bb3} (16... Bxb4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Ba3 Rb3 $44) (16... Bb3 17. Bd3
Rbd8 18. Qe2 Bxc2 19. Bxc2 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Qxc3 21. Bb2 $1 $18)) 16... Nxc5 17.
Qc2 (17. Nbd2 $5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rd2 Bb6 $17) 17... Ne4 18. bxa5 Nd4 $1
$19 19. Qd3 (19. Qxc7 Rbc8 20. Qf4 e5 $1 21. Qe3 (21. Nxe5 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qxf2#
) 21... Nf5 $19) (19. Qd1 Nxf3 20. gxf3 (20. Rxb8 Nfd2+ $19) 20... Rxb2 21.
Bxb2 Qxb2 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. Rh3 Bxb1 {[%csl Rf1,Gg8] ->,/\ Black is a pawn up
and has a better K} 24. Rb3 Qf6 25. Rf3 Bf5 $19) 19... Nb3 20. Rc2 $138 ({
Longer resistance could have been offered by} 20. Qe3 Nxc1 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22.
Qxc1 Qb2 $1 (22... Qg6 23. Bd3 Ng3+ 24. fxg3 Qxd3+ 25. Kf2 {leads nowhere.})
23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Nbd2 (24. Bd3 Nxf2 $19) 24... Nxd2+ 25. Nxd2 Rxd2 26. Rh3 Rc2
$5 (26... Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rxe2 28. Rc3 Re5 $17) 27. Bd3 (27. Rd3 Rxe2 28. Kxe2
Bc4 $19) 27... Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Bxg2 $17 {/-+} (28... c5 $5 $19)) 20... Nbc5 21.
Rxc5 $8 (21. Qe3 Rxb1 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Qa1 $19) 21... Nxc5 22. Qc2 Be4
23. Qxc5 Rxb1 {/\Qa1,Qb2-+} (23... Rxb1 24. Kg1 Qf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 (3. e4 Bb7 4. f3 (4. d5 Nf6 5. Bd3 b5 6. Qb3 Na6 7.
Nc3 Nc5 8. Qc2 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 exd5 11. exd5 Qe7+ 12. Be3 Qb4 13.
Qe2 Be7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Rd4 Qd6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Rd3 Ng4 18. Bf4 Qg6 19. Nh3 c4
20. Rg3 Bh4 21. Rf3 Bf6 22. Rg3 Qf5 23. Qc2 Qxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Bxc3 25. Rxg4 f5 26.
Rg3 Bf6 $36 {^^_|_,Kamp,C-Tischbierek,R/Bad Wörishofen/1996/}) 4... f5 5. exf5
Nh6 6. fxe6 Nf5 7. Bf4 dxe6 8. Ne2 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5
12. Nbc3 Bb7 13. Nb5 Na6 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Rd8 16. Kf2 Be7 17. Re1 Kf8 18.
Bc4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rd1 Nb4 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxa7 Bf6 23. Nb5 Kf7 24. b3
Nb4 25. a4 Rd8 26. Rb1 g5 27. Bd6 Nc2 $44 {1/2,Babu,NS-Miles,A/Sakthi Madras/
1996/}) (3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 a4 $1 7. Qc2 (7. Qxb4 Nc6 8. Qb5
Ra5 $15) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 d6 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Be2 f5 13.
O-O Qe8 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Bg3 e5 16. f3 f4 17. exf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. d5 Nc5
20. g3 Qg6 21. Bd1 Bc8 22. Bc2 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 $15 {Hillarp Persson,T-Gulko,
B/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) (3. a3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. e4 Bb7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O f5 9. e5 h6 10. Re1 g5 11. d5 Ng6 12. Bf1 g4 13. Nd4 Bxe5 14. dxe6 Qf6 15.
Bxh6 Re8 16. Ndb5 dxe6 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Qg5 Re7 19. Rxe5 Kf7 20. Ree1 a6 21.
Rad1 axb5 22. cxb5 Nce5 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Be3 Nf7 25. Bc4 Rh8 $44 {->,
Hellsten,J-Miles,A/Malmo/1996/}) 3... Bb4 4. e3 Bb7 (4... Nf6 {-E4}) 5. Nge2 f5
$5 (5... Nf6 6. a3 Be7 (6... Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1] ^^}) 7. d5 $1
$14 {-E44}) 6. a3 Bd6 (6... Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Bd3 $14) 7. d5 (7.
b4 a5 8. c5 Be7 9. Rb1 axb4 10. axb4 Nf6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Bc4 g5 13. Nfe2 bxc5
14. dxc5 Nc6 15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 Qe8 17. Rf1 Kh8 18. Rf3 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 Bxf3
20. gxf3 Qh5 21. Be3 Qxf3 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. Ng3 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Qxg3+ $44 {
Plachetka,J-Kengis,E/Wien op/1990/}) 7... Nf6 8. g3 (8. Nb5 $5 Ne4 9. Nxd6+
Nxd6 10. Nc3 a5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qf6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. b3 Qh4 15. f3 Rf6 16.
Rf2 Raf8 17. Bf1 Rg6 18. Bb2 Nf7 19. f4 Nh6 20. g3 Qh5 21. Rg2 Ng4 22. Re1 Nf6
23. Rge2 Rh6 24. e4 $14 {Siamak,E-Atalik,S/Ano Liosia op/1996/}) (8. Nd4 O-O 9.
Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. dxe6 Qf6 12. O-O dxe6 13. Bg4 Re8 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Bc3
Qh6 16. h3 a6 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rf8 21. Nd2 Qg6
22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1 Rd8 24. Re1 h5 $40 {[%csl Gb7,Gd6] ^^,Orr,M-Kengis,E/
Moscow olm/1994/}) 8... Na6 (8... a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O (10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O
Nc5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. f3 Ng5 16. h4 Nf7 17. f4 exd5
18. cxd5 Nh6 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qe7 21. Nc3 Nf5 22. Qd3 Bxb4 23. Bxf5 Qc5+
$13 {Gulko,B-Root,D/USA-op/1987/}) 10... O-O (10... Nc5 $6 11. Nb5 a4 12. Bd2
exd5 13. Bb4 Nfe4 14. Nxd6+ Nxd6 15. Bxd5 Qe7 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18.
Nc3 Qe6 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Qh5+ g6 21. Qh6 O-O-O 22. Qg7 Qa6 23. Rfd1 c6 24. Nf4
Qxc4 25. Rxd7 $16 {Nogueiras,J-Panno,O/Buenos Aires Najdorf/1991/}) 11. b3 (11.
Nb5 $5 $14) 11... Nc5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Nd4 Nce4 (13... Nfe4 14. Ndb5 Nxc3 15.
Nxc3 Be5 16. Qc2 d6 17. Rfd1 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 exd5 19. cxd5 Ne4 20. Bb2 Rf7 21. b4
Qe8 $13 {Ibragimov,I-Kengis,E/Groningen op/1991/}) 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. dxe6 dxe6
16. Qc2 e5 17. Nb5 Qf7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rd2 Bc6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. a4 Qe6 22.
Ba3 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. b4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Kengis,E/Tilburg/1992/}) 9. Bg2 (
9. b4 c6 $10) 9... Nc5 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Nce4 12. Rb1 (12. Bb2 a5 $5 $132)
12... exd5 13. Nxd5 $6 (13. cxd5 Qe7 $13) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5}
Qe7 15. Bb2 (15. Qb3 a5 16. Nd4 (16. Nc3 Qe5 $17) 16... Qf7 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5})
15... a5 16. Nc3 $1 $8 (16. bxa5 Rxa5 $17) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Rae8 (17... Bxb4
$6 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Kg8 (20... Qf6 21. Rxb4 Qxd4 22.
Rxd4 $16 {><e4}) 21. Rxb4 $16) 18. Qd4 {The battery on the long diagonal
indirectly protects the b4P.} Rf7 $5 (18... Bxb4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bc5 21.
Qc3 Bb4 22. Qd4 $10) 19. Ba1 Be5 20. Qd3 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 {White's B-pair will
give him atleast some compensation, as now he loses a pawn.} Qd6 $1 $15 22. Bb2
(22. Ba1 $5 Qxd5 23. Qc2 $15) (22. Rfd1 Qxd5 $1 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 $17) 22... Qxd5
23. Qc2 Bc6 (23... Qc6 24. Qb3 $44) 24. Rfd1 Qe6 25. b5 $1 $8 (25. Bf1 $2 Ng5
$17 {->}) 25... Bxb5 26. Bxg7 $6 (26. Qxc7 $5 d5 (26... Nxf2 $6 27. Bd5 Nh3+ (
27... Qxe3 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxd7+ Bxd7 30. Qxd7+ Re7 31. Qxf5+ $18 {[%cal
Rf5f2] /\Qf2}) (27... Nxd1 28. Bxe6 dxe6 29. Qxb6 $16) 28. Kg2 Bc6 29. Qxc6 $1
dxc6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Kxh3 $16) 27. Qc2 Bc4 $15) 26... Qc4 27. Qb2 (27. Qxc4
Bxc4 $17 {o^b,c}) 27... Rxg7 28. Bf1 (28. Qxb5 $2 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 Nc3 $19) 28...
Qc3 29. Qxb5 {[%csl Rg8] ע Two united passed pawns and strong centralized N
give Black an advantage. White's only counterchance is Black's weakened K-side.
} Qc2 (29... Nc5 $5 $17) 30. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ (31... Qxe3 32. Rb3 $1 (
32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qxe8 $2 Nxg3+ $19) 32... Qe1 (32... Qf2 33. Bc4+ Kf8 34.
Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Qxe8 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ (37... Qe1+ $10) 38. Kg2 Qc2+
39. Kg1 Qxc4 40. Qe5+ $13) 33. Rb1 $10) 32. Bg2 Nf2+ $2 (32... Qxe3 $1 33.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qd7+ Kh6 $17 35. Qxf5 $5 $17 (35. Qc6+ $6 Kg5 36. h4+ Kg4 $19))
33. Kg1 Qxe3 $2 (33... Nh3+ $1 34. Bxh3 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kh1 $4
Qe4+ $19) 36... Qf3+ $10) 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (34... Kf8 35. Qxf5+) (34... Kh8 35.
Rxh7+ $1 Kg8 36. Rh8+ $18) 35. Qb2+ $18 Kg6 36. Qxf2 h5 37. Bc6 Re6 (37...
Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Re6 39. Rc1 $18) 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Rb4 Rc3 40. Be8+ (40. Be8+
Kg5 41. Rh4 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 b6 4. Qc2 Bb7 (4... c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 cxd4 7.
Qxd4 Nf6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qc3 Bb7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 d5 12. Rd1 Na5 13. e3 O-O 14.
h4 Re8 15. h5 h6 16. Rh4 Qe7 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. cxd5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxd5 20. Rg4
Kh8 21. b4 Rc2 22. Rg3 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Nxh5 $14 {Chabanon,JL-Ehlvest,J/FRA-chT/
1993/}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 f5 (6... Ne7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Qc2
Nf6 11. Nd2 c5 12. e3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nf5 14. Bb2 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qd3 Qxd3
17. Bxd3 Nh4 18. Rg1 Rfd8 19. Ke2 Rac8 20. f3 Nd5 21. Nc4 b5 22. Na5 Ba8 23.
Rad1 Nf5 $10 {Barlov,D-Kengis,E/Pula op/1990/}) 7. e3 (7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9.
Bg2 a5 10. b3 d6 11. O-O Qe8 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. b4 Be4 14. Rfe1 Qh5 15. c5 f4 $1
16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Qc4 axb4 18. axb4 N7f6 19. Qb3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 21. Ra1 Rad8
$36 {Olsen,P-Andersen,I/Copenhagen OBRO/1993/}) 7... Nf6 8. f3 Nh5 (8... O-O 9.
Qc2 (9. Bd3 $6 Nh5 10. Nh3 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 Qg5 $36) 9... c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2
Nh5 12. O-O Qf6 13. b3 d6 14. Bb2 Qg5 15. Bc1 Qf6 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. Rf2 $1 Rae8
18. Rd1 Kh8 19. Qd2 Ne7 20. Nf4 $14 {Stohl,I-Prie,E/Haifa ETC/1989/}) 9. Nh3
O-O 10. Be2 Qh4+ $5 (10... d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 Nhf6 13. Bb2 $14 {^^}) 11. Nf2
d6 12. b3 (12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd3 c5 $13) 12... c5 13. Bb2 Nf6 14. Rd1 Nc6 15.
dxc5 (15. d5 $6 exd5 16. Rxd5 (16. cxd5 Ne5 $17) 16... Qg5 17. Rxd6 Qxg2 $13 {
עe1}) (15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rd6 Rae8 $10 {/\f4}) 15... dxc5 16. Rd6
Rad8 $1 17. Qd2 (17. Rxe6 $6 Kf7 (17... Qh5 18. Qc2 Qf7 19. Rxf6 $44) 18. Rxf6+
(18. Rxc6 Bxc6 19. Qe5 Rfe8 20. Qc7+ Bd7 $15) 18... Qxf6 19. Qxf6+ gxf6 $15)
17... Qg5 18. Nh3 (18. O-O Rxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxe3 $17) 18... Qh4+ (18... Qxg2 19.
Rg1 $1 Rxd6 (19... Qxh3 20. Bxf6 Rxd6 (20... Rxf6 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Qxd8+ Rf8
23. Qc7 $18) 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rf7+ Kg8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qxd6+ $16) 20. Qxd6
Qxh3 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rg8+ $1 Rxg8 24. Qxf6+ Rg7 25. Qf8+ $10)
19. Nf2 Qg5 $10 20. Nh3 Qh4+ 21. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 33rd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2003.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. Nc3 f5 {A combination of the Bogo-Indian and
Dutch Defence, Black will follow up with a fianchetto of his Bc8 and increase
his control over e4. Although White often gets the ^^, the positions can
resemble a playable Nimzo-Indian.} 5. e3 $5 {Possibly the best move. White
simply continues his development and makes use of the fact he still hasn't
committed his Ng1 to f3.} (5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O (8. a3 Bxc3 9.
Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. O-O Ndf6 12. b4 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Be1 Qe8 15. a4 Qh5
16. a5 {Dumitrache,D-Mateuta,G/Herculane/1996/} Rab8 $13) 8... Nc6 (8... Bxc3
$142 9. Bxc3 Ne4 $11 {<=>}) (8... Nbd7 9. Nb5 $1 $16) 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5
11. a3 Bd6 12. Nb5 e4 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 exd5 15. cxd5 Qf7 16. f3 e3 17.
Bxe3 Nxd5 18. Bd4 Be6 19. Qd3 f4 20. Rac1 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. Qb3 Bc6 23.
gxf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bf1 g5 26. Kf2 Ng6 27. Bh3 h5 28. Bf5 Nf4 29. e3
$16 {Zeller,F-Movsesian,S/GER-Cup/1997/}) (5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 e5 10. Ne2 $6 e4 $36 {Harp,J-Viner,P/Canberra/1999/}) 5... b6 $146
{In keeping with Black's plan, but allows the following sortie.} (5... Nf6 6.
Bd3 b6 (6... c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. b4 Qd6 12.
Nf4 Bd8 13. c5 Qe7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bc7 16. g3 Ne5 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Be4
$16 {Gavrilov,A-Pestov,S/Moscow/1989/}) 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. f3 $1 {Controls e4 and
limits Black's Bb7.} O-O 9. O-O $14 c5 (9... d6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Nbd7 $14)
10. a3 Ba5 $6 11. d5 $5 $36 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Kh8 14. Qb3 Ba6 15. Qc2
Qe5 16. f4 Qd6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qxf5 Nc7 19. Qd3 Nfxd5 20. e4 c4 21. Qd4 Qf6
22. Qxc4 b5 23. Nxd5 bxc4 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 25. Bc3 $18 {Piskov,Y-Pestov,S/Moscow/
1989/}) 6. Qh5+ $5 (6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 Nf6 (7... e5 8. Nb5 $1 $36) (7... Bd6 8.
Nb5 $5 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 $14) 8. Nge2 $14 {could have transposed into the note above,
Sokolov strives for more complex play and before Qf3 "softens" Black's >> and
the long a1-h8/^.}) 6... g6 {[%cal Ra1h8]} (6... Qf7 7. Qxf7+ (7. Qf3 Nc6 8.
Nb5 $5 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Kd8 $8 10. Rd1 a6 11. Nc3 $14) 7... Kxf7 8. Nf3 $36) 7.
Qf3 Nc6 (7... c6 $6 {is an ugly move and White still forces the exchange of
the Bb4 after} 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nb5 $1 $16) 8. a3 Bxc3 $8 (8... Bd6 $2 9. b4 $18 {
[%cal Rc4c5,Rb4b5] /\b5,c5}) 9. Bxc3 Nf6 10. d5 {White continues his
aggressive policy.} (10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Nf3 $14) 10... exd5 $8 11.
cxd5 Ne5 12. Qf4 d6 (12... Nf7 13. O-O-O $16 (13. Rd1 $16)) 13. Qd4 (13. Rd1
Bb7 14. Qa4+ Kf7 15. Qb3 f4 16. Nh3 $5 fxe3 17. f4 $44) 13... Bb7 $5 (13... Ne4
14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Nf3 (16. Ne2 $5) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxc3 (17. Nxe5
Nb5 18. Nxd7 Nxd4 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. exd4 Ra5 $11) 17... Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 O-O 19.
Rc1 $14 {[%csl Rc7] ><c7 gives White a pleasant and permanent advantage. In
the game it will be similar.}) 14. Nf3 $8 (14. Bc4 $2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 (15. Qxf6
Qxf6 16. Bxf6 Rf8 $17) 15... Bxd5 16. Bxf6 Bxc4 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Rc1 b5 $17) (
14. f4 Ned7 15. Bc4 O-O-O $15) 14... Nxd5 (14... Nxf3+ $6 15. gxf3 O-O 16. Bc4
$40 {[%cal Gc3h8] /^a1-h8}) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 (15... Nxc3 $2 16. Nxg6 $18) 16. Qxe5
Qxe5 17. Bxe5 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Gf1][%mdl 4096] _|_^^ White's actove bishops give
him a longlasting endgame edge.} Rf8 18. Bb5+ c6 {Black limits his B-this
probably wasn't necessary.} (18... Ke7 $5 19. O-O-O $14) 19. Bc4 O-O-O 20. O-O
Rfe8 21. Bg3 Rd7 (21... g5 $5) 22. Rfe1 (22. Rfd1 {/\} g5 23. Rac1 $14 (23.
Bxd5 $5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1+ Kd8 26. Bb8 $36)) 22... a5 23. Rac1 g5 24.
h3 Kd8 (24... f4 $2 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 (25... fxg3 26. Bxc6 $16) 26. exf4 $16) 25.
Red1 (25. h4 h6 {doesn't achieve anything concrete.}) 25... Re6 (25... f4 $6
26. exf4 (26. Bxd5 fxg3 $11) 26... Nxf4 (26... gxf4 $2 27. Bh4+ Ne7 28. Be6 $18
) 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Rd1+ $36) 26. Bd3 (26. b4 $5 axb4 27. axb4 $36) 26... Rf7
27. f3 $5 {[%mdl 512] White offers a pawn to open new vistas for the Bg3.} (27.
Bb8 Kc8 28. Bh2 $14) 27... f4 $6 {Inconsistent, Black should have at least
taken the offered material once he decided to open the position for White's B.}
(27... Rxe3 28. Bf2 Ree7 29. Bc4 $44) 28. exf4 gxf4 29. Bh4+ Kc7 30. Bc4 Kb8
31. Bf2 Rg6 32. Bd4 $36 {Now Black's Bb7 is passive and his pressure on the
g-file leads nowhere, as g2 is easily covered.} Rf8 (32... Re7 33. Re1 {/\} Ne3
34. Bxe3 fxe3 35. Rc3 $16) 33. Bd3 Rg5 34. b4 $5 {Stops c5.} (34. Bxh7 c5 35.
h4 Rh5 $132) 34... axb4 35. axb4 Nxb4 (35... Kc7 $142 $5 $14) 36. Bxb6 Nxd3 37.
Rxd3 $40 {[%csl Gb6,Rb7,Rf4] ץb7^-,><f4 Here the opposite coloured B help the
attacking side.} Rfg8 38. Rc2 $6 (38. Rd2 $1 Bc8 (38... c5 $2 39. Bxc5 Bxf3 40.
Rb2+ $18) 39. Kh2 $16) 38... Rb5 $2 (38... Bc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8f5,Rf5h3] /\Bf5,Bh3
} 39. Bd8 Rb5 $132) 39. Bc5 Kc8 40. Rd4 Rg5 41. Bd6 {Black loses ><f4 and
can't cope with White's >>P.} Rgd5 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Bxf4 Kd7 (43... c5 $2 44.
Be3 $18) 44. Kf2 Ke6 (44... c5 45. Be3 (45. Rd2 $5 $18) 45... Kd6 46. g4 $18)
45. Be3 $1 {[%csl Rb7] ץb7} Kf7 46. g4 h5 47. Rc3 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rd6 49. f4 $18
Rg6 50. Ra3 Rd6 (50... Rxg4 $2 51. Ra7 $18) 51. Kg3 Bc8 52. Ra5 Rd3 53. Re5 Rd5
(53... c5 54. f5 c4 55. Kf4 c3 56. Rc5 $18 {[%cal Rc5c7,Rg4g5] /\g5,Rc7}) 54.
Rxd5 cxd5 55. f5 d4 56. Bxd4 Ba6 57. g5 Bd3 58. Kf4 Bc2 59. g6+ Kg8 60. Kg5 (
60. Kg5 Bd3 61. f6 Bc4 62. Kf4 {[%cal Rf4d6,Rd6e7] /\Ke5-d6-e7} Kf8 63. Bc5+
Ke8 64. Kg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 (4... Qa5+ 5. Nc3 d6 6. d5 $5 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 Nf6 8. Qc2 Nxe4 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Kg7 12. Rae1 Qd8 13. Re3
$146 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. h3 Ng8 16. Bh4 Ndf6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Rg3 Rf8 19. Nxh7
$1 Kxh7 20. Bxg6+ Kh8 21. Bd3 Nh5 22. Rg5 Ng7 23. Qd1 f6 24. Rh5+ {1-0,Pigusov,
E-Ivanov,A/St.Petersburg/1999/}) 5. Be2 {Kramnik, maybe surprised by his
opponent's opening choice, plays a relatively harmless move.} ({More ambitious
is} 5. Nc3 $142 Nc6 6. Be3 {-A42}) 5... Nc6 6. d5 $8 (6. Be3 $2 Bg4 $1 $36 {
[%csl Rd4] ><d4}) (6. dxc5 $6 dxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11 {/=/+}) 6... Nd4 7. Nxd4
cxd4 ({Also quite playable is} 7... Bxd4 $5 8. O-O Nf6 (8... e6 9. Nd2 exd5 10.
Nf3 Bg7 11. Qxd5 Nf6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Rab1 Bxb2 16. Rxb2
Qf6 17. Bxd6 Qxb2 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Rd1 Qe6 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. Nf3 Qg7 22. h4 f6 23.
h5 Qf7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Bxc5 b6 $17 {Lau,
D-Chochulski,A/OLNW/1992/}) 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f4 b5 $5 12. cxb5 a6 13.
Rf3 axb5 14. Bxb5 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rh3 Qc7 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Qe1 Rfa8 19. a3
Qb7 20. Qh4 Nf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Ra4 23. Qf2 Ng4 24. Qxc5 Rc8 25. Qg1 Qxd5
$44 {|^, Kaiszauri,K-Svensson,G/SWE-ch/1977/}) 8. O-O (8. Na3 $5 Qa5+ (8... Qb6
9. Nc2 Nf6 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd5 12. Nb5 Nb4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Nc2+
15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. Be3 b6 17. Kc1 Bb7 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. f3 Kc7 20. Kb1 Nb3 21.
axb3 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bd3 $14 {Jansson,B-Svensson,G/SWE-ch/1977/}) 9. Bd2
Qb6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 a6 13. h3 Nd7 14. f4 Qd8 15. Nc2 e5 16. f5
b6 17. Qg4 a5 18. a3 Ra7 $13 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bh6 Bg7 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bh6 Bg7
23. Bg5 {1/2,Trifunovic,P-Forintos,G/EU-chT Hamburg/ 1965/}) 8... Qb6 (8... e6
$6 {Prematurely opening the position, when Black is still undeveloped.} 9. Na3
Ne7 10. Nb5 exd5 11. cxd5 f5 12. Nxd4 fxe4 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Ne6+ Bxe6 15. dxe6
Qb6 16. Bd7 h5 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Qxd6 Be5 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qc4 Bf6 21. Rab1 Qa3
22. Bd4 Kg7 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Qd4+ Kg5 25. Rb3 Qxa2 26. Rg3+ Kh6 27. Qf6 {
1-0,Chernin,A-Shirazi,K/New York/1989/}) (8... e5 9. dxe6 $5 fxe6 10. Qa4+ Qd7
11. Qb3 Ne7 12. Na3 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. Nb5 Nf4 17. Bxf4
Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. Rad1 a6 20. Nxd4 Kh8 21. Nc2 Qc7 22. Qb4 Be5 23. Ne3 Qc5
24. Qd2 Bd7 25. Ng4 Bc6 26. b4 Qa7 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Qd6 Rf6 29. Qxe5 {1-0,
Sofieva,A-Mukhim,G/Leningrad/1990/}) 9. Nd2 Nf6 {Black's N belongs on f6, on
e7 it's misplaced.} 10. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b4] /\b4|^<<} a5 $1 11. b3 O-O 12. a3 $1
$146 {Certainly more logical, than} (12. Bb2 $143 $6 e5 13. Ba3 Bh6 $1 $36 14.
c5 dxc5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. d6 Qc6 17. Nxe5 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Bf3 Be6 20. e5 Nd7
21. Re1 Bg7 22. Rc1 Rab8 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 b5 25. e6 Nf6 26. exf7+ Qxf7 {
0-1,Hartoch,R-Tal,M/Wijk aan Zee/1973/}) 12... e5 13. b4 (13. dxe6 fxe6 14. b4
axb4 15. axb4 e5 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] (),[+]}) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. Bd3 (
15. c5 $6 dxc5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rxb7 Ba4 18. Qe1 Bc2 $36) 15... Qc7 16. Nb3 b6
$11 {/=/+ Black has stabilized his central and << position (by preventing c5)
and now can turn his sights to active play on the >>. His position is more
pleasant, although one can't speak aboout some sizeable advantage.} 17. Bd2 Nh5
18. Rc1 (18. Qc2 $5 $11 {[%cal Rc4c5] /\c5}) 18... Ra3 $1 19. Ra1 (19. c5 dxc5
20. bxc5 Ba4 $17) 19... Rxa1 20. Nxa1 (20. Qxa1 f5 $5 $36) 20... Nf4 ({
Overoptimistic is} 20... f5 $2 21. exf5 Nf6 22. fxg6 e4 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Bc2
Qxc4 25. Bb3 $16) (20... b5 $6 21. cxb5 Qb6 22. Qe2 Rb8 23. Nb3 Bxb5 24. Bxb5
Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Ra1 $36 {[%csl Gb4] o^b}) 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nc2 Ba4 $5 (
22... Ra8 23. Qd2 Be5 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Nxa1 Qa7 26. Qb2 $132 {[%csl Rd4] /
\Nc2,><d4}) 23. Qd2 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Ra8 25. Qb2 Qa7 26. Rd1 Be5 $15 {[%csl Rd3,
Ge5][%cal Ga8a1] ^-,<->a Black has a slight edge, but it's somewhat academical,
as he has no realistic chances of preparing an effective pawn break.} (26... f3
$5 27. gxf3 Qe7 28. Ra1 {<=>} Qg5+ 29. Kf1 $11) (26... Qa3 27. Qxa3 Rxa3 28.
Kf1 Rb3 29. b5 $11 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yf1e2,Yd1a1,Ya1a6] /\Ke2,Ra1-a6}) 27. f3
Qa4 28. Rd2 Ra7 29. Rc2 h5 30. Kf1 Qe8 (30... g5 31. h3 $11) 31. c5 $5 $132 {
White doesn't want to sit and wait.} (31. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1a1] /\Ra1=} Qa8 $15)
31... bxc5 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Qa8 34. Rc1 Ra2 35. Qb3 Kg7 (35... Rd2 36.
Rd1 $11) 36. Rd1 Qa5 37. Qb5 Qa3 38. d6 $5 {[%mdl 256] Again active defence by
White.} (38. Qe8 $2 Qb2 39. Qxe5+ Kh7 $19) (38. Kg1 $5 {/\} Rd2 39. Rxd2 Qc1+
40. Bf1 Qxd2 41. Qd3 $11) 38... Bxd6 (38... Qxd6 $142 39. Bc4 Ra7 $15 {/=
gives Black more chances.}) 39. e5 Bb4 40. e6 $1 $11 Ra1 (40... fxe6 $2 41.
Qe5+ Kf7 42. Bc4 $40 {suddenly turns the tables, Black's pieces have wandered
too far from his K.}) 41. Qe5+ f6 42. Qc7+ Be7 (42... Kh6 43. Qxf4+ Kh7 44.
Qc7+ $11) 43. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 44. Ke2 Qa2+ (44... Qa3 45. Qxf4 $11) 45. Kf1 Qxe6 46.
Qxf4 Bd6 (46... Qd5 47. Qe4 $11) 47. Qxd4 Bxh2 48. Qe4 Qf7 49. g4 (49. Bc4 $6
Qa7 $36) (49. g4 h4 50. f4 Bg3 51. Kg2 {/\Kh3=,><g6 and Black has no way of
improving his position, as Q exchanges lead to a dead draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 (3. a3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. e3 Bb7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4
Nd7 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bc3 Bxc3 $10 {1/2/Li Wenliang-Miles,A/Beijing Tan Chin
Cup/1996/}) 3... Bb7 4. a3 g6 (4... d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. e3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Rc1 Ne6 13. Bh2 c5 14. Qe2 a6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Ne5 Rfe8 18. Bb1 Qb6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Ba2 Rad8 $13 {
Szirmai,Ed-Berebora,F/Budapest Spring op/1996/}) 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 Ne7 7. Be3 {
Tony Miles has been using this weird double-fianchetto setup o lot lately.
Although his results were only moderate, Black's position is not such an easy
nut to crack and his dynamic possibilities can't be underrated. Although Milov
won this game fast, it opened more questions, than it answered.} (7. d5 $5 O-O
8. Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 c6 10. d6 Nc8 11. b4 c5 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 f5 14. e5 h6 15.
h4 Nc6 16. Be2 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rb8 20. g3 Kh7 21. Kf1 Na7
22. Na4 Qe8 23. Kg2 Qf7 24. Rbc1 Rfe8 25. Rhe1 $16 {(),Sinanovic,M-Sandler,L/
Jerevan olm/1996/}) (7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 h6 12.
Nd2 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. b4 f4 15. Bf2 g5 16. c5 h5 17. Rc1 Ng6 18. Be2 Bc8 19.
Qa4 Rf7 20. Bb5 g4 21. Bc6 Bd7 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Nb5 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Ne8 25. Qb3
$16 {Astrom,R-Sandler,L/Jerevan olm/1996/}) (7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O f5 (8... d6 9.
Be3 Nd7 10. d5 Nc5 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. b4 Nxe4 $5 13. Nxe4 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bf3 Rae8 16. Ng5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c5 19. Nc6 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 a6 21. a4
cxb4 22. Nxb4 Qe7 $15 {Savchenko,S-Teske,H/EuCup Gr7 Bratislava/1996/}) 9. e5
h6 10. h4 (10. Re1 g5 11. d5 Ng6 12. Bf1 g4 13. Nd4 Bxe5 14. dxe6 Qf6 15. Bxh6
Re8 16. Ndb5 dxe6 17. Qd2 Nc6 $17 {Hellsten,J-Miles,A/Malmo/1996/}) 10... d5
11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bf4 Nc8 (12... Kh7 $142) 13. Qd2 (13. c5 $5 $36) 13... Kh7
14. Rae1 Nd7 15. Bd1 Re8 16. Re3 Nf8 17. Rfe1 Re7 18. a4 a6 19. b3 Ra7 20. Rd3
Rd7 21. Bg3 Ba8 22. Nh2 Ne7 23. Bf3 $6 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 e5 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Rxd7
Rxd7 27. Qc1 f4 $36 {[%csl Rg3] ץg3,Xu Jun-Miles,A/Beijing Tan Chin Cup/1996/}
) 7... f5 8. e5 h6 {[%cal Rg6g5] /\g5} 9. h4 {Allowing g5 helps Black
considerably, see Hellsten-Miles, Malmo 1996.} d6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Bf4 $5 a6 (
11... O-O $142) 12. Be2 Ra7 $6 {Black is overdoing the originality.} (12... O-O
13. Qb3 $5 $36) 13. O-O $6 (13. Qd2 $142 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye1c1] preventing 0-0
and preparing 0-0-0 was much stronger.} e5 $6 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 dxe5 16.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Be3 Nd7 18. O-O-O $40) 13... g5 $1 {Black's strategy is very
imaginative, but of course it also carries a lot of risk.} 14. hxg5 Ng6 15. Bg3
(15. gxh6 $6 Bxf3 $1 16. hxg7 Rxg7 17. Bg3 Bb7 $40) (15. Be3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 hxg5
$13) 15... hxg5 16. Re1 $2 (16. Bd3 $142 $1 g4 17. Re1 $44 {-16.Re1 g4?}) 16...
g4 $6 (16... f4 $1 17. Bd3 (17. Bh2 $2 g4 18. Nd2 Qh4 $19) 17... Nf8 18. d5
fxg3 19. fxg3 Bc8 $17) 17. Bd3 $8 {A forced, but strong sacrifice.} Kf7 (17...
gxf3 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. d5 $36) 18. d5 {Taking the bull by the horns.} Bxc3 $2 (
18... gxf3 $142 19. Rxe6 {-17...gxf3} (19. Rxe6 {Petursson} Rh5 20. Qxf3 Qh8
21. Kf1 $13)) 19. dxe6+ (19. Rxe6 $5 Bf6 (19... gxf3 20. Qxf3 Bf6 21. Qxf5 Nf8
22. Bxd6 $16) (19... Bxb2 20. Rxd6 Qe7 (20... Qc8 21. Ng5+ $40) 21. Re6 Qd8 22.
Bxf5 Nf8 (22... Ne7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Qxg4 $18) 23. Ne5+ Bxe5 24. Bxe5 $40) 20.
Bxf5 Nf8 21. Rxd6 Qe7 22. Nd4 $40 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rb8] In all these lines
Black's pieces on the Q-side present a sorry picture. It feels more like White
has an extra piece in the attack, although in fact he is one down.}) 19... Kg8
20. Bxf5 gxf3 (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bxe1 (21... Rah7 22. e7 Rxe7 23. bxc3 $18)
22. Bxg6 $16) 21. Bxg6 fxg2 (21... Bf6 $142 22. Bxd6 Nc6 (22... fxg2 23. Bf7+
Kg7 24. Qg4+ Bg5 25. Be5+ $18) 23. Qxf3 Kg7 (23... Ne5 24. Qf5 Qxd6 25. Qxf6
$18) 24. Qg3 Bh4 25. Qf4 Qf6 (25... Kxg6 $2 26. Qf7+ Kh6 27. Bf4+ Bg5 28. Re3
$18) 26. Be4 $16) (21... Bxe1 22. Bf7+ (22. Qd4 Ba8 23. Rxe1 fxg2 24. Bf7+ Rxf7
25. Qxh8+ Kxh8 26. exf7 Kg7 27. Re8 Qf6 28. Rxb8 Qxf7 29. Rxa8 Qxc4 $17) 22...
Kg7 (22... Kf8 23. Qd4 $18) 23. Qd4+ Qf6 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Rxe1 Bc8 $1 $8 {
[%cal Ra7f7] /\Rf7} 26. Be5 $1 (26. Qe4+ {Petursson} Kg7 27. Bxd6 Rxf7 28. Be5
$16) 26... dxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxf7 $8 28. Rh5+ Qh6 29. Rxh6+ Kxh6 30. Qh4+ Kg7 31.
Qg5+ Kf8 32. exf7 Nd7 (32... Kxf7 33. Qf4+) 33. Qg6 {/\} Ke7 34. Qg8 $1 $18)
22. Bf7+ Kg7 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. f3 (24. Bh5 $142 $1 Bf6 (24... Rh7 25. bxc3 $18 {
was the simplest win}) 25. e7+ $1 Bxe7 26. Qf5+ Bf6 27. Bxd6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ $18)
24... Bc8 (24... Bxe1 $142 25. Rxe1 Nc6 {was a better defense, although White
has full compensation for the rook.} 26. Bh5 Qf6 27. Bxd6+ Ne7 28. Be5 Bxf3 29.
Qd4 $1 Nc6 (29... Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxh5 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qxf3 Rh1+ 33. Kxg2 Rxe1
34. Qg3+ $18) 30. Bxf6 Nxd4 31. Bxh8 Bxh5 32. Bxd4 Bf3 33. Kf2 Bc6 34. Bxb6 $16
) 25. bxc3 Rxf7 26. Qd4 $1 $18 Qf6 (26... Rfh7 27. e7+) 27. Bxd6+ (27. Bxd6+
Kg7 28. Be5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4,Gf3]
One of White's numerous possibilities to fight the increasingly popular
unnamed e6,b6 system. Compared to other tries White wants to set up a mighty 
[+] and under it's cover finish his development.} f5 {Perhaps not the best.} ({
Black has had better practical results with} 5... Qh4+ $5 6. g3 Qh5 ({
Premature is} 6... Bxc3+ $143 7. bxc3 Qh5 8. Nh3 f5 (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 f5 10. Bd3
fxe4 11. fxe4 Nf6 12. O-O e5 13. Rb1 a6 14. c5 Nc6 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. c4 Qxa2
17. d5 Nd4 18. Rxb6 Bc8 19. Ng5 O-O 20. Rbxf6 Rxf6 21. Qh5 Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 {
1-0,Ribli,Z-Orso,M/HUN-ch/1977/}) 9. Nf4 Qf7 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Qe2
O-O 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. c5 Na5 15. Rae1 Nec6 16. Rf2 Rad8 17. e5 Ne7 18. g4 Kh8
19. h4 Nac6 20. h5 g5 21. hxg6 Nxg6 22. Nxg6+ Qxg6 23. Rg2 Qf7 24. Kf2 Ne7 25.
Rh1 Rg8 26. Rgh2 $40 {Zilberman,N-Bricard,E/Manila olm/1992/}) 7. Bf4 $5 (7.
Bd2 f5 8. exf5 Qxf5 9. Nb5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Na6 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Bd3 Qf6 13. Nh3
Qxf3 14. Ng5 Qh5 15. Rhf1 h6 16. Nf7 O-O 17. g4 Qh4 18. Qc2 Nf5 $1 19. gxf5 Nb4
$17 {Ree,H-Miles,A/Amsterdam/1978/}) (7. Be3 f5 8. exf5 exf5 (8... Qxf5 $142 $5
$132) 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Bd2+ Kf7 11. O-O-O Re8 12. Qf2 Kg8 13. Bg2 Qf7 14. d5 Na6
15. Kb1 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qf1 Nc7 18. Nh3 h6 19. Nf4 a6 20. Qd3 b5 21. Ncd5
Bxd5 22. cxd5 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Re5 24. Qc3 d6 25. Qc6 Rd8 26. Rhd1 Rd7 27. h4 $14
{Indjic,D-Tosic,M/Becici/1994/}) (7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. exf5 Qxf5 10. Bd3
Qa5 11. Ne2 Bxf3 12. O-O Bb7 13. c5 bxc5 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. d5 Ba4 16. Qe1 c4 17.
Bxc4 Nf6 18. Nd4 Nxd5 19. Nxe6 dxe6 20. Qxe6+ Ne7 21. Re1 Nbc6 22. Be3 Qf5 23.
Qxf5 Nxf5 24. Bg5+ Nce7 25. Rb2 Rd8 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Rbe2 Rd7 28. Rb2 Rf8 29.
Be6 Rd6 30. Rb8+ Rd8 31. Rb7 Bd7 32. Bc4 a5 33. Ra7 a4 34. Ra5 Rf5 35. Ra6 Rc5
36. Ba2 Rxc3 37. Kf1 {0-1 Guliev,S-Poluljahov,A/Simferopol 1989/EXT 97 (37)}) (
7. Bg2 Bxc3+ (7... f5 8. Nge2 fxe4 9. fxe4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nf6 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nd5 O-O-O 15. Rf5 Qh6 16. Rxf6 Qg7 17. Nef4 Bc5+ 18.
Kh1 Ne5 19. Nh5 Qg4 20. b4 Bd6 $44 {Roeder,F-Clever,G/Augsburg/1986/}) (7...
Ne7 8. Nge2 f5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Be3 d6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Nb5 Rfc8 14.
Bg5 Qf7 15. Rae1 Ng6 16. exf5 exf5 17. d5 Nge5 18. b3 Nc5 19. Be3 Re8 20. Nd4
$14 {Hoang Than Trang-Williams,S/Budapest/1994/}) 8. bxc3 f5 9. e5 Nc6 10. Nh3
Na5 11. Nf4 Qf7 12. c5 Ne7 13. O-O g5 14. Nd3 f4 15. Rf2 Nf5 16. gxf4 gxf4 17.
Bxf4 Rg8 18. Kh1 O-O-O 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Qe2 Nh4 21. Raf1 Rg7 22. Bg3 Nf5 23.
Bf4 Rdg8 $40 {Vaidya,A-King,D/Dhaka/1993/}) (7. Nh3 {The most usual, although
perhaps not the best move.} e5 $5 (7... f5 8. Nf4 Qf7 9. Bg2 (9. d5 fxe4 10.
fxe4 e5 11. Ng2 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 d6 14. c5 bxc5 15. O-O O-O 16. g4
Qe8 17. Rb1 Bc8 18. h3 Nbd7 19. Bg5 Qg6 20. Be3 Nb6 21. Nh4 Qe8 22. Nf5 Bxf5
23. Rxf5 Qa4 $17 {Borges Mateos,J-Arencibia,W/Havana/1998/}) 9... Ne7 10. O-O
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbc6 12. Nd3 O-O-O 13. c5 Rhg8 14. Rb1 g5 15. Ba3 d6 16. Qa4 f4
17. cxd6 cxd6 18. c4 Nxd4 19. Qxa7 Nec6 20. Qxb6 $16 {Laato,A-Kytoniemi,J/
FIN-chT 9697/1996/}) 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nf2 O-O 10. Be2 Qg6 11. Nd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 d6
13. g4 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Nf2 f6 16. h4 Qe8 17. Rb1 a5 18. Rh2 Ba6 19. Qd2 Ng6
20. h5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Qa4 $132 {Sashikiran,K-Speelman,J/Torquay/
1998/}) 7... Na6 8. Bg2 f5 9. Nge2 fxe4 10. fxe4 Nf6 11. Qc2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O
Rhf8 13. a3 Be7 14. h3 Qg6 15. g4 Ne8 16. Rhf1 $36 {[+]1/2,Raetsky,A-Teske,H/
Budapest/1992/}) 6. exf5 exf5 (6... Qh4+ 7. g3 Qf6 8. fxe6 Ne7 9. Bh3 h5 10.
Bf4 dxe6 11. Qd2 Nbc6 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 g5 14. Be3 g4 15. fxg4 hxg4 16.
Bxg4 Nb4 17. Qxb4 Bxh1 18. Nh3 $40 {Piket,J-Speelman,J/Escaldes/1998/}) (6...
Nh6 7. fxe6 Nf5 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Qd2 $1 $14) 7. Nh3 {Ftacnik: 'This structure is
a bit unusual, black has achieved the "Dutch" move f7-f5, but f3 pawn
eliminates pressure along a8-h1 diagonal.'} (7. Be3 Ne7 (7... Bxc3+ $142 $5) 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Ng6 11. O-O-O f4 12. Bd2 b5 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. cxb5
a6 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. d5 c6 17. Nc3 Qc7 18. Kb1 Qa7 19. Re1 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc6
21. Re4 Bb7 22. Ra4 Qb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qd6 Re8 25. Bc4 $16 {Hentunen,
A-Issakainen,A/FIN-chT/1990/}) (7. Nge2 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qh5 9. Bg2 Bxf3 $6 10. Nf4
$1 Bxd1 11. Nxh5 Bxh5 12. Bxa8 c6 13. Bf4 d6 14. d5 Kd7 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3
Be2 17. dxc6+ Nxc6 18. Rfe1 Bxc4 19. Rad1 d5 20. Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Re8 Kd7 22. Ra8
Ke6 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Rxa7+ Kg6 25. Re8 {1-0,Azmaiparashvili,Z-Yewdokimov,O/
Oviedo/1991/}) (7. Qd3 $5 Qf6 (7... Qe7+ 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O-O
11. Qxf5 Nf6 12. O-O-O Rhf8 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Qc2 Rde8 16. Nd4 Qc5
17. Nb3 Qe3+ 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Bd3 $16 {Stipic,M-Reuter,J/Buehl/1992/}) 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O-O 11. h4 h6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. h5 Qf7 14. d5 Nb8
15. Be5 Rh7 16. Nf4 d6 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qc2 Ne7 21.
Ng6 $16 {Peredy,F-Mah,K/Budapest/1995/}) (7. Qe2+ Ne7 (7... Qe7 $142) 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O-O g5 11. Bf2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ng6 13. h4 Qf6 14. hxg5 hxg5 15.
Qc2 Nc6 16. Ne2 Rf7 17. Ng3 Nh4 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. d5 c5 20. f4 $40 {עg8,Stone,
R-Nickoloff,B/Toronto/1985/}) 7... Nc6 $146 (7... Qh4+ $5 8. g3 Qf6 (8... Qe7+
9. Kf2 Nf6 10. Nb5 Na6 11. a3 c6 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bd3 Nc7 15. Re1
Qf7 16. Bf4 Nfe8 17. c5 Nd5 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Qb3 Nef6 20. Be5 Qh5 21. Kg2 b5 22.
Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Ge5] |^^-,Ogaard,L-Keene,R/Gausdal/1983/}) 9.
Be2 Ne7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Re1 Nbc6 13. Bf1 $6 Ng6 14. c5 Na5 15.
cxb6 cxb6 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Ba6 Bb7 20. Ng5 Bxa6 21.
Qxa6 h6 22. Nh3 Qc6 23. Qd3 Qd5 24. Nf2 Nc4 $17 {0-1 Levit,R-Savage,A/
Philadelphia 1995/EXT 97 (34)}) (7... Nf6 8. Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Kf2 O-O 10. Bxf5 Nc6
11. Re1 Qd6 12. a3 Qxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. axb4 Nxf5 15. Bf4 Nd4 16. Rad1 Nc2
17. Re2 Nxb4 18. Bxc7 Rfe8 19. Be5 Ba6 20. b3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd7] _|_ק,
Minasian,A-Chernyshov,K/Pardubice/1996/}) 8. Bg5 Nf6 (8... Nge7 {Ftacnik} 9. d5
(9. Be2 h6 10. Be3 $13) 9... Ne5 10. Qd4 $14) 9. Qe2+ Kf7 (9... Qe7 10. Bxf6
Qxe2+ (10... gxf6 {Ftacnik} 11. O-O-O $14) 11. Bxe2 gxf6 12. O-O-O $14 {
[%csl Rf5,Rf6] ><f5,f6}) 10. O-O-O Bxc3 (10... Re8 {Ftacnik} 11. Qc2 Bxc3 (
11... h6 $2 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 $16) 12. Qxc3 $14) 11. bxc3 h6 $6 {Black
should have tried to avoid the subsequent weakening of his >>.} ({Deserving
attention was the immediate} 11... Qe7 $5 12. Qb2 Rhe8 {/\Kg8} 13. Bd3 Na5 $132
) (11... Re8 {Ftacnik} 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bf2 Ne7 15. Bd3 f4 16. Rhe1
$14) 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Qb2 {Ftacnik: 'Surprising retreat, the queen covers a3
square and toys with the idea of tactical tricks along the b file. More
logical seems 13.Qc2 with the attack along the b1-h7 diagonal. '} (13. Qc2 {
Ftacnik} g5 14. Bf2 Rae8 15. Kb2 f4 16. Bd3 $14) 13... g5 (13... Rhe8 14. Re1
$5 $36) (13... Rae8 {Ftacnik} 14. Bd3 g5 15. Bf2 Na5 16. Bxf5 Nxc4 17. Qb3 Qa3+
18. Qxa3 Nxa3 19. Rhe1 $14) 14. Bf2 Na5 15. Re1 Qf8 (15... Qd6 {Ftacnik} 16.
Re5 Ba6 17. Rxf5 Nxc4 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. Rxg5 $1 $16) 16. Re5 {עf7} f4 17. Rf5 $1
{The R is like a thorn in the flesh here.} (17. Rxa5 $2 bxa5 18. Qxb7 Rb8 $40)
17... Rg8 (17... Ba6 $2 18. Nxf4 $1 gxf4 19. Bh4 $16) (17... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 18.
c5 $14 (18. Nxf4 Ne7 19. Rxf6+ Kxf6 20. Nh5+ Kf7 21. h4 $13)) 18. Bd3 Ba6 {
'?!' Ftacnik.} (18... Re8 $5 19. c5 $5 $36 (19. Rxa5 $6 bxa5 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21.
Qxc7 Qa3+ 22. Kd2 Rb2+ (22... Rgc8 $5) 23. Bc2 Rxc2+ $1 24. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 25. Kd3
Re8 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 Qxg2 28. Nf2 Qxf3+ 29. Kd2 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 Qf3+ $11) (
19. Nxf4 gxf4 20. Bh4 Re6 $13)) (18... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 19. Re1 $14 (19. Nxf4 Ne7
20. Rxf6+ Kxf6 21. Nh5+ Kf7 22. Re1 $44)) 19. Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512] The element
of risk in this intuitive sacrifice is not so high, White retains a strong ->
even against the best defense.} gxf4 20. Bh4 Rg5 (20... Rg6 $5 21. Rxf4 Rg5 22.
Rf1 $1 (22. d5 Qd6 $15) (22. Rxf6+ $2 Kxf6 23. f4 Kg7 24. fxg5 Qf4+ $17) (22.
Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rf5 Bxc4 $14 {<=>}) 22... Bxc4 (22... Nxc4 23. Qb3 d5 24. Rxf6+
Kxf6 25. f4 $18) (22... Qe7 23. Rxf6+ Kxf6 24. f4 Qe3+ 25. Qd2 $16) (22... Kg8
23. Bxg5 (23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. f4 Nxc4 25. Qe2 Qd6 $1 $132) 23... hxg5 24. Rf5 $40
{'+/-' Ftacnik.}) (22... Qg7 {Ftacnik} 23. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 24. f4 $18) 23. Rxf6+
Kxf6 24. f4 Bxd3 25. fxg5+ Kg6 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Qd2 Rf1+ 28. Be1 $18) 21. Bxg5
hxg5 22. h4 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Black king is only modestly covered, the kingside
pawns are all rather advanced. '} (22. Rxg5 Nxc4 $13) 22... Qh6 (22... Qh8 23.
Re1 gxh4 24. Qe2 $40 {/\} Re8 $2 25. Rxf6+ $18) (22... gxh4 $2 23. Rxh4 $18)
23. Re1 {'!' Ftacnik.} gxh4 (23... Qxh4 24. Qe2 Nc6 25. d5 Kg7 26. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6
27. dxc6 $18 {and Kf6 is fully exposed.}) (23... Re8 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. Qe2+ $1
Kd8 26. hxg5 Qh1+ 27. Kc2 $18) 24. Qe2 Rf8 (24... Kg8 25. Qe7 Re8 (25... Rf8
26. Rxf6 $1 $18 {'!' Ftacnik. -see game. Ftacnik: 'The attack is performed
with a great energy, black is limited to only moves and his pieces on the a
file are not much of a help.'}) 26. Qxe8+ Nxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kg7 28. Re7+ Kg8 29.
Rff7 $1 {/\Bh7+-}) 25. Qe7+ (25. Qe5 $142 $1 Nc6 (25... Kg7 26. Rg5+ Kh8 27.
Rg6 $18) 26. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 27. Qh5+ $18) 25... Kg8 26. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 (26... Qxf6
27. Qh7#) 27. Qxd7 Qg7 ({Longer resistance was offered by} 27... Bxc4 $5 28.
Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bxc4 Nxc4 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxc7+ $18 {_|_Q}) (27...
c6 28. Re7 Bxc4 29. Qg4+ Kf8 30. Rh7 $18 {/\Qc8#}) 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Re7 (29.
Qd5+ $1 {Ftacnik} Qf7 (29... Kh8 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qh5+ $18) 30. Re6 $18)
29... Rf7 (29... Qf6 30. Qg4+ $18) (29... Qxg2 30. Qe6+ $18) (29... Qh6 30.
Bh7+ $1 Kh8 31. Be4 Kg8 32. Rh7 $1 {/\Bd5}) 30. Qe6 {/\Re8,Bg6} Qf6 31. Re8+ (
31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Qg4+ Kh6 33. Rh8+ $1 Qxh8 34. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 (4... Nc6 $142 $5) 5. e4 $5 (5. Bg5 {
[%csl Ra5] ><a5} h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 h5 9. f3 h4 10. Bf2 e5 11. Qc2 $6
Qe7 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 e4 14. d5 Rg8 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. f4 Ng4
18. Qe1 $11 {1/2,Stohl,I-Sher,M/Isle of Man op/1994/}) 5... d6 (5... Bxc3 6.
Bxc3 Nxe4 7. Qg4 Nxc3 (7... f5 8. Qxg7 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. d5 $16 {[%csl Gc3,
Gf1] ^^_|_}) 8. Qxg7 Ke7 $5 (8... Rf8 9. bxc3 $36 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 9. bxc3
Qg8 10. Qh6 b6 11. Qf4 $36) 6. a3 $146 (6. Bd3 $5 e5 (6... c5 $6 7. d5 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 Ne5 {Sokolov,I-Adams,M/
Wijk aan Zee/1996/} 13. Be2 $16) 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 (8... Qe7 9. f3 Nbd7 10.
Ne2 Nf8 11. O-O h6 $6 12. f4 N8h7 13. c5 O-O 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Ng3 Bg4 16. Qe1
Bd7 17. Rb1 Rab8 {Stohl,I-Eingorn,V/AUT-chTS2/1999/} 18. h3 $16) 9. Ne2 Nc6 10.
O-O O-O 11. f3 Nd7 12. Be3 a4 13. Rb1 Ra6 14. f4 Na5 15. Ng3 Nb3 16. Bc2 Re8
17. Nh5 Nf8 18. f5 exd4 19. Qg4 Ng6 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Bf2 Qe7 22. Bxb3 axb3 23.
Rxb3 Rc6 24. Qd1 Ne5 25. Bxd4 Kh8 26. f6 {Sokolov,I-Dizdarevic,E/Sarajevo/1998/
}) 6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nxe4 $5 {Now practically forced. But compared to the line
above the interpolated moves a3 and d6 give Black an extra tempo and the
position remains unclear.} (7... O-O $143 8. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Gc3,Gc4,Gd3,Gd4,
Ge4] [+],^^}) 8. Qg4 Nxc3 9. Qxg7 Ke7 $1 {[]} 10. bxc3 Qg8 11. Qh6 $8 {White
logically avoids the exchange of Q. Due to his damaged pawn structure he seeks
chances in play against Black's K.} (11. Qxg8 $6 Rxg8 12. g3 b6 $11 {/=/+})
11... Nd7 (11... b6 $142 $5 12. Qh4+ f6 13. Bd3 (13. Qe4 Ra7 $11) 13... e5 $5
$132 {/\Be6,Qg4}) 12. g3 $1 $14 {ע Now White harmoniously ends his
development.} b6 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. Nf3 Ba6 $1 (14... Bb7 15. O-O Qg6 16. Qe3 $14
{/\Nh4,Nd2}) 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Qe3 h5 17. h3 (17. h4 Nf6 $13) (17. Be4 $5 f5 18.
Bd3 h4 19. O-O-O $14 {><e6}) 17... Rbg8 (17... f5 $5 {/\h4<=>}) 18. O-O Qg5 19.
Qe2 h4 20. g4 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4} Qf4 $8 21. Rfe1 Nf8 (21... c5 22. Qd3 $14)
22. Nf1 Ng6 23. Ne3 {/\Nd5} Kf8 24. Rad1 Kg7 ({Black should have tried to get
his N to f4 as soon as possible:} 24... Qf6 $5 25. Bc6 Nf4 26. Qf3 Kg7 $132) (
24... d5 25. Qa2 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Qg5 27. d5 $5 $36) 25. Bc6 $1 d5 26. Bb5 Bb7 (
26... Bxb5 27. cxb5 Qf6 28. c4 Nf4 29. Qf3 dxc4 30. Nxc4 $14 {/\Re4,Ne5}) 27.
cxd5 Bxd5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Qb2 {[%cal Ge1e8] <->e} Rd8 (29... Qf6 30. Re3 Nf4
31. Rf3 $36) 30. Re3 Rd6 31. Bd3 {Now Black's N will not get to f4 and White
with full control of the only open file has a strong initiative.} Rhd8 32. Rde1
Rf6 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Re7+ Rf7 35. Rxf7+ $6 (35. Qe2 $142 Rd7 36. Re8 $5 $36)
35... Qxf7 36. Re5 Qf3 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Re3 (38. Rxc7 $2 Qxh3 39. Qe2 Re8 $19)
38... Qf7 39. Kg2 Rd6 40. Qe2 Rf6 41. Re5 Rf4 (41... c6 42. a4 $5 {><b6}) 42.
Qe3 Kg7 $1 {Now Black has play on the f-file and with only 2 major pieces on
each side it's not easy for White to increase his pressure.} 43. f3 (43. Re7
Rxf2+ 44. Kg1 Rf1+ $11) 43... Kf8 44. Qf2 Kg7 $1 45. Qe2 (45. Qxh4 Rxf3 46. Re7
(46. Qg5 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Rf3+ 48. Kh4 Rxh3+ $1 49. Kxh3 Qf3+ $11) 46... Rf2+ $1
47. Kg3 Rf3+ $11) 45... Kf8 46. Qe3 {/\Rd5} c6 47. Qf2 $6 (47. Re6 $5 Rf6 48.
Qh6+ Kg8 49. Re3 Re6 50. Rxe6 Qxe6 51. Qxh4 Qe2+ 52. Qf2 Qd3 (52... Qe7 $5 53.
a4 b5 $14) 53. Qe1 Kf7 $14 {/\c5<=>}) (47. a4 $5 $36) 47... Qf6 48. Qe2 Qf7 (
48... Kf7 $5) 49. Qe3 (49. Re6 Rf6 $11) 49... a4 50. Qf2 (50. Re6 $142 $5)
50... Qf6 51. Qe2 Kf7 $1 52. Qd3 b5 $11 {Now Black's position is impenetrable.}
53. Re2 Kg7 54. Qe3 Qd6 55. Qf2 (55. Qe7+ Qxe7 56. Rxe7+ Rf7 (56... Kh6 57. Re6
(57. Rc7 Rf6 58. Kf2 Kg5 $5 $11) 57... c5 58. dxc5 Rc4 $11) 57. Re6 (57. Rxf7+
$2 Kxf7 58. Kf2 c5 59. dxc5 d4 60. cxd4 b4 $19) 57... Rf6 $11) 55... Qxa3 56.
Qxh4 Qxc3 57. Qe7+ (57. Re7+ $2 Kf8 $1 $17 (57... Rf7 58. Rxf7+ Kxf7 59. Qh7+
$11)) 57... Rf7 58. Qe5+ Kh7 59. f4 Qd3 (59... a3 60. Qe8 Kg7 (60... Rg7 61. f5
$40) 61. Qe5+ $11) 60. h4 Rxf4 {Black takes a draw, but he hardly had more, as
his K is too weak and White's pieces are well placed.} (60... b4 61. h5 a3 (
61... Rxf4 $2 62. hxg6+ Kxg6 (62... Kg8 63. Qe6+ Kh8 64. Qe8+ $18) 63. Qh5+ Kg7
(63... Kf6 64. Qh6+) 64. Re7+ $18) (61... gxh5 62. Qxh5+ Kg7 63. Qe5+ $11) 62.
Qe8 Rg7 63. Re6 $11 {<=>}) 61. Qc7+ Kg8 (61... Kh6 $4 62. Qxf4+) 62. Re8+ Rf8
63. Rxf8+ Kxf8 64. Qd6+ Kf7 (64... Ke8 65. Qe6+ $11) 65. Qd7+ Kf8 (65... Kf6 $4
66. g5#) 66. Qd6+ Kf7 67. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6
9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 {This whole line is rather tame but Black must nevertheless
be energetic to get <=>.} ({A more aggressive and double-edged try is} 10. Nb5
a6 (10... O-O 11. f4 (11. Bf4 $143 d6 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Nce4 14. dxe6 Qe7
15. Qc2 a6 16. Nc3 Qxe6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Ng5 Qg4 19. Nh3 a5 20. Rad1 Qh5 21.
f3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra3 23. fxe4 Re3 $44 {Shneider,A-Lempert,I/St Petersburg/1993/
}) 11... Bd6 12. b4 Nce4 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Qc2 $36 Ng4
$2 17. Nxe4 Ne3 18. Qc3 Nxg2 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Nf3 {1-0,Prakash,
G-Reefat,S/Calcutta op/2000/}) 11. f4 Bxb2 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Bxb2 O-O 14. Nf2
exd5 15. cxd5 Rae8 16. a4 d6 17. Rb1 $14 Re3 $6 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Be5 Rxe5 20.
fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxb6 Bxd5 22. Rd1 Nxa4 23. Rxa6 Nc5 24. Bxd5+ Nxd5 25. Rc6 Nc3
26. Qxd6 Qe3 27. Qxc5 Nxd1 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qxd1 f4 30. Qd6 {1-0, Aleksandrov,
A-Matveeva,S/St. Petersburg/1994/}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 {White still keeps open
the route of his Nh3, the lines later show it can go to g5 as well.} (11. Nf4
Qe7 (11... Qe8 12. Be3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nce4 14. Qc1 $6 (14. Qe5 $1 $14) 14...
exd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 16. Bd4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. f3 Nf6 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4
Nxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qc2 c5 $17 {Borsuk,A-Miloradovic,J/YUG CupW Ulcinj/
1998/}) 12. Be3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rad1 c5 15. b3 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 exd5 17.
cxd5 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Bc1 Ba6 20. Bb2 Qg6 21. f3 Ng5 22. b4 d6 23. f4 Ne4
24. Qa4 Bc4 25. bxc5 b5 26. Qxa7 Nxc5 27. Bf3 Rf7 28. Qb6 Rfe7 $132 {
Chiburdanidze,M-Matveeva,S/YUG-chTW Niksic/1997/}) 11... Qe7 12. Be3 Rab8 $146
{A prophylactic move, Black protects his B against possible tactical ideas as
d6.} (12... Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rac1 (14. Nf4 Rae8 (14... c5 $142 $1 $13)
15. Rac1 g5 16. Nd3 Bf6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Qc2 Rbc8 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21.
Nb4 a5 22. Na2 exd5 23. cxd5 c5 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Nb5
$36 {Prakash,G-Reefat,S/Kelamabakkam/2000/}) (14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe4
exd5 17. cxd5 Bxb2 $13) 14... Rab8 {-12...Rab8!?} (14... exd5 $6 15. cxd5 Bd6
16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Rf5 18. Qxe4 Qf6 19. h4 g6 20. Bd4 Qf8 21. Qc2 Bxd5 22.
e4 Rxg5 23. hxg5 Be6 24. Bf6 $18 {Gelfand,B-Hamdouchi,H/Cap d'Agde/1994/}) (
14... c5 15. Bxe4 $5 (15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Rd3 e5 18. Be3 g5 19. Rcd1
Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qd3 h6 23. g4 Qxd3 24. exd3 Nd6 25. Bxb7
Nxb7 26. f3 e4 $17 {Sher,M-Lempert,I/Yerevan/1996/}) 15... fxe4 16. Ng5 exd5
17. cxd5 Bd4 18. d6 Qf6 19. Bxd4 cxd4 (19... Qxg5 20. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 21. Qb3+ $16
) 20. f4 h6 (20... d3 $5 21. exd3 $14) 21. Nxe4 Qe6 22. Nf2 Rac8 23. Qd3 $14))
13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nf4 (15. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 16. Ng5 $13 {/+/= was a
sharp attempt to endanger Black's setup.} (16. Qxe4 $2 Bxb2 $17)) 15... c5 $5
16. dxc6 (16. b4 cxb4 (16... g5 17. Nd3 exd5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20.
Bxe4 $5 $14) 17. axb4 g5 18. Nd3 Bf6 $132) 16... Bxc6 17. Nd3 Bf6 18. f3 (18.
b4 Rbc8 {><c4}) 18... Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 (20. exd3 $5 e5 21. Re1 $14)
20... d5 21. f4 (21. c5 Rfc8 $132 {/\} (21... Bb5 22. Rdd1 Rfc8 23. f4 Bc4 $11)
22. a4 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Qd7 24. b5 $2 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Qa4 Rcxc5 27. Rxc5
Rb1+ $19) 21... dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rf7 $1 {Although White is still
slightly better, Black has managed to simplify the position and has <=>
connected with e5. Therefore Kasparov exchanges Q, but in the _|_ his
advanatge will be insufficient.} (23... b5 $6 24. Qc6 Rf7 25. Rc5 $16) 24. b5
Re8 (24... Bb2 25. Rcd1 Bxa3 26. Qc6 $36) 25. Rcd1 e5 $132 26. Rd7 Qe6 27. Qxe6
Rxe6 28. Kf3 exf4 29. gxf4 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Re7 31. Rxe7 (31. Rd5 g6 32. Bd4 Kf7
$11) 31... Bxe7 32. a4 Kf7 33. Bd4 Bd6 (33... g6 $11) 34. e4 g6 35. h3 (35. e5
Bb4 $11) 35... Ke6 36. Bc3 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%cal Ra4a5] /\a5,><a7,b6} (36. a5 $2
bxa5 37. Bxa7 a4 $15 {/\} 38. b6 $2 Bc5 $19) 36... Bc7 $11 37. Bb4 Bd8 38. e5 {
White can't penetrate into Black's camp.} (38. e5 Bc7 (38... g5 39. fxg5 Bxg5
40. Bd6 $14) (38... Be7 $2 39. Bxe7 Kxe7 40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Kd4 (41. h4 Ke7 42. h5
$2 gxh5 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Kh4 Kg6 $11 46. e6 $2 Kf6 47. Kxh5 Kxe6 48.
Kh6 Kd5 $19) 41... Ke6 42. h4 h6 43. h5 $1 gxh5 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Kg3
Kg7 47. Kh4 Kg6 48. e6 Kf6 49. Kxh5 Kxe6 50. Kxh6 Kd5 51. Kg6 Ke4 52. Kg5 $18)
39. Kg3 (39. Bf8 Kf7 $11) 39... Kf7 (39... g5 40. fxg5 Kxe5 41. Kf3 $14) 40.
Kh4 Bd8+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jelen, Igor"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {McShane} e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ (5... Bxg2 {
(McShane) is supposed to be much better for White, as after} 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6
Bg7 8. gxh7+ Kf8 9. Ne2 $1 Bxh1 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qh4 {and with the white knight
coming to h5 or g6 via f4, Black is in serious trouble.}) 6. Kf1 Nf6 {McShane:
'Black must play for open lines, rather than material equality.'} 7. Be2 {
'!' McShane. Originally Beliavsky's own idea, but now it's perhaps
undeservedly under a cloud and even it's own inventor is willing to play
against it. McShane: 'A move with a subtle point. After'} ({Certainly a safer
and more circumspect way to aspire for an edge is} 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nc3
Qe8 10. Qe2 $5 exf5 11. Qxe8 Nxe8 12. Ke2 Bxf3+ $6 13. Kxf3 Nc6 14. Ne2 a5 15.
g3 Be7 16. Kg2 Nd6 17. Rd1 Kh8 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Rab1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Nc3
$16 {Khenkin,I-Bunzmann,D/Bad Wiessee/2000/}) (7. c5 {McShane} bxc5 8. a3 c4 $1
{The bishop can return to d6 without being trapped.} (8... Ba5 {McShane} 9.
dxc5 {with b2-b4 to follow is diastrous for Black.})) 7... O-O 8. c5 bxc5 9. a3
Ba5 (9... c4 {(McShane) is no longer an option with the bishop on e2!
Nevertheless, Black has by now gained a significant lead in development.}) 10.
dxc5 Nd5 $5 {A critical position, where Black must decide between 2 N moves:} (
10... Ne4 11. b4 (11. Nf3 $142 Rxf5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bb2 $5 $14) 11... Qf6 12.
Ra2 Bd5 13. Rb2 Nc6 14. Nd2 $5 (14. Nf3 Rab8 15. Qc2 (15. fxe6 dxe6 16. h4 Nxc5
17. Qc2 Ne4 18. bxa5 Nd4 19. Qd3 Nb3 20. Rc2 Nbc5 21. Rxc5 Nxc5 22. Qc2 Be4 23.
Qxc5 Rxb1 {0-1,Khenkin,I-Shabalov,A/Koszalin/1999/}) 15... Bxb4 16. axb4 Nxb4
17. Qa4 Na2 $1 18. Rxa2 Rxb1 19. Rc2 Bb3 20. Qxe4 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Qa1 22. Ne1
Rxc1 23. Qd2 Rxf5 $19 {Johannessen,L-Halkias,S/Linares op/2002/}) (14. bxa5
Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. Bd3 (16. Nd2 $142 Qxf5 $44 {|^}) 16... Qa1 17. Ne2 Bb3
18. Qe1 Nxc5 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne5 21. Qc3 Qxb1 22. Qxe5 Bc4 23. Qc3 Qa2
24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Rb1+ 26. Be1 Rb2 27. fxe6 Bxe2+ 28. Kg1 Rb1 {Ippolito,
D-Shabalov,A/Linares op/2000/}) 14... Qd4 (14... Qxf5 $142 $13) 15. Nxe4 Qxe4
16. Nf3 Qxf5 17. h4 $1 Ne5 18. Rh3 Rf7 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qc3 e5 21. Be3 Raf8 22.
Ng5 Rf6 23. g4 Qg6 24. h5 {1-0,Berkvens,J-Minnican,A/Cappelle la Grande/2002/})
11. Nf3 (11. b4 $2 Qf6 12. Ra2 Qxf5 13. Bd3 Ba6 $1 {/\} 14. Bxa6 Qxb1 15. Rb2
Ne3+ $1 $19) 11... Qf6 ({The original premiere game went} 11... Rxf5 $143 12.
b4 Nxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Bb2 a5 15. h4 Rd5 16. Qb3 Na6 17. Nc3 Nxc5 18. Qc2
Rf5 19. Rh3 Qe7 20. Kg1 $14 {/+/-,Beliavsky,A-Short,N/FIEDE WCh Groningen/1997/
}) 12. fxe6 ({A safer way is} 12. Qc2 Nc6 (12... h6 13. h4 c6 14. fxe6 dxe6 15.
Nbd2 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Nd7 17. Kg1 a5 18. Rf1 a4 19. Rh3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Bc1
Ra5 22. Rg3 $14 {Galianina Ryjanova,J-Matveeva,S/RUS-chW Moscow/1999/}) 13. Bg5
Qxf5 14. Qxf5 Rxf5 15. b4 Ncxb4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Bb5 c6 18. Bd3 Rff8 19. Be3
a5 $6 20. Ke2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxc5 22. Rc1 Bb4 23. Nc3 c5 24. Na4 d6 {Kachiani
Gersinska,K-Kengis,E/Berlin/1999/} 25. Ng5 $1 $16) 12... Na6 $5 $146 {[%mdl
136] After this novelty Black's lead in development becomes overwhelming and
his -> is very dangerous. Further greed by White only hastens his decline, but
objectively the whole concept poses a lot of unanswered questions. McShane:
'Black has a significant lead in development. The queenside minor pieces are
better placed than they look, as the knight points at c5, and the bishops both
have useful diagonals.'} (12... c6 $143 $6 13. Nbd2 (13. Qc2 dxe6 14. h4 e5 15.
Nbd2 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 a5 $1 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Rh3 h6 20. Bc1 e4 21. Bc4
Nxc5 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rxe4 Naxb4 $36 {Khenkin,
I-Bunzmann,D/Bad Wiessee op/1998/}) 13... Bxd2 14. Bxd2 dxe6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16.
Qb1 Rf5 17. h4 Qf7 18. Rh3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. b4 h6 21. Bd2 Qf6 22. Qe1 Nac7
23. Rc1 Rf8 24. Rc4 e5 25. Re4 $14 {Ellers,H-Bunzmann,D/Fuerth/1998/}) 13. Qc2
{McShane: 'Such positions are very difficult to defend, as the opponent always
has many options that need to be considered. For example, after'} (13. c6 $5
Bxc6 (13... dxc6 14. Bd3 $14) 14. Bxa6 Qxe6 $44) (13. Bc4 $5 {/\} Qxe6 14. b4
Ne3+ 15. Bxe3 Qxc4+ 16. Qe2 $16) (13. Qa4 Nxc5 (13... Rae8 {(McShane)
continuing in 19th century style with} 14. Qxa5 Qxe6 {leads to myriad
complications.}) 14. Qxa5 Nb3 (14... Nxe6 {(McShane) may even be playable.})
15. Qb5 Nxa1 16. Qxb7 Qxe6 $32 {~~}) 13... Rae8 {'!' McShane.} (13... dxe6 $2
14. c6 $16) 14. exd7 Rxe2 $5 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'A sacrifice to win vital
light squares.'} 15. Kxe2 (15. Qxe2 Nxc5 16. Qe8 $5 (16. Bg5 Qg6 $44) 16... Nb6
(16... Nb3 17. Bg5 Qa6+ 18. Kg1 c5 19. Nc3 $1 $16) 17. Bg5 Nbxd7 18. Bxf6 Rxe8
19. Bc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nb3 21. Bxa5 $14) 15... Qe6+ 16. Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
After this mistake the attack crashes through. McShane: 'This simply loses,
but if instead'} (16. Kf1 $8 Qxd7 $44 {/\ McShane: 'White is under huge
pressure. 17...Rxf3 18.gxf3 Qh3+ is certainly a threat, but even after a
natural defensive move like'} (16... Rxf3 17. d8=Q+ Rf8 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. Nc3
$16) 17. b4 $6 (17. Nbd2 {McShane} Nf4 {White's kingside light squares look
like they are caving in. The practical chances are definitely with Black.})
17... Rxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 (19. Ke1 Ndxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qb3+ Bd5
$17) (19. Ke2 Naxb4 $1 20. axb4 Ba6+ $1 21. Ke1 Qxf3 $17) 19... Nc3 20. c6 Bxc6
21. Qxc3 Bxf3 $40) 16... Nf4+ 17. Kd1 $8 (17. Kf1 Bxf3 $19) 17... Be4 $1 (17...
Nxg2 $2 18. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Ng5+ $18) 18. Qa4 $8 (18. Bxf4 Bxc2+ 19. Kxc2
Qe4+ $19 (19... Nxc5 $19)) 18... Nxc5 $1 19. Qb5 (19. Qxa5 Qb3+ 20. Ke1 (20.
Kd2 Qd3+ $19) 20... Nxg2+ 21. Kf1 Qd1+ 22. Kxg2 (22. Ne1 Nxe3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ $19
) 22... Qxf3+ 23. Kf1 Bd3+ 24. Kg1 (24. Ke1 Qe2#) 24... Qg4#) (19. Nd4 Nxa4 20.
Nxe6 Nxb2+ $1 21. Kc1 Ne2+ 22. Kxb2 Rb8+ 23. Bb6 Rxb6+ 24. Ka2 Bd5#) (19. Bxc5
Bxf3+ 20. Kc1 (20. gxf3 Qe2+ 21. Kc1 Nd3#) 20... Nd3+ 21. Kc2 Qe2+ 22. Kb3
Qxb2+ 23. Kc4 Ne5#) 19... Bd3 (19... Bd3 20. Qxd3 (20. Qxc5 Qb3+ 21. Kc1 Ne2#)
(20. Qxa5 Qb3+ 21. Ke1 Nxg2+ 22. Kd2 Qc2#) 20... Ncxd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6
9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 (10. Bd2 Nfe4 $5 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Bb4 Re8 14.
f3 Nd6 15. f4 Bf6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. e4 Qc7 18. Qd3 Qc5+ 19. Nf2 Rac8 20. b3
fxe4 21. Bxe4 exd5 22. cxd5 h6 23. Rbd1 Qxa3 24. Ng4 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Qc3 26. Nxf6+
Qxf6 $15 {Rausis,I-Reefat,B/Dhaka/2001/}) (10. Nb5 exd5 $1 $146 11. cxd5 O-O
12. f4 Bd6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Nf2 Qe7 {בe} 15. b4 Nce4 16. Bb2 Nxf2 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Kxf2 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Ba6 20. Bf3 Bc4 21. Rac1 b5 22. Rfd1 Re7 23. Qd4
Qxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Rae8 25. Rdxc4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Re3 27. a4 Ra3 $132 {Cheparinov,
I-Bojkov,D/BUL-ch Tsarevo/2001/}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bd2 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} ({Until now in this position White used to play exclusively} 12. Be3
Rab8 (12... c6 13. dxe6 (13. Nf4 $5 $14) 13... dxe6 14. Rac1 Na6 15. b4 c5 16.
Bxb7 Qxb7 17. b5 Nb8 (17... Nc7 $5) 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Nf3 Nbd7 20. Bg5 Bc7 21. e4
f4 22. gxf4 $6 (22. Qe2 $36) 22... h6 23. e5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5
$132 {Gurevich,M-Bauer,C/Clichy/2001/}) 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nf4 c5
16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd3 Bf6 18. f3 Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 d5 21. f4 dxc4 22.
Qxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rf7 24. b5 Re8 25. Rcd1 e5 $11 {<=>,Kasparov,G-Morozevich,A/
Frankfurt act/2000/}) (12. Rb1 Bxc3 $5 13. Qxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Qxe2 15. Be3 Nfe4
16. Qd4 Nd6 17. b3 (17. Nf4 $142 $44) 17... Qh5 18. b4 Nce4 19. a4 Qf7 20. Rbc1
Rac8 21. Nf4 Rfd8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Qa1 Bc4 $15 {Gurevich,D-Kraai,J/USA-ch
Seattle/2002/}) 12... c6 (12... Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 (13... fxe4 14. Be3 exd5 15.
cxd5 Rae8 16. Rac1 $36) 14. Bf4 $14) (12... a5 $5 $13 {/\a4}) 13. dxe6 (13. Nf4
cxd5 14. cxd5 Rac8 $13) 13... dxe6 14. Rab1 Rad8 $6 {By the next few seemingly
active moves Black in fact only loses time and allows his forces to be pushed
back.} (14... Na6 $142 15. Nf4 (15. b4 c5 $11) 15... Rae8 (15... Bxf4 16. Bxf4
e5 17. Bg5 $14) 16. b4 (16. Qa4 Nc5 17. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 18. Qxb6 Bc7 19. Qb4 Ba5
$19) 16... c5 $5 $132 {/\} 17. Nxe6 Bxg2 18. Nxf8 Bh3 $15) 15. b4 Na6 16. Nf4
Bd4 (16... Bd6 $142 17. Qb3 Rfe8 $14) 17. e3 Be5 (17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 e5 19.
Nd3 e4 20. Ne5 c5 21. Qa4 $36) 18. Nd3 Bb8 19. c5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7] ()<<,ץb7}
e5 (19... bxc5 20. bxc5 (20. Nxc5 $6 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Ba6 $132) 20... Rf7 21. Ne2
$16 {[%cal Rd2a5,Gb1b8] <->b,/\Ba5}) 20. e4 Bc8 (20... bxc5 21. bxc5 (21. exf5
$5 $16) 21... Bc8 22. Bg5 $36) 21. cxb6 $1 axb6 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6] ><c6,b6} 22.
Bg5 (22. Be3 $16) 22... Kh8 (22... h6 23. Be3 Bc7 (23... Qc7 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25.
b5 $40 {+-}) 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Bxc6 $16) 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Ne4 $1 $40 {[%mdl
128] White chooses a clean positional solution instead of immediate material
gains. The >>-> is a much cleaner way to convert the positional advantage,
Black's Bb8 and Na6 contribute nothing to the defence.} (24. Bxc6 Rc8 $14)
24... Rc8 25. Rbc1 Qa7 $6 {With even the Q misplaced the -> will break through
quickly.} (25... h6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe2 Kg7 28. Nb2 $5 b5 29. Nd3 $16 {
[%csl Rc5,Rg7] ><c5,Kg7}) 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe2 c5 (27... Be6 $142 28. f4 $5
exf4 29. Nxf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 $40) 28. b5 $18 Bxe4 (28... Nc7 29. Nd6 $18) 29.
Bxe4 Nc7 30. Nxe5 $1 Nxb5 (30... fxe5 31. Rd7 Nxb5 32. Qg4 $1 $18) 31. Rd7 Rc7
32. Nf7+ $1 (32. Nf7+ Rxf7 (32... Kg8 33. Qg4#) 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Qg4+ Kh6 35.
Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qxh7#) 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Socko, Monika"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ $5 5. bxc3 f5 {This line is a good
choice against less experienced opponents. Although giving up a fiancettoed B
is undoubtedly risky, White must play very energetically to exploit the
ensuing dark-square weakness. Otherwise he might become just saddled with the
doubleP and no activity as in some Nimzo-Indian lines.} 6. h4 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1]
White's plan has to be opening up the play for his ^^ and getting at Black's K.
} ({Apart from the text move other tries in this direction are} 6. e4 $5 fxe4
7. f3 $5 (7. h4 Qa5 (7... Nf6 8. h5 Rg8 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. d6 $5 (10. Bg5 $143 $6
d6 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Ne5 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Be2 f4
17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Rh7 Nf7 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. f3 g5 21. Rh1 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Qxe4 23.
O-O-O Qxe2 24. Rde1 Qd3 25. Qd7 Qxc3+ 26. Kb1 Rh8 $19 {Arbakov,V-Nesterov,J/
Tiraspol/1994/}) 10... exd6 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Rh4 d5 13. cxd5 d6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxe4+ Kd8 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. O-O-O Rf8 18. Qxf6+ Nxf6 19. Ree1 Bg4
20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Kd7 22. c4 Rae8 23. Rde1 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Ng4 25. f3 Ne5 26.
Re4 a6 $15 {Schwalfenberg,J-Sokolovs,A/BL2-S/1995/}) 11... Nc6 (11... d5 $142
$5 $13) 12. Bxd6 Qa5 13. Rc1 b6 14. g4 Kd8 15. g5 Ne8 16. Qd5 Nxd6 17. Qxg8+
Kc7 18. Rh7 Qxa2 19. Rd1 e3 20. fxe3 Ne4 21. Ne2 Nxg5 22. Rg7 Nf3+ 23. Kf2 Nfe5
24. Bh3 Rb8 25. Qd5 Kb7 26. Rd2 Qxc4 27. Bxd7 $1 $16 {Kishnev,S-Bischoff,K/
SWZ-ch int/1992/}) 8. h5 Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qg7 10. Nh3 $5 (10. Ne2 d6 (10... Nf6 11.
Ng3 d6 12. Bc3 Bf5 13. Be2 O-O 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qd2 Nbd7 16. Nf1 Ne5 17. Ne3
Bd7 18. Qb2 Nh5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Rxh5 e6 23. dxe6
Bxe6 24. Rxe5 Rf6 25. Rxe4 $16 {Bozinovic,B-Susnjar,M/CRO-chT2 Medulin/ 1997/})
11. Bc3 Nf6 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O 15. Rb3 e3 16. fxe3 Nxh5 17.
Nxh5 gxh5 18. Rxh5 {Greenfeld,A-Har Zvi,R/Israel-chT/1997/} Qxg2 $40) 10... d6
11. Ng5 Nf6 12. h6 Qf8 13. Bc3 $44 {|^Har Zvi}) 7... Qa5 (7... Nf6 8. fxe4 d6
9. Bd3 e5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O h6 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Qb3
b6 16. a4 Be8 17. a5 Nd7 18. Rf2 Kb7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qb5 Nb4 21. Rxb4 {
1-0,Gonzalez Velez,F-Fernandez Lopez,F/ESP-ch Palencia/1999/}) ({Accepting the
sacrifice is very risky:} 7... exf3 $6 8. Nxf3 d6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nf6 11.
O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Kd8 13. Ng5 Kc7 14. Rae1 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd7 17.
Rxe7 Rae8 18. Rxf6 {1-0,Alcala Valiente,J-Bosch,D/Terrassa/1996/}) 8. Qc2 d6 9.
fxe4 Nf6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qf2 Qd6 15. Bh6
Rg8 16. Bg5 Rf8 17. Qh4 Bd7 18. Rf3 O-O-O 19. Raf1 Qa6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qxh7
$16 {Kraai,J-Rey,G/San Francisco/1999/}) ({Rather slow seems} 6. Nf3 d6 7. g3
Qa5 8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O (10. Bh6 Rg8 11. O-O Nb6 12. h4 $6 Bd7 13.
Nd2 Ba4 14. Qb2 Qa6 15. Rfe1 O-O-O 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19.
Qe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bb5 21. Ree1 Bc4 $17 {Coutton,S-Guyot,P/Cannes/1996/}) 10...
Nb6 11. Bh6 Rg8 $142 $5 $13 (11... Ne4 12. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qa4 14. Rfe1
Qxc4 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 (16. Rxe4 $5 $36) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Kf7 18. c4 Nd7
19. Re3 Nf6 20. Bg2 Bd7 21. h3 h5 22. Bc3 $44 {Gurevich,M-Huzman,A/Wijk aan
Zee/1993/})) ({On the other hand, Black usually has good counterchances after
the wild} 6. g4 fxg4 (6... Qa5 $5 $132) 7. h3 (7. e4 d6 8. h3 Nf6 9. hxg4 Bxg4
10. f3 Bh5 11. Nh3 Qa5 12. Ng5 Qxc3+ 13. Bd2 Qe5 14. Rh3 O-O 15. Qb1 Nxe4 $1
16. Nxe4 Bxf3 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Bc3 Qf4 19. Rxf3 Qxf3 20. Qd1 Qf4 21. Qe2 Ne5 22.
Kd1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qg4+ $19 {Anastasian,A-Maiwald,J/Budapest FSGM/1999/}) 7...
g3 8. fxg3 d6 9. e4 Qa5 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Ngf6 12. Bd3 b5 13. cxb5 Nb6 14.
Nd2 O-O 15. Bb2 a6 16. a4 c4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qd8 19. Nd2 axb5 20. axb5
Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Qa5 22. Bb2 Bd7 23. c4 Nxe4 24. Qe3 Qb4 25. Ba3 Qa5 26. Bb2 Qb4
27. Ba3 Qa5 {1/2,Husari,S-Belotelov,D/Budapest FSIM/1999/}) 6... Nf6 7. h5 Rg8
8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Nf3 (9. Qc2 d6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. e3 Na4
(13... Bd7 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. f3 Rde8 16. Kf2 Qa4 17. Rac1 Qxc2+ 18. Rxc2 $13 e5
$2 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxd6 Nfd7 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Bf1 Nbxc4 24. Rh7
Nd6 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Rd5 $16 {Altukhov,S-Tkaczuk,R/Aschach/1996/}) 14. Rc1 b5
15. Qd2 bxc4 16. f3 Rb8 17. e4 Rb2 18. Qe3 Nb6 19. Nh7 Nh5 20. Bxd6 exd6 21.
Rxh5 gxh5 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Nxg8 Qxa2 {Bacrot,E-Speelman,J/Elista olm/1998/} 24.
Qf4 Kc7 25. Nf6 $44 {|^}) 9... d6 10. Ng5 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. f4 $2 {[%mdl
16384] Limiting the scope of the Bc1 is a serious strategical mistake.} (12.
Bf4 $142 Nb6 13. e3 $13 {-9.Qc2 see above.}) (12. Ne6 Ne5 13. Rb1 Bxe6 14. dxe6
O-O-O $15) 12... Nb6 13. e3 {[%csl Rc1] White is forced to make this passive
move, while Black can calmly continue his plans.} (13. e4 fxe4 {[%cal Rc8f5] /
\Bf5-/+}) 13... Bd7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Be2 (15. e4 $6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bd3
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxc4 $17 {/-+}) 15... Rde8 16. Qd3 Qa4 $17 17. O-O {Black has
achieved a strategically ideal position, but how to make progress against
White's passive defence? The answer is clear-he has to open the position. As
the Bd2 isn't so threatening anymore White doesn't gain sufficient <=>.} Kc7 $1
{[%mdl 32] /\e6. From now on the game is a strategic exhibition, crowned by a
tactical finish.} 18. Rfd1 e6 19. Be1 (19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Be1 Qd7 21. Nxe6+ Qxe6
22. Bf2 Ne4 $17 {/-+} (22... g5 $5) (22... Ng4 $5)) 19... exd5 20. cxd5 Ne4 $5
{Black doesn't want to allow any counterplay. Also possible was} (20... Nfxd5
21. c4 Rxe3 (21... Nxe3 22. Qxd6+ Kc8 23. Qxc5+ Qc6 $17) 22. Qd2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2
Nxf4 24. Qd2 Qxc4 $17) 21. c4 (21. Nxe4 fxe4 $5 (21... Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23.
Bf2 $17) 22. Qb1 g5 $17 {->}) 21... Nxg5 22. fxg5 Re4 {[%csl Rc4,Re3] ><c4,e3}
23. Rdc1 Rge8 24. Bf2 f4 $1 25. Bd1 (25. Bf3 $142 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 (26...
Nxc4 27. exf4 Bf5 $17) 27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. exf4 Nd2 $17) 25... Qa6 26. exf4 Bf5
$40 {[%cal Re4e1] /\Re1} 27. Qc3 Rxc4 28. Qg7+ Nd7 29. Bf3 (29. g4 Bd3 $17 (
29... Rxf4 30. gxf5 Re5 $5 {/\} (30... Re1+ 31. Bxe1 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe1 33.
Qxd7+ $1 Kxd7 34. Ba4+ $18) 31. Rab1 Rexf5 32. Be2 $5 Rxg5+ $1 33. Kf1 Qa4 $40)
) 29... Rxf4 30. Bg3 Qa4 $5 (30... Ra4 $2 31. Rxc5+ $13) (30... Rc4 $17) 31.
Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Re1 (32. Qc3 Ne5 $19 {->}) 32... Re3 $1 33. Rf1 $138 (33. Rxe3
Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 c4 $19 {o^c}) 33... Qxg5 34. Rae1 Qf4 $19 35. Rd1 Re5 (35... Qe5
$5 $19) 36. Rfe1 Kb6 $6 (36... Bc2 $142) 37. Rb1+ Kc7 (37... Bxb1 $2 38. Rxb1+
Kc7 39. Rxb7+ $1 Kxb7 40. Qxd7+ Kb6 41. Qxd6+ Kb5 42. Qb8+ Kc4 43. Qb3+ Kd4 44.
Qb2+ Kd3 45. Qb3+ $11) 38. Rbd1 Bc2 39. Rc1 $2 (39. Rxe5 $8 Qxe5 (39... Bxd1 $2
40. Re7 $36) 40. Qxe5 Nxe5 41. Rc1 Bd3 {[%cal Yb7b5,Yc5c4,Yc7b6,Yb6c5] /\b5,c4,
Kb6-c5-+etc.}) 39... Qd4+ (39... Qd4+ 40. Kh2 Rh5+ 41. Bxh5 Qxg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 (4... Nf6 {-E11}) 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5
7. O-O $5 {White tries to keep the tension in the [+], as the immediate d5
advance leads to unclear King's Indian type positions, in which Black doesn't
have to worry about his limited Bg7.} (7. d5 Bxd2+ 8. Nfxd2 Nb8 9. Nc3 Nd7 (
9... Nh6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 f5 12. Rc1 Na6 13. Qb3 e4 14. O-O axb4 15. axb4 c5
$6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qb4 Qb6 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 {Shirov,A-Romero
Holmes,A/Leon/1995/} Nf7 $1 $14) 10. a3 f5 11. b4 Nh6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 (13.
Nb3 $142 $5) 13... b6 14. Nb5 Ba6 15. Qc2 Rf7 16. bxa5 bxa5 17. a4 g5 18. Nb3
f4 19. Qd2 g4 20. Rc2 Kh8 $13 {Sadler,M-Conquest,S/Hastings9596/1996/}) 7...
Nxd4 ({Black can also hold the e5 outpost:} 7... Bxd2 8. Qxd2 Nh6 $5 (8... Nf6
$143 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 Na6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Na4 b6 14. a3 Nac5 15.
Naxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. b4 Qd6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rfb1 Bd7 20. e4 a4 21.
Rb7 h6 22. Rab1 Kh7 23. Qe1 Ra6 24. Qf1 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. R1b2 $16 {Lalic,
B-King,D/EU-chT Haifa/1989/}) 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Rfd1 O-O 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
Nxe5 13. Bxb7 Nxc4 14. Qf4 Rb8 15. Qxc4 (15. Bd5 $5 Nxb2 16. Rd4 $13 {[%csl
Rb2] פb2}) 15... Rxb7 16. b3 Rb4 17. Qd5 $6 Qf6 18. Rd3 Ng4 19. Rf3 Qh6 20. h4
Ne5 21. Re3 Rg4 22. Qxa5 f5 $40 {Van Wely,L-Barsov,A/NLD-chT9596/1995/}) (7...
exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qxd4 {-7...Nd4}) 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Bxb4 axb4
10. Qxd4 Qf6 $6 {Not best.} ({Black has more chances to equalize fully after
the natural developing move} 10... Nf6 $142 11. Nd2 (11. Rd1 Ra6 (11... Qe7 12.
Qd2 O-O 13. Qxb4 Qxe2 14. Nc3 Qh5 15. Qb5 $1 (15. Nb5 Rxa2 16. Nxc7 Qe2 17. Bf1
Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Rxb2 19. f3 Nd7 20. f4 g5 21. Rxd6 gxf4 22. gxf4 Kh8 23. Ra3 Nc5
24. Bg2 Nb3 25. Rd5 f6 26. Rd3 Nc1 27. Rf3 Rg8 28. Rf2 Rb1 29. h4 Nd3+ 30. Rf1
Rb2 {0-1 Pelletier,Y-Legky,N/FRA 1994/EXT 99 (30)}) (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qg6
(16... Qh6 17. a4 b6 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ra7 20. Bc6 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22.
Re1 Rd8 23. Kg2 Kf8 24. Kf3 Ra7 $11 {Pinter,J-Legky,N/FRA-chT/1994/}) 17. a3
Qf6 18. Re1 Rb8 19. Rd3 Bd7 20. Rde3 b5 21. Rf3 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxb2 23. Qxc7 Qd2
24. Qc3 Qa2 $11 {Hulak,K-King,D/Palma de Mallorca GMA op/1989/}) 15... Qg6 16.
Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 $36) (11... O-O 12. a4 (12. c5 Ra6 $13) 12... Qe8 $1 13. b3
Qxe2 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Nf1 Ra5 16. Ne3 Rae5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qh5 19. Qxb4
Re2 20. Rac1 Bh3 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Re1 Qf5 23. Rf1 Qc8 24. Qf4 h5 25. Rc4 R8e5
26. Qf3 Qd7 27. Kg2 Rd2 28. Qc3 $132 {Alvarez,R-Danailov,S/Palma de Mallorca/
1992/}) 12. c5 (12. Qd2 c5 13. a4 O-O 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Nd2 Qe7 $132 16. Re1 {
1/2,Pereyra Arcija,D-Carrasco Martinez,J/WChJ Zagan/1997/}) 12... Qe7 13. Qxb4
dxc5 14. Qf4 O-O 15. Nc3 c6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Be6 18. Rad1 Raa8 19. a3 Rfc8
20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 c4 22. f4 g6 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. R6d2 c3 25. bxc3 Rxa3 $11 {
Alvarez Ibarra,D-Eingorn,V/Pamplona op/1990/}) (11. c5 dxc5 12. Qxc5 Qe7 13.
Rc1 Qxc5 14. Rxc5 c6 15. Rc4 (15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6+ Ke7 17. Bxa8 Rd8 18. f3
Ba6 19. Bc6 Bxe2 20. Kf2 Bc4 21. Ke1 Rd6 22. Be4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rd3 24. Nd2 Re3+
25. Kd1 Bd3 $44 {Bany,J-Keitlinghaus,L/Dortmund/1991/}) 15... b3 16. a3 Be6 17.
Rd4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nc3 Kc7 20. Rd1 Nd7 21. f4 Nb6 22. Rd3 Re8 23. Kf2
f6 24. Bf3 Bf7 25. Rd4 Nc4 26. Nd1 b5 27. Bg4 Re7 28. Bf5 g6 29. Re4 Rxe4 30.
Bxe4 Nb6 31. Nc3 Nc4 32. Nd1 {1/2,Magerramov,E-Eingorn,V/Uzhgorod/1988/}) 11...
O-O 12. Nb3 (12. Rfe1 Qe7 13. Nf1 c5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Ne3 Rab8 (15... Ra6 16. a4
bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rb6 18. Qc3 $14 {1/2,Holst,A-Topalov,V/Denmark/1991/}) 16. Red1
Rfd8 17. Qd3 Qe8 {/\b5<=>}) (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Bf3 Qg5 15. Rfd1 Ra5
16. Rd2 h5 17. h4 Qg6 18. b3 Rae5 19. e3 b6 20. Bc6 R8e7 21. a3 bxa3 22. Rxa3
Bf5 23. Kh2 Kh7 24. Ra8 Bc2 25. Qc3 Be4 $11 {Jelling,E-Hansen,L/DEN-chT 9697/
1997/}) 12... c5 13. Qd3 Qe7 (13... Qc7 $142 $5 14. Rfd1 Rd8) 14. Rfd1 Ra6 15.
a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rb6 (16... Rxa3 $142 17. bxa3 Ne8) 17. Rd2 g6 18. Nc1 Bf5 19.
Qc3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nd3 $14 {Naumkin,I-Keitlinghaus,L/Berlin op/1991/})
11. Qe3+ ({Promising, and maybe even more so, is} 11. Qd2 $5 c5 12. Rd1 Ra6 13.
a3 $142 (13. Qc1 Qe7 14. Qf4 (14. a4 Nf6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Bf3 Bh3 17. Qc2 Re8
18. b3 Raa8 19. Nf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qc7 21. Qd2 Re6 22. Ra2 Rae8 23. e3 h6 24.
Kg2 R8e7 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Bg4 Rf6 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Rad2 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 Re5 $132 {
Salvetti,A-Sher,M/Ticino/1994/}) 14... Nf6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
Re8 18. Bf3 Qe5 19. Qxe5 dxe5 (19... Rxe5 $5 $11) 20. a3 Ra4 21. Bd5 Kf8 22. f3
Rd8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Rd3 Rd6 25. Rad1 bxa3 26. bxa3 Rb6 27. Re3 Kf6 28. g4 $36 {
Boensch,U-Eingorn,V/Lvov/1984/}) 13... Ne7 14. Ra2 $1 O-O 15. b3 Rb6 16. axb4
Rxb4 17. Ra3 b5 18. cxb5 d5 19. Rc1 Rxb5 20. Nc3 Rb4 21. Na4 Bf5 22. Nxc5 Rfb8
23. Qxb4 Rxb4 24. Nd7 {1-0, Nikolic,P-Psakhis,L/Moscow GMA/1990/}) (11. Qxf6 $2
Nxf6 $36 {[%csl Ra2,Gb4][%cal Ga8a2] <->a,><a2 Black's pawn structure gives
him an _|_ edge, as it's not easy for White to exchange the annoying Pb4. With
the Q on board White succeeds in forcing c5, and breaks up Black's pawn chain
by a3, leaving d6 weak. (We have seen this already in the previous examples.)})
11... Qe7 (11... Ne7 $143 12. Qb3 c5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. a3 Nc6 15. axb4 Rxa1 16.
Rxa1 Nxb4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Qd1 Rd8 19. Ra8 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. h4 Nc6 22. h5 $36
{Vokac,M-Keitlinghaus,L/Prague/1990/}) 12. Qb3 c5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. a3 O-O 15. e3
(15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Qxe2 17. Qc3 Re8 18. Bf3 Qe7 $11) (15. Rfe1 bxa3 16.
Rxa3 Rxa3 17. Qxa3 Be6 {[%cal Rd6d5] /\d5=}) 15... bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rb8 $6 $146 {
Surrendering the <->a is illogical and causes Black only trouble.} (16... Rxa3
$142 17. Qxa3 h6 18. Qa7 (18. h3 $5 $14) 18... Bf5 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. Qb6 Ra8 21.
Nxe4 {1/2,Sosonko,G-Landenbergue,C/Cannes/1995/} Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. b3 Ra6
24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. Rxd6 Ra1+ 26. Rd1 Rb1 $1 $11) 17. Ra7 $36 Qd8 18. Rfa1 b6 19.
Nb1 $1 Be6 20. Nc3 $14 {/+/- After the N transfer White's advantage grew to
tangible proportions, Black somewhat nervous reaction is easily understandable.
} b5 $5 (20... Re8 21. Bc6 Re7 22. Ra8 $16) (20... h5 $5) 21. Nxb5 d5 22. Qc3
$1 {The most practical decision, White will win a pawn after all. Other moves
give Black more counterchances.} (22. cxd5 Bd7 (22... Nxd5 23. Rd1 Nxe3 (23...
Qb6 24. Bxd5 Qxa7 25. Nxa7 Rxb3 26. Bxb3 Bxb3 27. Rc1 $16) 24. Rxd8 Rfxd8 (
24... Bxb3 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. fxe3 $18) 25. Qxe3 Rd1+ 26. Bf1 Bh3 27. Qd3 $18)
23. R7a5 Ne8 $1 24. Bf1 Nd6 $13 {makes it quite difficult for White to
untangle his pieces.}) (22. Qa3 dxc4 23. Qxc5 Qd2 $132) 22... dxc4 $8 (22...
Ne4 23. Qe5 $18) 23. Nc7 Bg4 (23... Qd6 $5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. R7a4 Rb3 26. Qxc4
Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxb2 28. Rxc5 $16 {/+/=}) 24. Qxc4 Rxb2 25. Nd5 $1 $16 Be6 $2 (
25... Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Bh5 (26... Qf6 27. Rxf7 $1 $18) 27. Qxc5 Qf6 28. e4 $16 (
28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Ra8+ Ke7 30. R1a7+ Kd6 31. Ra6+ Ke5 $1 (31... Kxd5 32. Rxf6
gxf6 33. Ra5+ $18) 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 $14)) 26. Qc3 $1 Qb8 (26... Rb8 27. Ne7+ Kh8
28. Nc6 $18) (26... Rxf2 $2 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Kxf2 $18) (26... Re2 $142 27. Ne7+
(27. Qd3 Rb2 (27... Rxf2 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Qxd8 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rxd8 31. Ra8 Re8
32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Ra8 Bd7 34. Rd8 $18) 28. Ra8 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Ra8 Qxa8
31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 $14) 27... Kh8 28. Bf3 $5 Qd2 29. Qxc5 Re1+ 30.
Kg2 {/\} Rxa1 $2 31. Ng6+ $1 $18) 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qxf6 Rb1+ 29. Bf1 $18 (29.
Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 31. Ra1 $18) 29... Rc8 30. h4 $1 {->} Qb5 31. Rxb1 Qxb1
32. h5 Qe4 (32... c4 33. Rc7 $1 Re8 (33... Rxc7 34. h6 $18) 34. Rc5 $18) 33.
Qg5+ (33. Bh3 $2 Bd5 $1 $132) 33... Kh8 (33... Kf8 34. Bg2 $18) 34. Bg2 Qc2 35.
Qf6+ Kg8 36. Kh2 Qd1 (36... Qf5 37. Qxf5 Bxf5 38. h6 c4 39. Bb7 $1 Rd8 40. Bd5
c3 41. Bxf7+ Kf8 42. Bb3 $18) 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 (38... Ke8 39. Qf6 $1
Qxh5+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Bf1 Bd7 (41... Qd6 42. Bb5+ Kf8 43. Qh8#) 42. Qh8+ Ke7
43. Qxc8 $18) 39. Be4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 b5 $6 {A highly dubious
sideline, as Van Wely convincingly shows. But one has to understand Lputian
was in a must win situation.} (6... Na6 {is the usual and much safer move.}) 7.
Nxb5 (7. Bg2 bxc4 8. Nh3 Na6 9. O-O Nc5 10. dxe6 Bxg2 11. exd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+
Kxd7 13. Kxg2 Nb3 14. Rb1 Bd6 15. Ng5 Rhe8 16. Rd1 h6 17. Nf3 Ne4 {#} 18. Nxe4
Rxe4 19. e3 g5 $1 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 g4 $14 {Ftacnik,L-Kengis,E/EU-chT Leon/
2001/}) 7... exd5 8. Bf4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A sharp alternative to the other,
more quiet main refutation attempt} (8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Nf3 Bc5 $5 (9... Bc6 10.
Nbd4 Be4 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O g6 13. Bf4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 d6 15. Rac1 c5 16. Qd2
Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. b4 Rd7 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Qa5 Bg7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Rd1 c4
23. Bg5 $16 {Savchenko,S-Miezis,N/Porto San Giorgio/2000/}) 10. Bg5 (10. Bg2 a5
11. O-O O-O (11... c6 12. Nc3 Be4 {1/2,Horvath,P-Miezis,N/Seefeld op/2001/})
12. Bg5 c6 13. Nc3 Be4 14. Rc1 (14. Nd4 $5 $14) 14... Qe7 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2
d5 17. Qc2 Ba7 18. Qc3 a4 19. e3 h6 20. Bf4 $13 {Gavrikov,V-Miezis,N/Tallinn/
2001/}) 10... c6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. b4 $5 (12. e3 Qb6 13. b4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qxe3+
15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 cxb5 17. O-O a5 18. Nd4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 O-O
21. Bxb5 {1/2,Hofman,R-Grabuzova,T/Groningen/1994/}) 12... Bxf3 13. exf3 Qe7+
14. Be2 $36) 8... Na6 (8... d6 $5 9. Bg2 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... Bxd5 10. Nf3 $36)
10. Bg2 Nc3 11. Bxb7 Nxd1 12. Rxd1 a6 13. Nxc7+ Qxc7 14. Bxa8 $44) (9. c5 Qd7
10. Qb3 Bc6 11. Nxa7 dxc5 $13) 9... c6 10. Nd4 dxc4 11. Qc2 $14) 9. Bg2 c6 $8 (
9... Nh5 10. cxd5 (10. Qd4 $5 $40) 10... Nxf4 11. gxf4 $16) (9... Rb8 10. cxd5
(10. Qa4 $5) 10... Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Rxb5 12. Bc4 $16) 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Qb6 (
11... dxc4 12. Rc1 (12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Ne5 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Qd5 $132) 12... Qa5+ 13.
Qd2 $16 {[%csl Rb7] ץb7}) 12. cxd5 Ne4 $1 (12... Nxd5 13. b4 $16) (12... Ng4
13. Nh3 cxd5 14. Bf4 d4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Qd3 $16) (12... cxd5 13.
Be5 {[%cal Re5d4] /\Bd4+/-}) 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nh3 c5 (14... cxd5 15. Be5 $36 {
[%csl Rb7,Ge5] ^-,ץb7}) 15. Be5 O-O 16. Nf4 Rf5 (16... Rae8 $5 17. Bc3 Nc7 $14
) (16... g5 17. Ng2 Rf5 18. Bc3 Rxd5 19. Qc1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rc3h8] ->,
גa1-h8,Kg8}) 17. Bc3 Nc7 18. Qa4 e3 $2 {[%mdl 64] Black loses his way in the
tactics, when he could have put up stiffer resistance.} (18... Nxd5 19. Qxd7
Rf7 20. Nxd5 Rxd7 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. h4 $14 {[%cal Yh1h4,Yh4h5] /+/-,/\h5,Rh4})
(18... Raf8 $142 19. Qxd7 (19. O-O $5 $14) 19... R5f7 20. Qg4 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Rd1 $14) (18... Qb5 19. Qxe4 Rxf4 20. gxf4 Nxd5 21. Rg1 $1 Nxc3 22.
Qe5 Qxe2+ $8 23. Qxe2 Nxe2 24. Kxe2 $16) 19. fxe3 Nxd5 20. Qxd7 Nxc3 $6 (20...
Rf7 $8 21. Nxd5 Rxd7 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. O-O Re8 24. Rad1 $16) 21. Qxf5 Bxh1 22.
bxc3 Re8 (22... Qb2 23. Rb1 Qxc3+ 24. Kf2 $18 {traps the B.}) (22... c4 23.
Qe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Re8 25. Nd4 $18) 23. Rd1 $18 Bc6 (23... Be4 24. Qd7 Bc6 25.
Qd6 {/\} Rxe3 26. Ne6 $18 {->}) (23... c4 24. Rd7 $18) 24. Rd6 c4 (24... Qb7
25. Qxc5 $18) 25. Ne6 {White has already a wider choice-he has extra material
and more active pieces.} (25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Nb4 Be4 27. Qc5 $5 $18) 25... Be4 (
25... Qb7 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Nxd8 $18 {_|_}) 26. Qg4 Qb1+ (26... Qb7 27. Nc5 $18)
27. Rd1 Qb7 28. Nc5 Qa8 (28... Qc6 29. Rd7 Bg6 30. Qxc4+ Kh8 31. Qd4 Rg8 32. e4
$18) 29. Rd7 Bg6 30. Qxc4+ (30. Qxc4+ Kh8 31. Qd4 Rg8 32. Ne6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 g6 (
7... d6 8. O-O Ne7 (8... Nf6 $143 9. d5 Be7 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. b3 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6
13. Ba3 a6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 g6 17. e5 $14 Nh5 $2 18. Bxd6 Qd7
19. Qg4 Bxd6 20. exd6 O-O 21. Na4 Rae8 22. Nc2 Qd8 23. d7 Re7 24. Qd4 Bc6 25.
Nxb6 $18 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk/1993/}) 9. d5 Qd7 10. f4 g6 11. Be3
$1 (11. Nd4 O-O-O 12. b4 Bg7 13. b5 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 f5 15. Re1 Rhe8 16. Bb2 fxe4
17. Nxe4 Ng8 $1 18. Nc3 Qf7 $13 {Gelfand,B-Short,N/Novgorod/1997/}) 11... Bg7
12. Bd4 $14 {Short}) 8. h4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 32] An interesting strategy. White
uses his () and development advantage to create weaknesses in Black's camp.} (
8. O-O Bg7 9. f4 f5 $6 (9... Ne7 $142 10. d5 O-O {/\f5<=>~~}) 10. exf5 gxf5 11.
d5 Qh4 12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. d6 Qg4 14. Rf2 c6 15. Nxa7+ Kb8 16. Be3 $1 c5 17. Nb5
Bxb2 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. Rxb2 Ne4 20. Ng3 Nxf2 21. Rxf2 $16 {Anastasian,A-Dausch,R/
Cappelle la Grande/1996/}) ({A solid, but rather innocuous approach is} 8. Bf4
Bg7 9. O-O-O d6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. f3 h6 12. Rhe1 a6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Kb1 Qe7 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Nc3 Qh4 17. Nge2 O-O-O $13 {Vegh,E-Williams,S/Hampstead/1998/
Black retains an umcompromised and fexible position.}) 8... h6 (8... Bg7 9. h5
$40) (8... Nf6 9. e5 $5 Ng8 10. Qg3 Ne7 11. Bg5 $36) 9. h5 g5 10. f4 $1 gxf4
11. Bxf4 $36 {()[+]} d6 12. O-O-O Qd7 13. d5 O-O-O (13... e5 $2 14. Be3 $16 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Rf1f7,Ye2g3] /\Ng3בf}) 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Rdf1 Be5 16. Bd4 Rh7 {
Now White will have a permanent advantage.} ({But also unpleasant was} 16... f6
17. Qh3 Re8 (17... exd5 18. exd5 $16) 18. Bxe5 fxe5 (18... dxe5 19. Ng3 $16 {
is similar to the game.}) 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rxe6 21. Rf8+ Kd7 22. Rhf1 (
22. Nd5 $14) 22... Re8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Ne7 25. R8f7 $36) 17. Bxe5 dxe5
18. Qg3 exd5 19. cxd5 (19. exd5 $5) 19... f6 20. Qe3 (20. Qf3 $142 $16 {
covers both g2 and h5.}) 20... Rg7 21. Ng3 Kb8 22. Rf2 Rg5 23. Nf5 Qf7 24. Qe2
c6 (24... Bc8 $5 25. Ne3 $14) 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Rd1 {[%mdl 256] Although
White's position is still impressive, he has lost some time and it's not easy
to make any inroads. Patient defence by Short holds the game.} (26. g4 $5 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Yh1f1,Yf5e3,Ye3d5] /\Rhf1,Ne3-d5,><f6}) 26... Rd7 27. g4 Qf8
28. Qc4 (28. Rdf1 $5) 28... Rxd1+ $14 29. Kxd1 Qc8 30. Ne3 Bd7 {[%csl Rg4]
<=>g4} 31. Qxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rg2 Ne7 33. Ke2 Rg7 34. Kf3 Be6 35. Rf2 a6 36. Kg3
Rf7 37. a3 (37. Ncd5 $5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Kc7 39. Rd2 $14) 37... Kc7 38. Rc2 Kd6
39. Rd2+ (39. Nf5+ Bxf5 40. Rd2+ $5 Kc6 41. exf5 {/\Ne4|^}) 39... Kc7 40. Rc2
Kb7 $5 41. Rd2 ({This was the last chance to play} 41. Nf5 Bxf5 42. exf5 Rg7
43. Kh3 $5 $14 (43. Kf3 Nc6 $132)) 41... Kc7 42. Ne2 Rf8 43. Kf3 Nc6 44. Nd5+
Kb7 45. Ne3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0102 77th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 Nc6 ({More usual is} 4... d6) (4... Nf6 {
-E11}) 5. d5 $5 {A direct attempt to profit from Black's provocative 4-th move.
Other moves are less ambitious:} (5. Nc3 d6 (5... Nf6 6. Bg5 $5 (6. Qc2 d5 7.
e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Nb5 e4 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Nc3 Bf5 14.
Qb3 Rab8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 b5 17. Nxb5 Na7 18. Nxd6 Rxb3 19. Nxf5 Qd7 20. Bxb3
Qxf5 21. Bc4 Rb8 22. b3 c5 $15 {Sarthou,G-Wohl,A/Metz/2001/}) (6. d5 Ne7 7. a3
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d6 9. g3 e5 10. Nd2 a4 11. Bg2 O-O 12. e4 Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. f4
f6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rf2 Qb8 17. Raf1 Qa7 18. Kh1 Ng6 19. h4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nxh4
21. f5 $40 {Kouatly,B-Prie,E/FRA-ch/1991/}) (6. g3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg2 Ne4
9. Rc1 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qe7 15.
Re1 Ra5 16. Qc2 Qxa3 {1/2,Hoeksema,H-Barsov,A/NED-chT/1995/} 17. Ra1 $14) 6...
h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 g4 11. d5 gxf3 12. dxc6 dxc6 13.
gxf3 f5 14. a3 Bf8 15. e4 Qf6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Bg2 e5 18. O-O-O exf4 19. e5 Qg5
20. Kb1 fxg3 21. f4 $1 Qg6 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Bh3 Ke6 24. Nd5 $1 $40 {Legky,
N-Lupu,M/Val Thorens/1990/}) 6. Qc2 (6. d5 $5 {()}) 6... e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
O-O-O Be6 9. e3 Nf6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Rhg1 O-O 13. Ne4 Qc8 14. h3 Ne8
15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Nc3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21.
e4 Rf7 22. Be3 Nd6 $11 {Borges Mateos,J-Psakhis,L/Tallinn/1989/}) (5. g3 d6 6.
Bg2 e5 7. O-O Bg4 $2 (7... exd4 $142 $13) 8. Be3 $1 {/\a3+/-} Kf8 9. a3 Bxf3
10. Bxf3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 c6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Na4 Ba7 16.
Rfd1 Ke7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qd7 19. b5 Rad8 20. Qa5 Bb8 21. Qb6 Rc8 22. Nc5
Qc7 23. Qxc7+ Rxc7 24. b6 $18 {Anastasian,A-Agrest,E/Leningrad/1990/}) 5...
Nce7 (5... exd5 6. cxd5 Nce7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 $14 {()}) 6. e4 (6.
Nc3 Nf6 7. e4 $5 d6 8. Bd3 $14) 6... exd5 $6 {Opening the position is pretty
risky, more circumspect is} (6... d6 $14) 7. cxd5 Nf6 8. Bxb4 axb4 9. Qd4 $5 {
White continues to play aggressively and this is justified to a certain point,
although even quiet alternatives would have given him an edge.} (9. Bd3 d6 10.
Qb3 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O O-O (12... Be6 13. Bc4 $14) 13. Nbd2 $14 {[%csl
Rb4,Rd6] ק}) 9... c5 (9... O-O 10. Bd3 $1 (10. Qxb4 Re8 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Nc3
Nf4 $36) 10... b3 11. a3 $14) 10. Qxc5 (10. Qe3 d6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 $13) 10... Nxe4
11. Qd4 (11. Qxb4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Rxa5 13. d6 $5 Nxd6 14. Nc3 $14) 11... Nf6 12.
d6 $1 {()} (12. Bc4 $14) 12... Nc6 13. Qe3+ Kf8 14. Bc4 (14. Nbd2 $1 $16 {/\Nc4
}) 14... Ne8 {Now Black gets rid of the Pd6 and can breathe more freely.} 15.
O-O Nxd6 16. Bb3 $44 {White's development advantage is still impressive, so
Black has to be very careful.} ({The tactical justification of 15...Nd6 is} 16.
Qc5 Qe7 17. Re1 Ra5 $1 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxe7 Kxe7 $15) 16... Nf5 17. Qd3 (17.
Qd2 Qf6 18. Ng5 Nfd4 $1 $15) 17... Qf6 18. Nbd2 Nfd4 19. Bd5 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 g6
(20... d6 21. Qd2 {/\Ng5|^}) 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Rfe1 Ra5 $1 23. Rad1 (23. Ng5 $2
Qd4 $1 24. Qxd4+ Nxd4 25. Nxf7 Rf8 $19) (23. Re4 d6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxb4 Rd5
$132) 23... b6 $2 {Black is ready to end his development, but this is
inaccurate.} (23... d6 $142 $13 24. Re4 (24. Ng5 $6 Ne7 $1 $15) 24... Bf5 25.
Rf4 g5 $13) 24. Re4 $6 (24. Ng5 $1 Rf8 (24... Ne7 25. Ne4 {/\} Rxd5 26. Nxf6
Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Kxf6 28. Rd6+ $18) 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Bb3 {/\Nd6+/-}) 24... Bb7 25.
Qe3 (25. Rf4 $2 Rxd5 $19) 25... Rxd5 $8 (25... Qxb2 $2 26. Bxf7 $1 $40) (25...
Rc5 $2 26. Rf4 $18) 26. Rxd5 Ne7 (26... Nb8 27. Rf4 Qxb2 28. Rd1 $16) 27. Rxd7
(27. Rxe7 Bxd5 $17) 27... Nf5 (27... Bxe4 $6 28. Qxe4 Nc6 29. Qd5 $36) 28. Qf4
Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rc8 $1 (29... Qxb2 30. g4 Nh6 31. g5 Nf5 32. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 33.
Ne5+ Kf8 34. Qa8+ Ke7 35. Qb7+ Ke6 36. Qf7+ Kxe5 37. Qf6+ $18) 30. g3 (30. g4
$1 Nd6 (30... Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Nd6 32. Qd5 $1 $18) 31. Qe5 (31. Qd5 Rc5 $1 32. Qd4
Nc4 33. b3 Ne5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rd6 Re6 36. g5 $1 $14) 31... Nc4 (31... Rc1+
32. Kg2 Nc4 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. g5+ Ke6 35. Rb7 $14) 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. b3 $14)
30... Qxb2 31. g4 Nh6 32. h3 (32. g5 Nf5 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. Nxe5 Rf8 35. Kg2 $11
) 32... Qc1+ ({After} 32... Qxa2 $5 {it seems White will sooner or later have
to satisfy himself with a perpetual:} 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. Ng5 (34. g5 Nf5 35. Rd8+
Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kg7 37. Qf6+ $11) 34... Re8 35. Rd8 Qe2 36. Ne4 Qe1+ 37. Kg2
Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Nd6 f6 $11) 33. Kg2 Qc6 34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. Rd6 $14 {
[%csl Rh6] פh6} Qc5 (35... Qa8 36. Qd2 $1 Kg7 37. Rxb6 $14) (35... Qc2 36. Ne5
$5 $44) 36. Rxb6 Qxd4 37. Nxd4 Rc4 38. Nc6 f5 $1 {[%mdl 4352] In the _|_ Black
is still in danger, but active defence saves the day.} 39. gxf5 (39. g5 Nf7 40.
Nxb4 Nxg5 41. a4 Rc5 $1 $14) 39... Nxf5 40. Nxb4 Rc3 41. a4 Ra3 42. Ra6 Nd4 $14
43. Nd5 (43. a5 $142) 43... Kf7 44. Ne3 Ne6 45. h4 h5 46. Kf3 g5 $5 $132 47.
hxg5 Nxg5+ 48. Kf4 Nh3+ 49. Kg3 Ng5 50. Ra8 (50. a5 Ne4+ 51. Kf3 Nc5 52. Ra7+ (
52. Ra8 Nb3 53. a6 Nc5 54. a7 Ne6 $1 55. Ke4 Nc7 56. Rh8 Rxa7 $11) 52... Ke6
53. Kg2 Ra2 $132) 50... Ne4+ 51. Kf3 Nc5 $1 52. Ra5 (52. a5 Nb3 53. a6 (53. Nc4
$2 Nd2+ 54. Kf4 Nxc4 55. Kg5 $11) 53... Nc5 54. a7 Ne6 $1 $11) 52... Nxa4 53.
Kg3 Ra2 54. Rxh5 Nc3 $11 {Black's pieces are coordinated well enough and
White's remaining extra P is not enough to win-any piece exchanges only help
Black.} 55. Rh4 Ra4 56. Rh7+ Kg6 57. Rc7 Ne4+ 58. Kf3 Ng5+ 59. Kg2 Rf4 60. Rc6+
Rf6 61. Rc4 Re6 62. Rc8 Nf7 63. Nd5 Re5 64. Rg8+ Kh6 65. Ne3 Rg5+ (65... Rg5+
66. Rxg5 Kxg5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bangiev} g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. g4 {An
extremely violent attempt to refute Black's strategy.} (6. h4 $142) (6. e4 $5
fxe4 7. f3 $44) 6... fxg4 ({Usually you can refute a gambit only by accepting
it, but here interesting is also} 6... Qa5 $5 7. Qd3 d6 8. g5 $6 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nb6
10. Nd2 Bd7 11. f3 h6 12. gxh6 Nxh6 13. Rg1 Nf7 $1 14. f4 Rh6 15. h3 Qa4 16.
Kf2 O-O-O 17. e3 e5 18. Qb1 e4 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Be2 Na4 22. Nb1 Qd8
23. Bd2 g5 24. fxg5 Rxg5 25. Rxg5 Qxg5 26. Bf1 Rg6 {0-1,Santos,J-Rocha,S/
Lisboa/1996/}) 7. e4 $6 ({The more usual follow-up is} 7. h3 $142 g3 (7... d6
$5 {Bangiev}) 8. fxg3 Nf6 (8... Qa5 9. Qd3 d6 10. e4 Nf6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Nf3
Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. O-O Qd6 16. Rab1 b6 17. Rb2 h6 18. Be3 Bd7
19. Qc2 g5 20. Rfb1 Rb8 21. Rf1 Kd8 22. Qb3 Kc7 23. Qa3 Ra8 24. Qb3 Rhf8 25.
Kh2 Nh7 26. Rfb1 Rab8 27. Qa3 Ra8 28. Qb3 Rab8 29. Qa3 Ra8 $11 {1/2,San
Segundo,P-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York op/1990/}) 9. Qd3 Qa5 (9... d6 10. g4 O-O
11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Bg2 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. b6 Qxb6 16. O-O c4+ 17. Qd4
Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Rf4 Bb7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 d5 22. Rd1 Ne6 23. Rff1
Rac8 24. Rxd5 Rxc6 25. Ra5 $16 {[%csl Gg2,Gh6] ^^,Obsivac,J-Krivoshey,S/
Frydek-Mistek/1997/}) 10. Bg2 (10. Bh6 d6 11. g4 Nbd7 12. Nf3 $13 {1/2,
Portisch,F-Dobos,J/HUN-chT/1996/}) 10... d6 11. g4 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. O-O (
13. a4 Qa6 14. a5 Nxc4 15. O-O b6 16. Ng5 Nxa5 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19.
dxe6 Qc8 20. Bh6 Qxe6 21. Qd3 c4 22. Qf3 Rae8 23. g5 Nd7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17 {
Pekarek,A-Voloshin,L/CZE-chT/1997/}) 13... Qa4 14. Ng5 Nxc4 15. Rf4 b5 16. Nxh7
Rxh7 17. Qxg6+ Rf7 18. g5 Qd1+ 19. Rf1 Qxe2 20. gxf6 Ne5 21. Qh6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6
exf6 23. Qxf6 Bxh3 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Kf6 {
1/2,Bakalarz,M-Spisak,C/Trier/1997/}) 7... d6 (7... Qa5 8. Bd2 d6 9. h3 gxh3
10. f4 Nf6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bxh3 Nd7 13. e6 Ndf6 14. Bg2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qa4 16.
Qd3 b5 17. cxb5 a6 18. Ne2 axb5 19. Qxg6+ Kd8 20. Qd3 Rg8 21. Bf3 Bb7 22. Rh6
Qc4 23. Qf5 Rg1+ $1 $19 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Hergott,D/London Lloyds/1987/}) 8. h3
(8. Bg2 $6 Nf6 9. Bh6 Qa5 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Bg7 Rg8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Qa6
14. Qb3 Nd7 15. h3 Ne5 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qb2 Nxc4 19. Qc1 Ne5 20.
Nf4 O-O-O $19 {Kunin,V-Ho,A/WchJ U14 Cannes/1997/}) 8... Nf6 $5 $146 {Black
decides to hold on to his material for the time being.} (8... g3 9. f4 Nf6 10.
Bg2 Qa5 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. e5 Nh5 14. e6 Nxc4 15. Qd3 b5 16. Nxg3
Nxg3 17. Qxg3 Bb7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 O-O-O 20. Kh1 Rhg8 21. Rg5 Rxg5 22. Bxg5
Rg8 23. Rf1 Qxa2 24. Qh4 Ne3 25. Rf2 Nxg2 26. Qxh7 Qxd5 27. Qxg8+ Kc7 28. Rd2
Qf3 $19 {Matamoros Franco,C-Boyd,S/Alicante/1992/}) 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bh5 $1
{Although the B seems out of play here, by keeping the Pf3 under attack Black
significantly slows dow White's initiative.} (10... Bd7 11. Nh3 {[%cal Rh3g5] /
\Ng5~~}) 11. Nh3 {'!?' Bangiev.} (11. Rb1 $5 {Bangiev}) 11... Qa5 {[%cal Rf6e4]
/\Ne4,Qc3 Black wins another pawn, although the Pc3 is not so important.
Bangiev: '/\Ne4; /\Qc3'} (11... Nxe4 $2 {loses a piece:} 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+
Nxd7 14. fxe4 Bf3 15. Rh2 Bxe4 16. Ng5 $16) 12. Ng5 (12. Bd2 {Bangiev} Nxe4) (
12. Qd3 {Bangiev} Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Qe3 Qa4 15. Nf4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17.
Ne6 Rb8 $17) 12... Qxc3+ 13. Bd2 Qe5 {[%cal Re5g3] /\Qg3 Bangiev: '/\Qg3'} 14.
Rh3 O-O {'!' Bangiev. Bangiev: 'Die schwarze Initiative ist nun nicht zu
stoppen! /\Ne4'} 15. Qb1 $2 {This unnatural move allows Black to utilize his
lead in development and ambush White's centralized K. The Q on b1 plays a
sorry role, preventing the activization of Ra1.} (15. Rc1 $15 {/~~ would still
make a fight of the game, as now the sacrifice is far less clear.} Nxe4 $5 16.
Nxe4 Bxf3 (16... Rxf3 17. Rxf3 Qxe4+ 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Rf4 $14) 17. Rxf3 Qxe4+
18. Kf2 Nd7 $36) 15... Nxe4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 512] '!' Bangiev. A decisive
sacrifice, White's pieces are so misplaced he will be forced to shed more
material soon. (Black already has 4 pawns for the piece.)} 16. Nxe4 $8 (16.
fxe4 Qf6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6f2,Rf2f1] /\Qf1#,Qf2#}) (16. Qxe4 $2 {Bangiev} Qxa1+)
16... Bxf3 17. Bd3 (17. Rxf3 Rxf3 18. Be2 Rh3 $19) 17... Nd7 $40 {'-/+!'
Bangiev. Black quietly finishes his development. Bangiev: 'Die weiße
Eröffnungsidee ist gescheitert. Schwarz ist wegen der unsicheren weißen
Könisstellung klar im Vorteil.'} ({Even more incisive was} 17... Qd4 $142 $5
18. Nf2 Bg2 19. Be3 {'!' Bangiev.} (19. Re3 Qh4 20. Kd1 (20. Re2 Qh1+ $1 21.
Nxh1 Rf1#) (20. Qxb7 {Bangiev} Qxf2+ 21. Kd1 $13) 20... Qxf2 21. Qxb7 Qg1+ 22.
Re1 Qd4 23. Kc2 Nc6 $5 24. Qxc6 Rab8 25. Rab1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Be4 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rd4c4] /\Qc4}) 19... Qc3+ 20. Ke2 (20. Bd2 Qf6 (20... Qe5+ 21. Re3 Qh2
$19) 21. Ng4 Qf1+ $1 22. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Ke2 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxh3 $19) 20... Rxf2+
21. Kxf2 Bxh3 $19) 18. Bc3 {There is hardly any other move.} (18. Bh6 Bxe4 (
18... Rf5 $5 $19) 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Re3 Qd4 $1 $19 (21... Nxe4 22.
Rxe4 Qg3+ 23. Kd2 Rf2+ 24. Re2 Qf4+ $19)) 18... Qf4 19. Rxf3 $8 (19. Bd2 Qg4
20. Rg3 (20. Nf2 Qg1+ 21. Bf1 Bg2 $19) 20... Qh4 21. Bg5 Qh1+ 22. Kd2 Qh2+ $19
{/\Be4}) 19... Qxf3 20. Qd1 Qf4 $1 {Black for the time being avoids exchanges
and continues his ->.} (20... Qxd1+ $6 21. Rxd1 Rf4 22. Ke2 $17) 21. Qe2 Ne5
22. Kd1 (22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. O-O-O Rf4 $19) 22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qg4+ 24. Kc2 Rf3
25. Qe2 Raf8 26. Re1 R3f4 $19 {Although White has managed to consolidate
partly, Black's material advanatage is decisive.} 27. Nd2 {After the exchange
of Q White loses quickly, but his position was hopeless anyway.} (27. Qd3 Qf3
28. Re3 Qf1 29. Re2 Rf3 30. Qd2 a6 $19 {[%cal Rb7b5] /\b5->}) 27... Qxe2 28.
Rxe2 R8f7 {[%csl Gg6,Gh7] o^g,h} 29. Rg2 Rh4 30. Rg3 Rff4 31. Kd3 Rhg4 32. Rh3
h5 33. a4 h4 34. Ke2 Rg3 ({White loses masses of material.} 34... Rg3 35. Rxg3
$8 hxg3 36. Ke3 g2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. g3 {If White wants to play this line, it's more
accurate to start with} (4. Nc3 $142 Bb7 (4... Nf6 5. d5 {can lead to the same
position.}) 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 (6... b5 7. Nf3 $5 bxc4 (7... exd5 8. cxb5 $1
$14) 8. dxe6 dxe6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxc4 Qc6 11. Qa2 Bc5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Kh8
14. Bf4 Nbd7 15. Rac1 e5 16. Bd2 Qd6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Ng5 Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 $16 {Ovsejevitsch,S-Bunzmann,D/Darmstadt/2001/}) 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6 9.
O-O Be5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be3 Rab8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Nf4 (15. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 16. Ng5 $14) 15... c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd3 Bf6 18. f3
Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 d5 21. f4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rf7 24. b5 Re8
25. Rcd1 e5 $132 {Kasparov,G-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt rapid/2000/}) 4... Bb7 5.
d5 b5 $5 {Here the flank break is more effective.} 6. cxb5 $146 (6. b3 Nf6 7.
Bg2 bxc4 8. bxc4 Na6 9. Nh3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Nc5 {[%csl Gc5] Compared
with the line in the above note the N has a secure position on c5.} 12. Rb1 Rb8
13. Be3 Ng4 $5 (13... Ba6 14. Rxb8 Qxb8 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qd6
18. Nf4 Bd4 19. dxe6 dxe6 20. Nd3 c5 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 $14 {|^,Vallejo
Pons,F-Bunzmann,D/EU-ch Saint Vincent/2000/}) (13... a6 14. Nf4 e5 15. Nd3 Nxd3
16. Qxd3 e4 17. Qd4 Ng4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. e3 d6 22.
Rb4 a5 $1 23. Ra4 Ba6 24. Rc1 Nd7 $132 25. Rxa5 {1/2,Vallejo Pons,F-Krakops,M/
Istanbul olm/2000/}) 14. Bg5 (14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rb5 Bb6 $15) 14... Be7 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 $11) (6. Nf3 {is more ambitious, trying to reach positions from the above
Ovsejevitch-Bunzmann game.} exd5 $5 (6... bxc4 7. dxe6 dxe6 (7... d5 $4 8. Ne5
$18) 8. Qa4+ $36) (6... b4 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Nf6 11.
Nd4 $14) 7. cxb5 (7. cxd5 Nf6 8. Nc3 b4 $132) 7... a6 $13) 6... Nf6 7. Bg2 Nxd5
{[%cal Rd5c3,Rd5e3] /\Ne3,Nc3} 8. Qb3 (8. Nf3 {seems more natural, but White
has other intention with his N.} c6 9. bxc6 Nxc6 $11) 8... Qc8 (8... Be7 $6 9.
Nc3 $36) 9. Nh3 a6 $1 {[%mdl 4] By liquidating this pawn Black finishes his
development and gains control of the [+]. The opening has been a success for
him.} 10. O-O axb5 (10... Nf6 $5 11. bxa6 (11. Nc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qb7+ $15)
11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qxa6 13. Nc3 c5 {[+],()}) 11. Qxb5 Bd6 (11... Ba6 12. Qb3
$11 Bxe2 $4 13. Re1 $18 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5}) (11... Be7 $5 12. Bg5 Bc6 13. Qb3
O-O 14. Nc3 $11) 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Nd2 (13. Nc3 $143 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3
O-O $36) 13... O-O 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bg5 Nc5 16. Qc2 $11 {Both sides have
finished their development and the position is quite tense, but approximately
equal.} Nf6 (16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nf6 18. b4 Nce4 $132) 17. b4 Be4 (17... Nce4
18. Bf4 (18. Na5 Bd5 19. Bf4 c5 $1 {/\} 20. f3 $2 cxb4 $1 21. Qxc8 Rfxc8 22.
fxe4 Nxe4 $19 {[%csl Ra5] פa5}) 18... Nd5 $11) 18. Bxe4 Ncxe4 19. Bf4 Nd5 20.
Be5 Qa6 21. Rfc1 $2 {White should have done something about Black's active N.}
(21. f3 $142 Ng5 (21... Nec3 $143 22. Qd3 $14) 22. Nxg5 Bxg5 $11) 21... c5 $1
$36 22. Qb2 (22. f3 Nec3 $1 23. Bxc3 Qxc4 24. Qd2 Qb5 {[%cal Rd5c3,Re7f6] /
\Nc3,Bf6-/+}) 22... cxb4 $8 (22... Bf6 23. Bxf6 Ndxf6 24. b5 $16) (22... Rf7
23. b5 $16) 23. axb4 Qb5 24. Bxg7 (24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxg7 Rc8 26. Bh8 (26. Bh6
Ndc3 27. Nd2 $8 (27. Rxc3 Bf6 28. Na3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Nxc3 30. Nxb5 Nxb5 $19)
27... Nxe2+ 28. Kg2 N4c3 $17 {is similar to the game continuation.}) 26... Bf8
27. f3 (27. Na3 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qxe2 $19) 27... Nxg3 $5 (27... Qxb4 28. Qxb4
Bxb4 29. fxe4 Kxh8 30. exd5 exd5 31. Rb1 Bc5+ 32. Ne3 Bxe3+ 33. Kg2 $11) 28.
hxg3 Nxb4 $1 29. Qe5 Rc5 $17) 24... Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Rc8 26. Bh6 Ndc3 $1 27. Nd2
$8 (27. Rxc3 Bf6 $19) (27. Na3 Qxe2 28. Nb1 Bxb4 $17) 27... Bf6 $2 (27... Nxe2+
$142 28. Kg2 N4c3 29. Rc2 Bxb4 $17) 28. Nxe4 fxe4 (28... Nxe2+ $4 29. Kg2 Bxa1
30. Rxc8+ Kf7 31. Nd6+ $18) 29. Kg2 e3 $6 (29... Qxe2 30. Ng1 Qc4 31. Bd2 d5
32. b5 d4 $13) 30. Qa5 $1 (30. Bxe3 $2 Qd5+ 31. f3 Ra8 $19) 30... Qb7+ (30...
Qxe2 31. Bxe3 $40) (30... Qxa5 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. Bxe3 Rxa5 33. Bd2 $16 {/+-})
31. f3 Ra8 (31... d5 32. Nf4 $18) 32. Qh5 $40 Nxe2 $2 {This final mistake lets
out White's R and loses quickly.} (32... Qxb4 33. Bxe3 (33. Ng5 Qe7 $14) 33...
Nxe2 34. Rc7 $16) 33. Rc4 $18 Nd4 (33... d6 34. Rg4+ Kh8 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. Qxg5
$18) (33... Qd5 34. Rg4+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Qe5 36. Bf8 $18) 34. Rxd4 $1 e2 (34...
Bxd4 35. Qg4+ Kf7 36. Qxd4 Ra2+ 37. Kg1 $18 {with a mating attack:} Ke7 38.
Bg5+ $1 Kf7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Bh6) 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Bd2 {White could have won
faster, but he plays it safe.} (36. Ng5 $142 e1=N+ 37. Kh3 {with mate in 4.})
36... Rf8 37. Re4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh Red October"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Bb4 {
This is not ideal, as one of Black's possible future trumps in a cramped
positon is his ^^ and the text-move more or less acquiesces with an exchange
of the Bb4.} (7... d6 8. O-O g6 9. f4 Ne7 10. d5 Qd7 11. Nd4 (11. Be3 Bg7 12.
Bd4 $14) 11... Bg7 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 O-O-O 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Bg5 Rhg8 17. Ne4 c5 18. Qd2 Rg7 19. Rf6 exd5 20. Nxd6+ Kb8 21. Nxb7 (21. Nb5
$142 $5 $36) 21... Kxb7 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5+ Rxd5 24. Bh6 Rg6 $11 {1/2,
Miniboeck,G-Schroll,G/AUT-chT2/2004/}) (7... Ne7 $142 8. O-O g6 (8... d5 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Qd7 11. Nf4 O-O-O 12. Re1 Ng6 13. a4 a5 14. Bd2 Kb8 15. Rec1
Rc8 16. Nh5 Rg8 (16... Qg4 $5 $14) 17. Nb5 c6 18. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20.
b4 axb4 21. a5 $40 c5 22. axb6 c4 {Kalinitschew,S-Bischoff,K/playchess.com 5'/
2004/} 23. Bxb4 $1 $18) 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. f4 f6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. d5 Ba6 13. Rad1
Qe8 14. Nd4 exd5 15. exd5 Qf7 16. b3 (16. f5 c6 $132) 16... c5 17. Ndb5 Bxb5
18. Nxb5 Nf5 19. Bf2 d6 20. g4 a6 21. Nc3 (21. Nc7 $1 $36) 21... Nh6 22. h3 Qd7
23. Rde1 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 f5 $11 {Arlandi,E-Efimov,I/Asti op/1995/})
8. O-O {White plays it solid. More ambitious, but double-edged is} (8. Qg3 $5
Bxe4 9. Qxg7 Qf6 10. Qg3 (10. Bh6 Qxh6 11. Qxh8 O-O-O 12. Qe5 Nf6 13. Qf4 Bxc3+
14. bxc3 Qg6 15. f3 Bd3 $44 16. Qg3 Qh6 17. Qf4 Qg6 18. Qg3 Qh6 19. Qf4 Qg6 20.
Qg3 {1/2,Erdos,V-Kraai,J/Budapest/2003/}) 10... Qg6 11. Qxc7 Bxg2 (11... Qxg2
$5 12. Rg1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qf3 $13) 12. Rg1 Qe4 13. Be3 Ne7 14. O-O-O Qb7 15.
Qe5 Ng6 16. Qb5 Be7 17. d5 Bf3 18. Rg3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rc8 20. Kb1 a6 21. Qb3 b5
{Efimov,I-Caposciutti,M/Monte Carlo/2000/} 22. Rc1 $14) 8... Bxc3 (8... Ne7
$143 $6 9. Nd1 $1 Ng6 10. f4 f5 11. exf5 exf5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c5 $1 a5 14. a3
Ba6 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. axb4 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 Qe7 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Nc3 c6 20. Qc2
Qf6 21. Be3 Ne7 22. Nd2 $18 {Ehlvest,J-Kraai,J/Philadelphia/2003/}) 9. Nxc3 Ne7
10. b3 $146 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4] Bareev has a strong [+] and a permanent edge,
so he is patient (for the time being, at least!).} (10. d5 $5 d6 (10... Ng6
$142 11. f4 O-O $14 {/\} 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Ne5 14. Qg3 f6) 11. f4 Qd7 12. f5
exf5 13. exf5 O-O-O 14. Bg5 Rde8 15. Rae1 (15. f6 $16) 15... h6 16. Bd2 Kb8 17.
f6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Ng8 19. Qg3 Rh7 20. Bc3 $36 {Gual Pascual,A-Teran Alvarez,I/
Cala Galdana/1999/}) 10... O-O 11. Ba3 d6 12. f4 {[%cal Gf1f7][%mdl 128] |^>>,
<->f With clear attacking intentions, which Black shouldn't ignore...} c5 $6 ({
Safer was} 12... f5 $142 13. e5 (13. Rae1 $14) (13. d5 $5 {/\} fxe4 14. Nxe4
exd5 15. Ng5 Rf5 16. g4 $13) 13... Qd7 $14) 13. f5 Nc6 (13... exf5 14. exf5 f6
$8 15. d5 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rc3e2,Re2f4] ><e6,/\Ne2-f4}) 14. f6 $1 $40 {
[%mdl 512]} gxf6 $2 (14... Nxd4 15. Bc1 $5 $44 {/\} (15. Qg3 g6 16. Qh4 Kh8 17.
Rf4 g5 $8 18. Qxg5 Rg8 19. Qh5 Rg6 $132) ({after} 15. Rf4 {White must already
reckon with} g6 $5) (15. fxg7 $36) 15... g6 16. Qh3 Kh8 17. Bh6 Rg8 (17... Re8
18. Bg7+ Kg8 19. Qh6 e5 20. Bh8 Ne6 21. Rf3 $18) 18. Rf4 $1 (18. Bg7+ Rxg7 19.
fxg7+ Kg8 $1 $14) 18... g5 19. Bg7+ Rxg7 20. fxg7+ Kg8 (20... Kxg7 21. Rxf7+
Kxf7 22. Qxh7+ $18) 21. Rf2 $16) (14... cxd4 $2 15. Nb5 $16 {/\Nd6}) 15. Rf4 $1
Nxd4 16. Rh4 f5 $8 (16... Re8 17. Qg3+ Kf8 (17... Kh8 18. Qh3 $18 {->}) 18.
Rxh7 Ke7 19. Qg6 (19. Qg7 $143 Kd7 $1 $13) 19... Rf8 20. Rf1 Ke8 (20... f5 21.
exf5 Nxf5 22. Nd5+ $1 Bxd5 23. cxd5 {[%cal Rg6e6] /\Qe6} Ke8 24. Rxf7 $1 $18)
21. Qg7 f5 $140 22. Bc1 $40) 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qh3 Qg5 (18... Qf6 19. Rxh7+ Kg8
20. Rf1 Qg6 21. Rh6 Qg7 22. Bc1 $40 {-18...Qg5 only transposes into the game.})
19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Ra3c1] /\Bc1} Qg6 21. Rh6 Qg7 22. Bc1 $1 $40 {
[%cal Rc1g5,Rg5f6,Rh3h5] /\Qh5,Bg5-f6 All White's pieces join the attack.} Bxe4
$6 {This eases White's task.} (22... fxe4 23. Bg5 $1 f5 (23... Qxg5 $2 24. Rh8+
Kg7 25. Qh7#) 24. Qh5 {[%cal Rh6g6] /\Rg6+-}) (22... f6 23. Qh5 $18) ({The
only way to try to confuse the issue was} 22... Rfe8 {However, the most
convincing is} 23. Qh4 $1 (23. Rf4 Bxe4 $1 $132) (23. Kh1 {and it's not easy
for Black to do anything constructive, as} Kf8 $2 {loses to} 24. Qh4 $1 {
[%cal Rh6h8,Rc1g5] /\Rh8,Bg5}) (23. Rh5 f6 24. exf5 exf5 (24... Nxf5 $2 25. Rf4
$18) 25. Bh6 Qg6 $14 (25... Qg4 26. Qxg4+ fxg4 27. Rxf6 $16)) (23. exf5 exf5 $5
(23... Nxf5 24. Rh5 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 $40) 24. Rh5 Re6 25. Bh6 Qe5 26. Bf4 Qg7 $13)
(23. Qh5 e5 24. Nd5 $5 (24. Bg5 Re6 $13) 24... Bxd5 (24... Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6
26. Bh6 Qf7 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Nf6 {[%cal Rh6g7] /\Bg7!+-}) 25. cxd5 f4 26. Rxd6
Rad8 27. Rh6 $36) 23... e5 (23... fxe4 24. Rh5 $1 $18 (24. Bg5 e3 $132)) 24.
Bg5 Re6 25. Bf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 $18) 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bg5 $1 $18 f6 (24... Nf3+
25. Rxf3 exf3 26. Bf6 Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2+ fxg2 28. Rh8#) 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rfxf6
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 ({After a bad start Bacrot
doesn't display his usual ambitions and spurns the more enterprising
alternative, which had already ocurred in his practice:} 5. d5 Ne5 (5... Nb8 6.
h3 e5 (6... c6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Be3 $14 {()} b5 $6 11. cxb5
cxb5 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. Rxb4 Bd7 15. Bxb5 Na6 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Bd4 e5
18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. a4 Rfc8 {Fridman,D-Appel,R/Essen/2001/} 21. Re1
$16) 7. g4 c5 $6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne8 11. a3 a5 12. Qd2 Na6 13.
O-O-O Bd7 14. Rdg1 f6 15. h4 Rf7 16. Qd1 Nec7 17. g5 f5 18. h5 f4 19. Bd2 Bf8
20. Rh4 Rb8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rgh1 Bg7 23. R1h2 Rf8 24. Qh1 $18 {->,Bacrot,
E-Istratescu,A/FRA-chT/2003/}) 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O {[%cal Yb1d2,
Yd2f3] /\Nd2-f3+/=}) 5... Nf6 ({More in the spirit of the line is} 5... e5 $5
6. d5 Nd4 $13 {, for example after} (6... Nb8 7. g4 {-5.d5}) (6... Nce7 $5 7.
Be2 f5 $13) 7. Be3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 {Black can develop his N more effectively to
e7.}) 6. d5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (6. Nc3 {-E90 transposes to normal King's
Indian lines.}) 6... Ne5 (6... Nb8 7. Nc3 $14 {, now} c6 {transposes to
Fridman-Appel.}) 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 e6 10. Bc5 $5 {With this White
prevents the Ne8-d6 manoeuvre, on the other hand Black gains an important
tempo develop his Bc8 and free his position.} (10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 (11. exd5
$5 {()}) 11... Ne8 12. h4 $5 $14 (12. O-O Nd6 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5<=>})) 10...
Re8 11. Be2 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. O-O exd5 (13... c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Qc2 $14)
14. cxd5 (14. exd5 c6 15. dxc6 (15. d6 $6 c5 16. Nb5 Re6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Ra7a6,Yf6e8] /\a6,Ne8,><d6}) 15... Bxc6 $11) 14... c6 15. dxc6 $8 (15. d6 $2
Re6 $17) (15. Bc4 $6 cxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 $36) 15... Bxc6 16. Qxd8 (16. Qc2 $5 {
also gives White some chances to claim an edge, as Black still has to activate
his Bg7.}) 16... Rexd8 17. f3 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%cal Ge3a7,Ge2a6] Despite
the symmetrical nature of the position, Black must still be very careful, as
White's pieces are trained on his vulnerable <<.} Bf8 $1 18. Rfd1 (18. Bg5 Kg7
$11 {/\} 19. f4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Bd4) 18... Bb7 19. Kf2 Kg7 20. a4 $1 Rxd1 $6 (
20... Bb4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nb5 $36) (20... Bc5 $142 $5 $14 {/=}) 21. Rxd1 Rc8
22. g4 (22. Nb5 $1 $36 {/\} Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Nd6 Bc8 (24... Bc6 25. b4 Rc2
26. b5 Bd7 (26... Be8 27. f4 $1 Rc5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Ke3 $16 {/\} Nxe4 30. Kd4
$1) 27. Nc4 Be6 28. Nxe5 Bb3 29. Rd4 Ra2 30. Nc6 $16) 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. Ke3 $14 {/+/-}) 22... h6 23. h4 Be7 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Rd2 $6 (25. Bxc5 Rxc5 (
25... bxc5 26. Rc1 $1 $16) 26. Nd6 $36) 25... Bb4 26. Rd3 Rc2 $1 $132 27. Rb3 (
27. Nxa7 Rxb2 (27... Bxe4 $5 28. fxe4 Nxe4+ 29. Kf3 Nf6 $13) 28. Bxb6 Ra2 $11)
(27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Nh5 29. Rd7 (29. Nxa7 Ba6 30. Nb5 Nf4 $11) 29... Bc6 30.
Rxa7 Bxb5 31. axb5 Nf4 $44) 27... a5 28. Kf1 $2 (28. Bxb6 Nd7 29. Be3 Nc5 30.
Bxc5 Bxc5+ $44) 28... Nd7 $36 29. Na3 Rc8 30. Nc4 Bc6 $15 31. Rd3 (31. Nxb6
Nxb6 32. Bxb6 Bxa4 33. Rd3 Rc1+ $17) 31... Bxa4 32. b3 $5 {White is already
forced to sacrifice a pawn to face the growing pressure.} Bb5 33. Rd5 Bc6 34.
Rd1 Rb8 (34... b5 35. Nd6 Bxd6 (35... Rb8 36. Rc1 $132) 36. Rxd6 $44 {[%csl
Ge2,Ge3] ^^}) 35. Rc1 Bb5 36. Kf2 {[%cal Rc4b6] /\Nb6} Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Bc5 38.
Rd1 Bxe3+ (38... Bxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Nc5 40. Rd5 Rc8 (40... f6 41. g5 $15 {/<=>})
41. g5 (41. Rd6 $2 b5 42. Bxb5 Nxb3 $17) (41. Rxe5 Nxb3 $1 $17) 41... Rc7 $5
$15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. c5 {The older
move, but it seems to give Black sufficient counterplay.} ({Possibly the
safest way to some advantage is} 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nc3 Qe8 10. Qe2 $5 (
10. Bg5 exf5 11. Bxf5 Qh5 12. h4 h6 13. Kg1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 hxg5
16. hxg5 Ne8 17. Bh7+ Kf7 18. Nd5 g6 19. Rh6 Kg7 20. Bxg6 Nc6 21. Rd1 Rd8 22.
Kg2 $44 {Khenkin,I-Bunzmann,D/Polanica Zdroj/1999/}) (10. fxe6 dxe6 11. Bg5
Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qh5 13. Ne4 Rae8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Be4 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 Rf4 18. Qe3 Qf7 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Bf8 21. Ne5 Qf6 22. Re1 g6 23. g3 Rf5
24. b4 Bg7 25. Ng4 Qf7 $44 {Miniboeck,G-Aschenbrenner,R/AUT-ch Frohnleiten/
2000/}) 10... exf5 11. Qxe8 Nxe8 12. Ke2 Bxf3+ 13. Kxf3 Nc6 14. Ne2 a5 15. g3
Be7 16. Kg2 Nd6 17. Rd1 Kh8 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Rab1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Nc3
Rbe8 22. Nxe4 Bxa3 23. d5 {Khenkin,I-Bunzmann,D/Bad Wiessee/2000/} Nb8 24. bxa3
Rxe4 25. d6 $36) ({Thanks to the efforts of Shabalov hardly anybody nowadays
dares to play Beliavsky's} 7. Be2 $5 {although even here matters are far from
clear.}) 7... bxc5 8. a3 c4 9. Bxc4 Ba5 (9... Be7 10. fxe6 O-O 11. exd7+ $6 {
Only helps Black's development} (11. Nf3 $142 $14) 11... Kh8 12. Be3 Nbxd7 13.
Nf3 Nb6 14. Be2 Nbd5 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Nf4 18. Rd1 Qd7 19. h3
Qf5 20. d5 Bf6 $36 {Watson,J-Wolski,T/San Francisco/1999/}) 10. fxe6 (10. Nf3
O-O 11. Bd2 (11. Nc3 $5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd5 $13) 11... Nc6 12. Bxa5 Nxa5 13. Ba2
Ne4 14. b4 Rxf5 $1 15. bxa5 Nxf2 $1 16. Kxf2 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 Ba6+ 18. Kg1 Rxf3 19.
gxf3 Rf8 20. Nd2 Qg5+ {1/2,Dreev,A-Shabalov,A/Elista olm/1998/}) 10... dxe6 11.
Nf3 (11. Bxe6 $2 Qe7 12. d5 Nxd5 $1 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Ne2 Qf7 15. Nbc3 Bb3 16.
Qd3 O-O 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Qb5 Rae8 19. Bc5 Bc4 20. Qxc6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxe2 22.
Kg1 Rxf2 23. h4 Rb2 24. Rd1 Qh5 25. Rd4 Rf1+ {0-1,Sideif Sade,F-Lempert,I/
Nabereznye Chelny/1993/}) (11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nf4 Kh8 13. Nc3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Bxc3 (
14... Nbd7 $5 $14 {as in the game.}) 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Qh5 e5 17. dxe5 Qc6 18.
Bf7 Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Nd7 20. Be3 Rf8 21. Qe6 Qxc3 22. Rc1 Nd2+ 23. Ke2 Qb2 24. Nd3
Qb5 25. Kxd2 $18 {Markus,R-Czebe,A/Budapest/2000/}) (11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O
13. Bg5 (13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nce7 16. Re1 Bc6 17. Qc2 Nf5 18. Bg5
Qd6 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Kg1 h6 21. Bc1 Rae8 22. h4 Nb6 23. Bd3 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25.
Rh3 $16 {Janssen,R-Wyrwich,T/Ruhrgebiet/1997/}) (13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Be3 Bb6 15.
Rd1 Qe8 16. Ba6 Bxa6+ 17. Qxa6 Ng4 18. Qe2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe3+ 20. fxe3 Nxe5 21.
Nd5 Rd8 22. Nxb6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 axb6 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. Kf2 Ng4+ 26. Kg3 Nf6 $44 {
Meins,G-Buhmann,R/GER-ch Heringsdorf/2000/}) 13... Qd6 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. bxc3
Nd5 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Qc2 Qxa3 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bc1 Qa5 20. Ng5 g6 21. g4 Rae8
22. Kg2 Ba6 23. Bd2 Qb5 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. Bh6 $14 Qd3 $4 26. Nf4 $1 {1-0,Barbero,
G-Czebe,A/Budapest/1998/}) 11... O-O 12. Nc3 Kh8 13. Ng5 $146 (13. h4 Nc6 14.
Bg5 Bb6 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Nc5 Bd5 $1 18. Rc1 e5 19. Qd3 Qd6 20.
Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Rh3 a5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Rb6 25. Rhc3 Rxb2 26.
Rxc7 h6 27. g3 Ra2 28. R1c3 $11 {Ksieski,Z-Bunzmann,D/Stuttgart/1998/}) 13...
Qd6 14. Qe2 Nbd7 15. Qxe6 {[%mdl 64] Now Black holds his own in a short
tactical skirmish.} (15. Nxe6 $5 Rae8 (15... Rfe8 16. Ng5 $1 $16) (15... Bxc3
16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. bxc3 Qc6 18. f3 Nb6 19. Bb5 Qxc3 20. Bb2 $18) 16. Bf4 Qb6 (
16... Qc6 17. d5 $16) (16... Rxe6 17. Bxd6 Rxe2 18. Bxf8 Rxb2 19. Na4 Rd2 20.
Bb4 Bxb4 21. axb4 $16) 17. b4 Qc6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxc3 20. Rc1 Qxa3 21.
Qg4 (21. Bxb7 $2 Rxf4 $36) 21... Rxe6 22. Bxe6 Qxb4 23. Be3 $14) 15... Qxd4 16.
Be3 (16. Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 17. Be3 Qh4 18. Qxf7 Ne5 $19) 16... Qh4 17. Rd1 Rae8 (
17... Ng4 $4 18. Qg8+ Rxg8 19. Nf7#) 18. Rd4 (18. Nf7+ Kg8 19. Nh6+ $11 (19.
Rd4 $6 Rxe6 20. Rxh4 Kxf7 $32 {|^})) 18... Qh5 19. Nf7+ (19. Qh3 Qxh3 20. Nxh3
Bb6 $15) 19... Kg8 20. Nh6+ (20. Qf5 $6 Qxf5 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nxf5 Re5 $36 {/\}
23. Bd3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nd5 25. c4 Rfxf5 26. Bxf5 Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 Rxf5+ $17) 20...
Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 (3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 ({Rather unambitious is} 4. e3 f5 5.
Nh3 Nf6 6. f3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O d6 10. Nb5 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 a6 12.
Nc3 Nbd7 13. b4 c5 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. a3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18.
Rbc1 Rb8 19. Nf2 Ne5 20. e4 fxe4 21. Ncxe4 Nf7 22. Nc3 Nf6 $132 {Giorgadze,
G-Teske,H/Bad Worishofen op/1998/}) 4... Bb4 5. Bd3 (5. Qc2 Qh4 6. d5 (6. Bd3
f5 7. Nf3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Qg4 9. O-O fxe4 10. Ne5 Qh5 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. Bd1 Qh4 13.
c5 Nc6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. d5 Bxd5 17. Qxc7 O-O 18. Qxb6 Ng4 19. h3
Ne5 20. b3 Rf5 21. Qd6 e3 22. Bxe3 Qe4 23. Bf3 Rxf3 {0-1,Subbaraman,V-Vera,R/
Ubeda op/1998/}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Na6 9. Nf3 Qg4 10. O-O Nc5 11.
h3 Qg6 12. Ne5 Qh5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 d6 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Be3 Rhe8 17. Rae1
Ba6 18. Nd4 exd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Qc2 Bxc4 $19 {Ivanchuk,V-Sadler,M/Monte
Carlo blind/1998/}) 5... f5 6. d5 fxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bf3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10.
Ne2 e5 $1 11. Ng3 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Re1 Ba6 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Bxc5
bxc5 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Qc2 g6 19. a4 Qe7 20. a5 Rab8 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Nf6
23. f3 Kg7 $11 {Hauchard,A-Rechlis,G/FRA-chT Noyon/1998/}) (3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5
5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Be2 {Beljavski's strong novelty against Short has
made line even more popular. Here Black tries something new, but still doesn't
solve all his problems.} Bd6 $5 $146 8. Bh5+ Kf8 9. fxe6 dxe6 10. Bf3 Nc6 11.
Nc3 Qe8 12. Nge2 Rd8 13. Qa4 Kf7 14. Nb5 Rf8 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Bg5 Kg8 17. Re1
Qg6 18. h4 Ne4 19. Rh3 Na5 20. d5 Nxg5 21. hxg5 exd5 22. cxd5 Qxg5 23. Qe4 h6
24. b4 Rde8 25. Qd3 Bc8 26. Rh5 Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Qd2 28. Qc3 $16 {Meessen,
R-Bunzmann,D/Leuven ASLK/1998/}) 3... Bb7 (3... g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Be3
d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e5 O-O 9. f4 c5 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. O-O Nf5 13.
Bxc6 Nxe3 14. Qd3 Nxf1 15. Bxa8 c4 16. Qxf1 Qxa8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qf2 Qc6 19. Re1
f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. g4 Bc8 23. Qg2 Bb7 24. Nb5 Qd8 25. Nxa7 Bh4
26. Rf1 Qe8 27. g5 Qa4 28. Qg4 $16 {Halldorsson,B-Miles,A/Reykjavik GP op/1998/
}) 4. Nc3 (4. d5 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Na6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 Be5 10.
Ra2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne4 12. Qd3 c6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 15. d6 Qe8 16. Qxe8
Raxe8 17. Rd1 c5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Rf5 21. Nh3 Re4 22. Nc3 Rc4
23. Rd3 g5 24. f3 g4 25. Nf4 gxf3 26. exf3 $18 {[%csl Rb8] פb8,Anand,V-Sadler,
M/Monte Carlo act/1998/}) 4... f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 (6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nc5 8. Bg2
Nce4 $5 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. O-O Bd6 14.
Rd1 Ke7 15. Be3 e5 16. Rac1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e4 18. Bg2 Be5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4
Rad8 21. Rcd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke1 Kd6 26. Kd2
Ke5 $15 {Hoang Thang Trang-Czebe,A/Budapest FS02 GM/1998/}) 6... g6 $5 {
A less played move.} (6... a5 {and}) (6... Na6 {are more popular alternatives.}
) 7. Bg2 (7. Nf3 exd5 $6 (7... Bg7 8. Bg2 {-7.Bg2}) 8. cxd5 Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O 10.
Bg2 a5 11. O-O Na6 12. b4 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Gd5] ()<<} axb4 13. axb4 c5 14. dxc6
dxc6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ne6 Rfe8 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Na4 Qe6 20. Nxb6
Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Rad8 22. Nc4 Rxe2 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Nxc6 Rde8 25. b5 Nc5 26. Re3
Rc2 27. Nb4 $18 {Rowson,J-Cooper,L/Walsall op/1997/}) 7... Bg7 8. Nf3 ({
More promising seems to be} 8. Nh3 $142 $5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gg2d5] The N
doesn't obstruct Bg2 and can reach an ideal square on f4.} O-O 9. O-O Na6 (9...
a5 $6 10. c5 $1 Kh8 11. cxb6 cxb6 12. Bf4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15.
Qxd5 Nc6 16. Rad1 (16. Qd2 $16) 16... Bxb2 17. Rd3 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Re3 Qf7
20. Qb5 Rfe8 21. Qxb6 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 Rd8 23. Qc5 Qe7 24. Rd5 Rb8 25. Nf4 Rb3
$132 {1/2,Cramling,P-Gulko,B/ESP-chT/1996/}) 10. Rb1 (10. b4 Nxd5 $6 11. Nxd5
exd5 12. Bxd5+ Bxd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. Ra2 c5 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Qb7 cxb4 17. Qxa6
b3 18. Rb2 h6 19. Nf3 Bxb2 20. Bxb2+ Kg8 21. Ne5 d6 22. Nd3 Rac8 23. Qb5 Qe6
24. Rc1 g5 25. Qxb3 Kh7 26. Qc3 Rf7 27. Qd4 $18 {Yuferov,S-Lempert,I/Moscow5/
1990/}) (10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 $1 (11... exd5 12. cxd5 Nce4 13. Rfd1 Re8 14.
Rac1 Rc8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. b4 Qf6 17. Bd4 Qd6 18. e3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Re5 20. Rcd1
Qf6 21. f4 Re7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nf2 c5 24. Rxe4 cxb4 25. Qb3 Rc3 26. Qxb4 Rxe3
27. Ng4 {1-0,Epishin,V-Muhutdinov,M/Moscow Tal/1992/}) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe6 (
13. Rfd1 $142 $14) 13... dxe6 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxb7 f4 $1 16. Rad1 $13 {
1/2,Drasko,M-Filipovic,B/JUG-chT/1997/}) 10... Nc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Bb2 exd5 13.
cxd5 Nd6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rbc1 Re8 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. a4 a6 18. e3 Rc8 19. Nf4 Ne5
20. Nce2 Ne4 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 25. d6
Qg7 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. dxc7 Qxc7 28. Qf7 Rd8 29. Nf4 {1-0,Hjartarson,
J-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik Olafsson/1995/}) (8. e3 O-O 9. Nge2 e5 $5 10. O-O d6
11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. Nc3 Bc8 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. h3 Rf7 17.
Be3 Qf8 18. Qd2 a5 19. b4 Ba6 20. Nb5 Kh8 21. Rfc1 Ng8 22. Ra2 Bh6 23. Rac2
Bxe3 24. Qxe3 axb4 25. axb4 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Ra7 $11 {Lautier,J-Topalov,V/Linares/
1994/}) 8... Na6 (8... O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bf4 Nc5 (10... exd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12.
Rc1 Nfe4 13. Be5 Bh6 14. e3 d6 15. Bd4 Ba6 16. b4 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3
Ne4 19. Ba1 Qe7 20. Rc2 Rf7 21. Nd4 Bg7 22. Nb5 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 $44 {Kharitonov,
A-Morozevich,A/Moscow PCA-op rapid/1994/}) 11. Nb5 d6 12. dxe6 Nfe4 13. Nbd4
Qe7 14. Be3 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Bd4 Bh6 17. b3 c5 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. e3 d5 20.
Qc2 dxc4 21. bxc4 Qe7 22. a4 Bg7 23. a5 Nd6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 Ra8 26. Rfa1
Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Ra8 $11 {Baburin,A-Lempert,I/Spring op/1991/}) 9. Rb1 (9. O-O O-O
{-8...0-0}) 9... Nc5 10. Nd2 $5 $146 (10. b4 Nce4 11. Bb2 O-O $132) (10. O-O
O-O 11. Nd2 exd5 12. cxd5 Qe7 13. Qc2 Qf7 14. b4 Na6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Ng5 Qf5 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Be3 h6 21. Rfd1 Qf5 22. Qb3+ Kh8
23. Rd5 Qf6 24. Rxd7 hxg5 25. Bd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Qc4 Bxf2+ 28. Kg2 $44
{Tabernig,B-Czebe,A/Montecatini Terme Mitropa Cup/1997/}) 10... Ng4 11. Qc2 (
11. O-O Bxc3 $1 12. bxc3 O-O $13 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4] ><c3,c4}) 11... Bd4 $1 12. Nd1
$8 (12. O-O $2 Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Ne3 $19) (12. e3 $2 Bxe3 $17) 12... exd5 (12...
Bxf2+ $2 13. Nxf2 Ne3 14. Qc3 Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Kxg2 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5+
18. Nf3 $16) 13. Bxd5 (13. cxd5 $5 a5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Na6 16. O-O $13)
13... Qe7 14. b4 c6 $1 (14... Bxd5 $143 15. cxd5 Ne4 $8 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxe4+
fxe4 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 $14 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) 15. Bg2 Ne6 16. Nb3 Bg7 17.
h3 (17. c5 O-O 18. Bb2 f4 $132) 17... Ne5 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 (19. e3 d6 20. Bb2
c5 $1 $11) 19... Nf7 20. Bb2 (20. e4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 d5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qd3 d4
{would be premature, White's pieces are too passive.}) 20... d5 $5 {This is
practically a pawn sacrifice, as Black will not be able to hold the Pd5 for
ever. But it's more promising than passive defence.} (20... d6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. e4 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Gc4,Ge4] [+],(),ץb7}) 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. cxd5 cxd5 23.
Nc3 Qe3+ (23... Rac8 24. Qd3 $1 $14 (24. Qd2 Nh5 $1 $132)) 24. Kh2 Rac8 25. Rf3
Qe7 26. Rd3 Nh5 (26... Nd6 $2 27. Nxd5 $1 $16) 27. Qd2 Nf6 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29.
Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rfe8 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4,Re2][%cal Ge7e2,Gc8c2] ׫,e2,<->e,c}
31. Rb2 (31. Nd4 $5 Qb7 (31... Qe3 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. a4 $14) (31... Qe4 32. Qa2
Rc7 33. b5 $1 $16) 32. Qa2 Rc3 $44) (31. Re1 $143 Qe3 $1 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Rd3
Rxd3 34. exd3 Rc3 $36) 31... Qe3 $1 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 {[%cal Rc8c3] /\Rcc3} 33. Nd4
(33. a4 Rc4 34. Nd4 Re4 35. Nb5 Rxb4 36. Rxb4 Rxb4 $11) 33... Rxa3 34. b5 Rc7 (
34... a6 35. bxa6 Rxa6 36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Nxd8 38. g4 $1 $14) 35. Rd2 (35.
g4 $6 fxg4 36. hxg4 Nh6 $36) 35... h5 $1 36. Kg2 a5 $11 37. bxa6 Rxa6 38. Nf3
Ra5 39. R5d3 (39. Rxa5 $2 bxa5 $15 {[%csl Ga5] o^a}) 39... Rac5 40. Re3 Rc2 41.
Rxc2 Rxc2 42. Re6 Kg7 43. Kf2 (43. Rxb6 Rxe2+ 44. Kf1 Re3 45. Kf2 $11) 43...
Rb2 44. Rc6 (44. Nh4 Nh8 45. Kf3 Rb1 $11) 44... Rb4 45. Re6 Nd8 46. Re7+ Kf6
47. Rc7 Nf7 48. Kg2 Rb2 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. Nd4 Rd2 51. Ne6+ Kg8 52. Kf2 (52. Rxb6
Rxe2+ 53. Kf3 Ra2 (53... Re1 $2 54. Kf2 Ra1 55. Ng5 $1 $36) 54. Rb8+ Kh7 55.
Rb7 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Kg8 $11) 52... Rd6 53. Rc8+ Kh7 54. Re8 b5 {[%cal Rd6b6,Rb5b3]
/\Rb6,b4-b3} 55. Re7 Kg8 56. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 {A very rare move, White probably wanted to
avoid any established theory.} ({One of the plausible sharper systems against
the << Fianchetto is} 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3) 4... d5 $5 {Beliavsky decides to
radically oppose the impending [+] expansion.} (4... f5 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7.
Nge2 Qh4+ 8. Ng3 Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nge2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Kh8 12. a3 d5 13. Bd2 Nd7
14. b4 $14 {(),Ibanez,E-Hamdouchi,H/Sitges/1994/}) (4... Qh4+ 5. g3 Qh5 6. Bg2
(6. e4 $142 $14) 6... Bb4 7. e4 f5 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Bxc7 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 fxe4 11.
fxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxe4 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bd6 Rfc8 $15 {Smith,
A-Chernoff,J/Dos Hermanas/2003/}) (4... Bb4 5. e4 {-4.e4 only transposes.}) 5.
cxd5 (5. Bf4 c6 $6 (5... Nf6 $142 $11) 6. e3 (6. e4 $1 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4]
[+]}) 6... Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. f4 Nf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 (9... O-O {/\c5<=>}) 10. Bxc4
Ba6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1 Nbd7 15. Rd2 Nf8 16. Rfd1
Ng6 17. Ne5 $14 {Jensen,A-Jacobsen,J/Albertslund/1999/}) (5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4
Nf6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nf3 c5 $13) 5... exd5 6. Nh3 (6. e4 $5 dxe4 7. fxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5
Be7 (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 $14) 9. e5 (9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bc4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4
Bxg5 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Nxg5 Qe7+ $11) 9... Ne4 $132) 6... Bd6 $6
(6... c5 7. e3 $14 {is perhaps not ideal, but}) (6... Nf6 $13 {is certainly
more natural}) 7. e4 $1 $36 dxe4 8. fxe4 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4] /\Nd4} (8... Qh4+ 9.
g3 Qe7 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Bc4 $14 {/\} b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. O-O $1 $40) 9. Be3 Nh6 $6
{Another dubious move, which puts Black on the brink of defeat.} (9... Nge7 10.
Bc4 $14) 10. Qh5 $1 $16 Qd7 11. Be2 {Solid, taking g4 under control.} ({
But even} 11. Bc4 Ng4 12. Bxf7+ Qxf7 13. Qxg4 Nb4 14. Ng5 $5 $36 {deserved
attention.}) 11... O-O 12. O-O (12. Bxh6 Nxd4 $5 $132) (12. O-O-O $5 $16 {->})
12... f6 13. Nd5 (13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Bc4+ $16 {is simpler.}) 13... f5 14. Rad1
$6 {White had at least 2 more promising continuations:} (14. e5 Nb4 $5 (14...
Bb4 15. Bc4 $18) (14... Bxe5 15. Bc4 $1 Kh8 16. Bxh6 {/\} gxh6 17. dxe5 Nxe5
18. Qd1 $1 $18) 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Nf4 $40) (14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Rad1 $16) 14...
Ng4 15. Bxg4 {[%mdl 64] This eventually leads to wild tactics, in which both
sides gradually lose control of the proceedings.} (15. Bf4 Nxd4 $1 16. Bc4 Kh8
$13) (15. Rxf5 $5 $14) 15... fxg4 16. Ng5 $2 {Already playing with fire, as
the N will have no way back.} (16. Nhf4 $142 $13) 16... h6 17. e5 (17. Qg6 hxg5
18. Nf6+ Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Bc5 $5 $17) 17... Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 (18. Kxf1 $143 hxg5 19.
Qg6 (19. exd6 Qf5+ $19) 19... Be7 20. e6 Rf8+ 21. Nf6+ Rxf6+ 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23.
exd7 Nb8 $17) 18... Bxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf7 (20. Qf7+ Qxf7 21.
Nxf7 Re8 $1 $15) (20. Qxg4 Qxd5 $5 (20... Qxg4 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ $11) 21.
Nf7 {-20.Nf7}) 20... Qxd5 21. Qxg4 Kh7 $5 (21... h5 22. Qg6 {[%cal Rf7h6,Rh6f7]
/\Nh6-f7 and White has a perpetual at least.}) 22. Nxe5 (22. Qf5+ g6 23. Qh3
Bg7 24. Nxh6 (24. Bxh6 Bc8 $1 $17) 24... Qxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Bxh6 $15)
22... Qxe5 23. Bd4 Qe7 $11 {/=/+}) 19. Nf7 Qxd5 20. Qxg4 (20. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 21.
Rf2 Nf3+ $19) 20... Bxd4 (20... Nxd4 21. Nxh6+ (21. Nxe5 h5 $1 22. Ng6 (22. Qg5
Ne6 23. Qg3 h4 24. Qf3 Qxe5 $19) 22... hxg4 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Nxd5 Ne2+ 25. Kf2
Bxd5 $19) 21... Kh7 22. Nf7 Bf6 (22... Qxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nc2 $17)
23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Ng4 Ke7 $5 $17 {/-+ and Black should be able to
beat off the -> and win.}) 21. Nxh6+ Kh7 22. Nf5 Bxe3+ $6 {Being a piece up
exchanges are natural, but the Bd4 is important for the defence and after this
Black can't win anymore.} (22... Bf6 $4 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ $18) (22... Be5
$142 $1 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qg6 Bf6 (24... Kh8 25. Nh6 $1 gxh6 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27.
Qg5+ $11) {/\} 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Ng4 Qxg2+ $1 $19) 23. Nxe3 Qe5 (23... Qxa2 24.
Nf5 (24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Nd5 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qf5+ Ke8 28. Qe6+ $11 Kd8 $4
29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Nxb6+ $18) 24... Qxb2 (24... Qf7 25. Rf3 $1 $40) 25. Qh4+ Kg8
26. Qc4+ Kh8 $11) (23... Qd6 $2 24. Nf5 Qg6 25. Qh3+ Kg8 26. Qb3+ Kh7 27. Rf3
$1 Qf6 28. Rh3+ Kg6 29. Nh4+ Kh7 30. Nf3+ Kg6 31. Qd5 $1 $18) 24. Nf5 (24. Qh4+
Kg8 25. Qc4+ Kh7 26. Qh4+ Kg6 27. Qg4+ $11 Qg5 $4 28. Qe4+ Kh6 29. Ng4+ Kh5 30.
Qh7+ Kxg4 31. Qh3#) 24... Rf8 (24... Re8 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Qg6+
$11) 25. Qh3+ Kg8 (25... Kg6 $2 26. Nh4+) 26. Qb3+ (26. Qb3+ Kh7 (26... Rf7 $6
27. Nh6+ gxh6 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 $40) 27. Qh3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 (3. a3 g6 $5 {was sometimes successfully employed by
the late Tony Miles. Black has a similar idea, but in our game White can do
without the relatively useless a3 move.}) 3... Bb7 4. Nc3 g6 (4... Bb4 {
is the usual move, Mamedyarov tries the highly provocative "Hippo" set-up
instead. However, giving White full central control is very risky indeed.}) 5.
Be3 (5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg5 $5 (6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Be3 O-O (7... d6 8. Qd2 h5 $6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Rac1 Nd7 11. b4 Nf6 12. d5 e5 13. c5 Ng4 14. c6 Bc8 15. a4 f5 16. Bg5
Qe8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rfe1 f4 19. a5 Nh7 20. Nb5 $16 {Zakarin,I-Brana,C/Dos
Hermanas/2003/}) 8. Qd2 Nbc6 9. Bh6 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 Nb4 12. Bb1 c5 13.
O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 $40 {Petrov,S-Urdin,V/Struga/2002/
Black must be very careful about radically lashing out and changing the [+]
P-structure, as his pieces are too passive.}) 6... f6 (6... Ne7 $142) 7. Be3
Nh6 8. h4 $36 Nf7 9. h5 g5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. a3 d6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Nce5 14.
Nd4 Bc8 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 O-O 17. h6 $18 {Mota Vega,F-Prieto Cabal,A/
Asturias/1986/}) (5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Be3 Ne7 9. f4 f5 10. d5
exd5 11. exd5 Nf6 12. Nd4 Bc8 13. h3 O-O 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. Bf2 Rc8
17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 a6 19. Rae1 Neg8 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. b4 Rf7 22. Nd4 Nf8 23.
Nc6 $16 {Cherednichenko,S-Agababean,N/Warsaw/2001/}) ({Black should patiently
wait for his chance and try not to weaken his position more than necessary, a
plausible example is} 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Kh1 O-O 10.
Be3 h6 11. Qd2 f5 12. e5 Kh7 13. Rad1 a6 14. Qf2 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. a3 Qe7
17. b4 Rad8 18. Qg3 Rfe8 19. Bc2 a5 20. Nb5 Nf8 $14 {Studnicka,T-Polak,T/Plzen/
2003/}) 5... Bg7 6. h4 $5 {Forcing some concessions with this early flank
sortie is not a bad idea, as White's [+] is suffciently solid and well
protected.} (6. Qd2 h6 7. h4 $5 d6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. Bc2 a6 11. f3 Qc8
12. Ba4 Rb8 13. h5 g5 14. f4 gxf4 15. Nxf4 Bc6 16. Bc2 Nf6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5
Bd7 19. O-O-O Ng4 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 $16 {Negrini,C-Jenssen,J/Porto San
Giorgio/1995/}) 6... Nf6 {This seems logical - Black prevents h5 and wins time
by attacking e4. However, the knight is more flexibly placed on e7.} (6... h6
7. Qd2 $36 {-6.Qd2}) 7. f3 (7. e5 $5 {()/\} Ne4 8. Qf3 (8. Nce2 c5 9. f3 cxd4
10. Bxd4 Nc5 $132) 8... Nd6 (8... d5 9. h5 $36) 9. Bg5 $1 (9. Qg4 Nf5 10. Bg5
f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O O-O $132) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxd8 Kxd8 11. Nxf3 $36 {_|_}
) 7... d6 8. Qd2 Qe7 9. Nge2 (9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O-O (10. Nge2 c5 $5 {/\Nc6<=>})
10... Nbd7 (10... c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 (11... bxc5 12. Bc2 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6}) 12.
e5 $36) 11. Nge2 O-O-O 12. g4 $14 {()}) 9... a6 10. g4 $5 h5 $8 {Practically
forced, otherwise White plays h5 himself.} 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Ng3 (12. O-O-O c5 (
12... Nc6 13. d5 Nce5 14. Nd4 $36) 13. d5 Ne5 14. Ng1 O-O $5 $14 {/\} 15. dxe6
fxe6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ng4 $132) 12... c5 13. d5 exd5 ({Too passive is} 
13... e5 $6 14. Bh3 $16) 14. cxd5 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. f4 N8d7 17. Be2 Kd8 $2 {
A strange move. Both sides have kept their kings in the [+] to make it more
difficult for the opponent to target his ->. However, it's obvious White's
chances lie in the [+] and Black's K won't feel too well on d8 - Mamedyarov
won't get enough time to connect his R with Kc7 etc.} ({More logical seems to
be} 17... O-O $142 $5 {, when at least Black's K is relatively safe for the
time being.} 18. O-O $5 (18. f5 Be5 19. Bf4 Rfe8 $13) (18. e5 $5 dxe5 19. f5 b4
20. Nce4 Nxd5 21. f6 Bxf6 22. gxf6 N5xf6 $44) 18... Rae8 19. e5 $36) (17... b4
$6 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Na4 $16) 18. e5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White doesn't need to
be asked twice to start the attack.} Nxe5 $5 {The best chance, but it doesn't
give sufficient compensation.} (18... dxe5 19. f5 $16 {[%csl Rd8] ע,/\} b4 (
19... f6 20. fxg6 b4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Nce4 Nxd5 23. Nf5 $18) 20. f6 Qe8 21.
fxg7 (21. axb4 $5 $18) 21... bxc3 22. bxc3 Rg8 23. c4 $18) 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20.
Nge4 Re8 {[%cal Re5c3] /\Bc3-+} 21. Kf2 (21. Bf4 Nc4 22. Qc1 Bxd5 $5 23. Nxd5
Bxf4 $132) 21... Qd7 22. Raf1 {Blck can never play ...b4 and White holds his
d5P.} Nc4 (22... Kc7 23. b4 $1 $18 {->}) 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qe2 Rb8 (24... Bd4
$5 {/\Re5}) 25. Kg1 Qe7 26. Rf3 Bc8 27. Nf6 Bg4 (27... Bxf6 28. gxf6 Qe5 29.
Qf2 Bg4 30. Bf4 Qd4 31. Re3 $18) 28. Nxe8 Qxe8 29. Bc1 $5 (29. Nd1 Bd4 $5 30.
Rh2 Qe4 $14) 29... Bd4+ 30. Kg2 Qxe2+ 31. Nxe2 Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Bxb2 33. Bxb2
Rxb2 34. Rc1 {[%csl Rc4,Rf7] ק White has managed to simplify the position and
is close to winning.} Rd2 (34... Rb3+ 35. Rc3 Ke7 36. Re3+ Kf8 37. Kf4 $16) 35.
Nf4 Ra2 36. Rc3 Kd7 37. Ng2 $1 {[%cal Rg2e3] /\Ne3} Ra1 (37... Rb2 $8 {/\} 38.
Ne3 Rb3 $16) 38. Ne3 $18 Kc7 39. Rxc4 $1 (39. Nxc4 Rh1 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 Rg4
42. Kh3 Rd4 43. Ne3 $16 {/+- was probably also sufficient, but the text-move
is stronger.}) 39... Rxa3 (39... Kd7 40. Ra4 $18) 40. Rf4 {[%csl Rf7] ><f7} c4
41. Rxf7+ Kb6 42. Rg7 Kc5 (42... c3 43. Rxg6 c2 44. Rxd6+ {[%cal Rd6c6] /\Rc6+-
}) 43. Rxg6 c3 44. Rg8 c2 45. Rc8+ Kd4 46. Rc4+ $1 Kd3 47. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Moscow B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nesterov, Yakov"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Gagarin} c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 (5. Nc3 $142 d6 6. Rb1
$5 cxd4 (6... Bg4 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 $36) (6... Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 (
8... cxd4 9. b4 $36) 9. Bd2 $14) 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. Be2 O-O
11. O-O b6 (11... Be6 $5) 12. f3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Na1 $1 a5 15. Nc2 Kh8 16.
b3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Bb7 19. a3 $16 {Serper,G-Ruban,V/Novosibirsk/1993/})
5... Qb6 6. Bc3 Nc6 (6... cxd4 $5 7. Bxd4 (7. Nxd4 {Gagarin} Nf6 8. Nd2 Nc6 9.
Nxc6 dxc6 $10) 7... Bxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 (9... d6 {Gagarin} 10. Nc3
Nf6 $14) 10. Nb5 (10. Nxc6 $6 {Gagarin} dxc6 11. Be2 e5 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nc3 Ke7
$10) 10... Rb8 (10... Kf8 11. N1c3 d6 12. O-O-O (12. f3 {Gagarin} Kg7 13. Be2
Nf6 14. Kf2 Bd7 15. Rac1 $14) 12... Nf6 13. b3 Kg7 14. Kb2 Be6 15. Nc7 Rac8 16.
N7d5 h5 17. f4 h4 18. Be2 Bg4 19. Rhe1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nh5 21. Rf2 $14 {Rukavina,
J-Gheorghiu,F/Zurich op/1990/}) (10... Kd8 $5 {Gagarin}) 11. N1c3 d6 (11... Nf6
{Gagarin} 12. Nc7+ Kf8 13. N7d5 Kg7 14. f3 d6 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Kd2 Rhc8 17. b3
Nd7 18. h4 $14 {Govedarica,R-RiyiasasP/JUG/1976/}) 12. O-O-O Nf6 (12... f5 $5
13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nd5 Kf7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Nxf6 Kxf6 17. f4 Rg8 18. Bf3 Be6 19.
b3 Rgc8 20. Kb2 a6 21. Nc3 b5 22. Nd5+ Kf7 23. Rhe1 {/\Bh5+-} Nd8 $132 {
Spraggett,K-Verduga,D/San Francisco/1987/}) 13. Be2 O-O 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Rd2
Rfc8 16. Rc1 Kf8 17. f4 a6 18. Na3 Nb4 19. h3 h5 20. b3 Rc5 21. Kb2 b5 $132 {
Nesterov,J-Veselovsky,S/Moscow2/1994/}) 7. d5 (7. dxc5 $5 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Qxb2 (
8... Qxc5 {Gagarin} 9. Nd5 $1 $14) 9. Nd5 Kf8 (9... Nf6 {Gagarin} 10. Bd3 O-O
11. O-O {Pavlovic/}) 10. Be2 Qa3 (10... e6 $5 {Gagarin} 11. O-O) 11. O-O Qxc5
12. Qd2 $32 Kg7 (12... d6 $5 {Gagarin}) 13. Rab1 Qa5 14. Qb2+ f6 15. e5 fxe5
16. Nxe5 Nf6 17. Bf3 Qc5 18. Rfe1 Qd4 19. Nc7 $1 Qxb2 20. Rxb2 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
$16 {Pavlovic,M-Vaulin,A/Podgorica/1993/}) 7... Nd4 (7... Bxc3+ $2 8. Nxc3 Nd4
(8... Qxb2 9. Nb5 Nb4 10. Rb1 $18) 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nb5 a6 (10... Nf6 11. e5)
11. Qxd4 $18) 8. e5 $1 (8. Na3 {Gagarin} e5 $8 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Nb5 $6 (10. e5
$5) 10... e5 11. b4 Bg4 $1 12. bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nbxd4 O-O-O $2 (13... exd4 $1 14.
Bxd4 Qb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 O-O-O $10 {Vaulin/}) 14. Qa4 exd4 15. Bb4 Qc6
16. Qxc6+ bxc6 17. Nd2 $14 {Makarov,M-Vaulin,A/JUG/1993/0:1 (38) Inf 57/56/})
8... Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nh6 (9... d6 $2 10. exd6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3) (9... f6 $5 10. Qe2
(10. exf6 {Gagarin} Nxf6 $13) 10... fxe5 11. f4 (11. Bxe5 $5 {Gagarin} Nf6 12.
g3 Rg8 13. Bh3) 11... d6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Nf6 (13... Bxe5 $5 14. Qxe5 Qf6
) 14. Nc3 O-O 15. h3 e6 16. d6 Bd7 17. O-O-O Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Bc6 19. Qc2 Nd7 20.
Bh2 (20. Bg3 $142) 20... Be3 21. Bg3 Bd4 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Rae8 24. Bc4 Kg7
$132 {Titov,G-Nesterov,J/Tiraspol/1994/}) 10. Nd2 (10. g4 O-O 11. h3 d6 $13) (
10. e6 $6 {Gagarin} O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qc3+ Kg8 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Be2 Nf5
$15) 10... Nf5 11. Bd3 Nd4 (11... d6 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. exd6) 12. Qe3 d6 (12...
O-O $5 {Gagarin} 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 f6 15. exf6 (15. Qe2 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb4+
17. Kf1 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 d6 19. Qe2 Bf5 $15) 15... Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Qe2 Qb4+
18. Kf1 d6 19. Re1 e5 $17) 13. f4 {()} O-O 14. O-O Bf5 (14... e6 {Gagarin} 15.
b4 $1 $16) 15. Nf3 (15. Bxf5 Nxf5 (15... gxf5 16. Rac1 {׻}) 16. Qe4 e6 17.
dxe6 fxe6 $132) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Rxf3 e6 (16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 $16 {/\Re1,e6,
h4-h5|^}) 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qd3 (18. Qf2 $142 $5 $16) (18. exd6 Rfe8 $1 (18...
Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxd6 20. Qe5 $36) 19. Qd3 Qxd6 $10) 18... Rfe8 19. Re1 Re7 20. h3
(20. Rfe3 {Gagarin} Rae8 21. e6 $14) 20... Rae8 21. Rfe3 (21. e6 $5 {Gagarin}
Bxc3 22. bxc3 fxe6 23. dxe6) 21... Bh6 $5 22. exd6 (22. g3 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Bf8
$14) 22... Qxd6 23. Rxe7 (23. Be5 $1 {Gagarin} Qd7 24. g3 $16) 23... Rxe7 24.
Rxe7 Qxe7 25. d6 (25. g3 $5 {Gagarin}) 25... Qd7 26. Be5 Kf8 $1 (26... f6 $2
27. Bxf6 Bxf4 28. Qd5+ Kf8 29. Be7+ Kg7 30. Qxc5 $18) 27. a3 $2 (27. g3 $142 $5
Bg7 (27... Ke8 28. Qe3) (27... b6 {Gagarin} 28. Qd5 $16) 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qd5
b6 30. a3 a5 $1 $8 {+/=}) 27... f6 $1 28. Bxf6 Bxf4 29. Be7+ Kf7 30. Kf1 (30.
Qd5+ $2 Qe6 $17) 30... Be5 31. b4 b6 32. bxc5 bxc5 $10 33. Qd5+ (33. Ke2 Qe6 $1
) 33... Qe6 34. Qxc5 Bg3 $1 35. Qd5 $8 (35. Qb4 $2 Qe3 $19) 35... Qxd5 36. cxd5
Ke8 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. a4 $8 (38. Kd3 $2 Bxd6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. Kd4 g5 $15) 38...
Bxd6 39. Bf6 Ke8 40. Kd3 Kf7 41. Bg5 a6 42. Kc4 Ke8 43. Bf6 (43. Bf6 Kd7 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 $5 {After a mere 4 moves an original
and relatively unexplored position arose. With Nf3 and Nf6 inserted we get a
Queen's Indian, but both players are striving for something out of the
ordinary.} (4... a5 5. a3 $5 (5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bg5 f6 (6... Nf6 7. Nd2 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. f3 Nc6 10. e3 Qe7 11. Bd3 g5 12. Bf2 h5 13. O-O h4 14. Nde4 Bxc3 15. Qxc3
Rg8 16. d5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Ne5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bh7 Rf8 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. e4 gxf4
22. Bf5 $36 {Kogan,A-Groffen,H/Vlissingen/1997/}) 7. Bd2 f5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2
Ne4 10. Rd1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qc2 {1/2,Moskalenko,V-Bricard,E/
Andorra/1991/} Be4 $11) 5... Be7 (5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 $5 $14 {[%csl Rb5] ><b5})
6. e4 Bb7 7. Nf3 d6 8. d5 Nd7 9. Be3 {(),Weyrich,M-Auchenberg,P/Copenhagen/
1990/}) (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 a5 6. e4 (6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 (8. bxc3 $5)
8... Qf6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. e3 Bb7 11. h4 f6 12. Bd3 Qf7 13. Bf4 d6 14. Qc2 Nge7
15. h5 Ra5 16. O-O-O Rxh5 17. Qxa4 Ra5 18. Qc2 g5 19. Bg3 h5 20. Nd2 h4 21. f3
Qg7 22. Bf2 Ra8 23. Kb1 f5 $13 {Cooper,J-Basman,M/BCF-ch Brighton/1980/}) 6...
a4 7. Qc2 a3 8. bxa3 (8. d5 $5 axb2 9. Bxb2 $36) 8... Bxa3 9. Bxa3 Rxa3 10. d5
Qf6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. Nd4 c6 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Qb2 Ra8 15. Qxb6 Ne7 16. Nb3 O-O
17. Be2 N7g6 18. g3 Ba6 19. Nd2 c5 20. Qxc5 Rfc8 21. Qb4 Nc6 22. Qb1 {1/2,
Grefe,J-Ginsburg,M/San Francisco/1999/} Nd4 $132) (4... Qe7 5. a3 Ba5 6. Nf3
Nf6 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. g3 f5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O a5 13. b3
O-O 14. Bb2 Rae8 15. d5 Nd8 16. Rad1 d6 17. Nd4 Qf7 18. g4 $1 Qg6 19. gxf5 exf5
20. Kh1 Re7 21. f3 Ng5 22. f4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rg1 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Gb2h8] ^-->,Niklasson,C-Passerotti,P/Reggio Emilia/1977/}) 5. d5 $146 {An
ambitious novelty.} (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 cxd4 (6... Nf6 $142 $11) 7. Qxd4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Qh4 h6 10. Nf3 Rh7 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. e3 Rg7 14. Rc1
d6 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. f3 Ke7 17. Kf2 Ne5 18. Be2 f5 19. Rhg1 Rc8 20. h3 Rc7 21. g4
fxg4 22. hxg4 $14 {Lorscheid,G-Varga,Z/Budapest/1998/}) (5. e3 Nf6 6. a3 Ba5 7.
Bd2 O-O 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 exd5 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Nf3 Rb8 16. Qc2 a5 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Rfd1
Rfc8 20. Rac1 g6 21. h3 Kg7 22. Rd2 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 $11 {Michaelsen,N-Kengis,
E/Hamburg/1995/}) (5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... Nf6 {-E21}) 6. a3 Ba5 7. e3 (7. dxc5 $6
bxc5 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Qxb6 Bxc3+ $1 10. bxc3 axb6 11. e4 Nf6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O
Nd7 14. Bf4 Ke7 15. Rfd1 Nce5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Bb7 18. f3 Ra6 19. Rdb1
Rha8 20. Rb3 Kd8 21. Bc1 Ra4 22. Rab1 Kc7 23. Kf2 Ba6 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Rc4]
ק,Lorscheid,G-Kengis,E/London/1991/}) 7... Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Rd1
Bxc3 11. Qxc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Ba6 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxd5 16.
e4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Bg5 Qe5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. g3
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Rd7 Rc2 25. b4 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Ra7 Rc4 $11 {
Sokolov,I-Speelman,J/Leeuwarden/1997/}) 5... Nf6 6. g3 $6 (6. f3 $142 {/\e4~~})
6... b5 {[%mdl 512] A sacrifice in the Blumenfeld/Volga style prevents White
from building up a ().} ({But much simpler was} 6... Bb7 $142 7. Bg2 (7. Bd2
exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 9. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Qg5+ 11. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 12. Nxe3 Bxh1
13. f3 Nc6 14. Nh3 d5 $15) 7... b5 $32 {|^}) 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. cxb5 Bb7 9. Nf3 a6
$1 10. bxa6 Bd5 $1 (10... Nxa6 $143 11. Bg2 Ne4 12. O-O $16) 11. Qd1 (11. Qc2
Nc6 12. Bg2 Nd4 13. Qd1 Rxa6 $13 {/\} 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb3 $1 $11) 11...
Ne4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 (13. bxc3 Qf6 $1 $44) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Qd3
Nxa6 $32 16. Rd1 {White can't keep his extra pawn for long and he must be
careful to finish his development without harm.} (16. Bg2 $6 Nb4 $36) 16... c4
17. Qe3 (17. Qd2 Nc5 $17 {/\Ne4}) 17... Nc7 18. Bg2 (18. Rd2 Ra3 19. Rc2 Nb5
$36) 18... O-O {Black wisely first safeguards his K.} (18... Ra3 {can be risky:
} 19. O-O $5 (19. Rd4 O-O 20. O-O Nb5 (20... Rxa2 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Nxd7 Qf5 23.
Rf4 $5 $14) 21. Rf4 Qe7 22. Nd4 $1 Rxc3 (22... Nxc3 $2 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nc2
$16) 23. Qd2 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 $14) 19... Qxc3 20. Qf4 $32 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 19.
O-O Rxa2 20. Ne5 Qd8 (20... Rd8 21. Ra1 Rc2 22. Rfc1 $11) 21. Rfe1 (21. Bxd5
Nxd5 22. Qd4 Rxe2 23. Nxc4 Qf6 $15) (21. Rd2 $5 $11) 21... d6 22. Nf3 (22. Nc6
Bxc6 (22... Qf6 $6 23. Nb4 $36) 23. Bxc6 d5 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qd6 {[%csl
Rc6] ץ}) 22... Qd7 $11 {/=/+ Black's forces are more active, but apart from
c3 he has no direct targets and it's not easy to convert his edge into
something more tangible.} 23. h4 (23. Bh3 Qf7 $15) 23... h6 (23... Rfa8 24. Bh3
$1 {[%cal Rd1d5] /\Rd5} (24. Ng5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 h6 26. Ne4 Nd5 $36) 24... Qe8 (
24... Qf7 25. Ng5 Qf6 26. Qb6 $36) 25. Rd2 $11) 24. Ra1 Qa4 (24... Rfa8 25.
Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Rb1 $132) 25. Rxa2 Qxa2 26. h5 Rb8 27. Kh2 Qa5 28. Rc1 Qb6 (28...
Rb2 $142 $15) 29. Nd4 Qc5 30. g4 Rb2 (30... Bxg2 31. Kxg2 e5 32. Nf5 Qxe3 33.
fxe3 $5 (33. Nxe3 d5 34. Rd1 Rb5 $11) 33... d5 34. e4 dxe4 35. Nd6 $11 {/+/=})
31. Ra1 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 e5 {Black's initiative is over and he forces a drawish
endgame.} 33. Nf5 Qxe3 34. Nxe3 Rxe2 35. Nxc4 d5 36. Ne3 (36. Kf3 Re4 (36...
Rc2 $143 37. Nxe5 Rxc3+ 38. Ke2 {gives White some nebulous chances.}) 37. Ne3
Rf4+ 38. Kg3 Rf6 $11) 36... d4 37. cxd4 exd4 38. Nf5 Ne6 39. Ra7 Re4 40. Kf3 ({
Slightly more promising from a practical viewpoint was} 40. f3 $5 {/\} Re2+ 41.
Kf1 d3 42. Rd7 Nf4 43. Rxd3 $1 $14) 40... Re1 41. Rd7 Kf8 $1 42. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 43.
Rxd4 Kf7 $11 {The R_|_ is theoretically drawn.} 44. Rf4+ Kg8 45. Re4 Ra1 46.
Kf4 Ra2 47. f3 Kf7 48. Kf5 Ra3 49. f4 Ra6 50. Re5 (50. g5 hxg5 51. fxg5 g6+ $5
52. hxg6+ Kg7 $1 $11 (52... Rxg6 $4 53. Re7+ $18)) 50... Rb6 (50... Rb6 51. Ra5
Rc6 52. Ra7+ Kf8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. Nb3 Qb6 7. cxd4 Nf6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. d5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gh8a1] Gains space, but also opens
the /^a1-h8 for the Bg7. A more circumspect alternative is} (10. Re1 Bf5 11.
Nh4 Be4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Qe2 Qa4 17. Nd2
Rfc8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. d5 Nb6 21. Nb2 Nfd7 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8
24. Rc2 Rc7 25. Nd3 Qc8 $11 {Georgiev,Kir-Dzindzichashvili,R/Thessaloniki olm/
1984/}) 10... Na6 $5 (10... Bd7 $143 11. Be3 Qa6 (11... Qb5 $142 $5 12. Nfd4
Qa4 {/\Na6-c5<=>}) 12. Bd4 Qa4 13. Re1 Na6 14. e4 Nc7 15. e5 $1 Nfxd5 16. exd6
exd6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng5 Bc6 19. Re4 Qb5 20. a4 Qb6 21. a5 Qa6 22. Nd4 Rae8
23. Bf1 $16 {Romanishin,O-Lobron,E/EU-ch Saint Vincent/2000/}) 11. Nfd4 Nc5
$146 {White hasn't played the opening too ambitiously (4.c3) and Black has
already more than one way to achieve a satisfactory position. However, getting
more than equality against a solid player like Andersson is no mean task.} (
11... Bd7 $5 12. h3 (12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Ba5 Qa6 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Nb3
Rc4 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1 Ng4 19. Nd3 Rc8 20. h3 Ne5 $36 {/=/+,Bareev,
E-Morozevich,A/Dortmund/2002/}) 12... Rfc8 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Bd2 (14. Nc2 Qa4 15.
Bd4 Nc7 $36) 14... Qa4 15. Bc3 Nb4 16. e4 Nxa2 $5 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. Rxa4 Nxa4
$13) 12. h3 Nxb3 (12... Bd7 $5 13. Be3 Rfc8 $11 {/<=>}) 13. Nxb3 (13. axb3 $2
Nxd5 $1 $17) 13... Bd7 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Bd4 Rfc8 (15... Bb5 16. Re1 {will most
probably lead to the same position, if Black doesn't venture the double-edged}
e5 $5 17. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 16. Re1 Bb5 (16... Ba4 17. e4 Qb5 18. Re3 $14) 17. e4
Nd7 (17... Bc4 18. Nd2 $5 Bd3 19. Qb3 Rc2 20. Nf1 $1 $14) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a4
(19. Nd4 Ne5 $132) 19... Bc4 (19... Bxa4 $4 20. Qd4+ $18) (19... Bd3 20. Nc1
Bc2 21. Qd4+ $36 {[%csl Rc2] ץc2}) 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Nd2 Qb6 $1 $11 {Forces
the exchange of Q and grealty lessens the effect of any action White might
undertake in the [+].} 22. Qxb6 axb6 $6 ({Safer seems to be} 22... Nxb6 23. a5
Nd7 24. f4 Ba6 $132 {Taking with the N leaves the a6-square as a safe retreat
for the exposed B.}) 23. f4 (23. b3 Bd3 24. Re3 Ba6 25. f4 b5 26. a5 b4 $132 {
/\} 27. Ra4 Rc3 $1 $36) 23... b5 24. Rec1 (24. b3 $5 Bd3 25. Re3 $14) (24. a5
Nc5 25. Re3 (25. Rec1 $5 {-24.Rec1}) 25... b6 $1 {/\} 26. b3 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 bxa5
28. bxc4 b4 $44) 24... Nc5 25. axb5 $6 (25. Nxc4 $6 bxc4 (25... Nb3 $2 26. Nb6
$18) 26. Rxc4 b5 $11 {/=/+}) (25. a5 $142 $1 Nd3 26. Rc2 $36) 25... Bxb5 $11
26. e5 Bd3 (26... Nd3 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rc7 $14) 27. exd6 {White releases the
tension and the game comes to a peaceful conclusion, but the right moment to
achieve more was already gone.} (27. b4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Na6 $1 29. Ra3 Nxb4 30.
Rb3 Rc2 31. Rxb4 Rxd2 32. Rxb7 Bc4 $5 33. Rxe7 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 $11) 27... exd6
28. Bf1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Kf8 31. Rc1 (31. Ke2 $142 $11) 31... Re8 $1
(31... Ra8 32. Ke2 Ra2 33. Rc2 b5 34. Ke3 {[%cal Yd2e4] /\Ne4=}) 32. Rc3 b5 $36
{()} 33. Kf2 Ne4+ $1 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. Rd3 (35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Rc7+ Ke8 37. Rc8+
Kd7 38. Rf8 Ke7 $36) (35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Rc7+ Ke8 {[%csl Rb2,Rd5] ><b2,d5}) 35...
h5 36. Kf3 Rb4 (36... Rc4 37. Rb3 Rc5 38. Ke4 $11) (36... f5 37. Re3 Rd4 38.
Re6 $11) 37. b3 {Black's Rb4 is now trapped, but White doesn't have enough
pieces to attack it and he must be careful, as his own P are vulnerable.} Ke7
38. g4 (38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Rc3 h4 40. g4 g5 $15) 38... Kf6 39. Kg3 (39. Ke3 $6
hxg4 40. hxg4 g5 $17) 39... Re4 {Now White gets enough <=>, but its probable
he would have saved the game even after the somewhat stronger} (39... hxg4 $142
40. hxg4 g5 41. Rf3 Kg6 42. fxg5 Kxg5 43. Rxf7 Rxb3+ 44. Kf2 Rd3 (44... Kxg4
45. Rf6 $11) 45. Rb7 Rxd5 46. Kf3 $15 {/=/+}) 40. Kf3 Re1 41. Rc3 $5 Rg1 (41...
Rb1 42. Ke4 hxg4 43. hxg4 g5 44. Rf3 $132) 42. Rc6 h4 (42... Ke7 43. Rb6 $11)
43. Rxd6+ Ke7 44. Rb6 Rg3+ 45. Ke4 Rxb3 46. f5 (46. Rb7+ Kd6 47. Rxf7 Rb4+ 48.
Ke3 Kxd5 $11) 46... gxf5+ (46... gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 Rxh3 48. Rxb5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olomouc Skanska Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jirka, Jiri"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. d5 $5 {A very rare move, the usual quiet choice is} (3. a3
Bb7 4. d5 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 $14 {/~~}) 3... Nf6 (3... Ba6 4. e4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,
Ge4] [+]}) (3... Qh4 4. Nc3 $1 Qxc4 5. e4 $44) (3... Bb7 4. e4 (4. a3 {-3.a3})
4... Nf6 5. Nc3 {()}) (3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 e5
$5 8. f3 d6 9. g4 Kh8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Ng8 12. h4 a5 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. Bc2 Rb8 16. Nb5 Ne7 17. h5 f6 18. Nf5 Ng8 $1 $14 {Pedersen,E-Kroll,O/
Aarhus/1989/}) 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 (5. Qc2 exd5 6. cxd5 c6 $11 (6... Bb7 7. e4 Qe7
$13) (6... c5 7. Nc3 g6 8. Nf3 $14 {-E12})) 5... Bd6 $5 {Original, but it
seems g7 is a more natural square for the Bf8. (If Kunte would have known,
what was going to happen, he would have fianchettoed his B without hesitation!)
} (5... exd5 6. cxd5 Bxf1 7. Kxf1 Bd6 (7... g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Kg2 Re8
(10... c6 11. Nge2 Na6 12. Ra2 cxd5 $6 13. Nxd5 Nc7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nf4 d5
16. b3 $14 d4 17. exd4 Nb5 $2 (17... Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1
Bf6 21. Rd7 $14) 18. d5 $1 $16 Nc3 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Bxc3 Qxc3 21. Re1 $16 {
Vaulin,A-Ibragimov,I/RUS Cup Maikop/1998/}) 11. Nge2 c6 12. f3 Na6 13. dxc6
dxc6 14. e4 Nc5 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bxc5 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 bxc5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rhd1
Rb8 20. Rd2 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxc3 22. Rab1 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 $11 {Schroll,G-Bischoff,
K/AUT-chT/1996/}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 {-5...Bd6 transposes into the
game.}) 9... Re8 10. f3 c6 11. e4 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nxd5 $1 14. Qxd5
Be7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qd6 Rc8 17. Rd1 Rc2 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 f5 20. Kf2
fxe4 21. fxe4 Nc6 22. Rc1 $11 {1/2,Hofland,L-Ree,H/Leeuwarden/1978/}) 6. Nf3
exd5 7. cxd5 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. h4 $1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Gh1h5]
[%mdl 128] White's brave attacking idea looks far-fetched, but it's in fact
the best way to activate the Rh1 and will be ultimately successful.} (10. g3 c6
11. Kg2 Na6 $11) 10... c6 11. h5 Na6 {Black underestimates White's idea, safer
and much better was the circumspect} (11... h6 $142 $5 12. b3 (12. b4 a5 $132)
12... Na6 13. Bb2 Nc5 $13) 12. h6 g6 13. Rh4 $1 cxd5 $2 (13... Qe7 14. e4 $1 {
/\} (14. dxc6 dxc6 15. Qa4 Nc5 16. Qxc6 Rac8 $44) 14... cxd5 $2 15. Bg5 $1 $18)
({This concession is too much, necessary was} 13... Nc7 $1 14. dxc6 dxc6 15.
Rd4 Ncd5 $132 (15... Nfd5 $2 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nb5 18. Rd3 {[%cal Ra3a4,
Rc3c4] /\a4,c4+-}) 16. e4 $6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Bf4 Nxc3 19. Qc2 Nd5 $17)
14. Nxd5 $36 {[%csl Rd7,Rg8] ><d7,Kg8} Bf8 15. b4 {[%cal Ga1h8] /^a1-h8} Nxd5
16. Qxd5 Qf6 17. Rb1 $16 {Although Black has temporarily taken control of the /
^a1-h8, White will quickly occupy it himself and Black's Kg8 will be in great
trouble.} Nc7 (17... Qe6 18. Qd4 (18. Qd3 Nc7 19. Bb2 $16 {->}) 18... f6 19.
Bb2 Be7 20. Rd1 $16) 18. Qd3 Qd6 (18... Qc6 $142 19. Bb2 $5 (19. b5 Qd5 20.
Qxd5 (20. Rd4 Qh5 $132) 20... Nxd5 21. Bb2 $14) 19... Qb5 20. Rd1 $16) 19. Rd4
Qc6 20. Bb2 {[%cal Rd4d7,Rb1c1] /\Rc1,Rd7} ({The text-move is thematic, but a
good alternative was the direct} 20. Rxd7 $5 Nb5 21. Bb2 Bd6 (21... Nd6 22. Qd4
$18) 22. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 23. Rc1 $40) 20... d5 $8 (20... Ne6 21. Ne5 $18) (20...
d6 21. Rc4 Qb5 22. a4 Qa6 23. Qc3 f6 24. b5 $18) 21. Rc1 Qd7 $2 (21... Qd6 22.
Rh4 f6 23. b5 $16) (21... Qb7 $5 22. Kg1 $40 {/\} Bxh6 $2 23. Rh4 Bg7 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. Qc3+ $18) 22. Qc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3c7,Rd4d5,Gb2h8] /^a1-h8,/\Qc7,Rd5
The long diagonal decides the issue.} Nb5 $8 (22... Bg7 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7
Bxd4 25. Bxd4 $18) 23. Rxd5 Nxc3 24. Rxd7 Nb5 25. a4 $138 {White was most
probably already in his habitual time-trouble.} (25. Ne5 $142 $1 $18 {->})
25... Nd6 26. Rcc7 Rec8 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Bxh6 (28... Ne4 29. b5 Rc2 30.
Bd4 $18) 29. Ra6 (29. Bd4 $142) 29... Bf8 30. Bd4 Nc4 31. b5 Bc5 32. Ke2 h5 33.
Ne5 Bxd4 (33... Nxe5 34. Bxe5 $18) 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. Kd3 Rc3+ 36. Kxd4 Rc2 (
36... Ra3 37. a5 bxa5 38. b6 Rb3 39. Kc5 $18) 37. Rxb6 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5] o^a,b
White's P are simply too strong for any <=> to be effective.} Rxf2 38. g3 Ra2
39. Ra6 g5 40. b6 Rb2 41. a5 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Kc5 h3 45. Rd8
Rb1 46. Rd2 Rc1+ 47. Kb5 Rh1 48. b7 h2 49. Ka6 (49. Ka6 Rb1 50. Rxh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 $5 {The most topical move nowadays.
Black gains the ^^ at the cost of time and space, but his position remains
resistent and flexible.} (4... f5 5. exf5 Bxg2 $6 {has more or less been
refuted already a long time ago:} 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 Bg7 8. gxh7+ Kf8 9. Ne2
Bxh1 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qh4 Qe7 $5 (11... Nc6 12. Nf4 (12. Nd2 e5 13. O-O-O e4 14.
Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Rxh7 16. Qf4 Kf7 17. N2c3 Rh5 18. h4 Nb4 19. a3 d5 20. Nxf6
Bxf6 21. axb4 Qd6 22. Qg4 Rah8 23. Nxd5 Bxg5+ 24. hxg5 Rh1 25. Qf3+ {1-0,
Magerramov,E-Psakhis,L/UR-chYM Riga/1980/}) 12... Kf7 (12... Nb4 13. Bg6 Qe7
14. Nh5 Nc2+ 15. Bxc2 Qb4+ 16. Nd2 Nxh5 17. O-O-O {1-0,Forintos,G-Fernandez,J/
Cienfuegos Capablanca-mem/1979/}) 13. Bg6+ Ke7 14. Nh5 Qf8 15. Nd2 e5 16. O-O-O
Nxd4 17. Rxh1 Ne6 18. f4 d6 19. Ne4 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Bh6 21. Qh4 Bg7 22. fxe5 dxe5
23. Rf1 $18 {Browne-Miles/Tilburg/1978/}) 12. Nf4 Qf7 13. Nd2 (13. Bg6 $142 $1
Qe7 14. Nd2 $40) 13... Nc6 14. Bg6 Rxh7 $1 15. Bxh7 Nxh7 16. Qxh7 Nxd4 17. Ng6+
Ke8 18. Nh8 Nf3+ $1 19. Kf1 (19. Nxf3 Bc3+ $19) 19... Nxg5 20. Qh4 Nf3 {
0-1,Vegh,E-Zlatilov,I/Sankt Augustin/1990/}) ({A more solid try is} 4... Bb4+
5. Bd2 Qe7 $5 (5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. f3 fxe4 9. fxe4 d6 10. Nf3
Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rae1 O-O-O 13. b4 e5 14. d5 Nh5 15. Bc2 h6 16. Ba4 g5 17.
g3 Nf8 18. Bc6 Ng6 19. Qd1 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Qe6 21. Nd2 $16 {Kaufman,L-Mouzon,H/
Washington op/1997/}) 6. Nf3 $5 (6. Ne2 f5 7. exf5 Bxg2 8. Rg1 Bb7 9. Nbc3 Nc6
10. fxe6 dxe6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Qd2 g6
16. Qe3 Qf7 17. Nf4 Rhe8 18. Rde1 Bc8 19. Bc2 e5 20. dxe5 Qxc4 21. Qf3 Qa2 22.
Bb1 Qa1 23. e6 Nd4 24. Qe3 Bxe6 25. Bxd4 Bf5 26. Qc3 Qxb1+ 27. Kd2 Ne4+ 28.
Rxe4 Qxe4 {0-1,Vasiliev,R-Lempert,I/Moscow5/1990/}) (6. Nc3 f5 (6... Bxc3 7.
Bxc3 f5 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. d5 Na6 11. f3 fxe4 12. fxe4 O-O 13. O-O-O Nc5
14. Nf3 exd5 15. exd5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Nce4 17. Bd4 c5 18. dxc6 dxc6 19. Rhe1 c5 {
1/2,Pöltl-Horvath,T/Gleisdorf/1989/}) 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. Bxe4 Bxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10.
N2g3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4 12. Ng3 Bd6 13. Qh5+ Qxh5 14. Nxh5 O-O 15. Ng3 Nc6 16.
Be3 Nb4 17. Kd2 Bf4 18. Rhc1 Rae8 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Ke3 Rh4 21. h3 d5 22. c5 b5
23. c6 e5 $132 {Horvath,J-Gulko,B/Nova Gorica op/1997/}) 6... Nf6 7. a3 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 O-O 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 c6 14. dxc6
Bxc6 15. Nf1 Nf8 16. Ne3 Qb7 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. f3 b5 19. Kh1 Nd4 20. Qb2 a6 21.
Nb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Bd7 23. Bf1 Be6 24. Qd3 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6] ׫,d6,
Malisauskas,V-Litus,V/Katowice op 1991 (30)}) 5. Ne2 ({Premature is} 5. d5 $6
Ne5 6. Be2 f5 7. exf5 exf5 8. Nh3 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. a3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12.
Nf3 Ne4 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Ra2 c6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Bb1 cxd5 18. Bg5
Qf7 19. b4 Ne6 20. cxd5 Nxg5 21. Nxg5 Qh5 22. Nh3 Bd6 23. Re1 Qh4 24. Rae2 a5
25. b5 Rac8 26. Ba2 h6 $15 {Ahundov,R-Bagirov,V/Jerevan olm/1996/}) ({More
popular, although the results have not been too encouraging, is the other N
move} 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O Nxd3 7. Qxd3 Ne7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Bg5 $5 (9. d5 Be7 10.
Be3 O-O 11. Rad1 e5 12. Ne2 d6 13. Ng3 Bc8 14. h3 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Nf5 g6
17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. b3 Bd7 19. f3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 exf4 22. Qd4 Rae8 23.
Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 {1/2,Ruzele,D-Kengis,E/Bonn GSK-3/1996/}) (9. b3 Be7 10. d5
e5 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Ng3 d6 13. Nf5 Bc8 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Bf8 17.
g3 Qc8 18. Ne3 h6 19. Ng1 Be7 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Ng2 b5
24. c5 dxc5 25. e5 Bf5 26. Qxb5 c6 $44 {<=>,Magerramov,E-Ehlvest,J/Moscow
Alekhine op/1992/}) 9... Be7 (9... f6 $5) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. d5 O-O 12. Rfe1 d6
13. b4 e5 14. Qe3 Bc8 15. Nd2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nde4 h6 18. c5 Nh4 19. f3
Bd7 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Qe2 Bc8 22. Qb5 Qf7 23. Re2 Ng6 24. Rd2 a6 25. Qc6 $16 {
Rao,V-Ehlvest,J/Philadelphia World op/1993/}) 5... Nb4 ({More committal is} 
5... e5 {-Black perhaps prematurely defines the cntral pawn structure.} 6. d5
Nb4 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbc3 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 Ng6 10. Ng3 Be7 11. Nf5 O-O 12. g3 d6 13.
h4 Bf6 14. Kg2 Bc8 15. Rh1 Re8 16. Bd2 a6 17. a4 Bd7 18. Rag1 Rb8 19. h5 $36 {
Lobron,E-Speelman,J/BL9697/1997/}) ({Kengis has also quite successfully
experimented with the provocative} 5... g6 $5 6. Nbc3 (6. h4 Bg7 7. Be3 h5 8.
Nbc3 Nge7 9. Qd2 d5 10. O-O-O Nb4 11. cxd5 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 exd5 13. f3 Qd7 14.
Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 dxe4 16. fxe4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Qc4 O-O-O 19. Nb5 Bh6 20.
Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Rh3 Kb8 22. Nf4 $2 g5 $1 $19 {Kaunas,K-Kengis,E/Riga zt/1995/})
6... Bg7 7. Be3 Nge7 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Qd7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nf4 a6
13. Be2 Nd8 14. Bg4 Ne6 15. b4 Rad8 16. Nce2 Bc6 17. Qc2 Bb5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Qxc7 Nf5 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Rfe1 Bc4 22. Nf4 Kf7 $14 {Yrjola,J-Kengis,E/Jerevan
olm/1996/}) 6. Nbc3 (6. O-O Ne7 (6... Nxd3 7. Qxd3 Ne7 8. Nbc3 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7
10. f4 f6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. d5 Ba6 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Nd4 exd5 15. exd5 Qf7 16. b3
c5 17. Ndb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Nf5 19. Bf2 d6 20. g4 a6 21. Nc3 Nh6 22. h3 Qd7 23.
Rde1 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 f5 $11 {Arlandi,E-Efimov,I/Asti op/1995/}) 7.
Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nbc3 Qd7 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. Rac1
Ba6 14. Ncxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe4 Bb7 $11 {1/2,Gabriel,C-Bischoff,K/Altensteig/1995/})
6... Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 d6 (7... Ne7 $5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. O-O-O $13 {1/2,
Khenkin,I-Kengis,E/Nuernberg Weilburg op/1996/}) 8. O-O Ne7 $5 {Also Black
doesn't develop his N to the natural f6 square. After the text White has not
been able to show a convincing path to at least a minimal advantage.} (8... Nf6
$143 $6 9. d5 Be7 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. b3 (11. f4 c5 12. Nde2 exd5 13. cxd5 h5 14.
a4 h4 15. h3 O-O 16. b3 Ne8 17. Bb2 Nc7 18. f5 Bf6 19. Rf4 Qe7 20. Rg4 Kh7 21.
Qd2 Ne8 22. Kh1 g5 23. Ng1 Rg8 24. Nf3 Rg7 25. Rf1 Kg8 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. Ne4
$40 {Anastasian,A-Kengis,E/Katowice/1993/}) 11... c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Ba3 a6
14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 g6 17. e5 $1 Nh5 18. Bxd6 Qd7 19. Qg4 Bxd6
20. exd6 O-O 21. Na4 Rae8 22. Nc2 Qd8 23. d7 Re7 24. Qd4 Bc6 25. Nxb6 e5 26.
Qc5 Re6 27. Nb4 $18 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk/1993/}) 9. d5 $5 $146 {
An ambitious new move.} (9. Qh3 Qd7 10. Be3 g6 11. d5 Ba6 12. dxe6 Qxe6 13. Qh4
Bg7 14. b3 O-O 15. Bd4 f6 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Be3 f5 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20.
Qxh6 fxe4 21. Ng3 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qe3 $11 {1/2,Bareev,E-Kengis,E/EU-chT
Pula/1997/}) (9. Be3 g6 10. Rad1 Bg7 $132) 9... Qd7 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Gf8] Black
is not forced to play 9...e5, so he keeps the tension in the center and ends
his development first. After this he can contemplate opening the position for
his ^^. Short's play is a typical example of Black's strategy in this opening.}
10. f4 {Now Black develops undisturbed. More testing seems} (10. b3 $5 Ng6 (
10... g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd1 $5 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4] ()[+]})
11. f4 Be7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qg3 O-O 15. Nd4 exf5 16. exf5 Bf6 17.
Ne6 Rf7 18. Bg5 $5 $36) 10... g6 11. Nd4 O-O-O 12. b4 (12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Qh3
Bg7 $5 (13... e5 14. Ne6 Re8 15. Nd5 $40) 14. Nxe6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Nxd8 $4
Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Qxh3 $19) 15... Rde8 $44 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Re4] ><e4,c3,c4}) 12...
Bg7 13. b5 $6 (13. Be3 $142 {()} exd5 14. exd5 $14 (14. cxd5 f5 $132)) 13...
Bxd4+ $5 (13... exd5 14. exd5 $5 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Qxf5+ gxf5 17. Bd2 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Rf5,Rf7,Rh7] _|_ץb7,>>}) 14. Qxd4 f5 $132 {Black disrupts White's
center and opens the diagonal for his remaning B.} 15. Re1 (15. exf5 Nxf5 16.
Qd3 Qg7 $5 {[%cal Rg7d4] /\Qd4} 17. Rd1 Rhe8 18. a4 $13) 15... Rhe8 (15... fxe4
$2 16. Qxe4 $16) (15... exd5 16. exd5 {[%csl Rb7] ץb7}) 16. Bb2 (16. Qg7 fxe4
17. Nxe4 Ng8 $1 $15) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 {[%cal Re4f6] /\Nf6} Ng8 $8 18. Nc3
Qf7 $5 {Black is still patient} (18... exd5 19. cxd5 $5 {keeps his B hemmed in
and White can claim some edge.} (19. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 $11)) 19. Re3 $6 (
19. a4 $142 $5 $13) 19... exd5 {The right moment for the exchange!} 20. Nxd5 $8
(20. cxd5 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxd5 $17) (20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxd5 (21. cxd5 $6 Ne7 22.
Rd1 (22. Re1 Nxd5 $1) 22... Nf5 $17 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rf5e3] /\Ne3,><d5}) 21...
Bxd5 (21... Ne7 $5 $36) 22. cxd5 Ne7 $36) 20... Rxe3 21. Qxe3 $6 {Starting a
hazardous sacrificial sequence, in which White proceeds to give up his <<
pawns and the game in process.} (21. Nxe3 $142 Re8 $36 {[%cal Ge8e1,Ga8h1]
<->e,/^a8-h1}) 21... Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. a4 Kb8 24. a5 $6 (24. Rc1 $142 $15)
24... Qxb5 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bd4 Qc6 27. Rc1 Qb7 $19 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qg5 Re8
30. Qh5 (30. Qxf5 Qe4 $19) 30... Qe4 31. Bf2 Nf6 32. Qf7 Qe7 33. Qa2 Ng4 34.
Ra1 (34. Bd4 $2 Qe1+ $1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 34... Qe4 35. Qa7+ Kc8 36. Rc1 Qb7 37.
Qa4 Re7 (37... b5 $19) 38. Qb3 (38. Qb3 Nxf2 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Kxf2 Qe4 $19 {->}
) 0-1

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Be5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be3 c6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting
novelty, after White's rather soft reaction Black could have solved his
opening problems. The previously tested alternatives were:} (12... Nce4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rac1 (14. Nf4 Rae8 (14... c5 $142 $1 $132) 15. Rac1 g5 16. Nd3
Bf6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Qc2 Rbc8 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Nb4 a5 22. Na2 exd5
23. cxd5 c5 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Nc3 $14 {Prakash,G-Reefat,B/
Kelamabakkam/2000/}) 14... c5 (14... exd5 $6 15. cxd5 Bd6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ng5
Rf5 18. Qxe4 Qf6 19. h4 g6 20. Bd4 Qf8 21. Qc2 Bxd5 22. e4 Rxg5 23. hxg5 Be6
24. Bf6 a5 25. Kg2 $18 {Gelfand,B-Hamdouchi,H/Cap d'Agde/1994/}) (14... Rab8 {
-12...Rab8}) 15. Bxe4 $5 (15. dxe6 $6 dxe6 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Rd3 e5 18. Be3 g5
19. Rcd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qd3 h6 23. g4 Qxd3 24. exd3 Nd6
25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. f3 e4 $19 {Sher,M-Lempert,I/Yerevan op/1996/}) 15... fxe4 16.
Ng5 exd5 17. cxd5 $14 {/~~}) (12... Rab8 $5 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nf4
(15. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 16. Ng5 {was again interesting.}) 15... c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17.
Nd3 Bf6 18. f3 Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 d5 21. f4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2
Rf7 24. b5 Re8 25. Rcd1 e5 26. Rd7 Qe6 $11 {Kasparov,G-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt
act/2000/}) 13. dxe6 (13. Bf4 Bxf4 (13... exd5 14. cxd5 $14) 14. Nxf4 cxd5 (
14... e5 15. Nh3 $5 (15. d6 Qf7 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 e4 {/\c5=/+}) (15. Nd3
Nxd3 (15... Nce4 $5 $132) 16. Qxd3 e4 $11) 15... cxd5 16. cxd5 (16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Bxd5+ Bxd5 18. Rxd5 a5 $13) 16... e4 17. b4 Na6 18. d6 $36 {()}) 15. cxd5
Rac8 $132) (13. Nf4 $5 cxd5 14. cxd5 {/\ was a better chance to emerge from
the opening with some edge.} Ng4 $6 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd3) 13... dxe6 14. Rac1
(14. f4 $6 {[%csl Re4]} Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nce4 {/\c5=/+}) (14. Ng5 Ng4 15. Bc1 Rad8
$36) (14. Nf4 $5 Ncd7 (14... Ng4 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd3 Qd6 17. c5 $16) (14...
Nfd7 15. Rac1 (15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 $13) 15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 e5 17. Nd3 Ne4
$11) 15. Nd3 Ng4 $1 (15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Ne5 $16) (15...
Bc7 16. Qa4 $14) 16. Bd2 (16. Nxe5 Ndxe5 $15) 16... Bf6 $132) 14... Na6 $5 (
14... Bxc3 15. Bxc5 $1 (15. Qxc3 Nce4 16. Qc2 c5 $11) 15... Qxc5 16. Qxc3 e5
17. b4 Qe7 18. c5 $14) 15. b4 c5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. b5 Nb8 $6 (17... Nc7 $142
$11) 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Nf3 Nbd7 {Black has removed his N out of the way, but
this cost him a lot of time.} (19... Bc7 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rd2 {
[%cal Gd1d8] <->d}) 20. Bg5 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Nf7 (21... Nxc4 $2 22. Qa2
g5 (22... Na5 23. Bd6 $16) 23. Bxg5 $36) 22. e4 e5 23. Be3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qe6
$132) 20... Bc7 (20... h6 $2 21. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 22. Nxe5 $18) 21. e4 {Although
this ambitious move Black active >> play, it's necessary to prevent full
consolidation.} (21. Rd3 h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rcd1 $11) 21... f4 $5 (21... fxe4
22. Nxe4 h6 23. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 (24... Rxf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd1
Qg7 27. Qe4 $16) 25. Bxh6 $40) 22. gxf4 $6 (22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Nh5 24. f5
Rad8 $1 $44 (24... exf5 25. exf5 {/\Nd5|^})) (22. Qe2 $142 $1 h6 (22... fxg3
23. e5 gxf2+ 24. Kf1 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 $14) (22... Ne5 23. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Nd7
25. Ne2 e5 26. Qd3 exf4 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Qxd7 Qxe4 29. Nc3 $14) 23. Bxf6 (23.
e5 $5) 23... Nxf6 24. e5 $36 {()}) 22... h6 23. e5 (23. Bxf6 Rxf6 $5 (23...
Nxf6 24. f5 (24. Nh4 Bxf4 25. Ng6 Qc7 $36) 24... Bf4 $44) 24. f5 Bf4 25. Rb1
Ne5 $44) 23... hxg5 24. Nxg5 (24. exf6 Nxf6 25. fxg5 Nh7 $40 {[%csl Rg1] עg1})
24... Nxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Re1 $2 {White decides to play vabanque, but this
is hardly justified. Maybe Gurevich overlooked Black's next move?} (26. Qe2
$142 Nh7 $5 (26... Bf4 27. Nxe6 Bxc1 28. Nxf8 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Bxa3 30. Nd7 $14)
27. Nxh7 Qh4 28. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 26... Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 (27. Kxh2 $2
Ng4+ $19) (27. Kg2 $2 Bf4 28. Nd5 (28. Nxe6 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 Rae8 $19) 28... Qb7
$1 $19) 27... Qb7 28. Rxe6 (28. Nxe6 Ng4 $1 29. Ne4 (29. Nxf8 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Re8+
31. Kd2 Bf4+ 32. Re3 Qh2 $1 $19) 29... Rf5 $40) 28... Bf4 29. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64]
White finds a tactical resource in a difficult situation.} Bxg5 30. Ne7+ Kh8 $6
{Black concedes a draw. The only way to play on was} (30... Kf7 31. Qg6+ Kxe6
32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Qd3+ $1 (33. Qf5+ Ke8 34. Ng6+ Kf7 35. Re7+ Qxe7 36. Nxe7 Kxe7
37. Qxg5 Kf7 $19) 33... Nd5 (33... Ke8 $2 34. Nc8+ $1 Kf7 35. Nd6+ $18) (33...
Kc7 34. Qg3+ Kd8 35. Nc6+ Kc8 36. Ne7+ {only repeats moves}) 34. Nxd5 Kc8 35.
Qh3+ Qd7 (35... Kb8 36. Qg3+ Bf4 37. Nxf4 Qc7 (37... Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1
Qxf4 40. Re8+ Kb7 41. Qxg7+ Rf7 42. Qg2+ Qf3 43. Re7+ Kb8 44. Re8+ $11) 38. Re7
$1 Qxf4 (38... Qd6 $2 39. Qxg7 $18) 39. Re8+ $11) 36. Qg2 $1 Rb8 (36... Bd8 37.
Nxb6+ $11) 37. Qxg5 Rb7 $1 $17 {with reasonable winning chances, but the
position still remains tense.}) 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Ng6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 {The main exponent of this line among top GM's
is the Ukrainian Eingorn. Basically Black's intention is a King's Indian pawn
formation (d6,e5) with the black-squared B already exchanged. Compared to
similar lines in Bogoljubov's Indian, here Black can deploy his f-pawn before
developing Ng8. (which sometimes goes to h6 or e7)} 4. Nc3 ({Eingorn's games
show us how to treat the agressive} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 (5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 e5 7.
Ne2 Nf6 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. f3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. b3 Na6 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Rb1 c6 14.
Be2 cxd5 15. cxd5 a4 16. b4 Nb3 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Bd1 Nd4 19. Nge2 Nxe2 20. Bxe2
Nh5 21. g3 f5 22. f4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf6 24. Nxd6 exf4 25. Nxb7 Qc8 26. Nd6 Qb8
27. Nc4 Bb5 $36 {Sahovic,D-Eingorn,V/Lvov/1984/}) 5... Nf6 6. Qc2 (6. Bd3 e5 7.
O-O (7. Nc3 Bg4 8. d5 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nh5 11. Qe3 Nf4 12. Bf1 Qf6 13.
Nd2 Nc5 14. f3 Bd7 15. g3 Ng6 16. Nb3 b6 17. Nxc5 bxc5 $11 {1/2,Andruet,
G-Eingorn,V/EU-chT/1989/}) 7... Bg4 8. d5 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bc2 O-O 11. a3
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 a4 14. b4 axb3 15. Nxb3 Ra6 16. a4 Qa8 17. a5 Qa7
18. Qc3 Nh5 19. g3 g6 20. Kg2 c6 21. Qb4 Qb8 22. Bd3 c5 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. Rfb1
Rfa8 25. Rb2 R8a7 26. Rba2 Qd8 27. Nc1 Nhf6 28. Ra4 h5 29. h4 Kg7 30. R1a2 Ng4
$15 {Pieniazek,A-Eingorn,V/Cuxhaven op/1993/}) 6... Nc6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9.
d5 Nb8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. a3 Bc5 12. Rab1 c6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 $13 {1/2,
Mikhalchishin,A-Eingorn,V/Lvov zt/1990/}) 4... Nf6 {Perhaps not the best, as
it allows White's following dangerous move. (and also 5.Bg5!? is promising)} ({
An interesting alternative is} 4... Nc6 $5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qc2 d6 7. e3 e5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 O-O 14. Be2 b6
15. h4 Bg4 16. Bc3 Nbd7 17. Ng5 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 h6 19. Nf3 b5 20. g4 bxc4 21. g5
Nxd5 22. gxh6 Nxc3+ 23. Qxc3 gxh6 24. Qxc4 Nf6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qa6 {Chapelle,
E-Richards,H/FRA-chT Noyon/1998/} Rb8 $17) 5. e4 $5 ({Also interesting is the
transposition to the Leningrad Nimzowitsch where Black has the extra move
a7-a5.} 5. Bg5 {[%csl Ra5] This extra tempo doesn't help and rather
compromises Black's position.} a4 (5... h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 g5 (7... e5 8. Bd3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. f3 Nf8 $6 11. Qb1 $1 Qe7 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. O-O c5 14. Ng3
g5 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Bxe5 Qf8 19. Qb5+ Bd7 20. Qxb7
Rc8 21. Bxh8 Qxh8 22. Qb6 a4 23. Rab1 Ke7 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Bb7 Rb8 26. d5 {
1-0,Lutz,C-King,D/BL9394/1994/}) 8. Bg3 h5 9. f3 h4 10. Bf2 e5 11. Qc2 $6 (11.
Nge2 $142) 11... Qe7 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 e4 14. d5 Rg8 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. Nd4
Nc5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Qe1 $11 {1/2,Stohl,I-Sher,M/Isle of Man op/1994/}) 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. d5 d6 9. e3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Ne2 Nxd5 13.
O-O c4 14. Bc2 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qxc3 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. Bb4 Qe5 19. Bxa4
b5 20. Bd6 Qg5 21. h4 Qf5 22. Bc2 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Motwani,P/Groningen op/1990/}
) (5. e3 {After this somewhat passive move Black can change his plan and go
for a Q-gambit pawn structure.} O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nf3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. a3 Be7
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 c5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Ne7 16.
Qh3 f5 17. f4 c4 18. Bc2 Qd7 19. a4 Bb4 20. Nb1 Bc6 21. Bc3 b5 22. axb5 Bxb5
23. Nd2 Qd6 24. Ra2 Ra6 25. Rea1 Qe6 26. Kf2 Bxc3 27. bxc3 a4 28. Nf3 h6 29.
Ne5 Ng6 $11 {Barbero,G-Eingorn,V/Debrecen/1989/}) 5... d6 (5... Bxc3 $143 6.
Bxc3 Nxe4 7. Qg4 f5 (7... Nxc3 8. Qxg7 Rf8 9. bxc3 $36 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 8.
Qxg7 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. d5 $16 {[%csl Gc3,Gf1] ^^_|_}) 6. Bd3 e5 $146 {
Black strives for the aforementioned King's Indian structure, but by a clever
move order White gets a good version of a Nimzo-Indian.} ({But even worse is} 
6... c5 $6 7. d5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 exd5 9. exd5 (9. cxd5 $5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+]})
9... O-O 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 Ne5 13. Bc2 $2 (13. Be2 $16) (13. h3
$16) 13... Nxc4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd3 Qh4 16. f4 b5 17. a4 Bd7 18. axb5 Ne3 19.
Rfe1 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Qxf4 $17 {Sokolov,I-Adams,M/Wijk/1996/}) 7. a3 $1 (7. d5
$143 Na6 8. Nge2 c6 $5 $132) 7... Bxc3 $8 (7... exd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. Bxc3 $16)
8. bxc3 {Also here a7-a5 is extra and useless.} c5 (8... b6 $5 9. Ne2 Bb7 10.
f3 $14) 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O (10. d5 $5 $36) 10... O-O 11. f3 $5 (11. f4 exd4 12.
cxd4 cxd4 {[%cal Yf6d7,Yd7c5,Yf6g4,Yg4e3] /\Nd7-c5,Ng4-e3<=>}) 11... Nd7 $6 {
Passive, just as the following moves, which enable White to mass his forces
against Black's K and decide the game with a swift attack.} (11... exd4 $142
12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Bg5 (13. Bc1 $5 $14) 13... Qe7 14. f4 (14. Qd2 h6 15. Bh4 $2
Nxe4 $17) (14. Bc2 Qe5 15. Qd2 Qc5 $5 $13) 14... h6 15. Bh4 $36) 12. Be3 a4 (
12... Re8 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yd7f8] /\b6,Nf8}) 13. Rb1 Ra6 14. f4 $1 $40 {@} Na5
$6 {Black loses even more time, this maneuvre doesn't achieve anything
significant.} (14... exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Re8 18. Nxc6 Rxc6
19. Re1 $36) 15. Ng3 Nb3 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Nh5 $1 Nf8 (17... exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4
19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 f6 21. Qd5+ $16 (21. Rf3 $40)) ({The last chance was
the seemingly risky} 17... g6 $5 18. Ng3 $5 (18. Bxb3 axb3 (18... exd4 19. cxd4
Rxe4 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. Bf2 axb3 22. Ng3 Re6 23. f5 $40) 19. Ng3 $14) (18. fxe5
dxe5 $1 19. Ng3 cxd4 20. cxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Ne5 $11) 18... cxd4
19. cxd4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 $36) 18. f5 $1 exd4 (18... f6 19. Qg4 Qe7
20. Bh6 g6 21. Qg3 $40) 19. Qg4 Ng6 $8 (19... g6 20. Bg5 gxh5 21. Qg3 $1 Qd7 (
21... Qc7 22. Bd8+) 22. Bf6+ Ng6 23. Qg5 d5 24. e5 $18 {[%cal Rg5h6] /\Qh6})
20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Bf2 Qe7 (21... Nd2 22. Bxd4 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 $40) 22. Bxb3 $5 (
22. Qg3 Nd2 23. Bxd4 $5 $40) 22... axb3 23. Rxb3 $18 Rc6 (23... f6 24. Qd1 $1 (
24. Rg3 $5) 24... Ne5 25. Rg3 g6 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bxd4 $18 {->}) 24. Qd1 Ne5
25. Bxd4 Kh8 (25... f6 26. Rg3 $18) 26. f6 (26. f6 gxf6 27. Nxf6 {[%cal Rd1h5]
/\Qh5+-}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 $6 {A risky move, leading to great
complications.} ({The safer and currently more popular alternative is} 4... Nc6
5. Ne2 (5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nc3 Nxd3 8. Qxd3 Ng6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. d5 O-O 12. Rad1 c6 13. d6 Qf6 14. c5 e5 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rfb8 17. b4
Bc4 18. Nd2 Be6 19. b5 Rc8 20. bxc6 Rxc6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Nxe6 fxe6
24. Nb3 bxc5 25. Nxc5 Rbc8 26. Nb3 Qb6 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. g3 Nh8 29. Nd2 Nf7 $15
{Dreev,A-Speelman,J/Geneva act 1996/1/2 (65)}) 5... Nb4 6. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3
Ne7 8. O-O d6 9. d5 Qd7 10. Be3 (10. f4 g6 11. Nd4 O-O-O 12. b4 Bg7 13. b5
Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 f5 15. Re1 Rhe8 16. Bb2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Ng8 18. Nc3 Qf7 19. Re3
exd5 20. Nxd5 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. a4 Kb8 $17 {Gelfand,B-Short,
N/Novgorod 1997/0-1 (37)}) 10... Ng6 (10... g6 $142 $5 11. b4 $14) 11. f4 Be7
12. Bd4 O-O 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. f5 e5 15. Be3 Nh8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Rad1 Nf7 18. b4
c6 19. Ndc3 Qe8 20. Ng3 Bf6 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. a4 Rd7 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. Rd2 Qe7 25.
b5 $36 {(),Dautov,R-Kengis,E/Hockenheim act 1997/1/2 (44)}) 5. exf5 Bb4+ ({
Practically nobody nowadays plays} 5... Bxg2 $6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 Bg7 8. gxh7+
Kf8 9. Ne2 Bxh1 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qh4 Qe7 12. Nf4 Qf7 13. Bg6 $1 (13. Nd2 Nc6 14.
Bg6 Rxh7 15. Bxh7 Nxh7 16. Qxh7 Nxd4 17. Ng6+ Ke8 18. Nh8 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Nxg5 20.
Qh4 Nf3 {0-1,Vegh,E-Zlatilov,I/Sankt Augustin 1990}) 13... Qe7 14. Nd2 $40) 6.
Kf1 Nf6 7. Be2 $1 $146 {A new and suprisingly strong move. The point of this
seemingly illogical retreat is to prepare c5, so that after bxc5 and c4 Black
will not free his B by attacking White's Bd3. As Black is more or less forced
to sacrifice a piece, the game enters a wild tactical jungle straight out of
the opening.} (7. Bg5 O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nc3 exf5 $5 (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Qe8 (10...
Ne7 11. fxe6 dxe6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Ne4 Rf4 16. c5 bxc5
17. dxc5 Rxf3 18. cxd6 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc6 20. Kg1 Nd5 21. h3 cxd6 22. Kh2 Rf8
23. f3 $16 {Goldin,A-Gofshtein,L/Rishon Le Zion 1997/1-0 (40)}) 11. Bxf6 Rxf6
12. Ne4 Rf8 13. fxe6 dxe6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qe2 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ng5 Nf5 18.
Ne6 Rf7 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Nc7 Qa4 21. Nxa8 Ba6 22. Kg1 Bxc4 23. Qd1 Bb3 24. Qd2
Qe4 25. Re1 Qd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. f3 d3 28. Kf2 d2 29. Rd1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd5
31. Nc7 $18 {Zagorskis,D-Kleine,C/Nuernberg Weilburg op 1995/1-0 (38)}) 10. d5
h6 11. Bd2 Na6 12. b4 c6 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Qb1 Bxb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qxb4
Qxd3+ 17. Nce2 Ne4 18. Be1 c5 19. Qb1 Qxc4 20. Qa2 Qxa2 21. Rxa2 a5 22. f3 a4
$17 {Brondum,E-Plaskett,J/Copenhagen op 1981/0-1 (39)}) (7. c5 $5 bxc5 8. a3 c4
9. Bxc4 Ba5 10. fxe6 dxe6 (10... Bb6 11. exd7+ Qxd7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qe2+ Kf8
14. Be3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Nc3 Re8 18. Qd3 Qe5 19. Rd1 g6 20.
Qd4 Qg5 21. f3 Kg7 22. h4 Qf5 23. Bd3 Qa5 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. axb4 Rd4
27. b5 $16 {Arlandi,E-Sulava,N/Asti op 1995/1-0 (38)}) 11. Qa4+ (11. Bxe6 $6
Qe7 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Ne2 Qf7 15. Nbc3 Bb3 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Be3 Nc6
18. Qb5 Rae8 19. Bc5 Bc4 20. Qxc6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxe2 22. Kg1 Rxf2 23. h4 Rb2
24. Rd1 Qh5 25. Rd4 Rf1+ {0-1,Sideif Sade,F-Lempert,I/Nabereznye Chelny 1993})
11... Nc6 12. Nf3 (12. Bb5 Qd5 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Qc4 Ne4 16. Nf3
Nxc3 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Be3 Rab8 20. Ne5 Bb5+ 21. Ke1 Ba4 22. Nd3
Rb3 23. Nc5 Rb2 24. Nxa4 Nxa4 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Rxc7 Nc4 $40 {Lauber,A-Czebe,A/
Budapest FS05 IM 1997/0-1 (33)}) 12... Qd6 $2 (12... O-O $142 $132) 13. Nc3
O-O-O 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nxa7+ Nxa7 16. Qxa5 Nc6 17. Qa4 Rhf8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Re1
e5 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Bxd8 Rxf3 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qg4+ {1-0,Dautov,R-Teske,H/
Vienna op 1996}) (7. fxe6 dxe6 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 $1 11. Nxe5
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Kg1 Nxf2 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bxf2 Rxf2 17.
Kxf2 Qd4+ {0-1,Kleinplatz,S-Lempert,I/Hyeres op 1992}) 7... O-O 8. c5 bxc5 (
8... Nc6 9. a3 (9. Nf3 $142 $5 {[%cal Ra2a3] /\a3}) 9... Nxd4 $5 10. axb4 Nxe2
11. Nxe2 Ng4 12. Qd4 Qh4 13. h3 Rxf5 14. g3 Qe7 15. hxg4 Rd5 16. Rh5 Rxd4 17.
Nxd4 Qf6 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Nc3 Qxg4 20. Rh4 Qg6 21. Rd1 a5 22. c6 dxc6 23. bxa5
Rd8 24. Rd2 c5 25. Nc6 $1 $13 {Ippolito,D-Hodgson,J/Mermaid Beach schev 1998/1/
2 (42)}) 9. a3 Ba5 (9... cxd4 10. axb4 e5 11. Nf3 $16) 10. dxc5 Nd5 (10... c6
$2 {saves the B, but Black has no compensation after} 11. b4 Bc7 12. fxe6 $16)
(10... Ne4 11. b4 Rxf5 (11... Qf6 12. Ra2 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Qxf5+ 14. Nf3 Qxb1 15.
Rb2 $16) 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. Ra2 Bd5 14. Rb2 $16) 11. Nf3 $1 (11. b4 $2 Qf6 12. Ra2
Qxf5 13. Bd3 Ba6 $1 {/\} 14. Bxa6 Qxb1 15. Rb2 Ne3+ $1 $19) 11... Rxf5 12. b4
Nxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Bb2 (14. Qb3 a5 15. Be3 Na6 $132) 14... a5 $5 (14...
Bxc5 15. Nbd2 {[%cal Ye2d3,Yd1c2] /\Bd3,Qc2|^}) 15. h4 $1 {The fastest way to
activate Rh1.} Rd5 16. Qb3 Na6 17. Nc3 Nxc5 18. Qc2 $36 {[%csl Rg8] An
interesting position with a disrupted material balance. Although Black has 3
pawns for the sacrificed piece and his forces are quite active, White is
somewhat better. Black's pawns are not yet a threat, Black's K is slightly
weakened and also White's pieces are well coordinated.} Rf5 19. Rh3 Qe7 20. Kg1
(20. Rg3 $5 {[%cal Gg3g7] |^<->g}) 20... Raf8 21. Rf1 d6 (21... d5 22. Na2 $16)
(21... e5 $5 22. Ng5 $14 (22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 e4 25. Rg3 Rxd5
26. Bxg7+ Qxg7 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Ng5 $13)) (21... h6 $5) 22. Ng5 $1 h6 $6 {
Black sacrifices even more material, but White's piece play triumphs in the
end.} (22... g6 23. Nce4 $5 $36) 23. g4 hxg5 (23... Rxg5 24. hxg5 Qxg5 25. Bc1
Qf6 26. Na2 $16 {[%cal Rg4g5] /\g5}) 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Bg4 Rf4 26. f3 gxh4 27.
Qh2 $40 Qg5 (27... g5 28. Rxh4 gxh4 29. Qxf4 Nd3 30. Qh6 Nxb2 31. Bxe6+ $18)
28. Rxh4 Nd3 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Qg3 $1 Qc5+ (30... Nxb2 31. Bh5+ Kf6 32. Rf8+ $18
) 31. Kh2 Bxc3 (31... Rf6 32. Bh5+ g6 33. Bxg6+ Rxg6 34. Rh7+ Kf6 35. Ne4+ Kf5
36. Rf7+ $18) 32. Qh4 $1 {It's necessary to cut off Black's K.} (32. Bh5+ $2
Ke7 33. Bxc3 Qxc3 $17) 32... Bf6 (32... Bxb2 33. Qd8 $1 (33. Bh5+ g6 34. Bxg6+
Kxg6 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Qh6+ $11) 33... Kg6 (33... Rf5 34. Rf8+ Kg6
35. Bxf5+ exf5 36. Rg1+ Qxg1+ 37. Kxg1 $16) (33... Qc2+ 34. Kg3 Qg2+ 35. Kxg2
Rxg4+ 36. Kh3 $18) 34. Qe8+ Rf7 (34... Kf6 35. Qxe6+ Kg5 36. Rh5#) 35. Qxe6+
Rf6 (35... Bf6 36. Bh5+ Qxh5+ 37. Rxh5 $18) 36. Qe8+ Rf7 37. Bh5+ Kg5 38. Rg1+
Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Bd4+ 40. Kf1 $16) 33. Qh7 Qc2+ (33... Nxb2 34. Qg8+ Kg6 (34...
Ke7 35. Qe8#) 35. Qe8+ Kg5 36. Qh5#) (33... Bxb2 34. Qg8+ Kg6 35. Qxe6+ Rf6 {
-32...Bb2}) 34. Kh3 Rxf3+ $6 (34... Qg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxg4+ 36. Kh3 Rh4+ 37. Qxh4
Bxh4 38. Rxh4 Nxb2 39. Rb1 $18) (34... Nf2+ $142 $5 35. Rxf2 Qxh7+ (35... Qxf2
36. Qg8+ Kg6 37. Qe8+ $18) 36. Rxh7 Bxb2 37. Rxb2 Bxf3 $16) 35. Bxf3 Nf4+ 36.
Kg3 Qxb2 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Qh7+ $138 Kf7 39. Qg8+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kf5 41. Bxb7 $18
{White has a decisive material advantage (2R : N+5P), moreover Black's K is
still under attack.} g5 (41... Qc3+ 42. Bf3 $18) 42. Rh6 Qc3+ 43. Bf3 Ne2+ (
43... g4 44. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 (44... Kxf6 45. Qh8+ $18) 45. Bxg4+ Kg5 46. Qg8+ Qg6
47. Qd8+ $18) 44. Kg2 Nf4+ 45. Kh1 d5 46. Qf7 (46. Qf7 a4 (46... g4 47. Bg2 $18
) 47. Rxf6+ Qxf6 48. Bg4+ Ke5 49. Re1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Degremont GP"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2004.03.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.03.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 {A move-order, occasionally
employed by Topalov. Black strives for Benoni-like positions, but postpones
the development of the Ng8-it can often advantageously go to e7 or h6 rather
than the most natural square on f6.} 6. h3 (6. Nc3 exd5 (6... Ne7 $5) 7. exd5 (
{More principled is} 7. cxd5 $5 Bg4 {-A43}) 7... Bg4 8. Be2 Ne7 $1 9. O-O O-O
10. Qb3 b6 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nd7 13. Qh3 Nf6 14. Bd2 $6 (14. Nc3 $11) 14...
h6 15. Nf3 g5 16. Ne1 Ne4 17. Bc1 f5 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Rb1 Rae8 20. b3 Ng6 21.
Bb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qg7 23. Rc2 f4 $17 {Timman,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/2004/})
6... exd5 7. exd5 (7. cxd5 Ne7 (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 {-A70 is not to
everyones's taste, in the current main lines Black is forced to struggle for a
draw in an endgame without counterchances.}) 8. Nc3 O-O (8... a6 9. a4 O-O 10.
Bc4 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Ba2 Bd7 13. a5 Nbc8 14. Bc4 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Qb3 $2
(16. Qc2 $13 {/+/=}) 16... Qxb3 17. Bxb3 Rb8 18. Ra3 Rb4 19. Nd2 Bb5 20. Na2
Bxb2 21. Nxb4 Bxa3 22. Nc2 Bb2 23. Nc4 Bc3+ 24. Kd1 Rd8 $17 {Moret,V-Degraeve,
J/FRA-chT Clichy/2004/}) 9. Bf4 (9. Bc4 $5) (9. Bd3) 9... h6 10. g4 g5 11. Be3
Ng6 12. h4 Bxg4 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. Bg4 Nde5 17. Bf5
Re8 18. Qh5 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Ngf4 20. Qg4 Qf6 $13 {Vallejo Pons,F-Topalov,V/
ESP-chT Barcelona/2000/}) 7... Ne7 (7... Nh6 $142 $5 8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. Bg5 (9. Bf4
f5 10. Ng5 Nf7 11. Qd2 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O h6 14. Ne6+ Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nbc6
16. Nc3 Qxe6 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Be3 Kg8 19. Rae1 Kh7 20. b4 cxb4 21. f4 Nd7 22.
Bf3 Qf7 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Monaco act/2002/}) 9...
f6 10. Bf4 Nf7 11. Nc3 g5 12. Bd2 h6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bf5 15. O-O Qd7 16. Kh2
Re8 17. Qd1 Bd3 18. Re1 Bxc4 19. b3 Bd3 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bxg5 Be2 22. Nxe2
hxg5 23. Qd2 f5 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Kg1 Nc7 $13 {Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/NAO Cannes/
2002/}) (7... f5 8. Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Kd2 Nd7 10. Kc2 Ne5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O-O
13. Bf4 h6 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 $16 {Gaprindashvili,N-Bogza,A/
EU-chW Varna/2002/}) 8. Bd3 $146 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge1e8] A simple and
seemingly unambitious move. Howeever, despite the symmetrical position Black
must play carefully, as White is the first to occupy the <->e and can also put
the ><d6 under pressure.} (8. g4 $5 h5 $6 (8... O-O $142) 9. Rg1 hxg4 10. hxg4
Nd7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Ng5 Rh4 13. f3 Kf8 14. Kf2 a6 15. a4 b6 16. Be2 Ra7 17. Rh1
Rxh1 18. Qxh1 Bd7 19. Bf4 Be8 20. Bd3 Rb7 21. Qh2 $40 {Mikhalevski,A-Malisov,B/
ISR-ch Jerusalem/ 1996/}) 8... Bf5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bxd3 $6 {This natural
move helps White's development.} (10... Nd7 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 Qb6 $132) 11...
Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. Rfe1 $14) 11. Qxd3 a6 $6 {Black will pay dearly for
ignoring his development.} (11... Qb6 12. Re1 $36) (11... Nd7 $142 {was better,
although it leads to an uncomfortable position after} 12. Bf4 Qb6 (12... Nf5
13. g4 (13. Ne4 Nf6 $5 $14) (13. Nb5 Bxb2 $13 {/\} 14. Rab1 Be5 $1) 13... Nd4
14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rab1 $14) 13. Ne4 $1 Nc8 (13... Nf5
14. g4 Nd4 15. Nxd6 (15. Bxd6 $2 f5 $1 $17) 15... Qxb2 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rab1
$36) 14. Rfe1 h6 $14) 12. Bf4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6} Qc7 13. Rae1 Nc8 14. Re2
h6 (14... Nd7 15. Rfe1 $16) 15. h4 $1 $32 Nd7 16. h5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has
very quickly whipped up a huge attack.} g5 (16... gxh5 17. Qf5 $18 {[%csl Rg8,
Rh5,Rh6] ׻}) 17. Bxg5 $1 {This sacrifice quickly decides the game-Black's <<
pieces can't help the defence effectively.} hxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 (18... f5 19. Ne6
Qb6 20. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. h6 Rg8 23. Re8 $1 $18) (18... Rd8 19.
Qh7+ Kf8 20. h6 $18) 19. Nce4 Nxe4 (19... Ng4 20. f3 $1 Bd4+ (20... f5 21. fxg4
fxe4 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Qxe4 $18 {->}) 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Ne6+ $1
fxe6 24. Qh7+ Kxf6 25. Qxc7 $18) (19... Nd7 20. Nxc5 Nf6 21. Nce4 Nd7 22. Nxd6
$18) 20. Qxe4 $18 f5 $8 21. Qe6+ Kh8 (21... Rf7 22. h6 $18) 22. Qg6 Be5 (22...
Bd4 23. Re8 $1 Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Kg7 25. Ne6+ $18) 23. Qh6+ (23. Qh6+ Kg8 24.
Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 25. Ne6+ Kf7 26. Nxc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 {McShane} b6 2. d4 Bb7 {By this move order Black can avoid the
unpleasant line} (2... e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 $1 Bb4+ 6. Kf1) 3. Bg5 $5
{Unusual, but not bad. If 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4!? is considered reliable for Black,
with an extra tempo White can have a chance to get at least a minimal
advantage. McShane: ' '} (3. Nc3 {or}) (3. d5 {are the most played moves.})
3... Nf6 (3... h6 4. Bh4 d6 (4... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 Nf6 $6 7. e5 $36 {[+]}
Nh7 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bd3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nf8 11. Qe2 c6 12. Ne4 Qc8 13. Nf6+ Kd8 14.
O-O-O Ne6 15. Bxg6+ Kc7 16. Bxf7 {1-0,Pomes Marcet,J-Bravo Barranco,N/Linares/
1998/}) 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. e4 Ngf6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11.
h4 g6 12. g3 Bc8 13. Bf1 h5 14. Ng5 Nh7 15. Nxh7 Kxh7 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Qd7
$132 {1/2,Matera,S-Soltis,A/New York/1977/}) (3... f6 4. Bd2 (4. Bf4 e6 5. Nf3
Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 e5 $1 7. dxe5 Nc6 8. e4 fxe5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O O-O (
11... Bc5 $142 $11) 12. Nb3 Bc8 13. h3 a5 14. a3 Bc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Nc3 Nd4
17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qe8 19. Qe1 Rb8 20. Nb5 Qg6 21. Qe3 Nxb5 22. cxb5 Qf7 23.
a4 Qb3 24. e5 $16 {|^^^,Martinovsky,E-Ward,C/Wrexham/1998/}) 4... e6 5. Nc3 (5.
Nf3 f5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Nb5
d6 13. dxe6 Nfe4 14. Qc2 Nxe6 15. Rad1 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qe7 17. Ng5 Rae8 18. e3
Kh8 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Kh1 a6 22. Nc3 Qe6 $15 {Hoelzl,F-Miles,A/
Wien/1980/}) 5... f5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. g3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bg2 Ne4
10. Rc1 Qe7 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd8 15. Rfd1 Nf7 16.
d5 d6 17. dxe6 Nd8 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qd4 Kh8 22. Qd5
Qe7 23. Rd4 a5 24. b3 g6 25. Rc2 Qf6 26. Qc6 Qf7 27. h4 Ra7 28. b4 $14 {
Smejkal,J-Miles,A/Wien/1980/}) 4. Bxf6 exf6 {McShane: ' '} (4... gxf6 5. e3 e6
6. Nc3 f5 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 Bg7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. a4 Qf6 12. Be2 e5 13.
g3 d6 14. O-O Re8 15. Nh4 Bc8 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. f4 e4 18. Ra1 Nd7 19. Ng2 Nf8 20.
a5 Rb7 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Ra2 Bd7 23. Kh1 Reb8 24. Rg1 Qh6 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. b3
Qg7 27. Nd1 Ra8 28. Nf2 a5 29. g4 $16 {Zagorskis,D-Chernyshov,K/Frydek-Mistek/
1994/ A good example of White's strategy of limiting the ^^ behind rigid pawn
chains after 4...gxf6.}) 5. e3 f5 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 {McShane: ' '} 8. Be2 (
8. g3 $142 $5 O-O 9. Bg2 $14 {White has a better pawn structure, but Black's
^^ has hidden potential. Therefore White should aim for occupying the /^ a8-h1
and exchanging one of the B by e.g. 0-0,Ne1 etc.}) 8... d6 9. O-O Nd7 {McShane:
' '} 10. Qc2 {McShane: ' '} O-O 11. Rfd1 (11. b4 c5 $5 12. b5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8
14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. Rac1 f4 16. exf4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Ne6 18. Rdd1 Nxf4 19. Bf1 Qg5
20. g3 Qg4 21. Qd2 Qf3 22. Nd5 Rxc4 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Nc6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ne6 26.
Qxd6 Qf6 27. Bg2 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pribyl,M-Babula,V/Pardubice 1991/EXT 97 (35)})
(11. Rad1 Re8 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. Nd3 Qe7 14. d5 a5 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Nd4 Ng4 17. Nc6
Qh4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. Bd3 Qg5 22. Qc1 h5 23. a3 $13 {
Granda Zuniga,J-Fuentes,M/PER-ch/1994/}) 11... Re8 12. Rac1 {Now it's already
not so easy for White to exchange the Bb7 and also to find a constructive plan,
as any central advance creates space for the ^^. On the other hand Black might
try advancing his >> pawns.} (12. Nd2 $2 f4 $36) (12. Ne1 Nf6 13. Bf3 Ne4 14.
Nd5 $5 $13) (12. b4 Nf6 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qd2 a5 16. b5 Qe7 17.
Bf1 $6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 f4 19. e4 Qh4 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Bg2 Re6 22. Rg1 g5 23. Bf1
h5 24. Rd1 Bh6 $36 {^-,Levine,D-Lawson,B/Philadelphia/1995/}) 12... a6 13. b4
Nf6 14. Nd2 $6 {McShane: 'The position resembles a Trompowsky. White has
managed to damage Black's pawn structure but at the cost of the bishop pair.
White will plan on infiltrating on the light squares on the queenside where
Black is weak, whilst Black will try to make use of his dark squared bishop
which has no opponent so under the right conditions could become dominant.'} (
14. Ne1 $142 Ne4 (14... Ng4 15. Bf3 Qh4 $2 16. h3 $18) 15. Nxe4 (15. Nd5 $5 $13
) 15... Bxe4 $11) 14... Ng4 $36 {McShane: 'Logically probing for weaknesses on
the dark squares.'} 15. h3 $2 {McShane: 'White must have considered his
opponent's next move, but couldn't believe it worked. 15.Bf3 is well met by 15.
..Qh4! and 15.Bxg4 giving up both bishops just looks suspect to me, so perhaps
Nf3 or Nf1 was the way to play.'} (15. Bf3 Qh4 16. Nf1 (16. Bxb7 Qxh2+ 17. Kf1
Rxe3 $1 18. fxe3 $8 (18. Nf3 Qh1+ 19. Ng1 Nh2#) 18... Nxe3+ 19. Ke2 Nxc2 20.
Bxa8 Nxd4+ $19) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 $36 {׻}) (15. Bxg4 fxg4 $17 {^^,/
^a8-h1,/^a1-h8}) (15. Nd5 $142 $5 c6 (15... Bxd4 $2 16. Bxg4 $18) 16. Nf4 Qh4
17. Bxg4 fxg4 $13 (17... Qxg4 $2 18. Nf3 {/\h3+-})) (15. Nf3 Bh6 $36) 15...
Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 640] This intuitive sacrifice doesn't win by force, but it
gives Black a strong attack. In a practical game it's very hard to survive
such a position.} 16. Kxf2 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 $6 {McShane: ' 17.Kg1 is met by 17...
Rxe3 also with excellent attacking chances.'} (17. g3 $142 Qxh3 18. Nf1 (18.
Nf3 Bh6 19. Rd3 Be4 $1 $17) 18... Bh6 $5 $40) (17. Kg1 $2 Rxe3 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 $19) 17... Rxe3 {/\Bd4,Rc3!,Rh3! McShane: 'Black
threatens both Rxh3 and Rxc3 followed by Bxd4.'} 18. Nf3 $8 (18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
cxd5 Rxh3 $1 20. gxh3 Qxh3+ 21. Ke1 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Bxd4 23. Ne4 Qg1#) (18. Bf3
Bxd4 $1 19. Bxb7 Re1+ 20. Rxe1 Qf2#) 18... Qf4 {/\g5-g4 McShane: ' Black has
given up a piece for two pawns, but he has a bind, restricting White's
mobility considerably. He can build up pressure on the dark squares, perhaps
with g5-g4 to cause more trouble.'} 19. Nd5 {McShane: 'White decides he has to
deal with the powerful light squared bishop.'} Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rae8 21. Bxa6 (21.
Re1 g5 $17) 21... Rxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] '!!' McShane. Black must be generous
and continue the sacrificial orgies. McShane: 'Shattering the white kingside.'}
(21... g5 $143 $2 22. Qf2 $16 {enables White's Q to join the defence.}) 22.
gxf3 Re3 $1 23. Be2 $6 {White's position was probably beyond saving anyway,
but now he loses by force. McShane: 'There are many other possible tries for
White, all of which seem to give Black a better position . What White played
gives rise to a spectacular finish.'} (23. Rd2 Rxf3+ 24. Kg1 Bxd4+ $19) (23.
Kg1 $142 $5 Rxf3 24. Bf1 (24. Qd2 Bxd4+ $1 25. Qxd4 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1
Rg3+ 28. Kf2 Rg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 b5 $1 31. Bxb5 Rh2 32. Qg1 $8 Qf4+ 33.
Ke1 Qxb4+ 34. Kf1 Qxb5+ $19) 24... Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qxd5 (26... Rf2
$6 27. Qxc7 Qf4 28. Bg2 {/\} Qg3 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qc3+ $16) 27. Kh2 Ra3 $17 {
->עh2}) 23... Qh2 {/\Bf6-h4-+ McShane: 'Threatening Bf6 - h4 and Qf2 mate.'}
24. Qd2 {McShane: 'White is defenceless. One amusing line goes'} (24. Ke1 Bf6 (
24... Bh6 $5 25. Qc4 Re7 $19) 25. Rd3 (25. Qc4 Bh4+ 26. Kd2 Bg5 $19) 25... Bh4+
26. Kd1 Qg1+ 27. Kd2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Qe1#) (24. Rd3 {McShane} Bf6
$1 25. Rxe3 Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Bh4#) 24... Bh6 25. Qe1 Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Qh2+ 27. Kf1
Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Re4 $1 {'!!' McShane. The final crowning brilliancy.} 29. Rc3 {
McShane: ' [29.fxe4 Be3+ 30.Qf2 Qg3+!] '} (29. fxe4 Be3+ 30. Qf2 Qg3+ $19)
29... Rh4 30. f4 (30. Qxh4 Qxh4 31. Kg2 Bf4 32. Rh1 (32. Rg1 Bg3 33. Rh1 Qxd4
$19) 32... Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Bd2 $19) 30... Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Ke3 Qe4+ {McShane:
'33. Kd2 Bxf4 wins shortly.'} (32... Qe4+ 33. Kd2 Bxf4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Darmstadt Integrata 1st"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bb7 6. d5 b5 $6 {A rather wild
attempt to break up White's [+], which however compromises Black's pawn
structure.} (6... g6 $5) ({More popular and solid is} 6... Na6 $142 7. Bg2 Nc5
8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O Be5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be3 Rab8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nf4 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd3 Bf6 18. f3 Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3
d5 21. f4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rf7 24. b5 Re8 25. Rcd1 e5 $132 {
Kasparov,G-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt rapid/ 2000/}) 7. Nf3 ({Even more convincing
seems} 7. Nxb5 $5 exd5 8. cxd5 Bxd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Nf3 c5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3
Be7 12. Bg2 Bf6 13. O-O Be4 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qc6 17. Nf4 O-O
18. Qd5+ Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Na6 20. Rab1 d6 21. Rfd1 $16 {Zimmerman,Y-Gara,T/
Budapest/1999/}) 9. Nf3 Bc5 (9... Bc6 10. Nbd4 Be4 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O g6 13.
Bf4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 d6 15. Rac1 c5 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. b4 Rd7 19. bxc5
dxc5 20. Qa5 Bg7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Rd1 $40 {[%csl Re8] עe8, Savchenko,
S-Miezis,N/Porto San Giorgio/ 2000/}) (9... Na6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nc5 12. b4
Ne6 13. O-O a5 14. b5 Bc5 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. e3 O-O 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qf7 19.
Qc2 Ng4 20. Nd5 Bd6 21. Bb2 g5 22. Nf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd5 24. Qa2 Qxa2 25. Rxa2
h6 26. a4 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rd7] /+/-,ק Cheparinov,I-Romero Holmes,A/Wijk aan
Zee op/2000/}) 10. Bg5 (10. Bg2 $14) 10... c6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 (12. Nc3 Qb6
$36) 12... Qb6 13. b4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qxe3+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 cxb5 17. O-O
a5 18. Nd4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 O-O 21. Bxb5 {1/2,Hofman,R-Grabuzova,T/
Groningen op/1994/} Nc6 $11) (7. Bg2 b4 (7... bxc4 $5 8. Nh3 exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5
10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bxc4 d5 12. Ba2 Bd6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. O-O Nd7 16.
Nf4 Rae8 17. b4 g5 18. Nd3 f4 19. Rc1 Nf6 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Rg1 Ne4
23. Rc2 d4 24. f3 Nc3 $13 {Georgiev,K-Miezis,N/Aubervilliers rapid/2001/}) 8.
axb4 Bxb4 9. Nh3 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Na2 Bc5 12. Nf4 Ra6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. dxe6
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 dxe6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. b3 Bb4 19. Bb2 c6 20. Rfd1
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 cxb5 22. Rd8 Kf7 23. Rxb8 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rc6 25. Nd3 Bd6 $11 {
Prakash,G-Miezis,N/Dhaka/2001/}) (7. Qb3 Na6 $1 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Nxb5 Nc5 10. Bxc5
Bxc5 11. Nh3 Rb8 12. Qc3 c6 $5 13. b4 Be7 14. Nd4 cxd5 15. Bg2 dxc4 16. Bxb7
Rxb7 17. Qxc4 Ne5 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. e3 a5 20. b5 Nc6 21. bxc6 Qxb3 22. cxd7+ Kxd7
23. Nxb3 Rxb3 $17 {Zaja,I-Lovric,B/Montecatini Terme/1999/}) 7... bxc4 ({
Already the above example Prakash-Miezis shows that} 7... b4 $142 $5 {deserves
serious attention:} 8. axb4 Bxb4 9. dxe6 O-O $1 10. Qb3 a5 11. Bg2 dxe6 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bg5 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qa4 e5 18. Qb5 Rae8
19. Bd2 Bxf3 20. exf3 Rb8 21. Qa4 Rbd8 22. Qc2 e4 23. Be3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bc5
$132 {Ibragimov,I-Miezis,N/Bad Wildbad op/2000/}) 8. dxe6 dxe6 (8... d5 9. Nd4
g6 10. Bg2 $36) 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxc4 $36 {[%mdl 16] Black's << is weakened and
White has a permanent edge.} Qc6 (10... Nc6 $142 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. b4 Ne7 13. O-O
Ned5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Nd4 Qf7 16. Rac1 f4 17. Nc6 a6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rae8
20. Qd3 Qh5 21. Qd4 Nf6 {1/2,Mohr,S-Bischoff,K/Bundesliga 9596/1996/} 22. Bf3
$14) 11. Qa2 $5 (11. Qxc6+ Nxc6 12. Nb5 Bd6 $11 {/\Ne5<=>}) 11... Bc5 12. Bg2
O-O 13. O-O (13. Nh4 Ne4 $13 (13... Qb6 14. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 15. Kd1 Qxb7 16. Qxe6+
Kh8 17. Rf1 $36)) 13... Kh8 14. Bf4 (14. Bd2 $5 e5 (14... a5 15. Rac1 Nbd7 16.
b3 $14) 15. b4 Bb6 16. Rac1 $36) 14... Nbd7 (14... Ne4 $2 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5
$18) (14... Ng4 15. h3 e5 16. hxg4 exf4 17. Nh4 $16) 15. Rac1 e5 (15... a5 16.
Ne1 Qa6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qxe6 Qxb2 19. Nd3 $16 Qxa3 $2 20. Nb1 $18) 16. Bd2
Qd6 (16... a5 17. Nh4 (17. Ne1 Qa6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nd3 Bd6 $11) (17. b3 e4
18. Nh4 Qe6 $13) 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 (18. Nxf5 $2 Nxc3 19. Bxc6 Nxe2+ 20. Kg2
Bxc6+) 18... fxe4 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qc4 $16) 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nb5 Qe7
19. Ng5 $5 $36 (19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Qe6 Qd8 (20... Rfe8 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nb5 $16
) 21. Nb5 Ne4 $14) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne4 (20... c5 $142 21. Qe6 Qxe6 22. Nxe6
Rfc8 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Ng5 $16 {[%cal Rd6f5,Rb4b5] /\Nf5, b5!}) 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22.
Nxc7 Rac8 23. Qe6 $1 $18 {Stops any <=> and leaves Black only with ק.} Qd8 (
23... Rce8 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Nd5 Ref7 26. Be3 $18) 24. Nd5 Bd4 25. Be3 Rxc1 (
25... Re8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Rc1 $1 Qd8 28. Qg4 $18) 26. Rxc1 Nf6 (26... Nb6 27.
Bxd4 exd4 28. Nxb6 axb6 29. Qxe4 $18) (26... Bb2 27. Rc6 {[%cal Rc6d6] /\Rd6+-}
) 27. Bxd4 Re8 (27... exd4 $142 28. Rc5 $5 (28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Rc7
Rd8 31. Kf1 $18) 28... d3 29. Nxf6 d2 30. Nxh7 $1 Rxf2+ (30... d1=Q 31. Nxf8
Qxe2 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ $1 Kf7 34. Rf5+ $18) 31. Kxf2 d1=Q 32. Rc8 $18) 28.
Qf7 Nxd5 (28... exd4 29. Rc7 Rg8 30. Ne7 Qxc7 31. Ng6+ $18) 29. Bc5 {The
safest.} (29. Bxa7 $143 Rf8 30. Qb7 Qg5) 29... Nf6 30. Be3 a6 31. Rc7 Rg8 32.
Bg5 $22 (32. Bg5 h6 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Ra7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. d5 (4. Bd3 f5 (4... Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. O-O Nxd3
7. Qxd3 d6 8. Nbc3 Nf6 9. d5 Be7 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. b3 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Ba3 a6
14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 g6 (16... O-O 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. Ndb5 axb5
19. Nxb5 $16) 17. e5 Nh5 18. Bxd6 $16 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk/1993/})
5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 $5 7. c5 (7. fxe6 dxe6 $44) 7... bxc5 8. a3 c4 9. Bxc4
Ba5 10. fxe6 dxe6 11. Bxe6 $6 Qe7 12. d5 Nxd5 $1 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Ne2 Qf7 15.
Nbc3 Bb3 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Qb5 Rae8 $17 {->/Sideif Zade,F-Lempert,I/
Nabereznye Chelny/1993/}) (4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Qh4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f5 8. g3
Qe7 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. f3 fxe4 11. fxe4 e5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. c5 Kh8 $13 {
Ker,A-Wohl,A/Jakarta zt/1993/}) 4... Nf6 (4... b5 5. a3 $1 bxc4 6. Bxc4 c6 7.
Nc3 cxd5 8. exd5 Nf6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. Ba2 Ba6 11. Nxd5 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nc7
Bc5 14. Nxa6 Qe7+ 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. O-O Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qa5 19. Nb4
$36 {Bagaturov,A-Chachibaia/Ml.Boleslav op/1993/}) (4... Qh4 5. Nd2 Bb4 6. Bd3
e5 7. Ngf3 Qe7 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Nf6 10. O-O d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. g3
Nh5 14. Ng2 O-O 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Ne3 $16 {()/Aleksandrov,A-Simonenko,S/
Ashkhabad/1990/}) (4... f5 $6 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 exd5 8. cxd5
Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nh6 10. Nf3 Nxf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 h6 13. Rfe1 Qf7 14. Bc4 Nd6
15. Bd3 Qf4 16. Qe2 Nf7 17. Rad1 $36 {Meister,Y-Shabalov,A/Podolsk tt/1990/}) (
4... Bb4+ 5. Nd2 (5. Bd2 $142 $5 $14 {()}) 5... Qe7 6. Qc2 c6 7. dxe6 dxe6 8.
Ngf3 c5 $10 {Allen,K-Damaso,R/Haifa ETC/1989/}) 5. Bd3 b5 6. cxb5 $146 (6. Nc3
Bb4 7. Qf3 $6 bxc4 8. Bxc4 exd5 9. exd5 Qe7+ 10. Kf1 O-O $1 11. d6 Qxd6 12.
Qxb7 Bxc3 {/\Qd1#} 13. Be2 Ba5 14. Qxa8 Qb4 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. a3 Qb3 17. Qxf8+
Kxf8 18. g3 Qc2 19. h3 Bb6 $17 {Galliamova,A-Muhutdinov,M/Nabereznye Chelny/
1993/}) 6... exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nf3 a6 9. O-O axb5 10. Bxb5 Bc5 $13 11. Nc3 O-O
(11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bd3 $14) 12. Bf4 (12. Nxd5 $2 c6 $19) 12... f6 $5
(12... Na6 $5 $13 {/\c6,Nc7-e6}) 13. exf6 Qxf6 (13... Nxf6 14. Be5 c6 15. Bd3
$36) 14. Bxc7 (14. Nxd5 Qxb2 $13) 14... d6 15. Nxd5 Qxb2 16. Bc4 $5 (16. Be2 {
/\Rb1+-} Rxa2 $5 17. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 $8 18. Rxa2 Qxa2 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxd6 Rd8
21. Bxc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 $10) 16... Nxf2 17. Qb1 Qxb1 (17... Ne4+ $2 18. Ne3+ $1
$18) 18. Raxb1 Ba6 $10 (18... Ne4+ 19. Kh1 Ba6 $10) 19. Bxa6 Ne4+ (19... Nxa6
$5 20. Bb6 $10 (20. Rxf2 $2 Nxc7 21. Nxc7 Rxa2 22. Rbf1 Rb8 23. Ne6 Rxf2 $19))
20. Kh1 Nxa6 21. Bb6 Bxb6 22. Nxb6 Ra7 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Rb2 Nac5 25. Nd5 (25.
Re2 Rb8 26. Nd5 $10) 25... h6 26. Nc6 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. g3 Rc8 (28... Ke6
29. Nf4+ Kd7 30. Nd4 $10) 29. Nd4 Ra8 30. Nb6 $6 (30. Kg2 $142) 30... Ra3 31.
Nb5 Rd3 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Kf3 d5 $36 34. Ke2 Rh1 35. Ke3 Re1+ 36. Kd4 Rd1+ 37.
Ke3 d4+ $1 38. Ke2 (38. Nxd4 $2 Rd3+ $19) 38... Rh1 39. Nc4 $1 Rxh2+ (39... d3+
40. Ke3 Re1+ 41. Kd4 {/\} Re2 $6 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nxd3 $16) 40. Kf3 Ng5+ 41.
Kg4 Rxb2 42. Nxb2 d3 (42... Nge6 $5 43. Kf3 $15) 43. Kf4 d2 44. Nc3 Ke6 (44...
Ke6 45. g4 $1 {/\Ke3} (45. Ke3 $6 Kf5 $36 {><g3}) 45... Nge4 46. Nbd1 Nxc3 47.
Nxc3 Nd3+ (47... Na4 48. Nd1 $10) 48. Ke3 Ne5 49. g5 $1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. c3 $5 {A move usually played, when White wants
to dampen his opponent's ambitions.} Qa5 $5 ({For a lively player like Minasian
} 4... cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 $11 {-D79 is simply too boring.}) 5. d5 {White's most
ambitious move, but it's not much in keeping with the spirit of 4.c3!?.
Perhaps this was Zvjaginsev's intention all along, as 4...Qa5!? has already
occurred in Minasian's earlier practice.} ({Less enterprising alternantives are
} 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. Nb3 Qb6 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. d5 Na6 11. Nfd4
Nc5 12. h3 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Bd4 Rfc8 16. Re1 Bb5 17. e4 Nd7
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a4 Bc4 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Nd2 Qb6 $11 {Andersson,U-Milov,V/
EU-ch Antalya/2004/}) (5. e3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e4 e5 10.
Na3 a6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Qb3 b5 14. Ncxe5 c4 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. g4
Bxe5 17. gxh5 Nc6 18. Bg5 Rd3 19. hxg6 Bg4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 $44 {Khachian,
M-Minasian,A/Los Angeles/2003/}) 5... d6 (5... Nf6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bg2 b5 (7...
O-O 8. O-O Qc7 $132 {transposes into the line 8.Nbd2 later on.}) 8. O-O Bb7 9.
e4 Nbd7 10. a4 $1 a6 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 Qc7 $6 (12... Qb6 $142) 13. Bf1 bxa4
14. Qxa4 a5 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Nc4 e6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bd2
Nd7 21. Nxa5 Ra7 22. b4 f5 23. f3 $16 {Loncar,R-Chatalbashev,B/Salsomaggiore
Terme/2000/}) 6. Bg2 (6. e4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Qa6 9. c4 b5 10. O-O Rb8 (
10... bxc4 $5) 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Re1 Ng4 (12... Ne8 $142 $132) 13. Bf1 $1 b4 $2
14. h3 Ngf6 15. a3 Ne8 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Na5 Bb7 19. Re3 Qb6 20.
Rea3 Nef6 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. Bd2 a6 23. Bd3 Rfb8 24. Ba5 Qa7 25. Qe2 Ne8 26. R1a2
Bc8 27. Kg2 Rb7 28. Bd2 Rb6 29. Na5 $16 {Shirov,A-Forintos,G/Budapest/1989/})
6... Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. e4 e6 10. Re1 (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Ng5
Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nc4 h6 14. Nh3 Bb5 15. Qxd6 Qd7 $1 16. Qxd7 Nfxd7 17. b3
Bxc3 18. Rb1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Rd1 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Nb6 22. Nf4 Nc6 23. Nd5 Ne5
$36 {Kengis,E-Khalifman,A/Aarhus/1997/}) 10... exd5 11. exd5 b5 (11... Nbd7 12.
c4 b5 13. cxb5 Bb7 $132) 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 Bxd5 14. c4 Bb7 15. Nb3 a6 16. Bf4
Rd8 17. Na5 Be4 $1 $11 (17... axb5 18. Nxb7 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qxb7 20. Nd4 Qb6 21.
Nxb5 Bf8 22. Rd1 $36 {Yegiazarian,A-Minasian,A/ARM-ch Yerevan/2003/})) (8. Nfd2
Nbd7 9. a4 $6 Nb6 10. e4 e6 11. e5 Nfxd5 12. exd6 c4 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Na3 Rac8
15. Re1 Qxa4 16. Ne4 Qa6 17. Nc2 Na4 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6
21. Ra2 Rfd8 22. Nd2 b5 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bg2 Be8 $17 {Cvorovic,D-Horvath,C/
Split/2004/}) (8. a4 b5 9. Nfd2 b4 10. Nb3 $6 Qb6 11. a5 Qb5 12. cxb4 Qxb4 13.
Nc3 Na6 14. Ra4 Qb7 $15 15. Rh4 $2 Qc7 16. f4 Rb8 17. e4 Bg4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19.
Rxf3 Rb4 20. e5 Nd7 21. e6 fxe6 22. dxe6 Nf6 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Rxh4 25. gxh4
Kh8 26. Nd5 Qc8 $19 {Godes,D-Davies,N/Herzliya/1993/}) 8... Qc7 {The Q has
done it's task on a5, but why this somewhat passive retreat? More flexible is}
(8... Re8 9. Na3 Nbd7 10. h3 b5 11. e4 a6 12. Nc2 Bb7 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 e5 15.
Bd2 c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Qc7 18. Nh2 Nc5 19. Rb1 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4
Ncxe4 $1 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 f5 24. Bg2 Qf7 $44 {Karpov,A-Topalov,V/
Dortmund/1999/}) ({Possibly a playable alternative is even the immediate} 8...
b5 $5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nfd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Na6 13. Bd2 Rab8 14. a3 Rfc8
15. Bf1 Qb6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Nd2 Qb7 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. f4 a5 20. Nd2 Qb7 21. Qc2
Nb6 22. Bf2 $11 {1/2,Jankovec,I-Ramik,Z/CZE-chT/1995/}) 9. a4 b6 10. Na3 Bb7 (
10... a6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. e4 Rb8 13. Bf1 $14) 11. e4 Nbd7 12. h3 a6 13. Bf4 Ne8
14. Qb3 {White has a pleasant position with more () and more than one
promising plan. Zvjanginsev's choice is not ideal and Black gradually gets
more than enough play.} (14. Nc4 {/\} b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Na3 b4
18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Nb5 $14) (14. Rc1 {[%cal Yb2b4] /\b4()}) (14. Qd2 $5 $14 {
[%cal Yf4h6] /\Bh6}) 14... Rb8 15. Nc4 Ba8 ({As Black will have to reposition
his B anyway, the immediate} 15... Bc8 $5 $13 {[%cal Yd7e5] /\Ne5 deserved
serious attention:} 16. e5 $2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. exd6 bxc4 19. dxe7 Qxf4 20.
exf8=Q+ Kxf8 $15) 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Nfd2 (17. Nfxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 b5 19. axb5 axb5
20. Nd2 Nd6 $132) 17... Kh8 $5 (17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 {/\} b5 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Na3 c4 21. Qb4 $16) 18. Qd1 (18. Nxe5 $142 dxe5 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Qa3 $14 {
[%cal Yb2b4,Ra4a5] /\a5,b4,|^<<}) 18... Bb7 $1 19. Rc1 (19. Be3 $142 $14) 19...
Bc8 20. b4 (20. Be3 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd2 e6 $132) 20... b5
21. axb5 axb5 $132 22. Na5 $2 {[%csl Ra5] This outpost for the N is not really
strong, as it's too offside, further on White will have only problems with his
waylaid N.} (22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Be3 c4 24. Ra1 Nd6 $13) (22. Na3 c4 $11) (22.
Ne3 c4 23. Ng4 $11) 22... c4 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 {[%cal Ya5c6,Ye4e5]} e5 $1
{[%csl Ge5] This strong move gains [+]() and stops ideas like Nc6 and e5.} 25.
dxe6 {This cuts off the Na5 even more by taking away the c6-square, but
otherwise Black might develop a serious >>->.} (25. Be3 f5 (25... Bd7 $5 $36)
26. Nc6 Ra8 $15 {[%cal Gf8f1,Ga8a1] >>,<->a}) 25... fxe6 26. Qe3 e5 $1 $15 27.
Bg5 (27. Bh6 Be6 $15 {is similar.}) 27... Be6 28. Rcd1 Bf6 29. Rd2 ({The
exchange of the B suits Black,} 29. Bh6 $142 $5 Rf7 30. h4 {was less
forthcoming.}) 29... Bxg5 30. Qxg5 Kg7 31. Qe3 Qb6 32. h4 h6 33. Kh2 g5 $1 {
[%csl Gg5] ()>> Black gains more space on the other flank as well.} 34. Bh3 (
34. hxg5 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 hxg5 $36 {[%cal Gh8h1] <->h}) 34... Qxe3 35. Rxe3 g4 $15
{Swapping the passive light squaredB would help White.} (35... Bxh3 $143 36.
Kxh3 Rb6 37. f3 $11 {is less promising for Black.}) 36. Bg2 Rb6 {In the
following manoeuvring phase Black has the initiative, but he doesn't undertake
anything concrete - the last round has it's own rules. The only dangerous plan
would have been to play for a central break d5. Opening up the position would
increase White's problem with the Na5.} 37. Kg1 Nf6 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Kf1 Ke7 40.
Red1 Bf7 41. Ke2 Bh5 42. Ke3 Kd7 $1 43. Re2 Kc7 {Limits the Na5 and thus frees
the Rb6.} 44. Kd2 Rbb8 45. Bh1 Nd7 (45... Rbd8 $5 $36 {[%csl Ra5,Rc3][%cal
Yd8d7,Yf8d8,Yh5f7,Yd6d5] /\Rd7,Rfd8,Bf7,d5,פa5,c3}) 46. Ke1 Rf6 47. Rdd2 Rbf8
48. Re3 Nb6 49. Bg2 Nc8 50. Bh1 Ne7 51. Bg2 Ra8 52. Ree2 Rff8 53. Rd1 Rf6 54.
Red2 {Black could still have returned to the above mentioned plan with little
or no risk.} (54. Red2 Rd8 $15 {[%cal Yd8d7,Yf6f8,Yf8d8,Yh5f7,Yd6d5] /\Rd7,
Rf8-d8,Bf7,d5}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 $6 {A provocative system, Black ignores White's
central pawns.} 4. Nf3 ({Another possible method is} 4. d5 Nd4 5. Ne2 c5 (5...
e5 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nd2
Nd7 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 f5 16. Bxd4 fxe4 17. Qc3 Bxd4 18. Nxd4
Qg5 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Re3 b6 21. Rae1 $16 {Haba,P-Hanel,R/AUT-chT/1998/}) 6.
Nxd4 Bxd4 (6... cxd4 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O Nf6 9. b4 d6 10. c5 O-O 11. Nd2 Ne8 12.
Nc4 f5 13. f3 f4 14. a4 g5 15. a5 Rf6 16. a6 $5 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. b5 h5 19.
Bd2 g4 20. Qc2 Rg6 21. Nxb6 $1 gxf3 22. Rxf3 Bg4 23. Rf2 Qxb6 24. Qc6 $18 {
Haba,P-Gross,S/CS-ch Bratislava/1991/}) 7. Bd3 (7. Nd2 d6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nf6
10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 (11... Ne4 $5 $11) 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Bg5 Nb6
15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc8 20. b4 b6 21.
bxc5 Qxc5 22. Be3 Qd6 23. c5 bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qd7 25. Qa5 $36 {Cebalo,
M-Ciuffoletti,P/Saint Vincent/1999/}) 7... d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Kh1 Bg7
11. f4 O-O 12. Rb1 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. a4 axb5 15. Bxb5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b3
e6 18. Nc4 exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Bb2 f5 21. Re1 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Nf6 23. Rbe2 $14
{/+/-,Haba,P-Gutheil,H/Weilburg/1995/}) 4... d6 (4... e5 $5 5. d5 (5. dxe5 Nxe5
6. Nxe5 (6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Ne7 $132 {is less incisive, Black can later already
take on e5 with his pawn.}) 6... Bxe5 7. Nc3 (7. Be2 Qh4 8. Nd2 Qe7 9. O-O d6
10. Nb3 Bg7 11. c5 dxc5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Qc2 b6 14. Rad1 a6 15. e5 g5 16. Qe4
Rc8 17. Be3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Bxe5 19. Qf5 Qe6 20. Qxg5 Ne7 21. Bg4 f5 22. Bh5+ $44
{Uhlmann,W-Knaak,R/Potsdam/1974/}) 7... d6 8. g3 Be6 (8... Bxc3+ $142 $5 9.
bxc3 Qe7 $13) 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. b3 Ne7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. O-O Bh3 14.
Rae1 Rae8 15. Qd2 a6 16. f3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6 18. h4 $14 {(),|^>>,Biolek,
R-Spacek,P/CZE-chT/2001/}) 5... Nd4 6. Nxd4 {leads to the lines above,
nevertheless this was more logical and consistent than the text move, which
gives White a pleasant position with a ().}) 5. d5 $1 $14 Nb8 (5... Ne5 6. Nxe5
Bxe5 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O (8. g4 e5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Be3 h5 11. g5 Nd7 12.
Rg1 a5 13. a3 O-O $14 14. Bxh5 $6 gxh5 15. Qxh5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Ne4 Nc5
18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. O-O-O Rf4 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Nh7+ Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nh7+ {
1/2,Lobron,E-Hartoch,R/Leeuwarden/1997/}) 8... Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 e6 11.
Qd2 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. f3 c6 14. dxc6 $14 {1/2,Serper,G-Svidler,P/Novgorod/
1995/}) 7... Bg7 (7... c5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Ba4 12. f4
Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Qe2 Bxb3 15. axb3 Nd7 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Qg4 Qc7 18. Rf3 Bg7
19. Rh3 Nf6 20. Qh4 h6 21. Bd2 $40 {Dudukin,I-Gavrilov,N/Bor/2000/}) (7... e6
8. Nd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Nf6 $6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O O-O 13. Be2 f5 14.
f4 Nf7 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bd2 c5 17. Bc3 Qh4 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. g3
Qh6 21. b3 $16 {[%cal Ga1h8] /^a1-h8,Ibragimov,I-Delithanasis,D/Ano Liosia/
1995/}) 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O (9. h3 O-O 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. O-O c5 12. Qd2 a6 13. a4
a5 14. Bc2 Kh8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Ng8 17. Qe3 f6 18. f4 Qc7 19. Rae1 b6 20.
Rf2 Nh6 21. e5 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge5,Gf4] [+],Roeder,M-Gadjily,R/Ubeda op/
1998/}) 9... O-O 10. h3 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe6 $5 Bxe6 13. f4 Bg4 14.
Qc2 Bd7 15. Kh1 Ng4 16. h3 Bd4 17. Nd1 Nf6 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nh5 20. Qf2
$14 {Zueger,B-Pasedag,P/Liechtenstein op/1994/}) 10... e6 11. Bg5 c6 12. Qd2
cxd5 13. cxd5 e5 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Bd7 16. Na4 Bxa4 17. Rxa4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19.
Rac4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qc2 $16 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 h6 24. Be3 Nd7
25. b4 Kh7 26. Kf1 g5 27. Ke2 Kg6 28. Ba4 Nf6 29. Kd3 Bf8 30. Bb6 Be7 31. Bc6
$1 $18 {Kasparov,G-Lefstein,B/Catonsville sim/1997/}) 6. h3 $5 {White doens't
want to allow Black Bg4, exchanging a B, which has no suitable active square
anyway.} (6. Nc3 Nf6 (6... e5 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nf6
11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 c6 14. Qd2 Bf8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Be3 f6 17. b3
a6 18. Qc2 Qe7 {Uhlmann,W-Huebner,R/Amsterdam/1975/} 19. a4 $5 $36 {()}) 7. Be2
O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Be3 c6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14.
b3 a6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 c5 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Bc3
Nfd7 21. Rcd1 Rb8 22. Rfe1 Nc6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc3 Nf8 25. f4 Ne6 $11 {
/+/=,Ovsejevitsch,S-Istratescu,A/Korinthos/2000/}) (6. Be2 Bg4 $1 7. O-O Bxf3
8. Bxf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Qd2 c6 12. Rac1 a6 13. a3 a5 14. Bg4
Nc5 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Kh1 Qb3 20. f4 Nb6
21. dxc6 bxc6 22. c5 Nc4 23. cxd6 {Ruderfer,M-Timoscenko,G/Kiev/1970/} exd6 $17
) 6... c6 (6... Nf6 7. Bd3 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Qd2
Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. O-O Bd7 13. b3 Qc8 14. a3 Nh5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17.
Rxa1 Na6 18. Rb1 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bh6 Qe8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g3 Kh8 23. Kh2
Qg6 $132 {Berebora,F-Nurkic,S/Split/1999/}) 8... c6 9. Be2 e5 10. g4 cxd5 11.
cxd5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. h4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Ndf6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Nf1
Rc8 18. Ng3 b5 {Lipinsky,F-Lorenz,S/Berlin Tegel-B/1999/} 19. Qd2 $16) 7... O-O
8. Nc3 c6 9. O-O a5 10. Re1 Na6 11. Bg5 $1 h6 12. Be3 e5 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bc2 Qb8 17. Na4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bb6 e4 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. Bxa5 dxc4 22. Nb6 $16 {Neverov,V-Rossi,C/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Be2 (8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O $14 {leads to Neverov-Rossi.}) 8... O-O 9. O-O a6 {
Black prepares to lash out sharply, but his position is too cramped for such
an action to produce good results.} (9... Na6 10. Be3 $36 (10. dxc6 $5 bxc6 11.
e5 $14)) (9... e5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rf1d1,Rc4c5] ><d6,/
\Rd1,c5+/-}) (9... Nfd7 $5 10. Bg5 Na6 11. Qd2 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4] [+]})
10. Be3 b5 $6 11. cxb5 cxb5 (11... axb5 12. dxc6 (12. a3 Bb7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14.
Qd3 $16 {[%csl Rb5] ><b5}) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 (13... Nxc6 14. Bb6 Qd7 15.
Bb5 $18 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rb5c6,Rf3d4,Ra1c1] /\Bc6,Rc1,Nd4}) 14. exd5 (14. Qxd5
Qc7 15. Nd4 Ra5 $14) 14... Bxb2 15. Qc2 $1 $16 {|^}) 12. b4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5]
[%cal Ra2a4] ׫,/\a4} a5 (12... Nbd7 13. a4 $16) 13. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Rb5] ><b5} (
13. bxa5 $6 b4 14. Bb6 Qd7 $13) 13... axb4 14. Rxb4 Bd7 (14... Ra3 15. Rb3 (15.
Bd4 $143 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Rxb5 Nc6 $14) 15... b4 16. Rxa3 bxa3 17. Qa4 $16)
15. Bxb5 {Black doesn't have sufficient compensation for the P, as his pieces
still aren't fully developed.} Na6 16. Rb3 (16. Rb1 $5 Bxb5 (16... Qa5 17. Bd4
{/\} e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bc6 $16) 17. Rxb5 $16) 16... Qa5 17. Bd4 (17. Bxd7
Nxd7 18. Nd4 $5 Ndc5 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Ra3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nxe4 22. Rc4 $40 {
was interesting, but White understandably doesn't want to return his extra
pawn yet.}) 17... e5 18. dxe6 (18. Bb6 $5 Qxb6 19. Bxd7 $16) 18... Bxe6 19. Rb1
Nb4 (19... Nc5 20. e5 dxe5 $8 21. Bxc5 Qxc3 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. a4 $16 {/+-}) (
19... Rfc8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. Qd4 $16) 20. a4 Rfc8 21. Ng5 (21. Re1
$142 $5) 21... Bc4 (21... Na2 22. Nxe6 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Re1
Qe5 26. Rb4 $5 $18) 22. Re1 (22. Bxc4 $143 Rxc4 23. Nf3 d5 $5 $14) 22... h6 (
22... Bxb5 23. axb5 Rc4 24. Nf3 {[%cal Rd1b3] /\Qb3+-}) (22... Nd3 $2 23. Bxc4
Nxe1 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Rb5 $18) 23. Nf3 Nd3 24. Re3 Nf4 25. Bxf6 $6 (25. e5
N6d5 (25... dxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxb5 27. axb5 $18 {[%csl Gb5] o^b}) 26. Bxc4 Nxe3 (
26... Rxc4 27. Rb5 Nxe3 28. Rxa5 (28. fxe3 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxc3 $1 $132) 28...
Nxd1 29. Rxa8+ Kh7 30. Nxd1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxd4 32. exd6 Nxf3 33. d7 Bf6 34. d8=Q
Bxd8 35. Rxd8 $16) 27. fxe3 Rxc4 28. exf4 dxe5 $1 29. fxe5 Rxc3 $14) (25. Kh2
$142 $5 $16 {In the game Whitesomewhat prematurely forces the issue.}) 25...
Bxf6 26. Qxd6 Nxh3+ $1 (26... Bxc3 27. Qxf4 $18) 27. gxh3 Bxc3 28. e5 (28. Ne5
Bxe5 (28... Bxb5 29. axb5 Qa2 30. Rd1 $16) 29. Qxe5 Qb6 30. Ree1 Bxb5 31. Rxb5
Qa7 32. a5 Rc2 $14 {/+/-}) 28... Rd8 (28... Rab8 $5 $14) 29. Qe7 Be6 30. Qh4 $1
Rac8 $2 $138 (30... Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Bd3 {[%cal Rd3g6] /\Bg6} Rg8 33. Rb7 (
33. Nh4 Bd4 34. Rb7 Rg7 $1 35. Bxg6+ Kg8 $13) 33... Ra7 $14 34. Rxa7 Qxa7 35.
Qh4 $1 $40) (30... h5 31. Bc4 $5 Bxc4 32. Qxc4 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ye5e6] /
\e6,׻}) 31. Qxh6 Rc5 32. Rc1 $18 Bd2 $4 33. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. d5 (5. Nc3 {/\} Bg4 (5...
Nf6 6. Be2 {-E91}) 6. d5 $14 (6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Be3 Bxc3+ (8...
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bd4 10. O-O-O e5 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. f4 $36) 9. bxc3 b6 10. Ne5 Be6
11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Bd3 f6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Rhe1 Nf6
17. Bg5 Kf7 18. Rxe5 Rhd8 19. h3 Rd6 20. Rde1 {Browne,W-Forintos,G/Wijk aan
Zee/1974/} Rxd3 21. Rxe6 Rd7 $14 {/~~})) 5... e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. exd5 {Timman
after a long tournament, which has not gone well for him, strives for simpler
play.} (7. cxd5 $142 {is the only principled continuation, transposing into
Benoni positions.} Nf6 {-A70} (7... Bg4 {-A43})) 7... Bg4 8. Be2 Ne7 $1 $13 {
One of the points of delaying the development of the Ng8. Now Black's N gets a
chance to get to f5 and potentially d4. After} (8... Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Bxf3 $14 {-E91 White transposes into a pleasant King's Indian line, the ^^
gives him a long-lasting pull.}) 9. O-O (9. Qb3 b6 (9... Nd7 $2 10. Qxb7 O-O
11. O-O Nf5 12. Bg5 Qb8 13. Qxd7 Qxb2 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. Bxg4 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Qxd2
17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qxd6 $18 {Finegold,B-Ivanov,A/New York/1992/}) 10. Qa4+ (10.
O-O O-O {-9.0-0}) (10. Ne4 O-O {/\} 11. Bg5 f5 $1 $32 {|^}) 10... Nd7 11. O-O
O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 $13 (13... Nf5 14. Bg4 Bxc3 $5 15. bxc3 Ne5 16.
Bxf5 gxf5 $13)) 9... O-O (9... Nd7 10. Nb5 (10. Ne4 Nf5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
O-O 13. Bg4 Nd4 $1 $13 {/\} 14. Nxd6 $2 f5 15. Bf3 Ne5 $17) 10... Nb6 11. Bf4
Nbc8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. a4 (13. Bh6) 13... Nf5 14. Ra3 a6 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Qd3 Re8
17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd7 (18... Nd4 $142 $1 $15) 19. Bg4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21.
Bxf5 gxf5 (21... Rxf5 22. f4 {[%csl Rf5] צf5}) 22. Ne2 Qf6 23. f4 Re4 24. Ng3
Qd4+ 25. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kh2 Ree8 27. Nxf5 Rad8 28. Rb3 {Ward,C-Ivanov,A/London/
1989/}) 10. Qb3 $146 {This Q sortie achieves no immediate and concrete
advantage and seems rather artificial.} (10. Bf4 Nf5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nf5
12. Ne4 $14) 11. Ng5 $5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 h6 (12... Nd7 $142 $132) 13. Nge4 g5 14.
Qg4 $1 Ne7 15. Bxd6 f5 16. Qh3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 $44 {Elschner,A-Zielinska,M/
Bundesliga-W/2001/}) (10. Re1 Nf5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rb1 h6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Qa4
Qd8 15. Qd1 Re8 16. b3 {Szeberenyi,A-Fogarasi,T/Budapest/2004/} Bxf3 17. Bxf3
Nd4 $11) 10... b6 11. Ng5 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nf5 13. Ne2 $11) 11... Bxe2 12.
Nxe2 Nd7 13. Qh3 {Consistent with White's 10-th move, but the Q will find
nothing to do here, more to the point seems} (13. Ne4 $11) 13... Nf6 14. Bd2 $6
{Now Black wins tempi and starts fighting for the initiative.} (14. Nc3 $142 h6
(14... Re8 15. Nce4 Nexd5 16. cxd5 Nxe4 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Bh6
Bxh6 20. Rae1 $1 $36) 15. Nge4 $11) 14... h6 15. Nf3 g5 $1 16. Ne1 $8 (16. g4
Qd7 $17) 16... Ne4 (16... b5 17. cxb5 Nexd5 (17... Qd7 $5) 18. Nc3 $13) (16...
Re8 17. Qd3 {/\Bc3=}) 17. Bc1 (17. Rd1 $142 $5 $132) 17... f5 $32 {|^} 18. Qd3
Qd7 $15 {[%mdl 32] Topalov has achieved a promising position, which he
systematically improves after further inaccuracies from White.} 19. Rb1 (19. f3
Nf6 20. Nc2 f4 $15 (20... b5 $5 $36)) 19... Rae8 20. b3 Ng6 21. Bb2 $2 {
Natural, but allows Black to strengthen his grip on the position.} (21. f3 $142
Ne5 (21... Nf6 22. Bb2 $132) 22. Qc2 Nf6 23. Nd3 (23. Ng3 f4 24. Nf5 Nxd5 $1
25. Nxg7 Nb4 $17) (23. Bb2 f4 $15) 23... f4 $15) 21... Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qg7 23.
Rc2 f4 {[%cal Rg5g4,Rf4f3] ()>>,/\g4,f3->} 24. Nc3 {Now Black takes full
control of the open <->e and increases his advantage in the _|_.} ({However,
White's position is already very unpleasant even after} 24. f3 Nf6 25. Qd1 Nh4
26. Rd2 Nf5 $17 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge8e1] ><e3,<->e}) 24... Nxc3 25. Qxc3 $8 (25.
Rxc3 f3 $1 $40 {/\} 26. Nxf3 Nf4 27. Qd2 Qxc3 $19) 25... Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Re2 $17
{[%cal Ge8e1][%mdl 4096] <->e} 27. a3 Rfe8 28. Nd3 Rd2 (28... Kf7 {[%cal Ye2d2,
Ye8e4,Yf7f6,Yg6e5] /\Rd2,Kf6,Re4,Ne5 keeps both R on the board and was
possibly even better, White can hardly move.} 29. f3 $6 {[%cal Yf1f2] /\Rf2
runs into} Ra2 30. b4 Ree2 $19) (28... Ra2 29. b4 {/\} Ree2 $4 30. Nc1 $16) 29.
Re1 {Now White exchanges a pair of R, as now Black doesn't have Rd3. The _|_
however remains very difficult.} Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Ne5 31. h3 Kg7 32. Kf1 (32. Nf3
Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Nd3 $19) 32... Kf6 33. g4 (33. Nf3 Ra2 $17) 33... fxg3 $1 {
Black has to open the position to make progress.} 34. Rxg3 (34. fxg3 Rh2 35.
Nf3 Nxf3 $5 (35... Rxh3 36. Kg2 {[%csl Rh3] צh3}) 36. Rxf3+ Ke5 37. Re3+ Kd4
38. Re6 Rb2 $17) 34... Kf5 35. Re3 h5 36. a4 (36. Nf3 Rd3 $1 37. Rxd3 (37. Ke2
Rxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 h4 $1 40. Ke3 (40. Ke2 Ke4 41. f3+ Kf4 42. Kf2 a6
43. b4 cxb4 44. axb4 Ke5 45. Ke3 a5 $19) 40... g4 (40... Ke5 $19) 41. hxg4+
Kxg4 42. Ke2 Kf4 $19) 37... Nxd3 38. Kg2 Kf4 $17 {/-+}) 36... Rb2 37. Ng2 (37.
Nf3 Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f4] /\Nf4-/+}) 37... h4 $1 {[%csl Rh3] ><h3} 38. Rc3 (38.
Ne1 Ng6 (38... g4 $5 39. hxg4+ Kxg4 $19 {[%csl Gh4] o^h4}) 39. Ng2 Nf4 40. Nxf4
gxf4 41. Re6 Rxb3 42. Rxd6 Rb4 $19) 38... Ke4 39. Re3+ Kf5 40. Rc3 Rb1+ 41. Ke2
Rh1 42. Re3 a5 $22 (42... Ng6 $2 43. Re6 $1 $132 {[%cal Rg2e3] /\Ne3}) 43. Rc3
(43. Ne1 Ng6 44. Nd3 Nf4+ 45. Nxf4 gxf4 46. Re6 (46. Rc3 Ke4 {-see game}) 46...
Rxh3 47. Rxd6 Rxb3 $19) 43... Ng6 $1 44. Rf3+ Nf4+ 45. Nxf4 gxf4 $19 {_|_R,()}
46. Rc3 (46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Kd2 Ke4 $1 48. Rxf4+ (48. Rd3 Rd1+ $19) 48... Kxf4 49.
Kxc1 Kf3 $19) 46... Ke4 47. Kd2 Rb1 $22 48. f3+ (48. Kc2 Rf1 $19) (48. Rd3 Rd1+
$19) (48. Ke2 f3+ $1 49. Kd2 (49. Rxf3 Rb2+ $19) 49... Rf1 50. Re3+ Kf4 51. Re6
Rxf2+ 52. Kd3 (52. Ke1 Re2+ $1 $19) 52... Rb2 $19) 48... Kf5 {Now the Ph3 is
defenceless and the game is decided.} 49. Rc1 Rxb3 50. Re1 (50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51.
Kf1 Rb4 $19) 50... Rxf3 51. Re6 Rxh3 52. Rxd6 Re3 {Cuts off White's K, the
o^f4 will run.} 53. Rxb6 Re4 54. Kc3 (54. Kd3 Rd4+ 55. Ke2 (55. Kc3 f3 $19)
55... Rxc4 $19) 54... f3 55. Rb8 h3 56. Rf8+ Kg4 57. Kd3 (57. d6 Rd4 58. Rg8+
Kh4 59. Rh8+ Kg3 60. Rg8+ Kf2 $19) 57... Re1 (57... Re1 58. Rg8+ Kh4 59. Rh8+
Kg3 60. Rg8+ Kh2 61. Rf8 Kg2 62. Rg8+ Kh1 63. Rf8 h2 64. Rxf3 Kg2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 {Black strives for a
Benoni-like position, but postpones the development of his N.} 6. dxe6 {
Just as in the Benoni, this rare move is too tame. White can fight for the
initiative with the following continuations:} (6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 $13) (6. h3
exd5 7. exd5 (7. cxd5 $5 $13) 7... Nh6 $5 (7... Ne7 8. Bd3 Bf5 9. O-O O-O 10.
Nc3 $14) 8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 Nf7 11. Nc3 g5 12. Bd2 h6 13. g3 Na6 14.
Bg2 Bf5 15. O-O Qd7 16. Kh2 Re8 17. Qd1 Bd3 18. Re1 Bxc4 19. b3 Bd3 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. Bxg5 Be2 22. Nxe2 hxg5 23. Qd2 f5 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Kg1 Nc7 26. h4 Bh6
$132 {Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/Cannes/2002/}) (6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9.
Rb1 a6 10. Bd2 exd5 11. exd5 b5 12. b3 Nf6 13. h3 b4 14. Ne2 Bf5 15. Qc2 Qd7
16. Ng3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. Nh4 Nc8 19. Rbe1 Nb6 20. Bf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8
22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Qe3 $11 {/+/=,(), Andersson,U-Lopez
Martinez,J/EU-ch Warsaw/2005/}) 6... Bxe6 {This natural developing move is in
fact a novelty. It's safer and better than} (6... fxe6 7. Nc3 (7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O e5 $13 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. h3 g5 14. Nh2 Nd4
15. Ne2 Be6 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qd3 Qf7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. b3 h5 20. Rc2 Rc7 21.
Qe2 g4 $17 {Fortunato,D-Elissalt Cardenas,H/Sao Paulo/1999/}) 7... a6 8. Bg5 (
8. e5 $142 $1 $36) 8... Qa5 9. Rc1 Qc7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Ne4 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nge7 13.
h4 h6 14. Bd2 b6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qa3 a5 17. Bb1 Nd4 18. b4 {Gdanski,
J-Grabarczyk,M/POL-ch Warsaw/2002/} O-O $5 $13 {/=/+}) 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be2 (8.
Bf4 Nbc6 9. Bxd6 Qa5 {/\} 10. Qb3 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 Rxd6 $44) 8...
Nbc6 9. Nd5 Bg4 {[%mdl 32] Black employs a straighforward, but somewhat risky
strategy - he will ignore the light squares and even exchange his Be6 to
strengthen his hold on the dark squares.} ({More flexible is} 9... O-O $132)
10. Ne3 (10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd5 12. exd5 (12. Qxd5 O-O $11) 12... Nd4 $132)
({More enterprising is} 10. Bg5 $5) 10... Bxf3 (10... Be6 $5 $13) 11. Bxf3 Nd4
12. O-O O-O 13. Be2 Re8 (13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bf3 $5 $14) 14. Bd3 Qd7 15.
Rb1 Nec6 16. Nd5 Ne7 {Black wants to shift White's strong N.} (16... Ne5 17.
Bg5 Re6 18. f4 $5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 {/\f5->>>}) 17. Nc3 Nec6 (17... a6 18. a4 $5
Nec6 19. Nd5 $36) 18. f4 (18. Nd5 Ne7 $11) 18... f5 {[%csl Rc1] Stops White's
f-pawn and limits the Bc1.} 19. a3 (19. exf5 gxf5 (19... Nxf5 20. Be4 $36) 20.
Nd5 Ne7 21. Ne3 {[%cal Yd1h5,Yc1d2,Yd2c3] /\Qh5,Bd2-c3} d5 $5 $132 {/+/=})
19... Kh8 (19... fxe4 20. Bxe4 $14 {would favour White, but forcing this
exchange is not easy.}) 20. Kh1 b6 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. b4 {This move doesn't
achieve anything concrete and the Pc4 might become vulnerable in the future.} (
22. Re1 $142 $14) 22... Ne7 23. Re1 Ng8 24. Nd5 fxe4 (24... Nf6 25. Nxf6 Bxf6
26. Bc3 $14) 25. Bxe4 Ne7 26. Nc3 Ng8 27. Nd5 (27. g3 Nf6 28. Bg2 Qf5 $36 (
28... Ng4 $36)) 27... Ne7 28. Ne3 Qe6 29. Bf3 Qf7 30. g3 {It's difficult to
play around the strong Nd4. White could claim some edge, if he had time to
keep his Bf3, but Black now changes his plan and swaps the B.} Nxf3 $5 31. Qxf3
Nf5 $13 32. Qd5 (32. Nd5 b5 $5 33. cxb5 Nd4 34. Qg2 Nxb5 $132) 32... Kg8 33.
Kg2 (33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Nd5 cxb4 (34... Nd4 $11) 35. axb4 Rc8 $132) 33... Nxe3+
34. Rxe3 Bd4 $11 {[%csl Gd4] The B substitutes the N.} 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qxf7+
Kxf7 (36... Kxf7 37. Kf3 (37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Bxe1 Ke6 {[%cal Rd6d5] /\d5|^})
37... cxb4 38. axb4 a6 39. Rc1 (39. Re1 Rc8 40. Re4 Bf6 {[%cal Yb6b5] /\b5=})
39... h5 $11 {White must guard his Pc4 and has no concrete way to strengthen
his position.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neiman, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King,D} e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 ({Currently the most topical line is} 3. e4
Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 $5 $132) 3... Bb4 4. e3 (4. e4 Bb7 (4... Qe7 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nge2
f5 7. exf5 Bxg2 8. Rg1 Bb7 9. fxe6 dxe6 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. O-O-O O-O-O
13. d5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 exd5 $15 {Rusjan,M-Zaja,I/Nova
Gorica op/1997/}) (4... Qh4 $5) 5. d5 Na6 $5 6. Nf3 Nc5 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 f5 12. Rad1 Qe8 $36 {Wesseln,K-Luther,T/
GER-ch Binz/1995/}) (4. Qc2 Bb7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. g3 (8. g4
d5 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Rc8 12. b4 bxc5 13. b5 d4 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. Bg3
f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. h4 Be4 18. Qd2 f4 19. h5 fxg3 20. hxg6 gxf2+ 21. Kf1 Bxg6
$17 {Sygulski,A-Kengis,E/2.BLW9697/1997/}) 8... d6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11.
b4 h6 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6 15. b5 cxb5 16. cxb5 Qd7 17. Qd3
Qb7+ 18. Kg1 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Ng6 20. a4 d5 21. Nb3 Ne4 22. Ba3 f5 23. f3 Nf6 24.
Bb4 Kf7 25. Nd2 $11 {Ceko,J-Barle,J/Ljubljana op/1997/}) 4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Bb7
{This Nimzo Indian/Dutch position is quite satisfactory for Black.} 6. f3 $146
(6. Nf3 f5 7. Ba3 (7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Ba3 Ne4 9. O-O Qf6 10. Nd2 d6 11. Bxe4 fxe4
12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc3 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Qg4 Qe5 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Rac1 Bd5 18.
cxb6 axb6 19. Bb4 c5 20. Bc3 Qf5 21. Qg3 Rxa2 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rf8 24. Ra7
e5 25. Nd2 Rf6 26. Bxe5 Rg6 $17 {Lautier,J-Bricard,E/FRA-chT/1992/}) 7... Qf6
8. c5 Ne7 9. Be2 Nbc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Rf7 12. c4 Ng6 13. Qd2 Nce7 14. Bb2
f4 15. d5 e5 16. Bd3 d6 17. c6 Bc8 18. Ne1 Bg4 19. exf4 Nxf4 20. f3 Bh5 $15 {
Meulders,R-Timman,J/Brussels/1987/}) (6. Ne2 d6 7. Ng3 Ne7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 f5
10. exf5 Nxf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qg4 Qf6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Rae1 g6 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16.
Bxe4 Rac8 17. Bb7 Rce8 18. Bc6 Qg7 19. Bg5 Rc8 20. Qe4 Kh8 $132 {Pritchett,
C-Arkell,K/BCF-ch/1988/}) 6... Qh4+ $5 (6... f5 7. Bd3 Nf6 $11) 7. g3 Qh5 8. e4
f5 9. exf5 (9. Qc2 $2 fxe4 10. fxe4 Nf6 11. Bg2 Qg6 $17 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) 9...
Qxf5 10. Bd3 Qh5 $2 {Losing an important tempo, Black gets into serious
trouble.} (10... Qf7 $142 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nh3 h6 13. Qc2 Ne7 $13) 11. Bf4 d6 12.
Qe2 Qf7 13. Nh3 $32 h6 14. O-O g5 15. Bxg5 $5 {King: (Piece versus pawns). A
rush of blood to the head, and White plunges in with the sacrifice. If he had
simply retreated the bishop, preparing Rae1 and f4 he would have had an
overwhelming advantage:} ({The piece sacrifice is very promising, but very
good was even the quiet} 15. Bd2 {[%csl Re6,Re8][%cal Ra1e1] /\Rae1+/-,ע,e6})
(15. Bd2 $1 {King,D} Nf6 16. Rae1 Kd7 17. f4 g4 18. f5 {King: for instance.
Not too tricky.}) 15... hxg5 16. Nxg5 Qf6 17. Nxe6 $40 Kd7 $8 {King:Black's
position is actually quite solid. White's knight is great on e6, but he can't
use his pawns to any significant extent as his king needs cover. Once again we
see how the player with the piece can often hang on when the odds, at first
sight, don't seem to be in his favour.} 18. Rae1 Nc6 19. f4 (19. c5 Nge7 $13)
19... Nh6 20. d5 (20. g4 $5 $40) 20... Na5 21. Qh5 (21. g4 $1 Rag8 22. g5 Qxc3
23. Kh1 c6 24. Qf3 $1 $36) 21... Rag8 22. Nd4 Kc8 {Black has survived the
first wave of the attack. His K is relatively safe and White's >> pawns can't
advance without weakening his own K. But White's active pieces are still
threatening.} 23. Re6 Qg7 (23... Qf8 $5 24. Rfe1 $16) 24. Rfe1 (24. Rg6 Qh7 $1
{[]} (24... Qf8 25. Qh3+ Kb8 26. Ne6 Bc8 27. f5 $18) 25. f5 Ba6 $13) 24... Ba6
(24... Ng4 $2 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kd7 27. Bf5#) 25. Rg6 $6 (25. Re7 $1 Qf6
26. Bh7 $16 {/\} Rg7 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kb7 29. Nc6 $1 Bxc4 30. Nxa5+ $18)
25... Qh7 26. Rxg8+ (26. Bf5+ $142 Kb8 (26... Nxf5 $2 27. Qxh7 $18) 27. Rg5 $5
Qf7 (27... Rxg5 28. Re8+ Bc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. fxg5 $18) 28. Qxf7 Nxf7 29.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 30. Re7 $36 {[%csl Gf4,Gg3,Gh2] o^f,g,h}) 26... Qxg8 $132 27. Re7
Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Ne6 Kb8 30. Qe2 (30. Nxc7 Qg4 $5 31. Na6+ Ka8 32. Re8+
Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Kb7 $13) 30... b5 $8 31. Nxc7 Qg6 $1 {King:White breaks through,
but Black has just enough counterplay against the king to prevent anything too
dire happening. White gives perpetual, and he was probably right to do so.} 32.
Na6+ {White decides to force a draw, but there is already no clear way to an
advantage.} (32. a4 Nf5 $132) (32. Nxb5 $2 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qxb5 $19) 32... Ka8 (
32... Kc8 $4 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Qe7#) 33. Nc7+ Kb8 34. Na6+ Ka8 35. Nc7+ Kb8 36.
Na6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 Nc6 (4... d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nxd4
cxd4 8. O-O Qb6 (8... e5 $142 $5) 9. a4 a5 10. c5 $1 Qxc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Rhd8 16. Na3 Ke8 17. Rac1 Qa7 18.
Nb5 Qb8 19. Bxa5 $16 {Vallejo Pons,F-Marin,M/ESP-chT Sanxenxo/2004/}) (4...
cxd4 5. Nxd4 {leads to the super-solid Maroczy set-up - while this is playable
for Black, one has to realize Milov had to win to avoid elimination. Therefore
he does his utmost to achieve a complex position, while White is content with
keeping the tension as low as possible. One has to bear this in mind
throughout the whole game.}) 5. dxc5 (5. Be3 Qb6 $5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nd5 Qa5+ 8.
b4 Qd8 9. Bf4 d6 10. b5 Nb8 11. e5 e6 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bg5 Qa5+ {
1/2,Gruenberg,R-Cuartas,C/Hamburg/1980/}) (5. d5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Bd3 {
is perhaps more ambitious, but the simpler text-move is not so innocuous
either.}) 5... Qa5+ 6. Bd2 ({White plays this natural move more often, but
interesting is} 6. Nfd2 $5 {striving to achieve a more typical Maroczy
position - something Black can hardly prevent.} Qxc5 7. Nb3 Qb4+ (7... Qb6 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13. Nc3 Rfc8 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Rac1 $14 {Olafsson,F-Larsen,B/Buenos Aires/1980/}) 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Nc3 Nf6
10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Be3 Qd8 13. f3 Be6 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Kh1
Rc8 17. f4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nf6 (20... Bxc4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qd4+ e5 23. Qxd6 $36) 21. b3 Bf7 22. Rcd1 $36 {Smejkal,J-Podzielny,K/
Dortmund/1977/}) 6... Qxc5 7. Nc3 {This a square for the N, not the B. After} (
7. Bc3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. a3 Qb6 {White has to develop his Nb1
passively and achieves nothing:} 11. Nbd2 a5 12. b4 $6 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b5
Nce5 15. Be2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. a4 b6 18. f4 Ned7 19. Qc2 Bb7 $15 {Simon,
J-Kosanski,S/Zagreb/2006/}) 7... Nf6 8. Be2 O-O (8... Qb6 9. O-O Qd8 10. Qc1 $1
O-O 11. Bh6 d6 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 a6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qb2 Kg8 16. Rad1 Qa5 17.
a3 Qb6 18. b4 Rac8 19. c5 $1 dxc5 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Nxc5 $16 {Uhlmann,W-Doda,Z/
Zakopane/1974/}) 9. O-O (9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nd2 $5 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nb3 Qd8 13.
Rc1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. c5 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxb2 19. Rc2
Be5 20. Rd2 e6 21. f4 exd5 22. fxe5 Be6 23. Bf3 Nxe5 24. Bxd5 $36 {[%csl Rg8]
ע,Pogorelov,R-Martinez Lozano,M/Albacete/ 2003/}) 9... Ne5 {Black creates a
retreat for his exposed Q and simplifies the position.} ({However, more
logical is} 9... d6 {, as here the option White had later on move 11 is
ineffective:} 10. h3 (10. b4 Qxb4 $1 11. Na4 Qa3 12. Bc1 Qb4 13. Bd2 $11) 10...
Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Qc2 Be6 13. b3 Rfc8 14. a4 Nd7 15. Rad1 f5 $5 16. exf5
Bxf5 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qa2 Rf8 20. b4 Bxc3 $6 (20... Nd3 $1 $13)
21. Bxc3 Ne4 22. Ba1 Rf7 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rfe1 Rc8 25. c5 $1 dxc5 26. Re5 $40 {
Adamski,J-Dobosz,H/Sandomierz/1976/}) (9... Qb6 10. Rb1 d6 11. Be3 $14) 10. Rc1
(10. b3 b6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 $6 Qe6 15. e5 d6 $1 16.
Bd4 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Rad8 18. Qe1 Rd7 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Qc1 Qc6 22.
Rf2 Qc5 23. Kf1 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 $15 {Pogats,J-Bilek,I/Budapest/1954/}) (10.
Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qc2 d6 $132 {is similar to the Adamski-Dobosz game above} (11...
b6 12. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Rf2f4] ()[+],/\f4})) 10... d6 11. Be3 $146 ({The most
ambitious move, aiming to profit from White's slight lead in development, is} 
11. b4 $5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 13. c5 dxc5 14. bxc5 $36) (12... Qe5
13. Re1 $1 $36) 13. Bf4 Qb6 (13... a5 {Hausrath,D-Parulava,T/Leipzig/1995/} 14.
c5 $36) 14. c5 dxc5 15. bxc5 Qa5 16. e5 Nd7 17. c6 $6 (17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxd7
$16) (17. Re1 $16) (17. Nd5 $1 {/\} Nxe5 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. c6
Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qe5+ 22. Kg1 Qxe7 23. Re1 $18) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd5
Qa3 20. Re1 bxc6 21. Re3 Qb2 22. Nxe7+ Kg7 $132 {Pinkas,K-Lupkowski,E/Warsaw/
1999/}) (11. Nd5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Be3 Qa5 16.
Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rfc8 $11 {Lopez,F-De Greif,B/Medellin/1972/}) (11. Ne1 Be6
12. b3 h6 13. Be3 Qc8 14. f3 $14 g5 $6 15. Nc2 Ng6 16. Nd4 Nf4 17. Nd5 N6xd5
18. exd5 Bf5 19. Re1 Bg6 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. Qd2 e5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rcd1 Be5 24.
Nb5 Qg7 25. Bd4 $16 {Pogats,J-Haag,E/Budapest/1959/}) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qa5
13. Qd2 Rd8 (13... Be6 $143 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bd4 $14) 14. Rfd1 Be6 (14... Bg4
15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Bf4 $14) 15. b3 Rac8 16. Nd5 $5 (16. Bd4 {()} Ne8 $11 {
/+/=,()}) 16... Qxd2 17. Bxd2 (17. Rxd2 $142 Bxd5 (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19.
Bxa7 $16) 18. exd5 $14 {But a draw is enough for White...}) 17... Kf8 18. Bg5
Ng8 $1 19. a4 Bh6 $11 {With this exchange Black wins the theoretical duel,
equalizes and for the following 40 moves tries to create at least a glimmer of
winning chances.} 20. Bxh6+ (20. h4 f6 21. Bxh6+ Nxh6 $11) 20... Nxh6 21. Nc3
f6 22. Be2 Nf7 23. f4 Re8 (23... g5 24. g3 {[%cal Ye2h5] /\Bh5} gxf4 25. gxf4
f5 26. Bf3 $14) 24. Bf3 Rc5 25. Nb5 a5 (25... a6 $5 26. Nd4 Bd7) 26. Nd4 Bd7
27. Nc2 Rec8 28. Ne1 R5c7 29. Nd3 e5 30. fxe5 dxe5 (30... Nxe5 $6 31. Nf4 $36)
(30... fxe5 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Ng5 $11) 31. Nc5 Rd8 {Black doesn't want to
give up the <->d, but now White breaks up the <<.} (31... Rxc5 32. Rxd7 R8c7 (
32... R5c7 33. Rd5 $11) 33. Rcd1 Ke8 34. R7d3 $11) 32. Rd5 b6 33. Nxd7+ Rdxd7
34. Rb5 Rd6 35. c5 $5 Rdc6 (35... Ng5 $5 36. Rc4 (36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Rcd7 38.
Be2 bxc5 39. Rcxc5 Nxe4 $13) 36... Rxc5 37. Rcxc5 bxc5 38. Rxa5 $11) 36. Kf2
bxc5 37. Rxa5 Nd6 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. Rb8 Ra7 (39... c4 $6 40. b4 $36 {[%csl Ga4,
Gb4] o^a,b}) 40. Ke3 c4 41. Rc3 Rcc7 42. Be2 cxb3 43. Rxc7+ Rxc7 44. Rxb3 Rc5 (
44... Ra7 45. Rb4 f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. g3 $11) 45. g4 g5 (45... f5 46. gxf5
gxf5 47. exf5 Nxf5+ 48. Ke4 Nd6+ 49. Ke3 Ra5 $11 {would be a logical
continuation.}) 46. Bd3 Kd7 47. Rb8 Rc3 {Black nearly overdoes it.} (47... Ra5
$142 $11) 48. Rh8 Ra3 49. Rxh7+ Kc6 50. Rh6 Kc5 51. Rxf6 Nc4+ 52. Ke2 Ra2+ 53.
Kf3 Ra3 54. Ke2 Nb2 (54... Ra2+ 55. Kf3 $11 (55. Ke1 Ne3 $5 $44)) 55. Bb5 Nxa4
56. Bxa4 Rxa4 57. Rf5 Kd4 58. Rxg5 Kxe4 59. h4 Ra2+ 60. Kf1 Ra5 $2 (60... Kf4
61. Rf5+ (61. Rg8 $6 Kf3 62. Ke1 e4) 61... Kxg4 $11) 61. Rf5 Kd3 {Here Milov
decided to save at least some rating points, if not the match.} (61... Ra2 62.
Rf2 $16) (61... Kd3 62. g5 Ra1+ 63. Kg2 e4 64. g6 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 (5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 {-A42 gives
White chances to fight for an edge.}) 5... Nc6 (5... Bg4 6. d5 $14 {()}) 6. d5
Nd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 {This capture is more consistent than} (7... Bxd4 8. Nc3 $1
Bd7 (8... Nf6 9. Nb5 $1 $36) 9. O-O h6 (9... Nf6 $142 10. Qc2 $14) 10. Bd3 g5
11. Rb1 Nf6 12. Ne2 Be5 13. f3 Qa5 14. a3 Rg8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Be3 b6 17. Qd2 Nh5
18. Kh1 Qc8 19. g3 Qa6 20. Rb3 Kd8 21. Rg1 Kc7 22. Nc3 $16 {(),-><<,Labollita,
M-Dolezal,C/Buenos Aires/2003/}) 8. O-O Qb6 {This popular move is in fact
risky, as Black remanins behind in development. Maybe after this game he will
turn his attention to} (8... e5 $5 9. Nd2 (9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb4
Bc6 $132) 9... Nf6 (9... a5 $5) 10. b4 a5 11. c5 O-O 12. Ba3 axb4 13. Bxb4 dxc5
14. Bxc5 Re8 15. Bd3 b6 16. Bb4 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bb5 Bd7 $14 {/=,
Krivonosov,O-Zujev,O/Vilnius/2000/}) 9. a4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting
new idea. Previous practice has shown Black's position is solid enough, so to
get anything White has to act as fast as possible.} ({Marin was surely
inspired by Topalov's games and his own failure to achieve an advantage:} 9.
Nd2 Nf6 10. Rb1 a5 $1 11. b3 O-O 12. a3 (12. Bb2 e5 $1 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ba3 e5
15. Rc1 Nd7 16. Bg4 Nc5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Nf3 Qc6 20. Re1 Rf4
21. Qd3 Rcf8 22. Re2 Bh6 23. Rf1 Rxf3 $5 24. gxf3 Qe8 25. Kg2 Qd8 $44 {Marin,
M-Lacasa Diaz,J/Andorra/2003/}) 12... e5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. Bd3 Qc7
16. Nb3 b6 17. Bd2 Nh5 18. Rc1 Ra3 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Nxa1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22.
Nc2 Ba4 23. Qd2 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Ra8 25. Qb2 Qa7 26. Rd1 Be5 $15 {[%csl Rd3,Ge5] /
=,Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Dos Hermanas/1999/}) (9. Qb3 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd7
12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nb3 (13. a3 $142 Nc5 14. Rb1 $13) 13... Nc5 $1 14. Nxc5 bxc5
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Rdb1 b6 19. a3 Rfb8 20. b4 Kf8 $11 {
/=/+,Karpov,A-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo blind/2001/}) (9. Na3 Nf6 10. Bf3 Nd7 11.
Nc2 O-O 12. Rb1 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. b3 a5 15. Ba3 e5 16. Ne1 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5
18. Nd3 Qc6 19. a4 b6 20. Qe2 h5 21. g3 Bh6 22. Rbe1 Ra7 23. Bg2 Raf7 24. h4
Bg4 25. f3 Be6 $11 {1/2,Badea,B-Abergel,T/Marseille op/2003/}) 9... a5 {
A natural reply.} (9... Nf6 10. a5 Qc5 11. Nd2 Qc7 (11... O-O 12. Nb3 $16) 12.
b4 $36) 10. c5 $1 {[%mdl 640] Opening the position gives White a strong
initiative. Otherwise the insertion of a4 and a5 would favour Black, giving
his N a potential outpost on c5.} Qxc5 (10... dxc5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 (11... Bd7 12.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Na3 $16) 12. Nd2 $44 {->}) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 $6 (11... Kf8 $142 12.
Na3 $36 (12. Nd2 $44)) 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Qb3 (13. Na3 $5 $40) 13... Rc8 {
Now Black will manage to connect his R and get his K out of the way only after
it's too late.} (13... Qb4 $5 14. Qd3 $5 (14. Qh3+ $143 Ke8 $13) 14... Nf6 15.
Na3 $36) 14. Bd2 $1 Nf6 15. Re1 Rhd8 (15... Qc4 16. Qxb7+ (16. Qh3+ $5 e6 17.
Na3 Qa6 18. Nb5 $40) 16... Rc7 17. Qb6 Qc5 18. Bxa5 $16) 16. Na3 Ke8 17. Rac1 {
White ignores the Pb7 and develops with tempi.} Qa7 $8 18. Nb5 Qb8 $8 (18...
Qb6 $2 19. Nc7+ $18) (18... Qa8 19. Nc7+ $18) 19. Bxa5 Rxc1 $2 (19... b6 $8 20.
Bd2 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 $16) 20. Rxc1 $18 Rc8 (20... b6 21. Bxb6 $1 $18) 21. Bc7 Nd7
(21... Kf8 22. Qc4 (22. Rc4 $16) 22... Qa8 23. Nxd6 $5 Rxc7 24. Qxc7 exd6 25.
Qxd6+ Kg8 26. e5 Bh6 27. Rc4) (21... Nxe4 $2 22. Qc2 d3 23. Qxd3 Nf6 24. Nxd6+
$1 $18) 22. Rc4 Qa8 23. Bxd6 $1 Rxc4 (23... exd6 $2 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nxd6+
$18) 24. Qxc4 Kf8 (24... exd6 25. Nc7+ $18) 25. Bc7 d3 26. b3 d2 27. Qc2 Nc5 (
27... Bh6 28. f4 Nc5 29. Qxd2 Nxe4 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. d6 $18) (27... Nf6 28. Qxd2
Nxe4 29. Qb4 Nf6 30. d6 $18) 28. d6 $1 {The most direct solution.} (28. Qxd2
Nxb3 (28... Nxe4 {-27...Nf6}) 29. Qb4 $18) 28... Qe8 (28... exd6 29. Bxd6+ Kg8
30. Bxc5 Qc8 31. b4 b6 32. Qxd2 $18) 29. dxe7+ Kg8 (29... Qxe7 $2 30. Bd6) 30.
Bd6 Qd7 (30... Nxe4 31. Nc7 $18) 31. Qxd2 (31. Nc7 Qxd6 32. e8=Q+ Bf8 33. Nd5
$18) 31... Nxe4 32. Qe2 (32. Qa5 $142 $1) (32. Qe2 Nf6 33. Ba3 {[%cal Rb5d6] /
\Nd6}) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 g6 {Auf den zurückhaltenden Zug von Weiß kann man ganz gut Fianchetto
spielen, hingegen auf e2-e4 ist es bekanntlich ungenügend. Nur muss der
Nachziehende Sorge tragen, bald einen Bauern ins Zentrum zu bringen, und zwar
beim Königsfianchetto den Königsbauern beim Damenfianchetto den Damenbauern.}
2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 {Dieser Zug ist nicht gerade zu tadeln, aber auch
nicht schön, da der Läufer nach d6-d5 dort keine Zukunft hat. Auch auf d3
steht er nicht gut, wenn g7-g6 geschehen ist. Man muss ihn eben nach e2
entwickeln.} e6 {Wenn Schwarz, was wohl eigentlich seine Absicht war, den
Königsbauern nach gehöriger Deckung zwei Schritt zöge, dann stände der Bc4
gut. Deshalb entschließt er sich zu d6-d5, was auch gleich geschehen könnte.
Die Partie enthält nun französischen Charakter.} 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4
d5 8. Bb3 Nbc6 9. e5 h6 10. Ne2 Na5 11. c3 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 ({Viel besser war es,
mit dem Bauern zu schlagen} 12. axb3 {, der dann weiter vorgegangen wäre} Z0
13. b4 {und c7-c5 verhindert hätte.}) 12... b6 13. Ng3 {Gegen Nf5 gerichtet,
was auf Be3 gefolgt wäre.} c5 14. Be3 c4 {Verfrüht, wie sich bald - hätte
zeigen können.} 15. Qd1 b5 16. Qd2 ({Mit} 16. a4 {hier oder im nächsten Zug
hätte Weiß die Bauernkette sprengen können und müssen.}) 16... Kh7 17. h3 {
Warum zeigt Gunsberg in einem Alter, wo Anderssen und Steinitz noch
riesenstark waren, kaum noch Spuren seiner einstigen Kraft? Und warum sind
Blackburnes, des 73-jährigen Mannes - man kann nicht sagen : Greises - beaux
restes noch so annehmbar? Sollte das die Macht des Alkohols sein, deb
Blackburne Zeit seines Lebens in beträchtlichen Quantitäten zu sich genommen
hat und der sich bei ihm als vorzügliches Konservierungsmittel bewährt hat,
während Gunsberg ausgesprochener Temperenzler ist? Der Fall Blackburne ist
ein Phänomen, mit dem sich die Temperenzvereine werden auseinandersetzen
müssen, denn es ist geeignet, ihre Bestrebungen direkt ad absurdum zu führen.
} Nf5 {Er verspricht sioh von der Öffnung der g-Linie Nutzen und behält
damit Recht.} 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Nh2 Rg8 20. f4 Bf8 21. Kh1 Be7 22. Qe2 Qf8 23.
Qh5 ({Sofort} 23. g4 {wäre besser gewesen, wenn Weiß den Bauern überhaupt
ziehen wollte.}) 23... Qg7 24. g4 $2 Qg6 $1 {Erzwingt den Damentausch unter
für Schwarz günstigen Umständen.} 25. Qxg6+ fxg6 {Die Bauernstellung ist
wieder ausgebessert.} 26. Rg1 Bd7 {Der Läufer wird ein bißchen spät
entwickelt.} 27. gxf5 {Ganz zwecklos, ja nur für Schwarz günstig,dessen
Damenläufer nun nach h5 gelangen kann.} gxf5 28. Nf3 a5 {Schwarz hat nach dem
letzten Bauerntausch das überlegene Spiel. Er droht mit b5-b4 anzugreifen und
seine Läufer haben jeder zwei schöne offene Linien, der weiße natürlich
erst von e8 aus.} 29. Rxg8 {Die Folge des unüberlegten Bauerntausches. Nach
dem Abtausch der Türme gewinnen die Läufer noch an Kraft.} Rxg8 30. Rg1 Be8
$1 31. Rxg8 Kxg8 {Weiß ist schon so gut wie verloren. Der schwarze König
dringt nach b5-b4 und b4xc3 über a4 ins weiße Spiel ein, während die
Läufer auf allen Seiten das weiße Spiel bedrohen.} 32. Bd2 Bh5 33. Kg2 Kf7
34. Be1 Ke8 35. a3 {Auch ohne diesen Zug kann Weiß seinen Damenflügel
schwerlich mit Erfolg verteidigen, zumal sein König an den Springer gefesselt
ist.} Kd7 36. Kf2 Kc6 37. Ke3 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Bh4 {Es fehlt Weiß an
Zügen!} bxc3 {Elegant gespielt!} ({Aber er konnte auch einfach mit} 39... Bf8
{gewinnen.}) 40. bxc3 ({Schlägt Weiß den Be7 mit} 40. Bxe7 {so geht nach}
cxb2 41. Nd2 c3 {einer der Bauern zur Dame.}) 40... Ba3 41. Ne1 ({Der Läufer
mußte wenigstens nach} 41. Be1 {gehen. Dann konnte Schwarz allerdings den
König} Kb5 42. Z0 Ka4 43. Z0 {nach} Kb3 {spielen und mit} 44. Z0 Bb2 {den Pc3
erobern.} (44... Bxf3 {oder} 45. Kxf3 Bc1 46. Z0 Kc2)) 41... Bc1+ 42. Kf2 Bxf4
43. Be7 Kb5 44. Nc2 Bd2 45. Bb4 Ka4 46. Na3 f4 47. Nb1 Be3+ 48. Ke1 f3 49. Be7
f2+ {Das Endspiel hat der britische Matador sehr hübsch gespielt.} (49... f2+
{Weiß gibt auf, denn auf} 50. Kf1 {gewinnt Schwarz durch} Bg6 51. Z0 {nebst}
Bd3+) 0-1

[Event "Osterskars m"]
[Site "Osterskars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first of a two-game exhibition match held alongside the SCT. The
time control was 40/2, followed by one hour each for the rest of the game.
Andersson was in excellent form for his exhibitions, and this game shows him
at his best, with a extremely flexible style. His play is original and the
game is quickly steered into uncharted and fascinating waters. Gelfand was
greatly impressed, and so intrigued by the complications that arose, that he
felt no pain from the disappointing (for him) outcome.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3.
Nc3 Ne7 $5 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 h6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 $5
{An interesting decision. I was watching the game, which took place on our
rest day, with GMs Helgi Olafsson and Lars Karlsson. Karlsson and I were
sceptical about Andersson's original set-up, particularly black's 6th move
which seemed to be an unhappy weakening. Helgi anticipated a relatively
classical black development with ...d6, Sb8-d7-f6, b6, Lb7, when he liked
black's position. Andersson's decision, which commits himself to a battle of
passed pawn duos, seems to be begging for trouble given white's bishop pair,
but the Swedish super-GM has given matters much deeper thought.} 10. c5 b6 {
Preparing not only to liberate his center, but also creating the option of ...
La6. The latter is an inconvenience for white who would prefer to keep his
bishop pair to exploit the assets of his position.} 11. Nf3 $6 {I never feel
comfortable criticising the moves of esteemed players, but this bothers me for
several reasons. First, it seems less flexible to play this, rather than 11.b4.
It also rules out a possible transfer of the queen along the third rank, as
well as the option of using the f-pawn to hinder black's center. Also, ...e5
will come with threat of fork.} (11. b4 bxc5 12. dxc5 d4 {(To exploit the lack
of Sf3)} (12... f6 13. f4 $5 d4 14. Qc4 Nbc6 15. Nf3 {looks better for white
to me.}) 13. Qc2 Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. Nf3 {again feels better for white.} (14. b5
$2 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Qa5+)) 14. Ne2 e5 {and now I suppose the critical move is} 15.
b5 $5) 11... bxc5 12. dxc5 f6 13. b4 e5 14. Bc2 Bf5 {A more harmonious way of
using this bishop than from a6. Black also solves any worries about his king
position.} 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. O-O d4 17. Qb2 Nbc6 18. b5 e4 $5 {Admirable
consistency, giving centralization top priority. The pedestrian} (18... Na5 {
was also very interesting.} 19. Ba2 {(to hinder Dd5)} Nb7 $5 20. c6 Nc5 {
and black's active pieces must give him at least his share of the play.}) 19.
Nh4 Ne5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Qe2 d3 22. Qxe4 Nd4 23. Bd1 (23. Bd5 $4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1
Nc3) (23. Ba2 $5 Re8 (23... Nxb5 $5) 24. Kh1 f5 25. Qf4 {is very obscure, but
looks better for white than the game to me.} (25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Rad8 {
can only be dangerous for white.})) 23... Re8 24. Kh1 f5 25. Qe3 (25. Qf4 {
is much more hazardous now that black has the possiblity of} Nc4) 25... Qh4 26.
Qf4 Qxf4 27. Bxf4 Nxb5 {Now an interesting second phase of the battle, where
Andersson uses his renowned technique to continue posing problems.} 28. Bh5 (
28. Ba4 {is a natural alternative. After} a6 29. Rad1 Rad8 {Black's activity
hints that white must take care;} 30. Rfe1 Nc4 (30... Ng4 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.
Bxb5 axb5 33. Kg1 {should be OK for white.}) 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bxb5 axb5 {
and white's position is still unpleasant.}) 28... g6 29. Rae1 (29. Bxe5+ Rxe5
30. Bxg6 Nc3 {must be better for black.}) 29... gxh5 30. Rxe5 {White reduces
the power of the passed d-pawn by trading a rook.} Rxe5 31. Bxe5+ Kg8 32. Rd1 (
32. a4 Na3 33. Rd1 Nc4 34. Bc3 {should be fine for white, who can approach the
center with his king and if needed, jettison the c-pawn to eliminate the
d-pawn.}) 32... Re8 33. f4 Nxa3 34. Rxd3 Nc4 35. Bd4 (35. Kg1 {intending} Nxe5
36. Re3 {leaves black better after} Kf7 37. fxe5 Rc8 {and}) (35. Bc3 Re3 36.
Rxe3 Nxe3 37. c6 Nd5 38. Be5 Kf7 {must favor black as well.}) 35... Rd8 36. c6
Kf7 37. c7 Rc8 38. Rg3 $2 {Since it seems that black's a-pawn is superior to
the c-pawn, white should bail out with} (38. Bxa7 Rxc7) 38... Ke6 39. Rg7 a5
40. Rh7 Kd5 {The time control is reached, and white's position is critical.}
41. Bc3 a4 42. Kg1 a3 43. Kf2 a2 44. Ke2 Nd6 45. Kd3 Nb5 46. Bb2 (46. Be5 Rxc7
47. Rxh6 Ra7 48. Rxh5 Nd4 $1 49. Bxd4 Ra3+) 46... Rxc7 47. Rxh6 Ra7 48. Rxh5 {
I believe} (48. Ba1 Nd4 49. Kc3 {was a better chance to resist, though his
success is doubtful after} Rb7 $1 (49... Rc7+ 50. Kb2 Rc2+ 51. Ka3 Rxg2 52.
Rxh5 Ke4 53. Bb2) 50. Ra6 {or} (50. Rh8 $5 Ne2+ 51. Kd2 Rb1 $1 52. Bf6 Nxf4 53.
Ra8 Rh1 $1) 50... Rc7+ $1 51. Kb2 (51. Kd3 Nb3) 51... Rc2+ 52. Ka3 Rxg2) 48...
Ra3+ 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. g4 Rf3 {The threat of ...Tf2+ is devastating.} 51. gxf5 (
51. Rxf5 Rf2+ 52. Kc1 Nd4 53. Bxd4 Rf1+ $1 54. Kc2 Kxd4) (51. Ke1 Rb3) 51...
Rf2+ 52. Kc1 Nd4 {The a-pawn triumphs.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 (5. f3 {-see detailed commented
game  0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Chatalbashev,B/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84_01[Tsesarsky,I] (49)})
(5. Bd3 {-mainline.}) 5... Bg4 (5... Nd7 6. Be2 a6 (6... Ne5 7. O-O Nxf3+ 8.
Bxf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 b6 12. f4 $14 {1-0 Ruspini,R-Schmelzle,
O/GER 1998/EXT 2001 (43)}) 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Ne8 10. Bf4 $14 {
0-1 Schorr,L-Badilles,G/Tel Aviv 1964/EXT 99 (60)}) (5... Na6 6. Nc3 (6. Be2 f5
7. exf5 Bxf5 8. O-O Nh6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ng5 $14 {0-1 Seres,L-Szabolcsi,J/
Hungary 1996/EXT 2000 (62)}) 6... Nc7 7. Be2 e6 8. a4 Ne7 9. O-O (9. e5 exd5
10. cxd5 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. e6 fxe6 (13... Nd4 14. Be3 fxe6 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 Bf5 18. a5 $14 {1-0 Mecking,H-Gadia,O/Sao Paulo
1967/EXT 2001 (34)}) 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bg3 Nd4 18.
Bc4+ Kh8 19. Re1 Nf6 $15) 9... O-O 10. Re1 $14) (5... e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O
8. Re1 (8. h3 Nd7 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nc6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Acevedo,A-Peralta,F/Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001 (58)}) (8. Nc3 Na6 9. Be3 Nc7
10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Qf4 e5 13. Qg3 f5 14. Ng5 fxe4 15. Bxe4 $14 {
0-1 Kanko,I-Puranen,J/FIN 1992/EXT 2000 (53)}) 8... Nd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 b6 11.
Bf4 e5 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nb5 $14 {0-1 Ivanisevic,I-Minasian,A/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78
(54)}) (5... Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 (6... O-O 7. O-O a6 (7... Na6 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. h3 a6
10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qd2 $14 {0-1 Eriksson,L-Ruffenach,A/Dresden 2000/EXT
2001 (53)}) 8. a4 b6 9. h3 e5 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. Re1 Ra7 12. Bf1 Qe8 13. a5 bxa5
14. Rxa5 $14 {0-1 Spacek,P-Koch,H/Trier 1997/EXT 99 (33)}) (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3
8. Qxf3 Nfd7 9. Qd1 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Mrva,M-Irsai,
J/SVK 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) 7. O-O exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Na6 11.
Nc4 Nb4 12. Bb1 (12. a4 Nh5 13. h3 f5 $132 {1-0 Rajlich,V-Jessar,J/
Philadelphia 1996/EXT 2001 (29)}) 12... b5 13. Ncd2 c4 14. a4 Qa5 15. Ra3 Nd7
16. axb5 Qxb5 17. Qa4 $14) 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O (7. Nbd2 Ngf6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3
Ne5 10. Be2 g5 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Nf3 h6
16. Rb1 Kc7 $132 {0-1 Koehne,A-Wippermann,T/Werther GER 2001/The Week in Chess
335 (68)}) 7... a6 (7... h6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ngf6 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Be2 g5 12.
Be3 Ng6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rab1 g4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. f3 Qd7 18. f4
f5 19. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Ge2h5] 1-0 Polak,T-Wippermann,T/Bad Wildbad 2000/EXT
2001 (35)}) 8. Ng5 (8. Nc3 $5 $14) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 h6 10. Nh3 $5 {[%cal
Gf2f4]} Ngf6 11. f4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Nh7 $2 $16 (11... Qc7 $142 12. Nc3 O-O 13.
Be3 $14 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 12. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3]} O-O 13. Nf3 Re8 14. f5 $1 {
White has dangerous initiative and space advantage.} g5 15. Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Very strong well evaluated positional piece sacrifice!} hxg5 16. Nfxg5 {
[%cal Ge2h5]} Nhf6 $1 {Looks like mistake} ({Certain problems to White should
make} 16... Nxg5 $6 {in order to change more pieces.} 17. Nxg5 {but eventually
White wins this position. You can see some analysis below:} Nf6 (17... Rf8 18.
Rf3 $1 (18. Qh5 $2 Nf6 19. Qh4 b5 20. Rf3 bxc4 21. Rh3 (21. Rg3 Qb6 22. Rb1 c3
23. Rxc3 Rfb8 24. b3 c4+ 25. Kh1 Qa5 $17) 21... Qb6 (21... Re8 22. Nh7 $16) 22.
Nh7 Rfb8 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Qh7 Ke8 $19) 18... b5 19. cxb5 axb5
20. Rg3 c4 {[%tqu "En","?","","","e4e5","",10,"g1h1","",0]} 21. e5 $3 Qb6+ 22.
Kh1 dxe5 (22... Nxe5 23. Qh5 $18) 23. Ne6 fxe6 24. Qg4 Rf7 25. fxe6 Raf8 26.
exf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxd7 $18) 18. g4 $1 (18. Rf3 $2 b5 19. Rh3 bxc4 20. Rc1 (20. Rf1
Rb8 21. Rf4 Qa5 $19) 20... Qa5 21. Ra3 Qb5 22. Rxc4 Reb8 23. Rb3 Qd7 24. Rh3
Rb4 $17) 18... b5 19. cxb5 $1 (19. Nh3 $2 bxc4 20. g5 Nd7 21. g6 fxg6 22. fxg6
Rb8 23. Qh5 Nf6 24. Qh4 Qd7 25. Rf5 Rxb2 26. Ng5 Qa4 $19 (26... Qb7 27. Raf1
$13)) 19... axb5 20. Nh3 Nd7 21. g5 Ne5 22. Qh5 Qd7 (22... Ra4 23. Rf4 $1 (23.
g6 Rxe4 24. Kh1 f6 25. Nf4 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Qa8 $13) 23... Nd3 24. Rg4 Ne5 25. Rg3
(25. Rf4 Nd3 $11) 25... Qa5 26. g6 Rxa2 27. Rf1 Ra1 28. Ng5 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qa1+
30. Kg2 Qxb2+ 31. Kh3 $18) (22... c4 23. g6 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 {[%cal Gh3g5]} f6 25.
Nf4 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf4e6]}) 23. Rf4 Nd3 24. Rg4 Ne5 (24... f6 25. Kh1 $1
{[%cal Ga1g1,Gg5f6]} Rec8 (25... Ne5 26. Rg3 {[%cal Ga1g1]} Ra7 27. Nf4 $18)
26. gxf6 exf6 27. Rag1 Rc7 28. Qh6 $18) 25. Rg3 e6 26. f6 $1 (26. g6 $2 exf5
27. Qh7+ (27. exf5 fxg6 28. fxg6 Bf6 29. Rf1 Rf8 $13) 27... Kf8 28. Rf1 fxg6
29. exf5 Bf6 $17) 26... Ng6 27. fxg7 $18 {[%cal Gh3f4]} Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29.
Nf2 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf2g4,Gg4f6]}) 17. Rf3 e6 $6 $18 ({More stubborn was} 
17... Ne5 $5 {with very complicated position:} 18. Rg3 b5 19. Nf4 Qd7 (19...
bxc4 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Ne6 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rg7]}) 20. Nge6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Kh8 22.
Rxg7 (22. Rh3+ Kg8 23. Rg3 (23. Rf1 Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Ne6 (25. Rf4 $4 bxc4
26. Rfh4 c3 27. bxc3 Reb8 $19) 25... Kf7 (25... Reb8 $4 26. Rg3 Ne8 27. Qh5 $18
) 26. Ng5+ $11) 23... Kh8 24. Rxg7 {-like in the main variation}) 22... Rg8 23.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 24. Rf1 Rg4 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf6e4,Gg4e4]} (24... bxc4 25. Rf4 Rg4
26. Rxg4 Nexg4 27. h3 Ne5 28. Qe3 $18) 25. Qe3 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge3h6]} Qc8 26.
h3 $1 (26. Qh6+ Nh7 27. Rf4 Qg8 28. Rxg4 Nxg4 $44) 26... Rh4 27. Rf4 Rh7 28.
cxb5 axb5 29. g4 Nfd7 30. g5 Nf8 31. h4 (31. g6 Nxe6 32. dxe6 Rh5 $44) 31...
Nxe6 32. dxe6 $16) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. dxe6 Ne5 21. Rg3 {White has
4P and R for B and N. That means, White has decisive advantage.} (21. Rf2 $18)
21... Qe8 22. Nf4 b5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nd5 (25. Rf1 Ra8 26. b3 c4
27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 $18) 25... Qxe6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxb5 Rf8 28. Rf1 Qxf1+
29. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nc4 {The endgame White wins easily.} 31. a4 ({Possible
also} 31. Ke2 Nxb2 32. h4 Kf7 33. Rb3 Ke6 34. g4 $18 {[%cal Gg4g8,Gh4h8,Ga2a4]}
) 31... Kf7 (31... Nxb2 32. a5 c4 33. a6 Na4 34. Rg6 c3 35. a7 Nb6 36. Rxd6 c2
37. Rc6 $18) (31... Nd2+ 32. Ke2 Nxe4 33. Rg4 Nf6 34. a5 Ne8 35. a6 Nc7 36. a7
Kf7 37. b4 $18) 32. b3 Nd2+ 33. Ke2 Nxe4 34. Rf3+ Ke6 35. a5 Bd4 36. a6 c4 37.
bxc4 Nf6 38. Ra3 Ba7 39. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Eilat GP "]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2001.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Nc3 $6 (6. Nfd2 d6 7.
Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. f3 Be6 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Rb1 (12. Nb5 Qb7) 12...
Nf6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qd2 {This position usually is in White's favour, but here
white NN placed on a3 and b3 instead of d4 and c3, and this factor makes
position equal!} Nd7 15. Rbc1 (15. Nb5 Qb7 16. Rbc1 Nce5 17. Na3 a6) 15... a6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Markowski,T/Krynica 1998/CBM 67 (27)}) (6. a3 $5 d6
7. Be2 b6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Nd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Rc1 a6
14. Qd2 e6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mulyar,M-Ehlvest,J/Las Vegas USA 2000/
The Week in Chess 322 (23)}) (6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1
Bb7 11. Bf1 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Rad8 13. b4 Qc8 14. Bb2 Qa8 15. Qc2 e6 16. Rbd1 d5 17.
cxd5 exd5 18. exd5 (18. e5 $6 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. e6 exf3 (20... fxe6 $2 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. Nxe4 a5 24. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Fridman,D-Petrov,M/
Pardubice CZE 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (39)}) 21. e7 (21. Bxg7 fxg2 22. Bxf8
gxf1=Q+ 23. Rxf1 (23. Kxf1 Bg2+ 24. Kg1 Bxh3 25. Qe4 Bxe6 $15) 23... Ne5 24.
Rxd8 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Qxd8 $19) 21... Rc8 22. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 23. Qd2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2
fxg2 25. Be2 $44) 18... Bxd5 $11) 6... Bxc3+ $5 (6... d6 $6 7. Nd5 $1 $14 (7.
Be2 $6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]} 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Qxc3 $17 (10...
O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qc2 Ng4 13. Bf4 f5 $132 {0-1 Ivanov,M-Kekelidze,M/Germany
2000/CBM 74 ext (33)}))) 7. bxc3 d6 (7... Nc6 8. Qd5 (8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10.
Rb1 Qa5 11. Qc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gvetadze,S-Babataeva,I/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78 ext 
(55)}) 8... d6 9. Nd4 Qb6 10. Qb5 Nf6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f3 Nd7 $132 {[%csl Rb6,
Rb7,Rc3,Rc4]}) (7... Nf6 8. e5 $1 (8. Bd3 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 (11.
Be3 Qc7 12. Nd4 Bb7 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]}) 11... Nbd7 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Qa4 Bb7
14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Bf1 Rfc8 $15 {1-0 Jost,S-Wirthensohn,H/Scuol SUI
2001/The Week in Chess 350 (75)}) 8... Ne4 9. Qd4 Qa5 10. Bb2 Nc5 11. Be2 Nc6
12. Qe3 b6 (12... O-O 13. h4 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. f4
$132) 8. Qd4 Qxd4 $6 $14 (8... f6 $142 $5 9. Be2 (9. e5 $6 Nc6 10. Qxc5 dxc5
$15) (9. Be3 Qa5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Qd2 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Rg8] 1-0 Werle,
J-Heberla,B/Chalkidiki 2000/CBM 78 ext (26)}) 9... Nc6 10. Qd3) (8... Nf6 $2 9.
e5 Nfd7 (9... Ng4 $2 10. Qxc5 dxc5 11. h3 $18 {[%csl Rg4]}) 10. exd6 $16 (10.
e6 $2 Ne5 11. exf7+ Nxf7 $132)) 9. cxd4 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1]} f5 (9... Bg4 10. Nd2
Nc6 11. Bb2 Nb4 12. f3 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2 Nxf1 15. Rhxf1 Bd7 16. d5 f6
17. a4 $14 {[%csl Rg8,Rh8]}) 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 ({Maybe stronger was} 11.
dxe5 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} b6 {I was afraid from this PP structure, but ugly Ng8 and
space advantage are more important factors.} 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 (13... e6
14. Rd1 $16) 14. Rd1 Nc5 (14... Rc8 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Ng5 Nh6 (16... h6 17. e6
Nf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Nf7 O-O 20. e7 Kxf7 21. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 $16) (16... e6 17.
Rd6 Rc6 (17... Ke7 18. Ba3 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Re6]}) 18. Bf3 $16) 17. a4 O-O) 15.
Nd4 $1 Rc8 16. Be3 $16 {[%csl Re8,Rg8]}) 11... Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Be2 Nf6
14. Bb2 ({More flexible was} 14. f3 $5 $14) 14... Kf7 15. f3 Rhc8 16. Kd2 (16.
a4 $14) 16... b5 $2 $16 {Uri understood that silent play will lead to stable
White's advantage, so he tries tactical chances...} (16... b6 $142 17. a4 $14)
17. cxb5 (17. c5 $2 Bc6 $132 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5]}) 17... Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rab8 19. a4
a6 20. Rhc1 $1 (20. Rhe1 $2 axb5 21. a5 Nd5 22. a6 Ra8 $132 {[%csl Gd5]}) 20...
Rxc1 21. Bxc1 axb5 22. Rb1 $1 {White must provoke Pb5 promotion!} ({Not} 22. a5
$2 Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 23. a6 Ke6 24. a7 Ra8 25. Ra5 Kd6 26. Ba3+ b4 27. Bc1 Kc6
28. Rc5+ Kd6 29. Ra5 Kc6 $11) 22... b4 ({Another alternative was} 22... Rd8
$144 23. axb5 Rxd4+ 24. Kc3 Rd7 (24... e5 25. b6 Nd5+ 26. Kc2 Rc4+ 27. Kd2 $1 (
27. Kd3 Nxb6 $1 28. Be3 e4+ $17) 27... Rc8 28. b7 Rb8 29. Ba3 $18 {[%csl Rb8]
[%cal Ga3c5,Gc5a7]}) 25. b6 Rb7 26. Kc4 $16 {and White leaves with serious
advantage.}) 23. Kc2 $1 ({Badly is} 23. Kd3 $2 $11 Nd5 24. Bd2 b3 (24... Ke6
25. Kc4 Rc8+ 26. Kb3 $16) 25. Kc4 Nb6+ 26. Kb4 Nd5+ 27. Ka3 Nb6 28. Kb4 Nd5+
29. Kc5 e6 30. a5 Rc8+ 31. Kb5 Rc2 32. Bb4 b2 33. a6 Nc7+ 34. Kb6 Nd5+ (34...
Nxa6 35. Kxa6 Rxg2 36. Bd6 $14) 35. Kb7 Rc7+ 36. Kb8 Rc6 37. Bc5 (37. a7 Rb6+
38. Kc8 Rxb4 39. a8=Q Nb6+ $19) 37... Rxa6 38. Rxb2 $11) 23... Nd5 $2 $18 ({
Better was} 23... Rc8+ $1 24. Kb3 Rc3+ {with trap:} 25. Kb2 $1 ({Not} 25. Kxb4
$2 Nd5+ 26. Ka5 (26. Kb5 Rc2 $44) 26... Rc2 27. h4 Rxg2 28. Bg5 $14) 25... Ra3
26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Kxa1 Ke6 28. Bd2 $16 {This endgame gives to Black serious
chances to survive. Black will try to capture Pa by N and to attack white PP
on the kingside.}) 24. Bd2 Kf6 25. Kb3 e5 26. dxe5+ Kxe5 27. Rc1 {[%csl Rb4]}
Kd4 28. Rd1 Ke5 29. h4 Ra8 30. Ra1 Kd4 31. a5 Kd3 ({Or} 31... Kc5 32. a6 Kb6
33. Kc4 Ne7 34. Be3+ Kc6 35. Bc5 Nd5 36. g3 (36. Bxb4 $2 Ne3+ 37. Kd3 Nxg2 $132
) 36... b3 37. Bd4 Nc7 38. a7 $18) 32. Bxb4 Ke2 33. Ra2+ Kf1 34. Bc5 Nf4 35. g4
Nd3 36. Kc4 Ne5+ 37. Kd5 Nd3 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. a6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6600+10"]

{Bereits vor dieser Partie hatte ich ein sehr starkes Turnier gespielt und es
konnte nicht mehr allzu viel schiefgehen. Bei einem Remis war mir ein
Ratingpreis sicher, allerdings konnte ich mit einem Sieg auch noch in die Top
10 aufsteigen. Deshalb beschloss ich, möglichst objektiv zu spielen, um das
Maximale aus der Partie herauszuholen.} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:09:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:09:
34]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:24] Iturrizaga ist bekannt für
eher unkonventionelle Eröffnungen wie Wolgagambit oder Benoni. Dieses System
hatte er bisher noch nicht angewandt, ist aber für seinen Stil typisch.} 3. e4
{[%emt 0:00:35] die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Kf1 $1 {[%emt 0:06:49] Dieser Zug war
mir aus der Partie So-Jobava, Bergamo 2014 bekannt. 5.Bd2 nebst 6.Qxd2 war
eine sicherere Alternative, aber ich entschloss mich für den meiner Meinung
nach objektiv stärksten Zug.} (5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 f5 7. Nc3 fxe4 (7... Nf6 8.
f3 fxe4 9. fxe4 O-O 10. Nf3) 8. Bxe4 Bxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nf3
O-O 12. O-O $14 {Weiß steht etwas angenehmer.}) 5... Be7 {[%emt 0:10:27]} (5...
e5 {Es ist fraglich, ob Schwarz für den geopferten Bauern genügend
Kompensation erhält.} 6. dxe5 d6 (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 $1 (7. f4 d6 8. a3 Bc5 9.
exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 O-O-O $44 {1-0 (34) Holt,C (2534)-Berczes,D (2522) Dallas
2013})) 7. a3 Bc5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Nc3 $16 {1-0 (38) Ragger,M (2657)-Hamitevici,
V (2453) Bilbao 2014}) 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 7. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (7... Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Kg2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5
11. d5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bc2 $14 {1-0 (37) So,W (2744)-Jobava,
B (2713) Bergamo 2014}) 8. g3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Bf6 $5 {[%emt 0:32:43] Dieser
Aufbau ist sehr interessant, die schwarze Stellung wirkt zwar recht passiv, da
er Weiß das gesamte Zentrum überlässt, aber bald wird ...c5 folgen und Schwarz
erhält gutes Gegenspiel. Problematisch war nur, dass mein Gegner zu viel Zeit
verbrauchte, um sich für diese Spielweise zu entscheiden.} (8... Ngf6 9. Kg2
O-O 10. Re1 e5 11. Bc2 $14 {hielt ich für eine logische Sequenz; die weiße
Stellung ist etwas angenehmer, aber Schwarz bekommt häufig Gegenspiel mit
einem gut getimten exd4; wenn Weiß das Zentrum schließt, bietet sich die
Möglichkeit c6 mit Spiel am Damenflügel.} Re8 (11... exd4 $6 12. Nxd4 Ne5 (
12... Nc5 13. b4) 13. Nf5) 12. Qe2 $14 (12. d5 c6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qe2 cxd5 15.
exd5) (12. Be3 Ng4)) 9. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 10. Be3 {
[%emt 0:06:40]} (10. Bc2 $5 {um die c5-Idee zu stoppen} O-O 11. Qd3 {[%cal
Ge4e5]} (11. Be3 c5 $1) 11... e5 (11... g6 12. h4) 12. d5 Nc5 13. Qe2 a5 14.
Be3 $14) 10... c5 $1 {[%emt 0:12:16]} (10... O-O 11. Qd2 (11. h4 c5) (11. g4 c5
) (11. Bc2 c5 12. d5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ng6) 11... c5 12. d5 Ng6) 11. d5 {[%emt 0:
01:51]} (11. Nb5 Nc8 {hilft Weiß nicht weiter.}) 11... Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:05]}
12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (12... O-O $1 {scheint genauer
zu sein, jetzt ist sofortiges Sd2 nicht überzeugend und wenn man ein Tempo für
Lc2 geben muss, wird das schwarze Gegenspiel rechtzeitig sein.} 13. a4 (13. Bc2
Ng6 $1 14. dxe6 (14. Nd2 f5 $1) 14... fxe6 15. Qxd6 $2 Rxf3 $1) (13. Nd2 exd5
14. cxd5 f5 $132) 13... Ng6 14. a5 Nde5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Ba6 17. axb6 axb6
18. Qb3 f5 $132) 13. Nd2 $1 {[%emt 0:19:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:09:59]} 14. f4 {
[%emt 0:04:39]} exd5 $5 {[%emt 0:05:08] Wenn Schwarz nichts konkretes findet,
steht Weiß einfach besser, er wird langfristig einen Angriff am Königsflügel
vorbereiten. Nun entbrannt ein Kampf um das weiße Zentrum.} (14... Nf6 15. Bc2)
15. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 16. c4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:40] Es ist
wichtig, das Zentrum intakt zu halten!} b5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 17. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:07:47]} (17. cxb5 Nf6 {und Weiß kann das Zentrum nicht halten.}) 17...
bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 18. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. Na5 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Qe7 $2 {[%emt 0:04:33] Ein schwerer strategischer Fehler,
nachdem die schwarze Stellung schlecht ist. Es war unbedingt notwendig, den
weißfeldrigen Läufer zu behalten! Das Feld c6 ist für den weißen Springer
nicht von großem Nutzen.} (19... Bc8 $1 20. Qc2 (20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 {
[%csl Rd5]}) (20. Nc6 Qe8 $1 21. e5 (21. Qc2 Qf7) 21... dxe5 22. Bxc5 Be6 $1)
20... fxe4 21. Bxe4 Qf6 $1 {Nach dem Abtausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer durch
Lf5 wird d5 hoffnungslos schwach. Weiß muss nach einem Weg suchen, das Remis
zu sichern.} 22. Rhe1 (22. Nc6 Bf5) (22. Nc4 Re8) 22... Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24.
Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Bf2 (25. Nb7 Nc4 (25... Rxd5 26. Rbd1 $11) 26. Bf2 Rf7 27. Re6
Rd7) 25... Rxd5 26. Nc6 Rd2 27. Rbd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nc4 29. Rc1 Nb6 30. Rd1 $132
) (19... Nxd5 $2 20. Bc4 $1 $18 (20. exd5 Bxd5+)) 20. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:01:10]}
Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 22. Bf2 {
[%emt 0:03:35]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:04:24]} (22... Ne5 23. Bc2) 23. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 24. Qd3 {[%emt 0:08:12]} (24. a4 $5) 24... Ne5 {
[%emt 0:03:14]} 25. Qc2 {[%emt 0:17:18]} (25. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 26. Qc2 Ng4 27. Bg6
{wird Zugumstellung.}) 25... Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (25... Ng6 {wäre stärker
gewesen, aber natürlich geht man nicht gerne wieder zurück.}) 26. Bxh7+ {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Bg6 {[%emt 0:09:08]} Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 28. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (28. Be4 Qf7 29. Bg1 $16) 28... Rxe1+ {
[%emt 0:01:21]} 29. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:00] Aus praktischer Sicht ist die
Stellung fast gewonnen für Weiß. Mein Gegner war in Zeitnot und sein König ist
unheilbar schwach.} Nf6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} (29... Nxf2 30. Qxf2 $16) (29...
Nd7 $1 {wäre zäher gewesen} 30. h3 Nxf2 31. Qxf2 Kg8 32. Qe2 $16) 30. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 32. Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Qh3+ {[%emt 0:01:32]}
Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Qe6+ {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 37. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:02]}
Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Qe6+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. g4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} (41... Qb1+ 42. Be1 $1) 42. Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:00] Eine sehr wichtige
Partie, die mich auf den 6. Platz katapultierte und ein sehr erfolgreiches
Turnier mit einem positiven Akzent beendete.} (42. Rh3+ {Schwarz gab auf, da
nach} Nh6 {einfach} 43. Qe7 {nebst Rxh6 folgt.}) 1-0

[Event "Cutro 07th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aleksic, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Rc1 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Rxc3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. e3 Nd7 11. Nf3 c5 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Be2
Rfe8 15. b4 $1 {[%mdl 2560] A very interesting pawn sacrifice. The first
intention is to cross black's simple plan of playing ...cxd4 and ...Nc5-e4,
which would seem to offer him a fair share of the play. 15...cxd4 is still
possible, but after 16 Nxd4 black's knight is denied the obvious route to make
a similar impact. As for acceptance of the offer...} cxb4 (15... cxd4 $5 16.
Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Yd4]}) 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Rc7 {[%csl Gd4,Rd7][%cal Gc7a7] For
his pawn white can boast a strong protected passed d-pawn, an active rook and
after the following virtually forced exchange a strong bishop against a knight
which is a mere shadow of its former self. The next few moves suggest that
this all adds up to great value.} Bxf3 18. Bxf3 a5 19. Qb1 $1 Qd6 20. Rfc1 Nb8
21. Qb5 g6 22. g3 {Black is reduced to near complete passivity.} Rd7 23. R7c4
Rdd8 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. R1c6 Nxc6 27. Rxd7 Na7 28. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Groningen op-A 51st"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2013.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Qf6 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8.
e5 Qf4 9. g3 Qh6 10. O-O f6 (10... g5 {was played in Issakainen-Lehtinen 
(Tampere 2013), and now} 11. d5 $1 {would be strong:} exd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Ne4
g4 14. Nfg5 Bxd5 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Re1) 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. a3 (12.
c5 $5 {was more straightforward:} Nge7 13. Rc1 fxe5 14. dxe5 Rhf8 15. cxb6 axb6
16. Re4 {with the idea b4.}) 12... Nge7 13. b4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Rhf8 (14... g5)
15. Be4 g5 16. Nb3 (16. b5 Na5 17. c5 {would be stronger, e.g.:} g4 18. Nh4
bxc5 19. Qc2 d6 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Bxb7+ Nxb7 23. Ne4 Qh6 24. a4)
16... Ng6 {Now White obtains a pleasant edge. A better try would be} (16... g4
17. Nh4 Qh5 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. b5 Ne7 21. a4 Rh8 {with mutual
chances:} 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Qe4+ Kb8 24. Qg2 Rh7) 17. b5 Nce7 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7
19. Qe2 Qh5 20. Qe4+ Kb8 21. Nfd4 {Now White has a clear plan a3-a4-a5,
opening the a-file.} {Not having a way to prevent it, Black decides for a
knight sacrifice:} Nf4 $5 22. gxf4 ({I could decline the offer by playing} 22.
f3 $5 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 g4 24. f4 Ng6 25. Rf1 Rf7 26. Ne2 Rdf8 27. Nbd4 {and Black
has to reply} Ng5 $1 28. Qe3 (28. fxg5 $4 Qh3+) 28... Nf3 29. Nxf3 gxf3+ 30.
Qxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Nxe5 32. Rc3 Ng6 {with roughly equal chances.}) 22... Rxf4
23. Qe2 $6 (23. Qe3 {would be a better retreat:} Rh4 24. Qf3 g4 25. Qg2 Ng6 26.
Re4 Rf8 (26... Nxe5 27. Rae1 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 gxf3 29. Rxh4 Qxh4 30. Qg3 Qf6 31.
Re3 Rf8 32. h3) 27. a4 Nxe5 (27... Nf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. a5 Qxe5 30. Rd1 {
threatening Nc6+}) 28. a5 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 gxf3 30. Rxh4 Qxh4 31. Qg7 Qf4 32. axb6
axb6 33. Kh1 {with an advantage for White.}) 23... g4 24. Ra2 (24. c5 Rdf8 25.
Ra2 Rf3 26. cxb6 cxb6 27. Qd1 Nd5 28. Nxf3 gxf3 29. Kh1 Rg8 30. Nd4 (30. Rg1 $2
{loses to} Rg2) 30... Nc3 31. Nc6+ (31. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Nxf3 Nxa2 {with equality
}) 31... dxc6 32. Qd6+ Ka8 {with a draw.}) 24... Ng6 25. Kh1 Rdf8 26. Qe3 Nh4 {
Black has seized the initiative.} 27. Rg1 Nf3 28. Rg2 Nxe5 29. Rc2 (29. Nd2
Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Qd5 31. Rd2 Qxc4 {with 3 pawns for a piece.}) 29... Rf3 (29...
Ng6 30. Rb2 (30. a4 e5 31. Ne2 Rf3) 30... Nh4 31. Rg1 e5 32. Ne2 Rxf2 33. Ng3
Rxb2 34. Nxh5 Rff2 35. Qxf2 (35. Qg3 Nf3) 35... Rxf2 $17) 30. Qe1 Rh3 (30...
Nd3 31. Qg1 R3f6 32. Rd2 Nf4 {with a big advantage}) 31. Qg1 Rf6 32. a4 Rh6 33.
a5 $2 (33. f4 $1 {led to equality:} Nxc4 (33... gxf3 {??} 34. Rg8+ Kb7 35. a5
$18) (33... Nf3 34. Nxf3 Rxf3 35. Nd4 Rxf4 36. Ne2 Rf3) 34. Rxc4 Qd5 35. Nd2 g3
36. N4f3 Rxh2+ 37. Nxh2 Rxh2+ 38. Qxh2 gxh2 39. Kxh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg3 Qg6+ 41. Kf2
Qd3) 33... Qf7 $2 {In mutual time trouble we both overlooked} (33... Rxb3 $1 {
and White has to play} 34. axb6 (34. Nxb3 Nf3 {and White loses}) 34... cxb6 (
34... axb6 35. f4 Rd3 36. fxe5 g3 37. Rcd2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Qxe5 {and Black is
slightly better}) 35. c5 Rxb5 36. cxb6 Rxb6 37. Qc1 Nc6 $8 38. Nxc6+ dxc6 39.
Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Qxc6 Qd5 41. Qe8+ Kb7 42. Qe7+ Kc6 43. Qe8+ Qd7 44. Qa8+ Kb6 45.
Qb8+ Ka6 46. Qb1 Rh5 {with Black's advantage.}) 34. f4 {Now White takes over.}
Rf6 (34... gxf3 $4 35. Rg8+ Kb7 36. a6#) (34... Qxf4 $2 35. Rcf2 Nf3 36. Nxf3
Rxf3 37. Rxg4) (34... Nf3 35. Nxf3 Rxf3 36. Rxg4) 35. fxe5 Rf1 36. Rcf2 {time}
(36. Rxg4 Rxg1+ 37. Rxg1 {was winning:} a6 (37... Rh6 38. Rf2 Qe8 39. Rg7 Rg6
40. Rxd7 {!}) 38. axb6 cxb6 39. bxa6) 36... Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Qg7 38. Rf4 g3 39.
Nf3 $2 (39. hxg3 Rxg3 40. Rf8+ Qxf8 41. Rxg3 {with rough equality.}) 39... bxa5
40. Nxa5 (40. Nc5 Kc8 $17) 40... a6 {Now White's position is falling apart.}
41. Kf1 Qg6 42. Rxg3 Rxg3 43. hxg3 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Qa2+ 45. Kh3 axb5 46. cxb5 Qxa5
47. Rf7 Qxb5 48. Rxh7 Qd3 49. Rf7 c5 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eriksson, Anders"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. c4 e6 {Lars luras lite med öppningsdragen, genom att
hålla in pållen på g8.} 4. Nc3 (4. g3 {Leder normalt in spelet i antingen
Damindiskt eller bogoindiskt.}) 4... Bb4 5. e3 {Lite ängsligt. Blir man
överraskad i öppningen måste man svara med aktiva drag, annars är den
psykologiska kampen nästan över. Många kommer över chocken först efter ett par
drag och börjar bli aktiva då, men varför vänta?} ({Att spela} 5. Qb3 {med en
gång var att föredra. Vit vet ännu inte om han eventuellt vill göra något
annat än e3.}) 5... f5 {Lars Karlsson har spelat Holländskt i många år och var
nog inte helt missnöjd med utvecklingen. [#] Nu måste vit ge allt för att få
kontroll över e4-fältet. Lyckas han med det kan han fortfarande hoppas.} 6. Qb3
a5 7. Bd2 (7. a3 $2 a4 8. Qxb4 Nc6 9. Qb5 Ra5 $1) 7... Nf6 8. Nb5 {Ett mycket
märkligt drag.} ({Utvecklingsdraget} 8. Be2 {var att föredra.}) 8... Bxf3 9.
gxf3 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 {Vit har minimalt sämre struktur än svart. Den här
strukturen hade kanske gått an om svart hade löparparet. Men springarna kan
lätt gå runt en dubbelbonde. Ett annat alternativ vore om vit hade löparparet.
för då skulle han kunna köra hårt genom att öppna diagonaler och satsa på
angrepp samtidigt som han bbränner broarna bakom sig.} O-O 11. Rd1 d5 12. Kc1
Kh8 13. Bg2 c6 14. Na3 Na6 {[#]} ({Rudolph Spielmann har skrivit ett underbart
kapitel om det så kallade "hämningsoffret" i sin bok "Die Kunst des Opfers".
Hade Rudolph, som för övrigt vistades i Sverige en del, haft svart hade nog
spelat det vackra:} 14... f4) 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Rd2 Qd6 17. Nc2 Rfb8 18. f4 Na6
19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rhd1 {Vit hittar inga konstruktiva idéer, utan försöker
hålla pjäserna garderade.} b5 21. Ne1 a4 22. Qc2 {Partiet påminner lite grann
om Eriksson-Wedberg, rond 5.} Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 {Jag tycker synd om springaren
på e1.} 24. Qc3 Qd5 25. Rc1 {Vit attackerar det som går att attackera.} Rb6 26.
Qa3 h6 27. Qe7 {Vit kör på tomgång.} Rab8 28. Nc2 (28. Qe5 Qd7 29. d5 c5 {
Var ett bättre försök till försvar.}) 28... b4 29. Ne1 Rb5 30. Qe5 {Nu var det
lite sent.} ({Det enda som återstod var att gå upp med springaren till h4.} 30.
Ng2) 30... Qd7 31. d5 Rxd5 (31... cxd5 {Såg helt OK ut.}) 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Rc5
$5 {[#]} b3 $1 34. axb3 axb3 (34... Rd8 $1) 35. Rxd5 Qa4 36. Qc3 $2 (36. Rd6 $1
Nc7 (36... Qa2+ 37. Kc1 Rc8+ 38. Kd2 Nc7 39. Rxh6+ Kg8 40. Rg6 Rd8+ 41. Ke2 {
Ger vit de bättre chanserna.}) 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Rg6 Qd7 39. Rd6 Qa4 40. Rg6
Qd7 41. Rd6 {Remi.}) 36... Nb4 37. Rc5 Rd8 38. Rc8 Qa2+ 39. Kc1 Qa1# {Nu kan
det vara så att jag har fel. Men mitt intryck är att Anders spelar utan
självförtroende. Det är något som drabbar alla oss schackspelare.  Fråga: Vad
är det enda vi har med oss in till schackbrädet? Svar: Oss själva. Eftersom vi
bara har oss själva måste vi tro på det vi har när vi sätter oss ner i partiet.
Det och kunskapen är det enda vi har. Ingen annan kommer att tro på dig åt dig
under ett schackparti. Vi får misstro oss själva och vår kapacitet mellan
schackpartierna, men aldrig under kampen. Om man jämför schack med svärdkamp
för ett ögonblick. Hur skulle det vara om en svärdman under bataljen skulle
börja tvivla på sig själv i egenskap av svärdman? Troligen hade det blivit
hans sista tvivel.} 0-1

