[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Rb1
c6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Qb3 $1 $146 (10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ng5 (11. Nd2 d5 (11... Bxd4 12.
Nxe4 Bg7 13. b5 $16) 12. b5 Nc7 13. e3 Bf5 $2 (13... Ne6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4
Ng5 16. Qxc6 Nh3+ 17. Bxh3 (17. Kh1 Bg4 18. f4 e6 19. Rb7 Rf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21.
cxd5 Rc8 22. dxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qa4 {1-0 Roeder,M-Beim,V/Vienna op (07) ;EXP 53
1996}) 17... Bxh3 18. Ba3 $1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 $146) (13... Bd7 14. bxc6 bxc6 15.
Ba3 Rf7 16. Rb7 (16. Qc2 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nb3) 16... e5 17. Bd6 Bg4 $132) (
13... e5 14. Ba3 Re8 (14... Rf7 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe4 Bf5) 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Rfd1 $14) 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 $16 Rf7
16. Qa4 e5 (16... Bd7 17. Rb7 c5 18. Qa5 $18) 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxc6 Rc8 (18...
Bd7 19. Qb7 $16) 19. Qa4 (19. Bb2 $6 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ne6 21. Qxd5 $2 Rd7 $19)
19... Ne6 $6 (19... Rf6 $5 20. cxd5 Ra6 21. Qb3 Rb6 $132) 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21.
Nxe4 Qxa2 22. Qb3 Rc2 23. Bd6 $1 $18 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj
(08) ;CBM 55 1996 (38)}) 11... d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Be3 Nc7 15. f3
h6 16. Nh3 exf3 17. exf3 g5 18. Rbc1 Nb5 19. Rcd1 Qb6 20. Kh1 Be6 21. Rfe1 Rac8
22. a4 Nd6 23. Bg1 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,Curt-Vasiukov,Evgeny/Graested (04) 1990 (30)
}) (10. Bb2 Be6 11. Qb3 $2 (11. b5 Nc7 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Ba1 $14)
11... b5 12. Nxe4 Bxc4 13. Qe3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxb4 15. Bh3 Kh8 $17) 10... Nxc3 (
10... Kh8 11. Bb2) 11. Qxc3 Qe8 12. Bb2 h6 (12... Nc7 13. Qd2 e5 $2 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Qd6 $18) 13. Qd2 $1 Bd7 $6 (13... Qf7 14. d5 c5 15. b5 Nc7 16. Bxg7 (
16. a4 Bd7 17. a5) (16. Rbe1 $1 Bd7 17. e4 $16) 16... Qxg7 17. Rbe1) (13... e5
$2 14. b5 cxb5 (14... Nc7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd6 $18) 15. cxb5 Nc7
(15... Qxb5 16. dxe5) 16. Rfc1 Rf7 (16... Nxb5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 $18) 17.
dxe5 dxe5 18. Qd6 $18) 14. d5 c5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b5 Nc7 17. e4 $6 (17. b6 $5
axb6 (17... Na6 $16) 18. Qb2+ Kh7 19. Qxb6 Qd8 20. Rb2 $1 Bc8 (20... Ne8 21.
Qxb7 $1 (21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxb7 Nf6 $44) 21... Nf6 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Qa3 Rxb2 24.
Qxb2 Qa5 $16) 21. Nd2 Ra6 22. Qb3 Ne8 23. e3 (23. e4) 23... Nf6 24. Rfb1 $14) (
17. Rbe1 $1 Qf7 (17... g5 18. e4 (18. h4 $5) 18... f4 19. e5 Qh5 (19... g4 20.
exd6 $18) 20. Qc3 Kg8 21. Nd2 $16) (17... e5 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Rd1 Rf6 20. Qc3
$16) 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 $16) 17... fxe4 18. Qc3+ Kh7 19. Nd2 Qf7 20. Rbe1 Qg7
21. Nxe4 $6 (21. Qb3 Ne8 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re2 (23. Re2 Rf7 24. Rfe1 $14)) (21.
Qc2 Rf7 22. Bxe4 Bh3 23. Bg2 $14) 21... b6 (21... Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Rf7 23. a4 (23.
f4 b6 24. a4 a5 $11) 23... g5 (23... a5 $5 24. b6 Ne8) 24. a5 $14) 22. a4 (22.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nc3 Kf7 24. a4 a5 $14) 22... a6 (22... Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Rf7 24. a5
$16) 23. Qb3 $1 (23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxc5 $2 (24. Nc3 Kf7 25. a5 $2 axb5 26.
axb6 b4) 24... bxc5 25. b6 Ne8 (25... Kf6 26. bxc7 Rac8 27. Rb1 Rxc7 28. a5 Bf5
29. Rb6 Bd3 30. Rc1 Rcc8 31. Rc3 $16) 26. Rxe7+ Rf7 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. a5 Bf5
29. Re1 Nf6 $15) 23... axb5 $6 (23... a5 24. Re3 Rf7 25. f4 Raf8 26. h4 Ne8 27.
Rfe1 Nf6 28. Nxf6+ (28. Qc2 $1 Bf5 29. Nxf6+ (29. Qd2 $14) 29... exf6 30. Be4
Bd7 31. f5 g5 32. Bf3 g4 33. Bd1 Rg8 34. Re6 (34. Qf2 $1 $14) 34... Qf8 35. Qe4
Bxe6 36. fxe6+ f5 37. Qf4 Rf6 38. Bc2 Qe7 $11) 28... exf6 (28... Qxf6 29. Qd3
$16) 29. Qc2 f5 30. Kh2 Qf6 $11) 24. cxb5 $1 Ra7 (24... Rf7 25. Nc3 $16) 25.
Re3 e6 26. Nxd6 Nxd5 (26... exd5 27. Rfe1 Be6 (27... c4 28. Qd1 Be6 29. Rxe6
Nxe6 30. Rxe6 Qb2 31. Re2 Qf6 32. Bxd5 $18) 28. Rxe6 Nxe6 29. Rxe6 Qa1+ 30. Bf1
Qd4 31. Qc2 Rf6 32. Qe2 $16) 27. Rd3 $1 (27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Qxd5 Rxa4 29. Rfe1
Ra1 $1 30. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Kg2 Qf6 $11) 27... Rfa8 $138 (27... Qe7 28. Nc4 $16)
28. Rf3 Kg8 $2 (28... Nf6 29. Rd1 $1 Rxa4 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Ne4
Qf7 33. Rxd7 $18) (28... Be8 29. Re1 $16) (28... Rf8 29. Rxf8 Qxf8 30. Nc4 $16)
29. Rf7 Qe5 (29... Qxf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Qf3+ $1 Kg7 33. Qxd5
Bh3 34. Re1 $18) 30. Qc2 (30. Qc2 Qg5 31. h4 Qh5 32. Bf3) 1-0

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Johnson,M} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3
Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 (9... Nc5 10. b4 (10. Nd4 a5) 10... Nce4) 10. b4 c6 (
10... Ng4 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. c5 e5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Ng5 Kh8 15. Qc4 e4 16. c6 bxc6
17. dxc6 Bc8 18. Be3 Nf7 19. Nxf7+ Qxf7 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. Rfc1 Rxb4 22. Nb5 Be6
23. a3 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Ba2 25. Rc1 d5 26. Bxa7 Rf8 27. e3 g5 28. Bf1 Ra8 29. Bd4
f4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. exf4 Kg8 32. Be2 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Kf7 34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Ke1 Nb8
36. Nb5 Na6 37. Kd2 Bb3 38. Ke3 Ba4 39. Nc3 Bb3 40. Nb5 Nb8 41. Rc3 d4+ 42.
Nxd4 Bd5 43. Bb5 Ra5 44. a4 Na6 45. Bxa6 Rxa6 46. Rc5 Bxc6 {1-0 Mikac,M-Gross,
G/Bled op (09) 1995}) 11. dxc6 Bxc6 (11... bxc6 12. b5 $16) 12. Qb3 (12. b5 $6
{Johnson,M} Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 $15) 12... Ne4 (12... h6 13. c5+ (13. Bb2 {
Johnson,M} Qf7) 13... Kh7 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. e3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8
18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc7 20. Rbc1 Ng4 21. h3 Ne5 22. Nd5 $14 {Lukacs,P-Dao,T/
Budapest//1994/0,5/37/}) 13. Bb2 Bxc3 $1 (13... Rc8 $5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Rbc1 Rf6 {Lukacs,P-Beim,V/Budapest/1994/0,5/16/}) (13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Bxc3 15. c5+ {Kramnik,V-Malanuk,V/RUS/1994/}) 14. Bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16.
Rfc1 $146 (16. Rbc1 Rf6 17. a3 Kg7 18. Rfe1 Nb8 19. c5 Be4 20. Qe3 dxc5 21.
Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 a6 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd7 25. Qc3 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Qc6+ 27.
Kg1 Qd6 28. Qxd6 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Topalov,V/Leon(03)/0,5/1993/CBM-36/}) (16.
Qe3 $1 Be4 (16... b6 17. Qa3 $16) 17. Ng5 $1 Bxb1 18. Rxb1 (18. Bxb7 Bxa2 19.
Bxa6 Rb8 20. Ra1 $16) 18... Nc7 19. Qxa7 $44) 16... Nc7 (16... Rf6) (16... Be4
17. Rb2 $14) 17. c5 (17. Qe3 $5) 17... dxc5 18. Qxc5 (18. bxc5 Rf6 19. h4 $14)
18... Be4 19. Ra1 (19. Ng5 $4 Bxb1 20. Bxb7 Ne6 $3 21. Qxc8 Qxc8 22. Bxc8 Nxg5
23. h4 Nf7 $19) 19... Nd5 (19... a6 {Johnson,M}) (19... b6 {Johnson,M}) 20.
Qxa7 Nxb4 (20... Qb5 21. Rxc8 (21. Qd4 Qxe2 22. Qe5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxa2 24. Ng5
Qd2 $132) 21... Rxc8 22. Nd4 (22. a3 Nc3 $44) 22... Qxb4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 $10) 21.
Qb6 $14 Nc2 (21... Rxc1+ $142 22. Rxc1 Nxa2 23. Rc7 $14) 22. Rab1 (22. Qe6+ Kh8
(22... Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rab1 e3 27. fxe3 $14)
23. Qe5+ Rf6 24. Rab1) 22... Rf6 $1 23. Qb3+ Kg7 24. Qb2 $1 Qa4 25. Qe5 (25.
Ne5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qe4+ (26... b6 $1 27. Kg1 $14) 27. Kg1 Qxe2 28. Qxb7 $16) (
25. Ng5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qc6+ 27. Nf3 $14) 25... Qd7 26. Ng5 (26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Qxc7
Rxc7 28. Ne5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 $14) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 h6 28. Nf3 Rc4 29. Kg1 Na3
$2 $138 (29... Re4 30. Qb2 Nd4 (30... Nb4 31. Rd1 $14) 31. Rd1 e5 32. Nxe5 $16)
(29... Rb4 $5 $14) 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Rb3 Nc2 $2 (31... Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Ra4 33. Rxb7
Re6 34. Rd5 Nc4 35. Nxc4 Rxc4 $16) 32. Qb2 $1 {+-} Qc5 (32... b6 33. Ne5 Rc5 (
33... Rb4 {Johnson,M} 34. Rxb4 Nxb4 35. Nd7) 34. Nd7 $18) 33. Ne5 Rd4 34. Nd3
Qc6 35. Rc3 Rc4 36. Rxc4 Qxc4 37. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Paracin Summer op-A 11th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
$5 Qf7 9. e4 $1 {The point of White's play.} (9. Qb3 h6 10. d5 Na6 11. Be3 Ng4
12. Bd4) (9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2) 9... fxe4 10. Nxe4 (10. Ng5 {is popular for good
reason.}) 10... Qxc4 $2 (10... Nc6) 11. Nxf6+ exf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Bh6 Rf7 13.
Rc1) 12. Re7 {Black has a problem with his queen.} Na6 (12... Rf7 $2 13. Nd2
Qxd4 14. Qb3) (12... Bg4 $2 13. Nd2 $1) ({Best under the circumstances is} 
12... Nc6 $142 13. Rxc7 d5 (13... Rf7 $2 14. Nd2 Qb5 15. a4 Qb6 16. Rxf7 Kxf7
17. Nc4 Qxd4 18. Qb3 $18)) 13. b3 Qb5 14. d5 $1 Bg4 (14... Nc5 15. Be3 Qd3 16.
Qc1) 15. a4 Qc5 16. Be3 (16. Ba3 $2 Qb6 17. b4 Nxb4 18. a5 Qxa5 19. Qd4 Bxf3
20. Bxb4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rxa8 Bxg2 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rxc7 Bxd5 $14)
16... Qc3 17. Rc1 Qb2 18. Bd4 $4 (18. Rc2 {wins the queen.} Qa3 (18... Qxb3 19.
Rxg7+ $18 {I had seen this}) 19. Bc1 Qa1 (19... Qb4 20. Rc4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qb6
22. Be3 (22. b4) 22... Qa5 23. b4 Nxb4 24. Rcxc7 $18) 20. Rxg7+ $18 {However,
I had really failed to see what was costly for me.}) 18... Qa3 19. h3 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 Rae8 21. Re6 Rxe6 $2 {A second chance!} (21... f5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 $1
(23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Rce1 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 (25. dxe6 Qb4) 25... Qxb3 26. Re7 Rf7 $11)
) 22. dxe6 c6 23. Bxa7 $4 ({Missing the second deadly tactic, I sealed the
fate of the game with a draw.} 23. Bxc6 $3 bxc6 24. e7 Re8 25. Rxc6 Nb8 26. Bc5
$3 dxc5 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Rc8 $18 (28. Qf7 $18)) 23... Nc7 24. b4 Nxe6 {Draw
offer.} 25. Be3 $2 (25. b5 Ng5 26. Bg2 (26. Be3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qxa4 28. bxc6
bxc6 29. Rxc6) 26... cxb5 27. Rc7 $40) 25... f5 26. Qxd6 Nd4 27. Bd1 $2 (27.
Kg2 Nxf3 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Kxf3 Qxb4 30. Bc5 Qb2 31. Bxf8 Qxc1 32. Qc8 Qc4 $11)
27... Re8 28. Qf4 $2 ({The incredible thing is that I have calculated
thoroughly} 28. Kg2 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Qxc1 (29... Qb2+ 30. Rc2) 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31.
Qd7+ $11 {and still rejected it due to what had previously happened in the
game and the tournament situation.}) 28... Be5 $17 29. Qh6 Qxb4 30. Bd2 Qd6 31.
Qe3 Re7 32. Qd3 Rd7 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34. Bb4 Qe6 35. Qxe6 Nxe6 36. a5 c5 37. Be1 {
The pair of bishops provide White ample compensation.} Rc7 38. Rc4 Kf6 39. Kf1
Bd4 40. Be2 $6 (40. h4 $1 g5 41. hxg5+ Nxg5) 40... f4 $2 (40... Ng5 $1 41. h4
Ne4 $17) 41. Ra4 Ke5 42. h4 fxg3 43. fxg3 g5 44. hxg5 (44. h5 Rf7+ 45. Kg2 Nc7)
(44. a6 bxa6 45. Bc4 $1 $11) 44... Nxg5 45. Kg2 (45. Bd2 Rf7+ (45... Ne6 46.
Bc4 $11) 46. Bf4+ Ke4 47. Bc4 $11) 45... Ne4 46. a6 bxa6 47. Rxa6 Bc3 48. Bf2 (
48. Bxc3+ Nxc3) 48... Bd4 49. Be1 Rb7 50. Ra2 (50. Ra8 Rb2 51. Re8+ Kd5 52.
Rd8+ Kc6 53. Kf1 $15 {would have kept Black's king away.}) 50... Rb3 (50... Rb1
51. Ba5 Rg1+ 52. Kh2) 51. g4 $2 (51. Bc4 Re3 52. Re2 $1 Ra3 53. Ra2 $11) 51...
Kf4 $17 52. Bc4 Re3 53. Bd2 $2 (53. Re2 Kxg4 54. Rxe3 Bxe3 55. Ba5 $15 {
still offers some chances.}) 53... Nxd2 54. Rxd2 Kxg4 $19 55. Re2 Rg3+ 56. Kh2
Rc3 57. Bf7 h5 58. Re4+ Kg5 59. Be6 h4 60. Rg4+ $2 (60. Bc8) 60... Kf6 61. Bc8
Be5+ 62. Kg1 h3 {Once the h-pawn starts moving, it is rather easy.} 63. Bb7
Rc1+ 64. Kf2 h2 65. Rh4 c4 66. Ke3 c3 67. Ke2 Rb1 68. Be4 c2 (68... Rb4 $19)
69. Rh6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Valjevo"]
[Site "Valjevo"]
[Date "2007.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 $5 {
Predrag has an affinity for this move in the Leningrad Dutch.} (7... Qe8 {
is the most common choice here.} 8. d5 (8. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 $13 {maybe the
reason why Predrag prefers Na6 to Qe8.}) 8... a5 $5 (8... Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4
c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b5 $14) 9. Be3 $1 Na6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rae1 $1 $14 {
Atalik-Kindermann,Bundesliga 2003-2004.}) 8. Rb1 c6 9. b4 Bd7 (9... Ne4 $6 10.
Nxe4 $1 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. b5 Nc7 13. e3 $16 {gives clearly better prospects
for White.}) ({Later he tried against Kircho this one.} 9... Nc7 10. a4 (10. b5
cxb5 11. cxb5 $14) 10... Be6 11. Qd3 $36 {happened and White won due to a
blunder in the middlegame.}) 10. b5 (10. a4 $5 $40 {has its merits.}) 10... Nc7
(10... cxb5 11. cxb5 Nc7 12. d5 $5 $13) 11. bxc6 (11. d5 c5 (11... cxd5 {or}) (
11... cxb5 {leads to the above mentioned variation.}) 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6
14. Bf4 Bxc4 15. Rfd1 $1 $13 {leads to tremendous complications where I root
for White's chances.}) 11... bxc6 12. c5 {A sharp decision.} (12. d5 $6 Rb8 13.
Rb3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Rxb3 15. axb3 Qb8 16. Nd4 Qb4 17. Bb2 $11) 12... Ne4 {
Definitely one of the most reliable alternatives.} (12... dxc5 $6 {compromises
Black's pawn structure.} 13. dxc5 $1 Ncd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 $16) (12...
Ncd5 $5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Bg5 $1 (15. Ng5 $6 h6 16. Bxd5+ cxd5
17. Nf3 g5 $1 18. Ba3 Be6 19. Qa4 $13) 15... Qc7 (15... Qa5 16. Qb3) 16. Qd2
$13) 13. cxd6 exd6 14. Qc2 {With 2 pawn islands versus 3, White should avoid
exchanges.} (14. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 15. Nd2 d5 16. Nb3 Nb5 $1 $15) 14... Kh8 $5 {
This move puzzled me. Does Black really need to move the king? No-one knows.
Here I already started to consider the results of an energetic exchange sac.} (
14... Qe7 $2 15. Rb7 Bc8 16. Nd5 $1 $16) 15. Ba3 $6 {Without the clock ticking
I am not so enamoured of my decision. This was daring but unnecessary at the
same time.} (15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 d5 17. e3 Nb5 18. a4 Nd6 19. Ba3 $14) 15...
Nxc3 $2 {Predrag, who was playing extremely fast around this point of the game,
goes into this sharp line.} (15... Nb5 $1 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Rfc1 (17. Nd2 Rc8
18. Qb2 Nc3 19. Bxd6 Nxe2+ $1 20. Kh1 Re8 $17) 17... Rc8 18. Qb3 a5 $1 $17) 16.
Qxc3 Nb5 17. Rxb5 $1 {Of course the idea is not to lose a pawn} ({with} 17. Qd3
$2 Qa5) 17... cxb5 18. Bxd6 $44 {White has more than enough compensation for
the sacrificed material. The e5-square and Kh8 add fuel to White's control in
the centre.} Rc8 (18... Re8 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Bc5 $5 $44 (20. Qa3 {is the game}))
19. Qa3 (19. Qb2 Re8) 19... Re8 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Bc6 (21. Nc6 $6 Qd7 22. d5 Bxd5
23. Bxd5 Rxc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Rc1 Qd5 $11) 21... Rxc6 $1 {Returning the
exchange is obviously the best.} ({For some reason} 21... Bf8 $6 {attracted
more attention of mine.} 22. Bxf8 (22. Bd7 $2 {is a flash of stupidity
disguised as an attempt of genius.} Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Kg7 $1 $19 (23... Rc7 $2 24.
Nxg6+ hxg6 (24... Kg7 25. Qe5+ Kxg6 26. Bxe8+ $18) 25. Qe5+ $18)) 22... Rxf8
23. d5 (23. Qxa7 $16) 23... Qf6 24. f4 $16) 22. Nxc6 Qb6 23. Rc1 {I had a
difficult choice between this} ({and} 23. Qc5 $5 Bc4 (23... Bxa2 $2 24. Qxb6 $1
(24. Nxa7 Bxd4 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Nxb5 Rxe2 27. Nc3) 24... axb6 25. e3 $1 Re6
26. Ra1 Rxd6 27. Rxa2 Rxc6 28. Ra8+ Bf8 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 30. Rd8 $1 $18 {is the
move I had missed in my calculations.} (30. Re8 Kf6 31. Re5 Rc5 $3 $11)) 24.
Ne5 Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Bxe2 27. Re1 Bc4 28. Bxa7 Bxa2 $14) 23... Rc8
$2 {After this natural move White has amazing tactics in almost every possible
line.} (23... Bc4 24. Ne5 Qxd4 25. e3 Qd5 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Bb4 Rc8 $11) 24.
Be5 $16 Bxe5 (24... b4 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qb2 $1 (26. Qf3 $5 Bxa2 27. d5 $16 {
and it is difficult to find a move for Black.} Qb5 $140 $2 28. Qe3 Bxd5 (28...
Qxd5 $2 29. Nxb4 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qb3 31. Qa1+ $18) 29. Rc5 $18) 26... Bd5 $1 27.
Rc5 $8 Bxc6 (27... Rxc6 28. Rxd5) 28. d5+ Kf7 29. Qc1 $18 (29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30.
dxc6 Qxc6 31. Qxb4 $18)) 25. Nxe5 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qxd4 27. Nxg6+ $1 {The point.}
Kg7 28. Nh4 $6 {Another difficult choice.} ({Unpretentious and strong is} 28.
Nf4 $1 Bc4 29. Qa3 $16) (28. Ne7 $6 Qe4 (28... Qe5 29. Nc6 Qxe2 30. Nxa7 f4 $1
$132)) 28... b4 29. Qg5+ (29. Nf3 Qc3 30. Qg5+ $16) 29... Kf8 (29... Kh8 $2 {
would have been a bad mistake because of} 30. Ng6+ $1 $18) 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31.
Qxh7+ Kd8 (31... Kd6 32. Nxf5+ Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qxa2 35. Qf8+ $18)
32. Nf3 Qc5 $2 (32... Qa1+ $142 33. Kg2 a5 $11) 33. Qh8+ Kc7 34. Qg7+ Kc8 (
34... Kb6 $2 35. Qh6 $1 $18 (35. Qf6 $2 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qc6 $13)) 35. h4 {The
h-pawn is terribly strong with a dominant queen on g7.} (35. Qf6 $2 Qb6 36. Nd4
Bxa2 37. Qxf5+ Kc7 38. Qe5+ Kd7 39. h4 b3 $11) 35... f4 $1 36. gxf4 (36. g4
Bxa2 37. h5 $18 {should also win but I wanted to eliminate his b-pawn by force.
}) 36... Bxa2 37. h5 Qxh5 38. Qf8+ Kc7 39. Qxb4 $2 ({Simplest should have been
} 39. Ne5 $18) 39... Bd5 $1 40. Qc5+ Kb7 $2 {This allows White's next.} (40...
Kb8 41. Qd6+ Kc8 42. Nh2 Qf5 43. f3 Qe6 44. Qc5+ Kb7 45. e4 Bb3 46. Kg2 $16)
41. e4 $1 $18 {Basically this finishes the game off.} Qg6+ (41... Qxf3 42.
Qxd5+ Kc7 43. f5 $18) (41... Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Bc6 $2 43. Qxc6+ $18) 42. Ng5 Bc6 43.
Qe7+ Kb6 44. f5 Qh5 45. Qb4+ {Not the only winning move in the position.} (45.
Qd8+ Ka6 46. f3 Qh4 47. Kg2 Qe1 48. f6 $18) 45... Bb5 46. Qd6+ Ka5 47. Qd2+ Ka4
48. f3 Qh4 (48... Qh6 49. e5 Bc4 50. e6 Qf6 51. Ne4 Qxf5 52. Qc2+ $18) 49. Kg2
Bc4 50. e5 (50. f6 Qh6 51. f7 Bxf7 52. Qd7+ $18) 50... a5 (50... Bd5 $142 $1
51. Ne4 Bxe4 52. Qd4+ Kb5 53. Qxe4 Qg5+ 54. Kf2 $18 {should have won easily
but still Predrag had to choose this line.}) 51. e6 $6 {Being slightly low on
time I have kept on missing Bd5.} (51. Ne4 $142 $18) 51... Qh8 (51... Bd5 52.
Qxd5 Qxg5+ 53. Kf2 Qh4+ 54. Ke2 $18) 52. Qf4 {With the pawns so far advanced
in Black's camp, the win is a matter of time.} (52. e7 Qe5 53. f6 $18) 52...
Kb3 (52... Qb2+ 53. Kg3 Qc3 54. Kg4 $1 $18) 53. f6 {Probably one of my best
games in the 'tournament of my life'.} 1-0

[Event "Bangkok op 14th"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2014.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2014.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 {Time to
play the main line again!} Qe8 8. d5 Bd7 (8... a5 9. Be3 Na6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11.
Bd4 Bh6 12. Ng5 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Nd5 $1 $40) (8...
Na6 9. Be3 Bd7 (9... h6 10. Rb1 $5) 10. Qb3 {transposes into the text.}) 9. Be3
Na6 10. Qb3 $5 {A fresh idea.} (10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bf4 $5 Nc5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bh6
Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc1 Qf7 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 $11) 10...
Bc8 $2 {This can not be a good move.} (10... b6 11. Qa3 Nc5 12. b4 Nce4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bd4) (10... Qc8 $142 11. Qa3 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Ne4 14. Nxe4
fxe4 15. Ng5 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Rb8 17. Rb1 $44) 11. Qa3 $1 $16 h6 12. b4 g5 13. b5
Nb8 $6 (13... Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qxc5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Bxa1 18.
Rxa1 $16) (13... f4 14. Bxf4 (14. gxf4 gxf4 15. Bxf4 Nc5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. e3 Qg6
$44) 14... gxf4 15. bxa6 fxg3 16. hxg3 bxa6 17. Rab1 $36) 14. c5 $1 Qh5 (14...
Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxa1 16. Nxd6 exd6 17. Rxa1 f4 18. Bd4 $16) 15. Bd4 $5 ({I did
not like something about} 15. c6 bxc6 (15... f4 16. Bd2) 16. dxc6) 15... Nbd7
16. c6 bxc6 17. dxc6 e5 $2 {This simply does not work properly.} (17... Nb6 18.
Bxb6 cxb6 19. Rad1 $16) 18. cxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxe5 $1 (19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bc5 e4 21.
Bxf8 Bxf8 $44) 19... dxe5 20. Nxe5 Be6 (20... Rae8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rad1 $18)
21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qc5 $1 $18 {After this last move White is simply an exchange
and a pawn up!} f4 23. Rad1 $6 (23. Rfd1 $142) 23... Kh7 24. Qc6 Re8 25. Qf3 $2
{This practically blunders a piece.} ({Any move like} 25. Rfe1 $18) ({or} 25.
Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4+ Kg8 27. Nc6 Bh3 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. exf3 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 $18 {
should have finished Black off.}) 25... Bh3 26. Nd5 (26. Qd3+ Kg8 27. Qc4+ Kh8)
26... Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Rxe2 $3 $44 {An excellent decision by Marat.} (27... Nxd5
28. Rxd5 $18) (27... Bxf1 28. Kxf1 $18 {are both hopeless for Black.}) 28.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rfe1 Rxa2 30. Rc1 Kg6 31. Ne5+ (31. Rc6 Kf5 32. Rxc7 Kg4 $3 $13)
31... Kh5 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Rc3 $5 (33. Rxc7 Kh4 34. Nd3 f3 $132) 33... Kh4 $6
$138 (33... Bxe5 34. Rxe5+ Kh4 35. Rec5 Re2 36. Rc1 $14 {still keeps some
winning chances for White.}) 34. Ng6+ Kg4 35. Rc4 Bg5 36. Rc5 Bf6 37. Rc4 Bg5
38. Rxc7 Kh5 39. Ne5 Bh4 40. Nd3 Bg5 41. Rc4 Kg4 $2 {A bad blunder!} (41... f3
42. Nf4+ Bxf4 43. Rxf4 Ra3 44. Rfe4 $14) 42. f3+ $1 Kf5 43. Re5+ $4 {This move
simply saves Black from the mating net.} (43. Rc6 $1 Bf6 44. Rc5+ $18) 43...
Kf6 44. Rc6+ Kg7 {Both king moves are possible.} (44... Kf7 45. Ra6 $2 Rg2+ 46.
Kh1 Rd2 47. Rxa7+ (47. Ne1 $4 Rf2 $19) 47... Kf6 48. Ra6+ Kg7 $11) 45. Ra6 $2 (
45. Rd5 $5 Rg2+ 46. Kf1 Rxh2+ 47. Ke1 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Ra1 49. Kc3 $16 {is the
only real winning attempt in the position.}) 45... Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rd2 47. Rxa7+
Kf6 $1 48. Ra6+ Kg7 $11 {With my king confined to the first rank I should be
happy with a draw.} 49. Ra3 $6 {Self destruction continues but had a positive
impact on the result of the game after all.} ({I correctly calculated two
drawish lines:} 49. Rd6 Bh4 50. Nxf4 Rxd6 51. Nxh3 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kf1
Rd1+ $11 (53... Rxh2 54. Nf4 Rf2+ $11)) (49. Re1 Rxd3 50. Rb1 Rd2 51. b6 Bg2+
52. Kg1 Bxf3 53. b7 Bh4 (53... Bxb7 $2 54. Rxb7+ Kf8 55. Ra8+ Rd8 56. Rxd8+
Bxd8 57. Kf2 $18) 54. b8=Q Rg2+ 55. Kf1 Rf2+ $11 56. Ke1 $140 $4 Rxh2+ 57. Kf1
Rh1#) 49... Bh4 $2 {Falling into the trap!} (49... Bd8 $1 50. Ra7+ Kf8 $1 51.
Ra4 Rxd3 52. Rxf4+ Kg7 53. Rg4+ (53. Re1 $2 Bb6 $17) 53... Kf6 54. Rh5 Bxg4 55.
fxg4 Kg6 56. Rc5 (56. Kg2 $2 Bg5 57. h4 Be7 58. Kf2 Rd4 59. Kf3 Rb4 $19) 56...
Rd2 57. h3 Rb2 58. Rd5 $44 {I can't really see how Black could make progress
to convert his material advantage.}) 50. Ra1 Rxd3 (50... Bg2+ 51. Kg1 Bxf3 52.
Nxf4 $16) 51. Rh5 $16 {This wins one of the bishops.} Bf6 52. Rg1+ Bg5 53. Rxh3
Rb3 54. Rh4 Kf6 55. Rhg4 Kf5 56. R4g2 $1 (56. h4 Bf6) 56... Rxb5 57. Rc2 Rb3
58. Kg2 $2 {I should not allow his king to reach the corner.} (58. Rc5+ Kf6 59.
Ra1 Rb6 60. Rca5 Rb2 61. R5a2 Rb3 62. Ra6+ Ke5 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kh3 Rf2 65.
R6a3 Kf5 66. R1a2 Rf1 67. Kg2 Rb1 68. Ra6 $18) 58... Kg6 $1 $11 59. Rgc1 Kh5
60. Rc3 Rb2+ 61. R1c2 Rb1 62. Kh3 Rf1 63. Rg2 Ra1 64. Rg4 Ra2 65. Rc5 Kg6 66.
Rg1 (66. Rg2 Ra3 67. Rf2 Kh5 $11) 66... Kh5 $1 {Marat played this part of the
endgame impeccably while I was trying to exhaust any possibility in the
position.} (66... Rf2 $2 67. Kg4 h5+ (67... Rxh2 68. Rc6+ $18) 68. Kh3 Rxf3+
69. Kg2 Ra3 70. Kh1 $18) 67. Rg4 Kg6 68. Rg1 Kh5 69. Rgc1 Rf2 70. R1c3 Rf1 71.
Kg2 Ra1 72. Kh3 Rf1 73. Kg2 Ra1 74. Rc1 Ra2+ 75. R5c2 Ra8 76. Rf1 Kh4 77. h3 $1
Ra3 78. Kh2 Kh5 $2 (78... Rb3 79. Rg2 h5 80. Ra2 Rc3 81. Rff2 Bd8 82. Ra6 Re3
83. Rh6 Bg5 84. Rh7 Re6 85. Rg2 Bh6 $11 {is enough to keep the game equal
avoiding the type of checkmate which happened in Yates-Rubinstein, Moscow 1925.
}) 79. Rg2 $1 $18 Rb3 80. Rg4 Rb2+ 81. Kg1 Rb4 82. Rf2 Rb1+ 83. Kg2 Rb4 84. Ra2
Rc4 (84... Rb5 85. h4 Bxh4 86. Rxf4 $18) 85. Kf2 $6 ({A much simpler move is} 
85. Ra5 $1 $18 {which anyway happened later in the game.}) 85... Rc1 (85... Rc5
86. Kg2 $1 (86. Ke2 $2 Re5+ 87. Kd1 Re3 88. Rf2 Ra3 {and White has to rewind
things.}) 86... Rb5 87. h4 Bxh4 88. Rxf4 $18) 86. Ra5 $18 Rc2+ 87. Kf1 Rc1+ 88.
Ke2 Rh1 ({In any case Black's king is in severe danger:} 88... Rc2+ 89. Kd3 Rf2
90. Ke4 Re2+ 91. Kf5 Rf2 (91... Re8 92. h4 Bxh4 93. Kxf4+ Bg5+ 94. Kg3 Re3 95.
Rh4+ Kg6 96. Ra6+ Kf5 97. Rh5 $18) 92. Ra8 Rxf3 93. Rxg5+ hxg5 94. Rh8#) 89.
Rxf4 Rxh3 90. Kf2 (90. Rb4 $18) 90... Rh1 (90... Rh2+ 91. Kg3 Rb2 92. Rh4+ Kg6
93. Ra6+ Kg7 (93... Kf5 94. Rh5) 94. Rd4 Rb7 95. f4 $18) 91. Rb4 Kg6 92. Rb6+ {
Black either loses the bishop or gets mated.} 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3
Qe8 8. d5 a5 (8... Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 (9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Nd4 $14
) 10. b4 $14 (10. b4 {Schussler} c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 (11... bxc6 12. b5 Nc5 13.
Nd4 cxb5 (13... Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne6 $16 Be5) 14. Bxa8 Qxa8
15. Ndxb5 {+/=/+/- Piket,J-Gurevich,M, Groningen 1992}) 12. Qb3 $5 (12. b5 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Na4 $14 {Hertneck,G-Lutz,C, Baden Baden 1992})
12... Ne4 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Rbc1 Rf6 17. a3 $14 {
Illescas Cordoba,M-Topalov,V, Leon 1993.})) (8... c6 {Schussler} 9. Rb1 $1 Na6
10. b4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5+ Kh8 13. Bb2 $14 {Larsen,B-Kortschnoj,V,
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993}) 9. Be3 (9. Nd4 {Schussler} Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Re1 {+/=/= Akopian,V-Vyzmanavin,A, Novosibirsk 1993})
9... h6 10. h4 (10. Qd2) (10. Nb5 $5 {Schussler} Qd8 {10. - Na6} 11. Nfd4 Kh7
12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nc6 15. Bxc5 $14 {Pisulinski-Rublevskij,
Russia 1992}) 10... Na6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rae1 e5 (12... c5 13. Bf4 {/\ e4}) (
12... Bd7 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4) (12... Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. e4) (
12... Qf7 13. Bd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Ne5) 13. dxe6
Bxe6 14. Nd4 (14. b3 $14) 14... Bxc4 15. Bxb7 $1 (15. b3 Bg8 16. Bxb7 c5 17.
Ndb5 d5 $1 18. Bxa8 (18. Bxa6 d4 $1 $36) 18... Qxa8 $36) 15... Rb8 (15... c5
16. Nc6 Nb4 17. Qxd6 $18) 16. Bc6 (16. Bg2 Nb4 17. b3 (17. a3 Nbd5 18. Nxf5
gxf5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxb2 21. Qd1 Qb5 $15) 17... Bg8 18. a3 Nbd5 19.
Nxf5 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Rxb3 $15) 16... Qc8 17. Bf3 Nb4 $1 18. a3 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5
$6 (19... Nxd5 20. Rc1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bb3 $10 (21... d5 22. b3)) 20. Nc6 $2 (20.
b4 axb4 21. axb4 c5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Rc1 Rd8 $15) (20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc6 Nxe3
22. Qxe3 Rxb2 23. Nxa5 Qa6 $19) (20. Rc1 c5 21. Nb5 Bxf3 22. Nxd6 Ne4 $1 23.
Nxc8 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxe2 25. Rfe1 Rfxc8 26. Rxe2 Rxb2 $17) (20. Rd1 Bxf3 (20...
c5 21. Nb5 Bxf3 22. Nxd6 Ne4 23. Nxc8 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 $10) 21. Nxf3 Qa6 22. Bd4 (
22. Qc2 c5 {/\ Ne4=/+}) 22... c5 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. e3 Re6 25. Rb1 Qc6 $17) (20.
Qxa5 $1 c5 (20... Bxf3 21. exf3 Rxb2 22. Nb5 $1 Nd5 (22... Rf7 23. Bd4) (22...
Qb7 23. Nxc7 Qxf3 24. Ne6 $16) 23. Nxd6) 21. Nb5 Qd7 (21... Qc6 22. Nc7 $3 Bxf3
23. exf3 Qxf3 24. Ne6 $16) 22. a4 Ra8 23. Qc7 Bxf3 24. exf3 Rxa4 (24... Qxc7
25. Nxc7 Rxa4 26. Ne6 Re8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bf4 $16) 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Nxd6
Bxb2 27. Rb1 {/\ Rfd1+/-}) 20... f4 $1 21. Ne7 (21. Bxf4 Qh3 22. e4 Bxc6 $19) (
21. Bxd5 fxe3 22. fxe3 Qh3 23. Bg2 Qxg3 24. Rf3 Qxh4 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Ref1 Ng4
27. Rh3 Qe7 {/\ h5, Bh6-/+}) 21... fxe3 22. Qxe3 Qb7 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd3 c6
25. h5 Kh8 26. Qxg6 (26. hxg6 Qxb2 27. Rc1 Rb6 $19) 26... Rf6 27. Qd3 Nb6 (
27... Qb5 28. Qxb5 (28. Qc2 Ne7) (28. Rd1 Ne7 29. Qe4 Rb7 {/\ d6-d5}) 28...
Rxb5 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxb2) 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Nd7 30. Qc2
d5 31. Bg2 Ne5 $1 (31... Qxb4 32. e4 d4 33. f4 {/\ e5}) 32. b5 (32. e4 Nf3+) (
32. Rb1 Qb5) 32... cxb5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Qb3 Rfd6 35. Qb4 (35. Rb1 Nc4 36. Qxb5
Rb6) 35... Qb6 36. Rd2 (36. Rb1 Nc6 37. Qxb5 Qxb5 38. Rxb5 Nd4 $19) 36... Nc6
37. Qg4 b4 38. Rfd1 Ne5 39. Qh4 b3 40. Rxd5 b2 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Rb1 Rf6 43. e3
Nf3+ (43... Nd3 $1 $19) 44. Bxf3 Rxf3 45. Qe4 Rf8 46. Qc2 Qf6 47. Kf1 Qe5 48.
g4 Qxe3 49. Rxb2 Qh3+ 50. Ke1 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 {Hecht} f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Na6
8. Rb1 c6 9. b4 Ne4 (9... Qe8 $5) 10. Nxe4 $1 (10. Bb2 Be6 11. Qb3 $2 b5 12.
Nxe4 Bxc4 13. Qe3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxb4 15. Bh3 Kh8 $17) (10. Bb2 Be6 11. b5 Nc7
12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Ba1 $14) 10... fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 (11... Bxd4 12.
Nxe4 Bg7 13. b5 $16) 12. b5 Nc7 13. e3 Bf5 $2 (13... Ne6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4
Ng5 16. Qxc6 Nh3+ 17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Ba3 $1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 $146) 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Ba3 $16 Rf7 16. Qa4 e5 (16... Bd7 17. Rb7 c5 18. Qa5 $18) 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18.
Qxc6 Rc8 (18... Bd7 19. Qb7 $16) 19. Qa4 (19. Bb2 $6 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ne6 21. Qxd5
$2 Rd7 $19) 19... Ne6 $6 (19... Rf6 $5 20. cxd5 Ra6 21. Qb3 Rb6 $132) 20. cxd5
Qxd5 21. Nxe4 Qxa2 22. Qb3 Rc2 23. Bd6 $1 $18 Qxb3 (23... Bxe4 24. Qxa2 Rxa2
25. Bxe4 Bxd6 26. Bd5 $1 $18) 24. Rxb3 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Rd7 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rb5
Rc5 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 {[#] aktive wT+L; sS ohne Stützpunkt; schwarze B-Schwächen,
Taktik, Fesselung} 29. Rc1 Nd3 30. Ra1 (30. Rd1 $6 a5 (30... Nc5 31. Rxd7 Nxd7
32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Be6 Nc5 34. Bxf5 a5 35. Bb1 a4 36. Kf1 a3 37. Ke2 Ne4 $132 {
/Hecht}) 31. Bf1 (31. Bc6 $16 {/Hecht}) 31... Nc5) 30... Kg7 31. Ra5 Kg6 32.
Bh3 Rf7 33. Bf1 Ne1 (33... Nb4 34. Ra4 Nd5 35. Bc4 Rd7 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxa7
$18) 34. Be2 Rc7 35. Ra1 Nc2 36. Rc1 Rc6 37. Bb5 Rc3 38. Kh1 $1 (38. Ba4 Nd4 $1
{/Hecht}) 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 (2... Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3) 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O
6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5 9. Ne1 (9. Be3 h6 (9... c5 10. Ng5 Ng4 11. Bd2 h6
12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Nc6 14. Nd5 $16 {Meduna,E-Potapov,A/Katowice/1993/1:0 
(27)/}) 10. h4 (10. Nb5 $5 Qd8 11. Nfd4 Kh7 12. c5 $5 dxc5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14.
dxe6 Nc6 15. Bxc5 $16 {Pisulinski,J-Rublevsky,S/Cheljabinsk/1991/1:0 (39) Inf
54/89/}) (10. Bd4 Na6 11. Re1 c5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 g5 14. e4 g4 15. e5 $1
$16 {Cvitan,O-Lenz,A/Oberwart/1991/1:0 (22)/}) 10... Na6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rae1
e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd4 Bxc4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 $14 {Yusupov,A-Bareev,E/
Munchen/1993/0:1 (50) Inf 57/113/}) 9... Na6 10. Nd3 e5 $146 (10... Nb4 11. a3
Na6 (11... Nxd3 12. exd3 $1 $16) 12. Re1) 11. dxe6 Qxe6 (11... Bxe6 12. Bxb7
Ra7 13. Bg2 Bxc4 14. Nf4 $16) 12. b3 Ne4 $6 (12... c6 $5 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. Bb2 (
14. Ba3 Nb4) 14... Be6 15. Qd2 $14) 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nf4 Qf5 (14... Qe5 15.
Rb1 c6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ $16) 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Be3 Kh8 (16...
Re8 $5) 17. Nd5 Qf7 (17... Rf7 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Qd8+ $18) (17...
c6 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Qxd6 $18) 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Bxe4 $18 Bh3 20. Bg2 Bxg2 (20...
Bf5 $5 21. e4 Be6) 21. Kxg2 c6 (21... g5 $5) 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nd3 Rae8 24. Qd2
Qf5 25. Rbe1 a4 (25... g4 $5) 26. h3 axb3 27. axb3 b5 28. f3 $1 bxc4 29. bxc4
Qe6 (29... Rd8 $5) 30. Nxc5 Qxc4 31. Ne4 Qd5 32. Qc2 (32. Qxd5 $6 cxd5 33. Nxg5
h6 $17) 32... Re6 33. Rc1 Rfe8 34. Rfd1 Qf5 35. Qd3 $1 Rh6 (35... h6) 36. Qd7
Ree6 $6 37. Qc8+ Bf8 38. g4 $1 Qf4 39. e3 Qf7 40. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Ne1 $5 $146 (9. Rb1 Na6 10. a3 Nc5 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nce4 14.
Nfd4 e5 $1 15. dxe6 c6 $13 {Illeskas Cordoba,M-Mellado Travino,J/LLeida/1991/1:
0 (32)/}) (9. Nd4 Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Bg2 (13. Re1
Nc5 14. Bh1 Qa4 $1 15. b3 Qb4 $13 {Komarov,D-Piskov,Y/Douai/1993/ Inf 57/113/})
13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc5 $10 {Cvitan,O-Piskov,Y/Moscow(GMA)/1989/}) (9. Nd4 Na6
10. b3 Nc5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e3 c6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Nce2 cxd5 15. cxd5 g5 16. Rc1
Qh5 $10 {Stohl,I-Gazik,I/Stary Smokovec/1986/0,5 (44)/}) (9. Be3) 9... Na6 10.
Nd3 Bd7 11. Re1 Qf7 (11... h6 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qf7 14. Be3 $16) 12. Nf4 $5
Rab8 (12... g5 $2 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. Bxg5 $16) (12... Nc5 $5 13.
Be3 b6 14. Bd4 Rae8 $13) 13. Be3 h6 14. Ba7 $1 Rbd8 15. Bd4 b6 16. e4 fxe4 17.
Nxe4 g5 (17... Nc5 $6 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bc3 $16) 18. Ne6 (18. Nd3 Rde8 $13)
18... Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qg6 (19... Qxe6 $4 20. Nxf6+ $18) 20. Nc3 (20. Qd3 $5 Kh8
21. Rad1 $14) 20... c5 21. Be3 Nc7 22. Rb1 Kh8 (22... g4 $5) 23. Nd5 Nfxd5 24.
cxd5 Nb5 (24... h5 25. a4 $14) 25. Qg4 Nd4 26. Be4 (26. f4 Nc2 $13) 26... Qf6
27. Kh1 (27. f4 $16) 27... b5 $2 (27... Nf3 $5 28. Red1 b5 $13) 28. f4 $1 $16
Nf5 (28... gxf4 29. gxf4 Rg8 30. Qh5 Bf8 31. Rg1 $18) 29. Bd2 gxf4 30. gxf4 h5
$8 (30... b4 31. Qh5 {/\Rg1-g6+-/}) 31. Qxh5+ Qh6 32. Qg4 $1 Nh4 $8 (32... Nd4
33. Re3 Rxf4 34. Qxf4 Qxf4 35. Rh3+ $18) (32... Qf6 33. Qh3+ Nh6 34. Rg1 $18)
33. Re2 $1 Rg8 34. f5 Qh7 35. Qh3 (35. f6 $5 Bxf6 36. Qh3 Qh5 37. Rf2 Rg4 38.
Bf3 $16) 35... Bf6 36. Bxa5 $5 (36. Rf2 $5) 36... Ra8 37. Bc3 Qh6 38. Bd2 Qh5
39. Rf2 Qg4 40. Qxg4 Rxg4 41. Bd3 Rxa2 $6 (41... c4 $5 42. Be2 Rd4) 42. Bxb5 c4
(42... Bxb2 $4 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Bc3+) (42... Rxb2 43. Rxb2 Bxb2 44. f6 Bxf6
45. Rxf6 exf6 46. e7 $18) (42... Rg7 43. Rf4 Ng2 44. Ra4 $18) 43. Rf4 Rxf4 44.
Bxf4 Bxb2 45. Bxc4 Ra4 46. Bxd6 $1 $18 Rxc4 47. Bxe7 Nxf5 48. d6 Nxe7 49. d7
Rd4 50. Rxb2 Kg8 (50... Nc6 51. Rc2 Ne7 52. Rc8+ $18) 51. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 c6 (9... Bd7 10. b4 c5 11. dxc6 Bxc6 (11... bxc6 12. a3 Qf7 13. c5
$1 d5 14. b5 $16 {Cvitan,O-Vanheste,J Graz 1987/}) 12. b5 Bxf3 13. exf3 $1 (13.
Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 {Gelfand,B-Gurevich,M Linares 1991/} 15. b6 axb6 16. Nd5
$14) 13... Nc5 14. f4 Qf7 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Be3 $14) (9... e5 $6
10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 c6 $6 (11... Nc5 $14) 12. b4 $1 $16 Bxc4 13. b5 cxb5 14.
Ndxb5 Rd8 {Salov,V-Gurevich,M Reggio Emilia 1991 Inf 53/102/} 15. Nxd6 $1 Qe6
16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Ncxe4 fxe4 18. Qc2 $18) (9... h6 10. Nd4 g5 11. e3 Qg6 12. b4
Bd7 13. a3 Rac8 14. Bd2 Ng4 15. Ncb5 $14 {Jukic,M-Binhan,I Wien 1991/}) (9...
c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 $14) 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 (11... Rb8 12. b5 cxb5 (
12... Nc5 $5 13. Nd4 cxb5 14. cxb5 Qf7 15. Nc6 Rb7 $14) 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Nc6 Rb7 16. Be3 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxa7 $16 {Phominyh,A-Sabai,L
Brno 1991/}) (11... c5 12. bxc5 Nxc5 13. Ng5 Ba6 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. cxd5 Bc4 17. Bb2 Qxd5 18. Qxd5+ Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $10 {Nikolic,Pr
Gurevich,M Moscow 1990 Inf 49/131/}) 12. a3 (12. b5 Nc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne6 Qc8 $1 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 19. Bb2+ Kf7
20. Rc1 Qe6 $1 21. Qd4 Rab8 $1 $10 {Hracek,Z-Malaniuk,V Kecskemet 1991 Inf 53/
103/}) 12... Nc7 13. a4 $5 $146 (13. Bb2 Kh8 $6 (13... Rd8 14. b5 Ne6 15. a4
Rb8 {Damljanovic,B-Bareev,E Pula 1988 Inf 46/134; 16.Ba3!+/=/}) 14. c5 $1 dxc5
15. bxc5 Ng4 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 e5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Qd6 Nb5 20. Qxe5 $16 {
Nikolic,Pr-Gurevich,M Manila 1990 Inf 49/132/}) 13... Rb8 14. b5 Ne6 (14... c5
15. Qd3 {/\Bd2,a5+/=/}) 15. e3 $5 c5 (15... Nc5 $5 16. Bb2 Qf7 17. Nd4 cxb5 18.
cxb5 Nfe4 $14) 16. Bb2 $14 Nc7 17. Ne2 h6 18. Nd2 g5 19. Qb3 Qh5 20. Rfe1 e5 (
20... Ng4 21. h3 Nf6 22. f4 $16) 21. f4 Rfe8 (21... e4 $5 22. Rbd1 Be6 23. Nf1
Rfd8 {/\Qf7 /}) 22. Bf3 Qf7 23. Rbd1 e4 24. Bg2 Be6 $6 (24... g4 $5 25. Nc3 Be6
26. Bf1 Rbd8 $14) 25. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 26. g4 $1 $16 d5 (26... fxg4 $6 27. Rf1 Qg7
28. Nxe4 $18) 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. cxd5 gxf4 $6 (28... Qxd5 29. Qxd5+ (29. Nc4 $5
Qf7 30. Qc2 $16) 29... Nxd5 30. Ng3 Bg4 31. Bxe4 Nc3 32. Rc1 $16) 29. Nxf4 $18
Be5 30. Rf1 Kh8 31. d6 Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Na6 33. Na5 Nb4 (33... Nb4 34. Nc6 $18)
1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Igalo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vukic, Milan"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Ne1 e5 $5 (9... Na6 10. Nd3 Bd7 (10... e5 11. dxe6 Qxe6 (11... c6 12. Na4
Bxe6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Bd2 $16 {Nikolic,P-Malaniuk,V/Groningen/1993/}) 12. b3 Ne4
$6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nf4 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1993/1:0 (40)})
11. Re1 Qf7 12. Nf4 Rab8 13. Be3 h6 14. Ba7 Rbe8 15. Bd4 b6 16. e4 $14 {
Oll,L-Topalov,V/Groningen/1993/1:0 (51)}) 10. dxe6 c6 11. Qxd6 (11. b3 Bxe6 12.
Bb2 Na6 $10) 11... Bxe6 12. b3 (12. Qd3 Na6 13. b3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 $8 (14. Bb2 Nb4
) 14... fxe4 15. Qe3 Rd8 $17) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 $8 Bxa1 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. Ba3
Bg7 $1 (15... Rf6 16. Qd2 Be5 17. Nd3 Bc7 18. Bb2 $16) 16. Qd2 $6 (16. Qd3 $142
Na6 (16... Rf6 17. Bb2 Rf8 18. Ba3 $10) 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Qd2 h6
20. Nf3 Ne4 $44) 16... Qd8 $1 17. Nd3 Re8 $17 18. Rd1 Na6 19. h4 Nb4 $1 20. Bb2
(20. Nxb4 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bc3 $1 $19) 20... Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qe7 22. Nf4 Qg7 23. Qd2
Qe7 24. e3 (24. Qb2 $5) 24... h6 25. Nf3 (25. Nxg6 Qg7 $19) 25... g5 26. hxg5
hxg5 27. Ne2 Be6 28. Ned4 Rad8 29. Qe1 (29. a3 Na6 30. Qxa5 c5 $19) 29... Bc8
$19 30. a3 Na6 31. Ra1 g4 (31... g4 32. Nh4 Rxd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. O-O
Na6 9. Nbd2 e5 {Vyzmanavin/} 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Ba3 (11. Qc2 dxe5 12. e4 Nb4 (
12... f4 13. c5 fxg3 14. hxg3 Qb5 {Belov,I-Goldin,A/Moscow/1992/0:1 (68)} 15.
a4 $1 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Ba3 b6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rac1 $14) 13. Qc3 Nc6 14.
exf5 gxf5 15. Rfe1 Bf6 $13 {Nikolaev,S-Glek,I/Moscow/1992/0:1 (27) Inf 55/105/}
) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qc2 $5 $146 (13. Rb1 $5 Nc5 $6 (13... f4 $5 14.
Bb2 Qe7 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. b4 $14) 14. b4 Nd7 15. c5 $1 $16 {Borovikov,
V-Maximenko,A/Nikolaev(zt)/1993/1:0 (30)}) (13. Rc1 Nc5 14. Nf3 (14. Nb1 $5)
14... Qe7 15. e3 a5 $10 {Belov,I-Vyzmanavin,A/Moscow//1992/0.1 (54)}) 13... f4
(13... Qxe2 $4 14. Rae1 $18) 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Qd2 $5 (15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Qd2 $14) (
15. Rad1) 15... fxg3 16. hxg3 Nc5 (16... Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc5 18. Bb2 $44) 17. Bb2
Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Bd7 (18... a5 $5) 19. b4 $1 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 $8 (20... Bc6 $2 21.
b5 Nxd2 22. bxc6 Nxf1 23. Bd5+ $18) 21. Qxd2 Bc6 22. Bd5+ $1 $16 Kg7 23. Rac1
Qe5 (23... Rae8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Qd4+ Qe5 26. Qxa7 $16) 24. Rc3 Rae8 25. b5 $5
Bxd5 26. cxd5 Qxe2 (26... Re7 27. Re3 Qf6 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Qxa7
b6 31. e3 $16) (26... Rf7 $4 27. Re3 $18) 27. Rxc7+ Rf7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qf4+
Kg8 (29... Ke7 $6 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Qa4 $16) 30. Qxd6 Qxb5 31. Rc1 Qb6 $6 (31...
Qe2 $5 32. Qd7 Rf8) 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Rb1 Rd8 34. Rb5 (34. Rxb6 Rxd5 35. Rxb7
Ra5 $14) 34... Rd6 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Ke4 g5 38. g4 Ke7 39. f3 Kd7 40.
Rb3 h6 41. Kd4 Kc7 42. Ke5 Rg6 43. Rb1 Kd7 44. Rb2 Kc7 45. Rc2+ Kd7 46. Rc4 (
46. Rc3 $1 Rd6 47. Rc8 $1 $18) 46... Rg8 (46... Rd6 47. Rc8 $1 Rxd5+ 48. Kxd5
Kxc8 49. Ke6 Kc7 50. Kf6 $18) 47. Rc3 Ra8 (47... Rg6 48. Ra3 Rg8 49. Kf6 $18)
48. a3 b5 (48... Rf8 49. d6 $18) 49. Rb3 Ra5 (49... Rf8 50. Rxb5 Rxf3 51. Rxb7+
$18) 50. Kf6 b4 (50... Ra6+ 51. Kg7 Rb6 52. Rb4 $22) 51. Rxb4 Rxa3 52. Kg7 $1
Rxf3 53. Kxh6 $18 Kd6 (53... Rf4 54. Rxb7+ Kc8 55. Kxg5 Rxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kxb7 57.
Kf5 Kc7 58. Ke6 $18) 54. Rxb7 Kxd5 55. Kxg5 Ke6 56. Kg6 Rf1 57. g5 Rg1 58. Kh6
Rg2 59. g6 Rg1 60. Kh7 Rg2 61. Rb6+ (61. Rb6+ Ke7 62. g7 Rh2+ 63. Rh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Teheran FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Rf7 11. e4 f4 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Ng5 Rd7 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. Qb2
Nh5 16. Rad1 c6 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Ne2 fxg3 19. fxg3 Bg4 20. Nxd4 Bxd1 21. Nde6
Rd7 22. Nc5 Rd4 23. Nce6 Bg4 24. Nc7 Qd8 25. Nge6 Qd7 26. Nxd4 Qxc7 27. Nf3 Rd8
28. Qf2 Nf6 29. Qxa7 {Diagramm [#] Objektiv gesehen kein Fehler, aus
psychologischer Sicht jedoch begibt sich die Weiße damit auf Abwege.} Nxe4 30.
Qe3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 (31. Bxf3 Nxg3 32. hxg3 e4 33. Kg2 exf3+ 34. Rxf3 $11) 31...
Nd6 32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33. Kh1 Qd2 {Diagramm [#]} 34. Qb6 $2 {Voraussetzungen,
unter denen Weiß selber aktiv werden könnte, liegen schlichtweg nicht vor.} (
34. Qxd2 Rxd2 35. Bh3 Rxa2 36. Bc8 $11) 34... e4 35. Rf2 Qd3 {Diagramm [#]} 36.
Rf1 $4 {Verliert unmittelbar.} (36. Bf1 $1) 36... e3 37. Re1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Norri, Joose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary II"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 Na6 $5 (10... Qb6) (10... c6) 11. h4 c5 12. dxc5 (12.
dxc6 $1 bxc6 13. a4 (13. Rb1 $5 {Pinter,J}) 13... Qb6 14. d5 c5 15. h5 $5 $14)
12... Nxc5 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Be3 Qc4 $6 (14... Rac8 $5) 15. b3 Qb4 16. Rc1 Rac8
17. Rc4 Qa3 18. Qd2 $14 b5 19. Rc2 Na6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxa7 Nb4 22. Bd4 h6
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Nh3 Nc2 26. Qd3 Qxa2 27. Nf4 Kg7 28. g4 Qb2 29.
gxf5 Bxf5 30. e4 Qe5 31. Ne2 Bd7 32. Qd2 Bg4 33. f3 Bd7 34. Rc1 Nd4 35. Rxc8
Nxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Bxc8 37. Qxb5 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 39. Qb4 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Bh3 41.
Qd4+ Kf7 42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Bxg2 44. Kxg2 Ke8 45. f4 Kd7 46. Kg3 Kc7 47.
Kg4 Kb6 48. f5 gxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Kc5 50. Ke6 h5 51. Kxe7 h4 52. e5 h3 53. exd6 h2
54. d7 h1=Q 55. b4+ Kxb4 56. d8=Q Qh4+ 57. Kd7 Qxd8+ 58. Kxd8 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc5 13. Bg2 a5 14. Bg5 (14.
Be3 {P d2, h6, ae1}) 14... Qf7 15. Qd2 Bxd4 $5 16. Qxd4 e5 $1 17. Qc3 Qf5 18.
f4 e4 19. Rfe1 b5 20. b3 b4 21. Qd4 a4 22. Bxe4 Qf7 $1 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. bxa4 $6
(24. Bh6) 24... Bxa4 25. Bxa4 Nxa4 26. Bh6 $5 (26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qd2 Nc3 28.
Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Nxa2 30. Qb1) 26... Nc5 27. Kf1 $5 (27. Rab1 Re7 $1 (27...
Rxa2 28. Rxe8+) (27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxa2 29. Re8+) 28. Kf1 (28. Bg5 Rxe1+ (
28... Ree8 29. Bh6 $10) 29. Rxe1 Rxa2 30. Re7 $18) 28... Rxa2 (28... Rae8 $1
$13) 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Re1 $1 $18) 27... g5 28. Bxg5 $2 (28. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 29.
Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 gxf4 $1 (30... g4 31. Qe3 $18) (30... Qg6 31. fxg5 Qb1+ 32.
Ke2 Qxa2+ 33. Kf3 Qb3+ 34. Kg4 Qc3 35. Qf4 $18) 31. Bxf4 $1 Qh5 32. Qe3 $1 Qxh2
33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kg6 (34... Kg8 35. Qd8+) 35. Qg5+ $10) 28... Qh5 $17 29.
Kg1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxa2 31. h4 Re2 $1 32. Qd1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 b3 34. f5 Nd7 $1
35. Qe6+ Qf7 36. Qe3 h6 $3 $19 37. Bxh6 b2 38. Qb3 Qf6 39. Be3 Qe5 40. Kh2 (40.
Bf2 Nb6 41. Bxb6 Qe1+) 40... b1=Q 41. Qxb1 Qxe3 42. Qb2 Kf7 43. h5 Nf6 44. Qb8
Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "American Continental 8th"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Tristan, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{En esta sexta ronda resulto interesante la victoria del GM brasileno Rafael
Leitao, cuarto preclasificado del torneo, frente al joven MI argentino
Leonardo Tristan.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. b3 {
El dole fianchetto es una solucion util en muchas aperturas distintas, en este
caso Rafael lo utiliza ante la Holandesa Leningrado planteada por Leonardo.}
O-O 7. Bb2 Ne4 $6 {Este plan no parece muy preciso, ya veremos por que.} 8.
Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 {Hagamos un pequeno ejercicio, volvamos a la situacion
anterior a la septima jugada de las negras para hacer una comparacion. Miremos
ahora la posicion actual. Notemos que en sus ultimos dos movimientos, las
negras no han hecho ninguna jugada, solo han sacado del tablero a su caballo
de f6, una pieza que ya se hallaba desarrollada. Entretanto las blancas han
quitado del tablero su caballo de b1, una pieza que NO estaba desarrollada.
Ademas, si han hecho un movimiento util, la jugada Dd2. Es decir, el segundo
jugador perdio dos tiempos con su maniobra Ce4-Cxd2.} Nc6 10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 {
Leitao tiene preferencias por las posiciones solidas y las pequenas ventajas
sin compensacion del rival, por eso elige esta jugada. Lo mas incisivo era:} (
11. d5 {Seguido de Cg5, explotando el punto fuerte e6.}) 11... dxe5 12. Qd5+
Kh8 13. Qc5 $1 {Ahora el peon de e5 esta bajo fuego y en caso de ser avanzado
las negras tendran debilitado su flanco rey.} e4 {De todas m aneras la mejor
opcion, si bien el blanco esta algo mejor, tiene dificultades para la entrada
en accion de su alfil de g2, lo que da a las negras esperanzas de igualar el
juego.} 14. Rad1 Bxb2 $2 {Demasiado impetu juvenil. La desventaja no era grave
y este sacrificio de dama no esta justificado, ya que las piezas del ala dama
negro tardaran en ponerse en marcha.} 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Ng5 Bd4 17. Qa3 Kg7 18.
Nh3 Be5 19. Nf4 Rd2 20. b4 $1 {Se amenaza b5 y entrar con la dama en e7.} a5
21. b5 Nb4 22. Qe3 $1 {Al no estar las piezas negras adecuadamente coordinadas,
la dama encuentra huecos para penetrar la posicion enemiga.} Rd4 ({Esto es
perdedor, pero es interesante como hubieran ganado las blancas en caso de:} 
22... Rxa2 23. Qc5 $1 Bd6 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. c5 $1 Bxf4 26. Qd8+ $1 Kg7 27. gxf4
{Con facil victoria.}) 23. a3 Rxc4 {El ultimo intento, dejar pasado el peon a.
De todos modos perdian todas, por ejemplo:} (23... Na2 24. f3 Rxc4 25. Qb3) ({
O tambien:} 23... Nc2 24. Qc3) 24. axb4 a4 25. Qa3 Rc2 26. b6 cxb6 27. Re1 g5
28. Nd5 Be6 29. b5 $1 {La entrada de la dama sobre el rey adversario define.}
Bb2 30. Qe7+ Bf7 31. Qxg5+ Kh8 32. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. Nbd2
Na6 9. c4 e5 (9... c6 10. Qc2 $14) (9... h6 10. Qc2 $14 {/\ e4}) 10. dxe5 Ng4
11. Ba3 (11. Qc2 dxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 $13 {Vyzmanavin}) 12. e4 f4 (
12... Nb4 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rfe1 Bf6 $1 $13 {Nikolaev-Glek/Moscow/
1992/}) 13. c5 $1 fxg3 14. hxg3 Qb5 $1 {Belov-Goldin/Moscow/1992/} 15. a4 Qxc5
16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Ba3 b6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rac1 $14) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 (12.
Rc1 Nc5 (12... Nc6 $6 13. Nb1 $1 Nc5 14. Nc3 Ne4 15. Nd5 Rf7 16. Nd2 $14 {
Hertneck-Karol/Kecskemet/1990/}) 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. e3 a5 16. Qc2
Bd7 17. Nd4 Ne4 $10 {Belov-Vyzmanavin/Moscow/1992/}) 12... Qxe5 13. Rb1 $1 $146
{/\ b4,Bb2} Nc5 $6 (13... Qe7 $5 14. b4 (14. e3 Nc5 15. b4 Ne4) 14... f4 15.
Rb3 $14) (13... f4 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. b4 $14) 14. b4 $1 Nd7 (14...
Ne4 $2 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ $16) (14... Ne6 15. Bb2
$16) (14... Na6 15. e3 $16) 15. c5 $1 $16 dxc5 (15... d5 16. Nf3 Qe6 17. Ng5
$18) 16. bxc5 {/\ c6} c6 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Qa4 $5 (18. Nd6 Nf6 19. Qb3+ Kh8 (
19... Be6 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Rxb7 $18) 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Qxb7 Qxe2 $132) 18...
Qxe2 (18... Nxc5 $2 19. Qa5 b6 20. Nxb6 $18) (18... Nf6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Qxa7
Be6 $16) 19. Qb3 Qe6 20. Rfe1 Qf7 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Nd6 Qc7 23. Re2 Kh8 24. Rbe1
f4 $6 (24... Ng8 25. Ne8 Qf7 26. Bb2 Nf6 27. Nxg7 $1 $18) 25. Re7 $18 Qa5 26.
Bb2 fxg3 27. hxg3 Bf5 (27... Qxa2 28. Rxg7 $18) 28. Qc4 h5 29. Nf7+ Kg8 (29...
Kh7 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Ng5+ $18) 30. Bxf6 (30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Ng5+ Kh8 32. Rh7#)
1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Ne1 $5 $146 (9. Be3 h6 10. Nb5 $1 Qd8 (10... Na6 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Qxa5 Bxb2
13. Bxh6 $16) 11. Nfd4 Kh7 (11... Na6 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Qxa5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bd7
15. Qd2 $16) 12. c5 $5 dxc5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nc6 15. Bxc5 $16 {Pisulinski,
J-Rublevsky,S/RUS/1992/1:0 (39) Inf 54/89/}) (9. Nd4 Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bh1 $1 Qf7 15. Be3 e5 $5 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17.
Qd2 $14 {Otero,E Valdes,L/CUB/1992/ Inf 56/103/}) (9. Rb1 Na6 10. b3 h6 $6 (
10... Bd7 $5 {Meulders/}) 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. a3 c6 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 $2 (16... Nxe4 $14) 17. Nc2 $1 $16 {Van Der Sterren,
P-Meulders,R/NED/1992/ Inf 56/103/}) 9... Na6 10. Nd3 e5 (10... Bd7 11. Re1 c6
12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 $14) (10... Bd7 11. Rb1 $5 {/\b3,Bb2/}) 11.
dxe6 c6 (11... Qxe6 12. Nd5 $14) 12. Na4 $1 Bxe6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Bd2 (14. Nf4
$5) 14... Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qc2 $14 Qc7 17. Bf4 b6 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rd2
Nb4 $6 (19... Nc5 $5 20. Rfd1 Bf8 $14) 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Rfd1 Be5 $2 (21... Bf8
22. b3 Rd7 23. Rd3 Rbd8 24. Qd2 c5 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 $16) 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxc6 $18 Qc7 26. Bb5 Qd6 27. Qd3 Qc5 (27... Qc7
28. Qd2 Qc5 29. b3) 28. e3 Kf7 29. Qd8 Kg7 (29... Bxc4 30. Bxc4+ (30. Qe8+ Kf6
31. Qh8+ $18) 30... Qxc4 31. Qxb6 Qc1+ $10) 30. h4 h6 (30... Bxc4 31. Bxc4 Qxc4
32. Qe7+ Kh6 (32... Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qxe5+ $18) 33. Qxe5 Qxa2 34. Qf4+ Kg7
35. Qxb4 $18) 31. b3 Bf7 (31... Kh7 32. Qf6) 32. Qd7 Kf6 33. Ba6 f4 34. Qd8+
Kg7 35. gxf4 exf4 36. exf4 $1 (36. Qd4+ $2 Qxd4 37. exd4 Kf6 $14) 36... Qf5 37.
Qd4+ Kh7 38. Bb7 Qb1+ (38... Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qxh4 40. Qxb6 Qxf4 41. Qxb4 Qc1+ 42.
Qe1 $18) 39. Kg2 Qxa2 40. Qd7 Kg8 41. Bd5 Bxd5+ 42. Qxd5+ Kg7 43. Qd7+ Kf6 44.
Qd6+ Kf5 (44... Kf7 45. Qxb4 Qe2 46. Qc3 Qg4+ 47. Qg3 $18) 45. Qe5+ Kg4 46. Qe4
$1 (46. Qe4 Kxh4 47. Qf3 $18) 46... Qxb3 47. f5+ Kh5 48. f3 Qb2+ (48... gxf5
49. Qxf5+ Kxh4 50. Qg4#) 49. Kg3 $18 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1998.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Szabolcsi, Janos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.02.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
d5 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Rfd1 $1 $146 (10. Be5 {Touzan-Szabolcsi FRA-chT/1996/} Bh6)
10... h6 (10... Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. Bxd5+ Qxd5 14. Qe3 $16) (
10... Nd7 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 $18) 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Nb5 Na6 13. Qb3 $16 {><a6} Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Rac1 $16 {/\15.Bc7}) 14. a4
Rfc8 15. a5 Qd8 16. Nc3 $1 b6 17. Qb5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nc7 19. Qc6 Bf7 20. axb6
Ne6 21. Bc7 $1 Nxc7 22. b7 $18 Be8 23. Qc5 a6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 e6 26. c4
Bf7 27. Qd6 Ra7 28. bxc8=Q Qxc8 29. cxd5 Nb5 30. Qc6 Rc7 31. Qxa6 Nc3 32. d6
1-0

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.05.03"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal/Schipkov,B"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 {1) Tal in Shakmatyi v SSSR 1960. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov,V: Mikhail
Tal 1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.217-229.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 d6
6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} (8. Re1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Ne4) 8... Nc6
(8... Qe7 {Schipkov, B}) 9. Rd1 (9. d5 $143 Nb4 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Be3 Ng4) (9. b3
{Schipkov, B}) 9... Qe7 10. Rb1 {/\ b4-b5 gefolgt von Ba3} (10. a3 $5 {
Botvinnik}) 10... a5 11. a3 Nd8 (11... e5 {Schipkov, B} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 $14) 12.
e4 (12. b3 $5 $14 {Schipkov, B}) 12... fxe4 (12... e5 13. Bg5 c6 (13... exd4 {
Schipkov, B} 14. Nxd4 Ne6 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Nf4 $14)
14. c5 $5) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf7 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Bf5 16. Qd5+) 15. Bh3
$1 Qf6 {[%cal Rd6d5]} (15... e5 16. Bxc8 {[%csl Yb7]}) 16. Bd2 d5 (16... c6 $1
17. Bc3 e5 ({oder} 17... d5) 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. dxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Gf7d6]}) (
16... Bd7 17. Qxb7 Nd8 18. Qxa8 Bc6 19. Qxa5 Qxf3 20. d5 Bd4 21. Bg2 $1) ({
The interesting continuation is Interessant ist die Fortsetzung} 16... e5 $5 {
Botvinnik} 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Bc3 (18. Be3) 18... Nh6 19. Rd3 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qf5
21. Re1 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Rce8 $11 {Engqvist-Nyman, Baltic Sea tt5 corr8691.}) 17.
Qe2 (17. cxd5 $2 exd5 $19 {[%csl Yh3]}) 17... dxc4 (17... Nd6 18. Ne5 dxc4 19.
Rbc1 b5 20. b3 $36) 18. Bf4 Nd6 (18... b5 $5 {Schipkov, B}) 19. Ng5 $14 {
Schipkov, B: 'White holds a slight lead in development.' Schipkov, B: 'Weiß
hat leichten Entwicklungsvorsprung.'} (19. Ne5) 19... Re8 20. Bg2 Ra6 (20...
Bd7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Yc4,Yc6,Yc7]}) 21. Ne4 Nxe4
(21... Qf5 $5 {Schipkov, B} 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Qxc4 g5 24. Be3 $14) 22. Bxe4 b5
(22... Qf7 23. Qxc4 e5 24. Bd5 $1 Be6 25. dxe5) 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb5 Rf8 25.
Qxb3 $16 {Schipkov, B: 'Black's pawns are weak.' Schipkov, B: 'Die schwarzen
Bauern sind schwach.'} (25. Rbc1 $1 Rb6 26. Qxa5 e5 27. dxe5 Qf7) 25... Rb6 26.
Qe3 (26. Qc2 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Qe7) 26... Rxb1 27. Bxb1 Bb7 28. Ba2 (28. Bxc7 Bh6
$1) 28... Bd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bxc7 a4 31. Rd3 (31. Be5 Qf3) 31... Qf5 32. Be5
Bh6 (32... Re8 33. Qe2 $1 Bxe5 34. Re3) 33. Qe2 Rc8 34. Rf3 (34. Kg2 Qe4+)
34... Qh3 (34... Rc2 $142 $1 35. Rxf5 Rxe2 36. Rf6 Bg7 37. Ra6 Bxe5 38. dxe5
Rxe5 39. Rxa4 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Ra7 $16) 35. Bc7 $1 {[%cal Re2e7]} (35. Rd3
$143) 35... Bf8 (35... Qd7 $142 36. Bf4) (35... Rxc7 $2 {Schipkov, B} 36. Qe8+
Kg7 37. Qf8#) 36. Qb5 $1 Qe6 (36... Qh5 37. Rf4 Rxc7 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qb8+
$18) 37. Be5 Qc6 38. Qa5 Ra8 (38... Bxa3 39. Rxa3 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qxa3 41. Qxd5+
Kf8 42. Bd6+ $18) 39. Qd2 Rc8 40. Kg2 Qd7 41. h4 (41. h4 Qg4 {Der Abgabezug}
42. Qa5 Qd7 43. Rf6) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Cvetkovic"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Cvetkovic,S} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d5
Na6 8. Nc3 Qe8 9. Rb1 c5 (9... Bd7) 10. dxc6 $1 (10. b3) 10... bxc6 11. b4 Rb8
(11... Bd7) 12. b5 Nc5 13. Nd4 cxb5 14. cxb5 Qf7 15. Nc6 Rb7 16. Be3 Nfe4 17.
Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxa7 Bd7 $2 (18... Qxa2 $8 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Rb4 $1
Qe6 (21... d5 $2 22. Ra4) 22. Qa4 d5 23. Rd1 $14) 19. a4 $1 d5 (19... Nc3 20.
Qd3 Rbb8 21. Rb4 $16) 20. a5 (20. Bxe4 fxe4 $132 {><f}) 20... Nc3 21. Qd2 (21.
Qd3 $2 f4 $1 {/\ Bf5}) 21... Nxb1 22. Rxb1 e6 23. a6 Rbb8 24. b6 Qe7 25. Qa2 g5
$1 $8 26. b7 f4 27. Bb6 Qd6 28. Qa5 fxg3 29. hxg3 Qe5 30. Nb5 Qxe2 31. a7 Qc2 (
31... Qd3 32. Rc1 Qxb5 33. axb8=Q $18) 32. Rf1 Qc6 33. axb8=Q Rxb8 34. Bc7 $1
Rxb7 35. Qa8+ Bf8 (35... Be8 36. Nd6 Rxc7 37. Qxe8+ Qxe8 38. Nxe8) 36. Bd6 Be8
37. Bxf8 Kxf8 (37... Rxb5 38. Qxc6 Bxc6 39. Bh6 g4 40. Rc1 $18) 38. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Zysk, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 e6 $5 8. b3
(8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 (9. d5 Nb4 10. Qb3 Na6 11. dxe6 Nc5 12. Qc2 Bxe6 13. b3 Kh8
$1 14. Bb2 c6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 a5 $10) 9... Qe7 10. Rb1 (10. e4 fxe4 11.
Nxe4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 dxe5 $10 {Podgaetz-Tal,SSSR(ch) 1969}) 10... a5
(10... e5 $2 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd8 14. Be3 $16 {Filip}) 11.
a3 Nd8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf7 15. Bh3 Qf6 16. Bd2 d5 (16... e5
$5) 17. Qe2 dxc4 18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Ng5 $14 {Tal,M-Botvinnik,M Moskva(m) 1960})
8... Nc6 9. Bb2 (9. Ba3 $1 Ne4 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bd7 (11... Rf7 $5 {/\e5})
12. Rad1 Rf7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. d5 Nd8 15. Ng5 Bh6 16. h4 e5 17. f4 $1 exf4 18.
gxf4 Rf8 19. e4 fxe4 20. Rde1 Bf5 21. Bxe4 Qd7 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Bb2 Qg4+ 24.
Qg2 Qxh4 25. Re3 Bxg5 26. Rh3 Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxf4 28. Qe4 $18 {Ionov,S-Zysk,R
Dortmund (op-A) 1992}) 9... Qe7 (9... e5 $5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 Qxd1 12. Raxd1
fxe4 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Rde1 Nd4 15. Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rad8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rb1
a5 19. Kh2 b6 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. g4 Bc8 $10 {Ruban,V-Knezevic,M Anapa 1991}) 10.
d5 Ne4 $1 11. Qc1 (11. Rc1 $2 Nb4 12. a3 Na2 $1 $17) 11... Nxc3 (11... Nd8 12.
dxe6 Nxe6 $2 (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxe6 {/\Nc5,a5=}) 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. e3 g5 15.
Qc2 $14 a5 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc6 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 b5 $2 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Nxc7 $1 $18 {Lingnau,C-Zysk,R Dortmund op 1991})
12. Bxc3 Nd8 13. Bxg7 Qxg7 14. e4 e5 $8 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qg5 $1 (16. c5 f4 17.
Nd2 Bf5 18. Ne4 Nf7 $15) 16... b6 (16... f4 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rfc1 e4 $2 (
18... Nf7) 19. Nd2 f3 20. Bf1 Re8 21. Re1 Bf5 22. Nxf3 $18) 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18.
Nd2 {/\f4+/-} f4 19. b4 Nf7 20. c5 Ng5 21. Rfc1 $2 (21. h4 Nh3+ 22. Kh2 fxg3+
23. fxg3 Nf2 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rac1 $14) 21... dxc5 $1 22. bxc5 Nh3+ 23. Bxh3
Bxh3 $10 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Rc7+ Rf7 26. d6 Raf8 $2 (26... Rxc7 27. dxc7 Rc8 28.
Rc1 Kf6 29. Ne4+ (29. Nf3 Bd7 $1 $10) 29... Ke7 30. Rc6 Bd7 $1 31. Rh6 Rxc7 32.
Rxh7+ Ke6 $10) 27. Rac1 $138 (27. Nc4 $142 $1 fxg3 28. fxg3 $1 Rxc7 29. dxc7
Be6 30. Nd6 $16) 27... Bf5 28. Nc4 (28. Nf3 Kf6 29. R1c6 Bd7 30. Rc3 Bg4 $10)
28... Kf6 29. Re1 fxg3 30. fxg3 $1 e4 31. Ne3 $2 (31. Rd1 $1 $14) 31... Bh3 32.
Nd5+ (32. Rd1 $10) 32... Ke5 33. Nf4 Bg4 34. h3 Bf3 $138 35. d7 Kd6 $4 (35...
Rd8 36. Rxa7 Rfxd7 37. Ra6 $10) 36. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Verdihanov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3
Na6 9. Ba3 (9. Bb2 $142) 9... h6 10. Rc1 c6 11. Qc2 (11. Qd3 {>=} g5 12. e4
fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh5 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Ne4 Rf7 17. Qe3 Raf8 18. f3
Qg6 $10 19. Rcd1 Nc7 20. Bb2 Ne6 21. Ba1 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. fxe4 Rxf1+ 24.
Bxf1 c5 $15 {Skembris-Gausel/Skei/1993}) 11... g5 12. e4 $6 (12. e3 $142 $10)
12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qg6 $1 14. Nxf6+ (14. Rce1 Bf5 15. Nxf6+ $2 Bxf6 16. Qd2
Bd3 $17) (14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. Re3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 (18.
Bxf3 $2 g4 $19) 18... Qxd4 $19) 14... Qxf6 15. d5 (15. Rce1 Bg4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17.
Qc3 Rae8 18. Bb2 c5 19. Bxb7 cxd4 20. Qa5 Nc5 $17) (15. Bb2 $5 Bf5 (15... Nb4
16. Qd2) (15... Bg4 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Ne4 Nxc2 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Rxc2 Bf3 $10)
16. Qd2 Be4 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 c5 19. Rcd1 $10) 15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Bg4 17.
Nd2 Rac8 18. Ne4 (18. Qd3 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Nb4 20. Qc4 Qd4 $1 (20... Nxa2 21. Qxg4
Nxc1 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qd1 $44) 21. a3 Nd3 $17) 18... Qd4 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Nxd2
Bd4 $15 {/\Be2} 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. h3 {/\g4} (22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1
Nb4 25. a3 Nd3 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Ne1 $1 28. Nc3 Bc2 29. b4 Bd3 30. Kf2 Nc2
$17) 22... Bg6 $1 (22... Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Nb4 24. a3 Nd3 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. fxe3
Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Nc5 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bc2 Kg7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Kf3 $132 {/\Kg4})
23. Rcd1 (23. g4 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Nc5 $1 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rc8
$17) 23... Bb6 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. Kh1 Ba5 $1 26. Rb2 (26. Re2 Nb4 27. Rd1 Rc2 28.
Rdd2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rc8 $17) 26... Nb4 27. Bxb4 Bxb4 $17 {^^} 28. f4 Ba5 29. Re2
gxf4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Bh5 $1 32. Rb2 Bb6 33. Kh2 Bd4 34. Rb1 $8 (34. Rd2
Be3 $19) 34... Rc2 35. Kg3 Bg6 36. Bf3 Rxa2 37. Rc1 Rb2 $19 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39.
Rc7 Rxb3 40. Nxd6+ Kf6 41. Nc4 Rc3 42. Kg2 Rc2+ 43. Kh1 Bd3 44. d6 exd6 45.
Nxd6 Rxc7 46. Ne8+ Kf5 47. Nxc7 b5 48. Nd5 a5 49. Kg2 Ke6 50. Kg3 b4 0-1

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Johnson} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 (6... d5
{Johnson} 7. c4 c6 8. O-O Be6 9. Ng5 Bf7 10. Nc3 Qe8 11. Qd3 h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7
13. f3 Nbd7 14. e4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. c5 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. d5
b5 20. dxc6 Nxc5 {Portisch,L-Smyslov,V (03)/Portoroz cm-reserve ;IZT 1971/0-1 
(37)}) 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4 Ne4 {N} (8... Na6 9. Qc2 (9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 $13 (
10... Nd7 {Johnson} 11. Qc2 dxe5 12. Rfd1 Nb4 13. Qc3 Qe7 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 e4
{Arkell,K-Malaniuk,V/Hastings Masters op 1995 1/2-1/2(51)})) 9... c6 10. Nbd2
h6 11. Rae1 g5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qg6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Re3 Bf5 16. Qd2 Rf7
17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Bc3 Qg6 19. d5 c5 20. a3 $1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 $16 {Dreev,
A-Motwani,P/Berlin 1991}) (8... e5 $6 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qd5+ $1 Kh8 11. Qd2 $1
Nxe5 (11... dxe5 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxh6 $16) 12. Nc3
Nbc6 13. Nd5 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 $1 Qf7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Re3 Bb7 17. Rae1 $16 {
Hoelzl,F-Schroll,G/AUT-ch (09) ;EXP 49 1995}) (8... c6 {Johnson}) 9. Nbd2 Nxd2
10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. d5 (11. Rfe1 $5 {/\e4} Nf6 (11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4
14. Rad1 $14) 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rad1 $14) 11... Nf6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b4 c6 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. b5 $2 (15. Nb3 $1 $14 {/\c5,/\Na5}) (15. Qd3 Rb8 16. a3 c5 17. Nc2 $10
) 15... Ne4 16. Bxe4 (16. Qc2 e5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. bxc6 Qxc6 $15) 16... fxe4
17. Nxc6 $2 (17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne6 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Rf7 20. Qd4 Qd7 21. Ng5 Rf5
22. Nxe4 Qe6 23. f3 (23. Nc3 Rc5 $10) (23. Nd2 Rh5 $1 24. h4 g5 $40) 23... Bxe4
24. fxe4 Rc5 $10) 17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxc6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 {><c4} 20. Qb5 (20.
Qd4 Rf5 $15) (20. Qd4) 20... Rac8 21. Qg5 $2 (21. Rac1 Rf5 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23.
Rfd1 Ra5 (23... Rfc5 24. Rd4 d5 25. Rb1 $10) 24. Rc2 Kf7 $15 (24... d5 25. Rdd2
Rxc4 26. Rxd5 $1 $10)) 21... Rc7 22. Rac1 Rf5 23. Qe3 Rc5 $17 24. f3 Rxc4 25.
Rxc4 Qxc4 26. fxe4 (26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. fxe4 Rc2 $19) 26... Qc5 $1 27. Kf2 (27.
Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Rb1 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rc2 30. Ra1 Ke6 $17) 27... Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Rc3+
29. Kd4 (29. Kd2 Ra3 30. Ra1 Kf7 $17) 29... Rc2 30. Kd3 Rxa2 31. e5 $2 dxe5 $19
32. g4 a5 33. g5 Ra4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkov Belov} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 Nc5 $5 (9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. a3 {
Belov} (12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. a4 Rc8 (14... Nfe4 $2 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Rb8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Qf7 20. Na5 Qf6 21. Rb4 $16 {
Alterman,B-Malaniuk,V/Pardubice/1993/1:0 (37) Inf 58/114/}) 15. Bb2 (15. Nd4 $1
) 15... a6 16. Nd4 axb5 17. axb5 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 $10 {Greenfeld,A-Malaniuk,
V/Pardubice/1993/}) 12... Nc7 13. a4 (13. Bb2 Rb8 14. c5 $1 dxc5 $6 15. bxc5
Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Neg5 Nd5 18. Ne5 $16 {Schlosser,P-Malaniuk,V/Brno/1993/})
13... Rb8 14. b5 Ne6 (14... Ne4 $6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18.
Be3 Bf6 19. h4 Rb7 20. Rc1 Bf5 21. Rxc7 $1 $16 {Tunik,G-Beuchler,H/Pardubice/
1992/}) 15. e3 $14 {Tunik,G-Galdunts,S/Voskresensk/1993/ Inf 58/114/}) (9... c6
{Belov}) 10. b4 {N} (10. Nd4 a5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Ba3 c6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qb8 16. Na4 Qe5 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Rd2 20. e3
Rxa2 21. Nxc5 Rb8 $10 {Mohr-Vasiukov/Voskresensk/1990}) (10. b3 {Belov} a5 11.
Bb2 c6 12. Nd4 Bd7 $10) (10. Nb5 $5 {Krasenkov}) 10... Nce4 11. Bb2 (11. Nb5
Qd8 12. Bb2 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 $10) (11. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 (11... fxe4 12. Nd4 (12.
Ng5 $5 Bf5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 $14) 12... e6 (12... e5 13. Nb5 Rf7 14. Bg5
Bf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 $16 {/\Nc3}) 13. Nb5 Qf7 14. Bg5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5
16. Bxe4 Nb6 17. Rc1 $16) 12. Bb2 Bxb2 (12... Nc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Nd4 Bxd4 (
14... f4 {Belov} 15. Qd3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qf7 $10) 15. Qxd4 $14) 13. Rxb2 e5 14.
dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxc4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Rc1 Rxb7 19. Rxc4 $14)
11... e5 12. dxe6 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 $10) (12. Nd2 Nxc3 (
12... Nxd2 {Belov} 13. Qxd2 f4 $10) 13. Bxc3 g5 14. c5 h5 $5 15. Nc4 b5 16. Na5
h4 $40) 12... Bxe6 13. Nxe4 (13. Nd2 {Belov} Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c6 15. b5 Rc8 $13)
13... fxe4 (13... Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ (15. Qc2 {Belov} Qf7 16. Rbc1 $14
) 15... Kg8 16. Nd2 $5 $14) 14. Nd2 Bf5 (14... e3 $6 15. fxe3 Bf5 (15... Ng4
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxb7 (17. Qb3 $16 {Belov}) 17... Nxe3 18. Rxf8 Qxf8 19. Qb3
$16) (15... c6 $5 16. Qc2 $14) 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 (17... Bxe4 $2 18.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qd4 $18) 18. Rxb2 Bxe4 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qd4 Bxg2 21. Qh8+ Ke7
22. Qxh7+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Kxg2 $16) 15. e3 Qe6 $10 16. Nb3 $6 (16. Qc2
Rae8 (16... Bh3 $2 17. Bxf6 $16) 17. a4 $10 (17. Nb3 Bh3 $10 (17... Bh3 {Belov}
18. Nd4 Qd7 $10))) 16... Qxc4 (16... Rae8 17. c5 $1) (16... Bh3 {Belov} 17. Nd4
Qd7 $10) 17. Rc1 (17. Na5 {Belov} Qxa2 $1 (17... Qxb4 18. Bxf6 Qxa5 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Rxb7 $44) 18. Nxb7 Qd5 $17) 17... Qf7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qc2 c6 20.
Bxe4 Be6 $1 (20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rae8 (21... d5 $6 22. Qd3 $14 {/\b5}) 22. Qd3
Re6 $10) 21. Rb1 (21. Bg2 Bxb3 $5 22. axb3 a6 23. Rfd1 d5 {><b4}) 21... Rae8 (
21... Rac8 $5 {/\c5} 22. Rfd1 c5 $1 23. Rxd6 (23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Nxc5 $2 Be7 $1
25. Rb5 b6 $19) 23... cxb4 24. Qe2 Be5 25. Rdd1 Bc3 $15 {/\Rfd8,b6,a5}) (21...
d5 {Belov} 22. Bg2 Bf5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 $15) 22. Bg2 Bf5 $5 23. e4 Be6 24.
Qd2 Rd8 25. f4 Kh8 26. Kh1 (26. f5 $5 Bc4 (26... gxf5 {Belov} 27. exf5 Bc4 28.
Rf2 $13) 27. Rf2 Qg7 28. Kh1 d5 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Qc2 $13) 26...
Bg7 27. Qe3 (27. f5 $2 gxf5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. g4 Bxb1 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 $17) 27...
b6 28. Rfd1 (28. Nd4 {Krasenkov} Bxa2 29. Nxc6 Rc8 30. Rbc1 Bc4) 28... c5 29.
a3 (29. bxc5 {Belov} dxc5 30. e5 Rd7 $17) 29... Rfe8 30. Qf3 (30. Rd2 $5 {Belov
}) 30... Qd7 $1 31. Rd2 (31. bxc5 {Belov} Bg4 32. Qe3 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 bxc5 34.
Nxc5 Qb5 $17) 31... Qa4 $17 32. Qd1 $1 Rb8 (32... cxb4 33. axb4 Qxb4 34. Nd4
Qc4 35. Rc1 $44) (32... Qxa3 $1 33. e5 (33. bxc5 bxc5 34. e5 Rb8 $17) 33...
Qxb4 (33... Rb8 {Belov} 34. exd6 $132) 34. Nd4 Qxd2 35. Qxd2 dxe5 36. fxe5 Bxe5
$17) 33. Rxd6 Qxa3 34. e5 (34. bxc5 $1 bxc5 35. Nd2 Rxb1 36. Qxb1 Qb4 37. e5
$132) 34... Bf8 35. Rd2 Bf5 $1 (35... Qxb4 36. Nd4 Bg4 37. Qc1 Qa4 38. Ra1 $13)
36. Ra1 (36. Rbb2 {Belov} c4 (36... Qxb4 37. Nd4 Qxb2 38. Rxb2 cxd4 39. Qxd4
$13) 37. Nd4 c3 38. Ra2 Qxb4 $19) 36... Qxb4 37. Rxa7 c4 38. Nd4 c3 39. Nc6 Qc5
$19 40. Rdd7 $138 (40. Rdd7 c2 (40... Bxd7 $4 41. Qxd7 Be7 42. Nxe7 $19) 41.
Rxh7+ (41. Qc1 {Krasenkov} Bxd7 42. Nxb8 Bh3 43. Nd7 Qf2 44. Bb7 Qe2 $19) 41...
Kg8 42. Qc1 (42. Bd5+ Be6 43. Bxe6+ Rxe6 $19) (42. Qd5+ Be6 43. Qxc5 bxc5 $19)
42... Rbd8 (42... Rbc8 {Belov} 43. Rhc7 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Qa3 $19) 43. Nxd8 Rxd8
44. Bf3 Rd1+ 45. Bxd1 Be4+ $19) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Rb1 (
8. b3 Qe8 9. Ba3 {/\Qd3,e4}) 8... c6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be3 $14) 9. b3 (
9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ng5 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Be3 Nc7 15. f3
h6 16. Nh3 exf3 17. exf3 g5 $13 {Hansen,Cu-Vasiukov,E/Graested (04) 1990}) 9...
Qe8 10. d5 c5 $5 {Damit erreicht Schwarz eine für sich günstige theoretische
Stellung, aber mit einem Minustempo (vgl. mit 7...Qe8 8.d5 Na6 9.Rb1 c5 10.b3 
(besser ist 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4)). Im weiteren Verlauf der Partie wird es Weiß
nicht gelingen, Kapital daraus zu schlagen.} (10... Bd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Nd4 Qf7
13. e3 Nc5 14. Nde2 g5 15. f4 Qh5 $13 {Damljanovic,B-Vasiukov,E/Vrsac (2) 1989}
) 11. Bb2 h6 12. Ne1 $1 g5 13. Nd3 Qg6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rbe1 (15. e3 Rf7 16. f4
Raf8 17. a3 $5 {/\b4}) 15... Rf7 16. f4 Raf8 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Bxf6
(19. Nef2 $1 Nc7 (19... Ng4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. fxg5 Nxf2 (21... Qd4 $2 22. Qf4
$16) 22. Nxf2 hxg5 23. Ne4 $14) 20. a4 $14) 19... Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nf2 (
21. fxg5 Qd4+ 22. Re3 hxg5 23. Rf2 b5 24. cxb5 Nc7 25. Ne1 Nxb5 26. Nf3 Qxd2
27. Rxd2 g4 28. Ng5 Rg7 $15) 21... gxf4 22. Qxf4 Qd4 $1 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Rd1 (
24. Be4 $5 Bxe4 (24... Nb4 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxe7 Nc2 (26... d3 27. Re3 d2 28.
Re2 $16) 27. Re2 Ne3 28. Rfe1 $14 {/\Rd2}) (24... Bc8 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Bg2 $16)
25. Nxe4 Nb4 (25... Nc5 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Nf2 $14 {><d4}) 26. Rxf7
Rxf7 27. Rd1 Nxa2 28. Kg2 $1 (28. Rxd4 $2 Nc1) 28... a5 29. Rxd4 Nc1 30. Nd2
$10) 24... Nb4 25. Rxd4 Nxa2 $10 26. Ng4 Kg7 27. Ne3 (27. Ra1 Nc3 28. Re1 Bc2
$1 29. Re3 (29. Ne3 Bg6 {/\Rf2-b2}) 29... Nd1 30. Re1 Nc3 $10) 27... Bg6 28.
Rxf7+ $6 (28. Ra1 Nc3 29. Rd2 $10) 28... Rxf7 29. Rd2 Nc1 $1 $15 30. b4 $2 (30.
Rb2 $142) 30... Nd3 31. Ra2 (31. b5 a5 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Ra2 Nc5 $15) 31... a6
32. Ra4 Rf2 33. c5 $2 (33. Bf1 Rb2 34. Bxd3 Bxd3 35. c5 Bb5 $17) 33... dxc5 34.
bxc5 Re2 $19 35. c6 bxc6 $2 (35... Rxe3 36. cxb7 Re1+ 37. Bf1 Rb1 38. Rxa6 Nc5
$19) 36. Nf1 c5 37. Rxa6 Ne1 $15 38. Bh1 c4 39. Rc6 Bd3 {ץh1,Nf1} 40. g4 Nc2
41. Bg2 $2 (41. Ng3 $142) 41... Nd4 42. Ng3 $2 (42. Rc8 $142 {/\Ng3}) 42...
Nxc6 43. Nxe2 (43. dxc6 $2 Re5 $19) 43... Ne5 44. Nc3 Nxg4 $19 45. Bh3 Nf6 46.
Be6 Ne4 47. Nxe4 Bxe4 48. d6 c3 $1 49. d7 c2 50. d8=Q c1=Q+ 51. Kf2 Qf4+ (51...
Qf4+ 52. Ke2 Bf3+ 53. Kd3 Qe4+ 54. Kd2 Qxe6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Kropotkin"]
[Site "Kropotkin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dolmatov} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. c4
Qe8 (7... Nh5 $5 {Dolmatov}) 8. Nbd2 c6 (8... e5 $5 {Dolmatov} 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10.
c5 (10. O-O dxe5 11. e4 f4 $132) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 e4 $10) 9.
Qc2 Na6 (9... Nbd7 {Dolmatov} 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $132) 10. O-O h6 11.
Rae1 Qf7 (11... g5 12. e4 (12. Bc3 {Dolmatov} Qg6) 12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qg6 (
13... Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Qd2 $14) 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Re3 Bf5 16. Qd2 Rf7
17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Bc3 Qg6 19. d5 c5 20. a3 $1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 $16 {Dreev,
A-Motwani,P/Berlin 1991}) 12. Bc3 (12. e4 $2 {Dolmatov} Nb4 13. Qb1 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 $17) 12... g5 13. e4 fxe4 (13... f4 $5 {Dolmatov} 14. e5
Nh5 15. exd6 exd6 16. Ne4 Bf5 $132) 14. Nxe4 Bg4 (14... Bf5 {>=} 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6
16. Qd2 e6 17. Re3 $14) (14... Nxe4 {Dolmatov} 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe3 Rae8 $14)
15. Nxf6+ exf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Re3 Qg7 $2 17. Ne5 $1 $16) (15... Qxf6 {Dolmatov
} 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Qb2 $14) 16. d5 $1 c5 (16... cxd5 $2 17. Nxg5 $18
(17. cxd5 {Dolmatov} Nc5 18. Nd4)) 17. Nd2 $1 $16 {/\Ne4,/\f4,><d6,e6,f6} (17.
Re6 $6 Nc7 $1 {/\} (17... Bxe6 $2 18. dxe6 Qe7 (18... Qxe6 $2 19. Nxg5 $18) 19.
Qf5 Rae8 20. Re1 Nc7 21. Nd2 $40) 18. Rxd6 $2 Qe7 $17) 17... Rae8 (17... Nc7
18. Ne4 (18. f4 $16) 18... Rad8 19. f4 $16) (17... f5 {Dolmatov} 18. Re6 $16)
18. Ne4 Bf5 (18... Qd7 19. Qb2 Nb4 20. Re3 $16) 19. g4 $1 Bh7 20. Qd3 $1 {
/\Qg3,><d6} (20. Qb2 {Dolmatov} Qd7) 20... Re5 21. f4 $1 (21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qd2
$16 (22. Re3 $16 {Dolmatov})) 21... gxf4 22. Rxf4 f5 (22... Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Re7
24. Ref1 $16) 23. Qg3 $1 Qg6 (23... Qe7 24. gxf5 Rexf5 (24... Bxf5 25. Bxe5
Qxe5 26. Nxc5 $18) 25. Rxf5 Bxf5 26. Nf6+ $18) 24. Bxe5 (24. gxf5 Qxg3 25. Nxg3
(25. hxg3 $2 Rxe4 $1) 25... Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Nb4 $44) 24... Bxe5 25. Ref1 (25.
gxf5 {Dolmatov} Qxg3 (25... Bxf4 $2 26. fxg6 Bxg3 27. gxh7+ $18) 26. hxg3 Bxf5
$5 (26... Bxf4 27. gxf4 $16)) 25... b6 (25... Nc7 $5 {Dolmatov}) 26. Rxf5 (26.
gxf5 {Dolmatov} Qxg3 27. Nxg3 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 Nc7) 26... Qxf5 (26... Rxf5 27.
gxf5 Qxg3 28. Nxg3 $18) (26... Bxg3 {Dolmatov} 27. Rxf8+ Kg7 28. Nxg3 $18) 27.
gxf5+ Bxg3 28. Nxg3 (28. hxg3 $5 Rxf5 29. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 (30. Kxf1 {
Dolmatov} Bb1 $132) 30... Bb1 31. a3 Ba2 32. Nc8 Bxb3 33. Nxa7 $18) 28... Nb4 (
28... Nb8 $5 $16 {Dolmatov}) 29. a3 Nc2 (29... Nd3 {Dolmatov} 30. Ne4 Rxf5 31.
Nf6+ $18) 30. Be4 (30. Ne4 $2 {Dolmatov} Ne3) 30... Nd4 31. f6 $18 Nxb3 32. f7+
Kh8 33. Bxh7 Kxh7 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Nxd6 Rd8 (35... Nd4 36. a4 $18) 36. Ne8+ Kf8
37. Nc7 Nd4 38. a4 Ke7 $2 (38... Rd6 39. h3 $18) 39. f8=Q+ Rxf8 40. d6+ Kxd6
41. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8. c4
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. e4 (13. Qxd8 Rxd8
14. Ng5 (14. Rad1 Re8 15. Rd2 a5 16. a3 Ra6 17. c5 Be6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bc4
$15 {Arduman,C-Malaniuk,V/Forli op (02) 1992}) 14... Rd2 15. Bc3 Rxe2 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Kf1 Rc2 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf7+ Kg7 21. Nxe5 $14 {Smejkal,
J-Fleck,J/BL 8687}) 13... Qe7 $1 (13... f4 $2 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Ba3 Re8 16.
Rad1 Qf6 17. e5 Qf5 18. Rfe1 Qh5 19. e6 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Becx,C/Reykjavik op (1)
1990}) 14. exf5 Rd8 (14... gxf5 15. Rad1 (15. Qd2 e4 $10) 15... Be6 16. Qd2 (
16. Qb5 $2 a6 17. Qa4 Rfd8 $15) 16... Rad8 17. Qe3 e4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f3 $14) 15. Qe4 Bxf5 16. Qh4 (16. Qe3 Rd3
17. Qe2 Rad8 $36 {/\e4}) 16... Bf6 (16... Qxh4 17. Nxh4 Rd2 18. Bc3 Rd3 19.
Rac1 e4 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $10) 17. Qh6 Bg7 $10 18. Qg5 Bf6 19. Qh6 Bg7 20. Qc1 $5
Nb4 (20... e4 21. Bxg7+ Qxg7 22. Ng5 Nd4 23. Re1 Bg4 24. Kh1 Bf3 25. Nxe4 $16)
21. Qg5 Re8 (21... Bf6 $2 22. Qxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxe5 $16) 22. Bc3 a5 23. Qxe7 Rxe7
24. Rfd1 (24. a3 Nc2 25. Ra2 e4 (25... Nd4 26. Re1 Rae8 $10) (25... a4 $5) 26.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nh4 (27. Nd2 e3 $10) 27... Nd4 $10) 24... e4 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.
Nd4 Kf6 27. a3 Nd3 28. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum Liberals"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 {Johnson,M} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O
Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 $6 (11... bxc6 $142) 12. Qb3
Kh8 (12... Ne4 13. Bb2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Qe3 $1 (16. Rfc1 Nc7
17. c5 dxc5 18. Qxc5 Be4 19. Ra1 Nd5 20. Qxa7 Nxb4 21. Qb6 Nc2 22. Rab1 Rf6 23.
Qb3+ Kg7 24. Qb2 $14 {[%emt 0:00:53] Alterman,B-Grivas,E/Karditsa (08) ;CBM
1996}) 16... Be4 (16... b6 17. Qa3 $16) 17. Ng5 $1 Bxb1 18. Rxb1 (18. Bxb7 Bxa2
19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Ra1 $16) 18... Nc7 19. Qxa7 $44 {Alterman}) (12... h6 13. c5+
Kh7 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Bb2 $14) 13. c5 $1 {N} (13. Bb2 e5 14. e3 Rd8 15. a4 b6
16. Ba3 Ba8 17. Rbd1 h6 18. Nb5 e4 19. Nfd4 Qe7 $13 {Annakov,B-Reinderman,D/
WchJ-Buenos Aires 1992}) 13... Ne4 (13... dxc5 $2 14. b5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 $16) 14.
Bb2 e5 15. cxd6 Nxd6 16. b5 Nc5 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Nf7 {
[%emt 0:00:01] /\e4 deviating from 9...Qe6 as played in Beliavsky-Wall in
round 1} (19... Qe6 20. Bd5 Qe7 21. Bc6 $1 b6 22. Nd5 Qe6 23. Qh4 Rf7 24. Nb4
Rfc7 25. Rbc1 e4 26. Bxg7+ Rxg7 27. Qf4 Rd8 28. Rd5 Qf6 29. Rcd1 Ne6 30. Qc1
$16 {[%emt 0:00:55] Beliavsky,A-Wall,G/EUCup Gr4 Berlin (01) ;CBM 1996}) (19...
Qe7 $5 20. Nd5 Qe6 $14) 20. Bd5 $1 Ng5 (20... e4 21. Na4 $1 b6 22. Bc6 $16) 21.
Na4 $1 {><a7,b7} b6 (21... Nxa4 $2 22. Qxa4 $16) (21... Nge6 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23.
Qa5 Ra8 (23... a6 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Ba3 Qd8 26. Qe1 $16) 24. Ba3 b6 25. Qe1 Rd8
(25... Rc8 $2 26. Bc6 Qf7 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rd7 $16) 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. e4 $16 {
/\a4-a5,b6}) 22. Nxc5 (22. Bc6 Rxc6 $1 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qh4 Nce4 25. Nc3 Bf6
26. Qh6 Bg7 $10) 22... Rxc5 $2 (22... bxc5 23. Qc4 f4 24. Bg2 $16 f3 25. exf3
Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27. Rd2 $16 {><c5,e5}) 23. Qd2 $18 {/\Qg5,/\Ba3} f4 (23...
Bh6 24. Kg2 Rc7 25. h4 Nf7 26. Bxf7 $18) 24. Ba3 e4 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Bc6 Qe6
27. Bd7 Qe5 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Qd6 (29. Qe3 $1 {Johnson,M}) 29... e3 30. Qxe5
exf2+ 31. Kg2 Bxe5 32. Rd5 Ne4 $2 (32... Bf6 33. Rxc5 Ne4 34. Rc4 $18) 33. Rxe5
Nd2 34. Rf1 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 c4 36. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Ne1 Na6 (9... e5 $5 10. dxe6 c6 11. Qxd6 Bxe6 12. b3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxa1 14.
Ng5 Bc8 15. Ba3 Bg7 {Vukic-Piskov/JUG-chT/1994} 16. Qd3 Rf6 17. Bb2 Rf8 18. Ba3
$10 {Belov}) 10. Nd3 Bd7 (10... e5 11. dxe6 Qxe6 (11... c6 12. Na4 Bxe6 13. Nb6
Rb8 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qc2 $14 {Nikolic-Malaniuk/Groningen/1993})
12. b3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nf4 Qf5 15. Rb1 Kh8 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Nd5 Qf7 18.
Bxc5 dxc5 19. Bxe4 $16 {Tukmakov-Gurevic,M/Groningen/1993}) 11. Rb1 $146 (11.
Re1 Qf7 12. Nf4 Rab8 (12... h6 $5) (12... Nc5 $5) 13. Be3 h6 14. Ba7 Rbe8 15.
Bd4 b6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 g5 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qg6 20. Nc3 $14 {
Oll-Topalov/Groningen/1993}) 11... Rb8 12. b3 c6 13. Bb2 Nc7 {/\b5} 14. dxc6 $1
(14. Nf4 $6 g5) 14... Bxc6 (14... bxc6 $6 15. c5 $1 Ne6 (15... d5 16. Na4 Ne4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f3 Nf6 19. Ne5 $16) 16. cxd6 exd6 17. Qd2 $14) 15. Nf4 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. Kg1 e5 18. Ncd5 Ncxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5
Rbc8 $10 22. Rfc1 e4 (22... Kf7 $5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 e4 (
25... Bf6 26. Bd2 Bd8 27. a4 Bb6 28. Kf1 e4 29. f3 exf3 30. exf3 $14) 26. a4
Bd4 27. Kf1 Kf6 28. Bf4 Be5 29. Bd2 Bb2 30. Bf4 Be5 $10) 23. Ba3 (23. Bxg7 $6
Kxg7 24. f4 Rc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Kf2 Kf6 27. Ke3 Ke7 $15) 23... Be5 24. Kf1 {
/\f4} (24. f4 $2 Bd4+ $1 25. Kf1 Be3 26. Rxc8 (26. Rc4 b5) 26... Rxc8 27. Bxd6
Rd8 28. Be5 Rxd5 $17) 24... f4 $2 (24... Kf7 $1 25. f4 exf3 26. exf3 Ke7 (26...
g5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 h6 30. a4 Bd4 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. Kd3 Ke5
33. Kc4 $16) 27. f4 Bd4 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Re6 Bc5 $10) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1
Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 $16 g5 (27... fxg3 28. fxg3 Kf7 29. Bg5 b5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4
Bd4 32. Ke1 $16) 28. h4 $1 h5 (28... gxh4 29. gxf4 Bf6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. f3 exf3+
32. Kxf3 h5 33. e4 $18) (28... fxg3 29. Bxg5 Kf7 30. h5 $1 b5 31. a4 bxa4 32.
bxa4 gxf2 33. Kxf2 Bf6 34. Bf4 Bd4+ 35. Kg3 Bc5 36. Bg5 $18) (28... Kf7 29.
hxg5 fxg3 30. fxg3 Bxg3 31. Kg2 Be5 32. Kh3 Kg6 33. Kg4 Bd4 34. a4 b6 35. Kf4
e3 36. Ba3 Bc5 (36... Be5+ 37. Kg4 Bh2 38. Bb2 $18) 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. Kg4 Kg7 (
38... Kf7 39. Kf5 $18) 39. Kh5 $1 Kf7 40. Kh6 Kg8 41. g6 Kh8 42. Kg5 $18) 29.
Kg2 $1 (29. hxg5 $2 fxg3 30. fxg3 Bxg3 $13 {o^h5}) 29... fxg3 30. Bxg5 $1 (30.
fxg3 $2 g4 $10) 30... Kf7 (30... gxf2 31. Kxf2 Bd4+ 32. Kg3 Be5+ 33. Bf4 Kf7
34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 $18) 31. fxg3 $18 Kg6 32. Bd2 b6 33. a4 Bd4
34. b4 $1 axb4 35. Bxb4 Be5 (35... Bc5 36. Bxc5 dxc5 37. g4 hxg4 (37... c4 38.
gxh5+ Kxh5 39. Kf2) 38. d6 Kf6 39. d7 Ke7 40. h5 c4 41. d8=Q+ Kxd8 42. h6 $18)
36. Kh3 Kf5 37. e3 Kf6 38. g4 Kg6 39. Ba3 Kh6 40. Bb4 Kg6 41. Be1 Bb2 42. Bg3
Ba3 43. Bf4 Bb4 44. Bg5 Be1 (44... Be1 45. Bd8 Ba5 46. Kg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. Qb3 {N} (11. dxc6 bxc6 (11... Bxc6)) 11... cxd5 {
Schwarz plant das Spiel auf dem Königsglügel mit den Drohungen auf der c-Linie
zu verbinden.} (11... Ne4 $2 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 $16) (11... e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6
13. Ng5 $14) (11... Nc7 $5 {/\e5}) 12. cxd5 Rc8 (12... e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qa3
(14. Qd1 $2 Ne4 15. Nd5 Qb5 $17) 14... Rc8 15. Be3 $14) 13. Be3 Ng4 (13... Ne4
14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd4 $14 {><e4} (15. Ng5 $4 Ba4 16. Qa3 Rc3 $19)) 14. Bd4 Bxd4
15. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Re6]} f4 (15... g5 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Qh5 (17... Rb8 18.
Nd5 $14) 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nd5 (19. Bxb7 $2 Qxh3) 19... Rfe8 20. f4 $14) 16. Ne4 (
16. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 17. dxe6 fxg3 18. fxg3 (18. hxg3 g5 $40) 18... Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1
Qd8 20. Nd5 Nc7 21. Ne3 $14) 16... Ne5 $6 {Im Sinne des Angriffs stand der
Springer gut auf g4, Schwarz verliert mit dem Zug nur die wertvolle Zeit.} (
16... fxg3 17. hxg3 (17. Qxg3 Rc4 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Nf6 $13) 17... h6 {
/\g5,Qh5}) 17. Rbc1 h6 $6 (17... fxg3 $142) 18. gxf4 Rxf4 19. e3 Rf8 (19... Rh4
$2 20. f4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ng4 22. Nf3 Rh5 23. Ng3 Ba4 24. Qc3 Rxd5 25. Nd4 $18)
20. f4 Ng4 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 $16 {/\h3,><b7} Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb5 (23... Qb8
24. b5 Nc7 25. Nxd6 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 exd6 27. Qd3 $18) (23... b6 24. h3 Nf6 25.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qa3 Nb8 27. Qxa7 $18) 24. h3 (24. Nxd6 Qe2 $132) 24... Nf6 25.
Nxd6 $1 Qxb4 (25... exd6 {>=} 26. e7+ Rf7 27. Bd5 Qe8 28. Bxb7 Nc5 29. bxc5
dxc5 30. Rxc5 Qxe7 $16) 26. Nc8 Qxb3 27. axb3 $18 Re8 28. Bxb7 Nb4 29. Nxa7 Rb8
30. Rc7 (30. Rc8+ $18) 30... Kf8 31. e4 Ne8 32. Rd7 Nd6 33. Bd5 Nxd5 34. exd5
Rxb3 35. Nc6 Nf5 36. Nxe7 $1 Nxe7 37. d6 Nf5 (37... Nc6 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Rc7
Nd4 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. e7 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Ke1 $18) 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Rxf5
1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Terekhov, Andrey"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Johnson,M} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d5
Na6 8. Nc3 Qe8 9. Rb1 Nc5 (9... c5) 10. Nd4 (10. b4 Nce4 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe6
Bxe6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. e3 Qe6 $10 {Akopian-Vasiukov/St. Peterburg
op/1994}) 10... a5 (10... e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Nd5
Qf7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. b3 Rb8 17. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,A-Malaniuk,V/Alushta4 
(09) 1994}) (10... Bd7 11. b4 Nce4 12. Bb2 c6 13. Nb3 Qf7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxg7 Qxg7 16. Rc1 Qe5 $10 {Tunik,G-Malaniuk,V/St.Petersburg op (02) ;EXP 43
1994}) 11. Nb3 $146 (11. b3 Bd7 12. Ba3 c6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
Qb8 16. Na4 Qe5 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Rd2 $10 {Mohr,G-Vasiukov,E/
Voskresensk 1990}) (11. e3 {Johnson,M}) 11... Nfe4 (11... Nxb3 $142 $1 {
Johnson,M} 12. axb3 (12. Qxb3 b6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bf4 h6 $15) 12... Bd7 13. Be3
b6 14. Qd2 Qf7 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rae8 17. Qd2 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 $15) 12. Nb5
Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd8 $10 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Be3 c6 $2 (15... c5 $1 16. Nb5 (16. Ne6
Bxe6 17. dxe6 Qc8 18. Qd5 Nf6 19. Qxb7 Qxe6 $15) 16... Bxb5 17. cxb5 Qd7 18.
Qd3 $10) 16. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 17. Qc2 Bxd4 (17... c5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qd7 20.
Qxe4 Rf7 21. Qc4 $14) 18. Bxd4 Bf5 19. Be3 $14 {/^a1-h8} h5 (19... cxd5 $2 20.
cxd5 Rc8 21. Qd2 $16 {/\Qd4,Bh6,Rc1}) 20. h4 (20. Qc3 $5) 20... Kh7 21. Ra1 {
/\Qc3,Bd2,Qe3} c5 $1 22. Qc3 Bg4 $2 (22... b6 23. Bd2 Rf7 24. Qe3 Qf8 25. Kg2 (
25. f3 Bh3 (25... exf3 $2 26. Rxf3 $16) 26. Rf2 exf3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. exf3 Re8
$10) (25. Rad1 Qg7 26. Bc3 Qh6 $10) 25... e6 $1 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Qxe4 Re8 $44)
23. Bd2 Rf7 (23... Bxe2 $2 24. Qe3 Bxf1 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh5+
Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Bc3+ Rf6 30. Rxf1 $18) 24. Qe3 Bf5 25. f3 (25. Qh6+ Kg8
26. Bc3 Rh7) 25... exf3 26. Rxf3 $18 Kg8 (26... Qf8 27. Raf1 $1) 27. Raf1 Kh7 (
27... Qf8 28. Qg5 $18 {/\e4}) 28. Qg5 Qf8 29. e4 Be6 30. dxe6 $1 Rxf3 31. Rxf3
Qxf3 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch50"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1995.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bb2 Ne6 (13... Rb8 14. c5
dxc5 15. bxc5 Ng4 $1 $132) 14. e3 (14. Na4 $5 c5 (14... a5 15. Nb6 $14) 15. b5
f4 (15... g5 $5 16. Nc3 Qh5 17. Nd5 Rae8 $13) 16. Nc3 g5 17. Nd5 Rb8 $6 (17...
Rd8 $142 {Gurevich,M}) 18. Bh3 $1 h6 19. Qd3 Kh8 20. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 21. a4 fxg3
22. hxg3 Qf7 $13 {Antunes,A-Gurevich,M/Strasbourg 1994}) (14. Qd3 Rd8 15. e3
Bc8 16. Rfd1 g5 $5 17. Qxf5 Qh5 18. Qc2 g4 19. Nh4 Ng5 20. Bxc6 Nh3+ 21. Kh1
Nd7 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Ne5 $44 {Stangl,M-Kindermann,S/Altensteig 1992}) 14...
Qf7 $2 (14... Rd8 15. Qa4 c5 16. Qa5 cxb4 17. axb4 $14 {><a7}) (14... g5 {>=}
15. c5 $5 dxc5 16. Ne5 $1 cxb4 17. axb4 Rb8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20.
Bxc6 Nb6 $10) 15. c5 $1 Ne4 (15... dxc5 $2 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxd7
Nxd7 19. Bxc6 Rad8 20. Bd5 Kf7 21. Nb5 $1 Bxb2 22. Nc7 $1 Bxa3 23. Nxe6 $16)
16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Ng5 (17... Bxb2 18. Rxb2 d5 $2 19. Nxe4 $16) 18. Nxe4 (
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bh3 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 dxc5 23. bxc5
Rad8 24. Qc2 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 $16) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+
$1 e5 (21... Kg8 22. cxd6 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 exd6 24. Bxc6 $18) 22. Qxd6 Bxf1 23.
Rxf1 Qf6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 $18 Rad8 26. Be4 Rd2 27. c6 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rc7 29.
Rc5 Kf6 30. Kg2 Ke6 31. g4 Kd6 32. g5 Re7 33. Kg3 Kc7 34. a4 a6 (34... Ra2 35.
Ra5 Kb6 36. Rb5+ Kc7 37. a5 $18) 35. h4 (35. b5 Ra2 $1 (35... axb5 $2 36. Rxb5
Ra2 37. a5 $18) (35... Kb6 $2 36. Rc4 {/\a5} Rc7 (36... axb5 37. c7 $1 Rxc7 38.
a5+ $18) 37. Rb4 Kc5 38. b6 Rxc6 39. b7 $18) 36. bxa6 (36. Rc4 axb5 37. axb5
Rb2 38. Rc5 Kb6 $14) 36... Rxa4 37. Bd3 Kd6 38. Rc3 Rc7 39. Bb5 Ra5 $14) 35...
Ra2 36. Ra5 $2 (36. a5 $1 Ra4 37. Rc4 (37. Bd3 $2 Rxb4 38. Bxa6 Kd6 $14) 37...
Kd6 38. Kg4 Ra2 39. f4 exf4 40. exf4 Ra1 41. h5 Rg1+ 42. Kh4 Rf1 43. hxg6 Rxf4+
44. Kg3 Rexe4 45. Rxe4 Rxe4 46. gxh7 Re8 47. g6 $18) 36... Kb6 37. Bd3 Ra7 $132
{><b4,a4,Ra5} 38. Bc4 Ra1 (38... Rb2 $5) 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxe5 Rxa4 41. f4 Rxb4
$13 42. Bg8 $2 (42. Bd5 $142) 42... a5 43. Re6 Rg7 44. Re8 Kxc6 $17 45. Kh4 Rb1
46. Kxh5 Rh1+ 47. Kg4 h6 48. Kf5 hxg5 49. Kf6 Ra7 50. fxg5 Rf1+ 51. Ke5 $2 (51.
Kg6 $142) 51... Rg7 $19 52. Bd5+ Kd7 53. Ra8 Rxg5+ 54. Ke4 Ra1 55. Bf7 Ke7 56.
Ra7+ Kf6 $2 (56... Kd6 $1) 57. Bb3 Rb5 58. Ra6+ Kg5 $2 (58... Ke7) 59. Bd5 Ra3
60. Kd4 Rb4+ 61. Kc5 Rb8 62. e4 Kf4 63. Rf6+ Ke3 64. e5 $2 (64. Ra6 $142 $17)
64... Rc3+ 65. Kd6 Rd8+ 66. Ke6 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Nd4 (9. Ne1 $5) 9... Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Re1 Nc5
14. Bh1 Qf7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. Qd2 e5 $5 {N} (16... b6 17. b3 Kh8 18. Rac1 Bd7
19. h4 Qf6 20. Ne2 e6 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. Bg2 Qb2 23. Rc2 Qf6 $10 {
Akopian-Vyzmanavin/Novosibirsk/1993}) 17. dxe6 (17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 b6 19. b4
axb4 20. Qxb4 Bh6 $1 21. Qd2 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Ra8 $10) (17. Nb5 b6 18. Nc3 e4 $1
19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxe4 (20. Nxe4 Bd4 $36 {/\Re4}) 20... Rxe4 21. Nxe4 Bd4 22.
Re1 a4 $44) 17... Nxe6 18. Nxe6 (18. Bxb7 $2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 c5 $19) 18... Bxe6
19. Rac1 (19. Qxa5 $6 b6 20. Qd2 Bxc4 $15) (19. Bxb7 $6 Rb8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qxd5 22. cxd5 Rxb2 $10) 19... b6 20. b3 Kh8 $10 21. Bf4 Bd7 (21... a4 $5
22. Bc6 Bd7 23. Bd5 Qf6 24. b4 a3 $10 {/\Qb2}) 22. h4 Qf5 (22... a4 $5) 23. a3
Rxe1+ (23... Qc5 $5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Qd4 $10) 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8
26. Qe1 Qd7 (26... Bd7 $2 27. Qe7 Bf8 28. Qd8 $16) 27. Bd5 Bf7 28. Bxf7 (28.
Qe4 $1 {>=} Bxd5 29. cxd5 $14 Qf7 (29... b5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 $14) 30. a4 h5
31. Kg2 $14) 28... Qxf7 29. Qe4 h5 30. a4 Kh7 31. Kg2 (31. Bg5 Qd7 {/\c6,d5}
32. Qe7 Qxe7 33. Bxe7 Bd4 34. Bd8 c6 $10) 31... Bh6 $1 $10 32. Qd5 (32. Bg5
Bxg5 33. hxg5 Qd7 $10 {/\c6,d5}) 32... Qxd5+ 33. cxd5 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Kg7 35. Kf3
Kf7 (35... Kf6 36. Ke4 Kf7 37. f5 Kf6 38. fxg6 Kxg6 39. f4 Kf6 40. f5 Kg7 41.
Ke3 Kf7 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Ke4 Kg7 $10) 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. Ke3 (37. f3 Kf7 38. f5 Kf6
39. fxg6 Kxg6 $10) 37... Kf7 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. Ke3 Kf7 41. Kd3 Ke7
42. Kd4 Kf7 43. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Re1
$6 (8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. Re1 f4 13. gxf4 Bg4 $17 {
Balashov,Y-Vyzmanavin,A/Irkutsk/1986/}) 8... Qf7 9. b3 (9. Qd3 h6 10. b3 Nc6
11. Ba3 Ne4 12. Rad1 $13 {Lukacs,P-Van Mil,J/Kobenhavn/1987/}) 9... Ne4 10. Bb2
Nc6 11. Rc1 (11. Qd3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Bd5+ Kh8
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. f4 $40 {Shneider,A-Bareev,E/URS(ch)/1990/ Inf 50/109/}) 11...
e5 12. d5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne7 $2 (13... Nb8 $1 14. Ng5 (14. Nd2 f4 $132) 14...
Qe7 $132) 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf6 15. f4 h6 16. Nf3 $16) 15. f4 $1 h6 (15... e4
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. c5 h6 19. Nh3 Qf7 20. Red1 Bd7 21. Nf2 $14) 16.
Nf3 e4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kh7 19. Nd2 Qf7 20. Nf1 g5 (20... Bd7 21. Ne3 g5
22. c5 $40) (20... a5 21. Ne3 b6 22. g4 Bd7 $14) 21. fxg5 $1 (21. Ne3 gxf4 22.
gxf4 Ng6 23. Rf1 b6 $132) 21... hxg5 22. g4 Kh6 (22... fxg4 23. Ng3 $40) 23.
Rc3 (23. Ng3 $6 f4 $1 24. Nxe4 Bxg4 $15) 23... fxg4 24. Bxe4 (24. Ng3 $6 Nf5
25. Nxf5+ Bxf5) 24... Bf5 (24... Nf5 $5 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. e4 Bd7 $132) 25. Ne3
$1 Qg7 (25... Bxe4 $2 26. Nxg4+ Kh5 27. Qxe4 $16) 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bxf5 Nxf5
28. Nxg4 (28. Nxf5+ Rxf5 29. Re3 Raf8 30. Kg2 $14) 28... Rae8 29. Rf3 a5 $6 (
29... Nd4) 30. h3 $2 (30. Ref1 $1 Nd4 (30... Kg6 31. Ne3 $18) 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 (
31... Nxe2+ $2 32. Kf2 $18) 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Kf2 $16) 30... Nd4 31. Rxf8 Rxf8
32. Kg2 $14 a4 33. e3 Nf3 34. Rc1 axb3 35. axb3 Nh4+ 36. Kg3 Rf3+ 37. Kh2 Nf5
38. Re1 Kg6 39. b4 Kh5 40. e4 Nd4 41. Re3 (41. e5 Rc3) 41... Kg6 (41... Rxe3
42. Nxe3 Nf3+ 43. Kg3 Nd2 44. e5) 42. Kg2 (42. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 43. Kg3 Nd2 44. e5
$10) 42... Rf4 $44 43. Nf2 Nc2 44. Rb3 Rf8 45. c5 Nd4 46. Ra3 Nb5 47. Ra5 Nc3
48. Ra7 Rb8 49. Nd3 Nb5 (49... Nxe4 50. c6 bxc6 51. dxc6) 50. Ra5 Nc3 51. Kf3
Rf8+ 52. Ke3 Re8 53. cxd6 (53. e5 Nxd5+ 54. Kd4 Nxb4 55. Nxb4 Rxe5 $10) 53...
cxd6 54. e5 Kf5 (54... b6 55. Ra3 Nxd5+ 56. Kd4 Nc7 $10) 55. Kd4 (55. e6 $2 b6
$17) 55... Ne2+ 56. Kc4 b6 57. Ra1 Rc8+ 58. Kb5 Nc3+ 59. Kxb6 Nxd5+ 60. Kb7
Rc7+ 61. Kb8 Rc3 62. Rf1+ Ke6 63. Rd1 Ne3 64. Rd2 Nc4 65. Rd1 Nxe5 66. Nxe5
dxe5 67. Rb1 $10 (67. b5 $4 Rb3) 67... Rxh3 68. b5 e4 69. b6 Ke5 70. b7 e3 71.
Kc7 Rh8 72. b8=Q Rxb8 73. Rxb8 Kf4 74. Rf8+ Kg3 75. Re8 Kf2 76. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Roca, Petronio"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. Nd4 (10. b4 c5 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14.
Be3 Rc8 $13 {Gelfand,B-Gurevich,M/Linares/1991/}) 10... c6 11. e4 (11. b4 c5)
11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nc7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bg2 e5 16. Nb3 Bf5 17.
Ra1 d5 $2 (17... Rd8 $5 18. Be3 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc1 d4) 18. cxd5 cxd5 19.
Bd2 (19. Bxd5+ $5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Be3) 19... Bd3 $6 (19... d4 $5 20.
Bxa8 Qxa8 21. f3 Nd5) (19... Rd8 20. Ba5) 20. Bb4 (20. Re1 e4 $17) 20... Bxf1
21. Bxf8 Bxg2 22. Bxg7 Be4 23. Bh6 Qf7 24. Nd2 Bf5 (24... Bd3 25. Nf3 e4 26.
Ne5) 25. Rc1 Re8 (25... d4) 26. Qa4 Na8 (26... Ne6 27. Nf3 $14) 27. Qb5 Qd7 28.
Qa6 $6 (28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Rc5 Nb6 30. Nf3 $14) 28... Nb6 29. b3 $2 e4 (29... d4
30. Nc4 Nd5 (30... Bd3 $2 31. Nxb6) 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Rc8+) 30. Bf4 d4 31. Rc7
Qd5 32. Qxa7 Nd7 33. Nc4 $2 (33. Qb7 $5 Qxb7 34. Rxb7 e3 35. fxe3 dxe3 36. Nf3
Nc5 37. Rc7 Nd3 $40) 33... e3 34. fxe3 Qf3 $2 (34... Bh3 $1 35. Qb7 Qh5 36. Kf2
Nc5 (36... Qd1 $2 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Qxd4+) 37. Rg7+ Kh8 $19) 35. Rxd7 $10 Qd1+
36. Kf2 Qc2+ (36... dxe3+ 37. Nxe3 Qxd7 38. Qxd7 Bxd7 $10) 37. Ke1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2
Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 Na6
9. Rb1 {White has other possibilities:} (9. e4 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Vokac,M/
Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Tyomkin,D] (32)}) (9. Re1 Rb8 (9... Nc7 {Tyomkin,D} 10. a4
Rb8 11. Bg5 {1-0 Mittelman,G-Wall,T/Hampstead 1998/EXT 99 (42)}) 10. Rb1 Bd7
11. a4 Nb4 12. Bd2 {1-0 Stohl,I-Vokac,M/BL9293 1993/GER-chT (49)}) 9... h6 {
In previous games black tried} (9... Bd7 10. b3 Rb8 (10... Qe8 11. Bb2 Nc7 {
[%cal Gb7b5]}) (10... Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. b4 cxb4 13. Rxb4 Rb8 14. Qb3 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 a5 17. Rb6 Na6 18. Be3 $16 {Petrosian,T-Matulovic,M/Sarajevo
1972 1-0(40)}) 11. Bb2 h6 12. Re1 Qe8 13. a3 g5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nd2 $14 {
1-0 Neverov,V-Vokac,M/Lazne Bohdanec 1996/CBM 51/[Johnson,M] (52)}) (9... Nc7
10. a4 (10. b3 Nh5 11. Bb2 f4 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Rbe1 Qd7 14. e3 fxg3 15. fxg3 $14
{1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Wirthensohn,H/Pontresina 2000/CBM 79 (40)}) 10... Rb8 11.
b3 h6 12. Ne1 a6 13. Nd3 g5 14. b4 $14 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,N-Skripchenko,A/
Kishinev 1998/CBM 63 ext (50)}) 10. Ne1 {[%cal Ye1d3]} (10. a3 Qe8 11. Qd3 Ne4
12. Bd2 ({Deserves attention:} 12. Nb5 $5 Bd7 13. Nd2 $1) 12... g5 13. Nxe4 $6
fxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf5 $15 {0-1 Bu Xiangzhi-Horvath,C/Budapest 1999/CBM 69 ext (44)}
) 10... Nc7 {[%cal Yd8e8,Yb7b5] Another option is to start to create
counterplay on the king side with immediate} (10... g5 11. Nd3 Qe8 12. f4 Qg6
13. e3 Nc7 14. Nf2 Bd7 15. Bd2 Rab8 16. a4 e6 17. e4 exd5 18. exd5 Rbe8 19. Qb3
b6 20. Rbe1 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Nh5 22. Nh3 $14 {0-1 Urban,K-Markowski,T/60th ch-POL,
Warsaw POL 2003 (86)}) 11. Nd3 Qe8 {Preparing the counterplay on the queenside
with following b7-b5.} 12. Bd2 (12. a3 a5 13. e4 Ng4 14. h3 Nf6 15. e5 Ne4 16.
Nxe4 (16. Re1 $5 $14) 16... fxe4 17. exd6 exd6 18. Re1 Bf5 19. g4 $14 {1-0
Socko,M-Jackova,J/Frydek-Mistek 1997/EXT 98 (43)}) 12... g5 13. e3 {According
to my database this position appeared at the first time. In previous game
white continued} (13. a3 Qh5 14. e4 (14. b4 $5) 14... Qxd1 15. Rbxd1 fxe4 16.
Nxe4 Bf5 17. Rfe1 b5 18. cxb5 $6 (18. b3 $11) 18... Nxb5 19. a4 Nd4 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Maia,L-Freitas,R/Sao Paulo 2000/EXT 2001 (24)}) 13... b5 14. cxb5 Nxb5
15. a4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd7 17. b3 Rb8 {Black's plan is quite simple: he is going
to play on the king side, pushing forward his pawns "g" and "h". In the next
few moves he intends to continue Qe8-g6 with following occupation of central
square e4 by the knight.} 18. Nb2 {[%cal Yb2c4]} Qg6 19. Nc4 Ne4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7
21. Qc2 {White is interested to change the most active black's piece- the
knight on e4 through Nd2.} h5 22. Rfc1 Rf7 23. Nd2 Rb4 $1 {Black choosed right
continuation- not to take on d2, but to wait for white's capture on e4, thus
his light-squared bishop will get into the game.} (23... Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Rb4 25.
Rc4 $14) 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Qe5 26. Bd3 ({Of course not} 26. Bg2 Bf5) 26...
Bg4 27. Qc3 $6 ({Better was} 27. Re1 h4 (27... Bf3 28. e4) (27... Qxd5 28. Bc4
Qf3 29. Qg6+) 28. Qd2 $13 {probably with equal chances.}) 27... Qxd5 28. Bc4 $2
{Serious mistake, after which it is very hard to white not to lose the game.} (
{Stronger was} 28. f4 Be6 $15) 28... Qf3 29. Bxf7+ (29. Rb2 Bh3 30. Bf1 Bxf1
31. Kxf1 (31. Rxf1 h4 $19) 31... h4 {and black's position is winning.}) 29...
Kxf7 30. e4 $8 Rxe4 31. Qxf3+ {Anyway white hasn't choice except of trading
the queens.} (31. Rc2 Rd4 32. Qxf3+ Bxf3) 31... Bxf3 $17 {Black has only one
pawn for an exchange, but his position is much better, thanks to the very
strong light-squared bishop and better pawn structure. Also black's rook is
active in opposite to white's ones, black monarch is going to the center,
helping to push forward his pawn majority, while his white opponent is
paralized on the first line.} 32. Rb2 (32. Rc4 {doesn't change the estimation
of position, in view of} Re2 $17) 32... e5 33. Kf1 Rd4 34. Ke1 Ke6 35. Rd2 Re4+
{Of course, black is not interested to change his active rook for the white's
passive one.} 36. Kf1 Rb4 37. Rc3 e4 38. Ke1 Ke5 39. Rdc2 a5 40. Kd2 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} ({More resistant was} 40. Rd2 $17 {, but black's
advantage is probably enough for victory.}) 40... Rd4+ $19 41. Ke3 (41. Kc1 {
doesn't change anything:} Rd1+ 42. Kb2 Rh1 $19) 41... Rd1 42. Rc1 d5 43. Rxd1
d4+ 44. Kd2 dxc3+ 45. Kc2 Bxd1+ 46. Kxd1 Kd4 47. Kc2 g4 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 Na6 (10... Qb6) 11. h4 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5,Ge2e4] Very
sharp variation leading to complicated struggle with mutual chances.} (11. e4
c5 (11... c6 12. Re1 fxe4 13. dxc6 d5 14. cxb7 Qxb7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qb8
$13 {Peng,Z-Ioseliani,N/Shanghai 1992}) 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Re1 d5
15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Rf7 17. Re1 Qb6 $132 {Farago,I-Wall,G/Montecatini Terme
2000}) 11... c5 12. dxc6 (12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Be3 Qc4 $6 (14... Rac8
$5) 15. b3 Qb4 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Rc4 Qa3 18. Qd2 $14 {Pinter,J-Norri,J/Debrecen
1992}) 12... bxc6 13. a4 (13. d5 c5 14. h5 c4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rb1 Nc7 17. Nh3
Rb8 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Nf4 $14 {Horvath,C-Kindermann,S/Budapest 1992}) 13... Qb6
14. d5 c5 15. h5 Rb8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. e4 c4 {Not a bad idea, but 16...Qb3
looked even stronger.} (17... Qb3 $1 18. Qe2 Nb4 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ra3 Qc2 21.
Qxe7 Rbe8 22. Qxa7 Nd3 $36 {Galliamova,A-Lutz,C/Pula 1997}) 18. Qe2 Nc5 (18...
Bxb2 19. Bxb2 Qxb2 20. Qxc4 Nc5 $13) 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bh3 $5 {[%csl Re6]
Intending to come to e6 later on.} Bxh3 (20... Bd3 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Qg4 Bxb2
23. Qh4+ Kg7 24. Be3 $40) 21. Nxh3 Nd3 $2 {This move weakening crucial square
e6 is the decisive mistake.} (21... Bxb2 $13) 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Ng5 $1 {[%csl
Rh8][%cal Ge6h3]} Rf5 (23... Rxf2 24. Be3 $18) 24. Qxg6 $18 {Now black is
forced to give up an exchange.} Rxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxb2 26. Kg2 Qe5 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28.
Rh7 {[%csl Rg7]} Rf8 (28... Qxa1 29. Bh6 Ne1+ 30. Kh3 $18) 29. Rf1 Qxd5+ 30. f3
Qe5 31. Bh6 Qb2+ (31... Rf7 32. Rb1 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Nf2+ 34. Kh4 $18) 32. Kh3 Rf7
33. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb1b8]} (33. Rb1 Nf2+ 34. Kg2) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 {Gurevich is an expert in Leningrad variation of Dutch
defense, so it's hard to call black's opening choice a successfull one.} 3. g3
Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 {Keeping
all the options open.} (9... e5 $6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 c6 $6 12. b4 $1 $16) (
9... h6 10. Nd4 g5 11. e3 Qg6 12. b4 Bd7 13. a3 Rac8 14. Bd2 Ng4 15. Ncb5 $14 {
Jukic,M-Binhan,I Wien 1991/}) (9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 $14 Rb8 (11... c5
12. bxc5 Nxc5 13. Ng5 Ba6 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bc4 17. Bb2
Qxd5 18. Qxd5+ Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $10 {Nikolic,Pr Gurevich,M Moscow 1990 Inf
49/131/}) 12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nc6 Rb7 16. Be3 Nce4 17.
Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxa7 $16 {Phominyh,A-Sabai,L Brno 1991/}) 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6
(11... Bxc6 12. b5 Bxf3 13. exf3 $1 (13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 $13 {Gelfand,
B-Gurevich,M Linares 1991/} 15. b6 axb6 16. Nd5 $14) 13... Nc5 14. f4 Qf7 15.
Qe2 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Be3 $14) 12. a3 ({Doesn't promise anything} 12. b5 {
and black knight comes to c5 with good counterplay for black.} Nc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne6 Qc8 $1 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 19.
Bb2+ Kf7 20. Rc1 Qe6 $1 21. Qd4 Rab8 $1 $10 {Hracek,Z-Malaniuk,V Kecskemet
1991 Inf 53/103/}) 12... Nc7 (12... Qf7 13. c5 $1 d5 14. b5 $16 {Cvitan,
O-Vanheste,J Graz 1987/}) 13. Bb2 (13. a4 $5 Rb8 14. b5 Ne6 15. e3 $5 c5 16.
Bb2 $14) 13... h6 $6 {It seems that the best chance to get counterplay is 13...
Ne6 bringing the knight to f7 via d8.} (13... Ne6 $5 {[%cal Ge6d8,Gd8f7]} 14.
e3 Nd8 $5 15. c5 $5 (15. Qe2 Nf7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nd2 e4 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. b5 c5
20. Na5 $6 Qd8 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. a4 Be6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7
26. Qb2+ Nfe5 27. Qc3 Qd8 28. Na5 Qf6 $13 {Beliavsky-Kindermann, Frankfurt
rapid 1998}) (15. b5 Rb8 16. a4 a6 $1 17. Nd4 cxb5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Ndxb5 Bc6
(19... Nf7 20. Ba1 Ng5 21. h4 Nf7 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. a5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd4
Qc4 26. Qxc4+ Nxc4 27. Ne6 Nxa5 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 $14 {Van der Sterren-Lutz, BL
1996}) 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5+ Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7
$11 {Van der Sterren-Dirr, Schlechter mem. 1996}) 15... d5 16. Ne5 Nf7 17. Ne2
Ne4 18. f4 $5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Ng5 21. Nf4 {Lukacs,P-Lutz,C/AUT 1999
}) (13... Kh8 $6 14. c5 $1 dxc5 15. bxc5 Ng4 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 e5 18. h3
Nf6 19. Qd6 Nb5 20. Qxe5 $16 {Nikolic,Pr-Gurevich,M Manila 1990 Inf 49/132/}) (
13... Rd8 14. b5 Ne6 15. a4 Rb8 {Damljanovic,B-Bareev,E Pula 1988 Inf 46/134;
16.Ba3!+/=/}) 14. e3 Kh7 (14... g5 15. Ne2 a5 16. Qc2 (16. c5 $1 d5 {[%csl Re5]
} 17. Be5 Nb5 18. Rb3 axb4 19. axb4 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ned4 $16 {Gurevich,
M-Dao Thien Hai/Batumi 2001}) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Rb8 18. Ba1 Na6 19. Bc3 Qc8
20. Nd2 $14 {Koenig,D-Lorenz,M/Passau 2000}) 15. Ne2 a5 16. c5 {Forcing black
either to weaken dark squares in the center by d5 or accept playing with weak
pawns on d6 and c6.} axb4 17. axb4 Ncd5 (17... d5 {[%csl Re5]} 18. Be5 Nb5 19.
Ra1 Na3 20. Nd2 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Ra3]}) 18. Nf4 $1 $14 {
[%csl Rd6]} Qf7 $6 {Missing very good chance to get counterplay by playing 17..
.e5} (18... Nxf4 $6 19. exf4 Qb8 20. Re1 Re8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc6,Rd7]}) (18... dxc5 19. bxc5 Nxf4 20. exf4 Be6 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. Bxd5
cxd5 23. Ne6 $16) (18... e5 $1 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd6 Qe6 21. Nd2 Nxb4 22. Qb3
Nd5 23. e4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 $14) 19. cxd6 exd6 20. Bxf6 {Now black is in troubles
since he is forced to sacrifice a pawn to keep some play.} Nxf6 (20... Bxf6 {
was hardly an alternative} 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Nd4 $16 {and white has huge
positional edge.}) 21. Qxd6 Ne4 22. Qd3 Bc8 23. Qc2 $16 {White is just a pawn
up, so all he has to do is to supress black's attempts to get counterplay on
the queenside.} Ba6 24. Rfc1 Bb5 25. Nd4 Ra2 (25... Bxd4 26. exd4 Ra2 27. Rb2
Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Ra8 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qc2 $16) 26. Rb2 Rfa8 27. Bxe4 Rxb2 28.
Qxb2 fxe4 29. Qc2 $1 {Forcing black to trade one of the bishops.} Bxd4 30. exd4
Re8 31. Qd2 g5 32. Ng2 {[%cal Gg2e3,Gd4d5]} Ra8 (32... Rd8 $5) 33. Qe1 Qd5 34.
Qc3 Ra2 ({More persistant was} 34... Rd8 35. Rd1 Be2 36. Ne3 Qd7 37. Rc1 Bb5
38. Qc2 Qxd4 39. Rd1 Bd3 40. Qxc6 $16) 35. Ne3 Qf7 36. Rc2 Ra6 37. Rd2 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} Qa7 38. d5 cxd5 39. Rxd5 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Be2 41. Qc8 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 c5 10. e4 $5 {Opening a center, but permitting black to get
counterplay on the queenside by transferring b5.} (10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Qc1 Nc7 12.
Bh6 Qf7 13. b3 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qg7 15. Qd2 h6 16. Ne1 Rab8 $13 {Cvitan,
O-Malaniuk,V/Forli 1992}) (10. Re1 Nc7 11. e4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Ng4 13. Ncxe4 Bd4
14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Nxd4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxf2 $13 {Loisa,A-Koskinen,H/Jyvaskyla 1987}
) (10. b3 Nc7 (10... h6 11. Bb2 g5 12. Qd2 Qh5 13. e3 Bd7 14. Ne1 f4 15. exf4
gxf4 16. Ne2 fxg3 17. Nxg3 Qg6 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Malaniuk,V/Lvov 1988/CBM 07 
(17)}) 11. a4 (11. Bb2 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. cxb5 Qxb5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Re1 Qb4 17. e4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Legky,N/Tashkent 1987}) 11... b6 12. e4 $5
fxe4 13. Ng5 e3 $1 14. Bxe3 Bf5 $13 {Timoscenko,G-Malaniuk,V/Tashkent 1987}) (
10. a3 h6 11. b4 g5 12. e3 Qh5 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2
Rfc8 17. Qe2 $14 {Jelen,I-Psakhis,L/Portoroz 1987}) (10. Ne1 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12.
Bd2 Rb8 13. Nd3 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Bf7 $13 {Larsen,B-Yrjola,J/Holstebro
1989}) 10... fxe4 11. Ng5 Nc7 12. Ngxe4 (12. a4 $5 a6 13. a5) 12... Nxe4 13.
Nxe4 b5 14. Re1 Qf7 15. b3 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b1]} 16. Bf4 (16. Bg5 bxc4 17. bxc4
Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Bf5 19. Qc2 $14) 16... Bf5 17. Qd2 Rb7 {[%cal Gf8b8]} 18. Nxc5 $5
{After this move almost all the pieces disappear from the board, but white
didn't have anything better.} (18. Ng5 Qf6 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Rbb8 $13)
18... dxc5 19. d6 {[%cal Gg2b7]} e5 $5 {[%csl Rb1,Rf4] Another promising
option was} (19... Bxb1 20. Bxb7 exd6 21. Rxb1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Bd4 $132 {with
unclear position.}) 20. dxc7 Qxc7 (20... Rxc7 21. Bd5 Be6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23.
Rxe5 $16) 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Be3 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 bxc4 24. Qc2 {It wasn't too late
to lose the game after} (24. Bxc5 $2 Rc8 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. Bxb4 c3 27. Rc1 c2
28. Bd2 e4 $17 {[%cal Gg7b2]}) 24... cxb3 25. Rxb3 Qd5 26. Rd3 (26. Qxc5 Qd1+
27. Kg2 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 $11) 26... Qe6 27. Bxc5 Rc8 28. Rc3 e4 29. Bd4 $1 {
Trading those few pices that are left on the board!} Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxd4 31.
Qxd4 Qxa2 32. Qxe4 $11 {Black king is too exposed that's why white easily hlds
this ending.} Qf7 33. Qe5 h5 34. h3 Qd7 35. Qg5 Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Kh2 a6 38.
Kg2 Qg7 39. Qa5 Qb7+ 40. Kg1 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qb5 42. Qc7+ Kg8 43. Qd6 Kf7 44. Qf4+
Kg7 45. Qc7+ Kf6 46. Qd6+ Kf7 47. Qf4+ Ke6 48. Qe4+ Kf6 49. Qf4+ Qf5 50. Qd6+
Qe6 51. Qf4+ Kg7 52. Qc7+ Kh6 53. Qc1+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Qf7 55. Qe5+ Qf6 56. Qc7+
Kh6 57. Qc1+ Kg7 58. Qc7+ Qf7 59. Qe5+ Kh7 60. Qc5 Qb7+ 61. Kh2 Qd7 62. Qb6 Qc8
63. Qd6 a5 64. Qe7+ Kg8 65. Qd6 Qf5 66. Qd8+ Kf7 67. Qc7+ Ke6 68. Qb6+ Kd7 69.
Qb7+ Ke6 70. Qb6+ Ke7 71. Qc7+ Ke8 72. Qc6+ Kf8 73. Qd6+ Kg7 74. Qc7+ Kh6 75.
Qc1+ Qg5 76. Qc3 Qd8 77. Qe3+ Kh7 78. Qa7+ Kg8 79. Qa6 Kg7 80. Qa7+ Kf6 81.
Qa6+ Kg5 82. Qc4 Kh6 83. Qf4+ Kg7 84. Qe5+ Kh7 85. Qb5 Qc7 86. Kg2 Qa7 87. Qa4
Kg7 88. Kg1 Qb6 89. Qa1+ Kf7 90. Qe5 Qb4 91. Qd5+ Kf6 92. Qc6+ Kf5 93. Qd5+ Kf6
94. Qc6+ Ke7 95. Qxg6 a4 96. Qh7+ Kd6 97. Qh6+ Kd7 98. Qh7+ Kc6 99. Qg6+ Kb7
100. Qg7+ Ka6 101. Qg6+ Qb6 102. Qd3+ Qb5 103. Qd6+ Qb6 104. Qd3+ Ka5 105. Qd2+
Qb4 106. Qd5+ Kb6 107. Qe6+ Kc5 108. Qe5+ Kc4 109. Qe4+ Kc3 110. Qe1+ Kc4 111.
Qe4+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Nd4 Na6 10. b3 Nc5 11. Rb1 (11. Bb2 Bd7 12. e3 c6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Nce2 cxd5
15. cxd5 g5 16. Rc1 Qh5 17. Nc3 Qh6 18. Na4 $14 {Stohl,I-Gazik,I/Stary
Smokovec 1986}) 11... Bd7 12. a3 (12. e3 Qf7 13. Bb2 Nce4 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Rbd1 Kh8 18. Ba1 Rab8 $15 {Linqvist,G-Simola,T/Jyvaskyla
1996}) (12. Bb2 g5 13. e3 Qg6 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Rbd1 Qh5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ba3 f4
$132 {Ludden,G-Kosteniuk,A/Wijk aan Zee 2000}) 12... c6 (12... Nfe4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Qd3 Nc5 15. Qe3 Be5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Bb2 c6 18. Ba1 Na6 19. Rfe1 $14 {
Kallio,H-Simola,T/Salokangas 1996}) 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
Qd3 cxd5 $1 {White pawn on d5 becomes a target for black pieces.} (16... c5 17.
Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc3 19. Rb3 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Na4 21. Be3 $16 {Reizniece,
D-Kosintseva,N/Litohoto 1999}) 17. cxd5 Qf7 18. Be3 $5 {Threatening to take on
e4.} (18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Bh3 20. Bf4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Ra2 $15)
18... Qxd5 19. Nxf5 $1 Qxd3 20. exd3 Nc3 $5 {Black is not satisfied with a
draw after} (20... gxf5 21. dxe4 Bc6 22. exf5 Rxf5 $11) 21. Nxe7+ Kf7 22. Rbe1
$1 {Defending the knight on e7.} Be6 (22... Kxe7 $2 23. Bg5+ Kf7 24. Re7+ $16)
(22... Bb5 $5 23. Bxb7 Kxe7 24. Bd4+ Kf7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Re7+
$13) 23. Bg5 Rae8 $6 (23... h6 24. Nxg6 hxg5 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. f4 g4 27. Bxb7
$14) 24. Re3 $1 Bd4 (24... Rxe7 $2 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Rfe1 {[%csl Re6]} Be5 (
26... Rf6 27. Bh3 $18) 27. d4 $1 $18) 25. Rf3+ Kg7 26. Rxf8 Kxf8 27. Re1 Bd5 $5
(27... Rxe7 $2 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Bh3 Be5 30. Bxe6 Kxe6 31. d4 $18) (27... Kf7
$5) 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Re4 $1 Nc3 $6 {This move is serious mistake. After
accurate} (29... Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Nxe7 $14 {the game would end up a draw.}) 30.
Rh4 $1 Kg7 (30... Rxe7 31. Bxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rxh7+ Ke6 33. Rxb7 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nc1
35. f4 Nxd3 36. Ke2 $16) 31. Kf1 Be5 32. Rc4 $1 d5 (32... h6 33. Rc7 $1 hxg5
34. Nd5+ Kh6 35. Nxc3 $18) 33. Rc5 h6 34. f4 (34. Bd2 $2 Nb1 {[%csl Rd2,Re7]})
34... Bd6 35. Rxc3 hxg5 36. Nxd5 gxf4 37. Nxf4 $18 Kf6 38. Rc4 Ra8 39. Rd4 Be5
40. Re4 Bc3 $4 41. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Depasquale, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Ne4
9. Qc2 Nd7 (9... d5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Bh6 14. Ne1
Ndf6 15. Nd3 Nd6 16. c5 Nde4 17. Nf1 Nd7 18. f3 Nef6 19. h3 g5 20. g4 Qc7 {
0-1 Bouwmeester,H-Zapletal,J/olm10 corr8291/1982/ (42)}) 10. d5 (10. Rd1 Ndf6
11. Nc3 Ng4 12. Rf1 e5 13. h3 Ngxf2 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 e4 16. Ng1 e3+ 17.
Kxe3 Qg5+ 18. Kd3 Re8 19. Qd2 Qxg3+ 20. Bf3 f4 21. Qe1 {1-0 Hacik,R-Kolcak,M/
SVK-chT9596/1996/ (42)}) 10... Ndf6 (10... Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Ndf6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13.
Nc3 Bd7 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. e4 f4 17. Qc2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. Nf3
Qb6 {0-1 Naylor,J-Fazekas,S/BCF-ch/1959/ (60)}) 11. dxc6 {White has to give up
dreams of keeping the d5 pawn, he prefers to concentrate on the active play
with pieces.} (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne8 13. Qd2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 cxd5 15. cxd5
Nc7 $11) 11... bxc6 12. Nbd2 e5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Nb1 $5 (14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne1
d5 16. f3 exf3 $11) 14... Bb7 15. Nfd2 Nxd2 (15... Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nb3 $14)
(15... c5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd2 $14) 16. Qxd2 Rfd8 17. Qa5 d5 (17... e4 $5 18.
e3 Rd7 19. Na3 Qd8 $11) 18. e3 Ne4 $6 {This move turns out to be a surprising
mistake, black allows exchange of the vital piece and his center becomes more
exposed.} (18... e4 19. cxd5 $1 (19. Nc3 dxc4 20. Ba3 Qe8 21. bxc4 Ng4 $36)
19... Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Rd2 $14) (18... Rd7 $5 19. Nc3 Qd8 20. Qa4 Qb6 $11
) 19. Nc3 Nxc3 (19... Rac8 20. Nxe4 (20. cxd5 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 cxd5 22. Bb4 Qe6
$13) 20... fxe4 21. Ba3 $14) 20. Bxc3 d4 (20... dxc4 21. bxc4 $14) 21. exd4
exd4 22. Bb2 (22. Bb4 Qd7 23. Rd3 $14) 22... Rd7 (22... c5 $2 23. Rfe1 $1 Qf7
24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxc5 $16) 23. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The central theme in this
structure is clearly the fate of black d pawn: is it weak or strong?} Qd8 (
23... d3 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Rfd1 Re2 27. Rxd3 $1 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Qa1+
29. Bf1 Re1 30. Qd8+ $18) 24. Qa4 d3 (24... a5 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 $16) 25.
Qc4+ (25. Bxg7 $6 Kxg7 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Qxc6 Rc8 28. Qb5 d2 $1 $132) 25... Kh8
26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (26... Rxg7 $2 27. Rxd3 $18) 27. Rfe1 Qa5 (27... Rc8 28. Re3 $1
d2 29. Re2 $18) 28. b4 Qa3 29. Qh4 $5 {Hebden demostrates originality with
tactical solution, black has clearly failed to prove the potential of d3 pawn.}
(29. b5 $1 Rc8 (29... cxb5 30. Qxb5 $18) 30. Re6 Rdc7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. bxc6 $18
) 29... Qxa2 (29... Rf8 30. Re7+ Rxe7 31. Qxe7+ Rf7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. b5 Qxa2 (
33... d2 34. bxc6 Qc1 35. Qe2 Ba6 36. Qxd2 $18) 34. Rxd3 $18) 30. Rxd3 $1 Rf7 (
30... Rxd3 31. Re7+ Qf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qxh7+ Kf6 34. Qxb7 $18) 31. Qd4+ Kg8
32. Rd2 Qa4 (32... Qa3 33. Bf1 $1 Ba6 34. Ra1 $18) 33. Bf1 $1 a5 34. Bc4 {
The cooperation of white pieces is perfect.} (34. Bc4 Qxb4 35. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 Qb6 11. Be3 a5 12. h4 Na6 13. a3 $1 $146 {Khalifman,A}
(13. Qd2 c6 14. Rac1 Nb4 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. d5 c5 17. b3 Na6 18. h5 a4 19. hxg6
hxg6 20. Qd3 axb3 21. axb3 Rb8 22. Rb1 Qb5 23. Qd2 Qb4 24. Qa2 Qb5 25. Rfc1 Bd7
26. Qd2 Nb4 27. Nh3 Kf7 28. Bh6 Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Rh8 30. Qf4 Qxe2 31. Re1 Qg4 32.
Ng5+ Kf8 33. Qe3 Re8 34. Rbc1 Qh5 35. Rc4 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh6 37. Ra1 Bb5 38. Ra7
Nc2 39. Qe6 Qxg5 {0-1 Itkis,B-Malaniuk,V/Tallinn rapid Cup-URS (08) ;EXT 88
1988}) 13... Bd7 (13... c5 $2 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 Bd7 (15... d5 16. Nf3 $16)
16. Qc4+ e6 17. d5 $18) (13... Qxb2 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Rab1 Qa7 16. h5 $44) 14.
Qd3 Rfc8 (14... Qb5 15. Qxb5 Bxb5 16. Ne6 Rfc8 (16... Rfe8 17. Bd2) 17. Bg5 (
17. Bd2) 17... Bf6 18. Rfe1 $14) (14... Rf6 15. Rac1 Kh8 16. Rc3 $16) 15. Ne6 (
15. Rac1 $5 Qb5 (15... Bb5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. h5 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. hxg6 hxg6
20. Nf3 $16) 16. Qxb5 Bxb5 17. Ne6 Bf6 18. Bd2 $16) (15. Rfd1 Ba4 (15... Qb5)
16. Rd2 Qb3 $132) (15. h5 $5 Qb5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Qd2 (17. Rfe1 Qxd3 18. exd3
c5 19. dxc6 (19. dxc5) 19... bxc6) (17. Qb1 $5 Qxe2 18. Qa2 Bf6 (18... a4 19.
Rac1) 19. Bf3 Qb5 20. Rac1 Kg7 21. Kg2 Rh8 $13) 17... c6 18. dxc6 (18. Rfc1 Nc7
(18... cxd5 19. a4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qb3)) 18... bxc6 19. Rac1 Nc7 (19... Rab8 20.
Rc2 Nc7 21. Nh3 $14) 20. Nh3 $14) 15... Bxe6 16. dxe6 c6 (16... d5 17. Bxd5 Rd8
18. Qc4 c6 19. Bf3 Bxd4 20. Bg5 Qc5 21. Qb3 $16) 17. h5 (17. d5 $1 Qb5 (17...
c5 18. Rac1) 18. dxc6 Qxd3 19. cxb7 Qxe2 20. bxa8=Q Rxa8 21. Bxa8 Nc5 (21...
Nc7 22. Bg2) (21... Bxb2 22. Ra2 Qc2 23. Bd5 $16) 22. Rfe1 Qg4 (22... Qa6 23.
Bd5 Nd3 24. Red1) 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rad1 Bd4 25. Kg2 f4 26. Bf3 Qf5 27. Re4 $16
) 17... Nc7 {Meulders: Weil die Route über b4 gesperrt ist, muß der Springer
sich via c7 zurück ins Spiel begeben.} (17... d5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 $1 Rf8 (
19... f4 20. Qxg6) 20. gxf5 gxf5 (20... Rxf5 21. Bh3) 21. Rad1 Nc7 22. Bh3 f4
23. Bc1 Rf6 (23... Nb5 $5 24. e3 Rf6 25. exf4 Nxd4 26. f5) 24. e4 (24. Kh2 Nxe6
25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. Bxf4 $14) 24... Nxe6 (24... fxe3 25. Qxe3 Raf8 26. f4) 25.
e5 Rh6 26. Bxe6+ (26. Kh2 Ng5) 26... Rxe6 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Bg5 $1 $16 (28. Bg3
Rh6 29. f4 e6 30. f5 exf5 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Qxf5 Qxb2) 28... Bh6 (28... c5 29.
f4) 29. f4 $16 Bxg5 $140 30. fxg5 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxb2 32. Rb1 Qa2 33. Qf5) 18.
hxg6 hxg6 19. d5 (19. g4 Qb5 $1) 19... Qa6 (19... Qb5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rac1) (
19... c5 20. Rac1 (20. Rab1 Qb5 21. Qd2) 20... Qxb2 21. Bg5) 20. dxc6 bxc6 21.
Rac1 Nxe6 $2 (21... Qxd3 22. exd3 Nd5 $1 (22... Bxb2 23. Rxc6 Nxe6 24. Rxc8+
Rxc8 25. Bd5 Kf7 26. Re1 $18) 23. Bg5 (23. Rxc6 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Rc8
26. Bd7 Rb8) (23. Rc2 Rab8 24. d4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 c5) (23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. b4 $5
axb4 25. axb4 Bc3 26. Rb1 (26. b5 Rab8 27. Kg2 (27. Rb1) 27... d4 (27... Rxb5
28. Rh1 (28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Rxc8+ Kg7)) 28. Bg5 Rxb5 29. Bxe7 Re8 $11) 26... Rab8
27. b5 d4 (27... Kg7 28. Rb3) 28. Bg5 Rb7 29. Kg2 $14 Rc5 30. f4 d5 31. Rf2)
23... Bxb2 (23... Kf8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxd5 Rac8 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. b4) 24.
Rxc6 Bf6 $1 (24... Rxc6 25. Bxd5 Rca6 26. Bxe7 (26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Bxe7 Re8 28.
Bxd6 Rxe6 29. Bc5 $14)) 25. Bxf6 (25. f4 Bxg5 26. fxg5 (26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. fxg5
Ne3 28. Rb1 Nxg2 29. Kxg2 d5 $11) 26... Rxc6 27. Bxd5 Rac8 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29.
Rb1 d5) 25... Nxf6 26. Rb1 Rxc6 (26... Rab8 27. Rb7) 27. Bxc6 Rc8 28. Rb6 f4
$11) 22. b4 $2 (22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rb8 25. Bxc6 Rxb4 26. Bd5
Kf7 $15) (22. Bxc6 $1 Rxc6 (22... Qxd3 23. exd3 Bxb2 24. Bd5 Kf7 25. Rce1) 23.
Qd5 Rxc1 (23... Rac8 24. Qxe6+) 24. Qxe6+ Kf8 25. Rxc1 $16) 22... axb4 (22...
Qxd3 23. exd3 Nd8 24. b5 cxb5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rc7 Kf7 27. Bg5 (27. Rb1 Ne6
28. Rb7 b4 29. axb4 a4 $19) 27... Bf6 (27... Bf8 28. Be3) 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. Re1
Ne6 30. Rb7 $132) 23. axb4 Qxd3 24. exd3 Nd4 $2 {Meulders: Falls den Springer
sich hier behaupten könnte, stünde er natürlich ausgezeichnet. Leider für
Schwarz ist das nicht der Fall, also wäre} (24... Rab8 25. Bxc6 Nd4 26. Bd5+ (
26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. b5 $11) 26... Kf8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rb1 e6 $11 (28... Ne2+
29. Kg2 Nc3 30. Rc1 Rb8 31. Be6 $16)) (24... Nd8 $1 {Meulders: wohl besser, z.
B.} 25. b5 (25. Bb6 Rab8 26. Ba5 Kf8) 25... cxb5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb1 (27. Rc7
Kf7 28. Bg5 (28. Rb1 Ne6 (28... Ra3 $1 29. Rxb5 Rxd3 $15 {/=}) (28... Rb8 $2
29. Ba7 Ra8 30. Rxb5 $14) 29. Rb7 Ra3) 28... Bf6 $15 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Re1 Ne6
31. Rb7 Ra3 $15) 27... Rb8 28. Rb3 Ne6 29. Rfb1 Nc7 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Bd2 Bd4 $15
) 25. Rc4 Ne2+ (25... e5 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Bxc6 $16) 26. Kh2 e6 $6 (26... Rab8
27. Bxc6 Rxc6 (27... Nc3 28. d4) 28. Rxc6 Rxb4 $14 29. Re1 Rb2 30. Bg5 (30. Kg2
Bf6 (30... Kf7 31. Rc7)) 30... Kf7 31. Rc7 Bf6 $14) 27. Bxc6 $18 d5 28. Rc5 Bf8
29. Bxa8 Bxc5 30. Bxd5 (30. Bb7 Rc7 31. Bxc5 Rxb7 32. Re1) 30... exd5 31. Bxc5
f4 32. Kg2 g5 33. Kf3 Re8 34. b5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. Rc1 e5 13. d5 Nd8 14. c5
Qe7 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bb4 Nf7 17. Nd2 a5 18. Bc3 b5 19. Rc2 Bd7 $132 {1-0
Ernst,S-Koch,W/Germany 2004/PowerBook2005 (41)}) 11. Rc1 e5 12. d5 Nb4 $5 13.
a3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 (14. Bxc3 Na2 $17) 14... Na6 15. b4 e4 $1 (15... Qe7 {-74/89})
16. Nd4 Bd7 {[/\17...c5<=>[+]]} 17. f3 (17. Rc1 $5 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qd2 (
19. Qa4 Nc7 20. Qa5 Rfc8 $5 $132) 19... Nc7 $5 $132) 17... c5 $1 (17... f4 $6
18. fxe4 fxg3 19. Rxg3 $14) 18. dxc6 bxc6 {[/\19...c5;Na6-c7-e6<=>]} 19. fxe4
fxe4 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Nc2 $5 {[/\Nc2-e3]} Rxf1+ (21... Bxc3 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.
Bxc3 $44) 22. Qxf1 Rf8 23. Qe1 Nc7 $1 {[/\Nc7-e6-g5-h3|^>>]} 24. Rb3 Bxb2 25.
Rxb2 Ne6 26. Ne3 (26. Bxe4 Ng5 27. Bg2 Bh3 $1 $40 28. e4 (28. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 29.
Kg2 Qe5 $1 30. Rb3 Rf2+ 31. Kxh3 Qh5#) 28... Nf3+ $19) 26... Ng5 27. h4 Qe5 $1
{[/\Ng5-e6-d4,c6-c5|^]} 28. Rc2 (28. Nd1 Nh3+ $1 29. Kh2 Nf2 $40) 28... Ne6 $17
29. Ng4 (29. Bh3 Bc8 $5 $17 {(/\30...Nd4)}) 29... Qh5 30. Ne3 Nd4 31. Rd2 Qe5
32. Kh2 g5 $1 33. h5 (33. hxg5 Qxg5 34. Rxd4 Qh6+ 35. Kg1 Qxe3+ $19) (33. Bh3
Bxh3 34. Kxh3 Nf5 $1 35. Nxf5 (35. Ng4 Qe6 $19) 35... g4+ 36. Kh2 (36. Kg2 Rxf5
37. Qd1 e3 38. Rxd6 Rf2+) 36... Rxf5 $19) 33... c5 {[xd4;/\34...g4,35...Qxh5]}
(33... g4 34. Kg1 Be6 $19) 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. Nd5 Bg4 $1 $19 (35... g4 36. Nf4)
36. Ne3 $138 (36. h6 Qe6 37. Kg1 Bh3 $40) 36... Bxh5 37. Nf1 Bf7 38. Qb1 e3 39.
Ra2 (39. Rd3 Bg6) 39... Bxc4 40. Rb2 g4 0-1

[Event "Metz op 22nd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2004.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2004.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Na6
9. Rb1 (9. Re1 h6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4
g5 15. Nf5 Rxf5 16. Bxf5 Qf8 17. Be4 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Horvath,C/Rethymnon
2003/CBM 98 no vc (17)}) 9... Nc7 10. a3 (10. a4 h6 11. b3 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13.
Bb2 a6 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. a5 Rad8 16. Na4 Qf7 17. Rbd1 g5 18. Nd2 Ng4 19. Bxg7
Qxg7 20. Bxb7 Ne5 21. Qc3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Bauer,C/Kreuzberg GER 2004/
The Week in Chess 496 (76)}) 10... a5 11. b3 $5 {TN} Rb8 (11... e5 12. dxe6
Nxe6 13. Qd3 $14) 12. b4 $5 (12. a4 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 (13... Nxe6) 14. Ng5 (14.
Bf4 Nh5) 14... Qe7 (14... Re8 15. Nxe6 $14) 15. Bf4 $14) 12... axb4 13. axb4
cxb4 14. Rxb4 Na6 15. Rb1 Bd7 (15... Qc7 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Nb5 $14) 16. Be3 Qc7
17. Nd2 Ng4 $5 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. Nb5 Ra8 (19... f4 $5 20. Na7 Qe8 21. Ne4 h6 $132
) 20. e3 g5 21. Qe2 Qe8 22. h3 Nf6 (22... Ne5 23. f4 gxf4 (23... Nf7 24. Qh5)
24. exf4 $16) 23. Nf3 $6 (23. Bd4 $5 $14 {(н/\24.Nc3|^<<]}) 23... Ne4 24. Nfd4
(24. Rfc1 $5 {(н/\25.Bd4)}) (24. Bd4 $5 Qg6 (24... Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Bxd4 26. exd4)
25. Rfc1 Nac5 26. Qc2 Rfc8) 24... Qg6 25. Rfc1 Rac8 $13 26. Qc2 Nec5 27. Bxc5
$6 (27. Ne2 $142 {(텥b6-a5-c3)}) 27... Nxc5 28. Nc3 f4 $6 $138 (28... Qf6 $5 {
(н/\29...f4)}) 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. g4 fxe3 31. fxe3 Nd3 32. Rd1 Ne5 (32... Nf2
33. Rd2 Rxc4 34. Rxf2 Rxc3 35. Rxb7 $11) 33. Rxb7 Rxc4 (33... Nxc4 $2 34. Rxd7
Nxe3 35. Nc6 $16) 34. Ne4 Rfc8 35. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 36. dxc6 R4xc6 37. Rxe7 Rc1 38.
Rxc1 (38. Re8+ Rxe8 39. Rxc1 Nf7 40. Rc7 $14) 38... Rxc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kf1
Kf8 $6 (40... Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Bf1 d5 $132) 41. Re6 Rc1+ 42.
Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Rc1+ 44. Bf1 $1 Rc2 (44... d5 45. Nxg5 Nc6 46. Rxg6 $18) 45.
Bb5 Nf3+ 46. Kf1 $14 Nd2+ 47. Nxd2 Rxd2 48. Rxg6 Rh2 49. Rxd6 Rxh3 50. Ke2 Rg3
51. Bd7 Ke7 52. Rd1 Be5 53. Bf5 Bd6 54. Rd5 Rg1 55. Rb5 Rc1 56. Kd2 Rc5 57. Rb1
Re5 58. Kd3 Bc5 59. Be4 Kf6 60. Rf1+ Kg7 61. Rf3 Bb6 62. Rh3 Bc5 63. Bc6 Re6
64. Bd5 Re5 65. Be4 Kf6 66. Rf3+ Kg7 67. Bc6 Bb6 68. e4 Ra5 (68... Bc5 $142)
69. Rf1 Bc7 70. Rb1 Bf4 71. Bd5 Ra3+ 72. Kd4 Ra4+ $138 73. Bc4 $1 $18 {[н/\74.
Rb5,75.e5]} Ra5 74. Rb7+ Kf6 75. Rf7+ Kg6 76. Re7 Kf6 77. Re6+ Kg7 78. e5 Kf8
79. Ke4 Ra4 80. Rc6 Ke7 81. Kf5 Ra5 82. Re6+ Kd8 83. Kf6 Rc5 84. Bd3 Rd5 85.
Be4 Rc5 86. Bg6 Rb5 87. Re8+ Kc7 88. Re7+ Kd8 89. e6 Be5+ 90. Kf7 Rb6 91. Rd7+
Kc8 92. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bb2 Ne6 14. e3 Rb8 $5 {TN
} (14... Nd8 {-65/(81)}) (14... Qf7 15. c5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Ng5 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ e5 22. Qxd6 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 $16 {
0-1 Van der Sterren,Paul-Reinderman,Dimitri/Amsterdam ch-NL (05) 1995 (66)})
15. Qe2 a5 $5 16. Ba1 (16. bxa5 Ra8 $132) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Qf7 18. Nd2 (18.
c5 Rfd8 $5 (18... dxc5 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. bxc5 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 $16 Nxc5 22. Qc4+ Ne6
23. Bxc6 $18) 19. cxd6 exd6 $10) 18... Rfc8 19. Na4 Rc7 {[/\20...Ra7]} 20. c5
Ra7 21. Nb6 Be8 (21... d5 22. Be5 Rbb7 23. Nb3 $36) 22. Ndc4 Qf8 (22... dxc5
23. Ne5 Qf8 24. Qc4 $36 (24. bxc5 $14)) 23. Qc2 dxc5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Ne5 Nce4
26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Nxc6 Rc7 $2 (27... Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 (29. Nd7 Rxd7
$19) 29... Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qf6 $10) 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Qc4+ $1 Bf7 (29... Kh8 30.
Nxb8 Rxc4 31. Nxc4 $14) 30. Nd5 Re8 $2 (30... Rxb1 31. Rxb1 $36 (31. Ncxe7+ Kh8
32. Qxc7 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qb2 34. Qf4 Bxd5 35. Nxd5 Qb5+ $19)) 31. Ncxe7+ Rcxe7 (
31... Rexe7 32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. Rb8+ $18) 32. Nxe7+ Kf8 33. Qb4 $2 $138 (33. Nd5
$18) 33... Rxe7 34. Rfc1 Qe5 $15 35. Ra1 Kg7 36. Ra5 Qe6 37. Ra6 Qd7 38. Qb2+
Kh6 39. Qb8 Re8 40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. Rc7 $2 (41. Rac6 Qd5 $36 {(/\42...Nd2)}) 41...
Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Kg8 $1 (42... Nd2 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Ra1 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Ne4 (45... Nb3
46. Qd7 $132) 46. Ra2 Ng5 $40) 43. Raa7 Nd2 44. h4 (44. g4 Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Ne4+
46. Kh4 (46. Qxe4 Rxe4 47. Rxf7 Rxg4+ 48. Kf3 Qd1#) 46... g5+ $19) 44... Bd5+
45. e4 {[#]} Rxe4 $1 (45... Bxe4+ $2 46. Qxe4 Qf1+ (46... Nxe4 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48.
Rxh7+ $10) 47. Kh2 Qxf2+ 48. Qg2 Nf3+ 49. Kh3 Ng1+ 50. Qxg1 Qxg1 51. Rg7+ $10)
46. Rg7+ (46. Kh2 Qh1+ $1 47. Kxh1 Re1+ 48. Kh2 Rh1#) 46... Kf8 47. Qd6+ (47.
Rgf7+ Bxf7 48. Qd6+ Kg8 $19) 47... Re7+ 48. Qxd5 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qxf2+ 50. Kh3 (
50. Qg2 Qxg2+ 51. Kxg2 Rxg7 $19) 50... Qf1+ (50... Qf1+ 51. Qg2 (51. Kh2 Re2+
$19) 51... Qxg2+ 52. Kxg2 Rxg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 02nd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Ba3 (12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14.
Bb2 $5 {TN} Rad8 (14... fxe4 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Nxe4 $14) 15. Rfe1 Kg7 $5 (15...
Rfe8 16. Rad1 $14) 16. exf5 (16. Rad1 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Ree1 e4 19. Bxf6+
Kxf6 20. Nh4 Nb4 $132) 16... Bxf5 17. Bxe5 (17. Nxe5 $5 Rd2 18. Bc3 Rc2 19.
Bxc6 Rxc3 (19... bxc6 20. Bd4 $16) 20. Bxb7 Rc2 $132) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rd2
19. Bxb7 Bh3 $44 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Bf3 Be7 22. Rad1 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bg2+ 24. Bxg2
Rxd1 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Rd1 27. Kg2 Rd2+ 28. Kh3 Rxa2 29. Nd3 Bg1 30. Bg2
Ra3 {0-1 Goormachtig,J-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen Lost Boys 1998 (30)}) 12... Rd8 13.
exf5 e4 14. Ng5 gxf5 15. Rb1 $5 {TN} h6 $5 (15... Nxd5 $6 16. cxd5 Qxd5 $2 17.
Qh5 h6 18. Rfd1 $1 (18. Rbd1 Nd4 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 (19... Bxd4 20. Qg6+ Bg7 21.
Qh7#) 20. Qf7+ Kh8 $17) 18... Nd4 19. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Bb2 Qxb2
22. Rxb2 hxg5 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bf1 $1 $16) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxd7 (17. Nh3 Qf7
18. Qc1 Qg7 19. Nf4 Nd4 $13) 17... Rxd7 $5 (17... Bxd7 18. Nh3 Nd4 19. Nf4 Bc6
$13) 18. Ne6 Kf7 19. Nf4 Rd2 20. Nd5 Be5 21. Bc1 (21. f4 exf3 22. Bxf3 Rxa2 $17
) 21... Rxa2 22. Bxh6 Be6 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Nd4 25. Rfe1 Bd7 $6 (25... Rd8
$5 26. Ra1 (26. Red1 Ne2+ 27. Nxe2 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxe2 $17) 26... Rxa1 27. Rxa1
a6 $15) 26. b4 Rd8 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 a6 29. Nd5 Be6 30. Ne3 Nb3 31. Rb1 Nd2
32. Rd1 Kf6 33. h4 Ke5 34. Ra1 Rd4 35. Nc2 Rd7 36. c5 Bb3 37. Rc1 Rd3 38. Ne3
Rd4 39. Bh3 Be6 40. c6 b6 41. h5 Rxb4 42. h6 Rd4 43. h7 Rd8 44. Rd1 Nf3+ 45.
Kg2 Rh8 46. Bxf5 Bxf5 47. Rd5+ Ke6 48. Rxf5 Rxh7 49. Rf4 Rh2+ 50. Kf1 Kd6 51.
Ke2 Nd4+ 52. Kf1 Nxc6 53. Rxe4 b5 54. Ke2 a5 55. g4 a4 56. g5 a3 57. Re8 a2 58.
Ra8 Nd4+ 59. Kd3 Nb3 60. g6 Rh1 61. g7 Rg1 62. Nf5+ Kc6 63. Ng3 Nc5+ 64. Ke2
Na4 65. g8=Q a1=Q 66. Ra6+ Kc5 67. Qf8+ Kc4 68. Rc6+ Kb3 69. Qf7+ Ka3 70. Qf3+
Kb4 71. Qf4+ Kb3 72. Qf7+ Ka3 73. Qf3+ Ka2 74. Qd5+ Ka3 75. Qd3+ Kb4 76. Ne4
Qf1+ 77. Ke3 Qxd3+ 78. Kxd3 Rg7 79. f4 Nb2+ 80. Kc2 Nc4 81. Kd3 Rd7+ 82. Ke2
Na5 83. Re6 Nb3 84. Ke3 c5 85. f5 Nd4 86. Rb6 Nxf5+ 87. Kf4 Nd4 88. Ke3 c4 89.
Rb8 Nc2+ 90. Ke2 c3 91. Rc8 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 {
This is one of the tabiya positions of this system. White has a plenty of
interesting tries. The three most popular moves are: 8.Re1, 8.b3, 8.d5; each
of them involves a different plan.} 8. Re1 ({Kasimdzhanov played} 8. b3 {
and after} Nc6 9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 f4 12. Qd2 fxg3 13. hxg3 Bg4
14. d5 $1 Nd8 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 $16) 15. Nd4 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Re3 $1 $16
{easily got the better of things in the game Kasimdzhanov-Malaniuk, Trzcianka
2014.}) 8... Qf7 9. b3 (9. e4 $5 fxe4 10. Ng5 Qxc4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qf7
13. Rf4 Bf6 14. Nd5 g5 (14... Na6 15. Qb3 Kg7 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Bd5 $16 {
Bacrot-Pruijssers, Bremen 2012}) 15. Rf3 c6 16. Nc7 Bg4 17. Nxa8 Na6 18. d5 c5
19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 h6 21. f4 $1 gxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 $16 {
Gelfand-Svidler, Jerusalem 2014. I guess, that Gelfand's preparation could
finish here. White has a clear advantage, although he couldn't win the game.})
9... Ne4 {This is Black's plan. He activates his N and prepares for ...Nc6
followed by ...e5.} 10. Qc2 (10. Bb2 {is the most popular move.}) 10... Nc6 11.
Be3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 {I guess Caruana was happy with the outcome of the
opening, as it seems like Black has achieved everything he could hope for.} (
12... h6 $5 {is one of the recommendations of the computer and indeed it makes
sense, because g5 would be a very good attacking move, which would be
unpleasant for the e3 B.}) 13. d5 $146 {This the first novelty in the game.} (
13. dxe5 dxe5 $36 {Krutti-Hoang, Budapest 1993; and Black has a dangerous
initiative, because his centre is ready for advancing and White's pieces are
hanging in mid air.} ({Of course not} 13... Nxe5 $6 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4 Bxd4
16. Qxd4 $14 {with a pleasant position for White because of the better P
structure, B and Q.})) 13... Nb8 $1 {Caruana prefers to go away with the N and
keep all of his possibilities open} ({The computer suggests} 13... e4 {, but I
understand that Caruana didn't want to commit himself to this move as the
resulting position seems drawish.} 14. Nd4 f4 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 {is drawish}) (14... Ne5 15. Rad1 {and somehow Black doesn't have much in
the way of attacking chances} h6 16. f3 $1 {is the tactical refutation.}) 15.
gxf4 (15. dxc6 fxe3 16. fxe3 (16. Qxe3 bxc6 17. Bxe4 Bb7 {and despite being a
pawn up, White's only continuation is} 18. Ne6 $1 d5 $1 (18... Qxe6 $2 19. Bd5
$1 $18) 19. Nxf8 dxe4 20. Nxh7 Bxa1 (20... Kxh7 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. c5 Re8 $132)
21. Ng5 Qf6 22. Rd1 c5 23. Nxe4 Qc6 24. Rxa1 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. f3 Bc6 27.
Rd1 g5 28. Kf2 {and White should hold.}) 16... bxc6 17. Rf1 Qe8 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8
{isn't so clear.}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxf4 18. Rf1 Bg4 19. Qxe4
Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 {and despite the weakened structure, White easily
holds the position .}) (13... f4 $5 14. dxc6 (14. Ng5 Qe8 15. dxc6 (15. Bd2 Nd4
$132) 15... fxe3 16. Qxe3 bxc6 {- 14.dxc6}) 14... fxe3 15. Qxe3 bxc6 16. Ng5
Qe8 $13 {In this unclear position I prefer Black because of his flexible
structure and B pair.}) 14. Rac1 (14. Qd2 Qe7 $5 (14... Nd7 15. Ng5 $1) 15.
Rac1 Nd7 16. b4 Nf6 $13) 14... h6 (14... Na6 {is also possible.}) 15. c5 Na6 $1
{Caruana's move is the best. He prepares for ...g5, which doesn't work here.
It is worth mentioning, that with this move Black is threatening to play ...e4
or ...f4.} (15... g5 $2 {would be a terrible mistake, as} 16. cxd6 cxd6 17.
Qxc8 $1 Rxc8 18. Rxc8+ $18 {is winning for White, because Black's pieces are
hopelessly restricted.}) (15... e4 16. Nd4 Qxd5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Red1 $36 {
would be good for White, as the P isn't worth the open files.}) 16. cxd6 cxd6
17. h4 (17. Nd2 b6 $1 {Defending the a5-square and restricticting the d2 N.We
can understand this move from the 17...g5 line.} (17... g5 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Na5
f4 20. Bd2 {Is a bit unpleasant for Black.}) 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Qd2 Kh7 $132 {
with a very pleasant position for Black.}) 17... Bd7 (17... e4 18. Nd4 Qxd5 19.
Red1 Bd7 20. Qe1 Rfc8 $13) 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Red1 b6 $1 {If you saw the 17.Nd2
line, you can understand this move. It's the same, but the restricted piece is
the Q.} 20. Ne1 Rac8 (20... Nc5 {is also good.}) 21. Nd3 Nc5 22. Nb2 Qe7 (22...
f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Bd4 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) 23. b4 Na4 (23... Na6 $5 {
also deserved attention, not exchanging White's worst piece.}) 24. Nxa4 Bxa4
25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 {The position is very pleasant for
Black, but the only question is whether he can win the position or not.} 28.
Qc1 Qxc1+ (28... Qa6 29. Qc7 $1) (28... Qc2 $5 {was possible, but after} 29.
Qxc2 Bxc2 30. Bc1 Bf6 31. f3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kf2 Kg6 {there is only a
more pleasant position for Black, but nothing more.}) 29. Bxc1 Bc2 (29... e4
30. f3 $11) 30. f3 Bf6 31. Kf2 Kg7 (31... g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. g4 f4 34. e4 $11
) 32. e4 f4 33. Bh3 $1 {Activating the B.} h5 34. Bd7 g5 35. hxg5 (35. Be8 Kh6
36. a3 $11) (35. Kg2 $11) 35... Bxg5 36. Kg2 (36. gxf4 Bxf4 37. Bxf4 exf4 38.
Be8 h4 39. Bd7 $11) 36... Kf6 37. g4 $2 {And White can't withstand the
pressure.} (37. gxf4 $1 Bxf4 (37... exf4 38. Be8) 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. Be8 Kg5 40.
a3 {and draw.}) 37... h4 38. Bb5 {White would be fine if it were his move,
because he could defend the f3 P by Be2, but now comes the decisive move.} Bd1
$1 39. Bd3 h3+ $1 40. Kxh3 Bxf3 $17 {White's Ps are so weak, that Black is
almost winning, the rest is a matter of technique.} 41. b5 Bh6 42. Kh4 Kg6 43.
Bd2 Bf8 44. Be1 Bg2 45. g5 Bf3 46. a4 Be7 47. a5 Bxg5+ 48. Kh3 Kf7 49. axb6
axb6 50. Bf2 Bd8 51. Bg1 Kg6 52. Bf2 Kh5 53. Bg1 Bd1 54. Kg2 Kg4 55. Kf1 Kg3
56. Bf2+ Kh2 57. Bg1+ Kh1 58. Bf2 Bh5 59. Bg1 Bg4 60. Bf2 Bf3 61. Ke1 Kg2 62.
Bf1+ Kh2 63. Bd3 Bh5 64. Kf1 Bg6 65. Bc2 Kh3 66. Kg1 Kg4 67. Kf1 Kh3 68. Kg1
Kg4 69. Kf1 f3 70. Be1 f2 71. Bxf2 Kf3 72. Bd1+ Kf4 73. Bb3 Be8 74. Bc4 Kxe4
75. Ke2 Bh5+ 0-1

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "226"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. O-O h6
9. Nbd2 g5 10. Qc2 Qh5 11. Rae1 a5 12. Bc3 f4 13. d5 Na6 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. Qb2 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qc3 Qg6 20. f3 Rf7 21. Rf2 Qf6
22. e3 e5 23. dxe6 Nxe6 24. Rd2 Re8 25. exf4 gxf4 26. Qd3 Nc5 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8
28. Qf1 Bd7 29. Qf2 h5 30. Rd1 Rg7 31. Ne2 fxg3 32. hxg3 Bc6 33. Qd4 Qh6 34.
Qf4 Qxf4 35. Nxf4 Rxg3 36. Kf2 Rg5 37. Rh1 Be8 38. Bf1 Bf7 39. Be2 Kg7 40. Bd1
Kf6 41. Bc2 c6 42. Rd1 Ke7 43. Rh1 Ne6 44. Ne2 b5 45. f4 Rc5 46. Bd3 bxc4 47.
Bxc4 a4 48. Ke3 axb3 49. axb3 Ra5 50. Nd4 Nxd4 51. Kxd4 Rf5 52. Ke4 Bg6 53. Kf3
Rf6 54. Ke3 Rf8 55. Rh4 Rh8 56. Kd4 Kf6 57. b4 Rb8 58. Kc3 Re8 59. b5 d5 60.
Bb3 Re3+ 61. Kb2 cxb5 62. Bxd5 Be8 63. Bb3 Kg6 64. Bd1 Kh6 65. Rh2 Re4 66. Rh4
Bg6 67. Bb3 Be8 68. Kc3 b4+ 69. Kd3 Bg6 70. Kd2 Rd4+ 71. Kc1 Be8 72. Be6 Ba4
73. Bg4 Rd5 74. Bf3 Rc5+ 75. Kb2 Be8 76. Bxh5 Bxh5 {Und noch einmal T vs T+L,
und diesmal gewinnt das Gespann! Wie es den Anschein hat, spielte General Zeit
die wohl entscheidende Rolle!!} 77. Kb3 Rb5 78. f5 Kg5 79. Rxb4 Bf7+ 80. Kc3
Rxf5 81. Kd3 Rf3+ 82. Kd2 Kf5 83. Rd4 Ke5 84. Rh4 Bd5 85. Rb4 Be4 86. Rb5+ Kf4
87. Rb8 Rd3+ 88. Ke2 Rc3 89. Rb2 Rh3 90. Kd2 Rd3+ 91. Ke2 Rd4 92. Ke1 Bf3 93.
Kf2 Rc4 94. Ke1 Rd4 95. Kf2 Re4 96. Rd2 Re3 97. Rb2 Be4 98. Rb8 Rc3 99. Rb2 Rh3
100. Ke1 Rd3 101. Rd2 Re3+ 102. Kd1 Rb3 103. Ke1 Bf3 104. Kf2 Rb1 105. Rd4+ Be4
106. Rd2 Rh1 107. Ke2 Rh3 108. Rd8 Rh2+ 109. Kd1 Ke3 110. Rb8 $4 (110. Kc1 Rc2+
111. Kd1 Rb2 (111... Rc3 112. Re8 $11) 112. Rc8 $11 {siehe z.B. "Secrets of
pawnless endings" von J.Nunn, Seite 214, Diagramm 316, oder arbeiten Sie mit
der ENDSPIEL-CD!}) 110... Rd2+ (110... Rh1# {Möglicherweise drohte das
Fallbeil...?!}) 111. Kc1 Rc2+ 112. Kd1 Rc3 113. Rb2 $4 (113. Re8 $11) 113...
Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D. Meulders} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3
O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5 {Tyomkin,D: 'It is a kind of problem for white to get
an advantage in this line. On the other hand, black has a very simple plan of
development: Nb8-a6-c5, Bc8-d7 and c7-c6. Usually black gets an equal play
with this plan.'} 9. Bd2 {'N!?' Meulders. Meulders: 'Von den etwa 13 Zügen die
in dieser Stellung plausibel sind, wird am meisten 9.Nd4 gespielt; auch 9.Ne1,
9.Be3 und 9.Rb1 kommen häufig vor. Der Textzug ist ein Versuch einen neuen Weg
zu gehen. Beide Grossmeister sind übrigens erfahrene Holländisch-Spieler.
Weiss bereitet den Abtausch des starken Bg7 vor, ohne dass der weisse B, wie
in den Varianten mit 9.Be3, belästigt wird durch z.B. h6/g5 oder Ng4/Nh5.'} (9.
Bf4 {Meulders} h6 10. h4 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Na6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Nd4 c6
15. Bf3 Kh7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,B-Vegh,E/HUN 1995/EXT 97 (30)}) (9. Be3 {
Meulders} h6 (9... Na6 10. Bd4 (10. Qc1 Ng4 (10... e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 c6
13. b3 Ng4 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Lastin,A/Elista 1997/CBM 59 
(47)}) 11. Bd4 (11. Bf4 {Tyomkin,D} Bd7 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bh6 c6 15.
Nd4 Rc8 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Bareev,E/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60 (30)}) 11... Bh6 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14.
h3 Nf6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. b3 a4 19. Rb1 axb3 20. axb3
Nb4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Vyzmanavin,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 40 ext (45)}) 10... c5
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd2 Qf7 13. Ng5 Qg7 14. Nb5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Bd7 16. Qd2 a4 17.
f4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nc7 19. b6 Nb5 20. Kh1 a3 $15 {0-1 Appel,R-Glek,I/Germany
1994/GER-chT (45)}) 10. c5 (10. Re1 g5 11. Bd4 Qg6 12. e4 fxe4 13. Bxf6 exf3
14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Bxf3 Qf7 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Bg2 Ne5 $11 {0-1 Hradeczky,T-Glek,I/
Budapest 1991/TD (41)}) (10. h4 Na6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rae1 e5 (12... c5 13. Bf4 {
/\ e4}) (12... Bd7 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4) (12... Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5
14. e4) (12... Qf7 13. Bd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Ne5)
13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd4 (14. b3 $14) 14... Bxc4 15. Bxb7 $1 (15. b3 Bg8 16. Bxb7
c5 17. Ndb5 d5 $1 18. Bxa8 (18. Bxa6 d4 $1 $36) 18... Qxa8 $36) 15... Rb8 (
15... c5 16. Nc6 Nb4 17. Qxd6 $18) 16. Bc6 (16. Bg2 Nb4 17. b3 (17. a3 Nbd5 18.
Nxf5 gxf5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxb2 21. Qd1 Qb5 $15) 17... Bg8 18. a3 Nbd5
19. Nxf5 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Rxb3 $15) 16... Qc8 17. Bf3 Nb4 $1 {0-1 Jussupow,
A-Bareev,E/Munich 1993/CBM 36/[Bareev] (50)}) (10. Qd2) (10. Nb5 $5 Qd8 11.
Nfd4 Kh7 12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nc6 15. Bxc5 $14 {
Pisulinski-Rublevskij, Russia 1992}) (10. Bd4 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Nbd7 13.
Bc3 Ra6 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. c5 Ne4 16. Qb3+ $14 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Mainka,R/
Schwaebisch Gmuend 1995/CBM 45 ext (37)}) 10... Na6 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Bd4 b6 (
12... g5 13. Nd2 f4 14. Nc4 b6 15. a4 Bd7 16. Na3 Qg6 17. Nab5 Rf7 18. Rc1 $11
{0-1 Petrosian,A-Glek,I/Azov 1991/CBM 25 (35)}) 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rad1 Bd7 15.
Nh4 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e3 b5 $11 {0-1 Kharitonov,A-Piskov,Y/Moscow 1989/TD 
(36)}) (9. Nd4 {(Meulders) Schussler} Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4
Bh3 13. Re1 {+/=/= Akopian,V-Vyzmanavin,A, Novosibirsk 1993}) 9... Bd7 (9...
Na6 {Tyomkin,D} 10. Qc1 Bd7 11. Bh6 c6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b3 Nc5
15. Rd1 Qb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Mainka,R/Frankfurt GER 2000/The Week in
Chess 293 (50)}) 10. Qc1 {Tyomkin,D: 'White leads a standard plan with the
exchange of bishops by Bh6.'} Na6 11. Bh6 Nc5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b3 c6 14. Qb2
Kg8 15. Rad1 Qd8 16. Ne1 {Tyomkin,D: 'Comparing with other games, white
doesn't take on c6, but also white doesn't get anything special.'} Qb6 17. Nd3
Nce4 (17... Nxd3 $5 {Meulders} 18. exd3 e5 19. dxe6 Bxe6 $11) 18. dxc6 {
'!' Meulders.} Bxc6 (18... bxc6 {Meulders} 19. Na4 Qa7 20. c5 $1 $14) 19. Nf4 {
'+/=' Meulders.} Rfc8 {Tyomkin,D: 'In my opinion black could try to equalize
by simply changing light pieces, for example:'} (19... Nxc3 {Tyomkin,D} 20.
Qxc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc6+ $11) 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 (21... Nxe4 {Meulders}
22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qd4 $14 {'+/-' Tyomkin,D.} (23. f3 $16 {Tyomkin,D})) 22. Qd2 {
'+/=' Meulders.} Qb4 {Meulders: 'Schwarz möchte den Druck auf den schwarzen
Felder und gegen seinen König los werden.'} (22... a4 {Meulders} 23. Nd5 Nxd5
24. Qxd5+ $16) 23. Nd5 {'!' Meulders. '!' Tyomkin,D.} Qxd2 24. Rxd2 (24. Nxf6+
{Meulders} Kf7 25. Rxd2 Kxf6 26. Rd4 $14) 24... Nxd5 {'[]' Meulders.} 25. Rxd5
{Tyomkin,D: 'White has some advantage in this rook ending, mostly because of
the weakness e4.'} Rc5 (25... a4 {Meulders} 26. Rd4 (26. Rb5 {Tyomkin,D} Rc7
$11) 26... axb3 (26... e3 27. f4 axb3 28. axb3 Ra2 29. Re1 Rb2 30. Rd3 Kf7 31.
Rxe3 b5 32. cxb5 Rb8 33. Ra1 $18) 27. axb3 {'+/-' Tyomkin,D.} Ra3 28. Rb1 $16)
26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. Rd1 {'+/-' Meulders.} Kf7 28. Rd5 (28. Rd7 {Tyomkin,D} Rb8 {
[%cal Gf7e6]}) 28... b6 29. a4 {'!' Meulders. '!' Tyomkin,D. Tyomkin,D:
'Otherwise black activates his rook by a5-a4. White doesn't get anything with
29.Rd7:' Meulders: 'Verhindert Gegenspiel mit ...a4.'} (29. Re5 {Meulders} a4 (
29... Rd8 30. Rxe4 a4 31. Re3 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Ra1 33. bxa4 Rxa2) 30. Rxe4 axb3 31.
axb3 Ra2 32. f4 Rb2 33. Re3 $16 {/+-}) (29. Rd7 {Tyomkin,D} Rb8 {[%cal Gf7e6]}
(29... a4 30. Rb7 axb3 31. axb3 Ra6 32. g4 $16)) 29... Ke6 30. g4 {'!'
Meulders.} Ra7 {Meulders: 'Ich hasse Bauernendspiele, weil sie entweder eine
Glaskugel oder haargenaue Arithmetik erfordern.'} ({Falls Schwarz sich den
Konsequenzen des Bauernendspiels besser bewusst gewesen wäre, hätte er wohl} 
30... Rf8 {Meulders versucht.}) (30... Rf8 {Tyomkin,D} 31. Kg2 {[%cal Gg2g3]}
h6 32. h4 Rg8 33. Kg3 $16 {[%cal Gg3f4]}) 31. Kg2 {Meulders: 'Auf dem Weg zum
Leckerbissen auf e4.'} Rd7 {Tyomkin,D: 'The rook ending was worse for black,
but black had drawing chances there:'} (31... Ra8 {Tyomkin,D} 32. Kg3 {[%cal
Gg3f4]} Rf8 33. h4 (33. h3 h6 34. h4 Rf6 35. Rd8 Kf7 36. Rb8 {[%cal Rg4g5]} g5
37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rd8 Re6 {and black holds the defense.}) 33... h6 34. Rd1 {
still white has some advantage.}) 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096]} 33. Kg3 e5 (33...
g5 34. f4 exf3 (34... h6 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. h4 $18 {entfernter Freibauer}) 35.
Kxf3 Kd6 36. Ke4 Ke6 (36... e6 37. e3 h6 38. h3 Kd7 39. Ke5 Ke7 40. e4 $22) 37.
e3 h6 38. h3 $22) 34. Kh4 h6 $2 (34... Ke6 $2 35. Kg5 Kf7 36. Kh6 Kg8 37. h4
Kh8 38. h5 gxh5 39. Kxh5 $18 {[%csl Re4,Re5][%cal Gh5g5,Gg5f5]}) ({Sehr gut
ist dagegen} 34... e3 $1 35. fxe3 (35. f3 h6 36. Kg3 (36. g5 h5 37. Kg3 Ke6 38.
f4 Kf5 (38... e4 $11) 39. fxe5 Kxg5 40. h4+ Kf5 41. Kf3 Kxe5 42. Kxe3 Kf5 43.
Kf3 g5 $19 {entfernter Freibauer}) 36... g5 $11) (35. Kg3 exf2 36. Kxf2 Ke7 37.
Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. h4 Kd6 40. h5 Ke6 $11 {[%csl Yf5]}) 35... h6 36. Kg3 (
36. g5 h5 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. h4 Kd6 $11) 36... Ke6 37. Kf3
Ke7 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. h4 Kd6 $11 {denn} 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kf5 {
ist nur gut für Schwarz.}) 35. Kg3 g5 $6 $18 (35... e3 $6 36. f4 e4 (36... Ke6
37. Kf3 exf4 38. Kxf4 g5+ 39. Kxe3 Ke5 40. h3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. e3 $22) (
36... exf4+ 37. Kxf4 Ke6 38. Kxe3 Ke5 39. h4 h5 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Kf3 $18) 37.
g5 $1 (37. f5 $2 g5 38. h4 Kd6 $11 {Festung}) 37... h5 38. f5 gxf5 39. Kf4 Ke6
40. h4 $18) (35... Ke6 $5 36. f4 exf3 $1 (36... Kf6 $145 37. h3 $1 Ke6 38. h4
Kf6 39. g5+ Kf5 40. gxh6 exf4+ 41. Kh3 Kf6 42. Kg4 f3 43. exf3 e3 44. Kg3 Kf7
45. f4 $18) 37. Kxf3 Kd6 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. h3 Kd6 (39... h5 $145 $1 40. gxh5 gxh5
41. h4 Kf6 42. Kd5 Kf5 43. Kc6 Kg4 44. Kxb6 Kxh4 45. Kxc5 Kg5 46. Kb6 h4 47. c5
h3 48. c6 h2 49. c7 h1=Q 50. c8=Q Qe1 $16 {but with some practical chances for
black.}) 40. h4 Ke6 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 Kf6 43. Kd5 Kf5 44. Kc6 Ke4 45. Kxb6
Ke3 46. Kxc5 e4 47. Kd5 $18) 36. e3 Ke6 37. f4 {Meulders: 'Ein Hammerschlag
der die Partie sofort entscheidet. Es ist für Schwarz nichts mehr zu machen.'}
Kf6 38. fxg5+ (38. f5 $2 $11 {Festung}) 38... Kxg5 39. Kh3 (39. h4+ Kf6 40. h5
Kg5 41. Kh3 Kf6 42. Kh4 $18) (39. Kh3 Kf6 40. Kh4 Kg6 41. h3 Kf6 42. Kh5 Kg7
43. g5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Be3 Na6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bh6 Nc5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15.
b3 Qe7 16. Rab1 Rae8 17. Nxe6+ Qxe6 18. Nb5 Qxe2 19. Qxa5 b6 20. Qc3 Qe7 21.
Bc6 Rd8 22. Rbe1 Qf7 23. b4 Nce4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Kg8 26. Rf4 c6 27. Nd4
c5 28. Nc6 Rde8 29. b5 Qe6 30. Qd3 d5 31. cxd5 Qxd5 32. Qc2 Kg7 33. Rd1 Qh5 34.
h4 Re2 35. Qc3 Re6 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Qd5 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. Nxe5 Ra8 40. a4
Nd5 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Rd7 Nc3 43. Rd3 Ne2+ 44. Kf1 Nd4 45. Ra3 Nxb5 46. Rb3 Nd4
47. Rxb6 Rxa4 48. Rb7 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 Re1 50. Nd3 Re8 51. Nxc5 Nf5 52. Kh3 Re7 53.
Rb8+ Kg7 54. g4 Nd6 55. Rb6 Ne4 56. Nxe4 Rxe4 57. Rb7+ Kg8 58. Kg3 Re5 {
Schwarz sollte hier und später h6 spielen.} 59. Kf4 Ra5 60. Re7 Rb5 (60... h6
$142) 61. Re5 Rb2 62. f3 Kf7 (62... Rb7 $142) 63. Kg5 Rb3 64. f4 Rb7 65. Kh6
Rb4 66. Kxh7 Rxf4 67. Rg5 Rf6 68. Kh6 Re6 69. Ra5 Re8 70. Ra7+ Kf6 71. Ra6+ Kf7
{Raffinierter Übergang ins Bauernendspiel, der auf zweifache Weise möglich ist.
Dazu gibt es noch zwei Variationen für ein gewonnenes Turmendspiel.} 72. Rxg6
Rh8+ 73. Kg5 Rxh4 74. Rh6 {Lässt gewinnbringend tauschen.} ({Weiß kann selbst
auf h4 nehmen, wenn er so spielt:} 74. Rf6+ Ke7 (74... Kg7 75. Kxh4 (75. Ra6
Rh1 76. Ra7+ Kg8 77. Kg6 Kf8 78. Ra8+ Ke7 79. g5 Rg1 80. Rg8 $18 {gefolgt von
Kh7 und g6 (Turmendspiel I)}) 75... Kxf6 76. Kh5 Kf7 77. Kh6 $18) 75. Kxh4 (75.
Rf4 Rh8 76. Kg6 Rh4 77. Rf7+ Ke6 78. g5 $18 {(Turmendspiel II)}) 75... Kxf6 76.
Kh5 Kg7 77. Kg5 $18) 74... Rxh6 75. Kxh6 Kg8 76. g5 Kh8 77. g6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-B"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Urday Caceres, Henry"]
[Black "Elissalt Cardenas, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nh5 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Nc5 10. b4 e5 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. bxc5 e4 13. Bb2 dxc5 14. e3 Nf6 15.
Ne2 Qe7 16. Nf4 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Nd6 20. Qd3 Qe5 21. Rae1
Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Rf2 a6 25. Ref1 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Ne6 Bxe6
28. dxe6 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Qxe6 30. Qxb5 Rxa2 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxc7+ Kg6 33. Rf1 c4
34. h4 h5 (34... h6 $5 35. Qc5 Ra8 36. h5+ Kg7 37. Qc7+ Kg8 $13) 35. Qc5 Ra6
36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qxh5+ Kg7 38. Rf5 Rc6 39. Rg5+ Kf8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Re5 c3 42.
Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Qingdao Daily Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Nc5 10. b4 Nfe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bb2 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. Rad1 Rb8 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb2 19. Nxa7 Qd7 20. Nc6 Rb6
21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nd4 Qb7 23. Ne6 Rc8 24. Qd2 Bf6 25. h4 Rb2 26. Qh6 Qd7 27.
Nf4 Qf5 28. a4 Bg7 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. hxg5 Ra8 31. Rc1 Rxa4 32. Rc7 Kf7 33. Rfc1
Bf8 34. Kg2 h6 35. gxh6 Bxh6 36. Rh1 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Rxe2 {[#] Kleiner
Mattangriff} 38. Rh7+ Ke6 39. Rcxe7+ Kd5 40. f5 Raa2 41. fxg6 Rxf2+ 42. Kh3
Rf3+ 43. Kh4 Rh2+ 44. Kg5 Rg2+ 45. Kh6 Rfg3 {Witzige Pointe. Wird der Bg6
durch einen Turm von g7 aus gedeckt, so wirkt dieser Turm wie ein Block und
ermöglicht das Matt auf der h-Linie. Also ist der Bauer und damit das Endspiel
verloren.} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nd5 (
8. Re1) 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 c6 10. Qb3 cxd5 $1 (10... Kh8) 11. Qxd5+ (11. e4 $5)
11... Kh8 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Bc3 Bd7 $6 (13... Nd8 14. Qb3 (14. Rac1 $2 Be6 15.
Qa5 b6 {/\ Bd5=/+}) 14... e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. e3 $10) (13... f4 $5) 14. Qb3 e5
(14... Nd8 $2 15. d5 $16) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qc7 e4 18. Bxg7+ $2 (
18. Rfd1 $1 Rf7 19. Ng5 Re7 20. Bh3 (20. h4 $5) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Be6 22. Qf4
Rb2 23. Rd2 $14) 18... Kxg7 19. Rad1 Rf7 20. Ng5 Re7 21. b3 h6 22. Nh3 g5 $44
23. f4 g4 24. Nf2 Rb6 25. e3 Qf7 26. Rfe1 Be6 27. Qd6 Nb4 28. Qd2 Qf6 29. Bf1
Rc7 30. Bc4 $1 (30. Rc1 Rd7 $44) 30... Bxc4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rc1 $10 Rxc1 33.
Rxc1 Nc6 34. Nd1 Ne7 35. Rc7 Rd6 36. Qc1 a6 37. Nb2 Kf8 38. Nc4 Rc6 39. Rxc6
Nxc6 (39... Qxc6 40. Qc3 $10) 40. Qa3+ Ne7 41. Ne5 Qe6 42. Qc5 (42. Qb4 $5)
42... Qd5 43. Ng6+ Kg7 44. Qxe7+ Kxg6 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46. Qe7+ Qf7 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7
48. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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. c4 {Hodgson} g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O
Qe8 8. d5 c5 {side line} (8... a5) (8... Na6 {main line} 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c5
$1 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Qb3 (12. b5 $6 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 {Gelfand,B-Gurevich,M/
Linares (13) ;CBM 22 1991/0-1 (58)}) 12... Ne4 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15.
c5+ e6 16. Qxc3 dxc5 17. b5 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Malaniuk,V/Moscow olm (09) RUS
1-UKR ;EXP 44 1994 (41)}) 9. Qc2 {/\ e2-e4} Na6 10. Bd2 h6 11. a3 Qf7 (11... g5
{Hodgson} 12. h4 $1 gxh4 (12... g4 13. Ne1 $16) 13. Nxh4 $16) 12. Rad1 Bd7 13.
Qc1 $5 Kh7 14. Qb1 $5 Nc7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 (16... Bf5 17. Nh4 Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 $14) 17. Qxe4 Bf5 (17... Bxb2 $2 18. Rb1 Qf6 (18... Qg7 19.
Bxh6 Qxh6 20. Rxb2 $16) (18... Bg7 19. Rxb7 Bf5 20. Qh4 $18) (18... Bf5 19. Qh4
Qf6 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Ng5 $18) 19. Qe3 $18) 18. Qh4 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qxb2 20. g4 (
20. Bxe7 $6 Bf6 $1 21. Ng5+ Kg7 $1 $10) 20... Bd7 (20... Be4 $2 21. Bc1 Qf6 22.
Ng5+ Kg8 23. Bxe4 hxg5 24. Bxg5 $18) 21. Rb1 (21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. g5 Qg7 23. Rfe1
Rae8 24. gxh6 Qf6 $13) 21... Qc3 (21... Qxa3 22. Rxb7 (22. Bxh6 $6 Bxh6 23.
Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Qxd7 Qa6 $1 $13) 22... Rac8 (22... Rxf3 23. Rxc7 Be8 24. Bxf3
Qxf3 25. Bxh6 $1 $18) 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Qxe7+ Kg8 25. Qxd7 $18) 22. Rxb7 Rac8
23. Bd2 $6 (23. Bxe7 Rf4 $1 24. Bxd6 Rxg4 25. Qh3 Qa5 $1 $13) (23. Bxh6 $142 $1
Bxh6 24. g5 Rxf3 (24... Qg7 25. Re1 $1 Rfe8 26. gxh6 Qf6 (26... Qxh6 27. Rxe7+
Rxe7 28. Qxe7+ Qg7 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Ne4 $1 $18) 27. Ng5+ Kh8 28.
Rxa7 $18) 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. g6 Rf5 29. Bh3 Qg7 (
29... Qf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Kh1 $1 {[/\ 32.Bxf5 Bxf5 33.g7+ +-]} Qg7 32. Rxa7
$18) 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Re1 $1 $18) 23... Qxc4 24. Qxe7 (24. Re1
$142 $1 {Hodgson} Qxg4 (24... Kg8 25. Rxe7 Bf6 26. Qxh6 Bxe7 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28.
Ng5 Bxg5 29. Qh5+ $18) 25. Rxe7 Kg8 26. Bxh6 $1 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qxg4 Bxg4
29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Ne4 $1 $18) 24... Qxg4 (24... Bxg4 $2 25. Bxh6
Kxh6 26. Qh4+ $18) 25. h3 (25. Bc3 {Hodgson} Rg8 26. h3 Qf5 $2 (26... Qa4 $1)
27. Nh4 $1) 25... Qf5 (25... Qa4 $2 26. Bxh6 $1 Kxh6 27. Rb4 $3 Bf6 $1 28. Qe3+
Kg7 29. Rxa4 Bxa4 $16) 26. Nh4 $5 (26. Qxd6) 26... Qf7 27. Qxd6 Bb5 28. Be4 Qf6
29. Qg3 (29. Qxf6 Rxf6 $1 (29... Bxf6 $6 30. Nxg6 $1 $16) 30. Rc1 Ba6 31. Rxa7
Nb5 32. Rd7 $14) 29... Bxf1 30. Kxf1 $2 (30. Nxg6 $1 Rfe8 (30... Ba6 31. Nxf8+
Kg8 32. Nd7 Qd8 33. Bxh6 Qxd7 34. Bf5 Qe7 35. Bxg7 Qxg7 36. Bxc8 $18) (30...
Kg8 $1 31. Nxf8 Ba6 $13) 31. Ne7+ (31. Bc3 $5) 31... Kh8 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc7
Rxc7 34. Qxc7 Bxh3 35. Bc3 $3 Qf8 (35... Qg5+ 36. Kh2 Bg4 37. Qb8+ $18) 36. d6
$18) 30... Kg8 (30... Qa6+ $2 31. Kg1 Qxb7 32. Qxg6+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf7 34. Bg6+
$18) 31. d6 Qd4 (31... Ne6 $2 32. Nxg6 Qd4 (32... Qa1+ 33. Be1 $1 $18) 33. Bd5
$18) 32. Qe3 (32. Qb3+ c4 $1 $19) 32... Qxd6 33. Nxg6 Rf7 34. Qd3 Bd4 (34...
Qf6 35. Be3 Ne6 $17) 35. Be3 Rd8 36. Kg2 Qf6 (36... Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Nd5 38. Qxh6
Nf4+ 39. Kh1 Rxb7 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qh7+ Ke6 42. Bxb7 $132) 37. Bf4 Be5 (37...
Ne6) (37... Nd5) 38. Qg3 Bxf4 39. Nxf4+ Rg7 40. Ng6 Re8 $2 (40... Qe6) (40...
Qd4) (40... Ne6 $142 $1 $19 {Hodgson}) 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 42. Ne7+ $4 (42. Qxc7 $10
Rxe4 43. Qb8+ (43. Qc8+ {Hodgson} Kg7 44. Qb7+ Kxg6 45. Qxe4+ $10) 43... Kg7
44. Qb7+) 42... Kf7 $1 43. Bd5+ (43. Bg6+ Kf8 44. Nd5 Qxg6 $1 45. Qxg6 Rg7 $19)
(43. Nd5 Qg5 $1 $19) 43... Kf8 44. Kh1 (44. Ng6+ Qxg6 $1 45. Qxg6 Rg7 $19)
44... Rd8 (44... Rexe7 $4 45. Qg8#) 45. Ng6+ Ke8 46. Nf4 Rg7 47. Qe3+ Re7 48.
Qg3 Qg5 49. Bc6+ Kf7 50. Qb3+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum Liberals"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 $6 (9... Nc5 $1 10. b4 Nce4 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 c6 14.
dxc6 bxc6 15. Nbd4 Qe8 16. c5+ Kh8 17. Ng5 a4 18. Qc2 e5 19. Ndf3 h6 20. Nxe4
fxe4 21. Ne1 d5 22. h3 g5 23. g4 Ba6 24. Bb2 {Skomorokhin,R-Cseshkovsky,V/
Novgorod op (06) 1995/0-1 (48)}) 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 (11... bxc6) 12. Qb3
Kh8 13. c5 Ne4 (13... dxc5 $2 14. b5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bc6 Qf7
18. Qa3 $16) 14. Bb2 e5 15. cxd6 Nxd6 16. b5 Nc5 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rc8 19.
Rfd1 Qe6 20. Bd5 Qe7 21. Bc6 $1 b6 (21... bxc6 22. Qxc5 Rfd8 (22... Rf6 23.
bxc6 $16) 23. bxc6 $16) 22. Nd5 Qe6 23. Qh4 Rf7 24. Nb4 Rfc7 25. Rbc1 e4 $6 (
25... Bf6 $1 26. Qh6 (26. Qh3 Na4 27. Ba3 (27. Ba1 Nxb5 $15) 27... Nc4 28. Bd5
Qe8 $15) 26... Bg7 27. Qd2 Nc4 28. Qc2 Nxb2 29. Qxb2 e4 30. Qc2 $10) 26. Bxg7+
Rxg7 27. Qf4 $14 Rd8 28. Rd5 Qf6 29. Rcd1 Ne6 (29... g5 30. Qd2 Rg6) 30. Qc1 (
30. Rxd6 $5 Nxf4 31. Rxd8+ Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. gxf4 Qb2 {with a very active
queen and weak white pawns, Black has adequate compensation for the material})
30... Ng5 31. R5d4 Ngf7 32. Nd5 Qe5 33. Ne3 Rgg8 34. Rd5 Qf6 35. Qa3 f4 (35...
Nc8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Bd7 $1 $18) 36. gxf4 Qxf4 37. Qc3+ $1 {
stronger than 37.Qxa7} Rg7 38. Ng2 (38. Nc4 $1) 38... Qg4 39. h3 Qxe2 $2 (39...
Qe6) 40. Nf4 Qf3 41. Qxf3 exf3 42. Ne6 Rgg8 43. Nxd8 Rxd8 44. Re1 Kg7 45. Re7
Kf6 46. Rxa7 Ng5 47. Kh2 Nge4 48. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Na6
9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b3 Rb8 (10... Qe8 11. Bb2 Nc7 {/\ ...b5}) (10... Nc7 11. a4 a6
12. b4 cxb4 13. Rxb4 Rb8 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 a5 17. Rb6 Na6 18.
Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Rf6 22. Bxe4 Qc7 23. f4 Qd7 24. Bf3
Rxe6 25. dxe6 Qd4+ 26. Kg2 $16 {Petrosian,T-Matulovic,M/Sarajevo 1972 1-0(40)})
11. Bb2 h6 12. Re1 Qe8 13. a3 g5 (13... Nc7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nd2 b5 16. Ncxe4
Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qf7) 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nd2 Ng4 (15... Qf7 16. Ncxe4
Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Kh1 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qxf2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7) 16. Ncxe4 Bxb2 17.
Rxb2 Ne5 18. Re3 Qg6 (18... b5) 19. Nf3 Ng4 (19... Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 b5 $132) 20.
Re1 Rf7 21. h3 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rbe2 Nc7 (23... g4 $5 24. hxg4 Bxg4) 24.
h4 b5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Qd2 Rg7 27. Qa5 Rb7 28. Nd2 bxc4 29. bxc4 Bg4 30. Re3
Rf7 (30... Rh7 $5) 31. Bf3 Bf5 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Qf5 34. g4 $6 Qf4 $6 (
34... Qxg4+ 35. Rg3 $16 Qh4 36. Nxg5 Rg7 37. Ne4 e5 $1 $10) 35. Qc3 $1 $14 Ne8
36. Rh3 Nf6 (36... Rh7 $14) 37. f3 Rg7 $4 (37... Rh7 38. Rxh7 Nxh7 $14) 38.
Nxf6+ exf6 (38... Qxf6 39. Qxf6 exf6 40. Re6 $16) 39. Re4 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Rgb7 41.
Rxf4 R7b2+ 42. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 43. Kg3 gxf4+ 44. Kxf4 Rb3 45. Kf5 Rxa3 46. Ke6 Ra6
47. f4 Kg7 48. f5 Rb6 49. g5 fxg5 50. f6+ Kg6 51. Rh8 Rb1 52. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kelly, Brian"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Be3 Na6 (9... h6 10. h4 (10. Qd2) 10... Na6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rae1 e5 (12...
c5 13. Bf4 {/\ e4}) (12... Bd7 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4) (12... Nc5 13.
Bxc5 dxc5 14. e4) (12... Qf7 13. Bd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5
17. Ne5 {Bareev}) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd4 Bxc4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Qc8 17. Bf3
Nb4 18. a3 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc6 $2 f4 $1 21. Ne7 fxe3 22. Qxe3 Qb7 23.
Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd3 c6 25. h5 Kh8 26. Qxg6 Rf6 27. Qd3 Nb6 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4
Nd7 30. Qc2 d5 {Yusupov,A-Bareev,E/Munich 1993 0-1(50)}) (9... Bd7 10. Qd2 Na6
11. Bh6 Nc5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Ncb5 Rf7 16. Rac1 Bc8
17. e3 Nfe4 18. Qe2 b6 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. b3 Kg8 21. Qb2 Qe5 22. a3 Ne6 23. f3
N4c5 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Ne6 28. Nb5 Ng5 29. Kf2 Re7
30. Rc2 Rae8 31. Qd4 Qg7 32. Rd3 Qh6 $1 33. h4 Ne6 34. Qa1 f4 $1 35. exf4 Nxf4
36. Rdd2 Nh3+ 37. Bxh3 Qe3+ 38. Kg2 Qxf3+ 39. Kh2 Re2+ 40. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 41. Rxe2
Qxe2+ 42. Kg1 $19 {Donnelly,M-Anderton,D/Corr MCCU chT 1993 0-1(57)}) 10. Qd2
Ng4 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Nd4 h6 13. h3 Ne5 14. Ncb5 Qd8 15. Bxh6 Nxc4 16. Qc1 Ne5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 Rf6 19. b3 Nf7 20. Nf3 e5 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. h4 c6 23. Qf4
Qf6 24. Rac1 Bd7 25. Rfd1 Rae8 26. Rc2 (26. Nd4) 26... Bc8 27. Nd2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Giessen op"]
[Site "Giessen"]
[Date "1993.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Kalinitschew,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4
Nc6 9. d5 Nd8 10. Nc3 e5 $146 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Qc2 (12. e3) 12... f4 13. Nd5
fxg3 14. hxg3 c6 $6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qd2 $6 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nc5
19. Rd4 Bf5 20. Qd2 (20. Nh4 Be4 21. f3 g5 $1) 20... Rae8 $1 21. Re1 {1.26-0.52
} (21. Re1 Be4 22. b4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Rd7 Qe5 26. Rxb7
Rxg3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. d5 a5
(8... Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. Qb3 $5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Rc8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Nxd4 $14 {Adianto,U-Kindermann,S/Biel/1995/1:0/39/}) (8... c5 $6 9.
Qc2 Na6 10. Bd2 h6 11. a3 Qf7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Qb1 $14 {Hodgson,
Y-Conguest,S/Hastings/1995/0:1/50/}) 9. Nd4 (9. Ne1 Na6 10. Nd3 e5 (10... Bd7
11. Re1 Qf7 12. Nf4 Rab8 13. Be3 h6 14. Ba7 Rbe8 15. Bd4 b6 16. e4 $14 {
Oll,L-Topalov,V/Groningen/1993/1:0/51/}) 11. dxe6 Qxe6 12. b3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4
14. Nf4 Qf5 15. Rb1 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1993/1:0/40/}) 9...
Na6 10. b3 {N/} (10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bh1 Qf7
15. Be3 Rae8 16. Qd2 b6 17. b3 Kh8 18. Rac1 $14 {Akopian,V-Vyzmanavin,A/
Novosibirsk/1993/1:0/61/}) 10... Bd7 11. Bb2 $6 (11. Rb1 $5 h6 $13 {/\g5})
11... g5 12. e3 Qg6 $13 13. f4 $2 (13. Qe2 $5 Nc5 14. Rad1 $13 a4 15. b4 a3 16.
Ba1) 13... Nc5 14. Qe2 a4 $5 15. Rab1 (15. b4 a3 16. Bc1 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18.
Qd3 c6 $1 $15) 15... axb3 16. axb3 Ng4 $5 17. h3 $2 (17. Nd1 {/\Nf2} gxf4 18.
exf4 $2 Ra2) (17. Rbd1 $5 gxf4 18. exf4 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nxb3 20. Rdd1 $44) 17...
Nf6 18. Qc2 gxf4 19. gxf4 Kh8 $17 20. Kh2 (20. Nde2 Rg8 $17) (20. Kh1 Rg8 $17)
20... Qh6 $1 21. Rbe1 (21. Nxf5 $2 Ng4+ $19) 21... Nfe4 $1 (21... Ng4+ 22. Kh1
Nxe3 $2 23. Rxe3 Bxd4 24. Rxe7 $13) 22. Nxe4 fxe4 {/\23...Nd3 24.Re2 Ra2} 23.
Ra1 Bf6 24. Ne2 (24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 Rg8 $17) 24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rg8 {
/\26...Rg2 27.Kg2 Qh3 (27...Qg7? 28.Kh2 Bb2 29.Ra8+-) 28.Kg1 Qe3-+} 26. Bxf6+
exf6 27. Rg1 Qh4 (27... Rxg2+ $6 28. Rxg2 (28. Kxg2 $2 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 Nd3+ $19)
28... Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 Qxe3+ 30. Kh2 $13) 28. Qc3 Nd3 $19 {/\Nf2; /\29...Rg2 30.
Rg2 Bh3-+} 29. Bf1 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 (30. Bg2 Rg3 $19) (30. Rg2 Rxg2+ 31. Bxg2 Kg7
32. Qd2 Ne1 $19) 30... Rxg1+ 31. Nxg1 Kg7 32. Bxd3 Qxe3 33. Qa5 exd3 34. Qxc7
Qe4+ 35. Kh2 Qxf4+ 36. Kg2 d2 $1 37. Qxd7+ Kh6 38. Qe8 Qg5+ 39. Kf2 d1=Q 40.
Nf3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Kindermann,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiseljak"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{ENTWICKLUNG EINER IDEE} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 {[%mdl 4] Obwohl ich die
Leningrader Variante der Holländischen Verteidigung nun schon seit vielen
Jahren anwende, hat sie ihren mysteriös-exotischen Reiz für mich nicht
verloren. Fast immer kommt es zu originellen und ungewöhnlichen
Stellungsbildern, meist werden die Pfade herkömmlicher Theorie schon in sehr
frühem Stadium verlassen. Konkretes Variantenwissen ist daher auch weniger
bedeutsam als Verständnis für die spezifischen strategischen Probleme. Darüber
hinaus gehört der Leningrader zu den ganz wenigen Eröffnungen, in denen es
noch möglich ist, schon nach wenigen Zügen prinzipielle (und vernünftige) neue
Ideen zu finden! Mein "persönlicher Rekord" besteht hier in einer Neuerung im
3.Zug! (Dies könnte das Thema eines anderen Beitrags sein). Hier möchte ich
eine andere Idee vorstellen, die meines Erachtens eine gute Antwort auf ein
gefährliches weisses Abspiel darstellt:} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3
Qe8 {Dieser originelle und starke Damenzug hat Anfang der Achtziger Jahre dem
Leningrader neue Impulse verliehen. Allgemein wird er Vladimir Malanjuk
zugeschrieben, wie mir jedoch mein Grazer Mannschaftskollege Alexander Chernin
verriet, war er es, der ursprünglich diesen Zug und die damit verbundenen
Grundideen Malanjuk zeigte... Die Dame unterstützt hier den thematischen
Vorstoß ...e5, schaut in vielen Abspielen zum Damenflügel, kann nach f7 ziehen
oder (nach ...g5) Ausflüge nach g6 oder h5 unternehmen. Mittlerweile hält
Schwarz offen, wohin er den Damenspringer entwickeln möchte, im Falle von
d4-d5 steht er auf a6 goldrichtig.} 8. Nd5 $5 {Eine sehr aggressive und
interessante Fortsetzung, Weiss führt eine radikale Veränderung der
Bauernstruktur herbei und tauscht den schwarzen Königsspringer.} (8. d5 Na6 (
8... a5)) 8... Nxd5 (8... Na6 $6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (9... Rxf6 10. Bg5) 10. Bh6) 9.
cxd5 {Als Kompensation für den Doppelbauern drückt der vordere d-Bauer nun auf
den wunden Punkt e6, Weiss hat Chancen auf der halboffenen c-Linie und die
Verteidigung des schwarzen Königsflügels ist durch den Springertausch
geschwächt. Wenig begeistert von der Position, die der Schwarze nach dem
traditionellen 9...Qb5 10.Ng5! (siehe unten) erhält, begann ich, nach neuen
Wegen Ausschau zu halten. Hier liegt das Hauptproblem darin, sich von
überlieferten Mustern zu befreien und einen frischen und unvoreingenommenen
Blick auf die Position zu werfen. Gespielt wurden hier bisher fast ausnahmslos
9...Qb5 und das etwas passive 9...c6. Wie könnte der Schwarze sonst noch seine
Figuren anordnen? Wie wäre es eigentlich mit Entwicklung?} Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 32768]
Je länger ich diesen eigentlich naheliegenden Zug studierte, desto besser
gefiel er mir: Der Springer findet auf b6 (oder f6) ein hervorragenes Feld,
von wo aus er auch Druck auf d5 ausübt. Die Schwäche auf c7 ist zunächst von
der Dame, später (nach ...Bd7) auch vom Turm bequem zu decken. In einigen
Abspielen mit dem Springer auf b6 ist auch ...e6 ein interessantes Motiv, um
nach weissem dxe mit ...d5! nebst ...c6 fortzufahren und ein eisenfestes
Zentrum zu errichten. Natürlich entzieht sich eine solche Position konkreter
Analyse, und so musste ich einige Zeit auf den ersten Test warten. Die
Gelegenheit kam in der letzten Runde des Europapokals in Neum, meine Grazer
Mannschaft musste unbedingt versuchen, hoch zu gewinnen, um sich ganz nach
vorne zu schieben. Mein Gegner war ein international relativ unbekannter
russischer Großmeister. Als ich nun vor wenigen Tagen auf die Idee kam, meine
Datenbank auf mögliche Nachfolger zu prüfen, war ich stolz, zwei prominente 
(und erfolgreiche!) Anhänger zu finden. Der sehr starke Ukrainer Onischuk ist
derzeit neben Michail Gurevich wohl der bedeutsamste "Leningrader", während
die vietnamesische Top-Damenspielerin Hoang eine besondere Expertin dieser
Verteidigung ist - hier gelingt ihr gar das Kunststück, den kaum zu
bezwingenden supersoliden Ungarn Lukacs zu schlagen!} (9... Qb5 {wird in (fast)
allen Theoriewerken als stärkste Antwort betrachtet. Natürlich ist der Zug
verlockend, verleiht er doch dem 7.schwarzen Zug besonderen Sinn! In den
letzten Jahren hat sich jedoch der früher seltsamerweise kaum beachtete
Springerausfall nach g5 als sehr gefährlich für den Nachziehenden erwiesen.}
10. Ng5 $1 {Nachfolgend einige Beispiele, die die Risiken für den
Nachziehenden gut demonstrieren:} (10. Ne1 {Dieser ältere Zug ist wesentlich
harmloser.}) 10... c6 (10... Qb6 11. Be3 a5 12. h4 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qd3 Rfc8
15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 c6 17. h5 Nc7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. d5 Qa6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21.
Rac1 Nxe6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qxd3 24. exd3 Nd4 25. Rc4 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 e6 27.
Bxc6 d5 28. Rc5 Bf8 29. Bxa8 Bxc5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Bxc5 f4 32. Kg2 g5 33. Kf3
Re8 34. b5 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Malaniuk,V/ Elista 1998 (34)}) (10... h6 11. Ne6 Bxe6
12. dxe6 d5 13. a4 Qc4 14. e3 $1 (14. Be3 {Nachfolgende Partie entmutigte (zu
Unrecht) die Anhänger von 8.Nd5 für einige Jahre.} c6 15. Qd2 Na6 16. Bxh6 Qb4
17. Qf4 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rf6 19. Qf4 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Nc7 21. Rc2 Kg7 22. e3 Nxe6 23.
Qf3 Rh8 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 Nxg5 26. Qf4 Rh5 27. Kf1 Qb3 28. Re2 Qd3 29. Rae1
Rfh6 30. g4 fxg4 31. Qxg4 Kf7 32. f3 Nh7 33. Qf4+ Nf6 34. Kg1 Rg6 35. Rf2 Rg7
36. b4 Qh7 37. Kf1 Rh2 {0-1 Stohl,I-Topalov,V/ Elenite 1992 (37)}) 14... c6 15.
Bd2 a5 16. Qb1 Rf6 17. b4 axb4 18. Rc1 Qa6 19. Qxb4 Rxe6 20. Rab1 Rd6 21. Qxb7
Qxb7 22. Rxb7 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. a5 Rd8 25. h4 h5 26. Bf1 Kf8 27. a6 Bd6 28.
a7 Nd7 29. Ba5 Nc5 30. Rxc5 {1-0 Sherbakov,R-Potapov,A/ St Petersburg 1998 (30)
}) (10... Na6 {zeigt eine meiner eigenen leidvollen Erfahrungen:} 11. h4 c6 12.
dxc6 bxc6 13. d5 $1 c5 14. h5 $1 {Hier liegt der Knackpunkt, die typische
Reaktion ...h6 funktioniert nicht mehr, so dass die unangenehme Öffnung der
h-Linie nicht mehr zu vermeiden ist.} c4 (14... h6 $2 15. Ne6) 15. hxg6 hxg6
16. Rb1 Nc7 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Nf4 Kf7 20. Bxa7 Ra8 21. Bd4 Be5 22. b3
c3 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Nd3 e4 25. Ne5+ Kg7 26. Qd4 Qxd5 27. Qxc3 Nb5 28. Qb2 Qd4
29. Rfd1 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Nc3 31. Rd7 Ba6 32. Bf1 Bb5 33. Rxe7+ Kf6 34. Rc7 Nxa2
35. Rc5 Rfb8 36. e3 Bxf1 37. Nd7+ Ke6 38. Nxb8 Bd3 39. Nc6 {1-0 Horvath,
C-Kindermann,S/ Budapest 1992 (39)}) (10... a5 11. h4 Na6 12. a3 c6 13. dxc6
bxc6 14. d5 Nc7 (14... c5 15. h5) 15. dxc6 a4 16. Be3 Ra6 17. Rc1 h6 18. Nh3
Qxb2 19. Nf4 Kh7 20. Qd3 Qb3 21. Rb1 Qxd3 22. Nxd3 e6 23. Bf4 Rd8 24. Nc5 Ra8
25. Nb7 Bxb7 26. cxb7 Rab8 27. Rfc1 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc8 {
1-0 Bacrot,E-Koch,J/ Franz.Liga Montpellier 2001 (30)}) 11. a4 (11. e4 fxe4 12.
Nxe4 Qb6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. h3 Bd7 16. a4 Qb4 17. Ng5 Rac8 18. Ra2 b6
19. Bd2 {- Yakovich,Y-Malaniuk,V/ Samara 1998 (19)}) 11... Qb6 12. a5 Qxd4 (
12... Qb5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Nc3 Qe8 16. Nxd5 Na6 17. Bg5 e6 18.
Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Be7 Rf7 21. Bxd6 Rd7 22. Ba3 Bxd4 23. Qg4 Qc4 24.
Kh1 Rad8 25. Rae1 Nc5 26. Rc1 Qb5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Qg5 b6 29. axb6 axb6 30.
Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Bc6 Qd3 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36.
Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qa8 Rd5 39. Rce1 h5 40. Qb7+ Kh6 41. Qa8 Kh7 42. Qb7+
Kh6 43. Kg2 Qf5 44. Qa8 Kh7 45. Qe8 h4 46. Qe4 h3+ 47. Kg1 Qd7 48. Re2 Rd4 49.
Qf3 Rd3 50. Qf6 Qg4 51. Qf7+ Kh6 52. Qf4+ Qxf4 53. gxf4 Rf3 54. Rc1 Bd4 55. Rd1
Bc5 56. b4 Bxb4 57. Re3 Rxf4 58. Rxh3+ Kg7 59. Kg2 Bc5 60. Rd7+ Kf6 61. Rf3
Rxf3 62. Kxf3 Ke6 63. Rd2 b5 64. Ke4 b4 65. f4 Be7 66. Rb2 Kf7 67. Ra2 Bf6 68.
Ra7+ Ke6 69. Ra6+ Kf7 70. Rb6 Bc3 71. Kf3 Kg7 72. Kg4 Kf7 73. Kg5 Bd2 74. h4 {
1-0 Yakovich,Y-Teran Alvarez,I/ Santo Antonio 1999 (74)}) 13. Qb3 c5 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nc6 16. Qxb7 Nb4 17. Qxe7 Rae8 18. Qd7 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qxe6 20. Qxd6
g5 21. Qxe6+ Rxe6 22. Be3 Bd4 23. Ra3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Kg7 25. Rc3 Re5 26. Rfc1
Rc8 27. Rc4 Na2 28. R1c2 Rb8 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxb2 31. Rxf5 h6 32. Rc5
Rxe2 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxa7 Nc3 35. a6 Nd1 36. Rh7 Nxe3 37. Bf3 Ra2 38. a7 Kg6
39. Be4+ Kh5 40. a8=Q {1-0 Wells,P-Tozer,R/ GBR 1999 (40)}) (9... c6 {ist wohl
spielbar, aber etwas passiv.}) 10. Qc2 (10. Ng5 {ist die plausible Alternative,
in allen Abspielen gibt es noch viel zu entdecken, alle Analysen stellen hier
lediglich Anregungen und Denkanstöße dar!} Nb6 (10... Nf6 $5) 11. h4 c6 $5 (
11... h6 12. Nh3 $1 (12. Ne6 $6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 d5) 12... e6 13. dxe6 d5 (13...
c6 $5 14. d5) 14. Bf4 $1 Qe7 15. Qc1) (11... e6 $5 12. dxe6 d5 13. Bf4 Qe7 $1
14. Qc2 (14. a4 $5) 14... c6 15. Qc5 $5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Na4) 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. d5
c5 14. a4 (14. h5 $5) 14... Nc4 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. b3 Ne5 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Ne6 Bxe6
19. dxe6 Qc8 20. Bd5 Qa6 21. Kg2 Ng4 22. Bg5 h6 23. f3 hxg5 24. fxg4 gxh4 25.
gxf5 gxf5 26. e4 fxe4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxe4 Qa5 29. Qd3 c4 30. bxc4 Qxa4 31.
gxh4 Qa2+ 32. Qc2 Qa3 33. Rb3 Qa1 34. Rb1 Qf6 35. Qe2 Qxh4 36. Rb3 Be5 37. Rh3
Qg5+ 38. Kh1 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qg5+ 40. Kh1 Rf4 41. Bh7+ Kg7 42. Bd3 Rg4 43. Qf1 Rf4
44. Qg2 Qxg2+ 45. Kxg2 a5 46. Rg3+ Kh6 47. Rg8 Rf6 48. Ra8 Bc3 49. Ra6 Bb4 50.
Be2 Rxe6 51. Bf3 Re5 {0-1 Lukacs,P-Hoang,T/ Budapest FSGM April 2001 (51)})
10... Qd8 $6 {Leider hatte ich nun meine schon geraume Zeit zurückliegenden
Analysen vergessen! Der Springerzug nach b6 (oder f6) ist wohl deutlich
genauer und war von mir ursprünglich auch vorgesehen gewesen!} (10... Nb6 11.
Ng5 (11. Qxc7 Nxd5 12. Qc4 {Diese Position beunruhigte mich während der Partie
aus mir heute schwer verständlichen Gründen.} e6 $5 {erscheint flexibler.} (
12... Qc6 13. Qb3 e6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Ng5 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Qb5 17. Qxb5 Bxb5 18.
Nxe6 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Bxe2 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Ne6 Bf6 23. Nc7 Rxe1+ 24.
Rxe1 Rc8 25. Ne8 Bxd4 26. Nxd6 Rc2 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Re7+ Kf6 29. Re6+ Kg5 30.
Nf7+ Kg4 31. Ne5+ Bxe5 32. h3+ Kxh3 33. Bg2+ Kg4 34. Rxe5 Rxb2 35. Re7 h5 36.
a4 h4 37. gxh4 Kxh4 38. Bf3 Kg5 39. Rc7 Kf4 40. Bd5 g5 41. Kg2 g4 42. Rg7 Be2 {
0-1 Krivoshey,S-Onischuk,A/ Bastia FRA 2000 (42)}) (12... e6 13. Bf4 b5 14. Qb3
Qd7 15. a4 b4 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Nb6 20. Rh4 Bd5 21.
Qd3 Qb7 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Qf3 24. Be3 Qf5 25. Qe2 Nd5 26. Bd2 Rac8 27. Ne1
Nf6 28. Rf4 Qd5 29. Ng2 e5 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Rf3 e4 32. Rf4 Rc2 33. Rd1 Rxb2
34. Ne3 Qa2 35. Nc4 Rc2 36. Ne3 Rc5 37. Ng4 Qxa4 38. Nxf6+ Bxf6 39. Rxe4 Rd5
40. Re1 Qb5 41. Qe3 Qd3 42. Qxd3 Rxd3 43. Bh6 Bg7 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. Ra1 b3 46.
Re7+ Rf7 47. g4 Rxe7 {0-1 Gustafsson,J-Hoang,T/ Budapest Elekes-Mem GM 2001 
(47) Eine starke positionelle Leistung der vietnamesischen Meisterspielerin!}))
11... h6 (11... Bxd4 12. Qxc7) (11... Qb5 12. Qxc7 Nxd5 13. Bxd5+ Qxd5 14. Qxe7
Qxd4) 12. Nh3 (12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 c6) 12... g5 13. f4 (13. Qxc7 f4) 13... g4
14. Nf2 Qf7 $1 15. Qxc7 Nxd5) (10... Nf6) 11. Ng5 Nb6 12. h4 $5 {Sehr
aggressiv gespielt, häufig fühlt sich der Anziehende im Leningrader zu einer
"strengen Strafexpedition" provoziert!} Bxd4 $1 {Diesen Bauern sollte Schwarz
schnappen!} 13. h5 Bf6 $1 (13... gxh5 14. Bf3) 14. Qd2 $2 {Stellt die
durchsichtige Drohung eines Springeropfers auf h7 auf. Hier und in der Folge
verliert Lugovoi den Faden - auch dies kein seltenes Phänomen, in den
seltsamen und verwirrenden Positionen des Leningraders scheinen auch starke
Spieler manchmal erstaunlich schlecht zu spielen!} ({Das konsequente} 14. hxg6
hxg6 15. e4 $1 {hatte ich erwartet.} e5 $1 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Bg7 $1 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 {mit unklarer Position.}) 14... gxh5 $1 {Nun kann auch
der zweite Bauer verteidigt werden - Eine goldene Regel des Leningraders
lautet : Keine Angst vor "hässlichen" Zügen!!} (14... Nc4 $2 15. Qf4 Ne5 16.
Nxh7 $1 {zeigt die weisse Idee.} Kxh7 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. hxg6) 15. Bf3 Qe8 16.
Qc2 $5 (16. Kg2 Nc4 17. Qf4 Ne5) 16... Bd7 $1 (16... Qg6 {funktioniert noch
nicht.} 17. Nh3 f4 18. Be4 $1) 17. Kg2 {...Aber...} (17. Qxc7 Qc8 {ist sehr
gut für Schwarz.}) 17... Qg6 $1 {... jetzt!} 18. Ne6 (18. Nh3 f4 $1 19. Be4 (
19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Nxf4 Kf7 21. Be4 Rg8 {mit solidem Mehrbauern}) 19... Bxh3+)
18... Bxe6 19. dxe6 c6 20. Rh1 h4 21. e4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Qg7 {Objektiv gesehen
verfügt Schwarz nun über großen Vorteil, die scharfe Stellung ist dennoch
nicht leicht zu spielen.} 23. Be3 $6 Nd5 24. Bd2 h6 $4 {Ein furchtbarer Zug in
leichter Zeitnot, der die Partie hätte kippen können. Der Partiezug soll den
Druck auf h7 abschütteln und so gelegentliches ...hxg ermöglichen, direkt nach
Ausführung des Zuges liefen mir jedoch eiskalte Schauer über den Ruecken, denn.
..} (24... Bd4 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5) (24... Be5 $1 25. Rh3 {missfiel mir
unerklärlicherweise.} (25. Rxh4 Rxf2+ {das hatte ich gesehen.}) 25... Rf6 26.
Rah1 Raf8 {und Schwarz gewinnt, z.B.} 27. Bxh7+ Qxh7 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxh4+
Kg6 30. Rg4+ Kf5) 25. Rad1 $4 {Geht an der großen Chance vorbei!} (25. Bg6 $1 {
hätte Weiss zumindest sehr gutes Spiel gegeben und die gedankenlose Schwächung
des Feldes g6 bestraft.} Kh8 26. Bf7) 25... Bd4 $1 {Jetzt ist die Welt wieder
in Ordnung, ich verbrauchte jedoch einen Teil meiner Restbedenkzeit, um mich
zu beruhigen.} 26. Bxh6 Ne3+ $1 {Der entscheidende Konter, wie so oft spielt
die f-Linie eine entscheidende Rolle.} (26... Nf4+ 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Rxd4) 27.
Bxe3 Bxe3 28. Rdf1 (28. Bh7+ {wäre objektiv besser gewesen, wenngleich das
entstehende Turmendspiel ziemlich schlecht für Weiss ist.} Qxh7 (28... Kh8 29.
Bf5 Bg5) 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. fxe3 Kg6 31. Rxh4 Kf5) (28. Bf5 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Rf8)
(28. Bf3 hxg3 29. fxe3 Rxf3) 28... Rxf2+ $1 {Das hatte Lugovoi wohl übersehen.}
29. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 30. Kf1 Bxf2 31. Bg6 (31. Qxf2 Rf8 32. Bh7+ Kg7) 31... Be3 (
31... Qf3 32. Be4) (31... Bd4 32. Qf5 Rf8 33. Bf7+ Kg7 34. Rh3) 32. Rh2 $2 {
Vereinfacht die schwarze Aufgabe.} (32. Bf7+ Kg7 33. Qc3+ Kh6 (33... Qe5)) (32.
Qf5 Qf4+) 32... Qg1+ {Somit liegt die neue Idee 9...Nd7! mit bisher 4:0 gut im
Rennen!} 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxb7 Rxc4 17. Qd3 Rc5 18. Na4 Rc7 19. Bc6 Qf7 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. Bxd5 e6 23. Bc6 Qf6 24. a4 d5 25. Rfc1 f4 26. g4 {White should have
played this position on; the threat is of course a5 etc.} (26. a5 fxg3 27. hxg3
Rf8 28. f3 Qg5 {...and Black has found counterplay.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik Notkin Speelman Fritz3} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. O-O
Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c5 11. dxc6 Bxc6 {An idea
of Gurevich,M} (11... bxc6 $142 {Is the normal move}) 12. Qb3 (12. b5 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 $6 (13. exf3 $142 $14 {Gurevich,M}) 13... Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bxc5 (15.
Na4 $6 {Notkin} Nce4 16. Qb3 Qf7 17. b6 a6 18. Rfc1 Rc6 $15 {Hertneck,G-Lutz,C/
Baden Baden/1992/1/2-1/2/57/}) 15... Rxc5 16. Bxb7 Rxc4 17. Bc6 Qf7 18. Rb3 Rc8
19. a4 Rd8 20. a5 d5 21. a6 e6 22. Bb7 Ne8 23. Na2 Nd6 24. Nb4 Qc7 25. Nc6 Re8
26. Nxa7 Nxb7 27. axb7 Qxb7 28. Nc6 Qb6 $17 {Gelfand,B-Gurevich,M Linares 1991.
}) 12... Ne4 (12... Kh8 $5 {Notkin} 13. Bb2 e5 14. e3 Rd8 15. a4 b6 16. Ba3 Ba8
$14 {Annakov,B-Reinderman,D/Buenos Aires/1993/0:1/43/} (16... Ba8 {Ftacnik} 17.
Rbd1 h6 18. Nb5 e4 19. Nfd4 Qe7 20. h3 h5 21. Ne2 Kh7 22. Rd2 $14 {Annakov,
B-Reinderman,D/WchJ-Buenos Aires/1992/0-1 (43)})) (12... h6 {Ftacnik} 13. c5+
Kh7 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. e3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2
Nc7 20. Rbc1 Ng4 21. h3 Ne5 22. Nd5 $14 {Lukacs,P-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest FS
JulGM (07)/1994/0.5 (37)}) 13. Bb2 Nxc3 $6 (13... Rc8 $142 {Ftacnik} 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rbc1 Rf6 {Lukacs,P-Beim,V/Budapest FS AprGM (06)/1994/0.
5 (16)}) 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. c5+ $5 {Born for 'creativity'.} (15. Qxc3 $5 {
With a small, but lasting advantage.} Rc8 $1 16. Rbc1 Rf6 17. a3 Kg7 18. Rfe1
Nb8 19. c5 Be4 20. Qe3 dxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 a6 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd7
25. Qc3 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Qc6+ 27. Kg1 Qd6 28. Qxd6 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Topalov,V/
Leon (3)/1993/1/2-1/2/}) 15... e6 (15... d5 $2 16. Qxc3 {Xe5, Xd4}) (15... Qf7
16. Qxc3 Bb5 (16... Qxa2 {Ftacnik} 17. Ra1 Qf7 18. Ng5 Qe8 19. Qb3+ $16) 17. a4
Bxa4 18. Ng5 Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bxb7 $18) (15... Rf7 {Notkin} 16. Qxc3 dxc5
(16... Be4 17. Ng5) 17. Ne5) 16. Qxc3 dxc5 $1 (16... Rd8 {Notkin} 17. cxd6 Rxd6
18. b5 Bxb5 19. Nd4 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rb7 Rf7 22. Rfb1 $16) 17. b5 $1 {
A purely intuitive sacrifice.} (17. bxc5 Rc8 $1 $15 {Xc5} (17... Be4 $1 {
Ftacnik} 18. Rbc1 Rc8 $13)) 17... Bxb5 18. Ne5 Rb8 (18... Bc6 $6 19. Bxc6 bxc6
20. Rb7 $1 $18 (20. Qc4 $16 {Notkin})) (18... Bxe2 {Ftacnik} 19. Rfe1 Bb5 20.
Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Nd7 $16) 19. Rfe1 b6 {Speelman: Even
though Black has an extra two pawns, he is under severe pressure in this
position. White's dark square domination, the bad knight on a6 and the vital
e4 break are clear compensation.} (19... Bc6 {Notkin} 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc4 Qc8
(21... Rb5 {Ftacnik} 22. a4 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Qc8 24. Rd1 $44) 22. Rxb8 Nxb8 23. e4
$16) 20. e4 Nc7 (20... fxe4 21. Ng4 $1 e5 22. Rxe4 $16) (20... f4 21. Ng4 e5 (
21... h5 {Ftacnik} 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. Qxf6 $16) 22. Nxe5 {/\Ng4 and Nh6+.}) (
20... Rd8 $5) (20... Ba4 $5) (20... Nb4 $1 {!? Notkin} 21. exf5 (21. a3 Nc6 22.
Rxb5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxb5 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. exf5 Qd7 $1) 21... gxf5 22. a3 (22.
Qd2 Qd8 $1) 22... Nd5 (22... Nc6 23. Rxb5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxb5 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 (
25... Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kg6 27. Qd6+ $18) 26. Bd5 Rbf8 27. Qxf5 Kg7 (27... Qb2 28.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Qg5#) 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31.
Re8 $18) 23. Qd2 $142 $1 (23. Bxd5 {Speelman} exd5 24. Qd2 Bc6 $5 (24... Rd8
25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Rxb5 Qxb5 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Qxd8+ Kg7 29. Re8 h6 30. Rg8+ Kh7
31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Qg8+ Kf6 33. Rxh6+ Ke7 34. Qg6 $40) 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qh6 $44)
23... Nf6 24. Qg5+ (24. Rbd1 $5) 24... Kh8 25. Qh6 Ba4 {><d1} 26. Rbc1 {
/\Rc1-c4-h4} Qh5 27. Qf4 $36) 21. exf5 gxf5 (21... exf5 {Ftacnik} 22. Ng4 fxg4
23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Qe5 Rf7 25. Bd5 $16) 22. Qe3 {Now it is hard for Black to an
active move, his pieces are disorganized..} a6 $6 (22... Qh5 23. Bf3 $1) (22...
Kh8 $142 23. Qh6 Ba4 (23... Rg8 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 (24... Nxb5 25. Bc6 $18) 25. Nf7#
) 24. Bf3 {/\ Bh5 and Ng6+ ->}) (22... Nd5 {Notkin} 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qg5+ Kh8
25. Nf3 Be2 26. Qd2 $16) (22... Qe7 23. Bc6 $1 f4 {Speelman} (23... Ba6 24. Nd7
$18) (23... a6 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Nc6 $18) 24. Qf3 Bxc6 25. Nxc6 Qg5 26. Nxb8
fxg3 27. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 28. hxg3 Rxb8 29. Rbd1 $16) (22... Ba4 $142 {Probably the
best defence, covering the square d1.} 23. Rbc1 $36 {This move I like best.
The idea is tocontinue with Rc1-c4-h4. Other interesting active ideas are 23.
h4!?. 23.Qf4!? and 23.Bf3.} Qe7 $6 24. Bc6 $1) 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Rbd1 Rg8 (24...
Nd5 25. Rxd5 $5 exd5 26. Bxd5 Rc8 {Notkin} (26... Rd8 27. Nf7+ $18) (26... Qd8
27. Ng6+ Kg7 28. Re7+ $18) (26... c4 27. h4 {/\h5,Ng6/}) 27. Nf7+ Qxf7 28. Bxf7
Rxf7 29. Re7 $16) (24... Rd8 $2 {Ftacnik} 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Nf7+ $18) (24...
Rc8 {Ftacnik} 25. Rd6 $16) 25. Qf4 $1 (25. Qf6+ {Ftacnik} Rg7 26. Rd6 Qe7)
25... Qe7 (25... Rg7 $142 26. Rd6 $36) 26. Bc6 $1 {Prosaic} (26. Rd6 $5 {
More beautiful} Qxd6 $2 27. Nf7+ $18) 26... Rg4 $2 {Looses by force.} (26...
Rbf8 {Ftacnik} 27. Rd7 $18) (26... Rbd8 27. Rxd8 (27. Bxb5 {Speelman} Rxd1 (
27... axb5 28. Nc6 Rxd1 29. Nxe7 Rxe1+ 30. Kg2 $18) 28. Rxd1 Nxb5 29. Rd7 Qf6
30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. Nh6+ $16) 27... Rxd8 28. Bxb5 {/\Nc6/} axb5 29. Nc6 Qd7 30.
Nxd8 Qxd8 $18) 27. Nxg4 Bxc6 28. Rd6 $1 (28. Ne5 Bd5 {Speelman: And Black has
some compensation thanks to the d5 square.}) 28... Be8 (28... Bd5 $2 29. Rxd5
Nxd5 30. Qxb8+ $18) (28... fxg4 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxc6 Rb7 30. Qxg4 $18) 29. Nh6 $6
$18 (29. Qxf5 $5) (29. Rdxe6 $142 $1 {I saw this variation, but I thought the
text move would win more directly.} Nxe6 30. Qe5+ $1 $18 (30. Qxb8 fxg4 31.
Qe5+ $18) 30... Qg7 31. Qxb8 Nc7 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Qxe8+ $18) 29... Rc8 $1 {
Prolonging resistance.} (29... Qg7 {Ftacnik} 30. Rdxe6 Nxe6 31. Qxb8 $18) 30.
Rxb6 (30. Rdxe6 $142 $1 {Fritz3} Nxe6 31. Qe5+ Qg7 32. Qxe6 Bd7 33. Nf7+ Kg8
34. Qxd7 $18) 30... Qg7 31. Rb7 Bc6 32. Ra7 Nd5 (32... Be4 {Ftacnik} 33. Qe5
Qxe5 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nxe5 $18) (32... Bd5 {Fritz3} 33. Rc1 c4 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35.
Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nxe5 $18) 33. Qe5 (33. Rxg7 {Ftacnik} Nxf4 34. Re7 Nh3+ 35. Kf1
Bb5+ 36. Kg2 Ng5 $16) 33... Qxe5 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nxe5 Bb5 (35... Nc3 $5 {
Fritz3} 36. Nxc6 (36. Rxa6 Ne2+ 37. Rxe2 Bb5 38. Rxe6 Bxe2 $18) 36... Rxc6 37.
Re7 $18) 36. a4 Bxa4 37. Rxa6 Bb5 (37... Bb3 38. Rxe6 c4 39. Nc6 $18) 38. Rxe6
c4 39. Rd6 Nb4 40. Rb6 Nc2 41. Rb1 $1 (41. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Na3 42. R1xb5 Nxb5 43.
Rxb5 c3 44. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT 9900"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. O-O (
8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 $6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+
(12. Ng5 Ke7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. f4 Bf6 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 $14) 12... Ke7 (
12... Ke8 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 $16 {/\ fe5, e4}) 13. Rd5 $36) 11. O-O-O Qe7 (
11... Nxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. c5 Bxb2+ 14. Qxb2 Qe7 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Qd4 $14)
12. c5 dxc5 13. Qe3 (13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd8+ Kf7 16. Qd5+ Qxd5 17.
Rxd5 $11) 13... Nxf3 14. Bxg7 (14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bh6 Nd4 $11)
14... Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 Rg8 16. Bf6 Kf7 $11) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 e6 $6 (9... Nxd2
$142 10. Qxd2 e5) 10. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 11. Ne1 d5 12. e3 $14 {/\ f3} Ne7 (12... Qg5
13. Qe2 Bd7 14. f3 $14) (12... a5 $5) 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Bd7 (14... Nf5 15.
Qe2 {/\ e4} (15. Qd3 c5 $5 $132) 15... Bh6 16. e4 (16. Bc1 Bg7 17. Ba3 $14)
16... Be3+ (16... Ne3 17. Bc1 dxe4 18. Bxe3 exf3 19. Rxf3 $16) 17. Kh1 dxe4 18.
Ne5 Bxd4 19. Rad1 c5 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxe4 $36) 15. Qe2 {/\ e4} Bc6 16. Ba3
Qd7 17. Rad1 (17. Bh3 Rf7 18. Ne5 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nf5 21. g4 Nh4
22. Qf2 g5 23. Qf6 dxc4 24. bxc4 (24. Qxg5+ $6 Ng6 25. bxc4 Qd3 $132 {/\ Qe4})
24... Ng6 $14 (24... Qd3 $2 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Bc5 Qe4 28. e6 Qh1+
29. Kf2 Qxh2+ 30. Ke1 $18)) 17... Rad8 (17... Rf7 18. Ne5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Bxe5
20. dxe5 Rf8 21. Qd3 $36) 18. g4 {>< Ne7} dxc4 $5 (18... Rf7 $6 19. Ne5 $36)
19. bxc4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 (20. Rxf3 $142 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 c6 (21... e5 22. d5 (22.
Qxb7 exd4 23. Qe4 $14) 22... Nc8 {/\ Qa4} 23. c5 Qa4 24. e4 $14) 22. Qe4 Nc8
$14 {/\ Nd6, /\ Nb6}) 20... c6 21. Bg2 e5 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1
Nc8 25. Qf3 (25. e4 $142 Nd6 26. g5 Rf8 27. h4 $36 {/\ Kh2, Bh3}) 25... Nd6 26.
Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Qxb7 Qc5 29. Kh1 Rf8 (29... Qxe3 30. Qe7 (30. d6 $2
Qd4) 30... Qb6 $14) 30. Rd1 $5 Rd8 $2 $138 (30... Qxe3 $1 31. d6 Qe2 $1 32. Qd5
Qxg4 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rd3 $13) 31. d6 Qxe3 32. Qe7 Qb6 33. g5 $16 Rf8 34. d7 Qd8
35. Qd6 Rf7 36. Qe6 Rf8 37. Rc1 $18 Qxg5 38. Rc8 h5 39. Qf7 $1 $138 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Na6 8. c4 c6
9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Kh8 $1 11. Rfe1 $5 (11. Rae1 b5 12. c5 $6 (12. Bc3) 12...
Nb4 13. Qb1 Nbd5 $132 {Obodchuk,A-Ryskin,A/Czenstohowa/1992/0:1/36/}) (11. Rad1
b5 12. a3 Nc7 13. Rfe1 a5 14. e4 a4 $1 $13 {Rotstein,A-Ryskin,A/Wisla/1992/})
11... b5 12. a3 bxc4 $2 (12... Nc7 $5 {/\a7-a5-a4/}) 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Bc3 $14
Qc8 15. e3 Nc7 16. Rab1 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 Ne6 18. h4 Nd8 19. Rc1 Nf7 20. Qb2 Qc7
21. Rb1 Bc8 22. Ne1 $1 $16 g5 (22... e5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Nd3 $16) 23. Nef3 h6
24. hxg5 hxg5 25. d5 $1 cxd5 26. cxd5 Kg8 27. Nd4 Ne5 28. Nc6 Nfg4 29. Bxe5 $1
Nxe5 30. Qb8 Qxb8 31. Rxb8 Nxc6 32. dxc6 $18 Bc3 33. Nf3 Ba6 $2 (33... g4 34.
Nd4) 34. c7 Bc8 35. Nxg5 Ba5 36. Bd5+ (36. Bb7 Bxb7 37. Rxb7 Bb6 38. Ne6 $18)
36... Kg7 37. Be6 Kg6 38. Bxc8 $2 (38. f4 $18) 38... Bxc7 39. Bxf5+ Rxf5 40.
Rb7 Bb6 41. Ne4 d5 42. Nd2 Kf6 43. Kg2 Rg5 $6 (43... Rh5) 44. e4 d4 45. Nc4 Rb5
46. Rd7 Bc5 $2 47. Rd5 $18 e6 48. Rh5 d3 49. a4 Rb1 50. Rxc5 Rc1 51. e5+ Ke7
52. Rc7+ Kd8 53. Rc6 Ke7 54. Rd6 Rxc4 55. Rxd3 Rxa4 56. f4 a5 57. Kh3 Ra1 58.
Kg4 a4 59. Kg5 Rb1 60. Rd4 Rb3 61. g4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. c4 Qc7
9. Nbd2 a5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Re8 12. Rfd1 e5 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc4
Qc7 16. Nfe5 Be6 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 f4 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. Qxa5 b6 21. Qd2 b5 22.
Na5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ne3 24. Qc3 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Nc5 27. Nxc6 Rac8 28.
Nd4 Na4 (28... Nxb3 29. Qe1 Nxd4 $19) 29. bxa4 $2 (29. Qd2 Nxb2 30. Qxb2 $17)
29... Rxc3 $19 30. Bxc3 bxa4 31. Nxe6 Qb3 32. Rc1 Qxa3 33. Bd2 Rxe6 34. Bxf4
Qb2 35. Bh3 Re7 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Bf1 Qb7 38. Rd8 a3 39. Bc4 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 9899"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Qe8 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bb2 Ne6 14. e3 Nd8 $5 {
This is an interesting idea in the Dutch Leningrad. Black wants to activate
himself in the [+] by e7-e5.} (14... Qf7 {Van der Sterren-Reinderman, NLD-ch
1996 CBM 48.}) 15. c5 $5 {White wants to fight against ><e5.} (15. Qe2 {
allows Black's activization.} Nf7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nd2 e4 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. b5 c5
20. Na5 $6 Qd8 {Now the N has to retreat.} 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. a4 Be6 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. cxd5 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qb2+ Nfe5 27. Qc3 Qd8 28. Na5 Qf6 $13 {
Beliavsky-Kindermann, Frankfurt rapid 1998}) (15. b5 Rb8 16. a4 a6 $1 17. Nd4 (
17. bxa6 Ra8) 17... cxb5 (17... axb5 18. cxb5 c5 19. Nde2 {/\ Ba1, b6}) 18.
cxb5 axb5 (18... e5 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxd6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $14) 19.
Ndxb5 (19. axb5 e5 (19... Nf7 20. Ba1 Ng5 21. h4 Nf7 22. Qe2 Ne5) 20. Nc6 Nxc6
21. bxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxd6 Bxg2) (19. Ncxb5 $5 Bc6) 19... Bc6 (19... Nc6 20. Nd5) (
19... Nf7 20. Ba1 Ng5 21. h4 Nf7 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. a5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd4
Qc4 26. Qxc4+ Nxc4 27. Ne6 Nxa5 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 $14 {Van der Sterren-Lutz, BL
1996}) 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5+ Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7
$11 {Van der Sterren-Dirr, Schlechter mem. 1996}) 15... d5 ({On} 15... dxc5 {
the main idea was the positional P sacrifice by} 16. Ne5 $1 cxb4 17. axb4 Rb8 (
17... Rc8 18. Qa4 $44) 18. Qa4 Rb7 (18... c5 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 (19... Qxd7 20. bxc5
) 20. b5 $44) 19. Rfd1 $44) 16. Ne5 Nf7 17. Ne2 Ne4 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Bxe5 Ne4
19. Qd4 $1 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Nd2 21. Bxd5+ $1 e6 22. Ba2 $16) 18. f4 $5 (18. Nxd7
Qxd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) (18. Nxf7 Rxf7 $1 {This is more precise than} (18...
Qxf7 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 (19... Kxg7 20. f3 Ng5 (20... Nf6 21. Qd4) 21. Qd4+ Qf6 22.
f4 $14 {controlling the dark squares.}) 20. f3 Ng5 (20... Nf6 21. Qd4 Rfe8 22.
Qe5 {invading the vital ><e5.}) 21. b5 $1 cxb5 22. f4 Ne4 (22... Nf7 23. Bxd5
Rad8 24. Qb3) 23. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 24. Qxd5+ e6 25. Qd6 $16) 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 $13 {
/\ e5}) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Ng5 21. Nf4 (21. b5 e6 $13) (21. Nd4
e6 $13) (21. Nc3 $5 {was an interesting alternative.} e6 22. a4 Qb8 23. Qd4 a6
$1 (23... Nf7 {allows a nice tactical breakthrough in the [+] :} 24. e4 $1 Qxe5
(24... fxe4 25. Nxe4 Qxe5 (25... dxe4 26. Qxd7 Qxe5 27. Qxc6 $16) (25... Nxe5
$2 26. Nf6+ $18) 26. Nf6+ Kh8 (26... Kg7 27. Qh4) 27. Qh4 $14) 25. Qxe5 Nxe5
26. exd5 exd5 27. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 28. Bxd5+ Kg7 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. b5 {with a
favourable _|_ for White, the phalanx looks rather dangerous.}) 24. e4 Nxe4 (
24... fxe4 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (25... Kxf8 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qxd7 Qxe5 28. Rf1+ Kg8
29. Qxc6 Rd8 30. h4 $1) 26. Nxe4 $16) 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $1 {The Q
has to keep an eye on P e5.} (26... Qxf8 27. Nxe4 $16) 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Qxd7
Qxe5 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Qxc6 Rd8 $132) 21... e6 22. Qd2 (22. Qd4 a5 $1 $132)
22... Nf7 23. Qc3 Qb8 24. Nd3 a5 $1 25. a4 axb4 26. Rxb4 Qc7 27. Ra1 Qa5 $1 {
blockading the o^.} (27... Rfb8 28. Rxb8+ Rxb8 29. a5) (27... Bc8 28. Rb6 $1
Ba6 29. Nb4 $16) 28. Qd4 Ra7 (28... Bc8 $6 29. Rb6 $1) 29. Rab1 $6 {Now White
goes astray.} ({The best was} 29. Rb6 $1 Rfa8 30. Nb4 Nd8 31. Bf1 $14) 29...
Bc8 30. Rb6 $6 ({Again} 30. Bf1 {was necessary.} Ba6 31. Nf4 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Re8)
30... Qxa4 31. Qxa4 Rxa4 32. Rxc6 Ra3 (32... Ba6 33. Nf4 $1) 33. Bf1 {[#]} Rxd3
$5 {This is an interesting exchange sac in order to activate the black N.} (
33... Ba6 {is inferior due to} 34. Nf4 $1) (33... Ng5 {is strongly met by} 34.
Rb8 Bd7 (34... Ba6 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Nf4) 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rc7) 34. Bxd3
Nxe5 35. Rc7 $1 Nxd3 36. Rb8 Ba6 37. Rb6 Bc8 (37... Ra8 38. Rxe6 Bc4 39. Ree7)
38. Rb8 {Both are satisfied with the repetition of moves, there is no more
chance to play for a win.} Ba6 39. Rb6 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bb2 {Some 15 years ago,
this variation cast serious doubt over the whole Qe8-system of the Leningrad
Dutch. White enjoys a natural development and the positional threat c5,
weakening the dark squares in Black's camp, is quite unpleasant. Black's
coordination is far from perfect yet (for instance, the c7-knight could dream
for a better square) and the c6- and a7-pawns require permanent care. However,
the huge mass of central pawns should not be underestimated. Even if it is not
easy to advance, it certainly offers Black some stability, allowing him to
prepare his kingside operations with relative comfort.} Rb8 {[%csl Yb2][%cal
Rb8b2,Ga7a5] One of the numerous moves that have been tried here. By placing
the rook on the b-file, Black intends to inhibit the thematic break c5 (at
least for a while).} (13... Ne6) (13... Rd8) 14. Ba1 (14. c5 $5 {is in fact
playable.} dxc5 15. bxc5 Ng4 (15... Ne4 $5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd4 e3 18. fxe3
Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 e5 20. Nc2 Ne6 $132 {[%csl Yb2,Yc2,Gc5]}) 16. Ba1 Rxb1 17. Qxb1
e5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Rd1 e4 20. Ng5 Ne6 21. Qa2 Nf7 22. Rxd7 $1 Nexg5 23. Rxa7 Ne6
24. Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V (2600)-Malaniuk,V (2635)/Groningen 1993/CBM 039.
The decision to agree to a draw is a bit premature; there is plenty of play
left. Black has certain compensation for the pawn, in view of his advantage of
space in the centre, the perfect regroupment of his pieces and the passivity
of the g2-bishop, but White has no weaknesses and seems to be able to keep
things under control.}) ({The slightly extravagant} 14. Qa4 $5 Ne6 $1 $146 {
[%cal Gg6g5,Ge8h5] was covered in the notes to 1-0 Fridman,D (2572)-Berg,E 
(2527)/Bermuda 2003/CBM 094/[Roiz,M] (34)}) 14... a5 {By undermining the
b4-pawn (and, indirectly, the b5-square) Black takes further preventive
measures against the positional threat c5.} (14... h6 $6 {is too slow.} 15. c5
dxc5 (15... d5 16. Ne5 Ng4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. e4 e6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Ne2 Bxa1
21. Rxa1 Ne6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Nf6 24. Rfe1 $14 {Arbakov,V (2430)-Caspers,
C/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1993/EXT 2001 (1-0, 32)}) 16. bxc5 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 e5 18.
Qb7 $14 Nfd5 $6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxd7 $16 {
De Boer,G (2420)-Riemens,A/Enschede 1991/EXT 97 (1-0, 35)}) (14... Ng4 $5 {
is the start of an interesting regroupment.} 15. e3 (15. c5 d5 {and the
e5-square is not easy to conquer.}) 15... Nh6 16. Ng5 Bf6 17. h4 Nf7 18. Nxf7
Qxf7 19. Rc1 Be6 (19... Rfc8 $5 {[%cal Yd7e6]}) 20. Qa4 Bxc4 21. Rfe1 Nd5 (
21... d5 22. Qxc6 Rfc8 $11) 22. Qxc6 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Rbc8 24. Qb7 Bxc3 25. Rxc3
Ba6 $6 (25... e6 26. Rec1 d5 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7) 26. Qxa6 Rxc3 27. Qxa7 e6 28. Qa6
d5 29. a4 $44 {Cvitan,O (2570)-Galdunts,S (2420)/Bad Woerishofen 1994/CBM 039
ext (1-0, 44). Black did not manage to stop the passed pawns in adequate way.})
({SInce Black's worst placed piece is the c7-knight, it certainly makes sense
to initiate a long manoeuvre, aiming to find a more suitable square. At least
this is what Dao believed.} 14... Ne6 15. e3 Nd8 (15... h6 {is not very useful
yet for Black's plan.} 16. Nd4 Nd8 17. Nb3 a6 18. Qe2 e5 19. e4 f4 20. c5 dxc5
21. Nxc5 Ne6 22. N3a4 Ng5 {Priehoda,V (2400)-Dao Thien Hai (2480)/Hungary 1995/
EXT 97 (0-1, 53)}) 16. c5 d5 17. Ne2 Nf7 {[%cal Ye7e5] Black has completed his
regroupment without making any major concession.} 18. Ne5 Ng4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b5 cxb5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 e5 24. Rfc1 Nf6 $11 {Vakhidov,T 
(2505)-Dao Thien Hai (2550)/Calcutta 2000/CBM 074 ext (0-1, 58). and Black had
a stable position.}) 15. Na4 (15. c5 {is supposedly less efficient now because
after ...d5 followed by the exchange on b4, Black has the excellent b5-square
at his dipsosal.} d5 (15... axb4 16. axb4 dxc5 17. bxc5 Ne6 18. Na4 $14) 16.
Ne5 axb4 17. axb4 e6 (17... Bc8 {[%cal Yc8a6,Ya6b5]} 18. b5 $1 $14 {[%csl Yd5]}
) (17... Ng4 $5 18. Nxg4 fxg4 $132 {[%cal Ye7e5,Yd5d4,Yc7b5]} 19. b5 $6 Nxb5
20. Nxb5 Bxa1 $1 21. Rxa1 Rxb5 $15) 18. Na4 Na8 (18... Qe7 19. Nb6 Be8 {
[%cal Yc7b5]}) 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Qc1 Rb7 (20... Qe7 {[%cal Ya8c7,Yc7b5,Yd7e8]})
21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qb2 Qe7 23. f3 exf3 24. exf3 Nc7 25. Qe2 Nb5 26. Bb2 Rf5 27.
f4 Be8 $14 {/=  Beliavsky,A (2679)-Prakken,G (2265)/Copenhagen 2004/CBM 101
ext (1/2-1/2, 60) Only White can be better here, because of the chronic
passivity of the black light-squared bishop, but Black's position is quite
solid.}) 15... axb4 16. axb4 c5 $5 $146 {Black prevents the planned c4-c5 in
radical way, getting rid of his relative weakness on c6. The price to pay is
quite high, though: White will have a strong passed pawn.} (16... Ne4 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 $14 {Hole,O (2336)-Ferkingstad,S (2239)/Gausdal NOR
2005/TWIC 570 (1-0, 49)}) 17. b5 h6 {The regroupment initiated with this move
looks a bit slow.} (17... Ne6 $5 18. Qd3 (18. e3 g5 $132) 18... f4 19. Nc3 g5
$132) 18. Qd3 Kh7 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Bc3 {[%cal Yc3a5]} f4 $5 {Piket,J (2540)
-Gurevich,M (2640) WchT 2nd Luzern 1989 0-1 A typical pawn sacrifice. Gurevich
successfully carried it out in an older game of his,} 21. gxf4 (21. Ba5 Bf5 {
[%cal Yc7e6]}) 21... Bf5 22. Ne4 ({In this type of situations,} 22. e4 {
is supposed to be avoided, because it weakens the f4-square in chronic way.
Here is a possible continuation:} Bd7 23. f5 Rg8 (23... gxf5 24. e5 $1) 24.
Rfe1 Nh5 $44 {and White cannot stabilise the situation easily.}) 22... Ne6 {
Gurevich concentrates his pieces on the kingside in order to start a massive
attack there.} (22... d5 23. cxd5 Ncxd5 {[%csl Ga4,Yb5,Yf4][%cal Rf5b1] would
be a quicker way to put all Black's pieces to work, leaving White slightly
uncoordinated.}) 23. e3 Nh5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nac3 g5 {Without this new pawn
sacrifice, aimed at opening the g-file, Black cannot develop his initiative.}
26. fxg5 Qg6 27. Nd5 {White tries to calm down the position even if this would
mean returning the extra-material.} ({In the event of} 27. gxh6+ Kxh6 28. f4
Rg8 29. Rb2 Ra8 {there would be no clear black threat yet, but White would
find himself under permanent pressure.}) 27... Nxg5 28. Qc3+ e5 $1 (28... Kh7
29. Nxg5+ Qxg5 30. f4 $16) 29. Nxg5 (29. Ne7 $2 Nxe4 $1 30. Qd3 Ng5 $15) 29...
Bxb1 30. Ne6+ Qxe6 31. Rxb1 {Strategically, White has a very enjoyable
position. He has excellent control on light squeares and his b-pawn is very
dangerous. However, his king is not too safe...} Rxf2 $1 $11 32. Kxf2 Qf5+ 33.
Bf3 Qxb1 34. Bxh5 Rf8+ (34... Qh1 35. Bf3 (35. Nf4 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 (36. Ke1 Ra8
$19) 36... Rf8 $40) 35... Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Ra8 $44 {The most probable outcome is
a draw by perpetual.}) 35. Bf3 Qh1 36. e4 (36. Nf4 $5) 36... Qxh2+ 37. Ke1 Qg3+
38. Ke2 Qh2+ 39. Ke1 Qg3+ 40. Ke2 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Na6 9. b3 {A natural, but rare and not too ambitious move.} (9. d5 {This is
active, but maybe a bit too committal to really bother Black.} e5 {This is
quite rare, but not refuted yet.} (9... Qe8 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 (11. dxc6 bxc6
12. b4 Nc7 13. b5 Ne6 14. Ng5 Nc5 {1/2 Barsov,A (2465)-Cherniaev,A (2455)/Wijk
aan Zee 1997/EXT 2002}) 11... Rc8 12. Nd4 Qf7 {Damljanovic,B (2555)-Vasiukov,E
(2515)/Vrsac 1989/CBM 015/[ChessBase] (0-1, 36)}) (9... Bd7 10. b3 (10. Be3 Qe8
11. Qb3 Ng4 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 {Karpov,A (2770)-Nikolic,P (2645)/Monte
Carlo 1996/CBM 052 ext (1/2, 28)}) 10... Nc5 11. Bb2 a5 (11... Rc8 {1/2
Ehlvest,J (2660)-Onischuk,A (2605)/Biel 1996/CBM 055/[Johnson,M] (45)}) 12. Nd4
Qe8 {Ehlvest,J (2660)-Nikolic,P (2645)/Yerevan 1996/CBM 053/[Johnson,M] (1/2,
32)}) 10. dxe6 {This seems to be fine for Black.} ({The untested} 10. dxc6 bxc6
11. b4 {deserves attention.}) 10... Bxe6 11. b3 {This position is usually
reached by a different move order.} Qe7 12. Ng5 Bd7 (12... Nc5 13. Qc2 Rad8 14.
Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Bb2 Rfe8 $11 {Burmakin,V (2550)-Beim,V (2535)/Schwarzach 1997/
EXT 1999 (1-0, 64)}) 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Nh3 Nc5 15. e3 Be6 16. Ng5 Bc8 $11 {
Gomez Esteban,J (2450)-Anguix Garrido,J (2340)/Spain 1993/TD (1/2, 65)}) (9. b4
{looks like the critical move to me.} Ne4 (9... Bd7 10. b5 Nc7 11. a4 (11. bxc6
bxc6 12. c5 {Atalik,S (2584)-Nikolic,P (2631)/Valjevo 2007/CBM 119/[Atalik,S] 
(1-0, 53)}) 11... Rc8 12. Qb3 Ne6 13. Rd1 Kh8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. d5
$5 {Shimanov,A (2639)-Bartel,M (2619)/Legnica 2013/CBM 155 (1-0, 33)}) (9...
Nc7 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Rd1 Be6 12. b5 Nxb5 13. Ng5 Bg8 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Qxb5 h6
16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Nd2 b6 $11 {Girya,O (2437)-Muzychuk,A (2594)/Belgrade 2013/CBM
155 Extra (1/2, 60)}) 10. Nxe4 (10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 {Alterman,B (2595)
-Nikolic,P (2655)/Pula 1997/CBM 057 ext/[Alterman,B] (1-0, 30)}) 10... fxe4 11.
Nd2 (11. Ng5 {Porfiriadis,S (2340)-Onischuk,A (2625)/Heraklio 1997/CBM 062/
[Tyomkin,D] (0-1, 39)}) 11... d5 12. b5 {Beliavsky,A (2620)-Nikolic,P (2670)/
Polanica Zdroj 1996/CBM 055/[Beliavsky] (1-0, 38)}) 9... Ne4 $146 (9... Qe8 10.
d5 {was played in Barsov,A (2465)-Cherniaev,A (2455)/Wijk aan Zee 1997/EXT
2002, inserted above by transposition.}) 10. Bb2 ({With the pawn on b3 
(meaning that b4-b5 is only a remote threat),} 10. Nxe4 fxe4 {is not dangerous
for Black:} 11. Ng5 (11. Nd2 d5) 11... d5) 10... Qa5 {A double edged
continuation. The early queen development risks backfireing at any moment.} (
10... Nac5 $5 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Ba1 Qc7 14. Rfd1 (14. Ne1 {does
not really threaten to win a pawn on e4 in view of ...Bf5, winning the
exchange. So Black may continue with his plan:} e5) 14... e5 15. c5 $5 exd4 16.
cxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd4 Qe7 {Black does not seem to have big problems.}) 11. Qe1 $1
(11. Qc1 $5 {would parry} Nb4 $2 {in view of} 12. a3 $16 {But maybe it makes
no sense to parry it at all? See below.}) 11... Nb4 $6 (11... Bd7 12. Nxe4 Qxe1
13. Nxe1 $1 fxe4 14. Bxe4 $16) (11... Nf6 $5 {looks safest, even though this
was not what Black intended in the first place.}) 12. Nxe4 $6 (12. a3 $2 Nc2
$17) (12. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga2a3] would have left Black's pieces misplaced.} b5 (
12... c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Nd3 $36) 13. a3 bxa4 14.
axb4 Qb6 (14... Qa6 15. Ra1 $16) 15. bxa4 $16) 12... fxe4 13. Nh4 g5 $5 (13...
Qb6 {[%cal Gb4a2,Gg6g5,Gb4c2,Gc2d4]}) 14. Ng6 {This offers Black easy play.} ({
The critical continuation was} 14. a3 gxh4 15. Bxe4 (15. axb4 Qf5 $11) 15...
Qh5 16. axb4 {White has won a pawn, but Black's attack should not be
underestimated.} Bh3 17. Bg2 hxg3 18. hxg3 (18. fxg3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxf1 20.
Qxf1 Qg6 $44) 18... Rf6 19. f4 Rh6 20. Qf2 Bg4 21. Rfe1 e5 $44) 14... hxg6 15.
a3 Qb6 16. Qxb4 Bxd4 17. Qxb6 Bxb6 18. Bxe4 Bf5 $1 {Black improves his pawn
structure by force.} 19. Bxf5 (19. Bd3 Bh3 20. Bxg6 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 {would be a
promising positional sacrifice if it was not for} Rxf2 $1 22. Rxf2 Rf8 $19)
19... gxf5 $15 {Black has achieved a dream position, with a compact mass of
pawns and soon some space advantage in the centre.} 20. Kg2 e5 21. b4 Kf7 22.
Bc1 g4 23. c5 Bc7 24. cxd6 Bxd6 25. Rh1 Rh8 26. h3 gxh3+ 27. Rxh3 Rxh3 28. Kxh3
b5 29. Be3 (29. Bd2 a5 30. Rc1 {looks more to the point, even though} Rc8 {
keeps some tension.} (30... axb4 31. Bxb4 $1 $11)) 29... a5 30. Rd1 $6 {
This offers Black a tempo for centralising.} (30. Rc1 axb4 31. axb4 Ra6 32. Bc5
Ke6 33. Bxd6 Kxd6 34. Kh4 Ra2 35. f4 Rxe2 36. Kg5 $132) 30... Ke7 31. Rc1 axb4
32. axb4 Ra6 33. Bc5 Ra2 34. Bb6 (34. e4 fxe4 35. Be3 {would have been a
better chance.}) 34... Rxe2 35. Rxc6 Bxb4 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Kd7 38. Rc1 Bd6
{Despite the reduced material, White faces an unpleasant defence.} 39. Kf3 (39.
Kf5 {looks more active, preventing ...Ke6.}) 39... Rb2 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Bc5 $2 {
White gives up the chance of reaching a R vs R + B ending.} Bxc5 42. Rxc5 Rb4+
43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Rc8 Rd4+ 45. Kc3 Rf4 46. Rd8+ Kc5 47. Rd2 {Passive, but what
else?} (47. Rc8+ Kd5 48. Rb8 Rf3+ 49. Kd2 Rxf2+ 50. Ke3 Rb2 $19) 47... Rf3+ 48.
Kb2 e4 49. Kc2 Kc4 50. Re2 Kd4 51. Kb2 b4 52. Rc2 Rd3 53. Re2 Ke5 54. Kc1 Kf4
55. Ra2 Kf3 56. Ra4 Rd4 57. Ra2 b3 58. Ra3 Kxf2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 h6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Nd4 c5 (13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Nxa2 15. Re3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Na6 17. Ne6 Bxb2 18. Nxf8 Ba3 19. Ne6 Bb4 20. Qc1 Bxe1
21. Qxe1 Bd7 22. b4 c6 $15) 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. e3 Bd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rf1 Bf5
18. g4 Bd7 19. Bxe4 Kh7 20. h3 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 {Das Remis ist ein
merkwürdiger Entschluß; 22...bxc6 23.f4 ist doch leicht +/-, oder?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:19:35"]
[BlackClock "0:08:55"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. b4
{[%emt 0:06:15] A less usual move. Instead of the vastly popular 8.d5,
hindering Black's stock move ...e5, White allows this advance and aims for a
quick initiative on the queenside.} e5 {[%emt 0:13:17]} ({Relevant:} 8... h6 9.
Bb2 c6 10. d5 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 Na6 14. Qb3 c5 15. b5 Nb4
16. Bb2 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ba3 Qf7 19. Nd2 d5 20. cxd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
22. Bxc5 Nc3 23. Qa3 Rd8 24. Nf3 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Nc3 26. Qb4 Bc4 27. Re1 Ne4 28.
Qa5 Qd5 29. Bb6 Bc3 30. Qa7 Bxe1 31. Nxe1 Qd1 {0-1 (31) Gomez,J (2534)-Zhang,Z
(2600) Ho Chi Minh City 2014}) (8... c6) 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} dxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Ba3 $146 {[%emt 0:03:41]} (10. b5 e4 11. Nd4 Qf7 12. Qb3 c5
13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. Bc5 Nd7
19. Be3 Nb6 20. Qa6 Bxc4 21. Qa5 Nd5 22. Rfd1 Re8 23. Bd4 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Bxe2
25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Rd2 Bd3 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Qc7 29. Qa4 e3 30. Rdc2 exf2
31. Kxf2 Re6 32. Kg2 Qd7 33. Qb3 Qf7 34. Qd3 Qe7 35. Qb3 Kf8 36. Qf3 c5 37. g4
Re3 38. Qf4 Re4 39. Qh6+ Kg8 {Nguyen,N (2567)-Zhang,Z (2649) Beijing 2008 0-1})
10... e4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 11. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:14:48]} 12. Qb3
{[%emt 0:13:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:11:50]} 13. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:07:27]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:41]} 14. b5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
Be6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 16. Rad1 {[%emt 0:07:56] Getting the rook out of the pin
along the h8-a1 diagonal and threatening to take twice on e4.} a6 $1 {[%emt 0:
07:48] Black has a very small initiative, based on the somewhat awkward
position of the Ba3.} 17. bxa6 {[%emt 0:08:05]} (17. fxe4 axb5 18. Nxb5 Nxe4
$15) 17... Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 18. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:13:59]
} 19. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 20. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:23]}
Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:03:52]} 21. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b5 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:07:50]
Black has successfully solved all his opening difficulties and has a fine
position: the c4-pawn is pinned and the Ba3 still is insecurely placed. Black
is set to regain the pawn and keep the initiative.} 22. Qe3 {[%emt 0:20:04]}
bxc4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (22... Bxc4 $2 23. Bd5+ Re6 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Qxe6+
Bxe6 26. Rc1 $16) ({The move to play is} 22... Qd7 $1 {threatening ...Bd4} 23.
Qf3 Bxc4 24. Bb2 Qd6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Bc2 Qc5+ 28. Rf2 Rxa2 29.
Bd3 Ra6 30. Bxc4+ Qxc4 31. Qf3 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. e4 Qe8 34. Qb3+ Qe6 35.
Qxb5 Qxe4+ 36. Kh3 Qe6+ 37. Kg2 Qc6+ 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 {and White must struggle to
get a draw..}) 23. Bc5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qc8 $2 {[%emt 0:09:21] Too passive.
} (23... c6 $11 24. Rd1 Rxa2 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Qf4+ Bf5 28. Qxc4+
Be6 29. Qf4+ Bf5 30. Qc4+ $11) 24. h4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} h6 $4 {[%emt 0:09:52] A
strange move to make for a player of Svidler's calibre. Surely he did not miss
25.Bxg6 Bh3 26.Bf7+?} (24... Qd7 $1 25. Rb1 Kh8 26. Rb8+ Bg8 27. Qf3 Re6 28.
Bd5 Re8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Bxg8 Qxg8 31. a4 h5 32. a5 c3 {and the passed pawn
gives Black enough counterplay.}) 25. Bxg6 $16 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:
00:44]} 26. h5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Bd4 {[%emt 0:09:42]
} (27. Rd1 $1 $18) 27... Re6 {[%emt 0:04:08]} (27... Be6 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. a4
Rd6 30. a5 c3 31. Rc1 Bf7 32. Bxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxc3 Qxh5 34. a6 Rd8 35. Qf6 Rd6
36. Qxd6 $1 cxd6 37. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 38. a7 Qxe2 39. a8=Q $18) 28. Bf7+ {[%emt 0:
01:48]} Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 29. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
30. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Rg5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:01:44]}
(31. Rg5 hxg5 32. Bxe3 g4 33. a4 c3 34. a5 Bb7 35. h6 Kg8 36. Bf4 c2 37. Kf2
$18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. a3 (9. c4 Na6 10. e3 Bd7 11. Ne1 e5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Ba3 Bxe5 14. Rc1 Nb4
15. h3 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Bxg3 17. Rf3 Be5 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Rc2 c5 $11 20. Nd3 Bc6
21. Rf2 Bg3 22. Re2 Qe7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qf1 $14 Bh4 25. Qg2 Bg5 26. Kh1 (26.
e4) 26... Rae8 27. Nf1 Qe4 28. Nf2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bf6 30. e4 f4 31. Nh2 Bd4 32.
Rcd2 Re6 33. Rd3 d5 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. e5 Rd8 (35... Rxe5 $17) 36. Nf3 $18 Bc3
37. Ne4 {1-0 (37) Erdos,V (2650)-Cheparinov,I (2687) Bol 2013}) 9... Na6 10. c4
Qc7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bc3 ({Relevant:} 12. Rfd1 e5 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. Nfe5 Be6 $11 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 f4 $5 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. Qxa5 b6 21.
Qd2 b5 22. Na5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ne3 24. Qc3 $6 (24. Rdc1 $11) 24... Nxd1 25. Rxd1
Qb6+ (25... b4 $1 $17) 26. Kh1 Nc5 27. Nxc6 Rac8 28. Nd4 Na4 (28... Nxb3 $17)
29. bxa4 Rxc3 $19 {0-1 (39) Laznicka,V (2693)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2716) Havana
2012}) (12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 e5 17.
dxe5 Qb6 18. Qc2 dxe5 $11 {½-½ (90) Grischuk,A (2760)-Nakamura,H (2729)
Moscow 2010 CBM 139 [Mueller,Karsten]}) 12... e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qb2 Ng4 $146
({Predecessor (2):} 14... Nh5 15. b4 $2 (15. e4 $11) 15... e4 16. Ne1 Rd8 $15
17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Be6 $17 {0-1 (40) Solomon,K (2371)-Le,Q (2723) Baku 2016}
) 15. h3 Nh6 16. b4 e4 {As a general rule, if Black can play this move, his
problems - if any - are over.} 17. Bxg7 (17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Qxg7+
Kxg7 20. f3 exf3 21. exf3 Nc7 22. f4 Re2 23. Rae1 $1 $11) 17... Qxg7 18. Qxg7+
Kxg7 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. e3 Nf7 21. Rfb1 {This looks like the normal preparation
of a move like Bf1, though White appears to have other plans. Taking on a5,
however, was the simplest way to keep the balance.} (21. bxa5 $1 c5 22. N4b3
Be6 23. f3 exf3 24. Rxf3 Ne5 25. Rf4 $11 g5 26. Rf2 Nd3 (26... Nxc4 $6 27. Nxc4
Bxc4 28. Rb2 $1 Bf7 29. Rc1 $16) 27. Rff1 $11) 21... Ne5 22. g4 $6 {This is
too impulsive. White will later regret the weakening of her kingside.} ({
The consistent} 22. Bf1 {is preferable} Nc7 23. N2b3 a4 24. f4 $5 exf3 25. Nd2
Ne8 26. N2xf3 Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Nf6 28. Nd4 Re8 29. Re1 Be6 30. Bd3 Bf7 31. Kf2
Re7 $15 {with an edge for Black and a lot of hard work ahead if he is to win
this.}) 22... Nc7 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Bf1 (24. c5 Kf6 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. N2b3 a4 27.
Nxe6 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Bxe6 $19) 24... Kf6 25. f4 {Logically foowing up (22.g4). At
least White is consistent now. It's hard to sit still, as Black will otherwise
quickly improve his position.} (25. Kh2 Ne6 26. bxa5 Nxd4 27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Nb3
Rd8 29. Rb2 Be6 $17) 25... Ng6 26. bxa5 Nxf4 $1 $17 {The difference with axb4
at move 21 is that now Black can take on f4 since the Nd4 is hanging.} 27. N2b3
Nfe6 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Rd1 Bd7 {Finally developing the idle black-squared
bishop.} 30. Rd6 Ke7 31. c5 $2 {This must be the losing move. White overlooks
a 'Zwischenschach' (an intermediate check) in what is to follow.} ({After} 31.
Rad1 $15 c5 32. h4 Bc6 (32... Ba4 $6 33. Rxe6+ $5 Kxe6 34. Nxc5+ Ke7 35. Rxd8
Kxd8 36. Nxa4 Rxa5 37. Nb6 Rxa3 38. Bh3 f4 39. Nd5 fxe3 40. Bg4 Ra1+ 41. Kg2
Re1 $15)) 31... Nxc5 $1 32. Nxc5 Rg8+ $1 {The simple point. Black remains the
exchange up.} (32... Kxd6 $2 33. Nxb7+ Kc7 34. Nxd8 Kxd8 35. a6 Bc8 36. Kf2
Bxa6 37. Bxa6 Rxa6 38. Kg3 $11) 33. Kf2 Kxd6 $19 34. Nxb7+ Kc7 35. a6 Be6 36.
Be2 Bd5 37. Rb1 f4 $1 38. Na5 (38. exf4 e3+ 39. Kxe3 Rae8+ 40. Kd4 Re4+ 41. Kc5
Rg3 42. Rc1 Rxe2 $19) 38... Rab8 39. Rxb8 fxe3+ {Another intermediate check.
Black neatly finishes the job.} 40. Kxe3 Kxb8 41. Bg4 {White forgets to resign.
} Ka7 42. Nb7 Kxa6 43. Nc5+ Kb6 44. Nxe4 Bxe4 45. Kxe4 Ra8 46. Kf4 Rxa3 47. Kg5
c5 48. Kh6 c4 49. Bf5 Rf3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Qc7
9. Qc2 {This quiet positional move seems to pose few problems for Black at
first sight, but appearances are deceptive, since the idea is to keep Black's
counterplay in check with a slow methodical build-up. White allows the
liberating advance ...e5} ({Relevant:} 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Re8 12.
Rfd1 e5 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nfe5 Be6 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3
f4 $5 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. Qxa5 b6 21. Qd2 b5 22. Na5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ne3 24. Qc3 $2 (
24. Rdc1 Red8 25. Qe1 c5 26. gxf4 Rd3 27. Bf1 Nxf1 28. Qxf1 Rad8 29. Bc3 Qf7
30. Rd1 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 $17) 24... Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Nc5 27. Nxc6
Rac8 28. Nd4 Na4 (28... Nxb3 $17) 29. bxa4 $2 (29. Qd2 $17) 29... Rxc3 30. Bxc3
bxa4 $19 31. Nxe6 Qb3 32. Rc1 Qxa3 33. Bd2 Rxe6 34. Bxf4 Qb2 35. Bh3 Re7 36.
Rc8+ Kg7 37. Bf1 Qb7 38. Rd8 a3 {Laznicka,V (2693)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2716)
Havana 2012 0-1}) (9. d5 Na6 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Bf5
$11) 9... Na6 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. a3 Rae8 12. b4 {Since Qc2 is unprotected, the
stock advances d5 or b5 are impossible for White.} e5 $146 {This is logical: a
flank advance is countered by a central thrust (and the other way round).} (
12... Kh8 13. Rfe1 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. e4 c5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Qc3 f4 18. Nxe5 $1
Nh5 19. Nxd7 $1 Bxc3 20. Bxc3+ Kg8 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. e5 {The activity of
White's pieces more than compensates for the slight material disadvantage of
R+B+P for the queen.} Nd7 23. e6 Ndf6 24. Rad1 Qb6 25. Bh3 g5 26. Nb3 $1 {
intending Ba5} Qc7 27. Be5 Qg7 28. Nxc5 g4 29. Bf1 fxg3 30. hxg3 Qg5 31. Bg2 b6
32. Nd7+ Kg7 33. Bc3 {1-0 (33) Chekhov,V (2410)-Gusev,V (2410) Kazan 1980}) 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 {Of course a black ...e4 cannot be allowed.} c5 {In the same
way Black stops c5, which would hem in his queenside.} 15. b5 Nb8 {Finding a
good place for the dark-squared bishop and this knight is the biggest problem
in Black's position, since they are slightly in each other's way.} 16. Rfe1 {
Threatening to take on f5, attacking e5 a third time, so Black has no
alternative but to push the f-pawn.} f4 17. Nb1 $6 (17. gxf4 Nh5 18. f5 Nf4 19.
Bf1 gxf5 {and Black is OK.}) (17. Rad1 $1 Nh5 18. Nb1 Bg4 19. Rd3 fxg3 20. hxg3
Nf6 21. Nc3 Nbd7 22. Nh2 Be6 23. Nd5 Qa5 24. Bc3 Qd8 25. Nf3 Ng4 26. Re2 Rf7
27. a4 $16 {with suffocating pressure for White.}) 17... Bg4 18. Nc3 Nbd7 19.
h3 $6 (19. Rad1) 19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nb6 $2 {Black should first have opened
the f-file.} (20... fxg3 $1 21. fxg3 Nb6 22. Na4 (22. a4 Nxc4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24.
Qxc4 {is impossible as Bf3 is hanging.}) 22... Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Qd7 24. Kg2 Nxe4
$1 25. Rad1 (25. Bxe4 Qd2+ 26. Kh1 Rf2 {Intending ...Rh2+ and ...Qf2 mate.} 27.
Kg1 Qxb2 28. Rab1 Qd4 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Red1 Rd2+ 31. Kh1 Rf8 $17) 25... Qf5 26.
Bxe4 Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qxg3 28. Bg2 Rf2 29. Rg1 Rxg2 30. Rxg2 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 (31. Rh2
Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Bh6 $1 $19) 31... Bh6 32. Re1 Be3+ 33. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Rd8 35.
Qc2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qf3 37. Rd2 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ $11) 21. g4 $1 $14 h5 (21...
Nxc4 $4 22. Nd5 $18) 22. gxh5 Qf7 (22... Nxh5 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. Rad1 $16) 23. Nd5
Nbxd5 24. cxd5 gxh5 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Qe2 Bh6 28. Rxg8 Rxg8 $6 (28...
Kxg8 29. Rg1+ Kh7 30. a4 $16) 29. Bxe5 Ng4+ 30. hxg4 {White has an advantage,
but he has to play the strongest moves, or Black's attack will win the day.}
Qe7 31. Bb2 $6 {Not yet the losing move, but not best.} (31. Bd6 $1 {keeps
control of the h2-b8 diagonal and now with precise play, White will still have
an advantage.} Qh4+ 32. Kg1 hxg4 33. Bg2 f3 34. Qd3 c4 35. Qc3 fxg2 36. Kxg2 g3
37. Bxg3 Qxe4+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 c3 40. Ra2 Re8 41. Rc2 Bg7 42. Bc7 $14)
31... Qh4+ 32. Kg1 hxg4 33. Kf1 $1 (33. Bg2 $4 f3 34. Qd3 Bf4 35. e5+ Kh6 {
and Black's attack is overwhelming.}) 33... Qh3+ 34. Bg2 $1 Qb3 35. Be5 $4 (35.
Qd2 f3 36. Qc3 Qxb5+ 37. Kg1 fxg2 38. Qc2 g3 39. f3 Qf1+ 40. Rxf1 gxf1=Q+ 41.
Kxf1 g2+ 42. Qxg2 Rxg2 43. Kxg2 Kg6 44. Be5 Bc1 45. a4 a6 46. Kf2 b5 47. axb5
axb5 48. Ke2 c4 49. Kd1 Ba3 50. Kc2 b4 51. f4 b3+ 52. Kc3 $18) 35... f3 36. Qb2
fxg2+ 37. Kxg2 {Maybe White had overlooked that the black queen can now
deliver the fatal blow by switching back to the kingside.} Qh3+ 38. Kg1 g3 (
38... g3 39. Bxg3 Rxg3+ 40. fxg3 Be3+ 41. Qf2 Qxg3+) 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. Nbd2
Na6 9. c4 Rb8 10. Qc2 b5 {Eine positionelle Ketzerei: die
Damenflügelbauernstruktur wird (auf immer?) verdorben, aber mit solchem
Wischiwaschi beschäftigt sich der echte Holländischspieler natürlich nicht!} (
10... c5 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. Rfe1 Nb4 13. Qb1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qf7 15. Bc3 Nc6 16.
Qb2 $14 {0-1 Schiffer,K-Lutz,C/Groningen 1995/CBM 50 ext (37)}) 11. a3 (11.
cxb5 Qxb5 12. e3 (12. Qc4+ Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb4 14. Rfc1 Bh6 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nfd2
f4 17. a3 Nbd5 18. b4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 {Also nicht 'auf immer' verdorben!} cxb6 $15
{0-1 Prang,E-Mainka,R/Muenster 1997/CBM 60 ext (58)}) 12... c5 13. Rfc1 Nb4 14.
Qb1 Qd3 15. dxc5 Qxb1 16. Raxb1 Nd3 17. cxd6 Nxc1 18. dxe7 Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Re8 20.
Kxe2 Nd5 21. Ne5 Ba6+ 22. Ndc4 Nxe7 23. Ke1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Malaniuk,V/
Yalta 1995/CBM 47 ext (52)}) 11... h6 12. b4 (12. Rae1 g5 13. b4 c6 14. c5 Nc7
15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Ncd5 17. e3 Qh5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,T-Daniliuk,S/
Smolensk 1992/EXT 97 (42)}) 12... c6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
cxb5 Rxb5 17. Rxe4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rd4,Re6,Rg6]} Bd5 18. Re3 g5 19. Rae1 Rf7 20.
Qe2 e6 21. h4 $1 {Typisch aber gut: der g-Bauer wird befragt und die schwarze
Königsstellung geschwächt.} gxh4 22. Nxh4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg2d5]} Nc7 23. Bh3
{[%cal Gh4g6,Gg6f4]} Qb8 $13 24. f4 Qb6 25. Qd3 a5 {So macht man sich dem
Isolani los.} 26. f5 e5 {[%csl Rd4,Re6,Rg6,Rh6][%cal Gb6f2]} 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28.
Bxe5 dxe5 {Die schwarze Königsstellung ist ein Gruyère und der Pe5 erscheint
verurteilt. Als Kompensation hat Schwarz Druck am Damenflügel und der Re3 ist
vorläufig noch gefesselt. Obendrein hat Weiss für die Entfesselung keine Zeit:
er muss aktiv vorgehen.} 29. Ng6 axb4 (29... e4 $2 30. Qc3) 30. Nxe5 bxa3 $1 {
Mut aus Not geboren.} (30... Re7 31. f6 $1 Rxe5 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 34.
Qh8+ Kf7 35. Bd7 $1 Rg5 36. Qh7+ Kxf6 37. Rf1+ $18) 31. Nxf7 $2 {Nach diesem
materialistischen Qualitätsgewinn werden die Rollen vertauscht.} (31. f6 $1
Rxf6 32. Nd7 $18) 31... Rb3 $1 32. Nxh6+ Kf8 33. Qe2 a2 {Die Fesselung
ruiniert jetzt Weiss./\...a1Q, Rxa1, Rxe3-+} 34. Ng4 Rb1 $19 35. Ne5 Rxe1+ 36.
Qxe1 Qd4 $1 {[%cal Ga2a1,Gd4a1]} 37. Nd7+ {Zeitnot = Schach geben!} Kg8 38. Kh2
a1=Q $4 {Ubersieht dass der Bursche auf e3 endlich entfesselt ist und
verschenkt einen halben Punkt.} (38... Qb2+ $1 $19 39. Re2 a1=Q $1 $19) 39.
Re8+ $1 {Uff! Dreimal uff!} Nxe8 40. Qxe8+ Kh7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 h6 {Üblicher sind ...c6 oder ...Na6.} 11. Nh3 e5 (
11... g5 12. Re1 (12. f4 g4 13. Nf2 Qb6 14. e3 Na6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. a4 c6 17.
Qe1 Rac8 18. Ba5 Qb3 19. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Wells,P-Hoang Than Trang/Budapest 1997/
CBM 58 ext (44)}) 12... Qb6 13. e3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bc3 Bd7 16. f4 g4 17.
Nf2 c6 18. dxc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stocek,J-Hoang Than Trang/Budapest 1996/CBM 52
ext (45)}) 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. a4 Qb6 15. a5 $6 (15. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 16.
Bxd5+ Kh7 17. e3 $14 {^^}) 15... Qb5 16. Qa4 Qxa4 17. Rxa4 c6 18. Rb4 g5 19.
Nd3 Bh5 $1 20. Re1 (20. Re1 Rf7 21. e3 Na6 22. Rc4 Re7 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polak, Tomas"]
[Black "Biolek, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8
8. d5 c6 9. Rb1 Na6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. b3 Nc7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Nf3 (13. Nc2 a6 (
13... b5 14. cxb5 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. Na3 a5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. a4 Qb4 19.
Qc2 Nd7 20. Bc1 Rab8 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. e4 Ne5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Qe4 Kf8 25. Kh1
Nd7 26. f4 Bd4 27. g4 Rf7 28. g5 Kg7 29. Bh3 Nf8 30. Bg4 Qa6 31. h4 Rxb3 32.
Be2 Rh3+ 33. Kg2 Qc8 34. h5 Ra3 35. Bf3 Rxa4 36. Rfe1 Ra3 37. h6+ Kg8 38. Rb5
Ra2 39. Re2 a4 {0-1 Cekro,E-Kobese,W/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2}) 14. b4 b6 15.
Ba1 Rb8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. Qd2 Na8 19. e4 Nb6 20. Ne3 Ng4 21. exf5
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxf5 23. Qe2 Qe8 24. Ne4 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Qf7 26. Rb1 Nd7 27. Rb7
Qg7 {Hjartarson,J-Gurevich,M/Reykjavik Summit 1990/CBM 18/[Schussler]/1-0 (39)}
) 13... h6 (13... b5 14. cxb5 (14. Qd3 Rb8 15. Nd2 g5 16. e3 Ng4 17. Qe2 f4 18.
Nce4 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 fxe3 20. fxe3 Qg6 21. Rbb1 Ne5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1 Rb8 {
1/2-1/2 Petrov,J-Knoflicek,S/Stockerau op 1993/EXT 93op}) 14... Nxb5 15. Nxb5
Bxb5 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Qd3 h6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Rb8 20. Rfe1 Qb5 21. Qc2 Qa6
22. Ba1 Rb4 23. Bc3 Rb6 24. h4 Qc8 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxe4 h5 28.
Rbe1 {Ronneland,D-Rasmussen,P/Copenhagen op 1995/EXP 47/1-0 (47)}) 14. Nd2 a6
15. e3 b5 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Rbe1 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. e4 Qf7 20. Nd5 bxc4 21.
Nxc4 Nxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Nxc7 Bc4 25. bxc4 Qxc7 26. Re6 Rfe8
27. Rfe1 Qa5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Qb2+ Kh7 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Qb7+ Nc7 (31... Ng7
32. Bd5 g5 33. Qc8 Kg6 34. Bb7 Qxa2 35. Qc6+ Kh5 36. Bxa6 (36. Qxc5 $4 Qb1+ $19
) 36... Qa1+ 37. Kg2 g4 38. Bb7 Qd4 39. Qc7 Kg5 40. Bd5 $14) 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. h4
Kf6 34. Qc6+ Ke7 (34... Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qf6 $18)
35. Qxg6 $18 Qc3 36. Bh3 Qxc4+ 37. Kg1 Qe6 38. Qh7+ Kd6 39. Bxf5 Qxa2 40. Qxh6+
Ne6 41. Qxe6+ Qxe6 42. Bxe6 Kxe6 {[#] The two isolated Black pawns separated
by a file tie down the White king, to be sure, but the three connected White
passed pawns will win by zugzwang! Black's attempt to support his own passed
pawns with his king is interesting. [#] Hecht Die zwei durch eine Linie
getrennten vereinzelten schwarzen Freibauern binden zwar den weißen König,
doch gewinnen die d r e i verbundenen weißen Freibauern infolge Zugzwang!
Interessant ist der Versuch des Schwarzen, die eigenen Freibauern mit dem
König zu unterstützen.} 43. Kf1 (43. Kf1 a5 44. Ke2 a4 45. Kd3 a3 46. Kc3 $18 (
46. Kc3 {Hecht} c4 47. h5 Kf5 48. g4+ Kg5 (48... Ke4 49. h6 a2 50. Kb2 c3+ 51.
Kxa2 Kd3 52. h7 c2 53. h8=Q c1=Q 54. Qh3+ Ke4 (54... Kc2 55. Qb3+ Kd2 56. Qb2+
$18) (54... Kc4 55. Qb3+ Kc5 (55... Kd4 56. Qb2+ $18) 56. Qa3+ $18) 55. Qe3+
Qxe3 56. fxe3 $18) 49. f4+ Kh6 50. f5 Kg5 51. Kc2 $18 {Zugzwang! Zugzwang!}))
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Cheddleton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 {After seemingly opting for a Classical
Dutch position, Black switches to the Leningrad Dutch, with an early...e6.
Later on the game transposes to well-known Leningrad positions, however.} 5.
O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Re1 Ne4 {The most popular move here.} 9. Qc2
Nxc3 (9... d5 {is very rarely played. The only game at a reasonably high level
goes like this:} 10. Be3 c6 11. Rad1 Nxc3 (11... Nd7 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Nd2 $14)
12. Qxc3 Nd7 13. Nd2 a5 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. a3 Nf6 16. Be5 g5 17. f3 g4 18. Nb3 (
18. c5 $1) 18... a4 19. Nc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (58) Krnic,Z (2380)-Novoselski,Z 
(2280) Kladovo 1980}) 10. bxc3 e5 (10... Nc6 11. e4 e5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 Bb7
20. Bg2 e4 21. Rd7 $14 {1-0 (36) Vocaturo,D (2587)-Sandipan,C (2619) Barcelona
2014}) 11. e4 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. e4 Nc6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qb3 Na5
16. Qa4 b6 $2 (16... e4 17. Nd4 b6 18. Nxf5 gxf5 $14) 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Ng5 c6
19. c5 Qc7 20. Bb4 Kh8 21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Bxc6 Bc2 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Qc4 Kf8 25.
Ng5 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rab8 27. Bxe8 Kxe8 28. Qg8+ {1-0 (28) Giri,A (2642)
-Reinderman,D (2608) Eindhoven 2010}) 11... f4 12. gxf4 $1 (12. c5 Nc6 13. Qb3+
$2 (13. gxf4) 13... Kh8 14. cxd6 cxd6 (14... fxg3 $1) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
dxe5 $11 17. Ba3 Rf6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qb5 $6 (19. c4) 19... Bg4 20. f3 a6 21.
Qd5 Be6 22. Qd6 Qxc3 $15 23. Bb4 Qc4 24. a3 a5 25. Bxa5 $4 (25. Rc1 $15) 25...
Bf8 $1 26. Qxe5 Qc5+ 27. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 28. Kh1 Rxa5 {0-1 (28) Maisuradze,N (2302)
-Muzychuk,M (2491) Warsaw 2013}) 12... exf4 13. Ba3 g5 $6 {Whereas White is
fully developed, Black is playing without his entire queenside! It was time to
develop the knight.} (13... Nc6 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Qd5
h6 18. Qxd8 Nxd8 19. Nh4 $14) 14. e5 g4 15. Nd2 f3 16. Bf1 Bh6 $6 {Still
ignoring the lack of development but at this stage the options offer just as
little hope as the text move:} (16... c5 17. exd6 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qh4
20. Re4 Qh3 21. Qf1 Qh5 22. Rb1 b6 23. dxc5 Be5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qd3 Rf7 26.
Ne4 bxc5 27. Bxc5 Nd7 28. Bd4 Qf5 29. c5 Re8 30. Re1 Rc8 31. Qe3 $18) (16...
Nc6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Qb3 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd7 21. Bxd6 Na5 22. Qa3
Rfe8 23. Rae1 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 b6 25. c5 $18) 17. Ne4 $18 Bf5 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. c5+
Kh8 20. cxd6 $18 g3 $2 {Resigning is more elegant but thrusting yourself on to
the sword is more fun.} 21. Nxg3 Qh4 22. dxc7 Rg8 23. Qxb7 Qg4 24. e6 Nf6 25.
Bd6 Bf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qb5 ({A nice finish might have been} 27. Qb5 Ne4 28.
Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qd7 Bg6 (30... Rxc7 31. Rxe4) 31. Re5 Qc1 32. Re3
$1 Bf5 $1 33. Qd6 Bh3 34. Qe5+ Rg7 35. Re1 Qh6 36. e7 Re8 37. d5 Rexe7 38. Qxe7
Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Qc1 40. d6 Qd1 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Chengdu FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Chengdu"]
[Date "2016.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 {
On the face of it a quiet setup, but play may quickly become quite exciting.} (
8. d5 {is by far the most principled move:} Na6 (8... e5) (8... a5 9. Nd4 Na6
10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qb1 g5 15. a3 Qh5 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Nce4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. f3 c5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. fxe4 cxb4 (21...
Be6 22. Nd5 $11) 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. cxd5 Bg4 25. Qxb4 Bxe2 26. Rxf8
Rxf8 27. Re1 Bf3 28. Qd4+ Kg8 29. Qe3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qg6 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Postny,E (2631)-Pruijssers,R (2529) Germany 2014}) 9. Be3 (9. Rb1
Bd7 10. Nd4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Rxb4 c5 14. Ncb5 cxb4 15. Nc7 Qc8
16. Nxa8 Ne4 17. Nc2 Qxa8 18. Nxb4 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nc3 21. Qd3 Nxa2
22. Bg5 Qb7 23. e4 Nc3 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bd2 Qb5 26. Qe3 Qe2 $15 {0-1 (77)
Wojtaszek,R (2716)-Malaniuk,V (2554) Trzcianka 2014}) (9. Nd4 Nc5 10. b3 Bd7
11. Bb2 c6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Ba3 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bb2 cxd5 16. cxd5 a4 17.
Ne6 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 (18. Nxf8 Nc3 19. Qd2 Nxb1 20. Qxb2 Qxf8 21. Rxb1 $11) 18...
Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qb5 20. Qd4 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Rc1 a3 24. Rb3 b5
25. Rc7 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ (26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe7 Rc2 28. Rb7 Rxa2 29. Kg2 Ra1 30.
Rxb5 Kg7 31. Ra5 Rb8 32. Re3 Rxb4 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. e7 Rb8 35. Rxe4 Re8 36. Rea4
d5 37. Rxa3 Rxa3 38. Rxa3 Rxe7 39. Kf3 Rf7 40. e3 Ke5+ 41. Ke2 $16) 26... Rxc8
27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rxa3 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (43) Svidler,P (2769)-Nakamura,H (2775)
Stavanger 2013}) 9... Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bd4 Ne5 12. b3 c5 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14.
Rad1 b6 15. Nd5 e6 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Nc5 18. Qb2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ncd3 20. Rxd3
Nxd3 21. exd3 Bxd4 $17 {0-1 (39) Eljanov,P (2723)-Svidler,P (2753) Dubai 2014})
8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 {The typical move in this position. White must not
allow ...e4!} Nc6 11. Nd5 Qd7 (11... Rf7 12. Ng5 Rd7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb2 h6
$2 (14... Nb4 $5 15. Re1 Nbxd5 16. cxd5 e4 17. f3 Qg6 18. Qc1 Re7 19. Rb1 h6
20. Ba3 Re5 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 c6 23. e7 Re8 $14) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd5+
Kg7 17. Nf3 e4 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Nh4 $18 {1-0 (34) Kasimdzhanov,R (2685)
-Miroshnichenko,E (2651) Konya 2011}) 12. Ba3 Re8 13. exf5 e4 14. Ng5 Qxf5 $1 (
14... gxf5 $2 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qh5 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Re7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rd1
Qg7 20. f3 $18) 15. Nxc7 Qxg5 $1 (15... Rd8 16. Qc1 Nd4 17. Re1 Ng4 18. Qf4 $18
) 16. Nxe8 $1 (16. Nxa8 Bg4 $15) 16... Nxe8 17. Bxe4 $1 {It's not a good idea
to hang on to the exchange, especially since Black can't take it anyway:} (17.
Rc1 Nf6 18. Bb2 Bf5 $15) 17... Bh3 (17... Bxa1 $4 18. Bd5+ Kg7 19. Qxa1+ Nf6
20. h4 Qf5 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Re4 Re8 23. g4 $1 $18) 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20.
Qf3 $14 Rc8 21. Bb2 Bg4 22. Qd3 (22. Qg2 $14) 22... Bf5 23. h4 $6 {This
simplifies the position, but there was a good way to fight for the advantage.}
(23. Qd1 $1 Bg4 24. f3 Bh3 25. Re5 Bf5 26. f4 Qh6 27. Re7 $16) 23... Qg4 24.
Qd4 (24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 $14) 24... Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rc7 26. Rad1 {According to
the 'mathematical' calculation that R + 2 pawns is slightly better than B + N,
White has a tiny advantage, especially if you are a computer. As far as humans
are concerned, there may be no advantage, however, since in practice two light
pieces often keep the balance against a rook and two pawns. In fact, play may
be a little easier for the side that has the two light pieces.} (26. f3 $14 {
might be a slightly better try, even though the outcome should also be a draw.
I give a long line calculated by Deep Fritz 14. I think most humans, even very
strong players, would find this long variation very taxing on the nerves,
especially in time trouble!} Rd7 27. Rad1 Bc2 28. Rd2 Nh5 29. Rxc2 Bxd4+ 30.
Kg2 Kf7 31. b4 c5 32. Rd2 Rc7 33. Red1 Nf6 34. b5 Ne8 35. Re2 Nd6 36. Rc1 Nf5
37. a4 Ne3+ 38. Kh3 Kf6 39. a5 Rf7 40. a6 Rd7 41. g4 h5 42. Kg3 hxg4 43. fxg4
Ke5 44. Rf1 Ke4 45. Rf3 Kd3 46. Ra2 Rd8 47. Ra3+ Kxc4 48. Rfxe3 Bxe3 49. Rxe3
Kxb5 50. Kf4 c4 51. Kg5 Rd6 52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5 Kb4 54. h6 c3 55. h7 Rd8 56.
Re7 c2 57. Rc7 Kb3 58. Kg6 Kb2 59. Rb7+ Ka3 60. Rc7 Kb2 61. Rb7+ Kc3 62. Rc7+
Kd2 63. Kg7 c1=Q 64. Rxc1 Kxc1 65. h8=Q Rxh8 66. Kxh8 Kc2 67. Kg7 Kb3 68. Kf7
Kc4 69. Ke7 Kb5 70. Kd6 Kxa6 71. Kc5 $11) 26... Kf7 27. Be5 Re7 28. Bc3 (28. f3
Bf8 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Bd4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 a6 32. g4 Be6 $11) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1
h5 30. Bb4 (30. f3 $14) 30... Ne4 31. f3 Bd4+ 32. Kg2 Nc5 33. Bd2 Nd3 34. Re2
c5 {Black has a rock solid position.} 35. a3 (35. Bg5 a6 $11) 35... Bb2 36. Bg5
Bxa3 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. Re8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. e4 fxe4 (9... Nxe4 $2 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 $1 {A better try, but
not equalising:} (11... Bf5 $2 {This fast leads to a losing position:} 12. Ng5
Qf6 13. Rh4 h6 14. Bd5+ e6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rf4 Bxd5 (16... Qe7 17. Re4 $18)
17. Rxf6 Rxf6 18. cxd5 Nd7 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qa4 Nb6 21. Qxa7 Re8 22. Be3 Nxd5
23. Qxb7 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Rf1 {1-0 (25) Gharamian,T (2632)-Nijboer,F 
(2567) Maastricht 2010}) 12. Be3 (12. Qe2 Bf5 13. Rh4 h5 14. Be3 $14 {1-0 (37)
Meier,G (2638)-Berelowitsch,A (2566) Marrakesh 2010}) 12... Bf5 (12... h6 13.
d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. c5 $16) 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Re6 $1 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 Rf7 16.
Bh3 $16) 10. Ng5 (10. Nxe4 Nc6 $1 $11) 10... Qxc4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qf7
13. Rf4 Bf6 14. Nd5 g5 {This is mentioned in Moskalenko's book 'The Diamond
Dutch'. It is risky, but necessary} (14... Na6 $2 {is insufficient if White
plays well:} 15. Qb3 Kg7 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Bd5 Qd7 18. Re4 Qd8 19. Qe3 Kh8 20.
Re7 g5 21. Bd2 c6 22. Bf7 $2 (22. Re1 $1 $18 cxd5 23. Qf3 Nc7 24. Qh5 Bf5 25.
Qh6 $18) 22... Nc7 23. Re1 Be6 $1 $11 24. Rxc7 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Bxf7 26. d5 Bxd5
27. Bc3 Kg8 28. h4 h6 29. Qd3 Qf8 30. Qf5 Qf7 31. Bxf6 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.
Kh2 Be6 34. Qa5 gxh4 35. Bxh4 Qf8 36. Qxa7 c5 37. f4 Bd5 38. Qa5 Qe8 39. Qd8 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Bacrot,E (2705)-Pruijssers,R (2519) Germany 2012}) 15. Rf3 c6 $1
$146 {This looks like homework and leads to a more or less forced sequel. The
alternatives are not so hot:} (15... Na6 16. Qb3 $1 Kh8 17. Nxf6 Qxb3 18. axb3
exf6 19. Bxg5 Kg7 20. Bd2 d5 21. b4 c6 22. b5 $16) (15... Nc6 16. Be3 Kh8 17.
Nxc7 Rb8 18. Nd5 h6 19. g4 Be6 20. Nxf6 exf6 21. Rh3 Bd5 22. Rxh6+ Kg7 23. Rh3
Rh8 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. h3 Re8 26. a3 $14) 16. Nc7 Bg4 17. d5 (17. Nxa8 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Na6 19. Bh5 Qd5 20. Bf3 Qf7 $11) 17... cxd5 18. Bxg5 Nd7 $11 19. Nxa8 {
Beginning a variation ending in an opposite bishop copybook draw.} ({The
alternative} 19. Bxf6 {gives White some pressure and compensation but a pawn
is a pawn...} Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxf6 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc1 e6 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. Qg5+
Kh8 25. Qf4 Qe7 $11) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxg5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23.
Nc7 Rc8 24. Ne6 Bf6 25. Re1 Nc5 26. Re2 Nxe6 27. Bxe6 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Rb1 29. Bd5
Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Markgraf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{HOLLÄNDISCHE KAMPFBILDER Eine starke Saison für Werder Bremen spielt IM
Alexander Markgraf und peilt die GM-Norm an. Im kürzlichen Bundesliga-Match
gegen den deutschen Serienmeister OSG Baden-Baden errang er einen wichtigen
Kontersieg gegen GM Schlosser und trug maßgeblich zum etwas überraschenden 5:
3-Erfolg seines Teams bei. Seine seit Jahren ungebrochene Treue zur
kämpferischen Leningrader Variante der Holländischen Verteidigung mit
einigen Höhen und Tiefen zeigt der folgende Partiereigen.} 1. d4 (1. Nf3 f5 2.
g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. e4 fxe4 8. dxe4 Nc6 {Gegen
diesen Königsindischen Angriff findet der "Holländer" kein geeignetes Rezept.
} (8... e5 $142) 9. Qb3+ e6 10. e5 $1 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 $142) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12.
Nd2 $14 c6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc7 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Rd5 17. c4 Rxd1 (
17... Rd4 $5) 18. Rxd1 Bd7 19. h4 $1 Be8 20. Bc5 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. c5 $16 {
und Schwarz stand bald vor dem positionellen Bankrott - 1:0/39, Braun,A (2567)
-Markgraf,A (2495), BL 15/16, Werder Bremen - SV Hockenheim 2016.}) 1... f5 2.
g3 ({Zwei Abweichungen vom "Leningrader Konzept": I} 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3
e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4
Ba7 12. c4 O-O 13. Rc1 Qd6 $13 {- 0:1/74, Cuenca Jimenez,J (2525)-Markgraf,A 
(2495), BL 15/16, Hamburger SK - Werder Bremen 2016}) ({II} 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6
4. h4 e6 5. h5 Be7 6. h6 g6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. e3 e5 $13 {- remis/38,
Zeller,F (2445)-Markgraf,A (2486), Germany 2015}) 2... Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 ({
Eine gute Alternative zum eher klassischen Nf3 besteht in der
Springerentwicklung Nh3(-f4):} 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Qc2 (9. Be3 e5 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. Nf4 c6 12. Qd2 $6 (12. h3) 12... Ng4
13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Qxd6 Bxc4 {- remis/22, Schlosser,P (2570)
-Markgraf,A (2486), Germany 2015}) 9... e5 10. dxe6 c6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b3 Bxe6
13. Bb2 Rad8 14. e3 Rfe8 15. Ne2 Nce4 $13 {/=, 1:0/51, Hoffmann,M (2462)
-Markgraf,A (2483), Germany 2013}) 4... Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 (6. b3 d6 7. Bb2
Qe8 8. c4 c6 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. Qc2 Ng4 11. Bc3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14.
b4 Be6 15. Nxe5 (15. a3) 15... dxe5 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Nc5 $6 (17... Nc7) 18.
Bb4 Rac8 19. Nb3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3+ Kh8 21. Qa3 b6 22. Bc6 Rfd8 23. Rc1 Bf8 24.
Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rfd1 $14 {- 1:0/66, Abel,D (2446)-Markgraf,A (2486), Germany 2015
}) 6... d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 {Eine der Schlüsselstellungen in der Leningrader
Variante der Holländischen Verteidigung: Weiß verfügt über diverse
Fortsetzungen, vorzugsweise 8.d5, 8.Re1, 8.b3 und 8.Nd5. Dazu weitere
Beispiele, u. a. aus der Turnierpraxis unseres Protagonisten:} 8. Re1 ({I} 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nb6 $13 {0:1/48, Hausrath,D (2515)-Markgraf,A 
(2486), Germany 2014}) ({II} 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 c5 (9... Bd7 10. Nd4 (10. b4)
10... c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Rxb4 c5 14. Rb1 (14. Ncb5 $2 cxb4 15.
Nc7 Qc8 16. Nxa8 Ne4 $17 {0:1/77, Wojtaszek,R (2716)-Malaniuk,V (2554),
Trzcianka 2014}) 14... cxd4 15. Bxa8 dxc3 16. Bg2 Bc6 17. Qd3 Bxg2 (17... Ne4
$5) 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Nd7 {remis/37, Eljanov,P (2692)-Ivanchuk,V (2751),
Odessa 2008}) 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. a3 Nc7 13. c5 $6 (13. Bb2 $142)
13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd4 d5 $13 {/=, remis/54, Flumbort,A (2540)
-Markgraf,A (2456), Haarlem 2010}) ({III} 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11.
Nd5 Qd7 12. Ba3 (12. exf5 e4 13. Ng5 gxf5 14. Bf4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. f3 (16.
Rc1 $142 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Be3 $14 {, z.B.} Ba6 19. Re1 h6 20. Nh3 Ne2+ 21.
Kh1 Qxd1 22. Rcxd1 Nc3 23. Rd6 Nxa2 24. f3) 16... h6 17. Ne6 Nxe6 18. dxe6 Qd4+
19. Kh1 Qxa1 20. e7 Qxd1 21. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 22. Rxd1 Be6 $11 {remis/31, Romanov,
E (2609)-Piorun,K (2546), Stroebeck 2015}) 12... Re8 (12... Rd8 13. Qc2 Nxe4
14. Rad1 $14) 13. exf5 e4 14. Ng5 Qxf5 (14... gxf5 $2 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qh5
$16 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Rd8 18. Bb2 $18 Qe7 19. Re1 Bd7 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Be8
22. Qg4 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ {1:0/23, Gustafsson,J (2639)-Kongsee,U (2304), Pattaya
2015}) 15. Nxc7 (15. h4 $2 h6 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. Rc1 $16) 16. Bh3
Qe5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bb2 Nd4 $15 (18... Qxb2 $4 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Qf7)) 15...
Qxg5 16. Nxe8 Nxe8 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Re1 Nc7 $5 (18... Bxa1 $4 19. Bd5+ Kg7 20.
Qxa1+ Nf6 21. Bb2 Rf8 22. b4) 19. Qc1 Qa5 20. Bb2 Nd4 21. Bxb7 Rd8 22. Re7 Nce6
$13) 8... Qf7 {Bedroht den Bauern c4 und möchte ggf. ...Ne4 ziehen.} ({Falls} 
8... e5 {, so folgt} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 {, womit eine Idee von 8.Re1 deutlich
wird.}) 9. e4 ({Diese wahrscheinlich von Schlosser preparierte Variante ist
sehr ambitioniert und hat große Komplikationen im Gefolge, während} 9. b3 {
einfacher zu spielen und wiederum eine solide Wahl ist, z.B.} Ne4 10. Bb2 ({
nicht} 10. Qc2 $143 Nc6 11. Be3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 {- 0:1/75, Baramidze,D (2616)
-Caruana,F (2789), Dortmund 2014}) 10... c5 (10... Nc6) 11. e3 Nc6 12. Qc2 Nxc3
(12... h6) 13. Bxc3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Bxc6 bxc6
$142 (17... Qxg5 $2 18. Bd5 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rb8 (19... a5) 20. Qb2 e4 21. b4 $1
Bxc3 22. Qxc3+ Qg7 23. Qa3 cxb4 24. Qxa7 $16 {- 1:0/40, Buhmann,R (2570)
-Markgraf,A (2442), Bad Woerishofen 2008}) 18. f4 e4 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qc3+
Kg8 21. Rad1 h6 22. Nh3 Re8 (22... Be6 23. Qe5) 23. Qa5 Be6 24. Re2 Red8 25.
Red2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 $14) 9... fxe4 ({Schlecht ist dagegen} 9... Nxe4 $2 {wegen}
10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Rxe4 {und z.B.} Nc6 12. Be3 (12. Qe2 Bf5 13. Rh4 h5 14. Be3
$14 {1:0/37, Meier,G (2638)-Berelowitsch,A (2566), Marrakesh 2010}) 12... Bf5 (
12... h6 13. d5 (13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rh4 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxc4 17. Bf1 Qb4
18. Qd1 Nxd4 19. a3 Qxb2 20. Bc4+ e6 21. Ra2 Qb1 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxe6+ Kg7 {
0-1 (23) Kaiser,E (2108)-Markgraf,A (2476) Dresden 2011}) 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. c5 $16) 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Re6 $1 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 Rf7 16. Bh3 $16) 10. Nxe4
({Zwar weniger praktiziert, aber dennoch beachtlich ist auch} 10. Ng5 {, z.B.}
Qxc4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qf7 13. Rf4 Bf6 14. Nd5 $44 {mit heftigen
Verwicklungen und gefährlicher Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern}) 10...
Nc6 $1 ({Der Bauernraub} 10... Qxc4 $143 {ist an dieser Stelle weniger ratsam,
z.B.} 11. Nxf6+ exf6 12. Re7 Nc6 (12... Na6 $2 13. b3 $1 (13. Be3 $6 Rd8 $2 (
13... d5 $142 $13) 14. Nd2 Qb4 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Qf3 c6 17. Bh6 {- 1:0,
Radovanovic,J (2358)-Wall,G (2314), London 2014}) 13... Qb5 14. a4 Qb6 (14...
Qh5 15. b4 $1) 15. Qe2 $1 Bg4 (15... Qxb3 $2 16. Nd2 $1 $18 Qc2 17. Bd5+ Kh8
18. Rxg7) (15... d5 16. Ng5 $1 fxg5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Rxg7 Qf6 19. Re7 $16) 16.
h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 $16) 13. Rxc7 $14 d5 14. Be3 (14. Ne1 $142 $1 Rf7 15. Rxf7
Kxf7 16. Be3 Bf5 17. g4 Be6 18. Nd3 $14) 14... Qb5 15. Nd2 {remis/51, Wichmann,
C (2368)-Siedentopf,D (2310) , Leipzig 2014}) 11. Nc3 $5 ({Alternativen: I} 11.
d5 {ist die ziemlich risikolose Wahl, allerdings mit geringen Gewinnchancen:}
Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Ne5 13. Rf4 Qe8 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Rxf3 Qe8 15. Qe2) 14. Qe2 Rxf4
15. Bxf4 Bg4 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 $14 {/=, 1:0/75, Yilmaz,M 
(2582)-Studer,N (2416), Biel 2015}) ({II} 11. Neg5 Qxc4 {ist wiederum für
beide Seiten ein zweischneidiges Unterfangen, z.B.} 12. Bf1 Qd5 13. b3 (13. Qa4
Qa5 $1) 13... Qf5 (13... Qa5 14. b4 $1 (14. Bd2 $6 Qb6 $13 {0:1/26, Piorun,K 
(2532)-Pruijssers,R (2511), Germany 2015}) 14... Qb6 (14... Qxb4 $2 15. Bd2 Qb2
16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Qc1 d5 18. Ra1 Qb3 19. Re3 Qb6 20. Rb1) (14... Nxb4 $2 15. Bd2
) (14... Qd5 15. b5 $14) 15. b5 Nb4 16. Rxe7 $14) 14. Bd3 Qa5 (14... Qg4 $143
15. h3 Qd7 16. Ne6 Qxe6 17. Rxe6 Bxe6 18. Ng5 $14 {1:0/49, Reinderman,D (2601)
-Muzychuk,A (2528), Aix les Bains 2011}) 15. b4 (15. Bd2 $143 Qb6) 15... Qb6 (
15... Qd5 16. Bc2 Kh8 17. Bb3 Qf5 18. Nh4 Qb5 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Qxb4 $13)
(15... Nxb4 $6 16. Bd2 Qa3 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. Rxe7 $14) 16. b5 Nxd4
17. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bg4 19. Qf4 Nd5 20. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 21. Qd2 (21. Bb2+ Kg8
) 21... Rae8 22. Bb2+ Nf6 23. Qf4 Re5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Qc3 $13 {
/= und Schwarz kann sich behaupten}) 11... Qxc4 $5 ({Kaltblütig,
möglicherweise verdiente aber hier die Alternative} 11... Ng4 $5 {den Vorzug,
z.B.:} 12. Re4 $5 (12. Bf4 $6 e5 $1 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 Qf5 15. Be4 Qf6 16.
Bd5+ Kh8 17. Nce4 Qf5 $15 {- remis/37, Bogner,S (2537)-Piorun,K (2546),
Stroebeck 2015}) 12... e5 (12... Bf5 $143 $6 13. Rf4 Bh6 14. Rxf5 Qxf5 15. h3
Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 e5 18. Kg1 $14) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Re2 Kh8 15. Nd5 (
15. h3 $2 Nd4 $1) 15... h6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Qc1 (18. Rc1 Nxd5) 18...
g5 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Qc2 a5 $13) 12. Bf1 Qf7 ({Auch nach} 12... Qb4 $143 {
wird die Dame fortwährend belästigt:} 13. a3 Qb6 14. Be3 $1 $14) 13. Ng5 Qe8
14. Nb5 (14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxf7 Bf5 $44 (17... Bh3 $44
)) 14... Qd8 {Am Ende einer Rundreise ist die furchtlose Lady zurück in ihrem
Gemach. Indes bieten sich dem Gegner für den geopferten Bauern interessante
Möglichkeiten, um auf den rückständigen Bauern e7 bzw. das "Loch auf e6" zu
spielen.} 15. d5 Nb4 16. Nd4 $5 {/?! Diese Belagerung des Schwachpunktes e6
impliziert ein zweites Bauernopfer, während das weniger verpflichtende} (16.
Bg2 $5 {auch ein positionelles Plus behält, z.B.} h6 (16... Ng4 17. Re2 a5 (
17... h6 $2 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Nf6 (19... Nxf2 20. Qe2) 20. a3) 18. Nd4 Nxf2
19. Rxf2 Rxf2 20. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Qf8+ 22. Kg1 Nc2 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rb1 hxg5
25. Bxg5 $14) 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 c6 (18... Qd7 19. Nd4 c6 20. dxc6 Nxc6 21.
Bh3 $14) 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Be3 Kh7 (20... Qd7 21. Bh3 $14) 21. Qd3 Qd7 22. Bh3
Nb4 23. Qe2 $14) 16... Nbxd5 17. Nde6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Qd7 19. Nxf8 $6 ({Das
hatte aber noch Zeit, da die "Qualle nicht wegläuft!" Stärker war hingegen} 
19. Bh3 $142 $1 {, wonach Weiß immer noch gute Kompensation hat, z.B.} c6 20.
Kg2 (20. Bd2 Kh8 21. Kg2 Qe8 22. Nxf8 Qxf8 23. Qb3 Qb8 (23... Rb8 24. f4) 24.
Be6 $14) 20... Qe8 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Qb3 Rb8 (22... Nd7 23. Qf3+ (23. Qxb7 $4
Nc5) 23... N7f6 24. Be6 $14) 23. Bg5 h6 (23... Nc7 24. Rad1 Nfd5 25. Qa3) (
23... Qd8 24. Be6 Qa5 25. Rad1 Nc7 26. Bf4) 24. Bd2 Kg8 25. Re2 Kh7 26. Rae1 e5
(26... Nd7 27. Be3 b6 28. Be6 Nxe3+ 29. Qxe3) 27. f4 e4 28. Qa3 $1 $14) 19...
Rxf8 20. Bg2 c6 21. Qb3 Kh8 {Jetzt mag die für beide Seiten schwer zu
behandelnde Position etwa in einem dynamischen Gleichgewicht sein. Es kann zu
vorsichtigem Lavieren oder zu lebhaftem Schlagabtausch kommen:} 22. Re2 ({
Oder: I} 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Rad1 a6 24. Rd2 e5 $13) ({II} 22. f4 e5 $1 23. fxe5
dxe5 24. Bd2 (24. Rxe5 $6 Ng4) 24... Nf4 $5 25. Rad1 Nxg2 26. Bb4 (26. Kxg2 Nd5
) 26... Qh3 27. Bxf8 Ng4 28. Bxg7+ (28. Bc5 Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 h5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31.
Re2 Qh1+ 32. Bg1 Nh2+ 33. Kf2 Ng4+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kf3 $4 Nh4#) 34... Nh2+ $11)
28... Kxg7 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qf7+ Kh6 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ $11)
22... e5 23. h3 (23. Bd2) 23... Qc7 24. a4 Ne7 25. Be3 Nfd5 26. a5 $6 {Wonach
die Waage nun peu à peu zugunsten des Schwarzen ausschlägt.} ({Besser war} 
26. Rf1 $142 a6 (26... Nxe3 $6 27. fxe3 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Nf5 (28... e4 29. Qf7)
29. g4 Ng3 30. Rc2 Nxf1 (30... Ne4 31. a5 $1 $14) 31. Kxf1 Qd7 32. a5 $1 $14)
27. Rc2 (27. Ree1 $13 {/=}) 27... Qd7 $13 {/=}) 26... a6 (26... Nxe3 $142 27.
fxe3 (27. Qxe3 $2 a6 {/\Nf5, d5}) 27... e4 $1 $15) 27. Bd2 $6 (27. Rf1 $142)
27... Nf5 $15 28. Bc3 $6 (28. Qd3 $142 Nd4 29. Ree1 Qf7 30. Rf1) 28... Nxc3 29.
bxc3 d5 $17 {Weiß hat völlig den Faden verloren und dem Gegner mit seiner
bedrohlich vorrückenden Bauernphalanx eine "Wunschstellung" eingeräumt.} 30.
Rb1 Qxa5 (30... Nd6) 31. Ra2 (31. Qxb7 Qxc3 32. Qxa6 e4) 31... Qb5 32. Qxb5 $2
({I} 32. c4 dxc4 33. Qd1 Qc5 34. Rxb7 c3 35. Qd3 Nd4 36. Be4 a5 $17) ({II} 32.
Qc2 Qc5 33. Rxb7 e4 $17) 32... axb5 $19 33. Bxd5 {Ein verzweifelter Versuch,
um eine Bresche in die Phalanx zu schlagen, doch es bleibt ein entscheidendes
feindliches Übergewicht von Läufer + Springer + Bauer gegen den Turm.} cxd5
34. Rxb5 e4 35. Rxd5 Bxc3 36. Ra7 Rf7 37. g4 e3 $6 (37... Nd4 $142) 38. fxe3 (
38. Ra2) 38... Nxe3 39. Rb5 Bd4 40. Raxb7 Nxg4+ {Der Rest ist für Schwarz
lediglich eine Sache von Sorgfalt und Geduld.} 41. Kg2 Ne3+ 42. Kg3 Nf5+ 43.
Kg2 Rxb7 44. Rxb7 Bf6 45. Kf3 Be7 46. Kf4 Kg7 47. Rb6 Kh6 48. Kg4 Ne3+ 49. Kf3
Kh5 50. Re6 Nf5 51. Re4 Nh4+ 52. Kf2 Bc5+ 53. Kg3 Bd6+ 54. Kf2 g5 55. Re6 Bf4
56. Ra6 Ng6 57. Kg2 Be5 58. Ra4 Nf4+ 59. Kg3 Bc3 60. Re4 Kg6 61. Re7 Bb4 62.
Rb7 Be1+ 63. Kh2 h5 64. Rb6+ Kf5 65. Rb5+ Kf6 66. Rb6+ Ne6 67. Kg2 Bc3 68. Rb3
Be5 69. Ra3 Nf4+ 70. Kh2 Kf5 71. Ra4 Bc3 72. Rc4 Be5 73. Ra4 Ne6+ 74. Kg2 Bc7
75. Rc4 Nf4+ 76. Kh2 Bd6 77. Ra4 h4 78. Ra5+ Ke4 79. Ra6 Bc5 80. Ra5 Bd6 81.
Ra6 Be5 82. Ra3 Nd3+ 83. Kg2 Bg3 84. Ra4+ Ke3 85. Ra3 Bd6 86. Ra6 Be5 87. Ra3
Bg3 88. Rc3 Ke4 89. Rc4+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Rockville Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Rockville"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:24:10"]
[BlackClock "0:00:44"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 ({We played the favourite line of Gurevich a few years ago:
} 2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. b4 Nf6 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. c4 $1 e5 (7... Nxb4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 $138 (10. Qxb5 Rb8 11. Qxc6+) 10... Nb8 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Nd4 $16) 8. b5 (8. d5 Ne7 9. Ng5 c6 10. Ne6 Bxe6 11. dxe6 Qc7 12. b5 O-O
13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qb3 $13) (8. dxe5 {was not bad:} Ng4 9. b5 (9. O-O Ncxe5 10.
Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. b5 Rb8 13. Nd2 Bf6 14. e4 Re8 15. Rad1 Ke7 16.
exf5 gxf5 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rfe1 Kf7 19. Re3 Kg7 20. Rde1 Nf7 21. c5 Be6 22. f4 e4
23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. g4 Rbd8 25. gxf5 Rxd2 26. fxe6 Rxe6 27. a4 Rc2 28. Rxe4 Rxe4
29. Bxe4 Rxc5 30. Bxb7 Nd6 31. Bc6 Rc4 32. a5 {1/2 Turova,I (2386)-Muzychuk,A 
(2474)/Sochi 2007}) 9... Ncxe5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Nbd2 Qd7 $11) 8...
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd4 (10. Qxd4 O-O 11. O-O Rf7 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Qd3 Nc5
$15) 10... O-O 11. Nc3 (11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 $14) 11... Nd7 12. O-O (12. Na4 Nb6
13. c5 Nxa4 (13... dxc5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxc5 Qe7 16. Qc2 $14) 14. Qxa4 dxc5
15. Qc4+ Rf7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxc5 f4 $13) (12. f4 Nc5 13. O-O Be6 14. Nd5 Qd7
$11) 12... Nc5 13. Bxc5 $5 (13. e3 Be6 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. Qc2 Rae8 16. Rac1 Qf7
17. Rfd1 g5 $132) 13... dxc5 (13... Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bg7 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Bd4 $16)
14. Rc1 a6 15. Qd5+ Qxd5 16. Nxd5 axb5 17. cxb5 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne7+ Kh8
20. Nxc8 Rfxc8 21. Rxc5 Rxa2 22. e3 Ra6 23. Rfc1 h6 24. Rxc6 Raxc6 25. Bxc6 Bf6
{1/2 Mihalcisin-Gurevich,M/Turkey 2006}) 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. b4 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 $1 {Practically a novelty, as all strong players have prefered to
recapture on e5 with the knight. Which is absolutely weaker!} (7... Ng4 8. Bg5
(8. Bb2 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 (9. Qb3 Qe7 10. O-O a5 11. Nc3 c6 12. b5 Be6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. Rad1 O-O 15. f4 Bf6 16. Ba3 Qf7 17. Rxd6 Be7 18. Rd4 Bf6 19. Rd2 Bxc4 20.
Qc2 Re8 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rfd1 Ra7 23. e4 Be7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Na4 Bb5 26. Nc5
fxe4 27. Nxe4 Qg7 28. a4 Ba6 29. Qb3+ Kf8 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Nf5 Rxd2 32. Nxg7
Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rd7 34. Ne6+ {1-0 Shchekachev,A (2537)-Lindam,I (2037)/Ghent
2011}) 9... Bxe5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. O-O a5 12. b5 Nc5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Qh6 Be6
15. Qg7 Rf8 16. Qxe5 Qf6 17. Qxc5 Qxa1 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Qxc7 Qd4 20. e3 Qf6 21.
Bc6+ Bd7 22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 23. Qxa5 g5 24. Nc3 f4 25. exf4 gxf4 26. Nd5 Qd4 27.
Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qc6 Ra7 29. Nxf4 Kg8 30. Ne6 {1-0 Ivanov,M (2455)-Minor,S (2166)/
Korbach 2007}) 8... Qd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf6 Nxf6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Rc1 O-O 13.
O-O Qg7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Qd2 (15. Nd4 {is even stronger:}) 15... Nd7 16. Nd4 Ne5
17. Nf4 Bg5 18. e3 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Nf7 20. c5 a6 21. Qc2 c6 22. a4 d5 23. b5 axb5
24. axb5 Nd8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Nxc6 {1-0 Dziuba,M (2536)-Kovacevic,B (2457)/
Pardubice 2007}) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bb2 e4 10. Ng5 {There were other very
serious and maybe better options.} (10. Nd4 Ke7 11. Nc3 Kf7 12. f3 exf3 13.
Bxf3 Na6 14. Nd5 c6 15. b5 cxd5 16. bxa6 dxc4 17. axb7 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19.
Nb5 Bf8 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21. Bc6 Rb6 22. Bd7 Bb4+ 23. Kf2 Rb7 24. Rhd1 a6 25. Bc6
{with better chances for White.}) (10. Ne5 Ke7 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 Re8 13. O-O
Kf8 14. Na3 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Na6 17. Nd3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Re2
20. Nb5 c6 21. Nd4 Rd2 22. Nb3 {with a slight advantage.}) 10... Ke7 11. f3 (
11. Nc3 {was logical:} c6 (11... Rd8 {was possible:} 12. Nd5+ Nxd5 13. Bxg7
Nxb4 14. O-O N8c6) 12. O-O h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3 Be6 16. Ne2 $1
Bxc4 17. Nd4 {with very unclear play.}) 11... h6 ({The same position occurs
after} 11... exf3 12. exf3 h6 13. Nh3 Kf7 14. Nd2 Re8+ 15. Kd1 Nc6 16. a3 Ng4
17. Bxg7 Ne3+ 18. Kc1 Kxg7 19. Re1 Nd4 20. Ra2 Bd7 21. Bh1 Nxc4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8
23. Nxc4 Re1+ 24. Kd2 Re2+ 25. Kd3 Rxa2 26. Kxd4 Rxh2 27. Nf4 Rxh1 28. Ne5 g5 {
0-1 Murali Krishnan,B (2331)-Babu,N (2386)/Nagpur 2002/CBM 086 ext}) 12. Nh3
exf3 13. Bxf3 {It was stronger was to take with the pawn as in the above game.}
Kf7 14. Nf4 ({For some reason I disliked the logical continuation} 14. O-O g5
15. Nf2) 14... Re8 15. Nd2 (15. Nc3 {was no worse:} Ne4 16. Rc1) 15... Nc6 16.
a3 $6 ({In such situations the great Tigran Petrosian would exchange his
bishop without hesitation:} 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nb3 {and would try to exploit
the pawn weaknesses.}) 16... Ne5 17. Bxe5 $6 ({I was pessimistic about} 17.
O-O-O Neg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd5 {but for no reason, as I see
now.}) 17... Rxe5 18. O-O g5 19. Nd3 Re3 {Here I overestimated this position
in the long term - White has serious problems.} 20. c5 $5 {A pawn sacrifice,
but it was necessary to be more stubborn.} (20. Rae1 a5 21. b5) 20... g4 21.
Bg2 Rxe2 22. Nc4 ({I could not decide between two moves here:} 22. Rad1) 22...
Ne4 23. Nce5+ ({Even here a possibly better way was} 23. Rad1 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Bf6
25. Nf4 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nxd1 27. Nxe2 Nc3 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Rd1) 23... Kg8 24.
Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 a5 $1 {A very unpleasant move, destroying my beautiful pawn
structure.} 26. b5 ({A better try seems to be} 26. c6 axb4 27. axb4 bxc6 28.
Nxc6 Kh7 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Nc5) 26... Be6 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd8 29. Kf1 ({
Not} 29. Kf2 Bf5 30. Re3 Bxd3 31. Nxd3 Bd4) 29... Bf5 30. Re3 Rd5 31. b6 cxb6 (
31... c6 {was very strong, but Gurevich was afraid of a sacrifice on c6.}) 32.
cxb6 Rd6 33. Nf4 Rxb6 34. Nc4 Rb1+ 35. Ke2 {Suddenly my knights started to
control important squares, but Black has still an extra pawn.} Bd7 $1 36. Kd2
Rb5 ({Risky but correct was} 36... Rh1 37. Re7 Bb5 38. Nd6 Rxh2+ 39. Ke3 Bc6
40. Ne6 Be5 41. Nf5 Bf6) 37. Re7 Bc6 38. Rc7 Ba1 39. Ne6 (39. Rc8+ {was
slightly better:} Kg7 40. a4 Rb4 41. Nxa5 Bf3 42. Rc4 Rb2+ 43. Ke3) 39... Rf5 (
39... Rd5+ {was useful:} 40. Ke2 Bf6) 40. Rc8+ Kh7 ({Or} 40... Kf7 41. Nd8+ Kg7
42. Nxc6 bxc6 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Rxc6) 41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Nf4+ Kg5 43.
Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. c4 Na6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. a3 Re8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 e5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Qc2 dxe5 19. Bc1 Nc5 20. Rb1 Ne6 21. Be3
Nd4 22. Qe4 Qc5 23. a4 Qb4 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Nf3 Nf5 26. Rfd1 Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 Rf8
28. Rf1 Qa3 29. h4 Ref7 30. Qc2 Qc5 31. Rbe1 Bh6 32. Qe4 Qb4 33. Rb1 Qc3 34.
Rbd1 Qxb3 35. Rd3 Qc2+ 36. Rf2 Qb1 37. Rf1 Qc2+ 38. Rf2 Qxa4 39. h5 gxh5 40.
Rd6 Bg7 41. Kh3 h6 42. Rg6 Qb4 43. Nh4 Qe7 44. Rd2 Rf6 45. c5 Qe6+ 46. Kg2 Rxg6
47. Nxg6 Ra8 48. Qb1 Qf7 49. Rf2 Qd7 50. Kh2 Qe6 51. Qxb7 Re8 52. Nh4 Rf8 53.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 54. Qa8 Qa2+ 55. Ng2 Qd5 56. Qxa5 Qxc5 57. Qa8 Kg7 58. Nh4 Qc2+ 59.
Kh3 Qe4 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Kh2 Be7 62. Qa8 Kf7 63. Qb7 Qc4 64. Qc7 Qe2+ 65. Ng2
Qb5 66. Nh4 Qb2+ 67. Kh3 Qc1 68. Kh2 Qd2+ 69. Kh3 Qd6 70. Qb7 Ke6 71. Nf3 Bf6
72. e4 Qd7 73. Qb8 Kf7+ 74. Kg2 Qe6 75. Kh2 Kg7 76. Qc7+ Kg6 77. Qb8 c5 78. Qf8
c4 79. Qc5 h4 80. Nd2 Qg4 81. Nxc4 Qe2+ 82. Kh3 Qxe4 83. Kh2 Qe2+ 84. Kh3 {
Der falsche Randbauer Wenn noch mehr Figuren auf dem Brett sind führt er nicht
automatisch ins Remis:} Qf3 $2 {Nakamura lässt seinen e-Bauern im Stich.} ({Mit
} 84... Qe1 85. Nxe5+ Bxe5 86. Qb6+ (86. Qc6+ $6 Kg5 $19) 86... Bf6 {konnte er
trotz des falschen Randbauern gewinnen, weil Weiß keinen Damentausch erzwingen
kann z.B.} 87. gxh4 Qxh4+ 88. Kg2 Qe4+ 89. Kh2 h5 90. Qg1+ Kh6 91. Qb6 Qf3 92.
Qd6 h4 93. Qf8+ Kg6 94. Qg8+ Bg7 95. Qe6+ Kh5 96. Qe8+ Kh6 97. Qe6+ Bf6 98. Qd6
h3 99. Qf8+ Kg6 100. Qe8+ Kg7 101. Qd7+ Kf8 102. Qc8+ Kf7 103. Qd7+ Be7 104.
Qxh3 Bd6+ $19) 85. Nxe5+ Bxe5 86. Qxe5 Qh1+ 87. Kg4 Qd1+ 88. Kh3 (88. Kxh4 $4 {
wird nett widerlegt:} Qh1+ 89. Kg4 h5+ 90. Kf4 Qf1+ 91. Ke3 Qe1+ 92. Kf4 Qxe5+
93. Kxe5 Kg5 $19 {(Baburin in Chess Today 3659)}) 88... Qh1+ 89. Kg4 Qd1+ 90.
Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Ba3 (11. Nd5 $5 fxe4 12. Ng5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14.
Nxe4 $14 {Balashov/}) 11... Rf7 12. exf5 (12. h3 f4 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Rad1 h6 15.
g4 Nd8 16. Nd5 g5 $10 {Mikhalchishin/}) (12. Re1 f4 $1 13. gxf4 Bg4 (13... Nh5
14. f5 $1 gxf5 15. Ng5 Rd7 16. Nd5 Qg6 17. h4 f4 18. Bh3 Rf7 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20.
Kh1 f3 21. Rg1 Nd4 22. Nxf7 Qxf7 23. Ne7+ $18) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Nb5
Ne6 17. f5 Nf4 18. Bc1 N6h5 $44 {Balashov,Y-Vyzmanavin,A/Irkutsk(URS-ch1l)/
1986/}) 12... gxf5 13. Nd5 e4 14. Re1 Rd7 15. Nh4 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 (16... Bxa1
17. Nxf5 $1 (17. Qxa1 Rxd5 18. f3 Rd2 (18... Ra5 19. Qc1 e3) 19. fxe4 Rxg2+ 20.
Kxg2 fxe4 21. Qc3 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxe4 $16) 17... Bc3 (17... Qg6 18. Bxe4
Qf6 19. Qh5 Rf7 20. Nh6+ $18) (17... Bg7 18. Rxe4 Qf7 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Rg4+
Kh8 21. Bb2+ $18) 18. Rxe4 Qd8 19. Qh5 $1 Ne5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22.
Qxe5+ Kxh6 (22... Qf6 23. Bf8+ $18) 23. Bc1+ Kg6 24. Bf3 $18) 17. d6 (17. f3
Nb5 $15) 17... cxd6 (17... Rxd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Rc1 $16) (17... Nb5 18. Nxf5
$1 (18. Qd5+ $2 Rf7 $17) 18... Nxa3 19. Rxe4 $1 $40) 18. Bb2 $6 (18. Rc1 Nb5
19. Nxf5 Nxa3 20. Rxe4 $44) (18. Qd2 $5) 18... Ne6 $2 (18... Nf3+ $1 19. Bxf3 (
19. Qxf3 Bxb2 20. Nxf5 (20. Rab1 Re7 $1 $17) 20... Bxa1 21. Rxe4 Be5 22. Nh6+
Kg7 (22... Kh8 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Qf6+ Rg7 25. Bd5 Bd7 26. Nf7+ Qxf7 27. Bxf7
Rf8 $17) 23. Rg4+ Kh8 (23... Kxh6 24. Qe3+ $18) 24. Rg8+ Qxg8 25. Nxg8 Kxg8 $17
) 19... Bxb2 20. Rb1 (20. Nxf5 Bxa1 21. Bxe4 Be5 22. f4 Rd8 $17) 20... Be5 (
20... Qe5 21. Rxb2 $1 Qxb2 22. Qd5+ Rf7 23. Bh5 Qf6 24. Rc1 Be6 25. Bxf7+ Bxf7
26. Qxb7 Rd8 27. Qxa7 d5 $13) 21. Nxf5 exf3 22. Qd5+ Kf8 23. Rbd1 Qg6 $15) 19.
Bxg7 (19. Nxf5 $5 Bxb2 20. Bxe4 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Rf7 22. Nh6+ Kf8 23. Bd5 $1 $40)
19... Nxg7 20. Rc1 Qf7 $13 (20... Qe5 $1 21. f3 d5 22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4
24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Qxd7 Re8 26. Qxb7 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Qf2 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qd1 Qxa2
$10) 21. Qd2 Rd8 $6 (21... d5 22. f3 Qe7 23. Qf4 Rd6 $13) 22. f3 $1 d5 23. fxe4
fxe4 24. Rxe4 Be6 25. Rf4 Qe7 26. Nf3 Bf5 27. Nd4 Bg6 28. h4 Qd6 29. Kh2 Nh5 $2
(29... a6 $1) 30. Nb5 Qd7 31. Rb4 $1 {/\Rc7/} a5 $1 32. Bh3 $1 Qe8 33. Nc7 Qe5
34. Rg4 $1 Rab8 35. Rg5 Qf6 36. Nxd5 Qd6 37. Rd1 Rf8 38. Rxh5 $1 Bxh5 39. Qg5+
Kh8 40. Qxh5 Rf2+ 41. Bg2 Rg8 42. Rd3 $1 (42. Nf4 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Qxf4 44. Qf3
$16) 42... Rxa2 43. Qf3 Qe5 44. Nf4 b6 45. Rd7 Rb2 46. Qd3 Rg7 47. Rxg7 Kxg7
48. Qd7+ Kh6 49. Nd3 Rxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Qe4+ 51. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 ({
Other main possibilities are:} 7... c6) (7... Nc6) 8. d5 Na6 9. Be3 {Both GM's
have experience in this line.} ({More popular continuations are:} 9. Nd4) ({and
} 9. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 9... h6 {Preparing g6-g5 advance.} (9... Bd7 10. Qd2
Ng4 11. Bd4 Bh6 12. e3 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Ne2 Nf6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. b4 Rb8
17. a3 g5 $132 {1-0 Anastasian,A-Berg,E/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78 (40)}) (9...
c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Rc1 c5 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. b3 Nc7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 e5 16.
Rcd1 Qe7 17. Qd2 e4 18. Ng5 Rb6 19. Nh3 Re8 20. Nf4 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Hovhanisian,
M-Dzhumaev,M/Linares 2000/CBM 75 (49)}) (9... c6 {- see the annotated game
Bjornsson,T-Kindermann,S/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64 [Tyomkin,D]}) 10. Qd2 (10. Rb1
g5 11. b4 Qh5 12. b5 Nb8 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14. e3 b6 15. a4 Nc5 16. Nd2 Qxd1 17.
Rfxd1 $14 {1-0 Anastasian,A-Vasiukov,E/Yerevan 1994/EXT 97 (47)}) 10... Kh7 {
Dzhumaev is not in a hurry to push g6-g5 and moving his king to a safer
location.} (10... g5 11. Rab1 Ng4 12. Bd4 Ne5 13. b3 f4 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Ne1
h5 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Be4 $14 {1-0 Anastasian,A-Minasian,A/Panormo 1998/CBM 67
ext (37)}) 11. Rab1 $146 (11. Rae1 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nd4 c6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6
15. b3 Rf7 16. Bd4 Nc5 17. Rd1 Rd7 18. e3 Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Tihonov,J-Malaniuk,V/
Minsk 1998/CBM 64 ext (18)}) 11... c5 12. dxc6 {White should go for en passant
capture, otherwise it will hard for him to find a plan.} bxc6 13. b4 Bd7 14. b5
cxb5 15. cxb5 Nc7 16. a4 {White's plan is simply to push forward his queenside
pawns and create a passed pawn.} (16. Nd4 $6 d5 $15 {[%cal Ge7e5,Gf6e4]}) 16...
Ng4 17. Rfc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 $5 {A surprising recapture, but an interesting one.
The pawn on e3 prevents black's possible f5-f4 advance.} (18. Qxe3 e6 $13)
18... e5 19. Qxd6 $2 {This is a serious mistake.} ({Necessary was} 19. e4 {
with chances for both sides.}) 19... e4 $1 {[%csl Yg2]} 20. Nd4 {Probably
Anastasian has overestimated his position before playing 18.fxe3. White is a
pawn up, his pieces are quite active, but the bishop on g2 is buried forever,
so black is actually playing with an extra piece...} (20. Qxc7 exf3 21. exf3
Rc8 22. Qxa7 Bxc3 23. Rd1 Rf7 {and black's extra piece is more valuable than
white's three pawns.}) 20... Ne6 21. Qb4 Qf7 22. Rf1 Qg8 $1 {Very nice
manoeuvre. Dzhumaev found the best place for his queen, where it does not
obstructs other pieces.} 23. Nxe6 ({Comes to consideration.} 23. g4 $5 {
attempting to liberate the Bg2.}) 23... Bxe6 24. Rbc1 Rac8 25. Nb1 {The knight
is hanging in many variations, so white is moving it away.} h5 {[%csl Re3]
[%cal Gg7h6,Gh6e3]} 26. Na3 Qf7 27. Rc6 Bd7 $2 {Just a blunder.} (27... Rxc6
28. bxc6 Rc8 29. Bxe4 Qf8 $1 30. Qxf8 Bxf8 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Re4]}) 28. Ra6 $2 {
Missing great opportunity.} (28. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 (28... Bxc8 29. Bxe4 $14) 29.
Qxe4 $14 {[%cal Gf1f7]}) 28... Bh6 {Now black is on top again.} 29. Qd4 Rc7 30.
Rxa7 Qb3 {[%csl Ra3,Re3]} 31. Kf2 (31. Nc4 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 Rf7 33. Na5 (33. Qd4
Be6 $19) 33... Qxa4 $19) ({The least of the evils for white was probably:} 31.
Kh1 Bxe3 32. Qd6 Rxa7 33. Qxf8 Bd4) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.
","","","h6e3","This small combination yields black an exchange.",5]} 31...
Bxe3+ $1 {This small combination yields black an exchange.} ({or} 31... Qxe3+
$1) 32. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Rxa7 34. Rd1 Be6 35. Rd4 Rfa8 {White's connected
passed pawns will fall one after another.} 36. Rd6 (36. b6 Rxa4 37. b7 Rxa3+
$19 {with check!}) 36... Rxa4 37. Nc2 Bc4 38. Nd4 Rb4 39. h3 Bxb5 40. g4 {
The last attempt to break black's pawn chain on the kingside, but black can
easily keep it. White's Bg2 remains unemployed till the very end.} Rf8 41. gxf5
gxf5 42. Kf4 Rg8 43. Nc2 Rb2 44. Ne3 Rxe2 45. Rb6 Rf2+ 46. Ke5 Bd3 47. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. b4 {Quite a rare move in
this position. White wants to gain some space on the queenside, before
castling. The main line goes with 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3.} c6 (6... d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. O-O
Kh8 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bg8 12. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,V-Olenin,
N/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (43)}) 7. O-O Ne4 (7... a5 {- see the game
Schandorff,L-Kristensen,B DEN-ch 1998/CBM 65 [Tyomkin]}) (7... Na6 8. b5 cxb5
9. cxb5 Nc7 10. Nc3 d6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Ba3 Kh8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3
Ne6 16. Qc4 Bd7 17. d5 Rc8 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qe3 b6 21. Rfd1 $14 {
1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Jakubiec,A/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (41)}) 8. Bb2 a5 9. a3 $146
(9. b5 a4 10. Na3 d6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Ne1 $6 d5 13. c5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Qa5 15. Na3
Nc6 $15 {0-1 Bock,J-Mainka,R/Recklinghausen 1999/EXT 2000 (44)}) 9... d5 10.
cxd5 $6 {This way white certainly can not fight for the advantage.} ({More
natural and much better is} 10. Nbd2 {For example:} axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1
Qb6 13. Qb3 {with a slightly preferable position for white.}) 10... cxd5 11.
Nc3 $6 {Another inaccuracy, which was well exploited by my opponent.} (11. b5
$11) 11... axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 (13. Qxa1 $6 Nc6 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4]}) 13...
Nxc3 $1 {In this kind of position black usually does not want to exchange his
centalized N voluntarily, but here, in combination with the next manoeuvre
this exchange is strong.} 14. Bxc3 Bd7 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb4,Gb5,Rc3][%cal Gd7b5]
Black wants to put his B on the very good b5 square and gradually put pressure
on white, using weak squares on the queenside.} 15. Ne5 ({I considered} 15. Bd2
{as an attempt to move this B to better pastures, but I didn't like} Qb6 {
[%csl Rb4]}) ({Also after} 15. Qd3 {black plays} Qb6 $15 {[%cal Gd7b5]}) 15...
Bb5 {[%csl Gb5]} 16. Re1 ({Slightly more accurate was} 16. Qd2) 16... e6 17.
Qb3 Qd6 18. e3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 {In this symmetrical position black has some
pressure, since white has weak squares on the queenside and very passive Bc3.
However with careful defence white should gradually equalize.} 20. Bf3 $1 {
[%cal Gf3d1] The bishop on g2 is doing nothing, so he has to be transfered to
the queenside, without being exchanged.} Rc8 21. Rc1 Qc6 22. Qb2 Bc4 23. Bd2 b6
24. Bd1 {White has successfully regrouped his pieces. Black still has a slight
edge, but the position is very close to a draw.} Bf8 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Ra3 Bb5
27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Bc3 {Now the defensive task for white is to prevent the
penetration of the black Q. This should not be too hard.} Qa6 29. Bb3 Bc4 30.
Bc2 Kf7 31. Bd2 Be7 32. Bd1 Be2 33. Bxe2 $2 {[%mdl 16384] (??) This move is
just unexplainable and certainly came as a pleasant surprise to my opponent...
Positionally speaking, there is no move, that could be worse.} ({Normal was} 
33. Bc2 {keeping the key squares under control.} Bd3 (33... Bf1 {[%cal Ga6e2]}
34. Qb1) 34. Bb3 Bf1 {[%cal Ga6e2]} 35. Bd1) 33... Qxe2 34. b5 {At least one
of my pawns now is on the "right" square.} g5 35. Bc3 Qd3 {[%csl Gd3] As a
result of my horrible exchange two moves ago black's Q is completely
dominating. Now white can only wait and see what black will come up with.} 36.
h3 h5 {Black's winning plan is to advance his king-side pawns and create
another weakness in white's camp.} 37. Be1 Kg6 38. Kg2 Kf7 {Since the
time-control contains an increment after each move, the repetition of moves is
useful.} 39. Kg1 Bd6 40. Kg2 f4 $6 {This push is premature.} ({The most
accurate was:} 40... Be7 $1 41. Kg1 Ke8 {[%cal Ge8d7] Black wants to put his K
on d7 and then create a breakthrow on the kingside. White's position is
hopeless. For instanse:} 42. Qc3 Qxb5 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qh8 Qe2 $19) 41. Qd2
Qxb5 ({After} 41... Qe4+ $2 42. f3 $1 (42. Kg1 $2 f3 $19) 42... Qxe3 43. Qxe3
fxe3 44. Kf1 {white has good chances to save the game.} e5 45. Bc3 g4 46. hxg4
hxg4 47. fxg4 e4 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Kxe3 Kg5 50. Be1 Kxg4 51. Ke2 Bxg3 52. Bb4 $15
) 42. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Gc2h7,Gc2c8] White's Q is ready to penetrate
black's position from both sides. It's clear now, that black's K should have
been moved to d7.} Kg7 (42... Kf6 43. exf4 (43. Qc8 Qe2 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qg7+
Ke8 {see b)43.Qh7.}) (43. Qh7 Qe2 44. Qh6+ Kf7 45. Qh7+ Ke8 46. Qg8+ Kd7 47.
Qf7+ Kc6 (47... Be7 $4 48. Bb4) 48. Qe8+ Kb7 49. Qxe6 f3+ 50. Kh2 Qxe1 51.
Qxd5+ Kc7 52. Qxf3 $19 {[%csl Gb6]}) 43... gxf4 44. Qd1 {[%csl Rh5]} Qe8 {
Black has good winning chances.}) 43. Qc8 fxe3 $2 (43... Kf7 44. exf4 gxf4 45.
Qc2 Kf6 {just like in previous comment.} ({but not} 45... Kg7 $2 46. Qc8 Qe2
47. Qd7+ Kg6 48. Bd2 $1 (48. Qxd6 $4 f3+ 49. Kh2 Qxe1 $19) 48... f3+ 49. Kg1
Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qxd2 51. Qxe6+ $11)) 44. Qxe6 exf2 45. Bxf2 Qc6 46. h4 $1 $11 {
[%csl Rh5] White has sufficient compensation.} (46. Be3 Qc2+ 47. Kf3 Qg6 48.
Qxd5 g4+) 46... g4 47. Qf5 Be7 {[%csl Yg5]} 48. Qxh5 Qe6 49. Qe8 Qe4+ 50. Kg1
Bf6 51. Qxe4 dxe4 52. d5 b5 {There is very few material left on the board, so
the result should be a draw, however the endgame still contains some tactical
points, since both sides has passed pawns.} 53. Bc5 Kg6 54. Kf2 Kf5 55. h5 Ke5
56. d6 Kd5 57. Bb4 Bg5 58. d7 Ke6 (58... e3+ 59. Ke2 Ke6 60. h6 Kxd7 61. h7 Bf6
62. Kxe3 Ke6 63. Kf4 Kf7 $11) 59. h6 ({A bit more troublesome for black was} 
59. Bd2 {[%tqu "En","Find the only way, that saves black.","","","e4e3","",10,
"g5e7","",0]} e3+ $1 {Without this move black is lost!} (59... Be7 $2 60. h6
Kxd7 61. Bc3 $18) (59... Bf6 $2 60. Bc3 $18) 60. Bxe3 Bf6 {The difference is,
that white can not play now 61.Bd4 since black will capture it with a check!
The next move black captures Pd7 and the draw is inevitable.}) 59... Kxd7 60.
h7 Bf6 61. Ke3 Ke6 62. Kxe4 Kf7 63. Kf5 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Minasian, Ara"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 (6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 {
- is the main line.}) 6... O-O 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4 Na6 9. Nbd2 ({After} 9. d5 c5
$1 {black gets convenient play, see the commented game Teske,H-Koc,P/MK Cafe
Cup 1999/CBM 73/0-1 (45) [Tyomkin]}) 9... e5 {This central strategy is the
most logical. The main alternatives are:} (9... Rb8 {- Cramling,P-Berg,E/
Sigeman & Co 2001/CBM 84/1-0 (27) [Tyomkin]}) (9... c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rae1 g5
12. e4 Nb4 13. Qc3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxb4 a5 16. Qa3 Bf5 17. d5 $14 {
1-0 Dreev,A-Minasian,A/Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext (36)}) 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Ba3 (11.
Qc2 dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. c5 fxg3 14. hxg3 Qb5 15. Qc4+ Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Re8 $13 {
0-1 Belov,I-Goldin,A/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (68)}) 11... Nxe5 12. e3 $5 $146 {
A new move in this position. White offers the exchange sacrifice.} (12. Rc1 f4
(12... Nc5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. e3 a5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Rfe1
Rae8 $11 {0-1 Belov,I-Vyzmanavin,A/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (54)}) 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14.
Nf3 Qe7 15. Qd2 fxg3 16. hxg3 Nc5 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 a5 19. Nd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Danielsen,H/Koge 1997/EXT 2000 (54)}) (12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rb1
Qe7 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. e3 Nc5 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 a6 19. Rc1 Ne4 $11
{1/2-1/2 Verdihanov,V-Beim,V/Berlin 1994/EXT 97 (32)}) 12... Rb8 {Black's
decicion to decline the challenge is justified.} ({After} 12... Nxf3+ $6 13.
Bxf3 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 (14. Bd5+ $2 Be6) 14... Nc5 15. Qc3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga3b2]
white has dangerous initiative.}) 13. Nxe5 ({Deserves attention} 13. Rb1) 13...
Qxe5 14. Bd5+ (14. Rb1 $6 Qa5 {[%csl Ra2,Ra3]}) 14... Kh8 (14... Be6 15. Nf3
Qf6 16. Rb1 $14) 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. b4 {Probably white should not hurry with this
advance.} (16. Qc2 $5) 16... c5 $1 17. b5 Nc7 18. Bg2 Be6 $132 {[%cal Gd6d5]}
19. b6 $5 (19. Bb2 d5 20. Qc2 $13) 19... axb6 20. Rxb6 {[%csl Rb7]} Na8 (20...
d5 $2 21. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 21. Rb5 (21. Rb3 $6 b5 $1 22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23. cxb5
Bxa2 $15) 21... b6 {[%cal Ga8c7]} 22. Qb1 Bd7 23. Rb3 Ba4 24. Rb2 $1 {This is
already second time in this game, that white offers the exchange sacrifice.} (
24. Rd3 $6 b5 {and black is better.}) 24... Qa7 {[%csl Ra3]} ({Bad for black is
} 24... Bxb2 $2 25. Bxb2+ Kg8 26. Bd5+ Rf7 27. e4 $40) 25. Qd3 Rfd8 (25... Rbd8
$6 26. Rfb1 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gg2a8]}) 26. e4 f4 $6 {Quite a risky decision,
especially when the most of black's pieces are on the queenside.} (26... fxe4
27. Nxe4 Bc6 $13) 27. gxf4 Qf7 28. Nf3 $6 ({More dangerous for black seems to
be:} 28. f5 gxf5 (28... Bxb2 $2 29. Bxb2+ Kg8 30. Qc3 $40) 29. exf5 Nc7 30. Ne4
Qxf5 31. Re2) 28... Qxf4 29. Re2 Nc7 (29... b5 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5,Rb5f1]} 30. Bc1
Qf8) 30. Bc1 Qf8 31. Ng5 h6 {This move weakens the Pg6, but it's necessary.} (
31... b5 32. Re3 {[%cal Ge3h3]}) 32. Nh3 Qf6 $2 {A strange move, which
actually loses a very important tempo.} ({Logical was} 32... Ne6 {with a
double-edged position.}) 33. Bb2 Qf7 34. Qg3 {[%cal Gh3f4]} Ne6 {If black will
manage to occupy the d4 square by the N, his position will be sound, but the
next white's move frustrates black's plans...} 35. e5 $1 dxe5 36. Bd5 Nf4 (
36... Rxd5 $6 37. cxd5 Nd4 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. Rxe5 $16) 37. Nxf4 Qxf4 (37...
exf4 $2 38. Qh4 $18 {[%cal Rh4h6,Rb2h8,Gd5f7]}) 38. Bxe5 {White choses the
safe way, which however leads to an endgame with only minor chances for a win.}
({Very risky is} 38. Qxg6 $5 {, but the following variations confirm, that the
arising complications might be in white's favour.} Rxd5 (38... Rg8 39. Kh1 $16)
39. cxd5 Rg8 40. Re4 Qf3 41. Re3 (41. Rxa4 Bf6 42. Ra8 Rxa8 43. Qxh6+ Kg8 44.
Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qh6+ $11) 41... Qxd5 42. Rg3 $14) 38... Bxe5 39. Rxe5 Qxg3+ 40.
fxg3 $14 Re8 41. Rxe8+ (41. Rfe1 $6 Rxe5 42. Rxe5 Re8) 41... Rxe8 $6 {Black is
aiming for the active counterplay, but objectively, the recapture with the B
was safer.} (41... Bxe8 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kh7 $1 44. Kf2 Rc8 {[%cal Ye8d7]}
45. Be6 Ra8 {[%cal Ye8c6]}) 42. Rf6 {[%csl Rb6,Rg6,Rh6]} Re1+ 43. Kf2 Ra1 44.
Rxg6 Rxa2+ 45. Ke3 $2 {[%csl Rh2] This move actually spoiles most of white's
winning chances.} (45. Kg1 {White should keep the Ph2, in order to get an
opportunity for two connected passed pawns.} b5 46. cxb5 (46. Rxh6+ $2 Kg7 47.
Rc6 b4) 46... Ra1+ 47. Kf2 Bxb5 48. Rxh6+ Kg7 49. Rb6 {with a good winning
chances.}) 45... Kh7 46. Rxb6 (46. Be4 Bc2 $11) 46... Rxh2 {White's pieces are
more active, but with such a limited material, the game should end in a draw.}
47. Ra6 Bd1 48. Kf4 Rf2+ 49. Ke5 Bf3 50. Rf6 (50. Ra3 $1 {[%csl Yg3][%cal
Ya3g3]} Bg4 51. Kd6 $14) 50... Re2+ 51. Kd6 Bg4 $1 52. Kxc5 Re3 53. Kc6 Rxg3
54. Be4+ Kg7 55. Rg6+ Kf8 56. Rxh6 Rh3 57. Rxh3 $6 {This leads to a
theoretical draw.} (57. Rg6 {could still give white slight practical chances
for a win.}) 57... Bxh3 {This endgame is theoretically drawish, however there
are some side factors, which can affect the expected result, such as
time-trouble, tension...} 58. Kd6 Bf1 59. c5 Bb5 60. Bc6 Be2 61. Ba4 Bf3 {
There are two, long enough, diagonals, where the black B can stop the white P,
and white certainly can not control both of them.} 62. Bd7 Bg2 63. Bc6 Bf1 64.
Bf3 Bb5 65. Bh5 Ba4 66. Bf3 Bb5 67. Bb7 Ba4 68. Bc8 Ke8 69. Kc7 {White refuses
to accept the inevitable draw, and continue to make the moves in order to tire
his opponent...} Ke7 70. Bg4 Be8 71. Bf3 Ba4 72. Kb7 Kf6 {A pretty strange
move, however does not spoil anything. Still...} ({After} 72... Kd8 {it's
simple theoretical draw:} 73. Kb6 Kc8 74. Be2 Kb8 75. Bb5 Bxb5 76. Kxb5 Kc7 $11
) 73. Kb6 Ke5 $4 {Quite a shocking mistake on such a high level of chess!
Where does the king go?!} ({It was not too late to come back with the K} 73...
Ke7 $11) 74. Be2 Kd4 (74... Ke6 75. Bb5 Bd1 76. c6 Kd6 77. c7 Bg4 78. Kb7 $18)
75. Bb5 {Comparing to the above mentioned variation, black can not exchange BB
and must allow the decisive advance of the white P.} Bd1 76. c6 Bg4 77. c7 Kd5
78. Be2 Bc8 79. Ba6 Bg4 80. Kb7 Kc5 81. Kb8 {Now the key to the win is
zugzwang!} Kb6 82. Bc8 Bf3 83. Bf5 Bb7 {The black's problem is, that the
diagonal c8-a6 is too short...} 84. Bd3 $22 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pap, Gyula"]
[Black "Haub, Thorsten Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ $1 5. bxc3 f5 $132) 3... d6 4.
g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c6 (7... Qe8) 8. O-O Qe8 {[%cal Ge7e5,Ge8f7]}
9. Nbd2 (9. d5) 9... h6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} (9... Na6) 10. e3 (10. Qc2 {La grande
ligne} g5 {Sasikiran,K (2658)-Dzhumaev,M (2495) Commonwealth-ch 2003 (10) 1-0})
10... Na6 {[%cal Ga6c7,Gb7b5]} 11. Rb1 $146 {un plan curieux} (11. Qc2 {
Panchenko,A (2430)-Biolek,R (2360) Bratislava Slovan op 1991 (9) 1-0}) (11. Qe2
) 11... Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5] le plan B7b5 est naturel dans la variante Leningrad
mais l'inconvénient d'ouvrir la colonne "b" est de justifier le coups Rb1.} (
11... g5 $5 {[%csl Rb1] Un plan naturel mais plus risqué qui aurait le mérite
de laisser la Rb1 sur une case passive car le plan a3b4b5 est assez lent}) 12.
a3 {[%cal Gd1c2]} Be6 13. Ne1 Bf7 14. Nd3 {[%csl Ge5]} b5 (14... Nc7) 15. Qc2
bxc4 16. bxc4 Qc8 {Le signe que la position noire n'est pas très saine} 17. Bc3
$1 $16 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Nd7 19. Nb4 $36 Nxb4 20. axb4 c5 21. Qa4 (21. bxc5 dxc5
22. Rb5 cxd4 23. exd4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4c8]}) 21... cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23.
exd4 Nb6 24. Qxa7 Nxc4 25. Rc1 $40 {[%csl Re7]} d5 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Qxe7 {
Prématuré car la poussée du P "b" était quasiment impossible а stopper} (27. b5
$142 $1 {[%cal Gb5b8]} Re8 (27... Qb8 28. b6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg2]}) 28. b6) 27...
Qa6 28. Qc5 Qa3 {[%cal Ga3c1]} 29. Re1 (29. Rxc4 $2 Bxc4 30. Qxc4+ Kg7 31. b5
f4 $1) 29... Qc3 (29... f4 $5) (29... c3) 30. Re7 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 f4 32. d5 (32.
b5 fxg3 33. hxg3 $18 {[%cal Ge7f7,Gb5b6]}) 32... c3 33. Rc7 fxg3 34. hxg3 Qd1
$2 (34... c2 35. d6 (35. Qxc2 Qxc2 36. Rxc2 Bxd5)) 35. Qxc3 Qxd5 36. b5 Qd1 37.
b6 Re8 38. b7 Qb1 39. Qf6 Qb3 40. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 {L'ukrainien est en forme depuis plusieurs mois et il venait de
remporter notamment le grand-prix d'Astrakhan.} f5 {La défense hollandaise a
longtemps également porté le nom de défense "De Rivière" car le nantais l'a
popularisé au 19ème siècle mais cette appellation est aujourd'hui oubliée.} 2.
g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 {Le choix des noirs est assez surprenant car le clichois n'a
jamais joué la variante Leningrad selon les bases.} 4. Nf3 g6 5. b4 $5 {
[%csl Gc5] Une ligne secondaire qui permet de surcontrôler la case "e5" comme
dans la variante 5.b3 tout en gardant l'option d'une attaque de minorité} (5.
O-O $142 {La grande ligne} Bg7 6. b3 (6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 {Retombe sur la
position critique de la variante Leningrad} Qe8 (7... Nc6) (7... c6)) 6... O-O
7. Bb2 {[%csl Ge5]}) (5. c4) (5. b3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc1b2] avec un plan
identique а la partie pour surcontroler "e5" tout en retardant la poussée "c4"}
Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nbd2 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 5... Bg7 (5... a5 6. b5 {
[%csl Rb8]} c6 (6... Nbd7) 7. c4 (7. a4 Bg7 8. O-O cxb5 9. axb5 {[%csl Ga5]
[%cal Ga5a1]}) 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb2 $14) (5... c6 $5 {[%cal Ga7a5] la
poussée b4 au lieu de b3 n'offre pas que des avantages aux blancs et les noirs
peuvent essayer d'en profiter en s'activant а l'aile-dame} 6. a4 (6. O-O a5 $1)
(6. c4 a5 7. b5 $14) 6... a5 7. b5) 6. Bb2 {[%csl Re5]} (6. O-O) 6... O-O 7. c4
(7. O-O {L'alternative est de retarder la poussée "c4" pour accélérer le
développement} c6 (7... Qe8 $143 {N'a pas très bonne réputation théorique} 8.
c4 (8. Qd3 $5)) 8. Nbd2 a5 9. a3 (9. bxa5 {Pushkov,N (2514)-Golcman,E (2252)
RUS-ch Seniors 2008 (9) 1/2})) 7... Qe8 {[%cal Ge7e5,Ge8f7]} (7... c6 {la
grande ligne}) 8. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Ge7e5] Un coup provocateur mais le N noir
sera ensuite recyclé а l'aile-roi} (8... c6 9. Nbd2 h6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 10. Qc2
Na6 (10... g5) 11. a3 Nc7 12. Rfe1 Qf7 13. a4 Bd7 14. b5 Rac8 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16.
Qb3 Na6 17. Rec1 Ne4 18. Nf1 g5 19. Ne1 e5 20. Qd1 g4 21. d5 Be8 22. Nd3 Nac5
23. Nd2 {Tregubov,P (2629)-Netzer,J (2384)/Noyon 2005/CBM 105 ext/0-1 (40)}) 9.
b5 Nd8 {[%cal Gd8f7]} 10. Nbd2 c6 11. a4 {[%cal Gb2a3,Ga4b5,Gc4c5]} (11. Qb3 {
[%cal Gb3g8]} Ne6) 11... Nf7 $146 {[%cal Ge7e5]} (11... Kh8 {Garcia Paolicchi,
R (2284)-Conquest,S (2564) Pamplona op 2005 (3) 1-0}) (11... Ne6 $5 12. e3 Bd7
(12... a6 13. b6 {[%csl Gc7]} (13. Qb3)) (12... h6 13. Qc2 Ng5 (13... Bd7) 14.
Nxg5 hxg5 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 13. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3g8]} Kh8 (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4
15. Nd2 $16) 14. Rab1 Qf7 (14... Rb8 {[%cal Gb7c6,Gb8b3]})) 12. e3 Kh8 {
[%cal Gf8g8,Gg6g5]} (12... e5 $5 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ba3 {[%csl
Rf8]}) 13. Ba3 Rg8 {[%csl Rg8] Un plan trés lent et assez risqué} 14. c5 $5 (
14. bxc6 $5 bxc6 15. Rb1 $14) (14. Rb1 $5) 14... d5 {[%csl Rc8,Ge5,Re8][%cal
Gc6b5] Une concession et les noirs manquent un peu d'espace} (14... cxb5 15.
axb5 Qxb5 16. Rb1 Qe8 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. Ne5 $44) 15. Rb1 Ne4 16. Qc2 (16. Qb3
$143 e5 $1 $132 {[%cal Ge4d2]} (16... Bd7 17. Rfd1 $14)) 16... Bd7 $1 17. bxc6
Bxc6 {[%cal Gc6a4]} (17... bxc6 $6 18. Rb7 $16 {[%csl Gb7]}) 18. a5 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc6][%cal Ga5a6] Les blancs ont un bon avantage d'espace et
l'attaque noire а l'aile-roi est en retard mais en fait, il est plus facile
d'améliorer la position des noirs} a6 $8 {[%csl Rb6]} (18... g5 19. a6 $1 $36)
(18... e5 19. a6) 19. Rb6 {Semble un peu lent} (19. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3b4,
Gb4c6,Gf2f3]} e5 $132 (19... Ba4)) 19... g5 20. Ne1 e5 $1 21. Ndf3 (21. Nd3
exd4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Bb2 {[%cal Gb2h8]} Bxb2 24. Qxb2+ Rg7 {[%csl Rg7,Rh8]}
25. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e8,Gf2f3]} Qd7 26. Nf3 Re8 27. Nd4 $44 {[%csl Gd4][%cal
Gd4f5]}) (21. Bb2 $5 {la pression sur la diagonale empêche la poussée des
noirs f5f4} exd4 (21... f4 $2 22. Nxe4) 22. Bxd4 Ne5 $36 {[%csl Ge5]}) (21. Nb3
{[%cal Gb3d4]}) 21... f4 $132 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 fxe3 24. fxe3 Qxe5 25. Nd3
Qe6 (25... Qe7 $5 {Evite le clouage sur la 06ème rangée} 26. Nb4 {[%cal Gb4c6]}
Nxg3 $1 27. hxg3 Qxe3+ $132 {[%cal Ge3a3,Ge3g1]}) 26. Bb2 Rgf8 (26... Raf8) 27.
Nb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4c6]} Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Rf8 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Rb7 Be5 31. Bxe5+
Qxe5 32. Qd3 Qf6 $2 (32... Qf5 $36 {[%csl Rf2] Evite l'échange des Q tout en
gardant l'initiative sur la colonne "f"}) 33. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4h8] Transposant
dans une bonne finale pour les blancs} Qxd4 34. exd4 Rf2 35. Bxa6 Ra2 36. Bd3
Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3h2]} 37. Kf2 $1 {n'ayant pas peur de la découverte} Nc4+
38. Kf3 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb7h7] la finale est nettement meilleure pour les
blancs} Nxa5 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Ra7 $1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga7a2]} Ra3 41. Kg4 $1
$40 (41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Kd1 Ra1+ 43. Kc2 Ra2+ 44. Kc3 {[%cal Gc3b4]} Ra3+ 45. Kb4
Rxd3 46. Kxa5 Rxd4 47. Kb6 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rg8]}) 41... Rxd3 42. Rxa5 Rxd4+ 43.
Kxg5 Rc4 44. Kg6 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga5a8,Gh2h4,Gh4h5]} Rg4+ (44... Kf8) 45.
Kf5 Rc4 46. Kg6 {Répète les coups pour gagner du temps avec l'incrément} Rg4+
47. Kf6 $1 Rc4 48. h4 $18 {Les noirs sont impuissants face а la majorité de
l'aile-roi} Kh7 49. Ke5 d4 50. Ke4 Kg6 51. Kd3 Rb4 52. Ra6 Kf5 53. Rxc6 Ke5 54.
Rg6 Rb3+ 55. Kc4 Rc3+ 56. Kb4 Rc1 57. h5 Rb1+ 58. Kc4 Rc1+ 59. Kb5 Rb1+ 60. Kc6
Ra1 61. Kb6 {[%mdl 4096]} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 (7...
Nc6) (7... c6) 8. Re1 Qf7 {[%cal Gf7c4]} 9. e4 {Une ligne secondaire} (9. b3 {
la grande ligne}) 9... Nxe4 (9... fxe4 10. Ng5 Qxc4 11. Ngxe4 $14) 10. Nxe4
fxe4 11. Rxe4 Qxc4 (11... Bf5 12. Ng5 $1 Qe8 13. Re3 Bh6 14. Rb3 $36 {[%csl
Rb7]}) 12. Rxe7 Bg4 $6 $146 ({RR} 12... Na6 13. Be3 c6 14. Nd2 Qb4 15. a3 Qa5
16. Nc4 Qd8 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Re3 Nc7 20. d5 c5 21. Qd2 Rf7 22.
Rae1 b5 23. Na5 Bd7 24. Nb7 Qf8 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. d6 Ne6 27. Bxa8 {Richter,M 
(2427)-Hagesaether,E (2249)/Pardubice 2009/Mega2009 Update 30/1-0 (31)}) 13.
Ne5 $1 Bxd1 14. Nxc4 Nc6 (14... Bf3 $5 15. Bxf3 Rxf3 16. Rxc7 Bxd4 {[%csl Rf2]}
) 15. Rxc7 (15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Rxc7 $36) 15... Nxd4 $2 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Bh6 $1
Bxh6 18. Rxd1 $18 Nf5 19. Rxb7 Bg5 20. Be4 Rac8 21. b3 Rc5 22. Rxa7 d5 23. Rxd5
Rxd5 24. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Haub, Thorsten Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 f5 4. d4 (4. Bg2 e5 $132) 4... Nf6 5. b4 {une ligne
secondaire et cette idée b4 est généralement jouée plus tard} (5. Bg2 {la
grande ligne}) 5... O-O (5... d6) 6. Bb2 c6 7. Bg2 d5 ({RR} 7... Na6 8. a3 Nc7
9. O-O d6 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. a4 a6 12. Ne1 Qe8 13. Nd3 Be6 14. Rc1 g5 15. e3 Rd8
16. Qe2 Qf7 17. f3 Bc8 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8
22. d5 {Kramnik,V (2751)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2585)/Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM 071/
1-0 (55)}) (7... d6 {la grande ligne}) 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. O-O Be6 10. Qc2 Nd7 (
10... Kh8 {[%cal Ge6g8]}) 11. a4 Kh8 12. e3 Nd6 13. b5 Rc8 14. c5 $14 {[%csl
Rc8]} Ne4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3a5,Ga5c6]} Rb8 17. Rab1 Rb4 $11 18.
a5 Qc7 19. Nfd2 Rfb8 20. Bc3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Nf6 22. f3 Bc8 23. Na1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1
Ba6 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Qb3 Nd7 27. Qxb8+ Nxb8 28. f4 Nd7 29. Nc2 e6 30. Nb4 Nb8
31. Bf1 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Bf6 33. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plancoet op-A 10th"]
[Site "Plancoet"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milchev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Dionisi, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. b4 {[%csl Gc5]} d6 7. Bb2
Qe8 8. Nbd2 (8. O-O c6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 h6 11. Rae1 Qf7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qc2
a6 14. Nh4 e5 15. e4 f4 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Nh7 18. gxf4 exd4 19. f5 Ne5 20.
f4 Qf6 21. fxe5 Qxh4 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. f6 Nxf6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Nf3 Qh5 26.
Bxd4 Be6 27. Qc3 Rbf8 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Qe3 Rf8 30. Kh1 Re8 31. e5 Bd5 32. Qf4
g5 33. Qg3 Bc4 34. Rf2 Bf8 35. e6 Bg7 36. e7 Bd5 37. Rfe2 Qf7 {Khismatullin,D 
(2638)-Halkias,S (2581) St Petersburg 2012 1-0}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O (9. d5 e5 10.
dxe6 Qxe6) 9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qb3 c5 12. e4 f4 13. gxf4 Nh5 14. fxe5 Nf4
$36 15. Rae1 Nxe5 (15... Qe6 {[%csl Rc4]}) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qe3
cxb4 19. Kh1 Be6 $17 20. Rg1 Rad8 21. Nf3 Qh5 22. Bf1 Bg4 23. Ne5 Bh3 (23...
Be6 $5 {Il vallait peut-être mieux garder le B pour profiter des faiblesses
des cases blanches de l'aile-roi}) 24. Bxh3 Nxh3 25. Ng4 Nxg1 26. Rxg1 Qh4 27.
e5 Rde8 (27... b6) 28. Rg3 Qe7 29. Qxa7 h5 $2 {Oubliant l'échec} (29... Kh8 {
[%cal Gh7h5]} 30. Qb6 h5) 30. Nf6+ Rxf6 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Qxb7 h4 33. Qd5+ Kh8
34. Rf3 {Après avoir été perdants, les Blancs commencent à prendre le
dessus!} Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Qg7 $2 36. Rf7 $18 Qh6 37. h3 g5 38. Rf5 Rg8 39. c5 Qg6
40. c6 Rc8 41. c7 Qg7 42. Rf7 Qg6 43. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde GP CCAS"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 (5. b4 {Retarder la poussée c4
donne des options supplémentaires aux Blancs} O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bb2 {[%csl Ge5]
} c6 (7... Nc6 $5 {Une idée très intéressante du spécialiste de la
variante Leningrad, le GMI Malaniuk} 8. b5 Na5 9. Nbd2 a6 $1 {Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2672)-Malaniuk,V (2534) Aiacciu Masters op 2006 (9) 1/2}) 8. Nbd2 a5 9. a3 $14
) 5... O-O 6. b4 $1 c6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bb2 a5 (8... d5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11.
Qc2 Nb6 12. c5 Nd7 13. Nb3 a4 14. Na5 f4 15. Nc4 g5 16. Nce5 Qe8 17. Nxd7 Bxd7
18. Ne5 Be6 19. g4 Nf6 20. h3 h5 21. f3 Nd7 22. Rae1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bf7 24. Bd4
Bg6 25. Qc3 e6 26. Kf2 Qe7 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Ref1 Ke8 29. Ke1 Kd7 30. Kd2 Rh8 31.
Qb2 Raf8 32. Qa1 Qd8 33. Qb2 Qa8 34. Qc3 Qa6 35. Rc1 Rh7 36. Qb2 Rfh8 37. Qc3
Ke7 38. Qb2 {Grischuk,A (2736)-Nakamura,H (2708) Bursa 2010 1/2-1/2}) 9. b5
cxb5 10. cxb5 a4 11. Nc3 d5 12. Rc1 a3 13. Ba1 Be6 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. Na4 $146 {
[%csl Ra3][%cal Ga4c5,Gb3a3]} (15. Rfd1 Bh6 16. e3 Nd7 17. Ne5 Nb6 18. Ne2 Ra4
19. Nf4 Rb4 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Qxa3 Bxf4 23. exf4 Nb6 24. Qd3 Ra8
25. f3 {1/2-1/2 (25) Turova,I (2442)-Van Oosterom,C (2422) Maastricht 2011})
15... Nd7 16. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3b4]} Nxc3 17. Rxc3 h6 (17... Rac8 18. Qxa3) 18.
Rfc1 $36 g5 (18... Bf7 {Un peu meilleur mais il était difficile d'anticiper
la combinaison des Blancs}) 19. Rc6 $3 bxc6 20. Rxc6 Qb8 21. Rxe6 $18 Ra5 22.
Nc3 Kh8 23. Qb4 Qa8 24. Rxe7 Rd8 25. Nxd5 Bf8 26. Qd6 Qb8 27. Qg6 Bxe7 28.
Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Nxe7+ Kf7 30. Nxg5+ Kxe7 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O {
-> A 87} Qc7 (8... a5 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. a3 Qc7 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. c5 Kh8 13. Rac1
Rae8 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Nfd2 $10 {Portisch-Uhlmann Stockholm izt 1962
}) 9. Nbd2 Ng4 (9... Re8 $2 10. d5 $1 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rc1
Qd7 14. e4 Nf6 15. e5 Ng4 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Qb4 20.
Rfd1 a5 21. a3 Qxb3 $2 22. Rb1 Qc3 23. Rdc1 $18 Nd4 24. Qd1 $1 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 {
1-0 Lebredo-Villareal Mexico D.F. 1978 25/111}) 10. e4 (10. h3 Nh6 11. e4)
10... f4 11. Qc2 (11. h3) 11... fxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. dxe5 (13. c5 $5) 13...
dxe5 14. c5 b5 15. a4 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 (18. Qc4+ $5) 18...
cxb5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxb4 Bd7 21. Rc1 Nc6 22. Qb3 (22. Qxb5 $2 Nd4 23. Qd3 Bb5
24. Nc4 Qxc5 $15) 22... h6 23. Nb1 b4 24. Nbd2 g5 25. Nc4 Be6 26. Qd3 b3 $6 (
26... Nxf2 27. Kxf2 g4 28. Nd6) 27. Nd6 (27. Qxb3 Rb8 (27... Na5 $2 28. Qb6 $1)
(27... Nxf2 $1 28. Kxf2 g4) 28. Qa3) 27... Nb4 28. Qe2 Na2 $1 29. Rc4 Nxf2 30.
Nxe5 (30. Qxf2 g4) 30... Kh7 $1 31. Qh5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Ng4 33. Bh3 Bxc4 34. Bxg4
Qxc5+ {Ribli} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "St Ingbert"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Na6
9. Rb1 {Preparing to fianchetto the bishop after b3 or a3 and b4.} (9. Re1) (9.
Ne1) 9... Nc7 10. a4 {The created weakness of square b4 is not so important.
In order to get there with the knight Black will waste too much time (since he
already played Nc7). Besides, it is unclear whether the knight on b4 is really
active.} h6 $146 (10... Kh8 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bb2 a6 13. e3 b5 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. Nd2
e5 16. Rbe1 b4 17. Nd1 g5 18. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Goodman,D-Mokry,K/Groningen 1977
(56)}) (10... Rb8 11. b3 h6 12. Ne1 a6 13. Nd3 g5 14. b4 $1 $14 {1-0
Gaprindashvili,N-Skripchenko,A/Kishinev 1998 (50)}) (10... e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12.
Qd3 (12. b3 h6 {- 11.b3}) 12... Ne4 (12... h6 $6 13. Nh4 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Rg6]} (
13. Rd1 $14)) 13. Rd1 $5 $14) 11. b3 e5 (11... g5 $5) 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bb2 a6
(13... d5 14. cxd5 Ncxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qc2 $14) 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. a5 $1 Rad8
16. Na4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc5] /+/-} Qf7 17. Rbd1 g5 18. Nd2 Ng4 {One way or
another Black should sacrifice material in order to get some practical chances.
Strategically the battle is almost lost for Black, who has lots of weaknesses
in his pawn structure.} 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Bxb7 Ne5 21. Qc3 Nb5 22. cxb5 Qxb7
23. Nxc5 (23. bxa6 Qa8 $1 {with some compensation.}) 23... Qc8 (23... dxc5 24.
Qxe5 $18) 24. Na4 axb5 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Nb6 Rc2 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28. exf3 Bxb3
29. Rxd6 {After a more or less forced sequence of moves, in the arising
endgame both sides have about equal chances, only different goals: White to
win and Black to draw. In that respect maybe Black's chances to reach his goal
are slightly more preferable.} Ba2 $1 (29... Ra2 30. Rb1 $16 {/+-}) 30. a6 Rf7
31. Re1 ({In the post-mortem analysis we thought that White could win with} 31.
Rd8+ Kg7 32. Ra8 {but later I found that Black has} Rc3 $3 ({not} 32... Be6 33.
Ra1 Kf6 34. a7 Rcc7 35. Ra6 Ke5 (35... Rb7 36. Nd5+ Ke5 37. Rxe6+ $18) 36. Nc4+
bxc4 37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Re8+ $18) ({nor} 32... Kf6 33. a7 b4 34. Nd7+ $18) 33.
Ra1 Ra3 {and Black holds somehow.}) 31... Kg7 $1 32. Nd7 Rc7 33. Ra1 Rfxd7 34.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. Rxa2 Ra7 36. Ra5 b4 (36... Kf6 $2 37. Kf1 $16) 37. Rxf5 Rxa6 38.
Rb5 Ra3 ({or} 38... Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Rb1) ({weaker is} 38... Ra4 $2 39. Kg2 $16)
39. Kg2 Rb3 {The endgame is a draw.} 40. g4 Kg6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Kg3 Kh7 43. h3
Kg7 44. Kg2 Rb2 45. f4 gxf4 46. Kf3 Rb3+ 47. Kxf4 Rxh3 $8 48. Rxb4 Ra3 49. Ke4
Ra6 50. f4 Kf6 51. Rd4 Re6+ 52. Kf3 Ra6 53. Rd8 Ra3+ 54. Ke4 Ra6 55. Rd4 Re6+
56. Kf3 Ra6 57. Kg3 Ra3+ 58. Kh4 Ra1 59. Rd6+ Kg7 60. f5 Rg1 61. Rd7+ Kf6 62.
Rh7 Rh1+ 63. Kg3 Rg1+ 64. Kf3 Rh1 65. Ra7 Rf1+ 66. Kg2 Rb1 67. Rh7 Kg5 68. Rg7+
Kf4 69. f6 Rb8 70. Kh3 Ke5 71. Rg6 Rf8 72. Rxh6 Rxf6 73. Rh8 Ke6 74. g5 Rf1 75.
Kg4 Rg1+ 76. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.11"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Grafl, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Be3 {Quite a rare move. White takes control of the c5-square and is
planning to swap the dark-squared bishops later on.} ({The main continuation
here is:} 9. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4] intending to advance the b-pawn.}) 9... Bd7 {
Black doesn't show his plans yet.} ({Black has a large choice of alternatives
here:} 9... c6) (9... h6) (9... c5) 10. Rb1 ({Here is an example from the
modern practice:} 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 e5
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. b3 Qe7 17. Ng5 c6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bauer,
C-Herraiz Hidalgo,H/Bilbao 2004/CBM 102 ext (59)}) 10... c5 11. dxc6 {
Alexander avoids a closed type of position.} (11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Bh6 Qf7 13. Bxg7
Qxg7 14. a3 a5 15. a4 h6 16. Ne1 g5 17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Ng4 19. Nd3 Qg5 20.
Rbf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jovic,A-Soffer,R/Biel 1991/EXT 2000 (47)}) 11... bxc6 {
Now black has a flexible pawn structure, but white gets a clear plan of
b2-b4-b5 advancement.} ({Comes to consideration also:} 11... Bxc6 $5 12. b4 (
12. Nd5 e5 $1 13. Rc1 (13. Nxf6+ Rxf6 14. Bg5 Rf7 $132 15. Qxd6 $140 $6 h6 $36
{[%cal Gf5f4,Oh6g5,Ga8d8]})) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rb3 Rc8 $132) 12. b4 {
Allowing black to exchange the important Be3. In my opinion, white cannot
pretend on advantage now.} ({I would prefer:} 12. h3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} c5 13. Nd5
(13. a3 Rb8 14. Qd2 Bc6 $11) (13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Bh6 Nc7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 13...
Rb8 14. a3 (14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Qd2 Bc6 $11) 14... Nxd5 15. Qxd5+ Kh8 16. Qd2 {
with a doubled-edged play.}) 12... Ng4 13. Qd2 $146 ({Too passive is:} 13. Bd2
e5 14. Be1 $6 (14. h3 Nf6 15. b5 Nc5 $132) 14... e4 15. Nd4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 c5
17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Rb3 Qe6 19. Qd5 Nf6 $15 {0-1 Van de Velde,K-Van Beers,E/
Belgium 2001/EXT 2003 (42)}) 13... Qf7 14. c5 {That move is very principal,
but gives black a lot of playable possibilities.} ({A very interesting
position with mutual chances would arise after:} 14. b5 $5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 (15.
Qxe3 f4 $1 $132) 15... Nc7 (15... Qxc4 $2 16. Nd4 Nc7 17. bxc6 $16 {[%cal
Oc6d7,Gb1b7]}) ({I can also hardly recommend} 15... Nc5 $6 16. Nd4 cxb5 (16...
Rab8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 $16) 17. Bd5 e6 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Ndxb5 $14 {
and black's compensation is not sufficient.}) ({But deserves attention also:} 
15... cxb5 16. Ng5 (16. cxb5 Rac8 17. Nd4 Nc5 $132) 16... Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc4
18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rfc1 Qg4 $132) 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nc6 $132) 14...
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 dxc5 {At this point black had a solid choice of possibilities.} (
{An attempt to win the pawn fails to:} 15... Qc4 $2 16. Rfc1 Nxb4 17. Qxe7 Rf7
18. Qxd6 $1 Bxc3 19. Nd2 (19. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qg4 (20... Qxa2 21. Rxb4 Qd2
22. Rb8+ Rxb8 23. Qxb8+ Kg7 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Ra1 $16) 21. f3 Qg5 22. f4 Qe7 23.
Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxb4 Rxe2 25. Rb7 Be8 26. Bf1 $16) 19... Qxe2 (19... Qxa2 20.
Rxc3 a5 21. Rcb3 Re8 22. e3 $16 {[%csl Ra2,Rg8]}) 20. Rxc3 Nd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5
22. Qxd5 Re8 $16) ({But I can either recommend:} 15... Nc7 $5 16. Rfd1 (16.
cxd6 exd6 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Qd2 d5 $132) 16... d5 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19.
b5 e6 20. a4 Rfb8 $11) ({or} 15... Qf6 16. Rfc1 dxc5 ({Only not} 16... d5 $2
17. b5 Nc7 18. b6 Ne6 19. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 20. b7 $16 {[%cal Gc5c6]}) ({But quite
possible is also} 16... Nc7 17. cxd6 exd6 $132 {with a complicated play.}) 17.
b5 Nc7 ({Too dangerous is:} 17... cxb5 $6 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rd1 Qe6
21. Ng5 $1 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rad8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nxd8 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
$14) 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc5 Rfc8 20. Qc4+ Qe6 $11) 16. b5 {White is clearing
the long diagonal!} f4 $2 {A very serious mistake which immediately makes
black's position very hard.} ({It was necessary to take the second pawn. As
the analyse shows, white cannot pretend on advantage in any lines. For
instance,} 16... cxb5 17. Ng5 (17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Rab8 19. Nxb5 ({I don't
see how white can develop initiative after} 19. Rfd1 Rfd8) 19... Qf6 20. Qxf6
Rxf6 21. Nxa7 Rfb6 22. Rxb6 Rxb6 $11) 17... f4 $1 {(maybe that resourse was
overlooked by Florian)} 18. Qd3 (18. gxf4 Qxf4 19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20. Bxa8 Bxc3 $132
) (18. Qd2 Qf5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5 b4 $132) 18... Qf5 19. Bxa8
Rxa8 20. Nxb5 Qxd3 21. exd3 Nb4 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Nce6 $132 {and black is at
least not worse due to the pair of bishops.}) 17. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rd7] That is
the point! Now the Bd7 is hanging, so black has no time for consolidating.}
Rad8 {Giving up 2 pieces for a rook,but now light squares become very weak.} ({
Maybe it was better to retreat with:} 17... Nb8 18. a4 h6 19. Rbc1 $36 {
[%csl Ra8,Rb8] but who will like to play with such ugly pieces?!}) 18. bxa6 Bf5
19. Qb2 ({Possible was also:} 19. Qxf4 Bxc3 20. Rb7 Qxa2 21. Rxe7 Rd7 22. Rxd7
Bxd7 23. Qd6 $16 {but the text move looks stronger.}) 19... Bxb1 20. Rxb1 Qc4 {
Black's activity forces white to make several passive moves.} 21. Rc1 Rb8 ({
Hardly better would be} 21... Qxa6 22. Qb3+ c4 23. Qc2 $16) 22. Qd2 Rfd8 23.
Qe1 Rb2 ({I believe} 23... fxg3 24. hxg3 Rb2 {doesn't change much:} 25. Bf1 h6
26. e3 Qg4 (26... Qf7 27. Be2 Rf8 28. Kg2 $16) 27. Be2 Qb4 28. a3 Qxa3 29. Bc4+
Kh8 30. Ne4 $16) 24. Bf1 $1 {An important move which allows white to grab the
initiative.} Qb4 25. a3 $1 {It's important to keep the queens on the board to
exploit the weakness of Kg8.} Qxa3 $2 {Decisive mistake which allows white to
consolidate all the pieces.} ({It was necessary to keep the pin even at the
cost of a pawn:} 25... Qa5 26. gxf4 Qxa3 27. e3 {[%cal Gf1c4]} Qb4 $16 {
In this position black is still in the game due to the activity of all his
pieces.}) 26. Ne4 fxg3 27. hxg3 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Re7,Rg8] Despite the
material ballance, white has a winning position, since black has a lot of
weaknesses.} Rd5 ({There was no time for taking the pawn:} 27... Qxa6 28. e3
Qa4 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Nfg5 Rf8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 (31... Rxf7 32. Nxc5 Qb4 33. Qxb4
Rxb4 34. Bxf7 $18) 32. Qf1 $1 $18) ({But maybe more resistant would be:} 27...
Qb4 $5 {trading the queens.} 28. Nxc5 Qxe1 29. Nxe1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gf1g2]
although the position remains lost here.}) 28. e3 {Now black cannot avoid the
loss of material.} Rf5 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Qd1 ({Good enough would be also the
immediate} 30. Nfg5 $1 Bf6 31. Ne6 $18 {and black is defenceless.}) 30... Qa5
31. Nfg5 {White takes advantage of control of the light squares! Black cannot
hold all his weaknesses, so the game ends very quickly.} h6 32. Ne6 {White's
knights are dominate!} ({Even stronger was:} 32. Qd7 $1 hxg5 33. Kg2 $18 {
[%cal Gc1h1]}) 32... Rb8 33. Qg4 Kh7 34. Nf4 Rxf4 {That is just an agony, but
black had no other defence against 35.Qxg6+.} 35. Qxf4 Rf8 36. Qh4 Qa3 37. Rf1
Qb2 38. Ng5+ Kh8 39. Ne6 Rf6 40. Qe4 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Gong, Qianyun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "China (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 {A very solid way to
fight against the Leningrad system which restricts black's active possiblities.
} d6 7. Bb2 c6 ({Another common continuation here is:} 7... Qe8) 8. c4 h6 {
A useful move - black takes control of the g-square which could be used by the
Nf3. More than that, black may also advance g6-g5 in the future, trying to
develop some attack on the king-side. However, as the following game shows,
that plan is a bit slow. I would prefer a more solid way of development.} ({
The alternatives are:} 8... Ne4) ({and} 8... Na6) 9. Qc2 {White is planning to
push e2-e4 in order to put a strong pressure along the e-file.} ({Another way
of development may be connected with the d4-d5 advancement:} 9. Nc3 Qe8 10. d5
Bd7 11. b4 Qf7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Rc1 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Nb3 $14 {
1-0 Romanishin,O-Vezzosi,P/Reggio Emilia 2000/CBM 075 (34)}) 9... g5 10. Nc3
Qe8 {A standard transfer of the queen to the king-side. However, white has a
solid development advantage, so black should be very careful!} 11. e4 {Now the
plan of the e2-e4 advancement is the most logical, since the Qc2 isn't placed
well for playing d4-d5.} fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nbd7 $2 $146 {A very unsuccessful
novelty! Black is choosing a wrong way of development and allows white to
develop a serious initiative by natural moves.} ({In the other cases white's
advantage is not that big:} 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qe3 Qf7 15. Rfe1 Na6
16. Qxe7 Bg4 17. Qxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nd2 Nb4 19. Be4 Bf5 20. a3 $14 {1-0 Onischuk,
A-Yilmaz,T/Alushta 1992/EXT 97 (55) In this position black has some
compensation for the pawn. He could get the pair of the bishops.}) ({or} 12...
Qg6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Rae1 Na6 15. Ba1 Qf7 16. Re3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Rfe1
$14 {1-0 Inarkiev,E-Dzhumaev,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (58)}) 13. Rae1 {Putting
strong pressure on Pe7 and not allowing black to consolidate.} Qh5 $6 {An
additional mistake which makes black's position critical. The queen has
nothing to do here, it was necessary to keep the Q close to the king.} (13...
Qf7 14. Nfd2 Nxe4 (14... d5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Nf3 $16) 15. Bxe4 $16) ({
It was better to exchange the knights immediately:} 13... Nxe4 $142 14. Qxe4
Rf7 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Qd3 $14 {/+/-}) 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f4]
Freeing a way for the f-pawn. Black's pieces are not coordinated and cannot
help their monarch.} ({Good enough looks also:} 15. d5 cxd5 (15... g4 16. Nd4
Ne5 17. dxc6 Nf3+ 18. Nxf3 Bf5 (18... gxf3 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Rxe7
$18) 19. Qe2 Bxb2 20. Nh4 $18) 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxe7 $40 {and white's attack
is probably decisive.}) 15... Rf7 ({After} 15... Nb6 {trying to complete the
development somehow} 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bxf6 exf6 (17... Rxf6 18. Rxe7 Bf5 19. Qc3
Rf7 20. Rfe1 $18) {white has a very effective winning continuation:} 18. a4 $1
(18. cxd5 Qf7 $16) 18... a5 19. c5 $1 (19. cxd5 Qf7 $16) 19... dxc5 20. Qxc5
Ra6 21. Re7 Qg6 22. Rfe1 $18 {and black is helpless.}) 16. f4 Nf8 $2 {Decisive
mistake which leads to a forced loss.} ({Hardly better would be also:} 16... g4
17. d5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nb6 (18... Nf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 21. Qxf6 Re2
(21... Re8 22. Ne4 $18) (21... Rf7 22. Qxd6 Bd7 23. Re1 $18) 22. Qd8+ Re8 23.
Qxd6 Bf5 24. Qxc6 Rad8 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Kg7 27. f5 $18) 19. c5 $1 Nxd5 (
19... dxc5 20. dxc6 Rb8 21. c7 Ra8 22. Re5 Qg6 23. Rxc5 $18) 20. cxd6 Bf5 21.
Nc4 $18) ({But black could provide much more resistance by:} 16... gxf4 17.
Rxf4 Bg7 {avoiding the exchange of Bg7} 18. Bf3 (18. Rxf7 Qxf7 19. Rf1 Nf6 $16)
(18. d5 Ne5 19. Rxf7 Qxf7 20. Rf1 Qe8 $16) 18... Qg5 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Ne4 Qg6
21. Qe2 Kg8 $16 {I believe white has a decisive advantage here, but at least
black avoids an immediate loss.}) 17. Ne4 Bf5 {Giving the dark-squared bishop
up, which makes the position absolutely lost.} ({Hopeless would be also:} 17...
Bg7 18. fxg5 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 hxg5 20. d5 {and black cannot consolidate without
loosing material:} Bxb2 21. Qxb2 cxd5 (21... Bd7 22. Qf6 $1 exf6 23. Nxf6+ Kh8
24. Nxh5 $18) 22. cxd5 Nd7 23. Rf5 Qd1+ 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. Rxg5+ Kf8 26. Qf2+ $18)
18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Oe1e7,Gd4d5] Now the Kg8 is
extremely weak, and that fact decides the game very quickly.} (19. Qc3 Ng6 20.
fxg5 Qxg5 21. d5 Raf8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 $18) 19... Rf7 20. d5 (20. fxg5
hxg5) 20... c5 ({There was no time for:} 20... gxf4 {in view of:} 21. dxc6 $1 (
{Only not} 21. Rxf4 $6 Ng6 22. Rf2 c5 23. Ref1 Raf8 $16 {and black is still in
the game}) 21... fxg3 22. hxg3 bxc6 23. Bxc6 Rc8 24. Qd4 e5 25. Qxd6 $18) 21.
Qc3 Ng6 $2 {That is a blunder, but black was lost anyway.} ({After} 21... Rh7
22. fxg5 Qxg5 23. Qf3 Rf7 (23... Bg6 24. Bc1 Qh5 25. Qxh5 Bxh5 26. Be4 Rf7 27.
Bxh6 $18) 24. Bh3 Bg6 25. Qc3 $18 {white has a full domination.}) 22. fxg5 {
Now black cannot keep the material ballance.} Qxg5 23. h4 Qg4 (23... Qf6 24.
Qxf6 exf6 25. Rxf5 $18) 24. Rf4 {Black resigns in view of 24...Qh5 25.Bf3, and
the queen is trapped.} 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 6th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rahman, Md Taibur"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 {
The main.} ({The alternatives are:} 8. Re1) (8. Nd5) ({and} 8. b3) 8... Na6 9.
Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4] In my opinion, this is only way to fight for the opening
advantage.} Bd7 (9... c6 {oftenly leads to the same position after} 10. dxc6
bxc6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b4) 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 (11... Bxc6 {is less popular
continuation} 12. Qb3 Ne4 (12... Kh8 13. c5 (13. Bb2 e5 14. e3 Rd8 15. a4 b6
16. Ba3 Ba8 17. Rbd1 h6 18. Nb5 $14 {0-1 Annakov,B-Reinderman,D/Wch U20 1992})
13... Ne4 (13... dxc5 14. b5) 14. Bb2 e5 15. cxd6 Nxd6 16. b5 Nc5 17. Qb4 Bxf3
18. Bxf3 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Nf7 (19... Qe7 $5 20. Nd5 Qe6 {Dautov}) 20. Bd5 Ng5 21.
Na4 b6 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Wall,G/Gent op 1997}) (12...
h6 13. c5+ Kh7 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. e3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Bxg2
19. Kxg2 Nc7 20. Rbc1 Ng4 21. h3 Ne5 22. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Dao Thien
Hai/Budapest FS07 GM 1994}) 13. Bb2 Rc8 (13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. c5+ e6
16. Qxc3 dxc5 17. b5 Bxb5 18. Ne5 Rb8 19. Rfe1 b6 20. e4 $40 {1-0 Kramnik,
V-Malaniuk,V/Moscow ol (Men) 1994}) 14. Rbc1 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Ba4
17. Qb2 e5 18. Rfc1 e4 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. e3 Be8 21. Bf1 Nb8 22. c5 $16 {1-0
Badea,B-Chernov,V/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 12. b5 ({another common line is} 12. a3 {
- see my comments to Fridman,D-Berg,E/Bermuda-B 2003}) 12... cxb5 13. cxb5 Nc7
$6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yc7d5] An original move. The idea of it is to take under
control the d5 square (for example, black could play 14...Ne4).} ({much more
popular is} 13... Nc5 14. a4 (14. Nd4 Nfe4 (14... Rc8 15. Bb2 Nfe4 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. a4 Qf7 18. Qd3 Qa2 (18... Rc4 $5 {Roiz,M}) 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 e5
21. Nc6 Rxc6 22. bxc6 Bf5 23. Ra1 Qxb2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kelly,B-Wall,G/BCF-chT
0001 (4NCL) 2001}) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. a4 (16. Bb2 {Tyomkin,D} e5 17. Nc2 Bxb5
18. Qd5+ Rf7 19. f3 Ng5 (19... Rc8 $142 {Tyomkin,D}) 20. f4 Ne4 (20... Rc8 $1 {
Tyomkin,D}) 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. fxe5 Bc6 $8 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. e6+
$14 {Orsag,M-Vrana,F/CSR-chT 1992/TD 92\10/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (16. Rb4 $6 {Tyomkin,
D} Rc8 (16... e5 {Tyomkin,D}) 17. Bb2 e5 18. Nb3 (18. Bxe4 {Tyomkin,D} fxe4 19.
Nb3 Qf7 $17 {[%cal Gd7h3]}) 18... Qf7 19. f3 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxd6 Rfc8
$15 {[%cal Gg7f8] ^^ Blees,A-Kindermann,S/Hamburg Wichern-op 1995/EXT 95op/0-1
(42)}) (16. Qb3+ $6 {Tyomkin,D} Qf7 17. Qxf7+ (17. Be3 {Tyomkin,D} Qxb3 18.
Rxb3 Rfc8 $15 19. Rb4 d5 20. Rd1 e5 21. Nb3 d4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 $17 23. Nc1 $4
dxe3 {[%csl Rc1] 0-1 Stangl,M-Topalov,V/EU-chJ U20 Arnhem 1989/TD 89\08}) 17...
Kxf7 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rfd1 Rc4 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23.
Bxa7 Ra8 24. Rb7 Bf6 25. a4 Ra6 26. Bb6 Ke6 27. a5 Bc3 $17 {[%csl Ra5]
Vakhidov,T-Malaniuk,V/Tashkent 1987/EXT 87/0-1 (58)}) 16... Qf7 17. Bxe4 (17.
Bb2 {Tyomkin,D} Rac8) 17... fxe4 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21. Nc6
a6 22. Qc2 axb5 23. axb5 Qe6 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Bb6 Qd5 26. Qa4 Bf6 27. Rd1) 14...
Rc8 15. Nd4 Nfe4 (15... Qf7 16. Nc6 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nxa7 Ra8 19. Nc6
Nxa4 20. Bd2 d5 21. Qc2 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Nb6 23. Qc5 $14 {1-0 Matros,A-Berg,E/
Rilton Cup 2000}) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 Qf7 18. e3 Qa2 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxg7
Bxb5 (20... Nc3 $5 21. Ra1 Qe6 22. Bxc3 Bxg2 23. Qd4 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxf1 25.
Kxf1 Rc8 $11) 21. Ra1 (21. axb5 Kxg7 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rxa7 Rf7 24. Qa1 Qxa1 25.
Rfxa1 Rb8 26. Bf1 e6 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Ra7+ $14 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Zhang
Zhong/TCN Cup 3rd 1997[Tyomkin]}) 21... Qc2 22. axb5 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 Kxg7 24.
Rxa7 (24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxa7 Rf7 26. Ra2 Rb8 27. Rb2 Rf5 28. b6 Rb7 29. Rd4 d5
$11) 24... Nc3 $1 25. Rxd6 (25. Rxe7+ Rf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxd6 Nxb5) 25...
Nxb5 26. Rxe7+ Rf7 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Haba,P-Gurevich,M/Osterreich
2002}) 14. a4 (14. Bb2 $5 {Roiz,M} Ne4 (14... Rc8 15. a4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17.
Ne1 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Re4]}) 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 d5
(17... Bxb5 18. Nxe4 Bc6 19. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7][%cal Ge4f6]}) 18. Rc2 Rc8
19. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 20. Qxd5+ e6 $8 21. Qe5 Rc2 22. Nxe4 $36 Qf7 23. a4 $16) 14...
Ne4 $1 {Actually, this move can be the only idea of previous move. Other moves
are much worse.} (14... Kh8 $6 15. Bb2 Rb8 16. Ba1 h6 17. Qd4 a6 18. Qa7 Qc8
19. Nd4 d5 20. Rbc1 Rb7 21. Qc5 $16 {1-0 Krizsany,L-Klavcic,K/Finkenstein op
1997}) (14... h6 $6 15. Nd4 d5 16. Nb3 e6 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Rfc1 Ng4
20. f4 h5 21. Nc5 $16 {Krizsany,L-Vrana,F/Donau op 1995}) 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nh4
$5 $146 {Interesting move! The knight is out of play but other pieces can
easily attack the black pawns.} (16. Nd4 d5 17. Ba3 Ne6 18. Nb3 Rf5 19. e3 (19.
f3 $5 e3 20. f4 $36) 19... a6 20. g4 Rf7 21. Qxd5 axb5 22. a5 Rd8 23. Qxe4 $16
{0-1 Ippolito,D-Dzhumaev,M/Ubeda op 5th 2000} (23. Rfd1 $5)) 16... d5 17. Be3
Be6 $8 (17... e5 18. Rc1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc1c7]}) 18. Rc1 (18. f3 $6 d4 $1 19.
Bxd4 Rd8 20. e3 g5 $132) 18... Qd7 19. Bxe4 (19. Bd4 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Qd2
$14) 19... Nxb5 20. Bxd5 ({Better was} 20. Bxg6 $1 Nc3 (20... d4 21. Be4 Nc3
22. Rxc3 dxc3 23. Qc2 $16 {[%cal Gc2h7]}) 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxc3 Bxc3 23. Qc2+
Bf5 24. Qxc3 $16 {[%csl Rh7] /+-}) 20... Bxd5 21. axb5 e6 {Black has some
compensation for the pawn due to pair of the bishops.} 22. Bd4 (22. Qd3 $5 Rab8
23. Rc5 Rfc8 24. Rb1 {[%cal Gh4g2,Gg2f4] and white has good chances to realize
his material advantage.} (24. Rfc1 $6 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Bf8)) 22... Bh6 23. Ra1 $6
{Too passive.Now black gets some time to coordinate his pieces.} (23. Rc5 $5
Rfc8 (23... Rfd8 24. Bf6 Rf8 25. Ba1) 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Ba1 {[%cal Gd1d4]} Rc4
26. Qb1 $16 {[%cal Gb1b2]}) 23... Rf7 24. Qd3 g5 25. Ng2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A
terrible blunder! This game is a nice example of ''how one move can change the
result''} (25. Be3 Bg7 26. Bxg5 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Rb8 28. Rb1 {I believe that
white is at least not worse.}) ({possible was also} 25. Qe3 Qxb5 26. Nf3 Bxf3
27. exf3 Qd5 28. Rfe1 Rxf3 29. Qxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Bg7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Bxa7
$14) 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rd8 27. Ra4 $6 ({More resistant was} 27. Rxa7 Qxa7 28.
Bxa7 Rxd3 29. exd3 Rxa7 $17 {/-+}) 27... Qb7+ 28. Kh3 e5 $19 29. Rxa7 g4+ (
29... Qc8+ 30. Kg2 Rxa7 31. Qb3+ Rf7 $19) 30. Kh4 Qg2 31. Kxg4 Rf4+ {[%mdl
2048]} 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nd5 {
The most agressive continuation.} Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 {The most principal move -
black attacks white's Pd5 immediately.} 10. a4 $6 {A dubious sacrifice, since
white's development advantage is not that big.} ({The main continuations are:} 
10. Ng5) ({and} 10. Ne1) 10... Qb6 $6 {A strange choice - there was nothing
wrong with the tackle.} ({After} 10... Qxd5 $142 {I don't see how white can
get sufficient compensation for the central pawn. For example:} 11. Ng5 Qc4 12.
Be3 c6 13. Qd2 (13. Rc1 Qb4 14. b3 d5 15. h4 a5 16. Nh3 Nd7 17. Nf4 Nf6 $17 {
0-1 Perelshteyn,M-Glek,I/Budapest 1991/TD (33)}) 13... a5 {[%cal Gc4b4]} 14.
Rfc1 Qb4 15. Qd3 d5 16. h4 h6 $15 {0-1 Uhlmann,W-Espig,L/Leipzig 1983/EXT 2001
(67)}) 11. Qc2 $146 {Intending to push e2-e4. However,that plan takes some
time and allows black to consolidate.} ({Interesting is:} 11. Ra3 c6 12. a5 (
12. Bg5 $5) 12... Qb5 13. Bg5 Rf7 14. Re3 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,L-Filgueira,H/
Buenos Aires 1993/EXT 98} 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. d5 Nxa5 17. Qc2 $44) ({More
ambitious is:} 11. a5 $5 Qb5 12. Ng5 {which is similar to the main line 10.Ng5.
}) 11... a5 ({Interesting is also:} 11... c6 $5 12. dxc6 (12. Bg5 Re8 13. dxc6
(13. a5 Qb5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 $11) 13... Nxc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Rab1 Nb3 16. Qc4 a5
$11) 12... Nxc6 13. d5 Ne5 (13... Na5 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Qc7 $36) (13... Nb4 14.
Qb3 a5 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Nd4 $14) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bh6 Re8 $11) 12. e4 Na6 $6 {
A very strange decision - black is letting white to seize a lot of space and
to close the long diagonal.} ({Much more logical would be:} 12... fxe4 13. Qxe4
Bf5 14. Qh4 h5 (14... Bf6 15. Ng5 (15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Rae1 Rae8 $13) 15... Rf7 $13
) 15. Qg5 Nd7 16. Re1 Rae8 $132 {with a very complicated play. Black has an
excellent piece play which compensates for the weakness of his monarch.}) 13.
e5 {Now it's very difficult for black to create any counterplay.} Kh8 {Just a
'waiting' prophylactic move.} ({An attempt to break white's centre by} 13... e6
{fails to:} 14. Ng5 $1 Nb4 15. Qc4 dxe5 16. dxe5 $36) 14. Re1 (14. Bg5 e6 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Rfe1 Bd5 $132) ({White could also start quite an
unpleasant advancement of the h-pawn:} 14. h4 $5 Nb4 15. Qb3 c6 16. h5 {
[%cal Cg6h5,Gh5h6]} gxh5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Bf4 $14) 14... Nb4 15. Qb3 Bd7 {
Black has completed the development somehow. White has to prevent him from
freeing by c7-c6.} 16. Bd2 {That looks a bit passive, but now the Nb4 is under
control.} (16. e6 Be8 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $132 {[%cal Gc7c6]
}) (16. Bg5 Rae8 17. e6 Bc8 18. Rac1 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bd2 Ba6 $132) ({
I can also recommend another developing move:} 16. Bf4 $5 h6 17. h4 Rac8 18.
Rac1 $14 {with a stable pressure.}) 16... h6 {Preparing the freeing c7-c6
advancement.} ({After immediate} 16... c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 (18...
axb4 19. Ng5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $16) 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Ng5 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Bxa4 22.
Ne6 Rb8 23. f4 $36 {white's initiative is quite unpleasant in the endgame.})
17. exd6 {I don't like that exchange - now black's pawn structure becomes much
better, while the Bg7 gets some air!} ({At the same time,white could keep some
advantage by:} 17. Rac1 g5 (17... c6 $2 18. Nh4 $1 Kh7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Re7
Qd8 21. Rce1 $16) 18. h3 c6 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 (19... axb4 20. Rc4 c5 (20... cxd5
21. Rxb4 $16) 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Qe3 $16) 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. b3 $14
) 17... exd6 18. Re2 $2 {White is playing too passively and allows black to
regroup his pieces.} ({Better was:} 18. Re7 $142 Rad8 (18... Be8 19. Rc1 Rc8
20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Rc4 $14) 19. Rae1 g5 $132 {[%cal Gg7f6]}) 18... Be8 $1 {
Delivering the bishop to f7, there it will put a strong pressure on Pd5.} 19.
Rc1 Rc8 $1 {Black is playing very accurately!} ({Premature would be:} 19... Bf7
$6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga8e8,Gf7d5]} 20. Bxb4 axb4 {[%cal Gc7c6]} (20... Qxb4 21.
Qxb4 axb4 22. Rxc7 Rxa4 23. Ree7 Kg8 24. Red7 $36) 21. Re7 $1 (21. Qc2 $2 Bxd5
22. Qxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17) 21... Rac8 (21... c6 22. Rxf7
$1 (22. Rc4 $2 Bxd5 23. Nh4 (23. Qxb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 c5 $17) 23... Bxc4 24.
Nxg6+ Kg8 25. Qxc4+ d5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kh7 28. Nxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxb7 Qg6
$17) 22... Rxf7 23. dxc6 Rc7 24. Nh4 $36) 22. Rc4 Bf6 23. Rxb4 Qa5 24. Rb5 Qa8
25. Re1 $14) 20. Bxb4 ({Nothing promises:} 20. Re7 g5 $1 {[%cal Gg7f6]} 21. h3
Bf6 22. Re6 Bd7 {pushing white's rook away.}) 20... axb4 $6 {It was better to
trade the queens.} ({Black has nothing to worry about also after:} 20... Qxb4
21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Rec2 Bxa4 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Bd1 25. Rxb7 b3 $11) 21. Rc4
$1 {That is the point! Now black cannot hold his weak Pb4.} Bf6 {Preventing
white from penetrating along the e-file.} ({After} 21... Qa6 22. Re6 $1 (22.
Re7 $6 Rf7 23. Re6 Qxa4 24. Qxa4 Bxa4 25. Rxb4 Bd7 26. Rxb7 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Re7
28. d5 Bf6 $11) 22... Bf7 23. Rxb4 Bxe6 24. dxe6 $36 {white has more than a
sufficient compensation for an exchange.}) (21... c5 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxb4 Qa6
24. Re1 $14) 22. Rxb4 Qa5 23. Re1 $6 {That seems to be pointless - white
wastes an important tempo.} ({Much better would be:} 23. Rxb7 Bxa4 24. Qc4 $14)
({or} 23. Nd2 $5 $14 {[%cal Ob4b7,Gd2c4]}) 23... b6 $44 {Now black has a real
compensation for the pawn due to the pair of bishops and preferablity of his
pawn structure.} 24. Rc1 ({Nothing special gives also} 24. Nd2 Bf7 25. Nc4 Qa8
26. Ne3 Rce8 27. Rc4 Re7 $44) 24... Bf7 25. Nd2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible
blunder which leads to an immediate loss.} (25. Ne1 $142 Rce8 26. Nd3 Re7 27.
h3 Rfe8 $44) {[%tqu "En","Please,find the winning move.","","","c7c5","",10]}
25... c5 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rd2][%cal Ya5d2] That ellegant move was probably
overlooked by Abhijeet. The Pd5 is pinned, so white loses a piece.} 26. Rxb6
Qxd2 $19 {The rest is a part of simple technique.} 27. Rd1 Qa5 ({Even simpler
would be:} 27... c4 $1 28. Rxd2 cxb3 29. Rxd6 Rc1+ 30. Bf1 Kg7 $19) 28. dxc5
Qxc5 {White has 2 pawns for a piece, but his passed pawns have no power.} 29.
Rb5 ({Hopeless was also:} 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Qxc5 (30. b4 Qc2 $19) 30... dxc5 31.
d6 Rb8 $19) 29... Qa7 30. Rb7 Rb8 $1 {Trading the queens and winning one of
white's pawns.} 31. Rxa7 Rxb3 32. a5 Rxb2 {Now white has only one pawn for the
piece. Black should only stop the passed pawn.} 33. a6 (33. Rd7 Ra2 34. Rxd6
Be7 35. Ra6 Bc5 36. Kh1 (36. d6 Bc4 37. Rc6 Bxf2+ 38. Kh1 Bb5 $19) 36... Rd8
$19) 33... Kg7 34. Bf1 ({After} 34. Rd7 {black's most effective winning plan
is similar to the text:} Bd8 $1 ({less convincing is:} 34... Rb6 35. a7 Ra6 36.
Bf1 Ra5 37. Rb1 Bd4 38. Rbb7 Bc5 39. Bc4 Kf6 40. Kg2) 35. Rxd6 Bb6 36. Rd7
Bxf2+ 37. Kh1 Kf6 38. Ra1 Ra8 $19) 34... Bd8 $1 {An excellent job of the
bishop. It neutralizes white's counterplay and puts pressure on the Pf2.} 35.
Rb7 (35. Rd7 Bb6 36. Rxd6 Bxf2+ 37. Kh1 Rc8 38. Rd7 Bb6 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 39. Rb7
Rcc2 40. Rxb6 Rxb6 41. a7 Bxd5+ 42. Rxd5 Rb1 43. Kg1 Ra2 44. Rd7+ Kf6 $19 {
[%cal Gb1a1]}) 35... Bb6 36. Kh1 Ra8 37. Rc1 Kf6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf7d5]} 0-1

[Event "Jakarta Makita Lakoni"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2004.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
({another common move is:} 8... Na6) 9. Nd4 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb2b4,Ga2a3,Gb2b3]
The main-white's knight has occupied an excellent central square.White's
standard plan is preparation of advancing qside pawns by Rb1,a3,b3 and b4.} ({
The alternatives are:} 9. Ne1) (9. Rb1) (9. Be3) ({and} 9. e4 $5 {-see my
comments to 1/2-1/2 Dorfman,J-Bauer,C/FRA-ch Aix les Bains 2003 [Roiz]}) 9...
Na6 10. e4 {The most ambitious theoretical continuation.White is trying to
exploit black's weaknesses immediately,but that gives black an active piece
play.} ({Besides,white has a several quiet options which lead to a long
strategical struggle:} 10. Bg5 Nc5 (10... h6 $5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 fxe4 13.
Nxe4 Bg7 $132) 11. Qd2 Qf7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Bd7 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Rad1 a4
16. Qc2 Ng4 17. e3 $14 {1-0 Dydyshko,V-Mainka,R/Muenster 1997/CBM 60 ext (74)})
(10. Rb1 Bd7 11. b3 c6 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nf3 c5 15. a4 Bc6 16. Nb5
Ne6 17. Ne1 f4 $132 {0-1 Tunik,G-Malaniuk,V/Novgorod 1995/EXT 2000 (54)}) (10.
b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 (11... h6 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc5 15. Bg2 g5
16. Qe2 Qg6 17. Rad1 Rf7 18. Bc3 Be5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Gagarin,V/
Moscow 1998/EXT 99 (66)}) 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rac1 c6 14. Rfd1 Qf7 15. Ba1 h6 16.
f4 Kh7 17. Rf1 e5 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Na4 $14 {0-1 Vaulin,A-Potapov,A/Mlada
Boleslav 1995/EXT 97 (45)}) 10... fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 {A very
natural continuation-black completes development with a tempo.On the other
hand,13.Re1 is usually a useful move,so that is not exactly a win of
time-especially if black is planning to place his bishop on d7,like in the
following game.} (12... Nc5 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Bg5 (14. Be3 Qf7 15. Qd2 Qf6 16.
Rad1 a4 17. Bg5 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Morrison,G-Polgar,Z/
Haifa 1989/EU-chT (28)}) 14... h6 15. Be3 a4 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Ne2
b5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nf4 Ra6 21. h4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ostenstad,B-Polgar,Z/Haifa
1989/EU-chT (39)}) 13. Re1 ({It's clear that white should exchange the bishops
in order to exploit the weakness of e6,but the practice shows that black gets
a sufficient counterchanses,which are usually connected with c7-c6:} 13. Bg2
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc5 15. Re1 (15. Be3 Qf7 16. Rb1 c6 17. dxc6 Qxc4 18. cxb7 Rab8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Piskov,Y/Moscow 1989/TD (41)}) 15... Qf7 (15... c6 16.
Ne6 Nxe6 17. Rxe6 Rf5 18. Qe2 Re5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 $11 {0-1 Gebhard,D-Glek,I/
Baden Baden 2002/CBM 89 ext (30)}) 16. Be3 (16. f4 a4 17. Rb1 g5 18. Ne6 Qf5
19. Bd2 Nxe6 20. Rxe6 Rf7 $132 {0-1 Anic,D-Koch,J/Nantes 1993/EXT 97 (34)})
16... e5 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov,S-Antal,G/
Chalkidiki 2001/EXT 2002 (34)}) 13... Qf7 (13... Nc5 {usually leads to the
same position after} 14. Bh1 Qf7 ({but deserves attention is:} 14... Qd7 $5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Qd2 Rf7 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rf8 20. Re1 Qg4 $132 {
0-1 Likavsky,T-Potapov,A/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (40)})) 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bh1
Bd7 $146 {Black starts a preparation for c7-c6.} ({Black has tried another
plan,which connected with e7-e5.The practice shows,that black fails to get a
full equality,as white's pawn structure is preferable:} 15... Rae8 16. Qd2 b6 (
16... e5 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Rac1 b6 20. b3 $14 {1-0 Novikov,I-De
la Riva Aguado,O/Saint Vincent 1999/CBM 68 ext (34)}) 17. Nc6 (17. Rac1 Kh8 18.
b3 Bd7 19. Bg2 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Roeder,
M-Hoang Thanh Trang/Budapest 1999/CBM 69 ext (56)}) 17... Nd7 18. Bd4 Nf6 19.
Re2 Bd7 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rae1 $14 {0-1 Hirsch,J-Michalek,J/Brno 1991/CBM 24
ext (43)}) (15... a4 16. Qd2 h6 17. Rac1 g5 $2 (17... Rae8 $142 $14) 18. Nb5
Rac8 19. Bd4 $4 (19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. d6 $3 e6 (20... cxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxf2+ 22. Qxf2
Rxf2 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Bd4 25. Kh1 $18) 21. dxc7 $18) 19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4
Nd3 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxd3 Rce8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Litinskaya,M-Fuks,S/Lvov 1996/EXT
2002 (43)}) 16. Qd2 a4 {A necessary move-otherwise black couldn't move his Ra8.
} 17. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4] White is already prepared for b2-b4,which is quite
unpleasant for black.} Rac8 {Black is preparing c7-c6 and intending to meet
b2-b4 with a tactical operation.} ({He could make some useful move,using the
fact,that his rook is on a8 yet.} 17... Kh8 $5 {In that case white shouldn't
hurry with b2-b4 and play} 18. Bg2 $14 {with a slighty better chanses.} (18. b4
$6 axb3 19. axb3 Ra3 {[%cal Gf8a8]} 20. b4 Nd3 $132 {[%cal Gd3e5]})) 18. Bg2 ({
nothing special gived} 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Bxd4 $1 {the only way to avoid
totally passive position.} 20. Qxd4 $1 ({after} 20. Bxd4 $6 Bf5 21. Rb2 Nd3 22.
Re3 Nxb2 23. Bxb2 h5 {white must prove that he has a sufficient compensation.})
20... Bf5 21. Rbd1 Nxb3 $1 (21... Bc2 $2 22. Rc1 Nd3 (22... Bxb3 23. Qb2 Ba4
24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. d6 $1 $16) (22... Nxb3 23. Qc3 Nxc1 24. Qxc2 $16) 23. Re2
Nxc1 24. Bxc1 Bf5 25. Bb2 Qf6 26. Qe3 Qf7 27. Qc3 Qf6 28. Qe1 $16) 22. Qb2 Na5
23. Qc3 b6 {and white has a sufficient compensation for a pawn,but not more.})
18... c6 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] A clear positional mistake.
Black is not forced to exchange the knights,so white gets no compensation for
his own weaknesses.} ({There was nothing wrong with the simple} 20. axb3 $142
Bxd4 $1 {(That was probably black's idea)} 21. Bxd4 (21. Qxd4 $6 Bf5 {[%csl
Rb1][%cal Gf5b1]} 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Rbd1 Bc2 $1 $132) 21... Bf5 22. b4 $1 Nd3 ({
after} 22... Bxb1 $6 23. bxc5 Bf5 24. Ba1 $1 {[%cal Gd2b2] i can hardly see a
normal defence for black.}) 23. Rf1 cxd5 (23... Ne5 24. Rbc1 Bh3 (24... Nd3 25.
Ra1 cxd5 26. cxd5 Rc4 27. Bc3 Rfc8 28. Ra3 $14) 25. Bxe5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qf3+ 27.
Kg1 dxe5 28. dxc6 $14) 24. cxd5 Rc4 25. Ba1 Rfc8 26. b5 $14 {and white has a
clear advantage,although black's pieces are active.}) 20... Na4 $1 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Gg7c3,Ga4c3]} 21. Bd4 {Exchanging black's strong bishop,but now black
will cut off white's knight from the centre.} ({after} 21. Nd4 Nc5 {white's
pawn structure is already not so good,and he has nothing better than} 22. Nb3
Na4 $11) ({but interesting was:} 21. Rbc1 $5 c5 22. Bg5 Bf6 (22... Rce8 $6 23.
Na5 $1 b6 24. Nc6 $36) 23. Na5 Rc7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 $132 {[%cal Gf8a8] with a
very complicated position with chanses for both sides.}) 21... Bf5 $1 {Now
white is forced to remove his rook from the ''b'' file.} (21... c5 $6 22. Bxg7
Qxg7 23. Na5 $36) 22. Rbc1 c5 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Be4 ({after} 24. Re3 Ra8 $1 25.
Rce1 Rf7 {[%cal Ga4b2] black has nothing to worry about:his only weaness on e7
is well defended,while he is ready to attack white's pawns by 26...Nb2.}) 24...
Bd7 {Avoiding an exchage which was favourable for white.} 25. Na5 ({after} 25.
h4 Ra8 26. Kg2 b5 $132 {black has a sufficient counterplay on the qside.})
25... Ra8 {The Na5 is vulnerable now.} 26. Bg2 {White finds nothing better
than repeating the moves.} ({after} 26. Nxb7 Qb2 $1 ({not} 26... Rfb8 $2 27.
Na5 Rb2 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 $16) 27. Qxb2 Nxb2 28. Re2 Na4 $44 {black has a
good compensation for a pawn,as Nb7 is in danger.}) ({Black is also not worse
after} 26. h4 Qb2 $1 27. Qxb2 (27. Rc2 Qb4) 27... Nxb2 28. Rb1 Rxa5 29. Rxb2
Rb8 $11) 26... Bf5 27. Be4 Bd7 28. Bg2 Bf5 29. Be4 {[%mdl 4]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 1088]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 {
A quiet line which is less ambitious than the main lines after 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3.
White wants to neutralize the activity of Bg7 along the diagonal a1-h8.} d6 7.
Bb2 Qe8 8. c4 Ng4 {[%cal Ge7e5] A very rare and original continuation-black
want to advance his ''e'' pawn as soon as it possible. At the same time,
usually the knight is placed very actively at g4,so it's not easy to deal
without h2-h3.} ({The immediate} 8... e5 {is also possible,but usually is
doesn't solve all the problems. For instance,} 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Qd2
Na6 12. Rad1 Nxf3+ 13. exf3 Nc5 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nd5 $14 {1-0
Lputian,S-Malaniuk,V/Sverdlovsk 1987/EXT 99 (64)}) ({Black has a large choice
of possibilities here:} 8... c6) (8... Na6) (8... Nc6) (8... h6) (8... Nbd7) (
8... Ne4) 9. h3 {That move is somewhat weakening the pawn structure on the
knig-side.} (9. Qc1 e5 10. h3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nf5 14.
Nxe4 Nc6 15. Nbc3 Nfd4 $132 {1-0 Arsovic,G-Certic,B/Belgrade 1994/EXT 97 (37)})
9... Nh6 10. Nc3 {The most natural way of development} (10. Na3 Na6 11. Qc2 c6
12. Rac1 Nf7 13. d5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Bd7 15. b4 (15. Rfd1 $14) 15... Nc7 16. Rfe1
$2 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 $17 {0-1 Jurek,J-Mainka,R/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1995/CBM 45
ext (28)}) 10... e5 $146 {Only that advancement can be connected with black's
previous manoevre.} (10... Nf7 11. d5 (11. Qd2 $14) 11... c5 12. Qc2 Na6 13.
Rae1 $14 {0-1 Headlong,T-Lyell,M/Birmingham 2002/EXT 2003 (42)}) 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. e4 {Ofcourse,white shouldn't let black seize a space by e5-e4.} f4 $2 {
That natural advancement makes black's position critical.} ({After} 12... c6
13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rad1 $36 {white's pressure would be unpleasant}) ({But after} 
12... Nc6 $142 13. Re1 (13. Nd5 fxe4 14. Ng5 Qd8 15. Nxe4 Nd4 $132) 13... fxe4
14. Nxe4 Bf5 $14 {white has only a slight advantage due to a weakness of
''d4'' spot.}) 13. Nd5 $1 Na6 ({Even worse would be:} 13... Rf7 14. gxf4 c6 15.
Nxe5 $18) 14. gxf4 c6 (14... exf4 $2 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Nf6+ $18)
15. fxe5 $1 {A very powerful sacrifice. White gets 3 pawns for the piece,while
black's pieces have no space.} cxd5 16. exd5 {White's position is just winning
from strategical point of view. He should only parry some possible threats of
black.} ({Ofcourse,much worse was:} 16. cxd5 $2 Nf7 17. Ba3 Nxe5 18. Bxf8 Qxf8
$132) 16... b5 {A desperate attempt to simplify the position.} ({The
alternative was:} 16... Bf5 17. Qe2 (17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Qe2 $16) 17... Nc5 18.
Rad1 Be4 $16 {trying to prevent white from advancing his pawns. However,
white's advantage is also obvious in this case.}) 17. Re1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rf4 {
Another risky decision-the vulnerablity of Rf4 may give white some additional
resourses.} ({More natural would be:} 18... Rb8 19. Bc3 (19. Bd4 $6 Nf5) 19...
Qe7 20. Qe2 Nf5 $16 {and black's pieces gets some coordination.}) 19. Qc1 Qf8 (
{Ofcourse,hopeless would be:} 19... Rf8 20. e6 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 $18 {and black is
completely paralized.}) 20. e6 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge6] Finally,it comes! Now the
Bc8 looks quite ugly.} Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nf5 $2 {That is a decisive mistake-black
should remove his queen from f8.} (21... Rxc4 22. d6 Qxd6 23. e7 Be6 (23... Bd7
24. Qb3 Be6 25. Ng5 $18) 24. Qf6 $18) ({The only way to continue the fight was:
} 21... Qd6 $142 22. Ne5 Nc5 $16) 22. Rad1 Nc5 ({Once again,after} 22... Rxc4
$2 23. d6 $18 {white's passed pawns decide the game.}) ({Wrong would be also:} 
22... Rb8 23. Qc3 Nc5 24. Ne5 Rb6 {(i don't see any other reasonable move)} 25.
Ng4 $18) ({It was also too late for:} 22... Qd6 23. Ng5 Rb8 24. Qc3 $18 {
[%cal Gg5f7,Gg5e4]}) 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Nd7 {Exchanging the main defender of
black's position.} ({Another winning possiblity was:} 24. Ng4 $5 {Exploiting
control of the long diagonal!} Qg7 (24... Nd6 25. Qe5 {[%cal Ge6e7]} Nxc4 26.
Qg5 $1 {[%cal Ge6e7]} (26. e7 $6 Nxe5 27. exf8=Q+ Raxf8 28. Nxe5 Rxf2 29. Rc1
Na6 $16) 26... Qd6 27. Ne5 $18) 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qe5 Rxc4 (26... g5 27. Nh5
Qxe5 28. Rxe5 $18 {[%csl Rf4,Rf5]}) 27. e7 Nxe7 28. Qxe7 Rf8 29. d6 $1 Bxg2 30.
d7 $18) 24... Nxd7 25. exd7 Rb8 (25... Nd6 $2 26. c5 Rd8 27. cxd6 Rxd7 28. Re6
$18) 26. d6 $6 {Missing a nice winning continuation!} ({White could logically
finish the game by:} 26. c5 $1 Nh4 (26... Ng7 27. c6 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Rxb2 29. c7
$18) 27. c6 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Rxb2 29. d8=Q $18) 26... Nxd6 $2 {Tha natural tackle
leads to a quick disaster.} ({The only chance was:} 26... Be4 $142 $1 27. Qe5
Bxg2 28. Qxf4 Bc6 29. c5 $1 Qf7 $1 $16 {and the weakness of white's monarch
gives black some hope.} (29... Bxd7 $2 30. c6 $18)) 27. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 28. Bxb7
$18 {Now black cannot parry all the threats.} Rff8 (28... h5 29. Re8+ Rf8 30.
Bd5+ Kh7 31. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd5g8]} Qa3 32. Qe5 $18) 29. Re8 $2 {
The game has ended here for some reason. At the same time,white's last move is
a serious mistake!} ({After the effect} 29. Re7 $1 {black couldn't avoid loss:}
Qd1+ (29... Qxe7 30. Bd5+ $18) 30. Kg2 Qf3+ 31. Bxf3 Rxb2 32. c5 $18) ({
On the other hand,after} 29. Re8 $2 Rbxe8 (29... Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qxd7 31. Rxf8+
Rxf8 32. Bd5+ Rf7 33. Qe5 $18 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 30. dxe8=Q Rxe8 31. Bd5+ Kf8 32.
Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxh7+ Kd8 34. Qxa7 $16 {black has some drawish chances.}) 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4] The main.The practice shows,that black is O.K in
other lines.} ({Other possible continuations are:} 9. Be3 h6 (9... c6 10. Qd2 (
10. Rc1 Ng4 11. Bf4 h6 12. h3 Nf6 13. Be3 g5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. f4 Nh5 $13 {
1-0 Petrosian,A-Kotronias,V/Lvov 1988}) 10... Nc7 11. Rab1 Bd7 12. b4 cxd5 13.
cxd5 a6 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Nd4 Ng4 16. Ne6 Nxe6 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxb7 Rxc3 19.
Rxc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb5 21. Bf3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Qxb4 24. Qxe7 Rf7 $11
{1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Malaniuk,V/Linz op 1997}) (9... c5 10. Qc2 (10. Ne1 h6 11.
Nd3 g5 12. Bd2 Qg6 13. a3 Ne4 14. Rc1 e6 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 e5
18. b5 (18. bxc5 e4 $15) 18... Nc7 19. f4 {1/2-1/2 Naumkin,I-Malaniuk,V/Formia
op 1994}) 10... h6 11. Rad1 g5 12. Bc1 Qh5 13. e3 Rf7 14. a3 Bd7 15. b3 Raf8
16. Ne2 b6 17. Nd2 Nc7 $11 {Naumkin,I-Malaniuk,V/Kuopio op 1992} (17... Qxe2 $4
18. Bf3 $18)) (9... Bd7 10. Rc1 (10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bd4 Bh6 12. e3 c5 13. dxc6
bxc6 14. Ne2 Nf6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. b4 Rb8 17. a3 g5 $132 {1-0 Anastasian,
A-Berg,E/EU-ch 1st Saint Vincent 2000}) 10... h6 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. c5
Qf7 14. Rfd1 Ng4 15. Bd2 Na6 16. cxd6 Nc5 17. Qb1 exd6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kochyev,
A-Van Mil,J/Cansys GM-Nov 1991}) 10. Qd2 (10. Rb1 g5 11. b4 Qh5 12. b5 Nb8 (
12... Nc5 $142 13. Bxc5 dxc5 $13) 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14. e3 b6 15. a4 Nc5 16. Nd2 $14
{1-0 Anastasian,A-Vasiukov,E/Petrosian mem 1994}) (10. Rc1 Bd7 11. a3 c5 12.
dxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Nc7 14. c5 Ng4 15. Bd2 d5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be5 Qf7
19. Nd4 Ne4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Kasparov,G/Madrid rapid 1988}) 10... g5
11. Rab1 Ng4 12. Bd4 Ne5 13. b3 f4 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Ne1 $14 {1-0 Anastasian,
A-Minasian,A/Panormo zt 1998}) (9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 (10. b3 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12.
Bb2 Nc5 13. e3 Rd8 $11 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) (10. Re1 Nc5 11. Qc2 (11. b4 Nce4 12.
Bb2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6) 11... c6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. b4 e5
14. Nxc6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Na6 $44 {0-1 Meyer,E-Malaniuk,V/World op Philadelphia
1992}) 10... fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 (12... c5 13. Ne6 (13. dxc6 bxc6
14. Re1 Nc5 15. Bg2 a5 16. Be3 Rb8 $132) 13... Bxe6 14. dxe6 Rb8 15. h4 b5 16.
h5 gxh5 17. Kg2 Bd4 18. f4 Kh8 19. Rh1 Rg8 $13 {0-1 Van der Sterren,P-Malaniuk,
V/Tallinn 1987}) 13. h4 (13. Bg2 Nc7 14. Be3 c5 15. Nf3 b5 16. b3 Bg4 $1 17.
Rc1 Qd7 {[%cal Yd7h3]} 18. Re1 h6 $17 {Rogozenko,D-Beim,V/Budapest FS05 GM 1995
}) 13... Nc7 14. h5 e5 15. h6 Bf6 16. Nc2 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qe7 {[%cal Gf6g5]} 18.
Qd2 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Pedersen,S-Malaniuk,V/Cappelle op Cappelle la Grande 1995})
9... c5 {This natural move is a standard reaction against white's plan.The
disadvantge is a bad position of Na6.} (9... Nc5 {was played by great expert
of the Leningrad System Gm Vladimir Malaniuk.} 10. b4 (10. Nd4 Bd7 (10... e5 $5
11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. b3 Rb8 16. Bb2 Qe7
17. Bxg7 Qxg7 18. Qd2 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lingnau,C-Reinderman,D/BL-W 9798 Germany
1997}) 11. b4 Nce4 (11... Nfe4 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Ba1 e5 15. dxe6
Bxe6 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rb3 $14 {1-0 Bu
Xiangzhi-Vasiukov,E/Moscow Aeroflot op 2002}) 12. Bb2 c6 13. Nb3 Qf7 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. Rc1 Qe5 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. f4 Qf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qd3
Rc7 21. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tunik,G-Malaniuk,V/St Petersburg op2 1994}) (10. Be3
Nfe4 (10... e5 $5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bd4 Qf7 $11) 11.
Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qc2 Qf7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17.
Rfd1 a5 18. Rd4 Rae8 19. Rbd1 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shipov,S-Malaniuk,V/Russian Club
Cup 1998}) 10... Nce4 11. Bb2 (11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Bb2 e5 14. dxe6 h6
15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nxe4 Rxe6 17. f3 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Re5 19. Qb3 Qe6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Yermolinsky,A-Reinderman,D/Koop Tjuchem op 1996}) 11... e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13.
Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. e3 Qe6 $11 {-see comments to Akopian,V-Vasiukov,E/St
Petersburg op 1994 [Dautov]}) (9... c6 10. dxc6 (10. Be3 Bd7 11. Bd4 Nc7 12. b4
e5 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 $15 {0-1 Lugovoi,
A-Malaniuk,V/Keres mem Tallinn rapid 1999}) (10. b4 $5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12.
Qxd5+ Kh8 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Bxg7+ Kxg7 15. Qd2 Rf6 16. c5 $36 {1-0 Larsen,
B-Kortschnoj,V/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993}) 10... bxc6 11. b4 Rb8 (11... Bd7 {
-9...c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 Bd7}) 12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. Nd4 Qf7 15. a4
Bb7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 $14 {0-1 Gross,David2-Gelashvilli,T/Wch U18
Guarapuava 1995}) 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. a3 {Very solid continuation.
White wants to put the bishop on the long diagonal.} ({White has a large
choice of alternatives besides:} 12. Qb3 Kh8 (12... e5 $5) 13. Rd1 h6 14. a3 g5
15. Nd4 Nc7 16. b5 c5 17. Nc6 Ne6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 $14 {1-0 Onischuk,
A-Wilson,J/Hastings Masters 1995}) (12. Ba3 Nc7 13. Nd4 a6 14. e3 Kh8 15. Qe2
d5 16. Na4 e5 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Rfc1 dxc4 19. Nbc5 Bd5 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Nxc4 e4
22. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,V-Nosenko,A/Kiev 2001}) (12. Nd4 Rc8 (12... Rb8
13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 Nc5 15. Nc6 Ra8 16. Nd5 $36 {0-1 Dlugy,M-Gulko,B/USA-ch m
Los Angeles 1991}) 13. a3 c5 (13... Nc7 $5 {[%cal Gc7e6]}) 14. Nf3 cxb4 15.
axb4 Be6 (15... Rxc4 16. Qb3 Qf7 (16... Be6 17. Nd2) 17. Ng5) 16. Nd2 Rb8 17.
Ba3 Qd7 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Bd7 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Huzman,
A-Kobalija,M/Vienna op 1996}) (12. b5 cxb5 (12... Nc5 13. Nd4 (13. a4 $5 Nfe4
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 (14... fxe4 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Be3 $16) 15. Bb2 Nc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3
17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 $16) 13... cxb5 (13... Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. bxc6 Bxc6
16. Ne6 Qc8 17. Nxg7 Nc3 (17... Kxg7 18. f3 $1 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 19. Be3 Qe6 20.
Qd2 Kg8 21. Rfc1 $14) 18. Qd3 Bxg2 19. Qxc3 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 $36 {1-0 Tella,
J-Berg,E/Stockholm Scandic Hotels 2000[Tyomkin,D]}) 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Ndxb5 Rc8
16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Qxd5 18. cxd5 Rb8 19. Nc3 Rxb1 20. Nxb1 Bb5 21. Be3 $16
{1-0 Piket,J-Gurevich,M/Groningen 1992}) 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. a4 (14. Nd4 Nfe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rb4 Rc8 17. Bb2 e5 18. Nb3 Qf7 19. f3 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxd6
Rfc8 $15 {Blees,A-Kindermann,S/Wichern op 3rd 1995}) 14... Rc8 15. Nd4 (15. Bb2
a6 16. Nd4 axb5 17. axb5 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Nb3 Bxb5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxc5
{1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Malaniuk,V/Pardubice 1993}) 15... Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17.
Bb2 Qf7 18. e3 Qa2 (18... e5 19. Nb3 a6 20. Nd2 d5 21. bxa6 Nc5 22. Ba3 $36 {
1-0 Rustemov,A-Galdunts,S/Moscow op 1995}) 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxg7 Bxb5 21. axb5
Kxg7 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rxa7 Rf7 24. Qa1 Qxa1 25. Rfxa1 Rb8 26. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Alterman,B-Zhang Zhong/TCN Cup 3rd 1997 [Tyomkin]}) 12... Nc7 {This move is
the most logical: It is clear that Na6 in the worst peace,so black wants to
improve the position before starting any actions.} ({On the other hand,black
can stabilize situation on the queen-side.For example:} 12... c5 $5 13. b5 Nc7
14. a4 (14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 d5 $1 17. cxd5 Nxb5 18. Bb2 Nd4 19.
Nxe4 Bf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Novkovic,M-Topalov,V/Dombim op 1990}) 14... h6 15. Nd2
Rb8 16. Nb3 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb3a5,Ga5c6]} g5 17. e3 Ng4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5+
Kh8 20. Bb2 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Qh5 $132 {1-0 Andrianov,N-Beliavsky,A/North American
op 2000}) ({or} 12... Rb8 13. Bb2 (13. Qc2 Qf7 14. Nd2) 13... c5 14. b5 Nc7 15.
Ba1 h6 16. a4 Qf7 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. a5 e5 19. e3 g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Maksimenko,
A-Malaniuk,V/URS-sf Ukraine-ch 1989}) 13. Bb2 (13. a4 $5 Rb8 (13... a6 $5) 14.
b5 Ne6 15. e3 Qf7 (15... c5 $6 16. Bb2 Nc7 17. Ne2 h6 18. Nd2 g5 19. Qb3 Qh5
20. Rfe1 e5 21. f4 $14 {1-0 Tunik,G-Galdunts,S/Voskresensk 1993[Belov]}) 16.
Qe2 Rfc8 17. Bb2 h6 18. Ba1 cxb5 19. axb5 $14 {0-1 Engqist,T-Berg,E/Stockholm2
1998}) 13... Rb8 {It is not easy to decide,there is the place for Ra8.} ({
Another popular continuation is} 13... Ne6 {The practice shows that white has
good chanses to get advantage by energetic play:} 14. c5 $1 (14. Na4 {is not
dangerous,because white loses too much time for his plan:} c5 15. b5 f4 16. Nc3
g5 $36 {0-1 Antunes,A-Gurevich,M/EUCup Gr2 Strasbourg 1994}) (14. e3 Rb8 15.
Qe2 a5 16. Ba1 axb4 17. axb4 Qf7 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. Na4 Rc7 20. c5 Ra7 21. Nb6
Be8 $11 {0-1 Van der Sterren,P-Gurevich,M/Antwerp op 1996[Gurevich,M]}) 14...
dxc5 (14... Ne4 15. Qb3 d5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ne5 Bc8 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 $16 {
1-0 Antunes,A-Zhang Zhong/POR-CHN Macau 1996}) 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. bxc5
Nxc5 18. Qc4 Nb7 19. Qa6 Nd6 20. Qxa7 Nf7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qc5 $16 {1-0 Van
der Sterren,P-Onischuk,A/Bundesliga 9900 2000}) (13... Rd8 14. Qb3 (14. b5 Ne6
15. a4 Rb8 16. Qc2 f4 17. Ba3 g5 $132 {0-1 Damljanovic,B-Bareev,E/Sochi 1988})
(14. Qa4 $5 {[%csl Ra7]} c5 $6 15. b5 a6 16. Qa5) 14... Kh8 15. Rbd1 c5 16. b5
$6 (16. bxc5 $142 dxc5 17. Ne5 Rb8 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. e3 $14) 16... h6 17. Rfe1
Qf7 18. e4 Be6 19. Nd5 fxe4 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Rxe4 f5 22. Ree1 Nxd5 23. cxd5
Bc8 $15 {0-1 Tukmakov,V-De La Riva Aguardo,O/Zaragoza op 1993}) 14. Qa4 {
In my opinion,the queen is quite not in place here.On the other hand,black has
always to think about the pawn on a7.} (14. c5 dxc5 (14... d5 15. Na2 $1 $14 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Ga2c1,Gc1d3]}) 15. bxc5 Ng4 $1 16. Ba1 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 e5 18. h3
Nh6 19. Rd1 e4 20. Ng5 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Malaniuk,VGroningen PCA 1993}
) (14. Ba1 Ne6 15. e3 Nd8 16. c5 d5 17. Ne2 Nf7 18. Ne5 Ng4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {0-1 Vakhidov,T-Dao Thien Hai/Goodricke 11th op 2000}) 14... Ne6
$1 $146 {[%cal Gg6g5,Ge8h5] This move is very strong: black is planning to
start an attack by g6-g5.} (14... a6 $6 15. Qa5 Qc8 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Na4 Na8
18. e3 Ne4 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rbc1 $14 {Radocaj,D-Titova Boric,E/Pula op 1997})
15. Rfd1 (15. Qxa7 f4 {[%cal Gb8a8]} 16. Qa4 g5 $44) 15... g5 (15... h6 $5) 16.
Qc2 (16. Qxa7 $6 f4 17. Qa4 Qh5 $40) 16... Qh5 $2 {Too slowly. Only one
mistake can amazingly lead to the loss!} (16... f4 $142 17. c5 g4 18. Nh4 (18.
Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 d5 $3 $15 20. gxf4 $140 (20. Rxf4 e5) 20... Nh5) 18... fxg3
19. hxg3 dxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 $13) 17. c5 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Re5] Just in time! Now
black has no time for attack.This game is a nice example of ''break in the
centre as a reaction to attack on the king-side''.} d5 {What else?} (17... g4
18. Nh4 $16) (17... Ne8 18. Na4 f4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 (19... N6xg7 20. Nd4) 20. Ne5
$1 dxe5 21. Rxd7 $18) (17... dxc5 18. Na4 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gb2f6]} Rbd8 19.
Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 $18) 18. b5 $1 (18. Ne5 Rbc8 19. e3 $14) (18. e3 $2 {
[%cal Gc3e2]} f4 19. exf4 gxf4 20. Ne2 Ng5 $1 (20... fxg3 21. Nxg3 $16) 21.
Nxg5 fxg3 $1 22. Nxg3 Qxg5 23. Re1 Ng4 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 $15) 18... d4 {Trying to
complicate the game.} (18... Nxc5 $2 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Nxd5 Ba4 (
21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ e6 23. Ba2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd4f5]} (23. Qxc5 exd5 24. Qxd5+
Qf7 $14)) 22. Qxc5 Bxd1 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Nexf5 $18) (18... f4 19. bxc6 Bxc6
20. Ne5 fxg3 21. hxg3 Ng4 (21... Ba8 22. Nxd5) 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Bxd5 $18) 19.
Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 f4 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 21. Ne4 $1 (21. bxc6 $6 fxg3 22. hxg3 Ng4
23. Rxg4 Bxg4 $14) 21... Bf5 (21... Ng4 22. Rxd7 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 fxg3 24. Qb3+
$18 {[%cal Gb3g3]}) (21... fxg3 22. Nxg3 $1) (21... Nd5 22. Ra4 Rxb5 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Rxb5 cxb5 25. Rxa7 $18) 22. Nxf6+ (22. Rb4 fxg3 23. hxg3 Ng4 $40)
22... Rxf6 23. Qb3+ (23. Qc4+ $5 Be6 24. Qd3 Rh6 25. h4 $1 gxh4 (25... Bxd4 26.
Qxd4 Rf6 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Rf6,Rg5]}) (25... fxg3 26. Qxg3)
26. Rxf4 hxg3 27. Qxg3 Rg6 28. Rh4 $1 Rxg3 29. Rxh5 $18) 23... Be6 (23... Rf7
24. Rbd1 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxe2 (25... cxb5 26. Bd5 e6 27. Qc3 $3 fxg3 28. hxg3 Kf8
(28... exd5 29. Rh4 $18) (28... Rf6 29. Rf4 $1 Qg6 30. Bxe6+ $1 Rxe6 31. Rxf5
$18) 29. Rd2 Qg6 30. Qh8+ Qg8 31. Qe5 Rc8 (31... Rd8 32. Bc6 Rxd2 33. Qb8+) 32.
Bc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc6d7,Gc5c6]}) 26. Qc3 e5 (26... Rf6 27. Bf3 Qc2 (27... Qe6
28. Bxc6 $18) 28. Qxc2 Bxc2 29. Rd2 $18) 27. Rd2 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 fxg3 29. hxg3
Rbf8 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 cxb5 32. Bxb5 Be6 33. c6 Rf5 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4
$16) (23... Kh8 24. Rbd1 $18) 24. Qf3 g4 (24... Bg4 25. Qd3 Rh6 26. h4 $1 gxh4
(26... fxg3 27. Qxg3 {[%csl Rb8,Rg4][%cal Gg3b8]}) 27. Rxf4 $18) (24... Qxf3
25. Bxf3 Bf5 (25... Rxb5 26. Rb4) 26. Rc1 Rxb5 27. Rb4 $16) 25. Qxc6 fxg3 26.
hxg3 Ba2 (26... Rh6 27. Qc7 $1 Rxb5 (27... Rf8 28. Rd8) 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Qc6
Rxb2 30. Qe8+ Kf6 31. Rxb2 $18) 27. Qc7 Rbf8 28. Rf1 Rh6 29. f4 Qh2+ 30. Kf2
Bxd4+ 31. Bxd4 $18 Bd5 (31... Rh3 32. Ke1 Qxg3+ 33. Kd2 Qxg2 34. Qxe7 Bf7 35.
Qe5 $18) 32. Rg1 Rh3 33. Kf1 Qxg3 $2 (33... Bxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Qh1+ 35. Bg1) 34.
Bxd5+ {[%mdl 16400]} 1-0

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ross, David"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. b3 {
A quiet continuation.} ({The most principal is} 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4) ({
Another possibilities are:} 8. Nd5) ({and} 8. Re1) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4
(10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5+ Kh8 12. Ba3 Rg8 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. e4 Qe7 15. exf5 Rd8 16.
f6 Bxf6 17. Qe4 Bf5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rychagov,A-Lastin,A/Goldberg mem 1997}) 10...
Nc6 {The best.In this line black has to fight for the outpost ''d4'' for his
knight.} (10... c6 $2 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. Re1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge4f5]} f4 13. gxf4
$1 exf4 14. e5 $16 {[%cal Gc3e4]}) (10... f4 $2 11. Nd5 Nxd5 (11... Rf7 12. Ng5
Rd7 13. Bh3 Rd8 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. gxf4 $16 {1-0 Danner,G-Kapferer,R/Velden op
1996}) 12. cxd5 $36 {[%csl Rc7,Re5][%cal Gc1b2,Ga1c1]}) 11. Nd5 ({Another
opportunity was:} 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. Re1 (12. exf5 gxf5 13. Re1 e4 14. Ng5 Rd7 15.
Qc1 Ne5 $36 {0-1 Aseev,K-Lastin,A/RUS-ch m3-4 Elista 1997 [Tyomkin]}) 12... f4
13. gxf4 Bg4 (13... Nh5 14. f5 gxf5 15. Ng5 Rd7 16. Nd5 Qg6 17. h4 f4 18. Bh3
$14 {1-0 Meduna,E-Beliavsky,A/Sochi 1986}) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 (15... Rd8
$5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rxf4 $15) 16. Nb5 Ne6 17. f5 (17. fxe5 Nd7 $40 {
[%csl Re5,Rf4]}) 17... Nf4 18. Bc1 Bh6 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,
Y-Vyzmanavin,A/URS-FL Irkutsk 1986}) 11... Qd7 {That looks like an
uncomfortable defence,but actually black hasn't any problems.} (11... Rf7 $143
$6 12. Ng5 Rd7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb2 Ng4 15. h3 Nh6 16. Qe2 Qg6 17. f4 $36 {
1-0 Lechtynsky,J-Psakhis,L/Timavia Tmava 1988}) ({deserves attention is:} 11...
Nxd5 $5 12. cxd5 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Nxe4 Kh8 (14... Bf5 $5 15. Ba3 Rf7 $132)
15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Re1 Qf7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Blagojevic,D/
Prague Mladi-A 1988}) 12. Ba3 (12. exf5 e4 13. Ng5 gxf5 14. Be3 Nxd5 15. cxd5
Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxd5 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Qc1 Rf6 19. Bf1 h6 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21. Nh3 Rd6
22. Bf4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qf6 24. Qd5 Be6 (24... Ne7 25. Qd8) 25. Qxe6 Qxe6 26.
Bxe6 Kf6 $13 {The endgame is very complicated,but i think that the position is
approximately equal.1/2-1/2 Rychagov,A-Kobalija,M/RUS-ch U20 Kolontaevo 1997})
(12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Qc1 Nb4 (15... Rd8 $5 16. exf5 Bxf5
17. Ng5 Nd4 $13) 16. c5 Be6 17. Qc3 Nc6 18. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Hort,V-Yrjola,J/
Thessaloniki ol (Men) 1988}) 12... Re8 {It is hard to say which move is
stronger.} (12... Rd8 {is also pissible continuation:} 13. exf5 (13. Qc2 Nxe4
14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Nf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd7 Bxd7 $44 {black is at least not worse.})
13... e4 14. Ng5 gxf5 15. Rb1 (15. Bb2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxb2 (16... Qxd5 $1 17.
Bxg7 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Kxg7 $15) 17. dxc6 Qe7 (17... bxc6 $5) 18. Qc2 Bxa1 19.
Qc4+ Kg7 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Ne6+ Kf6 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxa1 Qe5 $132 {0-1
Jankovic,A-Bromberger,S/EU-chT U18 Balatonlelle 2000}) 15... h6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
$132 {0-1 Chuchelov,V-Gurevich,M/Vlissingen HZ op 1998}) 13. Nxf6+ $6 {A
strange decision.Black has better chanses in the endgame due to weakness on d4.
} (13. exf5 $142 gxf5 (13... e4 14. Ng5 gxf5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qh5 Bxa1 17.
Rxa1 Rd8 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. Re1 $36 Nd4 $2 20. Bxe4 (20. Nf7 $1 $18) 20... fxe4
21. Rxe4 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Bh3+ 23. Kxf3 $18 {1-0 Pinter,J-Karolyi,T/Perenyi mem
Budapest 1989}) 14. Ng5 (14. Bb2 $5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nd8 $13 {[%cal Gd8f7]}) 14...
e4 15. Bb2 (15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nh3 Be6 19. Nf4 Kf7
$11 {0-1 Mitenkov,A-Annakov,B/Moscow-ch 1996}) 15... Nxd5 (15... Ne5 $2 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qh5 $40) 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Qxd5+ Kf8 18. Qc5+ $11) 13... Bxf6
14. Qd5+ Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $15 16. Rfe1 $6 $146 {This natural move leads to a
very hard position.} ({But even after the correct} 16. Bh3 {(1/2-1/2 Hertneck,
G-Yrjola,J/Kecskemet Dutep 1988),black can get better chanses:} fxe4 17. Bxc8
Raxc8 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. Rad1 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Rcd8 22. Re2 Re6 $15 {
[%cal Ge6a6]}) 16... g5 $1 {Just in time! White has no time to regroup his
pieces,and black will occupy the key square on d4.} 17. Nd2 (17. Rad1 g4 18.
Nd2 f4 $17 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf4f3]}) 17... f4 $17 {Black has a space advantage
and ideal outpost on d4 for his knight.} 18. Bf1 (18. f3 Rd8 19. Rad1 Nd4 $17)
18... Rd8 19. Nb1 {White's knight cannot find any comfortable place on the
board.} (19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Bb2 Nc2 21. Re2 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 $17 {[%csl Re3]})
19... Nd4 {[%cal Gd4c2]} 20. Rc1 $8 h5 $1 {The most effective plan! White
cannot do nothing against the attack.} 21. Nc3 c6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yc6d5]} 22.
Ne2 {Trying to change the knights,but...} Nf3+ $1 23. Kh1 Nd2 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Gd2e4]} 24. Nc3 $8 h4 {All white pieces are on the the queen side,so the
attack is very dangerous even in the endgame.} 25. Kg1 (25. gxh4 g4 $19 {
[%cal Gd8h8,Gd2f3]}) 25... hxg3 26. fxg3 (26. hxg3 Bg4 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gd8h8]} 27.
Bg2 Rd3 $19) 26... Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Rd2+ 28. Be2 Nd4 {[%mdl 16416] Black has got a
full domination! White cannot avoid material losses.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Be3 {Intending to take control of the dark squares after 10.Qd2. That
is a favourite continuation of Armenian GM Ashot Anastasian.} ({The main
alternatives here are:} 9. Nd4) ({and} 9. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 9... h6 {
Restricting the mobility of Be3 and preparing g6-g5 advance. That move was
played by Garry Kasparov and some other strong players.} ({The practice saw
also some other logical continuations:} 9... Bd7) (9... c6) (9... c5) 10. Qd2 (
{As the practice shows,black usually successfully solves his problems after:} 
10. Rc1 Bd7 11. a3 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Nc7 14. c5 Ng4 15. Bd2 d5 16. h3 Nf6
17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be5 Qf7 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Andersson,U-Kasparov,G/Madrid 1988/EXT 97 (65)}) ({or} 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Rb1 e5
12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nd4 c6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. b3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nfe4 $11 {0-1 Larsen,
B-Vasiukov,E/Graested 1990/CBM 16 ext (70)}) 10... Kh7 {That is the most solid
continuation.} (10... g5 {looks a bit provocative} 11. Rab1 Ng4 12. Bd4 Ne5 13.
b3 f4 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Be4 $14 {1-0 Anastasian,
A-Minasian,A/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext (37)}) 11. h3 $146 {Taking control of the
''g4'' square and securing the statement of Be3. On the other hand,white's
king-side pawn structure becomes a bit compromised.} ({Another logical
continuation here is-->} 11. Rab1 $146 {see comments to 0-1 Anastasian,
A-Dzhumaev,M/Dubai 2004/CBM 101/[Postny] (47) Postny}) 11... c6 {Freeing a way
for the Na6.} ({Deserved attention also:} 11... c5 $5 12. dxc6 bxc6 $132 {
with a complicated play.}) 12. Rab1 Bd7 {Allowing white to seize the space on
the queen-side.} ({In my opinion,black shouldn't face any problems after:} 
12... c5 $142 13. a3 Bd7 14. b4 b6 $11 {,as i don't see how white can make
progress on the queen-side.}) 13. b4 Nc7 {Keeping the pressure in the centre.}
({After} 13... cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc7 15. Nd4 $1 (15. Rfc1 Qf7 16. Ne1 Rfc8 $11)
15... Qf7 (15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxh3 18. Rfc1 $36) 16. Nb3 Nb5 17.
Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Bd4 $14 {i would prefer white,as he puts some pressure on
black's queen-side pawns.}) 14. Nd4 e5 {A typical strategical decision for
that type of positions-black's acticity will compensate the weakness of Pd6.} (
14... cxd5 15. cxd5 $14 {-->13...cxd5.}) (14... Rc8 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nb3 $14)
15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. b5 {Intending to put the pressure on Pc6 as well.} ({A very
complicated position would arise after:} 16. Nb3 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 17. Qd3
f4 18. Bd2 Be5 $132 (18... fxg3 $5 19. fxg3 Be5 20. Ne4 Qe7 $132)) ({Another
possible continuation was:} 16. Rbd1 Nh5 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bd4 Bxc4 19. Bxg7
Nxg7 20. Qxd6 $11 {with an approximate equal position.}) 16... Nc5 17. bxc6
bxc6 18. Bf4 $6 {An inaccurate move which allows black to solve his problems.}
({It was a right moment for exchanging one of black's knights:} 18. Nb3 Nfe4
19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qd3 $14 {keeping some pressure.}) 18... Nfe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4
20. Bxe4 {An ambitious decision-white is ready to exchange the important
defender of his monarch in order to avoid draw!} (20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qd1 Ne4 $11 {
[%cal Ge4c3]} 22. Rb3 $140 $6 Qf7 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Rd4,Gf7,Gg7]}) 20... fxe4 $1 {
Only that tackle allows black to use the power of Bd7.} (20... Qxe4 $143 21.
Rfd1 c5 22. Nb3 $1 (22. Nf3 Be6 $132) 22... Bc6 23. f3 Qxc4 24. Na5 Qa6 25.
Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxd6 $14) 21. Rb7 Rf7 {Neutralizing the pressure along the 7th
rank.} 22. h4 ({A double-edged play would arise after:} 22. Bxd6 Bxh3 23. Rfb1
Be6 $132) 22... Be6 23. Nxe6 $1 {A brave decision.White should sacrifice an
exchange-otherwise black will seize the initiative.} ({For instance,} 23. Rxf7
Bxf7 24. Bxd6 Bxc4 25. Rc1 Bd5 $15) 23... Rxb7 24. Nxg7 Rxg7 25. Qxd6 (25. Bxh6
Rd7 26. Bf4 Qe6 27. Rc1 Rf8 $15) 25... Rd8 26. Qc5 Qe6 $2 {Overlooking a
simple blow!} ({After} 26... Re7 27. Qe3 Qf8 28. Rb1 $132 {the position would
be ballanced.}) 27. Bc1 $2 {White doesn't take his chance!} ({After} 27. Bxh6
$1 Rf7 (27... Kxh6 $2 28. Qg5+ $18) 28. Bc1 $14 {[%cal Gc5e3] /+/- white's
chances would be preferable,as the Kh7 became very compromised.}) 27... Rdd7
28. Kg2 e3 $5 {A very interesting attempt to grab the initiative. Black takes
control of ''e4'' square at cost of the pawn!} ({After} 28... h5 29. Qe3 Qxc4
30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Bb2 Qxe2 32. Bxg7 Rxg7 33. Rb1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qf8 $11 {white
would have a sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 29. Bxe3 Rgf7 {Intending
to push white's queen away from ''c5'' square.} 30. Kg1 Rf5 31. Qb4 Qe4 $1 {
An excellent square for the queen! Now the Kg1 starts to feel some danger.} 32.
Rb1 g5 33. hxg5 {A necessity-white cannot allow black to take at h4.} (33. Qb3
gxh4 34. f3 Qe5 35. g4 h3 {[%cal Ge5g3]} 36. Kh1 Rf6 $17) 33... hxg5 34. Qb8 $1
{[%cal Gb1b7] A correct desicion-white should swap the rooks in order to
exploit the weakness of Kh7.} ({A trade of the queens leads after:} 34. Rc1 $2
g4 35. Qb1 Qxb1 36. Rxb1 Ra5 37. Rb2 Ra4 38. c5 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Ra1 $17 {to a
very hard endgame.}) 34... g4 {[%cal Gf5h5,Gh5h1] Now everything is ready for
Rf5-h5-h1 mate,but it's white's turn!} (34... Qxc4 35. Rb7 Rxb7 36. Qxb7+ Rf7
37. Qb1+ $132 {[%csl Rh7]}) 35. Rb7 $8 Rff7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Qb3 $8 c5 38. Bc1
$2 {A terrible move which leads to a quick loss.} ({At the same time,white
could keep the ballanced position after:} 38. Qa4 Rb7 39. Bc1 $1 {and the
weakness of black's king gives white a sufficient counterplay.} (39. Kh2 $5 {
seems to be sufficient as well:} Kg8 40. Qa6 Rh7+ 41. Bh6 Qf5 42. Kg2 $11) {
For instance,} 39... Qxe2 40. Be3 Qf3 41. Qc2+ Kg7 42. Qc3+ Kg8 43. Qd3 $11)
38... Qxe2 $19 {[%cal Ge2f3]} 39. Be3 ({Hopeless would be also:} 39. Qe3 Rd1+
40. Kh2 Qxe3 41. Bxe3 Ra1 42. Bxc5 Rxa2 $19 {and the Pa7 decides the game.})
39... Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Qf3 41. Qc2+ Kg7 ({After} 41... Kg7 42. Qc3+ Kg8 {white
cannot avoid mate.}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 {White avoids the
main theoretical lines of the Leningrad system and chooses a quiet option.} d6
7. Bb2 a5 {Preventing white from seizing a lot of queen-side space by b3-b4
advancement and intending to put the knight on a6.} ({Here black had a large
choice of possibilities:} 7... c6) (7... Ne4) (7... Qe8) 8. c4 {Without that
natural move white can hardly fight for the opening advantage.} Na6 {I don't
like that move, as it's still not clear there the Nb8 will be placed better.} (
{I would prefer:} 8... Qe8) ({or} 8... c6) 9. Nc3 {The most active way of
development - the Nc3 is usually placed better than on d2. However, now it's
easier for black to realize the main idea of this system: to push e7-e5.} (9.
Nbd2 c6 10. Qc2 Nc7 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. e4 (12. a4 $5) 12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4
14. Qxe4 a4 $132 {0-1 Kustar,S-Hoang Thanh Trang/Budapest 2003/CBM 093 ext (31)
}) 9... Qe8 {That standard manoevre is typical for this system - black is
ready for the e7-e5 advancement.} 10. e4 $1 $146 {In my opinion, this is an
important novelty. White is trying to exploit some development advantage by
energetical play.} ({Nothing special promises:} 10. d5 Bd7 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. a3
c6 13. b4 Nce4 14. Qd3 Qf7 15. Nb3 $6 (15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Rac8
$132) 15... axb4 16. axb4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Firt,
S-Salai,L/Brno 1990/EXT 97 (46)}) 10... e5 {Accepting the challenge.} ({After} 
10... fxe4 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 $14) ({or} 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4
fxe4 12. Ng5 $14 {white would have a small but permanent strategical advantage.
}) 11. Re1 ({Nothing promises:} 11. exf5 gxf5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 e4 $11)
11... f4 {It's important to close the ''e'' file.} 12. dxe5 $6 {This natural
move seems to be inaccurate.} ({After the correct} 12. gxf4 $1 {white could
cause black real problems. For example:} exd4 (12... exf4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5
$16) (12... Nh5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf4 15. Nd5 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 $16) 13. Nxd4
Nh5 {[%tqu "En","Please,find the best move","","","d4f5","(that tactical
resourse is very important)",10]} 14. Nf5 $1 {(that tactical resourse is very
important)} gxf5 ({after} 14... Nxf4 15. Nxg7 Qe5 16. Nf5 gxf5 17. Qd2 $40 {
[%csl Rg8] black's king becomes extremely compromised.}) 15. exf5 Qd7 16. Qxh5
Nc5 17. Rad1 $16) 12... dxe5 13. gxf4 $2 {Mistakes are rarely come alone!
After this tackle black gets a nice counterplay along the 'f' file.} ({At the
same time, after} 13. Nd5 fxg3 14. fxg3 $36 {it would be difficult for black
to consolidate. For instance,} Nd7 $140 15. Ba3 $16) 13... Nh5 $1 {Suddenly
black's pieces become very active.} 14. fxe5 (14. Ne2 Bg4 (14... Nxf4 15. Nxf4
exf4 (15... Rxf4 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd5+ $16) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kh6 18. c5
$36 {[%csl Rh6]}) 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5+ Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19.
Rxe2 Nxf4 20. Rd2 Rfe8 21. Nd7 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 Rxe4 $11) (14. Nd5 Bg4 15. Bxe5
Bxe5 16. fxe5 c6 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6 Rxf6 $44) 14... Bg4 {The pin is very
unpleasant.} 15. Nd5 c6 ({Good enough was also:} 15... Rd8 $5 16. Qe2 c6 17.
Nf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 $44) 16. Nf6+ {White is trying to
simplify the position somehow. However, black's compensation remains obvious.}
Nxf6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 {After that exchange the weakness of the dark
squares in white's camp becomes significant.} ({On the other hand,} 18. e5 Bg7
19. Qe2 Rd8 (19... Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6]} 20. Qe4 Bh5 21. Nd4) 20. h3 Bh5 21. Rad1
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nc7 $44 {also gives black a nice play.}) 18... Rxf6 19. Qd3 ({
Premature would be} 19. e5 $6 Rf5 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Qc3 Re8 {and it's white who
has to fight for equality.}) 19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 (20. e5 Rf5 21. Bxf3 Rxe5 22.
Qc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qf7 24. Re3 $14) 20... Qe5 $44 {Now black has a full
compensation for a pawn due to control of the dark squares.} 21. Bg2 Nb4 ({
Deserved attention also} 21... Nc5 $5 22. Qg3 Rf4 23. Rad1 Raf8 {and although
white is still a pawn up, black's play is much easier.}) 22. Qe2 (22. Qg3 Rf4 (
{dubious would be} 22... Qxg3 $6 23. fxg3 Nc2 24. Rf1 $14) 23. Rad1 {[%cal
Cb4a2,Gd1d7]} Na6 $1 $44 {and black prevents the penetration of Rd1.}) 22...
Raf8 23. f3 Rd8 ({The plan of provoking the h2-h3 advancement doesn't promise
black anything special:} 23... Rf4 24. Rad1 Rh4 $6 25. h3 Rhf4 26. Qd2 $14) 24.
Rad1 Rfd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 {[%cal Gb4d3,Gd3f4]} ({Interesting would be also:} 
25... Qxd6 26. Bf1 ({The endgame is clearly in black's favoure:} 26. e5 Qd4+
27. Qe3 (27. Kf1 Qf4 28. e6 Rd2 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Kf8 $15) 27... Qxe3+ 28.
Rxe3 Nxa2 $15) 26... Qd2 $132 {and black is at least not worse.}) 26. Rd1 {
White has to swap the rooks in order to get a sufficient counterplay. The
extra pawn is not significant here.} Qc5+ ({After} 26... Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Nxa2
28. Qd2 ({Inaccurate would be} 28. Qd7 $6 Nc3 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qxb7+ Kh6 $36 {
[%csl Rg1] and white faces a real problems,since his king is extremely weak.})
28... Nb4 29. f4 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 $11 {white's counterplay should be sufficient
for a draw.}) 27. Kf1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qe3 {Now white's king is in a real danger,
so the perpetual check is practically forced.} 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5
({Another popular continuation is:} 8... Na6) (8... c5 $6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Bd2 h6
11. a3 Qf7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Qc1 $1 Kh7 14. Qb1 Nc7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qh4 $36 {0-1 Hodgson,J-Conquest,S/Hastings 9596 1996}) 9. e4 {
Quite a rare,but very logical continuation.White is trying to show that Qe8 is
not so comfortable.} ({The most popular continuation is:} 9. Nd4) ({also
possible is:} 9. Be3) ({and} 9. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Ge1d3]}) 9... fxe4 10. Ng5 Bg4 (
10... Na6 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 b5 (12... Bf5 $5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Ng5 Nc5 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 $13) 13. Re1 h6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16.
Bd4 $14 {1-0 Comas Fabrego,L-De la Riva Aguado,O/ESP-ch Torrevieja 1997}) 11.
Qe1 $146 (11. Qb3 $5 Qc8 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd7 (13... a4 14. Qe3 $1 a3
15. Rb1 axb2 16. Bxb2 $36) 14. Bg5 Rf7 15. Bd2 $6 (15. Rae1 $142 a4 16. Qc2 Bf5
17. Qe2 $14) 15... a4 16. Qc2 a3 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 axb2 19. Qxb2 Ne5 $15 {
0-1 Mohebbi,J-Glek,I/Paris-ch 2000}) 11... Na6 12. Ncxe4 Nb4 $6 {That is just
a loss of time.} (12... a4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6+ (
16. dxe6 Nc5 17. Bh6 Bxb2 $1 18. Rb1 a3 $1 (18... Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxb7
Rb8 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Bg2 $14) 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 $13) 16... Qf7 $13) 13. h3 $1 {
That is the point! White can easily neutralize black's activity.} (13. Nxf6+ $2
exf6 $1 14. Qxe8 Raxe8 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 c6 $15) (13. Qd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 b5
15. a3 Na6 $132) 13... Bf5 (13... Nc2 $2 14. Qd2 Nxa1 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Qe2 $16
{[%cal Gc1e3]}) 14. Qe2 c6 15. g4 (15. Ne6 Nxe4 (15... Bxe6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17.
dxe6 $36) 16. Nxf8 (16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxe4 Bxh3 18. Re1 Qf7 $1 19. dxc6 Nxc6
20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qxe7 Ra7 $11) 16... Nc5 17. Ne6 Nxe6 18. dxe6 Bd3 19. Qd1
Bxc4 $1 (19... Bxf1 20. Bxf1 $14 {[%cal Gh3h5,Gh3h4]}) 20. Re1 $13) 15... Bd7
$6 {[%mdl 16384] Black is a defending side with less space,so he should try to
change the pieces.} (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 (16. Bxe4 Bd7) 16... Bd7 17. Ng5 $14)
16. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gf1e1] That strong strategical move increases white's
advantage.} (16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 $1 19. Bg2 (19. cxd5 Nxd5
20. f4 Qb8 $1 $132) 19... dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rd8 $132) (16. Re1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 cxd5
18. cxd5 Rc8 $1 $36 {[%cal Gb4c2]}) (16. a3 $5 Na6 17. Re1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 (18.
Qxe4 Nc5 19. Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Rae8 $44) 18... cxd5 19. cxd5 Rc8 20. Be3 $14)
16... h6 17. dxc6 (17. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Na6 19. f4 Nc5 20. Bd2 $16 {
[%cal Ga1e1]}) 17... bxc6 (17... Nxc6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Qe2 $16)
18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Qe2 $16 {White has a clear advantage due to
pair of bishops and better pawn structure.} Rb8 21. Be3 Na6 {Now it is clear,
that 12...Nb4 was a wrong idea.} 22. Rac1 {[%cal Gb2b3] White is not in a
hurry! He wants to set-up a stable pawn structure on the queen side by b2-b3.}
({another possible contrinuation was:} 22. Rae1 Nc7 23. f4 e6 24. Ba7 Rb7 25.
Bd4 $16 {and all white's pieces are in the ideal places.}) 22... Nc7 23. b3 c5
24. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} e6 {Black has a lot of weaknesses,and his knights have
no outposts.} (24... Ne6 $6 25. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb5d4]} Nd7 26. Rce1
$18 {[%csl Re6,Re7][%cal Gf4f5]}) 25. Qd3 (25. Rcd1 $5 Qe7 26. f5 exf5 27. gxf5
g5 28. Bf2 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 a4 30. Rxd6 axb3 31. axb3 Rxb3 32. Rc6 $16 (32. Bxc5
$16)) 25... Qe7 26. Na4 $6 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd3d2] Trying to win the pawn on
a5.That move is not a serious mistake,but as it usually happens,one mistake
can lead to another one.White should play on the king side because black's
king is not safe.} (26. f5 exf5 (26... gxf5 27. gxf5 e5 28. Rcd1 Rb6 29. Ne4
Nxe4 30. Qxe4 $16) 27. gxf5 g5 28. Rce1 Qd7 29. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Ge1e6]}) 26...
Na6 27. Qd2 Nb4 28. Rfe1 ({White could avoid activization of black's knight:} 
28. a3 Na6 29. Rb1 Qc7 (29... d5 $2 30. Qxa5 d4 31. Bd2 Qd6 32. b4 $18) 30. Nc3
$16) 28... Qc7 {[%cal Gb4c6]} 29. Bf2 Rfe8 30. Bf3 $6 {After that ''accurate''
move black gets a great opportunity to reach a visible counterplay.} Nc6 31.
Qd3 (31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Bg2 (32. Bxd4 $6 cxd4 33. Nb5 Qc5 $132) 32... Nd7 33. Ne2
e5 34. Nc3 $14) 31... Nd4 {[%mdl 2096] Here the draw was agreed.White is still
better,so the agreement can be discussed.} (31... Nd4 32. Bg2 Qf7 33. Nc3 Nd7
34. Be3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3
Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 e5 {N} (9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. a3 Nc7 13.
Bb2 Kh8 14. c5 $1 $14 {Nikolic-Gurevich,Manila(izt)1990}) (9... Bd7 10. b4 c5
11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 $14 {Gelfand-Gurevich,Linares
1991}) (9... Bd7 {Hansen,Cu}) (9... h6 {Hansen,Cu}) (9... c6 {Hansen,Cu}) 10.
dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 c6 $6 (11... Nc5 $14) 12. b4 $1 $16 (12. Nxe6 {Hansen,Cu}
Qxe6 13. b3 Rad8 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Rbe1 d5 $10 {Horvath,Jo-Santo
Roman Novi Sad OL 1990}) 12... Bxc4 $6 {Too risky. Probably Black ought to
have tried more prudent 12...Ne4.} (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15.
Qc2 Rfe8 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Rfd1 $16) 13. b5 $1 cxb5 14. Ndxb5 Rd8 15. Ba3 {
Does not spoil anything yet, but 15.Nd6! looks like straightforward win.} (15.
Nxd6 $1 Qe6 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Ncxe4 fxe4 18. Qc2 $1 $18 {In the post-mortem
together with Mikhail we discovered the following beautiful line: 18...Bd5 19.
Ne4 Rfe8 20.Ng5! Qe2 21.Bd5+ Rd5 22.Rbe1!! Qe1 23.Re1 Re1 24 Kg2 Rg5 25.Qc4+!
Kh8 26.Qc8+ and mate in two moves.}) 15... d5 $1 16. Nd6 $1 (16. Bxf8 {Hansen,
Cu} Qxf8 $14) 16... Qe5 17. Nxc4 dxc4 (17... Qxc3 $2 18. Rc1 $1 $18) 18. Qc2
Nc5 19. Bxc5 $4 {White just forgets that the Bishops are stronger than the
Knights!} (19. Na4 $1 b6 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Qxc4+ $18) 19... Qxc5 20. Rb5 Qd6 $1
21. Rxb7 Kh8 $1 22. Nb5 $2 Qc5 $1 23. a4 a6 24. Nc3 (24. Rc7 $4 Qe5 $1 $19)
24... Ng4 25. h3 Ne3 (25... Ne5 $5) 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh2 f4 $4 {Black
returns the favour. Instead 27...Qc3 would have been a simple draw.} (27...
Qxc3 $1 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Rc1 Be5 30. Rxc4 f4 31. Bf3 fxg3+ 32. Kg2 $10) 28.
Rf3 $1 fxg3+ 29. Rxg3 Be5 (29... Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Be5+ 31. Kg4 Rf4+ 32. Kg5 $18)
30. Rxh7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qb3
c6 9. d5 Na6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bf4 (11. Bd4 e5 12. dxe6 Ne5 $1 13. Rad1 Qxe6 14.
Na4 Qxc4 15. Qxc4+ Nxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 Nb6 18. Rxd6 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Nc5 $15
{Karpov-Gurevich,Reggio Emilia 1989}) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 h6 13. h3 (13. Rad1 g5
14. Bc1 Ne4 $1 $36) 13... e5 $1 14. dxe6 Ne5 15. Rad1 Nxe6 16. Rxd6 Nxc4 17.
Rd3 Nxf4 (17... Nc5 $4 18. Na4 $1 $18) 18. gxf4 Be6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. b3 Nb6 21.
Qd2 Kh7 22. Ne5 Bf6 {I don't quite understand the idea behind this move; 22...
Rae8 seems more natu- ral when 23.Rg3 is efficiently parried by 23...Be5 24.
fe5 f4!} 23. Qe3 Rae8 24. Na4 $5 {Remarkable decision! White has a couple of
dead pieces, so he tries to swop at least one of them.} Nd5 (24... Nxa4 25.
bxa4 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Bc8 27. Qxe7+ Rxe7 $10) 25. Bxd5 (25. Qxa7 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Nf4
$1 {is rather scary}) 25... Bxd5 26. Nc3 g5 $4 {black-out! after 26...Be5 27.
fe5 Qe5 the draw offer would have been quite expe dient.} 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28.
Rxd5 gxf4 29. Qd3 $1 Bg7 (29... Qg7+ 30. Ng4 $1 $16) 30. Kf1 Qg5 (30... Qh4 31.
Nd7 Rf7 32. Rxf5 Rxd7 33. Rd5+ $18) 31. Nf3 Qh5 32. Kg2 Qg6+ 33. Kh2 Qe6 34.
Rd2 Rf7 35. Qc4 Qb6 36. Qc5 Qxc5 37. Rxc5 Rfe7 38. Rcc2 b5 39. Nh4 $1 {Black
would like to push b5-b4 and then invade with his bishop, but he never gets a
chance.} Re5 40. Kg2 Bf6 41. Nf3 R5e6 42. Ne1 $1 {Karpov at his best!} a5 (
42... b4 43. Nd3 Bc3 44. Nxf4 $18) 43. Kf3 $18 a4 44. Rd7+ R8e7 45. Rxe7+ Rxe7
46. Nd3 axb3 47. axb3 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 c5 (9... Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. b5 (12. Qb3 $5 Ne4 13. Bb2
Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Rbc1 Rf6 17. a3 {+/=/= Illescas Cordoba,
M-Topalov,V, Leon 1993}) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Na4 $14 {
Hertneck,G-Lutz,C, Baden Baden 1992}) 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 (11... Bb7 12.
Nd4 $14) 12. a3 $5 (12. b5 cxb5 (12... Nc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4 (13... cxb5 $6 14. Bxa8
Qxa8 15. Ndxb5 {+/=/+/- Piket,J-Gurevich,M, Groningen 1992}) 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne6 $16) 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. a4 Nfe4 (14... Rc8 15. Bb2 a6 $1 16.
Nd4 axb5 17. axb5 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Nb3 Bxb5 $10 {Greenfeld,A-Malaniuk,V,
Pardubice 1993}) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Rb8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nc4
$14 {Alterman,B-Malaniuk,V, Pardubice 1993}) 12... Nc7 13. Bb2 Rb8 {13. - a5!?}
14. c5 dxc5 15. bxc5 Ne4 $10 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Neg5 Nd5 18. Ne5 e6 19. Nxd7
Qxd7 20. e4 $5 fxe4 21. Bh3 Qe7 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bxd5 Qxg5 24. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS10 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 (
8. b3 e5 (8... Nc6 9. d5 Ne4 $5 10. Nb5 $1 Qd7 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nbd4 c5 13.
Nc2 $16 {Renet,O-Jakubiec,A, EU-cup, Clichy 1993}) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11.
Nd5 Qd7 $1 (11... fxe4 12. Ng5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxe4 $14) (11... Nxd5 12.
cxd5 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Nxe4 $14 {Balaschow,Y-Wyschmanawin,A, Irkutsk 1986})
(11... Rf7 12. Ng5 Rd7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb2 $14 {Balaschow,Y-Yrjölä,j,
Woronesch 1987}) 12. exf5 e4 $1 13. Ng5 gxf5 14. Ba3 (14. Bf4 h6 15. Nh3 Nxd5
16. cxd5 Ne7 17. Qh5 Qe8 $10 {Schabalow-Malanjuk, Moskau 1989}) (14. Be3 $5
Nxd5 {14. - Rd8!?} 15. cxd5 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxd5 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Qc1 $13 {
(Nesis,G)}) 14... Rd8 15. Nb4 Qe8 $1 $17 {Avrukh,B-Dao Thien Hai, Budapest Exp
FS 1993}) 8... a5 (8... Na6 9. Rb1 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. a3 Nc7 13.
a4 $5 (13. Bb2 Kh8 14. c5 dxc5 15. bxc5 Ng4 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 e5 18. h3 Nf6
19. Qd6 Nb5 20. Qxe5 Nxa3 21. Ra1 Nb5 22. Ra6 $14 {Nikolich,P-Gurewich,M,
Manila 1990}) 13... Rb8 14. b5 Ne6 15. e3 $5 c5 16. Bb2 $14 {Tunik,G-Galdunts,
S,Voskresensk 1993}) 9. Nd4 {9.Be3, 9.Rb1} Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12.
Bxe4 Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc5 15. Re1 Qf7 16. Be3 c6 {16. - e6} 17. Nf3
Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3 19. Rf1 Bf6 {Prevents 21.Bxc5 and 22.Ng5.} 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. Qe2 $10 Rab8 23. Rfc1 Bd4 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nxd4 $6 cxd4 26. Qe5
Rd8 27. Qxa5 Rf8 28. Qd2 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 e5 30. a4 Qa3 31. a5 Ra8 32. Rb1 Qxa5 33.
Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. d5 c5 10. Nc3 h6 11. Ne1 g5 12. Nd3 Qg6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. f4 Ng4 15. Nf2
Bd4 16. Ncd1 Qh5 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Nxf2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 gxf4 20. gxf4 Kh7 21. e4
Rg8 22. e5 Rg7 23. Kh1 Rag8 24. Rg1 Qh4 25. Qd2 Rg3 26. Rae1 Be8 27. exd6 exd6
28. Kh2 Bh5 29. Nh1 R3g7 30. Qf2 Qxf2 31. Nxf2 Nb4 32. a4 Nc2 33. Re6 Nd4 34.
Rxd6 {34.-Ne2-+} 0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Malyshev, Vasilij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. d5 {An unusual
but logical continuation. White immediately puts pressure on the important
square.} c5 8. O-O h6 9. Ne1 g5 10. Nd3 Qe8 11. a3 Qg6 12. Ra2 (12. Rb1 Ne4 13.
Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ne1 e3) 12... Ne4 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nc7 Ra7 15. f3 b6 16. Ne6 Bxe6
17. dxe6 Nf6 18. Nf2 Nc6 19. e3 Ne5 20. b3 Rc7 21. f4 Neg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23.
Qd3 gxf4 24. exf4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Kh7 26. Re2 h5 27. Bd2 Qf6 28. h3 Nh6 29. Bf3
Qg6 30. Rg2 Qxe6 31. Bxh5 Qe4 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. g4 e6 34. Re2 d5 35. cxd5 exd5
36. f5 Re7 37. Kg2 e3 38. Bc1 Kg7 39. Rf3 Re4 40. Bxe3 Ng8 41. Bxd4+ cxd4 42.
Rd2 Nf6 43. Bg6 Nd7 44. Rfd3 Ne5 45. Rxd4 Re3 46. Rxd5 Nxg6 47. fxg6 Rff3 48.
Rh5 Rxb3 49. Rd6 Rf6 50. Rxf6 Kxf6 51. Rg5 Kg7 52. h4 Rxa3 53. Rd5 {53.h5 + -}
Kxg6 54. Rd6+ Kg7 55. Rxb6 $18 Ra2+ 56. Kg3 Ra3+ 57. Kf4 Ra4+ 58. Kf5 Ra5+ 59.
Ke6 Ra4 60. Rb7+ Kg6 61. h5+ Kh6 62. Kf5 Ra5+ 63. Kf4 Ra4+ 64. Kg3 a5 65. Rb6+
Kh7 66. Ra6 Ra1 67. Kh4 a4 68. Ra7+ Kg8 69. Kg5 a3 70. Kg6 Kf8 71. g5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Rb1 c6 11. b3 Nc7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Nc2 a6 14. b4 b6 15. Ba1
Rb8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. Qd2 Na8 19. e4 Nb6 20. Ne3 Ng4 21. exf5
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxf5 23. Qe2 Qe8 24. Ne4 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Qf7 26. Rb1 Nd7 27. Rb7
Qg7 28. h3 Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Ng5 Qf6 31. Ne6 Nd7 32. Kh2 Qe5 33. Qd2 Bxe6
34. dxe6 Nf6 35. Qa5 Qxe6 36. Qxa6 Qe2 37. f4 Kf7 38. a4 d5 39. a5 $10 {
Black forgot that he was in time-trouble and lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. Qd3 h6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Ba3 a5 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Qb1 c6 15. Nc3
e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb2 e4 18. Nd4 Nf6 19. f3 e3 20. a3 Na6 21. Qc1 Re8 22.
Rd3 Nc5 23. Rxe3 a4 24. b4 Qxc4 25. bxc5 Qxd4 26. Ne4 Nd5 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Qc4
Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Be6 30. Nd6 Reb8 31. Rd1 Ra5 32. Rxd5 Rxc5 (32... Bxd5 33. Qc3
Bxc5 34. Nxf5 $5 $14) 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 34. Rxc5 Rd8 35. Nxb7 Rd1+ 36. Bf1 Rxf1+
37. Kg2 Re1 38. Kf2 Rh1 39. Kg2 Re1 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. h4 Bd5 42. Nd8 Ra1 43. Nxc6
Bxc6 44. Rxc6 Kg7 45. h5 gxh5 46. Ke3 Rxa3+ 47. Kf4 Ra2 48. e3 h4 49. gxh4 Rh2
50. Kxf5 Rxh4 51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. f4 Rh3 53. e4 a3 54. e5 Rf3 55. Ra7 h5 56. Kg5
Rg3+ 57. Kxh5 Rg2 58. Rxa3 Kf7 59. Ra6 Rg1 60. Rf6+ Ke7 61. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velikov, Petar"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Rb1 dxe5 12. h3 Nh6 13. Ba3 c5 14. e4 f4 15.
Ng5 Qe7 16. Ndf3 Kh8 17. Qd2 Ng8 18. h4 h6 19. Nh3 Bg4 20. Rbd1 Rad8 21. Qc3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 fxg3 23. fxg3 Rxf3 24. Bxf3 Bxh3 25. Qd3 Nb4 26. Qd6 Qf7 27. Bg2
Bg4 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Qxc5 Nc6 30. Qd6 Nf6 31. Qc7 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Bd6 Kg8
34. b4 Be6 35. Rc1 Bf8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. a3 a5 38. Bf1 axb4 39. axb4 Nxb4 40.
Rb1 Na6 41. Rxb7 Nac5 42. Rc7 Nxe4 43. Bd3 Ndc5 44. Bc2 h5 45. Kg2 Bg4 46. Ra7
Bf5 47. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 48. Kf2 Bf5 49. Ke3 Ke8 50. Ra5 Nd7 51. c5 Nf6 52. c6 Kd8
53. Ke2 Ng4 54. Ra7 Be4 55. Rg7 Bxc6 56. Rxg6 Be8 57. Rg7 e4 58. Ke1 e3 59. Rh7
Bg6 60. Rg7 Bd3 61. Rg5 Kc7 62. Rd5 Bg6 63. Ke2 Kc6 64. Rg5 Be8 65. Rxg4 hxg4
66. Kxe3 Kd6 67. Kf4 Bd7 68. Kg5 Ke7 69. Kg6 {For instance 69. - Kf8 70.h5 Kg8
71.h6 Kh8 72.h7 Be8+ 73.Kg5 Bd7 74.Kg6 =} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 c6 8. Nbd2
Qe8 9. c4 Na6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. a3 b5 12. b4 Nc7 13. Rac1 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bh6 15.
e3 Ncd5 16. Nfd2 Bd7 17. Rce1 g5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qg6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.
Qxg6+ hxg6 22. Na5 Kf8 23. Bc1 Rf7 24. Bd2 Bg7 25. Rc1 Rb6 $2 {25. - Bxd4!} 26.
Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 $2 {26. - Rxc6} 27. Bxd5 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 f5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Qe8 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Be3 c5 15.
Ne2 b5 16. cxb5 Nxb5 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qd2 Qf7 19. b4 Na3 20. Rb3 Nc4 21. Qc1
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 c4 23. Rbb1 c3 24. Rec1 Rbc8 25. f3 Rc4 26. b5 e6 27. Qd3 exd5
28. Bxd5 Be6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Nxc3 Rd4 31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Nxe2 Rd2 33. Nf4 Rxa2
34. Ne6 Re8 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Re7 38. Ra6 Rd7 {39. - Rb7 =}
39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Ra5 d5 42. f4+ Kf5 43. Kf3 h5 44. h3 Rc7 45. g4+
hxg4+ 46. hxg4+ Kf6 47. Ra6+ $14 Kg7 48. Ke3 Rb7 49. Ra5 Rf7 50. Ra4 Rb7 51.
Ra5 Rf7 52. g5 Kh7 53. Ra4 Kg7 54. Ra5 Kh7 55. Kd4 Rxf4+ 56. Kxd5 Rf7 (56...
Rf5+ 57. Kc6 Rxg5 58. Rxa7+ {Not 58.b6? Rxa5 59.b7 Rb6+ followed by 60. - Rb6
- +} Kh6 59. b6 Rf5 {59. - Rg1 60.Ra5 + -} 60. b7 Rf6+ 61. Kd7 $18) 57. Ra6 Rb7
58. Kc6 Re7 59. Ra1 Re6+ 60. Kd7 Re5 61. Rxa7 Rxg5 62. b6 Kh6 63. b7 {63. -
Rb5 64.Kc6 Rxb7 (64. - Rb1 65.Ra5) 65.Rxb7 + -} 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Black "Videki, Sandor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 $6 f4 12. gxf4 Nh5 13. fxe5 c6 14. Ba3 Rf7
15. Qc1 Nf4 16. Bd6 Bh3 17. Ng5 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Black "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2 e5
9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qd5+ Kh8 11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. Nc3 h6 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. c5 $1 $14 {
A noteworthy idea. See also the game Ree,O-Ruf,M at this disk for a similar
move.} Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 dxc5 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. Nbd2 Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. O-O h6 10. Qc2 g5 11. e4 fxe4 {11. - f4} 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (
13... Rxf6 $2 14. Qxg6 Rxg6 15. Rfe1 $16) 14. Rae1 Bf5 {New.} (14... c6 15. Re3
Bf5 16. Qd2 Rf7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Bc3 $14 {Dreev-Motwani, Berlin 1991.}) 15. Qd2
Rae8 16. Ba1 {16.Re3} Qg6 17. Re3 c6 18. Rfe1 Rf7 19. Bc3 Nc7 20. d5 $1 Bxc3 (
20... cxd5 21. cxd5 Nb5 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. a4 Nc7 24. Nd4 $16 {(Bagirov)}) (
20... c5 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. h4 g4 23. Nh2 $16) 21. Rxc3 e5 22. dxe6 $1 Rxe6 23.
Rxe6 Qxe6 24. h4 $1 $16 gxh4 25. Nxh4 Bh7 26. Re3 Qf6 27. Be4 d5 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7
29. Qc2+ Kg8 (29... Kg7 30. Rf3 Qa1+ 31. Kg2) 30. cxd5 (30. Rf3 $2 Qa1+ 31. Kg2
Rxf3 32. Qg6+ $6 Qg7) 30... Nxd5 31. Re8+ Kg7 (31... Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.
Qg6+ Qg7 34. Qe8+ Qf8 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Nf5 $18 {(Bagirov)}) 32.
Re4 {32.Qe2?! Nf4! ~/=} h5 33. Qd2 Kf8 34. Kg2 Rg7 35. Qc1 Rf7 36. Qe1 a6 37.
Re5 Re7 38. Rxe7 Nxe7 39. Qb4 b5 40. Qc5 Ke8 $2 {40. - Qf7 +/-} 41. Qxh5+ Kd8
42. Qc5 Nd5 43. Nf3 Kc8 44. Qa7 Nc7 45. Qd4 Qe7 46. Ne5 c5 47. Qg4+ Ne6 48. f4
{48.Qe4!? + -} Qd6 49. Qf3 Kc7 50. Qd3 $2 Qxd3 51. Nxd3 c4 52. bxc4 bxc4 53.
Nb4 Nd4 $1 54. Nxa6+ $2 {54.Kf2 + -} Kb6 55. Nb4 Kc5 56. a3 c3 57. g4 Kc4 58.
g5 Kb3 59. g6 Kxa3 60. Nd3 c2 61. Kh3 Ne6 62. Kg4 Nc5 63. Nc1 Kb2 64. g7 Kxc1
65. g8=Q Kd2 66. Qa2 Nd3 67. f5 Kd1 68. Kf3 Ne5+ $1 (68... Ne1+ 69. Kf2 Nd3+
70. Ke3 $1 c1=Q+ 71. Kxd3 $18) 69. Ke4 c1=Q 70. Qd5+ Ke2 71. Kxe5 Qg5 72. Qe4+
Kd1 73. Kd4 Qf6+ 74. Kd3 Qa6+ 75. Qc4 Qa3+ 76. Qc3 Qa6+ 77. Qc4 Qa3+ 78. Ke4
Qe7+ 79. Kf3 Qf6 80. Qe2+ $6 Kc1 81. Qe6 Qh8 82. f6 Qh1+ 83. Kg4 Qg2+ 84. Kh5
Qf3+ 85. Kg6 Qg3+ 86. Kh6 Qf4+ 87. Kg6 Qg3+ 88. Kf7 Qc7+ 89. Ke8 Qb8+ 90. Ke7
Qc7+ 91. Qd7 $18 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 (
8. Nd5 Nxd5 (8... Na6 $6 9. Nxf6+ Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bh6 e4 13.
Ne1 Bf6 14. f3 e3 $2 15. Bxe3 Re7 16. Nc2 c5 17. Bh6 Rxe2 18. Rae1 $16 {
Barus,C-Nishimura,H,Jakarta zt 1993}) 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 $5 {10.Ne1} Na6 (
10... Qb6 11. Be3 $14) (10... c6 11. e4 $1 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Qc4 13. Be3 $14 {
Linen Bueono-Georgadze,T, Malaga 1991}) (10... h6 11. a4 Qb6 12. Nf3 a5 13. Be3
Na6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Ne1 Nb4 16. Nc2 {+/=/+/- Hansen,LB-Malaniuk,V,Espergarde
PC 1992.}) 11. e4 (11. a4 Qb6 12. e3 h6 13. Nh3 g5 $13) 11... c6 12. Re1 fxe4
13. dxc6 d5 14. cxb7 Qxb7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qb8 17. Bf4 $13 {Peng
Zhaogin-Ioseliani,N,Shanghai ctw 1992}) 8... c6 (8... a5 $6 9. Be3 $1 h6 10.
Nb5 Qd8 11. Nfd4 Kh7 12. c5 $5 dxc5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nc6 15. Bxc5 {
Pisulinski-Rublevskij,Russia 1992}) (8... Na6 9. Rb1 $1 (9. Nd4 Nc5 10. Nb3 $6
Nfe4 $1 {Rosenthal,D-Rostovtsev,Israel 1992}) 9... c5 (9... Bd7 10. b4 c6 11.
dxc6 bxc6 (11... Bxc6 $5 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Na4 $14 {
Hertneck,G-Lutz,C, Baden Baden 1992}) 12. b5 Nc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4 (13... cxb5 {
(Malaniuk,V)} 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Ndxb5 {+/=/+/- Piket,J-Gurevich,M, Groningen
1992}) 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne6 $16) 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bb7 12.
Nd4 Qc8 13. c5 $6 e5 14. Nb3 d5 15. Na5 Nc7 16. Qa4 Ne6 $13 {Schlosser,P-Lutz,
C, Graz zt 1993} 17. b5) 9. Rb1 $1 Na6 10. b4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5+ Kh8
13. Bb2 $14 Nc7 14. Bxg7+ Kxg7 15. Qd2 Rf6 16. c5 Bd7 17. cxd6 exd6 18. Rfc1
Qd8 19. Nd4 $16 Rb8 20. b5 {20.h4} Ne6 21. Nxe6+ Bxe6 22. a4 Bf7 23. Qd4 b6 24.
Rc3 Rc8 25. Rbc1 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 h6 27. e3 g5 28. h3 $1 Kg6 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4
Kg7 31. f4 Qe7 32. f5 $18 h5 33. gxh5 Bxh5 34. Bd5 Bf7 35. e4 Bxd5 36. Qxd5 Qf7
37. Qd2 Qh5 38. Rg3 Kf8 39. Rxg5 Qh4 40. Qc1 Rh6 41. Qc8+ Ke7 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43.
Qc3# 1-0

[Event "Athens Akropolis 15th"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1992.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moutousis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nbd2 (7. O-O h6
(7... Qe8 8. c4 h6 9. d5 (9. Nbd2 g5 10. e3 $5 c6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Bc3 Qh5 13.
Rae1 Nc7 14. h3 Bd7 $10 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Van Mil,J, NLD-ch, CBM 30 game 513.})
9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Ba3
Nce4 $13 {Benko,P-Polgar,Zsu, Aruba 1992, CBM 20 game 14.}) 8. Nbd2 g5 9. Ne1
c6 10. Nd3 Qe8 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qf7
16. Rae1 Re8 {+/= / . Galliamova,A-Hassapis,D, Oakham 1992 CBM 30 game 628.})
7... Nc6 8. O-O Ne4 9. c4 e5 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nb8 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Rad1 Na6
$1 $10 (13... h6 $6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nc6 16. c5 $1 Rfd8 17. cxd6 $14 {
Skembris,S-Santo Roman, M, Athens 1992. CBM 30 game 92.}) 14. b4 $6 Nxb4 $1 15.
Nxh7 Kxh7 16. Qxb4 f4 17. f3 b6 $17 18. e3 Qg5 19. exf4 exf4 20. Bc1 Be5 21.
Rfe1 Bd7 22. Re4 Rf7 23. Kh1 Rh8 24. Qd2 Kg8 25. Kg1 Qh5 $19 26. gxf4 Qxh2+ 27.
Kf2 Rh3 28. Qe1 Bf5 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 Rg3 31. Rg1 Bh3 32. Bb2 Rxg2+ 33.
Rxg2 Qxg2+ 34. Ke1 Qh1+ 35. Kd2 Bf5 36. Bd4 Qh2+ 37. Kc3 a5 38. Qe8+ Rf8 39.
Qa4 Qe2 40. Be5 Qxf3+ {40. - Qe3+ 41.Kb2 Qd2+ - +} 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. a3 g5 12. e3 Qh5 13. Rfe1 Rf7 14. Nf1 Bd7 15. Re2
Raf8 16. Rae1 Ne4 17. N3d2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 e5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. b4 b6 21. Nf3 Re8
22. Rd2 Nb8 23. Red1 e4 24. Ne1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Be6 26. Rd8 Rff8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8
28. Rd6 Qf7 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Nd7 31. Bf1 Bd5 32. Rxh6 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7
34. Rd6 Nxc5 35. Nc2 Rf7 36. Rd8 Ne6 37. Rc8 c5 38. Bb5 Rb7 39. a4 a6 40. Bxa6
Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Bb3 42. Na3 Ra1 43. Nc4 Bd1 44. Nd2 g4 45. h4 gxh3+ 46. Kxh3 Bg4+
47. Kg2 Rd1 48. Nf1 Ng5 49. Rxc5 Rd6 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. Bb5 Rh6 52. Nh2 Nf3 53.
Nxg4 fxg4 54. Rc8+ {54. - Ke7!? 55.Re8+ Kd6 56.Rxe4 Rh2+ 57.Kf1 Nd2+ 58.Kg1=,
or 55.Rc7+ = (55. - Kd8? 56.Rd7+ Kc8 57.Rd1).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Soffer, Ram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc5 13. Bg2 Qf7 14. Be3 Qf6
15. b4 e5 16. Ne2 Na4 17. Rc1 b6 18. Qd2 a5 19. a3 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. h3 e4 22.
Bd4 e3 23. Qd3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd4 axb4 27. axb4 Nb2 28.
Rc3 Rfe8 29. Re1 e2 30. g4 Nd1 31. Rb3 Bd7 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Nxe2 Ra1 34. Kh2
Ba4 35. Rd3 Bc2 36. Rd2 Bb3 37. Nd4 Bxc4 38. Ne6+ Kf6 39. Nxc7 {White is a
pawn up, but his pieces is uncoordinated.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c5 $1 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. b5 $6 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3
Rc8 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxb7 Rxc4 17. Bc6 Qf7 18. Rb3 Rc8 $6 19. a4 Rd8 20. a5 d5
21. a6 e6 22. Bb7 Ne8 23. Na2 Nd6 24. Nb4 Qc7 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Nxa7 Nxb7 27.
axb7 Qxb7 28. Nc6 Qb6 29. e3 Ra8 30. Qd3 Bf6 31. Rfb1 Kg7 32. Qe2 Raa4 33. Qd2
Rc5 34. Qd1 Ra2 35. Nd4 Kh6 36. Rb4 Rc3 37. R4b3 Rc5 38. Rb4 Ra5 39. Nc6 Raxb5
40. Rxb5 Rxb5 41. Rxb5 Qxb5 42. Nd4 Bxd4 43. exd4 Qb2 $17 44. Kg2 e5 45. dxe5
Qxe5 46. Qd2+ Kg7 47. f3 d4 48. Kf2 Qc5 49. Qb2 Kf6 50. Ke2 Qc4+ 51. Kd2 Kg5
52. Qa3 Qe6 53. Qb4 Qe3+ $19 54. Kc2 Qf2+ 55. Kc1 Qg1+ 56. Kc2 Qxh2+ 57. Kd3
Qxg3 58. Qe7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Espergarde PC"]
[Site "Espergarde"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nd5 (
8. d5 Na6 (8... a5 $6 9. Be3 $1 h6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Nfd4 Kh7 12. c5 $5 dxc5 13.
Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nc6 15. Bxc5 $16 {Pisulinski-Rublevskij, Russia 1992.}) 9.
Rb1 (9. Nd4 Nc5 10. Nb3 $6 {10.b4!} Nfe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qc2 Qf7 13. Be3 (13.
Bxe4 $2 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Bh3 $19) 13... c5 $1 $15 {Rosenthal,D-Rostovtsev, Israel
1992.}) 9... Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 $5 (11... bxc6 12. b5 Nc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4
(13... cxb5 $5 {A recent suggestion of Malaniuk.} 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Ndxb5 Rc8
16. Nd5 $16 {Piket,J,Gurevich,M, Groningen 1992.}) 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. bxc6 Bxc6
16. Ne6 $16) 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Na4 $14 {Hertneck,G-Lutz,
C, Baden Baden 1992. CBM 33 game 80.}) 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 {The old
line starts with 10.Ne1.} h6 (10... Na6 11. e4 {11.h4!? (Khalifman,A)} (11. a4
Qb6 12. e3 h6 13. Nh3 g5 $13 {(Khalifman,A)}) 11... c6 12. Re1 fxe4 13. dxc6 d5
$5 14. cxb7 Qxb7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qb8 17. Bf4 Rxf4 18. gxf4 Bf5 19. Bxa8
Qxa8 20. Rxe7 Kf8 21. Qe2 $13 {Peng Zhaoqin-Ioseliani,N, Shanghai ctW 1992.
CBM 33 game 955.}) (10... Qb6 11. Be3 Na6 (11... Rd8 12. h4 a5 13. Qd2 c6 14.
Rac1 $14 {Khalifman,A-Piskov, Germany 1992.} Qb5) 12. Qd2 c6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14.
Rfd1 Rac8 $14 {Blazquez-Ochoa de Echagüen, Spain 1992.}) (10... c6 11. e4 $1
fxe4 12. Nxe4 Qc4 13. Be3 $14 {Linen Bueono, Georgadze,T, Malaga 1991.}) 11. a4
Qb6 12. Nf3 a5 13. Be3 Na6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Ne1 Nb4 16. Nc2 {+/=/=} Nxc2 17.
Qxc2 Bd7 18. Qd3 c6 19. Ra3 Rfc8 20. Rb3 Qa7 21. h4 h5 22. Rc1 cxd5 23. Rxc8
Rxc8 24. Bxd5 Rc7 25. Rc3 Qb6 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qb3 Qc8 $5 28. Kh2 e6 29. Bxb7
{29. - Bxa4 +/=/=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 12th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Schwartzman,G"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. a4 Nfe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bb2 a6 $5 {This is an interesting novelty.Malaniuk played 16...B:
b2 instead.} 17. Nd2 (17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. bxa6 Bxa4 19. Qd4+ e5 20. Rb7+ Kh8 $13)
17... d5 (17... Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Nc3 $2 19. Qb3+) (17... axb5 18. axb5 Bxb5 $2 (
18... Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxb5 $2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qb2+ e5 22. Qxb5 $18) 19. Nxe4
fxe4 20. Qb3+ e6 21. Bxg7 $18) 18. Nf3 $1 {><e5} axb5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Qxd5+
$1 (20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qxd5 Bxe2 22. Nd4 Bxf1 23. Ne6+ Kg8 $1 $13) 20... e6 21.
Qb3 Bxe2 $4 {My opponent completely overlooked the following variation} (21...
Ba4 22. Qe3 e5 23. Rfc1 $16) (21... Bc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Qe5 $16)
22. Bxg7 Bxf1 23. Bxf8 Bxg2 24. Bh6 $3 {[#]} (24. Bh6 Bxf3 (24... Nxg3 25. Kxg2
) 25. Qb7 $1 Qf8 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qb3 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Solozhenkin,E"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[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 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5
(8... Na6 9. Rb1 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 $14) (8... c6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Rb1 $14 {
,both lines are resembling.}) 9. Nd4 Na6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 g5 12. e3 Qg6 13.
f4 ({GM Andrei Kharitonov committed this move as a mistake in his annotations
to the game Mitenkov-Rychagov,1996. Andrei suggested} 13. Qe2 {as a plan
against Black's a5-a4-a3. For example,} Nc5 14. Rad1 (14. Rab1 $5) 14... a4 15.
b4 a3 16. Ba1 Na6 (16... Na4 17. Ncb5) 17. Rb1 {and a3-pawn is terribly weak})
13... h6 $146 ({Mitenkov-Rychagov:} 13... Nc5 14. Qe2 a4 15. Rab1 axb3 16. axb3
Ng4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Qc2 gxf4 19. gxf4 Kh8 $17 {(Kharitonov)}) (13... a4 $6 {
doesn't work:} 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. bxa4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nfe4 17. g4) 14. Qc2 $5 Ng4 (
14... Nb4 15. Qd2) (14... g4 15. Rad1 {following by e3-e4}) 15. Qd2 ({Probably
White didn't play} 15. Rae1 {because of} gxf4 {and there is no} 16. exf4) 15...
Nc5 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Ncb5 Rac8 19. h3 Nf6 20. g4 {Playing simply
White got a clear avantage and it often means that generally this line is not
enough solid for Black.} Nh7 21. fxg5 Qxg5 22. Nf3 Qg6 23. Nh4 Qg5 24. Nf3 Qg6
25. Nbd4 $1 Qf6 26. Nh2 Qh4 27. Nhf3 Qf6 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. e4 Bd7 (29... Bg6
30. Nf5 Qxb2 31. Nxe7+ $18) 30. e5 $16 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Qd6 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Qg6
Kh8 34. Nf5 $18 Bxb2 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Nxe7 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rf8 38. Bg2 Bf6 39.
Nf5 Ne4 40. Bxe4 $6 ({Why not} 40. Qxh6 $18 {?}) 40... Rg8 41. Qxg8+ Kxg8 42.
Nxh6+ Kg7 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. d6 c6 45. Nh6+ $6 (45. h4 $18) (45. Kg2 Ng5 46. Bc2
$18) 45... Kg7 46. Bxh7 (46. Nf5+) 46... Kxh6 47. Bf5 Kg5 48. Bc8 b6 49. Bb7 $2
(49. c5 Bd4+ (49... bxc5 50. Bb7 Kf4 51. Bxc6 Kg3 52. Kf1 {seems to be winning}
) 50. Kg2 Bxc5 51. d7 Be7 52. Kf3 {also looks like winning for White}) 49... c5
50. Bf3 Kf4 51. Kf2 Be5 52. d7 Bf6 53. Ke2 Bd8 54. Bd5 Bf6 55. Kd3 Bd8 56. Be6
Bf6 57. Bg4 Bd8 58. Kc2 Bf6 59. a3 Ke5 60. b4 axb4 61. axb4 cxb4 $1 (61... Be7
62. bxc5 bxc5 63. Kb3 Kd6 64. Ka4 Kc6 65. Ka5 Bd8+ 66. Ka6 Kc7 67. Kb5 Be7 $11
68. Bf5 Kb7 (68... Kd6 69. Kb6) 69. Be4+ Kc7 70. Bc6 Kd6 71. Kb6 Bd8+ 72. Kb7
Bf6 73. Bb5 $18) 62. Kb3 Be7 63. Ka4 Kd6 64. Kxb4 Kc6+ 65. Kc3 b5 $11 66. cxb5+
Kxb5 67. Kd4 Kc6 68. Ke5 Bd8 69. Ke6 Kc7 70. Bd1 Bh4 71. Ba4 Bd8 72. Bb5 Bh4
73. Kf5 Kd6 74. Kg4 Bd8 75. h4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 (7...
Na6 $5 {Vasjukov}) 8. d5 (8. Re1) (8. b3) (8. Nd5 $5) 8... Na6 (8... Bd7 $5 9.
Rb1 a5 {/\Sa6,c6}) 9. Rb1 $5 {/\b4} (9. Nd4) (9. Be3) 9... c5 (9... Bd7 10. b4
e5 $6 (10... c6) 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 Bxc4 13. Bxb7 $16 {׫}) 10. dxc6 bxc6
11. b4 Bd7 (11... Rb8 12. b5 Nc5 13. Nd4 cxb5 14. cxb5 $16 {><c6}) 12. a3 (12.
b5 Nc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4 14. Bb2 Nxc3 (14... cxb5 15. cxb5 Rb8 16. a4 e5 $13) 15.
Bxc3 Ne4 16. Ba1 cxb5 17. cxb5 e5 18. Nc2 Be6 $15) (12. Nd4 Nxb4 (12... e5 $2
13. Nc2 $16 {/\b5}) (12... Rc8 $5 13. Qa4 $2 Nxb4) 13. Rxb4 c5 14. Rb1 cxd4 15.
Bxa8 dxc3 16. Bf3 Ba4 $146) 12... Nc7 13. Bb2 $14 Kh8 $6 (13... Rd8 $5 14. b5 (
14. Nd4 e5 15. Nb3 Qe6 $13) (14. c5 $5) 14... Ne6 (14... cxb5 15. cxb5 Nxb5 $2
16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd5+ $18) 15. a4 Rb8 16. Ba3 $1 $14 {/\Qd3
Bareev} (16. Qc2 f4 $13 {Damljanovic-Bareev,Soci 1988})) (13... a5 14. b5 $1
cxb5 15. cxb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd5+ $18) 14. c5 $1 dxc5 (
14... d5 15. Ne5 $16 (15. Ne5 $16 a5 16. b5 $1)) 15. bxc5 Ng4 {/\e5} (15... e5
$2 16. Qd6) (15... Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Ne5 $36) 16. Na4 $1
Bxb2 (16... e5 17. h3 e4 (17... Nh6 18. Nxe5 $18) 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. hxg4 exf3
20. Bxf3 (20. exf3 $16) 20... fxg4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Qd4+ $18) 17. Nxb2 $16 e5
(17... Be6 $5 {/\Ld5}) 18. h3 (18. Nc4 e4 19. Qd4+ Nf6 20. Nfe5 $16) 18... Nf6
(18... e4 19. hxg4 exf3 20. Bxf3 fxg4 21. Qd4+) 19. Qd6 Nb5 20. Qxe5 Nxa3 21.
Ra1 Nb5 (21... Qxe5 $2 22. Nxe5 Nc2 23. Rad1 $18) 22. Ra6 (22. Nc4 $5 {/\ Nd6+/
-}) 22... Be6 (22... Qc8 23. Rfa1 $16 {/\Nc4-d6}) 23. Nd3 (23. Nd4 Bd5 $1 24.
Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Qxe8 Raxe8 26. Bxc6 Rxe2 $10) 23... Bd5 24. Qa1 $1 {/\Nb4,Ne5><c6
} Rd8 (24... Qxe2 $2 25. Nf4 Qe7 $8 (25... Qc4 26. Rc1 $18) 26. Nxd5 (26. Re1
$6 Be4) (26. Nh4 Kg8 $1 $8 27. Bxd5+ Nxd5) 26... cxd5 27. Rb1 $1 Rab8 (27...
Nc7 28. Rb7 $18 {/\Raa7,Rc7,Rf6}) 28. Bf1 (28. Qa5 Nd4 $1 $16) 28... Nc7 29.
Rxb8 $18) 25. Nb4 Be4 (25... Qxe2 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxc6) 26. e3 (26. Ne5 $6
Nd4) 26... Rc8 (26... Kg8 27. Ne5 $18) 27. Ne5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qe7 29. Rc1 $18
Kg7 (29... Kg8 30. Qa2+ $1 Kg7 31. Nbxc6) 30. Nbxc6 Qe6 (30... Qb7 31. Rb1 {
/\ Ra7}) 31. Kg1 (31. Nxa7 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34. Nd7 $18) 31...
f4 32. exf4 Nc7 (32... Qxh3 33. Nxa7 Nxa7 34. Rxa7+ Kh6 35. Nf7+) 33. Rxa7 Qxh3
34. Ne7 Kh6 (34... Ra8 35. Qa5 $18) 35. Nxc8 Ncd5 (35... Qxc8 36. Kg2) (35...
Rxc8 36. Nf7+ Kg7 37. Nd6 $18) 36. Qd4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bistric, Faruk"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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 "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

{[%mdl 20512]} 1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7.
b4 $5 c6 (7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 (8... Nfd7 9. Nc3 (9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Nd5 Rf7 $132) 9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Bg5 $16) 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. b5 Nd4 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Na4 $1 $14 {
1-0 Vladimirov,E-Malaniuk,V/Tashkent 1987/Inf 43 (33)}) 9. Qb3 (9. Bb2 e4 10.
Nd4 Ng4 (10... Qe7 11. Qb3 Kh8 $11) 11. c5 Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Soppe,G-Alonso,S/
Buenos Aires Najdorf ,EXT 1995 (30)}) (9. Nxe5 $2 Nfd7 10. Qd5+ Kh8 11. Bb2 (
11. f4 Nxe5 $17) 11... c6 $17) 9... e4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nh3 g5 13. f4
g4 14. Nf2 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Korchnoi,V-Spassky,B/St Petersburg RUS 1999 (24)})
(7... Qe8 8. Bb2 c6 (8... Nbd7 9. d5 Nb6 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Rc1 a5 12. a3 axb4
13. axb4 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. e3 Kh8 $132 {0-1 Multhopp,H-De Fotis,G/Chicago ,
EXT 1990 (30)}) 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. Qb3 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Rac1 h6 13. d5 $14 {
0-1 Alieva,E-Tolstikh,N/Moscow Russian Winter 1991 (61)}) (7... Nbd7 8. Bb2 Ne4
9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Nxe5 c6 14. Qd6 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Qxd6 16. Bxd6 Rd8 17. Bc7 Re8 (17... Rd7 18. Rad1 $16) 18. Rac1 Be6 19. a4
$16 {1-0 Atalik,S-Mossong,H/Saloniki olm (3.23) 1988 (45)}) (7... a5 8. b5 e5
9. dxe5 $14) 8. Bb2 (8. Qb3 h6 9. Bb2 Qe8 10. Nbd2 g5 11. d5 Na6 12. dxc6 bxc6
13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qa4 Nc7 15. Bxc6 $16 {1-0 Gasser Klaus-Schatz,D/Schaan
Liechtenstein 1996 (42)}) 8... a5 9. a3 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Ne4 (11...
h6 12. Nbd2 g5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Na6 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18.
Bd4 Ne4 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Bd4 $14 {0-1 Alieva R-Semenova L/Simferopol'-Alushta
1992 (35)}) 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. d5 $5 (13. e3 b5 $11) (13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 d5
15. c5 f4 $132) 13... Bxa1 14. Nxe4 (14. dxe6 Bf6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd4 d5 17.
cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc2 $11) 14... Bh8 (14... fxe4 15. Ng5 Bg4 16. Qxa1 e5 17. Nxe4
Bxe2 18. Rc1 $14) 15. Neg5 Bd7 (15... Bc8 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 $14) 16. Nd4
Qb6 17. Nge6 (17. Nde6 Rc8 18. Qd2 Na6 19. Rb1 $11) 17... Rf7 $6 $14 {[%csl
Rf7]} (17... Rc8 $142 18. Qd2 Bxd4 (18... Na6 19. Nxf5 $1 $16) 19. Nxd4 Na6 20.
Qe3 Kf7 (20... Re8 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Nxc6 Qxe3 23. fxe3 $16) 21. Nxf5 Qxe3 22.
Nxe3 Nxb4 $11) 18. Qd3 Na6 19. Rb1 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxb4 $6 $16 (20... f4 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. b5 fxg3 23. hxg3 (23. bxc6 gxf2+ 24. Kf1) 23... cxb5 24. cxb5 Nc5 25.
Qe3 e6 (25... e5 26. Bd5 exd4 27. Qe7 Be6 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29. Qxe6 d3 30. Qc8+
Rf8 31. Qc4+ d5 (31... Rf7 32. e3 $16) 32. Qxd5+ Kg7 33. e3 Rd8 34. Qc6 $16)
26. Rd1 $14) 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qd2 c5 (22... e5 23. Nc2 $16) 23. Bd5 $1 (23.
Nc2 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26. Rxb4 $11) 23... Nxd5 $8 (23... Qa6 $2
24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh6 Kg8 26. Nf3 $18 Qxc4 (26... Qa2 27. Ng5 Qxb1+ 28. Kg2
Bc6+ 29. Kh3 $18 (29. f3 Bxf3+ 30. Kh3 Bg2+ 31. Kxg2 $18)) 27. Ng5 $18) 24.
Rxb6 Nxb6 25. Nf3 Rf8 (25... Nxc4 26. Qd5 Bb5 27. Ng5 Ne5 28. Nxf7 (28. f4 Bc6
29. Qb3 h6 30. Nxf7 Nxf7 31. Qe6 $16) 28... Nxf7 29. Qb7 Bc4 (29... Bxe2 30.
Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qb2+ $18) 30. Qxe7 $16) 26. Qa5 Nc8 $16 (26... Nxc4 $2 27. Qc7 Bc8
28. Qxe7 Rf7 29. Qe8+ Rf8 30. Qc6 Be6 31. Ng5 $18) 27. Ng5 $1 (27. Qc7 Be6 {
[%csl Rc4]} 28. Nd2 $14) 27... h6 28. Qc7 hxg5 29. Qxd7 Kf7 30. Qc7 Kf6 31. h3
Ke5 32. e3 Ke4 33. Qb7+ Ke5 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. g4 $5 (35. Kf3 Rh8 36. Ke2 Ke6 37.
Kd3 {The plan of white is to enter K in Queen side.} Kf7 38. Kc3 Ke6 39. Kb3
Kf6 40. Ka4 Kf7 41. Kb5 Kf6 42. Kc6 Ke6 43. Kc7 Rf8 44. Qb2 Kf7 45. Kd7 Rg8 46.
e4 $1 {Creates in camp of black weaknesses} fxe4 (46... Rf8 47. e5 $16) 47. Qb7
Kf6 48. Qxe4 Nb6+ 49. Kc6 Nc8 50. Qf3+ Kg7 51. Kd7 $16 {[%csl Rc8,Rg5] It is
difficult to this plan something to oppose...}) 35... Rh8 36. Kg3 Rf8 37. f4 (
37. h4 $1 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Rh8+ 39. Kg3 g5 40. f3 (40. gxf5 Kxf5 $14) 40... fxg4
41. fxg4 Kf7 (41... Rf8 42. Qh1 $16 {[%csl Rg5]}) 42. Qd5+ e6 43. Qxg5 $16)
37... gxf4+ (37... Rh8 38. Qd5 {[%cal Gf4g5]} gxf4+ 39. exf4 Rd8 40. g5+ Kg7
41. Qe6 Rh8 42. h4 $22 Rf8 43. h5 $18) 38. exf4 fxg4 39. hxg4 Rg8 40. Kf3 (40.
g5+ Kf7 41. Kg4 (41. Qd5+ e6 42. Qb7+ Ne7 43. Qd7 Ra8 44. Kf2 d5 $11) 41... Kg7
42. Qd5 Rh8 43. Qe6 Rf8 44. Kf3 Rd8 45. Ke4 Rf8 46. Kd5 Rh8 47. Kc6 {Somewhere
we already saw it...} Rf8 48. f5 $1 gxf5 49. Qh6+ Kg8 (49... Kf7 50. g6+ Ke8
51. g7 Rg8 52. Qg6+ $18) 50. g6 $18) 40... Rf8 41. Ke4 Rd8 42. Kd5 Rf8 43. Qb2+
Kf7 44. Kc6 Rd8 45. Kc7 Rf8 46. Kd7 Re8 47. Qb7 e5 $6 {Loses, but differently
black the sluggish loss waits...} 48. Qe4 $2 (48. Qd5+ $1 Kf8 49. Qe4 $1 $18)
48... Nb6+ 49. Kxd6 Re6+ {In previous variation this check was impossible} 50.
Kxc5 Nd7+ 51. Kb5 Nf6 52. Qf3 e4 53. Qe2 (53. Qg3 e3 54. f5 Re7 55. fxg6+ Kxg6
56. g5 Ne4 $44) 53... e3 54. f5 $2 $11 (54. g5 $1 Ne4 (54... Nh5 55. f5 Re5+
56. c5 Nf4 (56... Rxf5 57. Qxe3 $18) 57. Qc4+ Nd5 58. Qh4 Rxf5 (58... e2 59.
Qh7+ Kf8 60. Qh8+ $18) 59. Qh7+ Ke6 60. Qxg6+ Ke5 61. Qh5 Nf4 62. Qf3 e2 63.
Qe3+ Kd5 64. g6 Nxg6 (64... Re5 65. Qxf4 e1=Q 66. Qc4# $1) 65. Qxe2 Nf4 66.
Qd2+ Ke5 67. Qd6+ Ke4 68. Kc4 $18)) 54... Re4 (54... gxf5 55. gxf5 Re4 56. c5
Nd5 57. Qh5+ Kf6 58. Qg6+ Ke5 59. Qd6+ Kd4 60. c6 e2 61. c7 e1=Q 62. Qc5+ Ke5
63. c8=Q Qb4+ $1 $11 (63... Rb4+ 64. Kc6 $18)) 55. Kc6 (55. fxg6+ Kxg6 56. c5
Nd5 57. Qd3 Nf6 {[%cal Ge3e2]} 58. Qe2 Nd5 $11) 55... g5 $1 {[%csl Rg4]} 56. c5
Re7 57. Qc4+ (57. Kb5 Nxg4 58. Qxg4 e2 59. Qh5+ Kf8 60. f6 e1=Q 61. Qh8+ Kf7
62. Qg7+ Ke8 63. fxe7 Qxe7 64. Qxe7+ Kxe7 65. Kb6 g4 $11) 57... Kf8 58. Qe2
Nxg4 59. Qxg4 e2 60. f6 e1=Q 61. fxe7+ Qxe7 62. Qc8+ (62. Qf5+ Ke8 63. Kb6 Qe3
64. Kb7 g4 65. c6 Qb3+ 66. Kc8 g3 67. c7 Qc4 68. Qd7+ Kf8 $14) 62... Kg7 63.
Kb6 Qe3 64. Qf5 Qb3+ 65. Kc7 Qf7+ 66. Qxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Re1 {This is not that simple to get an advantage with white
here- this line of black is very tricky!} (10. Nc3 c6 11. d5 (11. Rae1 b5 12.
cxb5 cxb5 13. b4 Bb7 (13... Nxb4 $4 14. Qb3+ {[%cal Rb3b4]}) 14. Qb3+ e6 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. e4 d5 18. exf5 (18. e5 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b6,Yb6c4]})
18... exf5 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. a3 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Malaniuk,V/Samara 1998/CBM
67 (20).}) 11... Bd7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qb1 (13. Nd4 Nc7 $132) 13... Nc5 14. b4 (
14. Nd4 e5 $5) 14... Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Nc3
19. Qb2 Qf7 (19... Nxd1 $4 20. Nxf5+ {[%cal Rb2g7] Double check!}) 20. Rc1 {
1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,E-Malaniuk,V/Tomsk 2001/CBM 82 ext (20).}) (10. Nbd2 b5 (
10... c6 $5 {ala Onischuk!}) 11. Rfe1 Kh8 12. a3 bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qb5 14. Qxb5
Rxb5 15. e3 $14 {1-0 Cramling,P-Kosteniuk,A/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 (106). (105)})
10... c6 11. Nbd2 b5 12. a3 Kh8 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Ba1 {Waiting strategy which
has brought white opening advantage;} (14. cxb5 $5 cxb5 15. e4 Rc8 16. Qd3 fxe4
17. Nxe4 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 $5 {[%cal Re4d6]} (18. Rxc1 Nd5 {[%cal Ga6c7,Gd7f5]})
18... Bf5 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gg5h6,Re2e7]}) 14... bxc4 15.
bxc4 c5 16. d5 $14 Nc7 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxe4 $14 {
[%cal Re4d6]}) 18... Qc8 (18... Qd8 $5 {keeping f6 and e7 under control;}) 19.
Neg5 $6 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6 exf6 21. Qc3 $16 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) (19. Nxf6 exf6
20. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6][%cal Gd2e4]}) 19... Bf5 20. Qd2 h6 21. Ne6 $2 {
White missed here one nice move which could give an advantage:} (21. Ne4 $1 $16
Bxe4 (21... Nxe4 $4 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qxg7#) 22. Rxe4 Rf7 23. Re2 $16 {[%csl
Re7,Yg6,Yh6][%cal Gc1e1]}) 21... Nxe6 22. dxe6 g5 {Finally black is ok!} (22...
Bxe6 $2 23. Nh4 $16 {[%csl Rg6]}) 23. Qe3 Qe8 $1 {This monouevre of black
queen to g6 improves black's position and prepares conterplay over the
kingside;} 24. h3 Qg6 25. g4 Bd3 26. Nd2 Qh7 {Clearing g6 spot for the bishop;}
27. Rc3 Bg6 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. Nxb3 (29. Qxb3 Ne8 $132) 29... Ng8 30. Na5 Rf4 31.
Nc6 a6 32. Nd8 $6 {moving the knight to nowhere and giving up c4 pawn;} (32.
Bd5 Bxa1 33. Rxa1 Qg7 $15 {[%cal Gg8f6]}) 32... Bxa1 33. Rxa1 Rxc4 $15 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd6] Black got passed pawns in the centre and his pieces are activer;
} 34. Nf7+ $2 {Desperation; more resistant was:} (34. Nc6 $142 $15) 34... Bxf7
35. Bd5 Bxe6 36. Bxe6 (36. Bxc4 Bxc4 37. Qc3+ Qg7 {[%cal Gg7a1] and Ra1 is
white's trouble in this line;}) 36... Re4 $19 {Black is just two pawns up and
winning;} 37. Qb3 Qg6 38. Bf7 Qg7 39. Rb1 Rf4 40. Be6 Qd4 {[%csl Yd4,Rf2,Yf4]
Total domination of black pieces;} 41. Qc2 (41. Bxg8 Qxf2+ (41... Rxf2 $19) 42.
Kh1 Rf3 43. Qb2+ Qxb2 44. Rxb2 Kxg8 $19) 41... Qe4 42. Qa2 c4 43. Bf5 Qd4 44.
Rb8 Kg7 45. Qe2 e5 {Black can open his king here- there are no pieces of white
around to create an attack;} 46. Bb1 (46. Rb7+ Kf6 $19 {[%cal Gg8e7]}) 46...
Ne7 47. Re8 Nd5 48. Qc2 e4 49. Kg2 (49. Rxe4 Rxe4 50. Qxe4 Qxe4 51. Bxe4 Nf4
$19 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gd5d4]}) 49... c3 {[%cal Rd4d2]} 50. Rxe4 Rxe4 51. Qxe4 Qxe4+
52. Bxe4 Nf4+ {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gg7f6,Gf6e5] Although black is pawn up only, he
is completely winning- two passed pawns "c" and "d" supported by knight and
king decide the game quickly;} 53. Kf3 {No one cares about h3 pawn;} Kf6 54. h4
Ke5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Ke3 d5 57. Bf5 d4+ 58. Kf3 d3 59. Ke3 c2 60. Kd2 Ne2 61.
Ke1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O c6 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Ne4
$146 (8... Qc7 {Ribli} 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. e4 (10. h3 Nh6 11. e4) 10... f4 11. Qc2
(11. h3) 11... fxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. dxe5 (13. c5 $5) 13... dxe5 14. c5 b5 15.
a4 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 (18. Qc4+ $5) 18... cxb5 19. Qb3+ Kh8
20. Qxb4 Bd7 21. Rc1 Nc6 {Ribli. 0-1 Stohl,I-Agdestein,S/Manila 1990/CBM 19/
[Ribli] (34)}) 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. d5 Bd7 13. h4 {
With the idea to control g5 after h7-h6 Ng5-h3.} (13. e4 $6 h6) 13... Qe8 {
Black moves the queen to the queenside, intending to remove white knight by h6.
} 14. Rae1 h6 15. Nh3 Qf7 16. Bd4 a5 17. Nf4 c5 {[%mdl 512] This move is a
positional sacrifice of the pawn.} 18. Bxf6 {Now white wins a pawn, but black
gets enough compensation for it in position with opposite colour bishops.} (18.
Bb2 a4 $132) 18... Bxf6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qg7 21. Bxb7 Ra7 {[%cal Gf6c3]}
22. Qd5 a4 23. e3 (23. e4 $6 f4 $1) 23... Bc3 ({It takes back a pawn, but
white are getting out with their pieces.} 23... Rb8 24. Bc6 axb3 25. axb3 Rxb3
26. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 24. Rc1 Qe5 {Again black could return the pawn,
but it is too risky.} (24... Rb8 25. Bc6 axb3 26. axb3 Rxb3 27. h5 $14 (27. Rb1
$14)) 25. bxa4 Bb2 (25... Rxa4 26. Rc2 Rb8 27. Bc6 Ra3 {and black has
excellent pieces, which probably makes a balance here.}) 26. Rc2 Rxa4 27. Rb1
Rb4 28. Qxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxb4 cxb4 30. f4 (30. c5 dxc5 31. Rxc5 Bd6 $11 {[%cal
Gg8g7,Gf8b8] And black does not have too many difficulties here.}) 30... Bc3
31. Bd5 {e3-e4 is only way for white to make something in this position:} (31.
e4 Kg7 {[%cal Gg7f6]} 32. exf5 (32. a3 $2 Rb8 {[%cal Gb4b3]}) 32... gxf5 {
[%cal Gg7f6]} (32... Rxf5 {[%cal Gg6g5]})) 31... Rb8 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Kf3 h5 {
This ending is drawn. a2-a3 break is not possible- black has always b4-b3. On
the kingside white can push e3-e4, and than to take on f5. Black takes with
the pawn in that case, and both pawns, f5 and h5, would be easily protected by
black king. White rook has no normal way to be entered to the game.} 34. Ke2 (
34. e4 Kf6 35. exf5 gxf5 $11) 34... Rb6 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Danner, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d5 O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Bd7
(8... cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Magai,V-Spraggett,K/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Tyomkin,D] (40)
}) 9. Rb1 (9. Nd4 Qb6 $6 (9... cxd5 $142) 10. e3 Na6 11. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Nc5
12. b4 Nce4 13. Na4 Qa6 14. f3 Ng5 15. b5 cxb5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Qb3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Buecker,S/Dortmund 1989/CBM 13 (80)}) (9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Be3
Qxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. Ne1 Na6 13. Nd3 Nc7 14. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,
F-Joksic,S/Biel 1992/CBM 31 ext (27)}) 9... Na6 10. b4 $146 {This move is
pritty logical-black doesn't have Nc5 now.} (10. b3 Qe8 11. Bb2 h6 12. Nd4 g5
13. e3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yates Doerr,R-Zhao,X/Budapest 2000/CBM 77 ext (69)}) 10...
Qe8 11. a3 Nc7 {There is nothing to do for black knight on a6 anymore.} 12. Bb2
cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. Rc1 h6 (14... Ne4 $142 $5) 15. Nd4 $14 {White has got
typical setup of pieces for this structure. But, as it was shown in many games,
it is very hard to break black's position here.} Qf7 16. Qd2 Kh7 {Black
doesn't fall to the trap:} (16... Nfxd5 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxf5 $1 Bxf5 19.
Bxg7 (19. Bxd5 $143 e6 20. Bxg7 Qxg7) 19... Kxg7 (19... Qxg7 20. Qxd5+ {
[%csl Rb7]}) 20. Bxd5 e6 21. Bg2 {[%cal Re2e4,Yf2f3]} d5 22. g4 Rxc1 (22... Be4
23. f3 $18) 23. Rxc1 Bxg4 24. Qd4+ Qf6 25. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 $16) 17. Ne6 {
It leads to the equality. White still could try to keep better position after:}
(17. Nb3 $142 {[%cal Gb3a5]} Nb5 $5 {[%cal Gb5c3,Yd7b5] black trades this
passive knight.} 18. Na5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3
fxe4 {[%cal Gd7h3]} 23. Qd4 $14) 17... Nxe6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxb7 Rc7 $11 {
Black gets all pieces in the game right now.} 20. Bf3 Rfc8 21. Nd5 Rxc1 22.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ {It was better for black to go to the bishops ending,
trading queens and rooks after following:} (23... Qa2 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Bc3
Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Bd7 {[%cal Rf6b2]} 27. Bc1 $11) 24. Qxc1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qc4 26.
Qd2 Bb5 27. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] Ulf is well known endgame expert, and he wins
this ending quite easily despite of the balance. White has only one threat in
this position, h4-h5, but black has reacted horribly.} Qc7 $6 {First black
removes the queen from active position...} 28. h5 gxh5 $2 {Than black opens
the king. Still it wasn't too late to hold position by:} (28... e5 29. hxg6+
Kxg6 30. Qd5 Bc4 $11 {Despite of few pawn weaknesses, black should make a draw.
}) 29. Qd5 $18 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd5f7] Double threat kills black here.} Qd7 (
29... Be8 30. Qxf5+ Bg6 31. Qe6 $18 {[%cal Gf3d5]}) 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Bxh5 e5
32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Bf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 e5 {Other moves are:} (11... h6) (11... a5) (
11... Nxc3 $6) 12. dxe5 $146 {New idea in this position, which promises white
some opening advantage;} (12. d5 Nxc3 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Zhang Zhong/Beijing
1997/CBM 61/[Tyomkin,D] (42)} (12... Nb4 $2 $146 {1-0 Filippov,V-Malaniuk,V/
Samara 74/89 1998/Inf 74/[Filippov,V] (35)})) 12... dxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. Qc2 $14) (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 dxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bd5
Be6 16. Bxb7 $16) 14. Qd5 $5 (14. e4 $5 fxe4 15. Rxe4 ({the same idea as in
the game doesn't work here:} 15. Ng5 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 Rd8 {and white can not keep
the queen out of trade;}) 15... Bf5 $132 {[%cal Ga8d8,Yc6d4]}) 14... Be6 $140
15. Qb5 {[%csl Rb7,Re5]}) 13. Nxe4 $1 {Temporary pawn sacrifice;} fxe4 14. Ng5
Qxf2+ 15. Kh1 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qe3 $1 {Forcing white to capture the pawn with the
knight;} 17. Nxe4 Bf5 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 18. Qc3 Qxc3 $2 (18... Bh6 $1 19. Qxe3
Bxe3 20. Rcd1 $11 {Comparing with the game, white doesn't have access to
c5-square, and black holds the balance like this;}) 19. Bxc3 {[%cal Ge4c5]} Bh6
20. Rcd1 Nd4 (20... Be3 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Bxc6 $18 {and white wins one of black
pawns;}) 21. g4 $1 $16 {It leads to the endgame with pair of bishops advantage
for white, and it will be the main aspect of the play;} (21. Nc5 Nc2 $1 $132)
21... Bxe4 (21... Be6 22. g5 Bg7 23. Nc5 $16) 22. Bxe4 c6 23. b4 $1 {[%mdl 32]
Starting from now, white introduces strong technical play of endings; The
point in this ending is that white has to create play on both wings to
unitilize the power of bishops;} (23. e3 Ne6 24. Bxe5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Re8 $132 {
[%cal Gh6e3,Re6c5]}) 23... Bg7 24. e3 Ne6 25. h4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Capturing the
space all over the board;} Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rb1 $1 {Keeping the rook out
of trade; Black rook doesn'have entries over d-file;} Kf7 28. Kg2 Rd7 29. Kf2
a6 30. Ke2 Nc7 31. Rf1+ Kg8 (31... Ke7 32. h5 gxh5 33. gxh5 h6 34. Rg1 $16) 32.
h5 gxh5 33. gxh5 Ne8 34. Rg1 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Nd6 (34... Kh8 35. c5 $16) 35. Bc2
h6 (35... Nf7 36. c5 {and like in the game;}) 36. c5 {36.Bxe5 doesn't lead to
clear win, but 36.c5 increases the pressure;} (36. Bxe5 Nxc4 37. Bb3 b5 38.
Bxc4+ bxc4 39. Rg6 (39. e4 Kh7 40. Rxg7+ Rxg7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. Kd4
Kg5 44. Kxc4 Kxh5 $13) 39... Kh7 40. Bxg7 Rxg7 41. Rxc6 $16) 36... Nf7 37. Bf5
Re7 38. e4 Ng5 39. a4 $1 {Playing over both wings- that's the correct strategy
to use the pair of bishops' advantage;} Kf8 40. Rf1 Ke8 41. Bg6+ Kd8 42. b5
axb5 (42... Ne6 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. Ba5+ Kc8 (44... Kd7 45. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Gg6f5]
}) 45. Bf5 Kb8 46. Rb1+ Ka8 47. Bxe6 Rxe6 48. Rd1 Re7 49. Rd6 Kb7 50. Bd2 {
and so on;}) 43. Ba5+ Kc8 44. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 45. cxb6 {
Stronger than Bxb6-white gets b6 passed pawn in addition to all it's
advantages;} c5 (45... bxa4 46. Bb4 $1 {trapping the rook;} Re6 (46... Rb7 47.
Bf5+) 47. Bf5 $18) 46. axb5 Kb7 47. Bf5 {[%cal Gd1d8,Yf5c8,Yf5d7,Yd7c6] Rd8 or
Bd7-c6 coming;} Nf7 48. Bd7 Bf6 49. Bc6+ Kb8 50. Bc3 {[%cal Gd1a1,Ga1a8] Black
doesn't have good defense of Rd1-a1-a8 of white;} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Korobov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. Qd3 h6 {Usually black plays h6 to prevent Ng5;} (9... Nc6 10. Ng5 Qe8
11. Nb5 Qd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf3 (14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 c6 16. Nd4 $14
) 14... Bd7 15. Nbd4 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. b3 Ng4 18. Bb2 Qb6 19. e3 $14 {
1-0 Farago,I-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest 1993/EXT 97 (71)}) 10. b3 Nc6 (10... c6 11.
Bb2 g5 12. Rad1 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. h3 Rae8 15. e4 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,F-Banas,J/
HUN-chT 1993/TD (15)}) 11. Ba3 {11.Bb2 allows black to play e5, but white has
got advantage in both games played in that line:} (11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13.
e4 f4 (13... fxe4 $5) 14. Nd5 $14 Nh5 15. Ba3 (15. b4 Re8 16. Rad1 g5 17. b5
Nd8 18. Qa3 g4 19. Nh4 Bf8 20. c5 b6 21. Nf5 {1-0 Stocek,J-Hoang Than Trang/
Budapest 1997/CBM 57 ext (41)}) 15... Rd8 16. b4 Be6 17. b5 Na5 18. Qc3 b6 19.
Bb4 c6 20. Bxa5 cxd5 21. cxd5 bxa5 22. dxe6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shabtai,R-Dao Thien
Hai/Budapest 1993/CBM 37 ext (47)}) 11... g5 (11... Ne4 12. Nb5 e6 13. Rac1 (
13. Rad1 a6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 g5 16. e3 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Itkis,B-Berezin,O/
Kharkov UKR 2000/The Week in Chess 311 (26)}) 13... a6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 f4
$5 16. Qd3 fxg3 17. fxg3 (17. hxg3 $2 Nxd4 $1) 17... Qf5 18. e4 Qa5 19. b4 $1
Nxb4 20. Qc3 Nc6 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. e5 Rd8 23. d5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Farago,
I-Kindermann,S/AUT-chT 1994/TD (59)}) (11... a5 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Rad1 (13. Bb2
g5 14. Qd2 e5 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Kopylov,M/Hamburg GER 2000/The Week in Chess
293 (14)}) 13... Nb4 14. Qb1 c6 15. Nc3 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb2 e4 18. Nd4 Nf6
19. f3 $14 {1-0 Neverov,V-Vasiukov,E/Voskresensk 1990/CBM 19/[Schussler] (61)})
12. Rad1 $146 (12. d5 Ne5 (12... Ne4 13. Nb5 $5) (12... Nd8 $14) 13. Nxe5 dxe5
14. Rac1 (14. Nb5 $1 $16) 14... Re8 15. Nb5 e4 16. Qc2 e6 17. d6 $18 {1-0
Vadasz,L-Hoang Than Trang/Budapest 1997/CBM 57 ext (36)}) 12... a5 13. Qb1 {
There was another typical idea for white after black's a7-a5:} (13. Nb5 $5 e6
14. Bb2 $14) 13... f4 14. e3 Ng4 (14... g4 15. Nh4 f3 16. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Rf5,
Rg6,Yh4]}) 15. exf4 gxf4 16. Nd5 fxg3 17. fxg3 Bf5 18. Qb2 e6 19. Nh4 $1 {
[%mdl 64] This very strong reply breaks black off;} (19. Nf4 $14 Rae8 20. Qd2 {
[%cal Gh2h3]} (20. h3 $14) 20... Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 e5 23. Qc3 exf4
24. Bb2 $16 {[%csl Yb2,Yg2]}) 19... Nxd4 {entering to the tactical fight;
White has solid advantage after another, quite move of black:} (19... Bh7 {
[%cal Ga8e8]} 20. Nf4 Rae8 (20... Nxd4 21. Rxd4 c5 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bxd4+
24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Bd5 $18 {[%cal Ga3b2,Yd5g8,Yb2h8] and suddenly whitw creates
decisive attack in this ending- black can't cover both diagonals: b2-h8 and
d5-g8;}) 21. Qe2 {[%csl Re6,Rg4]} h5 22. Bb2 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rh5][%cal Ge1f1]
White is dominating here-Rf1 is coming, also black pawns e6 and h5 are
vulnerable;} (22. Nxe6 $2 Nxd4)) 20. Rxd4 c5 21. Nxf5 exf5 {[%tqu "En","Find
the winning continuation for white;","","","d4g4","",10]} 22. Rxg4 $1 {[%mdl
64] That's what, probably, Korobov blundered, while played 19...Nxd4; White
gets 2 light pieces for the rook and pawn, but it's not the end of the story;}
fxg4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 (23... Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Bxb2 25. Bd5+ $1 {winning at once;}) 24.
Bd5 $1 {Using tactical motives of the position;} Bxb2 25. Bxb2+ Qf6 (25... Kh7
26. Be4+ $1) 26. Ng6+ {This is stronger that simplest:} (26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27.
Bxb7 $18) 26... Kh7 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Nf4 {[%csl Rb7,Yd5,Yf4][%cal Re1e7]
Black can not save this ending anyhow;} a4 29. Bxb7 Ra7 30. Re7+ Kh8 31. Re8+
Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kf7 33. Nxf6 Rxb7 {Looks like white had missed something- both
white pieces are under attack, but...} {[%tqu "En","","","","f6e4","",10]} 34.
Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Everything was calculated by Vaulin!} Kxe8 35. Nxd6+ {
And white is up a knight;} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kulikov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Volodin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Nc5 10. b4 Nce4 11. Nxe4 (11. Ncb5 $5 {[%cal Rf2f3]} Qd8 12. f3 a6
13. fxe4 axb5 14. exf5 bxc4 15. fxg6 (15. e4 c5 $1 16. dxc6 Qb6 17. Kh1 Ng4 18.
Qxg4 Qxd4 $132 {0-1 Pogorelov,R-Teran Alvarez,I/Ubeda ESP 1999 (29)}) 15...
hxg6 16. Qc2 Ng4 17. Bb2 $6 (17. Qxg6 $5) 17... Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Rxa2 19. Qxg6 $1
Ne5 (19... Rxb2 20. Rf7 $18) 20. Qb1 $16 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Halldorsson,G/
ISL-chT 1995 (38)}) 11... Nxe4 12. Bb2 (12. Be3 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6
15. Rc1 a5 16. b5 c6 17. a4 cxb5 18. cxb5 Rac8 19. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Ostenstad,
B-Westerinen,H/Gausdal Norway 1995 (45)}) 12... c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 (14.
Rb1 Rb8 (14... Bd7 15. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Gabriel,C-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest FS FebGM
1994 (15)}) 15. a3 d5 $6 (15... e5 $142) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 e6
19. Rc2 Ba6 20. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Panzalovic,S-Fejzulahu,A/Biel 1990 (34)}) (14. f3
Nf6 $1 $146 (14... Ng5 15. Qd2 Nf7 16. f4 Bd7 17. b5 cxb5 $2 (17... Nd8 $142)
18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Nxb5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 $16 {1-0 Wells Peter K-Dao Thien Hai/
Budapest "Expressz" 1993 (46)}) 15. a4 Bd7 16. b5 Nh5 17. bxc6 (17. f4 $6 c5)
17... Bxc6 18. c5 f4 19. g4 Rb8 $36 {0-1 Banikas,H-Dao Thien Hai/Calicut IND
1998 (40)}) 14... e5 15. Nb3 Be6 16. c5 $1 $146 (16. Rad1 d5 17. e3 (17. f3 Nd6
) 17... Qf7 18. Na5 Rac8 19. c5 Qc7 $11 {0-1 Allahverdiev,A-Gabriel,C/EU-chJM
U20 Holon ,EXT 1995 (50)}) (16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf7 {[%csl Yf2][%cal Re6c4,
Re6h3]} (17... d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qg2 d4 $36 20. Nc5 Bc4 $44) 18. f4 Bxc4 19.
fxe5 Qd5 $15) 16... d5 17. f3 Ng5 18. f4 Nf7 $6 {Knight on-f7 has no
perspectives.It was better to come back to-e4.} (18... exf4 $142 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Qd2 $1 (20. gxf4 Ne4 21. Nd4 Bc8 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) 20... Ne4 21. Qxf4 {
[%cal Gb3d4]}) 19. e3 Rb8 20. a3 Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8a6] moving bishop to better
diagonal a6-f1.} 21. Rfe1 Ba6 22. Rad1 Kh8 $6 {The defference between two
opponents in this game is that white had clear plan,and black had not.} (22...
Qe7 $142 23. Na5 Rbc8 $14 {Then black can try to play on the kingside by h7-h5
and h5-h4.If white replies h2-h4 black has g4-square for the knight.}) 23. Na5
Qe6 24. Bc3 g5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Black destroys his position in few moves.It
was good idea to wait for a while to see what white can do.White's plan is to
lead b4-b5,and in this case with the opening of the position black can get
some counterchances.Now black makes things easier for white.} 25. a4 {[%csl
Rd5][%cal Gb4b5]} gxf4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} 26. exf4 e4 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qc3+
$16 {[%csl Rc6,Rd4][%cal Ga5b3,Gb3d4,Yb4b5][%mdl 32] White gets a full control
over black squares.The next plan of white is to transfer the knight to-d4 and
to break b4-b5 getting passed c-pawn.} Kg6 29. Nb3 Qf6 30. Nd4 h5 31. Re3 {
[%cal Ye3c3,Ye3g3]} Nh6 32. h3 Bc4 33. Bf1 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 a6 35. b5 $1 {That is
the time for final break!} axb5 36. axb5 cxb5 37. c6 {[%csl Rh6] Passed pawn
"c" decides the game.Black knight is completely out of play.} Ng8 38. c7 Rbc8
39. Qc5 {[%cal Gd4b5,Yb5a7,Yb5d6]} Rf7 40. Nxb5 $18 Qa6 41. Ra3 Qe6 42. Rxd5
Rd7 43. Rd6 Rxd6 44. Nxd6 Nf6 45. Nxc8 Qxc8 46. Qc6 {[%cal Ra3a6,Ra6a8]} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Nc5 10. Nd4 {White has a large choice here, but 10.Nd4 looks the
most logical;} (10. b4 {(Dautov) N} Nce4 11. Bb2 (11. Nb5 {Dautov} Qd8 12. Bb2
(12. Qb3 {Tyomkin,D} a5 13. a3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nbd4 Qe8 16. c5+ Kh8 17.
Ng5 $6 a4 18. Qc2 e5 $15 {Skomorokhin,R-Tseshkovsky,V/Novgorod op 1995/0-1 (48)
}) 12... e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 $10) (11. Nxe4 $1 {Dautov} Nxe4 (11... fxe4 {Dautov}
12. Nd4 (12. Ng5 $5 {Dautov} Bf5 13. Ne6 (13. Bb2 {Tyomkin,D} e5 14. dxe6 h6
15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nxe4 Rxe6 17. f3 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Re5 $11 {Yermolinsky,
A-Reinderman,D/Koop Tjuchem op 1996/1/2-1/2(44)}) 13... Bxe6 14. dxe6 $14)
12... e6 (12... e5 {Dautov} 13. Nb5 Rf7 14. Bg5 Bf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 $16 {
/\Nc3}) 13. Nb5 Qf7 14. Bg5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe4 Nb6 17. Rc1 $16) 12.
Bb2 Bxb2 (12... Nc3 {Dautov} 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Nd4 Bxd4 (14... f4 {(Dautov)
Belov} 15. Qd3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qf7 $10) 15. Qxd4 $14) 13. Rxb2 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxc4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Rc1 Rxb7 19. Rxc4 $14) 11... e5 12.
dxe6 (12. Nxe4 {Dautov} Nxe4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 $10) (12. Nd2 {Dautov} Nxc3
(12... Nxd2 {(Dautov) Belov} 13. Qxd2 f4 $10) 13. Bxc3 g5 14. c5 h5 $5 15. Nc4
b5 16. Na5 h4 $40) 12... Bxe6 13. Nxe4 (13. Nd2 {(Dautov) Belov} Nxd2 14. Qxd2
c6 15. b5 Rc8 $13) 13... fxe4 (13... Nxe4 {Dautov} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ (15.
Qc2 {(Dautov) Belov} Qf7 16. Rbc1 $14) 15... Kg8 16. Nd2 $5 $14) 14. Nd2 Bf5 (
14... e3 $6 {Dautov} 15. fxe3 Bf5 (15... Ng4 {Dautov} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxb7 (
17. Qb3 $16 {(Dautov) Belov}) 17... Nxe3 18. Rxf8 Qxf8 19. Qb3 $16) (15... c6
$5 {Dautov} 16. Qc2 $14) 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 (17... Bxe4 $2 {Dautov} 18.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qd4 $18) 18. Rxb2 Bxe4 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qd4 Bxg2 21. Qh8+ Ke7
22. Qxh7+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Kxg2 $16) 15. e3 Qe6 $10) (10. b3 {(Dautov)
Belov} a5 11. Bb2 c6 12. Nd4 Bd7 $10) (10. Nb5 $5 {(Dautov) Krasenkov} Qd8 11.
Nbd4 Bd7 (11... a5 {Tyomkin,D} 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Nh3 Qe8 14. Nf4 c6 15. b3 cxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Vasiukov,E/RUS-Cup2 1996}) 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. Nh3 c6 14. Nf4 e5
15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Ndxe6 Bxe6 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bb2 Bf7 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. Rbd1 Qe7) (
10. Be3 $146 {[%cal Ge3d4] (Tyomkin,D) The new move in well-known position.But
this move also doesn't achive clear advantage for white. Meulders: Ein neuer
Versuch. Die Alternatieven haben Weiß noch nicht viel eingebracht:} Nfe4 (10...
e5 $5 {Tyomkin,D} 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b4 (12. b3 {Tyomkin,D} Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4
14. Qd3 $11) (12. Nd5 {(Tyomkin,D) Meulders} Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nfe4 14. Nd2 {
0.25-0.50 1/2-1/2 Alonso,R-Valdes,L/Capablanca mem-C 1995/EXT 95}) 12... Nce4
13. Nxe4 fxe4 (13... Nxe4 {Tyomkin,D}) 14. Nd2 Qf7 15. Qc2 $13) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 {
Meulders: Bis zum Ende der Partie steht dieser Springer wie einFels in der
Brandung gegen Bg2. Statt den Bg7 zu beseitigen hätte Weiß versuchen können
den Ne4 zu vertreiben mittels z.B. 12.Nd2} 12. Bd4 (12. Nd2 {(Tyomkin,D)
Meulders} Nf6 13. Bd4 e5 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. e3 c6 16. Qc2 $14) 12... Bxd4 13.
Nxd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qc2 Qf7 16. Nxe6 (16. Bxe4 $6 {Tyomkin,D} fxe4 17.
Qxe4 Bh3) (16. b3 {Tyomkin,D} Rae8 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 d5 20. cxd5
Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rfd1 Qf7) 16... Qxe6 17. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shipov,
S-Malaniuk,V/Maikop 1998/CBM 66/[Tyomkin,D] (37) /=}) 10... Bd7 {White doesn't
get any clear advantage in 10..a5 and 10..e5 lines:} (10... a5 {Dautov} 11. Nb3
$146 (11. b3 {Dautov} Bd7 12. Ba3 (12. a3 {Tyomkin,D} Ng4 $6 13. h3 Ne5 14. f4
Nf7 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Bf2 c6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. e4 $16 {Hjartarson,
J-Graves,P/US-op 1997/1-0(30)}) 12... c6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
Qb8 16. Na4 Qe5 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Rd2 $10 {Mohr,G-Vasiukov,E/
Voskresensk 1990} 20. e3 Rxa2 21. Nxc5 Rb8 $10 {Mohr-Vasiukov/Voskresensk/1990}
) (11. e3 {(Dautov) Johnson,M}) 11... Nfe4 (11... Nxb3 $142 $1 {(Dautov)
Johnson,M} 12. axb3 (12. Qxb3 {Dautov} b6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bf4 h6 $15) 12... Bd7
13. Be3 b6 14. Qd2 Qf7 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rae8 17. Qd2 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 $15)
12. Nb5 (12. Nxe4 {Tyomkin,D} Nxe4 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nc5 {
1/2-1/2 Agamaliev,G-Malaniuk,V/MK Cafe op 1997}) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd8 $10 {
1-0 Terekhov,A-Vasiukov,E/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 52/[Dautov] (33)} 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Be3 c6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qc2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bf5 $11 {Terekhov,A-Vasiukov,E/
Petrov mem 1996/1-0(32)}) (10... e5 {Tyomkin,D} 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13.
Qd3 Re8 14. Nd5 Qf7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. b3 Rb8 17. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,
A-Malaniuk,V/Alushta4 1994}) 11. b4 Nfe4 (11... Nce4 12. Bb2 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Qd3 Qf7 14. f3 Nf6 15. e4 c5 $2 (15... e5 $142) 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Nb3 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Schwartzman,G-Sloan,T/Chicago 1994/EXT 97 (44). (44)}) 12... c6 13. Nb3
Qf7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 (14... fxe4 $5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxe4 $44) 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16.
Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tunik,G-Malaniuk,V/St Petersburg 1994/CBM 43 ext (50). (50)})
12. Bb2 (12. Ncb5 $5 Na6 {[%cal Gc7c6]} 13. f3 Nf6 {[%cal Gc7c6,Ye7e5,Ge7e6]}
14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 c6 $132 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Ba1 e5
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Well known scenarion in
Dutch Leningrad- black got almost all light pieces traded;} 19. Rb3 $1 $14 {
[%cal Gb3e3] That's the only way for white to reach something here- the idea
is Re3 and then f3 replacing black knight from the centre;} c6 (19... Re8 20.
Re3 d5 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Rd1 Qe6 $14 {but white has clear edge here too;}) 20.
Rd1 d5 21. Re3 {Unusual place for the rook- but it's very useful there;} (21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Rbd3 Rd8 23. e3 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 21... Qe5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qd3
(23. f3 f4 $1) 23... Rc8 $1 {Sacrificing pawn for initiative in forthcoming
ending;} (23... Rd8 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 $1 {[%cal Gd3d8]}) 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25.
Rxd5 Rc1+ 26. Bf1 Rfc7 {[%mdl 4096] All black pieces are very active and the
question is if this iniitiative is enough to reach a draw;} 27. f3 Nf6 $6 {
It makes the knight passive for a while;  The right way was to move this
knight inside hurting white pawns:} (27... Nc3 28. Rd2 Nb1 29. Rb2 (29. Rd6 Nc3
30. a3 Ra1 $132) 29... b5 30. Rd3 Kf6 {[%cal Gf6e6,Yc7c2] with good chances to
save the game thanks to very active pieces;}) 28. Rde5 $14 {[%cal Ge5e7]} Kf7
29. Kf2 h5 30. h4 b6 31. Rd3 Rd7 (31... Nd7 32. Red5 Nf6 33. Rd6 Ke7 $14) 32.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 33. Re3 Nf6 {Letting white to transfer his rook to a3; There was a
way to prevent it:} (33... Rb1 $142 34. a3 Rc1 {and white doesn't have a3 spot
for the rook;}) 34. Ra3 $1 Rc7 35. b5 $1 {[%csl Ra7] restraining black rook,
and fixing a7-pawn;} Ke6 36. Bg2 Kd6 37. f4 Ng4+ 38. Ke1 Rc1+ 39. Kd2 Rg1 40.
Bc6 Nf6 41. Rxa7 Rxg3 42. Rf7 Ng4 (42... Ne4+ $5 {[%cal Ge4c5]} 43. Bxe4 $8
fxe4 {[%cal Gd6c5]} 44. Rg7 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Kd5 45. f5 Ra3 {with drawing
chances as this is always in rook endings;}) 43. e4 Rg2+ (43... fxe4 44. Bxe4
Rh3 45. Bxg6 Rxh4 46. Kd3 $1 $16) 44. Kc3 fxe4 45. Bxe4 {[%csl Ge4,Yg4] White
bishop is obviously stronger than black knight is this usually happens in open
positions;} Rxa2 46. Bxg6 Rh2 47. Kd4 $1 Rd2+ 48. Kc4 Ne3+ 49. Kc3 Rh2 $2 (
49... Rf2 {[%cal Ge3d5,Ge3g2]} 50. Kd4 Nd5 51. Ke4 Nc3+ 52. Kf5 Nxb5 53. Bxh5
Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5] and this is very close to draw here;}) 50. Kd4 $1 {
White wins tempos by moving the king over those squares over triangle- typical
motive in endings, especially in pawn' endings;} Nd5 51. Be4 $2 {[%mdl 4096]
Missing black's tactical idea;} (51. Rf8 $142 $16) 51... Rd2+ 52. Kc4 Ne3+ $2 {
[%mdl 4096] What a chance black missed here!} (52... Nxf4 $1 53. Rxf4 Ke5 54.
Rf5+ Kxe4 55. Rxh5 Rd4+ 56. Kc3 Rd3+ 57. Kc2 Rh3 $11 {White king is cutted off
while black got his pieces on the right positions- king is centralized and the
rook is behind passed pawn;}) 53. Kc3 Rh2 54. Kd4 {Third triangle is completed!
} Ng4 $2 {Black is hopeless here already, while he could play more resistantly;
} (54... Nd5 $142 55. Bxd5 Rd2+ 56. Ke4 Rd4+ $3 57. Kf5 (57. Kxd4 {stalemate!})
57... Rxd5+ 58. Kg6 Rxb5 59. f5 Rb1 {[%cal Gb1g1,Gb6b5] and white probably
wins here too;}) 55. Rb7 $18 {White wins "b6" reaching another passed pawn;}
Rd2+ (55... Rxh4 56. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rb7d7]} Nf6 (56... Ne5 57. Rxb6+ Kc7 58. Rf6
Rxf4+ 59. Kxe5 Rb4 60. Bd3 {saving white's only pawn;}) 57. Rxb6+ Ke7 58. Re6+
Kf7 59. b6 $1 $18 Rxf4+ $140 60. Ke5 {[%csl Rf4,Rf6]}) 56. Kc4 Ne3+ 57. Kc3 Rf2
58. Kd4 {and this is triangle no.4!} Ng4 59. Rxb6+ Ke7 60. f5 Nf6 61. Re6+ Kf7
62. b6 Rb2 63. Bf3 {[%csl Gb6,Gf5][%cal Gb6b7] Two passed pawns are enough to
win the game here;} 1-0

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Forchheim"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Heidrich, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.03.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. b4 d6 6. Bb2 O-O (6... e5 $5 7. dxe5
Ng4) (6... Nc6 7. a3 (7. c4 $5 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 $13) 7... e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Nbd2
Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nc4 Qe7 $1 {1/2-1/2 Chernuschevich,A-Malaniuk,V/Zepter
Open, Minsk BLR 1998 (28)}) 7. c4 Qe8 (7... Ne4 8. Qb3 (8. Nbd2 c5 $1 9. Nxe4
fxe4 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Bxe4 $6 Nxd4 12. O-O e6 $15 {0-1 Janssen,R-Zhang Zhong/
Calicut IND 1998 (33)}) 8... e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe7 12. Rfe1
Nf6 13. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rustemov,
A-Shishkin,V/Swidnica POL 1999 (63)}) 8. O-O c6 (8... e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nc3
$14) 9. Nbd2 $146 ({Another logical continuation looks quite strong too:} 9.
Qb3 $5 Ne4 10. Nfd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5 12. c5+ Kh8 $2 {Leads to losing position.}
(12... Be6 $142 13. d5 Bf7 14. cxd6 Nd7 {but still looks very dangerous for
black.}) 13. cxd6 exd4 14. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Hausrath,D-Lane,G/Antwerp BEL 1998 (25)
}) 9... e5 $2 (9... Nbd7 $142 $14) 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Yd2c4,
Gd1b3] White gets important c4-square for the knight and opens the diagonal
a2-g8, intending Qb3.} d5 (11... dxe5 12. Nc4 e4 13. Nd6 Qe7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Nd4 $16 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gh2h3,Yd1d2]}) (11... dxc5 12. bxc5 {[%cal Gd1b3,
Yb3c3]} Qe7 13. Nc4 $16) 12. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Kh8 {Pawn e5 in unviolable:}
(12... Nxe5 $4 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxd5+ $18) (12... Bxe5 $4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
Qc3 $18) (12... Nd7 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 $16 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ga1e1]
}) 13. Rae1 Nxe5 $2 {Black doesn't feel a danger.} (13... Nd7 14. e6 Qxe6 (
14... Ndf6 15. Nd4 Bxe6 16. e4 $1 (16. f3 $143 Ne5) 16... fxe4 (16... Nxe4 17.
Nb1 $3 $18 {[%cal Rf2f3]}) 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 $16) 17... Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 $16)) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%tqu "En","White may decide the game by one strong
move.","","","e2e4","Decisive break! White has got such great position by not
sacrificing even a pawn!",10]} 15. e4 $1 $18 {Decisive break! White has got
such great position by not sacrificing even a pawn!} Bxb2 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Rxe4 Nd7 18. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e5] keeping an attack.}) 16. Qxb2+ Kg8
17. exd5 Qf7 18. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6]} Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Nd6 {[%cal Rd6e8]}
Na6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rb8 23. a3 1-0

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nd7 $5 {Black simply moves another knight to e4.  10...
Nc6 was played more frequently, but 10...Nd7 almost equalizes.} (10... Nc6 {
Tyomkin,D} 11. Rc1 e5 12. d5 Nb4 $146 (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nb8 $146 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7c5,Ge5e4,Gd7e5,Gb8a6] 1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Zhang Zhong/Beijing
1997/CBM 61/[Tyomkin,D] (42)}) 13. a3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 (14. Bxc3 $2 Na2) 14... Na6
15. b4 Qe7 16. Nd2 Bd7 $6 {1-0 Filippov,V-Malaniuk,V/Samara 1998/CBM 67/
[Tyomkin,D] (35)} (16... e4 $142)) 11. Rc1 $146 {This move doesn't look like
an improvement of previous game of same Filippov in this variation.} (11. Qc2
Ndf6 12. d5 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,
V-Onischuk,A/Elista (ol) 74/(89) 1998/Inf 74 (15)}) 11... Ndf6 12. e3 Nxc3 13.
Rxc3 Ne4 14. Rc2 c6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bd7 (16... e5 $6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18.
Qa1 {[%cal Ge1d1]}) 17. d5 Rac8 {Probably black is a bit worse because of less
space, but after exchange of all knights, black should get equality without
troubles.} 18. f4 {Intending to play e3-e4. Without f2-f4, white would get
f5-f4 on its e3-e4.} Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qf6 20. Rf2 Rf7 21. h4 a6 {[%cal Gc6c5,
Yb7b5] That is a preparation to c6-c5 and then b7-b5,as it was in the game.}
22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 c5 24. Bf3 (24. h5 g5 25. Qd2 Rcf8 26. Ref1 Qh6 {[%csl
Rh5]}) 24... b5 {Black has got a counterplay on the queenside. In close future
pawn c4 will be weaker than e7.} 25. Bg4 Bf5 26. h5 $2 {Nervious decision of
white.} (26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Kg2 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rb8 29. a3 {[%csl Gb4]} Qf6 {
and it should be draw.}) 26... gxh5 27. Bxf5 (27. Bxh5 Rg7 $40 {[%cal Gg8h8,
Yc8g8]}) 27... Qxf5 28. Rh2 Rg7 29. Kf2 Qg6 30. Qf3 bxc4 31. Rxh5 $2 {After
this mistake white is hopeless.} (31. bxc4 Rb8 32. Re2 Rb4 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Rf2]}
(32... Qf6 {[%cal Gf6d4]} 33. Qd3 Qa1 34. Rxh5 Rb1 35. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3e6]}
Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rg1+ 37. Qxg1 Rxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Qxg1+ 39. Rg2 Qe3+ 40. Kg4 $1 {
and position is draw about.} (40. Kh2+ Kf8 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Rf4]}))) 31... cxb3
32. Rg5 (32. axb3 Rb8 $17 (32... c4)) 32... Qxg5 $1 33. fxg5 Rf8 34. axb3 Rxf3+
35. Kxf3 Rxg5 $19 {This rooks ending with two pawns up for black is easily
winning.} 36. Rxe7 Rxd5 37. Rd7 h5 $1 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e8] Removing the pawn
out of attack and intending to move the king to d-pawn.} 38. Ke4 Rd4+ 39. Kf5
Rd3 40. Ke4 Rd4+ {Probably black just completed 40 moves time control with
this repeatition.} 41. Kf5 Rd3 42. Ke4 Rxb3 43. Rxd6 Rxg3 44. Rxa6 Kh7 45. Kf4
(45. Ra5 Rc3 46. Kf5 h4 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. Ra6+ Kh5 49. Ra8 Rf3+ 50. Ke4 Rf1 $19)
45... h4 46. Rc6 Rc3 47. Kf5 h3 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Rc8+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Rh7
c4 52. Kf6 (52. Ke4 Rd3 $22 {and white is in zugzwang-with the next move white
lets black to go forward with the king or with one of pawns.}) 52... Re3 53.
Ra7 h2 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 e5 (11... h6 12. Rf1 (12. d5 Nb4 13. Nd4 c5 (
13... Nxc3 $5) 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. e3 Bd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rf1 Bf5 18. g4 Bd7
19. Bxe4 Kh7 20. h3 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,
V-Vyzmanavin,A/RUS-ch m1-2 Elista 1997}) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15.
Nd2 (15. b4 $5) 15... a5 16. e4 b6 17. exf5 Bxf5 (17... gxf5 18. f4) 18. Ne4
Kh7 19. Qe2 Ng8 20. Rce1 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Malaniuk,V/URS-ch53 Kiev 1986/URS-ch/
1/2-1/2(29)}) (11... a5 12. e3 e6 13. Qe2 {[%cal Rc3e4,Gf3g5,Ye2f2]} d5 14. Nb5
a4 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 axb3 18. axb3 Qe7 19. f3 $14 {[%csl Rd5]
1/2-1/2 Sapi,L-Vasiukov,E/Stary Smokovec 1988/EXT 88}) (11... Nxc3 $6 12. Bxc3
e5 $2 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5,Rf3g5]} e4 (14... Be6 15. Qb5 {
[%csl Rb7,Re5][%cal Rf3g5]}) 15. Ng5 Qxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. f4 $18 exf3 18. exf3
{1-0 Lesiege,A-Ross,D/Quebeck op 1994/EXT 94op}) 12. d5 Nb4 $146 (12... Nxc3
13. Bxc3 Nb8 $146 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb8d7,Gd7c5,Ge5e4,Gd7e5,Gb8a6]} (13... Ne7
14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf6 15. f4 h6 16. Nf3 $16) 15. b4 (15. f4 $1 {Dolmatov} h6 (
15... e4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. c5 h6 19. Nh3 Qf7 20. Red1 Bd7 21. Nf2
$14) 16. Nf3 e4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kh7 19. Nd2 Qf7 20. Nf1 g5 (20... Bd7
21. Ne3 g5 22. c5 $40) (20... a5 21. Ne3 b6 22. g4 Bd7 $14) 21. fxg5 $1 (21.
Ne3 gxf4 22. gxf4 Ng6 23. Rf1 b6 $132) 21... hxg5 22. g4 {Filippov,
V-Vyzmanavin,A/Novgorod op 1995/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 15... h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6
Qc8 18. e4 Qxe6 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. f4 Rae8 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qe2 (22. Bxb7 Qf2+
(22... c6 $5) 23. Kh1 Qxa2 24. Qe2 Qb3) 22... c6 23. Rcd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 {
1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Hoang Thang Trang/Budapest FS04 GM 1996/EXP 52}) 14. c5 (14.
Ng5 Qe7 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 c6) (14. Nd2 f4 $132) 14... Na6 15. b4 (15. cxd6
$5 cxd6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. Qd5 {[%csl Rd6,Ge6][%cal
Rc1d1,Re1d1,Rd1d2]} Rad8 (19... Nxe6 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bd5 $14)
20. Red1 b6 {[%csl Re6]} 21. Bb4 $132) 15... e4 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 (
17... Qxg7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6][%cal Gg5e6] <->c}) 18.
Qd4+ Kg8 19. h4 h6 20. Nh3 $14 {[%cal Gh3f4] Pigusov,E-Zhang Zhong/3rd TCN Cup,
Beijing CHN 1997/1/2=1/2(42)}) 13. a3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 (14. Bxc3 $2 Na2) 14... Na6
15. b4 Qe7 16. Nd2 Bd7 $6 (16... e4 $142 17. Qc2 (17. Rb3 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 e3 19.
fxe3 (19. Nf3 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 f4 $132) 19... Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxa3) (17. Rc2 e3)
17... Bd7 {like in the game,but queen on-c2(or on-b3-in case of 17.Qb3)stands
worse than on-d2.} (17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qe5 19. Qxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 $14 {
[%csl Re5,Yf3][%cal Gd2b3,Yb4b5,Yf2f3] /+/-} Bd7 21. b5 Nc5 22. Bxc7 $16)) 17.
Nb3 Rad8 18. c5 Ba4 $2 (18... e4 19. c6 (19. Rc2 $6 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ba4) (19. Qd2
Bxc3 (19... Ba4 20. c6 {-see the game}) 20. Qxc3 Qe5 21. Qd2 (21. Qxe5 $2 dxe5
22. Bxe5 Ba4 $1) 21... Qe7 22. Qd4 $11) 19... Bxc3 20. Bxc3 bxc6 21. dxc6 Be6 (
21... Bxc6 22. b5 Bxb5 23. Qd5+ Rf7 24. Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qc4 $16 {[%cal Ge2e3,
Gg2f1]}) 22. Na5 $44 {[%cal Ge2e3,Gg2f1,Gd1d4]} (22. Nd4 Bc4 23. Qa4 Qf7 $17))
19. c6 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6] playing against Na6.} bxc6 20. dxc6 {Na6 will never
come back from the prison "a6-b8".} e4 21. Qd2 $1 Nb8 (21... Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxb3
23. Qxb3+ Rf7 24. Qa4 Nb8 25. b5 $16) 22. Nd4 a6 (22... Qe5 23. e3 {[%cal
Gg2f1]} g5 24. Bf1 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 23. e3 d5 24. Rc5 Rd6 25. Rec1 Rfd8 26. Bf1
Qe8 27. b5 $1 {Final brake!} axb5 28. Bxb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Rxc6 30. Nxc7 Qd7 31.
Rxd5 Rxc7 32. Rxd7 Rdxd7 (32... Rcxd7 33. Qb4 {leads to the same result.}) 33.
Bd4 Nc6 34. Qa2+ Kh8 35. Qe6 Bxd4 (35... Bxd4 36. exd4 $1 Nxd4 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38.
Rxc7 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Rxc7 40. Qd8+) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. Nbd2 Rb8 {The play over the centre with 9...e5 is more popular in the
this position;} (9... e5) 10. Qc2 (10. d5 b5 $6 (10... e5 $142) 11. Nd4 bxc4
12. Nc6 Ra8 13. Nxc4 Bd7 14. N4a5 Nc5 15. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Lazarev,V-Galyas,M/
Budapest 2000/CBM 76 ext (51)}) 10... b5 (10... c5 {Meulders} 11. Rad1 Bd7 12.
Rfe1 Nb4 13. Qb1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qf7 15. Bc3 Nc6 16. Qb2 $14 {0-1 Schiffer,
K-Lutz,C/Groningen 1995/CBM 50 ext (37)}) 11. a3 (11. cxb5 Qxb5 12. e3 {
Meulders} (12. Qc4+ Qxc4 13. Nxc4 c5 (13... Nb4 14. Rfc1 Bh6 15. Rd1 Be6 16.
Nfd2 f4 17. a3 Nbd5 18. b4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 {Also nicht 'auf immer' verdorben!}
cxb6 $15 {0-1 Prang,E-Mainka,R/Muenster 1997/CBM 60 ext (58)}) 14. Rac1 Ne4 15.
dxc5 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Naxc5 $11 {0-1 Plachetka,J-Lutz,C/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (42)})
12... c5 13. Rfc1 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qd3 15. dxc5 Qxb1 16. Raxb1 Nd3 17. cxd6 Nxc1 18.
dxe7 Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Re8 20. Kxe2 Nd5 21. Ne5 Ba6+ 22. Ndc4 Nxe7 23. Ke1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Malaniuk,V/Yalta 1995/CBM 47 ext (52)}) 11... c5 $6 $146 {
Very suspicious novelty-white achieves clear advantage by trading all pawns,
and then moving knights in;} (11... c6 12. Rac1 $146 (12. Rae1 bxc4 13. bxc4 c5
{[%mdl 16]} 14. d5 {[%cal Ge2e4,Yb2a1]} (14. Ba1 $6 cxd4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Ga6c5] 0-1 Damljanovic,B-Onischuk,A/Elista 1998/[Tyomkin,D] (48) Black gets
better pawn structure and outpost c5 for the knight.}) 14... f4 15. Ba1 (15. e4
fxe3 16. fxe3 {[%cal Ge3e4]} (16. Rxe3 $2 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxd5 $17) 16... Bf5 $15
{[%csl Rb2]} 17. e4 $140 Nxe4 (17... Rxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxe4 19. Qb7 $18) 18. Bxg7
Nxd2 (18... Nf6 $2 19. Bxf8 Bxc2 20. Bxe7 $18) 19. Qxd2 Kxg7)) 12... h6 13. Ne1
g5 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. e3 $14 {1-0 Cramling,P-Movsziszian,K/Vila Real ESP 2001/The
Week in Chess 354 (28)}) (11... h6 {Meulders} 12. b4 (12. Rae1 {Tyomkin,D} g5
13. b4 c6 14. c5 Nc7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Ivanov,T-Daniliuk,S/Smolensk
1992/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 12... c6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
cxb5 Rxb5 17. Rxe4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rd4,Re6,Rg6]} Bd5 18. Re3 g5 19. Rae1 Rf7 20.
Qe2 e6 21. h4 $1 {Typisch aber gut: der g-Bauer wird befragt und die schwarze
Königsstellung geschwächt.} gxh4 22. Nxh4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg2d5]} Nc7 23. Bh3
{[%cal Gh4g6,Gg6f4]} Qb8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Minasian,A/Yerevan 1999/CBM 74/
[Meulders] (42)}) (11... Bb7 $5 $146) 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. cxb5 Qxb5 14. Nd4 Qe8 (
14... Qb6 15. Nc6 Rb7 16. b4 {[%cal Rb2f6]} (16. Bd4 {[%cal Rb3b4]} Nfe4 17.
Nxe4 fxe4 (17... Bxd4 $2 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 $18) 18. Bxe4 Bxd4 (18... Rc7 19.
b4 $16) 19. Nxd4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 e5 21. Nf3 Qxb3 22. Rab1 Qf7 23. Ng5 Qe7 24.
Qd5+ Kh8 25. Ne4 Rd7 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 16... Ne6 (16... Nce4 17. Bd4 $16) 17.
Nc4 Qc7 18. Rac1 $16) 15. b4 Ne6 (15... Nce4 16. Nc6 Nxd2 (16... Rb7 17. Nxe4
fxe4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Re4]}) 17. Qxd2 Rb7 18. Rac1 $14) 16.
Qb3 Qf7 17. Nc6 Rb7 18. Rac1 Rc7 19. Rc2 Ne8 $2 (19... f4 $142 {it looks the
most logical move, trying to create targets for attack over f-file;} 20. Rfc1
fxg3 21. hxg3 Ne8 22. Qe3 $14) (19... Bb7 20. e3 $14 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 20. Bd5 $1
$16 {[%cal Rb3g8]} Bxb2 $2 {It was losing at once, but black was lucky that
time...} (20... Nf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 (21... Bxf6 22. Nf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6d8,
Rc6a7]} (22. Nxa7 Rxc2 23. Nxc8 Rc3 24. Bxe6 Rxb3 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nxd6+ Ke6
27. Nxb3 $18)) 22. Nxa7 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 $18) 21. Qxb2 $2 {White recaptured
automatically, and missed intermadiate:} (21. Nd8 $1 Qf6 22. Nxe6 Rxc2 23.
Nxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qxc2 $18) 21... Nf6 22. Bb3 Kg7 $2 {[%cal Yb2g7,Yb3f7] Black
doesn't take care on one pin, and gets into another one, over the big diagonal.
...} (22... d5 23. Qe5 $16 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 23. Rfc1 Qe8 (23... Bd7 24. Nd4 Rxc2
25. Rxc2 $18 {[%cal Rc2c7,Rb2a2]}) {[%tqu "En","White is to move and wins;","",
"","b3e6","",10]} 24. Bxe6 $1 {Finally Pia has found a way to decide this game
by tactical way;} Bxe6 {[%tqu "En","","","","c6d4","",10]} 25. Nd4 $1 {[%csl
Rc7,Re6]} Rxc2 26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. d4 {Meulders} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3
Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14.
a4 (14. Nd4 {Tyomkin,D} Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. a4 (16. Bb2 e5 17. Nc2 Bxb5 18.
Qd5+ Rf7 19. f3 Ng5 (19... Rc8 $142) 20. f4 Ne4 (20... Rc8 $1) 21. Bxe4 fxe4
22. fxe5 Bc6 $8 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. e6+ $14 {Orsag,M-Vrana,F/
CSR-chT 1992/TD 92\10/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (16. Rb4 $6 Rc8 (16... e5) 17. Bb2 e5 18.
Nb3 (18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nb3 Qf7 $17 {[%cal Gd7h3]}) 18... Qf7 19. f3 Nc3 20.
Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxd6 Rfc8 $15 {[%cal Gg7f8] ^^ Blees,A-Kindermann,S/Hamburg
Wichern-op 1995/EXT 95op/0-1 (42)}) (16. Qb3+ $6 Qf7 17. Qxf7+ (17. Be3 Qxb3
18. Rxb3 Rfc8 $15 19. Rb4 d5 20. Rd1 e5 21. Nb3 d4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 $17 23. Nc1 $4
dxe3 {[%csl Rc1] 0-1 Stangl,M-Topalov,V/EU-chJ U20 Arnhem 1989/TD 89\08}) 17...
Kxf7 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rfd1 Rc4 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23.
Bxa7 Ra8 24. Rb7 Bf6 25. a4 Ra6 26. Bb6 Ke6 27. a5 Bc3 $17 {[%csl Ra5]
Vakhidov,T-Malaniuk,V/Tashkent 1987/EXT 87/0-1 (58)}) 16... Qf7 17. Bxe4 (17.
Bb2 Rac8) 17... fxe4 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21. Nc6 a6 22. Qc2
axb5 23. axb5 Qe6 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Bb6 Qd5 26. Qa4 Bf6 27. Rd1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kelecevic,N-Lutz,C/Biel Credis 1996/CBM 55}) (14. Bb2 $5 {Tyomkin,D} Rb8 (14...
Rc8 15. a4 {-14.a4}) 15. Nd4 (15. a4 $5) 15... Nfe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 {[%csl Rb5]}
17. Ba3 (17. Nb3 $1 Bxb2 18. Nxc5 Rxb5 (18... dxc5 19. Rxb2 $16) 19. Nxd7 Qxd7
20. Qa4 $14) 17... Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qd2 Rxb5 20. Bxe4 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qf7
$13 {Budde,V-Sokolovs,A/Cappelle op 1995/EXT 95op2/0-1 (59)}) 14... Rc8 (14...
Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bb2 Bxb2 (16... a6 $5 {Schwartzman This is an
interesting novelty.Malaniuk played 16...B:b2 instead.} 17. Nd2 (17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. bxa6 Bxa4 19. Qd4+ e5 20. Rb7+ Kh8 $13) 17... d5 (17... Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Nc3
$2 19. Qb3+) (17... axb5 18. axb5 Bxb5 $2 (18... Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxb5 $2 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qb2+ e5 22. Qxb5 $18) 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qb3+ e6 21. Bxg7 $18) 18. Nf3
$1 {><e5 ><e5} axb5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Qxd5+ $1 $16 {Schwartzman,G-Galdunts,S/
Metz op 1994/CBM 41/[Schwartzman]/1-0 (23)}) (16... Qf7 $1 {Alterman} 17. Bxg7
$5 (17. Ne5 dxe5 (17... Bxe5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxd7 Rfd8 20. Qc7 Rac8 21. Qxa7
Nd2 22. b6 $16) 18. Qxd7 Rfd8 19. Qc7 Rdc8 20. Qa5) 17... Qxg7 18. Rc1 $1 (18.
Ng5 $5 Qe5 $1 $13) 18... Rac8 $2 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd5+ e6 21. Qb7 $18 Nc3 22.
Qxa7 Rc4 23. b6 $1 Bc6 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nd2 $1 Nxe2+ 26. Kh1 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Rc8 28. a5 Nd4 29. a6 {1-0 Alterman,B-Amit,Y/Kfar Saba 1996/CBM 55/[Alterman]})
17. Rxb2 (17. Qb3+ Qf7 18. Qxb2 Rac8 $1 19. Rfc1 Rc4 $5 $13) 17... Rb8 (17...
a6 18. Nd2 d5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qb3+ $16) (17... Rc8 18. a5 $1 {RR} Nc3 19.
Qb3+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. b6 $16) 18. Nd2 (18. Qd4 $5 Nc5 19. Rc1 a6 20. bxa6
Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxa6 22. a5 Nc5 23. Nd4 $16) 18... Nc5 (18... Nxd2 $2 19. Qxd2
$16) 19. Nc4 Qf7 20. Na5 (20. Bd5 $6 Be6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 {/\ f4->}) 20... Qf6 21.
Rb4 Rfc8 (21... Qc3 22. Qb1 Na6 {RR} 23. Qb3+ Qxb3 24. Rxb3 Nc5 25. Rb4 Rfc8
$14) 22. Qd2 Rb6 $132 {1-0 Alterman,B-Malaniuk,V/Pardubice 1993/CBM 37 (36)} (
22... Kg7 23. h4 Rc7 24. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 $16)) 15. Nd4 (15. Bb2 {Tyomkin,D
} a6 16. Nd4 axb5 17. axb5 Nfe4 (17... e5 $6 18. Nc6 $16) 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Nb3
Bxb5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Malaniuk,V/Pardubice 1993/CBM
37}) 15... Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 Qf7 18. e3 Qa2 $146 (18... e5 {Tyomkin,D}
19. Nb3 a6 20. Nd2 d5 21. bxa6 Nc5 (21... Bxa4 $2 22. Qxa4 Nxd2 23. Qa5 $16 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 22. Ba3 (22. Nb3 $1 Ne4 $16) 22... Bxa4 23. Qe2 e4 24. Bxc5 Rxc5
25. Rb7 Qf6 26. a7 Qc6 27. Rfb1 Ra5 28. R1b6 Qc1+ 29. Nf1 Qc4 30. Qe1 Bc3 31.
Qb1 Bc6 $4 (31... Qe2 $16) 32. Rc7 Rc5 33. Rb8 Qa6 {1-0 Rustemov,A-Galdunts,S/
Moscow op 1995/EXP 46}) 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxg7 Bxb5 (20... Nc3 $5 21. Ra1 (21.
Bxc3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rxc3 23. Qd4 Rc5 $13) 21... Qe6 22. Bxc3 Bxg2 23. Qd4 Rxc3
24. Qxc3 $14 {[%csl Ra7] /=}) 21. axb5 (21. Ra1 Qe6 22. axb5 Kxg7 23. Rxa7 Rc4
24. Qa1+ (24. b6 Rb8 25. b7 Rb4 $15) 24... Kg8 25. Rb1 Rc2 $132) 21... Kxg7 22.
Ra1 Qb2 (22... Qe6 $5) 23. Rxa7 Rf7 24. Qa1 Qxa1 (24... Rc2 {Meulders} 25. Rb1
Qxa1 26. Raxa1 e6 27. b6 Rb7 28. Ra7 Rxa7 29. bxa7 Ra2 30. Rb7+ Kh6 31. Bxe4
fxe4 32. Re7 e5 33. h4 $16) 25. Rfxa1 Rb8 26. Bf1 (26. Rb1 $6 e6 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7
) 26... e6 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Ra7+ Kf6 29. Rc7 $6 (29. Rxh7 $5 Nc3 (29... Ke5
30. Rc7) (29... g5 30. h4 (30. Rc7 g4 $14) 30... gxh4 (30... g4) 31. Rxh4 Ke5
$14) (29... Nd2 {Meulders} 30. Be2 d5 31. Rc7 Nc4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxb5
34. h4 $14) 30. Rh4 $16 (30. Rh4 $1 Nxb5 $2 31. Rb4 $18)) 29... d5 30. Rc6 (30.
Rxh7 Nd2 (30... Nc3 31. Rh4 g5 32. Rb4 g4 $14) 31. Be2 Nc4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33.
Rc7 Rxb5 34. Rxc4) 30... Nd2 31. Be2 Nc4 32. Rc5 h6 33. g4 fxg4 (33... Ke7 $2
34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Bxc4 dxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxb5 37. Rh4 $16) 34. e4 (34. Bxg4 $5 Ke7
(34... h5 35. Be2 Ke7 (35... Rb6 $6 36. e4) 36. e4 Ne5 37. exd5 Kd6 38. Rc3
exd5 39. f4 $14 {[%cal Gc3g3]}) 35. Rc6 (35. e4 Ne5) 35... Rxb5 36. Rxe6+ Kf7
37. Ra6 $14) 34... Ke5 35. exd5 exd5 36. Bxc4 Kd4 37. Rxd5+ Kxc4 38. Rd6 Rxb5
39. Rxg6 $11 h5 40. Rf6 Kd4 41. Kg2 Ke4 42. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Meulders} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3
Qe8 8. Nd5 Na6 {Meulders: 'Ein Spezialist wie Malaniuk bevorzugt ...Nxd5.'} (
8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 c6 (9... a5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Ng5 c6 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Nf3 (13.
Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 d5 15. Bg2 Na6 $11 {[%cal Ga6c7]}) 13... Qf7 14. Nh4 Bf5 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bf3 cxd5 17. Bh5 Qf6 18. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,A-Kotronias,V/
Reykjavik 1988/TD (18)}) 10. dxc6 bxc6 (10... Nxc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nd4 Qd8 13.
Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Nikitin,A-Chigvintsev,A/
Tula 1999/EXT 2000 (82)}) 11. Re1 Nd7 12. e4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ortega,L-Remon,A/Havana 1986/EXT 98 (62)}) 9. Nxf6+ (9.
Qb3 c5 (9... Ne4 $5) 10. Nxf6+ Rxf6 11. d5 {1-0 Bjerke,R-Karlsson,L/Gausdal
1987/EXT 97 (46)}) 9... Rxf6 (9... Bxf6 $6 10. Bh6 Bg7 11. Qd2 c6 12. b4 Nc7
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. d5 $14 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Banas,J/Stary Smokovec 1985/MCD (27)})
10. d5 $146 {Novelty. In my opinion this move is not more dangerous for black
than 10.e4.} (10. e4 fxe4 (10... e5 $6 11. exf5 e4 (11... gxf5 12. dxe5 (12.
Nh4 $5) (12. Re1 e4 13. Ng5 {-see 11...e4}) 12... dxe5 13. Qe2 (13. Qd5+ $5 Be6
14. Qxb7 Bxc4 15. Nxe5 Rb8 16. Qxb8 Qxb8 17. Nxc4 $13) 13... Rf8 14. Rb1 e4 15.
Ng5 Nb4 $132 {0-1 Espig,L-Rechel,B/Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (63)}) 12. Re1 gxf5
13. Ng5 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Be6 $2 14. f3 $16 Bxc4 15. fxe4 Qb5 $2 16. b3 Bf7 17. e5
$18 dxe5 18. dxe5 Rd6 19. exd6 Bxa1 20. Nxf7 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Freise,E/Bad
Wiesse 1998/EXT 2000 (20)}) 11. Ng5 e5 12. Bxe4 (12. Nxe4 $5) 12... Rf8 $6 13.
Be3 $6 (13. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg6 $36) 13... Bf5 {1/2-1/2
Nevednichy,V-Istratescu,A/Luzern 1994/EXT 99 (13)}) 10... Nc5 {Not only way
for black. Black has few other typical pawn pushes in this position.} (10...
Rf8 11. Rb1 Nc5 {-semilar to the game.}) (10... e5 $5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 {and black
is close to equalize.} (11... Rxe6 12. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 $140 13. Qxd4 Rxe2 14. Bd5+
$18)) (10... c5 $5) (10... c5 {Meulders} 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Rf7
14. Rb1 $6 Rb8 15. a3 e5 16. Nc2 f4 $15 {0-1 Fiala,B-Socha,C/Gdynia 1987/EXT
97 (31)}) 11. b4 Rf8 12. Rb1 Ne4 13. Bb2 {Meulders: 'Im Leningrader ist Bg7
das Rückgrat der schwarzen Königstellung. Ihn zu beseitigen ist die Parole. '}
e5 (13... Nc3 $6 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Nd4 {[%cal Rd4b5]}) 14. dxe6 Bxb2 15. Rxb2
Bxe6 {'=' Meulders.} 16. Nd2 Nc3 {'!' Meulders.} (16... Nxd2 17. Rxd2 a5 (17...
Bxc4 18. Rc2 $1 $16) 18. b5 Bxc4 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 Qe5 21. a4 $14) 17. Qe1
Bf7 18. e3 c6 (18... Qa4 19. Qa1 $14) 19. f4 Rd8 $2 {Black makes careless move
and doesn't feel a danger.} (19... Na4 20. Rc2 Qe6 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) (19... Qe6 {
Meulders} 20. Rc2 Na4 21. e4 (21. Nf3 Rae8 $15) 21... Rfe8 22. Qb1 $11) 20. Rc2
Ne4 {Meulders: 'Zentraler als das Abseits mit Na4, aber der Springer wird
sofort getauscht und Schwarz ist jetzt mit einem Sorgenkind (Schwächling Pe4)
ans Bein gebunden.'} (20... Na4 21. e4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 $16 {[%csl Ra4]}) (20...
Na4 $5 {Meulders}) 21. Nxe4 fxe4 {[%csl Rc6,Rd6,Re4,Yf7,Yg2,Rg6] Black got
permanent weakness on-e4, the pawn structure is very pleasant for white
because of light-square bishops.} 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Rd1 {'+/=' Meulders.} (23.
Qd4 $6 d5) 23... d5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 (25... cxd5 26. Qd4 $16 {
White controls all black squares and c-file.}) (25... cxd5 {Meulders ist
schwächer}) 26. Bf1 Rd8 27. Rd2 Bf7 $6 (27... Be6 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Rxd8+ Qf8
30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. a3 {Comparing with the game,black gets few extra tempos in
this ending.}) (27... Kf7 {Meulders} 28. Qd4 b6 29. Bc4 Rd7 $14) 28. Qe5 {
'!' Meulders.} Qxe5 $2 (28... Re8 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. a3 $16 {
[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2e1,Ge1d2,Gd2c3] White should win in this ending, but anyway it
was better for black to leave rooks on the board.}) 29. Rxd8+ Qe8 30. Rxe8+
Bxe8 {Meulders: 'Materiell steht es noch gleich, aber der berüchtigte
Bauerninselunterschied (Weiss hat nur zwei zu verteidigen, Schwarz drei) wird
Schwarz fertig machen.'} 31. Kf2 {[%mdl 4096] This bishop's ending is lost for
black because of two weaknesses: 1)Pawn e4 is weak; 2)Passed pawn of white on
the kingside. Whites plan is to move his king to c3 (or d4 if possible), to
put some pressure on e4, forcing black to protect it, and then to create
passed pawn on the kingside. On the other hand, black can not create passed
pawn by b6 and c5, because white will place his king to-c3, and move his
bishop to c4. The pawn's ending in that case will be losing for black.} Bf7 32.
a3 Ba2 33. Ke1 Kf7 34. Kd2 Ke6 35. Kc3 {White improved his king for maximum
and now he begins to create passed pawn on the kingside.} Kd5 {Meulders:
'Schwarz ist noch gerade rechtzeitig auf d5 angelangt, aber er wird
austempiert und wenn der weisse König nach d4 kommt, ist es vorbei.'} 36. g4 b6
37. h4 c5 {[%mdl 4096] Meulders: 'Erzwungene Aktivität'} (37... a5 38. g5 {
[%cal Rc3b2] This move leads to the queen's ending with two pawns up for white
almost on force! Probably white has more exact way, but that queen's ending
looks simply winning as well.} (38. Kb2 Bc4 39. Bxc4+ Kxc4 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. h5
gxh5 (41... Kd5 42. h6 $1) 42. gxh5 a4 43. Kc2 (43. h6 Kd5 $11) 43... h6 44.
Kd2 Kd5 45. Kc3 c5 $11) 38... axb4+ 39. axb4 Kd6 40. Bh3 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Be6 41.
Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Kc4 $1 {zugzwang!} Kf5 43. Kd4 b5 44. Kc5 Kg4 45. Kxc6 Kf3 46. h5
$1 (46. f5 $2 gxf5 47. h5 f4) 46... Kxe3 47. f5 Kd3 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. fxg6 e3
50. g7 e2 51. g8=Q e1=Q 52. Qd5+ Kc3 53. Kxb5 Qf1+ (53... Qe2+ 54. Ka5 $18) 54.
Kb6 Kxb4 55. Qa5+ Kb3 56. Qb5+ $18) (37... Bb1 {Meulders} 38. Bc4+ Kd6 39. Kb2
$1 Bd3 40. Bxd3 exd3 41. Kc3 $18) 38. Ba6 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Kc6 39. bxc5 Kxc5 (
39... bxc5 40. Bc4 $1 $18) 40. Bc8 b5 ({After this move white has a nice way
to win which could be a nice study!} 40... Bg8 41. g5 $1 b5 (41... a5 42. Bb7
$18 Bd5 43. Bxd5 Kxd5 44. a4 $18) 42. Bb7 Bd5 43. Bxd5 Kxd5 44. Kb4 a6 45. Ka5
Kc5 (45... Kc4 46. f5 gxf5 47. h5 f4 48. g6 hxg6 49. hxg6 fxe3 50. g7 e2 51.
g8=Q+ {check!}) 46. Kxa6 Kc6 47. Ka7 Kc7 48. Ka8 Kc6 49. Kb8 Kb6 50. h5 gxh5
51. f5 h4 52. f6 h3 53. f7 h2 54. f8=Q h1=Q 55. Qd6+ Ka5 56. Kb7 $1 {[%cal
Rd6a6] mating!}) 41. f5 a5 42. f6 {Now white just has to move his bishop to
the diagonal a2-g8 from b3 and it will be the end of the story.} (42. fxg6 {
Meulders} hxg6 43. Bb7 b4+ 44. axb4+ axb4+ 45. Kb2 Be6 46. Bxe4 Bxg4 47. Bxg6
$18 {[%cal Rh4h8]}) 42... Kd6 (42... Bf7 43. g5 b4+ 44. axb4+ axb4+ 45. Kb2 $18
{[%cal Gc8g4,Gg4d1,Gd1b3]}) (42... b4+ {Meulders} 43. axb4+ axb4+ 44. Kb2 Bf7 (
44... Bd5 45. Bb7 $1) 45. g5 Kd6 46. Bg4 Ke5 47. Bd1 Kf5 48. Bb3 Be8 49. f7
Bxf7 50. Bxf7 Kg4 51. Kb3 Kxh4 52. Kxb4 Kxg5 53. Kc3 Kf6 54. Bg8 h5 55. Kd4 Kf5
56. Bd5 g5 57. Bxe4+ $18) 43. g5 {'!' Meulders.} Bd5 44. Bg4 {[%cal Gg4d1,
Gd1b3]} (44. Ba6 {Meulders} Bc6 (44... Kc5 45. Bb7 $1) 45. Kd4 b4 46. axb4 axb4
47. Bc4 $18) 44... Be6 {'?' Meulders. Meulders: 'Kurzer Schmerz.'} (44... Kc5
45. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1b3]} a4 46. Bc2 $18 {[%cal Rc2e4]}) 45. Bxe6 Kxe6 46. Kd4 Kd6
47. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Allahverdiyev, Anar"]
[Black "Saldano Dayer, Horacio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[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. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Nd4 Na6 10. b3 h6 $6 {This move is useless,because after 11.Bb2 black
doesn't need h6 to push g6-g5} (10... Bd7 {and 10...Nc5 were also tried in
this position}) 11. Bb2 g5 12. Qd2 $6 $146 {[%cal Ga6c5,Gc5e4]} (12. e3 {
Tyomkin,D} f4 (12... Nc5 13. Ncb5 $16) 13. exf4 gxf4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 c6
$2 (15... Nc5 $142 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Rf6) 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kg8 (18... Rf6 19. g4 {[%csl Rh5]}) 19. Bf3 Nc5 20. Bxh5 Qxh5 21.
Nxf4 $16 {Campanile,A-Gershon,A/Berliner Sommer 1994 (33)/1/2-1/2}) 12... f4 $6
(12... Nc5 $142 13. f3 Bd7 (13... e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. f4) 14. a3 $14 {[%cal
Gb3b4]}) 13. gxf4 gxf4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nd5 (17. Bxb7
$5 Ra7 (17... f3 18. Kh2 {[%cal Gf1g1]}) 18. Be4 (18. Bg2 f3 19. exf3 Nxf3+ (
19... Qg6 20. Qe3) 20. Bxf3 Rxf3 21. Kg2 Qh5 22. Rh1 Rf5 23. Rag1 $132) 18...
Nc5 (18... Qh5 19. Nb5 Nc5) 19. Qc2 Qh5 20. Nb5 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxh3 (21... f3
22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. exf3 (23. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 24. hxg4 Rb7 $15) 23... Rf4 24. Qd3 Rxf3
25. Qe4 $13) 22. Qg2 (22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rb7 $17) 22...
Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 $13) 17... f3 18. exf3 c6 (18... Nxf3+ $6 19. Bxf3 Bxb2 (19...
Rxf3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Kh7 22. Qe4+ Qg6+ 23. Qxg6+ Kxg6 24. Nxe7+ Kh7 25.
Nd5 $16 {o^e6_|_} (25. Rae1 c6 {[%csl Re7]})) 20. Bh5 $1 Qxh5 21. Nxe7+ Kh7 22.
Qc2+ Kg7 23. Qxb2+ $16) (18... c6 19. f4 $1 (19. Nb6 Qg6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxa8
Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxa8 23. Re1 Nc5 $15 {[%cal Gg8h7,Ya8g8]}) 19... Ng6 (19... Nxc4
20. bxc4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 cxd5 22. Qxb7 $16) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nb6 Rd8 (21... Nxf4
22. Nxa8 Qg6 23. f3 {black doesn't have enough compensation for sacrificed
material}) 22. Nd7 Rxf4 23. Qxa5 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4
Nc6 9. d5 Nd8 10. Nc3 (10. Nd4 e6 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Nc3 c6 14.
Qc2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ba3 Ne8 17. Rd2 Rf7 (17... f4 $5) 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. Rd3
$14 {1-0 Hertneck,G-Kortchnoi,V/Nuremberg rapid 1990 (40)}) 10... a6 $146 {
10...e5 looks more natural,where black has good chances to get equality.} (
10... e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Qd2 (12. Qc2 f4 13. Nd5 fxg3 14. hxg3 c6 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qd2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nc5 19. Rd4 Bf5 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Re1 {
1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Kalinichev Sergey L/Giessen GER 1993 (21)}) (12. Rb1 f4 13.
Nd5 fxg3 14. hxg3 Qf7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qd5 Kg7 18. e4 Nd8 $11 {
Ftacnik,L-Kalinichev,S/Erfurt 1993}) 12... Ne4 13. Qc2 a5 (13... Nxc3 $5 14.
Bxc3 f4) 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. e3 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Adrian,C-Barbero,G/
Montpellier 1987 (44)}) (10... h6 11. Qc2 Qf7 12. e3 Bd7 13. Rad1 c6 14. Nd4
Rc8 15. Qe2 a6 16. Ba1 Kh8 17. Kh1 Re8 18. Qd3 Ng4 19. f3 Nf6 20. e4 $14 {
1-0 Smejkal,J-Kalinichev,S/Porz (9) 1992 (59)}) 11. b4 h6 (11... e5 12. c5 $5 (
12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Qb3 f4 $132)) 12. Nd4 g5 13. e3 Ng4 14. Nce2 e5 (14... c5 $5
15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qb3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Kh8 $132 (17... e5 18. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2c3,
Gc3d5]} Nxh2 19. Kxh2 Qh5+ 20. Kg1 Qxe2 21. c5+ $14)) 15. dxe6 c5 (15... c6 16.
Qc2 Nxe6 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. f4 $16 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 16. bxc5 dxc5 17.
Ba3 {[%mdl 64]} cxd4 $2 {Black took wrong direction in that position:after
simple 17...Nxe6,black has got a good play.} (17... Nxe6 $142 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19.
Bxc5 (19. Rc1 Rd8 $15) 19... Bxa1 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 (20... Qh5 21. h3 Nxe3 (21...
Rxf8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ $18 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 22. fxe3 Rxf8 23.
g4 fxg4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qxa1 gxh3 26. Qf6+ Bf7 27. Nd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4e6]}
Qd1+ 28. Kh2 hxg2 29. Qd8+ $18) 21. Bd5 Qf7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxa1 $14 {/=})
18. e7 dxe3 19. f4 $1 $16 Ne6 20. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 21. Rb1 Qh5 22. h3 Nf2 23. Rxf2
exf2+ 24. Kxf2 {The main problem of black is backwardness in development.} Ne6
25. Qd5 $1 {White pieces are dominating.} (25. Bxb7 $2 Bxb7 26. Rxb7 Rd8 $36
27. Rd7 $140 Bd4+ $1) 25... gxf4 $2 (25... Qf7 26. Bb2 $1 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 $16 {
for example:} gxf4 28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Qxd5 (29... Be6 30. Qd6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Rb2b6]}) 30. Bxd5+ Kg7 31. c5 $18) 26. Nxf4 $18 (26. Rxb7 fxg3+
27. Nxg3 $18) 26... Qf7 27. Re1 Ng5 (27... Bf8 28. Bd6 $1 (28. Bxf8 Nxf4 29.
gxf4 Qxd5 30. Bxd5+ Kxf8 31. Rg1 $18 {[%cal Gg1g6]}) 28... Nxf4 (28... Bxd6 29.
Qxd6 $18) 29. gxf4 $18) 28. Qxf7+ Nxf7 29. Bd5 Bd4+ 30. Kg2 Bd7 31. Bxf7+ {
[%cal Ye1e7]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Meulders} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3
Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 Nc5 (9... c5 {Meulders} 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. a3 {
Belov} Nc7 13. a4 Rb8 14. b5 Ne6 15. e3 $14 {Tunik,G-Galdunts,S/Voskresensk/
1993/ Inf 58/114/}) 10. Be3 $146 {[%cal Ge3d4] The new move in well-known
position.But this move also doesn't achive clear advantage for white. Meulders:
Ein neuer Versuch. Die Alternatieven haben Weiß noch nicht viel eingebracht:} (
10. Nd4 a5 (10... e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Nd5 Qf7 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. b3 Rb8 17. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,A-Malaniuk,V/Alushta4 1994}) (
10... Bd7 11. b4 Nce4 12. Bb2 c6 13. Nb3 Qf7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16.
Rc1 $14 {Tunik,G-Malaniuk,V/St.Petersburg op2 1994/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 11. b3 (11.
Nb3 Nfe4 12. Nb5 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nc5 {1/2-1/2
Agamaliev,G-Malaniuk,V/MK Cafe op 1997}) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd8 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Be3 c6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qc2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bf5 $11 {Terekhov,A-Vasiukov,E/
Petrov mem 1996/1-0(32)}) 11... Bd7 12. a3 (12. Ba3 c6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qb8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gb8e5] Mohr,G-Vasiukov,E/Voskresensk 1990/1/
2-1/2 (45)}) 12... Ng4 $6 13. h3 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Bf2 c6 17. b4
axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. e4 $16 {Hjartarson,J-Graves,P/US-op 1997/1-0(30)}) (10.
Nb5 Qd8 11. Nbd4 Bd7 (11... a5 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Nh3 Qe8 14. Nf4 c6 15. b3 cxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Vasiukov,E/RUS-Cup2 1996}) 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. Nh3 c6 14. Nf4 e5
15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Ndxe6 Bxe6 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bb2 Bf7 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. Rbd1 Qe7
$11 {Portisch,L-Malaniuk,V/Moscow olm 1994/1/2-1/2(57)}) (10. b4 Nce4 11. Bb2 (
11. Nb5 Qd8 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nbd4 Qe8 16. c5+ Kh8 17. Ng5
$6 a4 18. Qc2 e5 $15 {Skomorokhin,R-Tseshkovsky,V/Novgorod op 1995/0-1 (48)}) (
11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Bb2 e5 14. dxe6 h6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nxe4 Rxe6
17. f3 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Re5 $11 {Yermolinsky,A-Reinderman,D/Koop Tjuchem op 1996/
1/2-1/2(44)}) 11... e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. e3 Qe6 $11 {
Akopian,V-Vasiukov,E/St.Petersburg op 1994/1-0(39)}) 10... Nfe4 (10... e5 $5
11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b4 (12. b3 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd3 $11) (12. Nd5 {Meulders
} Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nfe4 14. Nd2 {0.25-0.50 1/2-1/2 Alonso,R-Valdes,L/Capablanca
mem-C 1995/EXT 95}) 12... Nce4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 (13... Nxe4) 14. Nd2 Qf7 15. Qc2
$13) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 {Meulders: Bis zum Ende der Partie steht dieser Springer
wie einFels in der Brandung gegen Bg2. Statt den Bg7 zu beseitigen hätte Weiß
versuchen können den Ne4 zu vertreiben mittels z.B. 12.Nd2} 12. Bd4 (12. Nd2 {
Meulders} Nf6 13. Bd4 e5 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. e3 c6 16. Qc2 $14) 12... Bxd4 13.
Nxd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qc2 Qf7 16. Nxe6 (16. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Bh3) (16.
b3) (16. b3 {Meulders} Rae8 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5
21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rfd1 Qf7 $11) 16... Qxe6 17. Rfd1 $14 {/=} a5 18. Rd4 Rae8
19. Rbd1 b6 20. e3 Re7 21. a3 h5 {Actually,that's defensive move.Black king
gets extra squares-h7 and h6.} 22. h4 Qf7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rfe8 {Black has
no weeknesses and draw is obvious.} 25. Bf3 (25. Ra1 Kh7 {and waiting}) 25...
Re5 26. Kg2 Kh7 27. Ra1 {White takes control over a-file but it doesn't give
anything.The only weekness in black position is pawn-c7 which protected as
well.} Kh6 28. Ra7 R8e7 29. Rd1 Kh7 30. Qd3 Qg7 31. Ra8 Re8 32. Rda1 Rxa8 33.
Rxa8 Re7 34. Qd5 Nf6 35. Qd2 Ne4 36. Qd5 Nf6 37. Qd2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Koc, Przemyslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qe8 8. O-O
Na6 9. d5 c5 {Now white has a choice between 10.dxc6-opening the center,or
continuing development by 10.Nc3.In both cases black gets convenient play.} 10.
dxc6 (10. Nc3 h6 (10... Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Ne1 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Na8 15. b7
Bxb7 16. Nd3 Nc7 17. Qc2 e6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Krivonosov,O-Glek,I/Biel 1993 (42)})
11. Rb1 (11. Ne1 g5 12. Nd3 Qg6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. f4 Ng4 15. Nf2 Bd4 16. Ncd1 Qh5
17. h3 Nxf2 18. Nxf2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 gxf4 20. gxf4 Kh7 21. e4 Rg8 $40 {0-1
Tukmakov,V-Malaniuk,V/Lvov 1990 (33)}) 11... g5 (11... Bd7 12. Ne1 g5 13. e4
Qg6 14. Qe2 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bg4 16. Qe3 Bf5 17. f3 b5 18. Nd3 Rab8 $15 19. Ndf2
$2 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bxb2 $17 {0-1 Konopka,M-Malaniuk,V/Frunze 1987 
(28)}) 12. e3 Bd7 13. Ne1 Qg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Malaniuk,V/Copenhagen
Unibank 1991 (50)}) 10... bxc6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rc1 $6 $146 {The old move-12.
Rb1,looks better than Rc1.Rook on-b1 protects the bishop and prevents blacks
play on the queenside-Nc5,Rb8,a5-a4.} (12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Ne1 $6 g5 14. e3 f4 $132
{1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Marin,M/Andorra ,EXT 1991 (43)}) 12... Rb8 13. Re1 Nc5 14.
e3 a5 15. Ba3 Nfe4 16. Nd4 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Ne4 18. Rc2 c5 19. Ne2 a4 $15 {
These are consequences of whites unaccurate play in the opening-black has
control over the center and developes initiative on the queenside.} 20. Qd3
axb3 21. axb3 Bc6 22. h4 Qd8 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gd8a5]} 23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qa5
25. Reb1 Rb6 26. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5]} Qa8 27. h5 {It was good idea to get rid of
weakness-b3 by:} (27. b4 $142 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 cxb4 29. Rxb4 Qa2 30. Qe2 {and the
game is about draw.}) 27... g5 28. Nd5 $2 {White could change this knight
better way:} (28. Ne6 Rf6 29. Nc7 Qb7 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Rb4 32. Rc2 g4 33.
Rc4 Nd2 $1 $15) 28... Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rb4 30. Rc2 (30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Qd1 Rf3 32.
Ra1 Qe8 {[%csl Rh5]}) 30... g4 31. Rc4 $2 {losing material,but it is not easy
to give white a good advice in that position.} Qa2 $19 32. Rf1 (32. Qc2 Qxc2
33. Rxc2 Rfb8 {winning b-pawn.}) (32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Qc2 (33. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1
Qxg3 $19) 33... Qxc2 34. Rxc2 Rf5 $19 {[%csl Rb3,Rd5,Rh5]}) 32... Rxb3 33. Qd1
Nc3 34. Qe1 Qe2 $2 (34... Ne2+ $142 35. Kh2 Rb7 {trapping Rc4.}) 35. Qxe2 Nxe2+
36. Kh2 Rfb8 37. e4 R8b4 38. Rxb4 cxb4 39. exf5 Nc3 40. Re1 Kf7 41. Re6 Rb2 42.
f6 Re2 $1 {transforming the game to the easily won ending-N against B.} 43.
Rxe2 Nxe2 44. fxe7 h6 45. Bf1 Nc1 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 (9. Qd3 $5 h6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Ba3 Ne4 12. Rad1 $13 {[%cal Rc3e4]} (12.
Nxe4 $2 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Nxd4 {[%csl Rf2]})) 9... Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 e5 (
11... h6 {Tyomkin,D} 12. Rf1 (12. d5 Nb4 13. Nd4 c5 (13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nxa2
15. Re3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Na6 17. Ne6 Bxb2 18. Nxf8 Ba3 19. Ne6 Bb4 20. Qc1 Bxe1 21.
Qxe1 Bd7 22. b4 c6 $15) 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. e3 Bd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rf1 Bf5 18.
g4 Bd7 19. Bxe4 Kh7 20. h3 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,
V-Vyzmanavin,A/RUS-ch m1-2 Elista 1997/CBM 59/[Meulders] Das Remis ist ein
merkwürdiger Entschluß; 22...bxc6 23.f4 ist doch leicht +/-, oder?}) 12... Nxc3
13. Bxc3 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nd2 (15. b4 $5) 15... a5 16. e4 b6 17. exf5 Bxf5 (
17... gxf5 18. f4) 18. Ne4 Kh7 19. Qe2 Ng8 20. Rce1 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Malaniuk,V/
URS-ch53 Kiev 1986/URS-ch/1/2-1/2(29)}) (11... a5 {Tyomkin,D} 12. e3 e6 13. Qe2
{[%cal Rc3e4,Gf3g5,Ye2f2]} d5 14. Nb5 a4 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5
axb3 18. axb3 Qe7 19. f3 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1/2-1/2 Sapi,L-Vasiukov,E/Stary
Smokovec 1988/EXT 88}) (11... Nxc3 $6 {Tyomkin,D} 12. Bxc3 e5 $2 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5,Rf3g5]} e4 (14... Be6 15. Qb5 {[%csl Rb7,Re5][%cal
Rf3g5]}) 15. Ng5 Qxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. f4 $18 exf3 18. exf3 {1-0 Lesiege,
A-Ross,D/Quebeck op 1994/EXT 94op}) 12. d5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nb8 $146 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7c5,Ge5e4,Gd7e5,Gb8a6]} (13... Ne7 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf6 15. f4
h6 16. Nf3 $16) 15. b4 {Tyomkin,D} (15. f4 $1 {Dolmatov} h6 (15... e4 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. c5 h6 19. Nh3 Qf7 20. Red1 Bd7 21. Nf2 $14) 16. Nf3 e4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kh7 19. Nd2 Qf7 20. Nf1 g5 (20... Bd7 21. Ne3 g5 22. c5
$40) (20... a5 21. Ne3 b6 22. g4 Bd7 $14) 21. fxg5 $1 (21. Ne3 gxf4 22. gxf4
Ng6 23. Rf1 b6 $132) 21... hxg5 22. g4 {Filippov,V-Vyzmanavin,A/Novgorod op
1995/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 15... h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Qc8 18. e4 Qxe6 19. exf5
Qxf5 20. f4 Rae8 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qe2 (22. Bxb7 Qf2+ (22... c6 $5) 23. Kh1
Qxa2 24. Qe2 Qb3) 22... c6 23. Rcd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Hoang Thang
Trang/Budapest FS04 GM 1996/EXP 52}) 14. c5 (14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6
c6) (14. Nd2 f4 $132) 14... Na6 15. b4 (15. cxd6 $5 cxd6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Ne6
Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. Qd5 {[%csl Rd6,Ge6][%cal Rc1d1,Re1d1,Rd1d2]} Rad8 (19...
Nxe6 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bd5 $14) 20. Red1 b6 {[%csl Re6]} 21. Bb4
$132) 15... e4 {After the 15...e4 the strategy of white should be some how to
manage to play f3 and then afterwards f4 and transfer the knight to d4. Black
should try to deny this plan.} 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 (17... Qxg7 18. cxd6
cxd6 19. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6][%cal Gg5e6] <->c}) 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. h4 h6 20.
Nh3 $14 {[%cal Gh3f4]} dxc5 21. bxc5 Qg7 22. Qxg7+ (22. Qd2 $14) 22... Kxg7 23.
f3 $6 (23. Nf4 $5) (23. d6 $5) 23... b6 (23... Nb4 24. Red1 $1 (24. d6 Nxa2 25.
Rc2 (25. Rc4 Be6 $15) 25... Nb4 26. Rb2 Na6 27. Nf4) 24... Nxa2 25. Rc4 exf3
26. Bxf3 Rf6 27. Ra1 Ra6 28. Nf4 g5 29. Nd3 $32) 24. cxb6 (24. fxe4 fxe4 25.
Nf2 Nxc5 (25... e3 $5 26. Nd3 Rb8 $11 27. c6 $5 Bf5 28. d6 cxd6 29. c7 Rbc8 30.
Bb7 Nxc7 $44) 26. Nxe4 Na6 $8 (26... Nxe4 $2 27. Rxc7+) 27. Nc3 $14 {[%cal
Re2e4]}) 24... axb6 25. fxe4 (25. Rc2 Nc5 26. Rec1 Rd8 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Nf4
Ra3 $132) 25... fxe4 26. Nf2 Bf5 (26... e3 $5 27. Nd3 Bf5 28. d6 (28. Rc3 Rae8
$15) 28... Ra7 $15) 27. Bxe4 (27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Nc5 29. Bb1 Ra3 30. Kg2
Re3 $36) 27... Nc5 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Nd3 (29. e4 $5 Rf3 30. Kg2 Rfa3 $11 (30...
Raa3 $5)) 29... Rxd5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Red1 (31. Rc2 $5) 31... Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1
Kf6 (32... Rxa2 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rxc7 Rc2 35. Kf2 $11) 33. Rd7 Ra7 34. Kf2 Ke5
35. Ke1 c4 (35... Rxa2 36. Rxc7 Kd4 37. Rc6 $11) 36. Rg7 Ra6 37. Rxc7 Kd4 38.
g4 Rxa2 39. Rc6 c3 40. Kd1 Rd2+ (40... Ra1+ 41. Kc2 Ra2+ $11) 41. Kc1 Rxe2 42.
Rxg6 $11 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[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 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nbd2
Nc6 (8... Nxd2 {Stohl} 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. Ne1 $1 {(Stohl) An interesting move,
which is undoubtedly more ambitious than the insipid} Qe8 {Logical.} (10... e5
$6 {Stohl} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd3 $1 e4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc3+ Qf6
16. Qxf6+ Kxf6 17. Nc5 Be6 18. Rfd1 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Re6] 1-0 Kolev,
A-Danailov,S/Zaragoza op 1994 (33) _|_,ק,Be6}) (10... Bd7 {Stohl} 11. Rd1 $14
{and Black can't advantageously realize the freeing e5.}) 11. f4 $5 {[%csl Gc4,
Gd5,Ge4][%cal Yd4d5,Yc2c4,Ye2e4]} (11. e4 $143 {Stohl} fxe4 12. Bxe4 e5 13.
dxe5 Bxe5 $10 {<=>}) 11... e5 $5 {Risky, but necessary. Otherwise White gets
in c4,d5,e4 with full central control.} 12. Bd5+ $1 (12. fxe5 {Stohl} dxe5 13.
d5 Ne7 (13... Nd8 $5 14. e4 Nf7 $13) 14. e4 fxe4 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Bxe4 Bf5
$132 {and White misses a tempo (Nd3,Re1) to gain a substantial edge.}) (12.
dxe5 $6 {Stohl} dxe5 13. Nd3 (13. Bd5+ Be6 $1 $15) 13... e4 {[%csl Rg2] ץg2})
12... Kh8 (12... Be6 $2 {Stohl} 13. Bxe6+ Qxe6 14. d5 $18) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Nd3 (14. Nf3 $5 {Stohl}) 14... exf4 $8 (14... e4 $143 $2 {Stohl} 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7
16. Qc3+ Rf6 17. Ne5 $1 {+/-/+-}) 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qxf4 $5 $36 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Ga1h8] 1-0 Stohl,I-Kindermann,S/Portoroz 1998/CBM 66/[Stohl] (27) עg7,/
^a1-h8} ({Weaker is the tempting} 16. Qc3+ {Stohl} Rf6 17. Rxf4 (17. Nxf4 Qe5
$11) (17. gxf4 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Qd4 $15) 17... Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 {[%cal Ya8e8] /
\Re8 and there is no clear way for White to exploit the pin on the long
diagonal.})) 9. e3 (9. Ne1 $5 {Stohl} Nxd2 (9... d5 $143 $6 10. Ndf3 f4 11. Nd3
g5 12. c4 e6 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. e3 fxe3 16. fxe3 Ndf5 17. Qe2 Ng6 18.
Nf3 c6 19. e4 Nd6 20. Nfe5 dxe4 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. Bxe4 Nf5 23. Rf1 Qe7 24.
Nxc6 bxc6 25. Bxf5 Qd6 26. Be4 Bxd4+ 27. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Bd7
30. Ne5 Rc8 31. Rf7 {1-0,Lputian,S-Gurevich,M/URS-chYM Jurmala/1983/}) 10. Qxd2
{-8...Nd2.}) (9. c4 e5 (9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 {-the same;}) 10. dxe5 (10. Nxe4
$6 fxe4 11. Nd2 exd4 12. Nxe4 Qe7 $15 {[%cal Gc8f5]}) 10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxe5
{-leads to well known position, where black is quite safe as it was proved in
several games;}) 9... e5 {There is no reason to hurry up with the trade on d2,
but actually it leads to the same:} (9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. c4
Nd7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Nd2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Fatalibekova,E-Lagvilava,G/Svetlogorsk
1997/EXT 98 (61)}) 10. d5 $146 {Probably the best what white can do here;} (10.
Nc4 exd4 (10... Qe8 $1) 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%cal Rc7c5]} (12... dxe5
13. Nb5 c6 $132) 13. Qc1 $11 {1-0 Sale,S-Sawatzki,F/Budapest 1993/EXT 98 (56)})
(10. dxe5 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 dxe5 12. Nc4 Qe8 $1 (12... e4 $6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f3 {
[%csl Gg2]}) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. Qd7 Bxc4 {1/2-1/2
Vadasz,L-Hoffmann,M/Budapest 1994/CBM 43 ext (16)}) 10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 (11.
Qxd2 {-see 9...Nxd2}) 11... Nb8 {[%cal Gb8d7] Typical monouevre- Nd7 is coming
then. Ne7 is worse- knight has less perspectives there;} 12. f4 (12. c4 Qe7 {
[%cal Gb8d7,Ye5e4,Yd7e5]}) 12... Qe7 {Black could freeze up the structure in
the centre by:} (12... e4 $5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 $5 $132 {[%cal Gf1f2,Yd2f1,
Yf1g3] and white can create some play over the kingside, getting its' light
pieces into the game;} (14. b4 {[%cal Gd2b3,Yc2c4] as well as white can play
over the queenside, where it has space advantage thanks to advanced pawn "d";})
) 13. Re1 g5 {Again black could close off the centre, nothing gaining by it:} (
13... e4 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. c4 a5 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6c5]} 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 $132)
14. Qh5 gxf4 15. exf4 e4 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Nc4 {Moving the knight to the
blocade- e3 is a goal;} Nd7 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Qh4 Bd7 20. Rad1 a5 21. a4 Rf7 22.
Bf1 (22. Qg5 Qxg5 (22... Qg6 $11) 23. fxg5 Nh5 24. Rf1 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Gg2h3]}
) 22... Kh8 23. Qg5 $6 {Very suspicious. White's idea of previously played Bf1
was to transfer the knight to f4 thru g2, but white is not able to hold the
structure stable over the kingside that way. Much more logical looks to go to
that ending immediatly by 22.Qg5- white can create a pressure over f-file in
that case.} Qxg5 (23... Qg6 $11) 24. fxg5 {[%mdl 4096]} Ng8 {[%cal Gg8e7,Ye7g6]
} 25. h4 Ne7 26. Ng2 (26. Bh3 $6 Ng6 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg6e5]}) 26... h6 {
Like in Volga Gambit!} 27. gxh6 Rg8 {Pawn h6 can be taken back at any time;}
28. Kh2 (28. Kf2 Ng6 {with the same ideas as in the game;}) 28... Ng6 29. Re3
f4 (29... Ne5 30. Be2 Rf6 31. Nf4 $14) 30. gxf4 Bg4 31. Be2 $6 {There was an
interesting sacrifice of exchange after:} (31. Rd4 $1 Bf3 (31... Nxf4 32. Rexe4
$16) 32. Rdxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Ne7 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge7f5]} 34. Ne3 Rg6 35. Kh3
Rxh6 36. Bd3 {[%cal Gf4f5] white is clearly better;}) 31... Nxf4 32. Bxg4 Rxg4
33. Rd2 (33. Rg3 $2 Rxg3 34. Kxg3 Ne2+ $17 {[%cal Ge2c3,Yf7f3,Yf3f2]}) 33...
Ng6 {Black reasonably keeps itsè knight out of trade. After 33...Nxg2 white
reaches draw in that rooks' ending:} (33... Nxg2 34. Rxg2 Rxh4+ 35. Kg3 (35.
Rh3 Rhf4 $17) 35... Rff4 36. Rc3 Rhg4+ $11) 34. Rg3 {More accurate was:} (34.
Rde2 Ne5 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 (35... Rg6 36. h5 Nf3+ (36... Rxh6 37. Nf4 $16) 37. Kh3
(37. Kh1 $2 Rg3 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Rg3h3]}) 37... Ng1+ $11) 36. Rxe4 Rf2 37. b4
Rxc2 (37... axb4 38. Rxb4 b6 39. Kg3 Rf3+ (39... Rxc2 40. Ne3 $14) 40. Kh2 Rf2
$11) 38. bxa5 Rd2 39. Rb4 Rxd5 40. Rxb7 Rxa5 41. Rxc7 Rxa4 $11) 34... Rxg3 35.
Kxg3 Rf3+ 36. Kh2 Ne5 37. Re2 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 e3 39. Re1 $2 {White has missed a
way to reorganize its' forces by:} (39. Ne1 Rf6 40. Kg2 $11 {[%cal Ge1f3,Yf3h2]
}) 39... Kh7 40. Rf1 Rg3 $17 {[%csl Rg1,Rg2] Now white king and knight stay
trapped on the kingside;} 41. Kh1 Rh3+ 42. Kg1 Kxh6 43. Rf4 Rg3 44. Kf1 (44.
Re4 Kg6 {[%cal Gg6f5]} 45. c4 Kf5 $17 46. Rf4+ $140 Ke5 $19 {[%cal Rg3g2]})
44... Nh2+ 45. Kg1 Nf3+ 46. Kf1 Nh2+ 47. Kg1 Nf3+ 48. Kf1 {With the following
move Berg trasforms the game to rooks' ending, but white can hold position
there. There was another way for black (48...Nd2) in which black could keep
winning chances;} Rxg2 $2 (48... Nd2+ 49. Kg1 Rg6 {[%cal Re3e2] preventing
Rf6-e6;} (49... e2 50. Rf6+ Kh5 51. Re6 e1=Q+ 52. Rxe1 Nf3+ 53. Kf2 Rxg2+ 54.
Kxf3 Rxc2 55. Re7 $11) 50. Kh1 $1 {[%cal Gg2e1] releasing the knight from pin;}
(50. Rf8 e2 51. Re8 e1=Q+ 52. Rxe1 Nf3+ 53. Kf2 Nxe1 54. Nxe1 Kh5 $19) 50... e2
{[%cal Rg6g2]} 51. Ne1 Kh5 52. Rf7 {[%cal Gf7e7]} Ne4 $17 {black's advantage
is close to decisive, for example:} (52... Kxh4 53. Re7 $1 (53. Rxc7 Kg3 $19 (
53... Rf6 {[%cal Gf6f1]})) 53... Nf1 54. Rxc7 {black has an advantage, but
there is no clear way to the win;}) 53. Rxc7 Kxh4 54. Re7 (54. Rxb7 Kg3 $19)
54... Rg4 {[%cal Gh4g3] and so on;}) 49. Rxf3 $8 $11 Rxc2 50. Rxe3 Kh5 (50...
Kg6 51. Re7 Kf5 52. h5 Kg5 53. Rh7 $11) 51. Re4 Rb2 (51... Rc3 52. b4 axb4 53.
Rxb4 b6 54. Ke2 $11) 52. Rc4 Rxb3 53. Rxc7 Kxh4 54. Rd7 Rb6 55. Ke2 Kg5 56. Kd3
Kf5 57. Re7 (57. Rd8 {[%cal Gd8a8]} Ke5 (57... Rb4 58. Rxd6 Ke5 59. Rg6 Rxa4
60. Rb6 $11) 58. Ra8 Ra6 59. Rb8 $11) 57... Rb3+ 58. Kc2 Rb4 59. Re6 Rxa4 60.
Rxd6 b5 61. Rh6 Rd4 62. d6 Kg5 63. Re6 Kf5 64. Rh6 Kg5 65. Re6 Kf4 66. Rf6+ $4
{[%mdl 4096] For some reason white didn't follow the same strategy. There was
no way for white to win after:} (66. Rh6 Rd5 {[%cal Gf4e4]} (66... Kg4 67. Re6
Rd5 68. Kc3) 67. Kb2 Ke4 68. Kc3 Ke5 69. d7 b4+ 70. Kb3 $11) 66... Ke5 67. Rh6
Kd5 68. d7 (68. Kc3 Rc4+ 69. Kd3 Kc6 70. Rh5 Rc1 {[%cal Gc1d1]} 71. Kd2 Rg1 $19
{[%cal Gg1g8,Yg8d8]}) 68... Kc5 69. Rh5+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 e5
{This line is one of many possibilities for black in this well-known position
of Dutch Leningrad;} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nd5 Rf7 {This is probably
only line where white can get some advantage! In other lines mentioned below
black is just fine!} (11... Nxd5 $5 12. cxd5 fxe4 (12... Nd4 $2 13. Nxd4 exd4
14. Ba3 Rf7 15. e5 $1 Bxe5 (15... f4 $2 16. e6 $18 {1-0 Baburin,A-Ronin,V/
Novosibirsk 1989/TD (26)}) (15... Qxe5 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Re8+ $16) 16. Re1 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} d3 (16... f4 17. gxf4 Rxf4 18. Bc1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 17. Rc1
$16 (17. Qxd3 Bd7 18. f4 $140 Bxa1)) 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 (14... Kh8 $143
15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Re1 Qf7 (17... Qb5 18. Nc5 b6 19. a4 Qa5 20. Bxd4
exd4 21. Ne6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stangl,M-Heinemann,T/Germany 1990/GER-chT (46)}) 18.
f4 Qxd5 19. Nc5 e4 20. Nxe4 (20. g4 $5) 20... Rfe8 21. Nc5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Gavrikov,V-Blagojevic,D/Prague 1988/EXT 97 (38)}) 15. Be3 Rd8 $11 {0-1 Fiorito,
F-Roman,F/Buenos Aires 1995/EXT 97 (26)}) (11... Qd7 $5 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. exf5 $6
(13. Qc2 Nxe4 14. Rad1 Nd4 $5 (14... Kh8 15. Nf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd7 Bxd7 $13 {
1-0 Jakab,A-Markus,R/Subotica YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 367 (36)})) 13... e4
14. Ng5 gxf5 $15 {0-1 Obukhov,A-Beshukov,S/Krasnodar 1991/CBM 25 ext (39)}) 12.
Ng5 (12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bb2 h6 (13... e4 $5 14. Ng5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Rxg7 16. Qxd5+
Kh8 17. Nh3 Be6 {with chances to equalize;}) 14. Re1 e4 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qd2
Be6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qc3 Qf7 19. Nh4 $14 {[%cal Gf2f3] 1-0 Zlochevskij,
A-Gupta,M/Nuremberg 1990/EXT 97 (45)}) 12... Rd7 {That is the idea of 11...
Rf7- there is a pin over d-file, but black lacks development of his queenside,
and it becomes critical in few moves;} ({Following sacrifice of exchange
doesn't lead to satisfied compensation:} 12... Nxe4 13. Nxf7 Qxf7 14. Bb2 $16 {
1-0 Balashov,Y-Yrjola,J/Voronez 1987/EXT 97 (22)}) 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb2 h6 (
14... Ng4 $6 15. h3 Nh6 {dubious monouevre;} 16. Qe2 Qg6 17. f4 $14 {1-0
Lechtynsky,J-Psakhis,L/Trnava 1988/CBM 07 (30)}) (14... Nb4 15. Re1 Nbxd5 16.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 17. cxd5 c6 18. Ne6 $1 $14 {1-0 Fritz,R-Heidrich,M/Germany 1989/
GER-chT2 (27)}) 15. Nxf6+ (15. Nf3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 e4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nh4 Qe5 (
18... Qf7 $2 19. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. dxc6 $18 {1-0 Magerramov,
E-Klostermann,M/Budapest 1989/TD (44)}) 19. Qh5 Rxd5 20. Qg6+ Kf8 (20... Kh8 $2
21. Qf7 {[%cal Gh4g6]}) 21. Qxh6+ Qg7 22. Qe3 $36 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga1d1]}) (
15. Nh3 $5) 15... Bxf6 16. Bd5+ Kg7 17. Nf3 (17. Nh3 $5 {[%cal Gf1e1,Yf2f4]})
17... Nd8 $146 (17... e4 $2 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Qc1 $2 {What for??} (19. Bxc6 $1
bxc6 (19... Rxd1 20. Bxe8 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 exf3 22. Bh5 $18 {[%cal Gh5f3]}) 20.
Qe2 $16) (19. Nh4 $16) (19. Qe1 $16) 19... exf3 20. Re1 Qh5 21. Qc3+ Kg6 22.
Qh8 Rd8 (22... Rxd5 $1 23. cxd5 (23. Qg8+ Kf6 24. Re8 $5 Qxe8 25. Qxe8 Rd8 26.
Qh5 Kg7 27. Qxf3 Nd4 28. Qh5 Be6 $17) 23... Qh3 24. Qg8+ Kf6 25. Qf8+ Kg6 $11)
23. Re8 Be6 24. Rxe6+ {1-0 Lenz,T-Cuadrado,G/Germany 1994/EXT 99/[Bulletin] 
(24)}) (17... Nb4 18. Re1 $1 c6 $140 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 cxd5 21. Nxd7 Qxd7
22. a3 Nc6 23. cxd5 $18) (17... Ne7 18. Re1 $16) 18. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Simple
tactics!} (18. Bxe5 Qf8 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc7c6] and Bd5 is trapped!}) 18...
c6 19. Re1 $1 {Even better than direct 19.Nxd7;} (19. Nxd7 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Qxd7 (
20... Bxd7 21. Re1 $1) (20... cxd5 21. Rxb2 Bxd7 (21... Qxd7 {-20...Qd7;}) 22.
Re1 Qf7 23. Rbe2 $18) 21. Rxb2 cxd5 22. Rd2 Ne6 23. Rxd5 Qf7 24. f4 $16 {
[%cal Gf1e1]}) 19... cxd5 (19... Re7 20. Bg2 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 $18) 20.
Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. cxd5 Qd6 23. Qd4+ Kg6 24. Qh8 $1 {Again the best
move;} (24. Re8 {[%cal Ge8g8,Rd4h8]} Be6 $1 25. Rd1 Bf7 26. Re5 $18) 24... Nf7
(24... Bd7 25. Qg8+ Kf6 26. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh4h5,Yg8g6]}) 25. Qg8+ Kf6 26.
Re8 Qxd5 27. Rxc8 (27. Rf1 $3 {Only Fritz can find moves like this! The point
is that white would have f2-f3 defense in the line-28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Qxc8 Ng5,
and black can not do any useful move here;} Qc6 28. Rf8 Qc7 29. Qh8+ {and
black king gets mated;}) 27... Rxc8 28. Qxc8 Ng5 {[%cal Gg5f3,Gg5h3] Here
black got a counterplay thanx to the weakness of light squares over white king;
} 29. Qc3+ Kg6 30. h4 $6 {White just lost his mind for a moment facing some
threats;} (30. Rc1 Nf3+ (30... Nh3+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Ng1+ 33. Kd2 Qd5+ 34.
Qd3 Nf3+ 35. Ke3 $18) 31. Kg2 (31. Kf1 Nd4 {[%cal Rd5h1]} 32. f3 $8 Nxf3 {
[%cal Rf3h2]} 33. Qc2 Ne5 34. Qg2 Qd3+ 35. Qe2 Qd5 {nothing easy...}) 31...
Nd2+ (31... Nh4+ 32. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1e2]} Nf3 33. Qe3 Nxh2+ 34. Ke2 $18) (31...
Ne1+ 32. Kf1 Nd3 33. Rd1 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qe4+ 35. Kd2 Nxf2 36. Re1 $18) 32. f3 (
32. Kh3 Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g5] minimum draw for black;}) 32... Nxf3 $1 {[%cal Gd5d2]
} 33. Qxf3 (33. Qe3 $5 $16) 33... Qd2+ 34. Kh3 Qxc1 35. Qxb7 Qf1+ 36. Qg2 $16 {
white is up a pawn here;}) 30... Nf3+ 31. Kg2 $2 {The last moment in this game
white could try to get a full point out of it;} (31. Kf1 Nd4 32. f3 Nxf3 33.
Rc1 (33. Ke2 $5 Qe4+ 34. Kf2 Ne5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 35. Rd1 f4 36. Rd6+ Kh5 37. Rd4
{but still black has some counterchances;}) 33... Nd2+ 34. Kg1 Ne4 (34... Nf3+
35. Kf2 Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4]} 36. Qe3 Ne4+ 37. Kg1 {-like after 34...Ne4 directly;
}) 35. Qe3 Qe5 36. Rc2 $1 $16) 31... Nxh4+ (31... Ne1+ 32. Kf1 Nc2 33. Qxc2
Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qxa1 35. g4 {Same ending as in the game but white pawn h is alive!
}) 32. Kf1 Nf3 33. Kg2 (33. Qe3 $5 {It leads to the draw too, but black has to
find 24...Kg5 here:} Nd4 34. Qe8+ Kg5 $1 $11 {Otherwise Qh5!}) 33... Ne1+ $1 {
[%mdl 64] moving the knight to the other side of the board- that's the time to
capture white rook;} (33... Nh4+ 34. Kf1 Nf3 {leads to the same, but white can
try Qe3 instead of Kg2;}) 34. Kf1 Nc2 $1 {[%mdl 64] winning exchange back;
Black knight is a hero of the final stage of this game;} 35. Qxc2 Qh1+ 36. Ke2
Qxa1 {This ending is equal; Draw after mutual attacks on both kings;} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wilson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "London Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 (
8. b3) 8... a5 (8... Na6) 9. Nd4 Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13.
Re1 (13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc5 15. Re1 Qf7 16. Be3 c6 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3
19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qe2 $10 {Lukacs,P-Dao Thien Hai/
Budapest FS10 GM 19931/2-1/2(34)}) 13... Nc5 14. Bh1 Qa4 $2 (14... Qf7 {
Tyomkin,D} 15. Be3 Rae8 $1 (15... e5 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Nxe6 (18.
Bxb7 $2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 c5 $19) 18... Bxe6 19. Rac1 (19. Qxa5 $6 {Dautov} b6 20.
Qd2 Bxc4 $15) (19. Bxb7 $6 {Dautov} Rb8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. cxd5
Rxb2 $10) 19... a4 $146 (19... b6 20. b3 Kh8 $11 {- Van der Sterren,P-Nikolic,
P/Ter Apel 1994/CBM 40/[Dautov] (42)}) 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3 b6 $11 (21... c6 $2
22. Qxd6 (22. Bg2 $2 Rd8 $11 {- Otero,E-Valdes,L/Hermanos Saiz 1992/EXT 97})
22... Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxe3 24. Qxf8+ $1 Bxf8 25. Rxe3 $16)) 16. Qd2 b6 17. b3 (
17. Nc6 $6 Nd7 (17... e6 $1 18. Bxc5 $140 $2 bxc5) 18. Bd4 Nf6 19. Re2 Bd7 $11
{Hirsch,J-Michalek,J/Brno Morava-C 1991/0-1(43)}) (17. Rab1 Kh8 18. b3 Bd7 19.
a3 e5 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Bd5 Re7 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bxf6+ Qxf6 25.
Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 $11 {Sakurai,L-Quinteros,M/Villa Ballester op 1994/0-1
(57)}) 17... Kh8 18. Rac1 Bd7 $1 19. h4 Qf6 20. Ne2 e6 21. dxe6 Nxe6 $10 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Gg7h6] Akopian,V-Vyzmanavin,A/Novosibirsk 1993/1-0(60)}) 15. b3
Qb4 (15... Nxb3 16. Nxb3 (16. Bb2 Nc5) 16... Bxa1 17. Nxa1 Qxc4 18. Qb3 Qxb3
19. Nxb3 Rf7 20. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Gd5] in this position two light piece stronger
than the rook and twoP}) 16. Be3 $6 (16. Rxe7 $5 $146 Bf6 $142 (16... Qc3 17.
Be3 Rae8 (17... a4 18. Rc1 Qd3 19. b4 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. bxc5 Rxe3 22. Ne6
$1 $16) 18. Rc1 Qd3 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Rd1 Nb4 22. a3 $16) (16...
Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Be3 $16) 17. Re3 (17. Rxc7 $4 Bxd4) 17... a4
18. a3 (18. Bb2 axb3 19. axb3 Na4 $1 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. Nc2 (21. Bc3 Qxc3 22.
Rxc3 Bxd4) 21... Bxb2 22. Nxb4 Ra1 $44) 18... Qb6 19. b4 Nb3 20. Nxb3 axb3 21.
Rb1 Bd4 22. Rbxb3 Bxe3 23. Bxe3 $14) (16. Bb2 $2 Na4) (16. Rb1 $2 Nd3 {[%csl
Re1]}) 16... a4 $36 17. a3 Qc3 18. Rc1 (18. b4 $6 Nb3 19. Nxb3 axb3 20. Rc1 Qb2
$36) 18... Qb2 19. Rb1 $1 $146 (19. b4 $2 {Tyomkin,D} Nb3 20. Rb1 Qc3 (20...
Qxa3 21. Nxb3 axb3 22. Rxb3 Qa6 23. Bd4) 21. Nxb3 axb3 22. Qxb3 $2 (22. Rc1 $10
) 22... Rxa3 $1 $17 {Komarov,D-Piskov,Y/Douai 1993}) 19... Qxa3 (19... Qc3 $2
20. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c7]}) 20. Nb5 Qa2 21. Re2 (21. b4 Na6 {[%csl Rc4]} (21... Nb3
$2 22. Re2 {[%csl Ra2]})) 21... axb3 22. Bxc5 Bg4 $5 (22... dxc5 $5 23. Rxa2
bxa2 24. Ra1 $132) 23. f3 Rxf3 24. Bd4 Rxg3+ 25. hxg3 Bxe2 26. Qc1 (26. Qxb3
Qxb3 27. Rxb3 Bxc4 28. Rb4 Bxb5 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxb5 {and this position
about a draw}) 26... Rf8 {[%csl Rf1]} 27. Bg2 Qc2 $4 (27... Bxd4+ 28. Nxd4 Bxc4
29. Rb2 Qa7 30. Rd2 b5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gg1h2,Yd4e6] black has 5!
pawns for a knight,but white has a good counterplay} (30... Qa5 {[%cal Gc4d5]}
31. Ne6) (30... Qc5 31. Kh2)) 28. Bxg7 $18 Kxg7 29. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4e6]} Qxc1+
30. Rxc1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gd4e6]} b2 31. Rb1 Bxc4 $2 32. Ne6+ Kg8 33. Nxf8 Kxf8
34. Rxb2 b5 35. Bf1 Bxd5 36. Rxb5 c6 37. Rb8+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Rb1 (9. Nd4 {Tyomkin,D} Na6 10. b3 h6 $6 {This move is useless,because
after 11.Bb2 black doesn't need h6 to push g6-g5} 11. Bb2 g5 12. Qd2 $6 $146 {
[%cal Ga6c5,Gc5e4]} (12. e3 $142) 12... f4 $6 (12... Nc5 $142 13. f3 Bd7 (13...
e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. f4) 14. a3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 13. gxf4 gxf4 14. Ne6 Bxe6
15. dxe6 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nd5 (17. Bxb7 $5) 17... f3 18. exf3 c6 19. Z0 {
1/2-1/2/Allahverdiev,A-Saldano,H/Anibal op 1997;CBM58[Tyomkin,D]} (19. f4 $1
Ng6 (19... Nxc4 20. bxc4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 cxd5 22. Qxb7 $16) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nb6
Rd8 (21... Nxf4 22. Nxa8 Qg6 23. f3 {black doesn't have enough compensation
for sacrificed material}) 22. Nd7 Rxf4 23. Qxa5 $16)) 9... Na6 10. b3 h6 (10...
Bd7) 11. Nd4 $5 $146 (11. Bb2 {Tyomkin,D} Bd7 12. Nd4 Nc5 (12... g5 13. e3 Qg6
14. a3 (14. Qc2 Nb4 $6 15. Qe2 f4 $2 16. exf4 Ng4 (16... gxf4 17. Ne6 $16) 17.
f5 $1 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Nb5 $18 {Soppe,G-Gamarra,C/Asuncion 1991 (27)/1-0}
) 14... Rac8 15. Ba1 {[%cal Gb3b4]} c6 16. Na4 c5 17. Nb5 (17. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 18.
dxe6 Ne4 $13) 17... Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nc7 19. Nb6 $14 {/= Chernin,A-Vyzmanavin,A/
Tilburg 1993/0-1 (59)}) 13. a3 c6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 $2 (
16... Nxe4 $142) 17. Nc2 $1 $16 {van der Sterren - Meulders, Nederland 1992-56/
(103)}) (11. Bd2 {Tyomkin,D} g5 12. e3 Qg6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Rae8 15. Rbe1
Qh5 16. Qd1 Qg6 17. a3 f4 18. exf4 gxf4 19. Nce2 $2 (19. Bxf4 $16) 19... Nh5
20. Qb1 $14 {Lobron-Santo Roman, Cap d'Adge 1994}) 11... g5 12. a3 Kh8 $6 (
12... Bd7 $5) (12... Qg6 $5) 13. e3 Qg6 14. Qc2 h5 $2 {Wrong play of black on
the kingside turning black's position to strategicaly lost} (14... Bd7 $142 $14
{[%cal Ga8c8,Gc7c6]}) 15. Bb2 h4 $2 16. gxh4 $16 {/+-} Rg8 $6 (16... gxh4 17.
Kh1 Rg8 18. Rg1 Ng4 19. h3 (19. Bh3 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gf2f3,Gg1g6]}) 19...
Nh6 (19... Ne5 $2 20. Be4 {[%csl Rf5]}) 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 $18) 17. hxg5 $18
Qxg5 18. f4 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Rf5,Rh8] Now we can see what black got after all
attamps to attack white king} Qh5 19. Rf3 Bh6 20. Nce2 {[%cal Ge2g3]} Rg4 21.
Ng3 Qg6 22. Bh3 Bd7 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Rbf1 Rg8 25. Kh1 Be8 26. Ndxf5 Bg6 27. e4
Kh7 28. Nxe7 1-0

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1998.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Rb1 Na6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. a3 h6 (12... c6 $146 {Alterman,B-Mainka,
R/Recklinghauser Schachtage 1998/1-0(36)-CBM67}) 13. Nd4 Qf7 $146 (13... c6 14.
b4 axb4 15. axb4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. f3 Nf6 18. f4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qf7 20. Ne6
Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Bxf6 Qe3+ $11 {Lukacs,P-Hoang Than Trang/Budapest FS07
GM 1996/1/2-1/2(42)}) 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. e3 $6 (17. f3
$142 Nf6 18. f4) 17... c6 {Now it became clear that black succesfully was
decided all opening problems.} 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. c5 Ra2 $1 (19... dxc5 20. Nb3
$1 (20. bxc5 Ra2 $36) 20... Bxb2 21. Rxb2 e5 22. Nxc5 (22. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 23.
Nxc5 Bh3 24. Re1 Ra1 $1 $19) 22... Nxc5 23. bxc5 e4 24. Qd6 Rfd8 25. Rd1 $16 {
[%cal Gg2f1]}) 20. cxd6 exd6 21. Qc1 {Black has some initiative and white
decides to change some pieces.} Rc8 22. Nf3 c5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25.
Qd1 Bb5 26. Qd4+ Kh7 27. Rfc1 Bc6 (27... Rxf2 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Qe5 Bc6 30. Rb8
{-see 29...Rxf2}) 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Qe5 Qg7 (29... Rxf2 30. Rb8 Qg7 (30... Nf6
31. Kxf2 Ng4+ 32. Kg1 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Qe6 34. Nxc6) 31. Ng5+ $1) 30. Rc1 $2 (30.
Qe6 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 32. Bf1 $11) 30... Qd7 31. Qb8 (31. Nh4 Rxf2 $1 32. Bxe4
Bxe4 33. Qf6 f4 34. exf4 Re2 35. f5 $1 Bxf5 36. Nxf5 gxf5 37. Rf1 Qd4+ 38. Qxd4
cxd4 39. Rd1 (39. Rxf5 $2 d3 $19) 39... Re4 $17 {[%cal Gh7g6,Gg6f6,Gf6e5]})
31... Rxf2 $17 32. Ra1 Bb7 33. Ng5+ hxg5 34. Bxe4 Rb2 35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. Qe5 Qe7
37. Qxe7+ Rxe7 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Rc1 $4 {Typical mistake in rook endings.White
puts rook passively and black wins this ending without to many diffculties.It
was good idea to put rook behind c-pawn.} (39. Ra6 Rb7 (39... Rc7 40. Ke2 {
[%cal Ge2d3]}) 40. Rc6 Rb2+ 41. Kf3 Rc2 42. h4 gxh4 (42... Kh6 43. Rc8 g4+ 44.
Kf4 Rf2+ 45. Ke5 Rf3 46. Kf6) (42... g4+ 43. Kf4 {[%cal Gf4g5]} Kh6 44. Rc8 {
[%cal Gf4e5,Ge5f6]}) 43. gxh4 Rc4 $1 {with winning chances}) 39... Re5 $19 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Gg7f6,Gf6e6,Ge6d5,Yc5c4]} 40. Rc4 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kd6
43. Ra4 {Finally white decides to activate the rook,but it's too late.} Kd5 44.
Ra8 c4+ 45. Kd2 g4 46. Rd8+ Kc5 (46... Ke4 $6 47. Ke2 $1) 47. Rc8+ $2 (47. Rb8
$142 {was better chance.} Rd5+ (47... Re6 48. Rc8+ Rc6 49. Rb8 Rb6 50. Rc8+ Kb4
51. Kc2 Rb5 52. Re8) 48. Kc2 Rd3 49. Re8 Kd5 50. Re7 Ra3 51. Kb2 Ra6 $1 {
[%cal Ga6e6]} 52. Kc3 Ra2 $19) 47... Kb4 {Now the rest is easy job for black.}
48. Rc6 g5 49. Rc8 Ra5 50. Rb8+ Rb5 51. Rg8 Kb3 52. Kc1 Ra5 53. Kb1 Re5 54. Kc1
Rxe3 55. Kd2 Rd3+ 56. Ke2 Rd5 57. Rxg5 c3 58. Rg8 Rd2+ 59. Ke3 Rxh2 60. Rb8+
Kc2 61. Rb5 Rg2 62. Rxf5 Rxg3+ 63. Ke2 Rd3 64. Rg5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20492]} 1. d4 {Meulders} f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6.
Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 {Meulders: Hat heutzutage
das alte 10.Ne1 fast völlig verdrängt.} h6 (10... Qb6 {Tyomkin,D} 11. Be3 (11.
e3 $5) 11... a5 12. h4 Na6 13. a3 $146 Bd7 (13... Qxb2 14. Qa4 (14. Ne6 Bxe6
15. dxe6 Rab8 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Rab1 Qa7 18. Rfc1 c6 $15) 14... Qb6 (14... Qxe2
$6 15. Rfe1 Qb2 (15... Qg4 16. Bf3 Nc5 17. Qd1 $18) 16. Reb1 Qc3 17. Rc1 Qb2
18. Rab1 Qa2 19. Bf1 $16 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf1c4]}) 15. Rab1 Qa7 16. Ne6 Bxe6
17. dxe6 c6 (17... Rfb8 18. Qxa5 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxb7 $16) 18. d5 $5 (
18. Qxa5 {[%cal Gd4d5]} d5 19. Qb6 $13 {[%csl Rb7]}) 18... Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5
20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 $14) 14. Qd3 Rfc8 (14... c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. d5 c5 17.
Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Rab8 19. Rab1 Nc7 20. b4 $16) 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 c6 17. h5
$14 {[%cal Gh5g6,Gg3g4] Gelfand,B-Malaniuk,V/President's Cup 1998/1-0(33)} (17.
g4 $5 fxg4 18. h5 gxh5 19. Be4 (19. Qf5 {[%cal Gg2e4]} d5 20. Qxh5 $40) 19...
h6 20. Bg6 $16 {[%cal Gg6f7,Gd3g6]})) 11. Ne6 (11. Nh3 g5 12. Re1 (12. f4 g4
13. Nf2 Qb6 14. e3 Na6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. a4 c6 $13 {Wells,P-Hoang Than Trang/
Honved-B 1997/1-0(43)} (16... c6 17. Qe1 Rac8 18. Ba5 Qb3 19. Qe2 b5 $2 (19...
cxd5 $15) 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. axb5 Rc2 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 Nc7
25. Ne1 $18 {1-0 Wells,P-Hoang Than Trang/Honved-B 1997/EXP 58 (43)})) 12...
Qb6 13. e3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bc3 Bd7 16. f4 g4 17. Nf2 c6 $11 {Stocek,
J-Hoang Than Trang/Budapest FS04 GM 1996/1/2-1/2(44)} (17... c6 {Meulders} 18.
dxc6 bxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stocek,J-Hoang Than Trang/Budapest FS04 GM 1996/EXP 52 
(44)})) (11. a4 Qb6 12. Nf3 a5 (12... Nd7 13. Ne1 Nf6 14. Nc2 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6
16. a5 Qb5 17. Na3 Qxa5 18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. d5 Ne4 21. Be3 Qb3 $11 {
Kisseleva,N-Hoang Than Trang/Kishinev izt-W 1995/EXT 95/1/2-1/2 (86)}) 13. Be3
Na6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Ne1 Nb4 16. Nc2 {Meulders: +/=/=} Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Bd7 18. Qd3
c6 $11 {Hansen,L-Malaniuk,V/Espergarde PC 1992/1/2-1/2(28)} (18... c6 {Meulders
} 19. Ra3 Rfc8 20. Rb3 Qa7 $11 {29. - Bxa4 +/=/= 1/2-1/2 Hansen,L-Malaniuk,V/
Espergarde PC 1992/CBM 33/[Schussler] (28)})) 11... Bxe6 12. dxe6 d5 (12... Nc6
$6 13. d5 Ne5 14. e4 c6 15. exf5 $16 {Krivoshey,S-Dovzik,J/UKR-chT 1991/1-0(38)
} (15. exf5 {Meulders} Rxf5 16. Be4 Rf6 17. Be3 Qc4 18. f3 c5 19. b3 Qc3 20.
Qe2 {und nicht 20.Qc2, wie falsch in der Notation angegeben!} Raf8 21. Rac1 Qb4
22. Kg2 g5 23. Bd2 Qa3 24. Bc3 $14 {Krivoshey,S-Dovzik,J UKR- chT 1991/EXT 97})
) (12... c6 13. a4 (13. d5 $6 cxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc6 16. Be3 Rac8 17.
Rab1 b6 18. Rfc1 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 $11 {Mikhaletz,L-Hoang Thang Trang/FSGM
April, Budapest HUN 1998/1-0 (61)}) 13... Qb4 $6 (13... Qc4 $5 14. d5 cxd5 15.
Bxd5 Qa6 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Qd2 $14) 14. Ra3 {'?!' Meulders.} (14. e3 {Meulders})
14... Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rb3 {Meulders: und statt das bizarre} a5 {
Meulders: erscheint mir jetzt ...b6 normal} (16... b6 {Meulders} 17. Bxh6 Rf6
18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 d5 20. b4 Na6 21. b5 Nc7 22. bxc6 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rd6 $11)
17. Bxh6 $16 {Varga,Z-Varga,P/Budapest FS02 GM 1996/1-0(24)}) 13. a4 Qc4 (13...
Qc6 $6 14. Qb3 Rd8 15. Bf4 $1 Na6 16. Rac1 Qxe6 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qc6 $16) 14.
e3 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty which is, in my opinion,stronger than 14.Be3.}
(14. Be3 c6 15. Qd2 Na6 16. Bxh6 Qb4 17. Qf4 {'?' Meulders.} (17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfc1 Rf6 20. a5 Rxe6 21. Kf1 $14) 17... Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rf6 19. Qf4
(19. e3 $5 $13 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5]}) 19... Rc8 20. Rfc1 Nc7 $13 {[%csl Re6]
Stohl,I-Topalov,V/Elenite 1992/0-1(37)} (20... Nc7 {Meulders} 21. Rc2 Kg7 22.
e3 Nxe6 23. Qf3 Rh8 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 Nxg5 $15 {0-1 Stohl,I-Topalov,V/Elenite
1992/CBM 32 (37)})) 14... c6 $2 {Black plays tritely and quickly gets bed
position.} (14... Qc6 $1 {After this move I don't see how white can get clear
advantage.} 15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Qb5 $5 (16. Bd2 Na6 17. Rfc1 Qxe6 18. Qxb7 Rab8 (
18... c5 19. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 20. Qxa6 Rd6 21. Qe2 cxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Bc3 $16)
19. Rc6 (19. Qc6 Rd6 20. Qc2 c5) (19. Qxa7 $6 c5) 19... Rxb7 20. Rxe6 Nb8 $1 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Rg8f7]} (20... Rxb2 21. Rxa6 Rxd2 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 22. Rc1 $1 $16
) (20... Rb6 21. Rxb6 $16) 21. Rxe7 Kf8 22. Rxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 $44) 16... Qxe6
17. Qxb7 Na6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxa6 Rd6 20. Qb5 e5 $1) 15. Bd2 {Now black
queen in a danger and black should waste time to take care for the queen.} a5 {
This move lets white to open queenside with b2-b4 and to get strong pressure
over b-file.} (15... Rf6 16. b4 (16. Re1 {[%cal Rg2f1]} Qa6) 16... Rxe6 17. b5
$1 (17. Qb1 Nd7 18. Rc1 Qe2 $1) 17... Nd7 18. Re1 $1 {[%cal Rg2f1]} (18. Qb1
Rb8 $1) 18... cxb5 19. Rc1 Qa2 20. Rc2 $1 Qxa4 21. Bxd5 Nf8 22. Rc7 $16) 16.
Qb1 Rf6 17. b4 axb4 18. Rc1 Qa6 19. Qxb4 $16 {[%csl Rb7] /+-} Rxe6 20. Rab1 (
20. a5 $2 Nd7 21. Rab1 Rb8) 20... Rd6 (20... Qxa4 21. Qxb7 (21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22.
Rxb7 Ra8 $1 (22... Na6 23. Rxc6 $1) 23. Rc7 {[%cal Gc7c8]} Kf7 24. Rc8 Ra2 25.
Bc3 Nd7 $1 26. Rxc6 $1 Nf6 $14 {/=}) 21... Kf7 (21... Qa6 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23.
Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 24. Bxd5+ $16) 22. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Rb1a1]} (22. Bf1 {Meulders} Rd6
23. Ra1 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Rxa1 25. Qxb8 $18)) (20... Ra7 21. a5 $16 {[%cal Rg2f1]}
(21. Bf1 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 Rxa4 23. Rxb7 Na6 $1 {Now white cann't take on-c6.}))
21. Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Rxb7 $18 {White has pair of bishops,passed pawn-a4 and
active rooks which attack black weeknesses.Black's position is lost.} e5 (22...
Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxc6 Rxa4 25. Bxd5+ $18) 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. a5 Rd8 25. h4
h5 26. Bf1 {[%cal Ra5a6]} Kf8 27. a6 $1 Bd6 (27... Nxa6 28. Rxc6 Rd6 29. Rxd6
Bxd6 30. Rb6 $18) 28. a7 Nd7 29. Ba5 Nc5 {[%tqu "En","Find the last move in
this game.","","","c1c5","",10]} 30. Rxc5 $1 (30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32.
Rb8) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Na6
{Other moves, like Qe8 and h6, have some point as well, but Na6 looks the most
logical developing move;} (8... Qe8 {0-1 Simutowe,A-Gelashvili,T/Lausanne 2001/
CBM 82 ext (28)}) 9. e4 {Principle reply; Other moves are more quite and white
can expect to get small opening edge by those ways:} (9. Rb1 Bd7 (9... Nc7 10.
a4 (10. b3 Nh5 11. Bb2 f4 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Rbe1 Qd7 14. e3 fxg3 15. fxg3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Wirthensohn,H/Pontresina 2000/CBM 79 (40)}) 10... Rb8 11.
b3 h6 12. Ne1 a6 13. Nd3 g5 14. b4 $14 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,N-Skripchenko,A/
Kishinev 1998/CBM 63 ext (50)}) 10. b3 Rb8 (10... Qe8 11. Bb2 Nc7 {/\ ...b5}) (
10... Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. b4 cxb4 13. Rxb4 Rb8 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5
a5 17. Rb6 Na6 18. Be3 $16 {Petrosian,T-Matulovic,M/Sarajevo 1972 1-0(40)}) 11.
Bb2 h6 12. Re1 Qe8 13. a3 g5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Neverov,V-Vokac,M/
Lazne Bohdanec 1996/CBM 51/[Johnson,M] (52)}) (9. Re1 Rb8 (9... Nc7 10. a4 Rb8
11. Bg5 {1-0 Mittelman,G-Wall,T/Hampstead 1998/EXT 99 (42)}) 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. a4
Nb4 12. Bd2 {1-0 Stohl,I-Vokac,M/BL9293 1993/GER-chT (49)}) 9... fxe4 10. Ng5
Bg4 {[%cal Yb7b5,Ye7e6] Black has tried couple of other moves in this
position- but all is about pawn breaks here: black would try to push b7-b5, or,
in the worse case, e7-e6;} (10... Rb8 11. Ncxe4 $6 {Now black can lead b7-b5,
getting counterplay over b-file:} b5 12. cxb5 Rxb5 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Nc3 Rb6 $11
{0-1 Freisler,P-Vokac,M/Prague 2000/CBM 79 ext (36)}) (10... Nc7 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 $6 (12. Nxe4 b5 $132) 12... Bh3 13. Bg2 (13. Re1 $5) 13... Qd7 14. a4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 e6 $15 16. Ra3 Rf5 17. g4 Rf7 18. h3 Raf8 19. Be3 exd5 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxb2 22. Rb3 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Anastasian,A-Ivanov,M/Ubeda 1996/CBM
51 ext (22)}) 11. Qb3 $146 {This move was prepared by Alon probably in his
home-preparation to the game; Vocac had number of games in this line already,
and he was ready to try it again, even despite of his loss to Burmakin in the
previous game in this opening line;} (11. Qd2 Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Ngxe4 a6 (
13... Nxe4 $5) 14. Ng5 b5 $6 {That's the wrong time for this break- e7 spot of
black becomes vulnerable after the position has been getting open;} 15. axb5
axb5 16. cxb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Ra7 Rb4 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Re1 Rd4 21. Ne6
Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Rb7 $1 $16 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Vokac,M/Pardubice 2001/CBM
83 ext (75)}) 11... Rb8 12. Bd2 (12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 b5 14. cxb5 Be2 $132)
12... Nc7 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 13. a4 {b7-b5 is stopped, but there is another
typical break available now:} (13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 $2 b5 $17)
14... Qd7 $15 {[%cal Yb7b5,Ye7e6,Yg4h3]}) {b7-b5 is stopped, but there is
another typical break available now:} 13... e6 14. Ncxe4 $2 {This move leads
white into some troubles; The only way to fight for advantage was:} (14. h3 h6
{Quite annoying reply, probably that's the reason why Alon had declined 14.h3;}
(14... e3 15. fxe3 $1 (15. Bxe3 exd5 $1 16. hxg4 $140 d4) 15... h6 16. hxg4
hxg5 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Nd5 $14 Nxg4 $140 19. Bh3 $18) (14... Bf3 15. Bxf3 exf3
{This is not easy to choose for white the right capture here, but both of them
lead to some edge of white:} 16. dxe6 (16. Nxe6 Qd7 17. Rae1 (17. Ng5 h6 18.
Nxf3 Qxh3 $17 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 19. Nh2 Nd7 {[%cal Gf8f5,Yf5h5,Gd7e5]}) 17... Rfe8
18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxf3 Qxh3 20. Rxe8+ Ncxe8 21. Re1 $14) 16... Qe7 17. Rae1 h6 18.
Nxf3 Nxe6 19. Re3 (19. Nh4 Qd7 $1 20. Nxg6 Nd4 {[%csl Yb3,Yf3,Yh3]}) 19... Rbe8
20. Rfe1 $14) 15. hxg4 hxg5 16. dxe6 (16. Nxe4 exd5 17. cxd5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 b5
$132) (16. Bxg5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 $1 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxe4 Bd4 $44) 16... Nxe6
{[%cal Ge6d4]} 17. Nxe4 Nxg4 18. Rae1 {[%cal Gb3d1]} Ne5 19. Bc3 $14) 14...
exd5 15. cxd5 Nxe4 {It was better to adjorn this trade leading b7-b5 directly-
d5 pawn is hanging in some cases now:} (15... b5 $142 $1 16. Bc3 (16. axb5 Nxb5
$15 {[%cal Gb5d4]}) 16... Nfxd5 (16... c4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15))
16. Nxe4 b5 17. Bc3 Bf5 {Bit stronger was:} (17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 $1 (18. Nxc3
c4 $15) (18. bxc3 Be2 19. Rfe1 Bc4 $15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 18... Bf5 $15 (18... Nxd5
$6 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. axb5 Rxb5 21. Rxa7 $14) 19. Qd2 (19. Rfe1 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Bxe4
$15) 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qf6 $15) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfe1 bxa4 $6 {Black had
wasted all his advantage by series of unaccurate moves;} (19... Kg8 20. a5 $5 {
keeping b-file closed;} Qd7 $15 {[%cal Gb8e8]}) 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Rxa4 Nb5 22.
Qd2 $11 Rb7 23. b4 Bxe4 (23... c4 24. Ra6 Bxe4 {-same to the game;}) (23...
cxb4 24. Rxb4 $11) 24. Bxe4 (24. Rxe4 Nd4 $11) 24... c4 25. Ra6 Qf6 26. Rc6 c3
27. Qe3 Re7 28. Kg2 $1 {White has to play accurately to reach the balance;} Na3
$6 {Black could secrifice an exchange for the pawn not risking much to lose in
the following line:} (28... Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kh3 Rf5 $40 {
[%cal Yg8g7,Yg7h6,Gf5h5]}) 30... Kg7 (30... Rf5 31. Qe7 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ $11)
31. Rc4 (31. g4 Rf4 32. Qe7+ Rf7 33. Qe4 Kh6 34. Rc4 Kg5 35. Qe8 Kh4 36. Qe4
Qf3+ 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 $15) 31... Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qxe4 33. Rcxe4 (33. Rexe4 Rf5 34.
Re7+ Kf6 $17) 33... Rf5 34. Rd1 {and white probably keeps balance over here;})
29. Re2 Nb5 30. Rc4 Na3 31. Rc6 Nb5 32. Rc4 Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tella, Jussi"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. b5 {Another move, which was tried
in this position, is:} (12. a3) 12... Nc5 {12...cxb5 is the main line, and
black has good chances to equalize there:} (12... cxb5 {Tyomkin,D} 13. cxb5 Nc5
14. a4 Rc8 15. Nd4 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 Qf7 18. e3 Qa2 $146 19. Nc6 Bxc6
20. Bxg7 Bxb5 21. axb5 Kxg7 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rxa7 Rf7 24. Qa1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Alterman,B-Zhang Zhong/Beijing 1997/CBM 61/[Tyomkin,D] (42)}) 13. Nd4 Nfe4 {
Following sac of exchange can not be recommended:} (13... cxb5 $6 14. Bxa8 Qxa8
15. Ndxb5 Rc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Qxd5 18. cxd5 Rb8 19. Nc3 Rxb1 20. Nxb1
Bb5 21. Be3 $16 {1-0 Piket,J-Gurevich,M/Groningen 1992/CBM 34 (35)}) 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 {14...fxe4 looks a bit safer for black. The move in the game begins nice
tactical struggle.} (14... fxe4 15. bxc6 (15. Be3 Kh8 $2 (15... cxb5) (15...
Rc8) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qc2 $16 {1-0 Fominyh,
A-Moskalenko,V/Budapest 1990/CBM 20 ext (36)}) 15... Bg4 {[%csl Re2][%cal
Gg7d4]} (15... Bxc6) 16. Be3 $6 (16. f3 $1) 16... Qc8 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Rxb3
Qxc6 19. Qb1 Qxc4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Koch,W-Krizsany,L/
Budapest 1992/CBM 30 ext (21)}) 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne6 Qc8 (16... Nc3 17. Nxg7
Qc8 18. Qd3 {-16...Qc8}) 17. Nxg7 {White should capture the bishop, which
costs more expensive here than the rook.} (17. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 {[%csl Rb1]}) (17.
Nxf8 Nc3 18. Qc2 (18. Bxc6 Nxd1 19. Bxa8 Nc3 $17)) 17... Nc3 $6 $146 (17...
Kxg7 18. Bxe4 $6 {Of course, this way white can not expect to get any
advantage. Better was to keep light pieces in the game.} (18. f3 $5) 18... Bxe4
19. Bb2+ Kf7 20. Rc1 Rb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jelen,I-Eliet,N/Gent 1992/CBM 32 ext (41)
}) 18. Qd3 Bxg2 (18... Nxb1 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Ne6 (20. Bh6 Rfc8 21. Rxb1 Qxc4
$14) 20... Rfc8 (20... Rf6 21. Nd4 Qe4 22. Bg5 $1) 21. Be3 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4
23. Rxb1 Rc2 24. Rb7 $16) 19. Qxc3 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qc6 $4 {Here black had missed
big defensive chance.} (20... f4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf8f6,Ge7e5]} 21. gxf4 ({
The point is:} 21. Bxf4 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Rxf4 {[%cal Rh3c3]}) 21... Rf6 22. Bb2 Rb8
$1 {[%cal Gb8b2] and black has good chances to save.}) 21. f3 $18 Kf7 {Black
takes control over-e6 square limiting white knight, but the problem of black
is that there are still too many pieces on the board, and white is able to
create an attack on black king.} 22. Bh6 Rfc8 23. Qe3 {White gets decisive
attack on black king.} Qd7 (23... e5 24. c5 $1 {[%cal Ge3b3]} Qxc5 25. Qb3+ $18
{[%cal Gb3b7]}) {[%tqu "En","White has a decisive blow. Find it out.","","",
"b1b7","",10]} 24. Rb7 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Rc7 (24... Qxb7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Nxf5+
Ke8 27. Nxd6+ $18) 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. Nh5+ Ke8 28. Nf6+ Kd8 29.
Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.06.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Be3 Na6 {It's not easy to get some serious advantage for white in this line.
Normally white gets slightly better position,which ususally can be transformed
to balanced by accurate play of black.Even,such strong positional player as
Kramnik, didn't show the way to advantage in his few games he played in this
variation with white pieces.} 10. Qd2 (10. Qc1 Ng4 (10... e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12.
Nd4 c6 13. b3 Ng4 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Qc2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Yakovich,Y-Lastin,A/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (47)}) 11. Bd4 (11. Bf4 Bd7 (11... Nc5
12. h3 e5 13. dxe6 Ne5 14. Nd5 Nxe6 15. Bh6 Qf7 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Ng5 Bxh6 18.
Nxf7 Bxc1 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Raxc1 {1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Santo Roman,M/Narbonne
1997/CBM 61 (20)}) 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bh6 c6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. dxc6 Bxc6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Bareev,E/Novgorod 1997/CBM
60 (30)}) 11... Bh6 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nb6 Rb8
17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. b3 a4 19. Rb1 axb3 20. axb3 Nb4 21. e3 Bg7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Vyzmanavin,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 40 ext (45)}) (10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Re1 h6
12. Bd4 Qf7 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bf5 17. Re2 Rae8
18. Nh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kolbus,D-Hoang Than Trang/Budapest 1997/CBM 58 ext (24)})
10... Bd7 (10... Ng4 11. Bf4 Nc5 (11... e5 12. dxe6 Nc5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nd5 hxg5
15. Nxc7 gxf4 16. Nxe8 $16 {0-1 Gyimesi,Z-Jakubiec,A/Kecskemet 1997/CBM 58 ext
(46)}) 12. h3 (12. Nd4 h6 (12... e5 $142) 13. h3 Ne5 14. Ncb5 $1 Qd8 15. Bxh6
Nxc4 16. Qc1 Ne5 17. Bxg7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kelly,B-Santo Roman,M/Linares 1995/CBM
51/[Johnson,M] (27)}) 12... Nf6 13. Bh6 e5 14. dxe6 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qe3
Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bxe6 $11 {1-0 Fominyh,A-Szabolcsi,J/Budapest 1992/CBM 30 ext (62)
}) 11. Rfe1 $146 (11. Bh6 Qf7 12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Rfe1 Rae8 15. e4
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nfxe4 17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. Re3 e5 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxb7 Bxc4 21.
Rxe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krizsany,L-Hoang Thang Trang/FSGM June, Budapest HUN 1997 
(59)}) 11... Rb8 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge7e5] intending e7-e5.In that case,after
dxe6 Bxe6 Nd4,pawn-b7 is protected.} (11... e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Ng5 c6 (13...
Bxc4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Qd4 Bb5 16. Bg2 Nb4 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Qd2 $14) 14. Bf4
Rd8 (14... Bxc4 $2 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Qf4) 15. e4 $14) 12. Ba7 Rd8 13. Bd4 e5 14.
dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Nc5 16. Nb5 Nce4 17. Qxa5 (17. Qc2 Qe7 $11) 17... c5 18. Bxf6
(18. Nc7 Qe7 (18... Qf7 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Ng5 $1) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 {-18.Bxf6}) 18...
Bxf6 19. Rad1 $2 (19. Nc7 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bc3 21. Rxc3 b6 22. Qxb6 Nxc3 23. Nd2 $1
{[%csl Ge4] White has 2 pawns for exchange and looks better in this position.})
19... Ra8 20. Qb6 Qb8 21. Rxd6 (21. Qc7 Rxa2 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Nxd6 Bc3 $1 24.
Rf1 (24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Ng5 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Bf5 27. Bxe4 (27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4
Rb2 $17) 27... Bxe4 28. Nxe4 b6 $17) 24... Rxe2 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Ng5 Bf5 27.
g4 Bxg4 (27... h6 28. gxf5 hxg5 29. fxg6 Bd4 $15 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb8f8]}) 28.
Nxe4 Bd4 $1 29. Rxd4 $140 cxd4 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxg4 h5 {[%csl Rg4]}) (21. Nxd6
Ra6 22. Qxb7 Rxd6 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxd6 Nxd6 $17) 21... Nxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23.
Nxd6 Rxa2 24. Nxb7 Be7 {[%csl Rb7] The knight is trapped on-b7 for a while .
White finds a way to save this knight,but not the game.} 25. Ne5 Ra7 26. Nd3
Rc8 27. Rd1 Rc7 28. Nf4 Bf7 29. Nd8 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Nxf7 Rd1+ 32. Bf1
Kxf7 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gd1b1] White can not protect pawn-b3,but still there are
some drawing chances for white in this ending.} 33. h4 Rb1 34. e3 Bd6 35. Nh3
$2 {Of course,white has to keep the knight,but not this way.} (35. Nd5 Rxb3 $17
{[%csl Rf2][%cal Gd6e5,Ge5c3,Gc3e1,Yb3b2] The next plan of black is to attack
pawn f2,and black has large winning chances.}) 35... Kf6 36. f4 $2 (36. Kg2
$142 Rxb3 37. Ng5 h6 38. Nf3 Bc7 39. Ne1 Ba5 40. Nd3 Bb4 41. Nf4 Rb2 $17 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Gg6g5]}) 36... Rxb3 37. Kf2 Bc7 $19 {[%csl Rh3] Nh3 stays out
of play,which facilitates blacks job in this ending.} 38. Kf3 Ba5 39. Nf2 Bd2
40. Nd3 Rc3 41. Ke2 Bc1 42. Nxc5 Bxe3 43. Nd3 Bd4 44. c5 Bxc5 45. Nxc5 Rxc5 46.
Bg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf1 Ke6 48. Bb7 Kd6 49. Ba8 Kc5 50. Bb7 Kd4 51. Ba8 Ke3 52. Bd5 h6
53. Kg1 Rd2 {This ending is winning for black even with the pawn on-h5 
(instead of h6).There decides the same break- g6-g5!In this ending everything
is much easier.} 54. Bc6 Rd6 55. Bb7 g5 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} 56. fxg5 hxg5 57. hxg5
Rg6 {and black wins g3-pawn,as well.} 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 (6. Nd2 {Tyomkin,D} d6
7. d5 $146 Ne5 8. Nh3 O-O 9. Nf3 (9. Nf4 $142 $14) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 (10.
exf3 $5 e6 11. dxe6 Qe7 12. O-O Bxe6 13. Re1 (13. Qxb7 $2 Bc4 {[%cal Rf8b8]})
13... Bxb3 14. Rxe7 Rf7 15. Re1 {[%cal Gh3g5,Gf3f4]}) 10... e5 11. dxe6 Qe7 12.
Nf4 c6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} (12... g5 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bxg5
Qxg5 16. e7+ cxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. exf8=Q+ $13) 13. h4 Ng4 14. Bxg4 $6 {
Johannessen,L-Akesson,R/Anniversary 75th 1997/0-1(22)} (14. O-O $142) (14. e4
$6 Ne5 15. Bg2 fxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 $36)) 6... e6 7. c4 $146 (7. O-O O-O 8. c4 (8.
Nbd2 a5 9. a4 d5 10. Qc2 b6 11. b3 Ne4 12. Ba3 $14 {Sokolov,I-Malaniuk,V/
Moscow olm 1994/1-0(35)}) 8... Qe7 9. Nc3 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 c6 12. Qc2
Bxe6 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 Nf7 $11 {Gostisa,L-Lutz,C/Graz zt 1993/1/2-1/2(33)})
7... O-O (7... Qe7 $142 $1 8. Nc3 (8. d5 $2 Qb4+) 8... d6) 8. d5 Nb8 9. O-O Na6
10. Nc3 d6 11. dxe6 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nxe6 $6 (12... Bxe6 13. b4 (13. Rd1 Qe7 $14 (
13... Bxc4 $140 14. Na4 $16 {[%cal Yd1d8]})) 13... Na6 14. Rb1 {[%cal Rf3d4]}
c5 (14... Bxc4 $2 15. Nd2 {[%csl Rb7]}) 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Rd1 $14) 13. Rd1 a5
14. b3 Qe8 15. e3 Ng4 16. Bb2 g5 $6 {Black doesn't care about how to develope
pieces,and starts an active play-the best way to get losing position!} 17. Nd5
Qf7 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nd4 Nc5 $2 {[%csl Rc7]} (19... Ng6 20. f4 $1 $16) (19...
Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Be6 21. f4 $16) 20. f4 $1 gxf4 21. exf4 Ng6 22. Nb5 Na6 23. Re1
$18 {[%cal Rd5b6,Rd5f6,Yg2d5] Black is hopeless.There is no way to finish
development in this game.} Kh8 24. a3 Rb8 25. Rad1 Qd7 26. Re3 (26. Re3 b6 27.
Rde1 {[%cal Ge3e7]}) 1-0

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1998.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Rb1 Na6 10. b3 Bd7 (10... h6 {Tyomkin,D} 11. Nd4 $5 $146 g5 12. a3 Kh8 $6 (
12... Bd7 $5) (12... Qg6 $5) 13. e3 Qg6 14. Qc2 h5 $2 {Wrong play of black on
the kingside turning black's position to strategicaly lost} (14... Bd7 $142 $14
{[%cal Ga8c8,Gc7c6]}) 15. Bb2 h4 $2 16. gxh4 $16 {/+- Zifroni,D-Gershon,A/
Czerniak-mem Bikurei 1997/1-0(27)}) 11. Bb2 Nc5 (11... c6 12. Na4 (12. a3 Rc8 (
12... h6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. dxc6 Bxc6 (14... bxc6 15. c5 $1) 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Ne6
Qc8 17. Nxf8 Bxf1 18. Nxg6 Qe8 19. Bxf6 $16 {Vaulin,A-Potapov,A/Zepter Open,
Minsk BLR 1998/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 13. Na4 Qd8 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. c5 d5 16. Nb6 Rb8
17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nc7 19. Be5 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h3 Nf6 22. Ne5 $16 {
Van der Sterren,P-Glek,I/BL9697 1997/1-0 (51)}) 12... Qd8 13. Ng5 (13. dxc6
bxc6 14. c5 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Vyzmanavin,A/Tilburg 1993}) 13... h6 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 Rb8 (15... Nc7 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Nd7 Rxe6 19. Nc5 $1)
16. Bc3 b5 17. Nb2 Qb6 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Nd3 b4 21. Nf4 Kh7 22. h4
$14 {Tunik,G-Potapov,A/Katowice op 1993/1-0 (122)}) (11... h6 12. Nd4 g5 13. e3
Qg6 14. a3 Rac8 $132 {[%cal Gc7c6] Chernin,A-Vyzmanavin,A/Tilburg rapid20 1993/
0-1 (59)}) 12. a3 c6 $5 $146 (12... e5 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. Nd5 Qf7 15. e3 Ne4 16.
Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Nd2 N4c5 18. Qc2 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Gershon,A/Antwerp op
1995/1-0(42)}) (12... h6 13. Nd4 Qf7 $146 {Kachiani Gersinska,K-Mainka,R/
Recklinghauser Schachtage 1998/0-1(63)-CBM67}) 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Na6 $2 (
14... Nce4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. c5 $1) 16. Ng5 Bf5 $132)
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. c5 $5 (16. b5 Nc5 (16... cxb5 17. cxb5 Nc5 18. Nd4 Rb8 19.
Nc6 Rb6 20. Qc2 {[%cal Gb2a3]} Qf7 21. Ba3 $16) 17. Nd4 Nfe4 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19.
Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd5 $14) 16... dxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne5 $44 {[%csl Rc6,Rd7]
[%cal Gd1c2,Yf1c1] White has very active position of pieces which promises
white initiative.} Qc8 (18... Rd8 19. Qc2 $36 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 19. Qc2 Be8 $6 {
[%csl Rf8] It was good idea to think about development of rook-f8.} (19... Qc7
$142 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Rfc1 {[%cal Gc3b5]} Ra5 $1 {and position is equal about.})
20. Rfc1 Kh8 21. Nd1 Nce4 22. Nxc6 Qe6 (22... Bxc6 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 $14 {
[%cal Gc6c7]}) 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. Ne3 Ra2 25. Ra1 e5 $2 {leads to the tactical
struggle which is preferable for white.} (25... Ba4 26. Qb1 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Bd7
28. Qa7 $36) (25... Rxa1 26. Rxa1 (26. Bxa1 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Ng4+) 26... Nxf2 27.
Kxf2 Ng4+ 28. Nxg4 fxg4+ 29. Nf3 $11) 26. Nf3 $16 Nxf2 27. Nxe5 (27. Kxf2 Rxa1
28. Nxe5 (28. Rxa1 Ng4+) 28... Qe7 29. Rxa1 Ng4+ 30. N3xg4 fxg4+ 31. Nf3 gxf3
32. exf3 $16) 27... Qa7 28. Rxa2 Qxe3 29. Qc5 Qb3 $2 (29... Bh6 30. Qxe3 (30.
Kf1 Nd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1b2]} 31. Ba3 Ng4 $1 32. Ke1 $1 Nxh2 $1) 30... Bxe3 31. Rc8
N2g4+ (31... Nd1+ 32. Kf1 Nxb2 33. Rxb2 Bd4 34. Rb5 $1 Bxb5 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36.
Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rxf6 $16) 32. Kf1 Nxh2+ 33. Ke1 $16 {[%cal Re5d7]}) 30. Qa3 Qb6
31. e3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb2d4]} (31. Qa7 $6 Qb3 32. Kxf2 (32. Rc7 Qd1+ 33. Kxf2
Ng4+ 34. Nxg4 fxg4+ 35. Bf3 (35. Ke3 Qb3+ 36. Kd2 Bxb2) 35... Rxf3+ 36. exf3
Qd2+ $11) 32... Ng4+ 33. Nxg4 fxg4+ 34. Kg1 Bxb2 $132) 31... N2e4 32. Bd4 Qe6
33. Rb2 h5 34. Rb6 Qd5 35. Rc7 Bh6 36. Qe7 Kg8 {[%tqu "En","Find final move of
this game.","","","b6f6","",10]} 37. Rxf6 $1 {[%cal Rg2d5]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. Nbd2 Rb8 (9... Ng4 10. e4 f4 11. e5 fxg3 12. hxg3 dxe5 13. dxe5 h6 14.
Qe2 $14 {Hoeksema,H-Beim,V/Dieren 1998/EXT 99/1-0(33)}) (9... e5 10. dxe5 Nd7
11. Qc2 dxe5 12. Rfd1 Nb4 13. Qc3 $14 {- Arkell,K-Malaniuk,V/Hastings 1995/CBM
48 ext /1/2-1/2(51)}) 10. a3 {[%csl Yb4][%cal Gd1c2]} (10. d5 b5 (10... c5 $142
) 11. Nd4 bxc4 12. Nc6 $16 {Vaulin,A-Krizsany,L/Harkany 1993/EXT 97/1-0(62)}) (
10. Rc1 b5 11. d5 (11. c5 Bb7 12. a3 Bd5 13. b4 h6 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Ne1 Bxg2
16. Nxg2 Nd5 $11 {[%cal Gd5b6] 0-1 Lerner,K-Mainka,R/Bad Woerishofen 1997/CBM
57 ext (55)}) 11... b4 12. Nd4 e5 13. dxe6 Bb7 14. Nb5 $6 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxe6
16. Nxa7 c5 17. Nb5 d5 $36 {Vaulin,A-Makarov,M/Smolensk 1991/CBM 24/0-1 (57)})
(10. Re1 b5 11. Bc3 bxc4 12. bxc4 Bb7 13. Rb1 e6 14. e3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {
- Obukhov,A-Kramnik,V/Kuibishev 1990/CBM 21/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 10... b5 11. Qc2 c6
$146 (11... h6 12. Rae1 g5 13. b4 c6 14. c5 Nc7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Rfe1 $14 {
Ivanov,T-Daniliuk,S/Smolensk 1992/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 12. Rae1 bxc4 13. bxc4
c5 {[%mdl 16]} 14. Ba1 $6 (14. d5 {[%cal Ge2e4,Yb2a1]} f4 15. Ba1 (15. e4 fxe3
16. fxe3 {[%cal Ge3e4]} (16. Rxe3 $2 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxd5 $17) 16... Bf5 $15 {
[%csl Rb2]} 17. e4 $140 Nxe4 (17... Rxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxe4 19. Qb7 $18) 18. Bxg7
Nxd2 (18... Nf6 $2 19. Bxf8 Bxc2 20. Bxe7 $18) 19. Qxd2 Kxg7)) 14... cxd4 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga6c5] Black gets better pawn structure and outpost c5 for the
knight.} 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Nc6 Rb7 17. Nb4 Rb8 18. Nc6 Rb7 19. Nb4 Rb6 {White
wants to force a draw,but Onischuk decides to play for a win.There was 3-times
repetetion after Rb8.} 20. Bxf6 (20. Nb3 Qa4 21. Nxc5 Qxc2 22. Nxc2 dxc5 $15 {
[%cal Gc8e6]}) (20. Nd3 $5 $11) 20... Bxf6 21. Nd5 Rb8 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rb1
Bd7 24. Qc3 Rf8 25. Qa5 a6 26. Bd5+ e6 27. Bf3 Qd8 28. Qc3 (28. Qxd8 $15 {
[%csl Gc5,Rd2]}) 28... Qc7 29. h4 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rb8 31. Rb4 Rf8 32. h5 gxh5 33.
Qe3 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Yg5,Yh4]} 34. Qd4 (34. Bxh5 e5 $15 {[%cal Gf5f4]} (34... Bc6
35. Bf3 $11) (34... Qf6 35. Rb6)) 34... Be8 35. Nb3 $2 (35. Qf4 $142 {[%cal
Gf4h6]} Bg6 (35... e5 36. Qh6 f4 (36... Qf6 $4 37. Bd5+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Rxf6 39.
Rb8 $18) 37. Bd5+ Bf7 38. Rb8 $1 Qxb8 39. Qg5+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ $11)
36. Qh6 $132) 35... e5 $17 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. Qb2 (37. Qd2 f4 (37... a5 38. Qh6
$1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gb3a5]}) 38. Nxc5 dxc5 39. Rb3 h4 $17) 37... Nd7 {The
extra pawn-h5 became the strong weapon against white king.After h5-h4 black
will totaly destroy the castle of white's king.} 38. Nd2 (38. Rb7 f4 39. Qc3
Qg5 $17 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh5h4] with attack.}) 38... h4 $19 39. c5 (39. Nf1 f4
$19) 39... hxg3 (39... Nxc5 $2 40. Rxh4) 40. c6 (40. fxg3 Nxc5 $19) 40... gxf2+
41. Kf1 Nf6 42. Rb8 Qa5 43. Bf3 Ne4 44. Qb4 Nxd2+ 45. Kxf2 Ne4+ 46. Bxe4 fxe4+
47. Ke3 Qd5 48. c7 Qf7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. exf5 $6 {quite dangerous continuation
for white.Bg7 is entering strongly to the game.} (12. Re1 {is more popular
continuation}) 12... gxf5 $15 {[%cal Ye5e4]} (12... Bxf5 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Re1
Rd7 14. Qc1 Rad8 15. Nh4 $6 (15. Nxe5 $142 Nxe5 16. f4 $13) 15... e4 $15 16.
Nxf5 gxf5 17. Qg5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Bb2 c6 $15 {Temirbaev,
S-Beliavsky,A/URS-chT Azov 1991/0-1(36)}) 13. Re1 $146 (13. Ng5 $2 {Tyomkin,D}
Rd7 14. Nd5 e4 15. f3 $2 (15. Bb2 $4 Nxd5 {[%csl Rg5]}) (15. Rc1 $142 Ne5 $15 {
[%cal Gc7c6,Ge5d3]} (15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 {[%csl Rd5]} 17. d6)) 15... e3 16.
Re1 h6 17. Nh3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Rxd5 $17 {/-+ Torres,J-Akopian,V/
USA-op Los Angeles 1991/0-1(27)}) (13. Nd5 {Nikitin,A} e4 14. Re1 Rd7 15. Nh4
Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 (16... Bxa1 17. Nxf5 $1) 17. d6 (17. f3 Nb5 $15) 17... cxd6
18. Bb2 $6 (18. Rc1 Nb5 19. Nxf5 Nxa3 20. Rxe4 $44) (18. Qd2 $5) 18... Nf3+ $1
(18... Ne6 $2 {Filippov,V-Kobalija,M/RUS-chJ Moscow 1995/1-0 (51)}) 19. Bxf3
Bxb2 20. Rb1 Be5 21. Nxf5 exf3 22. Qd5+ Kf8 23. Rbd1 Qg6 $15) 13... e4 14. Ng5
(14. Nh4 Rd7 15. Nd5 {-13.Nd5}) 14... Rd7 15. Qc1 Ne5 {[%cal Ye5d3] white got
worse position from the opening and sacrificed a knight hoping to achive some
initiative} 16. Ncxe4 $2 (16. Qc2 $142 $15) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Qg6 $19 {
actually white is losing after the sacrifice and black is finishing a game by
exact playing} 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be4 Qh5 20. Qf4 Bg7 21. Rab1 c6 {[%csl Yd5]
[%cal Gd7f7]} 22. Bb2 Rf7 23. Qd2 Ng4 24. f3 Nf6 (24... Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Nf6 $19)
25. g4 Qc5+ 26. Kg2 Qf8 27. Bc2 Bd7 28. Re2 c5 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 29. Qg5 Bc6 30.
Kg3 Kh8 31. Re3 Re8 {Finally black entered all his pieces to the game} 32. Rxe8
Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e2]} 33. Rf1 Qe7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 34. Rf2 $2 $138 (34. Rf2 Ne4+)
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group6"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Porfiriadis, Sotirios"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.10.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heraklion"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Rb1
c6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 (10. Qb3 $146 {Tyomkin,D} Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qe8 12. Bb2 h6
13. Qd2 $14 Bd7 $6 (13... e5 $5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. b5 Nb8 $5 (15... cxb5 16.
Qd5+ (16. Bxe5 $2 Bxe5 17. Qd5+ Be6 18. Qxe5 Bxc4) 16... Qe6 (16... Rf7 17.
Bxe5 bxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxc4 $16) 17. Nxe5 Qxd5 18. cxd5 $16) (15... Nc5
16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa5 $14) 16. Qd6 e4 17. Nh4 g5 18. Ng6 Rf7 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20.
Ne5 Kh7 (20... Re7 21. bxc6 $1 bxc6 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nxc6 Re6 24. Qxb8 $16)
21. f4 $14) 14. d5 {()} c5 (14... Nc7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e4 fxe4 17. Qd4+ Kh7
18. Nd2 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nb5 (19... Qf7 20. Nxe4 Nxd5 21. Nxd6 exd6 22. Bxd5 $16)
20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Nxe4 $14) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b5 Nc7 17. e4 fxe4 18. Qc3+ Kh7 19.
Nd2 Qf7 20. Rbe1 Qg7 21. Nxe4 b6 (21... Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Rf7 23. Re3 $14 {()}) 22.
a4 a6 23. Qb3 axb5 24. cxb5 Ra7 25. Re3 $1 {<->e} e6 26. Nxd6 Nxd5 (26... exd5
$2 {Tyomkin,D} 27. Rfe1 Qd4 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Qc2 Bf5 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 (30... gxf5
31. Rd7) 31. Rd7 $18) 27. Rd3 $16 {Alterman,B-Nikolic,P/EU-chTM 1997/1-0 (29)}
(27. Bxd5 $6 exd5 28. Qxd5 Rxa4 $132)) (10. Bb2 {Tyomkin,D} Be6 11. Qb3 $2 (11.
b5 Nc7 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Ba1 $14) 11... b5 12. Nxe4 Bxc4 13. Qe3
fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxb4 15. Bh3 Kh8 $17 {Kramnik Vladimir-Ivanchuk Vassily/It
"Melody Amber" (blindfold), Monaco 1995/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 10... fxe4 11. Ng5 (11.
Nd2 $1 {Tyomkin,D} d5 (11... Bxd4 12. Nxe4 Bg7 13. b5 $16) 12. b5 Nc7 13. e3
Ne6 (13... Bf5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj
1996 (37)/1-0}) 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Ng5 16. Qxc6 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 (17. Bxh3 Bxh3
18. Ba3 $1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 dxc4 (19... Rf6 $6 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Rb6 22. Rc1
$16) 20. Qxc4+ (20. Qe6+ $2 Rf7 21. Nxe4 Qc8) 20... Kh8 21. Nxe4 Qd7 $13) 17...
Bg4 18. f4 e6 (18... exf3 19. Nxf3 dxc4 20. Qxc4+ $18) 19. Rb7 Rf7 20. Rxf7
Kxf7 21. cxd5 Rc8 22. dxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qa4 {1-0 Roeder,M-Beim,V/Open 1996}) 11...
d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nh3 $2 $146 {The white's main idea in this position is to
attack e4-point byf2-f3.Black should lose the time for h7-h6 to move this
knight.} (13. Qb3 $142 {Tyomkin,D} Kh8 (13... Bxd4 $5 14. Nxe4 e6 15. b5 $1 $13
) 14. Be3 Nc7 15. f3 h6 16. Nh3 exf3 17. exf3 g5 18. Rbc1 $6 (18. a4 $5 Bf5 19.
Rbc1) 18... Nb5 19. Rcd1 (19. Qd3 $6 Qb6 (19... Nd6) 20. Rc5 Nd6) 19... Qb6 20.
Kh1 Be6 21. Rfe1 Rac8 22. a4 Nd6 23. Bg1 Nf5 24. f4 g4 25. Nf2 Nxd4 26. Qe3 Bf5
27. Nxg4 Nc2 28. Qxe7 Qd8 29. Nf2 Nxe1 30. Qxe1 Re8 31. Qf1 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,
C-Vasiukov,E/Graested 1990}) 13... Nc7 14. a4 (14. Be3 Nb5 15. Rc1 Nd6) 14...
Bf5 15. Be3 Ne8 $1 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Nf4 Nf6 $15 18. h4 h6 19. Bh1 Rac8 20. Qb3
e6 21. f3 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Ng2 exf3 24. exf3 g4 25. Nf4 (25. Nh4 Bh7 $17)
25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Nd3 $2 (28. Kf2) (28. a5) 28... gxf3
(28... Qc4 $5 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Ne5 $8 (30. Nc5 $2 b6 31. Nb7 Nd5 $19) 30... c3
(30... Nd5 $6 31. fxg4 (31. Nxc4 Bd3 32. Nb2)) 31. fxg4 Nxg4 32. Nxg4 Bxg4 33.
Kf2 $1 {white has good drawing chances} (33. Bxb7 c2 34. Kg2 Kh7) (33. Be4 Bf5
34. Bxf5 exf5 35. d5 c2 36. Bc1 Kh7 $19) 33... c2 34. Be4 Bd1 (34... Bxd4 $140
$2 35. Bxc2) (34... Bf5 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. g4 Bg6 37. Bxb7 Bxd4 38. Bc1) 35. Ke1 (
35. Kg2) 35... Bf8 36. b5) 29. Bxf3 Ng4 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 {^^} 31. Ne5 Bf5 32. Qd1
Qc3 33. Bf2 $2 (33. Qd2 $142 Qb3 $1 (33... Qa1+ 34. Qc1 Qxa4 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36.
Qxb7 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Bh3 (37... Qc2+ 38. Ke1) 38. Qa6)) 33... Be4 (33... Qxb4 $2
34. Qh5) 34. Kh2 Qb2 35. Qe1 Bh6 36. Ng4 Bg5 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. b5 b6 39. Qd1 Qc2
$138 {I guess white lost on time in this position} (39... Qc2 40. Qf1 (40. Qxc2
Bxc2 41. Ne5 Bxa4 42. Nc6 Bxb5 43. Nxa7 Bd7) (40. Qa1 Bc1 $1) 40... Qxa4 41.
Ne5 Qa3 $1 42. Qe2 Qc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 f5 $5 {Let's open the coffee house! For some reason on the occasion I
felt thee inspiration to play something creative but also something dubious,
like in the good old days when the engines were not killing your moves and
keeping you on a tight leash. But I must admit my choice of opening had also
to do with Viktor Laznicka's openings repertoire. For some reason oer another
I didn't really like my other options and this seemed to be like a good choice
to get some unbalanced postions. The last time I played Viktor was in the
World Open in Philadelphia when I was in a must win situation, and then my
choice was the Benoni, also an interesting choice. But ok, in team events
things are a bit different, since your team mates might not appreciate your
kamikaze moves...} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 {And here
we go! Of course I had paid too little attention to what would happen if
Viktor were to deviate from his normal repertoire and so from now on I was
more or less on my own...} ({I had been expecting} 6. b3 {but after} d6 7. Bb2
Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nc6 {Black has an easy game}) 6... d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 h6 $5 {
Not the main move, but who cares :) Black's intention is clear, ...g5, ...Qh5
and somewhere mate!} (8... Na6) 9. Qc2 {I don't like this move.} (9. Re1 {
to push e4 or}) (9. Nd4 {seemed to me more useful.}) 9... Na6 10. Rb1 e5 ({
Of course I would have loved to play} 10... g5 {but somehow I couldn't see how
to hold my kingside wing after} 11. h4 $3 g4 (11... gxh4 12. Nxh4 Qh5 13. e3 {
followed by Ne2-f4 and Black's party on the kingside is over}) 12. Ne1 $1 {
and Black will get blocked on f4.} (12. Nd4 $2 Nh5 13. e3 f4)) 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. Nd2 {This is a concession of course, the knight belongs on d4, but White
had to be fast to shut down Black's knight on a6 with b4.} c6 13. b4 Rc8 14.
Ba3 Nd7 {Black is preparing himself against b5.} 15. Rfd1 Qe7 {But in fact
also threatening this push himself. After the game Viktor was not very happy
with his play, but his mood cheered up a bit when he realised things were far
from simple, especially when I sold him a few times this b5 idea. At first
sight it looks anti-positional, but it puts pressure on c4, and after a
consequent ...cxb5 the c-file is opened for Black's rook on c8 and apart from
that White's bishop on a3 has just become a spectator.} 16. b5 Nac5 17. bxc6
bxc6 18. Nb3 f4 $5 {Counterplay!} 19. Nd4 {Possibly an oversight, but in fact
it's an interesting exchange sacrifice.} (19. Qxg6 {leads to a dangerous
initiative for Black} Ne5 $1 (19... Rf6 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. Qd2 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 $13)
(19... Bf5 $2 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxc3 22. Nxc5 Bxb1 (22... Nxc5 23. Rc1 Na4
24. g4 Bh7 25. Bxc6 $16) 23. Nxd7 $14) 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. Ne4 fxg3 22. hxg3 Ng4
23. Nbxc5 dxc5) 19... Bxd4 $1 {Of course Black has give up his beautiful
dark-squared bishop, but on the other hand he is taking out an equally
beautiful white knight, not to mention winning the exchange as a bonus.} 20.
Rxd4 Bf5 21. Qd2 Bxb1 22. Nxb1 {But now Black needs to be quick, because if
White gets organised, the weaknesses on c6, d6, f4 (dark squares) will start
to make themeselves felt, whereas White has no real weaknesses. No it's time
to use the momentum!} fxg3 23. hxg3 Qf7 24. Rf4 (24. f3 {is the suggestion of
my engine, but I am pretty sure none of us considered this move during the
game.}) 24... Qe6 25. Rxf8+ $2 {A big success for Black, effectively speaking
he has managed to trade his passive rook on c8 for this monster on d4.} ({
Therefore} 25. Rd4 {was called for, and I am not sure if I would have pushed
for more.}) 25... Rxf8 26. Nc3 Ne5 27. Qxh6 Ng4 (27... Rxf2 28. Bxc6 {draws
immediately.} (28. Bxc5 dxc5 (28... Ng4 $5 29. Qd2 dxc5 30. Bf3 {looked too
complicated to me :)}) 29. Bh3 Qf6 30. Ne4 Qf8 31. Be6+)) 28. Qg5 (28. Qd2 {
was called for, but it was hard to forsee why this move was wrong though.})
28... Nxf2 (28... Rxf2 $3 29. Bh3 Rf3 $3 30. Kg2 Ne4 $3 {Shame on me, I didn't
find this in time trouble :); I am not sure though whether I would have found
it anyway...}) 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Qxc5 Qf6 31. Qxc6 $1 (31. Bxc6 $2 {was the
move I was hoping for} Nd3 $3 (31... Ng4 {was my original intention, but now
that I see that my engine suggests ...Nd3, I think I like that one better :)}))
31... Qxc3 {I decided to call it the day, Stellwagen had already won, it was
about time to secure the match victory.} 32. Qxg6+ Qg7 33. Bd5+ Kh8 34. Qh5+
Qh7 35. Qe5+ Qg7 36. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Glauchau"]
[Date "1987.02.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Casper, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Vogt,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1987.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 (
8. Nd5 {- 43/(124)}) 8... Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 (10... e5 {- 41/100}) 11.
Qd3 $5 (11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b5 Nc5 13. Nd4 Nfe4 $13) 11... Ne4 12. Nd1 (12. Nxe4
$4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 $19) 12... Nc7 (12... c5 13. a3 $6 b5 $36) (12... Qf7 13.
Ng5 $14) 13. Bb2 (13. b5 $14) 13... Qf7 ({Taktisch geht es bei} 13... cxd5 {
so weiter:} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd5 Qf7 16. Ng5 $1 Qxd5 $4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18.
Qc3+ {und Weiss gewinnt eine Figur.}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. dxc6 bxc6 (15... Bxc6
$2 16. Nd4 $16) 16. Ne3 Qf6 {Schwarz besetzt wieder die Diagonale a1-h8. Der
Läufer g7 fehlt ihm sehr.} 17. Nd2 Nxd2 (17... Nc3 $2 18. Rb3 Nxa2 19. Qc2 $18)
18. Qxd2 f4 19. Nc2 (19. gxf4 Ne6 $13) 19... Ne6 20. b5 Rac8 21. Nb4 Qd4 (21...
cxb5 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Nd5 Qd4 24. Rfd1 $16) 22. Rfd1 fxg3 $2 (22... c5 23. Qc2
Qe5 24. Nd3 Qf6 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. e3 Qh4 28. f4 { a4-a5}) 23.
Qxd4+ Nxd4 24. Rxd4 gxf2+ 25. Kf1 c5 26. Re4 $18 cxb4 27. Rxe7+ Rf7 28. Rxf7+
Kxf7 29. Rxb4 Ke7 30. Kxf2 Be6 31. Bc6 Bd7 32. Bd5 Be6 33. Ra4 Rc7 34. Ke3 Bxd5
35. cxd5 Kf6 36. Kd4 g5 37. Ra6 Rd7 38. e4 g4 39. e5+ Ke7 40. e6 (40. exd6+ $18
) 40... Rb7 41. a4 h5 42. Rc6 h4 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Rxd6 1-0

