[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Khalifman Huzman Stohl} Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6.
Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 ({Stohl: Another less known, but interesting
alternative is} 8. e3 $5 {Stohl} Bf5 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nd1 Nf6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nc3
Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bh3 c6 $2 (14... Bxf3 $142 $14) 15. Nh4 g5 16. Bf5 $1
cxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bc4 19. Qh5 h6 20. Bxg5 Re8 21. Bxh6 e6 22. Bg5 Qd7
23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ {1-0,Khurtsidze,N-Lobzhanidze,D/Ubeda op 1998}) 8... Rb8
9. Rb1 {Stohl: Karpov's idea has in the meantime gained popularity. In
contrast to their previous encounters with this prophylactic line, this time
Shirov comes up with a good method for Black.} Na5 {Khalifman: Die neue Idee
von Tkachiev.} (9... Bf5 {Stohl} 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 f5 (12... e5
13. d5 Ne7 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 f5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Nc3 f4 19. gxf4
h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxh6 Qg4 23. Ne2 Rf7 24. h3 Qd7 25. Qg5 Rbf8
26. Rf1 Qa4 27. f4 Qxc4 28. Qg4 Bg7 29. b3 $16 {Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Monaco act
1997/1-0 (74)}) 13. Ng5 fxe4 14. h3 Bf3 15. Ne6 Qc8 16. Nxf8 Qxf8 17. Bxf3 exf3
18. Nf4 Qf7 19. d5 Nce5 20. Bd4 g5 21. Ne6 Qh5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Re3 Qxh3 24.
Rxf3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Bf6 26. Re1 Kh8 27. b3 $44 {Goldin,A-Fleish,F/Rishon Le
Zion 1997/1-0 (39)}) (9... Re8 {Stohl} 10. b4 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nd2 h5 13. e3
Nf5 14. Qc2 h4 15. Ba3 hxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. b5 b6 18. bxa6 Ra8 19. Bb4 Rxa6
20. Nb5 Bh6 21. Nf1 Nf6 22. a4 Nd7 23. Ra1 Bg7 24. a5 Nc5 25. Ra3 bxa5 26. Rxa5
e4 27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Bxe4 Nd6 30. Bd3 $14 {Sulipa,A-Krakops,M/
Groningen op 1997/0-1 (62)}) ({Stohl: The most often played move was} 9... b5 {
Stohl} 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 e6 (11... Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5
15. d5 Nd4 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bg2 Qf6 (17... Nb6 18. Bf1 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bg2
Nc4 21. Qd3 Qd7 22. Ne4 Ra8 23. Nc3 Ra3 24. Be4 Rh5 25. h4 Qg4 26. Bc1 Rxc3 $2
27. Qxc3 Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Bf3 $18 {Drozdovsky,Y-Szabo,G/Cannes WCHJ U14
1997/1-0 (50)}) 18. Rc1 Rb7 19. h4 h6 20. f4 Ra8 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. e5 dxe5 23.
d6 dxc3 24. Bxb7 Rxa2 25. Qd5 Qxd6 26. Qxa2 Qb6+ 27. Qf2 Qxb7 28. f5 $18 {
Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Monaco act 1995/1-0 (49)}) (11... Bg4 12. d5 Bxf3 13. exf3
Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. Qd3 c6 17. Qxc4 Nxd5 18. a4 Rb8 19. Bxd5 cxd5
20. Qxd5 e6 21. Qb3 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Be3 Kh8 24. Bc5 Rg8 25. Qxf7 Qd2 26.
Rbd1 Qc2 27. a5 e4 28. Rd7 Qc3 29. Rxe4 {1-0,Goldin,A-Bitansky,I/Rishon Le
Zion 1997}) 12. e4 Ne7 13. Nd2 (13. h3 Nd7 14. Be3 c6 15. Qc1 Nb6 16. Bh6 f6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 f5 20. Rd1 Ned5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Bxd5 Nxd5
23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Nb3 f4 25. Nc5 $16 {Koskinen,H-Mowsziszian,K/Benasque op (4)
1997/1/2 (46)}) 13... c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. Nxb5 Nxc5 17. Nc4 Nd3 (
17... Ba6 $142 $5) 18. Re2 Ba6 19. a4 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21. Rc2 Bxb5 22. axb5
Qd4 23. b6 Rb8 24. Rd2 Qc5 25. Rd7 Bd4 26. Rc7 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qh5 28. Rxe7 Bxg3
29. h3 Rbd8 30. e5 Qh4 31. Rc7 Bf2 32. Qa3 {1-0,Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Dos Hermanas
1997}) (9... Bd7 {Stohl} 10. e4 e5 11. h3 $2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14.
b4 b6 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. g4 h6 17. Nd3 Bc6 18. Bf4 Nd7 {0-1,Jatoba Reis,
P-Irzhanov,R/Roque Saenz Pena WChTU-26 1997}) 10. Qa4 {Stohl: Consistent, but
in the light of Black's strong novelty rather ineffective.} (10. b3 $146 {Stohl
} b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Nc4 13. a4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Nd7 15. b5 Ndb6 16. Qc2 Bd7
17. Rb4 c5 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qd3 d5 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. h4 h5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5
e6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. e3 Nc4 26. Ne2 Qa5 27. Qc3 Nd6 28. Ra1 Qd8 $11 {Salov,
V-Tkachiev,V/Groningen Wch k.o. (2.2) 1997/1/2 (45)}) 10... b6 $5 $146 {
><c4,/\Bd7} (10... c5 11. dxc5 Bd7 12. Qc2 dxc5 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Ne5 $16 {
Karpov-Smirin (Cap d'Agde 1996, '25)} (14. Ne5 {Stohl} Be6 15. Rbd1 Qe8 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nh5 18. Bh3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rd6 Rf6 22. Red1
Kh8 23. Qe4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Bxe6 Rf8 26. b3 Rb8 27. e3 $18 {Karpov,
A-Smirin,I/EU-ch act Cap d`Agde 1996/1-0 (41)})) 11. c5 $1 (11. Nd2 c5) (11. b3
c5) (11. Nd5 $142 {Stohl} Nxd5 $5 (11... Bd7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5
b5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. b3 $14) 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Qc2 c5 $132) 11... Bd7 (11... Bf5 {
Huzman} 12. e4 Bd7 13. Qa3 dxc5 14. dxc5 $14) 12. Qa3 {Very risky.} (12. Qc2
$142 $5 {Stohl} bxc5 13. dxc5 d5 $5 (13... dxc5 $13) (13... Nb7 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. Bg5 Qc7 $11) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Ndxe4 Nd4 $15) (12. Qb4 {Huzman}
Nc6 13. Qc4 b5 14. Qb3 (14. Qd3 dxc5 15. dxc5 Bf5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. e4 b4 (
17... Bg4 $5 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 18. exf5 bxc3 $17) 14... dxc5 15. dxc5 Be6 $17)
12... Nc4 $6 (12... Qc8 13. b3 $14) (12... dxc5 {Huzman} 13. dxc5 Bf5 14. e4
Bg4 15. Bf4 $36) (12... Bc8 $5 $132 {[%cal Ya5c4,Yc8b7] Huzman}) 13. Qxa6 $1 (
13. Qb3 {Huzman} b5 $5 $15 (13... Na5 $14)) 13... b5 {ףa6 /\14...Ra815.Qb7
Rb8=} 14. Nd2 $2 (14. Nh4 $1 d5 (14... Ne8 15. c6 Rb6 (15... Bc8 16. Qa7 Rb6
17. Nxb5 Ra6 18. Qb8 Rb6 19. Qa8 Rxb5 20. Qa4 $18) 16. Qa7 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6
18. Nxb5 $14) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd4 (16... Bc8 17. Qa7 Qxd5 18. Qxb8 Bb7
19. e4 Qc6 20. d5 $16) 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Nf3 Bxc5 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 $16) (
14. cxd6 {Stohl} Ra8 $5 (14... cxd6 15. Nd2 $14 (15. Nd2 Qc7 (15... Nxd2 16.
Bxd2 b4 17. Nd1) 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bg5 e6 $44 {[%csl Ra6]})) (14... exd6 {
Huzman} 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 b4 $44) 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb7 Nd6 17. Nd5 Qe6 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxc7 Rfc8 20. d5 Qe7 21. Qb6 Nc4 22. Qb7 Nd6 {gives Black at
least a draw, but Karpov was probably afraid of some hidden resource.}) (14. c6
{Stohl} Rb6 (14... Bxc6 $5 15. Qxc6 Rb6 $17) 15. Qa7 Bxc6 $17) (14. Ng5 $5 {
Huzman} Bc8 (14... dxc5 15. dxc5) 15. Qa7 Bf5 16. e4 Ra8 17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qa6
$16) 14... Nxd2 15. Bxd2 dxc5 16. a4 $5 (16. dxc5 $2 b4 {/\Bd7-b5-+} (16... b4
{Stohl} 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb5 $19 {[%cal Rd8d2] /\Qd2 Did Karpov overlook
this?})) (16. d5 $5 Ra8 17. Qb7 b4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxa2 20. Rec1 (20. Be3
Qb8 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 $17) 20... Be5 $1 21. Rxc5 Bd6 $15) (16. Qa7 {Huzman} cxd4
17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. e4 (19. Rbd1 Bc2 $19) 19... Rxd2 20. exf5 b4
$15 {/-/+}) 16... b4 (16... cxd4 {Stohl} 17. Nxb5 e5 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] [+]})
17. Ne4 (17. Nb5 c6 (17... Ng4 $1 {Huzman} 18. h3 (18. d5 Ra8 19. Qb7 Rxa4 $15)
18... Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxd4 20. hxg4 Qxd2 $17) (17... Rb6 18. Qa5 Bxb5 19. axb5
Qxd4 20. Be3 Qd7 21. Bc6 $132) 18. dxc5 (18. Na7 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. dxc5 Ra6
21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxb4 Rb8 24. Ba3 Ra6 $17) 18... cxb5 19. Bf4
bxa4 20. Bxb8 (20. c6 Ra8 21. Qb5 Be6 22. c7 Qe8 $17) 20... Qxb8 21. c6 Bf5 22.
e4 Be6 23. Qxa4 Ng4 $17) (17. Nd1 {Huzman} cxd4 $17 {[%csl Rd1]}) 17... Nxe4
18. Bxe4 Bxd4 $15 (18... cxd4 {Huzman} 19. Rbc1 $15) 19. Rec1 $2 (19. Bh6 $1
Qc8 (19... Re8 20. Rec1 $44) 20. Qc4) (19. b3 {Stohl} Rb6 20. Qd3 Be6 $17 {
[%cal Rb6d6] /\Rd6}) 19... Rb6 20. Qa5 $2 (20. Qa7 Bc8 $17) (20. Qd3 {Stohl}
Bxa4 $19) 20... Qc8 (20... Bg4 {Huzman} 21. e3 Bg7 22. Be1 $132) 21. Qa7 (21.
Rxc5 Ra6 22. Qxb4 Rxa4 $19) (21. e3 $2 {Stohl} Ra6 $18) 21... Ra6 $4 (21... Bf5
22. Bxf5 (22. a5 $2 Bxe4 23. axb6 Qh3 $19) 22... gxf5 (22... Qxf5 {Huzman} 23.
e3 Be5 24. a5 $132) 23. Qa5 Qb7 24. e3 (24. Rxc5 Ra8 $19) 24... Ra8 25. Qxa8+
Qxa8 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Rxc7 Qxa4 28. Rxe7 Qc2 $19) (21... Bc6 {Huzman} 22. Bxc6
Rxc6 23. Qa5 Ra6 (23... Rd8 24. e3 $132) 24. Qb5 c6 25. Qc4 Rxa4 26. e3 $44)
22. Qb7 Qxb7 (22... Rxa4 {Stohl} 23. e3 Be5 $17 {leads to a similar position.})
23. Bxb7 Rxa4 24. e3 Be5 (24... Bf5 {Huzman} 25. exd4 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 cxd4 27.
Bc6 Ra6 28. Rc1 $132) 25. Rxc5 Bd6 {Stohl: It seems the game is entering a
technical phase. Black is a clear pawn up and has active pieces. Bur from now
on Karpov demonstrates tenacious defense and not without his opponents help
manages to save the game.} 26. Rcc1 $17 Rb8 (26... c5 $142 $5 $17 {Stohl}) 27.
Bc6 (27. Bd5 $5 $17 {Huzman}) 27... Bxc6 28. Rxc6 {Khalifman: Das Endspiel ist
klar gewonnen.} Rba8 (28... Ra2 $5 $17 {Huzman}) 29. e4 (29. Rcc1 {Huzman} Ra2
$17 {/-+}) 29... Ra1 {Khalifman: Vielleicht ist der Abtausch nicht so gut,
aber es sollte auf jeden Fall reichen.} (29... Kf8 $5 $17 {[%cal Yf8d7] Stohl /
\Ke8-d7 Black should strive to unblock his c7P and realize c5 as soon as
possible.}) (29... Ra2 $5 {Huzman}) 30. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 $5 (31... Rb1
32. Bc1 $15 (32. Bc1 {Stohl} f6 {[%cal Rg8e6,Re6d7] /\Kf7-e6-d7-+})) (31... Kf8
{Stohl} 32. e5 $5 Bxe5 33. Bxb4 Bd6 34. Bc3 $17) (31... f6 {Stohl} 32. Rc4 c5 (
32... b3 $5) 33. Be3 Ra5 $17) (31... Ra2 {Huzman} 32. e5 (32. Bc1 $5) 32...
Bxe5 33. Bxb4 Kf8 34. Bc3 Bd6 $17) 32. Bc1 f6 (32... Kf8 $5 $17 {[%cal Yf8e8,
Ye8d7] Huzman}) 33. Kf3 g5 $1 {><h2 Khalifman: ? Das sieht seltsam aus. Was
ist der Sinn dieses Zuges.} (33... Kf7 {Stohl} 34. Ke2 (34. Z0 {Khalifman} Ke6
$140 35. Z0 Kd7 $19) 34... Rh1 35. h4 f5 $5 $17) 34. h3 $1 Kf7 35. Rc4 h5 36.
Ke2 Rh1 37. Bd2 Rh2 $2 (37... Rxh3 {Stohl} 38. Bxb4 Rh1 $17 {[%csl Gh5] o^h} (
38... h4 $1 {Huzman} 39. gxh4 (39. Bxd6 cxd6 $17 {/-+}) 39... gxh4 $17 {/-+}))
(37... b3 $17 38. Rc3 {Huzman} Rxh3 39. Be3 $17) 38. Kf3 $1 (38. Bxb4 $2 {Stohl
} Bxg3 39. Be1 Be5 $19 {[%cal Rh2h3] /\Rh3}) 38... b3 $6 (38... g4+ 39. hxg4
hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Rxf2 41. Bxb4 Rxb2 $15) (38... Rxh3 {Stohl} 39. Kg2 g4 40. Bxb4
{[%csl Rh3] צh3}) 39. Bb4 $1 Rxh3 {Khalifman: Dieser Turm hat sich verirrt.} (
39... g4+ 40. hxg4 hxg4+ 41. Ke3 $11) 40. Kg2 g4 41. Bxd6 cxd6 42. Rb4 {
Stohl: Due to Black's misplaced R White just about saves the game.} Ke6 (42...
h4 {Stohl} 43. Rxb3 hxg3 44. f3 (44. Rxg3 Rh4 45. b4 Rh5 46. Rxg4 Rb5 $15)
44... Rh5 45. fxg4 Rc5 46. Kxg3 Ke6 47. Rb7 $132) 43. Rxb3 h4 (43... Ke5 {Stohl
} 44. Rb7 e6 45. Rb4 $1 $132 {/\} (45. Re7 {Huzman} d5 46. exd5 Kxd5 47. Rd7+
Kc6 48. Re7 Kd6 49. Rh7 f5 50. b4 $11 {[%csl Rh3]}) 45... h4 $2 46. f4+ $1 $18)
44. Rb5 hxg3 45. f3 $3 $11 {Stohl: The point, now White takes both g-pawns.} (
45. fxg3 $2 Rh8 46. Kf2 Rh1 $1 $19) 45... Rh8 (45... Rh8 {Stohl} 46. fxg4 Rc8
47. Kxg3 Rc2 (47... Rc5 48. Rxc5 dxc5 49. Kf4 $11) 48. g5 $5 fxg5 49. Rxg5 Rxb2
50. Kf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.01.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. Rb1 Na5 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. exf3 Nd7 12. Be3 e6 13. f4 Ne7 14. g4
b5 15. b3 {1/2-1/2 Dokuchaev,A-Meskhov,Y/Smolensk RUS-Cup 8/EXP 58}) (9... Bf5
10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 f5 16. Bg2
Nf6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Nc3 $14 {Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Monaco (rapid) 1997/EXP57}) (
9... b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Bf5 (11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rc1
Qxd1 15. Rexd1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. a3 $16 {Goetz,A-Held,B/BAY-chT2N/1994})
(11... Bd7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Bg5 Rfc8 17.
Nd5 Qe6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bh3 Qxh3 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Red1 Qe6 23.
Rd5 c6 24. Rc5 $14 {Baturin,V-Voloshin,L/Frydek Mistek op/1996}) (11... e6 12.
e4 Ne7 13. Nd2 $1 c5 $6 (13... Nd7 14. Nb3 $14) 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 (
15... b4 16. Na4 $16) 16. Nxb5 (16. Qc2 $5) 16... Nxc5 17. Nc4 (17. Ba3 $1 {
Huzman} Nd3 18. Re3 Ba6 19. Nc4 Bxb5 20. Rxd3 Qc7 21. Rc1 $16) 17... Nd3 18.
Re2 Ba6 19. a4 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 (20... Nc6 21. e5) 21. Rc2 $16 {Karpov,
A-Shirov,A/Dos Hermanas 1997}) 12. e4 Bg4 (12... Nxe4 $5) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bg2 (17. Be2 $5) 17... Qf6 18. Rc1 Rb7 19. h4 $14
{Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Monaco (rapid) 1995/ 63/496 [Shirov,A]}) 10. Qa4 b6 $1 $11
{/=/+ a very important novelty in this position,against Karpov Smirin played
very bad and soon got a terrible position,this move makes black's life in this
variation not bad and now it's white's turn to find something here} (10... c5
11. dxc5 Bd7 12. Qc2 dxc5 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Rbd1 Qe8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
cxd5 Nh5 18. Bh3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rd6 Rf6 22. Red1 $16 {
Karpov,A-Smirin,I/EU-ch Rapid 30' 1996}) 11. c5 {do not defend it change it!} (
11. b3 c5 $15 {[%csl Ra4] with the threat b5 now}) 11... Bd7 12. Qa3 (12. Qc2
bxc5 13. dxc5 d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd7f5]} (13... dxc5 $6 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rc7]} 14.
Ne5 $44 (14. Na4 Rb4))) 12... Nc4 $1 13. Qb3 $6 (13. Qxa6 $5 {of course to
play such a move even if you calculate well the continuations you must have
very strong nervous,for me to play Qxa6 was too much!} b5 (13... d5 $4 14. Nxd5
) 14. cxd6 cxd6 (14... Ra8 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb7 Nd6 17. Nd5 $8 (17. Qxc7 $2
Rfc8 18. Qb6 Rc6) 17... Nxd5 (17... Qe6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxc7 Rfc8 20. Qb6
$18 Bd8 21. d5 Qxd5 22. Qd4) 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qg5 $18) 15. Nd2 $8 Nxd2 16. Bxd2
b4 17. Nd1 d5 {during the game I was afraid of getting this position I thought
black has very good compensation but in this analysis it's quite difficult for
me to see something force for black after 18.Rc1 or even eqaulity} 18. Rc1 $1
Ne4 19. Bf4) 13... b5 14. e4 $2 {a mistkae which is immediately being punished
by black,white should have changed as quickly as possible his "c5" since now
it's too late} (14. cxd6 $1 cxd6 15. e4 $11) 14... dxc5 $1 15. dxc5 Bg4 {
now it's clear,black wants to play Nd7,both attacking the weak "c5" and trying
Nde5 with the idea of controling the key "f3" square,white is probably not
worse here but it's black who has the initiative,and can't make mistakes here}
16. Qc2 (16. Rd1 Qe8 $6 {[%cal Rh5d1]}) 16... Nd7 17. b4 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19.
h3 $2 (19. Re3 $1 $13 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ye3d3,Gh2h3] during the game I knew I must
prevent black from playing Nf3 and thought that Bf3 is not that bad but I
should not allow any piece to go to f3! it seems that after Re3 white is OK})
19... Bf3 $1 {now it is already clear black is better,white has to play now
accuratly in order to keep the position as a possible one to play} (19... Qd3
20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Re3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 (22. hxg4 $4 Bxc3 23. Rxc1 Bd2) 22... Bxc3
(22... Be6 23. Nd5) 23. Rcxc3 Be6 $11) 20. Bg5 $2 (20. Bf4 $5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd3
22. Red1 Nxf4+ 23. gxf4 Qc8 24. e5 $15 {it is this position which I analysed a
lot during the game and was afraid to play,I thought white is worse here
that's maybe true,but certainly not too much and he has fair play,since his
pawns in center are both weak but strong since they block black's bishop} c6
25. Qe4) (20. Bf1 $5 {this looks as a very stupid move,but my idea is simply
play Bf4 then take the knight on e5 and play Re3 and winning the bishop! I
found this idea only a move later,which was worse for white since I played Bg5
which is just a move and black played a very strong move "c6"} Bg4 (20... Bh5
21. Bg2 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Nxd3 23. Re3) 21. Bg2 Bf3 22. Bf1) (20. Re3 $5 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 c6 {[%cal Ga6a5]} (21... a5 22. bxa5 (22. a3 c6 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge5c4]})
22... c6 23. a4 $11) 22. a4 Qc7 $14 {[%cal Ge5c4]}) 20... c6 21. Bf1 Bh5 22.
Bg2 Bf3 23. Bf1 Bh5 24. Bg2 h6 25. Bf4 (25. Be3 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 {[%csl Rd1,
Gf3]}) 25... g5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Ne2 a5 (27... Qc7 $15) (27... e6 $5 $15) 28.
a3 $2 (28. f4 $1 {I wanted to play this move but I had only few minutes till
move 40 so I said lets defend first the "b4" pawn??? well not a very smart
thing to do} Bxe2 29. Qxe2 gxf4 (29... Bd4+ 30. Kh1 axb4 31. Red1 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gd1d8]}) 30. gxf4 Bd4+ (30... Bxf4 $2 31. Qg4+ Bg5 32. h4 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 f5
34. Qg3) 31. Kh1 e5 $13) 28... axb4 29. axb4 e6 30. f4 $2 {so now I went to
this line but have changed a little bit!!} Bxe2 31. Qxe2 (31. fxe5 Bd3) 31...
gxf4 32. gxf4 Bxf4 33. Qg4+ Qg5 {this is a very bad position for black
probably losing,I was also in time trouble here so the rest o the game is not
that important} 34. e5 Rfc8 35. Rbd1 $6 (35. Re4 $142 Qxg4 36. hxg4 Bg5 37. Re2
{[%cal Ge2d2,Gd2d6]}) 35... Ra8 36. Re4 Qxg4 37. hxg4 Bg5 {this is almost an
immposible position to play without time although I believe whire is losing
anyway} 38. Rd7 Ra2 39. Re1 Rb2 40. Rf1 Rf8 41. Bxc6 Rxb4 42. Rb7 Rxg4+ 43. Kh1
Rc4 44. Bxb5 Rxc5 45. Be8 Rxe8 46. Rfxf7 Rd8 (46... Rd8 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rgf7+
Ke8 49. Rh7 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rd2+ 51. Kf3 Rc3+ 52. Kg4 (52. Ke4 Re3#) 52... Rg2+
53. Kh5 Rh3+ 54. Kg6 Be7#) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5 {
This rare move is Loginov's specialty. However, sensible play by Black
promises him equality.} h6 {Although at some moment White might regain the
tempo by attacking the Ph6, this is the best and most popular alternative.} ({
However, Black can play also} 8... Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 h6 15. Be3 b5 $1 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nd5 (17. Nxb5
$2 Qd7 $1 $40) 17... c5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qd5 Qe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8
22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxb2 25. e5 d5 26. Rxc5 Rxa2 27. Rc6 Re8 28.
Rb1 Re2 29. Ba7 {1/2,Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Linares/1995/} g5 $11) 9. Bd2 e5 {
Again natural, but Black has more alternatives to achieve a satisfactory
position.} (9... Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 c5 $5 (11... b5 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Qa3 Nb7
14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qb4 Bd7 16. a4 Nc5 17. axb5 Nxd5 18. Ng5+ hxg5 19. Bxd5 Rxa1
20. Rxa1 e6 {Ftacnik,L-Stohl,I/Ostrava/1994/ (20)} 21. Bf3 $5 $14) 12. dxc6 (
12. a4 $5) 12... Nxc6 13. Rc1 Rc8 (13... Rb8 14. Nd5 Ne4 15. Be3 Nc5 (15... e6
16. h3 $5 $14) 16. Re1 e6 17. Nc3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qe7 19. Qd2 $36 {Loginov,
V-Fercec,N/Oberwart/2002/}) 14. Re1 (14. Nd5 Nxd5 $5 15. cxd5 Nb8 $11) 14... d5
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Na4 b5 17. Nc5 b4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Red1 Nd4 23. Nb7 Nxf3+ 24. exf3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc6 26. Kf1 g5
27. Na5 Rf6 28. Ke2 Re6+ $11 {Loginov,V-Inarkiev,E/RUS-chT Sochi/2004/}) (9...
Rb8 10. Rc1 (10. d5 Na5 11. b3 c5 12. a4 e6 $1 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15.
Rc1 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qe7 17. e3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb4 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Ne1
b5 22. axb5 {1/2,Stohl,I-Kindermann,S/BL 9596/1996/}) 10... e5 (10... Bd7 11.
d5 Na5 12. b3 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nd5 $36 {is similar to Loginov-Fercec} Kh7
15. Bc3 Ne8 16. h4 b5 17. h5 g5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd2 e6 21. Nc3
d5 22. e4 $16 {Loginov,V-Haselhorst,H/Oberwart/1997/}) (10... Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3
12. exf3 Ne5 13. Qe2 c5 14. f4 Ned7 15. f5 $1 g5 16. b3 Ne5 17. f4 gxf4 18.
Rxf4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qd7 21. a4 Ne8 22. Rcf1 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24.
Rh4 $18 {->Loginov,V-Sambuev,B/Novgorod/1999/}) 11. d5 Nd4 12. Ne1 Qe7 (12...
c5 13. e3 Nf5 14. Nd3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. b4 Qe7 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Nb1 {
Loginov,V-Zimmerman,Y/Oberwart/2001/} c4 19. Bb4 Nd6 $13) 13. e3 Nf5 14. Qc2
Bd7 15. b4 Rfe8 {[%cal Ye5e4] /\e4} 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 h5 $1 18. Nd3 h4 19.
c5 Nh6 20. Qb3 Bh3 21. Rfe1 Qg5 $132 {Loginov,V-Kuzmin,A/Oberwart/2002/}) 10.
d5 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc1 {can be met with the enterprising pawn sacrifice} e4
$5 (11... Kh7 $143 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Na7 15. Ba5 b6 16. d6 cxd6
17. Bb4 Rd8 18. Ng5+ hxg5 19. Bxa8 a5 {Loginov,V-Lerner,K/Graz op/1999/} 20.
Bd2 d5 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 $14) 12. Ne1 Kh7 $1 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd4 15.
Qd1 Qe7 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. f3 Bh3 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Bc3 b5 (19... Rfe8 $5 {/\} 20.
Nc2 Nxe2+ $1 21. Qxe2 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qd6 23. Be4 f5 $44 {Vovk}) 20. cxb5 axb5
21. Nc2 c5 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qe1 b4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. e4 Rd8 $44 {Loginov,
V-Vovk,Y/St Petersburg/2004/}) 10... Nd4 $1 $11 {The N is safe in the [+] and
gives Black active <=>.} 11. Ne1 (11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. Bg2 (13. e4
$142 f5 $11) 13... f5 14. f4 e4 15. b4 c5 16. Rb1 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Nc5 18. Na4 b5
$1 19. cxb5 Nd3 $17 {Livner,A-Acs,P/Stockholm/2003/}) 11... Bd7 (11... Re8 $5
12. e3 Nf5 13. Ne4 (13. e4 Nd4 14. Ne2 c5 $132) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h5 $1 {
See a similar and effective plan in Loginov-Kuzmin} 15. Bc3 Nh6 16. Bg2 h4 17.
e4 Ng4 18. Qe2 hxg3 19. fxg3 c6 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Ng2 cxd5 22. cxd5 Bd7 23. Qf2
Rf8 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Rfe1 Rc8 26. a4 Kg7 27. a5 Nh7 28. Bg2 f5 $36 {Salov,
V-Tkachiev,V/Groningen/1997/}) 12. b4 $6 $146 {This gives Black a free hand on
the >>} (12. Nd3 {The game indicates Sakaev may have intended to play} e4 $1 (
12... Qe7 13. e3 Nf5 14. e4 Nd4 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ (15... b5 16. Nxd4 (16. b3 Nxe2+
17. Qxe2 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 $13 {1/2,Matveeva,S-Morozevich,A/Tomsk/1998/}) 16...
exd4 17. e5 $1 Nh7 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Re1 Qd8 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nb4 Re8 22. Nc6
Qf6 23. Qb3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 $16 {Loginov,V-Kabanov,N/RUS-ch sf Kazan/2005/}) (
15... c5 16. dxc6 (16. Nxd4 exd4 $13 {/\} 17. b4 $6 b5 $5 $36) 16... bxc6 17.
Nxd4 exd4 18. Re1 $1 (18. e5 dxe5 19. Bb4 Qe6 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44) 18... Rfe8 (
18... Ng4 19. e5 $1 $36) 19. e5 $14) 16. Qxe2 c6 17. f3 (17. dxc6 $5 bxc6 18.
b4 $14 {Dautov}) 17... cxd5 18. cxd5 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Be3 f5
22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Bf1 Qc8 $11 {
Lerner,K-Bologan,V/Nikolaev zt/1995/}) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Re8 $44) (12. e3
$142 Nf5 13. Nd3 {is a more refined move-order, but here Black can play also}
Re8 $5 {as Tkachiev to avoid the tactical problems from the above games.} 14.
e4 Nd4 15. Ne2 c5 $13 (15... b5 $5 {/\} 16. c5 c6 $1 $132)) 12... Qe7 13. Rb1
e4 $1 {[%csl Ge4] ()>>} 14. a4 Rfe8 15. a5 c6 16. Bc1 (16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bxh6
Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bxh6 {[%cal Ye7e5] /\Qe5=/+}) (16. Bf4 $5) 16... Ng4 $1 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Yg4e5] /\Ne5,><c4} (16... Nf5 $13 {/=/+ is fine for Black, but
Sakaev already strives for more.}) 17. Nxe4 $2 {With such passive pieces
opening the position calls for trouble.} (17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe4 (18. Qxd4 Nf3+
19. Nxf3 exf3 $1 $17) 18... Bf5 $1 (18... Nxc4 $6 19. Bxh6 $1 f5 20. Bxg7 Qxg7
21. Nc3 Na3 22. Rc1 (22. Rb2 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Qxc3 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Bd5+ Kg7 $13
) 22... Nab5 23. Nxb5 Nxe2+ 24. Kh2 cxb5 25. Rc7 $36) 19. Bb2 (19. Bxh6 $2 Bxh6
20. Qxd4 Bg7 $1 $19) (19. dxc6 Nxc4 20. cxb7 Rab8 21. f3 d5 (21... Rxb7 $44)
22. g4 dxe4 23. gxf5 Nxf5 $40) 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxc4 21. Bxd4 Qxe4 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 $36) (17. Bxe4 $6 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bxc3 $36) (17. dxc6 bxc6 18. h3 Ne5 19.
Nxe4 Bf5 20. Bb2 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxc4 22. Bxd4 Qxe4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) (17. e3
Nf3+ 18. Nxf3 Bxc3 (18... exf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 {/\} 20. Be2 Bh3 21. Re1 Nxc4 22.
Bxc4 Bxc3 23. Bd2 Qe4 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Bg7 $1 26. dxc6 bxc6 $15) 19. Nd4
cxd5 $15) 17... cxd5 ({Even more concrete than} 17... Bf5 18. f3 cxd5 19. cxd5
Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nb5 $15 {/-/+}) 18. Nc3 (18. cxd5 Bb5 $1 (18... Bf5 {-17...Bf5})
19. Rb2 f5 $17) 18... Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 Rxe2 21. Bf3 (21. Bxd5 Nxf2
(21... Bf5 22. Rb3 Be4 $15) (21... Bd4 22. Nd3 Bf5 23. Rb3 $13 {/\} Bxd3 $2 24.
Rxd3 Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 $14) (21... Bc6 $36) 22. Bxb7 Rae8 23. Nf3 (23. Rxf2 Rxe1+
24. Kg2 Bd4 25. Rf1 R8e2+ 26. Kf3 Bf5 $19) 23... Bh3 $1 $40 24. Rxf2 $2 Re1+
$19) 21... Rae8 $1 {[%mdl 2560] Black's pieces are so well coordinated he can
afford to sacrifice an excahnge even when the Q are off.} 22. Bxe2 Rxe2 23.
cxd5 (23. Bf4 Bd4 $1 (23... dxc4 24. Bxd6 c3 $17) 24. cxd5 Bxf2+ $40) 23...
Nxf2 {[%cal Rd7h3,Rd7f5] /\Bh3,Bf5} 24. Nf3 (24. Rxf2 Rxe1+ 25. Kg2 (25. Rf1
Bd4+ 26. Kg2 Bh3+ $19) 25... Bf5 26. Rxf5 gxf5 $19) 24... Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+
$138 26. Kg1 Nh3+ (26... Ne4 {[%cal Rd7h3] /\Bh3} 27. Rb3 (27. Re1 Bd4+ $1 28.
Nxd4 Rxe1+ 29. Kg2 Nc3 $19) 27... Bh3 28. Be3 (28. Re3 Rg2+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ $19)
28... Bc3 29. Bb6 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Rd2 $1 31. Be3 Rxd5 32. Bxh6 Rb5 $19) 27. Kh1
Bf5 $1 28. Rb3 Be4 $19 {Sakaev demonstrates the cleanset solution - the pin is
unbreakable and Black will duly cash in and win the Nf3.} 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3
g5 31. g4 f5 $1 32. gxf5 g4 33. Kg2 Be5 $1 (33... Ng5 34. Kg3 Bxf3 {is good
enough, but the sadistic text-move keeps White's K in the cage.}) 34. Bxh6 Kf7
35. Rc1 Kf6 36. Rc8 Bxf3+ 37. Kf1 Kxf5 38. Rf8+ Kg6 39. Be3 Bxd5 {The ><h2
falls and the o^g4 will quickly queen.} 0-1

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 ({Despite Nikolic's success in round 1 against the same
opponent with} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 {Malakhov decides to go his own way.})
10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qc8 13. Bg5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 32776] A novelty,
White decides to return the P immediately and rely on his [+] control. However,
Black will have sufficient play on the e<-> and comfortable equality.} (13. e5
Nh5 $11) (13. Bh6 $6 {Atalik} Bxh6 14. Qxf6 Bxh3 15. Qh4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bg7 $36
{[%cal Gh8a1] /^a1-h8}) ({Earlier White used to play almost exclusively} 13. h4
Ng4 14. Qd2 (14. Qd1 Ne5 (14... b5 15. Ne2 $5 bxc4 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Bd2 f5 18.
Nf4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf5 20. Qe3 Nd3 21. Ne6 Re8 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 c6 24. Qd4
{Khismatullin,D-Loskutov,O/ Serpukhov 2003} Bxe6 25. dxe6 d5 26. Bh3 $13) 15.
Qb3 (15. Qe2 b5 {-14.Qd2}) 15... b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb8 18. Na3 Qxb3 19.
axb3 Nd3 20. Nc2 Rxa1 21. Nxa1 Bd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Ra8 24. Nc2 Ra2 25.
Rb1 Kf8 26. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,V-Antoniewski,R/ Prerov 2001 (26)} Nc5 $44)
14... b5 15. Qe2 (15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ne2 Qb7 $5 (16... Ra4 17. a3 f5 18. exf5
Rxf5 19. Rb1 Qf8 20. f4 Qb8 21. Bf3 Qa7+ 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. b4 Rxa3 24. Bxa3 Ne3+
25. Kh2 Nxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qxa3 $13 {Pigusov,E-Titov,G/ Katowice op 1991}) 17. Qc2
b4 18. Bf4 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 b3 20. Ra7 Qxa7 21. Qxb3 Rb8 22. Qa3 Qb6 23. b4 h5 $5
(23... Qxb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Kengis,E/ Vienna 1991 (23)}) 24. Bf3 Qxb4
25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Rc1 Rb7 27. Kg2 Ne5 $11 {Kharitonov,A-Bologan,V/ Kstovo 1997}
) 15... Ne5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. Nc3 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Rfb8 (19... Nc4 $5
$44 {Atalik}) 20. Nf4 (20. Nc3 Nd3 21. a4 Nxb2 22. Bxb2 Rxb2 23. Ra3 Rc2 24.
Nd1 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 Bxa4 26. Ne3 Ra2 27. Rc1 Ra1 $11 {Atalik,S-Fedorov,A/ EU-ch
Ohrid 2001}) 20... Nc4 21. Nd3 (21. a3 $5 {Atalik} Nxb2 22. Rb1 Rxa3 23. Be3
$14) 21... Bb5 22. Rd1 Ba4 23. Rf1 Na3 24. Bf4 Bc2 25. Ne1 Bxb2 26. Nxc2 Nxc2
27. Rab1 Nd4 28. Rfe1 Rxa2 29. e5 Rd8 30. Bg5 Rc8 31. e6 Re8 32. Re3 fxe6 33.
dxe6 Kg7 $13 {Fridman,D-Bologan,V/ Santo Domingo 2002}) 13... Nh5 14. Qd2 Bxh3
15. Bh6 {An important part of White's plan, without the exchange of the Bg7
only Black could be better.} Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qg4 $1 17. Rae1 Rae8 {Bologan
logically first mobilizes his major pieces.} (17... f5 $2 18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Re7
$1 $18) 18. Bxh3 (18. Qd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5 20. exf5 (20. Qd1 Nf4+ 21. Kg1 Nh3+
22. Kg2 Ng5 $1 $15) 20... Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rxf5 $36) 18... Qxh3 19. Re2 (19. Re3
f5 20. exf5 Qxf5 $11) 19... Qg4 (19... Re5 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11) (19... f5 $5 20.
exf5 Qxf5 $11) 20. Rfe1 Re5 21. Re3 f5 {Black releases the tension immediately.
} ({Tempting, but less convincing was} 21... Rfe8 22. Kg2 f5 (22... Rg5 23. Rh1
$1 (23. Ne2 f5 24. f3 Qh4 $1 $40) 23... Qf4 (23... f5 $6 24. Kf1 {[%cal Rh1h4]
/\ R h4+-}) 24. Kf1 $36) 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Re3 $1 $14 {[%cal
Re3f3] /\ R f3|^}) 22. exf5 Rfxf5 $5 (22... Qxf5 23. R1e2 Rfe8 $11 {/\} 24.
Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Re3 Nf6 {and with the K still on g1 White doesn't have R f3.})
23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Ne4 Nf4 25. Qh4 (25. f3 $2 Ne2+ $1 26. Rxe2 Qxf3 27. Re1 Rh5
28. Nf6+ $8 Qxf6 29. Qe3 Rf5 $17) 25... Qxh4 26. gxh4 Nd3 27. Re3 $1 (27. Re2
Rf4 $15) 27... Nxb2 28. c5 $44 Nc4 29. Rb3 Na5 30. Ra3 Rf4 31. f3 Nc4 32. Rb3
Na5 (32... b5 33. a4 $1 bxa4 34. Rc3 $36 {[%csl Gd5] o^d5}) (32... b6 33. d6 $1
$36) 33. Ra3 Nc4 34. Rc3 $5 {White decides to avoid repetition and play for a
win-he risks little, as his forces are sufficiently active.} (34. Rb3 $11)
34... b5 35. a4 Rf8 (35... Rxh4 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rb3 Rf4 38. Kf2 $44) 36. axb5
axb5 37. Rb3 Rb8 38. Nf6+ Kf7 39. Nd7 Rd8 40. c6 Ke7 ({Another interesting way
to give back the P was} 40... Nd6 41. Nxe5+ Kf6 42. Nd7+ Kf5 43. Ra3 $1 $13)
41. Rxb5 Ra8 (41... Nb6 $2 42. Nxb6 cxb6 43. c7 $1 Rc8 44. Rxb6 $18 {/\} Rxc7
45. d6+) 42. Kf2 (42. Rb7 Kd6 43. Nf6 Rf8 44. Ne4+ Kxd5 45. Rxc7 (45. Rb5+ Kd4
46. Rb4 Kd3 $15) 45... Rxf3 $15) 42... Ra2+ (42... Kd6 43. Nf6 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 $14
) 43. Kg3 h5 $1 44. Rb1 (44. Rb4 Rc2 $36) 44... Rc2 (44... Kd6 $142 $1 {
and it's White, who must be careful:} 45. Rd1 (45. Nf6 Ne3 46. Ne4+ (46. Rb8 $4
Nf1+ 47. Kh3 Rh2#) 46... Ke7 47. Rc1 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6} (47. d6+ cxd6 48. Rb7+
Ke6 $17) (47. Re1 Nxd5 48. Nc5 Kd6 49. Nd3 Nc3 $1 50. Rxe5 Ne2+ $19) 47... Nf5+
(47... Nxd5 48. Rc5 $14) 48. Kh3 Ra3 $15) 45... Ne3 (45... Rd2 46. Rxd2 Nxd2
47. Nf6 Nc4 48. f4 Ne3 49. Ne8+ Kxd5 50. fxe5 Kxc6 51. Kf4 Nf5 52. Kg5 Kd7 53.
Nxc7 Kxc7 54. Kxg6 Ng3 55. Kg5 Kd7 56. Kf4 $11) 46. Re1 Ra3 (46... Nf5+ 47. Kh3
Ra4 48. Nxe5 Rxh4+ 49. Kg2 $132) 47. Kf2 Nf5 48. Nxe5 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Nxh4 50.
Nxg6 $1 $11) 45. Re1 Kd6 46. Nf6 Rb2 47. Rc1 Rb4 48. Kh3 $6 (48. Rd1 $1 {
[%cal Rf6e8] /\Ne8 was more dangerous, e.g.,} Ne3 (48... Ke7 $2 49. d6+ $1 $18)
49. Ne8+ Kc5 50. d6 $1 $16) 48... Ke7 49. Nd7 (49. Ne4 Nb6 50. Rd1 Rd4 51. d6+
$5 cxd6 52. Rb1 d5 53. Rxb6 dxe4 $11) 49... Ne3 {It seems as if both sides are
playing for a win.} (49... Kd6 $142 50. Nf6 $11) 50. Nxe5 Nxd5 51. Nxg6+ Kf6
52. Rc5 Rd4 (52... Kxg6 53. Rxd5 Rc4 54. Rg5+ Kh6 $11) 53. Nf8 Ke5 54. Kg3 Kd6
55. Nd7 $1 (55. Rc1 Ne7 $11) 55... Rb4 56. Rc1 Rb5 (56... Ne3 57. Nf6 Nf5+ 58.
Kg2 Nxh4+ 59. Kh3 Nxf3 60. Ne8+ Ke5 61. Nxc7 Ng5+ $11) 57. Nf8 Rb8 $6 (57...
Ne7 $142 $1 $11 {[%cal Re7c6,Re7f5] /\Nc6,Nf5} 58. Kf2) 58. Nh7 $1 Rb6 59. Ng5
$36 Rxc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Ke5 $142) 60. Nf7+ (60. Nf7+ Ke7 (60... Kd7
61. Ne5+ $18) 61. Rxc6 Kxf7 62. f4 Ke7 63. Kf3 Kd7 64. Rh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 {Nikolic plays the very natural older move.
Lately the attention was focused mainly on} (11. Re1 {[%cal Yc3d5] /\Nd5} h6
12. Nd5 (12. Bd2 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd7 (13... Ne8 $5 14. Rc1 Nd6 15. b3 Kh7 16. Bc3
Qd7 17. Kh2 Rae8 {[%cal Yf7f6,Ye6g8,Yf6f5] /\f6,Bg8,f5<=>,1/2,Magerramov,
E-Sakaev,K/Dubai op/2000/}) 14. Rc1 a5 15. Bc3 Nc5 16. b3 Bc8 17. Bb2 Ne6 18.
Kh2 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. c5 Bd7 21. Qd2 (21. f4 $142 $13 {/+/=}) 21... Bc6
22. Nf4 $6 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 a4 24. b4 a3 25. Ba1 f5 26. e5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qd5+ 28.
Qf3 Qxa2 $15 {Pigusov,E-Zulfugarli,M/Dubai op/2003/}) 12... Nh7 13. Be3 Ng5 14.
Nxg5 hxg5 15. Qd2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Rf7 19. f3 Be6 20. Rad1
Bf8 21. Qc2 Qe8 22. c5 Na7 23. Bf1 c6 24. Nb6 $14 {Grabarczyk,M-Socko,B/POL-ch
Warsaw/2003/}) 11... Be6 (11... Qc8 12. Kh2 Be6 13. Qe2 (13. b3 $5 {can
transpose into our game and is more promising.}) 13... h6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Rd1 Nd7 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. b4 Qf8 19. Qd2 Ncb8 20. c5 a5 21. a3 c6
22. Nc3 Na6 23. Qb2 Ra8 24. Bf1 Qb8 25. Nd2 axb4 26. axb4 b6 27. cxb6 Nxb6 28.
b5 $11 {1/2,Itkis,B-Bologan,V/Kishinev/1998/}) 12. b3 {White doesn't want to
commit his Q yet-on a4 it might be too decentralized, while Qe2 might later
allow Black to play Nd4 with tempo.} (12. Qa4 Qc8 ({The pseudoactive} 12... Qd3
$2 13. Nd5 b5 {has been refuted by} 14. Qd1 $1 bxc4 15. Nxc7 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Qa4 c3 18. Ng5 Rfe8 19. bxc3 h6 20. Nf3 Nxe4 21. Ne1 Nxc3 22. Qxc6 $1 $18 {
Antoniewski,R-Szelag,M/POL-chT Lubniewice/2002/}) 13. Kh2 h6 (13... Re8 14.
Rfd1 h6 15. c5 Nd7 16. Rac1 Na7 17. Bf1 c6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qc7 20. Na4
Rad8 21. Nb6 Nf8 22. Qb3 Ne6 23. Nc4 Nc8 24. Kg2 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. e5 Rd5
27. Rxd4 Rxc5 28. Nd6 $1 $16 {Nogueiras,J-Mista,A/Cappelle la Grande op/2002/}
Rxc1 29. Nxe8 Qe7 30. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Qe3 $18 {[%cal Re3e8,
Re3c1]}) 14. Rac1 g5 $5 15. Nd2 g4 16. h4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qb8 18. f4 gxf3 19. Nxf3
Bg4 20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Kxh3 Re8 22. Nh2 Qc8 {Iljin,A-Inarkiev,E/RUS-ch
Krasnoyarsk/2003/} 23. Kg2 Nd4 $132) 12... h6 $146 (12... Qc8 13. Kh2 Rd8 14.
Qc1 Nd4 $2 15. Nxe5 Nd7 16. Bxd4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 18. f4 Bd4 19. Qc2 f6
20. Rad1 c6 21. Na4 Qc7 22. c5 g5 23. Rd3 gxf4 24. gxf4 b5 25. Nb6 Rab8 26. b4
$18 {Roiz,M-Stryjecki,M/WChJ Athens/2001/}) ({Black limits himself to passive
defence only with} 12... Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rfd8 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rd2
Rd7 17. c5 Rad8 18. Kh1 Kf7 19. Na4 Nc6 20. Rad1 Nb4 21. Rxd7+ Rxd7 22. Rxd7+
Nxd7 23. a3 Nc2 24. Bc1 a5 25. Bd2 b5 26. cxb6 cxb6 27. b4 b5 28. Nc3 Nxa3 29.
bxa5 Nc4 30. Be1 b4 $11 {Ilincic,Z-Socko,B/Belgrade/1999/ This is not in
Bologan's style, but the whole line doesn't promise Black any realistic
winning prospects anyway.}) 13. Qc1 Qc8 14. Kh2 g5 $6 {Black tries to emulate
the abovementioned game Iljin-Inarkiev, but here he doesn't get to the g4
advance due to the position of White's Q and only weakens his >>.} ({More
natural and circumspect was} 14... Kh7 $142 15. Rd1 (15. Ne1 Nd7 16. f4 f5 $132
) 15... Rd8 $14 {/= and Black has good prospects to neutralize White's slight
edge.}) 15. Ne1 $1 Qd8 (15... g4 $2 {fails tactically to} 16. Bxh6 gxh3 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 (17... hxg2 18. Bxf6 $1 gxf1=N+ 19. Kg1 $18) 18. Qg5+ $18) (15... Nd4
16. f4 $5 $36 (16. Nd3 g4 17. Nd5 $1 $14)) 16. Qd1 $5 {[%cal Ye1d3] /\Nd3
White insists on playing Nd3 is not afraid of an _|_.} Nd4 (16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1
$14 {|^_|_}) (16... g4 17. f3 $1 $14) 17. Nd3 Nh7 $6 (17... Nd7 $142 $14 {
was more to the point, the N is better placed on d7 and Black could possibly
play even c5.} 18. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Ng4+ 21. hxg4 Bxd4 $11)
18. Qd2 c6 19. Rad1 {[%cal Rd3e5] /\Ne5} Qa5 (19... Qc7 20. Nxe5 $5 Nxb3 21.
axb3 Qxe5 (21... Bxe5 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 $40 {[%csl Rg8] ׻}) 22. Ne2 $16)
20. Na4 $1 $16 (20. Nxe5 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxe5 22. Bd4 Rad8 23. Qe3 $14 {is not
as impressive for White as in the above note, as it allows Black to ease his
defensive task with exchanges.}) 20... Qxd2 {Now Black loses material
practically by force, somewhat better was} (20... Qc7 21. Nxe5 $16 (21. Nac5
$16)) 21. Rxd2 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5][%cal Rd3e5] /\Ne5,><c5,b6} b5 (21... Rad8 22.
Rfd1 b5 23. cxb5 $1 (23. Nac5 bxc4 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. bxc4 {[%cal Rd3b4] /\Nb4}
Rb8 26. Bf3 $16) 23... axb5 24. Nac5 $18 {[%cal Rd3e5] /\Ne5}) 22. Nb6 Rab8 (
22... Rad8 23. Rfd1 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 {[%cal Rd3e5,Rd3b4] /\Ne5,Nb4+-
}) 23. c5 Rfd8 (23... f6 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nb4 $18) (23... Rb7 24. f4 $1 gxf4
25. gxf4 {[%csl Rd4] פd4}) 24. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 4160]} (24. Rfd1 $16 {was also
strong, but by simple tactics White wins a P immediately and gradually
realizes it in the _|_.}) 24... Bxe5 (24... Nxb3 $2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nxc6 $18
) 25. Rfd1 Nf8 (25... g4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 gxh3 29. Bxh3
Bxh3 30. Kxh3 Ng5+ 31. Kg4 Ne6 32. Nd7 $1 Nxd4 33. Nxb8 $18) 26. Bxd4 Bc7 27.
e5 Nd7 (27... Ng6 28. Bxc6 Bxe5 (28... Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxd2 30. Bxc7 $18) 29.
Bxe5 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Nxe5 31. Bg2 $18) 28. Nxd7 (28. Bxc6 Nxb6 29. cxb6 Bxb6 $16)
28... Bxd7 29. e6 (29. Be3 Be8 30. f4 $16 {/+- seems simpler.}) 29... Bxe6 $8 (
29... fxe6 $2 30. Bf6 $18) (29... Be8 30. e7 Rd7 31. Bf6 $18) 30. Bxc6 Ba5 31.
Rc2 Bd5 $5 {The temporary disharmony of White's forces gives Black some
fleeting chances.} 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. a3 $1 (33. a4 bxa4 $1 (33... Rbd8 34. axb5
axb5 35. Ra1 $18) 34. bxa4 Rb4 $132) 33... Rbd8 34. b4 Bc7 (34... Bxb4 $5 35.
axb4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. c6 Rd8 38. Kg2 Kf8 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. c7
Rc8 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Rxh6 Rxc7 44. Rxa6 Rc4+ 45. Kf5 $16 {/+- also shouldn't
be enough to save the game.}) 35. Rcd2 Be5 36. Be3 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Rxd2 38. Bxd2
Kf8 (38... Bb2 $2 39. c6 Be5 40. f4 $18 {wins another P.}) 39. f4 Bf6 $8 (39...
gxf4 40. Bxf4 Bb2 41. Bxh6+ Ke8 42. Bd2 Bxa3 43. h4 $18) 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. Kg2
$18 {B_|_} Ke7 (41... g4 42. h4 $1 Bb2 43. h5 Bxa3 44. Bc3 Bc1 45. Bg7+ $1 Ke7
(45... Kxg7 46. c6 $18) 46. h6 $18) 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Bc1 $2 {This passive move
greatly complicates White's task, in the end he will win only due to Black's
heavy error.} (43. Ke4 $6 Bd8 44. g4 f6 $14) (43. Kg4 $1 Bb2 44. Kxg5 $18 {
[%csl Gc5,Gh3] o^c,h}) 43... Kf5 $1 {[]} (43... Kd5 44. Kg4 $18) 44. g4+ (44.
c6 g4+ $1 (44... Bd8 45. h4 $1 $18) 45. hxg4+ Ke6 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. g5 Bc3 48.
Kf5 Kxc6 49. g6 fxg6+ 50. Kxg6 a5 $1 51. bxa5 Bxa5 52. g4 Kd7 53. Kf7 Bd8 {/\}
54. g5 Bxg5 $11) 44... Ke6 45. c6 Bd8 $1 (45... Kd6 46. Ke4 Bc3 (46... Kxc6 47.
Kf5 $18) 47. Bxg5 Bb2 48. h4 Bxa3 49. Bd2 Kxc6 50. h5 Bb2 51. h6 Kd7 52. Be3 {
[%cal Re3d4] /\Bd4+-}) 46. c7 (46. Ke4 f6 47. Bb2 Bc7 $14) 46... Bxc7 47. Bxg5
f5 $1 (47... Be5 48. Bc1 {/\} f5 49. g5 $18) (47... a5 48. Bd2 $18) 48. Bf4
fxg4+ 49. hxg4 (49. Kxg4 Bd8 {and even the more distant o^ doesn't give White
too many winning chances, as Black always manages to exchange a pair of P on
the << and White's remaining P (on a3 or b4) will be a target for Black's B.}
50. Bd2 Bf6 51. Bc1 Bd8 52. h4 a5 53. h5 axb4 54. axb4 Be7 55. Bd2 Kf7 56. Bc3
Kg8) 49... Bd8 50. Ke4 a5 51. Bd2 axb4 (51... a4 52. g5 Be7 53. Be3 $22 (53. g6
$2 Bf6 $1) 53... Bd8 (53... Bd6 54. g6 Kf6 55. Kd5 $18) 54. g6 Bf6 (54... Kf6
55. Bg5+ $18) 55. Bd4 Bg5 56. g7 Kf7 57. Bb2 $18 {[%cal Re4c6] /\Kd5-c6}) 52.
axb4 Be7 53. g5 Kf7 (53... Bd6 $5 54. Bc3 Bc7 55. Bd4 (55. g6 $2 Bd6) 55... Bd6
56. Bc5 Bc7 {and again it's not easy to see, how can White break through.}) 54.
Kf5 Bf8 55. Bc3 Be7 56. Be1 Bd6 57. Bc3 Be7 58. g6+ Kg8 59. Ke5 $5 (59. Ke6 Bf8
60. Kd5 $2 Bxb4 61. Bxb4 Kg7 $11) 59... Bf8 (59... Bd8 60. Kd6 Be7+ $1 $11) (
59... Kg7 60. Ke6+ Kg8 $1 $11) 60. Ke6 Bh6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Be7 $1 {
[] with the recurring stalemate trick still is a draw.} 61. Be1 (61. g7 Bxb4
$11) 61... Bf8 62. Bd2 Kg7 63. Kf5 Kg8 $11) 61. g7 $18 Bg5 (61... Bc1 62. Kd5
Ba3 63. Kc5 $18) 62. Kd6 {[%cal Rd6b5] /\Kc5xb5+-} (62. Kd5 $2 Be7 {[%cal
Re7b4] /\Bb4=}) (62. Kd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Nd5 Nh5 10. Bb2 e6 (10... b5 $143 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. e4 e6
14. Ne3 Ne7 15. e5 f5 16. d5 f4 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ng5 Bc8 {Gorelov,S-Bologan,V/
Moscow/1995/} 19. exd6 $1 $16) 11. Ne3 ({After this game maybe more attention
will again focus on the in CBM 68 rather unfairly degraded} 11. Nc3 b5 (11...
Ne7 $143 $2 12. a4 $1 f5 13. e4 h6 14. Re1 f4 15. e5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Nc6 17. Ba3
Rf7 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. Qd3 Kh7 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Rf5 23. Qd2 $40
{Wojtkiewicz,A-Jaracz,P/Warsaw/1995/}) 12. d5 $5 (12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rc1 Ba6 $5
14. Qd2 b4 15. Nb1 Ne7 16. Ne1 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20.
Qxd3 Qxd3 21. exd3 Rb5 22. Nd2 Ra5 23. Ne4 Ngf5 24. Nxc5 Rxa2 25. Rc4 Rb8 26.
Nd7 Rb5 $36 {Romanishin,O-Milov,V/Biel/1996/}) 12... Ne7 13. dxe6 Bxe6 $142 (
13... fxe6 14. c5 $1 (14. Nd2 bxc4 15. Nxc4 d5 16. Nd2 c5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Nd1
Qa5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. e4 Bb5 21. Re1 d4 22. f3 Nc6 $13 {Grabarczyk,M-Jaracz,P/
Warsaw/1995/}) 14... dxc5 15. Qc2 Nc6 (15... Bb7 16. Nd1 Qd6 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18.
Rc1 Nef5 19. Qxc5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd4 21. Ne3 Ne8 22. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. exf3 Qxc5
24. Rxc5 Rxf3 25. Rc6 a5 26. Rxe6 $36 {Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo act/1999/}
) 16. Ne4 (16. Rac1 $5 $36) 16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Rad1 e5 19. e3 Rf7 20.
exd4 exd4 21. Rd2 (21. Nc5 $5 $44) 21... Bf5 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. b4 Rb6 24. Qb3+
Be6 25. Qa3 Bc4 26. Nc5 Re7 27. Bxd4 Re2 {1/2,Wojtkiewicz,A-Shabalov,A/
Washington/1998/}) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Ng5 Bd7 $5 (16... b4 17. Nce4
Ned5 18. Nxe6 $5 (18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Rc4 c5 21. Rd1 Rb6 22. Rf4
Qe7 23. h4 Bf5 24. Rf3 Ra6 $17 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Istratescu,A/Krynica zt/1998/})
18... fxe6 19. Nxf6+ (19. Ng5 $5 Qe7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 (20... Bxf6 $2 21. Nxe6) 21.
Qe3 e5 22. Rac1 $14) 19... Nxf6 20. Rac1 Rb6 (20... c5 21. Rfd1 Ne8 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Rxc5 Qf6 24. Rc6 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 $16) (20... Nd7 $6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Rc4 $16 {Cvitan,O-Jenni,F/Baden Mitropa/1999/}) 21. Rc6 $36) 17. b4 Nc8 $14 {
<=>}) (11. Nf4 Nxf4 12. gxf4 b5 (12... Ne7 13. Qd2 d5 14. Rac1 Nf5 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Qa5 c6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. e3 Bf8 19. Rfd1 a5 20. a4 f6 21. Ra1 h6 22.
h4 Nd6 23. Ba3 Bg4 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 $15 {Maherramzade,J-Bagaturov,G/Elista olm/
1998/}) 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. c5 Qd7 16. e3 f5 17. Qa5 Bd5 18. cxd6 cxd6
19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Rfe8 21. Rfc1 Bf8 22. Rd7 Red8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ba3 h6
25. Rc7 a5 26. Nh4 b4 27. Bb2 Ra8 28. a4 $2 g5 $17 {Jirovsky,M-Jenni,F/Baden
Mitropa/1999/}) 11... Ne7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black wants to achieve a
harmonious setup of his pieces and pawns, he doesn't need to play the active,
but weakening f5 immediately to achieve this.} (11... f5 12. Qd2 (12. Qc1 Ne7
13. Re1 b5 14. Nf1 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd5 16. e4 Ndf4 17. gxf4 fxe4 18. N3d2 Nxf4
19. Ng3 Nd3 (19... d5 $142 $1 {/\Nd3->}) 20. Rxe4 Nxb2 21. Qc2 d5 22. Re5 Bxe5
23. dxe5 Na4 24. bxa4 Bd7 25. Nb3 Bxa4 26. Bh3 $132 {Romanishin,O-Pavlovic,M/
Linares op/1996/}) 12... f4 $5 (12... Ne7 13. Rac1 b6 (13... h6 14. c5 b5 15.
cxb6 cxb6 16. Ba3 b5 17. Bb4 f4 18. Nd1 Nd5 19. Ba5 Qe7 20. Nc3 Nhf6 21. Nh4
Qe8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bc7 Ra8 25. Bxd6 Rf7 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. dxe5
g5 28. Nf3 $16 {Supatashvili,K-Zakharstov,V/Cherkessk/1997/}) 14. c5 $1 dxc5
15. Rfd1 f4 16. Ng4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Ngxe5 c5 19. Bc3 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 fxg3
21. hxg3 Nf6 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. e4 Bc8 24. Nc4 $36 {Akopian,V-Bologan,V/Elista
olm/1998/}) 13. Nd1 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qd5+ $6 (15. Qxd8 $142 Rxd8 16. Ng5
$14) 15... Qxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Rc1 Bg4 $1 19. f3 Bd7 20. g4 Nf6
21. Rxc7 Rf7 22. d6 Ne8 23. Rc2 Nxd6 24. Nf2 Nb5 25. Ne4 Bc6 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. g5
Rf5 28. h4 Rfd5 29. Bh3 d3 $17 {Konopka,M-Manik,M/Baden Mitropa/1999/}) (11...
e5 $6 12. dxe5 Be6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 dxe5 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bc5 e4 17. Bxf8
Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Qxf8 19. Bxe4 c6 20. Rd1 $16 {Jirovsky,M-Oral,T/CZE-ch/1994/})
12. Qd2 {White develops himself in accordance with the Akopian-Bologan game,
but this plan is now not so effective.} ({Therefore deserving attention was
the more flexible} 12. Ne1 $5 b6 13. Nd3 $13 {[%cal Ye3c2,Ye2e4,Yd4d5] +/=,/
\d5,Nc2,e4}) 12... b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Rfd1 h6 15. c5 Nf6 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Ba3
(17. Nc4 $142 $5 {and any pawn move (b5,d5) helps the N to a more active
outpost.} b5 18. Na5 Bd5 19. Ne1 Qd7 $11) 17... b5 $1 {[%csl Re3] פe3} 18. Qb4
$6 {White loses track in this phase and doesn't test Black's idea at all.} (18.
Ne1 $5 Bxg2 19. N3xg2 $11) 18... Ne8 $1 {/\a5 Now White's pieces get chased
back.} (18... Ne4 $143 19. Nd2 $14) 19. Qe1 a5 20. Bb2 f5 $36 {The right time
for this space-winning move.} 21. Bc3 $6 (21. Nd2 $142 Qb6 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 $15)
21... b4 22. Bb2 Nf6 23. Rc2 ({More logical was} 23. Nc4 g5 $15) 23... g5 24.
Rdc1 Be4 25. Rc7 f4 26. Nf1 Ned5 27. R7c4 Bg6 $17 {[%cal Rf6e4,Re4c3] ><c3,
Ne4-c3} 28. e3 $2 {A mistake under pressure, which loses material.} ({
Necessary was} 28. N3d2 g4 $36 {/\} 29. e4 $6 Nb6 30. Rc6 f3 $19) 28... fxg3
29. fxg3 (29. hxg3 Bd3 $17 (29... Ne4 $5 $40 {[%csl Rc3,Rf2] ><f2,c3})) 29...
Bd3 30. Rc6 $2 (30. N1d2 $142 $5 Bxc4 31. bxc4 Nb6 $17) 30... Ne7 31. Rc7 Nfd5
32. R7c4 (32. Rxe7 Qxe7 $19) 32... Bxf1 $1 $19 {Now Black simply wins a piece.}
33. Kxf1 (33. Qxf1 g4 $19) 33... g4 34. e4 Nb6 (34... gxf3 $143 $6 35. Bh3) 35.
Rc7 Rc8 $1 36. Rxc8 Nexc8 37. Qe3 Qf6 38. Ke2 (38. e5 Qf5 $19) 38... gxf3+ 39.
Bxf3 Qg6 40. Rc7 Rf7 {With the time control over White has hardly any excuse
for prolonging the game for another 40-odd moves. Especially after move 56
it's difficult to find any reason to continue the deserate struggle.} 41. Qc1
Rxc7 42. Qxc7 Qf7 43. Qc6 Qd7 44. Qxd7 Nxd7 45. Kd3 Ncb6 46. a3 e5 47. axb4
axb4 48. d5 Nc5+ 49. Kc2 Nbd7 (49... Bf6 $5 50. Bc1 Bg5 $19) 50. Bc1 Nf6 51.
Bd2 Nfxe4 52. Bxb4 Nf6 53. Bd2 Kf7 54. b4 Ncd7 55. b5 Nb6 56. Kd3 Nfxd5 57. Ba5
Ke6 58. Bg4+ Ke7 59. Bf3 Kd7 60. h4 Bf8 61. Bg2 Be7 62. Bf3 Bd8 63. Bd2 Nf6 64.
Bxh6 d5 65. Be2 Nc4 66. h5 Ke6 67. Bg5 Kf5 68. Bc1 Bb6 69. Kc3 Ne3 70. h6 Kg6
71. Ba3 Kxh6 72. Kd3 e4+ 73. Kc3 Nf5 74. Bc1+ Kg6 75. Bf4 Nh5 76. Be5 Nhxg3 77.
Bd1 Kg5 78. Bb3 d4+ 79. Kc4 Ne3+ 80. Kb4 Ne2 81. Be6 d3 82. Bd6 d2 83. Bb3 Nd4
84. Kc3 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.31"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Ironi"]
[BlackTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 {Stohl. Tyomkin,D} g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Nd7 (10... dxe5 {Stohl} 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12.
Rxd1 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bf4 b4 (15... Nde5 $143 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Ne4 Ra8 $2 19. Rxc7 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxa2 21. Rxe7 Nf7 22. b3 e5
23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rb7 Rb2 25. Rdd7 {1-0,Marin,M-Szabo,G/Bucharest/2000/}) 16. Na4
Nb6 17. Nxb6 Rxb6 18. Rac1 Bxb2 19. Bxc7 Ra6 20. Rc4 Bf6 $146 {This important
novelty enabled balck to solve his opening problems.} 21. h4 e5 22. Ng5 Nd4 23.
Rxb4 Kg7 24. Bd5 $6 (24. a4 $142) 24... Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nc3 26. Rd3 Nxd5 27. Rxd5
Rxa2 28. Ne4 Bf5 $17 {Bosboom,M-Nijboer,F/NED-ch Rotterdam/2000/}) 11. e6 fxe6
12. d5 Na5 $5 13. cxb5 exd5 (13... Nf6 $5 $146 14. Qa4 (14. Nd4 $143 e5 15. Nc6
Nxc6 16. bxc6 e6 $13) 14... Nb7 $2 {0-1 Lopushnoy,D-Lobzhanidze,D/St.
Petersburg 1997/CBM 62/[Stohl] (29)} (14... c5 $142 $1 {(Stohl) []} 15. dxc6 (
15. bxc6 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qh4 $5 $36) 15... axb5 16. Nxb5 Nxc6 17. Nbd4
$14)) 14. Nd4 Nf6 15. bxa6 $6 $146 {The previously played 15.Nxd5 gives white
chances for advantage.} (15. Nxd5 $142) (15. Nxd5 {Dolmatov} axb5 $6 (15... e5
$1 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. bxc6 Be6 18. b3 e4 19. Bg5 Bxd5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxd5+ $14
) 16. Bd2 $1 $16 {1-0 Geller,E-Chiburdanidze,M/Moscow 1981/MCL/[Dolmatov] (41)}
) 15... c6 {Now black get the strongest center it can be!} (15... e6 $5 16. Re1
Re8 {getting strong pawn centre.}) 16. a7 Ra8 17. Nxc6 $6 {[%mdl 1024] It was
actually the idea of white, which was started on 15th move. Stohl: 'White
decides to fight the powerful black pawns radically. Attempts to gain material
are not too promising due to his undeveloped pieces and ׻.'} (17. b4 e5 18.
Nb3 $1 Nxb3 (18... Nc4 19. Nxd5) 19. axb3 d4 $5 (19... Qb6 20. b5) 20. Bxc6
Bxh3 21. Nd5 $13) 17... Nxc6 18. Nxd5 (18. Bxd5+ Nxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxc6
Bxh3 $17) 18... Bd7 (18... Rxa7 {Stohl} 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Qxc6
Bb7 22. Qc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qa8+ $44) 19. Be3 Nxa7 $1 {The forthcoming
transformations are in favour of black.  Stohl: 'Black will be forced to give
back some material, it's a question of choosing the best way, so that he will
get as much piece play with his minor pieces as possible.'} (19... Nxd5 20.
Qxd5+ (20. Bxd5+ e6 21. Bg2 d5 $17) 20... Kh8 21. Rac1 Rxa7 (21... Nxa7 $2 22.
Qxa8 Qxa8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc7 Bxh3 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Bxa7 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Bxb2
28. a4 Bc3 29. Bb6 $16 {and the o^a will cost Black his B.}) (21... Rf5 22. Qd2
$44) 22. Bxa7 Nxa7 $15 {White has some drawing chances.} (22... Nxa7 {Stohl}
23. Qb7 Nb5 $13 {/=/+})) 20. Bb6 (20. Nxf6+ $143 {Stohl} Bxf6 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22.
Qxa8 Qxa8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) 20... Qb8 (20... Qe8 $2 {Stohl} 21. Nc7 $18) 21.
Bc7 (21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 $17 {'|^' Stohl. Stohl: '/^a8-h1,ע'}) 21...
Qe8 {'!?' Stohl.} (21... Qxb2 {Stohl} 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxa8 Bxh3 24. Bg2 Bxg2
25. Kxg2 Qf7 26. Rc1 Qxa2 $11) 22. Re1 (22. Nb6 {Stohl} Bc6 23. Qb3+ (23. Bxc6
Nxc6 24. Nxa8 Qxa8 $17) 23... Kh8 24. Rac1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nc6 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27.
Qf3 d5 28. Qc3 $15) 22... Nxd5 23. Qxd5+ e6 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: '[]'} (23... Qf7
$2 24. Rxe7) (23... Kh8 24. Qxa8 Qxa8 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxe7 $11 {'+/=' Stohl.}
) 24. Qxa8 (24. Qxd6 {Stohl} Nb5 $19) 24... Qxa8 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxd6 Nc6 $1
$17 {[%cal Gc6d4][%mdl 1024] '|^!?' Stohl. White has even some material
advantage, but black's position is much better - in a few moves black enters
all his pieces to the game, receiving a decisive initiative.} (26... Nb5 $2 27.
Be5) (26... Bxb2 {Stohl} 27. Rab1 Bf6 28. Be5 $11) 27. Red1 (27. Bc5 e5 $1 (
27... Ne5 28. Re3 Bc6 $6 29. f4) (27... Nd4 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Re2 e5 30. Kh2
$15) 28. h4 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Re7 Bf5 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Yf5,Yg7][%cal Yf5c2]
Black pawn 'd' is much more dangerous than passed pawns of white.}) 27... Nd4 {
Stohl: 'Black increases the pressure without allowing White to activate his R.'
} (27... Bxb2 {Stohl} 28. Rab1 Bd4 (28... Rxa2 $2 29. Rd2 $18) 29. Rb7 $132)
28. a4 (28. f4 $142 $5 {Stohl} Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c2] /\Rc2->} 29. Be5 Nf3+ 30. Kf2
Nxe5 31. fxe5 Rc2+ 32. Ke3 $15) (28. Bc5 {Stohl} Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Bb5 30. a4 Bc4
$17) 28... Bc6 $1 {[%cal Gd4f3,Yg7b2] Capture on a4 would help white to change
pieces. Last move of black creates threat over white king.} 29. a5 {'?' Stohl.
Stohl: 'This loses an exchange by force.'} (29. f4 {Stohl} Nf3+ 30. Kf2 Bxb2
31. Ra2 Bd4+ 32. Ke2 $17) 29... Ne2+ 30. Kf1 (30. Kh2 {Stohl} Bxb2 31. Rab1 Nc3
$19) 30... Bb5 31. Kg2 Bxb2 32. Rab1 Bc6+ (32... Nc3 {Stohl} 33. Rxb2 Bc6+ $19)
33. Kf1 Nc3 {'-+' Stohl.} 34. Rxb2 Nxd1 35. Rb6 Bf3 $2 {Unaccurate move in
time pressure- black could finish this game much faster:} (35... Bd5 $142 36.
a6 Nc3 $19 {[%cal Gc3a4]}) 36. a6 Nc3 37. a7 $1 {White uses the dubious
position of black light pieces and keeps the pawn for a while.} (37. Rb3 {Stohl
} Ne4 (37... Rxa6 $2 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Be5+ Kf7 40. Bxc3 $11) 38. Bb4 Bd1 39.
Re3 Bc2 $19) 37... Bd5 {'!' Stohl.} (37... Rxa7 38. Rb8+ Kf7 (38... Kg7 39.
Be5+ {'=' Stohl.}) 39. Rf8+ $11) 38. Rb8+ Kf7 {Stohl: 'Despite White's
desperate resistance Black has full control over a8 and can gradually
extricate his pieces and realize his material advantage.'} 39. Bc5 Ne4 40. Be3
Nf6 41. f4 Nd7 42. Rb2 Ke7 43. Ke2 Rc8 44. g4 Kd6 45. g5 e5 $1 {Finally black
connected all his pieces and pawn 'a' isn't dangerous anymore.} 46. fxe5+ Kxe5
47. Rb4 Rc2+ 48. Kd3 Ra2 $19 49. Rb8 Kd6 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 50. Rd8 Ra3+ 51. Kd2
Ke6 52. Rh8 Ne5 53. Re8+ Kf5 54. Rf8+ Nf7 (54... Ke4 55. Rf4#) 55. Ke2 Ke4 56.
Re8+ Ne5 57. Bc5 Ra2+ 58. Ke1 (58. Kd1 Kd3 {[%cal Ra2a1]}) 58... Kf5 (58... Kf5
59. Be3 Nf3+ 60. Kd1 Nxg5 61. Bxg5 Bf3+ 62. Kc1 Kxg5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 {
After getting a heavy beating in various g3 lines (Grunfeld,Benoni,King's
Indian) in their match last year David again plays this system against
Tkachiev. But White varies his opening choice.} 8. b3 (8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 Rb8 10.
e4 Nd7 (10... e5 $1 $132) 11. Be3 Na5 12. b3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rc1 c6 15.
Qd2 e5 16. Red1 Qe7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ne1 Nf8 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Ne2 b4 21. Nc5
Bf8 22. Qc2 Rb5 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Bf1 Qf6 25. Qb2 Qg7 26. Rc2 $16 {Tkachiev,
V-David,A/Cannes m/1999/}) 8... Rb8 9. e3 $5 {White comes up with a restrained
strategy, first safeguarding his central pawns.} (9. Bb2 {and}) (9. Nd5 {
are the more usual alternatives, which however give Black sufficient <=>.
Tkachiev's move is hardly any stronger, but has the advantage of being less
tested.}) 9... Re8 $146 ({More consistent (and played by Tkachiev himself) is} 
9... b5 10. Qe2 (10. Nd2 Bg4 $1 $132 (10... Bd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bb2
Nh5 14. c5 $1 dxc5 15. Nce4 Nxd5 16. Nxc5 Bc8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Nxa6 Bxa6 19.
Bxd5 Nf6 20. Bg2 Nd7 21. Rac1 Nc5 22. Ne4 b4 23. Qc2 Ne6 24. Nc5 $16 {Zhang
Weida-Guo Yu/Ch China 1987})) 10... b4 (10... bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nb4 12. Rd1 a5 13.
Qe2 c5 14. Ba3 Ba6 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Rac1 c4 17. e4 Nf6 18. Qg5 e5 19. Qe3 Qe7
20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nd2 $1 $16 {Vaulin,A-Rashkovsky,N/Kurgan/1993/})
(10... Na5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Nc6 13. a3 Na7 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Ba1
c6 17. Nb1 Be6 18. Nbd2 h6 19. e4 Nc4 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Qb6 23.
Nxe6+ fxe6 24. exd5 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 e5 26. Qe3 Nc8 27. Rc6 $36 {Vaulin,A-Kaminik,
A/Bled/1991/}) 11. Nd5 (11. Na4 Bd7 12. Bb2 Na5 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Qc2 Bxa4 15.
bxa4 Nd7 16. c5 dxc5 17. Bf1 c4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Nb6 20. Qxa6 Nxa4 21.
Rab1 c5 22. Ba1 Nc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Rbc1 Ra8 25. Qc4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Qa4 $11 {
1/2,Dizdarevic,E-Tkachiev,V/Solin/1999/}) 11... Nh5 $5 (11... Bb7 12. Bb2 Nd7
13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. e4 e6 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Nd3 Ba8 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. d5 Bh6 19. Rc2
Rbe8 20. Qf1 c5 21. e5 exd5 22. exd6 Nf5 23. Nfe5 $16 {Cvitan,O-Socko,B/
Cappelle la Grande op/2000/}) 12. Bb2 e6 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. exf4 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Bb7
16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 c6 18. Ne3 Nf5 19. a3 a5 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Nxf5 exf5 22.
Qc2 Qb6 23. Ba3 Rxb3 24. Bxd6 Ra8 25. Bc7 Rb2 26. Bxb6 Rxc2 27. Rxa5 $11 {
1/2,Blagojevic,D-Pikula,D/Podgorica/1996/}) (9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rad1 Rxd1 $2 (13... Bf5 $14) 14. Rxd1 Bf8 15. Bb2 Ne8 16.
Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 17. Rd8 Nd6 18. Nd5 f6 19. Nxf6+ Kf7 20. Bxe5 Ke7 21. Bxd6+ {
1-0,Makarov,M-Monin,N/Budapest/1992/}) (9... Bd7 10. Qe2 (10. Bb2 e5 (10... b5
11. Nd2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Rc1 h5 14. Qe2 Nh7 15. e4 Qe8 16. c5 dxc5 $6 17. Nd1
c6 18. Rxc5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nf5 20. Re1 Qe7 21. Rc1 Rfe8 22. Ne4 Nd6 23. Nc5 Bg4
24. Qd2 Qa7 25. Ne3 Bh6 26. Qa5 $16 {Grabarczyk,M-Markowski,T/POL-ch/1996/})
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nc3 Nb4
17. Qe2 a5 18. Rfd1 c6 19. Rd2 Rbd8 20. Rad1 f5 21. a3 Na6 22. Na4 Rxd2 23.
Qxd2 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Bf1 Bf6 $11 {Makarov,M-Kryschilovskij,A/St
Petersburg/1999/ (26)}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Ng5
h6 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Nc3 Ne7 19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Ne4 Bd7
21. Qf2 Bc6 22. Nc3 Ne7 23. e4 Bd7 24. Nd5 Nc6 25. Kh1 f5 26. exf5 $14 {
1/2,Makarov,M-Morozevich,A/Tomsk/1998/}) 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Rc1 e6 $6 {Too
passive.} (11... b5 $142 12. Nd2 (12. cxb5 axb5 13. d5 (13. Qe2 Na5 $132) 13...
Na5 14. Nd4 b4 15. Nce2 e6 $13) (12. Qe2 Na5 13. Nd2 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5
c5 $11) 12... Na5 13. Ba1 $5 $14 {()}) 12. Ba1 {[%mdl 4] White must patiently
improve his position before advancing his P.} b5 13. Nd2 Ne7 $6 (13... Na5 $142
) 14. Qc2 $14 {()[+]} Bc8 (14... Bc6 15. e4 (15. Bxc6 $2 Nxc6 16. cxb5 Nb4 $1
17. Qd1 axb5 $11) 15... bxc4 16. bxc4 $16) 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. e4 Nc6 (16... bxc4
$142 17. bxc4 (17. Nxc4 d5 18. Na5 dxe4 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Nd5 $11) 17... Nd7 (17... c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Nde4 $16) 18. Nf3 f5
$5 $14 {<=>}) 17. Nf3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Nd7 19. Rb1 Ba8 20. a3 $1 Rxb1 (20... Qe7
21. d5 Nce5 $14) 21. Nxb1 Qb8 22. Nbd2 Qa7 23. Nb3 $36 {[%csl Ra7,Ra8] ףa7,
Ba8 Black's Q is misplaced.} e5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] After this strategical
blunder Black has no <=> against White's [+] anymore and he loses surprisingly
fast.} (23... a5 $142 24. d5 Nce5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bd4 $14 {/+/-}) 24. d5 Ne7
25. Bc3 Nc5 (25... f5 26. Ng5 $16 {->}) 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Bb4 Qa7 28. c5 $18 {
[%cal Rc5c6] /\c6} a5 (28... dxc5 $8 29. Bxc5 Qb8 30. Rb1 Qd8 (30... Qc8 31.
Bxe7 Rxe7 32. d6 Rd7 33. Bh3 f5 34. Qb3+ {[%cal Rb3b8] /\Qb8+-}) 31. Qa4 $18)
29. Qa4 Rd8 30. Qxa5 Qb8 (30... Qxa5 31. Bxa5 dxc5 32. Bxc7 $18) 31. c6 {
Black's Ba8 is dead, he is effectively a piece down.} Nc8 32. Rb1 Bh6 33. Qa6
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 $5
{This move has been largely ignored due to the following unpleasant pin. But
in fact the arising positions are quite interesting and merit closer attention.
} Bg4 {Very logical} ({But an interesting and nearly untested idea in the
Yugoslav spirit is} 8... Na5 $5 9. Qd3 c5 10. h3 (10. d5 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12.
Nxb5 Ba6 $44) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nd7 12. b3 Ne5 13. Qc2 $2 (13. Qd1 $11 {/+/=}
) 13... Nexc4 14. Nde2 Ne5 15. Be3 Nac6 16. f4 Nd7 17. Rad1 Qa5 $17 {Pantebre,
J-Sharif,M/Thessaloniki olm/1984/}) (8... Rb8 9. h3 {leads to lines, which
nowadays Black tends to avoid-after 8.h3 the most popular move has become 8...
Bd7.}) 9. Be3 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 {also enables Black to occupy d4 with
his N, moreover White has spent a move on the more or less useless h3.} (10...
e5 $11 {is very similar.})) 9... Nd7 10. Qd2 ({White can continue his fight
for d4 only by the rather unnatural} 10. Ne2 Na5 $142 $1 ({Illogical is} 10...
e5 $6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 (12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 c5 14. Rfb1 f5 15. f3 Qc7 16.
Bh3 Rab8 17. Rf1 b5 18. b3 b4 19. Rae1 a5 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Rbe8 26. Qb2+ $40 {Barus,C-Hon Kah Seng,C/
Asia-chT/1987/}) 12... Nb6 13. Rc1 c5 14. Nd3 f5 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 fxe4 17.
Bxe4 Nd7 (17... Nf5 $8) 18. g4 $1 b5 19. b3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Rb8 21. f4 Qa5 22.
fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf4 Qa3 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qg3+ 26. Bg2 dxe5 27. d6 $18 {
Krasenkow,M-Smirin,I/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) 11. Rc1 c5 12. b3 Nc6 (12... cxd4
13. Nexd4 Nc6 $11) 13. d5 Nb4 14. a3 Nd3 $5 15. Rc2 (15. Qxd3 $142 Bxf3 16.
Bxf3 Ne5 $11) 15... b5 16. Ne1 Nxe1 17. Qxe1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qa5
20. Bh3 Nb6 21. Qd3 Rab8 22. Bd2 Qa4 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 $36 {[%cal
Gb8b1] <->b,Hallmark,A-Penrose,J/York/1959/}) 10... Bxf3 ({Deserving attention
is the preparatory} 10... Rb8 {The idea is that after e.g.} 11. Rab1 $142 $5 {
[%csl Gb4,Gc4,Gd4][%cal Yb2b4] /\b4()<<} (11. Rac1 e5 12. d5 (12. Ne2 $2 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qf6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 $17 {Foulon,G-Giffard,N/Le Touquet/
1998/}) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bg2 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b3 $13 {White's
expansion on the << is stopped for the time being.})) (10... e5 11. d5 Bxf3 {
gives White the additional possibility} 12. dxc6 (12. Bxf3 {-10...Bf3}) 12...
Bxg2 13. cxb7 Rb8 (13... Bxf1 14. bxa8=Q Qxa8 15. Rxf1 Re8 16. Qd5 Nf8 17. Qxa8
Rxa8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Na4 Ne6 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rd8 22. Be3 $36 {[%csl Ra6,
Rc7] _|_׫,Jasnikowski,Z-Hazai,L/Espoo/1989/}) 14. Kxg2 Rxb7 15. b3 Qb8 16.
Rac1 f5 17. c5 Nf6 18. Bg5 Rb4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. f3 Rd4 21. Qe2 Qb7 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 23. Nd5 $14 {Jasnikowski,Z-Sznapik,A/POL-chT Cetniewo/1991/ (26)}) 11.
Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 {[%csl Gd4][%mdl 32] So Black has a beautiful Nd4.
But if the N should have some practical effect, he must open the position. And
the favours White with his ^^. As we will see from the examples, White can
play on both flanks, sort of "around" the Nd4. An interesting strategical
concept.} c5 (13... a5 $6 14. Nb5 $36) (13... Rb8 $143 14. Ne2 c5 15. dxc6
Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 bxc6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Qd3 Rxb2 19. Qa3 Rfb8 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Nf8 22. Bh3 $1 $16 {Debnar,L-Struhar,J/Trencin SVK-ch/1991/}) 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. b4 $146 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4] A new idea in this position. Formerly White
used to set his sights on the >> with success.} (15. f4 $5 Rb8 (15... Qa5 16.
Rac1 (16. Rad1 $2 Nb6 {/\} 17. b3 Qxc3 $19 {Stantic,S-Atalik,S/Nova Gorica/
1999/}) 16... Qb4 17. b3 a5 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. f5 Rfe8 20. f6 Bh8 21. Bxd4 exd4
22. Qxd4 Rad8 23. Rcd1 Nd7 24. Bh3 Ne5 25. Na4 h5 26. Nb2 Qa3 27. Nd3 $16 {
Begun,S-Hasanov,M/Minsk/1985/}) 16. f5 (16. Rf2 $5 Nf6 17. Bh3 h5 18. Re1 Ng4
$6 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nd1 Qb6 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Qd3 Rb7 24. Rfe2
Rbe7 25. Nf2 f5 26. Kg2 $16 {Cao Sang-Roselli Mailhe,B/Moscow olm/1994/}) (16.
Rab1 a5 17. Ne2 c5 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. b3 a4 20. f5 axb3 21. axb3 Qe7 22. Qd3 f6
23. b4 Qf7 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bh6 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxb8 Rxb8
29. Rb1 {1/2,Alzate,J-Ciocaltea,V/La Habana olm/1966/}) 16... a5 17. Rf2 Nb6
18. b3 a4 19. Nxa4 Nxa4 20. bxa4 c5 21. Raf1 f6 22. h4 Rb4 (22... Ra8 $142 $5
$14 {<=>}) 23. Bxd4 $1 exd4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26. Bd5+ Kh7 27. h5
$40 {[%csl Gd5,Rg7] ^-,Jasnikowski,Z-Penzold,A/BL2-N 9899/1999/ Typically an
attack with opposite-coloured B is very dangerous, Black's light squares are
fatally weakened.}) 15... Rc8 (15... Nb6 16. Qd3 c5 17. bxc5 (17. b5 $6 axb5
18. cxb5 Ra3 $40) 17... dxc5 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. Rab1 Qd6 20. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Yd2a5]
/\Ba5+/=}) 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Rab1 Qe6 18. Qd3 Nb6 19. Bxd4 {Black's <=> was
getting real, so White has to exchange the N after all.} (19. Ne2 c5 20. a3 (
20. Bxd4 $2 cxd4 $15) (20. bxc5 dxc5 $11) 20... Na4 $5 $132) 19... exd4 20. Ne2
c5 21. Nf4 Qe5 $8 (21... Qf6 $6 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. e5 Qd8 24. e6 $36 {[%csl Gg2,
Rg7][%cal Re6e7] /\e7,^-}) 22. Qa3 ({Simpler seems} 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qb3 Rb8
$1 24. Nd3 Qa5 25. Qb4 $5 $14) 22... cxb4 23. Rxb4 (23. Qxa6 Nd7 24. Nd3 (24.
Rxb4 $143 Nc5 25. Qb6 Bh6 $36) 24... Nc5 25. Nxe5 Nxa6 26. Nd7 (26. Nd3 Rb8 {
[%cal Yb8b6,Yf8b8,Ya6c5] /\Rb6,Rfb8,Nc5=}) 26... Rfe8 27. Nb6 Rc5 28. Nd5 d3 $5
$132) 23... Nd7 24. Bh3 {[%csl Gd4,Gd7][%cal Gd7c5] White understandably
doesn't want Black's N to come to c5 or e5, where it would further the
possible advance of the o^d4. Although White will have some edge due to the
pawn structure, Polgar still retains <=> against the Pc4 and e4.} (24. Nd3 Qe6
25. Rb7 Nc5 26. Rb6 a5 $13) 24... Rcd8 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 {[%cal Rg7h6] /\Bh6} 26.
Re1 Bh6 27. Nd3 $14 Qe6 28. Rb6 (28. Ra4 Rc8 29. c5 Qe8 (29... Bd2 $5) 30. Rxd4
dxc5 31. Rc4 (31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Qxa6 c4 $36 {[%csl Gc4] o^c}) 31... Bf8 $11) (
28. c5 $2 Bd2 $17) 28... Qxc4 29. Qxa6 Qc2 (29... Rc8 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Rd1 $14
) 30. Rb2 Qc3 31. Rb3 Qc7 (31... Qc2 32. Qa4 Rdd8 33. Ra3 $14 (33. Qxd4 Qxa2
$11 {/+/=})) 32. Nb4 Qa7 33. Qd3 (33. Qxa7 Rxa7 34. Re2 Rc8 $11) 33... Bg7 (
33... Rc8 $143 34. Nd5 $36 {[%cal Rd5b6] /\Nf6,Nb6}) 34. Rc1 Qa5 35. Rc6 (35.
a3 $5 $14 {/\Nd5}) 35... h5 (35... f5 36. exf5 Rxf5 37. Rc8+ $40) 36. Ra6 Qc5
37. Rc6 Qa5 38. h4 Kh7 $5 39. Qc4 f5 {[%mdl 256] Active defence. Black first
safeguarded his K before this double-edged advance.} 40. Qd5 Qd8 (40... Qxd5 $2
41. exd5 $14 {[%csl Ga2,Rd6,Rg7] /+/-,_|_,ץg7,d6,o^a}) 41. Nd3 Qe7 42. exf5
Rxf5 43. Qc4 Rf3 44. Rc8 Qf6 45. Rc7 {White exchanges a pair of R to lessen
the potential danger for his K.} (45. a4 Rf7 46. Qc2 Qf5 $11 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1,
Rg3] ׻}) 45... Rxc7 46. Qxc7 Qf5 47. Rb7 Qf6 48. Qc2 Qf5 49. Qc7 Qf6 50. Rb3 (
50. Qc2 Qf5 $11) 50... Qf5 51. Qc4 {White persists, but Black already has >>
play.} g5 $6 {Again Polgar plays the most risky move, but now she takes it a
bit too far.} (51... d5 52. Qc2 Qe4 {/\} 53. a4 g5 $132) 52. hxg5 Qxg5 (52...
h4 53. Nf4 Rxb3 54. g6+ Kh6 55. Qxb3 Be5 56. Qf7 $1 $18) 53. Ne1 Rc3 54. Qe2
Rc1 (54... h4 55. Qe4+ Kh6 56. Nf3 $1 $16) 55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Rf3 $6 ({More
testing was} 56. Nf3 $142 $1 Bf6 (56... Rc3 57. Rb5 Rc5 (57... d3 58. Qb2 $1 (
58. Rxd5 dxe2 59. Rxh5+ Kg6 60. Rh1 Rc2 $44) 58... Rc5 59. Rb7 Qg8 60. Qd4 $18)
58. Qd3+ Kh6 59. a4 $36) 57. Qb5 $5 $14) (56. f3 $14) 56... Rc3 57. Nd3 Be5 58.
a4 (58. Kg1 $5) 58... h4 59. g4 ({White's pieces are in a nasty pin even after
} 59. gxh4 $5 Ra3 60. Ne1 Ra1 $44) 59... Kg7 60. Ne1 Rc1 $1 $11 {Now Black is
finally saved, as White's attack against his exposed K leads only to a
perpetual due to the pin of Rf3.} 61. Qd2 (61. Kf1 Ra1 $15) 61... Rxe1 62. Qg5+
(62. Qxe1 $2 h3+ $19) 62... Kh7 63. Qxh4+ Kg7 (63... Kg6 64. Qh5+ $11) 64. Qg5+
Kh7 65. Qf5+ Kg7 (65... Kg8 66. Qf8+ Kh7 67. Qe7+ Kg6 68. Qe8+ $11) 66. g5 $5
Qe4 (66... Qg8 $2 67. Qd7+ Kg6 68. Qh3 $1 $18 Qh7 (68... Bg7 69. Qf5+ Kh5 70.
Rh3#) 69. Qf5+ Kg7 70. Qf7+ Kh8 71. Qf8+ Qg8 72. Rh3#) 67. Qf8+ Kh7 68. Qf7+
Kh8 69. Qh5+ Kg7 70. Qh6+ Kg8 71. Qe6+ Kg7 72. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 Nc6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Nd5 $5 {Romanishin's move, which attracted followers after practice
showed Black has only little problems after the natural} (9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5
axb5 11. Rc1 b4 12. Na4 Na7 $5 13. Qc2 c6) 9... Nh5 $1 {Considered to be the
best reaction, leaving the Nd5 hanging in mid-air.} (9... b5 $143 10. Nxf6+
Bxf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Rc1 bxc4 (12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. c5 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bh3
16. cxd6 $1 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Rfd1 $16 {Sturua,Z-Ioseliani,N/Tbilisi/1991/
}) 13. Rxc4 Bd7 14. Qd2 Na7 15. Rfc1 Rb6 16. e4 Rc6 17. Rxc6 Nxc6 18. d5 Nb8
19. Be3 c5 20. b4 cxb4 21. Qxb4 Bb5 22. a4 Bd3 23. Nd4 a5 24. Qd2 Ba6 25. Nc6
Nxc6 26. Rxc6 $16 {Romanishin,O-Kveinys,A/Bonn/1994/}) ({Very risky is also} 
9... Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. e4 f5 $6 12. Ng5 fxe4 13. Bxe4 c6 14. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7
15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bxg6 Rf6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Bh6 Rxg6 19. Qxg6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6+ $36
{Romanishin,O-Kantsler,B/Tbilisi/1986/}) 10. Bb2 e6 11. Ne3 $5 ({More usual,
although hardly better is the other retreat} 11. Nc3 b5 (11... Ne7 $143 $2 12.
a4 $1 f5 13. e4 h6 14. Re1 f4 15. e5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Nc6 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. exd6
cxd6 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. Qd3 Kh7 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Rf5 23. Qd2 $40 {Wojtkiewicz,
A-Jaracz,P/Warsaw/1995/}) 12. cxb5 (12. d5 $6 Ne7 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Ng5 b4 17. Nce4 Ned5 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Rc4 c5 21.
Rd1 Rb6 22. Rf4 Qe7 23. h4 Bf5 24. Rf3 Ra6 $17 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Istratescu,A/
Krynica zt/1998/}) 12... axb5 13. Rc1 Ba6 $5 (13... b4 14. Nb1 (14. Na4 Na5 15.
Qc2 Ba6 16. Rfe1 c6 17. e4 Bb5 18. e5 Bh6 19. Rcd1 Bxa4 20. bxa4 d5 21. Bc1
Bxc1 22. Qxc1 Ng7 23. Re2 Nc4 24. Rde1 b3 25. axb3 Rxb3 {Kiselev,S-Kuzmin,A/
Moscow/1989/} 26. g4 $5 $13) 14... Na7 15. Ne1 Nb5 (15... c5 16. Rc2 Ba6 17.
Nf3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qb6 20. Rfc1 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Nf6 22. Kf1 d5 23.
Ke1 Rb6 24. Nd2 $14 {<->c,><b4,Romanishin,O-Nevednichy,V/Biel op/1995/}) 16.
Qd2 Bb7 17. Rc4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Rxc5 Nd4 $44 {Romanishin,O-Smirin,I/Ischia/1996/}) 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nb1 Ne7 16.
Ne1 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. exd3 Rb5 22.
Nd2 Ra5 23. Ne4 Ngf5 24. Nxc5 Rxa2 25. Rc4 Rb8 26. Nd7 Rb5 $36 {Romanishin,
O-Milov,V/Biel/1996/}) (11. Nf4 $6 Nxf4 12. gxf4 b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 (13... Ne7 $5
$15) 14. Qc2 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb4 16. Qxb4 Bxf3 17. Qd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rb5 19. Rc3
Rh5 20. Rg3 Qh4 21. h3 c5 $36 {Ribli,Z-Nevednichy,V/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1993/})
11... f5 (11... e5 $143 12. dxe5 Be6 $2 (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Rfd1 $36 {<->d}) 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 dxe5 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bc5 e4 17. Bxf8
Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Qxf8 19. Bxe4 c6 20. Rd1 $16 {Jirovsky,M-Oral,T/CZE-ch/1994/})
12. Qd2 $1 (12. Qc1 $6 Ne7 13. Re1 b5 14. Nf1 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd5 16. e4 Ndf4 $1
17. gxf4 fxe4 18. N3d2 Nxf4 19. Ng3 {Romanishin,O-Pavlovic,M/Linares/1996/} d5
20. Qc2 Nd3 21. Re2 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 c5 $17) (12. Qc2 f4 $5 13. Nd1 e5 $36 {
and White's pieces are uncoordinated.}) 12... Ne7 13. Rac1 b6 $146 (13... h6 $6
14. c5 b5 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Ba3 $1 b5 17. Bb4 f4 18. Nd1 Nd5 19. Ba5 Qe7 20.
Nc3 Nhf6 21. Nh4 Qe8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bc7 Ra8 25. Bxd6 Rf7 26.
Be5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 g5 28. Nf3 Bb7 29. Qd4 $18 {Supatashvili,K-Zakharstov,V/
Cherkessk/1997/}) (13... Bd7 14. c5 Nf6 $5 $14 (14... Bc6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Ng5
$1 Qd7 (16... Bxg2 $2 17. Nxe6 $18) 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxg7 $36)) 14. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White sacrifices a pawn just to break up
Black's flexible hedgehog-like pawn chain. With his R prepared on the open
files it's a good investment.} (14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. c5 Bh6 $5 {/\Nd5<=>}) 14...
dxc5 $6 (14... Bb7 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Ng5 $36) ({Even here Black should have
seriously considered declining the offer with e.g.} 14... Bh6 $5 $13) 15. Rfd1
$44 f4 $6 (15... cxd4 $142 16. Nxd4 $36 e5 (16... c5 $6 17. Ndxf5 $1 Qxd2 18.
Nxe7+ Kf7 19. Rxd2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Kxe7 21. b4 $16) 17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. Rxc6 $44)
16. Ng4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 {Black gives the pawn back to free his position, but
with his beautifully centralized pieces White will have a strong initiative.
But it's already difficult to reccomend anything else-} (17... c5 $2 18. Bxg7
Qxd2 19. Be5 $3 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 $18 {/\Nh6#,Bb8}) (17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19.
Qb2 $1 {/\} cxd4 20. Rxd4 Qe8 21. Rd8 $1 $18) (17... Nd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+
Nhf6 20. gxf4 $16) 18. Ngxe5 c5 19. Bc3 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 fxg3 21. hxg3 $16 Nf6 22.
Ng5 Bf5 (22... h6 $142 $5 23. Ne4 (23. Ngf7 Rxf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Be5 Rb7 (
25... Ne4 $2 26. Bxb8 Nxd2 27. Rd1 Bc3 28. Bf4 $16) 26. Bxb7 Bxb7 $13) 23...
Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. f4 $36) 23. e4 Bc8 24. Nc4 {/\e5,Nd6->} h6
$8 25. Be5 Rb7 26. Bd6 $1 hxg5 (26... b5 27. e5 $18) 27. e5 Ng4 $5 {The best
practical chance.} (27... Rd7 28. Nxb6 $1 $18) (27... Ne8 28. Bxb7 Nxd6 29.
exd6 $18) (27... Ra7 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Nxb6 $18 {ק}) (27... Nfd5 28. Bxd5+
Nxd5 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rxd5 $18) 28. Bxb7 Bxb7 29. Bxe7 Rf7 30. Bxg5 {/\Nd6+-}
Bxe5 (30... Nxe5 31. Nxe5 (31. Rd8+ $5 Kh7 32. Nd6 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxg5 34. Nxf7
Nxf7 35. Rd7 $18) 31... Bxe5 32. Re1 Bd4 (32... Rh7 33. Rd8+ $18) 33. Re6 $18)
31. Re1 Bd4 (31... Rh7 $2 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rd7+ $18) 32. Rxd4 $1 $18 cxd4 33.
Nd6 Rxf2 (33... Rd7 34. Nxb7 Rxb7 35. Re4 $18 {traps the Ng4.}) 34. Re8+ Kg7
35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Rxb7 d3 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Rb7+ Kg8
41. Nc4 b5 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Ne5 d2 44. Rd8 $1 (44. Bxd2 Rxd2 45. Nxg4 Rxa2 46.
Rb7+ $18) 44... Re2 45. Rd7+ Kf8 (45... Kg8 46. Nxg4 Re1+ 47. Kf2 d1=Q 48. Nf6+
Kf8 49. Bh6#) (45... Kh8 46. Nxg6+ Kg8 47. Rxd2 $18) 46. Nxg4 $1 (46. Nxg4 Re1+
47. Kf2 d1=Q 48. Bh6+ Kg8 (48... Ke8 49. Nf6#) 49. Nf6+ Kh8 50. Bg7#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. e4 {
Krasenkow and Nikolic experimented with this alternative some time ago, but
roads to <=> and equality have been found since. The immediate central
expansion allows a rather unpleasant pin, d4 becomes vulnerable.} Bg4 9. Be3 (
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Bg2 Qe7 $6 (13... Nd7 $1
$11) 14. Bxd4 Rfd8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 exd4 17. Rc1 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4][%cal
Gc1c7] <->c,[+]} c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qd3 Qb4 20. Rc2 a5 21. Rfc1 Qa4 22. e5
Ra7 23. Rxc6 Qxa2 24. Rd6 Re8 25. Qb5 {1-0,Harikrishna,P-Guseinov,K/
Nakhichevan WchJ/2003/}) 9... Nd7 10. Ne2 ({Innocuous is} 10. Qd2 Na5 $1 (10...
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b4 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Qe7
17. Rab1 Qe6 18. Qd3 Nb6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne2 c5 21. Nf4 Qe5 22. Qa3 $14 {
Nikolic,P-Polgar,J/Wijk aan Zee/2000/}) 11. b3 c5 12. Rab1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc6
14. Ne2 e5 $1 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Bg2 b5 18. cxb5 Qa5 19. Nd5 Qxd2
20. Bxd2 axb5 21. Rb2 Ra3 22. Be3 Rfa8 23. Bh3 Nf6 $11 {1/2,Tunik,G-Motylev,A/
RUS-ch Samara/2000/}) 10... Na5 $1 {[%mdl 4] Even here this is the most
effective move. Bologan solves Black's opening problems in a model way.} (10...
e5 $143 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 f5 14. f3 Kh8 15. Nd3 Ng8 16. c5 fxe4
17. fxe4 Bh6 18. Bh3 Qe7 19. Rxf8 Rxf8 20. b4 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 $36 {Krasenkov,
M-Socko,B/POL-ch Warsaw/2001/}) 11. Rc1 (11. Nd2 c5 12. f3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14.
Nc2 Be6 15. b3 Nc6 $13 {1/2,Mikhalchishin,A-Manik,M/Mitropa Cup/2002/}) 11...
c5 12. b3 Nc6 (12... cxd4 13. Nfxd4 $14) 13. d5 Nb4 $5 {Black only seemingly
loses his N, due to tactical possibilities he gets play on the <<.} (13... Nce5
$6 14. Ne1 $1 Nf6 15. f4 Ned7 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4]
[+]()}) 14. a3 {White should attack the N immediately.} (14. Qd2 Qa5 $142 $5 (
14... b5 $132) (14... Nd3 15. Rcd1 b5 16. cxb5 Bxf3 (16... axb5 17. Qxd3 Bxf3
18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Qxb5 Nxf3+ 20. Kg2 Ne5 21. Nc1 $14) 17. Bxf3 N3e5 18. Bg2 axb5
19. h3 Nb8 20. f4 Ned7 21. Nc1 Qa5 (21... Ra3 $5 22. Qe2) 22. Qe2 Na6 23. e5
Nb4 24. e6 Nf6 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Rf2 Re8 27. Bd2 Nd7 28. Kh1 Qb6 29. Bxb4 cxb4
30. h4 Nc5 31. Rff1 Bc3 32. Nd3 Kg7 33. Bh3 $14 {Lomineishvili,M-Paehtz,E/BL-W/
2002/}) 15. a4 b5 $36) 14... Bxf3 $146 ({Perhaps even more flexible is} 14...
Nd3 15. Rc2 (15. Qxd3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 $11) 15... b5 $5 16. cxb5 (16. Ne1 Nxe1
17. Qxe1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qa5 20. Bh3 Nb6 21. Qd3 Rab8 22. Bd2 Qa4
23. Rb1 Nd7 $15 {Hallmark,A-Penrose,J/York/1959/}) 16... axb5 (16... Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 N3e5 18. Bg2 axb5 $132) 17. Qxd3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Qxb5 Nxf3+ 20. Kg2
Rb8 $11) 15. Bxf3 Nd3 16. Rc2 (16. Qxd3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nxf3+ 18. Kg2 Ne5 $11 {
/\b5<=>}) 16... b5 17. Nc3 (17. cxb5 {-14...Nd3}) 17... bxc4 18. bxc4 Nb2 $1 (
18... N3e5 19. Be2 Nb6 20. Nb1 Rb8 21. f4 Ned7 22. Nc3 {[%cal Yd1d3,Yf1b1] /
\Qd3,Rb1+/=}) 19. Rxb2 (19. Qe2 Qa5 $1 (19... Ne5 20. Rxb2 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Bxc3
22. Rb7 $36) 20. Rxb2 Qxc3 $15) 19... Bxc3 20. Rb7 (20. Rb3 Qa5 $132) 20... Rb8
21. Qb3 (21. Ra7 Ne5 22. Bh6 Qa5 $5 23. Rxe7 (23. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[%csl Ra7] צa7})
23... Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $132 {/=/+}) (21. Rxb8 $142 Qxb8 22. Qc2 (22. Qd3 Qb2
23. Bc1 Qb3 {/\} 24. Bd1 Ne5 $36) 22... Qb2 $1 $11) 21... Qa5 $1 {[%cal Yc3d2,
Yd7b6] /\Bd2,Nb6} (21... Bd4 22. Bh6 Re8 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Rb1 $14) 22. Bh6 Bg7
23. Bg5 Rfe8 $5 (23... Bf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 $11) 24. Kg2 (24. Rb1 $2 h6 $1 (24...
Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Rb8 $4 26. Qxb8+ Nxb8 27. Rxb8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 $18) 25. Qd1 hxg5 26.
Rxd7 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Qxa3 $17) 24... h6 25. Be3 Nb6 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rb1 Nd7 28.
Qd3 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Bd4 $6 {Now White holds the _|_, more ambitious was} (29...
Qxa3 30. Qb7 Ne5 31. Qxe7 (31. Be2 $2 Qa2 $1 32. Bf1 Qc2 $40) 31... Bf8 $5 (
31... Nxc4 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Bf4 $44) 32. Qe8 Qd3 $15) 30. Bxd4 (30. Bxh6 Qxa3 {
[%csl Ga6][%cal Ra3b4] /\Qb4,o^a} 31. Bd2 $1 a5 $13 (31... Ne5 32. Be2 $14))
30... cxd4 31. Qb4 Qc5 (31... Qc7 32. Be2 Nc5 33. Qd2 Nxe4 34. Qxd4 Nc5 35. Qe3
$11) 32. Be2 {Black has a better minor piece, but he can't make any inroads.}
a5 (32... e5 33. dxe6 fxe6 34. Qb7 Ne5 35. Qe7 $11 {<=>}) (32... Ne5 $6 33.
Qxc5 dxc5 34. f4 Nd7 35. e5 $36) 33. Qb5 $1 (33. Qxc5 $2 Nxc5 34. f3 Na4 $17)
33... Qa7 {[%cal Rd7c5]} (33... Qc7 34. Qb2 $11) (33... Qxb5 {leads to an _|_
as in the game.}) 34. Qb2 $1 {It's important not to allow Black to play Nc5
and support his o^d4} Nf6 35. f3 Nd7 36. f4 Qb6 37. Qb5 Qxb5 (37... Qc7 38. Qb2
Qc5 39. Qb5 $11) 38. cxb5 $11 Kf8 39. Bg4 Nc5 40. Kf3 (40. b6 Ke8 {can lead to
the same position.}) 40... Ke8 41. h4 Kd8 42. b6 (42. h5 gxh5 (42... Kc7 43.
Be6 $1 fxe6 44. hxg6 Nd7 45. dxe6 Nf6 46. a4 $44) 43. Bxh5 f6 $15) 42... f6 43.
Bh3 Na4 (43... d3 {-45...d3}) 44. Ke2 $1 (44. b7 Kc7 45. Bd7 Nc5 46. Be8 g5 $15
) 44... Nc5 45. Kf3 (45. h5 gxh5 46. Bf5 $11) 45... d3 46. Ke3 d2 47. Kxd2 (47.
Bg4 $5 Nxe4 48. Kxe4 f5+ 49. Kd3 fxg4 50. Kxd2 Kc8 51. Kc3 Kb7 52. Kc4 Kxb6 53.
a4 $11) 47... Nxe4+ 48. Ke3 Nxg3 49. Be6 Nh5 (49... g5 $6 50. fxg5 fxg5 51.
hxg5 hxg5 52. Bg4 $1 {[%cal Re3d3,Rd3b5] /\Kd3-c4-b5+/-}) (49... Nf5+ $2 50.
Bxf5 gxf5 51. Kd4 Kc8 52. Kc4 $18) 50. Bf7 f5 $5 {Black quickly activates his
offside N and simplifies into a drawn position.} (50... Ng7 51. Bxg6 (51. Kd4
g5 52. fxg5 fxg5 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Ke4 g4 55. Bg6 (55. Kf4 $6 Nf5 $1) 55... e5
$15) 51... Kc8 52. Kd4 Kb7 53. f5 Kxb6 54. a4 $11 {[%csl Rg7] פg7}) 51. Bxg6
Nf6 52. Kd4 Kc8 53. Bxf5+ Kb7 54. Bg6 Kxb6 {[%cal Rb6b5] /\Kb5} 55. Kc4 $11 Ng4
56. Kd4 Nf6 (56... Kb5 57. Be8+ $11) 57. Kc4 Nd7 58. Bh5 Nf6 59. Bg6 Ng4 60.
Kd4 Kb7 61. Be8 Kb6 62. Bh5 Nf6 63. Be2 Ne8 64. Bh5 Nc7 65. a4 {Although Black
has managed to forced this move, he still can't penetrate into White's
position.} Na6 66. Bg6 Nc5 67. Bc2 Nd7 68. Be4 Kc7 69. Kc4 Nf6 70. Bf3 Kb6 71.
Kd4 Nd7 72. Bd1 Kc7 73. Be2 Kd8 74. Bd3 Nc5 75. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. Rb1 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Qd3 c5 {GM I.Stohl examined this variation in
detail - see CBM 106, annotations to Bauer-Nijboer.} 12. e4 $146 {This obvious
move is, surprisingly, a novelty!} ({The prophylactical} 12. b3 {is the most
common course:} Bd7 (12... Nd7 $5 13. Bd2 (13. e4 $5 {- game}) 13... b6 14. Ne4
Nf6 $5 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Bc3 Bd7 (16... f5 $5) 17. Nd2 (17. e4 $142 $5 b5 18.
Qd2 b4 19. Bb2 $14 {Stohl}) 17... b5 18. e3 b4 19. Ba1 Nb7 20. f4 f5 $11 {
0-1 Bauer,C-Nijboer,F/Nancy 2005/CBM 106/[Stohl] (40)}) 13. a4 Qc7 (13... e6
14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bxd6 Bf5 17. e4 Bg4 18. e5 Nc6 19. Rbd1 Rc8 20.
h3 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Re6 23. Nxf7 $1 $18 {1-0 Baburin,
A-Anagnostopoulos,D/Port Erin 1999/CBM 074 (28)}) 14. e4 b6 (14... e6 {is
premature:} 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bf4 Rbd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. b4 $1 c4 (
19... cxb4 $142 20. Rec1 $36 {Stohl}) 20. Rec1 Rc8 21. Qa3 Nb3 22. Rxb3 cxb3
23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Qxb3 Rc3 25. Qa2 Rxe4 26. h3 Rxb4 27. Qe2 Bf8 (27... Rxf4 28.
gxf4 Kf8 29. Qb2 Rxf3 30. Qxb7 $18 {1-0 Foisor,C-Van der Weide,K/Triesen 2007/
CBM 118 ext (39)}) 28. Ng5 Bxa4 29. Ne4 $18 {1-0 Pert,N-Straub,N/Port Erin
2003/CBM 096 ext (32)}) 15. Bf4 (15. h3 Qc8 16. g4 h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. Kh2 Qc7
19. Qc2 Rb7 20. Bb2 Reb8 21. Ra1 Nf8 22. Ra3 Be8 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Ne2 Bxb2 25.
Qxb2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kleinsorgen,H-Conterno,D/IECG 2005/Telechess 117 (45)})
15... Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Qc2 e6 20. Rbd1 exd5 21.
exd5 f5 22. Bg5 e4 23. h4 Be5 24. Ne2 Nb7 25. Qd2 Nd8 26. Be3 Nf7 27. a5 Bf6
28. h5 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Martinovic,D-Von Saleski,M/www.desc-online.de 2004/
Telechess CBM 111 (66)}) (12. Bd2 {is harmless:} b5 13. b3 (13. cxb5 c4) 13...
bxc4 (13... e6 $143 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. e4 Bc8 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5
Ba6 19. Qxd6 $16 Nxb3 20. Bf4 $1 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Kulaots,K/Mezezers 2000/EXT
2001 (24)}) 14. bxc4 Rxb1 15. Rxb1 Qc7 16. e4 Bd7 17. h3 Rb8 18. Bf1 Be8 19.
Nd1 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Nd7 21. Ne3 Nb7 22. Bd3 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Giua,F-Safranska,A/
France 2002/EXT 2003 (40)}) 12... Nd7 ({It is unclear what GM P.Svidler had
prepared against} 12... b5 13. cxb5 $140 c4) 13. b3 e5 {In my opinion, this
move doesn't quite match the whole idea (a6, Rb8, Nd7).} (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 {is logical or, if Black doesn't want to hurry,}) (13... b6 14. a3 Qc7)
14. a3 Qc7 15. Be3 (15. Bf1 $142 $1 {[%cal Rb3b4]} b6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Bd2 $14)
15... b5 16. cxb5 Nxb3 $1 {missed or provoked by White?} 17. a4 Nd4 (17... c4
18. Qf1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yf3d2]}) 18. Nd2 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. axb5 Nb6 $13 {
Black has safely protected his queenside.} 21. Bf1 (21. Rec1 $5 f5 22. Nc4)
21... Bd7 {Black plays passively; it was quite possible (now or later) to
display activity:} (21... f5 $5 22. f3 Rf8 $132) 22. Ra1 Rb7 23. Reb1 Reb8 24.
Ra6 Qd8 25. Qa3 Nc8 26. Ra8 Bf8 (26... Qc7 $5 27. Rxb8 $140 Qxb8) 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
28. Qa6 Nb6 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Ra8 31. Qb7 f6 $6 (31... Rb8 {was quite
enough for a draw. If} 32. Bg5 (32. Qa7 Ra8) {then} 32... Qe8 33. Qa6 (33. Qc7
Bxb5 {[%cal Yb8c8]}) 33... Ra8 34. Qb6 Ra4 $132) 32. b6 Rb8 33. Qa7 Ra8 34. Qb7
Rb8 35. Qa7 Ra8 36. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] An excellent attempt, to which Black
fails to find the right response.} dxc5 $2 {After this move White's passed
pawn decide the game.} (36... Rxa7 37. bxa7 Qa5 {was the only way to survive.
It leads to amazing variations:} 38. Be3 (38. Rb8 $4 Bh3) 38... Bh3 $1 39. Bf1
Qa2 $1 40. Rc1 Bxf1 41. Kxf1 {[%cal Yf1g2,Yc1c8]} f5 $8 42. Kg2 (42. Rc8 $4
Qa6+) 42... f4 43. gxf4 exf4 44. Bd4 Qa4 45. h3 {to free the h2-square} (45.
Rc8 $143 Qxd4 46. a8=Q Qxe4+ 47. Kf1 Qd3+ 48. Ke1 Qb1+ 49. Ke2 Qe4+ 50. Kd2
Qb4+ 51. Kc2 Qe4+ 52. Kb2 Qb4+ 53. Ka2 Qd2+ 54. Ka3 Qd3+ 55. Kb4 Qb1+ 56. Ka5
Qa1+ 57. Kb5 Qb2+ 58. Kc6 Qc3+ 59. Kb7 (59. Kd7 Qg7+) 59... Qb2+ 60. Kc7 Qg7+
61. Kb8 Qb2+ 62. Qb7 Qxf2 $13) 45... Qxd4 46. a8=Q f3+ $3 (46... Qxe4+ 47. Kg1
$16) 47. Kxf3 Qf6+ 48. Ke3 (48. Kg2 $4 Qg5+) (48. Ke2 Qb2+ 49. Kd1 Qd4+ $11)
48... Qg5+ 49. f4 Qg3+ 50. Kd4 Qf2+ 51. Kd3 Qf3+ 52. Kc4 Qxe4+ 53. Kb3 Qd3+ 54.
Rc3 Qb1+ 55. Kc4 Qf1+ 56. Kb4 Qxf4+ 57. Ka3 Qe5 {and Black should not lose.})
37. d6+ Kh8 38. Qc7 Rb8 39. b7 {[%cal Rc7d8]} Be7 $8 40. Qxc5 Bf8 41. Qc7 Bb5 (
41... Be7 42. Bd5 {[%cal Yb1a1,Ya1a8]}) 42. Qxd8 Rxd8 43. Rxb5 Bxd6 (43... Rb8
44. d7 {[%cal Yb5a5,Ya5a8]}) 44. Rd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Rb8 8. h3
a6 9. e4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Re1 {Morozevich wants to keep the tension and
opts for a quiet continuation instead of the more direct attempts as 10.e5 or}
(11. e5 $13) 11... Nd7 (11... e5 $143 12. d5 (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Be3 c6 $11) 12... Ne7 13. b4 Bd7 14. Rb1 Qc8 (14... c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd3 $1
{[%cal Ra2a4] /\a4+/=}) 15. Kh2 Rd8 (15... c6 $5) 16. a4 $1 bxa4 17. b5 Qb7 18.
Qxa4 Ra8 19. Qb4 Nc8 20. Be3 Nb6 21. Nd2 h5 22. Nb3 Qc8 23. Na5 $16 {Fominyh,
A-Ravikumar,V/Sangli/2000/}) ({Even now it's not completely clear, how Black
should fully equalize. His best options seem to be either the text-move, or} 
11... e6 12. Qc2 $5 (12. d5 b4 $1 13. Ne2 (13. dxc6 bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. Qa4
Rb6 16. Be3 Ra6 17. Qb4 Rxc6 18. Nd2 Be6 19. c4 Ra6 20. c5 Qa8 21. a4 {
Tregubov,P-Nijboer,F/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/} Rb8 22. Qa3 d5 $36) 13... Ne7 14.
dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Qd7 $13) (12. e5 dxe5
13. Nxe5 Nxd4 $1 (13... Ne7 14. Bg5 b4 15. Na4 $14 {Nogueiras,J-Pecorelli,H/
Santa Clara/2001/}) 14. Be3 c5 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nc6 Qb6 17. Ne2 Rb7 18. Qxd4
Nd5 $132) 12... b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nf4 e5 (14... Ne7 $142 $13) 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Nd3 Re8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Nb3 Bb7 21. Qc4 Ne8 22.
Nc5 Nd6 23. Qb3 Bc8 24. Bf1 Kh8 25. Red1 f5 26. exf5 {Blazsik,Z-Camper,D/corr/
1999/} gxf5 27. Na6 $14) (11... b4 12. Nd5 $5 (12. Na4 e6 13. Bf4 Bb7 $11)
12... Nd7 (12... Bd7 13. Bg5 $36) (12... e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. e5
$36) 13. Bg5 $1 (13. a3 e6 (13... bxa3 14. bxa3 e6 15. Nc3 $14) 14. Nxb4 Nxb4
15. axb4 Rxb4 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc2 Kg8 20. Ra8 c5 21.
e5 cxd4 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. Qe4 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Bb7 26. Nxd4 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 {Tregubov,P-Ramesh,R/Amsterdam/2000/} Qb6 $5 $11) 13... h6 (13... Bb7 14.
Qd2 $14) (13... f6 14. Be3 $14) 14. Qc1 $1 (14. Be3 $6 e6 15. Nf4 Nb6 16. Rc1
Bd7 17. b3 Ra8 18. Rc2 Ra5 19. Qd2 Qa8 20. Nd3 Rc8 21. Re2 Rb5 22. h4 Kh7 23.
Bh3 Ne7 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. Bf4 f5 $15 {Castro Valero,J-Camarena Gimenez,R/Cala
Mendia/2001/}) 14... hxg5 15. Qxc6 $36) 12. Be3 ({A more energetic move is} 12.
Bg5 $5 h6 13. Be3 Na5 14. b3 (14. Qc1 $5) 14... b4 (14... c5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16.
Rac1 Nc6 17. Red1 b4 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. e5 $1 Rd8 20. exd6 exd6 21. Ng5+ hxg5 22.
Bxc6 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Ne5 24. f4 Bxh3 25. Qh2 g4 26. Bg2 Bh6 27. Bxh3 gxh3 28.
Qxh3 $18 {->,Stein,L-Ribli,Z/Las Palmas/1973/}) 15. Ne2 (15. Na4 Nf6 16. Nd2 c6
17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Kh2 Rb5 19. Bf3 Nh7 20. Nb2 Ng5 21. Be2 Rb7 22. h4 Ne6 23. Nf3
c5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5 $15 {Sturua,Z-Hasanov,M/Moscow/1979/
}) 15... Bb7 $5 $132 (15... c5 16. Rc1 (16. Qd2 $5) 16... Ba6 17. dxc5 dxc5 (
17... Nxc5 $142 18. Bxc5 dxc5) 18. Bxc5 (18. Qd2 $142 $1 $14) 18... Nxc5 19.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rxc5 Nb7 21. Rc6 Bb5 22. Rc7 Rdc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Ned4 Bd7
25. e5 Nc5 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Bf1 Ne6 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nc2 Ng5 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31.
Nxb4 Bxe5 $44 {[%csl Gc8,Ge5] ^^/+/=,Magerramov,E-Ezat,M/Abu Dhabi/2003/}))
12... Na5 13. b3 (13. Qc1 b4 $1 (13... Nc4 14. Bh6 $1 c5 $2 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Nxb5 Rxb5 17. Qxc4 Qb6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd4+ $16 {Flear,C-Le Huec,M/Creon/
1998/}) 14. Nd5 c6 $13) 13... c5 (13... b4 $142 $1 {, following the
Magerramov-Ezat game was better. Black is not quite ready to open the position
yet.}) 14. Rc1 c4 $6 $146 {[%mdl 16384] Although superficially attractive,
this move is strategically flawed, as Black will not be able to support his
o^c4 and the << will son belong to White. However, it's already difficult to
claim equality:} (14... Nc6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 (15... dxc5 $5 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nf4 $14
) 16. e5 (16. Nd5 $1 $14) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxc5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 dxc5
20. Rxc5 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Be6 22. Kf1 $6 (22. Rc7 $36) 22... Rfc8 $11 {Vaganian,
R-Ribli,Z/Athens/1971/}) (14... Ba6 15. Bf1 Nc6 16. a4 (16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nd5
e6 $13) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Rb1 bxa4 21.
Bxa6 Nxa6 22. bxa4 $14 {Bachmayr,P-Dirr,U/BL2-S 9091/1991/}) 15. b4 Nc6 16. a3
(16. Rb1 $142 $5 $16 {[%cal Ra2a4] /\a4|^}) 16... e5 (16... Ba6 17. e5 $5 $36 (
17. Rb1 Nb6 $14) {/\} 17... dxe5 18. d5 e4 19. dxc6 exf3 20. Nd5 $1 $16) 17. d5
Ne7 18. a4 $36 {[%csl Rc4] ><o^c4} bxa4 19. Qxa4 f5 20. Ng5 (20. Nd2 f4 21. Ba7
Rb7 $132 {[%csl Ra7] ץa7}) 20... Nb6 $6 (20... f4 $142 $1 21. Ba7 (21. Ne6 $2
fxe3 22. Nxd8 exf2+ $17) (21. Bd2 fxg3 22. fxg3 Qb6+ $11) 21... Nb6 22. Qa5 Rb7
$14) 21. Qa7 Rb7 22. Bxb6 $6 (22. Ne6 $142 $1 $16) 22... Qxb6 (22... Rxb6 23.
Ne6 $1 (23. b5 Bh6 $13) 23... Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rxb4 (24... fxe4 $2 25. Bxe4 d5 26.
Nxd5 $18) 25. exf5 $36) 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. b5 {[%cal Rg2f1] /\Bf1} Bh6 25. h4
Bd7 26. Ra1 $1 ({More energetic, than} 26. Rb1 {White relies on his <<(), he
will invade via the <->a and win back the P with interest.}) 26... Bxg5 27.
hxg5 Bxb5 28. Ra7 Nc8 (28... Kf7 29. Bh3 $1 $36) 29. Rc7 Ba6 30. Ra1 {Black's
minor pieces are in a tangle.} Rf7 (30... Rb3 31. Rxa6 Rxc3 32. Rac6 $18 {
[%csl Rc8] פc8}) (30... Rb7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxa6 $16 {/\} Rb3 33. Rc6 $1 $18
) 31. Rc6 $1 Bb7 (31... Rxc6 32. dxc6 Ra7 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Bd5+ Kg7 35. Be6 $1
Bb5 36. Rxa7+ (36. Rd1 $16) 36... Nxa7 37. c7 $16) 32. Rxc4 $16 {Material is
equal again and Black hasn't solved his coordination problems.} Rb2 $6 (32...
Rb3 $142 $16) 33. Nd1 Rb3 34. Ne3 Nb6 35. Rcc1 Kg7 (35... fxe4 $5 36. Bxe4 Rb2
37. Ng4 $1 $16 (37. Rab1 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Na4 $14)) 36. Rab1 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Na4 38.
Nc4 $18 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6} Nc3 39. Rb6 Na4 (39... Nxe4 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. Nxd6
Bxd5 42. Rb5 Bc6 43. Rc5 Rc7 44. Ne8+ Bxe8 45. Rxc7+ $18) (39... fxe4 40. Nxd6
Bxd5 41. Nxf7 Kxf7 $18 {was more resilient, although also hopeless in the long
run.}) 40. Rb4 Nc5 41. Nxd6 Rd7 42. Ne8+ (42. Ne8+ Kf7 43. Nf6 Rd8 44. f4 $5
exf4 45. gxf4 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5+-} fxe4 46. Nxe4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. h3
a6 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Nd7 ({Damit strebt Schwarz eine wesentlich schärfere
Gangart an als mit} 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 {, z.B.} 13. e6 fxe6
14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 Nb6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 c5 19.
Rd2 Nc4 20. Rc2 Nd6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rd8 23. Ra5 c4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4
Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Rd4 27. Bf3 Bb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Ra4 Kf7 30. Rcxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4
Rxb2 {remis/71, Johansen, D-McShane,L, Catalan Bay 2003}) 15... Nde5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 {[= ECO (E2)]} 17. Rac1 c5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bxc5 Nxb2 20. Rd2 Bxc3 21. Rxc3
Na4 22. Rc1 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Bb7 24. Rxb5 Bxg2 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Kxg2 Ra8 27. Kf3
$14 {, remis/58, Nikolic,P-Acs,P, Tripoli 2004}) 11. cxb5 {eine alte
Spezialvariante von Nikolic} (11. e6 $5 fxe6 12. d5 $44 {ist vielleicht besser,
z.B.} exd5 13. cxd5 Na5 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Nce2 Bd7 16. Nf4 Qc8 {[+/= ECO (E2)]}
17. Nde6 Rf7 18. Nxg7 Rxg7 19. b3 Rf7 20. Bb2 c5 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23.
Qxd3 b4 24. Rac1 Qb6 25. Qe3 Re8 26. Rc2 Nb7 27. Qh6 Nd8 28. Rce2 Qc7 29. Be4
e5 30. dxe6 Nxe6 31. Bxg6 Bc8 32. Bxf7+ Qxf7 33. Re4 Nc7 34. Rxe8+ {1-0
Brynell,S-Ernst,T, Gothenburg 2004}) 11... axb5 12. Ng5 dxe5 13. Bxc6 exd4 14.
Nxb5 Rb6 15. Na7 Ra6 $5 {Erstaunlich, daß dieser durchaus auf der Hand
liegende Zug eine Neuerung ist. Jedenfalls bringt er Schwarz etwas
Erleichterung, und der versprengte Damenspringer wird über kurz oder lang
unweigerlich fallen, überdies wird Weiß seinen Fianchettoläufer vermissen. Mit
zwei Alternativen indes hat Nikolic gute Erfahrungen gemacht:} ({I} 15... Ba6 {
[%mdl 72]} 16. Re1 Nb8 17. Qa4 e5 18. Bg2 c5 19. b3 {[%cal Ra7c6]} h6 20. Ne4
Qc7 21. Ba3 Nd7 22. Rac1 Qxa7 23. Nxc5 $16 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Kotz,H, Rethymnon
2003}) ({II} 15... h6 16. Nf3 Ba6 17. Re1 Nb8 18. Be4 Qd7 19. b3 d3 20. Be3 c5
21. Bxc5 Qxa7 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Re3 Nd7 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Rc6 Qa7 26. Rxa6 Qxa6
27. Rxd3 $18 {Nikolic,P-Nunn,J, Wijk aan Zee 1982}) 16. Nxc8 Rxc6 17. Na7 Rb6
18. Qa4 Nb8 19. Qc4 c6 20. Re1 Ra6 21. Nc8 e5 22. Bf4 Qc7 23. Re4 $6 ({
Gekünstelt, nach dem besseren} 23. Ne7+ $142 Qxe7 24. Nf3 {und z.B.} Ra5 25.
Qxd4 f6 26. a4 $5 {mag Weiß leichten Vorteil haben.}) 23... h6 (23... Ra5 24.
Rae1) 24. Nf3 $2 ({McShane's Neuerung hat den erfahrenen Bosnier tatsächlich
in Verlegenheit gebracht, denn jetzt verpaßte dieser den letzten Moment, sich
von seiner Mehrfigur auskömmlich zu trennen und überspannte den Bogen. Richtig
war} 24. Ne7+ $142 Qxe7 25. Nf3 $13 {, z. B.} Ra5 (25... Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27.
Nxe5 g5 28. Bd2 c5 29. Nc4 Nd7 30. a4 Nb6) 26. Rae1 (26. Qxd4 $6 Rd5 27. Qc3 g5
) 26... Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Nxe5 g5 29. Bc1 Rf5 30. Nd3 Rf3 31. Rd1 Rxa2 32.
Kg2 Rf5 33. Rxe6) 24... exf4 $17 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. gxf4 (26. g4 Qb7 27. Nxd4
Qxb2 $17) 26... Ra7 ({Schwarz hatte schon die angenehme Wahl, doch besser
gefallen: I} 26... Qb6 $142 $1 27. Nxd4 Qxb2) ({II} 26... c5 $5) 27. Nxd4 Qd7 (
27... Qb6 $6 28. Rae1 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. b4 $13) 28. Rae1 $6
(28. Ndxc6 $5 Nxc6 29. Qxc6 Qxh3 30. f5 Qh5 $5 31. Qc5 gxf5 32. Re3 Rfa8 $15 (
32... Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Rfa8 $15) 33. Qxf5+ Qxf5 34. Nxf5 Bxb2 35. Rd1 Rxa2 36. Rd6
Rg8+ 37. Kh1 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rg6) 28... Qxh3 29. f5 (29. Ndxc6 Nxc6 30. Nxc6 Qg4+
31. Kf1 Rc8 $1 $17 32. b4 (32. Nxa7 $4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Qd7 $19) (32. Re8 Rac7 33.
Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Rc1 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Bxb2 $17) 32... Qf3 $1 33. Kg1 (33. b5 $4 Rxa2
34. Qxa2 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxe4+) 33... Ra3 34. R1e3 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Rc7) 29... Qh5 $4
({Just in dem Moment, in dem es gilt, den Vorteil zu festigen, sah McShane
Gespenster. Allein richtig war} 29... Rxe7 $1 30. Rxe7 (30. fxg6+ Kxg6 $1 {
- vielleicht wurde dies von McShane übersehen? -} (30... fxg6 $4 31. Rxe7 Qg4+
32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Qh5+ (33... Qg4+ 34. f3 Qg2+ 35. Kd3) (33... Rxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 35. Kf3 Qf6+ 36. Nf5 Qxf5+ 37. Qf4) 34. Kd3 Rxf2 (34... Rd8 35. Rxg7+
$1 Kxg7 36. Re7+ Kh8 37. Rh7+ Kxh7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qe7+) 35.
Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 36. Ne6+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kxf8 39. Qxf2+) {ist nach} 31.
Rxe7 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qxd4 33. Qc2+ f5 {Zugumstellung zu 30.Rxe7}) 30... Qg4+ 31.
Kf1 Qxd4 32. fxg6+ Kxg6 (32... fxg6 $4 33. Qxd4) 33. Qc2+ f5 $17 34. R1e3 Bf6
35. Rg3+ Bg5 36. Qe2 Nd7 37. Rd3 Qh4) 30. fxg6+ Kh8 (30... fxg6 31. Ne6 Re8 32.
Rh4 Qa5 (32... Qb5 33. Qxb5 cxb5 34. Ng5+ Kh8 35. Nxg6+ Kg8 36. Rxe8+) (32...
Qxh4 33. Qxh4 Raxe7 34. Ng5+ $18 Kg8 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Qb4 Re8 37. Qb3+ Kh8 38.
Ne6 Bf6 39. a4) 33. b4 $18) 31. Ndf5 $1 $18 {Das Blatt hatte sich total
gewendet, und der Engländer saß vor einem Scherbenhaufen.} Nd7 32. Nxg7 Kxg7
33. Rh4 $2 ({Jeder sachverständige Kiebitz hatte nun} 33. Qd4+ Nf6 34. Qxa7
Nxe4 35. Rxe4 $18 {nebst Mehrfigur erwartet. Weiter hätte folgen können:} Rd8
$5 (35... Qg5+ 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg3 Qg5+ 38. Rg4 Qe5+ 39. Kg2) 36. Rd4 $1 Re8
37. Rd3 $5 (37. Rd7 $5) 37... Qg5+ 38. Rg3 Rxe7 (38... Qxe7 39. Qd4+ (39. gxf7+
Kxf7 40. Qd4 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qxc6) 39... Qf6 (39... Qe5 40.
gxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qd7+ Re7 42. Qxc6) (39... f6 40. Re3 Qd8 41. Qa7+ Kxg6 42. Rg3+
Kf5 43. Qh7+) 40. gxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qd3) 39. Qd4+ Qe5 40. gxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qg4 {
und Schwarz ist in jedem Fall verloren.}) 33... Ne5 $1 {Bei knapp zehn
Sekunden für die restlichen Züge bis zur Zeitkontrolle, was schon manuell kaum
möglich schien, geschahen weitere Zeichen und Wunder!} 34. Rxh5 $2 (34. Rxe5 $1
Qxe5 35. Nxc6 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Nd4 $16 {/+- Nun saßen beiden Akteuren der
Zeitnotteufel im Nacken, und das Geschehen geriet völlig aus den Fugen.}) 34...
Nxc4 35. b3 (35. Rc5 Nxb2 36. Rxc6 Ra5 $5 $132 (36... fxg6 $2 37. Ree6) 37. Re3
(37. Kf1 Nd3 38. Re3 Nf4 39. gxf7 Rxf7 40. Rg3+ Kf8) 37... Rg5+ 38. Rg3 fxg6
39. Rxg6+ Rxg6 40. Rxg6+ Kf7 41. Rb6 $14) 35... Nd2 36. Re2 $6 (36. Rf5 Rxa2)
36... fxg6 (36... Rxa2) 37. Rc5 $2 (37. Nf5+ Kf6 38. Rh3 Rxa2 39. Nd6) 37...
Nf3+ $2 (37... Rxa2 $17 38. Kg2 Nxb3) 38. Kg2 Nd4 39. Re4 $2 (39. Nxc6 $16 Nxe2
40. Nxa7 Nf4+ 41. Kh2 Nd3 (41... Ne6 42. Rc2 Nd4 43. Rc7+) 42. Rc7+) 39... Re8
$4 (39... Rxa2 $1 40. Rxd4 Raxf2+ (40... Rfxf2+ 41. Kg3 Rg2+ $11) 41. Kg1 (41.
Kh3 $2 R8f3+ 42. Kh4 h5 43. Nxg6 Rh2+ 44. Kg5 Rg3+ 45. Kf5 Rxg6) 41... Rf1+ 42.
Kg2 R8f2+ 43. Kh3 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 $11) 40. Rxd4 $2 (40. Nf5+ gxf5 41. Rxe8 $18
Rxa2 42. Rd8 Nxb3 43. Rxc6) 40... Rexe7 41. Rxc6 Rxa2 42. Rdd6 $14 {Nach den
unglaublichen Zeitnotturbulenzen hatten sich die Wogen wieder geglättet, und
in dem anstehenden Doppelturm-Endspiel erobert Weiß zwar noch einen Bauern,
aber Schwarz kann sich behaupten.} g5 ({Oder auch} 42... h5 43. Rxg6+ Kf8 {
und z.B.} 44. b4 Rb2 45. Rcf6+ Rf7 46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 47. Rb6 h4 48. Rb8 h3+ 49.
Kg3 Rb3+ 50. f3 h2 $11 51. Kxh2 (51. Rh8 Rxb4 52. Rxh2) 51... Rxf3 52. Kg2 Rb3)
43. Rg6+ Kf8 44. Rxh6 Rf7 45. Rhf6 Rd2 46. b4 Rxf6 47. Rxf6+ Kg7 48. Rb6 Rd3
49. f3 Rc3 50. Re6 Rb3 51. Re4 Kg6 52. Kg3 Kf5 53. Rc4 Rb2 54. Rc5+ Kg6 55. Rb5
Kf6 56. Rb8 Kg6 57. b5 Rb4 58. Kf2 Rb3 59. b6 Kg7 60. Ke2 Kh7 61. b7 Kg7 {
In diesem bekannten Endspieltyp bleibt der schwarze König im
Sicherheitsbereich g7/h7, und Weiß kann keinen echten Fortschritt erzielen.}
62. Kd2 Rb1 63. Kd3 Rb4 64. Kc3 Rb1 65. Kc4 Rc1+ 66. Kd4 Rb1 67. Ke5 Rb5+ 68.
Ke6 Rb1 ({Der Verteidiger kann mit seinem Turm auf der b-Linie pendeln, sollte
aber stets in der Lage sein, wenn der weiße König Kontakt mit seinem b-Bauern
aufnimmt, sofort mit vertikalen Schachs zu stören, nicht zuletzt sollte der
Fauxpas} 68... Kh7 $4 69. Kf6 $18 {tunlichst vermieden werden.}) 69. Kf5 Rb5+
70. Kg4 Kh7 71. Kh5 Kg7 72. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 (7... e5 {Stohl} 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Rd4
$11 12. Be3 Rxc4 13. Rfd1 Bd7 $5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Ba6 Rc6 16. Bb5 Rxc3 17. Bxd7
Rxb2 $15 {Baburin,A-Gullaksen,E/Port Erin/1998/ The significance of this game
will be seen below in comparison with the line 7...a6 8.Qd3 e5.}) 8. Qd3 {
Stohl: 'A rare alternative, but White has had good results with it lately. By
protecting the Pc4 in advance he intends to play d5 without allowing Na5.' Die
Grundidee dieses Zuges besteht in der Verhinderung des typischen Nc6-a5 nach
dem kommenden d4-d5. Schwarz hat nun eine breite Auswahl an Zügen, u. a. 8...
e5, 8...Bf5, 8...Nd7.} Bd7 {Stohl: 'The fighting alternative.'} ({The old
recipe seems quite playable:} 8... Bf5 {Stohl} 9. e4 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Nd4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bd2 $5 (14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Nde5
17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bc3 e6 19. Ne3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. a3 Qb6 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Qd2
Na5 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 {1/2,Furman,S-Boleslavsky,I/USSR-ch/1957/}) (14. Bg5 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Re8 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Ne2 {
1/2, Furman,S-Vasiukov,E/Kiev/1957/} Nb4 $11) 14... Nd7 15. Rc1 Nde5 16. b3 b5
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Be3 Nb4 19. a4 bxa4 (19... Ned3 $142 20. Nxb5 Nxc1 21. Qxc1
$13) 20. Nxa4 Rb8 21. Qe2 Qa5 22. f4 Ned3 23. Rcd1 Qa6 24. Rd2 Rfc8 25. Rfd1
$16 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Perelshteyn,M/Katowice op/1992/}) (8... e5 {(Stohl) leads
to positions, where Black has to defend carefully for a long time without any
realistic winning prospects-not everyone's cup of tea.} 9. dxe5 (9. d5 Ne7 10.
e4 Nd7 11. Qc2 f5 (11... h6 $142 $13) 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Rd1 Rb8 15.
c5 h6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qc7 19. Qb3 b5 20. Be3 e4 21. Rac1
Qd8 22. Bf4 Rb6 23. f3 $16 Rc6 $2 24. Nxe4 $1 Rxc1 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxc1 $18
{Wojtkiewicz,A-Warren,A/Bern/1992/}) 9... dxe5 $142 (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5
11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 Rd4 13. Be3 $1 {Here Black's extra tempo a6 only helps
White-with the P on a7 he could now take on c4.} Rd8 (13... Rxc4 14. Rfd1 Bd7
15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bxa6 $16) 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Rac1 Rb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Re7
18. Bc5 Rd7 19. d6 c6 20. Bb6 f5 21. e3 Kf7 22. Bf1 Bf8 23. Bc7 Ra8 24. Bc4+
$36 {Cosma,E-Grosar,K/CRO CupW Pula/2001/}) 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nd2
h6 (12... Nd4 13. Rfd1 c6 14. e3 (14. Rac1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 Nf5 17. Nde4
Be7 18. c5 Kf8 19. b3 Ke8 20. Bf1 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Rd8 22. Nb2 Ng7 23. Na4 f5 24.
Nec3 Rd2 25. Be2 Kf7 26. Kf1 Ne8 27. Ke1 Rd8 $15 {Csom,I-Klundt,K/Mendrisio/
1989/}) 14... Nc2 15. Rab1 Nb4 {Psakhis,L-Babula,V/EU-chT Batumi/1999/} 16. a3
Nd3 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxd3 $16) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 (13...
Rxd2 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Rxd2 Rxd2 19. Rc1
Kf7 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Ke1 Rd6 22. Na4 g5 23. Nc5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc7] ק,
Ehlvest,J-Barcenilla,R/San Francisco/2000/}) 14. Nde4 Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5
Nd4 $5 (16... Nb4 17. Nc3 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nd5 $1 Bf8 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Nc4 e4 23. b3 Rb5 24. Rac1 Kg7 25. Rc2 Rbd5 26. Rfc1 $14 {Dautov,
R-Milov,V/Essen/2000/}) 17. e3 Nb5 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. a4 Nd6 20. Nc5 Re8 21. Ra3
Ra8 22. Bf1 Bd8 23. f3 Kg7 24. Rb3 Ra7 25. a5 h5 26. Ra1 Be7 27. Ra4 Rd8 28.
Rd3 Raa8 29. Ra1 Nb5 30. Rc1 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rd7 32. Rb3 Nd6 $11 {Guseinov,
A-Zulfugarli,M/AZE-ch Baku/2000/}) 9. d5 Nb4 (9... Na5 $2 {scheitert an} 10. b4
Bf5 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxa1 13. Bh6 $16) 10. Qd1 {/\a3} (10. Qd2 {Stohl} a5
11. Nd4 Ng4 12. Rb1 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 $1 (14... Bxc6 15. b3 Ne5
16. Bb2 a4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. f4 a3 19. Ba1 Qb6+ 20. Kg2 Ng4 21. Rf3 Rfd8 22. e4
Nf6 23. Rd1 Qa5 24. Rd3 Rdb8 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Na4 $14 {Filippov,V-Hernandez,G/
Merida/2002/}) 15. b3 Bf5 16. e4 Be6 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Ne2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qb6 20.
Rc2 a4 $1 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxa4 Rfd8 23. Qc1 c4 24. Nf4 Bc8 25. Rxc4 Ba6 26.
Rxc6 Qa7 27. Rc7 Qd4 $36 {Borovikov,V-Ponomariov,R/Kramatorsk/2001/}) (10. Qb1
$6 {Stohl} a5 11. a3 Na6 12. b4 Bf5 13. Qb3 axb4 14. axb4 Nc5 $1 15. Rxa8 Nxb3
16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. Bb2 Ra8 19. Rb1 Bf5 20. Re1 Ra2 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
e4 Bg4 $36 {Groenn,A-Milov,V/Oslo/2002/}) 10... a5 11. e4 e5 12. Ne1 c6 $5 {
Die Öffnung der d-Linie beschert Schwarz zwar eine ewige Schwäche auf d6,
ermöglicht ihm aber die Aktivierung der Leichtfiguren.} ({Bleibt das Zentrum
geschlossen, kann Weiß sein Spiel auf dem Damenflügel schnell entwickeln:} 
12... Qc8 $6 13. a3 Na6 14. Nd3 Bh3 15. b4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c6 17. Bg5 c5 18. bxa5
h6 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Qb3 Qxa5 21. Rfb1 Rfb8 22. Qb6 $16 {Galliamova,A-Socko,M/
Warsaw 2001}) 13. dxc6 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'White effectively changes the
character of the position. Black will be forced to protect the ><d6 and this
will limit his <=>.'} (13. a3 {Stohl} Na6 14. Nd3 cxd5 15. cxd5 b5 $132) 13...
Bxc6 {Für diese Eröffnungszüge hat Shirov etwa 40 Minuten verbraucht. Nach der
Partie sagte Alexei, daß er die Vorgängerpartie nicht kannte und all die Züge
am Brett finden mußte. Glücklicherweise habe ich mir diese Stellung vor kurzem
angeschaut und konnte deswegen recht zügig spielen.} 14. Be3 $1 $146 {Stohl:
'White is not bothered by the Nb4 and first finishes his development.'  Eine
naheliegende Neuerung. Bei seiner Entwicklung sollte Weiß den Bauern d6 im
Blick behalten und den Zug Nf6-d7 nebst f7-f5 oder Nd7-c5 nicht kampflos
erlauben.} ({Nach dem ungenauen} 14. Nc2 $6 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Nd7 {'!' Stohl.} 16.
Be3 f5 17. Qd2 (17. f4 $142 {Stohl} exf4 18. Bxf4 $13) 17... f4 $1 {'!?' Stohl.
} 18. gxf4 Qh4 $40 {'©' Stohl. bekam Schwarz eine starke Initiative in Belezky,
S-Milov,V/Benasque 2002.} 19. f5 {Stohl} gxf5 20. f3 $2 f4 21. Bf2 Qh5 22. Qxd6
Rf6 23. Qd2 Rh6 24. h3 Kf7 25. Nb5 Rg8 26. Nd6+ Rxd6 27. Qxd6 Bf8 $19 {->,
Belezky,S-Milov,V/Benasque/2002/}) (14. Nd3 {Stohl} Na6 (14... Nd7 15. Nxb4
axb4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 (16... Nc5 17. Nxb4 $14) 17. Qxd5 Nc5 18. Be3 {[%cal Rf1d1] /
\Rfd1|^}) 15. Be3 {can transpose into the game.}) 14... b6 (14... Qe7 $6 {/\Nd7
} 15. a3 Na6 16. Nd3 {/\b4} a4 17. Nb4 $1 $16) 15. Nd3 {'+/=' Stohl.} Na6 (
15... Nxd3 $6 {Stohl} 16. Qxd3 $16) 16. Qe2 ({Aber nicht} 16. Qd2 $2 Ng4 $11 {
, und nach dem Abtausch des Be3 wird Weiß früher oder später die Schwäche
seiner dunklen Felder zu spüren bekommen.}) 16... Qb8 $1 {Das Feld b7 ist ein
sicherer und guter Platz für die Dame, außerdem erzwingt Schwarz den für ihn
günstigen Zug f2-f3.} ({Kaum besser war der sofortige Springertausch} 16... Nc5
17. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 (17... dxc5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nd5 $16) 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Rd3 (
19. a4 $5 Rfb8 20. Qc2 $14 {/\Nb5}) 19... Rfb8 20. Rfd1 Ne8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22.
Rxd5 $14) ({Opening the position as in Milov's game can easily backfire due to
White's superior development:} 16... Nd7 {Stohl} 17. Rad1 f5 18. f4 $32 {|^[+]}
) 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. f3 Rfd8 $6 {Stohl: 'Black will have to protect the ><d6
with Ne8 anyway, so it was better to keep the R on f8 where it might support
f5 and create some <=>.'  Setzt auf passive Verteidigung. Mehr im Sinne der
Stellung war das Gegenspiel mit f7-f5.} (18... Ne8 $5 19. Nd5 (19. Rd2 f5 20.
exf5 gxf5 $132) 19... Bxd5 20. cxd5 $14 {Das "Loch" d5 ist "zugestopft", dafür
gewinnt der weißfeldrige Läufer g2 an Bedeutung. Das Spiel könnte weiter
folgendermaßen verlaufen:} f5 21. f4 $5 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Bg2 e4 24. Nf2
Nc5 25. Rd2 Rae8 26. Rad1 $14) (18... Nc5 $142 $14 {[%cal Yf6e8,Yf7f5] (Stohl)
/\Ne8,f5}) 19. Rd2 $14 Nc5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Bh3 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Another
excellent strategic move. Without any prejudice White is prepared to exchange
his inactive Bg2 for a N, that might appear on e6.'  Auch der Springertausch
auf c5 schien verlockend, aber wozu die Eile, wenn der Gegner kein Gegenspiel
hat?} (21. Nxc5 dxc5 (21... bxc5 22. a4 $1 $16 {/\Nb5}) 22. Rd3 $1 $14 {/\Qd2}
({aber nicht} 22. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne8 $11)) 21... Qf8 (21... Rab8 22. b3
Ne6 23. Nb2 $14) 22. b3 {Bleibt Schwarz weiterhin passiv, könnte u. U. Nd3-c1
nebst a3 und b4 folgen.} h5 $2 {Diese Schwächung erleichtert mein Spiel. Der
weiße Läufer gehört nun nach g5!} (22... Bh6 $2 {Stohl: 'is strategically
desirable, but loses a pawn to'} 23. Bxh6 Qxh6 24. Nxe5 $18 (24. Nxc5 {Stohl}
bxc5 25. Rxd6 $16)) (22... Rab8 $142 $14) 23. Qf2 Rab8 24. Bg5 $1 Ne6 {Alexei
verließ sich auf diese Antwort, aber ich war gerne bereit, meinen Bh3 gegen
den schwarzen Hauptverteidiger zu tauschen.} 25. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Nb2 $16 {
Stohl: '/\Nba4,><b6,d6' Nun "leuchtet" die zweite Schwäche, der Bauer b6, der
von den weißen Springern gleich ins Visier genommen wird.} Rd7 27. Kg2 {
Durchaus möglich war 27.Nba4, aber ich befürchtete das Gegenspiel mit 27...Rf7.
} ({Stohl: Consistent was} 27. Nba4 $5 $16 {'+/-' Stohl. Stohl: '/\'} b5 {Stohl
} (27... Bxa4 {Stohl} 28. Nxa4 Rf7 29. Bxf6 (29. Qe3 $5 Ne8 30. Kg2 b5 31. cxb5
Rxb5 32. Nb6 {/\Nc4+/-}) 29... Rxf6 30. Rxd6 Rxf3 31. Qe2 h4 $5 32. R6d3 $16) (
27... b5 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. Nb6 Rdb7 30. Rxd6 $18) 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. Nb6 Rdb7
30. Rxd6 $18) 27... Rbb7 (27... Rf7 $2 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxd6 $18) 28. h3 $2 {
'?!' Stohl. Stohl: 'This weakens the >>.'  Diese Prophylaxe war unnötig. Mit
dem energischen 28.Nba4! ließ sich bereits ein Bauer gewinnen.} ({Stohl: Again
stronger was} 28. Nba4 $1 Bxa4 (28... Qb8 29. Be3 {'+/-' Stohl.}) 29. Nxa4 b5
30. cxb5 Rxb5 31. Qe2 Rb4 (31... Qb8 {Stohl} 32. Rxd6 $1 $18) 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33.
Nc5 $18) 28... Qb8 29. Rd3 Ne8 30. Nba4 Rf7 31. Be3 b5 32. cxb5 (32. Nxb5 $2 {
Stohl} Bxe4 $13) 32... Bxb5 33. Nxb5 Rxb5 34. Qc2 {'|^' Stohl. Stohl:
'Although Black has at least partially managed to consolidate his position,
White is still better, as Black's P remain vulnerable.'  Nach diesem Zug
verblieben mir noch 10 Minuten bis zur Zeitkontrolle, während Alexei noch 6
hatte. Schwarz hat seinen schwachen Bauern b6 abgetauscht, seine Lage bleibt
dennoch wegen eine Reihe weiterer Schwächen unangenehm.} (34. Qd2 $5 $16 {
/\Nb2-c4}) (34. Nb6 {Stohl} d5 $5 35. a4 Rb4 36. Bc5 Rxe4 (36... dxe4 $2 37.
Rd8 $18) 37. Qc2 Rb4 $14 {<=>~~}) 34... Kh7 (34... Rc7 {Stohl} 35. Rc3 Rbb7 36.
Nb2 $36) 35. Qc4 $2 {Stohl: 'This allows Shirov to lash out.'  Nach einem
zweiminütigen Nachdenken gespielt. Diese leichtfertige Entscheidung beruht auf
einem Versehen und bringt Weiß urplötzlich in große Gefahr. Im Nachhinein bin
ich aber nicht unglücklich darüber, hat doch dieser Fehler für einen sehr
spannenden Partieverlauf gesorgt.} (35. R1d2 $5 $16 {/\Qc4}) (35. Qc6 $1 Rc7
36. Qa6 $16) (35. Rc3 $142 {[%cal Gc2c8] (Stohl) <->c} Rf8 (35... Rbb7 36. Nb2
{[%cal Rb2c4] /\Nc4+/-}) 36. Rc8 Qb7 37. Qc6 Qf7 38. Rf1 $36) 35... d5 $1 36.
exd5 $6 ({Vorsichtiger war} 36. Qc6 d4 (36... Nd6 $2 37. Nc3) 37. Bg5 Nd6 $14)
36... Nd6 37. Qc2 ({Erst hier habe ich gemerkt, daß nach dem geplanten} 37. Qc6
{'?!' Stohl. sehr stark} Rc7 $1 {folgt, wonach der schwarze Springer wegen 38..
.Rc2+ tabu ist. Erzwungen ist deswegen} 38. Qa6 {, und Schwarz beginnt mit} e4
$1 {'|^' Stohl. einen gefährlichen Angriff, z.B,} 39. fxe4 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 (40.
R1d2 $2 Nxe4 $1 41. Bf4 (41. Rxc2 Qxg3+ 42. Kf1 Qf3+ $40) 41... Nxd2 $3 42.
Bxb8 Rxb8 $17) 40... Nxe4 41. Bf4 e5 42. Be3 Nxg3 $36) 37... e4 38. fxe4 Nxe4 {
Ein überraschender Kulissenwechsel! Plötzlich geriet der weiße König unter
einen starken Angriff.} 39. d6 {Die beste Verteidigung. Der Freibauer wird
bald eine wichtige Rolle spielen.} (39. Bf4 Rxf4 40. gxf4 Qxf4 $40) 39... Qb7
$2 {Stohl: 'The position of the Q on b7 enables White to win a crucial tempo
for his counterattack.'  Alexei hatte etwa zwei Minuten bis zum 40.Zug, und er
greift fehl. Die schwarze Dame sollte von a8 angreifen.} ({Nach} 39... Qa8 $1 {
'>=!' Stohl. entsteht eine sehr scharfe Stellung. Beide Seiten müssen äußerst
präzise spielen, um nicht zu verlieren, und am Schluß dieser gegenseitigen
Gratwanderung ergibt sich ein Dauerschach. Die Stellung eignet sich übrigens
hervorragend zur Analyse mit FRITZ, ein Mensch kann hier kaum den Überblick
behalten.} 40. Nb6 $1 {'!?' Stohl.} (40. Kg1 $2 Rf3 41. Bb6 (41. Bd4 {Stohl}
Nxg3 $40 {/\} 42. Bxg7 Rg5 $1 $19) 41... Nxg3 42. Qg2 Ne2+ $1 43. Qxe2 Rg5+ $19
) (40. Kh2 {Stohl} Be5 (40... Nxg3 41. Qg2 $1 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Nf5 43. Bf2 $16) (
40... h4 41. gxh4 Rbf5 $44 42. d7 $2 Be5+ 43. Kg1 Ng3 $19) 41. Bf4 h4 $1 42.
Bxe5 Rf2+ $17 (42... Rxe5 43. d7 hxg3+ 44. Rxg3 Nxg3 45. d8=Q Qxd8 46. Rxd8
Re2+ 47. Qxe2 Nxe2 48. Kg2 $11)) 40... Rxb6 $1 (40... Qb7 $2 41. Qc8 Nxd6+ (
41... Rxb6 {Stohl} 42. d7 $1 Bf6 43. Rf1 $18) 42. Qxb7 Nxb7 43. Nc4 $16 {
'+/=' Stohl.}) 41. Bxb6 Qb7 $3 {Ein unglaublicher Zug! Ein Abzugsschach in der
Tasche, greift Schwarz seelenruhig den Läufer an.} (41... Nxg3+ $2 42. Kh2 {
'!' Stohl.} Be5 43. Rxg3 $18 h4 (43... Bxg3+ {Stohl} 44. Kxg3 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+
46. Kg1 $18)) (41... Nf2+ $2 42. Kh2 $18) 42. d7 $3 {'!' Stohl. Alle
Läuferzüge hätten irgenwelche Nachteile, checken Sie das bitte mit FRITZ ab!} (
42. Bxa5 {Stohl} h4 43. d7 Nxg3+ 44. Kh2 Be5 45. Qg2 Rf2 $3 46. Qxf2 Ne2+ $19)
42... Nxg3+ $1 43. Kh2 (43. Kxg3 $4 Be5+ {führt zum Matt.} 44. Kh4 {Stohl} Qe4+
45. Kg5 Qf4#) 43... Nf1+ 44. Kg1 (44. Rxf1 $2 {Stohl} Rxf1 45. Qe2 Rh1+ 46. Kg3
Qb8+ $19) 44... Qxb6+ 45. Kg2 Qb7+ {'=' Stohl.} 46. Kg1 $11 {, und Schwarz muß
Dauerschach geben.}) 40. Kg1 $1 {Der sicherste Platz für den König.} ({Nach} 
40. Kh2 $2 Be5 41. Bf4 h4 $3 $17 {geriet Weiß in Verlustgefahr.}) 40... Rf3 $1
(40... Nxg3 $2 41. Qg2 $16 {führt zum Damentausch, was Schwarz nicht zulassen
darf.}) 41. Qc7 $1 {Die Zeitkontrolle war vorbei, und es fiel mir nicht schwer,
diesen einzigen Zug zu finden. Nun wird deutlich, warum 39...Qa8! richtig war.
Die schwarze Dame wird abgedrängt, und der Bg7 gleichzeitig gefesselt. Es
gelang mir tatsächlich, in dieser scharfen Stellung bis zum Schluß der Partie
keinen Fehler zu machen! Eine Sternstunde? Ich würde eher von Glück sprechen.}
(41. Nc5 $2 Rxg3+ 42. Kh2 Qc6 $19) 41... Rxg3+ 42. Kh2 Qa8 $6 {Streng
beurteilt ist dies ein Fehler,denn zäher war 42...h4! In einer praktischen
Partie behält man natürlich lieber die Damen auf dem Brett, zumal Shirov
bereits hier seinen unglaublichen 44. Zug geplant haben mußte.} ({Stohl: More
tricky was} 42... h4 $1 {'!?' Stohl.} {Am besten ist} 43. Bd4 $1 (43. Qxb7 Rxb7
44. Nc5 {'!?' Stohl.} (44. Bf4 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 g5 46. d7 Rxd7 47. Rxd7 gxf4 $13)
(44. d7 {Stohl} Rxd7 45. Rxd7 Rxe3 $44) {Nun zaubert FRITZ den folgenden
Schlagabtausch aufs Brett:} 44... Be5 $3 {'!' Stohl.} (44... Rxe3 {Stohl} 45.
Nxb7 $18) 45. Nxb7 Nf2 $3 {'!' Stohl.} 46. Rd5 $3 {'!' Stohl.} exd5 47. Bxf2
Rd3+ 48. Kg2 Rxd1 49. d7 Bf6 (49... Bc7 {Stohl} 50. Bxh4 $14 {/\} Rd2+ 51. Kf3
Rxa2 52. Bd8 $1 $16) 50. a4 $14) (43. Bf4 $5 {Stohl} Rxd3 44. Rxd3 e5 45. Be3
Nxd6 46. Qxb7 $1 (46. Qxd6 $6 e4 $40) 46... Nxb7 47. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Re3b6] /\Bb6,פb7}) (43. Qxb7 Rxb7 44. Nc5 $5 (44. d7 Rxd7 45. Rxd7 Rxe3 $44)
44... Be5 $1 (44... Rxe3 45. Nxb7 $18) 45. Nxb7 Nf2 $1 46. Rd5 $1 exd5 47. Bxf2
Rd3+ 48. Kg2 Rxd1 49. d7 Bc7 50. Bxh4 $14 {/\} Rd2+ 51. Kf3 Rxa2 52. Bd8 $1 $16
) (43. Bd4 e5 44. Qxb7 Rxb7 45. Nc5 $1 $36) 43... e5 (43... Nxd6 44. Qxg7+ Qxg7
45. Bxg7 $18) 44. Qxb7 $1 (44. Bb6 $2 Qa8 45. d7 Ng5 $19) 44... Rxb7 45. Nc5 {
'|^!' Stohl.} Nxc5 46. Bxc5 Rxd3 47. Rxd3 Rd7 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Ke4
$16 {, und Weiß hat im Endspiel gute Gewinnchancen.}) 43. Bd4 $1 {Mit der
Absicht, 43...e5 zu erzwingen, wonach die schwarzen Rb5 und Bg7 außer Spiel
geraten.} ({Es war noch zu früh, an die zweite Dame zu denken:} 43. d7 $2 Rxe3
$3 (43... Nd6 $2 44. Kxg3 Be5+ 45. Kf2 Ne4+ 46. Ke1 Bxc7 47. d8=Q Bxd8 48. Rxd8
$18) 44. Rxe3 Qf8 {, und Weiß ist plötzlich gegen die Drohungen Qf2 und Be5
machtlos:} 45. d8=Q (45. Re2 Be5+ 46. Qxe5 Rxe5 47. d8=Q Qf4+ $19) 45... Qf2+
46. Kh1 Qxe3 $19) 43... e5 (43... Rb7 44. Qc6 Bxd4 45. Qxe4 $1 Rxd3 46. Rxd3 e5
47. Rg3 $18) 44. d7 {Nach diesem Zug war ich mir sicher, die Partie zu
gewinnen. Aber Alexei wartet mit einer weiteren Überraschung auf...} ({Nur zu
einer Zugumstellung führte} 44. Rxg3 $1 Qf8 $1 {Die Dame strebt nach f4.} (
44... exd4 $2 45. d7 $18) (44... Nxg3 $2 45. d7 Qf3 46. d8=Q $18) 45. d7 $1 (
45. Be3 $2 {wäre nun ein Fehler:} Nxg3 46. Kxg3 (46. d7 Qf3 47. d8=Q Qe2+ 48.
Kxg3 Qxe3+ $11) 46... e4 47. Kh2 Qf3 48. Re1 Rg5 49. Bxg5 Qf2+ $11) 45... Qf4 {
, und weiter wie in der Partie.}) 44... Qf8 $3 {Die schwarze Dame taucht
plötzlich in der Nähe des weißen Monarchen auf und sorgt erneut für große
Aufregung! Sichtlich überrascht, verbrauchte ich hier 12 von den verbliebenen
21 Minuten und steuerte direkt in die zweite Zeitnotphase.} 45. Rxg3 $1 {
Weg mit den Angriffsfiguren!} ({Nach} 45. d8=Q $4 Qf4 {könnte eine malerische
Stellung entstehen. Weiß hat eine glatte Dame mehr, aber seine beiden Damen
sind zu weit entfernt, um dem eigenen König helfen zu können.} 46. Kh1 (46.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 47. Bxe5+ Rxe5 $19) (46. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 47. Kh1 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ $19)
46... Nf2+ $1 47. Bxf2 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Qg2#) 45... Qf4 46. Rdd3 $1 (46. Rdg1 $2
Nxg3 47. d8=Q Ne2+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 Nxd4 $11) 46... Nxg3 47. d8=Q {Stohl:
'Now despite the first impression Black has only numerous checks, but no
perpetual.'  Erst jetzt ist die Zeit gekommen, den Bauern umzuwandeln.} (47.
Rxg3 $2 h4 $11) 47... Ne2+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ (48... Nxd4 49. Rxd4 $1 $18) 49. Rf3 $1
{Die letzte Feinheit.} (49. Kf2 $2 Nxd4 50. Rxd4 exd4 51. Qxg7+ Kxg7 52. Qd7+
Kh6 53. Qxb5 Qe3+ $11) 49... Nf4+ (49... Nxd4 50. Qf6 $18) 50. Kg3 {Hier hatte
ich nur 3 Minuten bis zum 60. Zug, aber der Kampf ist entschieden.} Rd5 (50...
h4+ 51. Qxh4+ (51. Kh2 Qxf3 52. Qxh4+ $18) 51... Nh5+ 52. Qxh5+ gxh5 53. Nc3
$18) (50... Ne6 51. Nc3 $1 $18) 51. Qde7 h4+ 52. Kh2 Nh5 53. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Nancy"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Re1
a6 9. Rb1 Re8 ({The most principled continuation is the active} 9... Na5 $5 10.
Qa4 (10. Qd3 b5 $5 $132) 10... b6 11. c5 Bd7 12. Qa3 Nc4 13. Qxa6 b5 14. Nh4
dxc5 15. dxc5 c6 16. Bxc6 Qc7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Nxb5 Qxc5 $44 19. a4 (19. Rd1
$142 $5) 19... Qb4 20. Ng2 (20. Bf4 $1 Nc5 21. Qc6 $132) 20... Nc5 21. Qc6 Nxa4
$36 {San Segundo Carrillo,P-Shirov,A/Benidorm act/2002/}) 10. d5 $1 {After a
few quiet moves White is obliged to act, if he hopes to get something form the
opening.} (10. e4 $143 $6 e5 11. d5 Nd4 $1 $11) 10... Na5 11. Qd3 (11. Nd2 c5
12. a3 Ng4 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. b3 b5 {Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo act/1998/} 15.
cxb5 $5 axb5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nac4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Bf4 $14) 11... c5 12.
b3 {This prevents an immediate b5-advance.} (12. Bd2 b5 13. b3 (13. cxb5 c4 14.
Qc2 axb5 15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 b4 17. Na2 Nxd5 $11) 13... bxc4 (13... e6 14.
dxe6 Bxe6 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. e4 Bc8 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Ba6 19. Qxd6 Nxb3 20.
Bf4 Qa5 21. axb3 Bxb5 22. e5 Rbd8 23. Qxc5 Nd7 24. b4 Qa6 25. Qc7 {1-0,Kveinys,
A-Kulaots,K/Mezezers zt/2000/}) 14. bxc4 Rxb1 15. Rxb1 Qc7 16. e4 Bd7 17. h3
Rb8 18. Bf1 Be8 19. Nd1 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Nd7 21. Ne3 Nb7 22. Bd3 Qb6 23. Qb3 Qxb3
24. axb3 a5 25. Ne1 Nb6 26. Bc2 a4 $11 {Giua,F-Safranska,A/FRA-chT2/2002/})
12... Nd7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty, which is not so passive,
as it seems. Black for the time being gives up the idea b5 and first wants to
activate his פa5.} ({It's not easy to achieve full equality after} 12... Bd7
13. a4 $14 Qc7 (13... e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bxd6 Bf5 17. e4 Bg4 18.
e5 Nc6 19. Rbd1 Rc8 20. h3 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Re6 23. Nxf7 $1 $18 {
Baburin,A-Anagnostopoulos,D/Port Erin op/1999/}) 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16.
Bf4 Rbd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. b4 $1 c4 $2 (19... cxb4 $8 20. Rec1 $36)
20. Rec1 $1 Rc8 21. Qa3 Nb3 22. Rxb3 cxb3 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Qxb3 Rc3 25. Qa2
Rxe4 26. h3 Rxb4 27. Qe2 Bf8 28. Ng5 $18 {Pert,N-Kiseleva,N/Port Erin op/2003/}
) 13. Bd2 b6 14. Ne4 {This doesn't seem too natural, but it stops Black's main
idea Ne5.} (14. e4 Ne5 $5 (14... Nb7 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Nh4 $5 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4]
()[+]}) 15. Nxe5 (15. Qc2 b5 $132) 15... dxe5 16. a3 Nb7 (16... Qc7 $5 $13) 17.
b4 Qc7 18. Be3 Bd7 $132) (14. a4 Ne5 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. e4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bd7 {
[%cal Ye7e5] /\e5=}) 14... Nf6 $5 (14... b5 15. Bc3 Nf6 16. Ned2 $5 $14 {
/\e4-e5}) 15. Nxf6+ exf6 {Black has compromised his P-structure, but on the
other hand White's [+] is much more difficult.} 16. Bc3 (16. e4 f5 $11) 16...
Bd7 (16... f5 $5) 17. Nd2 (17. Qd2 f5 $1 $11) (17. e4 $142 $5 b5 (17... f5 $6
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e5 $16) 18. Qd2 b4 (18... Nb7 19. Nh4 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yh4f3] /
\f4,Nf3+/=}) 19. Bb2 $14) 17... b5 18. e3 b4 19. Ba1 Nb7 20. f4 $6 (20. e4 $142
f5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re3 Qf6 23. Rbe1 Re7 $5 $132 {/=}) 20... f5 $11 {Although
the Nb7 is still not ideally placed, Black is ready to meet White's only
active try e4 with simplification.} 21. Re2 (21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. e4 Qf6 23. exf5
Bxf5 24. Be4 Bd7 {is similar to the game.}) 21... Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Qf6 23. Rae1
Re7 24. e4 Rbe8 25. Kf2 a5 $1 (25... fxe4 26. Nxe4 Qg7 {was probably also
possible, but leaving it to White to open the position is even stronger.
Black's position is already somewhat more pleasant to play.}) 26. exf5 (26. Bf3
a4 $15) 26... Bxf5 27. Be4 Bd7 $5 (27... Bg4 28. Bf3 (28. Re3 $2 Qd4 $1 $17)
28... Bf5 $11) 28. Bf3 (28. Kg2 Qc3 $36) 28... Rxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 30. Qxe2
Kf8 (30... a4 $5 31. Ne4 Qa1 $15) 31. Ne4 Qd4+ 32. Kg2 Bf5 33. Ng5 $6 (33. Nf2
{/\} a4 34. Bg4 $132) 33... h6 (33... Bd3 34. Qe1 (34. Nxh7+ $2 Kg7 35. Qe7
Kxh7 36. Qxb7 (36. Qxf7+ Qg7 $19) 36... Qb2+ 37. Kh3 Bf1+ 38. Kg4 Qg7 $1 39. f5
Qd4+ 40. Kg5 Qe3+ 41. Kf6 (41. Kg4 Kh6 $1 $19) 41... Qe5+ 42. Kxf7 Qg7+ $19)
34... h6 $36) 34. Ne6+ $2 (34. Ne4 $142 $15) 34... fxe6 35. dxe6 Ke7 $6 ({
Black doesn't want to bother with the implications of keeping the extra piece:
} 35... d5 $1 36. e7+ Ke8 37. Bxd5 Nd6 38. Bc6+ Bd7 $17) 36. Bxb7 Qd3 {[%csl
Ra2,Rb3] The point-after the exchange of Q the <<P will be vulnerable. However,
White misses the best defence, presumably in time-trouble.} 37. Qf2 $2 $138 (
37. Qb2 Qc2+ 38. Qxc2 Bxc2 39. Bc6 Bb1 40. Ba4 Bxa2 $19) (37. Qe1 Qc2+ 38. Kg1
(38. Kf3 Qxa2 39. Qe3 Bc2 $19) 38... Qb1 $19) (37. Kf2 $142 $1 Qxe2+ 38. Kxe2
$11 {/\} Bb1 39. Kd2 Bxa2 $6 40. Kc2 a4 41. bxa4 Bxc4 42. a5 Kxe6 43. a6 Bxa6
44. Bxa6 {and it's Black, who has to fight for a draw.}) 37... Qc2 38. Bc6 $2 {
This loses immediately, but the game was beyond saving.} (38. Qxc2 {-37.Qb2})
38... Bh3+ $1 39. Kf3 Qd3+ 40. Qe3 Bg2+ $1 (40... Qd1+ 41. Qe2 Bg4+ $19) (40...
Bg2+ 41. Kxg2 (41. Kf2 Qf1#) 41... Qxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Rc1 {White doesn't change the pawn
structure and to tries to contain Black's <=> and make the most of his (). But
even after Van Wely's move Black has enough activity to hold the balance.} ({
Some time ago White's attempts for an opening edge were connected with} 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 $142 $1 (12... Bxc6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. c5 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 (
16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Kh2 a5 19. Qd2 Ba4 20. Re1 Qf5 21. Bd4 dxc5 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rec1 Qf6 24. Rxc5 $14 {Fominyh,A-Morozevich,A/Omsk-Perm RUS Cup/
1998/}) 17. exd5 Rxe3 $5 18. fxe3 Qe8 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. c6 Nc5 21. Rd4 Qe7 22.
Rad1 a5 23. Rc4 Bh6 24. e4 Bg7 25. Bf3 b3 26. axb3 Rb8 27. b4 axb4 28. Kg2 b3
29. Rd2 Be5 $44 {Fominyh,A-Korotylev,A/Moscow/1999/}) {After less enterprising
moves Black plays c5 himself with at least comfortable equality.} 13. Qd2 ({
Ambitious, but insufficient is} 13. c5 Qc8 $1 14. g4 (14. Kh2 d5 $5 $36) 14...
h5 15. g5 Nh7 16. h4 (16. Kh2 d5 $1 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Rad1 Rb4 19. a3 Rc4 20. f4
d4 21. Ne2 dxe3 22. Qxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Bxb2 24. Rd3 Rxc5 25. Rxe3 Rd8 $17 {
Marin,M-Socko,B/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 16... Bh3 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. f3 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Bxc3 $1 20. bxc3 d5 21. Bf2 dxe4 22. Re1 Rb8 $15 {Stohl,I-Shirov,A/EU-chT
Batumi/1999/}) 13... Qc8 14. Kh2 Rb8 15. b3 c5 16. Rae1 a5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18.
Qxh6 Re5 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qe8 22. Qd2 a4 23. Qc3 f6 24. f4
Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qd8 $11 {Ulak,S-Antoniewski,R/POL-chT Suwalki/1999/}) ({Black
has little to fear also after} 12. Re1 Qc8 (12... Rb8 $5 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Be6 15. b3 c5 16. Be3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxc5 b4 20. Na4 Bd5 $11
{Skatchkov,P-Kabanov,N/Nizhnij Novgorod/1999/}) 13. Kh2 Ne5 14. b3 c5 15. Nde2
b5 16. Qxd6 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bc6 19. Qxc5 Nd3 20. Qd6 (20. Qa5 Re5 21.
Qb6 Rb8 22. Qa7 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Ra5 24. Bf4 Rb7 25. Qe3 Qd8 26. e5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Re7 $17 {Zhidkov,V-Zakharstov,V/Tula/2000/}) 20... Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Qb7 22. Nf4
Rad8 23. Qc5 $13 {/=/+,Skatchkov,P-Fedorov,A/Krasnodar/1998/}) 12... Nxd4 {
The most direct continuation.} (12... Rb8 $5 13. a4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Be3
Bc6 16. Qc2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 $132 {Birnbaum,W-Grahl,A/LL 9900/2000/}) (12... h5
$6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bg5 $1 Qd7 15. Re1 Nh7 16. Bf4 Re7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Re3 $1 Nf6 22. Qc2 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 $16 {
[%csl Rc7,Ge3,Gg2] ^^,><c7,Stangl,M-Lanka,Z/Nettetal/1992/}) ({Here the
sequence as after 12.Re1 is not so promising:} 12... Ne5 13. b3 Qc8 14. Kh2 c5
15. Nde2 b5 $6 16. Qxd6 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 $5 Nd3 19. Rxc5 $1 $36) 13.
Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 Bc6 15. f3 (15. Qd3 $5 b5 16. Rfe1 bxc4 (16... Qd7 $142 $11)
17. Qxc4 Nd7 18. b3 Qa5 19. Red1 Ne5 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc6 23.
Rcd1 Qc7 24. Qc4 Qe7 25. h4 a5 26. Qa4 $14 {Lerner,K-Lanka,Z/Oberwart op/1998/}
) 15... b5 16. b3 $146 (16. Rf2 Qe7 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. b3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Qc7 20.
Ne2 Nd7 21. Bf2 Ne5 22. f4 $6 Nd7 23. Nc3 {1/2,Campos Gambuti,L-Eslon,J/
Mislata/2000/} Bxc3 $1 24. Rxc3 Nf6 $40 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) 16... b4 ({Even
more flexible was} 16... Qc7 $13) ({or} 16... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Yf6d7,Yd7e5] /
\Nd7-e5 Black can switch to the b4, a5-a4 plan even later.}) 17. Ne2 a5 18. Rc2
Qc7 19. Rd2 Red8 20. Qc2 (20. g4 a4 21. Ng3 axb3 22. axb3 Nd7 $1 $132 {[%cal
Yd7f8,Yf8e6] /\Nf8-e6}) 20... a4 21. Rfd1 Qe7 22. Rd3 Ra5 23. Qd2 axb3 24. axb3
Ne8 $132 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5a1] <->a,><b3 Black's strategy has been a success,
his position has only one weakness (><d6) and White is too occupied by the
open <->a and his slightly shaky >> to make any use of it.} 25. Bg5 f6 (25...
Bf6 $143 26. h4 $1 $36) 26. Bf4 Bf8 27. h4 Rda8 28. g4 Ra2 29. Qe3 Rb2 30. R1d2
Rb1+ 31. Kh2 ({Safer was} 31. Rd1 $142 Raa1 $5 (31... Rb2 $11) 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+
33. Kh2 Qa7 $13) 31... Ra3 32. Ng3 Qa7 33. g5 {Otherwise White has hardly any
active plan, but now the position opens up for Black's pieces as well.} fxg5
34. Bxg5 $6 (34. hxg5 $1 Bg7 35. e5 $132) 34... Bg7 $40 35. Bh3 (35. Ne2 Qf7
$36 36. Bf4 $2 Bd4 $1 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Rxd4 Rbxb3 $19) 35... Qf7 36. Ne2 Re1
$1 {[%cal Ra3a1] /\Raa1} (36... Be5+ 37. f4 Bg7 38. h5 gxh5 $15) 37. Rd1 Rxd1 (
37... Be5+ 38. Kg2 (38. f4 Bxf4+ 39. Bxf4 Rxe2+ 40. Qxe2 Qxf4+ $17) 38... Bd4
39. Qd2 Rxd1 40. Qxd1 Ra1 41. Qd2 $132) 38. Rxd1 Ra2 39. Kg3 h6 $1 (39... Be5+
40. Kg2 Nc7 41. Rd2 {/\} Rxd2 42. Qxd2 Ne6 43. Bxe6 Qxe6 44. Nf4 $11) 40. Bf4
Kh7 41. Rd2 Ra3 42. Kg2 (42. Rd3 Qe7 43. Qd2 Be5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg3] עg3})
42... Bc3 43. Nxc3 Rxb3 44. Rc2 Rxc3 $6 (44... Qxc4 45. Bxh6 bxc3 {[%cal Rb3b2]
/\Rb2-+} 46. h5 $5 gxh5 47. Bf5+ Kh8 48. Bf4 $13 Ng7 49. Be5 dxe5 50. Qh6+ Kg8
51. Bh7+ Kf7 52. Qg6+ Kf8 53. Qd6+ $11) (44... bxc3 $1 45. Bxh6 Rb2 $17) 45.
Rxc3 bxc3 46. Bxh6 c2 (46... Qxc4 47. h5 (47. Bg5 c2 48. Qd2 $17) 47... gxh5
48. Bf5+ $132) 47. h5 $1 Ng7 (47... gxh5 48. Bf5+ Kh8 49. Qb3 Ng7 50. Qxc2 Nxf5
51. exf5 $11) 48. hxg6+ Qxg6+ 49. Bg5 $11 {Now c1 is well protected and
Black's K is exposed just as White's. White saves the game in a ^- _|_.} Be8
50. Bf5 $1 Nxf5 51. exf5 Qxf5 52. Qe4 Bg6 (52... Qxe4 53. fxe4 Bc6 54. Kf3 $11)
53. Qe7+ (53. Qxf5 $143 Bxf5 54. Kf2 Kg6 $17) 53... Bf7 (53... Kg8 $2 54. Bf6
Qxf6 55. Qxf6 c1=Q 56. Qxg6+ $14) 54. Qe4 Kg6 55. Bc1 Qxe4 56. fxe4 Bxc4 57.
Kf3 Ba6 (57... Bd3 58. Ke3 c4 59. Kd4 Kf6 60. Kd5 $11) 58. Ke3 Bb7 59. Kd3 Kf6
60. Bf4 Ke6 61. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 62. Kc3 d5 63. Be3 d4+ (63... Kd6 64. Bg1 $11 {
and White draws simply by shuffling his B on the g1-e3 squares.}) 64. Bxd4
cxd4+ 65. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 16th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2001.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. e3
a6 9. Qe2 $5 {White is having a hard time getting anything out of the opening
in the Yugoslav variation, or with other alternatives on move 8. Rustemov
comes up with a less tested setup.} e6 $6 {This passive move certainly isn't
the best.} ({Consistent is} 9... b5 {but after} 10. Rd1 {Black still has some
problems to prove equality:} (10. cxb5 $6 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. a4 Na7 $11)
10... Re8 (10... Bb7 11. b3 Qc8 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Na5 14. Ba3 Qe6 15. d5
Qg4 16. e4 c5 17. Rab1 Ba8 18. h3 Qc8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Bf1 Nd7 22.
Qc2 Rb8 23. Nd2 Nb7 24. Nd1 Nd8 25. Rxb8 Nxb8 26. Qa4 Kf8 27. Nb3 Bb7 28. Bc1
Bc8 29. Bd2 $16 {(),Sturua,Z-Jenni,F/Biel op/2000/ with a typical "Yugoslav"
position-Black has no space and his Nd8 no perspectives.}) (10... b4 11. Nd5
Nd7 12. a3 $1 (12. b3 e6 13. Nf4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Bb2 c6 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rad1 Qe6 23.
c5 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Kuzmin,A/Podolsk/1989/}) 12... bxa3 13. Rxa3 e6 14. Nc3
Nb4 15. e4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 c5 18. Bh3 Nc6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 $5 20. Nf6+
Bxf6 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxa6 Bg7 23. Kg2 Rfe8 24. Qd1 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. f3
$14 {Vaulin,A-Motylev,A/Bydgoszcz/1999/}) (10... Na5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Nc4
13. Nxb5 d5 14. Na3 Rxb4 15. Nxc4 Rxc4 16. Ne5 Ra4 17. Qc2 Ra6 18. Bd2 Qd6 19.
Rdc1 Bf5 20. Qxc7 Rfa8 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Nc6 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. Ne7+ Kf8
25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Be1 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6,Ge1,Rf5,Rf7,Gg2,Rh7] ^^,ק,Kharitonov,
A-Zudov,M/Leningrad/1991/}) (10... e6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. a3 Qe8 13. Rb1 Bb7 14.
Bxb7 Rxb7 15. b4 c6 (15... d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nb3 Nc8 18. Nc5 Ra7 19. a4 Nd6
20. Ra1 Ra8 21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Bd2 $16 {Malaniuk,V-Loskutov,O/St Petersburg/
2000/}) 16. e4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. c5 Nf5 19. Nf3 $14 {1/2,Malaniuk,V-Fedorov,A/
Samara/1998/}) 11. b3 (11. Ne5 $5 $36) 11... bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb4 13. Qe2 a5 14.
Ne1 c5 $1 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. Bb2 Nxc5 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Bb7 19. e4 e5 $1 20.
Nxb4 axb4 $11 {/=/+,Izoria,Z-Fedorov,A/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) (9... Nd7 10. Rd1 b5
11. Ne1 Na7 12. c5 b4 13. Na4 Qe8 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. a3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17.
axb4 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nc3 Bc4 20. Qd2 Nb5 21. Nc2 Rc8 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Ra3
Be6 24. Qf2 Nc4 25. Rad3 Bxb2 26. Nd4 $14 {Fridman,D-Adianto,U/FIDE WCh Las
Vegas/1999/}) ({Other plans deserveing attention are} 9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4
Ne8 12. Ne1 b5 13. a3 c6 14. Nc2 Nc7 15. Rd1 bxc4 16. Qxc4 cxd5 17. exd5 a5 18.
Qa4 Na6 19. b4 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Qb3 axb4 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Nxb4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1
Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Ne4 Nc8 27. Ba3 Ra4 28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Nxd6 e4 30. Rxa4
Bxa4 31. Re1 {1/2,Rustemov,A-Markowski,T/Polanica Zdroj/ 1999/}) (9... Bd7 10.
Rd1 Qc8 11. d5 Nd8 12. e4 e5 13. dxe6 (13. c5 $1 $14) 13... Nxe6 14. e5 dxe5
15. Nxe5 Re8 16. Be3 Nf8 17. Nxd7 N6xd7 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Nd5 c6 20. Nf4 Qc7 21.
h3 Ned7 22. Re1 Re7 23. Bd2 Rbe8 $11 {Kharitonov,A-Markowski,T/Koszalin/1998/})
10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Ne7 {Still in the same note as Black's 9-th move. McShane
opts for a "Hippo" (Nilpferd) setup, but this is rarely good.} ({Even now
Black could have played the more active} 11... b5 12. d5 $5 (12. Nd2 $14) 12...
Na7 13. Nd4 b4 14. Na4 $14) 12. Rfd1 h6 13. e4 b6 14. Rac1 $16 Bb7 15. d5 ({
Why hurry so much to fix the P structure? White could have continued to biuld
up quietly with} 15. b4 $5 {() His space advanatge would allow him to choose
even later on the flank, where he would start his action-even a timely e5 may
be possible at a suitable moment.}) 15... e5 {[%mdl 16] Now a typical King's
Indian pawn structure arises, in the following clash Black makes most of his
chances.} 16. b4 f5 17. Ba3 (17. a4 Nf6 18. Ba3 {would have saved tempi
compared with the later course of the game.}) 17... Nf6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nh4
Bc8 20. Bb2 $6 (20. c5 b5 21. Bb2 $14) 20... Qe8 21. a4 (21. f4 $142 e4 (21...
exf4 22. Re1 $40) 22. Bh3 {[%cal Yh4g2,Yg2e3] /\Ng2-e3+/=}) 21... Ng6 22. Nxg6
Qxg6 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 f4 $1 $132 {White has achieved little on the <<,
while Black has got his typical >><=> going.} 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ba3 ({The
positional} 26. Ne4 $2 {fails to} Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxb2 $1 $19) 26... Rd8 27. Rb1
(27. Ne4 $5 Bg4 (27... fxg3 28. hxg3 Bg4 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qd3 $1 $14) (27...
Nxe4 28. Bxe4 $36) 28. Nxf6+ (28. f3 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. fxg4 Rb3 $132)
28... Bxf6 29. f3 (29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 f3 31. Bxf3 Bf5 32. Re3 Bg5 33. Rc6
Bh3 $1 $40) 29... Bc8 30. Rc6 Rb1 $1 $13) 27... Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bf5 29. Rb4 $6 {
A strange square for the R.} (29. Rb6 Bd3 30. Qe1 Bf8 $13) 29... Bd3 30. Qb2 $2
({White must pay attention to the [+],} 30. Qe1 $8 $15 {was necessary.}) 30...
Qf5 $6 (30... e4 $142 $1 31. Rb8 (31. gxf4 Nh5 $40) 31... Rxb8 32. Qxb8+ Kh7 $5
(32... Ne8 33. Bb2 f3 34. Bh3 $132) 33. Qxd6 f3 34. Bh3 (34. Bf1 Bxf1 35. Kxf1
e3 $19) (34. Bh1 Qg5 $19) 34... e3 35. fxe3 Qh5 $1 36. Qe6 f2+ 37. Kxf2 Ne4+ $1
$19 38. Nxe4 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qf1#) 31. h3 (31. gxf4 exf4 32. Rb8 Rxb8
33. Qxb8+ Kh7 {[%cal Rf4f3] /\f3-+}) 31... e4 $1 (31... f3 $6 32. g4 Qg6 33.
Bxf3 e4 34. Bg2 $14 {/\} Nxd5 $2 35. Rb8 Qe8 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Qb3 $18) 32.
gxf4 Nh5 33. Rb7 (33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qb4 a5 $1 36. Qxa5 (36. Qxe4
Bxc3 37. Qxf5+ Bxf5 38. Bxd6 Bd2 $19) 36... Nxf4 $17) 33... Bd4 (33... Nxf4 $1
34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nxe4+ Kg6 $17) 34. Rb8 Qf6 35. Nxe4 {In an uncomfortable
position White panics and sacrifices a piece.} (35. Rxd8+ $142 Qxd8 36. Qd2 Qf6
37. Nxe4 (37. Ne2 Ba7 $36) 37... Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Nxf4 $40) 35... Bxb2 36. Nxf6+
Bxf6 37. Bxd6 Rxb8 38. Bxb8 Kf7 39. Bf3 Ng7 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Rf2,Rf4] /-+
Although White has 3P for the N, they are doubled and isolated. White can't
exchange Black's Pa6, which will eventually decide the game.} 40. Be5 Nf5 41.
Bh5+ Ke7 42. Bg6 Bh4 43. a5 $6 (43. Kg2 Kd7 44. Bf7 Be4+ 45. Kf1 Bd8 46. Be6+
Ke7 47. Ke2 Bb6 $17) 43... Kd7 {[%csl Ra5] ><a5} 44. Bg7 Bd8 45. Bxh6 Bxa5 46.
Bf8 (46. Bg5 Bc3 $19 {[%csl Ga6] o^a}) 46... Bd8 $1 (46... Bc3 47. h4 a5 48. h5
$132) 47. Ba3 a5 {[%cal Ra5a4,Rd8e7] /\a4,Be7} 48. d6 Bf6 49. Kh2 Bc2 $22 50.
Bf7 (50. Kg1 Nd4 $19 (50... Bc3 51. h4 Bd2 $19)) 50... Nxd6 $19 51. Ba2 a4 52.
Kg3 Bb3 53. Bb1 Nc4 {White could have already resigned, but continues on to
the bitter end.} 54. Bf5+ Kd8 55. Bb4 a3 56. Bxa3 Nxa3 57. h4 Ke7 58. h5 Bg7
59. Kg4 Kf6 60. Bd3 Bh6 61. Kf3 Nc4 62. Kg4 Bd1+ 63. Kg3 Nd6 64. f3 Nf5+ 65.
Kg4 Nd4 66. Be4 Ne6 67. f5 Nf4 68. Bb1 Bb3 69. Be4 Bf7 70. Kg3 Bxh5 71. Kf2 Be8
72. Kg3 Bd7 73. Kg4 Ne2 74. Kh5 Be3 75. Kg4 Nd4 76. Kg3 Nxf5+ 77. Kg2 Ke5 78.
Bb7 Kf4 79. Kf1 Bb5+ 80. Kg2 (80. Ke1 Nd4 {and mate in 18 moves, now it will
be even faster.}) 80... Nh4+ 81. Kh3 Bf2 82. Kh2 Bf1 83. Bc6 Nf5 84. Bb7 Nd4
85. Ba8 Ne2 86. Bc6 Bg1+ 87. Kh1 Kg3 88. f4 Kf2 {[%cal Re2g3] /\Ng3#} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 ({
A less explored alternative, where Black's best reaction is still unclear, is} 
8. e3 $5 Rb8 (8... e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 b5 $5 11. Re1 bxc4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nxc4
cxd5 14. exd5 Nf5 15. b3 Bd7 16. a4 Nd4 17. Ba3 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Ra2 Rb8 20.
Nxd6 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-David,A/Antwerp/1998/} Qb6 21. a5 $1 Qa7 22. Nxf5 Ne2+
23. Kh1 Nxc3 24. Qd2 Nxa2 25. Nxg7 $40) 9. Qe2 Nd7 (9... b5 10. Rd1 e6 (10...
b4 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. a3 bxa3 (12... e6 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. Ra2 Qe7
16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Ba5 Nb6 18. b3 e5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. c5 Na8 22. Qc4
Rfd8 23. Rad2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 c6 25. Bh3 $1 $18 {Vaulin,A-Zimmerman,Y/Harkany op/
1998/}) 13. Rxa3 e6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. e4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 c5 18. Bh3 Nc6
19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxa6 Bg7 23. Kg2 Rfe8 24. Qd1 Nd4
25. Nxd4 exd4 26. f3 Rb7 27. b3 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. g4 Bc8 30. Ra8 $16 {
Vaulin,A-Motylev,A/Bydgoszcz op/1999/}) 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. a3 Qe8 13. Rb1 Bb7 14.
Bxb7 Rxb7 15. b4 c6 16. e4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. c5 Nf5 19. Nf3 {()1/2,Malaniuk,
V-Fedorov,A/Samara/1998/}) 10. Rd1 b5 11. Ne1 Na7 12. c5 b4 13. Na4 Qe8 14.
cxd6 cxd6 15. a3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. axb4 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nc3 Bc4 20. Qd2
Nb5 21. Nc2 Rc8 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Ra3 Be6 24. Qf2 Nc4 25. Rad3 Bxb2 26. Nd4
Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Ne5 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Rd1 $14 {Fridman,D-Adianto,U/Las Vegas Wch/
1999/}) 8... Rb8 9. Nd5 e6 $5 {Black usually tries to avoid the immediate
exchange by a N-move, but perhaps the text is the simplest solution.} (9... Ne4
10. Bb2 f5 11. e3 (11. Rc1 e6 12. Nc3 d5 $6 {Too committal, Black's position
is not ready for a Stonewall transformation.} 13. e3 g5 14. Ne2 Ne7 15. Ne5 Ng6
16. Qc2 c6 17. f3 Nd6 18. Rcd1 Bd7 19. c5 Nf7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. e4 g4 22. exd5
gxf3 23. dxe6 fxg2 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Rf2 Be6 26. d5 $1 Bxd5 27. Bxg7 Rxg7 28.
Nf4 $16 {Csom,I-McShane,L/Lippstadt/1999/}) 11... e6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7
14. b4 Nd8 15. b5 Nf7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. f4 Bb7 19. a4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Ra8 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. Nf3 axb5 23. axb5 Ra7 24. Ra1 Rfa8 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Rf2
Qe8 27. c5 $1 $14 {Karpov,A-Sokolov,I/Dortmund/1999/}) (9... Nh5 $5 {has a
better reputation.}) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {This recapture is more logical, as the
threat to d4 forces White to react.} (10... Bxf6 11. Bb2 $5 (11. Bh6 Re8 12. e3
(12. Rc1 e5 (12... Bd7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. f4 c5
18. Rce1 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. e5 Qf8 21. h3 b6 22. g4 Kh8 23. Qf2 Qg7 24. Qg3
$36 {Schwartzman,G-Bereolos,P/Chicago/1994/}) 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qd2
Bd7 16. e3 dxe3 17. Bxe3 Bf5 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Kf1 a5 24. a3 b6 25. f4 Bc2 26. Qc3 Be4 27. Bf3 Bf5 $11
{1/2,Tondivar,B-Lane,G/BEL-chT/1997/}) 12... e5 13. d5 e4 14. dxc6 exf3 15.
Bxf3 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 f6 17. Qd4 b5 18. g4 Qe7 19. g5 Qf7 20. gxf6 bxc4 21. bxc4
Be6 $13 {Romanishin,O-Gunawan,R/Sarajevo/1988/}) 11... b5 (11... Bg7 $142 $14)
12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Rfd1 Qd7 15. h4 Bg7 16. d5 e5 17. e4 f5 18. Ng5 Bh6
19. c5 Bc8 20. f4 fxe4 21. fxe5 Nf5 22. e6 Qe7 23. g4 e3 24. Qd3 Nxh4 25. Qd4
$18 {Abramovic,B-Dragovic,M/JUG-chT Budva/1996/}) 11. Bg5 $146 {This novelty
is not too impressive, as Black's Q will not be misplaced on the >>, while
White must lose tempi with his B and on e3 it will be misplaced anyway.} ({
The already tested} 11. Bb2 {seems more logical.} Qe7 $5 (11... e5 12. d5 Nd8
13. c5 $1 Qe7 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Rc1 f5 16. Qc2 Nf7 17. Qc7 Qxc7 (17... Bd7 $142
$5 $14) 18. Rxc7 Rd8 (18... e4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 (19... exf3 $2 20. Bxf8 fxg2 21.
Rfc1 $18) 20. Ng5 Kg8 21. h4 $5 $16) 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nd2 Ng5 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22.
Bxe4 Bh3 23. Rfc1 Bh6 24. R1c3 Rdc8 25. Ba3 Bf8 26. f3 Bd7 27. Bb4 Rxc7 28.
Rxc7 Be8 29. Bd2 b6 30. Be3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6,Gc7] _|_,׫,<->c,Adorjan,
A-Bouaziz,S/Szirak izt/1987/}) 12. e4 (12. Rc1 e5 13. d5 Nd8 14. Qc2 Bh6 $5 15.
e3 Bf5 $13) 12... e5 13. d5 Nd8 14. Ne1 f5 15. Nd3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf7 17. Bg2
Bf5 18. Re1 Qd7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxf4 Ne5 22. Qd4 Kh8 23. c5 Qg7
$132 {Gurieli,N-Wang Pin/Jakarta izt/1993/}) 11... Qf5 {[%cal Rc6d4] /\Nd4} 12.
Be3 (12. Qd2 $5 {/\Bh6} Nxd4 ({Also playable is} 12... e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Re8 $132) 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxg5 15. Qa7 Bd7
16. Bxb7 a5 17. Bg2 Rfc8 $11) 12... e5 13. Qd2 (13. d5 Ne7 $13) 13... Qh5 $1
$132 14. d5 Ne7 15. Ng5 h6 (15... Nf5 $2 16. Bf3 Qh6 17. Nxf7 $16) 16. Ne4 b6
$5 ({Black already avoids a possible repetition after} 16... f5 17. Bf3 (17.
Nc3 $2 f4 $40) 17... Qh3 18. Bg2 $11) 17. h4 (17. Bf3 Bg4 $5 (17... Qh3 18. Bg2
$11) 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. f3 Qh5 20. Bf2 (20. g4 Qh3 $1 $15 (20... Qh4 $4 21. Bf2
Qh3 22. Bg3 $18)) 20... f5 21. Nc3 Qh3 $132 {[%cal Yf5f4,Yg6g4,Yh6h4] /\f4,
g5-g4,h5-h4}) 17... Kh7 (17... f5 $4 18. Bf3 $18) 18. Rad1 Ng8 19. b4 (19. Nc3
Nf6 20. f3 Nd7 {[%cal Rf7f5] /\f5|^}) 19... Bf5 20. f3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A
serious positional mistake, after which White's ^^ will be just a decoration,
but the weak o/o on the e-file will limit his possibilities of transferring
pieces from one flank to another and will require defensive attention.} (20.
Nc3 Qg4 (20... Bd7 $5 $11) 21. Rc1 $8 Rbc8 (21... Qxc4 22. Ne4 Qb5 23. Rxc7
Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf6 25. Bg2 Ng4 26. a3 $14) 22. Nd1 Qh5 23. f3 Bd7 $13) (20. Bf3
$142 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. f3 Qd7 $11) 20... Bxe4 21. fxe4 Qg4 22. Kh2 Nf6 23.
Qd3 a5 $1 $15 {[%csl Re2,Re3,Re4,Rg2] Black wants to play on both sides of the
board.} 24. bxa5 (24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 $36) 24... bxa5 25. c5 Rb2 26. Bf3
Qc8 27. Qc3 (27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Qa3 Qb8 29. Bd2 (29. Qxa5 Nxe4 $1 $36 30. Bxe4
Rxe2+ $17) 29... Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c2] /\Rcc2|^}) 27... Qb7 (27... Rxa2 $2 28. Qb3
$18) 28. c6 {The possible weakness of c7 will be rather illusory.} (28. Qxa5
Ra8 $17 {enables Black's R to penetrate.}) (28. Rd2 $5 Rb4 29. Qd3 $15 {
keeps more chances for <=>.}) 28... Qb5 29. Rd2 Rb4 30. Qd3 Qa4 31. Rb1 Rfb8
32. Rxb4 Rxb4 33. Qc2 Qb5 $1 {Black must prepare a more suitable opportunity
to gain material.} (33... Qxc2 34. Rxc2 Nxe4 $2 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Bb6 $1 $18) (
33... Nxe4 34. Qxa4 Rxa4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Bb6 $1 cxb6 37. Rc2 $18) 34. Qd3 Qb8
35. Kg2 (35. g4 Qc8 36. Kg3 h5 $5 $40) 35... h5 $1 36. Rc2 Bh6 $17 {Activates
his last passive piece.} 37. Bf2 Rb1 38. Rc3 a4 39. Ba7 Qb2 40. Rc2 Qb4 41. Qc3
(41. Rc4 $6 Qe1 $40) 41... Qb5 42. Bf2 Qb8 43. Qa3 g5 $5 $40 44. hxg5 (44. Qxa4
$2 g4 $17 (44... gxh4 $5 45. gxh4 Qg8+ $40)) 44... Bxg5 45. Be3 $2 {Now Black
achieves the exchange White has avoided earlier on.} (45. Qxa4 $5 Qg8 46. Rc3
h4 $36 {is quite dangerous for White, but it was the last chance to resist.})
45... Qg8 46. Rc1 (46. Kh3 Bxe3 47. Qxe3 Rb4 $17 {/-+ is also hopeless in the
long run.}) 46... Bxe3 47. Qxe3 h4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] A simple, but decisive
tactical breakthrough.} 48. Rxb1 Qxg3+ 49. Kf1 Ng4 50. Qg1 (50. Bxg4 Qxe3 51.
Bf5+ Kh6 $19 {[%csl Gh4] o^h}) 50... Nh2+ 51. Qxh2 Qxh2 52. Rb7 Qh3+ 53. Bg2 (
53. Kf2 Qg3+ 54. Kf1 h3 55. Rxc7 h2 56. Bg2 Qe3 $19) 53... Qe3 54. Rxc7 Kg7 (
54... h3 55. Rxf7+ Kg6 $19 {was also suficient, but White anyway has no
defence against the advance of the Ph4.}) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qa4 ({Bologan was certainly ready
to improve upon his recent game:} 12. b3 Qxd1 (12... h6 13. Qc1 Qc8 14. Kh2 g5
$6 (14... Kh7 $142) 15. Ne1 Qd8 16. Qd1 Nd4 17. Nd3 Nh7 (17... Nd7 $5 $14) 18.
Qd2 c6 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. Na4 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 b5 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. c5 Rfd8 24. Nxe5
Bxe5 25. Rfd1 $16 {/+-,Nikolic,P-Bologan,V/Selfoss/2003/}) 13. Rfxd1 Rfd8 14.
Ng5 (14. Nd5 Ne8 15. c5 Rd7 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nd4 $1 $132) 14... Nd4 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rd2 {Ilincic,Z-Socko,B/Beograd/1999/} Bf8 $1 $11 {Socko}) 12...
Qc8 (12... Qd3 $2 13. Nd5 b5 14. Qd1 bxc4 15. Nxc7 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qa4
Qe2 18. Rfe1 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qc3 20. Rec1 Qd3 21. Bf1 Qxe4 22. Ng5 Qf5 23. Bxc4
Nd5 24. g4 Qf6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rb6 d4 27. Rcxc6 {1-0,Tukmakov,V-Smirin,I/
CRO-chT Pula/2001/}) 13. Kh2 Rd8 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13... h6 $142 $5 14. Rfd1 (
14. Rac1 g5 15. Nd2 g4 16. h4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qb8 18. f4 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Bg4 20. Bh3
Bxh3 21. Kxh3 Re8 22. Nh2 Qc8 $132 {Iljin,A-Inarkiev,E/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk/2003/
}) 14... Kh7 15. c5 Rd8 16. Bf1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Qe8 18. b4 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20.
b5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Bd7 22. Nd5 Be8 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. Qd1 Qe8 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Nb5
Qe7 27. Qa4 Qd8 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qd7 30. Kg2 $11 {/+/=,Vaganian,R-Lanka,Z/
Bundesliga 9900/1999/ Black held the game after careful defence, in our game
we'll get the same structure, but with a pair of R on the board.}) (13... Re8
$143 14. Rfd1 h6 15. c5 Nd7 16. Rac1 Na7 $6 17. Bf1 c6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4
Qc7 20. Na4 Rad8 21. Nb6 Nf8 22. Qb3 Ne6 23. Nc4 Nc8 24. Kg2 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4
26. e5 $16 {Nogueiras,J-Mista,A/Cappelle la Grande op/2002/}) 14. Rfd1 Rxd1 (
14... Bd7 15. Qc2 $14) (14... Rd7 $5 {/\} 15. Ng5 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bd7 $132) (
14... h6 {is similar to Vaganian-Lanka, but here White has} 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16.
Rd1 $14 {, and depending on the Q-move White playes either c5, or Nd5}) 15.
Rxd1 h6 (15... Qf8 16. Nd5 $1 $36) 16. c5 Qf8 17. Nd5 Ne8 18. b4 {()} Rd8 19.
b5 $1 $14 axb5 20. Qxb5 Bc8 21. Qc4 Nb8 22. Qc1 Kh7 (22... c6 $2 23. Nb6 Rxd1
24. Qxd1 Be6 25. Qd8 $16) 23. Rd2 Na6 (23... Nc6 $14) (23... f5 $5 $14) 24. c6
$5 (24. Qc3 $14) 24... Nd6 $6 {Black strives for activity, but overlooks a
tactical trick.} (24... bxc6 25. Qxc6 Rd6 26. Qc3 $36 {[%csl Ga2] o^a2}) (24...
f5 $142 $5) 25. cxb7 $2 {White overlooks it as well and squanders most of his
edge.} (25. Nxc7 $1 Nxc7 (25... Nxe4 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Nxa6 bxa6 28. Nxe5 $18)
26. cxb7 Bxb7 27. Qxc7 Bxe4 28. Bb6 $5 (28. Bc5 Rc8 29. Qa7 Nb5 30. Bxf8 Nxa7
31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Nxe5 $16) 28... Bf6 29. Nxe5 $16) 25... Bxb7 26. Rb2 (26.
Nxc7 $2 Rc8 27. Bb6 (27. Qa3 Nxe4 $19) 27... Nxe4 $17) (26. Ne1 $5 f5 $132)
26... Bxd5 27. exd5 Nf5 (27... e4 $143 28. Nd4 $14 Nf5 $2 29. Nxf5 gxf5 (29...
Bxb2 $2 30. Qxb2 gxf5 31. Qf6 $18) 30. Rb5 $16) 28. Rb5 (28. Nd2 $5 {/\} e4 29.
Nxe4 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Bxb2 31. Qxb2 $44) 28... e4 29. Ng1 $1 (29. Nd2 Nxe3 30.
fxe3 f5 $15 {[%csl Rg3] ><g3}) 29... Qe8 (29... Qe7 30. Ra5 Nb8 31. Ra4 $1 Nxe3
32. Rxe4 $14) 30. a4 (30. Ra5 Nb8 (30... Nb4 31. Qc4 $1 Nxe3 32. fxe3 $14) 31.
Qxc7 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Be5 $44) 30... Nd4 (30... Nxe3 $5 31. Qxe3 f5 $11 {/~~
leads to a slightly better version of the game position.}) 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32.
Qf4 f5 33. Ne2 Be5 34. Qe3 Rb8 (34... Qe7 $5) 35. Nd4 (35. Rxb8 Qxb8 $5 36. f3
Qb6 37. Qxb6 cxb6 38. fxe4 Nc5 $11) 35... Rxb5 (35... Bxd4 36. Rxb8 (36. Qxd4
Rxb5 37. axb5 Qxb5 38. Qf6 Qb6 39. Qf7+ Kh8 $11) 36... Qxb8 37. Qxd4 $36 {_|_})
36. Nxb5 Qe7 37. Bf1 Nc5 {Black should look for <=> ASAP, before White fully
coordinates his forces to support his potentially dangerous o^.} ({In this
sense deserving attention was} 37... Qb4 $5 38. Qa7 Qxa4 $5 (38... Qd2 $132)
39. d6 (39. Nxc7 Qd7 $1 $11) 39... Qc2 $13 {/\} 40. d7 $2 Nc5 $1 41. d8=Q Qxf2+
42. Kh1 Qxf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qxg3+ 46. Kf1 Qxh3+ $19) (37...
Qc5 38. Qxc5 Nxc5 39. a5 $16) 38. a5 $36 h5 39. Kg2 h4 40. Na7 Qd6 41. Nc6 Bf6
(41... Qxd5 42. Nxe5 Qxe5 43. a6 $44 {[%csl Ga6] o^a6}) 42. Qf4 (42. Bc4 $142
$1 $36) 42... Qxd5 43. Qxc7+ Kh6 $132 44. Nb4 (44. Ne7 $6 Bxe7 45. Qxe7 e3+ 46.
f3 Qd2+ 47. Kh1 hxg3 48. Qh4+ $11) 44... Qd4 45. Nc6 (45. a6 Qxb4 (45... Nd3 $5
46. Nxd3 exd3 47. a7 hxg3 $11) 46. a7 Qa3 47. Be2 Ne6 48. Qb8 Nc7 $1 49. Qxc7
Bd4 50. Qf4+ Kg7 $11) 45... Qd5 46. Nb4 Qd4 47. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6
8. Re1 $5 {One of the least played moves against the Panno variation. But it
has already occurred in Karpov's games and is typical for his style: White
first does some prophylaxis against Black's counterplay, later he proceeds
with his own plans, like central expansion.} Rb8 {By far the most usual
reaction. But after White's rather passive 8-th move maybe Black should shift
his sights to the center:} (8... e5 $5 9. d5 Ne7 10. c5 Nh5 11. cxd6 cxd6 12.
e4 h6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Be3 Qe8 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. g4 Nh7 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Ng2 Ng5 (
18... Bg5 19. h4 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Rc8 21. Ne2 Rc5 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb8 24.
Qb4 Nf6 25. Kg2 Rc8 26. Nc4 $14 {Chochol,L-Divis,J/CZE-ch/1994/}) 19. Bd1 Nh3+
20. Kh1 Bg5 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 f6 24. Qf2 Qb8 25. Bg3 f5 26.
exf5 gxf5 27. h4 fxg4 28. Qh2 Bf6 29. Bxd6 Qa7 30. Bb3 Nf5 $1 $36 {Chochol,
L-Oral,T/CZE-ch/1994/}) (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. e3 e5 12. d5 Na5
13. Be2 b6 14. b4 (14. e4 $5 $14) 14... Nb7 15. Bb2 f5 16. f4 g5 17. Bf1 Kh8
18. Qf3 Rg8 19. Kh2 $13 {1/2,Leer Salvesen,B-Walton,J/EUchJ-U16 Szombathely/
1993/}) (8... Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. Qd2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. e3 b4 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Ba6 19. Rd1 Qd7 20.
Nd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 $36 {Gehrig,P-Heuer,B/Zuerich op2/1990/}) 9. Rb1 {The
logical follow-up.} (9. Bg5 $143 b5 10. d5 Na7 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13.
cxb5 axb5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bb7 $6 (15... b4 $11) 16. e4 e5 17. Ba7 Ra8 18.
Be3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 f5 21. Qb3 Qa5 22. Bd2 e4 23. Bxb4 Qxd5 24. Bxd6
Qxb3 25. axb3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd8 27. Bf4 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Bf1 $14 {[%csl
Gb3] o^b_|_,Sprecic,M-Petrovic,V/Pula op/1990/}) 9... b5 (9... Bf5 10. e4 Bg4
11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 e5 (12... Na5 $5 13. b3 c5 14. d5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 b5 $132)
13. d5 Ne7 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 f5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Nc3 f4 19. gxf4
h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxh6 Qg4 23. Ne2 Rf7 24. h3 Qd7 25. Qg5 Rbf8
26. Rf1 Qa4 27. f4 Qxc4 28. Qg4 Bg7 29. b3 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qa3 31. Rbc1 $16 {
Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Monaco rapid/1997/}) (9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 $6 (10... Nxe5 $5
$11) 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qa4 h6 13. Red1 Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bh3 b5 16. cxb5 Nd4
17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. bxa6 Qe6 20. a7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Qc4 Rfc8
23. a4 c6 24. Nxd4 Rxa7 25. b3 Kg7 26. e3 $18 {Thorstensen,T-Elsness,F/Namses
op 1995/1-0 (68)}) (9... Na5 10. Qa4 $1 c5 11. dxc5 Bd7 12. Qc2 dxc5 13. Bf4
Rc8 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Rbd1 Qe8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nh5 18. Bh3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 e6
20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rd6 Rf6 22. Red1 Kh8 23. Qe4 $16 {Karpov,A-Smirin,I/EU-ch
act Cap d`Agde/1996/}) 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 e6 {Black wants to build a solid,
if somewhat passive position in the center.Active attempts may easily backfire,
as practice shows.} (11... Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 (12... Nxe4 {Huzman Ivanchuk} 13.
Rxe4 d5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bxb1 17. Nxb1 c6 $13 {[%cal Gd8c7,
Gf7f6]}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Be3 Nd7 (16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3
$14 {[%csl Rb5,Rc7]}) 17. Bg2 Qf6 18. Rc1 Rb7 19. h4 h6 20. f4 Ra8 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. e5 dxe5 23. d6 dxc3 24. Bxb7 Rxa2 25. Qd5 $1 $18 {Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/
Monaco rapid/1995/} Rd2 26. dxc7 Qb6+ 27. Qc5 $1) (11... Nd7 12. e4 Na7 13. Qb3
(13. Bf4 $5 Nb6 14. Qc1 $14) 13... Nb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Nb5
17. Bb2 Bg4 18. Red1 Qd7 19. e5 d5 20. Rdc1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ra8 22. Qb3 e6 23.
Rc5 Rfb8 24. Rbc1 Bh6 25. R1c2 Ra6 26. Be2 c6 $11 {Gatej,D-Srebrnic,V/Nova
Gorica/1996/}) (11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Qxd1 15. Rexd1 Rfd8
16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. a3 Bd7 {Goetz,A-Held,M/BAY-chT2N/1994/} 18. Nxb5 $16) (11...
Bd7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Bg5 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Qe6
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bh3 Qxh3 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Red1 Qe6 23. Rd5 c6
24. Rc5 Ra8 25. Rb3 Ra6 26. a3 Rd8 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 f6 29. Kg2 Ra7 30. Qc3
$14 {Buturin,V-Voloshin,L/Frydek Mistek op/1996/}) 12. e4 Ne7 13. Nd2 $1 $14 {
An interesting novelty.Karpov moves his N to b3, where it checks the c5 breaks
and also possibly aims for the a5 outpost.} (13. Qc2 h6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Be3 Bc6
16. Nh2 Ba8 17. Rbd1 Qd7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Nf1 Nfg8 20. g4 f5 21. f3 g5 22. Bf2
Ng6 23. Ne3 N8e7 24. Bf1 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nh4 26. Bxh4 gxh4 27. Ng2 Ng6 28. Re3
Bf6 29. Qe2 Bg5 $40 {Litinskaya,M-Zielinska,M/POL-chT/1996/}) 13... c5 $6 {
A nervous reaction, the pawn sacrifice is unsound.} (13... Nd7 14. Nb3 c6 $142
$5 (14... c5 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Bf4 cxd4 (16... Rb6 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. cxb6 Bxe1
19. Bc7 $1 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qe8 21. Na5 $18) (16... Rb7 17. e5 $18) (16... e5 {
Huzman} 17. dxe5 c4 18. Nd4 Nxe5 19. Ncxb5 Ra8 20. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 21. Re2 {
[%cal Yf2f4,Ye4e5]}) (16... Ra8 17. e5 $16) 17. Bxb8 dxc3 18. Bd6 $16) 15. Bf4
(15. Be3 Nb6 $132) (15. Na5 $2 c5 $1 $36) 15... e5 (15... Nb6 $5) 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Na5 $14) 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 (15... b4 16. Na4 $16 {[%cal Ra2a3,
Yd2c4,Ya4b6] /\a3,Nc4,Nb6}) 16. Nxb5 (16. Qc2 {Huzman} Qa5 (16... Nxc5 17. Nxb5
Nd3 18. Rd1 Nxc1 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Qxc1 $16) 17. Ne2 (17. Bb2 Nxc5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 (
18... exd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxc5 Qxd2 21. Qxe7 $16 {[%cal Ye7e5,Ye4d5]}) 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. exd5 $14) 17... Nc6 (17... Ra8 18. Bb2 $16) 18. Rd1 (18. a3 b4
$132) 18... Nb4 19. Qb3 Nxa2 $13 (19... Nc6 $5)) 16... Nxc5 17. Nc4 (17. Ba3 $1
{Huzman} Nd3 18. Re3 Ba6 19. Nc4 Bxb5 20. Rxd3 Qc7 21. Rc1 $16) 17... Nd3 (
17... Ba6 $5 18. Ncd6 (18. Ba3 Rxb5 19. Rxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxc5 Bxc4 21. Qxd8 Rxd8
22. Bxe7 Rd2 23. Rc1 Ba6 $44) 18... Qa5 (18... Bxb5 {Huzman} 19. Nxb5 Nd3 20.
Re2 Nxc1 21. Qxc1 Qa5 22. Nd6 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Nc6 $14) 19. Qd2 $1 $16 (19. Be3 $2
Bxb5 20. Bxc5 Ba4 $1)) 18. Re2 (18. Re3 $6 {Huzman} Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Ba6 20. a4
Qd7 $132 {[%cal Gf8c8]}) 18... Ba6 19. a4 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 $6 (20... Nc6 $142
$5 {securing a square for Black's Q on e7.} 21. e5 $36) 21. Rc2 $16 {Stopping
Black's play. White is a sound pawn up and has total control of the Q-side.
Black is probably lost anyway, but Shirov falls to pieces very fast.} Bxb5 (
21... Rc5 22. Qa3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd8] ףd8}) (21... Qd3 22. Bf1 Qxe4 23. Nbd6
$16) (21... Bd4 $5 22. e5 $16) (21... Nc6 {Huzman} 22. Ncd6 $18) 22. axb5 Qd4
23. b6 Rb8 24. Rd2 Qc5 25. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7c7] /\Rc7} Bd4 $2 {[%cal Rd7c7]
A tactical oversight, but Black's fate is sealed anyway.} (25... Rfc8 26. b7 (
26. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Yc1f4] Huzman}) 26... Rc6 (26... Rc7 27. Qf4 $1 e5 28. Qd2
$18) 27. Qd2 $1 $18) (25... Nc6 26. Rc7 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5+-}) 26. Rc7 Bxf2+ (
26... Nc6 {Huzman} 27. e5 $1 $18) 27. Kh1 Qh5 28. Rxe7 Bxg3 29. h3 Rbd8 30. e5
Qh4 (30... Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. b7 $18 {[%csl Gb7] o^b}) 31. Rc7 Bf2 32. Qa3
{[%cal Ra3f3,Rb1f1] /\Qf3,Rf1->} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Qd3 (
8. Bd2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Ne1 Re8 11. e3 Nf5 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. e4 Nd4 14. Bg5 Qc8
15. f3 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Be3 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 b5 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. Bf1 Qb7 21.
Rac1 Rec8 22. Qd2 b4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Bd7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 a5 $11 {
Espig,L-Dochev,D/Pardubice op/2000/}) 8... Nb4 $5 ({Boleslavsky's old
recommendation} 8... Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc6
Nxc6 {gives White a pleasant position after} 14. Bd2 $1 Nd7 15. Rc1 Nde5 16. b3
b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Be3 Nb4 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rb8 21. Qe2 Qa5 22. f4 Ned3
23. Rcd1 $14 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Perelshteyn,M/Katowice/1992/}) ({An interesting
alternative is} 8... Nd7 $5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rac1 (11. Qd2 $142 $5 Kh7
12. d5) 11... e6 $1 12. b3 Ne7 13. Bd2 b5 14. e4 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Bb7 16. Be3 Nf6
17. Rfd1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Nd5 21. Rc4 Nb4 22. Bd2 a5
$17 {Konopka,M-Blehm,P/Budapest zt/2000/}) ({Black has lately had some
problems with the typical} 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 {White's
advantage in the _|_ is small, but durable.} Re8 $142 $5 (11... Be6 12. Nd2 h6
(12... Nd4 13. Rfd1 c6 14. e3 Nc2 15. Rab1 Nb4 {Psakhis,L-Babula,V/EU-chT
Batumi/1999/} 16. a3 Nd3 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f6 19. Bxf6 $16) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
(13... Rxd2 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Rxd2 Rxd2
19. Rc1 Kf7 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Ke1 Rd6 22. Na4 g5 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Rc3 $14 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc7,Rc8] /+/-,Ehlvest,J-Barcenilla,R/San Francisco op/2000/
Black's B and P are poor and he has no effective <=>.}) 14. Nde4 Be7 15. Nd5 $1
Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Nc3 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nd5 $1 Bf8 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Nc4 $14 {Dautov,R-Milov,V/Essen/2000/}) 12. Nd5 (12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Nd2 Nd4 15. Nde4 Bd8 16. Nc5 Rb8 17. e3 Ne6 18. Nd7 Bxd7 19. Rxd7 Nc5
20. Rd2 a5 21. Rd5 Be7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 b6 24. Kg2 $11 {1/2,Zugic,
I-Babula,V/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 (13... Nb4 $142 14. e4
f5 $132) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Rac1 Be5 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. f4 Bd6 19. Bf3
Bb5 20. Kf2 Kg7 21. Rxd4 h6 22. Bh4 b6 23. e4 f6 $2 24. Bxf6+ $1 $16 {Chabanon,
J-Touzane,O/Montauban/2000/}) 9. Qd1 {Now Black can repeat moves.} ({More
testing is} 9. Qb1 Rb8 10. d5 a5 11. h3 e5 (11... c6 $5 $132 {/\} 12. a3 Na6
13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Qc8 $36) 12. e4 Ne8 13. a3 Na6
14. Ne1 f5 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Kh2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 $6
(19... gxf5 $13) 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Qc2 c5 22. Rae1 Qd7 23. Kg2 $14 {Spassov,
L-Schaller,S/Schwaebisch Gmuend op/1994/}) 9... Nc6 10. Bd2 e5 ({Another
possible way to deal with White's rather insipid development is} 10... Rb8 11.
Rc1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Qxd8 $6 (14. Bxf6 $142 Bxf6 15. Qa4 Nd4 $11
) 14... Rxd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nd2 Rbc8 19. Ne4 Bf8
20. Kf1 Kg7 21. Nec3 Nb8 $1 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rc2 c6 $15 {_|_^^, Tregubov,
P-Markowski,T/EU-ch Saint Vincent/ 2000/}) 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Nd4 $1 {-8.Bd2})
11... dxe5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qa4 ({Less ambitious is} 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 c6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Bc2 Rfe8 21.
b3 axb3 22. Bxb3 b5 23. Rc1 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxe2 $11 {Ribli,
Z-Babula,V/Bundesliga 0001/2001/}) 13... h6 14. Rfd1 Qb8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Black's main task is to find a safe place for his Q, where it would be
invulnerable from attacks. In this game he solves it originally by placing it
temporarily on a7.} (14... Qe7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4
exd4 19. Bf3 Be5 20. Rd3 f5 $6 21. Qb3 Qd6 22. Rc1 Kh8 23. Qxb7 Rab8 24. Qc6
Rxb2 25. Qa4 Rb6 26. Rb3 $36 {Kiss,A-Zimmerman,Y/HUN-chT/1998/}) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. Nd2 ({It would be more difficult for Black to realize his plan after} 16.
Nd5 Bg7 17. Nd2 Bg4 $5 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Ne4 Kh8 20. e3 Bf8 {[%cal Yg4e6,Yd8d7,
Yb8a7,Ya8d8] /\Be6,Rd7,Qa7,Rad8=} (20... b5 $5 $132)) 16... Bg7 17. Nde4 Qa7 $1
18. Nd5 Rac8 19. b4 {[%cal Rb4b5,Rd5e7] /\b5,Ne7+-} Kh8 20. e3 f5 $5 (20...
Rfd8 $11) 21. Nc5 Bg8 (21... Bf7 $142) 22. Rac1 (22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Ne7 e4 24.
Nxg6+ Kh7 25. Nxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rac1 Ne5 $13) ({White's B will stay buried in-} 
22. e4 $6 f4 $1 $36) 22... e4 23. Nf4 Bf7 $11 24. Nce6 (24. f3 $143 $6 g5 (
24... Ne5 $6 25. fxe4 Nxc4 26. exf5 Nb2 27. Qd7 $16) 25. Nd5 exf3 26. Bxf3 Ne5
$17) 24... Bxe6 25. Nxe6 Rf7 26. c5 Re8 27. Qb3 Ne5 (27... Bf6 $6 28. Nd8 $1
Rfe7 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Rd2 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc7][%cal Gd1d8] <->d,ק}) 28.
Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qc3 Qb8 {Black's Q again returns to the [+] and the position
stays balanced.} 30. Rd5 Rfe7 31. Rcd1 Qc8 32. Bf1 Qe6 33. Be2 Qf6 34. Kg2 Kh7
(34... g5 35. a4 f4 $6 36. exf4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Qxf4 38. Qg3+ $14 {_|_}) (34...
Nf7 $11) 35. Rd8 (35. a4 $142 {promises White more chances to fight for an
edge, exchanging an active R only helps Black.}) 35... Kg7 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37.
Rd5 Re7 38. a4 g5 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 c6 $5 {Makes the Pc5 a potential target.
} 41. bxc6 (41. Rd6 Re6 42. Rxe6 Qxe6 43. Qd4 Kf6 44. Qd8+ Qe7 45. Qh8+ Qg7 $11
) 41... bxc6 42. Rd6 Re6 43. Rd4 Kg6 44. Qd2 $2 $138 (44. Bc4 $142 Nxc4 $8 45.
Qxc4 $11 {/+/= Black's centralized N is the stronger minor piece.}) 44... Qe7 {
[%csl Rc5]} 45. Qc2 Nd7 46. Bc4 (46. g4 Nxc5 47. gxf5+ Kxf5 48. Rc4 Re5 $15)
46... Rf6 47. Qd1 Ne5 $138 (47... Nxc5 $142) 48. Qc2 Nd7 49. Qd1 Nxc5 50. Rd8
Nd3 $1 51. Rg8+ Kh7 52. Rb8 Rd6 53. Qb3 (53. Qh5 $5 Ne1+ 54. Kf1 Nf3 55. Kg2
$15 {/\ With his vulnerable K it's not easy for Black to make progress.} Rd1 $4
56. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 57. Qxh6+ Qh7 58. Qf8+ $18) 53... Ne1+ 54. Kh1 Nf3 55. Rb7
Rd1+ {The exchange of R helps Black.} 56. Qxd1 Qxb7 57. Be6 Kg6 58. Kg2 Qe7 59.
Ba2 Ne5 60. Qb3 Qe8 (60... Kf6 $15 {/-/+ However in mutual time-trouble the
rapid playoff game ends quickly in repetition.}) 61. Qc3 Qe7 (61... Nd3 $142 $5
) 62. Qb3 Qe8 63. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 0102"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2001.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Radjabov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4
a6 8. h3 Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 {'!?' Radjabov.} ({It's well-known Black gets
good compensation after} 10. d5 Nd4 $1 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qc8 13. h4 Ng4
14. Qd1 Ne5 15. Qb3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb8 18. Na3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nd3 20.
Nc2 Rxa1 21. Nxa1 Bd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Ra8 24. Nc2 Ra2 25. Rb1 Kf8 26. Bf1
{1/2,Neverov,V-Antoniewski,R/Prerov/2001/} Nc5 $44) (10. Be3 {Radjabov} exd4
11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Rb8 $5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 Qc8 15. Kh2 c5 16. Rab1 Bc6
17. Bh6 Bh8 (17... Bxh6 $5 {Radjabov} 18. Qxh6 Qb7 $5 (18... Nd7 $5 {Radjabov})
) 18. b3 Qb7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. h4 {1/2 Huebner.R 2612 -Radjabov.T
2567 Leon 2001}) 10... dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 (11. c5 $5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 $14)
11... dxe5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Kh2 c6 15. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Rb6] ><b6} b5
$2 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Rxc6 Bxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Rc5 $16 {Ilincic,
Z-Pikula,D/YUG-ch Niksic/1997/}) 11. Re1 {The whole line promises White some
prospects for an edge, Black must defend carefully to achieve complete
equality. The text is a more recent try.} ({The older move was} 11. Be3 Be6 12.
Qa4 Qc8 (12... Qd3 $2 13. Nd5 b5 14. Qd1 bxc4 15. Nxc7 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Qa4 Qe2 18. Rfe1 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qc3 20. Rec1 Qd3 21. Bf1 Qxe4 22. Ng5 Qf5 23.
Bxc4 Nd5 24. g4 Qf6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rb6 d4 27. Rcxc6 {1-0,Tukmakov,V-Smirin,
I/CRO-chT Pula/2001/}) 13. Kh2 h6 (13... Re8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. c5 Nd7 16. Rac1
Na7 17. Bf1 c6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qc7 20. Na4 Rad8 21. Nb6 Nf8 22. Qb3 Ne6
23. Nc4 {Nogueiras,J-Mista,A/Cappelle la Grande/2002/} Nb5 $14) 14. Rfd1 Kh7
15. c5 Rd8 16. Bf1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Qe8 18. b4 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. b5 (20. a3
Nd4 $5 $132) 20... axb5 21. Bxb5 Bd7 22. Nd5 Be8 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. Qd1 Qe8 25.
Bf1 Be6 26. Nb5 Qe7 27. Qa4 Qd8 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qd7 $11 {Vaganian,
R-Lanka,Z/Bundesliga 9900/1999/}) 11... h6 {'!?' Radjabov. Radjabov: 'Idea
Nh7-g5'} (11... Re8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bf4 (15. f4
$142 $1 c6 16. e5 $14) 15... c6 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. h4 b5 18. e5 c5 19. Qd1 h6 20.
b4 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 $13 {Pert,N-Djukic,N/WChJ
Athens/2001/}) 12. Nd5 Nh7 $146 {[%mdl 8] Radjabov uses a similar idea as
Fedorov in the game below, but still White could have kept some nagging
pressure.} (12... Be6 13. b4 (13. Bd2 Ne8 14. Rc1 Nd6 15. b3 Kh7 16. Bc3 Qd7
17. Kh2 Rae8 $132 {1/2,Magerramov,E-Sakaev,K/Dubai op/2000/}) 13... Nh7 $5 (
13... Nd7 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Qe2 c6 16. Rad1 $1 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. Nd2 $1 Qxb4
19. Nc4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Ba3 Rfe8 22. Rb1 $36 {Efimov,I-Socko,B/Saint
Vincent op/2001/}) 14. Be3 f5 15. exf5 (15. Nh4 $5) 15... gxf5 16. Bf4 exf4 17.
Rxe6 fxg3 18. fxg3 Ng5 19. Rg6 Qe8 20. Nh4 Qe5 21. Rb1 Qxg3 22. Qh5 Nxh3+ 23.
Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Ng4 25. Nxf5 Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxg4 $44 {
=,Pigusov,E-Fedorov,A/Dubai op/2001/}) (12... Be6 {Radjabov}) 13. Be3 (13. b4
Ng5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bb2 Nd4 16. c5 Be6 $13) 13... Ng5 {[%csl Rd4] ><d4
Radjabov: 'xd4'} (13... f5 14. Nh4 f4 15. Bc5 $16) 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Qb3 {
'!?' Radjabov. Tempting, but promises little.} (15. Qd2 g4 (15... f6 16. Rad1
$16) 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Bg5 $1 f6 (17... Qd7 18. Bf6 $36 (18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxd7
Bxd7 20. Bxf6 Rae8 21. Rad1 Bc8 22. f4 $14)) (17... Qd6 18. Nf6+ (18. b4 $36)
18... Bxf6 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Bxf6 {/\} Nd4 21. f3 $1 Nxf3+ (21... Bxf3 22. Bxf3
$1 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 $18) 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Kf2 Bh5 24. Rg1 $16) 18. Be3 $14) 15...
Rb8 16. Rad1 Nd4 {'!' Radjabov.} 17. Bxd4 exd4 {Radjabov: 'idea c6'} 18. e5 c6
(18... g4 19. Rxd4 $5 (19. hxg4 c6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxd4 $1 (21. exf6 Bxg4 22.
f3 Be6 $15) 21... Re8 22. Red1 Rxe5 23. Rxd7 Re1+ 24. Kh2 $14) 19... gxh3 20.
Bh1 $36) 19. Nf6+ {'!?' Radjabov.} (19. Nb6 Bf5 (19... Be6 {Radjabov} 20. Qb4
Qc7 $5 (20... Re8 {Radjabov} 21. c5 Qc7 22. Rxd4 Bxe5 23. Rde4 Bf6 $11) 21. Qc5
Rfd8 22. Rxd4 Bf8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qa5 Qe7 $1 $15) 20. g4 Bc2 $5 21. Qxc2 Qxb6
22. e6 Qc7 $132) (19. Nb4 {Radjabov} Re8 20. Nd3 Bf5 $15) 19... Bxf6 20. exf6
$6 {[%mdl 64]} ({More ambitious and interesting was the tactical} 20. Rxd4 $142
$5 c5 (20... Qa5 21. Re2 Bxe5 22. Rxd7 $36) 21. Rd3 (21. Rd5 Qa5 22. Qc3 Qxc3
23. bxc3 Be6 24. exf6 Bxd5 25. cxd5 b5 $15) 21... Qa5 22. Qd1 Rbd8 (22... Ba4
23. b3 $16) 23. exf6 (23. Ra3 Qb6 $11) 23... Bg4 24. Rxd8 Bxd1 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Rxd1 $44 {/+/=}) 20... Qxf6 (20... c5 $6 {Radjabov} 21. Re7 (21. Qf3 {
Radjabov} Bc6 $11) (21. Qa3 $5 {(Radjabov) xc5 x a6} b6 22. Re7 $14) 21... Be6
(21... Bc6 {Radjabov} 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qa3 Qd6 24. b3 $14) 22. Rxb7 $14) 21.
Qb6 Rfe8 $1 22. Rf1 {'!' Radjabov.} (22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qxb7 (23. Qxd4 {
Radjabov} Re1+ $1 24. Kh2 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Be6 $15) (23. Rxd4 $4 {Radjabov} Re1+
24. Bf1 (24. Kh2 {Radjabov} Qxf2 $19) 24... Bxh3 $19) 23... Re2 {'!' Radjabov.}
24. Rf1 Bf5 $36 {[%csl Gd4] o^d}) 22... Bf5 23. Rxd4 Re2 24. g4 Be6 25. a4 Re8
26. b3 Kg7 27. Rd3 Bc8 $11 {/=/+ Black has activated his R and has no problems.
} 28. Bf3 Rb2 29. Kg2 Qf4 30. Qb4 ({White returns with his Q to the defence,
he probably feared} 30. a5 f5 $5 31. Rfd1 fxg4 32. hxg4 Rf8 $13) 30... Rc2 {
'!' Radjabov. Radjabov: 'xc3 '} (30... f5 $2 {Radjabov} 31. Rd8 (31. Re1 $1 {
Radjabov} Rxe1 32. Qxe1 fxg4 33. hxg4 Qf6 34. Re3 $16 {x black King}) 31...
Rxb3 $15 (31... Rxd8 {Radjabov} 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Qxd8 $18) (31... fxg4 {
Radjabov} 32. Rxe8 gxh3+ 33. Kg1 h2+ 34. Kh1 Qxf3+ 35. Kxh2 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 $11))
31. Qa3 Qe5 {'?!' Radjabov.} (31... Re3 $142 $5 32. Rxe3 Qxe3 $36 33. a5 Rd2
34. Qa1+ Kg8 35. Qe1 $2 Qxe1 36. Rxe1 Be6 $15) 32. Kg1 {/\Re3} Qf4 {'(+)'
Radjabov.} 33. Qa1+ (33. Kg2 Re3 $15) 33... Qf6 34. Qd1 Rc3 $6 {Exchanging the
active R is a relief for White.} (34... Qb2 $5 $15 {/\} 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Qxd8
Qf6 $1) (34... Rb2 $36) 35. Kg2 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 Rd8 37. Qe3 $11 Qf4 38. Qc3+ (38.
Qxf4 $6 gxf4 39. h4 (39. a5 g5 $11 {/=/+}) 39... Rd3 40. Rb1 a5 $1 {_|_ can be
dangerous only for White, his <<P are on the wrong squares and Black's pieces
are active.}) 38... Qf6 39. Qe3 {For the above reasons White avoids the _|_,
Black has no reasonable way to improve his position.} Qf4 (39... a5 40. Re1 Be6
41. Qb6 Rd3 42. Re3 $11) 40. Qc3+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. Rb1 Na5 10. Qa4 b6 11. c5 Qe8 12. Qc2 bxc5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bg5 Bf5 15.
e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Nfd2 Nb4 18. Qd1 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Nc3
e5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. b3 h6 26. Bd2 Rb5 27. a4 Rbb8
28. c6 Rfd8 29. Ba5 Rd5 30. b4 e4 31. Red1 Ke6 32. Rxd5 Kxd5 33. Bxc7 Rc8 34.
Bf4 g5 35. Be3 Kxc6 36. b5+ axb5 37. axb5+ Kb7 38. Rd1 {[#] Gefährlicher
b-Freibauer und anfällige schwarze Königsflügelbauern ohne Königsdeckung.
Erstaunlicherweise gewinnt Weiß ohne die Hilfe seines kurzzeitig selbst
bedrohten Königs.} Rc7 39. Rd6 Rf7 40. Ra6 Kb8 41. Re6 Bf8 42. h3 Kb7 43. g4 f4
(43... fxg4 44. hxg4 Re7 45. Rxe7+ Bxe7 46. Kg2 Bd8 47. f3 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 Bb6
49. Bxb6 Kxb6 50. Ke4 Kxb5 51. Kf5 Kc6 52. Kg6 Kd6 53. Kxh6 Ke6 54. Kxg5 Kf7
55. Kh6 $18) 44. Bd4 Rc7 (44... Re7 $5) 45. Rxe4 Rc4 46. Re8 Bd6 (46... Rxd4
47. Rxf8 Rd6 48. Kg2 Kb6 49. Rf5 $18 {[%cal Rh3h4]}) 47. Bg7 f3 48. Re1 h5 $6 (
48... Rb4 $5 49. Bxh6 (49. Be5 $5 Bc5) 49... Rxb5 50. Bg7 Kc6 51. Bf6 (51. Bd4
{[%cal Yd4e3]}) 51... Kd5 52. h4 Rb4 53. Bxg5 Rxg4+ 54. Kh1 (54. Kf1 Bh2 55.
Rd1+ Ke4 56. Ke1 Rg1+ 57. Kd2 Rxd1+ 58. Kxd1 Kf5 59. Kd2 Kg4 60. Ke3 Bg1 $11))
49. gxh5 Rh4 50. Re6 Bc5 $2 {Wir gehen jetzt etwas wildern und unternehmen
einen kleinen Exkurs in Sachen Turmendspiel.} (50... Bf4 $142 51. Be5 Rxh5 52.
Bxf4 gxf4 53. Rf6 Rxh3 (53... Rh4 54. Kh2 Kc7 55. Rc6+ Kb7 56. Rc3 Kb6 57. Rb3
Rh5 58. Rxf3 Kxb5 59. Rxf4 Kc5 60. Re4 Kd5 61. f3 $18) 54. Rxf4 Kb6 55. Rf5 (
55. Rb4 Rh8 56. Rb1 Rh7 57. Rb3 Rh3 $11) 55... Ka5 56. Rg5 Kb6 57. Rg3 Rh8 58.
Rxf3 Kxb5 59. Rc3 Kb4 {nebst Tf8. Urteil? ENDSPIEL-CD befragen! Deren Antwort
lautet: Gewinn in 33 Zügen, beginnend mit Tc1.} 60. Rc1 Rg8+ 61. Kh2 Rh8+ 62.
Kg3 Rg8+ 63. Kf4 Rf8+ 64. Ke3 Re8+ 65. Kd4 Rd8+ 66. Ke5 Re8+ 67. Kd6 Rf8 68.
Rf1 Rf3 69. Kd5 $1 Kb5 70. Ke4 Rf8 71. f4 Kc6 72. Rd1 $1 Re8+ 73. Kf5 Rf8+ 74.
Kg5 Rg8+ 75. Kh6 Rf8 76. Rf1 Kd7 77. Kg6 {und Gewinn in 13 Zügen} (77. Kg7 {
geht auch})) 51. Re5 Kb6 52. Rxg5 Rxh3 53. Be5 Kb7 54. Bf4 Bd4 55. Be3 Bf6 56.
Rf5 Bd8 57. Rf7+ Kc8 58. b6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. d5 {This is a rare continuation in this well-known position.
Main lines:} (10. e5) (10. cxb5) 10... b4 (10... Na5 {is possible, too:} 11.
cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Nc4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a4 bxa4 15. b5 Nb6 16. Qd3 e6 (16... Ra8
17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. bxc6 Qc8 {0-1 (33) Matlakov,M (2668)-Ding,L (2680) St
Petersburg 2012} 19. Ra3 $44) 17. dxe6 fxe6 (17... Bxe6 $5 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Nxb8
Bc4 20. Qb1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Qxb8 22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Nd7 $11) 18. Nxa4 Qe8 19.
Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Ra5 {1/2 (43) Navara,D (2702)-Fier,A (2572) Caleta 2014} e5 21.
Qc4+ Rf7 22. Qxc7 Rb8 23. Nc6 Rxb5 $1 24. Nd8 $1 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 Rf8 26. Nb7 Qb8
$13) 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Qc2 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. c5 c6 16.
Nf4 cxd5 17. Nxd5 e6 18. Nb6 Bb5 $36 {1/2 (56) Gervais,V (2275)-Laurent,B 
(2284) France 2003}) (12. Nfd4 $5 e5 (12... c5 $5 13. dxc6 e5 {may be more
appropriate}) 13. Nb3 $1 (13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qc2 (14. b3 c5 15. Nc2 Bb7 16. Qd3
d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e5 Ne4 $36 {1-0 (82) Granda Zuniga,J (2475)-Howell,J 
(2400) Gausdal 1986}) 14... c5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5
$15 {1/2 (20) Baumgartner,H (2277)-Klundt,K (2405) Austria 2000}) 13... Nxc4
14. Qc2 Nb6 15. a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Bd7 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Na5 Ne8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20.
dxc6 $14 {1-0 (50) Fominykh,M (2253)-Bodnaruk,A (2419) Moscow 2012}) 12... c6 (
12... c5 $5 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Be3 (14. Re1 $6 b3 15. Qd3 {1/2 (72) Khismatullin,
D (2664)-Krylov,M (2490) Moscow 2012} Rb4 $1 16. Bd2 Bxb2 $1 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18.
Rab1 Nc5 19. Qd1 Bc3 20. axb3 Bxe1 21. Nxe1 Naxb3 22. Rxb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 a5 $17
{[%csl Ga5,Gb4]}) 14... b3 $13) 13. Nfd4 (13. Ned4 Bb7 (13... c5 14. Nb3 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Rd1 Nxb3 (16... Nxc4 17. Nxc5 Rc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 $14) 17.
axb3 Qb6 18. Bf4 $14 {0-1 (71) Gajewski,G (2637)-Jones,G (2638) Reykjavik ISL
2013}) 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Ba8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. b3
Nc5 20. Bb2 e6 $11 {1-0 (34) Gajewski,G (2653)-Moranda,W (2560) Poland 2013})
13... cxd5 $146 {[%mdl 32] Hardly a good idea. White keeps a strong knight on
d4, for which Black's control of the c5 square will hardly compensate.} (13...
c5 $5 14. Nb3 e6 15. Bf4 Nxb3 16. axb3 exd5 17. cxd5 Re8 18. Rfe1 h5 19. Kh2 h4
20. g4 {1-0 (59) Grachev,B (2668)-Morozevich,A (2722) Moscow RUS 2014} Qe7 $132
{[%cal Yf6d7]}) 14. exd5 Qc7 (14... e5 $142 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nb3 $14 {[%csl
Rd6,Re6]}) 15. b3 e5 {Black finally goes for hanging pawns but this is an
inferior version as White starts a queenside attack.} 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. a3 $1
bxa3 18. Bd2 Nb7 19. Rxa3 {[%csl Ra6]} e5 (19... Nc5 $2 20. b4) (19... Nd8 {
is too ugly; besides, White wins material by means of} 20. Ba5 Qc5 21. b4 $1
Rxb4 $8 22. Bxd8 ({or simply} 22. Bxb4) 22... Rxd8 23. Nc6) 20. Nc6 Ra8 (20...
Bf5 21. Qa2 Rbc8 22. Rxa6) 21. Nb4 (21. Nc3 {, bringing a more passive knight
to the dominant position on d5, was much stronger.}) 21... a5 22. Qa2 Bf5 23.
Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. b4 (25. g4 $5 Bd3 26. Be3 Rab8 27. Re1 $16) 25...
Bxh3 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. Rb2 Bd7 (27... Qc8 $1 {[%cal Yf5e6]} 28. bxa5 Nc5 $1 {
[%cal Yc5d3] (M.Notkin) was a better chance to create counterplay.}) 28. bxa5
Bc6 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Be3 e4 31. a6 {Black has not enough compensation for this
strong passed pawn.} Nd3 (31... Rxa6 32. Rxa6 Nxa6 33. Qxa6 Bxc3 34. Rc2 Bxd5
35. cxd5 Qg7 36. Qxd6 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 32. Rb7 $1 Qc8 (32... Bxb7 33. axb7
Rab8 34. Nb5 Qd7 35. Ra8 $16 {was relatively better for Black}) 33. Nxe4 Bxd5
34. cxd5 Qg4 35. Rxd3 Qxe4 36. Rdb3 Qxd5 37. Qe2 $18 {[%csl Ga6]} Qc6 38. a7 d5
39. Rxg7 $1 {[%mdl 64] A final blow.} Kxg7 40. Bd4+ Kh6 (40... Kg8 41. Qe7 Rf7
42. Rb8+) (40... Kf7 41. Qe5 $18) 41. Qe3+ Kh5 42. g4+ Kh4 43. Qh6+ Kxg4 44.
Qh3+ Kf4 45. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 {Diese Variante führt zu einem minimalen,
aber dauerhaften weißen Endspielvorteil.} Be6 12. Nd2 h6 (12... Nd4 13. Rfd1 c6
14. e3 Nc2 15. Rab1 Nb4 16. Bf1 (16. a3 $1 Nd3 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f6 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxd3 $16 {Psakhis}) 16... Bf5 17. e4 Be6 18. Nb3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1
Nd7 20. Rd2 $14 {Psakhis,L-Babula,V/Batumi 1999}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 (13... Rxd2 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Rxd2 Rxd2 19. Rc1 Kf7 20.
Kf1 Ke7 21. Ke1 Rd6 22. Na4 g5 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Rc3 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Barcenilla,R/
San Francisco USA 2000}) 14. Nde4 Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Nc3 c6 18.
dxc6 (18. Rfd1 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Rab8 21. Rac1 Bd6 $11 {Filip,
M-Lombardy,W/Reykjavik 1957}) 18... Nxc6 19. Nd5 $1 $146 (19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rd8 21. Nd5 Kf8 22. Rc1 Rd6 23. Nb6 Na5 24. Rc8+ Bd8 25. Nd5 Nc6 26. Nc3
Ke8 27. Bxc6+ Rxc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Na4 Be7 $11 {Csom,I-Kuzmin,A/Moscow 1989})
(19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rfd1 f5 $11 {/\Kf7}) 19... Bf8 (19... Kf8 $5) 20. Nb6 (20.
Rfd1 Rd6 21. Nb6 Rxd1+ (21... Rad8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Nc4 Rd4 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25.
Rc1 $14) 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Nd7 Bd6 $11) 20... Rab8 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Nc4 $14 {Das Springermanöver endete mit dem Erreichen des Traumfeldes c4.
Als nächstes verdoppelt Weiß seine Türme auf der c-Linie.} e4 $1 23. b3 Rb5 24.
Rac1 Kg7 25. Rc2 Rbd5 26. Rfc1 h5 $2 {Eine Ungenauigkeit, die es Weiß erlaubt,
unter günstigen Umständen ein Paar Türme zu tauschen.} ({Besser war das
sofortige} 26... c5 {/\} 27. Ne3 (27. Nb6 $5 Rd2 28. Kf1 $14 {/\Na4,Ke1}) 27...
Rd2 28. Kf1 (28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Kf6 $11 {Das
Lichtfigurenendspiel ist ungefährlich für Schwarz.}) 28... f5 29. Ke1 R2d4 $132
) 27. Ne3 Rd2 28. Nf1 $1 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 c5 30. Nd2 f5 31. f3 $1 {Eine
originelle Idee. Weiß tauscht den Pe4 ab , behält aber seinen Bauern auf e2
für das Springermanöver Nf3-e1-d3-f4. Danach wird der schwarze Bauer g6 zu der
berühmten "zweiten Schwäche" (die erste Schwäche stellt der ramponierte
schwarze Damenflügel dar).} (31. e3 h4 32. Kf1 Kh6 33. Ke2 Kh5 $132) ({
Aussichtsreich sah auch} 31. h4 $5 {aus, Weiß zentralisiert seinen König und
befreit den Turm für das Manöver Rc4-a4.} Kf6 32. e3 g5 33. hxg5+ Kxg5 34. Kf1
h4 35. gxh4+ Kxh4 36. Ke2 $14 {/\Rc4-a4}) 31... exf3 32. Nxf3 Kf6 33. h4 Be7 (
33... Bh6 $5 34. Ne1 Be3+ (34... f4 35. Nd3 fxg3 36. Kg2 Be3 37. Kxg3 $14) 35.
Kg2 $14 {/\Nd3,Kf3}) 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Rc4 $1 ({Nach} 35. Ne1 Kd5 36. Nd3 Bd6 37.
Rc4 Kc6 {schafft es der schwarze König rechtzeitig, den Pa6 zu verteidigen.})
35... Kd5 36. Ra4 Rd6 37. Ne1 Bd8 38. Nd3 Rc6 (38... g5 $2 39. hxg5 Bxg5 40.
Ra5 $16 Rc6 $4 41. Nb4+ $18) 39. Nf4+ Ke5 {Erneut hat der weiße Springer sein
Zielfeld erreicht. Schwarz tut sich schon schwer, alle seine Bauernschwächen
zu verteidigen.} 40. Rc4 (40. Ke3 g5 $132) 40... a5 41. Kf3 ({In Frage kam die
Überführung des Königs auf den Damenflügel:} 41. Ke3 $5 Bb6 42. Kd3 Rd6+ 43.
Kc3 Kf6 $1 (43... Rf6 $2 44. Ra4 {/\Kc4-b5}) 44. Ra4 $14) 41... Bb6 42. Rc3 $6
{Dieser auf den ersten Blick logische Zug erlaubt Schwarz, sich durch ein
Bauernopfer zu entlasten.} (42. e4 $6 Rd6 $132) ({Richtig war} 42. a3 $1 $14 {
, um in manchen Varianten b3-b4 zur Verfügung zu haben, z.B.} Bc7 $2 (42... Rd6
43. Rc3 $14) 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Bd6 45. bxc5 Bxc5 46. Rxc5+ Rxc5 47. Nd3+ Kd4
48. Nxc5 Kxc5 49. Kf4 $18) 42... a4 $1 43. Re3+ Kd4 44. Rd3+ Ke5 45. Rd7 ({
Die Annahme des Opfers war auch möglich, die Stellung nach} 45. bxa4 c4 46.
Rd5+ Kf6 47. Rb5 $1 (47. a5 $2 Bc7 {/\c3-c2}) 47... c3 48. Nd5+ Ke6 49. Nb4 Ba7
50. Nc2 $14 {ist etwas besser für Weiß. Ich hoffte jedoch, durch meinen
aktiven Turm mehr zu erreichen.}) 45... axb3 46. axb3 {/\Rg7} Kf6 47. e3 Ba5 $8
{Schwarz hat nur diesen einzigen Zug, aber er genügt, um die Stellung zu
halten.} (47... g5 $2 48. Rh7 $16) 48. Ke2 (48. Rb7 Rd6 $11) 48... Bb4 $2 ({
Mittels} 48... Bc3 $1 49. Rb7 (49. Nd5+ Ke6) 49... Be5 $11 {konnte Schwarz
alle seine Probleme loswerden. Nach dem Partiezug kann Weiß seinen Druck noch
mehr verstärken.}) 49. Rb7 $1 Ba5 (49... Rd6 $2 50. Nd3 Ba3 51. Ra7 Bb4 52.
Nxb4 cxb4 53. Rb7 $16) 50. Ra7 $1 (50. Kd3 $2 Be1) 50... Bd8 51. Kd3 g5 $1 52.
hxg5+ (52. Rh7 $4 Rd6+ 53. Kc4 gxf4 $19) 52... Kxg5 53. Rg7+ Kh6 54. Rg8 $2
$138 {Dieser Fehler läßt den weißen Vorteil aus. Bei der gegenseitigen knapper
Zeit fand ich nicht den besten Weg 54.Rd7!} (54. Rd7 $1 Bc7 (54... Ba5 $2 55.
Rd5 $1 Kg5 56. e4 $16) 55. Kc4 {, und trotz des geringes Materials steht
Schwarz kräftig unter Druck:} Bxf4 56. exf4 $16) 54... Ba5 $138 55. Ke2 (55.
Kc4 Bd2 56. Nd5 Re6 $11) 55... Bc3 56. Kf3 Rb6 $11 57. Rc8 Rxb3 58. Rc6+ Kh7
59. Rc7+ Kh6 60. Rc6+ Kh7 61. Rxc5 Bd2 62. Re5 Kh6 63. Re6+ Kg7 64. Nxh5+ Kf7
65. Re5 Kg6 66. Nf4+ Kf6 67. Re6+ Kf7 68. Ke2 {Die Stellung ist
selbstverständlich remislich. Da aber wir beide nur ein paar Minuten bis zum
Rest der Partie hatten (Schnellschach), wollte ich noch einige Gewinnversuche
unternehmen und hatte dabei unerwartet Glück.} Bc3 69. Ra6 Be5 70. Kf3 Bxf4 $2
{Ein Zug, den man nur schwer erklären kann.} (70... Bb8 71. Ne2 Be5 72. Nf4 Bb8
73. Ng2 Be5 74. Nh4 Bxg3 75. Kxg3 Rxe3+ {hielt problemlos remis.}) 71. Kxf4 Rb5
72. Rh6 Rb3 $2 ({Mit wenig Zeit ist es schwer, die einzige Verteidigung zu
finden:} 72... Rd5 $1 {(Milov)} 73. Rh5 Ke6 74. Rh6+ (74. Rg5 Rd1 75. Rg6+ Kf7
76. Kxf5 Rf1+ 77. Kg5 Rf3 $11) 74... Kf7 75. Rb6 Ra5 76. Rh6 (76. Kg5 Re5 $11)
76... Rd5 $11) 73. Rh5 $18 Ke6 74. Rxf5 Rxe3 75. g4 Rh3 76. Kg5 Rh8 77. Rf6+
Ke7 78. Kf5 Ra8 79. g5 Rg8 80. g6 Rg7 81. Kg5 Rg8 82. Rf7+ Ke6 83. Ra7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Re1
Rb8 (8... Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Qd2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. e3 b4 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Ba6 19. Rd1 Qd7 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. exd4 $36 {Gehrig,P-Heuer,B/Zuerich op2/1990/}) 9. Rb1 (9. a3 Na5 10.
Qd3 (10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Rb1 Bf5 13. e4 Be6 14. Nd5 Ng4 15. Nb3 Nxb3
16. Qxb3 Bd4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Astengo,C-Kraft,V/Geneva op 1996 (24)}) 10... Nb3 11.
Rb1 Nxc1 12. Rbxc1 c6 $15 {0-1 Schlais,H-Schroeder,J/OLWuert 1991 (38)}) (9. a4
Na5 10. Qd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nb3 12. Rb1 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Be6 $15 {Mejia,R-Zapata,A/
COL-ch 1988/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 9... Na5 (9... b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 (11. e4 b4
12. Nd5 Bg4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Krajcsovits,M-Mokry,K/
Elekes mem-B 1981 (18)}) 11... Bf5 (11... Bd7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Rc5] Buturin,V-Voloshin,L/Frydek Mistek op 1996/1-0 
(52)}) (11... Nd7 12. e4 Na7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Nb5
17. Bb2 Bg4 18. Red1 Qd7 $11 {Gatej,D-Srebrnic,V/Nova Gorica 1996/0-1 (48)}) (
11... e6 12. e4 Ne7 13. Nd2 $1 c5 (13... Nd7 14. Nb3 c6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Na5 Bb7 18. e5 d5 19. a4 $16 {Nogueiras,J-Levtchouk,G/Quebec op 1997/
1-0 (59)}) 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. Nxb5 Nxc5 17. Nc4 Nd3 18. Re2 Ba6 19.
a4 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 $16 {/\Qf3,Rf1-> 1-0 Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Dos Hermanas 1997 (31)}
) (11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Qxd1 15. Rexd1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+
Rxd8 17. a3 Bd7 {Goetz,A-Held,M/BAY-chT2N/1994/} 18. Nxb5 $16) 12. e4 Bg4 13.
h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bg2 Qf6 18. Rc1 Rb7 19. h4 h6
20. f4 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Monaco rapid 1995 (49)}) (9... Bf5 10. e4
Bg4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 f5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17.
Bg5 Qd7 18. Nc3 $14 {Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Monaco rapid/1997/ (30)}) (9... e5 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qa4 h6 13. Red1 Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bh3 $16 {
Thorstensen,T-Elsness,F/Namses op 1995/1-0 (68)}) 10. b3 (10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5
Bd7 12. Qc2 dxc5 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Rbd1 Qe8 16. Nd5 $16 {Karpov,
A-Smirin,I/EU-ch act Cap d`Agde/1996/ (22)}) 10... b5 11. cxb5 axb5 {[%cal
Yb5b4]} 12. b4 (12. a3 $5 {[%cal Ge2e4]} c6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bf4 $14
) (12... b4 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. e4 c6 15. e5 $36) 13. e4 Bg4 $11) 12... Nc4 13.
a4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Nd7 $1 $132 15. b5 (15. e4 Ndb6 16. Qc2 e5 (16... c6 $5) 17.
Bg5 Qd7 $132) 15... Ndb6 16. Qc2 Bd7 {[%cal Yc7c6]} 17. Rb4 (17. e4 c6 18. bxc6
Bxc6 $11) 17... c5 18. bxc6 (18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Rb1 Nd6 20. Bf4 Nbc4 $15 {
[%csl Rb5]}) 18... Bxc6 19. Qd3 d5 $11 20. Bf4 Rc8 (20... Ra8 21. Reb1 e6 22.
Ne5 $14) 21. h4 h5 22. Ne5 (22. Reb1 e6 $11) 22... Nxe5 23. Bxe5 (23. dxe5 $5
Nc4 (23... e6 24. e4 $1 Qc7 25. Qd4 $16) 24. Bxd5 (24. Nxd5 Nxe5 $11) 24...
Bxd5 25. Nxd5 (25. Qxd5 e6 26. Qe4 Nd2 27. Qc2 (27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Nc4 $11)
27... Nc4 $11) 25... Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rb7 Bd6 $14 {/=}) 23... e6 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. e3 Nc4 26. Ne2 Qa5 27. Qc3 Nd6 28. Ra1 Qd8 29. Nf4 Bb5 $1 30. Qb2 Bc4
31. Bf3 Qe7 32. Qb1 Nf5 33. Kh2 Rc7 34. Rb6 Rd8 35. Qb4 Qxb4 36. Rxb4 Kf6 37.
Rb6 Rd6 38. Rb8 Ne7 39. Bg2 Rdd7 40. Rc1 Nf5 41. Rb6 Ke7 42. Bf3 Kf6 43. Bg2
Ke7 44. Bf3 Nd6 45. Rc2 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bologan Bulletin} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 b4 12. Na4 (12. Nb1) 12...
Na7 (12... Na5 13. Ne1 (13. Qc2 c6 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Nd5 $10) 13... Bb7 14.
Nd3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc8 16. e3 Rb5 17. Rc2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 c6 19. Kg1 Nd7 20. Rd1
Rc8 21. Bc1 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bb2 $10 {Plachetka-Stohl/
Rimavska Sobota/1990}) 13. Qc2 (13. Ne1 Bb7 14. Nd3 (14. Bxb7 {Bologan} Rxb7
$10) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc8 $10) 13... c6 14. e4 (14. Nd2 $32 {Bologan}) 14...
Qa5 $5 {N} (14... Ba6 15. Rfe1 Bb5 16. e5 Nd5 17. h4 Qa5 18. h5 $14 {
Razuvaev-Polgar,Zs/Dortmund/1985}) 15. Rfe1 $2 (15. e5 Nd5 (15... Bf5 $2 16.
exf6 Bxc2 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Rxc2 $16) 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Nc4 Bxc2 (17... Qd8 18.
Qd2 Qd7 19. Ne3 $13) 18. Nxa5 Bd3 19. Rfd1 Bb5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rc7 Nc8 22.
Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 dxe5 24. dxe5 e6 $13) (15. h3 $5) (15. h3 {Bulletin} Qh5 16.
g4 (16. d5 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. dxc6 Rb5 19. e5 Ng4 20. Bd4 dxe5 21. Bxa7 e4
22. Qxe4 Rh5 $19) 16... Qb5 17. Rfe1) (15. h3 {Bologan}) 15... Qh5 {|^>>} 16.
e5 (16. Nd2 {Bulletin}) (16. Nd2 $32 {Bologan /\ f3}) 16... Nd5 17. Nd2 Bh3 18.
Be4 (18. Bxd5 $2 cxd5 19. Qc7 Bh6 20. f4 Nb5 21. Qxe7 Rfe8 22. Qf6 Re6 23. Qh4
Qxh4 24. gxh4 Bxf4 $17) (18. Bf3 Bg4 19. Bg2) (18. Bh1 {Bulletin} Bf5) 18... f5
$1 19. Bf3 $6 (19. exf6 Rxf6 (19... Nxf6 20. Bf3) (19... Bxf6 20. f4 $10) 20.
f4 (20. Bxd5+ $2 cxd5 21. Rxe7 Rbf8 22. Rxa7 Rxf2 $17 {->}) 20... e6 $13) (19.
Bxd5+ {Bulletin} cxd5 20. Qc7 Nb5 21. Qxe7 Rf7 22. Qe6) 19... Qh6 {/\f4} (19...
Bg4 $32 {Bologan}) 20. Qd1 f4 (20... Bg4 $32 {Bologan}) 21. exd6 (21. g4 {
Bulletin}) (21. Rxc6 {Bulletin}) 21... fxg3 $1 (21... exd6 {Bologan}) 22. hxg3
(22. dxe7 $2 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nxe7 $17) (22. fxg3 exd6 23. Ne4 (23. Rxc6 $2 Ne3
$17) 23... Rbe8 24. Qd3 Re6 $15) 22... exd6 23. Rxc6 $1 (23. Ne4 Rbe8 $36 (
23... Rbd8 {Bologan} 24. Rc2 $1 Bf6 $15 {/\ Qg7})) (23. Nc4 Rf6 $15) (23. Bxd5+
{Bulletin} cxd5 24. Nf1) (23. Nf1 {Bulletin}) 23... Nc3 24. Nxc3 $2 (24. Rxc3
$1 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Nb5 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Ne4 Nxc3 28. Naxc3 Rb6 $13) 24... Nxc6
25. Bxc6 Rxf2 $3 (25... bxc3 26. Bxc3 $13 (26. Bxc3 {Bulletin} Rbc8 27. Bd5+
Kh8 28. Ne4)) 26. Kxf2 $2 (26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Nce4 (27. Ne2 Qe3 28. Kh1 Bg4 $19 (
28... Bg4 {Bulletin} 29. Bg2 (29. Nf1 {Bulletin} Bf3+ 30. Kg1 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rg1+
32. Kh2 Rh1#) 29... Bxe2 $19)) 27... Rg2+ 28. Kh1 Bg4+ 29. Kxg2 Bxd1 30. Rxd1
Qh5 $19) (26. Nce4 Rg2+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kf1 {Bologan} Rf8+) 27... Rxg3 28. Nxg3
Bg4+ 29. Kg2 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Qg5 31. Nf3 Qa5 $17) 26... Bxd4+ 27. Kf3 Bg4+ $1 $19
28. Ke4 (28. Kxg4 Qh5+ 29. Kf4 Qf5#) 28... Bxd1 29. Nxd1 Bxb2 30. Nc4 Qg5 31.
Nde3 (31. Ndxb2 Qe7+ $19) 31... Qxg3 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Bd5+ Kg7 (33... Kg7 {
Bulletin} 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxb2 Qe5+ 36. Kf3 Qxb2) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Rb8 8. b3 {
Karpov verzichtet auf seine Lieblingsvariante mit 8.Re1.} a6 9. Nd5 Ne4 ({Auch
} 9... Nh5 {ist für Schwarz gut spielbar.}) 10. Bb2 f5 11. e3 (11. Qc2 e6 (
11... Bd7 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Nf4 Qe8 14. cxb5 axb5 15. d5 Nb4 16. Qc1 Bxb2 17.
Qxb2 $14 {Romanishin,O-Zapata,A/Brussels 1986}) 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14.
Ne1 Nf6 $13 {Csom,I-Schneider,A/HUN-chT 1994}) (11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Rd1 e6 13. Nf4
Ne7 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. c5 g5 16. Nd3 Bc6 $11 {Ribli,Z-Zapata,A/Novi Sad 1990})
11... e6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 $146 (13... Ne7 $6 14. Qe2 h6 15. Rad1 g5
16. Ne1 (16. e4 $14) 16... Bd7 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. f4 $14 {Konopka,M-Oral,T/
CZE-chT9495}) ({Das Stellungsmuster gleicht dem Holländisch mit g7-g6,
deswegen soll Schwarz aller Regeln nach e7-e5 anstreben. In der Partie
verzichtet er immer wieder auf diesen Vorstoß und spielt zu passiv.} 13... e5
$1 14. dxe5 (14. d5 Ne7 $11) 14... dxe5 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Ng5 Rd3
$11) 14. b4 $1 Nd8 (14... e5 $1 15. b5 (15. d5 Nd8 $11) 15... axb5 16. cxb5 Nd8
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qb3+ Be6 19. Qb2 e4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nd4 Ra8
23. a4 b6 $11) 15. b5 Nf7 16. Qb3 $14 b6 (16... axb5 17. cxb5 e5 $2 (17... Kh8
$14) 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bb4 $18) 17. Nd2 Kh8 (17... e5 $5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 (18...
dxe5 $4 19. Bb4 Nd6 20. c5+ $18) 19. f4 $1 (19. c5+ Be6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5+
Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Nxf7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. cxd6 Nxd6 $11) 19... Ng4 20. e4 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 $14) 18. f4 $1 {Weiß nutzt die Passivität des Gegners, um
die Kontrolle über den Schlüsselpunkt e5 zu verstärken. Demnächst ist die
eigene Aktivität im Zentrum geplant, e3-e4.} (18. e4 $2 f4 $1 19. gxf4 Qh4 $132
) 18... Bb7 (18... axb5 19. cxb5 e5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qb2 Qc5 22. Rfe1 $14) 19.
a4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ra8 21. Rae1 (21. e4 $5 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nh6 23. Rae1 axb5 24.
axb5 $14 {/\Ng5}) 21... Qd7 (21... e5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. e4 $1 $14) 22. Nf3 $6 {
Zu langsam gespielt. Die Zeit war reif, um aktiv zu werden:} (22. e4 $1 axb5
23. axb5 d5 $5 (23... fxe4 24. d5 $1 e5 (24... exd5 $2 25. cxd5 $16 {/^a1-h8})
25. Rxe4 Rfe8 26. Qb2 $14) 24. cxd5 exd5 25. e5 Nd8 26. Ra1 Ne6 27. Rfc1 $14)
22... axb5 (22... c6 $2 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. cxd5 $16 {
/\Nd4}) 23. axb5 Ra7 24. Ra1 {Das Zugeständnis. Weiß kommt im Zentrum nicht
zügig genug voran, deswegen tauscht er ein Paar Türme, um die a-Linie
abzusichern.} (24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Rfa8 $132) (24. e4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 d5 $11)
24... Rfa8 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 $11 {Dank der gegnerischen Ungenauigkeit im 22. Zug
konnte Schwarz das Spiel ausgleichen.} 26. Rf2 {/\Ra2} (26. d5 exd5 27. cxd5
Qe8 $11) 26... Qe8 {/\Qa8} 27. c5 $1 {Der letzte Versuch, auf Gewinn zu
spielen...} (27. Ra2 Qa8 28. Rxa7 Qxa7 29. d5 e5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Qb2 Kg8 $11)
27... d5 $6 {und er gelingt!} ({Die simple Vereinfachung der Stellung mittels} 
27... dxc5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Qxc5 Rb7 32. Nd4 e5
$11 {sicherte Schwarz das Unentschieden.}) 28. Rc2 $1 {/\Bd2, cxb6, Rc6 Karpov
sieht sofort die Achillesferse der schwarzen Stellung- den schwachen Punkt c6.}
Qa8 $2 {Nur durch diesen weiteren Fehler ruiniert Schwarz seine Stellung
endgültig. Es war noch möglich, durch umsichtige Verteidigung das
Gleichgewicht zu halten.} (28... Rb7 $2 29. Ra2 $1 ({/\} 29. cxb6 Rxb6) 29...
bxc5 (29... Bf8 30. c6 Rb8 31. Ra7 $14) 30. dxc5 Rxb5 $4 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. Ra8+
{mit Matt}) (28... Bf8 $1 29. Bd2 $1 {/\30.cxb6 cxb6 31.Rc6} (29. Bb2 Ra5 $11)
(29. cxb6 cxb6 30. Bd2 Nd6 31. Rc6 Nc4 $132) 29... Rb7 $1 30. cxb6 (30. c6 Ra7
$11) 30... Rxb6 $11) 29. cxb6 cxb6 30. Bb4 $16 {><c6 Nun hat Schwarz einen
schweren Stand. Seine Springer und Läufer hinterlassen einen kläglichen
Eindruck, das Eindringen einer der weißen Schwerfiguren ist nicht zu vermeiden.
} Nd8 31. Qc3 {/\Qc8} Ra2 {Was sonst? Aber der Turmtausch bringt Schwarz keine
Erleichterung.} 32. Be7 $1 Nf7 33. Rxa2 Qxa2+ 34. Kf1 $18 Qb1+ (34... Qc4+ 35.
Qxc4 dxc4 36. Ke2 Kg8 37. Nd2 c3 38. Nc4 $18) 35. Kf2 h6 (35... Qa2+ 36. Nd2
Nh6 (36... h6 37. Ke2 $16) 37. Ke2 Ng8 38. Bd8 Qa4 39. Qc6 $18) 36. Qc6 Qd3 (
36... Qa2+ 37. Kf1 Qb1+ 38. Ke2 Kh7 39. Qxb6 $18) 37. Ng1 (37. Qe8+ Kh7 38.
Qxf7 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qb1+ 40. Ke2 Qxb5+ (40... Qc2+ 41. Nd2) 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kf1
Qc1+ 43. Kg2 $18) 37... Bxd4 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qf8+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 (11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qc8 13. Bg5 (
13. h4 Ng4 14. Qd1 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 {Neverov Valeriy 2562 - Bologan Victor
Viorel, Moscow 2004 Aeroflot Open}) 13... Nh5 14. Qd2 Bxh3 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16.
Qxh6 Qg4 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 $11 {Malakhov Vladimir - Bologan Victor
Viorel, Selfoss 2003 2nd Milk}) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qc8 13. Bg5 Nh5 14. g4 Nf4
15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 {Sachdev T 2393 - Zhang Xiaowen 2203 , 3. 9.2007 12th
ch-Asia w} b5 $1) 10... Nxe5 {After the game my opponent told me that I had
bad statistics in the line with} (10... dxe5 {so I decided to exchange the
knights} 11. Be3 Be6 {but after} 12. b3 (12. Qa4 {Black found a good idea} b5
$1 (12... Qc8 13. Kh2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 h6 16. c5 Qf8 17. Nd5 $14 {
Bocharov Dmitrii - Bologan Victor Viorel, Moscow 2004 Aeroflot Open}) 13. cxb5
axb5 14. Qc2 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Nxb5 Qd7 18. a4 Bxh3 19. e5 Bxg2
20. Kxg2 Nd5 21. Qxc5 Nf4+ 22. gxf4 Qg4+ {=} 23. Kf1 Qxf3 24. Qxd4 Rad8 25. Nd6
Rxd6 26. Qxd6 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 {1/2-1/2,
Jussupow Ar 2599 - Socko B 2629 , 18. 3.2007 Bundesliga 2006-7}) 12... Nd7 (
12... Re8 13. Qxd8 (13. Qb1 Nh5 14. Rd1 Nd4) 13... Rexd8 14. Rad1 (14. Nd5 {
1/2-1/2, Stefansson H 2579 - Shirov A 2699 , 24. 5.2006 37th Olympiad}) 14...
Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Rc8 16. Ne1 Bf8 17. Nd3 $14) 13. Qd2 f6 14. Rfd1 Rf7 15. c5 Qf8
16. Nd5 Rc8 17. b4 $16 {Cmilyte V 2467 - Hirneise T 2293 , 25. 7.2007 29th
Politiken Cup. Actually this is a good reason for Black to swap the knights on
the 11th move.}) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qe2 c6 {Now it's easier to
control the d5-square with c6.} 14. Bc5 {Novelty. White wants to infiltrate
into Black's weakened black squares. But without the knight's assistence this
is not so dangerous.} (14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rdc1 Re8 17. b4 Qd8 18. a4
a5 $11 {Mamedyarov S 2646 - Fedorov Alex 2611 , 21. 8.2005 Masters}) 14... Re8
15. Rfd1 Qc8 {An important tempo.} 16. Kh2 b5 {After this Black can firmly say
that he has equalized as the only real threat, the Na4, has been liquidated.}
17. b3 h5 18. h4 Bf8 {This exchange was not so obvious for me during the game
because I was afraid of giving up the square d6 to the white rook. Still I
don't see what this bishop is doing on g7.} 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. c5 a5 $1 {
The c5-pawn is both weak and strong at the same time. It controls the d6
square but after a5 it's cut off from its potential supporter the b-pawn.} 21.
Rd6 Qc7 22. Rad1 Red8 23. Bh3 (23. Qd2 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qb6 25. Bh3 Bxh3 26. Kxh3
Kg7 $15) 23... Bxh3 24. Kxh3 Ne8 $1 {From here on Black takes the initiative.
The white rook on d6 didn't achieve anything special, so now it's time for it
to leave the square.} 25. R6d2 Ng7 {Just checking whether White is going to
repeat the moves and if not then I save a tempo. From e6 the knight will
perfectly control two things: the square d4 and the pawn on c5.} 26. Qe3 (26.
Rd6 Ne8 27. R6d2 Qe7 28. Qe3 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 $15) 26... Rxd2
27. Rxd2 Rd8 28. a4 $5 {White is trying to find a job for his knight.} Rxd2 $6
{During the game I didn't realise the difference between this and Ne6. Now I
see.} (28... b4 29. Nb1 Ne6 {Yes, the control over the d6-square. In this line
White doesn't have the check on d6.}) 29. Qxd2 b4 30. Na2 $4 {Losing material
and the game.} (30. Nb1 $1 {would be the best chance after which I don't see a
win for Black.} Ne6 31. Qd6+ Qxd6 32. cxd6 Nd4 33. Nd2 Ke8 (33... f6 34. f4 Kf7
35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Kg2 Ke6 37. Kf2) 34. f4 f6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. g4 Kd7 37. gxh5
gxh5 38. Kg3 c5 39. Kf2) 30... Ne6 31. Nxb4 {The last practical chance to
create a passed pawn.} axb4 32. Qxb4 Qa7 $1 {Here I calculated the exchange of
the queens on b6.} 33. a5 (33. Qb6 Qxb6 34. cxb6 Nc5 35. b4 Na6 36. b7 Ke7 $19)
33... Qxc5 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. a6 Qxf2 36. a7 Qg1 {Mate is more important then
queening.} 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bg5
Rb8 (8... h6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 b5 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Qa3 Nb7 14. cxb5
axb5 15. Qb4 Bd7 16. a4 $14 {Ftacnik-Stohl/Ostrava/1994}) 9. Rc1 Bd7 {N} (9...
h6 10. Bd2 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd2 Bg7 $10) 10... Bd7 $13) (9... Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3
11. exf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 $14) 10. e4 (10. Qd2 b5 11. b3 $2 b4 12. Nd5 Ne4 13. Qe3
Nxg5 14. Qxg5 e6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Nxc7 Rdc8 17. Nxa6 Rb6 $17) 10... Bg4 (
10... b5 11. e5 (11. d5 Na5 12. cxb5 axb5 $13) (11. cxb5 axb5 12. e5 b4 $1 13.
exf6 exf6 $13) 11... dxe5 (11... b4 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bd2 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nb4 15.
Ra1 Bf5 16. Ne1 $16 {/\a3}) (11... Ne8 12. exd6 cxd6 13. c5 $14) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. dxe5 Ng4 14. cxb5 axb5 (14... Nxe5 15. bxa6 Rxb2 16. a7 $16) 15. Nd5 f6 16.
exf6 exf6 17. Bf4 $16) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. dxe5 (13. d5 $5 Nd4 14. b4
c6 15. Bg2 {/\Be3,f4}) 13... Nxe5 (13... dxe5 $2 14. Qxd8 Nxd8 (14... Rfxd8 15.
Nd5 Nd4 16. Kg2 $16) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 $16) 14. Be2 h6 15. Be3 b5 $1 16.
cxb5 (16. c5 b4 17. Nd5 Nxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bxa6 Qa5 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21. Bd3 d5
$10) 16... axb5 17. Nd5 (17. Nxb5 $6 Qd7 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Qc2 $16) 18. Rxc7
Qxh3 $40) (17. b4 $5 Nc4 (17... Qc8 18. Kg2 Nc4 19. Bd4 $14) 18. Bd4 {/\Nxb5} (
18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. b5 Re8 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. f3 d5 $10) 18... c6 (18... Re8 19.
Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Rxc4 $14) 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. e5 Nd5 21. exd6 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd6
23. a3 $14) 17... c5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qd5 Qe6 $10 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8
{/\Nc6-d4} 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxb2 25. e5 (25. a4 Rb4 26. Rxb4
cxb4 $10) 25... d5 26. Rxc5 Rxa2 27. Rc6 Re8 28. Rb1 Re2 29. Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Nd5
Ne4 $5 (8... Bg4 $5) (8... e6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $10) 9. Be3 (9. Ne3 f5 10. d5 Na5
11. Nd2 Ng5 $13 {Portisch-Adorjan/Hun/1979}) (9. Qc2 $5 f5 10. Rd1 e6 11. Nc3
Nxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Qxc3 $5) 12... Qe8 13. Ba3 b5 14. Re1 Na5 15. Nd2 Rb8 16.
Rab1 $14) 9... e6 10. Nf4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. Bd2 Nf5 $2 (13...
Nxd2 $142 14. Qxd2 Nf5 {/\c6,Sd6=}) (13... c6 $142) 14. Ba5 $1 b6 15. Bb4 Re8
16. e3 (16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bb7 $15) 16... a5 17. Ba3 b5 $6 18. Bc5 h5 19.
Ne5 Bb7 (19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxd5 $16) 20. Nfd3 h4 21.
g4 Nfd6 22. f3 Nxc5 $2 (22... Ng5 23. f4 Nge4 {/\Sc4=}) 23. Nxc5 Bc8 (23...
Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. f4 Rxe3 26. Nxb7 Nxb7 27. Qxd5 $16 {_|_}) 24. f4 Nc4 25.
Qf3 Nb6 26. Rf2 (26. Rfe1 $142 {/\27.Lf1}) 26... Qe7 27. g5 $2 (27. Re1 $142
$16) (27. Ncd3 f6 $2 (27... Bb7 28. Rfc2 Rac8 29. g5 $16) 28. Nxg6 Qxe3 $2 29.
Re1 $18) 27... Bf5 28. Bf1 $6 (28. b3 $142 $16) 28... Nc4 $1 29. b3 $2 (29. Rg2
$8 Bxe5 30. fxe5) 29... Bxe5 $1 30. bxc4 Bg7 31. cxb5 Qxe3 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33.
Rd1 Rae8 34. Bg2 h3 35. Bf3 (35. Bxd5 Rd8 {/\36... Td4-/+}) 35... Rc3 36. Nb7
$2 Bd3 37. Rfd2 Bxd4+ 38. Kh1 Bb6 39. Bxd5 Bxb5 40. f5 Re5 $1 41. fxg6 Rxd5 (
41... Rxd5 42. gxf7+ Kf8 43. Rxd5 Bc6 44. Nc5 Bxc5 45. g6 Bxd5+ 46. Rxd5 Rc1+
47. Rd1 Rxd1#) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Nd5 b5 {N} (11... e6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qd2 Kh7
14. Rac1 Qe7 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 $14 {Debarnot-Camara/Sao Paulo/1972/}) 12.
Nxf6+ exf6 13. cxb5 (13. d5 Ne7 $22 14. c5 Nf5) 13... Rxb5 (13... axb5 14. d5
Ne5 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bc1 {x c7}) 14. Qd2 (14. Qc1 g5 15. Nxg5 fxg5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6
17. Qxc6 Rxb2 18. Qxa6 Qa8 $132) 14... g5 (14... Kh7 15. d5 Ne7 16. Nd4) 15. d5
(15. Rac1 Ne7) 15... Ne7 (15... Ne5 16. Nd4 $5 (16. Rac1 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 f5 $132
) 16... Nc4 17. Qc3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rc5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Nxf5 $16) 16. Nd4 (16. Ne1
Nf5) 16... Rxd5 $5 (16... Rb8 17. f4 $1 {/\ f5+/-}) 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nf5 (18.
Kh2 Qa8 (18... Qc8 19. Nf5 (19. g4 h5 $132) 19... Bxf5 20. Qxd5 Bxh3 21. Rfc1
Be6 22. Qc6 f5 23. Rc2 $14) (18... Nxe3 $2 19. fxe3 $1 $16) 19. Nc2 c5 20. f4
Re8 $132) 18... Bxf5 (18... Nxe3 $2 19. fxe3 $1) 19. Qxd5 Bxh3 20. Rfd1 (20.
Rfc1 $5) 20... Re8 21. Rac1 (21. Rd2 $22 f5 22. Bd4) 21... f5 22. Rd2 (22. Qc6
Rxe3 $5 (22... Bxb2 23. Rc2 Be5 24. Qxc7 Qa8 25. Qc6 $14) 23. fxe3 Qe7 24. Rd3
Bxb2 25. Rc2 Be5 26. Qxc7 Qf6 $132) 22... Rxe3 $5 23. fxe3 Qe7 24. Kf2 (24. Qd3
Be5 25. Kh2 g4 {/\ Qh4}) 24... Be5 25. Rh1 (25. b4 h5 {/\ h4<=>} (25... Bxg3+
26. Kxg3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh2 Qf2+ 28. Kh1)) 25... Bxg3+ $1 26. Kxg3 (26. Kf3 g4+ 27.
Kxg3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh4 Qf2+ 29. Kh5 Qf4 30. Kh4 (30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qd8 g3 $19) 30...
Bg2 $1 31. Qd4 (31. Qxg2 g3+ 32. Kh3 Qg4#) 31... Qg5+ 32. Kg3 Bxh1 $17) 26...
Qxe3+ 27. Qf3 (27. Kh2 $2 Qf2+ 28. Kxh3 g4#) 27... Qxd2 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Kxh3 (
29. Rxh3 g4 30. Rh1 (30. Rh4 Qe1+ $19) (30. Rh2 Qe3+ 31. Kh4 Qe7+ $1 32. Kg3
Qe5+ 33. Kg2 Qxe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 f4 $19) 30... Qxe2 (30... Qe3+ 31. Kh2
$1 (31. Kh4 Qf2+ 32. Kh5 Qxe2 33. Kh4 Qf2+ 34. Kh5 g3 $19) (31. Kg2 f4 $1 (
31... Qxe2+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Kg2) 32. Rf1 (32. Rg1 Qxe2+ 33. Kh1 g3 34. Qg2
Qh5+) (32. Re1 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 f3 34. exf3 gxf3) (32. Kf1 f3 33. exf3 g3 34. Kg2
Qf2+ 35. Kh3 g2 $19) 32... Qg3+ 33. Kh1 f3 34. exf3 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 g3 $19) 31...
Qxe2+ (31... f4 32. Qg2 g3+ 33. Kh3 Qe6+ 34. Kh4 Qf6+ 35. Kg4 Qg5+ 36. Kf3 Qd5+
37. e4 $1 fxe3+ 38. Kxg3) 32. Qg2 Qe5+ 33. Kg1 Kg6 34. Qh2 $13) 31. Qd5 $1 $8 (
31. Qg2 $2 f4+ 32. Kh2 g3+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Ke2 Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Qc6+
$19) 31... Qe3+ 32. Kg2 f4 33. Rf1 (33. Qd1 $22 f3+ 34. Kg3 f5 35. Re1) 33...
Qg3+ 34. Kh1 f3 35. Qd2 f5 $13 36. Re1) 29... Qxe2 (29... g4+ 30. Kh2 $13) 30.
Qd5 $6 (30. Qg2 Qh5+ (30... g4+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. Kg1 $13) 31. Kg3 Qg4+ 32. Kf2
Qd4+ 33. Ke1 $13) 30... Kg6 (30... g4+ 31. Kg3 (31. Kh4 $2 Qf2+ 32. Kh5 g3 $19)
) (30... f4 31. Rg1 $22 Qf2 32. Rxg5+ $1 hxg5 33. Qxg5+ $10) 31. Qd4 $2 (31.
Qg2 $8 g4+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. Kg1 h5 34. Qh2 f4 $36) 31... f4 $1 32. Rg1 (32. Qd5
g4+ 33. Kh4 Qf2+ 34. Kxg4 Qg3#) 32... f5 {Ftacnik,L} (32... f5 33. Qxf4 Qh5+
$19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.04.17"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. a3
Na5 (8... Rb8 9. b4 $14) (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 $14) 9. Nd2 Nd7 $5 (9...
c5 10. dxc5 $5 (10. e3 Nd7 {- 9... Nd7}) 10... dxc5 11. Nd5 Be6 $1 12. Nf4 Qd7
$13) 10. e3 c5 11. Ne2 $1 (11. dxc5 dxc5 {><d3, c4}) 11... Rb8 12. b4 Nc6 13.
bxc5 $6 (13. b5 $142) 13... dxc5 14. Nb3 (14. Bb2 $142 cxd4 15. Nxd4 (15. exd4
Nc5 16. Nf3 Bf5 $1 $15) 15... Nce5 16. Qc2 Nc5 $15) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6 $1
16. c5 (16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qc3 Rc8 $17) 16... Nd5 17. h3 b5 $5 (17... b6 18. Be3
$1) (17... a5 $5) (17... Be6 $5) (17... e5 $5 18. dxe5 Be6 $44) 18. Bd2 Be6 $1
19. Rb1 Qd7 (19... a5 20. Nf4 $1 a4 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Nc1 $13 {><e6}) 20. Kh2
Rfd8 21. Be3 a5 22. Nd2 b4 23. axb4 Ndxb4 $6 (23... axb4 $1 $17) 24. Nf3 Bd5
25. Re1 e6 $6 (25... Rbc8 $17) 26. Bg5 $1 Rdc8 27. Bf4 Ra8 28. Ra1 $6 (28. Bd6
Ne7 (28... a4 $6 29. Qd2) 29. Nc3 $13) 28... Ra7 29. Bd6 Ne7 30. Nc3 $4 (30. g4
Rd8 31. Qd2 {/\ Red1!=/+}) 30... Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Nf5 $19 32. Be5 Nxd4 33. Bxg7
Kxg7 34. Ne4 Nbc2 35. Nd6 $2 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "New York Rosenwald-03"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1956.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1956.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 Na5 (11... b4) (11... Bd7) 12. e4 $5 (12.
Qc2 b4 13. Nb1 c6 14. e4 Ne8 15. Nbd2 Nc7 16. Rfd1 Nb5 17. Nf1 Qb6 18. Ne3 $14
{Romanishin,O-Cseshkovsky,V/Erevan/1982/0,5/47/}) 12... b4 $1 13. e5 $1 bxc3 (
13... Nd7 14. Ne4 $14) (13... dxe5 14. dxe5 bxc3 15. Bxc3 $1 Nc6 16. exf6 exf6
$14) 14. Bxc3 $1 (14. exf6 cxb2 15. fxg7 Kxg7 $10) 14... Nb7 (14... dxe5 $2 15.
Bxa5 Ne8 16. Nxe5 $16) (14... Nxb3 $2 15. exf6 $1 Nxc1 16. fxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxc1
$16) (14... Nc6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d5 $1 $14) (14... c6 $142 $1 15. exf6 Bxf6
16. Qd2 Ra8 $10) 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. b4 $1 {>< Nb7/} Bf5 $2 (16... d5 $5 17. Ne5
Qd6 18. Ba1 Bd7 $132) (16... c6 $5) 17. d5 $1 {>< c6,c7/} Bxc3 18. Rxc3 $16 Qd7
(18... e5 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nd4 $36) (18... Ra8 19. a3 Qb8 20. Qc1 Nd8 21. Nd4
$1) 19. Qc1 Rfc8 20. Qh6 {/\ Ng5/} f6 $8 21. Nd4 Nd8 22. a3 Nf7 (22... e5 23.
Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Bh3 $18) 23. Qe3 Ne5 24. f4 Ng4 25. Qd2 h5 (25... e5 26. dxe6
Bxe6 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Bd5 $18) 26. Re1 Ra8 27. h3 Nh6 28. Kh2 Kf7 29. Qe2 Ng8
30. Rec1 Ra7 31. Qe3 $1 $138 (31. Qe3 Raa8 (31... Rb7 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Qe6+
$18) 32. Nxf5 (32. Ne6 c6 $1) 32... gxf5 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34. dxe6+ Kxe6 35. Bxa8
Rxa8 36. Rxc7 Rxa3 37. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 (10... Ne4 11. c7 $1 Qxc7 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Be3 Nc3
14. Nxc3 Bxc3 15. Rc1 $14) (10... Nxc6 $1 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Qc1 Qh5 13. Qg5 Qxg5
14. Nxg5 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exd5 Nb4 19. a3 Nd3 20.
Rad1 Nc5 21. b4 Na4 $10 {Hardicsay-Zila/HUN-chT/1993}) 11. Bd2 $1 (11. Bb2 Rb8
12. Qd2 Be6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. e4 Nb7 $10 {Khasin-Byvshev/URS-ch/1956
}) 11... Rb8 12. Qc1 Re8 $6 (12... c5 {>=} 13. Bh6 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nc6 $10) 13. c5 $1 Nd7 (13... d5 14. Qa3 Nb7 15. Bf4
Ra8 16. Ne5 Qa5 17. Na4 Nh5 18. Nxc6 Qb5 19. Ne5 g5 20. Bxd5 gxf4 21. Bxf7+ Kh8
22. Nc3 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxe8 Bxe5 25. Bxh5 Bxc3 26. Rac1 $16 {
Vaulin-Temirbaev/Kurgan/1993}) (13... dxc5 14. Bf4 Rb7 (14... Rb4 15. Rd1 $16)
15. Ne5 Nd5 (15... Bd7 16. Rd1 $16) (15... Nh5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6 Nxf4 18.
gxf4 Rf8 19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Qe3 Qd7 21. Rac1 $16) 16. Rd1 $16) 14. cxd6 exd6 15.
Rd1 (15. Bf4 $2 Qf6) 15... d5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bg5 $1 Qb6 (17... f6 18. Bf4 $16)
(17... Nf6 18. Qf4 $16) 18. Be3 $1 Qb4 (18... Rxe3 19. fxe3 Nf6 20. Nd4 Qa7 21.
Qa3 $16) 19. Bd4 $16 Nf6 (19... Bb7 20. Bxh8 Kxh8 21. e4 Nb6 22. Rd4 Qd6 23.
Na4 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 dxe4 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Nh4 $18) 20. Qf4 Bf5 (20... c5 $2 21.
a3 Qb6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxb8 $16) 21. Rac1 Nb7 22. Be5 $1 (22. Ne5 Qd6) (22.
Qh4 Qe7 23. Ng5 h5) (22. h3 $5 {/\g4}) 22... Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rbc8 24. Na4 Nd7 $8
25. Bxh8 Kxh8 26. Nd4 Na5 27. e3 (27. Nxf5 $5 gxf5 28. e3 {/\Bh3} Nb7 29. Rd2
$16 {/\Rdc2}) 27... Bg4 28. Rd2 c5 29. Rdc2 Nc4 30. Nf3 $2 (30. Bxd5 $1 cxd4 (
30... Na3 31. Rc3 Nf6 32. Bb7 cxd4 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Bxc8 dxe3
36. Bxa6 $16) 31. Bxc4 dxe3 32. fxe3 Rxe3 33. Bxa6 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 $16) 30... Na3
31. Rd2 d4 $1 $132 32. exd4 cxd4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. h3 (34. Rxd4 $2 Rc1+ 35. Bf1
Bxf3 36. Rxd7 Be2 $19) 34... Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bxf3 36. Bxf3 Nb5 37. Bb7 Nb8 38. Nb6
Rc7 39. Bf3 Rc3 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Nd5 (41. Nc4 Kf6 42. a4 Nc7 43. Rxd4 Rxb3 $10)
41... Nc6 $1 42. Nxc3 $2 (42. a4 Na3 43. Nxc3 dxc3 44. Rd3 c2 45. Rc3 Nb4 46.
Be4 f5 47. Bxc2 Naxc2 $17) (42. Be2 $142) 42... dxc3 43. Rd5 $2 (43. Rd1 Nb4
$17) 43... Nb4 44. Rc5 Nd3 $19 45. Rxb5 (45. Rc8 c2 46. Rxc2 Ne1+ $19) 45... c2
46. Rc5 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Nd5
$6 e6 (8... Bg4 9. Ne3 Bd7 10. d5 Na7 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Be1 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14.
Rxb7 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk/1985/}) 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. e3 Bd7 11.
Bd2 e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. e4 Qe7 14. Qb3 b6 15. Bc3 Nb7 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rae1 Nc5 18.
Nh4 (18. b3 $6 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 $17) 18... b5 (18... f5 $5 19. exf5 g5 $40 (
19... gxf5 20. f4 $13)) 19. b3 b4 $17 20. Bd2 f5 (20... Rfb8 {/\a4}) 21. exf5
gxf5 (21... g5 $5 22. Nf3 Bxf5 23. Qd1 (23. Bxg5 $2 Qxg5 $19) 23... h6 $17) 22.
Be3 (22. f4 e4 23. Be3 a4 $17) 22... e4 (22... a4 $2 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. d6 cxd6
25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxf5) 23. Bxc5 (23. f3 $5) 23... dxc5 24. Bh3 Ra6 25. f3 Bc3
26. Re2 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Raf6 28. Qc1 e3 29. Ng2 Rh6 30. Nf4 Qg7 (30... Re8 $15)
31. Rxe3 $1 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Qd4 33. Qe7 (33. Qxd4 $2 cxd4 34. Rd1 Re8 35. Kg2 Re3
$17) 33... Rd6 34. Re1 Qg7 35. Nd3 Qh6 $2 (35... Qxe7 36. Rxe7 Re8 37. Rxe8+
Bxe8 $10) 36. Ne5 (36. Nxc5 $2 Re8 $19) 36... Qg7 (36... Re8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38.
Bxf5 Qg7 39. Bxd7 Rxe5 40. Qxg7+ $18) 37. Nxd7 Rxd7 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Bxf5 Rdf7
40. g4 $16 Qc3 41. Qe3 Qxe3 42. Rxe3 Ra8 43. Kg2 a4 44. Kg3 axb3 45. axb3 Ra1
46. h4 (46. Re8+ $5 Kg7 47. Be6 Rf8 48. Re7+ $16) 46... Kg7 47. h5 Rc1 48. Re6
(48. Re8 $6 Rc3 49. Be4 h6 (49... Rxb3 $2 50. g5 $16)) 48... Rc3 49. h6+ Kf8
50. Rc6 Rxb3 51. Be4 (51. Rxc5 $5 Rc3 52. Rb5 $1 Rxc4 53. d6 cxd6 54. Be6 $16)
51... Ra3 52. g5 (52. d6 cxd6 53. Rxd6 b3 54. Rb6 $132) 52... b3 53. d6 cxd6
54. Rc8+ Ke7 55. g6 (55. Bxh7 $2 Kd7 56. Rb8 Rxh7 57. Rb7+ Kc6 58. Rxh7 b2 $17)
55... hxg6 56. h7 Rxh7 57. Rc7+ Kf6 58. Rxh7 Ke5 59. Rb7 g5 60. Kg4 Kd4 61. Bd5
(61. Rb6 Kxc4 62. Rxd6 b2 63. Rb6 Kc3 64. Kxg5 Rb3 $10) 61... Kc3 62. Kxg5 b2
63. f4 Rb3 64. Rxb3+ (64. Rxb3+ Kxb3 65. Be4 Kxc4 66. f5 d5 67. Bb1 d4 68. f6
d3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Rb8 9. Qe2 b5 10. Rd1 e6 11. b3 bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb4 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Ne2 Bd7 15.
Qc2 Bb5 16. Re1 c5 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Qb1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 {Here
Hikaru surprised his fans with a strange-looking move.} Nd7 $6 ({Black has no
problems after} 20... Qb6) ({but he'd better avoid} 20... Nc3 $6 21. Bxc3 Rxc3
22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 $14) 21. Bxd5 exd5 {White's structural advantage can be
countered by active play, but Nakamura wasn't able to find anything concrete.}
22. Qd1 Qb6 (22... Nc5 23. Rc1 Ne4) 23. Rc1 h5 24. Bc3 Bxd4 $5 {One of
Hikaru's strengths is his ability to accept worse positions when he has to.}
25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Nb8 $1 {Great defence, as usual.} 27. Rec2 Rc6 $1 28.
Bb4 Rfc8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 $4 {I could not believe my eyes. For a
high-class player like Tomashevsky, trading the last pair of rooks in such
positions is criminal.} ({Mind you, I am questioning Tomashevsky's heart, not
his chess ability. Anybody who bothers to go to chess tournaments must try to
keep the game going. Actually, White's chances after} 30. Re1 $1 {shouldn't be
underestimated:} Kf8 31. Kf1 Nd7 32. Ke2 Nf6 (32... Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Nf6 34. Bxd6+
Kg8 35. Re2 Rc3+ 36. Kf4 Rxb3 37. Rc2 $16) 33. f3 Rc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxh2 35. Bxd6+
Kg8 36. Re7 Rb2 37. Rb7 $14) 30... Nxc6 {Nothing to see here, move along.} 31.
Bc3 Kf8 32. f3 f5 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Nd8 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. Bd2 Ne6 37. h4 Kc6
38. Be3 Nc7 39. a4 Ne6 40. Bd2 Kc7 41. Kc3 Kd7 42. Kd3 Kc7 43. Bc1 Kd7 44. Bg5
Ke8 45. Bd2 Kd7 46. Be3 Kd8 47. Kc3 Kc7 48. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Cup 1/4 final2"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1973.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1973.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. Nd5 (9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. d5 Na5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 Nb7 14. Rc1
e6 15. Nde4 Ne8 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Bh6 c6 18. Bxg7+ Nxg7 19. Nxd6 exd5 20. Nxb7
Rxb7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Be6 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxc6 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Nd6
Rbb8 27. Ra7 Kg8 28. g4 Ne8 29. Ne4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 (30) Smejkal,
J-Portisch,L Raach 1969}) 9... b5 $146 (9... Nd7 10. Be3 Na5 11. b3 c6 12. Nc3
b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. Qd2 b4 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Bh6 Ba6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Ng4 Ng8 21. Rfe1 h6 22. e4 Bc8 23. e5 Be6 24. Qf4 Qd7 25. Nfh2
Rfd8 26. h4 Rbc8 27. Ne3 Nb7 28. Rc2 d5 29. Rec1 Rc7 30. Nf3 Ra8 31. Ne1 Ra5
32. Nd3 Rb5 33. Qf3 Rc8 34. Qe2 Qc7 35. Qd2 Qb6 36. Bf1 Qxd4 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38.
Rxc6 Na5 39. Rc2 {Koski,A (2200)-Vadasz,L (2380) Graz 1972 1-0}) 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6
11. cxb5 Rxb5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. b3 Rh5 $1 {[%csl Rh3,Rh6]} 15. Be3
Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Rxh3 17. Rxc6 $6 (17. Kg2 Qd7 18. Rh1) 17... Qd7 {[%cal Gd7c6,
Gd7h3]} 18. d5 (18. Rxa6 Rh5 19. Ng5 h6 {[%cal Gd7h3]}) 18... Rh5 19. Rc4 Qh3
$40 20. Rh4 Bxh4 21. gxh4 e6 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Qd4 d5 24. Bf4 g5 25. Qxd5 Qg4+
26. Bg3 gxh4 27. Qa8+ Kg7 28. Nxh4 Rxh4 29. Qg2 Rg6 30. e3 Qe2 31. Bxh4 Rxg2+
32. Kxg2 Qxa2 33. Rc1 Qxb3 34. Rxc7 a5 35. Rc5 a4 36. Rg5+ Kf8 37. Re5 Qb7+ 38.
Kg3 a3 39. Bf6 a2 40. Rc5 Qa6 41. Rf5 Qxf6 42. Rxf6 a1=Q 43. Rf4 Qg1+ 44. Kh3
h5 45. Kh4 Qh2+ 46. Kg5 Kg7 47. Rf3 Qg2+ 48. Rg3 Qxf2 49. Kxh5+ Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.16"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Orr, Mark JL"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 {I was involved in a number of well-played games in Moscow but
unfortunately all by my opponents. In fact going into the last round my score
was Played 7 Won 1 Drew 2 Lost 4. On the way down from my room on the 23rd
floor to ground level in the hotel just prior to the last round match I
suddenly realised I was standing next to the world champion, so close in the
crowded lift that I could feel his breath on my neck. I remember thinking that
maybe some of his magic would rub off on me and help me against my opponent.
Well maybe it did or maybe not but this is what happened .....} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3
exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Nxc6 (13. Kh2 {is met by} Re5 {and if} 14. g4
h5 15. f3 hxg4 16. hxg4 {the knight is difficult to dislodge.}) 13... bxc6 14.
g4 h5 15. f3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rb8 {=} 17. Qd2 c5 18. Rab1 Bc6 19. Nd5 Nd7 20. Bf1
Ne5 21. Qg2 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Rb4 {=+} 23. g5 {To stop f5.} Nc4 $6 {Played after
long thought, but it looks better to hold onto the knight.} 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25.
Rbc1 Rb4 26. b3 a5 27. Bd2 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 a4 31. f4
axb3 32. axb3 Rb4 33. Kg1 Qb7 34. Qf3 c6 35. dxc6 Qxc6 36. Rce3 Rd4 37. Qh1 $5
Qc8 $6 (37... Re6 38. Rh3 Kf8 {is better for Black.}) 38. Qh4 Kf8 $2 (38... Qe6
{was necessary to guard f6.}) 39. e5 $1 {Threatening 40. exd6 ... and Qh8X} Kg8
(39... d5 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qf6+ Kf8 42. e6 {+-}) 40. Rh3 Qxh3 (40... Kf8 41. e6
fxe6 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Rh7+ Kd8 44. Qf6+ Re7 45. Qxe7#) 41. Qxh3 Rxf4 42. e6 {
Not a classic game but the result (coming in the important last round), the
move 37.Qh1 and Kasparov's breath on my neck will be cherished memories for a
long time.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4
Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
f4 a5 16. b3 Nb6 17. Qd3 c5 18. Rab1 a4 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Nd7 21. Qd2 a3 22.
Nb5 Qa5 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nxd6 Rab8 25. Rfb1 Nc5 26. e5 Rb6 27. Bd5 Na6 28. Nb5
Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Qxb4 30. Rxb4 Rd8 31. Rb3 Bf8 32. Kg2 Bc5 33. g4 g5 34. Kg3 Re8
35. h4 h6 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Ke4 gxf4 38. Rf3 f6 39. e6 Rbxe6+ 40. Bxe6 Rxe6+ 41.
Kd3 Re1 42. Rxf4 Re3+ 43. Kc2 Re2+ 44. Kd3 Rxa2 45. Nxd4 Rb2 46. Rf1 Kg6 47.
Ne6 Bd6 48. c5 a2 49. Ra1 Be5 50. h5+ Kf7 51. Nd8+ (51. Nd4 {is strongly met by
} Rg2 $19) 51... Ke8 52. Nc6 {[%tqu "En","Black has a terrific position. How
to harvest it?","The passed a-pawn is your main trump in this position. Try to
make use of it.","Sacrifice your rook to open the way to your passed pawn.",
"b2d2","Correct! This powerful strike wins immediately.",5]} Rd2+ {[%csl Ra1]
[%cal Ge5a1,Ga2a1]} (52... Rd2+ {, and White resigned in view of the line:} 53.
Kxd2 Bxa1 54. Nb4 (54. Kc2 Bc3) 54... Bc3+ $1) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. b3
a6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nd3 Bh3 15.
Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Nfd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 e6 19. Nb6 Qd8 20. Be3 Ne7 21. f3
d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bc5 Re8 24. e3 d4 25. Bxd4 Nf5 26. Bxg7 Qxb6 27. Bd4 Qa5
28. Rf2 Rbd8 29. Rd2 Nxd4 30. exd4 h5 31. Kg2 Rd5 32. Rc5 Rxc5 33. dxc5 Qxc5
34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Kg7 36. Qd2 b5 37. Qb2+ Kg8 38. b4 Qe3 39. h4 Qe1 40. f4
Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qd3 42. Qb3 Qd2+ 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. a3 Ke7 46. Qe3 Qxe3+
47. Kxe3 Kf6 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Kc5 Kg4 51. Kb6 Kxg3 52. Kxa6 Kxf4 53.
Kxb5 g5 54. Ka6 gxh4 55. b5 h3 56. b6 h2 57. b7 h1=Q 58. b8=Q+ Kf5 59. Qc8+ Kf6
60. Qd8+ Ke6 61. Qc8+ Kd6 62. Qf8+ Ke5 63. Qe7+ Kd4 64. Qf6+ Ke3 65. Qe5+ $2 {
Erlaubt die Zentralisierung der schwarzen Dame.} ({Mit} 65. Qc3+ {konnte Weiß
aufgrund der schlechten Stellung der schwarzen Dame relativ leicht remis
halten.}) 65... Qe4 66. Qxh5 (66. Qxe4+ $2 Kxe4 67. a4 h4 68. a5 h3 69. Kb6 h2
70. a6 h1=Q 71. a7 Ke5 $19) 66... f5 67. Qh3+ Kd2 68. Qh2+ Kc3 69. Kb5 f4 70.
Qh8+ Kb3 71. Qf8 f3 72. Qf7+ Kxa3 73. Qf8+ Kb2 74. Qf6+ Kc2 75. Ka6 $6 Qd5 $6 {
[%mdl 4096] Schwarz konnte forciert auf b2 oder c3 die Damen tauschen:} (75...
Qd3+ 76. Kb7 Qb3+ 77. Ka8 Qa3+ 78. Kb7 Qb2+ $19) 76. Qf4 Kd3 77. Qg3 Qc4+ 78.
Ka7 Qc5+ 79. Ka8 Qd5+ 80. Ka7 Ke2 81. Qg4 Kd3 82. Qg3 Qd4+ 83. Ka6 Ke2 84. Qh3
f2 85. Qh5+ (85. Qe6+ Kd2 86. Qa2+ Kc1 87. Qa3+ Qb2 88. Qe3+ Kd1 89. Qd3+ Ke1
90. Qg3 Qd4 91. Kb7 Ke2 92. Qh2 Qf6 93. Kb8 Kd1 94. Qh5+ Kc1 95. Qc5+ Kb1 $19)
85... Ke1 86. Qa5+ Kd1 87. Qh5+ Kc2 88. Qe2+ Kc3 89. Kb7 Qg7+ (89... Qg7+ 90.
Kb8 Qf8+ 91. Kb7 Qf7+ 92. Kb6 f1=Q $19) 0-1

