[Event "Merida 2nd"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{We both led the tournament with 1.5 out of 2 before this game.} 1. e4 {Wedberg
} e5 {OK, no French today. Nigel mainly plays the French defence, but not
always.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 {This didn't come a surprise,
since Nigel used it against Khalifman in their rapid match.} 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Re1 {I am sure this move order has it's subtleties and if I knew what
they are, I would explain them!} (8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5
{Khalifman-Short 2001}) 8... Nge7 {I think this is one - Black goes to e7. If
it went to f6, then he would lose time later playing f5.} 9. d5 (9. dxe5 {
Wedberg is the principal alternative.}) 9... Na5 $1 {A strong move that Kamsky
introduced. The point is that White wants to play c4 and play on the queenside
(similar to the King's Indian). This move attempts to delays c4.} (9... Nb8 {
Wedberg} 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bc2 f5 13. c5 f4 14. b4 Bg4 15. Ba3 Nd7 16.
Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Zsinka,L/HUN 1995/EXT 97 (53)}) 10. Bxd7+
Qxd7 11. b3 {'N' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'Anand aims for the optimal setup with P:s
on white squares and the N on c3.'} (11. b4 {Wedberg} Nc4 12. Qb3 b5 13. Nfd2
Nb6 14. c4 c6 15. Nc3 cxd5 16. cxd5 O-O $13 {0-1 Anka,E-Juergens,V/
Balatonbereny 1993/EXT 97 (50)}) 11... O-O $6 {Then he allows it anyway!} (
11... b5 12. c4 c5 $1 (12... bxc4 13. Qd2 Nb7 14. bxc4 O-O 15. Nc3 $14) 13. Bd2
Nb7 {Looks acceptable for Black.}) 12. c4 c5 13. Bd2 {The difference - White
stops b5 for some time.} b6 14. Qc1 $6 {The logic went something like this: he
can't play f5 due to Ng5, and if I stop h6 then he won't be able to play f5! 
Better was 14.Qc2} Nb7 15. a3 f5 $1 {Of course Ng5 is simply met by Nd8.} 16.
Nc3 f4 $2 {I think Black's attacking chances are limited without his light
squared bishop. More important, the pawn on c5 allows White to open the
queenside quite fast. Wedberg: 'This could be the start of a terrible attack,
but Black misses his white squared B and Nb7 is out of play and also a
tactical liability when White starts his play on the Q-side.'} (16... fxe4 17.
Nxe4 Nf5) 17. Qc2 Bf6 18. Reb1 Qc7 {Trying to hold back b4.} (18... g5 19. b4
g4 20. Ne1 $16) 19. Ne1 g5 20. Na4 Nc8 {Black goes in for complete passivity.}
21. b4 Bd8 22. Rb3 Ra7 23. Rab1 Qg7 24. bxc5 $6 (24. Nd3 $142 Bc7 25. bxc5 {
White can delay this even further.} Nxc5 26. Naxc5 dxc5 27. Bc3 {Now Black has
to play without the Ra7.}) 24... bxc5 $6 (24... Nxc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 {White is
still better and he can try and open the kingside, but at least the b-file is
closed!} 26. Nd3 Re7 {The reason why the early bxc5 is bad.}) 25. Nd3 $16 Rf7
26. Bc3 Re7 (26... g4 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Naxc5 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 {Looks extremely
strong.}) 27. Qe2 {'!' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'White is active and Black is more or
less hopelessly passive. White can even start operations on the K-side.'} Rc7
$1 (27... g4 $2 28. Nxf4) 28. g3 {As often happens, a superiority on one flank
isn't enough - White needs to create a second weakness. '!?' Wedberg. Wedberg:
'White wants to open the g-file. But this was not 100% necessary. Now Black
gets some counterplay.'} (28. Qg4 Qf7 (28... Qd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxe5 dxe5
31. Nxe5 Na5 32. Nxd7 Nxb3 33. Rxb3 Rxd7 34. Rb8 $18) 29. Bxe5 (29. Rxb7 $2
Rcxb7) 29... h5 $1 30. Qe2 dxe5 (30... Qe8 31. Bc3 Qxa4 32. Qxh5 $18) 31. Nxe5
Qe8 32. Nc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6 Nbd6 {This looked too messy to me.}) 28... Qd7 {
'!' Wedberg.} 29. Nab2 Qh3 {A strong defensive manoeuvre} 30. Kh1 Rf7 (30...
Rg7 $5 {Wedberg}) 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Rg1+ Kf8 33. Qd1 {White protects the rook
on b3 and threatens Nxf4 again.} (33. Nxf4 $1 {My original intention, but I
suddenly began to have doubts.} Rxf4 34. Bxe5 Qxb3 35. Bxf4 Bf6 {The move that
gave me doubts, but later at home I discovered that it wins for White anyway.}
(35... Ne7 36. e5 Ng6 37. Bh6+ $18) (35... Qh3 36. Rg3 Qh4 37. Qf3 $18) 36. Qh5
Qxb2 (36... Nd8 37. Bh6+ Ke7 38. Rg8 $18) 37. Bh6+ Ke7 38. Bc1 $1 $18) 33... f3
34. Rg3 Qh4 (34... Qh5 35. Ne1) 35. Qg1 Ne7 (35... Ke8 36. Rg4 Qh5 37. Qg3 $16)
36. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 37. Nxe5 Nd6 (37... Qxe4 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Re3 $18) 38. Rbxf3
$4 (38. Rb8 $1 {I had seen this move well and the point (41...Qe7 42.Rxd8+),
but still my hand took the pawn on f3.} Ke8 39. Rg8+ Nxg8 40. Qxg8+ Rf8 41.
Qe6+ Re7 (41... Qe7 42. Rxd8+ Kxd8 43. Nc6+ Ke8 44. Nxe7 Rxe7 45. Qxd6 Rxe4 46.
Nd3 $18) 42. Qxd6 Rxe5 43. Qxe5+ $18) 38... Qxe4 39. Nxf7 Nxf7 40. Nd3 Ng6 $1 {
The only move and with it Nigel had passed the time control. I now spent a
fair amount of time checking if I still had some chances.} 41. Nxc5 {The only
real try. The problem for White is that his king is also not entirely safe.
Besides, he can't win an endgame with such broken pawns.} (41. Qc1 Be7 42. Kg1
Rb7) 41... Qxc4 42. Ne6+ Ke8 {Black has to bring his king to the center.} (
42... Kg8 43. Rxg6+ {Loses on the spot.}) 43. Qd1 Rd7 44. Rd3 Bb6 (44... Be7 $1
{Plugging the e-file looks useful!} 45. Rc3 Qe4+ 46. Qf3 Qxf3+ 47. Rgxf3 $11)
45. Rg4 Qa2 {Here I got really excited because I thought that I could trap his
queen with Re4-e2} (45... Qc8 46. Re4 $16) 46. Re4 Nfe5 {Here I suddenly
realized that Re2 didn't trap the queen at all - she still has the c4 square! 
I began to wonder if I should bail out somewhere, but when you've had such a
good position, it isn't easy to do so.} (46... Qxf2 47. Rf3 Qa2 (47... Qb2 48.
Rb4 Qe5 49. Rxb6 $18) 48. Nc7+ Kd8 49. Re8+ Kxc7 50. Qc1+ {Wins}) (46... Nd6 $1
{Even better.} 47. Re2 Qc4 {I don't see a big discovered check.}) 47. Rd2 Qxa3
48. f4 Nf7 {I tried to weave a mating net, but somehow Black always escaped.}
49. Rd3 (49. Nc7+ Kf8 50. Re8+ Kg7 51. Ne6+ Kf6) 49... Qa2 $8 {Black's queen
has to stay active} (49... Qb2 50. Rb3 $18) (49... Qd6 50. Qh5 $1 $18) {
By now, my advantage on the clock had almost disappeared and this was the only
try left.} 50. Rb3 (50. Nc7+ Kf8 $8 (50... Kd8 $2 51. Re8+ Kxc7 52. Qc1+ {
Followed by mate}) 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Ne6+ Kf6) 50... Rd6 $2 {And finally he
blundered!} (50... Qa5 $1 51. Nc5+ (51. Rxb6 Qxb6 52. Nc7+ Kf8 $8 (52... Kd8
53. Re8+ Kxc7 54. Qc2+ Kd6 $8 55. Re6+ Kxd5 56. Rxb6 $18) 53. Re8+ Kg7 54. Ne6+
Kh6 $1 {Of course, now that White doesn't have a rook on the 3rd, this is
perfectly safe.} (54... Kf6 55. Qa1+ Kf5 (55... Nfe5 56. fxe5+ Kf7 57. Rf8+ $1
Nxf8 58. Qf1+ Kg6 59. Qf6+ Kh5 60. Qg5#) 56. Ng7+ Kxf4 (56... Kg4 57. Qd1+ Kxf4
58. Qc1+ Kg4 59. h3+ Kg3 60. Qc3+) 57. Qc1+ $18)) (51. Nc7+ Kd8 52. Rxb6 (52.
Re8+ {This didn't work because black can block on c5} Kxc7 53. Qc1+ Bc5) 52...
Rxc7 $1) 51... Re7 52. Nb7 Rxe4 53. Nxa5 Bxa5 {White is in no danger here, but
I wasn't sure if he was better. At any rate, there is nothing else.}) (50...
Nd6 $142 {Wedberg}) 51. Nc5+ $1 {Now this wins.} Ne7 (51... Kf8 52. Rxb6 $1 $18
(52. Ra4 Qf2 53. Ne4 Qxf4 54. Nxd6 Qxa4 55. Nxf7 $18)) 52. Qe1 {'!' Wedberg.}
Bd8 (52... Bxc5 53. Rxe7+ Kf8 54. Rxf7+ Kxf7 55. Rb7+ {Leads to mate.}) 53. Re2
{And finally White traps the queen!  An exhausting game for both of us. It was
very interesting albeit full of errors.  With this I took the lead in the
event and in the end it turned out to be the decisive game of the tournament.}
1-0

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 $5 {The Steinitz is most likely OK but
the Steinitz should be even more than that.} 5. c3 {This is the critical line.}
Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 $5 {This is more to the point} ({than} 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nh6 $1 {where the knight runs to its best square f7.}) 8... Nf6 9. Nbd2
O-O (9... Ng4 $5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. d5 {Although it has never been
played this may turn out to be the idea for White.} Nd8 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. h3
Nh6 $13) 10. Re1 (10. h3 exd4 (10... Qe7 11. Re1 Rae8) (10... Qe8 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. exd6 $14) 11. cxd4 Qe8 $1 (11... Re8 $2 12. Bc2
Nb4 13. Bb3 Bb5 14. Ng5 d5 15. e5 $16 {can turn out to be an improvement over
Ljubojevic-Ciocaltea,Porec(Balkaniade) 1974.}) 12. Bc2 Nb4 13. a3 Nxc2 14. Qxc2
$14) 10... Ng4 (10... Qe8 $6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. exd6
$16) (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Re8 {is not my style.}) 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3
Nh6 $146 {I like this move.} 14. Nf1 $5 {He did not go for the pawn.} (14. dxe5
fxe5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Qxb7 g4 (16... Rb8 17. Qxa6 Ra8 18. Qc4 (18. Qxc6 Bxc6
19. Bxc6 $44) 18... Na5 19. Qb4 c5 20. Qa3 g4 21. Nh4 Nb7 22. b3 Bf6 23. Nf5
Nxf5 24. exf5 Bxf5 $44) 17. Nh4 Ra7 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qe6 Qxe6 23. fxe6 Nf5 24. Ne4 Ng7 $132) 14... exd4 ({I was not
happy with} 14... g4 15. Bxc6 (15. Nh4 exd4 16. cxd4 (16. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 17. cxd4
f5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Rxf5 $17) 16... f5 17. d5 f4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf4
Rxf4 20. g3 Rf8 21. Ne3 $14) 15... bxc6 (15... Bxc6 16. Nh4 f5 17. Nxf5 Nxf5
18. exf5 exd4 19. cxd4) 16. Nh4 exd4 17. Qxd4 $5 $13) 15. Nxd4 $5 (15. cxd4 f5
(15... g4 $2 16. d5 gxf3 17. dxc6 fxg2 18. cxd7 gxf1=Q+ 19. Kxf1 {and it is
not clear if Black can get rid of the pawn on d7.}) 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7
18. exf5 g4 19. Nh4 Nexf5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Qxg4 Qb5 $13 {has pros and cons.})
15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 (16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. cxd4 f5 18. f3 Rae8 $36) 16... f5 17.
Qd5+ Kh8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Re2 (20. Qxb7 Rab8 21. Qxa6 Rxb2 22.
Qa3 Qb5 $44) 20... Qb5 $1 21. Qd2 Rae8 22. Rae1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 g4 (23... Bh6 $5
{could have been more cautious but what about the place for the bishop?}) 24.
Re4 h5 25. Bf4 ({Although the imbalanced pawn structure may favour White, king
safety may also play a role in the following lines:} 25. Qg5 $142 Nh6 $5 (25...
Qxb2 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27. Rf4 (27. Qxg4 Nxg3 28. Qxg3 Qxc3 29. Re3 Qb2 30. h4 $13)
27... Nxg3 28. Qd5+ Kh7 29. hxg3 Rxf4 30. gxf4 Qxc3 31. Qxb7 Qc4 32. Qb1+ Kg8
33. g3 Bd4 $11) 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Rb4 Rf5 (27... c6 $2 28. Bxd6 Rd8 29. Bf4 Rd1
30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxb7 Rb1 32. g3 $16) 28. Ne3 (28. a4 bxa4 29. Rxb7 Rc5) 28...
Rc5 $13) 25... Kg8 {Time to adjust the king's position.} 26. Bg5 $2 {This
seemed unnecessary.} (26. Ng3 Nxg3 (26... Qc6 27. Qe2) (26... d5 27. Rb4 Qc6
28. Nxh5 a5 29. Rb3 Re8 30. g3 b5 $44) (26... h4 27. Nh5 (27. Rb4 Qc6) 27...
Re8 28. Qe1 Kf7 29. g3 $13) 27. hxg3 Qf5 (27... Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qd5+ Kh8
30. Qxb7 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Qxc7) 28. Qe3 Bf6 29. Bh6 Rf7 30. Re8+ Kh7 31.
Bf4 b5 $13) 26... d5 27. Re2 d4 $36 28. cxd4 Nxd4 {The correct way to
recapture.} (28... Bxd4 29. Ng3 (29. Ne3 $6 Re8) 29... Nxg3 30. hxg3 Rf7 31.
Bf4 Bf6 32. Qc2 Kg7 $11) 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Re4 Rd7 31. Re8+ Kh7 $5 (31... Kf7 32.
Qe3 Qxb2 $1 {Sang froid!} 33. Re7+ Rxe7 34. Qxe7+ Kg6 35. Bd2 Qb5 36. Qe4+ Kf7
37. Qf4+ Bf6 38. Qxc7+ Kg6 39. Qc8 $132) 32. Qe3 Nf5 33. Qe1 Nd6 $2 $138 ({
So what would have happenned if I had gobbled up a pawn with} 33... Bxb2 34. a4
(34. Qe6 $2 Qd5) 34... Qd5 (34... Qd3 35. Qb4) 35. Qb1 Bd4 36. Ng3 Kg6 37. Bf4
Bf6 38. Re1 h4 39. Ne4 h3 $17) 34. Re7 Rxe7 35. Qxe7 Qxb2 36. Qxc7 Ne4 37. Be3
$6 $138 (37. Bh4 $1 b5 38. Qf7 Qe5 39. Be7 $1 $13 {was more aggressive.}) 37...
Nc3 38. h3 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ $1 $17 40. Qxe5 Bxe5+ 41. g3 Nc3 ({The best
reaction was} 41... gxh3 $1 {, which should have kept his king away and does
not give a weak pawn on g4.} 42. Kxh3 Nc3 43. f4 $5 (43. a3 Bd6 44. Bc1 Nb1 (
44... b5 45. Ne3 Nb1 46. Nc2) 45. a4 Nc3 (45... a5 46. Bb2) 46. a5 Bb4 47. Bd2
Bxa5 48. g4 Kg6 49. f4 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Bb4 51. Kf3 a5 52. Ne3 $17 {is this
winning?}) 43... Bd6 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Nxa2 (45... Kg6 46. f5+ Kf7 47. Nd2
Nxa2 48. Ne4 $44) 46. Kf5 $44) 42. a3 (42. hxg4 $2 Nxa2 $1 (42... hxg4 43. a3
b5 44. Bc1 $1 {transposes to the game.}) 43. gxh5 a5 $40 {is scary.}) 42... b5
$2 (42... gxh3 43. Kxh3 Bd6 44. Bc1 {transposes to the notes in the previous
line.}) (42... Bd6 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Bc1 Nb1 45. a4 Nc3 46. a5 Bb4 47. Ne3 Bxa5
$17) 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Bc1 $1 {I underestimated this move.} Nd1 (44... Kg6 45.
Ne3) 45. Kg2 Kg6 46. f3 Kf5 (46... Bb2 47. Bxb2 Nxb2 48. Ne3 Nc4 49. Nc2 $11)
47. fxg4+ Kxg4 (47... Ke4 $2 48. Nd2+ Kd3 49. g5 Kc2 50. Nf3 Bb2 51. Bf4 $1 $16
{gives serious counter chances due to the passer White has created for himself.
}) 48. Nh2+ $1 Kf5 49. Kf3 Bb2 $6 {After this it was a draw.Were there any
chances for Black?} ({I actually believe not!} 49... Nc3 50. Ng4 Bxg3 51. Ne3+
Ke6 52. Kxg3 Ne2+ 53. Kf3 Nxc1 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. Kd4 $11) (49... a5 50. Ke2 $11)
50. Bxb2 Nxb2 51. Ng4 $1 $11 (51. Nf1 $1 $11) 51... Nc4 52. Ne3+ Nxe3 53. Kxe3
a5 54. Kd4 b4 55. axb4 axb4 56. Kc4 Kg4 57. Kxb4 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Japfa"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5
$5 {The first game in the morning, my opponent went for a tricky line.} Nxe5 (
8... dxe5 9. Be3 $14 {I have bad memories about this structure from my game
with Kalegin.}) 9. Bxd7+ (9. Nxe5 {I was planning to commit even} Bxe5 $5 (9...
dxe5 10. f4 (10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Re8 $1 14. Nd2
Ne7 $11) 10... Bxa4 11. Qxa4+ b5 $1 (11... Qd7 $6 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. fxe5 Rf8
14. Bf4 Ne7 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Nf3 Kc8 17. Rad1 h6 18. h4 Re8 19. Rd5 Re7 20. g3
Rhe8 21. Kg2 b6 $16) 12. Qb3 (12. Qc2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nf6 14. Bg5 Qe7 (14... Qd6
$2 15. Qf2) 15. e5 (15. Qf2 Ng4) 15... Qxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qf2 Be7 18. Qxf7+
Kd7 $15) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Nf6 14. Bg5 Qd6 $15) 10. f4 Bg7 11. f5 gxf5 12.
exf5 Be5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $15) 9... Nxd7
10. Be3 Ngf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qc2 Ng4 (13... Qe7 {was safer}) 14.
Bg5 Bf6 (14... Qb8 15. h3 Nge5 $11) 15. Bf4 Nc5 (15... Qe7 $5) 16. Rad1 Qe7 17.
h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 $6 {Again the same risky structure.} (18... Bxe5 19. Be3
Nd7 $14) 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Qb3 $1 $16 {A great move probing weaknesses in
Black's position.} (20. Nc4 b5 21. Na5 c5 22. Rd5 c4 23. Red1 Qc7 24. b4 cxb3
25. Nxb3 Be7 $1 26. Rd7 Qc8 $13) 20... b5 21. Nf3 Red8 22. a4 c6 23. Bb6 Rxd1
24. Rxd1 Rb8 ({It is clear that after} 24... bxa4 $6 25. Qxa4 Qb7 26. Be3 Rd8
27. b4 Qb5 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Qd1 {Black is just worse.} Ne6 30. Qd7 c5 $1 31.
Qxb5 axb5 32. bxc5 Kf8 33. Ne1 Bg5 $1 34. Bxg5 Nxg5 35. f3 Ne6 36. Nd3 f6 37.
Kf2 Ke7 38. c6 Kd6 39. Nb4 $16 Nd8 $40 40. c7 $18) 25. a5 Rb7 26. c4 Rd7 27.
cxb5 {Here comes the draw offer, and after some time I decided to take it.} (
27. cxb5 cxb5 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qd5 $1 Qc8 $8 {It is clear that Black should
not exchange the queens.} (29... Qxd5 30. exd5 Nf8 $5 (30... Nf4 $2 31. d6 Kf8
32. Nd2 (32. d7 Ne6) 32... Ne6 33. Ne4 Bh4 34. b4 (34. g3 $2 f5) 34... Ke8 35.
g3 Bd8 36. Nc5 Nxc5 37. bxc5 Kd7 38. c6+ Kxc6 39. Bxd8 b4 (39... Kxd6 40. Kf1
f5 41. Ke2 Kd5 42. Kd3 $18) 40. Bg5 Kxd6 41. Kf1 b3 42. Bc1 Kc5 43. Ke2 Kb4 44.
Kd3 e4+ 45. Kd4 Kxa5 46. Kc3 Ka4 47. h4 f5 48. Bb2 h6 49. Bc1 g5 50. h5 f4 51.
gxf4 gxf4 52. Kd4 Kb4 53. Kxe4 Kc3 54. Bxf4 Kc2 55. Be5 a5 56. f4 a4 57. f5 a3
58. f6 b2 59. f7 b1=Q 60. f8=Q $16) 31. Nd2 Nd7 32. Ne4 Kf8 33. g4 $1 $16 (33.
b4 Ke7 34. Nc5 Nxc5 35. bxc5 e4 36. c6 Kd6 37. Bc5+ $11) 33... Ke8 34. Kg2 (34.
Nd6+ Ke7 35. Nc8+ $11) 34... Be7 35. Kf3 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Ng3 Nf6 38. Nxf5
Kd7 (38... Nxd5 $2 39. Ke4) 39. Nxe7 Kxe7 40. Bc5+ Kd7 41. h4 Nxd5 42. Kg4 Nf4
43. Be3 Nd3 44. b3 Ke6 45. Kg5 $18) 30. Be3 Bd8 31. Nxe5 Bxa5 32. Nc6 Bd8 33.
Bd2 h5 34. Bc3 Kh7 $16 {Black is worse but not lost.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bg5 $1 Be7 8. Be3
(8. h4) (8. Bxe7) 8... Nf6 9. Bc2 $1 (9. Nbd2 $2 Ng4) 9... O-O 10. O-O Re8 11.
h3 Bf8 12. Nbd2 Bg7 13. Re1 h6 14. a3 {/\ b4} a5 {/\ 15.-a4 16.Bxa4 Nxd4!} 15.
b3 Qe7 16. Nf1 Rad8 (16... exd4 17. cxd4 Nxe4 18. d5 $1 Nc3 (18... Bxa1 19.
dxc6 $16) (18... Nb8 19. Bd4 f5 20. Ng3 $16) 19. Qd2 Nb8 (19... Ne5 20. Nd4 $1
Nb5 21. f4 $1 $18) 20. Bd4 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxd4 22. Rxe7 Nxf3 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.
gxf3 $1 Bxa1 25. Qe1 $1 $18) 17. d5 $1 $16 {(),|^<<} Nb8 {/\ Nh5-f4,f5} 18. Ng3
$1 c5 19. Qd2 Qf8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. cxb4 Na6 23. Bd3 $1 Ra8 24. Bb6
$1 Rec8 25. b5 Nc7 (25... Nc5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Nxe5 $18) 26.
Rxa8 Nxa8 27. Be3 Nc7 28. Qa5 Kh7 29. Rc1 $18 Ncxd5 $8 (29... Na8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8
31. b6 $18 {>< Na8}) (29... Qd8 30. Bb6 $18 {>< Nc7}) (29... Nce8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8
31. Qd8 $18 {/\ Bc8}) 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Bd2 f5 33. Qa2 $1 Qc5 34.
Bc4 Nf6 35. Bf7 f4 (35... e4 36. Nh4 g5 37. Bg6+ {/\ Nhxf5}) 36. Qb1 $1 fxg3
37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. Qxg3 $40 {/\ Qg6,Bxh6 +-} Ne4 39. Qh4 Qxf2+ (39... Nxd2 40.
Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qg8#) 40. Qxf2 Nxf2 41. Kxf2 Bxb5 42. Nh4 Bd3 43. Ke3 Bc2 44. Bd5
$1 Bf6 45. Nf3 b6 46. Bb4 Be7 47. Nd2 $1 (47. Nxe5 $4 Bg5+) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the first rapid game between Kamsky and Svidler the fight was equal. The
second one seemed to lead to a similar result, until Svidler made a mistake in
a relatively simple position.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3
Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5 Nce7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. c5
Nh5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Be3 Rac8 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Nb6 Rcd8 17. Rc1 Nc8 18. a4 Qe8
19. Qb3 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 Rd7 21. Rc4 Bh6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 f5 24. Ng5 Nf4 25.
g3 h6 26. Nf3 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Nh5 {The position is equal.} 28. Nd2 $2 {
Unexpectedly this natural move loses a pawn.} ({The balance could be kept for
instance with} 28. Nh4 Rg7 ({After} 28... g5 29. Nf5 {Black has no good way to
defend on h6.}) 29. Qd3 Qf7 30. Ng2) 28... Qf7 29. Qd3 Nf6 {White can't
protect the pawn on d5 and suddenly Svidler was faced with the unpleasant task
to defend against an opponent who is particlarly strong in such positions.} 30.
f4 Kg7 $1 {Black needs to protect g6 in order to create the threat 31...Qxd5.}
31. fxe5 dxe5 32. d6 Qe6 33. Rc7 Rff7 $1 34. Ne4 Rxc7 35. dxc7 Qb6+ 36. Kg2
Qxc7 37. Nc3 Qc6+ 38. Kg1 Qb6+ 39. Kh1 Qxb2 {After winning the second pawn by
Kamsky there were little doubts left about the outcome.} 40. Qc4 Qb6 41. Ne4 a5
42. Nc5 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Re7 44. Qb5 e4 45. Qxc6 bxc6 46. Rc1 Nd5 47. Kf2 Kf6 48.
Nb3 Rb7 49. Nxa5 Rb2+ 50. Ke1 Nb4 51. Rc3 Rxh2 52. Nxc6 Nd3+ 53. Kd1 Ra2 54. a5
h5 55. Rc2 Ra3 56. Kd2 Ne5 57. Nxe5 Kxe5 58. Rc5+ Kd4 59. Rg5 Ra2+ 60. Kd1 Kd3
61. Rd5+ Ke3 62. Rg5 Kf2 63. Rxg6 Rxa5 64. Rf6+ Kxg3 65. Ke2 Rg5 66. Rf1 h4 67.
Ke3 h3 68. Rg1+ Kh4 69. Rh1 Rg2 70. Kxe4 h2 71. Kf3 Kh3 0-1

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.11.03"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 (5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxd4
8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 $10 {[%cal Ye8g8,Yh8f8] /\11... 0-0}) (
5. Bxc6+ $142) 5... Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 {? Bogoljubow} f6 8. Be3 Nh6 9. O-O (9.
b4 Bg7 10. Bb3 Qe7 11. O-O Nf7 12. Bd5 exd4 (12... O-O $2 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Ng5
Ncd8 15. Nxf7 Nxf7 16. Bxb7 $18) 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bb3
Ne5 17. Bd4 a5 $1 {N} (17... f5) 18. bxa5 (18. h3 $2 a4 $1 19. Bc2 c5 20. bxc5
dxc5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rc1 Bh6 $17 {Mokry,K}) (18. f4 $5 c5 $8 19. bxc5 dxc5
20. Bf2 Ng4 21. Qe2 Nxf2 $13) 18... c5 (18... Rxa5 $5) 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rc1
Bh6 $10 {Kindermann,S-Mokry,K/Trnava/1987}) 9... Bg7 10. h3 (10. Nbd2 Ng4) (10.
dxe5 $5 Nxe5 (10... fxe5 11. Bg5) (10... dxe5 11. Bc5)) 10... Nf7 11. Nbd2 O-O
$10 12. dxe5 (12. Re1 Qe7 13. Bc2 Ncd8 14. Nf1 Ne6 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. N3h2 (16. b4
) 16... Rg8 (16... Nfg5 17. Ng3 {/\ Ne2, f4->}) 17. Ng3 h5 18. Ne2 Raf8 19. f4
Bh6 $1 20. Nf3 $6 (20. fxe5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 fxe5 22. d5 Qg5 23. Qxg5 Nexg5 $10)
20... g5 21. fxg5 fxg5 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 g4 $1
26. hxg4 $17 {Sokolov-Salov/Leningrad/1987} (26. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 27. Bd4 Nxh3+ 28.
gxh3 gxh3+ 29. Kh1 Bxd2 30. Bxe5+ Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Bf4 $15)) 12... dxe5 (12...
fxe5 13. Bb3 h6 14. a4 {[%cal Yd2f1,Yf1e3,Ye3d5] /\Nf1, Bd2, Ne3, Nd5}) 13. Bc5
Re8 14. Bb3 b6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qe2 (16. Bd5 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nb8 {[%cal Yd7e6] /
\Be6}) 16... Ncd8 17. Bd5 Bc6 (17... c6 $2 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Bxb6) 18. c4 $2 (
18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rfd1 $15) 18... Bxd5 19. cxd5 (19. exd5 f5) 19... f5 $1 20.
Nc4 Nb7 21. Rac1 Rad8 {[%cal Rf5e4] /\fe destroying the centre.} (21... Red8 $6
{[%csl Re7] ףe7} 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bd4 $1 Rxd5 24. Rfe1 e4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26.
Ne3 $1 $16 {Alekhine}) 22. d6 Nbxd6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 (23... Nxd6 24. Bg5 Bf6 25.
Bxf6 Qxf6 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rxc7 $14) 24. Qxa6 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4] /\f4} 25.
Rc2 c5 26. a4 f4 $1 27. Bd2 g5 {[%cal Yg5g4,Yd6g6] /\g4, Rg6->} 28. Qb5 $8 (28.
b4 g4 29. hxg4 Qxg4 $19 {with a mating attack. Alekhine}) 28... Qxb5 29. axb5
Rd3 $1 30. Ra1 Nd6 31. Ra6 Rb8 32. Bc3 (32. Nxg5 Bf6 (32... Nxb5 {[%cal Yb5d4,
Yb5d6] /\Nd4,Nd6}) 33. Nf3 Nxe4 {This is a winning position. Alekhine}) (32.
Rc3 c4 $1 33. Rxd3 cxd3 34. Ra3 Nxe4 35. Rxd3 Ra8 $1 36. Ra3 Rd8 $19) 32...
Nxe4 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Nd2 $3 36. h4 (36. b4 $4 Nf1+ 37. Kg1
Ng3+ 38. Kh2 Rh1#) (36. g4 Re8 37. Nc6 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nh4+ {/\39... Re8-e1+-}) (
36. g3 Re8 37. Nc6 (37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Ng4 (38. Nd3 Nf3+) 38... Nf3+ 39. Kg2
Nh4+ 40. Kh2 Ree1 $18 {[%cal Re1h1] /\Rh1#}) 37... Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Ne1+ $19) 36...
Re8 $1 37. Nf3 (37. Ng4 Ree1 (37... Nf1+ 38. Kh3 h5 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. hxg5 Ne3
41. Kh2 (41. Rc3 Rh1#) (41. Nxe8 Rh1#) 41... Nxc2 (41... Nf1+ 42. Kh3 Ng3 43.
Nxh5) (41... Ng4+ 42. Nxg4 hxg4 43. Rxb6 Ree1) 42. Nxe8 Kxe8 $19 {Euwe}) 38.
Kh3 Rh1+ 39. Nh2 h5 $1 40. hxg5 Nf1 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra7+ Kg6 43. Rg7+ Kxg7 44.
Rxc5 Rxh2#) 37... Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Ree1 39. Kh3 h5 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] Fine hatte nach einem Superstart fast alles wieder eingebüßt und lag
mit +2 knapp hinter Keres als diese Partie in der vorletzten Runde gespielt
wurde.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7
8. dxe5 Nxe5 {Nach 8...dxe5 könnte Weiß über einen kleinen Vorteil verfügen.}
9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f4 $1 {Von Fine in die Praxis eingeführt.} Bxa4 {Nicht
schlecht, aber auch 10...Ne7 und vielleicht sogar 10...Nf6 sind gut spielbar.}
11. Qxa4+ Qd7 $6 {Das führt zu einem Endspiel, in dem Schwarz den defensiven
Part übernehmen muss. 11...b5 hat sich als durchaus spielbar erwiesen.} 12.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. fxe5 Ke6 {Die Position des schwarzen Königs ist gefährdeter als
es auf den ersten Blick aussieht. Deshalb ist vielleicht 13...Tf8 eine
brauchbare Alternative.} 14. Bf4 Rf8 15. Nd2 Bxe5 16. Nb3 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 b6 18.
a4 $1 Ke5 $6 {Letztlich muss der König doch wieder zurück und Schwarz verliert
nur Zeit.} (18... Nf6 $142 19. a5 (19. g3 $1) 19... Ke5 20. g3 Nxe4 21. axb6
cxb6 22. Rxa6 f5 23. Nd4 Kd5 24. Rxb6 Rb8 25. Rb5+ Rxb5 26. Nxb5 Rb8 27. b3 Ke5
28. c4 Rd8 29. Rf3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 Rd1+ {1/2-1/2 Tringov,G-Kovacevic,
V/Stara Pazova 1988/EXT 97 (31)}) 19. g3 {Einfach und stark.} Nf6 (19... Ne7
20. a5 $18) 20. Nd2 {Das ist das Problem für Schwarz: Mit der Deckung des Pe4
droht Weiß gleich Nc4+.} Nh5 $2 {Schon wieder gewinnt Schwarz scheinbar ein
Tempo, aber in Wirklichkeit führt der Zug nur zu einer
Stellungsverschlechterung.} (20... Ke6 21. a5 b5 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Nd4+ Ke7 24.
Nc6+ Ke6 {sieht nicht gut aus, ist aber spielbar.}) 21. Rf2 $1 Ke6 (21... a5
22. b4 $1) (21... f6 22. a5 b5 23. Nf3+ Ke6 (23... Kxe4 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Nd4 $18
) 24. Nd4+ Kf7 25. Raf1 c5 26. Nb3 c4 27. Nc5 $18) 22. a5 Ra8 (22... b5 23. Nb3
Ke7 24. Nc5 Ra8 25. Rd1 $18) 23. Raf1 {Damit ist die Partie entschieden, denn
Weiß gewinnt einen Bauern und behält dabei die Initiative.} Rhd8 (23... Rhf8
24. g4 Ng7 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Rf6+ $18) 24. Nf3 Ke7 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Ng5 h6 27.
Rxf7+ Kd6 28. Nf3 g5 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Rh7 Rh8 31. Rff7 Rxh7 32. Rxh7 Rf8 33.
Rxh6+ Nf6 34. Nf3 Kc5 35. Nd2 g4 36. Rg6 Nd7 37. Rxg4 Ne5 38. Rg5 Kd6 39. Rf5
Rd8 40. Nf3 Nd3 41. Rd5+ Ke7 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. b3 Ke7 44. Nd2 a5 45. Kf1 b5 46.
Ke2 {Der Abgabezug. Schwarz gibt auf, ohne die Partie wiederaufzunehmen.} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f4 Bxa4 11. Qxa4+ b5 12. Qc2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nf6 14. Bg5 $5
(14. Nd2) 14... Qe7 15. e5 Qxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qf2 Be7 18. Qxf7+ Kd7 19. Qf3
Raf8 20. Qh3+ Qe6 21. Qxe6+ Kxe6 22. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Makogonov-Flohr 7,5-4,5"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Asrian,V.A.:Vladimir Makogonov.1991. Moskva. p.113} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Bg5
f6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. h3 Nh6 13. Nf1 g5 14. Bg3 b5 15. Bc2 Na5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Nd2
Bg7 18. f3 c6 19. Bf2 Nf7 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nd6 22. Bc5 Nab7 23. Ne4 Rd8
24. Nxd6+ Nxd6 25. Bb3 Qc7 26. Qe2 Nxf5 27. Qe4 Qc8 28. Qg4 h5 29. Qe4 Rh6 30.
Bf2 Ne7 31. O-O Nd5 32. Bc2 Ne7 33. Rad1 f5 34. Qe3 Bf6 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Rd1
Qc7 37. Qd3 Bg7 38. Bc5 Rf6 39. Bd6 Qa7+ 40. Kh1 Rf7 41. Bb8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch09 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Levenfish"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1934.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Levenfish: IX Vsesoyuznoe shakhmatnoe pervenstvo. Sbornik partii.
Moskva. Leningrad. 1937. p.18} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6.
O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bb3 Kh7 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. Bc5 b6 14. Ba3 Na5 15. Bd5 c6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. Qe2 c5 19. Nf1 Bb5
20. c4 Bc6 21. Bc2 Nc8 22. Ne3 Ncd6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nd2 Kg8 25. Bb2 Rae8 26.
Nd5 Qc8 27. Rab1 Nd8 28. Ba1 Ne6 29. Qg4 Qd8 30. Bc3 Nd4 31. Bd3 Kh7 32. f3 Re6
33. Rb2 f5 {[#]} 34. Qg3 (34. exf5 gxf5 35. Qh3 Rg6 $17 (35... Nxc4 $17)) 34...
fxe4 (34... f4 $2 35. Qf2 g5 36. Bxd4 (36. Rb6 Qc8 37. Nb3 Nb7 38. Rxa6 $16 {RR
}) 36... cxd4 37. c5 $14 {Levenfish}) 35. Nxe4 {[#]} N4f5 (35... Nxc4 36. Nef6+
(36. Bxc4 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 $11 {RR}) 36... Rexf6 37. Nxf6+ Qxf6 38. Bxc4 $16
{Levenfish} e4 39. fxe4 Nf3+ 40. Qxf3 Qxf3 41. gxf3 Bxc3 $11 {RR}) (35... N6f5
36. Qh3 Bxd5 (36... Ree8 {RR}) 37. cxd5 Qxd5 38. Ng5+ $16 {Levenfish}) 36. Qf2
(36. Nxc5 Nxg3 37. Nxe6 Qc8 $1 (37... Qh4 $2 38. Nxf8+ Bxf8 39. hxg3 Qxg3 40.
Rxe5 Nf5 41. Nf6+ $18 {Levenfish}) 38. Nxf8+ Qxf8 39. hxg3 Bxd5 40. cxd5 e4 41.
Bxg7 Qxg7 $19 {Levenfish Levenfish}) 36... Nxc4 37. Bxc4 Bxd5 38. Qxc5 Bxc4 39.
Qxc4 Qc8 40. Qxc8 Rxc8 41. Rd1 Rec6 42. Rd3 R8c7 43. Kf2 g5 44. Ba5 Rc2+ 45.
Rxc2 Rxc2+ 46. Rd2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 (5... f5 6.
exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 $14) 6. d4 g6 (6... Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 $14)
7. O-O Bg7 {[#]} 8. d5 (8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb3 $14) 8...
Nce7 (8... Nb8 9. c4 (9. Bxd7+ {Wedberg} Nxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Ne1 Ne7 12. Nc3 O-O
13. Nd3 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15. Bd2 $14 {Almasi,Z-Zsinka,L/Cattolica/1993}) 9... Nf6
10. Nc3 O-O) 9. c4 (9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 (10... Nf6 {Wedberg} 11. Nc3 O-O (
11... c5 12. a4 O-O 13. Ne1 Ne8 14. Nd3 f5 15. f4 $14 {Solomunovic,I-Straub,Pe/
Baden Baden/1993}) 12. c5 $14 {Simagin-Gipslis/URS/1960}) 11. Nc3 f5 12. exf5 (
12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Qe2 (14. Nd3 c6 15. a4 (15. Be3 Kh7 16. Kh1 fxe4 17.
fxe4 Rf7 18. Qb3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Raf8 $132 {Oll,L-Georgadze,G/Tibilisi/1989})
15... Rf7 16. Bd2 a5 17. Qe2 fxe4 18. fxe4 Raf8 $10 {Almasi,Z-Georgadze,G/New
York op/1993}) 14... Rf7 15. Nd3 f4 16. Bd2 g5 $13 {Cladouras,P-Zsinka,L/
Budapest/1989}) (12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. b4 c6 15. a4 cxd5 16. cxd5 Rac8 17.
Bb2 h5 $1 18. a5 Bh6 $15 {Ajupbergenov,A-Kholmov,R/Volgograd/1994}) 12... gxf5
13. Nh4 Nf6 14. f4 e4 15. Be3 O-O 16. h3 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qe2 $14 {Fisher,
R-Filip,M/Curasao/1962/}) 9... h6 $6 (9... Nf6 $5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne1 c5 12.
Nd3 $132) (9... Bxa4 {Ernst} 10. Qxa4+ Qd7 11. Qc2 b6 12. Nc3 Nh6 13. Bd2 f6
14. b4 Nf7 15. a4 $14 {|^<<. Fedorowicz,J-Rowley,R/Philadelphia/1992}) (9... b5
$5 {Wedberg} 10. Bb3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. f4 e4 14. Nc3 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 h6 16. Nh3 O-O 17. Be3 Kh7 18. Nf2 Ng6 $13 {Averbach-Volovic/URS/1970})
10. Nc3 f5 11. exf5 (11. Ne1 $6 {Ernst} Nf6 12. f3 f4 $132 {Borriss,M-Mandl,R/
corr/1991}) 11... gxf5 12. Nh4 Nf6 13. f4 e4 14. Ne2 $1 $14 {[#]/\ Be3-d4,/\
Ng3 ><f5} Bxa4 (14... b5 15. Bb3 $16) (14... O-O 15. Nd4 (15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Nd4
Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 $14) 15... c6) 15. Qxa4+ Nd7 (15... Qd7 {Wedberg} 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7
17. Be3 $14) 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bd4 (17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Qa3 Nxd5 $132) 17... c5 (
17... Nc5 $142 {Ernst}) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng3 Qe8 (19... b5 {Ernst} 20. Qd1 $16
{/\ 21.Nhxf5,22.Qg4+}) 20. Rae1 Rd8 (20... Nf6 $2 21. Ngxf5+ Nxf5 22. Nxf5+ $16
) (20... b5 21. cxb5 Nb6 22. Qd1 Nbxd5 23. Ngxf5+ Nxf5 24. Qg4+ $16) 21. Qa5 $1
$16 Rc8 22. Qc3+ Kh7 23. Qc2 Kg8 $2 {[#]} (23... Qf7 $8 24. Nxe4 $2 fxe4 25.
Rxe4 (25. Qxe4+ $2 Ng6 $17) 25... Kg8 (25... Nf5 $2 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Re7+ $18)
(25... Ng6 26. Re6 Rg8 (26... Nf6 $2 27. Nxg6 Qxg6 28. Re7+) 27. Nf5 $40) 26.
Re6 $40) (23... b5 {Ernst} 24. Nxe4 $18) 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Rf7 26. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bc2 O-O 11. c4 a5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. h3 Qb8 {To let the rook
move to c8 and to have an eye on d6.} 14. Qd2 c6 15. O-O cxd5 16. cxd5 Rc8 17.
Ng5 Nh5 $6 {It is not clear why Black started play on the queenside with ...
Qb8, ...Rc8 and ...c6 and now suddenly plays on the kingside.} (17... b5 {
is more consistent.}) 18. Bd1 $1 Ng7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 {[#] White now
threatens 21.Nxf7.} f6 $6 {Black weakens his position and invites White to a
promising pawn sacrifice.} ({The engines which know no shame and regret here
recommend} 20... Rf8 {but this is the kind of move humans do not like to make.}
) 21. Ne6 $1 Nxe6 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Bg4 {Securing his knight a strong outpost
on d5.} Bxg4 24. Nd5 Re8 25. hxg4 Nb4 26. Be3 $1 ({But not} 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.
Bxd6 Qa7+ 28. Kh2 Rxe4 {and Black is fine.}) 26... Nc6 ({Or} 26... Nxd5 27.
Qxd5+ Kg7 28. g5 Rf8 29. Bd4 {with overwhelming pressure for White.}) 27. Nxf6+
Bxf6 28. Rxf6 {[#] White regained the pawn and has a winning position -
Black's king is too exposed.} Qc8 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Raf1 Qxg4 31. Qxd6 Kg8 {
Allowing a simple tactical trick. But Black was lost in any case.} 32. Qd5+ Kh8
33. Rxc6 {With the idea to play 34.Bd4+ next. Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Budapest m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 $1 h6 12. Nfd2 O-O 13. c4 $1 f5 14. f3 c5
15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Rb1 Rfb8 $6 (16... f4 17. Bf2 h5 $132) 17. Qe2 f4 18. Bf2 g5
19. b4 $1 b6 (19... cxb4 $6 20. Rxb4 b5 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Rc1 bxc4 23. Na4 $1)
20. Rb2 Bf6 21. Reb1 Nc8 (21... h5 $1) 22. g4 $1 Kg7 23. Kg2 Kg6 24. a3 Kg7 25.
Qd1 Kf7 26. Qa4 Ne7 (26... b5 $5 27. Qc2 (27. cxb5 $6 axb5 28. Nxb5 $2 Qd8 $19)
27... bxc4 28. Nxc4 cxb4 $2 29. Nb5 $1 axb5 $2 30. Nxe5+ $18) 27. Qb3 Nc8 28.
a4 a5 $6 (28... Ne7 29. Qa3 Nc8 30. a5 $16) (28... cxb4 $6 29. Qxb4 Nc5 30. a5
$1 Nd3 31. axb6 Qb7 32. Qa5 Nxb2 33. Rxb2 Bd8 34. Na4 $1 $16) 29. Nb5 Qd8 30.
bxa5 Rxa5 31. Ra2 Rba8 32. Qc2 R5a6 33. Rba1 Nb8 34. Nb3 Qd7 35. Be1 Bd8 36.
Bc3 Ne7 37. a5 Ng6 (37... bxa5 38. Bxe5 $1 (38. Bxa5 $16) 38... dxe5 (38... a4
39. Nxd6+ Rxd6 40. Nxc5 Qc7 41. Bxd6 Qxd6 42. Nb7 Qd7 43. Nxd8+ Qxd8 44. Rxa4
$18) 39. Nxc5 Qe8 40. Nxa6 Rxa6 41. d6 Ng6 42. c5 $3 Qxb5 43. Rb2 Qd7 44. Rxb8
Kg7 45. Rab1 Ra7 46. Qc4 $16) 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. axb6 Bxb6 40. Na5 Kf8 (40... Bxa5
41. Bxa5 Nh8 42. Bc7 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rxa2 44. Qxa2 Nf7 45. Qb2 Na6 46. Bxd6+ Nxd6
47. Qxe5+ $18) (40... Kf6 41. Nc6 $1 Rxa2 42. Rxa2 Rxa2 43. Qxa2 Nxc6 44. Qa6
$1 Nd4 45. Qxb6 Ke7 46. Qb8 Nh4 47. Bxd4 exd4 48. e5 $18) 41. Nc6 $1 Rxa2 42.
Rxa2 Rxa2 43. Qxa2 Nxc6 44. Qa8+ $1 Nd8 45. Qb8 h5 46. Qxb6 Nf7 (46... hxg4 47.
Nxd6 gxf3 48. Nf5 $1 Kf7 49. Qxc5 g4 50. Qb6 $16) 47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. h3 hxg4 49.
hxg4 Kf6 50. Ba5 Ne7 51. Qf8 (51. Bc7 Nc8) 51... Ng6 52. Qg8 Ne7 53. Qh7 Qe8
54. Bc7 Qa8 $6 (54... Qd7 55. Kg2 Nc8 (55... Ng6 56. Bxd6 $1) 56. Kh3 Ne7 57.
Bb8 {/\ Nb5-c7-e6}) 55. Nxd6 Nxd6 56. Bxd6 Qa2+ 57. Kg1 Qa1+ 58. Kh2 Ng6 59.
Bc7 Qa8 60. Bxe5+ $1 Nxe5 (60... Kxe5 61. Qg7+ Kd6 62. Qxg6+ $18) 61. Qf5+ Kg7
62. Qxe5+ Kg6 63. Qf5+ Kh6 64. Qf6+ Kh7 65. Qf7+ (65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. Qh5+ Kg7 67.
Qxg5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.07.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7
8. dxe5 {At last years women against veterans tournament in London - the
Foxtrot tournament - Xie Jun played 8. d5 against Smyslov but she lost that
game too.} (8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 b5 $5 $13 {
Xie,Jun-Smyslov,V/London Wom-Vet (06) 1996 (52)}) 8... dxe5 $5 {A slightly
surprising decision to me.} (8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 {Is, as far as I know, the
easier way to equalise. The below given games by the Exworldchampion indicates
that he knows this very well. After the textmove I believe black is slightly
worse. However the expert Smyslov may be of a different opinion.} 10. f4 Bxa4
11. Qxa4+ b5 $5 12. Qb3 (12. Qc2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne7 (13... Nf6 14. Bg5 $5 (14.
Nd2 O-O 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 c5 $11 {Geller,E-Smyslov,V/WchS-Bad
Woerishofen ,EXT (08) 1991 (34)}) 14... Qe7 15. e5 Qxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qf2
Be7 18. Qxf7+ Kd7 19. Qf3 Raf8 20. Qh3+ Qe6 21. Qxe6+ Kxe6 22. Re1+ {1/2-1/2
Georgiev,Ki-Smyslov,V/Biel izt ,CBM (13) 1993}) 14. Qf2 O-O 15. Qc5 Qd7 16. Nd2
Nc6 17. Nb3 Rad8 $11 {Marjanovic,S-Smyslov,V/Rome ,CBM 1988 (29)}) 12... exf4
13. Bxf4 Nf6 $13 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Smyslov,V/
Sochi (02) 1986}) 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 $5 Nge7 10. c4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qd3 O-O 15. f4 f5 16. e5 g5 17. g3 $14 {Georgadze,T-Smyslov,
V/URS ;Inf 27 1979 (31)}) 9... Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 $6 {Preparing Nd2-c4.
However this could have been done in a better way I think} (11. Nc4 $4 b5) (11.
Bb3 $5 $14) 11... h6 12. a4 {[%cal Yb2b4] /\b2-b4 ()} a5 {Now white has to
decide on a plan. Black can improve his position slowly with b7-b6 and maybe
Ne7-c8-d6. Or - more likely - play for f7-f5} 13. Qb1 $6 {In my opinion to
sophisticated} (13. Nc4 {/\Qe2,Rfd1 or Bc2-b3 may not give white a great
advantage but it is an active continuation and should keep black occupied})
13... b6 14. Bb3 Kh8 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Ne1 f5 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1,Re1][%cal
Rf5f4] =/+/-/+ Black has played the standardmoves for this line and has taken
over the initiative. Clearly whites heavy pieces on a1, b1 do not stand very
well. Things are happening on the kingside or in the center.} 17. exf5 gxf5 18.
f3 Rd8 19. Nc4 Qg6 20. Na3 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ra3b5] White is desperately trying
to find counterplay} Be6 $6 {Solid. However with most of whites pieces
standing very strange and badly coordinated it makes sence to look for a more
forceful contination:} (20... e4 $5 {[%cal Yc6e5,Rf5f4,Re4e3] /\Ne5 -> - /
\f5-f4 + e4-e3} 21. Bc2 $8 (21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Nb5 Nf5 $17 {Blacks attack is
very strong and his forces well coordinated}) 21... Ne5 22. fxe4 f4 23. Bf2 (
23. Bd4 f3) 23... f3 24. Bg3 (24. g3 Qh5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Re5g4,Ye7g6]}) 24...
Qh5 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yg6f4,Rf3f2] /\25. - f2+ 26.Bxf2 Rxf2 27.Kxf2 Ng4+ ->} 25.
gxf3 Rxf3 26. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Kh1 Nxh2 $19 {This is just one variation showing
blacks possibilities with almost all or whites army still "asleep" on the
queenside. I believe it was the logical way to punish whites rather
unfortunate handling of the position.}) 21. Qa2 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Ya3b5]} Na7 {White is not worse any more. A lot of the dynamic has been taking
out of blacks position} 23. Bf2 Nec8 24. Qc4 Qc6 $6 (24... c5 $5 $13) 25. Bh4 (
25. Qxc6 $5 Nxc6 26. Nb5 $14) 25... Rd6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Rd7 Nd6 28. Rd1 Kg8
29. Be7 $2 (29. Bd8 $1 Rf7 30. Rxc7 $16) 29... Rf7 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31. Bh4 Nc4 $1
$15 {Black is again standing well, because white did not use his chance to
either improve his piece-setup(Ne1) or win material} 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. axb5 Re6
{[%csl Gc4]} 34. Nd3 Rd6 35. b3 Rxd8 36. Bxd8 Rd7 37. Nf2 Rxd1+ 38. Nxd1 {
[#] Hecht Weak White pawn- and piece-placement; loss of a pawn because of the
threatened metamorphosis of the a-pawn. Powerful and clear conduct of the play
by Black with two passed pawns. [#] Hecht schwache weiße Bauern- und
Figurenstellung; Bauernverlust wegen der drohenden Metamorphose des a-Bauern.
Kraftvolle und klare Spielführung durch Schwarz bei zwei Freibauern.} Nd2 39.
Kf2 (39. Bxc7 Bc5+ 40. Kh1 e4 $19 {[%cal Re4e3,Rd2b3] Blacks pieces are so
much better than he wins easy in spite of being temporarily a P down} (40...
Nxb3 {Hecht} 41. c4 Bd4 $19)) 39... Nxb3 40. Nb2 Bd6 $19 41. Ke2 e4 42. fxe4
fxe4 43. g3 Kf7 44. Kd1 Nc5 45. Nc4 a4 46. Kc2 Ke6 47. Kb2 Nd3+ 48. Ka2 Ne5 49.
Ne3 Nf7 50. Bh4 Ng5 51. Bxg5 hxg5 52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Bc5 54. Ng2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5
{The initial idea of the Deferred Steinitz Defence was to refrain from
advancing this pawn in order to avoid weakening the queenside. However, over
recent years, the last move has become popular, owing to Mamedyarov's efforts.}
9. Bc2 ({Mamedyarov was also confronted with the more active} 9. Bb3 {when he
answered} Nf6 {Alekseev,E (2634)-Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Moscow 2006/CBM 112/[Roiz,
M] (1/2-1/2, 49)}) 9... exd4 {With the bishop more passivley placed on c2,
Black is under no immediate pressure. However, giving up the centre so easily
remains a risky decision. However, the uncertain character of the ensuing
positions seems to suit Mamedyarov's style, since he has always escaped dry
out of what looked like deep waters.} ({Paradoxically, Mamedyarov suffered his
only defeat in this line with the more solid} 9... Nf6 10. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 O-O (12... Ng4 $5 {is a critical move, although some players
might be discouraged by the fact that Black is not completely developed yet.}
13. Bc5 Qh4 14. h3 Bf8 {Parma,B (2530)-Keres,P (2615)/Yerevan 1971/EXT 99 (0-1,
42)} 15. Bxf8 Nxf2 16. Qe2 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Qg3+ 18. Kh1 Qxh3+ 19. Qh2 Kxf8 20.
Nd2 {Black has three connected pawns for the knight, but his weakened
queenside leaves open the question as to whether he has sufficient
compensation.}) 13. Nd2 Be6 $6 (13... Qe7 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Nb3 axb4
17. Bc5 Qe8 18. cxb4 Nh5 {>< f4} 19. g3 Bh6 $132 {Tiviakov,S (2625)-Giorgadze,
G (2590)/Kropotkin 1995/CBM 047/[Ernst] (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 14. Nf3 $1 $14 {
[%csl Ge5]} Ng4 {Black plays this move under less favourable circumstances.
With the knight on f3 already, there is no counterplay available.} 15. Bc5 Re8
16. h3 Nh6 17. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Gh6] Karjakin,S (2660)-Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Wijk
aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (1-0, 34). White has the more active piece and the better
pawn structure.}) 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 (11. d5 {is an important alternative.}
Ne5 12. Nbd2 Bh6 {I do not like this move too much. With several of his pieces
on their initial squares, Black moves with his bishop for the second time.} (
12... Ne7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 O-O {[%cal Gd8d7,Gc7c5,Gf7f5] offers Black
acceptable development, but it is questionable still whether this will balance
White's pair of bishops and advantage of space in the centre.}) 13. h3 Bxd2 14.
Bxd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 g5 {A logical sequel of the previous moves, but the same
evaluation as after 12...Bh6 applies here.} 16. a4 (16. f4 $6 {This allows
Black maintain his stability in the centre and weakens his own king's position.
} gxf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Nf6 $132 {Jakovenko,D (2710)
-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Moscow 2007 (1/2-1/2, 29)}) 16... Ne7 (16... b4 17. a5 {
[%cal Ga1a4,Ga4b4]}) 17. Bxg5 $1 (17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qe2 N7g6 20.
Bxg5 h6 21. Be3 Qc8 $44 {[%csl Gf3,Gh3]}) 17... Rg8 18. Kh2 Rxg5 19. f4 Rg6 20.
fxe5 dxe5 21. Qh5 Rf6 22. Re2 $14 {Black's stability on the dark squares does
not compensate completely for his structural defects.}) 11... Nge7 12. Nc3 O-O
13. Rc1 Kh8 $146 {Black makes a generally useful moves, hoping that White will
not find a way to get out of the pin too easily.} ({Previously, he had played} 
13... f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxb5 (15. Bxf5 $5 Rxf5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ng5 {
might be a better try.} Qd7 18. f3 Nxd4 19. Qd1 Rxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 21. Ne4 c5
22. Bf6 $14 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gb2b4] Black has some compensation for the
exchange, but the vulnerable position of his king leaves him struggling.})
15... axb5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Rxc6 Kh8 $44 {Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2709)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 14. Qd2 $1 {Anand does not
fear the exchange on f3, because this will strengthen his control over the
centre.} Bxf3 {Otherwise, White would play Bd1 anyway.} 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Ne2 {
White starts to clear the c-file, in order to underline the main drawback of
combining ...b5 with ...exd4.} f5 17. Bd1 fxe4 18. fxe4 d5 {This is the only
way to justify the development of the king's knight on e7, but now the
queenside weaknesses will become even more relevant, while the bishop will
remain passive on g7.} 19. e5 Nf5 20. Nf4 (20. Ng3 $5 {looks like a better
chance for a stable advantage.} Nh4 (20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 $14) 21. Bg5 Nf3+ 22.
Bxf3 Rxf3 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 $14 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc1c7,Gh2h4]}) 20... Nxe3
21. fxe3 $14 {White has improved his structure, but his king's position has
been weakened. Besides, after} Bh6 $132 {the enemy bishop becomes active.
Eventually, Mamedyarov will again survive in his "lucky variation".} 22. Qc3
Nd8 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Bxf4 25. exf4 Ne6 26. Rd7 Rxf4 27. Bb3 Nxd4 28. Bxd5
Re8 29. e6 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Ra7 Rd3 32. Rxa6 Rd2 33. b4 Re7 34. a4 bxa4
35. b5 Rb2 36. b6 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 {This is
the main position of the Smyslov system. Closing the centre is the most
principled approach.} 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ ({Another treatment here is} 9. c4 h6
$5 (9... f6 $5 {/\ Nh6_f7}) (9... b5 $5 10. Bb3 (10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bb3 Nf6 12.
Re1 h6 $1 $15)) 10. Nc3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nh4 $5 (12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f4 e4 14.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nc2 c5 $13) 12... Nf6 13. f4 e4 14. Ne2 Bxa4 $8 15. Qxa4+ Nd7
16. Be3 O-O (16... Bxb2 $2 17. Bd4 Bxa1 18. Bxa1 O-O 19. Qd1 Rf7 20. Nd4 Nc5
21. Ndxf5 $18) 17. Bd4 c5 $1 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Onischuk,A (2590)-Malaniuk,V (2615)
/Nikolaev (zt) 1995; with a good position.}) 9... Qxd7 10. c4 ({The slower
approach is also possible:} 10. Be3 h6 11. Nfd2 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. c4 O-O 14.
Nc3 g5 15. c5 Ng6 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 20.
Rxf1 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Bf8 22. Be3 Bd6 23. Ne2 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5]} Rf8
24. Rc1 $5 Ne7 25. Ng3 {[%cal Ge3c5] Carlsen,M (2837)-Mamedyarov,S (2726)/
Astana KAZ 2012. Black still did not equalise in the endgame.}) 10... h6 11.
Nc3 ({A possible try is} 11. Nfd2 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. b4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15.
a4 Ra6 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nc4 Ne8 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Qd3 Rfa8 20. Bxc5 b5 21. Na3
bxa4 22. Rab1 {Jones,G (2635)-Short,N (2698)/Hinkley ENG 2012; with slightly
better play.}) 11... f5 12. Ne1 {There are possible a few typical other ways:}
(12. exf5 Nxf5 $146 (12... gxf5) 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4
$14 {Short,N-Spassky,B/London 1986}) (12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. b4 g5 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 b5 18. c5 Nd4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. a4 $14 {Sax,G (2570)-Smyslov,V (2550)/Subotica (izt) 1987}) (12. Qb3
$5 $146 b6 (12... Nf6 $2 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qxb7 O-O 15. Qb3 $16) 13. a4 a5 (
13... Nf6 $6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. a5) 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. exf5 Nxf5 $1 (15... gxf5 16.
Nh4 O-O 17. f4 $14) 16. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Kd7 {Leko,P (2701)-Giorgadze,G 
(2602)/Batumi 1999. The endgame is equal.}) 12... Nf6 13. f3 O-O (13... f4 {
was risky:} 14. Nd3 g5 15. c5 Ng6 16. Qa4 b5 17. cxb6 cxb6 18. Qxd7+ Nxd7 19.
Bd2 Kf7 20. Rfc1 Rhc8 21. Nd1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. b3 Nf8 24. Nb2 b5 {
Beliavsky,A (2555)-Smyslov,V (2595)/Leningrad 1977. Black was able to hold.})
14. Nd3 {The position is very similar to the KID Mar del Plata Variation,
without the light-squared bishops. It makes the black attack more difficult,
but on the other hand Black has no real space problems.} Rf7 (14... c5 15. Qe2
b5 (15... g5 16. Bd2 Nh5 17. g3 Nf6 18. a3 Rf7 19. b4 b6 20. Rab1 Raf8 21. bxc5
bxc5 22. Nf2 (22. Rb6 $2 f4 23. g4 Nxg4 24. fxg4 f3 25. Qf2 Qxg4+ 26. Kh1 Qg2+
$1 $19) 22... Ne8 23. Rb6 Qc8 24. Rfb1 $1 fxe4 25. Ncxe4 $16 {1-0 Rozentalis,E
(2505)-Smagin,S (2555)/Voronezh 1987}) 16. b3 (16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 $1 $16)
16... g5 ({It was better to concentrate here} 16... Rab8) 17. Bd2 bxc4 18. bxc4
Rae8 19. Rae1 Nh5 20. Qd1 Nf4 21. Nf2 fxe4 22. fxe4 Neg6 23. g3 Nh3+ 24. Nxh3
Qxh3 25. Qe2 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rb8 28. Ke2 Ne7 29. h3 {Ma Qun 
(2534)-Safarli,E (2626)/Fujairah City UAE 2012. Black will suffer with passive
pieces.}) ({It looks better to counterstrike on the queen's flank with} 14...
c6) 15. Re1 $6 ({The direct assault can be stopped by a beautiful
counterstrike:} 15. c5 c6 $1 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxe5
Nxe3 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Nxd7 Rd8 22. Nb6 Bd4 23. Nba4 Ne5 24. Ne2 Nxf1+ 25. Kxf1
Be3 26. b4 Rd2 {and Black's activity compensates for the pawn.}) ({But it was
necessary to prepare his own strategy on the queenside:} 15. Be3 Kh7 16. c5 {
Kurnosov,I (2663)-Vorotnikov,V (2446)/Biel SUI 2012. White succeeded first
with his plan.}) 15... Raf8 ({The central strategy was preferable:} 15... fxe4
16. Nxe4 Nf5) 16. Be3 ({The idea of controlling e4 was interesting:} 16. Nf2)
16... f4 {It looks that the attack has no real chances for success. But
Khairullin was able to find a nice regrouping of his pieces.} ({Still, better
was} 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5) 17. Bf2 g5 $40 18. c5 g4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Na4 h5
21. Rc1 Ng6 22. Nb6 Qe7 23. Kf1 $2 ({It was better to stay in the corner - in
the absence of his white-coloured bishop, Black has problems with the power of
his attack.} 23. Kh1 g3 24. Bg1) 23... Bh6 24. Qa4 Nh7 25. Ke2 Ng5 26. Rc8 g3
27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rc1 Kh7 29. hxg3 ({An interesting line was} 29. Bg1 Nh4 30.
Ne1 gxh2 31. Bxh2 Qg7 32. Rc2 Nxg2 33. Nxg2 Nxf3) 29... fxg3 30. Be3 (30. Bxg3
{was bad:} Nxf3 31. gxf3 Bxc1 32. Nxc1 h4 33. Bh2 Rxf3) 30... Nxf3 $1 31. Nd7
Qg7 32. Bxh6 Kxh6 33. gxf3 Rxd7 {White is lost.} 34. Qb4 Qf6 35. Qd2+ Qg5 36.
Rg1 Qxd2+ 37. Kxd2 h4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bc2 Be6 13. Ng5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bg4
15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Be3 Na5 17. N1d2 Nb7 18. Nb3 Nc6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Bf8 21.
Be3 Be6 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f6 25. Kf1 Bd6 26. b4 Kf7 27. Nd2
a5 28. Ra1 a4 29. Ke2 Nd8 30. b3 Nb7 31. bxa4 c5 32. a5 cxb4 33. cxb4 Bxb4 34.
Nb3 Ra6 35. Bb6 Ke7 36. Rc1 Kd6 37. h4 h5 38. f3 Ra8 39. g4 Ra6 40. Kf1 Ra8 41.
Kg2 Ra6 42. Kh3 Bxa5 43. Bxa5 Nxa5 44. Ra1 {At first glance, this pin appears
fatal; but all that glistens is not gold... Diese Fesselung sieht auf den
ersten Blick tödlich aus, doch es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt...} Kc6 $3 {
[%mdl 4096] What a move! Was für ein erstaunlicher Zug!} (44... Nxb3 $2 45.
Rxa6+ $16) 45. Rxa5 Rxa5 46. Nxa5+ Kb6 47. Nb3 b4 {and now I could not find a
way for White to win. Really remarkable!  nun habe ich keinen Gewinnweg für
Weiß finden können. Wirklich merkwürdig!} 48. g5 (48. f4 exf4 49. gxh5 gxh5 50.
Kg2 Kb5 51. Kf3 Kc4 52. Nc1 b3 53. Nxb3 Kxb3 54. Kxf4 Kc4 55. Kf5 Kd4 56. Kxf6
Kxe4 57. Kg5 Ke5 58. Kxh5 Kf5 $11) (48. Kg3 Kb5 49. f4 exf4+ 50. Kxf4 hxg4 51.
Kxg4 Kc4 52. Nc1 Kc3 53. Kf4 Kc2 54. Ne2 Kd3 55. Kf3 g5 $3 {it is really
maddening,,, es ist wie verhext...} 56. h5 g4+ 57. Kxg4 Kxe2 58. h6 b3 59. h7
b2 60. h8=Q b1=Q $11) 48... fxg5 49. hxg5 Kb5 50. Nd2 (50. f4 exf4 51. Kg2 Kc4
52. Na5+ Kd4 53. Kf3 h4 54. Kxf4 h3 55. Kg3 Kxe4 56. Kxh3 Kf5 57. Kh4 Kf4 58.
Nb3 Ke4 59. Kg4 Ke3 60. Na5 Ke4 61. Nc6 b3 62. Na5 b2 63. Nc4 b1=N $11) 50...
Kc5 51. Kg3 Kd4 52. f4 h4+ 53. Kxh4 (53. Kf3 exf4 54. Kxf4 (54. Nb3+ Ke5 55.
Na5 h3 56. Nc6+ Kd6 57. Nxb4 h2 58. Kg2 Ke5 $11) 54... h3 55. e5 h2 56. Nf3+
Kc3 57. Nxh2 b3 58. e6 b2 59. e7 b1=Q 60. e8=Q Qf5+ $11) 53... exf4 54. Kg4 $6
(54. e5 Kxe5 55. Kg4 b3 56. Nxb3 f3 57. Nd2 f2 58. Nf1 Ke4 $11) 54... Ke3 55.
e5 $1 $11 {and now White even has to force the draw. nun muss Weiß sogar das
Remis forcieren.} Kxd2 56. e6 b3 57. e7 b2 58. e8=Q b1=Q 59. Kxf4 Qf5+ 60. Kg3
Qxg5+ 61. Kf3 Qf5+ 62. Kg3 g5 63. Qd8+ Ke1 64. Qd4 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2019.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Paehtz,E"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,119,19,38,25,7,30,13,13,3,46,-2,1,5,56,40,50,41,61,43,44,38,76,22,28,
27,81,66,71,70,59,43,83,92,90,53,50,42,42,45,33,26,9,9,6,13,13,16,20,6,18,19,0,
-14,-9,-9,-16,-17,-16,-41,7,-14,20,21,13,-10,-7,-69,-64,-69,-78,-94,-90,-87,
-74,-128,-140,-189,-252,-217,-162,-211,-229,-223,-194,-157,-168,-157,-194,-172,
-176,-176,-169,-106,-102,-102,-164,-164,-164,0,-360,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 $5 {This must have
been a serious surprise for Gunina, as her Russian national team colleague
usually prefers the Archangelsk Variation, where the black bishop develops to
c5. Anyhow, this variation yet perfectly suits Lagnos style considering that
she is a Grunfeld, King's Indian and Pirc player where similar structures
arise.} 5. c3 Bd7 (5... f5 $5 {Also this line lately became fashion:} 6. exf5 (
6. d4 $5 fxe4 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Qf5+ $11) 6... Bxf5 7.
O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bc2 $13) 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 (8... Nge7 $5) (
8... Nf6 $5) 9. Be3 Nh6 10. dxe5 $1 {From the practical point of view probably
the most annoying continuation for Black.} (10. h3 $5 Nf7 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. c4
O-O 13. Nc3 g5 14. Nh2 Be6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b3 h6 17. Qh5 Kh7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19.
Ne2 Nh8 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Rd2 a5 22. Rc1 c5 23. Qd1 a4 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Ne2 axb3
26. axb3 Ne7 27. Qd1 Nc6 28. Nf1 Qg6 29. Nfg3 g4 30. h4 h5 31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Nd5
Rf7 33. b4 cxb4 34. Nxb4 Bf6 35. c5 Nb3 36. cxd6 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 cxd6 38. Qxd6
Be7 39. Qb6 Bxh4 40. Nd3 Bxg3 41. fxg3 Ra2 42. Nc5 Bc8 43. Qb8 Rf8 44. Qxe5 h4
45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qxh4 Qf6 47. Qxf6 Rxf6 48. e5 Rc6 49. Rc4 Re2 50. Bd4 Kf7 51.
Kf1 Ra2 52. Rb4 Kg6 53. Be3 Rc2 54. e6 R2xc5 55. Rxg4+ Kf6 56. Bxc5 Rxc5 57.
Rf4+ Kxe6 58. Kg1 Ke5 59. Rf2 Bf5 60. Kh2 Be4 61. Kg1 Kd4 62. Ra2 Ke3 63. Ra3+
Bd3 64. Ra7 Rc2 65. Ra3 Rd2 66. Rb3 Ra2 67. Kh2 Kd4 68. g4 Be4 69. Kg3 Rxg2+
70. Kf4 Rf2+ 71. Kg5 Ke5 72. Rb8 Bd5 73. Kg6 Rf6+ 74. Kg5 Ra6 75. Rb5 Ra8 76.
Rb6 Be6 77. Rb5+ Kd6 78. Rb6+ Ke7 79. Rb7+ Bd7 80. Rb4 Rg8+ 81. Kh4 Kf6 82.
Rf4+ Ke5 83. Rb4 Be6 84. Kg3 Bd5 85. Rf4 Ra8 86. Rf5+ Ke4 87. Rf4+ Ke3 88. Rb4
Ra3 89. Kh4 Kf3 90. Rb6 Ra4 91. Rf6+ Kg2 92. Rd6 Bf3 93. Rg6 Ra8 94. Rg7 Rh8+
95. Kg5 Kg3 96. Kf5 Rf8+ 97. Ke5 Bxg4 98. Re7 Kf3 99. Kd4 Bf5 100. Ke5 Be4 101.
Rd7 Ke3 102. Ra7 Rf5+ 103. Ke6 Rb5 104. Kd6 Rd5+ 105. Ke6 Rh5 106. Kd6 Bd3 107.
Ra4 Bb5 108. Rb4 Kd3 109. Rg4 Bc4 110. Rg3+ Kd4 111. Rg4+ Kc3 112. Rf4 Kb4 113.
Ke7 Kc5 114. Kf6 Bd5 115. Rf2 Kd6 116. Rf4 Rh2 117. Kf5 Re2 118. Kf6 Re8 119.
Rf5 Be4 120. Rf4 Re6+ 121. Kg5 Ke5 122. Rg4 Re8 123. Rg3 Rf8 124. Rg4 Bf3 125.
Rg3 Ke4 126. Kh4 Ke3 127. Rg7 Rf5 128. Rg5 Rf4+ 129. Kg3 Be4 130. Rg7 Rf1 131.
Rg5 Bf5 132. Kh4 Ke4 133. Rg3 Kf4 134. Rg4+ Ke5 135. Rg2 Be4 136. Rg3 Kf5 137.
Rg5+ Kf6 138. Ra5 Rg1 139. Ra3 Kf5 140. Rg3 Rh1+ 141. Rh3 Ra1 142. Rg3 Ra8 143.
Rg5+ Kf4 144. Rg4+ Kf3 145. Rg3+ Kf2 146. Rg7 Ra5 147. Kg4 Ke3 148. Kg3 Ra2
149. Rg5 Rf2 150. Rg4 Rf1 151. Rg5 Bf5 152. Kh4 Rf2 153. Rg7 Kf4 154. Rg4+ Ke5
155. Kg3 Re2 156. Rg8 Be4 157. Rg5+ Kd4 158. Kf4 Rf2+ 159. Kg3 Ke3 {1/2-1/2 
(159) Vachier Lagrave,M (2723)-Ponomariov,R (2711) Leon 2015}) (10. Bb3 $5)
10... dxe5 (10... fxe5 11. Bg5 (11. h3 $5) 11... Qc8 12. Bb3 Na5 $13) 11. c4 $5
{I actually prefer this move over the main set up with Nbd2. White prepares
for Nc3 and develops her play in the centre.} (11. Nbd2 Nf7 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Bd5
O-O 14. b4 Kh8 15. Qb3 b6 16. a4 Rab8 17. Qc4 Nd6 18. Qxa6 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20.
Rfe1 Qf6 21. Nf1 Rbe8 22. Rad1 f4 23. Bc1 e4 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Qg5 26. Bb3
Bg4 27. Qa7 Bf3 28. Ng3 Bxd1 29. Bxd1 e3 30. Ne2 f3 31. Ng3 exf2+ 32. Kxf2
Bxd4+ {0-1 (32) Zhigalko,S (2641)-Van Foreest,J (2629) Riadh 2017}) 11... Nf7
12. Nc3 Ne7 {Lagno spent quite a while for this rather dubious move. But
knowing her compatriot well or rather the danger of Gunina's potential
agressive creations, she opts for a quick simplification in the game. Looking
at it from this point of view it may be quite understandable, also when taking
into account that her game statistics of minus 3 against Valja in past games
are not in her favour.} ({Not quite sure what was wrong with} 12... O-O $5 {
; perhaps} 13. Bc5 Re8 {and} 14. Nd5 $5 {which looks probably a lot scarier
than it actually is...} f5 $13) 13. Qb3 (13. c5 $5 Bxa4 14. Qxa4+ Nc6 15. Qc4
O-O 16. b4 $14) 13... Bxa4 (13... O-O 14. Rad1 (14. Qxb7 $6 Bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nd6
16. Qb3 Nxe4 17. Rad1 Qe8 $11) 14... Bxa4 15. Qxa4 Qc8 16. Rd2 $14) 14. Qxa4+
Qd7 15. Qb4 {[#]} b6 $2 {This came to us quite as a surprise. Lagno spent
about 12 min to play a move which already admits that something must have been
terribly wrong.} (15... Nd6 {seemed during the commentary the most obvious
move to be played, as after} 16. c5 a5 $1 (16... Nc6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qc2 Nf7
19. b4 $36) 17. Qb3 a4 18. Qc2 {and} Nc4 {Black seemed to have overcome most
critical moments. However, looking at it now with the help of the chess
player's best buddy, it suggests that after} 19. Rfd1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qc6 {and}
21. b4 {Black is still far from equality.} O-O 22. Nd5 Nxd5 $8 23. exd5 Qb5 24.
a3 $16) (15... O-O-O 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Nd5 {seems from the human point of view
way too frightening.}) 16. Rfd1 {And another couple of minutes ran down on her
clock. From this moment on Gunina was about 15 min ahead in time.} Qc6 17. Nd5
$6 {This move seems indeed logical when you skip to ask yourself a simply
question: what is Black actually going to play?} (17. Rac1 {improving the
position and gaining an important tempo. Black does not have any sensible move
at all. After} Qe6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 {we would basically reach the very
same position as in the game with the huge difference of a white rook on c1
instead.}) 17... Nxd5 {[#]} 18. exd5 $2 {This move is not a typical blunder,
yet it deserves a question mark as it violates the positional principles of
chess.} (18. cxd5 Qb5 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Rac1 Ra7 21. Qc6 $16 {with a comfortable
advantage which may last a life time.}) 18... Qd7 19. c5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nd6 21.
Bxd6 cxd6 (21... Qxd6 $5) 22. Rac1 O-O 23. Rc6 Rfb8 24. Qa3 $6 {This equalizes
the game on the spot. It was probably the very moment when the game went out
of Gunina's control.} (24. Qc3 {and White is still slightly better.}) 24... Bf8
25. h3 Qb7 26. b3 Qb5 27. Qc1 a5 28. Nh2 f5 29. Qg5 $6 {A very typical Gunina
move, which eventually changes the evaluation to Black's favour.} (29. Rc4 a4
30. b4 a3 31. Nf3 {keeps control.}) 29... Qb7 {Being in huge time trouble and
attacked by the trickiest female tactical magician of all time, a quite human
choice indeed. However, the queen had a perfect square on b5 and moving
backwards was not really necessary when a rook could take over the protection
of the 7th rank instead.} (29... Rb7 30. Nf3 e4 31. Nh4 Rf7 $17) 30. Rdc1 Qe7
31. Qd2 e4 $1 32. Rc7 Qe5 33. Re1 $138 Rb5 34. Rd1 a4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. Rc8 Rb2
37. Qh6 Qg7 38. Qf4 Raxa2 $1 39. Rf1 (39. Qxd6 Rxf2 40. Qe6+ Qf7 41. Nf1 Rxg2+
42. Kh1 Rgc2 $19) 39... Rc2 40. Re8 (40. Qxd6 Rxc8 41. Qe6+ Qf7 42. Qxc8 Qxd5
$19) 40... Qf7 41. Rb8 Rab2 42. Rxb2 (42. Qxd6 Rxb8 43. Qxb8 Qxd5 $19) 42...
Rxb2 43. Rd1 Qa7 $5 {This seemed to all of us the move to be played. Only when
looking at it a little bit deeper, we realized that it does not really prevent
White from regrouping her knight.} (43... Rb5 44. Qd2 Bg7 {would have been the
cleaner way of converting. But afterwards you are always smarter.}) 44. Nf1 $1
Bh6 45. Qh4 {And then you finally realize that the obvious winning idea of g5
and f4 is not winning at all...} Kg7 (45... g5 46. Qg3 f4 47. Qg4 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1
{and the dream of a victory is over for good.}) 46. Ra1 $1 {While Valja
already had made her calculation until the very end, Lagno hadn't even
considered this kingside hunting option from White.} Qxa1 $5 {Looking more
closely at Black's position, this move does not really deserve a question mark
since Lagno's alternatives (with less than 10 min left on the clock) to keep a
slight advantage mean to suffer quite a while and may eventually lead to even
more catastrophes.} (46... Qf7 {was in fact the only way to keep a slight
advantage.} 47. Ra6 Qf8 48. Qg3 $44) 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Qc8+ $1 {[#]
} (49. Qxd6+ $2 Ke8 50. Qe6+ Kd8 51. Qg8+ Kc7 52. Qxh7+ Kb8 $3 53. Qh8+ Ka7 54.
Qh7+ Rb7 55. Qxh6 Rb1 $19) 49... Ke7 50. Qc7+ Ke8 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. Qc7+ Kf6 53.
Qxd6+ Kg5 54. Qe7+ Kh5 55. g3 $3 {[#]} Bg5 56. Qxh7+ Bh6 57. Qe7 Bg5 58. Qh7+
Bh6 59. Qe7 Bg5 60. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elekes Memorial GM 27th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.05.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game played in the last round of the tournament. I had to win in order
to get my second GM norm.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {A slight
surprise. Usually my opponent prefers main variations after 5...Nf6.} 5. c3 Bd7
6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 {If black is intending
to play f7-f5, covering of the g5 square is necessary.} 11. Nc3 f5 12. Rb1 $5 {
Quite a rare move in this position. White is intending to develope his play by
b2-b4, Bc1-b2, Nf3-d2 etc. For some unknown reasons I did not want to play the
standart move here: 12.Ne1.} (12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bd2 Ng6 16.
Nf2 f4 17. b4 Rf7 18. c5 Bf8 19. Na4 Re8 20. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Short,N/Moscow 2001/CBM 82 (48)}) 12... Nf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. b4 fxe4 $6 $146 {
This decision is dubious. Now white gets strong outpost on e4.} (14... c6 15.
Qb3 Kh8 16. c5 $2 cxd5 17. exd5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Nfxd5 19. Nc4 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qc7
$15 {0-1 Starostits,I-Malaniuk,V/Bydgoszcz 2000/CBM 76 ext (36)}) 15. Ndxe4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 {This is the idea of black's exchange on move 14. Now c4-c5
is not possible, so white has to break his pawn chain on the queenswing,
however black's pawnstructure is also not the ideal one...} 17. Qd3 bxc4 18.
Qxc4 Kh7 (18... Qb5 $2 19. Qxc7 Qd3 20. Qxe7 Qxb1 21. Bxh6 $18) 19. Rb3 $6 {
[%cal Gb3a3,Gb3h3]} ({After solid} 19. Rd1 {white keeps an advantage.}) 19...
Nf5 $6 (19... c6 $1 20. dxc6 Nxc6 {This position looks promising for white,
but concrete variations do not confirm it:} 21. Qd5 $6 (21. Ng5+ Kh8 22. Ne6 d5
23. Nxf8 dxc4 24. Nxd7 cxb3 25. axb3 Nxb4 $11) 21... Nd4 22. Rh3 (22. Ng5+ $2
hxg5 23. Rh3+ Bh6 24. Bxg5 Nf3+) 22... Qb5 $1 $15) 20. Bb2 {[%csl Yd4]} Rf7 21.
Ra3 {[%csl Ra6]} Rb8 22. Ra5 (22. Rxa6 $6 Qb5 $132 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5]}) 22... Rb6
23. Rc1 Qc8 24. a4 {White has got the control over the position, but it's hard
to break black's defense.} Qa8 25. Bc3 Qb7 {Black has no concrete plan and
just has to wait and see what white will come up with.} 26. Bd2 Nd4 27. h3 Qc8
28. Re1 Qb7 29. Rb1 Rf8 ({Better practical chance was} 29... c5 30. dxc6 Rxc6 (
30... Nxc6 31. Rd5 $16) 31. Qd5 $14 (31. Qd3 Rb6)) 30. Be3 Rb8 (30... c5 31.
dxc6 Rxc6 32. Qd3 $16) 31. Bxd4 Rxb4 $2 ({The position after} 31... exd4 32. b5
Re8 33. f3 {[%csl Ge4] is very unpleasant for black, but it was the least of
the evils.}) 32. Rxb4 Qxb4 33. Qxb4 Rxb4 {[%csl Rd4,Re4]} 34. Be3 Rxe4 35. Rxa6
$18 {[%csl Ga4] The Pa4 must decide the game in white's favour.} Rb4 36. Kf1
Kg8 (36... e4 37. Ra7) 37. Ra7 e4 38. a5 Bd4 $6 {This makes white's task
easier.} (38... Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Bc3 40. f3 $8 Rb2+ 41. Kf1 $18) (38... Bc3 39. g4
$18) 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxc7 {The endgame is completely hopeless for black,
since his K is cut off.} Ra4 41. Ra7 Ra2 42. h4 {There is no need to hurry...}
Kf8 43. a6 h5 44. Ke1 {[%cal Ge1d1,Gd1c1,Gc1b1] White's plan is simple - his K
goes straight to the queenside. Black will not be able to capture white's Pf2,
because white will play Rb7, then a7 and Rb8 promoting the P.} Ke8 45. g3 Kd8
46. Ra8+ Kc7 47. a7 Kb7 48. Rd8 Kxa7 49. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {Not the usual choice for Carlsen. The 3...g6
variations are much sharper than the normal Breyer or Berlin type of Spanish
positions. Interestingly, Nakamura used this recently against Anand with black.
} 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10.
Nc3 h6 $11 {Anand-Nakamura, 2013}) 6... d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 {Closing the
position is one of two approaches the situation; by closing the position White
gains space, but Black will be able to push f5 quickly.} (8. Re1 {is a
completely different approach to the position.}) 8... Nce7 9. Bxd7+ (9. c4 {
is, in my humble opinion, a more accurate move order. It also scores better.})
9... Qxd7 10. c4 h6 (10... f5 $6 11. Ng5 {emphasizes the weakness of e6.}) 11.
Nc3 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. b4 c6 (14... g5 $5 {Was an old game between
Sax-Smyslov... such legends!}) 15. dxc6 {It's hard to understand the desire to
simplify the tension so quickly. Black obtains quick activity and access to
the d4 square. However maybe there was no satisfactory alternative.} (15. Bb2
b5 {starts becoming dangerous for White.}) 15... Nxc6 16. a3 Nd4 17. Bb2 Rac8 {
Black has good pressure, but White is banking on his superior pawn structure
to win in the long run.} 18. Ne2 Nh5 $5 {This involves a pawn sacrifice!} (
18... Ne6 {is more sedate, and about equal:} 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qb3 $13) 19.
Nxd4 exd4 20. exf5 {Tha pawn cannot be taken, but that is still ok.} Nf4 $1 {
Diagram [#]} (20... gxf5 $6 21. Nb3 Rxc4 22. Qd2 $1 {White will regain the d4
pawn and his structure is much superior.}) (20... Qxf5 21. g4 Qg5 22. Ne4 Qe3+
23. Kh1 d3 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Nxd6 $16) 21. f6 $1 {A good practical decision.} (
21. fxg6 Rf6 $1 {Gives black more than enough compensation. Practically it is
difficult to defend this position.}) 21... Bxf6 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 $6 (23. Kh1
{was safer, there is no reason to tempt Qh3+.} Ng5 24. Nb3 Rxc4 25. Qd3 Qf7 26.
Bxd4 {was maybe a little better for White.}) 23... Ng5 24. Qb1 Kh7 25. Qd3 {
White retains the better pawn structure; Black has to act quickly before his
initiative evaporates.} Be5 $1 {Putting pressure on the kingside is mandatory.}
26. Rae1 {Accepting the draw.} (26. f4 Qh3+ 27. Kh1 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Bxf4 29. Re1
{gives Black some problems.}) 26... Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qh3+ {There is nothing
better than perpetual for both sides.} 28. Kg1 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qh3+
31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3+ (32... Rf4 $2 33. Re7+ Nf7 34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. Ne4 {
allows White to consolidate and have the better position.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-A 16th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2018.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy, J."]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game happened in round 5 of arguably the strongest international open
organized in India, 16th Delhi Open. Naiditsch was playing one of India's
active local players, GM Deepan, and needed to win as Black in order to keep
pace with the leader of the event (Bangladeshi GM Rahman).} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {Naiditsch chooses the Deferred Steinitz as his weapon,
one of the dynamic Ruy Lopez variations.} 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5
Nce7 {The game has now transformed into a sort of KID middlegame.} 9. c4 ({
Trading the light-squared bishops has also been tried} 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6
11. Nc3 f5 {but recent practice has shown that Black also gains good
counterplay in the ensuing middlegame.}) 9... b5 $1 {As a regular KID
practitioner, Naiditsch knows how important it is to keep the light-squared
bishop, if given the chance.} 10. Bc2 bxc4 ({Also possible is} 10... f5 $5 11.
Ng5 Nf6 12. a4 (12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6
d5 $1 $36) 12... bxc4 $1 13. f3 c6 $17 {0-1 (43) Pavlidis,A (2539)-McShane,L 
(2640) Katowice POL 2017}) 11. Nbd2 f5 $146 {A logical novelty to accelerate
Black's counterplay on the kingside.} ({Considering Black already has some
weaknesses on the queenside, Black's counterplay is a little slow after the
normal} 11... Nf6 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (53) Zubov,A (2493)
-Malaniuk,V (2526) Warsaw 2005}) 12. Ng5 (12. Nxc4 $5 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Nxe4
O-O $11 {A complex position has arisen where both sides have targets and good
squares for their pieces.} (14... Nfxd5 15. Bg5 $1 $36)) 12... Nf6 13. Nxc4 h6
$5 {Naiditsch initiates a forcing sequence before White stabilises his centre.}
(13... O-O $142 14. f3 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bb3 Kh8
$11 {with a typical complex KID middlegame.}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nxe4 16.
Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qa4+ c6 $6 ({A sounder try was} 17... Kf8 $1 18. Na5 (18. Ne3 d5
{[%cal Gf8g8,Gg8h7]}) 18... Kg8 $1 (18... d5 19. b3 Kg8 20. Ba3 $36) 19. Qxe4
d5 20. Qa4 (20. Qd3 Qd6 $15) (20. Qe3 Qd6 $15) (20. Qg4 c5 $15) 20... Qd6 21.
b3 Qxe6 22. Ba3 Kh7 23. Rac1 d4 $1 24. Rxc7 Nd5 25. Rb7 Rac8 {White has
counterplay, but it's easier to play Black due to his central pawns.}) 18. Qb4
(18. Qa3 $5 Nf5 19. g4 d5 20. gxf5 dxc4 {is similar to the game only Black's
queenside rook hasn't been activated yet which should favour White.} 21. fxg6
$14 (21. Be3 $14)) ({The best way to continue is to simply develop with} 18.
Bd2 $1 d5 (18... O-O $5 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Nd7 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23.
Nxf8 Bxf8 $44 {I have the feeling that Naiditsch will do one of the two
exchange sac ideas, either this or the mainline.}) 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Nb6 O-O $5 (
20... Ra7 $2 21. Nxd5 $1 {is one of the important ideas behind Bd2.}) 21. Nxa8
Qxa8 22. Bb4 Bf6 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Rc5 {Black has some compensation for the
exchange but I don't think it's enough.}) 18... Nf5 19. g4 Rb8 20. Qa3 d5 21.
gxf5 dxc4 {A really complicated position has arisen where both kings are
exposed, just the kind of position that Naiditsch needed! Thus, it can be said
that his opening choice and play was a success. Let's see now how he created
chances and outplayed his less experienced opponent in the middlegame.} 22. Be3
$1 (22. fxg6 Qe7 23. Be3 Qxa3 24. bxa3 Rg8 $13) 22... Qe7 (22... gxf5 $2 23.
Rfd1 Qe7 24. Bc5 Qxe6 25. Rd6 $40 {White is the first one to build an attack
on the opposing king.}) 23. Qxa6 $1 {Deepan bravely and correctly takes the
pawn, not fearing any potential attack on his king.} ({The ending seems to be
easier to play for Black due to his already active rook on the b-file:} 23.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rad1 gxf5 (24... Kf6 $5) 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Rf7+ Kxe6 $1 (26...
Kg6 27. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1g1]}) 27. Rxg7 f4 28. Bc1 (28. Bc5 $2 Rxb2 29. Rd1 c3 $19
) 28... Rhg8 29. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Kg2 Rd3 $15) 23... O-O 24. Qxc4
gxf5 25. Bc5 Qh4 (25... Qg5+ 26. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1g1] The check only helps White
activate his rooks.}) 26. e7+ Rf7 27. Kh1 Qh5 {The only way to untangle from
the pin. The position is objectively better or even winning for White (for
those who love following the numbers engines give), however accuracy in
calculation is always required for both sides in these types of positions and
the last player to make a huge mistake is always the one who loses.} 28. Rg1
Kh7 29. Rg3 e3 $5 {A very practical move. Naiditsch gives Deepan a choice and
tries to confuse him. Fortunately, Deepan still has time to think with around
18 minutes left on the clock.} (29... Bf6 30. Qe6 $1 Re8 31. Qxc6 {The
position will be simplified with huge material gain for White in the end.
Forcing lines like these have to be avoided if Black wants to keep creating
chances for White to go wrong.}) 30. Qe6 $5 {This must have been a surprise to
Naiditsch as most captures should lead to an almost winning position for White.
} (30. fxe3 Bf6 31. Qe6 Bh4 {One of the ideas behind the e3-pawn sac.} 32. Rg2
(32. e8=Q Rxe8 33. Qxe8 Bxg3 $19) 32... Bxe7 33. Bxe7 Re8 34. Qxc6 Rexe7 $16) (
30. Rxe3 e4 31. Rg1 $18) (30. Bxe3 $2 {Of course White should not let go of
his strong passed pawn:} Rxe7) 30... f4 {Naiditsch spent most of his time on
this move and is now left with 2 minutes.} 31. Rh3 ({Best is the cool and calm
} 31. Rg2 $1 f3 (31... Rf6 32. Qd7 $1 $18 {Creating winning tactical threats:}
e4 (32... Rg8 33. e8=Q $1 Qxe8 34. Rxg7+ $18) 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. e8=Q+ $18) 32.
Rg3 {and Black has no follow-up.} Re8 33. Qxc6 $18) {The following moves were
played in mutual time pressure so mistakes and inaccuracies were inevitable.}
31... Rf6 $6 32. Qd7 $6 {Playing it safe and simple, but the problem with this
is that it allows the other side to slowly improve his defensive chances.} ({
The way to keep most of the advantage is the forcing} 32. Qxf6 $1 Qxh3 33. Qxc6
e2 (33... f3 34. Rg1) 34. Rg1 $1 Qd3 $1 35. Bd6 {but somehow, somewhere,
things were not clear to Deepan.}) 32... Qf7 33. fxe3 $2 {Deepan continues to
play simple moves and doesn't even sense the danger.} (33. Qd3+ $1 {This keeps
control of the important light squares in White's position.} Kh8 34. fxe3 $16)
33... Qc4 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Rc4e4,Rf6g6,Re4h1,Rg6g1,Rb8b2,Rb2g2] Now
Naiditsch's takes over the intiative.} 34. exf4 $2 {Deepan must have been
shocked by the turn of events and makes another error.} ({The only defence was
} 34. Rf3 Qe4 35. Qg4 $1 {, but such moves are difficult to find.} (35. Raf1
fxe3 $19) 35... Rg6 36. Qh3 Bf6 $15 {Overall, White's position is already
difficult to play especially under time trouble!}) 34... Qe4+ 35. Kg1 exf4 {
Black is winning as White cannot defend against the attacking threats.} (35...
Rg6+ {also wins} 36. Rg3 exf4 37. Rg4 Rxg4+ 38. Qxg4 Rg8 $19) 36. Rb3 Rg6+ 37.
Kf1 {There are many ways to win from here.} Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ (38... Qxh2+ 39.
Bf2 f3+ 40. Kd1 Rxb3 41. axb3 (41. e8=Q Rd6+) 41... Rd6+ $19) 39. Kd1 Rxb3 40.
e8=Q Rd3+ 41. Kc1 Qc4+ {Black finally resigns. I believe this is one of
Naiditsch's key games, if not the most important, before eventually winning
the event as he took some risks which got him in serious danger at some point.
But in the end, it paid off with the help of his experience, better nerves,
and resilient counter-attacking play!} 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 {
For 8.dxe5 see CBM 24/game 599 (with Nge7 for Black) and CBM24/game 769 (with
Nf6 for Black). 8.Re1 Nge7 9.d5 Nb8 10.c4 was tried in CBM 24/game 888.} Nf6 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Qe8 $2 11. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 12. dxe5 Nxe4 {12. - dxe5 13.Bc5 + -}
13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Ng5 Bc6 16. Qxd6 Rd8 17. Qf4 Qd7 18. Nf3 Bxf3
19. Qxf3 Qb5 20. Qe2 Rd3 21. a4 Qc4 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 h5 24. h3 Re8 25.
Qd7 Re6 26. Qxb7 Qxa4 27. b3 Qe8 28. Qb4 Bh6 29. Qd4 Qb5 30. c4 Qe8 (30... Qxb3
31. Bxh6 $1 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 f6 33. Qxf6 Qb7 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Bg5 $18) 31. Kf1
Bg7 32. Qd3 Qb8 33. Kg1 Kh7 34. Rd1 Bf6 35. c5 $18 h4 36. Qd7 Re7 37. Qd5 Be5
38. c6 f6 39. Qc4 Kg7 $6 {39. - g5 40.Rd7 + -} 40. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. b4 Qc8 13. Bb3 Nd8 14. Re1 Nh5 15.
a4 Nf4 16. Bc4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bf1 Bc6 20. Qc2 Nfe6 21. Bd3
Nb7 22. Nb3 Nd6 23. Ra1 Qd8 24. Na5 Bd7 25. Bc5 Nf4 26. Bf1 Qf6 27. Nh2 h5 28.
Rd1 Rb8 29. c4 bxc4 30. Nxc4 Bf8 31. Ne3 Ra8 32. b5 Rb8 33. b6 Rxb6 34. Bxb6
cxb6 35. Nc4 Nxc4 36. Rxd7 Na5 37. Qc8 Kg7 38. Rd8 Bc5 39. Nf3 Nxh3+ 40. Kh2
Nxf2 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Qd8 Qxd8 43. Rxd8 Nxe4 44. Bd3 Nf6 45. Nxe5 Nb7 46. Rb8
Ng4+ 47. Nxg4 Bd6+ 48. Kh1 Bxb8 49. Nf6+ Kg7 50. Nd5 $17 Ba7 51. Ne7 $1 Nc5 52.
Bb5 Bb8 53. Nd5 Ne4 54. Nxb6 Ng3+ 55. Kg1 f5 56. Nd5 h4 57. Be8 g5 58. Bc6 g4
59. Be8 Kh6 60. Bd7 Kg5 61. Bc6 Ba7+ 62. Kh2 Ne4 63. Nb4 Nf2 64. Nc2 h3 65.
gxh3 Nxh3 66. Ne1 Nf4 67. Nc2 Nd3 68. Kg2 Ne5 69. Bd5 Bb6 70. Ne1 Ba5 71. Nc2
Bc3 72. Ne3 f4 73. Nc2 Nd3 74. Be4 Ne1+ 75. Nxe1 Bxe1 76. Kf1 Bh4 77. Ke2 Kh5
78. Bd5 Be7 79. Kf2 Bc5+ 80. Kg2 Kg5 81. Bc6 Bb4 82. Kf2 Kh4 83. Kg2 Be1 84.
Bd5 Bg3 85. Be4 Be1 86. Kf1 Ba5 87. Kg2 Kg5 88. Kf2 Bd8 89. Bc6 Kh6 90. Be4
Bh4+ 91. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1990.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5 (
8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f4 $5 Nf6 $1 $10
11. fxe5 Bxa4 12. Qxd8+ $5 Rxd8 13. exf6 Bf8 14. Be3 Rd3 15. Bd4 Kd7 16. Rf3
Rd1+ 17. Rf1 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 c5 19. Bf2 Bd6 20. Nd2 Bc2 21. Re1 Re8 22. Kg1 Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5
Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. exf5 (12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 {is the
alternative.}) 12... gxf5 13. Nh4 (13. Ne1 Nf6 14. f4 e4 15. Nc2 c5 16. dxc6
Qxc6 17. Be3 O-O 18. b3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Sosonko,G/BL8283 1983/BL 80
(27)}) 13... Bf6 $5 {This provocative move immediately hits the stray N on h4.
It might be the refutation of Whites plan of exf5 and Nh4, since the check on
h5 produces nothing.} (13... Nf6 14. f4 e4 15. Be3 c5 (15... O-O 16. h3 (16.
Ne2 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Rad1 d5 20. g3 Qd6 21. b4 Nd7 22. c5 Qe6
23. Bd4 $14 {Leventic,I-Vukoje,V/Pula tt2 1990/EXT 97/1-0 (61)}) 16... c5 17.
dxc6 bxc6 (17... Qxc6) 18. Qe2 Qe6 19. Rad1 Kh7 20. Kh2 Rg8 21. Rd2 Ne8 22. g3
a5 23. Rfd1 Ng6 24. Ng2 Rb8 25. Bd4 Rb7 26. g4 $36 {1-0 Fischer,R-Filip,M/
Curacao ct 1962/CAND (42)}) 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Rc1 O-O 18. b3 Rad8 19. h3 Kh7
20. Rf2 d5 $15 {Kholmov,R-Kornasiewicz,S/Warsaw op 1989/EXT 89op2/1/2-1/2 (51)}
) 14. f4 e4 15. Qe1 $146 (15. Be3 Bxh4 16. Qh5+ Ng6 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+
Kxf7 19. Rac1 Bf6 20. Ne2 Ne7 21. Rfd1 Rhd8 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. b3 {1/2-1/2 Ye
Jiangchuan-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2}) (15. Qh5+ Kf8 {/\Qe8}
16. Ng6+ Nxg6 17. Qxg6 Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 15... b5 $5 16. g4 {The logical
follow up to Qe1.} (16. cxb5 axb5 17. g4 b4 18. Nd1 fxg4 $15) 16... bxc4 17.
Nxf5 Nxf5 18. gxf5 Qxf5 19. Nxe4 $2 (19. Qxe4+ $142 Ne7 (19... Qxe4 20. Nxe4
$13) 20. Qxf5 (20. Qxc4 Rg8+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qc2 23. Rg1 Rxg1+ 24. Kxg1
Kd7 $19) 20... Nxf5 $15) 19... Kf7 20. Ng3 (20. Nxf6 Nxf6 $17) 20... Qxd5 $17
21. Be3 Re8 22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Kf2 h5 $40 24. Qe2 h4 25. Nf5 Qe4 26. Nd4 d5 27.
Nf3 Nh6 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. fxe5 Ng4+ 30. Ke1+ Ke6 31. Bf4 Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Nxe5
$19 33. Kd2 Kd7 34. Kc3 c6 35. Bg5 Rh5 36. Bf6 h3 37. Rf4 Re6 38. Rg1 c5 39.
Rg7+ Kc6 40. Ra7 d4+ 41. Kd2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Ne7 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bb3 b5 14. Qe2
c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Rfd1 $16 {Vladimirov,E-Smyslov,V/EU-Cup Moscow-ZSKA 1990/
1-0 (56)}) 10. dxe5 (10. Re1 Qe8 $2 (10... b5 $142 11. Bc2 h6) 11. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6
12. dxe5 Nxe4 (12... dxe5 $2 13. Bc5 $16) 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Ng5
Bc6 16. Qxd6 $16 {1-0 Adams,M-Barbero,G/Buenos Aires Najdorf (05) 1991 (40)})
10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. f3 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 Qd3 $10 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Qb5
16. Nc4 Ne8 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. Bf2 Ng7 19. Ne3 (19. Qxb5 axb5 20. Na3 c6 21. Bb6
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Be7 $13) 19... Qxb3 20. axb3 Ne6 21. Ng4 (21. Nd5 Bg5 $10) 21...
Bg7 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bf2 Nf4 24. g3 Nd3 25. Re2 Nxf2 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Kxf2 f6
28. Ne3 {White has secured a nice square for his knight on f5. But the
position is still fairly even. The black bishop is not that bad, moreover is
rook and bishop generally better than rook and knight.} Kf7 29. Rc2 Bf8 30. Ke2
h5 31. Rc1 Bh6 32. Nf5 Kg6 33. Rf1 (33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 g4 $10) 33... Rd7 34.
b4 Kh7 35. Ne3 Kg6 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. h3 c6 38. Nb6 Rd8 39. Nc4 Ke6 40. Na5 $6 (
40. g4 h4 41. Na5 Rb8 42. Rd1 Bf8 $10 {Optically promising for White, but what
to do?}) 40... g4 $1 {The bishop is alive!} (40... Rd7 $6 41. Rd1 Rc7 42. Rd8
$16) 41. Nb3 (41. fxg4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rd2+ $10) 41... h4 $1 42. fxg4 (42. gxh4
$2 g3 $17) 42... hxg3 43. Nc5+ Ke7 44. Nd3 b6 45. Rf3 c5 (45... Bf4 46. Kf1 (
46. Nxf4 $2 exf4 47. Rxf4 Rd2+ $1 $17) 46... c5 47. bxc5 bxc5 48. Kg2 Rb8 $13)
46. bxc5 bxc5 47. Kf1 (47. Rxg3 c4 48. Nc5 Rd2+ 49. Kf1 Rxb2 50. Nxa6 Rb1+ $10)
47... a5 48. Nxc5 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Bf4 50. b4 Rd2+ 51. Kf1 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53.
Kf1 Rd1+ 54. Kg2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Yandemirovs tries a new idea, but it simply fails.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5 Nce7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7
11. Nc3 O-O 12. c5 Rad8 $146 {Aiming for a central break up with c6.} (12...
Rfd8 13. Qb3 Ne8 14. Be3 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Nd6 16. Rac1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Yandemirov,
V/RUS-Cup7 1997/CBM 59/1-0 (39)}) (12... h6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Ne1 b5 15. f3 Nh5
16. Nd3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. g4 e4 19. Nxe4 Nh4 $13 {0-1 Galkin,A-Orlov,V/
URS-chJ Jurmala 1992/EXP 28 (27)}) 13. Bg5 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. cxd6 Rxd6 16.
Qb3 $14 {Black has achieved his aim, but the position is in Whites favour due
to the crummy positions of the black minor pieces.} h6 $6 (16... Re6 17. Rac1
Qb6 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. b3 h6 20. Be3 Re6 21. Rfd1 $14) 17. Nxe5 $1 Qc5 18. Bf4
Nh5 19. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 (19... Rb6 20. Nxh6+ Kh7 21. Na4 Rxb3 22. Nxc5 Rxf4 23.
axb3 Kxh6 24. g3 $16) 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. g3 Nc6 23. Qe6 Nf6 24. f4
Qe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. e5 $16 {The white P:s form a powerful wedge into the
Black position, hemming the enemy pieces.} Nh7 27. Rd6 Nf8 28. Nd5 Re8 29. Rc1
$6 (29. Rd1 $1 Re6 (29... Kf7 30. Nf6 Re6 31. Nd7 $16) 30. Rxe6 Nxe6 31. Kf2
Kf7 32. Ke3 $16) 29... Rb8 30. Kg2 Re8 31. h4 (31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Rxf6 Rd8 $13)
31... Kf7 32. b4 (32. Nc7 Re7 33. Nxa6 Nxe5 34. Nc5 Ng4 35. Rd2 $13) 32... Re6
$1 33. Rxe6 Nxe6 34. a4 Ned4 $132 35. Rc4 Ke6 36. Nc3 Nb3 $2 (36... Nc2 $1 37.
Kf3 N2xb4 38. Ke4 h5 $11) 37. b5 Nba5 $2 $18 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Rc5 1-0

